The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin—Having noticed in the Mercury of Friday last an
advertisement for a person to fill the vacant office of
" Registrar of Births and Deaths" for the district of Tox-
teth Park, and as there will be, doubtless, many appli-
cants for the situation, can you inform me if it be true
that one of the " Board" stated on Wednesday last that
advertising was a "farce" and useless, as the candidate
was already fixed upon ? It is whispered that the appoint-
ment was agreed upon at the " dinner table," and the
situation is to be given to-morrow to one of the " Guar-
dians" lately holding office, and whose kind, affable, and
generous conduct to the poor is well known and appre-
ciated, although not altogether agreeable to a few mem-
bers of a pompous, tyrannical, and " radical clique," who
consider him a " bore" to their ambition. Hence is his
retirement desirable, and, when he is duly appointed, it is
said one of the late disappointed " clique" will be pro-
posed as his successor in the office at the Board. Now,
surety this report cannot be true, after the many "scenes"
and " rows" at this respectable Board of Guardians; and
yet, if true, " can swot things be, without our special
wonder ?" Why, then, advertise ! The affair reminds
one of the " Bigham do" or mistake, the worthy and re-
spectable "councillor" applying to be " 1169. d constable,"
with the emoluments, of course. In conclusion, I would
beg to add that the district should be divided, as one of
the Guardians (Mr. Appleby) suggested, and thusfrastrate
the " cunning doings' and objects of the " clique."—l am,

Sir, yours,
Kirkdale, May 22, 1851.

OBSERVER.

" PROPERTY" in Alabama fetches good prices. The live
chattels in human form on the estate of the late Edmund
Townsend, 285 in number, recently sold for 207,195 dol•
lars. A young man and his wife brought 3,000 dollars;
two twin brothers 3,700, and a brother and sister of these
proved nearly as valuable.

AN EXTENSIVE DEPiULTEL—An • quisition has been
opened at the Sheriff's-court of Durhflanm, to
possesses in that county, with a7' o inquire what
de-
falcations amounting to £66 view to the satisfying Doctor's-commons,_
pri-
soner to the crown, for moneys
property Henry Birchfield Swabe
regis-
trar of the High Court ,000 on the part of the
the prisoner was
Colliery, worth £lB,627ofsubdli:
claims under mortgages. received
iriity. Itb ywilimas foimasdthatpossessed of eight-fifteenths of the Felton
ATTEMPT TO STARVE'
A FiecAtLlthyowTeoveDr,stoATvirery—AhearevY.
his wife (a lady-like looking
spectable-looking man was charged, at Worship -street
Police-court, on Wednesday, with attempting to starve
death. His wife stated that she had live young children,
and had lived on terms of the greatest affection with the
prisoner until within the last twelve months, when his
woman) and children to
habits of intoxication and brutal treatment compelled her
to separate from him. About a week spirince,
ituous aftefu
ros rnish
he
..
ing himself with a large quantity, of s
formed the horrid design of starving her and her family
to death. He destroyed all the food in the house, and.
locked them in. For three days they had nothing but
some pieces of dry bread, and when she was
make her escape from the house he intercepted :her and
trying to
knocked her down, and gave her a black eye. He then
herall
locked her and her children in one of the upper rooms,
and there kept them, until the agonizing cries of her
children for food on the previous day induced her to make
an effort to break open the door ; but the prisoner,4
had been drinking at intervals, forced her away, strikin-g-
-_...... who
her in a savage manner in the face, and pinching
over the body. She then made her way to the
and dashed her hand through a pane of glass,and window,
circumstance, with her cries, attracted the
gentlemen, who forcibly entered the
attention of the
pri-
soner was given into custody. The place, and the
prisoner was remanded.