The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-14 00:00:00

man believes that he is different fron
—Cornish's Juryman's Legal Hand.

in a parlour like a

When is a lady like a trout ? When she takes a fly that
brings her to the bank. Why is the sun like a good loaf?
Because it's light when it rises. Why is a bird like a greedy
creature? Because it never eats less than a peck. Why
is a temperance medal like an umbrella? Because it keeps
you dry. When is a fowl's neck like a bell? When it's
rung for dinner. Why isn't a boy like a pretty bonnet?
Because one becomes a woman, the other don't. Why is
killing bees like a confession ? Because you umbuzz 'em.—
Punch.

THE NAVY ESTIMATES.—Mr. Hume objected to these
estimates. (Oh, oh
he rose to speak
not going to be
(Laughter and cheers
pant.- He had made a
that were necessary for

eat was always the way whenever
oh, oh ! but he (Mr.. Hume) was
a, by all the oh's in the universe.
He thought the estimates extrava-
alculation of t

put dc

a24-gun ship, anddivid'ng the Crew by the number of offi-
cers, he found there was a man and a half over. (Hear.)
He (Mr. Hume) would ask where was the ne,—
(Hear, and Question.) He should conclu

ity fin a

le by moving for

•
a return of all the coxswains now on active service; together
with all the documents that had passed between the lords of
the admiralty and the Baffin's Bay Company, distinguishing
those letters which were post-free from those on which the
receiver had to pay the postage. (Oh !) Mr. Sidney Her-
bert would feel great pleasure in giving the honourable mem-
ber all the information he wished ; but the fact was, there
were no documents. (Hear.) Mr. Hume—That is why I
ask for them. (Cries of " Spoke.") Here the subject
dropped•—Punch.

TITIAN AND THE BANDITTI.--tiliding, 85 it 'mei,
the jovial spirit of the scene, and, perhaps, really feeling a
considerable share of enjoyment in its novelty, the painter
soon came to be considered as one before whom it was scare-'
requisite
..to keep up much reserve. The past was .
spoken of, and the future hinted at without any great appre-
hension that he would make mischief from what he heard.
The conversation flagged at last, and, one by one, most of
the banditti betook themselves to the solacing luxury of a
siesta. A few continued to pay their devotions to the wine-
cup, talking, as they drank, of former exploits, but in a tone
so low, that even if worth hearing, only a senter._
discourse could be caught now and then. Some tried their
fortune at the dice, and found backers in abundance.
posted as sentinels along th 9 route
the forest, prevented surprise

e of their

the more open part of

and were ready at the au

time to give warning or Inc ter,_
the place which the banditti had chosen
although secret enough from casual observation, was wither
of the road by the Piave. whim., --

r their retreat

quented at the tim
viewed the scene,

Titian could not help thinking,
at he had seldom beheld a mo

3reCiPit

turesque specta(
cliff, black with the ivy of many years

its base, throe

g a !ur►c

1;7 the %;ood,thiCk with

mediate

lv before hint

his great success—that his pictures well
nature, and the opportunity he now bad was not
lected. He was provided with the means of availing himself
of it—for a sketch-book, even in those days, was sufficiently
portable—and he proceeded to sketch the landscape and the
figures before him. Rapid execution was one of the peculiar
character-nitres of his drawing; and he soon had completed
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) be ne

his sketch without interruF
ever, in finishing it unubse

d. Or

group, anu SCOW UClliuu kgA. rasa.
plete view of the sketch ; and st
his hand,
a great pr

it ont of

hCiOself; a
handiwork

The leader of the band

rest in mood

z it to be a

hate known that not
this_

t say

very place w
neck ; there,

be proud
added, "

hither,anu
While Yen

in which

It he 'restos•ed

to name as 114 v

ion, wt

'ot a vr

'edging 131$ a
Id- tha

nd his r;

COURT OF CRANCERY.—A correspondent of the Times
~..ys, that at this time there are between 40,000,000 and
50,000,000 of money in the name of the Accountant General
of the Court, a considerable portion of which is kept from
the starving and suffering suitors by the want of progress in
number
of men I the Master's office.

