The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening, a young lad
named Henry Parry went with two others into an old
house in George's-street to procure some chips. Ina few
minutes the other bo‘s came out, the deceased remaining
in the building, and just es they arrived in the street a
crash was heard as of falling bricks. &c. A search was
immediately commenced, and the deceased was found
lying underneath the rubbish, a large beam having fallen
on his chest. He was quite dead.
TILE MANCHESTER REGISTRATION.—The labours of
the revising barristers for this division of the county are
closed, and the following is the result, as far as the Man-
chester polling-district is concerned :—Objections by con-
servatives, 550 : struck of the list, 404. Objections by
the leaguers, 1,355; struck off, 215. Gain upon objec-
tions to conservatives, 189. New claims by conservatives,
1,015: allowed, 756. New claims by leaguers, 1.898 ;
lo 1,189. Leaguers gain upon new claims, 433. De-
duct from this number 189 gained by conservatives on ob-
jections, Makes a total loss to conservatives of 244.

CAUTION TO BADGE PORTERS.—During the hearing of
a case on Thursday, it was stated by a car driver that
porters at the pier-heads were in the habit of receiving
threepence from car drivers for getting them a fare, and it
appearing in the case then before the magistrate that a
disturbance had arisen in consequence of a porter wishing
to take the luggage of a passenger to a car, from the dri-
ver of which he had received the usual fee, Mr. Rushton
directed Mr. Dowling to make inquiries into the matter,
and stated his determination to take away tha license from
all porters found so acting.
BIGAMY.—On Tuesday a labouring man, named 'Wil-
liam Thomas, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a
charge uf having married a second wife, his first being
still alive. J. Worthington, a packer, residing at Deans-
gate, Nlancbester, deposed that lie saw him married at
register-offiee in that town on the sth June, 1840, to a
female of the name of Alicia Henrietta Cummins, who
was still alive, and that On the 4th of last August he was
again married tp Jane Clarkson, a widow, at Holy Trinity
Church, St. Anne-street, Liverpool. The prisoner, who,
when taken into custody, treated the charge with levity,
had nothing to urge in this defence, and was fully com-
mitted for trial.
LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—The general
monthly m eting of this society was held in the Lecture-
hall of the Royal Institution, on Monday evening last,
but Owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather. it
was rather thinly attended. Mr. John Rosson read his
second paper " On the propriety of preferring the pointed
(commonly called the Gothic) stale, in the erectionut ec-
clesiastical builditir:s." It was listened to with great at-
tention, and towards its else Mr. Rosson threw out the
idea that it would be' well, if possible to convert the
shadow into the substiince, by inducing the various bo-
dies of freemasons throughout Europe to become nuclei
for a great architectural and scienfific institute, where
youth of all commie; could be instructed in the arts ai:d
linked together in brotherhood.

CAPTURE OF TWO OF THE " LONDON SWELL MOB,"
IN MANCHESTER.—OD Saturday week, a man named
Wood, and a bow named Williams, were taken before the
Magistrates in Manchester, on suspicion of having robbed
the pockets of several parties in that town,—Lieutenant
Fielding, of the 70th regiment, of three or four sovereigns,
at the Railway Station, and Mr. H. Knowles, manufac-
turer, of his pocket7book, containing £440 in notes, which
he .had just received at the Branch Bank of England.
They were remanded until a future day, being sus-
pected. or at least one of them, to be a London thief.—
Yesterday week, two others, James Batty and William
Ware, were brought up on a similar charge. Ware was
supposed to be the brother of the boy Williams. It was
stated that the prisoners were well known in Liverpool,
and had been patrolling the banks there. These prisoners
were, from the suspicion attached to them by the evidence
adduced relative to the same robberies, also remanded.
ACCIDENT IN LUMBER•STRSET.—On Tuesday, a very
serious accident occurred in Lumber-street, owing to the
incautiousness of the persons employed at Cliff's marine
store, by which the life of a young woman named Mar-
gret Johnson, has been placed in imminent danger. It
appears that about one o'clock she was passing up Lum-
ber-street, when the rope by which they were hoisting up
a heavy bag of hair to the second story of Cliffs store
gave way, and the bag fell upon her, knocked her down,
and produced a compound tracture of her thigh, and ge-
neral injury about h.r head and the upper part of her
person. She was almost immediately removed to the
Northern Hospital. It appears that while the bag was
being hoisted it got jammed against the upper part of one
of the window S—that the man, who should have guided
it, was elsewhere about the concern—that the strain
snapped the rope in two, and that there was no person in
the street to warn the passers-I,y of the danger. It is
strange that the numerous accidents daily occurring pro-
duce so little effect.

