The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-02 00:00:00

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THE GOODWOOD PRIZE.

IngteAct of time, as far as it has pasSed since the battle of
Waterloo, diminishing the impression made by that great
achievement, every year adds some memento by which it
mad' -be " freshly ' remembered." Toe Goodwood Prize, or
the,-Weerie6 Shield, executed in 'Silver by Messrs Storr,
• Mortimer and-Hunt, is now finished, and is, perhaas, the
chef d'ovrre of that establishment : it is exciting the greatest
interest among the numerous personages of rank and talent
Who visit the superb show-room of that firm, ' The drawing
for this adthirable specimen of workmanship was made by
''HiaWard. 'lt was subsequently modelled in Rome by Signor
Bozzoni, (a pupil of the renowned •Finelli of that capital,)
who is at present in this country, engaged upon a very large
work in sculpture for Mr. Constable Maxwell, of Evering-
harn Park, Yorkshire. The shield is nine feet in circum-
ference, Weighs 600 ounces; and contains nearly 4,000 figures,
composed of above 2;200 French—English, &c., 600; and
more than 1,000 Prussians: The arrival of this force, by
which a total defeat was added.to an arduous victory, being
the time chosen for the subject, the whole of the back-
ground, in the left euarter.of the shield is occupied by this
timely arrival. The Genappe 'road divides the main body
of the French4rOm -that part surrounding La Belle Alli-
ance, and ineffectually engaged in keeping Blucher in•check,
who is seen leading his army into the field. Napoleon, with
Soult and his :;tall', form a group at the end of the..tieriappe
road; his reserve is defiling hefore him, with MarShal Ney
at its 'head. -In the right-hand corner Lord Hill is leading
to the charge ;-and'the -sairinishiers of Hub Lemont
the back ground, witiiih;''in its execution, ii- a novelty, by
•,the power. of : gun d-aliawinia; alone, producing tleptb,' sad dis-
tance without different elevations of relief...A charge of the
Life GuardS, 'liSsisteda b.-I...Heavy Dra,,oons, laads auto the
11011 relief of the fore-ground; and the Marquis of" Anglesey,
'tilioisic.ailitig,thern; is by this means retained in the centre
group. rflea...-Foot -..Guards are -charging-from the left hand
cernc6e;,,ariclythe -conflict with the Cuirassiers and Guards is
cOntintikabehind the centre group, across the shield. The
2)at;c4ibrretlingtoti is attended by the Duke of Richmond
iii-rd"eißinfi'PPZio di 'Borg(); - and' is uncovered, as at the
laialtriotiable:,d-114menf -When',' -'having surveyed the battle, he
shut fiPtitie glisfeamict taking off his 'hat; , eielaiMed, ": Now,
• satlveyioawiie4Glyarg-e,,', The action of the 'whole is well
itib-itaaritg,Ao.'itsilleing a point of time, those gallantofficers
qmppse-otAithfiii-id.o troops who would otherwise have
jeltetlytht centre fl,)nre. ' This is the. usual practice,
AU lif futiCelfect is emicerried; it would have ba6a.dasi_
iiabitioiritiisibnetvel undertaking, and the shieid is unique
AAirrialltticuio,rirOati-it.,iila. picture describing' ode con-
,tr 4 tiweraf flntilaT o shield wns•won (in drawing) by
T.Tqlonel`T,e'el. At gaii ,F, „cod ltfees of Ib3', and has been
1-I.Vgliftiri ibb'eLila od.. -
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DURHAM ASSIZES; SATURDAY; Jeix'27.

MURDEP...
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• Jacob Friedrich Ehlert, bite mate of the brig Pho,naix, of
Stettin, in PrUssia,•WaS-plaeed at the bar, before 7\ Tr. Justice
Coltman, on the "Charge of murdering his captain, Johann.
Friedrich Berckhoitzi by smiting him on the head With a ham-
mer, _while he lay asleep in his cabin.—Mr. Ingham (with
whom was Mr. Lotherington) conducted the prosecution, and
r. • Knovrles"Was' counsel for the prisoner.—Mr. &no,
Ferdifiand.Bieciii'haVir° been sworn as interpreter, read the
indictment to theadeused, Whb firmly pleaded'" Not guilty."
He-was- then informed, that he was entitled to he tried by a
jury including one-half aliens ; but this privilege lie waived.
The body of the deceased, it will be recollected, was found
in the river Wear, at Sunderland, on the .13th ult. under cir-
cumstances which left no room for-doubt that he had been
murdered; and, whezrhis ship was examined by the police,
it was equally clear that the deed had been done as he lay in
bed in the cabin. The crew were all taken into custody • and
an apprentice, named Daniel Friederich Muller, confessed
that the murder was committed in his presence by the mate,
and that lie assisted in disposing of the body, being influ-
enced by the threats of the murderer. This young itian, who
will .cOnipleteihis 19th year in the month of August next,
-was received kts, evidence for the crown at the ass•lzes During
the.progrests,of the trial, the prisoner evinced, much emotion.
The in,lisel4 face were in continual play • and a treniu-
lonS, iMteliiiirinoveinent was eiTecially viSiblC at the corners
of hiSalionthi '4Vi7henthe yentkrelated the:particulArs of the
tuurclor,- the Witt dfthe- inate"Was suffused with a' crimson
t 14,141, eadlisliPipalvered with-the intensity of his feelings.
lie was:. also.„shni,iarly moved, when Mr.;,l3lech was called
iipqnt!Y ifeßOQe to iris admission at the inquest, that he left
the bagiAlboattitt.'eTige, containing tileldood-stained bed-
sheet and other artikles. •

