The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-08 00:00:00

lighting and watching of the township. John E. Higgins,
Esq., occupied the chair. Mr. William Waring Perrey,
one of the overseers, moved a resolution to the effect,
that the lighting and watching of the township be adopted
agreeably to the provisions of the act 3rd and 4th Wm.
IV., c. 90, and urged, at some length, the necessity of
such a measure. The motion was seconded by Mr.
Stewart. Mr. Mort opposed the motion upon the ground
that Lord Lincoln's amended bill, which would come into
force during the ensuing session, would provide all that
was required. Mr. John Robinson seconded the amend-
ment. The votes were then taken, when there appeared,
for the amendment,-27; for the original motion, 46; but
as the act required that two-thirds of the rate-payers pre-
sent should be in favour of the measure, the original mo-
tion was lost by one. We understand there is some
question as to the legality of the meeting, and this will
form the subject of future inquiry.

SUDDEN DEATFIS.—On Sunday night, Edward Bond,
of Wright-street, Scotland-road, went up stairs intend-
ing to go to bed, when he fell down on the floor, and died
almost immediately. The cause of death was hemorr-
hage, arising from the rupture of a blood-vessel.—On the
same evening, Thomas Lea Waller, a man who lodged at
Mr. Pugh's, publican, Scotland-road, was coming down
stairs, when he fell, and expired in a few minutes after-
wards, the cause of death being apoplexy.—On Tuesday
morning, James Nloorbouse was found lying dead on the
floor of his bedroom. He had been drinking for several
days previously. The cause of death was congestion of
the brain, arising from exposure to cold.—On Saturday
night, Thomas Prince, of Dryden-street, went home ap-
parently in good health, and sat in his chair. Soon af-
terwards he became sick, and died in about ten minutes.
The cause of death was apoplexy.—On Monday evening,
Elizabeth Rimmer was walking along_ Bedford-street,

Toxteth-park, with a relative, when she fell down on hei
face in a state of insensibility. She was taken to Dr.
.
Parsons' surgery, where death ensued shortly after-
wards. The cause of death was pulmonary apoplexy.
CAuTiorr.--On Friday, an elderly man, named John
Jones, was fined £2O by Mr. Rushton, for having brought
a vessel into the port of Liverpool, he not being a pilot
licensed by the Pilots' Committee. The information
was laid under the sth of Geo. IV, sec. 18. William
Jones, a licensed pilot, deposed that he was in No. 10
pilot-boat on the 18th of last month, cruising about out-
side the harbour for ships. Observing a schooner, in-
ward bound, with a quarantine flag hoisted,, which he
mistook for a flag for pilots, he gave chase after her, and
saw a boat put off from the north•west lightship. The
defendant boarded the schooner by means of the boat.
and witness had to board her by force. The defendant
was then in charge, and navigated her up to the quaran-
tine ground. The schooner, which was from Malaga,
and about 60 or 80 tons burtben, touched the ground
twice as she came up the river. The defendant allegedin his defence that he must have something to sustain
animal life, and that he endeavoured to support himself
by bringing small crafts into port. Mr. D. Rowland, of
the pilot's office, said the defendant had been a pilot,
but he was discharged for intoxication, and that it was
not his first offence.