The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

July 6, 1847.

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The Earl of Clarendon and suite embarked on Friday,
at six o'clock, in a steamer specially hired for the purpose,
for Dublin.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean arrived here on Tuesday
last from New York, after a lengthened and highly advan-
tageous professional tour through the United States. _ p
MR. FERRAND, M.P.—lt is said. that Mr. Ferrand, M. ~
is about to marry the sister of Lord Blantyre ! Should
the match take place he will be brother-in-law to a daugh-
ter of the Duke of Sutherland.
CORPORATION BATHS.—During the present month
'the number of bathers at the North Baths, in Paul-street,
amounted to 8500. The receipts for the same period
were £B9, which is more than equal. to the expenditure.
The Rev. Hugh M`Neile is now in. Dublin, where he is
about to preach the Latin sermon required to be delivered
by him on his acceptance of the degree of doctor of divi-
nity lately conferred upon him. He will resume his pas-
toral duties early in August.
CRICKET MATCH:—The first elevens of the Liverpool
and Edge-hill Cricket Clubs intend meeting to-morrow
morning, for a friendly match ; wickets to be pitched at
ten o'clock, on the ground of the former, Wavertree-road.
From the well-known character of each of the clubs some
excellent play is anticipated.
THE HOLYHEAD AND DUBLIN STEAM-STATION.—
There is now in course of being built, at the yard of Mr.
John Laird, North Birkenhead, a large and beantiful
steam-ship, for the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com-
pany, to run between the latter place and Dublin, in con-
nexion with the railway. She is one of a line each of
which is, we learn, to be built by different architects, to
whom latitude has been allowed as regards model, so that
we may expect, from the competition, one of the speediest
" fleets" ever turned out.
THE WORKING ON THE ALBERT DOCK. The fol-.
lowing is an account of the vessels discharged in the
Albert Dock during the half-year ending the 3rd instant :
—52 ships from China, 6 from Mauritius, 26 from Brazils
and Havannah, 14 from the West Indies, 103 from North
America, 19 from South Amersca, and 25 from other
places ;—total, 236 ships, amounting to 104,401 tons re-
gister. From these vessels 109,999 tons of goods have
been landed and taken to account. The total time oc-
cupied in discharging during the half year gives an average
of 31 hours for 400 tons register burthen.
INQUEST.—On Saturday last an inquisition was held
before the borough coroner, touching the death of Martin
Flynn, a child of -seven months' old, residing with its
parents in Ellen-square, Thomas's-street. The deceased
had been carried, on Saturday night, by its grandmother,
into a neighbour's house, where a quarrel ensued, and it
was supposed a blow had been struck at it purposely in
the scuffle ; but of this there was no definite proof, no
marks of violence having been found, and, as the surgeon
who examined the body after death ascribed the death to
natural disease of the heart, a verdict was returned
accordingly.
NEW AMERICAN TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER.—The
New York Tribune, of the 16th ult., records the largest
casting ever made in America,hatrhlaeta
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the steamship United States (C
one of the 2,200 tons each, intended to run between New
Orleans and Liverpool. The United States will be 300
tons larger than the George Washington, and of greater
capacity than the President, Atlantic steamer—she will
have four wrought iron boilers, and is to be furnished
with two side-lever marine engines, of eighty inch cylin-
der and nine feet stroke, each of the power of more than
1,000 horses The cost of the engines for the United
States will be 15,000 dollars more than those of the
George Washington.
FIRES.—On Friday afternoon, a fire broke out in the
cellar under the warehouse of Mr. M`Knight, Jordan-
street. The place contained a quantity of brimstone,
which it was supposed had become ignited by friction in
being discharged from a cart. Mr. Hewitt, of the fire-
station was soon on the spot with his men, engines, &c., and
soon overcame it. The damage was trifling. Mr. Hewitt,
in his zealous exertions, suffered .considerably from the
fumes of the brimstone.—lmmediately after, he was called
to a fire in a dwelling-house, in Eaton-street, Vauxhall-
road, which was also speedily got under without any great
damage, though the flames had reached the upper floors.
One of the West of England engines was also on the
ground, and effectually cooperated.
INQUESTS held by the borough coroner on Friday :
On the bodies of two new-born children, one of which
was brought to the parish cemetery in a box, and the other
was found enclosed in the same coffin with the body of a
child four years old. The discovery was made by the lid
of the coffin accidentally breaking. Verdict, still-born.—
On the body of Felix Campbell, who fell into the Clarence
Dock on Thursday night, while in a state of intoxication.
He was heard to fall in by a porter named Grant, but be-
fore assistance could be got he had sunk. When the body
was found seven shillings and twopence halfpenny were
found in deceased's pockets : he had given £2l to a per-
son who had been in his company to take charge of.
Verdict, Accidental death.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held before P. F.
Curry, Esq., the borough coroner, gn Thursday, on the
body of an old man named George Angle, who was killed
by a fall on the 17th ult. It appeared that on the night of
the 17th, deceased had been drinking at a public-house in
Redcross-street, kept by a man named Whalley. He was
led out of the house by the landlord, in a state of intoxi-
cation, and fell down a cellar, where he remained until
medical assistance was procured ; he was then taken to the
Northern Hospital. The next day he returned to his
lodgings, but was unable to follow his employment from
a pain in his bead, which had been cut by the fall. Ulti-
mately he was sent on board the Akbar, where he died on
the 28th ult. of erysipelas in the head. Verdict, acci-
dentally killed by a fall while in a state of intoxication.
