The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-24 00:00:00

Eon! anb Vrabintial grIDS.

The Liverpool and Harrington Water Works bill was
?read is second time in the House of Commons on Friday.
On Friday, three persons were fined by Mr. Rushton
10s. and costs each, for smoking in and near warehouses.
Many of the workmen at Birkenhead have resumed
Work at the wages offered by their employers.
„. Christopher Bullen, Esq., of this town, has built a
'autism:l3e school on his estate near Ruthin.
The Brown, Esq., of an estate M orthumberland, has no
, foundation.
The University of Glasgow has conferred the degree of
LL.D. on B. Hodgson, Esq., Principal of the verPool Mechanics' Institution.
On Friday, a child four years old was left in a cellar in
Gerard-street by its mother, who had gone out to work,
When, by some means, it was burnt to death.
On Tuesday, Jabez Steele, provision dealer, Manches-
ter, Was convicted in £5 and costs, for defrauding the gas
PanV of that town by perforating the meter so that it
would not register the gas.
Mr. Thomas Rowlandson, the intelligent secretary to
the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Society, has been
'awarded a prize of £5O by the Royal Agricultural Society,
for the best essay on the farming of North Wales.
BRINDLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL.—OR WedDeS-
cay at Chorley, ten persons, we learn, were bound over
t° keep the peace towards Mr. Eastwood, for having mo-
d him in the chapel the Sunday but one previous.
The Rev. Henry Carpenter attended a Church Mis-
sionary Meeting at Bolton, on Wednesday, as a deputa-
tion from the parent society, and delivered an excellent
address.
William Williamson, formerly of the constabulary force
Of this town, and who was committed to trial for an as-
sauCeuupon Frances Clark, a sailor's wife, has been sen-
, at the sessions, to three months imprisonment. •
M.P., consisting of Mr. C. Wilbraham, Mr.
Jervis M.P., ITr. Tollemache, M.P., Mr. P. Davies
Cooke,y„ Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P. Mr. Brittain, and Mr.
kl,icklin, had an interview on Wednesday with Sir Robert
ceel, on the subject of the Cheshire drainage bill.
Mr. Laycock has erected, in Chester-street, Birken-
head, from designs by Mr. Welch, a splendid building, li
I°r Public meetings, to be called " Craven Rooms." The
43ona is 46 feet long by 30 feet wide, and has an admirable
set of ante-rooms, &c.
DARING, RODBERY.—On Thursday evening, a carter,
proceeding up Crosbie-street to the railway station,
with a horse and cart laden with copper, was attacked by
;gang of thieves, some of whom got into the cart, and
threw out about 1 cwt. The carter succeeded:in securing
one of the villains.
A. fine little boy a few days ago incautiously placed the
first finger of his left hand in the cog-wheel of one of the
street-svreeping
the machines at use in Liverpool, at the time
cart was in motion. The finger was snapped off above
the second joint, and the poor little fellow had to submit
to the operation of having the remaining joint amputated.
THE TURN-OUT AT BIRKENHEAD.—The whole of the
Joiners who struck for higher wages about a fortnight ago,
have resumed work without obtaining the demand. The
Pstonemasons and bricklayers still remain out; and more
an one-half of them have left Birkenhead for the
rent railways ; the number previously employed was 589.
THE NEW TARIFF.—The delay which has taken place
in passing Sir Robert Peel's tariff is seriously embarrass-
town feel so strongly on the subject, that they have laid
71.0 the tables of the Exchange News-room a petition pray-
, .?g that it may be passed without further delay. The pe-
tition has been most numerously and respectably signed.
a_AN ABRUPT ENTRANCE.--On Wednesday, a horse
ttached to one of Owen's cars, at the top of Leece-street,
became unmanageable, and at length bolted with fearful
*Speed down the street. Its progress was stopped by
out
into the shop of Mr. York, top of Bold-street,
out not without doing about £lO worth of damage to the
ishon front.
INTERESTING TO PUBLICANS.—On Monday, Mr. John
~•Whittaker appeared at the Salford Town Hall, to answer
'l` .nrarnoris of the authorities for selling exciseable liquors
pwithout a license. The house of Mr. Whittaker who is a
u.blican, in Salford, had been recently taken down and
tlt upon the same site, arid the question for decision
new whether the license for the old house would cover the
slis7,4).°e• The magistrates decided that it would not, but
orlad the complaint.
felli the
night a poor woman, named Esther Hayes,
Dnt° the riser between the Birkenhead and Woodside
ots while passing along the plank. The tide instantly
itskr her under the paddle-box, and she must have perished
; not one of the Birkenhead boatmen, named Cane,
Jue, Jumped in, and after diving about succeeded in laying hold
n. This is the sixth occasion on which this gallant
felloerw. has risked his life to save persons from drowning.
A. subscription has been entered into for him, and we
shall be happy to receive any donation.
FATAL OCCURRENCE.—On Tuesday last, a distressing
occurrence took place at the limekilns at Halton, near
Runcorn, the property of John Tomkinson, Esq., of this
town, by which William Edwards, aged sixty, and John
