The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

s secured on the outsi
iron hasp, fitting into a staple, closed on them. In fall
the hasp, as it most unfortunately happened, fixed in
the staple, and all the united strength of the poor captiv
was insufficient to enable them to burst the bands of win-
a too truly, proved their tomb. On the•side on which t
iyoungest boy was found the lid did not fit so close as t
other parts and to the limited supply of air which h
nct : been admitted through this crevice is to be attributed I
the preservation. They had endeavoured to support ea
orld. other's courage as well as they could in their dismal dun- au•Fwem. "el"'•
sine. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—On Wednesday afternoon
geon : and before giving up hope, one of them broke the
and blade of a penknife in the attempt to make an opening in much excitement prevailed in the quiet neighbourhood of
time the side of the chest. After they had exhausted themselves Tottenham, in consequence of a gentleman, supposed to
th an by unavailing shouts and cries, which were not heard on be a foreigner of distinction, having committed suicide.
wit- earth, they all joined in prayer to the hearer and answerer The unfortunate man was observed by several labourers
that of prayer. This is the last circumstance which the sur- running towards the river Lea. The men, suspecting his
elves viving sufferer recollects, as he soon afterwards became
• •
insensible. To account for no noise being heard, or no pockets two
intention, followed after, but the deceased, on reaching the
edge of the river, instantly drew out of his
pistols, and, firing one at his head, fell backwards into the
one being within call, it may be mentioned that the wood
river. The body was recovered shortly afterwards, but
yard in which the stable is situated is locked up early on
the Saturday afternoon, and is not again entered till Ar-- life was found to be quite extinct

as has been already stated

when the

over him

with watches anc

considerable quantity were found in the

d on Wed

day mor

,ed in
and a
cuted

erntral

mein 1,1
nesday morning, that a lady of title, long notorious as a
speculator, would prove a defaulter to some amount ; be-
fore,the close of business, however, the matter was said
I to have been arranged. The gambling of married women

The Times, the Economist, the Weekly Chronicle,
Northern Star, the Lancet, and some other periodical
are now represented in Parliament.
At Worcester, on Tuesday, a young girl named Jar
Steel was accidentally shot dead by her sweetheart, whi
he was cleaning the touch-hole of a loaded gun with a ph

aily, a rare

iccurrence on ti

it Stock Ex-

)rOkers who lend

Ives to the disrepu

A Norwich auctioneer advertises the sale of twenty-
seven inns, public-houses, and beer-shops in one day, at
the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. Connor,
Miss Bonifase, of Shopwick, near Chichester, has insolent

mbled on board the Victory at Portsmouth, to try John
Agincourt, for having been

Mr. Burnaby, midshipman of

the extraordinary number of 106 ears or stem

John Thompson, convicted at the Cumberland Assizes
of the wilful murder of his wife by poison, was hanged at
the City of Carlisle, on Saturday week. _

forecastle watch. The court found the prisoner guilty-,
I.sentenced him to be hanged by the neck at the yard-
of one of her Majesty's ships. This sentence, which

v.... v. vv.-. ./ •
it was the strict duty of the court to pass on the prisoner,
will not be carried into effect, but will be commuted to
" such other punishment" (transportation for life, per-

Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby has been appointed to th
command in the Pacific, to succeed Sir George Seymout

