The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-28 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

CHESEITIXE

INTELLIGENCE

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CHESTER CITY COUNCIL.—
day, Sir F. Thesiger moved for a mandamus, to be directed
to John Boyle, Esq., and others, aldermen of Chester, to
publish a list of councillors of the borough of St. John's
Ward, and to insert therein the name of Robert Cross, the
question being, whether, when a councillor was elected
mayor, another was to —Rule

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COURT OF EXPERTS.—At the Privy Cow

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point was set

after an abeyance of many years. It has, hitherto, 6een
the custom to summon a Privy Council to nominate the
sheriffs, and to summon the judges to attend that council
in a position of inferiority. It seems, however, by the
statute of Richard 11., under which this council meets, it
is not a Privy Council at all, but a special council of
`experts' (far more ancient than the Privy Council itself),
which exists for the purpose of nominating sheriffs, and is
composed of certain high officers and of the judges, all hav-
ing equal votes, and being presided over by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and, in his absence, by the Chief Baron.
Such councils of experts, for various departments of
administration, were usual in the middle ages, anterior to
the existence of the Privy Council. That for nominating
sheriffs, being under statute, has alone survived to our day.
A LIONESS of the Botanical Garden, Grenoble, known
by the name of Miss Sarah, contrived, one day last week,
to escape from her cage. The weather was cold and dark,
and there were very few persons in the garden, all of
whom took to flight the moment the lioness appeared.
She first proceeded to the enclosure of the stag, who com-
menced butting at her through the paling with his antlers ;
she then approached the monkeys' cage, all of whom testi-
fied the greatest alarm; and, afterwardi, the cage of the
eagle, who seemed in extraordinary fury at the sight of
her. All at once, she perceived, at a distance, the conser-
vator of the Museum, and ran rapidly towards him, but,
on drawing near, she recognised him, and began to caress
him and lick his hand. He profited by her affection to-
wards him to lead her to the side of her young ones, and,
with the aid of the keeper, he soon replaced Miss Sarah in
her cage.

elected in his plac

granted.
GENERAL EGERTON, Colonel of the 45th Regiment, died
at Eaton Banks, near Tarporley, on the 15th instant. The
Chester Courant says —" In his life General Egerton ex-
emplified all the social virtues of an English gentleman,
and all the distinguished attributes of a gallant officer ;
and his death, which occurred in the 72nd year of his age,
is sincerely regretted."
THE BIRKENHEAD POLICE FORCE.-011 Friday, Mr.
Superintendent M`Harg, who had already contributed a
liberal sum to the Patriotic Fund, brought the subject of
the condition of the widows and orphans of the troops who
have fallen in the East, before his men at the police-office,
with the intention of asking them for a subscription,
when each individual gave a day's pay to this great national
undertaking.
STEAM TO IRELAND.—In a bill which the Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company is about to bring before Par-
liament, power is proposed to be taken, authorising the
London and North-Western, or the Chester and Holyhead,
or both Companies, to purchase or hire steam and other
vessels for the purpose of a through-traffic between this
country and Ireland; and it is also proposed to enable
either or both companies to provide additional accommo-
dation for the expected traffic at the harbour of Kings-
town, and at the quays of the river Liffey, by the purchase
or lease of lands, and the erection of buildings and other

