The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

SIR HENRY BULWER is sinking under the effects of a
disease, the seeds of which were received at Washington.
THE PRUSSIAN BOOKSELLERFtare, it i 9 said, about to
establish a grand book fair at Berlin, in order to be
independent of that at Leipsic.

A COMPANY on an extensive scale, with a capital of two
million thalers, has been established at Aix-la-Chapelle,
for the manufacture of looking-glasses, crystals, &c.
SLAVES- IN BATAVIA, after they have acquired a little
money of their own, are now frer:uently allowed to buy
themselves off—such is the improved tone of public
feeling on the question of slavery.

THE DIME OF BRUNSWICK has rlet with a sad mishap
in Paris. On returning home from the ball given by the
Senate to the Emperor, he found that his diamond star
had been cut from his coat.

THERE IR•E TWO EMPERORS OF JAVhA.ii ; the temporal
Emperor has the seat of his authority at Jeddo ; the
ecclesiastical Emperor reigns atiNleaco, a descendant of the
Sun Goddess, the tutelar deity of Japan.

RAPPINGOI—In the Ohio Lunatic Asylum there are at
present confined twenty-six victims of the " spirit rap-
pings" delusion, the number being eqvally divided be-
tween males and females.

IN THE Dk.NISH THEATRES, the gas lights in the audi-
ence part of the house are turned down during the acts,
and the stage alone is illuminated. This adds greatly to
the effect of the scenes and costumes. It has an effect
also upon the treasury.
MRS. TROT_IOPE, the busy novelist, resides at a hand-
some villa, in Florence, which passes Ender the name of
Trollopina. She is still as industrious as ever, and has
for a near neighbour, Charles Lever—" a bluff, humorous-
looking Irishman, quite in keeping with his works."

A FEMALM. VIOLINIST. --- The New York papers
announce the approaching advent in the -United States o
Marrietto Serato, a pretty girl of 12 years, from Venice,
a protégé of 'Madame Sontag, and a wonderful violinist—
in fact, a perfect Paganini in petticoats.
THE DISGUSTING FORREST CASE io -again before the
law-courts of New York, and the papers- of that city
luxuriate in the details. Mr. Forrest, it appears, is
exceedingly popular, and his receptions at the Broadway
have been quite affecting ! The " dress circle " is
crammed nightly.

WHO OWNS IT ?—A letter has been lying in the South
Boston Sub Post-office for some days, post-marked New
York, and directed to the " Handsomest Girl in South
Boston." No personal application has yet been made for
it, though it,has been sent for several times. The post-
master reserves the privilege of judging as to the respec-
tive merits of any claimants that may. appear.—Boston
Journal.

Du. Fx-_,nrau, of Aberdeen, Mizsouri, U.S., was re-
cently called upon by a youth of:that town, entirely
without He sought to have the hideous deformity
relieved. Dr. Fenner, it is said,. took a piece of flesh
from the left arm of the youth, and, stitched it over the
teeth, shaping it so as to resemble as near as possible the
natural lip. The Aberdeen Ind3pendentsays "he will
have a pair of lips in a few days almost as good as new."
DESTriaCTION OF HUMAN LIM. 131( TIGEES IN INDIA.
—The annual loss of human life from tigers at Singa-
pore," says- Capt. Keppel, " chiefly among the Chinese
settlers, s perfectly fearful, averaging no fewer than 360,
or one per diem. Great exerticns are still making for the
destruction of these animals, which is effected by pitfalls,
cages baited with a goat, dog, monkey, or other restless
animals, and by sundry cunning contrivances."
'ERR NEW PRESIDENT c-ris, AMERICA.—The opinion
seems to be almost universal, if, we may judge by the tone
of the-United States press, that. General Pierce has un.
expected and extraordinary qualifications for the Presi-
dential office. He conducts himself with the greatest
modesty and discretion. He accepts no invitations to
public honors. Every speech, and letter, and word that
have gone from him since his- nomination, have been
characterized by a spirit of; modesty,. moderation, and un-
ostentatious truth.

A.LADY " RAPPER."—An indignant doctor, writing in,
s,New York paper, says:—" I am acquainted with a•.
female ' rapper ' of some notoriety, whose character is.
suck, that her husband is-unable or unwilling to live with,
her, and yet she pretends to be a favorite with the spirits.
of the great and good departed of all ages. No one, not
even Washington and Franklin, refuse to obey her call..
How is this ? Do explain ? Are they always waitinZ on.
her ladyship, ready to rap, at the first intimation of her
wishes ? What a dignified employment ! What a vocation.
for Channing and Webster I"

