The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-01-13 00:00:00

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]MURDER AT BIRKENHEAD.—Aaout rive weeks ago, I
fine female child, decently attired, was found drowned in
a pit on some waste ground near Beckwith-street. Bir.

extent of £32,000.

A wilful Murdc

was returr

st some person or persons unknown.
the police have apprehended a

Lamed Mary

had for-

sion-dealer, London

sbe was dis,

'erect to be

pregnan

swards let his servic
ise of Jane M'Millan,

hen she went

ing
in Rupert-street, where she was delivered of a female
child. On the 22d Nov., the woman left Rupert-street,
taking with her the child, stating that she was going into
Wale?. At the end of a week she returned to the house
in Rupert-street, and stated that her child was dead. On
the following morning, the dead body of a child was found
in Birkenhead, as before stated. The mother had procured
the situation of cook at the Lock Hospital, in Ashton-
street. On Wednesday, she was brought up at the police
court, Birkenhead. The orisoner.

hild had died
her demeanour
a native of North Wales

her- arms,

tioned, said that the
appeared quite unconcerned
28 years of age. and k
was committed for trial at the next assizes on the charge
of murder.

She is

FUNERAL SERMON ON A POLICE-OFFICER.—On Sun
day morning last, the Rev. A. Knox, 8.A., incumbe
St. Mar) 'a, Birkenhead, pre

bed a
-"Fur a

on fror

Samuel, ii

very impressive

,st fitting one for

)n,—but more
of tb(

recent

most appalling cat

-fated steamer Ama

zuu, to wnicn toe rev. gentleman made pointed allusion ;
but the discourse we allude to was more immediately
called for by a local occurrence—the death within a few
days of one of the police force of Birkenhead, who was
interred in the church-yard of St. Mary's. In company
with the family mourners. about thirty of the force at-
tended St. Mary's on Sunday morning ; each had on his
left arm a black crape band, tied with love ribbon, and
wore white gloves, and all were of course dressed in uni
form. During the rev. gentleman's ret
which were extremely touching. some of t

favourite with

ee fore(
leceased will be re•

are a ver

very powerft

and fin,

_ man, and a capital specimen Of' a police-offieer. In cc
eluding his discourse, Mr. Knox took occasion to_impri
upon the officers present, tho fact of their duty
suppress vice, and how much, therefore, in ti
lay in their power to do good b

s passing encomium on the de
ellent character he had borne, which had been
estified to by the superintendent of the force.

also mad
to the e)

ased in rega

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—
he monthly meeting of the Birkent

Tuesday evening

lead Comm-issio

was held at the rooms, Hamilton-sq..—
in the chair, and present were Messrs. Brya..
Greene, Gough, Rae, Graham, Bailiff, Tyrer,Webste
son, Barbour, Pike, Thomson, Stevenson, Cook,
pleton. The proceedings of the Markets' Committee cum-
prised a letter from John Deane Case, Esq., in behalf of
the magistrates' requiring the use of the Town-hall, in
order that the meetings of the magistrates might be
removed from Neston to Birkenhead. The request was
granted, so far as might be consistent with the use of it by
the County Court. The Health Committee reported that
292 lodging-houses had been registered under the new act.
The Road and Improvement Committee had held a cor-
respondence with Mr. Willoughby respecting the new
foot-bridge over Wallasey-pool, which Is" - •

J. Laird, Esq.
nts

and A

had resulted in a
a erection of the

protest from the Law-clerk against the
bridge. The committee also had ordered some wire
fencing for valuable plants in the park, to prevent the
depredations of the rabbits which are now multiplying on
the grounds. The minutes of the Finance Committee
raised a long discussion upon the subject of the commis-

sioners' bonds recently offered for sale by the bank

,
appeared that the recently attempted sale of bonds by the
Royal Bank only brought one bid of half-a-crown in the
pound. The Ferry Committee alluded in their minutes
to the valuable instruction of the superintendent of pilots
as to vessels lying in the track of the Woodside boats.
The committee had written to Mr. Willoughly to claim
damages for injury done to the Nun by the Vernon running
into her when at anchor. Mr. Willoughby denied

responsibility, and the matter was to go into court. The
committee recommended that an office be erected on the
slip between the paygates, for the use of the manager,
and for a committee•room. The boys at the paygates
were to be replaced by men as vacancies occurred. The
committee were inquiring into the expense of ringing the
fog-bell by machinery. The estimate for the new offices
was Dl5O in all, includin