The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

THE CHOLEILL—The Copenhagen authorities have de-
clared Liverpool to be infected with cholera.

THE QUEEN has been pleased to, approve Mr. Charles
Stoess at Consul at Liverpool for His-Majesty the King of

Bavaria

A NEW GAS COMPANY, about to- be organized in this
town, propose to supply gas at a redaction of 25 per cent.
on the price now charged, and at the same time to pay a
dividend of ten per cent. to the shareholders.
MR. FRANCIS TROMAS YATES MOLYNEUX, an under-
graduate of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been
drowned in the Severn, while bathing-.at Alveley, where he
was reading during the long vocation. He appears to
have been seized with a fit, or with the-cramp.
ISLE OF MAN.—At a meeting of the Ramsay Steam-
packet Company, (the owners of the- Manx Fairy,) last
week, a dividend at the rate of 74 per cent. per annum was
declared, notwithstanding the expenses- attendant on the
opening of a new line.
Moaz CONVERSIONS FROM ROME.—Ou. Friday evening
last, the 28th ult., six persons were received into the
communion of the National Church, by the Rev. W. F.
Taylor, MA., Incumbent of St. John's church.

BIOUS CABB.—On Friday, at midnight, a youth's
cap and a letter were found on the Landing-stage. The
letter, which was directed to Mr. Richards, 17, Cropper-
street, on being opened, was found to have been written
by Richards' son. It stated that he had been robbed of a
sum of money belonging to his employer; that, as he
feared his master would think he had been guilty of a
felony, he had determined to drown himself; and that,
when the letter reached his father's hand, he should be a
He has not since been seen.

corpse.

THE UTILITY of Smith's patent life-preserving vest
was again practically illustrated on Saturday, when a man,
wearing one of them, jumped into the river from the
Landing-stage, and remained in the water until the
curiosity of the spectators was satisfied.
AT THE POLICE-COURT, on Thursday, Capt. Maloney,
of the ship George A. Hopley, and Capt. Naughten, of the
Susan G. Owen, were convicted in the penalty of £5 each,
for a violent and unprovoked assault on two seamen, named
John Walker and John Kennedy.

SINGULAR CASE. - According to the Manchester
Examiner, at Middleton, the other day, a girl vomited
upwards of two hundred feathers from one to fourteen
inches in length. She has been in a poor state of health
for about eight years, during which time she has been a
patient at the infirmary, Manchester, and has also been
under the care of several medical-officers ; she has occasionally
had fits, and of late she had vomited feathers, but never
more than one or two at once, until Tuesday last.

✓
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. - The screw-steamer
Charity, Captain Paton, sailed hence on Tuesday for
Quebec and Montreal, with a full complement of goods
and passengers and the Canadian mails. The Atlantic_ ,
Captain West, sailed for New York on Wednesday, with
a full cargo, and about 170 passengers. The Arabia,
Capt. Judkins, took her departure on Saturday for New
York, with a full cargo and about 100 passengers. The
screw-steamer Braziliera, Capt. Cox, will sail to-day, with
passengers and cargo for Brazils and the River Plate,
calling at Lisbon and Madeira.

LiiiNcH OF A SCREW-me-gm—A beautiful new iron
screw-steamer was launched from the yard of Mr. John
Laird, at the Dingle, on Saturday. She has been built
for the African Mail Company, and is named the Ethiope,
being a sister ship to the Candace, formerly launched by
Mr. Laird, and has engines by Messrs. Humphreys and
Co., of Woolwich. Her principal dimensions are: Length,
210 feet ; beam 25feet six inches ; depth of hold, 14 feet 6
inches; tonnage 650 tons, 0.m.; and her engines are 340
horse power. She will carry 600 tons of cargo, and 14
days' coal ; her consumption of coal being at the rate of
nine tons per twenty-four hours; and it is calculated that
she will attain a speed of nine knots when loaded. She
was named by Mrs. Frederick Hull, in the presence of a
large party. _

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.-011 his application,
on Tuesday, for a certificate, Samuel Crane Fox, wine
merchant, was opposed, on the part of Mr. Kemp, of
Middleton, a creditor, for £BO. The court suspended the
certificate for six months, without protection, and, when
granted, to be of the second class.—On Wednesday, before
Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, Joseph Cooper passed his
last examination.—James Rank-in, clothier, also passed his
last examination, before Mr. Commissioner Perry.—ln
the case of John Segar, an adjourned certificate meeting
was held on Thursday, before Mr. Commissioner Steven-
son, when a still further adjournment took place.—Eliza-
beth Salte, a draper in Montgomeryshire, came before the
court upon her last examination ; but, a balance-sheet
not having been filed, it was adjourned.
TILE BANK OF LIVERPOOL—The twenty-third annual
general meeting of the proprietors of this bank was held
on Wednesday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The
report states that the net profits of the year, after pay-
ment of the current expenses, and provision for bad and
doubtful debts, amounted to £86,622. 18s. ; reserved for
income-tax from 30th June, 1853, to 30th June, 1851,
£3,000 ; total, £83,622. 18s. From this sum the proprie-
tors have received two half-yearly dividends of four per
cent., free of income-tax, amounting to £50,000 ; leaving a
surplus of £33,622. 18s, to be carried to the reserved sur-
plus fund, £83,622. 18s. The directors have further de-
dared a bonus of 12s. Os. per share, amounting to £31,250,
which leaves £255,513. 4s. 2d. to ,the credit of that ac-
count. The continued high value of money during the
past year, and the freedom from bad debts, with the in-
creased amount of transactions, have again secured a
most satisfactory result on the year's business. The re-
port was unanimously adopted. Mr. George Henry Hors.
fall, Mr. William Oxley, and Mr. Charles Paul Phipps
were appointed directors of the bank, in the room of Mr.
Adam Hodgson, Mr. George Holt, and Mr. Charles Turner
who retired by rotation.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

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A NOBLEMA N whose Lonuon residence fa not far from
Park-lane, has a Locker composed of mosaic gold, and of
good design, fixed on the street-door during the season.
Ties Sun, subscribed as a testimonial to-the eminent
chemist, Liebig, by his English admirers, has -exceeded
41,000, one moiety of which has been applied to the pur-
chase of a service-of plate of five pieces.
TEE LAIWBUUNESS last year, as set forth in returns to
Parliament,. comprised 74,514 actions brought into the
common law courts, and 484,916 plaints entered in the
county courts. _

Tnit Scorcn, PUBLIC-HOUSES Am—The Lord Provost
of Edinburgh has addressed a letter to the Courant, in
which he states that, since the act for closing the public-
houses on Sunday, there has been so great a decrease in
the number of commitments for crime, that he•thinks it
probable that the £12,000, recently demanded. by the
prison board for • the enlargement of the prison, will not
be required._

GSBMAY INTELLECTUALITY.—A Berlin correspondent
of a daily paper says:—" There are few things morediffiCult
than to bring. an intellectual German mind to apprehend
a fact." The seeming paradox involves a truth on which
some of the "intellectual" men of England would do well
to ponder.

THE BRITISH IRON COMPANY.—At a meeting of the
British Iron Company, held on Wednesday, a dividend
was declared of 13s. 3d. per share, free of income-tax,
being equal to 6, per cent. for the past six months, and
making, with the distribution in February last, an aggre-
gate of 10 per cent. for the year.
HOLPORD-HOUSE, in the Regent's-park, being in the
market for sale—instead of going to the Prince of Wales,
as rumour had it—gossip is again busy with State duties
and State intentions. It is hoped that Government means
to buy the house• for a Museum of Natural History, it
being closely situated to the Zoological Gardens.
A TRAIN being started, by the orders of the station-
master, from the Hampton-court station, while a porter
was still between the carriages, coupling them together,
the man, whose name was Edward Cullen, has been killed.
RELICS.—Some- men, excavating for the City Commis-
sioners of Sewers,. in Long-lane, Smithfield, have disco-
vered a quantity of burnt human bones and charred wood,
which have been carefully placed in a coffin, and buried in
sacred ground, many believing them to be the remains of
martyrs of the 16th. century.
AN INSOLVENT named William Miller, who has been in
custody at the Winchester county gaol for nearly 40years,
and who, though several times offered his liberation, obsti—
nately refused to accept it, was on Tuesday removed by
writ of habeas eormis, at his own request, to the Queen's.
prison, with a view to obtain his discharge.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—Some little children at
Penzance were recently, after the fashion of children,
acting a show, and one little boy, standing on a log, held
an iron supporter of an umbrella in his mouth to signify:
a musical instrument. He slipped and fell, and the iron
was driven an inch and a half into the back of his mouth..
The child lingered a few days, and died.
THE COUNCIL OP THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC in-
tend, it is stated, to erect an academy upon a site offered.
by John Laurie, Esq., of Hyde-park-plak a late Sheriff
of London, in a central position in Cavendish-square.
The building is to vie with any in the kingdom, and not
to be outdone by any in Europe, erected for the cultiva-
tion of musical science.

