The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

DEATH FROM AIR IN A VEIN.—On Wednesday, an
inquest was held at Barnes, on the body of W. Richards,
a coal-porter. The deceased had been suffering from
inflammation of the wind-pipe, and died after the per-
formance of an operation. The Jury consulted for a few
minutes, and then returned the following special verdict:
" Accidental death, from the entrance of air into a vein
in the neck during an operation performed by Dr. Willis :
but the Jury cannot separate without expressing their
opinion that such operation was cautiously and skilfully
performed ; and, as appears by the evidence adduced, the
said operation was fully warranted by present practice.
SINGULAR Loss OF Two LIVES.—An inquest was held
on Wednesday on the bodies of two men, named Wain-
wright and Moore. On Tuesday Wainwright, who was a
horse-keeper in a cab yard, was " larking with a man
named Peacock, when they began to wrestle and both
fell to the ground, the head of the deceased striking a bolt
in the door and causing the blood to flow. He was con-
veyed to the hospital, where erysipelas set in, and he soon
after died. After Wainwright had been carried away.
Moore said something to Peacock which exasperated him,
and they were about to have a scuffle when Moora sud-
den* dropped down dead. In this case the opinion of
the medical men was, that death was caused by excite-
ment, and in the other case a verdict of Accidental Death
was retarned.—London paper.
A DISCOVERY.—On Thursday, while Irvine, one of the
criminal officers, was engaged in the necessary investiga-
tions, in order to trace out a gold watch which had been
stolen, he made a discovery which tends to explain the
extreme difficulty which is met with in the recovery of
such property. In searching the premises of a watch-
maker, who is known to be engaged in renovating, or in
other words disguising. stolen watches, certain parts of
several watches were found, which led to the suspicion
that the parts belonged to as many stolen watches. The
watchmaker's assistant being the son of a broker, who
was known as a dealer in the trade, as the practice of re-
setting
watches is called by the parties, search was made
for the other portions of the watches, corresponding to
those in the watchmaker's possession. The search proved
to a considerable extent successful, the works of a number
of watches having been recovered minus what was found
with the watchmaker. This was so far well, but a part of
them was still awanting—the plate which bears the
maker's name, and the number of the watch. This was a
puzzler, but accident supplied the required information.
While the officer was engaged in his inquiries, a parcel
from London was opportunely delivered to the broker,
which on being taken possession of and examined, turned
out to be the old name plates which were missing, care-
fully and ably furnished with a new face. The whole
of the parties are in custody.—Glasgoto Paper.
MIDNIGHT HUNT IN THE SHEFFIELD TUNNEL.—On
Tuesday week, soon after midnight, one of the servants of
the Midland Company was proceeding up the tunnel, to-.
wards the Manchester station, and when he had got some
distance along the dark and dreary cavity, he was alarmed
by a loud barking and clattering of hoofs at the upper end
of the tunnel. He listened for a moment, and finding
that whatever animals the noise came from were gaining
fast upon him, he wisely took to his heels, and darted
back towards the point he started from. Having taken
his position out of harm's way, he waited but for a brief
space, while the clattering of hoofs and the barking were
getting nearer and nearer. In another minute out bolted
a jackass at the top of his speed, with a dog yelping at his
heels. Away they went up the line towards Attercliffe,
the ass ever and anon flinging his heels at the dog, and
cocking up his head, right and left, to see the whereabouts
of his pursuer. The men who were on duty at the station
now joined in the pursuit, and at some distance up the
line, Mr. Neddy was brought to bay, and duly captured.
On further inquiry, it appeared the poor donkey had
strayed into the Sheffield and Manchester station at mid-
night, and wandered to the upper end of the tunnel.
While there, he was beset by the dog, to escape
whose fangs he shot down the tunnel, and caused the
alarm and confusion above described.

THE LATE THOMAS DUNCOMBE,ESQ.—The will of the
late Thomas Duncombe, Esq., of Copgrove, in the county
of York, was proved in the court at York, on the 29th Feb.,
and in London, on the 6th ult. The personal pro-
perty within the province of Canterbury alone paid a duty
on £60,000. The will is dated the 19th of February,
1840, and the executors appointed therein are Lord Fe-
versham, the nephew (then the Hon. Wm. Duncombe),
and the Rev. Edward Duncombe, a son of the deceased,
and who alone proved the will in the respective courts.
The testator has bequeathed to his eldest son, Thomas
Slingsby Duncombe, Esq., a legacy of £3O; his mansion,
and all the messuages, lands, and hereditaments in the
township of Aldborough, Yorkshire, he leaves to his son
Edward and his heirs for ever. The estates which he held
on lease under his Grace, the Archbishop of York, situate
at Monkton Naine, lie leaves to his son Henry John Dun-
combe, together with the tithes arising from the said
estates, and devises to him for his own use the messuages,
cottages, lands and estates in the parish of Burton Leo-
nard, in the township of Brearton, Yorkshire, and al/
other his real estate, whether in possession, reversion, re-
mainder, or expectancy, and over which he held any power
of disposition, and not specifically given or devised.
Leaves in trust to his son, the Rev. Edward Duncombe,
and his son-in-law, the Hon. and Rev. John Venables
Vernon, so much capital as, when invested in the Three
per Cent. Consols, will produce the annual dividend of
£5OO sterling, to apply such dividends to the use and be-
nefit of his son, George Duncombe, for his life, and after
his decease shall fall into the residueof the personal estate.
Directs that his diamonds, jewellery, pictures, paintings,
busts, statues, library, his wines, furniture, carriages, and
hor.,, chill hp shared enuallv among his sons Henry and
Barbara Vernon, and Harrietv aue, auu
residuary legatees.