The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-28 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT OF ACCOUNTANT

Mr. Thomas Hendrick was appointed accountant in behalf
of the committee, to assist the Commissioners of Customs
in auditing the accounts, in the room of Mr. Kelsall, super-
annuated.

MARINE SURVEYOR'S REPOB*S

The Marine Surveyor presented two reports, one stating
that a portion of the moorings of the north-west light ship
were much worn, and the other informing the committee that
the moorings of the Bell Beacon, lost in 1835,` had been re-
covered by a Iloylake boatman.
THE " ALBERT" LIGHT-SHIP.,
The CHAIRMAN requested the committee to give a name
to the new light-ship which would be launched from the yard
of Messrs. Chaloner and Co. on Saturday next. Messrs.
Chaloner and Co., the Chairman added, had applied for
leave for the vessel to remain upon the stocks till the 12th
October, in order that they might be enabled to finish the
joiner's work more conveniently, but the committee could
not consent to the application. On the suggestion of the
Chairman the new vessel was ordered to be called " the
Albert."

IMPROVED PLAN OF DOCKS.
Mr. GAGE was then called in for the purpose of explaining
his plans for providing increased dock accommodation upon
the space at present occupied. He produced a number of
plans, without a reference to which his views could scarcely
be made intelligible, and entered into a great variety of ex-
planations to spew that by his method 885 additional yards of
quay room would be afforded at a cost of only £BO,OOO. A
number of questions were put to him by Mr. Horsfall, Mr.
Evans, Mr. Holt, and others, and at the close of the inter-
view Mr. Gage was requested to leave some of his plans with
the committee for their further consideration.
The committee then separated.

DEATH or MR. BIBBY.—On Tuesday last, James Cullen,
the prisoner who had been brought up on several occasions
before the county magistrates, on suspicion of having been
concerned in the supposed murder of Mr. Bibby, was again
taken before Mr. Birch and Messrs. Formby, at the office of
Messrs. Laces, Clay, and Myers. No further evidence being
put in by Mr. Carson, the solicitor for the friends of the de-
ceased, he was immediately discharged. The mystery that
hangs over the death of the lamented gentleman thus remains
as impenetrable as ever.
QUICK SAILING.—The Intrepid, Captain Stuart, sailed
from Liverpool on the 25th June, 1839, for the Cape of Good
Hope, thence to Calcutta. back to Berbice, and thence to
London, where she arrived on the 26th instant, having-per-
formed the sailing part of the 'voyage in nine months and one
day, the remaining five months being occupied in discharging
and loading at the respective ports. '
ACCIDENT AT RUNCORN.—On Sunday morning last, a
gentleman from Knutsford, with a one-horse whitechapel
vehicle, was driving up to the Grapes Inn, Halton-lane, Run-
corn, when suddenly the horse took fright, and backed into
the canal opposite, which is very deep, and two children with
an aged female would have been drowned but for the pre-
sence of mind of Mr. Sweetman, proprietor of the inn, who
plunged into the water and brought all safe ashore; they
were immediately put to bed, and every assistance rendered,
but it is feared the old lady cannot recover the shock, being
very aged and feeble; hilt the children, in a few hours after,
did not appear any worse. The horse was one which the
gentleman had never driven before : it should act as a caution
that all those who drive stvange horses should be very careful.

