The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

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MATERNAL AFFECTION, the picture by Bruhl, Ol
lin, now amongst the collection at the Dublin Exhibition,
has been purchased by Mr. Samuel Holme, the Mayor of
Liverpool. The subject is one of thrilling interest. A
house, in which two children are asleep, is being consumed
by fire ; and while the father is hesitating as to what
he shall pursue, the mother, actuated by a strong
of maternal affection, rushes through the flames to
save her offspring.
PROFANE SWEARING.—At the New Bailey Court-
house, Salford, a case of this kind was brought before Mr.
Trafford, magistrate, on Tuesday, upon a summons, rather
reluctantly granted, at the application of a master silk
vnanufacturer against his servant, Mr. Smith, the appli-

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cant, said the offender's name was John Buckley, a labourer
in his employ, and he was in the habit of using most
shocking oaths. The magistrate said, " Buckley, do you
plead guilty of swearing profane oaths P" Buckley—
' Yes, when I'm out of temper." Magistrate—" Then the
act of parliament says you must pay a shilling." The
court fees made the fine into one of four shillings, which
was paid.
SELECT VESTEX.—On Tuesday, at the fortnightly
meeting of this body, the Rev. Rector Campbell presided.
Mr. Moss said he had received an offer from a respectable
party to restore the chimes of St. Peter's Church, and to
wind them up and keep them in repair for £25 per annum.
He was sure the general vestry would sanction such an ex-
penditure by the churchwardens ; and he for one would be
willing to exonerate them from risk by a private sub-
scription. The matter was referred to the churchwardens,
who will appeal to the next general vestry on the subject.
It was agreed to pay the demand of the council on the
parish for £2,442 as library and museum rate. A letter
had been received from Mr. H. W. Slack, stating that h'
had received a telegraphic report of the death of I
partner, Mr. Frederick Cripps, one of the district used'
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ject to discontinuance ataWeek's notice. It was reported
that about 16 of the children from the Industrial Schools
had re.wived situations since the last board day, and that
one gild had absconded. There were vacancies at present
for 63 boys and 109 girls_ The total number of inmates in
the Workhouse was stated to be -1,703, amongst whom
there are 417 sick cases. Mr. Hart read a return, showing
that, whilst there had been an increased cost of provisions,
the number of paupers had diminished, there being 305
this week less than in -the corresponding week of last year.
A woman, named Illizabeth Carpenter, had applied to be
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has just laid the keel of a
wl packet, for Messrs. Williams and Guion, which
be commanded by Captain Edwards, of the ship
die. She will be 190 feet long, 42 feet beam, 26f
ep, and about 1,600 tons measurement. She will
be launched in December next.
THE DOG NtrlsexcE.—A vigorous raid has been com-
menced on the part of the police against Vagrant dogs and
their owners. On Thursday, upwards of 400 persons were
summoned before the mayor for having allowed their dogs
to go at large in the public streets. All these cases have
originated since the mayor called the attention of the
police to the dog nuisance. In each case where ownership
was proved, a fine of 55., with 2s. 6d. costs, was inflicted.
FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION.
—The half-yearly meeting was held at the Town Hall,
Preston, on Monday last week, Mr. T. B. Addison in the
chair. The statement of accounts showed—Receipts to
June 30,, 1853, £157,822 6s. 4d. ; arrears of calls, £18,954
10s. Bd. ; awaiting completion of forfeiture, £19,941 ; total,
£196,717 16s. Balance due to bankers, £3,378 9s. 9d.
The chairman believed that no change had taken place in
the position of the company since the last half-pearly
meeting, and therefore there was no formal report to be
presented on this occasion. After a short conversation

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AURORA. BOREALIS.—On Friday, there was a beautiful
display of the aurora borealis, or " Northern lights."
The coruscations were moat brilliant, and from dusk till
midnight the whole of the horizon to the northward and
westward was illuminated with intermittent flashes of
light. About half-past eight, a singular body of light was
visible immediately over the town. Its appearance re-
sembled the ray thrown out by the elecctric light, only
that it took a zigzag direction, and appeared denser in
sUbstance. It appeared very low in the atmosphere, and
many were puzzled to make out what it could be, not a
few supposing .it to be " the come

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PanrunitoXic CONERT.—siThe fifth Performance of
the year took place on Monday before an exceedingly large
audience: Upon the whole the concert was successful,

the extreme nervousness .of M'lle Bellini, detracted in
some degree from the interest of the concert. An addi-
tional attraction was afforded by the performances of the
clever boy -pianist, Arthur Napoleon, who astonished the
audience by his extraordinary playing. Though only eight
years and a half old, he executed compositions with an ap-
preciation for the intention of the composers, and display-
ing an executive facility which surprised every one present.

