The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

KIItKDALE EPIPHANY SESSIONS.

These sessions commenced yesterday, before the Rev.
JONATHAN BROOKS, chairman, and the following magis-
trates :—Rev. J. T. Horton, John Formby, Esq., Charles
Birch, Esq., Thomas Rodick, Esq., —. Edwards, Esq., Pe-
ter Bourne, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., Thomas Rawson,
Esq., Dr. Winstanley, &c., &c.
The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury :
Charles Henry Lacy, Esq., of Kenyon, gentleman.
C. Moss, of Garston, banker.. merchant.
George Addison, jun., of Garston, merchant.
George Parsons, of Garston, timber-merchant.
William Brown, of Windle, nailmaker.
Robert Daglish, of \\lndic iron-founder.
James Cawley, of Winwick, gentleman.
Henry Birchall, Golborne, rope-manufacturer.
William Barton, Windle, watchmaker.
John Niunrow, Sutton, brewer.
John Broadbent, Walton Breck, architect.
Thomas Banks, Winwick-street, Warrington.
John Dakin, Warrington, grocer.
Sohn Woolright, Wavertree, silk-mercer.
Joseph Reddish, Garston. salt-agent.
John Glover, Windle, grocer.
Edward Fidler, Windle, publican.
Mr. John Pritt, iron-merchant, of Garston, and Mr. Fran-
cis Morley, of Sutton, chemist, being above 60 years of age,
were excused from attending. Mr. George Heald, of Gar-
ston ; Mr. Joseph Crossfield, of Bank Quay,- Warrington,
soap-manufacturer; and Mr. John Geddes, of Warrington,
tea-dealer, were fined £5 each, for not appearing when their
names were called.

The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the grand jury. He
said the calendar was rather larger than that of the last
sessions, but the cases were of a similar description. None
of them called for any particular remark, and as far as he had
looked over the depositions, he believed they would present
no features of difficulty. The chairman the❑ alluded to the
first case in the misdemeanors, in which the party was charged
with an unnatural offence, and having briefly explained the
law relating to this crime, he dismissed the jury to their
labours.

The CLERK of the PEACE then called over the list of the
petty jury. A gentleman, whose name escaped nal com-
plained of having been called upon to serve, on two grounds—
first, that he was above age ; and next, that he was qualified
and had already served on the grand jury. The chairman
instructed him to procure his name to be erased from the
jury lists, and excused him from attendance. Mr. Peter
Griffith, of School Brow, Warrington, file manufacturer, and
Mr. Richard Taylor, yeoman, were fined £5 each for non-
attendance. The magistrates then retired into their private
room, where they remained until the grand jury had found
some bills. None of the trials, up to the period of our leaving
the court, possessed the slightest interest, except to the
parties immediately concerned.
The Sessions are expected to terminate in the course of
to-morrow (Saturday).

DEATH OF THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF
HASTINGS AND COUNTESS OF LOUDOUN.

•
(From the Scottish Guardian.)
This much respected and severely tried lady died at Kel-
burne House, upon the night of Thursday the 9th, in the
fifty-ninth year of her age. Her ladyship left Loudoun
Castle a few weeks ago, in the hope that Kelburne, from its
vicinity to the sea, might benefit her health during winter.
Although complaining for some time, and suffering (as may
well be supposed) much mental distress, ever since the death
of her beloved daughter, yet no immediate danger was ap-
prehended by herself or family, until Monday the 6th. Upon
Tuesday evening she fell into a lethargic slumber, which was
seldom broken, and expired without a struggle.
We understand that there is no doubt that the immediate
cause of her death was water on the brain, occasioned by
intense mental anxiety and distress.
We feel persuaded that this mournful event will not only
fill the parish of Loudoun, where she was beloved and re-
spected, and a numerous circle of deeply attached friends,
with unfeigned sorrow, but that, from its intimate con-
nection with the late tragedy in the palace, it will also be
heard of with sincere regret by the nation at large. Esteeming
it to be our duty and our privilege to direct the attention of
our readers to those " lights of the world," which shine among
them, " that they, seeing their good deeds, may glorify God,"
it affords us the sincerest pleasure to he able to state, from
undoubted evidence, that the lamented Lady Haitings was a
devoted and a matured Christian. If to esteem self as no-
thing, and Christ as all—if "to pray," almost literally,
" without ceasing"—if to have firm and unshaken confidence,
at all times, in the wisdom and in the love of God ; if, in the
depth of her distress, heartily to forgive, and to pray for
those who brought desolation into her innocent and
family; if to visit the sick, and feed the andhongry,,,happy
clothe
the naked, for her Master's sake ;if to love all, especially
those of the household of faith
vbeanrkhenr to
had above measure. And
fruits of the Spirit, that sheSpirit'' if these graces are genuine
if it was " given her to believe," so also i'ta;‘, was
slegir
suffer." Her whole life was one of
often have been envied by the ambitious, and by the
world, but it was borne over a rude and boisterous ocean.
"Yet the loud wind blew from the right_point, it made a
noise, but drove faster to the harbour. bereaved fa-
mily may feel assured, that they have
sympathy of all
and the prayers of many.

Full dress dinner parties were given last evening by Vis-
count Melbourne and Lord John Russell, at which the
Queen's speech, on opening the session of Parliament this
day was read by the two ministers to their respective guests.
The party at Lord Melbourne's, at his official residence in
Downing-street, consisted of between 20 and 30 peers, and
Lord John Russell's, at the Foreign-office, consisted of the
Speaker and a large party of members of the House of Com-
mons, mostly connected with the Administration.—Morning
Herald of i esterday.
DEATH OF THE LANDGRAVINE OF HESSE HOMBURG.
—We regret to state that intelligence was received yesterday
morning, by the members of the royal family, of the demise
of the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg. The precise time
of the death of this levered lady has not transpired, but we
understand it took place on Friday last. The deceasedhcr
princess was the third daughter of King George the ld,
and sister of their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta,
Duchess of Gloucester, Duke of Cambridge,in gof H
Duke of
of
Sussex, Princess Sophia, and his Majesty the K
aver. Her Majesty was born the 22nd of May, 1710, and
was married the 7th of April, 1818, to the
ho Lndiegd travhe ek2'rned o
Frede-
rick rick Joseph Louis of Hesse Homburg,
in %
delicate health forg, v
April, 1829. Her highness had been
some time past. B the death of ber highness the whole of
ornio
the royal family rdilrbe tbeed in deep mourrtiog.--M p
Herald of ay.