The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TITVSDA_Y, MARCH 29, 1853.

SIXTEEN vessels are now being built in the Clyde for
the Liverpool trade.
THE EARL OF CARLISLE has appointed the Rev. T.
Darnton Milner, L.L.8., incumbent of Bulford, to be
his domestic chaplain.
THE UNITED STATES MAIL STEAM-SHIP ARCTIC,
Capt. Luce, sailed on Wednesday, with the usual mails, a
very large cargo, and a fair complement of passengers.
THE THIRD INSTALMENT of £2 per share has just
been paid by the shareholders of the Ramsay Steam-
packet Company.

JOHN DUFFY, the old and indefatigable messenger of
the Underwriters' Rooms, died on Monday last. A sub-
scription has been set on foot on behalf of his widow and
children, one of whom is a cripple.

SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE.—On Tuesday evening,
the concluding lecture of the seventh series to the mem-
bers and friends, was given at the Concert-hall. The
lecturer was the Rev. Dr. Nixon, of Birmingham, and
his subject, " Wesley and Whitfield."
THE REV. JAMES ASPINALL, Rector of Althorpe,
Lincolnshire, has been invited to give a lecture on the
Uses and Advantages of Mutual Improvement Societies,
on the 29th instant, at Lincoln. The Mayor of Lincoln
has lent the Guildhall, and promised to preside.
OWNERS OF COTTAGE PROPERTY should not forget
that if they wish to compound for the poor-rates, they
must give notice to the overseers within fourteen days
after the 25th instant, of their intention to do so, or they
will be excluded the privilege for next year.
PAPER ROBBERY.—At the Police-court, on Wednes-
day, Thomas Brown, an errand boy, in the employ of
Mr. Richardson, printer, Lower Castle-street, was com-
mitted for trial for stealing about thirteen reams of paper
from his master's office. Mr. Ovington, grocer, 17,
Soho-street, to whom some of the paper was sold, was
also committed for trial on the charge of receiving.
GERMANS IN LIVERPOOL.—During the past week four
hundred and fifty Germans passed through Hull for Liver-
pool en route, chiefly to New York. It is calculated
that more than twenty thousand emigrants will pass
through Hull this spring for the United States and the
colonies. The greater number of these will sail from
Liverpool.

BIGAMY IN LIVERPOOL.—At the Carnarvon assizes,
Henry Dixon was charged with intermarrying a second
time, his first wife, Elizabeth Davies, the daughter of a
respectable tradesman at Carnarvon, being alive. It ap-
peared that the prisoner took his wife to Liverpool, and
there contracted a second marriage with a woman of light
character, he being at the time in a state of intoxication.
He was found guilty, but recommended to mercy. Sen-
tenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour.

WARRINGTON.—PRESENTATION TO A CLERGYMAN.—
On Tuesday, the 15th instant, the Rev. Henry Pigot,
incumbent of Horwich, was presented by his late pa-
rishioners at Winwick with a very elegant communion
service, in silver, as a memorial of their deep affection
for him, and their high appreciation of his ministerial
labours.on their behalf. The rev. gentleman was, at the
time of the presentation, a visitor at Winwick Cottage,
the residence of the Misses Hornby (sisters to the rector),
in whose drawing-room a deputation waited upon him.—
Manchester Guardian.
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
At the fortnightly meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Verelst
presiding, it was stated that the committee, appointed in
May last to suggest a scheme of town mprovement, would
report to the society on the 6th of April. The president,
Mr. Picton, Mr. Frank Howard, and the secretary, were
appointed a committee to investigate a charge of plagiar-
ism of plans brought by the London committee of baths
and wash-houses, against Mr. Newlands, the borough
engineer. Mr. Verelst read an eloquent paper on archi-
tecture, entitled, " Commodities, Firmness, and Delight."
TEE PAVING RATE for the past year was 6d. in the
pound. In the usual course, it would be requisite, so
heavy is the amount of necessary work, that a rate of
something like 10d. or Is. should be raised ; but, if the
plan of borrowing money, on the security of the rates, as
proposed, be approved of by the Council, which would
enable the Health Committee to put the whole of the
leading streets in a thorougly efficient state in a short
space of time, then the amount need not exceed Sd. in the
pound, and possibly 7d. might be sufficient. The effect of
this would probably be, that the succeeding rate will not,
perhaps, exceed 6d. for the year following.
THE CLERKS, and indeed every person employed by
the London and North-western Railway, will be rejoiced
at the determination of the company to release their
employes at reasonable hours, in order that they may
have suitable time for recreation. Hitherto a very im-
proper custom has existed in this town amongst the car-
ters, who have been in the habit of leaving goods at, or
bringing them away from, the railway-stations at very
late hours in the evening, causing the men and clerks to
work until midnight. This practice is much indulged in
by the American merchants, who ship goods by the steam-
era up to twelve o'clock at night.

THE CONFERENCE OF CONGREGATIONAL MINISTFAIS
IN CHESTER, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
last, convened to take counsel together upon the state of
-religion in their flocks, was attended by Dr. Raffles,
Liverpool ' • J. A. James, Birmingham ; J. Kelly, Liver-
pool ; J. Fleming, Lancaster; W. L. Brown, A.M.,
Bolton ; B. Beddow, Barnsley ;J. Gnyther, Manchester;
E. Jukes, Blackburn ; J. Marshall, Over • J. Mann,
Birkenhead; J. Raven, Manchester; J. R. Smith, Ches-
ter; J. Spence, M.A., Preston ; R. Spence, M.A., Liver-
pool • J. Glyde, Bradford ; D. E. Ford, Manchester; J.
Griffin, Manchester ; and S. Sleigh, Wavertree. There
was not one address of a sectarian character, but the all-
prevailing solicitude seemed to be the glory of Christ and
the salvation of souls.

