The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

THE TURF.—Sixty-one horses are already entered for the
Liverpool Trade Cup, for the next July meeting.
COMMERCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—The Rochdale branch
of the Commercial Bank of England has wound up its ac-
counts, with only one bad debt.
CONCERT AT WARRINGTON.—We understand that a
grand concert will shortly take place at Warrington, under
most distinguised patronage. Amongst those who will appear
will be Mrs. St. Albin, supported by Miss Hawse, Mr. Fran-
cis, from the Chapel Royal, and others. This concert will
be a great treat.

REDUCTION OF WAGES.—The cotton manufacturers of
Stalybridge, last Saturday, gave notice to reduce the wages
of the power-loom weavers and dressers in their employ.
PROHIBITION OF SWEARING.—A complaint was on Fri-
day preferred, at the police-office, against the keeper of a
standing in St. John's Market, for an annoyance by profane
swearing. The defendant was mulcted in the penalty of 5s
and 2s 6d costs.
THE PACKET-SHIP EUROPE.—Reports, we hear, were
current of late, touching the loss of the New York packet-
ship Europe. The croakers who busied themselves in pro-
pagating this absurd rumour must feel annoyed at being in-
formed, that the last New York papers announce her safe ar-
rival at her destination.
THE NEW Pooß LAW.—We understand that a precept for
the formation of the Manchester Union has arrived, and that
the following townships are to be comprehended in its limits :
—Manchester, Blackley, Bradford, Cheetham, Crumpsal,
Failsworth, Harpurhey, Great Heaton, Little Heaton, Mos-
ton, Newton, and Prestwich.

JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.—A number of little children, va-
rying from the agei of seven to nine years, were, on Friday,
committed to gaol for different periods, for petty thefts. Some
of these young delinquents had been committed no fewer than
a dozen times. Punishment, it is evident, has not the de-
sired effect of destroying crime. Education and virtuous
tuition might prevent it.
THEFT FROM A Snor.—A young man, named Henry
Yates, was charged on Friday, at the police-office, by Richard
Flemming, a clothes dealer, in Hatton-garden, with stealing
a coat from his shop that morning. The prisoner went into
the shop of the complainant, during the temporary absence
of the latter, and carried off a coat ; he was pursued and taken
into custody. The prisoner was committed to take his trial
at the sessions. •
THE RECENT RIOTS IN LACE-STREET.—Mark Burns,
Martin Burns, and Thomas Burns, charged with being im-
plicated in the late riots in Lace-street, and who were re-
manded on Wednesday, were again brought up on Friday.
Mr. Wardle, attorney, called several witnesses, with a view
of showing that the parties charged were not implicated; but
their testimony, so far from exonerating the prisoners, went
to show that they were the ringleaders in the affray. They
were committed to take their trials at the sessions.
It is rumoured that some very extraordinary discoveries

and disclosures have been made in-the investigadon of a bank-
rupt's affairs, whose last examination was adjourned from the
16th of October to the l lth of December. The facts, it is
said, will throw a very peculiar light on the transactions be-
tween London retail dealers and a certain class of buyers in
this market. Their development is looked for with much in-
terest by parties connected with the Manchester trade in the
city of London in particular.—Manchester Chronicle.

SWEARING.—It is not, perhaps, generally known, that
swearing in the streets or markets is an offence punishable,
by statute law, with a fine of 20s, and also by by-law, which
allows of a mitigation to 2s Gd for the first offence. On Fri-
day the keeper of a standing, in St. John's Market, appeared
(by another person) to answer a complaint of having given
annoyance by scolding and swearing. The case was proved,
and the party was required to pay a fine of 5s and costs 2s 6.
The manufacturers and traders in Newcastle, the Pot-
teries, &c., will be gratified to learn that the directors of the
Grand Junction Railway have established a goods' station at
Whitmore, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, which was opened
on Monday last. This arrangement cannot fail to prove a
great public accommodation, and add considerably to the
traffic of the line, as merchandise can now be conveyed with
cheapness and despatch between the towns in the district we
have named, and Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and
the intermediate goods' stations on the railway.—Birminghant
Herald.

