The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-27 00:00:00

THE STATE OF CRIME IN LIVERPOOL,

Loral ptlus.
trr. Aldermana proctor has consented to become the
I,l;erattli of the Water Committee.
*Fran4lere° •Al• Margoliouth has accepted the curacy of
ho The t until Alecsiah's Church" shall be built.
w° new stearn--ships building for the British and
tanled American Royal Mail Steam Company are to be
on'T'he Asia and the Africa.
St,Mart;u7daY Mr. Cardwell presented a petition from
the _ parish, in this town, against any alteration
pro marriage laws.
IPi9, f 4,1, the let of June, 1848, to the Ist of February,
of beef, the
Meat inspectors of Liverpool seized 24,499 lbs.
roman foinodutton, veal, and pork, which were unfit for
CA.Lirou.
ca the E NIAN GOLD.—There is at present to be seen
laar,tit arl of Derby's estate at Knowsley, a considerable
broiilj°f gold dust imbedded in soil which has been
from California along with some rare trees and
1,0 7,
n,illo 4estlaY a fire broke out on the premises of Mr.
I'ePe ce;', joiner, &e. Bridgewater-street. • The flames
antitaAaguished with' all possible promptitude, but not
Stroyedioiner's shop and stable were almost totally de-
No, The property was not insured.
~°PPort„6AL GUARDS.—We are now about to have an
,utilird:laty of retutning the late visit of the National
'Lain) England, and many hundreds have immediately
ed their wish to join the party, so that it may..hle.
414 loll?" as a "monster deputation" to return the my
St,thel Paid us.
IgentjA" DEaTn.—On Wednesday week, Mr. J. Welsh,
~,`4led ',Zan who we understand, belonged to Preston,
‘Ji.eoptz—.",nly in ea' r. The deceased entered a car near
4reet• and requested to be driven up to Russell-
ear d'uut at the termination of the journey, when the
k bedea"r opened the door to let him out, he was found
4_4 p
wpm Act —At a chapel not a hundred miles from this
112,1 ead"' Where the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel's book is
Publicly at stated periods, a gentleman seeing
PIZ, numbers one evening entering, enquired from the
Tei4l at the door what was going on, when he re-
Oh, following significant but most damning. reply
Sithe r' they are reading Baptist Noel's book , that's
bLintt here now." We need not add a word to this.
FROM SCALDING.—On Wednesday Mrs. Jones,
btott! in Heath-street, Toxteth-park, placed a cup of hot
West," the table (taken from a pan on the fi.re), anen
thethee° the cupboard for some bread to put into wh
fleard a scream, and on looking round saw the cup on
Palle-M. Her infant daughter, 18 months old, had
1462' over, and the contents severely scalded her on
~41—„,ast• She died on Friday.
iCaa BOREALIS.—On several nights last week, par
i-
log°lirhOications the Borealis were seen in s
7ood ;of but their Aurora full beauty was obscured byth the
Play b." According to the Blackburn Standard, the dis-
cart,”„as More brilliant at that town. The frequentre-
k' it,"eca of these lights this winter, has been coupled by
Wh with *the excessive prevalence of wet weather.
wt do our meteorologists say to this ?
Stand ITaiThrring EXCURSIONS TO LONDON, —We We under-
hafr that Mr. Marcus is now making the necessary ar-
itlZaeuts to extend his trip to Paris and Brussels, and,
Wish e°alplete those of his passengers who may have a
s ,
Porten g 0 to either of the above places. will have an
fpr-
,..lll)oolY of doing so in a most comfortablema
back.
from this town to Paris or Brussels and
af„, will certainl be a cheap trip, and no doubt appreci-
'vn hundreds.
the TINED TESTIMONIAL.—We are happy to .
state that
beeeni medal of the Royal Astronomical Society has
Will.awarded this year to our friend and tom?
tobilara Lassen, for his valuable contributicamnsato. that.
science. The president of the society. Sir J. F. W.
deii,:chel, Bart on presenting the medal to Mr. Lassell,
liiihred a long very able address, and remarked
.in
raad„,icamplimentary terms on the valuable discoveries
bat; 03, that gentleman, and on the important improve-
cf in astronomical instruments for which the students
D e science were indebted to him.
op thSTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Wednesday a fire broke out
kt "a, premises of Messrs. Murray and Brown, engineers,te
bpitdLydia Ann-street, by which the whole of the
kittul..ngs and machinery were destroyed, the combustible
all the of the materials and the force of the wind bating
beinge efforts of the fire-engines. Fortunately the exer-
,: of the fire brigade prevented the conflagration from
01.0" g Spread to the neighbouring buildings, in which was
tinirertY of e t value. The origin of the fire is as yet
tionn-"c'wo• The loss is estimated at between £3OOO and
Fu
The machinery was insured in the Manchester
Ofteelhuce for £2000; the building in the Imperial Fire-