Carruthers, fourteen, were suffocated. It appeared that
both of them had successively fallen into the kiln, and
though every exertion was made to get them out and re-
store animation, they both died. The cause of death was
breathing carbonic acid gas, which is always generated in
burning limestone and coke. The first effect of inhaling
this gas is unconsciousness, and death speedily ensues.
WANTON OUTRAGE.--OD Saturday evening, a bullet
was fired or thrown with considerable force, through the
window of Mr. James Walkden's shop, corner of King
William-street, Blackburn, (the publishing office of the
.131achbwrn Standard.) The bullet perforated a bole
through the glass of the inner window, in the direction
°'ere Mr. Walkden was standing at the time; but in
Passi
to 'Where
through the second window tbe bullet went close
sbothe frame work and glanced off to the other end of the
to P• It is impossible to conceive a motive for this wan-
°„act•--Blackburn Standard.
Y,l Thursday, Thomas Sully Storn, an officer of the
.3..1) It was fined £5 for an assault on Captain
awett, of the brig Celt. The complainant had given
Ptroe offence to the captains in the river Bonny, on the
'''riean coast, in consequence of which, after leaving his
°wo sliip in a boat, he was arrested by the mate, second
taste, and the boatswain of the Rienzi, and charged with
I.sei:lling a water cask. He escaped from the Rienzi at the
pa, of his life, by jumping into the water, when he was
ckeded up by his own crew. Mr. Rushton described the
sk
e as one of the most flagrant acts of injustice he had
ever heard of.
te,Ps 'lts NEAR PRESTON.—On Thursday forenoon, be-
ti7en ten and eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in one of
Lie:sooms in the cotton mill belonging to Messrs. James
me'ettnnS and Son, situate at the village of Hoghton, about
, miles from l'reston, and four from Blackburn. The
'ing°l were all at work at the time but on the alarm be-
frcji,v,en, the engine was stopped, and all speedily fled
aletel_rie the threatened danger. The building was com-
-15,0Y„ gutted, and the estimated loss is from £lO,OOO to
are inuf). The building and all the materials and stock
lost, tired to the full amount. Happily no lives were
stor k tit it is to be regretted that several hundreds of
tneati!eoPle will be for some time thrown out of employ-
Cit.&
ectirt, tt°E or SWINDLING.—At the Birkenhead Police-
alias en Tuesday, a person named Richard Wimpole,
felon, 'chard Ray Wrinpele, was committed for trial for
blaanY. On a charge of illegally pawning six pairs of
Perrytl-s, the property of Miss C. C. Webster, of New
furtiisl,,,Pn the ith December last, the prisoner took a
rate of cottage at New Ferry for three months, at the
rent s.`43s• per week. He paid towards the first month's
kiss ii;,eabnd after that, in consequence of some suspicion,
assistan ster took possession of the cottage, with the
4even ,of a constable, when it was discovered that
toVee ':lnicets, a counterpane, two brass candlesticks, a
These mill, some carpets, and other articles were missing.
pool e articles, it was proved, had been pledged in Liver-
s t
soThe articles had been pledged at seven different
bo r various sums of money.
AIIrCOMMITTEE TDUPSDAY —lt was agreed to
'"aSe " • aria, from Mr. Ambrose Lace the 7,000 yards of
fo", n'itn the, buildings and machinery now used as a
vey'or on the west side of Sefton-street. The Marine Sur-
had rePorted that the eastern edge of West Hoyle bank
Itices etxhte„rided outwards. Orders were given to issue no-
aaek. a' an additional buoy had been placed upon the
iete, , It was stated that this increase would in no way
to to with the entrance to the port. It was
. resolved
tell the Telegraphic
•Vocabulary to the public at ss. a
The sub-committee reported that they could not
to th 'rr.,tend any increase to the salary of £55 per annum
for
e Keeper of the telegraph station on Hilbre Island.
The
th„, naan stated that there were now 557 applications
It various situations at the Albert Dock warehouses.
%Ice as agreed to pay to Capt. James M'Farlane, of the
Cool' Christian, of Glasgow, the ;mount of damage occa-
tiocke,4 to his vessel by suddenly letting the weter into the
teetiorland,,also to make him some compensation for de-
keaatimelbe harbour master's sub-committeein the
the trust to
inquire into the conduct of the servants of
...2n this matter.
White!' WEATIIER,—After an uncommonly open and mild
NI
.7. and a forward spring so far, we were on Tuesday,
wet:note especially on Wednesday last, visited by a com-
'ale, change of weather, partaking of the severe rigours of
same LeOn
ennesday night there was a keen frost for
the g°ura, and notwithstanding the advanced period of
the ''ar, when the sun has generally considerable power,
th "Id
reeremained most searching and abiding during the
The wind was at first from the northward
:eastita'ar:dcws.a rd.T,
Saturday morning southerly and
',eerale 3' with, if possible, a more searching and chilling
ktes • ss• Sheets of ice have been observable every
rein
,ga on exposed pieces of water. On Wednesday,
je V,, and Friday, showers of dry snow fell, but not
abundance as to relieve the atmosphere. On
4Zs'b naV morningt covered with a
-eine/sup the house - ops were

