The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

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KEN WOMAN

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ton, aged 67 years, who occupied apartmen
of William Nichol, Chandler-street, 113
found dead in her room on Wednesday. She was
much addicted to intemperance, and was last seen alive
between seven and eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, at
She then went
llowing day, upon her
washerwoman calling with some viothes, she was called,

a time she was much
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but receiving no ans

as discovered,

toxicated,

with the et

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open the door

tweat -her bed-and the 'wall

MOLOGICILSOCIET

fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Wed-
ay, at the Royal Instittition, Mr. C. Verelst in the
. There was a large attendance of members, and
a. Robinson, Mr. Bairg.-ovie, Mr. Mason, Mr. Hobbs,
i.nd other gentlemen, were present as a deputation on the
'art of the memorialists to the Town Council against the
'hone of a high-level bridge over Dale-street, and to
books of archite-

.esent the soefets

ags an,

aural draw-

certain

ith
;ravings.—A'model and drawin
is in the town, suggested by Mr. Snmnrers,
rchitect, were placed'in the room for the inspection of

the members. Mr. Snramers supported his vitivs at-con-
siderable length, and they were fully discussed by 3lr.
Picton and others. Some desultory conversation followed
as to the best mode of bringing the object before the town
at large, and it was ultimaely agreed that the models aud

plan should be placed at the Exchange News-room, or
some other budding, for public inspection.
LIVERPOOL YLCELT CM:lE.—Twelve gentlemen 'were
proposed as members at the monthly meeting yegterday
evening week, to 'be ballotted for at the next monthly
meeting. A committee was appointed to make arrange-
ments for proViding a winter club-room in Llierpcol and

also for the •optning dinner of the clab, Whieh 71i-ill take
place early in the ensuing month. The commodore drew
the attention Of the members present to the desirability of
having a paper on nautical and scientific subjects read at
each meeting, -which will atabrd subjects for • discussion,
and be the means of imparting much valuable triTormation,
carrying out It the same time some of the leading prin-
ciples for which the club was first formed, viz., the ad-
vancement .'of nautical science. It is ilscottriderstood to
be the intention of the commodore, at a future period, to
bring forward a plan for establishing a :naufirta museum
and libraryin the town. The last-named institution, if
conducted-upon a_spirited scale, will be a great'boon.

WEST risli,BY Harrison presided at
the weekly meeting on Wednesday, and the other members
present were Messrs. Allpass, Reyes, Wensley, Lunt,
Carter, Wakell, M`Gee, Kirk-as; Shaw, -Smith, Geo. Har-
Abraham. The balance in 'he `hands of the
treasurer was stated to be £297 L2s. 3d. Itwas resolved
to tale:legal proceedings against the overseers of all
townshipswho may be in arrear in :payment of the call
due to the-treasurer this day (Tuesday). Therierk having
produced :a statement of the financial affairs of the union,
it was resolved that a call be made on the-several town-

ships of the union for the sum of L 12,160; -one-half to be
paid ()Ivor 'before the 28th Deceniber, mid-the remainder
on or before the 31st day of January next. It was also re-
scilved -that proceedings should 'be taken against all
defaulters in payinent of the ilast-mentioned call, hnme-
diately-after it becomes due. An application was ordered
to be mile by the clerk to the poor4aw--board, requesting
them to -cause new averages to be taken. for the union.
A du N.ENILE REFOILMANOXY.—The:COIIII,IIttee of the
Town -Council have had under consideration a proposition
to establish a reformatory for juvenile criminals in Liver-
pool-. tAisbnitting the desirability of such: air,estaLlishment
on shore, the committee are of opinion thatone of a simi-
lar kind -should be placed on -the river, Where youthful
Offenders-could be provided for, and put through a course
of industrial training to qualify them as 'seamen. In a
plan 'would 1

e Liverrx

-t vantage. T 1

youths pi

prodne

training

woUltbnet only possess the means of gaining for theni-
-selves.nuaonest livelihood, and so become useful members
of• society, but many would rlsolbe, employ id ;in promoting
the;Comincrce and general prosperity of the port. We
-understand the general committee have decided upon
making a recommendation on the subject to the council at
their nest meeting, and that slumber Of gentlemen con-
nected With the shipping interest are-favom•able to the

