The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-20 00:00:00

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A finely carved " Royal-Arms," in white Carrara mar..
hie, has been placed over the pediment of the Theatre
Royal, Manchester.
James Adshead, Esq.,. of Woodfield, near Staleybridge,
has been placed in the commission of the peace for the
county palatine of Lancaster.
A mechanic named Leech perished on Tuesday in a
gasometer pit at the Mersey Mills, Stockport, into which
he had descended to rescue another workman.
IMMENSE SALE OF POTATOES.—The quantity of pota-
toes sold in the Manchester market, from Thursday, the
Bth instant, to Wednesday, the 14th, both days inclusive,
was ten thousand loads, of 252 lbs. per load ; the price
from 12s. to 16s. per load. No diseased potatoes were
noticed amongst them.
FORGED BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.—Parties would
do well to be exceedingly careful in examining Bank of
England notes before they are taken, as there are some
forged notes now in circulation, in Manchester especially,
of most superior workmanship, and in which the resem-
blance to the true notes is carried to the most minute
particulars.
FATALITY FROM SLEEP-WALKING.--OR Friday week,
a man named William Hardcastle leaped from one of the
attic windows of the third story of the Mosley Arms Tap,
in Back Piccadilly, Manchester, and was so much injured
by the fall that he died shortly afterwards. At the inquest
it came out that he had been in the habit of walking in his
sleep, and that last year he had been caught in going
through the before open window, as in this fatal instance.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."

ANTICIPATION OF THE TEN HOURS ACT.—MEETING
OF THE COTTON SPINNERS' ASSOCIATION.—A special
meeting of the memners of this association was held at
Manchester, on Tuesday afternoon, at the offices of Mr.
William Heron, solicitor, secretary to the association, for
the purpose of taking into consideration the course to be
taken by the trade under its present circumstances, and in
connexion with the passing of the Ten Hours Act. In the
absence of Mr. Robert Hyde Greg, Mr. William Taylor,
of Preston, was called to the chair, and a long conversa-
tion took place with a view to ascertain the feeling of the
employers as to the daily hours of labour to be adopted in
the mills, on the resumption of full time by the establish-
ments. At length a resolution was submitted to the
meeting, which was adopted mem. dis., declaring it advis-
able, and therefore recommending that millowners should,
on their mills resuming full time, work ten hours a-day
only, and, by so doing, give immediate effect to the full
restriction of the new factory act, which does not legally
come into operation until the Ist May, 1848. . .

FRIGHTFUL DEATH ON THE RAILWAY.—An inquest,
was held at Kersley, yesterday week, upon the body of
Kay Collier, a man of about 40 years of age, a watchman,
formerly employed about the colleries of Mr. Fletcher, in
Clifton. It appears that on the Saturday evening previ-
ous, as the luggage train, which comprised sixteen wag-
gons, besides engine and tender, was proceeding from
Bolton to Manchester, and when near Kersley Hall was
observed to give a jerk, but not of such a nature as to
cause the engineer to throw off the steam. On arriving
at Manchester, however, the wheels of the carriages were
found to be sprinkled with blood, and this caused a return
to Kersley, and there was found the body of deceased
lying across the rails and completely severed in two. He
had been drinking at a beer-shop in the neighbourhood,
and left there drunk late in the evening, and, instead of
turning towards home, which is near Spindle Point, had
gone in the direction of the railway, and, it is thought,
at the time of the accident must have been asleep. He
has left a widow and small family. A verdict of "Acci-
dental death" was returned.
INSTALLATION OF THE DEAN OF MANCHESTER.—
The Rev. Geo. Hall Bowers, 8.D., the newly appointed
Dean of Manchester, arrived there on Wednesday from
London, and was formally installed and inducted into
office on the following day, in the choir of the Collegiate
Church, with all the usual formalities. The Venerable
Archdeacon Rushton officiated as commissary for the
Lord Bishop of the diocese, and there were present the
Rev. Canon Wray, Vice-dean, and the Rev. Canons Par-
kinson, Clifton, and Sergeant. The ceremony occupied
a considerable time. At the induction a college cap was
placed on the head of the dean. The procession of the
clergy and others afterwards repaired to the Chapter
House, and a merry peal of welcome to the new dean was
rung from the old tower. The warden (or dean) then
took the college oaths, and attended the usual morning
prayers in acknowledgement of his full appointment. The
congregation who attended the service was large and
attentive.

HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A YOUNG CHIMNEY-SWEEP.
—On Tuesday last, the borough coroner of Manchester
was for a long time engaged in investigating the circum-
stances attendant on the death of a poor climbing boy,
named Thomas Price, residing in Shepley-street, London-
road, who died on the afternoon of Sunday week, in con-
sequence of the cruelty of his master, a chimney-sweep,
named Gordon. The unfortunate deceased, a lad of ten-
der age, was only seven years and seven months old. It
appeared that, on Sunday (!) last, the master of deceased
was engaged in-sweeping the flues attached to the engine-
house of Messrs. Tenant and Co., chymical manufacturers,
in Jackson-street. Another man was with him, and also
the deceased. Gordon found the work too hot for him,
and although unwilling or unable to go into the flues him-
self, he insisted upon and compelled the lad to do so.
Finding himself overpowered, however, the lad came out,
being unable to stand the oppressive heat, when his brutal
master chastised him severely, and forced him again to
re-enter. Shortly afterwards he was brought out almost
suffocated, and perfectly insensible to all around him,
when his master, Gordon, carried him home in a soot-
cloth, and flogged him brutally forwhat he called "foxing."
This he did whilst the poor lad was in convulsions, and in
fact on the verge of death, and the result of such inhu-
manity was, that he expired under it the same afternoon.
The surgeon who made a post mortem examination found
marks of burning on the head and body, and extravasa-
tions of blood in lines, the effects of repeated stripes ;
but the immediate cause of death, he was of opinion, was
convulsions from suffocation. Deceased had previously
been in good health. The jury returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against Gordon, who stands committed for trial
at the assizes.

EXTRAORDINARY SPORTING FEAT.—OR Wednesday
last, a sporting feat, which is probably unparalelled in
the annals of the town, 'came off between two " sporting
coves," resident in Manchester, in which the parties (who
are well known) backed their respective ponies to perform
the journey between Manchester and the ancient city of
Chester, against each other, in harness. The match, (a
true sporting one) we should state, was made three weeks
ago, between Mr. Beardmore, fishmonger, of Victoria
market, and Mr. Cotton, spindle and fly maker, of Queen
street, Salford, as to which of their ponies could perform
the journey from Manchester to Chester and back in the
shortest time. The match was for £5O a-side. At four
o'clock on Wednesday morning the start took place from
the Old Fish public-house, in Knott Mill; Mr. Beardmore
driving his own pony, " Brown Billy, 5 years old, and
11 hands 3 inches high, in a light gig, constructed for the
purpose. " Black Bess," Mr. Cotton's pet, was driven
by her owner, and is 11 hands 21 inches high, and nearly
8 years old. At the start both went well off together, and
for the first twenty-four miles ran almost neck and neck ;
as they neared the old city," however, Billy got in
advance, and was the first to plant his feet in the domains
of " Hugh Lopus," performing the distance (40 miles) in
44 hours. In returning, they came close together as far
as Northwich, when Billy again made a sprint, and left
Black Bess " behind. Strange to say, umpires, referees,

and all, were left behind by these ton-i-tits(or!t least by.

Billy) who reached home after an absence of 81 hours.
Towards the end of the journey the mare was distressed,
and she did not reach Manchester until about an hour
and eighteen minutes after her more successful rival. The
owner of Billy is said to have netted about £3OO by the
match. Black Bess was the favourite all along.—Man-
chester Courier.
THE MANCHESTER COLLEGIATE CHURCH REVENUES.
—On Friday last a very numerous and reswectable meet-
ing of members of the church of England (including
churchwardens and sidesmen) was held in the town-hall,
Manchester, for the purpose of taking into consideration
a proposed arrangement between the Chapter of the Col-
legiate Church and the parish churchwardens. Mr.
SAMUEL BIRLEY was called to the chair, and in his open-
ing speech showed the difference of opinion between the
churchwardens, and the Manchester Church Reform As-
sociation in relation to points respecting which they ori-
ginally agreed. He stated that the churchwardens, in

their petition to Parliament, prayed that " the whole 'in-
come and revenues of the rectory should be applied to the

efficient pastoral and ecclesiastical superintendence of the
parish of Manchester; " and that now all they sought
was to appropriate, not the while income and revenues,
but only ' the surplus funds." He contended that the
Association had remained true to its principles, while the

