The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-04 00:00:00

a and court in the cours

ensuing week, the noble and gallant duke having
the use
_of the castle solely for her Mai

The duke leaves Ap
morning for Wahner

House bef

preparation for the residence of the Queen and Prince. T
whole of the noble and gallant duke's domestic establishme
leave Walmer Castle for town on Saturday, on which day
portion of the royal household will arrive there. It is
probable that her Majesty, after a .-.
fortnight at Walmer Castle, may proceed trou.
spend a few weeks at the Pavilion, at Brighton, whe
necessary preparations are still in progress for the
of the court.—Herald of Thursday.

Uourn of ten days c

GIGANTIC SKELETON.—A few weeks since, while di
in a tan-pit at Mr. M'lntosh's work, about a mile
quarter west from Grangemouth, the workmen came
several very large bones of the posterior extremities of al
mensely large hors,. -' feet from the surface, in-
ded in blue clay `clay iQ n>n • --
Afterwards

, about six
The stratum
was resolved to c

was taken, on removing ti
1 animal. Th

been a bt
thick, and there was no moisture in the clay; it api
to have been gradually covered. The skeleton was con
bly large; from the fore teeth to the back part of th
was two feet, and by the teeth he had been about five year_
old at his death. The shoes were upon the feet; at tht
est breadth they are 54 inches, and, although considera.
vorn, one weighs 1 lb. 14 oz. imperial. The bones art

reddish coloured, and appear much like ti

'row the

Imes having also been found I

tl. part of the English army woull
Dt where it was found on the da

,ve learned gentleman, wl

01 the leading bar-
He commenced his

under kit

over the yard wall.
ransacked the draw•e

among other thing

have been t
feared t

At any rat
of the tr.

hand hay

e by the bad

He had been in t

ver spoon,

What, Sir, are we to make of all this? Here seems an in-
fernal plot against the life of this young lady, than whom
there never lived one gentler or more amiable. It can scarcely
be doubted that it is one and the same man who has been con-

again to rt
lows

,rkable that the last

ened, as though determined not
e►

recognized

.tes have i

Sir, what is the amount of responsibility which
'icurred, if, when he was once in their
again let loose upon the public, through
selfish indifference, so desperate a wretch, and one
apparently so bent upon the destruction of his unfortunate
victim ? It is a subject, Sir, to wring tears from the most

Who can conceive tl

the terrible and ever-

s of ti

to carry out_ti

resent apprell
lob: family ?

agony of tt

the child, the
the

Who can estir

consideration to the

1 forbeai,
with the f

of all connects-
_.., narrowing thought. But I would ask, toi
now much of the inevitable amount of suffering are our ma-
gistrates responsible ? I will hope, however, that our worst
realized.
I have tinished my exposure, and I beg,

fears may not t

yours, respectfully
Oct. 19.

Sir, to sign myself
VINDEX.

Alice Lowe, the young female charged by Lcrd Frankfor
with having stolen various articles of jewellery, his property,
whilst she was living under his lordship's protection, took
her trial at the Central Criminal Court on Monday, and
was acquitted, to the evident satisfaction of a densely crowded

DARING ROBBERY OF WILLS, DEEDS, MONEY, AND
JEWELLERY AT BATTERSEA.—On Friday last, a most
daring robbery was committed at the residence of Mr. Ash-
ness, an independent gentleman, living in Battersea-rise,
and the circumstances under which it took place leave but
little doubt that it was planned and executed by a dishonest
servant. It appears that on Friday night, about 11 o'clock,
Mr. Ashness had entered his bedroom with the intention of
retiring to rest, when his attention was attracted to the win-
dow, which was wide open. This, being a most unusual
circumstance, induced Mr. Ashness to look out, and to his
dismay he saw a ladder placed against the wall directly un-
derneath the window ledge. 'l:he idea that he had been
robbed flashed instantly across his mind, and his suspicions
were soon confirmed by discovering that two tin boxes had
been taken from the room. These boxes were two feet in
length, and eigbteen inches wide. One was filled with wills,
deeds. and other valuable documents, and the other con-
tained, in addition to a number of papers, between £5O and
£6O in gold, a diamond ring of great value, and a mourning
ring set with hair, encircled with pearls, and engraved
" Anne Ashness, died April 8, 1832, aged SI." Information
sent to the Clapham and Wandsworth
irjeants Emmerson and Burchett, of
employed to investigate the circum-

