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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-08-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LIVERPOOL REPORTERS.—These gentlemen have gaged by the before mentioned parties in burning; the earned a perfect harvest of praise during the recent visit house. Shortly after the escape of old Cahill and L—y, of Prince Albert. The Queen is said to have expressed he came to the neighbourhood for the purpose of demitndher wonder at the facility with which they took upon ing a reward previously promised to him by them for his themselves the avocation of court newsmen, and has no services. The hushed-up story amongst the peasantry at fear of trusting her own person to their imaginative pens. the time, and still well remembered, was, that the parties She is particularly pleased with their accumen in detecting having refused the reward, the man threatened to become singular coincidences--such as the fact that the first vessel King's evidence and hang them, whereupon they murdered which entered the Albert Dock was from the Brazils, and him, and according to one report burned his body in a that the chairman of the Dock Committee was a Brazilian limekiln, whilst another, as it now appears, more correct merchant. Her Majesty expects that when she visits us rumour, pointed out the very place in which the skeleton the coincidence will be that a sovereign will be the price has been now found, as the spot where the murdered reof a bed, and one pound notes at a discount. mains were secreted. Old Cahill died some time since at We were at a loss to divine the reason of Mr. W. the age of 100 years, but L—y is a small farmer still Thornhill being so energetic, on the occasion of the , living in the neighbourhood, and bears the character of ! Prince's entry into the vestibule of the Town Hall, in giv- having, since the occurrence alluded to conducted himself ing orders, through one of the Mayor's servants, that the very properly. Strong, however, as the evidence of A re rareporters for the pss should not press forward, "by dition is upon the subject, it is not probable that sufficient order of the Mayor." His worship, who never authorised light will be thrown on this singular tragedy to bear-out the insulting " order," was not aware that, on the morn- further its resemblance to the case of Eugene Aram, by ing in questicn, William's shirt would not bear the mi- the bringing of the perpetrator of the deed to condign croscopic eyes of those gentlemen; and that he had un- punishment. The verdict of the jury was :—" ' That fortunately mislaid his tooth-brush. Of all men in the deceased was murdered a long time since by some person world, the member for Scotland Ward ought to be an ad- or persons unknown. That the injuries affecting life were vacate for public -baths and washhouses, as calculated to , a heavy fracture on the left temple, and the left molar diminish the cost of his toilet, and render him presentable I bone ; and that the skeleton had shoes or brogues on, and to eyes and noses polite. I was discovered under a heap of stories, on Tuesday last, runmc
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-03-10 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

WILLIAM WILKI. ~...aso94 have said, he is inconveniently in earnest. Touch his fo- annual sum he designs as a provision-for his family, in congelation• There naked Hindostanee camp-followers pressly for the people ; and the first Lord Lansdowne Mr. Thomas's Single Peeper .. • licy and on the instant his snul is in arms. Nay, reign po . , the event of his deceese, when he is not impelled by the sunk down, maimed, crippled by the cruel frOst, racked (stranger still) predicts to Mr. Bentham that this strip- Mr. Matthew's br g Salopian .... ..... . eg a 410 be does not wait till it is touched, aspen-like though his the fear of loss in failing in his engagemsnt with another by the pains of hell-the devouring cold eating into their ling will one day be prime minister of England !He is Mr. Hendel son's Ellen M'Gregor . Owner 3 On the ist instant, tt the residence of his father' -ite 10/ vanity be on that therne. So intimately possess:d is he party, by the formality of the contract between them, by flesh, and turning it to rottenness before its time. And plainly on the high road to greatness of some kind; but Mr. Massey's b g Landercan . ,0 of the absolute excellence of his foreign administration, the periodical demand of the company. If he hoards his there, one on another, fast and thick, fell the bodies of how it is to end, whether be is to be a martyr or a minis- A splendid race between the first three. LI NSON, cooper, Head