The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-02 00:00:00

I'eb. 2, 1847.

?Loral fltlus.

House
Liverpool Gas Bill was read a second time, in the
House of Commons, on Tuesday.
The congregation of Seaforth Church have raised £4OO
for the relief of the Irish.
la Yesterday morning week, Robert Dobson, of Chapel-
le, got up from his bed :and went to another room,
Where he fell down and died almost immediately. The
mouse of death was serous apoplexy.
Taesday, John Lara was going on board a vessel
ling in the Brunswick Graving Dock, when he acciden-
tally fell in. He was taken out almost immediately, but
Was foufid to be quite dead.
Last week 969 square yards of land, situated between
Oliver-street and Claughton-road, at Birkenhead, was
sold for £lBOO, or at the rate of 255. per yard. It was
°ought a -short time ago at 18s.
„sit° important requisition to the Lords of the Treasury,
'dYlog them to dispatch an extra mail to America on the
9th of the months of February and March, was placed in
the Public news-rooms on Wednesday, and received nu-
Meitrous signatures. • - ,
`4°Ri DEATHS BY BURNlNG.—OnTuesday, inquests
were e heldbY Mr. Curry upon the bodies of two children,
°,:dal,r, u lied in consequence of being burnt. On Satur-
,_yd coroner held two more inquests on infants who
had from the same cause.
The subscription at Birkenhead for the relief of the poor
111 the township amounts to upwards of £3OO. There
!lave been distributed considerably above 70001bs. cif.
Dread, 6600 pints of soup, and near 30 tons of coal. The
FOunnitte3 solicit the support both of the middle and
higher classes • and have appointed six collectors to go
4.01 n house to 'house, as extreme distress abounds.
On Wednesday evening last, about nine o'clock, the
Lightning descended the chimney of William Moir, of 40,
rosvenor-street, Hose-hill, and blew out the shop win-
Clow, with all its contents, info the street. There were
;Ivo persons sitting round the fire, none of whom were
Nutt,, except a lad, who was struck on the knee by a brick
from the .chimney.
On Tuesday morning, about three o'clock, a woman,
the wife of a sailor named Lither, residing in Roscoe-
Street, was found by the policeman lying upon the foot-
way in Rock-street, Brownlow-hill, in the pains of labour,
and before proper assistance could be procured, she was
delivered of a son. The police immediately removed her
to a public-house close by, and afterwards on a stretcher
to her residence.
Mr. Charles Banning, assistant surveyor of the General
Post-office, has been promoted by the Postmaster-Gene-
ral to succeed his brother, Mr. William Banning, (on his
retirement), as Postmaster of Liverpool. Mr. Charles
Banning his been in the service of the General Post-office
for eighteen years in responsible situations, which have
peculiarly qualified him for the various details and duties
of his new appointment.
MANSLAUGHTER.—A warrant has been issued against
a man named James Ducie, for causing the death of an
old man named Daniel M'Carthy. It appeared from evi-
41ence at the inquest, which was held on Thursday, that
bliCarthy occupied a house in Stewart-street, in which
Ducie had apartments. About three weeks ago a misun-
derstanding arose between Ducie and deceased, when the
former pushed deceased out of the door. The man fell
down the step, and his head was cut by coming in con-
tact with the stones. He was shortly after attended by a
tuedical Man, but continued to decline until Sunday,
When he expired. The cause of death was stated to be
eryipelas of the head, caused by the wound.
ftor
1.
