The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-25 00:00:00

Mar. 25, 1845.

total anb Vrobinrial
The •
talrilttee syss
ZiPntas at the Manchester Custom-house for the
25th instant, are likely to be £lO,OOO.
for th Thursday, a lad, named Peter Evans, was committed
tee months, with hard labour, for picking pockets.
Os sr,
siednesday last, a man, named Whittle, was killed
11'4 fighting
at Manchester.
lit-I al ring the last few days three children and one young
deat.,°,st their lives in Liverpool by their clothes acct..
'149 taking fire.th
Lite, e House of Commons, on Tuesday evening, the
errler'4l°l Guardian Gas Bill was read a second time, and
ed to be committed.
lut Paster Quarter Sessions are fixed to be held at
das7ter, ou Monday, April 7; at Preston, on Wednes-
4ketle, aril 9; at Sal foray, d onApr Mday, April 14; and at
s on at
Sal
23. unfortunate maniac, named Fanhurst, the wife of a
ateeetable mechanic, residing at Miles Platting, near
01phester, hung herself and her child, fourteen months'
In her bed-room, on Monday last.
eot„lll.llnMarried woman, named Ann O'Donnell, was
foe witted on Monday last, by the magistrates at Bolton,
Inurd
the at the ensuing assizes at Liverpool, charged with
I,er of her new-born infant.
itis`ahatque Lawrence belonging to Messrs. Robinson
le:slrein, Captain C. Jackson, arrived at this port,
tango"lY, from Manilla. She brines the first direct
th of certified free-labour sugar yet imported from
attarter.
isonn Thursday Edward Ford was sentenced, at the srs-
-401:' to transportation for fourteen years for receiving
pion goods. The particulars of the case, which trans..
was tit the Police-court, appeared in our last. His wife
• eequitt '
Yo e,e •
"'au man, named Joseph Bradley, seventeen yearss
tate..., Went to a shooting gallery at Manchester on
%CY* and after having fired two shots with a r!fle, he
ktrnenced loadings pistol, in doing which, the pistol by
ileallnerins was discharged, and the ball lodged in his
He instantly fell dead.
Yout7IMPTED SUICIDE.—OD Wednesday even'tiga.ra
eats! woman, about twenty years of age, named
teta'`r, residing with her parents in Oriel-street,
at-
theri;ed to, drown herself by jumping into the river off
Sih; rinse's Pier. She was rescued immediately by a
the4g-hoat She had become, unfortunately, insane
inleh illness.
beidearri,elENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—OD Wed. -
the fj•last, the Mayor, James Lawrence, Esq., sat in
tglo„. Prius Court, to hear informations preferred
%C.!' shopkeepers and °theca, for using illegal weights
mess
satins nees. His worship, in adjudicating upon the
said cases, deprecated the conduct. of the delinquents
tras4l Was the poor who suffered in consequence of the
lics4B' and expressed his determination, so far a.s in his
taeti., to suppress such practices. Several parties were
At:till Penalties varying from ss. to 9s. 6d.
'reek e sale of Van Aanborgh's stud, at Manchester, last
dittiuY Messrs, Lucas, of this town, a fine black maned
tasteathns lion sold for £350, a male lion cub about eight
%be , sold for £l2 lOs and a female. cub of the
Yearsaffe was sold for £35. Another lion, about six
t
for •;',lsd, went for £3lO. The elephant Bolivar wen
tea '"ul and a very fine giraffe for £4OO. The horses
I,4frallY sold at fair prices. The greatest competition.
attestc". a grey gelding, named " Doctor ;" which, after
b deal of bidding, was knocked down for £6O.
