The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-28 00:00:00

general Alltortilattp.

Another total. eclipse of the moon will take place on
the 13th September next, but it will be only partly visible
in England.

At York assizes, last week, Michael Stokes was sen-
tenced to death for shooting, with his musket, Mary Ann
Garrad, at Leeds barracks.

The boy Aitken, who was shot in the hip during the
late Glasgow ridts, died in the Infirmary, on Wednesday.
This is the fourth life lost during those disturbances.
The long expected Charter of Incorporation for Wake-
field has at length arrived, and the blessings which are to
result from municipal government are already to be seen
in the distance.
The Earl of Albemarle, formerly Master of the Horse
to the Queen. may, be callcd the father of 'the House of
Lords, as he succeeded to his title at the age of six
months, seventy-five years ago.
A Chartist demonstration was made in Nottingham on
Thursday, when about 5,000 persons assembled in the
Market-place, to hear a lecture, " on the prospects of de-
mocracy," from Dr. M'Douall.
Upwards of 200 noblemen and gentlemen, who have
been sworn in as special constables, for the parish of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, London, have chosen the Earl of
Arundel and Surrey as their commander-in-chief.
Mrs. Saunders, aged 70, widow of John Saunders,
Esq., formerly' an eminent brewer of Southampton, was
burnt to death on Friday night, at her residence in that
town. It is supposed she was seized with a fit, and fell
into the fire.

On Sunday week, two boys were shooting larks at
Soleham, when as one of them, only seventeen, was
drawing the gun through a hedge, it went off, and the
contents lodged in his chest. He only lived until
Tuesday.
At the York Assizes, on Thursday, John Drury, John
Marsden, Thomas Buller, and William Hall were sen-
tenced to ten years transportation for instigating other
persons, previously convicted, to commit the disturbances
which may be remembered in connection with the
Sheffield Cutlers' Association.

EXECUTION.—On Saturday, at Durham Gaol, Thomp-
son underwent the extreme penalty of the law, for the
murder of the Duke of Cleveland's gamekeeper, in Roby
Park. The convict died firmly, and in the presence of
about 10,000 persons. Dowson, who was also convicted
with him, has been respited.
The execution of the three men, Calvert, Mellor, and
Stokes, who were convicted of murder at the York assizes,
will take place on Saturday, the Bth of April. The two
former are Protestants, and the latter a Roman Catholic,
and they each give proper attention to the instructions of
their spiritual advisers.
Loss OF SIX LIVES.—The following melancholy acci-
dent happened at Jersey on Thursday week :—As a boat
was going out with a party to see the celebrated Chinese
Junk, which had arrived and anchored in St. Aubins' bay
the day preceding, a cutter ran down the boat, and caused
the loss of life of six persons, four boatmen and two gen-
tlemen being drowned by the occurrence.
THE TRAFALGAR-SQUARE RIOTS.—On Friday, John
White, a leader of the window-smashing mob in the me-
tropolis, on Monday week, was tried at the Middlesex
sessions and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment—
six months for stealing bread from a baker's shop and six
months for the riot. Six other rioters were sentenced to
imprisonment for periods ranging between nine months
and one.

During the late riots in Glasgow, a ruffian, who had
stolen a half chest of tea, hurried with it on his head into
a close, whither he was closely followed by another fellow
who was carrying a large cheese, which he had also stolen.
As the first rushed into the close, the tea chest came in
violent collision with the wall, whence it rebounded, and
knocked down the thief bearing the cheese, which was
instantly seized by a third thief, who was passing at the
time, and who escaped with the booty.

