The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-11 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.
—At the annual meeting of the members of this association,
Mr. Daniel Ledson was unanimously elected chairman for
the ensuing year.

SUDDEN DEATII.—On Wednesday an inquest was held
before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Isaac Johnson.
The deceased, who was nine years of age, lived with his
mother and stepfather in Naylor-street, and died on Monday
morning last, under circumstances that induced a suspicion
that some violence had been employed. This, however, was
without foundation. On a most mature examination of the
body, it was found that death was caused by peritoneal in-
flamation, or inflamation of the intestines, arising from na-
tural causes. The jury returned a verdict to that effect.
EARLY CLOSING OF Snors.—lt appears the tradesmen's
assistants of this town are determined to extricate themselves
from the present state of severe, and in some cases extreme
restraint. It will be seen by an advertisement in another
column, that a meeting is about to be held for the purpose of
adopting measures to procure a gradual and uniform curtail-
ment of the present injuriously long hours of business. An
association, it appears, has already been formed.

RADICAL PURITY.—The declamations of the radicals
against bribery, intimidation, &c., in election matters, are
as well known as their liberal practice of the very offences
with which they charge their opponents. It will be remem
bered, that just pending the recent revision, they induced one
of the notice-servers for the conservatives to abscond, by
which it was rendered impossible for the latter to substan-
tiate one hundred and eighty objections against the bribed
protectors in St. Anne's Ward, and in fact Prevented them
from catering upon the inquiry. The man in question was
tampered with by a liberal attorney and a reforming hat ma-
nufacturer, who, having plied him with drink, represented
that they were acting by the orders of the Tradesmen's Re-
form Association, and agreed to give him fifteen pounds in
cash, to pay his passage to Dublin, and to allow him is 6d
per day during the sitting of the court. The sum of £l2. lOs
was paid to him and £1 10s to his wife, and he was furnished
with a ticket for his passage in a fictitious name. The man,
we understand, is still in Dublin, in very great distress, and
unable to get the £6 12s 6d due to him, tie has made re-
peated applications for the money, but can get no answer
from those who employed him, and the Reform Association
decline to pay it on the ground of ignorance that the parties
had any authority to act as their agents. This, we trust, will
be a warning to future notice-servers how they place reliance
in radical promises. We are in possession of the names of
all the parties, and can publish them if necessary.

PIANO FORTES.--We beg to- refer our readers to
Shade's advertisement of piano-fortes. He hag some fin®
instruments on hand, well worthy of attention.

LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SCCIETY.—.A. meeting of this
society was held last evening, in the Medical Institution, at
which Mr. R. H. Chilton read an interesting paper on " The
Coinage of the Romans." The meeting was numerously
and respectably attended. We rejoice to find that the pro-
ceedings of this excellent society are exciting Ti increased
degree of attention among the lovers of science in Liverpool
and its neighbourhood.
riiE THREE CARRACCI.—We are glad to learn that the
notice we gave of the three splendid Scripture Paintings by
the Caracci, in our last, has been the means of drawing very
general attention to them. The Union Room has been very
well attended since, and at times quite crowded. These
paintings may be seen over and over again, and at each visit
new beauties will be discovered. As they will shortly leave
Liverpool we advise every one to see them. Such a treat
cannot be obtained every day.
ST. BRIDE'S LECTURES RESPECTING THE JEw3.—On
Tuesday last, the Rev. Hugh M`Neile delivered a very
powerful lecture, to a crowded congregation, upon " The
glorious advent of our Lord Jesus Christ." The concluding
lecture, with a practical improvement of the whole course,
will be delivered, by the Rev. James Haldane Stewart, on
Tuesday evening next, the 15th instant.

Our readers will observe in our advertising columns this
day, that the Rev. Hugh Stowell will preach at St. Michael's
this evening. We trust it is unnecessary again to urge ou
them the importance of the object for which Mr. Stowell is
to preach. The Protestant public, and particularly, our own
church, are large debtors to Scriptural Schools and to Mr.
Stowell.

BRINGING EXCISABLE ARTICLES ON SHORE.—Captaiu
Lefer, of the barque Intrepid, was charged by the Solicitor
to the Customs with having brought on shore 121bs of sugar
and 31bs of tea, the same not having paid duty. Captain
Lefer said he pleaded guilty to the charge, but he was not
aware that what he had done was illegal. The sugar he was
going to send up to a lodging-house keeper as a present ; he
did not consider it of much value. The officers having sub-
stantiated the charge, the captain was fined £1 18s, being
three times the amount of the sugar.