DEATH BY THE FALLING OF A CHIMNEY.—COMMIT-
MENT FOR MANSLAUGHTER.—Mr. Simmons, of Cleveland-
square, has recently. erected a house facing the Coburg Dock,
which, we learn, he purposes to inhabit. He has himself
given directions to the workmen from time to time, as the
building was approaching to completion. On Tuesday
morning last, about a quarter pait seven o'clock, while a
joiner, a young man of 24 years of 'age, named John Living-
ston, who was employed on the premises, was in the act of
cutting some of the joists on the first or -ground floor, for
the purpose of fitting in the hearth-stone, the breast-work
of the chimney, which was built of stone, gave way, and the
whole projecting part of the chimney and flues above, sepa-
rated from the wall, and fell down upon him, breaking the
joists, and precipitating him into the cellar below. He was
immediately picked up from amongst the ruins, and was
carried to Dr. Kelly's, in Park-lane, but was so dreadfully
injured, that life was extinct before he could be borne to the
house. Heavy stones, of which the building was constructed,
had fallen upon him. An inquest was held yesterday, before
P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on view of the body, and a sur-
gical examination showed that the frontal bone was broken,
that the shoulder blade was fractured, that a severe contu-
sion had taken place on the lett side, and that the fallen
materials had so pressed upon the throat of the deceased,
that be was probably partly suffocated. The jury examined
the premises, and as it appeared that the chimney had not
been constructed in a workmanlike manner, it not being
properly incorporated with the wall in the masonry, or other-
wise duly secured to it,—they considered the fatality the
result of carelessness, and returned a verdict of manslaughter
against Mr. Simmons, the proprietor, who was placed in
custody of the coroner's bailiff. Yesterday evening an ap-
plication was made to Mr. Justice Coltman, in the Assize
Crown Court, now sitting, by Mr. Wilkins, to admit the
accused to bail ; but the necessary documents not being
ready, it was agreed that he should surrender himself this
day (we believe), and take his trial at the coroner's inqui-
sition.
OPENING OF THE NEW WESLEYAN CHAPEL, PRESCOT.
edifice, with commodious school-rooins annexed to it,
has been erected under the able superintendence of Frederick
Long, Esq., architect, of Liverpool. It is built entirely of
stone, in the Gothic style, and may be pronounced a perfect
model of neatness and elegance. It was solemnly opened for
divine service on Friday last by the Rev. Robert Newton,
president of the Conference. The rev. gentleman selected
for his text in the morning, Psalm cxxii, v. 1. " I was glad
when they said unto me, ' Let us go into the house of Lord ;' "
from which he delivered an animated and learned discourse
on the sacred pleasures which are connected with divine wor.
ship : and in the evening, John xvii, v. 15, " I pray not that
thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou
shouldest keep them from the evil," from which he took oc-
casion to point out sonic of the great objects on account of
which it is desirable that the lives of Christians should be
spared. The congregations were large, comprehending a
number of highly respectable persons of different denomina-
tions, who appeared to be all greatly delighted by the eloquent
productions of this deservedly popular divine. David Newton,
Esq., of Macclesfield, presided at the organ in the morning ;
and Joseph Ashton, Esq., of Liverpool, in the evening ; and
too much cannot be said in praise of their performances. A
substantial and elegant dinner was provided by the friends in
the gardens of the Moss,,to which upwards of sixty ladies
and gentlemen sat down, under a marquee that had been
erected for the purpose. The day was remarkably fine, and
the whole of the arrangements where in excellent taste.—
Courier.

Their lordships the judges dined with Dr. Shepherd, at
Gateacre, on Siinday last. The Mayor of Liverpool, and Mr.
and Mrs. Ireland Blackburne, were of the party.
The Wesleyan Centenary Picture, painted in honour of
that celebrated event by Mr. Parker, the artist, has by him
been presented to the Conference, on condition that it be
placed in the Centenary Building about to be erected in
London.

NEW CHESHIRE MAGISTRATES.—The Lord Chancellor
has appointed the following gentlemen magistrates for the
county of Chester namely, Henry Winch, Esq., of Littler-
land Villa, Seacombe ; I. W. Harden, of Liscard, Esq., bar-
rister-at-law ; and J. C. Ewart, of New Brighton, Esq.
ANCIENT ORDER. OP FORESTERS.—OR Sunday, the 23d
instant, the remains of Brother Cluley, of Court 775, were
acCompanied to the grave by.upwards of 200 of the brethren,
when a very able and affecting prayer was delivered by the
Rev. Mr. Davies; in Upper Stanhope-street Chapel. It is
believed that a more respectable gathering has not been wit-
nessed since the funeral of the late John Bolton, Esq., of
Duke-street.

