The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-Y ESTEEDAY.

UNLAWFULLY PuncussiNG LEAD. —Elizabeth Peatley
described as a marine store-dealer, was charged by detec-
tive officer Murphy with ha.ing in her possession 1i cwt.
of lead which she could not give any account of, nor had
she entered it in the book of purchases, which, according
to the borough act, she ought to have done. She did not
deny the offence, and was ordered to pay a fine of 10s., or
to be imprisoned seven days. She was also cautioned to
be more careful in future as to her transactions:

—PICICIIG PoCEIETS. —James Riley and Bridget Riley
were charged with picking the pocket of a woman of 30.
on Saturday night, in St. James's Market. The prisoners
were remanded till to-day.
CHARGE OF ROBBING AN EMPLOTER.—Isaac Whit-
more, a middle-aged married man, was charged by Mr.
James, druggist, 141, Dale-street, with abstracting money
from the till, and also with taking various articles out of i
the shop. The prosecutor stated that, in consequence of
missing small stuns of money and trifling quantities of
goods, he was led to entertain suspicion of the prisoner, ,
who was his assistant. To ascertain whether his suspi-
cion
were well founded or not, he marked two shillings I
and a sixpence, which he gave to a friend (a female) who
went to the shop on Saturday, and purchased a bottle of ,
castor-oil, in payment of which she gave the prisoner the
marked money. The prosecutor immediately afterwards
entered the shop, and despatching the prisoner to do
something in the yard, proceeded to the till, on examining
which he found the marked sixpence was not there. He '
then charged the prisoner with having abstracted it, but
he denied all knowledge of the circumstance, or the '
money. He was given into custody, and, before being
removed, requested leave to change his coat, to do which
he was permitted to go into an adjoining apartment,
where he put on his other coat, and then accompanied the
police-constable and prosecutor to the station, where he
was searched, but no trace of the marked sixpence was
found on him. Detective-officer Sullivan then accompa-
nied the prosecutor to his shop, and in a parcel containing
salts, placed in the room where the prisoner had changed
his coat, the marked sixpence was found. The prosecutor
said he was sure no one had had access to the place from the
time the prisoner left it, as he had locked up the premises
when they went away. In his defence, the prisoner said
that he was entirely ignorant of how the sixpence got into
the salts, as he was certain he did not place it there. He
further said that he had got a shilling on the day in ques-
tion from a gentleman whom he named, to whose premises
he had been sent on a message, that he got a glass of ale
with the shilling on his way back, receiving in change
ten-pence in copper. That he took sixpence in silver out
of Mr. James' drawer, depositing sixpence in copper in its
place and putting the sixpence in his pocket. He added
that he was surprised the sixpence was not found on him
when he was searched, and concluded that he must have
lost it out of his pocket. A gentleman who did not give
his name, here stepped forward, and testified that he had
known the prisoner for fifteen or sixteen years, and had .
always known him to be a respectable and honest indi-
vidual, although struggling with difficulties. The case
was remanded until to morrow.
THEFT OF A HA.EDICERCIIIEF.—Maria Hart, a young
woman of dissipated appearance, was sentenced to be im-
prisoned seven days for stealing a handkerchief from a
man named Thomas Bagley.
ROBBERY' FRONT A BOARDING-TIOUSE.—A foreign.
sailor, who gave his name as Gilpin, was charged with
stealing a blue jacket, two pairs of trowsers, and some
other articles belot4;ing to another foreign sailor, from a
boarding-house in Great Mersey-street, in which they both
lodged. It appeared thnt the boarding-house keeper was
in the habit of keeping his lodgers' clothes in a locked
apartment for safety, and that the prisoner, on pretext of
getting his own clothes, obtained possession of the key
and carried off the clothes of the prosecutor. The stolen
articles not having been found, the prisoner was remanded
till to-day.
HOUSEITREAXING.—SINGULAR CASE.—A young wo-
man, named Mary Languin, was charged with having
broken into the house of Mrs. Powell, in Great George-
street, on Saturday night. The prosecutris stated that
between twelve and-one o'clock on Sunday morning, she
was roused out of her sleep by a noise which she at once
felt assured was the sound of some one entering the house.
She got up, and on listening, distinctly heard some one
say " Bloomer" " Bloomer." She then procured a light,
and on going into the parlour, found the prisoner, who
had evidently entered by breaking a pane of glass in the
window, unfastening the shutters, and so getting into
the house, after which she had again closed the window
and shutters. Mrs. Powell, who keeps a shop, further
said that on Saturday night about eleven o'clock, while
counting over the money she had drawn during the day,
some one called through the shop window, "So you're ,
counting your money, are you ?" And from the various
circumstances connected with the finding of the prisoner
on the premises, Mrs. Powell had no doubt Languin
had accomplices. In answer to the charge, the prisoner.
who lives next door to Mrs. Powell, as a servant, stated
that on Saturday night she was out late to bring home a
dress she was getting made, and that on reaching the
corner of the street a man attacked her, knocked het down,
stole her new dress, very much ill-used her, and finally
threw her in at the window of the prosecutrix's house.
That she was so stunned and confused by the ill-usage she
had received, that she did not know where she was, and
in the belief that she was at home, closed the window
shutters and called out " Bloomer" " Bloomer," that being
the name of her master's daughter, to whom she intended
to communicate a statement of her ill-ussge and her los4.
'The case was remanded till to-day to. allow time for fur-
ther inquiry.
ROBBERY OF A SWEDISIT &ULM—Jane Robertson
and Ann Ryan were charged with robbing a Swedish
sailor, named Jaus Wilson, on Sunday night. It appeared
from the statement of the prapecutor that the younger
prisoner inveigled him into Chisenhale-street, and took
hini to the house of the other prisoner, where he had some
drink, which, from its effects on him, had obviously been
drugged. While reduced to a state of insensibility by
swallowing this potion, they robbed him of sixty dollar
pieces and three gold pieces, along with his watch. No
part of the property had been found. The prisoners were
remanded for a week, to allow of an endeavour to trace
the property.
OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT. James Davies, a police-
constable, was charged with an aggravated assault on a
young woman in Paradise-street, on Sunday night, a little
after twelve o'clock. From the evidence it appeared that
the prisoner was off duty at the time of the assault, and
was seen running along the street, pursued by a man who
had been in company with the prosecutrix. The man was
calling "police," and, on an officer coming up, the prisoner
was charged with knocking down the female, and severely
injuring her about the head. She stated that the prisoner
without any provocation knocked her down, and, in falling,
she sustained a severe wound on the head, from the effect
of which she lost much blood, and was rendered very ill.
The assault was clearly proved, amid the prisoner was
ordered to pay a fine of £5, or to suffer one month's im-
prisonment
with hard labour, and to be dismissed the
force.

