The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-13 00:00:00

corroboration they had he
The jury acquitted a

the prisoners.

Edmond Christopher was hanged on Friday at Water.
ford, for the murder of a bailiff named Hogan. The
wretched culprit denied his guilt to the last.

It is now fully expected that the present session
Parliament will be brought to a close on Thursday n€
and that her Majesty will prorogue her Parliament

person

_,,,,,red at the last meeting of the
Waterford Steam Company, in consequence of too much
3f the profits having been absorbed in the opposition that
ics been carried on during nearly the last twelve months.
Thursday night, two horses belonging to Mr. Denis
Igan, of Clonneganna, were maliciously shot. The cause
ic,ed Wag horsy. - to graze on

No dividend was deel

)e tenants that

were pert,
lands of Ballydonnagh, from which sok_
had part of the land from Mr. Egan were I.
The Mayor of St. Etienne d'Albagnan (1-1.
just been suspended for three months by the p.
that department for parading through the commut
a band of men, crying " Vivent les ^-^
blancs !"

'ately evicted
milt) h

On Wednesday Mr. Hepworth Dixon attended at Ref-
ford to explain the purposes of the great exhibition.
Only two or three gentlemen attended. The Town-clerk
and the few gentlemen present positively declined to take
any step in the matter as it was intended to advance free
trade, and the meeting was a decided failure. The Mayor
felt insulted, as he was not invited to the dinner at the
Mansion-house.

THE NEW VICE CHANCELLOR.—The Herald of yes_
terdav says that the only name that has been mentione
in coinvetition with Sir John Romilly is that of Baro
Rolfe ; but if the recommendation of the co
salaries be followed, the salary of the
will be no higher tha❑ that of a pui!
Baron Rolfe will probably not Chang
the event of Sir John Re
cellor, Mr. Cogkburn will
General, and it is likely
►nay be offered to Mr. Pa

-Chancellor

p, and
n. In

;d Vice-Chan-
me Attorney-

Wood,

lawyer, and a gentleman of liberal
larship.

f Solicitor (

tainments and scho-

MURDER.-A man named George Clarke, and Ann
Curtis, his niece, were examined at Stourbridge, on Sa-
turday, on a charge of murder. The murdered man is th
-"

...soand of Ann ,ortis, with whom he Lad lived very un-
happily, the wife having, in fact, deserted him and gone to
live with her uncle, the prisoner Clarke, with whom she
cohabited. Clarke was some months ago committed to
prison for some offence, and during his incarceration the
woman went to live with her lawful husband. On Clarke's
release, however, she again went to live with him. John
Martin met the prisoners and the deceased John Curtis
on the 22d June, near a coalpit. A fourth person named-
Cowell was present. They were quarrelling with the de-
ceased, and the witness saw Cowell knock him down.
Curtis afterwards got up, when his wife knocked him
',wn with something which she had in her hand. Cowell

and Clarke then seized him and carried him to a pit or
" jackey" hole, a small reservoir for the reception of su-
perfluous water, and thrust Curtis's legs through a hole.
His body did not easily follow, and the prisoner Clarke
then jumped upon him until he had forced the body into
the pit. Martin was beaten savagely by Cowell for inter-
fering. Another witness named Morris corroborated this
statement, and spoke of the finding of the deceased in the
pit. He was suspended by a hook which caught the
waistband of his trousers, and his head was downwards,
the body being halt immersed in water. When extricated
he breathed once or twice and expired.
THE MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE FORTH-
COMING BANQUET AT YORK.—A discussion took placeat
the quarterly meeting of the Birmingham Town Council
lu-sTtuesday relative to the manner in which the mayor of

that town should appear at the grand banquet to be given
at York (at which Prince Albert has signified his inten-
tion of being present) on behalf of the Grand Exposition
of Manufactures to be held in 1851. The invitation which
the mayor kad received requested that each of the provin-
cial mayors would attend in the robes of his office, and
forward a banner emblazoned with his own arms, or the
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arms of his city or borough, to be used in decorating the
Guildhall at York. Alderman Palmer thought the Mayor

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moved taahtpapttalfecnohttialnizaiuitite:t:,
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Uderman Aront7p,l

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lded to improve tie-ap:
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e arms of Birmingham
ight be blazoned " two•

untrons aryerio, WWI a urass nail rampant," fora crest.
Councillor Knowles thought the Mayor of Birmingham
should not go to meet the Prince without "the wedding
garment." After a lengthened discussion, the motion
for the appointment of a committee was rejected by a con-
siderable majority, and the Mayor of Birmingham is to
go to the banquet without any robes, or stop at home, just
as it may please him.