The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

SATURDAY

RICHARDSON AND COWBURN V. CHRISTIAN.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs.
Richardson and Cowburn, silk mercers and drapers, of
Dale-street, to recover from the defendant, Mr. Christian, a
sum of money- for articles purchased from them by Mrs.
Christian, the defendant's wife.
Mr. Murphy appeared for the plaintiff, Mr Henderson for
the defeqdant.
The wife of the defendant formerly kept a respectable
tavern in the Old Cburch-yard. She was a widow, and her
name was Gould. Some little time since she married the
defendant, Mr. Christian, who had been a master of a vessel.
Soon after the marriage the defendant and his wi:e disagreed.
and the consequence was an arrangement before
the Magistrate, in which it was agreed, that the defendant
should allow her ten shillings per week, and the patties were
to live separate. On the day preceding that on which this
arrangement was made, Mrs. Christian went to Messrs.
Richardson and Cowburn, and obtained certain dresses and
other articles to the amount of £5 15s Again, some time
after the separation had taken place, she went to Messrs.
Richardson and Cowburn and purchased flannel, calico, sheet-
ing, &c., to the amount £1 ss. It was proved, on behalf of the
plaintiffs, that Mrs. Christian had been in the habit of dealing
at their shop, and had had credit before for goods of a similar
description; that the articles were suitable; and a Mrs. Sarah
Waters, who had lived with Mrs. Christian for nine years,
stated, that they were articles which she stood in need of, and
were, consequently, necessaries. The shopman who supplied
the second parcel of goods was not, at the time, aware that
Mrs. Christian was separated from her husband. It was fur-
ther proved, that Mr. Christian bad sold the stock, license,
and fixtures of the house for £449, and the household furni-
ture for £l6O 3s. 3d. The defence set up was, that the wife
of the defendant was in the habit of drinking ; and it was

attempted to be shown that the articles were not necessary,
but only procured for the purpose of raising more money
than had been allowed. It was further shown, that Mr.
Christain bad paid, out of the property, several large sums
owed by the wife when she was Mrs. Gould.
The learned Assessor summed up at a considerable length.
The jury, after a few minutes' consideration, returned a
verdict for the plaintiffs for both the sums of money.
The business of the court was concluded on Saturday
night.

