The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Majesty *alked on the terrace
and in the slopes this afternoon, attended by the Princes Er-
est and Albert of Saxe Coburg and the royal suite.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady C. Dundas, walked in the slopes this morning.
The Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Coburg inspected
the 2d battalion of rifle brigade in the Home Park this morn-
ing. The princes were attended by Lord Alfred Paget, Count
Kolowrath, and Baron Alvensleben.

It is said that the princes take their departure on Thurs
day next.

Lord and Lady Ashley and three of their children are ex-
pected to arrive at the castle this afternoon, on a visit to her
Majesty.

The following personages, in addition to those of yester-
day, will form the royal dinner party this evening :—Earl
Erroll, Earl Albemarle, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the
ladies Eleonora and Constance Paget, Lord and Lady Ash-
ley, and Colonel Brown and Major Irton of the 2d rifle
brigade.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen rode in the park this
afternoon on horseback. Her Majesty was accompanied by
Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, Hon Miss Murray, Lady C.
Dundas, Count Kolowrath, Marquis of Headfort, Baroness
Lehzen, lion. Major Keppel, Sir William Lumley, and Sir
George and Miss Quentin.

The Duchess of Kent walked on the terrace in the after.
noon.

Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg, Lord Alfrei Paget, Hon.
C. A. Murray, and Baron Alvensleben,
.spent the day in
shooting over the grounds at Claremont.
The Marquis of Headfort, Sir William Lumley, and La-
dies Barham and Gardiner arrived at the castle to-day.
Lady Barham succeeded Lady Lyttelton as lady in wait-
ing, the 'Marquis of Headfort succeeded Viscount Torring-
ton as the lord in waiting, Sir William Lumley succeeded the
Hon. Major Keppel as groom, and Lady Gardiner succeeded
Lady Barham as woman of the bedchamber.
_ _

Lord Torrington and the Hon. Malor Keppel leave the
castle to morrow.

The royal dinner party this evening will be the same as
yesterday with the exception of the above arrivals and de-
partures.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty, attended by seve-
ral of the royal visitors and suite, promenaded for some time
to-day on the east terrace of the castle and the slopes.
Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg rode out in the park, attended
by Baron Alvensleben.

-The Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Torrington, and the Hon.
Major Keppel, took their departure from the castle this
morning.
`Lady Ashley, accompanied by her children, took an airing
to-day in a carriage.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH—MONDAY.
THE QUEEN V. PAGE AND OTHERS.
The Attorney-General showed cause against a rule calling
[pon the defendant Page to show cause why an information
n the nature of a qeo warranto should not he exhibited
against him, calling upon him to show by, what authority he
claimed to be a councillor of the borough of Totness. There
were several grounds stated in the application—first, that at
the time of his supposed election he was not entitled to be on
the burgess roll, according to the provisions of the 9th sect.
of the sth and 6th William IV., c 76 ; secondly, that he did
not occupy a house, counting-house, warehouse, or shop,
within the borough ; thirdly, that he had not a majority of
legal votes at his supposed election to the office ; and fourthly,
that he was not duly elected. The objections therefore might
be classed under two heads—first, a personal objection to
Mr. Page himself, and secondly, to the electors by whom he
bad been elected. It was allowed that he had been elected
by a majority of burgesses on the roll, but his friend must
urge that their Lordships must enter upon a scrutiny into
the qualification of every elector of Totness who voted on that
occasion. As to the general qualification, it was alleged he was
not entitled to be on the burgess roll, and therefore had not the
qualification of a councillor. One of the affidavits stated, that
the building for which Mr. Page claimed and was rated was
called a" pound house," and was used for the purpose of mak-
ing cider; but still, although used for that purpose, the build-
ing might be a warehouse ; and Mr. Page in his affidavit stated,
that since the 11th of October, 1836, he had been on the roll
of burgesses in respect of his right derived through the quali-
fication of the warehouse mentioned in the affidavit. That
building had formerly been a dwelling-house, but for 20
years had been used as a warehouse for storing cider, corn,
and potatoes. A warehouse was a place where commodities
in which the occupier dealt were stored for sale. He also
contended that the application had not been made in sufficient
time. The second point was one of great importance—that
Mr. Page had not a majority of legal votes. There was no
imputation on the returning officer. It was allowed that there
were 184 votes for Mr. Page, and 171 for the next candidate.
All the 184 persons were, de facto, on the burgess list ; but this
friend was to show that, although on the burgess roll, they
ought not to have been there, as there was an informality in
the mode in which they were rated ; that they were not
rated separately for the premises they, occupied, but were
rated jointly with other persons for premises not occupied
jointly. He apprehended it was a maxim of corporation law,
that in questioning the title of the elector, it was enough if
the parties were de facto upon the roll.
Mr. Barstow followed on the same side.
Sir W. Follett supported the rule.
Lord Denman and the Court would not trouble him as to
the application not being in time.
Sir W. Follett said, then the question was, that he was
not qualified to be a councillor ; and he was not, unless he
was entitled to be on the roll. He did not occupy either a
house, warehouse, or shop ; he was a farmer, and part of his
farm extended within the limits of the borough, and it was a
cider-pound, and was connected with the land, whereas a
warehouse meant something unconnected with the occupa-
tion of the land. If so, any building might be converted
into a warehouse, upon the second ground, whether a person,
having a majority of illegal votes, although on the burgess
list, was entitled to hold the office. Under the 9th section
of the act, the burgesses did not depend on any admission,
but were stated to be persons occupying a house of the des-
cription mentioned in the act. The enrolment did not make
a man a burgess. The act said, that burgesses so described
should, if properly entitled, vote for councillors. It was,
therefore, necessary for both qualifications to concur. The
rights of the voters might be questioned before the House of
Commons. Although the title of a party might be bad, it
was compulsory on the returning officer to take the vote ;
but it was not compulsory on the court. If an election was
held before a mayor who was not de facto mayor, the elec-
tion was void. If the qualification of the voter might not be
questioned in this way, it could not be called in question at
all. His ground was that these parties were not rated, and
he submitted that the rule must be made absolute,
Mr. Kinglake was heard on the same side.
Judgment was postponed.