LARGE CASTING.—On Thursday morning, an immense
iron casting, about six yards long by three yards wide, and of
a considerable thickness, passed through this town on a wag_
gon with eight wheels, drawn by no less than twenty horses,
and excited, as may be readily supposed, a good deal of cu-
riosity. We understand it was on its way to the plate glass
works, at Smethwick, near Birmingham, from the establish-
ment of Messrs. Hick and Son, of Bolton, where it had been
cast and planed. We believe the weight was about nineteen
tons. So great a number of horses in one team, at this
period of railway travelling, would, no doubt, appear extra-
ordinary; hut, we suppose, the great weight and width of the
casting had prevented it being conveyed by that mode.
STEALING FROM A TILL.—A. young man, named William
Harding, was charged, on Friday, at the police-office, by his
employer, Mr. Swindlehurst, grocer, Bispham-street, with
stealing 2s. 6d. from the shop till. Mrs. Swindlehurst stated
that the prisoner had been in her husband's service about
three weeks. On Thursday night the prisoner was left alone
in the shop while his fellow shopman, Thomas Collier, was
putting up the shutters. She (Mrs. S.) happened to enter
the shop abruptly, and saw the prisoner put his hand into the
till, and take something out. She spoke to him, upon which
he went to the other side of the counter, and threw something
from him which sounded like half-a-crown. On a search
being made half-a-crown was found. The prisoner was corn.
mitted to take his trial at the sessions.

INCORPORATION OF OLDHAM, ROCHDALE, AND ASHTON.
—Several of the principal inhabitants of Oldham, Rochdale,
and Ashton, having ascertained that the above boroughs may
be incorporated without the necessity of a grant of separate
quarter sessions, and yet be freed from contributing to the
county police ; active proceedings are about to be taken to
obtain for the towns, the privileges of a corporation. Old-
ham is a place, which, within the last fifty years, was a rus-
ticated village, remarkable for the uncouth manners of its
inhabitants, and the exceeding obscurity of its situation.
That it should have so rapidly become the 12th town in Eng-
land, is highly extraordinary, and gives to its local history,
strikingly peculiar features.

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—Two females, (mother and
daughter,) named Mary Burns, were charged, on Friday, at
the police-office, by a gentleman named Daly, with having
assaulted and robbed him, in the street, on the night of the
sth October. The complainant stated that on the night in
question he was passing along the street, about eight o'clock
in the evening, *hen he was suddenly surrounded by several
persons, one of whom drew out his watch, upon which they
all ran off. Mr. Pickford, a gilder, said that on Thursday
evening a portion of a watch (which he produced), was
brought to him to regild. The original name had been filed
out, and a badly executed engraving substituted. This ex-
cited the suspicions of witness, and he had the parties pre-
senting it (the prisoners) taken into custody. Mr. Daly
recognised the portion of the watch produced as the one stolen
from his shop on the 3d October. The prisoners were re-
manded.

VEGETABLE MONSTROSITIES.—Rather a curious freak of
nature may be seen on the premises of Mr. Amery, tanner,
at Preston Brook. It is a pretty large turnip, perfect in every
respect, growing in a hole at the top of an old brick wall, be-
tween the bricks and the flagged ledging. The seed is sup-
posed to have been blown there by the wind : it has received
no sort of culture or attention, and the growth of the plant—
a perfection under such circumstances—is ,regarded by gar-
deners and others, acquainted with such subjects in the neigh-
bourhood, as a very great curiosity.—On Saturday last, Mr.
Eauley, seedsman, Nantwich, exhibited a turnip, grown by
Mr. S. Harding, of Alprahatn, which was 3 feet 2 inches in
circumference, and weighed 281 b. 12oz. Mr. Joseph Prince,
of Utkinton, has also grown turnips this season of the follow-
ing dimensions-33 inches, and measuring across the foliage
5 feet 3 inches. Last year he produced one which was 361
inches in circumference.---J. Parsonage, of Kidnel, has grown
potatoes of the Ox noble kind in the present year weighing
31b. 10oz.—A person named Farrall, of Great Saughall,
Cheshire, set one potatoe in his garden in the ordinary way,
and the yield was ninety pounds weight !—Chronicle.

