The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-23 00:00:00

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Above 1500 persons landed at Douglas, Isle of Man, on
Monday and Tuesday last.
On Sunday week no fewer than seven persons met their
deaths by drowning in the Thames.
Alfred Tennyson has taken unto himself a wife. Our
young bards might try their lyres at an epithalamium.
Lady Thesiger, and Sir Culling Eardley, Bart., and
family, embarked on Wednesday, for Antwerp.
Meetings were held last week for erecting memorials of
Sir R. Peel at London, Birmingham, Preston, Ashton-
under-Lyne, and several other places.
The East India Company have granted an allowance
during life, of £lOO per annum, to the gallant Major
Herbert Edwardes.
A youth, named Alexander Cowans, white being sen-
tenced a few days since at the Durham sessions, fell down
in the dock and expired. from disease of the heart.
The house in which Burns lived and died in Dumfries,
has been purchased by Lieutenant-Colonel W. N. Burns,
the second son of the poet.
The census of 1851 is to be taken, not on the day origi-
nally named, but on the 31st of March, when our coun-
trymen are less vagrant than in summer.

Mr. Thos. Chadwick, gardener, of Woodhouse Ridge,
Leeds, a few days ago gathered an unripe strawberry
which measured 4-1 inches in circumference.
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Two persons were fined at Maxwell town, Dumfries-
shire, a few days since, for having exposed for sale and
sold the flesh of an ass instead of beef.

The late Sir R. Peel's father, on the anniversary of his
seventy-eighth birthday, in 1828, presented a silver
medal to each of fifty children and grandchildren.
A fire broke out, last week, in a house in Brighton, in
one of the rooms of which lay a dead body in its coffin.
The fire was not extinguished until—the body has been

utterly destroyed.
Herrings have come on the east coast in grsat abun-
dance, and though selling at ninepence a dozen at pre-
sent, it is not unlikely but they will be as low as nine a
penny in a few days.
NOVEL UMBRELLA.—A gentleman residing in Taun-
ton has constructed an umbrella, the main feature of
which is, that it can be carried in the pocket with ease.
He intends sending it to the Great Exhibition.
Within the last week or two a valuable discovery has
been made of a silver mine at Tytherington, near Thorn-
bury, Gloucestershire. Gentlemen of London have gone
down to work it, and have most encouraging prospects.
Mr. Gilkes' printing mill at Leominster ARS nearly
destroyed by fire on Sunday. The only cause of the fire
is attributed to the inflammable composition necessary to

manufacture ink

During a storm which visited Mansfield, Notts, on
Friday week, a vegetable stall in the Market Place was
overturned, and a great portion of the vegetables was
driven by the wind through the windows of a jeweller's
shop, about 20 yards off.
A match at cricket, which was played at Sutton-in-
Ashfield, Notts, yesterday week, caused much amusement.
The placers were two women, one married and the other
single, and the single beat, having scored one notch, and
the married none.
An extraordinary circumstance occurred the other day
while the Ostend Cricket Club was playing. Captain
Sutton, late of the 12th regiment, an extremely fast
bowler, delivered a ball which, between wickets, hit and
killed a swallow while on the wing.
The bullion in both departments of the bank has de-
creased from £16,868,608 to £16,814,307, being a differ-
ence of £22,301. The naper in actual circulation had
increased from £20,706,909 to £21,605,639, being a differ-

898,730

the last Sessions, a communication
was made to the Court of an offer, from Lady Noel
Byron, of a house and twelve acres of land at Solihull,
rent free from Michaelmas next, for the purpose of form-
ing a second Juvenile Offenders' Asylum.
Ar Bedford assizes a poacher was acquitted of the charge
of shooting at a gamekeeper, as it appeared the prisoner
mistook the prosecutor, who was secreted in a piece of
growing barley, for a rabbit. The occurrence took place
at twilight.

Prince George, now Duke of Cambridge, is to succeed
the late duke in the colonelcy of the Coldstream Guards.
This causes a vacancy in a cavalry regiment, but it is not
yet decided who will succeed Prince George as Colonel of
the lith Lancers. _ _ . . .

The deposits with the Scotch Banks are absolutely
larger than those in the English Banks. One Scotch

unclarteTied banking company-presented, at the close of
1847, when a severe pressure of business reduced the ba-
lances of all traders, a debit, under the head deposits, of

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week as follows:—Myers, London, £4,800; Coleman,
Westbury, near Gloucester, £3,900; Roberts, Mon-
mouth' £3,565 ; Pearson, Ross, Herefordshire, £2,500.
The West India Royal Mail Steam-packet Company
have at length determined on building timber, and not
iron, ships, as was at one time contemplated, for the five
new 2,000 tons steamer. One of them will be built at
Southampton, one at Bristol, and three in London, of
which it is reported Mr. Pilcher will build two.
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A " WET'; SALE.—During a cause which was tried at
the Lancaster County Court, last week, it transpired that
at a recent sale which had taken place in the neighbour-
hood, no less than eighteen gallons of gin, a quantity of
rum, and a quantity of ale had been consumed, in addi-
tion to no small quantity of edibles.

SINGULAR. FORGETFULNESS.—One morning last week,
a gold watch was found in the letter-box of the Hull post-
office, wrapped in a piece of paper without any direction.
It is conjectured that the party wishing to forward the
enclosure forgot to direct the parcel. The watch has
since been forwarded to the general post-office.
LOYAL ORANGEMEN.—The various Orange Lodges in
the West Riding, as well as in other parts of the kingdom,
held their usual festivities yesterday week, the 12th of
July—the anniversary of the day on which William
Prince of Orange crossed the Boyne. The proceedings
were of a highly gratifying and cheering character.

