The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

May 19, 1846

iota! anZi Vrabintial 8.M5.

ST. JAMES'S CHURCH.—On Thursday, a meetir'e of
the proprietors of pews was held in the above Church, to
consider the best means of repairing the roof and venti-
lating the building. Mr. Hampton presided, and Mr.
Royden was called to the chair. The chairman pointed
out the insecurity of the roof of the church, and mentioned
several improvements that might be made in the interior,
to make it more commodious, and afford more accommo-
dation to the poor. The proposed alterations would cost
about £6OO. During the last four years £7OO had been
expended in repairing and improving the church ; only
about. £lOO of which had been contributed by the seat-
owners. tie suggested that a rate of one year's pew rent
be levied on the roprietors to be collected immediately,
and that the repairs of church be commenced without
delay. The course pointed 6 t by the chairman was ap-
proved of by the meeting. It was rated that in case the
plan proposed did not produce a suffie.ie:::w of funds, a
subscription would be made.
PAVING AND SEWERAGE.—At the usual weekly meet-
kg of the Commissioners, on Thursday, a letter bac!:2,,/
been received from Mr. Duncan as to some new taps and
pipes required at the water-works in Green-lane, a long
6.lseussiOn ensued, several members being of opinion,
that from the present eiretirrstances in which the Board
was placed as regarded the Corporations, it would ri,:t be
desirable to incur further expense at present. It was ul-
timately decided to wait until the law clerk's return from
London. The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Deane,
the law-clerk, as to the position of the Board in reference
to their bills in Parliament, from which it appeared that,
after a lengthened discussion with the gentlemen in charge
of the Corporation Bill, the latter, in consideration of all
opposition to the Corporation Bill being withdrawn, con-
sented to the introduction into that bill of a clause to
legalize the costs incurred by the commissioners in re-
spect to their two bills, and to authorise the same to be
deducted out of any moneys which may come into their
hands previously to the surrender of their powers to the
Corporation. The letter also stated that the committee
had announced their unanimous decision that the pream-
ble of the Corporation Bill had been proved, and that the
resolution of the committee was unanimous, which, of
course, disposes of the Toxteth-Park Bill as well as that
of the Liverpool Commissioners.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—James Gent was
appointed assistant at the transit sheds, at a salary of 255.
per week ; James Thom and John Harrison, as foremen
coopers at the Albert Dock, at a salary of £2 per week
each. The Harbour Masters Committee recommended
the following appointments :—Mr. M'Bride, as dock-
master, to the Albert and Salthouse Docks, at a salary of
£3OO per annum, with £4O for house rent, until he is pro-
vided with a residence ; Mr. Herbert, as assistant to Mr.
M'Bride, at a salary of £l6O per annum. Jeremiah
Griffiths, one of the gatemen at George's Dock, was
ordered to be dismissed for being intoxicated while on
duty, be having been several times reported. The Parlia-
mentary Committee reported as to the present position of
the Dock Bill ; it had passed the standing orders of the
House of Lords ; and, with regard to the opposition of
the Liverpool and Bury Railway. the committee up stairs
had decided, and made good the objections taken by the
trust to the making of works on the north sides of their
northermost docks, the necessary notices not having been
complied with. The line of railway the company pro-
posed to make on the east side of those docks would stand
good, and would have to be opposed on its merits. It was
stated that several dock gatemen would be required at the
Albert Dock, and the appointments would be made on
Wednesday.
PUMPING OPERATIONS.-013 the 31st July, 18-13, the
coal mines of John Fitzgerald, Esq., at Pendleton, were
stopped by a large influx of water, which stopped alto-
gether the getting of coal at Pendleton, which suppled
Manchester market with that article to the extent of
nearly a thousand tons daily. Mr. Fitzgerald having re-
solved to get rid of this water, set several pumping engines
to work, equivalent altogether to that of 260 horses. The
quantity of water pumped and otherwise raised from the
pit is calculated to have averaged from 3,000 to 3,500
gallons per minute, during about twelve months! 180,000
gallons an hour; 4,320,000 gallons per day of twenty-four
hours ; or, in a whole year, not less than 1,576,800,000 gal-
lons of water must have been raised and got rid of at the
lower estimate of 3,000 gallons a minute. On the 24th
December last, it was found that the surface of the water
in the pit had been lowered to the level of the aperture by
which the influx from the other mines had flooded the pit
in July, 1843, at the depth of 148 yards from the surface,
and thus enabled the workmen to commence what is tech-
nically termed " tubbing." The pumping engines have
now ceased, but the level of the water is still more than
350 yards below the surface, and the coal as yet above 100
yards below water. It is expected that coal will be again
got about June or July next. The expense of these ope-
rations is not known, but it was said, at the time of the
accident, that Mr. Fitzgerald would sustain a loss of
£50,000. The total quantity of water pumped cut would,
it is said, form a canal of thirty-eight miles in length,
twenty-one feet wide, and six in depth.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday
wee, a very extensive robbery took place at the Royal
Bank, in this town. It is an old-established custom
amongst the commercial firms here, for the purpose of
security, to send their cash, bills of exchange, railway
scrip, and other valuable documents, in tin boxes, to the
bank and other places, there to be kept in strong iron
safes until the following morning. Upon the afternoon of
Saturday week, a highly respectable firm sent their box by
one of their clerks, to be deposited, as usual, until Mon-
day morning, in the Royal Bank. The box contained at
the time it was despatched from the office, bills of ex-
change to the large amount of £22,000. Most of the
bills will become due in June, July, August, and Sep-
tember. Their particulars are known, and their payment
stopped. The box also contained the manifest of the
ship Passenger ; and scrip, estimated at £40,000 in se-
veral railways. The clerk states shat he took the box di-
rect to the Royal Bank. laid it upon the counter, and re-

