The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

sioned by the bad state of the __
complained to the Board of Health
the smoke proceeding from Messrs. Jac

I was very i

sons' pref-u 4
Mr. Daniel Clarke (,_l4

irious t 6 health

not so bad now as it was a few months ago but 5,1-' 011;
the present time, it was a great nuisance. He had
plained to the Board of Health. Dr. Duncan saidA,
Messrs. Jamieson used oak to cure the herrings7:it
whereas if they were to use coke the smell would not 1)19
so bad. On the part of the defence Mr. Bateson said
Drs. Macrorie and Nicol bad informed him that/
smoke was not injurious to health. Mr. Cartma, wito
establishment is next door to the defendants, said,
he had never felt any inconvenience from the sinoke:bd
that he employed upwards of seventy men, whom
never heard say anything about it. Mr. Lloyd, p:dt
Pitt-street, said that he resided near Messrs. JamleTei
and that formerly the place was a nuisance, but for se_,4l,

weeks he had not been troubled at all with the slouPoi
Mr. Rushton said that the defendants must get
means of conveying the smoke away, either by nil.e9
something else. Mr. Bateson said that Messrs. Jacnio.
would in future do their best to carry the smoke a
On this understanding the case was dismissed.

Etßlrirt Rttuo.

ur
The Orangemen of Preston met together on Sa-
tt

week, to par-take of a real old Englishl34per.
Lord Suffield's estates at Middleton and Thornll,j
were put up for auction at Manchester, on Thursday'
withdrawn, no person bidding the upset price, whicm.
£200,000. Mr. Robert Ashton, of Hyde, bid £loo,e'y
James Marshall, Esq., the first Conservative MaYeloo
Stockport, gave a splendid inauguration banquet to oi
hundred gentlemen, on Tuesday. Among the guest 9
the Mayor of Liverpool.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A•GRAVE-DIGGER.-011 luu•-•d&
whilst a grave-digger named John Sholefield, who resit
at Chorlton-upon-Medlock, was employed in digg.iiregt
grave at St. Anne's Church, he was seized with o'l
pains in the abdomen, stepped out of the " prison h0t1,64
which he was excavating, and in a few moments afterio'
expired on its margin. •
FIRE AT FARNWORTFI MILLS.—On Tuesday „o
about three o'clock, a fire of an alarming characterN;to
out in the extensive rag and waste stores belongiPf
Messrs. John and Thomas B. Crompton, paper mal',utv
turers, but it was extinguished in about an hour, lova
amount of damage will not exceed £l5O. The fire ;of
posed to have originated in the spontaneous igniu°
some cotton waste. tip
DEATH OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS ARBUTHVOT•'• •
Friday, after a short illness, the above aged and
guished General breathed his last at his residence je, pi
ford, Manchester. For some time past, the Genera' ej
enjoyed unusually good health, and on Thursday
spent most of the day in hunting. It is supposed Oa', o+
illness was brought on by taking cold on that occale,
which resulted in inflammation of the lungs. The
ceased was about 72 years of age. id
Manchester—the city of Manchester—is holding el' ft
head, and assuming courtly airs. What think Yed;;,ol
Royal visit to that atmosphere of smoke ? Our Werth,
contemporary, the Manchester Courier, speaks 0' otO
" probability" of such a thing. " The period," saYs.eal
contemporary, "will be in the autumn, after the cle'
the ensuing session of parliament, during the progress `l,
her Majesty to or from Balmoral Castle, in Scotleillir'
Does the Queen intend to open her " Manchester P4l
ment" upon the occasion of her visit ?
MR. T. B. ADDISON.—Lord Campbell, as chancellero
the duchy of Lancaster, has called on Mr. Addison fOt,,AC

ative to b

exhibition as chairman of the Preston sessions. 7.1
Addison admits the chief features of the report, but,,,Jj
presses regret for the intemperate expressions, neu,lo
consequence, the chancellor says, in his reply, that
will not remove his name from the commission 01,0
peace for the county." He also cautions the
hu
against the doctrine which the latter expresses inteti
letter, that " he had a right to treat what he cousinV
' a perverse verdict' as a misbehaviour committed 113
face of the court.' "
A SEWING MACHINE.--We had, on P”lday. the Plea'

neat
se e
orrariiiiit;
The machine takes up no more room than a slag,' ""cto
table, nor is there anything unsightly in its appears
°,OO
The linen, or work to be operated upon, is passed ac tof
an aperture on a small table, under which is an aPParnr,
for fixing the bobbin of thread, and above which is 0.2
culiarly-constructed needle-holder, supplied with a 11,,70
of the description commonly used in crotchet work. urty
the pressure of a small foot-board, under the table, of
needle, only the point of which is seen projecting fro? ty
• • ni.th down the aperture 10 of
"`"

table, and hooks up the thread, thus commencing tb
stitch. By successive pressure on the foot-board:ot
needle is thus lowered and raised, and each succe
stich is brought up within the former one, thus 1
what is known by ladies as " back-stitch." ThE

