The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-07 00:00:00

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RoMISH TYRANNY.-At Southwark police-court, Mr
Secker granted a warrant against a Romish priest, for as-
saulting a poor woman, who stated that the priest called
at her lodging, and inquired if she had had a child bap-
tised by the Rev. Mr. Armstrong ; and upon her replying
in the affirmative, he got into a great passion, and said
that both she and her offspring were sure to go to hell.
She begged him to leave, but, lifting his umbrella, he
gave her several blows with it over her head and shoulders,
and then quitted.

FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.—OnFriday week an accident
of a fearful character took place in the East India Dock,
Poplar. A large number of men were engaged in landing
foreign deals, when one of the piles toppled over, and one
of the men, unable to get out of the way, was crushed
beneath the ponderous mass of timber. The body, when
extricated, presented an awful appearance—the head being
crushed to atoms, and other parts terribly disfigured. He
must have been killed instantaneously, and it is wonderful
more lives were not sacrificed, as numbers of men were
constantly round the spot.

SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—I❑ the Court of Exchequer,
on Monday, actions were sustained against three persons,
named Archer, Hammond, and Biggs, the captain and
crew of the Alert, charged with having illegally unshipped
and harboured, at Ipswich, eighty bales of tobacco, which
had not paid duty. A verdict was entered for the crown
in each case, giving penalties of £784, the value of the
tobacco, including duty. Similar actions were sustained
against one Prentic, and four others of the ship Neptune,
for landing two hundred bales of tobacco, the penalty in
each case being laid at £1,960: making a total of 11,952
penalties for smuggling.

SUPERSTITION.—The Inverness Courier relates an in-
stance of gross superstition in Rosshire. In the centre of
St. Mary's Isle, in Loch I,,laree, is a deep well, reputed
to have been consecrated by the saint to the cure of the
insane. The other day, a mother took her imbecile
daughter to the island to cure her. Resisted by other
persDns, she compelled the girl to drink of the water of
the well, and then ducked her in it ; after this the girl was
towed round the island behind a boat, and at midnight
again plunged in the well. The result was, not that the
girl was cured, but that the quiet imbecile was converted
into a raving maniac.

Mr. GEORGE LEADBITTER, the well-known Bow-street
officer, in the days when such a name was the terror of
London pickrocliets, met his death through accident on

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Friday. He was returning home in a cal 3, and when
opposite the junction of Lower Grosvenor-place and
Victoria-road, adjoining the Royal Mews, Buckingham
Palace, he suddenly shot his head out of the window to
call to the driver, who was taking the wrong turning►
when, being a large, stout-bodied man, and the cab

wheels on the backing turn, the weight of his body, so
forcibly thrown on the opposite side, overturned the
vehicle, which fell on the same side, crushing him so
severely that he died shortly afterwards.

RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.—It is said that the long-
pending arrangements between the London and North-
western and the North Staffordshire Railway Companies-
have been brought to a conclusion, and only await the
final consent of all parties. The terms are, we under-.
stand, 3 per cent. for the first year, 31 per cent. for the'
second year, and 31 per cent. for the third year. One
peculiar point is, that, whilst both parties are benefited,'
the public will also be sharers in the benefit. To Man-
chester they will be particularly important; for, by the
acceleration consequent upon carrying them out, the
distance between that town and London will be accom-
plished in four hours and a half.
HOME SLAVERY.—SevereI ladies have written repu-
diating

any share in the meeting at Stafford-house against
slavery, on the ground that the Americans could too truly
turn round and say, look at home. Lady Kaye Shuttle-
worth writes to say that had she been well enough to attend
the meeting, she meant to have told her fair compatriots
in plain terms :—" So long as American women can justly
taunt the women of England with the neglect, ill-usage,
and starvation payment of the lady teachers employed in
their fandlies, there is little hope of their listening to our
protests on the subject of slavery. Let us reform our
schoolrooms, and we may expect them to reform the cabins
of their slaves.

