The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-23 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS. THE LATE JOHN J. STARKEY. Esua—Died at San Francisco, in California, on the 22nd of January last, John J. Starkey, Esq. of this town. He was of the and injusTera: off BILL. --This bill passed through a cons- firm of Starkey, Brothers, ' and Co.. well kn own. 'age.. Queen the House of Commons on Thursday. highly respected , and was in the 47th year of his age. Q ueen onsr CARMICHAEL has been approved of by the The Alta California, in reference to this gentleman, e_ as CARMICHAEL atLiverpool for the republic of Guatemala. says : " For the past two B r o th r has been at the head As'isti.: consul INDIA MAIL COMPANY have bought the of the house of Starkey. Brothers, and Co., one of the ruy; „from Messrs. Cunard, and she is to be re Chris _ leading mercantile establishments of San Francisco, and _ La Plata." Her purchase money was £115,000. which has been identified with its commerce since the tei;e,tilrAt. INSTITUTION SCHOOL.—Mr. H. S. Byrth, Iliff commencement of the city. During that time his excel ns°,'B! of this institution, has obtained the prize for the lent qualities had acquired for him the public esteem, and eit . h . essay at Brasenose College. Oxford. secured warm friends, who deeply sympathized in the krthis 4t. B RAGA. Esq., has been appointed Vice-Consul at afflictions with which he has of late been sorely tried. It aljesatletttiteand acting Consul-General for his Imperial will be consolatory to his friends and relatives in a far Emperor of Brazil. .'Onestine distant land to know that his protracted illness was idle ilEßY BY AN APPRENTICE.—A lad, named Edward viated by the best medical attention and careful nursing. ilraes' 54 apprentice with Mr. Blackburn, tailor, and His physical strength was wasted away by disease, but et,_"vr, Ca.stle- street, was committed for trial on Friday, : his mind was vigorous, calm, and collected to the last. "10,..srged_witli robbing his employer. His death was so tranquil that it might rather be termed ktio7r:_wlLLlAM BROWN presented, on Tuesday, a peti- a ` ceasiug to live,' as those around his bedside could with eepers the House of Commons from the post-horse difficulty determine the preeise moment when his spirit asa7 s r s s e of this town for the repeal of the post horse duty departed." i l ,_ A . ssed tax on carriages let for hire. COMMITTAL OF A DETECTIVE OFFICER FOR FELONY:— .....G. 0 4 ,.._ M BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BRITISH AMERICA. Samuel Tuck, one of the detective force, was brought steet"retnent have issued tenders for a line of screw before the magistrates in their private room at the Ses -4001,8 an d Li v erpo o l fortnight between Quebec and sions-house, on Friday, charged with stealing a shirt, Sic., 1 ,,.. eat andir from a trunk, of which he had charge at the central police the n u T URNOUT AT RADCLIFFE. &c.—The hands, to station. From the evidence of Mary Ann Clough, the tied i t . 4 Ther of 1,500, belonging to eight firms at Radcli ff e daughter of the 'chief superintendent, it appeared that on tre ss dkington, still continue on the strike, and the die- Tuesday last, she was standing at one of the windows of ao a ss s k ii, engst the operatives is very great. the house which overlooks the yard at the police-office, piece tl i s ALE CHILD was found on Thursday night, on a when she observed the prisoner and another man to enter. left b ° 3 'meant ground in West Derby, where it had been She watched him open a box, which was lying there, and, tliv e s ome inhuman wretch. The infant, which was the other man being gone away, he took a Shirt from it lit:as taken to the Workhouse. and secreted it about his person ; he had some jewellery teTaesda STEAMER POWERFUL.—At the police-court, on in his hand, but appeared to put it hacks He then locked sec i l , s tbe captain of the Roscommon was ordered to the trunk, and left.—Catherine Walters stated that she row ept :',". 11d., being the damage done to the steamer was the wife of John Walters, a porter,residing at No. 7, des e ° is with which she came into collision on the 30th Finch-place. On Tuesday week she was taken into cus tu..ary at the Prince's-pier. tody, along with her daughter, on a charge of felony, by Wa s 2.',RPooe SUNDAY SCHOOL lesTretsre.—A lecture the prisoner, and brought to the police-dffice. She had a ,the del i vered at the Concert-hall, on Friday evening, by trunk in her house containing wearing apparel and some •'tleisi t t v • Thos. Archer, D.D.. of London, on tile " In- articles of jewellery. On going home, after being liberated, Ille•p d ' n, " being the last of the series of lectures upon she found the trunk ransacked, and other property re ,bA t ePes and Institutes of Rome. moved. On the following day she went to the police . gg, RU NREN MAN DROWNED.—On Wednesday even- office, where she saw the trunk, which, when taken from otebicsat a 1 1 )1. .acksmith named Martin Charlton, residing in herspossession, was locked. She produced the key, and street. w as drowned by falling off the Clarence the prisoner opened it. She examined the trunk, and Sail 5 t ," 4 3 7 . The de cease d h a d b een see i ng some friends missed a white shirt, a brooch, a breastpin, and a quantity lat oz i n ee of th e D u bli n steamers, and at the time was of pawn tickets. The prisoner was committed for trial at c ated. E 3 " ROYAL the sessions. °exp.__, NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL oashi re 4 r•--Phe annual meeting of the Royal North Lan rresta Agricultural Society is fixed to E arl f at Lan has ac t ' in the month of August next. The Earl of Derby th e o..eep.ted the office of president, and his presence on se s 'fasion is confidently expected.—Preston Chronicle. shop 1 DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT.—A very handsome Ike 'as been opened in Bold-street, by Messrs. Buck arsaasssnl Son. The premises appear to be admirably bas e z r o c' s for the accommodation of purchesers, and we a fai r sk "ubt but the spirited proprietors will bp awarded T its ,"ovs of patronage by the ladies of Liverpool. 13e a c t GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-RHlP.—Messrs. Gibbs, lina lep ' and Co., finding it impossible to give orders to the deeid sc `ins Parties anxious to see the Great Britain, have §e ail s" l „,t.hat when she is completed she will be open 'to bath e ; l le at a small charge, and that two of the days will T R Monde and Tuesday in Easter week. . Tllll,, '-41ANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER has appointed tre tete e r u s aY next to receive a deputation from the post the k i „s ,°I . London and the principal provincial towns of out tss_goosse The object of the deputation is to point op h ° g! oPpressive nature of the duties at present imposed th e la sses and c arr i ages let to hire, with a view of obtaining slieal or a modification of them. Tce o f EMENTs or TRANSATLANTIC STEAM -SHIPS.— ~.sailedr i ) . lral mail s t eam -sh i p Canada, Lang, commander, ttalis ex r ° ,l l the Mersey on Saturday, at 11 30 a.m., for „selig ets a nd Boston, with the usual mails, and 63 pas. ';oia stn ', - The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, ttiossos_c4". commander, will sail from the Mersey to tee' (W ednesday), for New York, with the mails, &c. 0 1 Ssi ls T ußE To THE WORKING CLASSES.—On the evening . I lid an r s,,day last the Rev. Dr. Baylee, Principal of St. Wossiss ‘ - • ol lege, ' Birkenhead, delivered a lecture to the Gre a s",,g„class es in the school-room of St. Matthias' Church, W ar; tiow ard-street, with the view to the formation of a !e, ''ng Man's Association in the district. The room ste,.,ecitnPletely filled upon the occasion, and the lecture °Y th e „to with marked attention. The chair was taken Pei s .'ev• D. Aspinall. wares's•s-On Thursday morning, a fire broke out in the It teet "se of Air Mur h marine store dealer, in Edge/s -had ' b ut was ssbdued y b'efore any considerable damage tfte sn been s ustained.—About three o'clock on Friday uilli n ° °e a fire broke out in a paintshop occupied by Mr. , es En gl and Smithdown.lane. The engines of the West authority w neugf i the Fire -office were promptly on the spot, and 'n subds• e suPPlv of water was very small, they succeeded Prop ept "ing the flames in three quarters of an Lour. The AL te Y Was insured. 