The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

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Secretary and Clerk's,

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Expenses

By Banker's C,emmis

By interest, One Shilling
and Twopence per
Share, due Bth of
April, 1847, upon
88,341 Shares

hand -
By Cash in Bankers'
hands

Audited the eleventh day of August,
• FRANCIS SIMES
CHARLES MI DD

—That the RE

Resolved,—That Benjainin Badger, of Lon(
William Durham, 6f Manchester, Esquire, Her
of London, Esquire, and Richard Septimus Wilkin
be elected Directors in lieu of Sir James Duke
Francis Braithwaite, Esquire, Frederick Plant, I
Frederick Fowler Robertson, Esquire, who retire.

.Resolved,—That Mr. Francis Simes Alliott be
Auditor to the Company.

affixed to the

Resolved,—That the Seal of the Company be
Register of Shareholders.
Resolved,—That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the
Chairman, for his excellent, temperate, and impartial conduct
in the Chair.

THE LANDOWNERS' DRAINAGE
INCLOSURE COMPANY.

INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 10 AND II
VICTORIA-SESSION 1847.

SHARES £2O EACH, UPON WHICH '1 ER SHARE IS
PAYABLE ON ALLOT NT,

House, Northwich, Che-

shire, Chairman
Sir R. H. Cunliffe, B4‘Acton Park, Wrexham, Deputy-
Chairman.

Sir S. R. Glynne, Bart., Hawarden Castle, Chester.
J. Wynne Eyton, Esq., Leeswood, Mold.
Townshend Mainwaring, Esq., Marchwiel Hall; Wrexham.
R. Wilbraham nn., Esq., Rode Heath, Cheshire.
P. D. Cooke,Lsq., Gwysanney, Mold.
R. Brodhurst Hill, Esq., Bache Hall, Chester.
J. Wilson Jones, Esq., Hartsheath Park, Moid.
H. R. Sandbach, Esq., Hafodunos, Abergele.
J. E. Errington, Esq., C.E., 11, Adam-street, Adelphi, London.

STANDING COUNSEL.
Leigh Trafford, Esq., Manchester.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Mr. Josiah Parkes, Westminster.
ACTING ENGINEER.
Mr. John PalM, Christleton, Chester
SOLICITOR.
Mr. S. Brittain. jun., Chester.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Williams and Co., Chester.

e afoirim theite
improvement
havingnumb er
recoe
toisseu Directorsfi received
200 e applicationsirh
Estates,a Shares,
e s,up from
ohnavwehLandeddetermined
e Pro-
prietorsl
per Share is payable on allotment ; but no further Call will be made
during the present year. It is the intention of the Directors
to issue, from time to time, only such a number of Shares as
may be justified by the opportunities for the profitable em-
ployment of the Capital so created.
Applications for Shares may be made to any of the DIREC-
TORS, or to the SECRETARY ; and the Board will meet on
WEDNESDAY, the 15th of September next, for the purp9se of
allotting Shares. By the Act of Incorporation the liability of
each Shareholder is limited to the amount of the Shares held.
by him in the Company.
R. H. CITNLIFFE, Deputy-Chairman.
JOHli HICKLIN, Secretary.
Chester, August 11, 1847.

THE LANDOWNERS' DRAINAGE AND INCLOSITRX

COMPANY. --
DRAINAGE and
The DIRECTORS of the LANDOWNERS'
INCLOSURE COMPANY are now ready to receive Applica-
tions from the Owners of Estates requiring Improv ment, for
the Execution of the necessary Works.
Further particulars, and Forms for such Applications, May
be obtained at my Office, in Chester.
Dated this 11th day of August, ist7. '
SAMUEL DRITTAIN, Jun.,
Clerk to the Company.

