The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-28 00:00:00

We have heard it stated that P, 3. Mlles, Egp• of Oita
city, has become the purchaser of the Pembrokeshire estates
of Sir J. Owen, at the sum of £4oo,ooo.—Bristol Gazette.
A miller, a little to the north of Hexham, who had fifty
pigs a week or two ago, has lost fifteen of them, by disease,
and fears losing the whole. The disease is pronounced
cholera by some persons who have examined them. The
animals turn black after death.—Newcastle Journal.
DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF THE LATE Rev. EDWARD
IRVING.—Mrs. Irving, relict of the late Gavin Irving, Esq.,
and mother of the late Rev. Edward Irving, died at the resi-
dence of her son-in-law, Robert Dickson, Esq., at Coplaw
Hill, near Glasgow, on the 9th July, at the advanced age of
seventy-six. Her remains were conveyed to the family
vault at Annan, Dumfriesshire.—Scottish Standard.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.—On Wednesday last, Mr.
William Rhodes, cooper, of this town, was married at our
parish church, to Hannah Frankland, to whom he had been
" united by act of parliament," at one of the dissenting
places of worship, about two years ago. Finding there were
one or two loop-holes in this union, they could no longer
trust to the legality of such an act, and therefore went to the
old church and were married, " and no mistake."—Halifax
Guardian.

Mr. W. F. GEACII.—This person, the notorious Frost's
son-in-law, formerly of Pontypool, was apprehended in Lon-
don a few days since on some serious charges of forgery. He
was conveyed to Newport, where an examination of great
length took place on Thursday. The bank of Williams and
Co., of Newport, with whom Geach used to keep an account,
appear to have been sufferers to the extent of nearly £5,000.
The prisoner was remanded until Monday.

CATHOLIC PRIEST AT COURT.—The address to the Queen
from the Catholics at Windsor and its vicinity, was presented
at the levee on Wednesday week, by the Rev. J. F. Wilkin-
son in person, and was most graciously acknowledged by her
Majesty. The appearance of the rev. gentleman at court, in
the costume of a Roman Prelate, excited general interest, but
more especially amongst the clergy of the establishment who
were present. Since the reformation this is the first instance
on record of a Catholic priest having been introduced to the
English court.—Halifax Guardian.
On Tuesday last a gentleman, a passenger on board the
Courrier French steam-packet, leaped from the deck of the
vessel when she was about half-way across the channel, on
the passage from Dover to Calais, and was (*owned. Pre-
vious to jumping overboard, deceased attempted to shoot
himself with a pistol, but, being frustrated in this attempt to
take away his life, he had recourse to the one just stated, in
which,,w3fortunately, he was but too successful. He is
supposed to have been an Englishman, but nothing has yet
transpired, as far as we can learn, of his name or connexions.
—Dover, July 23.