THE REV. THEODORE PARKER, in a recent lecture at
New York, remarked :—John Bull and Brother Jonathan
quarrel a little sometimes ; John Bull may grumble, and
Brother Jonathan shake his sst in return, but the trouble
is soon settled. John Bull is very proud of having so fine
a son, and we are very proud of being the son of such a
father; and soon this Anglo-Saxon race—that is the
Anglo-Saxon Britons and Anglo-Saxon Americans—will
control the whole world. Three hundred years ago the
Anglo-Saxon. Britons did not own the whole of Great
Britain, and see what they have now !
A DATIGI-JATER OF TEMPERANCE IN MAINE.—The
women of America are going ahead at a pretty astonishing
pace. in the latest New York Tribune we find it related
that " Miss Isabella Dunham, aged 15,, daughter of Geo.
Dunham, Esq., the enterprising ship-builder, recently
took passage in the .t.ga coach to 11...mpa.., whorA qhw
was attending school. There were with her in the coach
several young gentlemen (?) who set the Maine Law at
defiance by drinking from a bottle which one of them
took from his pocket. Considering herself insulted, she
called on the driver to stop, and jumped from the carriage.
Although solicited by the driver to return, she persisted
in walking the remainder of the distance, about a mile,
to the no small mortification of the nice young men."

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN MERCHANT.--
On the 3rd of February last a dreadful suicide was per-
petrated at the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Early on the morning of the 4th, Monday, the lifeless
body of Mr. Walter Mitchell, a merchant in Markham-
street, was found stretched upon the ground, a short dis-
tance in the rear of his store, with the blade of a bowie
knife sticking in his left breast almost to the handle.
Life was entirely extinct, and the body cold and stiff
when discovered, which showed that he must have come
to his death in the early part of the preceding (Sunday)
night. At first, it was supposed he had been assassinated.
The jury could come to but one conclusion as to the
cause of his death, and that was that it was produced by
his own hand ; and that was made still more certain
before they rendered their verdict, by finding the fol-
lowing notes, written by himself, on a sheet of paper in
his room. The first is addressed to his little daughter,
now at school in New York :—" My dear Josephine, be a
good girl—the last good bye from your affectionate pa,
W. Mitchell."—" If [l] am killed, it will be by my own
hand, W. Mitchell : Little Rock, 30th January, 1853."
—" I forgive my enemies, W. Mitchell." At the top of
the same half sheet, the following part of a sentence was
written by him, and then partially wiped out before the
ink had dried :—" I have tried to act honourably, but the
citizens of Little Rock would not all" For some days
previous to his death, he exhibited symptoms of an aber-
ration of mind, and on Sunday evening he told his
father that he meditated self-destruction. Upwards of
.8400 in money was found on his person, and a loaded
six-shooter in one of his pockets. Mr. Mitchell had been
a merchant for several years, and did as heavy a business
as any house in the city. Fancied troubles of a domestic
nature, and possibly some derangement in his pecuniary
affairs, are supposed to have caused him to Comfit the
rash act, fle was 35 years of age.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, MARCH 8.

The Duke of Ricumosn presented a petition from
Poor-law Guardians, complaining of the practice of issuing
general orders by the Poor-law Board.
In presenting a petition, Lord BROUGHAM took the
opportunity of complaining that the judges of the County
Courts were paid by the suitors instead of by the state.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA postponed his motion respect-
ing the College of Maynooth to the 14th of April.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10,

Numerous petitions were presented against the Jew Bill.

LAW OF EVIDENCE.

Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the
Law of Evidence and Procedure Bill, the object of which
was to amend in many respects, and declare in some im-
portant particulars, the law of evidence and procedure.
After some remarks from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the
bill was read a second time.

The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were read
a second time. THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.

The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that on Friday
he should move the adjournment of the house to Monday,
the 4th of April.

FRIDAY, Mancit 11.
Several petitions were presented.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition from
the Christian inhabitants of Bengal, complaining of the
administration of the law in that presidency. After some
discussion the Earl of DERBY said he hoped that the
government would reconsider the determination, at which
it was understood they had arrived, to legislate perma-
nently for India during the present session. Considering
the immense importance of the subject, and the small
progress that had been made in their inquiries, nothing
was more to be deprecated than hasty legislation. In his
opinion the proper course would be to pass a continuing
act for a period not exceeding five years, during which a
thorough investigation might be carried ont, and thus
enable them to solve satisfactorily this great and difficult
problem. The Earl of ABERDEEN objected to the sug-
gestion of Lord DERBY, and thought that inquiry had
sufficiently advanced to enable them to legislate on one
head—the government of India.
The County Elections Polls' Bill was read a second
time.