mei HOLYHEAD STEAM BOATS.—It appears by an
4 I at statement of the passages made by the Dublin and
efsathead steamers, that the Llewellyn, during the month
betatparY, proved herself on the average to be the fastest
18 ' °Y five minutes, although the number of trips was
,
pas-
t
ag Whilst that of the Banshee was 22. The shortest
or:l'ms made by the Banshee, that vessel having per-
liWihed the distence, in a calm, in six minutes less time
bas: the Llewellyn in a light northerly breeze. The longest
lleale, however, as well as the shortest, was made by the
h-
; the Llewellyn in similar weather, strong gale,
w•, having run across in considerably less time than
• remarkably swift competitor.
CHURCH.—We are glad to learn that a
lice' a most eligible locality in this town, has been
fofly given for this much-desired church ; and we
mIY anticipate the pleasure of seeing, at no distant
Y, the foundation-stone laid for its erection. The Rev.
qargoliouth, who originated the undertaking, is in-
;Fatig Inchable in his exertions, in order to supply the want
a church in Liverpool. He is now delivering a
" of lectures in Clifton on the " History of the Jews
heGreat Britain, since A.D. 1290," the profits of which
dedicates towards the erection of that church. We
Most
seen the syllabus, with which we are much pleased.
i, k•a mst unfeignedly do we wish success to the praiseworthy
4dert g.
NE
V, CHURCH AT WEST DERBY.—A meeting was held
of 4_.tiday, at Mr. John Stewart's office, for the purpose
a ,sking into consideration a mode proposed for erecting
ell'"? church at West Derby, in lieu of the present old
re•urch• The Earl of Sefton occupied the chair. A corn-
titittee was framed to effect the desired object, and hopes
are entertained that the wishes of the meeting will be
re7n d out without calling upon the parish to assist by a
10,v• The scheme is a novel one,—giving the subscribers
re;110 are house-owners, pews in perpetuity ; and to house-
ebhtet,s, freehold pews, with a right of pre-emption in the
the rental
out of a fund to be accumulated from
x,500 was
of pews, by re-payment of the subscriptions.
rOO was subscribed at the meeting.
oecoNsisTENeY.—A deputation from Manchester, the
liefer day, urged the government not to sanction any
,re-
ad to the rate-payers of Liverpool, who were claiming to
tl'els the docks of that port to a share of the parochial
al)l,:Lens ; and they argued that as the docks were service-
tO all the district, as well as to the town, the town
itst should bear all the pauperism caused by the traffic,
th,,, fluctuations, and accidents. The same deputation, at
b- same time, earnestly implored the same government
otelieve them of the expense of supporting the Custom-
th,ll,Be in the " port" of Manchester.
seaTh had asked for
0/;,': establishment, and had accepted it boon, at their
fleharge ; but it was serviceable to the district as well
to Te city itself, and, therefore, the whole country ought
uear the cost. Required : a justification of the two
'teals to government in juxta-position.
See IRON'S NEW WINDOW VENTILATOR.—We have
et: this novel invention in operation at the Roscoe Club
lie ,elsewhere ; and from the neatness and elegance of
ali;",esign, its perfect adaptation to all the purposes for
tie eh a ventilator is required, its simplicity of construe-
tall' and its ease in working, we have no hesitation in
irh;n,g that it is the most ingenious invention of the kind.
ad 'co has yet been brought before the public. It is
fitted to to every form of pane ; and as it forms, when
tio„ed, only a portion of the window, it offers no obstruc-
pet`i,t.o the, light. In the Roscoe Club-room one of these
ivh,",lators; has been fixed in a skylight, a situation in
app.ren Nye. never saw one before. As the season is now
haj,,aehing when ventilation is most required, parties
them° de well to pay Mr. Dixon a visit, and judge for
sold-selves. We understand that these ventilators are
"t touch cheaper than those hitherto in use.
Tt'licitrasTs.—There were no less than seven inquests on
eerlaY• One was on the body of a man named John
ehrlhearn, who was found dead on Monday on board a
4,11„ in Waterloo Dock, bound for New York. The
W"n,(l was on the body of a man named John Wyn, aged
da,vroo had slipped off the parapet and fallen, on 'Mon-
,a'hilst in a state of intoxication. The third was on
di,,,,undV of a man named Patrick Rabbit, aged 57, who
bed from the effects of a fall into the hold of a shop in
Nrettiber last. The fourth was on the body of a pauper,
clol3led Henry Melling, aged 76, who suddenly dropped
*llan dead in the Workhouse on Monday. The surgeon
the° made post mortem examination of the body stated
othercause of death to be a rupture of the aorta. The
tea
three inquests were all on the bodies of children
strn, had been overlain. In these cases the coroner
it as"PY condemned the various burial societies, stating
murder opinion that they held out a premium to child
TAEIII r.
teu, BRUNSWICK CLUB.—The success which has at-
the efforts of Mr. Whiteman to provide
Livutal and
physical desiderata for the young. men of
aaa,,Ll)°ol, exhibits on the one hand the just reward of
ottaZned energy and unstinted capital ! and on the
the -'„„a, Praiseworthy appreciation of individual labours for
leah"wic benefit. The public have really and effectually
tantl'aeded to the call for support in a laudable, and, at the
914 time, a grand experiment, which was to confer on
bteselres unprecedented opportunities of participating
)(lets ran' entertainments and social comforts. The ob-
that ef the Brunswick Club are now so extensively known
eve,,,a,tecopitulation here is unnecessary. It may, how-
Ned °e stated that the club-room has just been re-deco-
nr lib and Painted in a style commensurate with the scale
pro., erality which characterizes all the movements of the
liret'tietor in the management of his club. Arrangements
NitZo believe, in process for establishing seasonable re-
, 1,,-ns and amusements.
illiorci"AZlL/AN AND SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS. —The
ths, btl the Admiralty have accepted the tender made
-g'.°Yal Mail Steam Packet Company for conveyance
„ °gland of the Brazilian and Rio de la Plata mails.
of itarice is to be performed once a month, by means
ede~Nita adePendent line of steamers, either from South-
-oreitt? or Liverpool. The route outwards and home-
*.‘vin Isnot finally determined, but we believe the steamers
c~dEngland will call at Fayal and Madeira, and pro-
-1414 Lnence the Brazilian ports of Para or Maranham
ttSet%sr,ernaombuco, Bahia, and Rio de Janeir3. The
•'lll tou, Post from the time of departure from and re-
lit:l4 30 4ligland will probably be about 74 days, o.ccupy-
he says outwards and 30 homewards, a fortnight or
rtts Ing allowed for preparing replies at the Brazilian
;Itoked The claims of Liverpool have been too often over-
Rmall occasions similar to this, but., we hope that
`l9ai ao,e taken to bring them permanently, before the
at,,,i_g mail Steam Coman who have the option of
either Southampton or or LiverrfoL—ED. L.Sa