DISTRESSING ACClDENT.—Yesterdai week two young
ladies, daughters of Mrs. Stonor, of Ringrone-house, and
nieces of Lord Camoys, whilst walking among the rocks
of the seashgre at Salcombe, were overtaken by the flow-
ing tide, when one of them was unfortunately drowned.
Her sister held on by the rocks and was saved by the
coast guard.

William Gray, a labourer at Tetbury, has experienced
something of retributive justice. He permitted his
house to be made a meeting place for a young man and
a married womon, with whom the young man had an
intrigue. On Friday Gray's wife eloped with this young
man, leaving Gray to take care of his two children with-
out the aid of a helpmate.

The central arch' of Blackfriars-bridge has sunk so
much, in consequence of the agitation of the water by
the steam-boats passing at ebb tide, that it has been
found necessary to employ divers and other persons, who
have been engaged for the last three weeks securing the
foundation, and adopting other measures to prevent fur-
ther cause of alarm.

At the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of
England, held last week at Exeter, Mr. Wm. Crosskill,
terley, received £lO for the best light waggon for
general purposes, and a silver medal for a permanent
and portable farm railway. The largest prize for imple-
ments is that of £5O, given to Messrs. Hornby and Son,
of Grantham, for the best portable steam-engine appli-
cable to thrashing and other agricultural purposes.
DEATH AT A CRICKET MATCH.—At Streatham, George
Howell, aged twenty-eight, in a match on Clapham Com-
mon, on the 2d instant, fielded the ball and ran with such
force to the wicket, that, after knocking out the off-
stump in his progress, he could not stop himself, and he
fell the stump entering about two inches above the
knee, passing by the side of the bone and coming out
at the back full four inches, from the effects of which he
died.

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THE. OR!ON.—The investigation into the loss of the
Orion is being proceeded with ; but the preliminary pro-
ceedings are not in a sufficiently forward state to allow of
the case coming before the sittings of the Justiciary Court
at Edinburgh which are appointed for the 22nd of the
current month. A special meeting of the court will,
therefore, be held about the middle of August, at which
the captain and second. mate—the parties charged—will
be brought up for trial.
NOISELESS CARRIAGE WII

invention, by

which a band of solid vulcanized India-rubber is fixed by
means of a flange round the iron tyre of carriage wheels,
has been patented by Messrs. Marks, of Langliam-place,
and may be seen at the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-
street

The advantages derived from it are that Much
jolting over rough roads or streets is avoided ; no noise is
occasioned in passing along the streets by the rattling of
the iron tyre. the wheels to which it is applied are rendered
less liable to strain upon the nave or fellies by the elasticity
of the material, and the material itself from its pliability
and toughness lasts longer than the common iron tyre.
THE HOUNSLOW POWDEE MILLS. —On Wednesday
evening, at about a quarter to 6 o'clock, another explo-
sion took place at Messrs. Curtis and llarvey's powder
mills, Hounslow-heath. The consternation excited was
not allayed until it was ascertained that no person was
killed or injured. During the latter part of the afternoon
the lightning was extremely vivid, and the men, women,
and children, of whom there are nearly 200 employed in
this dangerous occupation, left their work much earlier in
consequence. In a short time afterwards the lightning
struck one of the buildings, the roof of which was blown
off and everything in the building destroyed.
THE SEA SERPENT REDIVIVUS.—The subjoined para-
graph is from The Friend of China. of May 23. It
would seem that our old friend, the sea serpent, who had
been set down as a seal, and of uncertain form, is deter.
mined to convince the intruders on his own fathomless
domain not only of his identity, but of the reality of all
those terrible minutiae which were originally conceded to
this monster of the pathless deep. Extract from the log-
book of the ship Lancastrian, March 15, 1830 :—" Lat.
35 30 s, long. 93 43 E, saw an enormous monster of the
serpent kind; it passed close under our stern with its
head six feet above the water, making a hissing noise.
We examined it minutely with our gtasses. It appeared
about the length of the ship, and about three feet in
diameter."—Shippiny List.
Cuprous STORY.—It is currently stated that on the
death of an individual not many weeks ago in the Vale of
Belvoir, and on the examination of his papers, a packet
was found, with seals unbroken, purporting to be the last
will and testament of his mother, who had died thirty
years before. Being of miserly habits, that is to say,
" penny wise and pound foolish," he had really taken
possession of the property without " proving," as it is
termed, the will in question, and had actually kept it by
him all these years. On opening the packet three pro.
missory notes were found enclosed for two hundred pounds
each. The Statute of Limitations, therefore, will in all
probability bar the recovery of the principal, whilst the
interest lost will have been £3O a year for 30 years ! At
compound interest the sum would leave made nearly about
X 2,500.

