The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-04 00:00:00

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TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS

The largely increased and most respectable circulation
which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile
body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify-
ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable
claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion
of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to
bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in
the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of
the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of
the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester,
however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our
publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im-
portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its
Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu-
facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es-
tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased
and increasing interest.

Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to
receive an increased measure of support from the mer-
chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords
us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst
those classes, who• have hitherto bestowed their adver-
tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability
to do justice to the interests committed to their care.

It is not unamusing, by the way, to observe the
shifts which are being adopted by Mr. Joseph Sturge
to steer clear, at the approaching election for Notting-
ham, of the danger which the late committee has placed
in the way of all future candidates for a contested bo-
rough. The worthy quaker stipulates, not only that
he shall be put to no extraordinary expenses, but that
he shall not even contribute to the usual expense of
hustings, &c. Now without staying to remark upon
the dangerous principle which the practice of such
ultra-purism establishes—a principle which virtually
places the choice of a member for any large consti-
tuency in the clique of monied busybodies who subscribe
the necessary funds, for placarding, coach-hire, hustings,
and other necessary expenses, without which few elec-
tions can be carried to a successful issue—how does
the caution of the worthy friend, and ultra immaculate,
guard him from the fate of Mr. Walter ? The latter
gentleman, equally with Mr. Sturge, provided against
the allowance of any illegal expenses; and we are not
aware that all the discretion of the borough of Not-
tingham is centred in the Sturgeite party ! If any
future enquiry into the doings of Joseph, however
prudishly they may have been conducted, should be
confided to a committee, similar in discernment to that
by which Mr. Walter was unseated, we wouldn't give
sixpence for his chance !

The exposition of the law, by Mr. Justice Coltman,
on Tuesday last, in the case of Birley and another v.
the Hundred of Salford, may not have startled any
person who has ever given a thought to the subject;
but it is one, nevertheless, which is calculated to fur-
nish matter of uneasy reflection to our good neigh-
bours of Manchester and Bolton, with respect to the
price which, some day, they may be called upon to pay
for their favourite hobby—INCORPORATION. Doubt-
less, in " liberal" estimation, it is a delightful thing to
write " councillor" after one's name; to be spoken of
as " the excellent representative for" this ward or the
other; to be addressed as "Mr. Alderman" So-and-so;
and to look forward to the prospect of some day ap-
pending, to our patronymic, the sounding title,
Mayor." Then there are the delights of holding
sessions of our own; of having a gaol of our own;
of having prisoners of our own, to be tried by our
own recorder, and prosecuted by our own town-clerk;
and these inexpensive (?) pleasures are of course
heightened by the reflection that they are paid for out
of the pockets of our very dear friends and neigh-
bours ! But enamoured, as the " liberal" people of
Manchester and Bolton may be, with these novelties,
We suspect that the decision, as to the question of law,
in the above case, will be a slight damper to their in-
corporation felicities; and may even lead some of them
to think that they have paid " too much for their
whistle.".

The case of Birleys v. the Hundred of Salford,
which was reported in our last, was one arising out of
the recent disturbances in the manufacturing dis-
%nets i;in the course of which the factory of the plain-
tiff was attacked by the mob, and damaged to the
'amount of some two to three hundred pounds. The
oidinary proceeding in such cases has been to site the
hundred; and this course was pursued by Messrs.
Birley, and resisted by the defendants, on the ground
mainly that, the town of Manchester, being now an
incorporated borough, and, as such, ceasing to contri—
bute to the county rate, any action for -daniages;
received during periods of popular commotion within
its limits, should be brought against the borough, and
not, as heretofore, against the hundred. The verdict
was folthe plaintiff, upon the facts, the point of law,
as to the respective liability of the hundred or the
borough, being left to be argued before the courts
above, the opinion of the learned judge, however,
being quite decisively enough expressed to settle any
doubt which could be entertained as to the issue of
such an appeal.