tation-bouses, and

the V division,

it possible to trace out the perpetrator or per-
petrators of the robbery. On Saturday and Sunday the pre-
iises underwent the strictest search. Outwardly there
re no signs of any person having got over the garden walls
cence, and no footmarks in the soil ; therefore, although
• was planted against the window of Mr. Ashness s
room, which looks into the back garden, it was
'lnt that the thief had neither entered nor quitted,
'-at way. During the rigid search the police
garden and fields in rear of it, they found
one tin box embedded in the mud of a ditch. This had' been
'pen, and it was soon ascertained that it was the one
• filled only with wills, deeds, and securities. Some
value of the papers may be formed, when one
the top of the others was a bond
may be well imagined with what pleasure
.eceived back this box and its valuable con-
other box, containing the money, &c., being
was determined to search the house tho-
ly it was found upon the top of the
that were in_jt previously remained, but

ises a

were E

wa;
idea of a

b was lyir,

Ashness r

xposed on

still missing, it
roughly, and ultimate
house
the

i rings were gone

These circumstances tendec

to contirr,

the suspicions of the police that 'some one em-
the premises was the thief, and the whole of the
ed, but nothing was elicited to

he offence

CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A BANKER'S. CLERK.—
A case which has excited the most lively interest in the minds
of the inhabitants of Huddersfield and its vicinity was finally
beard on Thursday last before B. R. Batty Esq., at the ma-
gistrates' office in that town. Mr. John Robinson Eastwood,
as clerk in the bank of the Huddersfield Banking Company,
was charged with stealing at various periods the sum of £BO5,
the property of. the company. fhe investigation had been
going on in private and public during the preceding twelve
days ; but the young man had only been in confinement since
Friday last ; thus every facility had been afforded him. for
escape if such had been his wish. The investigation on
Thursday lasted six hours. The only evidence which could
be adduced against him was his expensive way of living,
which, it was asserted, had cost nearly £9OO since February,
1841, the period stated in the charge. Mr. Wm. Barker,
solicitor, appeared for the defence, and in a speech of one
hour and a quarter's duration, he clearly pointed out that,
notwithstanding the young man's expensive habits, there .was
not the slightest fonndation for the charge of dishonesty
against him. He proved that, in addition to his salary, on
account of which he had, since January, 1841, received two
hundred and twenty-seven pounds ten shillings, he had from
other sources received nearly to the amount of the sum- for
which he was araigned. A host of witnesses were examined ;
among them Mr. Ramsay, inspector of missing letters from
the General Post-office, London, but no case of stealing, em-
bezzlement, or dishonesty could be sustained: It appeared ,
that on an average, no less than 3,000 letters passed daily
through the Huddersfield Post-office, exclusive of newspapers.
Mr. Batty, in giving his decision on this most interesting
lase, observed that the prisoner had had a most able defence,
nd th-at bad he been sent to another place he could not have
UnasSisted as he was by his brother
:e some circumstances of a
the privilege of Englishmen
.o be innocent until they
• to no other decision

a bett

t every o.

'though there wer
ire, vet as it w

present case than that the prisoner was innocent, and
therefore be discharged. This decision was received

owded the court with the most elleer:
urxs of satisfaL n which continued some time. The
interest and anxiety oc, .9ned by this investigation was most
intense, and although tt 'oung man's habits have lately been
of an expensive kind, • charge of dishonest conduct could
be sustained against h. : but, as the worthy magistrate
as t,illy justified and exonerated in the
course it hail pursued ; and although there were some circum-
stances of a rather suspicious stature, be yet hoped the
prisoner was in fact perfectly innocent. Mr. Eastwood then
left the court amid the congratulations of his numerous
friends.—Leeds Intelliliencer,

