The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

eThere is now growing in an orchard belonging to Mr. Pid-
ev, of Sowton, a young apple-tree which was never grafted,
'laving on one part blossom in full perfection, on another
part apples set, and on a third part full sized apples.— Western
Luminary.

The Statesman mentioi

as an instance of the fondness

Bonaparte, that
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ch besets tha

arrived is th

years ago, after the affair at StraL
himself to be sent round to all the
the print-sellers being told they nu
as they pleased, upon the
conspicuous place in the

iatire-shops in London,

e condition of keeping one in
p window.

'rum &morale TELEGRAPH.—This apparatus was called
tit° action last week on the Great Western Railway, in con-
sequence of an Irish gentleman baying left, at one of the
stations fiff, y
miles from London, his great enat.

containing
he made r(

ery valuable snuff-boi. On ar

ingin London

I Ve
and in three hours he v
receiving it he exclai
story i❑ Cork, but
Six(

ph was set to wor

put in possession of his coat. On
By the powers I may tell this

re+. e lately witnessed on the
premises of Mr. Evan Winstone, grocer, Brecon, a striking
proof of the power of nature in supporting vegetation under
the most unfavourable circumstances. In a small back yard,
attached to the dwelling-house, a small platform, leading to
warehouse from a flight of stone steps, is formed by a slight
Joist of timber with a few boards thrown across, and from out
of this joist a tine raspberry tree has not only grown to the
height of five feet, but this summer has produced finer fruit
than any in Mr. W.'s productive garden. Several smaller
shoots are now making their appearance, one actually pro-
truding through a
plank, and all this without any earth
whate,e;

Wasrs IN A BALL Room.—On Tuesday evening last, as
two young men, who had been taking a wasps' nest, were re-
turning to Chesterfield, on approaching the town they were
attracted to a house b!,; sounds of music and rejoicing. It
proved to be a dwelling where festivities in celebration of a
marriage were taking place; and, claiming some acquaint-
ance with the inmates, the young men joined the festive
throng. The wasps' nest, which was folded in a handker-
chief, was placed in a corner of the room, unknown to the
company, and the dance proceeded. After .a time the two
voung men above alluded to took their departure, leaving
(whether intentionally or not is unknown to us) the nest in
the room. The dance•continued ; when, lo! one of the fe-
males made an equivocal sort of movement, and
retreat from the house ; her husband following
heels, anxious to learn the cause of his wife's e
conduct. Scarcely had the party left the bout
cond, and a third, and a fourth of the female gut
similar equivocal sytnptorus, followed by suppre_
and bewildered looks. The male members of the company
looked anxiously and inquiringly at the ladies, who, in re-
turn, skipped about the room with wonderful agility, giving
sundry indications that their
nivsterious movements could
not be satisfactorily explained. Suddenly the men became
afflicted, though perhaps nut exactly after the same fashion
as the ladies, and a very exciting, but at the same timeoul veryea
comical scene ensued, to attempt to depict which ‘v
l!opeless task. It may be imagined, but certainly cannot
cir-
nd b
notbe
The cause of this derangement of the festive

orecipitat

sely ;it her

sis exhibited

describes.
cle was, however, soon apparent. The fiddler, who was
sightless, feeling something very sharp enter his cheek,
dropped his instrument, and applied his band with great
force to his face, bringing to the earth one of the monsters
that had been a source of annoyance. Suffice it to say, some
f the wasps had escaped from confinement, and in revenge
/or the punishment they had endured; crept up the legs of
the dancers, and inflicted thzir sting. As many as three and
f°tlr wasps were found upon some of the femaleg
shire Chronicle.