Ilirrms ON BOARD AN EMIGRANT Suer.—A fearful
tragedy occurred in the course of Thursday, on board an
emigrant vessel in the Bristol Channel, called the African,
an American vessel. About six or seven miles below the
Flat Holmes, between Barry Island and Sully, all hands
were piped on deck for the purpose of enrolling their
names on the ship's books in the usual manner. The men
came together, but had scarcely assembled before a party of
five of them turned out from amongst the others, declaring
that they would not proceed in the ship, as the captain had
got a lot of boys to do men's work, and that all the labour
of working the ship would fall on them, as the only able
seamen on board. The mate, Mr. Davies, a native of
America, remonstrated with them, and asked them why
they had not made the objection earlier and before the
vessel left dock. The men replied that they had seen by
the bearing of the hands during the short distance they
had come, that the boys were unequal to the work of the
ship, and upon being further remonstrated with, they ad-
dressed themselves to the emigrants, and advised them
not to go in a ship in which their lives would be in peril,
as there were not sufficient men to work her safely. Upon
this, Mr. Parfitt, jun., the pilot, ordered the steam-tug to
turn round and heave alongside the ship, in order that the
five refractory seamen who refused to discharge their duty
might be taken ashore, and confined ; but the pilot was
told to mind his- own business, and one of the crew
brandished a kuife, and told him if lie was not quiet to
take the consequences. A gentleman named Spritt, who
was on board for the purpose of taking leave of a friend,
spoke to one of the men; reminding him that the captain
was a kind-hearted man and a good seaman, and one who
would not be likely iu any way to peril the safety of the
ship and lives committed to his charge, and Mr. Spritt so
far won upon the man that he began to attend to his
duties. This appeared to give great dissatisfaction to the
others, who began to murmur and to upbraid the mail,
calling Mtn a coward, and taunting him with having
shown the white feather. In the mean time the
tug-boat bad come alongside, but had no sooner come
within reach of the ship than two of the seamen jumped on
to the paddle-box. The master, however, peremptorily
ordered them off, and drove them back to the African's !
deck. Shortly after this, a loud noise was heard between
these two men and the mate, near the caboose, and blows
were exchanged. The mate was then seen to recede, draw
a pistol, and fire it in the man's face, at the same time
kicking him in the stomach. The pistol ball produced a
deadly effect, and the man fell against the caboose, acid
and
was carried by order of the captain into that onel
he died in a few minutes afterwards. It is
thatiie
superintendent Stockdale, of the Cardiff police,to has
boarded the ship and arrested several of the parties said
have been concerned in the affray.

MR. W. 0. ROWE, of Liverpool, has passed Ifs exarairAn
tion before the Royal College of Surgeons.
VERY SUDDEN DEATH.—A man, named harry Cols-
born, aged 61, who has been a wheelwright, but whoinn
been out of business some time, while passing along Set-t-
-land-road, yesterday afternoon. suddenly dropped damn,
and almost immediately expired.
SUDDEN DEATH.--A woman, named Ann Bran*son,,
residing in a court in Disley-street, was found dead in t.. 4,
yesterday, about twelve o'clock, by a girl named Mary Ann
Hughes. Brannigan had been drinking in a public blau,:*
in the course of the morning.-
SATURDAY being the Queen's birthday, the royal Amx-
dard was hoisted on the Town-hall, and. the national flag
on the other public buildings and many private houses in
the town. The pensioners were assembled, and &el
several salutes, and the day was observed as a Casterr
house holy-day.
THE PLEArn, African exploring steamer, built by Mr...
John Laird, toak her departure hence on Wednesday, 5,,r
Dublin, whence she would proceed direct for Fenian-1*
Po, to enter upon the expedition up the rivers Niger an't
Tchadda.

STABBING.—On Saturday afternoon one of the newt,-
disbanded Militiamen was quarrelling with a butcher lry.
in Everton village, when the litter drew his dressing Inure
from the leathern pouch at his back, and stabbed his azitz-
gonist in the cheek. He then made his escape, and, we
believe, has not yet been apprehended. The Militiargant
was not seriously hurt.
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INFANTICIDE.—A verdict of "wilful murder ag2init
some person or persons at present unknown" was returned
on Saturday, at an inquest on the body of a newly-lasts
male child, which had been found dead the same morning;
in an ashpit adjoining No. 11 Court, Upper Frederkk-
street. A post mortem examination proved tbat the
child had been born alive and was suffocated.

MR. MARCUS'S CHEAP TEIPS.—Mr. Marcus, to
the public of Liverpool and other places have been so m•.:r.;a
indebted for cheap and pleasant tours, has commenced
organise his annual excursions for the present year. The
first trip to London and elsewhere leaves here on 41
and sth of June. The success which has attended the
pleasure trips, conducted by this gentleman, afrords fke
best guarantee for the careful management of those arm
announced.