It appears that the miserable food resorted to by the
starving peasantry on the sea coasts of Ireland, the
common "sea weed," is becoming, even in this country.
extensively used by the poor for food. It is now forwarded
by rail from Shields to Manchester and Leeds, by women
who gather it from the rocks at Tynemouth ; and. on
arrival at its destination, it is regularly sold in th markets
for from 3d. to 4d. per lb.
UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE.—The Duke of Norfolk issued
invitations for a dinner which was in the first instance
put off on account of the death of Lord Cantilupe. one
of the invited guests. It was to have taken place on
Wednesday, when it was also postponed, in consequence
of the death of Sir Robert Peel, and next of the Duke of
Cambridge, to meet whom the invitations were given.
The death of three invited guests for the same dinner
party is a strikinr, illustration of the uncertainty of life.
A BURGLAR SHOT.—On Wednesday week the house of
Mr. J. Green, surgeon, of Peckham, near London, was
entered by burglars. Mr. Green, on hearing the alarm,
looked through the window, and seeing two men leave
the house, he fired, and one of them fell. A police-officer
who came up shortly afterwards, traced the prisoners
from some marks cf blood on the ground, and took them
into custody. One of them had received the shot in the
neck ' • he was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, with
little hopes of his recovery. The other man whose name
is James Carpenter has been apprehended.
MORE LONDON DRAPERY TRADE EXPOSURES.—A
lady went into a shop in Oxford-street, London, the other
(lay, and purchased two corded petticoats, marked two for
2s. 6il. The shopman took the money, but kept the goods,
declaring that it was not the practice to sell petticoats
alone, and that she must also purchase three dresses, of
five yards each, at Is. Hid. each. She would not buy
these dresses; her money was detained. Another lady
was similarly served, and another lady had 4s. 6d. de-
tained. The parties complained to a magistrate, who
informed them that they would, through the county court,
recover the money with facility.
PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO FORT-GEORGE.—Tues-
day, the 6th of August next, is the day fixed for the visit
of Prince Albert to Fort-George. The Prince will review
the fine regiment the 13th Foot, of which he is colonel,
and which is now garrisoned at the Fort. Tt is not sup-
posed that her Majesty will accompany the Prince or
uroceed further north than Balmoral, although Dunrobin
Castle will be prepared for the reception of her Majesty,
should the long-promised visit to the Duke and Duchess
of Sutherland be ultimately resolved upon this season.
The date of the Prince's visit may be considered as indi-
cating the period before which parliament will be pro-
rogued. His royal highness will most probably leave
London at the same time as the Queen, and as her
Majesty (with her usual attention to het public duties)
may be expected to prorogue parliament in person, the
event will take place before the 6th of next month.—
Lieerness Courier.

NOVEL To EFT.—At the Marlborough-street Police-
court, London, last week, Charles Crisp was charged with
stealing a cage, containing a blackbird, under the follow-

ing circumstances :—A police constable stated that about
a quarter-past four that morning, he was on duty in King-
street, Soho, when he saw the prisoner join two long
poles together, go up to a house, in the front of which a
cage, containing a blackbird, was hanging, and, after
looking stealthily round, put the pole up to the first floor
window, and lift the cage from the hook on which it was
hanging. 'Witness rushed forward, when the prisoner
dropped the cage and ran away. Witness pursued him
and took him into custody. A constable stated that
latterly numerous complaints bad been made to him by
parties who had lost their birds, and, no doubt, the pri-
soner had stolen them, as he had frequently met him, at
an early hour in the morning, with the poles in his pos-
session, but, thinking he was a bill-sticker, lie took no
notice of him. The prisoner was fully committed for
trial.

WRECK OF A STEAMER ON LOCIILOMOND.—We regret
much to announce that on Friday there occurred a most
unfortunate wreck of a steamer on Lochlomond. About
three o'clock p.m. the Pilot, one of the steamers carrying
excursion parties up the Loch, while making a delightful
trip, suddenly struck on a sunken rock with a short dis-
tance of the shore, near Ross Point, south of Rowardenan.
The shock was so violent that many of the passengers were
almost upset on deck, and the greatest alarm and excite-
ment prevailed. The sensation felt by those on board was
as if the vessel had, by some sudden and 'mysterious

agency, been sawn asunder. The shock was so sudden
that the machinery was not stopped ; and no sooner had
one been felt, than another and another succeeded. The
alarm now prevalent was greatly increased, but the Pilot
immediately afterwards reached deep water, and the cap-
tain, who was standing all the while on the paddle-box,
had the great presence of mind immediately to steer the
vessel direct for the shore. He succeeded, without further
damage or further alarm, in bringing her ashore in the
bay between Ross Point and Rowardenan. We are happy
to add no lives were lost.
A VENERABLE TORTOISE FOR THE QUEEN.—A num-
ber of persons visited Woolwich, on Saturday, to see the
tortoise brought from the Cape of Good Hope. The
tortoise is in remarkably good health, and takes its regu-
lar promenades upon deck, and makes no apparent dif-
ference in its walks although a full grown person sits on
its back. Its age has been handed down in the families
in whose possession it remained until sent to this coun-
try as a present to her Majesty, and it is known to be 179
years old. It subsisted during the voyage to this coun-
try on pumpkins, taken on board to supply it with food.
There is also a Madagascar cat on board, remarkably
tame and fond of the crew, and several young tortoises.
MATRIMONIAL.—The following announcement appears
in one of the London papers, and, judging from the word-
ing of the advertisement, the object of the writer is that,
so as he can obtain £5OO or £6OO, it is quite immaterial
whom he marries :—" A gentleman, preparing for one of
the learned professions, is desirous of meeting with a
lady, of liberal education, affectionate disposition, and
domestic habits. Being himself of a kind and even
temper, and attached to the comforts of home, is de-
sirous of falling in with one like-minded. It is requisite
that the lady be possessed of available property from
about five to six hundred pounds. Satisfactory reasons
given. No objection to a widow lady, without incum-
brance. Age not a material point. The most honourable
secrecy and integrity may be relied on. Any lady having
an inclination to these views, will please to state particu-
lars, with name and address, which will meet with every
attention. Address," &c.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning
week, early, a policeman found a child asleep under a
haystack at Tulse Hill, near London, and ascertained,
after much hesitation on her part, that her father was a
very respectable carpenter, in the Green-lane, Tulse-hill,
of the name of Chandler, that her name was Sophia
Chandler, and that she was barely fourteen years of age.
She was, besides, of very small stature. She went with
the constable, apparently in high spirits, and running
after butterflies for amusement. When they had gone
into the Green-lane, in sight of her father's house, she
rushed through a gap in a hedge, and across a field, in
which is a deep pond, dug for making bricks, and into
which she resolutely plunged. The policeman proceeded

