The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-12 00:00:00

GENERAL NEWS.

A NEW TENOR SINGER has made his debut in Lon-
don, Herr Theodore Formes, a brother of the celebrated
basso. He has a fine sonorous voice, and sings with
much expression and excellent intonation.

A HUMAN' VEGETABLE.--Mr. Able, grocer, who re-
cently died in Lutterworth, aged SO, stood nearly sixty-
five years behind the same counter, and served four succes-
sive masters almost to the time of his death. He not only
never travelled on a railroad, but never. saw one !
KEILY, the deputy chief constable of Gloucester,
has absconded, taking with him a sum of about £485,
which he had received for the purpose of paying the
police. The Court of Quarter Sessions has ordered the
defalcations to be made good out of the county funds.
REPRESENTATION OF NORTH DERI3V.—Mr. Wm.
Evans, of Allestree, having accepted the Chiltern Hun-
dreds through increasing years and ill health, his son,
Mr. Thos. Wm. Evans-, has issued an address on free
trade principles to the electors. The High Sheriff has
fixed Saturday next for the election, ut Bakewell.
LONDON CORPORATION.—The commissioners to in-
quire into the corporation of London, the Right Hon. H.
Labouchere, (chairman), Sir J. ratteson. and G. Conte-
wall Lewis, E9q., will proceed with their inqUiry in
November. They have appoirited J. D. Coleridge, 2sq.,
of the Western Circuit, their secretary.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.—S,:rjeant Lawson, of Captain
Stace's company, stationed at Quebec, who vo gallantly
defended Gavazzi when attacked by the rioters in Chal.
mers's church, has been presented, by several members
of the legislature who witnessed his behaviour, with a
gold catch and chain, tud a large family Sible.
THE 13kiNcs CONSCUT.—Much having been said upon
the suWect of the Peince Consort's having the Grenadier
'Guards, it is now confidently affirmed that he has decided
to-follow on'the track of his late Mkesty George
'giving up all emoluments derived as colonel of the regi-
Mott, merely remaining as celoneh'ir..chief, when some
distinguished veteran will be selected as colonel of the
regiment.--United Service Gel:Hte.

'DISTANT R'E'LATIONSHIP.--47C had the pleasure of
"tweeting the other day a gentleman of this city, aged ..93
.years, and who was married for the fifth time not 'very
long ago. if his eldest, daughter were alive she "would
have attained the age of 1; 'whilst his youngestdaughter,
by his last 'wife, is only seven months old. Tire eldest
child referred to was married, and her daughter, if living.
woad have been a matron di 50 years of age; so-that the
infant of-seven. months 'wield now have held. the curious
telationdhip of aunt to a-niece of 50.—Edireburph Guard.
:13:g1it--.6.oann.rAur .FAr.sa.rrr.—A girl named Booth,
daughter of a Hartlepool blacksmith, was recently getting
out of s cart, when a kerchief, loosely folded round her
neck, was caught by a -hook, and she was •Stifocated by
hanging before she waidiscovered. lu October last, her
Itratbn was run over -on the railway, and' a leg and arm.
were-nearly cut 41;45; and during the pest month, while he
vaaying a kite on the moor, and v.-ss welkin g backwards,
befell from the oliffmear the lightfranse, and was killed.
";REVERSE.-=Alt advertisement recently appeared in. a
-fashionable daily paper, illustrating a 'romantic reverse sif
fortune. Cannata merly Prusgen am bass ad orto 9tntt-
-gart, and other European courts, died-sin years back. in a
lidging-house in the vicinity of.Leicester.square, In moll
-abject circumstances that not enough-was left to pay the
-medical charges, ant the advertisement calls upon his next
--of kin to come foreard and defray the claims for medical
-attendance s pon'tris impovelished 'nobleman. What a
contrast the career of Count:lmi presents even as shoes
in this melattcholr announce:trent-vet one time the repre....

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sentative of a leail:--ag power of 'Eu.rope, the alter ego of
;his sovereign at-tbe courts to which: his mission extended,
and finally 'expiring in penury in an obscure street -which
has long since ceased tote a fashionable locality.
Tme-WArrarA.—The Custonie authorities 'being of
opinion that the practice of charging the merchant or
shipovnlerr at the rate of 6d. per hour for the extra atten-
dance of titlewaiters in the discharge of wood, g,orod-s,enco.,
ice for vr.y time-after the legal hours of business should
be discontinua and that those articles add all other
goods eischargcd under the •supercl-sion ot the watergrard
deparbment, -whether to be landel or delivered override,
should he allowed to-be taken oct ot the importing vessel
from 6 O'clock a.m. to 6 p.m. from th 3 Ist of March to
the 31. E of ,Ortober, and from —7 o'clock a.m.. to 4 p.m.
from ate Ist -of November to-the last •day of February,
without expense to the parties. orders have been 'issued to
that direct, observing that in any .case of discharge before
and afterthe above hours payment will be required at the
rate of '6d. per hour for the attendance of the tides7aiter
taking the account of the goods. _

