The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

Aug. 10, 1847.

Loral Rtius.

The foundation stone of a new Welsh Chapel, in Gill-
street, in connexion with the Wesleyan Methodist Asso-
ciation, was laid on Thursday.
FOUND DROWNED.—On Tuesday the bodies of two
men unknown were found drowned,—one in the Crosby
Channel, and the other at the North Shore.
The royal mail steam-ship Cambria sailed on Wednes-
day, for Halifax and Boston, with a full complement of
passengers, and specie to the extent of £71,000.
Mr. James Clucas, late master in the merchant service
out of Liverpool, has been appointed harbour-naster of
the port of DouTta, in thp nlarP of Cant. Henry Gill.

ine Birkenhead steam-frigate received her new padd__
her gang of riggers,
box boats on Friday, at Portsmouth, and will sail with
,
for Dundrum Bay, this morning,
calling at Plymouth for some additional men.
_ STATUE OF THE LATE MR. HUSKISSON. - Wooden
boards have this week been erected, and the foundation
'excavated, for t

_ .fle elevation of u monuent, in
the centre of the area before thethis Cusptomblic House,m facing
South Castle-street.
DEAT
H
:.."1 STARVATION

—On Tuesday, Elizabeth

- pitrt, 9 I ell W 1111 C lel I.LI 11
frOfroinnithjPa7isrolffi' cleu7aLend expired. The deceased
Congestion of the lungs, accelerated by the
aut Of food. There was not the least particle of food
in the stomach.
NEw. Court COUNTY COURTS.—The new District County
, for the recovery of debts under £2O, and over
Which Mr. Lowndes presides, will be erected shortly on
the vacant piece of land situated at the corner of Rane-
lagh-street and Lime-street. Spacious shops will be built
on each side of it.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—WhiIe a boy named Sinnett, who
lived with his parents in Marlborough-street was, on
Friday evening, walking along that street, on the footwalk,
a cask fell upon him, when being lowered from a ware-
house, and killed him on the spot. The rope to which
the cask was attached hPd given way, though it appeared
to be strong.
FIRE IN BOLTON-STREET.—On Thursday forenoon, the

premises of Mr. Lupton, flour dealer and baker, Bolton-
street, Copperas-hill, took fire, but by what means could
not be ascertained, and before the progress of the flames

could be arrested, the building, with the stock, was entirely
destroyed. The stock was insured in the West of Eng
land fire-office.
DEATH FROM BURNING
named Catharine S

Ciouta month ago, a child,

44Lutm-putuu, wea lelG In tne Kamen with
little children, and was soon afterwards found sitting in a
chair near the fire, all in ffaiire-§=he contents- of a box
of lucifer matches were scattered about the floor. De-
ceased was much burned, and lingered until Saturday
morning, when she died.

COLLISION ON THE BIRKENHEAD EXTENSION RAIL-
WAY.—On Friday night, an engine coming from towards
the docks with two empty waggons, ran against a ballast
waggon near the corner of Grange-lane, and the conse-
quence was that the wagon was smashed, and the engine
and train thrown off the line.. It fortunately happened
that no person was hurt, nor was the engine much
damaged.

The Times has published a letter from Mr. Lassen, of
Liverpool, who renews his previous statement that he has
discovered a satellite of the new planet Neptune, and says
that this discovery was fully confirmed on Monday morn-
ing last, when, after watching the planet and its supposed
satellite during two hours, he observed that the orbital
motion of Neptune had evidently carried away the satellite
from the position in the sky which it occupied when first
seen.

