The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-07 00:00:00

INQUEST ON THE BODY FOUND.

Yesterday, an inquest was held before the borough
coroner, on view of the body of Wm. Quayle. John
Hughes, pilot of No. 4 pilot-boat, said deceased was a
pilot on board that boat, and was about thirty-eight years
old. On Sunday afternoon, witness was on board the boat
named, sailing near the bell-buoy. Deceased and six
other men were in a small punt coming from No. 12 to
No. 4. It was blowing a moderate breeze at the time,
Whilst they were in the act of coming towards No. 4 a
sea struck the boat, and upset it. Before any assistance
could be rendered, deceased and five others of the men
were drowned. In about three-quarters of an hour after-
wards, the crew of No. 4 picked up the body of deceased,
and conveyed it to Liverpool. The body was taken to
Suffolk-street. Toxteth-park. Another pilot, Saml. Jones
was on board No. 4, and witnessed the same melan-
choly fact.—The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death."—We learn that the small boat in which the de-
ceased and Eddleston had gone, (to transfer themselves in
pursuance of their vocation from one pilot-boat to the
other,) was rather too small to carry seven persons in a
seaway—four being about her complement.

We perceive, from an advertisement, that an agency has
been opened in this bown for the Colonial Life Assurance
Company, which offers valuable facilities, especially to
parties resident abroad or visiting foreign countries.
CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—At the police court, yesterday,
two men, James Blackmore and Edward Tobin, were
charged with robbing, of his hat and handkerchief, John
Butler Gibb, a seaman, and also with assaulting him and
another man. The latter is still so ill, from a broken
bone, that he could not attend, and the prisoners were
remanded.
ROBBERY OF FLOUR.—Yesterday, at the police-court,
a young woman named Catherine Forrester was charged
with having, on Saturday night (with another) entered
one of the shops of Mr. Lightbound, flour dealer and
baker in this town, and stolen therefrom 131 b weight of
flour from a bin, with which she made off, but was stopped
in the street. The case was proved, and she was com-
mitted for trial.
LIVERPOOL LAW SOCIETY.—About sixty gentlemen
of the legal profession, members of the above society,
idni dined dtogetherbeing atf theurt h annual
1 puhi a
Mr. Robert Norris took the chair, and Mr. Watson was
festivity toyno f the association.
Wednesday
even-
ing,
vice. Amongst the company were his Worship the Mayor,
Edward Rushton, Esq., Mr. Commissioner Lowndes, Mr.
Beamont, the Mayor of Warrington, Mr. Lace, and Mr.
North. A deputation from the sister society In Manches-
ter, consisting of Messrs. Howell and Whitlow, attended.
CHARGE OF BIGAMY. —A man named Richard Noble,
was, yesterday,. brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge
of having mulled a female in this town, while his former
wife was yet alive. It appeared from the evidence and
the certificates produced, that prisoner had married at
St. Mary's Church, Stockport, on the 12th October,
1845 ; and, on Friday last, he had married another person
at St. Nicholas's Church, in Liverpool; The prisoner
declined to say anything in his defence, at this stage of
the. proceedings ; aud be was committed for trial at the
asetzel.