The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-10 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE.
Days. Mrn. Ern. lii.
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H. Si. H. M. F. 1.
Tuesday 7 i Q 9 18 7 Name of Jesus. Moon in
Wednea. 8 031 052 19 5 [Perigee 3h even.
Thursday 9 114 136 19 4
Friday 10 157 219 18 10 St. Lierrenee.
Saturday 11 241 I 3 5 17 8 Jupiter rises 8h 42m morn.
Sunday 12 327 352 15 8 9th Sunday after Trinity.
Monday 13 419 1 450 13 11 Adelaide (Q. D.) born 1793.

BIRTHS.
On Tuesday last, the lady of Dr.rDavieson, Seel-street, of a
daughter.
On Friday last, the lady of Joseph R. Pim, Esq., of Oakfield,
Birkenhead, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 30th June, at St. Luke's Church, by the Rev. James .As-
pinall, Mr. Thomas Birkett, of Holmrook. to Miss Elizabeth Hay-
ton., second (laughter of Captain Joseph Haytcni, of Workington.
On the sth ult., in the island of Barbadoes, Thomas Maddock,
Esq., of this town, to Mary, only daughter of William Adamson,
Esq., planter, of that island.
On the 21st ult.. at Lancaster, the Rev. Edward B. Creek, A.B„
of Preston-Patrkk, Westmoreland, to Alice, only daughter of.the
late Edward Martin, Esq., of the Naze, Kirkham.
On the 23rd ult., Mr. Thomas Butterworth, of AccringtOn, to
Miss Mary Fletcher, of Preston.
On the 24th ult. at Chorley, Henry Fisher, Ego. , of Carleton ,
near Poulton, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Sonmer.
of Redbank. Chorley.
On the 4th instant Mr. Thomas Williams, of Church-street, to
Rebecca, third daughter of Mr. Benjamin Shaw, Abchurch-lane,
London.
Same day, at St. George's Church. Mr. Joseph Ridge Woodhead,
of Sheffield, third son of W. Woodhead, Esq., Sheffield, to Miss.
Hannah Mary Williams, of Rodney-street, in this town.
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On the sth instant, at St. Thomas's Church, Mr, Samuel Parker
to Ann, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Robert Davies. ,
Oh the 6th instant, at the Scotch Church, Oldham-street, Mr.
Alexander Simpson to Janet, youngest daughtet of Mr. W. Doug-
las. Queen's Officer, Garlieston.

On the 7th instant, n't St. Phillip's Church, ,Tr. W. SAlike to ' '
Miss M. A. Hart, both of this town.
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Same day, at Darsbury, Mr. James Collinson, of this town, to
Jane, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Antwis, Preston
.
Brook.
Yesterday, at Great George-street Chapel, by the Rein. Tyr. t•
Raffies, Samuel Marshall Rulley. E.qq., of Oakwood, near Stock L.
port, only son of Mr. Alderman Bulley, to Mary Rachael, only
daughter of the,Rev. Dr. Raffles, , ,

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DIED. •
On the 20th ult. aged 71 years, William Smith, yeannn; of game
blesholme, in the parish of Tatham. In his youth he •sere eft an
apprenticeship to flax heckling. On the expiration of his appren-
ticeship, he roved about from town to town, sometimes, in the
capacity of a " timlipr-merehant" sometimes carrying
White-
chapel needles, and di,,casionally working at his trade, until shout
forty-four back, when his father died, leaving. William owner of
Gambleshohne. Ile was then in London, and was so reduced that
he was obliged to wait for a remittance from home before he could
come to take possession of the family estate. William was a
bachelor, and suffered no woman or serving man to live with him.
He kept four or five cows, and was a man of remarkably penurious
habits. His supposed wealth procured him the notice of thieves
and burglars, by whom heiwas frequentlyfattacked. In conse-
quence he let his farms off. and built himself a little cottage at the
end of Gamblesholme, the windows of which he secured a ith
strong iron bars. and the door being made of two-inch oak plank,
eased on the inside with sheet iron, and secured with three strong
bars and a strong lock In this little cot he dwelt in safety. When
the leases of any, of his: farms were out, he would buy a iheet of
paper, borrow some old newspapers, and look over the advertise-,
ments till he found one that suited his purpose, when he would get:
somebody to copy it with the alteration of therfarnes, and the
yers, and would let his farms himself, getting some neighbour to ,
draw up the conditions from the old lease. He died possessed of •
seven farms, valued at from £l,OOO to £2,0011 each ;,:and. about
twelve to fifteen nephews and nieces received its valite";•fpern £4OO,
to £2,000 each, more or less.
On the Ist instant. in London, aged 11, Anna Maria, only-1;111'v'.
vingchiid of Sir liesketh Fleetwood, • Bart -MA'. of Bosilaniall,
Lancashire. .
On the 2d instant, at Langford Hall, near Newark, James Haffen,-,• ,
den, Esq. • ' -
On the 3d instant, at the advanced age of 78, Mary, relict of the
late Mr. R. Nanney, mariner, New Crane-street, (nester. This
deeply lamented individual was upwards of fifty-six years a con.; „.:.
sistent member of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Society con-
nected
with that city.
On the 3rd instant, aged 82, Mary, the wife of Mr. Bland •
Fisher, Tarleton-street.
Same day, at his house in Moray-place, Edinburgh, Baron Hums
in the 81st year of his age. _

On the sih instani, at an advanced age, Mr. John Eeeles.for.
merly captain of one of the traders between this port and Ulverston
On the 6th instant, Mr. Thomas Griffiths, tailor, of Chester,'
aged 58. He was highly respected by all who knew him.
On the 6th instant, aged 65 years, Mr. George Vason; for eighteen
years governor of the Nottingham Town Jail. In 1794, he sailed
in the missionary ship, the Duff, to the Smith Sea Islands, being
engaged as a mechanic to the expedition, lie was left, with others,
in the island of Tongataboo, where he was induced to join the na-
tives,
and lived with them in a state of savage life for several years, -'
with greet difficulty he escaped, and, when taken on board an Eng-
lish vessel, could scarcely recollect enough of the language to make ! •
himself known.
On the 6th instant, at his house, King-street. Edge-hill, Mr •
Robert Davies, aged 77. Ile was a truly honest man.
On the Bth instant, aged 56 years, Josiah Kearsley, Esq., Beau.
stn et.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1638,
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