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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-03-28 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

RDINBR'S CA.SB. This case is as remarkable as any recorded in the Causes CelAres. A large sum had been appropriated by Congress, under the treaty of peace with Mexico, to pay off the claims of American citizens, who, at various times, had suffered injury at the hands of the Mexican authorities. A special commission was appointed to examine these claims, and Dr. Gardiner came forward with documents to prove that he had been the owner of a valuable mine in the department of San Luis Potosi, and that the Mexicans had broken up his mining establishment, causing him a loss of some half-million of dollars. The commission awarded him, if not the whole, a larger sum, as we believe, than was given to any other single claimant. He got the money, paid his counsel a large part of it, and with the rest was a rich man. Soon after this he went to Europe, and while lie was there the suspicion became so strongthat his whole claim was a fraud, that an injunction was laid on a considerable portion of the money which he had left in bank at Washington. He returned, and was indicted about three years and a-half ago. He was first tried under the indictment about a year since; but that trial resulted in the disagreement of the jury. The evidence against him was procured by commissions sent to Mexico expressly for the purpose. It was conclusive ; the papers on which his claim had been prosecuted before the Indemnity Commissioners were proved to have been for the most part forgeries of a gross character; and it was shown that the mine he claimed to have lost had never had an existence. Still his case was managed with ability, and the evidence he furnished on the trial was such as to stagger and divide the jury on the question of his guilt. We believe, however, that in the interim additional proofs were obtained, which no longer left the possibility of a doubt, and which not only resulted in the verdict rendered, but in the infliction of the law's extremest penalty by the court. The next stage in the drama was his suicide —a terrible confession of the justness of his sentence, an awful blow to the friends who had stood by him through the prosecution.—New York Tribune.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-03-28 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—At the Leicester assizes, last week, James Bull, aged 19,was charged with having, on the 13th of August last, at Misterton, attempted to strangle Ann Clarke, with attempt to murder her. The prosecutrix, a comely-looking person, who was housekeeper to a farmer at Misterton, deposed that, on the evening of the day in question, she was alone in the house with the prisoner, who was also in the same service. On this occasion, he pertinaciously repeated proposals of marriage, which he had previously made her, and which she had rejected. There was a great disparity of age between her and him, as she was nearly forty years old. She had laid by some little amount of property. He urged, in support of his offer, the general opinion of the neighbourhood, and stated that "everybody said he was to marry the housekeeper." She, however, was deaf to all his entreaties, and, after reading some hymns and prayers with the prisoner, retired to bed at about ten o'clock. Some little time after she had been in bed, the prisoner came to her bedside naked. He repeated his offers, which she again refused. He had a rope with him, which he proceeded to put round her neck, endeavouring to fasten one end of it to the bedrail. She struggled with him for some time, and at length, agitated and confused, consented to accept him. Ile then desisted, proposing at the same time to come into her bed. She refused to allow him to do so, assigning as an excuse that she felt unwell, and wanted some tea, but promised to come down and sit with the prisoner. He went down stairs and lighted a fire. The prosecutrix followed, and made and partook of tea. She sat with him until four o'clock in the morning, going up stairs on various pretexts. On one of her absences up stairs she went into the prisoner's bedroom, and found the rope, which was produced in court. During the greater part of the time that she was sitting with the prisoner, they were engaged in reading the Bible and prayers and hymns. At about four o'clock in the morning, she contrived to make her escape from the house, and aroused some labourers who were sleeping in a building near, to whom she communicated her perilous situation. The prisoner was secured. During her struggle she had inflicted some scratches upon his lip and face, which bled for some time after the prisoner was taken to the lock-up. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The chief-justice, in passing sentence, told the prisoner that there could be but little doubt as to the intent by which he was actuated, even if his purpose did not extend beyond that charged in the indictment. It seemed as if he intended not only to cause the death of the prosecutrix, but to blacken her memory after death. Had death been the result of his crime, the fixing of the rope to the bed-rail was calculated to. throw a suspicion of suicide on the victim. The et justice then sentenced the prisoner to fifteen years: transportation. •
