The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

Aug, li4, 1846.

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The Preston regatta will take place on the Ribble on
the 9th September next.
On Wednesday, a girl, named Jane Taylor, of Cross-
hall-street, was very much injured by being run over in
Great Charlotte-street, by one of the parish water-carts.
On Wednesday, Inspector Thompson, of the police
force in this town, was appointed to the situation of su-
perintendent at the Railway station, Manchester, at a sa-
lary of £l2O per annum.
On Wednesday, a boy, named Mattram, was literally
crushed to pieces, by a piece of timber falling upon him
when being discharged from the ship Christina, Bruns-
wick Dock.
Miss Kinsley presented Prince Albert, on his visit,
with her beautiful poem, " Belissima," written for the
occasion. His royal highness was graciously pleased to
accept the work, and thank the fair poetess.
THE HIGHLAND DWARFS.—The Highland dwarfs,
who have twice had the honour of appearing before her
Majesty and the royal family, have, we learn, just arrived
here, and will shortly hold their levees.
STEAM TO M.o.—A regular line of steam communica-
tion between England and the Brazilian Empire, is about
to be opened, by the sailing of the Antelope from this
port for Rio. She sails on the 10th of September.
The Rev. Rector Brooks, at the earnest request of the
gentlemen of the bar, practising at Kirkdale Sessions, is
now sitting for his portrait, ,to Mr. Duval, the eminent
Manchester artist. When finished, it is to be hung up
in the Magistrates'-room, Kirkdale.
CHILD WASHED ASHORE.—On Tuesday morning,
at high water mark, the body of a female child, about six
months old, was found in Bootle Bay. It was dressed in
.a blue printed frock. and had on a shirt, binder, and
white cotton cap, with frill. The body bore no marks of
violence, and had had been dead only a few hours.
About eight o'clock, on Wednesday night: the foundry
'of Mr. Ogden, Sefton-street, (nearly destroyed by fire
about a month ago,) was again discovered on tire, but by
the prompt exertions of the police on the spot, getting the
engines at the Brunswick Dock station into play, it was
soon extinguished. _

During the past fortnight, railway trucks have conveyed
Irish reapers from the Crown-street station, Liverpool, to
Birmingham, at the rate of 3s. a-head, in order that they
might distribute themselves through the agricultural dis-
tricts, where the harvest is being very rapidly gathered in
at present.

The inspectors, guards, station-keepers, and porters,
on the London and North Western Railway—the new
title for the Liverpool and Manchester, the London and
Birmingham, the North Union, and the Bolton and Ken-
yon lines—have assumed a new uniform of green cloth,
the superior servants having the collars of their coats or-
namented with silver lace.

LYTHAM.—No fewer than five bodies of drowned per-
sons have been cast upon the north bank of the Ribble,
within a week. Three of them have been identified as the
poor fishermen who were unfortunately drowned by the
sinking of their boat, off Southport. The other two ap-
peared to be American sailors, fine looking men, and par-
ticularly well clothed.—Preston Guardian.
MEETING OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS. On
Thursday the usual weekly meeting of the Commission-
ers of Highways was held at the Purish-office ; Mr. John
Holmes presided. The following members were present :
Messrs. Kaye, Denton, Morris, Lawrence, and Cooper.
The business occupied about half an hour only, and was
wholly uninteresting to the public.

UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—On Saturday, at the Police-
court, Mr. Thompson, an inspector of markets, appeared
against James Stackpole, charged with having unwhole-
some veal in his possession intended for sale. The veal
was seized in Back Parlipment-street. It appeared that
the calves were dead Aen brought forth, and had been
immedediately dressed, and would, ultimately, have been
offered in the market. Fined 40s. and costs.

On Wednesday, a woman, named Bridget Carrick, was
brought up charged on suspicion with stealing the sum of
of £3O) from Aurelia Gordon, lodging-house keeper,
Thomas-street. There was not sufficient evidence to
warrant the detention of the prisoner, who was discharged.
Mr. Rushton remonstrated with the complainant on the
impropriety of keeping so large an amount of cash in the
house, and in such a situation, to which she replied that
it was necessary for the purpose of cashing sailors' notes.
LAUNCH OF A PILOT BOAT.—On Tuesday last, a new
pilot boat was launched from the building-yard of Mr.
Thomas Royden, of Baffin-street. She was christened by
Mrs. Bark, the lady of John Bark, Esq., the Albert
Edward, Prince of Wales. Her length of keel is 47 feet,
and her length over all is 59 feet. Her breadth is 16 feet
51 inches, and her depth is 9 feet. After the launch,
which was an excellent one, the company sat down to a
dveuner, which Ras presided over by Mr. Watkin Wil-
liams.

LAUNCH OF THE JAMES ATHERTON.—On Tuesday
last, a fine neiv iron steamer called the James Atherton,
and intended to ply between New Brighton Ferry and
the George's Pierhead, was launched from the Messrs.
Pearson's building-yard, Baffin-street, amid the rejoicings
of assembled hundreds. She is 120 feet in length, and 18i
in breadth, and was built by Messrs. Pearson and Co. for
the proprietors of the New Brighton Ferry. She has two
bows—that is, in other words, she can be steered like the
Woodside steamers, both fore and aft, as occasion may
require; and we have no doubt that she will be found a
rapid and excellent sea•boat.

