The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-18 00:00:00

ATHENEUM.—The annual meeting of the proprietors
was held in the library of the institution on Tuesday, J.
H. H Turner, Esq., the late president, in the chair. The
meeting was of a desultory character, there being no mo.
tion before the meeting except the one for a fixed salary
to the master in lieu of the usual perquisites, which was
carried; and the appointment of seven members to fill the
vacancy of those who go out by rotation, the names of
whom are as follows :—Mr. Cunningham, Rev. E. Hull,
Rev. J. Brooks, Mr. J. B. Moore, Mr. Swinton Boult,
Mr. Daniel Mather, Mr. P. Wright.
DEATH FROM SVFFOCATION.-011 Monday evening
last, Margaret Cook, an inmate of the Liverpool Work-
house, retired to bed, about seven o'clock, taking with
her her infant child, Honor Cook, aged two weeks, and
on awaking about eleven o'clock, found the child dead.
The mother at first stated that she saw the child die, but
afterwards, on cross-examination, acknowledged that it
was dead when she awoke. Mr. Woods, the junior house
surgeon, made a post mortem examination of the body,
and gave it as his opinion, that death was caused by suffo-
cation, arising, probably, from the child having been over-
lain. Verdict, accidental.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF
TOXTETH-PARIL—The annual meeting of the commis-
sioners for the better paving and sewerage of Toxteth-
park, was held on Friday morning, in the Public-office,
for the purpose of laying before the inhabitants an account
of all the moneys expended by them, assessments made,
and contracts entered into previous to the new election.
Mr. Alexander Smith, jun., presided, and printed state-
ments of the accounts were laid on the table. Very few
of the rate-payers were present. From the statement it
appears that the township is under the following liabili-
ties :
Debts due to sundry persons 30th of June.. £1,535 9 H.
Due to Messrs. Moss and Co., bankers.... 1,210 10 8
Required to pay the debts of the late I
368 14 11
Board of Surveyors . .

£3,114 15 6
As applicable to meet these liabilities there are certain
rates to be received, which are now being collected, and
£4OO for arrears of highway rates. Some desultory con-
versation took place as to how this state of affairs had
arisen, in the course of which it was strongly urged that
sufficient publicity had not been given to the object of the
meeting. Eventually a motion that the meeting adjourn,
and that placards be issued calling another, was carried
unanimously. An adjournment then took place till Fri-
day next.

ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OlL.—There cannot be a more
just criterion of the excellence of any article than the at-
tempt to imitate it. The very idea of a counterfeit is a
proud testimony to the great utility and value of the
original. The universally high repute of ROWLAND'S
:MACASSAR OIL has induced some unprincipled Shop-
keepers to try to impose upon the public a spurious imita-
tion for the genuine; and who, to increase the deception,
have copied the Labels and Bottles of the Original Article
—for which fraud the said Parties have lately been pu-
nished in a Court of Law. The principle on which Row-
LAND'S MACASSAR OIL (the Original and only Genuine)
is prepared. is confined solely to the knowledge and
practice of A. ROWLAND and Sox, 20, Hatton Garden,
London, who are still at an immense expense in complet-
ing its preparation. Any Saltinbanco may pretend to
give an analization of its ingredients ; but the fact is, the
amalgamation of this purely vegetable compound neu-
tralizes all attempts to separate its component parts
therefore such a declaration only brings disgrace and con-
tempt on any wretched pretender. ROWLAND'S MA-
CASSAR OIL is a compound of the most costly materials,
has stood the test for nearly fifty years, is Patronised by
the Royal Family of England, the whole " elite" of the
Aristocracy and " limit ton," as well as the several Courts
of Europe, while the thousands of testimonials in its
favour, and the general use of it in all countries, suffi-
ciently confirm its value as a nourisher, preserver, and
beautifier of the Human Hair.

