The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

Korai anb prabinrial gtius.

Lieut. M. Mills has been appointed by the Admiralty
'to the charge of the mails at this port.
John Williams, Esq., banker, still be the mayor of
Chester for the ensuing year.
On Wednesday last, a man, unknown, fell into the
Albert Dock. The body was not recovered till Thursday.
The Manchester Parks' Committee has been formally
dissolved, the property henceforth falls under the manage-
went of the Corporation.
Mr. Alderman John Paley, jun., mayor of Preston for
the present year, will be solicited to occupy the civic chair
for another twelve months.
The workmen in the employ of Messrs. Furniss and
Kilpin have presented their foreman, Thomas Ray, with a
handsome silver snuff-box and pencil-case.
There are now 90 packet-ships which trade between
New York and Europe : 52 to Liverpool, 16 to Havre, 8
to Glasgow, 5 to Marseilles, and 1 to Belfast.
In the lowest districts of Manchester and Leeds, out of
1000 children born, 570 die before they attain their fifth
year.
The celebrated Viennese dancers, forty-eight in num-
ber, under the direction of Madame Weiss, sailed yester-
day morning in the packet ship Yorkshire," Captain
Bailey, for New York.
MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—An apple tree, in the
garden of Mr. Johnson, farmer, Walton, has now on it
eight apples, being the second crop this season, the tree
being a summer apple tree.
FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Thursday, as a labourer,
named John Langley, was at work in one of the manure
yards in Vauxhall-road, a carter accidentally upset his
cart upon him, and the poor fellow was killed.
CHRIST CHURCH.—On Sunday week, sermons were
preached, in the morning by the Rev. Fielding,Ould, and
in the evening by the Rev. Mr. Falloon, after which col-
lections were made in aid of the funds of the schools in
connection with this church, amounting to £7O.
At a meeting of the spinners and manufacturers at Man-
chester, on Monday, it was unanimously agreed to work
short time, in consequence of the great depression of
trade. The time agreed upon was about forty-six hours
or four days per week.
A few days sioce, a child, named Mary Ann Burke,
five years old, tug in Skelhorne-street, was burnt to
death. She was left in the cellar with her brother, ten
years of age, who is unfortunately dumb. A spark from
the grate set her clothes on fire.
The British ship Cromwell, Captain M`Dougall, bound
from Quebec to Liverpool, was wrecked on the 20th ult.
The crew, thirty in number, were saved by the packet-
ship Roscius, which fell in with the Cromwell, water-
logged.
The Duke of Wellington has presented Mr. Richard
Hoghton, youngest son of Sir Henry Bold Hoghton,
Bart., with a cornetcy in her Majesty's 9th Lancers,
without purchase, in consideration of the gallant services
of his uncle, the late Major-General Hoghton.
SLAUGHTER AMONGST GAME.—On Monday, Lord
Stanley, Colonel Stanley, and Captain James Hornby,
had a field day's sport on the land preserves, at Burs-
cough, near Ormskirk. During the day they killed 262
head of game.
It is stated that Mr. Mackintosh, the contractcr and
army accoutrement maker, has undertaken to float and
bring off the Great Britain from her position at Dundrum-
bay: His plan and r•ffers were accepted, in preference to
those of several ingenious competitors, by the committee
of the proprietary of that ill-fated vessel.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST'S CHURCH, TOXTETH•PARK.
—On Sunday week, after sermons by the Rev. W. Harri-
son, of St. Michael's Church, Pimlico, London ; and by
the Rev. Henry Carpenter, of St. Michael's Church, in
this town ; the sum of £4O 15s. was collected in aid of
the funds of the schools in connexion with the above
church.
An inquest was held, on Thursday, on the body of an
aged female, named Mary Topping. In February last,
deceased was accidentally knocked down, in Shannon-
street, by a young man, and was conveyed to the Infir-
mary, when it was ascertained that she had sustained a
fracture of the thigh bone. The poor woman has since
been an inmate of the house, ana has gradually sunk.
On Tuesday last she expired.
The Model of Ancient Jerusalem will finally close to
the public this week. It is about being removed to
Manchester. Since it opened upwards of 10,000 persons
have availed themselves of the mo'al lesson which it
conveys. By the kind liberality of Mr. Brunetti, the
ingenious modeller and proprietor, about four hundred
children of the various charity schools belonging to the
town and neighbourhood have been admitted free.
