The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-20 00:00:00

BIRTHS.

On the Bth instant, the wife of Mr. RICHARD DICKIN-
SON, of Cleve!and-square, of a daughter.
On the I2th instant, Mrs. H. BOYDELL, of Higbfield, Rock
Ferry, of a daughter.
On the 75th instant. in Great George-street, Mrs. JAMES
WADDELL, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 10th instant, at Bispham Church, JOHN, eldest son
of the late Mr. THOMAS GREGSON, of this town, to ANNE,
only daughter of the late C. E. ASHWORTH, Esq., of Edge-
hill.

On the 11th instant, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. C. H.
Burton, M.A., Mr. LEWIS JONES, to Miss ELIZABETH
OATES.

Same day, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. PETER BURROWS,
to Miss MARGARET WUPITLE.

Same day, at St. Marks's Church, by the Rev. W. Pollock,
Mr. JAMES SPENCE, to Miss MARGARET HOLDING.
Same day and place, Mgt WILLIAM COLLINGS, to Miss
ELIZABETH HOUGH.

Same day, at Sefton Church, NATHANIEL, eldest son of
JAMES YATES, Esq., of Aintree, to MARTHA, eldest daugh-
ter of JAMES PYE, Esq., of the same place.
Same day and place, JOHN. son of Mr. H. MOLYNEUX,
miller, Aintree, to MARGARET, eldest daughter of Mr. N.
BARNES, farmer, Melling.
On the 12th instant, at St. Luke's Church, by the Rev. B.A.
Marshall, and afterwards at St. Peter's, Seel-street, by the Rev.
T. Walker, Mr. ROWLAND DAVIS, of Manchester. to ELLEN
SOPHIA, youngest daughter of the late Mr. JOHN ED-
MOMDS, of her Majesty's Customs. of this port.
Same day, St. Philip's Church, Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD
TAYLOR, watchmaker, to Miss ELIZA STEWART.
Same day and place, Mr. JAMES WILLIAMS, mariner, to
Miss MARGARET M'AULIFFE.
Same day, at St. John the Baptist's Church, GEORGE,
eldest son of Mr. W. ALMOND. of Wavertree, to ELIZABETH,
only daughter of Mr. JOHN GIBBONS.

gime day, at St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. A. .T. Tomlin,
Mr. CHARLES LEVY, ship carpenter, to ELIZABETH,
eldest daughter of Mr. JOSEPH JONES, licensed victualler,
near the Old Swan, West Derby.
Same day and place, WILLIAM, eldest sen of MATTHEW
JOHNSON, of WeHock, to JANE, eldest daughter of WM.
STEEL, Esq., of Manchester, widow of the late Capt. GRAY.
Same day, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, by the Rev. E.
Unsworth, Mr. WILLIAM STANDISH, to CECILY, second
daughter of Mr. JOSEPH UNSWORTH.
On the 13th instant, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. WILLIAM
BRAITHWAITE. to ELLEN, youngest daughter of the late
JAMES CROWTHER.. Esq., of Manchester.
Same day, A. DONOVAN, Esq., of Farnitield-place, Sussex,
to ELLEN, youngest daughter of the late JOHN POUKF.TT
THOMPSON, Esq., of Roehamton, Surrey, and sister of the
late Lord Sydenham, Governor-General of Canada.
Same day, at Knightsbridge, the Rev. H. J. MABLABY,
M.A., youngest son and chaplain to the Lord Bishop of DUB-.
HAM, and rector of Eaglescliffe, to ELIZABETH MARY,
eldest daughter of General Sir THOS. BRADFORD, G.C.B.
Same day, at St. Peter's, Seel street, by the Rev. Dr. Apple-
ton, THOMAS MOYNAGH, chain and anchor manufacturer,
to ELIZABETH, eldest daughter of PETER WARDLE, Esq.,
of Warbrick Moor, near this town.
Same day, at St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, by the Rev. A.
Knox, A 8., THOMAS NICHOLAS, Esq., resident engineer
of the Birkenhead Docks, to Miss ELIZABETH HAYES, of
Birkenhead.