_... two tnough the sun shone out during the
~-.r, the portion in the shade of chimneys, &c. remained
rmi°,eanaelted, and on Saturday, the wind blew a perfect hur-
tnlcin,e,: naPpily, vegetation had not progressed very far,.
ree.";e Probability is that although some forward fruit
the ' that had got into precocious blossom, and a few of
40,,unsheltered early potatoes will suffer, the check will
.ea;•onia the whole, be detrimental. We find that at New-
thPann I.,euPon-Tyne and its neighbourhood, in the north of
d generally, and also in Scotland and Ireland, the
,bittge has been ev-
trat?.Y,Parts to -

more severe

....... ueptn of several leei-,'lmPeding the usua
to"tvi!lling by coach. The Glasgow Courier of Thursday
foiles a heavy fall of snow there on the previous day,
wed by a frost, but the temperature had become
To, .
atuty Paratively milder. Sunday was a beautiful Match
terd'..4B Was yesterday. A slight shower or two fell yes-
,4Yr, and the weather was cold but seasonable.
aett"rt_l
.readers are referred to the testimonials which apo-
cern! ip another column of the successful extraction f
tv11,:.. oy Mr. Rendall, of 67, Mount-pleasant ; persons
thes:' powers of locomotion were impeded for years by
liev,Patnful eacresences have been most effectually re-
NZ) and that, too, without the slightest annoyance or

COTTAGE OWNERS.—On Thursday; #t a public meet.
ing of this body, it was determined to send a petition to
parliament against the clause in the Liverpool sanitary
bill, making the owners and not the occupiers of small
property liable to be rated.
EXPRESS TRAINS TO LONDON.—We hear that the
directors of the London and Birmingham and Grand
Junction Railway Companies are, with the consent of the
Postoffice, making arrangements for delaying the 4 A.M.
mail train in Liverpool to 6 A.M., but so expediting its
speed that it will arrive in London by 1 p.m. as at present :
but that the alteration will not take place till the Ist of
May. The directors decline running an early express
train from London.

