The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-08 00:00:00

?Loral Reps.

kaerierm-shiP Canada took out £23,000 in specie to
Th on Saturday.
behalf OL,e • P. Ould preached in Dublin on Sunday, on
plon the Alolyneux Asylum for Blind Females.
ed tirsdaY, a labourer, named Thomas Mason, em-
w,__unat the new north docks, was jammed between two
j. and killed.
annunjuesday, Richard Collins, a child four years old,
zulinse:if_rneatirresndatsy residing in Derby-street, Edge-hill, was
on bY a spring cart, and died in about an honr.
eht the body of a new-born child was
In.,;,tuoa some steps in Pleasant-street. It was wrapped
vin
ml,iundle, and had been born alive.
fher ar adva edtleday evening last, Mrs. Ann Prescott, a lady
u tic.ed in years, was found lying dead on the. floor at
the house in Islington. The cause of death was disease of
131aly
anerdaY the body cf a new-born female child was
to whi sting in the canal. It was in a handkerchief,
child ,e Was attached, by a string, a piece of brick. The
I,henad been still born.
fitei f oPening cruise of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club is
will telreSatilrday, the 2d June. The first sailing match
s
1144'35 tiOlace on Saturday the 16th June, for yacht
Pa4rkb°•-li•t a fnesr.toieht ago, Robert Foulkes, of Anne-street,'
fell irit'o, nt out of the house on some business, when he
81101 in,„!.Celiar in Northumberland-street, and received
On rires as caused his death on Satur.day..
ursdaY. Thomas Hart, who resides in Toxteth-
er• going on board a flat, when he fell into the wad-
uefore sallic directly, and upwards of an hour elapse
&r. ANN My was recovered.
'vas
_YS WARD. —William Purser Freme, Esq.,
~,i'llearec• eu on Friday without opposition, to supply the
#4. °ccasioned
els formerly lamented death of Mr. Foole.
Ni-et" was an alderman under the liberal
foraciwker at Shrewsbury has been committed on bail
oa ntlyag copies of " Paddy Kelly's Budget," reflecting
stated "begs of the inhabitants of that town. It was
here the defendant that the scurrilous pamphlets
pee toieo;
zimhvinted at Liverpool.
at the 13. ea SALE .AT BIRRENHEAD.—The prices realized
mrehser sale on Friday were very good, and the com-
l'dth ran high. One of the cargoes offered and sold
Der foot erve, realized the high
p
(If the ZialtY, the Vice-Chancellor authorized the trustees
Itaanie'lalipnal Scool at Orinskirk to appropriate certain
_4a from the sale of certain of the school lands
'multiPB',.'eY, to build a new school on a site given by
„ ST. ,14'aley.
'llese "AllEs's Scnooes.—On Tuesday the re-ope.nin of
day •ns,c,llools was celebrated by a bazaar, held during the
tliela,D,'"e lower room, and a tea party in the evening, in
I.lllg. uPPer room has been added to the build-
'No -"e bazaar rea'lised £lOO. The tea party was en-
A by sin.in
til MIN A7' MASTERS tv of th lON OF AND MATES.—At meet-
at, Board of Examiners, held on the 4th instant,
Liver Bilton, late Master of the " Ward Chipman,'
.el•tifinn° .
01, was found qualified for a first-class master's
Count`e and Mr. James Brack, late mate of the
A d ess of Sefton," of Liverpool, for a second one.
tiej'utation consisting of the Mayor of Manchester,
terb w4,shah Ar'tge arid the Town-clerk of Manches-
"RlA the Ri ht 'Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr.
°f ;e ' andgMr. E. Cardwell, M.P. (at the request
%oro,„,thorities of Liverpool), had an interview with Sir
Nevin,
on Thursday at the Home-office.
~Nevi;"' •
seven weeks ago, a little girl, named Harriet
'ell wee running after a ball in the street, when she
lvalk "wrl. and struck her head against the edge of the foot-
sur',44d received a severe wound. She was attended by
testiier, but inflammation of the brain and convulsions
vvhich terminated in death on Tue.sdiay.
'etwe'". AeCIDENT.—On Thursday, Willam Bailey,
lvere ll three and four years old, and two other children,
be nag ,Vving in U r Toxteth-park, when a
Cuch had ernereared against a wall that bonnded
itornitwalk, fell upon his head, so that the blood issued
drezzills.s, nose, ears, and mouth. He was taken to a
1148' 8 shoe, where he died almost directly. .
lltese„ testimonial to Mr. Councillor Harbor.d will be
esosi"ted to him on Thursday, at a public dinner. It
el', Is of a splendid service of plate, comprising a mas-
baensilver salver, tea and coffee pot, cream ewer, sugar
slioar:,,a set of dessert knives and forks, and six silver
toan„P The service is very chaste and elegant, and was
I,:actured by Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street.