observed, the liank was to

after as fast as her feelings of alarm would allow. She had,
however, just reached the door leading down to the cellar,
which she had to pass in order to go up stairs, and which
was standing partially open, when Miss Rigg came out pale
as a corpse, and bleeding about her neck, though from what
particular parts the blood proceeded was not at first easily
seen, her neck and shoulders being covered with blood,
and her white dress from her shoulder downwards presenting
a frightful appearance. " Mother," she cried, " a man
in the cellar has stabbed me." Her agonized and agitated
parent laid her on the sofa, and sent immediately for her
medical attendant. afraid herself to look on what was done.
On the arrival of Dr. F., it was found that she had been
mercifully preserved from serious injuury. When the mis-
creant attacked her, she was in the act of mounting the cel-

lar steps, and consequently, on that narrow ground be could
only assail her from behind, in which position her long and
thick curls interposed between his blade and her neck, and
there can be little doubt saved her life. She had, however,
one deep cut, four inches long, on the shoulder, with four
smaller ones near it, and a slight wound on her breast. in
making his brutal attempt, the ruffian had held her by one
shoulder, but her dropping the candle prevented him from
seeing precisely where to strike. He had, however, besides
inflicting the above-named wounds, severed a large portion
of her hair, which, from its great profusion and strength of
curl, must have required a very vigorous and determined
stroke, or perhaps a succession of strokes. Miss Rigg dis-
tinctly heard her mother direct her brother to see what wa;
the matter, as her assailant must also have done, and this
made him quit his hold. Retreating by the front cellar, or
n, he made his

e articles of value,
.nd had taken the
gg's life from her

,zor with which he attempted Miss It.
father's dressing-room. In his alarm he..cured nothing,
the silver spoons he attempted to take with him, but dropped
them in getting over the wall, and the razor was found crusted
with blood on the other side of the wall.
What was the reason of his brutal attempt is known to
-lf and to God. It is not easy to conjecture it. It may
.iat he thought Miss Rigg had seen him, and he
_..rough her means discovery. He may have been the
.me man whom she had previously encountered, and in that
,ase with the fear of discovery may have been united the de-
sire of revenge. Still, that the roan, unmolested, apparently
unobserved, should either from fear of discovery go the very
way to insure discovery, or should so harbour revenge as to
determine to attempt the life of an innocent, unoffending
girl, seems at first incredible. Yet subsequent circum-
stances render it almost certain that the latter is the true so-

, the attempt must be admitted to have been
out - ..,ost cruel, unprovoked, and brutal, that was ever
made; and one would have thought that every heart would
swelled with indignation against the perpetrator, every
been ready to seize and consign him to justice,
lad t t all would be. inspired with one common feeling of
s ' '4,0 sufferer.

- Mit, sir, our magistrates are wonderful people, wonderfully
clever, wonderfully profound, wonderfully subtile ! They,
it seems, have discovered (marvellous penetration) that
Miss Rige was frightened and fancied there was a man !
This, with her seamed shoulder in evidence before them !
Astonishing discovery, this ! Unequalled solution of this
difficult case ! if in all affairs that come before them, they
show equal penetration, equal acumen, equal power of ima-
gination, how blessed is our good town of Bradford !

- Did any ever before conceive of fancy wounding a person,
cutting off hair, pilfering silver spoons, and throwing a razor
over a wall? Fancy, forsooth! No doubt it was fancy,
too, in the person of Dr. Farrar, who dressed the wounds ?
This, sir, would at any rate be a very active fancy !

And what has been the consequence of this conduct of
these magistrates? Listen, sir. Last Sunday evening, du-
ring service time, as Miss Rigg was going into the back
parlour for a book, a man followed her and struck her vio-
lently on the arm twice with some heavy instrument. She
fell shrieking to the ground, and her cries brought assistance,
which frightened away the incarnate fiend who had attacked
her. He left the house without taking or attempting to take
anything. Her arm exhibits a dreadful contusion from above
the elbow nearly to the wrist. Is this fancy, too, Messrs.
• • .

The low range of the value of wheat has had the usual effect
on all other species of corn, and prices of barley, o..ts, &c.,
are now relatively lower here than at the near Continental
ports. Last week, between three and four thousand quarters
of the latter grain were shipped from London to Dunkirk
and Rouen, and a little pai cel of barley to Rotterdam ; there
is consequently little chance of importations from those
quarters ; and if we look to more distant countries, we still
arrive at the same conclusion, namely, that prices must ad-
vance here, or recede materially abroad, before any benefit
can accrue from business in corn between this and foreign
countries.