after her, and his feet sticking in the clay at the bottom,
he was very nearly drowned ; but a young gentleman hap-
pening to witness the whole occurrence, went to his as-
sistance, and he was got out. A quarter of an hour
elapsed before the body of the poor child could be re-
covered, and She was then quite dead. It seems a neigh-
bour of MK Chandler had missed some silver, and a
policeman had been sent for, but not to take her into
custody. This appeared to have alarmed her, and she
ran away from home, and then the next day coming slid-
denly in sight of her father's house with a policeman by
her side, although not in his charge, is supposed to have
had a momentary impulse on her mind, and led her to
commit suicide.

FATAL THUNDER-STORM.—On Thursday evening, a
dreadful thunder-storm took place at Bury, and was at-
tended with fatal consequences. About half-past five
o'clock, a boy, named Samuel Hulme, about ten years of
age, son of Wm. Hulme, cowman to Mr. J. Robinson Kay,
of Bass-lane House, one of the magistrates in the Bury di-
vision, was riding ahorse to which milk cans were attached,
and when near to Littlewood-cross, the electric fluid
struck boy and horse, and both were killed on the spot.
Nearly at the same time, two men were ascending a coal-
pit, at Fern-hill, near Bury. When about eight yards from
the top, it was supposed that the electric fluid scorched
the rope so that it broke, and the men were precipitated
to the bottom, a distance of about forty yards. They
were dreadfully injured. At Bristol the storm . was felt
with much violence. A chimney attached to Acraman,
Morgan, and Co.'s ironworks was thrown down by the
lightning, the telegraph flag-post at the dock-master's
office was demolished, and a house in Old Market-street
much damaged. A woman was thrown down and injured,
and two horses were blinded. A man who was crossing
Durdhan Down was also blinded by the electric fluid, and
two labouring men were nearly killed at Compton, Glo-
cestershire. They were working in a field, and upon the
storm coming on took shelter under the branches of an
elm tree, accompanied by a dog. The lightning, attracted
by the tree, passed between them, killing their dog on
the spot, and throwing them both down in a state of in-
sensibility. .

FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—The mortal
remains of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge were interred on Tuesday morning, at Kew Church,
and under circumstances of a somewhat different nature
to those which have attended the funerals of other illus-
trious princes of this country. The ceremony of form-
ing the procession commenced at the early hour of five
o'clock, and shortly after six the funeral cortege left
Cambridge House, and proceeded to Kew, where it ar-
rived soon after nine o'clock. The funeral was afterwards
joined by Prince George of Cambridge, (chief mourner,)
Prince Albert, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz, (with their attendants,) and the Alarquis of
Breadalbane, (Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's
Household.) The procession then left the ducal resi-
dence for the church, in which were assembled various
members of the Government, and of the aristocracy, in-
cluding his Grace the Duke of Wellington. At a few
minutes before ten, her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Cambridge, (the widow of the deceased,) the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, and the Princess Mary,
(his Royal Highness's daughters,) attended by Lady A.
Cadogan, the Baroness Arrifeldt, and another lady, entered
the church by the eastern door, and proceedeed at once to
their private pew. The service within the church being
concluded, the procession again formed, her Royal High-
ness the Dowager Duchess leaning on the arm of her
royal son, followed with him to the grave, joining in the
duties of chief mourner, the Princess Mary leaning on
the arm of the Grand Duke, and the Grand Duchess on
that of Prince Albert. The remaining part of the service
was then read, during which, at the commencement of
the prayer, " Our Father," &c., the three royal ladies
fell on their knees by the side of the grave, and remained
for some moments absorbed in the deepest grief. It may
be worthy of remark, that the usual ceremony of pro-
claiming the names, titles, and honours of the deceased
Prince by Garter King-at-Arms was dispensed with, and
the rite concluded with no more form than in the case of
the funeral obsequies of a private individual.

