The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-19 00:00:00

LOCAL NEIV.I.

The races at Aintree, for this year;take place on the 18th
July and the 21st September.
CHESTER.—Visitors to Chester this season, in want of a
comfortable hotel, should go to the Nag's Head Inn. There
they will find the best accommodation and cheer.
The London Assurance Corporation is having a fire engine
of the best and newest construction, built by Messrs. Mer-
ryweather, the great fire engine builders, of London, ex-
pressly for the, township of Birkenhead, and hundred of Wir-
ral. We understand it will take two months yet to complete it.

TILE FACTORY EDUCATION BILL—A crowded meeting
of the Evangelical Dissenters was held in Great George's.
street Chapel last night, for the purpose of expressitg their
decided objection to the Factories Education Bill in its
present state. Dr. Raffles presided, and the chief speaker
was Mr. Thomas Blackburn.

AN
ORIGINAL.—The following notice was handed the
other day to Mr. Palmer, special high constable of the hun-
dred of Wirral :—" to magestrets gentlemen, this to Imforme
you that J T— Contaberl of the of did 31 De-
cernber padrowl the Roads From Peter Nichol's to
Woodchurch With Districte Constabel til A leate houre of
the Nite beaing Informed the Whas Two Bad Carectors
Lurking in the Roads."

DEATH OF MRS. DR. RAFFLES.—We regret to state that
the death of this lady, wife of the celebrated Independent
preacher, f Liverpool, took place at New Brighton, whither
she had gone for the benefit of her health, on Tuesday last.
She had been labouring under disease of the heart for some
time past, but no fatal result was anticipated from it by her
friends, to whom her death was awfully sudden.—[We take
this paragraph from the Morning Herald of yesterday ; but,
as we understand from our reporter that the Doctor was
present at the anti-education meeting last night, the state-
ment of the death of his lady must, we presume, be in-
correct.]
THE PRINCE'S PART.-At the dinner at the Town-hall,
on Wednesday week, the Mayor, in proposing the health of
Mr. Richard V. Yates, paid that gentleman a very handsome
compliment on the public spirit which he had shown in
form, at his own expense, so handsome an ornament to the
town as the Prince's Park. The sentiments expressed by
the Mayor were very cordially received by the company, and
Mr. Yates, in returning thanks, expressed himself highly
gratified with the notice which his worship arid the company
had taken of his new enterprise, and he said he trusted that
it would afford his fellow-townsmen all the pleasure and re-
creation which the company anticipated from it.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH OP A MATE ON BOARD SHIP.—An
inquest was.held yesterday, before Mr. Statham, the Deputy
Coroner of the borough, on view of the body of George
Benjamin Ward. The deceased who was 23 years of age,
was second mate of the barque Mysore, now lying in the
Prince's-dock, taking in cargo. On Wednesday morning the
deceased was down in the hold superintending the stowing of
the goods, which were taken in at the main hatchway, and
lowered by a winch. The men above had slung a large case
containing a marble tomb-stone, when at once it fell down
upon the deceased. Several men who were in the hold ran
to him immediately, and found that his head was completely
flattened, and that he was otherwise much injured. He gave
one moan, and died instantly. The weight of the case was
shout six or seven hundred weight. It appeared from other
evidence that the package fell in consequence of the pulls of
the winch having either Slipped, or remained up without
falling in the wheel, so that the man who bad hold of the tackle
fall (which was wound round the upper barrel of the winch as
a break) could not hold in such a weight, and it went down by
the run. The manner of lowering the case was that usually
adopted in vessels, but one of the witnesses considered that
it would have been safer to lower such a weight by the han-
dles of the winch, the machine being at the same time pro-
perly attended to, so that the package would be slowly
Two of the witnesses stated that the winch had
safely lowered heavier packages on the same morning and on
the previous day, and that it appeared to be a good winch
and in good order. It came out from the mate, however,
that the man who had held the rope to louver the case had,
by mistake, taken his lowering turn round the upper barrel
the barrel, and rende
of the winch in the wrong
way, so as'to reverse the motion of
r the
A great deal of evidence was gone into, and the ship visited,
pulls of no effect in stopping it.
to ascertain the fact, which was satisfactorily shown to the
Jury to be the case. The man himself fixed .a string round
two round pieces of wood, to show the mariner in which lie
had taken his turn of the tackle fill, showing that he had
evidently fallen into the mistake stated, and hence the acci-
dent. Some of the stone was inscribed with an epitaph.
The coroner gummed up, pc,,intin,ct out the law as AtiectlK the
°441! the )4{i ro4ltrpf4 19F0i0 of if APoidentildt4o,"

