The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

Brent churches, have

nts for a public

fe, Mr. Newstead, and others in the town

have consented to take part in it ; and that the Rev.
Canon Stowe], of Manchester, has promised to attend.
This is as it should be. We cannot doubt tho response
which this will meet with from, the men of our good old
town, whether we regard their Protestantism, their lovo
of liberty, or their chivalrous readiness to second the
ladies.

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL
GERMANY MOVING WESTWARD.

THE emigration from Liverpool this year, thus far, has
exceeded that of any previous year; but the numbers of
Germans and other kindred European races have now

become so great as to impart an entirely new aspect to
the movement. Ireland is contributing less than her
usual quota of her Exodus to this port, and confining it

to her o

ports ; while the deficiency, which
would otherwise have been created, has been filled up by

the mechanics and respectable agricultural classes. of

England, and the overflowing from the European popu-
lation. The total emigration of the first three months of
1850, 1851, and 1852 was as follows :

January

1851.
12,126
11,986

1852.
7,749
11,849

February

March

16,783

17,571

20,460

Total, Three months

32,505 41,683

39,058

It will be seen from the above figures, taken from the
Government returns, that we have not quite kept pace
this year with the emigration of the first three months of
1851. But the falli
but for the influx of
in round numbE

rf would have t

been much

greater

which was,

For January, about
„ February, ~

~ Mara

For the flu
12,000 for

the of 1852, against from 10,000 to

ace be

for the
month and p

~ ani in s
ich are fr

Such high rates

the average of

not being yet public
11,000 to 12,000, of v

ETARY NEWS,

-1 prices of the extended

This effect 1

.ecent in crc

s not been so speedily

tched the progress of

and Australia antic

instance, by the countrie

Le purr

e of providing a

I commercial tran-

na from an enlargement of
t for the fact, so painfully
uch prices clurin r: the whole
sere than could be realised

Lt Britain. We have been, hence, inverting Sir R.
principle; and, with respect to most of our im-
Droduce, we have bought in the dearest
'in the cheapest. The influence, hitherto
at length reached us, however ;

ported forc-i

and its f

and divide.

ucing the value of
ention to secured stocks,
of all descriptions. There
must shortly affect the price of
of all descriptions, which will

have a tendency upwari

that t

But it is important
mercantile community, and espe7ially im-
mld bear in mind that the inflation of price
ncreased abundance, will continue to operate

ern and Western World, as it has
itherto done ; and that the distinction should be borne
in mind between value measured in gold in countries
.5 price is undefined, and in this country where it
by the legislature. The return from the Bank of
for the week ending the 10th of April, gives the
is when compared with the previous week :
e 4,764,651 ; Decrea5e...e2,923,057
13,992,932 ; Increase.. 2,801,306
091,222 ; Decrease.. 533,196

following 1.,
Public del

On the other side of the account :
rities. 14,301,095 ; Increase .... 733,542
. 11,225,844 ; Decrease.... 494,999
. 11,326,200 ; Decrease.... 870,830
Is in circulation is £21,207,585, be-
-20,130 ; and the stock of bullion in
019,215,299, showing a decrease of
ared with the preceding return.
Business in our Share Market has again been somewhat
more active, though scarcely so much so as a few weeks
back. The fluctuations have bean greater and more fre-
quent during the past week ; still the tendency of the
market is dccid,,dly towards progressive improvement.
The long-pending dispute between Messrs. Crawshay and
North Midland has been settled; the award
company must pay to Messrs. Crawshaw,
)re the Ist of May," the sum of about X 50,000.
it° at which large sums canjnow be borrowed,
las prevented this decision causing any serious decline in

