The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

June 22, 1847.

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On Wednesday, 'a man, named Richard Coole, fell into
'the Egerton Dock, at Birkenhead, and was drowned.
Thomas Simpson, the man who jumped from the rail-
Way train in its rapid descent down the tunnel to Lime-
street, as stated in our last, died on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, a sailor, named Joseph Parr, on board the
Harrison Chilton, was killed by a blow from a rope as
that vessel was coming out of Prince's Dock.
The Rev. W. Grayston, one of the Roman Catholic
priests at St. Patrick's chapel, died on Wednesday of
typhus fever. He is the sixth priest who has died of that
:Pestilence in this town within two months.
Boy DROWNED.—On Tuesday, a boy, named John
Anglesey, went with his father's dinner to Gilbertson's
Dock, at Iranmere, and, by some means which could not
ibe ascertained, lie fell from the slip and was drowned.
MILITARY FIELD DAY.—The Veteran battalion of
Pensioners are to be inspected on Friday next, by ,Major
General Sir William Warre, commanding the north west
district.

THE BRITANNIA.—It is remarkable that the Britannia
has sailed from Boston on the Ist of June for the last four
years, and arrived at Liverpool on the 13th, establishing
for herself the character of being as punctual in her arri-
val as the railway mails in England.
At the performance of the Festival Choral Society this
evening, the dead march in Saul will be played as a
mournful tribute on the death of James Aspinall, Esq.,
who was for many years one of the trustees of the society,
and one of its warmest supporters.
It is said that the prices of admission to the theatre on
the occasion of Jenny Lind's visit to this town will be• 15s.
to the principal boxes, 10s. to the second boxes, and 7s.
6d. to the gallery, and that no money will be taken at the
doors. •

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday afternoon, William
'Gibson, of Edwin-street, formerly a butcher, in
Islington. after taking his tea, took up a newspaper, and
sat upon the sofa; wile reading, the paper fell from his
hands, and he fell forward on the floor. He was taken
-up, but life was extinct. He had not complained of being
ill before.
ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, WEST DERBY.—This church is
to be consecrated on Saturday next, about the usual hour
vf morning service, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of
'Chester, and the sermon is to be preached by the
Bishop himself. His lordship and the assembled clergy
will be received, after the consecration, by the patroness,
Mrs. Thornton, of the Elms, West Derby, at'whose sole
expense the church has been erected and endowed.

0..00nEa.-111;. James Jones, of Corboe-;ys the
'Tyrone Journal, thankfully acknowledges having received
•per Mr. WCay, town-missionary, Bedford-street, Park,
Liverpool, the following sums for the poor of the district:
—Part of collection in Great George's-street Chapel, per
William Crossfield, Esq.. £2 ; from three gentlemen, £3
Os. 6d. ; from eight gentlemen, ; from twelve gentle-
men, £3 ss. 6d. ; smaller sums, £2 25.: £l4 Bs.
FIRST MANSION IN THE NEW PARK.---On Tuesday,
-the first stone of a new dwelling-house (the intended resi-
dence of J. H. Hind, Esq., one of the Billkenhead Com-
missioners,) was laid in Claughton-park. This is the first
building commenced in the park, and the design is said to
be exceedingly chaste and elegant. The ceremony of lay-
ing the stone was performed
.by Mrs. Hind, who had a o
silver trowel presented to her n the occasion by William
Jackson, Esq. There were a number of persons present.
PROSPERITY.—One of the leading corn-houses in
Liverpool received eleven hundred thousand pounds in
business transactions during the month of May. If this

be taken as

Mn of the year's business, it will show

)e so mod

103. on every £lOO
be realized

,) an income of £60,000 pt
)3, the house alluded to. IN

annum wot

question whether this can be equalled out of Liverpool
Courier.

DEATH OF MR. OKILL.—In our obituary of to-day will
be found the recent death of Mr. Okill, Clerk of Commit-
tees under the Corporation. It may be interesting to his
many friends and the public to know, that it was about
the year 1816 when Mr. Okill was first engaged by the
Corporation to examine the treasurer's books. His pro-
motion was most rapid. In 1821 he was appointed at the
repository ; in 1824, clerk of committees at £5OO per
annum; in 1828, his salary was raised from £5OO to £600;
in 1836, it was raised to £700; and in 1840 it was raised
to £9OO, at which it continued up to the period of his
death. _ - - -

