The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-11 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

circumstances, no alteration could be made, as the chair-
man would be absent for six weeks, &c. Mr. Lewis re-
quested to be allowed to see the Deputy-Chairman, but
this, it appeared. the secretary would not permit, and or-
dered Mr. Lewis to leave the office; which Mr. Lewis,
it seems, refused, and Mr. Rathbone proceeded to collar
Mr. Lewis fur the purpose of turning him out. A violent
scuffle ensued ; Mr. Lewis cried out murder ; a dozen
People rushed in, a policeman amongst the rest, who re-
fused to take the charge; and the denouement awaited the
decision of the magistrate. It was urged on the other
hand, that if Mr. Lewis had gone out when ordered, no
assault would have taken place. Mr. Rathbone explained
the alteration of the check. It had been altered before
Mr. Edmund Peel affixed his signature. On the board-
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paper then on the table something about advertising
sted the-alteration of the check, that
iount subjected to
I he should send
at liberty

the case to the sFssions, but the parties would 13,
to settle their differences together in the interir

AMALGAMATION C TILE LONDON AND BIR-
MINGHAM. THE GRAND JUNCTION, AND
THE MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY COMPANIES.

A special general meeting of the proprietors of the
Grand Junction Railway was held on Friday last, in the
Cotton Sales' Room, for the purpose of considering and
confirming the agreement of amalgamation of the two
companies. There was an unusually large attendance.
Charles Lawrence, Esq. presided. Captain Finish read
the report of the directors, which recommended the adop-
tion of the agreement of amalgamation, and set forth the
terms [as in part given in the report below of the London
and Birmingham Railway Company's Meeting]. For
the purpose of the adjustment of the respective capitals,
the Grand Junction Company is to issue coupons of con-
solidated stock, to be considered as paid-up capital, to
each Grand Junction shareholder, after the rate of £2O
new stock for every £lOO of present Grand Junction
stock, and for other Grand Junction shares, whether paid
up or not, in the same proportion, such issue of stock to
be entitled, from the first of October last, to dividends
and all other privileges, rateably with the whole amalga-
mated stock of shares. The receipts of the two compa-
nies to form a common fund from the Ist of July last.
The concluding paragraph of the report is an echo of that
of the London and Btruninghlm Board, given below.

The—report was received with considerable applause,
and Mr. Swift, the law-clerk, read a series of resolu-
tions drawn up by the directors, in accordance with

the report, which were afterwards submitted seriatim to
the meet.ng, and carried unanimously. The first resolu-
tion, assenting to the amalgamation, was carried amidst
loud cheering. Mr. Swift stated that the new quarier
shares of the Grand Junction Company, which were in
course of being issued, were to participate in the new £2O
shares. The chairman, in reply to a question, said,
that a negotiation for the amalgamation of the Manches-
ter and Birmingham Company with the London and Bir-
mingham was in progress, and, if carried out, the Grand
Junction Company would be bound to accept it, of course.
Mr. Swift, in answer to questions, stated that the Grand
Junction Company, as a company, never bad any connec-
tion with the Oxford and Birmingham Line. Ia the
Derby and Crewe they had a large number of shares, and
an arrangement was making which would, he believed, be
satisfactory. A vote of thanks to the directors generally,
and to the chairman, and Mr. Rotherham especially, for
carrying out the amalgamation. was carried amidst ac-
clamations. On the motion of Mr. Hutson, the board of
directors were instructed to consider in what way a suita-
ble testimonial might be presented to Mr. Locke, for his
valuable services. _ Mr. Casson hinted that the debt of

gratitude due to Mr. Locke was not the only one owing
by the company. Mr..Moz:ey, havLg. as one of the di-
rectors, sposen of the invaluable services of Mr. Swift,
Mr. Booth, an I Capt. Finish, to the company, from its

or Grand Junction, but pariicularly during the negocia-
tions for the present amalgamation, moved that a vote of
thanks should be passed to those gentlemen ; and the mo-
tion was carried with applause. Mr. Swift, Mr. Booth,
and Capt. Iluish briefly returned thanks. The latter

gentleman remarked that lie had, as the reward ut Ins ex-
ertions, the satisfaction of seeing the property of the
Grand Junction Company placed on the most stable basis
in the world. He also mentioned, that in the last six
weeks of the present year, the receipts of the consolidated
er, ex-

company,

Manches

ast year

at a quarter

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

The Bishop of Chester is now in residence at the Pa-
lace, Chester.
The number of seceders to Popery from the Church of
England amounts now to thirty.
A very handsome piece of plate is about to be presented
to the Rev. J. H. Forsyth, late curate at Weston-super-
Mare.

