The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-22 00:00:00

peing Christians—loyalty to God and
F. rintal ln”oltar to +ha into ;a 1-11.

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istianity and half of cowardice, a different
practice prevails. We forsooth always drink the health of
the Queen first •, then the Royal family at home ; then the
Royal family abroad • then (in our hearts at least if not
orally) all the Royal imusehold and trappings down to the

the Church

made up of '(

when due homage has been paid to every vestige of royalty
and state supremacy, we then honour the Pope. We
mention this with an eye to the coming dej' diners and

dinners of the present spring. We mean to keep a sharp
look out on these matters, and see which set of stewards
prefer Church to State, and which, on the other hand,
prefer State to Church."
BRADSHAW'S (METROPOLIS) DIRECT CONVEYANCE

GUIDE.--In the same form as his now universally useful
railway guide, Mr. George Bradshaw has published a
guide by_rail, road, and steam, to and from the metropo-

London and all parts of the kingdom, with the distanc
from London and the nearest railway station 1 an alpha
hniirfal inaPT of the Railinv of all the

London cab tares to and from the railway stations, post-
office arrangements, museums, exhibitions, and p!ams of
amusement. The number for this month contains the
May meetings of the various religious and benevolent
associations in London ; a list of all the churches and the
independent and baptist chapels in and near London,
with their ministers, Sunday and weekly services, tke.
But the distinguishing feature of this guide is a splendid
and aecurate map of London, 27 by 15 inches, which is

alone worth double the price of the whole guide. Alto-
gether the Metropolitan Guide is the most cheap and
useful little "go-with-me," for a stranger in the metro-

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE QUEEN.—
On Saturday evening, between five and six o'clock, as her
Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Prin-
cess Royal, and the Princess Helena, was returning from

a drive in Hyde-park, a pistol shot was fired at theni at the
lower end of Constitution-hill, by a man dressed in the

garb of a labourer, who stood within the railings of the
park. The fellow was instantly arrested, and the royal
carriage proceeded to the palace as if nothing had hap-
pened, her Majesty retaining throughout the utmost com-
posure, and doing all she could to calm the fears of the
royal children. The man's name is John Hamilton, from
Limerick. He has resided in this country about five
years, in the house of a bricklayer, at Pimlico, for whom
he at one time worked. He was not in actual want, for,
though he has been out of employment for some time,
Yet his landlord lodged him gratuitously, and the other
necessaries of life were supplied by the labourers who
lodged at the same house. Every effort has been made to
find whether the pistol was loaded, but the search so far
has been fruitless, and there is no mark on the carriage or
elsewhere. Had the weapon been charged with lead, or
any substitute, the whistle of it past the carriage would
have at once been noticed. A loud report was heard,

which is not to be wondered at, as it is *ascertained that
the man used the bowl of a tobacco pipe as his powder
measure in charging the pistol. The prisoner is of a

sulky sullen disposition, and gave his name, residence,
&c., with great reluctance. At the time of the occur-
rence, the heads of her Majesty's Ministry were entertain-
ing select parties in honour of the royal birthday, and the
utmost consternation was excited amongst them. On
Sunday, the Home Secretary, Attorney-General, and Mr.
Hall, the Bow-street magistrate, assembled at the Home-
office, to investigate the affair. The prisoner was fully
committed to Newgate for "firing at her Majesty with
intent to alarm," &c., and will be tried next month.
This decision was founded on the grOund that he did not
appear to entertain any hostile feeling towards her Ma-
jesty, that he had no accomplices, that he had not com-
municated to any one what he was about to do, and that
the pistol was not loaded ; but there certainly are two
circumstances which furnish some ground for suspecting
this -conclusion. The first of these is the evidence of a
constable of the B division, who stated his confident be-
-t habit att,- 10,

An.. .ne prisoner was in the 01 _..uing a .
Chartist club in Pimlico. The second is an observation
dropped by the prisoner himself to the inspector who was
in charge of him. It was to the effect that he had been
confined in Paris, for having taken part in the insurrec-
tion of June, and that the cells there were not nearly so
clean as that in which he then was. Evidence was also
adduced to show that he had worked on the Belgium and
Nantes Railway, and that he went over to France at the
time of Prince Louis Napoleon's escape from Ham. It is
worthy of notice that Hamilton took his stand within less
that 100 yards of the spot where Oxford committed a
similar offence. He has, however, miscalculated con-
siderably if he fancies that he is to receive a similar
penalty. By the course adopted the ceremony of an ex-
amination before the magistrate in the usual mode is en-
tirely omitted, and this unlucky Irishman will find that
instead of being well fed, well clothed, and well housed
for the rest of his life, he has subjected himself to the
certain prospect of hard labour in the House of Correc-
tion, and to public appearances that are not at all likely
to foster a passion for notoriety, viz., the first at the bar
of the Oid Bailey, the next at the cart-tail.

