The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-11 00:00:00

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The blue cloaks now worn by officers of the army, are
to be replaced by grey cloaks with sleeves.
The two trees planted by her Majesty last year at Ard-
verikie are doing well, particularly the Scotch fir.
The Glasgow relief fund for unemployed operatives
amounted, last week, to the large sum of £4,948.
The artizans at present out of employment in Glasgow
are said to be nearly six thousand.
On Friday, George J. Hewson was sentenced to death
for the wilful murder of W. H. Woodhouse, one of the
turnkeys in Coldbath-fields prison a few weeks since.
The Albert cap is doomed and a helmet similar to the
one worn by the Prussian infantry is to be adopted at the
next issuing of military clothing, April, 1849.
A number of pikes of a most formidable character, the
blade being upwards of 15 inches long, have been disco-
vered in a house in Glasgow. The makers absconded.

A gentleman named Brett has offered a reward of £lOO
for the apprehension of a robber who, he alleges, robbed
him of 1,000 sovereigns on the Castle-hill, Dover.
Mrs. Newlove, who was so desperately illused by bur-
glars near York, is not dead as was reported. Nothing
further has been learned as to the parties who committed
the outrage.
FATAL FlGHT.—On.the 27th ult. two "navvies" were
fighting at Oaken Gates, Shropshire, when one received
a blow under the left ear which proved fatal. The other
has been committed for manslaughter.
The Marquis of Abercorn has recently purchased Dale
Park, near Petworth, of Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P.
This seat is one of the most beautiful domains in the
county of Sussex.

MUTILATION.—On Monday, Samuel Ilerrod,
a small farmer, living at Hucknall-under Huthwaite, Not-
tingham, deliberately cut off his left hand, in a fit of
insanity, with a hatchet.
IMPORTATION OF IRON FROM CHINA.—The Ann, arri-
ved in the doek from Shaughae, has brought _DM tons_
weight of Porto Novo iron (so called in the official return),
consigned to order. This large importation of iron from
China is very remarkable.

On Monday, an omnibus was proceeding along Water-
loo Road, London, when the driver fell in a fit from his
seat and the horses darted off at a fearful rate. The dri-
ver was very much injured, and an elderly gentleman, a
surgeon, was so hurt that he has since died.
To-dav (Tuesday) has been set apart by the clergy of
Bradford for special religious services, in consequence of
the unhappy social and economical condition of the town,
as evinced in the protracted depression of trade, and the
extreme want and misery of the labouring population.
EXPORT TRADE OF HIILL.—A greater quantity of pro-
duce was shipped in almost any one month after March,
1847, than during the past six months. This is entirely
attributable to the present hostile relations of Germany
and Denmark.—Hull Packet.
A Scottish paper mentions that the maid-servant of a
family living near Parkgalistone, while breaking a large
piece of coal for the purpose of replenishing the fire, was
astonished to find in the centre of the block, a full-grown
toad, which appeared to be in perfect health.
On Thursday, a swarm of bees settled on the face and'
shoulders of a man named Harrison, in the Morledge,
Derby. He remained for half-an-hour in this unpleasant
Predicament, but received no injury from the bees, which
were safely hived.
The Darlington Times mentions, that a few days since,
two silk gloves were missed from a cottage at Heighing-
ton, and remained undiscovered for some time, until it was
accidentally noticed that two buntings had used them in
building their nest in an adjacent garden.
Two young children, strangers iu Edinburgh, were
found, the other day, in rather a dangerous situation, at
the top of Arthur's Seat. When asked what they were
doing there, one of them replied, that they " climbed up
to see Glasgow," where, at present, their parents are.
A WET JUNE.—The month just closed was a more than
usually wet June. Indeed, we have bad no June in which
the fall of rain has been so heavy since 1P33, when the
fall was 6.55 inches, and previously to that June 1830,
when the month's fall was 6.62 inches.
A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against
Mary May, at Colchester, for poisoning her brother. Her
object, it appears, was to receive the, burial money from a
club in which she had entered Wan, without his know-
ledge, only a fortnight before 14s dcath. It is believed
that she previously poisoned §e:Verat of her children.