The comfortable assurance received by our newly-
incorporated friends from this exposition of the law is,
briefly, this. If an outbreak, got up in the neighbour-
hood—chartist, anti-corn-law, or otherwise—for the
sake of more striking effect, choose to centralise its
demonstratious in either of the boroughs in question,
and the mob, by way of recreation, indulge themselves
in the destruction of a factory or two, the inhabitant
householders, and not the ratepayers of the hundred
must pay for any destruction of property which may
arise. If the weavers and spinners of Ashton, or any,
other town, shall henceforth be escorted into Man-
chester, it may be safely inferred that they are " doing
:he honours" to an approaching borough rate! When
justices of the peace are busy advising submission to
turbulent mobs, and—hard case !—are condemned to
sleep nights together at the York Hotel, and—worse
still—to attend for days together at the Town-hall, it
may be concluded that, if they are not keeping the
peace, they are at least getting the tax papers ready !
In short, playing at rebellion, within any reasonable
distance of the towns of Manchester and Bolton, is
from henceforth likely to be a rather expensive game
for the unfortunate people of these Whig-ridden towns;
and this for the sake of the empty bauble of a corpo-
ration without a groat to pay for its own keeping !
Seriously, it may now be well worthy the considera-
tion of our neighbours in Manchester how far the
keeping up of a ceaseless agitation—in any outbreak
of which the safety of property in that borough must
be especially perilled—is consistent with their inte-
rests. They are placed in the centre of an excitable,
and at all times, more or less, a suffering, and may we
not also add, a demoralized and ignorant population.
The silly vanity of a dominant clique—which must
strut, forsooth, in corporate dignity--has placed them
in the position that, while exposed, in the natural
course of things, to the concentration of popular vio-
lence from every side, the y are condemned now to
bear, unassisted, the entire damage which may ensue
to the vast mass of property within the town ; and
surely, when such is the cat ie, a wise generation would
sedulously eschew any thing calculated to produce that
popular excitement to whicl a ignorance or wickedness
may give so fatal a direction ! The Conservative body
in Manchester, too, may not v ask themselves the ques-
tion, whether it is the part o f sensible men to persevere
in that silly and pettish ob jection to contest with the
dominant party the muni;cipal gevernment of the
town, the obvious result ol which is to entrust the
safety of their property anel the preservation of peace
and good order to a set of .incapables. We throw out
the hint for their serious consideration.

DEATH FROM BURNING..—A child, nni-oed Ellen Cono
whose clothes hair taken fire, was taken to the Infirmary on
the 4th ult., where she lingered until Sunday last, when she
expired.

DEPARTURE OF AN IRON STEAMER FOR THE EAST.
The iron steamer the hoyal Sovertign, formerly running be-
tween Liverpool and Glasgow. having been bought by a mer-
chant, sailed on Thursday, under the command of Capta,a,
render, for Singapore. She will call at Riu de Janiero. ana
thence steam and sail to her destination. She will. we unr

derstand, be employed on the coast of China, and sail between
Hongkong and the newly opened Chinese port. Her speed
is great, and her light draught of water will enable her to as-
cend the rivers. She took out several passengers, and a full
compliment of engineers, stokers, &c., who are under en-
gagements for a period of years.

FINES UPON PUBLICANS.—The publicans summoned on
Friday were fewer in number than for the last two or three
weeks past, although the offences were of a more miscella"
nexus character than is generally their wont. Mr. Hales, of
Brick-street, was ordered to pay £5 and costs, it being un-
derstood that the case might be re-opened on a future day.
John Morgan, Key-street, 40s. and costs; John Hayes,
Vauxhall-road, 20.; Mr. Magee, Spitalfields, 505.; Francis
M`Gowan, Parr-street, (third conviction,) £5 ; John Dean,
Derby-street, acquitted. Beer-house keepers :—Catharine
Jockeson, 20s. ; Thomas Copeland, Pall-mall, (second con-
viction,) 60s. ; James Button, Hill-street, Park, for allowing
rioting and drunkenness in his house, 405.; Hugh Heron,
Baxter-street, postponed; Edward Hughes, Chaucer-street,
postponed ; George Briggs, Pembroke-street, acquitted.

