The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

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or opeKetancts, ana otner orancuen
respected and worthy host and hostess, Mrs. Wm . Rath-
bone, Mr. and Mrs. Tinne, and the members both old
and young, of several of the families in the neighbour-
hood, attended on this interesting occasion. Mrs. Wil-
kinson was led to a chair, handsomely decorated with
flowers, by Mr. Lawrence, who pleasantly observed, that
though it was June, he would crown her Queen of May.
The day being fine, tables with refreshments were laid out

on the lawn in front of the house, after which the testi-

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jug, spoons, and china tea service, and tray, inlaid with
pearl. On the teapot and cream jug there is the follow-
ing inscription Presented by the Queen, the Queen
Dowager, and the Ladies of Liverpool, to Catharine Wil-
kinson, 1846. ' Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy-

from the weary bands of a most patient committee at
11W-past five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, in acondition
to carry into the Lords the elements of an uncompro-
mising opposition, unless terms are speedily made with the
opponents. In the Wigan matter, the house will be
-moved for ft c • • r•

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the committee will not be able to re-assemble uponLl
it
until late in next week ; and, in the meantime, the pre-
cious days which should be occupied in forwarding the
bill in the other house, are rapidly passing away. There
are reasonable grounds for the motion, without imputing
any blame to the promoters. The fact is, the committee
themselves, by want of energy, and by Omitting to have
several of their resolutions specifically, drawn and uni-
forinly acted upon, have been the primary cause of this
threatened delay ; and some of the intended oition
in the other house is attributable to the hurry ethos which
towards the close, several clauses important to landowners
were passed or rejected. Altogether, our estimate of the
cost of the bill. £lO,OOO, will, we apprehend, be found
:below the mark. Mr. Austin, Mr. Talbot, (who have
only appeared twice in the whole enquiry,) Mr. Crompton,
Mr. Burke, and Mr. Paget, absorb £lOOO per day in fees.
Messrs. Gurney's bill for short-hand writing will extend
to between £BOO and £lOOO. The other expenses are
enormous. If the accidents of the political world should
cause the bill to be lost this session, the burgesses of
Liverpool may admire the perseverance with which the
scheme has been prosecuted, but they will probably think
it rather expensive, and that Mr. Hawkesley 's original
estimate will need enlargement.—Manchester Guardian.
THE MURDER AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Friday, the
coroner for Cheshire, (H. Churton, Esq.,) and the jury
empanelled to inquire into the circumstances attending the
death of Thomas Frinnigan, on the,24th May, again as-
sembled at the Adelphi Hotel. The prisoners, Edward
Silk and Anne Tobin, were present. The evidence of
police-officer Partington was read over, and'some further
questions asked. He said that the handkerchief found in
the mouth of deceased, was stuffed tightly into the throat,
Indeed the whole of it. except about ten inches.. The

throat was swelled out by it. A sister of deceased said,
that prisoner, on the day after deceased was missed, told
her that he (deceased) had fallen at tlie.pay-gate at Wood-
side Ferry, and cut his eye, so that it bled very much, and
that his handkerchief was covered with biood'from wiping
it. On afterwards being told that decease& could not be
found, he appeared troubled, and said he (deceased) must
have enlisted, or stowed himself away in some vessel.
Prisoner, she added, had given different accounts about
the handkerchief. The prisoner denied this, or that there
was any blood on the handkerchief. Another sister• of
the deceased said that when Silk went home, on the day
deceased was missed, she saw him produce a pocket
handkerchief which had blood upon it. Mr. J. Foulks,
who had, with Dr. Vaughan, made a pos( mortem exami-
nation, said he agreed with the latter ; that the blood
being in a fluid state, might be the result of drowning,
but in all cases where death resulted from that cause the
lungs were usually gorged with blood, and not in a state
of collapse, as were the lungs of deceased.—Deceased
had been seen in a beerhouse in Chester-street, on the
night he disappeared. Two constables deposed to having
seen the two prisoners with a man dressed like deceased,
about midnight on the 24th ult. The party proceeded to
a shed about 300 yards from where the body of deceased
was found. The stain on Silk's coat was proved to be
blood.—The prisoners, after being cautioned, strongly
asserted that they had left deceased at Woodside Ferry.
Ihe coroner summed up, and the jury, after a consulta-
tion of some duration, returned a verdict of " Wilful
marder against some person or persons unknown."