. Same day, at Preston, the Rev. I. DURRANT, to JANE
KENT only daughter of the late JOHN KENT BACK-
HOUSE, EBq., of this town.
Same day, at the British Embassy, Paris, the Right flori.
Lord KEANE, to LOUISA, second daughter of S. Y. BENYON
Esq., of Denston-hall, near Newmarket. ,
On the 14th instant, at St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead,_ by
the Rev. A. Knox, M.A., JOHN L. SCOTT, of St. Catherine's,
Dumfries, to MARY, eldest daughter of Mr. CHAS. GILL-
HAM, of Birkenhead.
Same day, at St. Silas's Church by the Rev. J. Cordeaux,
JEFFERY BE AVAN, linen-draper, St. Anne-street, to CATH A-
RINI.: HANNAH, youngest daughter of Mr. KING, late of
the Sefton Arms, Aintree Race-course.
Same day, at Hebington Church, Capt. HENRY LOWRY, of
London, to HARRIET AMELIA, youngest daughter of LEWIS
HUGHES, Esq., of Tranniere-view, H igher Tran mere, Cheshire.
Same day, at St. George's Church, Everton, by the Rev. T.
Halton, hI.A., JOHN SUTTON, Esq., to TRYPHOSA, young-
est daughter of the late WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq.,
of Halewood.
On the 15th instant, at Walton-on-the-Hill, by the Rev. T.
S. Leigh, Mr. THOMAS FOTHERGILL to ANNE JANE,
youngest daughter of the late Mr. JOHN WORRALL, mer-
chant.

Same day, by special license, at Glassnevin Church, near
Dublin, by the Rev. M. Margo Hough, SAMUEL HENRY
COVELL, Esq., of this town, to SARAH MARIA, youngest
daughter of Capt. RALPH SMYTH, late of the 7th Dragoon
Guards, and of Glassnevin-house, and grandaughter of the late
Ald. Thomas Caunt, of Hill-park, Nottingham.
Same day, at Chatham Church, by the Rev. Mr. Nash, Lieut.
JOHN WARBURTON, of the 60th Royal Rifles, to MARTHA,
eldest daughter of Lieut. MITCHELL, of the same corps.
Same day, by special license, at St. Anthony's, by the Rev.
Thos. Newsham, Mr. CHARLES LUPTON, of the Salutation
Hotel, Great Homer-street, to Miss MARY WHITESIDE, of
Soho-street.

Yesterday, the 19th instant, at St. Philip's Church, Mr.
HENRY EDWARDS, boat-builder, to Miss RUTH LOWE,
both of this town.

Same day, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. W. Hughes,
Mr. EDWARD JONES to Miss JANE EVANS, both of this
town.

Same day, at St. James's Church, by the Rev. H. Hampton,
Mr. RICHARD HYAM to Miss ELEANOR NICKLE, both
of Toxteth-park.
Same day, at St. John the Baptist's Church, Toxteth-park,
by the Rev. J. Hassan, M.A., JOHN, only son of JOHN
WILLIAMS, Esq., to ELIZABETH, eldest daughter of JOHN
MAJOR, Esq., of lleyonport.

