The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD'.

FATAL Amps/Yr.—On Saturday evening, in conse-
quence of the slippery state of the rails, the down train,
through the tunnel from Edge Hill to Wapping, laden
with goods, went at such a degree of velocity as to render
it necessary to put on the breaks ; but it unfortunately
happened, that in endeavouring to do so, George Ball, a
young man of 18 years of age, was precipitated from a
carriage on to the rails, and one of his legs was so terribly
crushed by the wheels of the hindermost carriage going
over it as to cause his death next day. The calamity was
accidental. _ _

Brakell, for printing ; George J. Poore, for printing or
stationery; R. H. Sherlock, proprietor of the Mail, for
printing ; Thomas Carter, publisher of the Mail, for
printing and stationery.—The secretary stated that Smith
had the printing of the Dock Committee for half a year in
1838; Harris had it for half a year in 1841; and Sherlock,
represented by Carter, had it in 1844. The other appli-
cants never had it.—Mr. Middleton, seconded by Mr.
Sandbacb, moved that Harris and Co., be the printers for
the ensuing year.—Mr. Mann. seconded by Mr. Lockett,
moved Mr. Sherlock.—Mr. Wood moved Mr. Brakell ;
but the motion was not seconded, and the contest lay be-
tween Harris and Co. and Sherlock. The latter was
elected by a majority of 10 to 2.—The applicants for the
stationery for the ensuing year were—Smith and Co.,
Harris and Co., Hosken, Pitt, Wade (junior,) Carter.
and Whitty and Ellis.—Mr. Rovden, seconded by Mr,
Wood, proposed Mr. George Wade, junior.—Mr. Hender-
son, seconded by Mr. Kendall, proposed Mr. Poore--
Mr. Aikin, seconded by Mr. Lockett, proposed Messrs.
Whitty and Ellis. The voting was finally taken, (the
first voting being equal for each candidate,) between Mr.
Wade and Mr.. Poore. Five voted for Mr. Poore, and
seven for Mr. Wade. The vote was next taken between
Mr. Wade and Messrs. Whitty and Ellis, when eight
voted for Mr. Wade, and only tour for Messrs. Whitty
and Ellis. Mr. Wade was then declared appointed.
TARVIN HALL SCHOOL.—The public examination of
the pupils at this establishment took place a few days
since. Among the company were the Rev. S. Cragg,
late of this town ; Rev. Thomas Dwyer ; Rev. A.
M'Conkey ; the Town Clerk of Chester; Dr. Watson, &c.
The examination on the whole of the subjects occupied
he school fourteen days. The boys were put through a
very severe classical examination, particularly in the
Greek Testament, Thucydides, Livy, and Nepos Papers,
by the Rev. S. Cragg, who reported that their readings
were most satisfactory, and as he had now attended three
times, he was able to observe a very decided improve-
ment. He considered Thucydides a very difficult author
indeed, and the passages selected were certainly none of
the easiest. He was equally satisfied with the mathema-
tical subjects, and he should be glad to hear the opinions
of his brother clergymen and others present. Mr. Cragg's
judgment was mO4 warmly sanctioned and supported,
and a general opinion appeared to prevail that Tarvin
Hail School would soon hold a high place amongst the
best of our educational establishments. The masers'
reports as to the progress of the boys were then read,
and the names of those who bad distinguished themselves
in the various branches of learning announced. Beever
was declared to be the senior classical scholar of the
whole school, and Sprague (senior) the first in mathema-
tics. The specimens of writing were considered extremely
good, and many of the paintings, sketches, and engineer-
ing and fortification drawings were also much praised.
At the close of the examination, the gentlemen whose
names we have given as among the visitors present were
invited to dinner with the Principal and Masters. The
health of the Rev. Stephen Cragg, J. F. Maddock, Esq.
(Town Clerk of Chester), the Masters and Medical
Officers, and the Principal and his Lady, were drunk
after the cloth was withdrawn ; and also " Success to
Tarvin Hall School." The first two gentlemen spoke in
the highest terms of the Principal, whose friendship they
had for many years enjoyed. Nothing could hive been
more satisfactory than the entire proceedings of the day.
Before leaving, the visitors expressed a wish to hear one
or two of the musical pieces performed by the boys.
They accordingly assembled in the lecture-hall, and sang
several pieces in excellent time J. F. Maddock, Esq.
took the opportunity of expressing to the School the
satisfaction he had felt at the very creditable manner in
which they had passed their examinations, and pegged
the Principal to read a paper which he then put into his
hand. The paper contained a request that the Principal
would allow him " to leave two guineas to be given as a
premium at the next examination, to the boy who shall
have made the greatest rise in classics in the interim."
lie offered this that the boy who obtained it might have
cause to remember the satisfaction expressed by the Town
Clerk of Chester on that occasion. This compliment
called forth three hearty cheers from the boys, and the
warm thanks of Mt. Brindley.