SELECT VESTRY.-At the usual meeting, on Tuesday,
the business was unimportant. Some conversation took
place as to the Poor Law Commissioners not having re
plied to communications from the Select Vestry as to the
rating of the Wapping warehouses, and the crowded state
of the County Lunatic Asylum. On the latter subject
the Rev. Rector Brooks stated, that the county magis-
trates were doing all they could, and they had already
taken an old union workhouse near Preston, where they
would receive county lunatics.
St. Patrick's Day passed off quietly last week, notwith-
standing the peace of the town was again endangered by a
procession playing party tunes, and bearing banners ex-
hibiting rebellious devices. The magistrates issued a
notice, expressing their sanguine hope that no procession
would take place, but the repealers treated it as so much
waste paper. The protestants never offered the slightest
opposition to the insulting proceedings. Their forbear-
ance deserves the highest commendation, and ought not
to be lost sight of by the authorities.
On Tuesday, the grand jury at the Borough Sessions
made a presentment to the court, expressive of " their
approbation of the able and luminous address of the
Recorder, relative to the state of crime in the borough,
and the want of classification and accommodation in the
gaol, and suggesting the printing of the address for circu-
lation." The grand jury also expressed " their sense of
the increasing evils arising from the number of loose wo-
men in the town, to whom a large portion of the crimes
may be attributed." The Recorder said, he thought the
grand jury having placed their opinions on record would
answer every purpose.

WEST DERBY UNION, TUESDAY.—The appointment
of relieving officers for the West Derby and Walton dis-
tricts was postponed, Mr. Tristram declining to take the
larger district at the proposed salary of £lOO per annum,
as he was then relieving officer of the union at £2OO
a year, and had not resigned, or been dismissed, or done
anything to warrant his dismissal. Mr. Smith thought
the commissioners ought to have taken Mr. Tristratn's
case into consideration, as it was very unusual to reduce
a deserving officer's salary. Mr. Shaw moved the ap-
pointment of Mr. Harbord, as surgeon of Toxteth-park,
at a salary of £BO, and 6s. for every calif not on the re-
lieving officer's books. The motion was seconded, but
was withdrawn, and an amendment by Mr. Gregson, to
the effect that £BO be the salary of the medical officer, that
the office be tendered to Mr. Harbord, and that in the
event of his declining it, candidates be advertised for
was carried.

LAUNCH OF A STEAM SCREW YACHT.--On Tuesday
evening last was launched from the iron boat building and
boiler-yard of Messrs. William Jones and Co., Burling-
ton-bridge, one of the most beautifully-modelled and fi-
nished vessels we have seen for some time. She is 67 feet
long and 13 feet beam, has a neatly-carved head of " Lu-
cifer," carved stern and quarter galleries. She has direct
action engines, on an improved principle, which take up,
from the peculiarity of their arrangement, a very small
space indeed. Her boiler will be on an improved plan, on
the tubular principle. She will have a screw propeller,
and is expected to sail fast. Her tonnage is about 45 tons.
She has been built under the superintendence of Mr. Jas.
M'Ardle (we believe for the use, as a pleasure yacht, of
an honourable and gallant member of Parliament.) She is
exceedingly strong, and is divided into compartments by
water-tight bulk - heads. She is now in the Trafalgar Dock.
When her interior arrangements are complete, we may
perhaps notice her again, as she reflects the very greatest
credit on the builders, as well as Mr. M'Azdle. She sits
beautifully on the water.

