The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-03-01 00:00:00

LOCAL.

THE DISTRESSED CLERGY OF IRELAND.—We have the plea-
sure to acknowledge the receipt of the following donations, in
addition to those advertised befoie

Messrs. Byrne Brothers...,
Gilbert her, Esq., Brook Lodge

The St. George Steam Packet Company's vessel, St. David,
which left Liverpool on Tuesday week, at nine o'clock, a.m.,
arrived in perfect safety at Exeter, (her destined p6rt,) on the
23d instant. This passage may be noticed as remarkably short,
and such as to confirm the high repute in which the St. David
is held, as being a first-rate sea boat, when we take into consi-
deration that she had to encounter the gales of the nights of
Tuesday and Wednesday week.

We have prepared an analysis of the " Irish Disturbance
Suppression Bill," by way of shewing the points in which it is
likely to fail of accomplishing what, in the view of persons well
versed in Irish affairs, and the more immediate causes and
course of the outrages which distract that country, are the
desiderata in such a law. Want of space compels us to omit
its insertion to-day •or perhaps altogether ;as before our next
publication it may ke rendered -uninteresting, if not useless,
from the superior developements likely topresent themselves in
the pending discussion.

We copy the following paragraph from the Liverpool Times
of Tuesday last :—" When we heard the story of the Deputation
having authorized Mr. Wason to neyociate with Lord Sandon, we
disbelieved it altogether ; and we now learn from undoubted autho-
rity that it is untrue." We care not one straw whether the de-
putation did, or did not, authorise Mr. Wason to go the whole
length which that gentleman went, in his interview with Lord
Sandon : but, that the overture was made, we boldly and fear-
lessly re-assert—and we challenge either the Times or any other
journal to prove to the contrary. If the editor of that paper is
anxious to ascertain what actually occurred, we would 'suggest
to him the propriety of getting some member of Parliament to
put the question to Lord Sandon, in the House of Commons,
as to whether such a disgraceful overture was or was not made
to him, and he will very soon arrive at the real truth of' the
case. Until this is done, we place no credence whatever in this
" undoubted authority."

STREET ROBBERY.—Peter Johnson, was on Monday last,
committed for trial, ou charge of robbing George Gill of his
watch on the highway. The prosecutor, who lives at Earle
and Carter's oilmill, on the North Shore, went on Saturday
night to see a friend, with whom he staid very late. Between
four and five-o'clock on Sunday morning, on his way home, he
was met in Pool-lane by the prisoner, who asked him what
o'clock' it was, and on his taking out his watch to look at the
time, the prisoner seized hold of the watch chain and attempted
to get it from him. He asked the prisoner if he intended to rob
him, and the latter said he did not, and immediately let go the
chain. But no sooner had the prosecutor replaced the watch
in his fob, than the prisoner made a snatch at the chain, drew
out the watch, and ran off with it down Cable-street. The
prosecutor pursued him, calling. out "watch!" and a watchman
seeing the parties running, joined in the chase, overtook the
prisoner in Paradise-street, and conveyed him to Bridewell.
He then returned, and tracing the route which the prisoner had
taken in his flight, found the watch (identified by the prosecu-
tor) in CableLstreet. The prisoner denied that he ever saw the
watch.

MYSTERIOUS CAsE.—On Saturday last, a person of the
name of John Parker, was brought before the justices assem-
bled in Petty Sessions, at Stafford, and charged on suspicion of
having murdered or unlawfully disposed of a young woman
named Eliza Parr. It appeared by the evidence of Thomas
Parr, her father, that in the month of January, 1832, Parker
came to his house in Stafford (his daughter being then on a
visit. with him), and said a person at Milwich wanted mourning
made, mentioning the name of the person. The young woman
in consequence went away front her father's house, with Parker,
at whose house she had lodged for some time, and carried on
the dre.s-making, business. Suspicious circumstances arising,
an inquiry was instituted, when it appeared that no person of
the name mentioned by Parker was then or ever had been re-
siding in Milwich, and it transpired that Miss Parr and
Parker left the house of the latter on the day after they went
from Stafford, and had taken with them about £l3O of Miss
Parr's money, which she had just received from the banks at
Rugeley and Litchfield. They were traced to Liverpool, at
which place they lived together as man and wife. Parker has
been before in custody on this charge, and on that occasion he
told Robert Jones, the constable of Stafford, that Miss Parr
and himself went on board a vessel called the Henry Tooke,
and that the name of the captain was Bliss, in the month of
April last, to go to Boston, in America, and that Miss Farr
died of the measles on the sth day of May, and was cast
board. On the other hand, Mrs. Green, of Liverpool, who is
a native of Stafford, and who has known Miss Parr many years,
says she met her in Liverpool
,in July last. She is quite cer-
tain it was Miss Parr; and wocild have spoken to her, but she
avoided her, and turned her head another way. Parker made
no defence, and the justices committed him for further exaroi,
nation.—Worcester herald,