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

SYMPATHY WITH ROYALTy

states that a town offic

de on his mind, that, after a few days' depression
rits, he took the disease, and was so ill that a proft
nal brother from the vicinity had to officiate for him.

THE LORD MAYOR of London has issued a circular t
the other chief magistrates in the kingdom, wanting t
v the feeling of the town of which the gentlema
tssed is mayor, as to the erection of a monument t
.te Albert, and wishing
,pected from his neighb
ment in Hyde Park, on
Exhibition, and commemo
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Lie site of the Great Industria
tive of that World
On Tuesday. the long

commenced, but not the long
The Common Law Procedure
in law proceedings. Pleading
10th August to the 24th Oc

vacation of former years

Aict has made an alteiat

iiithe vacation

county courts, and no

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NEw LOCK.--A new lock is stated to I

invented and p. upon an
entirely new principle; electio-magnetism being the agent
employed, so that very great security is considered to be
gained, without the multiplicity of parts of which most
other locks are composed, The most simple form of the
invention is a plate of soft iron attached. to the door,
which, when shut, is in contact with the poles of an electro-
magnet, the opening and fastening of the lock being
effected by the making and breaking of the circuit, and
any number of locks throughout the house may be secured
or opened at the same instant.—Shipping Gazette.
DEFACING THE the Government bill, just
printed, to prevent the defacing of the current coin
of the realm, it is declared that a practice has arisen
of defacing the coin of the realm by stamping the same for

vented by a 111 r. Wishaw

advertising purposes. Any person stamping names or
words on coin shall in England or Ireland be guilty of a
misdemeanour, and in Scotland of a crime or offence, and

liable to a fine or imprisonment, or tine ana
at the discretion of the Court. A tender of coin so defaced
is not to be a legal tender, and any person tendering or
uttering such coin will be liable before two justices to for-
feit and pay any sum not exceeding £2.
SELLING A WIFE.—AII extraordinary instance of selling
a wife occurred at Bodmin, in Cornwall, last week. A
couple came to the superintendent registrar to be married,
their bans having been previously called before the board
of -mardians. The registrar having heard that one of the
boon married before. cautioned them, and

told them that, if it was the case, they were rendering
themselves, by a second marriage, liable to transportation.
The man then produced before the registrar a document
from another man, who was the husband of the woman,
in which she was assigned over to him for a sovereign.
The registrar thereupon refused to marry them, and they
went away much disappointed.
CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The tenth public
drawing took place at the offices, Norfolk-street, Strand,
London, on Saturday, in the presence of Viscount Ranelagh,
chairman, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, and Mr. Cribb, mem-
bers of the executive committee, the officers of the society,
and shareholders from all parts of the country. Ninety-
two members were drawn : the holders residing in Sussex,
Kent, Surrey, Essex, Suffolk, Middlesex, Westmoreland,
Hampshire, Durham, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire. The
secretary announced, that 5,469 shares, representing a ca-
pital of £283,450, had been taken, and that 40 shares, in
addition to the numbers drawn, would be placed ou the
order of rights, by seniority. The next public drawing
is fixed for Wednesday, the 7th of September, in
Freemasons' Hall, Viscount Rarkeiagh in the chair. At
the fourth queerly general meeting of the members, and
the anniversary of the commencement of the Conservative
Land Society, the allotment of the Brockley-hill park es-
tate, West Kent, and Hertford estates, will take place next
Thursday. - -

SUPERSTITION AT MIDDLESTIOROTIGII.—An old woman,
who had the misfortune to be very poor, applied to an
acquaintance for the loan of a little money, but the latter
was unable to lend her any. Soon after, two of the person's
children that had been applied to became affected with a
disease very prevalent among children, and, if gossiping
rumour is to be believed, pined away into perfect " atomms."
(•The report was then raised, and rapidly circulated, that
the poverty-stricken woman was to blame—that she had,
in fact, bewitched her neighbour's children out of revenge
-for not getting what money she wished. So intensely was
this feeling entertained, that an Monday night a large
mob of people assembled before her door, with menacing
cries of "Pull her out," "Burn her," &e. ; and to quell
the disturbances, four police officers had to be brought
from Stockton. They captured six or seven of the rioters,
and placed them in " durance ;" and it is to be hoped
the authorities will continue to show that they are deter-
mined to protect the very poorest of the community, so
long as no more serious charges are brought against any
of them than the ravings of a disgraceful superstition.—
Sunderland Herald.