ANOTHER DEATH FROM STARVATION.—On Tuesday,
a poor woman named Sarah Burns, who with her husband
and seven children, had come from Prescot, died in
lodgings in Thomas-street, from general privation and
exposure to cold. A daughter of the deceased said that
her mother had not had enough to eat, that all she had
the previous day was a bit of bread, which she got from a
woman in the street. Her father had no means of sup-
porting his family but by begging. He had had relief from
the parish both on Saturday and Monday. The relieving
officer said that his attention had not been called to the
family, but that the cellar in which they lived was a most
mi.erable hole, and seventeen individuals were residing
in it. The coroner exonerated the parish from all blame,
for they were going even beyond the law in administering
relief, but two cases of death in two consecutive days was
dreadful. The jury found that the deceased had died of
disease of the lungs, and that her death had been accele-
rated by most of the necessaries of life.
ROBBERY OF A £2O NOTE.—On Tuesday, Francis
Casey was committed for trial by Mr. Rushton on a
charge of having picked the pocket of Mr. Thomas
Commode, broker" and shipping agent, of Duke's-place,
Wapping, of a note. Mr. Commode stated that he
was at a public-house in Wapping, on Friday night, and
that he was, in his capacity of shipping agent, doing busi-
ness for a captain, who in the course of conversation,
asked him to lend him some silver. He pulled out a £2O
and 4s. The 4s. he lent to the captain, and the £2O note
he placed in his vest pocket. On getting up, Mr. Com-
mode stumbled against the table, and the prisoner, who
bad been talking to the captain, rose for the purpose of
putting him in a perpendicular position ; but, while so
engaged, the prisoner's hand found its way into the
pocket of Mr. Commode's vest, and the £2O note was
abstracted. Mr. Commode on going into the yard missed
the note, and on returning to the tap the prisoner was
gone ; but on Monday night Mr. Commode entered
another public-house in a different neighbourhood, and he
there espied and identified the prisoner.
THE NEW SANATORY BILL.—MEETING OF BAKERS.
—A meeting of the bakers of this town, was held on
Tuesday last, in the Stanley Arms, Manchester-street,
for the purpose of taking into consideration how far those
bakers who use chaffer ovens, in the manufacture of
bread, would be affected by the new sanatory act, which
comes into operation on the Ist of January, 1847. The
chair was occupied by Mr. William Scott, who briefly
explained the objects for which the meeting had been con-
vened. Some lively conversation then ensued, relative
to the best method which could be adopted to prevent
the smoke which issues from chaffer ovens. The utility
of the new patent apparatus of Mr. Williams was freely
discussed ; and it is but fair to the trade to state, that all
were quite willing to adopt the plan which would abate
the nuisance of smoky chimneys. On the motion of Mr.
Kaye, a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Hutcheson,
Greene, and Bowler, was appointed to wait upon the
Health Committee, to ascertain whether chaffer ovens
came within the meaning of the act • and whether the
users of such ovens would be held liable under the clause
which referred to bakeries.
WEST DERBY UNION.—TUESDAY.—There was a let-
ter from the Poor-law Commissioners, complaining that
Mr. Christie, of Knotty Ash, the medical officer of the
rural district, was not duly qualified. The Commissioners
were instructed to he informed that Mr. C. was the only
candidate in the district, and they had no doubt of his
efficiency. A case of alleged neglect, by the relieving-
officer of the West Derby district, of the case of a poor
man, named Park, or Parks, who applied for relief for
himself and family, a wife and four children, were reported
to the board in rather warm terms, by Mr. Peers, one of
the guardians, and an overseer of West Derby. It was
represented that the officer referred to had dismissed the
applicant very summarily, without giving the required re-
lief, and without taking the applicant before the Board of
Guardians. This the officer denied, and it was resolved
that a special meeting be held for investigating the case at
an early day. The business of the board being concluded,
the chairman and guardians were invited by the chaplain
of the house to witness the examination of the young in-
mates, as to their attainments in their school. Copies of
verses were recited, chapters in the Bible read, followed by
examination of the children thereon, after which a large
class of the boys were put to the test as to their progress in
arithmetic, geography, and some few cases of history and
biography, in which, as on other points of education, they
