The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

THE REMAINS OF ME. DOWLING were interred, on
Wednesday morning, at St. Bartholomew's Church,

The funeral was

TilE ARCTIC UNITED MAIL STEAM-SHIP, Luce, com-
mander, will sail from this port to-morrow, for New York,
with the mails, &c.

THE CORPORATION OF MANCHESTER are now in pos-
session of both gas and water-works. The former have

bout £1,200,000.

LIE NIAGARA, British and North American Royal
Mail steam-ship, Leitch, commander, sailed from the
Mersey at 3.30, p.m., on Saturday, for Halifax and Bos-
ton, with the usual mails and 106 passengers.
A SOIREE was held, on Wednesday, at Bury, in Lanca-

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shire, to celebrate the opening of the new Athenaeum at
that place. Lord Stanley, 31. P. for Lynn, presided on
the occasion.

Mr. Jo SEPII CLARKE, late writing-master of the Norwich
Grammar School, delivered a lecture on his system of
,ing, on Tuesday, at the Charitable Institution-

house, Slater-slivet

Mr. JOHN GRANTHAM'S scheme for a high-level dock
railway, was noticed iu the Mining Journal, of the 19th
instant. The editor warmly approves of the proposal,
and states that a similar system would prove highly
advantageous along the London Docks.

A NEW MUSICiL BODY, called "The Liverpool Eccle-
siastical Musical Society," will hold their first public
meeting, in the Philharmonic-hall, to-night. The Rev.
Rector Campbell will read a paper, and a selection of
English church music will be performed.
EVEETON POOR-RATE.—A poor-rate of ls. 6d. in the
fund

pou. was obtainea on the 14th instant for this township.
It has been objected to by several ratepayers on the ground
that a rate of so large an amount is uncalled for. It will,
however, be called for by the collectors.
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, SCOTLAND-ROAD.--OH Sun-
day last the silence which has reigned in the above church
for several months past was broken by the Rev. W.
Blaikley, chaplain to Lord Hill, who performed divine
service, and preached two eloquent sermons. It is under-
stood that the same rev. gentleman will officiate in St.
Matthew's for the next three Sundays.
CHILD DESERTION.—ShortIy before six o'clock on
Wednesday evening, a police-officer found a male child,
comfortably clad, and apparently seven weeks old, on the
steps of a house in Daulby-street, occupied by Mr. Melville.
A printed declaration was attached to the child's clothes,
purporting to have been made before the Lord Mayor of
Dublin, by a female named Catherine Sly, stating that
the said Catherine Sly had, on the 25th December last,
been seduced in Dublin, by John Melville, who was the
father of the child. The input was conveyed to the
workhouse on Brownlow-hill.

SERIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT EVERTON.-About
two o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, the 4th instant, •a
spirited horse, which was in charge of a boy, while coming
down Rupert-lane, in Everton, took fright, and ran off.
Before anything could he done to stop its course, it dashed
into the butcher's shop situated at the head of Brow-side,
and opposite the foot Rupert-lane, where it fell, knock-
ing down two ladies ,(Mrs. Palmer, Church-street, Everton,
and a relative who 'resided with her), both of whom hap-
pened to be in the shop at the time. Both ladies were
severely injured •by the concussion, and were also kicked
about the legs by the affrighted animaL They were
promptly supplied with medical attendance.; hit• we regret
to add, that, in the case of Mrs. Palmer's friend, a lady
from Ireland, 'between sixty and seventy .years of age,
mortification rapervened, and she died on 'the evening of
Thursday last.

FR.A.CD 'A!!\i'D FORGERY.—It is stated that Mr. Wm.
MTurtin, commission merchant, has left the town, having
committed-a forgery on the Bova-ugh :Bank to a consider-
able amount. He has been extensively .engaged in corn
transactions, and on the 18th of Oeteleer last, a bill for
£1,840, drawn by himself, and purporting to be accepted
by Sir Pavid Roche, of Limerick, was presented by Mr.
WOurtin at the Borough Bank, arid the amount was at
mice advanced to him. On The pttsentation of the Bill,
Sir David Roche repudiated it, and denied having an
knowledge of the party by whom it was drawn. It was
accordingly returned protested, and •-a forgery having been
comniitted, the matter was ;placed in the hands of the
petite, when it was fourd that Mr. M'Curtin had left the
'town. Mr. M'Curtin, whois-u-Romavist, rendered him-
,seriPeonspicuous as a Witicalparffizan; and he is the same
gentleman who but the ether day signalised himself by
'ftreing his way into the down-lall, on the occasion of the
late Mayor's soiree_ Areward,of £lOO has been offered
for his apprehension.
HEALTH -0031HITIME.—The weekly meeting was held
on Thursday, Mr. Langsdalein the chair. The chairman
mated that he and Mr. Nieholsea had had another inter-
k-vie

