The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

July 30, 1844. L oNnoN, PROSPECTUS OF THE CHATHAM, AND NORTH KENT RAILWAY. CAPIT'AL, £1,500,000, In 30,000 Shares of £so.—Deposit £3 per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. fir Brooke William Bridges, Bart., Goodnestone, Kent. Joseph Bailey jun., Esq., M.P., Belgrave-square. J, C . Coleiho'un, Esq , M.P., Putney-heath. Lieutenant -General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.8., G.C.M.G., M.P. Green-street. Frederick Mildred, Esq , Nicholas-lane. e W illiam C. Mylne, Esq., New River-head. J. D. Possess, E sq., New Bank-buildings. .T. P r i nsep, Esq., Hyde-park Gardens. Joshua Walker, Es q. s , Abchurch-lane. George Whitmore, Eq., Austin-friars. With power to add to their number. ENGINEER. Charles v • gnoes 1 , Esq.. F• R.A.S., M.R.I.A. i Fr e" • 1 11 COUNSELl•Goldsmid,Esq., Stone- . buildings, Lincoln's Inn. SOLICITOR. Willianl Stephens, Esq., 30, Bedford-row. BANKERS. 14 4°44°ll— Messr§, Masterman, Peters, Mildred, Mas •ll°6lio-- terman and Co. tiver -a ess. Boyle, Low, Pim, and Co' Pool—MThers Liverpool Banking Company. ancNester—Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart. and Co. THIS Railwa • r oPted line O Y f is ------- po i sed , as a direct and uninter proun ca ion from London-bridge to Voolwich, Graves c e o n i r Chatham, Ramsgate, and Mar tiagrte.ic'hPdaissstitotegtt,hirnotiumghattehiye populous part of t at Present altogether North Kent= bit amdation.connected dd with wi,h r t a h i e lw m s e y tr a o n p n o nm. unprovi e . Several incomplete plans for railways in this direction 11!ere of late been brought before the public. The presentbut ,e, as far as Chatham, was surveyed four years ago ; i e l i n t r e bees, Considered that , ' in the present advanced state on e eer""waY system, a complete communication through . the s ee " --- e's Populous districts of the country best of the G g piacmeseet the wants an wis e Loncr wate • overn ite d • h sof the public and otent—bringing not only all the favourite of North Kent within a close proximity to im °°, but e mbracing in its course some of the most Port ionili• . -`arY and naval arsenals of the empire. bridge railway" is intended to commence at London ge, and pass b the London and Greenwich line to Deptford ; then to proceed outside of Greenwich-park, by Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich, Plumstead, Wickham,reet Bezley-heath, Crayford, Dartford, Stone, and No . t a h r tl_ p k) to tO Gravesend ,• from thence (north , C Frindsoury and Strood, and crossing the Medway by a Chatham. and kerinanent bridge, through R h tirompton ; then by Rainham, Sittingbourne, and Milton (within a very short distance of Sheerness), to Ospringe and Faversham, continuing to near Whitstable, (inter secting the railway already made from that port to Can terbury,) and along the north coast of Kent by Herne-bay and Reculver to the Isle of Thanet, and either falling into the South-eastern branch from A s hf or d to M argate, Broadstairs, and Ramsgate, or continuing the proposed railway to those places ; thus coming within a short dis tance of Sandwich and only ten miles from D ea l. The length of railway to be made will be a b ou t 60 miles in the first case, or little more than 70 miles in the latter Alternative. The mode of passing by Greenwich-park and Woolwich common will be the same as was required by the Govern ment authorities for the projected London and Chatham MRailway, the pl ans an d sect i ons whereof were prepared by r. Vignoles, and lodged f or P ar li ament i n t h e sess i on o f 40, at It be desi gne d as part of this plan, to connect the station tLondon terminus, with a steam-boat wharf, by a direct and uninterrupted passage between the railway and r r_lli.er; which passage may be conveniently obtained. parts of London The °Lady increasing communication between the extreme boats, h becomey means of the numerous small steam ' -as as necessary for the convenience of the visitors and inhabitants of tha metropolis, as the public cnnveyances along the rinci al streets. All these boats will facilitate the accesspof passengers p to the railway. .. o The Project of course will be subject to any modifica t_4 nsowhich may be considered advisable by the Commit teener be.required by the Government. earefulfstienates in the engineering department have been in eme l t PrePared ; and fro te experience now gained very f a —ruc ting and furnishing railways, as well as the line tray e , .vourable character of the country through which it has chiefly to p ass, proposed the Engineer states that the .c.. „ rider - be c° pass, mpleted for working, at a cost averaging rente r „ 2-5, u 0 0 per mile, including land purchases, par la ebne expenses, and management ; these latter items, the 1, 4 S hat so susceptible of rigorous calculation as n _ a lar g ii e had liberal amounts assigned to them,. d a The Cornme w ance has been added for contingencies. pared . tee have every confidence in the estimates pre prop° by their Engineer, and do not apprehend that the Th e capital of £ 1 ,500,000 will be exceeded.. resident very short dis Population on the line, or withinay isy ~,,_ ~ tance, (exclusive of London and Greenwich,) . 'eueuelderably above 3 00,000. If the traffic be estimated aetyheeserxtent of steamboat movement only, throughout fr om eive_il ears that in 1843, this boat traffic, to and 2,000 , e r r w ich, Was ascertained to have been more than daily, --es, of Passen being upwards of 6000 e i t h ou h gers annually, to and from that town i ll 1 840, the whole passenger traffic ___ daily, 1840 in 11, by land and wafer, averaged only 3833 L o udon - , the daily movement of passengers between and Gat Gravesend b the steam-boats, was 1900. in ee - w as oearl double that t viz., 1/ million ont., s Y amoun , . ll the inere to that • rs to be sti on e year ; anit appea . numbe r ' av thg been tat d sin-li-officially, that the la d of passen • Londonll end enale gers in the month of June of this year, stea arked at the Gravesend piers from the aegre entati re- a-as 331,739. A corresponding and horn °,e° Goats , aken place in the numbers travelling to ste el , leoehester Chatham Maidstone,&c. The niot tr ffi , is also of t.,. . t° Herne By, Margate,and Ramsgate, less to sea, exte e a. . an lee en,. o , and by moderate computation Place s , A il ,tvu persons pass annually to and from those aloe e la is indep e d f the ordinary transit through Lic i , from n ent o tO a " t t he no sb s r the numerous populous places d. ny other dish' ,‘„, Part , of Kent, which is at least equa istance from th -`' °' si mil . extent, within the same ar It is not n e Metropolis. putation o f ecessary her e s ' OM.. pay Com th e extent to go Into any very closT e ven pete with that ° w hich a railway communicar or the purposes of tl t by si earn-boats. It is sufficient dertaking, to re estimates connected with this un one.bo f of assumet that the railway will obtain about Whole of that ue existing traffi c by steam-boats, with the ne not to me ntiony the present