The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

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WILLIAM SMITH, who escaped recent,
Borough Gaol, where he was confined for stcenn,
box from the Goat public-house, in Peter's-lane, .
apprehended in Whitechapel, on Wednesday morning, b.
Carlisle and Marks, of the detective force. The fellow
was coolly walking along the street at the time of his
apprehension.

INTEMPERANCE IN TKE COUNTY.—At the Kirkdale
Epiphany Sessions, on Tuesday last, in reply to a question
Put by one of the magistrates, Captain Woodford said
there was no diminution in the crime of drunkenness.—A
Magistrate : It is sure to increase with good times.
Captain Woodford ; Yes ; when they have money they
generally spend it.

THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAIL -STEAM-
SHIP CANADA, Stone, commander, was unable to take her
departure for Boston, on Saturday, owing to want of suffi-
cient depth of water at the bar. She, however, proceeded
on her voyage on Sunday, at 7 15, a.m., having about
forty passengers, besides a fair cargo and the usual mails,
on board.

CCIDENT.—On Sunday rnorninv, the Rhyl life-
iooner ashore on

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West Hoyle, upset, and six out of the

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posed her crew were drowned.
are supposed to be lost, as no traces of them could he found on bwasoard e .
ashoreat Omeal sacks marked "A. A. and F. N."
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~.11001, 'TEA PARTY.—The children attending
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scaoots attached to St. Silas's Church, Pembroke- 1 e
were entertaiged tea on yesterday evening
Rev. S. Mi at
Barry,
week.
toad the incumbent, the Rev. Messrs.
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noon,and the
infant-school childrenowere afforded a treat.
THE Scalp Jour afforded
meeting of this society took
place on Wednesday last, in the Assembly-rooms, Circus-
street, for the purpose of finally settling the rate of wages,
from was unanimously resolved, " That the rate of wages,
from the 17th instant, shall be ss. I. -,
--r ',ay, and the rate of
remuneration for overtime shall be ga.
society preferring a fixed rate to a sliding Scale.
per hour," the
THE STEAM-SHIP CITY OF MANCHESTER, Leitch,
commander, belonging to the Liverpool and Philadelphia
Stearn-ship Company, which left Philadelphia on the 6th
instant, arrived here on Thursday, after a fine passage of
13 days 131 hours, from the Delaware. From the 12th to
the 19th instant, she averaged 244 knots per day, and on
the 13th, 14th, and 15th ran 261, 286, and 250 knots,
respectively.
THE Manchester Guardian states that on Thursday last
about 500 brickmakers of that town and its neighbour-
hood proceeded per train to Guide-bridge, to intimidate a
brickmaster there named William Cowley, who employed
twelve " knobsticks," or, in plainer terms, men not con-
nected with the society. The mayor and the chief-con-
stable of Ashton were present, and. fortunately, no violence
was resorted to.
TIIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the drivers and
other parties connected with the cab and carriage establish-
ment of Mr. Jonathan Bell, was held at the Fox and
Goose Inn,
of 1p on Wednesday evening last.
The health of Mr. Bell was given with great enthusiasm,
and he was warmly eulogised, especially for granting the
Men an opportunity of reverencing the Lord's day, with-
out making any deduction from their wages.
FEMALE D RUNKENNESS.—Betsey Yates, aged 53 years
who had lodged for twelve months with police-officer
Appleby, in Brunswick-street, Manchester, died last
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suddenly in a state of intoxication. About two
Years since, she had some money left to her, and she had
lived upon it ever since. A great deal of it she spent
upon spirits, and the rest upon jellies, grapes, and other
extraYagancies of a similar kind. So intemperate had
she become that she frequently for several (lays together
drunk upwards of a quart of spirits a day.