The Duke is-still in a very dan,
of the laudanum,

state in consequent

to reply I need time and

strength, and both are wantin,

The Presse say

it is yes or no

I have no

knows for

was a pistol loaded with ball ;
bject it was charged, or if he
ided using it against his wife. In this last hypothe-
sis, he did not dare to do so, on account of the noise of
the report. He certainly struck his wife with the butt-
end, to finish her, as has been proved. When interrogated
on the point, he replied that he desired to defend his wife
against a murderer ; but on its being represented to him
that there was no trace left of the flight of this mysterious
murderer, he remained silent, and hid his head in his
hands. The Duke is embarrassed to explain away the
scratches which are perceptible on his right hand, as well

strength to reply.' The interrogatories which took place
in the prison of the Luxembourg may be summed up in
these few words. He made no avowal, he replied nothing
decidedly. It is only on the afternoon of the 23d that the
symptoms of poison again appeared with fresh intensity.
The same night the evil gained ground ; dreadful suffer-

ings tortured the prisoner, convulsions came on, and the
next day it was evident that his death was approaching.
The Grand Referendary went to him, it is said, and
called on him to declare at what moment he took the poi-
son, and who prepared it for him. The prisoner replied
that he took it at his hotel, but he did not say who pre-
, •" him. I'

as WIC uun,...Nun on Lae leg. It Is generally ceueveu that,
as the Duchess was able to ring, she was first struck in
bed, during her sleep, but that it was after she had quitted
the bed that the decisive blows were given. The hairs
left in the hands of the victim, or fallen in the struggle,
were brought together by M. Orfila. At first it was sup-
posed that the hair in the Duchess's hand, and those on
the ground, fixed to the floor by the dried olood, were of
a different colour, but when M. Orfila bad washed them,
it was evident that they belonged to the same person, and
the idea of different persons being engaged in the matter
was laid aside. This hair, besides, is altogether similar to
that of the husband. Some water tinged with blood was
found in a basin. The interrogatory of the Duke has as
yet furnished no information respecting the crime. He de-
clares he knows nothing of the guilty party. The crover-
neis is of Italian origin, and belongs to a noble family.'.
Her name is de Luzzi (Laure), and not de Luzy. She is
still kept apart at the Conciergerie. She allows that she was
much moved and annoyed at being obliged to quit the
' ' family, and separate from the young ladies whose
had superintended. She explains in
ze of a letter written by her to the

pared and gave it to was the cure of the parish
du Haut-Pas who administered the last sacrament to the
prisoner, near five o'clock ; and in a few instants after the
duke appeared before another judge."
The same journal says :

" Doctors Pasquier (first surgeon of the king,) Tardieu,
Canuet, Simon, and Boys de Loury, ascertained, on the

of wounds and contusions in the person of the Duke Pras-
lin, viz., a scratch on the right arm, two bites on the left
hand, a scratch on the left hand, a wound which had re-
cently been bleeding on one of the fingers_ anti on another

,
marks of nails, which had torn away some of the skin ; on
the left leg a long excoriation and a superficial wound on
the calf—all these marks and contusions were of recent
date. The autopsy of the body was performed yesterday
by MM. Tardieu, Carnet, Simon, Boys de Loury, and
Orfila. By the use of Marsh's apparatus a large quantity
of arsenic was discovered. The body remains at the pri-
son in the hands of justice."

Private letters state that the Peers would declare them-
selves incompetent to entertain any charge against Mdlle.

Duke de Praslin, and seized amongst his papers_ ..
is certain is, that the Duchess took offence at the inter-
course subsisting between the governess and the Duke,
and without a high intervention would have demanded a
regular separation. The Duke, yielding to prudent ad-
vice, consented to the governess being sent away ; and the
Duchess, in acknowledgment of this concession, settled on
her a pension for life. It is said that some of the Royal
Family interfered recently to reconcile the Duke and
Duchess. The King, the Queen, and particularly Madame
Adelaide, had a great affection for the Duchess. The
Duke, who had been an intimate friend of like Duke of
Orleans, was intimate also with the Duke de Nemours,
who invited him to all his hunting excursions. They
thought the Duke and Duchess reconciled since Mlle. tie
Luzzi's departure. Marshal Sebastiani, it is said, intended

de Luzzi in respect of the murder of the Duchess of
Praslin, and that there being, in fact, no evidence whatever
against her, she would be discharged without trial before
any tribunal. It is said that, bating the imputations of
improper intimacy with the Duke of Praslin, and which it
was said she could successfully rebut, the character of
Mdlle. de Luzzi was that of a woman of superior abilities
and distinguished manners.