project.
A Ea-rea ACCIDENT took place at the goods' station of
the Past-Lancashire Railway; '.Great Howard-kreet, about
eleven o'elock on Monday night last . week. About the
time mentioned a goods train arrived at Great Howard-
street, anti in the van attached asiith the guard were two
passengers, George Meister, a ,stonemason, :and Mary
urst, itife,of a veterinary surgeon in this town. On the
g• brought to a stand-still, the guard, whose
sine Is Wm. Palker, and the two passengers, walked
wig one ofthe lines of rail, when the engine, in back-
ran.over them. The guard and thelemak.passenger
were killed immediately, but Glaister, being stuck side-
ways, was thrown off the line, and injurelbut.slihtly.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," but
added -a presentment to the effect -"that there was not
sufficient -caution use
Company, in not having a responsi
passengers . coming by goods trains, as it-seer
practice for them to do, and which practice the jury con-
sider highly objectionable."
THE LATE EKTENSIVE COTTON ROIMERT
nesday, .in the Grand Jury-room, John Woods.
houseman to Messrs. Seddon and Co., cotion-brokers and
John Bentley, -formerly a marine-store dealer, of High-
field-street, but now a cotton-waste-dealer in Oldhana,teho
had been remanded from the previous Wednesday. were
again brought before Mr. Mansfield, on the charge of being
concerned in fraudulently obtaining fort
cotton, .6f the value of £430, from
house, in Carleton-street. On
Hindle, wife of John Hindle, of the Gold
Thomas's-buildings, was also charged
into ab initio, and upwards of thirty witnesses were ex-
amined. The detective police-officers, on the cotton being
missed, ascertained that persons connected with ware-
houses were in the habit of assembling at Hindle's house,
and amongst them the prisoner Woods, and a man named.
John Brown, warehouseman to Livesey and Thorpe, who
has evaded the police by gang to America. Hindle,Wood,
and Brown conspired to obtain the cotton, and the means
taken were—Brown forged a delivery order, which on being
presented to Woods, who had charge of the cotton, was
treated as genuine. This ,was subsequently found to
be a forgery; and Woods was taken into custody by
Grisenthwaite, who apprehended him at St. Silas's Church,
Woods acting there in an official capacity. 'The stolen
cotton was traced to Oldham, .having been sent by the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to the order of " Mr.
:Robert Buckley, Mumps." . It appears that Bentley had
represented to Mr. Baekley, who resides at Saddlesworth,
in Yorkshire, and is woollen-manufacturer, that as he
(Bentley) was well acquainted with the qualities of cotton,
if Mr. Buckley would find the money, he could make pur-
chases which would prove greatly advantageous to both.
To this, as a general arrangement, Mr. Buckley consented;
and shortly afterwards Bentley called upon him and told
him that there were twenty bales of cotton lying for him
at the :railway station; but these having been consigned
to hina without order, Mr. Buckley refused to have any
thing to do with. The bales were afterwards ordered
to Mr. Collenge, of Oldham, but declined; but at Bent-
ley's solicitation, that gentleman purchased a smaller
lot which Bentley had there, consigned to Mr. Buck-
ley's order. Ultimately the twenty bales were bought
by Mr. Peter Scholefield, of Oldham, at sad. per lb.,
Bentley representing that the cotton belonged to
Mr. Buckley. OA the 24th of September, Bentley and
Hindle, husband of the female prisoner, went to Mr..Schole-
field's office, and presenting a bill stamp, said they wanted
a bill for £l3O. To this Mr. Scholefield demurred, saying
that the cotton was to be paid for by two bills ; but he
consented to give a bill for £lO5 14s 6d, which was drawn
by Hindle, the bill being for thirty-two days. In answer
to a question why he had said the cotton belonged to
'Buckley, Bentley said that Buckley had bought it from
Hindle. On the 29th, another bill, for £76 13s, was given
to Hindle. On the 27th of October, eleven other bales of
cotton were taken from the warehouse to the railway sta-
tion and consigned to Buckley as before. Bentley, in
company with Mrs. Hindle, met Mr. Buckley in Manches-
ter, and the interview resulted in Mr. Buckley buying the
cotton at 5d per lb., the total amount being upwards of
£lOO. Bentley then went and sold the cotton to
Mr. Edward Wright, a cotton-spinner at Oldham, say-
ing that he was doing so on the part of Mr. Buck-
ley. On Woods being apprehended, Mrs. Hindle sent
a man named Stacey, who lodged in her husband's
house, over to Oldham, to instruct Bentley to get back
the invoice for the twenty bales ; but this failing.,
at the request of Mrs. Hindle, made out another
which was substituted for the first one. Star_ .. -
again sent over, instructed by Mrs. Hindle, to ask Bent
ley to get the cotton from the railway, and burn the bags. Both Stacey and Martha Roberts, a servant at the
Golden Fleece, deposed to Hindle, Woods, and Bentley,
acting in concert. For Bentley, it was contended that he
could not be criminated, inasmuch as he had acted as the
bona fide broker for Hindle. Mr. Mansfield said he had
decided to send both Woods and Mrs. Hindle for trial.
Bentley was acquitted. Bail was taken for Mrs. Hind
Woods, about three years ago, was im
months for being implicated in a large r(
from Mr. Uencliffe's, in London-road.

