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

, THE SCOTCH CHURCH•

COLLEGE OF THE FREE PROTESTING CHURCH,—AP-
POINTMENT OF PROFESSORS.—The general education
committee of the Free Protesting Church, at a meeting
held in Edinburgh on Tuesday last, in the exercise of pow-
ers conferred upon it by the Free General Assembly, made
the following appointments to the chairs of the College
established in connexion with the Church :
Dr. Chalmers, to be Principal and Primarius Professor
of Divinity.
Dr. Welsh, to be Professor of Divinity and Church
History.

Dr. 'Cunningham, to be Professor of Divinity.—The
special limits of his department to be afterwards arranged.
Dr. Duncan, to be Professor of Ilebrew and Oriental
Languages.

It is understood that the queen lately purchased a pair
of alpacas as an ornament to the grounds at Windsor.

FOREIGN 6- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.)
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN PACKET-SHIP

" GARRICK."

THE MONEY MARKET.—The New York Herald of
the 26th reports under this head that American gold is in
demand at per cent. premium, and very little can be
procured. The quantity of specie in the country is suffi-
cient for all its wants, and is constantly increasing. There
are in the New York banks 13,000,000 dols. in money;
and yet scarcely any is to be found in circulation. There
is very little prospect of a demand for business purposes,
and money can therefore be obtained on good security,
at prices never before equalled. It is expected that it
will be long before the import trade can revive, under
the present tariff.
CORN MARKET.—The improvement noticed in this
market in our last report still exists, and prices are firm,
at an advance on our last quotations. Genesee is at
5 dols. 75c., and operations to some extent at that rate.
Michigan 5 dols. 621 c.; Southern, common, 5 dots. 50c.;
flat and round hoop Ohio at 5 dols. 50c. to 5 dols. 621 c.
Our quotations for all descriptions during the present
fluctuating state of the market cannot be otherwise than
nominal. Many holders of Genesee demand a little above
the rates given, while others, more wary, are disposed to
operate often and remain safe.
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REPEAL AGITATION IN AMERICA.—The son of the Pre-
sident of the United States is reported by the New Fork
Weekly Herald to have identified himself with thisagitation
The Herald thus describes the circumstances—" Bob
Tyler, (!) agreeable to previous intimation, addressed a
numerous assembly of repealers at Boston on Wednesday
last." The speech referred to was calculated to excite
the passions of the Irish population of the States.
In New York a meeting of the Repeal Association was
held on the 24th, and exhibited a most tumultuous scene.
The Americans have taken objection to Daniel's anti-
slavery efforts ; and the opinion of parties able to esti-
mate the feelings of that people upon this ticklish sub-
ject is that " reaction has begun," and that the " sympa-
thy" of America " has cooled down to zero." " Every
future meeting of the repeal agitation throughout the
union," remarks the New York Herald, " will present a
scene similar to this. Rows are unavoidable. The whole
agitation may, indeed, be fairly said to be at an end in
this country."
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Mrs. Catharine Gilmour, alias Cochrane, who came
passenger in the Excel, from Liverpool, was arrested on
the 24th inst., on the charge of poisoning her husband in
Scotland in January last.
Yesterday she was brought up to have her first exami.
nation before Mr. Rapelvea, U. S. Commissioner, and
ultimately postponed till the Ist July.
This is the first arrest under the new treaty.

MATANZAS.—An arrival at Savannah from Matanzas
brings a report of an insurrection in the Island of Jamaica
though no particulars. An English brig was totally lost
on the east end of the island of Cuba while going in to
load.

Mr. Legare, the Attorney-General of the United Stateal
had died suddenly.

James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, ar-
rived in England by the " Garrick," and is expected to
return in autumn.

WEST INDIES.

Jamaica papers, which we have received to the 16th
ult., 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
ith 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.3ln Barbadoes the manufacture of sugar
was proceedi with great activity, twenty-seven vessels
having been Tespatched 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
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 bad been very irregularly kept, and were
not made out as directed by the articles; and in 1836 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. Peinberton 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 ABERGAVENNY.--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 Daniel 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 £5000;
to his executors £lOO each ; and to George Henry Neville I
one of his executors, " the gold repeating watch that
wear, as a small token of my affection ;" to his bailiff,
£300; to his valet, £3OO, and a small annuity ; to his
butler, £2OO ; to his gardner, £l5O ; 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
£3,000.—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 £230 in notes, 200
old spade-ace guineas (which had been there from 40 to
45 years,) near 630 sovereigns, and about £ll5 in silver,
in a bag whicn would hold about three pecks of malt.
The sentence on the prisoners was deferred.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARb.

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