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-03-28 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPT TO MURDEE.-At the Leicester assizes, last week, James Bull, aged 19,was charged with having, on the 13th of August last, at Misterton, attempted to strangle Ann Clarke, with attempt to murder her. The prosecutrix, a comely-looking person, who was housekeeper to a farmer at Misterton, deposed that, on the evening of the day in question, she was alone in the house with the prisoner, who was also in the same service. On this occasion, he pertinaciously repeated proposals of marriage, which he had previously made her, and which she had rejected. There was a great disparity of age between her and him, as she was nearly forty years old. She had laid by some little amount of property. He urged, in support of his offer, the general opinion of the neighbourhood, and stated that " everybody said he was to marry the housekeeper." She, however, was deaf to alll3is entreaties, and, after reading some hymns and prayers with the prisoner, retired to bed at about ten o'clock. Some little time after she had been in bed, the prisoner came to her bedside naked. He repeated his offers, which she again refused. He had a rope with him, which he proceeded to put round her neck, endeavouring to fasten one end of it to the bedrail. She struggled with him for some time, and at length, agitated and confused, consented to accept him. He then desisted, proposing at the same time to come into her bed. She refused to allow him to do so, assigning as an excuse that she felt unwell, and wanted some tea, but promised to come down and sit with the prisoner. He went down stairs and lighted a fire. The prosecutrix followed, and made and partook of tea. She sat with him until four o'clock in the morning, going up stairs on various pretexts. On one of her absences up stairs she went into the prisoner's bedroom, and found the rope, which was produced in court. During the greater part of the time that she was sitting with the prisoner, they were engaged in reading the Bible and prayers and hymns. At about four o'clock in the morning, she contrived to make her escape from the house, and aroused some labourers who were sleeping in a building near, to whom she communicated her, perilous situation. The prisoner was secured. During her struggle she had inflicted some scratches upon his lip and face, which bled for some time after the prisoner was taken to the lock-up. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The chief-justice, in passing sentence, told the prisoner that there could be but little doubt as to the intent, by which he was actuated, even if his purpose did not extend beyond that charged in the indictment. It seemed as if he intended not only to cause the death of the prosecutrix, but to blacken her memory after death. Had death been the result of his crime, the fixing of the rope to the bed-rail was calculated to throw a suspicion of suicide on the victim. The chief-justice then sentenced the prisoner tq fifteen years' transportation.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-01-10 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.-On Sunday morning, law- tion, gained the exhibition (value £2l) founded and sup- it is said, of'adopting the moustache themselves.-Iptwich • • blow up your si A,. vi ed a profit of 22,400. usgot esyotltt.e siereiresofofallhetevlrerlace rt.; ay * etoneise the passen ers r the steam-ship Atlantic days, and the latter 275. 6d., or fourteen days. not worth 22 has been made worth a rent of 21 an acre. rence Graham, living in Dolan-street, Toxteth-park, was ported by William Brown, Esq. He had previously been Kipress. trumpery novel into three volumes, price 21 Ils. 6d., and. PalrC2get:eellEbolVwul-C:.inerer:g°famirPh•lanty; " nal \le y k •g Pe - ' c • I QnßsTs IN 1853.