Other securities
Notes unemployed
The amount of not

the York ant

s one quite unexpected, the

chairman having expressed a strong opinion at the last
meeting that Messrs. Crawshaw would be brought in the
htors to the extent of £25,000. Gold-
have been more in demand, especially
npanies. We annex this day's
tock, 125itc 5 ; Do. quarters,
A 1- Sheffields, 351 5 •,
.90. new pref., 13-16 p; Lancashire and
Do. fifths, 6 5 15-16 6 d ; Do. West-
st Lancashire, 171— ' Southport, 21 ;
,1 Do. pref., 8; Dovers, 22& s ;

kustralian c

Yorkshire, 74

London

. .
Aberdeen pref., 13-16 d ; Eastern Counties, 9 9-16 ;
Shropshire Union, 3 d ; York and North Midland, 251 t;
Borough Bank new £lO shares, 3-16 p ; Fire and Life,
4/ p ; Royal Insurance, Ip. _

PRODUCT

MARKET

—Since the circular was made up
on Friday, from a falling off in the estimates we have
had an increased demand for Sugar, arising from
Havannah and the Brazils ; and prices are generally
cwt. higher. In Tea and Coffee very little
and no change is to be noted in prices.
, however, is beginning to excite atten-
s not wonderful, when we bear in mind
ime very useful descriptions of common Tea have
elv been selling fifty per. cent lower than they were
orth twelve months ago.

e latter article

COTTON:—This market remains in a peculiar position,

.ed absence of arrivals. The stocks
nave become greatly reduced ; of some descriptions there
is a very deficient assortment ; and holders have been
enabled to maintain prices, which since Friday were
slightly against the buyers, and in some instances above
Friday's rates. On Saturday 8,000 bales were sold, of which
1,000 were for speculation and export; and yesterday the
sales amounted to 10,000 bales,of which 3,000 were for specu-
lation and export, at full prices, notwithstanding the news
bytheEuropa,and the fact that the unusually large quantity
of 350,000 bales is known to be on the way, and a consider-
able portion of it within a week's sail of the port. By the
latest telegraphic advices received from New Orleans and
the south by the steamer Europa, the quantity of cotton
received at the ports was 2,400,000 bales, or equal to last
year's crop. The general estimate, received by private
hands, is 3,000,000 bales, and some give even more, the
large receipts still continuing, although it is said con-
fidently by some that they must shortly drop off.
There is a fair demand for drysalteries.

g to the continue

The general feeling on 'Change is that the increase of
money facilities must shortly operate npon produce of all
descriptions, and that we shall shortly have a run of large
transactions. But this is dependent upon the result of
the forthcoming election, and will take place if that result
seat the Derby administration firmly in power.

LOCAL

NEWS.

CA PTA
sterday

GREW commenced his duty as head constable

THRELFALL RIGBY has been nominated Belgian

consular a

gent at Runcorn

PRATT has been unanimously
a member of the Royal Irish Academy.
EARL OF SEFTON, lord.•lieutenant of the county,
has appointed William Brown, Esq.. a deputy-lieutenant.
Mr. F. D. FLETCHER was, on Thursday, elected an
honorary surgeon of the North Dispensary.
MR. JUSTICE CROMPTON was sworn in on Thursday,
as one of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench.
MRs. CHISHOLM, the originator of the Family Coloniza-
tion Society, is in Liverpool.

elected

ST. Thomas's CHURCH.—At the annual Easter Vestry
held on Thursday last, Mr. Charles Callis and Mr. R.
Caswell were elected churchwardens for the ensuing year.

LICENCES for the solemnisation of marriages have been
granted to Zion Chapel, Manchester; and to the Wes-
leyan Chapel, Thornton, Lancashire.

Sr. NICHOLAS' CHURCH.—Morning prayers are in
future to be said in this church on Tuesdays and Thurs-
days, and on festival days throughout the year.

A SPARROW'S NEST has been found in the hat of a
scarecrow in the dress of a policeman, which bad been set
up in the garden of a seedsman at Garstang.
AN EASTER OFFERING.—On Sunday week was pre-
sented to WilliatnKaye, Esq., of Broughton,Manchi ster,
by his wife, the extraordinary number of threedaughters,
who, with Mrs. Kaye, are doing well.
CHILD OVILRLAIN.—OH Friday night, a child. six
weeks old, the daughter of Philip and Catherine Herring,
residing at 45, Primrose-hill, was suffocated in conse-
quence of being overlain by its mother.
ADELPHI Cum.—This society closed a more than usu-
ally attractive and agreeable season, with a ball at the
Royal Assembly-rooms, Great George-street, on Wed-

evening last,

BEVINGTON.—At a vestry meeting held in St. Alban's
Church, in the new parish of Bevington, on Tuesday, Mr.
Michael Lea and Mr. John Collins were elected church-
wardens for the ensuing year.