THE CELLARS.—Active measures have again been com-
menced for clearing out these miserable receptacles of
filth and fever. Upwards of three hundred owners were
on Friday served with the amended notices, requiring them
to alter their cellar property in conformity with the sani-
tory regulations of the borough, or to close them as dwell-
ings ; and it is intended to follow up still more extended
proceedings without intermission, until the nuisance is
permanently abated.
MELANCHOLY DEATH.—Mr. John Gibson, one of Mr.
Nicholson's tableaux vivants, and who may be well known
to the visitors of the Liver during the past three weeks as
thes personator of " Tom Bowling," &c., was bathing at
Ea thorn on Sunday week, when he was suddenly ob-
served to be floating motionless on the water. He was
immediately brought to land, but was discovered to be
quite dead. We believe the cause of death was apoplexy
or congestion of the lungs.
ANALYSIS OF VOTING AT LIVERPOOL ELECTION,
JULY 29TH, 1847 :
Can didates i •
Plump I

Split Votes with

Total

Cardwell.... _. I Birch I Card. I Mack I Man.
Birch...
Mackworth . 1485 I
gill 'I 4119 I I 769 402
• 88 46
Manners.

4119
88 1 769
46 402 , ....- . , ----
_______
Total Persons Voted. 9743.
CRICKET MATCII.—On Thursday, the first match be-
tween the Preston Club and the Liverpool Olympus Club,l.
was played on the ground of the latter, at Liverpool
.
On account of the unpropitious state of the
weather,
the
defeat innings each was played. The game resulted
defeat of the Liverpool gentlemen. Preston went in first,
and scored 79—Liverpool following with a score of 61;
showing a balance of 18 in favour of the former. We
may mention, as most deserving of notice, the playing of
Messrs. Case, Crankshaw, and Grundy on the Preston
side, and Messrs. Robertson and W. Williams on the part
of the Liverpool Olympus.—Preston Pilot.
BAZAAR FOR ST. JAMES'S SCHOOLS.—
St. James's-road was originally endowed by the late Moses
Benson. but it was a boy's school only. The present in-
cumbent of St. James's, the Rev. H. Hampton, has, how-
ever, succeeded in raising the means of adding a girl's
school and an infant school to the establishment; but for
the girl's school a new room is absolutely requisite, and
this it is now proposed to erect over the present building,
by which means more than six hundred poor children can
be accommodated, instead of the present maximum of three
trauutryletetreeddo: * . 1
v.
T til le
GREATgentl eraheiTenho,oafidt in this purpose, a bazaar has been
it is to. be hoped, not only the ladies
out of the wateralsing thbies district will contribute..
of the
last being the day.
appointed for • •
e operations were coin ill-fatedvessel
r to have her
were crowned with perfecint
th
and repaired,
sufficiently high
hull examined _ _ ,
feet, and her keel •
the tide receded worn esouccedoesasb.oust
htwe'ewlin'esor'ealiosecdk,
twoand
rnkotowetrwi teerecl eaacrtiovfel the
ensande When
pairing the damage done to her hull. It is now. cienrtarein-
that this itninense leviathan will be got afloat and off by
the next spring tide. From information obtained on the
spot, we are justified in stating that the vessel may be ex-
apbeoctnetdatomboentihn._doucklB,toern the other side of the Channel, in
wg. CHANGES IN THE MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE.—At a meet-
of the magistrates, held on Thursday, some changes
:e recommended Ellis M
to be made, consequent on the death
hasPt , chief clerk the justices. Mr. Wyberg
office bee to n recommended as the successor to Mr Ellis to the
x4uu bL,
of
chief clerk, at a salary of £6OO per annum, being
ove
prosecutwhat he receives at present. Mr. Jameson,
to the officein g clerk at the Town-hall, has been recommended
of second magistrates' clerk, at a lar
of £4OO per annum
being £2OO a year over whatsa he at preSent receives. Mr. Walter, of the deposition office,
whahas been recommended to succeed Mr. Jameson as prose-
tg clerk, at a salary of £250, being £l2O a year over
what he at present receives. Mr. Tasker has been recom-
mended to be continued in the office of book-keeper, at
esalary increased to £250 per annum. All these
commendations and proposed salaries will have to receive
the sanction of the Council at the next meeting.
DISAPPEARANCE OF A GOVERNMENT TAX COLLECTOR.
—During the past eight or ten days great alarm has been
felt in consequence of the disappearance of Mr. David
Griffiths, .government tax collector, and surveyor of
weights and measures. The receipt for the payment of
the government taxes was held on Tuesday
day last, at the Waterloo Hotel, but tWoleddlets;
h to have
Griffiths was absent. The amount w ,
ierr ouaagrnedt
been paid by him on that isoccasimoin Wstaetdendetsodabye
wbeeteyeant
£BOO and £lOOO. He was seen

