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

JOHN BARNES,
WILLIAM HEWITT,
STEPHEN WALMSLETI

The collection for the relief of the distressed poor of
St. James's District, made on Sunday in that church,
amounted to £24, including a donation of £5 from a
wealthy neighbour.

COMMITMENT AT THE POLICE-COURT, YESTERDAY.
George Dogherty, Ellen Holland, James O'Kitts, and
Margaret O'Kitts, were sent for trial for robbing Fred.
Wilton of a hat. There were some other charges against
the prisoners which were not yesterday gone into.
MANSLAUGHTER.—A man named Cook has been com-
mitted to take his trial on the coroner's warrant, for
having caused the death of an elderly person named Ward
by so furiously driving his gig as to upset the veMcle in
which deceased and a friend were journeying, near
Sudbury.

STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA.—Mr. J. R. Isaac, of this
town, who has been appointed agent here for Mr.
Wyld, the celebrated map-seller, has on sale a most
accurate map of California, which is accompanied by an
elaborate description of the climate and mineral resources
of that important district. It also affords every informa-
tion about the manners and customs of the people.
ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL, COLQUITT-STREET.—
Mr. Thomas Barber, formerly head boy of this school,
was, on the 27th instant, elected to a vacant scholarship at
Clare-hall, Cambridge. This is the sixth university
honour gained by pupils of this institution which we have
had the pleasure of announcing since the election of the
present head master to his post, a space of little more
than two years.
POLICEMAN FOUND DEAD.—On Saturday morning, at t
an early hour, James Brogden, police-constable 559, was -c_
found lying dead on some cellar steps in Arley-street,
Vauxhall-road. The inquest was held yesterday, and a
verdict was returned to the effect that death was caused
by disease, the effect of natural causes. Deceased, who
resided in Great Crosshall-street, was an excellent officer.
He has left a wife and two children to lament his loss.
NATIONAL FRANCHISE UNION.—We received yester-
day "an address of the National Franchise Union of The following are the prices at the date of this itri
circular, and on the Ist of February, 1848. We 01
Great Britain and Ireland, originated in Liverpool on the them from the circular of Messrs. James Houghtol
22nd January 1849, to accomplish the enfranchisement of
Co., which, with a few slight differences in some arts
the whole people, nothing less and nothing more." The tallies generally with that of Messrs. Duncan
address publishes the reasons which, as the society thinks,
Ewing :
prove the necessity for carrying out this proposition,
and calls on all classes to join the league. It adds that " a
national franchise bill is in preparation, framed so as to Pine, Quebec, yellow, le, ft.
be passed into an Act of Parliament, and that donations „ red, „
Will be received by William Walthew, Esq., treasurer, St. John's yellow, „
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ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—During the past week, Mr.
Dea's; Quebec, ellow,
James Anderson, the tragedian, has been performing at
this theatre several of Shakspeare's finest characters and Planks, St. John's, &c., 1r
it affords to us much pleasure in bearing testimony to the ft. 2 in.
very high excellence of this gentleman. He ran'zs, and Staves, Quebec stand ,
very deservedly so, as one of our best actors ; he possesses punch., W.O. „
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power many of those rare qualities requisite for a first-rate tra-
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OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS OF FORGED SEAMEN'S
SHIPPING-NOTES.—A respectably dressed elderly woman,
named Mary Ford, was charged at the Police-court with
having obtained £2 10s. on a forged shipping-note ; and
also a sum upon another similar note some weeks after-
wards from the same party. The notes purported to be
written by a captain of a vessel, and was stated by him to
be a forgery. There were four other cases of the same
kind against the prisoner, but the evidence being incom-
plete she was remanded for a week. The case is
connected with one of a like nature (in which a coloured
man was concerned), some particulars of which we fur-
nished a fortnight ago.

