The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-23 00:00:00

DISPENSARY COLLECTIONS.

The following church collections have been handed in
to the secretary, at the Dispensaries'-office, since our last
week's statement :

St. John's Church, Liverp00l
Formby Church, after a sermon by the Rev. 1
5 10 0
Lansdale Formby. .
St. Catherine's Church, Abercroraby- square, 1
20 4 1
after a sermon by the Rev. James North
St. Thomas' Church, Toxteth-park, after a 1
5 8 6
sermon by the Rev. T. C. Cowan

The above will make an amount of £689 133. 7d. col-
lected in the churches of this town, and as the debt of
the Dispensaries will exceed £lOOO, we trust the dissent-
ing ministers of the town, who have been appealed to,
will endeavour to give some aid to this valuable institu-
tion.

SOLITE! TOXTETH WARD.—We understand that Mr:
W. J. Horsfall will be brought forward to contest this
Ward, and that a meeting of gentlemen was held last
night to forward his return.

WEST DERBY WARD.—We understand that a report
has been circulated that it is not the intention of Mr.
Arthur I lenderson to contest this Ward in opposition to
Mr. G. H. Lawrence. We are authorised to say that Mr.
Henderson is determined to give the electors an oppor-
tunity of recording at the poll their agreement or the
contrary with the principles he advocates.
FALL FROM A WAREHOUSE.—On Friday week, as
Thomas*Bolton was working in the third storey of a ware.
house in Neptune-street, and endeavouring to lower by
the jigger a small weighing machine from the door, his
foot slipped, and he fell into the street. He was taken to
the Hospital, where, after lingering for a week, he died
from concussion of the brain.

SUICIDE.—On Friday night Mr. Thomas Jaegar, a
clerk in the employ of Messrs. Tyrer, merchants, com-
mitted suicide, by cutting his throat, at his house in
Oxton. He had been in a desponding state of mind for
some time. On Friday morning he went down to the
ferry by Stacey's omnibus, on his way to Liverpool, and
did not then appear to be so much depressed as usual.
He has left a wife and four children.

PROPOSED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—We are glad to
find that the requisition to the Mayor to call a publid
meeting for the formation of a Chamber of Commerce, in
this town, is already very numerously and respectably
signed ; most of the leading firms of all shades of opinion
having attached their names to it. We shall have much
further to say on this subject next week, but in the mean-
time we may observe that Mr. Warburton, of the Ex-
change New's Room, is able to furnish any information
on the question.
MNEMONICS.—It will be seen that to-day and to-mor-
row evening Mons. Zaba, a Polish emigrant, and a most
intelligent gentleman, will deliver a lecture on the advan-
tages to be derived from artificial memory, on toe defects
of the various systems invented to effect that object, and
by contrast on the perfection of his own. When the
lecturer delivered his address in London, he was so far
honoured as to have the Earl of Harrowby as his chair-
man ; and in this town it will be seen that he is similarly
honoured by two of our leading gentlemen.
INQUESTS YESTERDAY BEFORE THE BOROUGH
CORONER.—On view of the body of a woman unknown,
found on Saturday morning, close to the river wall of the
new north docks. She had on a plum coloured cotton
dress, and a blue plaid shawl, and had a ring on her
finger. Verdict, " Found drowned."—On the body of
Richard Evane, aged 18, found on Saturday morning,
near the new wall at the Duke's Dock pier. On Friday
night he was seen by his brother passing along a plank
from the wharf, west side of Queen's Dock, on his way
on board the Victoria steam tug, when he fell into the
water and disappeared. " Accidental."—On Joseph
M'lntyre, who resided in Burlington-street, and died
very suddenly, in bed, on Saturday morning. "'Disease
of the heart."—On Philip Smith, aged 60. a passenger
just arrived from New York, in the ship Philadelphia.
He was found dead in his berth. "Disease of the lungs."
On Elizabeth Pover, aged 20, a married woman, who re-
sided with her husband, in Maguire-street. She had
gone to bed with a candle burning, and in the night her
clothes ignited, and she was so burned that she died same
morning. "Accidental."—On the body of a new born
infant, which was found same morning, tied up in a
bundle. It appeared, from surgical examination, that
the child had been born alive, but the cause of death
could not be ascertained, and no marks of violence
appeared. Verdict accordingly.