DIED.
Lately, at Ohio, aged 118 years, 9 months, and 18 days,
JOHN SHEPHERD. Deceased was an old soldier, and was in
several of the revolutionary battles.
(From the London Times.)
On the Ist instant, at Blockburn, in his 70th year, Mr. ED-
MUND MOLYNEUX, wheelwright and timber dealer. Our readers are aware that the first port of the empire,
Same day, at Hinckley Union Workhouse, Leicestershire, viz., that which the cotton manufacture has raised up in
aged 81, MARY GOLDING, a native of Tullamore, Ireland. three generations on the banks of the Mersey, is at this
Deceased was married at the age of fourteen to a lad of fifteen, moment suffering a calamity the continuance of which for
who was, nevertheless, entered as able seaman on board a 74- much less than three generations would reduce that rich
gun ship, commanded by Admiral Deluce, whither she
m ac- emporium back again to its original mud. Hordes of
ac-
companied him as maid to the admiral's lady, and was present
at the battle of Teneriffe, where Nelson lost his arm. She was Irish miserables, some of them on their way to America,
actively employed on board the Lilac frigate at the battle of but the great majority destitute, famished, naked, and
Copenhagen. and subsequently on board the Victory, at Tra- dying daily invade that city. The irruption of the north-
falgar, where Nelson received his mortal wound. She was the ern nations into Italy, the successive invasions of Saxons
mother of eleven children.
and Danes into our island, were tolerable events corn-
On the 7th instant, at his residence, in Devonshire, at an ad- pared with the daily arrival of armies whose sole but ter-
vanced age, Captain COTESWORTH, R.N. After a pro-
bationary service as midshipman, the deceased officer, in 1814, rible weapons are the famine and pestilence they suffer
was appointed to a lieutenancy, and in 1829 was advanced to and convey. The season is not yet sufficiently advanced
the rank of commander. He was a midshipman in the San to reveal a tithe of the horrors that may possibly arise
Joseph at the seige of Cadiz, and, in 1810, while holding similar from this infliction. The sudden apparition of twenty
rank, he served in the Andromache, on the occasion of the
capture of the United States frigate the president. His next French war steamers, followed by as many ships of the
services were on the occasion of the capture of Algiers. In hne, may be a less evil, less fatal, less destructive, less
1824, when lieutenant of the Thetis, he commanded the boats confounding, than the daily importation of thousands who
of that vessel in an action with the Ashantees, cannot be driven from the shore, or resisted at their laud-
On the 10th instant, aged 77, Mrs. ELIZABETH ALMOND, lug; who introduce themselves into the heart of the city;
of Prescot-street.
who pay for food with famine, and for lodging with pesti-
Same day, aged 41, CHARLES HOLTZAPITEL, Esq., of
Charing-cross and Longacre, London, author of "Turning and hence, and who throw their own infected and pestiferous,
Mechanical Manipulation," member of Council of the Install_ carcases into the thick of the unhappy besieged.
tion of Civil Engineers, and chairman of the Committee of Me- We have frequently called the public attention to a fact
chanics at the Society of Arts, London, and member of many which threatens not only the existence of Liverpool, but
other British and foreign institutes, &c.
the health and prosperity of the empir
On the 12th instant, at her residence, in Newington, Mount- e. Hitherto, how-
pleasant, aged 72, Mrs. ANNE HAYWOOD, relict of the late ever, we have spoken to very little purpose. The state of
Mr. Thomas Haywood. things becomes worse every day. From returns exhibited
Same day, Mr. LEWIS THOMAS, for upwards of twenty-two to Sir George Grey on Wednesday by Lord Sandon and
years warehouseman to Messrs. G. Crosfield and Co., Temple- the Rev. Augustus Campbell, Rector of Liverpool, it ap-
place.
Same day, O pears that above 50,000 Irish came into the port in the
MVIA CAROLINE, third daughter of the late
month of March, and 24,709 in the first 14 daybof April.
.
JAMES CALDER, Esq., of Charleston, South Carolina.
Same day, in his 81st year, the Rev. THOMAS FISHER for No less than 6,740 arrived last Saturday and Sunday,
forty-seven years the priest of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cha • some of them in a state of actual fever, and multitudes so
pet, Edmund-street. - predisposed to fever from exhaustion that they fell sick
