The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

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court found the prisoner guilty,
mged by the neck at the yard-
jesty's ships. This sentence, which
)f the court to pass on the prisoner,
d into effect, but will be commuted to
ighment" (transportation for life, per-
as her Majesty may please to direct.
TATAL FIGHT BETWEEN Two BOYS.—The
case of the lad recently killed in a fight at
sumed on Thursday, when the four men
I and abetted were present. Evidence of
and the case was adjourned.
Mr. Blair, sur-

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who had
the partic

umed on Friday

iid he made a post mortem examination of the
body of the deceased, and was of the opinion that the ex-
citement produced by the fight, and the beer given to
him, had produced congestion of the brain, resulting in

death. The jury unanimously returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against Robert Auty, the survivor in the fight,
and against Joseph Johnson, Joseph Cater,,William New-
son, and William Aiger; and the coroner issued his
warrant for their committal to Newgate.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.-At a numerous and highly
respectable meeting of the parishioners of East Stonehouse,
near Plymouth, convened on Tuesday, Captain Toby,
R.M., in the chair, for the purpose of giving expression
to the general feeling of esteem and regard in which the
Rev. T. L. Hill, M.A., late officiating minister of St.
George's Chapel, Stonehouse, is held by his congregation
and the inhabitants of the township, the following resolu-
tion was proposed by Mr. A. Narracott, seconded by Mr.
May, and carried unanimously :—" That the amount of
subscriptions (.£5O) be presented to the Rev. T. L. Hill,
in a purse, accompanied with a testimonial on parchment,
with a list of the subscribers." To be presented in their
names by the chairman, treasurer, and secretary. The
purse, which was very elegant, was worked and presented
by Miss Boyle.

TIIE BERKELEY QUARREL AGAIN.—Lord Fitzhardinge
has addressed the Umes, in reply to its comments on his
conduct. He says—" I thoroughly feel the propriety of
the sentiment you have expressed respecting the spectacle
of fraternal strife. The painful exhibition was not com-
menced by me, and has not been carried on by me, and
these lines will close my part of the controversy—a con-
troversy into which I have been reluctantly led to protect
myself." Mr. Grantley Berkeley has addressed the same
paper in reply to the noble lord's former letter, and sub-
mits the following reply, which he received to his attempts
at reconciliation :—` On reflection you must be aware
that so soon after a defeat your proposal is premature ; if
Four desire is sincere all steps must come from you.
rom one who has seen, and has been consulted on your
, letter, and is a well wisher to both parties,"

W. Roivett and Co

•
PAINFUL SCENE.—On Tuesday last a somewhat inter-
esting scene occurred on the quay of the Humber-dock,
in consequence of the arrival, from Quebec, of the chests,
hammocks, and other personal•effects, of the crew of that
ill-fated vessel the Cove, of this port, which was wrecked
•

unusually painful, from the circumstance tliai7; less
than seven poor widows, all relatives of the deceased, were
assembled to identify the very articles which they them-
selves had made up for the comfort of their partners in
life ; and on the spot, too, where, only twelve months ago,
they took their last farewell. Such a scene as' this can
scarcely be described, and even among several hardy tars,
who had braved many a storm, and had often witnessed
the deaths of their comrades, its effect was very striking.
It will be remembered that this vessel proceeded, some
years ago, to Davis's Straits, commanded by Captain
Ross, with Mr. Humphrey as sailing master, in search of
the missing whalers, and very early in the month of Oc-
tober last she was wrecked upon Red Island. Eleven
of the crew, eight men and three boys, took to the skiff,
hoping to reach the shore, but have never been heard of
since. The master, the cook, and the carpenter remained
on board, and were saved. The ship with her stores were
condemned and sold upon Red Island, but the chests,
hammocks, &c., of the crew were left at Quebec, but have
now been brought over in the Indus, by Messrs. R. and
T. Gill, of this port, late owners of the Cove.—Hull
Packet.

AN ILL-FATED FAMILY.—One of the most cool-
blooded murders ever perpetrated in this neighbourhood,
took place on the morning of Sunday last, at Langshaw
Farm in Heaton ; Betty Pilkington, an aged and respect-
able female having been killed by her husband, Robert
Pilking ton, an old man 56 years of age, with a bar of iron
or poker, the particulars of which we give elsewhere. The
history of his family is a most melancholy one, and causes
amongst such of the inhabitants as are acquainted with it,
horrifying thoughts. Pilkington's father, in the middle
stage of life, was hung for stabbing a fellow-creature ;
and not long after that melancholy event, which ought to
have acted as a warning to the remaining branches of the
family, his son—brother to the present monster in human
shape—was transported for causing a man's death by
kicking; and, to add to the catalogue, Orrell, who was
hung for poisoning his children some years ago, was cousin
merim to him. About three or four months ago, we had to
record a lamentable event which occurred at Dockcocker,
public house, on the boundary of Halliwell and Heaton,
s on ee
nr terminated
recovered,i
fon atb
theu ed
t
in which a man named Kershaw had been struck on the
head with a fire poker, by John Pilkington, son of the
present
homicide,seunnt under
sentenced
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mono
months'
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imprisonment
p w nigh
this existence. Kershaw, however, (although at times
labouring
John Pilkingtou was committed for trial at the assizes,
and was
offence. He had been out upon bail previous to trial,
and on his departure left his mother •in charge of tlte
farm, which was the scene of the present murder.