The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-11 00:00:00

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Brighton is very full of company at the present mment.
OmNinusEs IN THE DESERT.—The Great Liverpool,
which sailed on Saturday for Alexandria, took out several
omnibuses for crossing the desert, and an iron steam-boat to
ply on the Mahmoudie Canal.
In consequence of a political quarrel, says a letter from
Barcelona, a captain of the regiment of Guadalajara, in gar-
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rison at that place, challenged 18 officers of the same regi-
ment. Five of them accepted the challenge, and were all

more or less wounded by this wholesale duellist.
THE AIORMONITES.—Between 20 and 30 families who

resided in the Potteries and neighbourhood, set off from
Longpurt on Sunday, in a boat for Liverpool, with the inten-
tion of etnbarkinz at that port for the new settlement of the
Mormonites or " Latter Day Saints" in the United States.

—Birininglion Advertiser.
MR. EDMUND BURDEKIN, LATE MANAGING DIRECTOR
OF THE BANK OF MANCHESTER.--By an advertisement in
our present number, it will he seen, that Mr. Edmund Bur-
dekin, late managing director of the Bank of Manchester, in
consequence of various irregularaties in connection with the
bank, which have just come to light, has adsconded : we
understand, in fact he has gone off to America.—Manchester
Guardian.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE BANK.—The South Lancashire
Bank, which voluntarily closed its doors for business a few
weeks since, is on the eve of paying 15s. in the pound on the
paid-up capital to the shareholders, and the remaining ss.
probably before Christmas. Considering the difficult period
which has passed over since the formation of this bank, in
1835-6, great praise is due to the board of management for
having preserved the capital entire.—Manchester Advertiser.
We have heard it stated that the long-established and
wealthy firm of Baring, Brothers, and Co., have returned
their profits to the income-tax commissioners, on the average
of the lastithree years, at less than £l5O, and that they have
requested the proper authorities to send clerks to examine
their books and ascertain the correctness of the returns.
This strange circumstance is attributed to their dealings
with some of the repudiating states of America. It cannot,
however, affect the stability of the house, for some of the
partners are known to be the richest merchants in the world,
but there are thousands of reputed rich firms in this country
which could not afford to make such a return.—Globe.—
(Fudge). The Globe has since apologised for the insertion
of this paragraph.
The Journal du Havre gives the following narrative of a
remarkable act of audacity, committed by a slaver in the
roadstead at Congo :—She lay-to for several days in presence
of the English brie Rolla, each watching the other carefully
At length determined to risk all, the slave-ship, in open day,
sent her boats on shore and brought off a number of blacks,
who were kept in readiness for her, and, having stowed them
in her hold, prepared for sailing. In the mean time the
the British brig had been observing her proceedings, and at
length sent off her heats to make the search and seizure;
but as they approached the slaver she unmasked her guns,
and, levelling them at the assailants, fired and killed 14 men.
During the confusion the unexpected resistance occasioned
the slaver slipped her cable and got clear away, before the
Rolla could be made ready to follow her.
MURDER.—On the night of Thursday the 29th ult., a
very dreadful murder was committed at Stanley, about four
miles from Derby. One of two Miss Goddards, who resided
in a large house, which stood alone, and not within one hun.
dred yards from any other residence, at Stanley, was mur-
dered by two men who broke into the house and robbed it.
The villains got into the house by means of pulling off some
slates of the roof of a coal-house. After obtaining an entrance
they went and demanded money of one of the sisters who had
not gone to bed, and she gave them two sovereigns and a few
shillings, but they wished to have £5 more, and beat her
severely for not satisfiying their demands. They then went
into the bed-room of the other sister, whom they beat and
wounded in a most dreadful manner, leaving her all but
dead. She died on Friday. The Two Miss Goddards were
considerably advanced in years, the deceased (Martha) being
in her 70th year, and the survivor (Sarah) but few years
younger. They have resided alone in this (the family) house,
without servant or assistant, for more than forty years ; and
although their habits were somewhat eccentric, they had the
reputation of being very charitable, kind, and humane ladies.
