The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-19 00:00:00

113istritt Reim

On Tuesday thirteen chartists were arrested at Mossley.
Jenny Lind's two performances at Manchester realized
above £2OOO.

The Morecambe Hotel—at the extremity of the More-
cambe branch of the North Western railway—was opened
on Monday.
On Tuesday a most violent explosion of fire-damp took
place in the Victoria pit, Duckinfield, by which two men,
named Lees and Bullock, lost their lives.

The infant child of Mr: Geo. Whitaker, of Haslingden,
was taken to Haslingden Church, on Sunday last, for the
purpose of being christened, but before it left the church
it was a corpse. _ _

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.—His Lordship ar-
rived at Manchester on Thursday and has taken Sedgeley
House for five years, which for that period will therefore
become the episcopal residence. His Lordship preached
in the parish church at Preston on Sunday.
An Irish Faction fight took place on Monday in War-
rington. A large mob of Irishmen fought with pokers
and other ugly weapons. One man when taken into cus-
tody said that he wanted lodging in prison until next har-
vest time.
At the Rochdale petty sessions on Friday, James Wild,
an aged man, was convicted of the heinous offence of ga-
thering blackberries on Tandle hills, on the estate of Lord
Suffield—fined ten shillings and costs, and, in default of
payment, committed to the House of Correction for a
month ! ! !

A NUMEROUS FAMILY.—Mr. Isaac Sladen, of Hoppits
Farm, near Rochdale, whose age was 83, died on Friday,
the Ist inst. He has left behind him four sons and seven
daughters, of whom three sons and six daughters are mar-
ried, and had up to this time 85 children, the grandchil-
dren of the deceased. At the reading of the will, after the
funeral, there were present his six married daughters and
their husbands, his three married sons and their wives,
and his unmarried son and daughter ; in all, 20 of his sons
and daughters. The old man was visited a few days before
his death by his brother Daniel, who is 91.
the representation of Bolton, occasioned by the death of
the late member, W. Bolling, Esq., took place on Tues-
day. The candidates were Stephen Blair, Esq., furtuerly
Mayor of Bolton, who stood on the Conservative interest,
and the Reverend Joseph Barker, a chartist orator. The
latter, however, having on the previous evening been ar-
rested by Mr. Beswick, superintendent of the Manchester
police, on a charge of sedition, his proposers declined go-
ing to the poll, and the returning officer declared Mr. Blair
duly elected. Mr. Blair not being present, the proceed-
ing then terminated.
HANDSOME BEQUESTS.—Henry Critchley, Esq., of
Haydock, Lancashire, and Macclesfield, Cheshire, who
died in April, 1847, has left some very handsome bequests
to various charitable and religious institutions. He be-
queathed, amongst other things, to the vicar of St.
Thomas, Ashton-in-Mackerfield, '2OO, the interest to be
applied for the education of poor children in Haydock in
the principles of the established church; to the Church
Missionary Society £l,OOO, the Chester Diocesan Society
£l,OOO, the Curates' Aid Society £5OO, the Church Pas-
toral Aid Society £5OO, Manchester Deaf and Dumb In-
stitution £9OO.

A CANNIBAL.—At the Rochdale petty sessions, on
Monday last, Samuel Grindrod, aged 19, was charged
with having, during a public-house brawl, attacked Thos.
Diggles, a butcher, bit a piece off his bottom lip, and then
spit the piece in his face; he also bit the first finger of
Diggles's right hand off at the first joint, and afterwards
bit off the end of the long finger on the left hand. Ac-
cording to the surgeon's evidence, Diggles is in a very
dangerous state, his hands being likely to mortify. The
prisoner is remanded till Monday next. It is stated that
a few weeks ago the ruffian bit one man's ear off, and a
piece of another person's nose.
RACE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday, Mr. Wm.
J-1-y, of Warrington, who has arrived at the advanced
age of 65 years, and Mr. R-1-son, a gentleman from Li-
verpool, who is 75 years old, ran a race for £1 a side, the
first named having given the challenge, a gentleman well
known in Warrington. The race was a distance of 300
yards down hill. After some little manoeuvring a fair
start was effected, and both parties went off at a " killing"
pace, lying well together until they got nigh the shop of
Mr. Leftwich, when, unfortunately, down went Mr. J-1-y,
and kissed mother earth, and being a rotund person, over
he rolled, until something stopped his progress, and he
got up, declaring that he had been tripped by his oppo-
nent. Mr. R-1-son continued the race, and was declared
the winner.—Manchester Courier. _

WARRINGTON TRAINING INSTITUTION.—This institu-
tion has sent out altogether 32 schoolmistresses ; eight
have received appointments during the last year, and
there are now 26 students in training there. The Board
acknowledge a grant of £lOO from the National Society
towards certain improvements and additions to the Model
Practising School of this institution ; as well as grants of
several exhibitions from the Society towards the mainte-
nance of pupils. The Board have had recourse to a Pas-
toral Letter. The sum received when the Report was
printed amounted'to £960, which enabled the Board to
release itself from every liability, leaving a balance of
£356 10s. 4d.

