The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

COMPOUND ESSENCE OF
JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA,

PREPARED AND SOLD BY
JOHN PRIESTLEY,

DISPENSING CHEMIST,
LORD-87'REE7, LIVERPOOL,

Pint Betties, Ios., Half-pint, ss. 6d.; and Quarter-pint, 3s. 6d.
lins most efficient and agreeable Preparation of
that well.known and valuable alterative, JAMAICA
SARSAPARILLA, is prepared by a peculiar and scientific
method, by which the whole of the aromatic and volatile
parts are preserved ; and the experience of many. years
has fully established the reputation of this Medicine, as
containing more of the virtues of the root than any
other preparation. Its beneficial effects have been par-
ticularly striking in the following complaints : Nocturnal
Pains in the Limbs, Scrofulous Enlargement of the Glands,
Cutaneous Affections. Chronic Rheumatism, &c., &c. ; in free-
ing the system after a course of Mercury its beneficial effects
are very powerful. It purifies the blood, and by giving to the
cutaneous vessels ahealthy and regular action, it removes that
disposition to Erysipilatons Inflammation from which so many
persons periodically suffer; and when taken in the Spring and
Fall of the Year as an Alterative Medicine, it will be found to
impart that strength to the constitution which is indicated by
firmness of flesh, good appetite, and freshness of the com-
plexion.
PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS.

Sold in Boxes, is. 6d. each, containing twenty-four Powders,
Nhich approach nearer than anything yet discovered to the
Chnlybeate Waters of Germany. The style of preparing,
PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is peculiar to himself and
combine scientific skill with great accuracy; and though num-
bers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have
of late years attempted imitations, they have invariably been
found to be spurious compounds, neither possessing the agree-
able flavour nor the medicinal preperties of the Seidlitz
Waters. _ _ _

LEMONADE POWDERS, Is. 6d. a Box.
GINGER BEER POWDERS, Is. 6d. a Box,
SODA POWDERS, Is. a Box.

PRIESTLEY'S COUGH AND ASTHMATICAL DROPS,

FOR covous, coLns, ASTHMAS, CONSUMPTIONS, &C. &C_
This invaluable Medicine immediately relieves Coughs,
Colds, Hoarseness, Difficulty of Breathing, and Huskiness in
the Throat.

These Drops are also the best preventative that can be taken
against SPITTING OF BLOOD, and AFFECTION Of the LUNGS.
Persons troubled with ASTHMA are considerably relieved by
taking a few doses of the Drops, as they tend to promote
expectoration and remove viscid phlegm. For the speedy cure
of the HOOFING COUGH, they are no less eflicaeous. Those
who are troubled with that unpleasant tickling in the Throat,
which deprives them of rest night after night, by the incessant
Cough which it provokes, will, by taking one dose, find im-
mediate relief; and one bottle, in most cases, will effect a
cure.
Sold in Bottles, at Is. lAd., 2s. Pd., and 4s. Gd.
PRIESTLEY'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
For Bilious, Liver., and Stomach Complaints, Indigestion, 5.c.

Prici Is. id. and 2s. 9(1. per Box, duty included.
These Pills will prove highly efficacious in Bilious Complaints,
Scorbutic Complaints, Affections of the Nervous System, Low-
ness of Spirits, Palpitation of the Heart, Rheumatic Pains in
the Head, Limbs, and other parts of the Body ; Oppression of
the Chest, Indigestion, Redundancy of Bile, Dizziness of the
Eyes, Violent Pains in the Temples and across the Forehead ;
Unpaired Memory, Sick Headache, Tremulous Action of the
whole Frame, Restlessness and Frightful Dreams, Stuporific
Dozing: Flatulency, Costiveness, &c.
PRIESTLEY'S AROMATIC TONIC TINCTURE,
a pleasant and agreeable remedy for Indigestion, loss of Appe-
tite, Wind, Flatulency, and all complaints arising from inward
debility, Weakness, &c.
ESSENCE OF RENNET,
FOR MAKING DELICIOUS CURDS AND WHEY.

This wholesome preparation is engaged to keep, and obviates
all the uncertainty of making Whey from the Rennet Dag.
MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR.

A few drops of this Flavour, added to Custards, Puddings,
Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a most delicious taste
of Almonds. Sold in Bottles, with Directions, is. Gd. and 3s.

