The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-10 00:00:00

I.RELAIVD,

RETURN OP EMIGRANTS TO IRELAND.—The King's
County Chronicle remarks that during the present sea-
son several men have returned to their old homes in the
mother country, most, if not all of them, bettered in their
condition, and imbued with more active habits.
BALLIIASLOE GREAT FAIR.—The great annual fair of
Ballinasloe commenced on Wednesday with the sale of
sheep, for which excellent prices were obtained, notwith-
standing the rumours previously in circulation to the
effect that a considerable fall would have to be submitted
to by breeders in consequence of the taking of Sebastopol,
and the probable speedy termination of the war. The
demand for prime wethers was exceedingly brisk, and an
advance from 2s. to 3s. per head was obtained. In ewes,
however, there was a decline. The number of sheep sold
exceeded by upwards of 17,000 the sale of last year, the
numbers being—last year, 32,535 ; this• year, 50,857.
MRS. WILSON, who has fallen a victim to the prevailing
epidemic, has left a legacy of £30,000, to the poor of
Belfast. It is stated that the interest of this sum is to
be allocated at the rate of 7s. per week each to poor
widows connected with the town. She has also bequeathed
£5,000 to the Ulster Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
and the Blind. To the charities of London, where she
resided during the later years of her life, she has left
£20,000.
Nzw CHURCH.—On Tuesday, the foundation stone of
a new church at Timahoe, Leinster, was laid by Mr.
Maxwell Close, in the presence of a number of the clergy
and laity of the district- The site (which is the free gift
of Colonel Close, in addition to a subscription of £100) is
in the immediate vicinity of the Round Tower of Timahoe,
and the ruins of a monastery founded towards the close
of the 4th century. " Nowhere in Ireland, that we are
aware of," remarks the Leinster Express, "has a church
been before placed in such close proximity to a round,
tower and the ruins of an ancient monastery."
EXTRA.ORDINARY DEATH.—An inquest having been
held on the Marquis of Ormonde, the following extraor-
dinary account of his sudden death at Loftus-hall, Wex-
ford, was given by a witness, one of his servants :—" On
Monday morning, Lord Ormonde appeared. in his usual
health and spirits. At about eleven o'clock, after family
prayers, Lady Ormonde and her children went down to
the strand, in order that the latter should bathe. His
lordship followed soon after, and went into the water with
the children, whom he dipped and sported with. He had
been out up to his neck in the sea, and then returned
towards the beach, when, whilst approaching the mar-
chioness, who remained all the time on the strand, he
suddenly fell upon his face. Lady Ornionde thought at
first that this was done in sport, and witness was also
under the same impression ; but as his lordship remained
prostrate for a few seconds her ladyship called to him to
come out, as he was too long in the water already ; and
seeing that this had no effect, she cried out in alarm to
Lord Ossory to know what was the matter with his father.
Lord Ossory said, "0! he is only diving." Lady Or-
monde, however, immediately rushed into the water, and
with the aid of the children drew the body out upon the
strand. He appeared then to be alive, for he opened and
shut his eyes. This and foaming at the mouth was the
only sign of life which he manifested when taken out of
the water. He was taken to the house and a doctor sent
for, who said Lord Ormonde might be considered dead
from the time he was taken out of the water. The jury
found that his lordship died of apoplexy.

TROPMES OP TIM —On Wednesday, n early
2,000 stand of arms, taken from the Russians at the cap-
ture of Bomarsund, were landed at the Tower and de-

posited in the armoury stores.
REINFORCHMENTS FOR THE CRIMEA.-011 Wednesday,
at barrack parade of the Guards, orders were read out for
the men to hold themselves ready to proceed to reinforce
the service companies of their respective regiments in the