and will hoist his flag in the Asia, 84 guns, at Sheerness. naps) as Her ....lv.,Y ..."Y P.a.v ~-, ~..v::.
The organ factory of Mr. J. Walker, No. 27, Frances- THE LATE FATAL FIGHT BETWEEN Two BOYS.—The
street, Tottenham court-road, London, was destroyed by inquest on the case of the lad recently killed in a fight at
fire, the origin of which is unknown, on Monday morning London was resumed on Thursday, when the four men
week. The total damage is estimated at nearly £20,000. who had aided and abetted were present. Evidence of
The Yorkskireman, in a report of Ripon races, men- the particulars was heard, and the case was adjourned.
tioned that in 1722, Mrs. Aislabir, of Studley, gave as a The inquiry was resumed on Friday. Mr. Blair, sur-
race prize, a teapot and canister, value £l2 ; and in 1724, geon, said he made a post mortem examination of the
a piece of plate, value £l5, women to be riders. body of the deceased, and was of the opinion that the ex-
A gold medal has been presented personally to Mr. citement produced by the fight, and the beer given to
Waghorn by the present Pope, in recognition of his efforts him, had produced congestion of the brain, resulting in
as a promoter of international intercourse. It is the first death. The jury unanimously returned a verdict of man-
medal ever presented by a Pope to a Protestant. slaughter against Robert Auty, the survivor in the fight,
and against Joseph Johnson, Joseph Cater,,William New -
of A public dinner will be given at Edinburgh, on the 14th
of September, to the Earl of Dalhousie, prior to his son, and William Aiger ; and the coroner issued his
lordship's departure for India. The Duke of Buccleuch warrant for their committal to Newgate.
will be in the chair. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—At a numerous and highly
The sugar factory of Messrs. Craven and Lucas, of respectable meeting of the parishioners of East Stonehouse,
Whitechapel, London, was partly destroyed by fire on near Plymouth, convened on Tuesday, Captain Toby,
Wednesday last. The loss to the proprietors is very R-M., in the chair, for the purpose of giving expression
great. to the general feeling of esteem and regard in which the
A sculler's match for £lOO a side is to take place on Rev. T. L. Hill, M.A., late officiating minister of St.
the Thames, on the 20th of September, between Robert George's Chapel, Stonehouse, is held by his congregation
Coombes, the champion, and Robert Newell, who aspires and the inhabitants of the township, the following resolu-
that distinction. tion was proposed by Mr. A. Narracott, seconded by Mr.
to
At Nottingham, an old woman, named West, has been May, and carried unanimously :—" That the amount of
committed for trial, for murder, in procuring abortion subscriptions (£5O) be presented to the Rev. T. L. Hill,
by instruments, in a young woman, named Henson, who in a purse, accompanied with a testimonial on parchment,
applied to her. with a list of the subscribers." To be presented in their
A Durham paper mentions that on Tuesday week, a names by the chairman, treasurer, and secretary. The
sermon was preached at Bishop Auckland, by a boy purse, which was very elegant, was worked and presented
eleven years old, named Livingstone, who is said to have by Miss Boyle.
expounded his text with much eloquence. THE BERKELEY QUARREL AGAIN.—Lord Fitzhardinge
Pears are so plentiful this year that we on Monday last has addressed the Rims, in reply to its comments on his
bought 44 (small ones, of course,, for a penny ! There conduct. He says—" I thoroughly feel the propriety of
will be more perry and cider made this year than up to the sentiment you have expressed respecting the spectacle
of fraternal strife. The painful exhibition was not corn-
the present period was supposed. Last
year there was no
fruit to be had.—Hereford Journal. menced by me, and has not been carried on by me, and
A correspondent of the Times complains that, during these lines will close my part of the controversy—a con-
Lieutenant Munro's trial, the gallery was farmed ! At troves into which I have been reluctantly led to protect
the commencement of the trial ss. was the price for a myself." Mr. Grantley Berkeley has addressed the same
seat; afterwards 2s. 6. The condemned cells and the paper in reply to the noble lord's former letter, and sub-
exhibition of their inmates are to be farmed next. mits the following reply, which he received to his attempts
CONVERSION OF DIAMONDS INTO COKE. —At the at reconciliation :—" On reflection you must be aware
meeting of the British Association, Dr. Farrady exhibited that so soon after a•defeat your proposal is premature : if
some diamonds which he hadon,
received from M. Dumas, your desire is sincere all steps must come from Yon-
which had, by the action of intense beat, been converted From one who has seen, and has been consulted eIA Yaw
, into coke. letter, and is a well wisher to both parties.!'