The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

May 2,184 g.

TIKE BREA 17:fit UIT TREE.-There is at this time in
the Conservatory tif Alfred Orrell, Esq., of The Grove,
Cheadle, a fine specimen of this extraordinary plant; the
tree, which is of noble dimensions, being laden with fruit
of a rich and delicious flavour.

After a Chartist meeting at Greenock, on Saturday week,
a portion of the mob came in contact with a large body
of police and specials, stationed in one of the streets to
stop the way. The mob made a bold rush against the
police and !es, who made a vigorous use of their

constab'
af tank

on V

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read "only the endorsements

CHARTIST INTELLIGENCE

At a meeting

ceaseu, jur. xtouerrson, tne .7ncrin=Suu j'
and Mr. Forsyth, the Procurator-Fiscal, '

[nesday last, and too.

. . . • . 1 11 ...

POST=OFFICE DELINQUENCY.—An inquiry takes
place during the past week, relative to a packet of P
addressed to Mr. James Boodle, solicitor, Cheltenham, ?Y.
Mr. Coppock, of London, the parliaraenfary agent for the
petitioners against the return of Sir W. Jones. Air. C°l3l;
pock sealed the packet and posted it ; on its arrival
Cheltenham Mr. Boodle discovered that the
been opened. The parcel containing some haporla.4
documents relative to the pending election, an inquihe
was set on foot, when it was discovered that One of t
clerks. a Partisan onnnspri in noticing to the liberal partYf
rrha
packet bacie

statement of the clerk was, that he found the packet °P;
in the bag, that he took out the bundle of papers from a
envelope, untied the tape with which they were tied, acid

Chartists, of Newcastle, held on Friday, a Mr, Vistwi
delivered a long address, in the course of which 11°.sdle
they had determined to agitate peaceably till the
classes were brought round to their views, and that ro,
gave his vote in the Convention that there should
the,
synonymous meetings held on Good Friday all °verbt
country. This observation excited roars of I"ug- eed
when one of the more learned of the Chartists,ashatil
, the
at such a display of ignorance, pulled the speaker vY‘v,
coat, and whispered " simultaneous meetings," at'd,„,',..,,ct

VT ULM/11, uu resuming uia utscourse, attempt.o tion,
himself by repeating the substance of his last observna
this
and introducing the term spontaneous'meetings•
blundering style the Chartist delegate proceeded for 11g
half an hour, till, at length, he concluded by PrO"
a resolution which he was unable to read. „ esia't
DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—Two mischievous boy', r so.
ing in Simon's-square, Nicolson-street, for the PurP(f)attet
amusement, seized a little fellow about eight years
who was also resident in that locality and was lin°- tioo
them and c'aarging him with some trifling depred3,,,(l
from his aunt bound his arms with a piece of cord, I,s,
proceeded with him to the police-office at St. T
veoll9l.
Before they reached that station, however, a' Pas'etrnagseed
attracted by the distressed condition of the boYy re,—.sent
him from the grasp of his bullying companions,!an,!;,„ 10'
him away home in a very agitated state. The lit'L'orl
low was put to bed, but he became rapidly worse' t to
during some periods of nervous excitement cried' °u ade
cut the cord and let him off. Every exertion vr3'.iiecl•
in his behalf, but the unfortunate child expired on ;st,d,
nesday from the effects of the fright he had rece`dete
The boys, who had acted in so thoughtless a manner, 0,
taken into custody, and the case is at present uncler'l
vestigation.—Edinburgh Register.
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of

- ROPULSION OF ,FEAI4,I- VESSELS.-Mr.
Kingston-upon-Bull, has taken out a patent f'-'r co.
chinery for propelling vessels, consisting of a shag,i',,s
netted with the engine, projecting through the sra of
usual; this shaft carries two double-ended cran"„ljoi
levers, at right angles to each other. To the craws"l" of
upon the ends of the crank-levers, are attached harfilor
rods, being attached to pins upon cranks, or levers' 'he:
two similar shafts, one of which is situated beforsated.
driving-shaft attached to the engine; the other sits tile'
behind that shaft—the centres of the three being 1110
same horizontal line. Upon these horizontal hari 00
placed floats, which act as the propellers, and are %ten
in a vertical position', whether in entering the :030
during their passage through, or leaving it ; or they
,014
be so arranged, that during their backward 110",;tion,
they In mono
present' their edges to the direction of the