SMUGGLING.—On Saturday night, about twelve o'clock,
the coast-guard were firing signals east and west of Pegwell,
a smuggling party being discovered by Spondle, a coast
guardsman on duty, about to run goods at the Tunnel at
Pegwell. The night was exceedingly dark, and on the arri-
val of assistance, Lieutenant Tripps and his men captured
John Cramp, of Ramsgate, together with twenty tubs of
Geneva lashed to him, and floating in with the tide. Cramp
was secured and taken to the watch-house at the station, and
the goods were safely deposited at the Custom House, Rams-
gate. All others of the running party made their escape.
The prisoner was brought before the magistrates at the Town
Hall, Ramsgate, on Monday, and remanded back to the
watch-house until Thursday, when he is to be re-examined.
—Kentish Gazette.

Rl' CORONER'S INQUEST—EXTRAORDIN
F•
Carrie'
An inquisition was taken on Tuesday, before P. 'the cie
Esq., the coroner for the borough, to inquire int° daughter
cumstances which led to the death of Jane NixAt's'
of Mr. Nixon, of White Mill-street, slater and
It appears that the deceased, Jane Nixon, who r last
years and a half old, died on the 16th of Septem
retaild,
Shortly after her death, strange suspicions were ente
.by her parents and their friends, that she had been P°;',e and
These circumstances were laid before the head constacenl3oo
the coroner; and in consequence thereof, and of 3 n',BBo9of
which was addressed to the churchwardens and eve' i, the
St. John's Church, where the child had been burre bud!
coroner ordered Mr. Balfour, the beadle, to see rcnatneK
disinterred. This order was carried into ffect °11,:1 itlos
last, and the body was carried into the church, woelnftee
viewed by the jury which had been summoned. It nab • the
d°
wards left in the care of Mr. Garthside, who opened to the
presence of Mr. Brett, the professor of chemistilet
Apothecaries' Company of this town. The jerY,re.iid
on Monday, but as the examination of the stomaenireurued
testines was not complete, the inquest was further PO
till Tuesday. teasrect-bre
The first witness called was
Margaret Nixon, who stated, that she resided at
White Mill-street; Copperas-hill. The deceased, Janeit. Un
was her daughter, and was three years and a half ° self 83
the 22d of August last, a female, who represented herund, as
a widow, came to her house to apply for lodgingse,,ented
she had been recommended by a friend of hers, she coici floor'
to receive her. She let her a parlour on the grenneter her
and a bedroom on the first floor. The third night 31 fre•
arrival, a man came to visit her; and his visits were ours's
quently repeated, and he remained to such untimel}:carod,
that she gave her lodger notice to quit. After thisoc
of the
the lodger became rather distant. On the morning wiled
14th of September last, witness was in the kitche(ntbe
(le
her lodger called out to her, " Where is Jan,e,i'sbecalled
ceased.) Witness replied, " lam dressing her. bet 111!
out for her several times, and witness at length to ,‘ thing,
in her arms to her lodger's parlour. The breakfaJo eggs•
were laid, and there was coffee on the table and,.t l`‘
w hrea
Witness put the deceased in a chair and put it to erfeeth,
fast-table, and left the room. The deceased was Petnelea
well in health. In about ten minutes' time, witness rovirg
again to the room, at which time the deceased wits to
from her chair. Witness asked her where she was foe
which she made no answer, but suddenly began ',be cow
Witness took the deceased into the kitchen, where be the
tinued to vomit. What she threw up seemed !°ineegg'
breakfast which she had eaten, amongst which was so, a tell'
