The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-28 00:00:00

The Bromsgrove clergyman, a Sunday or two ago, missed
his spectacles when he was about to commence his sermon.
He thrust his hands into all his pockets—searched every
corner of his pulpit—it was all in vain—his " helps to read"
could nowhere be found. He had therefore no alternative
but to descend from his elevation, and request one of the
officials to go to the parsonage for the forgotten spectacles.
The man smiled, and whispered in the good priest's ear. He
blushed—looked confused—and returned to the rostrum—
quietly pulling his spectacles down from his forehead as he
mounted the steps, and beginning to preach with a resolute
appearance of unconcernment. But the joke could not be
concealed from the congregation, who tittered all round at
their pastor's.absence of mind.

SHAKSPEREIANA.---011 Tuesday there was a large assem-
blage (at Evans's auction-room, London) in consequence of
the sale of a deed with Shakspere's signature ; the Shakspere
Cup; &c. Mans, attended to examine the deed, the authen-
ticity of which was rendered indisputable by the fact of its
it was eventually knocked down to Mr. Elkins for £165 15s.
(1,444) The " Shakspere Cup," made from the mulberry
tree planted by Shakspere, beautifully carved 'on the sides
with a medallion of Shakspere and his arms. It was nearly
thirty years in the possession of the late Mr. Munden. £2l.

A FIT SUBJECT FOR CLEMENCY.—BIondeau, whose capi-
tal punishment was remitted by the king, on his majesty
passing through Melun on his late visit to Fontainebleau, was
exposed on the pillory on Wednesday last in the market-place
of the former town. Two days before, as he was being
brought back from Paris, where he had been to have the
commutation of the pain of death into hard labour for life
and the pillory recorded, he suddenly broke the cords by
which the gendarmes were leading him, escaped into a wood
by the road side, and was not secured again till after a des-
perate struggle. On being brought into the prison he con-
tinued his extreme violence, breaking every piece of furniture
in his cell, striking and abusing his gaolers, and compelling
them at last to put fetters on his hands and feet. In the
night preceding his exposition be contrived, by means of a
file, which he had succeeded in concealing from the minute
search of his person, to saw through, and relieve himself
from, the irons by which his feet were bound, and in the
morning was found free, and more furious than ever ; inso-
much that, before he could be again fettered, it was necessary
to call in the aid of the guard. It was not till his hands and
feet were loaded with the strongest irons, and he was further
bound with cords, that he could be concluded to the pillory.
During the whole time he remained there he was silent, but
his countenance displayed his ferocious and malignant mind.
The crowd, which was immense, could not refrain from loudly
expressing regret that such a malefactor should have escaped
the penalty of his crimes. On being searched again, when
he was led back to prison, the file with which he had cut
through his fetters was at length discovered.—Galignani's
Messenger.
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A QUEER TESTIMONIAL.—A sailor, who has been cured
by " Baron Spolasco" of some disorder, presented him the
other day with his cast-off crutches!
Nor BAD.—The Cincinnati Daily News tells the story of
an editor who recently got married, and being somewhat con-
fused he headed the mariage notice with—" Dreadful Cala-
mity." The next day his wife gave him a proof of the mis-
take by boxing his ears, and nearly knocked his form intopie.
REPRESENTATION OF LONDON.—This morning the requi-
sition to Lord John Russell is in circulation. The following
is a copy of the requisition :—" We, the undersigned electors
of the city of London, hereby request that you will, in the
event of a dissolution of parliament, permit yourself to be
put in nomination as a representative of the city of London
in the ensuing parliament."--Government Evening Print.
ORIGIN OF BLACK MONDAY.—BIack Monday was OIL
Easter Monday in the year 339, and derived its name from
the following circumstance : " When Edward 111., of Eng-
land, was in France, and on his march, within two leagues of
Chartres, there blew a cold and piercing wind, which soon
became a furious tempest, accompanied with lightning, rain,
and hailstones of a size so large as to kill 6000 of his horses,
and 1000 of the flower of his army."

THE MAILS TO MALTA, THE lONIAN ISLANDS, AND
GREECE.—A notice has been issued by the Post-office au-
thorities, stating that henceforth all letters for Malta, the
lonian Islands, and Greece, not specially addressed "via
Falmouth," or " by French packet," if posted after the de-
parture of the overland mail of the 4th of every month, will
have to be forwarded by the Mediterranean mail of the
middle of the month.

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT NEAR CIIESTER.—It is with
the deepest pain that we have to record a most lamentable
accident which occurred on Sunday night. It appears on
that day Mr. John Eaton, brewer, of Chester, with his
daughter, Ann Maxwell Eaton, a little girl six years of age,
Mr. Henry Thomas, draper, and his two sisters, Mrs. Ray,
and Miss Charlotte Thomas, had been at Parkgate, in a
phaeton, on a visit. They returned home rather late in the
evening, and reached Mollington about ten o'clock at night.
On passing Mr. Fielden's gates, the horse, a very spirited
animal, took fright, and ran into the gutter by the road side.
Mr. Eaton, who was driving, had partially managed to get
the horse out of the gutter, when the wheel of the phaeton
passed over a stump of hawthorn bush, and overset it. Mr.
Henry and Miss Charlotte Thomas were thrown over the
hedge and the remainder of the party were pitched under
the phmton , which rolled upon them, the splash-board falling
on Miss Eaton's breast. Mr. Thomas immediately ran to
the lodge to procure assistance ; and Lancely, the porter,
with his wife and a person named Croft, went directly to the
phaeton. It was removed as speedily as possible, but Miss
Eaton was quite dead. Mrs. Ray, we are afraid, is injured
internally, but we are happy to say no bones are broken.—
Cheater Courant.