CAUTION TO OUR CHESHIRE NEIGHBOURS.—An imper-
tinent urchin, apparently about fourteen years of age, dressed
in light fustian, or jean, is in the constant practice of watch-
ing gentlemen from their houses in a morning; and having
ascertained their names, he goes to the houses with his bas-
ket of biscuit, and says, " Mr. So-and-so desired me to
leave one, two, or three pouads, for which you were to paY
me." In answer to inquiries, he is very apt at describing
the figure, dress, &c. of the gentleman, and becomes exceed-
ingly insolent if he cannot make the parties his dupes, but
takes care not to leave the biscuits without being paid for
them. We trust some one will lay hands on this young
rogue, and check him in his deceptive career, which may in
time harden him into an accomplished villain.

SMUGGLING TOBACCO FROM ON BOARD SHIP.—A sea-
man, named Joseph Gart, was yesterday placed before Mr.
Rushton, at the Police-court, on a charge of endeavouring
to smuggle 11b. of cigars. The vessel to which he belonged
had recently arrived from Zante. The case was proved, and
he was fined 205., or, in default, to be imprisoned 7 days.--
A foreign seaman, named Christiana, was brought up on a
charge of smuggling 31110 s. of cigars and leaf tobacco. The
contraband articles were found in his chest, which he bad
landed on the Victoria Dock quay. The prisoner:and the
captain of the vessel said there was no intention whatever
to smuggle them, and that they were merely the remainder
of his own stores. This evidence was not, however, consi-
dered sufficient to exonerate the prisoner, and he was fined
20s. and costs, or to be imprisoned 10 days. The money
was paid.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On the 26th ult., while a
poor widow, named Catherine Williams, was engaged in iron-
ing, the clothes of one of her children caught fire, and in en-
deavouring to extinguish the fire, her own dress became
ignited. Her cries brought in a man, who succeeded in put-
ting out the fire round the child, but the poor woman, mean-
time, ran out into the streei, and fled all the way to Clement-
street, a distance of about 100 yards, when a police-officer
wrapped his coat round her, and put out the fire. She was►
however, so dreadfully burned, that, though she was imme-
diately taken to the Northern Hospital, and carefullyat-
tended to, she died of the injuries she sustained on Sunday
last. The child is recovering. The police-officer was
severely burned in extinguishing the fire. The deceased was
an industrious woman, who strove by washing, &c., to sup-
port herself and her two children. The inquest will be held
this day.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT WHILE CLEANING A WINDOW.
—Yesterday, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, as a man
named Thomas Waring was employed in cleaning a window
in the first floor over the shop of Messrs. Jones and Son, in
Castle-street, and was on the outside in the act of pulling
down the lower sash, he lost his balance, fell headlong into
the street, from a height of about 15 feet, and was killed on
the spot, his skull being dreadfully fractured. The deceased,
who was 60 years of age, was a decent man, and had been
several years in Messrs. Jones's service, as porter. The
practice of servants (male and female) not generally accus-
tomed to such hazardous employment, cleaning upper win-
dows while standing on the stone outside, cannot be too
much discouraged. The very appearance of persons, and
particularly of females, s) situated, is painful to passers by
and it would be well that all windows that cannot be reached
from the inside, should be cleaned by glaziers or painters,
who have either a proper frame, or ladder, for the purpose•

