The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-27 00:00:00

s currently rumoured in clerical Circles th

metropolitan rectory may be expected to fal
of a few days by the resiKnation of the present in-

vacant in the

;nt, who has intimated to the authorities his it

joining the communion of the Roman Catholic
Aurch.— Weekly Chronicle.
Lord and Lady John Russell, accompanied by their
outhful family, arrived in Glasgow on
,er the Caledtm,-- -

ion of

nanway, from Carlisle. His lordship
looked somewhat paler than usual, and his whole appear-
ance was jaded and care-worn, but his step was as elastic

as ever.

A DESPERATE

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On Thursday, as the

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proceeding between Little-
rt and Hi!gay, a man, who was being conveyed to
Swaff ham bridewell in the custody of a policeman, threw
himself from the carriage ( an open one) while the train
was in full speed. The driver stopped the train, when th,
man was found to be quite stunned by the fall, and hi
s both dislocated.—Lyn

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Advertiser.
An eminent Frew h stati s-

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tical writer cnce took his station near the staircase at
London ball, for the purpose of ascertaining the propo

fingers before entering the room. He found them to
rage about twenty-nine out of thirty—those who had
hair usually occupying most time.—Quar-

least or mo
terly Rerie

—An effort is making at the
oath to start several new Methodist papers. A member
of the Memphis Conference has lately issued a prospectus
for one of them, of which the following brilliant off-shoot
is an extract :—" The thousand bifurcations of our great
natural highway, forming, in its ramifications, one vast
flexus of intercommunication, with its transverralus ways
in the great south-west, all, all peal upon our slumbering
ears and energies the mighty and startling question,
" Why stand ye here all the day idle."—Atnerican Paper.

HERN ELOQUENCE

MURDER.—On Saturday
morning 11;st, a murderous assault was made upon Mr.
Mason, a medical man at Gatehouse of Fleet, in Kirkcud-
brightshire, by his own wife, a converted Jetvess, whom
he had brought over from Constantinople and married,
after having had her baptized in the Free Church at
Maxwelltown. About seven o'clocir, when Dr. Mason
was dressing, his wife suddenly jumped out of bed and
attacked him in the most furious manner with some sharp
instrument, with which she inflicted several severe
wounds. He succeeded in rushing from the room, but
fell down exhausted from the loss of blood. An alarm
was immedia!ely given, and aid afforded to the wounded
man

SHOCKING ATTE

PT AT

On entering the room where the assault had been
committed, Mrs. Mason was found sitting quietly in an
apartment filled with smoke proceeding from the bed,
which she had set on fire. The flames vv,:re with some
difficulty suppressed, and she was secured, and after the
usual examination, committed to prison. The circum-
stances which led to the assault were not fully made
known.
PAUPER ELOPEMENT TO GRETNA GLEEN.—A few
days ago, Felix Lough, late of London, widower, who
bad a family of three children, and now an inmate of
Penrith union workhouse, eloped to Gretna Green with.
Mary Jackson, widow, who has a family of four children
and also an inmate of the same workhouse. A few days
previ,as to the elopement the parties gave notice to Mr.
Slee, the master of the workhouse, that they intended to
leave the workhouse, and accordingly did so. How they
raised the wind is not known, but the fact is that they
set off on foot upwards of 30 miles to Gretna; and on ar-
riving there found they had little or no cash to pay the
officiating priest, who asked a sum 20 times more in
amount than what they were possessed of, and persisted
that he would not marry them for a farthing less. How-
ever, Felix Laugh, in a most melancholy strain, explained
that his wife was dead, that Mary Jackson's hus-
band was also dead, that they were both paupers belong-
ing to Penrith Union Workhouse, and becoming quite
convulsed, and letting flow a flood of tears over his
wrinkled cheeks, in the most affecting manner exclaimed
—" For goodness sake do marry us, for Mary Jackson
was the first sweetheart that I ever had, aye, long before
I was married to any first poor wife, but then she would
not have me; now she has consented to be my wife. 0!
do marry us." " Yes, yes, it is all true, do wed us,"

said Mary Jackson. The priest was moved with com-
passion ; he married them. Soon afterwards they sot off
on their return to Penrith on foot, and on their arrival
there they were foot sore and completely dished up, and
not having a place where to lay their heads, they e'en
appLed to Mr. Armstrong, the re.i,ving officer, for an
order into the workhouse again, who, according to the
present state of the poor-law, was obliged to give them
en order, and now the new marrie,' conple, in accordance
with the same law, are spending their honey-moon in the
workhouse, apart from each other.—Carlisle Patriot.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BELGIUM..--Her Majesty and
Prince Albert were prevented from sailing on Tuesday,
according to previous arrangement, by the continued vio-
lence of the weather, but they embarked on board the
royal yacht at half-past five on Wednesday afternoon.
The squadron consisted of four steamers, on the second of
which was the first Lord of the Admiralty. At about five
o'clock on Thursday morning it passed Dover, and was
saluted from the battery. At Ostend, preparations of an
unostentatious nature had been made for the reception of
King Leopold, who arrived with his suite at eleven o'clock
on Tuesday night. On Friday morning, shortly after nine,
King Leopold and his aides-de-camp „came down to the
quay, and were conveyed on board by a guard of honour.
After a short stay he returned with the Queen, Prince
Albert, the royal children, and the members of the suite:
her Majesty, previous to leaving the yacht, inquiring, as
if anxious to spend as long a time as possible with her
royal relative, what was the latest hour for the yacht sail-
ing. The ruyal party then drove to the palace in the
Long-street, and soon afterwards the Queen, accompanied
by his Majesty and Prince Albert, set out for a promenade
on the Sea-walls. The Digue was crowded with specta-
tors, who followed the royal party and occasionally pressed
upon them to an inconvenient extent. The utmost re-
spect was, however, manifested throughout, and the
Queen did not seem to be at all annoyed by the pressure.
About half-past eleven they returned to the palace, where
a dejeuner had been provided, by order of his Majesty.
About half-past twelve o'clock the consulate body took
their place in the square ; and, very shortly after the royal
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carriage drove up, containing the Queen, Prince Albert,
a
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five o'clock the squadron was seen from Dover bearing
down from the Downs in a line with the South Sand
Light, and the royal yachts hauled in under the Refuge
Harbour works, the guns of the western heights and the
castle saluting, and the troops on the top of the cliff firing
feu de joies. At eight o'clock, after a stay of nearly two
hours, during which time her Majesty was earnestly en-
gaged in inquiring into the character of the works and
reviewing the lines, &c., the Victoria and Albert steamed
out of the bay and proceeded away to the westward ; and
the Queen and Prince Albert, on Saturday morning, about
half-past eight, landed at Osborne-pier and proceeded to
Osborne.