The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

At the Council Meeting on Tuesday. Mr. R. Henderson
was proposed as Alderman (in the place of Sir Thomas
Brancker) by Mr. Parker, and seconded by Mr. Harbord.
Mr. Francis Shand was proposed by Mr. Tinne, and
seconded by Mr. David Hodgson. On a division Mr.
Henderson was elected by a majority of 26 to 21.
SELECT VESTRY.—The fortnightly meeting was held on
Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. Mr.
M`Lellan, on the motion of Mr. Cafferata, was appointed
vaccinator, and Mr. Munn, warrant officer. Mr. Earle
complained of the non-attendance of the overseers with
the magistrates in hearing complaints against the payment
of rates: and some conversation took place as to the
means adopted by persons to evade the payment of rates.

In one case a woman applied to be excused, although she
was living in her own house.
FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. - The usual
monthly meeting of this association was held on Wednes-
day evening, in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street.
Mr. Edward Brodribb was called to the chair, and in
opening the business of the meeting, alluded to an attack
made by Mr. Fox Maule, in his seat in the House of
Commons, on Monday evening last, upon the association,
on the subject of clothing the army. He expressed his
opinion that Mr. Fox Maule had not read No. 7 Tract of
the association, and he contended that, although the pre-
sent system of clothing the soldier might have existed for
140 years, now that it was found out to be a bad one, the
sooner it was changed the better. The association now
determined to turn their attention to the principle of
direct over indirect taxation. The meeting was addressed
by Mr. F. Boult, Mr. John Smith. and others.
Docx COMMITTEE.-It was decided to raise the river
wall at Coburg Dock four feet, the estimated cost being
£lo2o.—lt was recommended that the crew of the new
landing stage should consist of nine men, in addition to
the master and mate; that the mate should have 275. a
week, and the men 225. The subject was referred back,
it being considered by some of the members desirable to
let the crew have a uniform, with less salary.—The sub-
ject of the Albert Dock accounts was again broached.
Mr. Holme objected that only 8648 yards of land had
been charged to the warehouses, whereas an additional
amount of £51,000 ought to have been added to the cost
of the warehouses on account of the land. He proposed
that the statement of accounts should not pass, but, meet-
ing with no seconder, the proposition fell to I,u gro
and the statement was adapted after some discussion.—
The sub-committee refused to recommend berths in the
Prince's Dock for screw steamers, or to remit the graving
dock dues on the barque Crown.

ST. ANNh'S DISPENSARY.—A meeting was held on
Tuesday for the purpose of establishing a new dispensary
at the premises lately occupied by the Eastern Dispensary,
which had a few days since been closed, owing to a want
of funds to carry it on. The following gentlemen were
present, namely, the Rev. F. Ould, Dr. Ashcroft, Messrs.
Barton, Kitchen, Gilbert, Watts, Croft and Bydc. It
was shown that during the last year the late institution
had administered relief to twelve or thirteen thousand
poor people, and that it was absolutely necessary to pro-
vide a similar institution without delay. A committee
was appointed, with power to add to their number, to
carry out this object, with every prospect of success ; and

a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Gilbert a

appointed to see ministers of the different chi
chapels, in order to urge congregational collect

Ball, the house surgeon, was authorised to d

to such poor as may apply to him ; and Mr. N

rously proposed, for the.p-resent, to compou
such prescriptions as may be sent to him.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

On Wednesday another batch of lodging-housekeepers
were summoned for having more than the complement of
lodgers allowed by law. Convictions were obtained' in
each cage.

On Saturday, a servant girl in Colquitt-street, where
Mr. T. C. Foster, barrister, is sojourning during the
assizes, was committed for trial charged with stealing a
purse containing £2. 10s. which that gentleman had left
in his bedroom.

