The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

At the Middlesex sessions, a lad prosecuted for stealing
cigars, escaped conviction because the things stolen hap-
pened to be cheroots.
It is a curious fact, that at the present season no less
than 600 to 800 hands are temporarily employed at Co-
vent-garden market in shelling peas,

The price of gas is to be reduced from the 30th instant
to 7s. per 1,000 cubic feet by the leading gas companies
in London..

PARKER AND SHORE'S BANKRUPTCY.—II is reported
that the assignees have somewhere about £40,000 in
hand—a sum that will enable them to declare a further
dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound.
The express train, with the sentence on Mr. O'Connell,
travelled in two hours from Birmingham to London. The
sentences passed upon the traversers in Dublin at half-
past four on Thursday afternoon, were published in the
London papers on Friday morning at eleven o'clock.
GUANO.—The Bristol Journal of Saturday announces
the arrival at that port of a cargo of guano from Peru,
consigned to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. A local
paper also notices the arrival at the port of Gloucester of
a cargo of the same valuable commodity.
Mr. Croal, of Edinburgh, is about to recommence the
running of stage coaches betwixt Edinburgh and Glasgow.
They are to be large vehicles, capable of carrying 21 per-
sons each, and zre expected to perform the distance regu-
larly in four hours.
It is said to be in contemplation to revise the whole
system of licensing inns and public-houses during the
next session of parliament, so as to place it on a similar
footing to that now in practice on the continent, by which
means the revenue will be greatly increased.
" REBECCA " COMMITTED TO PRI SON.—OH Monday
week, David Evans, farmer, of Penlan, in the parish of
Llanfihangel Yeroth, was committed by J. L. Davies,
Esq., to Carmarthen gaol, for inciting persons, by threat-
ening letters, &c., to destroy Llanfihangel gate, last sum-
mer, and acting as Rebecca on the occasion.
A man named Joel Fisher, who kept the Devonshire
Inn, High-street, Weston-Super-mare, Gloucestershire,
has been taken into custody for murdering his wife, Mary,
on Wednesday morning, by striking her on the head with
an iron bar, and afterwards cutting her throat with a
carving knife, as he subsequently said " to put her out of
life as quickly as possible."
THE GUANO TRADE.—On Thursday last, the John
Gibson sailed from this port for the Cape of Good Hooe,
in ballast, and on Saturday the New Brunswick sailed
direct for Ichaboe ; their united tonnage as per measure-
ment being exactly 600 tons. They may be expected to
return in due time with about a thousand tons of African
guano.—Hull Herald.

SUGAR.—By the new Government measure free grown
is to be admitted at the duty of 34s and 5 per cent. on
the 10th of November next ; but in sugar, the produce of
slave colonies; no alteration is to be made in the duty.
Siam sugar is to be excluded. Certificates of produce
will be required. The Custom Duties' Bill has passed
the House of Lords.

ACCIDENTAL SUICIDE.—A gentleman named Bagshaw_
residing at Borough, near Hope, in Derbyshire, was found
strangled to death, near a bed-post, in his sleeping room,
under circumstances which showed that he had only in-
tended to put himself in that position, to frighten his
family, and to obtain money from them to buy drink, but
he had miscalculated the length of the cord. The Coro-
ner's Jury, however, found that he did it in a state of in-
sanity.
HEIR TO THE BRIDGEWATER PROPERTY.—The eldest
son of Lord Francis Egerton comes to age on Sunday,
the 16th instant, when great rejoicings are expected.
Banquets of a most extensive scale will take place both at
Runcorn and Worsley, at the former place on Saturday,
the 15th, and at the latter on the 170. A marquee is
about to be erected in the Old Quay Yard to dine one
thousand persons, and the day's amusement to be wound
up by a grand display of fireworks.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE AT SANDBACH.—A re-
markable funeral took place on Wednesday week at this
place,—an old lady of independent property residing in
Sandbach, and her gardener; they were each 75 years of
age, both born in the month of May, and came to Sand-
bach at the same time. The gardener lived with her 45
years. She died on the 25th ult., and he died on the
27th. They were carried to the churchyard together, and
interred in the same grave.
Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., Governor-General of
India, has been unanimously appointed by the Court of
Directors to succeed to the office of Commander-in-Chief
of the Company's Forces in India, in the event of the
death, resignation, or coming away from India, of Gen.
Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.B. Sir Henry Hardinge was in-
vested by the Queen, on Saturday week, at Buckingham
Palace, with the ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the
most honourable military Order of the Bath.

