The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-27 00:00:00

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The Rev. George Cuthbert has been appointed minister
of St. John the Evangelist's, Hope-street, and entered
upon his duties on Sunday.
The Rev. James Todd has been appointed to the In-
cumbency of the Chapel of Holy Trinity, Warrington,
vacant by the death of the Rev. James Saul.

It is said that Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., will be duly
installed Grand Master of the Freemasons of East Lan-
cashire, in June next, at Bolton-le-Moors.
On Saturday two men were committed for trial, on a
charge of having stolen about 100 lbs. weight of nails from
Mr. Daniel Clark, nail manufacturer.

Captain Johnstone, of the ship Tory, will be tried at
the ensuing sessions on the 2d February. He has become
more cheerful cf late and his health is better.

In a menagerie at Stockport, the other day, a tiger
made a sudden dash at a child, carried by a woman who
approached too near, and severely lacerated its face.

At the Kirkdale Sessions, last week, Wm. Pilkington,
Esq., of Millbank House, St. Helens, and Robt. Neilson,
Esq ,of Halewood, qualified as magistrates for this county.
On Friday night last, a fire broke out in Mr. Arnitt's
joiners' yards, Rock-street, 13rownlow-hill. The pre-
mises were insured for £l5O, but the loss is considerably
more. The tools of many of the workmen were destroyed.
At a numerous meeting of operative stone masons, on
Tuesday last, it was resolved to endeavour to effect a re •
duction of the hours of labour, in the summer months, to
nine hours per day.
Mr. Flower, of Renshaw-street, has a small oval medal-
lion of pure gold, on one side of which is a correct portrait
of Charles I. The relic has probably been worn by some
member of the unfortunate monarch's family.
SUICIDE.—On Wednesday, John Frith, a butcher,
residing in Bolton-street, put an end to his existence by
hanging himself in his bed-room. The unfortunate man
had been for some time much depressed in spirits.
CAUTION TO DRIVERS.—On Saturday last a driver,
named Joho Parkinson, was fined forty shillings, for
having gone upon the wrong side of the road, and also for
having beaten his horse with unmerciful .severity.
Mr. Chas. Ricketts, house-surgeon to the Lancaster
Dispensary, on quitting for Birkenhead, was presented, by
the patients of that establishment, with a neat silver snuff-
box and half-a-dozen silver spoons.
STREET ROBBERIES.—On Friday night last two gen-
tlemen were robbed by Cyprians with whom they had en-
tered into conversation, of their gold watches. One of
the watches was valued at £2O, and the other at £lO.
To-morrow, at half-past ten, two iron steam vessels
will be launched from the yard of Messrs. Vernon and
Co. They are of 800 tons each—one for the Liverpool
and Belfast trade, and one for the. Dublin and Cork.
BIRKENHEAD INFIRMARY.—On Sunday week, two
sermons were preached in St. Mary's Church, Birken-
head, when £7O was collected in aid of the Birkenhead
Infirmary.

A woman at Blackburn has been committed for the
wilful murder of her new-born infant, by cuffing its throat
in a shocking manner. Her name was Hacking, and she
was a servant in the employ of a gentleman named Shar-
pies, a retired manufacturer.
A NEW MOVE.—On Thursday night at ten o'clock,
about two thousand persons gathered by the circulation
of a placard, assembled in the Commercial Hall to hear
the Queen's Sreech read publicly by a gentleman in con-
nection with the Anti-Corn-Law League.
The Bible Society circulated in Liverpool last yeir
2,222 bibles, 1,746 testaments, 5,601 prayer-books, and
66,361 books ant' tracts. In Manchester the society dr.
culated 3,310 bibles, 2 508 testaments, 8,254 prayer-
books, and 96,342 books and tracts.
A NEW FIRE BRIGADE.—II is said the insurance
offices are about to make arrangements with Captain
Greig, for the attendance of the pensioners resident in
Liverpool at all fires. The town is to be, divided into

twenty districts and the veterans are to be called by sound
of trumpet.
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM BURNING.—On Sunday fort-
night an aged female namt'd Margaret Hughes, residing in
Union-street. accidentally set fire to her night dress, by
which she was severely burnt about the lower past of her
person. The deceased lingered until Saturday week, when
she died.

During the first year of the bonded warehouing system
in Manchester. the duty amounted to £68.732; the in-
crease in the last quarter raises the annual amount to
£loB,o{lo. As, out of eighty ports having the privilege
of bonding, Manchester pays more duty than vventy-
four of :the number, the merchants of that tiwn claim
exemption from the charge of supporting their own cus-
tom-house.

FREE TRADE IN PENCIL. CASES.—Notwithstanding
the large sum of money nominally subscribed rat , the
recent League meeting at. the Amphitheatre, it appears
that all who were there did not attend for the purpose of
giving. In the Jou, nal is a notice to correspondents to
the following effect :—" Will :he gentleman who borrowed
our silver pencil-case, at the Free Tride meeting, yester-
day week, be kind enough to return it."
RuNCORN.—From recent returns, it appears that the
number of vessels, of all classes, which arrived at this
sub-port during the past year, was 3 032 ; their aggregate
burthen 244,782 tons; being an increase of 237 vessels,
and 19,197 tons over the preceding year. The number of
vessels which received cargoes at Runcorn during the
past year was 1572, being an increase, as compared with
the preceding year, of 543.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—The following are the days
fixed on for holding this circuit, before Judges Patteson
and Coleridge :—At Lancaster, Monday. Feb. 1G; West-
moreland, at Appleby, Thursday, Feb. 19 ; Curnherlar:d,
at Carlisle, Saturday, Feb. 21 ; Northumberland, at New-
castle and Town, same day ; Durham, at Durham, Mon-
day, arch 2 ; Yorkshire. at the Castle of York, Satur-
day, March 7; City of York, at Guildhall, same day ;
Southern Division of Lancashire, at Liverpool, Saturday,
March 21.

AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesday, as the funeral
procession of Mrs. Clarkson (daughter of Mrs. Leach),
of Chapel-street, in this town, was about to start from
the house, Mrs. Leach at the time was in the bedroom,
with one of her granddaughters, kneeling in prayer by the
bed side. Her heart was pierced with grief for the loss of
her daughter, when all of a sudden she complained of a
pain in her back, and laying hold of the bed post, fell
down, and immediately expired.—Preston Chronicle.
NEW MODE OF PaoPriLsiort.—We were greatly grati-
fied, a few days since, by an inspection of a working mo-
del of a steamer propelled on a new and simple principle.
At each side of the run, two cylinders, divided longitudi-
nally, are placed. A piston, connected with the engine—
which is a semi-rotatory one, and the action of which is
perfectly direct—works alternately through the divided
portion of the cylinder, forcing the water astern. On
the piston returning, the water is forced through the other
portion of the cylinder.—thus keeping up a continual di-
rect action, without disturbing the_surface of the water.

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CORONER'S INQUESTS.—The following inquests were
held before the borough coroner in 1845:—Found drowned,
26; accidentally drowned, 10; burnt, how took fire no
evidence, 15 ' • accidentally killed, 133 ; want of proper
assistance at birth, 2; visitation of God, 159; died from
injuries, how received no evidence, 26; suicide whilst in-
sane, 14 ; still born, 13 ; accidentally scalded, 14 ' • acci-
dentally overlain, 28 ; suffocated, by what means unknown,
8; accidentally choked, 2; accidentally burnt, 30;
slaughter, 10; hydrophobia, 2 ; accidentally suffocated,
9; accidentally poisoned, 3; apoplexy from drinking, 7 •,
chance medley, 4; want of food, 1 ; felo de se. 2; w
murder, 3; exposure to cold, 1 ; venereal disease, 1 ;
total, 523;

EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—An in-
quest was held on Saturday before Mr. Curry, the borough
coroner, on view of the body of Richard Carlton, a
carter, who came to his death in the following extra )rdi-
nary manner. A new river wall is in course of e,ertion
at the west side of the Duke's Bank, near the Duke's
Dock, and the hollow behind it is being filled up. On
Friday, deceased brought a load of rubbish in his cart, to
put into the hollow. After it was thrown down, deceased
got into the cart, and the horse turned round towards the
hollow and fell over along with the cart, which in falling
overturned into the water in the hollow which was about
four feet deep. The deceased was thrown under the body
of the cart. Several of the workmen at hand got him out
as quickly as possible, but before he could be extricated
he was drowned. The body was taken to the Southern
Hospital. Verdict " accidental death."

THE ALETHORAMA.—This exhi ition, now to be seen
at the Mu=ic Hall, is one of the most interesting and
amusing—especially for the juvenile portion of the com-
munity—which has visited Liverpool for a length of time.
It consists chiefly of a number of views, beautifully de-
picted, the scenes of which are enlivened by the introduc-
tion of ships, carriages, horses, and upwards of two thou.
sand moving figures engaged in their several pursuits of
p!easure or business. The countenances of the young
spectators beam with delight, and when they witness an in-
cident such as the pelting of snowballs at a figure dressed
as an old gentleman in black by some mischievous boys.
they are convulsed with laughter. The movements of
the figures are extremely well managed, and are hit uff to
the life. The evolutions of the automaton figures on the
slack rope are equally entertaining, and are performed
with a grace and correctness we have never seen sur-
passed.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A report was pre-
sented, acknowledging the services rendered by the Form-
by life-boat to the ship Susannah Cumming, which
grounded on Mad Wharf, on the 20th instant. Seven-
teen persons were taken off the wreck. The zeal dis-
played by the crew of the life-boat was exceedingly praise-
worthy.—A list of the staff of officers necessary for the
working of the south and south-east stacks of warehouses
was read, from which it appeared that sixty-six officers
were to be appointed to various departments, at a cost of
£6,400 per annum. Mr. Wood said he wished to 'lake a
statement relative to 'the Birkenhead Commissioners.
He attended their last meeting, and was exceedingly gra.
tified at the proceedings that had taken place in connec-
tion with the various important measures for which they
were about to apply to parliament. They had abandoned
the idea of making landing-places at the Manchester
Basin. the Chairman having expressed his confidence in
the willingnessjof the Dock Committee to do every thing
that was required as regarded the landing-stages. In re-
ference to what had been stated as to the refusal of the
Birkenhead Commissioners to meet the Chairman of the
Dock Committee, he had spoken to the Chairman of the
Commissioners on the subject, and he denied that any
thing of the kind had ever been said. They were per-
fectly willing to meet the Dock Committee on any occa-
sion when requested. The matter had arisen out of Mr.
Aikin saying, in Council, that the Commissioners would
not meet the. Chairman of the Dock Committee. The
Chairman regretted Mr. Aikin was not present to give
some explanation. lie (Mr. B. Moore,) bad never had
the honour of meeting the Birkenhead Commissioners,
but sl far as he was concerned. he had said, in reference
to the subject alluded to by Mr. Wood, that he had no
wish to stand in the way of the interests of the Dock
Estate, if his conduct did not meet with approval. A let-
ter was read from Mr. Cubitt, stating that the work con-
nected with the landing state, was progresang rapidly.