The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

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A great number of colliers are leaving Chorley, to work
at the pits in Durham.
The first ploughing match of the Manchester and Li-
verpool Agricultural Society has been fixed for the 2d of
March next, at Winwick.
THE GROVE SCHOOL, WREXHAM.—On Monday, the
pupils of Matthew Sibson, Esq., of the Grove School,
Wrexham, presented Oat gentleman with a valuable
silver inkstand and gold pen, accompanied by an address.
On Wednesday, through an explosion of fire damp, at
Sankey Brook Colliery, near Parr, three persons were
killed, and four others so seriously injured, that there is
no hope of their recovery.
On Monday the men at Mr. Pennington's mill, Hind-
ley, turned out through a threatened reduction of wages;
but on Wednesday they resumed work and agreed to the
reduction.
On Saturday week, Mr. Baldwin and his wife, who fell
victims to fever, were buried at Wjgan in one grave. On
the Thursday previous their daughter died from the same
disease, and two other children are not expected to re-
cover. - - _

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1 Subsequent inquiries about the bodies of two children
found in jars in a house in Manchester, show that the last
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wsuerrgeicmalesretulydesnutbs:
the past week, in consequence of the high soapery jecTt sub-
jects
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to
afterwards,
lessfeslietvat iirregular.
dayshoaalwteer
since,itvmeceo 1
was
chim-
ney of Messrs. Hazlehurst having been shaken by the
while
rough winds, and bent from its perpendicular. It is to be
atakseenhodoonwern
wfraosmebnetleorwingthtehpelaiclearwbohuerreoift ipsiienij,uhreedr.boat
drifted into Piel, and was carried y the currr'e.nt t to
place under the stern of the vessel to which it
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againers oAk
seen. eLaa dn
proper
belonged.
Aitkin, a respectable
tradesman in Manchester, who has been suffering under
window in front of his house, in
himself,Mr about nine o'clock,
afromnOn attack
nW thirdedo Wednesday
e fever,sdstory
Strangeways, upon the flagged pavement underneath.
The unfortunate man alighted on his head, and his brains
and blood were scattered around affording a sickening
spectacle to passers by.
At the meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com-
merce last week there was a short discussion on the cur-
rency, Mr. D. Price contending for the necessity of an al-
teration in Sir R. Peel's act, so far as to leave the issue
without limit, under the direction " of some managing
commission, or other power of some kind or other," and
Mr. John Brooks taking the same view. No resolution
or other expression of opinion was proposed.
BOILER EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER.—We regret to
find that thirteen persons have lost their lives by this
HIGHWAYMEN.—The unfortunate
man, accident. The inquest was commenced on Saturday week,
and did not terminate until midnight on Wednesday,
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when the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against
negligence,Thomas ll lieny, ,d
disregarding
aorwdiiinegr,
boiler was insecure, and he was committed for trial -t the
next Liverpool assizes.
THE MURDER By
man, named Wm. Wyatt, who was shot on Friday week,
near Adlington, in Lancashire, by a robber whom he had
just captured, died on Saturday morning. The inquest
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upon his bady was held, when the jury returned a verdict
reopneattheed
Wyatt, has left a
wife and seven children, the youngest of which was only
born last Monday. Thomas Wyatt is said to be going
favourably.
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of this church, of which the R. Hugh Stowell is the in-
cumbent,is now completed.
six yards in length have been added to the building,
giving to the whole a finish and beau
,t fproportion sel-
domy
surpassed. The chancel, especially, iaoil utean
architectural gem. By means of tlsieecnlj is
enlargement. about
ISO appropriated sittings 100 free • • for adults, and
, sittings
150 for Sunday scholars, have been added to the accorno-
dation of the church. '
On Sunday week four brothers and a sister,ith her
, w
husband, were returning in a boat across the river to
Runcorn, when the boat was upset. The husband of the
young woman was one of those who could swim, and
escaped : he had been married but six months. His wife,
a fine young woman, was enceinte. He bore her in one
arm as long as he was able, when he was obliged, reluc-
tantly, to unloose his hold' of her, as both were sinking.
The two swimmers escaped to land, but three of the bro-
thers and their sister perished.
• ANOTHER SAMPLE OF 'BOMANISM.—The Manchester
Courier, in giving an account of the murder, by two high-
waymen, near that town, and which we published last
week, states that the two desperadoes are both Irishmen,
and that one of them, before he fired, went down upon.his
knees, pulled off his hat, placed something before him,
and said, " I swear by this book, and by my dear Jesus,
O yes once, 0 yes twice, 0 yes three times, the first man ,
that comes near me, I will shoot him. He did fire, and
so did his companion, and two gallant men were shot, one
of them fatally. Luckily the two villains were captured,
and brought to justice. Upon the neck of one of them a
kind of charm was found, to which he appeared to attach
much importance.
THE CROPS IN CHESHIRE.—We are sorry to learn that
some potato stocks have experienced much rot within the
last fortnight; we trust, however, the evil is partial in
character. Dairying will soon be resumed; in the mean-
time we hear of nothing particular in regard of stock of
this kind. It .would be well if Cheshire farmers would
pay a little more.attention to their rearing stock during
winter; they are now too often seen shivering with cold
in some nook, and with a very small allowance of food.
We should hope that the increasing cultivation of green
crops will, before many years, lead to a better course of
treatment, and that the time will come, that shelter, as
well as a bellyful of meat will be deemed essential., Folks
are now thinking of potato planting, and we do hope that
an unusual breadth of early and second-early kinds will be
got in betimes, for this has been the most successful course
during the last two years.
WOMAN PERISHED IN A STORM.—On the 4th instant,
a respectable female named Mary Herd, who has for thirty
years Or upwards, conducted a grocer and draper's shop
in Ulpha, set out for her son's residence in Eskdale. In
order to accomplish the journey she had to cross the wild
and dreary rout called Birkrow Moor, six miles in length,
which divides the vales of Seathwaite and Eskdale. She
could not have got more than a mile when the evening
closed in with a violent hurricane of wind, and rain in
torrents. It appears she had struggled against the
" pelting of the pitiless storm" for four miles, and after
straying off the direct road forty or fifty yards. had sunk
upon the heather thoroughly exhausted. It appears, too,
that she had continued her exertions to get across the
moor even when unable to stand. The state of her
clothes and knees, and her lacerated hands, furnished evi-
dence that she had struggled against her impending
till nature was forced to succumb. Her umbrella was
lying beside her, battered to pieces with the wind and
rain.—Lancaster Gazette

EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—The depression com-
plained of last week still continues, and there is no pros-
pect, we regret to say, of an immediate improvement.
At the market last week an attempt has been Inade to
obtain better prices, and in some few instances it has been
successful, but the advance is slight, and by no means
encouraging. Meanwhile the price of cotton is main;
tained, accompanied by a firmness indicating yet higher;
prices. The demand for yarns being so languid, the spin-
ners are turning their attention again to short time, and
the result will be an immediate diminution of the hours
of labour in cotton-mills, and the consequent increased
distress of a large number of operative hands. The dis-
trict surrounding Manchester participates in the gloom
which pervades the town. Stockport, Ashton, Bury,
Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Stalybridge, Heywood, and
many other towns are in a very unpromising condition,

Feb. 22, 184 g.

hundreds of the working classes being either whollf,,,
partially out of employment. The desire for emigram?
chiefly to America, is increasing, and every week solve
or 30 families are leaving their homes to seek the n 110;
of subsistence across the Atlantic. It is a subject
general remark and congratulation that, notwithstatiStg
the impoverished state of the operatives, not the 511:0,
est feeling of discontent from political causes is sbu,
At a meeting of operatives held at Bolton on Sun
scheme was proposed to raise a fund, by weekly twopenni
subscrptions, from which 400 or 500 persons could beg
to America every year.
FACTORY INSPECTORS' - t,
Horner, the inspector of factories in Lancashire, 6
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1
shire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, observes, ",0
reference to the Factory Act of last session-66Froa'et
state of trade, it has not been possible, as yet, to.'°d
any opinion as to the practical effect of the restrichclilr,
labour to eleven hours a day. have already, howe,„ert
seen indications of a disposition in. some quarters to re'n(
to plans for evading the law, such as employing YOl'er
persons and women to clean the machinery at extra Orne
instead of within the eleven hours, and cutting off portel
of the periods fixed by law for meal times—prac,Z"
which I shall, of course, do all in my power to prevot:
but which it is not easy to do from the difficulty of °f
taming evidence ; the work people themselves natarB',
dreading the danger of losing their employment by 01117,
forward as witnesses, or even by giving informatwo
Some factories have begun to work their machinery 01°I,j,
than eleven hours a day, by relays of persons. whose.A
bour is restricted to that time ; and I inserted a wars
advertisement in the local papers pointing out the ii.Lng
gality of the practice." Mr. Horner reports that, (111ri,':
the last year, there had occurred in his district 616 ar,
dents in factories, being 329 less than in the preced4
half year, and 535 less than in the half year ending ?Id
of October, 1846. The school attendance of children ,L),O
been satisfactory, and the sum of £173 had been
paid
grants, varying from £3O to £B. During the last b
year there was a very general depression in the bloc
printing branch of the trade. This falling off was to,„
ascribed solely to the present want of demand of this 0„`,
scription of .work. Mr. T. F. Howell, the inspector I°,
the counties of Devon, Somerset, LancEster, Chesteol,
Derby, and Wilts, reports that in his district many factbi
ries had been closed during the whole period embraced t
his report. Very many more had been only partially;
work, some four days, some three days, and some t 4
days in the week, while some few had continued to `x°'
full time throughout. The depression in the print woe
et
department of the trade was sensibly felt, and the nurriu_A
of children employed in this branch of industry
greatly diminished.

GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING IN MAN-
CHESTER.