IMPORTANT DECISION RESPECTING TILE SCOTCH KIRK.
—On Friday the Lori's of the Council and Session adhered
to the interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary, which rendered
and set aside the sentence of deposition pronounced by the
General Assembly on the seven brethren of Strathbogie.
And, in the Auchterarder case, their Lordships also decided
that the legal minority of the Presbytery (excluding the
quoad sacra) were 'bound to induct the presentee, if qualified.

OXFORD: HARDY V. STONE AND ANOTHER.—This was
n action brought by the executrix of the late Mr. Hardy,
;ainst the administrators of Mr. Jos. Stone, to recover the
tm of £l5l Ss. 4d. with interest. Mr. Serjcant Talfourd
Mr. W. J. Alexander conducted the plaintiff's case, and
Whateley and Mr. F. V. Lee appeared for the defend.
It

The Case was one of considerabl

principally deserves notice on account of tne singular cnar-
acter of the evidence, which afforded a remarkable proof of
the fallibility of the usual tests of handwriting. Three wit-
nesses were called for the plaintiff, all of whom stated that
the signatures attached to two papers were in Mr. Stone's
handwriting ; but, upon their cross examination, seven or
eight counterfeit signatures, together with one genuine sig-
nature of Mr. Stone. were shown to them, and one and all
expressed their belief that the counterfeit signatures were in
Mr. Stone's handwriting, and that the only one which was
really genuine was a counterfeit. For the defendants, on
the other band, several witnesses were examined as to the
authenticity of the signatures, and their judgment provedlo
be no better than that of the plaintiff's witnesses. Mr. Ser-
jeant Talfourd animadverted on the " little-go of forgery"
which had been got up in oraer to puzzle and confound the
Plaintiff's witnesses, and took occasion to mention that he
iad himself been deceived into the belief that a counterfeit
own handwriting. The learned serjeant
;ll known to the gentlemen by whom he

s surrounded, that a ge
n—the Attorney-Gener
tion the faculty of ialit

LI in the greatest per-
andwriting of another

le letter, remarking that
rjeant Talfourd) took the

letter in his hand for the purpose of altering the date, re-
marking that it was strange he should make such a mistake,
when Sir Frederick produced the frank which he had really
written, and between which and the counterfeit frank it was
impossible to distinguish any difference. The jury, after
looking at the documents, in about five minutes returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed.

Bartlett, which was before the court on Friday, his insolvency
was attributed to the change in the fashion of wearing hair.
The insolvent said the plain bands bad ruined the hair-
dressers; they had been introduced by her Majesty
FORGING A WILI

AA one of the London police offices
a well looking woman,

xi Friday, Elizabeth NouL
4ressed in widow's weeds, was brought up on remand,
ed with forging the will of Richard Noughton, her late
nd. Th
Hoary ch
it

circumstances of this case are of a very ex-
iracter. The chief witnesses for the prosecu-
ler and the mother of the prisoner, who, for
hich did not transpire, seem actuated by the
their daughter. Eliza-
fe of Richard Nough-

1, who resided in Hampshire Hog-yard,
Giles, and who died on the 7th of February
70 years. He had been married to her for

, o,—. •
yeais previous to his demise, but left no other issue than
iipoitimate con named Richard Noughton.

This young

stepmother and the' boy there were strong
:e. In June, 1833, the deceased made a

exception.of a bequest of .£2O to a
Exent, all his money. goods, and chattels
taunting in value at the time of his death to about ,Z,1000,)
divided between the prisoner and his. son. The
aesses to the execution of this instrument were
11. Crome; of Duke-street,

_
'atterson, of ,Wood-street, Brt
bad b

~,swick-square.. The
ars suffering from a violent rheutna-
quite enfeebled his intellects: The alle,
Alsoner was,,that on. the 22d November,
and procured her husband's
.ature to it at a time wben his mind was fee,ble, by repre-
nting to him that the document was an appeal against horse

gainst tl
d another will

Ity7—th,eir horse hiving lately died. The Mother and father
and preyed that she had ac:

r were examined,

erg,to them, after. having obtained the

sting witness upon false pre-

rhev also deposed to the fact of the deceased being
life. Mr. Combe
—.wing the case to the _um pailey for trial,
a long argument between the counsel, agreed to
nail—two sureties in 4250 each, and the recognizance
f the Prisoner for..£looo.

liect in tbe latex years o