The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

GEff:ERAT .EVITILIGESCE.

STIIANGirt.S, including reporters, were allowed to remain
in the House of Commons durimg a division, for the first
time, on Monday night week.
FE3IALL PEGEACIII young women,both of
whom are dressmakers preached sermons to erowded
congregation, in the Pri .te
mitive Methodist room, at Blyth,
Yorkshire, on Sunday wee .k.
Tin: RAILWAY CLIZB for August amount only to
£253,1t1, against X 86544.04 in the corresponding month of
last yeer • but the total calls• during the first-eight mouths
of 18e3 have reached .X 7,016,6.52, against X 5,129,437 in
the sane period of /862.
A MILINCIIOLYACCIDVNT occurred at the mansion of
Lord Panmure on Friday, oe.-msioniug the death of one
man named James 'Boyle, and inflicting severe iniuri" on
otla four, while employedialhousehold repairs.—Dundee
Cottrier.

MINISTERIA.I

.VOrli. TO 11011A.NISSI..-:

ctal9.e for congratiaation,wewtice, with

:hat Roman-

istq'larities are excluded fixr-i the operatics of the Minis-
terial Charitable Trusts Rift We are getting, we feel, too
lncrcch into the hibit of maldmg the Romanist religion an
exception to all rale, and humouring its boundless preten-
sinus somewhat-more than is consistent with the dignity of
the State or the-safety of thei tody politic. :Any concession
in this direction'to the monopolising and oveibearing spirit
,of priestly arrogance is merely filling the sieva or watering
the sand. that'drinks, but s°,lll is dry. It is urged, how-
trer, that we must exempt romanist clurikes from salu-
tary inspection and necessary control bermise their titles
•cre of such anature as world not bear bwestigationunder
the laws for the prohibitionoTsuperstitiousnlses. Such an
-.excuse is mostaisgraceful both to the strte Ef our law and
our public morality. If ha* right to allow Romaniats to
'bequeath money for the para.-lases of masses or otheruses
-which we deem superstitious, why do we -retain on on!.
-ctatute-book4or a single hour a law which makes sue'
.-;-bequests null and void ? If, on the .other
raw is right, wily do we shrink from an ob.V.;.ous
,went; because its tendency is to put that lazy in execution .
Either Romaiists have not received the measure of relief
which is their ;due, or they line no title to ext.
improvements.as applicable in principle to them as to aa.
Other religious body—The Thnes.
SINGULARMIENOILENON.—A most extraordinary phe-

Jid, such a

aption'from

vicinity.
lockinr

tugh, the

j at the Bell Inn.
D.C.L., of Great

of a:goodly assemblag,
e fair sex

po*ed Su-cc
I pled with 1+

-was held last week on the body of a woman who was found
dead in a field near Littleport, Isle of Ely, under such
circumstances as to justify the strongest suspicions. It ap-
pearedfrom the evidence of a number of witnesses that
-the deceased, whose name is supposed to be Mary Ann
Dunn, had come from Cambridge to the feast at Little-
-port She was seen the night before at a dancing booth,
in the company of a young man, also a stranger, and who
has not been seen since. The woman was extremely well
dressed, with a gold watch and chain. The evidence as to
-the man with whom the deceased was dancing was not at all
satisfactory as regards either the time or place where he
us in company with her. The Ilody was frightfully
smtilated, the head being literally crushed in, as if a
heavy blow had been given with a stone by means of a
"mg. The throat was cut in to places, o evidently by a
of %lite flame. i penknife
ar an
.e out what was the" i .

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zustrtunent of_similar size, and numerous
ttabs and cuts were found on different parts of the body,
apparently inflicted with the same weapon.
THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SoczErz.—Mr. E. Murray,
the contractor, hmsing been the successful competitor, by
pttl+lic tender, for carrying out the drawings,' and for
forming the roads, &c., on the estate purchased for the
members at Ealing, and which. was recently allotted,

I celebrated the tarring of the fir
on Monde

sod, by giving a dinner
Francis Nicholas,

Ealing, in a wort

and the event vas

anlike manner, broke-
onneed by the ebeers

, ,moni,”St whom were many of the
of. Ealing. Mr. A. B. Wilson, of
vitsidedi and in the course of the evening pro-
he Conservative Lull Society," cou-

ptharson, their local agent,
ks, stated that Ile believed that
since the period ,of its formation,
unprecedented in the history of
ine now reeistered about 5,250

name of Mr.
xn returning VIII
success of the societ

dlotments of
v broke up,

him with c

A' These

A. HINT TO

by learnii
except tit

IILITIA. 0:

case occt

el the coi

lict for t.

