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 known.
'age..
Queen the House of Commons on Thursday. highly respected, and was in the 47th year of his age.
Queen 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 Broth 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. BRAGA. 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
asa7srsseof this town for the repeal of the post horse duty departed."
il,_
A. ssed tax on carriages let for hire. COMMITTAL OF A DETECTIVE OFFICER FOR FELONY:—
.....G.04,.._ 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 and Liverpool
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 nu TURNOUT AT RADCLIFFE. &c.—The hands, to station. From the evidence of Mary Ann Clough, the
tied it.4Ther of 1,500, belonging to eight firms at Radcliffe daughter of the 'chief superintendent, it appeared that on
tress dkington, still continue on the strike, and the die- Tuesday last, she was standing at one of the windows of
aoass
sk ii, engst the operatives is very great. the house which overlooks the yard at the police-office,
piece tlis 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,
tlive some 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
secil,stbe captain of the Roscommon was ordered to the trunk, and left.—Catherine Walters stated that she
rowept:',". 11d., being the damage done to the steamer was the wife of John Walters, a porter,residing at No. 7,
dese °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
Was 2.',RPooe SUNDAY SCHOOL lesTretsre.—A lecture the prisoner, and brought to the police-dffice. She had a
,the delivered at the Concert-hall, on Friday evening, by trunk in her house containing wearing apparel and some
•'tleisittv• Thos. Archer, D.D.. of London, on tile " In- articles of jewellery. On going home, after being liberated,
Ille•pd'n," being the last of the series of lectures upon she found the trunk ransacked, and other property re-
,bA tePes and Institutes of Rome. moved. On the following day she went to the police-
. gg, RUNREN MAN DROWNED.—On Wednesday even- office, where she saw the trunk, which, when taken from
otebicsat a 11)1..acksmith named Martin Charlton, residing in herspossession, was locked. She produced the key, and
street. was drowned by falling off the Clarence the prisoner opened it. She examined the trunk, and
Sail 5t,"437. The deceased had been seeing some friends missed a white shirt, a brooch, a breastpin, and a quantity
latozi nee of the Dublin steamers, and at the time was of pawn tickets. The prisoner was committed for trial at
cated.
E 3 " ROYAL the sessions.
°exp.__, NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL
oashire4 r•--Phe annual meeting of the Royal North Lan-
rresta Agricultural Society is fixed to Earl f
at
Lan-
has act' in the month of August next. The Earl of Derby
the o..eep.ted the office of president, and his presence on
ses'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
base zroc's for the accommodation of purchesers, and we
a fair sk"ubt but the spirited proprietors will bp awarded
Tits,"ovs of patronage by the ladies of Liverpool.
13eact GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-RHlP.—Messrs. Gibbs,
linalep' and Co., finding it impossible to give orders to the
deeidsc`ins Parties anxious to see the Great Britain, have
§e ails"l„,t.hat when she is completed she will be open 'to
bathe;lle at a small charge, and that two of the days will
TR Monde and Tuesday in Easter week. .
Tllll,, '-41ANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER has appointed
treteteerusaY next to receive a deputation from the post-
the ki„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
the lasses and carriages let to hire, with a view of obtaining
slieal or a modification of them.
Tce of EMENTs or TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS.—
~.sailedri).lral mail steam-ship Canada, Lang, commander,
ttalisexr°,ll the Mersey on Saturday, at 11 30 a.m., for
„seligets and Boston, with the usual mails, and 63 pas.
';oiastn',-The United States mail steam-ship Baltic,
ttiossos_c4". commander, will sail from the Mersey to-
tee' (Wednesday), for New York, with the mails, &c.
01 SsilsTußE To THE WORKING CLASSES.—On the evening
.Ilidanrs,,day last the Rev. Dr. Baylee, Principal of St.
Wossiss ‘-•ollege,'Birkenhead, delivered a lecture to the
Greas",,g„classes in the school-room of St. Matthias' Church,
War;tioward-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 the „to with marked attention. The chair was taken
Peis.'ev• D. Aspinall.
wares's•s-On Thursday morning, a fire broke out in the
Itteet "se of Air Mur h marine store dealer, in Edge/s-
-had 'but was ssbdued yb'efore any considerable damage
tftesn been sustained.—About three o'clock on Friday
uillin°°e a fire broke out in a paintshop occupied by Mr. ,
es England Smithdown.lane. The engines of the West authority w
neugfi the Fire-office were promptly on the spot, and
'n subds• e suPPlv of water was very small, they succeeded
Propept"ing the flames in three quarters of an Lour. The
ALte Y Was insured.