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churchwardens deviated from them, and sought other
objects. After Mr. Heelis had been heard on behalf of
the churchwardens, the first resolution was passed with
but three dissentient hands, in a meeting of 350 to 400
persons. This resolution confirms one passed by the
meeting of district wardens on the 3d of June, declaring
-+ the proposition of the ch.n+.-,r

„impte_ .s not satisfactory,
and expressing surprise that the parish churchwardens
should persevere in seeking to carry that proposition into
effect, after the opinion so decidedly recorded against it.
The meeting declared by the subsequent resolutions that
no settlement of the question can be considered satisfac-
tory which does not retain the entire revenues of the

Collegiate Church for the payment of a parochial and
pastoral clergy ; that the endowment of a dean and chap-
ter of the cathedral church of Manchester ought to be

commissioners, and not out of

he revenues of a parish where the clergy are so inade-
,uate in numbers to the wants of the population, and so

very scantily endowed. These resolutions passed with
manifestations of the most perfect unanimity. Even Mr.
Heelis, in seconding a vote of thanks to the chairman,
stated that he had little doubt but that the churchwardens,
when they found that the expression of feeling was that
had been evinced by the meeting would think it advisable

in some degree to defer to it.
WARRINGTON.—ELECTION MOVEMENTS.—The Con-
servative candidate, Gilbert Greenall, Esq., has, during
the past week, waited on the principal part of the electors,
and the result of his canvass leaves no doubt (come the
day of election when it may) of his being returned the
honourable member for the borough of Warrington by a

Large majority
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canvass he ha's been received with greatest enthusiasm
and kind feeling, not only by the electors but non-electors.
He declares himself to be a churchman, and that he will
do all in his power, if returned to Parliament, to uphold
the purity, honour, and stability of the Church of England,
and that whilst he would allow religious toleration to all
sections of the christian. community, he would not support
any measure calculated to impair its usefulness,. or to di-
vest it of its power. On the question of free trade he
declares that he would support such measures as wore likely
to promote and maintain the great commercial interests
of these kingdoms, so far as that can be consistently
done without injury to the landed interests. On Fri-
day last, and whilst Mr. Greenall. 'was proceeding

with his canvassing party through the borough, a false
alarm was raised by the friends of Mr. Allcard, the
Liberal candidate, stating that Mr. Greenall had re-
signed from the contest, doubtless with the view to
prejudice his cause, but this bubble soon burst by the
announcement by placard that the result of his canvass was
such as to place beyond doubt a signal victory over his op-
ponent. The so-called Liberal party are using every
imaginable device to beguile the unwary. A few days
ago it was announced by placard that the friends of Mr.
Greenall would form a processsion and escort him into the
town, to the Market place, when he would address them ;
upwards of 250 electors, and others, to the number of 700,
joined in it, but, to their surprise, before reaching the
Market-place, a waggon had been drawn up and taken
possession of by the opposite party ; but finding that Mr.
Greenall had to avoid confusion, resolved upon addressing
his friends from a window, opposite a large open area in
Bewsey-street, the Allcardites, consisting chiefly of non-
electors, file-cutters, boiler-makers, children, fustian-cut-
ters, and a number of Irish labourers, assembled around
the area, and by shouting, hissing, and ringing of a large
bell, it was with great difficulty for many to hear the dif-
ferent speakers. The procession. however, formed again,
and proceeded through the Market-place, Mill-street,
King-street, Sankey-street, and Bridge-street, to the
Lion Hotel, when Mr. Greenall again addressed the elec-
tors. A few of these Liberal non-electors have, within.
the last few days, been induced to offer large odds in
betting with Conservative electors, for the purpose of
nullifying their votes ; but this artful dodge has been dis-
covered. The Liberal party have announced by placard_
that a meeting of the friends of Mr. Allcard will he held on.
Monday, the 19th instant, in the Music-hall, Bewsey-
street, when Mr. Falvey, of Manchester, will address the
electors.

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