THELITEMILA.C. BULTEEL.—A correspondent wr a _
—Died, on the 17th inst., at his residence, Huskisson-strat.
aged 47 years, Andrew Hume Bnheel, Esq., Landing ggr-
veyor of H. M. Customs at this port, sincerely regret/el
Iby the whole body of officers. His gentlemanly condnet
and kininess of heart won for him a Listing memariol
that will nex er be erased from the hearts of the subertruazi,e
portion of them ; for, in the hour of need, they looked
to him as a father and a friend. In the Language of
inspired Psalmist, it may truly be inscribed on his touf...—
; "The sweet remembrances of the just shall flourish wite*
he sleeps in dust."
' THE BauriNA, new screw-steamer, Captain Grets
built for the South Americau and General Steam Navict,-
tion Company by Mr. John Laird, went out on a trial-trip
on Saturday; but the screw becoming fixed soon after .I.e
had been a short time under way, owing, .it is Nowise".
to some loose pieces of metal getting between the maA•;7-.-
nery, she was compelled to return. She will be pLaced aw
the gridiron this week for examination, and will be re-
placed by the Lusitania, for Rio, Bic., on the Ist June.
THE Asia, British and North American Mail steamer.
Captain Lott, took her departure hence for New Vick
on Saturday, having on board 166 passengers, a Tairce
cargo, and a double mail; for, in addition to her own. 'sae
carries the mail of the Arctic, which put back on Tko.-s-
-day, owing to the accident she met with in the Zr
Channel. Among the passengers were Lord Bury, wha
going to the United States on a pleasure trip, and Ar-
Jevers, who proceeds to Washington as the plenipt-ied-o-
-tiaz-y of the Danish government.

FATAL CASE OF STONE TIIROWING.--All affcctiez
instance of the danger and frequent fatality of this rtTre-
hensible practice has just occurred in the southern distairt
of the town. It appears that, some days ago, two Doys
had a trifling quarrel about obtaining re-possession of a
ball, which had been accidentally thrown out of reach;
the younger, refusing to go for it, and being soon zalzr
called into his residence, went away. Some days aftc•-•
wards, he met his antagonist, who threw a stone at is
which unfortunately struck him on the head with soda
force as to knock him down. He was carried to the hem-
mary, where the wound was dressed, and he was talea.
home. He did not recover however, but lingered in mx.fl
pain till yesterday morning, when death put a period ta
his sufferings.

THE CITT OP GLASGOW STEAMEL-011 TITUTSdIVIESL
a rumour was i.ublished in .Liverpool, to the effect th,A-
letter hid been received by a gentleman in the neighhf=4.
hood of Londonderry, from a person named Smilie,
porting to be a passenger by the missing steam-ship Qtir
of Glasgow, and intimating that the vessel had re_bfve
wrecked, but that the passengers and crew had been ssa,Nl
and landed on the west ccast of Africa, from which Our 4
was pretended the letter had been written. The rum
received a semblance of probability, from the circumstance
that a gentleman named Smylie was a passenger by fig
ship. The owners, Messrs. Richardson Brothers, ierm-r-
-diately made the requisite inquiry, and ascertainek
there was no foundation whatever for the rumour.

ABOLITION OP CHUBCII-BATES.—A meeting to pc:6-
tion Parliament for the total abolition of church-rates
was held*.at the Concert-hall, oft Tuesday evening, lf.r_
Eyre Evans in the chair. The meeting was addresiall
by Mr. A. C. Stewart, the Rev. Mr. Joseph, Mr. Jacks
Mr. Urquhart, Mr.' C. A. Rawlins. jun., and the Rev. lid
Bonner. Various resolutions were adopted, which et-
scribed all compulsory taxation for religious purpcsk,
unjust in principle, oppressive to conscience, and posit
injurious to the object for which it was professedly caati.zi„
and that no legislation on the subject would be sf:tienz-
tory which did not provide for their abolition. A syz.6
tion to parliament, founded on the resolution, was
adopted.
SIIABBY Roonnicr.--At the Police court, on Satur&F„
James Cowan was charged with travelling from Pnulosa.
to Liverpool, on the East Lancashire Railway,
having paid his fare. It appeared that the prisoner L
into the train at Preston without having paid his fare,
having a farthing in his pocket, leaving the result of f.,xie
journey to accident. At Ruilbrd a female who had tzar=
a ticket to that station, requested the prisoner, with wilt=
she had been conversing, to obtain for her another tikez
to Liverpool, after hearing him say that he was .abcatt
procure one for himself. He took her ticket, paid a AO.-
ling to purchase the ticket for the forward journey, irat
she did not see him again until, on arriving at Liverpt-e„
she explained the circumstances to the collector, who sus-
C?eded in finding the delinquent and in his possession tale
lady's ticket to Rutford, and the one he had obtained to
bring him forward. He had no other tickets, nor baZiage
any money in his rosssession. He was convicted in
penalty of 10s., or, in default, to be committed for test
days.

FALSE IMPIIISONMENT.—In the Court of Passage, az
Friday, Benjamin Grattan, an officer in the Liveried
police-force, sued Mr. Robert Walker, proprietor of t..7:tet
liadsion-house Hotel, Drury-lane, for damages for Eike
imprisonment. On the night of the 27th of February ttf•-c
defendant discovered a comrade of the plaintiff recei "-
oysters from his (defendant's) servant girl, who was lxa7.-4-
ing them to him from the kitchen-window while the plain-
tiff stood by. He immediately ordered plaintiff to tartz
his comrade into custody, but he declined to do so, witrzte-
upon Mr. Walker gave them both in charge; but wheat
taken before the magistrates the following day, the
as against Grattan, was dismissed as frivolous and VC It-
tious. The jury gave a verdict fort he plaintiff, dam. es
1:45.

LIE LIVERPOOL BREWERS having increased the prie= e
all ales, to the publicans, 4s. per barrel, a deputal:ma
from the licensed victuallers waited upon the brewers, ta
represent the burden which this increase would esta. .
upon them, as they would be unable to-make an addit'io---31
charge to the consumer. They suggested that, instead sd
increasing the price, the brewers should reduce the qualila
of the article. We are informed that, at a subseeeeit
meeting of the brewers, it was resolved that the incrwszi
price should be 25., instead of 4s. per barrel ; so that She
increased price of malt, owing to the augmentation a tle
duty, will fall equally upon the brewer and the retaiks.
We understand that Mr. Threlfall dissented from the teE-
ginal resolution of the brewers, and requested that Ea
customers would meet him, and confer upon the subjett.
In accordance with this invitation, about 200 of his czs-
tomers met Mr. Threlfall on Friday, and; after some tri4,-:
cussion relative to the course proper to be adopted, it 1F.14
arranged that Mr. Threlfall should raise the price of his
ales in the following proportions, viz., the fourpeny ale
the sixpenny ale 35., and the eightpenny ale 4s. per bzr--d.
WAR OPERATIONS IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday morn-
ing a detachment of the Ist Royal Dragooons, consist:;
of about 120 men and a similar number of horses, arrive*
inmbkod o
Liverpool from Manchester,
thehester,r tmtr...idPresneeottlahp.
andi
im-
mediately
and Rip Van Winkle, in the Wellington-dock, for MaN6
their ultimate destination being Turkey. They sailed cat
Sunday. The officers accompanying the detachment, we=
Major Wardlaw, Captain Campbell, Cornet Hartopp,
jutant-Lieutenant Webster, Lieutenant Charlton, nal
Veterinary-surgeon Poett. Another detachment of ee
same regiment, under the command of Captain Stocks,
expected in Liverpool this day, to embark on board
Coronella ; and the remainder of the regiment will leave
as soon as the means of transport are provided. Volunteer
continue to be received at this port for the royal navy,
H.M. steamer Prometheus being still anchored in the
Mersey. On Thursday a party of 22 seamen volunkezz
was forwarded to London by railway.