A man named Patten, well known to the police, accom-
panied by three other men, went on Wednesday evening into
the tap of the Mitre Inn, Dale-street, and called for drink to
the amount of four shillings. They asked for change of a
sovereign, and on the landlady producing it, Patteu snatched
the money out of her hand, knocked her down, and ran away,
as did also his companions. He has not yet been apprehended.
A seaman, on Thursday morning, had his thigh fractured
by failing into the hold of the American ship Howard,
Prince's Dock. He was carried by his measmates to the
Northern Hospital.
FRODSHAM AND NORLEY LADIES' BAZAAR.—The vil-
lage of Frodsham, on Thursday, exhibited a very gay ap-
pearance. The baza-ar was held in the Grammar School, at
Overton, a pretty little village, distant half a-mile from Frod-
sham, and situate at the foot of the Overton Hills. A mar-
quee was erected on either side of the building, one of which
was approl _fated to the purposes of a promenade, and the
other was u.ed as a refreshment-room. Soon after ten
o'clock, the doors were thrown open. Mrs. Woodhouse, Mrs.
Turner, and Mrs. Hayes presided at the stalls, assisted by
sixteen other ladies. The articles, which included both the
useful and the ornamental, consisted of a varied display of
female handicraft, from Lilliputian shoes and purses, made
from the dress of the Empress Josephine, up to ottomans and
other specimens of needlework, that would confer credit upon
the name of Linwood. Lord and Lady Brabazon presented
some beautifully-executed drawings, from their own pencils;
and the Rev. W. P. Hulton, M.A., formerly curate of Frod-
sham, presented a number of copies of a poem, written by
himself, and printed for this occasion, entitled "The Prodigal
Son." The great attraction to the bazaar was a splendid
proof engraving of the queen, in her state robes, enclosed in
a massive gilt frame, displaying the national emblems—the
shamrock, the rose, and the thistle, as well as a figure of St.
George, on horseback. This was valued at forty guineas, and
was disposed of by way of lottery, which was divided into 1,624
shares, of half a-crown each, thus realizing the sum of £203.
Their names were inscribed on a roll of parchment, 51. feet
broad and 8 feet long. At three o'clock The drawing took
place, Lady Ann Wilbraham undertaking that task. The
fortunate winner was Mr. Tidswell, of this town. The bazaar
throughout the day was crowded with company. Amongst
others present were Lady Ann Wilbraham, G. Wilbraham,
Esq. M.P., Sir Richard Brooke, Dowager Lady Brooke,
Miss Brooke, the Honourable Mr. Stuart, R. Legh, Esq.,
G. Greenhall, Esq., P. Greenhall, Esq., J. Lyon, Esq., J.
Bagnall, Esq., John Johnson, Esq., Captain Edwards, -Rev.
R. E. Warburton, Rev. James Warburton, Rev. George
Gibbons, Rev. C. Stanhope, Rev. William Turner, &c.
The sales were exceedingly brisk, and all the articles dis-
posed of realised prices highly beneficial to the funds of the
charity for which the bazaar was raised—the supporting of
the Girls' National School, at Frodsham, and the building
and supporting a Sunday School in connection with St.
John's Church, Norley. Stubbs's royal harmonic band was
stationed in the large marquee, and during the day played a
variety of selected pieces from the works of Beethoven, Ros-
sini, 8:c. Three Indian jugglers, from London (little dolls
hung upon horse hair), attracted a numerous company to
witness their performances, and brought no less a sum than
£l6 to the general fund. At i past 5 o'clock the bazaar closed
for the day. The sums taken were as follows :—The Queen's
picture, £203; Mrs. Woodhouse's stand, £110; Mrs, Tur-
ner's (iticlnding donations), £7B; Mrs. Hayes, £BB 10s. ; at
two refreshment stalls, superintended by Miss Singley and
Miss Guest, £l4; at the large marquee for refreshments,
£l2; at the doors, £6O : making a total sum (including the
jugglers) of £4Bl. The band then played "God save the
Quee'n," and the company separated until the morrow—The
arrangements made at the bazaar, and for the convenience
of the public, by the providing of conveyances, both.bY land
and water, for the surrounding towns, reflect great credit
upon the committee.—On Friday there was a full attendance.
In addition to the fashionables present on Thursday, were
the Hon. Lady Talbot, Arthur H. Wellesley Aston, Esq„ S.
Chadwick, Esq., T. W. Williams, Esq., J. Cheshire, Esq.,
and J. Aspinall, Esq. At Mrs. Woodhouse's stand, about
£7O was taken; at Mrs. Hayes's, £45; and at Mrs. Tur-
ner's, £22. The total receipts of the bazaar cannot, on the
whole, amount to less than £7oo.—ln the evening a miscel-
laneous concert took place in the grammar school, under the
management of Mr. G. Holdeu, of Liverpool. Between 400
and 500 persons were present.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Mackie,
Esq. KH. to be Lieutenant-Governor of her Majesty's set-
tlements in the Gambia ; and John Gervas Hutchinson
Bourne, Esq. to be Chief Justice of the Island of Newfound-
land.

Lord Duncannon is to be the new Lord-Lieutenant of the
county of Kilkenny; and Mr. Alexander Spiers of Renfrew-
shire. The vacant Lieutenancy of Carlow is to be given to
the Hon. John Ponsonby, eldest son of Lord Duncannon.—
Ministerial paper.
STATUE OF Dn. JOHNSON.—On Thursday week, the foun-
dation for the statue of Dr. Johnson, intended to be erected
in the Market-place, Lichfield, was laid, with appropriate
ceremonies, by the Rev. Chancellor Law, to whom the city
is indebted for zealously promoting this testimony to its most
illustrious townsman. The statue, which is completed, is
reckoned an excellent likeness, and will stand in such a
position as to be seen from the furthest extremity of Market-
street.

