The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-18 00:00:00

DARING ROBBERY.—On Sunday night, during the ab- I woman, solicited the magistrate's assistance under the
sence of the family at church, the residence of Mr. Lindon, ' following circumstances :—Applicant complained that her
Seymour-street, London-road, was forcibly entered, and daughter, a girl of 17, had gone through the ceremony of
wearing apparel and jewellery stolen, amounting in value marriage without being 'blessed with a husband. It was,
to upwards of £4O. On their.return, about half-past eight of course, at the time of the nuptials, supposed that she
o'clock, it was found that the thieves had ransacked every I was being united to one of the other sex, and they went
room in the house, and stolen &large quantity of wearing , to York to spend the honeymoon, but her daughter, to
apparel, and various articles of jewellery, including silver her great surprise, discovered that she had been married
spoons, &e., the value altogether amounting to between to a woman in male attire, and the mother of three chil-
£4o and £5O. All the bedrooms in the house had been ' dren. Applicant stated that the pseudo-husband was first
lentered, and the drawers forced open, and it was discovered introduced to her in female attire, under the name of
that the thieves had taken no less than sixteen pairs of ; Mrs. Panton, but, after an intimacy of some months,
trowsers, several coats and vests, besides other articles of suddenly appeared in the costume of a gentleman, an-
wearing apparel. 1 flouncing himself as Mr. Albert Guelph, and declaring
MR. GLADSTONE AT MANCHESTER.—The Chancellor , that he was issue of George IV. and Queen Caroline, but
of the Exchequer has been honoured with a public ovation 1 hat for certain reasons his existence had hitherto been
in Manchester. On Monday he arrived, and on the follow- I kept a profound secret, but that his love for her fair
ing morning, accompanied by the Bishop of Oxford, and : daughter had wrung it from his heart, and induced him
Mr. J. C. Harton, paid a visit-to -some of the most import- sto appear in the becoming habiliments of his own sex, in
ant manufactories in the neighbourhood. Subsequently 1 lieu of the feminine attire .he had been disguised in for
he visited the Royal Exchange, and was very well received, : years, by direction of a very -benign old lady, who met
but it was remarkedthat he had .a careworn and anxious lhim
,periodically in Park-lane, and supplied him with
look. On Wednesday, the inauguration of the Peel statue, leash ad libitum. As he dressed very fashionably, and
in front of the Royal Infirmary, teols place in the presence i always had plenty of money, applicant, believing the story,
of the Right Hon. W. A Gladstone, the Bishops of Oxford , consented to their nuptials,-particularly as the soi-disant
and Manchester, -Sir John Potter, Mr. W. Brown, M.P. 1 Mrs. Penton and her daughter had, upon the occasion of
Mr. Brotherton, M. P., Archdeacon Wilberforce, and -a' ; little visits, slept together before, and so Miss Robins
large party of ladies, together with the members of the I changed her name for Mrs. Guelph, on the 12th of Sept.,
Corporation. In the after part of the day, three addresses ;1852, by license, at Highgate Church, but, alas ! soon dis-
were presented to Mr. Gladstone, from the Mayor and ',covered that Mrs. Panton was a woman after all, although
Corporation, from -the Chamber of Commerce and Mann- endeavours were made for a considerable time to induce a
factures, and from the Commercial Association. The 1 contrary notion.
Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledged the presents- i ELOPEMENT, AND CAPTURE OF THE LADT.—A short
tions in a lengthened speech, and -afterwards partook of,a time since, one of those exciting affairs, an elopement,
dejeuner a la Aurchette, provided by the Mayor of disturbed the equanimity of the quiet village of Bures.
Manchester. r A blooming damsel of sweet eighteen—the only child of
EMIGRATION FROM Lrvzßsooss—The number of first- a respectable farmer in .the neighbourhood—had been
class packet-ships which have cleared from this port for ' wooed, and, so far as her consett was concerned, fairly
the United States during the week, from the Bth to the won, by a veterinary surgeon, somewhere about Sudbury;
15th instant, was nine, of an aggregate tonnage of 10,473, but the powerful veto of the parents had been put upon
and having upwards of 4000
destination, with the number of passengers each vessel True love, and especially• love at eighteen, could not long
Passengers on board. Their the match, and when they met it was by stolen interviews.