THE CONGREGATION OF ST. SILAS'S CHURCH have
Presented their esteemed and exemplary curate, the Rev.
Wm. H. Duck, with a well filled purse and a handsome
copy of the Sacred Scriptures.
THE TUBAL CAIN.—The Bengal Harkaru, of March
6th, speaking of the preparations for the Burmah war,
states that the Tubal Cain, the fine new iron frame vessel,
built by Messrs. Jordan and Getty, of this town, has been
chosen as an hospital ship for a troop. conveying expedition.
STEAM FROM LIVERPOOL TO THE WEST INDIES.—
A new steam line hence to the West Indies and Mexico is

announced. The first vessel, the Tamaulipas, an iron
screw-steamer, of 500 tons, sails for St. Thomas, Kingston,
and Tampico, on Friday, the 4th June.

ARDIANS FOR WINDLE, in the
essrs. R. Hindley, 494 votes ; R.
larrison, 3G9. The unsuccessful ran-
T. Prescot, 345 ; T. Clement, 214 ;

—The

ments,

ST NIGHT.-At a

buckets of wate

Lied in estinguishir

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY', APRIL 20, 1852.

g it by the

in the

GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—ThO moulders
Vauxhall Foundry have presented to Mr. Frank N. Shaw,
who is leaving Liverpool, a handsome silver snuff-box,
engraved with a shield and scroll, and gilt inside. This
mark of respect, which was manufactured by Messrs. Roe
and Jacob, of Church-street, bore a suitable inscription.

CHURCH MISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY.—We under-
stand that the Rev. Daniel Wilson, of Islington, Lon-
don, Rev. Mr. Bird, of Gainsborough, and Rev. Mr.
Marsden, of Birmingham, will be among the deputation
for the Church Missionary anniversary, on May IGth.
he quantity.
I Mr. Bird is the distinguished author of a " Plea for the
Reformation.

THE RECENT CHARGE AGAINST THE POLlCE.—Police-
officer Willan, 489, and Sheppard, 606, who were sus-
pended for using unnecessary violence in taking into
custody a man named "Wilkinson, were on Wednesday
reinstated by Mr. Mansfield, who severely reprimanded
them for their conduct, which he characterised as unjus-
tifiable and unwarrantable.

ENLARGEMENT OF COMPTON - HOUSE. -- Mossrs.
Jeffrey and Morrish have made another addition to their
vast drapery establishment, already one of the largest in
the kingdom. The extro space placed at their disposal
will be devoted to the sale of furnishing materials and
family linen, and will add much to the architectural
appearance of the premises.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GEORGE LENNOX DAVIS. C. 8.,
(late of the 9th Foot,) Inspecting Field Officer of the
Liverpool Recruiting District, died at Galway, on the 14th
instant. Lieutenant Colonel Davis entered the service in
1808; served in the Peninsular under Sir John Moore ; in
the campaign in Affghanistan, and that on the Sutlej ; and
commanded the 9th Regiment at Sobraon.

WHIG ELECTIONEERING MOVEMENTS.—On Saturday
last, a meeting of the committee for conducting the elec-
tion of Messrs. Cardwell and Ewart was held at the
Royal Hotel, Dale-street, when a managing committee
was appointed, of which Mr. R. E. Harvey is chairman,
Mr. W. Nicol deputy-chairman, and Mr. Hull solicitor.
A house for the use of the committee is to be taken in
Clayton-square.