SWITZERLAND.—In Switzerland there is every proba-
bility of recourse being had to hostilities. Extensive pre-
parations are daily being made by the Sunderbund and the
antagonist states. Horses are bought up, and hired, all
the saddlers in Berne are engaged in fitting up saddles,
and batteries are being erected. The nation of innkeepers,
notwithstanding, may contrive to postpone the decision of

to set out for Corsica only when assured that his daugh-
ter was reconciled to her husband. The rumour prevails
that letters have been seized at Mdlle. de Luzzi's which
prove her influence over the Duke and their illicit inter-
course. It is difficult to suppose that she is not compro-
mised in the dreadful charge hanging over the Duke. It
is also said that a warrant was issued against another mis-
tress of t'he Duke's residing in the,Rue de Varennes, but
who was not found at her residence."

SUICIDE OF THE DUKE DE PRASLIN

The Duke de Praslir► died at tive o'clock on Tuesday
last of poison. The event was announced in the Moni-
teur Par glen of Tuesday night. The following are the
terms in,wh.;ch the National notices :this anticipated de-
nouement of 'one of the most tragical affairs of modern
times :

NATURAL OEATH. OF THE DUKE .DE PRASLIN

" We had foreseen this conclusion, and we had been
prepared for it two days since. Nevertheless, it appears
to us, that the event ought to have occurred a little
sooner or a little later, The Duke de Praslin died to-day
(Tuesday) in his bed rin the prison of the Luxembourg,
and the following are .t terms in which the-official even-
ing journal announces the fact :
" M. de Praslin died to-day about five o'clock in the
prison of the Luxembourg. The cause of his death has
been ascertained and accounted for by men of science.
It was with arsenic, takertin c. large dose, that the Duke
de Paslin poisoned himself, at the moment when he saw
that the charges had become_so serious as to render ne-
cessary his arrest and trial. The copious vomitings which
he experienced on Wednesday aftereoon and during the
day of Thursday, appeared alone to hay.e retarded the ef-
fect of the poison, which, after having wased on Friday
and Saturday, resumed its entire force on 'Sunday."
On this intelligence and the remarks of the Paris jour-
nals, the Times of Friday makes the following; remarks,

which, from all -accounts, are in accoruance with the
only rational conclusion that can be arrived at :
The Duc de Praslin -has committed suicide in the cell
of his prison in the Ln-xentbourg. The necessities of
justice and the indignation
.of tile people have been equally
defrauded of their legitimate desire. How, or when, or
where the wretched. murderer ebtaizied the poison which
enabled him to escape from the itz:clig,oities of a trial that
could have no result but. the scah44l4 for himself, and
infamy for the children of the unfortuilate lady whom he

..„.... ..... ........___ .
so barbarously put to death, the French journals give US
no satisfactory account. The palpable ins)nuations how-
ever, of the anti-dynastic party and the flimsy excuses of
the organs of the Chateau, seem equally to paint to the
Point at ate same conch Woo—that it was not; tvithcnit 1

senr montn to rue °ego-I=z or uctooer, ovirrn
n the construction of the bridge over the Yare

;ati on anc

The preparations for the genera
meeting of railways in Birmingham are now very palpabk
in many parts of the town. Houses in all quarters are
razed, or being razed, and at present the aspect of the
streets affected is desolate enough.
Notwithstanding all the outcry about the press—.re of
railway-making on the money market, the reports made
to the half-yearly meetings show that the calls have very
generally been well met. Thus the Leeds, Dewsbury,
and Manchester have received between £300,000 and
£400,000, leaving a balance due of only £lBOO.

the city election, on his London ba
share of the election expenses, had been returned dis-
honoured, and how the petition now set en foot ostensibly
for the expenses of a petition against the return, was in
reality intended to indemnify the sheriff from the conse-
quences of this defalcation. Mr. John Reynolds, M.P.,
then addressed the meeting at considerable length, com-
menting on the want of punctuality on the part of Mr.

