The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-28 00:00:00

Korai anb Vrobinrial tb3o.

The Liverpool Dock Bill was read a third time in the
House of Commons on Tuesday.
Mr. Thomas Croft, surgeon, of Wigan, has been com-
mitted for trial on a charge of bigamy.
On Friday. an old woman named Hill, wl-o kept a small
school, was found dead in her cellar in Park-street.
On Sunday week Dr. Twtershall preached at Christ
Church, Bradford, in aid of the schools.
On Thur,day, at the Birkenhead Police-court, a car-
driver was fined 20s. for demanding excessive fare from
Mr. Brownrigg.
On Thursday, Caot. Champion, of the Mermaid, was
fined 14s. 6d. for having a fire on board his vessel while
in. dock. _ . .

On hlondav, Elizabeth Jolly, an aged female, living in
Stanley-street, was found lying dead on the floor of her
house. The cause of death w,is pulmonary apoplexy.
On Monday, John Gill, while working at a warehouse
I3arton.lane fell through one of the doors into the
street, and died the same day of the injuries received.
On Thursday the first stone of a new chapel for the
Primitive Methodists was laid in Limekiln-lane, Tran-
mere.

A meeting of 47 delegates, from various districts, was
held on Monday last, at Manchester, for the purpose of
devising means to promote the ten hours' bill.
• On Wednesday, Thos. Ainsworth, Vauxhall-road, was
fined 40a. and costs, for refusing to provide accommoda-
tion for two soldiers of the 76th regiment.
On Wednesday, Thos. Smith was fined 40s. and costs,
for setting a dog at a boy earned Robert Miller, by which
he was severely bitten on the th gh.
' On Thursday, a carman, named Pearson, was fined 20s.
and costs for overcharging Dr. Dickinson, and Os. 6d. for
refusing to produce his book of fares.
The Duke of Sutherland has subscribed a very hand-
some sum towards the testimonial to Henry Booth, Esq..
80 long connected with the Liverpool and Manchester
railway.
On Tuesday, Mr.-Rushton bound over, in £4O, to keep
the peace, the young man who. as we stated in the Stan-
dard last week, had been molesting a workman who has
Signed the declaration proposed by the masters.
On Sunday, a piece of ignited cotton was thrust under
the warehouse door of Mr. M'Arthur, west side Canning
Dock. Fortunately the cotton had not been thrust far
enough to eff,ct the diabolical act aimed at.
Henry Ratites. Esq.. registrar of the diocese of Chester,
has appointed Mr. William Maybrick, parish clerk, to
the office of apparitor for the Liverpool and Ormskirk
districts.
The collections at St. Ann's Church, Manchester, on
Sunday week, For the schools. after two sermons by the
Rev. H. W. M'Grath, amounted to the munificent sum
of £lOO.
AWFUL DEATH.—Last week a carter, named Critchley,
Was returning from th•s town to St. Helen's, in a state of
int,lxicatian, when he fell under the cart-wheel, and was
so crushed that he died the next day.
LUNATIC ASYLUM.—It will be seen from an advertise-
/tent that the nraaistrstes are in want of land for a site
for the Lunatic Asylum to be built in this division of the
county.
Or, Thursday an old man named Bryan Collins was
.111 n over by a car in Islington, and so seriously injured
that he died next day. The horse took fright, and a deo-
dand of LI was adjudged on the car.
On Tuesday last, a gentle. an of the name of Su'cl;ffc,
had his pocker-book stolen, on the Manchester Exchange,
and which contained one drat fir £3OOO, another for
£2.000, and four bank notes of £lOO each.
There has just been completed a new temporary bridge
aeross the Wallasey Pool, for the purpose of conveying by
a line of rails, the earth from Flaybrick-hill to a portion
of the pool which it is intended to fill up.
•T‘Oti Thursday, a youth twelve years of age, named John
'"•
elan, whose parents live at No. 5. Croshie-etreet, got
1010 a
cart in Wapping, but shortly after fell out, and was
80 much injured that be died next day.
Old,
three weeks ago, a boy named 'Magian, four years
I°llitir was severely scalded by a coffee-kettle falling upon
f tn, at his parents' house in Troubridge-street. He died
imp, the effects of the injury, on Thursr ay.
91.1 Thursday, as a lanourer named Mrs in was at work
bnr,l,lanaillon-square, Woodside, ahnut a ton weight of
tc!i fell upon him and injured him so severely that he
died in half-an.hour.
JrrutdEs.—On Friday there were two fires. The first oc-
eon: at Temple-terrace, Rat hbone-street, but was of no
fromectc"Vree: The second, in a small passage leading
'Allan-street to Huuter..street ; it consumed a
starsi„. „d
Early
dwelling house.
b "Thursday 'morning, a man named Fitzgerald,
elonging to the Dove, in Canning Dock, was found lying
Upoo
tt th. sands, off the Albert Pier, drowned, having, it
Is sur.poaed, fell over the pier a short time before. He
Wag
Setn in Mersey-street intoxicated the previous night.
,Tae House of Commons has referred the LiverporlSa-
nitary Regulations Bill, the Liverpool Paving, Sewering,
and Watering Bill, the Liverpool and Harrington Water
Works Bill, and the Toxteth-park Improvement Bill, to
the skim-, committee.
The Committee of Works of the Dock Trust reported
at the meeting en Thursday, with reference to the North
Dock Works, that great progress had been made during
the winter season, arid every thing that had been done
Was highly creditable to Mr. Hartley, the dock surveyor.
Two iron schooners, built by Messrs. Tayleur, Sander-
son; anti Co. were lan,ched from their yard at Bank
Quay, Warrington, on M nday. The vessels were named
Neptune and Enterprise, and are intended for the South
American coast.