WRECKS OF EMIGRANT SHIPS.—The Carrick, of Sun-
derland, sailed from Sligo with nearly 200 persons on
board. She encountered a strong gale on the night of
the 12th of May, and went to pieces in the course of
two hours. Not more than twenty-two of the two hun-
dred passengers escaped; the crew were saved. Two
other emigrant ships chartered by government were lost
about the same time as the Carrick. One is the Imogen,
from Liverpool, and the other the Zenobia. The Imogen
had one hundred and seventy-five emigrants on board,
who. fortunately, with the crew, effected a safe landing.
The Zenobia was lost off Nanadian ; she had three hun-
dred emigrants on board, who were also saved. The emi-
grant ship, Miracle, recently wrecked off the Magdalen
Island, with sixty of her passengers drowned, is also stated
to have been chartered by government. -
THREATENING TO SHOOT, AT LUCAS'S REPOSITORY.—
On Saturday Richard Greatrix, an elderly man, of decent
appearance, was charged with having threatened to shoot
his son-in-law, a young man named Rigby, at Lucas's re-
ository, Great Charloete-street. Thomas Ainsworth
stated that he was standing near St. John's Market that
morning, when the
prisoner
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time a large sized pocket pistol in his hand. Ainsworth
attempted to take the weapon
to part with it, and in the scuffle
from him, but he refused
" he wanted to shoot his son-int which ensued, lie said
ing to sell some horses.
Lucas's repository,'
where he (the son-in-law) was g
The prisoner here interrupted the witness by exclaiming,
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" Don't tell lies, Tom !" The
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that he was not, and that he was tipsy now. Ainsworth
added that he had two i Ison his person %hen appre-
hended, and also some I')usrets, a powder flask, and a box
full of caps ; and that there was some of the powder in
whaitdhonyeouof.
the pan of one of the pistols. Pr'
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evident from the prisoner's manner
was the worse for liquor, he was ordenredatom
until to-day, when, in his sober moments, he will be again
brought up for further examination.
MADEMOISELLE RACHEL.—We are gratified in being
authorised to announce that arrangements have been
completed for the appearance of this distinguished French
actress at our Theatre-royal early in the month of August,
in three representations of French tragedy and comedy,
supported by the entire company of the St. James's
Theatre, whose recent performances in London have
been honoured by the most distinguished patronage and
success. For this classic treat we shall be chiefly indebted
to the lessee of that theatre, Mr. Mitchell, whose adven-
ture is encouraged by the Earl and Countess of Sefton,
Lord and Lady Stanley, and other eminent patrons of
histronic art and literature, and we have no doubt what-
ever that the visit will be remunerative. The perform-
ances are to comprise Scribe's " Valerie," Corneille's
" Les Horaces," Moliere's " Les Precieuses Ridicules,"
"Le Tartnffe," and "Le Depit Amoureux," Racine's
-" Phedre," Latour's " Virginie," and " Le Roman D'une
Heure," a plentiful admixture of the loftiest tragedy and
the most sparkling comedy. The principal characters
will be sustained by Mademoiselle Rachel, Monsieur
Raphael Felix, Monsieur Marius, and Mademoiselle
Rebut. The tickets for the three representations, we
hear, are to be offered at the moderate charge of one
guinea, and as many of our fashionable townsfolk were
disappointed last year by Mademoiselle Rachel being
compelled to return to France by serious illness, without
coming here as had been promised, we look for a full and
elegant, attendance.
THE BIRKENHEAD
r COMMISSIONERS.—Mr. William
Laird has published a letter relative to the proceedings of
Joseph
eseßirkAernahnehabd Co mmissioners yesterday week, and Mr.
ph
under date Ist Y haspublicly replied. Mr. Laird states,
oceasion in questioninstant,
arose that the remarks he made on the
e from his being led to under-
stand from Mr. Mallaby (the chairman) that Mr. Potter
was an assenting party to the
&e., proposed by that gentleman resolution to close the docks,
; that he had since as-
certained that neither Potter nor Mr. Lloyd were
LontdoLondon
aware that Mr. Mallaby had left London,
that day; that
him there at his post at the
had , but expected
the Liverpool Corporation
noof the Commis-
claim to that
portion of the strand on which the workse
Ir. Price,
gwraesel‘m ent with
stoners were built ; that the only claimant
who sought to recover its value anunderm
an;
the Commissioners previous to the
dock bill, in 1844 ; that the effect of passing of the first
bill to pass in the form contended for bywing the present
would be to transfer this land to the crown Mr.h Mallaby,
any right to it or not, and the commissioners to it had
value under the agreement, without getting anything ° pay the
return for their money, in case Mr. Price established in
title. He adds that, had Mr. Potter and Mr. i,l his
been present at the meeting, no such resolution as thatoyd
proposed by Mr. Mallaby would have passed the board,
and concludes by stating that the attempt to close the
docks has since failed, and that they still continue open.tle
Mr. Mallaby in reply, dated on the following day, says
that it would be improper for him, especially as chairman,
to enter into a discussion in the papers on what had taken
place at the board, and that he should abstain, until the
next meeting of the board on Wednesday, (tomorrow)
from further notice of Mr. L.'s letter, when he should
" take care properly to show the value of the statements
it contains. He adds that the docks never were closed or
intended to be closed, if the arrangements contemplated
with the crown could be effected without a measure so
Poch to be deprecated,"