The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-11 00:00:00

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Universities by pupilsof of the Collegiate institutined
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on. A
Scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge, has been
obtained by Mr. J. B. Harbord, son of Mr. Flarbord, of
R.M. Customs, and a Scholarship, with other honours, at
University College, Durham, by Mr. A. P. Nevins, brother
of Dr. Nevins, of this town.

, SHOCKING DEATH OF AN INFANT.—On Tuesday an
niquest was held on the body of a child seven months old,
*hich perished from cold and exhaustion in the arms of
Its I, 1 r I 1 • •r•

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aPPeared that
and that it raine
,41e passage, and
velow to dry her
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he poor mother was a deck passenger,
and blew fearfully during the whole of
hat the engineer refused to let her go

- -mAN FOUND DEAD.—A woman, name unknown,
Ras found on Tuesday morning by a polize-officer, on
/301:ne waste ground in Grove-street, Abercromby-square.
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moved to the Royal Infirmary, but died before she reached
ill •
Lat institution. There were no marks of violence upon
rr person, but as the blood in the heart was found in a
state, it showed that she died from a shock of the
sYstem ; probably from exposure to cold.
ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday, a young woman, named
4targaret Dickenson, servant in Bootle-street, was pre-
Paring breakfast, when her clothes caught fire, and
scorf.b.sa

,Ja the same day, James Hare fell against a piece of
"iober in Brownlow-hill, and fractured his jaw.—On the
t'onle day, a boy, named John Kelly, residing in Brook-
street, accidentally fell down stairs, fracturing his arm,
besides sustaining a very serious scalp wound.—On
the same day, a boy, named William Seddon, was, along
With a companion, playing with fire-arms in Gore-street,
hen, upon attempting to get hold of a loaded pistol, it
Tscharged its contents into his hand, carrying away the
fourth finger.—On Thursday, a labourer, named Frede-
rick Hannah, fell into the Sardon Graving Dock, and
received a severe injury on the head, and a fracture of one
of his ribs.

THE " LIBERTY STONE" IN CASTLE-STREET.--While
the paviours have been recently tearing up the stones of
Castle-street and carting them away, there was one stone,
And one only, which they left entirely unmolested.
When the entire pavement was taken away, this stone, a
huge fiat, nearly circular boulder, was left in its ancient
bed, with earth carefully piled around it ; and now that
the workmen are laying a new pavement, they will pack
the blocks of granite on every side of this old stone, and
leave it where it has reposed for centuries. It was for-
kerly called " the liberty stone," and has for ages
Larked the boundary in this direction of the privileged
3,'`')Und within which debtors cfiuld not be arre.sted on
',or° • the continuance of the -ur

air was proclaimed, a hand,
signifying protection, was exhibited in front of the Town-
tball, and there it rem ained during fourteen days, and in
1,-4 tirne all who took sanctuary within the privileged
f tecincts were safe from creditors and the officers of the
at A similar stone was sunk in the pavement of Dale-
:actteet and others probably in Oklhall-street, though their
site is not known. The stone in Castle.street is
nearly opposite the Journal-office, and is just now
aured over
pro the sand from an excavation. The fair is
arli annually claimed, the hand is still exhibited out-
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e. er more spirituous liquor than was good for him
's sister, who was with him, was endeavouring to dis
%re lihn from entering a public-house in Deanscat
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Monday afternoon

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THE MANCHESTER " ROYAL " EXCHANGE. The
Mayor of Manchester has received the following letter :
" Whitehall, Nov. 3, 1851.
" Sir, —I have had the honour to lay your letter of the 28th
October before the Queen, and I have the satis action to inform
you that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to comply
with your request, that the Exchange of Manchester should be
henceforth designated the Royal Manchester Exchange.
I am, Sir, your obedient, humble servant,
" The Mayor of Manchester." " G. GREY."
ORMSKIRK.—On Tuesday last, the second annual
soiree and ball of the Ormskirk Literary and Scientific
Institution took place in the Town-hall. J. Rosson, Esq.,
took the chair and delivered a lengthy and interesting
address. Eloquent speeches were also delivered by Mr.
William Dobson, of Preston, Mr. E. Burns, of Preston,
and Mr. R. Gradwell, of Ormskirk, after which dancing
commenced, and was continued until an early hour the
following morning.
ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE
RAILWAY.--The express train, which left Manchester by
this railway on Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock, when
near to Bolton, ran into contact with a coal train, which
had become stationary on the line owing to the slipperi-
ness of the rails, occasioned by a fall of snow. A lady
had one of her thighs broken, and a gentleman a leg dis-
located. The rest of the injuries were limited to cuts and
bruises not of a serious nature.
SHOCKING. ACCIDENT.—About six o'clock on Wednes-
day night, Thomas Rosbottom, aged 14 years, was firing
a cannon in a field behind Westfield-street, when it
exploded, and one piece of the metal knocked his eye out,
and another piece entered his forehead, and killed him on
the 'spot. The deceased was blowing a piece of lighted
paper at the touch-hole when the cannon exploded. The
cannon is part of an old pipe, with a piece of iron driven
in at one end in order to make it air-tight.