GRAIN AND MEAL.—From a retum ordered by the House
of Commons, it appears that the total quantity of grain re-
maining in warehouse in the United Kingdom on the sth
ult. was 894.800 qrs. 7 bushels; total of
_meal and flour,
120,937 cwt. 3 qrs. 81bs. Of the gram, the largest quantity
is wheat, namely, 578,123 qrs. (exclusive of colonial,
5,112 qrs.); and the smallest quantity colonial Indian corn,
namely 805 qrs.
WEsTsirr;sT TER BRIDGE.—The removal of old London
bridge has caused very serious injury to this structure; the
current having, by its constant action, undermined the whole.
fabric. The principal cause of its dangerous and defective
state arises from the piers having been built originally on
caissons, and lowered down to the bed of the river, without
removini, the stratum of gravel and sand. The
who constructed it llkevrlb, oegleutetlilie precautionarymea-
sure of flxitig sheet piling round the piers, excepting in the
case of four; and it has therefore been rendered necessary
to surround all the remaining piers with coffer-dams, for the
tolrposi. of effectively securing their foundations. This will.
be dune by driving sheet piling into the substratum, which is
clay, as veil as other measures for security. The works have
already commenced, and the amount of tender is £87,000
The WI.ATIIEK AN!, Me. MURPHY'S ALATANA.CK.—At
the
commencement of this
.year, this new publication stood in
high esteem, as being found generally correct,,particularl
during the frost. Since that lime, much of its reputation'
has been lost, as the predictions have generally failed. But
the month of July, Mr. Murphy predicts to contain 27 wet
and changeable days, and only four fair days. That month
having now terminated, the result is found not to be so much
virtually wrong, as having contained 21 wet and changeable
days and 10 fair days, total 31 days; but, divided after a dif-
ferent manner, the result shows 17 days predicted wet to
have been wet, and 4 days wet, predicted fair, and 10 days
fair, predicted wet, total 31. It would seem, therefore, that
Mr. Murphy's predictions are entitled to greater respect than
some persons are disposed to accord to them, and that his
theory for judging of the state of the weather is at least wor-
thy of attention.—Leeds Itztelligencer.
SUICIDE AT UNSWORTH.—Between six and seven o'clock
on Tuesday morning last, a man name.d. John Harmon, a
blacksmith, at Unsworth, was found by his son (a lad of 12
years of age,) suspended by a cord in his own shop, and
beenT his
seenwork
quite.dead. An inquest was held the same day before 11Ir.
Butter, at the Bay Horse public-house, when it appeared,
from the statement of the son, that the deceased had been
drinking for about a fortnight, and that he had that morning
said to
dot h. witness,te
the then left
a tthe despondent
h9use,
antodn
he'ad"
lean-
ing on several gates in succession, which he had to pass on
his way to the shop. On witness going to the shop, he found
him hanging as stated. The jury found a verdict of " Tem-
porary insanity ; and the coroner directed the lad's sei
consideration to his father's untimely end, as an awful wraous
ing against intemperance. rn-
THE Conti enops.--The state of the weather in this
neighbourhood, since our last publication has been very un-
settled. Showers have f.requently fallen ; and the atmos-
phere occasionally has been remarkably chill. Notwith-
standing these rather unfavourable appearances, the crops
have made greater progress to a state of maturity than,
judging from the weather, might have been expected. The
barley is gradually changing colour; and the wheat is assum-
ing a brighter appearance. it is generally conjectured, that
the late weather, which was the reverse of scorching, con-
duced to the fuller developement of the plant,—a conjecture
which is justified by appearances; and that as a wonderful
improvement has been already effected, the crops will con-
tinue to advance, with fine weather extremely rapid to a state
of perfect ripeness, and yield a bountiful produce. The price
of wheat rose in Mark. lan., on Monday last, two shillings
per quarter;
This circumstance has contributed to the probability that
foreign corn will, before long, be thrown upon the markets.
—.Leeds Intelligencer.
"THE CONFEDERATION OF GAUL."—MM. Slowaezinki
and Moreau, who have long been engaged in statistical re-
searchei, have just detected the source whence the English
pamphlet has derived its plan of partition ; it is a work in two
octavo volumes, which was published in 1828, by Bechet, the
Paris bookseller. The work intitled "Etudes de Geographie
appliquees a la Politique Actuelle," contains several synop-
tical tables, wherein not only France, hut all the great states
of Europe are divided after a system which, according to tbo
author, must produce perpetual peace. Russia, to which new
provinces are to he added, was to have three Emperors. The
King of France, Charles X., was to give up 7,000,000 of his
subjects to the Prince Louis Philip, who was to become a
King, and reign at Orlekns; the Emperor of Austria was re-
duced to 19,000,000 of subjects; George the Fourth was to be
King of England, Wales, and Scotland only; Ireland was to
devolve to King William Henry; 'an Italian prince was to
reign at Calcutta, and an English prince in the country of
the Papoos. In the time of Charles the Tenth,George the
Fourth, and Alexander the First, this fantastic division gave
rise to no observation, nobody considered it seriously, nor
cared about it.—Cou•sier Francais.