Their fatheewas the Vicar of Tideswell, in this county, and
they possessed a comfortable independence. In April last,
a burglary was committed on the same premises. A few
weeks ago a second robbery was committed. After this
second burglary, arrangements were made by friends for two
proper parties to sleep in the house, but the Miss Goddards
would not hear of it, and they therefore continued to live in
the same way as usual. An inquest was held on the body of
the deceased on Saturday, and a verdict of, " Wilful Murder
against some person or persona unknown," was returned.
Two men are in custody, who were apprehended at Belper,
charged with the murder, and we understand the evidence
is very clear.
A MARRIAGE ON THE TAPlS.—There is a marriage "to-
ward" which creates the greatest sensation, both on account
of the high rink of the putative.bridegroom, and still more
through the exalted position of the future bride ; this tan-
nings d'eclat, which the haut monde says is on the eve of
accomplishment, is between the Most Noble the Marquis of
Douglas and her Serene Highness Princess Mary Amelia,
daughter of the Dowager Duchess of Baden. Her highness
is 25 years of age, and she is as beautiful as she is accom-
plished, inheriting the qualities of her mother, the Princess
Stephanie, whose reputation the charms of mind and person
is proverbial throughout the continent. The Marquis of
Douglas is 33 years of age. Nome objections have existed
as to the marriage, on account of the prornessa being the
daughter of a sovereign princess ; but we hear that these
objections were waived when it became known that the
young marquis would inherit the triple dukedom of Hamil-
ton, Brandon, and Chatelherault. He is besides heir to the
glories of the Arrans and Douglases ; and his direct ancestor
in 1542 was not only chosen Regent of Scotland, unani-
mously, but declared by parliament heir presumptive to the
crown, should his ward Queen Mary die without issue. The
Duchess Dowager of Baden's residence is at Manlaeim ; and
there the Duchess of Hamilton is staying at this moment.
If this marriage take place, as confidently announced in the
highest circles, the Marquis of Douglas will become brother-
in-law to the hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern Zigmarin-
gen ; and also to Prince Wasa, son of the unfortune deposed
'King of Sweden. We have only to add to the above, that
the confident assertions as to the above marriage surprised
us ; as it had previously been reported that a young earl,
whose inheritance will only be petty in its origin, was the
favoured suitor of the young princess.—Court Journal.
THE GYPSIES.—A short time since a very remarkable cir-
cumstance took place in the New Forest, Hampshire, in the
instance of a gypsey of the name of Lee having been rejected
from the fraternity. The spot where the scene took place
was at Bolton's Bench, near Lyndhurst. Between 300 and
400 gypsies, belonging to different tribes, including the Lees,
Stanleys, and Coopers, were assembled upon this unusual
occasion. The concourse consisted of a great many females,
and so secretly had the meeting been got up, that scarcely a
person residing in the neighbourhood was aware that a cir-
cumstance of tis sort was about to take place. The offender,
a handsome-looking man, apparently between thirty and
forty years of age, was placed in the middle of a ring, com-
posed of the King of the Gypsies and the patriarchs of dif-
ferent tribes. This ring was followed by a second, made up
of the male portiod of the assembly, and an exterior circle
was formed by the women. The king, who was one of the
Lees, a venerable old man, and one who looked as if he bad
seen upwards of 90 summers, then addressed the culprit for
nearly an hour, bUt in a tongue that was perfectly strange to
the bystanders. The address was delivered in a most im-
pressive manner, as might be conceived by the vehemence of
the gesticulations which accompanied it. None but the
Gypsies themselves had the slightest knowledge of the crime
which had been committed by the offender, hut it must have
been one evidently very obnoxious to the tribe, as the act of
explosion among them is an exceedingly rare occurrence.