CORN PROSPECTS OF THE COMING YEAR.--AS some
alarm has been caused by the large rise in the price of
wheat in the last month, it may be satisfactory to show
that this rise may be accounted for by the extra demand
for seed in the market at this season of the year coming
suddenly ; and in addition to the usual consumption for
food; the latter having wholly to be taken out of the
produce of this year —unaided, as it has usually been, by
a large stock of old wheat remaining in the country ;
and that as this extra demand on the new stock subsides,
we are likely to have the markets fully supplied, and to
feel the benefit of the late abundant harvest. In addition
to the ordinaxy consumption of wheat, for food, in the
months of October and November, and which is supposed
in Britain to amount to a million and a half quarters a
month, there are required in these two months about a
million and a half quarters for seed —so that the con-
sumption for this period is increased about 50 per cent.
But the extra demand at this season has hitherto had
little or no effect on the markets, because we have always
had large stocks of old wheat in the country, in addition
to the growth of the last year—and the consumption for
food between Michaelmas and Christmas has principally
been taken out of the old stock ; but, this year, owing to
the close working up of all old stocks by both millers and
bakers, and the absence of any foreign Supplies coming
in, or remaining over in granary, the whole consumption
has fallen on the new growth, and the farmers having
had little inducement in the price, immediately after
harvest, to thrash out their new growth faster than
usual, the markets have been without the additional
supply which the deficiency of old stocks has called for.
But as soon as this extra demand has been supplied, I
feel confident, from the very large crop grown this year,
of all grain, that the markets will be abundantly supplied,
and we shall have less occasion for a foreign supply than
we have felt for some years past. From a very careful
observation of the crops of corn, both in England. and
the north of France, I am convinced the growth, this
year, is the largest and finest I have known in the last
twenty years, and is at least a fifth more than an average,
and probably nearly double the growth of 1853 ; and if
this be so, notwithstanding the absence of old stock to
lessen the consumption of new at this season, we shall
find the country, at Christmas, with as much, if not more,
than our usual stock of home-grown corn, and the pre-
sent high prices will be but temporary—and I am aided
in coming to this conclusios by my knowledge that whilst
the produce of potatoes is considerably greater, this year,
than it has been of late years, at the same time, there has
been far less of disease in them ; and whilst the consump-
tion of wheat, of late years, has been largely increased by
the failure of this root, this year the reverse is likely to be
the case.— HEWITT DAVIS.

LOINS TO FOREIGN STATES.—A Parliamentary paper
has just been issued by the Treasury, giving an account
of all sums of money paid or advanced by way of loan,
subsidy, or otherwise, to any foreign state, from the year,
1792 to the close of 1853. From this it appears that we
have in that period advanced to— £ s. d.
Russia 9,413,434 3 8
Russian sufferers
Russian-Dutch Loan
Portugal
Portuguese sufferers.... ..... .... ......
Germany
Prussia
Spain
Sweden
Austria
Sicily
Hanover .
Minor Powers, under engagements
with the Duke of Wellington 1,733,528 18 4
Holland (fortifications, Netherlands) 1,529,765 2 8
Hesse Cassel 1,271,107 13 7
German Princes
Sardinia , ...... ......
Greek Loan
Bavaria
Hesse Darmstadt . ......... ........ , 263,581 12 6
Prince of Orange
France
Brunswick 125,086 14 8
Denmark
Baden 26,990 0 10
Morocco 16,371 3 3

£64,215,126 11 9

Of this immense sum, the only items to'which is attached
the word " repaid," are £200,000 of the £220,000 advanced
to the Prince of Orange in 1799 and 1813, and the £200,000
advanced to France in 1814. There are no advances since
1816, except upon the Russian-Dutch Loan to Holland,
and the Greek Loan. The Russian-Dutch Loan com-
menced in 1816, and has continued every year since, the
last payment in 1851 having been £88,577 7s. sd. The
advance to Havre, for the fortifications of the Netherlands,
commenced in 1818, and terminated in 1820. The Greek
Loan commenced in 1843, and has continued ever since,
the last payment,i n 1853, having been £47,637 ls. 2d. The
loans or advances to Baden, Hesse Darmstadt, and Bruns-
wick all ceased prior to the commencement of the present
century. The first advance to 'Ru.4sia was in 1799, and
the last recorded was in 1816.