EVANGELICAL Aeetesicg.—On Wednesday, two very
large Meetings were held in the Rotunda, Dublin, in fur.
therrnce of the objects of the Alliance. Amongst the
~.speakers were the Rev. J. H. Stewart, and the. Rev. J.
To ' Brown, of this town, both of whom delivered long
-aLd trgumentative addresses.
P s A veisel d
~IMPGeetr OF OTATOE .
"eop arrive“TaTIONSd
at Liverpeol from Leghorn. hadcall one boarthed
n tons of putat es, the produce of Italy. The importa-
‘l"B of potatoes from the Channel Islands continuea t
regular intervals • several arrivals of the article having
takenP .ce since 'the matter was last noticed.
•UE MAGISTRATES AND THE HIGHWAY BOARD.—
Ittr,la said that there was a meeting of magistrateHs,. on
shursd
Board,
to take intohcivsesideration the bills of the High-
Ways td, so far as.t e. affected the j stices. With one
• .ptiorr, they unanimously disapproved_ of the clause for
e ell".g commissioners from the bench.
aTTEMPTED SUICIDE.—About eight o'clock on Thurs-
,77 night, Mr. Hickson, of Kent-square, when crossing
;"e 'tf Mr. Earle's fiel4s, in Smithdown lane, discovered
,an, Winds Barney M'Giver, who resides in Lorton-
i:er. or, lying on the pound, with a frightful
i;8„! in his throat. It appears be inflicted the wound
-e a razor, whilst under tile influence of drink. .
()" razor, whilst
morning week, Miss Watkis, who resides
Pr,Maryland-street, was alarmed at hearing the report of
ait?tr.tris from the yard at the back of the house. On ex-
bal'"lng the premises subsequently, it was found that a
(had been bored through the yard door, sufficiently
ores:lto admit the muzzle of a gun. Several bullets were
rE14,1 al" which had been discharged, no doubt, by some
i-erous villain.
vrhn Occostate:ece AT WAVERTRER —The female
ter4tf we stated last week. had been discovered. in an at-
Yirkra conceal two infants. has been fully committed to
Ing 'et trial at the next assizes on a charge of hay-
le dm•-'4°Pled to destroy the children. One of the infants
fiekrig
andWel; the other, which had been found in the
rll. ,las arm broken, and lies iu a precarious state.
111,,,bj:rman who brought the woman from Liverpool was
Ci e to throw much light on the affair.
nIeHOF DUBLIN STEAM COMPANY.—Tne half-yearly
it thiel'g of this company was held on Saturday, the 25th,
vet ,hei.°nlPany's office, when a highly satisfactory report
seri4,rutitted to the proprietors, and the accounts pre-
tt,rradiss,naliersuatit to the provisions of the
Company's Act
°lent. The report referred to the increased
ter 14 expected from the npening of the several lines o
exetiS leading to the port and city of Dublin, and the
aeurpi°na making by the Direetors to supply the necessary
the sto meet the same. The company's new vessel,
„-
14 Windsor " was expected to be at work in the curse
next
month.' Their new vrs-el, the " Prince of
enn." had already been brought into service, and the
Ivs,,,PainY's new
reportscrew stated schooners were in a state of for-
a'', "ness• The that the directors w uld be