displayed very satisfactory attainments.
ROMANTIC AND DISTRESSING AFFAIR.—On Thurs-
day, a Mr. Webster, a professor of dancing, and a
theatrical artiste of the ballet department, induced Miss
Hilton, a young lady, aged fifteen, daughter of W. Hil-
ton, Esq., of Ardwick Green, Manchester, to elope with
him from her father's residence. The distressed parent,
having obtained some clue to the course they had taken,
arrived in Chester that evening, and applied for the aid of
the authorities. On Friday, it was discovered that a li-
cense had been obtained at the Registrar-office, by Web-
ster, for his marriage with Miss Hilton, who was described
as a lady of twenty-two, and as having for the last few
months resided in St. John's parish, Chester. On re-
ceiving this information, the police repaired to St. John's
Church, where the marriage ceremony had just been
completed, and the partiza_Lad left in a hackney coach.
Inquiry was made for them, when they were found at the
Ermine Inn, Flookersbrook, near the Railway Station.
The foolish young " bride" was then taken from the pro-
tection of her abductor, and removed, in care of the
constables, to her parental home at Manchester, whither
her father had previously returned via Liverpool. Web-
ster accompanied the party, but of course was refused
admittance to Mr. Hilton's house.—Miss Hilton is a
good-looking young lady, with more of womanhood in
her appearance than might be expected from her age.
Webster is brother of the celebrated dunseuse, Clara
Webster, who was unfortunately burnt so severely as to
cause her death, during her performance, at Drury Lane
Theatre. We hear that this affair will probably give rise
to some legal prosecutions.—Chester Courant.
THE POOR.—On Tuesday a special meeting of the
select vestry was held to consider the necessity of adopt-
ing some steps whereby to save the parish, to some ex-
tent, from having to bear the whole expense of the enor-
mous importation of Irish pauperism which is daily going
on here. A memorial to the Secretary of State was agreed
to. It represented, that whereas the number of Irish
casual poor relieved by this parish, for the week ending
19th December, 1845, was 888 persons ; the number re-
lieved in the corresponding week of this year was 13,471.
The vestry submitted, therefore, that the peculiar posi-
tion of Liverpool, as a port of readiest access for the
transmission of Irish poor, entitled the parish to the
especial consideration of government, with a view to the
immediate establishment of some effectual means by
which the influx of Irish paupers may be prevented, and
the memorial prayed the right honourable gentleman to
intercede with the Lords of the Treasury for the reim-
bursement to the parish, out of the consolidated fund
of the amount of extraordinary expenses which they have
this year incurred. The chairman (Rector Campbell)
stated, in answer to some observations which were made
as to an alleged case of starvation, that the parochial au-
thorities of such a parish as Liverpool, containing 230,000
souls, besides the casual poor that swarmed in the town,
could hardly in fairness be held responsible for every case
of destitution that might occur. If they had the fabu-
lous attributes of heathen mythology, the hundred arms The cost of the overland route to India for first class
of Briareus and the hundred eyes of Argus, they could cabins will be reduced, at March next, to £127.
not do it. Such a work could only be done by the pa- The snow between Darlington and Berwick lies, in one
rishioners taking upon themselves the responsibility which continuous line, to the depth of 10 feet.
they were glad to throw on the parish authorities, by car- The Worcestershire Guardian, a Conservative paper,
rying out the Christian theory of the District Provident was published for the last time on Thursday last.
Society, dividing the town into districts containing twenty- It is asserted that Jenny Lind, the " Swedish nightin-
five families, and every substantial householder under- gale," will shortly appear on an English stage.
taking the inspection of a district containing such families. It is rather remarkable that the moon will be full twice
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the east coast of Ireland, when the crew took to the boats. which governs the duty, is one shilling and sevenpence
The deceased and six others were in the long boat, the higher than at the same period last year.
captain and rest of the crew in the gig. The latter were, It has been determined, on the express intervention of
however, picked up by a schooner. Those in the long her Majesty, to grant a medal for services in the Penin-
boat saw this, and tried to get up to her, but they could sular war.
not, and soon lost sight of her, owing to the great fall of Two men were found dead amongst the snow, near
