The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

THE United States mail steamer Atlantic, Capt. West, sailed
,hence on Saturday, for New York, with 165 passengers, a large
cargo, and the usual mails.
, ON Thursday, Richard Hannah, aged nine months, whose
parents live at 49, Sherwood-street, crept so close to the fire
that his clothes ignited, and he was so severely burnt that, he
died on the following day.
ON Saturday evening, soon after six o'clock, the house of
Mr. Bird, Brunswick-road, was entered by the back window,
while the family were in the drawing-room, up stairs, and the
body of a silk dress, and other articles of wearing apparel,

were stolen.
SCALDED To DEATH.— On Saturday, an inquest was held on
the body of Wm. Townson, aged six years, who died on Fri-
day from the effects of scalds accidentally received on Wed-
nesday week. The deceased was playing on the hearthstone of
his parents' house, in Eldon-street, when the coals under the
coffee-kettle gave way, and the child was severely scalded. A
verdict of " accidental death" was returned. -
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday morning an
accident occurred at the Camden-town goods station of the
London and North-Western Railway, whereby a platelayer
named Joseph Blake lost his life. At six o'clock a.m. some
loads of timber were being shunted by an engine on to the up-
line, for the purpose of completing a train for the Haydon-
square station, when Blake, endeavouring to get under the
trucks, with the intention of crossing to the other side of the
line, was knocked down by the heavily-laden waggons, the
whole of which passed over him. On assistance being rendered,
it was found that his legs were severed from his body, and he
expired within a few minutes of the accident.
•SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Saturday, on the body
of Michael Russell, aged 60, lodging at the house of Mary
Threlfall, No. 1 Court, Bevington-street.. The deceased was
formerly in the employ of the surveyor, as a paviour, but was
discharged, about a fortnight ago, since which time he had
been much depressed in spirits, and by. an idea that everyone
was robbing him. On Friday morning he was not heard
dressing long after his usual hour, and on the bedroom door,
which was locked, being broken open, he was found on his
knees, dead, with his neckerchief 'tied round his neck, and the
end fastened to the bedpost. A verdict of " Temporary in-
sanity" was returned.
STABBING.—On Saturday night, Wm. Moseley, a carter,
was stabbed during an affray at Woolfe-street. A distarb-
ance took place amongst some foreign sailors, with which
Moseley became mixed up. A tght ensued, and Moseley. Was
stabbed in the throat with a knife. The wound was a serious
conveyed
esyevederamloseof 18h;
tntherie esseattehing
Dispensary,divi. where his
wCeortfaso
were temporarily attended to, and he' was afterwards taken
to the Southern Hospital. A sailor, named 'tames Craig, who,
it is alleged, committed the act of stabbing, was taken into
custody, and when Moseley is sufficiently recovered to give
evidence of the facts he case will be inquired into before the

magistrates.
A.MIDENT FROM GAS.—On Saturday, Samuel and Mary
Ann Webster, residing in Ashton street, Toitetlapark, had a
eiatrow escape from suffocation by `gas. They went to bed on
!Friday about Midnight, and as 'they did not make their
appearance the following day as lanai, suspicions were enter-
tained as to some casualty havitg occurred. In theafternoon
access was oberained to the house, when they, being the only
inmates, were found in a state of insensibility from suffocation.
They were promptly removed to the Soatharn Hospital, where
'the woman:is so far restored as to be out of danger, but the
'man is still in a dangerous ;condition. The accident is sup-
posed to have originated from a leak in the gas pipe, or through
negligence in not turningit off.
ROEIPERY AT WEST Pletressa.--;Emma Smith and Mary Far-
rington (sisters) were brought before the county magistrates, on
"Saturday, chargedwitlethe robberyofwearing apparel and other
articles, from Mr. Filburn, of the Stanley Arms, West Derby.
Smith was employed as a • char.woman, and on Monday-she
was about leaving the house, when it was found that she had
ar-stawl belonging to Mrs. Fillstrn. Upon being searched
by the police, it was found that 'she had some paweatiekets re-
ferring to table covers and other property which had been
Pledged at the shop 'of Mr. Thomas Wilkin, Bevington-bush,
'.and which had been previously missed from the Stanley Arms.
siOn Thursday night the police went to the house of a woman
eammed Roper, in Percival-street, Old Swan, where they dia-
-1 asovered a bundle of articles which had been left 'by the
prisoner Farrinettin; *ith the intention of evading the search
of the constables. The whole of the property was identified
by Mrs. Filbtirn. Smith was committed ler four ,months' hard
labour. Farrington was discharged.