street, Texteth-parlc. ,s.irie „ea' On the 2lid instant, JAIN PEM 3EKTON, Esq., ,st,, and of its importance to mankind, that he is unceasingly, savings, they will amount to little, compared with what men-soldiers and camp-followers. Enropean and natives ter, is yet a leap in the dark. The crisis approaches that spirit merchant, of this town, and Councillor for RodoeYe. Of , and without being asked, expounding and explaining it. an insurance company would give, and are liable to be -beneath the murderous fire of the Ghilzyes, who lined is to determine the doubt. A grand steeple-chase is to take place on the 19th April Ward. The deceased met h s de=th under cirenmstanc apt, He defends himself spontaneously, without having been continually encroached upon for trifling objects. His that dreadful Oass•-Lone Engagtments.-Chopman. and While he is revolving these auguries in his mind,' and in the vicinity of Paris, for which arc entered the extra- pninfully distressing nature. It appears that he was 001:4 - attacked ; and he never defends himself without gratui- grand aim is to improve these savings as much as he can, Hall's Monthly Series. filling his solitary chamber with phantoms of civic crowns ordinary number of forty-two horses, many of them being at Sandiwayhead. near Delamere Forest, about fi' c Inileepaird tously attacking some one else. Sir Robert Peel once with perfect security. Is he likely to be able to invest Ireoteegions OF
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-08-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

PRECIOUS VILLAIN.—At a trial for murder, at the recent Nenagh Assizes, the witness for the crown, James Darmody, was cross-examined by Mr. Sausse, and the following revelations. of precocious and confirmed crime were elicited How old are you? Twenty-seven years of age. Did jou not dog Shanahan from Rumsleigh to the place where he was murdered ? I did not. You said you were to put hack your hand to Maher to show if Shanahan would know you that night. Were you not sure he would know you ? Yes, but I thought by saying so to "quash" Maher. Now, was not your signal to bring him up ? It was not. You did not give the poor man a blow ? Not a stroke. You are a noted murderer ? No, Sir, I never killed a man. Were you never engaged in killing a man ? I never did the like. Were you at the murder of Rollin, Lord Hawarden's steward? I was present. And at Hogan's, of Bawn ? Y: s, but no man was shot there. Was there not a man murdered ? There was. Did not an armed party enter his house ? Theredid. Did you not go to sho. t a man you never saw ? No doubt I did. Did you see the pistols loaded before your party called to Hogan's ? I would not say. When was it you went to Bolton's house ? About ten years ago. flow many were of the party ? seven. Were you fifteen years of age then? I believe I was:over sixteen. Who b.oke in the door ? Michael Fitzgerald and Teddy Ryan. Was Butler shot that night? They beat him with stones. Where were you ? 1 was placed in the yard. Did not the party, while the bleeding hotly of Bolton was in the yard, violate the person of the daughter? I do not know. Did not three of your party violate her ? Michael Ryan and I carried het out on the road. For what purpose? I not know. Was it for her good ? It was tot for her good at ail events. Your party killed the man's father? Yes. And you were sentry in the yard ? I was. And vet you never went to murder a man ? I never did. Where did you go after leaving Bolton's? To a stillhous Was nothing done there ? No more than drinking. Were you at James Ryan's murder ? He was only beat, and I gave him three knocks for what he did to ate. You went afterwards to fight et Hogan's. whose house you formerly attacked ? I went to a challenge, and did not know at the time it was for Hogan we were to fight. How many miles did you go for that? Twelve. You were arrested for a robbery at Toomavara ? Yes, and then I offered to tell all I knew if I got my pardon." Tiie jury refaced to convict upon the evidence of such a villain, and the prisoner was acquitted.