SAVAGE ATTACK BY A BEAR.—On Friday week, the
bear belonging to the Zoological Gardens, at Wakefield,
made its escape from its den ; and in attempting to drive
it back to its place of confinement, Mrs. Haslegrave, the
wife of the proprietor, was attacked by the beast, and
severely lacerated. Her sister, on hearing her cries, came
to her assistance, when she was immediately set upon by
the infuriated animal and dreadfully mangled with its
teeth and claws. The bear was with great difficulty beaten
off, and was afterwards destroyed.
FATAL CAROUSE.--A married woman, named Gray,
just out of her accouchement, was, the other night,
drinking and making merry with some friends at the bar
of a public-house, in Goswell-street, London, and had
with her the infant, less than two months old. The party
became rather excited from their potations ; and attention
being at length directed to the child, which the mother
pressing closely to her breast, underneath her shawl, the
covering was removed, and the poor infant was found
dead, having been suffocated by the want of air and the
pressure.

THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.—This great commer-
cial edifice is rapidly being finished. The area in front of
the building, where once stood the old Sun Fire-office, is
now being filled up with cement, and a light woodwork
has been placed on the site where the equestrian statue of
the Duke of Wellington, by Chantrey, is to be inaugu-
rated on Tuesday next, the 18th instant, on which occa-
sion the new Royal Exchange will be opened to the mer-
chants and Lloyd's committee.
EXTENSIVE FIRE.—The most extensive fire that ever
occurred in Huddersfield happened on Monday morning
last. The fire was at Mr. Kaye's old factory at Folly
Hall ; the building is almost 63 yards long, 18 yards
wide; and about 24 yards long. The building was used
es a finishing mill, and was occupied by almost thirty
different firms, all small finishers, who had embarked
their all, and being uninsured will be ruined. By about
a quarter past two the roof fell in, and the building was
completely destroyed. The loss is estimated at from
£30,000 to £40,000, and five-hundred hands are thrown
out of employment.
Mass EDGEWORTH.—At a meeting of Socinians in
London last week, held in support of the " Dissenters'
Chapels Bill," the name of this talented lady was boast-
fully referred to by one of the speakers as belonging to
the body who are self-styled " Unitarians." The Rev.
R. Parkinson, a personal acquaintance of Miss Edge-
worth's, in a letter to the London Times, has indig.
nantly denied the imputation thus cast upon her. The
rev. gentleman adds—" That lady is a member of the
established church, and a regular attendant upon those
ordinances in her parish-church which are utterly opposed
to the infidel heresy of the followers of Socinus."
ONE LONDON WATERMAN AGAINST A FOUR-OARED
FLEMISH CREW.—The boat-race on Monday between
Robert Newell, of Battle-bridge-stairs, and four Flemish
Waterman with a coxswain, terminated, contrary to gene-
ral expectation, in favour of the latter. It will be re-
membered that the same parties contended about a month
since, when Newell was declared the winner by a very
considerable distance; but as the opposing party attri-
buted their defeat to the size of their boat, and were de-
sirous of having another trial, a match was made for £4O
a side. The former race had been rowed from Ostend to
Bruges, a distance of twelve miles ; but on the present
occasion the starting and winning posts were reversed.
BARBER AND' FLETCHER, THE WILL. FORGERS.--
These convicts are still at the penitentiary. Barber is a
tailor, and was seen in the course of last week making
breeches in the convict's apparel, and with his head
closely cropped. Having chosen this trade or occupation,
he is, as a matter of course, excused from the much more
disagreeable occupation of picking oakum, which is very
laborious, and very much taxes the eyes as well as the
fingers. Fletcher, whose profession as a medical man is
not likely to be called into exercise, and who cannot use
the needle or wax-end is regularly seated along with the
other convicts, and kept at work with oakum. They are
both in good health.
ANOTHER MANIAC.—Oh Tuesday morning, Bernard,
Fitzpatrick, an Irishman, about 50 years of age, was taken
by the constables before the magistrates, was charged
threatening to shoot the Duke of Wellington and Sir R.
Peel, the former for having prevented him, as he asserted,
from obtaining a pension on leaving the 74th Regiment,
and the-latter for putting Mr. O'Connell into prison. It
was proved that the threats had been used by the prisoner;
but it appeared that he had twice before been an inmate
of the Hanwell Pauper Lunatic Asylum, and Dr. Hoffen-
den, of Hanwell, having certified that he was now again
insane, an order was signed by the magistrates for his
readmission into that institution, where he was accordingly
conveyed.

