The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

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:sday 1

CHILD MURDER AT OIUISKIRK.—Mary Hale, a young

°man at Ormskirk, has been committe,

charge of " wilful murder," the victim being
male child, to which she had secretly given birt

THE DEATHS IN LIVERPOOL up to Satt
numbered 124 in the parish, and 58 in the out-township
total, 182, being 31 less than the average of the same week
of former years.

day week

MR. J. MAcLoGHLIN, of Liverpool, having passed his
examination before the Board of Examiners of the Royal
College of Surgeons of London, on Friday, 22d ult., has
been admitted a member of that profession.
A FIRE broke out about two o'clock on Friday
morning at the chalk and whiting works of S. B. Walrot,
Parliament-strret. It originated in the ignition of the
beams over the stove or kiln. Mr. Hewitt was quickly on
the spot, and the fire was arrested ere much damage had
been done.

WARNING TO HOI73EHOLDERS. -On Wednesday
morning, the servant of a family resident in Ashton-
street. Pembroke-place, who had been sweeping the

steps in front of the house, while she retired to.the- back
parlour, was stealthily followed by a fellow in the guise of
a journeyman painter, who took a coat off the rail over
the kitchen stairs, and bolted.

OVERLOADING OMNIBUSES.—At the Police-office, on
Friday, Thomas Elliot Greep, driver of one of Messrs.
Gates' dock omnibuses, was summoned for having a
larger number of passengers than As permitted by law.
Greep said he had enough to do to mind his horses,
without looking back ; and Mr. Mansfield directed that
the conductor, instead of the driver, should be summoned.
ISLE OP MAN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—At the
half-yearly meeting of tho proprietors, held on Tuesday
last, at Douglas, it appeared that the amount received
from the passeneer traffic, as compared with the cor-
responding period of last year, had been increased by about
£4OO. It was resolved to pay a dividend of four per cent
on the half year, besides adding a considerable sum to the
surplus fund.

THE LATE ELECTTON.--0a Thursday, a deputation
'from the electors of West Derby ward waited upon Mr.
Robertson Gladstone, and presented him with a com-
plimentary address. Mr. Gladstone, in acknowledging
the address. disclaimed on his part the merit ascribed to
him, and said that it was owing to the disinterested
activity and zeal of Mr.Georze ill!t end Mr. J. R. Jeffery
that the electors were principally indebted for the nomi-
nation of Sir Erskine Perry at the last election.--,-Lirfr-
pool Chronicle.

AT THE KINGSTOWN REGATTA, on T
Wednesday, the only Liverpool yacht a
ran was the celebrated to del
to R. M. Grinnell, Eso
for yachts •of 15

_,caong those
~ the Truant, belonging
aon Tuesday v nrize

tons and under, but lost all cLance by
going to rescue the crew of one of 'the competing boats,
which had upset. On Wednesday the Truant ran with
seven other yachts of 12 tons and under, and came in
fourth, being 22 minutes behind the leading boat, the Imp.
• -

A SAVAGE POLICEMAN.—At the Police-court, last
week, a young man, late No. 2SS in the police force, was
fined 40s for breaking the jaw of a lodging-house keeper,
named William Fairburn, in Calton-street, on the night
of Wednesday, the 20th ult. The Officer who acted thus
brutally was taking Fairburn -dfl' to prison for an assault
upon his wife, when he lost his temper it the provoking
words of Fairburn, and struck him repeatedly with his
stave, till his jaw was transversely fractured.
lORGING A MAGISTRATE'S SIONATtRE.—At the po-
lice-oEce on Thursday, Thomas Brunn, a man of very
respectable exterior, was brought up on a charge of forging
the name of Mr. Mansfield. stipendiary magistrate, to a
pawnbroker's affidavit. Mr. Mansfield deposed to the
forged signature being-: very bad imitation indeed. The
case was remanded for seven days, by the sitting magis-
trate, Mr. Rathhone.
THE MORTALITY'6I, A QUARTEn..—During the quarter
ending the 2nd of July, the death:, in the borough were
'2550, being 611 fewer than in the previous quarter, and
2G7 less than the average of the same period of the five
previous years. Allowing for the increase in population,,
the decrease in the mortality of the last quarter amounted
to about 420. The deaths from diseases of thu 'zymotic'
class were 487, aga:nst an average of 830 in the same -quar-
ter of former years. The most striking decrease was in
the mortality by typhus fever, which amounted to only 86,
a smaller number than in any quarter previously recorded.

A LivEßrao-1, ATTORNE: SENT TO PRISCN.---At the
sessions, on Wednesday last, Thomas Pattison, a young
Liverpool solicittr, was ordered to be imprisoned for six
months for having defrauded Jame-, Hankin cf the sum of
ss. nankin, who is a builder at Kirkdale, had committed
a case to the care of Pattisen, who obtained the cash on
the strtr:gth of the proceeeings which he alleged he had
taken, hut in which, it was subsequently found, he had
done nothing whatever.
IdArnaroctn'TowN IMP-novEmENrs.—The;first meeting
of the committee took place in the Council-chamber, at
the Town-hall, on Wednesday last. William Earle, Esq.,
was elected chairman, and J. R. Jeffery. 'Esq., deputy-
chairman. A note was read from the Mayor, regretting
his unavoidable absence in Derbyshire, and it-was agreed
that the appointment•of -sub-committees, to consider and
report on the various schemes of improvement, and on the
financial measures necessary to secure the execution of
some comprehensive plan of town improvement, should
be postponed until the next meeting.
then adjourned