Robert Tierney, butcher, was fined, on Wednesday,
40s. and costs for being drunk, and furiously driving a
spring cart along Church-street, thereby seriously injuring
a boy named Jame Michael. Mr. Rushton advised the
parents of the boy to proceed against the defendant for
personal injury.
ASSAULTING A WITNESS.—On Tuesday a man named
James Carney was fined £5 and costs, or two months'
imprisonment, and to find bail himself in £3O, and two
sureties in £l5 each, or four months' further imprison-
ment, for assaulting a witness in the case of a woman
committed for trial at the assizes, for manslaughter, in
Spitalfields. _

FORGERY.—Thomas Williams was committed to trial,
on Tuesday, for forging a soldier's billet. The prisoner
went to the house of Henry Bennett, publican, in Park-
street, on the 25th of February, in company with another
man. He was dressed in soldier's clothes at the time, and
produced a paper, purportir.g to be a billet signed by a
magistrate, through which he succeeded in obtaining 6d.
and several glasses of ale. It was afterwards discovered
that Williams was not a soldier.

THE TABLES TURNED.—On Thursday, Captain Faulk-
ner, of the ship Josephine, charged a coloured seaman
with attempting to stab the second mate. In the course
of the inquiry it came out that the prisoner had been
grossly maltreated by the captain and some of the crew;
that he had been put in irons, handcuffed, a chain placed
round his neck, and fastened between decks with nothing
to lie upon, and fed upon bread and water for the last
three months. Under these circumstances, the case was
remanded.

Distrtrt pea)s.

A guard, named Ireland, was killed at Newton on
Monday, whilst crossing the line as a train was coming up.
DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—Within the last few
days, the inhabitants have been shocked by the occur-
rence of a case of hydrophobia in Runcorn. About three
weeks ago, a man named James Sothern, a driver OD the
canal, was bitten by a dog as he was pulling it out of the
canal. He was soon after in a confirmed state of rabies,
and paroxysms were so violent, that it was found neces-
sary to fasten him to his bed. His sufferings terminated
about two o'clock on Wednesday.

The cylinder printing machines in Messrs. Hoyle's
print works, Mayfield, ganchester, print a mile of calico
in an hour ! If fifteen of these machines work uninter-
ruptedly for only ten hours each day, and for six days in
the week, they would be able to print cotton dresses in
one such week for one hundred and sixty-two thousand
ladies ! The actual number of miles of calico printed by
this eminent firm alone in a single year exceeds ten thou-
sand, more than sufficient to measure the diameter of our
planet with ! _ _

UNION OF MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONS.—A general
meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire Union of
Mechanics', and other Literary and Scientific Institu-
tions, was held at Manchester on Saturday week, Dr.
Hodgson in the chair. The attendance was numerous,
and amongst those present were the Mayor of Manchester
and Mr. E. Baines, of Leeds. A report was read, which
contained some valuable suggestions,—amongst others,
that in order to prosper, these institutions must all be
self supporting, and it was suggested that the payments
should be made for brief periods and not quarters of a
year or a year. A resolution was passed declaring the
institution to have worked well. The following institu-
tions were admitted :—Northern Mechanics' Institution,
Liverpool ; Educational Institution, Bootle ; the Mecha-
nic's Institutes of Nantwich, Crewe. Middleton, Rhodes,
Heywood, Woolton, Farnworth, Chorlton New Mills;
the People's Institute, Rochdale; and the Roscoe Club,
Liverpool.
THE SEASON.—The beautiful weather we have enjoyed
for some weeks has been very favourable for farming
operations. The farmers at Tarleton are busy planting
early potatoes, and never have the sets sprouted more
beautifully than they have done this season. One person
on Holmeswood has already planted upwards of an acre
of "early white" and "pink eye kemps." The covered
or screened potatoes are coming into " broad leaf."
Great quantities of moss lands are in course of prepara-
tion for a crop of potatoes. This is especially to be ob-
served on the moss between Croston and Mawdsley ;
while on the stiff soils of the latter place and Bispham, a
great breadth of beans has been sown, the land having
been previously manured. Indeed, great quantities of
beans have been sown everywhere in the neighbourhood
of Rufford, Tarleton, Croston, &c. The sowing of oats
appears to be very nearly finished. A great breadth of
land at Bispham and Mawdsley has, during the winter,
been drained with tiles, Sir T. G. Hesketh having a tile
kiln at Mawdsley in full operation. The Earl of Derby
has also furnished his tenants with tiles, and in some
instances put them in the ground, charging a per centage
upon the outlay.
ELECTORS IN THE LANCASHIRE BOROUGHS.—A par-
liamentary return, showing the number of electors on the
register of all cities and boroughs in Great Britain, has
just been published. The following is the return of the
Lancashire boroughs :