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-05-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—The following report, which leads to the impression that the crew of the Harriet, of London, has been murdered by pirates, may be relied on. It is dated Athens, the 25th of April : "On the 21st instant, H. M. steam-ship Triton, hearing that an English merchant vessel was in distress, sailed from this place and anchored in the . harbour of Gavrios, island of Andros, where she found the English schooner Harriet, of London, in charge of the Greek authorities. Upon making inquiries, it was ascertained that the peasants on the heights of Andros discovered a vessel, with sails set, on the 12th and 13th of April. Her movements were so peculiar, as she kept going round and round the compass, the sails at times full and at others aback, that on the second day the peasants sent' to Gavrios and reported the circumstance to the head man of the place, who despatched boats, and found the vessel on a rock near Thelo, island of Andros, totally abandoned, a dog being the only living creature on board. On the 15th she was navigated to Gavrios. On the examination of her papers, &c., it became known that she had discharged a cargo of coke at Valencia, and was bound to Constantinople for cargo. Her log at noon of the 11th of April placed the ship with Cape Doro bearing, by compass, north-east by north twelve miles, and here that document ceases, stating the weather to be calm and sultry. 'large pools of blood appeared on the deck and bulwarks ; the captain's cabin was ransacked and in great confusion, also that part of the ship appropriated to the ship's company. Her books state her complement to be seven souls (all told.) Two boats were on board. And now comes the question, where are the crew ? Some people suggest mutiny, but, if so, how did the perpetrators leave the ship ? Two boats were surely sufficient for so small a crew, and the boats are on board. The position of the Harriet at noon of the 11th was about equi distant from the Negropont and the islands Zea and Andros, and she was an easy victim for the lawless gangs who are well known to infest the former place ; they use the large row-boat, and a calm is well suited for a dash alongside small vessels of commerce. The Harriet was towed into this port on the 23rd instant by the Triton, and given in charge of Mr. Neale, H. B. M. Consul." Another act of piracy is also reported. The English schooner Sarah, Cole master, which arrived at Alatzatta on the 27th ult., from Trieste, had scarcely been af anchor two hours when she was assailed and boarded by forty Greeks in two boats, who stripped her of her chronometer, , watches, provisions, spyglass, clothes of the master and crew, and, in fact, everything valuable. The master was then menaced if he did not give them money, but, having none to give, he escaped further annoyance. She was to load a cargo of fruit for London.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-05-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—The following report, which leads to the impression that the crew of the Harriet, of London, has been murdered by pirates, may be relied on. It is dated Athens, the 25th of April : "On the 21st instant, H. M. steam-ship Triton, hearing that an English merchant vessel was in distress, sailed from this place and anchored in the harbour of Gavrios, island of Andros, where she found the English schooner Harriet, of London, in charge of the Greek authorities. Upon making inquiries, it was ascertained that the peasants on the heights of Andros discovered a vessel, with sails set, on the 12th and 13th of April. Her movements were so peculiar, as she kept going round and round the compass, the sails at times full and at others aback, that on the second day the peasants sent to Gavrios and reported the circumstance to the head man of the place, who despatched boats, and found the vessel on a rock near Thelo, island of Andros, totally abandoned, a dog being the only living creature on board. On the 15th she was navigated to Gavrios. On the examination of her papers, &c., it became known that she had discharged a cargo of coke at Valencia, and was bound to Constantinople for cargo. Her log at noon of the 11th of April placed the ship with Cape Doro bearing, by compass, north-east by north twelve miles, and here that document ceases, stating the weather to be calm and sultry. Large pools of blood appeared on the deck and bulwarks ; the captain's cabin was ransacked and in great confusion, also that part of the ship appropriated to the ship's company. Her books state her complement to be seven souls (all told.) Two boats were on board. And now comes the piestion, where are the crew ? Some people suggest mutiny, but, if so, how did the perpetrators leave the ship ? Two boats were surely sufficient for so small a crew, and the boats are on board. The position of the Harriet at noon of the 11th was about equi distant from the Negropont and the islands Zea and Andros, and she was an easy victim for the lawless gangs who are well known to infest the former place ; they use the large row-boat, and a calm is well suited for a dash alongside small vessels of commerce. The Harriet was towed into this port on the 23rd instant by the Triton, and given in charge of Mr. Neale, H. II M. Consul." Another act of piracy is also reported. The English schooner Sarah, Cole master, which arrived at Alatzatta on the 27th ult., from Trieste, iad scarcely been at anchor two hours when she was assailed and boarded by forty Greeks in two boats, who stripped her of her chronometer, watches, provisions, spyglass, clothes of the master and crew, an& in fact, everything valuable. The master was then menaced if lie did not give them money, but, having none to give, he escaped further annoyance. She was to load a cargo of fruit for London.