The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-04-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MILITARY INLELLIGENCE.—THE NEW APPOINTMENTS —The Gazette of Tuesday night states that the following military appointments have ben made :—His Royal Highness Prince Albert succeeds to the colonelcy of the 3d regiment of Scots fusilier guards, vacant by the demise of the Earl of Ludlow • Lieut.-general Sir Arthur B. Clifton, K.C.B. and K.C.H., 17th lancers, is appointed to the 11th hussars, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert; his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge goes to the 17th lancers, vice Clifton ; Lieut.-general Sir J. Stevenson Barns, K.C.8., is appointed to the colonelcy of the 20th regiment of foot, vacant by the decease of General Sir Wm. Houstoun; Lieut.-general Sir A. Woodford, K.C.B. and G.C.M.G., governor of Gibraltar, to the 40th regiment, vacant by the decease of Lieut.-general Sir Lionel Smith ; and Lieut.general Sir Dugald Little Gilman, K.C.8., succeeds to the appointment of second colonel commandant of the rifle brigade, vice Sir J. S. Barns. The body of a young man, named Henry Lawrence, was one day last week casually discovered suspended from a tree in Tiddesley Wood, near Pershore, being in a state of decomposition, and greatly mangled by the birds ; the legs were tied, and it was evident that the unhappy man had climbed up to the branch, sat upon it while he fastened his limbs, and then, placing the rope round his neck, and affixing the other end to the branch, have thrown'himself from it. The body was immediately conveyed to the Talbot, in Pershore. The inquest was held on Thursday before C. Best, Esq., and a respectable jury, who returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was " found banging." It appears that the unfortunate man was from Hartill, Northamptonshire, and came into this neighbourhood soon after the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway commenced, and had been employed on the line as a plate-layer, but had lately been out of work. During his residence here he had married a young widow, who stated on the inquest that they lived on very good terms together; but the general opinion of the neighbours was quite the reverse of that, and it was known that they frequently quarrelled. The widow said that the deceased left home in very good spirits on the 28th of February, in search of work.— Worcester Journal. The Malta Times has a circular by Mr. Warrington the British consul at Tripoli, dated March 26, addressed to the different chiefs of the interior and northern coast of Africa, representing to them the folly as well as cruelty of the slave trade, and advising them to substitute for it an active trade in the natural resources of Atrica, such as gold dust, ivory, ostrich feathers, gum, skins, indigo, &c. This circular has been translated into Arabic and profusely distributed. The petty officer of the Cambridge, who was condemned to death for the murder of a boy, was to be sent from Malta to England in the Weasel in a few days, the sentence being that he is to be hung on board of any British ship at the pleasure of the Admiralty. The Polyphemus left on the llth for Naples, conveying there the distinguished Hindoo the Dwarkanauth Tagore, on his way to England. Whilst in Malta this gentleman displayed great liberality in donations to the charities of the island.  Some years ago an elderly gentlemen, on his way through Arundel, took advantage of a short stay at the Norfolk Arms to visit the castle. He was much pleased, as all sensible visitors must be, with every thing he saw, but most with the grave moping owls of the keep. But, of all the family, one had that peculiar sagacity of expression which appeared to engross the whole attention of his visitor. His horns long, and horizontally projecting from either temple; his scarletcoloured eyes, that seemed as if they had become inflamed by long-continued study ; his wings that hung loosely about him like a professor's gown ; his face, his feet, every feature, in short, seemed to say, " this is no common owl.' "He 's a sagacious fellow, this," observed the stranger. " Yes, sir," said the keeper, " we always call him the chancellor." " The what—the chancellor? " " Yes, sir, sometimes the chancellor, and sometimes Lord Eldon—he is so very wise." The stranger was highly amused at finding a namesake under the ivy in Arundel keep, for we need scarcely add, that the visitor was, in fact, the chancellor himself, the late venerable and learned Lord Eldon.—Beatlie's,Castles and Abbeys of England.