The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-26 00:00:00

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she wishes to remain a spinster, at the age of eighteen.
RAILWAY CAPITAL AND LOANS.—From a parliamen-
tary paper recently printed, it appears that the total
capital and loans which the various railway companies of
the united kingdom were authorised by acts of parliament
to raise, up to-the 31st of December last, amounted to no
less a sum than £366,769,732 16s. Of this £274,369,932
17s. • 4cl. was by capital -
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Rd. by fann

The total amount
up' to the 31st of Decemb
of which £65,072.958

he vari(

panies

ist was

251,557 13s

£164,724,177 18s. 10d

ived nor was entitled

to receive preferential

companies still r

the end of 1853

£91,289,840 17s
loans. The total length of railway open for traffic at the
end of 1863 was 7,689 miles 45f chains, of which 5,987
chains
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and walked to the counsel's table, and placing himself
close to Mr. Giffard, who was the first gentleman on the
seat, he said, in an earnest and solemn tone, "Do you
remember Cardiff ?" and at the same time placed the
muzzle of a pistol close to his cheek and pulled the trig-
ger. The weapon exploded with a slight report, and, from
what was afterwards discovered, it appeared that the
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slight injury to the cheek of the gentleman attacked :
"For an instant the court was almost paralysed, but there
were speedy cries to seize the 'Arty, and Russell, one of
the city detective policemen, and Rutland, who is an officer
attached to the corporation, seized the prisoner. Mr.
Sheriff Wallis at once directed that he should be searched
to see if he had any other deadly weapons about his per-
son; and the prisoner, with great coolness, exclaimed,
`Yes, I have another pistol ;' and added, ' it is loaded,' at
the same time taking the pistol from his breast pocket
and handing it to the officers; and upon its being ex_
amined it was found to be loaded with ball." Depositions
of the occurrence were taken there and then ; the officers
Russell and Rutland, a spectator named Hall, and Mr.
present,rshe was
Hugh Pollard Wil-
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loughby, brother of Sir Henry Willoughby ; that he was
prisoner onbear rrsiasitcle
a clergyman, and resided at Oxford. He expressed a de-
sire to have a professional assistant, and Mr. Clarkson
consented to act in that capacity. Finally he was com-
mitted to Newgate, to be brought up again. -11 r. G• iffard
states that the assassin is a stranger to him. It seems
probable that In is Win%