The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-05-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CROCKETT YET LIVING.--The 47. Louis Bulletin of the 21st ult. contains the following information e--" A gentleman arrived•iri this city yesterday from the south, who brings news confirming the report that Crockett is a slave in the mineg • of. Mexico. The teeter spoken of in the previous account had been received by Mrs.• Crockett, and her son, the Hop. John Crockett, bad started for Mexico, with a view to regain his father's freedom." TRADE or Sotormempross.—The effects of the opening of the railway from London racy . already be seen in the crowded state of the river and hM-bour, During the past ! week, the number of splendid steam vessels lying around the pier have prseneted a very splendid and enlivening appearance. Monday the Archimedes, steam-vessel, paid us a visit, and excited much attention by the peculiarity of her construction. Her hull, divested of the unsightly appendages of paddle boxes, is precisely similar to that of a beautiful yatcht ; -her propelling power being a newly invented application of the•Archimedian screw. Thursday at noon no less than five packets left the pier together, each with a large cargo of living freight, for Havre, Weymouth (two), Torquay, and Dartmouth: Many distinguished arrivals have taken place, amongst which were Lord Exmouth and Lord Aldolpiing Fitzelarence.—Hampshire Independent. ME Con NTRY AND THE Caoese—For many years we have not had romonth of May so abundant in vernal charms as the present. From the warmth of April the trees are full of foliage, at a season when the leaves are scarcely bursting from their wintry envelopes, and the horse chesnuts are in flower, and equally rich in beauty and fragrance. In the orchards the bloasoms of the apple and cherry trees are giving way as the fruit forms—falling, however, after having served their purpose, and leaving the promise of abundant crops. In the gardens peas are in blossom, young potatoes are far advanced; and gooseberries and currants of a .considerable size. - In the fields the wheat and spring corn are i growing with almost unexampled luxuriance ; the clovers and , meadow grasses are full of vigour and freshness, and the pastures are thickly covered with herbage.. In great numbers of places the field potatoes (are some Aires above 'ground, and in one or early turnip plants are springing up. All the spring birds have arrived; ,many of the spring flowers are'inlblisnm ; and on every side there is theappearance of an early season, and of abundance for man and for beast. Never was the prospect of plenty more cheering than at the present moment, and .never would its realizatipro be attended with greater blessing to the nation.-,-Preston. Chronicle. •  Hares and partridges seem very strong and plentiful this season.  The accounts from Worcestershire Speak most favourably of the present state of the crops in that county. E. S. Cayley, Esq., member for the North Riding, is still in a precarious state, and has been ordered abroad for his recovery.• SUICIDES AT OLDllAm.—During the course of ten years, 1830 to 1839, there have been in the borough of Oldham, 45 cases of suicide, 23 of which were directly produced by intemperance.