The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-12 00:00:00

Aug. 12 1845.

,oral anb probinriat 0211)5.

the Hon. Stuart Wortley has been appointed Attorney-
tal for Lancashire.
It
aPpears from the proceedings of the commissioners
Tuesday, at Chester, that the depth of the Dee has
Peased two feet last year.
l._e,,ite of the old market at Birkenhead is to be con-
I'M into a haymarket. The old buildings are razed to
ground.
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Church is being built at Preston, the fund for
which is being raised by penny-a-week sub-
17ans• £6OO has thus been raisedahu .
Ford and James Tunstall were fined 53. each and
tee
for taking part in a riot, on the night of Saturday,
" gates of Clifton-park, Birkenhead.
On Tuesday, a boy named Howarth, about 13 years
q•dlevas killed, at Penwortham, near Preston, by the
ledatl discharge of a pistol, with which he was en-
with several other youths in shooting at a mark.
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.'unday morning the house of Mr. Rd. Williams,
dealer, Kirkdale, was burglariously entered, and
baltP:bers succeeded in getting away with thirteen
c " worth of silver articles and wearing apparel.
TRAiNs.—A special train of thirty-five carriages
16'4 here from the Potteries on Monday. A secon
kiLeonveying a thousand passengers, arrived on the fold:1 morning from Leicester.
govraeeting was held at Cobridge, Staffordshire, on
adoin
for the purpose of completing the church
ti„' ill that district. The Rev. W. M. Falloon, of
ate..dal addr delivered on the occasion a very eloquent and
ress.
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1441,TED STATES.—The steam-ship Britannia, which
an„ 'cave Boston on the Ist inst., may be expected here
vrrow
, evening, (Wednesday) ; and the Great West-
olb„"0,1c11 would leave New York on the 31st ult., will
cIY arrive somewhere about the same time.
kilae, intelligent child, about eight years old, named
pr.a.,gue, daughter of Mr. Hague, of this town, having,
aY week, accidentally eot upon the platform of the
414 °use, Runcorn, was struck b one of the mill sails,
dreadfully fractured her skull.y
I 1 kty HARVEST.—At Caldy, Cheshire, on the 28th
aft field of barley, of ten acres, was reaped fully ripe,
a Productive crop. Yesterday week, a field of rye
ele.tit
bY at Litherland, and on Friday, some oats were cut
"*
1411eaGLartv.—During the night of Sunday week the
te,,af Mr. Sampson, Oliver-street, Birkenhead, was
;:",_bY some thieves, and four silver table spoons,
itte:;‘ea spoons, a pair of sugar tongs, and a bottle of
L"ille, carried oway.
case of the death of the child who died the
pt,"fore last soon after drinking a portion of the con-
ti•°f a ginger-beer bottle, the jury returned a verdict
• .
enild died from the effects of arsenic, unknow-
administered by the father in some ginger-beer.
411 L--Early on Tuesday morning a destructive fire
00? out on the premises of Mr. Wheatley, upholsterer
Iti,:gltreet, Manchester, which, at one time, threatened
Doe "lon to a considerable portion of property. The
6 ttY
rt ial destr
i oynseuredd is estimated at about £4OOO, and is
Paly .
11,111,,Saturday an Irishman named Mooney was appre-
th'" in this town, on a charge of having, in company
qaother man since transported, committed a highway
atsrY on the person of a commercial traveller, four
ei.l.'go, on the road near Greenhead, Cumberland.
r lsoner has been sent to Carlisle gaol.
,11410TIONS IN THE CUSTOMS.—Mr. E. Lee and Mr.
a' Rulteel, landing-waiters of the first and second
oti,retPectively at this port, have been selected for pro-
-441:1, to the two offices of landing-surveyors which have
Ithtp been added to our establishment, and Mr. J.
@e 1' as searcher of the first class, is to be appointed
k etor of the guagers' department.
41v: ttocKs AT RuNconx.—Surveyors are busily en-
kwas'aPreparing for the immediate commencement of
19.'4'. The plans are upon a scale of magnificence
Vivcelled perhaps by Liverpool or Birkenhead. Ex-
title wareh9uses will he built on the margin of the
,t1(1, arid the railway is proposed to run between the
Ile d;'a warehouses. It is estimated that the works
It) (Ist ttle short of £150,000.
'iiliThursday, at the Police-office, William Mathews, a
RitT the Liverpool Custom-house, was brought before
I`4„ln,g magistrates, on a charge of having absconded,
sc4i,s's"ay last, with the sum of £3OO. The prisoner
11,,!4 the mone
Iy from Mr. Blease, the ca:•lier, to pay
uer of lo,ers and weighers, decaroped with it, and
iroPpla'thenderl at his fat h(r's htuse. He was commit-
bt' trial- Bail was refused.
90e4Pi OF AN AGED DRUNKARD.—On Friday, an
Grit was held on the body of Robert Tyrer, aged 78,
alit Richmond-street. The deceased had been all
ittie a hard drinker ; and having on Wednesday last
trla'ore liquor than lie could carry, he fell down. in
tot'ettssaiaet, nd hurt his head in such a manner as to brinon of the brain, of which be died. Verdict

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the nursday, at the Police-office, three men, dressed
Nl,garb of sailors, and having only three legs amongst
lort4l.ire brought np charged with being drunk andand,atte2. It appeared that after singing and begging in
th "81 they first spent their money in getting drunk,
11,tche'll Commenced beating each other with their
!rids• The police interfered and lodged the beggars
evrell Not being known they were dismissed with
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to u•r, (IN..
--On Tuesday upwards of twenty-six persons
tt 'eu 5a and costs for letting off cellars to which
tib43t nttached separate privies and .....-
ei;k°offirient arca in front, or being under seven x.
,1% 1)°"t. These are the first informations heard undk
't'eti—Law, and Inspector Frith and other officers ar
Ilioneasuring the cellars in the town, and laying infor
lito against those parties who will not quit, af'
the 8 notice, such cellars as are not within the limit
I, act.