-The following is a The last system has been described in the transactions of " Picked uP" bY the Police, in a state of intoxication, and under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. Mulleneux, M.A., A Diseov-eirr on GoLD is reported at East w•hea e lit nee ee w or wluch arrived on Thursday, were the ORONER S N ,d 0 th-e- ?°llll "ir; liason, and the Hon. Governor S . our, summary of inquests held last year :-Wilful murder 12; the Royal Agricultural Society.-The Field. was taken to the bridewelL When there it was discovered Richmond-hill. . Russell, near Tavistock. It is calculated. that 630 000 bout tons orgossan are already disc d lahl e pounds per head, whatever the character of the " objects ''' manslaughter 6 ; visitation of God 173 (found dead 113; AcEIDENTs.-On Tuesday a young man, named Thos. that.his left shoulder was broken, and he stated that while Tim AMERICAN Metes.-On Saturday afternoon, a overe or I open, which oth -•- • • ' real gsv Ministers to the French and Russian courts from the at t ternment of the United States. died suddenly 60) ; accidentallY drowned 25; found McMullen, resident in Droek-street, whilst going to his passing through the park he had been attacked by some three o'clock, the British and North American Royal Mail at an average of only half an ounce per ton, wonld give follere ise you will have it all to yourself, and nobody wilt ow your exam le W drowned.2o ; accidentally killed 157; accideiatally burnt work, slipped down and fractured his arm.-On the same men, knocked down, and robbed of his watch and moneY, steam-ship Niagara, Captain John Leitch, sailed from the 315;000 ounces, or 21,260,000, and the expenses being m. e P • e fear, therefore, we have not. to i fetssfa enxteiDne-On Tueslay the bOdy of a new-born 24 ; found burnt 18: scalded 16; children suffocated in day, Richard Oweene, .a lad„ bel,en,ging to the brig Jane, and left in the state he was.found by the police. , .. Mersey, for Boston and Halifax, with the usual mails for taken- at 21 per ton, although, it is said they will not ex- u uch chance of inducing our readers to recur to a simple ler° leth e child was found in the ash-pit of the house No. 33 .$ os eleal.n.street, by a . venger. An inquest held nvarrushed tale in our Saturday's colu n bein ths bed 61; infant children found exPosed 23 ; suicide under Waterloo Dock, lel, Into tne noid of the shill Empire
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-05-30 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME.—About a year since a man named Tennant. in Barnwell, laid himself down on the railway at Paper-mills, and allowed the train to pass over him. After his death, his wife, whose supposed infidelity had been the cause of his suicide, went to live with her paramour, and eventually they agreed to emigrate together. The woman took with her on board the vessel £22, all the money they had, sewed in her stays. As they were at the very point of sailing, the man said he had left something on shore, and told his victim he would go and fetch it, and return within an hour. Instead of returning, he kept ashore • the deluded woman sailed, and the wretch, it is said, has returned to Cambridge, and boasted that before leaving the ship he had taken the money from the unhappy woman's stays. ' Loans.-2 The lambing season may now be considered over in the south of Scotland, and it has been a very favourable one. The report from that large district of the upper portion of Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbright, lying between the Nith and the Ken, represents this, with very trifling exceptions, as the best season known for many years. There were no severe snow-storms during the winter, and plenty of grass, which circumstances brought the ewes to the lambing season in much better condition than last year, and as they leave plenty of milk, the lambs are much stronger. There are fewer twins than usual, but, on the other hand, there has been a smaller am am t of deaths and fewer barren ewes ; so that, on the whole, the crop may be considered an average one in quantity, and beyond that in quality. Some accounts from Scaur Water are not quite so good.—Dumfries Courier.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1845-12-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

