The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER is growing so fast that five new churches are
now being erected ; and, as a balance, 400 more cells are to be
added to the gaol, at a cost of £24,000.
SUICIDE.—Arthur Cotter, residing with his parents at 90,
Chatham-street, committed :suicide on Monday evening last.
He was only 21 years old, but had been labouring under a
diseased mind for some time.
ESCAPE OF A. LIINATIC.—On Wednesday, Win. Huyton,
aged 47, a lunatic, made his escape from the Rainhill Asylum,
by climbing the garden wall, and he has not since been heard
of. He was seen working in the garden, as a labourer, about
eleven o'clock, and no doubt watched for his opportunity.
ON Tuesday night, whilst a painter named George Cock-
burn, residing at No. 11, Hughes-street, accompanied by his
wife and twin children, were passing along Lord-street, view-

ing the illuminations, an infant, four weeks old, which the
mother carried at her breast, was accidentally suffocated.

ON Tuesday, a lad named Marshall, who resides in Walnut-
street, was in the act of firing off -a small pistol, when his
brother happened to get before him, and received the whole of
the charge in his face. The pistol was loaded only with paper,
so that, with the exception of a blackened and swollen face,
the lad sustained no injury.
BRUTAL TREATMENT ON SHIP-BOARD.—James Flanagan,
aged 19, a sailor on board the American ship Andrew Foster,
lying in the Waterloo Dock, was knocked down by the boat-
swain, on Thursday, and severely kicked, whereby the young
man has lost the use of one eye. He was removed to the

Northern Hospital.
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AT KNOWSLEY.—His worship