THREATENED STRIKE AT MA?tCRESTER.--We regret
to have ikTain to record symptoms of differences between
employers and employed. This time it is the manufac-
turers of domestics who are seeking an advance of wages,
and, seeing how very unremunerative this branch of trade
has 'been for a length of time, and is at present, their em-
ployers have not been able to comply with the demand of
tel. per cent., which is the advance required. In conse-
quence, the operatives in four qr five large mills have

notice, and left -their employ-
ment this week. Their example has been followed by
others, and their notice will expire nett week, when they
are expected also to strike work. In some instances they
may succeed in obtaining a tempora/7 advance, until the
warps and weft in the hands of the manufacturer are used,
but then, assuredly, the mills must be closed. All the
year the trade has been unremunerative, with brief in-
tervals ; and 'it is clearly impossible to afford . more for
labour at present.—lllanchester Courier. • .•
HEALTII Ge THE TOWN.—The medical officer of health
reports that, in the week ended the 27th ult., there was
again- a decrease in the mortality of the borough, the
deaths registered having been 183, against 192 in the
previous `week, whilst the leverage of the same week of
former years was 230, without cholera. Of the 66 deaths
from oymotic diseases 48 were from diarrhoea, &c., a
smaller number than in the corresponding week of any
year since 1848. Of the 43 who died not fewer than 40
were infants and children. Typhus caused 4 deaths,
scarlatina 8, small-pox 1 (unvaccinated), purpura 1. A
patient, aged 34, . died from hydrophobia, having been
slightly bitten, abont-three months previously, by a dog,
lathe country. From diseases of the lungs there were
38 deaths, against 53 in the previous week. One death
Prom delirium tremens was reported—La male, aged 54.
A fatal case of imported cholera, reported as "Asiatic,"
occurred on Wednesday, to a German emigrant, aged--25,
who was attacked with the disease inits premonitory stage
in Hamburgh, a ?fortnight previously, and who neglected
to employ. means to arrest its progress, until within a few
hours previous to his death. Theinedital officer of health,
having investigated this case, finds it to have been of
foreign Origin, and is of opinion ' there is no reason at
present to app-ehend an outbreak of epidemic • cholera in
Liverpool. The health of the town has .seldom been so
good as it now is and haS beenlor the last five months,
during width period the mortality has been. 'continually
below the average. No epidemic is prevalent, and diarrhoea
in particular, which always increases in frequency and
severity before an outbreak of cholera, is at present less
frequent and fatal than it has been at any similar period
of the laft -five years.
THE ANNUAL LICENSING- SESSION NM resumed On
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Tuesday, in theeeednproceeded
teSesseieonsnsi-dheotrtsteh,
eCrheanpeewl-aistree;t,manpcelndthede
licenses _:---John Butler Gill, Batchelor-street, renewed with
a caution ; Mary Ann Wirticot, Burlington-Street, further
inquiry.; Jessie Webster, '•Cable-street, renewed with an
admonition; • George Bradshaw; ChristianLstreet;renewed;
Hugh Williams, Clayton-street, renewed ; Matthew War-
rener;Dickinson-street, renewed ; Francis Parry, Edmund-
street, renewed ; George Wood, Flint-street, 'renewed ; Re-
becca Smith, renewed ; 'Elizabeth Jones, Gerard-street,
refused ; Thomas Brocklebank, Glover-street, refused ;
Thomas !Slack, Greenland-street, renewal refused. The
following were renewed:—Wm. Scott, Greenland-street;
Robert Walker, Jervis:street ; Wm. Smith; Mary Hurst,
Kent-street ; Charles M. Bowman ; George . Hunt ; Wm.
France, Milk-street; -Robert Christian, Norfelk-street ;
John M`Fillimore ; Win. Henry Spencer, Peter-street ;
Daniel Millway, Pleasant Hill-street ; Maria Dowling,
Pownall-square ; George Bennett, Sawney Pope-street, sus-
pended. An application from Mr. Snowball for a. license
for Charles Pugh, Slaaws-alley, was suspended, false papers
having been sent to the In. gistrates by some man named
M`Ginnis, as to the transfer, which was sufficient' to close
the question of grant4rg :n license to the house. In the
case of the railway station refreshment-room,'in Lime-
-street, in the name Of Henry Booth, the license was
granted, but it was to be understood that no future offence
be committed. On Wednesday the following licenses were
renewed :---J. Bushell,' South. John-street ; Wm. • Howell,
Union-street ; W: Cole; -Waterloo-road ; E. Farrier, West-
moreland-street ; Mary Clay, Simpson-street. In-the case
of Marry Wannop, Skeihorn-street, the license wasgranted
to:Stephen Sharpe, now her husband. A license toJames•
Berry, Vauxhall-road, was refused.