IRISH Pooll.---A.-Parliamentary return shows the
number of Irish poor removed from the parish of Liverpool
to their own country since Jan. 1, 1849. In 1819, the
number was 9,409, at a cost of £2,519. In 1850, there were
7,626 removed, at an expense of £1,487. In 1851, £1,951
was expended in removing 7,738 persons. In 1852, the
number was 6,490, costing £1,455. In 1853, it was- 4,525.
and the expense £1,130. During the first six months of
the present year 1,885 persons were sent over to Ireland.
at a cost of £422.

SLAVERY.—According to the American journals,G eneral
Pezuela, the new Captain-General of Cuba, winks at the
illicit traffic in slaves as hard as his predecessors. The
story is, that the government were informed that three
cargoes of slaves would be landed at Trinidad. A courier
was despatched by land to order the seizure of the slaves ;
but some hours earlier another was sent by sea. He
arrived three days before the land messenger ; the slaves
were landed, sold, and dispersed ; and the Captain-General,
the Marquis Pezuela, pocketed 45,000 dollars by the
transaction.

ROBBERY OF A- THOUSAND POUND RANK-NOTE.--
George Foster, aged twenty-eight, was tried on Wednes-
day last at the Borough Sessions, charged with stealing a
bank bill of exchange for £l,OOO from the Liverpool
Borough Bank. Mr. Blain and Mr. Rallies prosecuted,
Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Brett defended the prisoner. The
court was crowded, and great interest was exhibited. The
chief fact proved against the prisoner was that, after the
robbery, the bill was traced to his possession, and he was
unable to give definite information as to the identity or local
habitat of the Mr. Harris, from whom he stated he had
received it. The jury, after consulting a few minutes in the
box, returned a verdict of " Not guilty." The announce-
ment was received with considerable applause by the
audience, which was, however, promptly checked. The
Foreman of the jury said :—The jury wish to express
themselves as to the loose manner in which the business
has been done at the bank. The Recorder : in which part
of lit ? The Foreman : In not taking more care of the
moneys entrusted to them. Mr. Foster was then discharged
from custody, and received the congratulations of his
friends, who thronged the passages of the court.

RUSSIAN Duro" Loss.—A parliamentary document
has just been printed, containing an account of the
amounts paid, for principal and interest, in each year
for the Russian Dutch loan since the treaty of Vienna,
and stating the amount of the principal sum of such loan
now due and payable by Great Britain, under the Act 2
and 3 Will. IV., e. 81. The amount paid for principal
and interest is £1,110,968 ss. 10d. The amount of the
principal of the loan now due and payable by Great
Britian, is £1,328,191 18s. 10d. The estimated amount
of principal and interest on Ist January last remaining to
be paid, by instalments, of this loan by Great Britain, is
£3,386,889 9s. 2d.

A WATERSPOUT was seen the other day off Middles-
borough. The first appearance was something like a
folded umbrella hanging down from the clouds, then it
assumed the appearance of an elongated inverted cone.
Its whirling motion was most extraordinary, and the size
unusually large, seeming almost to touch the ground near
Easton Tower. Behind the dark waterspout a great mass
of white clouds appeared, adding greatly to the effect. The
accompanying whirlwind took up two haystacks.