The Dundee Courier says that a few days ago a man
sat down to dine, near a stack of oats, at Inchture, and,
after ending his meal, lighted his pipe. He then fell into
a reverie, whence he was aroused by finding that the tail
of his coat was on fire, and on turning round he disco-
vered that the stack was in a blaze. He immediately gave
an alarm, and the neighbours speedily assembled and ex-
tinguished the flames, but not before the destruction of
oats to the value of £B, which sum the unlucky smoker
has been compelled to pay.
GEOLOGY—RECENT DISCOVERY.-The workmen em-
ployed at the work at Carcary, in the parish of Parnell,
lately came upon a deposit of fossil fishes, imbedded in
the clay, at a depth of 20 feet from the surface, and not
less than 60 or 70 feet above the present level of the
Southesk. The clay is of the most compact kind, and
alternates every foot or two with thin layers of run sand,
in which shells, we believe, are not uncommon. The
whole of the specimens, which are apparently of the genus
Anguilla, were removed without injury, and are now in
the possession of Mr. Lyall, of Carcary. One of them
that we have teen measures 3ft. 2in. in length, and appears
to be of the species A. aeutirostris of Yarrell. As the
whole are to be submitted to the inspection of Professor
Lyell, the celebrated geologist, we hope to be able, by-
and-by, to give our readers a more scientific description
of these interesting remains of past generations.—Mon-
trose Standard.

FALL OF A CMOs AT LEFOS.—On Monday, an inquest
was held at Leeds on the body of Susannah Darby, wife of
Mr. Darby, the proprietor of the Circus in that town,
whose death was occasioned by the falling of a large per-.
tion of the building on Saturday. About a quarter to ten
o'clock on the evening of that day, just as some perform-
ances on. the tight-rope were about to be commenced, a
part of the Circus erected upon a frame-work of timber
fell in, and nearly 600 persons were precipitated into the
ruins. Fortunately very few were injured beyond being
bruised,; but two of the planks fell upon Mrs. Darby ;
they struck her on the back of the neck and killed her on
the spot. Mrs. Wallet, who was near her, was knocked
down, and cut and bruised, but not seriously. The cause
of the accident is understood to have been the insufficient
• number of props beneath that•part that fell, The build-
ing, it appears, had been recently inspected by the buildiw
manapr of Mr. Darby, and pronounced to he safe. 1.4 e,
Wry return4d, a verdict 0(.4," Accidental deaths"
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The charge against the Hon. and Rev. Augustus Ca
vendish, for obtaining goods under false pretences from
Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, silversmiths, New Bond-street,
Londea, has been abandoned, in consequence,it is stated,
of an arrangement having been made for a return of the
property, or its value, to the prosecutors. '
LARGE TROUT.—We understand that Richard Dennis-
toun, -Esq., Springwood-park, while angling in the
Teviot a few days ago, killed a common river trout of the
extraordinary weight of 611b5., ' and on,the fish being cut
up, there was found in its inside another trout of about
bans pound weight, which it had swallowed.. This is the
largest common trout, we believe,. that any one remem-
bers of having been taken with the rod either in the
Teviot or Tweed.—Kelso Mail.

