The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

Messrs. 3. and W. Walker have commenced-
the fourth side of Hamilton-square, ltirkenheal, wows.
will, when finished, be one of the finest in the kingdom.
The Wellington Hotel, Birkenhead, was sold on Mon-
day for the sum of £3,260. being at the rate of three
guineas and a half per yard. Only five years back, land
adjoining the hotel was put up fur 12s. a yard.
THE £lOO NOTE ROBBERY CASE.—On Tuesday, F.
Trappes, charged with having been in possession of stolen
£lOO notes, whose case had often been before the magis-
trates, was again brought up, and fully committed to take
his trial at the sessions, which commence on Monday.
CHILD RUN OVER DT A CART.—On Tuesday last,
Philip Lynch, a child two and a half years old, was
knocked down by a cart in William-street, and the wheel
passed over its body, crushing it in a dreadful manner, to
mush so that it died shorty afterwards. It did not appear
that ally blame was attached to the driver.
RoHBERY OF BANK NOTES.—On Wednesday, as a
respectable female was crossing-, in the Prince Steamer,
from this town to Woodside, at hAf.past two o'clock,
she had her pocket picked of two £2O Bank of England
Notes, which she had jut before received from oue of the
banks in this town. We regret to state that the numbers
of the notes are unknown.—[We were not aware that the
police had been removed from these packets, though we
presume from the above that such is the case.]
THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS —The committee
for erecting a monument to the Right Hon. George Can-
ning, having a surplus of £B5O from the public subscrip-
tion raised for that purpose at their disposal, have ap.
propriated it to the promotion of education, by dividing
it amongst the three principal institutions of the town,
viz., to the Royal Institution and to the Collegiate losti-
tuton the sum of £340 each; to the Mechanics' Institu-
tion, £l7O. •

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.--
During the past week the Marquis and Marchioness of
Douglas at rived at the Adelphi Hotel, and proceeded on
a visit to the Marquis of Westminster, at Eaton-hall.
On Saturday evening Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., and
Cornwall Leigh, Esq., M.P. arrived at . the sace esta-
blishment, and have since sailed for Scotland, to enjoy
the grouse season. The Hon. Cul. Scarlett, of the sth
Dragoon Guards, and brother to the present Lord Abin-
ger, is at present staying at the Adelphi. -
LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—IN
RE GISSON.—Tbe fourth examination of the bankrupt,
Edward .Qib,on, of Kendal, which was adjourned from
the 19th'itft.,'for" the production of the on of the bank-
rupt, was resumed on Wednesday last. Mi. Myers ex-•
amitied the son, and, after an inquiry which lasted three
hours and a half, •the final hearing was adjourned till
Wednesday, the 7th of August, to allow time- for the
bankrupt to make up his schedule to the time of the
bankruptcy.

ROOMY OF A WATCH.—On Saturday, a decent-
looking female, named Sarah ltiowlan, was committed for
trial on a charge of having stolen a watch, the pt.( perry of
Thomas Jones, a sailor. Jones, it appeared, had left a
public-house, in Christian-btreet, the night before, end,
when in Bys.m-street, he met the prisoner, who walked
with him to the top of Banast re-st reet, where she snatched
the watch out of his po.iket, and made her escape in the
direction of Marybone. There, however, she was appre-
hended by Inspector Abram, and the watch discovered on
her person.
ROBBERY OF A LINEN DRAPER.—On Saturday, a
female, of rather respectable appearance, named Eliza
Mead, was committed, before Mr. Rushton, on a charge
of having robbed Mr. Briscoe, 1 nen-draper, of Oldhall-
street, of forty-seven yards of calico print. Mr. Higgin-
son, an assistant in the shop, stated, that he was busy at
the counter when she entered, but that, having seen her
leave the lobby, where goods were exposed for sale, in a
hurry, he pursued her into the stre t, and speedily over-
took her. On searching under her cloak, he found a piece
of calico print, twenty-eight yards in length, and another
about nine yards shorter. The property was worth 235.

FINES FOR OFFENCES AGAINST THE LOCAL ACTS.—
The following parties were, on Thursday. at Birkenhead,
mulcted for infringements of the by-laws for the regu-
lation of the township :—Benjamin Bridge. for smoking
in the market, ss. ; Robt. Battersby, for riding on his
cart without reins, 2s. 6d. ; Thomas Frayers, bathing
in a public situation opposite the Monk's Feiry, 2s. 6d. ;
Thomas Hastings, tiding furiously along the streets,
10s. ; John Wright, driving his omnibus on the wrong
side of the road, ss. ; James White, driving a cart and
horse without reins, 2s. 63. ; Robeit Bushell. beerseller,
selling ale during church time on the Sabbath, 108.; Rich-
ard Frier, cruel treatment to his horse, 208.
CURIOUS COnwTDENcE.—Some eight or ten days ago,
a boy, of humble parentage, who is connected with a mer-
cantile office in Exchange-alley West, found a purse,
containing four sovereigns, in the throng of the passen-
gers in Church-street. A carter, who was passing and
saw him lift it, remarked that he should advertise it. The
boy reached the office, and immediately, with the assist-
ance of another lad, wrote out an advertisement for one
of the newspapers. In the meantime the lady of one of
the gentlemen connected with the office was making in-
quiry for a lost pulse, which, by a singular coincidence,
was the one found; and the employers of the boy knew
nothing either of his good lortune or his integrity till they
read the advertisement, and made inquiry in the usual
way. We hope they rewarded him welt for his honesty.
PUBLICAN'S FINED.—On Friday, William Rathbone,
beerseller, Dexter-street. Park, was summoned to the
Police-court, to answer two informations—one for selling
beer at illegal hours, and the other for harbouring a po-
liceman. On the first he was acquitted, and for the se-
cond be was fined 50s. The following beersellers and
publican: were likewise fined :—Amy Thomas, Scotland-
toad, 40s. • Thomas Joyes, Richmond-row, 40s. ; Solo-
mon Smith. Prince William-street, 405.; James Now-
land, Bevingtm-hush, £5 ; Joseph Williams, Head-
street, 80s.; Georg.: Harrison, Waterloo Dock, 40s. ;
Thomas Mercer, Key-street, 40s. ; Joseph Spencer, Ca-
ble-strezt. 505.; Chas. Stubbs, Naylor-street, 40s. ; Wm.
Wittam, Mi 1-stret t East, 40,; Rowland Williams, Bix-
Leib-street, £5; Richard Owens, Bridgewater-street, 60s.
"MISS WELLER IN LONDON.—On the 20th inst., Miss
Christiana Welltr gave the second of her piano forte re-
citals at' time Hanover-square Rooms. We have, on a
former occasion, pronounced her to be a first rate per-
former of the modern school. We can now, we are happy
to say, add to this a most unhesitating and almost unqua-
-1 fled declaration as to her ability tot a due display of tne
works of the elder roasters. If in our desire to see this
extraordinary clever pianiste a uerfect mistress of her tut,
we should counsel her to subdue a little of that almost
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Delrkrn peculiarity of s•yle would make this young
artiste a suoerbe expounder of the glowing and glorious
varieties of Beethoven. —Court Journal.

