The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

A WICA.LE

with two skeletons alongside it, has

been found. by a ship on the b
in the Pacific,-

Marsa puoro.

REPRESENTATION OF THE MONTROSE BURGH 3.—A
rumour was put-in circulation a few days ago that our
representative, Mr. Hume, meditated a speedy retire went
from the representation of this and the neighbor :ring
burghs, on account of his health.—Montrose Standa;
TRH " PERRY " CASE.—One of the latest on dit s is,
that this much-commisurated young officer has rece: 'ved
as a testimonial of: sympathy a bank note for £5OO, the
envelope of the enclosure bearing simply the woi -ds,
" From a Lady."

HORRIBLE STATE GP' SOCIETY IN NEW ORLEANS.
The True Delta says, that though there is on an average
a murder committed in New Orleans every twelve hou: rs,
they have had but two convictions for the crime in
eight years. _ _

'Mtritice.—Since the iron mines have commenced to :be
wrought in the Cleveland' hills, in the North Riding. of
Yorkshire, that branch of industry has made immens e
progress in the north.
ENORMOUS SHEET OF" PATER.—A day or two since ,
Messrs. Evans and Arrowsmith, of Bristol, received at
their establishment a. sheet of paper weighing 3 cwt., and
measuring 2784 feet in length, or more than half a mile.
A FATAL LANDSLIP occurred a few days since at the
new dock works, West Hartlepool, owing to which two
lives were lost, and several of the workmen seriously

injured.
THE bIA.TORA.LTY OF GLOUCESTEB..—AIderman Walker,
of the Gloucester Journal, has been elected mayor of that
city, the office having become vacant a few days since by
the death of Mr. William Washbonrne.
THE Banffshire Journal states. that the Marquis of
Bath has severely injured one of his legs by falling over a
precipice while in pursuit of red deer.
STOLEN PLATE. —lt has been discovered that plate
chests have been rifled of £2,000 worth of plate while
lying in Portsmouth Custom-house. The chests were
deposited by the Queen's ship Portland, in May last.
CRUEL TREATMENT or A. CHILD.—On Tuesday last,
Betsy M`Calley was brought up at the London Police-
court, under warrant, charged with beating her niece,
Martha DrCalley, an orphan, eight years of age, with a
poker. The poor child's body bore unmistakeable marks
of the ill-treatment she had received, and her evidence
being corroborated by two neighbours, Mr. Mande fined
the prisoner 405., or one month's imprisonment.

THE PERRY DEFENCE FUND.—X considrrable number
of names are already appended to the subscription list, in
aid of this fund. The Duke of Marlborough has subscribed
£5O.

THE 46TH REGIMENT will, as soon as a vessel can be
got ready, be sent to the East, whither nearly 300 of them
have already embarked. It may be inferred from this
that Colonel Garrett, or any other officers of the regiment
whom the Horse Guards may think necessaryao put upon
their trial, will be left behind.
THE CROWN or ENGLAND.—The following is an esti-
mate of the value of the jewels in this magnificent dia-
dem :—Twenty diamonds round the circle, £1,500 each,
£30,000 ; two large centre diamonds, £2,000 each, £4,000
fifty-four s

ller diamonds, placed at the angle of the
former, £lOO ; four crosses, each composed of twenty-five
diamonds, £12,000; four large diamonds on the top of the
crosses, £4,000 ; twelve diamonds contained in fleurs de-lis,
£10,000; eighteen smaller diamonds contained in the same,
£2,000 ; pearls, diamonds, &c., upon the arches and
crosses, £10,000; also 141 small diamonds, £5,000; twenty-
six diamonds in the upper cross, £3,000 ; two circles of
pearls about the rim, £3OO. Cost of the stones in the
crown, exclusive of the metal, £111,900.
A NOBLEMAN IN TROUBLE.—Lord Frankfort is at
present labouring under the idea that he is the victim of
a general conspiracy of every body to poison his food
and to insult him wherever he goes. On Monday he ap-
peared at the Marlborough-street Police-office, and handed
to the magistrate a copy of a petition to the "Lords
spiritual and temporal of the United Kingdom in parlia-
ment assembled, ' in which he prays that he, the Right
Honourable Lodge Raymond Viscount Frankfort de