which may be done by means of eccentrics tiP(;rto
crank arms, and forming the floats themselves, simile
Venetian blinds. 90
An old woman,named Hannah Williams, flearlf
ls -
t
years of age, was ound dead in her bed at Gloucesteol
week, in a state of the most apparent destitution: ?i'„c tont

been living for some time pasi'on Is. a week, with !titer
from the union, and the charity of her neighbours. care
her death, however, was found a hoard of money it',o
ous places, amounting to £tl4 2s. 2d., including eked
silver and £2 in copper ; and, although the poarobe
creature had been shivering with cold throughout 9 05
inclement weather of the winter and spring, theriiiis
found on the premises a large stock of coal (more
ton and a half in weight) the accumulation of m39'01
ritable gifts; whilst, in various parts of the bouse,,,eo,
found stored away the remnants of unconsumed folio to
dently the relics of what she lied received from tls 010
time from the workhouse, and in gifts from fries" tilai

CU 011 U ~.aa lU TAt:CIVe urea. /litre
pieces bf bread, numberless pieces of bacon grow,' dcliot
from long keeping, bits of cheese, remnants of Put ittc°
&c., some of very recent acquisition, and others °

age as to have become long since unfit for eating.. n 05,
LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—Great sewatio
rho&
created on Tuesday morning last, in the neighbo6 boal
of Minster yard, by the discovery of the % io!
of Mrs. Cookson (widow of the late Dr. Cookson);., 11,1.
well, at the top of the garden belonging to the h° rest
which she resided. The unfortunate lady retired t°05091
about nine o'clock on Monday. being before her

time. On the following morning the servant was AO
on finding her mistress's•bed-room door partly ogleon
on looking into the bed, perceived she had quitted I.elt be'
proceeding to the garden she found that the 'nick, jails
longing to the well had beenremoved. Knowing .le
deceased was subject to fits of aberration, she at ont into
petted that she had destroyed herself. A person g° 1.13 e
the bucket, descended, and soon found the bodY• Apr
deceased had complained very much of her head no font,
day, and wept bitterly. She had also said to the sel,,she
"You hate me, Eliza ;.?' and on her replying that,,
---Lv should she," the deceased rejoined',,ool
"'--The jury returned a vcr u

cause all the world does.
waSsTeghAaNrgGeEd ,AErtAheeK-..A ctfi3ll'
" Temporary insanity "
ing annoyed Prince Metternich and broken somqvosofici
at the Brunswick Hotel, in Princes-street• J;“icli ,„
manager of the hotel, said thrt Prince Mett.ebad
suite were now stopping there. The prig/le:10cl, willeci
to the hotel, and requested to see Bare° 7-,,over use
to
attached to the suite of the prince. 111e4.1,„ hotel:_pet,
Marlborougha week
Police-office, i dh030.1 ;

very energetic language, and at last be lett l'A•-• the
said
a minute or two some stones were thrown from ow lo
which broke two of the windows. The
to Mr. Watson : Do you know that you barb()u:e_eich
in your house ? Do you. know that prince Mett
r.giooe.:
a traitor to his country, and that he has been
prisoner, oil reptlio
before the Hungarian Diet, and dare not show 14;
k
htwtHlhalieaerc.rrkdeAdsaw?u,
siskebtieD:uidatao
Austrian
hikyi
geieosodupva
retrireoosnnolpuewe prisoner
at he has not only i ro 3
am a doctor of philosophy.
oon; C'we 3r hisOhw eahl ainaaordvtmbeh7P:7l:sietnetwese:aadist:le?;:bti_i!:ie°,:l-11'11eih.fErifa5,°:
is £5O coming to me to which lam entitled. I‘-''')

he damage, and
prisoner said he had written several works, on 6 V`"-
contributed to thequarterly reviews. Mr. Hardwicl, on
the prisoner 6s. fora
hol
bail for his good behaviour. —lt t
MR. COCITRANE'g PAUPER DEMONSTRATION• .seroeo,
been impertinently, and falsely stated in an AdVerti.„oo
that Sir George Gray would not interfere to Pi_%s
numerous procession of the inmates of workhour,_ fot
cc,
others through the public streets to the ITome-°.,000 ,
the purpose of laying a host of " hostile"
girei
required him to