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-06-20 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE MURDER OF SIX CIIILDREN.—The coroner's inquest on the bodies was held on Monday, last week, and lasted several hours. The circumstances deposed have been already detailed. The only addition is the statement made by the woman to police inspector Biddlecombe. iris statement was as follows:—On Sunday he understood that Mrs. Brough had inquired for him, and he went to the house, saw her, and asked if she wanted Biddlecombe ? She replied, " Yes I have been relating to an officer all about it, thinking I had been talking to you." She then said, " I should like to tell you all about it." She went on to say, " On Friday last I was bad all day, and wanted to see Mr. Izod, and waited all day. I wanted him to give me some medicine. In the evening I walked about, and afterwards put the children to bed, and wanted to go to sleep in a chair. That was about nine o'clock. Georgy (meaning Georgians) kept calling me to come to bed. I came to bed, and they kept calling to me to bring them some barley-water, and kept calling to near twelve o'clock. I had a candle on the chair. I went and got another, but could not see, there was something like a cloud, and I thought I would go down and get a knife and cut my own throat, but could not see. I groped about in master's room for a razor. I could not find one. At last I found his key, and then his razor. I went to Georgy and cut her first. I did not look at her. I then came to Carry, and cut her. Then to Henry. He said ' Dont mother.' I said I must,' and did cut him. Then I went to Bill. He was fast asleep. I turned him over. He never woke. I served him the same. I nearly tumbled into this room. The two children here, Harriet and George, were awake. They made no resistance at all. Harriet struggled very much and gurgled. I then laid down, and did myself. I cannot state what occurred for some tine after that, as I found myself weak and lying on the floor. That nasty great and black cloud was gone then. I was thirsty, and got the water bottle and drank. I fell in a sitting position, glowt aunpt e d, andt e sac tall, hhuet c eh i le tild dr e nn 0, tand epeiathall. Icamweenttetemte ghaeain. window, and put something out to call attention. I went to bed and remained there till the bell rung. They made such a noise, I crawled on my hands and knees, but could not make, him hear. It was Henry Watson. I went to tuhnabto undid. t h do o r That . There is al iwlaskonnlyew, othneeybeoalut ftaseutenthede, reel?. It was not quite day-light when I put the signal out, It is opfaoseseibvl;e Imhigalvite Illaveeansatiedu somethingyo,_ll The Joruerytoretliturne otherea . verdict of Wilful Murder.,"  Ia HOLSTEIN, orders, have been g►ven that all works under six sheets are to be regarded as newspapers, and treated accordingly. The press is,forbidden to discuss the. present system of neutrality. SOME DECIMAL COINS have been struck by the Stockholm mint on trial. The Swedish royal medalist and mint engraver is a lady, whose talent is universally admired.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-04-04 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE IMMORALITY OF ROMANISM.  SUBSTANCE OF A LECTURE DELIVERED BY MR. J. I PARSONAGE, PRESIDENT, ON FRIDAY EVENING, THE 24TH ULT. THE Lecturer commenced by observing that, though noble and elevating principles and maxims are inculcated by heathen philosophers, and many of their fables teach excellent morality, yet the only source of pure divine morality is the inspired Word of God. The ceremonial law was typical; all its value and virtue consisting in its prefiguring Christ, and shadowing forth the way in which sin is expiated and sinners saved. At the rising of the Sun of Righteousness, the Jewish ceremonies, like so many stars, were thrown into shade, never to appear again; but not so with the moral law, which Christ came not to destroy, but to fulfil. The moral law is still the rule of conduct, and is binding on all Christians, not as a rule of justification, but of obedience. The spirituality of the law Christ explained fully in his sermon in the Mount, teaching us that a man may be a murderer in the sight of God, ' though his hands be not embrued in human blood ! The Church of Rome however. sets asid% the moral law ,cuer, aim substitutes a law ot nerown .