LECTURES AT ST. BRIDE'S RESPECTING THE JEWS.—
Another of these interesting lectures was delivered on Fri-
day last by the Rev. Alexander Dallas, on " the blessings
pronounced on the righteous and the judgments denounced
upon the wicked at the period of the restoration of the Jews."
The next lecture will be delivered this evening, by the Rev.
Hugh M'Neile, on " the glorious advent of our Lord Jesus
Christ."

THE GREAT LIVERPOOL STEAMER.—This splendid vessel
started from Falmouth on Wednesday, the 2d instant, at
thirty minutes past four p.m., on her second voyage to Malta
and Alexandria. She takes out a heavy East India mail and
65 passengers. Amongst other matters of interest connected
with the departure of this vessel, it may be mentioned, that
she has oa board a quantity of fruit trees, salmon, turbot,
&c„ as a present from the directors of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company to his Highness Mehe-
met Ali, probably the first instance on record of the produce
of the Tweed and Severn being sent to the shores of the Pha-
roes, a distance of 4,000 miles. Captain Engledue writes
from Falmouth, under date December 2 :—" My ship is all
right, everything comfortable on board, drawing 15 feet 3
inches aft and 14 feet forward, and about 70 passengers and
a fair wind."

DEPARTURE OF THE ACADIA.—The royal mail steamer
Acadia, Captain Miller, sailed on Friday, at four o'clock in
the afternoon, for Halifax and Boston. She carried out
between eighty and ninety passengers. Her mail was the
Largest ever despatched from our Postoffice, consisting of
txot less than 64,500 wrappers, including letters and news-
papers. The postage on every single letter is one shilling,
and on each newspaper twopence. The Halifax and Boston
steamers promise, therefore, to produce a good sum to the
government towards their share of the cost of keeping up
the communication by steam between England and Ame-
rica.

AURORA BOREALIS.—One of these singular phenomena
was seen on Tuesday evening last, of a form and in a direc-
tion which observrs have of late noticed, in some instances,
as presenting considerable variations from the usual manifesta-
tions of these meteoric appearances. This was first perceived
about half-past five o'clock, in the west, and appeared to arise
from the horizon, from which radiated four broad bars of
light, somewhat paler than the Aurora is often seen ; but
this might he expected, as the sky was clear, the moon (near
her first quarter) was shining bright, and the stars were also
visible, in more than usual number and splendour. When
first seen by the writer of this paragraph, between Bacup and
Rochdale, the four bars of light appeared to radiate from a
point in the horizon, due west, and thence to extend upwards
into the heavens, with considerable divergance, the most sou-
therly point stretching far
.above the upper limb of the moon,
then at some height; the third bar asw nearly perpendicular,
and the fourth stretched out with a slight inclination towards
the north. At first these bars were so pale that the writer
felt some doubt as to their identity with the northern lights ;
but, on watching them awhile,
he saw that peculiar and al-
ternate flushing and paling which is so characteristic of this
phenomenon. Shortly afterwards the bars became less sharply
defined, and soon the second and fourth (counting from the
south) disappeared ; and then, for the first time, some light
clouds were seen near the upper extremities of the two re-
maining bars. These occasionally became elongated, and
again grew shorter, and continued visible for about a quarter
of an hour, when the writer ceased to observe. He did not
notice the eastern horizon to see if there were any correspond-
ing appearances there, as is sometimes the case were the Au-
rora is found in the eastern or western horizon. The bars ap-
peared about equi-distant, and were like four spokes of a
wheel, the nave being of course at the -horizon.