THE JESUITS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMI-

SPHERE.
(From the Australian of April 29.)

The French ship Arche de' Alliance, which, with its
band of Jesuit missionaries, had been lying in Port Jack-
son for several weeks, suddenly sailed on Good Friday, the
21st instant, having taken on board about 30 of the South
Sea islanders, who, for the last 10 or 12 months, have been
in the service of Mr. Boyd, by whom, as it is well known,
they were brought from the Loyalties, and who had
succeeded beyond his expectation in' training them to
habits of usefulness and industry. By various arts and
the aid of a plentiful supply of cocoa nuts they were
kidnapped by the Arche d'Alliance company of Jesuits,
at whose instigation they took from Mr. Boyd's stores, the
bedding, clothes, cooking utensils, and various other ne-
cessaries, with which they had been supplied by him. Upon
being apprised of this audacious act of the French mis-
sion, Mr. Boyd, through Mr. J. P. Robinson requested
the interference of Archbishop Folding, representing to
his Grace that the men were useful servants, and that
they were under engagements to Mr. Boyd, who would
however,, have no objection to allow two or three to pro-
ceed with the Arche de Alliance, if their services as in-
terpreters were desired by the mission. Mr. Robinson
further explained that this "island-labour experiment"
had every prospect of success ; that many of the Sydney
householders had engaged, and been much satisfied with
the services of the men ; and that as a very impoi tanc step
in the difficult problem of colonisation, it was desirable
that the attempt to interfere with and kidnap the people in
Mr. Boyd's employ should be abandoned. Dr. Folding de-
clined to interfere in the matter, on the ground "that he had
no control over the French mission ;" and Mr. Robinson
thereupon obtained from the magistrate of the water-police
warrants for the apprehension of the men who had been
enticed on board the ship then on the eve of sailing. Be-
fore these warrants could be executed Captain Marceau
set sail, waiving the usual form of clearance, and defying
the authorities of the port. This officer's conduct will
of course be represented in the proper quarter, and in
far as he is concerned full redress will doubtlessly be ob-
tained ; but as regards the audacious outrage by the Jesuit
missionaries, it may be advisable to consider the matter
in some other form than a tedious and, but too probably,
unsatisfactory official correspondence.

THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.—The delightful weather
has enabled the farmers in this quarter to urge on their
operations, and in a day or two, excepting upland districts,
the crops will be secured in the barn yards. It is said to
have turned out better in every way than was expected.
Turnips and parsnips are suffering somewhat from drought.
The reports in regard to the potato crop are rather worse
than before, and some of them come from places hitherto
exempt; but assertions are so contradictory, that it is not
easy to come to any certain decision. With this weather,
however, we do not despair of a tolerable• crop.—Edin-
burgh Register.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT BRISTOL.—A fire occurred at
Bristol on Wednesday night, in the warehouses of Messrs.
Richards, paper manufacturers, Tower-hill, St. Philip's.
The flames speedily communicated with the premises of
Messrs. Weston, ironmonger, which ignited with so much
fierceness that Mr. Weston and his family narrowly escaped
with their iives. The fire then communicated to the pre-
mises of Mr. Hawker, chemist and druggist, in Castle-
street, and to the aJjoining shop and warehouses of Mr.
Bessell, linendraper, in both of which it did considerable
damage. Mr. Richard's stock was uninsured. The entire
loss is estimated at from £5,000 to X 8,600.

SUICIDE THROUGH LOSSES IN SPORTING SWEEPS.—
On Wednesday, a young man hired a cab, on the stand
in Oxford-street, London, and was driven to No. 6, Suf-
folk-street, Pall-mall. On arriving the driver opened the
door to let his fare out, when he found him lying on the
seat weltering in his blood, and a large holster pistol,
which had been recently discharged, close to his rigl t
hand. Mr. Cook, proprietor of the house, recognised the
deceased as his foreman. The young man whose name
was Norman Howard, was conveyed to the Charing-cross
Hospital, but was found to be quite dead. It is supposed
that the deceased committed suicide in consequence of
losses in several of the sporting lotteries. His employer
having been lately out of town, deceased had the who!e
management of the business, and it has already been
learnt that he received sums of money, and lost them, of
which he had rendered no account.
EMIGRATION CLUI3.—On Monday evening a crowded
public meeting of the labliring classes, the majority of
whom were respectable-looking mechanics, was held at
the Working Men's Institute, Pear-street, Stratton-
ground, one of the most densely inhabited and mo.';
wretched parts of Westminster, for the purpose of
receiving the report of a committee appointed to inquire
into the practicability of forming an .emigration club for
the working classes. The committee proposed that a
club should be formed, to consist of an unlimited
number of members, and to be connected with the Society
for the Promotion of Colonization ; that the subscribers
should pay 9d. per week per share, and ls. entry ; and
that the election of members for emigration should take
place every three months, and should be decided by lot.
It was calculated that, with the proposed subscription,
the society would be enabled to send out at least one hun-
dred members in four years. A committee was formed.