DEATH FROM A FALL—IRREGULARITY IN THE AT,-
TENDANCE OF SURGEONS-AT INQUESTS.—On the body
of Margaret Finnighan, aged 79, who had lived in Pleasant
Hill-street. On Wednesday she had been in the back,
cellar kitchen, which led to the house part by nine stone
steps. She went up to the top of these steps, and thence
tell backwards to the bottom. She was taken up insen-
sible, and conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where she
died on Friday. This case was of minor interest in it-
self, but considerable dissatisfaction was expressed by
both tho rnt-rmnr a•id inry._ at having' been kent waiting
for several hours before the surgeon made his appearance,
he having been detained by dissecting two bodies. The
coroner told him that he had the power to compel his at- i
tendance, but was always reluctant to exercise it.
CASTLE-STREET WARD.—Av numerous meeting of the
friends of Mr. Avison was held on Friday last, at the
Saracen's Head. The chair was taken at seven o'clock
by James Fletcher, Esq. Amongst the company we no-
ticed Councillors Langsdale, Harbord, Woodruff, and.
Beckwith, as well as many leading burgesses of the ward,
comprising parties of all political creeds. After the chair-
man had opened the proceedings of the evening, by stat-
ing the objects of the meeting; Mr. Avison was called
upon to explain his opinions, which he did in a very able
manner, particularly respecting the rating of the dock and
corporation estates, as well as the better administration
of the corporation, and his decided objection to go from,
home for a supply of water until the local resources had
been properly tested. These opinions having been ably
supported by the councillors present, and many of the
leading burgesses of the ward, it was unanimously agreed
that Mr. Avison was a very fit and proper person to re-
present the ward. During the evening several speakers
impressed upon the burgesses not to be lulled to sleep by
the opiate now put forth by the Pike advocates, that the
water question was near an arrangement, as the settle-
ment of that important question depended mainly upon
the councillors returned next November. After the
'thanks of the meeting to the chairman had been unani-
mously carried, one of the most numerous and influential
meetings ever held in this ward came to a close.
ENGRAVING FROM HERBERT'S PICTURE, THE " Ac-
CtIMPTAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS."—It will be remem-
bered by most of our readers that, a little above two years
ago, a splendid picture upon the above subject, painted
by J. R. Herbert, Esq., R.A. was exhibited in Liver-
pool, by Mr. Agnew, of Manchester, for whom it was ex-
pressly painted by the artist. Ih addition to the usual
private mode of exhibition, the idea was conceived of ren-
dering it the text, as it were, of a lecture explanatory of
the important incident in our history which it depicted.
and an appeal to the protestant feeling of our fellow-
townsmen. A meeting was called, to be held at the Am-
phitheatre, at which the picture was publicly shewn to
the vast audience assembled, and its subject described,
from the history of the period,by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile,
who was attended by a large body of the clergy of the-
town. There were few present who will forget the im—
pressiveness and thrilling eloquence of that lecture. The
painting was similarly exhibited at a public meeting in
Manchester, and commented upon in a powerful address.
by, the Rev. Hugh Stowell._ In Stockport, the largest
building within the borough was filled to hear the same
rev. gentleman. Since this period, the picture has been
in the hands of S. W. Reynolds, Esq., one of the most
celebrated engravers of the day, who has spent nearly
three years in producing a first rate work of art. During
the past few days, a proof impression has been on view, in
the committee room of the Lyceum, for the inspection,of
the subscribers. The size is 3-I inches long, and propor-
tionably high • and the success of the engraver has been
complete. We regard it as one of the finest engravings
ever produced ; and, indeed, it is thought by some who
have inspected it, to boas-effective as the original painting
itself. The expression of the audience in the court on
the announcement of the verdict, so cleverly conveyed in
the original, has been excellently managed by the en-
graver; and the likenesses of the eleven bishops arefaith-
fully preserved. The- work is well deserving of being
' prized by those able to secure an impression, not only for
its merits as a work of art, but as well for its illustration
of one of the most striking passages in the annals. of this
protestant country..
DREADFUL EXELOSION.—On Saturday morning at an
early hour a most alarming accident, arising. out of the
explosion of a steam boiler, took place at the extensive
premises known as the Bevington-bush brewery, situate
at the upper end of Bevington-bush, rented by Messrs.
Halsall, Segar, and Co. The first indication: of the fear-
ful occurrence was shortly after midnight, when the whole
of the north end of the town was alarmed by a loud and
continued report, resembling a heavy discharge of artil-
lery. The police entered the premises, and in a short
time they succeeded in extricating two men that were
employed in the brewery—Thomas Worthington and
William Langton, who were dragged from underneath a
load of fallen bricks, beams, and other materials. Wor-
thington escaped with only a few slight bruises and
wounds, but Langton had his shoulder blade dislocated.
In a short time afterwards Mr. Segar was discovered under
a heap of rubbish, but it was with the greatest difficulty he
could be extricated, and this was only effected by taking
him through a hole in one of the cottages adjoining the
fallen building. His wounds are of a most serious nature.
A large portion of the skull had been left completely
bare, the scalp having been tarn away. He, as well as
the other sufferers, are, however, going on favourably,
and no doubt is entertained of their ultimate recovery.
The explosion has produced the most destructive effects
to the building, the interior being a complete wreck. A
number of the cottages near the spot have been shaken to
the very foundation, and many of the roofs blown off.
Several horses in the brewery stable were saved, though
the stable was blocked up for a time:by the fallen rubbish.
A labourer, named Maxwell, his wife, and six children,
slept in an attic and were completely covered with the
roof. Maxwell himself had his shoulder hurt, and his
wife was also injured, but not set iouslj : the children all
escaped unhurt, with the exception of one little fellow,
who had his leg wounded in descending the staircase. No
opinion can yet be formed as to the cause of the accident.
The boiler, which was of five horse-power, and had been
in use for about three years, was considered a strong one.
and the engine was not at work when the accident took
place.