THE TEA VRADE.—The accounts from China, received
by the overland mail, respecting the leaf, have caused
much heaviness•in the market. The merchants, in con-
sequence of the-expected supply from China, are disposed
to sell, but dealers are cautious, and out of about 15,000
packages brought forward on Thursday, not more than
about 1,000 sold at former rates. Congous fetched 10d.
_ _

for very common quality, and from 23. 3d for fine.
Gunpowder, for fine quality, brought 4s. lid. to 4s. 61c1.,
and twankay Is. 2.-td. to Is. 4d. The duty upon the leaf,
as paid up to Saturday last, is as follows :—London,
10,147,574 lbs. ; Liverpool, 1,674,299 lbs. ; Bristol,
308,790 lbs. ; 133,709 lbs. ; total, 1844,
12,264,372 lbs.

MORE POPERY.—A bill has been brought into th
House of Lords, by Lord Beaumont, which is connected
with the laws affecting charitable bequests, and which
ought, we think, to bee carefully watched, as it specially
provides for the validity of bequests to Jesuits—an order
of men so dangerous from their bad principles, that even
in some Romish states• they are still discountenanced,
and were once suppressed universally as conspirators
against the peace of society. At Hanley, in Staffordshire,
fifteen persons who have become perverts to Popery, have
been confirmed; at Manchester the other day there were
four hundred and fifty apostates from Protestantism, . and
in Liverpool recently many persons have left the Church
of their Fathers to return to the errors and superstitions
of Rome.

ARRIVAL OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF DENMARK. IN
Soo.mArrn.—On Friday morning, about half-past four
o'clock, his Danish Majesty's frigate Gafien, 48 guns,
arrived in Leith Roads, having on board his Royal High-
ness, Frederick, the Crown Prince of Denmark. The
Gafien was accompanied from Copenhagen by the frigate
Thetis. His Royal Highness's stay in Edinburgh, we
learn, is limited to a few days, when he starts on a short
tour through the Highlands. He afterwards proceeds to
the Faroe Islands upon a geological tour. Frederick,
Crown Prince of Denmark, was born the 6th of October*
1808; and is consequently in his 36th year. His Royal
Highness is a stout, handsome person, rather tall, with
dark hair, and altogether of a very prepossessing exterior.
—Edinburgh paper.
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY.—It was stated in the
House of Commons on Thursday night, by the Attorney-
General, Sir Wm. Follett, as an argument in favour of
the Dissenter's Chapels Bill, and a fresh information has
been filed on the part of the Independants against the
Presbyterians alleging that the latter did not agree in
doctrine to Lady Hewley. He added that the costs of the
suit which had been going on for fourteen years, had
almost destroyed the property in dispute, and that
although the House of Lords had come to a decision, it
was at the present time quite as much a question what
class of Dissenters were entitled to the benefits of the
charity, as when the suit was instituted fourteen years ago..
[This may be an appropriate argument for a lawyer, but
we apprehend it is a miserable plea on which to support
such a measure as the "Dissenters' Chapels Bill."]
THIS PITT CLVn.—The trennial celebration of the birth
of William Pitt look place on Saturday evening, in the
splendid hall of the Merchant Tailors' Company, when.
about 120 noblemen and gentlemen sat down to a first-rate
dinner. The wines were in great perfection andabundance,
and every delicacy of the season was put into requisition,
to render the feast worthy of the distinguished company
assembled. The chair was taken by Lord Fe versham,
supported on his right by the Earl of Eldon, president of
the club; Lord Kenyon, Sir John Croft, Sir R. Glynn,
Mr. Round, M.P., Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., Mr. Lefroy,
M.P., Mr. H. Pownall, &c. On his left by the Earl of
Dartmouth, Lord Farnham, Sir J. Chetwood, Mr. Quin-1
tin Dick, M.P., Alderman Copeland, Hon. A. Duncombe,
&c. The usual toasts were given when the cloth was
drawn.

DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION.—A fire broke out at
Gravesend on Sunday night, which was not extinguished
before it had consumed twenty-five houses, and seriously
damaged 15 or 16 others. Three barrels of gunpowder in
a salt warehouse which caught fire, blew up with a ter-
rible explosion. A house was pulled down in which the
son and daughter of the occupier lay in bed, in the last
stage of consumption; they were hastily removed, but the
fright had a fatal effect upon the youth, and he died next
morning. The daughter is not expected to live, the esti-
mated damage varies from £lO,OOO to £15,000. The
greater number of sufferers are very poor. During the
fire a woman just out of her confinement, was conveyed to
the Falcon Inn, wrapped up in flannel, and apparently
in a dying state ; and a poor shoemaker, named Rooker,
was observed to leave one of the houses in a hurried man-
ner, bearing on his shoulders the dead body of his (laugh-
ter, which lay in the house at the time it took fire.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 7.—The question of
duties has again been before the house this week, and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer has declared it is not the in-
tention of government to deviate from their original mea-
sure as announced on the production of the Budget, which
was to the effect of continuing the present duty on B. P.
sugar, and reducing that on Foreign free labour to 345.
after the 10th of next October. The effect of this de-
claration has been to lower the value of the former de-
scriptions ls. to 2s. per cwt., and even at this reduction
the trade are very reluctant purchasers, the sales of the
week not exceeding 100 hhds. West Indias ; for strong
working Mauritius there has however been rather more
enquiry, and 2000 t mats have been disposed of since our
last at an average of about 60s. round, being fully 3s. per
cwt. below the late highest point of the market ; in Ben-
gals the transactions are unimportant. No sales reported
in rum or molasses. Gazetted average price of Sugar,
June 4, is 355. 94(1. per cwt.
DEPARTLRE OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF IN-
DIA.—On Friday the Right Hon. Major-General Sir H.
Hardinge, K.C.8., the newly-appointed Governor Gene-
ral of India, took his departure from town by the London
and Dover Railway to Folkstone, from whence he pro-
ceeded on Saturday morning to Boulonge, Paris, and
Marseilles, where a steam-vessel is in waiting to convey,
him to Malta and Alexandria in Egypt ; from thence he
will proceed to Atfeb, Cairo, and Suez, where he will
embark on board the Oriental Steam Company's iron
steam-ship the Hindostan, Captain R. Moresby, of 1800
tons and 520-horse power, for Calcutta direct, touching
at Aden, Bombay, and Madras, with the overland mail to
Malta, Egypt, and India, of last night the 7th instant.
The baggage, carriages, and suite of his excellency were
forwarded from Southampton on board the Great Liver-
pool steamer, on Monday, the 3d instant, for Alexandria
(with the mails of that date), where they will be joined by
the gallant general.
In addition to the returns respecting shipping moved
for the other day by Mr. Chapman, Mr. Wawn, M.P.
for South Shields, has obtained a return of the number of
vessels, with the tonnage, sold and transferred, wrecked
and broken up, in the year 1843 ; with a statement of the
gross number and tonnage of vessels registered on the 31st
of December 1841, 1844, and 1843. We hence find that
the number Of sailing vessels sold, &c., in 1843,amounted
to 1,914; tonnage, 275,277; and the number of steamers
to 80; tonnage, 11,102 ; that the number of sailing vessels
wrecked amounted to 685 ; tonnage, 120,193 ; and thei
number of steamers to 12 ; tonnage, 3,508 ; and, lastly,
that the number of sailing vessels broken up amounted
3 ;
to 78; tonnage, 8,830; and the number of steamers
ves-
sels amounted on the 31st of December, 1841
,1842, to
tonnage, 2,886,626; on the 31st of December,
tonnage, 208. The gross total number of registtoer2e2da4;
12834,230,7
w; tonnage,2als2 ;2t0,20n9n4,g8e4,92;,
9asn7d, the 31st of December,