LAUNCH OF TIIE TARTAIL—On Wednesday, these-ea:l
of the two seam frigates built in Mr. Pitcher's dockyard.
Northfleet, for the Russian government, but, after lk
seized by the Customs, purchased by our government, sna.
launched in the presence of a large concourse of spectst-cmr.
The remarkably fine day, together with the desire to sec
the " Russian prizes seized in Pitcher's dockyard," me
doubt combined to increase to a very considerable degas
the crowd beyond that which usually collects tnwitaress sr
launch from this yard. The ship is a perfect model or
frigate, fitted on the screw principle, and rigged as Assam
The first of theSewaclSintended for. the Autocrat
of all the Russia-s, was appropriately named the Comma-
The vessel launched on Wednesday was with etpts_l
priety named the Tartar. She was towed pi.)
.t!)fitt"t4exr.7,l,
India Docks to take in her engines, and ,e'Ailfats in Ile
With the givatest expedition, to join
.to
, .for that destination.
London direct, during
Goan.—The exports of gold froim,B97
2 ounces, nearly
Baltic. Her twin sister, the Cossack, 'is nearly urciarld
the week, to Thursday last, were _
The specie arrivals incknic
principally to Rotterdam. from Australia, and 16,4169
; £lOO,OOO by the Marco Podia £330,000, of which 1:65„5911
to Boulogne,' and of silver 129
ounces by the Righbury,00 ounces, and 1:24:A
ate mer Magdalena, from the Wert
was in gold, Y
there were $1,500,000 .froaa
$560,000. On t
was charting
jUVENILE a
little
Indies and Parl'i
court, on Saturd:tiyth
haking
gEt,OOO fromgirALuagstredalia:4,
n!tzaill.eursThdayeAAt sitahefroHmamNienevrsYmorithk, bPmeigigr7
attempted to commit suicia.,
bAyinie'ernirica:„toat;d:l°anptrecipitate powder. The prisoner, -sehe
sboybbB:l" -rry ,r sad., t h at when she left her situation law
liked. The mother denied this, hut said she scolded bar
mother said she might drown. herself, or go where sise
for not keeping her place, on account of being indolent
and untruthful. Mr. Paynter said he should remand the
child for a week, and she was removed, sobbing loudly-
Tun UNIOF, United States' mail steamer, arrival at
Southampton on Saturday, with $1,500,000 on freight, Use
principal portion of which is for the continent.

LITTLEQUILL.

tions of Heaven's bounty to man, become compo-
nent portions of native feeling, if he will only give
that sway ; and these are features invariably pos-
sessed of grace and beauty. When the field of
operation is extended, and the range of observation
widened, it does not always, or even generally
follow, that the narrative acquires additional value
or the incidents assume a greater degree of im-
portance. In the case before us we have illustra-
tion of the above remark. Its .author, who has
long been known to the readers of newspapers as
the writer of spirited articles which appeared from
time to time in different journals, under the signa-
ture of " One who has whistled at the plough,"
was the son of two very honest and industrious,
though very poor, Scottish peasants, who, through
frugality and management, contrived, in spite of
the pinching poverty of their lot, to bring up and
so far educate a numerous family, of Whom the
hero of this narrative was the eleventh and last
born. The early portion of this volume is devoted
to his personal and family history, the incidents of
which are narrated with a painstaking fidelity, re-
minding one forcibly of the elaborate manipulation
of the Dutch painters, where every truth is told
and laboured with such an earnestness of purpose,
and such a carefulness of detail, as would serve for
the delineation of the most important scenes, or
for a display of the most exalted virtues ; yet all is
done with such an air of simplicity and truth, that
the very tedium of its manipulation becomes in
some degree a beauty. When leaving the simple
occupations of rural life, and exchanging the bois-
terous hilarity of rustic mirth for the more formal
and pretentious, as well as more dangerous occu-
pations of the political demagogue and the demo-
cratic adviser, Mr. Somerville, although infinitely
more ambitious, is considerably less interesting,
and, although ostensibly more didactic, is by no
means so instructive, as when narrating, in homely
phrase, his experiences and cogitations among the
woody ravines and bosky dells of the Lammer-
muirs. It is indeed true, that having been taken
by the hand and petted and flattered, and made a
tool of by more skilful and not less mercenary
idols of popular favour than himself, and having
now ceased to be useful to them, he has been cast
aside with the contumely and heartlessness which
characterise upstarts in general, and which, of all
upstarts, is most repulsively and recklessly dis-
played by the democratic political charlatan. Re-
senting this scurviness of treatment, Mr. Somer-
ville proclaims "war to the knife" against the
misleaders of the populace whom he formerly
helped to elevate and maintain above the level of
their fellows. This, no doubt, is only the natural
course of events in so hollow a system of combina-
tion, and in adding an exposure of it from personal
experience to the knowledge of it possessed by the
world, the author of this autobiography renders
some service to society, and makes the best atone-
ment in his power for the injuries he has aided in
inflicting. In its pages he gives convincing illus-
tration of the knavery and folly in which strikes of
workmen generally originate, and of the misery
and disappointment in which they invariably end.
Those who wish to understand the nefarious
schemes covertly nursed and secretly matured by
the " people's leaders" under pretext of opposing
tyranny and resisting oppression, would do well to
read the experiences of Alexander Somerville,
where they will find the hateful hypocrisy exposed
with skill and diligence. The work now before us
forms an excellent supplemental corollary to his
masterly exposure of the " Cobdenic Policy."

