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

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ATTEND TO THE REGISTRATION.—The lists of county
and borough voters were pu'alished by the overseers
of the poor throughout the kingdom on Sunday, the Ist
of August, and are now exposed for inspection at the
doors of all churches and chapels. We would impress
upon the Conservatives the duty of immediately attending
to those lists. From the Ist to the 25th inst., persons
entitled to be on the lists, or whose names have been
omitted, or improperly put on, may have their names cor-

rectly inserted by sending claims (in the proper form) to
the overseers. The same period is allowed for making
objections to persons improperly put on the lists.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO VISCOUNT SANDON
the hurry and bustle of the el
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Le frien

representative

have•determined to express their strong' sense of the
value of his services to the town, during the sixteen

years in which he has represented Liverpool, by present-
ing him with some enduring mark of their respect. The
idea was only started yesterday, but the subscription

already amounts to several hundred pounds, and it doubt-
less will amount to• some thousands before it closes.—
Liverpool Times. [We are glad to find that the subject
has been very warmly taken up. The services of Lord
Sandon to this town have been of no ordinary kind. I

TRIAL TRIP OF THE GUADALQUIVER.—A few weeks
ago we noticed the appointment of Captain Hosken, late of
the Great Britain, to the command of the steam-ship
Guadalquiver, a vessel of peculiar construction, which has
been built by Messrs. Vernon, of this town, for an

American company to run with passengers on the southern
coast of Cuba. Since that notice was given the ship has
rapidly completed her preparations for sea ; and on Sa-
turday last she proceeded from the Coburg Dock on a trial
trip down the channel, in order to test her capabilities.
She started from the Coburg Dock at eight o'clock in the
morning, having on board a small party of ladies and
gentlemen. The weather, though at first showery and
unfavourable, afterwards became beautifully fine; andthe
ship made excellent way. The Skerrie's were reached in
a run of about six hours, at two o'clock, against a strong
opposing tide and head wind, and notwithstanding that

seven o'c

lock she returned to t

Jock after a

the vessel and her admirably constructed engines, which

work&

with unusual smoothness. The Guadalquiver
maasures 600 tons burthen, and her engines, which were
built by Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, are of 220-horse
power. Her paddle-boxes lie, as has been stated before,
.

meet wit

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF THE RECTOR OF
PI n,..vreir.—We have the melancholy intelligence to
communicate the sudden death of the Rev. Thos. Black-
burn, rector of Prestwich, which took place at Liverpool
on Thursday evening. He had come over to this town to
attend the annual meeting of the Clergy Orphan's Charity
for this diocese. After being present at divine service at
St. Peter's church, and at the dinner which subsequently
was provided at the Adelphi Hotel, where his abstemi-
ousness was remarked, in answer to which he said he had
not for some time taken anything but water, he returned
in company with his host, the Rev. W. Hesketh, to the
dwelling of the latter, at St. Michael's Hamlet, Toxteth-
park. Mrs. Blackburne and their second daughter being
on a short visit, as also the Rev. T. Corser, of Stand, and
Mrs. Corser, as well as the Rev. Mr. Master, of Chorley,
and Mrs. Master. A party of friends had assembled
there to meet them, and the evening was spent very plea-
santly till about a quarter to eleven o'clock, when Mr.
Blackburne breathed heavily once or twice, sank back in
his chair, and fell to the floor. Mrs. Blackburne ran to
him in the greatest consternation and alarm. Medical
assistance was promptly sent for ; and in the meantime
various remedies were resorted to, but without effect, as
on the arrival of Mr. Hodgson, surgeon, he had breathed
his last. Dr. Formby arrived immediately after, but
both concurred in the opinion that nothing could have
saved Mr. Blackburne, the attack being apoplexy. The
deep affliction of Mrs. and Miss Blackburne, and indeed
of the whole party assembled at the awful event, vfas dis-
tressing in the extreme. Mr. Blackburne was the brother
of Mr. John Ireland Blackburne, of Hale, late member
for Warrington, and had held the rectory of Prestwich
about 11 years, having been presented to it by the Earl of
Wilton, on the decease of the Rev. James Lyon, in 1836.
He was previously vicar of Eccles. The remains of the
lamented gentleman who was highly respected by a large
circle of friends ; will be interred early in the ensuing
week, in the family vault at Hale. The funeral will be
quite private ; Mr. Blackburne's age was about 57 years.
His lady and eight children are left to mourn his loss.
The eldest son was about to enter at one of the universi-
ties, intending eventually to take holy orders.
SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE WIDOWS AND OR-
PHANS OF CLERGYMEN.—The anniversary sermon in aid
of the funds of this society (within the diocese of Chester)
was preached on Thursday morning, at St. Peter's church,
by the Rev. W. M. Masters, Rector of Burnley, from the
text 19th chapter of Jeremiah, verse 11 :—" Leave thy
fatherless children, I will preserve them alone, and let thy
widow trust in me." A collection was made, amounting
to £27. In the afternoon, about fifty of the clergy and a
few of the laity partook of an excellent dinner, at the
Adelphi Hotel,—the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powyss pre-
siding. The report states that the institution is the chief
support of thirty clergymens' widows, and fifty-nine chil-
dren. The object aimed at in the institution at Warring-
ton, is to elevate the orphan pupils above the station in life
to which their poverty would necessarily have degraded
them. A *superior education is provided for them, together
with every requisite domestic comfort. Amongst those
present at the dinner were the Very Rev. Archdeacon
'ghton. Rev. the eq- - - tl