ISII;IN6S BANKS FOR SzAsiEN.—Bye a clause in the
Merchant Shipping Bill, the Commissioners for the Re-
duction of the National Debt, or the Comptroller-General
acting under them, may, on the recommendation of the
Board of Trade, establish savings banks at such ports and
places within the United Kingdom, as may appear to be
expedient, to receive from or on account of seamen, or the
wives and families of seamen, deposits to an amount not
exceeding £l5O in the whole. A sailor will thus have the
opportunity of investing his savings at a rate of interest
of £3 per cent. per annum, on the securitSjiof the govern-
ment.

A QUADRILLE.—WhiIe M. Jullien was in New York he
composed a Fireman's Quadrille. The fourth figure opens
with a description of night. The city is hushed in silence.
Suddenly the alarm bell is heard—shouts of "fire" issue
from a hundred mouths blowing lustily through speaking.
trumpets—red and white lights shown behind the glass
complete the illusion ; and, as the orchestral tumult rises
to its height, a fire-engine is busily worked behind the
stage. The effect was so complete that many of the
audience took fright, and were only quieted by a few words
from Barnum.

letters . .
Ditto due by East India Company,
and given up
Costs of management

DANGEROUS ASSAULT AND SELF-ACCUSATION.-Hugh
Marks, a labourer, who gave himself up to the police
authorities in Manchester about six weeks ago, under the
supposition that he had caused the death of a man named
David Bruce, upwards of two years ago, by throwing him
into the hold of the steamer Glendower, in the Trafalgar
Dock, was tried at the borough sessions, on Thursday. It
will beremembered that the injured man was conveyed to the
Northern Hospital, where he remained for fourteen weeks
suffering from a dangerous fracture of the skull, by which
his life was for some time despaired of. The prisoner
made his escape, and succeeded in obtaining employment
in Manchester, where he has conducted himself with pro-
priety for the last two years, but being unable to bear up
against the conviction of an accusing conscience that he
had caused the death of an unfortunate man whom he
assaulted, he gave himself up to justice, and was accord-
ingly committed for trial on the 29th of June last. It
was pleaded in mitigation of punishment that, while the
prisoner was in liquor, he saw Bruce kneeling on the deck
looking' into the hold of the Glendower, which he was
assisting to discharge, at a time when the dock porters
were standing out for an advance of wages; the pri-
soner went to him and touched him on the shoulder,
which caused him to lose his equilibrium, and he fell into
the hold by accident. The prisoner, howyer, was seen to
go behind Bruce, and with one hand seize him by the
neck, whilst with the other he took him by the heels and
deliberately threw him into the hold. The verdict was
" Guilty ;" but Marks was recommended to mercy. He
was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

