The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

At the Lambeth Police-court, on Wednesday, William
Jones, an engine-driver, and Lewis Fleming, a fireman in
the service of tht South-Western Railway Company, who
have been in custody since the 15th of last month, on a
charge of having caused the death of David' Maryland,
were placed in the dock before Mr. Elliott, for final exa-
mination. They were finally committed to take theirtrial
at the next KingstOrr Atsizes for " manslaughter."
IDLENESS AND MlSERY.—Within the last week a pro-
fligate mechanic was found, in the day-time, in bed, in a
court in Gray's Inn-lane, London, while his children were
wandering in the streets, in a temperature.of twenty-two,
to pick up halfpence for-his and their support. Bat this
is only the ordinary part of the case. In a police-office it
was proved, that the elder child, a girl of thirteen, in or-
der to excite the compassion of the passers-by, kept driv-
ing a large pin into the lower part of the body of a ixwr
little infant which she carried in her arms! The cries of
the child at last led to an exposure ; and the worthless
parent was sent to the treadmill, and the children to the
workhouse. _ _

The result of the American stratagem adopted by the
Messrs. Blackwood in furtherance of the cause of British

copywright abroad, has fully answered expectations. The

nciotiation which has been-pending since the appearance
of the October number of the Scotch Magazine has ter-
minated in an equitable arrangement. The reprint,
established on a legitimate basis and with a character for
honesty, is to continue; an early copy being furnished to
Messrs. Scott, the reformed pirates, to enable them to
bring out the periodical to New York about the time of
its appearance in Edinburgh and London. The proper
consideration of course passes. The hint will not be lost
on either side of the Atlantic.

How TO CATCH PIGEONS.—A boy in Perth, who had
lost a favourite pigeon by its absconding from his-dove-
cot, happened to observe it with some others upon the
street. He immediately, got hold of a pretty sizeable
stone, about which he fastened the end of a piece of small
cord, three yards Long, and to the other end a common
horse bean. He went as near to the pigeons as he could
with his apparatus without making them fly off, laid it

down on the street, and scattering some mouldy crumbs
of bread around the bean, retired. The pigeons were

immediately at the crumbs, and one of fheM, and it
happened to be the boy's, observing the bean, made a
gobble at it and swallowed it. The boy made a rush, his

favourite essayed to fly, but he was as Safe as a trout.on a
hook. The bean, though down, would not come up, and
not being able to carry off the stone, the prisoner was soon
secured by the boy, who cut the cord close to the bill, and
carried him off in triumph.

THE DOUBLE MURDER.-At the Central Criminal
Court, on Friday, Hannah Parker, aged 38, described as

a widow, was. indicted for the murder of Amina Blake

There was also a second indictment against the prisoner,
charginc, her with. tho murder of Robert Henry Blake.
The following is a brief account of the admission made by
the prisoner to several policemen before and after she was
taken into custody, all of whom swore that she was
cautioned not to.make any statement tending to criminate
herself. After this caution she said she had been living

with the father of the children she had murdered) that

Blake (the father) on the 30th of December left her,
stating that he was going to the theatre; that she after-
wards ascertained that he had taken a " dolly"..with him,
and out of revenge, for she loved the ground on which he
walked, she admitted murdering the children. Several
witnesses stated that after the prisoner had been taken
into custody, she exclaimed—" Oh, my God, my God, I
did it to have revenge on the father of the children. It
was done through vindictiveness to Blake. I loved him
and the ground on which he walked. He knew it, but he
deceived me. I was not drunk. I knew well what I was

about when I committed the act." The jury returned a
verdict of guilty ; whereupon his Lordship immediatel,
passed upon her sentence of death, intimating that she
could not possibly expect any mitigation of punishment
in this world.

A Rom !VN CATHOLIC FUNERAL.—Last Saturday,
about ten o'clock, a.m., a corpse was interred in the garden
of the large house in Dighton-street,now occupied by the
Sisters of Mercy. The deceased expired on the preceding
Thursday, and, we believe, was one of the six females
who reside there. Four of the females who occupy the
house wear black habits, and two are habited in white ; it
would seem that the deceased was one of the latter. The