Loss OF A VESSEL.—The barque Elizabeth, Captain
Devey, which sailed from this port on Thursday morning
for Maranham, encountered a violent squall on the same
night, and at 9 p.m. struck on the Horse Bank, near
Southport, and immediately commenced breaking up.
The crew took to the boats, and succeeded in reaching the
Formby Lightship at daylight on the following morning;
they have since been brought to this port. They saved
nothing except the clothes they stood in. At noon on
Thursday the Elizabeth had entirely disappeared
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Wee

iesday last

• a bat

arced William Kennelly, in the employ of Mr. Thomas
Harrison, ship-bread baker, near the Canning Dock, met
with a very serious accident. It appears that, whilst in
the act of whitewashing the bakehouse, his smock was
caught in the cog-wheels connected with the machinery,
which drew the unfortunate man through a space a nine
inches, and produced a compound comminuted fracture
of the right leg. The machinery was instantly stopped,
and the man, upon being liberated, was conveyed to the
Southern Hospital, where the leg was removed. His
_ _
)eing brought to the hospital, presented a fright-
_ ance. He now lies in a very precarious state.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last, a young
woman named Simms, a servant in eigarnily at Levens-
hulme, was at dinner with her master and mistress, when
she suddenly started up, and ran out of the room. Her
mistress followed her, and found that she had got a piece
of meat fast in her throat, and was endeavouring to re-
move it by drinking water. This failing, Simms took up
a cane and thrust the small end of it down her throat,
and, by this means, appeared to have removed the ob-
struction. She still, however, suffered very much, and
her mistress sent for a druggist in the village, who, upon
arriving, inserted a probe into the girl's throat. This,
however, did not afford her much relief, and she was re-
moved to the Manchester Infirmary, where she died on
Friday morning.—Manchester Guardian.
MANSLATIGIITER.—An inquest was held on Thursd
on the body of a child named James Fitzl

body; on
ful nppen

eight

years old. About four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon
he was proceeding along Waterloo-road with his father
(an Irish emigrant), when he was knocked down in the
middle of the street by a horse attached to a cart, the off
wheel of which passed over his head and caused instanta-
neous death. The cart was driven by a lad named Thos.
Macdonald, and was the property of Mr. Ellison, of Fre-
derick-street - ,d out

A man named John Hough calk
three times to the carter, who either did not hear or p,
no attention to the warning ; and he did not even stoi.
after the child had been knocked down. The jury re-
timed a verdict of manslaughter, and Mr. Statham, the
deputy coroner, issued a warrant for Macdonald's com-
mittal to Kirkdale.

in-law, the Rev. A. MTh(
called upon to explain how it w
gentleman down as a debtor to the am__
December, 1848, and as a creditor to the ext
on the let of January instant. Mr. Matheer
!ed his last examination.—ln re Wilfred Mc

son, and the bankrupt v

that he had put that
at o'

t of £63(
then pas.

uarihrupr. carriei on business in partnership
Wilson in this town, under the firm of Mot
son, as corn merchants. On Thursday he a,
certificate. Mr. Daly appeared for the
Mr. John Yates, jun., for the bankrupt. On application
to the commissioner, the heating was adjOurned until
Thursday next.

and Wil

PROPOSED DOCKS AND RAILWAYS.—CHANGES 0
THE BANKS OF THE RIVER MERSEY.—A nwetir
held on Wednesday, at the offices of the Great W
Railway Company, in London, for the purpose of
sidering a plan for raising the money which is required to
complete the- docks at Birkenh ThP nronne;Hnn