Several other bills were advanced a stage, and their
lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, INlAncir S.
Mr. W. 0. Stanley presented a petition from the Chester
Mechanics' institution, for copies of parliamentary
papers. MINTS IN AUSTRALIA.
Mr. WILSON said, that with respect to the establish-
ment of mints in Australia, he thought he might sal
that the government had come to the conclusion that it
was a question which was more to be determined by
the colonies themselves than• bv this country, and the
government were dieposed to afford every facility which
the colonies might require for that purpose.

SCOTCI SI4'F,RTFY COURTS.
On the motion of Mr-. CRAWFORD, leave was given to
bring in a bill for the more speedy and effectual adminis-
tration of justice in the Sheriffs Courts in Scotland.

THE NATDONAL GALLERY.
Colonel IlluaE moved for a select committee to inquire
into the management of the National Gallery, and to
consider in what mode the monuments of antiquity and
fine art may be preserved, augmented, and exhibited.-7
After some discussion the motion was-agreed to.

Mr. HADFIELD brought in a bill to prevent the necessity
of obtaining several probates of the same will, and several
grants of administration in respect of the estate and
effects of any deceased person ;. and to make certain
amendments in the law of evidence in respect to the proof
of wills, and of probates and grants-of administration.

INSURANCE COM?P.'NIES:
Mr. WILSON moved for a select committee on the sub-
ject of Assurance Associations, and after some discussion
the motion was agreed to.

THE HOLIDAY 3:
Lord S. RUSSELL gave notice that he :thould on Friday,
the nth, propose the adjournment of the house, for the
Easter-holidays, from that day until, Monday, the 4th of
April. _

'The Designs Act Extension Bill was- read a third time
and passed.
__

WEDNESDAY, MARSH 1
The motion for the second reading of the Great London
Drainage Bill was carried by 113 to IS, and it was referred
to a select committee.

Mr. W Forbes Mackenzie presented' a petition from
Liverpool against the opening of the Crystal Palace on
Sundays.

The second reading of the Cruelty to. Animals' Bill was
negatived by 93 to 19.

The Laad Improvement (Ireland) Bill passed through
Committee. THE DERBY ELECTIOn
Mr. INE4rAm brought up the report of the Derby Elec-
tion Committee, which was as follows That Michael
Thomas Bass, Esq., is duly elected a burgess to serve in
this present Parliament for the borough of Derby. That
Thomas Berry Horsfall is not duly elected a burgess to
serve in this present Parliament for the said borough.
That Lawrence Heyworth was duly elected, and ought to
have been returned a burgess to serve in the present
Parliament for the said borough. That the committee
have altered the poll at the last election by striking there-
from, for receiving bribes, the names of• William Harris,
William Morley, Thomas Blake, Richard Walcop, Francis
Radford, Jahn Taylor, Henry Needham, John Swan,
Francis Staley,. Charles Cockaigne, Edaard Cockaigne,
William Oliver, and Henry Sharrack.. That Thomas
Berry Horsfall was by his agents guilty of bribery at the
last election, . but it has been proved to the satisfaction of
the committee that the bribery was without the concur- i
rence or privity of the said Thomas 8., Horsfall. That
William Farris was bribed by £2, and 'William Morley
was bribed' by £2, and by a supplementary payment of
£l, in October last, subsequent to the election; Thomas
Blake, Richard Walcop, Francis Radford,. John Taylor,
Henry Needham, Francis Staley, Charles Cockaigne,
and Edward Cockaigne, by £2 each ; William Oliver by
£1 ; John awaa and Henry Sharrack by the payment of
£2 each. That Thomas Morgan seem 3 -to have been the
person principally engaged in the abo'rementioned acts of
bribery, and that the funds for this purpose appear to
have been famished to Thomas Morgan, through the in-
tervention of a person named Thomas. Lund. That
George Clayton, John Ford, and Alfred Ackerman, were
also engaged in various acts of bribery- and corruption.
That it has been proved as to several of the other parties
that at former elections they had received money for
their votes-;. and the committee have reason to believe
that such corrupt practices have been. prevalent in the
said borough, and they desire to state their opinion that
parties who are reported to the House-as guilty of bribery
should be disqualified for the future from the exercise of
any Parliamentary franchise. That' it appears to the
committee that the petition of William. Poole, so far as
regards. the return of Michael Thomas Bass, Esq., is
frivolous and vexatious."

THURSDAY, Alteati 10.
Mr. Cs. TURNER presented a petition from the minis-
ters, churchwardens, and members of St. John's congre-
gation at Liverpool, against the grant to Maynooth.
:Kr. W. FORBES INIACKENZI/ presented a petition from
the attorneys and solicitors of Liverpool, praying for the
repeal of the attorneys' annual, certificate duty.
Mr. C. TURNER presented. a petition from Liverpool
for a bill for securing freedons.of election in Ireland.
Mr.L. HEYWORTH took the oaths and his seat for Derby.

VALUE GOLD.