Commtrrsai. ow A. RAMICATJ Pr.—A bankrupt, mane&
Beadle, a publican at Sydenham, whose debts were about
£4OO or £5OO, with an. inconsiderable amount of assets,.
having on his last examination given a very unsati4actorr
account of a sum of £194, part of a sum of £950 which
he admitted himsall to have received from the sale of pro-.
perty, a subdivision, court was held on Thursday, when,
after a further searching inquiry and the examination of
nwitness,.whose evidence clearly inculpated the bankrupt,
the court committed him to Ncwgate, with an intitnation
that there would be no, liberation for life unless the money
Was.forthcoming,.or a satisfactory account afforded of its.
appropriation.

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EQUINE SAGAOITY.—The Durham
a.remarkable case of preservation from the
horse. A Mr. Kilburn. of West Auckland, was
in.; down Fore Bonduate, on his way through Bishop
Auckland, with his wife and one of their children in his
Big, the horse slipped and fell, when he with Mrs, Kilburn
and his child were thrown out of the gig, the shafts. of
whim, were broken. Fortunately they escaped without
any serious injury. One remarkable circumst
curred,udding to the many which have been re
prove the affection and sagacity of the h

:Icy :of a
!roceed..

lated, to,
ben t.ll

child was thrown from the gig it fell in among the hor
feet •• the poor animal, though unable to extricate its
gently with the only foot it had at liberty contrived to

and push the child- till it got clear of Clar

fallen vehiel.

from the

We announce in another column that the days for the
.performances at the approaching_ Birmingham Musicat

Festival

definitively fixed for 1L

also enahled.to announce that this great rat-1,724n, from its
rare quality and high patronage, will, without dolf6t,
prove the principal musical event of the present year..
The committee of management are, we woderstand,,inde-
fatigable in_ making engagements that fully justify these
expectations-. The band, selected by the conductor,.Mr.
Costa, will be, for number and talent, superior tonn•tkat
has ever yet appeared in England ; and,,in order to- give
accommodation and effect to its numbers, the present
extensive orchestra in the Town-hall is-now being enlarged
and completely re-modelled. The choir,. though: so nu-
merically- great, is also stated to be chosen with. unusual
care. The instrumental and vocal. ensemble, g.ukled by
the baton of the above-named chief,, cannot fail ter• produce
the finest effects. We hope shortly,to,be
detail of the engagements of the great arils
appear on this interesting occasion

.1.41 to give a
:es who will

AN AWKWARD MISTAKE.—A. few days ago, 9 clerical
gentleman of Ipswich visited the house of a,medical friend,
known for his devotion to the study, of phrenology, for
the purpose of inspecting certain busts of celebrated cha-
racters in the possession of tke said phrenologist. Three
specimens were presented to his view-by the assistant in
the establishment, when the ecclesiastic, was requested,
carefully to examine them for himself, and pronounce his
unbiassed verdict as to which was the worst head of the
three. His spectacles were carefully adjusted—a minute
examination of the whole was made—the various organs
described by phrenologists were described seriatim—the
proportions of the intellectual and animal regions were
rigidly determined in each—and dmibtless a grave deci.
sion arrived at, according to the most exact rules of ma,
thematical precision. Whether the examiner supposqd,
that all the three busts whose phrenological developments
he was called to examine, were equally distinguished_ for

e are not exactly informed
ht they were none of them ordin
much only, however, he was told t17.4t onek
he bust of the murderer Rush, an
ermine which of the three was the bust of

deeds of blood
bably he thou:

of them was
asked to det

most pro..

he was

gists, the worst head in the EVoup. Judge wild the awk-
ward feelings of both must have been, when thoecclesias-
tic gravely pronounced his verdict by selecting as the
worst head of the three, the bust of his friend, in whose
house he was standing.—lpswich Express.
SECRETS OF THE MILK TRADE.—At the public-office,
Wolverhampton, Benjamin Farmer, (remanded from Wed-
nesbury) was charged with embezzling £4 Is. 10;1., the
property of his master, Mr. Richard Evans, of Sedgley.
The prisoner, it appeared from Mr. Evans's statement.
was hired at is. a week to take out and sell milk, and was
to hand over the proceeds day hr day. Arrears of pay-

ment, however, accrued, and ultimately the deficienev
reached the amount mentioned. The prisoner then

sconded, but was taken into custody in the neighbour-
hood a few days afterwards. The prisoner, in his defence,
tight the milk, and in reply to questions
cer, Mr. Evans said the milk was reckoned
for with the prisoner at the rate of 21d. per quart ; he
t sell at 3d. per quart or• any other mice, but was not

from M

charged nnre; nor did he (Mr: Evans) know to whom
the prisoner sold the milk. The bench was of opinion
that under the circumstances the charge of embezzlement
'ipported. " Well then."saia AT- --
nut ten c

exclaimed the prison
11." inquired Mr. RI

" no—that I
' how much.