The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-17 00:00:00

GALLANT CONDUCT.—The Queen, which left this side
at nine o'clock on Wednesday night, was landing her
passengers at Woodside slip, when one of them, an elderly
female, fell into the river. One of the hands on board,
named Thomas Winstanley, leaped after her, and seizing
hold of her, bore her up. Owen Edwards, another of the
men, also jumped in. A rope was then thrown to their
assistance, and all three were got out, without any injury
beyond a bath, rather of the coldest. The person rescued
was Mary Erden, who is between 60 and 70 years of age,
and keeps a mangle in William-street, Birkenhead.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the adjourned
meeting of this body, on Tuesday last, it was announced
that the pig-sties in Back Chester•street were being re-
moved. Messrs. Pim and Fry were appointed members
of the Health Committee. Mr. Fry intimated that a
public meeting would speedily be convened to consider
the subject of extending the infirmary. A committee
was appointed to advertise for plans for the new Town-
hall. The chairman (Mr. W. Jackson) deemed it advis-
able to postpone the sale of the land surrounding the
Park. The township was not in want of funds, and a
much higher price might be obtained when the beauties
of the Park were more fully developed. The roads would
be completely finished in May ; the whole of the Park
would then be planted, and the spring grass would have
made its appearance, so that people would then be better
judges of what sort of a prospect the Park would present.
The sale of the land on the 18th instant was accordingly
rescinded.

Mr. Bolestridge, of Nott;ngharo, one of the persons in-
jured by the late collision on the Midland Railway, died
on Tuesday. Another of the sufferers lies iu a hopeless
state.

THE GLOSSOP BURGLARY.—At the Derby assizes, on
Wednesday, George Swan, James Swan, and Samuel
Swan, (brothers,) were sentenced to transportation for
life, for a burglary at the house of Mr. Bennett, a respec-
table farmer, near Glossop, and stealing therefrom consi-
derably property. The father and mother of the prisoners'
were also at the same time sentenced to transportation for
ten years' for receiving the articles knowing them to have
been stolen.

The Unitarians of Hyde are now contemplating the
erection of a chaser of more than uncommon magnificence;
and judging from present appearances, in the way of do-
nations, the plan will undoubtedly be fully realised.
The Messrs. Ashton. of Hyde, four brothers, have, it is
understood, given £lOOO each ; Mr. Thornley, of Godley,
£5OO, and Mr. Randle Hebbert £3OO, to say nothing of
smaller sums. It is intended to raise, by voluntary sub-
scriptions, the large sum of £lO,OOO.
WHAT NEXT ?—With the view of illustrating, we ap-
prehend, by an individual instance, Mr. Ferrand's view of
our present position as that of a " nation of humbugs,"
there is exhibited by a respectable chymist, in the neigh-
bourhood of Temple-bar, in his shop window, a variety
of ugly, clumsy-looking metallic rings, by wearing which
we are gravely told that afflicted individuals are cured of,
and preserved from, "gout, rheumatism, tic-doloreux,
paralysis, head-ache, deficiency of nervous energy, stiff
joints, and persons subject to fits !"
POLICEMEN IN TROUBLE--At Wandsworth Police-
ceurt, James James, who was nine years in the M division
of metropolitan police, and afterwards chief officer of the
Banbury constabulary, was placed in the dock, before
Mr. Paynter, for a final examination, upon two distinct
charges of felony ; and Richard Tyns, described as a
watch-case maker, but who was for some time in the Lon-
don police, was also finally examined upon a charge of
endeavouring corruptly to obtain reward for the restora-
tion of the property stolen by the first-mentioned prisoner.
They were both committed for trial.
THE " NEW Move."—Messrs. Cobden and Bright
were at Bradford on Friday week, on their tour terough
the West-Riding, for the purpose of influencing the next
election by the creation of a large number of Free Trade
electors. Cobden tempted the Bradford men by cue of
his usually exaggerated statements. " Savings' Banks
(said he) only paid 3 per cent. at present; but they could,
by purchasing cottage property, get 7 or 8 per cent. ; and
if they got free trade, it would increase 50 per cent." As
to the intentions of the League he was very explicit.