On Thursday evening, a great meeting of the Proteg'
tants of Manchester and Salford was held in'the free
,
Trade Hall, for the purpose of opposing the bill reedit,,
introduced into the House of Lords. by Lord Lansdovira,o
e,
for the establishment of diplomatic relations betwe:
England and Rome. About 5000 persons were presot:
James Wood, Esq., occupied the chair, and on the 1111',4
form was a strong muster of the elite of the clergy
laity of the locality and neighbourhood.
The Chairman referred to the statutes passed by our fcre.d;
fathers, centuries ago, forbidding diplomatic relations
the pope, for which they had sound reasons, but it was a°,/
sought to repeal them, though those reasons still exists, ,
in their full force. Popery had altered none of its
clto
racteristics, and it was the duty of all Protestants
If
stand forward and oppose this bill, which would
injure this country, because it would diminish our protect
tantism. To that we were indebted for our civil 09,,
religious liberty,—for our wealth, and from all the blest
ings resulting from that system of protestantism ; burr
above all, for the smile of heaven upon our country'
What a feature was it that men, high in office, stool
seek to associate our prote,tant queen with the pope °
Rome !—(Applause.) Whatever benefit he derived 10at 0
the constitution of this country, he was willing Roman
Catholics should share ; but he would take care that t"'' did not deprive him of it.—(Loud applause.)
Mr. THOMAS GREIG in proposing the first resolutil
(which, with the others, will be found in our advertising
columns), said he was the advocate of that fieedolla:j
thought by which protestants are actuated. He appear
000
there as the advocate of freedom of thought; of th_A,
principles by which protestants should ever be actuat7o
Pius IX. was a man who wished well to his countrY4
far as the introduction of railways and gas ; but they " ,
yet to learn that he had given his subjects religious fri,
dom. When he allowed the Bible to be freely disseeld
mated through the land, then he might be allowed to seeu,
a representative to the court of England, but not bef°"
He referred to the searching of the boxes of the Scotch lal,
,
sion to Jerusalem, some time ago ; to Tahiti, to Madera'
,;
to Rome, where Sir C. E. Smith was prevented from ho
ing a prayer meeting ; to the altar denunciations in Irelaa':,
and said Let us do unto others as we would be done bY.ii
Our ministers should send the Bible, not only throui,
the British dominions, but throughout the world. o,
national sins would be visited with national punishmelai
we must all stand forth in this cause, and remember t",,,0
we were responsible to God. If the day was indeed c°,l:e
carried
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The Rev. H. STOWELL, on, seconding the resolutio.g
dcsattliehihinnodrceftefehryht
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compared. The conduct of her Majesty's minister
christ. (Cheers.) The policy of cabinets in this matter
fought the battle of concession in the open field, but 0,0
ministers, if they contemplated such a measure, introaai,
it into her Majesty's speech ? (Applause.) True,
stirs had a precedent for thus endeavouring to take 'l7 r
ambush, in the conduct of their predecessors, the Pf„o
fidious Conservatives, who betrayed us on the quest/
of Maynooth. (Loud applause.) One would have hor.
that a Whig ministry would have learned wisdom ftli/ol
their predecessors ; but it seemed as if there were a
ot
of judicial retribution in anything like communion ti
"ontact with Rome ; as if it blunted the moral censer an
destroyed the right consciousness of truth, insomuch tb 01
