The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

.oral anb probinriat p.ttoo. 1 Sir William Massey Stanley, in the exercise of his:cm-
-es__ tomary munificent charity, distributed on Thursday the
carcases of five fat oxen, fifteen hundred loaves of bread,
Mr. Mott, the auditor under the poor-law for this dis- and £lOO worth of warm clothing among the cottagers,
trict, is now a prisoner for debt in Lancaster Castle. labourers, and artizans resident in the neighbourhood of
General Tom Thumb extends his Levees to Thursday,
on account of the patronage he has received. his estate, in Cheshire. The liberality of Sir William
has not been confined merely to the above. The Hon.
On Sunday week the collections at the Rev. Hugh Baronet has distributed twice a week, for some time past,
Stowell's church, Salford, for the Church Missionary So- a liberal quantity of soup to sixty deserving families resi-
cie'y amounted to £143 6s. dent on his estate, and this will be continued fur some
A young man at Manchester has been committed for
time to come.
trial on a charge of manslaughter, he having run over a
man whilst driving furiously and killed him. The teachers and officers of the Mechanics' Institution
have presented to George Holt, Esq., an elegantly bound
A handsome silver cake basket has been presented to
R. A. Walsh, Esq., of Neston, for his exertions in pro- copy of engravings from the National Gallery, as a record
noting and supporting the Neston races. of his services to the institution ; and the teachers in the
girls school, in connection with the institution, have pre-
On Christmas day the debtors and prisoners in the
Borough Gaol were, by the munificence of his worship the rented to Mrs. Holt a copy of Mrs. S. C. Hall's Gems of
mayor, regaled with beef, &c. English Art, beautifully bound and richly ornamented, as
Two young lads were suffocated on Thursday night, by a slight acknowledgment of the support which that school
sleeping in the cabin of a flat into which the smoke from has received from her. The presentations were made at a
a furnace obtained access. soiree held in the girls school, Biackburne House, on
On Saturday a bundle of fifty or sixty letters was found Wednesday.
in a sewer connected with Varty and Wilson's coach- SPOILING A CHRISTMAS DINNER.-On Thursday
building establishment, Lime-street. They had all been some of the friends of Mr. Butler, of Oxton, determined
opened, but it is not known how they got there. to contribute to his sumptuous entertainment, on Christ-
The Adelphi Hotel, in this town, furnished 200 quarts mas Day, presented him with a very fine hare, turkey,
of turtle soup for the grand dinner of King Hudson, the and a couple of pheasants. During the evening there
monarch of the rails, at his official dinner as Lord Mayor were serious doubts in the minds of Mr. Butler and his
of York. lady as to which would be the most appropriate dish for
A splendid silver epergne, weighing two hundred ounces, Christmas Day ; but all disputes were set at rest on
has been presented to Robert Johnston, Esq., by the Friday morning, as, on visiting the larder, Mr. Butler
Manchester Stock Exchange, on his retirement from the found the whole of the shore provisions had been stolen,
chairmanship of the association. together with a fine leg of mutton and about half a ham.
On Sunday, a child two months old, the illegitimate SUDDEN DEATH.-On Saturday, an inquest was held
offspring of a woman named Harrison, living in Juvenal- before the borough coroner on view of the body of Letitia
street, died in consequence of the mother having admin-
istered Stokes, a Irv, aged 65, who had resided in Field-street.
five drops of paregoric to it. A verdict of chance The deceased and her daughter, Mrs. Hobbs, had been
medley was found. spending Christmas Day at the house of a friend, and on
We regret to hear that an accident has occurred to their return homeward, deceased, who had appeared to be
Eyre Evans, Esq., which will probably cause him to be quite well during the day, complained of palpitation of
the heart, and became worse as they proceeded. eA car
confined to his room for some weeks to come. He was
was procured, and she was taken home, where, though
walking on Christmas day on a slippery footpath, when he
medical assistance was obtained, she died soon after.
fell and snapped one of the tendons of his leg.
Verdict to the effect that deceased died from disease of
Last week, a collier, at Blackburn, named H. Fort, on
the heart, the result of natural causes.
going to the bottom of the Altharn Colliery to work, was
suddenly attacked by a rat, which flew at his arm, and MEETING AT OXTON.-A meeting of the ratepayers
held so fast with its teeth, that it would not leave the arm of this township was held at Oxton, on Thursday week.
until it was strangled. Mr. Richard Willacy Godwin was called to the chair.