given the requisite week

lANCIIESTERANDLIT IMP 0 0 L AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The preliminary meeting was held at the Lion Hotel,
Warrington, on WedneStlay. William Tatton Egerton,
Esq., M.P., (the society's:president for this year,) was in
the,ehair ; and there were also present Messrs. Dixon and
Bothwell, inspectors of farms to the society; Mr. James
Green, treasurer ; Mr. Henry White, secretary ; Messrs.
Ledger, Longton, Warburton, Edwards, Birch, Baxter,
Rose, Garfit, MTarlane, Lousdale, Pownall, Pemberton,
Lowndes, James Bent, G.'Halsall, James Langshaw,.Peter

Leather, Thomas Atherton, ThemaS MTarline,
Briscoe, and James Dickinson. In class 3 (rewards..to

farm- servarrts) the prizes ..rvere awarded. The inspectors
of farms then read their reports on the farms of -ea4b
claimant in class 1, (best cultivated farm, drainage, &c. ;)

and the prizes in that class .were awarded. The -prises-in
class 2 -(green crops grown in 1852) had been awarded ata

meetin held on the 16th of December, 1852, and the
awards were confirmed at this meeting. The green crops
of this sear and the stacking had not yet been inspected.
The officers of the society for the ensuing year were then
reappointed, and the following gentlemen were added to

1111-mitiee : Robert Wilson,-Esq., of Hal
aoOl, and Thomas Whittingh.am, Esq., of

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A VIOLENT ATT.A.CS by turn-out workmen took place
at Ancoats, near Manchester, yesterday week. Several
workmen were being conveyed in a covered van, to pre-
vent them from being attacked, on their way from Man-
chester to work at Openshaw. When the van had arrived
at Ancoats, it was violently attacked ; the door was forced
open, and, notwithstanding.a protracted and spirited re-
sistance, the inmates were dragged oat and severely mal-
treated. Two of the ringleaders were apprehended ; and,
having been brought before the magistrates on Thursday,
were committed for trial. •