the Mayor; Mr. Chas. Turner, the chairman of the Dock Corn
mittee ; Mr. Horsfall, M. P. ; Mr. Bramley-Moore, M. P. ; and
Mr. T. Edwards Moss, were honoured with invitations to meet
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and dined at the
Right Hon. the Earl of Derby's, on Thursday.
A WOMAN unknown, who entered Mr. Wakefield's -spirit
vaults, in Argyle-street, 'on Tuesday night, and dranik four
glasses of rum and hot water, was shortly afterwards found
sitting on the steps in,a state of insensibility. Being assisted
into the house, she died in a few minutes. An inquest was
held on Wednesday, and the jury retrrned a verdict of " Died
from excessive drinking."
THE EXPLOSION IN GREENLAND-STREET.-401111 Hird, a
firework-maker, who formerly resided at 38, Bolton-street,
Copperas-hill, was one of the parties who were injured in the
late explosion of the firework manufactory in •Greenland-
street. He was conveyed to the Southern Hospital, suffering
from a severe buried the neck, chest, and arms, :and died on
Thursday. This is the third victim of the explosion.
PRESENTATION.—The shippers of goods bythe steamship
Blenheim, of Belfast, have presented the chief 'officer of that
vessel, Mr. Menairy, with a gold watch and appendages. The
watch bears the following inscription :—" Presented to Mr.
Menairy, chief officer of the steamer Blenheim, of Belfast,
by Mr. Charles M'Causland, of 127, Front •Portland-street,
this token of respect, which he duly merits from those who
are conected with the shipping interest of Belfast."
FIRES.—On Thursday morning, a fire broke out in the
warehouse of Messrs. Pennell and Co., Feather-street. Some
fire-rockets had penetrated through the skylight, which was
open, and ignited a quantity of feathers. The fire brigade
were soon on the spot, and the fire was extinguished before
any serious damage was sustained. On the-same morning, a
fire was discovered in the drug stores of Mr. Ebenezer Hughes,
Scotland-road. The fire brigade was promptly in attendance,
and the conflagration was soon subdued.
LAUNCH •ON .t. FERRY STEAMER.—On Thursday, the second
steamer built by Mr. John Laird for the Woodside ferry was
launched from the iron ship building yard, Sefton-street.
She was called the Eugenie, and is a sister ship to the Liver-
pool. The appearance of these two vessels is quite novel.
The principal feature in their build is the fluting of the
flooring and their peculiar ends, which are formed like the
letter D. By the experimental trip made on Wednesday, of
the Liverpool, 'the shape has been found to answer every ex-
pectation, and the speed is much superior to what was
anticipated.
NARROW ESCiLPE.—An accident which%very nearly termi-
nated fatally occurred on Wednesday, at the new coal pit
which is being•sunk by Messrs. Johnson, in Fleet-lane, Parr.
Two men, named Reece Davies and ThomaseWew, were at the
bottom of the-shaft blasting the rock, andihaving laid a blast
they lighted the fuse, and gave the signal to be hoisted up.
When they bad been wound up about half-way the steam of the
engine was exhausted, and they went to they bottom again. As
they were descending the explosion took place, and broke three
1 of the ribs of Davies and the arm of Wew. It is thought the
engineer must :have been asleep for some time, and thus let
the steam go down. Both men are doing WOl.
HEALTH ,COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Langsdale in the chair. The medical officer
reported that in the previous week, notwithstanding the pre-
valence of scarletina, the mortality of the borough was un-
usually low. Decths from all causes, 200, against 234 in the
preceding week, And an average of 241 in the corresponding
week of previous years. Of 69 deaths caused by zymotic
diseases, 27 were from scarletina, 20 from diarrheea, 8 from
measles, 5 from typhus, none from small-pox. From diseases
of the lungs the-deaths were 51, the same as in the preceding
week. Of the total 200 deaths, 131 occurred below the age of
five. A conversation took place relative to the mode in which
apprentices should be taken at. the Borough Engineer's office,
but the subject waa ultimately postponed. The following
members were appointed a special committee to co-operate
with the committee cf council to take into .oencideration the
desirability of extending the township :—The Chairman and
Deputy-Chairman.; Mr. Halhead, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Beckwith,
and Mr. Crosthwaite. It was intimated with regard to the
dispute between the Health and Dock Committees as to the
encroachment at the south-west corner of the klustom-house,
the Mayor (who had been appointed umpire) had decided in
favour of the Doek Committee.—Mr. Moss informed the com-
mittee that that was thelast time he should meet the members
of the board, and he could not retire without acknowledging
the kindness he had received from them
during.a,penod of
three years.—Mr. Dovertore testimony to Mr. Moses-services,
which the board would he sorry to lose.
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been spilt of his child's ; and:that he would have my child's
puddings if he did not get satisfaction when his father ,(the
deceased) came home. He then went out. About half-past
seven, o'clock on Saturday night the deceased came home from
his work, quite sober. Ile had his supper and then went to
bed. I then sent out my daughter to get a little butter, and
I remained up till she came home. Soon after she had gone
I heards,man shouting in the court, and at once recognised
the volee to be that of the prisoner. I heard him rattling
and making a great noise in his own house, the door of which
is next but one to mine. I immediately took the poker and
fastened the door as well as I could, .as there was no key to
the lock. Soon after the prisoner came opposite to our win-
dow, and called for either of the Cahills to come out. I
understood him to mean by that for my husband and brother-
in-law, who lodged in our house, to come out. Neither of
them went out, and then the prisoner began to knock at and
break in the door. I went up-stairs to my husband, and found
him looking out of the window into the court. I put my
head out of the window, and said to the prisoner, " Go into
your own house, and have nothing to do with my husband -"
that he had been working hard all day and knew nothing Of
what had happened between the children yesterday. The
prisoner then said, " You —, come down, and I will run
you through as well as them," The deceased then
went down stairs, and I followed him. The deceased
took out the poker which I had used to fasten the door, and
laid it on the table. He then opened the door. The prisoner
was standing outside, and the moment the deceased opened
the door the prisoner struck him two blows with his clenched
fist The deceased moved a little into the room from the
door. The prisoner stepped in a little, but I did not observe
anything in the prisoner's hand. There was a lighted candle
on the table, which the deceased took up to see what the pri-
soner had in his band. Directly after I heard the deceased
cry out, "I am stabbed." He had his hand on his left breast,
and said, " Hand me the poker." I did not see the prisoner
stab the deceased, but, directly after I heard the cry " I am
stabbed," the prisoner ran out of the house. When I heard
that cry I went out also, as I was so frightened. When I
came back the deceased had been carried up-stairs, and placed
on a bed. He was not able to speak.-IVlary Cahill, daughter,
and Michael Cahill, brother of the deceased, corroborated the
evidence given by the wife.—Sarah Healy produced a knife,
which she deposed to finding in front of the prisoner's door,
on the morning after the occurrence.—Inspector Haynes, who
took the prisoner into custody, said the man resisted very
much, and kicked him so severely that he had been off duty
since.—The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a
verdict of wilful murder, and the prisoner was committed for
trial at the assizes. The Coroner said the deceased had left
his widow with five helpless children, and he believed the
widow herself was now in a state of pregnancy. It was a
case for the charitable. The jurymen subscribed amongst
themselves the sum of £l3 155., which they ordered the Coro-
ner to distribute to her in such instalments as he thought
proper.