The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-27 00:00:00

STOCKDALE V. If ARD AND OTHERS.

" hereby certify and return that, by virtue
of this writ, I have caused to be sold the goods and chattels
of the within-mentioned and referred to, and every part
thereof, for the money by the indorsement on this writ di-
rected to be levied, being the best price 1 could obtain for
the same, and I leave the said money arising from such sale
before the Queen, at Westminster, to render to the within-
named John Joseph-Stockdale, as I am within commanded."
The return is signed " William Lvans and John Wheelton,
sheriff."

On the 20th of this month Stockdale took out a judge's
summons directing the sheriff to .shew cause why he should
not pay over the debt and damages ; and on the 21st it was
.part heard and adjourned for further hearing until Monday
last at one o'clock. •At the hour appointed William Borchelt,
Esq., the under-sheriff; and, Mr: • Watson, the counsel, at-
tended to shew the cause .againsti•the summons ; when, in
consequence of the plaintiff being unable to produce prece-
dents of a judge's interference under similar circumstances,
Mr. Justice Littledale refused to make any order on the sub-
ject. The plaintiff will,Ahereforei not be able to proceed any
further until the first day of Hillary term, which is on the
11th of January. He may then apply to the court aboVe for
a rule against the sheriff to pay over the• money; but the lat-
ter will have four days allowed him to shew cause against
the same: The HoUse of Com Mons will meet on the lfith
next month ; and it appears to be the object of the sheriff
and those who advise him to retain the money in his hands
until it is seen how parliament will act. The case is certainly
one of a novel and highly-important character, audit is right
that the public should be disabused of the impression that
has gone abroad that the matter was an end.

We have it upon authority, which we are no longer at
liberty to question, how incredible soever the fact asserted,
that Ministers are at this moment soliciting the Irish Chief
Baron Woulfe to make room on the judicial bench for Mr.
Daniel O'Connell! While the statement that such an out-
rage 'unon deeency was contemplated rested upon Mr. O'Con.
net's unsupported assertion, we gave to it no more credit than
to any. other !Ira& dicta of that habitual ` postponer of the
truth to the purpose of the moment" [we use the euphonism
of his friend the Examined; bet.nowwebear the story from
so many, and such well-informed sources, that we can doubt
no longer. The circtunstthiCes of the 'tithe, indeed, render
less incredible what would; generally .seem impossible, and
what, under any circumstances, is monstrous.—Standard.
A Iticu_Sr.LNAINA,__:—:EN:rii.AORbINARI- UASIL.--xhe will
of the late- Miss Jane Innis, spinster, formerly of Picardy.,
pladt-,..Edinburghilut late ,of Stow, in North Britain, has just
been,proved in the Prerogative Court of .the ArchbishOp'of
Canterbury, in Doctors' CommOns,.by George Scott and
John Thompson, Esqrs. the executors. The deceased was
possessed of upwards of £BOO,OOO in the. funds and property
in different parts of Scotland to the amount of £1,200,000, •
making together the enormous sum of ;C2,00000, the whole
of which the testatrix has bequeathed to be equally divided
amongst all her relations who can be found, without respect
to the nearest of kindred. About five years since the testa-
trix became entitled to £500,003, upon the death of her bro-
ther, he having died intestate, and she being his only next of
kin. Notwithstanding the immense wealth of the deceased
lady, her habits were very penurious, and as a proof of it, it
may be only necessary to mention one fact : one dark evening
she had occasion to go up stairs, which she did without light-
ing a candle, and in consequence of her advanced age (nearly
80) she slipped down and broke:her leg, and which accident
ultimately caused her death.

SIR JAMES GRAHAM, BART. M.P. AND THE REPRE-
SENTATION OF PEMBROKE, &C.—Within the last fortnight'
the ministerial journals have propogated some unjustifiable
statements regarding the peCuniary embarrassments of an hon.
baronet who has great political influence in Pembrokeshire.
They have gone so far as to hold out a prospect that the diffi-
cultieS of Sir John Owen, Bart. would lead to the whole of
such influence being lost to the conservative party, and of
course to the gain of the whig-radical faction. These state-
ments having gone abroad it has been generally circulated that
the present talented member for Pembroke, the Right Hon.
Sir James Graham, would not in the event of a dissolution of
the House of Commons, again solicit the suffrages of the elec-
tors. Through the kindness of a correspondent we are enabled
to lay the following authorised address before our readers,
which was issued at the close of the past week :—" A report
having been circulated that it is the intention of Sir James
Graham to retire from the representation of Pembroke, &c.
On the dissolution of Parliament, his friends are informed that
the report is unfounded, and whenever Parliament is dissolved
Ile purposes again soliciting the honour of their suffrages and
support.

STATE OF TRADE.— The present aspect of our trade is
not of a retrograde character, but, taking into account the
season of the year and the pressure which still exists in the
money market, we think the appearances for the coming
year are more favourable than they have been for some months
past. In some descriptions 'of pods which have suffered
most owing to the disturbances in the East, slight advances
have been realized, which it is confidently hoped will be
maintained.--Blackburn Standard.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—MormAr.