The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

Jan. 6, 1846.

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Yr. Perry, of Tranmere, has paid to the Birkenhead
Dispensary the sum of £5O, to secure to the poor of
Tranmere fm ever the benefits of that institution.
On Wednesday last, George Corfield, car-driver to G.
A. Green, was fined 40s. and costs, for driving furiously
clown Bold-street the preceding day.
Baas ix WINTER.—On Christmas-day, a sworm of
bees were seen sporting in the sunshine at Charleton, in
the Fylde, as if it had been a summer's day.
The screw auxiliary steamer Massachusetts arrived
here on Wednesday, after a run of twenty days from New
York.

On New Year's day Messrs. Bennion and Healey,
zoachbuilder, Berry-street, treated their workmen to a
sumptuous dinner in a room handsomely decorated for
the occasion.

On
Wednesday, Mary Jones was fined 40s. and costs
for illegally pawning a waistcoat, worth £l, with which
she was intrusted by her lodger, William Owens, who
had left her house for a few weeks.
Government has directed Mr. Rushton to investigate
and report upon all the circumstances attending the emi-
grants who have been so much distressed by the condem-
nation of the American ship Robert Isaacs.
The coroner's inquest on the bodies of the persons
killed by the bursting of a steam-engine boiler at Bolton,
has terminated in a verdict of manslaughter against Mr.
Kitts, one of the proprietors of the mill.
A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against
the driver of the Blackburn and Preston coach which
was recently overturned, and by which one of the pas-
sengers was so much hurt that he died a few days since.
I he driver was intoxicated at the time.
BURNING OF A COTTON MILL.—On Friday afternoon,
about five o'clock, an alarm of fire was given in Manches-
ter, which proved to be at a cotton mill in Peter-street,
Knott-mill. The entire property (a mill of considerable
size) was completely destroyed. Scarcely a vestige of
anything was saved. The value of the property destroyed
is estimated at about £lO,OOO.
ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CIIIIRCII-STREET.—The
performances this week have been the " Pickwick Club,"
with the inimitable Sam Weller of Mr. W. J. Hammond,
and the Christmas Pantomime. The houses have been
full ones, and the applause of the right hearty kind which
John Bull loves to give to favourites deserving of his ap-
proval.

On Saturday evening a Welshman was " done " out of
£3O by the old horse-trick. He was met in Great
Charlotte-street by a man whom he had never seen before,
and who induced him, for the promise of a sovereign, to
buy for him a horse for the amount, from a " gentleman
on the opposite side of the street. He bought the horse,
and when he had paid the money the other negociator had
decamped, and he was left with an animal only worth the
price of his skin.
The leading nobility and gentry connected with the
county of Chester have unanimously come forward to pro-
vide an institution for the refuge of juvenile offenders,
with a view to their reformation. The Marquis of West-
minster and Mr. Wibraham Egerton have respectively
given donations of £lOO, and the Marquis of Cholmonde-
ley, Lord de Tabley, Mr. .1. Tollemache, M. P., and Mr.
George Wilbraham, are each donors to the amount of £5O.
Mr. Tatton Egerton, M. P„._ contributes £25.
FATAL A CCIDENTS.—A few days since a child named
Callow, sixteen months old, at Bridge-place, Bridge-
water-street, was smothered in his cradle, by the clothes
Lavin in some way got over his head.—On Friday, Thomas
Roberts aged 37, fell down stairs, and died the same af-
ternoon, of concdssion of the brain.—On the same day,
a child named Aaron, in Back Berry-street, died from
having, a fortnight previous, had a tumbler of hot water
accidentally spilled over it.—On Tuesday, a female named
Marigold, in Henry-street, died of injuries received from
a full down stairs.
TBE ATRE- ROYAL, W ILLTAMSON-SQUARE.--ThegraCe-
ful performances of the Viennoises Danseuses at this
theatre, with the excellent acting of the company and the
attraction of the pantomime have continued throughout
the week to attract excellent and fashionable audiences.
We observe that the manager is about to give a series of
juvenile nights, which will enable the rising generation to
witness the frolics of the clown and pantaloon and the
graceful evolutions of harlequin and columbine, without
the necessity of being out of their beds at the untimely
bcur at which the performances ordinarily close.
DON'T LETC lIILDREN PLAY WITH LUCIFER MATCHES.
—Not vitlistandizg the many warnings which have been
put torch of the poisonous qualities of these matches, a
child, at Little Dewchurch, was, on Saturday week, suf-
fered to possess himself of some. He swallowed a portion
of the phosphorus, and expired shortly afterwards in great
agony- A factory, at Blackburn, was nearly set on fire,
the other day, by a little boy who was playing with lucifer
matches. The dreadful event which occurred a short
time since,
farm were near Norwich, when the outbuildings of a
destroyed, and three children burnt, in conse-
quence of a servant having given them lucifer matches to
Play with, will be fresh in the recollection of most of our
readers.