With the Leech and Live/Tool Canal Compemy rela-
tive to Mr. Rose being alksved to load his flats tltarn the
wharf. He thought that 'after the explanation the matter
would be set right. After some conversation, instructions
were given to the Clerk to request Mr. Rose's attendance
-before the committee on Tnesslay next.—A recommenda-
tion to appoint •David Hennessy to a situation in the
borough enginees ofilce,vracant by the death of Mr.
'-rker, was agreed to, the.s 'diary to be £lO per annum

he sum of -£7 'was awarded to Parker's wife for ,his
funeral expenses.---An application from a numbcr of per-
sons carry-in; on business:in Tithebarn-street, .00mplain-

ing of a nuisance from Messrs. sugar'-rhouse,•'was
referred to the medical.officer to report upon ira thelcom-
mittee.—A comersation followed relative to theattendance
of Dr. Sutherland at the meeting of the sub-tommittee,
during which the chairman stated that he (Dr. Suther-
land) gave therommittee -..credit for having ,done every-
thing they corgi to promote the sanitary condition of the
town. He hadvome to Liverpool more partindarly with
reference to the burial groruads.

EXTENSION COE Pusiac LlBRAay.—Some little
time ago attenn was-called to the necessity for extendiug
the accommodation for readcrs in the Duke-street instita-

ing ttike:

merly occupied-by Mr. Dalton, the librarian, ail the- rooms
in it having been shelved rourid from top to battomiandes en
the lobbies and passages preised into the serriee. Space
having been thus obtained fir 5,000 volumes, the .ecrecu,
which previouey ran across the western portion ofake
reading-room,And used.alscrior the storing of beoks,v4Vill
be removed, and tables at. *Lich sixty additional reeeicrs
can sit will oeor_py its site, and that of the enclosure.new
behind it. The second floor front room in the :home
is to be fitted ,up as a-committee-room. The lending
libraries are frwuented by corilsiderable numbers, that at
the north end, however, beirg in most request. Since
the opening, five nor six weeks .ago, 626 books have been
lent, 387 returned, books .in circulation, 1016; at Abe
south, which has,been in actual operation since the:Bth
of November only, 122 books have been lent, 28 returned,
in circulation, 164. An addition of 1000 volumes is tole
made in a few days to each libaary.
SELECT VESTITZ.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided
at this body on Tuesday._ It w sMle announced that especial

vestry woad be held oh Friday, to elect a registrar indske
place of the late Mr. Parr, and a kiter was read from Messes.
Baring Brothers, :thanking the eicials of the svorkhQuee
for their attention-to the passengers of the Isaac Wright.

It was also stated-that Messrs. Baring Brothers had paild
£l3B for the mainkenance of the passengers, and giver
£3O as gratuities tolthe officers. titer an irrelevant dis-

cussion-abont the Chester Ragre.,

Schools, Mr. Bradle,

said that up to Tut
.all of cholera. Th

ay night -there had been no cases it
my cases on reword now were five in

the workhouse, those Ave being the remains of emigrants
:attacked previously ;xso that the town must be perfectly
!satisfied that it never,was in a more healthy state than at
;present. Mr. Pemberton resigned his seat as a member
,cf the board. A notelvas read, from Dr. Sutherland, sta-
ting that in accordance.rith ,instractbnas from Lord Pal-
merston, he was about to visit and inspect the burial-
grounds of Liverpool, and should be glad to confer with
any committee of the vestry on the suYect. After some
conversation, the Rev. Bettor, the churchwardens, over-
seers, and Mr. Bradley were deputed for the purpose. A
communication was read ;from the Poor-law Board, re-
quiring that before the vestry should apprentice eleven of
;theyoung women in'the louse to the Harana Mills, at
Congleton, the Congleton Board should first be communi-
cated with.—A letter was tllen.read from '.fir. Parry, and
another of the registrars, ashiug for an inquiry into the re-
spective registrars' distriets, .Rith the view (of equalizing