ATTACK BY THE PATAGONIANS ON A LIVERPOOL
SHlP.—lntelligence has been received at Lloyd's, dated
Stanley, Falkland Islands. January 5, of a most daring
attack, by the Patagonians, on the ship Porcupine, of this
port, Millinger, master. In passing through the Straits
of Magellan, on her way to California, the Porcupine
grounded. Early the next morning the ship was sur-
rounded by numerous canoes, full of natives. Hostile
demonstrations being made, and the captain observing a
fleet of canoes approaching nearer, many bearing lighted
pine branches, gave orders to the crew and passengers,
most of whom had revolvers, to arm themselves. A
terrible conflict ensued. The savages fought desperately,
and tried to burn the ship. After a severe struggle, and
great slaughter, they were beaten off, and 300 bags of oats
being thrown overboard, the ship floated. Two of the
emigrants, George Rowell and Henry Boyle, were killed,
and several others severely wounded. The ship returned
to the Falkland Islands greatly disabled.
FATAL NEGLIGENCE OF A NURSE.—On Sunday week
a fine boy, aged eight months, son of Mr. Doubleday,
Breck• road, was taken out by Ann Ellis, the nurse girl,
into the garden, and while there she fell, by which the
child sustained injuries, which she concealed. On re-
turning to the house the child refused the breast, and
daily became worse, until death ensued. Mr. Statter,
surgeon, on making a post mortem examination, found
that the left side was crushed inwards ; and on opening
the chest he discovered that the child had died from in.
flammation on the left lung and side. The coroner
animadverted strongly on the conduct of Ann Ellis, who,
if she had in time admitted the cause of the child's illness,
would have been the means of inducing the parents to
procure the necessary advice and assistance. The jury
were of opinion that the youth of Ann Ellis shielded her
from the crime of manslaughter.

AUSTRALIAN COMPLIMENTS TO LIVERPOOL.—At a
grand fete on board the Great Britain, previous to her
departure from Australia, Sir Charles Nicholson proposed
as a toast :—" The Town and Commerce of Liverpool."
This was a toast which would be appreciated on that
occasion, as it was to the energy and enterprise of Liver-
pool shipowners that they owed the presence of the Great
Britain in this harhour. There was no community in the
world characterised by greater spirit and liberality than
the Liverpool merchants. Mr. Thorpe responded. He
had been a resident in Liverpool for thirteen years, and
he was proud of the title of a Liverpool shipowner. The
Great Britain was owned by one firm in Liverpool, and
was not supported by any government contracts. Her
voyage to this colony was the result of individual er ter-
prise, and to the colonists they looked for support to
make the undertaking pay.
IN THE OFFICIAL REPORT on the wreck of the Queen
Victoria by Captain Walker, the conduct of Captain
Church is condemned most strongly. Captain Church
was not heard to give any orders. He had lead and log
lines on board, but be neither sounded nor ascertained
how fast she was going, nor did he slacken speed, or
adopt any precaution to prevent the fearful accident which
took place. Atter the vessel struck, his presence of mind
appears entirely to have deserted him. If, when the
thick weather came on, the direction of the steamer's
head had been altered, and the engines slowed, the dis-
aster would not, most probably, have taken place. The
conduct of Thomas Davis, the mate, was greatly to blame.
The reporter comments on the fact, that six years had
elapsed since the ordering of a bell for the head, and also
upon another fact, that four hours before the Victoria
struck there was no person on watch in the Lighthouse,
and that one of the keepers, from infirmity of age, could
scarcely be expected efficiently to perform the duties of
his station.

SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual meeting, on Tuesday,
the Rev. Rector Campbell presiding, Mr. Hughes, with
regard to remarks made by Mr. Mellor at the previous
meeting, as to his qualification, said all Mr. Mellor had
stated was incorrect.—Mr. Hughes thought it a most
dastardly proceeding to bring charges against members of
a public board in their absence. The subject dropped
jest as Mr. Mellor entered the room. The report of the
Finance Committee stated that an offer of four guineas
per square yard had been made for the pariah premises in
Lime-street, but had been refused, the committee asking
£4 10s.—A letterhad been received from the Emigration
Commissioners, in answer to some application from the
board,—that they were not in the habit of taking any
number of women from workhouses in large towns.-
-Mr. Gardner moved that a copy of Mr. Mansfield's
letters, and the reply read at the last meeting, should be
sent to the Secretary of State, that he might know what
Mr. Mansfield was doing.—Mr. Bradley seconded the
motion ; but, while all who spoke censured the conduct
of Mr. Mansfield, they did not concur in the proposal,
and the subject was allowed to drop.—lt appeared that
the matron had taken 7s. 6d. from the body of a deceased
female pauper, and divided it between Jane Andy and
Margaret Shannon, two other inmates. She pleaded that
it was done at the request of the dying woman. On this
she had been called before the board, reprimanded, and
told that a second such offence would be visited with
committal.—Total number of inmates in the house, 2,060 ;
admissions to the vagrant sheds during the week, 794.—
There were reported to be 1,088 children at present in the
Industrial Schools. They had passed a creditable exami-
nation; but both boys and girls were deficient in arith-
metic. The present average cost per head, per week, was
reported to be ls. 10Id. A communication was read from
the Poor-law Board, sanctioning the appointment of the
three medical officers lately elected, at £2OO per annum.—
Mr. Meacock wrote, withdrawing his name as a candidate
for re-election at the general vestry, which is to be holden
to-day.—Mr. Kitchen also intimated that he would not
consent to stand as overseer.—Mr. Hughes withdrew the
motion of which he had given notice respecting the admis-
sion of Romanist children to the house. The governor,
in whom he felt perfect confidence, had promised to per-
sonally supervise that part of the establishment.—A vote
of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.

A DESPERATE ATTEMPT was made at Wakefield, on
Friday week, to garrotte John Barff, Esq., a West Riding
magistrate.