WELSH CH URC H.-The Christmas Plygain was cell- The accounts of the inspectors for the past year were
grated at St. David's Church, at six a.m., on Friday then read. It appeared that the Earl of Shrewsbury had.
last. The congregation was large. Some carols were contributed £lB towards defraying the expenses of the
well sung; and the Rev. W. Hughes preached from lamp-posts, and there was a balance of about £2O due
from the overseers, on account of the lighing rate.
Isaiah, ix. 6.
Two of the outgoing inspectors were re-elected, and Mr.
after nine o'clock, Mr. M`Pherson was knocked down at John Parry was unanimously elected in the place of Mr.
the corner of Gleaye-street, Everton, by two ruffians, who Gage, who had resigned. The sum of £l3O was voted
instantly fell upon him and rifled his pockets. He was to the inspectors for carrying out the provisions of the
severely injured. act for the ensuing year.
On Sunday week, a sermon was preached at St. An- INSOLENCE IN COURT.-On Saturday, an elderly
drew's Church, Renshaw-street, by the Rev. J. Jones man, who has been known to prefer frivolous and un-
and the sumch,
of £53 15s. collected for else infant school founded charges aga nst many persons, appeared at the
in connexion with the church. The school is attended by Police-court, for the purpose of charging a prisoner with
about one hundred children in the neighbourhood. embezzlement. He applied for a postponement of the
A very large meeting, convened by the high constable, case until to-morrow, upon the ground that his principal
was held at Oldham, last week, for the purpose of pro- witness was out of town, but Mr. Rushton having heard
hiding public parks in the township, the sum of £lOOO something of the character of the applicant from Mr.
haying been granted by government in furtherance of the Superintendent Brown, refused to comply with the re-
object. quest. The fellow immediately cried out, "Then there's
During the extremely slippery state of the streets in no justice for the poor." Mr. Rushton ordered him to
Manchester on Wednesday evening, a gentleman put a be taken into custody, and to pay a fine of 20s. for his in-
pair of vulcanized India rubber rings round his boots, just soiree. He was not liberated until he had paid the fine.
where the principal tread is made, which effectually pre- ST. THOMAS', ToxTETH.-On Monday evening last an
vented him from slipping even in the most dangerous examination of the infant school connected with St.
places. Thomas' Church was held in the school-room, and was
STRANGE REASON.-On Monday, at Stockport, a well attended both b y the friends of the school and the
manufacturer was fined £lO for not boxing-off a piece of parents of the children. The answering of the scholars
machinery, by which a young man had lost his hand. The reflected great credit upon Miss. Hazlewood, the mis-
magistrates refused to inflict a heaver penalty, " lest they tress, especially for the knowledge they displayed in
should be offering a premium to men to put in (and lose) scripture. The Rev. J. C. Cowan expressed his entire
their hands!! " satisfaction with the manner in which the school had been
The executors of the late Joseph Walker, Esq., of this conducted, and made the gratifying announcement, that
town, have paid to the treasurers of the undermentioned although the infant school had only been opened about
institutions (duty free) the following bequests :-The Ge- nine months, no less than 255 children had been present
neral Hospital, £5OO ; the Dispensary, £150; the Deaf at one time, and that the average number was over 220.
and Dumb Institution, 150 ; the Blue Coat School, £lOO ; Buns and books were then distributed, and the school
the Eye Infirmary, £lOO. broke up for the holidays.
On Sunday week two young men were drowned in the DEATHS BY BURNING.-An inquest was held on
Saturday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of John
river Irwell, near Manchester, the boat in which they
were rowing having been overturned. Several other per- Powell, aged eight years, son of Thomas Powell, Coiling-
sons were in the boat, but they got safe to shore ; the two wood-street. The deceased, as it usually happens in such
deceased had unfortunately lashed their feet to the bottom cases, was left, on Wednesday, in a room with another
.of the boat, to obtain greater leverage. child ot still tenderer years, and his clothes having caught
The annual examination of the infants belonging to fire, he was so dreadfully burnt that he died on Saturday
Christ Church Schools took place on Wednesday last, morning.-Same day, on view of the body of Isabella
'the 23rd December, in the Infant School. There was a Chapman, aged six years. The deceased (who lived in
.highly respectable and crowded audience present on the Watkinson-street) was left for a short time in a lower
occasion. The examination went off admirably, and room, with two younger children, while the mother was
every one present expressed themselves satisfied, and up stairs making the beds, and her clothes caught fire.
highly amused with the performances of the little children. Deceased died from the injuries on the following evening.