EXPENSIVE MUNICIPAL CONTEST.—LaSt week a
strong contest took place for one of the wards in the town
of Nottingham, in consequence of the death of one of the
late representatives. The whip party brought forward a
lace manufacturer of the name of Bacon, a very influen-
tial and wealthy gentleman, to oppose Mr. Shelton, the
conservative, but the latter gentleman was returned by a
majority of 278 to 231. Between £1,200 and £1,500 has
been expended on the election, as the radicals resorted to
all sorts of bribery and intimidation in order, if possible,
to reduce the conservative majority in the council.
ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.—A special general meeting
of this society was held, on Monday last, in Exeter-hall.
At the recent meeting, it was resolved, that a meeting be
called to take into consideration a part of that rule which
recommended "the use of free-grown produce, and to
promote the adoption of fiscal regulations in favour of
free-labour." The present meeting was called for that
purpose. The Rev. J. Hinton moved the confirmation of
the rule. Mr. E. Smith, of Sheffield, seconded by Mr.
Bright, proposed an amendment, the effect of which was
to annul the clause. The amendment was supported by
Mr. George Thompson. Eventually the original motion
was carried by 82 to 7.
CASE OF BRENT SPENCER, A LUNATIC.—At the
Queen-square Police-office, London, on Wednesday last,
Mr. Deering, a magistrate, of Bucks, describing himself
as a friend of the late R. pencer, assured the magistrate
that the charge made against Mrs. Pelham was a gross
tissue of falsehoods. On Thursday, Mrs. Pelham and
her son, Wilson Pelham, were brought up at Queen's-
square. Mr. Deering sat on the bench. There being no
evidence against Wilson Pelham, he was discharged.
Further evidence was heard against Mrs. Pelham, as re-
garded the charge of cruelty to Brent Spencer, to whom,
it appeared, some property had been left, part of which be
bad made away with. He had, however, if one witness
was to be believed, been coerced, and treated with some
degree of neglect. He had himself grown very dirty in
his habits. Mrs. Pelham was ordered to find bail to an-
swer the charge at the sessions. Mr. Deering offered to be
bail for Mrs. Pelham, and said he would take care that
her conduct should be set in a just light before the world :
he would write to the Times on the subject.
THE Coaßawas.—The dispute between the pitmen and
coal-owners of Durham and Northumberland has not yet
been brought to a conclusion. A few of the men have
resumed workrbut the great majority of them are still on
•` strike." The districts of the Tyne and Wear are suf-
fering immensely from the stagnation occasioned by the
prolonged dispute. There are several pits in the West
Riding of Yorkshire closed or nearly closed, owing to the
men there having also struck for an advance of wages.
Some of the mastershave given the advanced prices, but
the majority refuse to do so. It is much to be regretted
that the masters and men cannot come to terms of agree.
ment. A little bending on each side would: no doubt
bring about what all must regard as "a consummation
devoutly to be wished!' Our Barnsly correspondent
says—" Most of the pits-in this neighbourhood ate now
more or less in operation. During the week a number of
miners denounced the union, and went to work at the
collieries belonging to Messrs Field, Cooper, and CO.rat
the old wages; and on Monday next, it is expected that
a return to work will be almost general in this district,
themen being entirely worn out,"
DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCEi—We grieve to be under
the necessity of believing that the glories of Covent--
garden as a theatre are at an end. According to current
report it is- about to he converted into a species of bazaar
and exhibition, and for this purpose an offer bas been,
made to the proprietors which they do not feel warranted
in rejecting. It has been long closed as a place of dra-
matic entertainment, and it is singular that, as far as re-
gards the present structure, the family of Kemble has
witnessed its highest prosperity and its lowest decline.
Blue Beard (with horses) and 7'intoser the Tartar were
produced in 1811, under the management of Mr. John
Kemble, when the receipts for the season exceeded
£112,000 ;. and within very recent memory, under Mr.
Charles Kemble, the " takings " at the doors were not
sufficient to enable the proprietors to keep them open.
We have so often adverted to the more obvious causes of
this depressionobat we need say nothing of them now.
All we have to do with at present is the fact, that the
state of dramatic affairs is such, that a theatre which cost
more than £309,000 for its construction is perhaps speed-
ily to be diverted from its original purpose, and applied
to more profitable•uses.—Observer.
MESMERISING, THE PlG.—The noisy propensities of
the grunting tribe have hitherto acted as a barrier to their
abduction without their owners's knowledge ; but to ob-
viate this difficulty,, some daring invader on Saturday
night tried the effects of mesmeric influence upon a fine
hog of nine or ten score, belonging to Mr. Bushell, of the
Gate public-house, on the Dover road, about a mile from
this city. Taking a,liking to Toby's " fair proportions,"
he was anxious to secure a removal without disorder—
possibly to locate him in another parish ; and after sundry
mysterious passes, which, no doubt, at first excited piggy's
wonderment, the grunter laid his full length along in not
quite a " perfect state of coma ;" for, on the mesmeriser
attempting to raise him, clairvoyance was very evident.
Pigs generally run the way not required, and to do that
which is not desired. The pig in this instance did so,
and displayed his perverse inclination. and made a terrible
squeaking, which drew, "mine host" from his drowsy
arm chair, just in time to see some one leap from the sty
and decamp. Mr. Bushell tried to demagtise his favourite
hog, but his unskilfulness did not succeed, and as piggy
had no notion of tune he did not like his organs to be
played upon, and, with the ferocity of a wild boar, attacked
his owner till other means were devised for quieting the
unruly beast. The pig was killed.—Canterbury Jetsrnal.
THE POPISH MURDER AT BRADFORD.—The investi-
gation before the magistrates relative to this painful event
was brought to a conclusion yesterday week. Five men,
named Thomas Rogan, John O'Brien, Daniel Donovan,
Daniel Power, and William Quin, who had been examined
on the preceding Friday, were again taken before the ma-
gistrates, at Bradford, and after the examination of several
witnesses, whose evidence did not vary any of the facts
before stated,the bench said," h is our duty to commityou,
Rogan, O'Brien, Donovan,. and Quin, to York Castle for
trial, on the charge of wilful murder." Power was ad-
mitted to bail, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O
each, to answer the charge when called on. The prisoners
were then removed. Donovan and Quin, the latter of
whom was affected almost to tears, asked permission to
see their wives and children before they went to York,
which was granted them, on the condition that it was in
the presence of a constable. Rogan received the decision
of the magistrates with an air of bravado. On Sunday
week the funeral of the poor man, Benjamin Gott, took
place at the parish church of Calveley. Above a thousand
people attended to hear the funeral sermon. It is some
alleviation of this lamentable affair that but one person has
fallen a sacrifice to this brutal assault, the Halifax Guar-
dian being in error in announcing the death of a second
man.