CO-31WEILCIAL ATELLERV -Scnoor.—A deputation
of the board of management of this institution; consisting
of John Masterman, KT.. president ; -George
Moore, Esq., R
'obert Wilco:von, Esq., A. H. Moore,
'
Esq., GeorgeLawrenoe, Esq..J. J,. Boothhy,Esq., Thos.
Esc., .and Charles "Wcelloton, Esq., lad the
of an -.interview with 'Prince Albert, a few days
shßienlikeoe.Br7Btictingham
Palace,
for the purpose of soliciting
his Royal Hie -mess to 'lay the first stone of the new
building about to be erected at Pinner, near Harrow.
The 'Prince-received the deputation moat graciously. The
prieident,'Mr. liasterman, •opened the subject, and ex-
plainer' 'fully the object of the deputation. The treaszrer,
Mr; G. Moore,-tlen entered into some statistics to explain
the design and • prospects of -the institution, and this was
followed-by some remarks of Mr. JR. Wilcoxon in surport
of theobservations that had been made. His Royal High-
ness listened,with great attention to the gentleznen who
addressed'hire, and kindly acceded to their request.
Prince Albert did not fix the day en which he would go
o -oamnaegdean;T the ll
latter hr, o
endwe
through the ceremony, but intimated that he would com-
erf, sthtaet
presentedt that
municate his wishes in this respect through Col.-PliiePs
month.
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ATaoosozaa Gastorre RossennY.—An impudent and
diabolical robbery was committed in Nottingham on
Monday night, in the centre of the town, within ,-.50
yards of the market-place, and within 30 yards of the two
-greatest thoroughfares. ,Mr.G.B.-Hodges, a respectable
-silk and cotton agent, was returning home about eleven
o'clock, and ,vshea in ,Lincoln-street, he. on a sudden,
:found himself-choking, and heard a-voice say " Stop his
•mouth." Horemembered nothing more until he awoke,
.apparently, as he-thought, from a sleep. He saw, how-
ever, by the gaslight. that he had been robbed, and was
-hastening to the- pcliee-office, when he met a gentleman
who knew hire, _who exclaimed, -"What is the mattir
with you ? your. facois all ever blood." On arriving at
the police-office it ,was, found that the front part of his
waistcoat had been entirely cut away, a handsome gold
watch and Albert chain had been stolenshis pockets were
rifled, with a private mw, in which were eight £5 notes,
and a skin purse containieg about £l3 or 414 in gold, a
handful of silver, his pocket-book, with memoranda, &e.,
a check on one of the -Nottingham banks for £l4O, a
bunch of keys, mid ether articles. Mr. ;Hodges' face
was cut, and a quantity orcongealed blood was under the
right eye. No trace has ,yet been discovered of the mis-
creants, and the case has .created much alarm from the
boldness and audacity of the robbery.
Wassess or AN AtTATRAbrAz. .V Bum- —The barque
Barbara Gordon, Captain Lilly, was totally lost wikilo on
her homeward voyage from .Port Adelaide (Australia) to
London, with wool and copper ore. The annexed details
are from a letter by Captain Lilly to the owners :—"
have to acqua:nt you with the loss of your vessel, about 2e
miles west of -Cape L'Agulhas, at midnight, on the sth
May. We were, at noon, nearly 90 tniie.a from the land,
with the wind at north-west, and standing to the north-
north-east. About 430 p.m, the land was reported by the
chief officer, or, rather, what he fancied was the land. I
went an deck immediately, and confess now I could not
discernoutline enough to be assured that it was so, inas-
much asjt must ,have been more than -70 miles distant.
About,e o'clock, just after sunset, I saw it more distinctly,
and still -kept on our course (though only under jury fore-
top, which had washed away some days before), being
under very reduced sail and going at a very moderate pace.
Shortly before midnight, a haze seemed to lift from the
land, and shavred it ,plainty, and all the breakers ahead.
I immediately gave orders to haul up the mainsail, put the
helm up, and square the mainesard, to wear her off. She
had paid so far off that I was squaring the head yards,
when she struck heavily three or four times, and I suc-
ceeded in driving her over the reef to sea again ; but,
alas ! found six feet of water in her hold, and the water
rushing in fast. I stood out for half an hour, keeping her
pumps going, wishing, if possible, to keep her afloat till
daylight. I then stood in, and when she touched a second
time there must have been eight feet of water in her. She
then stuck fast, the wind coming ronnd with rain to the
south-west. There was a tolerable sea and .surf running,
but I felt that the ship would hold together ti!i the morn-
ing, and all hands, with passengers, went below. I::
launching our only boat on the following morning, owing
to the violent lashing of the sea she parted and went
ashore, with the second mate safe. One hand, however,
was lost out of her. Raising my glass, and seeing no signs
of assistance in the way of boats, 1 had a raft constructed
to save the lives of my passengers and crew, and just as it
was ready that also broke adrift and was dashed to pieces
by the surf. The chief officer, Mr. Pitt, and a passenger
overboard, reached it, and a seaman swam some distance
and gained it, and all three landed safely, but sadly ex-
hausted. I then got another raft underweigh, and almost
completed it the same evening. We remained on the
wreck all night, with the stern entirely beaten in, and the
sea flying over us as far forward as the foremast. By 10
o'clock the next morning our second raft was completed.
After being on the wreck 30 hours, and before the passen-
gers could be lashed, it canted over in lowering, and one
sea took three ladies off, with a gentleman and child, It
was impossible to rescue them. I nearly
lost my ()an life
in endeavouring to save Mrs. Reddish, a most ladylike
and accomplished person. All the passengers were
drowned. We afterwards got ashore on the raft all the
bodies, except that of Mrs. Dalston, who was a sort of
monthly nurse. Nothing could be saved of the ship. All
the passengers were from Adelaide. Mr. and Mrs. Red-
dish and child were for Liverpool ; Mrs. Dalston, of
Wandsworth ; Mrs. Hay, of Yorkshire
and a seaman
named Seymour belonging to Bristol.