THE NATIONAL DEFENCES.—The Morning Reread
states that orders have recently been issued to hasten:the
preparations for commencing the construction of the bat-
t e-ies in the Isle of Wight, and to expedite the works es
much as possible. It is proposed to add to the present
strength of the Royal Marines 1,500 men. The same
paper adds :—" We stated, some time since, that the
naval forces of England would include ten screw line-of-
battle ships. We believe that before this time next year
we shall have double this number of two and three deckers.
propelled by screw machinery, afloat. Messrs. Penn and
Co., and Messrs. Maudslay and Field, are ordered to con-
struct screw machinery for eight of the line-of-battle sh:l,s
in course of construction."
A PLURALIST.—There is a clergyman in Nottingham-
shire, who holds no less than three places of church pre-
ferment—thatis, hehas no less than three livings, although,
he has a great deal of difficulty in making a good living
out of the whole—namely, Sutton-in-Ashfield (with El
population of about 8,000 or 9,000), Skegby, and IVrans'
field Woodhouse. This rev. pluralist receives for the
duties of those places just £53 13s. 4d. a year ; but there
is a reason for this in the shape of a lay improprietor, who
has got hold of the good things, and is actually drawing
from these three places nearly £lO,OOO a year—namely?
from Sutton-in-Ashfield, £7,600, and from the other ttre
paces £2,ooo—while the clergyman who has the superin-
tendence is starving, or nearly so.
THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE.—The decision of the
government on the application of the directors of the
Crystal Palace Company for a charter has now been given'
This decision had been postponed until the opinion of the
law officers of the crown had been ascertained as to the
bearing of an old act of George lll.—prohibiting tbe
opening of disorderly places, under the pretence of dis-
cussing religious and political questions, on Sundays—)n
the case of the Crystal Palace. This opinion is to the"
eff.ct that the wording of the statute in question ten
ders it illegal to open any portion of the Crystal Palace
or park on Sundays, and consequently the charter hag
been given with a clause providing that no such opening
shall take place, unless the legislature shall think fit to
sanction it.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION SURPLUS.—The second re--
port of the commissioners of 1851 was issued on TuesdaY,
by which it appears the commissioners have purchased the
Gore House estate, at Kensington, facing Hyde-park'
containing 21,1 acres, for which they have given £60,000•
They have also passed a resolution authorising the outlay'
of a sum not exceeding £150.000 of the surplus in the,
purchase of land, on the condition that government would
engage to recommend to parliament the contribution of
sum of like amount towards carrying out the views of ts'
commission as to the establishment of certain institutions.
of an educational and national character on the ground
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purchased. Ministers having given this assurance, t;
commissioners purchased 48 acres of land adjoining Gni',
House estate, for the sum of £153,500. Of this amours
£15,000 has been paid already as a deposit.—Daily News'
CHARTERED COMPANIES.—A deputation on the saT
ject of the Charter applied for by the London, Liverpoo r
and North American Steam Screw Company, had an !Ili;
terview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, on TueE°ll)
at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of
From the Merchants' House of Glasgow—Mr. Jae.:
Hannan (Lord Dean of Guild), Mr. James Rodger,
Thomas Richarlson, Mr. George Gillespie, and -0▪ 1'•
Thomas Buchanan. From the Chamber of Commerce °f
Glasgow—Mr. Hugh Cogan (chairman), Mr. John
.
Kinnear (secretary), Sir Jam 1%
Jaynes Anderson, M.P., ,'„t
William Brown, and Mr. George Binns. From the
derwriters' Association of Glasgow—Mr. William