BRITISH SHIPPING.—From a parliamentary return, it ap-
pears that the total number of vessels which entered the ports
of the United Kingdom during the year 1837 was 146.100
with an aggregate burthen of 11,625,200 tons, exhibiting an
increase of 4000 vessels, and 1,155 tons over the arrivals of
the previous year. Of the arrivals, 18,100 vessels, with a
burthen of 3,215,800 tons were from foreign parts, and 128,000
vessels, with a burden of 10,409,400 tons were engaged in
the coasting trade. Of the last number a very considerable
proportion must have been steam vessels, which arrived at
ports between which they ply three or four times a-week, and
whose arrivals give an idea rather of the extent, frequency,
and value of the intercourse existing, than of the number of
vessels employed.
COUNTY VOTERS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP OF MANCHES-
TER.—By the overseers' " list of persons entitled to vote in
the election of knights of the shire for the southern division
of the county of Lancashire, in respect of property situate
within the township of Manchester,"--which is now publish-
ed,—it appears that there are this year 1,822 persons on the
list, being 69 fewer than in 1836. 'Of this number, 115 are
objected to by the overseers, chiefly on the ground of change
of residence, or death; not more than three or four objec-
tions being taken by the overseers on other grounds. Of
the 1,822 names, 18g are fresh claims, of which about 90 are
in consequence of .chanzes of residence, and alterations of
qualification.

FUM A T.F. RAS HNESS.— A circumstance occurred at New-
lin, t. (s, s a cfirresponilent of a Bristol paper,) on Monday
last, which shows bow unbridled are the passions of some
ladies when thwarted in their inclinations by their husbands.
A ,VOlllan. by the name of Phillips, wished to attend a fashion-
able Baz,.ll' given for the benefit of the new church; but
her husband objected, on account of her services being re-
quired at home, upon which she declared, if he did not allow
her togo, she would immediately chop off her finger. The
threat was of course treated with contempt: but, strange to
say, she carried her intention into effect, and no sooner was
one off than a second shared the same fate; when, with the
most extraordinary perseverance, she exclaimed, "Here's
to go at the hand." The hatchet (for that was the instru-
ment used) immediately fell just below the wrist, and severed
the whole of the tendons, but without injuring the bone. Mr.
Harry Fry, a surgeon was sent for, and the lady was destined
to undergo a second infliction, by having both the stumps am-
putated, and her mutilated hand, was dressed. She declared,
in the presence of that gentleman (although she regretted
the loss of her fingers, she. would do the same. thing again
rather than any restraint should be put upon her reasonable
inclinations.—Bath Journal.