Four new churches are to be consecrated by the Bishop
of Ripon this week—at Mellham Mills, Milnsbridge,
Robert Town, and at Garforth.
The Morning Post enters into a calculation to show
that in England twenty-three more bishops are wanting,
and eight thousand more priests and deacons.
The Revds. W. W. Ewbank and J. Cordeaux, of Liver-
pool, have joined the Evangelical Alliance for Christian
Union, also the Rev. H. H. Beamish, of London.
The Rev. Dr. Tatham, Master of St. John's College,
has been elected Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge for the

ensuing year.
There are now one hundred and sixty-three more cler-
gymen in the diocese of Wincheater than there were in
1829. _ _ _ _ .

Dr. Pusey's turn to preach at Oxford will not occur
again until the beginning of 1846, and it is said that the
rev, doctor is eager to seize the earliest oppportunity of
resuming his place before measures are matured for stop-

pine him.
UNIVERSITY HONOURS.—The moderatorship, the
highest classical honour which Trinity College, Dublin,
can bestow, has just been awarded to Mr. E. W. Makin-
son, of Higher Broughton, and four other gentlemen, of
whom two are Englishmen.
JESUIT WRITERS IN AN UNIVERSITY REVIEW--
It has long been suspected that an active correspondence
has existed between Oscott and certain members of the
University of Oxford ; and the names of some of the
fellows of Magdalene College have come before the public
as not unconnected with it. We nave now to state, on
the best authority, that clear evidence has been obtained
of the circulation of periodical literature in both univer-
sitie„ emanating from the Jesuit College of Stonyhurst,
in Lancashire, of which Mr. Tickell, late of Baliol Col-
lege, and others, are now members. We refer to the Ox-
ford and Catithridge Review, edited by a member of one
of the two Universities, an•! to which it has been disco-
vered that several fellows of Exeter College, Oxford, to-
gether with Lord John Manners, Mr. Smythe, M.P. for
the archiepiscopal city of Canterbury, and Mr. Keon; a
distinguished student of Stonyhurst, ate contributors.
We also hear, from a source on which we can rely, that
the cause of the Jesuits is openly and boldly espoused in
some of the common and combination rooms of the Uni-
versities, on the part of those who have not seceded, with
Messrs. Newman, Oakeley, and Ward, from their pro-
testant emoluments—" quousque tandem I"—Church and
State Gazette.—[The same paper adds that choice articles
of the Review are reprinted in a separate form and pub-
lished by an exclusively Popish bookseller in London,
the reprints of which are announced as being by the per-
mission and under the revision of the writers in the
rersity Review.]

THE COURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD,

Her Majesty's intended visit to the Marquis of Salis-
bury, at Hatfield House, Herts, is not to take place this
autumn, being postponed until the spring.
The Dean of Chester dined with the Queen at Windsor
last week.
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, his son, Prince Au-
gustus, and the Princess Clementine, daughter of the
King of the French, and Prince Leopold, with a numerous
suite, arrived at Folkstone, on Friday, on a visit to her
Majesty.
The Earl of Jersey, as Master of the Horse, has given
instructions for a new set of state liveries for the whole of
the royal establishment, to be ready by the ensuing season.
the estimated cost of which exceeds £B,OOO. The last
royal state liveries for the dsmestics of the household were
made in 1825.
The Earl of Wilton is expected to return to this coun-
try towards the end of this month, from Nice, where it is
understood the earl and countess and their youthful fa-
mily have reached after the tour in Switzerland.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—ConsiderabIe sensa-
tion has been caused by the sudden disappearance on
Wednesday from Brighton, of Lady Adela Villiers, aged
17, youngest daughter of the Earl of Jersey, Master of
the Horse. At dusk, Lady Adela was in the drawing
room, with the Earl, and took leave of his lordship, as she
stated, to go to the nursery, but at the dinner hour the
young lady could not be found. A lady answering the de-
scription of the fair fugitive, was observed to leave by one
of the railway trains for London, in the protection of a
tall gentl ,rnan. The Observer of Sunday says, "It was
rumoured yesterday at Bow-street, that Shackell, the su-
perintendent of the detective police, who has been in pur-
suit of the fugitive, had discovered a trace of her at Car-
lisle, which makes it highly probable that the has ere this
reached Gretna-green, the celebrated locality of runaway
ladies." The following communication has been made to
the same paper :---" From the inquiries made last even-
ing there is reason to conclude that the search after Lady
Adela Villiers has ceased, and that her noble parents and
family are now aware of her retreat. The happy bride-
groom is believed to be an officer in the army." Subse-
quent accounts tend to establish the fact, that Captain
li,hetson, of the 11th Hussars, was the companion of the
lady's flight; the Earl of Jersey received a letter on Sa-
turday from Carlisle, bearing no signature, but informing
him of his dangbter's arrival in that town ; and from cir-
cumstances which have since transpired it appears that the
journey to Gretna was rapidly performed, and that the
plans were well matured, for Capt. Ibbetson was married
to Lady Villiers within 20 hours after they left Brighton.
The captain, it appears, has got leave of absence till the
14th instant, when he is expected to join his regiment,
which is now in Ireland.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

On Friday, in the Court of Common Pleas, a rule nisi
was granted for a new trial in the case of Holden v. The
Liverpool Gas Company, tried last assizes at Liverpool.
The Court of Common Pleas have granted a rule to
chew 'cause why there should not be a new trial in the case
of Cooke v. Wethet all, clerk.