grave was dug immediately beneath the eastern wall of the
garden. At the interment the female habited in white
first entered the garden, supported on either side by one
of those wearing black habits ; two boys in white surplices
bearing censors succeeded, followed by two priests in sur-
plices and hoods, and wearing the Jesuits' cap ; then
came the corpse borne by four men, and covered with a
black pall having a white cross in the centre. The body
was followed by the remaining two females habited in
black, and about two hundred girls, all of whom, we be-
lieve, are educated on the premises, each bearing in her
hand a small lighted lamp. The coffin was not made in
the usual shape, but was simply an oblong chest. After
it had been deposited in the grave, and the funeral ser-
vice read, one of the priests took a censor that had been
swung by the boys as the corpse was depositing, and
waved it over the grave. The remainder of the service
was read, and the whole of the attendants retired. We
have heard that the premises were recently purchased by a
lady at Bath.—Bristol Mirror.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.--On Wednesday evening,while
the brig Ellangowan, from Hartlepool, was entering the
river' she was observed by two fishermen, Robert Gall,
and John Lorimer, residing in Broughty Ferry, who
manned a boat for the purpose of rendering her assistance
into Dundee. By the time they got their boat in a sail-
ing condition the brig was ahead of them, and more can-
vass was hoisted ; and, a strong gale having caught them
ere they were aware, the boat was upset, and the two men
•subm.rgm in the water. On rising to the surface, they
fortunately caught hold of a net which was attached W
the boat, and to which were affixed several bladders, for
the purpose of floating it. By this means both individuals
were enabled to work themselves to the side of the boat,
keel upwards. High tide was about seven o'clock, and
by this time it was better than an hour turned, so that
they were drifting rapidly down to the sea. They cried
till they were hoarse, but knew not whether their voices
were heard amidst the uproar of the waves around them.
Most fortunately, the faint hope which they indulged in
was not in vain. A few people, who were out at the time
on the beach at Broughty Ferry, thought they heard cries
of distress far out at sea ; they listened, and the same
sound was repeated. The news spread among the sea-
men and fishermen, and Captain James, Alexander Gall,
James Lorimer, and some others, immediately manned
four boats, and went in search, following at considerable
distances from each other the direction of the cries. For
a time the search was unsuccessful ; but one of the boats
at last distinctly heard the cries, and ultimately obtained
sight of the men, when they were instantly taken into it,
but in so exhausted a condition that they could scarcely
recognise their deliverers.—. Dundee Advertiser.
FATAL APPLICATION OF CHLOROFORM.—An inquest
was held on Tuesday, at Winlaton, near Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, on the body of Hannah Greener, a girl 15 years of
age, who died on Friday under the influence of chloroform,
administered in order to allay sensibility while undergoing
a painful surgical operation (removal of a toe nail.) The
case excited great interest. About a tea-spoonful of
chloroform was administered in a table-cloth. When the
operation was going on she gave a jerk. Mr. Meggison,
the surgeon who operated, states :—" Her eyes were
closed, and I opened them, and they remained open.
Her mouth was open, and her lips and face blanched.
When I opened her eyes they were congested. I called
for water when 1 saw her face blanched, and I dashed
some of it in her face. It had no effect. I then gave her
some brandy, a little of which she swallowed with diffi-
culty. I then laid her down on the floor, and attempted
to bleed her in the arm and jugular vein, but only ob-
tained about a spoonful. She was dead, I believe, at the
time I attempted to bleed her. The time could not be
more than three minutes from her first inhaling the
chloroform till her death. Sir John Fife, an eminent
surgeon at Newcastle, expressed at the inquest a strong
opinion of the chloroform, and stated that he had applied
it successfully in many cases : he attributed the fatal
effect of the chloroform in the present instance to pecu-
liarity in the constitution of the patient. Another sur-
geon said the chloroform was more dangerous than ether,
and thought it was safer in larger operations than
smaller; the young woman had inhaled ether at New-
castle Infirmary last October, when she had another toe
nail taken off. Verdict of the jury :—" We are unani-
mously of opinion that the deceased, Hannah Greener,
died from congestion of the lungs, from the effect of
chloroform, and that no blame can be attached to Mr.
Meggison, surgeon, or to his assistant, Mr. Lloyd."
DELIBERATE MURDER OF A SOLDIER.—Shortly before
five o'clock on Friday afternoon, a soldier of the Foot
Guards was deliberately shot in Bird-cage-walk, St.
James's-nark. The deceased, whose name was Ducker,..l
was apout zt years or age, entered the Coicistream Utiards
about three years since. The female, it appears, is a na-
tive of France, of the name of Annettee Mayers, about 26
years of age, and said to possess great personal attractions,
and was living as a kind of upper servant at 40, Albion-
street, Hyde-park. She and the deceased were on inti-
mate terms. Within the last week or two another female
had made her appearance at the Wellington Barracks,
who, it is stated, was deceased's wife. T,his by some
means came to her knowledge. At four o'clock on Friday
afternoon, Ducker went with his company (the sth) to
drill, and they were kept on parade about half an hour.
While they were performing the evolutions, Mayers was
oliserved to be looking through the railings, and as the
men were dismissed from parade, she went to the gate of
the barracks, and was soon joined by the deceased. They
were observed to laugh with each other, and to walk to-
gether as far as the Queen-square gate, when the female
suddenly dropped behind, and taking a large horse pistol
out of her pocket, discharged the contents at the head of
the unfortunate soldier, who, without uttering a groan,
fell on his face a corpse. Two policemen, named Paul
and Richards, both off duty, witnessed the occurrence.
Paul immediately secured the prisoner. The bullets had
entered immediately under the left ear, through. the right
eye, shattering the head in a most frightful manner. Paull
on taking hold of her, said, " You have shot the soldier.
She replied, " I did it ; I intended to do it." On being
conveyed to the station-house in Gardener's-lane, she was
searched by the matron, but previously handed to the in-
spector the pistol, pouch, and three letters. On being
placed in a cell, the prisoner inquired whether Ducker
was dead. She was informed that he was, whereupon she
declared that she did not care how soon she was deadher-
self. While the charge was being entered, she appeared
to be labouring under intense mental excitement. On
her removal to the cell, in which she is constantly watched
by an officer, she became more composed, and spoke oc-
casionally to him. On Saturday, the prisoner was com-
mitted by the magistrates to Newgate for trial. She pur-
chased the pistol herself, stating that she wanted it to kill
a savage Newfoundland dog. A long letter from the pri-
soner to the deceased was read. It upbraided him with
coldness, and attention to another young woman, who
could supply him with more money because she earned it
easily, though she (the prisoner) had given him a COnSi..
derable sum since Christmas. The prisoner wag tolerably
composed throughout the examination,