tine Rev. the Chancellor o_ ae Diocese, ae Rev
J. Brooks, the Rector of Stockport, the Rector of Wyn-
wick, &c., &c. After the usual preliminary toasts, the
Chairman gave " the Society," and, in introducing it,
supplied some interesting statements relative to the insti-
tution, showing the benefits which' it had diffused, and
expressing a hope that liberal contributions would be made
in its support. He congratulated those present on the
erection of the building in Warrington, for the purpose of
educating orphan clergymens' daughters, and invited any
one to go and visit it, and inspect the excellent arrange-
ments. The Rev. J. Brooks lamented that so few church
collections had been made for the institution in Liverpool,
which, in this respect, was beaten by Manchester. He
alluded to the facilities for the insurance which were now
employed by young clergymen, by which they could make
provision for their families, and he expressed his surprise
that many more clergymen had not embraced these ad-
vantages. There were five or six of the clergy in his im-
mediate neighbourhood, who had done so at a comparatively
small annual premium ; and by that means they had been
enabled to provide for the education of their daughters and
send their sons to college. For a small premium the people
might receive five or six hundred pounds, when their son
arrived at the age of sixteen. These were advantages
which he (Mr. Brooks) could not enjoy in his early days.
(Hear.) True it was, that those who had done this might
have submitted to some personal privations for a time, but
when they had received the money they were pretty well
satisfied ; they had made themselves exceedingly comfor-
table, and had been able to complete the education of their
sons and daughters in a satisfactory way. He bore testi-
mony to the excellence of the education given to the pupils
at the establishment at Warrington, and stated that in
Liverpool, out of £2OO in subscriptions, the arrears
amounted to only £3. Several other toasts and sentiments
were given, and the meeting broke up.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

CANCELLING APPRENTICE'S INDENTURES.—On Fri-
day, Mr. Sudlow, the manager of Moss's bank, appeared
before Mr. Rushton to have his sanction for cancelling
the indentures of a youth named John Annett, an articled
clerk in the above establishment. Mr. Sudlow showed
that Annett had, on several occasions, committed most
serious blunders in the discharge of the duties of his situa-
tion, such as neglecting to give notice of the receipt of a
tiAauntr
oNc
bi sufficient
aK nE
es causee.iscehdna.Ed
EbTe2 shown, and ordered
return bill of the value of £2OOO. The magistrate was of
opinionY
tleßitnßdeGnt:
On Saturday, John
Hughes and Thomas Johnson were charged w
burglariously entered the premises of Mrs. Johnson,avnig Oakes-street, and stolen thereout a variety of property. It appeared that, on the night of the 13th ult., the house
of Mrs. Johnson was fastened up, and that on the follow-
ing morning two glasses were missed off the cheffonier,
and also a decanter, a sugar basin, and a dress. Mrs.
Johnson promised that if the prisoner Hughes would tell
all he knew about the circumstance, he should be forgiven,
and he accordingly said that the prisoner Johnson had
been concerned with him in the burglary, and had, in fact,

Johnson was, in consequence, arrested at a beer-house in
the neighbourhood of Oakes-street. Hughes, under these
circumstances, was made a witness of, and Johnson was

committed for trial

street, appeared before the magistrates to prefer
of embezzlement against Henry Keyser, late a

his establishment. It appeared that on the all of July,
Keyser was sent with a mantle to the residence of a lady
at Everton ; he delivered the parcel, and also a receipted
invoice for the value of the mantle, £3 35., and waited for
the amount. A servant brought out a five pound note.
which she gave into his hands, desiring he would return
the difference. Keyser took the note and left the house,
saying he would come back with the change. From that
day until Thursday last, when he was apprehended by
Lloyd, he had not been heard of. The person who deli-
vered the bank note into the prisoner's hands was unable
to identify him ; he was, however, committed on the evi-

dente of Lloyd, who said he had admitted receiving the
money when taken into custody. He was taken directly
before the graed jury.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF MONEY AND TEA.—On
Tuesday, a young man, named William Cornett, and a
woman, named Mary Mahon, were brought up at the po-
lice-court, charged with stealing money and tea from their
master, Mr. Doubleday, tea dealer, Ranelagh-street. The
male prisoner was a porter. the female a domestic servant.
It appeared that Mr. Doubleday had for some time missed
les from money Jeff

arts. __ —le shop, and frequentiy
till at night was found in the morning to be gone. To
endeavour to solve the mystery, he locked his son and
nephew in the shop on Monday night, that they might
watch. They were just beginning to think that no one
would come, when about seven in the morning they ob-
served the male prisoner enter the shop from the cellar

content
female

•
He had been introduced to the shop by the

rvant, who had entered Mr. Doubleday's service
in great poverty : she was now subjected to a search, and
in her boxes were found seventeen sovereigns, fifteen shil-
lings in silver, and some copper. There were also twenty-
five pieces of calico, a number of new towels, a new sauce-

pan, a handsome silk scarf, and various other articles. At
the male prisoner's lodgings, forty pounds of gunpowder
tea, some paper, and other property of Mr. Doubleday's,
were found. Mr. Doubleday also stated that he had missed
a large quantity of tea some time ago, and which could
not now be traced. Both prisoners were committed for
trial.