RURAL SPORTS AT EASTHAM.—Yesterday the annual
rural sports at this delightful village, took place in front
of the hotel, under the auspices of Mr. Nicholls the pro-
prietor. The company was not very numerous. The
sports consisted of donkey races, wheelbarrow races,
treacle eating, together with several other descriptions of
the well-known amusing but rather ludicrous rustic pas-
times, with all of which the villagers and competitors ge-
nerally seemed to 'be exceedingly gratified. The contest
for the winner of the wheelbarrow _seemed to excite un-
usual interest and mirth, the various competitors being
•blindf.lded. The race commenced at the top of the lane,
and terminated opposite the front door of the hotel. In
their progress towards the goal, the barrows with their
" blind" conductors paid no respect to " man or beast,"
and several of the spectators came closer into contact with
them than was compatible with their bodily safety.
THE LATE LORD GEORGE BENTINCK.—The mortal
remains of this much lamented nobleman will, it is under.
stood, be almost immediately removed to town, prepara-
tory to interment in the family vault of Marylebone
Old Church, which is surrounded by the Portland estate.
The vault already contains the remains of the Duchess of
Portland, mother of the deceased, who, it may be recol-
lected, was found dead in her bed early in 1844; of Lord
and Lady William Bentinek, and other members of this
distinguished house. Lord George, it appears, has died
possessed of a considerable amount of ready money and
other personal property. He owned an estate in Norfolk
known as the Orange Farm, called so in respect to
the memory of William 111. (Prince of Orange,) who
raised the celebrated Dutch General Bentinck to the
peerage of Portland for services rendered at the battle of
the Boyne, when Schomburg, then the second in com-
mand, was shot. He also possessed some property in
Scotland. So great was the benevolence of the deceased,
that, on several occasions, he has been known to re-
establish tradesmen and others overtaken by misfortune,
on finding that their intentions had been good, merely
exactinc, a promise that, if ever an opportunity presented
itself, lie would be repaid. During the two years of
famine he subscribed upwards of £lOOO for the relief of
the distressed Irish.