HE ArRE-ROY AL , WILLIAMSON-SQUARE.—The per-
-
111.-ices during the past week have been operatic, Ma-
dame Anna Bishop sustaining the part of Isoline; in Balfe's
Dr of the " Maid of Artois," supported by Mr. D. W.
g, Mr. Corri, and Mr. Glydon. The first of these
telemen appears not to have got rid of the cold under
we noticed him labouring on Monday evening. The
;vrnizas'very splendidly put upon the stage. On Friday
beriefi
vocal ak;).-
tp. opera of " Somnambula" was played, for the
Alallatrie Anna Bishop. Our opinion of the
additi fifties of this lady has been fully sustained by the
ebffieresieonf
the °PPortunities which we have had of hearing her.
ofterpieces introduced during the week, the me
t.the regular company have shown themselves very
The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Commander A. H. In-
„igra, rn, arrived at Chatham on Saturday afternoon, the 23d
.7‘., and dropped alongside the Fortitude coal depot, and
°up completed hipping her coals on Tuesday last,
klounting to nearly 400 towns. A case or two of small-
ix broke out on board, and the individuals were imme-
llately removed to Melville Hospital ; and those on board
who had not had the eruptive distemper, or been hitherto
vaccinated, had to undergo the operation. A few small
repairs to the ship having been compelted, she was re-
moved to Gillingham-reach, and the reserve battalion of
" 56th RegiMent was to embark on board on Saturday, to
Voceed to Gibraltar. The strength of the battalion con-
of 28 sergeants, 10 drummers, and 536 rank and
gte, with the regular complement of women and children,
ceder the 'command of Lieutenant-Colonel P. S. Norman.
Neale ENTABLE SUICIDE.—On Sunday week, Letitia
str,m, a married female, forty-two years of age, who re-
W% p Lark-lane, Toxteth-park, went into an outhouse
ag" Yard, and on opening the door some time after, she
was :Yard,
with her head in a reclining position. There
was! tong filled with blood between her knees, and there
right'Zmund across her throat. She had a razor in her
aer,,ib,alld, and on raising her up she appeared quite in-
viuga„T. The razor belonged to her father, and lay in a
be tis;°Which she had frequent access. •No cause could
eeasedlgued for the commission of the rash act, as the de-
der kg and her husband lived comfortably together. The
afore, however, she seemed quite altered in her
„ ,u
and spoke very incoherently. She was removed
the Southern Hospital, where it was found that the
',Ound had extended through the windpipe. She died of
tile injury on Friday.
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—We have been favoured (says
the Dundee Advertiser) with the following extract of a
letter from Mr. James Bremner, civil engineer, Wick, to
!Igentleman in this quarter ,—" I left the Great Brirain
Fi charge of Captain Claxton, the managing director, who
13_ stuffing her larboard quarter with faggots, brushwood,
42,an tud bags and chains and Nets, &c. It is Mr. Pruners
and'l am not sure of its effects ; but I hope there
!1-1 be no danger of her until April, when I expect to
eratnence operations to raise her. She has quarried
_wn six feet of the solid rock, and turned up like a plough
;ward. There are four feet of sand above the rock—in
(141.!? to 104 feet. She must be raised 13 feet perpendi-
kt7 heand then her bottom patched, launched, and
6,.ca two to Liverpool ; but, if possible, to Bristol,
talrotveo steamers. The sand now in her, which the water
make her full 300 tons weight, so that you
e lift will be no joke."
begin" find 8 SPECULATION.—The speculators •
, to find PECULATION.— e in corn
taveTpool, the ground slipping from under them. At
,11Y. 11,,,°..n Tuesday, the market was " all sell and no
•
"Lrel reduction 48, freely offered at 2s. fid. and 3s. per
even at the ' the dealers fought shy at the article,
coutif,a, very Proffered fall. The imports from America
!and barrels °rat ; one ship having brought ten thou-
tioria
nfis
11l flour, the largest quantity ever imported
orrt°
gyioturofr .
one vessel. In addition to this, she
cell hundred barrels of Indian meal, and other
of ft_ • Another ship brought eight thousand barrels
fen flour and eight thousand bushels of wheat ; another,
leve thousand five hundred barrels of flour ; and another,
)141,!,1s
olland barrels of flour. and fourteen thousand
ia,„qc„l_v wheat. The quantity of Indian corn poured
ernoul.is immense, and there is a very general
patn
hasthat prices must give way considerably.