•••• .aau LLiVAL vivgauu urzurlintuu j mat
chine is applicable for all kinds of work, fine or 09" ol
The inventor is in town, sunerintending the erectO
the machines.—Manchester :Examiner.
AVI;
FATAL ACCIDENT.—LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES.— •••••.-
day evening last, about six o'clock, when the river Ltd
had become exceedingly swollen by the drainage fron, or
hills, and a stiff breeze was blowing, a number of labo
inn. mon nmnlmrarl a_ I

set about crossing over to Halton, in a contrivance c't;dl
by courtesy a ferry boat. Two sets of seven and eTtc!
each had made the passage in safety, but the third Par
consisting of ten men, was upset when in the micld'pl,
" " • 1 • r .•

Richard Fox, escaped by swimming to the opposite
et
of the river, The boat was so crowded with the ten 11'00
that, three had to stand up, there being no sitting r°o

cv 4".“11., WV ovvia %.11JYV
bottom upwards, with one man holding on, and s 1.1",
for help. His cries were heard for a considerable dts't%ers
and persons ran along the fields by the side of the 11,01
with the hope of rendering assistance, but it was too .41
for them to discover his position, even if they had r°,9
to throw to him ; the voice at length ceased, and the ig,
was found the next morning.—Lancaster Ga;l46
lAmong the parties drowned is John Parker. aged

stated to belong to Liverpool.]
THE RECENT SURCHARGES UPON
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—We commente,
last week upon an extraordinary proceed' on the it
of the Poor-law Auditor for this district, in threateTol
to surcharge Mr. Birchall, the Chairman of the Boari'd
Guardians, to the amount of £ll7 Is. 5d., for sev
items of expenditure which the board had made, biltarei
which the auditor disapproved. Each item aPPeree
necessary to the guardians at the time it was ordeal
and the appropriation of the ratepayers' money inv°oo
therein can be thoroughly justified. It appears 1' 19
however, that the auditor has withdrawn his oniecti°
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THE Parngt!'
I at some le"

the third item. and allowed it to pass.
ing three, instead of charging the wholi
all, the auditor has decided

As tot

he rern,
Mr. - •e,

between that gentleman ani.tivevie-elgaTrsm'an, riNir;jvc
Satterthwaite. Upon Mr. Birchall he has served a l'q(1,
ii! 1 • . - _

to refund

bin seven cliy

n, Ad.) t
under thre6ol
I

legal proceeding's

and upon Mr. Satterthwaite bertioi
served a similar requiring that gentleman to rei,gl
the first and second items, amounting together to
145., within a similar period !
the f
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THE LANCASHIRE SANDSTONE.—WH make
lowing extract from a paper read at the Mancl/ene
meeting of the British Association by E. W. Bil! it
Esq.:—'' Between Liverpool and the Irish Sea, feVpo
'es for coal have been made ; but if the 11`,5f4

,ny, searc

ie-w red sl

wt.,. cropping out to
there is every reason to believe that coals will be me' t c.
under it. On the other hand, if the sandstone west
be Livprnnnl is .1%, •

iuuuu cupping westward, the coals via, '"aiieo
a great depth. After having observed the facts de` fol'
in the-foregoing paper, the author has arrived at thea,,o
lowing conclusions :-1. That although the Lancenjit
coal-field is 6600 feet in thickness, and is probably
most perfectly developed coal-field in England, still's tC
never been seen to graduate upwards into the new cod
sandstone, and, consequently, that its upper bounoo'
must be considered as unaseertained.-2. That on cotir
paring the Lancashire coal-field with that of the 5°,04
west of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, the latter exbluire
deficiency of 837 yards of the middle and upper naeasuoi
—3. That the new red sandstone formation is f°4et
resting upon coal measures of all ages, and scarceb,.to
at different places on rocks of the same age, so
cannot with propriety be said to bound, but only to 0:100
them.-4. That where coal measures have been four' 06
their rise outcropping against the new red sandstorif:'to
latter bed, so far as has been yet proved, always inal`jir
that the coal measures exist beneath it, but that Whet°
location is of great extent.-5. That in all cases
seams of coal have been followed on their dip undere
new red sandstone, they have been found to eontilipo'
without any perceptible difference either in their We,osl/
tion or quality.-6. That the dislocations in the 'lJei
fields may be classed under two heads,—namely, the ° le,
ones, produced before the deposition of the upper neroce:
sandstone, and the newer ones which have been Pr°,"'gre'
since,—but that the former have been in some ucV
affected by the movements which produced the 'Atte 0'
7. That the new red sandstone formation is very 01,
larly deposited over the underlying carboniferous 9"ferl
and that its two lower members are frequently either 4 0,
slightly developed or altogether wanting, which see r1:10'
indicate that these lower members repose in great 00 tor
and hollows of the coal-field, which had an irregular 04
face, over which the waters of the new red sandstone
flowed and deposited the miens beds.".