PUNISHMENT FOR DRUNKENNESS.—The magistrates
of Loughborough have for some time past enforced the
provisions of an old act of Parliament relative to drunken-
ness. Persons convicted a second time of this offence
have been required to enter into their own recognizance,
together with two other persons, in the sum of £lO, for
their sobriety during the remainder of their lives. On
the 17th of September, 1846, a stocking maker, named
Wakelin, of Quorndon, was convicted of being drunk at
the wake, at that village, '
a few days previously • and that
being his second offence he was required to find the usual
sureties. With some difficulty the sureties were obtained.
and Wakelin was liberated. Two years have passed, and
the wake at Quorndon has been celebrated. Early on
the morning of Wednesday week Wakelin was drunk in
the street, and was taken into custody. He was taken
before two magistrates at Loughborough ; his recogniz-
ances were estreated ; and he was informed that, unless
the £lO was paid, his goods would be distrained, and
those of his sureties, to the extent of the deficiency.
Another man was convicted a second time of drunkenness
by the same bench, and was ordered to find the usual
sureties for the remainder of his life. He was not able to
find such sureties, and was consequently committed to
Leicester prison, where he still lies, and, according to
law, will lie for an indefinite period.
AWFUL CASE.—On' Saturday, at Lambeth Police-
office, Richard Orpin, William Lindfield, Spencer Lind-
field, and Mary Ann Dryden, who have been in custody
for some days, were placed at the bar before the Hon. G.
Norton, on the charge of having caused the death of
Eliza Wilson. The details were unfit for publication.
The female prisoners occupied a house where females, to
conceal their shame, were in the habit of going to be con=
fined ; but several neighbours swore that when they left
the premises they bad not infants with them. The house
was searched, but nothing of a suspicious character had
been found. The superintendent of police had, however,
caused an extract to be made from the "occurrence
book" kept at the station-house, and found that from
that month twelvemonths the following dead bodies of
infants were found in the neighbourhood—viz., " Sept.
4, 1847. Found, in a ditch in Tarleton-place, Walworth-
common, the body of a female child, newly-born ; ver-
dict ' Found dead.'—Oct. 27. Found, in Albany-crescent,
Albany-road, the body of a newly-born male child ; ver-
dict, Wiiful murder against some person or persons un-
known.' March 6, 1848. Found, at 4, East-lane, the
body of a newly-born male child ; verdict, ' Wilful mur-
der against some person or persons unknown.—May 11.
Found, in the Surrey Canal, the body of a new born male
child ; verdict, Found dead.'—August 29. Found, in the
area of the house, 17, Lacy-terrace, Penton-place, the
body of a male infant ; verdict, Found dead.'—March
17. *Found, in the garden of Apollo-buildings, the body
of a newly-born male child ; verdict, ' Wilful murder
against some person or persons unknown.' " The pri-
soners were remanded, the magistrates refusing to take
bail. There were handed to the bench two numbers of
the Times paper, of the date of October, 1826, in which
were given, under the head of Union-ball Police-court,
lengthened reports of an investigation at that court, touch-
ing the parentage of the prisoner, William Lindfield. It
appears that a Mrs. Burrows, a widow lady of great re-
spectability bad, in order to conceal her shame from
her family and friends, been privately confined at the
house of Mr. Lindfield, Mrs. Burrows, shortly after the
birth of the infant, felt so convinced that a deception bad
been practised on her, and that the infant given to her was
substituted for her own, that she did not pay it common
attention, and it was ultimately discovered by the parish
authorities in a frightful state of emaciation, with the
bones nearly protruding through the skin, and the flesh of
his thumbs quite raw, from the little creature's sucking its
flesh, which afforded it nourishment. Mrs. Lindfield ul-
timately agreed to take the infant, and had brought him
up as her son.

EXTENSIVE DRAINAGE.

(From the New York Sun of Sept. 12th.)

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The draining of the Ever Glades of Florida, a project
agitated in Congress by Senator Wescott, of Florida, and
which has been reported upon, is exciting general interest
and attention. The Ever Glades extend from the southern
margin of Lake Okechobee some ninety miles towards
Cape Sable, the southern extremity of the peninsula of
Florida, and are in width from thirty to fifty miles. They
lie in a vast basin of lime rock. Their waters are entirely
fresh, varying from one to six feet in depth. Their usual
level is more than twelve feet above that of the waters of
the straits of Florida and of the Atlantic Ocean, but of
course not so great above the Gulf of Mexico. As the
Ever Glades extend scutliwardly from Lake Okechobee,
they gradually decline, and their waters move in the same
course. They have their origin in the copious rains which
fall in that latitude during the autumn and fall, and in the
overflow of Lake Okechobee throw swamps between it and
the Ever Glades. _ _

d •will, it is
proposed
The rain estimated, recover over a
million acres of waste land, of the most valuable Lind for
the production of many articles for which we are indebted
to the West Indies and foreign countries, as for instance,
compty, yam, casava, flinger, phlka, Sisal hemp, indigo,
tobacco, cortez cascarilla, canilla alba, sarsaparilla, sugar
cane, pepper, bush and vine pepper, tea plant, orange,
guava, Otaheite plum, shaddocg, lime, hog plum, forbid-
den fruit, lemon, Jamaica apple, grape fruit, citron, sugar
apple, banana, pineapple, cocoanut. plantain, sLpaditia,
sour sop, Avocato pear, mango, mame, olive, manic sa-
pota, boxwood, lingumvitEe, mahozany, titi, and ship
timber.

The expense of the draining will be from 8300,000 to
4500,000, to effect which it is proposed to grant certain
public lands to the State of Florida, the State in consider-
ation, to assume the work. The drain is to be effected
by cutting canals from the great lake Okechobee to the
Atlantic and the Gulf. With Lake Okechobee are con-
nected the vast swamps and numerous streams whose
swelling from rains overflows the country sought to be
reclaimed, and which with little expense can be more
directly precipitated into the lake, and which only require
an outlet. to the ocean and gulf to free over a million acres
of the richest soil.