Witness sent for some brandy, and gave her ab°11,!,,, so;
spoonful, burnt, but it did not give her any relief , selected
mated it up immediately. The female, her lodger' stloar'
the kitchen, and asked her to take the child into berlihehad
which she did, and placed her on the sofa. She said
given the deceased a cup of coffee and part of an She
she thought it was the egg that disagreed with lie' iii the
then sent for Mr. Garthside, the surgeon, who w,e3,,t ooe.
habit of attending her family. He attended ed°"to sa'
o'clock. This was on a Saturday. She confine
n,ue
worse, and on Monday she died. The vomitineco,s"ote
during the whole time, and on the Monday her bier; „nu e:
much acted upon. The orders of Mr. Garthside •rog
r.d bel d
tually obeyed. Between the time of the decease Lto
and her dying, the lodger appeared very kind in"'
bee
witness bed Ito suspicion of any sort. upon d
The morning after the deceased died, her lodger, toelsid
return from a visit to an acquaintance, remarked tha
stated to the latter that she felt very uneoinforta,eeool
hoped that witness did not suspect anything rtil- ss
but
N%
of the child being taken ill at her breakfast.
not pay much attntion to the observation at the
time, Oar'
merely said—" Who would hurt so innocent a lamb, er, Cori
On the Tuesday evening, on looking into her 10g, full
board, she observed a bottle which was nearly ha",, I after!
a whitish fluid. She took the bottle in her band Into the_
wards replaced it in the cupboard, and was strucli;„„o"
thought that something which the deceased thre.
very like what was in the bottle. The same night l'seort threl
left the town and went to reside at Bootle. not se
weeks afterwards she had a suspicion that all was ,s holti
about the bottle. The woman returned to witn,es6otinll7
on the Friday after the death of the deceased, ana co.ethe,r'e
there till the 24th Oct. " on and off till she left altec't to
In consequence of the suspicion alluded to, she "'Tit] eh%
e
cupboard and sought for the bottle, which she foallehoti4
she had left it about three weeks before. She to' '„,,mt
to several druggists and ultimately to Mr. Thony tecolae;
Church-street, who declared it be arsenic, atitnejanileiti.(l_:,boor
mended her to take it to the surgeontp w ho had ast
daughter. Mr. Garthside, on examining the ion gl•ts
bottle, said he was perfectly satisfied with the olnnose
byr.Mwr.hiTtthyo.mpsshoen,daidndsoh,eanredcotmordeivniclre.d.whheirtor,°,,a,e
atildeto ° 0
Mr. 5•
cumstances, He went to her house the next ri°)searl'er
possession of the bottle. Her husband was a slate toes,slhe
tercr, and had no occasion to use arsenic in his bili'tise• te-
did she ever know of such a thing being in he' ild°,y 10s.t'sbe
gave information to the Coroner, and on Satur, }her
his direction, attended the exhumation of the wi„,
as u
was very anxious herself to have the body take ab
daughter had never before breakfasted with the nu
de's,
was her lodger. , ,s,
of chemistry at the Apothecaries' hall,
Mr. Richard Hargreave Brett stated, that he "11.'0. v'IC
week he received from Mr. Whitt the bottle PI ge of
in this tcOduced. je
contained a white solid, mixed up with a flaid• 5t31;41,
careful' examination of it, and reduced it to the a''' vtbeircd
arsenic. On Saturday last witness was Pres,tr trill to,
Garthside opened the body of the deceased. --elej tear.tc
extremities could hardly be said to have advalc,.he eon,cA
wards decomposition. Mr. Garthside removed witness 'd $
the msophagus, stomach, and intestines, which
ounce ler.of
charge of. He (witness) found an ounce, or an
~.iesOrb' ale
half, of fluid in the stomach, but the lining Itlembr-d the ``.:(01'1
had no appearance of inflammation. He examine, can" es'
a thereminewd were
fluidno
of
extent of the fining membrane of the intestinal lie
.4
Ymicathe sligh the
being able to detect, by the most delicate tests',
fed
tialroo
trace of arsenic. Witness thought the lengwd hie" 'heel
child had been interred would not have
etfhestomachc
prevente had it ice;
detecting arsenic in the contents of the stomach, lortiA
not
present. Looking at the evidence which he had .61 d'',/rl
inflammationh theriely., widitoes4
that day, he had a strong opinion that the deeee:st tso!ine
come fairly by her death • but judging from their as noted
examination, and the result of the analysis, there/roe 'Jade!
to lead him to think otherwise than that she died ,e of
causes. He must further add, that the whole of t'eletectilluci
canal was examined chemically, without any deeessePch
arsenic. He thought that vomiting such as thesoli°
described to have had, might have cleared the to th,
arsenic, if any had been administered. to
James Garthside, surgeon, stated, that be was .1 5 chO'
deceased on the 14th September. He found her i_vistetl,
collapie, and with all the other symptoms of aOr`ad. ho'. one
lera, with the exception of purging. He iliqulrecaf4na
when the child had been taken ill, and treated the olhattel
of cholera. He attended her up to her deathbe ,S4rett
suspicion but she had died from natural causes. -pi.ll,
the
last, he opened the body in the presence of Mr• nod called
who took possession of the resophagus, stornaehl'e'os:conldi
viscera. The symptoms which she had when totas sulBP
to her, were those of cholera, and the same Wild in a coo'
have een produced had arsenic been adminis_tet caseiojet3
but sufficient quantity to produce death. In oof c relic;
vulsions preceded death, which is not usual in cif ro be
—but is very usual in cases of persons dYing t tillY;sects
Looking at the evidence which he bad heals' tha .11e CO
1115.,iteti
arsenic. cons •.s
a strong suspicion that the deceased died from tbe
The coroner, addressing the jury said, the d ..ss,
He ha -e
most suspicious he had ever met with. 00, ed, he
Mr. Rushton, whose opinions were similar to
_,,,esre_, nslei
he himself entertained. As the case at first .77t
tae
should have felt it to be his duty to sum uP chlentep;
of murder against some person or other. oth ~lacso„
had heard, was perfectly well in health on th.e,...ut,
ber, but from the moment it had had its eealtr, was
ill and continued so till it died on the 16tb. ,illa_ce'B,
evidence, that there was the bottle With ti_a‘nit the" 00,
which proved to be arsenic, on the table, theu'Lltherele ter
no cream-jug. If the evidence had stoPP cniee,Lotpcd
course would have been more clear. But then All the
timony of Mr. Brett, a very eminent chernisra's p'-ositsl7star,
evidence merely excited suspicion, but his w- of tbleoll'Act
Mr. Rushton agreed with him, that eas:sdeseri!' serves
should turn on positive testimony of thi thltect
was positive testimony on which he tho
,to. a i.`.,foro,i,
should be found, as they were not safe in finding i':oft7ol,
suspicions against such testimony. 1"-r• 0568'4 t',3
thernthat he had not been able to discover. ev,,,eovu
son in the stomach or intestines, and that lie ;I, the, 7, 5,1
the length of time which the child had
would have prevented him from detecting ar.-,e_uspicid,rtiniow
there. Nevertheless the case was beset by the te-
e
The' ere'
it would be for them to give their opinion on
which they had heard.
turned after an absence of about ten minaute'A death
The jury retired to consider of their verri,!cstn. .a3,el:v
ural
, of
as their verdict, that Jane Nixon died a n
`fate
better