Derby-

OUTRAGES ON CANALS AND RIVERS.—
at the conclusion of the last Session of parliament, some pro-
vision has been made to prevent a repetition of certain of-
Lences that have taken place on canals and navigable rivers.
Inc act is entitled, "An Act to provide for keeping the
Peace on Canals and Navigable Rivers." And in the pream-
ble, it is stated to have been framed to prevent a recurrence
of former outrages and depredations. It authorises two ma-
gistrates' upon application of the committee or board of di-
rectors of any canal or river company, to appoint constables,
who are to be sworn in the manner prescribed ; but by the
second section they can be dismissed by two magistrates, the
Watch committee of an incorporated borough, or the commit-
tee 01' board of directors of the company. And by the fourth
clause, if a constable be guilty of neglect of duty, he is ren-
dered liable to a penalty of not more than £lO., or in the dis-
cretien of a magistrate, one month's imprisonment, with or
without hard labour. Sy the sixth section, an assault upon
a constable in the execution of his duty, is to be punished by
a fine not exceeding £lO., or an imprisonment, with or with-
out hard labour, of not more than two calendar_ months
!Persons found upon a canal or river, or dock
"g, with any tube or other instrument to carr,
in their possession, or any one attempting to obta.._
nuors or other goods unlawfully, are rendered liable to
natty of X 5., or imprisonment with or without hard labour,
for not more than a month, and the like penalty to be inflicted
upon any person who shall " unlawfully drink or wilfully sll
or allow to run to waste any liquors." Constables are em-
Powered to apprehend, without a warrant, " any loose, id'
and disorderly person whom he shall find disturbing the
lic Peace, or whom he • shall have good cause to
having committed, or being about to commit any felony, .
demeanour, or breach of the peace, or other offence, cor trary
to the provisions of this act, and every person whom he shall
find between sunset and the hour of eight in the morning ly-
ing or loitering in or upon any towing path, wharf, bridge,
railway, quay, landing place, lock, dock, or upon the bank
of any such canal or river, and not giving a satisfactory ac-
count of himself." The constables are to be paid by the
company, and are not to act within the jurisdiction of the
metropolitan police or the city of London, or anywhere be
yond the banks, towing path, or premise-
or river. An appeal is allowed against a summary conviction
under the act where the amount of penalty adjudged to be
paid exceeds M., upon the party fined entering into recog-
nizanees with two sureties.
The town of hull has acquired for itself an immortal in-
famy. At a late meeting for the purpose electing a Lord
Steward, (at which a Sir William Low—something most
appropriately presided), the two candidates put up—cer-
tainly without the consent of the former of them—were the
Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Normanby ; the
one the greatest warriorand statesman—the other the silliest
fribble and coxcomb of this and any age. These Yorkshire
cakes, however, looked, we suppose, to the office and not to
the officer, and so preferred the minister to the man ; or they
may very likely have heard of the, Noble Home Secretary's
propensity for pardoning offenders, and letting loose gaol-
birds 'of every description, and, after all, they surely must
be the best judges of what species of service the inhabitants
of their beautiful borough are most likely to stand in need.
Be this as it may, they have made their choice; and, as
coming immediately after the Earl of Durham, we should
say that the Marquis of Narmanby is radically better for
the town of Hull than the Duke of Wellington, who truly
should not " dip his hands," as Lord Froth expresses it,
" in Fleet ditch."— A

-By an act passed

:lento belong-
ry away liquor

IJUU.•
iSpeCt of

belonging to a canal

-Argus.

PORTSMOUTH.—The Belleisle, 72, Captain Nicolas, is
ordered to be refitted with every dispatch at Plymouth, to
return to the Mediterranean. The following line-of-battle
ships are preparing with all practicable expedition for imme-
diate commission, namely, Indus, 84, and Vengeance, 84, at
Portsmouth ; also the Britannia 120, the Bombay, 84, and
Clarence, 84, at Plymouth ; and the Formidable, 84, and
Monarch, 84, at Sheerness. The Howe, and Royal Ade-
laide, 120-gun flag-ships, are also getting ready for sea ser-
vice.. The dockyard presents a scene of activity and bustle,
and the town is posted with bills for men for her Majesty's
navy'. The Britannia, 120, will go out to Spithead this
week, and immediately on the arrival of the Donegal, 78,
froth Lisbon, that ship's crew will shift over to her, and be
completed to 820 men. She is to bear the flag of Rear-Ad-
Mira' Sir John Ommanney, K.C.8., as second in command
in the Mediterranean. The Rodney, 92, Captain Maunsell,
was to leave Plymouth Sound on Sunday, direct for Malta,
to join Sir R. Stopford's fleet with the least possible delay.-
1311.9ht0n Gazette.

