The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

EDMUND-STREET DAY AND SABBATH SCHOOLS

On Monday last, the children belonging to these schools
had a holiday excursion to Birkenhead. Mr. Willoughby,
with his usual kindness, gave them a gratuitous passage

over the water, and a large field belonging to the same
gentleman, as well as the gardens, were kindly lent for
their recreation, for whose kindness and liberality the
committee desire thus publicly to express their thanks.
On their return to the school they were plentifully sup-
plied with buns and milk, provided principally by their
teachers. Upwards of 150 scholars, accompanied by Mr.
Thomas Jones, Mr. James Davies, Mr. George Watts,
and their respected superintendent, Mr. Thomas Lock-
hart, and a number of ladies and other friends were pre-
sent, and the utmost order and decorum prevailed. The
number of scholars on the books in both schools is 250,
with every prospect of a large increase, the majority of
winch are children of seafaring men, or those employed
about the docks and quays of Liverpool.

SOUTH LANCASHIRK REVISION.—The revising bar-
risters appointed for the Southern Division of Lancashire
have appointed to hold their courts as follows :—At the
New Court House, Ashton-under-Lyne, on Tuesday, the
22nd of September, at one in the afternoon ; at the Ses-
sions'-house, Liverpool, on Wednesday, the 23rd, at ten
o'clock ; at the Town-ball, St. Helen's, on Saturday, the
25th, at eleven ; at the Town-hall. Ormakirk, on Monday,
the 28th, at eleven ' • at the Bold Arms Hotel, Southport,
on Tuesday, the 29th, at eleven ; at the Leigh Arms
Hotel, Newton. on Thursday, the Ist of October, at
eleven ; at the Town-hall, Oldham, on Friday, the 2nd,
at eleven ; at the Court of Requests, Smith-street, Roch-
dale, on Wednesday, the 7th, at eleven ; at the Moot-hall,
Wigan, on Thursday, the Bth, at ten ; at the New Ses-
sions'-house, Great Bolton, on Friday, the 9th, at ten ;
at the Town's-office, Bury, on Saturday, the 10tb. at ten ;
and at the Town-hall, Manchester, on Monday, the 12th,
at ten.

SERIOUS ROBBERY.—At the Police court on Friday,
Catherine M`Loughlin was charged with stealing £145
from Mr. John Pair, of Birkenhead, under the following
circumstances :—lt appeared that Mr. Parr and his wife
had been to Liverpool to receive a legacy, amounting to
the sum above-mentioned, and after leaving the attorney's

office, his wife discovered that she had left lirr umbrella be.
hind her. She returned to fetch it, and while he was waiting
in Houghton-street for his wife, the prisoner came up and
accosted bim. The prosecutor refused to have anything
to do with the prisoner. who suddenly turned round and
ran away. On examining his pockets he found he had
been robbed of the amount of the legacy. Information of
the robbery, and a description of the thief, was given at
the Police-office, and in the course of a few days the pri-
soner was apprehended, and at once identifies by the pro-
secutor. Some five or six pounds only were found in her
possession ; but the had also a new gold watch, purchased
since the robbery for £l6. The prisoner made no defence,
and was committed for trial.

INQUESTS.—Last Thursday, Alexander Gibson, aged
ten months, was taken by his sister to the pierhead. and
on arriving home was found to be quite dead from suffoca-
tion, caused by pressure in her arms. An old woman,
named Fanny Wright, aged sixty-four, was found dead in
a privy, in Mill-street.-On Saturday three inquests
were held. The first was on Richard Jones, a child four-
and-a-half years old, who went to Cropper's school in
Mill-street, Toxteth-park, and who accidentally fell into
the area in the yard, a descent of about teh feet. The ex-
ternal violence produced concussion of the brain, which
speedily ended in his death. The second was on Ann
Colley, a child five months old, who lived with her parents,
in Fontenoy-street. About eleven o'clock on Thursday
night the deceased was taken to bed by its mother, and
the following morning she was found lying dead. Suffo-
cation, arising from being overlain, was most probably the
cause of-death. The third was on Ann Bowen, a child
six months old, re,iding with its parents, in Oriel-street.
Between ten and eleven o'clock on Friday night it was
taken to bed in good health, and about two o'clock in the
morning she was found dead. In this case, also, accord-
ing to the opinion of the surgeon, suffocation was the
cause of death, arising most probably from having been
overlain.

THS PROVISION TRADE.—A new f
at Liverpool in the provision trade, as regards beef, viz.,
r Ireland, and this has developed itself in a

ture has

a deman

on by many in the trade. -- ,
taken for that quarter is no longer confined to the inferior
kinds; during the last month, upwards of 2,000 tierces
have been exported to Ireland, and a considerable quantity
remains'there liought for Irish account. The purchases,
though principally made in a denressed market. have

was little calct

The quality

cleared out all the

tiers, and have given a buovanc

to the trade; so that there are no sellers, unless at ar
advance of Bs. to 10s. a tierce uppn the extreme low prices

The usual government contract has been advertised f

12,000 tierces (4.000 more than last year), restricted,
formerly, to the produce of the United Kingdom, and 1.