The following particulars in connexion with the state of
crime in Liverpool has been submitted to the parochial
authorities of this town by Mr. Rushton, the stipendiary
magistrate, and were read on Tuesday at the meeting of
the select vestry. It will be perceived from this docu-
ment that a very large portion of the aggregate offences
committed in Liverpool during the past year have been
by the Irish :
During the year 1840 the entire number of prisoners
brought before the magistrates was 17,469 ; in 1841,
17,766 ; 1842, 16,580 ; 1843, 15;615 ; 1844, 15,284 ; 1845,
16,743; 1846, 18,171; 1847, 19,719; 1848, 22,036.
The following other returns were also presented to the
committee :

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A return showing the number of persons committed for
trial and summarily convicted for stealing in the town
and on the dock quays during the years 1845, 6,7, and 8 :
—1845, 3,889 ; 1846, 4,740; 1847, 6,510 ; 1848, 7,714.
A return of the persons brought before the magistrates,
distinguishing the different countries to which they be-
long, during the year 1848 :
Males. ' Females. Total.
English 7,138 3,650 10,783
Irish 5,280 3 514 8,794
Scotch
Welsh 519 265 784
Isle of Man l2B 25 153
Foreign 607 23 630

Total 14,316 7,720 22,036
A return of the number committed to the Borough Gaol
for the year 1848, with the places to which they belong :
Felonies. 10Misderneanours.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Total.
318. ... 157.. . 2,936.... 1,693 5,104
136.... 114.. .. 2,476.... 1,935.. .. 4,661
15. ... 7.... 175.... 108.... 305
19.. . . 11.... 106.... 114.... 250
3.... 2.... 21.... 16.... 42
15.... 1. ... 301.... 27.. . . 314