I£lo Free- Total No. of Popula.
House- men, Elec- Mem- Houses tion.
hol d'rs &c. tors. bers. rented. 1841.
497 497 1 2170 11324
600 14 614 2 5406 25167
15 *735 1 4814 21116
763 1 5267 22514
903 1 5707 24750
1019 1 6030 24091
1116 2 6200 36186
988 1377 2 3431 14389
1531 2 10185 50163

Clitheroe
Wigan ..

Warrington
Ashton ....

720
763
903
1049
1116
389
1531

Bury
Rochdale
Blackburn
Lancaster
Bolton ...

Oldham ..
Salford ....
Preston....
Manchester
Liverpool..

2 1 13873 1 60109

2602 .. 2602
1469 1577 3046
12836 .. 12836
14072 3248 17320

1 14867 66624
2 11371 50332
2 48261 240367
2 56494 282656

40065 I 5028 146093

196076 1929797

* Fifteen persons are registered in more than one township,
but there are only 720 entitled to . vote _ _

NORRIS V. SEED.—The action by Mr. Ellis, of Chor-
ley, against Mr. Joseph Seed, the proprietor of Burgh
.
Hall Asylum, for the alleged seizure and detention
of his wife, (formerly Miss Dune, daughter of the late
Captain Durie,) will not come on for trial at the present
Liverpool Assizes, as was fully expected. Particulars of
the elopement from the asylum, of Miss Durie with Nor-
ris, will be fresh in the recollection of our readers. The
plaintiff laid his damages at £5OO. The defendant, Mr.
Seed, in his defence, as shown by the pleadings, justified
his conduct, as being the proprietor and superintendent
of a lunatic asylum, under the Bth and 9th Victoria, c.
100, and of having acted upon the certificates and orders
given in conformity with that statute. As the defendant
did not allege that the plaintiff's wife was a lunatic, or of
unsound mind, the plaintiff demurred to this plea as bad,
which left for trial at the assizes the other defences set up
by Mr. Seed, including the plea that the plaintiff and
Miss Durk were not married. Upon this the competency
of Mrs. Norris to contract marriage with the plaintiff,and, therefore, her lunacy, would have been fairly tried ;
and we understand the plaintiff was prepared to examine
the clergyman who married them, and the witnesses to
the ceremony, who would all have spoken as to the proper
manner in which Mrs. Norris conducted herself. At this
stage of the proceedings, and on the eve of the assizes,
the defendant obtained a judge's order to be allowed to
withdraw his pleas, except the one left for demurrer, on
payment of all the plaintiff's costs ; thus avoiding a pre-
sent trial, and trusting to the chance of success on the
demurrer. So far, therefore, as the present action is con-
cerned, the marriage of Mr. Norris to Miss Durk is ad-
mitted, as well as the trespass complained of. Mrs. Norris
still remains a prisoner in the asylum. The argument on
the demurrer is expected to come on some time next term.

PHILADELPHIA AND LIVERPOOL LINE

PACKET OF THE Ist APRIL
For PHILADELPHIA,
The new and fast-sailing Packet-ship
04 MARY PLEASANTS,
Captain J. Q. BOWNE ;
800 tons register ;•three years old ; newly coppered ; and in
every respect a most complete conveyance for goods.—For
terms of freight or cabin passage app;,'y to
JAMES M'HENRY,
A. TAYLOR and CO., A

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-Z441.41

5, Temple-place, or
, Lancelot's-hey

REDUCTION IN THE RATES OF FREIGHT.
PHILADELPHIA LINE OF PACKETS

Sailing on the 12th of every Month

SARANAK, T. Jumus
SUSQUEHANNA. T. DUNLEVY
TUSCARORA, E. TURLEY
WYOMING, J. W. MIERCKEN.