REVIEWS OF BOOKS.

Journal of a Cavalry Officer, including the Me-
morable Sikh Campaign of 1845-G. By Capt.
W. W. W. Humbley, M.A. London : Longman
and Co.

This is a book which, from its very aspect, pro-
mises to be /tad with pleasant feelin; and in
luxurious ease. In typography it is beautiful, and
its fine smooth pages invite the reader to wander
-" at sweet will" through its meadowy margins,
and to revel among its well-described scenes. Its
author was an officer of Lancers, and proves him-
self to have been an observant as well as an intel-
ligent one, who served in that arduous and
sanguinary campaign which began by a Sikh
invasion of the British territories on the banks of
the Sutlej, and was concluded by the conquest and
annexation of the Punjaub. In addition to its
claims as a military narrative, which are high,
Captain Humbley's book contains many interest-
ing, details relative to previous contests and con-
quests in India ; together with elaborate accounts
of some of the more remarkable incidents con-
nected with the progress of the British arms in
Hindostan during our early struggles for empire
'in the East. These are derived in many instances
from public and native records. They are well
considered, and prove the author to have been a
diligent student and an apt scholar. " The blast of
war" having now " blown in our ears," practical
military narratives, and speculations founded upon
martial experience at the present moment, are
much more in accordance with the public taste
than delineations of peaceful scenes and quiet
touches of character, agreeable as these always are
when given with the unaffected ease which distin-
guishes Captain Humbley's observations. Our
business, in the first place, therefore, shall be to
extract a small modicum of utile, trusting to
chance or other opportunity to present an offering
of the dulee. The circumstances under which the
Sikh campaign was pushed to victory were such as
would have damped the ardour, and fruitlessly
exhausted the valour, of any but a British army,
and of the repressing native of those circum-
stances we are furnished with numerous proofs.
Among the practical hints given by our author, he
strongly recommends that both officers and troopers
in our cavalry service- should be furnished with
light chain bridle-reins, in addition to the leather
reins in common use, and illustrates his recommen-
dation by the subjoined story of

Irish Tourists' Handbook. Compiled by W. H.
Peat. Liverpool: Edward Howell.

The publication of a " tourist's" handbook pro-
vokes at once . the thought of summer rambling,
and is, like the notes of the cuckoo, suggestive of
the sound of music sweet
From birds among the bowers.
In the handbook before us we are treated to a
succinct, though not unambitious, set of hints, re-
commendations, and descriptions of many charming,
and celebrated scenes in the sister island, inter-
spersed with anecdotes, historical and personal,
the whole arranged in such a manner as to be
readily consulted and easily understood. It is
given in the form of prescribed routes, which are
generally those most readily and - easily followed ;
but for those who may wish to traverse other
lines, the information given is equally available.
Prefixed to the volume is a condensed and useful
map of Ireland, and a scale of hotel charges in
most of the principal towns of that country ; and
it is published at a very cheap rate.

INDIVIDUAL SKILL AND COOLNESS.

The Church of Scotland Magazine and Review.
Edinburgh : A. C. Moodie. Liverpool : W.

On the 25th several of our officers had chain reins made
for their regimental bridles, because in the last action the
enemy had cut some of the bridles of the 3d Light Dragoons
with their swords, by which their riders became powerless,
having lost all command over their horses. This brings
to my recollection an anecdote told me of the late Lieut.-
General Sir Thomas Dallas, of the Madras Cavalry, well
known in the wars with Hyder Ali Khan and Tippoo
Sultan, as the best horseman and most experienced swords-
man in the Madras army, having often proved himself the
victor in single combat, and killed his man. One of the
enemy was noted for possessing a scimitar of the first
quality ; Sir Thomas, then a captain, and this man made
an agreement to this effect, that they were to fight toge-
ther, and that the native was not to cut the captain's
reins, nor he to use his pistols. After a long encounter,
the man violated the engagement and cut the captain's
reins, which were not of steel, upon which the latter drew
his pistol and shot his opponent dead on the spot. In a
-country like India every officer should go on service fur-
nished with a chain rein, for without it many a man has
lost his life ; besides, it is neither heavy nor inconvenient.
The dragoons and troopers should also be supplied with
them. The natives use them as well as coats of chain
armour, and many of the Sikhs, as I myself witnessed,
wore even breast-plates and back pieces of steel. I picked
up a steel helmet in the Sikh camp at the battle of Sobraon,
which now serves to decorate my father's dining-room.
As many of the half savage horsemen who are
to be found in the Russian army pursue a mode of
attack in numerous respects similar to that above
alluded to, the suggestion of Capt. Humbley seems
peculiarly suited to the present equipments of our
cavalry.
The corps to which Captain Humbley was
attached did not arrive in time to take part in the
serious operations and questionable glories of Mood-
kee, or to witness the whole affair at Ferozeshah ;
and when, after severe exertion, they were enabled
to join the main army, camp regulations and mili-
tary arrangement appear to have been sadly out of
tune. This has often been asserted and not unfre-
quently denied ; the testimony of the " Cavalry
Officer," however, if good for anything, bears out
the assertion to a very great extent, if not, indeed,
to the fullest degree. As evidence take the follow-
ing account of

Thomson—.

The May number of this periodical sustains the
reputation which its predecessors had achieved. It
contains a varied collection of well-written papers
on interesting subjects. Opening with a capital
essay on " Sectarian Discord and Christian Church
Union," in which the principles and dangers of
sectarianism are thoroughly exposed, it proceeds
with a paper on the " Prospects of Turkey,"
chiefly consisting of an essay written " by a Greek
of great literary eminence, and high in the confi-
dence of King Otho," an authorship not likely to
increase public confidence in the paper or its re-
commendations. This is followed by an admirable
essay on " The History of Gold, physically, geolo-
gically, and economically considered." It forms
the concluding portion of a series of papers on the
same subject, and is devoted chiefly to a considera-
tion of the commercial and economical view of gold,
and to a brief resume of the whole subject. In
this, after taking an elaborate view of the gold
statistics of the ancients, as these are unfolded in
the Sacred Writings and in profane history, the
writer proceeds to a consideration of the gold sup-
plies in various countries of Europe, and passes on
to glance at the localities in which the auriferous
deposit has been found in our own country. In
this, while clearly proving from historical data that
gold has been found in considerable quantity in
different parts of England and Scotland, he demo-
lishes the theories of these sanguine speculators
who would persuade us that golden treasure is to
be met with in almost every clod we tread upon.
In the geological abstract, which closes the paper,
we have some beautiful sketches of scenery, the
value of the pictures enhanced by the skilful accu-
racy of the scientific geologist, and enlivened by the
glowing fancy of the poet. As an instance of his de-
scriptive powers, take the writer's delineation of

THE LOWTHER, OE LEAD-HILLS.

