The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

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the magnificent piece of sculpture which now adorns the
building, is kept up, because it will be required for the
carving of the inscription, which is to come under the
sculpture. I understand that an inscription has been
suggested, but that critics are disputing as to the pro-
priety of it. One would imagine that the point is not so
very knotty a one, as to require months to settle it. In
the interim not a stone can be laid for the completion of
the approach, &c., to the building at the west portico,
until the scaffolding be taken down.—l am, sir, &c.,
Liverpool, March

A BURGESS

General lifitsrellanv.

A vessel arrived in London from Canton, has brought
60,000 canes, as a portion of her cargo.
The health of the poet Wordsworth, who is now in his
80th year, is said to be rapidly declining.
George Hudson, Esq. is at present making a tour
through a portion of Ireland.

The New York papers announce a telegraphic report
that the great sea serpent is ashore.

On Wednesday, the Mayor and Corporation of Hastings
gave a grand entertaivment to the Lord Mayor of London.
It is stated that the population of the county of Dur-
ham is, with the exception of Glamorganshire, increa-
sing faster than any other county in England or Wales.
Incendiary fires are of nightly occurrence in the agri-
ultural 'ts

districts, especially in the southern counties.
The property consumed in many instances is very valuable.
Mr. Gustavus Vasa Brooke, the actor, is a petitioner in
London for relief from his debts, through the Insolvent
Debtors Court.

TEETOTAL PROGRESS.—An eminent firm in South-
ampton have announced that they will not sell coal to
brewers or walsters.

In the course of two days of last week, 36 small vessels,
laden with potatoes, arrived in London from France,
Belgium, and Holland.

On Sunday morning, at the French Protestant Church,
London, a young French lady publicly renounced the
doctrines of the Church of Rome.

Letters have been received from Sloperton, giving a most
pathetic account of the decaying health of the poet Moore,
whose death was daily apprehended.
The Plymouth Town Council are about to lay down a
number of glass pipes, jointed with gutta percha, as an
experiment, for the conveyance of water.
The shipwrights of Workington, like those of White-
haven, have returned to work without having obtained
the object of their strike.

Whilst a son of Mr. Miller, the extensive railway con-
tractor, was fishing in Scotland, a few days since, he
fell from a cliff thirty feet high, and was drowned.
Emma Sanderson was brought up on Friday for the
murder of her infant; and, being proved insane, was or-
dered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure.
YOUTHFUL PASSION. Two boys at Cherry-bank,
Perth, having quarrelled about a marble, one struck the
other with violence. The boy who was maltreated be-
came ill, and died in four days afterwards
Last week, Mrs. M
Coven

Garden, hung herself when in a state of tempo-
Ary insanity, caused by the committal to prison of a

institution

guilty of deft

Somerset

On Saturday an influential deputation had an interview
with Sir John Hobhouse, on the question of steam com-
munication with Australia. Sir John, after hearing
several of the gentlemen explain their views, said that he
would give his best attention to the subject; and he was
anxious to see the object carried out.
The Parliamentary Committee on the Manchester Rec-
tory Division Bill have fixed the salary of the dean, after
the next voidance, at £l,OOO a year as dean, and £5OO as
rector, and the salary of the canons at £6OO each ; and they
propose to give the dean and all four canons (after the next
voidance) the cure of souls in the parish.
The Times compares the Financial Reform Association,
with its enormous machinery of secretaries and branch-
institutes, by which nothing practical has been effected,
to " the Dutchman who took a run of three miles to
jump over the Scheid t, and when he came to its brink
was so exhausted, that he was fain to sit down."
Maria Reeder and Elias Lucas, who were found guilty
at the last Cambridge assizes of the murder of Susan Lucas,
the wife of the male culprit and sister of the female, were
executed on Saturday morning at Cambridge. It is cal-
culated there were 30,000 persons present. The prisoners
acknowledged the justness of their sentence.
The Cairngorm mountain in Inverness-shire, is yielding
greater abundance than ever of the kind of precious stone
which goes by its name. One shepherd has got wealthy
by the discovery of a splend7cl fragment of pure chrystal,
weighing 101 b., which he found in what a gold-hunter of
California would call a " placer" or pocket.
PRACTICE NOT AS GOOD AS PRECEPT. —The chaplain
of the Huntingdon union, who by his advocacy of free
trade doctrines contributed to reducing the profits of the
agricultural ratepayers, has bad his own salary reduced
feom £6O to £3O, and grumbles terribly at this applica-
tion of the doctrine, "Do unto others as you would they
should do unto you."

The Marquis of Granby had a narrow escape from drown-
ing on Saturday last, while hunting with the Belvoir
hounds between Melton Mowbray and Kirby. The fox
crossed the river, and the noble marquis charged it at full
speed, where it was an impossibility for any horse to leap
over ; and it was with considerable difficulty the horse and
rider were extricated.

On Monday morning last, while two postmen were dis-
tributing a bundle of letters, at the corner of Leadenhall-
street, London, a parcel of fellows rushed on them,
knocked them down, and ran away with all the letters.
A man named James Brown has surrendered himself as
one of the perpetrators of the robbery. He says he flung
the bag into the Thames.

