The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-05 00:00:00

PHRENOLOGICAL Discussto
mon between Mr. Rumbal'

of phrenology, commenced last evenir
Newington. • Mr. Rumball undertoi

truth of phrenolo;

it is unfoUnded in fact

attendance was but limited, owing probably to a very heavy
shower of rain having commenced shortly before seven
o'clock, the hour appointed for the commencement of pro•
ceedings. Shortly after that time the two discussionists
made their appearance; Mr. Brindley being attended by Dr.
Sutherland and Mr. Taylor, surgeon • Mr. Rumball by Dr.
Thorburne. Oh the motion of Dr. Thorburne, seconded by
Dr. Sutherland, Mr. Joseph Crisp was called upon to take
the chair. The discussion terminated at a quarter past ten
till to-morrow. Amongst the medical gentlemen present we
observed,—Dr. Sutherland, Dr. Watson, S. M'Culloch,
Esq., Dr. Thorburne, Taylor, Esq., Eden, Esq.,
Kelly, Esq.
THE LIVERPOOL CABMEN.—It will be seen, in an address
of Mr. Towers, of the Angel, that these ruffians have been at
their old tricks again. Greatly as we may blame them, we
think that still greater obloquy rests with those who encou-
rage them in their rascality. Mr. Radley, of the Adelphi,
stated a case to our reporter, a few days ago, in which one
of these fellows on being told to drive a party from the
railway to his house, took the gentleman who employed
him across the Haymarket, along Dale-street, Castle-street,
by the New Custom-house, Paradise-stree, and Church-
street, and attempted to obtain 3s. as his fare. He, how-
ever, was not paid at all, as the passenger refused to
give anything whatever, and left it to the cabman to
summon him if he thought proper. Mr. Lynn, of the
Waterloo Hotel has made many complaints similar to Mr.
Towers ; and we trust these gentlemen will not spare any
instance of extortion and rascality that falls under their no-
tice, and, at the same time, give publicity to the names of
those who employ them.

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RUMOURED " AFFAIR OF HONOUR."—The on dit of Sa-
turday night last, amongst the lovers of gossip in our town,
was, that an " affair of honour" had, in the course of the af-
ternoon, come off in some secluded spot near the sandhills
beyond Bootle. The story, such as it is, runs as follows:
About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon a respectably-
dressed individual summoned the driver of Mr. Morris's car
No. 169 from the stand, and ordered him to drive to the
house of Mr. Bate, the Boar's Head, Drury-lane. The car
was driven to the place ordered, and the driver was requested
to accompany the gentleman to the shop of Messrs. Powell
and Williams, gun and pistol makers. The gentleman there
desired to be furnished with a pair of duelling pistols, powder,
ball, and percussion caps. He left on these a deposit of three
sovereigns, giving his name and address, and saying he would
try the pistols, and, if he did not like them, return them on
Monday. He returned, accompanied by the driver, to the
Boar's Head, where, with two other persons, he got into a
car, which was, by order of the parties, driven to the sand-
hills beyond Bootle. The three then got out and adjourned
to some distance, when, presently, the carman heard two
pistol shots. He ran to the spot, where he saw that one of
the gentlemen had been wounded in the arm. He was or-
dered to return to his car, where, in a few minutes, he was
joined by the party, the members of which got in and ordered
him to drive back to Liverpool. One of the individuals re-
marked to the other, as they took their seats, " I could have
shot you, if I had thought proper." Such are the incidents
which we have gathered relative to this piece of gossip, and
we have no doubt of their truth. Whether the two princi-
pals and the one second who went to the ground so lovingly
in the car intended merely to send forth a rumour through
the mouth of the carman, or whether they were really silly
enough to fight a real duel, we cannot say.—Albion.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO SAMUEL LINNINGTON, ESQ.—
A few of the personal friends of Mr. Linnington met early
in the year, on the eve of his quitting his native town for
Liverpool, and resolved to give expression to the sentiments
of esteem and respect which they entertained towards him by
presenting him with a piece of plate. This object was cor-
dially espoused and actively prosecuted by Stephen Bencraft,
Esq., one of Mr. L.'s oldest and most intimate acquaint-
ance ; and many of the tradesmen of the town and the resi-
dent and neighbouring gentry, concurring in their estimation
of the man and regret at his removal, wished to unite in the
intended testimonial. A considerable sum was raised by
small sums from a great number of persons of all ranks and
shades of opinion, with which an elegant silver snuff-box
and an ornamental time-piece were purchased—the former
designed for Mr. Linnington, and the latter for presentation
to Mrs. Linnington. Availing themselves of Mr. Linning-
ton's visit here, a number of the subscribers requested him
to meet them on Saturday evening last, at the Fortescue
Arms, when the mayor, who presided, called on Mr. Ben-
craft to make the presentation, which he prefaced by an ap-
propriate speech. It is no trifling reward to ayhan who has
moved so much in public life and has sustained the most
important parochial and civil offices, to find, on quitting the
scene of forty years' residence, as Mr. Linnington does, that
be has produced and leaves an universal impression honoura-
ble to his public and private integrity and good nature; and
that, while all are disposed to meet him with the hand of
fellowship, he is best beloved by those who knew him best.
We trust his settlement in the mart of commerce, which is
now the sphere of his enterprise, will be fertile of personal
and domestic happiness and prosperity to him and his.—
North Devon Journal.—[Mr. Linnington joined the firm of
Boutcher, Mortimer, and Co.. Brunswick-street, in this
town, about six months since.—Ed. L. S.]