RA.IAITA.Y CoLLlsrox.--Ou 'Tuesday morlfrig an ac-
cident happened at Knottingley Junction, on ithe Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Railway. The parliamentary train
from Leeds, consisting of an engine and tenser, three
passenger carriages, and breakvau, which is dueAt Knot-
tingley at.2o minutes past 8, a.m, Arrived thereat about
the properftime, and the passenger •carriages basiibg been
attached to others from York, the .united train was Pro-
ceeding on its way to Doncaster, when, in crossing the
junction with the up-line to Goole, about 200 or 300 yards
from the station, a goods train from that town, which
arrived at the, point of intersection at the same moment,
dashed through the passenger train, cutting it in -tsvo
about the middle, and knocking off the body of a thiod-
class carriage, containing about 20 passengers. The
vehicle rolled over on its side, amid a terrible screaming
from the persons in it, while the wheels and under part of
the vehicle remained standing on the line. The accident
happening so near the station, effective assistance was
promptly rendered, and the passengers, who were tumbling
over one another in a state of great consternation, were
speedily extricated without any more serious wounds than
superficial bruises, with the exception of one man, who
complained of internal inSuries from having been severely
crushed under the great bulk of the other passengers.
The goods engine sustained scarcely any damage, owing,
no doubt, to the body of the _carriage with which it came
in contact separating so easily from it supporters. The
driver and stoker of the goods engine received no injury,
although they remained on the engine ; indeed, they had
no alternative, for the dense fog prevailing at the time
prevented them from seeing the passenger train until they
had run into it, and the signals were totally invisible.
BURIAL GROUND FOB. TOXTETH-P42.K.—On Thursday
a special meeting of the rate-payers of Toxteth-park was
held in the board-room at the Public-offices, Park-road.
The meeting was called by the overseers, in accordance
with a requisition, signed by fourteen rate-payers, for the
purpose of determining whether a burial ground should
be provided for Toxteth-park. under the provisions of the
acts 15 and 16 Vie, c. 85, and 16 and 17 Vie., e. 134, and
in order that if, at the meeting, it should be determined
to provide such burial ground, the vestry might take the
steps by law required for carrying that determination into
effect. The chair was occupied by Mr. Conneillor Greg-
son. One of the requisitionists, Mr. Harrison, moved that
a burial ground should be provided for the extra-parochial
place of Toxteth-park, under the acts 15 and 16 Vic., and
16 and 17 Vic. Mr. Alpas seconded the motion, which,
after a long discussion, was carried unanimously. Mr.
Alpas then moved that the following be appointed the
burial board for the township, namely, Messrs. Gregson,
J. Harrison, James Robertson, William Fisher, G. Harri-
son, J. D. Carter, Thomas Smith, R. Miller, and H. S.
Alpas. Mr. Haihead seconded the motion, which was
unanimously agreed to. Mr. Harrison next moved,

" That the imri-al board be, and are hereby authorised to
expend any sum not exceeding £15,000 for purchasing and
laying out the burial ground, and for building the neces-
sary church or chapel thereon." He stated that land had
been offered for the purpose in several situations, and he
trusted that the board would be able to negociate such a
purchase as would meet the satisfaction of the rate-payers.
Mr. Macicol seconded the motion, which • was also unani-
mously agreed to. The next business was to appoint a
day when the three first members of the board should
retire from office; and, on the motion of Mr. Halhead,
seconded by Mr. Alpas, the first Thursday iu May was
the day fixed upon. A vote of thanks was then passed to
the chairman, and the proceedings terminated.

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—On Saturday night
the Misses Bennett and Mr. Fairburn gave one of their
popular Scottish musical entertainments in the Concert-
hall, Lord Nelson-street. The hall was well filled, and
the ballads warmly applauded.
MORE STABBING.—On Saturday night, a man named
William Graham, known as " Bill, the Protestant Soldier,"
got into a row with some Irish in Chadwick-street, in the
course of which.he received a stab in the cheek, the flesh
being quite cut through. He was conveyed to the
Northern Hospital.
DEATH or A PRISONER.—Thomas Flannelly died in
the hospital, at the Borough Gaol, on Saturday morning.
The deceased, who was sentenced to fifteen months im-
prisonment at the November Sessions in 1852, for felony,
was taken ill last September, and lingered in the hospital
till his death.

BURGLARY IN CASTLE-STREET. —During Friday night
some thieves entered the shop of Mr. Thomas Walmsley,
and stole a quantity of gold and silver pencil-cases, pen-
holders, playing cards, and postage stamps, valued at about
£7O. The entrance in James-street had been forced open,
and it is supposed that the burglars had previously con-
cealed themselves on the premises.
ACCIDENT.—About half-past eleven o'clock on Satur-
day night, William Frey, aged 75, a bricklayer, residing
in Highfield-street, was knocked down by a car at the top
of Great Crosshall-street. On being conveyed to the
Northern Hospital it was discovered that he had sustained
a compound fracture of the thigh, which necessitated an
immediate amputation. The operation was quickly per-
formed, but the patient last night was in a very precarious
state.

House ROBBERIES.—On Saturday evening, the house
of Mr. Jones, Robinson-street, was entered, and a quan-
tity of property stolen. On the same evening, the house
of Mr. John Griffiths, of Evetton-crescent, was entered
by breaking a pane of glass in the back window, and a
quantity of wearing apparel was stolen. On Sunday
night, the shop of Mr. Lazarus, Tithebarn-street, was
entered during the absence of the family, and property to
the amount of £l5 was stolen.

