The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-01-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—Mr. Evans, smith and bellhanger, of Newport. Nloninnuthshire, a very intelligent tradesman. destroyed himself on Saturday by firing a loaded pistol at his temple. Verdict, insanity. It is said that Mr. Bright will offer himself as, a candidate for Wolverhampton, on the dissolution of parliament, to replace Mr. Villiers, who is to stand fur South Lancashire.  Mr. Miles, of Freeleigh Court Farm, near Tiverton, a few days ago, was Charged with wilfully pushing Mr. Butt, of Telbury, into the river near French Weir, with intent to drown him. _ _  John White, retailer of beer at Chatham, was last week convicted in the penalty of £lO, a mixture of sugar and salt, which is sometimes used for adulterating beer, having been found on his premises. A public meeting was held in Birmingham, on Tuesday evening, " to petition Parliament against the proposal to call out the militia, and in favour of introducing an arbitration clause in our treaties with foreign powers." The Hon. James Stuart Wortley has been appointed Judge Advocate. A vacancy therefore ensues in the representation of Bute. In all probability, however, the hon. gentleman will be re-elected without opposition. On Monday, a labourer, who had been previously observed desponding, threw himself down on the Great Western line on the approach of an engine, which passed over him, and killed him instantly. The other day, as a flock of pigeons flew over the house of a gentleman in Locharran, he shot one of the birds. It dropped down the chimney into a pot of soup which hung over the fire !—lnverness Courier.  In consequence of the non-publication of the state of the pole at Carmarthen, on the neat day but one after the last municipal election, as required by the act, Justice Patteson has, on application, decided that there must be a new election.  One of the auxiliary improvements at the London Postoffice, is an engine of 12-horse power, by which the bags and men are raised and lowered from and to the upper story. _ _ _  The Halifax Guardian says that the Leeds and West Riding Bank has had its drafts dishonoured by the London agents. On Friday the bank was crowded with persons getting its notes changed. All the rats and other vermin caught on the farm of the Rev. A. Huatable, at Sutton Waldron, are thrown into Sulphuric acid, by which they. are soon converted into manure as valuable as bone dust.  A large pond, situate between Rhymney and Tredegar, broke through the sides, and, in its impetuous career, drowned an aged woman, and swept away two frail cot • A valet of George Hudson, Esq., M.P., named Adams, a night or two back, in a state of intoxication, fell over a bannister, at the Burlington Hotel, London, and was killed.  The Morning Post states that Lord Farnham was to have seconded the address in the House of Lords, but after hearing the royal speech read at the Duke of 'Wellington's, he withdrew his consent.  On Wednesday week, a soldier, of the 92nd Regiment, being rather in liquor, attempted to escape for the night from Edinburgh Castle. He got on the wall at the Argyle rampart, was immediately precipitated over the precipice, 200 feet in height, and killed on the spot. The Presbyterian Review states that the Jesuits have published an edition of " The Wandering Jew" in English, expunged of all the terrific exposures of Jesuitism contained in the original edition ;—a very Jesuit-like act.  It perhaps may not be generally known that the new First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Ellenborough, was once a midshipman in the navy, having commenced his career in her Majesty's frigate L'Aigle, when she was commanded by Captain Wolfe.