A KITTEN WITH EIGHT LEGS.—We saw, a few days
ago, in the possession of Mr. Graham, stocking-framer, re-
Siding near the head of King-street, a kitten of very peculiar
conformation. Its head and neck were regular, but from the
commencement of the shoulder to the lower rib, it seemed as
if two bodies had grown into one, two legs projecting from
what we may term the upper part of the shoulders, not very
unlike the early formation of the wings of a fowl. From the
lower rib to the tip of the tail there was a double formation of
equal size, and every way complete. The creature, we were
informed, was dropped dead. The dam had two others, both
dropped alive, and both regularly formed.—Dmvpfries Herald.
PRESENT TO PRINCE ALBERT.—His Royal Highness
Prince Albert has lately received a present of a very singular
and beautiful description. It consists of a very small glass
beehive, filled with delicately-white combs, so curiously
wrought, and stored so fully with the purest chrystal honey,
as to excite admiration and astonishment. It is a natural
curiosity in its kind, perhaps never before met with ; the
combs, which are of a very unusual thickness, being worked
so curiously together, in some parts circular, others perpen-
dicular, and in other parts even in a horizontal direction,
that whilst occupying all the available space within the glass
shade, with here and there a waxen pillar prudently thrown
out to support the weight of the sweet treasure contained, it
still preserves and presents a uniform and very elegant ap-
pearance. This singular glass of honey was worked in the
apiary of Mr. J. Bathem, a gentleman residing near Kidder-
minster, by whom it was presented to his royal highness.
The illustrious prince was much pleased with this specimen
of insect ingenuity.—Worcester Chronicle.
DARING ROBBERY.—One of the most daring robberies
which we have had for some time to record was committed
at l3redbury, near Stockport, on Monday morning last, by a
desperate gang of villains, under the following circumstances :
—About half-past one o'clock in the morning, a person gal-
loped up to the Bredbury toll-bar on a horse, which had been
taken from a field in Newbridge-lane. and, on the bar-keeper,
William Wilkinson, coming to open the gate, he was attacked
by five men who were lying in ambush, and who beat him in
a severe manner ; after which they went into the toll-bar
house, and broke open every desk and drawer in the place,
and stole therefrom forty sovereigns, two guineas, ten pounds
in silver, and a rifle, with which they decamped. It would
appear that the robbery had been premeditated, as the person
who rode up to the gate proved to be one of the gang; and
the plan was adopted to get an entrance more easily, by in-
ducing the bar-keeper to turn out to open the gate. It is
feared there will be some difficulty in bringing th parties to
justice, as neither the bar-keeper nor his family were able to
see any of their faces, they being covered by masks or crape.
A reward of £2O is ffered for the apprehension and convic-
tion of the offenders ; and, it is to be hoped, they will not
long escape justice.—Manchester Courier.
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TAME HARES AT GLASGOW.—On the afternoon of Satur-
day last, we were pleased by being shown, in the shop of
Mr. Andrew Bell, 55, King-street, Tradeston, a pair of tame
hares, the female being affectionately engaged in nurturing a
leveret, which was dropped on Tuesday last, and is already
strong and frisky. In August 1830, Mr. Bell procured the
male hare, then only a few weeks old; and in July, 1839, he
gave him the female as a companion, then a leveret, no big-
ger than one's hand. From the outset they were on the very
best terms, and romped in pure diversion through their little
domain, extending to four feet 10 inches in length, 12 inches
wide, and one foot -11 inches high. During winter they are
fed principally on oats and potatoes, and they will eat biscuit
from the hand as readily as a favourite dog; in summer their
food is more congenial to their taste, and they reject every
thing else so long as they can get clover and lettuce. Their
box is erected on a shelf in a well-frequented shop, and they
are not at all put about by the inspection of those who visit
them. Mr. Bell has a little dog, which is on perfectly good
terms with the pair; and he occasionally gets on the top of a
barrel, thrusts his nose through the wires, and gives a " bow-
bow," by way of greeting, which the male hare returns by
drumming good-naturedly on the little cur's face. Of the
taming of leverets and hares we have often heard ; and Cow-
per's delight in domesticating Puss, Tilley, and Bess, has
almost made the employment a classic one ; but we are not
aware of having heard of the animal breeding in bondage.
At all events, the family is a very interesting one in its way ;
and the leveret appears to be as strong and frisky as though
it had seen the light amid daisies and butter-cups, instead of
in a box in a shop within a crowded city.—Glasgow Herald.
SUSPECTED MURDERER.—A man named Michael Riley
was, on Wednesday, brought up at the borough court, on
the following singular charge :—lnspector Green stated that
Mr. Sleigh, the chief superintendent of police, had received
a letter, containing information retative to a murder which
was committed in Ireland, in 1832, by a man named Michael
Riley, who was now residing in the neighbourhood of Man-
chester. He (Green) was sent out yesterday to make inqui-
ries respecting him, and he apprehended the prisoner at the
bar, who he had no doubt was the same man as was men-
tioned in the letter. They hed written over to the place
where the murder was committed, but did not expect an an-
swer until Sunday or Monday. He therefore had to ask
that the prisoner should be remanded until that time.—Mr.
Maude expressed surprise that an answer could not be ob-
tained sooner.—lnspector Green said the letter was posted
the preceding night, but would probably not go till that morn-
ing. The place where the murder was committed was in the
county of Longford.—Mr. Maude (to the prisoner:) What
are you ?—Prisoner : A labourer.—Mr. Maude : How long
have you been in this country ?—Prisoner :—Fourteen years.
In answer to further questions, he stated the places where he
had lived in Manchester, during the last three years and four
months, and said that he had been in Liverpool five years
before that. He came from the county of Longford, parish
of Castle Pollard.—The officer said that was the very neigh-
bourhood in which the murder had taken place ; it was at
Floates, in the parish of Castle Pollard. The information
stated that he had been pursued to Scotland, and from thence
to Liverpool, but that they had never been able to hear of
after.—Mr. Maude made some inquiries as to the nature
of the information which had been received, and expressed
an unwillingness to detain the man except something more
definite could be alleged against him.—He was ultimately
ordered to stand down, and the officer was sent to obtain
further particuiars from Mr. Sleigh. On his return, it was
ascertained that the letter was nothing more than an anony-
mous letter, writen by some one in Manchester. On hearing
this, Mr. Maude refused to remand the man, but directed
him to be taken to Sir Charles Shaw.—Manchester Courier.
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—SiDCe the commence-
ment of our editorial labours it has not unfrequently been
our duty to record the premature departures of various
stranger residents, who have felt the extreme difficulty of
paying 20s. in the pound. In some cases these records have
been given by us under peculiarly poignant feelings, which if
not so poetical as wounded sensibility, at least afforded a
very tangible ground for grievance. No affairs du cor—no
amorous fugitives, borne on Cupid's pinions, with their backs
to society and their faces to the deuce knows where, have,
till this moment, demanded a line from us commemorative of
their erratic course. The unpleasant—nay the repulsive lot
however has now fallen to us to narrate the departure of
William Horan, Esq., of Mount Pleasant, who has chosen
for the companion of his travels, Miss Mary Curry, a name
familiar, we doubt not, to the bachelor part of the population
of Douglas, and no doubt equally well known as the little
white-faced fat girl who attended Mr. William Baines' tap,
on the Quay. A more extraordinary proceeding than the
above, cannot be conceived. The gentleman was of that age
when we should have thought the blood " is cool and waits
upon the judgment." He has left a young and amiable wife
and three promising children for the guilty society of an im-
pure and ignorant girl. Such conduct is perfectly irrecon-
cilable with any principle, save that of sheer madness—nor
can any other plea be adduced in extenuation.' The dead
poet of nature, Shakspear, has made the Ghost of Hamlet's
father say—