His Excellency the Earl of Elgin and suite, according- -Verdicts in both cases-Died from the injuries, but
ing to present arrangements, will embark for North how the fire occurred there was no evidence.
America on the 4th of next month, from Liverpool, 011 THEFT BY A CABDRIVER.-On Saturday Hugh Swee-
board the Boston mail-packet steamer, whence his lord- ny, a cabdriver, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a
ship proceeds overland to Montreal. The earl and coun- charge of having feloniously taken £2 13s. the property
tess are expected to arrive in town on Monday next from of Miss Emma Birley. Miss Birley, who is a native of
• Scotland. The countess will not join the noble earl Denbigh, and a stranger in Liverpool, stated, that she
until the advance of the spring. hired the prisoner's cab, on Thursday last, to take her
Several persons have, since the commencement of the from the George's Pierhead to No. 6, Rice-street. On
'frost, sprinkled salt in front of their houses, the effect of reaching Rice street she bad her luggage taken out, but
which is to change the dry snow or ice, at a temperature she, unfortunately, left in the car her purse, which con-
•of 32 degrees, to brine of 032 degrees below the freezing tained two sovereigns, three halfcrowns, and ss. 6d. in
point of Fahrenheit's scale. The injurious effects of small silver. A little boy, who happened to be standing
damp on the feet, at this excessive degree of cold, are in the street at the time, observed the purse in the bottom
likely to be extremely dangerous. If salt be sprinkled, of the cab, and called the attention of the prisoner to it
the snow should be instantly swept away. but he, (the prisoner) said it was not a purse, and threw
Agaio,ogst-sulker Cbristmaa faro_ ',Mich we .partlealarly it back into the car. When apprehended there was no
noticed in St. John's market, as worthy of especial com- money found upon him, but, as he was clearly identified,
•mendation, we cannot avoid mentioning upwards of a he was committed for trial.
dozen splendid pigs, which were displayed in Mr. Clark's THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.-The following ap-
ointments and preferments will be in the gift of the new
stall-the more commendable as having been drawn from P
the stock of one person, Mr. Jas. Ashcroft, of Wavertree, Bishop :-The vicarage of Bolton-le-Moors, value £464 :
who we are informed is the first breeder of that descrip- the vicarage of Bolton-le-Sands, value £170; the vicarage
tion of stock in Lancashire. of Childwall, value £455 ; the vicarage of Chipping, value
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.-The Art Union con- £220; the rectory of Manchester, value £1380; the vi-
fleeted with the Exhibition, has, we perceive, been sanc- carage of Rihchester, value £200; the incumbencies of
. tioned by Her Majesty's Privy Council. This is an im- St. George, St. Simon's, St. Jude's, Manchester, Orden-
portant step in the Fine Arts ; because all parties may shaw, Ashton-under-Lyne, Congleton (2), Christchurch,
now subscribe without scruple or doubt to a society Ashley-bridge, Lever-bridge, Tonge, Musbury, Rams-
which has for its sole view, the encouragement and sup- bottom, Walsden (Rochdale), All Saints, Habergham,
port of the Fine Arts in Liverpool. The time is short, Great Marsden, St. James, Burnley, St. Paul, Lane-
but we hope they will have a successful subscription.- bridge, Trawdero giving a patronage of the aggregate an-
See Advertisement. nual income of about £5OOO. In the event of the appoint-
THE ORGAN OF THE PAPISTS.-Although the Lord- ment of the Hon. Mr. Villiers to the new bishoprick, the
street oracle labours hard to convince the people that he rectory of St. George's, Bloomsbury, the appointment to
is the organ of the Papists, yet we wish to see justice done which is vested in the Crown, will become vacant.
to him, and therefore acquaint the reader that the notice The Rev. Hugh Stowell, as President of the Manches-
to correspondents, about the promenade at Woodside, ter and Salford Protestant Association, has applied to the
copied by the Mail from the Chester Courant was not ex- representatives &c. of those towns whether in their opinion,
-actlti correct, as the Ferry Committee will not allow any any further national concessions to the Church of Rome
one, not even a Roman Senator, to become a contractor ought to be made in these realms." Lord Lincoln "declnes
unless he reside on the Cheshire side of the river. answering the question at present, on the ground that he is
SHIPWRECK - The San Joaquim, of Cadiz,_ took not yet a candidate for Manchester," Mr Milner Gibson
shelter in Port St Mary bay during the gale on Friday says that " nothing is so unsatisfactory as to attempt to
last, and on Sunday night was blown from her anchors on reply to questions of an hypothetical character." Mr.
