The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-01 00:00:00

Dec. 1, 1846.

IMMENV ANN.

Major Symons and Lieut. Carter. Notwithstanding
efforts of the engines, the flames rose to a fearful he
and the greatest apprehensions prevailed. It was st
by our contemp,rary on Wednesday that 14 barrel
gunpowder were taken from the premises. This was
the case. There were, however, 91 lbs. of powde
an adjoining liuhay, but that was removed to a I
of safety before the flames were visible. The en
continued to play until three o'clock on Tuesday In
lug, when the fury of the flames so far abated as to rel
the apprehensions of its extending to the neighbou
buildings. The fire, however, was not completely 0
guished until Wednesday forenoon. The pulice and sold
throughout the lengthened period they remained on
ground, behaved in the most creditable manner, and
dered important service by their exertions. The dan,
done is very considerable ; probably not less than Xi
or £BOOO worth of property, however, have been either
jured or consumed. Before the fire there was in Mes
Piimsauls' shop, goods to the value of about £3l
this was all destroyed. The Messrs. Plimsaul are,
cured on their stock in the Norwich Office at £2OOO.
premises, the property of Mr. Thomas Cater, is coral
rely gutted ; Mr. Cater is insured in £7OO in the LO,Ol
Exchange Office. The house of Mr. Watts and Mr..;
kett adjoining, were also considerably damaged.
Watts' house and stock were both insured ; the din!
to Mr. Tuckett's property has been estimated at £P
he is insured in the County Office. The more roll
neighbours, Mr. Wilton, tailor, Mr. Brooking's str
bonnet manufactory, Messrs. Woolf, pawnbrokers,:
Weeks, milliner, were also sufferers by damage of 9
property in its hurried removal, &c. In estimating
loss of Nlessrs. Plimsaul, the loss sustained by thel
terruption of their business must be taken into aceo°
as an important item. This disastrous fire has fueiasr
a practical test of the value of Milner's Patent Slid
Chest. About one o'clock it was discovered that
books of account, and other important documents of
house, which were kept in one of these Chests, were Pirisl
served uninjured by fire or water; while a large iron 4
of the old construction, which had been surrounded
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a brick wall, had had its door forced by the heat.
the books been in it, they would have been consumed'

REMARKABLE AND LATEST PERVERSION/1

ROMAN ISM

(From the Church and State Gazette.)
We believe we may state with confidence that a lin
politan daily morning newspaper is about to pass into
hands of the Romanists, and that a distinguished Itt/
Catholic peer, resident in a midland county, will be oriev
the principal proprietors. The journal alluded tti,
passed through the dark ways of the Romanisersi,;
emerged into the equally dark paths of the Romantri
here are cause and effect. Mr. Faber has already toll,
that no honest Tractarian can stop short of Rome.
impetus down once yielded to, the descent continues
the victim is plunged into the mire : as with person%
with the press : from playing with Popery they get tot;
fess it. However this may be, we leave it to our ri
daily morning contemporaries to enlighten the worklf,
this last curiosity of perverted literature. The
Herald, Chronicle, Daily News and Morning Postboi
all peculiar sources of information from which they ji
draw instruction for the public ; and as the latter 11;
enjoys the renown (whether well deserved or not, we d°i,
pretend to say) of having, on the occasion of public:tti
the only elaborate report of the porn ps and vanities en7i
at the recent opening of the Earl of Shrewsbury's ft°,r
Catholic chapel at Cheadle, sent some hundreds of it!"
pies to his lordship at Alton Towels, we look to it as Pt
sessing advantages whereby it may outstrip its contemn
raries in affording to the public the intelligence desire'''

DEATH FROM STARVATION

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE PAROCHIAL AVI

RITIES OF MA RYLEBONE.
On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Mills. one of the Lte
don coroners, resumed an inquest, adjourned froo,,
day week, on the body of Louisa Mordaunt, aged tbif
five.

The Coroner stated that, when the jury viewed the
on Friday, they imagined that the deceased was art
years of age ; but they were much astonished upon $r
taming that she was only thirty-five. Upon further,
quiry it was shown that the deceased, her mother
sister, who lived together, had been without food, 11,
out fire, and without clothing. The inquest was adjorri
to afford an opportunity to the parochial officers t?io
plain how the family were left in that destitute concl'i
and in order that some little relief might be obtaioe,
the survivors. In conclusion, the coroner asked Ail
kenzie, the summoning officer, if he had inforn
parochial authorities of the destitute condition 01
family ?

Mackenzie replied in the affirmative.
Mary Ann Mordaunt examined.—Deceased
sister, and expired suddenly during her absence
18th instant. Deceased, witness, and their morber..,
together at 93, Crawford-street. Witness went 0"
needlework un the morning of the 18th, leaviloi
sister in bed, and upon her return in the afternoon,
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her dead. They had neither a sufficiency of food, C'c'tis
nor firing. Witness sometimes earned 35., at other ft
25., and is. a week. Her mother had 2s. 6d. a week
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the parish, out of which they paid 2s. 3d. a week re of
By the Coroner.—They were totally starved. Her p,
who had been for months unable to work, °col,"
earned sixpence a week. They sometimes got a 11,1(
bread from the workhouse. On one occasion Mr•ll
sun, the relieving officer, said to her, " Mind, I bp,B
with you; no more relief will be granted you. ji
fretted her much. On another occasion her de,(l)
sister, after having been kept waiting at the worlt
from 9 a. m. to five p. m., was sent away.unrelievea',l
told the workhouse authorities they were starving
the authorities refused any further relief unless theld
into the workhouse. Since Friday last no one 0004
them from the workhouse, nor did they receive sol
from it.