" Lost, though to a radiant angel link'd,
Will sate itself in a celestial bed
And prey on garbage 7,
The immortal bard might have been writing from this very
instance. If the frail one had been possessed of the allure-
ments of wit, grace, talent, or even personal attraction,
while the )vorld condemned the act, it might have commiser-
rted the man, as every age and every country, from the days
of Mark Antony, downwards, affords instances in which
even the greatest have had " their wits turned the seamy
side without," by female art and blandishment. We are in-
formed the above pair left this on the 13th instant, for Li-
verpool where they are at present sojourning.—.2lfaux
Liberal.

EXTRAORDINARY PONY.—There is at this moment, in
the possession of Mr. Martin Colnaghi, of Cockspur-street,
one of the most extraordinary ponies that ever was heard of.
He is now over six and thirty years of age, was bought by
Mr. Colnaghi when he was eleven years of age ; and during
the twenty-five years he has been in that gentleman's pos-
session, he has travelledin harness and saddle upwards of
two hundred thousand miles, or more than eight times the
circumference of the globe. He has repeatedly performed
75 miles in a day, and frequently did the distance between
London and Worthing, with a gig behind him, in seven
hours. His original colour was grey—it is now nearly white.
His shape exhibits the true Arab character and form; small
head, intelligent countenance, eyes bright as a colt's, legs
clean and faultless, and a mane and tail as springy and fresh
as those of a five year old. This remarkable horse was bred
by Lord Heathfield, his sire being Young Arabian. He was
never a feeder, and his manger was never without salt.
After hard work he has invariably been fed with a mash, for
which tepid water was used, and great attention has always
been paid to his feet. He requires continual petting, without
which he will not take his " grub." He will face any crowd,
and even tire-works. His attachment to hunting is so great,
that not longer ago than March last, while the Queen's
hounds were out in Hertfordshire, he leaped the fences of
his paddock, and, following the dogs, took the lead of the
huntsmen, and was first in at the death. While in training
as a racing pony he was known as " Little Treadaway ;" but,
in 1815, he was re-named Delphini. On Sunday last he
was careering in harness through the parks, to the utter
astonishment of many who recollected him a quarter of a
century ago ; and from the soundness of his teeth, wind, and limbs
and his invincible " bottom," there is no knowing
when he will cease to be what he is. Large sums have been
the
red for this pony, which have invariably been refused,
• family having determined that he shall die "comfortably"
in their service.—Preston Pilot.

SPLENDID PICTURE OF THE "PRESIDENT"

STEAM SHIP.

