The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-13 00:00:00

SOCIETY.

A boy, named Edward Mason, was charged with forcibly
entering an office and abstracting therefrom a quantity of
m miey.
Isaac D. Edwards said that he and William Calloway,
plumbers and glaziers, of Pembroke-street, were agents for
the Christian Mission Society. They had in their office two
boxes, containing from two to three pounds in silver and
copper money. He saw them safe yesterday afternoon, and
and afterwards locked up the office. This morning, about
four o'clock, the constable Feirclough came to his house and
informed him that his office had been entered. Witness
went to the office with the officer, and found that several
panes of glass had been broken. One of the panes would
admit a small boy. Attempts had been made to force the
door of the office. He unlocked the door, and found the two
boxes forced open, and the money missing. A drawer had
also been opened, and a knife used amongst putty was gone.
The boxes, knife, &c. produced were the same.
Richard Fairclough stated, that about half-past two this
morning he was passing the workshop of the last witness,
end smelt something burning. He endeavoured to find what
it was. He went into an empty cellar, and found wood
burning. As he entered he saw the prisoner run across the
cellar, and endeavour to conceal himself in a corner. When
asked what he was doing there, be said " It was late when I
left off work. I did not like to call up my mother. I thought
to have stopped here till the morning.' The prisoner was
searched in witness's presence, and there were found upon
him one shilling and sixpence in copper and a large clasp
knife. He said he had bought the knife from a boy,
and that he had kept the money out of his wages last
week. Witness searched the prisoner in the cellar, and
found upon him a brown silk purse, a tobacco-box, and a
piece of iron.
Andrew Connolly, a constable, said, that a little past two
o'clock this morning he heard a signal from the last witness,
and went with him to the cellar. He searched the cellar,
and found a key upon the hob, and eighteen halfpence in
copper, a pair of fleams, a penknife, and a lead pencil upon
the floor. I searched the prisoner again in bridewell, and
found upon him one half-erown, five shillings, thirty-eight
sixpences, one fourpenny piece, and a farthing. The money
was tied in the tail of his shirt. _

Sarah Hind, wife of a cart-owner in Pembroke-street, said
her husband also kept a beer-shop. She went to bed a little
before one o'clock this morning, and left secure a pair of
fleams, two knives, a pencil case, &c., and come money in
copper in the drawer. This morning she heard from her
husband that the house had been robbed, and she missed the
articles named. She found the shutter of the cellar had been
broken, and an entry made. A door at the top of the cellar
stairs had also been forced. The iron into which the bolt
shoots had been wrenched off. The two fleams, pencil case,
pewter measure, &c., produced, were the same which she
missed. The prisoner lived nearly opposite their house.
The prisoner declined to say anything, and was fully com-
mitted for trial.

AN IMPUDENT VAGRANT.
A fellow named John Riley, who had been found begging
in the streets, was brought fefore Mr. Rushton, on Wednes-
day, and sent to the house of correction for five days.
Yesterday (Thursday) it transpired that five sovereigns were
afterwards found in his mouth. Mr. Rushton regretted that
he had not known the fact sooner, as he would have com-
mitted him for a longer period, and made him pay the cost
of his inaintainance.

DANDY'S PAINTING.—OPENING OF THE SIXTH SEAL.—
We understand that this splendid picture will be removed
from Liverpool in the course of next week. We would,
therefore, recommend our readers to avail themselves of an
early opportunity for paying a visit to No. 25, Bold-street,
where, we feel assured, they will be amply gratified.
MARTIN'S GRAND PAINTING OF THE ConnsvrioN.—
Those of our friends who have visited the Lyceum to view
this truly splendid picture concur with us in opinion that it
is one of the most magnificent productions of the present
day; The gorgeousness of its general appearance—the fide-
delity of the likenesses, of which there are upwards of one
hundred, and all of which will bear the test of examination
with a magnifying power—the dramatic interest of the inci-
dent seized upon by Mr. Martin, to which we alluded in a
former notice—the accuracy with which the architectural pro-
portions of the Abbey are delineated—and the judicious dis-
tribution of light and shade—all these have elicited universal
admiration. As many lovers of the fine arts will, no doubt,
be induced to come to Liverpool for the purpose of visiting the
Annual Exhibition, we hope they will avail themselves of the
opportunity of inspecting the coronation picture during their
stay in town.
GERMANS.-1t is computed that there are now in the
United States 3,500,000 native-born Germans, 2,500,000
descendants of Germans, and that their numbers are in-
creased by arrivals of from two to three hundred thousand
annually.

SUICIDE OF A. YOUNG WOMAN BY LEAPING
OFF THE MONUMENT!

