The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-07 00:00:00

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Lord John Manners has presented £lO to the Licensed
Victuallers' Society.
On Monday, Mr. A. Sharpe, brewer and spirit dealer,
put an end to his existence by cutting his throat whilst he
was labouring under temporary insanity.
The screw steam-ship Sarah Sands left the Mersey for
New York on Friday ; and the steam-ship Britannia sailed
for Halifax and Boston on Saturday.
011 Wednesday, a drunken sailor attempted to cut his
throat with a chisel, in a yard in Dale-street. He was
taken to the hospital, and remains there in a violent state
of mind.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday morning, a woman
named Leigh was called into the house of a neighbour in
Pembroke-street, to assist in a confinement. She had
BcareelY entered the house before she fell down a corpse.
SHOCKING DEATH.—On Monday, about noon, a man
lard Thomas Carter, after getting his dinner, sat down
sit.reli,ine-kiln of Messrs. Troughton, in Hill-street, to
is DiPe. In about half-an-hour after he was found
• qmote dead from the fumes of the kiln.
xesns Wednesday week the men in the employment of
were
rs. Richardson, tailors, Lord-street, fifty in number,
,regaled by an excellent entertainment at the Pine
Apple, Park-road, in honour of the marriage of Mr. R.
Richardson, of that firm.
At the thirtv-sixth public performance of the Liverpool
Festival Choral Society this (Tuesday) e vening, Handel's
oratorio Judas Maccabeus will be performed with a full
orchestra, powerful and effective chorus, and efficient vo-
. ualists.

ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS.—A rumour is current
that several more Roman Catholic Bishops are to be ad-
ded to the body in England, and that Liverpool and Man-
chester are each among the places to which a new bishop
Will be appointed.
A vessel has just arrived here with 16 baskets and 4
barrels of oranges from Pernambuco. Oranges from
South America are rather uncommon ; and the present
arrival, when there is not an orange in the market, is
remarkable. _ _ .