Mr. Thomas Whitehead, of Hulme, on pulling up a
potato plant in his garden, a few days since, discovered
upon the root the very unusual number of 110 potatoes.
The plant was a kidney, and was raised from seedling
potatoes.
The banquet of the Rnyal Agricultural Society took
place at Exeter on Thursday afternoon, in a large pavi-
lion, which was completely filled. The dinner was pro-
vided by M. Sayer. The Most Noble the Marquis of
Devonshire, president of the association, occupied the
chair. He was supported on his right and left by the
French Ambassador, the American Ambassador, the
American Ambassador to Paris, Earl Yarborough, Earl
Fortescue, Sir J. Duckworth, Bart.. M.P., Lord Fever-
sham, Earl Falmouth, Sir J. Y. Buller, Bart., M.P.,
Earl Ilchester, Lord Wodehouse, Viscount Courtenay,
Sir J. Kennaway, and a host of other noble lords, mem-
bers of parliament, &c., &c.
Mr. Joseph Paxton, the well-known gardener to the
Duke of Devonshire, is among the competitors offering
designs for the building to contain the Exposition of 1851,
and he has circulated a wood-cut of his design—a purullelo
gram, tong and tall. It would be formed of a gram
frame-work, with glass panels; and it is calculated that,
after use, no materials would retain so large a proportion
of their original cost. The building would be compara-
tively inexpensive, light in both senses, handsome, suited
to the garden-like Park, and probably Mr. Paxton took
his ideas from garden structures ; above all, it would be
novel. We can fancy it, light, gay, and glittering, like
palace in a fairy tale—certainly such an object as London-
ers have never seen.—Spectator.—This plan has been
adopted by the royal commissioners.
THE PLANNERS OF ROBBERIES.—At a trial, last week,
at Devizes, for house robbery, a woman was auprehended
who was in the company of the prisoners. She was
searched, and in her " bustle" were found three pieces of
canvass, on which were written the names of about 50
persons, whose houses were to be broken into in different
parts of the country. The modes in which they were to
be entered were stated, as well as the property to be taken
and where it was placed ; and one thing will show the im-
portance attached to such a thing, in all instances, it was
said, "No dog," or " Dog chained." Upon inquiry it
has been ascertained that the houses answer the descrip-
tion given. The police and the parties have all had
notice. Many houses have already been robbed. It was
further stated whether there were any police, and whether
there were shutters to the house.
THE FAITHLESSNESS OF ROME.—The Romish corres-
pondent who asks us if we can seriously believe that the
Popish authorities can sanction deliberate deception, we
beg to refer to ' Lord Cloncurry's Memoirs." He will
there find one instance out of a million. In that book
we are told that the King of Sardinia used to march
through the streets of Rome, in public religious proces-
sions, bearing a wonderful cross large enough to be used
as an instrument of execution. It was of such a size as
to be heavy even for the powers of a coal-porter ; but, to
the universal astoaishment, was carried with the utmost
ease by the feeble tottering king. Lord Cloncurry pays
the devout sovereign a visit. In his ante-chamber stands
this marvellous cross. his lordship lifts it. It is com-
paratively light as a feather. He investigates its nature,
and finds that it is a mere case of bark ! It would be
wise in our correspondent not to ask us for further sam-
ples.—Church and State Gazette,
CHAMPAGNE AND REAL PAIN.—In a cause tried be-
fore Mr. Justice Wightman, at the Yorkshire Assizes, the
other day, certain railway transactions were alluded to,
and one of the witnesses spoke of a sharebroker being in
the habit of treating his customers with champagne,
which he kept at his office for the purpose.—Mr. Knowles
asked where the champagne came from ?—Witness :
From the broker's cupboard, of course. (Laughter.)—
Mr. Knowles : Was it the gentleman's duty to provide
champagne for his customers ? Witness : Yes, in those
days. (Laughter.) Mr. Serjeant Wilkins : There's a
great deal of real pain now. (Renewed laughter.)—
Mr. Hill asked if the share fever was at its height at the
period referred to ?—Witness : Yes, it was.—Mr. Hill :
Then it required a good deal of champagne to keep the
fever up ?—Witness : Yes.—Mr. Serjeant Wilkins: And
now it requires a good deal of bleeding to keep it down.
(Laughter.)
ROMANTIC OCCURRENCE.—About six weeks ago,
there came to Drumlanrig Tunnel, a young man, about
eighteen years of age, of the name of William M`Dougall,
who obtained work as a labourer in the tunnel at the
bottom of one of the shafts, which is much inundated
with water, and about 150 feet from the surface of the
ground. While at work his clothes were scarcely ever
dry, but notwithstanding this he wrought ten hours a
day alongside the best navvies on the shaft, and soon be-
came, by his kind and obliging disposition, a great
favourite with his fellow-workmen. A few days ago,
from various circumstances, suspicions arose in the
minds of some of the managers that lie was other than
he appeared to be—in short, they suspected him to belong
to the " better half of creation." The house in which he
lodged was discovered, and, on inquiry of the landlady as
to the descriptions of her lodgers, she answered they were
all miners except one labourer, named " Willie"
M`Dougall, a quiet, Lien, well doing lad, who had a
good stock of clothes of his own, besides some of his
sister's, which he had brought away from her by mistake ;
and as this latter information increased preceding suspi-
cion, " Willie" was immediately sent for and taken
roundly to task, when he stoutly denied being other than
a man ' • however, on being strongly questioned, and
seeing she could keep her secret no longer, she at length
acknowledged herself to belong to the fair sex, and gave
as reasons for her strange proceedings that she wished to
raise, by honest industry, the " needful" to carry her to

America. By the kind aSsistatice of the lady of one of the
managers, she was soon attired in habiliments becoming
her sex and position in life. A subscription has been
commenced for the purpose of raising a sufficient sum to
enable this spirited, enterprising, and dauntless girl to
accomplish the object she had in view, and which pro-
mises fair, from the spirit in which her brother workmen
and others are entering into the scheme, to provide her
with ample funds for her laudable object. We may add,
that our heroine is a native of the " sister isle."—
Dumfries Courier. _ . . .

THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The Times furnishes the
following account of the financial prospects of the pro-
posed Exhibition :—" Mr. Paxton's (the projector of the
glasshouse structure) estimate for the building alone—
for the mere shell—if we understand the matter aright—
without room, gallery, or convenience of any kind,
amounts to £90,000. Now, let the promoters of the
Exhibition struggle as they will, it does not appear that
the subscriptions—deductions being made for expenses
of collection—will exceed £60,000. It is calculated that
half a million of people will visit the Exhibition ; the
receipts from this source, at Is. per head, will amount to
£25,000. The total amount of receipts is, then, £85,000.
Now for the per contra. The least sum which can be
named for the expense of prizes, &c., is £20,000. Mr.
Paxton's estimate would, as a matter of course, advance
frem £90,000 to £lOO,OOO, even leaving matters of
arrangement within the building out of the question.
Thus, then, we have on the one side £120,000 for expen-
diture ; for receipts, £Bs,ooo;—deficit, for the consider
ration of the House of Commons, £35,000. Our calcu-
lations may be depended on. It is not astonishing if,
with these figures before them, the deliberations of the
committee have within the last few days taken an unfa-
vourable turn for that princely structure which was to
cost £150,000."
THE CITY OF GLASGOW.—The steam-ship City of
Glasgow, Mathews, from Glasgow, arrived at New York
on the 29th June, having made the voyage in fourteen
days six hours. The following is taken from the New
York Commercial Advertiser of the Ist July :
" New York, June 29, 1850.

" Dear Sir,—At a meeting of the first cabin passengers
of the steam-ship City of Glasgow, held on Friday, June
23, 1850, Mr. Robert Renfrew in the chair, Mr. P.
Carter, secretary, on the motion of Mr. A. Stoddard it
was proposed that the passengers be allowed the satis-
faction of presenting you with some small mark of their
esteem and regard. To carry out the views of the
meeting the following gentlemen were appointed a com-
mittee :—Messrs. Robert Renfrew, J. Harrison, Robert
Hall, S. A. Cochrane, A. F. Stoddart, and Peter Carter.
You will please, therefore, accept the accompanying piece
of plate as a slight testimonial of gratitude for your gen-
tlemanly conduct, kind attention to the sick, untiring assi-
quiry to meet the wants of all, not to mention that skilful
seamanship for which you have been so long celebrated,
and of which this fine passage, of little over fourteen days
between Glasgow and New York, has given ample testi-
mony. By your judicious management and urbanity of
disposition, as well as that of your officers and the physi-
cian, a miscellaneous collection of individuals, made up
from different nations, have been rendered like one large
family ; and though some of us are in the habit of fre-
quently crossing the Atlantic, yet we all agree that we
never accomplished a voyage so pleasantly before. We
cannot allow this opportunity to pass without testifying
our satisfaction at the working of the vessel, to her
ample accommodations, her superior qualities as a sea-
boat, and her fine sailing powers. We hail this successful
beginning of a line of steamers which has for its object the
connecting of two countries like the United States and
Scotland, already linked by so many ties of relationship
and friendship, and rejoice to find that this, the first
steamer, is meeting with that ample patronage, both in
passengers and freight, which it so well deserves. We
congratulate the enterprising firm of Messrs. Tod and
M`Gregor, of Glasgow, the owners, on having secured the
services of so able an officer as yourself. Wishing you all
health, happiness, and prosperity, and though this is your
ninety-third voyage over the broad Atlantic, that you
may have many more, and that they may be as much to
the satisfaction of your passengers as the one just termi-
nated.—We are, in behalf of the passengers, as well as
ourselves individually, yours very truly,
" PETER CARTER, Secretary.
" To Capt. R. B. Mathews, of steam-ship
City of Glasgow."

ANOTHER PERMANENT CURE OF A NERVOUS HEAD-
ACHE AND GIDDINESS IN THE HEAD BY HOLLOWAY'S
PILLS.—Mr. W. Smith, of No. 5, LittkiThomas.street,
Lambeth, suffered for many years with a nervous head-
ache and giddiness in the head, which so prostrated his
strength that he had very little hope of recovery. His
disorders completely baffled the skin of several eminent
doctors, who, it appears, mistook his complaint for an
affection of the spine, and he got worse under their treat-
ment. In despair, and as a last resource, he commenced
taking Holloway's Pills, which have had the effect of re-
storing him to perfect health.
PREMATURE BALDNESS.—Mr. J. Sergeant, bookseller,
of Linton, Cambridge, has made public a curious case of a
young man, named Haylock, of Ashdon, whose hair came
off entire from some unaccountable cause, and left him in
a state of premature baldness. He purchased from Mr.
Sergeant several popular preparations, which he applied,
but without any effect whatever. At last, however, he
made trial of the Macassar Oil of Messrs. Rowlands, of
London, and exhibited to the most incredulous the
proof of its efficacy. In a thick crop of hair. Mr.
Sergeant permits, a' direct reference to him out his
very interesting fact.—The Okerver.

THE LIVEIIPOOL STANDARn.

NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY.