The Lowthers, in which the lead mines are situated,
form a continuation of the Lammermuir chain. They
constitute one of the finest and most remarkable groups
of mountains in Scotland, combining all the verdant
smoothness and richness of the pastoral plain with the
broken outline, deep ravine, rushing river, and elevated
dome-shaped peak of an alpine region. The glens and
passes to the summit are steep and narrow, and as you
wend their slow length along, in your upward zigzag path-
way, you may gratify your taste in innumerable ways.
As a botanist, the field is inviting, tempting you every
moment to seat yourself by some mossy dell, and pick
some rare wild alpine plant. As a mineralogist, the
streams in the yesterday floodings have strewed the road
with bright sparkling gems of all textures and colours,
the crystal and the metal, and the rougher matrix of their
setting, and at every footstep becoming more abundant
as you near the scene of operations. As a geologist, you
have in admirable contrast, on the very verge of the
mountain pass, two systems of rocks presented to the
view, the fine-grained horizontal beds of the red sand-
stone which fills the valley of the Nith and the lower
districts of Dumfriesshire, and the dark grey coloured
slaty silurian masses of which the surrounding hills are
nearly all composed, upheaved and twisted into every form
and position, and crossed at various •intervals by dikes of
felspar, porphyry, and other intrusive rocks. As a sports-
man, and every sportsman should be a geologist, the
grouse and the blackcock greet you at every turn, and ,
salute your ear with their sharp startling whir—and now
your feet are on the unstained heather, and you have
breasted the sides of Glen-Mennock or Glen-Gonnar, as
an artist what more can your eye desire or your pencil
love to sketch, than all that rolling sea of hill and moor-
land, and town and river ; Tintock heading the Pent-
lands on the one side, and Corstoncone standing sentry to
Ayrshire on the other ; Hart-fell guarding the twin
fountains of the Tweed and Clyde, and fenced by all that
lofty slatework of rock through which they take their
separate courses to the ocean ; Criffel and Skiddaw look-
, ing as near in the distance as if their tops were united ;
' and the far distant main on the west, studded with innu-
merable islets, and the clear outstanding peaks of Arran,
and Jura, and Mull, and all " that guard-famed Staffa
round." The land, too, if the land of Burns, the land of
the poet, sanctified by so many memories, linked to so
many associations, and echoing through every stream and
grove the music of his immortal song.
The number contains likewise a capital memoir
Wilson, in wremPire,ofaeisisdortZbeautiesbichhis
efbobunisdlerlstinbogns:
are fondly insisted on.

A NIGHT ATTACK ON THE ENEMY'S POSITION.

The British marched in even ranks, and commenced the
action with a brisk fire of artillery at a distance of about
a mile from the enemy. The Sikhs made a gallant defence.
The British artillery advanced steadily till they were
within a few hundred yards of the entrenchment ; but the
Sikhs kept up an incessant fire from their heavy guns ; in
consequence of which our infantry were ordered to advance,
and, in the face of a murderous fire, to take the batteries.
Night put a stop to the carnage, but not to the awful state
of confusion which prevailed in the British camp, which
arose partly from the severe losses and the scattering of
the different regiments, with the uncertainty as to whether
any advantage had been gained, and partly from the inces-
sant firing kept up during the whole night by the Sikhs
upon the wretched soldiers who were lying wounded upon
the field of battle, or who were cowering around their
scanty fires, worn out with cold, fatigue, and excruciating
thirst. * * The village of Ferozeshah appears to have
been held during the night of the 21st of December, partly
by the British and partly by the Sikhs. One of our divi-
sions under the gallant Major-General, Sir Harry Smith,
kept up,a fire during the greater part of the night. The
other divisions bivouacked at some distance, no one knows
where. Had a concentrated movement been necessary, it
would have been quite out of the question; for, by some
mistake or oversight, no place of rendezvous had been fixed
on. I am told that the men belonging to two or three
of the European corps got clubbed together, and were so
found the next morning ; nay, even the whereabouts of the
Commander-in-Chief himself could not be found. A cer-
tain Major-General was anxious to communicate with him,
and an engineering officer, who had just been with Sir
Hugh Gough, offered to showi him the road; but, to his
surprise, he could not find it; either his Excellency had
moved his position, or the night was too dark tonable
the officer to trace his way back.
Every one is aware that the Sikh campaign was
one in which much blood was poured out and an
immense quantity of treasure sacrificed, the exact
amount of which has probably never been revealed.
Of the former Captain Humbley gives us some idea
when he tells us, " We lost 10,788 men killed and
wounded, and 1,899 horses, in seven battles and
one siege, viz., Moolkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, So-
braon, Ramnagur, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, and
the fort of Mooltan."
In his sketches of civil life in India, Captain
Humbley is sensible and judicious, as well as smartly
observant ; and his volume contributes much addi-
tional knowledge of our actual position and wants
in India. It is written in a fair spirit, and dis-
plays no inconsiderable amount of information and

London :Paternoster-row.
ThThis Leisure
eriodi Hcalo," pu.e blish d under the auspices of
the Religious Tract Society,
u
to combine instruction with amusement,
a happy endeavour
unite sound morality with botTsement, and to
In the part for
April attention is particularly arrested
suc-
cinct and interesting description by a
screw-steamers," illustrated
cleverlyips,
is
by, oi
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swell-executedi
sectional view of one of these first-class s the
Duke of Wellington. The engraving is
executed, and the descriptive letterpress adnu.
rably explanatory,

The Autobiograph, of a Working Man. By
Alexander Somerville. London : R. Hardwick.