" GASTON DE Foxx."—A good historical novel is one
of the greatest treats that can be placed upon the table of
the literary epicure. The work before us is a chef-
ceuvre. The story is laid amid scenes of the most sur-
passing interest; and the author has treated it in a man-
ner that will raise his reputation to a level with the first
writers of the day. In descriptive narrative he is unsur-
passed. His characters are all drawn with a life-like
fidelity of portraiture, a-graphic power of minute delinea-
tion, which bodies forth to the eye of the reader the almost
real presentment of the principal actors in the important
events which he describes. The reader is successively
introduced to three of the most remarkable rulers of the
age—the Emperor Maximilian, Louis XII., and Pope
Julius II.; and this ata period of their history when the
peculiar and distinguishin4 traits of their characters were
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ATTEMPT AT MURDER.--On Thursday last, a man
named Markham,. forty-five years old, went into the toll-
house, on the Spilshy-road, near Louth, and, after eating
a biscuit, fired a pistol at Grimsley, the toll-keeper, but
missed him. He then pulled out a heavy hammer, and
struck furiously at Grimsley's head. The wife of the
latter rushed from an inner apartment and seized the ruf-
fian by the neckcloth, when, to release himself, he seized
her hand in his mouth and bit off half of her finger. He
then felled the poor woman to the earth with his hammer.
Grimsley's son, a stout young man, hereupon rushed
into the room, when the villain fired a second pistol at
him, the ball of which lodged in his arm. The young
man grappled with him, but he pulled forth a razor, and
cut most savagely with it, the young man succeeded in
getting the hammer, with which he struck the ruffian on
the head. The shaft of the hammer was broken in the
struggle., After further conflict, the villain seized a
loaded gun, from which, however, he lost the cap. The
old man contrived to get hold of a sword stick, with
which he stabbed the assailant with as much strength as
he had remaining. Ultimately all of them were so much
exhausted that they CQII Id not continue the struggle, but
the ruffian contrived to escape while the old woman was
absent looking for assistance. Markham was subse-
quently taken into custody. On the appearance of the
officers he cut his throat with a razor, and is not expected
to live.

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bench of magistrates, and it is to be
hopedhbours won't
kiss in Herefordshire according to the assessment
of their character for gallantry that ourneig
snatched from the
grumble at the price of such a daintyy was settled at
coral lips of beauty. The statist: priceccasion of an amorous
Leominster last week, on the
and picturesque village
farmer, residing in the delightfulurrounding country as for-
of Kingsland, (known to thaefs a
famous quack doctress,
nut of
merly the dwelling-place
eople of the age in which she
uasit;liseases, and was much sought
°before a bench of magistrates for
lived), being cited
without leave, and in the presence of a third
taking a kiss
witere
afterwp
ahrotyp.
br professed e
Theses
these d
credulous dc
atilt- e
the circumstances which attended the
for
lt is which
unnecessarythe perpetratorewsahsoufined i
par-
ticularisen
es and dates, but it would seem that the
servant) complainant (a domestic , was sent by her mistress
taken by the defendant, situate in the
a person who was ill, and residing in a house that
that defendant (to whom she was a perkct
vPvilatie, and,i istecrfupon kissing her befOre
horriblephcooaamrdis
be
eoefn E atrocitynlyaaet:ly
vtehe house; and tb * hen Ives rathera protracted
s theh stranger)al
ebf ot
struggle for the prize 4 s impropriet ,' j,. ehow. -fpr
other came to the ears of th aervant's rrri• • rik • ho*
4
quired the farmer to' i. plowanw
nocent of any very 'arost• . liducl tliuseet .f . ,
andiqhe mistress thereupron ifisistgd trp.4l: ' nt
bringing the matter)before a bench of`, :_ :r; , ' WllO
awarded the penalty aforesaid. V
-

June 11, 1844.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE ENSUING ASSIZES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,—I understand that Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord
Chief Baron of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and
Sir Cresswell Cresswell, are the judges who will attend
the next Liverpool Assizes. Can you inform me which
of these learned judges will preside at Nisi Prim?
Yours, obediently,
A SOLICITOR.

7th June, 1844.

