The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-13 00:00:00

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with a ring which turned out to be the wedding ring of Jervis's
mother. The swain, in/conducting his fair damsel back to
Clegg Hall, the same evening, was kidnapped at Belfield
Hall, and put in a subterraneous passage extending as far as
Milarow ; where Grace Ashton was placed before him as a
corpse, though she could speak and answer his questions.

Mr. Roby said he was a firm believer in Mesnierism or
Braidism ' • and, as his story was founded on fact, he fully
believed that his heroine had been mesmerized. He was of
opinion, that mind could act upon mind, and that Mesmerism
was known 300 years ago. His tale, which, in the syllabus,
is entitled " Mother Red Cap, or the Rosicrucians," was
closed of this point, to be resumed the next lecture.—Man-

zardian

BILL TRANSACTIONS.—Tbe Times, in noticing the ex-
posures which have recently been made into the affairs of
Huntingtower, Huingtower, says, with reference to the system of
bill credit amongst gentlemen—" That it is fraudulent, and
only resorted to where a loan is wanted, and where the chances
of a borrower's solvency are very questionable. The interest
is staked against the chances of 'the total loss of the capital ;
and the matter is as complete a gambling transaction as
ever existed. Take the following one out of many of Mr.
Douglas's dealings with Lord Huntingtower. We give it in
Mr. Douglas's own words I agreed with Chandler to pro-
cure bills to the amount of £20,000 of Lord Huntingtower,
at six months' date, for the discount of which I proposed to
give him (Chandler) 58. in the pound, or £5O per cent. per
-um. I then went down to his lordship, and proposed to
n £lo,ooofor £20,000 worth of bills, undertaking to
dship I would pay to Mr. Chandler, or the holders of
....Ails, whoever they might be, the same interest for six
months longer, so that his lordship was not to be-called upon
for the payment of these bills for twelve months from their
date ; by carrying out which agreement I should not have
profited one shilling, except having the use of the £5,000 for
six months. My object in doing this was in consequence of
invino the authority of his lordship to raise £40,000 by post
ut of which sum of £40,000 the whole of those bills
q be taken up ; and I should have made a considerable
I wish to state that I
-N.) 000 bill transaction
carry out the post
sort of double game played by Lord
vt* Chandler. Mr.

la. the transaeti

d I not had reliance in be

3 i15,000,-andplayed for £20,000 at the end

or, £5,000 then, and,X2o,ooo more at the end
,Sr. Douglas staked the £5,000, which was
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inaliy intended to have be

his share of the profits, and

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played for the ' considerable sum' to be realized by the
;hances of the post obit. And Lord Huntington staked his
;ontingent interest in the £20,000, which he expected to re-
;eive on coming of age, and to pay over if he gob it; while
le played for the chance of pocketing the £lO,OOO, paid down
o him once and for all, without having to pay over the
C 20,000 or the £lO,OOO, or any other sum whatever. Now,
vhat e

erence is there between these chances and that which
,ted by the cast of the die ? And in which of the two
uses has the winner given the greater consideration for what
le pockets ?"