Few varieties of literary composition are more
instructively interesting than a sensibly written
and unostentatious autobiography. In even the
humblest walk of life, and from the most secluded
individual scintillations of divine origin and indica-

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

PROPOSED CHURCH IN LIVERPOOL

FOR DAILY PRAYERS, 4,c.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE
AND THE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER.

IT will be seen by the subjoined, that a correspondence
has taken place between the Lord Bishop of the diocese
and the Committee for building the proposed new church
in Liverpool. The correspondence will be read with con-
siderable interest, and we have given it in extenso, in
order that full justice may be done to both parties. As
will be perceived, the chief ground of his lordship's objec-

tion to consent to the scheme is, his "sincere desire to

preserve the peace of the Church ;" but the space which
the subject occupies in our columns precludes us at present
from offering any comments upon it.
The Committee, after expressing their " deep regret
that they have met with au unexpected obstacle to the
progress of their undertaking in the opposition of the
Bishop of the Diocese," and that "they feel bound, in their
own justification, to place the correspondence before all
who are interested in this work," go on to say :
"Having succeeded in obtaining subscriptions to a very
considerable amount, and having secured a site in a most
favourable situation, it was
.considered advisable to lose no
time in making the usual application to the Bishop and the
church commissioners for permission to build and endow a
church under the Ist and 2nd William IV., chap. 38, which
vests the patronage in trustees appointed by the founders.
As the Diocesan is necessarily a party to all arrangements in
which the division of ecclesiastical districts is concerned,
Mr. Wray was deputed to wait upon his lordship, to explain
the objects of the committee' and to obtain his concurrence in
this application to the commissioners. At th;s interview
(March 2nd) Mr. Wray stated his desire to consult the Bishop
as his Diocesan, declaring his willingness to answer any
questions as to the intentionsof the promoters of this church,
and to be guided by his lordship's advice. The Bishop, how-
ever, positively declined to reveive the application, and re-
fused all conversation upon the subject; persisting that he
would entertain no communication except from the Rector of
the parish, even though his lordship was informed the
Rector's sanction had already been obtained,
"It was evident, however, that against the whole scheme
of a free church for daily service, weekly communion, &c.,
the expenses to be in part defrayed by the general offertory,
the Bishop entertained strong prejudices, and he incidentally
declared his determination to consecrate no such church with
the usual endowment of £lOOO.

"'lt may be as well to state here, thettbi original intention
was to build a church entirely ft& throughout,. in which the
rights of the poor,- and of the labouring classes generally
' might be vindicated, their rights as Christian brethren to the
free enjoyment of the front and best places in-the House of
God, and the loss of which rights in our town churches is
the main cause of the alienation of the masses of the people
from the Church of England. The endowment,• in the first
instance, was to consist of .41000 inv^sted in a parsonage
house, with a proportion of the offertories; and it was pro-
posedalso to invest further aunts to secure, Eft far as possible,
the perpetual services for which the church was built.-
" It now became necessary to modify this original intention
as regards the endowment, in order to satisfy the Bishop's
objections; and it was-accordingly'proposed that-one half of
the church should be rented,, and the other half, from east to
west, including an entire half of the best seats, shoUld be
free and unappropriated.
" With this proposal, after-a formal letter had been sent to
the Bishop-by the Rector giving his consent, a deputation of
four gentlemen from the committee waited upon the Bishop
on the 13th of March. The Bishop's reply at this-interview
was simply that he must decline acceding to them request,
and upon their humbly begging for his lordship's reason for
so unexpected and unusual a refitsal, the Bishop made-them
a low bow, dismissing them without even affording an op-
portunity of presenting the memorial which they held ih their
hands.

"This will explain the occasion of the following letters; in
the first of which,• to avoid repetition, one or two paragraphs

are omitted."

Liverpool, March 16th, 1854.
My LORD,—The gentlemen who waited upon your-lord-
ship as a deputation upon the subject of the proposed church
in Toxteth-park, having informed me of the unsatisfactory
result of that interview, I conceive it to be my duty as a
clergyman to press this matter no further upon your lord-
ship, with whom now entirely rests the responsibility of the
failure of this work, and the disappointment that will be
largely felt in consequence. * * * *
As regards my own share in this proposal, it is proper that
I should add, that Ithave no personal nor interested object
whatever to serve in the erection of this church, and no other
motives than the following :71. To afford to several former
members of my congregation, highly valued friends, who
have removed to the- neighbourhood of l'oxteth-park, those
advantages which they enjoyed of frequent services at St:
Martin's Church. 2. To afford the privileges of daily prayer
and weekly communion to a large number of churchmen,.
who would, I know, thankfully accept them. 3. To offer to-
the poor, and to the labouring classes generally, the rights of
Christian brethren in the free enjoyment of all equal share-
in the front and best places of the house of God.—l am, my
Lord, your lordship's• faithful and obedient servant,
The Lord Bishop of Chester. CECIL WRAY.

• 25thlfarch, 1854.
My LORD,—The committee for promoting the erection of
a church in Liverpool,. on the plan described in the enclosed
papers, appointed, a short 'time ago, a deputation to wait
upon your lordship, to solicit your consent to an application
to the Church Commissioners for liberty to proceed with the
project. In accordance with a kind intimation from your
lordship, the deputation had the honour of being admitted to.
an interview with you, on Monday, the 13th instant, in the
vestry of the Church of the Holy Innocents. It wts with the
most painful concern that the committee and subscribers•
learned from the report of the gentlemen composing the-
deputation, that your- lordship, to their deep surprise and
sorrow, declined at the-very outset to accord; your assent,
and terminated the in tervie "• without hearing the explanation
which those gentlemen were prepared to offer.
As it has no less been the ardent wish than the manifest
duty of 'he committee and subscribers to act in every re-
spect under the favour of your lordship's support and sanc-
tion, and with ready submission to your lordship'S authority,,
they cannot but confidently hope that they may_ respectfully
appeal to their bishop- for a considerate hearing of their
statement. The committee most deferentially- venture to
surmise that your lordship must have had your- determina-
tion accidentally biassed by some misconception or misre-
presentation of their object. With reliance, therefore, on
your lordship's impartial judgment, they commend, for their
own justification, the enclosed documents to your perusal,
assuring your lordship.that the subscribers to this undertak-
ing are actuated by no .other motives than a desire to promote
and extend in this town the public worship and the common
prayer of the Church of England.
The committee will only add that they anxiously wait a
reply, whenever it may suit your lordship's convenience, awl
they have the honour• to remain, &c. (signed on behalf of a
meeting of committee and subscribers),
CHARLES P. PHIPPS, Chairman.
To the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester..

