The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

Lt present at Etnnege 643 boys ; a greater
was ever known before.
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Dr. Lushington's decision in the Braintree case has been

been appealed against

l'he Bath theatre closed last night, after a season alike
profitless to the proprietor, the public, the performers, and
—the printers.—Bath Gazette, May 24.
A pint of linseed oil, two ounces of bees' wax, two ounces
of turpentine, two ounces of good tar, and half an ounce of
Burgundy pitch, slowly melted together, and applied to new
boots, will render them waterproof, durable, and pliant.
The will of Lord Arden, of Warwick, late first registrar of
the High Court of Admiralty, has just been proved at Doc-
tors' Commons. The property is sworn under the sum of
£BOO,OOO, the duty on which is upwards of £12,000.
The effects of the late Lord Lichfield, in St. James's-
square, are to be sold in a fortnight, and will occupy an en-
tire week ; and in August, at Shugborough Hall, a sale ex-
tending over eighteen days, will take place. The cellars con-
tain 30,000 bottles of wine.
Tuesday's London Gazette announces that the Queen has
appointed Charlotte, Duchess of Norfolk, to be one of the
ladies of the bedchamber in ordinary to her majesty, in the
room of Sarah Dowager Lady Lyttelton, resigned ; and
Charlotte Viscountess Canning to be one of the ladies of the
bedchamber in ordinary to her majesty, in the room of Susan
Countess of Dalhousie, resigned.

We are glad to learn that there is no truth whatever in the
report of the death of the Earl of Coventry, as stated in the
morning papers of Saturday. The noble earl, though indis-
posed, is in much the same state of health as he has been
for some time past. A Mr. Darbv Coventry, a relation of
his lordship's, died a few days since ; and from this circum-
stance the mistake has possibly originated.
The Hereford Journal of Wednesday gives a long account
of a supposed murder in that county at a place called West-
hope Hill, Hope-under-Dinmore, and the victim was Mrs.
Lucy Parker, widow, about 45 years old, who kept a small
grocery shop, and was supposed to be worth considerable
money. The person suspected of the crime is Wm. Powell,
a carpenter, 26 years old, with whom the deceased (his aunt)
cohabited, and to whom, it is stated, she was to have been
married on Tuesday, her husband having been dead about
three months.

SUICIDE.—Saturday, the 21st instant, about eleven o'clock
forenoon, a middle aged man, belonging to Cumbernauld, of
the name of Andrew Weston, drowned himself in the Forth
and Clyde Canal, between three and four hundred yards east
of Wyndford Lock. The infatuated man had proceeded east-
ward, along the north bank or towing path of the canal, deli-
berately took off his cap, threw it upon the bank, and having
uttered these words—" Once, twice, thrice ; here I go"—
leaped into the water.
THE GLASGOW BANE ROBBERY.—It is generally believed
that, since his conviction, Smith has made a full confession
of the manner in which the money abstracted from the bank
was appropriated. It would be improper, at present, to al-
lude further to the rumours that are afloat on this subject;
but it is to be hoped that a clue has been obtained by which
at least a portion of the money will be recovered. It seems
altogether improbable that Smith could, in so short a time,
have spent the large sum of ten thousand pounds; and the
inference, therefore, is that a part of it has been invested in
some way or other.—Argus.
A MAMMOTH.--In the excavation of the cutting for the
railway at Marden, a splendid fossil elephant or mammoth
(one tooth of which weighs above twenty pounds) has been
discovered twenty feet below the surface. This fact will be
interesting to geologists, as the organic remains of this ani-
mal have never before been found so low in the series as the
wealden formation in which the cutting is supposed to be
made, and appears to prove that Marden-hill is coirposed of
a recent deposit above the weald clay. A portion of the bones
are in the possession of Mr. Barlow, the resident engineer
of the line at Tunbridge, who is endeavouring to collect the
whole animal ; but unfortunately several waggon loads con-
taining the remains were thrown into the embankment by the
workmen.—Maidstone Journal.