Two men stopped a railway train on its way to Bristol,
the other day, by waving a red handkerchief on a stick.
They requested to have a lift to Bristol. The guard good-

naturedly complied, took them to Bristol, gave them into
custody, and they were each fined 40s. and costs, and in
default of payment committed to prison for a month.
From official returns, it appears that the amount of
traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3154 miles of rail-
way, was £205,232, thus accounted for :—£117,246 for
the conveyance of passengers only, £44,397 for the car-
s I riage of goods, and a remainder of £43,589 for passengers

er, for f

and goods tog

Cher, not respectively apportioned ; being
an increase of £30,014 over the corresponding week of
last year, when the mileage was about 2290.

Gregori, and expressing li
petition on the merits. ]

As perfect willingness to meet a
Mr. J. O'Connell held forth at

and called upon the landlords of Ireland to join the asso-
ciation in its endeavours to re-establish a local parliament,
if they would not have their estates swallowed up under
the poor law. He also read a letter from Dr. Gray, of the
Freeman's Journal, on the result of the Irish elections,
according to which there have been returned fifteen Whigs,

nine r eaeransis or rrecursors, anu truriy-seven ttepealers,
and amongst the county members a majority of four in
favour of the repeal of the union against both Whigs and
Tories. The rent for the week was announced to be
£5l 18s.

CONSPIRACY TO MURDER THE OFFICERS OF KILKENNY
GAOL.—A very daring attempt to escape was made, on

Alonday week, by the three prisoners now under sentence
of death in Kilkenny—James Larkin, James Daniel, and
Henry Walshe. After breakfast, the prisoners were turned
into the corridor, for the purpose of giving them an oppor-

too often reminded that, by the decisions of the Courts of
Chancery in the Exeter and Crediton and in the Birming-
ham and Oxford cases, they have power to direct and con-
trol their directors ; and that the Courts of Chancery will
give effect to such directions and control, and expression
of opinion—in other words, that they are not the tools of
directors, but that directors are their servants, and are
bound to obey their orders, given at a general meeting.—
Railway Record.

tunity of praying. One of the turnkeys, William Lee, was
overtaken by Larkin, who struck him, saying " Now, you
thief." Lee then seized him, and Larkin rushed towards
the stairs, calling out to Walshe and Daniel, who followed
him—" Boys•come on ; what are you doing ?" Walshe
left the corridor close behind Larkin, but Daniel followed
slowly. When Walshe reached the stairs, the turnkey
laid 'hold of him, and a scuffle ensued. Larkin again cine
AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND EASTERN JUNCTrON upon Let,
which
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thilloow oronut heaauddwaittliema ;ovidrfu-
RAILWAY.—On Tuesday, the half-yearly general meeting stone,c 7 through themdoor-wa, followed by Daniel and
of the shareholders of the above company was held in the Wn,
,Araisluie, but was stopped by a prisoner named Forbes : a
Exchange Hall, Nottingham ; W. F. N. Norton, Esq., prisoner, named Brenan, caught one of the culprits, and
(chairman of the board of directors) president. The
took two stones from him. The governor ran into the
chairman said that before the report was submitted to
police guard-room, and loaded all the carbines, while Ser-
them, he begged to inform them that Sir James Duke, of
Coghlen and the other constables ran to the interior
o f the bu i 1 ding and captured
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some of
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M.P. for Boston, Mr. Braithwaite, Mr. Plant, and Mr.
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Robertson had retired from the direction ; and he thought
it his duty to return his best thanks, and the thanks of all y.
the directors, to Sir James Duke, for his kind attention
to the interests of this company, and more particularly for
the very efficient and excellent assistance which he ren- evening, that they had agreed to kill Murphy and Corrigan
dered them in the House of Commons in the hour of need. (two turnkeys), while attending mass on Sunday week, and
(Cheers). He (the chairman) also begged to return then proceed to the back door, at which Lee was usually
thanks to the other gentlemen who had retired, for the stationed when the prisoners were going to and coming
aid which they had given upon all occasions in transacting from mass, and then make their escape. They were, how-
the business of the company. (Cheers.) An opportunity ev- -I-- _ . .

