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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

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would also be tr

to several inches of cold steel—a Littledale
_ ted.—Chronicle. proceedings,
lOLY SUICIDE.—On Friday, an inquest was little of the
Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the crow
lv of Elizabeth Dav

lY female, who,

that on W—'
Mr. Mau

ierself into the waters of the
on Saturday fortnight.- It appeared from the

a will be 2
Met

were ordered to b

the deceased to f

bad got upon I heac

commissioners bac

,iceman it

boat. and

Mr. Wil-

.-
minutes after, I heard an alarm, and saw deceased in the loughby's boats, where there are no policemen, no rob-
water. Before any assistance could be given to her she beries occurred. Mr. Barton asked what had become of
sunk. For some time back the deceasedhad been in a the memorial from Mr. Bushel. The Law-clerk : The
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ate or min
Ited t

and, (a

another witness) having a

which she could not get in

to the s

officer on duty to stop her, as

r. I should not know the officer again. The deceased
s perfectly sober at the time." Deceased was a married

jody was

he river on

Thursday morning', near the new north docks, and was
taken to the dead-house, where it was recognized by_ the

to equalize the ordinary expenditure with the ordinary in-
come of tb
His wr

e country

witness, whose testimony we have quoted
musician, said that, on th
on board of the Prince of
kenhead, and

y referred to, he was
__ Wales packed, plying to Bir-
Ised come on board apparently in
Just as she got on board, she walked pest
t to the cam. .r and then jumped

he jury returned a verdict to the effect that
troyed herself while labouring under tem-

Hence tne prominent position he occupied before the
meeting. He depicted at length the sufferings and the
depression which weighed upon every branch of mercantile
affairs. Speculation was at an end—speculation, the life-
spring of commerce: He detailed the sufferings which,
1 1

umber w

porary insanit

present

POLIC.

which had cat

week wa

On Thursday, a seaman, named Wm. Travers, belong-
g to the barque Chusan, was committed for trial at the
scions, charged with having obtained £7 125., by means

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to pawn their little goods. The list of bankruptcies were
enormous ; the extent of pauperism, and the cost of
its maintenance, was also enormous ; and among the chief
causes of all this was the Bank Act of '44, which was a
ditgrace to legislation. But the supreme cause was the
unjust system of taxation. He exhibited its partial and
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of forged ship-ping notes, from a boarding house keeper,
named John Pearson, in Dance-street. It appeared that
Pearson had charged upon the notes an exorbitant interest,

valuable society

s entitled

ions upon the rich, as compat
and strongly urged (with tl

A man named James Reid was brought up at the Police-
court on Tuesday, charged with entering the house
.of

sympathy of

) the axiom that ihe exper

hymn in a very impr

An estate agent, named Phillip:
I ft hlank nrripr to dietrAin on aunt

had, it

and it v

The prisoner v

The inhabita

tor (the Rev. M

on of his labours for half a centuri,

of men, who, on Fric
whom Mr. Busfeild Fer:

Military r

in the f

ears kept a standing in the Fish Market: any community so free from crime as Wallasey parish. the Custom's and excise departments, and detailed to the
ed Mary Ann Stephenson, living in Oakes- Mr. Meadows said if they had three or four more police- meeting the origin of Probate and Legacy duties.
as follows :—" Last Saturday week, I went men they would have fifty times more crime. The Birken- Mr. Councillor ROGaRS briefly seconded the resolution.

• astritt

The Instalation of the Bishop of Chester is to take
)eing in debt, matter had been deferred in consee place on the 141 th instant. in the cathedral of the diocese.uence of Mr. Mann HOARDING Up.—At the last Gars tang market one per-
good deal of not having attended the committee since the subject was son offered for sale no less than 11l loads of old potatoes. t in. Before referred to.
e, I asked the
At this season of the year one-fourth of that quantity is
FINANCIAL REFORM. considered a large stock.
n a low way, and I A numerous and influential town's meeting was held in INSTINCT IN BIRDS.—On Tuesday, two boys, residing
'4l herself. His the Sessions-house, on Wednesday, in pursuance of a re- at Great Harwood, near Blackburn, robbed a lark's nest
V quisition addressed to the mayor, "for the purpose of pe- of the young ones, which were nearly fledged. They
titioning parliament to take immediate measures, by wise removed them to their residence, about half a mile dis-
and prudent retrenchment, and a in.. - of taxation, tant ; yet on the following morning the old birds found
-linary in- their way through a hole in the broken window, and when
discovered were engaged in feeding their young brood,
wt' v ionP v ionP •he cage.

p, ....-
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hour of noon, and opened the proceedings by a short ad- EMPLOYMENT IN.rs
MANCHESTER.--The official report
dress, pronouncing the object of the meeting to be most for the present week, indicating the state .of employment
legitimate—none more so. in the borough of Manchester, discloses further proofs of
Mr. FERGUSON then rose to move the first resolution, declining trade. Nearly 900 hands, heretofore engaged
which, with the others, will be found in an advertisement. in full work, have been discharged from that rate of CRI-
Th. n.,,,,,A.:- .• ~

are thrown wholly out of em-
The results of the report are as follows :
rking full time last week, 30,272; in the
, 29,390. Number working short time last
last week, 6,675 ; present week; 7,229. The number of

CH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—On Sunday last,
h, two sermons were preached in the Parish
Church of Croston, near Rufford, by the Rev. Henry
Powell, secretary to the Church Missionary Association.
•
was collected in aid of that
en of the

who presented a very neat and clean Appearance, walked
in procession in the morning to the rectory, where, after

ye and aifeeting

. - KJ), wtr. rowel)
y then proceeded, headed by the venerable and dearly.
emed rector, to the beautiful church. tn aff..l.-1

_rested in the scene. The prt__
.. Masters) will, next month, have p►
piritual welfare of the parish for fifty year
4. that unusually long period, always man

s of the village
lent rec-

We hope some step will be taken to perpeTtrA:t

ARTIST DISTURBANCES.—OR Wednesday, a troop
antry and another of pensioners arrived at Bingiev

two tri

iy, rescued to chartist prisoners
and, late M.P. for Knaresboroug,h

a for training individuals in

a caution to all

:disposed persons to keep within their houses

arrangements were made to meet them, but resolved to
hold the meeting at Failsworth. Mr. John Henry, son
of the member for the county, who was acting as a moun-
I teci patrol, was attempting to apprehend a man rioting in
iddenly stabbed Mr.