QUACBERT.—A woman named Ann Cooper, who has
carried on the profession of a " doctoress" at Hull, to such
an extent as to require an assistant, was tried for the man-
slaughter of a tallow-refiner, at the York assizes, on Wed-
nesday. This man had cut a piece off his thumb, and
went to work at his trade afterwards. The arm swelling,
he went to the prisoner, who gave him some lotion to apply
to it. After this it got worse and he died. At the trial
a surgeon deposed that it was quite as likely to have been
rancid tallow getting into the wound which killed the
man, as the woman's lotion. The prisoner was therefore
acquitted.
EFFECT OF Mrsic ON HORSES.—Horses are frightened
or excited by music. To cure them of this, it is a good
plan to ride them with a military band every morning : if
you have not such a thing near, blow a horn in the stable
till they will put their noses into it and take out a
piece of sugar. You can get them to do it in a very short
time, and afterwards they will hardly prick their ears at
the most intolerable organ - grinder who ever was in
league with an undertaker to ply his trade upon the
wooden pavement.—The Roving Englishman.
TRADE WITH FRAHM—By a parliamentary return
just published, relative to the trade between the United
Kingdom and France, it appears that in 1852 the official
value of English and Irish produce and manufactures and
foreign and colonial merchandise, exported to France,
amounted to £5,592,721, and in 1853 the amount was
£5,375,971. The official value of the imports from France
was, in 1852, £6,590,814, upon which the amount of im-
port duties was £2,103,427. In 1853 the official value was
£8,613,432, and the import duties £2,098,211.
THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL.—The Times, in a re-
cent article on the proposed international festival, says—
" How is it possible to hint, without offence to them (the
French), that in reality they are not the guests of the
English nation, but of a batch of fussy traders, at whose
tables they would be sure to meet with every luxury
save the letter H In a second edition the words in
italics were omitted, being probably,*on second thoughts,
considered too offensive. The project, it appears, has been
virtually given up. It is too late to have the proposed
celebration this season; next year our allies will be occu-
pied with their " Great Exhibition," and it will be some-
what late in 1856 to celebrate the union of 1854, even if,
happily, it should last so long.
PRECOCITT.—A policeman recently seeing two little
boys in the pit of the Victoria Theatre, with pistols, took
them up. One of them, Thomas William Tyler, thirteen
years old, he found answered a description in his informa-
tion book. The littic thief had been errand-boy to a
jeweller, and ran away with five sovereigns belonging to
his master. He was tried at the Middlesex sessions on
Monday. He said, " Well, I went to the Surrey Theatre,
and I had never been there before, and I met two boys,
and they says to me, ' Come along with us, we've got some
money;' and they took me to Woolwich,.and when their
money was gone I was to keep them with mine, and so I
did ; that's all." The jury found him guilty, and he was
sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
FRENCH E7ITESPRISE.—A. Southampton correspondent
writes :—One of the richest men in France, who associated
in that country with those distinguished for rank and
fashion, left Parisian gait); a few years since, and took to
farming. He had his estates in Normandy farmed after
the English fashion, bought a steamer, and established a
communication between Carenton and Southampton, to
convey horned cattle, sheep, poultry, and all kinds of farm
and dairy produce from France to England. The captain
and crew are all English. The steamer makes one or two
trips a week, and realises an immense profit. A large es-
tablishment, both French and English, is kept employed
by the farming operations and the steam traffic. Carenton
is a small town, where Norman manners exist in perfec-
tion. It has a church nearly a thousand years old.
Amongst the native farmers in the neighbourhood agri-
culture is carried on with primitive simplicity. There
horses arc harnessed by coarse ropes and heavy chains, as
in the days of William the Conqueror. Apples, wheat,
barley, beans, potatoes' all grow in the same field. Caren-
ton is about 26 miles from Cherbourg, and is connected
by a fine old Roman road, straight as an arrow.
A RICH M.P.—Sir John Ramsden, the youngest, and,
it is said, the richest member in the House of Commons,
who made his maiden speech in favour of the admission of
Dissenters into the Universities, says the London corres-
pondent of the _Dundee Advertiser, " owns all the land
upon which the town of Huddersfield is built, with the
'exception of one plot of ground upon which stands the
dwelling of an eccentric Quaker. 'This piece of freehold
has been always much coveted by the Ramsden family,
and its possession has been as obstinately retained by the
present owner, in spite of most tempting offers. On one
occasion, the father of the present Sir John, then plain
Mr. Ramsden, called upon the Quaker, and is said to have
offered to cover the roof of the house with sovereigns, as
the price of its purchase. Broadbrim, however, refused
unless the sovereigns were placed edgeirays Mr. Rams.
den naturally thought this would be pAying rather too
dear for the indulgence of his foible, aild refused the offer,
upon which the Quaker closed tho chaffer by saying,
Then thou may'st go hoine to thy friends, John, and .tell
the that all Hucklenk-Fil Wogs taw W Ulm"

