The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

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A PARLIAMENTARY RETURN just published shows, that
the number of regiment corps in which no punishments
of flogging took place was 101. Punishments had taken
place in 31 corps, and the number of men punished was
45. The general number of lashes was 50; in a few cases
only 25 ; and in one case for insubordination 75 out of 100

ordered. The offences were principally " disgraceful con-
ind only two cases of drunkenness.

A LARGE MILITARY BREVET is expected shortly to be
issued. It is said that the colonels and lieutenant-colonels
down to the brevet of the 9th of November, 1846, will be
promoted ; but, that it is not yet decided how far the pro-
motion of the majors and captains will extend. The
average service of each general officer at the present mo-
ment is above fifty-one years, and if we add sixteen years

as the age of entrance into the army,

neral officers whose average age is sixty-seven years.
A HINT FOB HUMANE SOCIETIES.—There is now pro-
vided by the Clyde trustees, at their police-office, a bath
for the resuscitation of persons recovered from water
before life is extinct. The novelty of its construction
consists in the application of ordinary gas as the heating
agent ; and at the first trial the water obtained from the
Glasgow Water Company's pipes was raised to 100 degrees
Fahrenheit within ten minutes. The expense of the bath,
complete and ready far the gas and water being attached,
is trifling, and the value of the gas consumed was about
twopence.—North British Mail.
STATUES IN PARLIAMENT.—For some days workmen
have been engaged in placing several statues, representing
some of the kings and queens of England, on pedestals in
the recesses of the central hall of the new Palace at
Westminster. The statues are of stone, and the sove-
reigns represented are Henry 11.. Edward I. and his
Queen, Eleanor ; Eleanor, Queen of Henry 111. • Isabella,
Queen of Edward U. ; Edward 111. and his Queen, Phil-
lippa ; Richard 11. ; and Henry IV. Several other sta-
tues of regal personages are nearly completed, and will
shortly be placed in the recesses prepared for them.

SuinAT-TnAnum.—The magistrates of Ramsgate held
a special petty session last week, to hear several charges
of unlawful Sunday trading against the greater part of the
innkeepers of the town. The prosecutions were all brought
by the landlord of the " Refectory Tavern," who was fined
time ago fora similar offence, and since then ap-
pears to have been narrowly watching his brethren. Con-
victions were obtained against the keepers of the two
principal hotels in the town, the " Albion" and the
Royal," who were fined 15s. and costs; the rest of the
fifteen summonses were withdrawn, on payment of 14e. &l.
each costs.
THE BALHOIZA.L• ESTATES.—Great improvements have
been made on the- Balmoral estates since last year ; the

arable and pastoral lands, under the able management of
Dr. Robertson,Commissioner to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, have been brought into a highly promising state,
while the hunting grounds and deer forest are in a fair

way to become the best in Scotland. The moral and
social wants of the tenantry have been especially cared
for, the Queen having given command that the poorest
families shall have the blessings of education secured to
them, and their domestic wants fully supplied. The new
palace begins to make some progress, but the contractor
has three years to finish it, and it promises to be a very
handsome building.

DUTIES ON HORSES.—From the 10th of October the
new duties payable in respect of horses let for hire will
take effect. The new duties are —where the person taking
out a license shall keep at one and the same time to /et
for hire one horse or one carriage, only £7 10s. • and
where such person shall keep any greater number of
horses or carriages, £l2 10s. for not exceeding two horses
or two carriages -; £2O, not exceeding four horses or three
carriages ; £3O, sot exceeding eight horses or six carriages ;
£4O, not exceeding twelve horses or nine carriages ; £5O,
not exceeding sixteen horses or twelve carriages ; £6O, not
exceeding twenty horses or fifteen carriages; and £7O ex-
ceeding fifteen carriages, &c.