COMMITTAL OF A FATHER AND HIS SON.—Yesterday,
at the Police-office, Geo. Green, a lad aged 15, was charged
with robbing his master, Mr. Atkinson, draper, South Cas-
tle-street, of sundry articles of property ; and Thos. Green,
his father, with receiving the same knowing them to be sto-
len. Mr. Atkinson stated, that having suspected the lad of
robbing him, he accused him of doing so, when some of the
property produced was restored. On information being
given at the Police-office, constable Ainsworth went to the
house of the elder prisoner, who gave up several pieces of
cloth and three handkerchiefs, which his son had said his
master had given him. Mr. Rushton, having commented
severely on the flagrancy of the case, committed both pri-
soners to take their trial.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on Wednesday
before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of James Swift. The
deceased was a carter in the employ of Mr. Hollinshead
Blundell. On the 16th November he and a man named
Thomas Smetham were together, taking two loads of coals
to Mr. Waterhouse's at Aigburth, and each driving a cart.
There were two horses to each cart, and deceased had hold
of the shaft horse of his cart. A short distance before they
got to Mr. Waterhouse's house, the horse which the de-
ceased was driving went on the parapet, and, while he was
pushing it off into the road, the horse fell against him, shoved
him close to the wall, and rested against his legs. Smetham.
immediately got the animal drawn from him to get him away;
but as s,on as he had done so, the deceased fell down. He
was not able to stand, but sat against the wall. Some per-
sons came up, a car was sent for, and the deceased was taken
to the Northern Hospital. Mr. Arnott, house surgeon of
that institution, said, that when the deceased was brought in,
he had a compound fracture of the right leg. Everything
was done for him that could be done, but he died on Tues-
day, in consequence of the injuries he had received—Verdict,
" Accidental death."

DEATH BY BURNING.—On Wednesday, an inquisition
was held before P. P. Curry, Esq., coroner, on view of the
body of Sarah Liptrot, a girl of ourteen years of age, who
lived as servant to Mrs. M`Kennell, No. 49, Bedford-street,
Toxteth-park. On Sunday morning last, a little after 12
o'clock, the deceased ran into her mistress's room all in
flames. The latter endeavoured to extinguish the fire with
her shawl, but could not, and burnt her hand in the attempt.
Another ineffectual attempt was made to extinguish the fire.
The deceased was very much burnt about the back and arms.
A surgeon was immediately called. She said that she was
taking the cover off a saucepan, and while laying it on the
floor, the back of her dress caught fire. She died on Tuesday
morning in the presence of her father, a nailmaker, in Naylor-
street. The jury returned a verdict of " Death by burning ;
but how the clothes of the deceased caught tire, there was no
evidence to prove."

SHAMPOOING.—The introduction of shampooing has been
found to be very beneficial in many of the disorders inciden-
tal to the human frame. In cases of rheumatism, gout, &c.,
it has been found extremely efficacious. Mr. Whalley,
(whose advertisement will be found elsewhere,) from his
knowledge of anatomy, has been very successful in the cases
entrusted to him. His testimonials from many of the nobi-
lity, the medical profession, and others of his patients, are
of the most satisfactory nature, and, on being referred to,
will at once show how highly prized have been his endea-
vours to alleviate, and indeed eradicate, disease. As to the
benefits arising from shampooing, Dr. Combe, in his excel-
lent work on the " Preservation of Health," says of it :
" It is from this effect of muscular compression in promo-
ting the flow of blood through the arteries and veins, that
shampooing is so successfully resorted to in the warm cli-
mates of the East, and among the richer class of invalids in
our own country, as a substitute for active exercise. Sham-
pooing furnishes from without that impulse to the circula-
tion which the Creator has destined it to receive from active
muscular exertion ; and the principle of its action being the
same, we cannot wonder that it should prove indisputably
useful in promoting circulation, strength, and nutrition, in
cases where active exercise cannot be enjoyed. Hence, also,
its utility in dispersing indolent swellings, in restoring tone
to weakened joints, and in the cure of rheumatism." We
strongly recommend Mr. Whalley to the notice of such of
our friends as may be afflicted by losing the use of limbs, or
feebleness. The best results may be anticipated by applying
to Mr. Whalley in time.

WILLIAM PERRY'S CASE.—On Wednesday, William
Perry was brought up again for examination at the Police-
office, when William Rutherford stated that he was a clerk,
in the employ of Mr. Brebner. The prisoner had been in
Mr. Brebner's employment about twelve months; during the
time he was there he had frequently suspected him of robbing
the place, and had accused him on one or two occasions.
Prisoner was discharged for bad conduct. Witness had missed,
in July last, £3 6s. and a gold watch from his desk, when
the office was found broken open.—J. Breeze, is a clerk in
Mr. Brebner's office, remembers the counting-house being
broken open. The prisoner had, previously, made many in-
quiries as to the times of opening and closing the counting-
house. The keys of the office were always deposited in one
place.—John Parker, is a clerk in Mr. Brebner's employ,
had seen the keys in the usual place the evening before the
robbery took place.—Ainsworth stated that the keys were
found in prisoner's coat pocket. On information being given
him of the robbery, he had proceeded to the prisoner's lodg-
ings, where he found the property produced.—W. Farrer
identified the coat as being the prisoner's.-11411 Thompson
is in the employ of Messrs. M`Lean and Brodie, Glasgow;
identified several pieces of gingham which he had packed, and
despatched to Liverpool by the steamers. The cases had
been returned as being short of quantity. The cases had
been packed before the principals of the house.—Wm. Gow,
a porter in the last employ, proved that he had delivered the
cases safely at the Broinielaw.—Wm. Farrer identified one of
the desks as his property, which he had lent to the prisoner,
who had lodged with witness two years ; had never heard a
word against his character.—Committed for trial.