41y ss°Ns IN WRITING.—Mr. and Mrs. Thompson,
liakeessisted by their son, J. W. Thompson, continue
toetiesf°4 to impart a sound system of writing, arith-
,44;•erld the other branches of education named in
.their
la b,,"'secient. The fact of their having been established
%ehX.I).9OJ twenty years is, at once, a sufficient test of
iis.
Isay rne funeral of Mr. Councillor Poole took place on Tues-
ls irp?„rn.llg, at St. James's Cemetery, at eleven o'clock.
Of thW-",a'oa were followed to the grave by the Chairman
tketnb 'Jock Committee, in his carriage, and se.veral
tu,ittat:rs of the Council, with other of the leading inha-
!ae 1.-2 f the town and neighbourhood, desirous to pay
trrek;Lktieribute of respect to a man whose loss is almost
Leuetk‘,. SHOEMAKER.—The proprietors of a boot
their-o 0 establishment in this town have received from
that:, ents at Stafford a pair of ladies' boots, to which
%elk Zing memorandum was affixed The young
"" lair made this poor of boots, since I last saw Non,
"-by ~4 treat fortune left him—the amount of £16,000
So helm David Anderson, (77,) of Caton, near Lightford,
kat Os given his kit of shoemaking tools away, and is
Os
a gentleman."
IllitkeAL RA:res.—At the meeting of the Health Com-1
Nag C.HI Thursday, the paving, sewerage, and genera
*ere evied by virtue of the powers of the Sanatory Act
lgted• The following were the rates fixed upon
Is. sd. 1848..15. 7d.
liirkoraliver °e
1,
4verton
West Derby.... Is. I Id.
„ 2s. Bd.
,() Toxteth-park .. 25.. 10d.
sJit,:oPared with last year there is a little reduction.
aWksxseey's ANSWER. The answer of Mr.
titlli.dNle,Y to that part of the report of Messrs. Simpson
et
the estimates-wtands, whichant
offer fromes that the
responsible works will cost rosoto
re
eol,
klieftte the works for the price mentioned in the esyi-
Itlitei,„„,ll, is answer to the assertion, that only certain (in-_
quantities of water will run down the streams of
rie„,",n, after a certain fall of rain, is that twice or
go, that
quantity of water was ascertained to have run
eY 1:17et.-11°8e stream; after that precise quantity of rain fell,
lug 4serement made in 1847 and 1848.
ka irAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Hudson has certainly
it ..t.! valuable acquisition to this place of amusement.
coh;lltirable personation of the Irish character, his very
Lich l)! ellunciation of the dialect, combined with the
er hirac humour with which his acting is replete,
Ae felt aa very acceptable to all who enjoy a good comedy.
tnePaer
aquite refreshed after witnessing his Gerald
nd Paddy Fitzgerald. The ballet of " The
tlettiZandists" seemed to' gratify the audience, and Mr.
-NlLre and Madlle. Amer)! deserves great praise for.
' in which they exerted themselves during its
_avvntation.
-vett: NOVISION TRADES.—Our importations of Irish
afilisi43,ll,,a,T been very large this week, amounting to 9247
4,,,=%t0 crocks, which have had the effect of bringing
eln 'Aft value 4/ @6/ cwt. lower than last week,
treicitB,,i)lir Prices yesterday for the best Waterfords and
1,4 ri being 84/ which, although very low indeed at
fraeafl Period of the season, does.not induce dealers to
Orit erward with spirit. Our imports of American
Mcw„..eAve been lame and the market, owing to the
vie-,`"hess of buyers, rules dull, a few sales of Western
-Nste e Mess " having been made at low prices, and tor bra .
ps °yin; slowl at about former rates; the demand
eeate°ll continues good,y and with a slight concession in
Lille he, Consumption has improved latterly ; the price of
-c, as farther recded 2 3/ la, cwt., the
forsPY
c'ed •
the ;th Beef meets a better. market than weeks
asbeen
i ere h a fair business in Lard, of which
LTer 1„,,7 is light and holders generally firm, at fully
tre'''ees ; and the paucity of Cheese in stock has
°sections within a small compass.