The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-At the meeting, on Wed-
nesday, Mr. Sheppard was in the chair. Six persons
applied for relief, to enable them to return to their re-
spective parishes, under the following circumstances :
They were miners from Cornwall and South Wales, and
were engaged to proceed in the ship Cobric, to Valparaiso,
but when off Rio de Janeiro the vessel unfortunately
caught fire, and was totally destroyed. The passengers
were sent on to Rio Janeiro, and remained there for some
time under the protection of the British consul, until a
ship was found to bring them to this country. They
arrived on Monday by the Antelope. It was, after a great
deal of discussion, resolved to allow them to remain in
the house until an opportunity presented itself for send-
them to Cornwall and Swansea.

SELECT VESTRY.-At the meeting on Tuesday, the
chairman (Rector Campbell) called the board's attention
to the question whether or not it would be possible to ad-
minister relief to the paupers more economically than at
present without diminishing its quantity. He enumerated
the results of M. Soyers culinary labours in Dublin (which
we gave in our last), but stated that gentleman's soup
cost nd. per quart, while the parish soup cost led. His
was meat soup, but the parish gruel was also more nutri-
tious, and much more acceptable to the poor. M. Soyer,
however, alluded to a saving in the price of bread, and
this was well worthy the Vestry's consideration. Ile said
that by the use of patent ovens in Dublin, 25 per cent.
had been saved, and he (the Chairman) was sure that if
they could save anything like that amount to the parish-
ioners of Liverpool, they would rejoice to do so.—Mr.
Woodruff said that at present about 5000 cards were
dis-
tributed amounting to £6OO or £7OO per week, all in
money, and that this was like offering a premium for im-
posture. There were now about 5000 families, constituting
in the whole between 22,000 and 25,000 persons, receiving
weekly relief from the parish, and he could not believe at
the. end of the summer season that they were all legitimate
clannants.—The chairman said that money might be given
where it was absolutely necessary towards the payment of
rent, but relief should be given principally in provisions.
He thought the strictest investigation should take place
into the condition of the applicants for relief.—On the
motion of Mr. Bennett, a committee consisting of Messrs.
Earle, Woodruff, Johnson, and Bennett, was appointed
to make inquiries relative to M. Soyer's plan.—lt was re-
ported that the influx. of the Irish. from the Ist to the 11th

instant amounted to 3,218 individuals; 49 had been sent
back to Ireland from the hospitals, and 365 had gone back
to their own country voluntarily. The expense of sending
back these 414 individuals was £99 4s. 6d. The Irish are
evidently again increasing on us rapidly. From the 4th
to the 9th of October inclusive, 2363 Irish. paupers were
relieved at a cost of £94. The total amount of relief given
for the week ending the 9th of October was £554, being
an increase over the corresponding week of 1846. The
number of families relieved was 5,004.—Mr. Thornely said
that he found it would be inconvenient for several mem-
bers to attend the meetings of the vestry on any other day
but Tuesday, and that that day would accordingly be the
day of meeting in future as it had been for years past.—
Some conversation took place as to the disgraceful state of
the wall at the front of the Workhouse in Mount Pleasant,
but it appeared that an arrangement must be made with
the Corporation before an entirely new wall could be.
erected.

Does COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The Sub-committee
of Works reported that it would be desirable for the Dock
Trust to have the present Postoffice buildings, if the rent
were reasonable. Confirmed.—The Warehouse Manage-
ment Committee recommended the appointment of Mr.
Ebenezer Allen as receiver of charges at the Albert Dock,
at a salary of £2OO per annum. with a bond of £2OOO for
the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
Confirmed. The Lisbon packets were ordered to
have berths in future, at the Salthouse Docks, in-
instead of, as formerly, at George's Dock. The
Sub-committee recommended that Mr. Askew, the
late harbour-master, be allowed £240 per annum.,
as a superannuated allowance, being at the rate of two-
thirds of his salary and house rent, having served the
trust twenty-seven years ; some discussion ensued upon
the subject, and Mr. Tobin expressed an opinion that
£3.0 ought to be allowed, as Mr. Askew had performed a
great amount of extra service ; he moved an amendment
to the effect, but afterwards agreed to withdraw it in fa-
vour of a recommendation from Mr. Nicol, which was,
that the allowance be £240 per annum, with a gratuity 'of
£3OO for his extra services.—The Harbour-Master's Com-
mittee recommended that a senior harbour-master be
appointed at a salary of £4OO per annum, with a house,
and a junior at £350 per annum, also with a house, and
that there be only one central office. After some remarks
from Mr. Tobin, whe thought the business could never be
done efficiently without a north, south, and centre har-
bour-rhaster, the recommendation was confirmed.—A
letter was read from Mr. Thomas Jones, calling 'the atten-
tion of the committee to a plan he had discovered, for
keeping the sand free of the new landing stage. No deci-
sion was come to upon it.