LIVERPOOL Towy COUNCIL—At the meeting to-morrow
the following subjects will be taken into consideration :
The proceedings of the Finance Committee, comprising
recommendation, on the application by workmen for in-
creased wages, the consideration of which was postponed
at the last monthly council ; the proceedings of the Watch,
Lighting, Fire-police, and Fire-prevention Committees,
comprising recommendation to advance the salary of Wm.
Parkinson, keeper of the main bridewell, from £220 to
4:250 per annum ; and recommendation to pass by-laws
for the regulation of errand, message, and luggage por-
ters ; the proceedings of the Health Committee, com-
prising a recommendation to increase the salary_of Mr.
James Lothean Ascroft, in the borough engineeetToffice,
from £l2O to £l5O per annum, and of the salary of Mr.
James Wilson, in the same department, from £52 to £7O
per annum, the consideration of which was postponed at a
meeting of the council held on the 7th June last; recom-
mendations to increase the salaries of the following officers
in the treasurer's department; namely, Thomas White,
from £2lO to £250 per annum ; William Hardisty, from
£2OO to £220; Thomas J. Hughes, from £BO to £9O;
James M`Fadzen, from £7O to £80; Thos. J. Nicholson,
from £54 12s. to £7O; James Rogers, from £32 to £6O;
Benjamin Owens, from £32 to £6O; and that Robert John
Brew, Joseph Jones, and John Jones Langley, collectors
of the third-class, be promoted to the second-class, their
salaries and poundage respectively being calculated at
£lBO per annum, the consideration of which was post-
poned at the last monthly council; the proceedings of the
Water Committee, comprising recommendation that Chas.
Gibson and John B. Roberts, collectors of the third class,
be promoted to the second-class, their salaries and pound-
age respectively being calculated at £lBO per annum ;
recommendation to increase the wages of the following
enginemen, namely, Daniel Needham, from 225. to 24e.
per week ; Joseph Jones, from 265. to 28s. ; Wm. Owens,
from 225. to 24e. ; and Maurice Evans, from 225. to 245.
The Mayor's communications, comprising applications
from the following officers for increase of their salaries
and wages :—Joshua Cope and George Toulmin, assistants
to out-door inspectors of weights and measures ; J. Lea,
surveyor of drainage in the borough engineer's department ;
George Powell, district surveyor in ditto; Abraham Luya,
Isaac Hutchison, and James Stonehouse, superintendents
of markets. The following motions, of which notice has
been given :—By Mr. Picton, that an offer be made to the
rectors and churchwardens of the parish to take charge of
the clocks of the two parish churches, and to maintain
such clocks for the public benefit of the inhabitants, at
the expense of the corporation. That, as the council has
voted the sum of £lO,OOO towards the erection of a
suitable building for the Library and Museum, that
amount be placed in the bank, to the credit of the Building
Fund Account of the Public Library and Museum Com-
mittee. By Mr. Alderman Holme, that it be an instruc-
tion to the Markets' Committee to take measures for pre-
venting the eastern half of Great Charlotte-street being
occupied by carts or other vehicles unloading after eight
o'clock in the morning; and, also, that no baskets or
standing be permitted to be placed on the west side of the
street more than four feet from the footpath adjoining the
market, so that there may be a clear passage for carriages
throughout the street; and, also, that the committee be
instructed to adopt measures for giving more accommo-
dation to produce from the country within the St. John's
Market, by converting some of the space now occupied by
1110134 into open standings or otherwise.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD;. AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

A_Gsamsri SAITSAGE.—A chronicle states that "it was
formerly the custom in some German towns for the
butchers to carry about an immense sausage on New
Year's-day, and make merry over it. The butchers of
Konigsburg made one in 18, which was 567 yards long,
weighed 2,494 pounds; containing, among other ingre.
dients, 36 hams, and was borne by 96 journeymen
butchers on wooden: forks."'
A NONDGENARIAIf. Died at INTalbottle Colliery, a
few days since, Frances, Hall,. at the age (according to her
own account) or ninety-three years and a day. She
walked.from one room. to. another a few days before her
death. She had never known illness—never took medi-
cine or any stimulating drink—rose early and lived on.
simple fare. During the last fourteen years she had used
no spectacles.. She could thread the finest needle or read
the smallest print without the help of glasses. Mrs.
Hall was left a widow, about fifty years ago, with a large
family. By teaching. a school and by sewing she brought
up her children, and gave them all a fair education. She
was born at Low Warden,. near Healiam. Her maiden
name was Yarrow. She lived a long time at Ovingham.
She was a member or the Church, and did not miss the
sacramental table twice for half a century.
PROPOSED GIGANTIC STATUE OF SRAKSPEARE.—
Signor Chardigni has made public, through the Journal
of the Society of Arts,. a proposal for erecting a gigantic
statue of Shakspeare. Russia, he says, boasts her colossal
statue -of Peter the- Great ; Italy of Charles Borromeo ;
Bavaria its gigantic-statue-, the head of which forms a con-
spicuous ornament at the Crystal Palace. Why should
not England have- her great statue ? Signor Chardigni
proposes that the statue should be 100 feet high, of cast
iron, formed by a new process, which he has invented. In
the statue it is proposed to have three floors, with a stair-
case-for ascending tothe top or head of the monument.
These three floors will divide the statue into three rooms,
of- about 80, feet in. circumference and 15 feet each in
height, the sides of which the artist proposes should be
adorned with bassi-relievi, in cast iron, representing all
the chief scenes of Shakspeare's plays. In the middle of
the first floor are tobe statues, in cast iron, of the Queen
and Prince Albert. The third floor of the statue, reach-
ing. to the head, will afford a splendid panoramic view of
London, through the apertures for the eyes, which, fol-
lowing.the-proportions of the rest of the statue, will be
more. than 2 feet wide. In addition to the light which
will come from the apertures of the eyes, a large quantity
of light will be admitted by the top of the head, which is
for this purpose intended to be made of glass. In addition
to this,.the folds of the drapery of the statue will admit a
variety of openings, not visible from below, through which
light and air may be introduced. It is also proposed that
it should contain a library of the best editions of Shaks-
peare's. works. Busts, in cast iron, of contemporaries of
Shakspeare, and of those whose names have been worthily
associated with his, would be fitting ornaments of the in-
terior. The statue would stand on a pedestal of stone, in
which should be the entrance, through doors of cast iron,
whose panels might be adorned with appropriate bassi-
rilievi. So far Signor Chardigni. Nothing is said about
ways and means. These, however, we should fancy, would
not long be wanting were some such suggestion taken up
in earnest. Such a statue must have a commanding posi-
tion,. and the only available site in London is Primrose-
hill. A national work, however, should have a public
site.. Will the Society of Arts begin the movement ?
Here is one of the wrongs of time which it would be a
lasting honour for such a body to repair.—Atlienteum.
DISTRESSING CASE.—The Reading Mercury gives the
evidence at an inquest held at Marsh Benham, on the body
of a young married woman, who was seized with convul-
sivefits about four o'clock on the afternoon of Monday week,
and continued in a succession of fits till about one in the
morning, when she died. The husband deposed—" I was
sent for about half-past five ; she was then in a fit. I went
directly to Dr. Robinson, at Newbury. I saw him ;he
said I was to go to Mr. Probyn, the parish doctor, at Don-
nington. I went to Mr. Probyn ; lie was not at home. I
went from there to Dr. Palmer, at Newbury. I saw him;
he said he did not attend to such cases unless he was be-
spoke beforehand. I stated all particulars, and said it was
not a lying-in case, but convulsive fits. I also let Mr.
Robinson know the full particulars of the case. I then
went to Mr. Carter, at Newbury ; he said he could not
come as he had so much to attend to round the town. I
went from there to Mr. Lidderdale, at Kintbury ; he said
he could not come, as his horses were racked up for the
night. I then got a sovereign and went to Mr. Carter,
at Newbury ; he looked out of the window and told me it
was no use my coming bothering there, as he could not at-
tend to it. It was then about half-past eleven o'clock. I
then went to Dr. Royston ; and he said I was to go to the
parish doctor, Mr. Probyn. I offered Dr. Royston the
sovereign to come. I then went again to Mr. Probyn ;it
was then one o'clock ; I saw Mrs. Probyn ; she told me it
was no use my waiting there, as Mr. Probyn would not be.
home till seven or eight in the morning. After that I
went to Mr. Robinson again ; I saw Mrs. Robinson ; she
said it was no use my coming there, as Mr. Robinson was.
not at home. I then went home, giving it up as a limit-
less affair, and 'upon my arrival home I found my wife
dead." The coroner told the jury that their judicial duty
was confined to ascertaining the cause of death, which
they found to be from natural causes ; but some strong
remarks were made not at all complimentary to the
medical gentlemen applied to.
Ties POST OFFICE.—From the returns of post-office
revenue lately published, it appears that the gross revenue
for the year ending sth January, 1854, was £2,631,944.
From which has to be deducted—
Amount of postage lost by returned