" They must," he said, " have 2000 more names on the
register before the 31st of January. Leeds would add
500; Huddersfield, 300; Halifax, 300; they would bring
300 over the Hills from Lancashire; and he could not
let Bradford off for less than 500."
Loss OF ANOTHER WEST INDIAN STEAMER.—BY the
Avon, steamer, from the West Indies, the intelligence by
which is announced elsewhere, we have received the me-
lancholy news of the loss of the steamer Actaeon, belong-
ing to the West Indian Steam Ship Company, which ves-
sel was lost nn the morning of Sunday, the 20th of Octo-
ber, about nine miles northward of Carthagena. She was
rounding the Punta Canoe, at eight o'clock in the morn-
ing, the Popa or high land within the city being S.S.E.
The Actaeon steering south, struck at 8.40 upon a sunken
rock, supposed to be the Negrillo, but which, according
to the chart, should have been nearer the land than the
ship then was. Immediately she struck the captain, with
the view of lightening her, ordered the boilers to be blown
off, but without effect, till about thirty minutes afterwards.
A swell of the sea then lifted her off, when it soon became
evident that, in spite of every exertion, she could not be
kept long afloat. Sail was then made to force her on shore,
or into shallow water. Precisely, however, at twenty
minutes past eleven she went down in 61 fathoms. The
captain, officers, and crew, on this trying emergency, be-
hayed with the most praiseworthy courage. Every one
was calm and collected, and the orders of the captain were
obeyed with readiness and punctuality. He was the last
to leave the ill-fated vessel. All hands were safely got
into the boats, and steered for Carthagena, from which
they were about nine mi es distant. They landed in safety,
and were hospitably received by the authorities. As soon
as danger was apparent the mails were taken out, and
duly placed in one of the boats, in charge of the mail
officer. That gentleman, in his anxiety to do his duty,
lost the whole of his wardrobe and other effects. A small
quantity of stores was also secured. There were also
three passengers on board at the time of the disaster. It
was very fortunate that at the moment of the wreck taking
place the weather was moderate. An hour previously,
however, it had been blowing a gale. The Actaeon makes
the fourth vessel lost since the establishment of the Royal
Mail Steam Company, being a quarter of the number of
steam-ships it has afloat. They are—the Medina, the
Mr. Walsh, a solicitor of Oxford, was thrown out of Isis,tlieis Solway
nnfo(inrrwunhaicthe
vessel
semiiny completes live
s were sacrificed,)
the e re 'acnruifinlcf3der,).
his gig, on Saturday night, and killed. now
The Actaeon, however, was the smallest of the four, being
In England the proportion of illegitimate children is 20 only 600 tons burthen. Her value, exclusive of stores,
to every 10,000 of the populatian, and in Wales, 43. &c., was about £25,000. She plied between the various
Yesterday week four lives were lost by the overturning islands for the intercolonial mails.
of a vessel in the river Parrott, just below Bridgewater. EASTER IN 1845.—There is a discrepancy between the
In the year ending on the 2d November, 1844, it seems calendar and the calculations in the almanacs' with refer..
the number of bankruptcies was 1,064. Last year, the ence to Easter Sunday, next year. The instructions in
number was 1,169 ; and in the preceding year, 1,373. the prayer-book, given to find Easter, say, that if the full
On Tuesday week, Thomas Smith, a bookseller, of 2, ;
moon that comes next after the 21st of Maros, fall upon
a Sunda . Easter Sunda shall not be at Stndy,but
King-street, Tower Hill, Landon, committed suicide by
the one yafter it. Now, in 1845, the fullth moon thatacomes
placing a pan of burning charcoal in his bedroom.
next after the 21st of March, is on Sunday the 23d, at
On Wednesday last, Burgess was committed for trial at some mi: utes past eight in the evening •
and yet that
the Central Criminal Couxt, for his late robbery of the same Sunday, the 23d, is Easter Sunday, though,' accord-
Bank of England.
ing to the rules laid down, it sould be Sunday the 30th.