1.a..._ 1 "8 AT PRESTON BY THE REV. S. MINTON, lacerah-ue Tuesday evening, the Rev. Sam ue l Mi n t on , th e coa t rit of Sr. 811:Is's Liverpool, ' delivered the si x th o f e ties. -se of lectures on ' the peculiar doctrin es an d prac sester the Church o f R ome , un d er the auspices of the toen,uttihProtest an t Assoc i at i on, in the theatre of that u eetri n e subject of the lecture being "The Romi s h e rewe e s e of Intention." Eve r y p ar t of the house was Pied to excess. The Rev. J. Owen P arr , v i car , occu laity 14e. chair, an d many of the clergy and influential 1 li sAc the town and neighbourhood were present. origir s ree s s i 'neßN MACHINERY. —On Monday last, the ' 4sse tissclaantity of machinery sent out of Blackburn at 4 tail w •`e, was forwarded by the Lancashire and Yorkshire trai n e " o y , t,O Liverpool, for shipment to Sweden. The I of tee mac Qs„,,, , nsistasi .! three R ee k, ve..,.„ . chi:: erk) „ ni ... , siseig ana warping ma- was given in evidence that the prisoners had tied William 1 4 , 8 tl e an d oilier P necessaries ' for a weaving factory, and (a boy eight years old) up in the cellar, where he was 'asks work of Messrs. Joseph Harrison and Sons.— kept until half-past five in the morning. He was thee thrivedbssurri Standard. sent to work without having bad any sleep. This was B s T , t i n. AT SEA.—The brig Tyro, Captain Orr, done because a bunch of keys and a small file had been e ea pt :: this Port on Sunday last, from Lisbon, bringing missed. There was neither fire nor light in the cellar. e 'lly s n ' s ",l and crew of the schooner Collina, of and from This boy was also very severely beaten by the prisoners. I' 3 ' 4 be' '''ishon, who were ovidentially saved in an Ellen Beresford, a girl of fifteen, hereonstted that on Saturday i ' s avin g r, on the 16th Marc h, at 10 30 B.m, their vessel night the female prisoner struck lute 9 ,i7sendered on the previous day, in lat. 46 N., a poker. Witness's brother, Joel, was beaten by both ; b oat t C • After spending an awful night, in an open prisoners three or four times las t . week, and was t ied upon ,' half. c aptain and crew were providentially picked up the bare laths of the bed every night but one. Two other eßigeilast eleven the following day. having lost every children, a little boy and girl, were tied to the bedsteads,. oti ' clothing, by the brig Tyro, of Liverpool, Captain and stood so during the whole night, with nothing but lim bsre s t° whom they desire their heartfelt thanks for their night clothes on. Joel Beresford, between eleven ;e, Bou t re atment and humane conduct. and twelve, said that he had often been beaten by his fa el is aeAscesnute The birth-place of Sir Robert ther. Last Tuesday night his father beat him with three io e z ei, a ' ai t .t r ttil s to . . be contested ; by his son, Mr. .Frederick whip lashes. He afterwards tied him to the bed laths, and he remained there during the whole night without his ca rt m uch • amuseision amongst the Free-traders is afford tsp'aquitted,ment to the Protectionists. Lord Dun- clothes, .and with nothing to ears himself. At half `e to -u ath, where it is said, he had a majority of past five in t h e morning he was . allowed to get up, and ea r Nlliet e l eme n t , order to ' get rid of the troublesome and went to work. On Thursday night he was put, i nto the e - " if Yine sof discord described in Mr. Roebuck's cellar, and remained there without a fire until eight the -as s s cos following morning, tied with his hands behind him, in a Wit " 0 h esPondence with Mr. Co pock. At Bury he b i t/10 1 , 1 _ 4 e be en . stooping posture, so that he could not sit down. Mr. e e l s -- tr oe b i returned, not only without expense, but P eel ' 4 016 , e ; but Mr. Ashton's connexion with the Walker Golland, surgeon, who had examined the children, b oth ' and -• I t induced him' to p ut forward Mr. Frederick said that the person of the elder boy was covered with aare the re is every prospect of a hot contest, in which bruises,. some of them new, others apparently healing. s Co, , parties are sanguine of success. The wrists of both boys were chafed and cut, as though =le s s --elE tt , having been bound with tight ligatures. The little b a e r ay, at theAncer Lion An inquest was held, on Wed- f rom girl (about six years old) was in a dangerous state. She lire of •ss ei . e Leon in the new road, Prescot, on the ok i h am . , had a large bruise on the forehead, and was covered from ;ton 1 Collie r Molineux, a coal-drawer in the Prescot head to heels with bruises and wounds. A large abscess !s . a e s, l . l en ssi „ 3 :. The de c eased had to draw a small wag- was forming, in consequence of these bruises and wounds, 41 <l li f. t he ' 74381 s down . an . incline . in the pit, and on and it would probably render her lame for life. He con es h, :ro t - l e:e s of ot the incline he imprudently placed sidered her life in danger.—The prisoners were committed he waggon to draw it after him. The for trial at the assizes. Uns h e d, who descent, acquired a force which the de- A STILL CHASE.—StiII life means life still —or, more iis le t o W as only about fifteen years of age, was et p elted re sist, and • properly speaking, life from which the vital principle has VII ag a i n . . in consequence he was violently departed ; but not so with a still chase, which means 4 Wa s f st the side of the working, by which . his Verd: .tacturee exactly the opposite. To chase is a verb active, and more p it Let o s „ cid 'an d death ensued the following day. than all other verbs of that class conveys the idea of am /441'4. Ace ental death was returned. mation and excitement. The Chace ! what thoughts do effe inE NTs.—On Thursday last, Mr. Jeffrey the words not awaken ! Poets have spent almost as s s • b orn e et .' 4 Millwright in T d ied h oxteth-park, f rom t he many hours upon this theme as upon that . of the tender 0-`,l°May waelLaccident which befel him on the previous passion —love ; and yet hew much remains to Ise sung. tllse a sl ia ' n ' i On the latter -named day he was thrown The Chace at once conveys to the mind the ruddy morn, eiali e s h e n d e dreyetaiinflobr:ke his leg. Mortification set in the animated pursuit, the " adventures byflood and field," Wednesday, a woman, named a keen appetite, and a ' body healthily wearied, with a mind Pains" her t r.. who has left a family of nine hildren, relieved from are by the animation of the pursuit, and sh e s ill s i res sidence in Cable -street, under the following interested in the casualties which invariably attend a good 18 4 o waa crornstAnces On the 6th of September last, clay's sport. To chase the timid hare, the subtle fox, or Therehe.los,%:Zi_LLord-stre.et, and was knocked down b y the noble deer, have each their degree of pleasure ; but esis her tree Which was . being driven at a very rapid rate , how is this enhanced when the game pursued is of a il it aw at the _on various parts of her body, one of the higher order—when man chases man—when the pur -144 e tl aY .n Portr ie ti me passing over her right leg, tear- sued is one upon whose capture a high price is fixed, The unfortunate woman and when the y P if successful, is considered not o d wf re thhe ad er f a u fl. esh, i sh a e go d n r i a e g a g . ed out the remainder only worthy of reward but of esteem ! The most erdent, : ( F il l e s t ; er : t p lie s d tee h s . , %" l . 2 z en n , Oeseeee 001, B ANK and consequently the most successful hunters, in this ss herl oe k RUPTCY COURT.--The case of Mr. respect, ere our excise o ffi cials. Who can deceive an p h a we e r c , th hat ; h er e ? so d y. , Was again brought before the court on exeise-officer !He possesses the calculation of an arithma long examination, Mr. Aspinall con oankrupt ha titian, the discrimination of a philosopher, and, above all, ' l / 4 1 `° alror d done all that lay in his the scent of a bloodhound. This last is one of the greatest Bon e ntitl e d ,tl, full insi ht into his •acquisitions of an excise official, and, if not abused, one ida°llr deferred himself to g . pass his last examination. His of the very best with which he can be endowed. The BURGLARY AT BOOTLE.—Mr. Fleming, forme d ay • . gme who keeps a inland .. revenue officers of this port possess this qualifica- select boarding-school at Bootle, had his house entered .owseeri jeegnzeniutnin the until Thursday next.—On the 4 1,. 0, vYv_a butcher, i case of James Cooper, who was tion i n a ~ ipre preeminent yte d v e g roe— by burglars early on Sunday morning last, by cutting h seek, they'll soon ensnare"— with a chisel holes through the panel of the drawing la e t e yee 4 t. : gi ven. 1 41 02, a lar ge way of business, in this certificatetobe wofastbseustpielinrddeediesfsor; and in no one instance are we aware that they have • means unfastening the room window-shutter, and by this . me . . f e e-) 4 4 t k Steam- 'androh file exercised it improperly. ,As a proof of their indefatigable belt. They ransacked the drawing and dining rooms or t o nee d al - , AI; ..abankrupt is without protection.