The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-14 00:00:00

THE RISEHOLATE ESTATE.

Mr. George Robins, who has the conduct of this important
sale, cannot be excused of havinc, coloured his picture too
highly in the estimate he has formed of its manifold advan-
tages. It is a faithful but not an exagerated statement. The
Chaplins, who have so long sojourned at this hospitable
abode, and consequently represented the county, have given
to it a consequence that is amply justified by a personal sur-
vey. We speak advisedly when we proclaim such a property
in our County has not been in the market for years. The
—it is extra-parochial, no Tithes, a very low Poor:iiii_yalue
a wealthy tenantry. If to this be added that the LOYAL
CONSTITUENCY OF LINCOLN are upon the look-out for the
next General Election, we may rejoin, that the new possessor
of Riseholme will start for the Estate and the Seat almost
simultaneously.—Lincoln paper, May 3.

We have reason to believe there is no foundation whatever
in the reported marriage of the Earl of March to his cousin,
Miss Laura Paget:—Post. _

We are told that Mr Rogers, the celebrated poet, will
shortly lead to the altar Miss Clarke, a young lady of great
personal attractions.—lbid.
It is said of several of the hitherto warm friends of the late
noble premier that they do not like Lamb half sd well as they
did, now that it is deprived of Mint sauce.
Some Chartist scamps visited Frome last week, and made
an attempt to get up a meeting, which, to the credit of the
working classes of that town, was a failure.
Much confusion will arise from there being two Lord
Stanleys. Surely some title equally satisfactory might have
been discovered, but we must allow Ministers had enough
to think of—poor men !
SAGACIOUS COOK.—Lord Ebrington's cook, as soon as he
heard the orange facings of the liveries were to be changed to
yellow, for fear of giving offence to the intelligent Irish nation,
suggested that there might be some danger in certain pots of
" orange marmalade," which made part of his kitchen stores.
The functionary was thanked for his prudence, and, after
much serious debate, it was agreed to alter the label on the
pots to " lemon marmalade.' Warder.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT OST THE CROYDON RAILROAD.—
Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Tuesday night David
Loyd, a miner, while employed in one of the night gangs,
working at the junction line of the Croydon Railroad, near
to New Cross, Deptford, was run against by one of the wag-
gons descending an inclined plane, and-knocked down. The
flange of the wheels passed over his left arm close to the
shoulder, crushing the bone in a dreadful manner. He was
removed as quickly as possible to St. Thomas's Hospital, and
remains in an alarming state.
GEOLOGY AND EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.—On the mis-
cellaneous estimates being moved, there will be proposed the
following grants :—" For Dr. Mantell's collection of geology,
the sum agreed upon for the purchase, £4,000; expense of
removing the collection from Brighton and placing it in the
British Museum, £212."—" For the purchase of Signor
D'Anastasi's collection of Egyptian Antiquities, £1,600."
Total for such purchases, £5,812.

Permission has been granted to the East India Company to
raise two European regiments, in consequence of the reduced
state of her Majesty's army not admitting of two regiments
being sent to India. The recruits for the East India Com-
pany will be taken at five feet five inches, and up to the age
of 30 years. The regiments will not be embodied in this
country, but recruits will be sent out in detachments, and
formed, on arrival in India, into corps. This augmentation
is in addition to the 600 men previously ordered to be en-
listed.—Naval and Military Gazette.
The remarkable rifle of seven powers, for which Mr. Wil-
kinson has taken out patents, we believe, in all the countries
of Europe, was tested yesterday at the private shooting
ground, on the Norland estate, Notting-hill. Several scien-
tific persons, officers of the two services, and noble amateurs,
were present ; the experiments being made for the judgment
of the master-general of the ordnance. The precision of the
piece, the terrible facility of its seven-fold power, its light-
ness and portability, were highly approved. The cylindrical
apparatus which contains the seven charges, is a contrivance
at once sure and simple. Ten men so armed are equal to
seventy, and we can scarcely doubt that the weapon will soon
become as popular as it is powerful.—Atlas.
DREADFUL DEATH.—On Tuesday, an occurrence of a
very unfortunate description took place in the workshop of
Mr. M`Gregor, hat manufacturer, Glasgow. Two workmen
named Harrington and Burton, quarrelled while in a state of
intoxication, and got into a scuffle, in the course of which
several blows were exchanged. Harrington at last threw
Burton into a large boiler of boiling logwood ; and the latter
laying hold of the aggressor at the moment, drew him also
into the liquid. They were taken out, as may be supposed,
in a state of dreadful torture, and removed to the royal infir-
mary, where Burton died on the following morning at one
o'clock. Harrington suffers severely, but is expected to re-
cover. He is a native of Ireland, and has a wife and family.
Burton was an Englishman, and married, but has left no
children. Should Harrington recover, the case will, of course,
be taken up by the authorities.—Glasgow Argus.

THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT.—On the motion of Lord
Dungannon a return has been made "Of the number of
marriages solemnised in Roman Catholic chapels and Pro-
testant Dissenting places of worship in England and Wales
from Ist Jan. to 31st Dec. 1838 ; specifying the various de-
nominations of the several Protestant Dissenting places of
worship in which such marriages have been solemnised ; also
the number of marriages during the same period which have
been contracted before the several District Registrars."
The paper is really a curious one. The number of mar-
riages in Roman Catholic chapels for the whole year is 1629 ;
in (so called) Protestant Dissenting places of Worship 2504 ;
and before Superintendent Registrars 1476. The Infidel
marriage contracts are very nearly as numerous as the Popish
solemnizations ; the two together are more numerous than
those of the (so called) Protestant Dissenters ; and the whole
together form but an insignificant number in comparison with
the marriages solemnised in the Established Church. Surely
those Dissenters, who with good intentions, pressed and
shouted for this dessecrating enactment must shrink from it
with disgust when they witness its effects. It in truth fa-
cilitates depravity—witness the instances of abominable
marriages which are so frequently reported through the press,
and the number of Infidel contracts openly avowed—and it
promotes and increases ignorance by encouraging it to dis-
play, and dressing its antics in authority. It is abundantly
evident from this return that the religious Dissenters do not
at all countenance the new Marriage Act. It is well known
that the Wesleyans, that great and important body who have
just raised the munificent sum of upwards of £200,000 to
commemorate their centenary have as a body refused to
accept its privileges; but we certainly did not think, until
we saw this return that the measure was in general so very
much disregarded. But the curiousness of the return con-
sists chiefly in the enumeration of the denominations which
are described as solemnising their marriages in Protestant
Dissenting places of Worship. Amongst these we have :
Baptists (black, white, blue, and grey) general, particular,
Scotch, and Welsh, Borean Universalists, Bible Christians,
Cowardites, New Jerusalem Church, Relief Church, South-
COttians, Swedenborgiana; Unitarians, and undefined. The
working of this degrading and shameful innovation ought to
induce the religious Dissenter to pause before he sanctions
further change.