STEALING emitnus.—A young man, named Edward
Hughes, was committed by Mr. Rushton, on Friday, to the
treadmill for three months for stealing a quantity of clothes
from a line in a yard belonging to a police officer. He was
captured by the owner in the fact of robbing.
The grand Liverpool steeple chase is fixed for Wednesday,
the 3d of March ; the 'Waterloo coursing meeting will Le
held on Tuesday and Thursday, the 2d and 4th of the same
month.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On the night of Monday week, a
woman named Preston, living at Over Darwen, had taken a
quantity of potatoes, which had been boiling on the fire, and
poured them with some hot water into a tub. She turned
round to get some meal to mix with them, when her daughter
Mary Ann, a child about 'l9 months old, fell into the tub
head foremost. Although the child was almost instantly
rescued, it was so seriously scalded and injured that death
terminated its sufferings on Friday last. On the same day an
inquest was held on the body, at the Greenway Arms Inn,
when the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."—
Bolton Chronicle.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Thursday night last, John Denton
Holt, a confidential clerk in the service of Messrs. John Hall
and Co., Harrington-buildings, absconded with upwards of
£1,900, the property of his employers, which he had collected
in the course of the day. The manager of the concern, Mr.
Benjamin Buchanan, on discovering the circumstance, caused
immediate information to be given to the police, who are
actively employed in endeavouring to obtain some trace of
the delinquent. It is worthy of remark, that the same indi-
vidual committed .a similar offence fourteen years ago. He
was employed by a tradesman, of Ormond-quay, Dublin,
from whom he embezzled £1,200, with which he took flight.
He was sent back to Dublin, tried, and sentenced to trans-
portation. He contrived, however, to get off with two, or,
perhaps, three years' imprisonment.
SHAWL RESPIRATORS ; GOOD NEWS FOR THE ASTHMA-
TIC.—A very great improvement has just been effected by
Messrs. Reay and Robinson, of this town, in this instrument.
The improvement consists in fixing the respirator in a sort
of shawl, which, passing round the neck, completely hides
the respirator. The comfort afforded by this arrangement
during the cold weather will be very great. We cordially
recommend these respirators to the notice of all who are de-
licate in health or asthmatical. The coldest air breathed
through them becomes balmy and soft, and may be freely
inhaled. The cheapness of these instruments places them
within every person's reach.
EXPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS TO THE UNITED
STATES.—There is now, we have great pleasure in stating,
a marked and decisive improvement in the export trade to
the United States. During the last two years, so great was
the falling off in the shipments to that country, that, had it
not been for the unusually large number of emigrants from
the United Kingdom to the States, the American traders
must have lost money. Now, however, the export of goods
has so increased that the packet-ships to New York, which
sail weekly, get handsome freights, say from £lOOO to £l2OO,
whilst those to Philadelphia, which sail monthly, are quite
full. We trust that the export will not only continue, but
increase ; and that our American brethren will soon be able
to consume British manufactures as extensively as they con-
sumed them before the adverse times they have recently ex-
perienced.—Albion.
NEW PATENTS.—CharIes Wye Williams, of Liverpool,
civil engineer, for certain improvements in the construction
of furnaces and boilers. Sealed Nov. 17.—John Houghton,
of Liverpool, clerk, M.A.. for improvements in the means
employed for preventing railway accidents resulting from one
train overtaking another. Sealed Nov. 24.—Andrew Kurtz,
of Liverpool, manufacturing chemist, for a certain improve-
ment or certain improvements in the construction of fur-
naces. Sealed sth Nov. ; six months for enrolment.—Thos.
William Parkin and Elisha Wykie, of Portland-street, Liver-
pool, engineers, for an improved method of making and
working locomotive and other steam-engines. Sealed 10th
Nov. ; two months for enrolment.
FURS, &c.—At the present season of the year, when its
growing inclemency indicates the necessity of additional
clothing, and fashion points out furs as the most elegant and
effective of vestments, Mr. Ireland's large and choice stock
will be found well worthy the attention of the public.—See
Advt.