ALLEGED PREMATURE BURIAL.—A respectable house-
holder, for many years a resident in Red Lion-square,
London, on Sunday week, shortly after his return from
church, fell down, and expired inu.fit. The next day the
corpse was placed in a coffin, the lid of which was fastened
down. Shortly afterwards, a noise, which was attributed
to the bursting of the body, was heard in the coffin, and
no further notice was taken until a relative arrived, who
had the coffin opened, and found the body is such a pos-
ture as left no doubt that animation had returned, and
that a death struggle had ensued after the body was
enclosed in its narrow shell.
THE DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF LAW AND ORDER.
—The signatures to the declaration now amount to up-
wards of one hundred thousand, including a great num-
ber of peers, prelates, baronets, members of the House of
Commons, deputy-lieutenants, magistrates, members of
the various professions, clergymen of the various deno-
minations, merchants,, traders, and farmers, without any
religious or political distinction. In the lists there appear
the names of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Plunket, Bishop of
Tuam, and Dr. Kennedy, Roman Catholic Bishop of
Killaloe, with all his curates. The following peers have
signed the declaration, in addition to those already men-
tioned :—The Earl of Erne, Earl of Clonmel ; Lords
Doneraile, Riversdale, and Mountmorres. Twenty more
baronets have given their signatures.
SHIP BLOWN UP BY GAS.—ON Thursday morning
week a serious and very extraordinary accident, attended
with fatal consequences, occurred in the Bute Docks,
Cardiff. The Neptune, of Jersey, 400 tons burden, had
been laden with a cargo of steam coal, was hatched down,
and was ready for sea, when, on the above morning, on
one of the crew striking a light, a dreadful and most de-
structive explosion took place. It is supposed that the
coal cargo had generated a large quantity of inflammable
gas, and this, being set fire to by the spark struck by the
sailor, exploded, killing the chief mate and injuring several
of the crew, some of whom are not expected to recover:-
the vessel, also, was considerably damaged, and cannot be
rendered seaworthy again, except at a great cost, and very
extensive reparation.— Gloucester Journal.
A STRANGE BURGLARY.—At the recent Worcester as-
sizes, George Milward, aged 31 years, a highly respectable
hair-dresser living in Angel-street, Worcester, and worth,
it is stated, £4OOO, was indicted for a burglary and rob-
bery in the house of Mr. Lane, draper, of Omsbersley.
The occurrence took place on the 20th of January last,
the night of the annual ball at Stourport, and the offence
and possession of drapery goods were brought home to the
prisoner, who appears to have been accompanied by a per-
son named Henry Whittaker, his former apprentice, who
has absconded. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and
the judge, in consideration of his having received a pro-
mise of a favourable consideration if he gave certain evi-
denoe, which was done, only sentenced him to twelve
months' imprisonment.—ln an agony of grief the convict
exclaimed that he was intoxicated at the time, and that he
made every reparation for his error as soon as he could.
IMPROVEMENT IN STEAMERS FUNNELS.—Great im-
provements have recently been made in the funnels of the
steamers running on the Thames. The newly contrived
funnel is divided into two parts, united by a hinge, sup-
ported by a balance-bob, in the usual manner; but there
is, in addition, a semi-circular safety arm, or crook, ri-
vetted at one end to the lower portion of the funnel, just
below, and in the centre of, the hinge—the other end just
enters a hole in the upper, or swinging portion. On this
safety arm there slides a crutch, formed to the same radius
as the chimney, to receive it in its descent, and which can
be fastened to any height required. On the attendant
raising the lever, the funnel is steadily guided in its
descent by means of its passing over the arm ; and, should
the hinge be completely broken off, the funnel safely
lodges on the crutch. It can be applied to any kind of
funnel at a mere trifling expense.
EDINBURGH, MARCH 18.—We had a St. Patrick's-day
meeting here but it passed off quietly. The bill calling
the meeting, the oratory, and the musical accompani-
ments, were of a more rhetorical and grandiloquent caste
than we are accustomed to in our frigid climate. The
address to the French nation was ordered to be consigned
to M. Ledru Rollin. The speaker, who moved it, said,
he "felt ashamed of his country, when he compared the
feats accomplished in France with those achieved by the
army in this country, which was recently distinguished
by shooting a poor woman in Glasgow, and cutting off a
man's nose in Edinburgh, a feat which he supposed would
henceforth rank next to Waterloo." As the woman in
question died of apopiexy, without ever being fired at,
the statement of her case may be taken as a sample of
the probity that characterised the other statements of this
orator.

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF BUTS.—This
nobleman died suddenly on Saturday evening week, at his
seat Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, in his 56th year.
The fatal complaint was disease of the heart. On the
afternoon of Saturday the noble marquis entertained the
mayor and council of Cardiff, at dinner. He left the
table on the cloth being removed, for the purpose,
it was thought, of writing a letter ; but his continued
absence induced the marchioness to proceed to the
Inazquig's room. Hpr ladyship called_ to him, and re-
ceiving no answer she became alarmed, and entered his
room, when she found him lying across the bed in a state
of insensibility. She immediately summoned the do-
mestics, and despatched them in quest of medical assist-
ance, and Dr. Lewis, who had been dining with his lord-
ship, was overtaken before he reached his home, and
returned with all possible dispatch. Medical skill, how-
ever, was quite unavailing, the noble lord being dead.