THE MONEY ORDER OFFICE has been removed from
South John-street to the Revenue Buildings, opposite the
Sailors' Home.

AT THE MEETING Or 'IRE HEALTH COMMITTEE, the
tender of Mr. Rose, for the removal of refuse from the
borough and out-townships, was accepted. The tender
was for Liverpool £7,550 ; for Toxteth-park, £1,460.

ROBERT CATRAEL, the breaksman on the incline lead-
ing from the coal works of Mr. Samuel Stocks, Billinge,
to the pierhead, died in extreme suffering, on Sunday
week, from the effects of an accident which took place on
on the previous Saturday, by which his left leg was
completely severed and the other mangled.
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TIM LIVERPOOL ASSIZE COURTS were closed on Good
Friday, an unusual circumstance ; indeed, the first occa-
sion of the kind which has occurred here since 1835, when
the first commission was opened in Liverpool. At that
time the judges were Sir Nicholas Tindal and Lord
Abinger, and at all the subsequent spring assizes the
judges sat on Good Friday, immediately after the morning
service.—Chronicle.

THE NUMBER OF DEATHS in the borough for the week
ending Saturday last was 213, being a decrease of 13 as
compared with the previous week. The change of weather
in the middle of last week would probably cause an in-
crease of mortality during the present week. Diseases of
the lungs caused nine deaths more than in the week pre-
vious, the total number, including 32 from consumption,
being 93. A shipwright, aged 27, died from delirium
tremens.

THE Wire OF A FLATIHAN, whose boat was lying in
the Collingwood dock, was returning on Monday week
from her sister's residence, in Toxteth-park, with her
infant, about a month old. The child was alive when
she reached the Exchange, but on arriving at the Coiling-
wood dock she discovered that it was dead. The mother
had the child wrapped in a cloak so securey that the poor
child was suffocated.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
OF THE COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER.—OIiver
Ormerod Walker, Esq., to be deputy-lieutenant; Ist
Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia, Lieut.
Clarence Horatio Carey to be captain ; 4th Regiment,
John Ireland' B!ackburne, jun., Esq. (late lieut.-col. in
the 2d Regiment), to be lieut-col. ; sth Regiment,
Charles Townley, Esq., to be lieut.-col.

IMPORTANT TO STEAM-BOAT AGENTS.—A case tried in
ti e Liverpool County Court a few days since, will be found
of interest. The plaintiffs were consignees of goods for-
warded by a Steam packet Company, of which
defendant is agenr. The claim was for loss sustained in
consequence of defendant's detaining a portion of the
consignment under a supposed lien for freight. Defend-
ant gave an order for delivery, but subsequently sent
word to the dock that all the goods were not to be deli-
vered until the freight was paid. Plaintiffs shewed that
the freight had been sent in, but not paid, in consequence
of defendant instructing them not to pay the office-boy.
His Honour stated that no lien existed after the delivery
order had been given, and that the freight would have
been paid but for defendant's instructions not to pay the
office-boy. Plaintiffs were not bound to call until they
could find a responsible person to receive the money.
He should, therefore, give them a verdict.
MR. BRAITHWAITE POOLE says that, of the total mis-
cellaneous merchandise traffic in the port of Liverpool,
that is exclusive of the coasting trade and minerals, nearly
one-half consists of two commodities only, namely, cotton
and timber ; and it is remarkable that, during the last
year, 1852, the imports of each averaged 1,000 tons daily.
The imports of cotton into Great Britain last year, 1852,
were as follow:

into Liverpool.. .. 2,205,738 bales : 365,000 tons.
„ London 48,700 „ 8,000 „
„ Hull and Bristol 27,200 „ 5,000 „
~ Scotland