‘,. God says, " Thou shalt not steal." To steal, then, is a , sin, no matter how trivial the article stolen may be 4 and sin is the transgression of the law; therefore a thief is under the curse of God, as St. Paul declares, Gal. iii.— , " Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them ;" but the Church of Rome says no, you may steal, under certain circumstances, and yet only commit a venial or trifling sin. Thus the Church of Rome is Antinomian— opposed to God's law, which is holy, just, and good. He then contrasted the equivocation and falsehood taught by Aiphonsus Liguori, a canonised saint of Rome, with the sublime morality inculcated in the Catechism of the Church of England, and quoted the summary of our duty towards God and towards man, and said it needs must be so : the one is Popish morality, the doctrine of casuists and Jesuits ; the other is the pure morality of the Bible. The lecturer then asserted that Liguori's " Theology of Morality," which he had before him, contained such indecent and obscene doctrine, that he dare not pollute their minds by reading it. The lecturer also referred to a small book of devotion recently published in Liverpool for the use of Roman Catholic ladies preparing for the confessional, and which, amongst other things, treated of the secret sins of married women. No wonder, said the lecturer, that Dr. Achilli, or any other confessor, should be charged with seduction and adultery, such filthy communications being made to them. It would be a miracle if they were not corrupted. The lecturer then alluded to the days of Henry
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-04-04 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE IMMORALITY OF ROMANISM.  SUBSTANCE OF A LECTURE DELIVERED BY MR. J. PARSONAGE, PRESIDENT, ON FRIDAY EVENING, THE 24TH ULT. THE Lecturer commenced by observing that, though noble and elevating principles and maxims are inculcated by heathen philosophers, and many of their fables teach excellent morality, yet the only source of pure divine morality is the inspired Word of God. The ceremonial law was typical ; all its value and virtue consisting in its prefiguring Christ, and shadowing forth the way in which sin is expiated and sinners saved. At the rising of the Sun of Righteousness, the Jewish ceremonies, like so many stars, were thrown into shade, never to appear again; but not so with the moral law, which Christ came not to destroy, but to fulfil. The moral law is still the rule of conduct, and is binding on all Christians, not as a rule of jusefication, but of obedience. The spirituality of the law Christ explained fully in his sermon on the Mount, teach- , ing us that a man may be a murderer in the sight of God, though his hands be not embrued in human blood ! The Church of Rome, however, sets aside the moral law altogether, and substitutes a law of her own : for instance, God says, " Thou shalt not steal." To steal, then, is a sin, no matter how trivial the article stolen may be ; and sin is the transgression of the law ; therefore a thief is under the curse of God, as St. Paul declares, Gal. iii.— " Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them;" but the Church of Rome says no, you may steal, under certain circumstances, and yet only commit a venial or trifling sin. Thus the Church of Rome is Antinomian--opposed to God's law, which is holy, just, and good. He then contrasted the equivocation and falsehood taught by Alphonsus Liguori, a canonised saint of Rome, with the sublime morality inculcated in the Catechism of the Church of England, and quoted the summary of our duty towards God and towards man, and said it needs must be so : the one is Popish morality, the doctrine of casuists ' and Jesuits ; the other is the pure morality of the Bible. The lecturer then asserted that Liguori's " Theology of Morality," which he had before him, contained such indecent and obscene doctrine, that he dare not pollute their minds by reading it. The lecturer also referred to a small book of devotion recently published in Liverpool for the use of Roman Catholic ladies preparing for the confessional, and which, amongst other things, treated of the secret sins of married women. No wonder, said the lecturer, that Dr. Achilli, or any other confessor, should be charged with seduction and adultery, such filthy communications being made to them. It would be a miracle if they were not corrupted. The lecturer then alluded to the days of Henry