AMPHITHEATRt..—The late Mr. Ducroces company and
stud are attracting very fair houses at the Amphitheatre.
There are some excellent equestrians amongst those engaged.
Le Petit Darrow is a clever little fellow ; his style partakes
of that of the late Maestro in fearless agility and graceful
riding. Mr. Rockwell, an amusing " droll," who often
caused much laughter here when attached to the American
company, is engaged for a few nights. A very good piece,
called the " High Mettied Racer," has been brought out.
" George and the Dragon" is about to be produced for Mrs.
Hillier's benefit.
SINGING.—We perceive that Mr. F. Shrivall, who has for
the last two seasons occupied, with much credit to himself
and gratification to the audiences, the position of Lenore at
the Theatre-Royal, announces his intention of devoting his
talents to giving instruction in singing. We believe several
pupils are under his tuition at present, and when it is gene-
rally known that he is prepared to impart instruction in a
science in which he is so well qualified, there is no doubt he
will be able to number a large class. Those who wish to
become proficients in the art divine cannot do better than
place themselves under him ; his private testimonials of
ability are very strong ; and all who have heard him sing in
public will admit his claims for support. At present in Li-
verpool there are very few good teachers, and Mr. Shrivall's
entering into the lists as a candidate for patronage will be,
no doubt, hailed with satisfaction.

