The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

SIR E. B. LYTTON, BART., who last session was elected

Honorary Pre'ident of the Associated Societies of our
University, will deliver his inaugural address about the
middle of January.—Edinburgh Witness.
THE EARL OF DERBY is suffering from a severe attack
of his old enemy, the gout We are sorry to hear that the
effects of this latest visitation have been more serious upon
the noble earl's general health than those of any previous
attack.—Morning Post.
JAMES MILLER having announced that he would not
be answerable for the debts of his wife, the latter re-
torted with another advertisement, stating that she had
not left him " with the intention of contracting debt, but
solely to avoid being killed by him."
FRANCES FARQUHARSON, once the wife of an opulent
West Indian, died from exposure and cold, while absent
on a holiday from the Lambeth Workhouse, on Thursday.
The night had been cold, and in the morning she was found
dead in the Loughborough-road. She was 73 years of age.
MR. WILLIAM WEBB WARD, one of the coroners for,
South Staffordshire, and James Davis, were on Wednes-
day week committed for trial at the adjourned Stafford-
shire sessions, on a charge of conspiring to defraud Ann
Davis of 10s. 6d.

SAID PASHA, the heir-apparent to the Pashalic of
Egypt, has engaged an English nurse for the child of
whom a Circassian slave is expected to render him the
father ; and Ismail Pasha, one of the sons of Ibrahim
Pasha, has also a French nurse for his children.

SEVERAL sepulchral urns, some glass bottles, lamps,orna-
ments, and other Roman relics have been recently found
at /Colchester by the labourers employed on the site of
some new houses which are about to be built in the out-
skirts of the town.

THE MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE contemplated between
the Emperor of Austria (Francis Joseph) -and the young
Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria is definitively arranged to
take place the third week in April, at Vienna, when a
series of Imperial fetes will take place in honour of the
auspicious event.

BRUTAL HUSBAND.—At the Central Criminal Court,
on Wednesday, Philip Grinney, aged 36, a wheelwright,
had sentence of death recorded against him for cutting
and wounding his wife, Hannah Grinney, with intent to
murder her. The prisoner had in a fit of jealousy cut his
wife's throat in three places.
A LABOURER, named Roberts, who was working in a
field at Duryard, near Exeter, a few days since, found a
gold ring, in which was set an uncut sapphire. The•
ring, which weighs about 6dwts. bears an inscription in
Norman French, and is supposed to have been made in
the reign of Henry VI.
TUE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA has, it is said, withdrawn
the whole of his funds from the Bank of England, and
closed his account with that establishment, and also with
the Bank of France. The Bank of England had acted as
his bankers since the failure of Messrs. Harman and Co.,
in 1846.

AN EXCEEDINGLY FLASH MEMBER of the " swell
mob" has been committed for trial by the Wolverhamp-
ton magistrates for picking the pocket of a lady whilst
travelling in a first-class railway carriage. The prisoner,
who was "working the line," abstracted time sovereigns,
and returned the clasped purse to its place.

TIMES ARE CILIN6En.—For several years the exiles of
Poland residing in Paris celebrated the revolution of 1830.
It was done privately, and without any countenance from
the French government. On the present occasion the
case is altogether changed, as the police have intimated to
the Poles that they may meet as publicly as they please,
and without any reserve as to the number present.

A MAN ROASTED.—A most horrible event took place on
Monday, in the brickfieldsbelonging to Messrs. Lawfordand
Kelly, at Kentish-town, London. A man named Joseph
Roberts was discovered lying on a brick-kiln, quite dead,
and on examination parts of his body were literally
roasted. The deceased, it is believed, went to the kiln for
warmth, and lying down on it was speedily suffocated.

RIGHT OF Downn.—The claim of Mrs. Jermy (now
Mrs. Bacon), the widow of Mr. Jermy who was shot by
Rush at Stanfield-hall, to dower out of the proceeds of
timber, and fines payable on the renewal of customary
freehOlds on her husband's estate, was heard and allowed
at the Vice-Chancellor's Court on Friday. It was stated
that Stanfield-hall has been unlet for two years, as no
servants can be prevailed upon to sleep in it.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-A little before ten
o'clock on Thursday morning, a serious accident occurred
to the Liverpool morning mail train on the London and
North-Western Railway. The train left London in due
course, at nine a.m., and all seemed right until within a
short distance of Berkhamstead station, when the axle of
the engine broke, and the train was thrown across the
rails of the up line. The guard, named Blarney, was
killed on the spot, one lady was seriously injured, and
several of the passengers were much bruised. While the
train was lying across the rails, the 7.30 a.m. train from
Birmingham came up, and before it could be brought to
a stand it ran into the disabled mail train, by which one
of the Birmingham passengers was much injured. The
Liverpool train was detained upwards of two hours.

A GRAVING Docß WOR GLASGOW.--There remains one
work for which no Act of Parliament is yet sought by the
authorities. We hear 'nothing of a graving dock but the
want of it. There is much inconvenience, much expense,
and probably not a little detriment to the class of large
vessels now frequenting our port, but as yet there is no
active movement with a view to provide a remedy. This
very week, notwithstanding our boasted river improve-
ments, our noble ocean steamer, the Glasgow, has to go
down to Greenock for the purpose of being docked and ex-
amined ! Are the Clyde Trustees asleep P—Glasgow
Citizen.

AN INDEPENDENT LABOUREII.—At a recent meeting
of the Knowstone Agricultural Association, the servant of
Mr. James Quartley, a tenant-farmer, having been ad-
judged the winner of a prize of 108., for "29 years:
and nine months' servitude," his master said he was in-
structed by his labourer, Thomas Baker, to state that, as
he had obtained an independency by his labour on the

farm, he would not receive the anima of the prize for his
own benefit, but wished it to be placed in the hands of the
clergymen of the adjoining parishes,. for them to purchase
some religious books by way of founding a library for the
benefit of the poor.