THE AUSTRALIAN LINER ALBATROSS.—The passen-
gers in Messsrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s magnificent
ship Albatross, which sailed from this port to Australia
some few months since, were so much pleased with their
voyage, the conduct of the captain, Mr. Geves, and the
arrangements and sailing qualities of this ship, that on
their arrival at Adelaide they presented him with an ad-
dress and a gold watch, and invited him to a public dinner.

CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH.—On Wednesday a female
delivered herself of a child at a house in Dalton-street.
The child was subsequently found in an ashpit at the back
of the house ; it was alive, and, by the prompt attention
given to it, is doing sell. The female remains at the
house above named, in charge of a police-officer, and,
when sufficiently recovered, will be brought before the
magistrates for examination.

MR. DAVID WILLIAMS, the ironfounder, who was
committed some time ago on a charge of receiving, with a
guilty knowledge that it had been stolen, a quantity of
iron, the property of Messrs. M'Arthur and Hogarth,
which had been taken by a person in their employment,
was tried at the borough sessions on Friday, and found
" Not guilty ; " and the jury added, "he leaves the
court without any stain on his character."

THE STEAM-SHIP BOGOTA.—This splendid vessel, the
first of the Pacific Navigation Company's mail steamers,
sailed from the Mersey on Thursday, for Valparaiso. She
is commanded by Captain Hall, an her ascertained
speed, on her trial trip, on Tuesday, was 121 knots an
hour. She is an iron vessel, of 1,100 tons burthen, and
was built in the Clyde, by Mr. Robert Napier, who also
constructed her engines, which are of 400-horse power.

SEIZURE OF A LIVERPOOL VI
IE CAPTAIN.-1110 shit) Elie

nvicts of

SSFL, AND AiC
a Cornish, belc

and Co., of this to

e middle of February last
lered the commander and one of the r
threw the upper portion of the cargo overboard,-and
divided the specie (S 108,000) among them. But this
they were destined to possess for a short time only. Her
Majesty's steamer afterwards coming up, made after
them, recaptured the vessel, and recovered about 590,000
of the specie. The vessel, with an American barque,
also rescued from the pirates, was taken to Valparaiso on
the 23d ult., in charge of a prize crew from the steamer.
SOIREE AT ST. SILAS'S SCHOOL.—The members of the
Mental Improvement Class, in connexion with the Church
of England Institution, celebrated the close of their se-
cond session by entertaining their friends to a social soi-
ree, on Tuesday evening, in the school-room attached to
St. Silas's Church. The attendance was numerous, nearly
two hundred being present, the Rev. Wm. Maynard pre-
siding ; and the arrangements were exceedingly well car-
ried out. The entertainment comprised music, refresh-
ment, and speaking. The subjects treeed upon were,
" mental culture," " our religion," " Protestant ascen-
dancy," " the claims of the Church of England Institu-
tion upon the members of the Church," &c." each of
which was handled in very effective style.