STREET AccinrNTs.—On Saturday evening, a young
woman, named Mary Ann Green, was, while passing
through Park-street, knocked down by a car. She was
conveyed hi a state of insensibility to the Southern Hos-
pital, but it was found she had not sustained any serious
injuries. On the same evening, Peter Guy, while passing
through Great Crosshall-street, met with an accident
from a similar cause, but of a more unfortunate nature,
as his leg was so severely fractured as, upon his being
removed to the Northern Hospital, to render amputation
necessary.

AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE.—At the Police-court, on
Saturday, Patrick Picket, a labourer, was sent to prison
for brutally ill-using his wife The complainant, who
gave her evidence with evident unwillingness, stated that
she was confined a short time since, and that on the very
day the child was born her husband struck her several
times, and flourished a knife over her head. She was so
terrified that she screamed Murder," when some officers
entered and took the risoner into custody. The poor
woman earnestly entreated the magistrates to pardon him,
and, at herPutercession, his punishment was mitigated.
RAILWAY AccinENTs.—On Friday morning, a collision
took place on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at the
Kenyon -Junction. A train conveying passengers from
Manchester to the Newton races was run into by a train
from Bolton, bet no lives were lost, and the Nuries sus,
twined 'were linited to bruises to a small number 'of the
passengers.—On Saturday afternoon an -accident occurred
on the same line, near to the Patricroft-station. A train
passed over a'platelayer who was working on the. lino, cut-
ting off oneOf his legs.

STEW;I424B-CoRN.--Daniel Evans, Customs'-locker or
?Cidewaiter, .and his son, about eight years of age, were
lroughtlip at the Police-court, -on Saturday, on ,a charge
'ofistealinga bag of corn. A police-officer-Stated feat, on
Thtarsday.lhe met the younger prisoner with a bag of corn
inhis.possession, and he said It had been given dim by his
ather. The officer then took the to the Queea's Dock,
where:they found the elder .p* over, whosamowledged
that'he had taken the corn, 'which was slightly damaged,
to givetto some fowls. He said he had neverkieen before
a maftittrate before, .and that le was the father of seven
childm while his wages ,were only' 745. .'s week. The
magistrates said such facts-ought to have mt.de him more
carefa ; his son mustbedistharged,. and himself remanded
tilll.tonday, so that his :millet might beveported to the
Cu toms' authorities.
.A RUNAWAY Honst.---a -serious • acCidant occurred in
Mres-street, on Saturday -evening. Three gentlemen
were returning from Mk-A:Derby, in-s,ctiaicle drawn by
spirited horse, and db6eit'Brunswiek-road the animal real
away. On reaching lloss.street, two 'ruts were in the
road, and, in avoiding one, the vehielewas dashed against
:ttle other. The gentttmen were thrum: to a consideniale
distance by the shady; the only one, :however, that :was-
3ained any severe inStim was Mr. Davis, of Liscard. Mr.
Flfulme, surgeon, was promptly in uttmdance, and thewitt-
tfortunate gentleman-was found to bewery seriously irijrxed
*on the head. As -sena as practicable the was removed to
-the George Hotel,,W4cre he now lies. After the calliiion
the infuriated anin-W dashed off; dragccing the driver 'for
some yards, proceeded along Danll7y,ttreet, and, in taming
Pembroke-place,rfelit, but rege.ining -itself again, yet off
down London-reek, Shaw's-brow, and Dale-street,-terned
again at Maaaohester-street, and wasvaptured thereAouts.
Just before thevolliaion, a youngwernan was run-over at
the corner of EriW)in. e-street and filington, near her ewn
home.

