The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-19 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

We are glad to find that a steam communication is about to
be established between London, Plymouth, Cork, and Liver,
vool, thereby insuring a certain and expeditious conveyance
for both goods and passengers, which till, no doubt, prove very
advantageous to the interests of both countries.
MARCH OF IDIOMS.—The leading article of one of the New
York papers, just received, commences as follows :—" The
Report of the Board of Visitors of the West Point Military
Academy, beilw crowded out to-day, will appear in our paper to-
morrow." This may be pure American, but it is not English.
DEATH BY DROWNING.—On Wednesday last, a young boy
named Falkner, (son of Mr. Falkner, the well-known carrier,
of the firm of Barnaby, Falkner, and Co.) whose mother was
one of iho unfortunate sufferers in the wreck or the Rotlisay
Castle, which happened about this time two years, was drowned
in his father's' fish pond at Mosten, near Manchester; Whilst
playing in its margin he fell in, and was not discovered until
two hours'afterwards. The event, from the interesting age of
' the youth, (twelve years) and the painful recollections which
it revives, has plunged the family into a deep state of mental
suffering.
On Monday last Sir Richard and Lady Bulkely, with the
young hei' of Baron-hill and their suite, left this port after their
visit at Hooton-hall, in the Prince Llewelyn steamer. The in-
habitants of Beaumaris, being apprized of their approach by
the display of flags made by Captain Wright on the steamer's
arrival off Puffin Island, were assembled in great crowds to'
welcome their highly respected neighbour on his landing; and,
having taken the horses from the carriages, drew them to Ba-
ron-hill, amidst loud cheers of congratulation.—We understand
Sir Thomas and Lady Stanley are expected on Tuesday the
30th instant, by the Prince Llewelyn, on a visit to the worthy
baronet.

NEW BRIGHTON.—This delightful place is rapidly progress-
ing in its improvements and population, and promises to equal
in importance any of the villages on the Mersey. For the last
week, the steam packet has conveyed upwards of a thousand
persons daily, and in a short time another boat will be employed
on the same station, so as to afford a greater facility, to these
who may have occasion to visit it in search of recreation, or on
business.

LOTTURY Swixor,E.—On Wednesday se'nnight, one of the
watchmen, in the neighbourhood of Scotland-road, found a note
book and some papers. One of the papers was a printed form,
filled up in manuscript, announcing a lottery at the Blue Bell,
London-road, of household furniture, estimated at £65. They
were to be all prizes and no blanks, and the number of tickets
was 526 at 2s. 6d. each. In the hate book were the names of
two thousand persons who had paid various sums from one
shilling to ten, and from the state of the book it was evident
that this was not the first lottery of the kind in which it had
been employed. Suspecting that all was not right, Mr. Her-
bert, one of the captains of. the watch, made inquiries at the
Blue Bell, and found that they knew nothing of it; but seeing
the name of Mr. Parker, publican, Scotland-road, in the list,
he went there that evening, and apprehended a person who
admitted that the book and papers were his. On Saturday he
was brought before Mr. Alderman Case, when four women,
from Wavertree appeared against him, he having received
2s. 6d. from each on the previous Thursday. The penalty for
announcing a lottery is £lOO, or six months' imprisonment;
but the worthy magistrate, on his promise of abandoning his
present mode of life, fined him 40s. It is really surprising
how the poorer classes are swindled by plausible cheats like
this fellow.