snow. An attempt was then made to regain the Irish Bishop Auckland, Durham, on Sunday week. They had
coast, which was soon obliged to be given up, three of been drinking the previous night.
their oars breaking. They hoisted a small sail that was The Edinburgh Chronicle states, that there are up-
in the boat, and night coming on, they steered for the werds of 200 refused letters from Ady, lying, iu more
English coast, by keeping the north star astern. Having senses than one, at the Post-office there.
no provisions in the boat, and being thinly clad, they A piano has been made in London for the use of Tom
suffered intensely from the cold, which was terribly Thumb, on a scale suited to the capabilities of the dimi-
severe, their garments being covered with ice. On the tiutive hero.
second night they made the Lundy Island lights, and saw " The Battle of Life," dramatised by Albert Smith,
a brig, which they hailed, but it merely showed a light wes produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, yesterday
and passed on, without offering assistance, although it is week, and met with great success.
quite clear they were seen. Already had many of them The Poor.law Commissioners have appointed Anewrin
fallen victims to a horrible death, and lay prostrate at the Owen, Esq., of Egryn, Denbighshire, one of the Assis-
bottom of the boat, and the next night saw three or four taut Tithe Commissioners, to be an Assistant Poor-law
others. The boat had then reached Trevore Head, Commissioner, in the place of the late Colonel Wade.
whence it drifted with the tide into Mawgan Bay, where There is growing in a garden, near Morpeth, a fine spe-
it was noticed by the Coast Guard. Ten of the boat's cimen of the Indian gourd, or pumpkin. It measures
crew had by that time expired, and the remaining aia upwards of five feet in circumference, and five feet six
would inevitably have been lost had not one of the party inches in length.
swam off to the boat while heating among the breakers, Last week, at Burnley, one of the elephants in Womb-
and with the aid of a line, which he secured to it, it was well's menagerie bit off the tail of another. A. consider-
hauled up, and the poor feliows taken out. The jury able lime elapsed before the bleeding could be stopped.
having viewed the bodies, which lay in a barn adjacent to No ill consequences, however, ensued.
the Mawgan Perth Coast Guard station, returned a ver- So closely and thickly did the ice lately collect around
dict that—" The deceased died from the effects of starva- " the piers on the Thames, that it broke one of them in two,
tion and long exposure to the inclemency of the weather. and rendered it impossible for the steamers to land their
DOCK COMMITTEE MEETING.—At the weekly meeting passengers upon it.
on Thursday last, there were present Mr. Bramley-Moore, FATAL Born Er. EXPLOSION.—On Saturday morning a
(chairman,) and eleven other members. The board steam engine boiler, at the foundry of Messrs. Stothert
agreed that Is. 3d. per square yard be charged to tenants and Co" Bristol, burst, and scalded a great number of
occupying the late Harrington estate from and after the the workmen, two of whom died shortly afterwards.
Ist January next. A report was read to the effect that an The police of London have been advised by some of the
examination of some cases of French plums, said to have magistrates to carry salt about with them, a very small
been damaged in the Albert Dock warehouses, had taken quantity of that article, when scattered upon a slide in
place at Manchester, and that the result was satisfactory, the street, being sufficient to render it unfit for its dan-
so far as the servants of the Dock Committee were con- gerous pastime.
cerned.—Mr. Aikin proposed some alterations in the ou Saturday, the Rochester and Maidstone mail-bags
rates charged upon certain articles of merchandise, which were stolen out of the chaise in which they were carried.
appeared to him to be discrepant. The amendments, The letters were found, on Monday, lying in a field near
however, made by him to that effect, were lost by a Maidstone, opened. The driver, and a passenger, have
respective majority of 10 to 2.—A list of additional been committed on suspicion.
master porters was read and approved.—The board pro- A correspondent of the Gardener's Chronicle mentions
ceeded to the appointment of a printer for 1847. The that a bees nest was found a few days since among the
list of applicants consisted of George Smith and Co., for blankets of a bed which had not been used since the spring.
printing and stationery ; Harris and Co., for printing and I The bees were all dead, as they had consumed their stock
stationery ; J. Hosken, for printing only ; Thomas tof honey.