Tot al. .
The cotton imported into London, Hull, and other sea-
ports, if not sold direct to the spinners, or re-exported, is
frequently sent to Liverpool for sale, and the number of
bales so brought by. inland communication, last year,
rather exceeded 4,000. The number sent by railway,
from Liverpool to Hull, for exportation, was 120,000;
and the number to Scotland, for consumption, 33,000 by
railway, in addition to the same quantity by sea.
A " Punuc BAKER" is the technical name for the
owner of a public oven, to which poor people send their
dinners or their bread occasionally to be baked, and there
are, we are told, nearly 500 in Liverpool. On the even-
ing of Good Friday a considerable gathering of the trade
assembled at a room in Lime-street—Mr. Hugh Kinrade
in the chair—for the purpose of forming a union. The
Chairman said : Some might say it was easy work. It
was not, for they had to work on a Sunday the same as on
a Monday. Look at the expenses they had to contend
with—coals, chaffers, peels, and tins. How many did
they lose in a year ; and, if they were not paid for their
labour, there was no living at all. (A Voice: I lost £lO
last year.) They wanted to unite, in order that they
might bake on one scale, from one end of the town to the
other, and charge a fair, honest price for their labour.—
Mr. Cruickshank, the honorary secretary, said women
ran, like black sheep, from one bakehouse to another;
and it only required that the public bakers should be
united. The trade had grown worse since the duty had
been taken off flour ; and the loaves had grown uncon-
scionably big. Flour was now horribly cheap. There
was not a more suspicious lot of men than the public
bakers ; and the reason was, that when they offended a
lady, she went with her tale to another baker. For his
part, he never believed a woman in any tale at all. (Loud
applause.)—lt was agreed that an association be formed ;
and, by a majority of 36 to 19, that the secretary be paid.
One of the rules is to the effect, that the baking of a loaf
weighing 61bs. be Id. ; above 101 b., lid.
A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—On Wednesday last an incident
took place in Liverpool which we have sincere pleasure in
relating, as it sheds a lustre on the character of the British
merchant, and imparts a true nobility to trade. It appears
that, in 1847, a certain house in this town, like many
others, felt the influence of the untoward circumstances of
the time ; that it was prepared to encounter and triumph
over undoubted difficulties, if not pressed too far ; that
the majority of the creditors had faith in the man who, at
the moment, expected forbearance; that there were others
less confiding ; that they thought the worst, and pressed
for settlement ; that stoppage was the inevitable conse-
quence ; and that the result of a bankruptcy left claims
unpaid. The bankrupt emerged from his fallen state,
once more solicited fortune, ventured, and won the prize ;
and his former creditors were invited, on Wednesday
morning last, to his office. He produced to them a list of
his debts; told them these were ignored by act of parlia-
ment, but that he looked beyond legal relief ; that no man
should reproach his memory by telling his children that
their father died in his debt ; that, in casting up the list,
he found £lB,BOO was still due to them ; that he held in
his hands cheques on his bankers for that sum, and that
be then begged to hand to each creditor a cheque for the
amount formerly due to him. Amazement, mingled with
delight, sat on every face ; and it was agreed simul-
taneously to deduct five per cent. from the sum received,
and expend it in a testimonial, as an enduring monument
of the opinion entertained of an act so worthy.
HEALTH ComatirrEE.—At the weekly meeting on
Thursday, after the reports of the sanitary and medical
officers had been read, it was stated that the sub-com-
mittee had had several meetings to consider the subject of
estimates for works to be executed, and the rates to
be laid, but they had not yet come to a decision.—Mr.
Gladstone wished to be understood that though there
might be a small increase in the rates, still there was no
intention to lay an excessive rate. It was agreed to
make additional crossings in Huskisson -street.—A petition
from 68 shopkeepers and others in Vauxhall-road was
read : the memorialists sought that the manure deposits
in that neighbourhood might not be removed, they being
a fruitful source of business.—The chairman thought the
alteration could not cause any pecuniary loss ; the only
difference would be that the manure would go into the
flats instead of being laid upon the quay. The matter
here dropped.—Mr. Gladstone read a letter from Mr.
Grantham, relative to some remarks he had made in re-
ply to Mr. Newlands upon the subject of the high-level
railway question at a meeting of the Polytechnic Society.
He could only say that the remarks of Mr. Newlands still
appeared to warrant the impressions he then received,
and he was therefore happy to feel that they were erro-
neous. Mr. Newlands explained that he did not report
in favour of the low level crossing, neither did the council
grant IL—The committee then proceeded to consider the
tenders for the removal of the refuse from the borough and
out-townships. The tender of Mr. Rose was accepted.—
The chairman said that £lO,OOO was paid under the former
contract and four more for seavengering, and that was
within the borough. The difference now was £11,460
against £14,000, being a gain of £2,540, with the advan-
tage of having the manure sent outside the borough.
INQUEST ON THE LATE Ma. BLUNDELL.—On Tuesday
an inquest was held before C. E. Driffield, Esq., touching
the death of R. Benson Blundell Hollinghead Blundell,
Esq., late of Deysbrook, West Derby, an extensive coal
proprietor, and a county magistrate, who, as we stated in
the last number of the Standard, was found drowned in
a pond about three hundred yards from his own residence,
on Sunday morning last. The first witness who was exa-
mined at the inquiry, which took place at Doiruer's
Hotel, West Derby, was Peter Webster, the butler, who
deposed that the deceased was first missed about half-past
eleven o'clock on Saturday morning. It was at first sup.
posed that he had gone into town ; but, as he did not
return that night, inquiries were made at Pemberton,
near Wigan, where his mines are situated. They were
without effect, however ; and, on Sunday morning, his
hat was seen floating in the pond in question. The pond
was then dragged, and the body found. There were no
marks on the body, and the witness, who wiped the mud
off the face at the pond, perceived no scratches upon it.
No money whatever was found upon the body, but it did
not surprise the witness, as the deceased was in the habit
of going without money. His clothes were not at all in-
terfered with, and his coat was buttoned up. There were
workmen draining the field within sight of the pond. Mr.
Parke, surgeon, was then examined, and stated that he
had attended Mr. Blundell several times, as he was
labouring under an affection of the liver. Some years
back, Mr. Blundell had an attack of jauncice, and had
been obliged to go to the continent for the restoration of
his health. The liver complaint was a very depressing
one. But he had never seen any manifestation of insanity
in the deceased. The coroner asked if Mr. Blundell had
been a high liver, and to this Mr. Parke replied in the
affirmative, stating that Mr. Blundell had taken his bottle
and a half of wine in his younger days, which, of course,
he felt afterwards. Once or twice they took away a quan-
tity of wine from the deceased, reducing his allowance.
Mr. Blundell was very odd in his manner to strangers.
He was reserved, and a shy man, and did not like com-
pany, even from a child, and, therefore, he thought that
strangers would mistake his manner for something worse.
He was so reserved that those who did not know him
would think be was out of his mind. The coroner left
the jury to consider their verdict ; and, after a delay of
about an hour and a half, they returned a verdict " that
the deceased was found drowned in a certain pond of
water contiguous to the lands of the said deceased, but
how or in what manner be became drowned does not ap-
pear to the same jurors." The majority of the jury, we
are informed, expressed an opinion that the cause of death
might have been accidental.

GENERAL NEWS.

Hind,
THE CELEBRATED ASTRONOMER, Mr. J. Russell
discovered a new comet on the 6th of the current month,
which presents strong indications of identity with that of
1664.

MR. JOHN PRITCHARD, of the firm of J. and G. Prit-
chard, bankers, of Brosely and Bridgenorth, has been
elected for Bridgenorth, in the place of Sir R. Pigott,
unseated.

OtntAway.—On Thursday a county-court was held at
the Sheriff's Court, London, when the Duke of Bruns-
wick, by the name of Charles Frederic William Guelph,
was called for the fifth and last time.

