The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

MOVEMENT OF TROOPS FOR LANCASHIRE.

During the whole of the afternoon of Saturday the greatest
excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of the terminus
of the London and Birmingham Railway, in consequence of
information having been sent to the railway authorities to
prepare two special trains for the conveyance of troops to
Manchester. It soon got rumoured in the neighbourhood
that above 1,000 soldiers were going to Manchester by the
six o'clock train, and a great crowd began to assemble. The
crowd continued to increase, and fears were entertained from
the menacing manner of the assembled idlers that a not
would take place. About half-past eight the tramp of heavy
cavalry was heard approaching, and in a few minutes after a
troop of Royal Horse Artillery, heavily accoutred, having
with them four field-pieces, made their appearance in front
of the station, having left Woolwich shortly after six o'clock.
About nine o'clock, and soon after the artillery had en-
tered the railway yard, the marching of Foot Guards and the
cheering and hooting of a large mob announced the approach
of more soldiers. Shortly after they came in front of the
station, and were received in a manner even worse than the
Artillery, several of the mob shouting out, " Don't go and
slaughter your starving fellow-countrymen," and groaning.
These troops consisted of the 3d battalion of the Ist Regi-
ment of Foot Guards from St. George's barracks, numbering
700 men, with three waggons laden with ammunition. The
mob at this time was very great, the soldiers having been
followed from their barracks by several hundred persons.
On Sunday, as early as nine o'clock, another troop of
Horse Artillery arrived from Woolwich at the Euston station
of the London and Birmingham Railway, with three field-
pieces and ammunition.
About four o'clock the Quartermaster of the 34th Foot,
from Portsmouth, attended by an orderly, arrived, and or-
dered refreshments to be procured from the various public-
houses for that regiment, which was en route by the South-
western Railway from Portsmouth. The greatest excitement
at this time prevailed, the poor quartermaster being obliged
to be escorted from the various public-houses by the police.
In an hour after two waggons, laden with ammunition and
guarded by several soldiers of the 34th, came 111), and were
shortly after followed by the regiment, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Airey, consisting of 600 men.
On their arrival they were greeted with the most discordant
yelling by the mob. The officers appeared to be the particular
mark at which the spleen of the mob was directed ; and on
three or four of them riding up abreast, they were groaned
at in such a manner that an order was given to fix bayonets,
for the purpose of intimidating them. This caused the mob
to shout louder, and when the whole had got inside the gates,
a tremendous groan was set up.
The men having been refreshed with bread and meat and a
pint of beer each, were allowed to rest for half an hour, and
on the call of the trumpet, took their places in the several
carriages. The train was unusually lengthy, consisting of
nearly twenty carriages, and at a quarter to seven it started.
The crowd had not in the least diminished when it left. In
consequence of these special trains nearly 200 of the S
division of the metropolitan police have been doing duty
when they start, a considerable number of whom are sta-
tioned at Chalk Farm, it being feared that an attack might
be made on that part of the line.

DISCOVERY OF A MAN IN WINDSOR CASTLE.

The town of Windsor was thrown into a state of consider-
able excitement and alarm at a late hour on Monday night
by the report that a man (said to be connected with the
Chartists) had been discovered in the immediate vicinity of
the private apartments connected with the Royal nursery.
Other alarming rumours were rife, some of which went to
the extent that a man had been found secreted in her Ma-
jesty's dressing-room, and " armed to the teeth."
The real facts, however, as far as they have been ascer-
tained, appear to be as follows :
On Monday night, between nine and ten o'clock, shortly
after the breaking up of the Royal dinner party, a strange
man was discovered seated upon a bench or form in the foot-
men's waiting-hall, within a very few yards of the Queen's
entranse from the Quadrangle to the Castle, and only a
short distance from her IVlajesty's private staircase, leading
to the suite ,of 'priVate apartments and the Royal nursery.
The man t,q have reached this part of the Castle must have
gained admittance at the servants' entrance, and have tra-
versed the .several passages of the Castle, to the extent of
between 200 and 300 yards. The footmen's waiting-hall,
which is about 16 feet square, is approached by two or three
entrances, and crossed by nunierousdomes tics at every period
of the day, until the hour of retiring to rest. The man, who
is about.4o years of age, and whose appearance was that of a
journeyman mechanic, wore a velveteen jacket and trousers,
anidablack glazed:hat, and carried in his hand Oman bundle,
containing a shirt and a pair of shoes, and a thick walking
stick. ,
13,p0n, his being discovered, and the natural Inquiries be-
ing put to him as to his business there, and the mode of his
gairtilig admittance (especially at that hour of the night) to
the:interior of the Castle, he stated that he followed a pot-
boy, who was carrying beer into the Castle, and that having
lost himself he sat down upon the bench to have a rest. He
further stated, in reply to questions put to him, that he had
been walking a long way in search of work.
After some further examination the man was taken away
at 11 o'clock in custody by Mr. Steed, the inspector of
police on duty at the Castle, to the station-house, and thence
to the Ship Tavern, where he remained until Tuesday morn-
ing, a policeman sitting up with him throughout, the night.
The man was placed in the coffee-room, where he dosed oc-
casionally upon the chairs till about six o'clock.
The man next day complained of thirst, and asked for a
" drink of water." Some of that pure and wholesome be-
verage was immediately given him, of which he drank nearly
a quart. Upon being ordered to be taken away in custody,
he offered some little resistance, observing, " I've now got
into good quarters, and here I'll stay for the night." How-
ever, trifling force was obliged to be used to remove him, and
he was taken from the Castle in the custody of the inspector.
Upwards of an hour before he was discovered to be a per-
fect stranger at the Castle, be was observed by the orderly in
attendance sitting upon the bench in the hall, by whom he
was considered either to have been one of the workmen en-
gaged at the Castle, or a porter who was waiting on some
business for those employed.
The mau was examined at the Home-office, before Mr.
Hall, on Tuesday, when it was found that his name is John
Quinlan; that he is a labouring man belonging to Maidstone,
Kent, and that he is 40 years of age. This is not the first
occasion on which he has visited the castle. He states, that
he believed, that if he saw the Queen, he would obtain a pen-
sion for life, and that this was his object in going into the
castle. Nothing of a dangerous character was discovered on
his person. He was remanded.