the rock to the east side of the harbour, where she lies on Brotherton expresses his " decided opinion that no further
her beam ends, and is likely to become a total wreck. grants ought to be made either to the Church of Home or
She was bound from Liverpool to Havannah, with a gene- the Church of England ;" and Mr. John Bright says, ~ I
ral cargo. There is but one little boy on board who speaks would give no legislative encouragement or protection to
English. They are busily engaged in re-shipping her Roman Catholics that I would not also give to every other
cargo for Liverpool.-Isle of Man Herald. class or profession among the people, not because it is the
NEW LOCOMOTIVE.-On Monday, one of the largest Roman Catholics who are in question, but because I be-
locomotives ever constructed for the narrow guage 'vas lieve such payments and endowments are injurious to re-
taken from the foundry of Messrs. Bury and Co., to the ligion and unjust to those who pay the taxes."
railway station, in Crown-street. It was drawn by 17 CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.-The past week has been
horses, and has six wheels, coupled, the diameter being one of unusual revelry and good fare. In the markets, on
about five feet. Several other locomotives are in course Thursday, there was presented a splendid display of pro-
of construction at this factory, which will have wheels of duce. Prize cattle, enormous in size, and rare in quality,
six feet diameter, and a larger stroke of piston than usual, were exhibited from all the leading shops-indeed, a more
by which the speed will be much increased. abundant supply or a choicer kind could not be wished.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.-On Wednesday week, Mr. Nor was there any lack of poultry and other requisites,
Job Wilson, of the Lord Nelson tavern, Runcorn, and with the exception of vegetables, which were scarce and
contractor for the conveyance of the mail between that dear. Numerous entertainments were given during the
town and Preston Brook, was found quite dead and lying week throughout the town, and many of the working pre
his face about a mile from Runcorn. The mail-cart pulation were provided by their employers with sumptuous
which he had been driving was observed to be without a suppers. At many of the hotels passing callers were re-
driver, and a search was instituted for the ill-fated Mr. - gated. At Whiteman's all was enjoyment-at Lawton's,
Wilson, who was found as described. It is thought he who by the bye has now got comfortably located in that
must have been seized with a fit and have fallen from the excellent hotel, the Clayton Arm's, his inestimable game
vehicle. pies were visible-Latham, of Fenwick-street, gave, on
THE WEATHER.-After a foggy and rainy day, on Christmas Eve, game pies, toasted cheese, with ale, &c.
Wednesday, the evening was frosty, and during the -Feenv's restaurant was splendidly decorated : the long
night there was a fall of snow. -During Thursday the frost range of dining rooms resembled an alcove of evergreens,
continued, and Friday was one of the finest Christmas the holly, mistletoe, and laurel boughs peerine from every
art. A round of beef exhibited here was the finest we
Days we remember. It was slightly frosty ; but with a la
clear sky ; the sun shone brightly all day ; and in the ever beheld : it weighed sixty-two pounds, and was from
evening, the sky still being clear, the moon, in her first a heifer killed by Mr. Dentith, of St. John's market.
quarter, shed her mild radiance, and the stars gleamed PAVING AND SEWERAGE.-At the meeting of the corn-
with more than ordinary lustre in the unclouded heavens. missioners, on Thursday, a bill was presented from James
Saturday was a very similar day. The weather of Sun- Simpson, engineer to the Green-lane water works, for his
day and yesterday we have alluded to elsewhere. commission at five per cent., amounting to £2,470, £l,lOO
POCKET PICKING.-On Thursday, at the Police-court, of which had been previously paid on account, leaving
Margaret Vernon was committed for trial, charged with £1,370. There was a further bill from the same gentle-
stealing a watch from Samuel Stokes. It appeared that j man for surveying, mapping, levelling. &c., for the
the prisoner met the prosecutor in Islington, snatched his Kirkby water project, amounting to £1,467 Os. 7d., £6OO
watch, which, with its appendages, was worth £l5, and of which had been paid on account, leaving a balance of
ran away. He pursued, when a man suddenly caught £867 9s. 7d. due to him. The bills were ordered to be
