The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

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The note was presented to him for one sum, and, as be
felt he could not pay that amount, the plaintiff took the
note out and altered it to another sum.; thinking that all
was not right, he refused to pay it, arid told the plaintiff
to take it to Captain Ainley, at the Sailors' Home, to see
that the alteration would be correct ; but, instead of doing
„e
as w ittiam that, the plaintiff, it appeared, at once went to an attorney.
—The learned
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Tpool :and said that he was waiting in judge said that the front of the note and
the back differed, and he thought that the defendant was
from Liverpool, from whom
- to be about 20 years not liable in consequence of the alteration.—The defen-
--4 of somewhat dant said that this was a serious mat ter.—Mr. Taylor said
" Aressed, the plaintiff had full authority to fill up the note for the
- •n. £3 103.—The judge said that the note having been altered
by the plaintiff, he would consider the matter, and give
his judgment on Monday morning. His present impres-
sion was, that the defendant was not liable.—The case
has been further adjourned to Monday next.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the weekly
meeting, Alderman Langsdale presided, and the other
members present were Messrs. Chalmer, Godfrey, Dover,
Nicholson, Fleming, Rogers. Lloyd, Beckwith, Bigham,
and Johnson.—Mr. Pardy, Mr. Dale, and Mr. Howarth,
waited upon the committee, to request the construction
of a sewer between Moor-place and Greek-street. They
stated that they suffered much from the want of drainage;
and the Chairman promised that the matter should be
~ ,4 "rtxtos, attended to.—The medical officer of health reported that
op,tteee 'IAL TO A CLERGYMAN.—The subjoined the health of the town continued favourable, the morta-
kl)Vted itnrnleied by a handsomely filled purse was lity of the borough, last week, having been lower than in
any of the twenty weeks preceding. The deaths regis-
tpt jfilpiti° the Rev:William Charles Lake. Aspinall on
tered were 195, having eradually fallen from 281 in the
tllklVlle itt the curacy of Oldbury. Mr. Aspinall is a
IZ. '',e........v• James Aspinall. rector of Althorpe, Lin- third. week
.of August.. During the four fortnights stitn-
tiNlip Dear 1,0 To the Rev. L. Aspinall. Oldbury, Aug.. prised within that period, the deaths were respectively
lettl): br Sir,—We, the undersigned inhabitants of 542, 498, 442,. and 397. Of the 195 deaths, last week,
4,!14.11e! Your acceptance of the small sum annexed, 47 occurred in the extra-parochial wards, and 148 within
Ptb‘t4 !vie:l our great respect and esteem for your vlua- the parish of Liverpool. Diseases of the zymotic class
k, bia trl: fervently and honestly discharged for two caused 62 deaths, of which 26 were from diarrhoea, &c.,
.:1,4?de1.},!7, Parish. (Signed) T. R. Cooper, Esq. and 15 from scarlatina, and 6 from measles. No deaths were
IA 40;,'"' churchwardens," with the names of the registered from small-pox. Scarlatina shows a disposition
Nkt‘. 'erihers. to extend, the deaths during the last fortnight having
inks "ctt ,_ been more numerous than in any similar period of the
Vt „ mas `," THE MARIAN Moon.E.—The Marian preceding four menthe. Of 30 deaths, which it cansed
;li n 1112rElunched from Messrs. Cato and Miller's during the last two weeks, 13 were in Toxteth-park.
'llee',::llit sday morning. By a singular accident,
Diseases of the lungs caused 56 deaths, being a larger
Nei the launch
been attended with very serious conse-
proportion of the entire mortality than in any week of the
ka, and took place prematurely. While on
three preceding months. The injurious effect of the cold
" surrounded by spectators, and workmen
weather had been chiefly felt by those advanced in life, as
.1q,....8s
'e ary preparations for her deblit in the
shown by the fact that the deaths above sixty years of age
she was destined to move, an apprentice formed a larger proportion of the whole than in any week

VI4Ya7, ON THE MANCHESTER EXCHANGE.—On
'ye ha(-rnoon, a merchant in the Manchester Ex.
111,,1ng had occasion to lay on a table near him
-II th laid bold of a hand stealthily stretched out
11pqds ern• The prisoner gave his name as William
,I.izeareLiverool gentleman and said tha.t he was waiting in
ikßt t() r for a from Liverpool, from whom
illpci,heceive £lO. He appears to be about 20 years
h marked with the smallpox, and of somewhat
of countenance. He was very well dressed,
Pin in his cravat, and wore a ring on his little

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4.44.kboAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, while two
iii.te,re in the employ of the Lancashire and
e‘,„utiway Company were at work on the line
,!,41q1.1 tn Stars Bridge, Wigan, they had occasion
10, Iti" the down line, in order to get out of the
141h4.Ciar,4tage train that was coming up from Liver-
iliuently they had their backs turned upon
il;0 ten minutes past eight passenger train to
leenorCtt,e suddenly upon them, and knocked them
01144 °lle hem was dreadfully mutilated, and
urok.,the spot; and the other had two or three
and is not expected to survive.

'4,44,nt t

50 persons instant

at once gave the
gave her a wide of the previous two years and a half. During the quarter
Is ascending the ending the 25th of September, 3,368 deaths were regis-
ra__A I,;,„„ir tered in the borough, including 147 on which inquests

; and, as the

rl nobly took the
diarrhce
ed the usual cere-
I
Treat presence of watt, was
"-^ vessel ar,-1
paid by tl

rich was fatal to 539 childr(
_reed to sewer the streets to the eastv
ping for the Dock Committee, the expense b
latter body.—On an application to extend the
making in Park-road about 100 yards further

',nlng, and also,
,"the figure head

er witii all the

engineer

ILITIA.—A meeting was held at I of the east

de of Berry-

reet was ordered

purpose of consulting as to I (
The Earl of Sefton, lord-lieu- I (
presided, and there were pr..—`

militia,

ate of the Ist Lancas