THE MURDER OF THE HIGH SIIF.RIFF OF CHESHIRE'S
GAMEKEEPER.—The Police Gazelle, or Hoe and Cry of
Wednesday
evening, contains the following respecting the
l'orrit! affair :—"• Whereas, on the night of the 10th instant,
between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, Thomas Hen-
_ 8114 w, of Huxley, near Tarporley, gamekeeper, was waylaid
rbe was returning home, in Huxley aforesaid, and murdered,
"ring been shot 'with a gun the charge of which entered his
left side, and was also robbed of e 2 95., a reward of £lOO
will be paid to any person giving such information and evi-
dence as shall lead to the conviction of the offender or
offenders, upon application to Mr. Thomas Bond Dumville,
solicitor Tarporley ; and a further reward of £lOO will be
Paid to such person or persons by the Secretary of State
for the Home Department ; in addition to which, his lord-
alliP will recommend the grant of her Majesty's pardon to
arty Person (not beinc, the actual murderer) who shall give
such information and evidence."
ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN CHESHIRE.—At
the very time that exertions were made to detect the perpe-
trator of the murder near Beeston, another murder was at-
leropted riot far from the same vicinity. On Tuesday night
ast an under agent to Messrs. Jackson and Beane, railway
Contractors, who have a contract on the Chester and Crewe
railway, was returning from Wardle, through Crimes-lane,
near Beeston, to his residence, when a shot was tired at him
from behind the hedge, and a ball passed through his hat, and
knocked it off, so as to cause it to fall several yards from him.
He stopped to pick it up, and another shot was fired ; he
heard something whiz past him, but luckily the charge did
not take effect. He at once hurried home, and as might be
expected, in a state of great agitation. Next morning, infor-
/nation was given to Mr. Hill, superintendent of the Chester
Police, who has since been indefatigable in his exertions to de-
tect the perpetrators of these sanguinary crimes. It appears
Probable that the villains had been, for some time, waiting
for their victim, as from the place where the shots were fired
there were foot-marks which led to that inference. As the
scene of this outrage is not more than two miles from where
the Huxley murder was committed, it appears not improbable
that the same parties are implicated, and that the sole object
has been the plunder of the victims of what little money they
may have had on their persons. We feel it necessary to say
this, because some parties entertain the notion that the mur-
der of Henshall was primarily incited on account of his occu-
pation as a watcher on demesnes where the game is strictly
preserved. There is not the slightest ground for such a sur-
mise.

RATHER MARVELLOUS.—A very singular arid remarkable
circumstance occurred a few days since, which, it is said,
will shortly form the subject of an action in a court of law.
A well-known merchant, residing in the neighbourhood of
the Regent's Park, had paid away his acceptance for upwards
of 4500 to a person whom, in the course of the summer, he
had become acquainted with at one of the watering places, in
consideration of his being introduced to a lady of the stran-
ger's acquaintance, whom he represented as a lady of fortune,
single, and perfectly her own mistress. On the subsequent
arrival of the merchant and his new friend in town, the in-
troduction was effected, and in a few weeks the lady and gen-
tleman became so well satisfied with each other that mar-
riage was the result. Upon the wedding morning the lady's
tr4end claimed and received the merchant's acceptance for
4°oo. On Monday last it became due, and the acceptor,
recollecting that his account at his banker's was overdrawn,
B,en!. his servant with the money to his banker's in the city,
desiring him to take a cab in order to be there in time for the
Presentation of the bill. The servant, however, availed him-
self of the cheaper conveyance of an omnibus, hastened to
the bankers, paid in the cash, and was proceeding home-
wards, when' he remembered that he had a letter to deliver
iftt. the Bank Coffee House for his master. Upon searching
that It, he could not find it anywhere, and it occurred to him
the might have lost it in the omnibus. He proceeded to
tir sPot from whence he alighted a short time previous, and
a e.re stood apparently the ;awe omnibus. Without asking
0 Nagle question, into the vehicle he jumped fortunately no
e Was inside, and there, on the seat, was a piece. of folded
ri;,,Peir, sure enough : upon examining it, he found it was not
,tgatetter, but a bill of exchange accepted by his master for
delivered
Tlie servant hastened home with his.prize, which he
arp.ed to the merchant, who found that it was the identi-
!:4ll he had given lo his watering place acquaintance for
introduction to his wife, to meet which he had sent the
pc°,ll bill,
eY to his banker's. The person who held theap-
r!, resided at Paddington, and was most probably journey-
ge,t In the same omnibus, to present it, that contained the
e;avapt who was supplied with the money to meet it ; and in
ha 41,,, IPog his pocket-hook, previous toalighting, it must
"JoPPed out. The merchant who e sect of
ae..._a!tair, declares that lie will not pay the money, ac his
ofT,iiacintance had misinformed him as regarded the property
ja ',it, lady he had introduced him to. The person, however,
tninaht°i•sse favour the bill was drawn,. has expressed his deter-
ver the"l.l of bringing an action against the merchant to reco-
amount—orning Herald.