Montmorenci, may be entitled to set forth his grievances
before a committee of the whole house, as he had no other
way left of putting a stop to the outrages daily perpetrated
against his peace and honour.—Mr. Hardwicke advised him
to travel; but his lordship said the continentals were more
bitter enemies than the people of England.
DESTRUCTIVE HAILSTORM IN HADDINGTONSIIIRE.—

One of those severe though partial hailstorms of which
-we are accustomed to read as only visiting the tropics,
took place in the parish of Humble, on Tuesday, the 16th
ultimo, producing such damage as vividly to recal to the
mind the old law of Scotland, by which the landlord used
to bear a share of the loss caused by such devastations.
Thunder and lightning, accompanied by heavy rain, had
only continued a few minutes, when the hail poured down
over an area embracing part of four farms. Many of the
stones measured two inches in length, one end so sharply
pointed as completely to riddle the leaves of the turnips,

_ besides, in many cases, cutting through the main stems.
The injury done to the crops amounted to a loss of one-
half the produce on some fields, and a large percentage
thrashed out of all those included in the district. The
shower did not last more than fifteen minutes, but will

Edinburgh _Evening -Courant.
THE UNITED STATES' NATT.—We have only
of war in our navy at present. Of these, 10 ar
the line, mounting 872 guns ; 13 are frigates,
656 guns ; 20 are sloops of war, of 400 guns ; 4

1 schooner, of 3 guns ; 15 steamers, mounting

122 guns

and 9 store ships, mounting 4

an aggregate of 2,115 gini. This is not, however, the

available -force, by any means. Of the ships of the line,
4 are at present on the stocks, carrying 336 guns. Two
frigates, of 100 guns, are also on the stocks. Deducting
these 436 guns from the grand aggregate, you perceive
that the available force of the navy is 1,679 guns. Of the
whole number, 45 are now in commission, mounting 875
guns. Of these 45, 5 are used as receiving ships, mounting
206 guns. Deduct this from the total in commission, we
find that the whole navy employed on sea service mounts
669 guns. This is a fine naval force for the greatest
nation on earth—a nation which has more sea coast than
any other two in the world.—New York Times, Aug. 16.