FIRES.—On Wednesday a fire broke out on the pre-
mises of Messrs. Maddy, cigar makers, College-lane, bnt
it was soon put out.—On Monday, some furniture in a
dwelling-house in Back Bolton-street, Edge-hill, acciden-
tally took fire, but it was extinguished before the arrival
of the engines.
It is a most gratifying proof of the increase of the com-
merce of this port, even under unfavourable circumstances,
that the Town Dues show an increase of £12,000 on the
year ending August 31st, 1847, in comparison with the
preceding twelve months. They have this year produced
£92,000, whilst last year they only produced £BO,OOO.
Mr. Bremner has been singularly successful in all his
rindertaldngs of a similar kind. He has now raised no less
than 200 submerged vessels. Some time ago he succeeded
in saving a cargo of Swedish iron belonging to
Messrs. Jevons and Sons, of Liverpool, from on board a
vessel sunk in deep water on the coast of Scotland. _
An impudent robbery was committed on the Bo. Ale
road last week. A gentleman, after descending from the
'buss, was knocked down in the presence of
the
aPareL
passen-
gers; his watch was wrested from his pocket, n
villain made his escape in the direction of thes„anal, the
Passengers all the time quietly looking on ! This is one
of the coolest highway robberies within our memory.
HORRIBLE MASSACRE. —The master and part of the
crew of the English brig Avon, from Liverpool, have been
murdered by the Indians, on the banks of the Santa Cruz,
L'i? the coast of Patagonia. The Avon proceeded from
t Iver Pool for Patagonia in search of minerals ; and while
them
re the Indians went on board the vessel and murdered
aster and part of the crew.
ATAL ACCIDENT.—A person named Joseph Sutcliffe,
°llO went
Sundaoary weeke on bd th Abbe
the purpose lying in Victoria
-uock, on , forof viewing the
vessel, fell into the hold as he was walking along between
haeceKs• When taken up he complained of a pain in the
l. k, and was unable to walk. In this state he was car-
iedtovve to the Northern Hospital, where, in spite of the care
ue!d on him, he died.
~yrileEs IN 1846 AND 1847.—The highest price of Eng-
;Zen 111.er in the Liverpool market on September 4, 1846,
Per busl de; Per bushel ; malt, 645. per uarte ; oats, 4s. 6d.
ld. per rn",,,' AMerican flour, 28s. per barrel; potatoes, 3s.
per bushelaurae• On the 3rd Sept., 1847, wheat, Bs. 2d.
t 705. per quarter; oats, 3s. 6d. per bushel;
American
flour, 28s. -per barrel; potatoes, 3s. 10d, per
measure.
-5.....1NQE5T.—0n Saturday, an inquest was held before
Ir• Curry, on view of the body of John Tester, a porter,
fiwho lived in Hodson-street. He had been ill and con-
ned to his room for about a week, with swelling of his
legs, of which alone he complained. On Thursday even-
ing a great alteration was observed in him, and he died
soon after. On a post mortem examination, it was found
that the cause of death was ossification of valves of the
heart, the result of natural causes.
ITOUSEOWNERS' GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—The third an-
nual meeting of this society took place at the Brunswick
Hotel, on Wednesday last,—William Walthew in the
chair,—for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing
year. From the report it appeared that the society was in
a very favourable position. The accounts were passed
unanimously. Other business having
.been disposed of,
the operations of the past year were reviewed by the chair-
man, who expressed a hope that the support which the
-society had hitherto received would increase for the future.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, a skip filled
with rubbish was being hoisted up from the " eye ' of the
tunnel at Freemasons'-row, Vauxhall-road, when in con-
sequence of its catching against the side of the shaft, a
large lump of clay fell out, and in its descent struck a
Viler, named Peter Carter, who was standing on the shaft
rirectlY under the skip, on the back of the neck, forcing
.ra down .
in his fall his head came in violent contact
the rails of a tram road made in the tunnel, by which
tiesoorat4ined a severe cut on the side of the head and died
themdoaoge,etr• Deceased had been frequently cautioned of
O standing under the skip during the ascent.
`The OErs,
last - FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.
spacious an; show of the season took place on Thursday. A
Zn Which—arquee was erected at the back of Hamer's Hotel,
There the •
wa„ bilious flowers and plants were exhibited.
pally, an,' a fashionable, although not a numerous, com,
" amongst the parties present we noticed the
l/. owing
:----Thomasßoskell, Esq., Joseph Penlington, Esq.,
Tarlrier nby,
Es
,I_2. Mrs. G. Lynch, Miss Simpson, Miss
Inight°ll, "e. The exhibition was quite equal to what
l'here "aye been expected at this season of the year.
Plants was a good display of dahlias and fruits, but the
some aid not exhibit anything worthy of remark, athough
Etnhjery fair specimens were brought forward. Mr.
to th s band was stationed on the green, and added much
c amusement and pleasure of the. company.
.4,I:aMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.—The advices of the Ist
e;t tit from Boston, by the steam-ship Cambria, may be
syrcred to arrive on Monday next. The packet-ship
rkshire is now due from New York. Probably the
itrobria will bring accounts of a battle between the
tarixelseaa and American troops. Many of our contempo-
derahihroughout the country we perceive, placed consi-
joo e reliance upon the reports current in the American
pea e,
last received that an engagement had already taken
t',l_?, and that the capital had been invested. Our readers
con pie !icarcely be informed that those statements are as yet
we aPrietelY premature ; and until the arrival of the Cambria
not likely to receive any later advices from Mexico,
erenl
fia,37 the West India mail steam-ship Great Western.
t almost due at Southampton on her return from her
nrst run to that quarter.
Thno is splendid but somewhat
THE GREAT BRITAIN
011 Ihe gridiron of the
Unfortunate steam-ship
Prince's Dock, where she is hewing thorouablv inspected,
done to
not only as regards the damage which 'Anti" 1,"
aPi and
her exterior plating, but also as regards the sZ.II
durability of her hull and framework ; and ir
pleasure to be enabled to state, upon the autnorg:ves us
y of
• most experienced engineer, that so far everything ha:
appeared most encouraging for the owners. She is quite
' -safe and sound in her hull and frames, not being shaken,
strained, nor indicating in the slightest degree anything
that would lead to the supposition that her back had been
Injured whilst imbedded in the sands of Dundrum Bay.
Indeed it is our opinion, and that of many others who
witnessed the position which the noble vessel occupied in
buttiunedrum, that even her sheeting would have been but
injured had it not been for the "penny wise and
Pound foolish" system adopted at first, while the vessel
iirFsnulender the command of Captain lksken. We allude
injudicious manner in which the coals were thrown
hider
f tons and weights.
Set
ciDE,—On Saturday, an inquest was held before
was, Curt; 37, on view of the body of John Sykes, who
about Itv? learn, a traveller in the hardware line, and of
went t °rtY-flve years of age. It appeared that deceased
e,eic, the White Bear Inn, in Dale-street, on Friday
and fote stop during his stay in the town. Between three
rangon.the morning of yesterday week, he
Went tosiu.edroom bell violently. The boots of the inn
rfound him still pulling the bell. He
'Pus it n a Vas of gin ;l but the bar being locked at that
upold not be got. He drank very hard all that
xuesdj and liext day, and did not leave his room. On
-Y
the soon) evening he requested the boots to sleep in the
e boot , and he complied. On Wednesday he
.asked
midi'e s to.get him three ounces of laudanum, which he i
be as in the habit of taking, especially after he had
tpeist:lwkihng• The man procured one. ounce from a
onts) , 0 told him to administer sixteen drops. .He
i.neLeeasetr'pixteen drops into a glass, and offered it to
,74e it R' Rho declined it at the time, saying he would
'matainin-eri be wanted to go to sleep. He left the bottle,
o'clock thg the remainder, in the room. About eleven
I)eeeßsed at night, boots went to bed in the same room.
'walked
„,_waa then in bed, :but got up soon after and
When 11`.%ualit the floor until five o'clock next morning,
the lattel! attendant went down stairs. At ten o'clock
but 504„4,,N,r1it to ask him if he would have breakfast,
Went o„,"u him asleep. At one in the afternoon he again
vtbe fa4' and 'hied
landlordeceased
was lying
ed, and on his backdec, black in
t'oeased was
'aiding h. e insensible. A surgeon was called, who,
det 141 i dying state, applied the stomach-pump,
out ected thedecoy_ presence of laudanum from the smell ;
'ue operaieou did not rally, and died in three hours after
4" found 11: The bottle that contained the laudanum
gutatS. I.,..(ente empty—also the glass drained of its con-
of' 1?oots said that he had never thought decesed
e bad h mlod, except that he was affected by drink.
dsito_.een remonstrated with several times in the house
refit g go
S.ed to L,- much, and spirits had been several times
„„-"s` urn, staTra• M. Cauty, the surgeon who had attend-
-Ised 4.;ed that lie had no doubt but that death was
short laudanum. The inquest was adjourned for
It the, :,4_ll_4z in order that any of the dereased's friends,
all Mind; `,it,t_ta be found, might depose to the state of his
statea; son, and two other witnesses appeared. They
fits of devuonatde;
cyw.as subject to drinking, and after it to
returned
Tbejure, after some consultation,
ed hitn4virdtct to the effect that deceased had destroy-
ellaPoZyl. laudanum, while labouring under
uisamtY.