sh-pits, or not

I•thee
,ES OF CLERKS OF THE PEACE.—The Clerks
,11 of Peace of the counties of Lancaster and Chester
al, West hiding of Yorkshire are the only indi-
'he- Bolding this office in the kingdom who receive
ire 2000 a year in emoluments. The Clerk of the
,11 ttir the county of Lancaster received in the year
lfj:rnto the county rates, £2581 ; from other sources,
,kq „total, £3577. The Clerk of the Peace for Cheshire
oen, in the same year from the county rates £2602 ;
4, 4er sources, £353 ; total, £2955.
ITN ALL'S CONCERTS.—We have pleasure in
Oitii",°; Public attention to the announcement of Miss
lt;;!'s intention to bring down the leading stars of
It'ktt'PoOpera to her concerts in September. As
nt, especially when it comes from abroad, will
It, it %),Ipi(1, the magnitude of this undertaking and the
anutch prompted it. we have no doubt, will be pro-
O`iete;,, "rPreoiated. Bike
ti full attendance alone can the
e anything like a sufficient remuneration for her
ate' and trouble ; but of this result we have no fear
044:er.
toPoLtiNG.—Our readers will be glad to peruse
01. owi
11,14. ng letter which has been addressed to Mr.
the Assistant Secretary of
,S,Stamps and
I):teilr'''oodon, dated 30th July, 1845 : Sir,-With
It that to your letter of the 28th inst. I have to inform
)t,,,qp,;' an order has been issued to Mr. Henry Besant,
th;rpool, Receiving Inspector of Taxes, to return to
141111et,,allro of £9B 3s Sid, being the amount of an over-
eaade by y P Tax Act, for
Ilt:S:t "rs 1842 and 1843. under th e
I am,ro S peir,rty your obedient
THOMAS KEAGH, Asst. Sec.—Mr. T. A. G.
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II "NT AT BIRKENHEAD.—About half-past eleven
Ykst °4 Tuesday night, the Albion Auction-rooms,
th. 'street Birl-enhead fell in with a tremendous
It ' • '
ted appears that the land adjoining was being ex-
t:erlti'or the new buildings to face the market, and in
of 'lce of the heavy rains penetrating to the founda-
),trooms, the building gave way. Five persons
of ;,(la tap of Mr. Mozelev's public-house, which is
01411 e building, when it and their safety is:quite
;Itlia11:1• The building is completely destroyed, and
d.Re is estimated at about £3OOO. It is fortunate
not happen in the day-time, as upwards of
kktc'rkrrien were engaged in the foundation.
l~omorl It PARE.—Attention has been drawn to tl.e
the•„now under sinature for serating Toxtth
t 014; West Derby ung pa
ion ; and an advertisement eon
it"ll,,,,Jeeet also appears in the proper place. Some per-
lilley
tf`lttre :informed, have doubts with respect to the
separation, on account of the necessity that
kytlih..or a distinct workhouse, &c., in the township.
tter, to form no obstacle to what will be a more
kttl leZrnensurate,,,irnprovement ; but the difficulty.. is
kr„,:ened by the fact that the township will, in case
h ~ion •
hY Oh receive back its quota of the property now
it e onion. See 22nd clause of the act 4th and
N'%s list
IV, cap. 76. The commissioners can au-
Itili4p;`Patation wthout the consent of the united
a~Acap , See 661 h clause of the Act 7th and Bth Vic-
°1----Journal.
L.
.Guraa.. —On Tuesday
.evening, a young
ell. John Yates, was walking on the turnpike
ktp h Walton, with a young woman, when they were
Itsthij,,"e of Hardisty's cars. Yates asked the driver
tpkia obout a ride, upon which the latter called him
Zitt. 11' and some abusive language was indulged in
NALl.Pwahrties. Yates at length threw a stone at the.
ti or r aci thereon jumped off the box and struck him
ttlihio°llr severe blows on the head with the stock of
jtio,,ho whisk felled him to the ground. The poor
tiftw.4ly ht7itnessed the affray, finding her lover was
Oitiu,rt, Went for assistance, but on her return, in
oti.tirds 'l_B, she found. him dead—as. was discovered
A„".roiri concussion of the brain produced by the
kytigh", Inquest sat on the body, and the verdict being
11, 04 :eLrp tile prisoner was committed for trial at the
Iktit ,oat charge.
ik4:4.4t/t, COMMITTEEOF THE DOCK AND
e were surprised at Mr. Aikin's language
at the Dock Committee, especially when we
tha,th,„a!, a few months ago, it was currently
ittpreaeLair. Aikin had paid the highest compliment
top the
dock chairman, and congratulated the corn-
Y olar Possession of a gentleman who had corn-
thcOthme himself master of dock affairs, who had
Otrive }Tains to search he dock acts, and whose con-
-1;,1 pal e:, such delight; he even expressed his regret
."ere were then present, that what he bad
011114 t .th4tl forth to the public ! Was Mr. Aikin sin-
-11 olst f0t."11,91e ? If so, he is inconsistent now, and we
111:i ..matle 711 own sake. He and his party are in the
fVr opposition ; they are in a local Nova Zem-
-I‘7,Y'agt,e completely frost-biten
circulation;th blow upon
kilit:1111> but there is no ; they cannot
thebt!eaajon upon the public, but, to attract at-
' tip with the Irishman, " Come, boys, let
r"•"- Courier.: