The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-05 00:00:00

LOCAL.

SPRING ASSIZES.—The commission will be opened, at
Appleby, on Saturday the .16th; at Carlisle, on Tuesday the
19th; at Newcastle, for the town, and for the county of Nor-
thumbetlaud, on Saturday the 23d; at Durham, on Wednesday
the 27th of February; at York, on Saturday the 2d, and at
Lancaster, on Mondliy the 18th of March.
INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT.—In consequence of the
Assizes, the Commissioners have arranged the holding of their
sittings thus:—Chester, Wednesday, March 6; Liverpool,
Tliday, 8; Preston, Monday, 11; Lancaster, Tuesday, 12.
The Saint Patrick steam-boat, which sailed on Tuesday last
from this port for Waterford, made her passage in 213! hours,
being the shortest on record.
Arrived, on Saturday, the 2nd instant, by his Majesty's
packet Dolphin, from Dublin, the Earls of Roden and Meath,
Lords Powerscourt and Jocelyn, Mr. Martin, Mr. Martin, M.P.
and a number of other passengers.
THE MARCH OF MATRIMONY.—At our Parish Church on
Sunday last, the banns of no fewer than seven and forty couples
were published.—Preston Pilot.
DOCK POLICE.—We understand that Mr. Dowling, at
present an officer of the London Police, has been appointed
Superintendent of the Liverpool Dock Police. Mr. D. was
retcommended to the Trustees by Colonel Rowen, to whom
application had been made for a suitable person to succeed
Ms. Broadley.

iiOTITSAaASTLE.-The action brought by Mr. W. Watson
against Captain Colquitt, for the pUblication of a letter arising
out of the loss of this vessel, is set down for trial, on the 21st in-
stant, in the Court of Exchequer, London. A similar action,
arising out of the loss of the same steamer, brought against
Messrs. Rockliff and Duckworth and Lieutenant Morrison, is
set down for trial, on the 26th, in the same court.
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IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On' Monday afternoon last, between
two and three o'clock, the house of Mr. Grumley, Islington,
was entered, and a large quantity of plate was stolen therefrom.
The thieves effected an entrance from an unoccupied house ad-
joining, and they must have been very expert at their business,
as several of the members of the family were within at the time.
It is supposed that the robbery was committed by boys, several
of whom were seen making off with a bundle from the back of
the premises a short time before the robbery was discovered.
THE LATE FIRE IN LANCELOT'S HEY.---The settlement of
the claims on the insurance-offices concerned in this destructive
conflavttion is, we are happy to say, in progress. The Pro-
tector Fire-office paid three losses on Thursday last.—( Liver.
pool Chronicle, Saturday.) We have been assured, on autho-
rity, on which we can rely, that the Norwich Union Office has
settled all the claims arising from the late fire on that institu-
tion. Some of the claimants' receipts date back as far as the
19th of last month.
ADDITIONAL. SUBSCRIPTIONS have been received, for the re-
lief of the sufferers at the late fire as under:—viz.
Messrs. Ormerod Heyworth & Co. £5.
THE NIGHTLY WATCH.—The motion for the appointment
of eight additional captains to this establishment was taken
into consideration on Friday. Thirteen Commissioners were
present, Mr. W. Wales in the chair. After a long discus-
sion, they divided, when six Commissioners voted for and six
against the motion, which was carried in the affirmative by the
casting vote of the chairman. The Superintendent's salary
was raised to 250 guineas per annum, and the Superintendent
of Scavengers' to 100 guineas.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.—Last Friday after-
noon, as the three o'clock second-class train was proceeding over
Par Moss, on its way from Liverpool to Manchester, the en-
gineer perceived a luggage train stationary on the same line of
way, at no great distance before ; lie, in consequence, drew
up and stopped his engine before reaching the waggons,
which, for the time, interrupted his passage. The coach train
had been thus detained some two or three minutes, when unfor-
tunately one of the boiler tubes burst, and a rush of steam soon
enveloped the immediate neighbourhood of the engine in a dense
cloud. At this juncture several passengers got down from their
seats (actuated either by curiosity oralarm) and strolled on the
otherline of railway; and now it was that the melancholy- ace....
denttook place. There was such a cloud of steam, that an en-
gine with a train of coal waggons from the Bolton railway came
up in the opposite direction without beitig perceived, and ran
over 3 or 4 persons who had placed themselves unawares in its
way. We regret extremely to have to state that three persons
Were killed on the spot, viz. two elderly men, apparently work-
ing mechanics, whose names are unknown, a fine young man
named John Scholf, of Barton, who had been in the employ
of the company as a fireman, but having been suspended a
few days ago, was going to Manchester to apply to be re-in-
stated: besides these, a boy was so much maimed that there
is great doubt whether his-life will be preserved. His name
is Robert Hilton, sixteen years of age; he was proceeding
from Belfast to Halifax, where his parents reside; a wheel
of one of the carriages had passed from his thigh down to
his foot, and had crushed him dreadfully. In recounting the
farticulars of this melancholy occurrence, we cannot but be
orcibly impressed with the danger and obvious imprudence
of persons leaving their seats in the event of any little con-
fusion_, or unexplained cause of delay. In the present instance,.
had the parties kept their seats, no one would have received
the slightest injury. To the want of this salutary caution
may be attributed the melancholy catastrophe, which it has
been our painful duty to-record.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday an inquest was held at Wh►t-
tle, before R. ,Palmer, Esq., on the body of Richard Astley.
carter. It appears that the deceased on his wayfrom Black-
burn market to Chorley with a horse and cart, called at the Red(
Cat in Whittle, about eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, and
wanted some drink. This was refused, and he was heard to
flog his horse which set off at a considerable speed. The next
morning he was found dead in the road about 300 vavls from
the Red Cat, and it was apparent that one of the wheels of the
cart had gone over his body. The horse and cart arrived sale
at Chorley, and what is very remarkable, a little boy was put
into the vehicle previous to Astley arriving at Whittle, but al-
most immediately falling asleep. he reached Chorley soundly
slumbering, and totally unconscious of all that had happened.
—Preston Pilot. -