ROWLEY'S I_3ATENT CENTRIFUGAL PUMP.--Several ex-
periments with one of these pumps have been made at the
Canal Basin during the present week, at one of which we
were present. The machine is extremely compact, being
only 12 inches in diameter, and 5 in width, but was capable,
when worked by three men, of lifting about 60 gallons of
water per minute, or of projecting a stream from a °ranch of
a three-quarter inch bore to a distance of from 70 to 75 fset.
There are no valves in the machine, it being worked by
an eccentric groove, nor is any air box required, as the lift-
ing of the water is so continuous as to cause one stream of
undiminished force throughout. The cost of these pumps
is, we learn, from £2-1 to £25; and of a fire-engine on the
same principle (the rotatory), to be worked by twelve men,
complete, with tanks, &c., about .£lOO. One of these en-
gines, the manufacturers, Messrs. John Coatman and Son,
of Manchester, will warrant to throw a stream to a height of
160 feet—a height that almost doubles that which the ordi-
nary fire-extinguishing engines in this town can attain.
Messrs. Coatman and Son are now manufacturing one of
this description for the Manchester establishment of the
West of England Fire Insurance Company. The pumps
similar to that now exhibiting are intended to be applied, as
well as in cases of tire, to ships' pumps, not having that lia-
bility to choke that the common valve pumps have, and pos-
sessing the advantage of the power of projecting water with
sufficient force to wash the decks effectually, thus doing away
with the ordinary mode of washing decks with buckets.
SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.—An inquisition was held yester-
day before Mr. Statham, the deputy coroner, on view of the
body of Jane Lucas, a married female, aged 37 years, and
the case excited considerable interest in the court. The fol-
lowing are the principal portions of the evidence. Elizabeth
Halsall, a child of ten years old, who lived with her sisters,
bonnet-makers, in Limekiln-lane, said she knew the de-
ceased, who lived at the opposite house. On Tuesday after-
noon last, deceased sent one of her little girls for her. She
went, and deceased asked her what her sisters cleaned bon-
nets with,—to which she replied, " oxalic acid." Deceased
then said she wanted to clean her little boy's hat, and her
own bonnet, and gave her twopence, telling her to get swine
of the stuff at the druggist's for her. Witness had been in
the habit of going for it for her sisters, and she went to Mr.
Dean's, druggist, and being known at the shop, was served
by the young man, who wrote " poison" on the paper. She
gave it to the deceased.—James Lucas, husband of the de-
ceased, (who appeared to be much affected,) said he was a
file manufacturer, and his wife (the deceased) also kept a
small provision shop. He saw her between five and six
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon last, and she was then much
excited. She might have had a little drink, but was not
much excited from that cause. They owed a quarter's rent,
and the landlord had put the officers into the house some
days previously, but had withdrawn them on an arrangement
being made. Ile gave up some property as security. They
returned again on Friday, and agreed to take the fixtures for
the rent, and that he should take away his furniture and stock.
They came again. The house was taken in deceased's name,
who said she had no objection to their taking them if they
would wait till dark, but they wished to take them there and
then. Deceased then told the landlord's wife, who was with
them, that if they took them out she would not live to see
them. 'Witness then went out to get a settlement made
through the assistance of his brother-in-law, and was absent
about half-an-hour. On his return he was told by his little
daughter that the deceased had taken poison, which had been
brought to her by a little girl. He went to Mr. Dean's, and
that gentleman went with him to several places for a medical
man to attend deceased, and finally found Mr. Ackerly, who
went with him, but on reaching the house where deceased
was, they found her dead. Witness stated that deceased was
not much addicted to drink, though he had known her to be
intoxicated a little occasionally. She was liable to be very
passionate, and when in that state was frequently incapable
of judging for herself. When in that state she had frequently
attempted to do him bodily harm ; and when she recovered
herself would acknowledge that she did not know what
she was doing. He was afraid of her destroying herself,
and had taken such steps as he thought advisable to pre-
vent it.—Elizabeth Rimmer, a respectable elderly fe-
male, who lived next door, said the deceased for the last
fortnight had been greatly troubled in her mind in conse-
quence of the conduct of the bailiffs; her feelings, she said,
were quite overturned by it, and she frequently spoke of self-
destruction. Deceased had told her they had promised to
come on Monday and settle, as agreed upon, for the fixtures,
but they did not come, and she became dreadfully troubled
and excited, saying that she (witness) must see her die.
Witness remonstrated with her, but her mind was unsettled
at the idea of the bailiffs corning and taking her furniture.
On Tuesday they did come, and she requested the principal
one to go up stairs, which she prevailed upon him to do. She
saw deceased again same afternoon, and she was still much
troubled. Shortly afterwards deceased came into her house,
and on seeing her in the passage, she sent the washerwoman
who was working in the house and knew deceased, saying it
was Mrs. Lucas. That person went to her, and shortly
after cried out to witness to come, as deceased was dying.
Witness went into her front parlour and found deceased on
the sofa dying. She died almost instantly. Witness had
never seen her incapable from liquor of attending to her busi-
ness or her shop. In her opinion her trouble during the last
fortnight was so great as to put her sometimes out of her
mind.—Mr. Ackerley, surgeon, said be was called to attend
her, but on reaching the house found her quite dead. On a
post-mortem examination, he found from the inflamed and
softened state of the membranes of the stomach, also from an analysis of its contents, that a large quantity
of oxalic acid had been taken, arid had caused death. He
also found about half an ounce of laudnum in the deceased's
bedroom in a wine glass: Mr. Dean's assistant said he had
sold the poison to the little girl whom he knew as having
frequently bought it before for her sister's to clean bonnets
with. He had no suspicion that it was for any other pur-
pose. Mr. Dean was not in at the time. The coroner said
that no blame whatever could, under the circumstances, be
attached to Mr. Dean, or the young mau. A daughter of
the deceased, aged 15, said that on Tuesday evening between
five and six, she saw deceased put something into her mouth
like salts, apparently in little white lumps. She afterwards
went up stairs to the room over the shop, and returned soon
after, when she seemed as if she was throwing up in her apron.
Witness asked her if she would have a cup of tea, and she
could not speak, but went out, and witness never saw her
again alive. Police-officer, Heydon found in the room
above stairs a small quantity of oxalic acid in the
cloth that covered the table, also a tea-spoon in which
there was also some, and which appeared wet, as if
recently used.—The coroner summed up the principal parts
of the evidence, leaving the jury to decide the main question,
namely, whether the deceased, when she took the poison, was
in a deranged state of mind ?—The jury immediately returned
a verdict, to the effect, that the deceased had destroyed her.
self by taking oxalic acid, while labouring under temporary
derangement of mind.—The quantity of the poison sold was
half an ounce ; and as very little of it was found in the house,
the deceased had taken nearly the whole—a dose so great,
that its effects were fatal in a very short time.