As soon as the king had finished his speech to the condemned
man, he turned round and harangued the whole of the Gyp-
sies assembled, and, expressing himself in English, informed
them that Jacob Lee had been expelled from among them,
that he was no longer one of their fraternity, and that he do
leave the camp of the Gypsies for ever. The king then ad-
vancing towards him spat upon him, and the circle which en-
closed him simultaneously opened to admit of his retreating
from among them, whilst they smote him with the branches
of trees as he left the ground. The meeting then broke up,
and the parties assembled went their different ways, some of
them having come to witness the tribunal from a considerable
distance. The whole ceremony, which took place under an
aged oak in the forest, was a very imposing one, and being a,
very unusual, almost an unprecedented, occurrence in these
parts, created an intense degree of interest among the by-
standers. •
THE MATRIMONIAL HOAX AT BRISTOL.—Since the
committal of Ann Bryers and Mary Ann Morgan for re-
examination, for conspiring in effecting a marriage between
the latter and Mr. Woolley, the Bristol timber merchant, the
prisoners have been kept separate in the county gaol, one of
them (Bryers) being confined in the Infirmary, and her com-
panion in one of the prison wards. As the circumstances
relating to their detention are pretty well known in the gaol
they have become objects of curiosity to their fellow-
prisoners. Ever since their incarceration they have both
been living on the gaol allowance, being without the means
of procuring any additional comforts. bryers has been vi-
sited by a female, the wife of a respectable tradesman, in
Fore-street, Cripplegate, who has been long acquainted with
her family. During the interview, which was in the presence
of Mr. Keane, the governor of the county gaolathe visitor
asked Bryers what could have been her motive in practising
such imposition upon a person so nearly allied to her as Mr.
\Volley, and with whom she had been living in the capacity
of housekeeper ever since the decease of his wife, her sister.
Bryers, in reply, said that she could not account for it, but
said that it came into her head in consequence of Mr.
Woolley first mentioning to her the name of Miss Louisa
Poole King ; that some weeks ago Mr. Woolley told her that
he met Miss King in the street in Bristol, that he bowed to
her in passing, and that she returned the salute with apparent
pleasure ; and he went on to say that he was very much cap-
tivated with her—that he should use every means in his
power to awake a sympathetic feeling in her breast, and' that
he expected that he should ultimately succeed in forming a
matrimonial alliance with so accomplished and wealthy a
young lady. It was subsequent to the above conversation
the notion of characterising a joke upon her brother-in-law
came into her head, and to effect her purpose she wrote a
letter to him in the name of Louisa Poole King, in order to
create a belief in his mind that the young lady was ena-
moured with him, and thus, she was ready and willing to be-
stow upon the object of her affections her hand and heart.
After she had written the first letter to her brother-in-law
she found that it answered the desired purpose, and that he
was absolutely enraptured at its receipt ; and from that in-
stant a correspondence took place between them, which ulti-
mately led to the matrimonial affair between Mr. Woolley
and Mary Ann .Morgan. That she (Bryers was not ac-
quainted with Morgan till some time after the correspond-
ence had been going forward, and that meeting with her in
the Corn-market at Bristol, and perceiving that she would
answer admirably to personate Miss Louisa Poole King in
the affair, she (Bryers) got acquainted with her ; and as she
said she had no objection to a husband, the marriage was
brought about between the young girl and Mr. Woolley, as
already described. Bryers, in conclusion, assured the fe-
male who visited her in the gaol, that at first she intended to
have a bit of fun with her brother-in-law, but, finding that
she had gone too far with the joke, she was afraid to divulge
the real secret to him, and therefore carried it on until she
effected the marriage between the parties. The Bristol
Mirror, however, hints at a different motive, saying—" We
understand that, by the will of the late Mrs. Woolley, her
sister, Miss Briers, is entitled to a certain sum of money on
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He becomes acquainted with a Miss St. Egremont, who had
been the kept mistress of a deceased London merchant, but
whom Quiddy was made to believe, by a Mrs. Fleecer, a
lodging-house keeper, was a rich widow. Miss St. Egre-
mont hated Quiddy, who was an ugly, vulgar fellow, but Mrs.
Fleecer overcame her dislike to his person and manners, and
she consented, in order to obtain a borne, to bestow her hand
on Phineas Quiddy. The story has arrived at the actual
marriage of the pair, who have left town for Brighton to en-
joy the honeymoon. The reader of the real occurrence will
not fail to recognise the striking points of resemblance be-
tween it and the fictitious narrative. Both Wooley and
Quiddy imagined they were marrying rich women, and both
were the dupes of cunning and artful females.