The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-10 00:00:00

WELSHPOOL.

On Sunday evening, about seven o'clock, a police officer
arrived from Newtown, having a warrant for the apprehen-
sion of Thomas Powell, who has for some time made himself
so notorious in conjunction with Hetherington of London,
and Charles Jones, of Welshpool, in exciting the operatives
by delusive statements. At ten o'clock he was arrested, and
sent off in a post chaise to Montgomery gaol. Every effort
is and has been made by the inhabitants of Welshpool to
render every assistance, and although the town is free from
" physical force" men, yet there is a necessity of being upon
the look but for stragglers and rioters fom Newtown and
Llanidloes, one of whom, of the name of Morgan, they suc-
ceeded in capturing on Monday night.

Though the town is already very full, it cannot but be
apparent that certain circumstances have thrown a gloom
over the higher circles of fashionable life, which it is to be
feared will materially affect the gaiety and joyousness of the
season.—Herald.

CRAN ME R'S BIBLE.-A copy of Cranmer's' Bible, edition
1539, in folio, wanting the title page and two other leaves,
was on Friday sold at Mr. Leigh Sotheby's rooms, London,
for £5O. The volume concludes with the following colo-
phon :—" The ende of the New Testament, and of the whole
Byble, ffynished in Apryll, Anno mcccccxxxix."
A marriage under rather singular circumstances has taken
place in Brighton during the past week. The bride, a lady of
good family, and possessed of a large fortune, was taken
f„roin her bed, which she has kept for about two years, in or-
der that the ceremony might be performed. She was attired
in a white satin dressing-gown. The bridegroom is a widower,
and an old attachment is stated to have existed between the
parties. The marriage was performed by special license.
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SUICIDE.—On Monday night last, Captain Willoughby
O'Hara, of her Majesty's 50th regiment, put a period to his
existence by blowing his brains out with a pistol. Captain
OIL, who is from Dublin, was highly esteemed by his bro-
ther officers, and respected by a numerous circle of friends,
but had, for some time past, been labouring under a lowness
of spirits. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, and a
verdict of " Put an end to his life under temporary derange-
ment of intellect" was returned. The funeral took place
yesterday, with full military honours. The commander-in-
chief of the forces, the officers of the garrison, commissariat,
and many of the English and French naval officers, besides
many private friends attended the funeral.—Sydney paper,
Nov. 23.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The annual
meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society took place
on Wednesday week, in the great room at Exeter-hall. At
eleven o'clock Lord Bexley took the chair, supported by the
Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop of
Norwich, Lord Mountsandford, Lord Teignmouth, Lord
Harrowby, Lord Glenelg, Mr. Plumtree, and many other
noblemen and gentlemen, lay and clerical. After the noble
chairman had addressed the numerous meeting, congratulat-
ing them upon the prosperous and advancing condition of
the society, the secretary proceeded to read the report, which
was of great length. It appeared that the receipts for the
year have been £105,255, the expenditure £106,509, and the
society are under engagements at home and abroad, to the
amount of about £70,000 more. The receipts derived from
the sale of the scriptures only have been £47,737. In con-
sequence of the reduction of the duty on paper, the books
of the society are now sold at a reduced price, and the com-
mittee recommend that all the books which were on hand
previously to the reduction, should be sold at the same rate
as those printed since. Among the legacies left to the
fociety during the past year, is one fronl George Hammond,
Esq., of £lO,OOO, besides a portion of his residuary property.
This gentleman, it appears, also gave anonymously to the
funds of the society, during his life-time, two sums of £l,OOO
each. Great exertions have been made abroad during the
year. and copies of the scriptures have been poured into the
Roman Catholic countries with a most liberal hand. The
report was unanimously adopted. The meeting was addressed
by the Bishop of Winchester, the Rev. E. T. M. Philips,
the Bishop of Vermont, Lord Glen,elg, the Rev. Dr. Patten.
of New York, Chevalier Beedsom, (the late Prussian Am-
bassador at Rome), the Rev. T. Jackson, (President of the
Methodist Conference), the Rev. Mr. Martin, the Rev. J.
Ely, of Leeds, and the Rev. T. S. Grimab.aw.
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