The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-23 00:00:00

THE HEAD CONSTABLESHIP.

There are numerous applications for the situation of
Head Constable, vacated by the retirement of Mr.
Dowling, but they may be embraced under the heads of
civil and military. Amongst the civilians, Mr. Bigham
and Mr. Herbert stand most prominent ; and it is cur•
rently said that the clique in the Watch Committee, who
were prevented from doing a little jobbing a few weeks
ago, are still determined to thrust in their man, now that
it can be done under the guise of fair play. They must
be bolder men than we give them credit for being, if
they will venture folly in the face of a respectable memo-
rial, and the almost unanimous disannroval both of the
public and the press. We thought from the first, and are
unchanged in that opinion, that the choice should be
made from among the military candidates. They are
accustomed to systematic rule and to vigorous discipline,
and they would be sure to give to the police force a much
higher tone than it has possessed of late. The two pro-
minent candidates of this class are Captain Greig, the
staff officer of our own district, and Adjutant Lieutenant
Holden, the son-in-law of Mr. S. Cunard, and of twelve
years' experience in the army. By a curious coincidence,
Captain Greig's age falls within a few moaths of the
maximum limit assigned in the advertisement, while Mr.
Holden's only slightly exceeeds the minimum. The
testimonials of both are remarkably good ; and we have
no doubt that the appointment of either would secure a
suitable man, and one who would give great satisfaction
to the public. Both are in the prime of Pfe, health, and
activity—of high character, and of great experience.
Since these remarks were in type, we have learned the
result of the Watch Committee's meeting, at half-past
one, yesterday. It appeared that there were no fewer
than•fifty candidates, from whom a selection of five was
made, including four military men and one civilian. They
are the following :—Colonel Hogg, Captain Greig, Lieut.
Bruce, Lieut. Holden, and Mr. John Bigham. The
friends of the latter still report with confidence that his
appointment is certain. We shall see.

ArATRIMONY versus Purstc.--A correspondent informs
us, that there is a medical institution in Liverpool, with
which there are no fewer than seven unmarried physicians
and surgeons connected, and recommends that the chair-
man appoint a special committee of ladies to inquire into
the causes.

DEATH FROM DRINKING. -On Sunday morning,
Margery Bolton, aged sixty, who lived in a court in
Cavendish-street, died suddenly. On Saturday afternoon,
she complained of palpitation, and went to bed. A small
quantity of gin was given to her, and she soon afterwards
fell asleep. About six o'clock on Sunday morning, a cup
of warm tea was administered to her, immediately after
drinking which she expired. Deceased got her living by
selling shrimps, and was in the habit of getting drunk
every day.

SUSPICIOUS CASE.—A child, five months' old, whose
mother is named Elizabeth Lewis, died last week under
suspicious circumstances. According to the statement of
the mother, who is a single woman, it appears that she
took the child to bed with her on Friday night, her mother
and father being also in the same bed with them. She
gave the child the breast, and fell asleep. About two
o'clock on Saturday morning she was awoke by the child
scratching her face. The ehild seemed to be in a fit, and
died on her knee as she sat up in the bed. No surgeon
had been called in, as the child was very healthy previous
to its decease. The father of the child is a man named
Joseph Haigh, who since its birth had promised to marry
the mother when it died. Since its death he had promised
to marry her when the child is buried.

EXTENSITE ROBBERY OF TEA.—On Saturday night,
the warehouse of Messrs. Nicholson and Whittle, in Spar-

ling-street, was entered, and two chests of green tea, con-
taining about 701139., stolen therefrom. It appears that a
number of serious robberies had taken place in the neigh-
bourhood during the last few weeks, and the police were
on the alert. Serjeant Storey and police-officer Russell
traced the property to a house in Thomas-street, where
they recovered abont 40Ibs. of the the tea. An old wo-
man, named Ellen Edwards, at whose house the property
was found, is in custody, along with her daughter, Ann
Edwards, and a youth, named James Owens. They were
brought up at the police-court, yesterday, and remanded
for further evidence. Owen admitted before the magis-
trates that he and another boy had taken the tea, which
was produced in court, to the female prisoner's house,
but denied that it was the missing property. It was, how-
ever, identified by Messrs. Nicholson and Whittle's ware-
houseman.
MA WARNING, NOT BEFORE IT IS NEEDED.—We have
been requested to put the charitable public on their
guard against a man of colour, who is canvassing for sub-
scriptions among both the clergy and laity. He is a man
of good address, and has a plausible story, especially if
not cross-examined. He has been a Baptist minister,
but now represents himself as a clergyman ordained by an
American bishop in Western Africa, and desirous of
affiliation with the English church ! He is unable, how-
ever, to produce any Letters of orders. He was lately a
banker, still more lately a merchant, and somewhat more.
His shipments of gold dust and ivory are long of landing
in England; or, perhaps, it was impossible for him to
look after the interests of the merchants who had
befriended him while in Lancaster Castle. He has several
testimonials from some of our local clergy ; who with a
fatal facility append their names to the claims of impos-
tors without any evidence but the testimony of those
impostors themselves.
FIRE IN Soiso, LONDON.—On Sunday evening last, a
fire broke out at nine o'clock, in the neighbourhood of
Soho-square. The lower floor was occupied by datlymen
and cowkeepers ; and adjoining were extensive stables.
Over the first buildings were a dwelling-house and wheel-
wright's workshops. Eieven of the cows were saved, and
one, it is supposed, is burned to death. The people in the
dwelling-house were saved with much difficulty. One of
the horses made his escape, surmounted with flames. He
fell on reaching the yard ; but the fire could not be extin-
guished till the flesh of the poor animal was burned off its
bones.. Its throat was cut to put an end to its sufferings.
A wooden building was ignited, but by great efforts was
extinguished. An immense crowd had collected, and
great exertions were required on the part of the police to
keep them out of danger.

