The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

There cart be no doubt that the question prripounde l by
her majesty to her people was, " Are you for free trade ?"
It is equally certain, that every exertion was made, every ar-
gument was used, every exciting inducement was offered, to
persuade the people to answer "Yes!" Still, despite the
most strenuous efforts of the free-trade party, the answer re-
turned to her majesty was "No !" in consequence of which
the Queen has discharged her free-trade ministers. It can-
not, therefore, be too much to require parliament also to
attend to the constitutionally-declared will of the people.
The evils of free trade are exhibited in the facts, that the
more foreign trade we have under its operation, the more we
lose, the poorer we become, and the less wages we pay.
Thus have facts proved (what common sense has so long
taught), that poverty is the consequence of unrestrained.
competition. The new ministers, ought, therefore, to aban-
don the system of free trade—else, why have the whigs been
driven out ?"—Fleet Papers.
A CRUEL CUT.—Madame Betrot, a thriving blanchisseuse,
of the Rue de Bievre, had a fair daughter, who, like all her
sex of the same age, which was tempting eighteen, was very
fond of balls and other gaieties. The good mother was in-
dulgent but prudent, and while she permitted her lively
damsel to attend these scenes of amusement, always took
care to accompany her. At a Sunday's dance, about a month
ago, at the Quatre Saisons, Mademoiselle Eugenie met with
a partner so genteel and gallant, that he won the hearts of
I both mother and daughter, and the favoured youth was re-
ceived into their domestic circle as a suitor. The prelimina-
ries were at length so far arranged for a marriage between
the lovers that Madame Betrot drew 1000 francs from the
savings'-bank to purchase a suitable outfit for the young
couple. Alas, for the uncertainty of human projects ! Two
evenings ago, when the expecting bride and her mother re-
turned home, after a day spent on their knees, not at church,
but in their washing barge, near the Pont de l'Archeveche,
they found that their dwelling had been broken open, their
locks forced, and not only the 1000 francs but every other
article of value carried off. This was indeed a dire disaster,
but the severest cut of all was a sheet of paper, conspicuously
affixed to the chimney glass, on which was written, in too
legible characters, " I might have taken both your daughter
and her dower, but I content myself with one, and leave you
the other."—Galignani's Messenger.
THE INJURED REDRESSED.—A few days ago, a young
and handsome lady, whose simple and almost wretched attire
formed a wide contrast to her distingue deportment, requested
an interview with M. L—, a Parisian attorney. " Sir,"
said she, " I am come to implore your assistance; if you
withhold it, death will be my only prospect. About two
years ago I wr.s made to marry M. de R—, and brought
him a dowry of 300,000 f. ; from that time since, I have been
the most miserable being in the world. My husband, who is
jealous, brutal, passionate, and miserly, makes me endure
every imaginable torment : for six months he has kept me
confined iu a room, of which he had the key, and where he
alone had admittance, in order to bring me coarse and in-
sufficient food. Yesterday evening I contrived to make my

escape ; I have spent the night in wandering wherever chance
might guide me, and have now come to you ; with your
assistance I shall certainly obtain a separation." " All this
is exceedingly serious," said M. L., " and if your statement
is correct, I make no doubt of success ; the separation will
certainly be pronounced." "Ah ! Sir, I shall owe you more
than my life ; I must confide to you all my immediate trou-
bles ; 1 have no relations in Paris, and fled without taking
anything with me. Thanks to you, 1 shall certainly obtain
a suitable provision from the tribunal, and permission to re-
tire into some religious establishment until the proceedings
are terminated; but till then?" " Until then, madam,"
replied M. L., " you may reside in my house ; my wife will,
1 am sure, immediately place at your disposal any articles of
dress you may require. Take confidence, and all will go
well." The attorney found himself overwhelmed with a
torrent of thanks. On the same day, the innocent, unfor-
tunate, and persecuted lady, took up her abode in his house.
She was furnished in abundance with all that was necessary
her toilet ; linen, shawls, gowns, and even jewellery. The
following day, the young lady had decamped with all the
paraphernalia. Meanwhile the attorney, who having drawn
up his declaration was desirous of obtaining further informa-
tion, made inquiries with respect to M. de R-, who, to
his great surprise, he learnt, was exceedingly rich, and had
a young and handsome wife, but the latter, happy in the
love and kind behaviour of her husband, had never dreamed
of complaining of him.