STABBING CASES.—On Tuesday, a woman, named
Catherine Gray, 24 years of age, was stabbed in the chest
by a sailor, to whom she had said something in the street.
The wound was dangerous, and the sailor is in custody.
The woman was taken to the Northern Hospital.—On
Tuesday night, shout eight o'clock, a married woman,
named Honor Devany, was stabbed in Henry Edward-
street, by a drunken fellow, named John Sands. Sands
accoste I her in the street, and demanded money from
her. She told him she had nothing to give him, and he
then brandished a knife and struck her on the side of the
neck, the knife entering near her ear. She bled profusely,
and was conveyed to the Northern Hospital. Thomas
Sands, a brother of the man who inflicted the wound,
was, shortly after the occurrence, apprehended by police-
constable, 86, for stabbing another person ; but John
Sands escaped.
LECTURE ON TEE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF LAN-
GUAGE.—An interesting lecture on the above subject was
delivered on Friday evening, at the Concert-hall, Lord
Nelson-street, by Mons. P. Guillaume Lea, to the mem-
bers of his French classes and their friends, in the course
of which he introduced many striking illustrations of the
refinement and intellectual capacity of nations, as tested
by the amplitude and versatility of their language ; re-
viewed the progress from monosyllabic to polysyllabic
modes of expression, instancing the languages of Thibit,
China, Ara, Pegu, Siam, and Cochin China, as exempli-
fying the tardy progress made by those nations in the
science of expressing ideas, and as curiously con-
trasted with the complicated long words of the native
Americans ; and impressed upon his auditors the impor-
tance of acquiring a knowledge of foreign languages, as
opening out new fields for the culture of man's intellec-
tual faculties.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.—ThiS magnificent steamer was
viewed on Tuesday by 1300, and on Wednesday by 150 ff
persons. During the week, the Great Britain will be
open for inspection between the hours of eleven and six
o'clock each day, at the same price of admission. All the
money realised by the admission fee will be devoted to the
public charities. On Thursday, the noble steamer made
a trial trip to the Skerries, the result of which was exceed-
ingly satisfactory. On leaving the dock,. she proceeded
first up the river, and when abreast of Prince's Basin was
turned at full speed, and rapidly proceeded to seaward.
She returned to the Mersey the same evening, a little
after seven ; the engines going full speed the whole time,
without a check from heated bearings or any of the ordi-
nary casualties ; the speed of the ship having never been
less than 10-1 knots, and frequently over 11, although not
a sail was unfurled. She has resumed her berth at the
Wellington Dock, where she will remain until her day of
sailing, the Ist of May.
SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Tuesday last,. Mr. John Vicars,
a surgeon of this town, who was in the habit of drinking
laudanum, was found dead on the steps of Mr. Callan's
surgery, Marybone. He had died from asthma.—On
Tuesday morning, Philip M'Laughlin, a pensioner, was
found dead in bed at his house in Cavendish-street. The
deceased had complained of a pain at his heart far the
last twelve months.—On 'Wednesday evening, the infant
son of George Holmes, brewer, residing in Sheriff-street,
went to bed with his mother. On Mrs. Holmes awaking
in the morning, she found her son lying dead by her side.
The infant had been subject to convulsions.— OuThursday
morning. Mrs. Martha Everall, fifty years of age, residing
at 43, Upper Pitt-street, was found dead in bed, by her
daughter, with whom she slept. Deceased had been
afflicted for some time with disease of the heart.—On
Thursday, about twelve o'clock, as Mr. John Webster,
65 years old, a shipowner belonging to Whitehaven, was
proceeding up Bridgewater-street to his lodgings, at No.
1, Cornwallis-street, for dinner, he suddenly dropped down.
dead.

UNIVERSITY HONOURS GAINED BY A TOWNSMAN.—
Mr. Samuel M'Cuiloch, jun., son of Samuel ll'Culloch,
Esq., surgeon, of this town, who has been studying the
law for the last three years at the German Universities of
Heidelberg and Berlin, has recently, after undergoing a
searching and rigorous examination, obtained the highest
of three grades of Doctor of Laws ; a distinction, from
the rarity with which it is conferred, highly complimentary
to his attainments.

THE LATE ROBBERY OF PAPER FROM MR. HUTCHINS.
—Samuel Ford, late manager to Mr. Hutchins, litho-
grapher, and his mother, Ann Price, charged with steal-
ing a quantity of paper, cards, &c,, and Richard Hill an
artist, charged as receiver, were tried at the borough ses-
sions, on Thursday last. The particulars are familiar to
most of our readers. The first two prisoners were found
guilty, and Ford was sentenced to 18 months' imprison-
ment with hard labour, and his mother to 12 months.
Hill was acquitted.
LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.—
The sixth conversazione of the present course took place
on Thursday evening last, when the Rev. Thomas Moore
brought before the notice of the members the subject of
Ragged Schools, and discusied the origin, progress, and
prospects of the movement. The various classes of youths
for whom evening ragged schools, free day schools, and
industrial feeding schools are designed, were clearly
stated, and the subject of penal reformatory schools in-
vestigated.