[This being the first circuit of Sir F. Pollock, Chief Bt..
ron of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, he will,
probably, though the chief justice, try at Nisi Prins;
and we come to this conclusion rom the recollection
that the late Lord Chief Baron Abinger, on going his
first circuit as judge, tried here at Nisi Prins.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
was not until a very few days ago that I got I
sight of Mr. Blackburn's speech on education, as pub-
lished in a pamphlet : should you deem the following
observations on that speech suited to your valuable and
highly-respectable paper, you will please give them in-
sertion.

I would first observe, that the subject of education if
not one, now to be speculated on, as to the results or be,
nefits to be derived from the different systems of secular
and scriptural education, as the systems have been in
operation for thousands of years—therefore, to reason
fairly on the question, we must look to the results or
or benefits which have arisen to society from each system.
Mr. Blackburn commences by saying, that the system
now adopted in the Corporation Schools practically ex-
cludes the children of Roman Catholics-. It would have
been a more clear and fair way of stating the question to
have said, that Roman Catholics had 'withdrawn their
children from the schools in consequence of the scriptures
being read in them. Mr. Blackburn, through all his rea-
soning, assumes, as facts, matters which are not so. He
assumes as fact, that Roman Catholic parents are free
agents, in prescribing to their children what they should
read or learn at school—when any one at all acquainted
fcrwael
cienttrht,gs
yt
thathheoe
wa ißmt
fewho eami
nradni
children
a aernt
yhe
Roman
cost
Ihmr
oee
aul
right
lg
dg Colonhbct musttfe ehdoudictatingieducated,
askt en
wdo
ow
uat„
ilnyddt
thahnateett
nearly
rnhtlis
all parents submit to their claim. Again he assumes as
schools where the scriptures are read ; to this assumption
we have a most decided contradiction—for in Ireland, at
this moment,- there are more than one hundred thousand
Roman Catholics receiving scriptural education, and re-
ceiving and reading the Scriptures, in despite of all their
clergy can do to prevent them. But Mr. B. intimates,.
or assumes, that if the Douay translation was allowed in
the schools, the Roman Catholics would read it, but there'
is a fact on record which contradicts this. Some time'
after the British and Foreign Bible Society was formed.•
the directors made an'offer to the clergy of the Church of
Rome to print the Dimay version, without notes, if they
(the clergy) would not prevent their people from reading
it—but this they peremptorili refused. Thus it is evi-
dent that it is the matter contained in both to which they
object. But the great error in Mr. Blackburn's reasoning
is this, that it is a matter of convenience with a Roman
Catholic, or any other man, to obey or reject any precept
taught in the word of God ; • surely convenience can never
act in this case. The first duty of every one is to carefully
examine the word of God, to ascertain what the will of
God revealed in his word iv—and that once ascertained,
the duty is most undoubtedly implicit obedience. But
let us see what the consequence would be if convenience
were to be exercised on the commands or declarations of
the word of God. The man reads the word, and clearly
sees that a certain duty is demanded; but he does not like
to-obey it, and his convenience tells him he need not do
so ;: surely such conduct and reasoning as this would most
effectually destroy the whole value and obligation of the
word of God, and leave every man to follow his own
mind' or feelings. Now it is a most evident fact, that
through the whole word of God there is not a single prin-
ciple so clearly taught, so frequently and strenuously
urged;.as the reading of the word cf God, and that children
from their very infancy should be well instructed in that
word. Our Saviour appealed to that word to prove the
truth of what he taught, and so did every inspired writer
or teacher ?' Now if what I have stated be facts—and I
challenge contradiction—surely the' crime of those who
have been building up Roman Catholics in their great
error, cf refusing to read the word of God, is far from
being a small one ; and what adds greatly to the crime is,
that it effectually prevents the poor Roman Catholics
from ever having access to the word of God, and leaves
them to the instruction of those whose interest it is to
keep them in the grossest darkness. Surely those-who
have been so publicly teaching such errors are called on
as publicly to•retract them.

ALEXANDER MTREERY.
Liverpool; 6th June, 1844.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT RACES.-TUESDAY, JUNE 4

. -
The Emperor of Russia, the King of Saxony, and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, arrived at one o'clock,
accompanied by a numerous suite, and were.received with.
acclamations, The Queen did not accompany her illus-
trious visitors.

The TRIAL• STAKES of 10 sovs. each, was won by Mc.
Townley's Coranna, beating Lord E. Russell's Nat, and
two others.

The Asocre DERBY STARES, of 50 sovs. each, won by
Lord Chesterfield's The Miser Scarve, beating the Duke
of Bedford's c Panther, end Colonel Wyndharn's Master
Henry.

A SWEEPSTAK-ES of 50 sous. each, h ft. Three-quar-
ters of a mile. Lord Albemarle's Scarmentado walked
over.

The ASCOT STAKES, of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only
declared, with 100 added ; the second horse to receive 50L
sovs. out of the stakes, won easy by Mr. Payne's Johnny,
beating Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, and
eleven others.