A MODERN ROMANCE.—On Monday, last week, the
Lord Chancellor delivered judgment in the case of Thorn-
hill v. Thornhill, relative to the attempted abduction of a
ward in chancery, by a brother of the Countess of Ferrers.
A Miss Thornhill, 16 years of age, is a ward of chancery,
and is possessed of a large fortune. Her guardian is a
Mrs. Hungerford, who resides in Northamptonshire. Some
time last year, guardian and ward went on a visit to Earl
Ferrers' residence. They met there a Mr. Chichester, a
brother of the Countess of Ferrers. This gentleman is a
member of the noble Irish family of Donegal, but is very
poor and embarrassed. He seems to have sought the
heiress, and the countess, his sister, was earnest in his
suit. His object becoming known to the guardian, all
communication was forbidden between countess, suitor,
and ward. Nevertheless, Mr. Chichester did not give up
the suit, but followed the heiress to the country, and
sought to make her elope with him. To induce the
young lady, whom he was in the habit of seeing each
night at the window, he gave her letters of Lady Ferrers
to him, wishing him success, and stating that, even with
an elopement, she would be happy to receive her as a sister.
This clandestine affair becoming known to Mrs. Hunger-
ford, an attachment was sought for against the Countess
of Ferrers and Mr. Chichester for inducing a ward of
chancery to elope. The judgment was, that a sufficient
case was made out against the lady, of whom the Lord
Chancellor, notwithstanding, spoke with great severity,
but the gentleman was committed for contempt. The
young lady gave up some letters in the case, which, how-
ever, only showed that Lady Ferrers was anxious that her
brother should have the heiress. The following extract
from the judgment of the Lord Chancellor explains the
means taken by the fortune-hunter and his sister, to gain
the affections of the young heiress —"On: the morning of
their (Mr. and Mrs. Hungerford and Miss Thornhill's)
arrival at Ascot, Mrs. •Hungerford discovered, what asto-
nished her, some fragments of a letter, which turned out,
or which was suspected at that time, I believe, to be from
Lady Ferrers, that had crossbars in different ink, of a
different writing, and being a different matter that was
written. ft turned out to be written with lemon juice,
which, it seems, when held to the fire, comes out in the
form of a pale red writing; and Mrs. Hungerford disco-
vered what led her to believe that, whoever was writing
these letters was writing an apparently open correspond-
ence in black ink, and a concealed correspondence in this
different ink or lemon juice, the clandestine writing being
more or less an encouragement on the part of Lady Fer-
rers to the young lady to give countenance to the suit of
Mr. Chichester, Lady Ferrers' brother. Exactly what it
was we do not know, but that that was the substance of it
is manifest. Lady Ferrers had desired that she might be

at liberty to send to the, young lady a little basket in re-
turn for the purse. That was very natural, and Mrs.
Hungerford did not object to that ; but she said it would
be better it should come through her, and that she would.
present it in Lady Ferrers' name. She did so, and that
seemed all right.; but, to the disgrace of Lady Ferrers—
and I cannot attempt to qualify the expression, for it was
most disgraceful, and it must for ever lower- her in the
society of her equals—in that basket was concealed in the
lining a letter written, not on paper, which would have
made a crackling noise, and have excited attention, but
written on linen—a secret encouragement to the ward—
against the consent, or without the consent of her guar-
dian, to give countenance to the suit of her brother, whom
she admits, and whom all admit, to be a man of deep
embarrassment. Mr. Chichester, being rejected on the
part of the guardian as an unfit suitor for the young lady,
was forbidden to visit her at but the course he took
was this : Mr. and Mrs. Hungerford, and the young lady,
lived at Dingley-park, in Northamptonshire, which is only
a mile nr twn frnm the fnwn of Market, Harborough. It

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gentleman, who

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Rainsden with a third ,(who probably was a younger
brother of Mr. Chichester), and a fourth person, who was,
I suppose, a servant—there is distinct evidence that there

up their quarters at an inn at Market Harborough, am
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FOREIG

INTELLIG 1

A. Council of

Palace of the Tuilleries on Tuesda
presided. It is understood that

was to consider the add

first intention

to the Crimea. Th(
War was to ask merely for

that he bait _ -.4 resolved on asking
understood that the Emperor himself is fully M.
not to allow the expedition to fail for
SPAIN.-In the sitting of the Cortes,
instant, the Duke de la Vittoria made t