Same day, after a lingering illness, JESSIE, daughter.of Mr. shortly after their arrival. Smallpox, diarhcea, dysentery,
JOHN PATERSON,
Alt. of the Glasgow Arms, Clarence Dock. and fever prevail, and to are about 40 deaths a-day.
daughte rofy Mr.
Same a, agedJOHN 4 years
ABRAHAM of Br and 5 months,idport-str ee ANN NSBITT, The present cold weatheP'checks the progress of fever;
d
On the 13th instant, aged 9 months, HENRY, only son of but it is fearful to think of the probable increase, when
WILLIAM GRIFFITH LEETE, Esq., of Knotty Ash. winter at once gives way, especially if there should be that.
Same day, in Hill-street, London, in the 91st year of her age, sudden and excessive sultriness which generally makes up
the Dowager Lady BROWNLOW. The deceased was only, for the tardy arrival of spring. The town of Liverpool •
(laughter of the late Sir Henry Banks, and married on the Slat already, under the most favourable circumstances, is the
August, 1775, the late Lord Brownlow.
Same day, at his residence, in Bridgewater-street, aged 49most unhealthy in England, and therefore, it must be
,
Captain ROBERT MANN. presumed, the least prepared for this trial.
Same day, aged 32, MARY, wife of Mr. THOMAS HIPKINS. The select vestry meanwhile is doing what it can,
On the 14th instant, ALFRED, youngest son of Mr. J. ED- hitherto, on its own responsibility, and solely from the
WARDS, draper and tailor, Duke-street.
local resources. It is making preparations for the worst
Same day, at his house, in Upper Warwick-street, aged -. •
Mr. CHRISTOPHER ROGERS. 54' by building new fever wards at the cost, including furni-
ture, of above £2,600, in addition to the building which it
On the 15th instant, aged 13 years, CHARLES JAMES, only
son of EDWARD CROPPER., Esq., of Dingle-bank, Toxteth- had hired at a rent of &CO a-year, and is now fitting up
park. with all possible expedition. The weekly expense for
76 , Same day,
Hat her residencofe, in Cross-
late Jonathan Hstreet, Cheshire, aged casual Irish poor for the fir,t 13 days of this month has
surgeon. ETTY UL, relict the ulme, Eiiq., amounted to £1,505, making the average per week £814,.
Same day, at Bonds, near Garstang, aged 62, MARY, widow with the certainty of a rapid and considerable increase._
of the late Mr. JOHN BROWN, for many years bookseller, &e. The expense immediately attending the reception and re--
at Wigan.
lief of the strangers, serious and unfair as it is, may prove
On the 16th instant, aged 6 months, THOMAS WILSON, light indeed, in comparison with the ultimate ruin and
son of THOMAS CARSON, Esq., of Everton. - „,,...........
destruction not only of money, but of life. Liverpool,. r J 11._,„\\
Same day, aged 66 years, ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. WM.
FOSTER, accountant. Rose-place. proudest boast of this country, and the rely tYP9PW ---:',--;777.77-..i
On the 17th instant, at Wavertree, aged 35, SARAH, wife of ma, ~
• -lio ex - ,--' - -,..'•
GEORGE BROWN, Req. commercial and manufacturing. greatness, _
• , _ ~..„.- \-7--,
Same day, aged 89 years, Mrs. ANNE HOWARD. 'gnaw/Ant feattirc ..,,,:-,._ ,i,..ii ~ ~..;
hsikbiibt,
boenreaengi. ganAtiircesacadylettheerematsreeries.i. and aburninakol&}Be• ::i s:4:-\ !/) "
.%';''.V.4.
On the 18th instant, aged 65, Mr. GEORGE WRIGHT, common. One of the medical ettiect, has beeN-seK 1,
,„,,,,,,
..,.. _ brewer and wine and spirit merchant, of Union-street, this
town.
numerous, and the people so untAtt ' 't-16..
Same day, aged 35, after a long and severe affliction, ANN,
here, as on what may I) i,',.Z•1,,A,, ~.vl' if x
the beloved wife of G. P. DITCHFIELD, Upper Parliament- sicknessw i with typhus
are
saondi is
cult
lying
t to
medicaldangerously ill. iolith. c
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oc:ner,,o, 1.7,, ~/.11,4,1..-iir,ll I ..
able, that it is diffic
street.
Same day, Miss ELIZABETH APPLETON. sister of the itatskneattihveev's-ooirlk, .ha-S'llisiosebrYlunted the feelings. of tha, ,- - tioa- ,'KAt,;,-r23'a ....
late Mr. WILLIAM APPLETON, cork manufacturer, of tlits , that they carry their sick out of the lodzynai-i1,,1N Pal.!„!"-:?.tiAtif Iv r
town.
1 depositing them on the steps before the dear of the h, ' N: O
On the 19th instant;.,at 7. Myrtle-street, this town aged 4 ,
relieving officer there leave them to be talieu La, if pea.
years, MARY HOLT, daughter cf JAMES BELL TA 'L E, Ehq., '
n.bie i if not, tof.,
die.
of Scarliorcatah.

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