CAUTION.—A fellow is sending round the country, from
London, a circular, particularly addressed to clergymen,
Wesleyan ministers, &c., and offering pecuniary assist-
ance, where required, upon really advantageous terms.
No question exists as to the real character of the fellow
whose attempts have induced two rev. gentlemen to
address the Times upon the subject.
Nearly the whole of the farm labourers in the parish of
Cotgrave, seven miles from Nottingham, still refuse to
take the reduced wages offered by their masters, this
making the eighth week of their strike. On the 9th of
February the masters ropt. anti flip!, flat

the wages from 10s. to 9s. per week; and in a few weeks
afterwards they were only Bs. This the workman refused.
EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—A few days ago, at Uxbridge,
a youth, under twenty years of age, walked 20 miles in
1 min. 43 secs. less than three hours. For the first 300
yards the ground had a slight ascent, and thereafter a
uniform level. The road was in good order when the
youth, who weighed some Bst. 91b., started on his arduous
undertaking. The weather was favourable.
'William Case, M.D., an elderly medical practitioner at
Margate, was found guilty at the Dover quarter sessions
of indecently assaulting a simple-minded girl, aged be-
tween fourteen and fifteen years, whose ruin he effected,
the girl believing she was only acting according to her
parents intentions in placing her under his care. if
was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment
ABSENCE op MlND.—Christopher Trotter
witm

one of the

ses en the trial of James Hill, at the Dorchester
s, last week, who reported to the judge the fact of
having been robbed, while in the Crown Court, of
8 6d., discovered, upon his return to his lodgings, that
his money was quite safe in the place where he had depo-
sited it for security until his return.

HOMCEOPATIFY:—A public dinner took place in London
on Wednesday to promote subscriptions for founding, a
Homoeopathic Hospital. £1.500 were suhßerihed I",nrcl

Robert Grosvenor presided. At another dinner the same
day the Earl of Essex presided, and was supported by
Lords F. Gordon, Maldon, and A. and G. Paget. The
Duchess of Cambridge will be the patroness of the

—During the past week, a number of
lave been picked up on the Chesil beach by the
Ts, some gold and some silver. We were shown
(Chinese pieces) which were valued at 30s. each.
Some were.in excellent preservation, and others were

much worn by the constant attrition against the pebbles.
The heavy ground seas during the past week have, no
doubt, washed them up.

..,ions commenced at the Central Criminal Court,
Jnclay. Richard Child Willis, " an elderly person of
'v appearance," and a clergyman, was found
:Aiding several hotel keepers, by paying their
scores with cheques on bankers with whom he had never
had any account. He was sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner was at one
time possessed of an estate worth £2OOO a-year.
While a few tenant's labourers were carousing at the
" housewarming" of a farmhouse in the parish of Berrow,
'.ire, on Monday week, the thatch ignited in
consequence of the blazing fire which they had kindled on
hearth. The revellers remained unconscious of the
til a stranger ran into the house, and told them
burning over their heads; and then the
'nguished before it had consumed the
b the outbuildin.-

hat the roof v

fire could not be extra.
dwelling house, thougi ..gs were saved.
DREADFUL MURDER NEAR NEWPORT.—Mrs. Lewis,
of Bassalleg, it would appear, from the circumstances in
which her lifeless remains were found

must g

man.—

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

IRONMASTER'S QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—The first
important meeting of the quarter was held in Wolver-
hampton on Wednesday. The meeting, as might have
been anticipated after the preliminary conference held in
Birmingham a fortnight ago, was flat and unsatisfactory.
The prices of last quarter were maintained, but it was
understood that these have been modified to meet the
peculiar circumstances of individual firms i • in fact, to
borrow the language of others, " a public rate of price is
declared, while these prices are discounted for the sake of
orders, or to get rid of stock."
At Epsom, on Friday, an unfortunate accident, which
occurred while the horses were running for the principal
event, threw a damp on the enjoyment of the race. The
platforms of a temporary stand on the right of the grand
stand, fell in with a tremendous crash. As some hun-
dreds had stationed themselves on it to see the race, the
terror and confusion which ensued may be conceived.
Owing, providentially, to the low elevation of the plat-
form, no lives were lost ; but four or five persons were
carried off with fractured limbs and several others were
severely injured.
At the New Court, London, on Tuesday, a respectable-
looking young man, who had been eight years in the ser-
vice of Messrs. Swann and Edgar, pleaded guilty to an
indictment charging him with embezzling Is. 6d., the
property of his employers. Mr. Huddlestone, on behalf
of the prosecutors, strongly recommended the prisoner to
mercy on account of his previous good conduct, believing
that this was his first offence. The Common Sergeant
sentenced him to eight days' imprisonment in Newgate.—
This is one of those cases which ought never to have been
brought into court. "If every man had his deserts, who
would 'scape whipping ?" •
TREMENDOUS STORM.—From an early hour on Friday
morning the appearances of the atmosphere in the me-
tropolis indicated an approaching storm. As the day ad-
vanced, the clouds became more black and portentous ;
and at 12 o'clock darkness prevailed to such a degree that
business of all kinds had to be transacted by artificial
lights. Soon after that hour the rain fell in torrents, sel-
dom equalled, accompanied at intervals by vivid flashes of
lightning, and heavy peals of thunder, which had a most
terrific effect. The storm then ceased, and there was sun-
shine until four o'clock, when the rain recommenced, and
with occasional thunder, continued until seven o'clock.
Bird and his wife, who were recently acquitted at Exe-
' ter, on the charge of murdering Mary Ann Parsons, have
been apprehended on a charge of having assaulted that
unfortunate child. The prisoners were panic struck, as
they had entertained an idea that no further proceedings
would take place. They were examined on Saturday
before the magistrates, and were both crying bitterly as
they were conducted from the bridewell to the county
magistrates' office. During the course of the proceedings
the female prisoner was taken so ill that her removal be-
came necessary, and the further proceedings were ad-
journed.