EASTHAM REGATTA.—We have great pleasure in di-
recting the attention of our readers to an advertisement,
which appears in another column, announcing the parti-
culars of the above regatta. Should the weather prove
fine, thousands of our townspeople will, doubtless, re-
sort to the festive scene. The natural attractions of the
spot—the beauty of the scenery around—the pleasant
pic-nic cottage, where thousands have whiled away many
an agreeable hour—the picturesque garden and pleasure
grounds attached to the hotel—and, added to these, the
attention of the excellent catering of ' mine host'—all
conspire to render this ferry a most delightful and agre
agree-
able retreat for holiday folk. The regatta comes off un-
der very distinguishd patronage, as will be seen on re-
ference to the advertisement.
THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT BRINDLE.—An action
will be tried at the forthcomingi
which John Master, Esq , the Rev.assizes,
C. E. Kendal, Rev.
G. Baldwin, J. N. Farrington, Esq., and T. B. Crosse,
Esq., are the defendants. The plaintiffs are the same
persons who were convicted at the Chorley petty sessions,
on the 24th of March last, for a disturbance in Brindle
chapel, and assaulting Thomas Eastwood, Esq. On
refusing to pay the penalties inflicted, they were com-
mitted to the Preston House of Correction, and it is for
false imprisonment that the action is now brought, the
plaintiffs denying the right of the magistrates to interfere
with the internal arrangements of Brindle chapel, and
that they had a right to resist Mr. Eastwood's entrance
into the chapel, unless he paid the penny demanded.
ESCAPE OF A BRIG FROM FOUNDERING ON CROSBY
SANDS.—On the forenoon of Tuesday, a brig, inward
bound, with a pilot on board, narrowly escaped founder-
ing on these sands during the squall which set in with the
flood tide. The brig had anchored about three o'clock in
the morning (about flood tide), to wait for the next tide
•to go up the river, the wind being light and blowing from
the southward. At about ten o'clock on Thursday
morning, a squall came on, and catching the sails which
had been made snug the preceding tide, but were in course
of being bent, the chain parted. Efforts were made to
wear her, but she grounded on the sands east of the
Crosby Light-ship. A tug boat which was passing was
signalled, and the brig was towed off, fottunately without
damage, and brought into Coburg Dock.
ROBBERY.—At the Police-court on Saturday, a man
named Graham, a land steward, from Surrey, complained
that he had been robbed of about £B, on Thursday night,
in a lodging house in llotham-street. The house is kept
by a man named Cunningham. In the night the servant
girl who had lighted him to bed, entered the room, and
he awaking, observed her removing his watch. On being
questioned, she said she was merely putting it in the table
drawer lest it should fall. She then left the room, and he
starting up in suspicion, found his money gone from his
pockets. An alarm was raised, and Cunningham having
afterwards been seen in the yard of the house acting sus-
piciously, was taken into custody, as was the girl, Betsey
Develin. She denied the charge, but was committed for
trial. The evidence was not sufficient as against Cun-
ningham and he was discharged.
LOAN SOCIETIES.—On Thursday, a great number of
poor people were summoned in consequence of having be-
come defaulters and sureties to various loan societies.
Many of them, particularly the sureties, complained
bitterly of the hardship of having to pay the full amount
owing, when they were, as they imagined, on attaching
their names to the societies' contracts, responsible for
only a proportion. Mr. Rushton said the magistrates
had no alternative but to require that the money owing
should be paid, and intimated, as he had done on many
previous occasions, that "each party was jointly and
severally liable, and bound to pay the whole sum." He
regretted there were any loan societies in existence, as
many of the parties who availed themselves of what they
conceived to be the advantages offered, merely had money
for about a week, and were ever afterwards plunged in
misery and wretchedness.
TIIE OJIBBEWAY INDIANS.—A party of the Ojibbe-
way Indians, whose appearance excited so much interest
in the metropolis, have given a series of four entertain-
ments, illustrative of Indian life and manners, in the
Clncert-hall, this week. The party consists of the chief
(who bears the euphonious appellative of Maung-Gwud-
Daus,) his squaw, five sons, and another Indian. The
chief, who is apparently a very shrewd fellow, talks Eng-
lish very fluently, and alluding to the simplicity of some
of the customs of his tribe, gave roguish hits at some of
our more civilised notions. He has, however, caught up
a considerable portion of cant, the retail of which never
fails to excite in a considerable degree the sympathies of
one portion of our people. The lectures were inter-
spersed with occasional smoking, singing, loud war-
whoops, &c., &c., and the process of scalping an enemy,
to the great delight of the audience, was minutely and
familiarly explained. The exhibition was, in some mea-
sure, an instructive, and, undoubtedly, an attractive one.
THE PORT OF RUNCORN.—The commerce of this port
is rapidly on the increase. At the present moment the
docks are completely fill, .d with vessels, both foreign and
coastwise. The Thor, the largest vessel that ever entered
the port, arrived on Sunday last, from Windau, with
timber. ller registered tonnage is 367 tons,
and she draws
fifteen feet of water. Two other large
vessels from the
same place are also discharging theircargoes here, and a
very extensive business is expected from other parts.
With the view of giving every facility, the new
docrk:rona
large scale, will he proceeded with forthwith. m
kinson, the eminent contractor, is engaged to con. construct
the works. The bonded warehouses on the
margin of th
dock, it is said, will be let to a company. The p
second to none in the kingdom for convenience of loading
or or unloading goods. The Earl of Ellesmere, in companyg
with James Loch, Esq., M.P,, the acting trustee of the
Bridgewater property, visited last week the spot intended
for the docks, and examined the plans, and, with a slight
alteration, approved of both.