The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-19 00:00:00

INtwEsT.—On Wednesday last, an inquest wax held be,
fore Mr. Currie, on view of the body of Elizabeth Rea, a
child of four years and eleven months old, whose parents live
in Gibraltar-row. It appeared that on Tuesday evening,
about six o'clock, the deceased was crossing Bath-street, when
an empty cart, belonging to the trustees of the docks, was
passing along, at a slow pace, drawn by one horse. The de-
ceased was knocked down by the knee of the horse, as she
crossed, and the near wheel passed over her head. She was
immediately carried to the Northern Hospital, but such were
the injuries she received that all human aid was unavailing,
and she expired in a few minutes. The jury returned a ver-
dict to the effect that the deceased was "Accidentally killed,"
and levied a deodand of 1:5 on the horse and cart.

UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A FEMALE.—At the
police-court yesterday, a decent looking young woman,
named Frances M'Anally, was placed at the bar, she having
been given into custody by Mr. George M‘Donald, glass-
manufacturer, Lord-street, (and Great Howard-street,) on
a charge of having robbed him of the sum of £9. M`Donald
did not appear to substantiate the charge—but had admitted
to the police-officers who took the prisoner to bride-
well that he had found the money which he had missed. The
girl said she considered it very hard that she should be taken
up and kept imprisoned on such a charge. She knew no-
thing whatever of the money, and enquired whether an action
might not he had against her accuser. Mr. Rushton said
that proceedings might certainly be instituted ; but advised
first to see M`Donald, who certainly ought to make her some
recompense. She was then released.
ANNIVERSARY OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY.—Wednesday
was the anniversary of St. Patrick, the patron saint, as
O'Connell is the member " for all Ireland.' The numerous
Hibernian societies walked in procession through the princi-
pal streets, decorated as fine as possible, each order being
preceded by party-coloured flags, exhibiting grotesque de-
vices of almost all the saints in the calender, and accom-
panied by bands of music playing party tunes. After the
procession, the societies adjourned to their respective club-
rooms, where dinners were provided for them.. In the fore-
noon the foundation-stone of a new Papist church was laid,
near the end of Duke-street, Edgehill, and high mass cele-
brated, and a sermon preached in honour of the occasion, in
the Popish chapel, at the top of Scotland-road. At the
latter place a strong body of police were obliged to be in
attendance to preserve order.

MARK OF RESPECT.—On Monday evening a select party
of friends assembled at Mr. Gerad's, Post-office Tavern
Post-office-place, for the purpose of presenting Mr. Higgie,
of the Liver Threatre, with a very elegant and massive silver
snuff-box, as a token of their friendship and esteem. After
the u,•;,l toasts, the chairman, Mr. Williams, in a very neat
and app, opriate speech, presented the gift, and with it the
good wishes of the whole party. He was ably seconded by
Mr. M`Millen, in the vice-chair, and the worthy host. Mr.
Higgie returned thanks at some length for the kind mark of
their respect, and the business of the evening was wound up
happily and merrily by some capital singing and most excel-
lent wine. The inscription on the box is as follows ;—"Pre-
sented to Thos. Higgie, Esq., by a few friends, at the Post-
office Tavern, Liverpool, as a mark of their esteem for his
professional talent as an actor, and private worth."
THE ASSIZES AT LANCASTER AND LIVERPOOL.—The
commission for the northern division of this county, will be
opened at Lancaster on Saturday next, and that for the sou-
thern division, at the Sessions-house in this town, on
Thursday next, before Barons Maule and Rolfe. In Liver-
pool, Baron Rolfe will preside in the civil, and Baron Mettle
in the criminal court. The trials will commence on Friday,
the 26th instant, on the morning of which day, all prosecutors
and witnesses are to be in attendance, except for the cases of
manslaughter, maliciously shooting, stabbing, cutting, and
wounding, for which procecutors and witnesses are to attend
on Saturday, the 27th. The cases of murder, attempt at
murder, rape, and misdemeanors, (except offences relating to
coin) prosecutors must attend on Monday, the 29th instant,
at nine in the morning. The calendar is exceedingly heavy,
both numerically and as regards the nature of the offences. -
ASSAULTING A SAILOR.—James Mason, a sailor, on board
the John Taylor, of New York, at present lying in No. 2
Graving Dock, appeared at the Police-court on Wednesday,
charged the second mate with assaulting him in a most
brutal and savage manner the night before, without having
given him any provocation. He stated that the defendant
and the watchman were standing together on the quarter-
deck about a quarter past twelve o'clock, when he ap-
proached the former, wishing to speak to him before he re-
tired to rest, but had scarcely done so, when the defendant
ordered him off and d—d him, knocked him down, and then
both kicked him and jumped upon his body.—Policeman 41
said that on hearing cries of " Murder" on board the John
Taylor at the hour stated, he went to the complainant's as-
sistance and found him covered with blood.—Joseph Ash-
ton, the watchman, stated that he was present at the time of
the occurrence, and that the complainant was intoxicated
and saucy to the second mate. He heard the mate tell him
to go forward, upon which he replied that he would when he
thought proper, whereupon the mate struck and kicked him
when he was down.—The complainant assured the court that
he was certain the mate would have kicked his eyes out, if he
had not covered his face with his hands.—Mr. Rushton said
the mode of proceeding adopted by the defendant was of a
most scandalous nature. The true way to rebuke people
that were intoxicated was, not to speak to them when they
were drunk, but when they were sober. He ordered the
defendant to pay a fine of 40s. and costs, or to be imprisoned
a month.