ANOTHER FATAL WRECK.—Letters received on Tues-
day at Lloyd's state the loss of the bark Emma, Captain
Christie master, belonging to Dundee, on her passage
from Newcastle to Montreal, on one of the Orkneys.
Her fearful position was observed from the shore, but it
was 'utterly impossible to render any assistance to the
The poor fellows took to the rigging, and their
cries and gestures for help were truly heart-rending ; their
sufferings, however, were but of short duration, for
within half an hour the masts were carried away, and the
whole of the unhappy creatures met with a watery grave.
The hull of the ship was shortly broken up.
A dreadful accident befel the Rev. George Prettyman,
of Great Carlton. eldest son of the Chancellor of Lincoln,
on Saturday afternoon last. He was passing through a
hedge with a gun in his hand ; its contents were unhap-
pily lodged in his body; and in a few seconds he was a
corpse. The whole neighbourhood, by whom he was de-
servedly respected and beloved, are thrown into the
utmost consternation and grief, especially the family of
the Rev. W. Smyth, of Elkinton Hall, to whose daughter
he was on the point of being united in matrimony. The
very week in which his marriage was to have taken place
will be that of his funeral.
SIR JOHN Ross's EXPEDITION.—Extract of a letter
from the Earl of Hardwicke to Sir John Ross Sydney
Lodge, Southampton, April 9.—A man at your time of
life undertaking on his own means so severe and arduous
a service is a rare and splendid example of devotion to
friendship and service. If my refusal to subscribe
towards it would stop you, I would act on this selfish and
stingy suggestion ; but, as I see by the subscription list
you are likely to gain the required sum, I shall give my
mite to so good a cause. You will, therefore, find £5O at
your disposal at Messrs. Cocks and Co., 43, Charing-
cross. Wishing you from my heart all possible success."
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.—Last week, a diabolical
attempt wes made by four men to assassinate Mr. W.
Butcher, one of the most respectable cutlers of Sheffield.
Four men attempted the deadly work by means of a
hand-grenade, but they fortunately failed in their wicked
intentions. Three men, under circumstances of grave
suspicion, have been committed to York Castle, to take
their trials for the offence. Mr. W. Butcher and his
partner (Mr. S. Butcher) have had some disputes with
their workmen, and it is strongly suspected the trades
unionists have had some hand in promoting the base
attempt upon the life of the former gentleman.
A strange scene occurred at St. Peter's, in Eastgate
Church, Lincoln, on Sunday week. A simple man
named Hardwick was " asked" for the first time to a
widow named Salter having ten children for a dowry,
No sooner had the customary command been given, " If
you know any just cause or impediment," &c., than up
jumped a person named Herringshawe and forbade the
marriage, on the ground that lie had a prior claim to the
widow with half a score children. The man proceeded to
give his notion of the validity of his pretence, and the
scene became so ludicrous that many of the congregation
could scarcely repress a hearty roar of laughter. Ncds
and becks did not silence the eager competitor for the
widow's love and bantlings, and the clerk was obliged to
go up and tell him to hold his tongue. He was taken
into the vestry after the service, and reproved.
DISTRESS IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS.--By a letter,
dated " Hillside, Unst, Bhetland, 28th March, 1850,"
from Mr. John Ingram, minister of the Free Church,
Unst, Shetland, it appears that the inhabitants of the
Shetland Isles are again on the brink of famine. The
writer states that " the crops of last year are the worst
produced since 1838. The corn did not yield above half
the average quantity of meal, and that of very inferior
quality. There was a failure in the 'potato crop to a large
extent, and the quality was unprecedentedly bad." The
small fish which used to swarm around the shores, and
which, with potatoes, were the chief food in these islands
have, this season, almost wholly deserted the coast, and
the people have had nothing to subsist upon but the little
meal which their crops produced, and the few bad potatoes
which some of them saved.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—On Thursday, Madame
Sontag appears, for the first time this season, in her
celebrated part of Susannah, in Mozart's " Nozze di
Figaro," with such a cast as, for completeness, this opera
has never boasted of. For it includes Parodi and Cathe-
rine Hayes, Coletti, Calzolari, Belletti, and Lablache.
The celebrated " Zarabanda," in a part destined for this
opera by its immortal composer, will be danced in its
appropriate place (the wedding scene), by Carlotti Grisi
and Marie Taglioni (the ruling favourite). Amalia
Ferraris will, immediately after, dance a new pas; and
then will follow the grand scena of " Lucia," by Sims
Reeves. To add to this magnificent bill of fare, there
will be the " Ice Ballet," in which Carlotti Grisi will
dance two of her most celebrated pas, and Marie Taglioni,
the new " Seguidella," with its enchanting Moresque
attitudes, music, and costumes. The whole will conclude
with that most popular of scenes and dances, the " Pas
des Patineurs."