carried, were as follows :—For New York: Queen of the 'bear the-restraint, so at one of their evening rambles it
West, 1385 tons, Hallet, master, with 533 passengers, was arranged that the lady should dry up her tears of
dispatched by Messrs. Bowman and Grinnell; Silas Green- disappointment, take to herself the husband of her choice
man, 895 tons, Magna, master, with 363 passengers, (Ger- without saying "by your leave" to papa, and set up house-
mans,) despatched' by Mr. Sabel ; Emma Fields, 944 tons, keeping on her own account. How to evade suspicion was
with 459 psssengers; by Messrs. Tapscott and Co.; Antare- -the question ; but the wit of the lady speedily hit upon a
tic, 1115 tons, Zerega, master, 526 passengers, by Messrs. mode, and instead of resorting to rope ladders and post-
Tapscott and Co.; Ticonderoga, 1229 •sons, Boyle, master, chaise, and pistols, she stole softly out, and ensconced herself
596 passengers, by Messrs. Guion and Co.; Calhoun, 1749 in her father's van, just as it was about to leave for the
tons, Trueman, master, 600 passengers, by Messrs. Grim- , intl, and under cover of some friendly sacks she contrived
shaw and Co. For Boston: National Eagle, 1048 tons, . toreech the railway station, and was quickly whirled to
Matthews, master, 290 passengers, by Mr. Mitchell, For Sddbury. When the bird had fairly flown, the conscience
New Orleans : Carraek, 877 tons Norris, master, 318 of 'the maid servant, who was in the secret, began to grow
passengers, by Messrs. Saul and Co. And
.for Philadel- uneasy, till at. length she betrayed all to the parents.
phis: Tuscarora, 1232
t'ssne, Turley, master, 504 passengers, Instantly whip and spur were in requisition, and a fiery
by Messrs. Tapscott and Co. Besides these, the fine horse, and a load to mratch, went at topmost speed to
Australian packet-ship --the Mooresfort, 4232 tons, went SAdbury, where the lady was captured, torn away from the
into the river on Friday, with 604 p engers on board. arms of her lover, and borne back in triumph, leaving the
ltf
She belongs to
- -essr&-Pilltillgton and Wilson's " White , veterinary surgeon, like "the last rose of summer," to
Star" line of Australian--Arips, wither alone. The lady has since been hidden in the wil-
STRIKE AT PRESTn .--On Saturday afternoon. the derness of London, mider the protecting care of mamma,
'carious mills in Preston •and its vicinity, in which the till she arrives at the age of discretion.—Essex Herald.
°notices to the hands had expired; were closed, and upwards
sons ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—At Rutland Assizes, in
of 15,000 additional per
ployment. On Friday are thus left without em- 3farch 1841, Samuel Careby, alias Kirby, aged 21, and
and Saturday no less than thirty- George Bell, aged 26, both of Stamford, were convicted of
-six mills were closed, and if swe add the number closed for slaughtering a sheep, and sentenced to ten years' trans-
a few weeks previously, ten, we have a total .of forty-six I portation. A wedding had been arranged between Kirby
mills now absolutely closedesurd in which thereis an entire and a young woman named Sarah Anne Bunning, who
suspension of manufacturing operations. There are yet was encknte by him; but the conviction prevented its
running four mills which are under notice to close, so that solemnisation. At the time the offence was committed,
in a few days the number of mills closed will be upwards Bunning -was sleeping in the house of Kirby's mother;
of fifty, only eight mills in the whole district continuing and on its coming to their 'knowledge that suspicion at-
operations. The number of mill hands at Preston is tacked to Kirby of having slaughtered a sheep, steps were
estimated at about 30,000, and‘ the number who are now immediately taken -to remove-some mutton from the pre-
walking about the streets of 'Preston, without employ- mises ; and as Bunning was seen by William Dongworth,
naentsis set down at from 20,000-to 25,000 persons. The a gamekeeper in the employ of Lord Exeter, to take from
amount of wages paid weekly, at the various mills now under her clothes a shoulder of mutton, anclAhrow it over
closed,' is stated to have been from £12,000 to £13,000. a hedge in the-George close, she also was apprehended on
The immediate withdrawal of so ;large an amount ~must suspicion of being implicated in the offence. She, however,
operate very injuriously on the trade and general business iwas dischargedsbnt compelled to become a witness against
of the.town. To enable the large number who are now her sweetheart. Upon sentence being pronounced, a
without employment to exist, the committee of the-Opera- painful scene was witnessed in court; the young woman
Live Union proposes to pay them, weekly, a sum of £4,000, shrieked, threw -herself upon her lover's neck, and became
and -they allege their funds are sufficiently strong to overpowered with -grief. Kirby afterwards averred that
enable them to continue this sum for some weeks. In the he had nothing to •do with slaughtering the sheep, but
meantime delegates are to be deputed to -visit all the prin- being about to be married he accepted of the mutton that
cipal towns in the kingdem, to solicit assistance from the' had been taken to his mother's house. Sarah Anne
operative classesof those towns, to enable those of Preston Bunning obtained a ',livelihood for herself and child by
to prolong their struggles with the employers, and to ,making stays; and' atterly she had been in the habit of
compel them, if possible, to yield the 10 per cent, on visiting the neighbouring villages for the purpose of re-
present prices. ceiving orders. One day last week she had been to Mor-
cott on business, and entered .a railway carriage at Luffen-
ham station to return to 'Stamford. There were several
men in the carriage, one of whom eventually fixed his eyes
so intently on upon her that she was induced to change
her position, with the view of escaping the apparent rude-
ness. The man recognised the features of his new fellow-
traveller, and again " catching her eyes," exclaimed, " I'm
the man, I'm the man." The voice of Samuel Kirby, to
whom she was to have been married eleven or twelve years
ago, then fell upon her ears, and this extraordinary meet-
ing led to her having hysterical fits in the carriage. She
regained -der consciousness, and the train approached
Stamford. On alighting at the station both proceeded to
the female's home in Water-street, where it was speedily
arranged that the long postponed wedding should forth-
with take place. A license was procured without delay,
and on Saturday the marriage was celebrated at St. Mar-
tin's Church. It appeared that after Kirby obtained his
liberty he proceeded to the gold diggings, where he was
successful. He then -resolved upon coming to England, to
offer his hand to his old sweetheart, and to return with
her to Australia. On the day the nuptials were celebrated
Kirby gave his wife £6OO to take care of, and they pro-
ceeded to London to receive another large sum from the
Australian bank.—Stamford Mercury.