The committee

Dock CommirrEE.--,..Mr. Turner presided at the meet-
ing on Thursday. The improvements- in the room .ere
.
now completed, and the arrangements for
.the press
are considered satisfactory.—Mr. ,Gladstone inquired
whether it-was to be understood as an established prin-
ciple that en increased rate of interest be given for morey
lent by charitable institutions.—The chairman replied that
they were governed by the circumstances of the case.—
The tender ,(:f. Messrs Rigby and Salked for bricks, and
that of Anderson and for coal, were accepted.—lt
was agreed that in future the rate of charge for storing
timber on -the storing ground at the east of Huskisson
dock be 1-Md. per square yard per week, and on the east
quay of the dock id.. per square yard per week,The
harbour-masters committee recommended certain altera-
tions at the Brunswick and Coburg clocks, in order to
give a greater depth of water, and admit vessels of larger
beam. Cortfirmed.--The harbour-mater reported that
the ship James Wright get aground on Wednesday, to the
south of the Sandon basin. The accident was attributed
to the pilot.--A report Was received from the superinten-
dent of the Albert warehouses, stating that he had made
experiments with the hide rope, and found it unsuitable
for outside work.

COUNTY COrRT.-MgC3RMICK v. CHARLES DANVERS
HACKETT.—ThiS was an action tried on Wednesday, for
a balance of salary due on account of services rendered
and work done by the plait:tiff, to the "Sacred Harmonic
Society," of Liverpool, of -which the defendant is con-
ductor. Tbe.claim .was -for commission-on names ob-

tained by plaintiff, as patrons and subscribers whilst so
employed. 'lle defendant made a " set• off" on the
alleged plea, that several gentlemen who had signed their
names in the canvassing or subscription-book did so
merely as patrons to the society, at the instance of the
plaintiff, thus hating no intention of becoming paying
subscribers, (though they distinctly signed under the
heading of subscribers,) and consequently declined paying
up their subscriptions when called upon to do .30. His
Honour, after a patient hearing of the case, thought it
not a little strange-that such respectable persons should
-so attach their signatures, thereby influencing the public
-to become subscribers, and thus force a sci-dis 6.-4 status
to any society, whilst it altogether freed them from any
further pecuniary engagement, as to their subscriptions.
:However, as it was denied by the plaintiff that he can-
vrssed or solicited solely on the grounds of patronage, and
without further responsibility, (as the prospectus of the
society clearly showed forth) his Honour postponed biz de-
cision, and adjourned the hearing of the case until the
10th of August, to give the defendant an opportunity of
bringing a number of witnesses into court, whose letters,
though not received as evidence, went to say,- that the
writers signed their names in the subscription-book merely
as patrons, and not as subscribers.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Langsdals, presided at the
weekly meeting on Thursday. A letter was read from
Mr. William Rose, stating that he had ,completed his
preparations for taking the night soil out of the borough.
and was ready to commence as soon as the council had
completed the necessary tipping place in Burlington-
street. 4. sewer was ordered to be constructed in Spring-
field-street ,; estimated cost, £144. The chairman
stated that it had been suggested to have a depu-
tation from the board to wait upon the Finance Com-
mittee relative to the fees for magisterial business.—Mr.
Dover said that about £lOOO per annum was paid for
summonses and warrants, while they were written ,out and
servedmm summonses
hetusel2ves, s ; and it was thought that 2s. for the
61. for warrants was too much,
suts and
especially when it came upon the more humble classes of
ratepayers.—Mr. Gladstone considered that there should
be a reduction of the charges for summonses and war-
rants ; while almost everything else was being reduced,
solicitors kept up their charges, and so long as they had
the presfine of the Town-clerk for keeping up the rates
they would never get law reform.—Mr. Bigham said there
were from 20,000 to 25,000 appeals annually, and 1-10th
had to go before the magistrates for having neglected to
obey the orders of the committee ; if they withdrew the
penalty involved in the summoning, he believed 19,000
out of 20000 would go before the magistrates.—ln reply
to a question, Mr. Ashlin, the treasurer, said that the
taxes remitted amounted to 121 per cent. of the whole
amount, or about £BOOO per annum.—There being no
ocbojmeemtiiotnteeto?
thethe
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rdecepoumtmateionnwtiaoin theastinweupaognreedto.—The
Finance.—he
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pthersowlniaatllhegadedotco-
have been employed in his (Dr. Duncan's) office, at a
guinea a week, that the person alluded to was not engaged
in his work at all.—After some explanations, it appeared
that the man had been appointed temporarily to under-
take the duty of measuring lodging-houses.—Mr. Dover,
on behalf of Mr. Moss (who was absent), moved a resolu-
tion that so much of the proceedings of the Health Com-
mittee of Thursday last as related to the recommendation
to the Council to increase the salary of Mr. Newlands
from £7OO to £lOOO per annum be rescinded, and that
the increase to be recommended should not exceed £lOO
per annum.—He (Mr. Dover) also moved that it be re-
commended to increase the salary of Mr. Davis, the
assistant engineer, from £3OO to £350 per annum.—After
some discussion, Mr. Dover's motion relating to the
borough engineer's salary was put to the meeting, and
the votes being equal, the chairman gave the casting vote,
observing, " I am no thousand a-year man."—The
motion for increasing the salary of Mr. Davis was carried,
all the members of the board voting for it except Mr.
Beckwith.