The wheelwrights and smiths at Manchester have re-
turned to work.

The expense of the packet service, between Liverpool
and Dublin, in the year 1845, was £26,831 Bs.
Mr. Foster, the " Times Commissioner," attended our
sessions this week, for the first time since he was called to
the bar.

The splendid new packet-ship Columbia, 1100 tons her-
'den, and commanded by Capt. Rsthbone, late of the Ox-
ford was to leave New York for this port on the Ist inst.
Prince Albert has consented to become the patron of
the Carlingford Lough Regatta, at which it is expected
the Mersey Yacht Club will be present in great strength.
STARRING.—On Wednesday, Mr. Rushton fined a
seaman on board the ship Syra £5, for having stabbed
the cook with a knife. The defendant said the cook bad
first struck him, and knocked out one of his teeth.
FURIOUS DRIVING.—The folloViing parties were sum-
moned before the magistrates, on Wecirws.do.y. and fined
for the above offence, namely, John Moore, 40s. and
'Costs; Hugh Nl' Cartney, 205.; and Chas. Davenport, 20s.
Last Monday, Thomas Pagan, living in Portland-street,
fell down stairs, whilst intoxicated, and received such a
shock as to cause concussion of the brain, of which he
died the same night.
On Saturday, a fire broke out in a mill occupied by
Messrs. Galt, Albion-street, Gaythorn, Manchester,
which :vas destroyed. The total damage to the stock and
building is estimated at about £3,500.
On Friday, a seaman, named Thomas Maddocks, whilst
at work, felt into the hold of the ship Royal Victoria,
lying in the Clarence Dock, and was so much injured
that he died almost immediately. _

The Mersey and Ribble CariYing Company intend, on
the Ist June, to put on a first-rate steamer between Liver-
pool and Preston, to convey goods and passengers. The
boat is to run three times a week, and the fare for each
person will be 2a. 61 _

A man named Brown, living at Warrington, has bee❑
committed for trial charged with the manslaughter of his
father. A quarrel took place betwren the two, both being
intoxicated, and the son kicked and abused his father so
much that he died in about half an hour.