modes of land conveyance— 'which in ii the undoubted increase of intercourse, blishiat a cases has been found to result from the este , ent o, a raiiw and of which this gen e is i ar 1 •ay communication , . ge 31 "Isceptibl For the longer distances pro thejected by tie " . e. ' phis line, and especially during those times of eo Year, and of the da which are unfavourable to'water Intnunication, the increased y, speed , facility, and safety give of oby railway travellin must operate largely in favour the latter. With apopulation of 2,000,000 in the me 130lis having to Gravesend in little more than h ai , , . s s ' 1 an hour ; to Chatham in about an hour; to Herne e'aY in less than two hours; and to Margate and Rams gale in t wo h ours an d a h a l f, at moderate fares , with con- R i ant opportu n iti es , t o an d f ro , at every hour n the day, late and early, such an increase of the existing traffic may reasonably be expect e d as w ill g i ve ample occupation too oCh m eans of conveyance. It is impossible to contem- Plate sect io n ofcountry connected with the metropolis any and continually affording greater scope for an extended . ted. ioereasin traffic to an amount not easily estimated. ta d g ' of thegreat existing passenger traffic, !pendently the r t to London of fish, f • e is an almost incessant transpor soo t ' vegetables, hops, and other produce, parcels, van ", and merchandise,besides the returns from the van metro' also e i n „ ° tAls, for local consumption. This railway will . betw een Peculiar advantage of a direct communication Correaween the railway terminus at London-bridge and both 13 fi le tli s e , river, all the way up to Westminster, Nine The eore e a; and still further. station s ef 'q io n , of the important military and naval and the Ti oolwich and Chatham, direct with London hone Ni ee l, i ries, and also by the South-Western Railway oot o r d "" .. c •irea, vvith Portsmouth and Southampton, is comma} object of great national importance, but mur t ho e Po a certain continuous trade. But no returns fr om treo calculated • hestimates of traffic, la 18 uridoubt upon, in te es rail la lin e h a ~ ed source of revenue. w aY ac e , 8 We Peculiar advantage of thus supplying K ent, w —4lloothe districts of North bei • tho,t intention to populous . 1 tr "Iging to rfering with any of the traffic nature! y averse s sh the South E (D ver) Railway, which th e tie e tn ore - astern 0 Nor are t oe ' , vanta ges of southern parts of the county. by t h. c „nfitted t o le London, Chatham, and North Kent for T' us teod ers travellers in England. The passeng . th -1 this diret:ejcets will naturally come to Ramsgate ,_ seven Se a Voyage rivets of railway, and the shortening . of haab4urs aPa'rt°stend and andon will only be six or tieetiee ezPected , thus s ee i e e g three hours at least : hence land e •e°4 thi s n a great increase of travelling to the con -111)0;1 at Re ms Lw, oute, especially as passengers may be . Pres en tit iten es s i7 o i w e•Pir at all times of the tide. This ti _s estimated e 'er, has not been brought into the Put ?ger mated fay return,. . for • üble circumstances oable tram with „late cumstances . , the annexed is ro of a,,,_ C, .6 , _ , Bence as a low estimate of the p . apo ndi cral emstinna there is subjoined a table of statistics ti lsrarthi Zen b r ead s f l oc ra e ilw ays, with estimates under corre -°,l of 1 , - Iletiewit• Le Proposed London, Chatham, and Profit ; se P as , h. , . as tiL la? D ;' WaY of comparison and illustra the resolts Of t n ) auovv-sl,4,enger movement, revenue, and To those a pia °w 4 ' these estimates are founded on rkailways, the cecsutislcienedert Perience in other cases. throweek, en this tad grose:_n_sider the traffic returir ... 23 taa eli so active a 'he, ezt f e e n c t f . ipt s averaging only -E465 1 0 miles Wiest aP Pear extr e Population s=tem upwards ? North Kent, aud ' after dedu • lael Y r oode as that of' low esti ft)t• t oll to etin g S o Per rate . and on this r esnit 1 , 0 the lin es co for working expenses Posed ea ,,,w, 8 a cle a , nnected with this railway, the . n r ..... Zonetal of . z i 5 ,,, ,1 L ef full 8 per cent. on the pro ", Jut ' u u ,o oo. V 18, 1844. The pre,e ESTimAii---- ste a „,.L tram, D TRAFFIC. at °Oat s to and from Woolwich by , pearly „ , and ear . be r e , 14 1 o,ii nage by land, is estimated „„ . ceehr. eons ann ua ll eePied e., b y Of con., Y. As there will Chap , ” going t o w •eYance, and the time 0e e.004- 9tiarter o f 001P7iCh Will be little more fete r :! l- hrid ges it an hour by railway, from hatcobeeeeirocreese of Person s be assumed h e at the abl e as opns conveyed will be so sen ger " Present number gt - to the railway at least (from 8 y e , , , say lt million pas_ I , ley ,_, .. Tees-„,each , ,„!;',, 2d, and ;: l ucti at an averrge fare ke"11, Produce - class Passengers) of 9ed. e 9 l'tiodosnent sodainerrne ''' ** traffic************** £49,41 short ' places bey Wtoaola'd from °f Gravesend Woolwich, and as deduced, and all adtajacent horn observations ken at districts, Black heath, Shooters-hill, Erith, and Dartford, has been estimated at 150,000 persons annually, which, being supposed to be increased only one-half from facilities by railway, will make 225,000 ; and this number, at an average fare (from Ist, 2d, and 3d class passengers) of 14d. each, will produce The present traffic to and from Gravesend, by steam-boats and land conveyances, is 1,300,000; of which, full one-half may be calculated upon —say 650,000, which, at an average fare (from Ist, 2d, and 3d class passengers) cf 18d. each, will give a gross income of The actual traffic between Gravesend and Chat ham, by land, as taken in 1840, was ascertained to be half a million of passengers annually, most of whom proceeded to London by steam boats from Gravesend. This number, it is known, has since much increased • and, by the railway, it may be expected to be at least in creased one-half—making 750,000 persons a year, including those who will proceed to the further parts of the line below Chatham. This bumber, at an average fare (from Ist, 2d, and 3d class passengers) of 93c1. each, will produce The present traffic of passengers, by land and water, to and from all places-beyond Chatham, from the best information that can be obtained, is equivalent to 200,000 annually ; which, by frequent and quick trains, and moderate fares, to all the watering places and populous towns on the line, may be assumed to be equal to that amount, say 200,000, by the railway, assigning all increase in passengers, beyond the existing traffic, to the steam-boats. 