The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-10-06 00:00:00

MR. GREEN'S BALLOON.

It appears the late trip of Mr. Green, mentioned by us last
week, produced at the neighbouring village of Sianstead
Mounthtchet similar effects. That " little spot" of quiet and
repose (gentle Stanetead) shortly after nine o'clock on the
eventful evening was thrown into disorder by the daring
voyager. It appears that the village blacksmith's wife at the
Pened the door to look,
was extinguished, when the
time stated tittered loud cries of " The world's at an end."
After she had been tranquillized she gave the following ac-
eatinudntth:
e—ci'l‘njdulestinbefore goingaii d
to
suddenlybed she °
clouds opened, and a voice from one who descended upon her
exclaimed, ' Where am I?' Fortunately there were those
near who succeeded in dispelling the poor Woman's delusion.
Mr. Green's height was not above IIX) feet from the ground.
On Thursday evening last a singular scene occurred in
Hockcril-street at this place. About nine o'clock " Confusion
worse confounded" proclaimed that the " Comet was coming
down"—" The gar was blowing up' —" The world's at an
end"—aud so on. It happened that the Hon. J. Hook, who hid
just ordered two nairs of horses at the Crown Inn, and was wait-
ing for the second carriage coming up to give some orders, made
himself most praiseworthy active in
,quelling the fears of the
timid, by assuring them it was l‘lr. Green's balloon that had
that evening ascended at Vauxhall. Mr. Green, in his late trip
to ',Nun, passed over the upper part of this street, and his light,
with-sonic kind of small firework he threw out (probably to at-
tract), had caused the uproar. It appears he was sailing very
low, but in high spirits, as he could afford to be witty. "
county am lin ?" inquired he. The above Hon. Gentleman
answered, " Hertfordshire, but you will directly be in Essex.
Why don't you descend ?" " Because I can't," said he, "I
wish I could." Mr. Houk said he had seen many ballooni,
particularly in Japan and China, whose inhabitants excel in
making them, but he never saw one progress so slowly. His
height here .was about 91 feet above the houses.—Eds;x Stan-
dard.

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PERTH CIRCUir COUiFFoI? JUSTICIARY, SCOT-

LAND, SEPTEMIIIift `2b„
ATROCIOUS CASE OF BURK ING, AND' CONVICTION OF THR'
KL; EREII.—At the Perth Assizes, on Monday last, Alexander
Marshall, from Dundee, was accused of the murder of his wife,
Ann. Miller, by stuffing her mouth with tow, and with his hands
squeezing her mouth and throat, thus producing death. He'
pleaded not guilty.
Evidence was adduced ; I at The conclusion of which
Mr. Shaw Stewart, advocate depute, summed up fur the
crown; and Mr. A. S. Cook, advocate, made a very able and
eloquent reply for the prisoner.
Lord Moncrieff theu went over the evidence with great mi-
nuteness; and the jury, having retired for an hour, .returned,
having found a verdict in terms of the libel. -

A most impressive address was then given to the prisoner by
Lord Medwyn,,when he was sentenced to be hanged at Dundee,
on Saturday, the 24th of October, and his body to be buried
within the precincts of the gaol.
During the examination or the principal witness (an aged
female,) who produced a small bunch of tow,. which she deposed
to be the piece of tow which was thtust into the mouth of the
deceased, and which was about the size of a child's hand, the
prisoner put a two-ounce phial to bis mouth, which on being
wrenched from him by the officers in attendanCe, was found to
he nearly filled with laudanum. He was instantly removed
from the bar, and the stomach pump was applied by Dr. Ma!-
cohn, when it was ascertained that he had only swallowed a small
quantity, and it was said that he was in the baba of using it.
The court was excessively crowded, and much interest seemed
to be felt throughout the trial, which lasted from eleven a.in.
till half-past seven p.m.
Marshall is a man apparently above sixty years of age, his
hair thin and gray; be is rather short iu stature, and was very
ill-dressed. He looked pale, but composed, and kept fumbling
with a piece of paper during the trial.