The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1853.

GENERAL NEWS.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH is to be laid down to-day
between the Italian. Opera, the Houses of Parliament, and
all the telegraph-stations.
Alas. STOWE is receiving the homage of Duchesses and
Cabinet Ministers with a simplicity which disarms the
witticisms that may have been provoked by her tour in
the north. She exhibits herself for the sake of the cause
she advocates, but without reluctance or the affectation of
it—liking it apparently, and not ashamed of liking it.
There is a touch of American character in this. Across
the water it is the right and duty of a distinguished per-
son to be stared at, complimented in public, and followed
by admiring crowds—a duty which he owes to society, an
acknowledgment which society owes to him. Hence an
ovation from which an Englishwoman of taste and refine-
ment would shrink, an American authoress takes quite
quietly, without being deficient in refinement or taste.—
Guardian.
CITY CENTRAL TERMlNUS.—Yesterday week a very
numerous and influential deputation, accompanied by
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Members for the City
of London, and several of the representatives for the
Metropolitan Boroughs, waited upon Lord Palmerston,
at the Home Office, to solicit the co-operation of Govern-
ment in carrying out the above scheme. The objects of
the deputation having been explained, Lord Palmerston
said he was led by personal feeling as well as official duty
to promote a measure possessing the advantages which
had been so forcibly suggested. He was aware of the in-
convenience which was sought to be remedied, but he
must reserve to himself a discretion to consider any ob-
jections that might be brought against the scheme. As
far as he was informed, the plan deserved all the support
Government and Parliament could give it.
TERMINABLE ANN mum—A parliamentary paper re-
specting the terminable annuities has been issued. It
appears that on annuities for lives the capital transferred
and cancelled, including stock purchased with money,
from the Ist September, 1808, to the sth of January,
1853, was £28,328,656 7s. ld. ; long annuities trans-
ferred and cancelled, £24,620; the annuities granted,
£2,603,819 12s. 6d. ; and the annuities ceased,
£1,545,308 10s. On annuities of terms of years, the
capital stock, &c., from the same period, was £19,661,791;
the long annuities, transferred and cancelled £141,269 145.;
the annuities, £1,701,427 10s.; and the annuities ceased,
£802,608 15s. In addition, the exchequer bills purchased
and cancelled in the year ending the sth January, 1831,
on account of annuities for lives, amounted to
£144,415 9s. 4d. ; and on account of the annuities for
the term of years, £934,500.

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—At
the meeting last week, a dividend of 6 per cent., with a
bonus of 2 per cent., was declared, and the report and
accounts were unanimously adopted.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS has ordered a return showing
the " fees" paid in the County Courts. In summonses
to recover £6,777,372, the fees alone paid by the suitors
amounted to no less than £1,206,901.
LORD SHAFTESBLITy has laid on the table of the House
of Lords, a bill to amend the Chimney Sweeper's Act.
Persons under 16 are not to use the trade of a chimney
sweeper under a penalty of £lO. The law has been
evaded in this respect.
MR. WILLIAM ODELL, a master plumber, was en-
gaged superintending some works in the House of Lords,
on Monday, when he suddenly fell down. He was
instantly conveyed in an insensible state to the West-
minster Hospital, where be shortly expired.
EXCHEQUER BONDS.—Notice has been given that all
Exchequer Bonds, whether dated in June or March, may
be converted into Exchequer Bonds bearing 21 per cent.
interest from the Sth of June next, until the Ist. of Sep-
tember, 1864 ; and per cent. thereafter until September,
1894, upon application being made before the 25th inst.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT occurred at Corsham, on
Thursday morning, by which three men have been
momentarily deprived of life. It appears that they were
at work, with several others, in the extensive stone
quarries of Messrs. Randell and Saunders, when a large
bed of stone gave way, and killed them on the spot.
Two DONKEYS.—We are informed, upon good au-
thority, that on Wednesday, the 27th ult., a duel took
place between Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Bernal Osborne,
the member for Middlesex, the origin of the meeting
being the speech which the hon. baronet delivered upon
the Jew Bill. The ball from Mr. Osborne's weapon
passed through his antagonist's coat sleeve, and the affair
hapily terminated without bloodshed.—Essex Herald.
IN THE EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, on Tuesday, Lord
Campbell delivered judgment upon the writ of error from
the Court of Exchequer, in the case of " Salomons v.
Miller." He said that, as the act of Parliament required
that no person is to be allowed to take the oath of abjura-
tion who could not or would not say that he did so " upon
the true faith of a Christian," he entertained no doubt
upon the point. They had nothing to do with what the
law ought to be, but were sitting there to declare the law.
The judgment of the court below must be affirmed.
COMMITTAL OF A MAGISTRATE.--Dr. Banks, of
Louth, magistrate and consulting physician, was commit-
ted for trial on Tuesday last, at Spilsby sessions, for an
assault with intent to commit a rape. The injured girl,
aged 16, daughter of Mr. Lockwood, of Tetford. at the
time the offence was committed was alone with the doctor,
in his consulting-room, having been taken thither by her
mother, for professional treatment of a delicate nature,
though the ailment is said to have been merely imaginary.
She had been under his treatment about a year. The
accused drove to the petty sessions court in his carriage.
.He declined, through his counsel, to make any defence or
statement, but stated that he wished for a thorough in-
vestigation. Bail to the extent of £lOOO was taken, and
the complainant's father was bound over to prosecute.
CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The sixth public
drawing for rights of choice amongst the uncompleted
shareholders took place on Saturday, at the offices, Nor-
folk-street, Strand, London, in presence of Viscount
Ranelagh, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. Fector Lawrie,
Mr. Cribb, and other members of the executive committee
and society. Fifty-four rights were drawn in the following
counties :—Middlesex, Surrey, Herefordshire, Yorkshire,
Essex, Kent, Gloucester, and Herts. Twenty-five shares
were added to the list by seniority. It was announced
from the chair that the society had progressed and was
progressing in a way unequalled by any other society of a
similar nature ; that some additional purchases of estates
will shortly be made, and that the next drawing will take
place in the third week in June, at the Freemason's
Tavern, on the occasion of the third quarterly meeting of
the society.
IMPORTANT DECISION IN AN INSURANCE CASE.—
GLEN v. WEST OF ENGLAND INSURANCE COMPANY.—
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
£BOO on a fire policy. The plaintiff had his premises. in
Mason-street, Hull, burnt down on the 3rd of last May.
The company admitted the loss, but they objected paying
on account of a small steam-engine being tried on the
premises for about two hours on the day preceding the
fire. Judgment was given in Liverpool for the plaintiff ;
was afterwards carried by defendants into the Exchequer
Court, where it was tried by Lord Chief Baron Pollock
and a special jury ; and a verdict was given there for the
plaintiff for the £BOO claimed, and £3O interest, with
leave for the defendants to move the court above, to enter
.a verdict for the defendants, upon the ground that the
temporary erection of the steam-engine was a breach of
the policy. The defendants again moved the court above,
and the argument came on on the 26th of April, 1853,
before the Barons of the Exchequer, when judgment was
, deferred. On Saturday week the judges gave their ver-
dict for the defendants, with leave for the plaintiff to file
a bill of exceptions, which, we understand, he has done.

ASSAULT ON THE EDITOR OF THE TIMEE.”—On
Saturday, at the Guildhall, London, Thos. Andrew Evans,
a dealer in curiosities, was charged with assaulting Mr.
Delane, a barrister, in Sergeants'-inn. Mr. Delane was
leaving his office, in Sergeants'-inn, when the defendant
ran up to him, and, producing a heavy, short-handled
whip, which he had concealed in an umbrella, struck him
with it twice across the face. He used a deal of incohe-
rent language, accusing Mr. Delane of bribing Lord Den-
man, of ruining him, (the defendant.) and also of having
retained possession of the " Nelson" sword. The prose-
cutor defended himself with his stick until a policeman
appeared, when he gave the defendant in charge. In
answer to the defendant's solicitor, Mr. Delane said he
had never seen the " Nelson" sword. In the course of
the examination, the defendant, turning abruptly to Mr.