On Thursday week Mr. Corven, solicitor, of Nant-
'vvich, drowned himself in the river Weaver, near that
town. Deceased had formerly been in excellent practice,
but had latterly been in very reduced circumstances. He
was observed to approach the river several times, and at
last to cast himself in. but must have repented even then,
for he tried to grasp the stream, as if to save himself, but
it was too late.
A FLOCK OF GEESE KILLED BY RATS.—On Friday
morning, a goose, the property of George Smythies, Esq.,
of Bickerstaffe-hall, near Ormskirk, was found dead, and
on the following morning twenty-seven others were also
found dead. Around the pond where the geese were
slaughtered, numerous burrows were discovered, in
which were found several portions of the entrails of the
geese. Some ferrets were turned in, and 103 rats were
killed ; upwards of 60 escaped.
BONDING IN MANCHESTER. The first landing of
goods at the wharf lately erected, connecting the Man-
chester Bonding Warehouses, Salford, with the river Ir-
well, took place on Saturday week, on which day one of
the lighters belonging to the Duke of Bridgewater's
Trust arrived at the premises from Liverpool, with a
cargo consisting of 105 puncheons, hogsheads, &c., of
wines and spirits, belonging to Mr. J. Sandiford, of
Smithy Door.
The Sarah, from Stettin, in Prussia, brought 160 cases
of Brazil sugar, weighing about 120 tons, which is entered
at the Liverpool Custom-house for exportation. There
is, besides, an arrival of 3500 bags of sugar from Antwerp,
by the Martha, which is also entered for export. The
fact of sugar coming from either of these places to this
country is, we are informed, an event which has not been
• known in the experience of the oldest merchant on
'Change.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday, an awful instance
of sudden death occurred at Birkenhead New Market.
Mr. Marshall, of Tranmere Vale, was in the market mak-
ing some purchases, and dropped down instantly. Assis-
tance was obtained, but life was extinct. The deceased
was father of the Rev. Mr. Marshall, late of St. Mark's
• church, in this town. He was a man of cheerful disposi-
tion, and his budget of comic anecdote was inexhaustible.
He was for many years a member of the Dublin Corpora-
tion.
SHIPWRECK.—That fine vessel, the Duke of Lancaster,
' belonging to Nlessrs. Stringer and Mann, of this town,
was wrecked on the 21st of July, on the reef near the
Lammock Islands, a few miles south of Namao, on the
east coast of China. Captain Bulley and the crew got safe
away in the boats after the vessel had sunk in deep water,
she having been carried over the reef by the force of the
• current, and from Namoa they were conveyed to Hong
Kong. Before quitting Namoa, Captain Bulley revisited
the wreck, but nothing could be saved.
UNFOUNDED CHARGE.—At the police court on Thurs-
day and Saturday an examination took place before Mr.
Rushton on a charge against Thomas Lightbound, flour
dealer, for selling adulterated flour to Philip Ennis. The
complainant said the flour which he had purchased from
the defendant would not rise, and on taking it out of the
mug he found a slight sediment. Dr. Brett, at the request
of Mr. Rushton, analysed the flour and said that it con-
tained no adulteration whatever. Mr. Rushton congra-
tulated Mr. Lightbound on the result which was just
what might have been expected from the position which
he (Mr. L.) held in the town.
WESLEYAN MISSIONS.—A very extensive scheme of
chapel building is now contemplated by the Methodists of
Stockport. They have determined on the erection by
voluntary contribution, of a chapel and day school in
Portwood, another in Queen-street West Chestergate, and
another at Hope Hill. Towards carrying out this design,
the following sums were subscribed on the spot :—J.
Heald, Esq., and family, 1000 guineas ; J. Marshall and
Sons, 1000 guineas; J. Lees, Esq., Stanley House, 250
guineas ; Mr. G, Drinkwater. 100 guineas ; Mr. J. Brow-
nell, 100 guineas; Mr. S. Hunt, 100 guineas; Mr. A.
Vickers, 100 guineas ; Mr. J. Rigby, 50 guineas ; and,
altogether, about £4OOO have been subscribed.
THE HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT TABLEY.—The whole
of the Bank of England notes lost by Mr. Francis M'Gill,
draper, Hanover-street, on the occasion of the late mur-
derous attack upon him at Tabley, have been found, and
traced most satisfactorily to the possession of his brutal
assailant, Wright The adjourned examination of the
prisoDer takes place at Knutsford on Tuesday next, when li
the evidence collected since the occurrence will be fully
laid before the magistrates. Mr, J. G. Harrison is still
in constant attendance on Mr. M'Gill, who is yet suffer-
ing severely from the effects of the injuries on the head,
and has not been able to procure any sleep since the at-
tack was made upon him.
