The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

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receipt,
whom the evic

it Birkenhead, in April. The prisoner, ag
lence was inconclusive, was remanded.

Messrs. M`Calmont Brothers, of this town, and which is
announced to sail hence on the 4th October, has been
chartered to carry Her Majesty's mails. She is at present
loading in Salthouse Dock, by Messrs. Cowe, Scott, and
Roxburgh, for fine goods and passengers.
DREAMS.--A lad residing with his friends in Wood-

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reet, Lowhill, left home on Thursday wee

returned again, t 1
On Sunday a Mrs

;Morgan, from whom the Lad's parents
ad 'anon them and communicated her

dreanl that their son had fallen into a cesspool adjoining
the house. Search scar made in it, and the remains of the
lad, who, it appears, was subject to fits, were found there.

§TE.IIINGII3A.I.II Ora.—Charles Musgrove and James
Nowlan were committed for trial at the police-court, on
Wednesday, for attempting to steal a cask of palm oil, on
Saturday, from some warehouses in Cooper's-row. The
oil was the property of Messrs. Rayner and Co.' and the
prisoners, one of whom had been employed in their ser-
vice, engaged a cart and placed a cask of oil on it, when,

wisoners ran .(

wards apprehended by detective-officer Baton.
CLASSICAL CHAMBER CONCEErs.7llr.W.Thomas, who

series of four classical chamber concerts,
Qfn.,,T._ which are to take 'place in the Phi

for the next

on Thursdays, commencing on ync Elm iNovemoer. tie
has obtained the services of a corps of talented executants,
amongst whom are Mr. C. A. Seymour, Mr. C. B. Herr-
maim, and Mr. Lidel. The -Concerts will doubtless be
highly attractive. _ _ _

handsome padd.

from Mr. Laird's yard, Sefton-street,
tons burthen. Her engines will b,

She is about 400
fitted by Messrs.

Australia, The Col.laroyrs said to be an nnprovect &talon
of the steamer Clarence, also built by Mr. Laird, that was
sent to Australia about 18 months ago, and realised by
public auction the enormous sum of £30,000, and even at
that price, from her superior qualifications, is stated to
have proved a profitable investment for her purchaser.

RAIL WITH AN OLD Tic KET.-
-ht up at the Wolverhampton
.7, charged with having travelled
Hampton without a proper ticket,
`-7. a ticket dated the 7th of

TRAVELLING EY
Ellen Dalton was *broil,
police court, the other da,
from Liverpool to Wolve
having tendered to the

September, and only issued to convey a passenger to K.
Helens. The woman made several statements as to the
mode in which she became possessed of the ticket ; one
was that she had given 2s. 7d. for it, another ls., and *le
last account was that it was given her by a woman. As

