The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-05 00:00:00

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F2IDAY, 2.`lancm 3.—Win•!

llowing fresh.

ARRlVED.—Saudbach, ;:merara—Horatio, Cros-
by, from Berbice—St. —, sod it:.awnet, ,lorton, from
Charleston—Susannah Curroing, ,alts, from %.:oloile—Windsor,
Hayton, from Ceara—Dike of Wellington, —, from St John, N.B.
Kestrel, Farrall, from Valparaiso this port, sailed .:th December.
The Rebecca, for Liverpool, and Anemone, for 2wansea, sailed four
days previous. On the 23d December, in lat. 57, long. ;2, epoke the
William Prowse, hence to ValparaiGo. On tho I fith January, in lat
26, long 22, spoke the Nielson, from 3uenoz. Ayr.:s to this port
Elizabeth Wood, Crosbie; from Jamaica a': this port, sailed from
Montego Bay 20th January. Left the Mersey loading fir this port.
Off the Bay, signalised the Barbadian. bound •zo ; was
to sail from Black River Leth Join-nary. On zne 13th 7ebrnary, in
lat 48, long 48, fell in with the Barlow, 'rom SCAT York
to Gibraltar, with loss of rudda:, Zorcmast, .:.ed very leaky : took
off the crew

Adam Lodge, -
and with mamyard an:

hence for Cbarlestc

as put back, leaky,
, experienced bad.

weather; sailed 30th Januar
Grace, Pearson.

`rom New o 0 this ?ort

The Janet Gibson, Gibson, sailed fro..i 2.Zalta fo: this :)ort 121:

February
The Jenny Jones, Saunders, fro, t 2:an
gena, with mainboom sprung an
The Ebenezer, Ivey, from 2o
leaky
The Amerstam, Finch, from Ipswica for thin port, at Lymington,
leaky

this port,

Cartha-

ar:l water
port, at .dilford,

Talbot for

Sphynx, Coniben, hence at Malta
Superb, Moffat, hence at Messina
Herald, , het., -t Cenoa
Gazelle, , hence Lt ::auritius
Gazelle, Lakey, from this: p.s.rt :t Scilly, and sailed tisth February
for Naples

Anty'Mar h ew att having obtained from the govern-
ment one of the guns taken at Waterloo, has cast the metal
into a fine colossal likeness of the Duke of Wellington, for
the equestrian statue on which lie is engaged, and which is
to be erected opposite the entrance to Hyde Park.—Court
Journal.

SEA LlFE.—What can there be in the bare abstract sea-
life, that it is so all-surpassing, so many-seducing? If a
man, with reverence be it said, be fond of any one pursuit
natural to man or boyhood, he must resign it at sea; if he
love angling, or archery, or bells, or belles, or billiards, or
his children, or cricket, or dancing, or driving, or elegance,
or eating, or his father, or family, or fishing, or fowling, or
gardening, or hunting, or horses, or independence, or leisure,
or love, or music, his mistress, or his mother, or news, or
novelty, or research, or racing, or shooting, or seating, or
travelling, or tennis, or his wife, or—or—or—indeed any-
thing, in short, save salt beef and salt water, let him stay
ashore.—Society in India.

PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.--A fortnight since, a poor
person, residing in Mount-street, Bangor, forwarded a very
handsomely carved wooden spoon to Buckingham Palace,
with a request that it would be accepted for the use of the
infant princess royal. Ou Friday last she received a commu-
nication from Sir H. Wheatley, stating that her majesty had
been graciously pleased to receive the spoon, and that he had
been commanded to present to the sender the sum of £5.
The gracious acceptance of this humble offering, when so
many richer gifts had been declined, shows that our gracious
sovereign has not forgotten her sojourn in Wales.—Carnar-
von Herald.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AT THE
STEVENTON STATION.—An accideat of a fatal nature, aris-
ing from excessive carelessness on the part of the unfortunate
deceased, occurred to a man upwards of 60 years of age, on
the afternoon of Thursday last, who was knocked down (as
he was incautiously crossing the line) by the half-past four
o'clock train from Wootton-Bassett to Paddington. The
poor fellow, who got his living by selling fruit, was struck by
a projecting portion of the engine on the head, and his death
must have been instantaneous ; for upon his receiving imme-
diate assistance life was found to'be extinct, arising from a
severe wound on the head. But very few drops of blood
oozed from the wound. It should be observed that there is
a footpath which crosses the lines at the place where the ac-
cident occurred, where the company's men are stationed to
endeavour to prevent accidents occurring through the care-
lessness of the public.

ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE FLEET PRISON.--On
Sunday night Sir William Boyd, who has been confined in
the Fleet Prison for debt since November last, made a second
attempt to escape from that place of confinement. In both
instances, however, through the caution and sagacity of the
turnkeys, his endeavours were fortunately (for the warden)
frustrated. On the first occasion (Friday last) having dressed
himself in female attire, with bonnet, veil, curls, &c., he
managed to pass through the outer gate. The turnkey, how-
ever, suspecting something wrong, followed him as far as
Charing-cross, where, in order, it is presumed, to breathe a
purer atmosphere, he raised his veil, when the turnkey, seiz-
ing the opportunity, stepped forward with, " I beg your par-
don"—madam, he would have said, but for his having at
once recognised in the person of the would-be lady his truant
prisoner, whom he instantly, in as polite a manner as possi-
ble, handed into a cab, and re-conveyed to his old quarters.
On Tuesday night he again made a futile attempt to escape
in the garb of a Jew, with false large black whiskers, a long
beard and wig, and his face saturated with some ingredient
wuich gave his countenance altogether a peculiarly Jewish
cast. Here, again, however, he was foiled, and the adroit-
ness of the turnkeys was again apparent, as they instantly
recognised him on his making his appearance between the
gates. He was quickly stripped of his ornaments, and con-
veyed to the strong room, where the warden is determined
he shall remain so long as he remains under his jurisdiction.

BUSTS OF THE Tw_ILVE CIESADS—SINGULAR DISCO-
VERY OF SPLENDID WORKS OF ART.—About the year
1518 twelve busts of the Reiman Emperors, executed in terra
cotta, beautifully enamelled, and nearly the size of life, were
forwarded to Cardinal Wolsley, to decorate his palace of
Hampton Court, by Pope Leo the Tenth. Eight of these
splendid works of art have always existed in the first and s, .
cond courts at the palace • but not one of the. remaining foul,
to complete the valuable 'series, could be found until within
the last few months, although many years ago very strict
search had been made for them by thr various authorities
connected with Hampton Court. In the reign of George the
Fourth the search and inquiries were again renewed, but
without any discovery. A few mo-:ths ago one of the missing
four was by mere chance discovered in a back-room at Hamp-
tin Court Palace. attached to one of the private aparments,
anotr in a fine state of preservation. Since then
series has been recovered, and that by the merest he
chance of the
nce also,
in a small cottage close to the stag paddocks in Windsor
Great park. It appears that this cottage had just undergone
some repairs preparatory to its being occupied by one of the
Prince Albert's gamekeepers. The workmen in the course
of their occupation found a bust fixed in the wall, about 10
feet from the ground, and upon this discovery reaching the
ears of a gentleman connected with the court, he proceeded
to the cottage, when he found it was one of the four long-
lost works, perfectly free from injury, and in a most excel-
lent state of preservation. It was immediately taken down,
and soon afterwards forwarded to Hampton Court. Within
the last few days another of these valuable works of art was
discovered by Mr. Jesse the surveyor of woods and works
the great park, known
at one of the royal lo'dges in
inha.bited by one of the
as the World's End Lodge,
park keepers. It was found set into the external wall,
about ten or twelve feet from the ground, where it must have
been for considerably more than a century. It was always
considered by the persons living at the. lodge to be a bust of
Queen Anne. Of so little value was it supposed to.
house,
be that
stones and
the boys of the neighbourhood. as
they passed by the
frequently amused themselves by pelting it with.
clay. Notwithstanding this rough usage, it is but very
slightly injured. It has been carefully removed from the
building, and will be forwarded to Hampton Court Palace in
the course of a few days,
where, with the other two alluded
to, it will be placed in appropriate niches in the first and
second Courts. There is now only the twelfth of the series
which remains to be disccovered.