CHESTER TRAINING esfer Dioce-
san Board of Education, in consequence of the increase of
pupils at the College in Chester, is about to enlarge the
present dining-room (which is both too small and imper-
fectly ventilated), as well as to provide accommodation for
an additional master. The Board is, therefore, endea-
vouring to accomplish these important objects by filling
up a space, which was originally left for the purpose, be-
tween the College and the Chapel; adding, at the same
time, a north porch, connecting the latter with the main
building. The cost will be £4OO. The Board has re-
cently raised £2OOO towards the erection of the chapel;
and it feels that it cannot appeal again to the Diocese un-
der the present unexampled commercial distress. All that,
it can hope is, to maintain its present liberal subscription
of £llOO or £l2OO per annum, which is not sufficient to
carry on its two flourishing training institutions. The
Committee of the National Society have been induced to
make a grant of £6O towards the object.
CORMORANT FISHING.—At the little village of Wen-
nington, near Lancaster, on Wednesday, Mr. Gillow, of
Leighton-ball, accompanied by Mr. Solvein, a gentleman
who has lately devoted much time to training cormorants,
brought over two couple of these curious birds to prac-
tice their art in the waters of the Wenning and the Lime;
numerous persons assembled to witness this novel sport,
and among them were Lord Bective, Pudsey Dawson,
Esq., and W. Garnett, Esq. The " throw off" took
place just below the mill dam ; Mr. Solvein bearing the
birds on his wrists like the hawks of old, entered the
water, on cracking his whip they soon disappeared beneath
the surface. One of them in a few seconds rose again,
with a large eel in his bill, which he tossed up and down
in the most amusing manner, till he reached the edge of
the water, when it was delivered to Mr. Solvein. The
sport continued till late in the afternoon. Having fished
various parts of the Wenning they adjourned to the Lune,
and we understand enjoyed excellent success.—Lancaster
Gazette.
SHOCKING MURDER AT STOCKPORT.—EarIy on Friday
morning the inhabitants of Heaton-lane, near Stockport,
were thrown into excitement by a murder being perpe-
trated in the open street, under diabolical circumstances.
The victim is a respectable young woman, named Eliza
Falkner, aged twenty, and the perpetrator of the deed
was James Kelly, an Irishman, aged twenty-three, her
lover. They both worked at Mr. Orrell's, of Travis
Brook Mill, and it appears that in consequence of the
interference of her friends, she wished him to relinquish

his visits, and latterly refused to see him, in consequence,
as she alleged, of his irregular conduct. He persisted
and proposed marriage, which she refused. He then be-
came excited and desperate. After running after her for
some days, he, on the morning of Friday, took his station
at the end of Norris-street, to intercept her on her way
to the mill. After waiting a short time she made her ap-
pearance. He shouted, " Eliza, I want to speak to you.
At these words she hesitated and turned round, and he
ran to her, and without saying anything to her, seized her
by the neck from behind with the left hand, whilst with
the right he drew from his pocket a large open stick-knife,
and with it nearly severed her head from her body. He
has been committed to Chester charged with wilful
murder.

LANCASTER GALA WEEK.—Last week was a joyous
one at Lancaster and the neighbourhood. On Monday
great rejoicings took place at Morecambe (hitherto Poul-
ton), on the occasion of opening a spacious hotel. Oa
Tuesday, at the Lancaster regatta, the principal prizes
were won by the Manchester boatmen. On Wednesday
some beautiful archery feats were performed by Joha
O'Gaunt's bowmen, and at the conclusion the winners
stood thus :—Mr. Howitt, the cup, for best general score;
Mr. Bond, the bow, for second general score; Lord Bec-
tive, the large silver arrow, for best long distance; Mr.
Sharp, the small silver arrow, for best short distance;
Mr. Kirkes, the gold medal. On Thursday further cele-
brations were held at Morecambe ; and on Friday a grand
regatta was held there. The Morecambe Cup, value £5O,
was won by Mr. Birchall'a Vision, beating Mr. Hope's
Drift and Mr. Littledale's Queen of the Ocean. The
Furness Cup was contended for by the Ranger, Hebe,
Gem, Enigma, Minoma, and Viola ; but the wind having
died away to a calm after the yachts started, a steamer
was sent to tow them in, and consequently there was no
race. In the evening a dinner was given in honour of
T. Littledale, Esq., the Commodore of the Mersey Yacht
Club, in commemoration of his humane exertions in
saving so many of the survivors of the Ocean Monarch-
Pudsey Dawson, Esq. presided, and 150 gentlemen sat
down.