The Duke of Sussex, we hear, is enjoying 3
hepalatrhlitahmaennftoarrysenvertaicl yearsb pasbt.een
wayof Parliament abrelti awmeeenn tfor areli
affised t° ,etbet 6cel;;ss.li°l°'
doors, intimating thate aepspliacavteion will be ill3de I 3 '4l.
nstrtle r„,,/
1 IO Ocasijelv of $
__Ne 16;600 od
All• •
misters seem in a sad quandary ns
Newcastleleave atondbigiZarghliil.
Lord Lieutenant for Cornwall. Reports say,t do; er i,
to Illeesit
t/lb:10,1,
Vivian will be the man ; but, no, this forasvill.4darces, 00,
of a seat in parliament is inevitable. Mr.,,r oties 0 0
Charles Lemon ; no , this is doubtful. "neculatl°
nistry so universally di.liked are doubtful SP ~asy
a days.—Western Luminary. oral
al vibst
t the -!,re os'a" rs'
We believe we are correct in stating that , app
~,,,,e ,e
manding in chief has submitted for the fias by'oeor;a
the colonelcy of the 3d light dragoons, whic ill Prod llth
cant by the recent death of Lieutenant-Gene .cope ~e 1
_A
T. Beresford, G.C.11,, be given to Lieutenant
_I of iiif,iatc''
Charles S. Manners, K.C.B. (at present o.l°a:twain' ~
dragoons), and that Lieutenant-Gencral PlillP ~,iOP',A
colonel of the latter regiment.—Standard.
owed,
rect;
CANINE SYMPATIIY.—A French Poodle! I . wa-,avoilllas
domesticated at the lodge at Llantarnam Abll9; a ' .cli 'be
. . 13elar seal d
missing on the evening of Tuesday last. ~at all 1, so or,
much anxiety was felt for his recoverY, '.' effectna hove ,t,
felt for his recovery, but all search was "lornlyg' 3.111 ill
was given up for lost. On the following 11l arir,,ll so-,,
all kinds of canine gestures,
one of the under-keepers, in traversing tiv,ie
ids ul'e„s 'Lif
tention arre.ted by " Nap," who ran to a,,t bis ;e054
particular spot. On arriving there be foil°, eertaia tbe ;011
sought to direct spanie pro;oe,
caught in a trap laid for the capture 01_,ive to
_lied „tile
gramalkins, which are found to be destrnto jep!he pros
It was then remembered that this spaniel
I.l'd that e'ioceai be
the poodle, and on being trapped it aPPe.',,ne had g_saine"Tbe
in his attempt to liberate his cornpani.„ is pi.". 'lO. _,.i.
wood, but finding his efforts ineffectual,,un'red fil_eirf/ae,
had laid down all night with his eaPlti oppor_ttuaOsa
moment the under-keeper appeared, :t slew ill ob'
p e
sented itself of rescue, which he Was n the ~,
vantage of .-11fertin.10 ' ill'
1, Opt 00 di?
ir 4,.00-19. t -
DISSENT IN AND NEAR TOE OIL •.- tab t ,pOl it'd
urbs of the metropolis, dissenters have... 4 is. no
j.a.erta,id,
dred chapels, the average room of whwt well The "4-,.',49 °
300. The demand, however, 500+ le'
~,, tiL;o,
statistics, was, and is, church.roorn fo .6.°::, far, I,rt's pli.T.'ol,
tary system has provided for 30,000-I.ooterPoold rel:4ria,
twentieth part ; and yet, with brazen .
eiopi blets,,,olantatr,:i el'
and platforms, and magazines, and Pta
pa ess °I .thiag Vgli
echo with Io triurnphes on the P—Ling allibes oftioo 1),,
and fervent protests against the threestate Paris
.)ais woo(
lighten 770,000 souls ! E. Tl'e_ontain a P°3lsnoles-01,1,e,
lebone, Paddington, and pal! e_..., were ap 0 .
234,294. Thirty-four years ago it, Vtione forhere area...
Now, what has the voluntary priLiF±Posw erne, each c eiltlr
a quarter of a million souls? In'
to a dege .ordst.or II
venteen chapels, mixed and motleoyo In (Abed ;Nolo 1
of containing, on an average, 3 ' i
, i,„.-; fern she „.45.,
234,294, the voluntary princ!Pie "-- t' P
, oCe 10
wards of 5000.—Frazer's Magazine' a .kahle case - Ofril€4
SPECTACLES OF No UsE.---A ercilueletarlY rn'Cveefifjorof
Ruthin a few evenings back witliu e °f harbittlie dAY' 60deoatj
may and does become the crera
ore
then' e,te /
t 0,15 °'d on tb.e ao ° id'
spectable gentlemen were,
subjectafter tone her gitir!es clove
a glass together, when the h the (4tti his Os tell,
of signing names, and one party legibly wi
who wa
so. id
that he could not sign his line ,eutleniall.„,. forill,ohssili
The bet was accented, when tne
closed
eyes), ‘‘,l floiNorra Ole
h'ef phlee . 0111 .olie•
fhrios
malt
iosg
praopchkeotnappaapirerof(:iiityleispectacies,amd
sa partiei ll
his pebbles with a silk handkerc.l:ti wretaetaie the)
upon his nose, closed his ey
no small amusement of those
w
Chester Gazette.