The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-04 00:00:00

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FitANCI

Instead of a deficit of 244 millions, as last; year,
the present budget,. announced on Monday last, declares a
deficit of 28 millions only. Public confidence is therefore
reassured, and the French funds rose on Tuesday.

Mr. Backhouse, the Under-Secretary in the Foreign
Office, has resigned. Mr. Addington, the late Minister in
Spain, has been appointed in his place.

Mr. Heron, a minister, had a large family of children.
When dying, his weeping wife said, " Alas ! what will be-
come of all these children ?" He pleasantly replied. "Never
fear ; He that feeds the young ravens won't starve the young
Herons."

NEW APPLICATION OP EUCLID'S ELEMENTS.—In the
bankruptcy court, the other day, Mr, - was brought up
to pass, when a friend observed upon his misfortune, " He
began with £5,000; but was such a fool in his calculations,
that in eighteen months be only got to the Pons Assiynorum
and stopped there.
During the visit of the King of Prussia on Monday, at
Newgate, Mrs. Fry offered up a prayer for a blessing on his
majesty, queen, and country. On commencing the prayer,
she knelt, and the king immediately followed the example,
remaining on his knees till the prayer was finished.
Memorials have been forwarded to the Board of Trade by
the confectioners against the importation of lozenges, acidu-
lated drops from Guernsey, and the other channel islands,
and to obtain an alteration in the present unequal
.tariff in
this respect.

ADDRESSES TO THE KING OF PRUSSlA.—Addresses were
presented to his Majesty on Wednesday from King's Col-
lege, the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the
Jews, the Bible Society, Church Missionary Society, and
several other associated bodies.

It is rumoured in legal and political circles, that Mr.
Pemberton, the distinguished chancery barrister, is about to
accept the office of President of the Judicial Committee, in
the Privy Council. Mr. Pemberton, will, of course, be ad-
vanced to the peerage.
We understand with extreme pleasure that the gloving
trade in this city is reviving in some measure from that state
of unexampled depression in which it has been for some time
placed. During the past week many orders have been re-
ceived by our manufacturers on account of foreign as well as
home consumption ; and we sincerely hope that this an-
nouncement is the harbinger of a still better state of things.
How TO BREAK A COLT.—The late Mr. Giffard, of
Chillington Hall, Staffordshire, gave orders some twenty
years back, that a skilfultnan should be applied to, to break
a colt of his own rearing ; and skilful did the one fixed upon
prove himself. He was eleven years breaking the colt,
having his place at the table in 'the servants' hall during the
entire period, and at length continued to wear the family
livery.—Fraser's Magazine.
A CHALLENGE.—A dancing-master at St. Petersburgh,
by origin a Dutchman, has given, notice that he will give a
ball in the snow, and intends to take advantage of the first
snow which falls for that purpose. He proposes to bet with
any lady or gentleman that he will dance out in the snow
their names at full, in legible characters, that he will not once
miss time, and that each of his steps shall form part of a regu-
lar dance. Several persons of distinction have accepted the
bet.

Lord Stanley gives indications that he is prepared to work
out the success of his own measure—the negro emancipation
act. The Gazette of Tuesday contained an order in council
announcing the probability " that the laws now in force in
British India, for preventing the emigration of the inhabi-
tants thereof to her majesty's colonial possessions, will
be shortly repealed, so far as respects emigration to the island
of Mauritius ' • and that such last-mentioned emigration will
be sanctioned by laws to be for that purpose enacted in In-
dia, subject to various provisions to be in such laws made for
the protection of such emigrants, and for the prevention of
abuses."

THE QUEEN V. CLEVELAND.-At the hearing of this
case in the Queen's Bench on Tuesday, the rev. defendant
acknowledged himself the author of the letter signed Philo
Junius, and addressed to Lord Fitzharding, but denied that
he had sent the first letter to the Morning Herald. He
declared that there was no foundation for the insinuations
contained in the letters, and 'threw himself upon the Earl's
mercy. The rule was made absolute. Our readers will
remember the remaining particulars connected with this