BELFAST DISCUSSION.—The resolution put forward by
the gentlemen who interfered to prevent the discussion be-
tween the Rev. Messrs. Gregg and Cook, on the subject of
the Irish national system of education, seeming to convey a
sort of censure on Mr. Gregg, for not complying with their
request, we beg leave to state as our own opinion, that the
rev. gentleman deserves no censure whatever on this account,
and that we are borne out in our opinion by that of others,
who are perhaps more competent to decide. The Rev. Mr.
Drew, Incumbent of Christ's Church, Belfast, has recently
addressed a letter to the editor of the Newry Telegraph, in
which he says that, "of the regular clergy of the diocese
(some one hundred and fifty), exclusive of those connected
with the parish of Belfast, only THREE have signed the re-
solution. The parish of Shankill, or Belfast, contains six
churches, some being Chapels of Ease. Now, out of these
the clergy of FIVE of these churches have withheld them-
es from any interference, though influential exertions were
dby certain lay brethren with some of them , but to no avail.
thus learn how the matter stands—viz., a number
of respectable laymen, and some of the clergy, wished that
the discussion should be prevented ; other laymen, and the
clergy of five Belfast churches, and doubtless many clergy-
men of the diocese, had no objection to such a discussion.
For Mr. Gregg, and for his manly and honest devotedness,
there is abundant sympathy ; nor is the challenge undeserv-
ing of commendation for the good temper which he has ma-
nifested in the correspondence. Mr. Drew concludes his
letter with the following very important ana useful observa-
tion, in reply to those who so earnestly deprecated the dis-
cussion for the sake of preserving protestant union or peace.
" ` Protestant union,' " he says, " if unvisited by GoD's
blessing is but sustained by the crumbling cement of un-
tempered mortar '—(Jeremiah, vi, 14, 16. Ezekiel, xiii, 10.)
Protestant neace,' if unscriptural, unsound, and unsatisfac-
tory, is neither more nor less than PROTESTANT POI-
SON ; and, unless the question be set at rest, in the minds
of many, by fair and reasonable investigation, I see nought
before us but a perpetuation of jealousy and strife. The
question is not merely a Belfast question, nor an Ulster
question ; it is a NATIONAL question, and had it been
debated in the Rotunda (Dublin), as twice asked for by one
of the distinguished parties in his challenge, it is ' but
reasonable to hope that such a result would, in Gon's
blessing, be given, as would aid the cause of truth and pro-
mote the best interests of charity."
NEW II AYMARRETS.—Many of our readers are aware that
when Liverpool was but the nucleus of the extensive town
which now occupies so much ground on the bank of the Mer-
sey, the market for the sale of hay was held at the bottom of
Shaw's-brow, on a piece of land forming the junction of
Byrom-street with Whitechapel and St. John's-lane. As
the town increased in extent, this space became too confined
to accommodate the number of heavily-laden vehicles which
brought produce to supply the enlarged consumption, and it
was at length deemed expedient to transfer the market to the
large area to the southward of the site of the Old Infirmary.
This vast space, it was believed, would always be large
enough for all purposes. However, the rapid increase of the
town, particularly to the north and south, has led to great
inconvenience even in this central and spacious area. In ad-

