The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-11 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY ACDIDENT.—We regret to state that a
accident of a melancholy and serious character occurred t
one of the Rev. Mr. WlCeile's sons on Thursday, which, w
sincerely hope, may not be attended with fatal consequence:
It appears that the young gentleman, who is a fine lad
about 13 years of age, was returning from the Park wit
Master Sothern and an acquaintance of Sothern's, narr.e
Ashton, to whom M`Neile had been introduced the san.

morning. Ashton bad a pistol, and the thre
themselves firing with balls at birds. This the
do along the Park road. On retching town

hey went

the hou;e of the Rev

Mr. Nolan, it

close to his ball door the accident occurred. The three boy:
were standing close to one another, and in high spirits,
While laughing heartily, Ashton bent forward, and the pistol,
which he held in his hand, accidentally went off. The ball
with which it was loaded entered M`Neile s right side, near the
groin, and passed, as it is supposed, downwards into the
t sigh. Sothern, in alarm, called Mr. Nolan, who immedi•
aely took M'Neile in a coach to Mr. Bickersteth's, iu I{od-
-t'her•e his wound was examined, and every at-
Mr. Bickersteth took him to Roscommon-

ney-street.
tention paid him.
street in his own carriage,
to his parents. The case is a sera,_
so far as well as could have been anticip
stand that the young gentleman behaved
and heroic manner. lie was no sooner 1'
iron railing in one hand to support him,
the other to shake hands with Ashton, '
cry, you would as soon have shot you
heart I forgive you." Similar langr
to Ashton, who stood by much
steth was exauduing the wound. The alai.
the accident has, or course, much afflicted
Wlsleile. The sufferer was
and was, it is said

h after

, a peculiar favourite of the famil

merous inquiries after his state of health
house in Roseonimon-street yesterday, a

dinz • and we are happy to say the
was dint;
he was better.

aswer g

ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The second soiree of the season
takes place this evening. Mr. ‘l7l3lte's lecture on music is
expected to be extremely interesting.

The Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire has appointed Charles
Henry Potts, deputy clerk of the peace, in the room of
Charles Potts, Esq., resigned.

STEALING CLOTHES FROM A LlNE.—Elizabeth Williams,
a good looking but poorly dressed young woman, was, yester-
day, placed at the bar, on a charge of stealing various articles
of wearing apparel. It appeared that a woman named For-
shaw had received some clothes from different parties to
wash, which she hung out to dry, near the Herculaneum
Potteries. The prisoner and another woman were seen to
take them off and to fold them up as they went along. The
other woman was apprehended and was committed for trial
on Saturday. The same witness identified the prisoner, who
then made her escape, and was afterwards found concealed
Her case was also referred to a ;.
sessions.

ury at the ne

t quarter

THEFT FROM A DWELLING-HOUSE, AND ACC
OF AN INNOCENT PARTY BY THE DELINQUENT
coarse-looking female, named Bridget Hughes
day charged at the Police
Ellett M'Culloch said sl
Street,
with Mrs

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_ Kenworthy, whose servant the prisoner
She was in the habit of putting her money in a drawer
her room, and on Friday missed a sovereign. She
mentioned it to the prisoner, who said that she would not
have done such a thing—adding, that she saw her young
mistress come out of her (witness's) room on the Tuesday
before. The prisoner soon afterwards said that she was ill,
and would go and get something to relieve her, and return
to the house. Miss M'Culloch, the lady accused by the
prisoner, denied that she had taken it, or had ever been in
the room. Finding the prisoner about to leave the house,
she insisted on searching her before she went. The prisoner
took off her clothes, but refused to take off her stays. When
compelled, however, to unloose them,- the sovereign, which
had been ingeniously concealed, dropped out. The prisoner,
when apprehended, admitted that she had taken it. The
prisoner was committed for trial,—Mr. Rushton remarking,
that but for the firmness of the young woman accused by
her, she might have remained under the imputation of being
the offender. It was, in fact, a scandalous case.
FINE ARTS.—UNION GALLERY.—There are at
some line specimens of art, by the 'modern and
stisters, now exhibiting at the Union Gallery, Slate]
The collection is small, but very choice. There are
markablv fine pictures by Egbert liemskerk ; a ma!
" Rubens." A Sea Storm, by Satvator Rosa, is a
Cited picture. There is also a capital picture by 1
Carucci, entitled, " Christ's Charge to Peter."
Coast, by 'Wilson, is a very favourable specimen of the t.m
lull Claude. An Alonzo Cano is well worth notice.
are also works by Cuyp, De Witt, and others. A very curi-
ous Sedan Chair, sweetly painted, is also exhibited. The
punnets are from the charming hand of Boucher, and might
be readily taken for Watteau. All these works are very
fine. There is a group of statuary, which is stated—and we
have no reason to doubt the assertion—to be from the in-
spired chisel of Michael Angelo. It is a matchless work,
representing the well-known story of Pretus and Arria. The
noble conspirator is in the act of stabbing himself, while. his
devoted wife, the life-blood streaming from her, has just
sunk, exclaiming, " See, my Pietus, it is not painful." This
group alone is worth going a pilgrimage to see. \Ye-recom-
mend our readers, who take a pleasure in the fine arts, to
pay this collection a visit. Its stay in Liverpool is limited

.gnificent