ASSAULTING A SURGEON.—On Wednesday, Mr. John
Callan, surgeon, appeared against a powerful-looking
woman named Margaret Meyer, for assaulting him. Mr.
Callan said the prisoner came to his surgery respecting
some patient, and behaved in so violent a manner that he
was compelled to tell his assistant to turn her out. She
then turned round and struck him. The prisoner said
she had a sister lying ill of the fever, and although she had
got two notes from the Parish-office, and left them at the
surgery, no one had called to see her. The first note she
got on Friday, and the second on Monday. She also said
the complainant had assaulted her. It appeared that the
prisoner had before been in custody, and she'was ordered
to pay 10s. and costs or go to gaol for seven days.
LIVERPOOL WATER BILL.—The scheme of the Liver-
pool Corporation was shortly debated on the third reading
last night, on the question of 800,000 gallons to be daily
supplied to Wigan. The bill was\ passed ; and, as it
stands, the opposition of the people of Wigan must be
carried into the lords. But the representatives of the
Corporation are making unbounded efforts to induce the
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company to relax the condi-
tions which they have secured, so as to enable the Corpo-
ration to give to Wigan the required quantity, without
-diminishing that due to the canal ; and if they succeed in
this object, further contest will be obviated. If not, an
obstinate battle will take place before the lords, for the
Corporation cannot yield the 800,000 gallons without ma-
terially diminishing the already reduced supply to Liver-
pool—Manchester Guardian.
THE FEVER AND THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.—At the
last meeting of the Select Vestry, as may be seen in an-
ther column, Mr. Austin, the assistant poor-law commis-
sioner, recommended the conversion of the Kirkdale in-
dustrial school into a temporary fever hospital, at the
same time stating that the authorities of Manchester were
willing to take a number of the children into the schools
at Swinton. The vestry have, however, decided against
this proposition upon several grounds, one of which is
that the parents of the children would have a strong ob-
jection to their being sent to Swinton, and their preju-
dices might carry thm so far as to suppose that, if the
industrial school were once used as a receptacle for fever
patients, it could never again be thoroughly purified.
The probability now is, that some large building will be
erected a short distance from the town, in order to afford
Proper accommodation for the victims of the contagion.
HORRIBLE SUICIDE.—On Wednesday night last Chris-
topher Carrick, a man employed casually at a brewery,
committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor.
few
deceased, who lived at Low-hill, had, during the last
ewnlnths. suffered severely in consequence of baying
several
to attenodfuhpiosnfatry lying
ill of fever. He had no one
hem, and was compelled to leave his work
and remain at home for that purpose ; this, with the cir-
cumstances of his unfortunate position, and the suffer-
!.ti gs of his family, produced a depression of spirits. A
few weeks ago the deceased was himself attacked with
fever, and, on Wednesday night, about eleven o'clock, he
got out of bed and said to his wife, " It must be done."
She asked what he meant, when he
replied, '•I must cut
my throat." He had no sooner
uttered he expression
than he took a razor from a box and inflicted two dread-
ful cuts in his throat, and afterwards attempted to tear
open the wound. A surgeon was called, but the deceased
lived only about three hours.
PRESENTATION.—On Tuesday evening last, about sixty
gentlemen met at dinner at Mr. Sykes', the Durham Ox
Brownlow-hill, on the occasion of presenting to Mr.'
Timothy Welch, a testimonial from his friends, to whom
he has endeared himself by his many amiable qualities
during his residence in Liverpool. The testimonial con-
sisted of three volumes of Scott's Commentary on the
Bible, beautifully bound, with the addition of a purse of
100 guineas. The Bible bore the following inscription :
" This Bible, together with a Purse of 100 Guineas, pre-
sented to Mr. Timothy Welch, by a feW friends, on the
occasion of commencing his studies for the Church, and
as a mark of esteem for his many inestimable qualities.—
Liverpool, June 15, 1847." The dinner consisted of a
profusion of the richest dainties of the season, with wines
and dessert in every variety, and of first-rate quality, and
reflected highest credit on the worthy host and hostess.
The chair was ably filled by Joseph Sykes, Esq., (of the
firm of Gardner and Sykes,) who was admirably supported
by Richard Crossley, Esq., of South Castle-street, who
occupied the vice-chair. Mr. Welch is studying at St.
Bees.
DEPUTATION TO GOVERNMENT UPON THE STATE OF
THE TowN.—A communication, of a somewhat alarming
nature, was brought before the health committee of the
town council on Thursday by Dr. Duncan, the medical
surveyor of the corporation. It related to the present un-
healthy condition of the town, from the excessive preva-
lence of typhus fever, which he considered to be spreading
much more rapidly and widely than was generally con-
ceived. The exact terms of the report we are not ac-
quainted with, but its tenor was such that the health
committee immediately waited upon the members of the
select vestry, and laid the substance of it before them.
The result was that a deputation, consisting of several
members of the health committee and the select vestry, .
Mr. Hart, the vestry clerk, proceeded to London by
the ex
press train that evening, for the purpose of obtain-
ing an interview with the home secretary upon the subject,
in order to see whether some means could not be devised
Whereby the government might co-operate with the paro-
chial authorities, in their endeavours to improve the sani-
tary condition of the borough.
NADAS'S ScnooLs.—On Tuesday evening
S. T. BAR
last, the infants in connection with these schools under-
went the usual half-yearly
of the Rev. T. Nolan,and eaxlaaTination, in the presence
of the children and members congregation.ofgethnennibernf
room was densely crowded, th epareinhtes
being present. about three hundred persons
The examination was conducted by Miss
Colgan, the talented mistress, and she certainly proved,
b elicitede o n
from
b t her b the ready and correct answers which she
were exceedingly
youthful charge, (who all, by the way,
assis
neat and clean,) that both she and her
tants had done their duty ; which the Rev. T. Nolan
on behalf of himself and all present thankfully acknow-
ledged. There were about 250 infants receiving daily in-
struction
Nolan which must, without doubt, prove an invaluable
boon to 't
Ed-
gard Roles.r. thickly poputed district. The
also remarked that head his curate, the Rev. Ed-
to)?, had been busily engaged in examining the
agnudsgi Is, and he was happy to say the improvement
ancthfratnedvening.
ad
eve
eased as satisfactory in both instances as what they
the children
executed by the girls He
toteed the parents of
sof the school xamine the work
both to teachers and
winch he considered did great credit
'• God save the
separated highly delighted with The children then sang,
Queen'P"eilxsn.ellent style, and the meeting
witnessed. ). all they had heard and