English
Irish...
Scotch .
Welsh .
Manx .
Foreign

.506 292 G. 015 3,893 10,706

Mr. Buckstone, the eminent comedian, met with an
accident at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday evening week.
He was playing in his own new farce of Pillicoddy. About
the middle of the piece, Mr. Buckstone was on the stage
enacting the part of Pillicoddy, when Captain O'Scuttle,
which character was personated by a Mr. Wright, rushed
upon the stage, armed with a kind of tin telescope, attached
to which was a loose tube, and whilst in the act of chasti-
sing poor Plllicoddy with the weapon, the tubular portion
suddenly flew from the other part of the telescope, and
fell upon the upper part of Mr. Buckstone's nasal organ.
The blow caused Mr. Buckstone immediately to apply his
handkerchief to his face, and for a minute or so he stood
motionless upon the stage, the audience, meanwhile,
laughing immoderately at what they conceived to have
been a good piece of acting on the part of Mr. Wright.
FREE TRADE,—OR " JOHN BULL DRUNK."—There
has just appeared an opportune and humourous caricature,
by our townsman, Mr. A. Davidson, titled as quoted, and
lithographed in spirited style by Mr. J. R. Isaac. On
one side is John Bull, who, urged in an evil hour by Cob-
den (who stands at his elbow), is knocking Britannia
down, breaking her trident, kicking her lion, and shout-
ing free-trade—ending with a hiccup ! Britannia tells
him he is intoxicated and will repent of this. Cobden,
holding a bottle of his " free-trade elixir," is trampling
on the Crown, and the Corn and Navigation Laws. On
the other side is brother Jonathan, jeering in by play
at the folly and credulity of poor John, wllich will " be
all right for Yankee land." Behind is a group of needy
unemployed workmen, one of whom is despondingly say-
ing, Ruin ! Ruin ! All—all gone to the foreigner. Not
a stroke of work in Old England now." The whole of
the figures are spiritedly drawn, and the graphic and truth-
telling sketch is likely to produce good results.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Tuesday last, a female
child, named Brown, one of six children living with their
parents in a court leading out of the lower end of Clifford-
street, Islington, was playing in the little yard opposite
the house-door, when a dog (said to be a bull and terrier)
rushed up the entry leading to the court, and savagely
attacked and bit her. The mother, hearing her screams,
ran to save her, when the infuriated animal attacked her
also with increased ferocity, biting and tearing her on the
face, arm, chin, and leg, upon which last he inflicted a
number of wounds, several of them very deep. The dog
was driven off with difficulty, and made away. The mo-
ther and child were attended by Mr. Tebay, surgeon,
Islington. The child had recovered on Saturday so far
as to be out of danger; but the mother was still very ill
and confined to bed, and fomentacions were constantly
applied, to keep down the inflammation which had been
set up in her leg by the bites. The dog, it appears, be-
longed to a yard in the immediate neighbourhood, where
it had long been confined in a cellar, chained up, but had
broken the chain. It is satisfactory to state that the
animal was not supposed to be mad. Yesterday the fe-
male was still unable to rise, and she is not considered to
be yet entirely out of danger, though six days have
elapsed since the injuries were inflicted. The child is also
still ill, but is gradually recovering.

DEATH FROM CRUSHING BY A CART.—On Saturday
an inquest was held before the borough coroner on view
of the body of John Thomas, aged 55. It appeared that
on the 7th instant a carter named Brue was, with another
man, getting a cart laden with hoops from Redcross-
street into Milk-house-yard (in that street), when the de-
ceased, who was much intoxicated at the time, was
making his way out of the entry, which is narrow and has
no footwalks. The carter, who was at the shaft-horse's
head, looked to see if all was clear, and seeing no one in
the way, gave the word to his companion (who was at the
head of the chain-horse), to go on. In a moment he
heard cry of " stop !" and did so as soon as possible,
but it was too late. Deceased, in place of turning back,
as he must have seen he could not pass the cart, there not
being room, had placed himself against the wall of the en-
try, and one of the wheels of the cart had passed over his
feet, severely injuring both. William Banks, an intelli-
gent black man, steward of the ship Endeavour, said he
saw the accident, and his evidence went to show that the
deceased might have turned back, and that the carter
might not see deceased. The poor man was taken to the
Infirmary. He had received a compound fracture of all the
toes of the left foot, and of the great toe of the right foot.
Mortification resulted, and he died on Friday.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—" THE HAUNTED MAN."—