THE CARPENTERS.—At the sessions, on Thursday,
three carpenters, David Beggs, William Tolloch, and
John Hamilton, appeared on their recognisance, to
answer to an indictment charging them with an assault
Upon John Haspy, another carpenter, at the Brunswick
graving dock, on the 19th of August last. The assault
Was supposed to have arisen from a combination amongst
the carpenters of the the town to prevent others working
In Liverpool who may not have served their time in it ;
but the recorder said there had not been evidence to that
effect. Beggs and Tolloch were found guilty, and sen-
tenced, the former to eight months, and the latter to
four months' imprisonment. Hamilton was acquitted.
TAE CHARGE OF CONCEALMENT OF A BIRTH.—
‘-,0 Friday, Catherine Comerford, who had been remanded
On a charge of concealing the birth of her child, was
again brought up before Mr. Rushton. Mr. Evans, go-
vernor of the workhouse, and Mr. T. F. Grimsdale, the
surgeon, were present, in compliance with Mr. Rushton's
l'euest. The police-officer again detailed what took
place when he went for the prisoner to the workhouse.
Mr.
..Rushton said if the officer's statement were true, the
conduct
highi of the governor was exceedingly improper, and
y reprehensible, and was not admissable, however
hard the case might be in a c publ.officer.Mr. Evans, in
reply, said the statement of theofficer as a 'mixture of
truth and falsehood. 4 Mr. Rushton, after hearing Mr.
Evans, said when persons came to the workhouse in the
state in which the prisoner was, they ought not to be ill
used in that manner, but be carefully and hospitably
treated. Such language and treatment to a poor female,
in a weak and delicate state, was cruel and inhuman. In
.all cases of the kind since he had been on the bench, he
bad never heard of any such complaint against any func-
tionary of the courta;pitahiaeay, were
te all most humane, and
there was but one conduct was kind and
courteous. Mr. Evans made airattempt to speak, but
thensh Rushton.
prisoner,He aandddeidmtmhea!
was again reprimanded by Mr.
there was no reason for detaining
diately ordered her discharge.

POTATOES.—AII doubt is now removed respecting the
state of the potato crop in the neighbourhood of Garstang.
The moss land is nearly free from the disease, and from
fifty to seventy loads per acre of perfect and good sound
potatoes is the produce. Therefore, they will repay the
moss farmer more than any other crop. They are now
nearly all got out of ground.—Preston Chronicle.
The gross number of voters upon the parliamentary
register for the northern division of this county is 11,846,
and as it was only 10,710 in the register for last year, it
appears that there has been an increase of 1136 voters for
this division. A considerable portion of this addition to
the register has been int.de by the new claims created by
the faggot qualifications furnished from the proceeds of
the League fund.
THE IRON BARQUE RICHARD COBDEN.—This vessel,
which sailed from Liverpool, in July last, arrived out at
Bombay after a short passage of ninety-four days, although
she was becalmed, on the Line, fourteen days; and as
doubt has arisen about the fouling of iron vessels cn long
voyages, it is proper to mention that she had no coating
when she left the port of Liverpool, except good oil red
paint, and although she did foul a little, on the Line,
while she was becalmed, when she arrived at Bombay she
was as clean as when she left the port of Liverpool. The
Richard Cobden is 140 feet long, 28 feet 8 inches beam,
and 20 feet depth of hold, and great rise of floor, with a
fine run fore and aft, and was built by Messrs. James
Hodgson and Co., iron shipbuilders, of this town, and
launched on the 18th July, 1844.
SEAMEN'S WAGES.—On Friday, Captain James F.
Bissett, the master of the Duke, which trades between
this port and Calcutta, was summoned before Mr. Rush-
ton, to show cause why he had refused to pay William
Henry Evans, steward of that vessel, the sum of £9,
being the balance of his wages. It appeared that on the
voyage home the steward was turned out of the cabin for
insolence and general inefficiency, and that, from the 14th
of June until the 27th of August, he refused to do any
work whatever on board, and said that he shou:d continue
his life of idleness unless he were taken back into the
cabin. On the 27th of August he vs as ordered by the
police-magistrate at St. Helena either to do duty or to ac-
cept of his discharge. He refused the discharge, and
came home in the vessel as an ordinary seaman. Mr.
