The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

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COMMITTAL OF A SURGEON FOR MANSLAUGHTER.—
Mr. Dickenson, surgeon, of Bilston, has been committed
to tyke his trial for having, by his want of proper skill and
attention, caused the death of Hannah Hickman, the
wife of a working man, in her confinement. The offspring
of the unfortunate deceased is now living, and is a fine
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She is one of the most perfect spe-

cimens of war-ship building yet known. She can berth
a thousand men, and from her construction would swim
though her external keel and plank were off her bottom.
Her engines are of 800 horse power. She is to have a
complement of 240 officers, men and boys.
The horrible case at Greenwich closed on '1 hursday, by
a verdict of " wilful murder" against Wm. Ri hardson.
The coroner told the jury that they must dismiss from
their minds that portion of the case, showing the inces-
tuous intimacy which had subsisted between the father and
daughter, except so far as it showed the motives thSa
would have for concealment.
Fox's OPINION OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.—When Fox
was asked whether he had any faith in political economy,
the doctrines of which had become fashionable in his day,
from the writings of Turgot and the French school, he
answered—" That it was too undefined for his compre-
hension ; that its views were either too large, or too in-
distinct, to give his mind the feeling of certainty." 11e
well might say this, when no two of the modern political
economists agree, and when all the theories of the last age
are laughed at by all the theorists of the pre-
sent. In the middle of the seventeenth century Sir Wm.
Petty, one of the most acute, and also one of the most
practical men of the time, pronounced that the population
of England would take three hundred and sixty years to
double—the fact being, that it has doubled within about a
seventh part of that period. Of London he predicts, that
its growth must finally stop in 1842; and that then its
population must amount to half the population of Eng-
land. Yet London is still growing, day by day, and yet
its population scarcely exceeds a twentieth of the whole.
—Blackwood's Magazine.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Charing Cross Bridge
Company, a dividend of 18s.. or nearly 71 per cent., was
declared. The directors stated in their report that they
were proceeding with the bill in parliamentto enable them
to complete the sale of the bridge to Messrs. Wm. Jack-
son and others, who were taking all proper steps to con-
clude the bargain.
SALE OF A CHI LD A woman named Taylor, residing
in the neighbourhood of Farringdon-street last week sold
her child, a fine little boy, to a lady who came in her car-
riage, and paid half a sovereign as earnest money. After-
wards she exhibited the urchin denuded of his dirty rags
and clothed in the richest honour, and took him away
with her, promising to call and pay the remainder of the
" purchase-u.oney (£2 or £5) as may be required. The
grandfather of the child repudiates the whole transaction
INcenniAntsm.—A destructive fire, caused by some
malicious incendiary, took place on Saturday week, at
Bottiaham, in Cambridgeshire. The flames extended

over two farms and other buildings, and no less than 150
coombs of wheat, with several agricultural implements,
were destroyed. .What adds to the calamity is, that fifteen
cottays were burned down, and 24 poorfamiliesthus turned
out of house and home. The farms and stacks were par-
tially insured.

THE LONDON ALDERMEN.—The Lord Mayor has
thought it right to offer some explanation as to the charge
of several.of the aldermen being unfindable by John Doe
and Richard Roe. His Lordship says, that there are not
more of his brethren absent than are usually away at this
time of the year. Certainly some may be abroad for pri-
vate affairs, and some may be abroad for health ; but it is
not the less true, that at home there are numerous legal
claimants on their attention, whom it is inconvenient for
them to meet.—Railway Herald.
In the melancholy case of shooting, between Harro-
gate and Otley, mentioned in last week's paper, the co-
roner's jury returned a verdict of " Excusable homicide."
It appeared that John Brotherton, the poor fellow who
was shot, had acted in the most imprudent manner,
arising, no doubt, from his being intoxicated at the time,
and that Hugh England, the servant man who fired the
gun, as well as Mr. Atkinson and his family, were under
great apprehension that Brotherton was one of a party
of burglars who were trying to get into the house.

SAVINGS' BANKS.--.FrOm an official return of Mr.
Tidd Pratt, it appears that there are in England 445
savings' bank, with 832,290 accounts and deposits,
amounting to £25,112,865. There are 428 rictrily so-
cieties, investing directly with the National Debt Office,
with an amount of deposits of £1,770,775. There are
23 savings' banks in Wales, 73 in Ireland, and 36 in
Scotland. The average amount of each depositor in
Wales is £2B, precisely the same as in England ; in Ire-
land it is £29, whilst in Scotland it is only £l4.