LORD DERBY'S ALLEGED PUSEYISM.
FOR some weeks past, there have been paragraphs
going the round of the various newspapers, stating
in terms more or less strong, that the present chief
minister of the crown, so well known in this neigh-
bourhood as an eminent man and a good Conser-
vative, is a follower of Dr. PUSEY at heart. Though
such paragraphs must always originate somewhere,
one hardly knows where they begin or end ; for
they seem to be the common property of the news-
papers, as ballad poetry is of the entire population.
In many instances, they become part of the ordinary
trains of thought with the whole community, and
it is impossible to cancel the impressions even when
discovered to be erroneous.
In the present case, a motive is apparent;
for if the confidence of Lord DERBY'S sup-
porters, or a large portion of them, in his
Protestantism can only be weakened, or the
alliance of others be prevented, it will diminish
the strength so essential to sound Protestants
at the present moment. But somewhat more
than the motive has come to light; the actor

stands revealed. An obscure person in Ormskirk,
named STONER, seeks immortality as a newspaper

correspondent. He will not stoop to confer with
the members of the press in his own neighbour-
hood ;- it is not the acquaintance of a provincial
journal that he seeks ; he will enlighten the be-
nighted public through the columns of the Morning.
Advertiser. Unfortunately for his self-esteem, the
prophet of armskirk is not respected in his own
country;- and perhaps he thought that nearer home
his statements would be taken, at their proper
value, or his illustrations of long-bow practice
would admit of readier detection.

He assists in the induction of a respected school-
master, but finding that he is not so great a man
on the school committee as on the board .of guar-
dians, he adopts the plan of Major. TESTY, and
"writes to the papers." A poor child, loathsome
from neglect, filth, and an aggravated form of
hereditary disease, terminates his painful existence;
and as it can be proved that the teacher once tried
to induce him to sit straight at his copy-book, the
man must be indicted for school-boy slaughter, if
not for cruel and deliberate murder. The report,
which we have taken some pains to give at length
elsewhere, showed' that the charge was frivolous
and vexatious; the trumpery accuser is a sadder,
but we fear not much of a wiser man ; and the
assembled population of the neighbourhood testified
their joy, in the most lively manner, for the triumph

of injured innocence.
The same learned Theban made the remarkable
discovery that Lord DERBY is a Puseyite; and, as
might he expected, the evidence is of the same
kind. The former vicar was tractarian, the DERBY
family are the patrons; ergo, according to the laws
rof gingerbread sequence, his lordship must be a
diluted Papist. Now it so happens that the former
vicar was not appointed by Lord DERBY, but by
his late father; who succeeded to the earldom in
1834, and nresented in 1846. But if this were not
a sufficient reply, there is the additional fact that
Mr. HORNBY (the late vicar) was trebly related to
the DERBY family, in consequence of three distinct
alliances. Nor should it be forgotten that the fact
of the evidence coming through Mr. STONER, alone
casts suspicion on it; for there is a certain class
who cannot claim to be believed, even when they
speak the truth.

There is an advantage in the present plan of
publishing news ; as a needless and invidious pub-
licity is avoided, by the omission of the writer's
name, while at the same time care is understood to
be taken that statements of fact are what they pre-
tend to be. But there is a disadvantage also; for
a busybody may become the pest of a neighbour-
hood, while he is either undetected, or parties at a
distance cannot be convinced how utterly worthless
his statements are. A small portion of the mud
thrown generally adheres; the fact of an accusa-
tion being made at all, is a sort of presumption
that there was some foundation for it; and so the
worthless life of many a despicable wretch is with-
out a ray of importance, except that portion of it,
when, like a ribbon marksman, he has been plotting
or executing mischief.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
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TATTERSALL'S BETTING-MONDAY

NORTHAMPTON STAKES.-2 to 1 agst Teddlngton ;7to 1
agst Chief Justice; 10 to 1 agst Ballet Girl ; 12 to 1 agst Cloth-
worker ; 25 to 1 agst May Day ;. 25 to 1 agst Darkie. Carriboo
is scratched.