dition to being too small, the very position, which was for
merly its greatest recommendation, has now became a source
of annoyance, because of its distance from several of the more
modern parts of the town. It was therefore determined to
have two haymarkets, one at the north end, and one at the
south end of the town, so that both the farmers, carters, &c.,
and the inhabitants, might be fairly accommodated. The
prime reason for this removal was the projected improve-
ments which it is now well known are to take place about
the spot now misnamed " the New Haymarket." It is cer-
tainly now no longer a haymarket but in name, and ere long
that, too, will have passed away, with every vestige of what
it had been, and then, with the new and high-sounding title
of St. George's-place, the grandeur of its appearance will no
more lead the wayfarer to a conception of what it once was,
than its novel denomination. It became solitary, so far as
hay, coal, potato. and turnip carts are concerned, on Monday
last, when the new Haymarkets (one on the site of the old
Botanic-garden, and the other, which is the northern one, at
the end of Great Homer-street, between Juvenal-street and
Great Nelson-street) were opened. At the Southern Market
a neat ornamental machine-house has been erected by Mr. R.
Mercer, Gill-street, for the use of the parties frequenting the
market. At the Northern Market some anxiety appears to
have prevailed amongst the farmers and others to be first on
the ground, and the first to commence dealings. Many of
the vendors were present at a very early hour. One load of
hay was in the market by five minutes before twelve at night.
The first transaction took place between Mr. Henry Spencer,
cow-keeper, of Everton, and Mr. William Woods, farmer, of
Kirkby-row. Mr. Spencer purchased the first load of hay
from. Mr. Woods, who drew, at the machine in Great
Homer-street, theafirst money for this the first sale made on
the ground. The attendance, both of sellers and purchasers,
was good throughout the day. The produce offered consisted
of 15 loads of hay, 5 or 6 loads of straw, 48 loads of potatoes,
and several loads of coals, all of which were purchased at
good prices, with the exception of three loads of hay whicl
remained unsold.
DARING STREET ROBBERY.—At the police-court on
Wednesday, two savage-looking fellows, named William
Doherty and John Knowles, were placed at the bar on a
charge of having knocked down a sailor, named Boulter, in
Johnson-street, the night before, and rifled his pockets of
£2 7s. 6d. John Boulter deposed that he was one of the
crew of the brig Jessie, at present lying in the King's Dock.
A little after eleven o'clock the night before, he went into
Vauxhall-road, with an old shipmate, and left him opposite
to the dispensary. Complainant lodges in Clayton-square.
He then went along Hatton-garden, and at the corner of
Johnson-street, Dale-street, he saw the two prisoners, two
other men, and two women, standing together. Complainant
being a stranger in Liverpool, asked them the way to Lon-
don-road. Doherty and the women got round him and
said, " You will not be against giving us a glass each, if we
show you the right way." Complainant said that, as he was
a stranger, he should not be against giving them a glass or
two. He had three crowns, one shilling, one sixpence, and
two sovereigns on the right side of his waistcoat. The sove-
reigns were wrapped in a bit of paper, but the silver money
was loose. The four men and two women then took him
into Johnson-street, and, pointing out a cellar on the right-
hand side, Knowles said, " If you will come in here, and
pay for a drop of ale, we will not ask you for anything more."
Complainant refused to enter the place, but said he would
treat them when they got higher up the street. Knowles
had one hand on his left shoulder, and was putting the other
into his left pocket, when complainant said, " Come, come,
that won't do," and then turned from the causeway into the
middle of the street. Doherty followed, seized him by the
arms, and pulled him down upon his back. Knowles came,
and kneeling upon his stomach, put his hands over his eyes
and mouth. One of them said, " Can't you fodge his
pockets 1" and complainant then felt a hand unbutton his
waistcoat, and search his pockets. They succeeded in taking
his two sovereigns and three crowns. He endeavoured to
cry out, but was unable, owing to the manner in which his
mouth vas pressed. Eventually, he succeededin drawing
the band from his mouth, and made a noise as well as he
could. The fellows then' left him, and ran towards Great
Crosshall-street. He got up, saw three men and two women
a little behind, and missed all his money, with the exception
of the one shilling and the one sixpence. He called out for
assistance, and policeman 53 came up, when he informed
him that he had been robbed, and described the persons of
his assailants. He was certain the prisoners were two of
the men who robbed him. The police-officer said he had
apprehended the prisoners from the description given of them
by the complainant. It appeared that Doherty had been
fifteen times committed on former occasions, and the other
once committed and once discharird. They were both coin.;
mitted for trial at the ensuing assizes.