THE PACKET-SHIPS OXFORD AND PATRICK HENRY,.'
'The Packet-ship Oxford, Captain Rathbone, which sailed
from New York on the Ist ult.' did not arrive until Satur-
'day last. On the 16th, in lat. ,1S 30, lon. 29, in a sudden
and violent whirlwind, she carried away her foremast main-
topgallant mast, main topsail yard, and sustained consider-
able damage. One man was lost overboard from the male
topgallant yard. From that time until her making port she
•has encountered almost continual easterly gales. The Ox-
ford did not speak any thing during the whole passage.
Cabin passengers, Mrs. Dennison, two children, and servant,
Mr. de la Hooke, Mr. Whitlaws, Mr. Bisset and lady, and
Mr. Carroll ; and thirty-five in the steerage. The packet-
ship Patrick Henry, Captain Delano, which sailed from New
York on the 10th ult., also arrived on Saturday- last. She
had been six days on the coast, with strong easterly windsi
Cabin passengers, Lieut. Webster, Ist Royal Regiment,
kieut. Leader, 22d; Rev. Mr. Condil, Rev. Mr. Andrews,
:Vogt, New York ; Mr. Connor, Bolton. The packet-
ship Sheffield was to sail on the 17th.

MISS WELLE R.—We gave in our last our opinion of this
lady's performance at the Philharmonic Concert, and We
may now add, that though perhaps the most talented English
pianiste of the age, she is not much in advance of her sister,
Mrs. J. C. Shaw : they have been heard, in private, by manY,
professors in Cheltenham, Liverpool, and other places, and
the universal opinion has ever been, that, when they "
dis-
course sweet music" in concert, it is the ne plus ultra of
science, harmony, concord, and feeling. As a proof that the
two sisters excel in their own peculiar style, each thinks the
other the superior player ; a beautiful illustration of talent
and purity of mind. There is a third sister, only 13 years of
age, who bids fair to reach the goal which has been attained
by Miss Christiana Weller, for her execution of the most
difficult compositions and the feeling thrown into her touch
are astonishing; and yet, beyond what nature has kindlY
done for them, who has been their preceptress
'talented mother.

A TRUANT YOUTH.—On Friday a boy, of respectable ex-
terior, named William Rutter, was placed before Mr. Rutin"
ton, on suspicion of having absconded from the roof of hill
parents without leave. From the evidence of a person con-
nected with the police-office, it appeared that the prisoner
had been noticed lurking about Dale-street, on the previous
day, in the company of railway porters, from whom he waa
making inquiries which led to a suspicion that he had 110
good object in view. It was afterwards elicited that the
boy's parents resided in Birmingham, from which town he
had eloped without their consent, to gratify some whim that
he had got into his head. It also appeared that he had come
from Birmingham by railway, having paid his own passage
thence, but how he became possessed of the money did 110''
appear. On being taken into custody, a small sum of money
was found upon his person. Mr. Rushton asked the lad his
motive for leaving home in the way he had done, and re'
ceived for answer that he (the prisoner) wanted to go to se;
and was about following up his intention when the police laid
hands upon him. Mr. Rushton.—" Go to sea; nonsense •
You would be better off in your father's pigstye than by going
to sea." Mr. Rushton gave orders that the boy's relatives
should be made acquainted with his present position, and.°
the meantime that lodgings should be taken for him till an
answer was received respecting his future disposal.
BEGGING.—The magistrates having determined to Put
down street begging, no fewer than forty-six mendicants
were yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton, of all age!'
from children to decrepit persons, and of both sexes. Their
respective cases, where they were not before known, had
previously been inquired into by the police-officers who BP'
prehended them ; and Mr. Gray, of the parish-office, wsa
attendance. Several of them, old offenders, were comniitte
to aaol for seven or fourteen days, or a month. A conside-
rable number who were found to be in great destitution were
set down to be visited and relieved ; others to be taken into
;
the workhouse, and some to be passed to their parishes In
Ireland and elsewhere. Some of them were in the wee' 't
receipt of outdoor relief, but generally of so small an amour/
compared with the necessities of the parties, or their respec-
tive families, that Mr. Rushton remarked upon the inad"
quacy of such payments, which necessarily left the
indivt-
duals no resource but begging, or perhaps stealing. 1`".%,
Gray agreed, in such cases, to take the parties into the house'
or more effectually to relieve them out of doors. There were
amongst them several cases of severe faiuily sicknesses'
Some of the more destitute from Ireland were told thatt
clothing would be provided for them before they were sen
to their parishes.