Delane, said, " Are you not aware that I have memoria-
lized the authorities at Greenwich Hospital as to the
authenticity of the Nelson' sword ?" Mr. Delane: " I
know nothing about it." Alderman Farebrother : "Of
course not. How can Mr. Delane know what you have
done.?" The defendant: " I beg your pardon, sir, Mr.
Delane knows everything." He was convicted in the
penalty of £2, in default of paying which he was commit-
ted for two months. Ho was also ordered to find bail to
keep the peace.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S WILL.---In consequence
of the determination of the Earl of Derby, the Right
Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, and the Speaker of the House
of Commons to renounce the executorship of the late
Duke of Wellington's will, letters of administration have
been granted by the Prerogative Court to the present
duke. The will seems to have been written under very
peculiar circumstances, upwards of thirty-five years ago,
and with that promptitude and decision which marked
almost every act of his grace's life, but at the same time
displays evident traces of the agitation under which it
was drawn up. The will is dated February 17, 1818, and
was written in Paris by the Duke himself, who accounts
for that circumstance in the following remark, which
forms the preamble;—" An attempt having been made to
assassinate me on the night of the 10th inst. (Feb. 10,
1818), which may be repeated with success, and being
desirous of settling my worldly affairs, and there being
no professional person in Paris to whom I can entrust the
task of drawing my will, I now draw it myself in my
own handwriting." His grace directs that an annuity of
£l,OOO shall be paid to his second son, Lord Charles
Wellesley, who, however, has the option of claiming a
sum of £20,000 as an equivalent. Apsley-house and the
furniture therein, money invested in the funds, and
Exchequer-bills, are thus to be disposed of :—" The
money is directed to be laid out in the purchase of an
estate, which, together with Apsley-house and its con-
tents, are given to the present duke for life, with
remainder over to his issue, and, in default of issue, to
Lord Charles Wellesley and his issue, in like mannf r. In
case of death of both (the present Duke and Lord Charles
Wellesley) without heirs male, the property passes over
to the descendants of the brothers of the late duke.
Certain personal estate, which his grace designates as
' money given to me by the nation,' or any estates which
may be purchased with such money, are directed to pass
under trusts similar to those of the foregoing property ;
Apsley-house first going to the children of the duke, and
on their deaths, leaving no issue, to the children of his
brothers." The wording of the will is very involved;
and the residue, which, owing to the lapse of time, must
have greatly accumulated, is undisposed of.
SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER.—On Wednesday morning the Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone, M.P., appeared at the Marlborough-
street Police-court to prefer a charge against William
Wilson, a commercial traveller, " of following and annoy-
ing him, and also attempting to extort money by threaten-
ing to charge him with immoral conduct." According to
the right hon. gentleman's statement, be was walking
with a young woman below Coventry-street and Oxenden-
street, at a little before twelve o'clock on Tuesday night,
when Wilson came up and began to use words which he
could not well understand, upon which the girl expressed
alarm, took hold of his left arm, and he consoled her
with assurances that nothing should occur to her. Har-
ing told him where she lived, he accompanied her home-
wards, and as they were proceeding on their way the
prisoner addressed him by name, saying he would expose
him. Mr. Gladstone took leave of his fair protege at
the door of a house in King-street, Soho, the prisoner
being close at hand. He then walked on, turning first
one way and then another, in the hopes of getting free
from the prisoner, but the man kept up to him, saying
that he admired his public character much, had long
observed him, but now he must expose him hi the Morn-
ing Herald and thus annoy the whole Conservative party.
Mr. Gladstone continued his statement as follows :
" With these threats he mingled a statement that he did
not wish to do me any harm, and that if I would make it
right with him, or give him a government appointment
at Somerset House, or elsewhere, his lips should be
closed. In answer to this—being, I fear, angry—l
charged him with being a liar, and I used more than once
the expression that he should not have from me either a
sixpence or a situation, and that if he did not leave me I
must appeal to the police for protection. The prisoner
stated he would not do that, and that he would give me
in charge of the police. He then said that he would be
contented if I would allow him to write me a letter, to
which T answered, ' Sir, do exactly as you please,' re-
peating my former words about not giving him either a
sixpence or a situation. I told him that any act of mine
I had no wish to conceal, and that he was not
justified in imputing to me the intention on which
he had founded his claim—an intention which, being
upon my oath, I most solemnly deny." At length
Mr. Gladstone encountered a policeman, and by his
advice he went to a police station and gave the pri-
soner in charge. The prisoner afterwards stated to the in-
spector on duty that he did not care what was the result
of his misconduct, even if it were transportation, so long
as his name was associated with so great a man as Mr.