1000 tons.. 12th April
600 tons.. 12th May
1250 tons.. 12th June
1100 tons.. 12th July

Goods by these Packets hitherto paying
355. will now be charged 30s. per ton.
30s. do. do. 255. „
255. do. do. 20s. „
20s. do. do. 15s.
Other Goods according to agreement.
These yes& s are all of the first class, built expressly for thii.
line, and comuine every quality to render them safe and expe-
ditious conveyance hfor goods and they are furnished with
spacious and elegant accow.modations for passengers. The rate
of Passage in the Cabin is fixed at TWENTY POUNDS, pas-
sengers finding their own wines and liquors. These Packets
will take advantage of the steam tow-boats on the Delaware.
To insure punctuality in sailing, no Goods can be received
after the 10th of each month.—For terms of freight or cabin
passsage apply to BROWN, SHIPLEY, and Co.
Freight by these vessels will be collected at the rate of four
dollars eighty PCP tS to the pound sterling.

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NEW LINE OF
PACKETS FOR PHILADELPHIA

To van on the 26th of every Month,

WILLIAM PENN (new ship),

A. MicifiEL. ... 810 tons.. 2Gth April
HELEN AFGAw (new ship),

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J. T. TUCKER 600 tons.. 2tith May.
KALAMAZOO, G. FAULK SOO tons.. 26th June
HIBERNIA (new ship),C.H .SA LT ss. 900 tons.. 26th July,

The above Ships are built of the best materials, and are com-
manded by able and experienced navigators, and due regard
has been paid to select models for speed, with comfort for
passengers.
These Packets take advantage of the steam tow-boats on the
Delaware. _ _

For terms of freight or cabin passage apply to
RICHARDSON BROTHERS and Co., or to
JOHN TAYLOR CROOK.
Freight by these vessels will be collected at the rate of four
dollars eighty cents to the pound sterling.

IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS

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HARNDEN AND CO.'S
LINE OF PACKETS FOR BOSTON,
Sailing on the sth, 15th, and 25th of every Month.
Captains. Tons. To sail.
LESMAHAGOW, GASKIN 1200.... Ist April.
LIVING AGE, SNOW 1200.... sth April.
For NE
H. H. BOODY, ALEXANDER W Y0RK.1200.... This Day.
OXFORD, Goonm ANSON
ANDREW FOSTER, HOWES 1200.... Ist April.
CAMBRIDGE. P . EABODY 1700.... sth April.
1200....
PHILADELPHIA LINE OF PACKETS,I6th April.
Sailing on the 12th of every Month.
SARANAK, E. T. .Tutins
SUSQUEHANNA, J. DUNLEVY l3OO. ... 12th April.
TUSCARORA. E. TURLEY 1100.... 12th May.
1500.... 12th June.
WYOMING, J. W. MIERCKEN 1200.... 12th July.
NEW LINE OF PHILADELPHIA PACKETS,
Sailing* on the Ist of every Month.
MARY PLEASANT ' J. Q. BOWNE 1200.... Ist April.
SHENANDOAH, W. H. WEST 1200.... let May.
SHERWOOD, T. CROSBY llOO Ist June.
EUROPE, H. F. MIERCKEN 1200.... Ist July.
NORTH STAR, BISHOP 1000. .. Ist Aug.
These ships are all of the first class, coppered and Copper,
fastened, fast sailers, and commanded by men of experience in
the trade; afford excellent accommodation for passengers, and
sail punctually.
HARNDEN and Co., of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia,
Pay particular attention to Emigrants; protect them from all
fraud and imposition, and supply every information to parties
wishing to proceed to the 'Western States or other parts of
America.

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Actual outlay required to reach destination, all particulars
relative to emigration and bills of exchange, securing safety in
remittance, may be had by applying personally or by letter to
HARNDENr & CO., Liverpool,
Emigration Office, 60, Waterloo-road,
General Office, 6, Cook-street.