This will be made more manifest by giving short extracts
from our foreign advices :

At New York, on the Ist instant, good brands of canal
flour were still held at 84 d 015.56,1 per barrel (about 23s 6d,)
and other descriptions at proportionate rates. Letters from
Montreal, of the 26th September, inform us that though the
demand for flour was very dull both there and at Quebec,
nothing could be had below 22s 6d, and that many holders
insisted on 24s per barrel for floe brands. Freight thence to
London was 3s 9d per bare
would bring the price consi'

tide in bond h

el, which, with other expens—
lerably above the value of the ar

Shipments from the Mediterranean arelquite out of the
question ; the better kinds received from that quarter, such
as Ancona, Barletta, &c., being now obtainable, duty paid,
in the London market, at 425. to 455., much below the rates
at which importations could be made.

In the Baltic prices are somewhat more reasonable, though
still relatively higher than in this country.
Advices from Dantzic of the 11th instant inform us that
occasional purchases of wheat continued to be made there for
Dutch account, mostly of the quality denominated mixed, at
about 305., whilst superior high mixed varities were held at
per quarter free on board. At Stettin, on the. 11th of

;ilesian wheat

, . .
might have been bought at 30s. per
quarter; but this price, with freight, expenses, and duty ad-
ded, would stand in too high to yield a profit. At Hamburg,
on the 15th instant, there was scarcely sufficient wheat offer-
'- - - ' the town millers, and quotations were conse-

tug to supp

quently fligli

- At Mark Lane, on Monday, we had a scanty show of wheat
from Essex, and only a moderate arrival from Kent and
Suffolk ; the trade opened dull, however, and though a few
choice samples were selected early in the morning at about
previous rates, purchases might easily have been made later
in the day at an abatement of Is. per quarter; notwithstand-
ing which factors were unable to effect a clearance, and
several runs from Kent and Suffolk remained undisposesi of.
On Wednesday we had scarcely anything fresh up, but the
quantity left over from previous receipts proved fully adequate
to the demand, and sales were with difficulty made at the de-
cline above noticed. Many of the holders of foreign wheat
have evinced great anxiety to realise, and in some instances
very low terms have been accepted, others have remained
tolerably firm, and on the general sales the reduction acceded
to has not exceeded Is. to 2s. per quarter.
The duty remains stationary at 18s. per quarter, but as the
averages are still receding, it is not improbable that the duty
may, rise to the highest point.

We have been pretty liberally supplied with ship flour dur-
ing the last week or two, which has interfered a good deal
with the disposal of town manufactured; the latter, has, how-
ever, been held at previous prices, but Norfolks have been
selling from on board at 355. to 365. per sack.
The arrivals of barely have increased, and the demand
having rather fallen off, sellers have been under the necessity
of submitting to an abatement of ls. per quarter on all ex-
cept the very finest malting qualities. Old malt has excited
very little attention, but fine new has found buyers at com-
paratively high prices.

_ .
In addition to a fair arrival of oats coastwise, we have re-
ceived a large supply from Ireland, and our market now
affords a good choice of quality ; the dealers have neverthe-
less acted with extreme caution, and the value of most de-
scriptions of corn has receded 6d. to Is. per quarter.
The transactiuns.in beans and peas have been on quite a
retail scale, and no variation deserving notice has taken place
in prices of these articles.

NEW CHURCH IN STAFFORDSHIRE.

The following is a description of the justly admired new
church at HarLshill, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, built
and endowed at the sole expense of Herbert Minton, Esq.,
who has also erected a handsome parsonage in connection
with it. So spirited an undertaking we scarcely ever heard
of, and we hold up as worthy of imitation. In these days
of dissent and opposition to church principle, it is weil that
such a noble instance of generosity should be recorded,
The form and arrangement is that of the simpler of the
ial churches, consisting of a chancel of good
nave, aisles, south porch, and western tower
yle is taken from the later specimens of
in which the window tracery consists
principally of circles, as those in the nave of Lichfield
Cathedral. The details are carried out in a plain and simple
manner, but the general proportions of the building and their
similarity to those of the majority of ancient churches, give it
a more ornamental appearance than is frequently obtained by

with spire. The
the early Englisl

to -workmanship