Gladstone. He admitted to the magistrate before whoa
he was examined, that he was very much excited at the
time he met with Mr. Gladstone, and that he was 807
he had beer so rash. He was remanded until t Friday,
order that full inquiries might be made into his character.
The Times of Thursday gives, on authority, a short expo-
sition of the circumstances under which Mr. Gladstone
was found engaged in an apparent aniourette. He was
returning from the opera at Covent Garden, when
begged
ngugend-
fortunate woman addressed him, who earnestly
attention to her story. While he was walking on, listen-
ing with his accustomed benevolence to her appeal, the
woman became apparently alarmed at the approach of the
prisoner, and clung to
Mr. Gladstone for protection,
The scene then ensued which
b weendeavoured
have already
to describe. On Friday e was again brought up, and
committed for 4134

THE FOLLOWING NOTICE has been sent to all the
employes in provincial post-offices :—The postmaster-
general has been pleased to withdraw the restriction
which precludes letter-carriers, and others employed in
country offices, from soliciting Christmas gratuities.

Mr. BOWDEN, a revenue-officer of Kendal, has dis-
covered a most ingenious cave between Ambleside and
Coniston, fitted up for illicit distillation. There was a
complete apparatus and materials for distillation. No
one was found in the cave.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—On Tuesday, workmen were
engaged in renovating the ornamental work and casing of
that portion of the front of Buckingham Palace imme-
diately adjoining the principal entrance, it having been
ascertained that much of the stonework was in the first
stage of decay.
PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—The seventeenth anniver-
sary was held on Wednesday, at Exeter hall. The report
stated that the receipts of the past year amounted to
£142118. 2d., and the expenditure to £l4lO Is. Bd., leaving
a balance of £lO 195., 6d. ; while the liabilities of the as-
sociation exceeded £4OO.
THE COMMITTEE for promoting a reform of the cus-
toms have announced that, apprehending further delay in
the prosecution of the intended measures by the Govern-
ment, they contemplate the preparation, on their own
part, of a bill which shall embody the various changes
they consider requisite.
A RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIRS.—On Tuesday night, the
up express train on the Great Northern Railway was de-
tained about an hour at Knottingley, and afterwards tra-
velled at greater speed to make up for lost time. On the
train reaching Grantham, one of the first-class carriages
was discovered to be on fire, owing to an axle having
become overheated, and the occuphnts were nearly suffo-
cated with heat and smoke. The Duke and Duchess of
Buccleuch were in the royal carriage. The passeneers
had used every effort to attract the attention of the guard,
but, owing to the noise, without effect.
MARITIME COLLEGE.—A meeting of merchants and
bankers is to be held this day, (Tuesday,) at the London
Tavern, to promote the establishment in the city of a
Mercantile and Maritime College, together with a mu-
seum of trade, where specimens of produce, &c., as well
as commercial statistics of all kinds, may be collected.
The question will also beconsidered whether the Gresham
College may be induced to enter into the spirit of these
proposals, and transform its present lifeless routine into
something that shall better harmonize with the purposes
for which it was founded.
STRANGE DELUSION. —At the Bow-street Police-
office, London, a few days ago, a tall, gentlemanly-
looking man, who described himself as a Major Bond, of
the 2d Life-guards, and wore moustaches, was charged
with stealing part of a meat pie from the larder of the.