INSOLVENT COURT, CHESTER-AuG. 2.

(Before Mr. Commissioner BowaN.)
Augustin Applin of Manchester, Publican, was opposed
by Mr. Thomas Bake, of Manchester, brewer, Mr. Joseph
Stancliffe, of. Mirtield, rnalster,. and Messrs. Procter and Co.,
spirit merchants, Liverpool. - It appeared thatthe insolvent
keptspiritvomit at Ancoats, Manchester; that on the 3d
T s ;
lau, he disposed of his:house, furniture, • stock, &c.,
to a Mr. Knott, a servant in the'employ of Messrs. Mellor,
spirit merchants, Liverpool, for £720 12s. 10d. out of which
lie paid the Messrs. Mellor £196, to his son-in.law, Joshua
Hyde
of Manchester, bootmaker, £235, which he said
he had borrowed irons him ; and also £27 TOs. for a shoe
bill;
he also alteged to have paid away the whole of the £720
12s. 10d. without paying the opposing creditors, and several
others of his n h
--744 fide creditors, a shilling. But on the 16th
of the same mouth of May, the opposing creditors received a
letter (being the first intimation that the insolvent had dis-
posed,* of his property) from the accountant, offering two
shillings in the 'pound. It appeared the insolvent was sent to
gaol in June last, by a -Mr. Towndron, an attomeyts clerk,
for £l5O 10s. said to have been borrowed two or three months
previously. The arrest took placo at Bowen, in the county
of .Chester.
The learned Commissioner stopped the case, saying it was
a very gross one ; that the payments were clearly preferences,
and that the hearing must be adjourned till the next court,
and that the insolvent must produce the Messrs. Mellor, Mr.
Knott, Mr. Joshua Hyde Lane, and Mr. Towudron, the de-
taining creditor. ,
A detainer was lodged against the insolvent, at the suit of
Mr. Bake.
c; forest etrh, and
Trafford, of ian h eopposing
Council for the insolvent, Mr. N'enables
Leigh
creditors, Mr.
Josiah De-Arden, their attorney.

COMMISSION COURT, DUBLIK.—On Saturday and Mon. 1
day last, at this court, Mrs.
Ellen Byrne was indicted forthe
murder of her husband. IC may be remembered that the
iaunedst whilicihchenladseteadinthea
affair was the subject of a coroners
days,
unprecedented period of sixteen.
verdict sufficient to warrant her committal.
After a patient
investigation, the jury found her not
who were medical gentlemen stated,
circumstances than
g uithatlty
the S odme aetwhsies iot nf
eNs r .
Byrne might have been caused by other et
external violence.
FROM DROWNI NG,
NAAROW ESCAPE OF FIVE MEN night of Friday
AND GREAT Loss OF SIIEEP.--DOring the
the sth inst., a smack laden with 121 sheep belonging to
china
Mr. Fletcher, farmer, Laggan-Ulva, Moll, on app
rar.°:
Crinan, struck on a rock, close to an island, off l;
and instantly sunk. The crew consisted of three men,
accompanied by the owner of the sheep, and the shepherd.
Two of the crew took to the small boat, which swamped
before half way ashore, when they were compelled to swim.
The o-her man and Mr. Fletcher 'miraculously escaped,
partly by swimming and the surge of the waves, whilst the
shepherd with difficulty clung to the rock all night, and was
picked up early next morning. Only fifty-three live sheep
were found ou the island next morning, and forty-three of
those drowned were got into a small creek nine miies distant
from where the accident happened. Two fishermen, who
were passing on Saturday morning, took them from off the
unidhabited island, where they were kindly treated, and
conveyed the available wrecked cargo to its destination.
The craft was on her way from the island of Mull to Crinan.
where the sheep were intended to be landed, and then ship-
ped on board one of the Castle Company's steamers, at Ar-
drishaig Point, and brought to Glasgow rasrket.