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

Ass AULTS.—An elderly man, named Jeremiah Roberts,
an itinerant musician (we believe), was yesterday charged
with having, on Saturday, on the premises of Mr. Chaffers,
publican, St. Stephen-street, attempted, without provo-
cation, to stab a young man, named Carver, belonging to
the house, with a table-fork, was fined 40s. and costs.
The prisoner is defective in vision. In his possession
were found several small boxes that had contained pills of
opium, nearly a handful of which he had swallowed, so
that medical assistance was, we learn, required to save.
him from the consequences.—John Lawrence, mate of the
ship " Queen," was fined £5, for violently assaulting, by
kicking and dangerously collaring John Meritt, a sail-
maker, employed on board the vessel.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Friday, a tall man,
of very respectable exterior, named William H. Swan,
was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having
embezzled sums of money to the amount of £73 10s. Bd.,
the property of his employers, Messrs. Groves and Hart-
ley, wine and spirit merchants, of Duke-street. Mr.
William Peer Groves, the principal of the firm, stated
that the prisoner had been in their employment since Oc-
tober last, that he brought an excellent character with
him, and that he was very much respected, not only in
Liverpool but in London. His immediate duty was to
collect money out of doors, and to render an account of
it on his return to the office. This, however, he had failed
to do in the three following cases. Mr. Edward Taylor,
licensed victualler, of the Old Haymarket, paid him
£26 19s. 9d. ; £23 10s. of that amount was paid him on
the 29th of January, and on the Bth of March.the balance
was handed him. Mr. John Pugh, licensed victualler, of
Basnett-street, paid him £22 on the 19th of April, and
Mr. James Rhodes, licensed victualler, of Chapel-street,
paid him £lO on the 3rd of June. He was committed
for trial. Mr. Davenport hoped he would be allowed out
on bail. Mr. Rushton refused the application, and said
it was too serious a matter to take bail for.
CHARGE OF ARSON.—On Tuesday, a young man of
rather genteel appearance, named George Bevan, was
brought before the magistrates, on a charge of having set
fire to his premises, at an early hour that morning. The
prisoner resides in Castle-street, Kirkdale, where he has
carried on the business of a boot and shoe maker for the
last six months. About one o'clock in the morning
smoke was seen to issue from his shop by a person who
was passing, immediately upon which the alarm was given,
and Superintendent Abrams' who lives opposite, in the
same street, with Inspector Eaton and another officer,
were quickly on the spot. A man was at first seen to put
his head out of the top room window, and attempt to get
on the roof of the house, but was persuaded to go back,
as ladders would be procured in order to assist his escape.
The fire was confined solely to the shop, and appeared to
burn with considerable intensity. Two ladders were then
obtained, and reared up to the window where the person
(said to be the prisoner) had been seen, but he had then
gone away, and no trace could be seen of him. Shortly
afterwards the prisoner was seen again at the window;
he got out, and one of the officers went up the ladder and
assisted him down. He was undressed, and on reaching
the ground fell down in a state of insensibility. He was
conveyed to the house of a neighbour, where medical as-
sistance was procured, and in a short time he recovered.
The rooms were searched, but no one was found in the
house. The officers having gained access to the shop
from the front, with some difficulty, as several chairs had
been placed against the door on the inside, obtained a few
buckets of water, and succeeded in subduing the flames.
An alarm was given at the fire station, and the engines
were got out under the direction of Mr. Hewitt ; they
were, however, stopped on the road by an intimation that
the fire had been extinguished. A search was then made
in the shop, and a bottle, which had contained spirits of
turpentine, was found on one of the shelves ; there was
also discovered a quantity of paper and rags saturated
with the same inflammable liquor, and the boots and
shoes, together with the flooring, and all parts of the shop
neared to have been 'in simil- Sr