SHIPLAUNCFI.—On Thursday, a ship was launched
from the building-yard of Mr. Thomas Royden, Baffin-
street. She is built expressly as a packet to
long,
trade
be-
tween this port and Valparaiso, is 113 ft. 2 in. beam
26 feet 5 inches, and depth of hold 18 feet. Though the
wind was high at the time of the launch, not the least da-
mage was sustained by the vessel, nor was there any loss
of the trappings which accompanied her. After a beauti-
ful launch the vessel was towed into No. 4, Graving
Dock. She will be commanded by Mr. Richard Bartlett,
who together with his consin, Mr. John Bartlett, are the
sole owners of the vessel. The cabins are fitted up in a
most superior style, and she appears every way adapted
for the trade.
Dock COMMITTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday,
'on the recommendation of the Sub-committee of Works,
it was agreed to close up the west entrance to the Victo-
ria Dock. The Marine Surveyor reported thatthe North-
west Formby Light-ship broke from her moorings during
the gales of the 23d instant, owing to a flaw in one of her
chains ; no difficulty was, however, occasioned, as she
was moored again the following morning. Thomas
Charnley was appointed to the situation of Dock Master
to George's Dock. A plan of a steam-engine for ship-
ping timber, the invention of Mr. Jones, wasbt onthe
table for the inspection of the members, n proceed-
ings took place in reference to it. The other business was
unimportant.
t IN QO ESTS.—Three inquests were held on Friday—the
first on the body of Thomas Highdale, an extra tide
waiter, who was pitched into the water from the deck of
the Douro, on Saturday last, then lying in the basin of
the George's Dock, by the roughness of the weather.
Be was taken out immediately after, and conveyed to the
receiving house, where he rallied so far as to be able to go
home in the course of the same evening, but he became
worse subsequently, and died on Thursday. The second
was on the body of Eleanor Harris, aged three and a half
months, who was overlain by her mother, while in a state
of intoxication, on Wednesday last, at 15, Gerard-street
The third was on the body of a passenger, name unknown.
who died on board the Mayflower, from New York, on,
Monday last. The cause of death, as it appeared from a
post morlem examination, was disease of the lungs and
rupture of the blood vessels of the lungs.
WEST DERBY UNION, TUESDAY.—It appeared from
the relieving officer's accounts that during the last quar-
ter he had disbursed amongst the out-door poor of the
union, resident therein, for the several townships, as
follows :
West Derby .. £249 6 0 Lunt ,,
Everton
Walton..
Bootle
Fszakerley .... 12 11 0 Thornton 318 0
Kirkby l2 16 0 Childwall ...... 2 562
12 6
Aintree. . . 119 6 Allerton
Great Crosby .. 12 5 0 Garston ..
Little Crosby .. 17 15 6 Wavertree
Ince Blundell .. 19 19 0 Kirkdale 42 10 6
Litherland .... 5 6 6 Toxteth-park 515 12 6
A letter was read from Mr. Christopher Watson, rate-
book clerk of Toxteth-park, complaining that the overseers
had kept from him, within the last eight days, certain
books which he required in the execution of his duties.
A motion was carried to the effect, that the overseers be
requested to state, in writing, to the board, their reasons
for withholding the books.
THE "MONSTER TWELFTH CAKE NIGHT."—MESEYS,
Feeney Brothers, of 20, Berry-street, (and also of St.
James'-street and South Castle-street,) have, at this
anniversary of old English festivities, produced another
Twelfth Night Cake, which they please to denominate a
" monster "; but we must demur to the nomenclature,
excepting in so far as it is huge in size ; for it is rich in
material, beautiful and attractive in design, and altogether
so inviting and irresistable, that, saving in bulk, it par-
takes of nothing of that repulsive property which apper-
tains to veritable " monstrousity." It is compounded, in
fact, of the most delicious ingredients; baked, we
believe, in pieces (for no oven yet constructed could
receive it entire,) and soldered together with molten
sugar, so as to form one immense whole. To view this
cake properly one must stand at a considerable distance,
and, even then, a telescope or an opera glass would
be no bad auxiliary to descry its proportions and minutiaee.
It is not less than one ton in weight ; is 18 feet 5 inches
in circumference, and 2 feet in depth. In the centre
stands a magnificent tower, of the Chinese or composite
eastern character, crimson without, and resembling ivory
in the interior, colums, and archwork. This is 5 feet 10
inches from the base to the surmounting banner, and is
enlivened by figures and groups, in diversified costume,
all in the richest confectionary, yet bearing the semblance
of life. The summit of the " mountain" cake, is covered
with numerous figures, Cupids, Venuses, dancers, with
wreaths, &n., &c. ; and above all, be it remembered—
especially by young men and maidens—that the real value
is not exterior. Within the cake, which is to be cut up
THIS DAY,---" the great, the eventful day"—big with the
fate of those who aspire to connubial felicity—there are
cunningly deposited by the " Gipseys of Norwood" twelve
solid gold rings, each having its distinctive virtue, to
secure felicity to the fortunate purchaser of the portion
containing it ! Messrs. Feenl have already greatly con-
tributed greatly to the delight of Twelfth-night parties on
the two last anniversaries, by this innocent and laughter-
exciting device ; and the extraordinary value of the rings
on this occasion, induced by the former patronage which
their former efforts have commanded, will, we doubt riot,
ensure them proportionate encouragement on this occa-
sion. The whole cake is in truth "doomed" to be speedily
sold to thousands of customers, and we advise all love-sick
youths and damsels to make early application lest they
be disappointed in obtaining their wished-for share. On
each side of the "great cake" there stands a splendid
tower of sweets, 5 feet 5 inches in height, and the whole
Is spanned by a gorgeous triumphal arch, enriched with
wreaths of flowers and supported by goddesses. Immense
crowds have already thronged the shop, and the street op-
posite the window. The quality and elegance of the ge.
neral confectionary, &c., around, is also great, including
four vases of wax fruit, admirably executed, and coloured
nature. The devises in gas are also loyal, beautiful, and
pproprista.