The readers of the STANDARD, and the public generally,
are respectfully informed, that on Friday, the 31st of
July instant, will be presented gratuitously to subscri-
bers and purchasers of the paper of that day a beau-
tiful Picture of the PRESIDENT, the largest Steam-
ship in the world, to be lithographed by a first-rate
Artist, from a splendid painting by Mr. S. Walters,
a gentleman of the highest celebrity as a Marine
Painter. This Picture will be accompanied by a full
and authentic description of the vessel, her construc-
tion, engines, and equipments.
The production of this work of art will be attended with
very considerable cost ; but the liberal patronage
with which the STANDARD has been honoured, in-
duces us to make this sacrifice, in testimony of our
gratitude, and in the hope that to a commercial and
nautical community such a present may be found
acceptable.
As we anticipate a large sale on the day in question, a
more favourable opportunity could not be presented
for the wide circulation of advertisements, which we
respectfully solicit.
To parties desirous of obtaining Pictures, we suggest an
early application at the office, where a book will be
kept for the insertion of names, in order that the
earliest and best impressions may be secured.
Standard-office; July 13th, 1840.

step out of their accustomed path, and to reply to a
supposed call from the constitution to liberalize and

and remodel its form, are anxiously weighing the results
of their temporary enthusiasm. The clintist move-
ments of last year were not observed by these men
without serious alarm. The stagnation of commerce
during the last two years, the anti-corn-law agitation,
the increased expenditure and diminished revenue of
the country, the " heavy blows and great discourage-
ments" offered to Protestantism, the sudden and manifest
spread of catholicism, and the prominent position taken
by its votaries amongst the ranks of the reform party,
have excited, and are calculated to excite, serious mis-
givings in the minds of such men, and have already
induced in a great portion of them a determined
hostility to any further movement in advance of the
constitution,

In the counties especially of England and Wales this
feeling is strongly manifesting itself; and in the event
of an election during the ensuing spring, it is not too
much to expect a considerable accession of sound con-
servatism as the result. In many of the smaller bo-
roughs the present Whig or radical members only suc-
ceeded at the last election by small majorities, which
are already overbalanced by new voters admitted, or by
conversions which have since taken place. In the large
boroughs alone, and especially in those which can be
affected by the late simultaneous movement of the Irish
catholic inhabitants, the ministerial party can depend
for support; and even in these the result of a new elec-
tion will, we venture to say, afford evidence that the
Whigs, with all their exertions, have not materially im-
proved their position. The registry, we have no doubt,
will shew a considerable increase of their numbers ;
but they are little aware of the falling off which the
voting returns will shew from the effect of conversions ;
and wherever the attempt has been made to foist upon
any large borough a new Whig-radical corporation—as
in Manchester, Birmingham, Bolton, &c.—we are con-
fident that the result will be, if not a victory for the
conservative cause, at the least such a bare majority
against it, as, compared with the return of former elec-
tions, will afford strong and undeniable evidence of the
declining popularity and influence of modern liberalism.

With these convictions strongly impressed upon our
mind, we are little disposed to give much heed to the
braggart assertions of our contemporaries as to the
result of a general election upon the present register.
It is easy to win a victory upon paper; it is more easy
upon the presumption that the opinions of mankind
are unchangeable, to count upon support which they
have always hitherto afforded than to insure its conti-
nuance. The government of Lord Melbourne is no
longer that government in whose favour the last general
election returned a majority of between thirty and forty
votes. It has lost caste. It has deserted principle,
and stooped to meanness and dissimulation ; and can
no longer, by the mere connexion of its name with
that of the sovereign, mislead the unthinking loyalty
of the people. It has no great popular principle—it
has no great popular measure—upon which to take its
stand for support ; and we have little expectation that
the unworthy alliance by which it is alone maintained
in the present House of Commons, will be one in
whose favour the sound portion of the people of
England will hurry to the poll to record their approval
and confidence.

No, no ! The Melbourne administration is a doomed
thing. For a few short months it may drag on a
miserable and flickering existence ; but its ultimate
fate is beyond retrievement. It will die of sheer ina-
nition, and its memory be handed down to posterity,
as one of those unaccountable phases in the history of
party, whose unprecedented baseness mankind will
regard with wonder rather than with reprobation—
with contempt and utter scorn, rather than with the
nobler feeling of indignation. Could we bring our-
selves to entertain the opinion that its leader has any
higher views than those of a hanger-on at court—any
more manly principles than those of an epicurean—we
might be disposed to believe that Lord Melbourne has
played, in behalf of the constitution, a game whose
policy is far beyond the detection of his imbecile com-
panions ; that he has held his lofty station in the public
eye only until the shafts of ridicule and contempt
should have irretrievably ruined his party and saved
the constitution. We cannot, however, entertain this
opinion, yet it is beyond dispute, that every month,
every week, which is added to the existence of Lord
Melbourne's administration, is placing years between
the period of its approaching dissolution, and the form-
ation of any ministry out of the same materials and
advocating the same principles !