The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

There are in England upwards of 2800 metropolitan and
4000 country attorneys.
Joseph Phidimore, Esq., D.C.L., has been appointed
Judge of the Consistory Court of Gloucester, in the room
of Dr. Maddy, who has resigned in consequence of ill
health.

Mr. David Pollock (elder brother of the Chief Baron
of the Exchequer) has just received the appointment of
Chief Justice of Bombay, the salary of which is £BOOO
per annum. Mr. Pollock is now on circuit discharging
the duties of commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors'
Court, which office he has enjoyed for about two years,
having received that appointment on the death of the late
Mr. Commissioner Bowen. The salary of the commis-
sioners of the Ins dvent Court is £1,500 a year. Mr.
Cooke, the eminent barrister, practising in the Bankrupt
and Insolvent Courts, is generally expected to fill the
vacancy caused by the removal of Mr. Pollock. .

A case was heard in the Exchequer Chamber, which
came before the court on a writ of eiror, to try the effect
of a clause, usually inserted in life assurance policies, to
the effect that the policy became void if the insurer corn-
mitt,d suicide. The insurer in the present case had ef-
fected five potcies in the Argus-office, for £999 each, and
last year, while suffering from insani• y, committed suicide.
A decision in favour of his widow had been given by Alt.
Just ce Crvsswell, on the ground that suicide under such
circumstances, did not come within the direct meaning of
a felonious act. After the case had been fully argued, the
court held that if a man vo!untwily kil!ed himself, it was
of no consequence whether he was sane or not, and re-
versed the judgment of the court below.
A 111 tosoicst AN'S OUTFIT.—thi Wednesday,an action
was tried at Westminster before Lord Denman. br ught
by Jarvis and Jones. outfitters, a4ainst the Earl of Du-
ck, fur £202 18s. 4d. the value of au outfit as midship-
man supplied to Lord Duple', sour the lion. A. A.

Mereton, for a cruise in the Pacific, Lord Ducie paid
£l6O into court, and resisted payment of the balance, on
the ground that the outfit furnished his son was lerger
than necessary, and the charges were extravagant. Lord
Denman summed up, and told the jury that the ques-
tion they had to decide was whether the plaintiffs, who
had previously supplied outfits to Mr. Moreton, and been
paid tor them by the defendant, considered Mr. Moreton
authorised to give the order, always recollecting that it
would be no advantage to the defendant if his son had been
sup, lied with unnecessary articles. The jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiffs, for the sum of £49 18s. 4d.,
which, with the £l6O paid into court, amounted to their
whole demand.

THE C;;IIRT tj• FASHIONABLE WORLD,

The Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal children ar-
rived at Osborne House on Friday, from Buckingham
Palace.
His R. H. Prince Albert honoured the Duke of Wel-
lington with his company to dinner on Thursday evening
at the Waterloo Banquet given by his Grace at Apsley
H Ouse.

On Wednesday morning, at about half-past nine o'clock,
the ceremony of churching the Queen, was performed in
the pri,ate chapel at Buckingham Palace, by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury. There were present only Prince
Albert. the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, and the Master of
the Household.

The Queen Dowager has gone on a visit to the Conti-
nent. Her Majesty arrived at Ostend on Tuesday.
The Marquis of Westminster is suffering from a slight
attack of gout at Grosvenor House.
The Duke of Cambridge has accepted an invitation to
Ravensworth Castle, for the purpose of being present at
the Royal Agricultural Show, at Newcastle, in July next.
The Grand Duke Constantine took his departure from
Spithead on Tuesday, on board the Russian squadron, for
St. Petersburg.
Captain and Lady Addis Ibbetson have arrived at Lea-
mington Spa from head-quarters of the regiment, the 11th
liossars, at Coventry.

The Daily News says that Lord Francis Egerton is to
be rlPvated to the peerage by the title of Lord Ellesmere,
arid Sir James Graham by the title of Lord Preston.
Toe Times calls the statement '• absurd."

On Thursday, the Duke of Saxe Coburg arrived at
Southampton, in the Polyphemus war steatnt r. Shortly
after 11;a arrival, the Duke and his suite left Southampton
for London.

Amongst the fashionable gossip of the week is a rumour
that Viscount Seaham, eldest son of the Marquis of Lon-
donderry, is engaged to Miss Hall, danglittr of Sir Ben.
jan-in Hall, B trt., the wealthy Welsh Ironmaster, and
Radical member for Marylebone,
Three splendid Cochin China fowls (a cock and two
hens), bred at the Royal Aviary at Windsor, have been
forwarded to Stria&ldsave, as a present from her Ma-
jesty to the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Valerian Wellesley,
brother of the Duke of Wellington.
The Countess Delawarr had a narrow escape from
drowning a few days since. She was precipitated into the
water whilst stepping into a boat for the purpose of hav-
ing an excursion on the lake in Buckburst Park. A la-
bourer near the spot jumped in and saved her ladyship.
THE WATERLOO BANQUET.—On Thursday. the soul-
vet sary of the battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Welling-
ton gave his customary dinner at Ansley House, in com-
memoration of the victory. A large crowd assembled, in
order to catch a glimpse of those invited, several of whom
were lousily cheered. Among the guests were Pr'nce
Albert, Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian minister ;
Prince Castelcicata, the N eapolitan minister; the Marquis
of Anglesey, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Saltoun, Sir
John Vandelenr, Sir Colin Halkett, and a number of
other distinguished officers who served in the Waterloo
cotnpaign. The arrangements for the banquet were the
same as on previous occasions, and are so well known as
to render any detail superfluous. After the usual loyal
toasts and the health of the Duke of Wellington had been
drunk, the Duke proposed '' The army that fought at
'Waterloo." In the course of his address, he adverted in
terms of warm eulogium to the conduct of the army in
the recent campaigns on the Sutlej. and expres,ed his
gratification at the success which had attended the British
troops under the eve of hia enmnanion in arms.