GROWTH or FLAX.—The proprietor of Westhall, in
Aberdeenshire, is making a strong effort to introduce the
cultivation of flax into that county, and to remove the
leading objection urged. against that scheme, he has made
arrangements for the erection of a " Retterie" for the
manufacture of the flax upon his estate, close upon the
Gaudie-side, and adjoining a station of the Great North of
Scotland Railway.—North British Daily Mail.
THE DUCHESS OF HAMILTON AND THE ROMINISTS.—
The Romish Free Press states that the Duchess of
Hamilton, in addition to the presents to the " Mission" at
Hamilton of font, statue, flowers, vases, vestments, can-
dlesticks &c., has given an exquisitely beautiful mediaeval
gold chalice and paten, and speaks with exultation of this
relic of a thousand years being restored and re-consecrated
to its original purposes. It also records her grace's [pa-
tronage and visits to the Romish school.—Edinburgh
Witness.
ACCIDENT AT A MENAGERIE.—On Saturday last,while
Batty's menagerie was exhibiting in Forres, a girl, carry-
ing a child two years of age, went within the rope oppo-
site the lion's cage. The girl had been looking in a
contrary direction, and the lion darted his foot from under
the bars, and seized the child by the head in its claws,
fracturing the skull in three different places, and firmly
kept its hold until driven off with an iron rod by the
keeper. The poor child's head and face were horribly
mangled, the scalp being torn down, and the bones
crushed. We understand a boy lost his arm, at Wick, by
the same animal.—Forres Gazette.
JUDICIAL DIGNITY.—The case of "Turner v. Norton"
was heard on Tuesday, before Mr. Baron Martin. This
was an action for false imprisonment, to which the de-
fendant pleaded not guilty, but ultimately gave evidence
in justification, no objection being made by plaintiff's
counsel. The case for the plaintiff and defendant having
concluded, Mr. Baron Martin said, " I think they had
now better go and shake hands again." Mr. Gray : "And
take another glass of gin." Mr. Hawkins : " Yes, if the
defendant will treat us." Mr. Baron Martin : " Yes, the
defendant undertaking to treat the plaintiff." A juror
was then withdrawn, and the case was thus disposed of.
A "Row" WITH FRENCHMEN.—On Tuesday, at one of
the London Police-courts, two men were charged with
having created a disturbance at a coffee-house in Dean-
street, Soho, and with having destroyed a quantity of
property in the house. The coffee-house was the resort
of a large number of foreigners, principally Frenchmen.
On Saturday night the defendants came into the coffee-
room, and said they wanted a row with the French-
men, and they immediately began to insult some Frenchmen
who were in the coffee-room. A general fight then com-
menced, the Frenchmen using their sticks and knives, and
the Englishmen their fists. Cups, saucers, milk-pots. and
sugar-basons were the ammunition on both sides, and in
this way damage was done to the crockery and the coffee-
room to the extent of 50s. Mr. Bingham, the magistrate,
remarked that, of the belligerents, the Frenchmen ap-
peared to have had the best. The waiter said he thought
so too, but there were sixteen Frenchmen to six English-
men, and it was sticks against fists. The defendants were
fined bOs each, and ordered in addition to find sureties for
their keeping the peace.
FRIGHTFUL ATTACK BY DOGS.-011 Monday, Mr. Geo.
Birch, of the firm of Birch and Rawlins, house agents,
Cherry-street, called upon some of his tenants in Pritchett-
street. He knocked at the door, which not being imme-
diately answered, and the door being partially open, he
entered. Scarcely, however, had he put his foot upon the
threshold, when a rung dog rushed at him and seized
him by the leg. lie had scarcely time to shake off tb'
savage animal when three others made their app,
and instantly sprang upon hilt, worrying him in the most
infuriated manner. One powerful animal attempted to
seize him by the throat, and in the spring bore Mr. Birch
to the ground. The dogs fastened on him in every quarter,
ferociously tearing his clothes to shreds, and lacerating
the flesh. At this moment his cries and the uproar
created by the growlitirof the dogs attracted the atten-
tion of same.of the neigkbours, chiefly females, who ran
to his assistance, or in awl probability he would have been
torn to 'pieces. As it 'was, they found him lying an the
floor bleeding, and almost insensible, with every :article of
apparel in rags. The shrieks of the women only added to
the fttry of the dogs. One female, however, courageously
interposed between them and Mr. Birch, at ,considerable
risk-fold, with the aid of those present, succeeded in beat-
ing item off. Hoar he was rescued, Mr. Birth tan scarcely
recollect.—Birminykam Journal.
WICEADPITL ACCIDENT AT PLYMOUTH.---LOZI Thursday
evening, at ten oz6lcck, two houses in -Southside-street,
TlYmoigh, fell down, and caused the deathof several per-
The i premises, which were vry..Old, had been per-
thased by the Improvement Commissioners, for the pur-
pose,of wideningike street. They comprise a frontage of
abet:6'7o feeeby:a depth of 20, having adz& stone walls at
the Sides. The front and rear consistedteliefly of partition
'work. The 'purdhaser of the materials sold the doors,
windows, andi moveable portions in acts to various per-
lolls, who removes them forthwith. The place was thus
thrown open, antl became the resort (of a number of lads,
who were jumping and playing about, when, with the
exception of the two walls, the whole suddenly fell in.
Many escaped with slight bruises, 'bittlhe following were

earance

Aug Stanhcry, aged 12, whose
'father is a' bilreein Southside-street.; kßiehard Stubbs, 8,
-sogrof a pilot inNew-street ; Edwarli -Jones, 12, son of a
`fisherman ; John Foley, 10, son -Icif lot ; John Stoyles,
18.anason,' CaMbridge-street, and AV. %Williams, 11 son of
a Bierman, New-street. Among the wounded are—john
Byer. 14, son Ofa,?ilot in New-street—foot broken; Ralph
Millinan, 6; son et a tailoress—externalinjury, not expected
to recover; Jae& Myers, 12, and Geerge Evans 11, slightly
injy2ed.