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ItCn67l‘lltOp"r"E " :"'Mp s: , -..1 8" a Excluding the metropolis, but including South Kent, south of a line drawn through Bromley, Maidstone, and Deal, and the northern part of Sus_ex, between Winchelsea and East Grin stead. b Excluding the metropolis, but including part of the south. east angle of Surrey, and the principal part of Sussex. c Excluding Newcastle and Gateshead, but including Carlisle and the adjacent country. d Excluding Hull. There is a strong steam-boat competi tion, which is giving way. e Excluding Manchester. This line joins the Grand Junction tion at Crewe, and of course Birmingham is also excluded. It is a transit line only, for traffic between the North and south of England. f Excluding the Irish metropolis. g Excluding the metropolis. h Excluding Glasgow. This traffic on this line to Paisley is shared with another. Excluding the metropolis, but including North Kent, north of a line passing through Lewishaw, Maidstone, and Deal. k Present mileage (July, 1844) ; the trains have been much increased since April. 1 This assumes quarter of an hour trains to Woolwich; half hour trains to Chatham; and hour trains to Ramsgate, &c., throughout the day, early and late. m Approximation from the increased passenger traffic. The receipts for the last four months have averaged £4230 weekly. n This does not include the traffic to Deptford and Green wich.—N.B. The mileage of passengers on the London and Bir mingharn Railway is nearly 51,000,000. On the Great Western it was, in 1843, 54,000,000, and has since increased. A Deposit of £3 will be payable on the allotment of the shares, and at the same time the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be signed. The Prospectus, and Forms of Application for Shares, may be obtained of Messrs. FOSTER and BnArrnwArrE, 64, Old Broad-street ; of Messrs. JOSHUA HUTCHINSON and SoN, 39, Lothbury, London • of Messrs. BOYLE, Low, PIM, and Co,. Dublin; of Messrs. JOSEPH KING and SON, Liverpool; of Messrs. RAILTON, Man chester ; and at No. 13, Austin-friars, London, to which latter place application for shares must be addressed in the form annexed. FORM OF APPLICATION. London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway. I request you will allot to me, shares, of £5O each, in the proposed London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway Company ; and I hereby agree to take the same, or such portion thereof as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of £3 per share thereon, and execute, when required, the Parliamentary Contract and Subscri bers' Agreement. Dated this day of Name , 1844. Residence • Trade or Profession To the Provisional Committee of the London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. APPALLING MURDER IN LIVERPOOL OF A FEMALE BY HER HUSBAND. On Sunday morning last, great and painful excitement was caused in this town by the announcement, that a man named Owen Leonard had murdered his wife, by cutting her throat with a razor, and inflicting so great a number of other frightful wounds, that the alleged barbarity of the act appeared to be almost beyond belief—unless, in deed, it were the deed of a maniac, which it was hoped would turn out to be the case ; but we lament to say that that expectation has been disappointed ; that the rumours that had at first gone abroad have been more than vet ified ; and that the perpetrator, though feeble in body, not only appeared, before the coroner, to be in perfect possession of his mental faculties, and was shown not to have been so far intoxicated, if at all, at the time, as not to be per fectly sensible of what he was about; but that above all, the supposition of jealousy entertained towards another man was denied by himself; and when his own age and decrepitude, as well as the age of his victim, are taken into account, could have no foundation in truth—thus leaving to mere conjecture the motive that instigated the apparently deliberate and cruel hacking and cutting of the unfortunate deceased, which must have occupied a considerable time. The deceased and her husband oc cupied a small house, No. 37, Peter-street, a small, nar row street leading from Whitechapel towards the middle of Dale-street, and generally tenanted by persons in humble circumstances. The prisoner was a tailor by trade, but had not much employment, and be (aged 63) and his wife (aged 62) eked out a subsistence by renting a room or two to lodgers. They were known by the neighbours sometimes to quarrel; and it is said that some years ago he made a violent assault upon her with a knife ; but it did not appear from the evidence yesterday that their bickerings recently amounted to actual violence on either part, or were more serious than are frequent among persons in their sphere of life. The inquest was fixed for one o'clock, and a roost re spectable jury of tradesmen were summoned for the in quiry. Mr. Lewis Samuel, of Lord-street, foreman. After viewing the body, which was in the Northern Hos pital, and presented a mangled and fearful spectacle, they returned into court, where the prisoner was in custody. He is a little man of unprepossing appearance, apparently emaciated from irregularities, and 5 feet 4 or 5 feet 5 in height ; sallow complexion, high cheek bones, unshaven chin, and longish disordered hair standing out at every point. He wore a brown surtout coat, buttoned up, and striped cloth trowsers, and had on no neckcloth, and no shoes, but walked on his stocking s o l es . Hi s h ea d con . finnan) , shook, apparently from a paralytic affection, during the whole investigation, and he appeared withal touch weakened and reduced ; yet he put several unim portant questions to the witnesses with considerable firm ness. The attendance of gentlemen and others in the court was very numerous; and there awaited outside, in Lord-street, during the proceedings, a crowd of some hundreds of persons chiefly of the working classes. The first witness called—the son of the deceased—who wit nessed part of the dreadful transaction, gave his testimony in a clear and intelligent manner, without any apparent embarrassment, or deep concern, the loss of his mother having probably deadened his sympathies for his remain. ing unhappy parent. It appears that the prisoner did not know—or affected not to know—of the death of his wife until he was informed in court, before the evidence was taken, which was as follows : James Leonard being sworn said :—I am going of four teen years of age. lam son of prisoner, who is my father. My father is about 63 or 64 years of age. The deceased. whose name was Bridget Leonard, was my mother. I think she was 61 or 62 years of age. They resided in 37, Peter•street. They occupied a house there and took in lodgers. The middle room was occupied by us as our sleeping room, and we lived in the lower room. A brother of mine also lived there with us. On Saturday night about twelve o'clock, there was a quarrel between my father and a lodger in the house. Ido not know the lodger's name. My father was jealous of this man with my mother. The lodger was in our room, and my father turned him out. Deceased told the lodger to go or there would be a row. M y mother returned to the lodger the amount he had pre viously paid for his lodging. At this time my father was tipsy, but sufficiently sober to know what he was about. My mother was not tipsy. After the lodger was turned out, my father began to call my mother a w—, and other very bad language. My mother said, "Aye sure," and " Yes sure," as if she were