DYKES.—The first Dutch fort on the Scheldt has just
been completed by Mr. Winder, an English engineer, and
the same gentleman has constructed an immense dyke
in Zealand: the obstacles were great.
A GOOD SHOT.—On Thursday one of the convicts em-
ployed at the prisons on Dartmoor endeavoured to effect
an escape. He ran off, but was pursued, and other at-
tempts to catch him failing, a sentry fired, and hit him
in the leg at 250 yards.
MAILS FOR NORWAY are now conveyed direct by sea
between Denmark and Norway. The rate of postage is
ls. 4d. the half-ounce. and so on, according to the scale
in operation in the united kingdom for charging inland
letters.

THE NEW SOUTH WALES AND PORT PHILIP portion
of the mails disembarked from the steamer Australian
has been despatched from Plymouth in the sailing ship
Albemarle, and the South Australian portion has been
despatched in the sailing ship Orestes, from Gravesend.
ARCHIBALD HUNTER, blacksmith, Newyards, Maybole,
Ayrshire, in a drunken affray with his wife on Sunday last,
(both being in a state of inebriation,) was knocked down
stairs by his better-half; and, alighting on his head. his
neck was dislocated, and be died instantaneously. Mrs.
Hunter has been lodged in jail.
MR. THOMAS M`FADZEAN a native of Newton-upon-
Ayr, N. 8., and master of the schooner William Henry,
of Preston, was drowned at Killybegs, west of Ireland,
on the night of Monday the 14th instant. The vessel
was lately launched from the ship-yard of Messrs. Sloan
and Gemmell, ship-builders, Ayr.

THE FORCE OF HABIT.—Mr. Gladstone was once
asked by a little boy to tell him something about
Cerberus, when the great orator, clearing his throat,
eloquently began :—" why, my little clear, we must
divide the subject into three heads." The little boy
instinctively ran out of the room.—Punch.
AT THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING, on Saturday week,
of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, the
balance at the disposal of the meeting amounted to
£27,528. A dividend equivalent to 94- per cent. was
declared, reserving £2,288 interest on debt, and leaving
a balance to the next account.

THE NEWSPAPERS in the West of Scotland state, that
the letters received by people in that part of the country
from relations in Australia, are of the most cheering kind.
One Girvan man had cleared £6O in a month. Another,
a blacksmith, received £9 per week and rations. A
" quickening of the emigration spirit" is expected in
Scotland.

STORM ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND COAST.—On Mon-
day forenoon a northerly gale came on very suddenly on
the Northumberland coast. Several fishing cobles were
out at the time, and the fishermen were obliged to leave
their lines and run for the shore. Two beats were out
from Blyth, one of which in taking the bar upset, and,
before assistance could reach them, the three fishermen
belonging to her were drowned. Several fishermen be-
longing to Newbiggin had a narrow escape from death on
the same day.
THE GLEN TILT CASE.—This celebrated and impor-
tant case has, " of consent of the defender," resulted in
a finding that there is a public road through Glen Tilt,
and in the duke being found liable in the whole expenses
of the process. We believe that this termination of the
case has been reached on an understanding that the pur-
suers will not resist an intended application by the duke
to the road trustees for leave to make a new road de-
viating from the present track in its lower part for two or
three miles.—Scotsman.

STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT HAMILTON.—The Rev.
Mr. Scott, of Bunkle, was preaching last Sunday week,
in one of the United Presbyterian Churches, when the
clock struck eight ; he stopped short, and said :—" Time
flies, and death hovers near. I have just had one of the
most striking notices put into my hand I ever read from
the pulpit, and I have been 36 years a minister. A lady
in her usual health, and in the prime of life, while pre-
paring to come to church this evening, dropped down,
and instantly expired. She is Mrs. Dr. S.— (wife of a
medical gentleman in Hamilton)." The effect on the
congregation of this announcement, improved in a few
solemn and appropriate sentences by the minister, was
very marked. " Death can make more giddy tremblers
in a minute than press or pulpit."
A SHOCKING ACCIDENT occurred on Wednesday
morning on the Midland Railway. The train from Derby
to Leeds reached the Masbro' station (five miles from
Sheffield) between eight and nine o'clock, and was pre-
paring to pull up there, when a middle-aged well dressed
man was observed to open the carriage door and spring
out. The train was in slow motion, but he stumbled and
fell between the edge of the platform and the train. The
wheels in the first instance ran over his legs and mutilated
them terribly. His body was then twisted into a posture
more nearly parrallel to the train, and the wheels of
several carriages ran along his chest and abdomen, literally
opening the trunk from end to end. Assistance was un-
availing. All that could be done was to gather up the
remains and remove them to the Prince of Wales
Hotel (adjacent), there to await the coroner's inquest.
The dead body has not been identified. There was no
luggage, or anything else bearing the name of the
deceased, and he was not known to any one present.
ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE OF CONVICTS.—OD Mon-
day last week two notorious criminals named Maggs and
Wilson, the one under sentence of transportation for 15,
and the other for 10 years, made their escape from Wilton
gaol, at Taunton, but were recaptured in the course of
the same evening. They had been confined in separate
cells, but on Monday morning about four o'clock they
succeeded in breaking out of their respective places of
confinement, and, by means of a rope formed from
oakum, which they had secreted during their daily labour,
assisted each other over the prison wall. When they left
the gaol they bad no other clothing than their shirts ; the
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afternoon, when a labourer observed them emerging from
a wet ditch, and immediate information being given, two
officers, with assistants, secured their prisoners and lodged
them in their old quarters. Maggs is 46 years of age,
and John Wilson, though only 16, is an adept in villany,
SINGULAR CASE OF ABDUCTION.—A novelty in this
way has occurred at Worcester, the person abducted being
an old gentleman between I:0 and 60, and the object of the
forcible capture being to compel him to marry a widow of
nearly his own age. Mr. Davies, a farmer of Broadwas,
a few miles from Worcester, went to the market in that
city, and put up his horse at a farmers' inn--the Green
Dragon—in Newport-street. In the afternoon a mes-
senger brought him the intelligence that his housekeeper
had been taken dangerously ill, and that his presence was
required at home. He at once got into a fly, which had
been provided for the purpose, and his capturers (Messrs.
Dobney and Wilson), instead of taking him home, con-
veyed him to an inn at Ombersley, a village in a contrary
direction. Here he was detained until next day, when,
after much research, he was discovered by the police, just
as he was about being forced—according to his own ac-
count—into a marriage with Dobney's mother. A license
had been procured, and to induce him to consent to the
match threats and entreaty had been used, and a pair of
handcuffs had been exhibited. He has been delivered
over to his friends.

