The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

SIR HENRY BULWER is sinking under the effects of a
disease, the seeds of which were received at Washington.

TILE PRUSSIAN BOOKSELLERS are, it is said, about to
establish a grand book fair at Berlin, in order to be
independent of that at Leipsic.

A COMPANY on an extensive scale, with a capital of two
million thalers, has been established at Aix-la-Chapelle,
for the manufacture of looking-glasses, crystals, &c.
SLAVES IN BATAVIA, after they have acquired a little
money of their own, are now frequently allowed to buy
themselves off—such is the improved tone of public
feeling on the question of slavery.

THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK has met with a sad mishap
in Paris. On returning home from the ball given by the
Senate to the Emperor, he found that his diamond star
bad been cut from his coat.

THERE ARE TWO EMPERORS OF JAPAN ; the temporal
Emperor has the seat of his authority at Jeddo ; the
ecclesiastical Emperor reigns atMeaco, a descendant of the
Sun Goddess, the tutelar deity of Japan.

RAPPINGS.—In the Ohio Lunatic Asylum there are at
present confined twenty-six victims of the " spirit rap-
pings" delusion, the number being equally divided be-
tween males and females.

IN THE DANISH THEATRES, the gas lights in the audi-
ence part of the house are turned down during the acts,
and the stage alone is illuminated. This adds greatly to
the effect of the scenes and costumes. It has an effect
also upon the treasury.
Digs. TfIOLLOPE, the busy novelist, resides at a hand-
some villa, in Florence, which passes under the name of
Trollopina. She is still as industrious as ever, and has
for a near neighbour, Charles Lever—" a bluff, humorous-
looking Irishman, quite in keeping with his works."

A FEMALE VIOLINIST. - The New York papers
announce the approaching advent in the United States o
Marrietto Serato, a pretty girl of 12 years, from Venice,
a protege of Madame Sontag, and a wonderful violinist—
in fact, a perfect Paganini in petticoats.
THE DISGUSTING FORREST CASE is again before the
law-courts of New York, and the papers of that city
luxuriate in the details. Mr. Forrest, it appears, is
exceedingly popular, and his receptions at the Broadway
have been quite affecting ! The " dress circle " is
crammed nightly.
WHO OWNS IT ?—A letter has been lying in the South
Boston Sub Post-office for some days, post-marked New
York, and directed to the " Handsomest Girl in South
Boston." No personal application has yet been made for
it, though it has been sent for several times. The post-
master reserves the privilege of judging as to the respec-
tive merits of any claimants that may appear.—Boston
Journal.

Da. FENNER, of Aberdeen, Missouri, U.S., was re-
cently called upon by a youth of that town, entirely
without lips. He sought to have the hideous deformity
relieved. Dr. Fenner, it is •said, took a piece of flesh
from the left arm of the youth, and stitched it over the
teeth, shaping it so as to resemble as near as possible the
natural lip. The Aberdeen Independent says "be will
have a pair of lips in a few days almost as good as new."
DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN LIFE BY TIGERS IN INDIA.
—The annual loss of human life from tigers at Singa-
pore," says Capt. Keppel, " chiefly among the Chinese
settlers, is perfectly fearful, averaging no fewer than 360,
or one per diem. Great exertions are still making for the
destruction of these animals, which is effected by pitfalls,
cages baited with a goat, dog, monkey, or other restless
animals, and by sundry cunning contrivances."
Lin NEW PRESIDENT OF AMERICA.—The opinion
seems to be almost universal, if we may judge by the tone
of the United States press, that General Pierce has un.
expected and extraordinary qualifications for the Presi-
dential office. He conducts himself with the greatest
modesty and discretion. He accepts no invitations to
public honors. Every speech, and letter, and word that
have gone from him since his nomination, have been
characterized by a spirit of modesty, moderation, and un-
ostentatious truth.

A LADY " RAPPER."—An indignant doctor, writing in
a New York paper, says :—" I am acquainted with a
female ' rapper ' of some notoriety, whose character is
such, that her husband is unable or unwilling to live with
her, and yet she pretends to be a favorite with the spirits
of the great and good departed of all ages. No one, not
even Washington and Franklin, refuse to obey her call.
How is this ? Do explain ? Are they always waiting on
her ladyship, ready to rap, at the first intimation of her
wishes ? What a dignified employment ! What a vocation
for Channing and Webster !"
THE REV. THEODORE PARKER, ina recent lecture at
New York, remarked :—John Bull and Brother Jonathan
quarrel a little sometimes ; John Bull may grumble, and
Brother Jonathan shake his fist in return, but the trouble
is soon settled. John Bull is very proud of having so fine
a son, and we are very proud of being the son of such a
father; and soon this Anglo-Saxon race—that is the
Anglo-Saxon Britons and Anglo-Saxon Americans—will
control the whole world. Three hundred years ago the
Anglo-Saxon Britons did not own the whole of Great
Britain, and see what they have now !
A DAUGHTER OF TEMPERANCE IN MAINE.—The
women of America are going ahead at a pretty astonishing
pace. In the latest New York Tribune we find it related
that " Miss Isabella Dunham. aged 15, daughter of Geo.
Dunham, Esq., the enterprising ship-builder, recently
took passage in the stage coach to Hampden, where she
was attending school. There were with her in the coach
several young gentlemen (?) who set the Maine Law at
defiance by drinking from a bottle which one of them
took from his pocket. Considering herself insulted, she
called on the driver to stop, and jumped from the carriage.
Although solicited by the driver to return, she persisted
in walking the remainder of the distance, about a mile,
to the no small mortification of the nice young men."

