The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-15 00:00:00

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lia4r4B.t°4 Exchange is about to be established at Black-
ks,_U4 Wednesday, a woman named M`Carrick, of Cotter-
-vet? Toxteth-park, died from excessive drinking.
On Friday an explosion took place at a quarry near
akup
Ito ".'4l, which caused the immediate death of one of the
'llium and the lingering death of another.
sells e Liverpool subscriptions for the destitute widow
04`',Vaildren of the late lamented Thomas Hood, amounted,
Saturday evening, to £ll7.
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the It RURAL POLICE.—It appears from an abstract of
th.eoUnty expediture, just published, that the cost of
rttral police, inn Lancashire, is X 33,551 Os. ld.
kko II Thursday, four large vans loaded with green peas,
Vwberries, and cherries, were sent from Covent-garden
*aarltet, for sale at Manchester.
se'r.,le first sale of bonded sugar in Manchester took place
spe Wednesday. The lots are said to have met with a
ed 9 sale, after considerable competition.
%eon Thursday, John Smith, 24 years of age, at work at
tp-Ilew docks, was accidentally killed by the waggons
`q"log down the incl ned plain.
t eorge Humphreys, an American sailor, was, on Friday,
Qed 100 •
at fiss for endeavouring t smuggle ashore 54 bs.
dly. ""aCCO and :Vbs. of cigars,o from the Swatara, now
in in the Clarence Dock.
ttil" LATE RIBBON OUTRAGE.—On Thursday, a
tti.7 named Connor was committed by Mr. Rushton for
4"i,, charged with throwing a brickbat at Inspector Bibby,
"nlg the disturbances on Sunday week.
he(he Liverpool subscriptions, for the thousands rendered
41sel ess by the late fire at Quebec, amounted, on Satur-
Its 't° 066. The largest donation during the past week
pe-- given by the British and North American steam-
(l)(et company, who contributed £lOO.
atr,,,n,. Sunday, two sermons were preached at Hotham-,
hi" Chapel, belonging to the Methodist new connexion,
hear Moth named Mills, who is only in his thirteenth
itat,and who lives at Altrincham. The sermons are
by a contemporary to have given great satisfaction.
to"n Saturday' a man named James Lea was committed
:le al trial by Mr. Rushton. on a charge of having embez-
i4l:diveri small sums of money, which he had received
e,aPacity of clerk of the weighing machine at Saint
"'ea 8 market.
Oss
ti,7 sinus ACCIDENT.—On Saturday week, Samuel
Its ''ea, aged thirty, was knocked down by one of the
she horses of the Wavertree omnibus, and one of the
ttalaltoPassed over his bod. The unfortunate man was
the Infirmary, where he died on Tuesday.
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LIVERPOOL BANKS.—The following are the half-
ti"rp dividends as just declared by the several Liverpool
Cl3:'
8 I—The Borough Bank, 4 per cent. ; the Banking
214,1anY 3per cent. ; the North and South Wales Bank,
beerrr eent. ; the Bank of Liverpool, 5 per cent.; and the
• °lt Bank, 4 per cent.
of Hsi..John Holt Stanway, one of the four official assignees
V" Manchester Court of Bankruptcy, has absconded.
ss-nwsa trustee of the late Scarr, and a deficit in his
4e ants of £6,000 has caused him to leave the country.
tiZ'efalcation is apprehended in connection with his offi-
saligneeship.
OV.)/813N'S STATUE OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.—
L°vsnsrrian, Mr. Gibson, the sculptor, has, at length,
spleted, at Rome, the portrait statue of Queen Victoria,
styli is to he placed Buckingham Palace. The Roman
of 'te have been admitte to view it, and the best judges
art declare it to be Mr. d
Gibson's chef d'ouvre.
