The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-25 00:00:00

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A carved oak fire-place, of great beauty and
has be en presented to the Mayor of Durban
official capacity for the citizens, by Walter Scrut°
and is to be placed in the old civic chamb r, the °
nelling and architectural character of which are n°
restoration. In date it appears to be of the time °-
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VIII. Ipgdlred
CALIFORNIAN GOLD.—We have had the P7-h-s 5 %.4
inspecting one of the largest pieces of gold the' „ecil°'
been dug out of the Californian mines. Tliesr-,,0136.
was received by Messrs. 3/I,Callum and GrauttP'f:
chanan-street. It weighs 61 lb., and is worth ah°,bacif.
It is of irregular shape, and has the appearance e` recil
been submitted to a fusing heat. Around thi3 r,"tocb.,
lump of metal, an iron collar is fixed, to which 19 c,
a strong chain about two feet long. This apraratuilell
used in the United States to secure the prize fccta
stolen out of some museum in which it was exhilo",eM
This large piece of bullion in its rcie
-nded with inconvenience as Br' ,51. 00h';
ierstand, that last night, it w9:..1 to
for the purpose of being reducc°
the realm.—Giasgew Mail.
RING ON TITE CAM.—Tr

great curiosity
chonn bainrr of

exchange, we and

river pot
has presented a rather novel appearance during_no col"
fortnight, from the number of persons emPirtnroPedt:,
letting the weeds cut by the conservators. 11`:511i%
ties of these weeds, as manure, are truly as`°-,10,1/,;I
being so powerful when decomposed that, like goll'e pew
necessary to mix with them something else. 143rgh, rigeori
are to be seen at different places by the side of t4.."10,40,6
some of which are said to be worth from .E 5 t°
collected with very little trouble in a short tirae" or;
wonder that this has not been sttended to befereivit tbi
cially as we know a gentleman who, knowing tsi-a0
richness of fen land was owing to the deconW°.,s'd Pe
ig
vegetable matter, recommended to some of the lor,
sons who are now collecting thisinanure to do so

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since. f ~,01 oi
THE FAST DAY IN LONDON.—The April tigad,
came famous for its manifestation of the Per.ctreoi,re'r;
England's sons. The September of 1849 will
bered as exhibiting their faith and trust in 1,0., ollico
appearance of that great section of the metroVi'-ge.ol
lies on the southern bank of the river, on Nve`,ll it, et
will never be forgotten by those who witness the
exhibited half a million of people, apart from ni.elq;erf.
districts of London, for themselves and by t"e-ffito'',,,
seeking to God's throne for mercy in an hour of cs, Sori"l
And this was not done by merely making the day of sire
bath-day. The observance went far beyond thates
remembered Sunday. The whole of the htalbetot
closed—spirit-shops, cigar-shops, and inns. " trot
walk" and the " New Cut,"—places where, orvii
Sabbath mornings, trade is openly carried on, were' bry
day, silent as the grave. Cricket-matches werejoil4
off, and Vauxhall and all similar places were #1
still! irPrer.
STRANGE NOTIONS OF MARRIAGE.---At Wed d
Criminal Court, London, last week, a man nallipeat nd
aged 31, was sentenced to one year's iniprisc" aeo
hard labour for bigamy. The prisoner said thsat ritife
his wife parted by mutual consent, and he bba.da The
her for fifteen montis. Before they Par"— ty•
wrote to him to ask him to give her her fiber ill)er" I
Recorder.—What do yonmean by giving her bertber''ne'
Defendant.—Why, that we might not live tageoael'l„lce,
gave her her liberty, as she wished, and she We'd I
and she told me she was going to be married, sesarari;gle
her leave to do so, and the said I might do they a
then married this woman, as I considered MYsei wife tier,
man. The Recorder here handed to the secon" Prii° re•
following document, which was taken from the
and asked her if she had ever seen it before' y alPet
plied that when she discovered the prisoner willtbe Pik
tied man, and taxed him with it, he produced fat!';`,c9
in question, as he said, to satisfy her that theirbat
was legal; and he, at the same time, told her
signed by his first wife. The paper was a,s, big!te,
This paper certifies that Stephen Deer 50°' I We' el'
wife for five shillings, for the term of his natee,,toorri
that all parties agrees to the following weruso. sr"
five shillings, and one shilling to drink hcalth._ent,,
signatures were appended to this precious docewaise
among them one purporting to be that of the P
first wife.
vire,dnegqieli
THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.—On th 5ee,11‘,4,1
ning and his wife were again brought up at --„ing
Police-court, for further examination. an',ol e-c
in with an unsteady step, and presented a .I.'e,llo;t 0,411:
countenance,. indicative of bad health ; his wi •t, b
followed without
ewriythluotutghhetflueal.st waveringpuri
During
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Manning frequently made suggestions to her 0.04
did the mate prisoner to Mr. Binns. The fern
,;,,le 57,10,,e
did not exhibit the slightest feeling, but the o',
to be somewhat affected as those parts of o'oo 14
relating to himself were deposed- to. Mrs • 3
. 11;eel'ei:
maintained a short conversation with gr.4ooil?`,,t
Governor of Horsemonger-lane Gaol, as he 0 it°
side, expressing as we believe, her desire for 5006
with Mr. Moxey in the gaol. She at:livered beesJo,Frt
than formerly. Both prisoners stood during t of ollej
tion. The additional evidence taken was titce' I,ho
Coleman, the landlord of No. 3, Miniver-P the I
,
the Mannings lived ; Mr Archibald Grltnic_rioiticf;
clerk, who changed the £lOO note, Mr. nat.-, 32,f,/,
gave Barrett (since dead) the £lOO note le re 'hp
Ik'nhoewpna,ratincdultahrsereo fisthneoiroceeavidsieonnceiorhoiwtsevreerkifloitolel tbef
At the conclusion of the examination the Pr ' pecte cO4O,
rem- Thursday next, when it is %tol
vv.n bout be committed for trial at the Ce, ber.ryj,
nal Court, to be holden on the 22nd Oc.1:003,1)01t2
Ballantine and Mr. Parry have been ret-31er 11120'01e,4
Manning, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for has
er
—Since the last examination, a circumstance 1111'011,0;i
light likely to throw guilt upon a third partile'epst),Delet
that O'Connor was seen by a woman who iriateeef
conist's shop and news shop, at twenty rem) ti!ireof
six o'clock, in company with Mrs. Manning 00• A Ptl'
ing of the murder. They passed her she?iialfe'i,
and proceeded towards London-bridge, ,fanot",
twelve yards in the rear by Manning an fie , 00,11
whom she has minutely described and ide%, tile", *(.40
therefore, supposed, from other inforn3a!wboas„ce7
men, including O'Connor, entered a Publ`c-to :;03c/?‘
Mrs. Manning hurried to his lodgings jn t°,
whether the deceased's property was sare• trive°l,,
time, Manning and the other man eee sho rterfde,
O'Connor to his house, where they were aial" P'l3,
wards rejoined by Mrs. Manning, and th_!..A,retitbos
mitted. It is quite clear that the made
the to'
property was not stolen on the first eveninip wile e,70
calling at his lodgings then was to ascertatel 5,,1101
box and things were as usual before th_l.3.:; jac"
mitted. Other circumstances of in2Porta—
a third person are known.