1.a..._1"8 AT PRESTON BY THE REV. S. MINTON,
lacerah-ue Tuesday evening, the Rev. Samuel Minton,
the coat rit of Sr. 811:Is's Liverpool,'
delivered the sixth of
e
ties. -se of lectures on' the peculiar doctrines and prac-
sester the Church of Rome, under the auspices of the
toen,uttihProtestant Association, in the theatre of that
ueetrin e subject of the lecture being "The Romish
ereweese of Intention." Every part of the house was
Pied to excess. The Rev. J. Owen Parr, vicar, occu-
laity 14e. chair, and many of the clergy and influential
1 lisActhe town and neighbourhood were present. origir
sreess i'neßN MACHINERY. —On Monday last, the '
4sse tissclaantity of machinery sent out of Blackburn at
4tailw•`e, was forwarded by the Lancashire and Yorkshire
train e"oy, t,O Liverpool, for shipment to Sweden. The I of tee mac
Qs„,,, , nsistasi
.! three
Reek, ve..,.„.
chi:: erk) „ni
... , siseig ana warping ma- was given in evidence that the prisoners had tied William
14,8 tleand oilier Pnecessaries '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
BsT, tin. AT SEA.—The brig Tyro, Captain Orr, done because a bunch of keys and a small file had been
e eapt:: this Port on Sunday last, from Lisbon, bringing missed. There was neither fire nor light in the cellar.
e'lly sn'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'saving r, on the 16th March, 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
;boat tC • After spending an awful night, in an open prisoners three or four times last. week, and was tied upon
,' half. captain 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
limbsrest° whom they desire their heartfelt thanks for their night clothes on. Joel Beresford, between eleven
;e, Bout reatment 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
ioezei, a'ait.trttilsto.
.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
cart much•
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 -uath, where it is said, he had a majority of past five in the morning he was. allowed to get up, and
earNlliet element, order to' get rid of the troublesome and went to work. On Thursday night he was put, into the
e-"ifYine 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. Copock. At Bury he
bit/101,1_4e been . stooping posture, so that he could not sit down. Mr.
eels-- troebi returned, not only without expense, but
Peel '4016 , e ; but Mr. Ashton's connexion with the Walker Golland, surgeon, who had examined the children,
both' and -• It induced him' to put forward Mr. Frederick said that the person of the elder boy was covered with
aarethere 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
=less --elEtt,
having been bound with tight ligatures. The little
baeray, at theAncer
Lion
An inquest was held, on Wed- from
girl (about six years old) was in a dangerous state. She
lire of •ssei . e Leon in the new road, Prescot, on the
ok i ham . ,
had a large bruise on the forehead, and was covered from
;ton 1 Collier Molineux, a coal-drawer in the Prescot head to heels with bruises and wounds. A large abscess
!s.aes,l.len ssi„3:. The dec
eased had to draw a small wag- was forming, in consequence of these bruises and wounds,
41<llif. the' 74381 s down. an
.incline. in the pit, and on and it would probably render her lame for life. He con-
es h, :rot-le:es 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.
Unshed, who descent, acquired a force which the de- A STILL CHASE.—StiII life means life still—or, more
iis le to Was only about fifteen years of age, was et pelted resist, and • properly speaking, life from which the vital principle has
VII again . . in consequence he was violently departed ; but not so with a still chase, which means
4 Was f st the side of the working, by which. his
Verd: .tacturee exactly the opposite. To chase is a verb active, and more
pit Let os „cid 'and 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 inENTs.—On Thursday last, Mr. Jeffrey the words not awaken ! Poets have spent almost as
ss• borneet.' 4 Millwright in T died h
oxteth-park, from the 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 slia'n'i On the latter-named day he was thrown The Chace at once conveys to the mind the ruddy morn,
eialieshende 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 tr.. who has left a family of nine hildren, relieved from are by the animation of the pursuit, and
she
sill sires sidence in Cable-street, under the following interested in the casualties which invariably attend a good
184 owaa 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 by 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
ilit aw at the _on various parts of her body, one of the higher order—when man chases man—when the pur-
-144 etlaY.n Portrie time passing over her right leg, tear- sued is one upon whose capture a high price is fixed,
The unfortunate woman and when they P
if successful, is considered not
odwfrethheaderfaufl. esh,
ishaegodnriaegag.ed out the remainder only worthy of reward but of esteem ! The most erdent,
:(Fillest;er:tpliesdteehs.,%"l.2zenn,
Oeseeee 001, BANK and consequently the most successful hunters, in this
ss herloek RUPTCY COURT.--The case of Mr. respect, ere our excise officials. Who can deceive an
ph a
weerc, th hat ;here ?