(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday) '
When the above appalling announcement was yesterday
made known in several parts of London, it was regarded
with the utmost incredulity by every one who heard it ; in
fact, no one could believe it but those who were witnesses of the
horrible catastrophe, and other persons whom their screams
collected to the spot, where the mutilated remains of the
heroine of the tragedy lay strewn about. A more shocking
case of self-destruction has, perhaps, never before occurred,
if we except that of Mr. Lyon Levi, a Jewish diamond mer-
chant, who precipitated himself from the identical spot, in
the year 1810, when he was literally dashed to pieces. The
crowd which assembled yesterday around the base of the
Monument when the fact of the horrible occurrence was as-
certained was immense, and the horror which pervaded every
one who caught a view of the body, as well as those who
were unable to gratify their curiosity, but who stood aghast
and listened to the invented and conflicting details of the
catastrophe, was altogether indescribable. At length a posse
of the city police arrived, who shortly afterwards succeeded
in clearing the ground, when the full extent of the melan-
choly affair was correctly ascertained. The following is a
correct outline of the particulars :—About a quarter past ten
o'clock yesterday morning, a respectably-dressed female pre-
sented herself at the entrance of the Monument, and paid
the porter the usual admission fee. He gave her the
usual directions, and she immediately ascended to the
top. About twenty minutes afterwards- he was alarmed by
a cry from some persons who were passing through the yard,
which was followed almost immediately by a dreadful crash
on the pavement. He rushed immediately to the door, and
was horror stricken to perceive the mangled body of the fe-
male who a few minutes before had gained admission to
the Monument. The body had fallen inwards, having bent
one of the spikes of the iron palisading which surrounds the
Monument, upon which it fell. It was huddled up into an
almost shapless mass, and the blood flowed profusely from
the back part of the head, which was completely crushed ;
and the left arm was broken above the elbow, and, when the
body was moved, appeared to be connected with the upper
part of the arm merely by the garment and integuments of
skin. It is needless to say thatlife was quite extinct, although
some of the bystanders stated that they observed a sort of
convulsive tremor, like the last mortal throes in the agony of
death. A shell was immediately procured, and the remains
of the ill-fated woman removed to the watch house of St.
Magnus the Martyr, Upper Thames-street. Thousands of
persons crowded after the processsion, but the police having
been re-enforced, they were enabled to preserve order. As a
matter of course, the number of applications to view the body
of the deceased were immense, but the police very properly
admitted only those connected with the parochial authorities,
and one or two gentlemen who were anxious to procure the
particulars for the public press. The appearance of the body
was that of a fine young woman, about 25 years of age, fair
complexion, and-auburn •hair. The stature was about the'
feet two inches. If an opinion might be formed of her dress,
it was evident that the unfortunate woman had moved in a
circle above the middle class of life, and this opinion was
corroborated by the texture of her hands, which appeared
not to have been used -to manual employment. It is the
more necessary to state these particulars, as, up to a late
hour last night, the body had not been identified, or owned
by any of her relatives. Her dress consisted of a genteel
black silk dress, under garments of flne linen, silk stockings,
and worsted habit-shirt. She had on the fore-finger of the
left hand a gold signet ring. Every possible search was
made for her bonnet, shawl, and shoes ; but, to the disgrace
of humanity be it told, there were wretches base and heart-
less enough to abstract, even under such circumstances,
these articles of apparel. On the body being examined, it
was found that the spine was fractured, as was also the cra-
nium, but the features were not at all disfigured, save by the
coagulated blood which had been forced from the mouth and
nostrils by the concussion. On examining the place where
the unfortunate woman fell, it appeared that she must have
narrowly escaped the coping and abutments upon which the
ornamental griffins of the Monument are placed. It is not
possible that she could have touched them, otherwise she
would have been thrown beyond the iron palisades. She fell
on the left of the entrance to the Monument, as coming up
Fish-street-hill. It was said that a rope had been found
attached to the gallery at the top of the Monument, by which
she had accelerated her fall. One rumour was, that she had
formed with it a noose like a stirrup, to enable her to get
over the railing ; and another, that she intended hanging
herself. but failing in the execution, threw herself off in
despair. No paper or memoranda was found upon her by
which her connexions could possibly be traced. Information
was fowarded in due course to the soroner, who has appointed
an inquest to be holden this evening.
Since the foregoing has been written it has been stated
that the missing articles of dress have been found at the top
of the Monument by the porter of that building, and it has
been ascertained that the deceased belongs to a family resi-
dent in Hemming's-row. The reports, however, upon this
subject have been so various that nothing certain can be
ascertained until the inquest.