The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-06 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

The Wesleyan Methodist Association has decided upon
opening two more clay schools in this town, in addition to
those already existing.
Amangst the gentlemen whose names appear as called
to the degree of barristers-at-law, on Mendav we,..k, by
the Middle Temple, we find mentioned Mr. H. T. Atkin-
son, late of this town.

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Mr. Commissi-
oner Skirrow took his leave of the profession in this
town on Wednesday last, previous to his departure for
Manchester, to take the seat of Mr. Sergeant Ludlow,
who supplies the place of Mr. Skirrow.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Richard
Ogden, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be Her Majesty's
Attorney-General in the Isle of Man, in the room of
James Clarke, Esq.. resigned. The latter gentleman also
recently resigned the Recordership of this town.
On Monday last, by some means or other, a donkey
cart, which was coming down Lord-street, drove into the
shop window of Mr. B. Hyam, tailor and draper, break-
ing two of the large panes of plate glass, and doing damage
to the amount of £4O.

OFFENCES OF PUBLICANS AND BEER-SELLERS.
These crimes, we are happy to say. are becoming 4, small
by degrees, and beautifully less." Only four of them
were heard on Friday, at the Police•court, and one of
these had the benefit of an acquittal.
The " Junior Club" is a failure. The members assem-
bled on Wednesday evening, when the dissolution of the
club was unanimously agreed to; the accounts to be dis-
charged ; thirty shillings each to be returned to the sub-
scribers ; and the residue, if any, to be given to the Night
Asylum.

RESIGNATION OF THE JUNIOR SURGEON AT THE
WORKHOUSE.—At the meeting or the Select Vestry, on
Tuesday last, the resignation of Mr. Woods, junior sur-
geon of the Workhouse, was tendered, accepted, and ac-
companied by a vote of thanks for the efficient manner in
which be had discharged the duties of his office.

A GOOD EXAMPLE.—We learn with great pleasure that
Mr. George Hitchcock, of St. Paul's churchyard, London,
has transmitted to Mr. Flower a cheque for five pounds
as a donation to the Liverpool Association of Assistant
Tradesmen. This gentleman is among the foremost of
the employers in the metropolis to promote the early clo-
sing of shops.
SYMPTOMS OF PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN THE
TRADE OF THIS PORT.—II is stated at the Custom-
house, that the receipt for the month of January exceeds
by £42,000 that of the corresponding month last year :
so that if it progress at this rate, 184-1 will show an in-
crease over 1843 of half a million of revenue at Liverpool
alone.

NEW SHERIFFS.—The new sheriff for Cheshire is
George Wilbraham, Esq., of Delamere House. Angle-
sey Edmund Edward Meyrick, Esq., of Cefncoch.
Carnarvonshire —John Price, Esq., of Garth y Glo.
Denbighshire—Henry Warter Meredith, Esq., of Pen-
trebychan, Wrexham. Flintshire—Sir Richard Puleston,
Bart., of Emral.

A splendid new ship, of 500 tons register, will be
launched from the building-yard of P. Chaloner, Sons,
and Co., Baffin-street, to-morrow, about half-past twelve'
o'clock. We understand this vessel is a very handsome
model of a merchant ship—that the workmanship and
quality of her materials cannot be surpassed—and that
she will stand A 1 at Lloyd's for twelve years.
Between Saturday night and Monday morning last, the
premises of Mr. Hornblower, tea-dealer, Newington, were
entered, and tea to the value of £BO stolen. The thieves
got over a wall at the back, and forced an entrance through
the gable end of the warehouse. They then emptied the
contents of the coffee bags upon the floor, and carried the
tea off in the bags.
CUSTOMS ORDERS.--By a Boards' order dated the
30th ult., it is ordered that, owing to the present mode of
weighing bees-wax nett, bring attended with considerable
delay and expense, both to the merchant and to the Crown,
in future bees-wax in packak es, for which a perfect entry
has been passed, may be weighed gross as other goods,
the officers taking care to turn out the contents of as
many packages as they may deem necessary for the pur-
pose of examination and taring.

LEATH FROM ASPHYXIA.—On Friday, an inquest was
held before the borough coroner, to inquire into the cir-
cumstances touching the death of a child, five weeks old,
named Eliza Ann Curran, who died suddenly in Carpen-
ter's-row, while sitting before the fire. -Mr. George
Woods, surgeon, who made a post mortem examination,
gave it as his opinion that asphyxia, arising in all proba-
bility from having been pressed too close to the breast,
was the cause of death. A verdict to this effect was
returned.