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION-GRAND
CONCERT.

The directors of this institution are sparing no pains to
keep up the interest of the lecture-ball. The list of lec-
tures for the ensuing year, contained in our columns to-
day, far surpasses any of its predecessors, and, with the

attractions of the well-selected and extensive library,

which will be opened next month, must ensure an extra--

ordinary subscription list amongst our townsmen. For
the present, we must confine our police to the grand con-
cert announced to take place on the 12th January, at the
re-opening of the season, at which we feel satisfied, when
the list of performers is seen, every person professing a
musical taste among us will be present.

First among them is Miss Birch, unquestionably our
most eminent English vocalist, whose superb voice has

lately had the advantage which never fails 'to attend a so-

jour❑ in Italy, the classic region of song. Next we find
Madame F. Lablache, the charming contralto, whose per-

formances at the Italian Opera, in-Williamson-square, as

Miss Fanny Wyndham, will be long remembered by all
who had the pleasure to bear her. Signor F. Lablache
will accompany his cara sposa, and sing with her, we learn,
some of those buffo duets which stand unrivalled in the
London concerts, as well as some of his own admirable
arie bee. Mr. Manvers, who has but lately returned to
London, from Italy, where he has been improving his fine
tenor voice and acquiring additional style and fame, will

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The Wellington statue is to be placed in the open
space west of the Horse Guards, and fronting the enclo-
sure in St. James's-park, and -workmen are now pre-
paring the pedestal.
Two people, an old man and a child, who were deck
passengers in a steamer from Londonderry to Greenock,
have perished from the inclemency of the weather ; no one
during the passage having noticed how much the cold af-
lected them.

The women of Edinburgh, to the number of 10,337,
have memorialised their sisters of the United States, im-
ploring them to lend the iziflu2nce of their sex for the
emancipation of three millions of their fellow-bein4s who
are slaves in America.

The Duke of Leeds his recovered £25,000 against his
father's executors, for damages done upon the estate by
his father pulling down Kiverton-hall, felling the orna-
mental timber, and converting the park into a farm, which
he had no right to do, having only a life interest in the
estate.

On Tuesday, several cabs, with placards, announcing
that they were running at 6d. a mile, were conveying pas-
sengers at that rate in different parts of London, much to
the chagrin of the old cabmen, who greeted the drivers of
those vehicles, as they passed the different cab ranks, with
jeers and shouts of derision.

During the late snow storm the mail at Edinburgh was
at one time fifty-six hours behind time, and there were
then no less than five London mails due. Of these four
came in together. The greatest part of the snow was in
Durham and Northumberland ; there was comparatively
little in Scotland.
THREEPENNY THEATRES —The Lord Chamberlain
has intimated to the proprietors of these theatres in Eng-
land his determination to withdraw the license from them
unless they raise the prices of admission-6J. being the
lowest price to be taken. The rise must take place on
and after the Ist of January next.—Glasgow Herald.
" STOLEN OR STRAYED."—A few days ago, the bell-
man of Sunderland announced the loss—either stolen or
strayed—of a favourite cat, for which half-a-crown re-
ward would be given by a disconsolate spinster, who had
lost its society, to any person who could restore poor dear
" tabby" to its lone mistress.

SHOCKING DEATH.—A shocking accident happened to
a little boy named William Hunt, living with his grand-
mother in St. Clement's parish, London, who, during the
absence of his grandmother on Monday, drank from the
tea- kettle, which was boiling by the side of the fire. He
died on the following day.
On the arrival of a long train of caravans in Leeds, on
Tuesday last, it was noticed that the proprietor had yo'ied
one of his elephants along with a horse to the carriage, and
that it was using its strength exactly in the same way,
and with as much docility as the horse with which it was
travelling.
On Monday, the gable-end wall belonging to the library
of the new Missionary College now in the course of erec-
tion in Canterbury fell in. It is supposed the frost had
penetrated the work, which was only of recent execution.
Fortunately the workmen were clear of that part, or a
sacrifice of life would probably have been involved.
It seems that some further proceedings with respect to
the game laws are contemplated in the next session of
Parliament. Inquiries are making in several, if not all,
the counties, as to what proportion of the prisoners in the
gaols have been committed for matters connected with
poaching; and also what number of convictions fur this
offence have taken place within a stated period.
It was stated, at the last meeting of the Statistical
Society in London, that the average height of the men
composing a regiment of Sikh-sepoys, raised in August
last, at Ferozepore, had been Lund, on measurement, to
reach six feet three inches. The regiment was 1,000
strong, and some of them exceeded six feet six inches in
height. _ _ _

TILE FIRST JEW RETURNED BY THE CITIZENS OF
LONDON AS COMMON COUNCIL MAN.—Just as we were
going to press, information reached us that Mr. B. S.
Philips, of the respectable firm of Faudel and Philips of
Newgate-street, has been returned as a common council
man for the ward of Farringdon-within.—Jewish Chro-
nicle.
DEATH FROM STARVATION.—A shocking case of des-
titution has just occurred at Worcester, wherein a woman
named Dovey was left for 24 hours by the parish
authorities without relief during her coi,finernent, in an
empty house, without a bit of covering for her newly born
babe, which was consequently killed by the intensity of
the rost and want of proper care. .

