The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-03 00:00:00

March 3, 1846.

floral aitb Vrobinrial

'On Tuesday, a man named Campbell, while being sha-
'led at a barber's shop in Great Howard-street, fell down
and expired.
bOn Friday, a seaman, on board the Shenandoah, named
bacco.
'eell, was fined by Mr. Rushton £lOO for smuggling to-
At the first annual meeting of tale Liverpool and Dub-
lin Steam Ship Company, power was given to the directors
two build one or two screw steam vessels in addition to the
Lwo already building.
hie& few days
() ago. Grace Fletcher, an inmate of the Alms
use, St. Mary's-lane. when opening the door of her
• welling fell down and hurt her hip. She died from the
Injuries on Wednesday.
BURGLARY AND ROBBERY. During the night of
last the panel of one of the office doors in Canton-
buildings, Ida'
Inge \N ater-street, was removed, and the sum of
38 ros. Was stolen out of one of the desks.
at The Packet-ship Queen of the West arrived from New
on Monday, with a cargo of 8,070 p ickages, weigh-
-111,00 tons. This was all put out and passed the
Queen's scales in something less than forty hours.
I: •
With that liberal spirit which directs all his arrange-
, en's, Mr Brindlev engaged Mr. Vandenhoff to deliver
rave
4ectures n Elothe cuti
weekonarybefor Expe
last. ression to the pupils at
41tev/in Hail ScSchool
, O Sunday wk, two vessels were wked nea Wex-
Icrejn , One (the Jecob Pennel) was arec large ship, hound
for Liverpool, laden with fruits and wines; the other (the
ride) was bound for the same place, and was laden with
cottore
The hand-loom weavers of the north of Lancashire are
naw daily being discharged in large numbers, and of those
still retained, most of them are only partially employed,
Whilst nearly in every case the weavers are limited as to
the amount of work they are to perform.
'On Tuesday a fire was discovered in the timber-yard of
it
rr. Lee, immediately behind the Royal Standard Hotel,
Ttanmere, but it was got out without do-
-1.4 much damage. It commenced in a drying stove, and
18 supposed to have been caused by over-heating.
Mr. Clay, of Workington, (late of this town,) had a ewe
31the improved Leicester breed, which last week yeaned
fine healthy lambs; and as he took no means to secure
tails' lambing, and his sheep being out all winter, his suc-
cess /nay be attributed to the mildness of the season.
At the Council meeting, to-morrow, Mr. Wm. Earle
irN submit a motion for the appointment of a special
eurninittee to consider a comprehensive plan for the im-
iirTuvernent of the borough. At the same meeting the
,OI.Yor will submit a communication relative to the sale of
the botanic gardens to the corporation.
The following resolution was carried by a large majority
N. 1, Stock-Exchange-room, Manchester. on Wed-
zesdav ,—" That the admission of a member be reduced
elr
.°Lu £lOO to £SP, on and after the 3,1 of 111 arch next ;
oltad that the room be kept open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
„41, 1Y (Saturday excepted). No business to be transacted
"` of the room on penalty of exclusion."
th 13 p
-...v. 4UCATIONAL NsTITUTION.—Soe time ago
tritroductoDry lecture atl the above institutiomn, by the
oe'r• Jordan Davies on mental culture, excited min h atter).
.°u• lie is to make a further development of his views
:that important subject, in another lecture in the school-
-71441s of the institution, on Wednesday evening next,
" ich will no doubt be well attended.