The corporation of London have voted the freedom of The short explanation of this may be thus given, from an
the city, together with a silver cup, value 100 guineas, to elaborate article in the Companion to the Almanac for
Sir Robert Sale, and a similar grant to Sir W. Nott. 1845, where the curious on the subject will find it treated
Mary Gallop, convicted the week before last, at (;has- at great length. One part of the reason of the discre-
ter, of the murder of her father, has made a full ccnfes- pancy between the Easter of 1845 and that of the calen-
sion of her guilt, and appears sincerely penitent. dar is. that " the British legislature misunderstood the
The lighthouse on Goodwin is now above high-water
definition of Easter, used in the rules which they adopted,
thinking that it depended upon the full moon; whereas
mark; and may be expected to be illuminated by the Ist it depends upon the fourteenth day of the moon, the day
of January next. The light is to be a pale blue. of new moon being counted as the fit.
On Thursday, a boy named Birch, aged 14, was killed never happens before the fifteenth da
ya of this reck Now full moon
oning.
at Chiswick, by the discharge of a gun which his brother The other part of the reason of this discrepancy is, that
and his cousin were struggling to obtain from him, in a the legislature supposed the moon of the calendar to be
dispute as to who was to fire it. the same as the moon of the heavens, which neither is
John Wall, charged with attempting to poison his sis- nor was intended to be the case : the moon of the calen-
ter, mother, and brother, at Leicester, was discharged on dar being not only made to vary from the moon of the
Monday last, the evidence being insufficient to bring the heavens for conven'ence of calculation, but also to pre-
charge home to him. vent Easter Day from falling on the day of the Jewish
GOOD NEWS FOR THE LOVERS OF SPRING.—It is a Passover.oer;
behind forthe calendar full moon, yet the calendar moon
bly early and genial. is These two errors very often compensate one
n
certain fact, that whenever we have very early and severethough the fourteenth day is very often a
another
winters, like the present, the succeeding spring is
alsoinvaria-
y very often a day before the real moon ; so that the
fourteenth day of the calendar moon is frequently the day
On Friday night week, as a butter merchant was re- of the real full moon. But they do not always do so ;
turning home to Brecon, Cardiganshire, in his cart with and it should never be matter of surprise if Easter fall
about £7O in his pocket, the produce of his sales of but- on the Sunday of the full moon, whether real or calendar.
his
ter, he was shot dead by a highwayman, and robbed of all It is not correct to say that Easter is made to fall wrongly
money.
in 1845 ; it falls where the legislators, who correctly
AN OLD SONG.—The opponents of mesmerism, net copied the rule of the Roman church, intended
convinced by the late literary cure, when spoken to on it should fall, though they did not correctly give
the subject, quietly hum the refrain of the ancient lyric, the explanation of the rule they intended to use.
" All my eye and Betty Martin oh !" (Martineau.)—The The last time that Easter Sunday fell on the day of
Great Gun. the full moon was in 1818, in which year both the festival
A young man, named Jackson, who was sentenced and the full moon were on the 22d of March, the earliest
to seven years transportetion, at the last Bristol assizes, possible day. It excited some stir, that the definition of
for stealing a gold watch from a prostitute, has, since his Easter, as contained in the act, should so palpably be
conviction, succeeded to a property of seven hundred a violated, and an Oxford clergyman publicly protested
year. against the observance of Easter on the (as he thought it)
ORIGIN OF KISSING.—PIiny, in his Natural History,
wrong day." The calculation in the almanack completely says that Cato was of opinion that the use of kissing first unfixes all the moveable feasts. Only one, instead of
began between kinsmen and kinswomen, however nearly two, Sundays are allotted after the Enhiphany ; but 27,
allied or far off, only to know, by kissing, whether their instead of 26, Sundays announced after Trinity ! Easter
wives, daughters, or nieces had tasted any wine. rarely falls earlier than the 26th or 30th of March, and by
us ushing it bac a wee ea On Thursday, Thursday, William Thomas Gallimore, a surgeon, niencth ep may be experk ienced.k Howrlier istbe thisgreatest mistakenconve to be
of Chesterfield, was found guilty of causing the death of rectified? Are the alreanacks as authoritative as the let-
Mrs. Warwick, by ignorant treatment of her during par- ter of the church rubric?
turition, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for six
ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF THE BANK ROBBERS.
months. Burgess and Elder, the perpetrators of the late Bank of
Toe GREAT Beteeree—This magnificent vessel, on England robbery, it will be remembered, left England in
Wednesday, safely passed the locks at Bristol, and was the steamer Britannia, bound for Halifax and Boston.