The QUEEN'S-VASE, added to a SWEEPSTAKES of 20'
sovs. each, won by Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, beating
Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham, Lord Albemarle's
Delapre, and three others.

The BOROUGH MEMBERS' PLATE, of £5O, added to a
SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, won by Lord Chester—
field's The Artful Dodger, beating Mr. Copeland's Imaum,
Colonel Peel's f by Slane, and eight others.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs. each. Mr. Ford's Poison
walked over.

The ST. JAMES'S PALACE STAKES, of 100 sovs. each,.
h ft. Colonel. Peel's lonian walked over.

WEDNESDAY.
The SWINLEY STAKES of 25 sovs. each, &c.
Lord Glenlyon's Ben y Glilo
Duke of Richmond's Pastoral....
The FERN HILL STAKES of 15 sot's. each, &c.
Mr. G. Ongley's Mystery, 2 yrs..
Mr. Edwards's Hedgehog, 2 yrs.. 2'
Mr. A. W. Hill's Beaumont, 2 yrs
Six ran.
The GREAT, ASCOT PRODUCE STAKES of 100 sot's.
each.
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale 1
Colonel Peel's Zencbia .. 2
Baron Rothchild's Emerald ..
Seven ran. Won by half a length..

THURSDA.Y.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Emperor of Russia,
the King of Saxony, Prince Albert, Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and a brilliant suite, arrived at two o'clock.
THE WINDSOR FOREST STAKES Of 50 sovs. each, &C.
Lord Verulam's Charlotte..
Mr. Phillimores Skeleton
Mr. Ford's Eccola..
SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each
Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero
Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle
The GOLD CUP.
Lord Albemarle's c. by Defence..
Mr. Townley's Corranna
Col. Peel's lonian
.•• • •
The NEW STAKES of 10 sovs. each.
Mr. R. Newman's Bloodstone....
Mr. J. Day's Old England
Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa ...
Fifteen ran. Winner objected to..

1
2

FRIDAY.
A Match for 50 sovs. was won by. Lord March's Sew-
boy,, beating Captain R. Howard Vyse's Trapola.
The WORKINGHAM STAKES-, (first class.) of 5 WV&
each, was won by Mr. Stanborough's Isleworth, beating
gr l Lordan d o
Mr.. S. Scott's Windsor, Mr. Payne's c by Clearwell, Mr.
Little's Dahlia, and five others.
A MATCH, for 150 sovs : Mr. Copeland's Assay received
each, was won by Mr. forfeit from Sir. S. Spry's Botherem.
rj32oo:soinv'ss.l.%lCooulsotnaeclhpee,eble,astion
The WORKINGHAM STAKES-, (second class,) of 5 sovs.
E, Russell's Nat and nine others.
of
won by
Lord March's Jew-boy, beating Mr. Greville's Portum-
nus and nine others.
The WINDSOR TOWN PLATE, 5O sovs., was
SEALED MATCH,
received forfeit from Mr, Copeland's Imaum.

Thecourse
Stand, Emfpthereordaoyf
LRotrldssilia
oisns
itye nn des
11ttoe
rrender his
Stewards'
visit
Ascot more than a transient benefit to the races. In the
Stand, and announced that his Imperial Majesty bad
signified his intention of subscribing £5OO per annual
during his life, to be run for at Ascot-heath. Unlike the
gift of the Grand Duke Michael at Newmarket, which is
o
paid in cash, the Emperor has determined that his prize
shall be a piece of plate of £5OO, bearing a shield with the
Russian coat of arms upon it.
THE " RUNNING REIN" CASE.—It was arranged in
the Court of Exchequer on Thursday, that the issue in
the action brought by Col. Peel against Mr. Wood, the
owner of Running Rein, to try the title of the latter to
the stakes won by his horse in the Derby race at the late
Epsom Meeting, should be tried at one of the Miiddleses
sittings after term, and that the questions should be-'
whether " Running Rein" was foaled in 1811, whose sire
was " Sadler," and whose dam was " Mab." Mr. Ogle,
then applied, on behalf of Messrs. Weatherby, who held
the stakes, which originally amounted to 36,000, but
which, since the commencement of the action, have been
considerably augmented by various large sums which they
have received, to be no parties to the action, and to be
allowed their costs.—The application was acceded to by
the Court.

BANK FAILURE.—The failure of Messrs. Thomas
Johnson and c(41...1 bankers at Romford, was advised in
London on*Th,uisday. The concern is, it appears by no
means a large one ;, but nevertheless much inconvenience
is expected to arise on the spot, the notes having some-
what extensively found their way into circulation.

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