Pired to supply the Ht lvhead line with uitable ves-ela
Th""n as the railways to that port halls be complsted.
es thed
usual
d divid end, at the rate of six per cent. per annum,
n eclar.
'tiv/i'ROGRESS OF THE EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—
It-ta a source of real injury to any c ass in this countryto:l'lli,teee,cbscovered, attempts at ips Temosul im mettil: -cs e
7 t I ,
e ; and
first although the exertions of p,h
bn ila r
nto accomplish such a purpose may at rst e imp
.▪ eotible to the unobservant, yet after a while they sue-
{:e in dragging it before the public gaze: then its doom
a-fl'ekenounced. The ,gitation.to obtain an earlier closing
14pbt"1p8 is progressing in this way. Those benevolent
1 " who feel for the wrongs of their fellows," have,
t„! their advocacy of the cause, succeeded in partially
I e°'°, vine the evil, but much yet remains. to. be done. A
114e-'',..bYe. law has been talked of: a legislative enactment
se%ueen more than once alluded to ;—but we are per-
ri,''.'etl that the most effectual way to bring about the
tisia,:red change is for the shopkeepers themselves to prac-
asTriY closin . We are happy to observe that many
lri0v1%1: doing 80 •angd we know of none more decided than
Camidge and Jo es, hatters, and Mr. Edward
(2,-„rt of Renshaw-street.
NlTeetl-I;ectere INSTITUTION.—The attendance at Dr.
extri." 8 lectures during the week has, on the whole, been
his e.n;elY gratifying, giving proof of a just aepreciation of
a
Of Z:nent abilities 'on the part of the public, and therein
°np :`ll,, Proving standard of musical taste in the town.
oven n'ay evening the audience was smaller than usual,
cans: to the unfavourable.' state of the weather. The same
ie, °Perated in very coesiderablsy thinning Inc choir.
do, " was so reduced indeed that ome of the pieces set
he 8.4 r°r Performance' had to h, pos'tponed, and others to
T„;:_g In a different manner to that originally intended.
Ilq on the pat of the singers was certainly by
Milethe espectful. either to the lecturer or the audience,
• e Plera of " the weather" can hardly he
e allowed as a
cletit jnatification. Note ithstanding this disadvantage,
spirit erg several of the illustrations were given with great
aiti„4:nd effect. Some of them were truly noble compo•
leer, , and were listened to with much delight; and none
the 41'4° than the primitive version of the Evening Hymn,
an,l":llllsimplicity of which invested it with a subli-
iltiste'•
tl 'ed to the
ernpredssiveness of which those who have only
After the concluding
editions could not well form an
;len be deli . lecture of the
.course, which
1,1 or Mozart's
deon Friday, Dr. Wesley will perform on
t, The d,v,eiteoers
has also, overture to the Zauberfl9te.
018 ,er we understand, very kindly promised
rr an evening's performance, on some future
• eatowards raising a fund for a new organ, which
ball on the removal of the present one to
tkfforma„ 1 ealecting for the Philharmonic Society. The
ee alolle
Of ece
the ilmost prebably take place shortly after
present lecture season.

