The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

LOCA I. NEWS.

" THE QUEEN'S 1-1,0 EL,"—NI ANC .ERR.—Cur well
known and esteemed t wnstuao, i‘L. 'rowers, of the
Angel Hotel, has (as wll be seen by n a !vett:seinent)
commenced an est .11i,timent under this name, in Man-
chester. The ope,in, &niter is fixe.l 't,r Tuesday next.
and from p .st ioon, of "mine host's" taste and
judgement, a- api oridore, we need sc !re say that the
entertainmei,t w,il be of the shoic st h]nd. whether as
regards viands or s, ioes. We have seen h.- new hotel, it
is in Piecadills ,an is a superb and exc,ehu gly -pacinus
stone buildi, g, apparer,tly as large as th Adelphi, in this
town; elegant() R•ted up. and un•u pas-. 3 in comfort and
convenience by uty in the kingdom.
LIVERPOOL, l'iin.TF,u.—We ha,e hitherto considered
the flavour o' the London, Dublin, and Cork Porter
unapproachable, and hate, in some way, been inclined
to think that Liverpool br,wed porter a as greatly inferior
to that produced oy its rival towns; but from the samples
we have been -hown by Messrs Cross and Metge, who
have opened extens;ve stores in Water-street, ye are now
lead to believe that Lis erponl is about to compete with
these hitherto fa.oure I places in the pruluction of this
popular summer beverage. The Swot', of IW• porter is
excellent, and it p •stases those combined qualities of
strengt and m;ldn-as so much desired. Those who are
about to lay in their summer stores would do well to try
the article.

FIRE IN Cu AP EL-STREET. —A bout Ilelf-past se7ett
o'clock ye,terdav evening, a fire WAS discovered on the
premises enjoining Adelaide Butldito s, Chapel-street.
The ground floor is ocrupted by Mr. Graces, a merchant,
and the upper rooms ere occripie 1 by Mr•ssrs. T. and .1.
Connell, Mr. Thos. Sleddon, arid Me.srs. Bournes and
Robinson, and in the office of the r the tire originated,
but was fortunately di.royered ar it arrested before any
material damage was effected. A large hole was burned
in the floor, and a numt,er of files ot bills, t:,e Telegraph,
&c., consumed Mr. Miller, the chief supe,intendenc, as
also Mr. Hewitt, were speedily on the spry:. The fire was
fir 4 di,,cover,tl by a men named Picketsg:ll, who rendered
efficient service in preventing its progress by a few buckets
of water.

THE LATE EXPLOSION OF GAS IN A DWELLING-
HOUSE.—We related a yew weeks ao the particulars of
an extraordinary explcsi-m r>f acs in a large (and then
luckily untenanted) dwelling-house in ltoinoon, coiner of
&disbars, street. which greatly shattered the building,
blew out several rf the windows, overturned the door
steps, and did other damage. It was a fte. wards found
necessary to remove the greatet part of the wags, and
have them rebuilt, which is just aceornpli- bed. The front
wall to Isliny.ton is rebuilt almost ent;re'y from the cel-
lars. The back call to the yard had t, he similarly re-
newed, and the fr nt,ige to Salistlury sr-ret (the bluest)
to about ht,lf the same proportionate exte:it. The attics
had to be nearly all rebuilt. The rely arts that appear
to have stood th shook were the lmer aiglea or corners.
To effect the ret,airs, the floors and roof lad to be sup—
ported with pr,o.,s all round; and the buildag.ttdhoeuststghraoeurcleetrnioieettds
pro-
prietorout,representedr a n.m' a she very the
v" evyr et appearancehoe soi t,
fhe other.
r lt ew Theal large
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s opent,
would not be made uoml by the insurance office.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—We know of no place of
summer recreation more worthy of t. .e attendance of
those who have a few hours to spare thrm Mr. Ailons's
beautiful and iiitturesqte gardens, which have all the ad-
vantages of rural air and brightness. though in the almost
immediate proximity of the town. Those who have visited
them will readily acknowledge that the comparatively
small space of gr. tin which they occuov is so tastefully
and so scientifically laid out is to be almost interminable
in new charms and vistas, rising up at every step to those
who meander through thedi,ersified walks, and along the
peopled lake.. Forrned upon ground Or uneven surrace,
the spot, indeed. 5, ems to he teat from which Milton
derived his beautiful idea of diversity, when he penned the
lines,—