Rushton refused to let him have any of the £9.
TOWER BUILDINGS, OLD CHURCHYARD.—These
buildings, when completed, will occupy the entire space
between Water-street, the Old Churchyard, Tower-gar-
den, and Stringer's-alley. At present about one-half the
above space will be covered with buildings which are
shown in the print. They will be faced with white stone,
and will contain forty-three suites of merchants' offices,
with two tiers of vaulting underneath. The whole will be
fireproof. At the north-west corner, a tower will be car-
ried up 120 feet in height. The style of architecture
throughout is that of the Italian palazzi. The buildings
are the property of Joseph Bailey. Esq., of Glanusk Park,
Breconshire, M.P. for 'Worcester, and will be constructed
from the designs and under the direction of Mr. J. A.
Picton. A neat lithographic view has just been issued by
Mr. Isaacs. _ _

INCREASE OF LIVERPOOL.—In the year 17)0 the po.
pulation of Liverpool was 5145 ; in the present year it
may be stated at 350,000, and this, ir depea lent of the
out-townships, which would swell the population to a far
greater amount; nor does it include the township' on the
Cheshire margin of the river. The growth of Liverpool,
however, was not so rapid in its early history. Thus, for
instance, the increase from 1720 to 1730 was only 99 in a
population of 11,000. The population for thirty years,
from 1770 to 1800, a little more than doubled itself; from
1820 to 1840 the population doubled itself; and, alto-
gether, the increase of population in this town has gone
on increasing. not only in a rate proportioned to its size,
but as the population has increased in number, it has in-
creased in a ratio of increase; that is to say, if the popu-
lation increased 10 per cent. per annum a century ago, it
has since increased 15 and 20 per cent.
LIVERPOOL CORPORATION FINANCES.—We may state
a fact concerning the property of the Corporation, which
will show how much this town is improving. The Town-
clerk stated in a speech before the Council in the year
1837, that " they had an estate of the nett value of three
millions. In the last forty-five years it had doubled it-
self in value, and in the last nine years it had increased in
value £900,000." In the present year, (1816,) we are in-
formed by an undoubted authority that the Corporation
possess an estate extending over about 1200 acres, being
more than half the property of the town ; tl.e value of
which is nearer five than four millions sterling. If we
take it at four an.l a half millions, it will be seen that its
value has increased 50 per cent. within nine years—a de-
gree of improvement which no estate of similar magni-
tude ever attained before. In the nine years quoted by
the Town-clerk, the estate adds nearly one-third to its
value, but in the last nine years it adds more than half.
CONSCIENCE! CONSCIENCE !—A gentleman has re-
lated to us an instance where the still, small voice of
conscience has no doubt worked with good effect. On
Monday last, Mr. R , an extensive manufacturer in
this town, had a small parcel placed in his hand by a little
girl, one of his card room hands. She said that on the
evening previous, (Sunday,) whilst sat at home alone, a
young woman came to the house, and gave her the par-
cel, telling her at the same time to deliver it to Mr.—,
or his son, and to no one else. In accordance with this,
the parcel was given to the gentleman- in question. It
was an envelope, sealed with wax, and addressed to 'Mr.
R , Alanefctor." Its contents were six shillings in
silver, and the following, written on a slip of paper:—
Restitution for ill gotten goods and property wested."
No idea can be formed who is the party from whom it
has been received.—Preston Pilot.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday, it

was recommended that lights be allowed on board vessels
in the dock in case of necessity, certified by the harbour
master, between eight in the morning and eight in the
night; the lights to be locked up in lanterns, snd under
the surveillance of a police constable, at a charge of ss.
for the first hour, and 2s. 6d. afterwards. In reply to a
question put by Mr. Mann, as to the working of the new
system of porterage, Mr. Kendall said that he could dis-
charge a vessel in ten days which formerly occupied five
weeks. The receipts at Runcorn for the last month were,
on 227 vessels, of 11,468 tons, £57 4s. 10d., being an in-
crease over the corresponding period of last year of 47
vessels, 4,900 tons, and £6 lls. 6d. A machine for as-
certaining the trim of vessels was submitted for the in-
spection of the committee ; it was of very ingenious con-
struction, and said to be admirably adapted for the pur-
pose intended.