afraid of saying anything else. I was not in the lower room at this time; I was in the upper room, but could hear distinctly all that passed. There was another lodger in the lower room at the time, and I knew he was there from his voice. His name is John Livingston. After the first lodger had been turned out, John Livingston, who was a lame man, came up stairs with his wife, and went to the top room. My mother went up stairs after Livingston. I got up out of bed after the lodger was turned out, and went down stairs. I saw my mother go up. At this time there was no one in the lower room but the prisoner and I. The prisoner went up stairs into our sleeping-room. Soon afterwards he came down stairs, and I saw him put something bright in his pocket. I thought it was his pair of scissors. He came into the lower room and bolted the door inside, and then made fast the window shutter. He then went up stairs, and into Livingston's room. My mother was still in the room. The prisoner talked to Livingston, and my mother came down stairs into the middle room, and I followed her. She put a blanket round her and said she might be up all night with me, and went down into the lower room. I went down with her. Soon afterwards the prisoner came down into the kitchen. He said something to her, scolding her, and he said something about a man named John Guest. She said " Aye, sure ; yes, sure I" as before, and that was all she said. Prisoner then knocked my mother down with his fist. She fell on her side behind the door. Prisoner, while she was down, seized her by the neck with one hand, and then pulled something out of his pocket, which I then saw was a razor. He made a cut at her throat with this. I then gave the alarm. He then got up and looked quite savage at me and shook his head. He then stooped down and cut her leg. My mother struggled hard with him and put up her band as if to defend herself. The prisoner then seized her by the hair of her head, and cut her throat again. Afte r t rla fo had done, I opened the door and went out, and ran police f to speak. She was bleeding very much fruotm the deceased r u o u n g t l h i te flagsan offi i c u e r theba s c t k r e w e t i t . h m s h e e. was I li t h e er notn throat o a u h n l d e bd. as o l te then There was a great deal of blood standing in the kitchen. The and heruffi e l e e r g . f or T c e h d e t f h i u o n d t uu d r o o u r peu, was e u t d h e t h n e The officer took him into custody. De on the floor. s p i r i is o n a e n r d w still bloody.) (f c Ta e t a hb s ee e oe d rd wtoaprisonerdrinkher were aord i dnu, produced h ehd e u h t aawhl large ht g o e notoqnuesa, u r r h e j l e l e i n t g t . fi M t s y . The razor nowput into my hand was the one he used. It belonged to my father. There was a small fire only in the kitchen when the act happened, but there was suffi cient light to enable me to swear to what I have said. Cross-examined by the prisoner. —Are you 14 years of av! - Witness.—l understand lam going of 14 years. Prisoner.--Are you thirteen years of age? Witness.—l understand I am. Pi isoner.—Are you twelve years of age ? Witness.—l understand 1 am. Prisoner.—Did your mother strike me first? Witness.—Yes ! but you gave her some ill language. Prisoner.—Did she strike me a second time ? Witness.—l do not know. Prisoner.—Did I ask her what she struck me for ? Witness.—l do not know. Prisoner.—Did you see me put a bright thing in my pocket? Witness.—Yes I did—in the kitchen. Thomas Dunn, police-officer No. 42, sworn.—Mr beat was in Peter's-street, and the last viitness came to me about half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning. I was then in Whitechapel, corner of Sir Thomas's-buildings. He said—Oh, policeman, do come here, my father is mur dering my mother. I immediately went with him. When I got up to the prisoner's house 1 saw a woman (the de ceased) laying on the parapet opposite to his door. She was bleeding very much. I saw a large cut on her nose. She was lying on her left side. I turned her head up a little to look at her, and saw one cut on her throat, and an other on the right side of her neck. She did not speak but made a noise as if suffocating from blood. I forced the door open, as I found it fast. I found the prisoner standing in the middle of the kitchen floor. He was wiping his hands with a cloth. I asked him if he had been washing himself, and he said yes. I asked him why he had been ill-treating his wife in the manner he had done. He said, " I don't know," and called her an old b—. I took him into custody, and removed him to bridewell. He had had some drink, but knew what he was about. His trousers were afterwards found to be a good deal marked with blood. The prisoner denied the last word imputed to him, but put no questions to the witness. He wished his son to be ~„ recalled - , to put some further questions. but merely asked whether he had expressed any jealousy, which witness said he had to a lodger. James Burns, police-officer 91, said—About half-past one o'clock, while standing in Whitechapel, I heard the police signal, the knocking of a stick. I went as fast as I could to where the sound proceeded from. There was a crowd about the door, and a woman lying on the foot walk. Dunn opened the door and went in, and I also went in. The prisoner was in the middle of the floor, and the razor was lying on the floor close to bis left foot, and marked with blood. Dunn, the officer, brought the deceased into the house, and took prisoner to bridewell. A surgeon was called, and on his recommendation the woman was taken to the Northern Hospital. I went with her, but she was dead when she got there. John Livingston, a man who has lost a leg, was then sworn, and said—Since I lost my leg I have sold bits of things for a living. I and my wife occupied a. room in the prisoner's house. I have known prisoner four or five weeks. I knew the deceased for the same time. I went home about eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and went to market with my wife, and returned in about h a lf an hour. lam not sure whether the prisoner was at home on our return, but he either was or came in soon after. Deceased was in, and anotber lodger in the kitchen. After the prisoner came in, he ordered the lodger out of the house. There appeared to be some bad feeling breeding between them. The lodger did not appear willing to go out at that hour. Prisoner then took hold of the lodger, and insisted on his going out, as he would not have him any longer there. I said it was not fair to turn him out at that time of night, after he had paid for his lodging, Deceased took some part with the lodger for him to stop, but afterwards said to him it would be much better that be should go. On that he left the house. In a few minutes after this my wife and I went up stairs to bed. Deceased lighted us up with a candle to our room, where she remained about ten minutes, but no conversation of consequence took place, or relating to the prisoner. The prisoner came up stairs, and ordered her down in more baste than usual. He left, and she went after him. Soon afterwards I heard the boy crying out, " My father is going to kill my mother!" I made an attempt to go down stairs, but my wife prevented me, as I have but 13,125 51,250 29,68 PLAN TEEZ W&LEALMEW DOUIZO, -4,. 