Robert Hall, Esq., of the Northern circuit, has been
appointed recorder of Doncaster, vacant by the death of
Sir G. A. Lewin.
ELECTION OF A JUDGE.—Two candidates are now in
the field for the distinguished office of judge, vac:nt by the
death of the late Mr. le Maistre. Mr. Mallet appears as
the representative of the " Laurel" party, Mr. Arthur of
the " Rose."—Jersey Times.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER—FRIDAY EVENING
Not a bet laid.

TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY.
The only bets laid on the Derby were 70 to 10 against
Sting, 600 to 25 agat Spithead, 2,500 to 400 agst lago,
(28 to 1 laid once), and 750 to 25 agst Ginger. The Oaks
bets 1,250 to 50 each agst Osprey, Sister to Ballinkeele,
and Mowerina, and 300 to 15 agst Polka. No further
progress was made in the settlement of the Newmarket
accounts.

FOOT RACE.—On Tuesday last, a foot race for £25 s
side was run on Newton race-course, between Billy
Howarth, of Ramsbottom. and Ciitchley, of Rainhill.
Betting was in favour of Howarth, who won the race by
about eight inches, the distance being 200 yards.

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CHASE

THE

Sir W. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS Will meet
This Day, (Tuesday,) Nov. 11, at
Thursday, 13, at
Saturday, 15, at ..
Each day at eleven o'clock.
The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet

This Day, (Tuesday,) Nov. 11, at
Wednesday, 12, at ......
Thursday, 13, at ..

Appleton Hall,
Tatton Park.
.. Astle

Saturday, 15, at
Each day at half-past ten o'clock.

These hounds have bad a most successful cub-bunting
season, beginning on the Ist of September, with an excel-
lent day's sport, killing their fox, and ending on Saturday
last, with a brilliant 45 minutes' run, without check, and
trill;nq their fox nn tho top of Altiorlor 11:,-1,30_ But W ed-
nesday was the best day of the season ; found at Tidnock,
gave him a turn round the corner, then broke by Marton
Heath, by Rode Heath, crossed the river Dane, and went
straight to the top of Cloud End, over the hill into Staf-
fordshire, then bearing to the left to Bosley Church, was
headed', skirted the Dingle by the Dane, the gallant pack
close at him, mounted the hill again at the highest point,
and ran into him at the top of Cloud 1-1 hour and 40
minutes, a most creditable performance of both huntsmen
and hounds.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE PAST QUARTER

(From the Report of the Registrar-General.)
"The quarterly returns are obtained from 115 districts.
sub-divided into 576 sub-districts; 34 districts are placed
under the metropolis, and the remaining 81 districts com-
prise, with some agricultural districts, the principal towns
and cities in England. The population was 6,578,912 in
1841."

The public health during the past quarter, ending Sep-
tember 30, was good ; for ihe deaths, notwithstanding the
increase of the population, were only 36,008, or 1,870 less
than the average of the corresponding quarters of five
former years (1840-44). This favourable state of things
was general, and was observed in the majority of the town
districts of the kingdom. The southern coast has been
unusually healthy through the summer ; the deaths in
Brighton, on an average 262, were only 219; in the Isle
of Wight, the deaths, on an average 183, were only 121 ;
in the Portsea Island (Portsmouth), the deaths, on an
average 299, were 239; in Exeter, the deaths, on an aver-
age 200, were 163 ; in Plymouth, the deaths, on an aver-
age 224, were 191 ; in Penzance, the deaths, on an aver-
age 292, were only 166 in the quarter ending September
30.1845,
The mortality has been below the average in every dis-
tric round the south-eastern and southern coast, from
London to the Land's End ; yet the average mortality it-
self is low throughout that part of the country. In the
last report (p. 1) it will be seen that only 1.9 per cent., or
1 in 52, of the inhabitants die annually in the south-eas-
tern and south-western divisions, while the annual morta-
lity of the whole kingdom is 1 in 45.
In Austria, including the northern parts of Italy, the
annual mortality is one in 33; and the mortality through-
.out Italy is not less than in Austria. In the cities of
Italy the mortality, according to official documents, varies