The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

graceful to permit the de'clining years of this venerable noble-
man, who ought to-be endeared to every British heart from
his family connection, to be passed in comparative want and
misery. This is an actual stain on our country's honour, and
excites the indignation of every one possessing sentiments of
justice. The family ought certainly to be more liberally pro-
vided for, and we strongly recommend it to the more imme-
diate attention of government.—Ceylon Herald, Dec. 24.

MEHEMET Am.—A medal of the pacha of Egypt, in silver
and bronze, is about to be brought out, under the patronage
of Sir Moses Montefiore, with others of the Jewish peruasion,
and most of the leading merchants in the city connected
with the Egyptian trade, in order to commemorate his pro-
tection of commerce, patronage of the arts, and religious to-
leration. The face and bust of the medal is being taken by
Mr. A. J. Stodhart, from a painting in the possession of Sir
Moses Montefiore, just brought over from Egypt, where it
was done expressly for him, by the order of the pacha. The
portrait will represent him as wearing the taboucte, after his
throwing off the turban, and the reverse of the medal will
contain an allegorical device, representing some of the most
interesting events in his life. It is not generally known that
some time since, Lord Brougham made the pacha of Egypt a
present of one thousand volumes of English scientific books,
which the latter had immediately translated into Arabic for
distribution and use i❑ the schools of Egypt. A copy of each
of these works was recently sent over by the pacha as a pre-
sent to. Mr. Gallaway, father of the bey of that name, who
recently died in his service. Just prior to the late interfer-
ence of the allied powers, he was erecting an observatory on
the banks of the• Nile, which was to be placed under the con-
trol of the Royal Society of London.

A SAFETY KITE AT SEA.—SANDGATE.—(From a Cor-
respondent.)—The wind being south, with strong breezes, a
trial was made last week, at Sandgate, of the Mariners'
Safety Kite, by W. Walker (late sergeant of the royal horse
guards (blue) at present in the mounted revenue guards),
before Lieut. Batt, R.N., and several experienced nautical
men, and found to answer in every respect the purpose for
which it is designed. It may be as well to add, that a wreck
having taken place on the 13th of November last, at Dunge-
ness, when two lives were lost, in consequence of the high
sea preventing any communication from or to the shore, the
idea of a kite on board the wreck, so as to be lowered at
will when over the land, first struck Mr. Walker as the most
feasible and certain method of rescue. This has been ac-
complished in such a simple manner that a child might
manage it with precision, rising and falling within three feet
of the earth, again rising without assistance, carrying out
100 fathoms of line, if necessary. Communication in the in-
stance of shipwreck at Dungeness would have been the
means of saving the crew, had a " kite" been on board.
Even uninhabited shores might be reached by an ordinary
swimmer attaching the line under his arms. A light has
been discovered to attach to the tail, which neither wind nor
rain will extinguish, to be used at night, so that persons on
shore may see its position.

LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—A most distressing case
of suicide occurred in Dundee on Tuesday night last, arising
out of the following circumstances :—A young man, belong-
ing to Forfarshire who had been for several years labouring
under consumption, had been persuaded to come to Edin-
burgh for medical advice, which he did. A consulting physician
here heard and examined his case, and we are informed, gave
him to understand that it was hopeless. Of this, the young
man wrote to his friends, and requested a brother to come
forand conduct him home, but, without waiting for his arri-
val, took the coach to Dundee on Tuesday; and on the even-
ing of the same day, in an hotel in that town, seemingly un-
able to hear the sentence hanging over him, shot himself
through the head, and died instantly. So determined bad
the unfortunate youth been to effect his purpose, that he had
put no fewer than three bullets into the pistol. His brother
came to Edinburgh, as requested, but had passed him on the
road unknowingly ; and on Wednesday forenoon was made
acquainted, by his mutual friend, of the melancholy and fatal
catastrophe.—Scottish Standard.
The Rev. William Cockburn, D.D., late Dean of York,
who has been deprived of his deanery for simony, was for-
merly of St. John's College, and was twelfth wrangler in
1795. He proceeded to the degrees of M.A. in 1798, and
D.D. in 1823. He was the first-elected Christian Advocate,
to which office he was appointed in 1803. Dr. Cockburn is
the third son of the late Sir James Cockburn, of Langton,
Berwickshire, brother of the present baronet, and of Vice-
Admiral Sir George Cockburn, M.P. He married, in 1805,
Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Sir Robert Peel, and
sister of the present baronet. This lady died in 1828. Dr.
Cockburn succeeded Dean Markham in 1822. The value
of this preferment is about £1,250 per annum.—Cambridge
Advertiser.—[Mr. H. W. Bull, solicitor to the dean, has
announced that proceedings are in progress for the reversion
of the sentence of deprivation, and are delayed only by the
closing of the courts before which the case will be brought.]
FORGERY AND SWINDLING ON A LARGE SCALE. —On
the 15th of March last a person of prepossessing manners and
gentlemanly exterior presented himself at the counting-house
of Messrs. P. and L., eminent-merchants in London, with a
letter of introduction, purporting to be from their corre-
spondents, Messrs. Chauviteau and Co., of Paris, in favour
of the bearer, under the assumed name of the Chevalier
Charles de la Motte. Upon the strength of this letter, and
under the pretext of the arrangement of family affairs, the
house of P. and L. were induced to discount certain bills of
exchange, to a considerable amount, drawn by Messrs. En-
gler, of Brussels, upon and bearing the acceptance of the
firm of Coutts and Co. The well-known signatures upon
these bills were executed with such extreme accuracy that no
suspicion of their genuineness was excited, and it was not
until two days after, when the Chevalier failed to return for
the balance, that suspicion was aroused, and on inquiry it
proved that not only the bills, but the letters of introduction,
were forgeries. Conjecture was entirely at a loss to whom
to attribute this skilful " coup," but by the active exertions
of Mr. Lawson, solicitor, of Paris, it was traced to M—, a
refugee Carlist, mixing in the best society in Paris, and who,
by the active exertions of the Prefet de Police, was arrested
at his residence on the 29th ult. Words are wanting to con-
vey the indignation expressed by M—
at being identified
with the Chevalier de la Motte, which, however, was fully
established on confronting him with a money-changer of the
Palais Royal, to whom he had offered six £lOO Bank of Eng-
land notes for sale, and other evidence, which will amply
suffice for his conviction. By this means the London house
recovers upwards of £2OOO, of which the ability of M—
had well nigh plundered them.
ST. PETER'S Cntaten.—We regret to learn that the ru-
mours which have been for the last fortnight current in the
town as to the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Nolan, the
Curate of St. Peter's, are correct, the Rev. Gentleman having
accepted the pastoral care of one of the new Churches now
erecting in Liverpool, and which we understand,will be open-
ed for divine worship sometime in June. Mr. Nolan has now
resided amongst us about three years, and during that period
has endeared himself not only to his own congregation, but
all classes of the community, by the able, conscientious, and
zealous manner in which he discharged the onerous and im-
portant duties committed to his charge. The congregation
at St. Peter's, and the number of communicants, has been
very much increased under his pastoral care—the principal
pew holders, at his suggestion, having a year or two ago,
materially enlarged the capacity of the church, by adding
hearers,
galleries to it, and thus providing, at a very moderate ex-
pense, accommodation for about 500 additional
most of them being accommodated with free sittings: Sorry
as we shall be to lose Mr. Nolan, we can hardly blame him
for removing to a sphere of more extensive usefulness ; and
we sincerely congratulate his new flock on the character of
the Pastor they have been fortunate enough to secure. We
trust that those upon whom the choice of his successor at
St. Peter's may devolve, may find a minister who will build
up the Church on the same foundation which Mr. Nolan has
laid, and whose ministry may be equally acceptable to the
poorer classes of society.—Stockport Advertiser.