• Arrivals at the Misses Perkins' Family Boarding House,
70, Duke-street :—Two Misses Anderson and governess,
from Dumfries; James Aspinall, Esq., Malta ; L. de W.
Cochran, Esq., Halifax, N.S. ; Henry Fallon, Esq., H. F.
Fallon, jun., sq., and Miss Fallon, of Cadiz, and Roscom-
mon, in Ireland ; Miss Doubleday, Lincoln ; Master John
Gordon, of Shortwood, Jamaica ; Master Joseph Smith,
Jamaica.

ARRIVALS AT PAREGATE DURING THE PAST WEER.—
The Archdeacon and Mrs. Wrangham, Miss Wrangham ;
Mrs. Barnard, Misses Barnard, Mr. C. Barnard; Mrs. C.
Townshend ; Mrs. and Miss Barker ; Mr. and Mrs. John-
son and family; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Hoggins ; Mr. and
Mrs. Glover and family ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Edwards ;
Captain Watson ; Miss Bolton, &c. &c.
CHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon a farmer,
returning to the country, Isit his horse at the door of the ta-
vern of Mrs. Smith, at the corner of New Scotland-road, and
entered the house. A nephew of Mrs.,Smith, a boy about
thirteen years of age, mounted the horse, which, on turning
the corner into Scotland-road, took fright at the carts, and
ran away. The poor child lost his seat, and, his foot stick-
ing in the stirrup, he was dragged, his head bumping on
stones, about fifty yards. His head was completely fractured,
the brains protruding, and he died almost instantly.

TUE GREAT WILL CAUSE.—The great cause of Blundell
a. Lord Camoys, brought to try the validity of the will of the
late Charles Blundell, Esq., of Ince, is fixed for Monday
next. The Attorney-General, Sir John Campbell, is retained
in favour of the will, and the Solicitor-General, Sir Thomas
Wilde, against it. The property at stake is immensely
greater than that Involved in the celebrated Hornby wille se,
and it is said that•the number of witnesses will be as great.
The question to he decided is, -whether Mr. Blundell Was Of
sound mind when he made the will in dispute.
FIRE AT CASTLE MONA HOTEL, ISLE OF MAN.—A
correspondent has furnished us with an account of a fire which
took place at the above hotel yesterday morning, between the
hours of three and four o'clock. The inmates were aroused
from their slumbers by a dense smoke through the whole
building, and an alarm of " Fire !" was given. The fire proved
to be in the store room on the ground floor, but was soon got
under by the servants and visitors. It was entirely confined
to the room in which it originated, in which a fire is constantly
kept for the supply of hot water. The confusion which the
alarm gave rise to may be easily imagined. Ladies and gen-
tlemen were seen running in all directions in their night
dresses, and many ludicrous scenes were witnessed. The
damage done is supposed to amount to £3OO or £4OO, in
stores, linen, &c. •

AWFULLY SUDDEN MEATH.—OR Tuesday evening, as a
boy named George Homer, nephew to Mr. Homer, West
Derby, was returning home from the Mechanics' Institution,
through Hope-street, he was perceived by a school-fellow,
Master Fox, to turn quickly round, and drop down. He
was immediately carried to the Medical Hall, and attended
by Dr. Carson. Unfortunately medical assistance was of no
avail, for his life had fled. An inquisition touching the death
of the deceased was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, and
the result was, after a post mortem examination by a profes-
sional gentleman, a verdict of " death by apoplexy." It ap-
peared that the great valve of the heart had been so much
contracted as to produce a fatal rush,of blood to the head.