Most of the mil

ut England hare now completed t.

all the officers of t

who had previous
,T qualified them

at of t

a re 1.
This

now form
I have beer

Shropshire

held commissions in the
Ives for the duties they

Jar course of drill witi

a course t

Lsisted upon by
cline to so quo

Is of militia corps, and those who
fy themselves, should speedily be recom-
An ignorant officer will throw a whole
'egiment out, and nothing makes so contemptible an ex-
hibition as ignorant amateur officers, whose military
knowledge is confined to a skilful adjustment of the sash,
and a martial carriage of the sword.—Correspondent of

"IYMAN GAROTTED.—A daring outrage of this
perpetrated at Worcester on Thursday night
George St. Sohn, who resides in Brit.•umi
square, Worcester, was returning home shortly '-
11 o'clock, and had approached within a sh
of his house, when he was assailed by two men, ,
and applied tightly over his mouth, and another gr„,,,
broat. His arms were also held firmly, so as to pre-
vent -any resistance being made. He struggled violently
against his. assailants, but they proved too strong for him
and throttled him so closely that he became insensible
When consciousness returned he found himself at th
door ^4, aware that he had been upon ft

the Times
A CLER,
kind was
The Rev.

his thro:

Lnd was

't distance
and felt a

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ground. On the servants opening the door they saw their
master with his face covered with blood, and he was so
much injured and exhausted that medical assistance had to
be called in. The thieves robbed him of a gold watch, a

purse containing a R 5 note and four sovereigns
key, gold seal, gold eyeglass, and other articles.
NOVEL RAILWAY PARCEL.—On Wednesday, on the
arrival of the third-elass train from Birmingham at the
Cheltenham station, there was found asleep on one of the
seats a little girl about two years of age. A label was
pinned on the front of her dress—" Margaret Williams,
passenger to Bristol, to be met at the station," and on
inquiry it was found that a woman had brought it to the
Birmingham station, but the guard had refused to take

s in case of its not being owned 'on its
arrival at its destination, the railway company would have
been compelled to stand towards it in locus parenti. The
woman had accordingly pinned the label to its frock and
slipped it into the carriage, where, thanks to the kindness
of the passengers, it had come along safely. It was pro-
vided with a basket of bread and butter, and one gentle-
man having made an impromptu bed of his great coat,
and another having tilted up his portmanteau, so as to
prevent it rolling oif its seat, it slept during the greater
part of its journey. On changing carriages at Gloucester,
one of the passengers engaged to see it in safety to Bristol,
a met by its mother—the wife of a working
'king its arrival.—Chelten-

where it

man—who was anxiously

ham Examiner

'MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The village of Locbftline,
on the banks of the Sound of Mull, has been thrown into
mourning by the occurrence of a melancholy accident,
resulting_ in the death of five young workmen. The de-
ceased, along with others, were employed by Mr. 0, H.
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Smith, on his estate of Aciaarenich, about two miles from
the village of Loehaline, where the men resided, and they
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generally preferred

to and

;turning from the he

of the loch by sea, rather than performing the distance on
; foot. Monday was wild and wet in the forenoon, and the
men accordingly remained at home; but, os the weather
cleared up about mid-day, they resolved to proceed to
Acharenich, and work during the afternoon. With this
view, nine men stepped into the boat, which they had been
accustomed to use, and which is about 13 feet keel, pro-
vided with a heavy lug-sail. The sail upon the little
craft was at once hoisted to its full extent, but, before the
boat got fairly under weigh, she was caught in a sudden
squall, which came up the loch, and upset, by which all
the men were thrown into the water. As the shore was
not more than ten yards distant, one of them reached it
by swimming, and three others scrambled upon the boat,
which turned keel uppermost, and here they clung until
boats came to their rescue from the village • but, their five
companions perished. The body of the lad: to whom the
boat belonged, was found entangled-below the sail very

shortly after the accident; and those of the otner suuurrAo
have since been recovered.—Glasgow Herald.
HORRIBLE 31A.Tnicfniz.—At Norwich assizes, John
Pitcher, a small fanner, aged 56, was convicted of killing
Elizabeth Pitcher, his mother. The deceased was possessed
of three cottages at Swaffham. In the centre one of these
she lived in June last, while her son occupied another.
The old lady was, though of very advanced age, being, 85,
of tolerably hale appearance within six weeks of the
occurrences which gave rise to this prosecution, but the
neighbours were aware that her son did not use her well.
Latterly she used to go to a tenant and beg for meat, an d
when told that her son, as was the fact, had received the
rent, she shook her head. At one of these interviews her
soli came in, and when he heard its subject, he, in a fero-
cious manner, pulled her out of the house, cursed her, and
deliberately gave her a blow on the: mouth, which laid her
After this the old woman was not seen by the
- - in. He found