GIVING A PRISONER THE BENEFIT OF A DOUBT.—
The following scene took place at the Town-hall, Graves-
end, a short time since :--" Recorder.—Gentlemen of
the jury, the prisoner at the bar is indicted for stealing a
piece of meat, the property of the prosecutor. You have
heard the evidence, and if you have any doubt upon your
minds, you must give th prisoner the benefit of such
doubt. Jury turn round in box—much whispering—
sagacious nods, with repeated reference to notes—judge
fidgetty from delay—prisoner from fear jury turn round
—silence.) The Town-clerk.—How say you, Gentle-
men, " guilty-," or " not guilty ?" Foreman.—
" Guilty ;" but we recommend him to mercy. Recorder
(surprised).—On what grounds ? Foreman.—Because
we don't think he's the man. We don't think there is
sufficient evidence of " indentity." Recorder.-1 told
you before, gentlemen, that if you have any doubt, you
.7e the prisoner the benefit of the doubt. Fore-
Well, then, we find him Guilty.

PRICE OF WHEAT FROM .ABROAD.—The Manchester
Guardian has been endeavouring to show, by elaborate
" account sales," that corn cannot be brought from New
York unless at an expense of Is. Bd. per quarter for
freight and other charges beyond what is charged for
home grown produce. An eminent corn merchant has,
however, shown the absurdity of this. He says : " From
these sales it would appear that English wheat had a pro-
tection against American to the extent of 9s. Bd. per qr. ;
such, at least, would appear to be the inference, and thus
it is considered by many parties with whom I have con-
versed upon the subject. Now, in order to make it
fully and clearly understood by parties not acquainted
with the question, allow me to say, that supposing the
same four cargoes of wheat had been shipped from Cork
or Limerick, in Ireland ; Leith or Grangemouth, in
Scotland ; Wisbeach, Ipswich. Linn, or Boston, in Eng-
land ; the result of expenses would have been the same as
from New York, with the exception of about 3s. per
quarter, viz., duly ls., and extra freight and charges 2s. ;
all the other charges for commission, &c., would have
been precisely the same in each case. So that England is
only protected against New York by about 3s. per quarter
on wheat, and not 9s. Bd."

THE GREAT EXHTBlTlON.—Altogether the nrospects
of the grand affair are the reverse of encouraging. The
total subscriptions, so far, are miserably inadequate to
the object proposed to be accomplished, and certainly it
may be said that a royal commission, purporting toraise
money at home and promote the interests of foreigners
as well as natives, is at least novel. if not unconstitu-
tional. In addition to the recent ominous announcement
in the Times, of the paucity of subscriptions, we find, in
reference to the same subject, the following significant
paragraph in a letter from the Manchester Correspon-
dent of the Daily News :—" The movementin favour of
the great Industrial Exhibition of 1851, has hitherto
made but little progress down here. It must have struck
every one that the subscriptions, though fair in amount,
were comparatively few in number for such a wealthy
and populous district; and, however great may be the
respect for the bishop and mayor, at the head of the local
committee, unless other means more energetic than those
yet adopted shall be tried, no great success will come of
the scheme in this neighbourhood." Such, we may say,
is the tenour of accounts from every part of the country ;
and we teel satisfied that the hopes of carrying the pro-
ject to a successful issue have become seriously diminished.
The assertion of Lord Brougham as to the metropolis is
probably too true, that not a few of the subscriptions
already announced ars far from being free.will offerings..