(chairman), and Mr. Peter Clouston. From the Se`l• 1;
owners' AssOciation of Glasgow—Mr. Allan Gilmou
From the Chamber of Commerce of Greenock
Robert Steele, and Mr. Thomas 0. Hunter. From it.
-Mr. David Gilchristson. From Sunderland,
From London—Mr. M'Calmont. The ue
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putation accompanied by the following members..
Parliament : Mr. John Macgregor (Glasgow), ;
George Macartney, Mr. Alexander Hastie, Mr. Kenn,`f.r,
Macaulay, Mr. Charles Hindley, Lord Gooderich, '7ly,
Turner, Mr. George Duncan, Mr. Seymour, Mr' p
Lockhart. Mr. Davison, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Charles COI
and Mr. James Clay.
EMIGRATION.—On Friday an interesting paper
srg
printed by order of the House of Commons. It allefjat
that there are fourteen officials on the fixed establishrne_s,
of her Mjesty's Land and Emigration Gemrnissionetbe
The highest salary is £BOO a-year to the secretary, ,anties,
lowest £55 to one of the messengers. There are, ue''
0.
42 extra clerks and a boy. There has been a greatelp,
crease in the business of the commissioners, as willhere
pear from the fact that, in the month of June, 1850, tyo
were 1564 letters received, being at the rate of 62 Phe
working day ; and 1765 letters despatched, being stool
rate of 71 per working day ; whilst, in the same In„°,l
of the present year, 18,910 letters were received, or !glee
day ; and 12,184 despatched, or 468 per day. 13e" 30•
the officers mentioned, there are emigration officelOints,
sistants, and clerks ; and, in addition, 31 selecting-age
ea'
who have no fixed salary, but are paid fees on a .beta,
grants between the ages of 14 and 50 selected by,`,,iti-
who may be approved by the commissioners, an" -tills'
mately proceed to the colonies in one of the COn' r 14"
sioners' vessels, No fees are paid on children underied
years of age, or on persons over 50. For each elros, ;
couple the fee is £1 ; for each unmarried woman 1 ears
and for each unmarried man, 7s. In the last two loco-
ending the 30th of June 136 ships chartered by the .10,
missioners sailed, of which 31 went to South just the
From the Ist of July. 1850, to the 30th of June las '2cl.;
receipts by the commissioners were £807,310 14%dea
and the payments £441,015 19s. 6d. The uneXPertloo
balance is deposited in the Bank of England, the Pn..:o3e•
not required for immediate use being invested in °'
quer- bills.
TRANSPORTATION OF A CLERGYMAN.—At the Brtß
Der
ton Sessions on Thursday, the notorious Rev. Jell.llbard;
rington was tried for obtaining from Miss Anna ~, ~
son, a governess, four £5 bank notes, under fraud
pretences. There were also several other indienugh
charging him with swindling. The prisoner, 911":', 030 s.
clergyman of the Church of England, wee one of ta„;ole7
notorious swindlers about town, having been sever_l,;',ba
before apprehended on charges similar to the presefse the
had hitherto managed to escape. In the present re'
prosecutrix wrote in reply to an advertisement, ,a"to owe
ceived an answer from the prisoner that he wished that 1)0
the advantage of a governess for his children, and out to
;
desired to see her, as he was about to send the'" shoal
Australia with many other young friends that neestablO
sail in his own vessel ; and that he was about te yerrif,
a college in Geelong. The letter was signed " jotber 1- a
ton, LL.D., Manor Cottage, Rottingdean.” .
ters having passed, the prosecutrix, accomParlioril_
friend, went down to Brighton, and had an intersovverne!.7,
Berrington, when he said he wished to engage 3 g 000'3'0
and housekeeper at a salary of 120 guineas. W.. his 00,
and that it was his intention to go to Geelong o,ovio
ship, the Diligent. He also stated that he had snal id
but that it was difficult to ny,ke r. figure with tni_bl„. 0100,
'ngland, and that when he got to Geelong the
'ld a college and a church. Upon the faith 01. this (et!,
siltation she
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LIVERPOOL HISTORIC SOCIE PY.

