The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

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A LCCKY PrRCBASE.-31r. Saunders, of the Leopard
public-house, Bristol, had the good fortune, some little
while ago, to purchase a large picture in the neighbourhood
- The subject of the painting is " Diana taking
surprise," and in the opinion of some of

her Nymphs

the best connoisseurs who have seen it, it is one of the
finest of Vandyke's paintings, and is probably worili some
thousands of pounds.

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the mail train on Wednesday, escorted by
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robbery

SNAKE.—On Thursday, the sth instant
and Riley, landlord of the " Horse.and Groom,'

DMITING

.Lows-hill, near Ilkeston, who has been ill for several
ears, without deriving any benefit from the efforts of
medical gentlemen who haveattended him, vomited
a snake eight or nine inches long, since which time he has
onsiderably better, and is in hopes of recovering.—
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THE REnit'NERATION OF A VOCATAST. During the
trial of John Fawell, for highway robbery, in this town, a
curious piece of information came into possession of the
'it. The prosecutor, Thomas Weirlon, who was robbed
s. 64. on his way home on a Sunday morning, described
'Mist, singing at " free and easies" at the
rate of a penny per pint on all the-ale that was drunk by
the customers.—York Herald.

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himself as a voc

Sovrttaiumnx.—On Tuesday, at noon. a fearful ac-
cident happened in the docks. A party of 27 men, work-
on board the West India mail steamer Orinoco.
hed off from the vessel on the' lat-bottomed stage used
ers for the outside work in connexion with these
le stave turned over, and the whole party
sed before assistance could he rendered.

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'e men were drowned, and ethers are said to be miss.
The men were going to their dinner at the time.

A DANGEROUS PRIZE.—eno day last week, as two
little boys from the village of Dodmill were strolling aver
Blyth-moor, one of them caught a heron, with which he
eagerly ran to his companion to show him the prize. He
had no sooner, however, placed the'bird on the ground
than it drove its bill into one of the other b ;y7s eyes,
which it pecked quite out. The surgeon who examined
the wound says it is a matter of surprise that the bill of
the bird did not pierce the poor little fellow's brain.—
Tfelso Chronicle.

THE POST-OFFICE.—Tn consequence of the recent ex-
traordinary increase of duty at the Post-offiGe, in St.
Martin's-le-Grand, the messengers in the Inland Office,
upon the middle scale of wages, have received notification
from the Postmaster-General, of the intention of the
Lords of her Majesty's Treasury to increase their salaries.
A considerable number of additional messengers are also
to be appointed, at £65 per annum. Some of the senior
men in the London District Offim have been informed also
that a slight incease is to be made in their weekly pay.
TRUTH STRANGER TITAN FICTION.—In ,our obituary
last week we announced the death of a gentleman—Chas.
Thos. Parker, E.g., of Pool Hullock—to which we would
append "a short and simple annal." Thirty years ago he
had' his nativity cast that he would die on the Bth of June
or the Bth of August, 182. The avenger's arm was staved
upon the first day's date, but the second prognostication
was solemnly verified, as we recorded his death on the Bth
instant, adding one to many other singular coincidences of
prophecies fulfilled.— -Hereford Journal.

A COMMITTEE is about to be formed of naval and ship-
wright officers to visit the steam mails of the mercantile
marine with the view of ascertaining how many end what
.description of guns they can carry, and of providing the
necessary armament in the event of their service being re-
quired. There can be no doubt that the steam fleets of
the Peninsular and Oriental, the RoyarMail, the North
American, and the Government Screw Companies could
furnish such a force of ships equal to carry an arma-
ment that would render them most formidable in the
event of war.

ROBBERY BY A BANKER'S CLERK.—At the Central
Criminal Court,
.on Wednesday, Frederick Hoare, 26, a
well-dressed young man, pleaded guilty to a charge of
robbing his employers, Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co.,
of money to a very considerable amount. Mr. Justice
Talfourd sentenced him to ten years' transportation.
The defalcations of the prisoner were to be attributed to
the temptation afforded by the betting-offices that had
recently sprung up in the metropolis, and to his playing
at cards. It was stated that the prisoner had plundered
the firm to the amount of £lOOO.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS IN INDIA.—The East India.
Company have just determined to establish a very exten-
sive system of electric telegraphs in India, under the
superintendence of Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy, of their
medical establishment. It is intended to connect Cal-
cutta, Agra, Lahore, Bombay, and Madras, and as many
of the principal towns and stations as can he embraced in
the routes between those places. 'The distance to be
traversed is upwards of :3000 miles, and it is intended to
proceed with such expedition in its .construction that its
completion may be expected beforethree years from the
present time.

AT BOW-STREET POLICE-CounT,londonon Tuesday,
Lord Frankfort was ordered to enter into his own re-
cognizances in £5OO, and find two sureties of £2OO each,
to appear at the Criminal Court and answer the charge of
circulating defamatory and scandalous libels against Lord
Henry Gordon Lennox. Mr. Dearsley,lor the defendant,
expressed his wonder at the serious treatment of so self-
evident a production of madness or insanity; but at the
same time argued that there was no evidence to connect his
client with their publication. Mr- Henry thought dif-
ferently, however, and committed the noble lord, but ac-
cepting bail as stated above.
MR. RICIIAUD SILL, a solicitor, stated to be in a re-
spectable way of business, was found guilty on Tuesday at
the Central Criminal Court, London, of obtaining bills of
exchange for several hundreds of pounds from Henry
Broome, under various pretences of obtaining the re-
lease of his brother, Johnny Broome, the pugilist,
from the consequences of his connection with the cele-
brated card cheating case at Brighton. Among other
statements made to the prosecutor by Sill, was that ho
had an interview with the Secretary of State, and had
influence enough to prevent his brother being prosecuted.
Mr. Secretary Walpole was put in the witness box to deny
all knowledge of the prisoner. Sentence deferred.

SIIOCRING MURDER IN SHUFIELD.—On Wednesday