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ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.—On Sunday last, two serni°,llll;
were preached in the above church, on the occasion 1414
opening of the new organ. The sermon in the rner°,or
was preached by the Rev. John Cordeaux, M.A., hic",4
bent of St. Silas's, from Hebrews, ii. 3, "How shill.' oi
escape, if we neglect so great salvation." That iri..,
evening, by the Rev. Fielding Ould. M.A., of Chrl:o
Church, from John vii. 46, " Never man spake like 'O,
man." There was nearly a full attendance in the In°o4
ing, notwithstanding the unfairness of the weather, so
in the evening the church was crowded, and a large n`loot
ber could not obtain admission. Collections were 04
after both services towards the expense of the choir, "0,
THREE MARINE-STORE DEALERS SENT FOR TF'jn
on PIINISHED.—A man, named Peter Fagan, was yeste.,':ol
charged at the Police-court with having in his posses',d
a quantity of iron axletrees, warehouse pillar capitals, is
other massive metal articles, including copper nails, s",,e,
were found in the back cellar of a house of a person na'Ag.
Berry, which was rented by the prisoner, for the stoss"
(as he said when he took it) of articles for which he eb°olll
not find room at his store. The prisoner was seen, t' c.el'
the beginning of November, taking articles into the, fof
lar—and he had since been in gaol for two montilid
felony. Several of the heavy iron articles were identlt
by the parties who dealt in them in this town ; and s°
copper, which had been stolen from the docks, was t
owned. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Yates, 1.'„,1"
he could give no account of how he became possessn:,
the articles, he was sent, under the new act affec'r
such cases, for trial at the sessions.—Same day, a ina,r9
store dealer, named Christopher Tobin, was charged "
having in his possession, in his cellar in Chisenhale-stbo
10 bags of guano, a quantity of spades and tools, tl
1 cwt. of copper nails, 30 corn bags, and much °_,,,
property, for which he could not account. He was cy
mitted to gaol, under the new act, for two months
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his license was withdrawn.—An old man, a marine-!,,itiV
dealer, named Owen Dignan, was charged with reefild;
50 rice bags, which Lawrence Bailey and John l;°
carters, were charged with having stolen. Bailey wit
Hunt had been employed to cart from Mr. F3IIO till
in Peter's-lane, 10 bundles of bags of 50 each t°4ol
Albert Dock warehouses, and they delivered only
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bundles, 50 bags being short. The missing bags or
found at Dignan's, and he could not account for th
The prisoners were all committed for trial. ~

JENNY Limi.—fhOse people who have had the pleasure
of hearing this inimitable vocalist, and wish to possess
a memorial of the event, should pay a visit to the esta-
blishment of Luckyn and Co., 54, Bold-street, who, in
addition to a variety of useful and ornamental articles
made from Vesuvian lava, have a stock of statuettes of
Jenny Lind made from the same singular material. The
fair syren is represented exactly as she appears singing the
Rataplan, in "The Daughter of the Regiment." The
figure and face are remarkably correct representations of
the "nightingale," and we can recommend this statuette
as a most pleasing ornament for a drawing or music-room
of any establishment.

APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF THlEVES.—Yesterday,
at the Police-court, Samuel Kell, George Shone, Alex-
ander Pigott, and a female, were charged on suspicion
with having broken into a cigar and snuff shop, kept by
two ladies, opposite to Dr. Raffles's Chapel, and with
stealing therefrom, between Friday night and Saturday
morning, a quantity of cigars, meerchaum pipes, tobacco,
&c. They were also charged with other previous offences
of a like kind. Some of the detective force having re-
ceived information, found the prisoners in the house they
inhabited in Primrose-hill, out of Fontenoy-street. There
they found a quantity of cigars, pipes, and tobacco, some
of which was identified by one of the ladies, especially a
pipe, a part of the cork of which she recognised as being
broken by herself. A watch, inserted in wood as a time-
piece, was also found, and was proved to be part of a
quantity of articles stolen from the house of a Mr.
Roberts, which had been broken open on the 9th or 10th
of the present month, and a number of watches, &c.,
abstracted. Under the cushion of a sofa in the house
where the prisoners lived, were found a file, a chisel, and
other implements suitable for housebreaking. A quantity
of tin dish-covers, &c., were also found, and identified as
being stolen from another house. The property taken
from the two first-noticed premises was valued at upwards
of £4l) T'

