The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

felt the deepest interest in it

he returned to this tountl

would give h
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helloped he should liUv

eater satisfaction

srs. Pierpont

e(1 regret

tisn's resignation. ••Some disCusfiion took place upon 31
Locke's request foi

tatement showing a comparative
mMd/1" zat Wolverton and Crewe. Mr.

expense
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.sgested the question should stand over, as a com-
mittee was sitting on-the subject, anti Mr. Locke expressed
himself satisfied. The-report, after some further debate,
was,then adopted, and the routine business having .been
disposed of, the.meetink adjourned at half-past two.
H4I.4_LTII COMXITITE.—The weekly meeting was -held
on Thursday. Picient: Messrs. Langsdale (chairman),
Moss, Dover, Fleming, Beckwith, Nicholson, Johnson,
Halheati, Hodson, Gladstone. 3l`Nicol, and Godfrey. Mr.
Newlands, the borough engineer, reported-various particu-
lars of the work done and in hand in his department. Mr.
Fresh, the inspector of nuisances, reported the emptying
of 1139 cesspools, the inspection-of 88 nuisances complained
of by inhabitants, and the reference of 44 others to the
bbrough engineer for remedy Icy drainage, &c., with a
detail of theother operations of his staff, including particu-
lars of a sanitary examination of 1732 court houses and
.D. 72 cellars,•formerly cleared of inmates, in the lower parts
of the town. The medical officer reported that the returns
for the week showed the mortality :to be. still much below
the average ,of the season. The deaths in the borough,
were 170 fewer than in any corresponding week of the six
previous years, anti 62 less than the average, excluding the
cholera of 1849. From diseases of the lungs and consump-
tion the deaths were only 37, a smaller number than in
any week of the three years preceding, Bowel complaints
caused 37 deaths. In the same week of last year, when
the temperature was three degrees higher, the morta-
lity from bowel complaints was more than double, the
deaths being eighty-six. At the same time the general
mortality amennted to -286, being 116 more than in the
last week. Typhus last week caused only four deaths;
measles, scarlatina, and hooping cough each five ;
chicken pox one. One death was registered from
delirium tremens. The medical officer reported that he
had inspected the premises of Mr. Thomas Irvine, lard
refiner, Henry-street, and he was of opinion that the com-
plaint of the inhabitants relative to a nuisance was well
founded. It had existed for two or three years, so far as
the complaints of the inhabitants were concerned, but
hitherto there had not been sufficient evidence as required
by the provisions of the Health Act. In reply to a question,
a member of the committee said it was the fat from the
slaughter-houses which was refined, and it was full of
maggots.—The chairman said he believed it was the fat
rendered down, put into small kegs, and sold for lard.--
Mr. Godfrey understood it was used for engineering pur-
poses.—Mr. Moss : You should be cautious in putting it
in that way.—The Chairman : I have been told so. He
added, that he understood it was meat in a state of putre-
faction.—The clerk, on being referred to, read the clause
in the act of parliament, from which it appeared that the
nuisance complained of came within the jurisdiction of
the committee. It was agreed that the usual notices
should be given by the clerk, with a view to the abatement
of the nuisance.—The Borough-engineer brought forward
his estimates as to the paving of Wavertree-road, between
Duke-street, Edge-hill, and the railway bridge. If paved
with square sets alone, the expense would be £5048 65.;
with square sets and wheelers, as suggested by Mr. Glad-
stone, £6991; and with macadam, having 12 feet of square
sets on each side, £4156. After a ,short discussion, the
subject was postponed for a week.—A memorial from
several inhabitants of Castle-street, relative to the wet
state of their cellars, which they attributed to the disturb-
ance of the water-pipes in taking up the ptreet pavement,
ne referred to the borough-engineer.

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BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY :
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% magistrate in possession of certain important DOOR:
he company, but they have changed all the locks.—
.epath.

.ENT.—From the 30th c

November next furnaces in the metropolis are to consume
Is between London

le empowera

and Richmond Bridges. Constables ma:
to enter and inspect furnaces and steam engines
THE CRILLINGTON IRON COMPANY, at the

re assizes, obtained a verdict, by consent
inst the

Stafford

of the action was the repudia

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cricket match

Holbeach, Mr. Rippin, a blind watchmaker, made
bet with Mr. H. Ellis that he would bowl him out in
balls. Mr. Ellis very confidently took the bat, but

maker soon"wound him up" by linoclar.
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£1 7s. 9d. from a young lady, and it was taken on II
NEW .Loci.—A new lock is stated to have 1

entirely new Principle, electro-magnetism being the agen
employed, so that very great security is considered to b
gained, without the multiplicity of parts of which mos
other locks are composed, The most simple form of till
invention is a plate of soft iron attached to the door
which, when shut, is in con

poles of an electro
stening of the lock being
f the circuit, anc

ignet, the opening and
beted by the making and brE

vith the

any number of locks throughout theehouse may be secure(
or opened at the same instant.—Shipping Gazette.
DEFACING VIE COIN.—In the Government bill, jus
printe
of th(
of defacing the

declared that a practice has arise
in of the realm by stamping the same fo:

of them than the ravings of -it disgraceful superstition.---
Sunderland Herald.

• AN ELOPEMENT.—Abundant food has been supplied
during the past week to the quidnunes of Sunderland, by
an elopement from that town. The gallant -

advertising purposes. Any person stamping names or
words on coin shall in England or Ireland be guilty of a
misdemeanour, and in Scotland of a crime or offence, and
liable to a fine or imprisonment, or fine and imprisonment
at the discretion of the Court. A tender of coin so defaced
is not to be a legal tender, and any person tendering or
uttering such coin will be liable before two justices to for-

feit and pay any sum not exceeding £2.
SELLING A WIFE.—An extraordinary instance of selling
a wife occurred at Bodmin Cornwall, last week. A
couple came to the superintendent registrar to be married,
their bans having been previously called before the board
of guardians. The registrar having heard that one of the
applicants had been married before, cautioned them, and
told them that, if it was the case, they were rendering .
themselves, by a second marriage, liable to transportation.
1 The man then produced before the registrar a document
from another man, who was the husband of the woman,
in which she was assigned over to him for a sovereign.
The registrar thereupon refused to marry them, and they
went away much disappointed.
CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The tenth public
drawing took place at the offices, Norfolk-street, Strand,
London, on Saturday, in the presence of Viscount Ranelagh,
chairman, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, and Mr. Cribb, mem-
bers of the executive committee, the officers of the society,
and shareholders from all parts of the country. Ninety-
two members were drawn : the holders residing in Sussex'
Kent, Surrey, Essex, Suffolk, Middlesex, Westmoreland,
Hampshire, Durham, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire. The
secretary announced, that 5,469 shares, representing a ca-
pital of £283,450, bad been taken, and that 40 shares, in
addition to the numbers drawn, would be placed on the
order of rights, by seniority. The next. public drawing
is fixed for Wednesday, the 7th of September, in
Freemasons' Hall, Viscount Ranelagh in the chair. At
the fourth quarterly general meeting of the members, and
the anniversary of the commencement of the Conservative
Land Society, the allotment of the Brockley-hill park es-
tate,West Kent, and Hertford estates, will take place next
Thursday.
SUPERSTITION AT MIDDLESBOROUGIL—AD Old woman,
who had the misfortune to be very . poor, applied to an
acquaintance for the loan of a little money, but the latter ,
was unable to lend her any. Soon after, two of the person's
children that had been applied to became affected with a
disease very prevalent among children, and, if gossiping
rumour is to be believed, pined away into perfect " atomies:
The report was then raised, and rapidly circulated, that
the poverty-stricken woman was to blame—that she had,
in fact, bewitched her neighbour's children out of revenge
for not getting what money she wished. So intensely was
this feeling entertained, that on Monday night a large
mob of people assembled before her door, with menacing
cries of "Pull her out," "Burn her," &c. ; and to quell
the disturbances, four police officers had to be brought
from Stockton. They captured six or seven of the rioters,
and placed them in "durance vile;" and it is to be hoped
the authorities will continue to show that they are deter-
mined to protect the very poorest of the community, so

n Sir I

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1, which, al

said to be " a distinguished member of the College of
Surgeons," and his accomplice is the daughter of a highly
respected ship-owner. There seems to have been some
objection on the part of the relations of the young lady to
the match, but as almost invariably happens in such
cases, a little persecution only served to heighten the at-
tachment. The lady was removed to a short distance
from the town, but the same love which laughs at lock-
smiths, here held space in contemptuous abhorrence.
Thpr ThPV 617PrP fIPfPriTIiTINI to have each other

and for the pnipose of putting it beyond the power of
—ls to prevent the realization of their wishes, they
agreed to elope Time with them was an object, and
they accordingly selected, as the place most suitable and
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by his