The only Society in the town which has published a

Sir Robert Clifton has contradicted the report that he
is about to return to the turf.

Mr. Jaques's Crosslanes, two years old, has arrived at
Smith's stables, Newmarket.

SATURDAY CONCERTS.—On Saturday, Mr. George
Buckland took the duty upon him of entertaining the
audiences at the Concert-hall, and was rewarded by
repeated cheering.
The MARIONETTES have resumed their performances
in London, and are located at the St. James's Theatre.
THE ORGANOPHONIC BAND, whose extraordinary
mode of imitating musical instruments with the human
voice excited so much attention, have been again exhibit-
ing their wonderful powers in Liverpool and Birkenhead,
where they have attracted large audiences.

THE LIVERPOOL CHARITIES. - Our readers should
not forget that the grand performance of the Messiah, to
be given by the members of the Liverpool Philharmonic
Society, will take place on Tuesday next, in aid of the
funds of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, the Northern
Hospital, and the Southern and Toxteth Hospital. The
principal vocalists will be Miss Stott, Miss Parsons, Mr.
Miranda, and Mr. Armstrong ; and the performance will
be under the patronage of the Earl of Sefton, Messrs. W.
Brown, M.P., C. Turner, M.P., W. F. Mackenzie,
M.P., and the mayor of Liverpool, Mr. S. Holme. We
have no doubt that there will be a large and brilliant
assemblage.

CLASSICAL CONCERTS.—On Thursday Mr. E. W.
Thomas gave his third concert to a full and fashionable
audience, in spite of the threatening state of the weather.
It was very well received, and appeared to give great
satisfaction. The fourth concert will take place on Thurs-
day, next week; Sterndaie Bennett at the piano-forte, with
a sonata of his own composition, and a quartett, by C. E.
Horsley, composed expressly for these concerts.
A Isluw TENOR.—Mr. Henry Haigh, a tenor singer of
very superior power and sweetness of voice, has made his
debut at the Dublin Theatre, where he has created quite
a sensation, The Dublin Evening Post, in speaking of
him, says :—" Mr Henry Haigh, whose success was so
unequivocal, and, we will add, so richly deserved, that
Sims Reeves, as the English tenor, has good reason to
take care of his laurels ; with a pleasing personal appear-
ance and gentlemanly bearing, Mr. Haigh possesses a pure
tenor voice of considerable compass, flexibility, and sweet-
ness ; his management of the falsetto being always judici-
ous and telling, and his chest notes being round, fresh,
and sonorous. He was enthusiastically encored in the
principal airs, and we do not remember a first appearance
here more flattering in every respect. We understand he
is permanently engaged, and congratulate Mr. Harris on
the acquisition lie is sure to prove. Indeed we are justi-
fied in auguring for Mr. Haigh a very brilliant career."

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 185/.

in Petersburg Y.C. Tallow took place at 465. 6d. to 48s'., but
chiefly at about 475. ; about 150 pipes South American sold at
455. to 485., and some Australian beef at 465. 6d. per cwt. ;
there has since been less doing.—During the week 1500 bales
Jute have been sold, at .els 10s. for low middling, to 116125.
6d. for good. At the sales to-day Iss. advance upon these prices
was bid, but the owners declining to sell under 305., only a
small lot of very fine was taken at 120 per ton.

I LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3

dull, at last week's rates. Beans and Peas fully support the

andria for Liverpool, is ready for sea, but will be detained a
few days, owing to the low tides.

MONDAY, DEC. 6. —Wind W.S.W., fresh

ARRIVED.-E. C. Scranton, Spencer; Centurion, Coombs;
and New York, Hutchinson, from New York—Danl. Webster,
Howard, St. John, N.B.—Squantum, Crocker, and Sea Eagle,
Williams, New Orleans—Josephine, Havana—Closina, Walsh,
Prince Edward Island—Britannia, Hamilton; Annamooka,
Payne; and Sir Harry Smith, Haws, Quebec—Celestial, Ray-
ner, Halifax—Johanna, Antwerp—Johanna, Hamburg—Ance-
ros, Corunna.

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SAlLED.—Africa, Duley, for Melbourne—Alexander, Barren,
Calcutta—Alarm, Salters, Ceylon—Emma, Fie, Africa—Alice
Jane, Ray, Jamaica—Pollock (from Bristol), New Orleans—
Celestial Empire, Pierce, New York—St. Aubins, Laughton,
Ciyita Vecchia—Europe, Hamilton, Philadelphia—Tancred,
Gullon, Constantinople—Margaret (s), Little, Havre.