Mr. Knowles made an earnest and able address to the jury
is defence of the prisoner. That he was a party to the murder,
he could not deny ; but he did nut think there was a tittle of
evidence irreconcilable with his own statement, that the young
villain in the witness4iox had murdered the captain without
the-knowledge of the mate, and that the latter had lent his
assistance to the. concealment of the crime from a motive of
compassion. _

. - His• lordship summed up at great length ; and the jury,
after' deliberating about tea minutes, returned a .verdict of
"guilty."- This decision excited some surprise in court, the
lirej*itsesLilOns of- the bystantlers. running more strongly
It#aftas4E-the -Youth who had become queen's evidence than
iipitistalie4nate. The judge, having • placed the black cap
WAOtt, . : , end, passed sentence ; Mr,- lilech interpreting his
4.1:1
V4r-ah'fo,,, e,,po4aaer,:wlio exhibited les§,emption.
At fh 'cbucliiSian, the prisoner irnpirpSsively held up his
'Fight filititiiid Ytdel a red his innOcende_oTthe crime for which
altil-Watiisitivirei; and was then retnoVettfrom the bar.

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USaisuciantsi.ed the court eight haurs..,
.., lithaa.yiaeol94,tated as n: circumstance.corroborative of a
1-9.irt4li that the,bo-4y was c1g9,1)14 into the river and
rest, is 01l sindbanT: which is the ,only part visible at low
wat;:r.)

TUE LE.NGTII OF A LAWYER'S BEARD.—In pasliameut
of the Inner nquple, held sth May, Ist and 2d Phillip and
Mary, a decree wasrnade that no fellow in that house should
wear his beard above three weeks growth, -upon pain of 20s
forfeiture. •

The South American Indians are extremely hospitable,
and I was delighted to see the readiness with which food and
drink was offered to the stranger. An Indian visitor, naked
and armed for the chase, on coming into a hut, says to the
man dosing in his hainnioc.'k, and who may never have seen
him before, ." Proolia memo," (I am come,) to which the
other replies deliberately, " Cheere,'' (sit down) and no other
introduction is required, but food and lodging immediately
t en dere,d,—Ca.-utain Alexander.
The-Guadalqiiiver, at its mouth, is between one and two
miles in breadth, and is fringed on its right bank with woods
of pine. nigher up it is narrower, flowing between banks of
sand, dotted' with sand hills. The country on either hand,
for many miles id the interior, is a dead treelefis' level, the
dreary Monotony of which is unrelieved, except by herds of
horses: and Will cattle, and here mid there by a town on a
distant ethinence. The lofty Mountains of Ronda,:in the
south-eastern horizon, are-the holy attractive feature in the
scene. As• for the river itself, it is a stream of mud, with
scarcely, a sail to enliven is turbid waters—a house or tree to
chequer, its desolate- shores. And this was the Bcetis, the
renowned of ancient poets, the " king of rivers" of modern
bards.. Never was any disappointment more complete.—A
Stemmer in Anilalveia.

LLS.—It is mentioned in Silliman's fourna/ of
Science, that at Owego, New York, is a well, 77 feet deep,
on a tibia land 30 feet above the Susquehanna river, and
three-fourths of a mile distant from it, in which for four or
uiye months in the year the water is froze 4 so solid as to be
uselesS. Last winter, at the measured dei,th of 61 feet, the
ice could not be broken with a heavy iron weight. A ther-
mometer, lately let down, fell from GBQ to ar. The well has
been dill; about twenty-one years. It is id, that when dug,
though in hot June weather, the cold was scarcely bearable.
The ace is xiow often drawn up in June and July. No similar •
phenomena appear in the vicinity. No rock or slate was,
thrown up in the excavation. The water is hard, and never
affected by "freshets." A candle flares at 30 feet down, but.
grows quiet, and is soon extinguished, at the bottom. .