ne male prisoners were committed for trial,
and the girl was nut down, for further inquiry, the case
not appearing to be strong against her.
DEATHS FROM STARVATION: DISTRESSING OCCUR-
RENCE AT BIRKENHEAD.—It is this week OUT sad duty
to record two deaths, resulting, there is every reason to
fear, from starvation. On Sunday, in consequence of in-
formation received, Inspector M'Neill proceeded to an
empty house in Oak-street, Birkenhead, where he found
a woman lying dead upon the floor, and a child about nine
months old, also dead, lying at her feet. Four young
children, whose ages average from about four to ten, were
huddled round the fireplace. The grate contained some
scanty fuel, and the poor creatures were, in the expressive
language of the inspector, " attempting to squeeze the heat
out of the bars." Behind the children lay the dead bodies
of the mother and child. The house contained no article
of furniture whatever, nor was there a morsel of food
of any description within the walls. It appears that the de-
ceased female (who is about forty years of age) was
named Ellen Kane. She had come with her children
from Ireland only a few days ago, and, forcing open the
door, took possession of the unoccupied house where the
sad discovery was made. She must have sought subsis-
tence by begging; but as she never applied to any of the
parochial officers for relief, probably from fear of removal,
the existence of the family, or their circumstances, were
unknown to the authorities of the place. The children
stated to the inspector that they had not tasted anything
since Saturday morning, when their mother distributed
amongst them a little bread. Mr. Downing, surgeon, was
promptly called in by the officer when the bodies were
discovered, and gave it as his opinion (so far as he could
arrive at any conclusion from an external inspection) that
both mother and child had perished from starvation.
Mr. Churton, the coroner, will hold an inquest on the
bodies to-day. The children state that their mother died
during the night. Till Sunday forenoon, however, they
thought that she was sleeping, and hence it was that they
did not sooner take the alarm.
Germany is to have an Emperor, and he is to be a
reigning Prince. So the Assembly has decreed. The
choice is likely to fall on the King of Prussia, but his
acceptance of the honour is becoming daily more doubtful.
THE NAVVY'S BROTH.—The Cheltenham Examiner
tells of a worthy railway contractor, who had risen from
the navvy's barrow into more than competence, visiting
London for the first time, and ordering some turtle soup,
which he had heard of for the first time. He accounted
it excellent broth, an admirable diet for winter, ordered a
second basin, and that consumed, asked the waiter what
was to pay ? " Yes, Sir, two basins of turtle, 145., Sir."
" Whew !" whistled the astonished navvy, "fourteen bob
for two bowls o'broth—my eyes ! Well, dang it, it is
dear, but it's nation nice ! let's ha' t'other bowl, and
there's the guinea."

The cholera is disappearing at New Orleans, and b 1
ness is resuming its accu3tomed channels.
A letter from Gaeta of the 15th states that the Pope
seriously ill.

;INCREASE OF INSURANCES. In 1831 the value
insured property was something above .£526,000,000.00
1841 it amounted to £682,000,000, being about an iOO
of 30 per cent, in ten years; and since then it b 9
creased in equal proportion.
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A CHILD MURDERED BY ITS MOTHER.—mva rJr
Beveridge, a blind woman, was convicted of the
fo-„or
of one of her children at the March assizes for WV:
shire in 1847, and confined in the gaol at Winc,
ter, on the ground of insanity. On Saturday last,
her discharge from that asylum (by whose authority di
was dischared we have not learned), destroyed anotl7col
her children, a boy five years of age, by stranguls
She immediately made a confession of the second tlioi„
at the station-house of the borough of Portsea,
tho police she had strangled another child. On the
going to her room, with her husband, her story waseti(L;;
to be too true. The child was lying dead in the be",
pieces of calico being twisted round its neck. An
was held in the evening, and a verdict of " Wilful ttef
der" returned. The unfortunate woman was con Vol
to Winchester gaol.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 30, 1849.
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