DETERMINED SUICIDE. A young woman, named
Lydia Price, 25 years old, having left her situation at
Brecon, on Saturday, took arsenic, and afterwards applied
for out-door relief at the workhouse. Being told that this
could not be granted unless she became an inmate, she
went away, and applied at another chemist's shop for
more arsenic, but cream of tartar was given to her in-
stead. Being taken ill, she was conveyed to the work.
house, where, notwithstanding an obstinate resistance on
het part, the stomach pump was applied and the chest re-
lieved. It was, however, too late, and the rash woman
expired the same evening. The jury returned a verdict
offelo de se, and the suicide was interred without Chris-
tian burial. •

MANSION-HOUSE, SATURDAY.—RINGING A PEAL IN
HONOUR OF PEEL'S TARIFF.—Miss Julia Jones, a very
pretty damsel, dressed in a fashionable polka, was charged
with pulling the bell of Mr. Bennett, of Fenchurch-stieet,
at two o'clock in the morning. Julia said she had supped
with a party of friends, on her return from the theatre,
and had perhaps taken a little more refreshment than
agreed with her, as she had drunk two or three glasses to
" the health of Sir R. Peel," and " Success to his Tariff,"
and she supposed it was that which induced her to ring a
peal in honour of Peel. She hoped the Lord Mayor
would look over the offence, as it was her first frolic.—
The Lord Mayor discharged the fair Julia, having advised
her to beware of her second frolic. _

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On the 4th instant, a young
man, named Phelan, was engaged, with another person,
at Messrs. Stephenson's engine factory, Newcastle-on-
Tyne, in grinding a piece of iron on a grindstone driven
by an engine, when in an instant the stone flew into
numberless pieces, one of the parts flying upwards with
tremendous force and breaking the beam and floor of the
upper room, and, striking the steam-pipe in its descent,
broke it, and filled the building with steam. Another
portion of the stone is supposed to have struck Phelan,
as, when the steam cleared away, he was discovered lying
on his face, his head and face being dreadfully injured.
He died about two hours afterwards.
ALARMING ACCIDENT.—At the Broad Oak Colliery,
near Ashton-under-Lyne, 20 poor men had a very narrow
escape from being crushed to atoms, by the fall of 100 tons
of rock and rubbish. It appears that a body of coal had
got on fire at the bottom of one of the pits, which the men
bad found great difficulty in trying to extinguish, on ac-
count of the great heat of the burning mass, but had at
last succeeded in getting a fire engine down the pit. On
Monday, the steam arising from throwing water on the
burning coal, got into the roof, and brought down with a
tremendous crash the mass of materials named above.—
Fortunately the men had not commenced work, cr every
soul would have perished ; three are seriously injured.
The fire is not extinguished.
THE DISTIN FAMILY.—These accomplished performers
on the Sax horns are at present in Paris, where they are
highly popular. It appears they have attended soirees,
given by the Duo de Montpensier, and other illustrious
individuals. On Friday last, they had an especial " com-
mand" to the Tuileries, and they played a variety ~f their
most attractive pieces, in the presence of the King and
Queen of the French, Princess Adelaide, Duchess of
Orleans, Duchess of Nemours, Duc de Montpensier, Due
de Aumale, Prince de Joinville, and about 60 guests of
distinction.. His majesty took occasion to express the
pleasure he experienced in listening to the effects of the
horns; and even to request the performance of "God
save the queen." The Distins proceed immediately to
Germany, on a three months' professional tour.
SERIOUS'AFFRAY.—For some time, a hostile feeling
has existed between the English and Irish workmen em-
ployed at the Derwent iron-works, and pugilistic en-
counters have been the consequence. On Sunday night,
about nine o'clock, whilst a -numbet of these workmen,
composed chiefly of English, were sitting in a beer-house,
at Blackhill, a party of the Irish repaired to the house,
armed with sticks, stones, and other missiles, and corn-
mewled an attack upon it by smashing the windows and
other outrages. Soon afterwards, the English party in-
side were joined by a number of ir comrades, when a•
desperate engagement ensued, which lasted for several
hours, and during which from forty to fifty on each side
were more or less disabled by cuts and bruises, three of
whom are now lying in a very precarious state, and almost
beyond the hope of recovery.—Durham Chronicle.
A DEEP BEGGAR.—A fellow is going about at Lincoln,
vending trifl'ng articles and begging, who, to induce the
people to make purchases or give him something, pro-
fesses to be a religious person in reduced circumstances.
To enable him to work the better upon the feelings of the
religious, he produces what purports to be the certificate
of a minister. It turns out that he has a number of those
certificates, and that he is, if they are to be believed, a
faithful member of nearly every religious sect in the
country. Unfortunately, the other day, he endeavoured
to exci a the pity of a Lincoln independent, and to clench'
the appeal, pulled out what he imagined aid stated to be
the certificate of an independent minister, as a proof of
his godliness ; but, lo ! the paper turned out to be " the
wrong one," the unitarian certificate, and so, of course,
the scamp was turned out.

Some alarrni ig potato riots took place at Inverness a
few days since. The lower classes opposed the shipment
Of potatoes, in spite of the police, magistrates, and mili-
tary, and they proceeded to smash windows, and threa-
tened or attempted to set fire to the Provost's distillery.
Ten or twelve persons were wounded ; the riot act had to
be read, and a proclamation issued; and many were taken
No potatoes were shipped on Thursday, so

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