According to an act just come into force, and obi.,
ty the Commiss oners of Rrkenhead, any female A.
shall stand on the outside of any window, the sill whereof
shall be more than six feet in height from the
the purpose of cleaning the same, or for any ot'
whatever, shall be liable to a penalty of forty s,
ACTON SCHOOLS.—On Friday lest, the children of
schools bad a fine treat at the expense of their benevm
w
patrons, the Tollemache family, of Dorrold-hall. The,
ere conveyed in waggons to the station at Crewe, and
from thence had a trip, per railway, to Liverpool. On
their arrival, they were taken to the 'Christ Church school,
where they had lunch, and afterwards walked through St.
John's Market, and the principal streets to St. George's
Pier, where they embarked for Egr, moot, and after en-
joying themselves there for some time, returned home in
high spirits, highly delighted with their day's excursion.
We consider a treat of this kind very beneficial and in-.
structive to country children that have never seen a :-
town or seaport before; and we should
tend to enlarge their ideas and make
lessons doubly int resting,
THE New DOCKS.—We extract the following from the
report of Mr. Hartley upon the state of the dock worke
" Considerable progress has been made in these w
during the present year, for 280 lineal yards of the river
wall have been completed, and 337 lineal yards of foun-
dations put in, in addition to the 700 yards in the previcus
year, the greater part of which it carried up to the height
of 14 feet above the level of the Old Deck sill, making
the length of foundations 1,317 lineal yards in the whole ;
and 1,484 lineal yards of dock walls have been built to th.e
average height of 20 feet above the 0:d Duck gill,making,
with what was done the previous year, 2,484 lineal yards
of quay walls. Two pair of dock gates are nearly ready
for hanging. A large sewer has been constructed, ex-
tending from opposite Sand hills lane to the river, of
about 615 yards in length. The ncrthern part of the river
wall, upon which the new fort is to be erected, ha.
commenced upon. The new south work,
and limekilns have been erected, and some excavations
removed for the backing up of the river wall in ont of
the tobacco warehouses ; the further progress of the,.
works, however, is suspended for a ►
40-engine can be spared from the wif
Dock. The timber framing for the lancing
George's Parade is in considerable forwardness, as
also the iron pontoons." The items of expenditure on
the whole of the new and the old works, during the past
year, occupy some pages of the repert, but the result is as
follows :

Total new works ...
Total repair•
Increase of stock....

ler purpose
hill

suppcse it would
jeir geographical

mortar mill

£321,491 11 10
13,728 5 9
12,305 3 11

ill the
!filbert

£352,525 1 6

Total expenditure ......
NEW IRON STEAMER.—There has, this week,
added to the line of steamers plying between this port and
Douglas, Isle of Man, a splendid new iron vessel, called
the Tynwald. She was built by Mr. Robert NHpier, of
Glasgow, and for strength, speed, and elegance, will bear
a comparison with any of the far-famed Clyde-built steam-
ships. She is 600 tons burden, and has engines of 300
hone power, with tabular boilers. Her length is 188
feet on deck, breadth amidships, 26 feet, depth of hold
15 feet. The average rate of
revolutions a minute, and some ide. ‘r
formed when it is known that, on Month tac
the passage from George's-pier to DfU'Zr.,lZ,
strong flood tide against her to the bell-buo
and a half. Under favourable circumst•
therefore, be expected to run in five hour
ing six, unless the wind be strong and
commodations for

engines

s twenty-three

of her speed may be

.abin passengers in ft

first-rate description. The principal cat
and elegant. The ladies' cabins are Mt

more elegant manner ; the berths are bur
hangings, and the sofas are covered
They are in that part of the vessel where
will be felt, and instead of being, as
are' little boles, are light, well ventilate
fitted-up apartments. Fitty-e
in both cabins, rather a lari
generally in the day time.
venience of the cabin passe
to, we are glad to fir

never exceei
!rse. The cc

:ed up iu
iff With 110'

motion

ge number for a boat
Whilst the comfort and con-
mgers have been amply attended
t the steerage passengers have

unning

not been Overlooked. The

whole cost Of the vess

£22.000. As she floats on the water she lib,
rakish appearance. She has three masts, and a very
some figure-head, a full length man, with two falcons upon
inthe
er
his head. This is illustrative of an ancient practice amongst
the lords of man, who at each coronation presented the
crowned head with two falcons. Tynwald is the name of
p commandedtain
a court which must be liel I in the island before any law
which has passed the insular and British legislature can be
put into force. This splendid vessel is under the com-
ma%nidce of
who,
, Captain
forainWfoilrltiaymyeGairlsl: tshueces:snsifourilyca
vessels between this port and the Isle of Ma-
THE SMALL DEBTS ACT AND THE
LIVERPOOL.—The small debts act
the late session, will, in all probe'
ration in this borough before the expiration of many
s
months, and supersede altogether the existing Court of
Requests. As far as we can ascertain, after much in-
quiry, the provisions are such as will give general satisf-
tion, both to suitors and the public ; and the b"

quite a
r hand_

will have some
tion here, as 11

use for cc
boron

which he

-fund will theiel);-ile-r-eirev":4l-

from a considerable ar

sion for the repayment of an
£B,OOO and £9,000

regate ou