d by the East Lancashire aid

party to receive

.—On Wed-

.Itessrs. Ser war
this occasion, lirs. Nane

The cr.se w

invoice

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soned nine

7 of cloth

Mu. THOMAS BULLET died on Wednesday, at his resi-
dence, Catherine-street, in his seventy-fourth year, through
a severe and somewhat sudden attack of gout in the stomach.
ROBBERY.—On Friday, a house in Tudor-place, Queen

inn-street, was entered by means of skelet

:eys, an(

large quantity of wearing apparel stolen.
TrzE 111EnnaAlf, Boston packet-ship, has arrived at that
port from Liverpool in 35 days, with upwards of 500 pas-
sengers, per Train and Co., all in good health, and not a
death on the passage.

NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATE.-On Monday, at the New
Bailey Court-house, Salford, Peter Catterall, Esq., of Pres-
ton, took the oaths to enable him to qualify as a magistrate
for the county.

ext Thursday week the manufacturers
of Blackburn will meet to consider the propriety of work-
, a reduction of 10 per cent. on
anchester Guardian.

ing short time, or making

their present war,

Tun ANNUAL DINNER of the master builders and brick-
layers took place on Thursday, at the Bee Hotel; Queen's-
, About fifty gentlemen sat down to dinner, at
G. Whitley, Esq., presided.
_

A MOVEMENT has cbinmenced in the boot and
trade of this town to close the shots at eight o'clock.
up_war

a meeting on Thr

venty employers had

it was stated tha
en a conditional adhesion to the

THE MILITARY AT BLACKBURN.

corn

The Tic

^ Secretary
Titles

d with the request of the a

of Illackbuin to have a military force stationed there
during the turn-outs, and on Monday last week, a company
of the 34th Regiment from Preston, marched into the
borough, and have taken up their quarters there. _

IhrLity.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday,
Joseph Legg, 39, shipwright, pleaded guilty to marrying
Ann Maria Davy, his first wife being alive. He married
his wife at Liverpool in 1849, and his second in November

last ; and the most remarkable part of the affair was, that
the first marriage took place during the courtship of his
second wife, whose accepted suitor he had been for eight

le was sent

Rneed to twelve moni

Is' imprisonmen,

BANKRUPTCY Count.—On Wednesday, Mr. Rainford.
cabinetmaker in Renshaw-street, came up for his certifi-
cate. The assignees had every confidence in Mr. Rain-
ford, and were affording him assistance to carry on his
business, which he bad re-commenced since his bank-
ruptcy. The commissioner granted the certificate.—J. B.
Hignett, who 'carried on business as a salt and commission
agent, appeared on Thursday for his certificate. Mr.
Fletcher opposed for a creditor, on the . ground of a
vexatious defence to an action,, and the learned commis-
sioner suspended the certificate for six months from the
last examination, with protection.
AN EXTENSIVE FIRE broke out on Thursday morning
on the premises of Mr. Robert Evans, draper, Mill-street,
which resulted in the destruction of neonsieterable amount
of property. Mr. Hewitt and his brigade, with an engine