-Great exertions are making to open the new Manchester
Parks as early as possible. Several names have been sug-
gested as appropriate, and amongst the rest are, " The
Queen's Park," " The Peel Park," " The Philips Park,"
"The Heywood Park."

CAUTION.—On Thursday, two young men, named
George M'Cormick and William Steele, apprentices at
Mr. Ogden's iron foundry, in Sefton-street, went during
their dinner hour to bathe in the river, when unfortunately
they got beyond their depth and were drowned.
ARRIVAL OF AN EAST INDIAMAN AT FLEETWOOD.—
The Tapley arrived on Friday, with' a cargo of 10,505
gallons of rum, 1283 modes of sugar, 2436 modes of salt-
petre, 1742 of molasses, 644 of linseed, and 240 horn tips.
The Tapley left Calcutta on the 20th of December.
On Tuesday, two rough-looking dock labourers, named
Michael Farrell and Patrick Neale, were convicted at
Birkenhead, of an assault on Thomas Founds and Thomas
Lloyd. Nealewas an old offender, and was sentenced to
two months' imprisonment; Farrell was ordered to pay
405., or, in default to be imprisoned one month.
LOST CHILDREN.—Under this head, Captain Willis,
the chief constable, in his statistical returns of the Man-
chester police reports, states that, during the year 1845,
the total number of children reported to be lost amounted
to 4064. Of these, )702 were restored to their parents by
the police, the remaining 2362 having been found by their
Parents or friends.
A. Rio Janeiro journal speaks of a project for esta-
blishing
a transatlantic communication between Liverpooland Para by
means of steam ; from which latter place it
is intended that boats of less steam-power and dimen-
hus shall ascend the river of the Amazons, as far as
Bolivia; while a railway shall cross the country to Arica,
on the Southern Sea.
TUE " LITERARY BEACON."—We were yesterday
favoured by the agent, Mr. Connor, London-road, with
the third number of this interesting periodical, which, we
are-happy to find, bears out the indications of excellence
which characterised the two former numbers. The article
entitled " The Industrious Classes and Railroads" is
admirably written, and worthy the serious consideration
of cur ocal legislature.
, A FACT FOR TEMPERANCE ADVOCATES.—Thelltitn-
uer of persons brought before the Manchester justices
during the past year, charged by the police with having
been found " drunk and incapable," amounted to 2185,
and of persons " drunk and disorderly," 2003. What
amount of money may have been spent in bringing about
thisconsummation, is a question we leave for Mr. Bab-
ba ie and his calculating machine.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN FORDING THE DEE.-00 Satur-
day
week, as the carriage of the Hon. Lloyd Mostyn was
crossing the Dee, from Parkgate to Flint, under the
charge of a coachman and a guide, the horses got out
of their depth, and the coachman was thrown from his
seat on the box into the river and drowned. The guide
managed to extricate the horses and carriage, and re-
turned back to Parkgate. Fortunately, no persons were
inside the carriage. Lord Mostyn's carriage, which was
under the pilotage of another guide, and was crossing at
the same time, forded over in safety.
SMUGGLING.—An Irishman, named Felix O'Neile,
was, on Friday, pliced at the bar of the police court,
on a charge of smuggling whiskey. It appeared that the
prisoner was stopped on his wry from the Wexford steamer,
having placed three gallons of whiskey on a spring cart.
He was discharged, Mr. Rushton informing the parties
that they must proceed by information. Christopher
Kelly, an Irish labourer about the docks, was fined £lOO,
and in default of payment to be imprisoned six months.
It appeared the prisoner was stopped, on the 11th instant,
in Stanhope-street, with eleven pounds of tobacco con-
cealed under his coat.