she was penniless, and the company did not wish tt

the charge, she was dismissed with a reprimand

THE N.ro,ur ST. JOHN, Capt. W.H. Leighton, from
Pernambuco, arrived in the Mersey, brings part-of the
crew and passengers of the ship Condor,; burnt at sea on
the 10th June last, in lat. 4° south, lon. 24° west, while on
her homeward passage from Melbourne ; and the captain
and part of the crew of the schooner Matilda, wrecked on
the -coast of Brazil, near Pernambuco. One of the
passengers gives a most gratifying account of the gal-
lant Teatduct of the officers and crew of the Condor,
and of 'their untiring exertions in saving the lives and
property of the passengers, and conveying them on board
the 'French barque Charles et Pauline, Prom which vessel
theywere safely landed in Pernambuco. The passengers
also-speak in the highest terms of the disciPliue preserved
onboard the Condor while on Ere by her able commander,
Captain W. H. Leighton, and of his affable conduct during
'their previous passage from Melbourne. The St. John
'Also brings a few of the passengers of the barque Sir
Dowel Buxton, wrecked on the Brazilian coast.
-Suspicious DEATH.—Susan Rice, the Wife of a seaman,
'raided at No. 7, Court, Scotland-road, died on Tuesday
Mast under circumstances which have`excited great sus-
licion. The deceased, it appears from 'the statement of
;her husband at the inquest, had been confined to her bed
'for the last four months with dropsy, during which she
was attended by Dr. Newton. She hail also been troubled
with an asthmatic cough for a number of years. The
iusband returned from Glasgow• on Sunday afternoon, and
'went home in a state of intoxication. 'He was also drunk
on the following day, and had a ,iiolent quarrel with the
sister of the deceased (who was alsolintoxicated), arising,
it is said, out of his brutal 'treatment to his wife. On
Monday evening his 'wife persuaded him to lie down, and
promised to call him .early in the morning. He lay down
and slept on a box by -the bedside, and,when he awoke in
the morning found that his wife was dead. He then
called in his brother in-law, who .ford deceased on her
knees in bed, with a small bottle of whisky in her hand.
Two surgeons were rillcd in, but'he was quite dead. One
of the surgeons (Dr. Newton) expressed his surprise that
she had lived so long. He made an examination of the
body, and gave it as his opinion that deceased had died
from disease of the'kungs and liver...which had most pro-
bably been brought on by excessive drinking. There were
no external marks &violence on the body which were the
cause of death.. Netwithstanding'this, however, it was
proved at the inquest that the husband had treated her in
the most brutal manner, but with such indecency that the
facts are unfit for publication.
WEST DERBY lloamo or GUIRIMNS.—At the weelik
meeting of this board, on Wednesday, the chair was octlX
pied by Mr. Harrison. Mr. Alpass moved that Mr. Bar-
nabas Barrett 'be appointed a medical officer for district
No. 4, Toxtetlrparks with a salary of .XlOO per annum (no
extra fees being allowed), in the place. of Mr. G. S. Deane,
who has been declared incompetent 'from the state of his
health. Mr. G. Harrison seconded the resolution, which
was supported bylitr.Mountfield, and•carried unanimously.
—Notice was given }by Mr. Alpass that he should move, at
the next meeting, the election of Mr. Barrett as vaccinator
of the house, in the place of Mr. Deane.—Mr. Cleaver,
the clerk to the board, said he had examined the books of
Mr. Statham, an officer lately in the employ of the board,
and they showed throughout very culpable negligence on
the part of thrd officer.—The following tenders for the
supply of articles to 'the house, from the 26th instant to
the 25th March, 1354, were accepted..:—For drugs, &c.,
Mr. Clay, St. Anne-street ; linen and woollen drapery,
Messrs. Adamson and Tapley, Old Haymarket ; small-
wares, Mr. Johnson, Duke-street ; mllk,and fresh butter,
Mr. Thomas Bird; -"coal, Mr. Harding, Whitley-street ;
j salt butter and bacon, Messrs. Rae and Graham, Old Hay-
market ; meat, Mr.- Serton, Berry-street ; groceries and
soap, Henry Tate and Co., James-street; bread for the
hospital, Mr. Thos. Allen, Prescot-street, ,and Mr. Samuel
Cottrell, Brunswick-road ; ditto, for Everton, Mr. Arden ;
coffins, Mr. Cowley Heath-street.
LA NCA sTEE.—The.sthppage of the night express train
at Lancaster gave us an hour or so in that town, before
continuing the journey. They have just %ow completed
the tower and spire' to the new church of St. Thomas
there. It is early English in style, with tiV,ash of Nor-
man in the belfry,—Transition, in short. The tower is
octagon, and the spire:a continuation of the,sides of the
tower up to a point. Although it may be a'reproduction
of an ancient example; it is more satisfactory4lewed from
a distance, than when4seen at the foot. On the rising
ground near the canalthridge the Roman Catholics have
built schools and a -convent of some extent; early English
in style and satisfactory in effect. Not far from these is
the Lancaster Royal Gratumar-school, built not leg since
under the direction of Messrs. Sharpe and Paley. It is a
collegiate structure, With low tower at one end, and a
series of gablets, formed <by dormers, along the front of
the main building. A tlittle figure of the Queen in a
niche over the entraneeddoor gives life to the front, but
might have been better executed. From this elevated
spot the view of the town,,,avith the castle and St. XtarY's
Church on a similar hill opposite, and the bay and moan-
tains in the distance, is vety.striking. If you walk Lek
to that church you will findiaside a singularly interesting
set of carved wood stalls, now placed against the east end
of it. It is one of the most <extraordinary works of ins
kind in England. The tracery in the arch over each seat
is different, as it is in each f,gablet above. The crockets
are studiously varied, some spreading out into large fiat
leaves ; and each finial, too, la tlifferent. The upper Part
•of the tower here is an amusing specimen of the Gothic
of " 1759." The churchyard has the novelty in England
<of a marble reclining figure on a tomb, and there is a
,gravestone which might afford a subject for a sanitary
lecturer. It is simply headed,—" In memory of Crowd-
,son's :" and then follow the name and age of twelve of
the family, coming up to the year i 1,847, eleven of whom
enjoyed between them 841 years:! The twelfth died an
infant. The oldest lived to ninety-three ; orie till ninety ;
and.oix till eighty-four. So much for the value of a good
stock.—The Builder. _ _