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veral of the shoes were full of turpentine when taken
off the shelves. A candle was found near the bottom of
the stairs leading from the shop. The appearances were
such as to indicate that the place had been set on fire
wilfully, and, under these circumstances, the prisoner was
taken into custody. Mr. Maxwell, inspector of salvage,
stated the stock, fixtures, &c., of the prisoner were in-
sured for £4OO, in the Guardian Fire-office, including £6O
on the dwelling-house, of which the prisoner has a lease.
He had examined the stock, &c., and considered them
worth about £l7O. It was stated, in evidence, that it
would have required two or three gallons of turpentine
to saturate the articles in the shop, the shelves, floor, &c.,
in the manner found by the parties who entered. Mr.
Davenport, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner,
cross-examined several of the witnesses, but did not
elicit anything which tended to alter the features of the
case. He admitted that the premises had been set on fire
by some person, but said that there were individuals who
owed the prisoner a grudge, in consequence of his having
commenced business in that neighbourhood, and they had
threatened to do him an injury. He would call witnesses
to support that view of the case, if time were allowed.
Mr. Rushton said it was a case in which every facility
should be afforded for enquiry on both sides, and he
would remand the prisoner until Wednesday. On Wed-
nesday the prisoner was again brought up, and the inves-
tigation was resumed, and after some additional evidence
had been given the enquiry was adjourned till Friday next.

LOCAL MEETINGS,

OPERATIVE MASONS.—OR Wednesday a meeting of
the operative masons of this town was held at the Concert-
hall, Lord Nelson-street, to hear an address from Mr.
Roiaert M`Donald on trade societies, and also a report of
his mission in Scotland. Mr. M`Donald demonstrated
the immense social advantages of trade unions, and re-
futed all the objections made to them. He advised
his brethren to unite as much as possible, and form asso-
ciations, not of a local character, as those were too nar-
row to suit the spirit of the present age, but associations
of working men in all parts of the kingdom, by which
a larger amount of influence would be gained, and they
would be enabled to carry out the principle of protection
to a far greater extent, and with much more probability
of success.
DOCK COMMITTEE, TIIIIRSDAY.—The Dock Surveyor,
having recovered from his late severe indisposition, at-
tended the committee : he was warmly congratulated by
the various members. —lt was reported that the bill
against the Corporation for rebuilding the river-wall
opposite the Tobacco Waroli j,,,ji,,i;,„, founds_
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It was directed that notice should be given to the Earl of
Sefton of the intention to relinquish in two years the
occupation of the land occupied byFort:nbylandnark.—

The sub-committee reported that they had inquired intc
the complaint preferred by Mr. ,Eolton against Mr. John
Kennedy, master porter, to t short delivery of cot
ton, and found that - -

Kennedy was not to

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sub-committee bad also inquired !to two.cbarges pre
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hi both- instances Mr:Taylor had agreed to lie'iert

tima 'inmate, widow of the late master of the Clarence
Dock, stating that she had been left .unprovided for, and
praying for some assistance. The Chairman thought that
all the servants of the trust who were in circumstances to
do so, ought to be calied upon by the committee to insure
their lives. Mr. Aikin said, that so long as the public

went on making provisions for families, provision would
not be made by those who ought to make it..
w It was car-
ried to a dangerous extent, and the public were encoura-
ging improvidence by such conduct. The Chairman said
the committee had no power to make a continued chari-
table donation. Mr. Aikin said that within the last week

two or three individuals had been inaKing suusenptions
for the families of men who had been in positions to pro-
vide for their own families if they thought fit. There was
so much false sympathy got up in behalf of individuals,
that, said he, "the surest way to make proiision for your

every dock-master had the power of putting something
aside, and of insuring his life. Mr. Aikin thought it
should be the rule that all officers of the trust must join a
benefit society. Mr. Henderson said, in the warehouse
dpn.rtimmt it tr.g n sine and non that all the men should

carried to the higher officers. The Chairman gave notice
that next week lie should move that all the officers he re-
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tern' sub-committee.
THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The first gene-
ral hoard of this body, since the recenfitfteeelnecfmmenm,
bteorsok
place on Tuesday evening ; present, .
file seven newly-elected commissioners took the requiredtdiei
eclaraab
steionnceanodf
fir.thei Potter,
r seats.—Mwrh.oMmallhaeb
have proposed,) Mr. Benth (am should take the chair on
this occasion. Mr. B. was an old commissioner, and had
should
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acted with assiduity and effect in the service of the town.
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Mr. Thompson, on the understanding that the election
was only for the present month, seconded the motion.—
Mr. W. Laird proposed Mr. Pike, who was at the head
of the list. Mr. P. said he should decline the honour.—
Mr. Bentham was eventually chosen, and proceeded to
read the names of the members proposed to be on the
respective cnnarniftees,—beginning with Messrs. Brown-
rigg, Bentham, Cole, Bryans, Greene, Pritchard, Fox,
and Pike, for. Finance Committee. Mr. Pritchard
objected to serve on that particular committee. Mr. W.