The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

IRELAND.

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There is now no longer any doubt that the Lord-lieu-
tenancy of Ireland is to be abolished.

Major-general the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, bro-
ther-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, died suddenly on
Thursday evening, at Langford Lodge, Antrim.
The Limerick Chronicle says that a man who was
transported 26 years since, for the murder of a tailor in
that city, now fills the office of an alderman of the city of
Sydney.

A female, in the last stage of consumption, lately en-
tered a railway carriage at the Athlone Station in the hope
of reaching England ere she died ; but before the train
started, she fainted and expired.
The Irish Poor-law Commissioners recommend Buenos
Ayres as a field for emigration from Ireland, the price of
labour being excessive, and an especial demand f:r that
work which the Irishman is peculiarly adapted to supply,
such as hedging, ditching, and other agricultural work,
cattle keeping, farming, and the driving of flocks from
district to district.

A SIGN OF TUE TIMES.—The keeper of a corporation
pound recently memorialised for a reduction of rent.—
Among other grounds for sustaining his application were
the following, which are eminently Celtic:—" Gentlemen,
it may be stated that, from the depression of the times,
this is a beneficial year to the pound. No ; it's quite the
contrary. The stock is not in the country ; and if it
was, when it is seized it is rescued. But it isn't there to
sieze ; and when the bailiffs seize it, it's rescued from
them, and then there is no emolument for the pound
keeper, &c.
POTATOES.—The Cork markets continue to be well
supplied with this esculent, for the most part whites, a
considerable portion-of which are very good. The minions
are scarce, and realize high prices. On Saturday there
were on sale 93 butt loads; price, whites Bd. to 9i-d. ;
minions Is. per weight of 211bs. Saturday, 3d March,
1849, the number of loads was 85 ; price, whites 12d. to
13d. • minions 19d. Saturday, 4th March. 1848, the num-
ber of loads was 105 ; price, whites 12d. to 14d. ; minions
16d. to 18d. Potatoes are fully one-third cheaper this
year than at the corresponding period of former years.
Mr. Kenealey, the barrister, who has been committed
for trial at the Old Bailey, on a charge of cruelty to his
child, has addressed a letter to the Cork Examiner, in
which he ascribes the interference of the law in the case
to a conspiracy on the part of the Whigs ! He says, "My
defence of the Irish Repealers in 1818 still rankles- in the
hearts of those parties ; my recent exposures of Lord
Clarendon and the Whigs in Cork have filled their cup of
bitterness to the brim, and they are now spitting some of
their venom upon me, taking advantage of an accident tri-
vial in itself, and which might have happened.to the best
and wisest man. on earth."

RAILWAP AFFAIRS.

WAS IT A JUDGMENT ?—We cannot answer; but here
are the circumstances as we heard them. A short time
since a priest, then residing in the west of this couni y de.
livered from the altar a furious philippic against a convert.
The people were neither to eat nor drink nor hold com-
munication with him. All the customary prohibitions

were pronounced, and with all the customary fervour.
That night the priest died : apoplexy seized him, and in
the morning his attendant found him in his bed a corpse.
The event produced a solemn impression. It appalled the
people. and for a while operated as a protection to the
convert. But the most solemn impressions yield to time.
Ten days after, the convert, on his way home from (we
believe) Cork, passed a field where some men were har-
rowing. Forsaking the harrow, they gave him chase,
yelling hideously as they ran. He, however, outstripped
them, and. relinquishing the pursuit, they returned to
their work. On reaching the field, the harrow was turned
upward : the horse had fallen on it ; the pins had entered
his side, and he was dead ! We state the fact :—we make
no comment; but the ways of God are marvellous. Ever
since, the convert has been allowed to dwell in peace.
The people seem to regard him as in holy keeping.—Cork
Constitution.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER

PREFERMRNTS,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

it is revealed in the Holy Scriptures. He declared that
every Christian was his brother, that his Church was the
Church of all Christians, and that he did not like the lit- The Lord Chancellor has issued an order relative to
tie differences that separated sects throughout the world. fees, &c., charged to suitors in the Court of Chancery,
He felt that the Lord had destined him for a great work. by which a saving will be effected to the public of between
The labour that had been committed to his hands would £2,000 and £3,000 a-year.
be a difficult ministry, but he must continue to work in A post-office notice has just been issued to postmasters,
his own ministry, and among his own countrymen. He directing that the order of any commissioner of a court
did not know what he was to do for the future, but he of bankruptcy for the delivery of bankrupt's letters to the
knew that he was in the hands of the Lord, and he was, official assignee, provided such order beat the seal of the
therefore, willing to follow blindly what the Lord dictated Bankruptcy Court, must hereafter be acted upon at once.
to him. He would seek to teach the truth to his bre- On Tuesday Lord Campbell was sworn in a sergeant-
thren, to show them the mercy of the Lord, and to point at-law and Lord Chief Justice of England in the Lord
out to them that they might be partakers of that mercy. Chancellor's private room at the House of Lords. Mr.
The Doctor's address was listened to with profound atten- Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Wightman were pre-
tion, and was frequently applauded. Several other gen- sent, and the noble lord, after the ceremony, received the
tlemen addressed the meeting, and a liberal collection was congratulations of his friends.
made. So great was the assemblage of persons that the A FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT.—In the matter of Edward
large hall could not contain more than half the numbers Wolsey, a bankrupt, who was committed to the Queen's
that presented themselves for admission, and in conse- Bench Prison by Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, on
quence subsidiary meetings were held in smaller rooms Tuesday, the 19th ult., for refusing to state, in answer to
within the premises, each of which was addressed by the questions put by Mr. Lawrance, where he had deposited
Rev. Doctor. a sum of £4O, admitted by him to have been received
shortly before his bankruptcy. Mr. Lawrence then stated
that the object of the examination was not so much the
payment over of this sum of £4O, as the discovery of other
moneys supposed to have been secreted. The bankrupt
The'Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line, will be opened
having lain in prison since the 19th of February, and see-
throughout by October. ing no hope of his liberation except by telling the truth,
On Monday last, a beautiful new steam-boat, intended sent for Mr. Stubbs, the messenger of the Court of Bank-
to ply on Lochlomond in connexion with the Caledonian
ruptcy, and told him that if he went to his place of busi-
Railway, was launched from the yard of Messrs. William ness at Wereham, he would find something worth looking
Denny and Brothers, iron ship-builders, Dumbarton.
for in an old pair of trousers ; and the messenger accord-
YORK,NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—Atthe ingly went, taking with him a letter from the bankrupt to
his wife, direc,ing her to give the messenger all the infor-
priatehalf-yearly meeting, on Thursday, it was resolved to appro-.
the £50,000 received from Mr. Hudson, to the mation in her power. The messenger accordingly found
in a closet, amongst a heap of old clothes, an old pair of
replacement of the permanent way, and a dividend of
trousers, containing £lBO in new bank-notes, and £320
n per cent. per annum was declared.
It is understood that Mr. Hudson has paid £16,000 to in gold, together £5OO, with which spoil the messenger
returned to town. It is more than probable, that but for
the York and North Midland Railway Company, for the
recovery of which legal proceedings had been commenced the power of committal given by the statute, and the
against him. This sum had been taken by Mr. Hudson
prompt application of that power by the learned Commis-
for land which he had parted with at Londesbro', in addi-
sinner Fonblanque, this money would have been wholly
Lion to the amount actually awarded to him for the same. lost to the creditors.
The trial for the recovery of the money was fixed to have The resignation of Lord Denman of the Chief Justice-
taken place during the present assizes at York.
. ship of the Queen's Bench, to make room for Lord
Campbell, may at length be chronicled as a fact. It took
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.— The half-yearly place on Friday, when the Attorney-General addressed a
meeting of this company was held at Bristol on Tiles- letters expressive of the regret of the bar that "illness"
day. At seven o'clock, the proceedings, which were Of compelled his lordship to resign the high office he had so
rather a stormy character, not being over, an adjournment long filled with " distinguished honour" to himself and
took place to Wednesday, when the business was con- " eminent advantage" to his country :
eluded. The dividend declared was at the rateof three " The learning, the impartiality, the high sense of honour,
and a half per cent. per annum. A motion for a commit- the firmness and the dignity which marked and ennobled your
tee to investigate certain charges against Mr. Browne, the administration of justice, have always commanded admiration
deputy-chairman of the company, was carried, much to and respect; while every practitioner in your lordship's court
the surprise of the directors, who demanded a poll, but it bears grateful testimony to the kindness and the courtesy that
was not persevered in, and the committee was appointed. aenleazetcl :yo.uo.to us all: ..:4,17,e are seinsiblie, that failing health
With respect to the election of directors in the room of n 1 'nnr."
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those who retired, a compromise was agreed to, by which
Messrs. W. D. Wills and W. Morgan were elected, and
Messrs. M. Castle and W. Fripp added to the board. I
A meeting was held in London on Monday last, in
reference to the charges by railways for the carriage of
goods. One of the speakers said,—" On the South-
Western, from London to Dorchester, 141 miles, the
charges for 1121bs. was 2s. 6d. On the Great Western—
London to Exeter, 195 miles for 1121b5., 6s. ld. London
and North- Western—London to Manchester, 188+ miles,
or Liverpool, 210+ miles, for 1121b5., 18s. 4d. Eastern
Counties—London to Norwich, 126 miles, or Yarmouth,
146 miles, for 1121b5., 9s. 4d. Having mentioned the
charges for large parcels, he would now allude to the rate
at which small parcels were charged. The Great Western
had no charge for any parcels under 12 lbs. ; the charge
for 100 miles was Is. sd. Bristol and Exeter, and South
Devon, 71bs., ls. 3d. and Is. 6d. South-Western, 281b5.,
IS. Eastern Counties, 151b5., Is. London and North-
Western, 121b5., ls." An appeal is to be made to the
legislature