IMPROVED BELL-HANGING.-A short time since we
noticed Parker's patent " annunciator " for hotels, man-
sions, &c., whereby only one bell is required, and the
particular room is indicated by a number appearing on the
face of the machine. It seems to be a very ingenious and
efficient arrangement. In consequence of that notice we
have received a letter from Lincoln, signed John Middle-
ton, stating`that he has been in the habit of effecting the
same thing for a long time past, and pointing to the Pa-
latine Hotel, Manchester, where his arrangement has
been in operation for two years, and the Great Northern
Hotel, Lincoln, where, in a short time, may be seen 44
rooms, on two landings, all communicating with two
bells. He says—" I have no intention of patenting my
method, and any person is at liberty to examine it, and
either carry it out in its integrity, or make such improve-
ments as theia ingenuity may suggest." At the Holt's
Arms Inn, Birmingham, an electric telegraph has been
established to supersede bell-ringing. The object is to
avoid any trouble to the visitors who frequent the house
in calling for refreshment, as indicated on the dial plate.
By turning a handle, which communicates with the wires,
the party is enabled to order any refreshments he may re-
quire without troubling the servant, and can even request
the appearance of the landlord or landlady, as may be
requisite.—Builder.
AN APT QUOTATION.—A correspondent of the Times
says, "At the risk of seeming very much out of the
fashion in the day when the people govern i when work-
men are to be elected as representatives in the French
Parliament, and peasants dictate to emperors, I beg to
point out a somewhat remarkable passage in a book writ-
ten before wild theories were so well known or so com-
pletely approved as at present. Those who think, never-
theless, that navigators are the best men to plan railways,
and men who have not ' opportunity of leisure' are wiser
than those who have, will accept an apology for the intru-
sion :

"The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity. of
leisure, and he that hath little business shall become wise.
How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough and that glo-
rieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their
labours, whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make
furrows, and is diligent to give the kine fodder. So every car-
penter and workmaster that laboureth night and day, and they
that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety,
and give themse yes to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish
a work. The smith also, sitting by the anvil, and considering
the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and lie
fighteth with the heat of the furnace; the noise of the hammer
and the anvil is ever in his ear, and his eyes look still upon the
pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to
finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly: so doth the
potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his
feet, who is always carefully set at his work, and maketh all his
work by number ; he fashioneth the clay with his arm, and
boweth down his etrcilgth bctb,a hie, fcci i lie applicth himoolf
to lead it over ; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace :
all these trust to their hands, and every one is wise in his work.
Without these cannot any city be inhabited ; and they shall not
dwell where they will, nor go up and down ; they shall not be
sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the congregation ;
they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sen-
tence of judgment ; they cannot declare justice and judgment ;
and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. But
they will maintain the state of the world, and their desire is in
the work of their craft."—Ecclus. xxxviii.

THE ENGLISH WORKMEN ON THE CONTINENT.—The
Transit steamer, Captain Bell, from Antwerp, arrived at
Hull, on Friday, having on board fifteen passengers, with
a full general cargo, one horse, and five calves. The
Transit left Antwerp on Wednesday afternoon, at which
time all was tranquil in Belgium. The passengers brought
over are principally parties belonging to the West Riding
of Yorkshire, who had been employed for some time in
the flax mills at Lille; but owing to the threats made use
of by the inhabitants, they had been compelled to leave
the country on the moment for their own safety. In
some instances violence had been resorted to towards the
unoffending English workmen. One of the passengers of
the Transit, who had been engaged as overlooker in one
of the most extensive flax mills in Lille, informed our re-
porter that the treatment experienced by the English
workmen was of the most revolting character, and from
the precipitate manner in which they had been driven
from the country, not one of those brought by the Tran-
sit had succeeded in removing any of their household
goods or other propeety, and, in nearly every instance, the
individuals were almost pennyless. In one case a young
man, also employed in a flax mill at Lille, had a very nar-
row escape of falling a victim in the hands of the excited
mob. The latter demanded that he would immediately
quit the country, with which he expressed his willingness
to comply, but being desirous of collecting together a few
necessary articles, consisting of clothing, &c., before he
removed, he was attacked by the mob, who threatened to
hang him. He, however, fortunately succeeded in effect-
ing his escape, and, after some difficulty, reached the
Transit in safety. The distressed condition of the ma-
jority 0 the passengers excited the commiseration of
Captain Bell, whb very humanely supplied them with
fpa, and otherwise attended to their wants. We are also
informed that there are a large number of English in the
'neighbourhood of Lille, who are very anxious of returning
to this country, bitt, as they lack the means, they are un-
Liable ti),do so.