THE DOWLING TESTIMONIAL.—SOnIa short time ago
a committee of the superintendents, inspectors, &c. of
the Police Force was formed for the purpose of promo-
ting amongst that body a subscription in aid of the testi-
monial to Mr. Dowling. We understand that, on Friday,
the men at the •arious stations were appealed to, but so
insignificant was the response, that it was deemed advisa-
ble to return the amounts collected. This fact may be
taken as a proof that Mr. Dowling could never have com-
promised his duty to gain the favouritism of the force.
FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening,
a horse attached to a phaeton took fright in Brownlovr-
hill, and ran with great violence along Chatham-street,
where it came into contact with a lamp-post, and was
stopped. Two persons who were passing at the time
received serious injuries. One is a female named Mar-
garet Rathbone ; she bad her left leg broken; the other,
a child, aged four years, son of Mr. Holliwell, Brownlow-
hill, has since died from the injuries he received, and the
woman is in a dangerous condition. The horse and
phaeton belong to Mr. Taylor, of Clarence-street.
BANKRUPTCY COURT.—On Thursday. D. Little, a
merchant in the Australian trade, received a certificate
of the second class, with six months' suspension. The
bankrupt was allowed protection.—in the case of Thomas
Ramsden, timber merchant, Chester, a certificate of the
first class was granted, with three months' suspension.
Protection allowed.—lsaac Abrams, tailor, Whitechapel,
received a certificate of the second class, with eight
months' suspension and protection.—On Friday, Samuel
Mayer, a ship chandler, at the Goree and Bridgewater-
street, obtained a certificate of the second class.

