The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-30 00:00:00

PORT OF LIVERPOOL.

VARIATION IN IMPORTS. 1843 IN COMPARISON WITH
1842.
Articles that hare Increased. Articles that have Decreased.
Ashes
Bark, Quercitron
Brimstone
Cassia Lignea
Cotton Wool Galls
Hides from East Indies Ginger
Indigo
Lac and Shell Dye Gum Arabic
spe (Foreign)
Madder (French) Pepper
Molasses
Pimento
Rum (East India & Foreign) Rum (West India)
Safflower
Sugar (Mauritius, Java,
Saltpetre
Manilla, and Havannah)
Shuman
Turpentine
Sugar (Bengal & West India) Valonea
Tallow
Tar

Last year it is stated, 1,800 coasting vessels entered
the docks ate Runcorn, some of them of 200 tons burthen,
and thousands of tons of merchandise passed through the
locks in lighters. The traffic between foreign parts and
manufacturing districts, through Runcorn, is already im-
mense, and is daily increasing.

ST. HELENS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.—There are at
present upwards of 5000 colliers out of employment. The
men have issued an address, in which they appeal to the
sympathies of the inhabitants of the town, and soliciting
assistance.

DEATH FROM QUICK LIME.—A man named James
White has been committed for trial at the next Liverpool
Assizes, charged with the manslaughter of a child at Man-
chester, by throwing quick lime into his eye, which caused
inflammation and effusion on the brain.
GENUINE CHESHIRE.—A gentleman one day asked a
countryman from Macclesfield Forest, who had come to
his house on an errand, if he would drink a cup of ale ?
the man's reply was, " Whoy mester homiafousaeronay.”
"-Macclesfield Courier.
WOMEN WORKING IN COLLIERIES.—On Fi iday week,
Mr. John Bleasdale, coalmaster, Wigan, was fined £5 for
alloawing three females to work in his cannel pit, in the
informationylr llgate Wigan.
himWdy last, there was another
, against to be heard before the magis-
wordin' gwonficillt.was quashed, owing to an informality in the
COBSc -Tor., SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 26.—Our market
have
sold t; only about 300 hogsheads West India
and Ee been sold since our last, without alteration in prices,
-" which are very firmly supported. In Bengals and
4n •t.
auri ius the transactions are confined to some retail
sParcels, at fully the Previous currency. For rum there is
some
23anyin9airY but the limited supply offering has prevented
:.n.ness 'of moment. Average price of sugar, Jan.
...,.. ios. per cwt.
roR
1 _ TSMOUTH THEATRE.—On Monday evening the
long-announced translation of the French piece, called
_ ulhe Bohemians," was represented here, and the result
em
.st have convinced the enterprising lessee that his ex-
mons were duly appreciated. The piece is a very good
?ne, and admirably adapted for this stage. The scenery
(painted by Mr. F. Lloyds, of Liverpool) is first class,
petition of
and the effects of a description above criticism. The re-
unanimous" The Bohemians" was announced amidst
every evenin
applause, and a full house has been the result
-..—Hampshire Advertiser, of Jan. 20.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning last a
Youth in the employ of Mr. Hitchcock, of the North Mills,
in this town, was exercising a valuable horse belonging to
that gentleman, and on his return home, when near to the
canal bridge, the animal became restive, so that the rider
lost all command over him, and the result was, the horse
aPrung over the parapet of the bridge, to the depth of
edgeThethe towing-path and then fell into the canal.
his youth was thrown with considerable violence from
seat
he escaped into t
with ahe water, and, we are happy to state, that
few light bruises. From the position
in which the horse fells the poor animal broke his back in
two places, and upon his being extricated from the water
he died immediately--Leicester Journal.
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_BERN HOSPITAL, JANUARY 27.
[WEEKLY REPORT.]
ADMITTED.
Accidents......
Medical and Surgical cases 15 I Cured .4
Relieved and at own reust
Upon recommendation ... 15 Attending as Out Patienqtes. 4 8
Irregular
1
.............. 30 Died 3
Remaining in the Hospital . . 80.