taken in tow down the river to Kingroad, which place she As it was uncertain to which of these places they would
reached without any accident, amid the cheers of thou- go, Forrester, the police-officer, set off for Halifax first;
sands who lined the river all the way down. but finding no trace of them there, waited two days, until
THE JESUITS.—Among the rules suggested by the the Britannia touched, on her homeward passage, at that
Jesuits of a former day " for bringing England to the port. He met with the captain, and from him learned
Roman religion without tumult," was the following : that they had been passing by the name of Ellis, senior
" Nourish the differences of the preachers which are in and junior, uncle and nephew, and that they bad made
error, and let him so work that they may often confer acquaintance with an American gentleman, resident at
and wrangle." Michigan, who had landed with them at Boston, the two
SINGULAR CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—At Leicester, former having with them a very heavy portmanteau, to
on Saturday week, Berresford, a man aged seventy-three, which they seemed to attach much importance. There
was convicted of manslaughter, for shooting one of a num- boing no vessel to sail for Boston for some days, Forres-
tert of boys who used to tease him, and who were actually' ter instantly proceeded by land, a distance of 600 miles.
throwing a volley of stones at him when he fired. He was He there learned that the fugitives and their new friend
sentenced to tour months' imprisonment. had proceeded to New York, whither he rapidly went.
He lead been advised to go to the Astor Hotel, one of the
An extensive robbery of notes and gold took place at best in the city, but finding an election crowd at the door,
Northwich, in Cheshire, on the 3d instant. The pro- he drove to another and another hotel, until he found one
perty was stolen from the house of Mr. William Glover, whim). he thought likely, from not being so public. It is
of Whitton-street, and amounts in the aggregate to £9OO, usual to keep a list of visitors at these inns, and on cast-
sovereigns. of £B7O in notes and bank post bills, and 30 • • •
inghis eyes upon the list at that hotel, he found the
sovereigns.
names of Messrs. Ellis. He instantly procured a warrant
DARING ROBBERY OF £215 IN OPEN DAY.—Mr. for their apprehension • but on further inquiry found they
Wm. Brownlow, a respectable corn dealer from Howdene had left the city upwards of a fortnight. He then followed
was robbed in Hull, on Tuesday week, of two hundred them, tracing them with infinite pains up to the town of
and fifteen pounds, with which he was proceeding to the Buffalo, about 500 miles from New York. He found they
corn market. The pocket, it seems was
completely cut had been there, under the name of Ellis, but had gone,
from the waistcoat, together with the contents. and he could obtain no information as to whither. The
AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—On Monday a sanguinary Falls of Niagara are about 80 miles from this town, and
conflict took place injhe preserves at Langley, near Lan- thither he went in hopes that they might have visited the
chester, the property of the Earl of Durham, between six magnificent scene ; and hewas right in his conjecture, their
of the watchers and five poachers—the latter armed with names being inserted in the visitors' book. They had
bludgeons. Two of the watchers were most dreadfully stayed two days at the Cataract Hotel, but no one knew
beaten. where they had gone. But they bad visited the Falls
The prospects of the Staffordshire iron trade are now of without the incumbrance of luggage, so that the inference
a very cheering character. At the last quarterly meeting was that they had returned to Buffalo, where they had
o' iron masters, a reduction in price was made, but par-
probably left the bulk of their plunder. Forrester ac-
returned to that town, but could gain no
ties engaged in le trade held out forforraer prices, and it
cordinglytidings
oin f ,them
search there. In this difficulty he resolved to proceedeen in
advance will take place.
is confidently expected that at the next quarterly meeting
of the American gentleman who had b
not only will previous prices be maintained, but that an
their company to Michigan, and sailed for Detroit, (the
MURDER.—At the York Assizes, on Tuesday, William
capital of the state, on board a steamer on Lake Erie.