TRANSATLANTIC SFEAM-SHIPS.—The West rndia
Company's Royal Mail Steam-ship Tay, with the Brazilian
mails, 611 passengers, 1"20',070 in specie, and diamonds of
about £19,000 value on' freight, arrived at Southampton
on Thursday. Her dates are r—Buenos Ayres,, 3'rd of
March ; Monte Video, 3rd - Rio Janeiro, 16 ; Bahia, 2lst r
Pernambuco, 24th ; St. Vincent, Znd April ; Tenneriffe,
7th ; Madeira, 9th ; and Lisbon, 11th.—The Liverpool
and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's steam-ship City
of Manchester. Captain Robert Leitch, arrived in the
Mersey, from Philadelphia, at nine p.m. on Friday, with
77 passengers and a very full cargo.—The Peninsular and
Oriental steam Navigation Company's steam-ship }len-
thick, with the heavy portion of the East India and China
malls, arrived at Southampton on Saturday.—The British
and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Niagara,
Stone, commander, sailed from the Mersey, at 11 a.m.,
on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails
and about seventy passengers The United States and
Liverpool mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye. commander, will
sail from the Mersey to-morrow (Wednesday) for New
York, with the mails, &c.
SEWAGE GUANO.—It is an established fact, that fully
one-half of the really valuable productions of nature
have been thrown away by mankind from their inability
to convert them to useful purposes. This has been espe-
cially the case with respect to articles susceptible of che-
mical change. The advance of science, however, has
already done much to check this waste of wealth ; and it
is destined to do much more. In the course of another
score of years we suspect that we shall no longer be ran-
sacking foreign lands for products of which the raw ma-
terial's lie in abundance at oar own feet. We shall` no
longer, for example, have our shipping, to the extent of
hundreds of thousands of tons, exploring the coasts of
inhospitable lands and barren rocks, to bring away the
deposits of sea-fowl to manure our fields, whilst fertiliz-
ing matter of every description is either putrefying in our
streets or being conveyed down the sewers of our large
towns, poisoning our atmosphere and our rivers. Our
attention has been directed to this subject by an adver-
tisement in our columns from the Sewage Guano Com-
pany, which, judging from our knowledge of the respect-
ability of some of its directory, and the excellence and
perfect feasibility of its objects, seems to us to promise
most profitable results, We cannot do better than refer
our readers to the prospectus itself for the details, but
must remark that it promises, in addition to profit to
those engaged in it, to be productive of much good to the
public.
DEATH OF A CHILD FROM AN OPlATE.—Yesterday
an inquest was held on the body of a child, a month old.
the illegitimate daughter of Jane Hughes, who resides at
23, Peach-street. On Wednesday morning, the child
having a "stuffing" at the chest, the mother sent a girl
eleven years old to the shop of Mr. Threlfield, druggist,
Brownlow.hill, for a pennyworth of " ipec wine." The girl
brought what she (the mother) considered to be ipec wine,
and she gave the child half a tea spoonful of it. The cup
in which the mixture was had no label on it. The child
immediately fell asleep, but did not continue so for more
than ten minutes, and in about an hour afterwards she was
seized with convulsion fits. She took the child to Dr.
Lister, who said it was dying. She told him that she had
given it half a teapoonful of ipec wine, and he said that
was right enough, and ordered her to put the child into a
warm bath. The child continuing very ill, she took it to
the druggist's shop, and she asked Mr. Threlfield if he had
sold ipec wine to a girl whom she described. He con-
sidered a little while, and then said, " It was not ipee
wine,—it was opium wine." The child was then taken to
Dr. Cooper, and be ordered coffee and brandy to be ad-
ministered, as strong as it could be given. The child died
about six o'clock on the following night. Mr. Cooper,
the surgeon, stated it to be his opinion that the child had
died from extreme prostration, produced from the effect
of an opiate. The Coroner strongly commented upon the
practice of druggists selling opiates without due care and
caution. A verdict of chance medley was returnee).
SWEARING IN OF CAPTAIN GREIG.—On Saturday
morning the Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Tobin, Mr. T.
Lloyd, and Mr. J. B. Lloyd, entered the Police-court and
took their seats on the bench by the side of Mr. Mans-
field. Captain Greig simultaneously entered the court
with Mr. Hughes, the deputy town-clerk, who proceeded
to administer the oath which binds the chief constable to
the discharge of the duties of his office. Captain Greig
was sworn in twice, namely, as chief constable of the
borough and of the docks. The ceremony having been
gone through, Mr. Mansfield, addressing Captain Greig,
congratulated him on his appointment to his very impor-
tant office, an office of great trust and honour, whether
regarded in its national or local character. He would
soon have the control of a great number of men, and
would find that there was bad as well as good among the
number. The office of police constable was one of consi-
derable honour, and ho trusted that henceforth the fact of
a man having filled that office would operate as a recom-
mendation to him in the world instead of the contrary, as
in some instances had been the case. The first point in
the duty of every police constable was, that his evidence
in that court should be both direct and truthful. Ano-
ther point be would refer to while on that subject was the
fact of frequent complaints having been made against the
police, when having the charge of prisoners, of not treat-
ing them as gently as they ought, and as the public nave
a right to expect. His duty would be obvious in such
cases. A further matter of complaint was the frequency
of charges of intoxication made against the police. By
referring to the official books, it would appear that the
punishment inflicted on a policeman for being drunk
while on duty was a fine of 2s. 6d., a punishment quite
insufficient, for the frequency of the offence either showed
that the men were so intemperate that they would not
refrain from spending their own money while on duty,
or it showed that they received money from some
one else, which was nothing less than bribery. Mr.
Mansfield continued He would find, after he had been
in office some time, that he would be solicited by persons
desirous of influencing him and obtaining some favour : it
was quite unnecessary in him to direct a gentleman, who
had had the honour of holding a commission from her

INAUGURATION OF CAPTAIN GRRlG.—Yestetday. be-
tween one and two o'clock, the whole of the officers of the
police force, whose duties would permit their attendance,
were called tofether at the Seel-street station, for the
purpose of being formally introduced to the newly-
appointed Head-constable. Mr. Tobin, the Chairman of
the Watch Committee, introduced the veteran officer in
an appropriate address, in which he lauded the past
energies of the men, and expressed a hope that in the
exercise of their duties they would ever endeavour to
restrain unnecessary violence. Captain Greig briefly
replied, expressing his high opinion of the appearance of
that portion of the force before him. The active duties of
Captain Greig may now be said to have commenced. _