BUILDINGs. —At the Birkenhead police-
‘!.tltt, Mr. Barton was charged by Mr. Salter, surveyor
il), buildings, with having a cornice attached to some
tituautses he was building in Oliver-street in a dangerous
oie, e• After a long investigation, the cornice in question
f ordered to be made secure in 14 days, under a penalty
per day afterwards.
witXTENsiVE Puncireses —J. Abel Smith, Esq.,
erPo last week purchased from the executo•s of the late
husePh Harrison, Esq , the old quay, with the ware-
li°ruses and other adjeinieg property at the Marsh End,
Flee also the Tulketh Hall estate from Sir P. 11.
theeetvrood, Bart. This will give Mr. Smith the whole of
wharfage from the Marsh End to the Willows in
Ashton,
betiTiELetectiore- DEATH.—On Thursday night, Eliza-
read ,Roberts, aged 68, who resit!, d at 68, St. Domingo-
thereiZent to the Paginini Neer-house, near Evertor)
and t 0 fetch her husband home, but did not find him,.
ltd• it r leaving the premises by a door on the north side,
sort(aPeeared, lost her way and f iren into St. Domingo
~
',he was soon afterwards missed from home, and
Lem pi the neighbours (her husband having returned
ter e Intoxicated) made search and found her in the wa-
qui'e dead.
Skeitree:, EVENING CoNCERTs.—Mr. Pearsall gave
'oieat entertainment at this popular institution en
eee,at uird'Y evening last, consisting of selections from the
aft '"
of Haruki, Haydn, Mozart, and others. The
In was not so numerous on this occasion as it is
',ll general. Mr. Pearsall's entertainment is of an elevating
rt fined character, and on the whole gave great satis-
"ctiun• Improvements are still making in the hall. A
;r elegant clock has been fitted up within the last week.
e understand Mr. Robert Jones, of Renshaw-street, is
the maker.
WEST DERBY UNION.—The usual weekly meeting was
held on Tuesday. A letter from the Commissioners was
read, which terminates the recent dispute as to the divi-
'urr of the union into districts, and appointment of re-
lieving officers; the Commissioners decide in favour of
firstof their own schemes.—lt was resolved !hat on
Itruestlay the Board proceed to the election of relieving of-
tieers accordingly.—Mr. Smith gave notice of a motion to
eff ct that with respect to the re-election of Mr.
eiourbord. as medical officer for Toxteth-perk. the resolu-
te;:,st making that election and augmenting the emolu-
Hos be rest indcd.
trio, I,l,UtteG A BULLION OFFICE.—On Thursday, Pa-
two ,l'utnons was charged wit t havit g stolen severity_
ne Nrud coins, called " Eagles," from the buiion office
been "s• Durand. in Waterloo-road. The prisoner had
even aPPrehendcd by Superintendent Abrams, and the
the elce went to show that lie (the prisoner) had broken
and ..ii"ow of the prosecutor by thrusting in his hand,
tr ``that he had carried away the money. Mr. Rushton.
,tter.at folly it is to exhibit the gold in this way amidst
Rind d Population. You should have a guard to your
%hid uw so that it could not be broken." The prisoner
the he was a stranger in the town, and being badly off,
looney tempted him. The prisoner was sent to trial.
Cour,
-LeINT AGAINST TILE OFFICERS OF AN ODD-
LoouE.—On Tuesday, at the Police Court,
of o,,ard Brooks, a member of the Royal George Lodge
Lk]
Paid him
that the officers of the lodge
Wed Paid him his sick money, stating that about £lB
eke' "Ile to him. lie had. received but 4s. a week in
tile)? of 12s. for twenty-six weeks. The transaction was
ruld'lt;eto he based in gross fraud on the poor applicant,
gat "tr. Rushton, after strongly commenting on the dis-
eeeiMul conduct of the officers, told the secretary of the
eeeete that if he did not immediately pay the amount
t; he woald sell the bedstocks from under him.
irtielGaeceerie CONDUCT OF A SHIP'S CREW.—On
Klein
at the police
torahcout, Captain Fleming, of the
2eiettue Bowes, appeared swer the claim of James
arroe°lson. a seaman on board, for £l2, the amount of
le; 8 Stated to be due to him for a voyage from Value-
and upon which the claims of other seamen rested.
reehas clearly proved, however, that the whole of the sea-
lie",e,had behaved in a most mutinous manner. Mr.