44 111
tA, FROM BURNING.—On Thursday an inquest
he'd before the borough coroner, on view of the body
railarY Boland, married woman, aged 57 years, wife of
lOth (./r. living in Naylor-court, Fontenot'-street. On the
ter ;natant, while the deceased was prep
ba arin break fas
adieuithes took fire, and before her husband could effect.,
kJ assist her, she was severely burnt over her breast,
tai and 'lrms• She was taken to the Northern Hospi-
' *he •
oft., . every attention was paid to her, but shei died.
det e Injuries on Thursday morning. Verdict, Acci-
tal ~ Co eath
Nib ,N°EALING A BIRTH.—On Thursday, a woman,
the ets%4llll Thomas, who had latterly been an inmate of
eh, vsorkhouse, was brought before the magis.trates,
htidtd with concealing the birth of a child, of which she
tra„i:e_n delivered. On the 14th of February last, she
eprosst service at the Grand Junction Hotel, and from cir-
ass • ant's which shortly afterwards took place, a search
teileicinsitituted, and the body. of a child was found con-
-4 din. n the chamber utensil, in the prisoner's bedroom.
she nieiteuee of opinion existed between. the medical t
:Ist:4l'4log that it had died from debility, the ,resulted
'rata eauses, and the other that death had
It„,htsuffocation. Under these circumstances, Mr..
cope '34 remanded the case for consideration.. The pri-
assiz._*.as, yesterday, committed for trial at the present
?Av..., tor the concealment.
the
trees,vlNo AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At
re.
*44(1.1 Meeting on Thursday, Mr. James Aspina p _
i%e t tsComp'aints having been made as to the state. of
440 ward-street, it was stated that the usual notices
thathad
een given previous to the street undergoing a tho-
rePair. It was stated in the course of conversation
Itoseaarties throwing coals on the foot-way for the pur-
ts be °I having them put through the coal-hole were liable
hik fined.--The offer of Mather, Ledvvard, and Co., to
athe old iron in the hands of the Commissioners at
htves,l9n was accepted.—Mr. Kaye reported that he had
tsa. "'gated the charges of drunkenness and abusive lan-
-14,41.1 'ada
.by Mr. Masker, sough watchman, agarost
sligb,e,, sub-surveyor, and found there was not the
.11tref•seat ground for the accusation. Musker was se-
rsri tePrimanded, and ordered to be suspended for a
111glit. '
,11,1 t (30Nyt1,8RIP OF WEST DERBY.—On Thursday a meet-
lks:Lue ratepayers of the above township was held at
Protnapu.,lic Office Harper-street, for the purpose of re-
or tin,:iluing four 'or more competent persons as assessors
Chair, ensuing year. Mr. Peter Youd was
Tcalled to the
lecond Was proposed by Mr. William IN althew, and
•ed 0Y Mr. 'l'. Smith. that, in consequence of the
tDeity Inetease of population, and the large amount of pro-
st ' tn be assessed, the township be divided into two
"o.ltl--"No. 1, embracing the municipal boundary, and
ttleeti , the rural or out portions of the township. The
atia then Proceeded to the appointment
as to of assessor,
poit;,toe close of a long discussion, who should be
~,r. fell, and whether it would be expedient to elect
t5,,,54; G• Dolling, and Mr. Hodeson, paid officers of
atesi",ingania, it was ultimately proposed and carried, that
6',. ly"
and n Rowland, br. Hodgsone for the
'44.lj;lasi divisioMn'r a. ndJoh M and Mr.assessors Thomas
frr the rural.
1 lt
114 FROM DROWNING.—An inquisition was bheld
erdT• Curry, on Thursday. touching the death of
pteiiZat
aa; "avis. a btoyriao of six year of age, wh lived with
a in Vic-place, Prs ince Edwin-so treet. An
'thela`nt boy of nine years of ate, named Brennan, said
eeeased, whose name I did not know, went to the
al% ,aehool with me. On Monday last, about twelve
the d
n € ceased and I went dow. Dryden-street,
,Qe saw some boys breaking the ice on a pit there.
Pilson-n;eased went on the ice to pick up a big stone that
h'htlet•th.t, when the ice broke and he fell in, and went
t h';"ke lee and his head never came up again, but he
tst-_4etil;ia.noda: OP. The other boss ran away, but I tried
0? far Zw. t the deceased but could not. do so, as he was
haere bu.nsler the ice for me to reach him. I did not know
bit hshi," oarents lived, but at night I told my father what
Daicned, when he came home. I ascertained where
Die t'ts lived, and told his father, who went to the pit,
fe,e„ll4l (!cornipatiied him, and the body of the de.ceased.
istallo u.„: The jury returned a verdict of Accidental
044 se„ pit is unprotected, is close to a street, and
liter nd 'eel). The father of the deceased is a police-
11tt ni '
1, I the croner d him Mr. to 't
'line facts' o
so that thedirecte rsto owne mayinform be required to
400, ePlace in
tearek Costal' THURSDAY.—Present, Messrs.
titer•t, (in
Hors
T.TEE.