HIGHWAY BOARD.—The application of Mr. W. J.
Hammond to be allowed to place three lamps opposite the
Adelphi Theatre was granted, after some discussion, as
the theatre was a public building, and the lamps would be
an advantage to the public, as Liverpool was not suffici-
ently lighted.—Mr. Cooper then moved that the applica•
tion of Messrs. Hyam to place three lamps opposite their
shop in Lord-street, which bad been refused by the Board
a short time ago, be complied with, on condition that the
pillars of the lamps occupied a space of only twelve inches,
and the lights were kept burning all night.—This motion
occasioned some discussion, the opposition being princi-
pally on the ground that the case of Messrs. Hyam was
widely different from that of Mr. Hammond's, the lamps
for the latter being for the accommodation of parties fre-
quenting a public place of amusement, while the former
were merely to serve as an advertisement, to attract atten-
tion to a private shop.—On Mr. Cooper's motion being
put, it was lost by a majority of 9to 7. Mr. Tinne gave
notice that he should bring forward a motion to establish
some fixed rule, so that lamps might be granted opposite
any public building, where no inconvenience resulted
therefrom to the street.—Mr. Leyland gave notice of a
motion for removing the lamps opposite the gas-office, in
Newington-bridge, which he considered were a great ob-
struction to the footwalks.—Mr. Walthew gave notice of
his intention to move that an application be made to the
Council for permission to introduce fountains for the pub-
lic accommodation, and watering troughs for cattle, and
that the Water Committee fix the number of such troughs
and fountains.—Mr. Tinne called the attention of the
Board to the bad state of the pavement in Dale-street,
which had been referred to by Mr. Gladstone: He men-
tioned an accident that had occurred in consequence.
HEALTH OF TOWNS AssociamoN.--On Tuesday
evening last, a meetin6 in connexion with the above as-
sociation was held at St. Barnabas's National Schools,
(Greenland•street, to hear an address by John A. Tinne,
Esq.. on subjects connected with the public health. The
working classes had been particularly invited, and a large
number attended. The chair was occupied by the Rev.
Thomas Nolan, and several gentlemen connected with the
association were present. The Chairman having intro-
duced Mr. Tinne to the meeting, the latter gentleman
proceeded to deliver an address on the importance and
necessity of a proper attention to the public health. He
referred to a number of details collected from various
sources, showing that Liverpool was the most unhealthy
town in the kingdom, and that the evil was attributable
to the deficiency of sewerage, residence in confined courts
and cellars, the filthy state of the streets, and the want of
a plentiful and continuous supply of water for the use of
the poor. Those were, he contended, the great and leading
causes which contributed to the unhealthiness of our town
and the prevalence of disease. He gave some valuable
advice to the meeting, more especially to the working
people, as to the necessity of cleanliness in their dwellings,
as well as their persons, and referred particularly to the
establishment of baths by the Corporation, which had
been of immense advantage to the town; he was also glad
to see that further accommodation was being made in this
respect at the north end of the town, by the erection of
baths in Paul-street, on a still more extended scale. He
concluded by expressing a hope that all parties would
unite for the purpose of carrying out the object sought to
be obtained by the association. Every one might do
something, and it was only by co-operation in carrying out
efficient measures in regard to the public health, that the
bad pre-eminence of Liverpool in this respect would be
effectually removed. The address was listened to through-
out with the greatest attention, and the speaker was fre-
quently interrupted during his progress by loud bursts of
approbation. The meeting was afterwards addressed by
Mr. A. Hodgson, Dr. Harbord, Mr. S. Holnee, and the
Rev. H. Hampton.
ANTICIPATED VISIT TO LIVERPOOL OF PRINCE
ALBERT.—We learn that the committee of management
of the " Sailors' Home," a new and excellent institution
about to be established on a permanent footing in our
town, have transmitted an invitation to Prince Albert to
come down amongst us, and do us the honour of laying
the foundation stone of the intended building, for which a
suitable site has been procured. As our gracious Queen
is herself the patroness of the institution, we can scarcely
doubt hut that his royal highness will accede to the re-
quest, especially as we have ever observed him to be for-
ward in promoting every work of public interest giving
promise of naticnal advantage. As some weeks must
elapse before the ceremony can take place, and the wea-
ther may then be expected to be finer, we venture to
offer a suggestion which we think would, in gatifying
the Prince on his visit to the " good old town," con-
fer an equal gratification and a credit on "•the autho-
rities thereof," as well as on others who have the means
of showing civilities to a distinguished stranger,—and
in " highland" parlance, " stranger is a holy name."
The prince—our now adopted and truly worthy country-
man—will, as a matter of course, be travelled round our
splendid docks, and public edifices, and partake of the I
festivities of our worthy chief magistrate. But this is not
all that might be accomplished. We believe that we have
but to throw out the hint in order to its being acted upon.
We suggest that he should be invited to inspect our prin-
cipal watch-manufactories, the superb and extensive
steam-engine manufactories of Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and
Kennedy, and Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, the exten-
sive premises of the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, &c., as
well as our new and extensive dock-works. We think it
probable, too, that by the time his royal highness arrives,
the fine steam-ship " Birkenhead," for the service of the
Royal Navy,.and the largest of the class yet afloat, may
be ready for her trial trip to Dublin, or the Isle of Man,
and we feel assured that the builder, Mr. J. Laird, would
feel much pleasure in making up a party of our " mer-
chant princes " to accompany the prince on her first ex-
cursion. We should also have a grand turn-out of the