FARM RAILWAYS..—We have this week witnessed, at
Mr. Crosskill's Agricultural Machine Works, Beverley,
two sets of farm railways in working order, with two turn-
tables, points, sidings, &c., connected with portable mov-
ing rails. We were shown, upon what Mr. Croskill calls
his two-ton-rail, four waggons, each loaded with one ton
and a half of soil, and one with straw. They were
managed by one horse and two men, evidently proving
that manure can be put on, and produce taken off, the
land by those railways. One great peculiarity in the use
of this rail is that manual labour is so much cheaper than
with ordinary roads, as one horse, with two men, will do
more work than four horses and four men by the present
plan. Whilst admiring the evident strength of the rails,
and convinced by what we witnessed of the great perma-
nent saving in the number of men and horses which the
use of these rails would effect, we were not forgetful that,
after all, its principal commendation would be its cheap-
ness. We were surprised to learn that their cost would
not be more than ss. per yard.—Hull Advertiser.
THE OLD POOR LAW AND THE NEW.—The average
annual expenditure of the several parishes comprised in
the Newcastle Union, for the last three years of the old
poor law, as given in the third report of the Poor Law
Commissioners was £15,049 ; it is now £32,629, or more
than double the amount. From March to September,
1849, the expenditure of the Union was £14,321 ; during
the same period of 1850, it will be £18,493, being an in-
crease of nearly a third. But, that is not the whole of
the increase, for the price of food, which ought to form the
chief element of poor law expenditure has diminished
above a third, relatively enhancing the value of money in
a corresponding ratio, so that the £18,493 to be collected
from the rate-payers of the Union for the half-year end-
' ing in September next, will be equivalent to at least
£24,657 before the reduction took place, or taking the
whole year, to £43,505. To what cause is this great in-
crease to be ascribed ? Much of it is no doubt due to the
increase of pauperism, consequent on the general depres
sion of all industrial interests in the country, by the es-
tablishment of what is erroneously called free-trade, but
there are grave suspicions abroad that the new system of
poor law management is also grievously in fault.—New-
castle Journal.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A most lamentable accident
occurred on Tuesday, which has plunged the family of the
Rev. J. G. Fardell, of the Rectory, Sprotbrough, into
the deepest distress. On the forenoon of that day the
nurse had been desired to take the youngest child, a fine
healthy infant, about 17 months old, out for an airing, on
a pony which had been used for some time in the family.
The child was placed in a pannier, or basket, fastened on
the pony's back, and was also tied down in the basket to
prevent its falling out. The pony, however, had not gone
far before it began to kick and plunge most violently, and
the basket becoming loose, slipped under the pony's
belly. The child was still held in the basket by a strap
which went round its body, and was fastened to the
wicker work, and to free itself from the incumbrance the
pony continued kicking and plunging until the strap
which held the child gave way, and it rolled on to the
ground. The screams of the nurse had in the meantime
attracted a labourer who was at work hard by, to the spot,
and he came up just as the nurse was taking up the child.
The little sufferer was dreadfully bruised and cut. One
of its legs was broken in two places ; there was a large
incised wound in the thigh, and its head was one mass
of contused bruises. It died the same afternoon. No
blame is imputed to the servants.—Doncaster Chronicle.
EXHIBITION OF 1851.—Fifty-one committees have
made a return of their first subscription lists to the Roya
Commissioners. The sums announced were :—Bath,
£B9 ; Belfast, £315 ; Bingley, £B2 ; Birmingham, £333;
Blackburn, £4OO ; Bolton, £470 ; Bradford, £llOO ;
Bridgnorth, £l7 ; Bristol,£s27 ; Bristol (ladies), £6
Cambridge (town), £119; Cambridge (University), £109;
Canterbury, £23 ; Cardiff, £95 ; Derby. £259 ; Devon-
port, £63 ; Dover, £27 ; Dudley, £245 ; Falmouth, £2O ;
Gloucester, £67 ; Guildford, £4l ; Halifax, £561 ;
Hartlepool, £39 : Hereford, £37 ; Huddersfield, £784 ;
Lancaster, £B3 ; Kendal, £lO5 ; Kensington, £221 ;
Leeds, £1283 ; Llanelly, £l2O ; London and Westmin-
ster, .28,360 ; London and Westminster (tallies), £975 ;
Manchester, £3300; Newcastle, £414; Newcastle-under-
Lyne, £5O ; Newport, Monmouth, £33; Norwich, £330;
Nottingham, 0 ; Oxford, 0 ; Preston, £2OO ; Ramsgate,
£34 ; Sheffield, £844 ; Stafford, £29 ; Stirling, £3B ;
Stockport, £292 ; Tamworth. £33 ; Tewkesbury, £2O ;
Warrington, £llO ; Wexford, £3 ; Wigan, £174 ;
Whitehaven, £65 ; incisor, &c., £238 ; Wolverhamp-
ton, £237 ; York, £l2O. In addition to these returns
the Royal Academy had voted £5OO, and the Mercers'
Company £lOO. The Manchester subscription was the
contribution of thirty gentlemen only.
BLIND LAWMAKING.—The Rev. Mr. Frost, addressing
a Yorkshire meeting on the deficiency of the Ten Hours
Bill, said :—" The way in which it has been evaded for-
cibly reminded him of an American story. One of the
States passed an Act that no dog should go at large with-
out a muzzle, and a man was brought up for infringing
the statute. In defence he alleged that his dog had a
muzzle. ' How is that ? quoth the justice. 'Oh (said
the defendant), the Act says nothing of where the muzzle
should be placed ; and as I thought the animal would like
the fresh air, I 'put the muzzle on his tail' (laughter).
Or perhaps the working of the Ten Hours Bill would be
better illustrated by a German anecdote. The burgo-
master of a German town, owing to the frequency of rob-
beries in consequence of the darkness of the streets, issued
an edict that no person should go out at night without a
lantern. A delinquent was charged with infringing the
statute. He pleaded that he had a lantern, but as the
order said nothing of a candle he had not used one ! The