. .
before the Government, but the hon. hart. ter005,4
portnnity, in his place in the House of Coma'sea
removing any impression that might have been caller aPs
such unfounded assertion. Mr. Cochrane, iwweteriabe
peared in Trafalgar-square on Monday, and ell, of t-

cab with a van behind containing " Illustrations rooplo
" &stiles" B,nd the Poor-law, advanced with a otitbv
1500 persons to Whitehall. A body of police-Ov.al to
appeared, and they Sad immediately. The Manticoloo`,s4
van finding his progress effectually stopped, hid, or
payment for his services of Mr. Cochrane, Iv, otOteo
immediately satisfied, and the bearer of the a to:re
tions" quietly retired. Mr. Cochrane was fillOWe 9 silis
on in his cab, his "tail" having been cut off„aieftet
stated, and went to the Home-office, where "'ottiljed
petition, the hon. baronet presiding over that (141:1,5ey
not being visible to such an undesired guest. 1,1 ree9
the affair, the only casualty being a broken heT'ciot
by one of the crowd, more, however, from acci tbe,
design. trinsoeo
moRnEthLICoSf, ODFec e
mberIWANDERINGIast
a wJw a
nEde Er ii;
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Daniel Stewart, a native of Ireland, died at his it-ue'„vsol,
Keptie-street, Arbroath. Stewart ' e
had been frli bos`o9
the habit of visiting Arbroath with the two snurProce-ctir
jewellery with which he travelled ; but his affe.,,' e celice'r
apparel, as well as his penurious habits, led to''''"'50111„0)
sion that he. was far from being in affluent cire'',
After his death, his landlady, accompanied ly fet
business and a magistrate, had his effects wale of of
to their very great surprise, found that, instea"„oo`ctie"
trumpery articles which they naturally sill reol'e4os'
formed his stock in trade, there was a vel-ftlare%ger."df
of valuable gold and silver watches, diamond: set Inoelf;
and pins, not a few of the rings ens' melled There Ow
for
monds, besides other articles of great value' pipt3 h
at the same time found two deposit bask
sums of £2OO and £26, respectiely. No re`-t by, ,1-.'rlr
appeared, and in the absence ofv any settlemen-
st,„ ~, tP.

. nuke properuy on oenan or roe k,rown. x,,,,i;
of the property is supposed to be not less thau L':op,
wart's wearing apparel was valuedesterclo' u40,131b,t!),
and curiously enough, as if to mark' the r‘p•
stock in trade exhibited to the meanness 0L of
latter was found to be worth the enormous stiff
Dies_,°oll'
sterling.—Arbroath Guide.
_-00 Ger',ll4
last, CannriLnuqueSsTtAras
ming son his
at/TBS
irMO.TOrni., 00
of 00,0ife,

Wnamhneadtcwroifite,aatelritotflte b ,
anody eaigwhatnlyaenarswhol,
ndpotll
es,cPCaltol
and who had been residing for some time. flrise„eitr'j
street, and whose death was alleged to ha v' it 01'0 101
starvation and ill-treatment by hie parents*,ispicif)dread
from the evidence of several persons th..ti.i.s;r clii`oolo
etbhxeeaenmsaieicetiitpoeandratinhttaswt..
wtahirefodtueruceedaastatehd(al
wtaintthhdetgi,wreoirLeurrenaletiti.Veoclitb:eienro;
wales on their backs, and that they comPl,;ioflieceofo
tied up in the house, while their father nn'oe deo 140;3
away, and left without food for two dos. a r.,t r'ihe
had a large cut on his foreher.d, suet" ,3914005.00 .ere
would make ; all three were perfect sjCer;pc., ey
father had been seen beating them with 31;01 tj:„.„je;lLli;
31st of March, the door of the place in ;ire!' ,:iiiltfrooti
confined was broken open.. and the eh% tlie`i ea to'
The mother was also in the habit of betel, a 0( 0.0
cellar oktl
she had been seen to Ina them in a
occasion to throw a sheet over their tinflit.eligii,trs
ty
parry with another woman, named Cle,av;c,;ille,g„'e ,J;a
match, and stick the prongs of a foldes
and tell her it wa,s the devil. Islotwi"al- et-pt of.
medical care bestowed on the deceasel o'ed .ci bof
Sunday last. The medical evidence ea° :opell F
had resulted from water on theelbrain, nectiAst;
tinual irritation of the stomach. the c°l. 1" l' ;Y
stomach being occasioned hy want of footiot fl'ot
turned a verdict of " Manslaughtfr Iladjechog,
calling herself Sarah Wheatcroft,' blaco 4-4 r
0415itiOred C4Qrgc WlAegcrofc NY41.443"