The distance of the lake from the eastern coast is less
than forty miles in a direct line, and does not exceed fifteen
miles to the navigable waters of the Caloosa-Ilatchee, and
a similar distance on the west side will reach those of
Loca-Hatchee, the fall being sufficient for the proposed
cuts. Besides the land reclaimed, equal to the whole
State of Connecticut, it i 3 proposed to make these cznals,
capable for commercial purposes, thus shortening the dis-
tance to the Gulf and avoiding the Florida reefs, upon
which in three years 1844, '45 and '46, property was
wrecked or damaged to the amount of 4'3,086,800.
Furthermore, the reclamation of these lands will im-
mensely forward the settlement by increasing the produc-
tiveness of the State, and extensive settlement is all that
is required to render Florida one of the richest states of
the Union, rich even as Cuba. The project is a great and
feasible one, and if it can be performed by the State upon
the terms proposed, Congress should not hesitate in san,-
timing the enterprise,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(BY EXPRESS.)

An insurrection has broken out at Baden, and a Provi-
sional Government has been established, of which M.
Struve is at the head.

LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY,

Consols are a little firmer this morning, having been steady
at 864 for account, and s„ _k for money ; India Stock 2371,
the June Exchequer Bills 275. 31)5., the March 30s. Us., and
India donds 35 pm.

LONDON CORN MARKET'.-YESTERDAY.

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The import duties on all foreign corn have now reached their
minimum points, and stocks are offering duty paid.
At this day's market there was a moderate supply of English
Wheat, which met a slow sale for both new and old, at 2s. per
qr. under the prices of this day week. Some holders of loreiga
offered at a similar reduction ex ship rather than incur granary
charges, at which there was a good inquiry, but many refused
to submit to any decline.
There is still a large demand for floating cargoes of Indian.
Corn, but the firmness of holders, and the small quantity offer-
ing. cheek business. _ _ _

There was no change in the valueof Barley, r.alt, Pease, or
Beans, which were in fair consumptive demand.
The supplies of foreign Oats being quite sufficient for our pre-
sent wants, tend to prevent any advance; and this article was
in slow request at our previous currency.
SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
Even the time of year considered, the supply of home-fed
Beasts fresh by drift and railway conveyance was large; but
there was nothing remarkable amongst it for excellence of
quality; indeed, the Beasts generally were light weighers. Tho
very primest Scots were unusually dull in sale, notwithstanding
their number was very small, and the prices suffered a decline
of 2d. per Sib. However, in some few transactions Is. per Sib.
was realised for them by the salesmen. The middling and in-
ferior breeds, including the best short horns, Hereforcs, runts,
and Devons. were dull in the extreme, at a fall in value of 2d.
to 4d. per 81b. compared with that obtained on this day week.
Without exception, this was the dullest market for Beef we
ever remember.

The numbers of Sheep were about equal to those exhibited on
Monday last, which composed a fair average supply. We have
to report a very dull sale for all breeds of sheep, and the prices
of all descriptions, if we except those of the best old Downs,
wide i ruled from s. Bd. to ss. per 81b., suffered a fall of quite
2d., in some cases 4d. per 81b. Some hundreds were driven
away unsold.
In Lambs next to nothing was doing. Down qualities sold
with difficulty at late rates; all other breeds were from 2d. to
4d. per Sib. lower than last week.

We were seasonably well supplied with Calves, both English
and foreign; while the Veal trade was extremely dull, at 2d. to
4d. per 81b. less money than on Monday last. The highest
quotation was only 4s. per 81h.
The sale for Pigs was heavy, and the currencies receded 2d.
to 4d. per 81b.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin, —ln the Standard of last week, when giving spe-
cimens of the Pope's liberality, you call the Premier
" Most Presbyterian Lord-John," from which it would
seem that you blame Presbyterian principles for making
Lord John so anxious to open relations of amity with
Rome ; but I beg to inform you that Presbyterianism is
very strongly opposed to any fellowship with Anti-Christ,
for the standards of the Presbyterian Church are contained
in " the Confession of Faith agreed upon by the Assembly
of Divines at Westminster, A.D. 1644 ;" a book than
which no other uninspired volume is more adverse to the.
blasphemous and damning doctrines, and to the crafty and
soul-enslaving priesthood of the great spiritual Babylon.
Thepresent Pope's liberality has been long since denounced
by Presbyterians as a mask under which to carry forward
the deceitful designs of the Papacy ; and the grant to
Maynooth, as well as every other concession to the " Man
of Sin," has been declared by them to be nothing short
of national sins, calling down the righteous judgments of
God upon a suffering kingdom, so that, in my humble
opinion. you could not in any other way have placed Lord
John farther out of his element than by classing him
amongst the followers of John Knox and our Puritan
forefathers ; End I can assure you that Presbyterians,
although they have all brotherly feeling for the " men,"
are yet the uncompromising opposers of the "system" of
the mystery of iniquity.—Your's, truly.
AN ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN.
September 23, 1848.