0 - '' f. 8 ) - , ,- -N-1 - v , ' -,o / 60 /\ / / \/ '''' -')° I.' -0 0 \ .‘0 1:‘ . , b \ e' . ' •• : D—) *, ,0 '. < , N/ o . ' (S.'‘ , L VO f •-•%, c% r ......4 4'''' ~, 1 \ ~,., ~ 1 / As now sanctioned by Parliament. / / i v) . / -14 60 , ,- , k 4. ifr' s? ,;;. G"''.' ~~ ~_ /~ - - .--"... f / / 6'11;°%.; I n tended Low 'Wa terli 0- ne vOtol Vs' BASIN, 10 Acres. ~ r MISCELLANEOUS. / / i f //c. CIRENCESTER.—Mr. Master, one of the representatives for this borough, has resigned. Lord Villiers, the eldest son of the Earl of Jersey, and the son-in.law of Sir Robert Peel, is the only candidate in the field. FATAL PRIZE FlGHT.—YesterclV week, a man of the name of Fitzhugh was killed in a prize fight, in the neigh / bourhood of Northampton. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against his opponent, and against seven other persons as seconds and accessories. STRANGE PROCEEDING.—A dispute arose a few week's ago between the members of a Dissenting Meeting-house in the parish of Clydau, the one party wishing to rebuild their place of worship, and the other opposing it on the plea of the poverty of the country. The no-building party carried the day. That same night the Meeting_ house was levelled with the ground! ! ! There being some veteran Rebeccaites amongst the discorsfited party, it is more than conjectured that they were the levellers.— Carmarthen Journal. THE DOSE OF SUSSEX'S LIBRARY.—Oir Saturday took place at Evansis, Pall-mall, the 24th and last day's sale of the first, or "Theological," part of the library of the late Duke of Sussex. The proceeds of the- 25 days' sale, are £8,308 4s. The whole library, on the ratuation of it preparatory to it being offered to the Government, agreeably to the Duke's will, to be purchased for the nation, was under £16,000. The next portion of the library that will be brought to the hammer will be the manuscripts, consisting of early copies of the Old and New Testament, and portions thereof. That sale consists of 510 lots, and will occupy four days. CHEAP PLEASURE TRH'S ON THE MANCHESTER, AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—A few weeks ago some teachers of the Sunday schools at Dewsbury determined to give their scholars a treat to Hull or Liverpool, on the 25th of July, being Dewsbury feast, which was taken up by some other schools, and trains were engaged for both places last week. On comparing books it was found that tickets had been sold in such quantities at Wakefield, Huddersfield, and all the towns and villages in the neighbourhood of Dewsbury, that it was arranged to divide the trains. On Thursday morning the Wcsleyans and their friends, to the number of 3000, bad a trip to Hull, whilst the scholars from. Cleckheaton and other places, amounting to 2,800, went to Liverpool. On Friday morning the Independents had a trip to Hull, and the Primitive Methodists and others to Liverpool. When the Thursday's train passed Wakefield , for Hull, it was drawn by three engines, and consisted of 57 carriages. PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS BILL—A bill to enable pri vate partnerships to sue and be sued in the name of the • firm, has been prepared and brought in by Mr. W. Glad stone, and Sir George Clerk. It enacts, that where any person carrying on any trade or business, or being enga ged in any adventure or undertaking in partnership in England, either before the passing of this act, or at any time after the passing thereof, and not being established for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking, and not being such partnerships as would come within the definition of a joint-stock company in the act just passed for the registration of joint-stock companies, shall, at any time after the Ist day of January next, produce to the registrar of joint-stock companies, appointed under and by virtue of the said act, a certificate setting forth the nature of the business, undertaking, or adventure, and the principal or only place of carrying on the same (if any), the names of the several partners, and their respec tire residences and occupations, and the name of the firm under which the same business, undertaking, or adven ture is carried on, and the event or mode by which such such partnership is to be determined, then and thereupon such registrar shall deliver to the said parties a certificate stating the name of the firm and the names of the part ners, and certifying that such firm had been registered, and for such certificate a fee of £1 shall be paid. The bill then enables the firm so registered to sue and be sued, &c. THE H QUEEN'S ITEALTH.—Her Majesty still continues to be in the enjoyment of as good health as can be ex pected in her present interesting situation. Upon the forthcoming, as upon all preceding occasions of the ac couchement of our beloved Sovereign, some three or four females were recommended by Her Majesty's medical advisers to act in the highly responsible situation of wet nurse to the Royal infant, an appointment which is greatly prized in consequence of its lucrative character, both present and remote. Mrs. Connup, the wife of Mr. Connop, of Dorset place, was one of the parties who had been recommended to the notice of her Majesty, and ap artments in the town of Windsor fot Mrs. Connop were consequently engaged for her accouchement, by her hus band. In the early part of last week, however, Mr. Brown, surgeon to the Royal household at Windsor Castle, was commanded to engage suitable and conveni ently situated apartments in the town, and as near as pos sible to the Royal residence, for another female, whose confinement was daily expected, and who would most probably be appointed her Majesty's wet nurse; but it having been considered, by the Queen's advisers, that the female should be accommodated in the immediate ye cinity of the Castle, so as to be close at hand when re quired, Mrs. Perkins (the female in question) was taken upon her arrival at Windsor (from her residence near Camberwell) to the wardrobe tower, occupied by Lady Barrington, one of the Bedchamber Ladies to her Ma. I e j 'ty y`3her she was brought to bed of a fine h ea lth y b oy, on s Friday morning last, and only within a short period of her arrival within the precincts of the Royal palace. Both the mother and child are doing well. Her Majesty has caused several inquiries to be made as to the state of health of Mrs. Perkins since Friday last, who will be re moved into the Castle in.mediatelv after her Majesty's accouchement taking place. Mrs. Lilly will be her Ma esty's monthly nurse ; Mrs. Driscol, nurse to the Royal infant; and Miss Whiting. it is un d erstoo d , the daughter of one of th e Queen's pages of the back stairs, has just had conferred upon her, by her Majesty, the appointment in the Royal nursery of one of the rockers. BATH CHAMPAGNE.