THE BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—We are gra-
tified to find that a great number of the chorus singers—we
believe upwards of fifty—engaged at this festival, have been
selected from the native talent of Liverpool. This is a high
compliment to our Festival Choral Society, and a satisfactory
proof of the advanced state of cultivation of the divine science
in Liverpool. We do not hesitate to affirm that the mem-
bers of this society—who are indebted for their proficiency to
their own exertions alone, and the valuable instructions of
their conductor, Mr. George Holden—stand unrivalled as a
body of chorus singers in the present day, and have no doubt
whatever that they will acquit themselves creditably.
Birgit WE AVER.—A special general meeting of the trus-
tees of the River Weaver was held at the Navigation Office,
in Northwich, on Thursday last, pursuant to notice, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the Weaver Churches'
Act. A large number of trustees attended, and, we under-
stand, that they have determined forthwith to put in execu-
tion the powers of the act, by erecting a church and parson-
age-house at Weston Point, in the parish of Runcorn. As
the evidence before Parliament has proved so strong a case
of want of church accommodation for the flatnien, haulers,
and others, at Northwich and Winsford, we feel assured that
the trustees will delay as little as possible in extending the
benefit of a church and a resident minister to those two
places as specified in the act of Parliament. The public will
estimate the zeal of the trustees in bettering the condition
of their poorer neighbours, by the promptness with which
they avail themselves of the valuable power which they have
lately acquired.—Chester Courant.
NEW CHURCH IN THE PARISH OF HALSALL.—WO are
glad to learn that arrangements are in progress for the erection
of a new church in the parish of Halsall. The population of
the new district which it is designed to benefit, including the
hamlets of Downholland and Heskayne, and part of the
township of Lydiate, amounts to 1,130, of whom about 200
are Romanists, leaving a Protestant population amounting to
930 situated at such a distance from the parish church as
almost to preclude the possibility of regular attendance there
on public worship. Nor is there any neighbouring church in
which sittings can be obtained for them. This is a state of
• spiritual destitution-which veils-loudly for rennsly ; and we
rejoice to say that the call has already, in some quarters, been
most liberally responded to. R. B. Hollinshead Blundell,
sq.' the patron of the living at Halsall, proposes to give
£5OO towards the erection, and £5OO towards the endowment,
of the church, and the Rev. Richard Loxham, the Rector of
Halsall, has offered to annex £3O per annum additional, pro-
vided a sufficient sum be realised to complete the underta-
king, and that the site be convenient for the inhabitants of
of the district in question. Promises of warm support have
likewise been obtained from Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., for
the advantage of whose tenantry in Downholland the church
is partly intended. It must be felt, however, that further
pecuniary aid, to a very considerable amount, will still be
required, and for this an appeal is now made to the benevolent
feelings and Christian principles of the friends of the Estab-
lished Church. A committee has' been appointed for the
Accomplishment of the design ; and as we observe upon the
list the name of the Rev. G. Holden, curate of Halsall, it may
perhaps be as well to name the circumstance, for the infor-
mation of persons who may be inclined to throw their mite
into the treasury for this good purpose.—Courier.
THE BATHS.—We copy the following description of the
baths on George's Pier, tinder the management of Mr. Penn,
from Smith's Strangers' Guide :—" The exterior of the
building is plain, but particularly chaste ; in altitude it is
one story. The walls are rusticated ; the roof projects, and
forms two piazzas, supported by a colonnade of 18 columns
and two pilasters ; the length is 239 feet, and the breadth
87 feet. The gentlemen's baths are at the northern, and the
ladies' at the southern extremity of the building. The cold
plunge bath for the former is 46 by 27 feet ; the latter is 39 by
27 feet. The landing is covered by a projecting roof of a
peculiarly light construction, which totally precludes the
fervid heat of a summer's sup, and is supported by light
columns. The dressing rooms, which are very conveui-
.ent and comfortable, extend completely round the bath,
and are supplied with every requisite for the accom-
modation of visitors. There are private, warm, cold, and
tepid baths, ready at aV hours ; also, medicated va-
pour, and shower baths, which are upon the most approved
principles. A spacious tank beneath the centre of the build-
ing, containing upwards of 800 tons, receives the water from
