The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

FIRE PREyENTTON
Thursday,
and
`iird time on ,
vent'on bill was read a t....
BILL.—The Liverpool fire pre-
passed.
The profits on the W.ndside I,e. -ry during the year
have been upwards of £5OO monthly, the total sum
to the im-
provement to £6,132 81. 2d. The profits go
provement of the township.
On Monday last John Entwistle, aged twenty-three, OI
Manchester, plunged suddenly into the water on the
North Shore, from a bathing machine, and was killed by
the shock.

LIVERPOOL NEW GAS AND COKE BILL.--The price of
gas, in Liverpool. which was reduced to 6s. per 1,000 feet
on the Ist of April last, is. by this bill, which received the
royal assent on Friday last, made the maximum in future.
THE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COM-
PANY.--.At a meeting of the direc ors of this company,
held on Tuesday last, T. Stewart Gladstone was elected a
member of the board, to supply the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Nathan Cairns, Esq.
The John O'G rant, Capt, Ribertson. sailed from Li-
verpool for Hong Kong in the middle of July last, was re-
ported at China in December and January, and was tele-
graphed off this port on Sunday last, having performed
the entire voyage in less than ten months.
NEW CHURCH AT WEST DERBY.—We Underfftalld that
the first prize for the. best design for the intended new
church at West Derby has been awarded to Mr. Clayton,
and the second prize to Mr. Edward Welch, of this town,
Both designs are said to be very elegant.
HILL COOLTES.—A communication has been received
by the West India Association of Liverpool, to the effect
that a despatch has been received from the late Governor-
General of India, expressive of his lordship's entire ap-
probation of the transfer of Hill Coolies from India to
the West Indies for the purpose of agriculture.
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS FlNED.—Fifteen pub-
licans and beersellers were charged at the Police-court on
Friday before Mr. Rushton arid Mr. Hardman Earle, for
various offences under the late act. The cases were en-
tirely destitute of novelty or interest. The result was
that four were acquitted, one was postponed, and the re-
mainder were fined, in amounts varying from Lo to ss.
CAUTION TO PUBLICANS.—The excise officers of the
Runcorn division have lately been making a rigid inspec-
tion of the publicans in the district. A considerable
quantity of rum has been seized, under the provisions of
Act 6, Geo. IV., cap. 80, sec. 130, which provides that
spirits shall not be sold of less strength than seventeen
under-proof.
NEW MARKET AT BIRKENHEAD.—This spacious build-
ing is progressing rapidly ; already the brick-work is abeve
the ground, the first story having so far been raised.
Jndeing from present appearances it will be built muchon
the plan of the Liverpool markets, for size it will be infe-
rior to none, St. John's excepted, whilst for general con-
venience it will be equal to any.
We understand that it is .the intention of the Mayor to
lay the foundation stone of the new Northern Hospital in
Great Howard-street, at one o'clock to-day (Tuesday).
The Senior Rector and the members of the committee
will accompany the Mayor from the Town-hall at the time,
and we hope that a good attendance of the friends of this
valuable institution will be present on so interesting an
occasion.
FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Thursday evening last,
about eight o'clock, a fire broke out in a small house
situated in Carpenter's-row, at the back of Chester-
street, Birkenhead. Assistance was promptly given by
the neighbours, which happily had the effect of putting it
out in a snort time. We are sorry to add that a child,
two years old, was so dreadfully burnt that little hopes
are entertained of its recovery.
LIVERPOOL Docx BILL.—Sir Howard Douglas moved,
on Thursday, on the bringing up of the repo t from the
committee on the Liverpool dock bill. that the bill be re-
committed to the former committee, for the purpose of
considering the system of cleansing the Liverpool docks,
and of amending the bill as regards the clause relating to
the land tax and poor's rates ; and that the committee
have leave to sit and proceed on Monday next, at twelve
o'clock. Motion agreed to.
INQUESTS.—On Saturday two inquests were held be-
fore the Deputy-Coroner. The first was on view of an
illegitimate child, two years of age, named Lewis Penier,
who, about three weeks since, accidentally fell into a pan
of hot water, which was lying on the floor of his mother's
house, in Bennett-street, and was so dreadfully scalded
that he died of the injuries on Thursday last.—The second
was on a child, twelve months old, named Ellen Wild,
who died of convulsions in the Workhouse. Verdicts to
t,,ese effects were returned in both cases.
PRESENTATION OF PLATE.—DR the shop window of
the manufacturers (Messrs. Wordley and Mayer. Lord-
street), an elegant piece of plate has been exhibited within
the last few days. It is intended as a present to the late
curate of St. Anne's Church, and contains the following
inscription Presented to the Rev. William Dickson
Blundell, by a part of the congregation of St. Anne's
Chirch, as a token of respect, and as a memorial of the
high estimation in which his services were held during
the fifteen years he officiated as curate of that church.
Liverpool, 1844."