would this day be afforded of replacing those gentlemen
by other gentlemen, who would undertake the business
which they relinquished. (Hear, hear.) He thought it
was a just and true principle that those who found the
money should have a full and efficient voice in conducting
the business. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was happy
to say that some difference which had existed between the
directors and some of the shareholders had been adjusted
in a friendly manner. The views that had been proposed
to the directors, respecting the management of the line,
were precisely their own—namely, to carry it out with the
utmost prudence and economy, and with the least possible
inconvenience to the shareholders. (Loud cheers.) The
chairinan then entered at considerable length and in a
very clear manner into the circumstances under which
this line of railway was undertaken, showing that with
respect to the Grantham and other canal shares no under-
hand or fraudulent compact bad been entered into, and
that the only question now respecting them was, as to
when the stipulated engagements with the canal com-
panies should be completed. After stating that the
directors were anxious that a call upon the shareholders
should be delayed as long as possible, the chairman con-
cluded by requesting the secretary to read the report, and
sat down 'amid applause. ie secretary (John Gough,
Esq.) then read the directorsFreport, which will be found
in our advertising columns. The report was adopted.
Sir James Duke was much pleased with the manner in
which his services had been acknowledged by the chair-
man, and took that.opportunity- of assuring the directors
and proprietors that he should render the company all the
service in his power, because he thought the undertaking
was one that they would not only be proud of, but that
would be exceedingly remunerative. Mr. Gee severely
castigated the gentlemen forming the deputation from the
shareholders' committee, and expressed a strong desire
to learn the nature of the negotiations that had taken
place with the directors. A long and exceedingly turbu-
lent debate ensued, the result of which was, that the
minutes of the interviews were read. It appears the
directors agreed, in consequence of the representations of
the deputation, that information required by the share-
holders. committee shall at all times be freely furnished,
and the ,directory be increased from thirteen to sixteen ;
seven of them to be nominated by the deputation. In
accordance with this arrangement, the retiring directors
were displaced by Benjamin Badger, William Durham,
Herbert Impani, and Richard Septiinus Wilkinson,
Esquires, after much skirmishing. Francis James Alliott
was then re-elected auditor to the ,ompany ; after which
the meeting diSioived, a vote of thanks being passed to
Zlae ,chairman.

.er, prevented from carrying this scheme into execution,
in consequence of -Lee having laid down the bolt of this
door for security. Having been foiled in this attempt,
they proposed to drag Lee into one of the cells, murder
him, and conceal his body, on Monday morning, when he
would be engaged in opening those small apartments.
They calculated that when the governor would require
Lee's services, in some other part of the building, he would
ring a bell for him, and, on receiving no answer, would send
another turnkey for him—this man was to meet with the
same fate as Lee. If a third turnkey should come to look
for the other two, he was to be murdered, and his corpse
concealed also ;• and if the governor himself came, he was
to be butchered too. By killing the officers they had hoped
to make their escape. Larkin confessed that he had in-
tended to kill Lee ; but Walshe and Daniel said they had
not ; and Lee assured us that he believed them, as even
Walshe did not attack him with a paving-stone as did
Larkin. Both Daniel and Walsh said they had endeavoured
to dissuade Larkin from carrying out the murderous attempt;
but he would not be off it, and the other two culprits were
induced to persevere in the conspiracy by Larkin threaten-
ing them that, if they did not, he would expose them when
going out on the drop.

During the progress to Loch Lagg
heartily welcomed by the mere handful of poi
inhabit the district. She arrived at Ardverekie Lodge in
the evening, and was received at the Loch-bridge by a
Highland guard, commanded by M`Pherson of Cluny.
The Queen alighted at the drawbridge, and was handed
into a carriage on the other side by the Marquis of Aber-

ity was

ion who

corn. Notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the
weather, her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the
grounds during the afternoon. The Royal dinner party

ningen, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Marquis of
Abercorn, the Earl Grey, Viscountess Jocelyn, Mr. G. E.
Anson, Major-General Wemyss, Captain the Hon. A.
Gordon, and Sir James Clark.
On Saturday eveninc, the wind gradually increased in

The wind roared up the glen with

when it blew a gale
great violence, raisi _ _
no despicable height. At an early hour the marquees put
un in the arounds of Ardverekie for the lICEI of thp rnvnl

nto waves o

servants were blown down, and a quantity of china and
crystal was deitroyed. With such violence had the wind
struck the tents. that the ropes, and in one or two cases