befong;ing-to the West of England Insurance Company,
were at the scene of the conflagration. At this time the
fire :hail made considerable progress,—the front shop
being 'in a blaze, and the fire rapidly •communicating to
the other parts of the building. There was a plentiful
supply of water, and the fire 'brigade were thus enabled
to' perate successfully by means of their hose, which was
'worked on the high-pressure principle. The fire was
subdued in about an hour, but 'not before the premises
'were almost gutted.
A FOOLISH BAGMAN.—At the Manchester Police-court
'on Monday, last week, -a 'mail named Wheildon was
charged with having robbed a -'eemmercial traveller, from
Liverpool, named Jodler, on Thursday last. The prose-
cutor reached Manchester that day, and going into a spirit
vaults, in Rochdale-road, commenced drinking, and also
treated a number of labourels who were in the house.
He had a purse containinv TI4O in gold, and he pre-dated
the money to pay for the drink from his purse, exhibiting
it in the presence of his • companions, of whose society he
was so enamoured that he offered to give one of them ss.
for his day's wages if he would stop and drinkVith him.
The sequel was that he hot drunk and went to sleenin
the tap-room, where. his' ebmpanions eased him-4f all-his
money. Wheildon was' due of the men, and itEwas proved
that he had been spending money very freely on Thursday,
and had a large sum,,in gold in his possession. Moreover,
his wife paid all -her 'debts on the same day,'"though pre-
viously they wercveryvoor. The magistrates committed
Wheildon for trial.
Symploryty vireTunKET.—lt was legnated that a
preliminary meeting -would be held on Trielay, for: the
purpose of concerting measures to get up -a, great public
demonstration, -condemnatory of the poky pursued by
Russia at the present time, and to express sympathy with
Turkey. The meeting was appointed to-take place in the

great iworn of the Royal Hotel, Dale-street, at two o'clock.
On entering the -saloon, at five ininns past the hour
appointed fir the 'meeting, we found i6lll possession of a
solitary reporter for one of the Liverpool newspapers.
After a few minutes' further delay, three or four additional
reporters made their appearance ; hat still no portion sof
the sympathising public—to use a slang phrase not inap-
plicable to the subject—" bad shown up." By the time
six reporters had assembled, the amount of LiverpoOl
sympathy viith Turkey was represented by one citizen,
who and' bye, however, was joined, in a desultory and
timid manner,- first by one, and thedl3y two friends of the
oppressed, arid-tewards half-past twenaot fewer than-seven
Of• ltntocratic tyranny arid aggression hadot n-
room. to

terea the

)r find erafloyment for the nine
reporters . now nese Mbled. In suellxireumstances, .41; loud
display of pidiiie indignation was--f.obvioly a matter of
ffifficult.achievement,
•` And-the words that breathe, and thoughts that burn,"

iri.valiant --eonUemnation of ruthless tyranny, if act all
uttered, 'fcrrnatheir way in eddYing whispers, amoagstthe
two 'knots:into:which the seven antagonists of Russiehad
At last it'was resolved to: pat an
end to and the meeting,,which never a.sseintled,

arrayed themßelves.

was adjourned: tine

" Sic traftsit g10r47.",

It appears life-present was only'the sequel to a ire-V-I°ns
fanure of the same description, littlayough not inpreiiignal
in its nothingness. In the first-instanepukuly two indivi-
duals hid deemed the affairs of Twikey sffEciently impor-
tant to • demand their serious consideration ; and tiiere,
also, the-press, ever vigilant in -watching over therpalfc
interests, _bf its representatives, formed a moiety -df the

meeting

DOCK COMUITTEE.—The weepy- meeting-was lie
Thursday, Mr. 'Charles Turner' in the chair. The'-liar-
bonr-masters'• Sub-Committee were authorised to ehh'.rge
the office for regulating the.graing docks. It was stated
that the cost Of The alterations w-mild be between £& and-
270.J—A 'letter 'was read from- Me owners of the Tiger,
claiming. compensation for some' injury which had been
done to the -cargo of that vessel, 'by an accident *Lich
occurred - to' her whilst in one -a the docks. The letter
was referred- to, the solicitor, who -was directed to inform
the .claimants- that the committee• 'disclaimed any lialtlaty
in the matter.—A. letter was read from John S. de Wolf
and Co., requesting that as it bad 'been reported that it
was