5,14-TITION TO REFRACTORY SAILORS.—On Saturday,
Its;,•aleo were brought before Mr. Rnshton on a charge of
te lig refused to do their duty as seamen on board the
titjashireinan Capta'n Bache, after having signed ship's
esie
aore sto go the voyage to Quebec. The prisoners were
withe to the House of Correction for thirty days
t hard labour.
hea4uTioN TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—On Saturday last the
terske of Mrs. Haselden, West Seacombe-terrace, Sea-
aliZu,,e. was burglariously entered at midday, during the
piti,:ce of the family at market. The rogues took out a
tee of glass from the front kitchen window, and then
thecnnelished their purpose by forcing every lock in all
heaedoora, drawers, cupboards, &c., turning over the
Clot' and strewing about the rooms every article of
ta4 ea, linen, &c., in expectation, no doubt, of finding a
hsi,derable booty in money, but in this they were dis-
-43,?,1Yed, and decamped, taking with them only a small
lis,ili"ts of plate, which was in the daily use of the.
it lid% Information has been given to the police, and it
'Ped the depredators will soon be apprehended.
the lit REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—Mr. O'Connell attended
hatileekly meeting of this body on Monday week. He
toseled,in £l4 from Liverpool, and expressed his
tnanks to the repeaters of this town for having
liseried to pay him a compliment on his return from par-
dident, of which he had not availed himself, because be
14,iittl° know the handwriting of the letter conveying the
hoe„,,"lon, and he never attended to such letters. He
pool, he said would reach the repeaters of Liver.
keel) ;bow them Ciat he meant not the least disparage-
"' or any slight whatever. He handed in from
Thtrilehester £l6 Os. 3d., and sundry other contributions.
„ya„4lllount of the week's rent, which included £2O from
‘4.3"de?7, New South Wales, was declared to be £407
etiAd.rar, ACCIDENT. —On Friday afternoon, John
ise4i.°X, a labouring man, aged 41, was accompanying a
,°,,toti„,' who was taking a load of coals from the town to
he '• As they were going along Great Howard-street,
the
larter finding that the load was rather too heavy on
hil,,ofse's bk, asked the deceased to mind the horse,
"e threwac some of the coal behind. The cart, du in
sece.Peration, overtook another—a water-cart ; and theg to 4sed spoke to the horse, with a view to cause it to
0.-,ear of the other • but the wheel of the coal cart
ao,;-it that of the water' cart, and deceased being thrown
Stl4,:,the wheel of the former passed over his right leg
~:",e• He was taken to the Northern Hospital, and
;Na l; ,;°,lod that he had sustained a compound fracture
'eg, and other injuries, of which he died the same
4Z
er wlr'oGloAt,GAttnENs.—The spirited management un-
-2,pren:lnh these gardens are conducted seems to be duly
De attill'i'lae to ted, as shewn by the increasing patronage they
hu receive. The long continuance of soft wea-
atit given a beautiful and healthy reenness to ever
ti ish
the choice exotics and other horticultural spe-
y
s are blooming in every direction—
Flowers of the fairest rainbow dyes,
Lofty and graceful trees
"deed avin g their green honours to the skies,
Give fragrance to the breeze
a„_
"At 4s„ richness these gardens d

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Zeal' —4911 y shown so near the heart of a town like Liver-
t-titrbs s ' band enlivens the scene with a variety of
4.-qar
Bohemian Girl to Sweeny's
tittct airs, from s
,nty. The eruption of Mount Hecla is always well
ZatZeu, and we are glad to find that arrangements are in
trse of completion for the usual grand galas. of the
ic will,
hwe think, in point of attraction and
"utY, surpass any hitherto presented.
tr.iti'ke,4Ps. &C.—There. are three. distributors. of stamps in
Si4triOntY. each having a district with. various sub-
Aat 'h4tura We find by a recent parliamentary returnl
I,4rt'-' the Year ended the sth January last, Mr. Shutt e-
''rtqlle'rdtstributor for this district, (which includes Man-
-4:,tonart.Ll the sub-distributors' districts of Stockport,
Bolton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Oldham,
tt the Le, Poulton: Todmorden, and Garstang,) remitted
W°tPsd"isetael. office in London £144,849.
.Mr. S. Stani-
ributor for the Liverpool district, (whiph Wigan,
"le sub distributors' districts of Blackburn.