COURT or CHANCE itY, FRIDAY.—StrOnge v. Hawke,:
John Blackburn, the testator in the snit, was, 'together with
his partners, John Ireland Blackburn and ;E. •Corbett, the
• owner of tetlain salt-works, at Garetea, ,iii *Lancashire. By
i an order made 'by lace-Chancellor Ituart 'the partnership
accounts 'were directed to be taken, ant itaveNreferred to Mr.
Stewart, of Liverpool, a surveyor, tonseettain the amount due
to the testator's estate, with libertyzisessteteany point for the
opinion ofthe court. By a subsequeet eider the whole matter
I was directed to be 'brou ght on befovolte-Lordsalustices. On
' the 15th of-Jurrellast 31 T. Stewartntade his .awerd, reserving
' several natters -to be determined'lya the court, and these
formed thesublect of the present discussion. :Their Lordships
directed a-special case, under Sirai3verge :Turner's Act, as 'a
means Of regularly bri mgiug the uttettions before the court.
Tan IirVrETOOL 'I 'R lt-EISCPATTax.-4t a meeting 'of
' the representatives o g the local-Tress, on -Saturday, at the
ClarendorFrooms, M]:. Baler, oftbe -Liverpool Mail, occupy-
ing the chair, it was reeelvedixrettablish a society, under the
l' -above designation, the ebjectctwlich should be to' cultivate
in the iterary de' ?artanents-ofe press of rthis town, by ',th
mutual rod feeling andtordiahadirsn amongst those engaged
; bringing" them int ;o contact With 'each -theme at- social • and
of
' other meetings to 1 n held Teriodicilly. By tinterchange
' frimullyfellings, a Neil would thus. be-created, and by. pro-
' meting • objects of interest-10 • the . profession agenerally, ' the
'
Ipromoters ekehe a neetay believethat much advar_tage would be
derivedaseh .froi n its *eorporate ninzacier the association is
expeetetto attain an inanenee- isliklh,
rightly directed,. may
be productive oft he mestimportruxt and beneficial results.
FIRM •AT RAIN lIILIL 141:72CATIC _ASYLIT3I.—A.Lre broke out
in the tailors' der iartment at the itsienbill asyltunon Thursday
afternoon; and a ] nessenger•was'ds,,patched for the St. Helen's
engine 'A body of pe&iee soon attached a couple of horses to
it anddrove off; but before they arrived the .tire was almost
extinguished by t he mortions-ofthe attendants.at the asylum,
I assisted •by a n amber *of the eratients, who busily carried
water from a pon din the yard. There was a good supply of
water at ? hand, • otherwise the adamage must have been very
great. 'As it was,. eillahaelothea *and fitting were destroyed,
and the.flames so* nr caught-the rafters and passedthrough the
, roof. The damag e.Willbe-considerreele, but both the.articles
and the building were ineuredin the Royal Exchange Insur-
sance Offiee. Ho -w the fire :origineted is a mystery, but it
' commenced en therfirsenoorawberethe stoves foriheating the
irons are, and it is probable rthey 4ney have beeuaeverheated,
and thus ignited ti to building.
Learrierraaarree ARSOCIATION 1 Pon LA.scaktumE ,AND
CRESULEE.—The a thou inetitutiee, *which now embraces a
combination of 75 literary and other societies, containing an
aggregate of .20,000 members :lure entered into anurrange.
went for affording a substrate-during the enseing,winter for
lectures' which latter ly.lawenot,been popular with-the mem-
bers of meoLanics' fauttitutions. :They have putt-I:aged a
powerful - microscope and large • exy4hydrogen . lantern, -.with
dissolvingvieses, whic h are intended to itinerate through the
two counties ...Jul
.gh .e eldeibitionte, in aconneetionawith the
various societies. The .apparatus will be placed ha ;charge of
a lecturer and an exhibitor, who willaravelavith it. Whe dis-
solving views ,are sufficiently numeroas to afford a aeries of
, six exhibitions, .arranged as fellows a7l. The inseetaeurld
(British inset:tee:lld foreign).-2, Thewegetable world. at. Fa-
miliar objects .in daily use (food >and fluids). 4. Oriental
.scenery. 5. Brit:sh scenery. eli. Itim,eapitals of Europe. As
these exhibitions, will be of an amusing character, es well as
aeffording the means of intelleelaaa ampaaaelneot,. it i, lipped
tftLey will offer some compensatiou for !tile loss of lectumes al a
form of instruction.—Marteherter,C.uaraan.