FIRE AT THE LIVERPOOL THEATRE ROYAL.—While
the " World of Dreams" was being performed at the
Theatre Royal yesterday night week, part of the light-
coloured hangings used in the piece, and which were
suspended contiguous to one of the side lights, acci-
dentally caught fire, and burned with great rapidity. The
audience, supposing the blaze to have been necessary to
give due effect to the representation, and not by any
means the result of accident, fortunately sat still, and
manifested little, if any, symptoms of alarm ; and the fire
having been speedily extinguished, the performances pro-
ceeded as if nothing had occurred.
RuNcon.N.—The committee appointed at the last Easter
meeting, for the re-building of the parish church, met at
the Town-hall, on Tuesday List, to consult the architect,
Mr. Salvin, who came from London on purpose, on the
best means for effecting some alteration in the plan sub-
mitted by him for the new church. Several alterations,
considered by the committee as improvements, were
adopted, such as elongating the spire, and so constructing
tee church as to erect at any future period a gallery.
These met with the approval of Mr. Salvin, and the com-
mittee will now endeavour to obtain the necessary funds,
and proceed forthwith with the building.
STEALING A WATCH.—WilliamArmson,a respectably-
attired person, said to have, till lately, a waiter at Chester,
was brought up on Thursday before Mr. Rushton,
charged with steatng a watch. It appeared that, on
Wednesday evening, the prisoner went to the house of
Mr. Edward Taylor, market constable, Denton-court,
Roscoe-lane, and asked to see a female who lived there.
Whilst in the house Mrs. Cowan, a lodger, looked at
Mr. Taylor's watch and then placed it under the sofa.
The prisoner soon afterwards was observed to take the
watch and place it in his pocket. When charged with the
theft, he denied it and ran off. He was pursued ; when
in Berry-street he dropped the watch upon the ground,
and was then apprehended. lie was committed to the
sess'ons.

DEATH FROM DRINKING SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE.—
On Wednesday last, Mary Ann Williams, a child two
pears and a half old, who resided with her parents in
M'Kee-street, came by her death under the following
circumstances. The deceased's sister had sent for a
pennyworth of spirits of turpentine for the purpose of
cleaning some trousers, when, having laid the bottle on
the table, the child, by means of a chair, obtained access
to it and drank a portion of the spirit. She was taken to
Mr. Ackerly, surgeon, where the usual remedies were
applied, but without effect, and the deceased died early
the following morning. The immediate cause of death
was inflammation of the glottis, arising from taking the
turpentine. An inquest was held on the body on Thurs-
day, and a verdict returned in accordance with the evi-
dence.

DOCK COMMITTEE. THURSDAY.—PreSeet, Messrs.
Molyneux, Barclay, Holt, Smith, Royden, Kendall, Bold,
Sindhach, Middleton, Tobin, and Evans.—A letter was
read from the surveyor, who is now in London, request-
ing the secretary to inform the masters of the George's.
Salthouse, and Canning Docks, and the Pilot's Commit-
tee, that although the gates of the Canning basin would
not be made for some time, yet the basin might be used
to pass the shipping through in and out of the docks im-
mediately.—The Marine Surveyor reported the breaking
adrift of the Formby light-ship in consequence of a col-
lision, but stated that the vessel had been again re-
moored.—John Chessworth, one of the police-officers,
who has been in the force since its formation, was ap-
pointed assistant keeper of the transit sheds at a salary of
255. per week.—An application from W. B. Jones & Co.
to become the tenants of a yard adjoining that of Mr.
Cato, was deferred till the return of Mr. Hartley from
London.

ESCAPE FROM TRANSPORTATION.—A. middle aged
man, with marks on his forehead and chin, who gave his
name as James Gazon, was charged with returning from
transportation before the period for which he was sen-
tenced had transpired. The prisoner had been appre-
hended at five o'clock in the morning, by Mr. Superin-
tendent Quick. Shaw, sergeant of the metropolitan po-
lice, said he knew the prisoner, and bad bad him in custo-
dy several times. In the year 1839 be took him into cus-
tody for a burglary. He was tried at the Old Bailey, and
sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. A copy of the
conviction, certified by the Clerk of the Arraigns, was
produced. The prisoner at the time of his trial, gave his
name as James Punt Borritt. When asked what he had
to say, the prisoner insisted that he was not the man.
He was committed to take his trial at the next assizes.
We understand the prisoner, in conjunction with Sullivan
and Jordan, the parties transported for their participation
in the celebrated Custom-house robbery at London, es-
caped in a boat from the place where they were employed,
in New South Wales.

CAUTION TO OMNIBUS-DRIVERS.—On Saturday the
driver of Mr. Blunt's omnibus to Wootton was sum-
moned, before Mr. Rushton, to answer a complaint,
lodged against him by a police-officer, of having taken
up a greater number of passengers than he was licensed to
carry. It was proved that there were twenty-three pas-
sengers counted in Pembroke place, ten in and eleven
outside, and that he was only licensed to carry ten inside
and eight out, including the driver and guard. The dri-
ver of Honit's omnibus to the Old Swan. was also sum-
moned to answer a similar complaint of having conveyed
twenty-three passengers, when he was only licensed to
carry nineteen, nine outside and ten in, including the
driver and guard. Mr. Rushton said he was determined
to put a stop to the overloading of the public convey-
ances in and out of town, as the practice at present pur-
sued was dangerous to life. He believed the only mode
of effecting an improvement in this respect was to impose
the full
penalty of £5 in every case; but, at present,he
would only order the defendants to pay a fine of £3 4s 6d'
each, in the hope that it would have a tendency to check
the evil. The fines were accordingly paid.