of troops
on the

declaration :—" Gentlemen,— When the whole nation re-
solved, in July last, to recover its rights and to destroy the
abuses which had been introduced into the government of
the state, I was called on by the heroic people of Sara-
gossa, in order to authorise and support the movement
which for the same object was effected in that capital and
in the principal parts of Arragon. I went without hesita-
tion to support and defend so noble a cause, and I offered
in the most solemn manner to use all my efforts in order
that the national will should be accomplished. The Queen
then appointed me President of the Council of Ministers,
and I accepted that charge with the firm resolution of
giving it up as soon as the Constituent Cortes should be
assemled. This was one of the principal demands which
I made to the Queen, and which her Majesty admitted
without repugnance. The Constituent Cortes are now
assembled, and the ministry over which I have the honour
to preside is about to tender its resignation, in order to
leave to her Majesty full liberty of choosing her responsible
advisers, conformablyto parliamentary usages. Gentlemen,
I avail myself of this opportunity to here declare, in the
sanctuary of the laws, before God and before men, that I
have no kind of ambition ; that the only thing which
forms the object of my wishes is to live as a simple citizen
in obedience to the laws." This declaration was received
with shouts of applause.
Ausrme..—The New Prussian Gazette of the 21st
announces that the Austrian Cabinet has just sent a note
to the Western Powers, in which Austria points out to
the latter, as members of the Conference of Vienna, the
character and result of the negotiations recently opened
between the different States of the Germanic Confede-
ration on the subject of the Eastern question. Austria
also gives explanations as to her particular p6sition. She
announces that she will respect the obligations contracted
by her on the signing of the protocol of April last, and
that she will regulate in accordance with it her conduct
as regards the Diet, and the several members of the Ger-
manic Confederation. The Austrian note dwells besides
on the liberty which Austria reserves to herself of even-
tually assuming the offensive, and on the right she pos-
sesses of judging the conditions of peace in her own point
of view, and in an independent way, and not of binding
herself by declarations such as, for instance, a promise to
content herself with the four points of guarantee.