HAVING AND CONCEALING TOBACCO IN A DWELLING'
11011sE.--At the Police-court a charge was yesterday preferred
against a man named John Wainwright, (not in custody.
who was staled to he a shipwright, of " having and conceal-
ing ing. in his house a quantity of illicit tobacco." Mr. Brooks'
solicitor for the Customs, conducted the case against t. 5
defendant, and called several revenue officers. It aPPearece
from this testimony, that in November last, in consequeeld,
of some information, the defendant's house, in Highfi_ie pcl street, was searched by two officers, who found, concealed
amongst some shavings in a basket up stairs, 9 lbs. weight 0 Cavendish and Negro-head tobacco. and 41bs. of leaf tobaecci
the former worth 9s. 6d. a pound, and the latter 3s. 4 .;
including the duty. The defendant had been served witlilea
summons, but had not appeared. The Board prose 6J.,
against him for triple the value, namely, £l4. 165.,00.
though they might havtz,Kone for the full penalty ef'"viti
A woman, it appeared,,., ;ged in the house, who was Kn, ,et.
as an active smuggler. the tobacco was valued by the 'de.
ing Queen's warehouseman. A man appeared for the his
fendant, and said the article was left there without he
knowledge ; but this was not taken as a defence, and , t;(1.
defendant was adjudged to be mulcted in the amount sta`-ve
Instructions. were given to an officer of the police to h 3
him apprehended.

CHARGE OF SAITIGGLING.—A respectable-looking persotli
named Alexander Yates, was yesterday placed at the barets
the Police-court, on a charge of smuggling twelve packer
of tobacco. It appeared from the evidence that the priscit,net,
had arrived from New York by the Patrick Henry, Pacdeal
ship, and had landed his luggage, amongst which was a...
box, which the officer who searched it found to contaThe
false bottom, in which were the packets of tobacco. big
prisoner at the time told the officer that the box was nn"rsci
property, and that he had merely brought it for a Pecs
whom he had known in America, to be delivered to a 'lithe
of the former in this country. The other contents 0' ntsl
package were a few newspapers, a book, some ornoned e
small baskets, &c. The prisoner said he had been old
dupe of in the matter. The box was given to him by arneclt
schoolfellow of his when he lived in the south of Eng that
to be delivered as a present to a friend here. Wilenj lilt
person requested him to bring it, he (prisoner) inquire d the
contained anything that was chargeable with duty, 013 bring
reply was that it did not. He therefore consented to con-
it along with his luggage, and did not know what the
tamed. Mr. Rushton said he was disposed to belle°
prisoner's story, and ordered him to be discharged. oil
COUNCIL MEETING.—The usual meeting of the°of the
will be held to morrow, when, after the proceedings m°'
various committees have been discussed, the follovvinq it IS
Lions will be made :—By Mr. Councillor North,--1113_01it-
proper and expedient that this Council or the Dock Coru_ani..
tee, or those two bodies conjointly, should provide and Toyed
taro a powerful steam-boat or steam-boats, to be eoPd with
in aid of the present and with additional life-boats, a.n och
other necessary and useful apparatus to be carried ,`!) and
steam-boat or steam-boats, in the preservation of o
property (but more especially of life) upon the °eel thst
shipwreck or other disaster at sea oIT this port.; anu
deputation be appointed to confer with the Dock C 0 thiS
or a deputation of that body, with the view of ntreetintdieet
object. By Mr. Alderman- Earle,—That it is not eTwith'
to dispose of the houses in Hanover-street, which wer:osses:
as the yncetior,
drawn from the public sale on the 15th inst.,
sion of them by the Corporation appears to afford atinot
able opportunity for abating certain nuisances in tt,vre beei,
the town, for the general remedy of which clauses "ttoine':',
introduced into two Acts of Parliament recently ?quits. n.:
By Mr. Councillor Bushell,—For the loan of the f"..tittitiou
the Town-hall.to.the Directors of the Collegiate Inv'estioll;
during the period of the approaching Midsumn3„er iuteChn
with a view to their forming part of an intended
Exhibition.