Irostrate.

neighbours, and the policeman WM, pearl - - -
the poor creature lying on a filthy bed, y-naked, an
apparently dead from starvation, with the corner of he
pillow stuffed into her mouth, as though she had, in h(
wretched cravings for food, sought to extract sustenanc
from the pillow case. A further examination showed tiro
she was alive, but incapable of muscular exertion, whit
with a scarce audible voice, she muttered, "Give me food.
Asurgeon was sent for, who ordered her -to be taken a
once to the infirmary of the union house. Arrived then
she was cleansed of a complete "plague" of vermin, am
w decently clothed, brandy and water, bread and bra,
morsel of chee • • •
1.1%

given 1

11; more. 'Her life, 1
d for eight days, but

ter, Wand
devoured Most . _
judicious treatment, was prolom
the expiration of that time sh
Sentenced to be transported for life
ATTRACTIVE WIDOWS BEWARE
queer" we have; just had placed in our possession a pack(
of " love-letters recently written by a gentleman who,
short time since, visited this classic town, and ere his dc
parture breathed the soft vows of lave to an attractive
widow. The correspondence is exceedingly curious, and
should be read by every " attractive widow," for it shows
how very possible it is that while man professes to admire
and love, he is only designing and selfish. The gentleman
in question is about 24 years of age, and resides many
miles distant from this town. The widow is a lady re-
puted to be of considerable personal attractions, having
" a little of the world's wealth ;" her age, not to be un-
gallant, we describe as " discerning. ' The Lothario,
tion, expressed himself ardentl
flame was thought to be real,

released from lif

—By a " coincide]

shortly after his introdu(
attached, the counterfei

and. the." attractive widow" responded congenially : Mr
- took up his abode at the lady's house, lived luxu
riousiv. and to wet off from a " lady' (whom he called z

“ - i a . s
cousin”) whom he had in part supported, he drew
considerable sums from his widow-victim, with the pro-
mise that the money thus advanced should be employed
to accelerate their connubial bonds. Month after month
rolled on, and at length the time arrived when the
faithleas man was to throw aside his veil and appear
in - his true colours. He was, however, still embar-
rassed.; and to prosecute his "journey westward" to
the " Manor-house of his Mama," it. was necessary
that he sliould again draw on the prse of his gene-
rous victim. She accompaniod him to the railway plat-
form ; again w&. ~7 the solemn terms of their contract re-
peated, and pledged in mutual tears and kisses. With
the prints of the fair affianced lady's kisses on his cheeks,
John, for that'A his name, stepped into a carriage,an the
en-
gine puffed, and he was gone ! How complete the delu-
sion ! A few mornings came, passed, and then a letter ;
fasten him with the silken bonds. to
a cold, callous letter from John came to the " attractive
an
widow !" Her drEams of Paradise vanished, her
ehutri eredpthudiated the once affianced n of
heart, like all lashes in similar situations do, be
as Skimpole
we make the following says,
Ilbsoleikil'ructminded of his "little account," lady, - and
wrote a letter from which extracts :

‘, 1, the undersigned, devil mated it may be, beg to ,inform
Mrs. that I received her letter and the enclosed quite
safely this morning. I did not, however. expect that Mrs.
would have been so inear. as to charge upon me the
two es 's and odd, which she of her own accord gave we (or
rather bribed toe with) to free me from my cousin. Since,
however, it is so charged by her she shall have it, and may it
rot the very bones from under widow rags. 'Tis
strange, but true nevertheless, that though I offered up a
prayer each night and morning for my cousin, and shall
continue to do
•so, I never could bring myself to do at much
fer widow ; nay, I have latterly been invoking curses,
perhaps, upon her. I must beg of widow —, slnuld I
ear from her again, that she will not take God's name in
vain, nor in any way, any longer, pretend to what the deeds
of her dirty hand and mouth deny, * * * * *
I Will bring such things as I have of Mrs. when I re-
turn to Cambridge, if I come; should I not, I will ogler
them to be forwarded. Rodney you will no doubt be pleased
to hear is well.—Tuesday.”

:The name of the lady, and the surname of the " gentb-
man," we omit for obvious reasons at present, and cot-
dude -'our t notice by a reiteration of oar first word!,
''Attractive Wido"; Beware,".-Cambridge Chronicle.