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lwhile keeper
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duty at an ea-1y hour that mornintz, he heard a woman
screaming out loudly in the street that a man had mur-
dered her husband. lie immediately ran out, and, on
aseertaining that the assault had been committed in
Birkett-street, he pros-etled to a cellar there, where I
found that the huiltnd of the fema'e dal been seer rely
cut over the head and lace, and that he had evidently
been very savagely treated. A surgeon, who was imme-
diately sent for, said it was a very bad care, and that he
was unable to pronounce an cp;nion as to whether the
unfortunate man would recover. Under those circum-
stances the fellow who committed the assault, and who
was a bri.ther or brother. in-law to the injured party, was
apprehended, and ordered to be remanded until his relative
was sufficiently recovered to come to court.
AssAunT.—Mithttel Coman was brought up at Bir-
kenhead. on Thur-day, charged vvith an assault on
Thomas Kenna, on Sunday la-t. The complainant stated
that he went to Seacobtne, on Sunday last, and, on re-
turning home about nine o'clock in the evening, when
oppo,ite O'Dell's hotel, the prisoner came up to him and
knocked him down, after which he struck and kicked him
with great violence. Mr. Yedder, who appeared on be-
half of the prisoner, called witnesses to show that com-
plainant had been drinking at vatious public houses, and,
in consequence of his hiving struck a boy, a general row
commenced; that the complainant also struck several
several parties who were present, when the prisoner inter-
fered. It appeared, in fact, that a mice salon of fi.hts or
disturbances had taken place during the, day, and that
the prisoner had behaved in a very disotdeily manner.
After a severe reprimand from the magistrates, he was
fined 10s. and c..sts, and ordered to find two securities, in
£lO each, for his goad behaviour for twelve months.
SEVEN CHILDREN AND A MAN BITTEN BY A MAD
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It was a hound, which had followed a cart, and first seized
hold of one of the wheels. It ran off to Buckley Fold,
and bit two children of Mr. Emmett, farmer. Being
driven away, it turned down the Fold and attacked an
infant two Years old, son of a man named Chadwick,
tearing it in such a manner that it was not expected to
recover. It afterwards bit another child of John Pickup.
It next took a circuit to Polly Green, where it bit two
boys, Baring and Ashworth ; and having run thence to
Howorth Knoll, bit an old man and a girl, after which it
was taken and destroyed. It is supposed to have bitten
cows, dogs, cats, &c., in its course. Mr. Entwistle, who
was not at home, gave instructions that the children
should be properly taken care of; and the other whelps
of the same mother, which had been bitten by her when
supposed to be mad, were destroyed.

MAHOGANY AND TIMBER TRADE.—Since our last the
periodical sales of Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming have
taken place. The attendance was numerous and respecta-
ble, and the amount of business transacted extensive.
The competition was more spirited than usual, establish-
ing our port more firmly in the position she has long held
in this important branch of commerce. The results are
as follow :—llonduras mahogany : 62 logs, of small size,
were sold at from sid. to 9d., or 5 7-16 d. per foot average,
entirely exhausting the stock. St. Domingo : of 8 par-
cels offered, measuring 222,229, 4 were cleared off en-
tirely; namely, 390 logs, 56,425 feet, ex Margaret Ogil-
vie, at 12id. per foot average ; 631 logs and curls, 40,715
feet, ex James Reid, at 18 3-32 d per foot average ; 453
logs and curls, 67,011 feet, ex Regina, at 13 3-16 d. per
foot average, 152 logs, large size, 32,458 feet, ex Charles
Hammerton, at 16 9-32 d. per foot average. Of the re-
mainder, 18,000 feet were withdrawn. Cedar : 298 logs,
44,266 feet, were sold at from 3dld. to 4 11-15 d. per foot.
Timber 13,000 feet of St. John's pine, of large size,
were sold at 1814. per foot; 6000 of smaller at 181(1. per
foot ; 3,000 feet pitch pine at 201.1. per foot ; 8,000 feet
of Svred.sh timber at 16/. to 1610. per foot. Deal• :
505 pieces of spruce deals, ~f middling finality. at 2 3-16 J.
per foot, and 319 ends at 11d. per foot of 2 inches.