SUMMER INSOLVENT CIRCUITS. 1844.-NORTHERN

CIRCUIT.—D. Pollock, Esq., Commissioner.—Yorkshire,
Sheffield, June 10, Wakefield 12, Kingston-upon- Hull 19,
York 21, Richmond 24,—Durham 25,—Northumberland,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 28,—Cumberland, Carlisle, July 2,
—Westmorland, Appleby 5, Kendal 6,—Lancashire, Lan-
caster 8, Liverpool 23,—Cheshire, Chester 25,—Montgo-
meryshire, Welsh Pool 30,—Flintshire, Mold, August 2,
—Denbighshire, Ruthin 3,—Merionethshire, Dolgelly 7,
Carnarvon 10,—Anglesey, Beaumaris 12.

RESCUE FROM DROWNING.—On Friday a flat, called
the Daniel, sunk close to New Brighton. The crew, con-
sisting of two men and one woman, were in the greatest
jeopardy for some time, when three men, belonging to the
Magazines, John Hughes, Robert Smith, and John Hil-
lyard, risking their own lives, by wading and swimming,
happily succeeded n rescuing the whole of them. There
is not the slightest doubt but that they would all have
perished, the sea breaking over the flat with fearful vio-
lence at the time, but for the assistance of these worthy
fellows. This is a case in which the Humane Society
ought to interfere, and act liberally.

SACRILEGE.—At the police-court, on Friday, an Irish-
woman, named Mary Neale, was brought up on suspicion
of stealing several devotional works from the church of
St. Augustine. The prisoner bad attempted to pledge
the books with a pawnbroker in London-road, but he,
suspecting they were not honestly come by, detained the
prisoner. Two or three elegantly-bound books with gilt
edges were produced in court, and sworn to by two ladies
of the congregation as their property. Dr. Tattershall
accompanied the females. The names of the owners,
written in the books, had been erased previous to their
being offered in pledge. Mr. Rushton sent Neale to gaol
for one month.

DEATH OF CAPT. Buttnows.—We learn, with regret,
that Captain Burrows, commander of the packet-ship
George Washington, died while on the passage from
Liverpool to this port. He was taken sick of the brain
fever when seven days out, recoved, was taken sick again,
and died on sea on the 23rd ult. Mrs. Burrows was on
board at the time, which was a great solace to her and to
her husband. His body was brought home for interment.
Captain Burrows was much respected, both in this coun-
try and in England. He has been in command of the
George Washington for the last two years.—New York
Herald.

INQUESTS AT BIRKENHEAD.—TWO inquests were held
on Saturday week, before H. Churton, Esq., coroner.
The first was on the body of a fine little boy, George
Cross, three years and a-half old, who had been burnt to
death in consequence of laying with fire with another
juvenile companion, during the temporary absence of his
parents from the house. Verdict, accidental death.—
The second was on the body of Edward Donolly, who had
been a prisoner in the lock-up at Birkenhead, where he
ruptured a blood-vessel. He was then removed to his
own lodgings, where, notwithstanding every care and at-
tention, the poor fellow expired. Verdict, died from the
visitation of God.

SENIOR MAGISTRATE OF LANCASHIRE.—We observe
it stated in the Leicestershire Chronicle, that Col. Wil-
hams (George Williams, Esq.) is the senior magistrate of
Lancashire; such, however, is not the case, as that gen-
tleman only qualified as a magistrate for this county in
January, 1809 ; whereas Lord Skelmersdale's qualifica-
tion bears date January, 1800. So again, in Lonsdale
Hundred list of magistrates for the county, we find that
E. Hornby, Esq., Dalton-Hall, qualified in October,
1807; and in Salford Hundred list of magistrates, the
date of the qualification of Matthew Wilson, Esq., of
Eshton, is July, 1808. Instead, therefore, of Col. Wil-
liams being the "senior magistrate," he only stands the
fourth in seniority of the magistrates of this county.