Upwards of two tons weight of crabs, besides packages
of other kinds of fish, which had been taken at the fishing
stations in the northern parts of Northumberland, were
sent last week from Alnwick to the manufacturing dis-
tricts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It appears. that a
fishmonger from the south attends at the stations, and
purchases the crabs at three-halfpence each, and ether
fish at a stipulated price.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—About twelve o'clock on

Wednesday night, a labourer, named James Johnson,
employed in the saw-mills of Messrs Nichol and Co-.
Upper Stanhope-street, was in the act of adjusting a lea-
ther strap connected with the machinery, when he was
caught by it, and dragged several times round the drum.
The engine was instantly stopped, but not before the poor
fellow was dreadfully mangled. He died in a few minutes
afterwards. He has left a wife and six children.
LAMENTARLE OCCURRENCE.—On Tuesday, at Chor-
ley, Che-hire. a youth, named Jackson, about 13 years of
age, was amusing himself with a gun in a neighbour's
house, during which he pointed it towards one of the
daughters, Elizabeth Ridgeway, aged 20, an interesting
young woman, saying jestingly that he would shoot her.
The gun was loaded, and the youth pulling the trigger,
killed Miss Ridgeway on the spot. He has been committed
to Chester Castle to take his trial for manslaughter.
A GREAT VOYAGE.—The Providence Journal adnotin-
ced the arrival at that port of the ship South America,
Captain Soule, from the northwest coast, after one of the
most successful whaling voyages on record. The South
America brings home 4100 barrels of oil, 160 of it sperm.
She had previously sent home 7t 0 barrels, 100 of sperm,
end sold 1000 barrels at Bahia. She also sent home
37,000 pounds of bone, and brings 22,000 pounds. [This
vessel was formerly one of our most caebrated liners, and
was commanded by Captain Bailey, now of the ship 'York-
shire.]
NARROW ESCAPE.—As the James, Birkenhead ferry.
boat, was crossing the river, at eight o'clock on Friday
night. the quick eye and ear of the captain detected a man
struggling for life. With most masterly precision, he put
the boat about, and the men of the James soon had the
swimmer on bard. It appears that be was a seaman be-
longing to the Magnificent bark, lying in the stream, and
bad fallen overboard accidentally, but being a good swim-
mer, had taken off his boots, and kept above water. The
poor fellow stated that he bailed a Dutch vessel, but got
no assistance ; and had the James been two or three
minutes later, he must have sunk from exhaustion.
The Manchester Guardian says—" We have had a no-
velty this week in our local theatricals—the performance,
on Thursday evening, of "The Andrian," a comedy of
Terence, by some of the senior boys of our Free Grammar
School. The care with which the parts bad been pre-