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACGTDENT 'AT STAlN-
sutapaß.—AnotiuT of those fatAl accialents resulting from
the careless hauMing of fire-arms, -occurred on Wednes-
day last, at Stair-bridge. The unfortunate man in 'the
present instance is Mr. 'Robert Morrison, of Triboch
. Maims, Stair ; ant the person Who wised his deathis a
guar:-man namell Wm. Liaeall. _A little before two
o'clock, afternoon., the deceased was :at the Manse, and
'had received permission to shoot Wiew rabbits 041 'the
glebe /ands. Befare commencing he called at the Midge
Inn, accompanied by Liddell, where they were supplied
with some whisky and both continua chatting together
for upwards of two hours. Mr. 3lerrison then rose to
leave, ;and lifted lam; gun from the kitchen bed,,where lue
had placed it on entering, -saying that he was Ong to
have a Shot at the rabbits. Mrs. Pettigrew, the landlady,
called to him to take care, asking if-the piece was loaded.
He replied that it was, but there was no danger, as -the
might pull the trigger and it would not go off, adding
that' it was only on half cock. Re then held out the butt
end to Liddell, who was standing near, telling him to
try it. Liddell put forward his 'lmndiand in doing-so
must have touched the rigger, which; raost unfortunately,
was instsatly discharged. The gun, ;a double-barrelled
one, was 'leaded with No. 5 shot. The whole charge en-
tered the breast of Morison, passing-through his heart,
and he neither spoke nor moved after: Le fell. A careful
investigation took place 'by the proper authorities. No-
thing, however, was fount to implicate Liddell. That the
occurrence was entirely accidental there is no doubt ; but
the fool-harilitiess of a roan touching the trigger of a
loaded gun, pointed at thetreast of another, cannot be too
strongly reprobated. Mr. 'Morrison was *bent 42 years of
;age. He has left a widow and a young family. It is
,somewhat singular that he,was in Ayr the Tuesday pre-
Mous, and got ;his will drawn up and completed in due
'form, little thinking that the very next day he would be
eternity.—Ayr Observer.
A BRUTAL MURDER was irrpetrated in Norfolk, on
Friday week :thetvictim is Lorewo Belia, a-jeweller of Nor-
wich, who travelletl the neighbourhood with trinkets. As a
hatcher of Tittlesbell was coming home from Wallingham,
a ,neighbouring vill?ge, he observed blood in the road,
which he traced through .the lagge to a (lit& on the
cos non, where he found the murdered man. The head