aruuous unties or the judge; but we pray that you may be
blessed with vigour to enjoy the leisure you have justly earned,
and to devote to the publ.c service the patriotism and the elo-
quence already so conspicuous in the annals of Parliament."
In reply, Lord Denman wrote :

"Fully aware of my many deficiencies in other respects, 1
yet will not disclaim the praise of a constant and earnest en-
deavour to discover truth and promote justice; and it is my
pride to feel that, with the assistance of my excellent collea-
gues,' I .have not failed in my anxious wish to sustain, and
even elevate, the character of the English bar. Amonz the
many consolations which support me in taking this painful
step, none will be more effectual than to witness the increasing
prosperity and honour of the profession which you so worthily
represent."

HARTLEY'S DIVORCE CASE

HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY.
' On Thursday the house met by special appointment for
the purpose of hearing counsel and evidence in supper:: of
the second reading of " Hartley's Divorce Bill." The
lords present were Lord Brougham, chairman, the Earl of
Devon, and Lord Hawarden.

Mr. Serjeant Wrangliamlnd Mr. Crompton appeared
on behalf of Mr. Hartley, and Mr. M. James ropresented
Mrs. Hartley and certain of her trustees under a deed of
separation.

Mr. WRANGRAM stated the case for the petitioner, Mr.
John Bernard Hartley, engineer, of this town. It ap-
peared that the petitioner, at the age of 28, was married
to a young lady of the name of Harriet Say Hall, then 20
years of age, on the 6th of beptember, 1842. since whe
until

the time of the alleged adultery-, they lived on the
most happy terms. The defendant, Mr. James Thompson,
is also an engineer, and was recently employed on the
Liverpool and Bury Railway. In the course of business
111 r. Hartley and Mr. Thompson became acquainted, and
the latter was a frequent guest at the house of the former.