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

ILAND came into the house, but, not being
able to find places, were obliged to stand in the gangway

NORTHUN:

at the rear of the front gallery of the Speaker

LYNDHURST,

who looked very delicate and walked with

difficulty, was also present

I will not weary your readers with any financial or eco-

squisitions,

nomical

but I predict (and 1 stake my pro-
plletic reputation upon the issue) that the Budget will not
sanctioned by Parliament without considerable modi-
on. However desirable

cation and very prolonged disc

s contained in it may be, there can be
no doubt but it also includes within it many elements of

)f the project:

discord

The extension of the Income-tax Ito those
es of £lOO a year—the enormous increase in

having incorn

the house-duty, and the partial application of the tax to
Ireland, will encounter great opposition. It is my opinion
that Ireland will have entire equality in this respect. I
think the scheme for benefiting the shipping interest a
good one, and the remedy proposed for the Colonies will
be adopted. Nor can any fair-dealing man object to the
principle of making a distinction between incomes de.

'om certain and fluctuating sources

Whatever may be thought of the merits of the finan-
Al scheme, it must be admitted that it was a masterly

piece of composition—admirably arranged, clearly de-
livered, cleverly introduced, and ably wound up. The
right hon. gentleman was quite exhausted at the close of

which occupied more than five hours—how-
ever, not so much so as to be unable to " polish off " the
late CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who " ingeniously

s speech

endeavoured to pervert Lord DERBY'S meaning."

_ Lie project for increasing our land and sea forces is
most popular—nothing could be more so. The nation
will gladly bear any burden to maintain her security, and,
if need be, to assert her supremacy. The Peace Society
tracts are at an awful discount. Poor Mr. GILPIN has
not been beard of since Lord PALMERSTON quoted his

amusing pamphlet.
The Derby committee, you will see, has been appointed.
Major BERESFORD has acted in a manly and straight-
forward manner. To the Radical growl he replies in fact
" If you consider me culpable, why don't you prove me
to be so. You say you want inquiry ; I will take care you

have it, and, if you don't demand investigation, I will."
It is amusing to see the Whig Mawworms turn up their

eyes and denounce venality. One is, indeed, tempted to
exclaim, quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes.

A rather singular case of master and servant has come
before Chief Justice JERVIS. The director of a company
(TitomesoN) had learned in his capacity of Director of
another company that the plaintiff (HARRIS) had been
ssed from the office of Secretary on the ground of
He stated this at the board, and, in answer
to a question from the Chairman, said that the misconduct
of HARRIS was in obtaining money by false pretences
and giving an 1.0. U. for a petty cash debt. For this,

isconduct

HARRIS brought an action against THOMPSON, but it was
held to be a privileged communication. The CHIEF
JUSTICE said :—" The circumstance of a man being
dismissed for misconduct justifies a Director in acting as
THOMPSON did. Even if THOMPSON said he believed the
charges against HARRIS were true, the communication
would still be privileged, the question being whether there

was any evidence of express malice."
The Will Case iCLARKE v. SCRIPPS) is also a singular one.
It appeared that the signature of the testator had been torn
off all the sheets of the will except the last ono, where it ap-
peared with the names of the attesting witnesses. Part of
one page of the will had also been torn. There was no
evidence why or when this was done. The will had

remained in the testator's possession exclusively. The
part torn off was preserved with the will. This was held

of to be a total or partial renov

'ation of it,

The case of the Direct Exeter and Plymouth Railway,
with the accompanying suits of TURNER v, WOOLMER
and others, which are still before the courts of law,
affords one of the most striking instances of the national
folly, which, a few years since, was known as the railway
mania. Upon the first alarm, when those who had ap-

plied for shares refused to pay the instalments on shares
the committee of management in the

lotted to them,

above case commenced an action for the recovery of the
ment, upon the promise contained i❑ the letter of
otieation, and obtained a verdi,:t for the amount. The

spread alarm among allottees, and thousands must

remember the use that was made of the verdict in the
celebrated case of WOOLMER v. TOBY, to compel re-

luctant applicants for shares to pay the instalments they
had promised. Since that time this case has been the
subject of ceaseless litigation, not yet concluded, and it
has resulted in the acting members of the Committee of
Management being saddled with all the expenses incurred
by the embryo company, in addition to all the costs of
litigation, of no trifling amount.

The niggers hold possession of our stage, and are likely
to maintain it for some time, In the theatre—in the

drawing-room—in railway carriages—amongst all classes,
from the highest to the lowest, it is nothing but " Uncle
Torn's Cabin.'

Start what topic you may, it is soon

placed by " Uncle Toro

Abra was ready, ere I named her name ;
And, when I called, another Abra

The furor, however, is too violent to last. Mrs

triumphant c

13EEenEE STowE has reigneu uring the
season of enthusiasm. She has yet to experience the cold
critical judgment which is sure to follow

bd tied feelings

nd an overheated imagination. The refrigerating proces

i n this respect is not gradual—the public often pass from

,e one extreme to the other. The best " cast" I have
en is at the Adelphi, which might have been

expected,

Madame CELESTE, Mrs. KEELEY, and Miss WOOLGAT

are amongst the dram,

us persona

The unseemly squabble between the two M.P.'s is a
fine groundwork for a new scene in the Comedy of Errors.
At the police-court the two senators seem to have acted
tho parts of a couple of DROMIOS. Both should, like