The leading feature of the performances at this theatre
during the week has been the production of Dickens's
" Haunted Man," as dramatized by Mark Lemon ; and
we never felt it more our duty to render our tribute of
approbation of the getting up of any piece than on this
occasion. The clever dramatist has been happy in his
selection of the most telling portions of the story; and if
the public had been left to judge of the merits of Mr.
Dickens's production by the version given by Mr. Lemon,
he would certainly have escaped much of the censure
which has been heaped upon it by the critical world. To
Mr. Copeland, however, we have to render our thanks for
the very excellent manner in which the conceptions both
of the author and the dramatist have been rendered on

the stage. The scenes in which the Tetterby family are
introduced, are especially excellent; but the gem of the
whole is the impersonation of the forlorn and neg-
lected Boy by Miss L. Sennett. The character is one
which Dickens alone is capable of painting ; and, we be-
lieve, it has not been found possible on any other stage to
fill it Without employing the services of an adult actor.
Miss Sennett brings before our view the very being him-
self, in age, and in manner. We see in her the perfect
semblance of a being, of whose like there are, alas! too
many, whose existence in the metropolis of a civilized and
Christian country, is a national shame. The piece has

been received every evening with unbounded applause;
and promises to have, and deserves, a long run.
JUSTICE OF DOCK RATES. —We are told " nobody
derives an individual interest from the docks ;" and,
therefore, that they should not be rated. A local rate
and a national impost are two differeat things. If govern-
ment works caused an increase of poverty in a certain
district, either these works should be taxed, or direct aid
afforded. It is neither the interest nor the desire of the
state to oppress individuals ; and it is a question whether
all property, public or private, should not be taxed for
the support of the poor. Certain it is, that public works,
as essential to the national good as the Liverpool docks,
are taxed. The London docks are taxed, the railways
are taxed ; the docks every where are taxed. These
works, however, we are told, were erected by the money
of individuals ; so were the Liverpool docks. The pro-
prietors of the Londqn docks get a dividend, the propri-
etors of the Liverpool docks get interest. This is the
only difference, for the bondholders are essentially the
proprietors of our docks, and we find them, as in the
present case, interfering in their management. They
have a beneficial interest • they cannot get more than a
settled rate of interest, but they know that they might
get less. The docks of Liverpool are, therefore, not public
property except in the same sense as the London and
North-western Railway is public property. But suppose
we concede that point, the Manchester Guardian will be
surprised to learn that the alleged absence of a beneficial
interest does not exclude the poor-rate collector. The
Bristol docks have abandoned all claim to profit. They
are now in trust, yet they are rated to the poor, and by
the act of parliament just obtained ! Fact, argument,
illustration, and precedent, are against our contemporary.
—Journal. . • _ _ _

BENEFITS OF SANATORY REGULATIONS.—" Taking
the increase of population into account," the registrar-
general observes, in his last report, " the deaths are 2,571
below the average of the deaths in 9 preceding years."
We naturally look to our own county first, and selecting
thatlocalitylwhich has long heldthe "bad pre-eminence" of
being the most unhealthy in the kingdom—we mean Li-
verpool—we find the following result : " Deaths, 276 ;
which is below the average." This is in the district of
St. Thomas. In the district of Islington (as any of our
readers acquainted with Liverpool will know)—one of the
worst and most crowded neighbourhoods in that vast ag-
gregation of human beings, we have the same result :
Deaths, 330: which is 90 less than in the corresponding
quarter of last year." What is the cause of this sudden
change ? Again we look to the pages of the returns, and
we find that the decrease may be attributed to the en-
forcement of sanatory regulations, which have removed
the inhabitants of cellars, &c., and restricted the number
allowed to be domiciled in lodging-houses." Again,
looking to Manchester, we find the same result. The
district of Saint George's-in-the-fields, stands exactly on
a par with St. Giles's in London. It is the Irish quarter,
and has long been known as the seat of squalid filth, and
its certain results, disease and death. Yet here we find a
similar result : " Deaths, 233 ; which is below the ave-
rage." The same cause is considered to have been the
cause of this diminished mortality as is named by the
Liverpool registrar in his observations, for we find the
Manchester remarks to be in singular apposition with
those we have last quoted. " The district," it is re-
marked, " is free from any epidemic, and has been so for
some time. The sanatory arrangement,' adopted by the
Corporation are very good, and everything is being done
in this low and densely-populated district, that may, have
the effect ori mitigating the force of epidemic 'cease,
should it, make its amearance."—Wigaa