GENERAL INTELLIGE,WE.

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BURGLARS Rounin.—On Saturday Mr. Hamilton's
family, Rutland-crescent, Glasgow, were alarmed at finding
the first-floor parlour windows open and a ladder standing
upon the road, and against the casement. Silver plate
and other articles lay within reach ; but nothing was re-
.moved, except a bottle of ketchup, and a china plate with
tonfectionaries—the plate itself being found on the grass
plat before the door. Their preservation from plunder
was owing to a cockatoo in the house, which is accustomed
to raise its notes whenever an unusual sound is heard
during the night ; and it is presumed that it had held
forth the moment the stealthy tread of the intruders fell
upon its ear. The thieves hearing sounds so wild and un-
natural must have conceived that the evil one was de-
nouncing them, and made a rapid exit accordingly.
DESTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY STATION.—Of all the
accidents connected with the history of the railway, it is
difficult to conceive of one more singular in character or
more destructive in extent, than that which occurred' on
Wednesday night, at the Great Western Railway Station,
in Reading, by which the shed, covering one of the plat-
forms, was levelled with the ground, but without the loss
of a single life. The goods train from Basingstoke is due
theev usual erynighttim. about
eThte:
side
o'clock,
flap and made its appearance at
hanging down, so ao to come in
coonnetacotf
withthe trucks
epilllrsas,
and as the train was going at a considerable speed, the
flap struck with great force against each successive pillar,
forcing them out of the perpendicular and as it struck
the last, the principals across the upper part of the shed
gave way, and the whole fell in from the centre with a
tremendous crash, and burying a number of empty car-
riages in the debris. The conductor, driver, and stoker ,
on the goods train escaped uninjured, though a portion of
the building fell on some of the trucks in that train. Had
the accident occurred a few minutes later, the sacrifice of
human life must have been very great. The down mail
was due at 10.12, and at the time of the roof falling was
within view : it would have had to remain under the roof
while passengers alighted and the mail bags were ex-
ehanged, and the stoppage of carriages usually occurring
beneath the centre of the shed, the result could not have
been other than most disastrous.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS, EFFECTUAL Ra.
MEDIES FOR ULCERATED SORE LEGS.—Extract of a letter
from Mr. Mackenzie, of Industry, Montego Bay, Jamaica,
dated Sept. 25, 1851, to Mr. Nlelhado, agent for that district :
—Dear Sir,—you may, no dout, be surprised at the nume-
rous calls I make upon you for Holloway's pills and oint-
ment. It is not to cure any ills of my own that I use them,
but to alleviate the sufferings of the poor about me. I have
by their means just caused a dreadfully ulcerated leg to be
cured, and I have another case in hand, which has been bad
for twenty-four years, and from former experience I expect
•
that it will be heaved also.

BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHErMATIC PILL!. EXD-ACI of 5
letter written by John Molard Wheeler, Pao., Collector of
Customs, Jamaica, having been handed by his brother, at
Swindon, to Mr, Prout, for publication:—" I know you have
never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let me emphati•
cally tell you, in mercy to any friend who may suffer from
gout, rhuematic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any
branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using
them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy ; not
only am I personally aware of their powers, but I see my
friends and acquaintances receiving unfailing benefit from
their use. I would not be without them on any account. it
taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether :
if in a later, they alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier
cure, than by any other means within my knowledge,' ) Sold
by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by all reppeetabl-e
Medicine Venal:WO throughout the United Nino
2s. 9d. per box CM: Price