A DISHONEST CAR-DRIVER.—On Wednesday, at the
Police-court, Mr. Brown, attorney, preferred an infor-
mation against John Ashton, driver of a car. It ap-
peared that the complainant had occasion•to send a poor
sailor to London by railway, and sent a per-on with him,
to whom he cave two sovereigns and six shillings to pay
the fare. The defendant was engaged in Harrington-
street. When they alighted, the messenger gave him a
shilling, but he demanded sixpence more. The messen-
ger then gave him what he supposed was another shilling,
and received sixpence in change, but afterwards disco-
vered that he had' only one sovereign left. and that he
must have given the other instead of a shilling. Ile af-
terwards went in seirch of the defendant, and found he
had not been at borne for some time. Defendant was af-
terwards seen coming out of a public-horse, and, when
questioned on the matter, said be must have given the
sovereign to his father along with the other money. The
fare being but one shilling, Mr. Rushton ordered deft n-
dont to pay 20s. and costs, and return the sixpence, and
suspended his license—not to be restored until the com-
plainant applied, and not perhaps then.
• IMPUDENT ROBBERY, AND QUICK DETECTION.—
On Tuesday afternoon, a truss of woollen goods and a
box were delivered at the shop of Miss Evans, woollen
draper, Great George-square. The parties in the shop
being busy, the truss was left in the street, under the
window, and near the door. In a few minutes some men
were seen by parties outside rolling the truss across the
street. They left it at the corner of Pitt-street, and then
one of them engaged a car, into which it was placed, and
the driver was ordered to drive to Vauxhall-road. Two
men got into the car with the truss, and a third sat upon
the box.. When the car reached Tithebarn-street, of-
ficers Lloyd and Sale saw it, and knowing the character
of the inmates, suspected all was not right. When it bad
reached Leeds-street, Lloyd stopped it ; but before that
one of the men in the car, seeing they were followed,
jumped through the window and escaped. The oilier
turned out to he John Murray, a notorious thief, and the
mart on the box was Joseph Little, an equally notorious
character. The bale of goods was, of course, found in
the "car, and the two prisoners, who were brought up on
Wednesday before Mr. Rushton, were committed to take
their trial. .

PAUPERS HAVE LARGE STOMACHS.—John Webb, a
pauper in the Workhouse, was brought up on Wednes-
day, cf:arged by Mr. Galloway with refusing to work, at
the Workhouse, on Tuesday. Mr. Rushton : Did he
give no reason ? "Galloway ; Yes, he said he had not got
enough of dinner. Mr. lowndes, Vestry-clerk ; There
has lately been an alteration in the diet. Mr. Rushton :
What is the diet? Galloway: tie had two pounds of
what is called "scouse," meat and bread. The prisoner
had nothing to say. Mr. Rushton : This is one of the
most scandalous things that can well be conceived.
There are hundreds of honest labouring men in Liverpodl
who cannot get one pound of such food—some of them no
food at all. Galloway ; He evidently wishPd to excite
the rest to some outrage. Mr. Rushton: You must go
to the /louse of Correction, and be kept to hard labour
for 42 days. Mr. Evans. (governor of the Workhouse,)
said the class of men to which the prisoner belonged had
been eating five or six pounds of scouse to dinner. and
the doctors, thinking this too much, had reduced it.
This was the first week of the new diet. Mr. Rushton :
Why did you give so much ? it was a waste of the public
funds. Mr. Evans: It was ; but it is now limited.

CHARGE AGAINST A PROCESS-SERVER. On Tuesday
Mr. Pali/rave, solicitor, appeared before Mr. Rushton to
prefer a complaint against one of the officers of the court,
of • the name of Dutton, for having served the Captain, of
the Coquette with a summons intended for Captain Nor-
rey, of the Catherine, and with having subsequently pro-
ceeded to enforce a warrant against the latter captain It
appeared that the summons had been issued against Cap.
Norrey for net keeping the proper watch at right on the
deck of his vessel. To prove the charge against the officer
James Milh'r, master of the William and Agnes, of Dun-
bar, was called ; and he deposed that the summons against
the Captain of, The Catherine had been served upon the
captain of the Coquette, with whose name he was unac-
quainted. Dutton, in his defence, distinctly sated that
he had served Captain Norrey, whom he described as one
of the youngest Scotch captains he had ever seen in com-
mand of a ship, and tbat he knew him perfectly well, so
that was the third time he had occasion to serve him with
a summons. He had tapped him on the shoulder and
said, " Here's another summons for you ;" immediately
upon which Captain Norry observed to a bystander that
that was the third time he had been similarly served.