case.
FRIGHTFUL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—The Breton, of
Nantes, mentions the explosion of the steamer, at Ancenis,
and states that the body of the stoker was driven by the
force of the steam through one of the bulkheads of the vessel
into the passengers' room, and was most horribly mutilated.
A letter from Ancenis states—" All the passengers who were
on the deck, towards the stern, escaped without injury ; but
the stoker, and 38 persons who were near the engine and in
the fore cabin, were horribly injured. Three were killed in-
stantaneously, and 36 rendered hideous to behold. Every
part of their bodies exposed to the steam was scalded, and
some, who had inhaled the vapour, uttered piercing shrieks
from its effects. At least one-third of the whole number in-
jured are in a dying state."
BRUTALIIY.—WiIIiant Fairweather, blacksmith, at Gair-
low-bank, parish of Kirriemuir, was on Saturday week
apprehended and transmitted to the.gaol of Forfar, charged
with having confined his daughter, Susan Fairweather, a
young woman of about 19 years of age, not altogether corn-
pos mentis, in a wooden crib, measuring in length about four
feet ten inches, and in height about four feet nine inches at
the highest part, and two feet six inches at the lowest, (con-
structed in an outhouse there,) from the 9th ult. to the Ist
current, amongst a quantity of straw, and without sufficient
clothing. When she was released by the officers of justice,
it was found that, from want of attention to her, the very
straw in the crib had become rotten ; and her person was in
a state disgusting ta humanity, she had become so emaciated,
and was in. such a state of debility, that she was unable to
walk. We understand that the case is at present under
investigation.—Aberdeen Journal.
IMPORTANT TRINITARIAN AND UNITARIAN QUES-
TION. The Attorney-General, at the relation of G.
Mathews, &c., v. the Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Drummond, &c.—
This case was under discussion before the Lord Chancellor
for four days. The grounds of the suit were, that, in 1710
(at which time Unitarianism was under the ban of the law),
Sir Arthur Longford and other Presbyterians, established a
fund for the support of " Protestant Dissenting interests,"
from, as the deed bears, " a pious disposition and concern
for the interest of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the welfare of
precious souls ;" that, in consequence of the deed, five meet-
ing-houses were erected in Dublin, and property purchased,
now yielding £790 per annum ; and that, in the lapse of
time, the congregations of Strand-street and Eustace-street
became Unitarians, and a considerable proportion of the
fund was applied to their support. The object of the suit
was to confine the fund wholly to the support of Trinitarian
Presbyterianism. The Lord Chancellor, on the last day
(Thursday), expressed himself decidedly in favour of the
plaintiffs. He had arrived at a conclusion upon evidence,
which even the Unitarian appellants, in the case of Lady
Howley, now before the House of Lords, had allowed was
admissible; so that, should the appeal in that case be sus,
tained, it would not alter his opinion; but he deemed it ad-
visable not to give a formal judgment until that appeal he
disposed of.—Dublin paper.
THE FUNDS.—WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The slight flat-
ness which has prevailed in the Consol market during the
last few days has led to various conjectures, and some have
endeavoured to found it on the state of public opinion as to
the future proceedings of the ministry. It seems, howeVer,
that there is no reason to indulge in speculations to arrive at
the real cause. The quantity of stock let loose upon the
market, which was already well supplied, naturally had a
depreciating effect, and this abundance, coupled with' the
fact that a party who has connections at the west-end, and
who, truly or not, has been supposed to have peculiar sources
of information, has operated as a seller, will fully account
for the prevailing flatness. The English stocks were little
dealt in, there were a few purchases, and these maintained
prices firm at the closing rates of yesterday. Consols for
money left off 894; Ditto for account, 89-} buyers ; Three
per Cents. Iteduced, 894 ; Three and a Half per Cents. Re-
duced, 994; New Three and a Half per Cents., 984; Long
Annuities (expiring Jan. 5, 1860), 124 ; India Bonds, 9s, to
ills. premium ; Bank Stock, 167 to 168 ;. Exchequer-bills.
16s. to 18s. premium. There was an advance iu Mexican
stock to-day of about 4- per cent., which closed firm at 304
to 4 ; the other stocks were quiet. Spanish Actives were
last quoted 244 to 4 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents.,
514- to 4; Danish, 81 to 82 ; Colombian, 22 to ; Brazilian,