AN UNpnomisirm OLD LADY. The Sunderland
Herald has the following amusing anecdote :—" The whole
of the ladies of the village who were voters, with one
exception, voted against the amendment of Mr. Elliott in
the Houghton contest of the present week. One of them,
entering the polling place with Mr. Hopper, was about to
record her vote, when the Rev. Alfred Lee exclaimed,
That old lady, Mrs. Shield, promised me to vote for the
amendment.' Bridling up, she responded, with a look of
scorn, ' I never gave a promise to any man in my life.'
This intimation was followed by roars of laughter."
FIRE BRICRS.—The Artisan contains some useful
remarks on the advantage of lining the backs and sides of
fire-plaies with fire-bricks :—" When a fire goes out the
coals at the side of the fire are left unburnt, while the
centre is consumed. This arises from the cooling powers
of the iron at the sides, and hence arises the complaint
that you must have a large fire or none at all. With fire-
'brick the whole of the fire, however' small, will be kept
,alight, an object of great consideration in spring- and

.autumn ; and even after the fire is extinguished the fire-
brick lining will continue to diffuse warmth for some time.
A no less important advantage is, that less smoke is pro-
duced."

ME EARL OF STA.MFORD ASSAULTED DT POACHERS.—
On Tuesday the Earl of Stamford, while walking alone in
the neighbourhood of his seat, Enville-hall, near Stour-
'bridge, heard voices in one of his preserves, into which he
immediately walked, and found three poachers, who made
off. His lordship pursued, and caught one of the fellows
by the collar, but was immediately brought to the ground
by a'heavy blow on the back of the head, which stunned
him for a short time, of which the fellows availed them-
selves to get clear off. His lordship, on recovering him-
self, managed to get into the road again, but was so dis-
abled from the effects of the blow, that he was obliged to
go into a cottage, and send for a carriage to take him
home.

Mus. WARYER, run ACTRESS.—Mr. Robert W. War-
ner, the husband of Mrs. Warner, the actress, applied to
the London Insolvent Debtors Court, on Saturday, for
protection. ER summing up the case, the commissioner
said the evidence proved how greatly she was respected.
Her Majesty had subscribed to her relief, and had provided
her with a carriage, and Miss Burdett Coutts, whose name
was found to every charity, and Mr. Macready, had also
rendered her assistance. It did not appear to him that
there were any extravagant debts in the schedule, and
there was every reason to believe that they would have
been paid but for Mrs. Warner's illness. He would not,
therefore, embitter her hours of suffering by refusing pro-
tection. A day would, therefore, be named for the final
order. Mrs. Warner's earnings in 1851, whilst in Ame-
rica, were £900; 1852, £500; and in the early part of this
year £230.

THE CHOLERA. IN SCOTLAND.—Since our last one fatal
case of cholera has been reported from Arthur-street ; the
victim, a child about seven years of age, was carried off in
ten hours. We have also heard of one or two cases oc-
curring in private practice, but these are not reported to
the parochial authorities. In Dundee the disease con-
tinues on the decline ; up to Sunday night there bad been
333 cases, and 167 deaths. Two eases were reported from
Forfar on Tuesday and Wednesday last. From the board
of health returns we learn that during last week the fol-
lowing has been the state of matters in Scotland :—ln
Leith the cases approaching cholera were 2 ; cholera, 1;
death, 1; deaths since commencement, 2. In Arbroath
the cases approaching cholera were 2 ; cholera, 1; deaths
since commencement, 14. In Dalmeny (South Queens-
ferry) there was 1 case approaching cholera ; cholera, 1 ;
cases of cholera since the commencement, 3 ; deaths, 3. In
Cupar-Fife 1 case of cholera. In Lift' and Bervie the cases
of cholera were 3 ; deaths. 3 ; cases of cholera since the
commencement, 4; deaths, 4. In Glasgow the cases of
cholera were 2 ; death, 1; deaths since the commence-
ment, 2. In Edinburgh the cases of diarrhcea were 2 ;
deaths from cholera since commencement, s.—Scotsman.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—The select committee on
Parliamentary papers have made the following recommen-
dations to the House of Commons :-1. That a select com-
mittee of five members be appointed at the commencement
of each session, of. which two shall form a quorum ; and
that to this committee all applications for Parliamentary
papers, from free libraries, mechanics' institutions, or other
public institutions established for literary purposes, be
referred. 2. That on the receipt of any such application
the committee shall direct an inquiry into the character
of the institution, the number of its members, the accom-
modation it can afford for Parliamentary documents and
enabling the public to consult them, and generally into
any circumstances which, in the judgment of the com-
mittee, may afford a guarantee that the books presented
shall be carefully preserved and rendered as accessible as
possible to the public. 3. That with this information be-
fore them, the committee report what institutions are best
d select
entitled to receive the Parliamentary papers, an
such papers as they consider best adapted for distribution,
regard being had to the particular interests of each locality,
and that no more than one institution in the same town
or district (unless under particular circumstances)
be entitled to the privilege ; that on such report
being agreed to by the House, the Printing Com-
mittee make arrangements as to the additional num-
ber of copies which may be required. 4. That the
committee be empowered to forward the reports and papers
selected for distribution, free of postage, to the several in-
stitutions, and to impose such conditions as in each parti-
mho case they may think fit, for their due preservation
and for facility of public access to them. o. That each
volume so distributed bear a stamp, stating that it is to be
preserved in the institution. 6. That an annual report of
the proceedings of the committee be laid before the House.