DE4.101 OF SINGLETON COOPER, &R.—Another active
and useful inhabitant of Southport,—one whose services,
as they were efficient and unremitting, and invariably en-
listed in...some beneficent cause, were !highly valued,—has
been taken from amongst us. It becomes (our melancholy
and painfui duty to announce the decease, on Thursday
the 15th instant, of Mr. Singleton Cooper. The lamented
gentleman •Eteme days previously to the decease of his late
wife, which occurred only a few weeks ago, bad been ob-
served to be gradually failing, and since that event his
recovery was regarded as all but hopeless. Mr. Cooper's
early career would appear to have been a chequered contest
with adverse fortune ; but by perseverance, acticrity, and
industry he acquired a sufficient competency to enable him
to retire to seek seclusion and peace in the evening of his
days. On quitting the active engagements of business in
Liverpool, he came to reside in this town, where he has
ever since devoted his time, and his money, and his in-
fluence, to the advancement of the moral and social wel-
fare of those by whom he was surrounded. Mr. Cooper
for twelve years filled the office of one of the chur4
wardens of Trinity Church; and few, if any, of the many
thousands of visitors to Southport, who have during that
time attended Divine worship at that church, but have
cherished some pleasing reminiscence of the courtesy and
attention they received at his hands. So unremittinglyunremittinglyattentive was he to the duties of his church, that his absence,
but for one portion of the day, gave rise to the appre-
hensions of his friends, as he was never known, when in
the enjoyment of good health, and in town, to absent him-
self from his place—now, alas! vacated by him for ever—in
that sacred edifice. The schools attached to the church
will also lose in him an ardent, active and devoted friend.
He personally visited and superintended many of the
arrangements ; and we have reason to know that he was
regarded with filial affection by the young flock on whom
he bestowed so much affectionate care. Few who witnessed
the salutary scene will forget the air of pious satisfaction
with which the respected gentleman, on the occasion of
the recent tour of confirmation by his Lordship the Bishop
of Chester, marshalled—for the fourth time—the young
candidates, in whom he took an especial interest, to and
from the parish church. Mr. Cooper, as a member of the
Board of Improvement Commissioners, was most attentive
and useful. He was a member of several committees, and
his efforts were always directed towards effecting really
useful measures of improvement, and he was ever most
solicitous to maintain the high character for salubrity.
which Southport has attained. His death has cast a deep
shade of gloom over the whole town; for he was a man
revered and respected by 41 cases.—Southport Visiter.

Villiam V

TIM LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

bon %vat(

Tuesday, I

the packet-ship Constellation, from New York for this
port, was telegraphed off Holyhead, and at three in the
afternoon she was safely anchored in the river. The wind

was in her favour, but notwithstanding this advantage, the
passage was an unusually rapid one for a sailing vessel.
_ _ a _---,,, Thynnuinv Pvcmino._ liPti.nppn

eight and nine o'clock, Francis Power, a carter in the
employ of the Ince-hall Coal Company, met with a serious
accident. Whilst proceeding along Dublin-street he fell,

when one of the wheels passed over his head, and produced a
concussion of the brain. He was conveyed to the Northern
Hospital, where he remains in a very precarious state.
A MEETING OF ASSISTANT HAIRDRESSERS was held
on Friday, for the purpose of taking into consideration
• lsnmus fn.,* Al AC;11C! in +he+ ;16011P

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After some discussion the meeting was adjourned until
. ,

o communicate I

r rivaz. .•
in the meantime with the master hairdressers on th

the circumstances attending an alleged loss of cheques,
amounting to £609 Bs. 6d.; and also their having been
presented at the Huddersfield Banking Company's Bank
by a young man, who spent upwards of twenty minutes in
counting the cash handed over to him in exchange for the
cheques, and who had only left the bank a few minutes
before the alleged " loss" was communicated to the
managers. Since the appearance of the paragraph this
affair has assumed a singular aspect, and persons are in
custody to answer a charge of "conspiracy to defraud."