BORNEO.—The Government of Holland have demanded An arrangement has been entered into between the of the English Cabinet an explanation of their intentions Manchester and Leeds and Leeds and Bradford for an with respect to Borneo. They have even threatened war, , amalgamation of the two companies, in virtue of which should England take possession of that island. the Leeds and Bradford and Leeds and Bradford EatenThe King of Bavaria has issued a decree, ordering that 1 sion shares become Manchester and Leeds stock to the in future all persons killed in duels or who had committed extent of their share of the capital, namely, £900,000. suicide shall be interred without religious ceremony of The Leeds and Bradford proprietors are also to have 75 any kind. per cent. additional on the £900,000, which per centage The Queen of Spain and her sister have just completed is to be issued as follows, viz.: £300,000 in £2O shares, two pictures, under the direction of their master, Bernardo which will realize, when paid up, the amount authorized Lopez' which they intend to offer as presents to the Queen to be borrowed by the Leeds and Bradford. The reof the French. mainder of the 75 per cent., viz. £375,000 will subseLord Cowley, our ambssador at Paris, met with a se- sequently be issued to the shareholders, subject to a call rious accident on Wednesday. In descending seer steps at the time of £2 per share, in addition to the calls of £5 on the Boulevards his lordship missed his footing, and on the original shares, and £lO on the extension shares, had the misfortune to dislocate both shoulders. Several now due, which will make £2O paid up on each; it is inphysicians were immediately in attendance, and reduced tended to call for a further sum of £2l per share in the the dislocations. course of next year, which will then make the paid-up It is said the Jewish Reform Committee sitting at capital £4l per share. Both the old and the new shares Frankfort, at the bead of which are Messrs. Goldschmidt, are to remain unproductive till the opening of the railway, advocate ; Greusenach, professor ; and Schwarzchild, when they will begin to receive dividends in proportion physician ; and to which all the most eminent Jews of to the extent and cost of the lines that shall be in operaGermany are attached, have decided that the Jewish Sab- tion.  1;alhsha111; kept on Sunday.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1845-12-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDES.—We gave last week the particulars of a melancholy suicide at Huddersfield. Since that unhappy event we regret to say that a rumour prevailed, that on Friday or Saturday last, two other attempts at self-destruction have occurred there, the one of a professional gentleman, the other of a most respectable tradesman, both, it is alleged, from railway speculations. Happily, both attempts were frustrated. WHAT NEXT ?—The servants in the post-office department may well complain of being overburdened with employment in these cheap transit days. On the 25th ult. a grindstone of rather unusual dimensions was sent through the post, from the quarry of Mr. Deighton, Stockeld, near Wetberby, Yorkshire, to a respectable firm, carrying on business as spindle-makers, at Burnley, in Lancashire, a distance, by the mail-route, of more than 50 miles.—York Courant.  On Monday, a communication was made to the town council of Doncaster by E. Denison, Esq., M.P., expressive of the wish of his Grace the Archbishop of York to give the sum of £5OO, if that amount could be met by an adequate sum on the part of the council and the inhabitants of the borough; to raise an annuity for the vicar of the parish. in order that the annual Christmas collection made for that reverend gentleman may b.: rendered unne cessary. On Sunday, Miss Francis Heath, aged 50 years, of remarkably strange habits and weak intellect, died from the effects of injuries received on the 28th of September last. On that day she precipitated herself from one of the windows, and in her descent fell on several iron spikes, which entered her head, causing an extensive laceration of the scalp and concussion of the brain. On being questioned as to what induced her to jump out of the window, she said, " The devil came and rang the bell three times." At the Central Criminal Court, on Friday, in the course of trials for passing bad money, it was elicited that in order to detect this description of offenders, the police assume various disguises, such as cobblers*, itinerant green-grocers, and costermongers. The Recorder inquired whether the practice was permitted by the Comnaissimers of Police. The answer was, that it was. The persons so disguised did not belong to the body called " the detective force," but were entered on the " plain clothes" list. The choice of disguise was left to their own discretion. German sheet glass of very large size may be delivered in London at 4d. per foot, of sixteen ounces on an average ; and Belgian glass of the quality of the best English " crown," of similar sizes, at 31131. a foot, provided purchasers take the boxes in the rough, as they are received, and cut their squares for themselves. Such glass has been used, of both qualities, in a greenhouse lately constructed in the garden of the Horticultural Society at Turnham Green, where every one can see it who procures admission from a Fellow of the Society. This price will be reduced by three farthings a pound in October, 1846. —Gardeners' Chronicle.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1845-03-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