AN ELOPEMENT.—Abundant food has been supplied
dining the past week to the quidnuncs of Sunderland, by
an elopement from that town. The gallant Lothario is

said to be " a distinguished member of the College of
Surgeons," and his accomplice is the daughter of a highly
respected ship-owner. There seems to have been some
objection on the part of the relations of the young lady to
the match, but as almost invariably happens in such
cases, a little persecution only served to heighten the at-

tachment. The lady was removed to a short distance
from the town, but the same love which laughs at lock-
smiths, here held space in contemptuous abhorrence.
They :met. They were determined to have each other,
and for the purpose of putting it beyond the power of
mortals to prevent the realization' of their wishes, they
agreed to elope ! Time with them was an object, and
they accordingly selected, as the place most suitable and
most accessible for the attainment of their -desired end,

arrangements, they accordingly proceeded thither; but
what was their mortification, to find on their arrival that
the Bishop and all the clergymen were away at a visita-

tion—it ..ould not be done there. Undaunted -by this
rebuff to -their fond anticipations, they determined to:try
another place, and so hastened by first train to Newcastle.
But there too a misfortune -awaited them which they
had not calculated upon. They did not arrive in the

" canny town" till after twelve o'cloci
siderable time too late for the marriage rites to be cele-
brated that flay. What was to be done ? they had gone so
far with. their project, would they not endeavour to carry
it out ? After having dared so much, would they not
dare all ? Tes—there was Gretna—to that place they
hied, the. marriage was duly performed, and the happy
pair came bark their way rejoicing."—Durham Ad-
xertiser.

—of Course a con-

ACTION .A.CUI,,..NT TIM Hoy. Ma. LIDDELL,
Jan action, was tried at the Croydon Assizes, on Tuesday,
iv which the plaintiff; named Morrie, sought to recover
dwiages from tite Hon. Mr. Liddell, on a declaration
ewtaining three separate counts—one for false imprison-
ment, a second for a malicious prosecution, and a third
for libel. The plaintiff had been engaged as valet to the
defendant for a considerable period, and at the time the
occurrence took place he was staying with him in that
mpaaity at Ravensworth Castle, the seat,a Lord Ravens-
worth;father of the defendant. On the night of the 31st
Decerrit*r the defendant and his lady retired to their bed-
room, tlie door of which was left ajar, and about three
o'clock in. the morning Mr. Liddell, having .occasion -to go
into the dressing-room adjoining the bedroom. discovered
that some person had been there while he and Mrs. Liddell
had been asleep, and that a,eonsiderable quantity of very

valuable jew4ery, and £lOO in money, had ham stolen
froth his own,aressing-case,, and that a great deal of similar
property bad also been taken from a box belonging to Mrs.
Liddell. The police were ealleil in, and the plaintiff was
aken -ustody on suspicion of being concerned in the

to i
tobbery : b

going one or two examinatious
vas.diseharged, and he brought

,
the present action to recover damages for what was alleged
toe his illegal detention under the circumstances. The
evidence to support the count for libel went to show that
a .parson acquainted with the plaintiff wrote to Mr.
Liddell, informing him that he had applied to the plaintiff
for some money • he owed him, and that he told him he
could ri4 pay him, because Mr. Liddell had not paid him
his wages, and inquiring whether this was true ; to which
Mr. Liddell wrote in reply that he had discharged the
plaintiff on account of his. being implicated in a robbery
, to a large extent at Ravensworth Castle, but that he had
paid him all the wages to which he was entitled. For
the defendant, it was urged, that taking the plaintiff into
custody was the act of the police, that there was reason-
able cause of suspicion that the plaintiff was a person
concerned in the robbery, and that the letter which
formed the subject of the third count did not amount to
a libel. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant
upon the two counts for the malicious prosecution, and
upon the count for libel they gave a verdict for the
plaintiff—damages R 5.
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