AUSTRIA.—Fresh riots occurred at Vienna on the IGth,
and the capital is still in a very unsettled state. The em-
peror has granted an amnesty to all the persons, except
the leaders, implicated in the late insurrection at Prague.
A letter from Bucharest states that Russia has signified
to the Wallachian Government that it must dissolve itself
immediately. and that in case of refusal, it will march au
army into Wallachia.

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THE DROWNING REPUBLIC.—The drowning Republic
is catching at a straw. Louis Napoleon is at the bead of
Vie poll. What a revelation of the moral imbecility to
which a great nation is reduced ! France, the country
which claims to be at the head of civilization—France
which, though she may not be all that she believes herself
to he, has yet produced many men of great ability and
lofty character—France is driven to take refuge in a name,
and nothing but, a name! For with all possible respect
for Prince Louis Napoleon as a private gentleman, what is
there in him, we would ask, that he should be elevated to
the proud position of his country's last hope. Of his
abilities, his administrative talents, if he possess any,
France and the rest of the world are alike ignorant. His
feats of war are such as he himself must wish to be buried
in oblivion. In the political world his highest post has
been that of a political pretender, except when for a short
moment he appeared upon the stage as a disturber of his
country's peace. All the stock in trade he has for the
mighty venture in which he is evidently determined now
to embark is the name of his celebrated uncle. If that
name were not Napoleon, what (we ask all Europe, we
ask France, nay we ask tilt Prince himself) could warrant
him to aspire to the supreme ',ewer in France—what could
ever put it into the heads of the French people to have re-
course to him, to help them out of their present certainly
grave, and, as they appear to us, inextricable difficulties..
YIELDING TO TEMPTATION.—At the Criminal Court,
on Wednesday, Anna Smith, a ladylike spinster of twenty,
was tried for stealing various articles of dress and jewel-
lery, from her mistress, the Honourable Francis Harriet
Eden, sister of Lord Auckland. The offence was not
proved to the satisfaction of the jury, who required the
testimony of Miss Eden : so a verdict of " not guilty"
was found. The prisoner was then indicted for stealing
twelve towels, the property of the Earl of Derby, and
bearing the mark of his crest. The towels were missed
during the prisoner's stay with her mistress at Knowsley,
in October last, and were found in her box. Verdict,
" guilty ;" sentence, seven years' transportation. The
prisoner did not seem at all affected by the sentence; but
a respectable-looking elderly female, said to be her mo-
ther, began shrieking most violently, and was carried out
of court fainting.
DISTRESS.—At the Lambeth Police-office on Saturday,
a middle-aged man of gentlemanly appearance, named
Kerr, was brought up charged with attempting to destroy
himself by jumping into the Thames. The prisoner
seemed overwhelmed with shame at his position, and
declared as soon as his state of feelings would permit him,
that borne down by misfortunes and vicissitudes, unable
to pay for six weeks lodging due by him, and left to
starve, he bad made up his mind to rid himself of that
life which lie was no longer able to sustain. Having had
time, however, to reflect on the wickedness of the act, he
felt truly sorry for his conduct, and should not again
harbour the idea of repeating it. Mr. Denny, the priso-
ner's landlord, was present and gave him a high charac-
ter. He said he had used every means possible to obtain
employment, and expressed it as his perfect conviction
that it was distress alone that drove him to attempt the
rash act. Several gentlemen stated that they knew the
prisoner, and that he was a gentleman of considerable
talk
literary attainments. The magistrates ordered a sower ‘•
to be given to him out of the poor-box, and the unfor
nate gentleman attempted to express his gratitude, 6
his feelings were so intense, that he could not utter a
syllable.