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

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Australian packet-s.
at Callao on the Bth November, made the passage from Hob-
son's Bay, Melbourne, in the unprecedentedly short space
of 34 days ; and accomplished the round from Liverpool to
Callao,—including a stoppage of 23 days, discharging &c.,
in Hobson's Bay,—in 4 months and 22 days.
COMPENSATION FOR A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The

railway accident at Hornsey last year has cost the Great
Northern Railway Company another MOO, which was the
amount awarded by a jury, in the Court of Queen's Bench
on Monday, to Alderman Challis, M.P., who at the time
of the collision (being then Lord Mayor) was in the train
proceeding to the Cutlers' Feast at Sheffield.
PAPER FROM TITRP " I d s”-

.—We haze received specimens of
paper suitable tor wrapping parcels made from turf. We
understand that extensive preparations are being made
at Mr. Cullen's paper-mills, Sixmile-bridge, under the
superintendence of an English gentleman, for the manu-
facture of this paper, which at the present time offers
considerable advantages as a commercial speculation.—
Clare Journal.

THE ROYAL FAMILY continue at Windsor Castle, in
the enjoyment of good health. Several distinguished
visitors have been guests of Her Majesty during the week.

AT TIIE COUNTY COURT, last week, Mr. Matthew
Chester, an attorney, practising in Liverpool, was sued by
a poor woman for the sum of £2 which he had received on
her behalf, but had not paid over. His Honour, in order-
ing immediate payment, spoke in strong terms of censure
of Mr. Chester, who, he said, disgraced his profession, by
getting money from poor distressed people by the most
fraudulent pretences.

THE ARCHDEACONRY OF CARLISLE, has become vacant
by the death of the Rev. Dr. Goodenough ; also the rec-
tories of Great Salkeld, Cumberland, and Mareham-le-
Fen, Lincolnshire. The appointment's, which are of the
aggregate value of £1,600 a-year, are all in the gift of the
Bishop of Carlisle. Dr. Goodenough was a son of the late
Bishop of Carlisle, from whom he received these valu-
able presentations.

How TO GET OVER A DIFFICULTY.—The Univers
has raked up a prophecy a hundred years old, that the
dogma of the Immaculate Conception would be proclaimed
in a week without a Friday. The Bth of December, on
which day Rome was "drunk with joy," was a Friday,
according to the calendar ; but the Pope, to celebrate the

occasionin a manner altog
dispensation from the fast usua
Thus the prophecy was fulfilled; in a Popish point of view
there was no Friday in that week.

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MILITARY DISCIPLINE. The East India steamer
Seringapatam, which sailed from London in July for the
Mauritius and Bombay ; to the former with drafts of the
sth Fusiliiers and 85th Regiments, to the latter with pas-
sengers and cargo, encountered some foul, but not severe
weather between the Cape and the Mauritius, sprung a
leak, and made water in the hold at the rate of three feet
per hour. Five heavy guns and nearly 300 tons of cargo
were thrown overboard, and for twenty days she was in
peril. In the middle of this danger the crew broached
some brandy, got drunk, and mutinied. Then came into
play the order, discipline, and steadiness of the British
soldiers, who continued night and day to work at the
pumps, and brought the ship to Port Louis.
SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR.—DEATH FROM POISON.—An
inquiry was opened on Friday, at Finchley, on the body
of Mr. John Southgate, of Strawberry-vale, who carried
on an extensive business as a calenderer in the City of
London. The deceased took, on Sunday evening, what
was supposed to be a dose of Epsom salts, but the parcel
from which he had taken it was found to contain oxalic
acid. A chemist in Aldersgate-street, from whom the
deceased had purchased some salts, proved that the mis-
take could not have occurred at his shop, as the parcel
found in deceased's room was not sealed with the same
wax as that which was used by witness. Rumours affect-
ing the character of persons connected with Mr. Southgate
are afloat, and the inquest was adjourned that further
investigation might be made.
HER MAJESTY has been pleased to command that the
undermentioned Regiments of Irish Militia shall be em-
bodied, and placed under the orders of the General Com-
manding-in-Chief, viz., Armagh, Antrim, North Cork,
Dublin County, Galway, Kerry, South Mayo, and Queen's
County.

MR. JOHN BRIGHT'S RECEPTION IN MANCHESTER.—
No member for Manchester ever received from his con-
stituents such unmistakeable expressions of disapproba-
tion as did Mr. Bright on Monday, after the meeting in
the Town-hall. That an unfavourable reception in the
Town-hall was anticipated there can be no doubt, and
that the meeting was "packed" by the supporters of Mr.
Bright there is abundant evidence. We have before us
two printed circulars, dated from Newall's-buildings, and
signed by Mr. Geo. Wilson, the first urging Mr. Bright's
supporters to be early at the meeting and prevent any reso-
lution being passed disparaging to that gentleman, and the
other stating that Mr. Bright would be present to defend
himself from any charges that might be made. During
the meeting an immense concourse of persons, who had
been unable to obtain admission, remained in front of the
Town-hall, for the purpose of expressing their feelings
towards Mr. Bright on his departure. After being re-
fused a hearing in the Town-hall, the hon. member
had to go through the ordeal of being hooted and
groaned at by the assembly outside, who followed him
and his friends along Cross-street to Market-street, giving
vent to a storm of execrations which the representative of
Manchester will long remember. His supporters raised
cheers in opposition, but they were almost inaudible from
the groans and yells that resounded on every side.
The crowd seemed unable to limit their expressions of
disapprobation to hisses and groans, for:as Mr. Bright and
his friends were entering into the League Rooms, Newall's-
buildings, a portion of the crowd made a rush upon them,
with the object, apparently, of a personal attack upon Mr.
Bright himself. To prevent this, several of his friends
who were near him, commenced using their sticks freely
on the heads of those who were below them. There were
at this time in Market-street at least three thousand
people, who were hooting with all their might. Some of
the men became thorougly exasperated, and turnips and
other missiles were showered up the stairs in dozens. At
this moment a coal cart was seen in Market-street, and a

number of men rushed to it, seized lumps of coal, and buried
them through the doorway up the stairs. By way of retalia-
tion, Mr. Bright's friends, finding on the top of the stairs
a basket of ashes, threw the contents on those below. This
caused a general melee on the stairs, during which one
individual had his head cut open with a stick. In this
disturbance, the most prominent actor was Mr. S. P.
Robinson, one of the late secretaries of the League, who
is described as having had a scientific " set-to" with
a cabman. Unfortunately for Mr. Robinson, he has

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