traeecuu said their conduc' had been cowardly and dis-
'qu-Cul No ptini,htnent he could inflict would be ade-
rnette tu the nature of their offence, arid he trusted the
nreeser would be taken up in another quarter. lie then
Pd them out of court
to OUSE CARPENTERS ;ND JOINERS.—A public rivet-
hew; the, operative house carpenters and j itters was
tee, 00 Wednesday, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-
'l.ell:t• Mr. john.Forteith was called to the chair. Mr.
proposed the first resolution, and moved in a speech
ear -hrie length, durine which he declared that the house
tleP"*rs and joiners wire not sufficiently remunerated.
the':lluatel to the system of parties being introduced to
lie jade after a servitude of only two or three years.
6e. "r°Posed to raise a building fund by contributions of
tet '),('„1. week ; out of 3000 of their profession they might
di,,p nnernbers,—from those they might calculate on
Of Zting of 4000 shares which would realize an amount
cotta ij° Per annum. The money should be laid out in
Vete." Property, which would realize, in 12 months, fifty
see' as electors for representatives in parliament, and by
scale a course they would be raising themselves in the
etits, ;)t society, and promoting, not only their own inter-
n c out the best interests of the community generally.
I,4li:included by exhorting them to union, as the best
eareiesduf Promoting their interests. The resolution was
AT
ASSAULT.—Four persona, named James
NvereeY, John Meehan, John Lear. and William Lindon,
~,N)tirt° Friday placed before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-
uu a charge of aseateting a working man, named
teele-e'eas Sheridan. It appeared that, about half-past 12
tedio'the previous nieht, he came down stairs from his
eee the purpose of getting a drink of w.ater, when
st''ree; uroke into the house where he lived, in Preston-
set,er`rtand asked fur a light for his pipe. tie told the Fri lii
-
iaare4,e ought to have knocked and asked for the light,
tame ;' of breaking open the door ; when the prisoner
sere, d furious attack upon the complainant, struck him
tnos.s. the face with an iron poker, and then cut his head
Lolls eeve
sf. relY• The other prisoners then rushed into the
hisas joined in the attack. His brother then came to
,strlce orT,atice, anti had it not been for the timely attend-
he be Lue Police he believed they would have killed him.
urtle etch fitted the defendants £5 each, and in default
for -re'l ti•hard
t 'ern to be imprisoned and kept to labour
fiatilVeulutiths, and at the end of that period Coney to
4.rld fan, himself in I:30, and two sureties in £l5 each.
'heed '1!0";ter to do so, he was ordered to be further impri-
e
our months.
tt'Prolop,ON BIZANDY.—It is quite evident, from the
teliet advance in the price of Foreign Brandy in bond,
fifty per cent., that the English consumer will
nO„,,
tpeantfitted by the proposed reduction in the duty,
;Tied le,etins'._ eventually take place. At present the assu-
:::ifeee vi:_rieluatPPerrs to be only productive of profit to
brinlarkt.: ' Preprietors in France, and the importers in
if the supposed advantage in the lessen-
boes` were not thus anticipated, the inevitable effect
it! distl7jedetertoratien of quality. The peculiar sod in
t„ arid, Produced ognac, from which alone that particular
which has attained such a high cha-
fr''sted t' so limited in extent that a demand has always
hI ba,?the full amount of the growth ; and any failure,
shiee. /, asons, has invariably caused great increase of
se, dive
.IS, therefore, to be feared, that the lowering of
itife'ri7ul become a premium to adulteration ; and that
rbtiPtionur Brandies of France, distilled from every de-
Xt4re "f vegetable matter, will soon destroy, by ad-
And the' quality and good name of the Cognac Brandy.
us, Rett's Patent Brandy, the basis of which is the
seneklikh.,;:efled spirit that can be obtained from the beet
let Pe, !gait, will enin by comparison, with the adultera-
-94 elite D_ane.
%tl4e,
t. iyie, and so become more valuable than
tre:l ; itive with Cognac, no inferior Brands can
its consumption mast proportionately in-