THE CHASE.
SIR THOMAS STANLEY'S HOUNDS will meet this duv (Tues-
day), Feb. sth, at the Two Mills, Saturday 9th, at Bid.ston MlL—Each
morning at ten.

SIR RICHARD PULESTON'S HOUNDS will meet this day
(Tuesday), Feb. sth, at Sam Bridge, Friday Bth, at Wynstay..—Each
morning at eleven.

Mr. WICKSTED'S FOX HOUNDS will meet this (lay (Tuesday`,
Feb. sth, at Aqualate, Friday Bth, at Johnson Hall.—Each morning
at half-past ten.
The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet to-morrow (Wednesday',
Feb. 6th, at Dutton Hall, Saturday 9th, at Calveley
morning at half-past ten. .
The SHROPSHIRE FOX HOUNDS will meet to-morrow (Wed-
nesday), February the 6th, at Chetwynd Park, Friday Bth, at the
Fifth Milestone on the Basschurch-road, Saturday 9th, at Stoke
Heath—Each morning at half-past ten.

MARRIED.
On Thursday last, at St. Philip's Church, be the Rev. Wm, Carter,
Mr. Henry Frodsham, Castle-street, Liverpool, to Miss Gully, daugh-
ter of the late Mr. Dan. Gully, of Jamaica.
Same day, at the Parish Church, Warrington, by the Rev. T. Lowe,
Mr. F. W. James, jun., of Worcester, to Elizabeth, second daughter
of the late Mr. Green, of Warrington.
Same day, at Sandlack, Robert Breath-, Esq., of Northwieh, to
Sarah, the youngest daughter of the late George- Shaw,Esq., of Wheel-
back-house, Cheshire. _

Same day, at Sefton Church, William Woods, Esq., of this town,
to Mary, only daughter of William M. Rothwell. Esq., of the former
place.
On Saturday last, Mr. Robert °Mot, civil engineer and file-cutter,
Sheffield, to Miss Ann Skinner, of this town.
On Sunday last, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. T. S. Bowstead,
Mr. James Williams, draper, to Mary Jane. only daughter of the late
Mr. Joseph Brown, of Carlisle.

DIED.
On the I9th ult., in the 27th year of his age, John, the eldest son of
Mr. John Morris, Rhyl Castle, Rhyl, Flintshire, deeply regretted by
his relatives and numerous friends.
Lately, on his passage from Montreal to Quebec, of the cholera,
William Nettleton Balme, Esq., M. D., of St. James's, Montega Bay,
Jamaica, and of Rycroft, Tong, near Leeds.
At Quebec, on the 24th December, after a short illness, James Ross,
Esq., long a merchant in that city, and well known for his high
character of honour and probity in all his dealings.
Lately, in St. Mary's, Jamaica, Jane, the wife of Mr. James Hamil-
ton, and youngest daughter of Mrs. Alker, of this town.
On Thursday, the lOth ult., aged 19, Colin M'KenzlOyfijoic,,yolun_ ...-
est son of the late Mr. Alexander Wylie, of StoCy,NorthPfltilbt
a young man whose amiable disposition, arta Tiek 'mid eionaPlarK..- \
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