— exertions in her Majesty s service, we may relate that on money or plate, but left almost everything else untouched. ( I,pe ts e tthe s i ness J uses Taylor James, who has recently ~...,.. et it, e ls l ast ex a_s a. merchant in this town, came up Frida y . the collector of inland revenue, with Messrs. They were disappointed of their booty, as they were only Chadwick, Reader, Sproull, . and . other o ffi cers, in the able to carry off a silver soup-ladle, two tea-spoons, a . s h. • s _ 9ie balance. animtion ; but, in consequence of a exercise of their official duties, visited Yew Tree-lane, pair of sugar-tongs, silver tops of castors, and two hams. i l tor tneri Wilan:sbeet, the hearing was adjourned. tehouse, described as a banker, end Knotty-Ash, where stands a large old house—such a THE REV. War. HARE DUCK, 8.A., who was re -41111, L a s g ed ell • tt s o . the 'West of England Insurance Corn- one as might serve an olden squire, or convey the idea of d tly cee nzy.... I' , last examination on ," ghosts that once walked the night." On entering the Gently licensed as curate of St. Silas's, Liverpool, has lust been elected chaplain to the Royal Infirmary Lunatic domain they found all std/—not even a zephyr woke the ftr a PI3oi A4I3 ITRAT I , Asylum and Lock Hospital. silent air. The mansion is surrounded by a inclosure there tt ' fl ed for • ttr...yalue _ s P.. i anon and Mr. P. A . nlss.—Thursday last being the case of arbitration be. , le sop .. going into the for action. But there was no enemy to encounter ; the merchants interested in the palm oil trade on the coast of re a 7,re w ut_ the Yonpropert Ainsworth to determine the t sho 'red by the authori ' met:ts tthoecosinpletethe intended the west side of Bridge- house was without a tenant, yet bore certain indications Africa, with Mr. Stuart, of Liverpool, and Mr. Swanzv, of having recently possessed one. In a lower room the of the Gold Coast, and accompanied by the Hon. F. H. F. parties vi e use, the • 4 ' 4 4 w lf Rav iofficers found a large and admirably-ma e still , perma-Berkeley, .., Mr.P. . . . ~M.P., . Mr. ' d AI P NN• S. Miles and W. Do t eie sf s , fie time an d ex . wan Hotel. With nently set, and several vessels, containing about 150 Miles, M . P. ave had an interview, by appointment s e' 'nould e expense, it was sug ested that M of 1 sb at his • t residence, ' Ball'tire.tog v ,, . 4 , rst be made to settle the g gallons of wash and fermentation. The still contained with the Ea rl Ma me ury . private k,!!‘Na, eu to i !leases. lel ts e n i' des °our to affee r t ingly two gentlemen were a worked, The wash was destroyed, but the implements -injury they had sustained in consequence of the blockade ‘7",.Wop ts Ale espo r ee, o* Liverpoei anf arrangeent viz., Mr. used in distillation were taken in charge by the officers. being established, without any notice being given them, Th A an tanC'roft, o f' Air the corporation ; and Besides the illicit articles seized, a large quantity of along the coast for 240 miles, whereby not only were their co ts ''cis ; the res ult was tha t anchester, for Mr. Ains do-n t' furniture also carried awa No clue has yet' ships detained at great costs and charges, but their goods retie:ration.- exeenses Was , -• b tallil agreement was made for been discovered strati ioccupant of the y p ' remises ; but the which were on shore to a great amount, for the purpose to the to ld m Another re n t . -: sides to be paid by the house-a gent t l h tin February last a well-dressed of procuring palm oil, placed in the greatest jeopardy. s ap eep nre , r of ~,,.e. ce case between the cos o- gentleman,states • a • entered into a contract to The deputation left his Lordship under the full conviction i of a business air, t. Ar s ° id hnre of Ili s "11)4 si, of Liverpool, in respect rent tl made a favourable impression on him A 11,itiaqjhboni ( b rim has ?inuatrebyassis of back land, with a subjectreto lo ce u r s t e a f in or s s t ix pu T a o t t i l o t n li s s, at i t i l e in w e a e s e s n e : n ui o n a e co as s t n ye a tr y , e th o a m t m th n e n y ie h a a ti d on has since been received from his Lord :fres:4e view '4 'CI2OO. sTheeeco dec ided. The claim of to the effect "That the Admi tespa„ cools saving the the or ration offered £1 000 • about the premises, but nothing further is known. It is ship's private s ecretary, , said that the system of defrauding the revenue in a similar salty will in a few days send orders by a steamer to the 1,1) rn t "t agr ee se of a reference. The 01 ° L 9 s. _ord ad umpire (Mr manner is carried on to a rreat extent. Unless a claimant Commander-in. Chie f of Hier Majesty's squadi•on on th Harnpson the domestic • '° . fA" • t ineonven;ence the traders in pal the m ...... 31Q,„.., Wil t o n •for domestic articles impounded should appear, the west coast o irica o „ compatibly with , , . e made Ns award for seer Geardi probability is that her Majesty's revenue.offi eers will oil as little as possible, competwiy wit 4 the object of the an. issue an advertisement "To Persons about to Marry." blockade." EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF GROCERIES, &c.--At the • - Police-court, on Friday, a man named Moses Jones. and a young woman named Ann Jones, were sent for trial on a charge of stealing an immensequantity of sugar, soap, .candles, and other articles, from the shop of Mr. Beynon, in Ranelagh-street. The male prisoner keeps a butcher's •shop in Limkiln-lane. The female prisoner was a servant in the employ of the prosecutor. From informa tion he received, officer Sullivan, on Wednesday evening, watched the male prisoner from his house to Mr. Bey non's shop, where he gave, at the private door, some bags to the female prisoner. Sullivan and another officer af terwards went to the prisoner's house, and, about eleven o'clock, observed him drive up in a cab, from which 'he took several bees and parcels. They watched the house all night, and, in the morning, entered it with Mr. Bey non, whom they had apprised of the above facts. 'On searching the house they found in the cellar and top rooms upwards of three cwt. of sugar, two cwt. of can dles, and an immense quantity of oils, lump sugar, ta pioca, &c.. all of which Mr. Beynon identified as his pro perty. The officers then went to a grocer's shop on the other side of the street, 'kept by a man named Lawson, where they seized upwa * rds of six cwt. of sugar, 14 cwt.'of soap, and a quantity of candles, currants, raisins, &c., all of which Lawson acknowledged to have been bought from the male prisoner. The 'female prisoner, when arrested, confessed her guilt, and in her box the officer found £2O. A woman named Barnes, in Hightield-street, also gave up to the police £27, which the wife of the male prisoner had left with her. CURIOUS CASE OF HORSE -STEALING.—On Wednesday, at the Police Court, a charge of horse-stealing was pre ferred against two respectable inhabitants of this borqugh, underthe following singular circumstances :—Mr. Leather, surgeon, had purchased a pony for 305., which originally had been imported from Pernambuco by Mr. Mellor, merchant, both of Liverpool. The pony was represented to be so diseased as to be almost wholly worthless, and Mr. Mellor agreed to pay £5 for its keep, and let it be sent into Wales to recover. Some time after, about 7sd.6d. was handLd over as the " tanyard price," this leading to the belief that the pony was dead. Recently, however, facts came to the knowledge of Mr. Mellor that the pony was alive and well ; and, what was more, had become a most valuable little animal. Accordingly, a written given to Mr. Harrison, broker, of Stanley street, to seize the animal wherever he could find it and on Monday l as t H arr i son procee d e d to some stables in Brunswick -road, kept by Mrs. Burrows, got through a hole into the stable, and, knocking down the " lady," took away the pony, w hil e a f r i en d o f the original owner awaited the event in his gig at a place adjacent. There was no dispute that the pony had passed through several ownerships, and that Mr. Leather had' acted bona fide; none, on the other hand, that Mr. Mellor had never wil lingly parted with the property in the animal, the sum re ceived as the " tanyard price" being simply a fraud. After a long investigation, Mr. Mansfield adjourned the case to Thursday, when, the evidence adduced being of a very conflicting character, the parties were di sc h arge d, an d t h e -^! claimants of the animal left to their remedy by civil process. UNNATURAL CRUELTY TO CHILDREN IN MANCHES TER.