I LECTURES ON THE GERMAN LITERATURE.—The course
of lectures on the literature of Germany, announced to be
given in the Lyceum, by Professor Schweitzer, commences
this afternoon at one o'clock. The subject embraces the
rise and progress of the German language from the earliest
period, and the influence which the classic models of Greece
and Rome have had in advancing it to its present richness,
variety, and excellence. Thelyrical poetry and the drama of
Germany will necessarily be largely dwelt upon. All the
names great in the literary history of the country will come
under review, and the audience be enabled to estimate rightly
the peculiarities of their several powers. Professor Schweitzer
by habit, taste, and education, is admirably qualified to under-
take this extensive field of enquiry, and as he is possessed of
a pure English style combined with considerable readiness of
expression, he is enabled to develope his views with comfort
and satisfaction to his hearers. We strongly recommend
him to public approbation.
MEETING OF THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—Last
evening a very numerous meeting of the members of the St.
Simon's Branch of the Liverpool Protestant Association was
held in the Church School Room, Moorfields. The place
was completely filled. In the absence of the Rev. J. R. Con-
nor, who was detained from the meeting by illness, the Rev.
Mr. Gosling was called to the chair. The rev. gentleman
commenced the proceedings by supplicating the divine bless-
ing, after which he delivered an excellent address upon the
principal features of the Protestant controversy with Popery.
Mr. Gleaves spoke next, with much animation and effect, for
upwards of an hour, on the general question : he was followed
by Mr. Meredith, a Scripture reader under the Rev. Edward
Nangle, in the Island of Achill. This gentleman narrated
many cases of the grinding tyranny imposed upon the Roman
Catholic population of Ireland by the priests, and of the sa-
, perstition which necessarily prevailed amongst them.—Mr.
Peter Hope next addressed the meeting, declaring his con-
viction that if we allowed Popish councils to prevail, this
country would soon be reduced to a condition similar to that
of Ireland. The Rev. Chairman concluded the meeting by a
series of practical observations upon the necessity ofobser-
ving brotherly love in this contest, and by a call upon Pro-
testants to defend the reformed religion, as well as the con-
nection between church and state. The doxology was next
sung, and the meeting separated about half-past nine o'clock.
AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Carter and his will beasts conti-
nue attractive. Last evening there was an excellent house.
The animals were fed upon the stage, and if any doubt existed
of their savage natures being untamed, such doubt would be
dispelled on perceiving them snatch and devour their food.
As Mr. Carter is about to leave, we recommend a visit. Such
a sight may not be witnessed again as Mr. Carter in his den
of animals. The laughable burlesque of " The Lady of
Lions," and " The King's Gardener," followed. Mr. W. J.
Hammond and Miss Daly create great amusement by their
clover, sprightly, and humourous acting. For Friday
Lord Sefcon has engaged a box, to see Mr. Carter perform.
SMITH'S LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL ALMANACR.—This
almanack and tide table, for the year 1841, has just been
published. It contains a large mass of very useful informa-
tion. The times and heights of high water are computed
from Mr. Labbock's elaborate tables, deduced from 13,391
observations made by the late Mr. Hutchinson, Dock
Master. The usual lists of bankers, &c., are appended,
together with a copious account of all the public establish-
ments in Liverpool. Altogether, it forms an admirable book
of reference, and reflects great credit on the publisher, Mr.
Benjamin Smith, of South Castle-street.
LIVER THEATRE.—Last evening two new dramas were
produced at this theatre with great success. The first, en-
titled "The Silver Crescent or the Oath of Vengeance;"
the second, " The Ruby Ring, or the Fatal Treasure."
They were extremely well got up. " Charles O'Malley"
continues to excite applause and laughter. The jokes tell
as well as at the first;_ and those engaged in it play with in-
creased spirit. Mr. Raymond's songs are highly relished.
He ought to give his audiences a few more opportunities of
hearing them. In " The Pope he leads a happy life" he is
very successful, and gives the fine German air from which
the song was taken with great effect. The Chiarini Family
are re-engaged for a week. On Friday and Saturday " Gil
Blas" was played. Mrs. Barton's Gil Blas was a clever
performance. This lady plays such characters with much
humour, spirit, and archness. The houses have been well
attended. The entertainments last evening were for the
benefit of Miss Land.