order was amended and a candle directed ' • but the same
offender again got off, because he pleaded that he had a
lantern and a candle, and as he was not ordered to light it
he had not done so (laughter). So at last the order was
finally amended, and it was directed that every man
should have a lantern containing a candle, and that candle
lighted (roars of laughter and great applause). Now, the
Declaratory Act of Lord Ashley provided for the lantern
and the candle, and required that the candle should also
be lighted" (applause).
DEFEAT OF THE ANTI-STATE-CHURCH AND THRONE
PARTY.—On Tuesday week, at Bishops' Stortford, the
Republican Anti-State-Church Association had one of
its meetings broken up by a body of opponents. The
meeting assembled in the large room at the Corn Ex-
change. After the chairman (W. Hawkes, Esq.) had
opened the meeting, and the first resolution had been
moved, Mr. Williams rose; but, before he had uttered
many sentences, he had the lie given to his assertions,
and was interrupted by whistling, hooting, and other
noises proceeding from the end of the room. The spea-
ker, however, persevered, and an occasional lull enabled
him to make some progress; but as he was commenting
on the judgment in the Gorham case the clamour was
renewed, three cheers being occasionally given for " the*
Church," and catcalls and whistles being also freely in
requisition. By this time the meeting had been thrown
into a state of great confusion ; the disturbers fired off
crackers, and pelted those who were on the platform with
eggs. This, of course, made " confusion worse con-
founded;" in the midst of which the gas was turned off
and the place left in darkness ! It is impossible to de-
scribe the scene which followed. Every one rose from
his seat ; those who were standing struggled with each
other, and cries of " Police !" and " Lights !" mingled
with the sobs of fainting females. Several minutes
elapsed before a few candles were procured, and then Mr.
Williams came forward, and begging the audience to re-
main said he would make way for Mr. Burnet, who
might, perhaps, meet with greater favour than he had.
Vain hope ! Mr. Burnet was received with such a cho-
rus of whistling, screaming, and yelling, that his voice
was overpowered and he was compelled to desist. Find-
ing it utterly useless to proceed, the deputation, after
conferring with their friends, announced that the meet-
ing was adjourned till ten o'clock the next morning,
when, as Mr. Burnet said, they could better see " who
were the naughty boys." Some time elapsed before the
people separated, several angry altercations taking place
between the contending parties, who were standing in
groups both in the hall and in the street.
DARING OUTRAGE.—In one of the most healthy parts
near Clifton, in a large handsomely furnished house, re-
sides a highly respectable farmer, with a wife possessed of
no ordinary attractions, and they have been in the habit
of letting out apartments to families of respectability. On
Thursday a tall, stout, well-dressed man, wearing co-
loured spectacles, called at the house, and represented to
Mrs. that he had been recommended to her house
by the Rev. Dr. D—, of Clifton, and he wished to take
apartments for the season for himself, his wife, two chil-
dren, and three servants. Mrs. proceeded to show
him the apartments on the ground floor, and whilst exa-
mining them, he managed to fish out from her that her
husband and the servants were absent on the farm, and
that she was the only person in the house. He then de-
sired to see the bedrooms; but Mrs. told him they
were precisely similar in size to those below. He still
persisted that he should like to see them, and on Mrs.
telling him his lady would be the most proper person
to examine the bedding, he still pressed her, and told her
she need not be afraid of him, as he was the father of a
family. Unfortunately Mrs. was thrown off her
guard, and went up stairs to show him the bed-rooms.
Immediately on their entering one of them, the ruffian
laid hold of her, and a struggle ensued, in which the lady's
garments were very much torn, and her shoulder was
much lacerated. The unfortunate lady, having escaped
the grasp of her opponent, rushed to the staircase, with
a view of escaping by the front door ; but her foot slipped,
and she was precipitated to the bottom of the staircase,
followed by the ruffian, who jumped on her, and dragged
her to the door, which he secured by locking it. He then
dragged her by the legs into the parlour, where he actually
tore her dress and under garments to pieces. The lady
still struggled with her ravisher, when he pulled a hand-
some gold watch out of his pocket, and offered it to her
if she would comply with his wishes ; but she indignantly
refused it. He then put his hand into his pocket, and
from the brutal manner in which he had already served
her, she, imagining that he was about to murder her, im-
plored him not to cut her throat, and to spare her honour.
It was his handkerchief, however. which he drew out, and
with which he proceeded to bind her hands. The lady
still struggled with the ruffian till she became senseless,
and was found by her husband, on his return home, quite
inanimate, the brutal ruffian having effected his purpose,
and escaped, owing to the insensible state of his victim.
The police have been put in possession of the facts, but
the fellow has as yet eluded discovery. The unfortunate
lady now lies in a most precarious condition, having, since
the outrage, had a succession of hysteric fits.
RHEUMATISM EFFECTUALLY CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S
sPILLS.t—y
in A sergeant Hobart pr
ofo wonnehaodf the
nr
for
yeantrssdnoiningargtyarrrtio-
rheumatism ; he was unde the care of the regimental
surgeons, but deriving the least benefit from their
treatment, in despair had recourse to Holloway's Pills,
and, as by ami e, this invaluable medicine has been
the sole means perfectly curing him, and he now enjoys
the best of health. For obvious reasons, the names of
the sergeant and the regiment are withheld ; but Major
W,alcirrof Hobart Towns will voesek fob 019,Ilmraoy of,
043 stoWileat,_