—it will be seen by an advertise ment in another column, that Mr. W. W. King, of Soho street, has been appointed agent for this excellent article. Bath Champagne is decidedly the best British wine ever offered to the public ; and its moderate price, and close resemblance to the real article, must render its adoption universal. THEATRE-ROYAL,WILLIAMSON-SQUARE.—On Tues day evening we had an opportunity of witnessing, for the first time, the performances of Mr. Charles Pitt and Miss E. Moatague in Bulwer's play of The Lady of Lyons, in in which the former, at the close of last season, made a very successful debut. On this occasion we are cer tainly not able to say that Mr. Pitt's Claude Melnotte. was all that we could wish, although as a whole the cha racter has seldom been better brought before an audience either here or in the metropolis. Of one or two passages of the piece, the eclaircissement scene for instance, a little more might be made by him, without doing violence to the character ; and we noticed at times a slight dispo sition to rant, which he would do well to subdue. These, however were merely trifling blemishes in a performance otherwise faultless and which indicated powers in the actor, which qualify him for the highest walks of his profession. Miss Montague's impersonation of the heroine of the piece was a beautiful piece of acting, and stamped her as an actress of a very high order. On Wednesday the play of the Stranger was excellently performed, the same lady and gentleman taking the parts of Mrs. Haller and the Stranger. We never witnessed the piece in greater perfection, and may safely predict for bota a high place in the es ti mat i on of the play-going public of Liverpool. The houses on neither evening were good, but we trust such a circumstance will not occur when the merits of the performers become better known. We ought, at any rate, have no more complaints of the lack of regular drama on our b oards if our fellow-towns men will not appreciate it, when offered to them of first rate quality. On Thursday the new opera of the Bohe mians, by Mr. Balfe, was played the first time before a fashionable and numerous audiences, and has since been repeated with deserved applause and increasing support. It is a splendid opera, full of beautiful music, and rich both in solo and chorusses. We need scarcely say that it was performed in a manner worthy of its great excel lence, when we enumerate as the singers sustaining the principal characters, Miss Rainforth, Messrs. Harrison and Stretton, and Mr. Morleyof our own company, who appeared to no disadvantage even by the side of stars so resplendent. The whole company acquitted themselves well ; and the piece, we venture to say, will have a run, which it heartily deserves. Last night we were happy to observe that the house was overflowing in all parts. 1844. ODB I1)V- -< 7/ '\ \.e 4.4. 4 o p_ • tt's t , -1" 4) 4* 1 4- N /1 421 .. IB 4,6 G) ,400 th 4 9, g ,t, / v , t 4 ... m - 1-4 RIVER MERSEY. :~ ^~ one leg, and it was dangerous to go down in the dark. I heard a second and a third alarm, and trird to get down, but could not, and did not see the deceased till I saw her out of the window lying on the parapet, by the help of a light held by some one of the neighbours who had col lected round her. The prisoner and decea'sed had words at times, but, whilst I was with them, no quarrel amounting to violence. Michael Hambleton, a hawker, said : I lodge in a house opposite the prisoner's. I was in conversation with the last witness in prisoner's house. The prisoner and the deceased were there, and had some altercation about the turning out of a lodger. Livingston and his wife went to bed, and I went out of the house. In about a quarter of an hour I heard the cry of murder. 1 was then in the house in which I lodge. I went over to the prisoner's house. There was no one then at the door. I shoved the door in. I could not get more than my head and my arm in. I saw the prisoner and his wife lying on the floor behind the door. The door wa3 then banged in my face. I shoved it wide open again, and saw the prisoner over his wife, and she on the floor. I saw the prisoner make a strike at her with his hand, but could not tell what it was. I said, " You villain, what are you doing to your wife," but he made no answer that I could hear. I then saw the nose of the deceased was cut off, and hanging to the lip. I went into the street for a police-off►cer, and saw one, and went him him to the house, and then went for further assist ance. On returning, I saw deceased lying on the flags. I saw her taken away, but did not hear her speak. Margaret Peacock (who keeps a mangle) said : I know prisoner and deceased. Our house is on the opposite side of the street. Early on Sunday morning I heard the cry of murder, and went across and saw the door burst open. I then saw deceased lying on the floor. I heard her say three times over " Keep him in." I dAI not see the pri soner at first. She then said " Policeman" twice. She also said " Put something to me or I shall die, for he has cut my throat." I took off my aprofi, and put it to her throat. (The apron was produced, and was bloody.) I observed that the nose of the deceased was cut off. Pri soner came to the door at the moment, and I called him " a bloody murderer ;" and he replied he would do the same to me. Mr. Samuel Potter, surgeon, said : I was called on Sun day morning about two o'clock. I found deceased in bed up stairs in a house in Peter-street, moaning and strug gling. Shs had several extensive wounds on several parts of the body ; but was not bleeding so much as might be expected. I dressed and bandaged the principal wounds, and sent her to the Hospital. I did not minutely examine the wounds, but bandaged them, as no time was to be lost in sending her to the Hospital. Mr. Edward Parker, house-surgeon of the Northern Hospital.—Deceased was broughtto the Hospitalearly yes terday morning, and was then dead. I have to-day made a post mortentexamination. There was a slight scratch of the skin on the left cheek ; an incision which almost completey severed the end of the nose; an incision extending from the upper lip, across the left cheek, to the ear, about five inches in length and three-quarters of an inch in depth in the middle, and which divided one of the arteries of the face ; two slight scratches on the left side of the neck ; on the right side of the neck a transverse wound about four inches long and one inch deep, completely dividing the external jugular vein. and partly dividing several muscles of the neck ; a wound across the front of the neck, about four inches long and four deep. extending down to, but not opening, the wind-pipe, and dividing several of the muscles of the neck • a wound two inches lon g an d one deep, extending obliquely upwards the elbow, exposing and partially dividing the muscles in that situation. The left thigh presented a wound two inches above the knee, occupying the front and outside of the thigh, about six inches long, and extending obliquely up the thigh nearly seven inches, and dividing extensively the muscles of the thigh. The right leg had a perpendicular wound in the inner side of the calf, about eight inches long, and rather more thqn one in depth. An oblique wound on the pos terior surface of the right knee, about six inches long and nearly three-and-a-half inches in depth, extending quite down to the bone, and crossing the upper part of the last mentioned wound, dividing a large vein on the inside of the knee, and an artery of some considerable size. All the wounds appeared to have been inflicted with a Eharp instrument. I think death was caused, not from any wound in particular, but by bleeding from the whole of them. The CORONER then asked the prisoner with the usual caution whether he had anything to say. The prisoner said, " I will say nothing at the present. The CORONER then briefly referred to the law of the case, and then recapitulated the main points of the evi dence. The jury without retiring from the box in a few mo ments returned a verdict of " WILFUL MURDER AGAINST OWEN LEONARD,' and the prisoner was committed, on the coroner's warrant, to take his trial at the assizes. The jury intimated through their foreman that their fees should be given to the Northern Hospital. The prisoner did not seem to be much moved by the verdict. Two decently dressed and rather good-looking young women (who we heard were his daughters) spoke to him over the partition before he was removed, and he then seemed to be considerably affected, and to shed a few tears. He was conveyed to Kirkdale gaol in a ma chine, a great crowd outside witnessing his departure. AMELIORATION OF AFRICA.—The meeting of the mer cantile community on this subject, which was held on Wednesday, was unanimous in favour of supporting the views of Mr. Jamieson, for the amelioration of Western Africa, the general nature of which was briefly explained in our last. A considerable sum of money was subscribed, and the explanations which were given elicited much ap probation. A considerable body of merchants in London have added their support to the undertaking; and, from the liberal and intelligent spirit with which the whole ar rangements will be carried out, there can be little doubt that much good will be done in these hitherto sealed countries before the expiration of the three years of ex periment. The steamer Ethiope has cleared, and pro ceeded to sea. PROMENADES OF DAMASCUS.—The promenades out side the walls afford the traveller agreeable and varied en tertainment. Very tolerable horses, with gay saddles and crimson housings, are to be procured for hire, and the rides in the lovely evenings, about the different parts of the environs, present beautiful points of view, and most inte resting snatches of Oriental life. As the sun is declining in the west, you see little caravans of dromedaries, or a few mules, slowly emerging from the gloomy gateways of the town, to gain a few hours' march to some neighbour ing village, in order to commence their journey in earnest at an early hour on the morrow. From your horse you see over the mud-walls, that impede the view of the foot passenger, into the gardens, where donkeys with paniers are receiving their loads of enormous radishes, gourds, water-melons, grapes, pomegranates, and other produce. By the side of the donkeys stands a grim figure, with one eye, and with a long white stick in his hand, pointed with iron, at the first movement of which the donkeys start off headlong with their load of vegetables, clearing away right and left, and upsetting all who are heedless enough to await their onset.—Library of Travel. PROFLIGACY OF ENGLISH GENTLEMEN.—I met five Englishmen at the public table at our inn at Milan, who gave me great matter for cogitation. One was a clergy man, and just returned from Egypt; the rest were young men, i. e. between twenty-five and thirty, and apparently of no profession. I may safely say, that since I was an under-graduate I never heard any conversation so profli gate as that which they all indulged in, the clergyman par ticularly ; indeed, it was not merely gross, but avowed principles of wickedness such as I do not remember ever to have heard in Oxford. But what struck me most was, that with this sensuality there was united some intellectual activity—they were not ignorant, but seemed bent on gaining a great variety of solid information from their travels. Now this union of vice and intellectual power and knowledge seems to me rather a sign of the age ; and if it goes on, it threatens to produce one of the most fear ful forms of Antichrist which has yet appeared. lam sure that t h e great prevalence of travelling fosters this spirit : not that men learn mischief from the French or Italians, but because they ark removed from the check of public opinion, and are, in fact, self-constituted outlaws, neither belonging to the society which they have left, nor taking a place in that of the countries where they are tra velling.—Dr. Arnold. THE WALLASEY DOCKS. AS SANCTIONED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Notwithstanding all the interest which has been at tracted to this undertaking, we suspect that not only a a great majority of the public, but many even amongst those by whom it is most loudly advocated, are at the present 'moment unaware of the shape in which it has received the sanction of the legislature. We propose to supply this information, obtained from authentic sources ; and this day present our readers with a plan of the in tended new works, and a few explanatory remarks which are necessary to render such plan intelligible. In per forming the latter duty we shall avoid as much as possible giving anything like an opinion of our own, which may be liable to bias for or against the scheme ; but endeavour to confine ourselves to a bare statement of facts, leaving it for the public themselves to form their own judge ment thereupon. Our readers who are acquainted with the localities of the river Mersey will perceive even from this imperfect plan, the present shores of the estuary called Wallasey Pool, upon which these works are proposed to be formed. When first the scheme was projected it was proposed to run the proposed sea wall direct from a point south of Seacornbe Ferry Pier, nearly at low water in spring tides, to a point about a hundred and fifty feet north from Wood side Pier, and a little below low water mark at spring tides, leaving a central entrance from the river, 300 feet wide, to a low water basin 500 feet wide, and containing an area of 37 acres. In the present plan, however, it will be seen that the form of this entrance has been mate rially altered, by a large slice of wall and a corner on the north (100 feet of projection) being taken away, and the entire sea wall from the southern corner of the entrance being thrown back—with a similar removal of 100 feet of projection—the entrance itself being thus rendered of equal width with the basin, and the wall being made to converge inward. This alteration was made at the sug gestion of the Admiralty. In the " great low water basin," with the exception of the widening of the entrance, no material alteration has been made from the first plan. It is intended to be kept with 12 feet of water at low water spring tides, by means of sluicing, (the manner of which we shall describe below) ; or, should that plan be found inoperative, by dredging. Communicating with the south end of this basin by a lock 30 feet wide is a three acre dock, (the only enclosed dock surrounded with quay room which the scheme affords); and by a pair of gates 70 feet wide, and another lock 50 feet wide, the basin communicates with the float or reservoir above, which is intended to have an area of 150 acres, at the level at which the water will be retained per manently, the bottom part of which (from the dotted line in the plan, will be excavated to within two feet of the outer basin, for the working of the sluices. These are marked on the plan, and consist of tunnels constructed in the masonry of the large dam dividing the southern head of the basin from the float, and are expected, when let off every half ebb, to create a sufficient subaqueous scour to keep the basin to its proper depth of 12 feet at low spring tides. The margin on both sides of the upper float is left by the bill to be dealt with by private enterprise. With the quantity of water which is to be permanently re tained, (the remainder being let off every half ebb) it will have an average depth across of four feet, the margin being of course dry, and the middle proportionably deep to form that average. Thus, then, we have, from the scheme, of enclosed dock space three acres only, unless it can be said that the twelve acre half tide basin at the bottom of the float 18 such dock space. There is, to be sure, the semi -enclosed "great low water basin," with its 37 acres of area, and nearly 4,000, feet of wharfage, which wharfa ge , h owever, is materially diminished in value by the fact of the basin itself having upwards of 30 feet surface rise and fall every tide, and its advantages being thus restricted to the fact of its affording a harbour of refuge. It is only fair, too, to mention that vessels lying here at low water, or after half ebb, will have to encounter the action of the sub aqueous river formed by the sluices from the upper dock. Clearly, for loading or unloading merchant vessels, this basin will be most inconvenient; and we find accordingly that its uses are mainly insisted upon as applicable to the wants of our steamers, which can get in at all weathers, and land their mail bags and passengers with greater fa cility than is now afforded them. It will be seen from the plan that both south and north of the " great low water basin," a large plot of Lind, amounting in all to about 120 acres, will be recovered from the sea. A most important boon the possession of this new land would have been to the projectors; and in the first notice which we gave of this scheme in the co lumns of the STANDARD, we gave their estimate of its value to them at upwards of a million sterling, which would have gone far to guarantee the prosperity of the entire works. But, unfortunately, it has resulted, from the attention called to the project, that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests (whose property the strand of this estuary happens to be) have claimed the rich prize offered to them, on the behalf of the crown, from whom it must be purchased before any profitable use can be made of it by the Commissioners of Birkenhead. It was upon the southern portion of this land that, on the original plan, graving docks, building yards and warehouses were laid out; sites for all which must now be looked for else where. We have been particular in referring to this feature of the project, inasmuch as, up to this mo ment, more to be purchased by them for furnish, old as well as the especially as the plan we now lead to the ready ori ginalsuppo- sition pirliamentary plan, would I m an e d nt, is a trghreeatprnoupnalrbtyer of f f ti iLerso c n o s mn h , j e ss l t ie ino v gn e r.s th , at or tils gitcarns be t bg o a r v e a c il o a n bl t e ra a r s y q t u o ay fa o c r t than this ; for we find, in the bill , the precise rights of the commissioners distinctly laid down, by clauses dic tated to them by the Woods and Forests, as follows. Along the whole of the great sea wall, 200 feet in breadth is allowed, as a parade, and along the " wharfs" of the , sft w io h n atf th , a , t ro t o h m e tidal basin, decks, Stc., 100 feet in breadth ; and so . wh isT ol o e rh o i f n strictly are even these boundaries marked, and their pro fitable enjoyment restricted, that it is, by the same clauses, expressly enjoined, that "no warehouses or buildings, other than sheds or huts, shall be erected upon any of the said quays." Anything like dock warehouses, therefore, must be constructed higher up the Pool, unless this land can be purchased advantageously from the Woods and Forests. At present no powers are taken for the construction of such warehouses, even around the only water space which appears suited for them, viz., the three-acre dock. The upper float containing, as upon the plan, 150 acres at the level at which the water will be permanently re tained, is left as we have already explained, to be dealt with by the private enterprise of the various owners of its strand, who will construct such sea walls, quays, &c., as they may think fit. It is intimated, indeed, that the rights of these various owners will ultimately be pur chased by a company, by whom it will be laid out upon a comprehensive plan, for the general accommodation of the trade of the river, the erection of warehouses, &c. At present it merely serves to hold suspended the water required for sluicing purposes, and to allow vess e l s o f inconsiderable burthen to lie up ; an d until greatlydeepened can obviously serve for few other purposes, except at par ticular periods of the tide, when there is sufficient water in the pool to allow the wharfs, &c., which may be erected along its margin to be approached. We have now said as much as we think will be neces sail, to enable the reader to form a proper judgement with respect to the principal features of the plan ; and we trust we have been guided in our remarks by a spirit of fairness. We have no wish, now that the sanction of the Legislature has been received for it, to war against this favorite project of our Cheshire neighbours ; but, on the contrary, would right gladly see it successfully carried out, with advantage to themselves, to the trade of our river, (the common fostering parent of all the prosperity which they and we enjoy), and without the realizati on o f those fears for existing interests, which, sincerely enter taining, we have felt it our duty, from time to time, as verypublics h J o o r Journalists, rn time,ali s t w s fearlessly,e understand, and w candidly h e t o works express. fairly A in course of formation, and we need scarcely say that we shall watch their progress with interest and great anxiety. REFERENCES TO MAP.—A. Gough's Hotel. B. B. Sluices• C. 3-acre enclosed Dock. D. D. Gate 70 feet wide. IMO illy col, viT the der bat otb to for BD tat