The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

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TWO EXTRAORDINARY FEATS.—On
concourse of persons assembled on the.

mday, a large

lodsfiack-rodd,

witness

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wo exti.

•dinary

undertaken by the two celebrated pedestrians, Coates and
Makepeace. The first feat was to pick up with the mouth,
50 eggs, placed one yard apart, to throw a side summerset

twenty minutes. The eggs were placed in a straight line
on the road, and as each one was picked up, it was dropped

. .
very cleverly performed by Coates, ini6-} minutes, being
31 minutes less than the time stipulated. After an inter-
val of about half an hour, Makepeace the pedestrian,
commenced the second feat, which was to run a mile,
walk a mile, wheel a barrow a mile, trundle a hoop a

and endurance to an extraordinary degree, was performed
with much ease and skill, although not quite within the
specified time, by a few minutes, but this was entirely
owing to the difficulty there was in keeping a clear course,
for the spectators pressed so close to the pedestrian, that

at times his progress and pace were much interfered with.
SERVED HIM RIGHT.—A married man, living near
Leeds, was lately wooing a buxom widow, who, hearing
of her suitor's true character, determined on being re-
venged. Accordingly one night she invited him to tea,
and scarcely had he finished his first cup, when, upon a
signal from the widow, he was pounced upon by some of
her female neighbours and acquaintances whom she had
let into the secret. The first step was to throw a rope
round him and pinion • his arms. A copious supply of
gas tar and feathers was then brought, and the former
was poured on the head and shoulders of the luckless
Wight, who was afterwards profusely bedecked with

plumage, so that when. his .relentless assailants had
finished their operations he presented a most unusual
spectacle, and might easily •hate been mistaken for some
mad Indian fahir. His hat was also well stuck with
feathers, anti in this strange plight he was most mercilessly

turned out of the widow's domicile, to brave the loud
laughs and jeering of scores of spectators. What made
the matter worse, he had considerable difficulty in making
hnrricade having been erected
last -

for the purpo

It last, however, be
.otection of a police-

who took Lim to the Court

and he v

suffered to divest himself of his disagreeable out,,vard
habiliments, and for that of a goose to assume the com-
plexion of a man ; but whether he will_ venture again to

to give way to hi
doubtful.

amatory propensities is more than

CHARGE OF FORGERV.—On Wednesday the charge of
forgery brought against Mr. G. W. Dumbell, of Douglas,

of a ti7ort7;age deed for £l2OO whereby it is alleged that
the claim under a prior mortgage was defeated. The pri-
soner is a solicitor and a member of the house of Keys.
Mr. Dcemster Heywood took Lis seat at eleven o'clock,
and the Court having been " fenced" in the usual form,
his Honour ordered the coroner to bring in the prisoner.
Mr. Dumbell accordingly made his appearance shortly af-
.

take his seat behind the bar, and near his counsel. one of
whom sat beside him during the day. On entering the
court several of his frit nds shook hands with him very
cordially. The Attorney-General for the island, Mr.
Ogden, appeared for. the prosecution ; Messrs. Blewitt,
and James Gell, for the prisoner. The follow-
al jurymen answered to their names :—Robert
Joseph- Roskell, -Smith, and Alexander
Ind John Stephen, who did not au-

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After the lapse of about half an hour the court
occupied_ all next day, when the
is congratula-

adjourned. Tlit
defendant was.nt.nnee Acquitted, =NS
•tione of his fricada.