intention of the coma-lit-4e to lease one nft.--Llte
grating docks to the British and North American Steam-
packet Company, and their vessels were quite as large; the
same -privilege -Might be granted-to them. The letter
was referred to- the Harbour-mafters' Sub-Committee.-L-
-1Ir; 13afber suggested that it wotild be well to provide
lirons on the other side of the water. There were. a
.s -which could not -rret their work done
les, they could helslabeed so much higher
the vessels wosid dry much sooner.
Barber was -referred to the sur-
d to report to:a, future meeting on
he practicability of elevating the gridirons on this side &
the fiver.-1-communication was read from the Birken-
head Com Missioners, enclosing a memorial signed by 1451
individuals, drawing attention to the condition of the
approaches to the landing-stage, With a view to their
amendment. .The-chairman said the,ouly answer to the
commissioners would be that the matter would be taken
into consideration.---A letter was read from John Kennedy,

great many Tel
on this side;'l3

om the other side t

stion of Mr

veyor, who w

master porter, stating- that he had an intervieiv with the Master Porters' -Sah7Committee,, when he directed their
attention to the bye-law prohibiting himself and other
master stevedores from acting as master porters to the
same ship. The sub-committee did not *enter 'into the
merits of the questiou,' but understood -that they had
no objection -to the matter' Wing submitted--to the general
committee. With this impression he respectfully re-
quested that they would con eider the point to which he
referred, on the ground • that the repeal of that bye-law
would be a great advantage to `ire port. The matter was
-referred to the Master • Porters' Sub-Committoe.—A com-
munication was read from Mr. I. Abel Smith, (tf London,
offering 59 acres of land, at --Seacombe; for Aide to the
committee, at the rate of 255. per-square yard. lie com-
mittee, after some discussion, declined to entertain the
'Another important matter which came before the
committee was the erection of a 'landing-stage for. sea-1
P going steamers at the west side of the Prince's Doek, and
the appropriaton of land intended. otherwise to be used for
warehouses: An application had come from the Connell
on the subject. After much discussion,:it was agreed-that
the chairman, with Messrs, Shand and Lockett, should have
an interview with the committee of the Town Council, git
which -Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, was to be present.

THE LATE MESSRS, HOLMES AND TIIE ISLE OF MA .V.
BANK.-Mr. Avison, the executor named in the will, after
,removing the specie from the island, has declined the
trust, and the sumner-general, Mr. S. 'Harris, was ap-
pointed by the proper authorities administrator pendente
lite, Since the appointment an inventory and appraise-
ment of the property on the island have been made by a
jury in legal form, On Monday evening, Mr. Isaac
Holmes, the surviving brother of the deceased, arrived on
the island, and we understand he employed counsel after
his arrival. As to the solvency or insolvency of the estate
we are in no condition to know ; but, from present ap-
pearances, it is no wise singular that the public mind
should labour under much anxiety. A large deficit of as-
sets would be most disastrous hi the Isle of Man. We
learn that large sums brought in the chancery court were
deposited in that bank; also, the noble charity for the re-
lief of the Kitterland sufferers. On Thursday last, Mr.
Jackson, the manager of the Bank of Mona, obtained an
order from the governor and council for an increase of the
circulation of said institution, to the amount of several
thousand pounds. Also, the council arranged with the
said manager to cash the bank-notes of Mr. Holmes ; so
that from yesterdayrthe :notes will be taken at par at the
Bank of Mona. A public meeting of the depositors in
Mr. Holmes's bank is called at the Wellington-hall, on
this day (Tuesday). A few weeks ago, a rumour was in
circulation that Mr. George William Dumbell was apply-
ing for a banking license to the governor and council,
with the view of opening a private bank. Mr. Dumbell
did actually make such an application, and on Thursday
last the council were convened to consider it. The council
refused the application, but we learn were disposed to
open the case if Mr. Dumbell should associate with him
other persons of character and property, such as the gover-
nor and council could approve.—Mona's Harald. We
perceive that the stock-in-trade, herrings, houkhold fur-
niture, &c., of the late Mr. James Holmes, is advertised to
be sold by auction in Douglas. The following is an esti-
mate of assets and liabilities of Messrs. Henry Holmes
and Sons, but we cannot vouch for its accuracy :

Property in the Isle of Man 4,25,000
Mortgazes ditto 9,0 0
Stock, furniture, plate, &c., ditto
Property in Scotland
Ditto in Liverpool 95,000
Cash and bills ditto
Furniture, plate, &e. ditto ...... •
Stock, herrings, Brfik ,•• • • 3,000

Liabilities here and in the Isle of Man.el9o,ooo
It was rumoured here yesterday, that the affairs will be at
once thrown into chancery.--Mercury of Friday.