HIGHWAY BOARD.—The Law-clerk reported, that
pursuant to the instructions of the Board, he had pre-
ferred an indictment at the present sessions against Mr.
Dove. the manager of the Royal Insurance Company,
for the obstruction of Princes-street, and against whom a
true bill had been found. The defendant had appeared,
pleaded, and traversed, and had entered into recogni-
zances, with two sureties, to try his traverse at the ensu-
ing December sessions. The Law-clerk could not com-
pel the defendant to try at the present sessions, or, as
the case is urgent, he would have done so. A report
was read from Mr. Duncan relative to the works in
Green-lane. It stated that be had induced Mr. Johnson
to make such arrangements as would very much facilitate
the completion of the work, and he expected soon to be
in a position to report favourably of their progress. The
pipes bad been laid to the baths in Paul-street, and the
water would be supplied immediately.
THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DERBY-
SIIIRE GENERAL INFIRMARY.—This anniversary was
held on Thursday last. The attendance, owing no doubt
in a great measure to the unfavourableness of the weather,
was scanty. At half-past ten the President, Governors,
Mayor and Corporation, and other gentlemen of the town
and neighbourhood, assembled at the Town-hall, and
went in procession to All Saints' Church, where a sermon
was preached by the Rev. Thomas Nolan, M.A., Incum-
bent of St. Barnabas', Liverpool. The rev. gentleman
took his text from the 35th verse of the 10th chapter of
St. Luke :—" Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee."
The discourse was powerful and impressive. The Rev.
E. Lillingston read prayers. At the conclusion of the
service the plates were held by E. Strutt, Esq., M.P.,
and the Hon. Mrs. Gore, the Mayor, Lady Wilmot, Sir
H. S. Wilmot, Bart., and Miss Cave. The collection
amounted to £157 ss. The anniversary sermon of this
charity was preached last year by the Lord Bishop of
Lichfield.—Derby Mercury. [Mr. Nolan's affecting and
winning appeals are often deservedly successful, and we
hope that his approaching annual sermon for our Southern
Hospital will be as liberally responded to as that which we
here record.]
SINGULAR CASE OF FELONY.—At our Police-court,
on Friday, William Nicholson, captain, and R. D. Ni-
cholson, mate, of the ship Hero, the property of Robert
Benn, Esq., merchant, and magistrate of this town, were
charged with having sold the old copper now stripping off
the said vessel, in the Brunswick Graving Dock.---John
Lennan, a dealer in old metal, proved that he had bar-
gained with the prisoners on the 14th inst., prior to the
vessel going to the Graving Dock), to have the old cop-
per and copper nails from ber bottom, for the sum of
£ll9. The money was paid in three several instalments
of £5O, £lO, and £55, on the 14th, 15th, and 17th in-
stants, in the presence of John Reay. The captain him-
self received the first sum of £5O, and gave a stamped re-
ceipt for it. The other instalments were paid to the
mate, by the orders of the captain, and stamped receipts
were also given for them.—Mr. Benn stated that the ves-
sel belonged to him, and had been sent into the graving
dock to be repaired and re-coppered. He gave strict or-
ders to the captain, and the foreman carpenter at the dock,
that the old copper was not to be disposed of, as the person
who supplied the new copper was to have it. The vessel
was commenced upon to be stripped on Thursday, and that
morning the witness Lennan was stopped by a policeman, in
the act of taking a cart-load of the old metal away, and he
stated that he had purchased it from the prisoners. They
had no authority to dispose of it.—The captain, who ap-
peared to be a very respectable man, said, in defence, that
the mate induce him to consent to make sale of the cop-
per in order to raise money for his temporary accommo-
dation, upon the understanding that the copper was not
to be taken away if the money was repaid by the time the
vessel was stripped : be had no idea of defrauding Mr.
Benn. The mate made no defence ; and both prisoners
were committed for trial at the present sessions.
PENN'S BATHS.—The excellent management for which
these baths have for many years been pre-eminent conti-
tinues their pervading character, the greatest possible at-
tention, with uniform kindness, still being the general
characteristics of the attentive proprietor, Mrs. Wright.
—See Advt.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PMTS.—WONDERFUL
PRESERVATION OF LlFE.—Hugh M'Donald, Lot 55, in
King's County, Prince Edward Island, made a public de-
claration before Joseph Coffin, Esq., Justice of the Peace
at Bay Fort one, September 3, 1845, to the effect that the
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and miserable state he was in, by the use
had failed.