ANOTHER WONDER AT THE NIAGARA FALLS.—We
have just arrived from the Falls, whither we went this morn-
ing by cars, on learning that a person was cast away on one
of the Three Sisters, islands situate in the rapids, just shine
the Falls, and that all effors to rescue him were as yet una-
vailifig. On our arrival, all was excitement, hundreds were
crossing and re-crossing to Goat Island, from the head of
which he could be observed. •These islands lie side by side
near the head of Goat Island, and the unfortunate man is on
the farthest one, and where no human being was ever known
to be before. The first and second are very rarely visited,
but the third is inaccessible. The daring Robinson was on
the second preparing ropes to cast over, by which it was
hoped a boat might be drawn over by running cords. This
was, after much difficulty, performed, and the empty boat
was sent over, but from some reason the passage of the poor
fellow was not attempted, and the boat returned without
him, and so matters stood when we were obliged to leave by
the cars. He had been on the island 48 hours, and was dis-
covered by the smoke of his fire. He signifies, signs, that
he was above when one of his oars broke, and with the other
he succeeded in making a landing. We believe food has
been sent him. The distance across the boiling flood is
nearly fifty yards, and it is doubtful if he can ever be brought
off. His name is Allen, a brother-in-law of Robinson's, and
he resides at the Falls, and has a family. When we saw him
he appeared restless and uneasy, wandering about constantly,
with what seemed to be a small hatchet in his hand.—
Buffalo Penny Press. -
ADVENTURES OF A BANK NOTE.—On Monday, the 16th
of August, Mr. Goodwin, grocer, of Doncaster, laid upon
his counter two Bank of England notes (a £2O and a £10),
whilst he served some customers ; and, when he went to re-
move them a short time after, they were gone. He imme-
diately got the police to work, had the notes publicly cried
next morning, bills printed offering a reward for their disco-
very, advised all the different banks in the town, also those
at Rotherham, Sheffield, Worksop, Newark, Retford,
Gainsborough, Hull, Selby, York, Leeds, Wakefield, Pon-
tefract, Barnsley, Manchester, and the Bank of England, so
that it was almost impossible that they could get out of the
immediate district without being discovered. However, on
Saturday week Mr. Goodwin received information from the
Bank of England that the ten pound note advised to be stop-
ped had been paid into the bank on Thursday, the 25th ult.,
by Messrs. Barnett and Co:, bankers, London, who had re-
ceived it in a remittance from a branch bank of the City of
York Company at Goole. On Monday Mr. Goodwin pro-
ceeded to the bank at Goole, to inquire from whom they had
received it, at the same time he inquired if they bad received
the twenty pound note ; they found they had, and in fact
produced the identical note, which they received with other
notes from the customs at Goole on Friday, the 20th ult.
Mr. Goodwin then went to the custom=house and saw the
collector, who had received it and the ten pound note the
same day, in payment of duties on a tierce of brandy from a
Mr. Airton, spirit merchant, at Goole. Mr. Goodwin
waited upon Mr. Airton, who showed him a letter dated
Aug. 18, in which were enclosed both the notes with others
in a remittance from a Mr. Eddison, a highly-respectable
spirit merchant, of Huddersfield. Mr. Goodwin then pro-
ceeded to Huddersfield, saw that gentleman, and on inquiry
how he came in possession of the notes, Mr. Eddison stated
that he had given change for them in sovereigns, on Tuesday,
the 17th ult., to a man of the name of Tom Collony, a pig-
jobber and lodging-house keeper, and that he had known
Collony for many years as an extensive jobber in pigs, or he
would not have given him change. Collony was imme-
diately apprehended and taken before the magistrates, to
account how he came in possession of the notes. He stated
that a brother-in-law of his, of the name of Finan, and two
others who resided at Doncaster, and kept a lodging-house in
St. Sepulchre-gate, came to him about five o'clock in the
afternoon of Tuesday the 17th (the day following that on
which the notes were lost), and asked him if he could get
him two notes changed, when he said he could, as he was
well known amongst the respectable tradesmen, so he went
to Mr. Eddison and got it, and gave the change to his
brother-in-law, who, with the other two, stayed at his house
all night, and left in the morning about ten o'clock to walk to
Doncaster, and that he and his wife walked a little way on
the road with them. The magistrates took bail for his ap-
pearance, and Mr. Goodwin requested that the man might
go with him to Doncaster, to assist in apprehending the
brother-in-law and the other two men. Collony imme-
diately agreed to do all he could to apprehend the parties.