ha.dteen nearly severed from his .body by a blow across
the :tack of the ;seek, and there were four deeply-cut
wounds on his temples and face. By the side of the
murdered man lay a .woodman's hatchet, covered with
blood and hair. His trousers' pockets were turned4nside
out, ant; rifled, but in Us waistcoat pocket was a watch,
still going. Shortly afterwards a man named William
Webster went to the parish,constablea, And stated that as
he was driving along in 'Ms cart in the afternoon She
observed asnan in the plantation near swhich the book'
was found, who stooped down and hid himself as he
approached. This man, he said, was William Thompson,
a labourer 'employed in felling timber. Proceeding to
Thompson's.touse, the constables found hha in bed ; and
;upon his ,bed, not at all secreted, was a pair .of trousers,
the legs of which were soaked with blood.; and in another
room were a pair of highlows, in the lace-holes of which
blood was also .observable. The prisoner was brought
,before the county magistrates on Saturday, when William
Webster identified him as the man he had seea in the
plantation; and two other men deposed to having met
him coming in great haste from the spot where the body
was found, on the afternoon of the murder. He had been
flush of money, paying several bills, and according to one
woman took the money from a purse like that of Belia's.
He is only eighteen years of age, and his appearance is
described ,as superior to that which is generally charac-
teristic of his class. The prisoner's house was again
searched, and behind some old boots in an oven a watch
was found, with name "L. Belia," as maker on it,
Another watch ivas found in the chimney, and another in
the water-closet; in the house were also found two
bunches of keys, When the ollicer opened the oven, con-
taining the first watch, the prisoner's father said, " Oh,
that has been searched before." His family are said to be
by no means of a general good character. He has since
been committed for trial at the assizes,
STAMP RECEIPTS. The Commissioners of Inland
Revenue, in answer to the many questions which have
been made to them relating to the new stamp duties, have
authorised the publication of a popular explanation of the
recent statue. It appears from this that the stamping of
a receipt for any sum above 40s. is not an optional matter,
between payer and receiver, but that if any receipt at all
is given, it must be stamped, under a penalty of £lO.
Entries made by persons receiving money in pass-books,
kept by the person paying the money—memorandums of
money paid on sale by auction, payment of wages, or any
other transaction—discharges and acknowledgments of
payment made by bills, notes, drafts, or other securities—
the writing!'" paid," " balanced," " discharged," " settled"
or such like, on a bill of parcels or invoice—are to be
reckoned as the giving of receipts, and as such, if relating
to sums exceeding 405., are liable to stamp duty. The
chief exemptions from the duty are—receipts written upon
promissory notes, bills of exchange, or drafts, or orders for
the payment of money, already duly stamped; receipts
written upon bills of exchange (unstamped) drawn out of,
but payable in, the United Kingdom ; letters by post,
acknowledging the safe arrival of bank-notes, bank post
bills, bills of exchange, cheques, letters of credit, post-office
orders, or other promissory notes, or securities for money,
provided the receipt of money itself be not acknowledged,or any intimation be conveyed relative to the appropriation
of the money represented by these securities ; receipts for
land-tax, property and income taxes, and assessed taxes,
and bankers' deposit notes, or accountable receipts. To
make a cheque to a banker, payable to bearer on demand,
not liable to stamp duty, it must be issued within fifteen
miles of the place where the banker carries on his business ;
must be dated on or before, and not after, the day on which
it is issued, and must not direct payment to be made by a
bill or note. Persons residing beyond the distance of 15
miles from their banker, ought, therefore, at all times to
be provided with stamps, since any infraction of the part
of the law just mentioned, subjects the issuer of the un-
stamped cheque, and the banker who, carrying on business
at a greater distance than fifteen miles, knowingly pays it,
to a penalty of £lOO each; and the person knowingly
recgiying it in payment to a penalty of £2O,

A LOAN SOCIETY has been opened in Oxford for the
Alaraed

is only thirty per cent

ts, Dover

AN OLD PEAR TREE at
was blown down some four years

ie Western 11€ _
go and has sit

but at the present

twice planted without any sign of lift
time (17th of November) it is in full bloom.
Pnixosopnir ox THE BENCH.—Lately, in the Ex-
chequer, in the midst of a learned artrument upon the

construction of an act of parliament, in which the pro-
noun " he" occurred, the learned Chief Baron observed—
"lt has been the course of modern legislation to enact
that the word he may be read she." Precisely so,"
added Mr. Baron Alderson, "and the singular may be
read plural; ergo, one man may be taken to mean three
women .1"

TICE GUARD of an omnibus plying between Glasgow
and Baillieston, who goes to kirk morning and evening on
Sundays, but is obliged to conduct his omnibus before and
after the hours of service, recently applied to the Kirk
Session for permission to have his child baptised. The
case was referred to the meeting of the presbytery, who
decided that the man " was unable, from his engagements,
to fulfil the obligations which baptism involved; and he
was not, therefore, entitled to that privilege."
SITICIDE.—A man was found by some boys hanging
dead inside a hollow tree in Hyde-park, on Saturday
se'nnight. In his pocket was a paper, on which was
written, " I die a victim, and not_a self-murderer ;" and

also an address, "W. Warner, Pudbrook, near Botley,
Southampton." On application to this Mr. Warner, it was
found that a person, answering the description of deceased,
had been his clerk, and had lately left his situation without
any apparent cause, except Mr. Warner considered that he
was of unsound mind. A verdict of " Found dead" was
returned.

PHOTOGRAPHY ON TEXTILE FABRICS.—MeSSTS.
of Paris, have placed before the French Institute some
specimens of photography on linen, oilcloth, chintz, &c.
This discovery will be of great importance for architectural
ornamentation and oth

can be cleaned by wiping, nay, they can be washed, and a
portrait on linen or long-cloth can be forwarded in a letter.
As, moreover, these photographs can be obtained at a
cheaper rate than those on metal or paper, the art will
become more popularised.
A SHORT WAY TO DEAL WITH THE SCRUPLES OP
CONSCIENCE.—The Univers vouches for the following
story, on the authority of a letter from Bucharest :—" Six

polish soldiers in Moldavia, who read the first proclama-
tion of the Emperor of Russia, in which he says that his
army would march in support of the orthodox faith, so-
licited their discharge, declaring that, as "Catholics," they
could not conscientiously fight in defence of the Greek re-
ligion. The fact was communicated to the Government of
St. Petersburg, with a request for instruction, and the
answer received was, that the men were to be shot. The
order was immediately carried into execution."
MURDEROUS ASSAULT BY SPANISH SAILORS.-011
Tuesday morning, in High-street, Deptford, an atrocious
attempt was made to murder two men named John
Sullivan and Thomas Breslam. Three or four men were
ill-using a respectable woman, near the gate of the Dept-
ford Dock-yard, when she screamed violently, and
Sullivan and Breslam went to her assistance, when a

claiming, " Oh,' I am stabbed." Sullivan was also
stabbed immediately afterwards. The Spaniards, on the
cry of murder being raised, managed-to escape.
MILITARY QUARREL.—The following affair appears to
have caused a little sensation from the rank of the parties

concerned. About two weeks ago an affray of a very nove
character took place in the Citadel barrack-yard, Corfu
between Lieut.-Colonel Denny, 71st Highlanders, and Dr

ptinCipal medic 11 1 officer at the station. It appears that
the doctor found fault with the colonel for drilling his men
so much in the sun, which gave rise to a stormy altercation

ween tt

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doctor's whip, alleging that he (the doctor) made use of it
in a menacing manner towards him. On this request
being refused, the colonel attempted to take it by force,
which he was prevented from doing by the doctor throw-

_
ing the whip over the railings. The affair ended by the
colonel placing the doctor under arrest, and had him
escorted to his quarters by an ensign of the 71st. It is
not knew') how the matter was patched up, but they are
both doing duty as usual.—United Service Gazette.
SEVEN PEOPLE DROWNED.—The fog on Monday last
week at Stourbridge was the occasion of several fatal
accidents. Two young women, sisters, on their way
home from work, missed the Wordsley dock, and walked
Into the water. Both were got out of the water, but not
untfi.one of them was past recovery, and the other appears
to be in a somewhat precarious state. Two young women,
sisters-in-law, named Reece, with a young man named
Alfred Hampshire, who was courting Miss Reece, were
present when they were brought to their house; and Miss
Reece having observed to Hampshire that they had better
go to look for her father, who would be by the canal side,
they started together, and it appears soon met the father,
with a lighted candle sheltered between his hands. The
father joined the party, and almost immediately afterwards
the whole four walked into the water together. All were
brought to land, but not before life was extinct in both
the females. A young man, named Joseph Ridley, married
and 'having one child, was also drowned in the same
neighbourhood ; also a boy called Mail, and an Irishman,
name unknown. A boy who had been bedding up a horse
on the Stourbridge canal side, in endeavouring to find his
,way hime, walked into the canal and was drowned.;
POwrAL ANOMALIES.—The postage on a letter exceeding
an ounce in weight by the smallest scruple, transmitted to
India-rid Marseilles, is 78.9 d. ! This is probably the most

this exorbitant charge for letter postage necessary—for a
newspaper weighing three ounces is transferred to India
vid Marseilles for 3d. or for only Id. per ounce. Thus
mart gcript mail matter is charged at the rate of 812,000
per ton in this direction, printed matter pays only at the
rate of 0160 per ton. The postal anomalies in other
directions are more striking still. From the Channel
Islandstto the remotest of the Shetland group, changing
from.stitamer to railway, and from railway to steamer for
nearly;l,ooo miles, the charge on a letter weighing half an
ounce is ld. From Dover to Calais, two ports almost
within light of each other, the charge on a letter of the

same wen ht is ls. 3d. ! From the iwestern boundary of
Texas to the north-eastern boundary of the American
union, a klistance of 3,000 miles, lid. From Dover to San
Francisco, in California, rid the United States, involving
three oeeaa transits, each averaging 2,000 miles, besides
three inland services, ls. 2d. From Dover to Calais, a
Aistance.uf less than thirty miles, one shilling and three
_pence for,a letter weighing half an ounce! The charge on
a single kti.er from London to New York is is., but from
London to Can Francisco rid New York is ls. 2d., leaving
only 2d. fornhe cost of its transmission from New York to
Chagres, the ice across the Isthmus to Panama, thence by
ocean steaanr to San Francisco, a voyage of about 15
.days ! These are some of the postal anomalies: which
would be removed by the establishment of a universal
ocean penny ppstage.

LovE er FIESTSIGHT.—A young lady, of whose per-
,sonal attractions Sunderland might be proud, stood, two
rears ago, sieufaig "a troop of equestrians" enter the
precincts of that borough. In a conspicuous part of the

ue
;sere truly Oriental. This favourite of fortunep woreonment a
datk-coloured naonstache, his long locks were of hair
elegantly curled, and he was attired in the gorgeous robes
(eau eastern soverLig.►n. His eyes were large, bright, and
brilliant, and these accidentally catching the astonished
gazeosf the young lady, she experienced a first shock."
She sent to the circus, and at length the arm and elbow
of a fiddler attracted her attention, and behind his "fine-

n Mr. (