EFFECTS OF STEEPLE CHASING.—On Thursday week Lieut. Tyi,te, of the 4th Dragoon Guards, died from injuries received by a fall, NNhilst engaged in a steeple chase near Kilkenny.  The entire cost of the new Houses of Pdrliment will not, it is said, greatly increase the estimate. The whole amount is expected to be £928,213. Both houses will be ready for occupation by the session of 1847. Joseph Lind, a substantial farmer at Cockfield, Durham, being liable, by a change of owners, to expulsion from his farm, on which he had expended considerable sums, w,thout compensation, committed suicide by hanging a few days since. _ _  Thomas Winter, ticket-clerk on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, committed suicide the other day by shooting himself through the head. On the door was ' Farewdl ; I must away to heaven  THE LIVERPOOL  8TAN1)4(1)  wrated, to.the defence of government against the most se- At the Chelmsford assizes on Wednesday, Miss Richr;ous domestic dangers. Tint of itself was an incalcula- ardson, the daughter of a gentleman residing at Brentble blessing, and cheaply purchas-d by the national debt wood, indicted for stealing some silk, the property of a and all the bloodshed of our f wars. I lad Charles tradesman at that place, and whose trial had been twice I. possessed five thousand guards, he would at once have postponed on account of illness, did not surrender, and crushed the great rebellion; and the wotul oppression of the recognizances were entreated. the long parliament, which, during the eleven years that it In consequence of the decease of Lord Wynford and Sir sat, extorted tighty millions, equal to two hundred mil- J. Gurney, pensioos to the amount of nearly £7,000 a-year lions at this time, from an itnpoveri.hed and bleeding na- revert to the public, Lord Wynford having received a tion, would have been prevented.—Rackwoo'l. pension of £3,500 a-year as late Chief Justice of the Common Plea., and Sir J. Gurney had just been panted £3,250 a•year as a retired Baron of the Exchequer. A sermon was preached on Sunday week, at the Chap 31 of the Scottish Hospital. London, to a congregation of deaf and dumb people. It was rendered intelligible to
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1845-06-10 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

DEATH. ON THE WEDOING-DAY.—AH old gentleman at Glossop who was married on Monday last, died on the same evening.  Helen Williams, aged. five years, died last week, at Hendrebach, Carnarvonshire, in consequence of eating the root of fool's parsley, which she found in the fields► On Monday, the chemical works of Mr. M'lntosb, at Grangemouth, Glasgow, were destroyed by fire, and a man named Bell perished in the flames.  The Earl of Cork, who for some time has been suffering from cataract, was recently operated upon, and some hopes are entertained of a restoration of sight. On Monday last, at Nottingham, a young man was raaana'ng down the charge of a gun when it went off, and drove the ramrod through his face and head. No hope is entertained of his recovery.  The man committed recently, for driving a cart against the Duke of Wellington, and, who was committed for a month, had the penalty paid at the instance of his grace, and has since been set at liberty.  The steam-ship Helen M`Gregor performed the passage from Cronstadt to Hull, including six hours at Copenhagen, in 1363 hours. Mr. Owen, a pink saucer maker, in Goswell•road, London, has been killed through testing the essential oil of almonds by the taste. Three boys were drowned in the river at Greenock, on Wednesday, by the upsetting of a boat, as is supposed, for the gig in which they embarked was found ashore, split from stein to stern.  It is now said that Mr. Hoyle, the Heigbington surgeon, who was supposed to have died by violence, or committed suicide, has only given " leg-bail" to his creditors.  Three boys, of the ages of 16, 14, and 11, in the employment of Mr. Morley, news-agent, London, left their home last week, and have not since been heard of. It is believed they went to bathe, and were drowned. A person, named George James Morell, died in London last week of drunkenness, in his 32d year. Ile was accustomed to swallow a gill of ardent spirits at a draught ; and ten quarts of ale a day was his ordinary allowanze I