The demand for Christmas geese was greatly increased
in London this year, by the establishment of clubs for
their purchase. Each subscriber paid 6d. or ls. per week
during some weeks, on condition of receiving a goose and
a bottle of spirits for his Christmas d nner. Besides these
" goose clubs," there have also been " plum-pudding
clubs," on the same footing.
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.—In the night of Monday
week, the 14th inst., when the frost was most intense,
deep thunder was heard in this city, and the flashes of
lightning were extremely brilliant. We observe that the
same electrical phenomenon was noted at Shrewsbury and
Welshpool on the same night and early on Tuesday morn-
ing. At the latter place the thunder was very near, the
report rapidly succeeding the flash.—Hereford Journal.
The stoker who was so seriously injured by the late ac-
cident on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, died in
the infirmary on Monday, at the coroner's inquest. The
jury came to the unanimous conclusion that the de-
ceased's death was occasioned by injuries received in con-
sequence of the excessive speed at which Allen was driving
the engine, which would amount to a verdict of " Man-
slaughter" against Allen, the deceased engineer.
FAIIPWRECK FROM FAIR WEATHER.—Th'N'e
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form one of the party. cent , oeen an instance ot shtpwrt ck caused by lair we.
The veteran Lindley will also appear once again before ther. When the sea is agitated, it always breaks on the
a Liverpool audience, and give us in all probability, the rocks lying at the mouth of the Charente, and sailors can
final opportunity of hearing those unapproachable per- thus avoid them. But one night lately the sea was so
formances upon the violoncello which have so long calm that, by the light of the moon, no symptom of
been the wonder of the musical world, the more wonder- peril could tie perceived, and the English brig the Ann,
ful now, when we consider that this admirable musician proceeding from England to Charente, came right on the
has numbered three score and ten years. Since the death rocks and was wrecked. Fortunately the crew escaped.
of his old companion, Dragonettiti, Mr. Lindley has re- EFFECTS OF THE COLD.—On Monday night week
tired from his usual routine in the orchestra, and his final Arthur Monaghan, an Irish labourer, aged sixty, pe-
retirement from the profession will not be long deferred. risked in the snow, near Willington. A man, named
Her Carte, the celebrated Bohem flute-player, under Hopps, was found dead amongst the snow at Etherley.
whose direction this concert will be given, accompanies An old man, named Hornsby, was nearly frozen to death,
the party, and will astonish the audience by those fine but he recovered. A covey of partridges, tamed by the
strains on his peculiar instrument which none but him- frost, were found in Shields, on Thursday week ; three of
self can produce in such perfection ; and as be will doubt- them were caught. In Scotland many birds were found
less accompany Miss Birch in one of her songs, the frozen to the branches.
amateur will have an opportunity of hearing him to the PREVENTION OF MARKS FROM SMALL Pox.—lt ap-
greatest advantage. pears that the most effectual means is the exclusion ot
The conductor of the concert is Mr. Hopkins, of the light. Experiments made at New Orleans seem to afford
Temple Church, whose judgment of musical matters is very satisfactory evidence on this point. During the
considered so sound that Dr. Wesley's plan of the St. eruptive and ripening stages of the disease, a certain num-
George's-hall organ was submitted to him for approval ber of patients were confined in a dark ward of the hospi-
by our Town Council. We understand that he will per- tal, and no pit or scar or other deformity of the skin was
form one or two symphonies, &c., on the organ, so that left, though some of them had the disease most violently
our townsmen will have a good opportunity of judging of in its worst or confluent form.
his great merits. GUN-COTTON.--We were present on Saturday at the
Such a concert as this is but rarely given in Liverpool; rock-blasting by gun-cotton, in the quarry behind the
but our townsmen have only to award it that meed of en- Necropolis, and we were truly astonished at its tremen-
couragement to which, from its intrinsic merits, it is well does powers. The unwedgeable and solid whin rock was
entitled, to ensure for themselves a succession of, if pos- split by it as quietly and instantly as if it had been a soft
sible, even stronger attract;ons, and at cheaper rates.— myrtle. What would a bale of cotton not do, when a
The beginning must once be made, and. the present expe- small quantity (stuffed into a bore six inches by one and a
riment, in which no expense has been spared to produce half) was capable of such effects? It would blow up a
gratification, must decide the continuance of the plan. little city.—Glasilow Constitutional.
Such concerts are now being given with great success at A pe: son of the name of Francis Olifiero has been corn-
the Metropolitan Literary Institutions, and as the Liver- mitted to take his trial in London, charged with having
pool Collegiate Institution has great resources at its com- obtained, by false pretences, diamond jewellery of the value
mend, the undertaking will, no doubt, fully realize the of £5OO and upwards, from Mr. Linnet, wholesale jewel-
hopes of its projectors. ler, Bloomsbury-square. The prisoner pretended that he
was commissioned by the Queen and Prince Albert to get
them some brooches and rings ; but his tale turned out to
be untrue, and he went and pledged the articles which he
obtained from the prosecutor.
On Tuesday, a young woman attempted to commit sui-
cide in a coffee-house in Kent-road; London, by pouring
laudanum into the cup of coffee with which she was served.'
The landlady, who guessed her intention, took the cup
away under the pretence of putting some sugar in it, and
substituted another. The wretched creature, after some
conversation with her hostess, confessed her intention.
Her misery, she sad, had been brought on through her
husband enlisting. She was taken to her home, Great
Wild-street.
APPALLING DISCOVERY.—On Monday, as two boys
were dredging along the Thames at the Waterloo Dock,
Waterloo-road, they discovered the dead body of a fe-
male with a male child, apparently fourteen months old,
tied round her waist, deeply imbedded in the mud. The
dress of both indicated extreme poverty. The bodies
have been identified as those of an unmarried woman,
named Reid, aged thirty-two, and her son. It is sup-
posed she committed the double crime of murder and
suicide from destitution.
DEATH FROM EAGERNESS IN EATING.—An elderly
man named Taylor, a bookbinder, expired suddenly on
Wednesday whilst eating his dinner at the Railway
dining-house, Swansea. He swallowed potatoes whole,
and the medical gentleman extracted several pieces of
meat from the throat, oneisof which was several inches
square, sufficiently large for seven or eight ordinary
mouthfuls.—No cause is assigned for this strange conduct
on the part of the deceased, who had been absent from
Swansea for some time.
EXPENSIVE FUEL.—The Tagus steamer, on her last
homeward voyage from the Peninsula, left Lisbon without
having, from some mischance. shipped her usual full sup-
ply of coal. Her fuel consequently failing. some spars,
&c., were first resorted to, and then to make up the defi-
ciency, two tons of chesnuts, part of her cargo, were
sacrificed to the devouring element, before reaching Ply-
mouth. She called at that port, and took in a supply of
coals, to enable her to complete her voyage to South-