vessels of " The Royal Mersey Yacht Club " on the oc-
casion, and the-whole would be an honour to the town,

and produce an impetus to business, which would, we
think, in these perilous and shaking times, be highly and
generally beneficial.
BETTING UPON JACK LANGAN'S BOYHOOD.-011
Saturday, an elderly farmer, Robert Sumner, appeared at
the Police-court, and preferred a charge against Robert
M'Call, of having left him minas a guinea, under circum-
stances the recital of which caused considerable laughter
in the court. It appeared that on the previous night, the
complainant had gone to Langley's public-house, Com-
' -row, where there was a considerable number of

mu tatio

customers, and a discussion arose on the principal events
in the life of Jack Langan. Amongst other allegations
made, one man, who did not appear to be more than 30
years of age, positively asserted that he had taken Jack
up in his arms when he (Jack) was a little, boy. The
farmer questioned the truth of the statement, but the
man ye-asserted " the fact." The farmer offered to bet a
guinea that the circumstance bad not taken place. The
conversation, upon this, turned upon guineas, and some
expressed a curiosity to see such a thing. The farmer
was obliging, and from the bottom of an inner pocket
pulled out a good old guinea. M`Call first handled it ;
and to try whether it was good put it into his mouth and
turned it over and mar for some time. The farmer said

something then fell on the floor, but what it was no one
' could ever discover, as it was not found, though candles
were brought, and every cranny carefully searched. The
farmer called a policeman, and gave the prisoner into
custody. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Davenport,
who stated that it was all a joke, and that the farmer had
been tossing his guinea about the bar, and that some of
the company had been having a snatch at it. Mr. Daven-
port said his client was a strictly honest man, and as a
proof of this. he found a £lOO note on one occasion, and
advertised for the owner; and, when he found him, he
honourably handed him the note. Mr. Rushton said it
appeared the prisoner had put the coin into his mouth out
of joke, and that it fell on the floor, but the joke was a
dangerous one. The prisoner was then discharged, and
the farmer left the court evidently in no humour to make
such a bet again.
DEATH AT THE NEW NORTH DOCKS.—. On Saturday,
an inquest was held before the borough coroner, touching
the death of David Rowlands, a youth aged 14 years.
The deceased was employed at the new North Docks, and
his duty was to grease the axles of the waggons. On
Thursday evening last, deceased was standing between
two loaded waggons on the railway in the dock. They
were then standing still. Directly afterwards the wag_
gons started off, and the deceased fell, and was crushed
between the two machines. The machines were moved
along by horses. A man employed in managing the wag-
gons shouted to deceased, as they started, " Look out,"
but the poor fellow did not bear the warning, or became
so confused that he could not attend to it. He was
taken to the Northern Hospital, but before he arrived had
ceased to live.