FUNERAL OF A MEMBER OF THE ODDFELLOWS' SO-
CIETY.—In our obituary will be found a notice of the death
of Mr. J. L. Shadwell, corresponding secretary to the Inde-
pendent Order of OddfellOws, belonging to the Liverpool
District of the Manchester Unity. The deceased was highly
esteemed in private life, as well as in his official capacity, and
many of his brethren of the order resolved to pay a last sad
tribute of respect to his memory, by following him in public
procession to the grave. They accordingly assembled on
Friday morning, at the Philanthropic Lodge, Sir Thomas's
Buildings, and proceeded thence to the house of their de-
parted friend, in Whitechapel. The body was placed in a
handsome hearse, heed which were three mourning coaches
filled with the relativTs and more immediate friends of the
deceased, and no fewer than 250 members of the society, two
and two, all respectably attired in black, and wearing hat
bands and scarfs. A great concourse of persons was at-
tracted to the spot, in the principal streets near Whitechapel.
Soon after ten o'clock, the procession moved onwards, taking
the route of Church-street, Parker-street, Clayton-square,
Elliot-street, Lime-street, London-road, Moss. street, and
Brunswick-street, to the Necropolis. The streets through-
out were crowded by persons of all classes, who took a me-
lancholy interest in the scene ; and it was a general remark
that a more respectable body of men never before walked on
a similar or any other occasion. The funeral service was
impressively read in the chapel attached to the burying
ground, at and around which the crowd was immense. After
the body was in due and solemn form consigned to the earth,
the brethren returned in the same order to the lodge whence
they
started, and immediately afterwards dispersed.
PRIESTLY INTE
Lodge, has for RFERENCE.—Mr. Eastwood, of Brindle
some time been exposing the grasping
rapacity of Popish priests in the Lancaster Gazette; and
in the last number of
that
paper he gives the following
instance of the scandalous interference of a priest in this
ton in the pecuniary
Wwe suppress the name oairtairriegements of a family here.
Priest for obvious reasons.
A person, engaged as a sho
an in a small shop at Pres-
ton, received an account ofPlnl'i
due
death at Liver-
pool. Thither he proceeded with
speed. On his arrival
g, he wastotold that the confessor
at the house of mourning,
see hi
to his deceased mother wished
To he flew, and found the confenissoirn,mtielediaßteelyv..
---, at home. After expres '
sing Ins plea
ing him, Mr. informed his visitor thhis mother had
would find it. On his return the rummac.emwage" for it he
was soon ended by the appearance of the will as begun, but
in a dr •
the room where lay the corpse. On glancing ov drawer in
meta, the son there beheld, to his :ir the docu-
s
horror,
that
name did
not appear in it : no, he was a distant relative ' and the
confessor was a ' necessary one ;' for the name of' the R
--- together with that of the Right Rev. Dr. ev.
stood forth in prominent characters for no less a sum than
three hundred pounds ! Judge, sir, what the feelings of this
man, this son, must have been. Had he done an thin
yg to
offend this silly old woman ? No. nothing ! True, she was
not his own mother ; she was, however, his father's widow,
and he had always conducted himself towards her as a dutiful
son. All the property of which she died possessed she had
inherited from his father, and he, the son, was an only child.
As he related the story to me, be said (tears starting into his
eyes), ' I do assure von. sir, even a vortion of the £3OO
would have been most ac..4table to me. What think you,
sir, of confessors, what of vicars apostolic, who take money
under such circumstances ? Behdld a son, toiling from morn
till night to gain a scanty maintenance, robbed of his just in-
heritance ! Who swallow up his father's bard earnings ? The
pastors of his church ; those who ought to show themselves
patterns of disinterestedness—models of every virtue ! Con-
ceive, sir, if you can, the immense sums of money that are
daily falling into the hands of confessors, extracted by them
from ' silly women !' Where and when is this to end ? The
apathy shown by my catholic l"
brethren astonishes me;
but the 'day will come whe they will
not opposed these abuses in time—abuses which disgrace and
disfigure our holy religion. and which bring us deservedly
into contempt with our fellow citizens."