The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-19 00:00:00

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and the meeting then separated.

The Duke of Sussex has been appointed by her majesty to
be the Governor of Windsor Castle, in lieu of the late Lord

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 15.—The royal mail steamer A
diva, Captain C. F. Burney, for the West Indies,
this day at one p.m., having on board 60 passengers.
It is stated that the expenses of the Great Marlow I_
Committee were £4OO per day ; and as the committee t

.eft here

menced its sittings on the 16tli March, and did not teru
till the 11th April, the expenses must have amounted tc
£B,OOO to £lO,OOO.

The Frankfurter Gazette states that the consul-gener
Trieste has officially announced that the corn-trade has
declared free by the government of the lonian Islands.

Lord Abinger will not be able to take his seat on the
this term, through indisposition.

A man, of the name of Michael Welsh, was examined at
the Marylebone (London) police on Friday, and, from the
evidence, there is little doubt he intended to commit crimes
equal in atrocity to the dreadful tragedy recently perpetrated
in Aldermanbury, that is, to murder his children ; but his
intentions were providentially frustrated by their t
mind

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A fatal conflict took place near Waterford on Monday last,
in disposessing a tenant from a farm. The latter, and a large
party of his associates, resisted the law, and during the pro-
cess of taking forcible possession, the tenant received a wound
from one of the constabulary, and died in a few minutes.
The Duke of Marlborough has been appointed Lord
Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Oxfordshire, in the
room of the late Earl of Macclesfield.
DUKE OF LANCASTER'S YEOmANttr.—The Lancashire
Yeomanry Cavalry will assemble in Lancaster on the 10th of
June, under the immediate command of Lord Francis Eger-
ton.

REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—An eminent jeweller, who at
one time was reported to be worth four hundred thousand
pounds, is now an inmate of the Charter House.

LOVE AND LAW.—The difference between love and
is this—in love the attachment precedes the declaration
law the declaration comes before the attachment.

We hear with pleasure that the splendid chapel built f
the Irvingites, on St. Augustine's Back, in this city, is like
to be purchased and dedicated to the service of the Establish
Church.—Bristol Journal. •

There is no doubt now that Mr. Hume will be our member.
Mr. Jobson, no doubt, has told us that he is sure of being
returned; but, without intending any disrespect to him, we
hold to our opinion that Mr. Hume will be the man, and it
is with no small feeling of humiliation we make the admission.
We feel deeply the disgrace that the Montrose Burghs incur
in being the means of again restoring Mr. Hume to a place
in parliament.—Montrose Standard.
EXPORTATION OF COALS FROM PRESTON QUAYS.-011
Sunday last, the Albion brig sailed from the port of Preston
with a load of coals, for Stettin. This is the first vessel
which has been loaded for a foreign port at Preston Quays.
On Monday, the Rambler, also loaded with coals, for Que-
bec, left our port, having been laden at Lytham. These
vessels are both the property of the Messrs. Humber, of
this town.—Preston Clironicle.

THE FRENCH POSTOFFICE AND TIIE ENGLISH PRESS.—
The Boulogne tribunal of first instant, has been engaged iI
the trial of the Courier, employed by the Morning Chronicle
Morning Herald, and Morning Post, to transport the lat
intelligence received by the Calcutta mail from Paris t
Boulogne. The Procureur Du Roi took eight days to con
sider of the sentence.
It is stated that the venerable Earl Grey afforded indiffet
ent proof of his sympathy with the tactics of her Majesty'
Opposition in Parliament, by the reception he gave t be othi
day to the presumptuous individuals who solicited his cone
tenance to the Northumberland County Meeting on the In
come Tax. The Noble Lord signified his disapproval of tt
agitation sought to be created, and intimated that, in tl
plight in which the country was left by the late Adtninistrt
tion, the financial measures of Sir Robert Peel were sours
and had his approbation.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.—At the Cambridge sheriff's. court,
on Friday, Mr. W. B. Buller, surgeon, Mary Buller, hit
wife, and Edwin Buller, his brother, were charged with having
forged a promissory note for £2OO, purporting to be executes
by the father and mother of the female prisoner. The ma.
gistrates committed the female prisoners, and discharged tht
female.

On Thursday, a young gentleman, of independent fortune,
of the name of Mr. 11. B. L. Burton, aged 18, was thrown
from his horse whilst riding in Hyde.park, and unfortunately
killed. The deceased was a personal friend of Prince George
of Cambridge.

TROOPS FOR INDIA.—On Friday, the 29th Regiment er
barked for India, and in a few days the 10th Reginw:
greatly augmented, will also embark for the same place•

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An extensive gang of juvenile thieves has been captured
Warrington, and committed for trial.

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RE
on BANK.—A meeting of
held on Monday, when claims to the amount of 5
sterling were given in. creditors

Napoleon's hat once fell off at a review,
lieutenant stepped forward,
him. "Thank • dit up, and returned it to
picked , , ~ 1
when a yount.
you, Captain," said the Emperor. . n
what regiment, sire ?" retorted the Sub. quick as lightning.
Napoleon smiled, passed on, and forthwith had the lucky
youth promoted to the step of his ambition.
Nnw MAGISTRATE.—At the general quarter sessions of
the peace, held by adjournment at
the 6th instant, William Turner,
near Haslingden, qualified as a inagistrate for Lancashire.
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MALTA, APRIL s.—WilliamCurning, a seaman of the
Cambridge, after a trial which lasted two days, has been de-
clared, by sentence of a court-martial
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board of his ship, which sentence will, it is said, be carried
into execution to-morrow morning.
SINGULAR AFFAIR. —A sheriff's court was last week held
in Alaryport, in which a female servant, named Ann Mawson,
locked
sued her late master, Thomas Archer, of Dovenby, for n
balance of wages ; the testimony was of such a nature as to
puzzle the jury, and they had to pay the usual penalty at-
tendingsituate without night
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plight
up,
or candle. About midnight
feel for other's woe, " humanely
window of the room, and threeotP aced a ladder against th
made their escape. On this circumstancethe unfortunate jurymen
to the under-sheriff in the being made know
nine, who most gladlymorning, he released the n
liberty. availed themselves other
of the proffered

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MARRIAGE OF A POPISH PRIEST.—The Genevese tra-
veller who has written so many intelligent letters in the
Times, records the following in a letter dated New York.
March I2th. Among the amusing incidents of the day I
take leave to record the fact of a riot at Rochester. A
Catholic priest was the exciting cause. These gentry may
lead lives of revelry and debauchery without hazard of a
riot in their congregation, but to commit the crime which

tins rev. gentleman committed is an unpardonable sin. A
is hat do .you .think it is? I will tell you ; but the lac
are enjoined not to read the horrid tale,7—he has take,
wife,—yes, married .!