sod 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/41 `° alror d done all that lay in his the scent of a bloodhound. This last is one of the greatest
Bon entitled ,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 day • .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
41,. 0,
vYv_a butcher, i case of James Cooper, who was tion i n a
~
ipre preeminent
ytedv 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 ete yee4t.: given. 14102, a large 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
ee-)44t k Steam-'androh file exercised it improperly. ,As a proof of their indefatigable belt. They ransacked the drawing and dining rooms or
to nee dal-, 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,petsetthesinessJ uses Taylor James, who has recently
~...,.. et it, els last
exa_s a. merchant in this town, came up Friday. the collector of inland revenue, with Messrs. They were disappointed of their booty, as they were only
Chadwick, Reader, Sproull,. and
.other officers, in the able to carry off a silver soup-ladle, two tea-spoons, a
. sh.• 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.
iltortneriWilan: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, Lasgedell•ttso. the 'West of England Insurance Corn- one as might serve an olden squire, or convey the idea of
dtly ceenzy.... 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 aPI3oi A4I3ITRATI ,
Asylum and Lock Hospital.
silent air. The mansion is surrounded by a inclosure
there tt 'fled for •
ttr...yalue _
sP.. 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
rea7,rewut_ the
Yonpropert Ainsworth to determine
thetsho '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
vie use, the •
4' 44 wlf Raviofficers found a large and admirably-ma e still , perma-Berkeley, .., Mr.P. .
. . ~M.P., . Mr.
' d AI P NN• S. Miles and W.
Dot eiesf
s, fie time and 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
Mof 1 sb at his • tresidence,'
Ball'tire.tog v,, .4, rst be made tosettle the ggallons of wash and fermentation. The still contained with the Earl Ma me ury . private
k,!!‘Na, eu to i !leases.
lel tseni' des °our to
affeert ingly two gentlemen were a
worked, The wash was destroyed, but the implements -injury they had sustained in consequence of the blockade
‘7",.WoptsAleesporee, o* Liverpoei anf arrangeent viz., Mr. used in distillation were taken in charge by the officers. being established, without any notice being given them,
ThAan 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
cots ''cis ; the result was that 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 theyp'remises ; but the which were on shore to a great amount, for the purpose
to the told m Another rent. -: sides to be paid by the house-a
gent
tlh tin February last a well-dressed of procuring palm oil, placed in the greatest jeopardy.
sapeepnre, 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.
Ars °id hnre of Ili s "11)4 si, of Liverpool, in respect rent tl
made a favourable impression on him A
11,itiaqjhboni (brim
has ?inuatrebyassis of back land, with a subjectreto
loceursteafinorsstixpuTaottilotnliss, at
itileinweaesesne:nuionaecoasstnyeatry,
ethoamtmthnenyiehaatidon
has since been received from his Lord-
:fres:4e view '4 'CI2OO. sTheeeco decided. The claim of
to the effect "That the Admi-
tespa„ cools saving the theor ration offered £1 000 •
about the premises, but nothing further is known. It is ship's private secretary,
, 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 agree se of a reference. The
01 ° L 9s. _ord ad umpire (Mr manner is carried on to a rreat extent. Unless a claimant Commander-in. Chief of Hier Majesty's squadi•on on th
Harnpson the domestic • '° .
fA" • t ineonven;ence the traders in pal the
m
......
31Q,„.., Wilton
•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.offieers 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 last Harrison proceeded 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, while a friend of 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 discharged, and the
-^! 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.

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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 vicarage
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,