The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

THE MANCHESTER GAS WORKS.—The profit of the
past year has been £37,399.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER.—The ex-
penses incurred by the Corporation of Manchester at the
Queen's visit last autumn was £4,976.
THE WATCH COMMITTEE have decided that no member
of an Orange or Ribbon Society shall be engaged in the
police force.

THE HARRIETTE, a handsome and substantially-buq
barque of 281 tons, the property of Messrs. Campbell and
Rudd, of this town, was launched at Dundee, on Monday.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed his secretary,
Mr. Simons, Registrar of the Bankruptcy Court, Manches-
ter, in the room of Mr. Hunter Gordon, who has retired.
A SOIREE will be held this evening in St. Silas' School,
and the bill of fare is of an attractive character. It has
been got up by some young men, who are members of the
Church of England Institution.

THE INHABITANTS OF LITHERLAND have memo-
rialised the magistrates for an additional police force, in
consequence of the frequency of the robberies committed
in the township.

FIRE.—On Wednesday morning, a fire broke out at
the house of Mr. Bancroft, St. Anne-street. The fire
brigade were promptly in attendance, and by their efforts
the fire was extinguished before any material injury had
been sustained.

COUNTY COURT.—The first court for the month of
April was held by the judge, Mr. Pollock, on Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday. There were 450 original sum-
monses, 22 summonses for commitment, and 6 interpleader
cases. There were no insolvency petitions.

- • -
TESTIMONIAL OF ESTEEM.—On Thursday a number of
the friends of Mr. Samuel Ball, of the City of Dublin
Steam-packet Company, met at Childwall Abbey to pre-
sent him with a chaste and elegantly-wrought silver tea
service, as a remembrance of their esteem.
LIVERPOOL RECRUITING DISTRICT.—The report that
Lieutenant-Colonel Magennis has been appointed to
succeed Major-General Falconer, as inspecting field-
officer of the Liverpool recruiting-district, is incorrect.
The officer who will replace the major-general is Lieut.
Davis, C. 8., from the 9th Foot.
APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT OVERSEER OF TOXTETH-
FARK.—At a meeting of the rate-payers of the township,
held on Thursday afternoon, Mr. John Rowlands, as-
sistant overseer and collector, was appointed to the va-
cancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Macauliff, the
lateassistantoverseerand superintendent for Toxteth-park.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning, as Mary
Roberts, 73 years of age, was standing on the top of a
flight of steps outside the house in which she lived, in
Dance-street, the rail on which she was leaning her
elbow gave way, and she fell to the ground. She died in
the afternoon.

ROBBERIES.—On Thursday, the house of Mrs. Lock,
No. 4, Windsor-street South, was entered by means of
skeleton keys, during the absence of the inmates, and a
large quantity of property stolen.—On Thursday night, in
Oldhall-street, a lady had her pocket picked of a purse
containing ten half sovereigns.

OFFICE ROBBERY.—The office of Mr. Farrar, Rumford -
place, was broken into on Thursday night. The thieves
effected an entrance by breaking the padlock of the outer
door ; they succeeded in gaining access to the counting-
house, but were contented with carrying off a hat and a
few other articles of small value. Two drawers which
might easily have been forced were not even attempted.
COUNTY MAGISTRATES.—ThO following gentlemen
qualified at Lancaster, on Monday, as county magistrates :
—Robert William Waithman, • Esq., Bentham-bouso,
Lancaster; and Thomas Robert Ogden, Esq., Lnkefild,
Sawrey, Windermere. At the Preston sessions on 11'ed-
. J. Glover, Esq., of Southport, and John Gerald
Esq., of Earnsdale, qualified as magistrates of the

nesday
Potter

county

ROBBERIES BY A LETTER• CARRIER. A
took place before John Holmes, Esq., at the Pot
on Thurs
been pert
who was i
bank no'.

ce-court

Jewellery
t throuzi

A man r

Dmplicc

were rernandecl,
produced.

in order t

evidence might be

LAUNCIIES.—On T

:heel from tl

and
_Sons, which .is

port to the Br
voyage to China

hor tonnage is 580.