The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

Aug. 10, 1847.

total flews.

The foundation stone of a new Welsh Chapel, in Gill-
street, in connexion with the Wesleyan Methodist Asso-
ciation, was laid on Thursday.
FOUND DROWNED.—On Tuesday the bodies of two
men unknown were found drowned,—one in the Crosby
Channel, and the other at the North Shore.
The royal mail steam-ship Cambria sailed on Wednes-
day, for Halifax and Boston, with a full complement of
passengers, and specie to the extent of £71,000.
Mr. James Clucas, late master in the merchant service
out of Liverpool, has been appointed harbour-master of
the port of Douglas, in the place of Capt. Henry Gill.
The Birkenhead steam-frigate received her new paddle-
box boats, on Friday, at Portsmouth, and will sail with
her gang of riggers, for Dundrum Bay, this morning,
calling at Plymouth for some additional men.
STATUE OF THE LATE MR. HUSKISSON. Wooden
boards have this week been erected, and the foundation
excavated, for the elevation of this public monument, in
the centre of the area before the Custom House, facing
South
Castle-street.
Critchly,
DEATH FROM STARVATION.--On Tuesday, Elizabeth
of Bell-street, Toxteth-park, fell while return-
ing from the Parish-office, and expired. The deceased
died from congestion of the lungs, accelerated by the
want of food. There was not the least particle of food
in the stomach.

NEw COUNTY COVRTS .—The new District County
Court, for the recovery of debts under £2O, and over
which Mr. Lowndes presides, will be erected shortly on
the vacant piece of land situated at the corner of Rane-
lagh-street and Lime-street. Spacious shops will be built
on each side of it.

FATAL AccinENT.--While a boy named Sinnett, who
lived with his parents in Marlborough-street was, on
Friday evening, walking along that street, on the footwalk,
a cask fell upon him, when being lowered from a ware-
house, and killed him on the spot. The rope to which
the cask was attached hed given way, though it appeared
to be strong.

FIRE IN BOLTON-STREET.—On Thursday forenoon, the
premises of Mr. Lupton, flour dealer and baker, Bolton-
street, Copperas-hill, took fire, but by what means could
not be ascertained, and before the progress of the flames
could be arrested, the building, with the stock, was entirely
destroyed. The stock was insured in the West of Eng-
land fire-office.

DEATH FROM BURNING.—About a month ago, a child,
named Catharine Sheridan, living with her parents at No.
9, Eldon-place, was left hi the kitchen with four other
little children, and was soon afterwards found sitting in a
chair near the fire, all in flames. The contents of a box
of lucifer matches were scattered about the floor. De-
ceased was much burned, and lingered until Saturday
morning, when she died.

COLLISION ON THE BIRKENHEAD EXTENSION RAIL-
WAY.—On Friday night, an engine coming from towards
the docks with two empty waggons, ran against a ballast
waggon near the corner of Grange-lane, and the conse-
quence was that the wagon was smashed, and the engine
and train thrown off the line. It fortunately happened
that no person was hurt, nor was the engine much
damaged.

The Times has published a letter from Mr. Lassell, of
Liverpool, who renews his previous statement that he has
disccevered a satellite of the new planet Neptune, and says
that this discovery was fully confirmed on Monday morn-
ing last, when, after watching the planet and its supposed
satellite during two hours, he observed that the orbital
motion of Neptune had evidently carried away the satellite
from the position in the sky which it occupied when first

THE CELLARS.—Active measures have again been com-
mencedand for clearing out these miserable receptacles of
filth fever. Upwards of three hundred owners were on Friday served
with the amended notices, requiring them
to alter their cellar property in conformity with the sani-
tory regulations of the borough, or to close them as dwell-
ings ; and it is intended to follow up still more extended
proceedings without intermission, until the nuisance is
permanently abated.
MELANCHOLY DEATH.—Mr. John Gibson, one of Mr.
Nicholson's tableaux vivants, and who may be well known
to the visitors of the Liver during the past three weeks as
the personator of " Tom Bowling," &c., was bathing at
Eastham on Sunday week, when he was suddenly ob-
served to be floLting motionless on the water. He was
immediately brought to land, but was discovered to be
quite dead. We believe the cause of death was apoplexy
or congestion of the lungs.
ANALYSIS OF VOTING AT LIVERPOOL ELECTION,
JULY 29TH, 1847 :
didates I plump.

Split Votes with

1 Total

Cardwell
Birch .. '
.

261 I Birch Card. Mack Man.
4119 769 402 5551
613 I 4119 88 46 4866
23 14858 88 769 1722 4046
Ag -

Manners.—

I zios

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Total Persons Voted. 9743.
CRICKET MATCII.—On Thursday, the first match be-
tween the Preston Club and the Liverpool Olympus Club,
Was played on the ground of the latter, at Liverpool.
On account of the unpropitious state of the weather, only
one innings each was played. The game resulted in the
defeat of the Liverpool gentlemen. Preston went in first,
and scored 79—Liverpool following with a score of 61;
showing a balance of 18 in favour of the former. We
may mention, as most deserving of notice, the playing of
Messrs. Case, Crankshaw, and Grundy on the Preston
side, and Messrs. Robertson and W. Williams on the part
of the Liverpool Olympus.—Preston Pilot.
BAZAAR FOR ST. JAMES'S SCHOOLS.—The school in
St. James's-road vosiC