TICE ALAND ISLANDS form an archbishop's see of about
eighty inhabited islands, and a vast number of rocks and
islets, in the province of Abo, in the Gulf of Bothnia, at
the entrance, between lat. 59 deg. 55 min., and 60 deg.
32 min. N. and long. 19 deg. and 21 min. E. The popu-
lation is 15,000, and they are all of Swedish descent. Rye,
barley, potatoes, and flax are raised sufficient for the po-
pulation. The manufactures are wool and sailcloth for
home use. The exports are salt beef, butter, cheese,
hides, cured fish, and firewood. The imports are salt,
colonial produce, and manufactured goods. These islands,
taken from Sweden in 1809, are of great political and
military importance to Russia, and contain several fortified
ports, generally the station of a part of the Baltic fleet.
Near them Peter the Great gained his first naval battle
over the Swedes in 1714. The chief island, Aland, has
an area of twenty-eight square miles, a population of
9,000, and a good harbour (Bomarsund) on its west side.
EXTENSIVE SWINDLING IN LONDON.—Two cases of
extensive swindling have just been reported at the chief
police-office, London. The frauds having been concocted
and carried out in the most systematic manner, the swind-
lers succeeded in obtaining money and goods to a consider-
able amount before suspicion was excited. The first case
is that of " a person of gentlemanly appearance, " who
figured as the manager of works about to be commenced
at Buckhorn Weston, Dorset, by the formation of a
tunnel beneath the common in the above parish to con-
nect a new branch with the main trunk line of the South
Western Railway. In his assumed capacity he honoured
the Stapleton Arms Inn with his presence, and so in-
gratiated himself with the landlord as to induce him to
advance various sums of money. He also succeeded in
obtaining money and goods from other tradesmen, and to
lull suspicion ordered a large quantity of wheelbarrows,
trucks, buckets, and ropes to be made, and his promises of
situations on the railway to the friends and relatives of
those persons whom he favoured with his orders were so
tempting, that it drew from them large amounts of cash.
At length he was found missing on the morning that the
material for commencing the works was brought home ;
and on inquiries having been made of the engineer, it was
ascertained that the tradesmen had been gulled." A
reward has been offered for his apprehension.—ln the
other case a man, under an assumed cloak of sanctity, has
contrived to obtain; from the religious communities in
Clapham, Croydon, Norwood, Brixton, and other places
south of London, a large amount of money, in sums, vary-..
ing from £5 to a six-pence, on the plea that he is minis-
ter of the chapel, at Bwlch Montgomeryshire, and that
in consequence' f a large debt having been incurred in
enlarging and repairing it, he has been deputed by the
congregation to travel and collect subscriptions to defray
it. Suspicions of his character and probity having been
excited by his importunate mode of soliciting the poorer
classes for donations, inquiries were instituted, and it was
ascertained that he is not at all connected with the above-
named chapel, which is not in debt, not having had any
alterations or repairs for about a quarter of a century.
SWINDLING AT SHEFFIELD.—Rather more than a fort-
:light ago (says the Sheffield Examiner) &tolerably re-
spectable-looking man induced, after much pressing, Mr.
Skelton, of 12, Gibraltar-street, to let him his front shop
for a month, representing that he was about to take np
his residence permanently in Sheffield, to_teach phonogra-
phy, but that the plaCe which he was. going to occupy
would not be ready for a month. He- gave the name of
H. Barr, and was accompanied by a vulgar-looking man,
whom he described as his assistant. They procured

rough planks, and with these the assistant constructed a
kind of desk and a form. On Wednesday week the shop
was opened, not as a seminary, for the teaching of pho-
nography, but as " The Equitable Loan and Discount
Office," of which H. Barr was manager. Bills were issued
"
stating that loans would be granted
securi-
ties of from £2 10s. up to £60," on approved
and large sums on
" special agreement." The assistant now perambulated the
neighbourhood circulating bills, and reporting that " the
governor" was as rich as Croasus. It now transpires that
Barr was " G. Z." who advertised in the local papers for a
clerk. There were many applicants, and some six or
seven of these he swindled out of about £7O. He appears
first to have baited them with the offer of large salaries ;
and the sine qua' non of engagement was the depositing
of a good sum of money as security for their honesty. Of
one young man he obtained £2O, and from five or six
others he got £lO each. He appointed that the clerks
were to commence their duties on Wednesday morning,
and on that day they appeared at the door of the office.
Of course each of them thought that the others were
needy persons come to make application to borrow, and
never suspected their true position. They waited a con-
siderable time, but still the office remained closed; and a
man appeared stating that Mr. Barr was ill and would
not be at the office that morning. The parties now began
to communicate with each other, and in a few minutes
soon found out how vilely they had been cheated. Mr.
Skelter got into the shop, the floor of which he found
strewed with torn-up letters. The imposing ledgers, &c.,
had disappeared with the swindlers, who, it is supposed,
decamped late on Tuesday night for London.
A wont of considerable interest and extent might be
written on the subject of cosmetics and the diversified *mode
of personal embellishment resorted to, by various nations, in
different ages of the world. The singular, and often dissi-
milar tastes which have influenced mankind in this respect,
WOuld afford a volume no less amusing than instructive; bat
we will venture to affirm, that no preparations for the toilet,
either of ancient or modern times, can vie in excellence with
the admirable productions of Messrs. Kowland, whose inva-
luable Kalydor, in particular—a crews-like' balmy prepara-
tion—affords the most mild and Wel yet efficacious preserya-
-1 tion, ever afforded for perpetuating the beauty of the skin,
and the charms of youtliii 19Yel.Weit;