The vessel encountered a terrific storm, and with great
Kendrew, a farm-labourer, aged 22, was found guilty of difficulty returned. In a few days, however, he set out
the wilful murder of Mr. William Inchbald, at Dunsforth again, and ultimately reached the gentleman's residence,
by shooting him through the back. Mr. Justice Cole- 60 miles beyond Detroit. Here he obtained another war-
ridge, pronounced upon him the sentence of death. The rant, as the first was unavailable in that state, and he had
some hopes of pouncing upon the fugitives.
wretched man appeared wholly unmoved, and left the
bar in the most careless manner, exclaiming as he went, was disappointed, butA • that the
learned from the merman
In this he
" Thank ye, if that be all."
parties had invested the money they had brought, imme-
SINGULAR CASE.—A good-looking woman, aged 23, diately on arriving at Boston, having first impudently
was tried, at York assizes, last week, for bigamy. It ap- inquired of the British consul the character of the various
peared that she was married, five years ago, when only 18 banks before they would deposit their property. He also
years of age, to a man named Woodhead, who, at the corn- , learned that they talked of going into Canada. The
mencement of the present year, offered her for sale in the I journey from Buffalo to the residence of the American and
public market, at Leeds. She was purchased by Wm. back exceeded 800 miles ; but with the information ob-
Idle, to whom she was shortly afterwards married. The i tained he set out for Boston, a further journey of 600 miles.
first husband was in court. The jury found the prisoner He there set on foot the inquiries which terminated in the
guilty, but strongly recommended her to mercy. She was
capture of both Elder and Burgess, in the manner already
sentenced to be imprisoned one month,
I detailed to the public.

PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the
meeting on Thursday, Mr. Robertson Gladstone attended,
for the first time, since his election, and took the neces-
sary declaration previous to resuming his seat. An ap-
plication, requesting the Commissioners to make a sewer
io Regent-street, having been read, a reply was given to
the effect, that no new sewers could be undertaken in that
neighbourhood until the new north docks were completed.
The surveyor reported that the severity of the weather
prevented the workmen from continuing their work, and
it was ordered that the surveyor, under the direction of
the chairman, should endeavour to employ the men two
or three days a week in clearing the gratings, cleansing
the channels, in getting sand or in any othcr way advan-
tageously to the public. In reply to a question from Mr.
Procter, Mr. Weightman said that six of the sewers or-
dered on the 14th of January, were unfinished, but that
four of them would be finished next week, and the remain-
der as soon as possible.—An application from Mr. P. W.
Brancker, requesting to be allowed to attach a branch-
pipe communicating to his warehouse in Dublin-street, to
the main about to be laid down, was road, and referred to
the Watch Committee, it being a question whether, if
they all owed Mr. Brancker this privilege, they could re-
fuse other applicants. It was suggested that, suppithe ob-
ject was only to use the water in case of fire, they would
only be carrying out the intentions of the promoters of
the bill by granting the privilege. The chairman said the
Watch Committee would get the opinion of Mr. Simpson
before deciding upon the matter. The chairman was au-
thorized to give, at his discretion, 20s. to a poor man who
was injured at the new works, and the Commissioners
adjourned.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON ULVERSTON SANDS.—Since
the opening of the Lancaster and Preston railway numbers
of persons termed hucksters have been in the habit of going
over to Ulverston, to purchase fish, poultry, cockles, but-
ter, &c., which they send off to Preston, Manchester, Bir-
mingham, and other inland towns, and the trade, which is
very profitable, has recently much increased. Those en-
gaged in it start to cross the sands at all hours of the day
or night, if the tide at all serve—one man having the care
of two and sometimes more carts. About one o'clock on
Friday morning, the 6th instant, several of them started
to cross, having with them ten horses, and carts heavily
laden. On arriving at Hest Bank, several of them went
forward to Preston, leaving four of the party, young lads,
to return to Ulverston with the horses and carts. Though
they found the tide had passed up some time, and though
a young man was recently drowned near the spot, they
went recklessly straight forward, instead of making up to
Silverdale, and were soon in deep water. Two of them
endeavoured to turn, but were obliged to make a large cir-
cuit, the horses swimming the whole time. After despe-
rate exertions they got on the Silverdale side, but not be-
fore one of the horses was drowned. Two others of the
drivers dashed straight on. One of them bad three horses,
which he could not manage, and they were all drowned.
Being a swimmer, he kept himself afloat for some time,
and was at length rescued from impending death by one
of his companions, Moore, who got him into his cart.
This occurred about four in the morning, but the sky was
bright, so that they could see their danger, otherwise both
men and horses must all have perished. The loss of the
horses will, it is hoped, prove a warning to all engaged in
the trade.

GENERAL MISCELLANY.