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Mr. James Bayley has been elected Town Clerk of
Warrington.
The Industrial School at Warrington has been closed
for want of funds.

A man named Mulloy has been killed at Prescot, during
an affray with some other men.
John Lord, Esq. will it is said be the new mayor of
Wigan.
It is stated that in many instances the losses of mill-
owners this year have exceeded £5OO a-week by continu-
ing their operations.
A tax of 3d. per family has been levied off each worker's
house in Stockport, for the support of the turnouts at
Mossley.
LATE STRAWBERRIES.—Mr. Fare, ironmonger, of
Preston, has now in his garden at Penwortham, several
fine strawberries, fully formed, though scarcely ripe.
On Wednesday, Mr. John Aspinall, of Warrington,
relieving-officer for that union was presented with a gold
pencil case by the paupers, for his kind and benevolent
conduct to the poor.
ROSSALL COLLEGE.—The Queen, in acknowledging the
address of the scholars of Rossall College, has been gra-
ciously pleased to command that their holidays shall be
extended by a week.
WOODCOCKS.—Mr. Williams Hincliffe, of Stockton
Lodge, shot a woodcock at Mosswood, Cheshire, on the
9th instant. It is believed to be the first killed this sea-
son in this part of the country.
RIOT.—On Monday, there was a disgraceful riot, in, the
course of which, a good deal of damage was done to the
windows of several houses, at Over Darwen, by the hands
now there out on strike, principally by those who were
late in the employ of Messrs. Walsh, weavers.
A gentleman of Runcorn having seen a receipt for
destroying cockroaches, &c., sliced cucumber, made a
trial of the remedy by slicing two cucumbers, and throw-
ing them into a place which was literally swarming with
them. The effect was very satisfactory, for in fifteen
hours there was an almost perfect clearance of these dis-
agreeable inmates.

-On Friday a portion of the Killingburn Foundry,
belonging to Mr. Robert Whittaker, situated at the vil
lage of Moon's Mill, about three miles from Preston,
together with three cottages adjoining, were totally de-
stroyed by fire.
ROPE MADE FROM CHINESE GRASS.—Tuesday the
attention of some hundreds of spectators was attracted to
a novel kind of huge rope, exhibited in front of the Ex-
change, which has been manufactured entirely from
Chinese grass. This rope, which is 600 yards long, has,
we understand, been manufactured expressly for Earl
Fitzwilliam, and is intended to be used at the Elsecar Iron
Works. Manchester Courier.
The manufacturing operatives seem determined to sus-
pend work altogether rather than be put on short time.
At the last meeting of delegates nineteen districts were
represented, and of these there were only three who
did not prefer a total cessation of work rather than accede
to the proposed reduction. It was resolved that the fac-
tory workers should cease labour for a short period from
the 21st instant, but this resolution will be finally disposed
of at another meeting.
The official returns of the working of the mills in Man-
chester exhibit a continued falling off in the number of
hands in full work, but, however, to no greater an extent,
than might naturally be looked for. The diminution in
the number of hands on full time amounts this week, in
comparison with last, to about 1100 ; of this number 800
are on short time, and 300 stopped entirely . The num-
ber of hands stopped entirely is now larger than it has
been since June.