DESERTION OF INFANT CHILDREN.—For some weeks past
the desertion of infants by their mothers, by leaving them at
the lodging-houses of poor persons and absconding, has, we
lament to say, been very prevalent in this town, and, we learn,
also in Manchester. On Monday evening last, about six
o'clock, a boy went into the shop of Mrs. Barton, bread-
baker, Chapel-street, with a basket in his hand. He said
Mrs. Oakum had sent him with it, and that she would call
for it in a short time. Mrs. Barton, not knowing a person of
that name, expressed some reluctance to receive it, and
finally took the precaution to lift the lid, when she saw some-
thing move. On removing a small piece of flannel, she dis-
covered a tine female infant, of apparently about five days
old. It had on a lace cap, with a net border, and
white cotton frock, and was altogether clean and com-
fortable. A small quantity of clothing formed its bed.
Mrs. Barton very properly detained the boy, and called in
a police-officer. He stated that a female at the bottom of
the street had given him sixpence on his promising to take
the basket to the baker's shop above, and that he did not
know what it contained. The child was sent to the Work-
house, and no clue has yet been obtained to the parents.—
On Wednesday, at the police-office, two decent females,
keepers of lodging-houses, appeared before the magistrates,
one of them with an infant in her arms, which had been left
by her mother, a lodger, who had gone away and left it; the
other stated that a child of about a month old had been left
with her by its mother, apparently a lady, but scantily pro-
vided with clothing, and who, she had reason to suspect,
had gone off to Manchester by the railway.. Mr. Rushton
strongly animadverted on the disgraceful conduct of the mo-
thers, and directed inquiry to be made after them. The
parties were referred for assistance towards the suppo
the little ones, in the meantime, to Mr. Evans, the o very
ANIPHITHEATRE.—This evening the performances will be
under the patronage of the Earl of Seftcn, who will, we be-
lieve, occupy a box, to witness the performances of Mr.
Carter and (to use the language of the bills) his " forest of
wild animals." A very full house may be expected. On
Wednesday evening, just before the animals were fed, a most
extraordinary scene took place—a scene which few of the
number present would have missed for more than their price
of admission. The circumstance to which we allude was a
fight between the lion and the tiger. Mr. Carter having
gone through his performances, left the den, as usual, accom-
panied by one of the leopards. He had hardly been off the
stage a minute when the lion and tiger commenced a terrific
fight. The scene was most extraordinary—the whole of the
company assembled on the stage prepared to take flight, and
the audience were in a moment in the greatest excitement.
Mr. Carter hearing something unusual, rushed on the stage,
and in an instant was in the cage, and threw himself between
the combatants, felling the lion on one side, and hurling the
tiger to the other. A wild burst of applause rewarded this
daring feat, and was loudly continued when the excited ani•
mals were seen to cower into the corners of the den in the
most abject state of subserviency. The effect of this was re-
markable in the extreme. In a cage, hardly 10 feet square,
stood a man, unarmed and alone, so perfect a master of the
wildest and most savage creatures of the forest, that they
forgot their animosity to each other, and actually trembled
with fear at his presence ! The attitude of the " lion tamer
and the position of the animals immediately after they were
parted, formed one of the finest and most interesting groups
we ever beheld. Had it not been for Mr. Carter's strength,
energy, and presence of mind, the consequences perhaps
might have been unpleasant. The farce of " The Lady
,",
Lions" never fails to draw forth great laughter. Miss pal
has wonderful spirits, and she enters into the fun of her
cha-
racter con more. She is the best actress in burlesque on
the stage.
THE NEW OPERATION FOR THE CURE OF SQUINTING•
—Great and striking has been the development of science in
all its branches during the last half-century, and in none
more than in the healing art ; the rapid and
Im-
provement of which, in both its grand divisions, medicine and
w
surgery, is equally certain and satisfactory. This general
commendation e now more particularly material
apply to a newly-
invented_ operation for the cure of squinting, first practised,
and lately published to the medical world, by Dr. Dieffenbach,
of Berlin. whereby the most extreme degrees of obliquity of
vision are, with trifling pain, inconsiderable confinement and
treatment, radically and permanently cured. This is no
overcharged statement, but a true and 'faithful matter of fact,
to which we ourselves are witness, having been surprised and
gratified by the re-appearance of a friend at onr office, whose
decided squint had been a source of much inconvenience to
himself, and regret to his family, in a very altered and pre-
ferable condition, his disagreeable obliquity of vision being
perfectly restored—a cure lie had obtained under the hands
of Mr. Bainbrigge, of this town. Our unqualified admira-
tion, of the success of this operation, so exceedingly ;
sanple,
in no case warranting apprehension for ultimate results,
causing during its performance, as our friend observes, "rather
inconvenience than pain," compels us, as it were, to bring
forward and recommend it to the notice of those afflicted with
this unfortunate disfigurement ; confident they will, in sub-
mitting to the operation for the removal thereof, have no
cause to regret, but on the contrary, will heartily acknow-
ledge a debt of gratitude due for our well-meant intimation
and advice.