The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-11 00:00:00

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On Saturday James Rhodes, formerly a publican in
Chapel• street, was sent to gaol for twenty-one days for

On Friday, two men employed in re-erecting the soapery
of Messrs. Foster and Co., at Birkenhead, recently
destroyed by fire, were so seriously injured by the fall of
one of the gable walls, that they lie in a very precarious
state.

On Friday a labourer named Kief was hoisting coals
from a flat at the Egremont wharf, when the crane em-
ployed in the operation gave way and fell upon him. He
died in about five minutes after the occurrence. The de-
ceased, who lived at Egremont, was an unmarried man.

On Thursday RoberiEttrick, a boy, aged thirteen years,
who lived with his parents in Oak-street, Birkenhead, left
'his house and did not return. Every inquiry was made,
hut no trace of hi was discovered until Saturday, when
his body was found in walia.mr ao.aaaad had
been employed about the dock works.
ACCIDENT FROM CARELESS DRIVING.—On Saturday.
Sarah Clarke, a poor woman, appeared before the magis-
trates to claim compensation from John Frampton, a car-
driver. It appeared that a few days ago the defendant,
being drunk,, drove his vehicle against the woman and
inflicted a severe injury upon her, from which she did
not recover for some time afterwards. .She claimed 10s.
as compensation. Mr. Rushton directed the defendant
to make an arrangement with her duectly, intimating that
she deserved £5.

The concluding portion of the official report of the
Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland relates chiefly to areview
of the Dolly's-brew conflict, the government investiga-
tion thereon, and the conduct of the government. Lord
Clarendon adopted Mr. Berwick's extraordinary and
original view of the law touching Orange processions,
notwithstanding that on a former occasion the Irish Go-
vernment, because probably it was suitable to the time,
held very different legal opinions. _ _

THE WEATHER.—buring the week, ending on Saturday
last, we experienced almost a continuous fall of heavy or
drizzling rain. The intercessions were very few; and,
throughout, the humidity of the atmosphere was so great
that our streets and roads were kept in a puddle, notwith-
standing all efforts of the scavengers and sweepers.
Saturday was a little drier. Sunday was a delightful day
for the season, the sun shining brightly out. About half-
past four in the evening of that day, a dense fog set in,
especially on and near the Mersey, and continued all
night. About half-past nine, the Eliza Price, Monk's
Ferry steam-boat, came into collision with the Britannia
Tranmere Ferry steam-boat, and cut through her larboard
sponson, abaft the paddle-box. The vessel was not dis-
abled, but has been withdrawn to be properly repaired.
VALUABLE PURCHASE.—We understand that the valu-
able piece of land immediately opposite to Wavertree
Coffee-house, and comprising six acres and a half with
four frontages, was sold by auction on Friday for less than
£9OO. The land formed at one time part of the common
waste lands of Wavertree, and was allotted under the
Wavertree enclosure act, the restrictions of which have,
we believe, tended materially to diminish the value of the
land, but if an act of parliament be obtained to repeal
them, the site will form a. valuable one for building purposes.

REAPPEARANCE OF MADAME SONTAG.—CG readers
will learn with pleasure that this distinguished artiste in-
tends to revisit Liverpool on the 17th instant, on her re-
turn from the continent. The fair vocalist will sing on
the occasion some of her most popular pieces; including
" Home, sweet home 1" " The prayer from Der Erie-
schutz," (in English,) " The clouds by tempests driven,"
and "The ocean has its pearls," Lied de Lochner.
Madame Sontag will be supported by several other dis-
tinguished artistes, including Signor Piatti, first violincello
player of Her Majesty's Theatre.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE.—A meeting of the
members of this embryo institution was held at the Cha-
ritable Institution-house, Slater-street, last evening. The
Rev. W. Pollock occupied the chair ; there were also pre-
sent E. Arnaud, Esq., Rev. J S Howson, the principal of the
Collegiate Institution, Rev. Mr. Moss, and the Rev. S.
Fenton. Mr. T. E. Hardy, the honorary secretary, hav-
ing read the proceedings of the previous meeting, the
Rev. W. Pollock referred to the report ; he had the plea-
sure of being present, and he must say he was struck
by the generous offer made by Mr. Steains, namely, that
if £lOO were collected within a short period he would
guarantee £2OO extra ; Mr. Steains had said that hitherto
he had not taken a very prominent part in the undertak-
ing-, but in order to test the experiment, whether it really
had the concurrence of the young men of Liverpool or
not, he was desirous of leaving it thus to the test. After
expressing his high sense of the generosity and decision
evinced by Mr. Steains in his offer, the Chairman called
upon the Secretary to state the amount of subscriptions
already received by him. The result was that the funds held
by the secretary amounted to £5l 13s. The Rev. Mr. Moss
announced that he held £4O 165., total £93 9s. These
sums were exclusive of five guineas promised by the Rev.
Archdeacon Brooks, five pounds from another gentleman
to the secretary, as well as various other sums promised
to gentlemen connected with the undertaking. In this
state of things it was thought desirable to wait upon Mr.
Steains to redeem his promise. The Rev. J. S. Howson,
Principal of the Collegiate Institution, moved the
first resolution, which was to the following effect,
that a deputation be appointed to wait upon Mr. Steains,
in order to inform him of the desire that was felt on the
part of the committee to avail itself of his generous offer.
The Rev. Principal gave his cordial concurrence with the
objects of the meeting. E. Arnaud, Esq., seconded the
resolution, and also applauded the designs of the institu-
tion. The Rev. Mr. Moss, Mr. Doul, and Mr. T. E.
Hardy were appointed as the deputation. Until the
result of the interview was known, it was not deemed
wise to take any further steps. A vote of thanks was
then proposed, on the motion of Mr. Doul, seconded by
Mr. Perks, to Mr. Steains. Mr. Breckell then proposed
a similar compliment to the Chairman, which was unani-
mously adopted and loudly applauded.
Mr. Hudson paid to the York and Berwick Railway
Company £75,000 last week, in quittance of all claims on
him, except a balance of some £lO,OOO, which it is sup-
posed the company will either give up or divide between
them and Mr. Hudson. This includes his bill for forty
odd thousand pounds for the Sunderland Docks.—Hera-
path's. Journal.
On Saturday afternoon, immediately after Mr. Marriott,
the extensive ironmonger, of Fleet-street, London, and
formerly a common council-man, had stepped into a rail.
way carriage, to proceed to his country house, his head
was observed to fall, and Iby the time he was carried into
a room at the station, life was totally extinct.