conveniences.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 19th November,.lBsl, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., £2,282 Bs. 9d.; steam-boats,
£348 3s. 2d.: total, £2,630 lls. 11d. Goods, £1,689 2s. 2d.
Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £4,328 14s. ld. Cor-
responding week last year, passengers, parcels, &c.,
£2,001 18s. sd. ; steam-boats, £230 ls. 4d.: total;
£2,231 19s. 9d. Goods, £1,383 Os. 4d. Total, including
Carnarvon traffic, £3,615 Os. ld. Increase, £713 14s. Od.
EATON HALL. The Marquis and Marchioness o
Westminster have been entertaining a numerous circle o
relatives and friends at Eaton. Among the visitors were
the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Lord and Lady
Wenlock, Lord and Lady Leigh, Sir Frankland Lewis,
Bart., Lord Stanley of Alderley, Mr. Tattoo and Lady
Charlotte Egerton, Mr. and Mrs. Randle Wilbraham and
others. Sir Michael and Lady Octavia Stewart are at
present on a visit to their noble relatives.
MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY.—On Wednesday, last week,
as a man in the employ of Mrs. Thomas, of Gwersyllt,
near Wrexham, was working in a field near Rhosrobin,
cleaning out a ditch, he found a coffin plate, having on it
the following inscription : —" Deborah Grosvenor, Obiit
Aprs. 10, 1771, Etat 33." A day or two afterwards he
found two more, and a number of coffin handles, together
with a variety of ornaments The following are the in-
scriptions on the plates found the second time :
" Eleanor, Marchioness of Westminster, born 10th July,
1770, died 29th Nov., 1846." " Elizabeth Grosvenor,
died Bth Dec. 1805, aged 67 years." There is no doubt
the above formed part of the booty stolen from Eccleston
church a few years ago, which the thieves, finding to con-
sist only of brass, instead of some more precious metal,
had deposited in the ditch.
ACCIDENT BY EXPLOSION.—On Thursday forenoon, a
serious accident occurred at the new graving docks, near
Woodside Ferry, to two men, named Samuel Parry and
Robert Owen. The injured men were labourers, and
were employed in blasting some rock. From some cause
the powder did not take fire, and they went to examine
the charge: At that moment an explosion took place
which resulted in their being very severely burnt about the
face and head, besides sustaining other injuries. They were
promptly removed to the hospital in Hamilton-street,
where every attention was paid to them, and hopes are
entertained that they will recover.
EXCISE PROSECUTIONS AGAINST OMNIBUS DRIVERS.
—At the Birkenhead police-court, on Friday, Oswald
',Speakman, William H. Whittington, and John Barton,
omnibus drivers, in the employ of Messrs. Bath
and Co., were brought up, at the instance of Mr.
A. David, of the inland revenue, at Liverpool, for
running to Hoylake races on Wednesday without a
license. It appears that the officers of excise were over
to Birkenhead, and placed some of their assistants on the
omnibuses. On arriving at Birkenhead on Thursday eve-
ning, the prisoners were taken into custody, and lodged
in bridewell, the omnibus and eight horses beine, seized
at the same time, and placed in custody at the stables of
the Birkenhead Hotel. The prisoners Speakman and
Whittington were fined £2 10s, each, and on Barton a
fine of £5 was imposed, it having been proved that he had
made two journeys.
AN Imrosron.—A man who gave the name of Alexander
Hannah, was charged, at the Birkenhead police-court, on
Friday, with having written a letter in the name of the
Rev. A. Knox, the incumbent of St. Mary's, Birkenhead, by
means of which he attempted to obtain money from Miss
Bradley, of Rose-brae, Monk's Ferry. On Thursday morn-
ing, the prisoner went to the house of Miss Bradley, and
presented a letter, purporting to be written by Mr. Knox,
and in which the rev. gentleman was made to say that he
recognised the prisoner as being a person who was in
great distress, and deserving of relief, and that he (Mr.
Knox) would take it as a personal favour if she would
contribute towards his relief. On the letter being pre-
sented to her, Miss Bradley doubted its authenticity ; and
on showing it to Mr. Knox, he at once stated that it was
a forgery.—The prisoner was committed for two months.
WIRRAL UNION.—At a recent meeting of the board of
guardians for the hundred of Wirral, for the purpose of
assisting the patriotic movement, it was resolved —" That
there be a local committee in each poor-law union, and
that it consist of the magistrates resident in the union,
the clergy and ministers of religion of all denominations,
the guardians of the poor of every township in the union,
and the local military staff officers, to report to the central
committee." It was also resolved—" That the Wirral
union be divided into seven districts, the districts to 'be
co-extensive with the present medical districts, namely,
Birkenhead, Claughton, Bebington, Eastham, Neston,
Upton, and Wallasey ; and that the magistrates, the
clergy, and other ministers of religion resident in each
district, be invited to co-operate with the guardians for
the township comprising the district in raising funds, or
otherwise aiding the general committee of 'the union, and
that each district committee report to the general com-
mittee of the union, at Clatterbridge, on the 29th of
'November."

VV
Cincessu.—Russian accounts from the Caucasus de-
clare that a great victory has been gained oven.Schamyl,
on the southern slope of Mount Katchkalyk. The greater
number of the mountaineers inhabiting Karassou are said
to have perished, while the Russians had only one officer
(the old story), and 12 men killed, and 55 wounded. This
was on the sth of October. Ten days later the Circassians
were again defeated, says the account, and this time they
lost 1,000 men, the Russians having 15 killed and 35
wounded.
NEW ZEALAND. Canterbury affords an additional
proof of the difficulty of non-resident legislation, even
when accompanied by the best intentions. Hardly is this
province disencumbered of its parent association, than it
progresses with extraordinary energy. No less than
£25,000 is voted for the immediate completion of the road
from Lyttelton to Christchurch, whilst a railroad is
seriously contemplated at a cost of £155,000. A large
sum, too, is proposed for educational purposes, and seem-
ingly not before it is wanted, as it would appear that not
more than two-thirds of the population can read and
write—a proportion greatly below that of the Maori tribes,
who are almost invariably educated in reading and writ-
ing. In other respects Canterbury makes a good show,
with its 7,000 acres of fenced land, its 100,000 sheep, 6,000
cattle, and 600 horses. And all this has been done in
four years. As at Nelson, there exists some unpleasant
feeling upon the subject of the Church property.