A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE, AND AN ACQUISITION
TO THE DIGGINGS.—A hawker by profession, named
George Bartlett, after being "refused" by a number of
young women at Cheverell, hetook himself on Tuesday
last to the Devizes union workhouse, in search of a wife.
At this critical moment, the matron of the workhouse
passed by, and to this excellent woman Gorge Bartlett
told his want, and begged her assistance. Alrs. Hassell
(the matron) immediately repaired to the female ward,
and proclaimed to the inmates that there was a man out-
side in want of a wife to go with him to Australia. and
asked if any one would accept him as a husband ? " I'll
have him !" simultaneously exclaimed half a dozen voices.
" Shew him up, let's have a peep at him !" But there
was one voice more vociferous than the others, and that
was the voice of Sarah Early, and Sarah Early insisted on
the first refusal. Now, Sarah Early stands six feet high
without her shoes. She has six toes upon each foot ; and
she has a child, we are told, with the same number of
toes. She is a perfect Amazon. She can break a square
of glass with her fist, or a man's head with her patten.
She leads the "Opposition" in the workhouse, and where
there is either mischief or frolic to be performed, " I'm
your match !" said Sarah Early. " Then pick up your
traps !" said George Bartlett, and the matter was settled
in less time than it is written. Aye, and in less than half
an hour Sarah Early and Sarah Early's child and George
Bartlett turned their backs upon the Devizes union work-
house. Within three weeks, or as soon as the banns can
be published, Sarah Early and George Bartlett will be
mania; and directly afterwards they will be off for the
diggings.
LETTERS OP CREDIT.—A cage was determined in the
Lord Mayor's Court, London, last week, involving a
question of great commercial importance. An American
gentleman bought for cash a circular letter of credit from
a mercantile firm in the city, addressed to their agents on
the continent, and this document authorized the various
houses to whom it was addressed to honour his draughts.
Shortly afterwards, a house at the west-end, which had
some disputed accounts with him, lodged an attachment
with the London' firm on the funds which they had thus
received for the sale of the letter, upon the plea that the
transaction was a simple deposit, and that the money so
attached still belonged to the person who had paid it to
them, and that they, the garnishees or issuers of the
credit, incurred no responsibility until they came under
acceptance. It was also contended that after the attach-
ment was lodged, the garnishees could not accept and pay
the defendant's bills, except in their own wrong. The gar-
nishees, on the other hand, maintained that the sum
handed them was the purchase-money for the letter of
credit; that it was as complete a sale as if the article
bought had been goods ; that there is no essential dif-
ference between giving an acceptance at once for the
amount and an engagement to accept and pay whenever
called upon, and hence that the money ceased to be the
accredited party's directly he received the garnishees' en-
gagement in exchange. Three points were submitted by
the Recorder to the jury, all of which were decided in
favour of the garnishees, but the only one of any public
interest was the finding by the jury that the money passed
absolutely to the garnishees in exchange for their credit ;
that it simultaneously ceased to be the defendants', and
consequently was not attachable. This result is very
satisfactory, since, if the suit had gone the other way, it
would then be held that the article acquired, and the
money paid for it, both remained the property of the pur-
chaser—that an engagement to accept and pay is only
oinding, if a subsequent claimant does not step in—and
that a person who fancies be has a demand, can, bya
simple affidavit of debt, make the issuers of the credit
break their engagement to the accredited party.

AMONG the gentlemen who passed their examinations.l,
at the Apothecaries'•hall, last week, was one named Death.

THE BODIES OF Two CHILDREN were found dead the
other day in a jar floating in the River Lea, but how or by
what means they came there there is no evidence to show.

ACCELERATION OF MAILS.—On the first of April a
great acceleration of the mails to and from the north will
take place, which will enable letters to be delivered two
hours earlier, and dispatched two hours later, than at the
present time at York, Newcastle, rind other places.

• •
ABD.xL-KADER has addressed a letter to Lord Lon•
d onderry, thanking him for his exertions on his behalf.
It is addressed "To his lordship the magnificent, the
highly exalted, the man of heart, the key of happy issues,
before whom misfortune flies, the General Vane London-
derry, the Irishman."