THE MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE FIRE-
PREVENTION BILL.—The delegates from the various
mercantile associations held another meeting on Tuesday,
for the purpose of considering the steps to be taken upon
the reply of the council to the suggestions made to them
by the delegates, for a more practicable working system
than that proposed in some of the amended enactments of
the bill. Mr. William Brown presided, and the dele-
gates were very numerous. A letter from the mayor, on
the part of council, was read in the first instance; which
stated that the bill shoal proceed in committee with no
greater haste than was absolutely necessary, so as not to
hazard the carrying of it this session. The council, the
mayor added, would feel pleasure in finding that the
amendments made by the council would render any oppo-
sition to the bill in parliament, on the part of the dele-
gates, unnecessary. The meeting then took the amend!
ments into consideration, seriatim; at the end of which
it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Todd, seconded by
Mr. William Rathbone, that a petition should be pre-
sented against the bill as it now stands, on the part of the
mercantile associations. A petition was next read, and
adopted, and by a subsequent resolution, Mr. William
Brown, Mr. Crossfield, and Mr. Todd, were appointed
a deputation to proceed to London with the petition, to
watch the bill, and to take such measures as might seem
to them necessary in its progress, Between one and two
o'clock, a conference was had with the fire committee of
the council, which it appeared was disposed to make soma
concessions, but they were not deemed sufficiently satis-
factory, and the deputation proceeded to London by the
six o'clock train. The deputation, when in London, were
further instructed to put themselves in communication
with the fire offices on the subject of insurance. In the
absence of Mr. William Brown, Mr. Stewart was ap-
pointed chairman of the delegates, with power to call them
together when required.
COUNTY QUARTER SEESIONS.—These sessions com-
menced by adjournment at Kirkdale on Wednesday last,
before the Rev. J. Brooks, chairman, the Rev. J. T.
Horton, Peter Bourne, Thomas Rawson, Thomas Rodick,
and William Hall, Esquires.' The Grand Jury having
been sworn, the chairman addressed them nearly as fol-
lows :

" Gentlemen,—l am happy to say that the offenders to
be tried at the present sessions are fewer in number than
usual, and the offences are such as to require no particu-
lar observations from me, and are of such a nature as,
from the previous experience of many of you on Grand
Juries, you will be able to deal with without assistance
from the court. However, should anything arise requiring
our assistance, we shall be happy to afford it to you. You
will now proceed to your labours."

From the calender it appears that there were fifty-twO
prisoners for trial, of whom ten could read only imper-
fectly, sixteen could read and write imperfectly, and twen-
ty-six who could do neither. The following presentment
was made by the Grand Jury :

"The Grand Jury at the 'General Quarter Sessions of
the peace, held at Kirkdale, on the 12th July, 1843,
respectfully submit to the consideration of the bench of
magistrates :

`l. That, in the present state of the law, they are obliged
to find true bills in a number of frivolous cases, which never
ought to appear at the Sessions.

"2. That publicans and beersellers allowing persons to
get drunk on their premises, and not exercising a proper
supervision for their protection when in that state, is the
occasion of many felonies, and it is the opinion of the jury,
that, in cases where culpable neglect is proved, the licence
should be taken away.

" That the expenses of prosecutions should not be al-
lowed where the felonies have arisen from their being in a
state of intoxication, or from the careless exposure of pro-
perty on hedges, or at the door or front of shops."
PUBLICANS, &c.—Thirteen publicans and beer-sellers
were on Friday brought before the magistrates at the
Police-court, of whom six publicans were fined in penalties
from 10s. to .£5, and two were acquitted ; two table beer.
sellers were fined 50s. ; and one case of the latter de-
scription was postponed until the party could attend, he
being at present in gaol, in consequence of not being able
to pay a former penalty. One of the cases enumerated
above falls within that description which demands some-
thing more than the brief notice usually afforded to them.
It was a charge against Mr. William Ratcliffe, publican,
of Vauxhall-road, for permitting drunkenness on his pre-
mises on Sunday evening last. Mr. Harden, the barrister,
appeared for the defendant. The case was supported by
the evidence of Inspector Robert Taggart, 279,
and who were partially corroborated by Inspector Bibby.
The two former deposed to going into the house of the
defendant on Sunday night, about twenty minutes or a
quarter before twelve o'clock, and to seeing fourteen
coloured men and five prostitutes. Four of the coloured
men were drunk, and a white man who was in their com-
pany. Inspector Al`Gill stated, that after lie went into
the house the landlady, notwithstanding his remonstrance,
gave a glass of whiskey to one of the black men who was
intoxicated. Mr. harden cross-examined the inspector
at some length, with a view of showing that the rewards
they received from the Watch Committee for extraordinary
diligence rendered them not entirely disinterested wit-
nesses. Mr. Harden addressed the bench at considerable
length, contending that there was not sufficient evidence
to warrant the bench in convicting the defendant. Some
warm observations passed between Mr. Rushton and the
learned counsel, in consequence of his remarks respecting
the police. Mr. Harden then called three respectable
witnesses who were in the house at the time, and who
swore that all the black men were sober. A police-officer
(141), who, M'Gill stated, had conveyed home the white
man, in consequence of his being incapable of going
himself, was then sent for, but he did not recollect any
thing of the transaction, until reminded by the inspector,
when he stated that he walked with the person a short
distance,
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GAOLS IN LANCASHIRE.—We take the following par-
ticulars respecting the county gaol and houses of correc-
tion in this county, and the Liverpool borough gaol, from
a recent parliamentary return :