The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-07-20 00:00:00

A CONTRAST.

" The Earl of Derby arrived in town, on Thursday,
from St. Leanard's. In the afternoon the noble earl left
town for Osborne, Isle of 'Wight, on a visit to the Queen.
Lord John Russell, pale and care-worn in look, arrived in
Edinburgh from London, on Monday night, and left on
Tuesday morning for Minto House, Roxburash:re."
Thus reports a contemporary. Poor Lord John ! His
lordship and the Mintos, we presume, are going to enact
the witch scene in " Macbeth" amongst the Scottish
moors ; but alas ! the

" Bnbble, bubble.
Toil and trouble'

will be all their own.

MR. R. HOUDTN AT THE TIIEATi
evening this eminent professor of the magic art cora
menced a short engagement at the Theatre-Royal. Many
of our readers will remember the taste and perfection in
his various feats displayed by Mons. Houdin in his last
visit to this town, which stamped him the first of conjurors.
His automatons are particularly perfect, and his tricks are
executed with a precision which defies the quickest eye to
detect the illusion. The audience last night was most
respectable ; and the varied performances were received
with rapturous and wondering applause.

HOYAI

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On Thursday and
Friday evenings last, a man named Joseph Langton, a
labourer, residing in a cellar in Richards-place, Cotter-
street, Toxteth.park, made two several attempts to de-
stroy himself by hanging. On Thursday evening he had
secured a piece of cord to a nail in the wall, and had just
thrust his neck through the noose, when his wife came
into the cellar, and prevented him carrying his design into
execution. On the following evening, about half-past
eight, his wife had occasion to go into St. James's street.
Upon her return she found that he had got possession of
a dog chain, with which he had made a running noose,
and suspended himself against the wall. He was quite
black in the face, and life was all but extinct. Mr. Ste-
phens, the surgeon, was sent for, and on Saturday the
would-be suicide was so far recovered as to be able to be
removed to the Rainhill lunatic asylum.

THE BALLOON ASCENT AT THE ZOOLOG,—
DENS : DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF THE AERONAUT.—
Last night, a vast assemblage of persons again visited the
Zoological Gardens, for the purpose of witnessing the
ascent of Mr. Bell with his balloon. In consequence of
Mr. Bell assuring Mr. Durandu that no second disap-
pointment should occur, the proprietor entered into an

AL GAIL

engagement for an ascent last night. Again Mr. Bell
failed to fulfil his engagement, and has, as was publicly
announced in the Concert-ball, behaved in a most discre-
ditable manner. During the time of the farce being
played, Mr. Shore, one of the performers, came forward,
and said he was deputed by Mr. Miranda, the proprietor,
to say, that the balloon ascent could not possibly take
place, in consequence of another failure on the part of
Mr. Bell. (Hisses and disopprobation.) Mr. Bell, in-
stead of coming forward to explain, had disappeared, ar..T
was nowhere to be found. He (Mr. Shore) could assure
them there was no blame whatever attachable to Mr.
Durandu, who had entered into an engagement with nr.
Bell for three ascents for £l5O, £75 of which had been
paid to Mr. Bell. (Applause.) Any parties who wished
could have their money returned to them by appl_ying for
it at the gate within a quarter of an hour from that time.
(Renewed applause, and expressions of sympathy with
Mr. Durandu.)--The process of inflation commenced
early in the day, yet at the hour announced for the ascent
the machine was not half expanded with gas. Mr. Bell
has left his balloon behind him
A COFF

away the 1

'En PLANTATION IN CETLON.—After dosing
eat of the day, the sun being too powerful fcr
to be much out in it with safety, we walked
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