—A case of great atrocity has occupied the attention of - - c . , ••-tr.111..21,1* Tra.r. _ aggons, engincsCo laden, and vit-fnnrinl ropel it beyond a !married woman separated, from her husband vvo were requisite The maain-er was charg saving cruel! I four cf his own Childr THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1852. LIVERPOOL CORPORATION WATER- WORKS. • On Tuesday, the committee on this measure, consisting of Mr. Alderman Copeland (chairman), Mr. W. Evans, Sir E. Gooch, Mr. Collins, Mr. Bell, Mr. Cardwell, and Sir T. Birch, met for the first time in committee-room No. 9. Mr. Talbot, Q.C., opened the case for the Cor poration, and stated that the object of the bill was to deviate the water supply at various places between Hindley and Knowsley, with reservoirs at various other places. The bill was opposed by Sir John Gerard, the Chorley Waterworks, and owners and occupiers of pro perty, for whom counsel and parliamentary agents appeared. Mr. Hawkesley, C.E., was examined at great length upon the expediency of the proposed deviations, which would be greatly advantageous to the district. Mr. Hawkesley was then subjected to a rigid cross examination by Mr. Calvert, which had not terminated when the committee broke up at four o'clock. The com mittee resumed the examination of Mr. Hawkesley on Wednesday. The witnesses who followed on the same side—Mr. Nicholson, engineer of the Newcastle Water works ; Mr. Bell, agent to the Duke of Northumberland ; and Mr. Bell, and Mr. Eaton, mining engineers —all stated, as the result of experience in their respective loca lities, that the evils apprehended by the petitioner were without foundation. This closed the case for the bill, when witnesses were called on behalf of Sir John Gerard. Mr. Bateman, and Mr. Rawlinson, a local inspector of. the Board of Health, were examined on Wednesday ; and on Thursday, the evidence of Mr. Maubert, land-agent of the petitioner, with Mr. Blackburn and Mr. Wrigley, mining engineers, occupied the greater portion of the day, when Mr. 'Calvert proceeded to comment upon the evi dence, until stopped by the announcement that the house was at prayers. On Friday morning, Mr. Calvert finished his address, observing that Sir John'Gerard came before parliament exempt from every charge of selfishness; but that be would use his best endeavours to prevent intrusion on his property, the intrusion being unnecessary for supplying Liverpool with water. 41 After a brief deliberation, the committee decided that the preamble was proved, and all the clauses were confirmed. MR. BEECHEY'S LECTURE ON IMPORTANT INVESTIGATION AT ORMSKIRK. THE SLANDERER OF THE EARL OF DERBY. On Wednesday last, the town of Ormskirk presented an appearance of unusual excitement ; business was par tially suspended, numerous groups were engaged in con- versation or anxious discussion, and it was evident that something had occurred to disturb greatly the equanimity of its peaceful inhabitants. The reason was, that an in quest was about to be held, by Mr. Driffield, the coroner for the district, on the body of a boy, who had been a pupil at the charity school of the town. The event assumed great importance, became the same informant includes two very different persons in his charges,—the Earl of Derby is a Puseyite (!) and the schoolmaster is a murderer. Strange as it may seem, it was impossible to separate the two allegations in the minds of the people, for they both hinged upon the cre dibility of the same witness, or were, in all probability, equally true or equally false. Thus a paltry local inquiry assumes, in the present state of affairs, a national impor tance ; an honest man, near the bottom of the social scale, is assailed from similar motives, and on• much the same ground., as the bead of her Majesty's government; the same difficulties beset him who would guide the helot of state affairs, and him who sways the birch in a village school. That our readers may be able to enter fully into the circumstances, and to understand how two individuals so widely separated were practically involved in the same inquiry and decision, we think it, right to lay before them a brief sketch of the Ormskirk Free Schools. Some time ago the town possessed two schools;of different founds- tion, one of which was supported exclusively by the late vicar, and the other by public subscription. The vicar's was known as the " Golden Lion Yard School," the master of which was a young man, Mr. A. C. Daymond. A rune: larger number of the poor children of the locality attended this school than the other; and the cause was pretty ge nerally known to be the amiable disposition of the master. As might be expected, considerable jealousy existed ; the conductors of the other school, which was supported by the public at large, being excelled in their efforts by the school of an individual. At different times, a desire was shown to unite the two schools ; but in consequence of the tractarian opinions of the late vicar, that was found to be impossible. On the occasion of his death, however, and the appointment of a successor, in 1850 (the Rev. W. E. Rawstorne), the movement was again made respecting a union, which; about twelve months ego, was successful. The whole of the pupils were transferred to the present schools, in Derby-street, near the Railway Station ; and are now called the Ormskirk " *United Charity Schools." These are under the patronage of the Hon. Miss Wilbra ham, and are in the hands of trustees; but the manage ment is by a committee of six ladies and six gentlemen, chosen annually from among the subscribers, the vicar being ezt, officio chairman. The schools are at present in a very flourishing condition, affording education to about 400 pupils, including boys, girls, and infants. At the time of the union, when the vicar's school was perma nently closed, Mr. Daymond obtained an appointment in another part of the country ; but a vacancy soon after oc curring in the mastership of the United Schools, he was brought back to fill that situation, to which, in ordinary circumstances, he had the strongest claim. This situation be holds at present, and in the discharge of his duties gives great satisfaction to the vicar, the committee, and the inhabitants generally. Yet this is the man whose reputation was involved in the inquiry, and who, for aught the inhabitants knew, was about to be indicted for manslaughter. Among the committee of the public schools, before the union, was a Mr. Joseph Stoner, a busybody in his way, and who, in the advocacy of his noon npriiHn. ..;aura ars." opinions, was one of those who let their zeal outrun their discretion. Mr. Stonerwas a strong opponent of the late vicar's Tractarian views; yet he was an earnest advocate of Mr. Daymond'.s election. This was considered to be a very inconsistent course of conduct for him, as it might be presumable that there was some similarity of sentiment between the clergyman and his schoolmaster. Shortly after, Mr. Stoner quarrelled with the school committee, his object being to debar the new vicar from being en trusted with the religious education of the children, and then desiring to support that management. The result was, the existence of a very rancorous feeling on the part of Mr. Stoner, and the readiness with which he endea to annoy the committee by bringing forward an vourec infamous charee against a person in whom they reposed confidence. The conviction was widely extended, how ever. that the whole was " trumped up" for party or per sonal purposes, and this tended to give additional interest to the evidence and verdict at the inquest. Besides, Mr. Stoner seems to be deluded with the idea that the present vicar, the school committee, and indeed all who do not think exactly as he does. are rank Posey ites, and he openly charges them with being Jesuits in disguise ! He has even been so indiscreet as to rush into print, and in his indiscriminate accusations does not hesitate to charge the Earl of Derby with being a Pusey ite. He even boasts of being the author of those stupid statements in reference to the noble earl which hay , appeared in the columns of the London Morning user; the evidence being, that Lord Derby is patron, and that a clergyman who was once presented to the vicara g e afterwards turned.out to' be a man of tractarian tendencies. Mr. Stoner, according to his statement at the inquest, is a poor-law guardian, and holds the office of vice. chairman of the district board. He is also a grocer (tt ldver- "green" one, we suspect, though that was not alluded to in the evidence), dding a comfortable business, no doubt ; but his position as a tradesman, in connexion with the office which he holds, is looked upon as an objection by many. At all events, he will find in future that the lesson of the cobbler sticking to his last is worth learning, especially as seeking a questionable