:;DEN en FOG.-02 Saturday morning-this town . and with-
1, heurhood were, visited by one of the :meet dense fogs expo.,
.eneed for some seam. The town was. ahrouded in anatmos-
phere so impernseabie to the sun that to ~about noon it pre-
".sented the appearance of midgeght. ale movements aef
pedestrians were attended with .inearevenience, and perecare
in.e.harge of vehicles mew obliged to eeereise the utmost caution
in order to avoiduceidents from collision. The navigation .was
partially suspended for several hours duringthe forenoon, and
only aim. of the SerryNboats made their usual trips. The
beatatould only proceeded half speed, and had to stop fre-
quently a order to avoitl•oollisions. In somelnstances nearly
an hour gas occupied in .messing the river. Rolls were -rung
of horns and other signals trere brought into -requisition .to
on board•the, boats, „and st:,the landing-stage.; ; the sounding
prevent :accidents. Several of the coasting, and.e'tuer steamers
were delayed beyond their usual time of arrival; and vessels
ready for seamere prevented leaving the river in.,canseuuence
of the fog. 3So far, however,, as we have been able to learn,
no casualty oecurred. About ore o'clock the sun one forth,
and the fog gradually disappeared.
THE Mime ',LT ST. BAILITAX4S'S CHITRCIL—.OIICIIIICIan
vin accordance with, annual custom, the mayor, John.Sttewart,
5%5q., attended divine service at St. Barnabas's Church. Par-
-liament-street, where a _sermon was;preached on behalf. of the
Southern and Toeteth HospitaL ,IChe Mayor and -.several
mt.mbers of the Council met at St. Barnabas's school% Green-
land-street, at a quarter before eleven. o'clock, and proceeded
theuce to the church. They were accompanied by thealeek.
of the peace and the corporate officialealhe latter carrying the
civienegalia. Amonget,other gentlemen present were r.,#l. •
C. Ewart, M.P., Mr. C. Turner, Mr. S. Job, president of the
institution, Mr. J. A. Tobin, the ex-mayor, Mr. H. llalhead,
Mr. .3L Creosol], Mr. 0. itlelden, Mr. James Holme, &c. The
sermon was preached by the ;Rev. p. T. Barmy, incumbent of
St. Barnalos's, and honoraryarleaplain to the institution, from •
the text, Matthew v. 7, " What do ye more than others ?"
The rev. gentleman, alluding to the ,charity :op whose behalf
'he was about to appeal to their liberality, said it fwas one of the
beet of that class of institutions an elle,coentry,as regarded its 1
Internal arrangement and the professional skill ofthe medical I
officers connected with it. Such was its growingeimportance
that, while yearo 1843 it had given re'Sef to 632 unfortunate
persona, this it had relieved no fewer than 3rfele. The
Institution bad strnggled on ; but, he regretted to say, it was
now fast getting into debt, and there was reason to 'believe
that at the close of this year its liabilities would amount to
£1,500. This fact induced him to appeal to the merchants of
this town, and he hoped the appeal would receive a generous
response. The collection amounted to £4lss. ea.
ROYAL MEEaBT YA.CJIT CLUB BALL.—On Wednesday 1
(to-morrow,) this much talked of, and by our fair townswomen
long and anxiously looked for, hall comes off. The arrange-
ments are fast maturing, and their completeness in every de-
partment reflects the highest praise on the committee of
management. Mr. Gribbin 's excellent band will occupy the
orchestra, a guarantee to one for the chief essentials to the
success of a ball, namely, good music; and in the hall the
band of the Pensioners, with the permission of Colonel Swan,
will greet the guests with enlivening strains on their arrival.
We have been favoured with a peep at the card of the dances,
the most elegant and complete thing of the kind we have seen;
not only does the programme give the dances in their order,
but the music to be played also. The selected Quadrilles
are the "British Navy," " Irish," and "Scotch," and "Partant
pour la Syrie." Waltzes : " Montrose," " Nymph of the
Wave," " Crystal Palace," " Prize," " Sum Mer Flower," .
"F" "Chant d'Amour," and "False Adieu." Galops:
"Regatta," " Derby," " Express," and Victory." Polkas :
" Sultan," " Alma," " Isabella," and " Sovereign!' This
beautiful little card, or rather book, is executed by Messrs.
Yates and Hess, engravers, of Lord-street, and,' we doubt not,
will be preserved as a memento of the evening by many' a fair
one, for long years to come. The lady patronesses are the
Countess of Ellesmere, the Earl being vice-patron of the club,
and Mrs. Littledale, wife of the commodore. Mr. Towers, of
the Angel Hotel, justly celebrated as a caterer to the inner
man, presides in the supper-room ; welcome intelligence to
those who seek the more substantial pleasures. Dancing will
commence at nine o'clock ; and, to prevent confusion, we are
requested to desire that coachmen will observe the rules in
putting down and taking up the company.— Albion.