The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-25 00:00:00

WEST INDIES

Jamaica papers, which we have received to the 16th
nlt.,,announce the melancholy intelligence of the death,
at the early age of 22, of the Countess of Elgin, lady of
his Excellency the Governor. Her ladyship died on the
7th ult., after a premature delivery the day before.
The Postoffice arrangements still furnished matter for
general complaint. Mr. Kaines, however, the commis-
sioner appointed to inquire into the regulations of the
establishment, was on a tour through the island,
for the purpose of investigating all its branches. The
steamer Forth had brought only three passengers from
St. Thomas's, and the Avon was reported to have run
down a brig.
The weather in Jamaica was extremely sultry, and the
sea-breeze very violent ; both tending, though occasional
showers had fallen, to scorch up vegetation. From the
other islands the accounts were much the same, the ex-
cessive drought and heat having in many places been ac-
companied by considerable sickness. Whilst the rising
crops, however, were suffering from the intensity of the
solar influence, those in a more forward state were rather
benefited by it.gfaln Barbadoes the manufacture of sugar
was proceeding with great activity, twenty-seven vessels
having been despatched with cargoes, and others being
nearly ready for sea.
From British Guiana we learn that Mr. Emery, the
editor of the Guiana Times, having been expelled from
the College of Financial Representatives, on the ground
of his being under a sentence of outlawry pronounced
upon him in Scotland in the year 1834, his real name being
Imray, the Governor, after an ineffectual endeavour to
set aside the decision, had dissolved the court, and a new
election was to take place on the Ist of July.

A man, named Constant Macrez, now in prison at St.
Omer, and who has been already at the hulks, has con-
fessed himself to have been guilty of eighty-three robbe-
ries.

The regulations for facilitating the transport of mer-
chandise on the Indian route through Egypt, have been
published. The duty is very moderate, not exceeding 4
per cent.

VIENNA, June 25.—Great sensation has been excited
on 'Change here, by a report that a resolution has been
taken by which, in the course of this year, a total change
will be made in the tariff of customs, so that all foreign
manufactures will be admitted into Austria on the pay-
ment of certain duties.

THE NEW RUSSIAN STEAMER.—On Saturday, the
first trial of a new steamer called the " Duna," 120 feet
long, was tried on the Thames. She has been built for
the Riga corporation. During the present year a great
many steamers have been fitted out in the river Thames for
the Turkish, Austrian, and Neapolitan governments.
The King of Belgians has issued an ordonnance, that all
wools in bulk shall be allowed to pass through Belgium
without payment of any transit duty. This exemption is
to commence from and immediately after the close of the
next session of the chambers, should not the ordonnance
be in the meantime converted into a law.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS' COURT.-MONDAY.

In this case G. A. Pritt and C. W. Clay carried on the
business of solicitors at Liverpool, under articles of part-
nership. Mr. Pritt died in December, 1831, and by the
articles it was provided that, in case of the death of either,
the survivor should make out and deliver the bills of costs
within six months, and after discharging the debts of the
partnership should pay the share of the residue, to which
the deceased partner was entitled, to his representatives.
The accounts had been very irregularly kept, and were
not made out as directed by the articles; and in ]836 the
plaintiffs, as executors of the deceased partner, filed a bill
against Mr. Clay for an account. An attempt was made
to settle this suit, and on the 27th of March, 1837, an an-
swer was put in stating that the amount due upon the bills
delivered was £2,220, and that the amount due upon the
bills to be delivered was £122 15s. 6d., that £2,043 had
been received, and that £4,413 ss. sd. had' been paid. In
consequence of this the plaintiffs were induced to execute
a release of all claims existing upon the accounts between
the testator and Mr. Clay. Among the bills delivered was
one for business done for the Manchester and Liverpool
Railway, to the amount of £2,000. It omitted several
items, and contained others which were carried on in
blank. These were said to be of considerable amount.
Upon the discovery being made an application was made
to Mr. Clay, but as he claimed the benefit of the release
which had been executed, the present bill was filed to set
it aside, and to have the benefit of the debt due from the
Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and to open the ac-
counts generally.

Mr. Pemberton Leigh (with whom was Mr. Rolt) ap-
peared for the plaintiffs ; and the Solicitor-General, Mr.
Tinney, and Mr. Bazalgette for the defendant.
Lord Langdale thought the accounts stated were vague ;
the omission, however, was accidental, but Mr. Clay had
the books, and he ought to have made out the accounts
correctly. He therefore did not think he could retain the
advantage he had gained. With regard to opening the
accounts generally, the reasons stated for it were plausi-
ble, but he could not be satisfied without reading the
pleadings.

WILL OF THE EARL OF ABERGAVENNT:The will
and three codicils of the Earl of Abergavenny, late of
Eridge Castle, Tonbridge, has just been proved in the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, by George Henry
Neville, his brother, and Danid Rowland, Esq. the ex-
ecutors. After observing that by dint of economy he had
succeeded in greatly improving his estates, the deceased
bequeaths the greater portion of them to his son John,
Viscount Lord Neville, together with the sum of £12,000,
and also all gold and silver plate, lace, pictures, books,
family pearl necklaces, robes, diamonds, and all ornamen-
tals, which are to descend to the future Earls of Aberga-
venny as " heirlooms ;" to his sister-in-law, Caroline
Neville, his "half-length portrait, by Sir Thomas Beechey,
and the diamond pin or brooch that I wear ;" to his
granddaughter, Mary Myers, £3,000 ; and to her brother,
Thomas Myers, £500; and to numerous branches of his
family, legacies varying in amount from £5OO to £5OOO ;
to his executors £lOO each ; and to George Henry Neville,
one of his executors, " the gold repeating watch that I
wear, as a small token of my affection ;" to his bailiff,
£300; to his valet, £3OO, and a small annuity ; to his
butler, £200; to his gardner, £150; to his page, £5O: to
four keepers; £3O each ; to his carpenter, £3O ; and to all
his female lodge-keepers, mourning. The effects are
sworn under £250,000, and the brobate bears a stamp of
£3,ooo.—Britannia.

,;.,Two boatmen were unfortunately drowned in the Tyne
on Saturday week. They were in a boat which was sunk
in consequence of coming in contact with a steamer.

At the York Assizes, on Thursday, four men were found
guilty of a burglary at the house of J. Steele, near Hud-
dersfield. The prisoners took from Steele's bed-room
nearly £llOO, which had been accumulated by his father
and himself. The money was deposited in an oak chest,
secured by a chain passed three times round it, and fastened
with three locks. There were about £250 in notes, 200
old spade-ace guineas (which had been there from 40 to
45 years,) near 650 sovereigns, and about £ll5 in silver,
in a bag whim would hold about three pecks of malt.
the prisoners was deferred.

The sentence