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Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m.

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—Tins DAY.
In our Share market this morning there was no great amount
of business done, but prices were firm. London and North-
Western stock and 4-shares were in demand, at an advance
upon yesterday's prices; these have both been oversold. The
quotations Were—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 39 ; 4-shares,. 51
dis. London New. 4-shares, 23/8 28/9 2f pm. North Union,
A, 204. Dover, No. 4, 66/3 dis. Newcastle Preference, pm.
Royal Assurance, 1# pm.

LIVERPOOL. CORN EXCHANGE—This DAY •
We have had an exceedingly dull trade here this morning,
for almost every article of the Corn trade, and except for
Barley and Malt a general decline in prices.
Old Wheat 2d., new 2d. to 3d. per 701 b. cheaper than on this
day week.
Flour was 6d. per barrel and Is. per sack lower.
Beans and Peas also the turn downward in value.
Oats receded• Id. per 451 b. ; Oatmeal 6d. per load.
Indian Corm receded Is. to 2s. per quarter, and Indian Meal
6d. to Is. per brl.

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STREET LAMPS.—An experiment in street lighting has
now for a fortnight been going on in Foregate-street,
Worcester, where, at the southern extremity, may be
seen four lamps of a peculiar construction, which, by
means of reflectors and gas burners, throw a very strong
light for a great distance on all sides. One of these
lamps seems to do the work of three of the ordinary gas
lights.
ISLE OF MAN. I On Sunday week, the Lord Bishop
preached in St. Mary's, Castletown, in the forenoon.
After the service his lordship christened the infant son of
his Excellency the Governor. The sponsors were the
Earl of Selkirk, the Countess of Selkirk, and Lady Ca-
therine Douglas. The Governor and Lady Isabella were
present, also the servants at Government House. The
infant was named Thomas, after his godfather and uncle
the Earl of Selkirk.

EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSI7RES.—Travis, who was ac-
quitted at the late assizes at Lincoln, on the charge of
murdering Mr. Copeman, of Blyborough, in December
last, is again in custody, undergoing an examination by
the magistrates. A man has come forward to give evi-
dence against him, who deposes that be was laid under
shelter of a haystack, on the night of the murder, and
heard the whole scuffle. He followed Travis home, and
assisted in- concealing his boots, &c., and was to receive a
large sum of money if Travis got off. On applying for
that sum, it was flatly refused, and he was told if he
informed he would also be transported. The man, how-
ever, has made the depositions before the magistrates, and
the sensation produced in the neighbourhood is of the
most intense description. A singular part of the story is,
that the witness might have secured the £lOO reward had
he informed before the trial.—Another correspondent com-
municates the following additional particulars :—ln conse-
quence of a railway bricklayer having stated in several
public-houses, on the 11th and 12th instant, that he saw
Joseph Travis murder Charles Copeman, and persisting ia
his tale, he was ordered into custody, and a warrant was
issued for the apprehension of Travis. Both Travis and
Fell (the bricklayer) have been committed to Lincola
Castle, to take their trial at the assizes for robbery. The
Prisoner Travis looked much altered since the assizes, and
appeared to have lost the confidential air he has main-
tained since he was first taken into custody.—Hua
Herald.

