The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-30 00:00:00

DIED

By a remarkable coincidence—sufficiently so at least to he
orth recording—the news of the decease of the Queen Dowa-

ger of Great Britain arrived at C

ton on the same day with an

express from the Board of War at rekine:, announcing that the
Empress Dowager of China, also eminent for her virtues, de-
parted this life (lit. went to roam with spirits) upon the 16th
day of the )2th moon of the 29th year of fau-kwang (18th Ja-
nuary.) Officers, civil and military, are thereupon enjoined to
array themselves in white, and perform ceremonies proper for

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such occasions. They are also to affix a blue stamp to all pub-
lic documents, and are not to permit drums to teat or fifes to
play in front of their Ya-muns. The Peking Gazettes bear
witness to the devout respect with which the Empress Dowager
was uniformly treated by his Imperial Majesty; which, how-
ever, was no more than proper gratitude on his part ; for it was
her preference of him over her own offspring that induced Kia.
king to nominate Tan-kwang as his successor.—China Mail.
On the Bth February, Captain JAMES MITCHELL of the
ship Clarence. Deceased was lost at sea.
On the 27th February, of typhus fever, in Upper Canada,
aged 26, WM. JAMES, eldest son of Mr. WM. KERMODE,
formerly of this town.

On the 22d ultimo, at Kingston, Jamaica, JAMES MUIR,
jun., Esq., merchant, of this town.
On the 26th ultimo, at Pernambuco, of yellow fever, JOSHUA
GORING, Esq., British vice-consul, and formerly of this town.
On the 27th ultimo, at Malta, the Rev. E. BENBOW, vicar of
Aldenham, Herts, son of J. Benbow, Esq., M.P.
On the Ist instant. at A linaskiah Cottage, near Inverness, in
her 77th year, MARY, eldest daughter of the late A. INGLIS,
Esq., of South Carolina.
On the 7th instant, at Little Bolton, aged 96, Mrs. MARY M.
SMITH. She had been a member of th Wesleyan Society for
upwards of 70 years.
On the 9th instant, at Kinnettles, Forfarshire, the Rev.
ROBERT LUNAN, in the 71st year of his age and 43d of his
ministry.
On the 13th instant, aged 72, Mr. JAMES ASPINALL, for
upwards of twelve years superintendent of the Manchester
Night Asylum. Deceased was for 15 years an efficient officer
of the old police force, and in 1835 was superannuated with a
testimonial of respect.
On the 14th instant, at Eskew-beck, Lower Bentham, aged
101, Mrs. ISAI3ELLA WHITEHEAD.
Same day, at Roby, aged 56, J. TORBOCK, Esq., formerly of
Dovecote-hall, in this county.
On the 15th instant, at Bay-view Cottage, near Swansea,
J. B. JENKINS, Esq., for many years agent to Messrs. P:
Grenfell and Sons, of
_th!)3.liodle-bank Copper-works, _

Same day, aged 64, MARGARET CRUPPER, a Crosby-
green, West Derby.
On the 16th instant, on the anniversary of his 87th birth, Mr.
THOMAS FRANCIS, of Bebington. The residence of the de-
ceased will be well known to those who have visited Bebington
from the singular aspect it presents, being laid out in the cas-
tilated style, with wooden sentinels, cannon, &c., &c. About
twelve months ago the deceased ordered coffins for himself and
his wife from Mr. Walter, plumber, of Birkenhead. They were
to be made of lead, and ornamented. A few days after they
were made the wife of the deceased died. Some months after
this Mr. Walter sent for his account, when the deceased at first
refused to pay until the job was completed, i.e., until the coffin
was soldered up. He, however, eventually paid the bill. The
deceased had also dug his own grave in Bebington Church-
yard, and was consigned on the 22nd instant to his solitary
abode.

Same day, at Leamington, aged 81, ALEX. SETON, Esq., of
Mounie, a justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant of the
county of Aberdeen.
On the 17th instant, of concussion of the brain, in his 4th
year, LUCIUS JUNIUS, son of Mr. R. JOHNSON.
Same c'ay, Mr. JAMES BROTHERSTON, of the Naticnal
Provincial Bank of England, and formerly one of the late firm
of Brotherston and Begg, of this town, and Lima, South
America. The deceased was found drowned at Newport,
M ontgomeryshire.
Same clay, aged 12, MARY ANNE, eldest daughter of
THOMAS DOBSON, of Wellington-road, Toxteth-park.
On the 18th instant, aged 66, Mr. PETER LLOYD, sailmaker,
Stanhope-street.
On the 19th instant, at his son-in-law's seat, near Wrexham,
Denbighshire, Sir JOHN EDWARDS, of Mechynlleth, father-
in.law of Viscount SEAHAM. He had attained his 80th year.
He represented the Montgomery district of boroughs in Par-
liament from 1822 to 1841, and was Lieutenant-Colonel of tis
volunteers and local militia of the western division of Montgo-
meryshire. . . . . _

Same day, suddenly, at the house of her brother, in Mill-
lane, Tranmere, ELIZABETH, relict of the late Mr. WM.
GUY, glover, &c., formerly of Lord-street, in this town.
On the 20th instant, at the residence of his daughter. 28,
Erskine-street, Mr. WILLIAM DUNCAN, of New Galloway,
at the advanced age of 96 years.
Same day, aged 85, Mr. JOHN GUY, of the Five-lane-ends,
Neston, Cheshire, formerly of her Majesty's Customs at this
port.
Same day, ALlCE:relict of RICHARD RICHARDSON, Esq.,
of Upper Parliament-street.
same,day, at Highfield, Cheetham-hill, near Manchester, aged
36, Mrs. ROBERT GLADS'I ONE.
. . .

Same day, at Brechin, after a short illness, aged 57, ALEX.
DEMPSTER. Deceased was unmarried, and resided alone in
one room of a house that belonged to him ; and, though pos-
sessed of considerable property, such was the penuriousness of
his habits that he was never known to have had a fire in h;s
room. After his death £126 in silver, chiefly half-crowns,
in gold, and .9 in bank-notes were found in various places of
concealment. It is said his property will exceed e2OOO, and
will devolve on second cousins, no nearer relatives being
known.

On the 21st instant, at Dorchester, a;ed 56, WILLIAM
SHIRLEY, Esq., late major in the 7th Hussars.
Same day, aged 28, WILLIAM, only son of Mr. JOHN STU-
ART, of Marsden-street, Low-hill.
Same day, at Bolton le-Moors, in his 64th year, T. TONG,
Esq.
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On the 22d instant, in Grosvenor-street, London, the Right
Hon. and Rev. Lord F. BEAUCLERK, D.D., youngest son of
Aubrey, fifth Duke of St. Albans.
Same day, PETER, son of Mrs. DAVIES, of Wrexham-house,
Cumberland-street.
Same day, aged 46, ELIZA, wife of Mr. JAMES HANNAH,
shipwright.
Same day, aged 19, WILLIAM, eldest eon of Mr, JOHN
WIBBRRLEY, painter.