The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

in action brought by

aipinst theiGr9.t

Northern Railway , to recover
juries sustained by him on the Ist of August

a collision took place on
station, by which several persons were killed, and man 3
severely injured, was tried in the Queen's Bench on Mon-
day. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with £2OO
damaues and costs.

ie near the Hornsea

AN APPEAL has been made to talents of architects of
all countries to send in plans for the future cathedral of
Notre Dame de la Treille, at Lille. The style of the edifice
is to be that of the end of the thirteenth century. The
expense is not to exceed three millions of francs. The
successful competitor will receive 10,000 francs and the
appointment of architect for carrying out the works, with
a liberal salary. The second approved design will have
4,000 francs, and the third 2,000 francs.

Tun Connaught Watchman mentions that a few
days ago, during a terrific storm, the steeple of Cross-
molina Church fell through the roof with a fearful crash.
A funeral service was being performed in the churchyard,
and, though no person was struck by the falling stones,
the electric fluid burnt the boots and leggings from the
feet of some of the mourners.
HOG TO HOG.—Near Kenosha, Wisconsin, a drunken
man was a short time ago literally devoured by hogs
while lying in the road in a beastly state of intoxication.
His bones and a few remnants of his clothes were found.
—American paper.
SUICIDE AT NINETY YEARS OF AGE.—A widow
woman named Scott, 90 years of age, committed suicide
in this town on Saturday. A thin piece of rope fastened
to a nail at no great height, enabled the deceased to com-
mit the rash act ; and her determination is indicated by
the fact that her feet more than reached the floor.
Deceased had of late suffered occasionally from mental
derangement.—Brechin Advertiser.
A HOODED TIIIEF.—A man named Flanchin has been
tried in Paris for robbery. He was accustomed to go,
wearing one of those cloaks to which hoods are attached,
to shops, and whilst examining different articles to raise
his hand repeatedly to his neck, as if to scratch it. Each
time he did this he slipped into his hood some article
which he had contrived to take unobserved. At last,
when detected, there were found in his hood eight watches,
three chains, fourteen rings, two parcels of lace, ten tooth-
brushes, several pots of pomatum, books, &e. He was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
MESSRS. SRUTTLENVORTII'S BANKRUPTCY.—Mr. G. E.
Shuttleworth and his two sons, the well-known auctioneers,
came before the London Court of Bankruptcy. ,on Monday.
It was the certificate meeting. The accounts showed,
liabilities £26,000; assets about £5,300; property held by
creditors, £8,626. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque gave
judgment, and, on the ground that the trading had been
carried on most improvidently, and that the book-keeping
had been of the worst description, awarded a certificate of
the third class. The certificate of the elder bankrupt was
suspended for three months, that of the sons fortwo years.
Protection was granted._

THE NEW BANE OF ENGLAND NOTE.—At a meeting
of the Society of Arts, on 'Wednesday, a paper was read on
the new Bank of England note, which showed the improve-
ment effected by the substitution of surface printing from
electrotypes for the ordinary copperplate printing. The
bank notes, by this system, are printed at a Steam press,
constructed by Napier, at the rate of •3,000 an liour. A
new Britannia has been devised by Mr. Maclise. The
paper has been-much improved, and other alterations have
been made. By the new system the most perfect identity
will be insured.

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VALUABLE DISCOVERY.—A letter from Paris says—
" Dr. Griseler has accidentally discovered, that by adding
a few drops of nitric ether to the most rancid oils all the
SllElLorne~}.le ell; V..1"17.3, .341.1. that
warming the oil, to separate the spirit from it, it becomes
as clear and as limpid as though it had never been dete-
riorated. According to the doctor's account, some drops
of the nitric ether will prevent oil from becoming
rancid."

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FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Tuesday morning a •
boiler explosion took place at the chemical works of
Messrs. Pattinson and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, which are
very extensive, covering 17 acres of ground, and giving
employment to 1,5006 men. Before the explosion it was
discovered that the boiler leaked, and the fire was ordered
to be-drawn out, which was just about to be done when
the explosion took place, killing two men and seriously
injuring two others, besides doing damage to the amount
of from £5OO to £6OO. A piece of the boiler, -weighing a
ton and a-half, was carried 60 yards, and fell through one
of the workshops.
A WEALTHY MENDICANT.—Last week, about-half-Past
two o'clock in the morning, an aged woman, in the most
abject state of wretchedness and nearly perished with
cold, applied to be admitted into the Camberwell Work-
house, which was immediately granted. From certain
circumstances which afterwards occurred, the master had
her searched, when a bag was found upon her person con-
taining 44 new sovemigns. . •
Sroau AND Loss or "APR.—A full gale of Wind -has
been blowing since Thursday night. At times it rose to
a violent storm. For the past 10 days or a fortnight, the
weather has been unusually boisterous for the month of
December. However, owing to the superior class of steam-
vessels now engaged in the mail and passenger service,
not only has there been no serious injury sustained by
any of them on the sea between Dublin and Liverpool and
Holyhead, but their arrivals are generally punctual to the
time they are due.