Mr. Harding, surgeon, detailed the result of tbe.
mortem examination, which distinctly proved alio
ceased died from starvation,
Mr. Merson, with several other parochial officers
that they had acted in compliance with the regulatio'
the workhouse.

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The jury, after hlf an hour's absence, banded tf
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coroner the following verdict :—" That the deatb_4
ceased was caused by the want of the commonest 1370,4
ries of life, and that they regretted that the Paii,
authorities of the parish of Marylebone had not ea
sufficient diligence in scrutinising the wants of deCe:o
The foreman said that they equally regretted tPor
authorities had paid no attention to the wantsh4
ceased's family since last Friday, although on toi
their attention was particularly directed to their L'''"
condition by the coroner and jury.

STATE OF TRADE

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MAteceESTER.—We have little alter. tion to notice iiof our market, the depression under which it has labs
the last three weeks still continuing; and from the P'-e
cumulation of stocks, we see little chance of an 011
before Christmas, unless the system of short time in
be more generally adopted, or an increased demarit;,
however, we are scarcely sanguine enou h to anticipa
arise. Generally speaking, the prices of both yarn Iw,
have had a downeard tendency, and in some few caseo
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prices than our quotations may have been submitted Ivo
these instances the sales have not been effected by tdt
manufacturers, who of course are better able to hold alio
than those of more limited capital. Although the
the Indian mail have given a favourable report of Noe
yarn, still we note no improvement in the demand 4.1
following are the prices :—A-inch 60 reed printers, Aeitse
44d; 26-inch 66 ditto, at 45 6d to 4s 8d: 27-inch 66 " 66
6d to ss; 27-inch 72 ditto, at 55 4e.i to 5s 9d; 34-inch ,
"
at 55 to Os ; 36-inch 66 ditto, at rs3dto Os ; 35-inch Pi'
Os to 7s; 36-inch shirtings in proportion ; 49-inch
shirting-, 60 reed, at 7s ed to 8s; ditto, 66 reed, at 85
3d : ditto, 72 reed. at es dd to los • mule yarn, No• 4 or
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to Old; No. 55's, at lid to 'lid; No. 70's, at 4.fitt
so's, water twist. 94 to led ; No. 405, 12jd to 13}d Perdl
ROCHDALE.—We have had a dull market to-day, '051,0
no prospect of any improvement. Prices remain 0001. Ar
day. There is nothing to notice in the state of the tyro'
LERDS.—Our markets have been but thinly stroreei
buyers this week and the stocks of goods on hare,,,,;kl
increase. The manufacturers are but partially
many instances; but in others they are well emP,wittii
goods (for which orders have been given) adapted 1,,°, 0,1
rican spring trade. Some purchases have also be' tic?
thin goods for the China and East India markets. oit
whole, we do not think our trade is much worse tb56,06,0
is at this period of the year. but hopes seem to be leet°,4
than they were a short time, as to any speedy WWI ef 0
BECIEMONDWIK R.—There was ,a ricd attendaneesifie
the blanket market this week, add a pretty good b'' d
but without alteration in prices.
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BRADFORD.—The settlement of long pending t3,„ecle
ences between the woolcombers and their eirP'"'or‘,
Keighley district. caused more Woke's in the earl/ rie°7l'
week, but we have not heard of any extended opera Ole;
supply of Wool in the market generally is a full a_viDoli,j
time of the year, but not so abundant as t".Y., bor.or
Noils and Shorts are dull of sale, and late Prices
ported.—The demand for Yarns for home Co"'s ca
very steady, but the absence of the export boue
dulness. The present market prise of Verne Is 90 1.9
a the cost producing them, that spinners generally hl", ,
the expedient of working short time. There is an eV
nees in the Piece merkrt, and the menufacturefea
reason to complain. Prices are extremely low, but
are by no means heavy. Heavy and double worsted,
are slightly improved in demand, but prices are no
HUDDERSFIELD.—We do not expect to have 800
our market before the new year. This week Wei 0
very flat one. There are, however, indications °I",
state of things in spring.
HALIFAX.—This week a rather better feeling ha
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felted in the Hall, but not many more goods have.,
prices continue unimproved. The sales have been
in fancy goods for the American market, and the, f
that quarter a:e more cheering. The demand Pot ,
coming more and more limited, and the spinner' oft
more lessening their production. In the Wool "19_,,t
are very cautious buyers, and prices remain with. or 61
In Short Wools but little is doing, and prices are "0
stocks in the hands of the staplers are light. ded
LEICESTER.—There is no improvement in the 00,40
our last report. Every one is acting with great 1,0,
chant, dealer, and manufacturer confine theirtee 'lO/
present wants. The great and continued fall in
deel
during the last two months will, it is feared, leL ed,fki
tion in the value of money, which will be attend
prejudicial to trade. There is but little doing in oe'
is no alteraton in the va'ue of Yarn ; the WI 4 1, ~
that the demand is dull.

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Norrixonam.—The condition of the cotton -pr
anyof its branches, whetherwrought. cut. up, (0,404
has not mended. The drawer and pantaloon "tpti
extremely dull. The silk glove trade is in mu 1) j 0 ,f •
The lace trade, both bobbin and warp, continnOceolf
pressed state. In despite of this, machines still I'o9 f
the reveal „,p,;„ I

and what is more suri
the exportation of machinery, not more than
lace machines have been shipped fr,,m Great 13
in raising the duty from 15 to as per cent., ha
conraged smiths, that they make their own macp
the Nottingham smiths have two estabiishro,
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change is taking place in that country as res Pei,

lace trade. Hitherto, evely attempijt;lniro°`
net machine into Lyons has been abortive, hue
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76. inch machines are bought up in great nun' I;
and sent to the south of France; whilst other
12 to 14 quarters wide, are built to replace the o, p
are informed that a 20-point machine has been
in England is a 16-point machine.