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

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received information rimy
had been attacked In Vauxhall-road I
Whom had fastened his arm round h
other two rifled lif.pockets of about.
,they had robbed him they threw hint
°ridge into the canal, from which he-was with diflit
rescued by some parties who were passing te tiw
Were attracted by. -groans to the spot. F n the descrier

neck, whilst the

tion givenV b;
the inspector
Valliant was

t the time, and

the case.

man who had been
Blended the pri4bm
:.at the time, the magistrate dismissed

THE PRESTON STRIKE.—A large meet
ton operatives was held on Wednesday
. -
Present were

of the Pres-

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ilated at froth twelve to -fourteen thou-
ing •toncluded with three tremendous
eer more for the ten per cent. and no
ssociated masters met on-sthe following
was resolved to maintain, without:modification,

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one ch

the resolutions of the 4th c

s for eml

-went, and

the mills open to receive - _
When a sufficient number,of hands to enable-the mills to
be opened have applied for work, a general meeting of the
association is to be called. A very large meeting of spin-
ners was held at eleven:o'clock, when the speakers ad-
verted in strong and condemnatory terms to the-resolution
rferted to, and a motion cf determination to adhere to
the ten per cent. and the union" was carried -
Itously. • affirm that th.--

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terms-hut their own, and that they never expected any-
hing else from the masters than the resolutions they have
just published. The town is full of regret and disappoint-
Meat that there seems to be uo prospect of a termipation
of this lame

dispute

lIELLTH CONMITTEE.-Atr. Dover presided at the
weekly meeting on Thursday, when Mr. Fresh reported the
'lnspection 0f.103 nuisances complained of, and the reference
Of 80 others to the borough engineer for remedy by drain-
age, &e. It was -resolved that ;the boroug
should report as to the advantages of a tramw
hill and Brunswick-road. The mulled office_
that the low temperature of last week had caused an in-
creased mortality from disease of the lungs, but that the
eras mortality of the borough still continued slightly
The total deaths were

at Law-

below the average or zap
208, namely, 145 in the parish, and 61 in the out-town-
ships, being eight more than in the previous week. No
return had been received from St George's district, in
cansequence of the death of the late registrar, but the
mortality in that district had been assumed to be the
ILVne as in the previous week. Instructions were given
to the clerk relative to two bridges which had been erected
Without the permission of the committee.—A letter from
Messrs. Eden and Stanistreet, relative to the.adoption of
a road belonging to the Earl'of Derby, between Bankhall
4!1(1 Derby-road, was referred to the sub-committee of
The tender of Thomas GriAths, for sewering two
'c'ts of streets, which had been passed at -
'keeting, were accepted.
PROPOSED NEW RA.ILWATS.—The following is a list
,all the railway companies that np to .eight o'clock on
eanesday night (the period limited for that purpose I.)y
the standing orders of the houses of lords and commons),
of p‘sited their plans and sections with the proper officers
railway commission, at the Board of Trade and at
a et Private Bill office, np to which period 4-1
(P, sections deposited for railways, 135 ; miseellane,
tc'eas, bridges, harbours, water and gas, and improve
ent bills, 08 ; total, 233. Last session there was a
of 249 bills. Amongst the bills are the follow-
ftn:,-----East Lancashire Railway : Dock Branch and lines
a """XerPOoL—East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
ellti Manchester and Southport Railways : for vesting
etain interests or portions of the two latter lines in the
11;,„rra,,er; station accommodation at Southport, and con-
e"ng lines at Southport and Lathom.—London and
ra9rth-western Railway (Shrewsbury and Newtown) : for a
olwaY from Shrewsbury to Newtown, with branches to
kr.'„,estrY, and Minsterley ; arrangements with, or use of,
lizie-;v7suarY and Hereford ; use of joint stations and
I,o,,aeolniected therewith at Shrewsbury and *Newtown.—
bai.."*°a and North-western Railway (Crewe to Shrews-
-37).---London and North-western Railway (Elaydon-
aZe branch) : for purchase or lease of the Hayden.
branch of the London and Blackwall Railway ; to
uuaulligoo hotel accommodation at Euston station; superan-
helon,,,ll fund provision North-west station at Wolverhampton,
and 8r,,,g. to London andrn and Shrewsbury
and sto—dagharn ; use of Birmingham and IVoverhampton
and n• 'al Valley and Birmingham station, by Shrewsbury
and la,ingham, and additional station accommodation
aluen.a.,`:` at Birmingham, Harrow, and Cottingham ; and
. wuent of
'werpool acts.—Lacashire and Yorkshire Railway ;
13,,raach Tuoek branches from Kirkdale and Middleton
'er exte"eeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway :
with
Great from Gilderstone to Ardsley ; arrangements
lacrease Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and
ter co_ ur eapital ration WaterLiveworks. rpool IlriprOVenlelltS.-31allehe9-
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