Crimea.
PROPOSED NEW CA.BINET MnrisnEn.—The Guardian
recommends the appointment of a Secretary of State for
Ecclesiastical Affiairs, who should be entitled to a seat in
the Cabinet.
OPENING OP HADDINGTON CORN EXCHANGE.-011
Friday last the new Corn Exchange of Haddington, of
which the foundation was laid about a year ago, was
opened by a public banquet.
THE SOLDIERS WIPES' FUND IN VICTORIA.--A meet-
ing of the committee for raising a fund, for remission to
England, for the aid of the wives and families of the sol-
diers who are gone to the Turkish war, was held on
Saturday. It was stated that more than £3OO had been
raised already, and that a collector was to be engaged, and
books were to be placed in the banks, for the reception of
subscriptions. Melbourne Morning Herald.
PEW RENTS.—The following advertisement, abstracted
from the Nottinghamshire Guardian, is sent to a con-
temporary as a specimen of the fruits of the pew system :
—" For sale, one of the best pews in St. James's Church,
Nottingham, near the pulpit, giving a vote for the Not-
tinghamshire Northern Division. Lets for £6 per year,
liable to a ground rent.—Apply to Mr. E. G. Pickering,
Long-row."
BOMARSUND at this moment belongs to a tailor. Sic
transit gloria mundi ! General Baraguay made a
present of the ruined fortress to a tailor named Claes
Berggren, and this person is now selling bricks, &c., from
the ruins to any one who will buy. Berggren had served
the French general as interpreter.
A SINGULAR MANORIAL CUSTOM.—There are many
strange customs still observed at manor courts. We have
lately heard of a most remarkable one—namely, a court is
held on King's-hill, Rochford, on Wednesday morning
next after Michaelmas-day, yearly, at cock crowing. The
parties present whisper, and have no candle, nor any pen
or ink, but a coal, and he that owes suit or service there,
and appears not, forfeits double his rent. —.Essex Gazette.
Two YOUNG MECHANICS, of Paris, a few days ago
having quarrelled about a young grisette, determined to
have recourse to a duel of a novel kind. They went off to
the plain of Monceau', and threw stones at each other.
One of the combatants received a violent blow with a
sharp flint in the temple, and expired shortly after in
the hospital to which he had been taken. His companion
was arrested.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—SaIe of corn by electric
telegraph is now not unusual. In the present year, 1854,
when Mark-lane was feverish and excited, a message has
been flashed from London to East Lothian—nearly 400
miles distant—on receipt of which the steam-engines of
certain farmers have been put in motion ; ricks of wheat,
yielding 20 to 30 quarters each, have been thrashed, dressed,
measured, and bagged (the one machine performing all
operations simultaneously) the grain conveyed to the
railway, carried to London, delivered at King's-cross, and
sold within 36 hours of the time when the message to
" thrash immediately " left the metropolis ?
PROSECUTIONS, &C.—From a return recently published
by order of the House of Commons. it appears that the
gross cost of all prosecutions in England and Wales that
took place in the year 1853, amounted to £196,388 Bs. 7d.
Of this sum £62,398 ls. 7d. was incurred by cases prose-
cuted on the circuits, £105,400 18s. 3d. in counties, and
£28;5498s 9d in cities and boroughs. Thenumber of prisoners
tried on circuits was 4,034; in counties, 15,595; in cities
and boroughs, 23,998. Of these, 19,448 were indicted for
felony, and 2,083 for misdemeanour. The number of
prosecutors amounted to 19,868, and of witnesses to 70,307.
This return is stated to be exclusive of the Chester and
South Wales Circuit, of the county of Bucks, and about a
score of cities and boroughs, of which Derby, Salford, and
Worcester are the chief. The allowance to prosecutors
and witnesses is stated in most of the returns to be on the
scale sanctioned by Lord John Russell when Home
Secretary. The sums paid to counsel and solicitors, in
respect of prosecution by the Mint and Post-office, amount
to £6,212 Ils. ld.
ARREST or A BANKER.—The Newcastle, Shields, and
Sunderland Union Banking Company stopped payment a
few years ago under heavy liabilities, which are in course
of liquidation under the Winding-up Act. The managing
director was Mr. William Chapman, who for many years
enjoyed a high reputation as a religious person and a
warm promoter of charitable institutions; but such was
the odium exited by his alleged gross mismanagement of
the; affairs of the bank that he left Newcastle on the in-
stant of the failure, and took up his residence in some
part of Italy, thus evading all payment of calls due on the
numerous shares which he held in the company. A few
days ago the official managers heard of his return to this
country, and, after making due inquiries, they succeeded
in having him arrested at Lynn in Norfolk, while attending
a wedding. He is now under restraint, awaiting procee4,
igs to be taken against him,