estates,

pport of the

:e from an c

1 named Reed ; t

.ed at Wiiicl

he eve

lege as a: commoner, under Dr. Goddard. His bills not
being paid, he left Winchester in 1810, and was advised by
Dr. Goddard to proceed to London, and call on the
i%larchiOness of Bath, who, With Lady Isabella ThynnE
had been accustomed to visit him when at school. Th
marchioness refused to give him any information
snectinx his moth

to the amount of ELMO or £l5OO in notes, which had
been- left- him by the mother. Shortly after this he
travelled, assumed the profession of a lecturer on educa-
tion, and afterwards came to England, where he became
acquainted with the nature of his claim, and made the
communication to the tenant of the estate. It is not
necessary to follow the plaintiff through a detail of cir-
cumstances, the falsehood of which became gradually
apparent under the searching examination of Sir F.
Thesiger. It will be sufficient to proceed at once to the
startling termination of one of the most singular cases
that has ever been brought into a court of justice. The
first decisive blow given to his story was when it was
shown that a letter in his handwriting, sealed with the

Smyth seal, was dated the 13th of March, he having
before sworn that he did not obtain an impression of the
seal before the 17th, and had then to get it engraved.
What defence he would have made at this point in the
evidence it is impossible to say ; he turned pale, and re-
quested permission to retire. At this moment, when the
skill of the counsel had brought the witness to a stand-
' still, an electric telegraphic message from London brought
the news that the police had discovered that the plaintiff
had applied to an engraver at 361, Oxford-street, in
January last, to engrave the Bandon crest on the ring
which had been produced as a relic, and the words "F.
Cooking" on a brooch, which he had sworn he had had in
his possession as'another family relic for years.
Upon this a dramatic scene occurred. The plaintiff
admitted that this was true, and Sir F. Thesiger sat
down deeply moved. The court was hushed in silence.
After this Sir F. Thesiger rose again, and said he
should not spare his feelings longer. He then elicited
that at the time he (plaintiff) had sworn he was ill (for 18
months in 1811) the plaintiff had been lying in Ilchester
(Somerset) gaol, under sentence for horse-stealing. He
had been sentenced to death, but the sentence was com-
muted.

The plaintiff was then ordered into custody on a charge
of forgery and perjury.
Mr. Bovil having thrown up his brief, and expressed
his regret at his having had anything to do with the case,
Sir F. Thesiger said he had no doubt that Mr. Shad-
well and Mr. Catlin (the attorney) had been both grossly
imposed on.
The plaintiff was then removed in custody to Glouces-

ter gaol.
The Globe contains the following, in reference to the
above, which arose out of an audacious attempt made by
an impostor to establish a claim to the heirship of two
baronetages, involving property to the amount of £20,000
a year : - - - -

` Certain apparitions have a periOdical right of
an. A hot summer, a shocking . murder, a ch(

kiss rebellion, a bad harvest, or a great swindling clain
to family title and estates, are incidents to be_ eipecte
from time to time ; and the great case of ' Smyth vent
Smyth and others,' at Gloucester, which takes its place
- ' worthy of being a nine days' wonder

ne series, is as .-ortuy
any. Before the trial there were preliminary announce
ments of some marvellous overhauling of title deeds, famik
deeds, family wills, pedigrees, and heirlooms. Althougi
doubts were thrown upon the probable success of the
claimant, Sir Richard Hugh Smyth,' and Sir Fitzroy
Kelly did not hold a brief in the cause, the preparations
indicated a formidable case. If not the true heir, Sii
Richard was at all events to be an unfortunate man. sur•

rounded with a halo of romance. • But now when we boo
back upon the case from the point where it terminates, NS
can understand the whole story well.
". Towards the end of the last century a mischievoi
iario is .1 boy,' to use his own designation, found himself in tl

and 'some obscurity about this part of the youth's lift
together with opportunities which he appears to hav
enjoyed of sportive intercourse with young persons (
titled families, is enough to suggest the possibility tha
there might have been some irregularity in his birtl
Ambitious instincts pointed out to him a higher destiny
tion—he could not, and would not, be the son of a Cal
penter ; but, as he had only a carpenter as his ostensibl
father, he was fain to look out elsewhere. For some Will

shire or Somersetshire reason, he appears to have had t
predilection for the name of Smyth, or Smith, which
itself offers a wide choice of genealogies ; and it turns o
that at different times he had professed to belong to tl
different families of such name—the Smyths, with the

or Somers(
i, of Carrington. At last he' decided hi favour of
Somersetshire house, and contented himself with a bar