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The school in

1 • bearing the p
wrote the letter he
"-• him, been received from
hour's time after he letter
Anglesey,
stating that in an
• land.
treet, and
Griffiths was
would have left the is sineoestti-imenarak
Mr.
Davidat the recent
wife and three or four children.
• from the Corporation, .
the Paving and
has left a
seeking compensation He is married, and
for Everton, and it was
were ewerage Commissioners
sessions, for the loss of his situation under.
the court on that occasion,
Mercury,
up-
wards of .f.,300 per annum.—
INSTITUTION LECTI
TRES.—
stated to
LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE
perceive that the
sea.
that his emoluments
Our readers will be gratified to
of this institution are to be
bee is announced to aep..-
sokthis day.
Mr
j*
Q.
Wetherof lectures on the Glr
near on that evening in a course lectures
Melody.
resumed for the aTuitlius
Man and Italian Schools of Vocal
sic at the Royal
acquired a of the science of music man, we believe, is an American by birth, who has
ingnent e-
Aeadeiny knowledge London, and who, according
htaotStihre Henry
Bishop, is the most promising bass singer t
emy has produced. His course of lectures, expreisaslaysworiiat:
ten for the Collegiate Institution, as traced out
bus which we have seen, will present music to us undvoereaa,
variety of
been
novel aspects • and very few of the many 1
illustrations which Mr IWetherbee introduces have ,
we
PshreolmirlY heard by. the generality of our readers ;feas
and say that he is sure to please both the
nen-Prof ssi 1 •
the season ar:
1 11 be noticed
nee
.public. The other arrangements
who,
we hay most liberal and ample, and s
permitted
this week b e more space at command than is P and we
. _E. Y our local reports.
shedthe followi
n.sc - 1. oP THE 3A3 ru
for
t 'with Mr.
Gypson, oo wesTr!esicileanoui4 of his ascen
Zoological
on
risiagThos.
Gardens. The persons iZthinglit' from
the
fthe aeronaut,
Mr- Loft; and Mr. 4•°°N.----Mr. Luff, jun. has pub-
of Leeds-
street "
of the spectators, both within
Without,my attention
fro m t ble- lel le
agga‘ceda°s:ns si amens, amidsteconsisted
publican,o
the huz pi s
was at first directed to the distrait t of some thousands
of Hymn's bills, until we had ureinagched a considerable
stealheight, when, looking to the eastward, we observed nigh
ing over the eart. Truing to the westward, how
different was the scene! In the distance was the setting
suh, hi all its splendour, while, castingt the eye below the
car, houses, churches, and the 'whole town appeared to be
swiftly receding from us. Indeed the views were, in !1'
csairhcluinitoestaanatcaerse,under which we took our flight, of that
that to b appreciated they must be wit
Ilea-se& In five minutes eafterPassing over Walton,
was
iwiae....eri. ter.ed an
.initnense dark cloPud, when the earth was
"..) discernible ; on emerging again, and opening the
valve to enable Mr. G. to ascertain our locality, we found
we were in the immediate vicinity of the park of Lord
ic.
slmersd le, about two and a half miles from BurscoughQ
fprriodnageL'ivfe°rilpronOlilesrm n •
minutes fronl the time
f r traversing over
several fields, we belonging to ,of
starting.
landing in a meadow
' which r
claaninsekeitwk-'asAantrteavelled in twenty
at st effected a,
d seventeen mile.,
th f 'a
lent his ho
car to
h°;° the and cart to convey the balloon and
Orniskirk." e arm of Mr. Rhodes, who wry kindly

the hustings in Cast"