the river at high tides only ; from thence it is forced by
means of a steam-engine into a capacious filter, from which
it is conveyed by pipes into the respective baths, perfectly
pure, and clear as chrystal : the water is constantly flowing,
both in and out of the baths, at the rate of sixty gallons per
minutes. This building was erected by the Corporation,
and opened for public use on the Bth of June, 1829, having
cost upwards of £36,000. Within the last four years it has
been in the hands of the present proprietor, who rents it
from the Corporation ; and it is but justice to say, that dun.
jug the time it has been under his care and direction, he has
spared neither trouble nor expense in rendering it at once an
ornament to the town, as well as conducive to the health and
comfort of visitors."
MELANCHOLY Loss OF LIFE AT SEAFORTH.—OnWednes-
day morning the young gentlemen of the Rev. Mr. Rawson's
school proceeded, as usual, under the charge of two assistant-
masters, to the shore a little above the. Rinirose, for the pur-
pose of their accustomed recreation of bathing. The young
gentlemen entered the,river at the usual bathing-place, a spot
at which no accident ever before occurred, and which has
hitherto been considered perfectly safe, being the station for
the bathing machines ; it is supposed, however, that being
led on by a spirited boy, one of the sufferers, who was in-
tended for the navy, and desirous to accustom himself to an
element on which he had supposed it would have been his lot
to have passed many of his future days, the unfortunate suf-
ferers had waded out of their depth. As soon as their peril
was'observed, the assistants in charge of the boys imme.
diately rushed to their aid, and, at great personal, risk, suc-
ceeded in rescuing two out of the five who were in danger.
The depth of the water to the southward prevented any fur-
ther assistance being rendered but by able swimmers, and
the other three boys, in their generous efforts to save each
other, sank to rise no more. The boys lost are Bosanquet,
Bott, and Rawson, second son of -the respected minister of
Seaforth. The two boys saved were Duncan and Plunket.
The prompt exertions of the assistants, seconded by those of
several gentlemen in the neighbourhood, who, with the po-
liceman on duty, and other individuals on the beach, lost no
time in throwing themselves into the water and searching in
all directions for thoie who had unfortunately sunk, is de-
serving of the utmost praise. In this they were also aided
by a boat belonging to Mr. Waring, brought up almost im-
mediately from Bootle, and by the stone-masons at work at
Mr. Muspratt's house, who brought with them a large net,
with which the shore was dragged. It was not till after a
search of nearly three hours the bodies were found. They
were instantly carried into th 9 • house of Mr. Bickersteth,
surgeon, at his own request, and every means for the recovery
of suspended animation were resorted to, but in vain. The
generous efforts made by those brave boys to succour a sink-
ing schoolfellow will not be soon forgotten by those who wit-
nessed them, and their kind and gentlemanlike demeanour
makes them all universally regretted. The deepest sympathy
for the afflicted parents prevails, and several of our clergy
and man .• of our principal residents, throughout the day,
visited the Parsonage-housQ, at Seaforth, to offer their con-
dolence and services.—An inquest will be held over the bo-
dies this morning. We shall give a report of their proceed-
ings in our second edition. "'

HALIFAX.—A letter, addressed by Charles Wood, Esq.,
M.P., to the electors of Halifa.x, defending his conduct with
reference to Lord Stanley's MA 'Registration Bill, has been
published by that gentleman.
NORWICH, AUG. 22.—We understand that the new wheat
which have been brought to mill are particularly fine, weigh-
ing on an average eighteen stone per coomb.—Norwich paper.

Last week the tonnage rate on merchandise brought up
the river-Ouse in vessels to York was reduced, by order of
the town council, to one-third of the maximum rate now
charged.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, it is rumoured,
will pass the autumn at West Cliffe House, Ramsgate ; and
it is said her royal highness will leave Belgrave House early
in the ensuing month.
A curious circumstance occurred at the late Monmouth
assizes :—Two men, named Pritchard and Williams, were
charged with setting fire to a plantation belonging to the
Duke of Beaufort. There was no case made out against
Pritchard, but Williams confessed the crime, and, astonish-
ing to relate, the jury returned a verdict of NOT GUILTY ! ! !
This puts us in mind of a trial of a man for a capital offence,
and.- iu the course of the trial, he confessed his guilt; not-
withstanding which the jury acquitted him, the foreman say-
ing " that he was the biggest liar in the country, and they
would not believe him."