Union Club, Trafalgar-square. It appeared, from the
statement of his brother, that be was a clerk in the Bank
of England, and had been on leave of absence for the last
month, chiefly on account of his state of mind. One of
the delusions under which he laboured was that he had
discovered an extraordinary kind of fish sauce. When
taken to the police-station he produced a bottle of sauce,
which he stated was his own invention, and for which he
was endeavouring to get an order at the club. He stated
that the pie was his own, and continued eating it, so that
a very small portion of the stolen property remained for
1 identification. On Mr. Henry telling him that he would
remand him for a few days, to make enquiries about his
friends, the prisoner demanded the remainder of his pie,
and £5 for the damage done to his coat by the lamp-
cleaner at the club, in taking him into custody.
BRIGHTON CARD CHEATING CASE.—During the last
term, a rule nisi had been granted calling upon Mr. Sill,
ettorney, to show cause why his name should not be
struck off the Rolls of the Court. It will be remembered
that a young gentleman named Hamp having lost large
sums at cards during a visit to Brighton, when in com-
pany with Broome the pugilist and others, he was induce&
to give bills of exchange, the payment of which he was
advised to resist, and the parties were given into custody
charged with conspiring together, in order to obtain the
bills by false and fraudulent pretences. Mr. Sill was
engaged as attorney for the prosecution, but it was
alleged that through his connivance, and for a pecuniary
consideration, one of the principal witnesses was kept
away, and the parties were acquitted. Subsequently pro-
ceedings were taken against Sill for his conduct in the
transaction, but owing to some technical informality the
defendant was acquitted, and an application was imme-
diately made to the Court to have his name struck off the
attorney's rolls.—Mr. Sill, on Friday, showed cause
against the rule, but Lord Campbell, having gone over
the facts, said the Court were unanimously agreed that
Mr. Sill had so grossly misconducted himself as an at-
torney that his name could not be permitted to remain on
the rolls.

TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION IN SOUTHWARK.—
On Saturday night, about half-past ten o'clock, a fire,
attended with a great destruction of property, broke out
in the premises belonging to Mr. Hitchcock, saw-mill
proprietor and turner in general, situate in London-
street, London-road, Southwark. The property in ques-
tion covered an immense space of ground, on which was
erected a spacious mill, fitted up with costly machinery,
adjoining which were timber yards and stores for tha more
valuable veneers, &c., deposited in the place. The fire
was first discovered by one of the neighbours, named
Wicks, who resided almost immediately opposite. He
at once gave the alarm in the usual way, and sent off for
the aid of the engines and fire-escapes. In the course of
a few minutes the Royal Society's escapes arrived,
followed by the engines of the London Brigade and West
of England Office. Plenty of water having been pro-
cured from the mains of the Lambeth Company, the
engines were set to work, but, in spite of the most
strenuous exertions of the firemen, the work of destruc-
tion continued, and at length the fire assumed such a
formidable appearance, that nothing short of the entire
demolition of every house near could, at one period, be
anticipated. The firemen, however, exerted themselves
most praiseworthily, and at length succeeded in getting
the mastery over the fearful element, but not before
nearly twelve o'clock, and not until the majoi portion of
the premises was destroyed.

BARBAROUS MURDER.-011 Sunday morning last week,
a brutal murder was committed at the Rectory-house at
Bacton. a secluded village, about six miles from Stow-
market, Suffolk. The Rectory-house is in the occupation
of the Rev. Mr. Barker, upwards of eighty years of age.
The establishment consisted of a housekeeper, named.
Maria Steggall, upwards of seventy years of age, and a
housemaid. Mr. Barker left his residence about half-
past ten to proceed to church, and was shortly after
followed by his housemaid, leaving the hotisekeeper at
home in her usual good health. The rev, gentleman
after service returned home, but not finding his house-
keeper in the hall, called out loudly for her by name ; re-
ceiving no answer, he went into the kitchen, where he
saw her lying in a pool of blood. Mr. Barker shrieking,
out, " Oh, Susan, Susan,.your mistress is murdered ! '
brought the housemaid to the kitchen, who was so
alarmed that she ran out of the house. Her cries brought
three countrymen to her assistance, who discovered that
although the skull of the housekeeper had been broken in
three places, she still breathed. Her clothes were much
disordered, showing evidently that she had struggled with
her murderer, and she died in about an hour after she
was discovered. No other reason can be given for the
murder than the hope of plunder, for three sovereigns and
five shillings, as well as some things of trifling value, had
been abstracted from the box belonging to the housemaid,
which stood in her bedroom upstairs. Other articles of
property are also missing.