notoriety seldom ends in a satisfactory way, and it may be said of accu sations as it is of curses, that " like chickens they gene rally come home to roost." The inquiry was held in the Court-house, to which the jury proceeded, after having viewed the body. Shortly after eleven o'clock the Coroner entered the room, and called over the list of the jurymen. Fifteen answered to their names, and were sworn in the usuai manner, as also were the witnesses. The CORONER then remarked that they had met to inquire into the death of Robert Swift. In consequence of the painful rumours which were afloat, he-had thought it advisable to hold an inquest. It was a disagreeable matter, but he would not detain them with any further observations. Mr. JOSEPH STONER, who said he was vice-chairman of the board of poor-law guardians, here asked permission of the Coroner to be allowed to put questions to the witnesses. He said that he had set the present inquiry on foot, and prosecuted on behalf of the parents of the child. • The CORONER replied that none but professional men (except himself and the jurors) could cross-examine the witnesses ; but that if Mr. Stoner would write his ques tions on paper, and hand them in to him, he (the Coro ner) would use his discretion in putting them. Mr. Symonds, a surgeon, of Ormskirk, was then called, when Mr. STONER again interrupted the proceedings, by remarking that, seated among the magistrates on the bench, he observed the Vicar of Ormskirk ; and as he thought that the evidence of the witness might be affected by the rev. gentleman's presence, he requested the Coro. ner to order him (the Vicar) out of court. The CORONER said he could not allow this. He con sidered it an insult to the court, the rev. gentleman, and the witness ; and if Mr. Stoner persisted in such conduct, he must be himself ordered out of the room. The jury also expressed, in even stronger terms, their disapprobation of Mr. Stoner's behaviour. Mr. Symonds's evidence was then proceeded with. Ho was called in by the parents of the child on the 10th of this month. He found the boy placed on a stool, with his head leaning on his band, while the other was hanging by his side, apparently useless. The child seemed to be per fectly unconscious, and was evidently in a dying state. Ho appeared to have been greatly neglected, his body being in a most filthy state from the running of two abscesses. The apartment was in a wretchedly dirty and impoverished condition. Finding he could do nothing to save the child, he merely prescribed poultices and a cooling diet, and ad vised the mother to make use of more cleanliness. He called again two days afterwards, and found the child in the same filthy state as before. On cpestioning the mo ther, she said she had put on him a clean flannel jacket that morning, but had only applies one poultice. Told the .mother to place the child in bed. The child died about ten o'clock that night, and next morning he (Mr. Symonds) was applied tofora certificateof the death, which he furnished, attributing the death to scrofulous disease. On Sunday, Mr. Stoner called on him, and stated that a post mortem examination was going to be held. He (Mr. Symonds) made an examination of the body on the previous night (yesterday week), and found the external appearances extremely vitiated. There were two scrofulous abscesses, one on each side of the chest, and the forefinger of the left hand was dislocated through the action of the disease. There was also a protuberance of the lower part of the spine, sufficiently large to have prevented the de ceased from standing upright, when alive. The stomach, and other vital organs, were in an exceedingly diseased state, and there were two internal abscesses correspond ing with the outward protuberance of the spinal vertebrae. There were also tubercles on each lung, and the left lung was incapable of performing any function. Two of the ribs, one on each side of the chest. had been destroyed by the action of the abscesses. Mr. Symonds considered scrofula to be the cause of death. Mr. STONER handed in several questions to the coro ner, but they did not at all affect the case. James Gregory, a boy twelve years of nze, was next called. It was with the greatest difficulty that this wit ness could be induced to answer the most simple ques tions, he was so excessively stupid. From what could be gathered from his statement, it appeared that himself and deceased attended the school held at the Golden Lion " yard, somewhere about October, 1850, of which Mr. Daymond was at the time master. He remembered the master going behind the deceased one day when he wag leaning very much over is desk in the act of writing, and, ASTRONOMY. . On Friday evening last, the Rev. St. Vincent Beechey, incumbent of Worslev, delivered the first of two lectures, at the Collegiate Institution, on astronomy, illustrated by the trinoptric lantern. In showing how the comforts of man and the laws of nature are dependent on the figure and magnitude which it has pleased God to give to the earth, the lecturer made two suppositions I first, that the volume of the ocean was diminished ; and second, that it was as much increased. In the former case vegetation would be suspended, the more delicate plants would be destroyed, parching winds would interfere materially with human health and life, and many portions which are now fertile, useful, and beautiful, would be reduced to the con dition of the desert. In the latter the atmosphere would be moist and murky, at times we should live almost in a vapour bath, and the swollen rivers would permanently submerge such low and flat countries as Egypt ; lands which have recently been recovered from Neptune by geological changes and immense subterranean force would be restored to him again ; and the Ganges, which now carries down mud in its waters equivalent to the largest of the Egyptian pyramids daily, would soon level the Hima layas by its perpetual obesion. The great Creator, who has given to animated beings the arrangement of veins and arteries, has made the ocean the heart of the world, so that its waters are carried to the remotest.extremity by the clouds which float in atmospheric currents, and return again by the rivers which flow from the hills to the plain and the sea. Among the dissolving views were some of an amusing character, which were greatly relished by the junior portion of the audience. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA • THEATRE ROYAL. A new association, called the Literary and Dramatic Society, inrend giving an amateur performance at this establishment, in April, for the benefit of the Free Public Library. The performances will be under the patronage of the Mayor; and will include the excellent comedy," of " A Cure for the Heart Ache," " Bombastes Funoso," and other entertainments. The object is praiseworthy, and merits patronage. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The operatic performances terminated on Saturday evening with " Masaniello " which had become v er y p opu l ar , f rom t h e excellent style in which it had been revived by Mr. Copeland. Madame de Antemy has been singing twice, in concerts between the pieces. On Thursday evening a new farce, called Circumstantial Evidence," was played with success. Mr. Henry Farren and Miss Louisa Howard, from the Olympic Theatre, ~ommenced a limited engagement last evening. CHESHIRE AND WALES. 41. THE EARL OF CHESTER'S YEOMANRY CAVALRY.— This fine body of men, under thecommand of Colonel Lord de Tabley, will assemble for eight days' peimanent duty, at Chester, on Wednesday, the 2d of June next. The inquiry which it was understood would be made before the Birkenhead magistrates, on Saturday, with respect to certain alleged bank defalcations, did not take place, the affair having been settled privately. CONWAY.—An alarming fire occurred in this vicinage on the night of Friday. The scene of the conflagration was Brymor.farm, Penmaenmawr, the property of Wm, Jones, Esq.. Wenly. Two stacks of wheat, one of barley, and one of hay were entirely consumed. The fire is at tributed to an incendiary. THE PORTRAIT BUST OF LORD COMBERMERE.— Mr. Macßride has finished the model of the bust com missioned by the Masonic body of Cheshire, of their venerated grand master, General Lord Combermere, and is now engaged in its transference to the marble. The work has given the greatest satisfaction, and by those who have seen it has been pronounced admirable in likeness and execution. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RATLWAY. — Traffic for the week ended the 14th March, 1852 :—Chester and Holy head Main Line : Passengers. £lOlO 11s. Bd. ; parcels, H. C. & D.. £9B 9s. 7d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £537 4s. Bd.; mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £2B Bs. 7d. ; parcels, £1 ls. 10d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £94 7s. Bd.