BIRKENHEAD DISPENSARY.—On Tuesday evening
last, the annual meeting of the Birkenhead Dispensary
was held at the Town-hall, the Rev. P. Knox in the chair.
The chairman opened the proceedings by calling on Mr.
R. Fry, the treasurer, to read the report, by which it ap-
peared that the money in his hands would barely cover
the expenses of the past year, during which time 2545
persons had been relieved. Mr. Fry then stated that a
new dispensary had been opened, in Grange-road, with a
temporary hospital attached to it, which, it was obvious,
would be of great advantage to the township. Donations
towards the fitting up of the new buildings were requested.
It was mentioned at the meeting that the new hospital
was only for temporary purposes, till a larger building
could be erected, for which £5OO had already been sub-
scribed, and a piece of land granted by the commissioners.
A new committee, consisting of twenty gentlemen, of all
religious denominations, was appointed; and the meeting
separated after the usual vote of thanks to the chair-
man.

A memorial has been addressed to Sir Robert Peel by
the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, pray-
ing for a reduction of the duty on tobacco, and stating
the advantage which would accrue both to the revenue and
to commerce by such a measure. Tables are given to
show the increase of consumption during the imposition
of a low duty, and that to such a degree as to render the
source of revenue more productive. Thus, coffee in 1801,
at is 7d per lb., yielded £77,651 ; in 1821, at is per lb.
£379,650; and 1841, at
.6d per lb.. £710,524, Tobacco
in 1821, at 4s. per lb., yielded £3,165,673, and 1841, at
3s• per lb., £3,314,215. This difference of duty has not,
however, been sufficient to reduce materially the profits
of the smuggler,
who is still able to sell his tobacco at
2.3 9d per lb., which is 3d less than the duty alone. In
1728, Ireland consumed 8,000,000 lbs of tobacco, and she
now consumes 3,000,000 lbs less, with more than double
the population. During the period of extensive consump-
tion the duty was 8d per lb., whereas now it is 3s. In
England and Scotland was consumed, in proportion to the
population, only half the quantity of tobacco consumed
in Ireland, the duty in this island being is 7d. However,
on account of smuggling, the quality of tobacco on which
duty is paid does not give even an approximation to the
actual amount of consumption, and the memorialists
declare, that in their belief the actual consumption was
53,711,856 lbs., instead of 22,094,772 lbs., the quantity
on which the duty was levied. These statements are fol-
lowed by a prayer for the reduction of the duty on tobacco
to ls. per lb.

THE HEAD-CONSTABLESHIP.—On Saturday last the
Watch Committee assembled at the Parish-office, Fen-
wick-street, for the purpose of deciding upon the most
advi-able course to be pursued with reference to the filling
up of the vacancy in the Head-Constableship, caused by
resignation of Mr. Whitty. After some discussion a
Sub-committee, consisting of nine, was appointed to in-
spect the testimonials of the candidates and to report;
but we understand that it will be a fortnight or three
weeks before their report will be presented. We under-
stand that there are fifty-five candidates for the situation,
and that many of these are residents of London, Birming-
ham. Manchester, Glasgow, and some of the other large
towns of the kingdom. Three of them are superin end-
ents of the Liverpool Police, and one is a superintendent
in the County Constabulary.

TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. JOHN GARDNER, MINIS-
TER OF THE SCOTCH CHURCH, BIRKENHEAD.—On the
evening of the 31st ult. after the usual services of the
Congregational Weekly Prayer Meeting, which was con-
ducted by the Rev. Josias Wlson, of Belfast, a purse,
containing 120' guineas, was presented, in the name of the
congregation, as a mark of their regard and esteem for
their respected minister. John Barbour, Esq., one of
the elders of the congregation, through whom the gift was
presented to Mr. Gardner, addressed him and the congre-
gation in a speech embodying sentiments of respect and
affection, and characterised by the best spirit, good taste,
and indicative of devoted attachment to the great princi-
ples of the Gospel. The Rev. Mr. Gardner, in reply to
Mr. Barbour, expressed his grateful sense of the kindness
which he had always experienced on the part of themem-
hers of his congregation.
SUICIDES IN LrvisuPooL.—On Friday two inquests
were held before the borough coroner, on the bodies of
persons who had terminated their existence with sharp
instruments. It appeared from the evidence in the first
case that, on going into the bed-room of Henry Hickson,
a warehouseman, 28 or 30 years of age, who lived its
Tenterden-street, he was found lying on his back on the
floor, with his throat cut, and a bloody razor close beside
him. The wound was rather better than three inches is
length, and the wind pipe had been partially severed.—
In the second case, a cork cutter, of the name of James
Gorman, was found lying in the vicinity of the Clarence
Dock on Thursday night; and on going up to him it was
ascertained that he had been just after cutting his throat
with a knife, covered with blood, which he held in his
hand. The wound was about an inch and a half in length,
and the windpipe in this case also had been partially
severed. He was a very passionate man, addicted to
drinking, and when in liquor, he appeared as-if he had
lost his senses. A verdict of temporary insanity was re-
turned in both cases.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A memorial was
read from the consignees of the six lines of New York
packet ships, regretting that the committee had resiilved
not to cover over the entire space between the sheds oa
the quays of the Waterloo and Victoria docks; and, after
some conversation, it was agreed that the memorialists
should meet the Sub-committee of Works on Saturday,
at half-past one o'clock. The Dock Solicitor submitted
and read a draft of the new Dock Bill, and it was referred
to a sub-committee, consisting of the chairman, deputy-
chairman, Messrs. Atkin, Evans, and Middleton, to con-
sider and report. It was resolved that the chairman be
authorized to put the seal to a petition to he preserved to
the House of Commons on the Wallasey Dock Bill and
Honks' Ferry Bill. Mr. Aikin said it was nut to be in-
ferred from this that they intended to offer any opposition-
Mr. Evans attempted to renew the discussion on the dock
plans, and to reply to some observations made by the
Chairman and Deputy-Chairman in the Town Council,
but the committee would not hear him, and he declared
his intention to appeal to the public on the subject through
the press.

AMERICAN NEWS.—By the Stephen Whitney, packet-
ship, Captain Thompson, which arrived on Thursday
afternoon, we have received New York papers to the 13th
ult., inclusive, three days later than those previonsly ac-
knowledged. The Herald gives the following information
relative to the cotton market;—" The market continues
in the same active state, and the sales to-day have been
6000 bales up to four o'clock. The mail brings accounts
from Mobile of an advance of 1. to lc., with 54)00 to 6000
bales sold. From Charleston, too, the accounts are more
encouraging, and will no doubt have an effect on our
market to-morrow. Prices have been very firm here, and
some offers are making to-night at a slight advance over
those early in the day." A southern correspondent of the
Madisonian writes—" The Tombigbee river is rising
rapidly, and there are four northern mails in the St.
Stephens's Post-office from Mobile. All the unpicked
cotton on the river is lost, and the rains have been pouring
for ten days." The postmaster at Natchez writes, under
date of the 6th December, that it had been raining there
incessantly for six weeks. The New Orleans Courier of
the 2d ult. mentions a report, that an agent of the house
of Rothschild and Co. had orders to buy up all the cotton
in the market. Prices were, on the 3rd,—inferior, 71 to
71; middling, 81 to 9 ; fair, 91 to 10 ; good and fine, 11.
THE COUNCIL.—The business to be transacted at the
monthly meeting of the Council to-morrow, will be of an
important character. The proceedings of the Finance
Committee will comprise the following recommendations :
—The, appointment of George Beggs as collector of dock-
fines ; the sale of the reversion of certain property, at the
corner of Fenwick-street and Brunswick-street, to Mr.
George Holt ; and the sale of the reversion of four small
houses, in Flint-street, for the erection on the site of the
same of schools to be attached to St. Barnabas's Church.
The proceedings of the Watch Committee will comprise
the laying of a watch-rate upon the parish of Liverpool,
the townships of Kirkdale and Everton, and those parts
of the township of West Derby and the extra-parochial
place of Toxteth-park which are within the borough.
The proceedings of the Gaol Committee comprise the re.
commendation of a graduated scale of salaries for the sub-
officers of the prison, according to good conduct and
length of service. The proceedings of the Fire Commit-
tee comprise a report on the necessity of alterations of the
act in some respects in the present session. The Mayor's
communications comprise resolutions of the Court of
Quarterly Gaol Sessions, recommending that the salary
of the surgeon of the prison be increased from £lOO to
£2OO per annum, in consequence of the great increase in
the number of prisoners since the committals to Kirkdale
have ceased ; and, in reference to this subject, there will
be a direction to seal bonds for loans under the Gaol Act
towards the cost of the new prison, under the resolution
of the Finance Committee to borrow £lO,OOO for such
purpose, and which resolution has been approved by the
Council.