NORTH A SIPTON TRIAL STARES.-7 to 4 agst Clincher.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-10 IO 1 agst Backbiter; 15 to
1 agst Stilton. Hesse Homberg and Landgrave are scratched.
CHESTER CUP.-18 to 1 agst Scarecrow; 20 to 1 asst Nancy:
20 to 1 agst High Sheriff; 25 to 1 agst Confessor; 35 to 1 agst
Cossack; 40 to 1 agst Unity.

DERBY.-6 to 1 agst Hobble Noble; 12 to 1 agst Orelio ;13
to 1 agst Augur; 18 to 1 agst Claverhouse; 18 to ] agst Lapi-
dist ; 20 to I agst Kingston ; 40 to 1 agst Phantom.

CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES.

SlMlTS.—Anteverta, 1 ; Sweetmeat, 2; Easby, 3.
TAVO-YEAR OLD TKIENNIAL,—Edward of York, 1; colt by
Don John, 2; Easby, 3.

THREE-YEAR-OLD TRIENNIAL.—Evadne, I; Caracarra, 2
REVIVAL STAKES.—ACIirrantIMS, I; Italian, 2.

LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS—MONDAY.
The English Market good; Consols opened at 954 a, improved
per cent, closing good.

Railway Shares have in most cases been exceedingly good,
North Wettern Stock paricularly strong, and a large business
done, the market closing very good, but prices not at their
highest. Jobbers sellers a little upon the rise. Money easy.
Gold Mines still flat.
Foreign Market pretty steady, but the amount of business
done of no great importance.
_ _

Consols Ac&unt, 98i ; Ditto Money, 9si ; Exchequer Bills L,
66 9 prem ; Ditto S, 66 9 prem.—Foreign Stock : Mexicahs,
324 ; Spanish Actives, 251 6; Ditto Threes, 43 4; Ditto Pas-
sives, 5* i.—Mining Shares : Agua Fria, 11 1- prem.—ltailvvay
Shares : London Saock, 1221 3h ; Ditto Querters, 41 5 ;. Midland
Stock, 631 4; North Staffordshire, 84 8; South Eastern and
Dover, 21* ; Ambergate, Nottingham, nvd Eastern Junction,
; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 344 4 ; Caledonian,
19* ; Ditto Preference. 8} 2; Eastern Counties, 11* 1 ; East
Lancashire, 174 1; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 289 ; East Anglian,
4 4 ; Great Northern, 19* 20i ; Great Western, 881 94 ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 73 4 ; London, Brighton, and South Coast,
97 8; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 18i 19; Ditto Extension,
; Ditto Preferlince, 33 3; York and North Midland,
Norfolks, 33 5 ; Leeds Northern, 16i ; North Bri-
tish:72 8.

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MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGF

MONDAY

The following are the closing quotations;—Eastern Counties,
9 1-16 ; East Lancashire, 17,1 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
71 3 ; Caledonian, 18i /19 18 ; Midland, 64 ; Sheffield, 342 i ;
Ditto Preference, 12 k ; North Staffordshire, 81; 4 ; London
Ors, 44 5 4 5 ; South Eastern, 214 4.

LONDON CORN

MARKET—MoN DA Y

The show of Wheat at this morning's market is small.
Millers are cautious, and trade is dull at last Monday's rates.
Foreign is unaltered. Of Oats the arrivals are short, and the
demand is steady at late rates. Beans, Peas, and Seeds are
dull.

English White Wheat
„ Red Ditto
Barley, Malting
„ Distilling

445. to 495. per quarter
40s. to 445. „
355. to 365. „

265. to 28s,
235. to 26s

-,-, Grinding

ARRIVALS.
English. Irish. Foreign
2453 3165
3199 1460 3005
2789 4C5 860
2387
2485

Wheat
Barley
Oats . .
Malt ..
Flour

2196
4651 brls

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—MoNnAv.
!," Sugar : Foreign is quiet at barely previous rates ; in refined
more doing; low to fine grocery lumps, 435. 6d. to 48s.—
Coffee : Demand brisk, and prices advancing ; Native Ceylon,
395. 6d. to 40s. Tea : Little doing; ordinary sound Congou,
Bd. to Bd. Rice : In East India little business, at easier
terms. Cotton : The demand increasing, at previous value.