7.11111 TA ET UN I P03:01.—
contemplated in the costume of the British army
helmet, perfectly ventilated, light, pressing equally,
possessing a handsome form, entirely supersedes the pre.
sent shaeo. The coatee, with All its lace and frippery,
gives way to the plain scarlet frock which does not reach
to the knees,—a sensible martial uniform, a fraction more
costly in its first price, but involving a large saving to the
soldier in time, trouble, and pipe-clay. These alterations
will be introduced upon the next issue of clothing. In the
form of the knapsack, a material amendment has also been
sanctioned.

Phe following are the changes
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AWFUL TIZAGEDY.—On Tuesday, at Rawtenstall, Eliza-
beth, wife of Henry Cunliffe, labourer, of Oakenhead Wood,
murdered her child, Alice Hannah, aged nine months, by
cutting her throat, and afterwards attempted suicide by
cutting her own. The father of Elizabeth Cunliffe called
at the house between two and three o'clock, and finding
the door closed he forced it open. On proceeding .up
stairs he found the child and its mother in bed, the former
with its throat cut and dead, and the latter also bleeding
from a wound in the throat, and nearly dead. He found
a penknife near the bed, and an old razor under the
bolster. The surgeon gave but little hopes of the woman's
recovery. She has, however, since rallied. She had been
for some time labouring under great depression of mind,
owing to the ill treatment of her husband. _

A DESCENDANT OP PRINCE RUPERT, Miss Henrietta
' Ouchterlony, of Montrose, died a few days since, haring
attained the age of ninety-one years. The deceased was
1 the last survivor of three sisters, who were for many years
' inhabitants of Montrose, and her only near relative is a
nephew, General Ouchterlony, now in the Russian army.
The Ouchterlony family counted among their kindred
several families of " gentle" blood. Of these we may
notice the Youngs of Aldbar, the Grahams of Claverhouse,
and last,• though not least, Prince Rupert. The Lady
Ruperta, a natural daughter of Prince Rupert, by her
marriage with Brigadier-General Lord Howe, had a daugh-
ter, Henrietta, maid of honour to the Princess of Orange.
This grandchild of the prince married David Skinner,
Esq. ; .and their eldest daughter, Mary Ruperta Skinner,
wife of John Ouchterlony, Esq., some time of Kintorckat,
was the mother of the late Miss Henrietta Ouchterlony.—
Montrose Review.
TIIZ SABDATARIAN QUESTION IN SCOTLAND. On
Sunday morning last the steamer Emperor leftthree
Broomielaw with a full compliment of passengers, the
being upwards of 400 persons on board,
con-
siderable number of ladies. On reaching Gourock, we
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passage was prevented by a .g hu e wooden
this place the gentlemen from Liverpool were landed, but
their further
This, it seems, however, proved no very serious
gateway, which extended right across the middle of the
pier.
obstacle, for some of the passengers speedily procured a
saw, with
which they cut away a sufficient number of the
wooden bars of the gate or barricade to enable the passen-
gers to get through. When the Emperor approached the
head of the loch, it was also found that the old stone pier
erected by the fishery board, was strongly barricaded un-
der the orders of the lord-lieutenant of the county. There
Was no force of men, however, to defend the erection, and
a small boat having been lowered from the steamer, with
a party carrying an axe, saw, crowbars, and other imple-
ments, the obstruction in a few minutes was thrown into
the loch, and floated away in the direction of the other
pier. No landing was attempted here, the steamer at once
making for the regular pier. At this point some persons,
with the view of giving annoyance to the passengers,
about one hour before the arrival of the Emperor, lifted
nine or ten planks from the middle of the pier ; but this
difficulty was easily got over, and the entire body of pas-
sengers disembarked in safety, the planks which had been
uplifted from the pier being made use of as a bridge to
enable them to get over the wooden gateway adjoining the
tollhouse. There was one of the rural policemen and
some other men with him overlooking the landing,. but
no disturbance ensued, and the passengers, after walking
about the neighbourhood for two hours, again quietly em-
barked in the same way as they had come, without creat-
ing the slightest noise, or giving annoyance to any person.
.—Glasgow Chronicle.