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN MERCHANT.—
On the 3rd of February last a dreadful suicide was per-
petrated at the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Early on the morning of the 4th, Monday, the lifeless
body of Mr. Walter Mitchell, a merchant in Markham-
street, was found stretched upon the ground, a short dis-
.tance in the rear of his store, with the blade of a bowie
knife sticking in his left breast almost to the handle.
Life was entirely extinct, and the body cold and stiff
when discovered, which showed that he must have come
to his death in the early part of the preceding (Sunday)
night. At first, it was supposed he had been assassinated.
The jury could come to but one conclusion as to the
cause of his death, and that was that it was produced by
his own hand_; and that was made still more certain
before they rendered their verdict, by finding the fol-
lowing notes, written by himself, on a sheet of paper in
his room. The first is addressed to his little daughter,
now at school in New York :—" My dear Josephine, be a
good girl—the last good bye from your affectionate pa,
W. Mitchell."—" If [l] am killed, it will be by my own
hand, W. Mitchell : Little Rock, 30th January, 1853."
—" I forgive my enemies, W. Mitchell." At the top of
the same half sheet, the following part of a sentence was
written by him, and then partially wiped out before the
ink had dried :—" I have tried to act honourably, but the
citizens of Little Rock would not all" For some days
previous to his death, he exhibited symptoms of an aber-
ration of mind, and on Sunday evening he told his
father that he meditated self-destruction. Upwards of
,8400 in money was found on his person, and a loaded
six-shooter in one of his pockets. Mr. Mitchell had been
a merchant for several years, and did as heavy a business
as any house in the city. Fancied troubles of a domestic
nature, and possibly some derangement in his pecuniary
affairs, are supposed to have caused him to commit the
rash act. He was 35 years of age.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF

1, MARCH 8

LO RDSTUESDAY

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
Poor-law Guardians, complaining of the practice of issuing
general orders by the Poor-law Board.
In presenting a petition, Lord BROUGHAM took the
opportunity of complaining that the judges of the County
Courts were paid by the suitors instead of by the state.

The Earl oiWIIs7CHILSEA postponed his motion respect-
ing the College of Alaynooth to the 14th of April.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10,

Numerous petitionswere presented against the Jew Bill

LAW OF EVIDENCE

Lord BROUGHAM moved the

second readinc, of the

Law of Es idence and Procedure Bill, the object-ofwhich

was to amend in many respects, and declare in some im-
portant particulars, the law of evidence and procedure.
After some remarks from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the
bill was read a second time.
The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mt
a second time. TIIE EASTER HOLIDAYS

tiny Bill were read

The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that on Friday
he should move the adjournment of the house to Monday,
the 4th of April.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11.
Several petitions were presented.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition from
the Christian inhabitants of Bengal, complaining of the
administration of the law in that presidency. After some
discussion the Earl of DERBY said he hoped that the
government would reconsider the determination, at which
it was understood they had arrived, to legislate perma-
nently for India during the present session. Considering
the immense importance of the subject, and the small
progress that had been made in their inquiries, nothing
was more to be deprecated than hasty legislation. In his
opinion the proper course would be to pass a continuing
act for a period not exceeding five years, during which a
thorough investigation might be carried out, and thus
enable them to solve satisfactorily this great and difficult
problem. The Earl of ABERDEEN objected to the sug-
gestion of Lord DERBY, and thought that inquiry had
sufficiently advanced to enable them to legislate on one
bead—the government of India.

The County Elections Polls' Bill was read a second
time.

Several other bills were advanced a stage, and their
lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, MARCH 8.
Mr. W. 0. Stanley presented a petition from the Chester
Mechanics' Institution, for copies of parliamentary
papers. MINTS IN AUSTRALIA.

Mr. WILSON said, that with respect to the establish-
ment of mints in Australia, he thought ha might say
that the government had come to the conclusion that it
was a question which was more to be determined by
the colonies themselves than by this country, and the
government were disposed to afford every facility which
the colonies might require for that purpose.