has already fallen from 2s. 6(1. to 4s per quarter
ACCIDENT TO Tim COLUMBIA, WITH Loss'
OF I I
kIS with regret we have to announce, that
loss IF
thl;
il4tant, an accident, attended with melancholy of
I.f
e 1 the packet ship Columbia, on her passage rom life
k,s'*k to this port. She sailed on the 2nd instant, and
fiv7riened a succession of heavy gales until the 13th, at
wind 'clock, a. m., m when the ship, scudding before the
tile" was struck with a heavy sea, which washed away
iltuZillieel-house and winding spars, together with nine
aft t beings, among whom was the Captain (Rathbone),
cisv4tl,second mates, five seamen, and a boy. Shortly
wjiltiti,ul4,sfthe Columbia was fallen in with by the Lady
tqe4 r°ll.l New Orleans to this port, the captain of
'o,4°,bia'T_l Put on board his chief mate to navigate the
tothlsn4'" Liverpool. Captain Rathbone was a man
;w4s deservedly respected by many persons
`a whirlanr,ol and New York. For many years he
ae! kuojessejir the well-known packet-ship Oxford,
fuch bet: olade some of the most rapid passagfs
greL"'el I:eetl this port and New York, and in
Iltort,zati a very narrow escape orshipwreck in
L'aPtili„` shops-Ile of January, 1839, when his ship was
re was" nathi)e 14 Bootle Bay. What renders the loss of
bas left% the, °le more to be regretted is the fact, that
Zit a IVjfe
eVe of retirement from nautical life. He
Ntw. and family to mourn his loss.
tirrtl7 infef.et.Clai.F.AsTs ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.—
Thu:4 fron, :1111.Z and talented minstrels, who have just
The'sday ev 1.9 e United States, gave a private concert on
a°l)Ject, eePlig, which was very numerously attended.
tert_Nl to t, course, was to give to a portion of the pub-
1./140_4.u° Press, a sample of the quality of their en-
A•lich ti 21"; and front the enthusiastic applause with
thee'Y were received throughout, we venture to pre-
niez they will have no cause to regret the adoption of
ce.
mPtaiostnaobileo a mode of making their capabilities
440 larities of the°nf
uegrtrhozeiaders, we dare say, are familiar
De nature
entertainments, in which the
c taracter are faithfully deneated,
litlageeaPeisculiiarly original music of the southern states of
fed by thaf r\acene_wtithh
btahe instrumental accompaniments
..toperformed ?iere°ua
n, and the marrow bones used
17:014satna3u,ewtsideman
h Y havnj°
bftewhmeaorndthtsheagoor.igiwnl
give thehpresent company the palm over
4,440 not hesitate
t
4rY similar one which we a;venihetr4. Their performances
given in the best taste
ttiliwyell as the words, are reatiYucbe:„f
;mat:die
tsielelecstkeidli
he! laYed upon the simple instruinee;
auttanongst the
southern
tirt"ee..B, and the banjo, played by marese,etiLesoecially the
Diee.7 of banjo players," is wonderful. " the
,tsV seketed, " My dearest May," a be
slug by Swains; "In de Wild Baceful
on Track,,, ltgaZiper.,.w_ho po,s,sesses'a splendid bass voice ; and .. D
~..dlabama, by Sanford ; and a new ver e
siou
4ut tecYo-I`l__ Cale,". were rapturously applauded. We ou'i
mit noticing the violin playing of Master Ole Ball.
cha i•ediZUe execution of so young a player are very
toill he this
wedecommend our readers to pay an early
„ company, whose stay amongst us, we believe,
~-,olnited to this week.
*he • BINNS AND HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.—Dr. Binns,
s was one of the principal physicians in the island of
4e teting s
"as theexpressed himself in the following manner
teont urprismg healing properties of Holloway's
(Ases I have made many trials of this ointment
14 the 1:?.1r of
ulcers which several years' experience
:.etn 2! t Indies taught me to consider as incurable.
;Ply, eu:
.lappy to say that in all cases it was really and
111,_„ carious. Signed, E. BINNS, M.D.,
goil orag st.:',?iloway's Ointment will cure bad legs, however
"wtlulikewise the most obstinate cases of King's
Set', •