1011 le 1
8

April 16 t

the county
..c
—....;..
' A USEFUL LESSON FOR ME FA
.6:44 so,I3IIITAO
in the opinion of persons well
proaching ruin of a large portion of the agricil,,
The Times Asagffrioclukltuthrauls Ccooomllmyiscosionnteeo3l;:::E, pli.El.l('',Eß444/Teiii
"The position of the Suffolk farmers still rettp for
qualified to ltinasod atantt)'oll, gen
doubtful character, and it is feared that a con .ebt4l •he fun th
0 Ivo a, di handed
prices will bring ruin upon most of those svb navy ever stater, a„
ing with borrowed capital. Such capital is ustance, , Sn:s "'
from relatives or a neighbouring farmer of sobs ,„ tor . o ttiie,, s o
confidence in the ability and integrity of the Par's'e fei„ 11eyer,Da1,1:12ng I
lends. And it must not be concluded that becato're 0, so( 14:`,Y ca
have taken place the farmers are complaining IP bf c; this.. ' acs
the necessity warrants. A farmer may
stare Pray C are che
fhoi
rs
ae xcpoennssi cdse,raa nb
Ide
period;
ev
di nogdv; butuwghaelnl
whelp
et ofisoieas.ve4eisassite
,1. Ilztlile4lZrre dui llPee(
~.siad ,0 7i--
complete. Unlike a tradesman, he has no oh' The 0 6 it
turer to set him up on credit a second time. and 0 , rr.Ql te li
met
ty fohanal ldst
nhooent
faith
adequatei i
te friends
updai "a:tie
theorists,
tiv e s , ent, a ha~•enoi;
.-4 rades
preferential claim secures the safety of the r „oil ~ sites di .
ns a compensation for reduced prices, and business P ]Yahoo tG sav til:
coursein en t t
unnecessary
satmo etairkisokf
bageattienifaTrmoinsugcahja;nrgeoar,4 iiiatt,l:t a
ilriYe to i
who n ,tief P tile „I rnln
that they were ever tempted to enter on a titif'd wVt,,lf `A
'ttig
Yet to this "complete ruin" we are subu'l try At,, 1140111o'
admitted to be "an experiment" SuPP°sen t sr, ,solo
a fai!ure; that Mr. Richard Cobden turn tilt: bfmr
charlatan, and that we are driven at log" r r
manufacturer to set them up on credit burst of popular indignation, to retrace oli
or
return to a protective system. Alas for the P°4,110
that have meanwhile been laid prosttat'„noo
is complete. Unlike a tradesman, they 0";coodm
ogtetlitnliireotneet:roei
Let our agricultural friends accept the lessnestit I
very candid advocate of high farming, an', rtbet
selves in time to avert the doom predicted I°
----....—...—......--.". Of
rrms Of
THE FREE TRADE ADVOCAs,--
daitnda rthr,eatifititY,i'

PRICES

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44,414, ~jd any
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The organs of the free trade party will by p
themselves under the suspicion of "bulling
market for some purposes of their own. The relit
Economist, and the Manchester Guardian :00/
to prove to us by figures, and tables of cal'faille,
most ingenious construction, that grain ica. 4;9;
in price, and that it is absurdly low already 'll
supplies need be expected either from the
or from the continent of Europe. Yet Pricesell
fall in all our leading corn markets, and earg f
to arrive from north, south, east and west--col#
—"Another, and another, still theio
to the sad consternation of holders, and
receiving them as returns for yarns and ea"upor
We are sorry that we can afford no exPecast,
excellent journalists of any present improve;lolo4
tain for them any certainty of what is the 0,3
to which grain is likely to fall. We cannot a,rnot
a reduction of is. per quarter in freight winhest
additional rush to our markets, or that 1%0°4
even be brought over as ballast. Thus far' oofr
of the corn markets have defied the calculatiedeff
experienced merchants, and they may welito hoce,h,
dilettante journalists. The world seeing :iea°*

li\LN r,te
it7Y

thel-
Ik t
ti
ttetekt
4tie telltl4
e!
e; k
C;6l'4lorf,
44et°4ttitIcle
eh it .of'
p
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tg ari
frr:4ny
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mined to cram us to repletion, and we ellf
vain. A poor turkey, during the process 0
rosclir
for the spit, could not, if sensible of his aPP 001
be more disgusted with every fresh uleal'od
traders are with the food which the foreigue
to our shores.
Whence this apprehension, amounting to to V
low price of the poor man's loaf, which' 4'. 5?
ferred upon him such inestimable blessing
well remember a period when. and the Par°
we were told that we could not have too rar°,lc3
What change " has come over the tenor 01
the:
It cannot be the farmers, whose ease
There must be some motive for this a"--0
prices, which is not patent to our limited ee
We were told also that, with free-trade it?, $i
Britain was to become the granary of t`-ery
foreigner is making her so ; and yet the
t 0
prophesied this consummation are the firs
of its accomplishment. Their language t,
grower is

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t
th
krlEl "Vb
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timeo Dariaos ac dons ferealees;
Has our boasted capital vanished ? Have :lost
Is it less profitable to the British. merchant
of Europe should be in the warehouses "„
London, and Hull, than in those of the 5
Baltic, the German ocean, and the Black Sect;
outcry against low prices and increased icsP,°„ro
comprehension, onless:we may impute it t`',,,e
ing in high places, that something like t°,,`"t
exploded sliding scale is required to Prot e',9
farmer from being swamped by foreign COder
extraordinary periods like the present.
tion of that system Great Britain was „to
world's granary. Under the present sYsr, oft,
destined only to be the perpetual receptacle. 0 of
markets of the world, to the total subraersle
industry.

