The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-19 00:00:00

PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX.-A parliamentary
return just issued exhibits a variety of statistics relative to
the property and income tax during the year ended the
sth April last. The result of the whole calculation, as
compared with that of the previous return, shows a decrease
in contributors to the tax of 2,455 persons, and a decrease
in the amount realized of £36,198. The number of con-
tributors being, in the year ended the sth of April, 1847,
150,114, and the sum received. £5,204,349; and in the
year ended th sth of April, 1848, 147,669, and the amount
received £5,168,151. The total nett amount of property
and income tax collected in 1847 in the United Kingdom
was £5,675,578, and in 1848, £5,638,702.
SHREWSBURY Snow.—This ancient pageant was re-
vived on a scale of unlimited splendour yesterday week.
Of course the day was observed as a universal holiday, and
never, perhaps, within the memory of man was Shrews-
bury so thronged with visitors from all parts of the king-
dom. The procession was one of the most unique and
imposing description, and presented a richly picturesque
appearance, Afterwards a sumptuous cold collation was
laid out under the splendid Waterloo tent, kindly lent for
the occasion by Viscount Ilill. The dinner took place
under the presidency of the mayor, who was supported
by several hundreds of the gentry and principal inhabi-
tants of the town and neighbourhood, with a large num-
ber of friends from a distance. The proceedings went off
with the big.hest eclat.

A VIRAGO.—On Wednesday, at a London police-court.
Eliza Gnswell, a masculine-looking female. was brought
before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly. Just as the constable was about to state the
charge to the magistrate, the prisoner rushed from the
dock, and seizing hold of the police-officer by the throat,
nearly strangled him. Considerable force was obliged to
be used before she could be made to let go her hold. She
was then placed in the dock, guarded by two constables,
when she made use of such dreadful language that it was
truly frightful to hear her, and conducted herself with
such gross obscenity that the magistrate at once commit-
ted her for a month. The prisoner, on hearing this,
called down the most horrible imprecations on the magis-
trate, wishing he might sit on the bench till the day of
judgment, when she hoped that the Devil would come
and fetch him. She was then removed from the court,
and locked up in a cell by herself, where she continued
howling for more than two hours.
SERIOUS ATTACK AND GALLANT STRUGGLE.—As
one of the apprentices of Messrs. Maltby and Richardson,
drapers, Mansfill, was returning from Berry-hill, between
nine and ten o'clock on Friday last, he was furiously at-
tacked by two dogs, belonging, it is said, to one of, the
gamekeepers. One of them seized him by his leg, and
the other at the same moment sprang at his throat. The
young hero, however, with almost unprecedented courage
and self-possession, seized the latter assailant by his
throat, and a determined struggle on both sides ensued,
which might have terminated very seriously for the young
man but for the lucky thought of a draper's never-failing
icompanion, a pair of scissors, which he used most man-
fully, and effectually succeeded at last in killing the savage
brute by actually piercing him to the heart with the scis-
sors. The young man has been compelled to discontinue
his duties in consequence of the severe bite in one of his
legs. It is not only disgraceful, but illegal, to permit such
savage dogs to be at large, and it is to be hoped the com-
missioners, who have the power, will interfere and prevent
the possibility of a similar occurrence happening again.—
Nottingham Guardian.
A WOMAN'S WAY OF TELLING A STORY.—At the
Marlborough-street Police-office, London, on Saturday, a
brisk looking elderly female wished to submit a case of
great importance for the magistrate's opinion. She had
been married some years ago, and some time after her
marriage she had discovered that her husband had married
her in a wrong name. Mr. Bingham asked whether her
husband was known as well by the name by which he mar-
ried her as by his real name ? The applicant replied a
great deal better. Mr. Bingham then said she might rely
upon it that the marriage was a perfectly good marriage in
law. The applicant said this was not the main point. She
had separated from her husband, and two years ago she
had ascertained he had married another woman. Mr.
Bingham said she could proceed against him. The appli-
cant said, with a little bashfulness, that was not the main
point. She wished also to marry another man, and she
wanted to know if, under the circumstances, she could not
follow her inclination ? Mr. Bingham said the applicant
asked him a very odd question, whether she could not
commit bigamy because her husband had committed
bigamy. He should advise her not to make the experi-
ment, for he could assure her it was not lawful. The
applicant thanked the magistrate, with a disconsolate air,
and left the court.
THE CHOLERA.—This dreadful visitation has made its
appearance in the neighbourhood of the city of Hereford.
When last it devastated this country, the cholera did not
show itself in any part of• the County of Hereford.—The
disease has broken out in the Union Workhouse, Mon-
mouth. There have been 26 cases, 15 fatal.—There have
been in Cardiff, during the last fortnight, 119 cases, 77 of
them fatal.—The official returns show that at Merthyr
there have been upwards of 100 cases, 35 fatal. From
these returns, it appears that the fatal cases are chiefly
those who lead a dissolute life, and are surrounded with
filth, and others who refuse medical aid, or delay it till it
is too late. As soon as symptoms are felt, medical assist-
ance should be instantly sent for.—lt rages at Gloucester
with much virulence : 50 cases occurred last week, of
which more than 20 were fatal. Its ravages have been
experienced in both gaols.—At Woodhead, on the line of
the Sheffield Railway, several fatal cases have occurred
among the navvies.—At Manchester and Staleybridge
there have also been a few fatal cases.---At Cardiff; on
Wednesday, there were meetings at all the dissenting
meeting-houses, for prayer for the removal of this afflic-
tive visitation, and the arrangement was so made as that
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members of different congregations meeting at each
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THE CHOLERA.—A notification from the Board of
Health appears in Tuesday's Gazette, announcing, the
re-appearance of the cholera "in various and distant
places in England, Wales, and Scotland." From returns
which accompany this notification it appears that since
the end of March, cholera has broken out in 12 different
localities in the metropolis, in 29 towns in England and
Wales, and 17 towns in Scotland ; and that in several of
these places, as in Sunderland, Liverpool, Durham, Hit-
chin, Gloucester, Keynsham, Merthyr Tydvil, Cardiff,
Kilbirne, Galashiels, Kelso, and Dundee, the disease has
continued to spread. Another fact is declared by these
returns of great significance, which calls for the earnest
attention of the local authorities charged with the exe-
cution of the Nuisance Removal and Diseases Prevention
Act ; namely, that the attacks within the last twelve days
have exceeded those which have occurred the preceding two
months. Thus in the two months from the 29th of
March to the 29th of. May, both inclusive, the total num-
ber of cases is 428 ; but within the last twelve days, that
is, from the 30th of May to the 11th of June, both inclu-
sive, there have been no less than 673 cases, and at the
same time the disease has manifested a decided tendency
to spread epidemically, as is shown in the numbers at-
tacked on board the American emigrant ship at Plymouth,
and in the extent to which the disease has prevailed in
Glover Hall Court, Beech-street, Barbican, London, and
also in Bermondsey. The total number of the deaths,
up to the time of the renewal of the Order in Council,
was 6,319 out of 14,332 attacks, or in the proportion of
three deaths to seven attacks ; whereas, the returns now
made give 638 deaths, out of 1,203 attacks; or a pro-
portion of more than one-half—a proportion exhibiting
the severity that usually marks the commencement of a
general outbreak. Under circumstances which thus afford
ground for apprehension that another visit of the scourge
may be impending, the General Board of Health deem it
highly satisfactory to be enabled to report the uniform
success which has followed prompt attention to the pre-
monitory symptoms which generally precede an attack of
this disease.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWTON RACES.-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13