—Steam boats : Passengers, £169 13s. 9d. ; parcels, £24 Os. 6d. —Total, £2538 18s. 3d. THE CHARGE OFMURDER AGAINST AWELSH FARMER. —Last week we gave some particulars of a Welsh farmer's examination before the Brecon magistrates on a charge of murdering an illegitimate child, by throwing it to a sow, which devoured the infant ; Philips meanwhile, and Margaret Thomas, his servant and paramour, looking on. The case has been further investigated, and a mass of disgusting and horrible evidence adduced, fully confirm ing the previous suspicious statements. Both Philips and Thomas have been committed to the assizes. MOSTYN.—The Rev. Richard Pugh, incumbent of Christ Church, Mostyn, has been presented with a piece of plate by his parishioners and a few of his friends. The gift consisted of 81 pieces in all, including tea-pot, tea and table spoons, ladles, forks, &c„ all forming a very handsome present, in silver. The presentation was made b♦ the Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, M.P., in the presence of Lady Harriet Mostyn and several daughters, Mrs. Eyton. Llannerchymor, and daughters, Rev. Dr. Briscoe, and a number of clergy, and a very large assembly of the pa rishioners. The reverend gentleman received, at the same time, a beautiful pocket Communion Service, the gift of Mrs. Pennant, of Brynbilla. THE WIRRAL FARMERS' CLUB.—On Thursday, the eleventh annual ploughing match and show of live stock, farming implements, &c., in connection with the Wirral Farmers' Club, was held in a field on the farm of Mr. Thomas Hart, at Thornton Hough. The fineness of the day drew together a very large number of farming and other persons who take an interest in agricultural ope rations. Some good cattle were brought forward, though there were none worthy of especial notice. The plough ing match excited considerable interest, 34 competitors having entered the lists. The land was in excellent order. The ploughing was of a first-class character, and highly creditahle to the ploughmen of the hundred of Wirral. The young men under 20 years of age likewise executed their task in a workmanlike manner, giving great promise for the future. Some excellent iron ploughs were exhibited by the principal blacksmiths of the district ; the testing of which, by the dynanometer, afforded the spectators much gratification. A useful assortment of agricultural implements were shown by Messrs. Young and Co., Bennet, &c., of Liverpool. The dinner was held in the afternoon, at the Rock Ferry Hotel, when about 100 gentlemen sat down in the large room which has been recently added to the hotel. The chair was occupied by Mr. Stanley, of Denim'', and the vice-chair by Mr. J. D. Case. ORMSKIRK. ROBBERY.—About eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, the house of Mr. Shacklady, railway gatekeeper, Simons wood, was entered by seven men, armed with guns and pistols. They threatened the inmates that if they made any noise they would shoot them. After searching the house they found £4, which they took, together with some wearing apparel. Before they decamped they regaled themselves with pies, bread, beef, &e. They were after wards seen on their way to Liverpool, but as yet they have escaped detection. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—This board met on Thursday. Present— Messrs. Stoner (in the chair), Sinythies, Mer cer, Maudsley, Eccles, Hunt, H. Forshaw, Howard, and Whalley. The expenditure for out-relief during the week was :—Township, £37 19s. Id. • union, £7 15s. 2d. ; non-resident poor, £1 7s. 6d.: total , £47 ls. 9d. The expenditure on account of the inmates of the Workhouse was £5 13s. 9+d.; number of inmates, 82; number of vagrants lodged in the vagrant ward during past week, 34. WARRINGTON. THR BOROUGH COMMISSION.—The following gentle men took the oaths and their seats at the Sessions-room yesterday week, as borough magistrates, viz. :—Mr. Wm. Alfcard (the Mayor). Mr. Henry Stanton, Mr. Holbrook Gaskell, Mr. Benjamin Pierpoint, Mr. Joseph Perrin, Mr. Peter Rylands, and Mr. Henry White. The three first named gentlemen have been magistrates for the county of Lancaster for some years, but had no jurisdiction in Che-. shire, into which county part of th e b oroug h exten d s ; it was therefore considered desirable they should be named in the new commission. The other gentlemen named in the commission. but who did not attend to be sworn, were Joseph Stubs (a magistrate for Lancashire), Mr. John Hodgson, and Mr. George Crosfield—the two latter fire members of the Society of Friends.—Cheeter Courant. PUBLIC MEETINGS. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—AL the weekly meeting, on Wednesday, cheques foront.door relief were given as fol lows ;—Allen, £76 ; Stain, £26 ; Potts, £95 ; and Shear son, £22. The following guardians were elected a build ing committee to superintend the erection of the hospital: —Messrs. Craig, Miller, Shaw, Jeffries, Alpass, and Joseph Harrison. Mr. John Evans was appointed, a temporary relieving o ffi c e r i n p l ace o f M r. Tomkins, who is suffering from illness. - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—A special meeting was held on Wednesday, Hugh Hornby, Esq., president, in the chair, to receive the report of the committee appointed to consider the present dock arrangements in reference to goods destined for export, and to report whether any alteration and improvement could be effected therein, so as to facilitate the shipping of goods and to afford them increased protection. The report, which comprised several valuable suggestions in respect of the immediate object of the committee, also pointed out circumstances threatening to exercise a baneful influence on the growth of the export trade of Liverpool. The following resolution was adopted.: —" That the report of the Export Committee now read be received and adopted, and that a copy be transmitted to the Dock Committee, with a communication respect fully requesting their consideration of such suggestions therein as may be deemed practicable, and expressive of the satisfaction which the chamber feels in learning that some of the subjects adverted to in the report are already under the attention .of the Dock Committee." The pre sident read a communication received from London re specting the course of the Parliamentary Committee on the customs, which he considered of much importance, and hoped the commercial public would 'watch closely the proceedings of that 'committee. Referred to the Customs Committee. SELECT VESTRY.—The usual meeting was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. A dis cussion arose upon the reading of the medicil relief com mittee's proceedings, which rezommended that Mr. Dun levy, to whom has been recently awarded the charge of two medical districts, should receive £2OQ per annum, in addition to - vaccination fees. Mr. Kitchen moved an amendment', that the question of salary he postponed, he being of opinion that it was too high. Eventually, how ever, the original motion was carried.—Bills were passed 'for the payment of £5OO commission to Mr. Weightman, the architect, for the new buildings at the workhouse (being at the rate of five Der cent. upon the outlay), and for an instalment of £l,BOO due to Messrs. Holme, on their contract as builders. The workhouie committee reported vacancies at the schools for 28 boys and 75 girls. The appointment of a solicitor to the parish, in the place of Mr. 'Lowndes, was postponed, in order that the com mittee might consider and report• upon the duties which the legal adviser had to perform. _Several applications for the vacancy were read, including those from Mr. Edward Banner, Mr. Henry Forshaw, Mr. H. H. Sta tham, and Mr. Isaac Atherton. The next topic was the motion of Mr. Hughes, that theßoman Catholic children in the workhouse be taken, on Sunday afternoons as well as forenoons, to some chapel of their own persuasion. 'On going through the house one Sunday afternoon, while the Protestant children wereat worship in the place, he had seen about one hundred Roman Catholicchildren left to play and amuse themselves without even the control of a superin tendent, and this was his reason for making the motion. Mr. Fairhurst seconded the resolution, and Mr. Wylie moved an amendment, that one of the school-rooms be appropriated to the use of the Catholic children during the time named. The-motion, after some conversation, was postponed by general consent, until the board had some report upon the subject from the governor. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting of this Cam mittee on Thursday, Mr. Alderman • Langsdale presided, and there were also present, Messrs. Atkinson, Beckwith, Chalmer, Fleming, G o df rey , H en d erson, Johnson; Lloyd, and Tomlinson. A considerable decrease in the mortality of the borough during the week ending the 13th instant was reported. The deaths registered were 198, being 37 less than in ` the previou s wee k, an d 20 b e l ow the average mortality of the same week of the preceding four years. Of the total deaths 140 were in the parish, and 58 in the extra-parochial wards. Exactly one-half were below the age of five years, and 21 were between 60 and - 90. The mean temperature of the week was 41 8-10 degrees— more than one degree higher than that of the week pre vious, and nearly one and a half deg rees below the aver age of the corresponding week of th preceding six years. Some conversation took place as to the severing of Crown t and Lambert -street, but the subject was post poned for future consideration. The recommendations of the general purposes sub•comrnittee, that crossings should not be constructed in Dnke-street, corner of the Cemetery, Mulberry-street, and Catherine-street, was approved of. Mr. Lloyd's motion, to close all streets against carts and other vehicles when sewers were in the course of formation, was postponed until Mr. Nevvlands, the borough engineer, had completed a plan be was pre paring for railing off open sewers in such a way as to ren der it impossible for any body to fall in. Mr. Chalmer brought forward his motion for appointing a sub-com mittee of the health committee to confer with the agents of the landowners, so as, if possible, to form the basis of a sanatory bill which should not meet with any severe opposition in the house of commons. A conversation took place, and ultimately it was agreed that the commit. tee proposed should consist of the remaining members of the parliamentary sub-committee, appointed in November last, namely,—Messrs. Beckwith, Dover, Godfrey, John son, Henderson, and Lloyd, with the chairman and deputy chairman of the general committee. --- - - DOCK COMMITTEE.-At the usual weekly meeting, on Thursday, the chairman, Mr. C. Turner, presided. The following members were also present :—Messrs. Shand, Molyneux, Robinson, Brocklebank, Gregson, Claxton, Steele, Holme, Chaloner, Barber, Malcomson, Biaham, Langsdale, Holden, Bold, Nicol, Rankin, Locket, Tobin, and Royden. The harbour. masters' sub-committee re commended the erection of a number of houses for the dock masters, the total estimated cost of the different dwellings being £3,540. The Chairman said the allow ances now made to the dock masters on account of resi dences, which would be saved by the erection of these residences, was £270 a year. 'The' recommendation was approved of, the details to be carried out by the committee of works. A letter was read from Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., asking if the committee intended erect ing sheds on the Huskisson Dock quays, and if so, sug gesting that transit sheds would materially facilitate the discharge of large steamers. A letter was read from Messrs. M'lver and Co., and from Messrs. Burns and M'lver, drawing attention to the inadequacy of the shed accommodation at the Coburg Dock for the efficient working of the Mediterranean trade, and suggesting improvements. A letter was read from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., asking permission to make use of the sheds at the south-west corner of Wellington Dock, and that a berth might be constructed there for their steam ship Great Britain, reserving the same for her future voyages. The letters were severally referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee. A communication was read from Mr. Hugh Hornby, president of the Chamber of Commerce, transmitting a copy of a report relative to the arrangements for the export trade suggested by the Chamber. The report having been read, an arrangement was come to to send a copy of it to each member of the Dock Committee. Mr. Charles John Moore, of Chapel street, sent in a suggestion relative to the prevention of accidents on the river during fogs. Mr. Moore recom mended that a tube be made from the steamboiler in the baths on the pierhead, 'to the edge of the land ing-stage, and that at the end of the tube there should be a steam whistle, similar to that used on railways. In answer to a question, Mr. John Hartley said the plan was quite feasible and practicable.—Referred to the marine committee.—The subject, referred from the previous week, relative to the formation of a railway on the quays of the north docks, and to the erection of warehouses on the north and south sides of the Stanley Dock, was again brought forward—the members having, on the pre vious day, inspected the localities.—The plan propounded was again read ; and, after some conversation, that por tion of it which related to the formation was approved of, and referred to the committee of works to carry out the details. In reference to the erection of the warehouses, a conversation took place as to whether it would not be better to have vaults underneath them, of which the majority of the committee appeared to be in favour.—A long conversation ensued on the question as to whether the committee possessed the necessary funds for carrying the plan into execution. --A statistical statement drawn out by the secretary exhibited that the amount deficient was only £20,000, which it was proposed to draw from the surplus fund ; and as the warehouses when built were calculated to yield a profit of seven or eight per cent., there would be an absolute gain to the dock estate.—The plan was approved of, and referred to the committee of works, with a request that they would, in carrying out the details, give the suggestion relative to the vaults their consideration.—The committee then proceeded to matters of finance. placing his knee against the deceased's back, took hold of his shoulders, and compelled him to sit upright. The deceased did not cry out at the time, or evince an! etha' symptom that he was hurt. The ma2tai was in the habit of doing the same to the other boys, when he found them in a similar position. He had done it to the witness, who had never felt any hurt from it. The deceased had left off coming to the school soon after this occurrence. George Yates. grandfather of the deceased, said the boy waseight years old on the 27th December last. He had lived with deceased, and had been in the habit of seeing him every day. About eleven weeks before last Christ mas but one, the boy left off going to school, on .account of illness. He complained of a pain in his back, which he said was caused by the master's ill-treatment. The deceased had been very healthy before that. The boy had left school before November, 1850. He was not able to walk for the last five months, during the last two of which he could not stand upright. The COR.ONER considered this evidence completely set the matter at rest. The deceased was stated to have left Mr. Day mood's charge nearly eighteen months agisi and, by a well-known rule of legal practice, no one charged with having caused the death of another could be consi dered implicated if more than a year and a day had elapsed between the person's death and the time the parties had been in contact. He had considered it his duty to hold au inquiry, in consequence of the painful rumours which were afloat respecting the cause of the boy's death, but he considered that Mr. Daymond was completely exonerated from any blame which might have been attempted to be attached to him. In order, however, to satisfy their minds still further, he would hear any additional evidence which might be offered. Edward Swift, the deceased's father, was then called by desire of several of the jury, but his evidence elicited no thing further, except his having gone to Mr. Daymond after the child's death, to ask him to subscribe some towards the funeral expenses. Mr. Stoner had co his house on the Sunday following the boy's death, ac companied by a policeman ; but, on being questioned as to what took place on that occasion, the witness affected a convenient loss of memory, and stoutly denied all recol lection of what then passed between them. It appeared from the evidence of IVI . - - to the Ormskirk ,argeon , ony one aon had been made fo r m e di c i ne for the that child, l (in Dece p m plicati ber, 1850,) but he had no recollection of ever having seen the child at the Dispensary, a fact which showed the utter negli. gence-of the parents, yen if the child had bee . they alleged. lie fully agreed with Mr. Symo scrofulous disposition of deceased, but consid immediate cause of death was inflamma He felt