a mpton.
Two HUSBANDS EQUIVALENT TO NONE.—Rebecca
Hurst, who was examined at Worship-street Police
Court on Tuesday, charged with feloniously receiving
stolen goods, pleaded, in her defence, that she was mar-
ried, and had acted under the control of her husband.
She handed in a certificate of her marriage, which ap-
peared quite regular ; but, unfortunately for her, the
other side showed that this marriage had been contracted
during the lifetime of a first hu-band, who had been
transported eight years ago. The magistrate said he
was bound to deal with the prisoner as a free agent, and
committed her for trial.
INFLUX OF POOR IRISH INTO GLASGOW.—It would
be well that our Irish friends should understand that the
city of Glasgow is at present overrun with poor, and that
by flocking hither in droves, they are only exposing them-
selves to certain misery. We can hardly credit the state-
ment which has been published, that some benevolent
persons in Ireland are furnishing their destitute country-
men with the trifling passage money neyessary to get rid
of them, and that the deluded beings are thus systematic-
ally sent off in whole ship loads from their own country,
to be landed among strangers, without food, money, or
prospect of employment. However this may be, it is cer-
tain that the influx of paupers from the other side of the
channel, was never so great at this season of the year as it
is at present. We learn that the Glasgow Town's Hospi-
tal has, during the present month, been obliged to furnish
nearly four hundred of these poor people with a free pass-
age back to the land of their birth.—Glasgow Citizen.