, e chair), Nicol, Molyneux, Houghton, Mit
tri~44 -refs'', Mann, Boyden, Kendal, Sandbac ,
SC,4erl, Evans Tobin, Aikin, Chilton Bold, Wood,
spaerl ,n• The Chairman stated that the'Trinity Board
s•rahn introduce a clause into the new Dock
.Bill,
titaltetin'llg the Dock Committee from placing new lights
ti of-R
"le Position of the old ones without the.sanc-
porilairiethat board. Mr. Worthington, the solicitor.
dCtes fn that the Trinity Board had exactly the. same
lait,isiCt general act, and that, by the. proposed intro-
!poleasdvue Dock Committee would give up no right
,104 ad erJ°Yed. Mr. Aikin and Mr. Evans strongly
44denn e Introduction of such a clause as unnecessary,
11, Silnlneed, in strong terms, the conduct of the
lor.ed 'oar& After a lengthened conversation, it was
~lter tn resist the introduction of the clause: but not
peril the bill. Another clause, providing for
Istts-ratae,4l,4 of the dock rates, was referred to the Par-
thsc k•otrimittee for revision. The Chairman re-
th, with regard to the Birkenhead Dock Bill not
!all,triateler,.at opposition had been Offered. They had
Ntietions '0 introduce the same clause as regarded the
°Y;t‘tag (If light dues that was put in the former bill.
Ir•'ltisi stated that it was urecessary. It was excluded
4reae ••1/IItY of thirteen to one. One thousand copies
Sililreed ajine Surveyors"relegraphic Alphabet were
c. Prined. A return of the number of vessels
Lls,}aroan:lng Docks, agreeably to the order last week,
--ed, but it 'was referred back to the Harbour
4.;itra.4 Dub-Committee as incomplete. A letter from
enits„sanetin and Ewing was referred to the Sub-
-114 114 Works.
.16 on,
att;' at INDIANS.—The exhibitions of these In-
Ittivstenl"le Parthenon Assembly-rooms, Great Char-
,N,,Sut~,thcir' will be continued to-day and to-morrow
40j0„ engagement
lets' do ; and those who have not yet seen them
iCe;ol to avail themselves of the opportunity that
Leri ,a,reiesac, If. The pa'rty consists of fourteen (and their
S wiJ* inelUdilig chiefs and warriors, old and young,
kte fry"' aCtos, and daughters of several of them.
,4tts. sky As"' the heart of the American wilderness, near
'll4;ettiii ''onotains. They are dressed in varied and
Oti 0,,e style, with visages also variously painted, the
1101 a r "heir ishtribe permitting a great latitude of. taste
are et. Their countenances, though decidedly
;:ttrt;sl'o pager o means ferocious, and those of several
tS, Portion retty an d interesting, though
etal typti 'OO Profuse use of red saint. Mr. Catlin.
siti,asnd (en Hall, London, accompanies them as their
; arid no man is better qualified to ex-
smatZted ff:areras, manners their various dances (some
I:llt7list,s; irtl°llse them in war,' and others to amuse and
title% %Mich Peace), their pastimes, games, songs,. &c.,
stet, Ita,,. are illustrated by themselves, with their
at al -.ulna
eta het 11 Music, on the platform. During the
i bri w:en each' branch of their performance, he
11'14;1,44f interesting address, or lecture, in which
irate, Ira 8 own experiences during a residence of
4rn°ngst the,e extraordinary, andt by
mnommdeans
Pittjaeeti(llnth wairk
te people. Severatlheof h eli-
kro:k„litlyttgisredsessecariplive. of some of ir exploits, and
List 414 and to the audience, which Mr. Catlin
e, 11,„ 014 which are curious and interesting, as the
.llte ernanations of mind in these children of
.413' e;;Peed but add the room (which is new) is
mfortable and coromcdious.