The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-23 00:00:00

itlat cause will have been retarded rather thin advanced
throughout the globe, by the passing of that bill; of
Which his lordship is justly proud, and for which he
has received the praise of every friend of suffering
humanity.

The " Committee of Arrangements" of the Franklin Lec-
ture—a body which we presume consists of one individual—
have furnished us with what they term a statement of their
accounts, by which it is made to appear that the nett proceeds
of the lecture given on Wednesday night is just £134 11s-
ie this sum, however, is included a sum of £6 received as
donations subsequently; and the nett proceeds therefore
at the lecture itself are, £l2B 11s—which is about the
amount we expected would be produced to the charity.
A contemporary, in giving this statement, observes, in al-
lusion to the remarks in our last upon the management of
this affair, that the committee must have been "economical
and discreet in their expenditure" to have produced a sum of
4134 11s—out of a gross receipt, which they admit, of
4183145. If the statement be a fair one, we admit that such
must have been the case ; or at all events, that they have

uee-
a able to get their work done for very much less than we
Iblld supposed possible

But we must confess that we are not

satisfied as to the bona fide character of the statement as
illtsight have been under other circumstances. The public
remember that near £250 was at first announced as the

groBB proceeds of the lecture ; and although au attempt is

t° ade in the statement to account for the exaggeration, we are
luelited to suspect that, but for our remarks on Friday , a
84newhat different statement, less complimentary perhaps to
the "economy and discretion" of the management, although
same result, would have been laid before the

the

LOCAL

NEWS

b'rhomas Stamford Raffles, Esq., eldest, son of the Rev.
r• Raffles, of this town, was on Friday last called to the bar
17 the Benciaers of the Honourable Society of the Inner

tL We understand that the Bishop of Chester is to consecrate
~!e new church, in Warwick-street, lately built by our towns-
ro, Mr. Gladstone, at his sole expense, on Wednesday the
St of December.
tee Cheshire Fox Hounds will meet to-morrow, (Wed-
) at Tatton, near Knuford riday, at Booth's
übelis(c; and on Saturday, at Witherton Hail. Each day
4t half-past ten o'clock.
p„__Bl'. SIMON'S CHURCII.—The trustees of this church have
-'eLived from the Rev. H. M'Neile a valuable diamond ritig,
Zwch was enclosed to the reverend gentleman, with the fol.-
Awing short not 6 :—" To be sold for the benefit of the
iinich, the cause of which Mr. M`Neile advocated on Sun-

'43r the 14Th7;;;L'V -i'llerit;girasl7.een valued at £25.
f :rtsrimoNlAL oF REsFEc.r.—On Friday evening last the
ileelids and teachers of St. Paul's Schools presented to the
,7* J. N. Peill, late lecturer of St. Paul's Church, a very
splendidly-bound Polyglott Bible, comprisinc, the version of
Bee Scriptures in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, German, Italian,
4_!), Spanish, and English, with the followh?gsuper-

ierlPtio'n TO7the Rev. °Joh;i Newton Peill, 13:1). Slate
eeturer of St. Paul's Church, Liverpool, this testimonial of
sateen and gratitude for his unwearied zeal in the promotion
v Scriptural Education amongst the young. and for his at-
tention to the spiritual welfare of all classes, is presented, by
oe, friends and teachers of St. Paul's Schools. Nov. 1841."
ip the obverse—S' 1 Timothy, 5 chap. 17 v."—A very suit-
ple, address accompanied the Bible; and the rev. gentleman
e"t
hei.)lied to his friends under feelings of considerable emotion,
14g evidently overcome by the kind and christian conduct
'lose amongst whom he has laboured with no small degree
tfe constancy and success. We believe Mr. Peill.has now
ecmle the curate of All Saints' Church, in this town.

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c • QUEST.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr.
tirrie, on view of the body of Thomas Hiccock. The de-
Zased was servant, as porter, to Mr. Thomas Porter, painter,
ersey-street. On Saturday he was sent up in an upper
tlti,asrehouse-room to Jower down a cask of spirits of turpen-
-44, which weighed upwards of fours cwt He was by him-
jo the room, and it would appear that, though the tickle
08 good, the weight in lowering had been too strong for
tu, and the handle of the winch had struck him violently
0 the head,—as he was found senseless on the floor, with
ehead dreadfully fractured. He was carried to the Northern
c'suital by his fellow-workmen, when he was properly
etlded to, but never rallied, and died on Sunday last.—
jrdiet to the effect that the deceased was found dead, with
Juries of the head of which he died, but how they were
tied there was no evidence to show.
DAB it
OF THE AC,kDIA—SEIZURE OF LETTERS.—
k
ritish and North American royal mail steamer the
teadia, Captain Ryrie, sailed on Friday for Halifax and
p'ston. She carried out a fair number of passengers. The
m:Btoffice authorities, having reason to suspect, from the
ass of letters put into the Postoffices of Halifax, but parti-
CarlY into the office of the latter, after the mail-bags had
seen received, that they must have been so put in by pas-
,:ngers arrived at these ports by the mail steamers, a rigid
Zell was made, rior to the Acadia starting, for contraband
j``.ers• The result was the finding and the seizure of about
40‘Y letters, besides a bag containing letters in the possession
o,,,,,,Passenger, which were taken to the Postoffice. Pro-
79ings will, it is thought, be instituted by the Postoffice
;E lust the senders and carriers of the contraband letters for
le Penalties thereby incurred.

°IrrAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A re-
Ipeetably dressed young man, named Thomas Rowe, was on
I,6daV placed at the bar of the police-court, on a charge of
lujaining certain sums of money underfalse pretences. Mr.
Thorpe, partner of the firm of Lowry and. Thorpe; of this
h, ,n, ha, that on Wednesday last, the prisoner came to
On, and some conversation with him. He had known
lin as a clerk with a respectable house in Manchester, (Mr.
iilltrnaies Brown's) and bad always heard .a high character of
• • He (the prisoner) represented that he had come to
rverpool to settle some affairs of thefirm with Messrs. Tear
others, and also to pay some accounts, and finding him-
rather short of money for the purpose, wished him to
jead him two pounds, which he immediately did, as he would
LIYe given him double the amount for such a purpose had he
netted for it. On the following day the prisoner returned,
4!itl wanted to borrow two pounds more. Witness's suspi-
Zeris were roused by the second application, and he gave
Which time he expected (though he did not tell this to the
It'irisouer) to hear from Mr. Brown. He wrote to that gen-
the'rian, and received a reply (which he produced). It was to
effect that the prisoner had left his employer (the writer)
11"! Allanchester, under circumstances highly discreditable to
li:aself, and regretting that the complainant had been de-
rived by his representations. It was added that the prisoner
borrowed
also deserted his wife. The prisoner said that he had
the money on his own account, and had given a
e'mthat he
1. 0. U. for it in his own name. IVlr. Thorpe admitted
he had asked him for a memorandum of the receipt of
e Money, and got from him an I. 0. U., which he pro.
4111e-ed.—The magistrate was of opinion that this was fatal to
e charge as legally criminal. The prisoner said, with great
BAa ehalance, " Oh, I don't mind ; 1 can go into James
co,vn's service again." Mr. Dixon, the sitting magistrate,
Should rather think not."—The prisoner was then dis-
uarged.

I'ITER
kRY SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL INSTITU-
T/0x
, Sr. ANNE-STREET.-Mr. Thomas Venables' second
tvlecture on English National Music, was given on Friday
Itening last, to a highly respectable and numerous audience.
commenced with a dissertation on the origin of counter-
Point, which is allowed by the best authorities to have been
Vented in this country : a fac-simile of the oldest canon
:Mint, preserved in the Harleian Library, was produced, and
tented on. The first specimen of national airs, sung on
v. 13 evening, was an arrangement for three voices, by Mr.
ellables, of the fine air" Blow thy borne hunter," composed
British
the reign of Henry VIII., and preserved in MS. in the
ritish Museum. This was followed by numerous others,
Inongst which, we may mention Ford's " Since first I saw
par face," " Dulee Domum," " Hobin Hood and Little
elln," the Northumbrian air " The Keel Row," and " John
d°rY," as particularly well sung by Miss S. Venables—the
frlstinet enunciation of this young lady proves the value of
?00, (I instruction in vocal music, and it is one of the character-
4tLes of Mr. Venables' style of tuition. Mr. Pemberton's
Mad Tom" was deservedly applauded, and the numerous
tneedotes with which the lecture was interspersed, appeared
:b '
entertain and amuse the company. This lecture occupiedE
OUT two hours, and being the conclusion of the subject of
;,,,nglish national music, "God save the Queen," now uni.

'rsallyallowed to be the composition of Dr. John Bull, was

44,.ng• Mr. Venables announced " the remains of the music
r,
the Druids, and the National Airs of Wales" as the sub:
-aJbject,
of next Friday's lecture, and from the interest of the
-.lea, and the talents of the lecturer and his assistants, a
,'Teat treat may be anticipated, which we recommend our
Welsh friends upon no account to miss.
CHARGE OF STABBING.—At Warrington Petty Sessions,
°n
~ Monday last, James Lightfoot was charged with stabbing
'notnas Oakley on the previous Saturday night. Prosecutor
tateil that himself, the prisoner, and several others, were
rioking at the Brown Cow, in the Market-place, on Satur-
-4Y night, when he had some words with the prisoner.
Thomas
after prosecutor left the house in company with
the
Miller and John Griffiths, and were followed by
'"e prisoner, who called out to them, " Oakley, here, I want
/jl." Prosecutor went to him, and he (prisoner) asked him
go down the lane and fight; this he refused to do, and au
,an exchange flows took place, when the prisoner fell ; Oakley
away ;the prisoner got up and ran after him, and struck
;!tn three or four blows on the back ; the last time he struck
1,4141 he cried out " Oh, be has stabbed me with a knife ;"
"Don which the police came up and took the prisoner into
et.ustodv. Richard Smith swore that he was in the Corn
flarkei on Saturday night, when the scuffle took place.
"akley on
the prisoner down, and then ran away ; the
prisoner
followed him, and in a few minutes afterwards he
heard Oakley cry out that he was stabbed. Witness went
1111 to the prisoner, and told him he had cut Oakley, and he
hand
better give him the knife ; upon which prisoner put his
into hs pocket and gave him a knife, and Douglas the
tlieeman apprehended him. Michael Douglas; one of the
Warrington police, stated that he was on duty on Saturday
11;ht and soon after midnight he heard cries in the Market-
Notee. Oakley cried out that he was stabbed, and shouted
j. the police. 'Witness found him with his jacket off, bleed-
-4g from a wound in his back. The prisoner was pointed out
41 him as the person who had inflicted the wound, and he
21tuediately took him into custody, upon which the prisoner
1741, " I wish to Christ I bad killed the b-r ;" this he
epeated several times. The magistrates having commented
°lt the enormity of the offence, committed the prisoner for
trial at the assizes.

IinDEATH BY THE FALL OF A BRICK.--,011 Saturday after-
e stbn a long investigation took place before P. F. Curry,
ithe borough coroner, to ascertain the circumstances
which led to the death of William Lewis, who was killed by
d',,e fall of a brick from the top of a building which was un-
v:toing some repair in Park-lane. The deceased was five
Hereexamined, but the following is an abstract of the testi-
t°llY. It appeared that a Mr. Coop had contracted to
to the building in, question, and oneer portion thereof had
t?t,l'e pulled down and rebuilt. Leave was obtained to par-
trllll off aortion of the footwalk, under the inspection of
e Surveyor, for the protection of' the public. Rails were
e'ecrdingly erected. A passage along the footwalk was sub-
;."y opened, on the surveyor directing that the path
,a,.8,,t0 be left clear, except when some actual work was pro-
ca—.ing. On Thursday fortnight the deceased, his brother,
some other boys were playing beneath the building. The
men had gone to dinner, having previously fixed the cornice
;I:n,es• Two of the buys employed on the building were
i,'-}P`ng above on the scaffolding. One of them had laid
feleolself flat on a cornice-stone, the other having hold of his
Suddenly, the cornice-stone, weighing .1501b5., was
aeen toppling over. The youth who had hold of his
tVlDanion's feet drew him forcibly back at the instant when
te stone fell. Meanwhile, one of the falling bricks had
jiireek the deceased, who was below, on his face and knocked
'433 down. Several other bricks immediately fell upon him.
(Ott came the cornice-stone, which, however, fell short and
not injure him. The poor little fellow was picked up
sti4r4 carried to a drugmist's. shop, and, subsequently, to the
hisgerY of Mr. Marshall. His face was much injured and
w.,lght arm shockingly crushed. He went on tolerably
~,11tt, at first, but at length he was seized with tetanus, of
"" 1 'h he died en Tuesday.—Verdict, " Accidental death."