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" For earth has this variety from heaven
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" Of pleasure sip uste in hill and die.
In addition to the usual attractions or the gardens in
them;elves, the proprietor mindful of past encourawement,
has in prepay ,tinti on a scale of unplec• dented splendour
a series of "Fetes Ete, of a niost novel and striking
character which will shorly be completed, and of the com-
mencement of which due notice w.ll bp given. He has
also in order to obviate the inconveni,nce to which visi-
tors, and partieuLrly ladies, have+ithrrto been liable by
viewing out-door exhibitions, alter the dens of evening
have begun to rise, erected a spacious saloon, which will
be lighted by gas, arid will afford a deli 3tful promenade.
He has in fie, spared no expense " the recess
render his little paradise more and more attractive; and
purposes to enliven the season by a success,on of unique
and pleasing performances.

A FEMALE FOUND DEAD IN HER HOUSE.--Yesterday
an inquest was held before H. H. Statham, depute,
borough coroner, on view of the body of Dinah Graf,
aged 23, wife of Leopold Graf, formerly warehouseman to
Mesirs. Wilson at.d Dawson, and now interpreter to one
of the partners on the continent. Police constable,
Samuel Kirkpatrick, while on duty on Saturday after-
noon was informed by a female, that the shop kept by the
deceased had been closed from Friday nis.ht up to that
time, and that her mistress wished to set him. Witness
went with her, and wie sated that he vas wanted about a
woman who had been in the habit of ci•iithing. Witaess
went to the shop, No. 2, Crown-stree,, and found the
doors and windo.vs all fast. He went through Dr. Nigh-
tingall's house in Eliz ibeth .street behind, and succeeded
in opening the back window and then the door. Dr.
Nightingall accompanied him into the house, and they
first found an infant sitting in a bed tip stairs, crying, and
in a state as if it had not been seen for some time. They
took the chill to Dr.N's• , where it was fed and attended to.
They afterwards found the deceased, 151 e,,; on her back on
the floor of the cellar with her arms ,p-ried out, and her
legs on the stairs. She was quite dead and cild. • She
had the handle of a jug in one hand and the remainder
scattered about. There was some blond at the back of her
head and on her shoulders. She was removed up stairs
and placed on the bed. The servant OH (before alluded
to) who lived in the neighb•aurhood, said that on Saturday
last, as the shop kept by the deceased had been closed all
day, her mistress sent her for the polce-officer, as she
was afraid something was the matter. Witness after-
wards saw deceased dead. She had last seen her alive on
Friday night, when she called at the shop for bread, and
she then appeared to be in drink. Deceased had been ob-
served for some days frequently sending for drink to the
neighbouring public houses by girls and others passing.
Deceased was married about twelve months last Christ-
mas. Her husband went abroad abut five weeks ago.
She was placed in the sfrip before he went. A servant
of Dr. Nightingall said deceased sent for her on Friday
night to mit up the shop shutters. She went, and found
her in quite a confused and stupified state. Anthony
Bell, Joiner, said he knew deceased r-el her husband.
At the request of her husband, a little girl of his, two-and-
a-half years old had been with the deceased since the hus-
band went abroad. This was the child found in the house.
The witness had often seen deceased riming the last eigh-
teen mon:hs, and had never seen her otherwise than sober,
and never saw 11,,Otake ally drink in the house. He had
called every week except last week. Sir. Nightingall,
surgeon, corroborated the officer's evidence as to finding
the body. There was congealed blood about the head,
which had come from the left ear. .Ater an exam;natian,
he found no external wounds. The sckilp at the base of
the skull behind was contused; upon reflecting the scalp,
he found an immense quantity of extraicated blood, and a
fracture of the occiputal bone. There were also other
injuries of that part of the head; and all those would r!ro-
dnce instantaneous death. He afterwards found the fiver
Touch diseased, no doubt the eff-ict of rodent spirits. A
fall from the stairs to the fines below would produce the
effects stated Verdict —" Died from. the effects of the
wound, but bow that was received there was no evidence
to show"