The SCURRY STAKES.—Won by Energy. Jolity, who
came in first, having been disqualified.
The GOLBORNE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 10 forfeit,
with 50 added. Half-a-mile.—Won by Mr. J. Fowler's
Jack Briggs, beating 111 r. B. Green's Seiguor of Holder-
ness and Mr. Barton's Lady Godiva.
The GOLD Cue of £lOO, added by the Lord of the
Manor to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10
forfeit, and 5 only if declared. The second to receive 25
sovs. and the third 10 sovs. Two miles and a distance.
10 subs., 6 of whom declared.—Won by Mr. Osborne's
Pity the Blind, beating Mr. B. Green's Westow and Mr.
Lawson's Keleshea.
A PLATE of 50 sovs. added to a stakes of 5 soya. each.—
Won by Mr. Meesom's Doubt, beating Mr. Pedley ns.
the Cantab and Mr. Ethell's Parable.
THURSDAY, JUNE 14.

The CUERDEN STAKES of 25 sovs., added to a Handi-
cap Stake of 20 sovs. each, 5 forfeit. One mile.—Won
by Mr. Barton's Smuggler's Bill, beating Mr. Walter's
Cavendish. Won in a canter.
The DRAWING-ROOM STAKES. Of 10 soya. With 15
added. Half-a-mile.—Won by Mr. Legh named Dux-
bury, beating, Mr. Stewart's Wilmont by a head.
The ST. LEGER STAKES of 10 soya. each, with' 100
added. One mile and a-half. The second to save his
stake if four start.—Won by Lord Stanley's Strongbow,
beating Mr. J. Bateman's Strychnine by half a head.
The Bonouon CUP of 200 sovs. in specie, added to a
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20. sovs. each, 10 forfeit, and 5
only if declared. The second to receive 25 sovs. and the
third 10 sovs. from the Stakes. Two miles and a-half.—
Won by. Mr. B. Green's Westow, beating Mr. Oxley
named Smuggler Bill.
A PLATE of 40 sovs., added to a Stake of 5 sovs. each.
—Won by Mr. Grine's Anthony, heating Mr. Shelmer-
dine's Lanercosta and Mr. J. Osborne's Pity the Blind.

FRIDAY, JUNE 15.
The STAND CuP of £6O : Maid of Lyme, 1 ;: Lady
Hylda, 2.
The ST. HELEN'S. PURSE of X3O: Hard Shot., 1 ; Re-
cluse, 2.
The NEWTON STAKES of 5 sous. each, and 30 added,
once round, were won in two heats by Sir Henry Har-
dinge.

A return match at crick( t was played on Thursday and
Friday between the Marylebone Club and the University
of Cambridge, on the ground of the former. The colle.
gians won by 82 runs, the score being as follows :—The
University, first innings, 106 ; second innings. 133. Mary-
lebone, first innings, 53 ; second innings, 109.
ROYAL PRESENT TO FOBERT.—lmmediately after the
Queen's Vase, at Ascot, Lord Eglinton presented to
Fobert (his lordship's private trainer) a magnificent breast
pin, in the form of a horse-shoe, of blue enamel, the
eight nail marks being set with brilliants of the purest
water, as a present from his Majesty the King of Holland,
who, it will be remembered, visited this country a few
months back, when Prince of Orange. The souvenir was
presented as a slight token of his majesty's admiration of
Fobert's excellent qualities as a trainer and in commemo.
ration of his late victory at Epsom,