On Friday, the 28th of June, the annual general meet-
ing of the members of this society was held at the office,
in Surrey-street, Norwich. At twelve o'clock the presi-
dent (Major-General Sir Robert John Harvey) took the
chair ; and the following directors and insurers were
Present :—Dr. Evans, George Durant, Esq., .1. Steward,
Esq., P. Finch, Esq., E. K. Harvey, Esq., J. Wright,
Esq., J. H. Barnard, Esq., Me.srs. Winter, Neave, G.
Jay, R. Steward, W. S. Wilson, James Hardy, Noverre,
R. Griffin, Eagle Willett, and A. Bailey. S. Bignold, the
secretary, and R. Morgan, Esq., the actuary, were also
present.
The CumitmArr said that he need not inform the gen-
tlemen present that this was the general annual meeting
of the society—not under their deed, but under a resolu-
tion passed at the meeting in 1842, which recommended
that anniversary meetings should be held in the month of
June. He was very glad to see so respectable, and, at
the same time, so small an attendance as was then pre-
sent ; because he considered that when a meeting of a
society involving such important interests, and such large
funds, as the present one, was not numerously attended,
it manifested full confidence in the management and in
the principles of the society. (Applause.) The secretary
would now read the advertisement calling the meeting,
and then present a statement of the accounts.
Mr. BIGNOLD then observed that the meeting had been
convened in the usual way, by advertisement, which had
been inserted in all the Norwich papers. After reading
the advertisement in question, he proceeded—He should
now lay before the meeting the annual statement of the
accounts for the past year, ending on the 30th June, 1849.
These accounts had been submitted to the directors, and
by them fully sanctioned and approved. He might also
state that they had undergone the usual revision by the
auditors (according to the deed of settlement), who reported
that "they had examined the accounts from 30th June,
1848, to 30th June, 1849, and had found them correct."
The first was an account of the receipts for the twelve
months, and, on the other side, the disbursements during
the same period. He then read the statement, as follows :

ACCOUNT No. 1, FOR TWELVE MONTHS' TRANSACTIONS.
£ s. d.
To receipts from premiums on insurances 162,671 14 4
Endowments 319 15 6
Consideration for annuities granted 19,602 19 11
Dividends on funded investments 14,763 5 2
Interest on mortgages
Interest for anticipated payment of claims

£257,482 2 11

By sums disbursed under the several heads of
claims by death, annuitants, endowments, in-
come-tax, and general expenses 257,148 5 10
Capital increased 333 17 1

.257,482 211

ACCOUNT No. 2.
To total capital at 30th June, 1848 2,119,666 15 7
Addition as above

R 2,120,000 12 9
This sum was invested under various beads, consisting of the
public funds, mortgages, loans to insurers on their policies,
agents and bankers' balances, and stock of stamps, and
WAS divisible under two heads—first, the general capital of
the society, amounting to .e 1,945,675 19s. 2d.; and second,
the reserve fund, amounting to £174,324 13s. 6d.
ACCOUNT No. 3.

Exhibited the nzregate liabilities of the society classified
under the heads of whole life policies, specified contracts, po-
licies for terms, and endowments.—Also the aggregate of the
sums payable to annuitants, whether to males, females, or un-
der special contracts.

This statement showed an increase of 49 in the policies,
and nearly £30,000 in the amount insured in the depart-
ment of life insurance, as contrasted with the previous
year. There had also been an increase in the number of
annuitants, 68 to 72, as compared with the preceding year.
He trusted that they should go on increasing, and that
every year would show the same satisfactory results.
(Applause.)
The PRESIDENT then addressed the meeting. He sub-
mitted, that on a view of these accounts the position of
this great institution was at once both sound and prosper-
ous. That few similar societies, indeed but one, could
show so large an accumulated capital, and estimated with
reference to the liability of the society, so ample to sustain
those liabilities, and to yield a prospect of advantage to
all connected with the undertaking, equal to every just
expectation. That this would be fully tested prior to the
general meeting in 1852, when it was the intention of the
directors to declare a further bonus to the holders of po-
licies for the whole term of life, (the only class in this
institution to share such bonus,) should the state of the
funds justify such declaration, of which the directors en-
tertained no doubt.
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Mr. JAY.—Can you tell us what the bonus will amount

The CHAIRMAN.—No ; of course he could not say
what would be the extent of the operations of the Society
in 1852. Notwithstanding the age of the society, now 42
years since its commencement, the rate of mortality
fell below the computed rate on which the tables of
premiums were based, and hence the grounds for a
bonus. The new business also essentially kept up,
exceeding in the last twelve months both in number of
policies issued, amount insured, and yearly premiums,
that of the preceding year, thus affording an unerring
criterion of the public confidence in the stability of the
institution.

Mr. BIGNOLD.—From documents now before me, it
appears that whilst the Norwich Union has issued during
the last year 449 policies, insuring £204,236, at an annual
premium of £6,482, the Equitable has only granted 129
policies, insuring £146,150, at an annual premium off'
£4,848. These two societies are the most important in-
stitutions which have been establishediupon the principle
of mutual assurance. _ _

The CHAIRMAN.—In the management of its large
capital, the directors exercised their best skill to place it
out so as td secure a good rate of interest, without risk
to the principal; and on this point the directors felt that
there never was a period in the past history of the society,
in which they could express themselves with greater con-
fidence in the integrity of the large funds placed under
their control. He knew of no other points calling for
remarks from himself. Their society was in a proud
position in extent of business, and in a sound and pros-
perous condition, and its directors qsteemed it an honour
to be entrusted with the management of so great an un-
dertaking, and would continue to devote to it their best
and untiring energies. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. JAY rose to express his confidence in the stability
of the society ; ftt the same time, there was one point on
which he felt that some alteration in its affairs might be
made which would work beneficially in the coming bonus
of 1852. He thought he had been told that one-fourth
of the funds of the society had been laid by for the bene-
fit of future generations. Now if this was the case—if
one-fourth of the accumulated fund was reserved for the
benefit of those who came after them,—he thought the
directors ought to consider, whether it would not be de-
sirable to limit this fund to its present amount ? He
thought they possessed ample funds to give security to
the public; and it was a question for serious considera-
tion, whether they ought not to take that one-fourth
being the parties interested, and apportion it amongst
themselves, by increasing the bonuses, which would thus
become much more considerable.