hold of him and held him while the prisoner escaPed, when Paid. Mr. Duncan's report stated that the erection of the
the confederate also took to his heels. The woman was stand-pipe at the Green-lane water works was in active
taken .by the police in Trowbridge-street, from the de- progress ; that the brick-work connected with the setting
acription given of her by the prosecutor, and he swears of the boilers might be said to be completed ; that a set of
most positively to her identity. masons were at work during the night-, so as to avoid in-
CHRISTMAS MARKETS.--Last week our markets were terfering with the operations of the engineers during the
well supplied with every kind of butchers meat, poultry, day time ; that the pipe-layers were employed in repairing
game, vegetables, &c. The beef and mutton were re.• damage occasioned by the settling of the ground ! and
markably fine. There was a good supply of pork, and that the contractor for the reservoir was Butting his work
Irish and Welsh mutters was in great abundance. Con- in a finished order. The Chairman said he believed they
siderable business was done, at fair prices. The following were getting on as fast as they could now. Mr. Kaye
is a list of the prices of the various articles :-Beef, Gd. to I said, that as next Wednesday would be the last day the
Bd. per lb.; mutton, 7d. to Bd. • pork, (country fed,) 7d. I Board would meet, he thought there should be a full at-
to Bd. ; turkeys, 4s. 6d. to 12s. - geese, 3s. to 10s. ; I tendance. It was a very important era for the Board,
pheasants, 7s. to Bs. per brace; fowls, 2s. 9d. per couple; and ought to be marked by some expression of their gra-
hares, 38. to 3s. 6d. each ; partridges, 3s. 6d. per brace ; titude to a certain individual who had occupied a seat at
woodcocks, ss. per .brace; rabbits, 2s. per couple; that Board for thirty years. He need not mention the
capons, Gs. to 7s. per couple. The Fish Market was well gentleman's name, but he hoped there would be a full at-
supplied. tendance of the Board. It was ordered that special notes
MRS. PARKE'S CLUB SUBSCRIPTION.- The sixth of should go out summoning a meeting for Wednesday next.
January instant is appointed as the first day for drawing
M uh ed seen
undeniably
cane x u haveel ;e n little t t le n
d idea
so ofthe
totallyi r
EI TON MOWBRAY PORK PIES.-Those who have
the allotments in Mrs. Parkes Supplemental Club Sub- not yet
Theytpartak arenoef
ut
scription for the purchase of the Bowyer collection of el
prints and paintings. We have already noticed the many different from the pies usually sold as to bear neither re-
excellent specimens now on view at No. 51 Bold Street, semblance nor comparison. There is in them all that can
but until we examined the catalogue, with which we have 1 be desired in flavour, without that disagreeable greasiness
been favoured by the agent, M which almost connects itself with the name. They are
Mr. Cutter, we had not an
idea of their extent or their value as rare and excellent sold by Mr. Wilkinson, of Parker-street, who daily re-
gems of art. We may briefly give the allotments as fol- I ceives a fresh supply.
lows :-1 at 250 guineas, lat 150 gs., lat 120 gs.. lat 100 I CROWLEY'S ALTO` AND HAMPSHIRE ALE.-Barclay
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gs., 1 at 100 gs., 1 at 90 gs., 1 at 35 gs., 1 at 60 gs., 1 at ' Perkins and Co. s Porter is not now better known in the
30 gs., 10 at 25 gs., 7at 20 gs., 24 at 18 gs., 21 at 17 gs., metropolis than Crowley's Cream Ale. In whatever
sat 16 gs., 33 at 15 gs., 25 at 14 gs , 12 at £l3, 29 at 12 quarter' you find the conspicuous notification " Stout
gs., 3at 11 gs., 566 at 10 gs., 125 at 9 gs., 240 at 8 gs., 21 I house -" Hanbury's Entire," or " Meux's XX."-
at 71 gs. 110 at 7 gs., 35 at 61 gs., 221 at 6 ga., 22 a you will always see Crowley's Alton Ale. Indeed, so
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gs., 7at i£s 10s., 1353 at 5 gs., 8 at 41 gs., 21 at £4 75., generally appreciated is it in London that thenurnbers of its
982 at 4 gs., 7et 31 gs., 2794 at 3 gs., 21 at £2 is., 12 at patrons are daily extending with a rapidity that would al.
21 gs., 1611 at 2 gs., 1705 at li, and 90 at £1 12s. Mak- most indicate its preference to porter. It will be seen by
ing in all 10199 allotments, amounting in value to £45,572 an advertisement to day that an agency is now being
165., but which are being disposed of for about one-fourth opened here-and from the acknowledged excellence of
that sum,-a fact that should induce even the most tardy this well designated cream ale there can be little doubt of
admirers of art to avai themselves of a guinea share. its being extensively patronized.