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SINGULAR CASE nr BIGAMY : A WIFE LIVING WITH
TWO HUSBANDS.—On Thursday last Margaret M`Neal,
with a child in her arms. was placed lief-re Mr. Rushton,
when Mr. Dowling said the prisoner was charged with
bigamy under peculiar circumstances. She was living
with her husband about three years ago, and there was a
man lodging in the house at the same time. The man put
the banns up, and was maul d to the prisoner at St.
Nicholas' Church, she being already married. The wo-
man still continued to live with her first husband, and the
second had also lived with them, as a lodger, ever since,
but the first marriage had only been di,cot reed the day
before. Mr. Dowling said t.,ey had obtained a certificate
of the second marriage, but had not been able to find the
witnesses. Under these circumstances, .1-1 e prisoner, who
s tid she knew nothing at 811 about it, was remanded. It
is said that the prisoner wns married to her first husband,
James M'Nenl, about ten years ago, at the Old Church,
Manchester, and that, on the 10th A 1843, she was
again married to Michael Devine, the lodger, at St.
Nicholas Church, in this town. At both marriages she
gave her maiden name Margaret Hannah, and lately the
parties have resided together in Thompson-street, Tea-
teth-park. As it is somewhat singular that the second
marriage should have remained t.o lone. a secret, it may be
interesting to know how the fact was !:• eded. On Tues-
day morning the second husband ga‘t the prisoner into
the custody of acting inspector Tuck for robbing him of
an I 0 U for £3, a coat and vest, and ss. 6d. in money.
The officer, nn investigating the case, found there were
no grounds for the ch•atge of felony. ,:)irt during the time
he was in the house where the money was deposited, pri-
soner snatched a pap-r out o► Michael Devine s hand. On
SI doing a fight took place between the parties. Tuck
interfered, and took the taper from them. This turned

out to be the certificate of the second marriage. The pri-
soner then said, " 0, nod, don't take that; it belongs to
him." The parties were then taken to Bridewell. Ott
the road thither Tuck met M'Neal, the first husband, and
having asked him whether the prisoner was his wife, he
answered in the. affirmative, and thus the whole matter
was brought to light.—Yesterday the prisoner was again
placed at the bar, and some further evidence wit- tuain
brought forward, thou gh not yet final. William M'lsTeal
said he was' preSent at thimarliaci. of his brother James
to the prisoner, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, on
the 22d July, 1834, Her previous name was Margaret
Hannah. He produced a certificate of tne martiage from
the registry, and said that the prisoner had had six chil-
dren, five of whom were alive. John Ltvatt said he was
assi.tant to his uncle, registrar tut St. Nicholas's Church,
in this town, and produced an extract from the registry,
to the effect that Michael Devine and Margaret Hannah
were there untried, 10th Arr.', 1843 John Madden,
the next witness, said that at the req.)e-t of Devine,wlnn
he knew, he had attended the tratatage, but he could not
swear to the I erscn of the prisoner as betas the woman.
Some other persons n-ere present in, the church at the
tine, as there were other roprriPg.s, hut he did
. net know
them. This was all the further evidence mat could he
bought up, and Mr. Ilnshton ,a4l t i.n:, some tf the I el.
sons mar ed on e stow day. or t/ :nen& who wre
t reset t. n ust he inonired t-r. ao:1 tl, meantime
the to istmer n u-t he r.rranded. Ttl I,r..bability 81 pexi
to Le that the case nitl fthl to thy grcund,