Mr. Rushton said he was quite satisfied the service had •
been,correctly performed, and that he should enforce the'
warrant.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.—On Saturday no less than
nine inquests were held before the Borough Coroner.
; he first was on the body of Margaret Johnson, 29 years
of age, who was killed by the falling of a bale of cotton,
at Cliffe's marine store, Lumber-street, on Tuesday last.
The jury laid a deodand of £5 on the rope.—The second
was on the body of Robt. M'Clellan, of L•twrence-street,
who committed suicide by suspending himself from a
corner of the room by n comforter tied round his neck.
Deceased laboured under the impression that he should
come to want, although he was in comfortable circum-
stances.—The third was on the body of Richard Nickson,
one of the inn.ates of the Lunatic Asylum, Brownlow-
hill, who strangled himself.—The fourth was on John
Kimmel.. 38 years of age, employed at the brewery be-
longing to Mr. Halsall Segal.. and who, on Wednesday
night last, fractu-ed his leg by falling on the flags.—
The fifth was on James Burgess, a young man, aged 18,
of Freemason's-row, who had some powder and squibs in
his possession on the 30th ultimo, and whose clothes
caught fire and burned him severely, in consequence of a
spark from one of the squibs having ignited some of the
powder in his pocket. He lingered until Sunday morning
last, when he expired,—The sixth was on William Edis-
bury, who died of rupture of the heart, arising from
or.zanic disease.—The seventh was on Leonard Moore, a
child ten weeks old, who died from suffocation, nrising
from his having been overlain by his parents in bed.—
The eighth was on Sarah Talbot, of Milk-street, who
died of apoplexy on the floor of her own premises.—The
ninth and last inquest was on Henry Dognall, a child
twelve months old, who was burned to death, accidentally,
inßose-hill.—Verdicts accordant with the evidence were
returned in the several cases.

DREADFUL COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE.—At nine
p.m., on the night of Saturday last, the ship Elizabeth,
Captain Brown, of St. John's, New Brunswick, came in
contact pith the schooner Emma, Captain Kemp, from
the coast of Morocco, and bound for Liverpool, about
twenty-five miles to the westward of Cape Clear. The
Elizabeth. struck the Emma just abaft the fore-rigging,
carried away both her masts, and reduced her to a com-
plete wreck in the course of a few seconds. The crew
with the utmo-t difficulty got over the bows of the
Elizabeth, with the exception of the cook, who was• un-
fortunately drowned. Mr. Bibby, jun., of the firm of
Messrs. Bibby and Sons, of this town, the owners of the
Emma, was a passenger on board that vessel, and was
amongst the number of persons saved. Shortly after the
collision, the Emma went down. The crew arrived in the
Mersey on Wednesday morning by the Elizabeth. The
starboard bow of the Elizabeth was stove in by the col-
lision, and she lost her jib-boom and topgallant-mast,
and sustained other damage.
PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the
weekly meeting Mr. John Holmes presided. A represen-
tation was read relative to the disgraceful state of the bot-
tom part of Church-street, and it was ordered to be re-
paired. Mr. Samuel Holene applied to the board for
leave to block up George-street, in which he had buildings
erecting. After a rather long and disconnected conversa-
tion; the matter (so far as the reporter could learn) rested
where it was.—A complaint was made by Messrs. Bond,
that the condensing water of Macfie's works, Temple-
street, occasioned a nuisance. Ordered to be referred
and reported upon.—Mr. Robertson Gladstone supported
an application to prevent the conversion of a buildingin
Seel-street into a slaughter-house. A conversation en-
sued, anti ultimately it was decided to leave the !stetter in
the hands of the magistrates.—Mr. Tirane asked the board
to permit the surveyor to make a return of the number of
sewers completed within the year.—A letter was read from
Mr. Hoyle, of Haslingden, complaining of what had ap-
peared in the papers relative to his contract for the sup-
plying of flags, and stating that he (Mr. Hoyle) distinctly
said it was on the authority of his foreman that he stated
the flags were equal to sample.