_ --- ..a. was originally endowed by thi _
Henson. but it was a boy's school only. The present in-
cumbent of St. James's, the Rev. H. Hampton, has, how-
ever, succeeded in raising the means of adding a girl's
school and an infant school to the establishment ; but for
ttte girl's school a new room is absolutely requisite, and
bya 1158 "ove proposed to erect over the present building,
be aw "ch
cO, leans more than six hundred poor children can
hundrede-- tla°,l:lated, instead of the present maximum of three
but,,,, thegenii:3le
projected, to which •
meTo aid in this purpose, a bazaar has been
, it is to. be hoped, notP only the ladies
w ~,nthof the district will contribate.
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have
iplarram.—Thursday last being the day or raising this ill-fated vessel sufficiently high
were the
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her hull examined and repaired,
were commenced about twelve o c oc , a
crowned with. perfect success. She was raised two
the , and her keel is now quite clear of the sand. When
Spott ha t thisext is
tide receded workmen were actively engaged in re-
Pairing the damage done to her hull. It is now certain
spring
gnse leviathan will be got afloat and off by
tide. Prom information obtained on the
we are justified in stating that the vessel maybe ex-
pected to be in dock, on the other side of the Channel, in
about a be
Gazette.
. CHANGES IN THE MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE.—At a meet-
'wag of the magistrates, held on Thursday, some changes
t.
,p recommended to be made, consequent on the death
I I‘,ll'. Ellis, chief clerk to the justices. Mr. Wyberg
has been recommended as the successor to Mr Ellis to the
office of chief clerk, at a salary of £6OO per annum, being
£2OO above what he receives at present. Mr. Jameson,
prosecuting clerk at the Town-hall, has been recommended
to the office of second magistrates' clerk, at a salary
of £4OO per annum, being £2OO a year over what he at
present receives. Mr. Walter, of the deposition office,
has been recommended to succeed Mr. Jameson as prose-
cuting clerk, at a salary of £250, being £l2O a year over
what he at present receives. Mr. Tasker has been recom-
mended to be continued in the office of book-keeper, at
a salary increased to £250 per annum. All iese
recommendations and proposed salaries will have to receive
the sanction of the Council at the next meeting.
DISAPPEARANCE OF A GOVERNMENT TAX COLLECTOR.
—During the past eight or ten days great alarm has been
felt in consequence of the disappearance of Mr. David
Griffiths, government tax collector, and surveyor of
weights and measures. The receipt for the payment of
the government taxes was held on Tuesday and Wednes_
day last, at the Waterloo Hotel, but we are told Mr.
Griffiths was absent. The amount
is stated
ought to have
been paid by him on that occasion stated to be between
£BOO and £lOOO. He t
wasee seen
the hustings in Castle-street, e rt, on
andsin't'edsd
tinleenaay week a
letter
rhats
he wrote the letter he
been received from him, bearing the post-mark Anglesey,
stating that in an hour's time after .
Mr. David Griffiths was
would have left the island. He is married, and has left a
wife and three or four children.
the Paving and
seeking compensation from the Corporation, at the recent
sessions, for the loss of his situation under.
Sewerage Commissioners for Everton, and it was stated to
the court on that occasion, that his emoluments were up-
wards of £3OO per annum.—Mercury.
LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION LECTURES.—
Our readers will be gratified to perceive that the lectures
of this institution are to be resumed for the autumn sea-
son this day. Mr. J. Q. Wetherbee is announced to ap-
pear on that evening in a course of lectures on the Ger-
neTnasn and Italian Schools of Vocal Melody. This gentle-
;Allred a ken
a at we believe is an American by birth, who has
ten foras' knowledge of the science of music at the Royal
Eicash etaY the ondon, and who, according to Sir Henry
entry '-iliP, ismost promising bass singer that the Acad.
illustratio
produced. His course of lectures, expressly writ-
hes whit!;e Collegiate Institution, as traced out in a sylla-
variety 015 we have seen, will present music to us under a
:level aspects ; and very few of the many vocaln
Preeiousi,. hich Mr. Wetherbee introduces have been
should ~_,Y hex
_rd by the generality of our readers ; and. a
the
,o„7.7retifie t
.he is sure to please both the professional
thike seas°a ar 881°110 Public. The other arrangements for
when W„ , : most liberal and amle and shall be noticed
s vi.e, ita e naore space
Asc:K, nY our Inca, at command than is permitted
i• , 'NT OP I, reports '
'sued the f. THE BALL • Lff has pub -
Gard —'
ollnwi„ oeN.—Mr. u , Jun., .
Gyesoh
per'
.1
Alr. - account of his ascent with Mr.
-Lenusfi :11esuaY night, from the Zoological
SPeCtatOrS' ng
street • andl, mr. 1s in the car consisted of the aeronaut,
from gardens, am
.08e the *--- On rigi
theas.g publican, of Leeds-
idst the buzzes
Vas at first di , both within and without, my attention
'of I-Iyanfs Ll:_feted to the distributing of some thousands
different
beightovhe.sutgs, until we had reached a considerable
stealing over looking to the eastward, we observed night
was
tthee earth. Turning to the westward, how
swiftly re cl churches'sun:iotiasielsi,ts
spiestidene while, casting
ecadstisintagntcrieweaysetbheeloswetttinhge
,nd whole town to be
circuin t ce mg from us Indeed the viewwei appeared
n the
subl' s ances underwhich flight, of that
nue natur we took our .
aessed. , e, that to be appreciated they must be wtt-
we enter cel
I_l fiv •
c minutes, after passing over Walton, &c.,
ha al ean imrn darkwhen the earth was
l' Y discern% ense cloud,
valve to enabl le ; On emerging again, and opening the
We were i e Mr. G. to ascertain our locality, we found
Skelinersallei the immediate vicinity of the park of Lord
bride, four e, about two and a half miles from Burseough-
from Livernnares from Ormskirk, and seventeen miles
minutes fro -°., which distance was travelled in twenty
several fieldra the time of starting. After traversing over
belonging t 8' we at last effected a landing in a meadow
lent his h o the farm of Mr. Rhodes, who very kindly
Ormskiro;se and cart to convey the balloon and car to

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