Being too late for the trains, Mr. Goodwin engaged a chaise,
and arrived in Doncaster a little before ten o'clock, and with
the assistance of the police, proceeded to the house of Finan.
Collony then pointed out the parties ; thay were taken into
custody, the house was searched, and in a small drawer, in a
sort of secretary, a small bag was found containing 18 sovs.,
in another three sovs. and a half and about 265. in silver.
The parties were safely lodged in the gaol, and next morn-
ing, Wednesday, were examined before the magistrates, and
remanded till Monday, there being one of the men wanted
who went to Huddersfield to get the notes changed, but who
has not since been discovered.

EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION AT NEWCASTLE-
UNDER-LYNE.—ADULTERATION OF FLOUR BY MILLERS.—
Great excitement has prevailed in Newcastle-under-Lyne
for the past week, in consequence of the seizure of a number
of sacks containing a mixture resembling flour, which popu-
lar report represented to be plaster of Paris, on the premises
of the Union Mill Company, in that town. An investigation
of the affair took place on Tuesday, at the Town-hall, before
two county magistrates, and excited an extraordinary interest
among the populace, who crowded into the hall in a most un-
equivocal state of indignation and excitement. A circum-
stance that added great gusto to the affair in the opinion of
the people, was, that the chief magistrate of the borough, the
mayor of Newcastle, was one of the mill-owners implicated
in the charge. It appeared that Mr. Cottril, the vigilant
head police-officer of Newcastle, had been for some time
upon the watch on the proceedings of a person named Cope-
land, residing near Newcastle, from information that great
quantities of an article resembling flour were taken to his
house, and then carried in various directions. On the morn-
ing of Saturday week, the officer found a cart belonging to
the Union Mill standing at Copeland's door. Ten sacks,
apparently of flour, were put into the cart, and conveyed to
the Union Mill; but, upon its arrival there, the suspected
cargo was seized by the police. The bags weighed 23 cwt.
A suspicious circumstance in the affair was, that one of the
men employed in the mill, in answer to questions of the
police, said the bags contained pigs' meat ; while another
man said they contained best seconds. The title of best
seconds created a loud laugh in the court. A portion of the
contents of the sacks was then taken out, and analysed by
Mr. C. Jones, chemist, of Hanley, who declared to the ma-
gistrates his opinion, that the substance in the bags was sul-
phate of lime. Upon being burned and mixed with water,
it became solid, exactly like plaster of Paris. There was
but a very slight mixtuie of vegetable matter in it. Mr.
Bull, one of the Union Mill Company, in answer to the
charge, said he would take all the blame,• if there
were any, on his own shoulders. He then proceeded
with a statement that he had been in want of pig meat ;
that Copeland had been recommended to him by a respec-
table miller at Madeley, as having a large quantity of
an article which he manufactured from potatoes, and which
he (Mr. Bull) gave him an order for, believing it to be simi-
lar to an article called farina, such as he knew was sold in
Liverpool ; but he wished it to be understood, that not one
ounce of it had been used at their mill. Mr. William Hill,
the respectable miller referred to, stated that Copeland had
offered some of the article to him, but he would have nothing
to do with it. He had, however, mentioned it to Mr. Bull.
It appeared from the magistrates' questions that Mr. Hill,
in the course of his business, had never met with pig meat of
a like description before ; that manufactured by the millers
being fine bran, the refuse of flour. The charge of having a
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F. Mayer, were fined £lO, with costs. Cottril, the police-
officer, said he had another information to lay against the
same party, for having adulterated flour on the premises.
The announcement was received with a cheer by the popu-
lace. The investigation of it was postponed. There was
also a charge against another flour dealer, named Beardmore,
whose cart had been often seen by the officer at Copeland's
door by four o'clock in the morning. This person acknow-
ledged having made pretty extensive use of Copeland's pre-
cious composition ; but stated, that, on finding its deleterious
effects, he had buried what he had not sold in the soil, and
endeavoured to get back from his customers what was not
consumed. The magistrates, taking into consideration this
acknowledgment of the defendant, fined him in the mitigated
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