SHOCKING CASE OF STABBING.—On Monday evening
last, a man of the name of John Knowles was stabbed
with a sharp instrument, supposed to be a penknite, in
Johnson-street in this town, from the effects of which he
has been still lingering in so dangerous a state that but
faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. It avpears
that, about eight o'clock on the evening in question,
Knowles and a man, named Milligan, were standing in
Johnson-street, when a dispute arose between them, in
the course of which Knowles lifted his hand and gave
him a blow. Milligan immediately drew a sharp instru-
ment from his pocket, and plunged it into Knowles's
breast, in the region of the heart, made his escape through
Hatton-garden. Police-officer 195 had Knowles con-
veyed to Vauxhall Bridewell, where he was visited by
Mr. Simpson, surgeon, by whose orders he was
removed to the Northern Hospital, where he still
remains. The wound, which is of small dimensions,
bled little externally ; but internally it is feared there
has been hcemorrbage to a considerable extent. It
is also feared that the sharp instrument must have incised
the pericardium. The miscreant who committed the
diabolical act has since been apprehended and remanded.
SALE OF GUANO.—On Wednesday last 180 tons of gu-
ano, announced to be the best African, received by the
Chimaera, were offered for sale in lots of five and ten
tons, at Messrs. Priestley's Baltic-buildings. The at-
tendance was numerous, the present state and prospects
of the trade being such as to invest every sale of this com-
modity now with considerable interest in the eyes of the
dealers. Mr. Priestley, before commencing the sale,
read an analysis of the guano by an eminent London ay-
mist, which went to show that the article was of the very
best description. Some conversation arose in conse-
quence of a gentlenian in the room asking the auctioneer
if he would guarantee that the whole cargo was equal to
,ample, as it hid several times been found that guano
deteriorated in quality, or that guano of a different qua-
lity was substituted alter the first few tons were removed
from the vessel. The auctioneer seemed at first unwilling
to give the required guarantee ; but at last undertook to
do so, and the first lot, of five tons, was put up. The
biriiings were not very animated, and after some delay,
the lot was knocked down for £5 12s. 6d. The next lot,
4f ten tons, was not sold in consequence of the price of-
fered being under the former, and the whole of the re-
seething lots were withdrawn, there being no probability
of the reserved price being realized. A small lot of da-
maged weighing about seven tons, was sold, we under-
stand, at £2 7s Ed. the ton.
THE OUTVENSIONERS.—On Wednesday morning, the
last day of the present year's exercises, the companies
were again inspected by Col. Falkner, K.H., inspecting
field-officer, on the ground at Everton. The Colonel was
received with the usual honours, and a number of move-
ments were then performed in columns, squares, &c.,
which received additional interest from the firing in
squares, line, end by divisions, the men having been sup-
Plir d with a portion of blank cartridge for the purpose.
The proceedings were wound- up by ad,ancinz in order,
halting, and saluting. Col. Falkner then delivered a
short address to the men. He observed that it was with
pride and pleasure he spoke to them on that occasion, as
he was most anxious to add his meed of praise to that
which had already been so ju-tly bestowed upon them by
the Major-General of the di-,trict ; he concluded be say-
ing that they were not less distinguished for their soldier-
lake appearance titan for the manner in which they had
gone through their exercises on that day. The band,
amounting to sixteen in number, was formed entirely
from amorg,t the pensioners, and they acquitted them-
selves in excellent style, performing several pieces of na-
tional and other music, both going to and returning from
the ground; we understand they now practice regularly
at the barracks every Tuesday. The six days' exercise
having been completed, the companies were marched
down to the barracks, where they delivered in their arms
arid clothing.