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BUILDINGS WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF MANCHESTER. turned to the office. The clerk at the bank states, upon
We learn from Captain Willis's police statistics, that the the other hand, that tbe box. if left upon the counter,
number of buildings, on the 31st December, 1845, within was not seen by him, and that upon looking over all the
the borough, were 5(1744. He classifies them as follows: other boxes which had been sent in upon Saturday
factories, 123; foundries, 48; warehouses and workshops, evening, and missing tbe identical one from the number,
3813; dwelling-houses, 41,606; shops used as dwelling- he reported the circumstance. Nothing further was
houses, 4712; cellar dwellings, 5385; places of worship, heard of the matter for some hours afterwards, when the
97; 'public schools, 106; military barracks, 1 ; banks, 16; missing box, emptied of the whole of its contents, was
markets, 14 ; railway stations, 4 ; gas stations, 5 ; work- found in one of the streets leading from London-road to
houses, 2; infirmary, hospitals, and dispensaries, 7; Islington. It was immediately conveyed by the police-
night asylum, 1; lock-hospital, 1; penitentiary, 1; public man on duty to the Central Police-station, where a re-
institutions, 27. The cellar dwellings, being only portions port of the robbery was subsequently made. Placards
of other dwellings, are not included in the gross total. have been issued, offering £2OO for the apprehension of
MANSLAUGHTER.—Last week an inquest was held at the thief or thieves, and other necessary steps taken, but
Halton. near Runcorn, on the body of a young man no tidings have yet been heard. Circumstances which
named Thomas Gerrard, the son of a respectable farmer, have since transpired completely exonerate both the clerk
tenant to Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., of Norton Priory, who conveyed the box, and the clerk at the bank, from
who had died, it was supposed, in consequence of injuries all suspicion, if any ever attached to him.
received in his side. It appeared that be had been at a CAUTION TO EMIGRANT AGENTS.—On Thursday,
Public-house in Lower Walton, and had a fight with two Lieutenant Hodder, the government agent, appeared be-
trties- one of whom he subsequently complained had fore Mr. Rushton to prefer a charge against John Keenan,
kicked him in the side. The evidence having been fnlly an emigrant agent in this town, for having fraudulently
Bone into, and a post mortem examination made, the jury obtained money from six perions who had come from Ire-
found a verdict of manslaughter against William and land, and had taken their passage to New York, by re-
Peter Berwick, and they were committed to Chester presenting himself as J. W. Shaw, emigrant agent. It
a %tie to take their trial at the next assizes. appeared that the complainants, together with a number
.0 t
aTHE STRIKE AT MANCHESTER.—We are not aware of other persons, had paid a deposit of £1 each to Mr.
there is anything fresh to report respecting the move- O'Neal, agent at Cork for Messrs. J. W. Shaw and Co.,
meats of the masters, one firm whose premises have been in order to secure berths on board the ship Mayfield, for
under the protection of the police-officers, are so con- New York. A printed ticket, with Mr. Shaw's name in
rinsed that the strike is at or near an end, that the offi- large letters, was given to each of them by Mr. O'Neale,
een
thehave been dispensed with by them. The meeting of to show they had taken their passage. The parties arrived
o Committees Liverpool and Manchester will be held in this town on Sunday evening, by the Cork steamer, in
en Tuesday, in this town, we understand, to consider and company with 150 other emigrants. When they landed,
decideQs upon the rules to govern the association. These, they were met by a person in Mr. Keenan's employ, who,
Liverpool
have before stated, have been preparing both at upon the tickets being shown him, directed them to Mr.
_ and Manchester, and this meeting will be pre- Keenan's office. Whilst there, one of them asked for Mr.
i?aratory to assembling the united committee.—Manches- Shaw, and he was then shown Mr. Keenan. The man,
ter Courier. on coming up to him, inquired if he was Mr. Shaw, to
b_CHILD CHOKED BY A PEA.—On Tuesday last, a little which Mr. Keenan replied in the affirmative. The tickets
en% scarcely two years old, living near Crumpsall, not far were presented to him, and £4 each additional was exacted
trc'ln Manchester, had a few peas given to it by its mother for their passage. This was paid, and another ticket
,cs Play with, when, it appears, the little thing swallowed given to them for their passage in a vessel called the Ash-
-4,9e, and immediately exhibited symptoms of choking. burton, which would not sail for
detect time after. The
Ash-
The child was immediately taken to a surgeon, who fear- poor fellows not being able to the fraud, walked
long that, from its difficulty in breathing, it would die if away, and did not find out the trick which had been played
,81,3rmething was not done, made an incision into the child's upon them until they sought a passage on board the May-
;n. oat, and inserted a flexible tube for the purpose of ena- field, which left the port on Wednesday morning last, with
..°_nang the little sufferer to breath, but all this was of little a number of the friends of the complainant. Mr. Rush-
il, for the child died in about an hour afterwards. Upon ton, after carefully investigating the case, said the magis-
71e:ening the region of the throat and wind pipe, on the trates would not be doing their duty if they did not mark
larynxng morning, a pea was found firmly fixed in the the case by the utmost penalty the law could
defendant was accordingly fined £lO, and his emigration
ILLEGAL .APPROPRIATION.—On Friday, at the Ses- license revoked.
11 Henrys, Henry Wm. Stevens, John Thomas Poulesland, and Nothing but an inspection, we can assure our readers,
H Avery, were tried for appropriating to their own will satisfy them as to the wonderful perfection which the
use £l4O, received from Messrs. Hornby and Co., as the French have attained in their imitation of fruits and
premium of an insurance in the Liverpool Fire and Life flowers. An hour spent in this delightful way, at Mrs.
Company. It appeared that the prisoners were all clerks Girvan's establishment, Upper Arcade, will satisfy them
In the company's office; and that Stevens, whose duty it that we have not hinted idly.
Was to collect the money, or one of the others, received it. KIRKDALE FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SHOW.—
They laid in stores and 'were on board a vessel on the point It is with pleasure we refer our readers to an advertise-
of sailing for New York, when they were apprehended. ment in our paper of to-day, announcing the first borti-
The court was crowded with persons, who appeared to cultural exhibition for the season, at Kirkdale. on Tues-
take great interest in the proceedings; the connexions of day, the 26th, and not the 25th, as errononeouely stated
the lads being of the most respectable character, and their by a contemporary. The arrangements are such as will