Mr. Bic,Non) said that the principle upon which they
proceeded had been founded upon calculations and investi-
gations of a most unusually minute discription, made by
both Mr. Morgan and himself. The members derived a
prospective benefit from this fund upon their bonuses.
It was considered to be both safe and prudent that there
should be s reserved fund, consisting of one-fifth of the
profits, to guard against any increased demands that
might be made upon the society from undue mortality.
Mr. JAIL thought they might safely make some altera-
tion with respect to this fund, but he would leave the
matter in the hands of the directors. _

Mr. HARDY drew attention to the disadvantages which
the office laboured under, in consequence of other offices
holding out to the public larger bonuses, which they were
enabled to do by not creating any reserved fund ; and
asked whether it would not be policy—the office possess-
ing so large a reserved fund—to divide whatever future
profits might arise among the then exitsing insurers ?
He thought that parties insuring looked more to immedi-
ate benefit than to prospective advantage.
Mr. MORGAN thought that the stream of insurers
would necessarily run in the direction of the society, in
consequence of their affording such ample security for
the payment of all liabilities. This reserved fund af-
forded insurers an ample guarantee against the conse-
quences of any inc: ease of undue mortality.
Mr, HARDY said, that the Equitable Office did not
injure their business by withholding immediate advantage
to insurers. The bas of the public was undoubtedly in
favour of immediate advantage.
Mr. R. STEWARD thought that the argument of Mr.
Hardy was very strong, and it was a question for the con.
sideration of the directors, whether they should go on in-
creasing the reserved fund. They now possessed £174,000
and the directors might consider whether it was desirable
to increase it to .£200,000, and then stop. He was of opi-
nion that tho stemma of mounts that had been laid

before the meeting must be very gratifying to the insurers.
With respect to one item in the accounts—.£4oo for ad-
vertising—he should have been very glad had it been four
times the amount, as he was convinced therz was a wide
field in the country still untouched, which might be
reached through the medium of a more extended plan of
advertising. Through the establishment of railways, new
towns wire springing up in different parts of the country,
whilst others were increasing in importance ; and he
thought that, if proper efforts were made, the business of
the society might be increased to a much greater extent
than had been shown (hear, hear). Although the cost of
management could not be decreased below a certain
amount, still that expense might be thrown over a much
wider field, and thus decrease it in proportion to the in-
come. Under all circumstances, he considered that it
must prove very gratifying to find that they were making
head and increasing ; and that after the past year, when
they were visited by the cholera, and an increase in the
mortality, and adding to their reserved fund, so as to in-
crease it to £174,000, there was a balance left. He con-
fessed that, for his own part, he was not prepared to find
such a favourable state of things, and he considered the
thanks of the meeting were eminently due to the directors
for the valuable services they had rendered (applause).
He trusted they would continue, for many years to come,
to conduct the business of the society in an equally sa-
tisfactory manner (applause). He then moved that the
thanks of the meeting be given to the chairman and the
directors, for their attention to the business of the society
during the past year.
Mr. BIGNOLD observed that the directors had been
turning their attention to the propriety of establishing
new branches throughout the whole kingdom.
The CHAIRMAN observed that it was a subject which
had been discussed by the directors on several occasions.
There were few offices so favourably situated as regarded
the number of its branches, (Hear, hear.)
Dr. EVANS thought that the society might extend its
business both in England and Wales (especially in the
latter) with advantage.
Mr. JAY had great pleasure in seconding the motion of
Mr. Steward. He felt assured that their thanks were
eminently due to the directors, for the attention they had
devoted to the duties of this important office; and, from
what he knew of them, he believed that the same zeal
and ability would distinguish their future proceedings.
He trusted that they would take into their consideration
the suggestions that had been thrown out ; and that, at
the general meeting, next year, some information, or
report, would be presented on the subject.—The motion
was carried nem. con.

The CHAIRMAN begged to return thanks, in the name
of himself and brother directors, for the compliment that
had been paid them. Nothing could be more gratifying
than to be assured that the insurers considered they had
discharged their duty satisfactorily. They should continue
to pursue the same course they had heretofore followed ;
and he trusted their future course would merit the appro-
bation of the insurers. (Applause.)
Mr. HARDY begged to move the thanks of the meeting
to their able secretary. (Applause.) If he might speak
as an auditor upon such a subject, he could truly say that
their secretary, by the clear and comprehensive way in
which he rendered the books of the society, showed that
he was perfect master of the subject ; and it was no small
gratification to the auditors to find that the books and
accounts of the society were kept in such a way as to
give them entire confidence in the management. (Ap-
plause.) From his knowledge of Mr. Bignold, he felt the
utmost confidence that the business would be conducted
with a degree of correctness that gave assurance of pre-
sent as well as future success. (Applause.)
Mr. EAGLE WILLETT, another of the auditors, seconded
the motion, which was carried by acclamation.
Mr. BIGNOLD expressed his deep obligations to the
meeting for this complimentary expression of their confi-
dence. When he cast his mind back to the Is.: of July,
1808, and considered the business that had been trans-
acted by the society since that period, he almost began to
think that it was time for him to retire. He felt, how-
ever, great satisfaction on finding that the duties of the
office had been discharged by himself and the band of
efficient and faithful clerks, in a way that had elicited the
approbation of the insurers ; and he could assure the
meeting that the same care and watchfulness that had
hitherto marked their conduct should in future be devoted
to the advancement of the interests of the society. (Ap-
plause.)—The meeting then separated.—Norwich Chro-
nicle.