DISCOVERY OF A NEW COAL FIELD IN CHESHIRE.—
The towns of Parkgate and Neston, in Cheshire, were
last week the scenes of considerable rejoicing, in conse-
quence of the complete success which has attended the
trials made to prove the field of coal on the Cheshire side
of the Dee, on the property of the Hon. L. M. Lloyd
Mostyn, M.P. It is stated that an extensive field of
coal, of most excellent quality—and which, no doubt, is
a continuation of the Flint and Bagilt coal fields—has
been proved.
FLOGGING IN THE POORHOBSE.—An old man, 72 years
of age, in the poorhouse of Bolton, has died under cir-
cumstances which raised an impression that he had been
actually flogged to death by one of the male nurses
charged with the care of the parish paupers. An inquest
has, of course, been held, and the evidence, though it has
not confirmed the horrible suspicion which was at first
entertained, has established beyond denial the fact that
the whip has been used in the workhouse upon even the
old and ailing, by one whose duty it was to attend to them
in sickness and suffering.
LIBELLING SIR JOHN GERARD, BART.—A school-
master, named Daniel Rice, who resides at Great Eccles-
ton, near Lancaster, has been committed on a charge of
having sent to Sir John Gerard a long letter, containing a
series of accusations of a scandalous, malicious, and de-
famatory character. We believe that Rice was formerly i
the master of a school at the village of Ashton, which.
school was established by Sir John Gerard, and that, hav-
ing been dismissed from his situation, he imagined that
this was attributable to the interference of the baronet.
Several anonymous letters of a disgraceful kind had been
sent to Sir John Gerard, the authorship of which was at
first attributed to innocent parties.
ARSON.—A servant girl, named Sarah Kinder, was on
Wednesday last committed to Chester Castle, at Booth
Ball, Knutsford, for trial at the assizes, on a charge of
having, on Thursday the 30th ult. set fire to the outbuild-
ings in the occupation of her master, Mr. John Snelson,
of Nether Peover, farmer, and the property of Lord de
Tablet'. The building consists of stable, shippon, barn,
and two bays, and contained a considerable quantity of
corn, hay, potatoes, horse gearing, and various farming
implements ; but the fire spread with such rapidity, that
it was impossible to save a vestige of the building or its
contents. Fortunately the building was insured, but we
are sorry to add, that Mr. Snelson will be a heavy sufferer,
as no part of his property which was consumed was in-
sured.

BROUGHTON OLD HALL, near Manchester, was partly
destroyed by fire on Sunday week, and damage was done
to the extent of nearly £l,OOO. It was, to within a few
years ago, the seat of the late Rev. W. Clowes, and on his
brother Col. Clowes, the present owner, coining into pos-
session, he removed the furniture for the purpose of sub-
jecting the building to some extensive alterations. Owing
to this circumstance the loss has been trifling compared
with what it would have been if the hall had been occupied
by the family. The tire was entirely subdued in less than
two hours, after destroying a large portion of the roof and
of the cupola over the south front, besides the upper part
of the grand staircase. As the walls and ceilings were in
the couse of receiving embellishments they also suffered
much injury both from fire and water.
EYTRAORDINARY TROTTING MATCH.—On Saturday,
at the Belle Vue Gardens, Hyde-road; Gorton, a large
company assembled to witness a trotting match' for 100
sovereigns. The terms were that the winning horse must
run not less than 171 miles within the hour ; the horse
which accomplished the greatest distance in the time to
gain the prize. Two started first under saddle ; one of
them, a lirown horse, named by Mr. Pierce Morgan, and
the other a chesnut horse called "Sir William," named
by Mr. Lawson, and brought over from America to Eng-
land about eight months since. Having started together,
the brown horse appeared to have the best of it, and went
very well for about fourteen or fifteen times round, but
was obliged then to give in fur want of condition. Sir
William, however, seemed to gather fresh strength from
the failure of his competitor, and, pushing vigorously
along, ran a distance within the hour of eighteen miles
and a-half less about sixty yards; coming in quite fresh.
He never broke his trot during the whole distance. The
jockey, who is an American, was a good deal knocked up
with his exertions, and would have fallen on dismounting
had he not been supported. Various conjectures are
afloat as to this extraordinary horse. Not less than ten
sporting characters from the other side of the Atlantic
came over with him, and have been in England ever since;
and these in addition to the jockey, trainers, and others,
to the number of nearly as many more. We have been
told that his backers netted a considerable sum of money
by the event. The event has caused a great deal of inte-
rest in the sporting world, as the feat exceeds, we believe,
that of any other yet accomplished in the annals of trot-
ting. The action of Sir William, and the style altogether
in which he did the work, were the admiration of all
connoisseurs, many of whom had come-from great dis-
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