conduct up to this time exemplary. The prisoners were
found guilty ; and Stevens was sentenced to be imprisoned
four months, and his companions three months each.
MEETING IN TOXTETH-PARK.—On Wednesday even-
ing a meeting was called in Torteth-park of persons fa-
vourable to an amalgamation of the highway trusts of that
township with those of Liverpool, under the management
2f the Corporation. The meeting was held in Toxteth-
Mill-street. Mr. Richard Harbord, presided. A
zsultory discussion took place, in which Mr. May, Mr.
unburY Mr J Finh sen Mr Wing, r. Hugh es,
and other ' • • ' •'
gentlemen took part. Mr.are Paine proposed, as
thisfollows:—" meeting, that an amalgamation of North and South
I°_ateth Wards with the borough of Liverpool, so far as
will,,ighway trust and supplying of water are concerned,
ship, inasmuch
highly conducive to the best interests of this town-
as it will lead to a reduction of local tax-
ation,

not only surpass those of previous years, but are enterec
rich spirit by Mr. New and others, that we fee
lat they
.will not only be an auxiliary to the
- growing horticultural and botanical taste, but that they
will meet public approbation. A spacious, and we may

into wit
satisfiei

prizes depend upon the encouragement given to this show,
we trust the attendance will be numerically great.
EXTRAORDINARY CHEAP TRIP TO LONDON AND
BACK.—A fortnight ago we gave our readers to under-

stand that a contract had been entered into with the pro-
prietors of the Grand Junction Railway for a cheap excur-
sion train to London, to take its departure some day in
Whitsun Week, and that the charge for the trip to and fro
would be fixed at the astounding low charge of one
guinea. ' An announcement to the same effect appears this
day in our advertising columns, with this addition, that