THE MAGNETIC TFLE GRA P On Thursday, an
action for breach of contract was tried before the Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas and a special jury. Mr.
Richard Byrne, merchant, of Dublin, sought to recover
£2OO damages against the Magnetic Telegraph Company,
for neglecting to send a message to Scotland which they
undertook to do, and from neglect of which the plaintiff
lost a large sum. Upon the part of the defendants, the
case relied on in statement and proof was, that they con-
tracted to send all messages, subject to the natural
casualties arising from the state of the weather, &c. ;
that they sent the plaintiff's message to Belfast, and that
the weather prevented the ,company's agents there from
forwarding it to Scotland; and that, therefore, they were
not liable. The jury found for plaintiff'--£2O damages.

ANATOMY OF A RUSSIAN GUY FA wicEs..--An Irish
surgeon, residing in Manchester, has sent us an account of
a post mortem held on the body of Mr. Bright's effigy,
which was burnt here the other day. The appearances
observed were the following :—The whole exterior exhi-
bited a drab discolouration. The chest presented an almost
total absence of heart ; the pericardium forming a kind of
cyst, bag, or purse, resembling an old brown paper cap,
and exhaling a strong odour of Russian leather compinni-
cated to it by a quantity of rancid oil, which constituted
the liquor pericardii. The heart, or what remained of it,
afforded throughout a specimen of fatty degeneration, and
may abe said to have consisted of tallow. The lungs were
consolidated by a morbid deposit of a nature apparently
bituminous, like pitch or tar, and the only air tubes per-
ceptible in them had the appearance of straw. In the
stomach, tbs liver attracted attention by its remarkable
whiteness, which was owing to its structure having assumed
a cottony character. The convolutions of the viscera also
bore a singular resemblance to cotton twist. The head
contained an average proportion of brain, but it had all
been converted into lignine or woody fibre, disposed in
bundles like deal shavings, which smelt powerfully of tur-
pentine. All these appearances were considered quite
sufficient to account for the inflammation which termi-.
nated the patient's careen—Punch.
AMERICAN HOPS..—Hors are becoming an important
article of foreign as well as of domestic commerce. We
are now supplying the English market with the growth of
1854. The hop trade of this country is destined to be one
of vast importance, but, as yet, we produce comparatively
but few, the breadth of land devoted to their cultivation
not exceeding 8,000 acres, chiefly in New York and east,
The average crop and consumption hitherto have not ex-
ceeded 20,000 bales of 200 lb. to the bale. This year's
growth goes beyond the average by at least 6,000 to 8,000
bales, and a brisk export demand is the result at remunera-
tive prices —4O cents per pound. Already the exports
amount to 5,000 bales, worth at least the large amount of
400,000 dollars. There is every probability of the foreign
demand continuing, as prices range in England from 80

to 120 cents per pound, whilst 15 cents will cover all the
expenses of shipment, sale, duty, &c. Should this foreign
demand continue another week or two, we shall be left
with a deficiency on this side, and as malt is 75 pt. cent.
above the average price of the past twenty years, brewers
will have to advance their prices from five to seven dollars
per barrel for the genuine article.—New York Shipping
List.

COTYNTERPEIT SOVEREIGNS IND HALVES.-11 appears
that amongst the base coin in circulation are some Vic-
toria half-sovereigns of 1852, struck out of brass with a
die, and electro-plated, and so hard that they will not bend
in the detector. In point of weight they are very much
lighter, and the " ring" is very brassy and dull, The

milling round the edge is very -perfect, but the die from
which they have been struck was far from perfect, and on
inspection showed that the letters a", in Britanniarum
are inverted. Some Victoria sovereigns, of the same date,
are also in circulation. They are made in the same way
ne 4ha Italf-enviaraione hnt H, din frnm whirb thew }lava

been struck was coarser and more faulty than that from
which the half-sovereigns had been struck. The wreath
which is round the coat of arms contains fewer leaves than
in a real one, whilst the letters are larger and coarser, and

the figures in the date are not all of one size, and the &its or
pellets between the inscriptions are wanting.—Standard.

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REV. FREDERICK BARKER, M.A

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AHD THE

followii

VINCENT RYAN, M.A

.merly Vic

;he Liverpool Col

AND DEAR BRETHR

Your simultaneous appointment to Colonial Bishoprics
t once demands and gives an opportunity for an expres-
rd. our congratulation, and our sympathy.

sior► of our reg

Daring the period of oC

care regard for your genuir

co-operation as Brethren in

piety, sound le

zealous-earnestness In every good work, whereby many
have been provoked to holy emulation._

We congratulate you, and the Churches in Sydney and
the Mauritius, on your elevation to the office of their

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