1.-`l4.l:),Ft°n:
.-Prescot, Ormskirk. Burnley, St. Helen's,
1,",th,3, Clitherne, HasPngden, Accrington,
~attd Liverpool.) remitted to the head office, in the
t~hXl57 117 • and Mr. B. P. Gregson. dis-
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titEZ' '
for
the Lancaster district, remitted .£13,745 for
aar e
Period. The total amount remitted from this
057,, r stamps; &c., during the year 1844, was
P' ;'9 16s 10 The total amount remitted from York-
Nolt4 the sale year, was £201,205 ls. 7d. The total
44, wraernitred from England and 'A ales, in the year
,t19126s £1
1d.7,11,506. The total from Scotland, was
. .
APPROACHING PARISIAN TRIP.—If anything
toll (...'nted to show the immense benefits which rail-
t.ttriutlfer upon the public at large, the present an-
of!'erpolent of Mr. Crisp to takee theinhabitants of
',a() hol and its vicinities, to Paris, in the oft. space.
4)414 -Tut's. is indeed one of the
.most extraordinary ,
"11 iluent too of this rapid transit, the terms are so
era,_
lii;'lll,p,,e, that we have no doubt a great number of our
trill: or Ple will embrace. this highly favo.utra.bwle. oeprepotrhteuy-
hog ''l,iting the beautiful French cam al, h
hilDitaireeived by the Paris'ans with thosehfeelin s of
4tN. T;r and politeness which has ever cartacetegmrizoerde
t7,hat makes this excursion so much h
Itt'ees 18 the judicious selection of the time which em-
tette.tteli e," Three glorious days," so interesting to the
oVrnich are set apart by them for carnivals and
tripeNlti,„ scale of grandeur which.. Englishmen. have no
isteetigsl or, indeed the Parisian capital will be one
bt..4 "ene of splendour and gaiety, this of itself will
111114° ofe B.Peculating Anglican for the trouble and ex-
h,".S fr, witnessing it. We therefore consider it super-
he'r 118 to express the hope that a large number will
t °lts ul'elves of this opportunity, as we feel assured
441 who
has any desire to see the camt.al of ancien
ql4. izt allow this favourable opportunity to escape
tho Att.
ttble"T CAPTURE.—On Saturday three well-dressed_
4111,wesborlied fellows named Ashton, Owens, and Good-
litob4real::,e committed for' trial by Mr. Rushton, on a charge
:tiii4eto,,',.,ng into the house of William O'Donovan, ware-
,4,oo,4;:'of 13. Westmoreland-place, and stealing two.
tti;:-‘eignS• The wife of the prosecutor had been in-
-I,t to at her house was likely to be robbed, and on
iktitr. (Vet He market on that (Saturday) morning, about
aR tot,:rk she locked in the house Inspector M'Dona.ld
Shsables Billinge and Kissack, and her brother-in;
IA rob e returned in about three quarters of an hour
ItttiArlTl„ the ririsoners Ashton and Owens in custody
Qr the The third prisoner (Goodman) had followed
Zit titihe market, and on her return ran in the direction
N,'Ltttif,„inreland-place no doubt to give the Itlarm
kta'erates. Prior to going out she had given two
h tlDere
"41f sovereigns to Inspector M'Donald, by whom
inPlaced drawer,' which he locked and gave
04:-`4e hic"B• B the evidence of the officers it
Ktahtd-at SUpeyrintendelit M`Donald. Inspector I%..is-
hid ',James Billinge, a clerk in the watch-office,
‘ti,t kryternselves in the house. About ten minutes
',tel(• °'Dnnovan left the house they heard a double
tsot the front door, and subsequently the door open
by \,,t'rl" in the lo'bby. The prisoner Ashton was
,%tiktfoh-eDnria'd icklock and three skeleton keys
()11 the' tioaorp, and the two marked half sove-
th, t.hos,Po-session. Owens was taken by constable.
e opposite"a watched the proceedings from a window
side of the street.