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—On Tuesday
night, about eleven o'clock, several workmen in the dip-
ping room of Messrs. Cooper and Brothers' manufactory
for patent tallow candles, on the Salford side of the river
Irwell, Manchester, were suddenly startled by a powerful
reflection of light from a room on the first floor, in which
the cotton wicks were stored. They soon ascertained
that the place was on fire, and the flames spread with
such rapidity that they had barely time to alarm other
workmen and make their escape. The building, which
was three stories high, was wholly destroyed in less than
an hour. The damage in stock is estimated at £6OOO,
and to the building at £l5OO or £2OOO. The origin of
the fire is a mystery, as there had been no light in the
room where it commenced throughout the day.
THE WEATHER AND THE SHIPPING OUTSIDE.—During
the past week the wind has remained in its long-continued
easterly quarter, shifting about, however, alternately to
north-east and south-east. The result, combined with
absence of seasonable rain, is severely felt throughout this
part of the country, the herbage of which is parched, and
vegetation kept back. A few of the inward-bound ships.
so much wanted in port, have contrived to struegle up
during the past week ; but it is considered that there must
be at least three or four hundred sail of large ships in the
Channel, and close off, which the first few days' fair wind
must bring into port. Yesterday afternoon the wind had
got round to north-north-west, and was getting still more
westerly ; and, unless we are deceived, the next two days
will exhibit upon the Mersey such a fleet of vessels as it
has seldom borne upon its waters.
ALARMING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon the
horse in a car belonging to John Downey, which was
standing at the back of St. George's Church, became
alarmed and started off. He ran against one of the other
cabs on the stand and capsized it. The horse then turned
along Castle-street towards the Exchange, and a man,
who made an attempt to stop the animal, was knocked
down, and the wheel of the car passed over his body. He
was also cut in the head. When taken up he was carried
into a druggist's shop, where he had his wounds dressed.
The horse still dashed on, and turned round into Water-
street. Near the bottom of the street the car caught
against a lamp-post, and the horse turned three times
round the post dragging the car after him. The driver
then came up and secured the runaway. Singularly
enough, neither horse nor car sustained any serious injury.
DEATHS FROM BURNING.—On Sunday morning, Wm.
James Connate, a child four and a half years old, who
resided with his father in a room at No. 6, Burley-street,
during the absence of his parent set fire to his clothes,
and was so severely burned as to cause death in a few
hours afterwards.—On the night of the 6th instant, Alice
Stopforth, a woman 55 years of age, who lodged in Cal-
vin-strew, accidentally set fire to her clothes whilst sit-
ting beside the fire, and was so severely burned as to
cause her death on Saturday last. The deceased had
been sitting up during the whole of the previous night,
and it is supposed that she fell against the fire whilst
asleep.—Mary M'lnarney, a child three years of age,
who resided at No. 8 court, Paul-street, died on Saturday
last in consequence of having accidentally set fire t o her
clothes on the previous Monday.
ROBBERY OF A GROCER'S STORE.—On Tuesday last
Moses Jones and Aan Jones were tried before the Re-
corder at the borough sessions for stealing llcwt. of sugar
and large quantities of other articles from the shop of
Mr. Beynon, grocer, Ranelagli-street. The male pri-
soner was a butcher in Limekiln-lane, and the female
had been a domestic servant to Mr. Beynon, in which
capacity it was proved that she had possessed herself of
a key which opened the cellar door, and a series of rob-
beriol had gone on from day to day. The goods were
found upon the premises of the male prisoner. Both
were found guilty and sentenced, the female to 13 months'
went for stealing, and tile male prisoner for
015 months with hard labour. A portion of
which had been found at the female's apart-
-10, was handed over to Mr. Beynon, who
le dishonesty of his ser ant,

Majesty fo long, how to act in such i;caseThe;;;coni-
dent he would reject any such overtures made to himself,
and discourage the practice of the system in his subordi-
nates. The magistrate, after a few more words in refer-
encei to the immediate duties of the new chief, took 9cca-
sioi,s to allude to his relation to the Watch Committee,

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