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

LOCAL NEWS.

Messrs. J. and W. Walker have commenced building
the fourth side of Hamilton-sepaie, Birkenhead,
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 for 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 BY 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, so
mush so that it died shorly afterwards. It did not appear
that any blame was attached to the driver.
ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES.—On Wednesday, as a
respectable female was crossing, in the Prince Steamer,
from this town to Woodside, at half past two o'clock,
she had her pocket picked of two £2O Bank of England
Notes, which she had ju,t before received from one 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 bad 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 Insti-
tution 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 arrived 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 same esta-
blishment, and have since sailed for Scotland, to enjoy
the grouse season. The Hon. Col. 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 GIBBON.—The fourth examination of the bankrupt,
Edward Gibson, of Kendal, which was adjourned from
the 19th ult., for the production of the son of the bank-
rupt, was resumed on Wednesday last. Mr. Myers ex-
amined 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.

ROBBERY OF A WATCH.—On Saturday, a decent.
looking female, named Sarah Nowlan, was committed for
trial on a charge of having stolen a watch, the property of
Thomas Jones, a sailor. Jones, it appeared, had left a
public-house, in Christian-street, the night before, and,
when in Byrom-street, he met the prisoner, who walked
with him to the top of Banastre-street, where she snatched
the watch out of his pocket, 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, linen-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 street, 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 Ferry, 2s. 6d. ;
Thomas Hastings, riding furiously along the streets,
10s. ; John Wright, driving his omnibus on the wrong
side of the road, ss. ; James Wbite, driving a cart and
horse without reins, 2s. 6d. ; Robert Bushell, beerseller,
selling ale during church time on the Sabbath, 10s. ; Rich-
ard Fryer, cruel treatment to his horse, 20s.
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—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 fortune or his integrity till they
read the advertisement, and made inquiry in the usual
way. We hope they rewarded him well for his honesty.
PUBLICAN'S FINED.—On Friday, 'William Rathbone,
heerseller, 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 he was fined 50s. The following beersellers and
publican.; were likewise fined :—Amy Thomas, Scotland-
road; 40s. ; Thomas Joyes, Richmond-row, 40s. ; Solo-
mon Smith, Prince William-street, 40s. • James Now-
land, Bevington-bush, £5 ; Joseph Williams, Head-
street, 80s. ; George Harrison, Waterloo Dock, 40s. ;
Thomas Mercer, Key-street, 40s. ; Joseph Spencer, Ca-
ble-street, 50s. ; Chas. Stubbs, Naylor-street, 40s. ; Wm.
Wittam, Mill-street East, 40s ; Rowland Williams, Bix-
teth-street, £5 ; Richard Owens, Bridgewater-street, 60s.
"MISS WELLER IN LONDON.—On the 20th inst., Miss
Christiana Weller gave the second of her piano forte re-
citals at the 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-
lified declaration as to her ability for a due display of the
works of the elder masters. If in our desire to see this
extraordinary clever pianiste a perfect mistress of her art,
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SAVAGE ASSAULT.—On Saturday, Kissack, the keeper
of Rose-hill Bridewell, informed the court that, while on
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ASSAULT.—MichaeI Coogan was brought up at Bir-
kenhead, on Thursday, charged with an assault on
Thomas Kenna, on Sunday last. The complainant stated
that he went to Seacobme, on Sunday last, and, on re-
turning home about nine o'clock in the evening, when
opposite 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. Pedder, who appeared on be-
half of the prisoner, called witnesses to show that com-
plainant had been drinking at various public houses, and,
in consequence of his having 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 succ ssion of fights or
disturbances had taken place during the day, and that
the prisoner had behaved in a very disorderly manner.
After a severe reprimand from the magistrates, he was
fined 10s. and costs, and ordered to find two securities, in
£lO each, for his good behaviour for twelve months.

SEVEN CHILDREN AND A MAN BITTEN BY A MAD
DOG.—On Thursday se'nnight, a dog, the property of
John Smith Entwistle, Esq., of Foxholes, whilst in a state
of madness, attacked several children and an old man.
It was a hound, which bad 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 pother 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 bad 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 sbe has long held
in this important branch of commerce. The results are
as follow :—Honduras mahogany : 62 logs, of small size,
were sold at from sd. 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 121 d. per foot average ; 631 logs and curls, 40,715
feet, ex James Reid, at 18 3-32 d per foot average ; 453
footogs and curls, 67,011 feet, ex Regina, at 13 3-16 d. per
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505 pieces of spruce deals, of middling quality, at 2 3-16 d.
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