convinced that in the diseased if such violence as was alleged had must have ensut‘tUn a few weeks ; the: act of the schoolmaster could-have not Ashton, with the boy's decea After hearing th' jury to return a v which they at once of " hear: hear," from those preset njured as as to the 1 that the he lungs. rected the vidence, the Cc ict of death frorA, Lusuunu 11.1/5C3, I. The result was received by cries ad other manifestations Oi ppiEuse, At the request of the jury, Mr. Fannin, the superin tendent of police, gave an account of the cireiimstances under which he forwarded the usual information to the Coroner, from which it turned out that Mr. Stone Called on him, and wished an inquest to be held, bu. quested that his name might not he allowed to transpire as the promoter of it, he being desirous of serving as one of the jury on the case. Mr. Fannin, however, very properly did not summon him as a juror. The Vicar of. Ormskirk stated, that if any one present wished to call Mr. Daymond's character as a schoolmaster —.stion, he should be very happy to step into the The CORONER wa d 'al to Mr. Daymot. worth from the reve.,— _ , and complimented Mr. Daymond (who was pre sent) on the rc•ault of the inauirv. to his excellen lad to hear suc gratifying testi.. Tett- Homan terminated, and the verdict ; children of - the schools, wl house, cheered lustily for Gard v publicly annou adjoining the Court- Daym - ond, - anc paid to him in the town the affair causedqui quiet little town of 01 Indeed, emonstratio mskirk On the 15th inst BIRTHS On the 19th inst., at Ashley Cottaze. Wavertree, Mrs; John On the 20th inst t Grange mount:Claug' Taylor, RRIED On the 11th inst., at _ by the Rev. J. Dyson, Mr. J. Jakens, manufacturing chemist, Bury, to Martha, eldest daughter of Thomas Crass, Esq., of Leigh-house, Farnworth. On thr 14th instant, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. Geor derton to Mrs. Susannah Elizabeth NITA!. On the 14th inst.. at - St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. J. Half, 8.A., Mr. Robert Baxter to Miss Ellen Baxter. dent Char •ge An. - well. letter-press printe r , t o Miss Mary Roberts, both /las of Chester. On the 14th instant, at St. Bartholomew's Church, by the Rev. Thomas Robinson, Mr. John Singleton, plumber, Dewing ton-hill, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. William Single ton, pilot. On the 15th inst., to Miss Ann Norcot_. On the 15th inst., at Mulberry-street Chapel, by the R iir , bo. Mr. James James, of Richmond-row, to 0 of Air. P " ' I inst St. Philip'a Chard] Mr. Thos. Hornby Mr. 1, eldest On the Rev. A. T. Gregor 1.A., incu rch, Dixton Miran Wrigli 'cK-road. )y the ient. V Flixton-house vvrigin, Esq., o, _, near Manch es t er , t o Margaret Amelia, elest daughter of the late Thomas Lee, Esq., of this toAn. On the I6th inst.; at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. H. Carpenter, Mr. J. Bailey, r ster joiner, Brownlow-street to Eliza one, widowiof Mr. " -y e ll , o f Oldhall.street. , On the 17th inst., M J. H . Henry Williams, artist, Howard hter of the late Mrs. Pinkham, broker, _dee, to Maria, di Stanley-street. On the 17th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Mr. Henry Ellis `dear, of Upton, Cheshire, to Miss Ann Williams, gover ness, Wrexham, tlintshire. Jaaub, nt, NJ, 1-11111 p-a taniren, kactertek only son of the late Mr. John Price, of Bath, A clau,ghter of Mr. Joseph Clar - -- On the 18th inst. , J. 11. Pollexfeu, Rosa Arabella, only child of Mr. Tic Runwald's, Colchester, by the Rev. unht. Sumner, of this town, to "lason, of Colchester. the Rev. J. H. field, to Mrs. S. On the 20th ins Stafford, Mr. Robert Jon,., E. Robotham, late of Stow Market, Suffolk. On the 21st inst., at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. W. Fal loon, Mr. Walter George Green to Ann Jane Ward, both of this town. Clint 21st in !b, by the ler, Vaux- lark's Rev. Thomas Al oer license, by the Marian Maria Maxwell Lately, at Bayou late of this town. • On the 6th inst. Duisiana, U.S., Geor DIED ceased's death was . oviinito a disease bfoug zeal and severe privations endured in tt John Franklin, in which he as engaged a f r t i . t i% h L i S vii , o L m ad h y e F h r a a d li n a l e i Arctic Seas, Lillie, Esq., John Leiner. De on by untiring late search for Sir r the command of Ca-pt:W;in7, in twelve previous voy ;es to tiii On the 7th inst., at Bagillt, Flintshire, after a long illness ' ao•ed 21, Mary Ellen, dau g ht er o f Robert Benjamin Baker. , On the 9th instant, at h is h ouse, the Star Inn, Bangor, aged 63, Mr. Richard Williams, much respected. On the loth inst., Isabella Leach, daughter of Mr. D. Scott, On the 10th inst., at his residence, in Great Howard-street aged 46, Mr. Wm. Caton, wine and spi r it d ea l er. , On the llth inst., at Rawmarsh Rectory, the residence of his brother, in Yorkshire, Sir James Fitzgerald Ross Mahon, baro net, of Castlegar, county Mayo, aged 38 years. On the llth inst., aged 79, the Hon. W. B. Grey, great-uncle of the Eta' of Stamford and Warrington • On the 11th inst. aged 77, Mr. T. Wi Chester. On the 12th inst., aged 77, Mrs. S. Kelly, Walton. On the 12th inst., aged 20, Catherine, wife of Mr. Edward Edwards, baker, kddison-street nley, olganist, Man. On the 13th instant, suddenly, at Barton on-Irvrell, Mr. F. P. Lamb, youngest son of the late John R. Lamb, Esq., formerly of Unsworth.lodge, near Bury. On the 13th instant, aged 19, Georg Musker, of Gildart•street second son of Mr. W, On the 13th inst., aged 9 months, Dora Cumming, daughter of Mr. Wm. Tiry, of Lowther-street, On the 14th ins;., aged 50, Mr. George Armitage, eating house-keeper, Dale-street. —.„.. On the Atli inst., at Chester, aged 79, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, relict of Mr. Thomas Thomas, of Gwyrselt, and mother of Mr. Peter Thomas, warehouse-keeper, of this town. On the 14th inst., aged 26, William, eldest son of Mr. Wm. Corlett, of the firm of Radcliffe and Corlett, Castle-street. On the 15th inst., in Lodge-lane, aged 66, Lydia, relict of Mr. George Johnson, of Whitehaven. On the 15th inst., aged 35, Mr. Wm. Edwards, of the firm of Cooper and Edwards, Bold-street. . On the 15th inst., at Cabra-honse, near Dublin, the residence of her father, David Donnelly, Esq., aged 26, Ellen Adelaide, wife of P. H. Delamere, Esq., of this town. On the 15th inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Henry Hewitt, Ormonviiie, Higher Broughton, Manchester, aged St, Isabella, relict of the late Mr. John Massey, of that town. oi - ithe 15th inst., at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Amey, Abercromby-square, in his 82d year, Thomas Olivers Warwick, M.D. On the 16th inst., aged 17, Isabella, eldest daughter of Mr. Canty, surgeon, Norton -street. On the 16th inst., at Knutsford, Martha, wife of Mr. J. B. Rigby, ironmonger, of this town. On the 16th inst., after a short illness, Mr. How Ostler, late of Hull. • On the 16th inst., at 70, Abbotsford-place, Glasgow, Jane, youngest daughter of Peter Fulton. On the 17th inst., suddenly, aged 29, Wm. Middleton, eldest ton of W. 11. Eosbrooke, Esq., attorney-at-law, late of this town. On the 17th inst., aged 37, Mary Ann, wife of Zr.b John Duckers, of Rose-hill. On the 17th inst., in Clarence-st.,aged 73, Mrs. Fanny Cullen. On the 17th inst., at his residence, in Great Newton-street, aged :3, Henry Donald, Esq., son of the late Wm. Donald, Esq., of Great George-square. • On the 17th in'Sti, aged . 7 Months, John, the infant son of Owen Elias, of Netherfield-road North. On the 17th inst., atkuncorO,Niiilltiin F. Woo Vail, eldestson of Mr. John Woolfall, late of Phytbian-street, On the 18th instant; at the house of histlaughter, blrs.Ames, Aber( ronibv-terrace, Mr. Thomas Olivars-Wanvick. On the 18th inst., at his residence, in Moss-street, after a short but severe illness, Mr. John Miller, teadealer. On the 18th inst., aged 55, Mr. John Barnhill, brewer. The deceased had been a faithful and confidential servant upwards of thirty-five years at Messrs. Ardern's, Penketh Brewery, Warrington. On the 18th inst., at her residence, Halewood, aged 78, Miss Mary Molyneux. • On the 18th inst., in Devon-street, aged 35, Barbara, wife of Mr. Alexander Stewart, compositor, Chropicle-office. On the 19th instant, after a king and painful illness much re spected, aged 55 years, Charlotte, wife of Mr. John d. Brown. On the 19th instant, atter a long and painful illness, aged 39, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Mr. Richard Jones, Llanddulus Quarries, North Wales. On the 20th inst.. at her residence, Allerton, aged/S, Martha, relict of the late Richard Lowe, yeoman. On the 20th inst., Isabella, wife of Mr. Henry Smith, of Compton-house.