A LADY'S DILEMMA.—In looking over the " Corre-
-1 spondence" of some of our more fashionable papers, it
will be perceived that most of the " Answers" relate to
complaints on the part of the fairer half of creation, re-
specting the ravages
.which atmospheric influence makes
with the complexion. In lieu of bloom and beauty they
expatiate on a long train of personal disfigurations in the
shape of pimples, tan, freckles, &c.—eruptive horrors, all !
And what is a lady to do in this dilemma-?- She has her
,reesfrvor,,,y
bane : where is she to look for he „war-rote ./ Why, it is
" before her" in Rowlands' Ac alydor —a mild, soothing
extirpator of all impurit. of the skin ; prepared from the
choicest exotics of e alsamic nature; utterly free from
mineral substan ; harmless in its components ; grateful
in its effects t neutralizes atmospheric extremes, and
promotes't r e healthy action of the microscopic vessels ;
and tirtcs—
" Adds to beauty all the charms of health !"—See (OH.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS have performed a
most extraordinary cure of an inflammat. in the side.
Extract of a letter from Mr. F. t, of Breahouse,
Lothian-road, Edinburgh, dat th April, 1851 :—" To
Professor Holloway,—Sir or more than twenty years
my wife suffered se y from an inflammation in the
side, for which was blistered and bled repeatedly, and
applied oth emedies, but without any good effect. It
was then esolved that your Pills and Ointment should
have a trial, and after using them for about three weeks a
cure was established. Four years have since elapsed, but
there has been no recurrence of her complaint."
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.—" For upwards of
nine years, (writes Mr. Thomas Province, of 'Winchmore
Hill, Middlesex,) I have experienced the efficacy of this
excellent medicine. I bad long previously been afflicted
with-headache and indigestion; but a friend having in-
duced me to make a trial of Frampton's"ills;- I now in-
form you that a few doses gave me t relief ; and dur-
ing that long period of time. ve taken them in pre-
ference to any other medic- ; and I have the happiness
of saying.that I never a better state of health, which
I attribute to Fr ton's Pills. I beg further to add,
that this medi i is in general use by my family, and we
know of n mg to equal it." In any case where an
aperient medicine is required, they need only be tried to
be universally adopted. Sold by all medicine vendors,
Price ls. 1/d. per box. See the name of " Thomas Prout,
29, Strand, London," on the government stamp.
EXCELLENCE.—We always take an interest in the
success of the arts and manufactures of this country, and
every production of excellence in the several departmentsnts
of skill and industry merits a notice at our hands . Since
the opening of the Great Exhibition in 185.1 the spirit of
inquiry into these matters has reccived_eartmpet us which
requires that we, from time to time dvert to such articles
being br ought ..er public notice. it is
as are worthy of b
our intention, on the Ares occasion, to speak of one
which has been, for the :st thirteen years, very favoura-
bly known to oupel and
_which we are sensible gives
perfect satisfacti to all classes of the community.
When our r- • .ers understand that we allude to the
Glenfield
•. ent Starch, we are sure they will rea-
dily co
r in our statements in regard to this cele-
brate starch, its peculiar qualities have met with an
alp ,st universal acknowledgment. This being known to
certain disreputable parties, they have commenced to sell
to the public a base imitation of it ; but we are gratified to
observe from the London papers that Mr. Wotherspoon,
the manufacturer of the Glenfield Patent Starch, has ob-
tained injunctions in the Court of Chancery against those
parties, which in all probability will put an end to the
fraud. The Glenfield Patent Starch cannot be too
strongly recommended, and every lady who wishes to have
her laces and other fine articles of dress beautifully and
elegantly finished, and gentlemen who prefer having finely
and comfortably dressed shirts, will do well to see that
their laundresses make use of this excellent starch. The
Queen, Prince Albert, and the other members of the
Royal Family, have the finest of their goods finished with
it. Such is the declaration of the laundress of the royal
household, as stated in her testimonial to the manatee-
Curer. We notice that it is sold by all ahopkeepera Lo towns