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—The annual meeting of
this institution was held on Friday. Mr. M'Gregor, the
treasurer, read the report, from which it appeared that
the debt of the institution, which, at the close of 1842,
amounted to £1092, had, during the past year, increased
to £l,BOO, which would have been much greater but for
the considerable reduction effected in the expenditure.
The cause of this large amount of debt was attributable to
a falling off in the receipts, the donations having only
reached £392, while the subs riptions presented a de-
ficiency, compared with those of the preceding year, of
£4O. The committee had bad too in serious contempla-
tion to close one of the establishments ; but they bad
hesitated to take so painful a step, in the hope that so
wealthy a community as that of Liverpool would not
withhold the means requisite for continuing the.r opera-
tions without diminution. After having strongly appealed
to the public for increased support, they went on to say
that Dr. Duncan's late pamphlet had brought to light
facts relating to the condition of the poor in this town,
Which showed that, were it not for the counteracting ef-
fects of medical aid supplied by this institution, the spread
of fever and other contagious diseases would be fright-
ful. It appears that the parish authorities still continue
to withhold assistance, notwithstanding that the dispen-
saries relieve them. of an expenditure of several thousands
a year, which, but for them, would fall on the town at
large in the shape of an additional poor's rate; and the
council had refused to give au increased annual donation,
although applied to for that purpose. During the past
year, 40,000 persons had been relieved, being 6,656 less
than in the preceding year; and the number of cases re-
lieved since the opening of the institution in August
1778, had amounted to 1,460,383.
REFUGE FOR PAUPER LUNATICS.—On Saturday, the
following colloquy took place between Mr. Rushton and
Mr. Gray, one of the assistant-overseers, with reference
to the provision of food, care, and shelter, for pauper
lunatics : Mr. Rushton,—There is a female in custody,
named Hannah Haggerty, who is supposed to be insane,
aad she is insane. She was sent to you, and it appears
there is no room in the asylum. She was sent to the
Workhouse : they refuse to take her in there, and they
were quite right in refusing. Under these circumstances
I call on you to provide food, shelter, raiment, and secu-
rity for her. Mr. Gray : I believe they are bound to take
her into the Workhouse for fourteen days. Mr. Rushton :
No ; the act says that they cannot keep her any longer
than fourteen days, and that, if they keep her longer, they
are liable to a fine. Mr. Gray : What, then, are we to do,
sir? Mr. Rushton: You must take a place. unless you
can get proper accommodation in a proper asylum. You
must make some arrangements with asylums at a greater
distance than in the immediate vicinity if you cannot do
so here, and, in the meantime, I shall call on you to pro-
vide food, raiment, shelter, and security for Haggerty,
she being a pauper and destitute. Mr. Gray : What are
we to do with such persons as we sometimes come across
who have their throats cut ? Mr. Rushton : You must
send them to hospital : it has come to what I told you it
would. Mr. Gray : the last returns respecting lunatics
show that there were from 7 to 10,000 kept in the Work-
house. Mr. Rushton : All I can tell you is, that I shall
not allow dangerous lunatics to be in the Workhouse
longer than fourteen days: there is no accommodation
for them, and they should not be there. The Governor
of the Workhouse says, "my Workhouse has no proper
accommodation for lunatics," and he is quite right.
Mr. Gray : they won't take them in at Squires' or at
Tuebrook. Mr, Rushton : Well, the parish authorities
must take some place, for the Bridewell is no place for
them. Mr. Gray : The board gave me instruction to go
to Haydock. lodge, and see if there was any accommoda-
tion for them there. Mr. Parkinson : Haggarty is not
a dangerous lunatic. Mr. Rushton : I think the Gover-
nor of the Workhouse has exercised a proper discretion.
I am very glad of it, because it brings matters to a proper
issue. I am sure whatever you (Mr. Grey) have to do
will be done in a humane, considerate, and a proper man-
ner. I can bear my testimony to that, and I shall be
glad if you can make any arrangement. You should
bring before the board the responsibility under which you
will be placed unless some place be obtained. The parish
authorities should immediately communicate with the
County Justices. The lunatic asylum at Lancaster is
full. Why should they not have one at Newton, between
the Salford and West Derby Hundreds, where the dis-
tance is shorter, only fifteen miles? Mr. Gray : they are
going to have the Lancaster one enlarged. Mr. Rushton :
even so : you should communicate. You should write
a letter to the County Justices on the subject. The COll.
versation here ended, and Mr. Grey withdrew.