The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-08 00:00:00

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LOCAL NEWS,

THE BOCCA Tronts.—Ths clever sketch exhibited in our
office window of the Bocca Tigris was drawn by Mr. Drury,
of Castle-street, when that gentleman was in the navy. It
will be observed that the Chinese defences exhibit a deplora-
ble want of knowledge in engineering and fortification.
Strong batteries placed at the mouth of this river might keep
out the whole world if well and effectually manned.
The four giraffes just landed at Portsmouth have been pur-
chased by Mr. Wombwell, at an expense of X2OOO, for exhi-

bition in his travelling menagerie.
Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., we understand, shortly as-
sumes the command of the Duke of Lancaster's own yeo-
manry cavalry, Colonel Braddyll, the present colonel-com-
mandant of the eorps„ retiring on account of ill health.
TYING THE CAROTID ARTERY.—This important and
daring operation, first attempted by Sir Astley Cooper in
1805, was performed on Friday morning by Mr. Nottingham,
in the presence of a number of medical gentlemen, on a girl
aged seven Years, for a ♦acular tumour extending over one

side of the face.
GALA AT TILE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday even-
ing the first representation of the Siege of St. Jean D'Acre
was produced at these gardens, and went off with great eclat.
The alegorical representations of Fame akd Britannia, at the
conclusion of the siege, were beautifully effective, and elicited
several rounds of applause. The attendance was most
numerous and highly respectable. We had prepared a
lengthy notice of this favourite resort of public amusement,
but are obliged to defer its insertion until Friday.
REMARKABLY QUICK VOTAGE.—The brig Adriana, W.
Dodd, master, sailed from Liverpool 11th March, and after
contending with heavy gales fur a fortnight on her outward
Passage, discharged and took in a full cargo at Barbadoes,
and returned to off Holyhead in two months and eighteen
days, arriving in Liverpool June 2d, at 8 a.m.
WONDERS OF STEAM.--Two gentlemen left Brussels at
three o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, and arrived in
Liverpool at a quarter before seven, p.m., on Saturday, being
a distance of upwards of 430 miles, performed in the short
space of 27 hours and three quarters. The whole of the jour-
ney was performed by steam. The travellers left Brussels
by the railway on Friday afternoon, arrived at Ostend in time
for the packet, were landed at Blackwell, proceeded from
her ce to London by the railway, and just caught the train
-om London to Liverpool as it was starting.
On Thursday, after consecrating the church of St. Barna-
the Biskop of Chester, accompanied by Mr. Rector

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Joks, visited the Liverpool Female Orphan Asylum,
inch his lordship is patron,
and expressed himself mum.
leased with its progress, and the healthy appearance of the
.hildren. There are now in the asylum twenty-six orphans,
who have lost both parents, all most interesting cases, and
several candidates for admission. Extensive support will be
required ; and surely there cannot .be an object more truly
gratifying than the support and education of poor girls de-
prived of their natural protectors, nor any claim upon our
bounty so free from deception or imposture. The bishop
has kindly promised to preach in October next, on behalf of
the institution, with the benevolent intention of aiding in the
increase of its funds.
THE BRITISH QUEEN.—This noble steamer is still on view
in the Coburg Dock. The proceeds of the exhibition are de-
voted to the relief of the families of the crew of the President,
who are in a state of the deepest distress. We trust, there-
fore, as the admission money is only sixpence, that a hand-
some sum will be raised for so evident an object of charity.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—In our last we stated that a me-
morial, most numerously signed, had been presented to the
Rev. Mr. Nolan, lately curate of St. Peter's, Stockport, but
now incumbent of the new church in Greenland-street, in
this town, consecrated on Thursday last, to induce him to
remain at the former place. This memorial, however, foiled
in its object for the reason which we gave. The parishion-
ers, however, were determined that Mr. Nolan should not
depart without some further proof of their regard, and, ac-
cordingly, just before his departure, a suitable address was
delivered by him, and at the conclusion of it, a purse, con-
taining one hundred sovereigns, was handed to the Rev.
gentleman, accompanied by the gratifying assurance that the
remaining debt owing on account of the galleries at St.
Peter's Church, would be immediately paid off—in fact, it
was virtually so—the money for the purpose being all sub-
scribed.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN A HOUSE or ILL FAME.--
Rachael Pixton, a handsome, but slovenly attired young
woman, was placed before Mr. Rushton and Sir Joshua
Walmaley on Saturday, charged with having robbed Antonio
Maria Dacros of 50 sovereigns, 3 gold pieces, worth X 1 10s.
each, 3 crowns, 20 shillings in silver, several Portuguese
coins, a gold breast-pin, and a silver snuff box. Dacros, a
very fine looking Portuguese, stated, that he is the second
engineer of the steamer Oporto, lying in the Trafalgar Dock.
On the 6th May last he went with a Portuguese merchant to
a tavern near that dock, where they met the prisoner, to
whom, in compliance with her request, they gave some
drink. They ultimately adjourned with the prisoner and
another young woman to a house in Harrison-street. In the
morning the females were missing, and Dacros found that he
had been robbed of the articles above enumerated. Whether
the merchant was robbed also did not transpire, it being
merely stated that he had returned to Portugal. The girls
had seen the complainant count his sovereignsbefore he went
to bed. Information was given to the police, and Maguire,
on seeing the entry of the robbery, immediately remembered
that the prisoner had lodged at the house in Harrison-street
at the time mentioned. He soon apprehended her, when she
admitted the offence, saving, " The money is all gone, and I
am sorry I ever had anything to do with it." The prisoner,
on being asked if she had any explanation to offer, replied,
" I have nothing more to say." She was committed for
trial.

CoNsxe-rnic-J•r !—Mr. Ewart's motion, for the admission
of slave.growil sugar, was resisted by Mr. O'Connell, by the
whole anti-slivery party, and by the government, at a time
when sugar was selling at 575. per cwt. It has now fallen to.
375., being arednction of more than 2d. in the pound to the
consumer; and after this fall it is that, entirely forgetting the
poor slave, the whip; and the honest O'Connell find it abso:
lutely necessary, for the sake of the poor of England, (1) to
make a redaction of duty amounting to 6-19th of a farthing
per pound • but which would have the effect of prodigiously
optic/ the Afrieaa slave trade.