oared, did great credit to the juvenile performers, who
acquitted themselves very creditably. In the intervals
between the acts, various pieces of music were sung by
some vocalists present ; and at the conclusion of '1 The
A ndrian" some scenes from Shakspere's "Julius Caesar"
were represented. Upwards of two hundred persons were
present. [This, we apprehend, is not a very novel occur-
rence. 'We remember ourselves participbtipg in our
youthful days in the perlormance of Terence's comedies.]
AN ASPIRANT FOR MASONIC FAME.—OiI Tuesday, at
the Police•court, a young man, described as having served
an apprenticeship to a orinter, and as latterly employed in
cutting gravestones, at Walton, and whose facial develop-
ment gave abundant evidence of an erratic genius, was ad-
judged to pay 14s. 6d. for having been found, on Mon-
day, within the works of St. George's-hall, operating with
a mallet and chisel, on the almost finished capital of an
lonic column, in a manner but ill calculated to improve
its appearance or make it in keeping with its fellows. The
prisoner, in defence, said he was drunk at the time, and
was quite unconscious of what he was doing. The act
wa: perfectly a thoughtless one.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF TELESCOPES.—On Thurs-
day, Arthur Palmer, a working optician, was charged by
Mr. James Basnett, with stealing a number of telescopes,
&c., from his shoo, Robert-street North. The prisoner
worked for Mr. Basnett, in whose employ he had been
twelve years, and I ad, during Mr. Basnett's absence from
home, contrived to carry off a number of telescopes, to-
gether with a quadrant, from the shop of his employer.
Suspicion. being excited, Mr. Basnett was in,inced to go
to Mr. Thirmasson's, pawnbroker, Tithebarn-street,
where he found three telescopes belonging to him pawned.
He afterwards found two pawned with Mr. Roberts,
Hidifield-street ; one with Mr. Macferson, Tithebarn-
street, and one with Mr. Thomas Sorton, Dale-street.
The value of the property pledged was £l5. The priso-
ner was committed for trial.

WEST DERBY G VAUD'. ANS.—At the meeting on Tues-
day letters were rec.ived from the Poor Law Commis-
sioners. confirming the appointment of Mr. Harbord, as
medical r fficer of the southern division of Toxteth-pa!k ;
and of Mr. John Shearson, as relieving officer of the
Crosby district. Mr. Dolling preferred a complaint
against a member of the Board, who had, he alleged, on
the previous day, whilst hia accounts were be•ng audited,
endeavoured to prejudice the mind of the audi'or against
and his accounts. Some conversation took place on
the subject, but it did not lead to any practical result.
Several disputed items were referred. connected with an
account of Mr. Surgeon Harbord, and a claim made on
Toxteth Park for a quarter's salary by the late rate-book
clerk of that township, Mr. Watson, who had been sus-
pended.

SELECT VESTRY, TUESDAY.—A letter was read from
Mr. Lowndes, formally resigning his office of Vestry-
clerk. Tit,- thanks of the board were voted to him for his
valuable services, and a notic of motion given for the ap-
pointment of Mr. Hart as his successor. A communica-
tion was received from the Highway Board, drawing at-
tention to the proceedings of the Dock Committee, in en-
deavouring to obtain the introduction into their hill, by
the Lords, of the warehouse clause, and requesting the
co-operation of the Vestry in opposing the clause. A re.
solution in accordance with the request was accordingly
passed. It world be seen by the council proceedings that
the clause has been withdrawn. A letter from Dr. Ma-
crorie was read, tendering his resignation as one of the
honorary physicians to the Workhouse. The thanks of
the Vestry were voted to him for his long and valuable
services.

ROBBFIRT ON BOARD SHIP.—On Wednesday, David
Turkington and Mary Turkingron, his wife, were brought
up on a charg- of robbing Patrick Lynch, while on the
voyage from New Orleans to this port in the ship Cre-
mona. All the parties were passengers; and it appeared
that Lynch missed £4O from his trunk about a week ago,
when an inquiry took place, but the prisoners denied all
knowledge of it. adding that all the money they were in
possession of was one sovereign. Suspicion, however,
was entertained against them, and on the arrival of the
vessel here, they were given into custody and their box
searched, when several sovereigns were found co,cealrd
under the lid; some other money in gold was found in an
old gun stock, the whole amounting to £l5. The com-
plainant could not identify it. The male prisoner said he
had put away the moony for safety, and it was his own.
They were discharged. On Friday an application was
made to Mr. Rushton for the restoration of the money
found upon the prisoner, bot he refused to make any order
upon the subject, observing that the case was one of very
great suspicion. He had hopes that circumstances would
yet come to light that would lead to the discovery of the
thief.