FALSE PRETENCES.—At the Police-court, on Saturday,
Francis Risenburg, a young Austrian, of respectable ap-
pearance, was charged by Mr. Francis Holzenger, secre-
tary to the Austrian consul in Liverpool, with obtaining
£3 by false pretences. On the 7th ult. the prisoner went
to the office of the consul and informed the secretary that -
the consul, who had been kind to him on a former occa-
sion, had verbally ordered him to call at the office, and
draw £3. The secretary, knowing that his master had
taken an interest in the prisoner, and giving credence to
his story, gave him the money. In the course of the
day, however, he ascertained that the consul had given
Risenburg no permission to call for money, and informa-
tion was given to the police, who succeeded in apprehend-
ing him on Saturday. A document of a suspicious cha-
racter, leading to the assumption that he had been con-
nected with begging-letter impostures, having been found
in his possession, he was remanded, to give the police an
opportunity of making further inquiries.
OPERATIVE SAWYERS.—The sawyers of Liverpool are
soliciting their employers for the following rate of wages :
Yellow pine, 29 inches deep and upwards, 3s. Bd. per 100
feet ; ditto, under 20 inches deep, 3s. 4d. per 100 feet ; red
pine and red Baltic deal, 4s. per 100 feet ; all foreign white
hardwood, except American ash, 6s. Bd. per 100 feet ; all
single flat cuts, double measure ; English white hardwood,
American ash, and all oak billets, 6s. per 100 feet. Best
cut for all in all kinds of wood, and extra cuts, as usual ;
planking ash for felloes to be paid for by measure the
same as the above. Sweeping felloes immediately after
being sawn, id. per inch clear; ditto dry plank or planked
in the country, id. per inch clear. All labouring, includ-
ing taking down boards, loading and laying loads, and
getting in timber, to be paid for at the rate of 4s. per (IV.
or sd. per hoar. The employers have had a private
meeting on the question, but what resulted has not yet
transpired.
THE WATER QUESTION.—On Thursday, Mr. 31`Donald
delivered a lecture at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-
street, on the " Past, Present, and Prospective Supply of
Water to the Inhabitants of Liverpool," in which he gave
a clear, succinct, and impartial historrrsgelthe'Pike contro-
versy, detailing fully and fairly the part he took in oppos-
ing the Rivington scheme, and referring to what he had
suffered personally for his opposition to it. He gave full
credit to those who had removed him from the water works,
because they thought he was an obstruction in the way
of carrying out a great improvement. Referring to the
Pike he said :—" The town has no more use for its waters
than a horse has for two tails. If it were possible even
now to stop these works, there would, in all probability.
be a saving of at least £200,000." At the close of the
lecture,, the -audience awarded a vote of thanks to Mr.
M`Donald, and a committee was formed to draw up a
memorial to the Town Council against expending more
motley on the Rivington scheme.
LIVERPOOL SESSION S.—A report of the August Ses-
sions, which commenced on the 27th ult., was by accident
omitted last week. The Recorder, in his charge to the
grand jury, said it was satisfactory to find that the com-
mitments to the sessions had been decreasing, and proba-
bly during the last ten years 'or more there never were
fewer commitments for the period than during the last
few -months. He added, "It is probable that this will
be the last sessions in which this court will have to pass
sentences of transportation under the law as it now stands.
In fact, I may say the present law will expire on Friday
-next, When a term of penal servitude will be substituted
In a great many cases for the present sentence of trans-
portation. It is satisfactory to see the provision made,
'through the liberality of the Corporation,e for dealing
more effectually with priseners, by the erection of the
new gaol which will shortly be opened." The Recorder
next descanted on the subject of the licensing system.
He said, " I can lay my finger •on a public-house in this
town which I believe to be the resort of thieves, and
where I have no doubt there is a sort of society of thieves,
and that • public-house is licensed by magistrates of this
town, and will be licensed again ; for though I am morally
certain, from seeing, sessions after sessions, what is done
there, what 'becomes of it? There is no power to deal
with it. It is not easy to-bring legal proof into a court of
what you Might be otherwise pretty certain of, and so the
mischief goes on, and the house retains its license. And
if the magistrates having to do with the granting of
licenses felt -certain the house was one of a certainde-
scription, and failed to prove it in a court of justice, they
would be visited personally with the costs. I have long
thought that the public:houses were too numerous in this
town, and that more sparing use should be made of
the power of giving licenses by those who exercise it
The following is a summary of the sentences :—Jane
Davies alias Mary Ann Bell, stealing a watch from James
Shaw, seven years,• transportation ; Wm. Thompson, steal-
ing 10s. from Mary Whitley, ten months', hard.labour ;
James !Evans, stealing a coat from James Walker Bell,
the same ;'Thomas Trougher and Job Davies, the former
for stealing, and the ' latter for receiving, 37 brushes, be-
longing to John Henry Hopkins and others, four months;
Maria Turner, stealing £lO 18s. from Isaac Caddy, six
months; Agnes Wilson, -stealine. 26 from John Robert-
son, twelve months ; Wm. Johnson, four months, and
Thomas Brady, five months, for stealing 181bs. of tobacco
and.7lbs. of cigars 'from the warehouse of Mr. Procter ;
Nicholas' Dunn, steali g a watch belonging to John Jones,
and a coat 'belonging to Henry Williams, nine months ;
George Furness alias Pye, stealing a handkerchief from

Wm.-Norris, nine month's; Bridget Broderick, stealing a
shirt belonging to William Parker, nine months ; Thos.
Stephenson, stealing, 71bs, ef sugar belonging to Alexander
Duranty and others, four months ; Eliza Walsh, stealing
£5O in Bank of England notes from Joseph Hadfield, six
months ; John Le Court alias Victor Le Court, -embez-
zling from Messrs.' Bowman, Grinnell, and C0.,.E220 111 s.,
seven years' transportation ; John Gough, stealing • a
handkerchief- from John Giffin, eight months •, John
Rowe, stealing 55.'6d., belonging to Matthew Sills, nine
months ; William Jones, stealing nine pairs of boots be-
longing to Charles Freer; four mouths • Thomas Southern,
stealing lelbs. of sugar, the property of the Liverpool
Dock Trustees, four months. Misdemeanours :—Eliza
Dickinson,defrand obtaining,JahnWoodruff, sa months
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maliciously wounding James Agnew, one month ; This.
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Hiley, embezzling from Messrs. 31`Clune and Tamplin,
£25 16s.i four months dteen nx,nths. Thomas Long, conspiring to de-
fraud Peer Graham;f