The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-09 00:00:00

oral pals.

Closing
The Mayor has sent a donation of £5 to the Early
ulosing Association.
The tea-dealers and grocers of this town have agreed to
tlose each night, except Saturday, at seven o'clock.
. JAMES' BAZAAR.—The Mayor has contributed £5
towards this excellent object.
The half-yearly meeting of the City of Dublin Steam-
Packet Company last week was very satisfactory, and a di-
vidend of six per cent. per annum was declared.
• On Monday, Thos. Hall, a shipwright, while engaged
la Caulking a vessel in the Queen's Graving Dock, fell
'r°nl a plank and fractured his skull. He died on his way
to the Northern Hospital.
SUICIDE.—On Thursday Joseph Darry, aged 69, living
In York-street, Everton, destroyed himself by puncturing
Ills neck with a knife. He had been of unsound mind for
scree time.
The name of the man who committed suicide in an
eut°Pty house in Cazneau-street was William Ashcroft.
~„"te,was a blacksmith, and had been for some time affected
insanity.
NBvvv MAGISTRATES.—At the Kirkdale Quarter See-
'4l2lls, on Thursday last, Thomas Townley Parker, Esq.,
tE,.L Sutton Grange, near St. Helen's, took the oaths as a
Justice of the Peace for this county.
On Wednesday night last, two women,. named Doyle
and Tupman, quarrelled in Paul-street, Mrs. Doyle,
striking at Tupman, hit the infant child of the latter, and
hurt it so severely that it died soon after. Doyle has
beet committed for manslaughter.
CHARTER FOR BIRKENHEAD.—A requisition to the
overseers of Birkenhead is in course of signature, request-
ing them to call a public meeting, to consider the propri-
ety of memorialising the commissioners to obtain a char-
Ler of incorporation.
NOVEL SALE BY AUCTION.—The leopard, brought over
from India a few days ago by Captain Ord, was sold by
auction on Monday last at the Ship Inn Great Crosby.
Mr. Mather, naturalist, Williamson-square, was the pur-
chaser.
The North Cheshire Agricultural Society having merged
into that of Manchester, which is now amalgamated with
the Liverpool Association, it is purposed to extend the
operations of the South Cheshire so as to include the
Whole county of Chester within its limits.
On Wedasday, Daniel Huson, 6, lad twelve years of
age, living in Slater-court, Ben Johnson-street, died of
congestion of the brain, caused by having drunk immo-
was 13' of nun the day previous. Above a pint of rum
of a given to him by some person and, with the exception
smallquantity given to some one else, deceased drank
the whole of it undiluted.
ATA-1. ACCIDENTS.—On Sunday, a man, named ll-
ligsworth, who resided in Hurst-street walked over the
Albert Pierhead, and although prompt means were used
to get him out, life was extinct when the body was raised
from the water.—On Sunday night, a man, named Uns-
livorth, employed watching the sewer in Mill-street a fell
awn, and was so much injured, that he died in few
hours.
THREE BOYS BURNT BY FIREWORKS.—On Thursday
evening, while the children of a gentleman in Everton
Ivere arranging some fireworks for the next evening, in
honour of Guy Fawkes, they proceeded to test the value
,se •
a sunflower ' • but as it did not ignite rapidly enough,
one of them threw some powder on it, when the whole of
& squibs exploded, and three little boys were so dread-
"?Y burnt that Dr. Nottingham had to be called in ; and
b!s doubtful if medical skill can prevent their faces from
eing marked during life.
I‘CURIOUS DEATH.— On Saturday week, Andrew B.
,'avidson, a boy, ten years of age, residing with his
'avents in Bedford-street North, was standing with a
;t.inaber of other boys, who were playing with gunpowder
Bedford-street North, and whilst there some of the
ri?"'der exploded and burned• him on the forehead and• in
• eyes. On being removed home he was attacked with
2,,:tbaiting and purging, and died on Monday. Upon a
nie,„alortem examination, it appeared that the mucous
for;7,vone of the stomach had been corroded and per-
th"Leci ; that the perforation of the stomach had been
cai:se of death ; and that that had evidently been °c-
if:oiled by previous disease.
oi„,,RE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—A change has been
"me in the selection of premises for the use of the officers
and the public, by which the latter will be enabled to
wise the full advantages of the telegraph, without mud(
Other delay. Instead of the rooms in Lancaster Build-
Tithebarn-street, the company have engaged the
Ivnices, No. 3, Exchange Buildings, at present occupied
41-7 the Prussian consulate, and which stand on the side of
Lae Exchange area, opposite the newsroom, The mains,
which had been laid in Exchange-street East, have been
P!rtially taken up, and will be conveyed round the front
31 the Town Hall to the above premises by Wednesday
next, so that by the end of the week the whole apparatus
%lay be expected to be complete, and the establishment
1. active operation
AN EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE. Two BOYS
DROWNED
.--An .:An inquest was held on Saturday, before
• borough Coroner, on view of the body of William
• Yes a cottay twelve years old, who resided with his uncle
t deceaseda
In a e ho
O'clock on Fridayusne in i
Stanhope-street. About seven
home, and as he
did not return home on night.
made
t left
his
friends became
on that
alarmed, and search being near the house, the body
of the deceased was found in a pit next morning about
nine o'clock. His cap was previously found on the bank.
On the same day, an inquest was held on the body of
James Griffiths. This boy also resided with his uncle, in
a
court in Eaton-street, Windsor, and was 16 years old.
At the same hour of the same night (Friday) deceased left
tue home, and about ten o'clock he was found drowned in
:1)eo1 of water in a delph. He was seen in the water
v,,,
but being out of reach, he sank before any assist-
could be given. Verdict—" Found drowned."
ROYAL BANK.—Last week there was a meeting in
determine
of the shareholders of the Royal Bank to
reataline what should be done. It is pleasant and re-
ai7f.Ving to contrast the language used at this
oftmeeing
Atlantic,
that which is so popular on the other side the
al:44k. Liverpool is the great mart of American com-
fr-ree• Let American merchants take a lesson in honesty
u°lll their customers. Mr. Alderman Thompson " urged
hands
the shareholders the necessity of putting their
knnde in their pockets, that all those who had deposited
leleY
lin the bank might have their claims liquidhonest
ated."
J. Cooper said " their first duty was,like
11, to pay their debts. One thing was perfectly certain,
ssd that was, the necessity of raising a sum of money to
0,1181.3, the depositors, and for that purpose he would
4i`eerfully contribute." Mr. Josias Booker, (the chair-
re ), hoped " that all would cordially join in promptly
th le \ring the mischief that had been done, and s tradeo
Ine World that Liverpool merchants and Liverpool-
A4P. Were actuated by a spirit of honour in all their trans-
ia+nis, and that, no matter.at what cost to themselves,
iigrity and honour should characterise all their proceed-
gs•(Loud cheers.) In this strain every one spoke;
1„--1 in this way it is that British merchants and trades-
ea look at pecuniary difficulties—not to consider how
m a shuffle out of their responsibility—not to` re-
ir,"`nate"y just claims—not to defy helpless creditors—not
Play the rascal with impunity, and scoff at or bully
,„,"a se they swindle—but how, "at whatever cost to them-
tres," they may best be able to do what is right. We
should like to see the American papers giving the senti-
iZeats expressed at this meeting, and to hear an American
..2udiator commenting upon them. We are quite sure
ene thing, that he would pay us the trifling compliment
I'l[ndeclaring his preference for an English debtor, though
° might be utterly incapable of earning for himself the
oataa preference.—John Bull.