The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-02 00:00:00

The CHAIRMAN them took leave of the company, who
almost immediately broke up, much pleased with the pro-
ceedings of the day.

PRESIDENT AND THE FIRE KING.-Mr. Walters
the finest marine painters of be day) has just
beautiful engravings of these fine vessels. They are faithful
likenesses, and admirably executed. They would adorn any
room in the kingdom.

'one of

MODBL OF WATERLoo.—We beg leave to remit
readers that this lute

king and

only remain on view for a few days longer. We therefore re-
commend an early visit, as we feel satisfied that those who
obtain one view of this miniature battle-field will certainly
visit the exhibitioh a second time. .
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT RUNCORN.—It is our painful
duty to record this week the death of Mr. Edward Lynn,
surgeon, of Runcorn, under circumstances of a very distress-
ing nature, having last Wednesday put an end to his life by
swallowing prussic acid. It appears the unfortunate gentle-
man had been labouring under a depression of spirits for
some time past. About four years ago he was subject to
what is generally termed a " religious melancholy," being at
the time an attendant on the service performed at the parish
church, then he joined the methodist connection, afterwards
the calvinists, and last was a hearer of the Rev. Mr. Cox, at
Trinity Church. This religious melancholy continued to
hang about and depress him more or less to the day of his
death and to all appearanc.^ was augmented by the death of
his wife, in February last. One day during the last week in
August he was missing, and could not be found ; his sick pa-
tients were desirous of having his attendance ; every place
was searched, likely and unlikely without success; and, last
of all, drags were employed to try the canals and ponds in
the neighbourhood. His housekeeper stated, that when he
left home he went in his usual manner, and she knew no-
thing contrary to him being in at the next meal. His rela-
tives and friends were much distressed, considering him then
dead ; when, on the 4th of September, as two of his neigh-
bours were about to get into the railway carriages at Whit-
more station, Staffordshire, the deceased came and booked
for Moore, hear Runcorn. 'Upon expressing their joy at see-
ing him, and quietly remonstrating with him for absenting
himself so long without any notice, thereby causing his
friends so very much trouble, and at the same time damaging
his medical practice so vitally, he merely stated that he had
been on his business. On his return to Runcorn, he re-
turned his vocation, and appeared as usual, up to Wednesday,as
morning last (the day of his untimely death), when he was
shaved by Mr. Roberts, dressed in the manner he generally
to his
room.uerallis
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did, breakfasted at nine, and soon after wept up a
room. An application being made for bum i
te
thesrec surgery,
ived no
b the servant knocked at his door about ten,
receiving an answer. She then tried
owwhioi slitvaeirssn,
eaanrd,
answer ; she shortly afterwards knocked again, adgoaoi butand found without i t
fastened inside, and, becomin
stated her apprehensions.
gAthr ani re (dna ran
nr
lying on the floor lifeless,
open, and the deceased was
was called in, and with hisfoundyi
assistancel the door was broken
at the foot of the bed,
wnld,th aand surganeons glass
r
near to him on the floor, which had lately
eon s glass measure firmlyempty phial bottle lying grasped in the right ha
'
prussic
acid. Medical assistance was forthwith called ; and Mr.
Henry Wilson, contained i-
surgeon, and Mr. Peter Ward, druggist, ap-
plied the stomach pump and the usual remedies, but without
effect, the vital spark having fled before they arrived. He
w
year, a widower, and has left two children.
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coroner's inquest was held on view of the body, when the
jury delivered a verdict of " Temporary insanity."--Chester
Courant.

, Lima tJUUMI lIIS
master hr Salford, of the sum of £l2O, in,
gold and notes.
From the description, Holt suspected a young man whom he
had seen in Seacombe on Tuesday evening, and on the fol-
lowing morning, he went to the Abbotsford Hotel there, and
found him in bed. Holt, on entering the room, charged
Johnson with the robbery, when he declared that he was not
the person—he was a gentleman, and that he would prove
to his satisfaction presently—at the same moment turning
himself round, and placing his hand under the pillow. Holt,
suspecting that all was not right, seized hold of the youth,
and dragged him on the floor, and on removing the pillows,
he found a loaded pistol, capped. On being secured, Johnson
said " I am the man you want ; I lived with Dr. Creighton,
a physician, of Salford." The officer afterwards searched the
room, and under'the pillow, found a purse, containing thirty
sovereigns and seven .guineas; and in another place, twenty
sovereigns and three £5 bank notes. When- before the ma-
gistrates, Johnson entreated them to send for his master.
Mr. Walker, clerk to the magistrates, had taken care to do
this as soon as the circumstances came to his knowledge;
but the gentleman did not appear previous to the breaking •up of the court. The prisoner was remanded until Monday
next, or in the mean time, the case will be heard, if the pro-
secutor appears. The magistrates bestowed the highest
commendations on Mr. Palmer, special high-constable of the
hundred, for the admirable arrangements he had made, by
which the whole consmbulary force was kept in• such an ex-
cellent state of discipline. They also bestowed the greatest
praise on Holt, for his services, especially in reference to the
capture of Johnson, which displays so much tact and dis-
cernment.

NEW CHURCH AT NORTH BIRKENHEAD.
BAZAAR.—We last week noticed the exertions of the con-
ductors of the bazaar in Birkenhead, held kr the purpose of
assisting the fund raised for erecting a new church there.
J. D. Case, Esq., hasbcen unremitting. in his attendance to
prOMote the good cauSe; and the ladies presiding at the stalls
have never shrunk from their arduous labours. We are glad
to he able to state,. that up to Wednesday night £460 was
received in the room and at the door.
We think the following description of the church, for the
erection of which this bazaar has been held, will be accept-
able to our readers:—The building is of the Norman style,
but much lighter in its proportions and details than the early
examples of the order; so much so as to give it an air of
originality, an attainment not often_made with judgment, or
even an eye to ordinary proportion. In this instance it would
be unfair to condemn the architects (Messrs.-Cunningham
and noble) for having stepped out of the beaten track. For
malists may easily observe and point out a difference—
for candour and liberal taste to see the merits of the tra,
gression.

The plan of the church is simple, being a parallelogram,
with chancel and tower at the entrance. Tile tower is a fine
design, a good deal ornamented, and what is-of much conse-
quence to the main point, the ornament neither make: nor
mars its beauty. That, according to the rule of nature, con-
, sists in a very few features. The first we would instance is
the belfry windows, and perhaps this is the finest thing in
na the whole. Th-

.ne next is the set-off from the lower to the
upper division Of the tower ; but in this praise we can scarce-
ly include the huge winged head supporting the clock. No

UOUUC It is meant for an ancient grotesque Bead, but really it
looks too like an absurd satire on a bishop. Indeed, take
the heads in general (and there are not a few of them), we
al., _

unnic they might nave been better. It is curious sometimes
to observe the two sides of a mistake. The heads, intended
for living heads, seem all either dead, or sleeping with their
eyes open, while one or two death's beads, among them, have
a very animated expression indeed. But perhaps they were
made so for the sake of the moral, in which light they.are
not bad heads at all for the money.

The entrance door is double shafted, and much higher for
its width than the old Norman, which, with due deference
to the ancients, .we think, is an improvement. The drill

ding over is carved in the form of fwo serpents twining-
We do not know the emblem of the thing