Memorial forwarded with the above leiter.

"The gentlemen whose names are given below,, are de-
sirous to aid in building a church and endowing the same, in
the township of West Derby, in the parish of Woolton-on-
the-Hill, under lit and 2nd William IV., chap. 38; and
request the consent of the bishop of the diocese to the appli-
cation they are about to make to the Church Commissioners
for permission to undertake the work, and to have a district
assigned, according to the provision of the said act.
"A site has been secured upon a spot conveniently situated
for the subscribers, in a locality where church. accommoda-
tion is very much needed, and where the population is rapidly
increasing, The site is a considerable distance from existing
churches. being a third of a mile from the nearest in the
same parish, namely, St. James's ; and a- circle round the
site, with &radius of one quarter of a mile, would contain no
less than 20,000 inhabitants.

"The endowment proposed is .€1,000,, invested in a par.
sonage house, for which land has been secured, and the rents
of one half of the pews. The consent of the rector has been
already obtained, and that of the patron promised."
[To this were appended the names of thirty gentlemen,
residents in Toxteth-park, Walton, and, Liverpool.]

Chester, 28th March, 1854.
Sra,--I beg most respectfully to acknowledge the receipt
of the letter which you have addressed to me " on behalf of
the committee for promoting the erection of a church in Li-
verpool," on a plan described in two papers, the one printed
and the other written, with which your letter is accompanied.
The first communication that was ever made to me on this
subject was very recently, by the Rev. Cecil Wray, for the
purpose of enabling him to answer a question, proposed by
the Church Building Commissioners, whether the project for
the erection of the church had the consent of the bishop of
the diocese. As the district which is attached to Mr. Wray's
church is in the pariah of Liverpool ; and as the site desig.
Dated for the intended new church is far distant from that
district, and not within the parish of Liverpool, but in that
of Walton-on-the-Hill .* I told Mr. Wray that, under such•
circumstances, I expected the application to be brought be.
fore me through the rector of the parish in which the church
was proposed to be built.
A short time afterwards I received a request that a deputa-
tion, on behalf of the committee for building the proposed
church, might have an interview with me at Liverpool, on
the day on which I was to go there to consecrate the Orphan
Asylum Church, recently erected by the liberality of Mr.
Banner. After the ceremony I met the deputation, and
their representation to me was this, that they had waited
upon me to ask whether I gave my consent to the erection of
the new church, of which the particulars bad been already
submitted to me. To this I replied, I hope respectfully, (for
whatever pain I might feel at having to make the reply, I
entertained none but feelings of respect for the deputation,)
I replied, that I wished it to be distinctly understood that I
did not give my consent. It was then said, on the part of
the deputation, that perhaps
. they might not inquire into the
reasons of my reply; and in return, I expressed my desire
to be excused entering into the question further.
I must still, respectfully, beg to excuse myself from enter-
ing into particular explanations; because, though there are
several distinct objections on my part to the project, which
could be stated without any difficulty, yet there are others,
arising out of the form in which the project has been an-
nounced, which I fear might produce unpleasant, and, if I
may judge from former experience, ineffectual discussions.—
I beg to remain, Sir, with sincere respect, your obedient
humble servant, J. CHESTER."
C. P. Phipps, Esq.
[* It is necessary to explain to strangers that part of the
town of Liverpool is in the parish of Walton-on-the-Hill ; and
that the site proposed is on the Walton side of Parliament.
street, which is the boundary between the two parishes.]

Liverpool, 12th April, 1854.
MY LORD,—The committee for promotinrthe erection of a
new district church in the parish of Walton-on-the-Hill, have
directed me to respectfully acknowledge the receipt of a letter
which your lordship has been so good as to address to Mr.
Charles P. Phipps, the chairman of a late meeting of sub-
scribers, which, on the occurrence of a most unexpected
obstacle to the undertaking, the committee thought it in-
cumbent on them to convene.

The committee desire me to express their sense of the
courtesy of tone in which your lordship has treated the sub-
ject of their application, but at the same time to request
your lordship's attention to one or two considerations which
they feel bound to press upon your notice.
Your lordship's allusion to what you would seem to look
upon as a scarcely usual circumstance, namely, that the first
communication on this subject was made to your lordship by
the Rev. Cecil Wray, the immediate sphere of whose labours
is situated at a considerable distance from the district
designated for this church, renders it necessary to state, that
that gentleman has withdrawn from the committee, which
has consequently been re-organised. In making this an-
nouncement the committee are too sensible that the measure
of unexpected success which this project has obtained, is due
to Mr. Wray's energetic assistance and to his influence among
English churchmen, not to feel most acutely the sacrifice he
has made in deference to his view of the relations in which he
stands towards his Diocesan.
The Committee are aware of the necessity (?) of obtaining
the consent of the incumbent of the parish, and beg to remind
your lordship, that the Rector of Walton has, in writing, de-
clined to offer any objection to this project.
With the consciousness, therefore, that their feelings of
fidelity to the Church, and of respect for your lordship's
office, would restrain them from undertaking anything which
they thought could in any way meet with your disapprobation,
the Committee wish to state, that the duty they owe to the
subscribers and the numerous individuals who are deeply
interested in this scheme, will not permit them to desist
from any effort to ascertain the nature of, and, if possible, to
remove the scruples which may have hitherto withheld your
lordship from sanctioning its
this matter presents itself.
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words,
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hooefp
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aspectlaymen
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opportu-
nity, both for themselves and for others who are unable to
express their want in more than words, of worship more fre-
quent, and more in accordance with the order and spirit of
the Church of England, than this town at present affords.
For the attainment of this object, they are willing to devote a
proportion of their elthetittice, arcking simply for sue permi4.