FAILURE OF A BANK.—We regret to learn that the bank
of Messrs. Price, Jones, and Edwards, called the Salop and
North Wales Bank, at Shrewsbury, has stopped payment.
This bank drew on Messrs. Barnetts, Hoare, and Co.

We have to communicate the total destruction by fire of
Tetcott House, the property of Sir W. Molesworth, Bart.,
on Friday afternoon last. The house, which was built about
seven years since, cost upwards of £5OOO in its erection. A
report was spread, ascribing the fire to be the work of an
incendiary, but it has been ascertained to have been purely
accidental, resulting from an accumulation of soot in a crack
of the flue taking fire. The furniture and papers were
saved.—West of England Conservative.

STATE OF THE LIBEL LAW.—When the simple rules as
to libel were first established—that is, when printing was yet
unknown, when few could read and fewer still could write—
the offence of publishing a libel was of rare occurrence. The
vastness of the change which a different state of education
and society have wrought in this respect may be in some
measure estimated by the consideration that there are few,
if any, of the higher or middle classes of life who are not, in
legal strictness, amenable for transgressions of these. rules.
Every one who delivers to another any book, magazine, or
newspaper, containing any libellous matter, is, in point of
law, guilty of an illegal publication. The libraries of the
universities and of numerous persons of literary attainments
usually contain many books, ancient as well as modern. of a
very libellous description. It is true that many reasons may
be urged for allowing books or engravings to be contained in
such depositories for the purposes of study, or of literary or
scientific research, although much mischief might result to
religion or morals from their more public exhibition. The
law, however, knows no such distinction, but subjects all who
are concerned in the publication of the same illegal matter to
its
scope same penalties. A law which thus includes within
cope the subjects of the realm by thousands, which would,
if rigidly enforced, consign to the flames and subsequent ob-
livion many works, ancient as well as modern, which not uh-
frequently find a place in distinguished libraries, would, if
so enforced, be scarcely tolerable. The reason why so indis-
criminate a law is less 'oppressive than might have been ex-
pected seems simply to be this, that it is but rarely put in
force. In stating this, we of course confine the remark to
the criminal branch of the law, for undoubtedly instances
have occurred of civil proceedings of a very harassing nature,
where successive actions have been brought against mere
vendors of newspapers in respect of the very same personal
libel.—P. 68, Sixth Report of the Criminal Law Commis-
sioners Report.

MELANCHOLY MARRIAGE.—On Sunday, Mr. Nathan
Coope, a shopkeeper, in Westgate, Bradford, married a fe-
male, of the name of Hannah Newell, living in the same
neighbourhood. The parties were married at the Leeds
parish church. After spending the day at Potovens, near
Wakefield, the wedding party were on their return home in
a gig, about eleven o'clock in the evening. On the road,
the horse became unmanageable, broke off at full gallop,
and on reaching the Wheat Sheaf bar, ran with its head
against the gates, and was stopped. Coope jumped out with
the intention of seizing the horse's head, but did not succeed,
and the animal again set off. His wife and sister, who were
along with him, being alarmed, jumped out of the gig, and
we regret to state, the bride was killed on the spot, and her
sister so dangerously injured that her life is despaired of.—
Leeds Mercury.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE,
North Hay Market, May 26.

S. d. s. d.
Ohl Hay .... 0 B@o 11 20lb
New Hay.... 0 0 0 0 -
Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 Si -
Straw, Wheat 0 4i 0 5i -
Straw, Oat .. 0 31 0 4/ -
Straw, Barley 0 0 0 0 -
Green Clover 0 2 0 2} -

s. d. s. d.
Potatoes, 001 b. 1 9(42 5 v 9011)
Cattle Ditto 1 7i- 1 8 -
TUrllipS -
Carrots -
Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 -
Manure 7 0 11 0 -

AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED
Into LIVERPOOL, from the 18th to the 24th inst., inclusive.
PROM IRRLANL.
Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs
1213 1513 3147 31 6 664
Prev.. 18513 32659 72733 466 89 3930
COASTWISE.

123 1508 --
Prey.. 1257 17270 386 19

TIDE TABLE

Lugs

Height

Sundays, Holydays, 6re

Friday .. 2R I 4 38 521 12 2 Sun rises , 47ln. sets 810
Saturday 29 I 6 3 645 I, 10 K. Charles II restored 1660
Sunday.. 30 725 8
12 0 Whit Sunday—Pentecost.
2
Monday 31 i 8 32 859 12 4 Whit Monday.
Tuesday tl9 25 950 12 8
Wednes. 210 13 10 33 13 Globes invented B.C. 603.
Thursday 3 10 51 11 9 14

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL.
MAY. HOUR
28, Charles Hepper, (2nd) ........
29, Jonathan Laidmau. ............
31. Richard Rimmer, (Ist) . .........
June 1, James and Samuel Holt, (Ist)
1, John Berry, (2nd) ................
2, William Baines, (proof and div.)•
3, John Macaire and Co. (Ist) .•
4, W. Jones and J. B. Windle, (2nd)
4, Adapt Walker, (2nd)

Clarendon Rooms —l'
Ditto, 2
Ditto, 1
Ditto, 1
Ditto, 1
Ditto, 1
Ditto, 1
Ditto, 12
Ditto, 2