WHALE AND SEAL FISHERY.—The vessels from the
port of Dundee, engaged in the Davis' Strait's fishery,
appear to be ready for sea. Those from Peterhead, where
the trade is principally carried on, have sailed some time
ago. The total number of vessels this year for Greenland
and Davis' Straits is 56, equal to 14,783 tons.
RAILWAY DIVIDENDS declared during the week :
Caledonian, £4 43. per cent. per annum on the preference
stock, and £2 10s. on the ordinary stock ; North British,
6 per cent. on the £5 guaranteed shares; and Scottish
Central, 4 per cent., with a bonus of 10s. per cent. paid out
of the monies received from the southern companies.
AN AMERICAN-IRISHMAN, John Eyre Johnson by
name, was, on Saturday, at the Marlborough Pclice-court,
London, charged with having stolen jewellery, at various
times, from the show-rooms of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell,
New Bond-street, of the value of upwards of £l,OOO. He
was apprehended in Paris, greatly disguised, after having
been missing several weeks. He was remanded.
FOOT HURDLE RACE.—A foot hurdle race, between,
two of the most celebrated performers—Fenwick, of Lan-
caster, and Patterson, of London—came off on Monday
afternoon last, in the Eton Brocas. The distance was 200
yards, over ten hurdles. The race was admirably con.
tested, both men taking their leaps together until they
reached the eighth hurdle, which Patterson failed to clear
and fell, leaving Fenwick an easy winner.
PRAYERS FOR A CONVICTED MURDERER.—George
Sparkes having been found guilty of the murder of Mr.
Blackmore, of Clayhidon, the murderer was prayed for in
many of the churches at Exeter on Sunday; and some of
the churches have been opened half-an-hour before the
service, and kept open half-an-hour after its close, daily,
until ie day or execution, to enatfie -I...irAtta of
doing so to offer up their prayers for his soul.
CAMPS OF INSTRUCTION.—For a few days past stores
and equipments for the formation of an extensive encamp-
ment have been forwarded from the Tower of London to
Chatham, on the race ground of which place troops are
to assemble for the purpose of forming a camp of instruc-
tion. Ascot-heath, and some ground near Sandhurst,
have also, we hear, been selected for the summer camps
of instruction.— United Service Gazette.

WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH.—On Saturday forenoon
Mary Rowley, aged 50, a widow, residing at Fartown,
who had long been subject to fits of apoplexy, was ob-
served cleaning her windows. On one of her neighbours
going into the house shortly afterwards, she was disco-
vered laid with her head and body upon the fire, her
clothes and body being burnt literally to a cinder, except
a small portion of the lower extremities of her stays.—
Leeds Inlelligencer.
THE LATE FIRE IN DONCASTER CHURCH.—The judi-
cial investigation into the origin of the late fire at the
church of St. George, Doncaster, was brought to a close
on Tuesday evening, in the council-chamber of the Guild-
hall, after seven different adjournments. :The verdict
was to the Effect that the cause of the fire might be as-
signed to the state of the north flue, and the defective
and unsafe construction of the heating apparatus, and to
the negligence of those parties who had charge of them.
Ihe jury censured the conduct of the officials of the church
for their want of care and attention.

DECAY OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR.—A gradual paralysis
is said to be stealing over the frame of poor Feargus
O'Connor. He is treated as one of the family, and spends
his time at billiards, in playing with the children of Dr.
Tuke, arranging books, &c. He told a late visitor that
he knew he was in a lunatic asylum, but he was under no
restraint, and all the people were mad there buthimself.
He could go away if he chose, and did not know why he
did not. Reference being made to the Chartists, he asked,
" How are you going on ?" and sung his old stave of
"The Lion of Freedom," asking, with exultation, " Do
you know how I thrashed the blue lambs in Nottingham
Market-place ?"
A NEW DESCRIPTION OF STEAMER, called the Rota-
tory, commenced plying on the Clyde, between Glasgow
and Dumbarton, on Wednesday. The engines are said
to be more compact than other engines, consume
about one-fourth less fuel, and require no engineer; the
steersman, by a peculiar valve, moves the vessel a-bead or
astern, without communicating with any one. The steers-
man stands before the funnel, and there being no paddle-
boxes to interrupt his view, he sees every object a-head,
and can stop or reverse the engines in an instant, without
leaving the wheel, or applying to any second party. The
inventor is Mr. David Napier.

STRANGE DISCLOSURE. -At Lambeth Police-court,
last week, the presiding magistrate was engaged for some
time in investigating a case of a delicate character. There
is every reason to believe from the disclosures made that,
at a lodging-house in Waterloo-road, respectable looking
females were in the habit of taking up their quarters, for
the purpose of being, with the help of medicines admi-
nistered by a surgeon, prematurely confined. After hear-
ing the evidence the magistrate, Mr. Norton, thou;ht
enough had been shown to prove the necessity for further
investigation, and directed Hoyes, the officer, to call on
the medical man and tell bim that his professional
character was very much involved in the disclosure, and
that he (Mr. Norton) wished him to attend at the court
to explain his conduct in the matter. Thus the matter
rests.

AWFUL Loss OF LIFE.—A melancholy occurrence took
place at Deal on Thursday, three brave and hardy men
having met with a lamentable death in the Gull stream.
Their boat was the hovellinp: lugger Victoria, and the
names of the men were Thomas Bowbvree, George
Thompson, and another, with Thomas Thompson (father
of George Thompson, about 50 years of age, and an ex-
perience d boatman,) and Edward Greigs. They pushed
off in the lugger about nine o'clock in the morning.
About eleven they were cruising in the Gull stream, when
a brig was observed to heave to, and hoist her colours.
Another boat, the Fawn, belonging to Deal, happened to
be close on Thompson's boat, and, requiring a hand,
Edward Greigs jumped in, and the Fawn immediately
bore up for the brig. On approaching within hail of the
brig, the captain beckoned to something that had befallen
the Victoria, and, on looking astern, they saw the lugger
foundering. They made all haste to the spot, but only
arrived in time to save the elder Thompson, the others
having disappeared with their lugger.
PARLIAMENTARY COGNOMINA.—The following names
will be found constituting the members of the House of
Commons returned to sit in the present parliament,
which, when put together, appear somewhat strange
aliquot parts of the Constitutional body at large :—A
Court with two Kings, with Grace, a Duke, a Hale
Knight, and a Haslie French Marshall. A Portal, two
Halls, and two Chambers, with a Guest, and one Bell.
A Wall with a Walpole. A Forester, a Roebuck, a
Buck, besides a Bagge Fox and a Talbot. A Monck, a
Goodman, and a Shee•Hayter. Cocks, and a Vane
Peacocke. A Masterman, two Carters, with a Mare and
Packe. Currie and Rice, with Green Lemon Peel. A
Butler, with two Butts. A Collier, and Prime Yorke
Coles, with two Prices. A Woodhouse and Hutt, with
Barnes, and a Freshfield with hill and Wood. A Miller,
with two Mills, two Brookes, besides Wells. A Coote,
a Swift, and a Martin. A Wise Child. A Potter, with
Clay Balls. Six Smiths (Bright Fellowes). A Taylor,
a Tyler, a Sadleir, and a Palmer. Milton, Thompson,
Cowper, and Shelley. Power, North, East, and West.
A Hogg, with Lowe Manners. A Scott and a Kirk ;
and; by way of winding up the list, two Dunnes and a
Baillie.

BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A DAUGHTER.—On Monday,
Joseph Swales, a small farmer, residing at Swillington,
was charged before the magistrates at Wakefield, with ill-
treating his daughter, nine years of age. On the night of
Sunday the 13th inst, Swales went home about twelve
o'clock, when he asked the girl if she had got his supper
ready, and on her replying that he had not told her to get
it ready, he struck her and kicked her in the mouth with
his foot, having his shoes on at the time. He then threw
the carving-knife at the girl which stuck in her hand, cut-
ting it in a frightful manner. He afterwards seiz,d her by
the throat and held her until she was choked. Not satis-
fied with this, the inhuman parent took her by the hair,
threw her down, and dregeed her on the floor into the
kitchen. He said be would kill her, and inquired where
the hedging-bill was. A hedging-bill is a sharp instru-
ment with which the hedges are cut. He went up stairs
to fetch it, when the poor girl managed to get the back
door of the house open and make her escape, or there ap-
pears little doubt but her life would have been sacrificed.
Cut, bruised, and bleeding as she was, and in the dead of
the night, she managed to get to the house of her aunt,
Hannah Nicholson, of Woodlesford. When her aunt saw
her she was scarcely able to recognise her, her face was so
bruised and covered with blood, her eyes black and cut,
and her hair matted with blood. The prisoner, who was
organist at Swillington Church, was committed for trial at
the assi?es,

COMMITTEE OP THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—On the
Bth of March, Colonel Mure moved fur a committee to
inquire into the management of the National Gallery ;
also to consider in what way the collective monuments of
antiquity and fine art possessed by the nation might be
most securely preserved, judiciously augmented, and ad-
vantageously exhibited to the public. The ystcm of
management of the National Gallery, the small,,, ~s of
our collections, the want of an architectural gallery, and
of space for a national collection of sculpture, and for the
exhibition of prints and drawings, were dwt.lt on with
emphasis. The present time was spoken of as a crisis in
the history of art in this country; and any further unne-
cessary delay in providing sufficient and efficient space for
a really national collection of works of art was strongly
deprecated. Ministers (i.e., Lord John Russell and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer) indorsed most of the com-
plaints and recommendations; raised the question so
often and so fully discussed of the re-arrangement of the
various national collections, and narmly supported the
proposition. They declared, however, that no determina-
tion had been arrived at as to the retention of the National
Gallery in Trafalgar-square, or the removal of the collec-
tion to another spot. On the 18th of March the com-
mittee was appointed, to consist of the following
gentle-
men :—Colonel Mure, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Cherteris
Mr. Sterling, Mr. R. Currie, Mr. Manes, Mr. Marshall,
Lord Seymour, Mr. Vernon, Lord Brooke, Mr. Goulburn,
Mr. Ewart, Mr. Wall, Sir W. Moleswortb, Mr. Har-
dinge, Lord Graham, and Mr. Hamilton.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, AN EXCELLENT REMEDY FOR
IMPURITY OF BLOOD, AND GENERAL DERANGEMENT OF
HEALTH.—Many persons of robust habits frequently suf-
fer from a dangerous determination of blood to the head,
benumbed feelings in the limbs, heaviness and drowsiness,
arising from the blood being in a bad state ; the stomach
in such cases is
.generally out of order, with little or no
appetite. Such individuals should take a course of Hollo-
way sPills. Thousands who had been given up as incurable
by the faculty, have been thoroughly re-invigorated in
constitution, and restored to the uninterrupted enjoymept
of good health by this admirable remedy.

THIRD EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock, a.m.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

NEWS OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.

A telegraph'c dispatch has just been received from
Plymouth, with the intelligence, brought by the steam-
ship Calcutta, from the Mauritius, that the steam-shi
Great Britain, Captain Matthews, sailed from the Cape
of Good Hope for Liverpool on the 20th of February.
She may therefore be hourly expected.

PARIS; MONDAY.—No news. The Exchange was dull.
Threes closed 79 80. Four and Halves, 103 60.
SWITZERLAND : LUGANO, MARCH 23.—The peasantry
from the Val Colla who threatened Lugano on the 23rd
have been dispersed by force of arms, and the military
have occupied the entrance of the Valley.
The Times says: "The influx of gold continues at
Paris, and the period at the Mint, between the receipt of
bullion and the redelivery of coin, is now extended to 18
days."

LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.-THIS DAY.

NOON QUOTATIONS.

THE FITNDS--Consols for Account, 100; Ditto for
Money, 994 100 991.
RAILWAY SHARES.—Caledonian, 64 ' • Great Western.
90 4; Lancashire and Yorkshire, NI; London and North
Western, 118 1174 ; Manehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, 30 ; Midland Stock, 734 4' • North Staffordshire,
134 ; York and North Midland, 58.

LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—This DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
East Lancashire, 18; Leeds Northern, 16; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 74 4i ; Midland, 74 ; North
Western, Si.

Caledonians, 32 ; East Anglian 7 per Cent., 9 ; Eastern
Counties, 12 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74 ; Lancas-
ter and Carlisle, 924 9 • Ditto Thirds, 134 pm.; London
23
ana3-1 Xnrth Western, 118 171; South Eastern and Dover,
.