f 4 a ea"_
rel
op °Ys 4ge(elPi.
the

o3f
WOMAN'S LOVE.—Mary Noble applie-1 force
the Clerkenwell Police-court on Tburse:d
:e and assistance. The unfortunate•-trot 9
woman called to the recollection of the flan''
November last her throat was cut by a Yol°g
Corby, for which offence he is under sente',,;,/
portation for 15 years. She was anxious 0°
as man and wife, and share his difficulties ;11
under them. Mr. Combe asked what cold°.
desire to connect herself again to a man 01"
murder her? She replied, while tears roll
cheeks, that she knew he loved her, and
what he was about at the time he attacked her
they existed her heart would be devoted tc't
She was anxious to get into a situation for,, a
Mr. Combe inquired if she had ever heenrintolle/
said she had as servant of all work. Mr. go
thought it would be advisable for her t,/°tbe
Luke's workhouse, and he would recomtaec"e
authorities to obtain her a place. After 50 t
the poor creature said she would rather ni° be
inmate of a poor house if it could possi"'to
Mr. Combo remarked that he was anxious litho
and would strongly advise her to give oP °
becoming the wife of the prisoner. She her ;
s
however strange it might appear, such 17-apftlot/th
4
hope. Mr. Combe : Are his friends aware -
yes, and anxious for it. His father, inothencoo
sister ; in fact, all his relations are. I‘ll% the
only recommend her, then, to memorialise iciti)
br
of State, who would of course eomrrunica;tc.oe
cellent judge that presided on the trial 0r 758 "00
did not imagine that in such an atrocious"" 0.0
I,e'i; I
would be gratified. The unfortunate Y,,euciecl cep/I
pressed her gratitude for the attention att°r•pg
HEROIC CONDUCT.—On Sunday I:o°r°l,. Vvero
brig Bravo, of Newcastle, went on shore iletpo
Castle on the Northumberland coast, sc''.-o,p
cbpt
eolebvieenwmasenbraanvdeloynleauwnocmhaend,ttbootkhetior the rig,
sing the ship, was driven into Berwick hli;elosto
men encountered a heavy sea, which threa,', old /
moment to overwhelm them. Providential:,,/yisgiro,l
Berwick, though much exhausted. After trig
rocket apparatus, which unfortunately .18rnee ion
ropes breaking, another boat with eight rol‘e
off to the wreck. The first wave which b._, 05 ei
boat nearly filled her, and struck the steerXeit9,l
the steersman's hand, who narrowly escaPl", 0113,01 i d
over board. After the most heroic strugg"4,o
d
breathless interest of the. spectators, an tiles_,A,
exclamations of the women assembled on sec'
boat rounded the vessel, where three of tb,e,,ri
slid down the rigging to the end of the boa'co"p
were hanging by the ropes and sails. The p la
daughter, a girl of fifteen, had taken refui-ot
top, and the remainder of the sailors c 13i0,55
htmheaermlboeriggingfastrigging
sethsoehdeastncoaapipneigetchoeevs
ed.raatshnhedo,sfi
dteh,e thes e,a
joiterigoo
opportunity, the girl was first takenaeteiti;geotworee°
men on the bowsprit were next draggeuble to
and the remainder of the crew, being tina,„ Oleo
slightest assistance, threw themselves ince cbeebe
pweeorpeler rescued est
shore.
the. Tbhoeat'gsrecraetews,t amid(ang etro
hie,jiotr
crew was still to be encountered. The Seed "100 A
sixteen men, two boys, and a girl, half er the or
and destitute of anything to bale her, afte o°ol
oar, and the breaking of another, vva.,so bee°/0
mercy of the elements, and it would havt oso,
madness to attempt to land. The boa leapt T.
quence driven about by the sea, but Btagealciuto
guidance of Providence and good tan safe fit
brave crew, they succeeded in getting a'
~1550?)
Island in the evening. „rh col°"-fie,,
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINART.--.
a certain nobleman arrived lately in his s./.4/i
islands of the Outer Hebrides, to Ilia's- el°°°link;
collection of rents, &c. One of the stwhee
meats really carried into effect, Was
ogee °oil"
young Mr. M—, of from anfeopte°ooeoori
had only been recently appointed. N,,°!Tr0i551„10,,K,4
unpopular and ill-advised act, Mr. LA" isbecl:oly,"
said, and believed by all in the place.;
wish
of 104
appoint the well-known hopes and vos bet oOVO
in another and more interesting quartcrhli, co,ft„
M—, of B—, t
was not to be won by ot toPtee),
plenipotentiary. She was determined ,0 this/a
should not be further injured, and that slta°;o 4/4
commissioner, with all his legal acuircii',:ors fge`oe!,.
witted ; for he had gone but a few 1,-05,g, 11,°torl
with her refusal to comfort him, whenfogiticelitb",l,",
and his Jessie eloped together. The reach lie Deret.,,t)
were pursued, and captured before theY..se °f
_wer t,f
land, and the lady carried off to the ho' buoiglif 9
itwnwhsothernelatlsrygheetiewhdaastlfoc-losely guarded. The I° set aty•
twenty-four bray
not to be done: he arrived off the eocaoloparee/,
for " young Donald." The man on gto pro ea WO
dtehecerketeadi
nberosa,tsw,
curing any succour. Mr. 111----an,ithoutho icLte
obtained access into the house, and, - ie, ter4
post of the gated bis vioter,ioo:ifi
details, suffice it to be said that Jess,ulelibr.,oteet7l/4,
same bed-room with her aunt, was g9.-her
and, as soon as dressed, in the arms (;) was, use i 0
dearest friend, The uncle, of colors; roo-tiLoclopiii
from his slumbers, but only to °,°„ d the od 1)0'14
part. Mr. M— peremptorily ask to ?" a uti
presence of all, " Are you a magistra
swering in the affirmative, Mr. M.
_..d. J
lion, at the same time taking her 1),", ;AyillAo lordo„11
my wife?" and on her emphatiettal.,,
replied, " And I am your hasbalfa. 11“ctigriteili
adroitly executed part of the dlre, gr. 8,1100d,b/i4d,
our readers can peruse this narratslavfoly 00 vod coati
and their faithful retainers were ,aobing LbeN,
for the opposite shore. Such.ae_': of 01,0
exploit we scarcely expected to a' days !
trlcen.t7trcya:uirtiiisowvornrtahly. of the 611C1e14
haonsvdouldveodts_ttost
,1109."

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