644 to 654; and Belgian, 1024 to 1034.
THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—His Majesty attended on Tues-
day at the Royal Society, the Society of Antiquaries, and the
British Museum. At two o'clock he was present at a grand
dejeuner given by the Duke of Sussex, at the Kensington
Palace. In the evening his Grace the Duke of Wellington
entertained his Majesty at a magnificent banquet in the
Waterloo Gallery of Apsley House. Covers were laid for
about fifty, and amongst those, resent were the Dukes and
Duchesses of Cambridge, Sussex, Glocester, Buceleugh,
and Sutherland, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Earl of
Aberdeen, Lord and Lady Stanley, &c. On Wednesday his
Majesty received addresses at Buckingham Palace; he then
lunched with his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury at
Lambeth Palace, and honoured Covent-garden Theatre with
his presence, and afterwards attended the banqaet given by
the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. Yesterday;
his Majesty attended the Queen at the opening of parliament,
and partook of a farewell dinner with her Majesty at Buck-
ingham Palace. To-day, his Majesty, accompanied by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, will proceed at an early hour
to Woolwich, •where he will inspect the garrison, and witness
the mortar and rocket practice by the Royal Artillery, and
will embark at Woolwich the same afternoon for Ostend, on
his return to his own dominions.
FIRST PRESENT TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.—Mr.
Thompson, a gentleman of fortune, residing near Hampstead,
has presented to his royal highness a superbly decorated bed.
It is said to have belonged to the late Cardinal Wolsey, and
the owner refused a short time since £l5OO for it. It is of
ebony. of the clearest grain, carved into figures and devices
with surpassing skill. The Queen has been graciously pleased
to accept it in the name of the Prince of Wales. The cele-
brated chair of Cardinal Wolsey is included in this magnifi-
cent present, and is remarkable for the beautiful pencilled
drawings upon the mother of pearl, with which it is thickly
adorned. Toilet tables of the most unique character, antique
presses, ancient cabinets, and easy sofas and ottomans, co-
vered with silver brocade, add to the value of the present,
and will decorate the apartment in which the bed is to be
placed in the Royal Castle..
PIRACY.—The schooner Brisk, Capt. Mansfield, for whose
fate considerable anxiety had been felt, arrived at Bristol on
Tuesday. The Brisk had put into Falmouth harbour, while
on her voyage from London; and that on the night of the
25th, while the captain was on shore on the ship's business,
the mate and crew got her under weigh and sailed off with
her ; and, notwithstanding the most diligent inquiries,
nothing could be learnt of her till her arrival here. At the
sitting of the magistrates on Tuesday, the captain applied
for warrants to apprehend the mate and crew, on a charge
of piracy; and their worships having granted him the assis-
tance of a body of the police, they went on board, and cap-
tured the mate, John Marshall, and five men, named John
Gower, James Hamager, David Gravel, Michael Berry, and
John Isaacs, who were straightway charged to the justice-
room, and placed at the bar on a charge of piratically aril
feloniously running away with the vessel. After hearing the
case, the magistrates directed the prisoners to be sent to
Falmouth, to take their trial on a charge of piracy.
DUBLIN ELECTION.—The result of the city of Dublin
election proves that the strength of the Conservatives in the
Irish metropolis has vastly increased ever since the last elec-
tion in July 1841, notwithstanding the accession to the office
of the new " repeal" corporation, with the Right Hon.
Daniel O'Connell at its head. At the general election last
summer the number of votes at the close of the poll stood as
follows, viz.:—
For Mr. West (deceased) . . . 3,860
For Mr. Grogan ..... 3,839
For Mr. D. O'Connell • • • • 3,692
For Mr. It. Hutton . . . . 3,666
thereby showing a majority of only 147 votes in favour of the
Conservatives. The total number of electors who voted on
that occasion amounted to upwards of 7,500. At the election
just closed the numbers stood thus:—
For Mr. W. H. Gregory (Conservative) . 3,825
For Viscount Morpeth (Liberal) • • . 3,435
thereby giving a majority in favour of the Conservative can-
didate of 390 votes, being 2,13 more than the majority ob-
tained by Messrs. West and Grogan six 0t seven months
ago. The total number of votes polled is 7,260. It should
be observed that this splendid majority of Mr. Gregory has
been obtained in spite of the rejection of the votes of 300
newly-made freemen, which were tendered for the Con-
servative candidate.