The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-12-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LADIES' SOCIETY FOR CLOTHING THE SCOTTISH POOR.— thrust. The annual sale of clothing in connection with this admirable j A MAN named Johnson, employed to attend to the electric society took place on Friday, in the Assembly Rooms, Great ' light which is burnt at the top of the Lyceum Theatre in George-street. The object of the society is to supply the poor , Wellington-street, London, fell from the top on Saturday, on with work, more especially during the inclemency of the win- to a row of iron spikes, two of which entered his thigh and ter season. Such au object deserves every support ; and it is broke off in the flesh, and from the ehevaux de frise the unnot without regret that we add that the very unfavourable fortunate fellow came down on his head, which was cut in a state of the weather on Friday prevented the sale being as dreadful manner. He is, however, now out of danger. successful as it has been in previous years. A number of tARON ANSELX MEYER Rothschun, the eldest of the articles are on hand ; and those who are desirous of aiding so brothers at the head of the renowned family of that name, died deserving a society may be pleased to know that the articles at Frankfort on the 6th inst., of Catarrhal fever. He was born on hand will be offered for sale on each Monday, in the vestry in 1783, and was consequently about seventy-three years of of St. George's Presbyterian Church, Myrtle-street. age. Professors Pfeuffer and Hesse, of. Munich, and Chelins, THE LICENSED VrcrtrattEus.—A meeting. of delegates of Heidelberg, were summoned by telegraph to attend him in from several towns was held in Derby on Wednesday, for the i his illness, but were too late. purpose of forming a "Licensed Victnalleers' Defence League." i ROBERT HANCOCK, the labourer who murdered his wife Mr. Foster, of London, and Mr. Luce, of Hampton. Court, Philippa, at Northam, bevonshire, by cutting her throat and thought that as the objects of the meeting appeared to be ' crushing her head with a hammer, and afterwards wandered identical with those of the Licensed Victuallers' Defence away from home, but came back and made a u-ild confession League recently formed in London, it was not quite clear why to her brother, has been acquitted as a nionomaniae; the Rev: that meeting had 'been called. Mr. Foster spoke at consider- Mr. Gossett, clergyman of the parish, and other witnesses, able length on the necessity of having the executive, and also deposing that he had long been subject to strange delusions as the central offices, in London—more particularly on account of to the fidelity Of his Wife. the parliamentaiT business to be .transacted. If there were , two leagues, the interest would be divided. After consider Two bankrupts obtained first-class certificates a few days since—the first was Masters, late of the Crystal Palace Hotel ; able discussion, the London and Liverpool deputation left the room ; but the resolution was carried by a majority of thin the other William Batley, engineer and boiler-maker, Northby the c rapeteen to 'two. ampton, 4-hose bankruptcy was caused ruinous o ; tition Of oter hoses, th defau of a firm their