At the Middlesex Sessions, on Thursday, John Harvey,
a colonel in the Guernsey militia, surrendered to take his
trial on an indictment charging him with having stolen a
bible and a prayer-book from Kentishtown Church. On
the 12th of February the prisoner entered the church, and,
after admiring the monuments, he sat down in one of the
pews. On his leaving the verger observed something
bulky in his pocket, and on looking into the pew missed
the books. The verger followed the prisoner, and charged
him with stealing the books, upon which he voluntarily
returned to the church, and instead of denying the act,
said he could not think what induced him to commit the
theft. Mr. Clarkson, for the prisoner, said his client was
not only a gentleman of unsullied reputation, but a man
of good station in life, having been a banker in Guernsey.
When this affair occurred the prisoner was on his way to
the house of Mr. Tatham, solicitor, of Lincoln's-inn-
fields, at Hampstead, where he had been invited to dinr.
He had observed a monument raised to the memory of a-
wife who had died in childbirth, and that being applicable
to a melancholy event which had befallen him, he referred
to the Bible found upon him to make the quotation, and
in a momentary absence of mind, occasioned by the recol-
lection of his misfortune, he had unwittingly neglected to
replace it. General Napier, late Lieutenant-Governor of
Guernsey, pronounced the prisoner, whom he had ap-
pointed to a colonelcy in the Guernsey Militia, to be a
gentleman of the highest character. Other witnesses
having given similar testimony, the jury unhesitatingly
returned a verdict of " Not guilty."
ROBBERY OF GOLD DUST.—J J. W.
'Thompson, de-
scribed as Captain of the schooner, Medora, is in custody,
charged with stealing a quantity of gold dust, to the value
of nearly 7,0001., consigned to and the property of Mr.
U. M. Hutton, of Larkhall-lane, Clapham, and Watling-
street, London, merchant.' t The prisoner received the gold
dust on board his ship at Cape Coast, and on arriving in
England, contrived to remove it ashore. and take it to his
lodgings, the house of his brother-in-law,- Mr. Cooper, a
surgeon, in Clapham-road, where a considerable quantity
of the dust was afterwards found in his bed-room. To
throw off suspicion, the prisoner had written a letter to
the prosecutor, in which he stated, that on leaving the
Gold Coast he was seized with the fever, which threw
him into a state of delirium, and whilst in that state he
had thrown all the gold 'butt overboard_ This story, which
was too ridiculous to be believed, led to inquiry, and
eventually to the apprehension of the prisoner, who has
been committed for trial. It really appears by the log-
book, that the prisoner kept his cabin about a fortnight
under the plea of being unwell, and that one dark night,
he came on deck and threw overboard a box, which he
afterwards said was the gold dust. However, the whole
has been since discovered on the premises.
VISCOUNT HARDINGE'S INTRODUCTION TO THE HOUSE
OF PEERS.—The House of Lords presented a most ani-
mated appearance about four o'clock on Monday. There
were a few Peers standing conversing near the woolsack,
occasionally looking towards the entrance below the bar.
That portion of the house appropriated to the Commons
was already crowded with members of the lower house.
The object of all this solicitude and curiosity could not
long remain a secret, and it was soon generally known
that the groups had been attracted thither to pay homage
to the illustrious hero of Ferozeshah and Sobraon—the
late Governor-General of India. In a few minutes the
crimson velvet curtains were drawn aside, and the Usher
of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford, appeared head-
ing a procession formed of the Garter King at Arms, in a
gorgeous uniform, covered with heraldic achievements.
Then followed the Earl of Arundel, as deputy for his
father, the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England.
The Peers who undertook the office of introducing the
noble viscount to the house, were Lord Viscount Beresford
and Lord Viscount Combermere. The noble viscount
proceeded to the table, where the usual ceremonies being
gone through upon the occasion of a Peer's introduction,
and the customary oaths being taken by him, the proces-
sion retired, and again reappeared, entering by the beck
benches, and descending into the body of the house
through the opening in the opposition benches. At this
moment the number of Peers who stood ready to greet
the man that her Majesty " delighted to honour ' was
considerable, and the spectacle became highly interesting
by the appearance of the Marquis of Anglesey. As he
slowly proceeded, his gallant commander the Duke him.
self appeared, and the crowd of Peers stood aside to faci-
litate the meeting of the illustrious chieftains. The mu-
tilated forms of the noble marquis and the gallant viscount
irresistibly excited melancholy amidst the general feeling
of triumph. The interesting ceremony closed by the pre-
sentation, through Lords Coinbermere and Beresford, of
Viscount Ilnrdingo to the noble lord on the woolsack,
I.who shock him cordially by .the hand.

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