IRON VEssm.s.---Iron, for many purposes, has long been
driving wood out of the market. The metal early triumphed
over the primitive wooden plough and other agricultural im-
plements, and, of late years, has been making more formi-
dable encroachments, till it now disputes possession of the
sea, and threatens to change the wording of a national toast
fraught with the most revered associations, to an extent that
will sound strangely on the ear,—" The iron walls of Old
England." This recent sally into a wide sea of enterprise
has been made by Mr. Laird of Liverpool, who has con-
structed several iron steamers, and two or three iron sailing
vessels, the former, particularly, promising to warrant their
general use. They are about 10 per cent. less expensive than
wooden ships, and draw less water. Whether the invention
will have the patronage of the owners of sailing vessels will
depend on circumstances not yet ascertained ; but a friend
in Liverpool writes to us, that an individual has just obtained
a patent for a process which will remove the strongest ob-
jection against them, viz, the corrosion of the iron by the
action of the salt water. This person has discovered a pre-
paration like japan, which, coating upon the iron, resists the
strongest acids, and cannot, therefore, fail to prevent the
iron from corroding. It also prevents the adhesion of shell
fish, hitherto a serious obstruction to speed, particularly to
vessels trading in southern attitudes. Our informant adds,
that, should this invention be successful, of which Mr. Laird
entertains no doubt, it will create a speedy and complete
change of material in the ship-building yards of Britain.
We are happy to be enabled to state, for the credit of the
port of Girvan, that one of her ship-owners, Mr. M'Kech-
nie, timber-merchant, has ventured to take the risk of being
the first to bring an iron sailing vessel to the west coast. He
is getting a schooner built at Glasgow, of 100 tons burden,'
which will draw only seven feet water.—Ayr Advertiser.
SUFFOCATION.—VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER.—Last
Tuesday an inquest was held at the Hope and Anchor public-
house, Hilton-street, before Mr. Chapman, on the body of
William Wall, a little boy nine years and eleven months old,
an apprentice to James Teale, chimney.sweeper, Bury-street,
Manchester. Teale had been taken into custody by the po-
lice, and was present during the inquest. Michael Keiley
stated that he was nine years old ; he and the deceased were
fellow apprentices to the prisoner. The deceased had only
been about two months with him, and had only swept three
flues before ; but witness had swept these and several other
flues before, having been with the prisoner nearly twelve
months. Witness, deceased, and prisoner, went to Mr. Ker-
shaw's machine-shop, in Newton-street, to sweep the boiler
flues, a little before six o'clock on Sunday morning last.
Three o'clock was the time fixed by the engineer, whom they
expected to have met; but as they did not see him, they got
over the wall. Deceased went up the bed flue which was the
hottest, and proceeded from the flame bed immediately under
the boiler, while witness went into the flue belonging to the
chimney. On former occasions the prisoner had broken a
hole under the flues, but neglected to do so on this occasion,
being prevented by the ash pit being full of water. While
witness was in his flue he heard the prisoner cry out " Bill,"
and shortly after he heard a shriek, on which he got out of his
flue to see what was amiss, and the prisoner said Billy was dead.
The prisoner then went into the flue in which deceased was,
and pulled him out, first breaking a hole. under the bridge of
the boiler. He then laid the body on a board in the yard.
A woman and a policeman had then collie, and the body was
taken into the Hope and Anchor. The prisoner had not
beaten them. There was no fire in the grate. When the
deceased was in the flue, prisoner put witness into it to pull
him out, but it was so hot that he could not bear, and he
came out. Deceased was at the far end where it was very
hot ; witness went up of his own accord, Mr. T. W. Dyson,
surgeon, stated, that he had made a post-mortemexamina-
tion of the body of the deceased the preceding afternoon.
The right leg was very severely burned, and also the left leg.
The back part of the legs and thighs, and a great part of the
back, was scorched, so that the skin would peel off with the
greatest ease. There was a slight burn on each hand ; the
upper lip and the bridge of the nose were also burned, and
the skin had come off in washing. The stomach contained
no food, and nothing but small portions of saliva mixed with
soot. There was a very great accumulation of blood on the
lungs ; the tongue was swollen ; and the appearances al-
together proved that the deceased had died of suffocation.
The air, such as it would be in a hot chimney, being carbon-
ized, was unfit for respiration. The burns did not cause the
death, nor had they any connection with it. The deceased
died of suffocation from a deficiency of oxygen, occasioned
by the heat in the chimney. After the examination of some
other witnesses, the jury returned a verdict that " The de-
ceased died of suffocation, and of manslaughter against the
prisoner, James Teale, for putting the deceased up the
chironey.''—litancheder Courier.