The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-04 00:00:00

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The Hon. Lloyd Kenyon has resigned the chairman-
ship of the Flintshire Sessions through ill health.

At the Preston sessions on Thursday Jonathan Har-
greaves, Esq., of Oak-hill, Accrington, qualified as a
magistrate of this county.

At Blackburn, last week, a coroner's jury found a ver-
dict that a man, on whom they held an inquest, had
died from having taken over doses of cayenne.
Two young men at Over Darwen, near Blackburn, have
been committed to Kirkdale, to take their trial for the
manslaughter of a man named Shorrock.
The magistrates of Wigan have decided that playinz at
dominoes is illegal, and have fined a defendant 10s. for
the offence.

An empty house was found to be on fire on Monday
evening, about seven o'clock, in Moss-grove, Moss-side,
Manchester, supposed to be the work of an incendiary,
On an examination of the premises it was found that there
had been five distinct parts of the building on fire at the
same time.

The Chester Chronicle states that, last week, the
Marquis of Westminster called together several of the
aged and infirm labourers, who have been employed for
years ou the estate at Eaton Hall, and granted them
weekly pensions, varying from 3s. to 3s. 6d. according to
their ages and degrees of infirmity.
A BEAST.—At Wigan, last week, a man, who had
drunk half a gallon of " whiskey grog," offered to drink
half a gallon of ale in ten minutes for a wager. This he
accomplished in six minutes, and then offered to drink
the same quantity again, but, when he had finished a
quart, he fell down insensible, and was qUite unconscious
until the next day.

EXPLOSION OF A GASOMETER.—On Saturday, as a
number of men were cleansing the gasometer, at Mr. W._
Openshaw's cotton mill, at Tottington, near Bury, an ex-
plosion of the gas took place, from coming in contact with
a lamp. The manager at the works, Mr. Caleb Kay, was
killed on the spot. The gasometer ascended upwards of
thirty feet, and did considerable damage.
On Monday evening,-about half-past eight, as a Mr.
Wilcock and his son was going along Moreton-street,
Strangeways, with a tin box containing £175 in cash, and
a bill for £126, the former was suddenly seized by the
throat and dashed to the ground by one man, while a
second similarly treated the son, and a third wrenched the
box from Mr. Wilcock's hands, and all three made their
escape.

REVENGE. Yesterday week, a young man named
Gooch, a butler, was brought before the magistrates, at
Manchester, on the charge of having administered some
deleterious drug to six of his fellow servants. He had
been in the employ of Mr. Welff, but was discharged : he
ascribed his dismissal to the malice of his fellow servants,
and promised to do for them. On the night after he left
they were all taken ill, but soon recovered. He was dis-
charged on giving bail, there being no direct evidence
against him.

-On Tuesday a conflict took place between three game-
keepers in the service of Mr. Leche, of Carden-park,
Chester, and Mr. Alctersey, of Aldersey-park, and a band
of poachers, supposed to be six in number, in the course
of which one of the latter lost his life. His name was
Moulton, and the inquest resulted in a verdict of " Man-
slaughter" against Woodfine, Mr. Leche's head game-
keeper. George and John Chidworth and Jonn Moulton,
of the deceased's party, were committed for poaching.
The coroner expressed his belief that the poachers might
have been captured without personal violence._ _ _

FIRE AT 13OLTON.—Tivo LIVES LOST.-0/1 Sunday
week, a fire broke out in one of the bed-rooms at the
house and shop occupied by Mr. Saunders, tailor, Deans-
gate, Bolton. Unhappily, after the flames had been sub-
dued, a child nine years of age, and a nurse aged 14 years,
were found to have been suffocated. Mrs. Saunders had
a very narrow escape, being found on the floor of the
same room in an almost helpless state. The fire was con-
fined to the rooms; but the shop and goods have received
considerable damage from the water used in extinguishing
the flames. The building has sustained comparatively
little injury. The damage altogether is estimated at £400;
but this loss is fully covered by an insurance in the County
Office for £lOOO.
THE ROCHDALE SAVINGS'-BANK.—An almost unpa-
ralleled case of fraud has recently come to light in conse-
quence of the death of Mr. George Haworth, who for
more than twenty years had held the office of actuary to
the savings'-bank in Rochdale. Mr. Haworth died on
the 19th of November, and on an investigation being
made on Tuesday last a discovery was made of embezzle-
ments extending over many years, and amounting to a
larger sum than was actually deposited in the bank. The
deceased actuary had kept a private ledger, in which were
entered numbers of the accounts of depositors, which
accounts never appeared in the books of the bank at all.
Haworth appropriated this money to his own purposes ;
and the amount embezzled greatly exceeds the sum of
£30,000. The character of Haworth stood so high that
it was in contemplation to have a public funeral to his
memory. He had a cotton mill, and was agent for seve-
ral wealthy families, and was extensively employed as an
arbitrator. He lived in good style, and bad a salary as
actuary of £lBO. The trustees of the bank, it is said, will
be liable for the defalcations. He had sureties for £lOOO.
Mr. Haworth was a member of the Society of Friends.
When at the point of death, he went through the form of
calling around him some respected friends to become
trustees, and executed a will, bequeathing to his widow
and child (a dadghter) something like £20,000, £3OO of
which per year was settled upon his widow. A meeting
of the depositors is to be held on the Bth instant, to ap-
point a special committee to investigate the matter in
their behalf. It is doubtful how far the deceased's estate
will meet the deficit, and also whether the trustees of
the bank are liable under the bank rates for other than
their own acts. Many of the depositors from neighbour-
ing towns have been strolling about the streets, though
they could get no information from the bank as to the
state of the accounts ; and one party of working men
stated that they had come as a deputation from the
depositors living in the village of Miln-row, from whence
the sums placed in the bank by individuals, Sunday
schools, and sick societies, amount to about £l,OOO. One
gentleman, a manufacturer, said he had two working men
in his employ who were depositors, one to the extent of
£2OO. and the other to the amount of £6O.