In reply to Mr. DRUNINIDN'D. who asked whether the
Government had considered the effects of the reduced
value of gold and its consequences, and whether it was
not advisable to appoint a, committee to inquire into the
altered value of the standard, the CHANCELLOR of the
BXCHEQUER said that the Government had seen no proof
'of the reduced value of the precious commodity, and.had
no intention, under present cireumstances, to appoint a
committee of inquiry.
ATTORNEYS:• (WIITIFICATE DUTY.
Lord R. GnosvENea.,moved for leave to bring in,a bill
to repeal the attorneys'and solicitors' annual certificate
duty, reiterating the arguments in favour of the repeal
which he has urged in his annual motions since 1849.
The produce of this duty, he observed, was only £120,00a
a year.—The CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEctra-&n. opposed
the motion, on the ground that there were other taxes
which had stronger, claims to be repealed.. After some
some further discussion, there appeared—
For the motion ............ 221
Against it ... . 169
Majority against ministers...... —52
A motion for a select committee to• inquire into the
subject of oaths was, after some discussion, withdrawn.
Mr. FiT7nox obtained leave to bring in a bill for the
better prevention and punishment of aggravated assaults
upon women and children. He proposed to confer a
greater power upon the magistrateain these cases, and,
among other provisions, to give then authority to imprison
for six months, or to fine to the extent of £2O.
A motion to add two Irish members to the select com-
mittee of Indian territories wao uog.tived by 97 to 22.
Mr. L. Km(. Galled attention to a resolution of the
Chatham Election Committee, that there were strong
grounds for believing that a witness named Mount had
been guilty of perjury, and moved that the Attorney-
General be directed to prosecute him. The motion was
agreed to.

-Mr. NAPIER obtained leave to bring in a bill to facili-
tate the more speedy arrest of absconding debtors in
Ireland.

The Metropolitan Improvements (Repayment out of
Consolidated Fund) Bill, passed through committee.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11

Mr. CHARLES TURNER presented a petition from the
merchants, traders, and other inhabitants of Liverpool,
against the excise tax upon paper, the tax upon advertise-
ments, the stamp tax upon newspapers, and the security
clauses. PASSING TOLLS.

In reply to a question from Mr. Hudson, whether the
government would bring in a bill in reference to the Pas-
sing Tolls during this session in sufficient time to enable
the house to pass it, Mr. CARnwELL said, the gentlemen
appointed to inquire into the Ramsgate-harbour dues had
reported that that harbour might be made self-supporting.
A similar investigation would take place with respect to
other harbours; and his intention was, that that investi-
gation should take place without delay. As soon as he
had sufficient evidence before him to justify him in acting
upon it, he would state what course he would take.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Mr. BRIGHT called attention to the affairs of India,
and said he strongly deprecated any attempt at permanent
legislation until the committee now sitting had closed its
labours, recommending a bill to be introduced for one year
only.—Lord JOHN Russet!, insisted that it was the duty
of government to bring forward a measure upon its own
responsibility calculated to provide for the future welfare
and proper government of the inhabitants of India. A
the thhoeusepresent
dropped themeasure with that object would be brought forward dur-
ingsession.—After
some further discussion

JEWISH DISABILITIES.
On the motion for the second reading of the Jewish
Disabilities Bill, Sir F. THESIGER moved, as an amend.
went, that it be read a second time that day six months.
He conceded all civil rights to the Jew, but he denied
that he was entitled to all political rights, because be was

amongst the people of this country, but not of them. it
was true that he had the elective franchise, but then be
could only vote for a Christian, and though he might be
a magistrate, he could only rdminister laws made by s
Christian parliament.—Mr. B. OSBORNE contended that
the question was not one of Jewish disabilities, but of the
right of Christians to choose whom they pleased to rote.
sent them in parliament.—Mr. H. DRUNINIOND admitted
that, on political grounds, there was no objection to the
admission of the Jeans to parliament; but the religious
grounds against their admission were insuperable.--34'
S. HERBERT laid down the broad principle that no BO'
fish-born subject should be excluded from parliament
the ground of his religious faith.—Mr. HENLEY wishe
to know what was to become of the Christianity of tll3
house if they were to admit Jews, and Mahommedae!!
and Hindoos, amongst them as legislators.--Lord Joirt
RUSSELL said that, excluding the Jews from parliameaL
on account of the error of their faith was in principle Pre'
cisely the same as if they were fined and imprisoned Ot.
the same reason, and those who imprisoned the
were only acting on the same principle.—Upon a divisl°,"
the second reading was carried by 265 to 214. MajoritYl"
On discussing the motion for going into committee 05
the Metropolitan Improvements (repayment out of orl:
solidated fund) Bill, the hour of six arrived, and t""
house adjourned.