DECREASE OF DRUNKENNESS AND CRIME IN, Li-
VERPOOL.-Mr. William Parkinson, keeper of the main-
bridewell, has prepared a comparative return for the three
years of the number of prisoners brought before the ma-
gistrates on each Monday. for drunkenness, commencing
Sept. 1, 1841, and ending 31st August, 1841. From this
we finl that great good has resulted from the introduction
into the New Improvement Act of the clause prohibiting
public-houses from opening between the hours of twelve
on Saturday night and one on Sunday. In 1841-2. the
total number of prisooers charged with drunkenness was
7,602; of these 3,129 were brought before the magistrates
on Mondays, 852 were taken into custody before twelve
o'clock on Saturday nights, 1,412 between twelve p.m. on
Saturdays and one p.m. on Sundays, and 856 after that
till Monday. In 1842-3, the total number of prisoners
charged with drunkenness was only 7,023, 2.397 of whom
were brought up on Mondays, 796 having been given into
custody before twelve o'clock on Saturday nights, and
only 813 after that up to Sunday noon. In 1843-4, the
total number of charges of drunkenness was 7,044 ; 2,386
prisoners were brought up on Mondays, only 793 of which
had been taken into custody between Saturday night and
Sunday noon. From the above it will be seen that there
was a decrease during the first year of the operation of the
new act, of 599 prisoners apprehended during the hours
the public-houses were closed, and in 1343, a decrease of
619; and also a total decrease of cases of drunkenness on
Mondays, in 1842. of 732, and in 18-13, of 743. In the
other days there is a slight increase, which, of course,
might be expected with the increase of the town, in 1842,
of 153 cases, and in 1843 of 185, leaving, however, a total
decrease in cases of drunkenness generally, of 579 of 1842,
and 558 in 1843. We are glad also to find that a decrease
of drunkenness has been accompanied by a decrease in
crime generally. In 1841 the total number of prisoners
brought before the borough magistrates was 18,666 ; in
1842, 16.331 ; and in 1843, 15,816; showing a decrease in
1842 of 2,335 ; and in 1843 of 2,850.

DOCK COMMITTEE, TIIIIRSDAY.—The sub-committee
of Works recommended that the rent of the land occu-
pied by Mr. Cato should be Is. 6d. per square yard of
atter the 3rd of April next, and that a lease should be
granted to him on the same terms as to time as the land
offered to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Tobin, seconded by Mr.
Boyden. moved that the rent should only he Is per yard
for the first seven years. and Is. 6(1. per yard. for the re-
mainder of the lease. Upon adi vi ion, the recomtnenda-
tion of the Sub committee was carried. It was agreed to
let Messrs. George Forrester and Co. 8400 square yards
•of land to the north of Sandhill's•lane, at the annual
rent of Is. per square yard, for a term of 21 years, but
the final settlement of the point was deferred until the
exact site could be ascertained.—The Marine Sub-com-
mittee recommended that Mr. Hugh Evans, son of the
late Mr. Evans, should be appointi d superintendent of
the telegraph stations at Anelesea and Puffin island.
Some objections having been ment'oned, the subject was
deferred, in order to of time for inquire.—Twenty•
five pounds were voted out of the charitable fund to John
Hughes, telegraphic keeper on Hiihre Island, to assist
in replacing his winter stock of provisions which he lost
on the occasion when his wife was unfortunately drowned
in crossing from the main land to the island. It was also
ordered that a boat should be provided for the use of the
ke.eper of llilbrie island.—The folloWing resolution, on
the recommendation of the Sub-committee, was passed,
the chairman.and Mr. Tobin being the only parties who
voted against it, "That when a vessel is going to dis-
-charge into one of the transit sheds, such vessel to be en-
titled to a berth, according to the terms of the resolution
of the 20th June, prior to any vessel being berthed,
although first in turn, which is going to discharge in the
ordinary way. —A letter from Messrs. Humble and Mil-
crest, as to a road at the north end of the town. was re-
ferred to the Sub-committee of Works.—A letter was
read from Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Co. acknowledging
the receipt of the resolution of last week, offering, upon
certain conditions, to allow them the use of 10,0 00 square
yards of land, rent free, for eighteen months. In their
letter Messrs. Vernon said it was an utter impossibility
for them to comply with the terms of the resolution.
They objected, first, to pay the expenses of removing
Mr. Chaloner; second, to relinquish their present yard
within six weeks; and, third, they wished a reply to
their proposal fur rentine the ground at the north. They
thanked the Committee for the consideration with which
they had already been treated, but added that if they had
no other place provided for them when the eighteen
months had expired, they would be no better off than at
present, and, therefore, they must protect themselves
against too great a sacrifice. Mr. Evans—They are tak
ing the upper band of us completely. Mr. Nicol—Atter
the reading of that letter, I have no hesitation in propos-
ing that the resolution of last Thursday, as applicable to
Messrs. Vernon and Co.. be rescinded. IVlr.Trotmare
I second the motion. Mr. Aikin was glad to bear Mr.
Nicol make that motion. It would save him from the
disagreeable task of getting up in Council, and moving
that that part of the proceedings of the Duck Committee
be not confirmed. The motion was carried unanimously.
—A letter from Messrs. Neile and Crawford, was referred
to the solieitor.--.lt having been reported that the con•
tract with the new Gas and Coke company had expired
on the Ist instant, the matter was referred to the Har-