A CLEVER SMUGGLER.—A man named Gerard appeared
y before the Correctional Tribunal, charged with
troducing spirits into Paris. It appeared from
,he prisoner, who, from his sun-browned
mstaclae, and wooden-leg, might pass for
from Africa, entered the barrier of Charen-
4th of April at ten at night. There was a look
d uneasiness about him that did not alto-
nployes at the gate. His wooden leg,
d clumsy look. Gerard was politely re-
bureau. He did so, but in a few mo-
inge was effected in his outer man; for
d some straps, down fell the wooden
•d as quickly as his two good legs of
He was, however, overtaken, and his
o contain five litres of spirits of wine.
•m to pay a fine of £2OO, and to be
' be paid.—Galignani's Messenger.

fraudulently in

sn, of the name of Isabella Birkett,
k, died very suddenly. About two
seized with a fit of apoplexy, which de-
sight. A short time previous to her death
) visit some relations in the same dale, and on her
e domicile of those relations she observed, " Now
ig to die among you." Her sight was immedi-
-ecl so as to enable her to read the Bible, but
erification of her own words took place, for she
this life before the sun of that day sunk below the
nod. Isabella Birkett was for many years the
ker of the Township of Troutbeck, and for many
s round, and kept a punctual register of all the last sad
es in which she had been engaged.—Westmoreland Gaz

We lately alluded to a benevolent action among the many
if her gracious Majesty the Queen Dowager, in sending a
donation for the relief of some poor but worthy persons at
Powick. The following are the particulars we are now ena-
bled to give :—George Barrow, aged 76, who has been blind
for the last 44 years, lives with his wife, aged 80, and a son
and daughter, who have also been blind far many years, in
the village of Powick, near this city. They have a little cot-
tage, built some years ago on a spot of ground granted by
Earl Beauchamp, and having a small sum allowed by the
parish, they contrive to exist upon this, added to the chari-
table gifts of their richer neighbours, to whom they are
known as a most orderly
-and moral as well as interesting
circle —'

The son, who is 39 years of age, is anxious to elite;
souse blind asylum, in order to support himself and sister,
by learning the trade of basket making; but it appears that
his age is against him. Some friends, however, have been
enabled to gain him admission into an asylum at Edinburgh,
whither he will proceed as soon as £5O, the sum necessary to
convey and support him there, may be contributed by the
benevolence of those who may hear or read of this singular
case. In addition to the Queen Dowager's donation of £5,
several charitable individuals in the neighbourhood have con-
tributed, and we have no doubt that the required sum will
speedily be raised.

The novel case, at the instance of the Earl of Buchan
against Lady Cardross, for restitution of the infant children
of her ladyship and the late Lord Cardross, regarding which
so many marvellous stories have lately appeared in the Lon-
don papers, wes before the Court of Session, Edinburgh, on
Thursday, on a reclaiming note from her ladyship, who ap-
pealed against an order pronounced on Lord Buchan's peti-
tion, presented to the Lord Ordinary during vacation,
whereby the Lord Ordinary ordained the custody of the
children to be given to the Earl of Buchan as their natural
guardian. The Lord President, the other judges concurring,
pronounced the opinion of the court that the application to
the court in vacation was competent—that the Lord Ordi-
nary had power to entertain it—that his order was, in the
circumstances stated in the papers, and to the effect it was
meant to have, quite correct—and that, in the meantime,
the children must, in terms of it, be delivered to the interim
custody of the petitioner, the Earl of Buchan.—Edinburgh
Witness.

CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE. —On Sunday last, very
early in the morning, the neighbourhood of Johnstown, in
the county of Kilkenny, was thrown into considerable agita-
tion by the alarming intelligence that George Healy, 1',r1•7
of Violet Hill, had been just found dead in his bed, which,
together with the furniture, floor, &c., of his room was in a
state of conflagration. The body of deceased was partially
burnt. An inquest was held on the following day by the
coroner for the county, when it appeared on the examination
i
of several witnesses, that deceased had been constantly n
the habit of reading in bed, which would be sufficient to ac-
count for the lamentable occurrence. Mr. Healy was a
resident magistrate, and an extensive landed proprietor in
the county Kilkenny. He was in the prime of life, and un-
married, and has left three surviving brothers. On the eve-
ning previous to his unhappy death he was in the enjoyment
of perfect health and spirits.—Evening Mail.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—Captain
Elliot, the recently appointed Consul General at the Repub-
lic of Texas, who has acquired so much notoriety from the
manner in which he managed affairs in China, took his
departure this afternoon for the seat of his future diplomatic
exertions, in the Clyde royal West India mail steamer,
which got under weigh and left this port between 1 and 2
o'clock. The Clyde will touch at Falmouth to take in her
mail-bags, thence she will proceed to Corunna, Madeira,
and Barbadoes. She does not carry out many passengers—
not above 20. Among her cargo she has 400 bottles of
quicksilver for mining operations. The Great Liverpool
steamer, belonging to the Oriental and Peninsula Steam-
ship Company, took her departure for Malta and Alexandria
between 12 and 1 o'clock this afternoon. She carries out
about 400 passengers, including several officers who are about
to 3oiri their respective regiments in the East Indies, among
whQui are Captains Prescott, Bennet, and Green ; and Lieu-
tenants Bainbridge and Wright. The Great Liverpool will
t!°„u,l,l_'atFalmouth to take in the mail for Malta and for

riand route

SAILOR.—On Friday evening as Mrs.
r. John M'Bryde Manager of the Nur-
z a walk on the banks of the Clyde, near

looking youth loitering in
fearing from the disturbed and
e youth that he meditated suicide,
ion, and inquired into his cireutn-
erable hesitation and embarrassment
• he meditated self-destruction—that he
cand that he was altogether destitute.
I)an'ci'" in progress, Mrs. M'Bryde was
' and on being informed of the incident

ed %,ii h tea, and a bed Z to Mr-i‘sililr-yde's house, refresh-
ed
questioned, th -"red for his his reception. On being
tont, bleu trousers, and asaittl'llea(lnditderweillo wore a black sur-
aleafrand who
tures, though sunburned .2(
that his name was Dough," hamlsom,
fa pyasing—stated
se fea-
respectable ; that he had been nanba that his
irvioengr, from
which he had been sent to arcught up futlnylit7ere highly
person called tit Donald, who Bgeahool in
he left it in disgust. He said ili'ioa such se ere tasks
that
about nine months, on board the shien had been at sea
Captain Roberts, arrived at Falmouth :- „-afratt, fo sauttioar
been at Ramsay in the Isle of Man, svi,uretth since then hati
foot-boy, from thence he went to Edinburghefofficiated as a
walked to Glasgow. Meeting accidentally Nrv9,,T which he
Richardson of the Gorbals InPoice Office, Mr, with CaPtain
kited the statement we have entoned above, and"lerecaptain's solicitation, was persuaded to allow the at the
ded cabin boy to be brought to the office so that !),ri,,eettetn-
watch might kept upon him in the event of his attempting
suicide. The case was a suspicious one, and on being ex!.
amined by the female searcher of the office, it was discovered
that the assumed young sailor was a female. When taken
before a magistrate, on Saturday however, she refused to
answer any of the queries addressed to her as to parentage,
employment, residenee,&c., Her features are intelligent and
interesting—her dress smart and genteel—her hair is cut after
ther fashion of males—and she very well becomes her attire.
.Fooorindssome of her remarks before and after examination, she
eem
to be well educated, and to have considerable
and stie knowledge of the Scritures. Her dialect is a good English,
s not unacquainted with the French, while her hand-
writing.
is plain
been presumed and
t swift. From hints that she gave it has
near Torpoint, in Cornwall,
the girl is the daughter of a clergyman
with Irvine is err, ornwall, and the story of her connexion
positively declinesnteoous ; but this is only surmise, as she
a case of romance,
of waywardness,
who she really is. Whether this be
or whether it be a waywardness, or of blighted affection,
have nothing but casethatwh9f imposture, we know not, as ice
girl aars to be betwe which is stated above to guide us. The
In theantime, the e.n elghteen and tw t
Mrs. M`ide h girl ls wellattendedher to where she is.
fitted for her sex. Thi. ee with a change of raiment
afternoon, when she
acquainted held out till yesterday
name, and the circumstances of h Mrs. M`Bride with her
These it could answer no good end elopement from home.
say, that she assumed the male to Publish. Suffice it to
escaping from domestic discomf garb for the of
ort and purpose
the world.—Glasgow Mail of Wednesday,'Pushing her way in
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