if we came in contact with Jesuits, we imbibed a little
their Jesuitism ; and surely our Protestant statesmellg
these latter days were Jesuitised by Rome. He woo
rds
have free trade with Italy and with the Romish ella
throughout the world. But what kind of free traci.e?
e,
Not a one-sides reciprocity. Not for England to " 0
give, give." to the " horse-leech" of Rome, which
bloated with her life-blood, and to receive not one solitstio
drop in return. This free trade would so ruin us that
„ie
long we should have nothing more to yield, and PI,
nothing more to demand. The rev. gentleman then ail;
verted to the bull In Ccend Domini, which he said warn
cl force now, and was not carried out in all its severe .aot
fearful consequences only because it was not convey:iv
to do so. (Hear.) It cursed the Queen and all x,;(!.
testants, declaring that they ought all to be exterminated,
Let the Pope, then, repeal it before he had the indec.e,n.,-01
to ask us to have relationship with him. The indivt°_"o
who would be sent as ambassador from Rome would be
wolf in sheep's clothing, observing all that was palsithe
giving information at head quarters, divulging all the
counsels of the nation, and in eve way subserving 01fl
dark stratagems of the man of sin. If the Pope caw
keep the Irish prelacy quiet, and could stop the horrwot
atrocities that had been perpetrated there, and had nod
done it already, he was not worthy of our fellowship ; 105
if he could not, it was not worth while granting danger's,
concessions to gain his influence. Where was the P 0(
triotism of those men who would defend the scePt,re. it
England by the crozier of the Bishop of Rome ?
come to this, that England must go to Rome, to lid
christ, to prop her tottering country. and maintain Into
.
liberties ? (Loud applause.) It was only justice to
land that would keep that country quiet—equal lawsist
Protestants and Papists ; protection for the poor niche
from the tyrannical hierarchy ; liberty of conscience t° d,
Romanist to read his Bible, and feel his way to his u_tecl
(Applause.) The rev. gentleman, in conclusion, exll,o‘'oos
uhseumres,elevueds in getting inthgeump
npeetvie"l.,te
and Rome. (Loud applauset•iisif
againsththoseave peace t
passed. e presentwp ri tehtpoesaesd exertm
wereantichristet
The Rev. R. BUTLER declared himself an uncololi
all the others, was unanim°
mising opponent of the measure introduced by
Lansdowne, and urged the meeting, by the blood 01 tAe.
The resolution,h
ancestors, to rise up, and contend " for the faith once
livered unto the saints." He moved a resolution. Al 4
The Rev. R. COWE, of the Free Church of Scotlannee
seconding it, contended that it was impossible to set as is
the spiritual from the princely character of the PoPe' oe
our relations with him. Co-operation with the Pope' 04,
the supposition that it would be a peaceful co-opera- fit
was a sham, a dream, a delusion ; for while he would rile
us on the head with one hand, lie would stab us With et
other. Popery was always the same, and it could oellre
change until it became extinct. He regarded the mea9ol,
lately introduced as a step to the endowment of PO tyo
and thus tto complete the giving up of the land to t
power and the influence of Anti-Christ, 0)0
The Rev. GEORGE OSBORNE said that the Protes
thO
cause had received a signal accession of strength iv ofd
elevation, to the most important post in the kingdoll?l,oos
prelate who, in a lower sphere, had given good evillor
of his attachment to the cause. (Hear.) It was 11
cessary to sound his praise in the Free-trade Hall, ar ifo
any part of what had been his diocese of Chester.
‘, the
bad commanded the esteem and love of all classes
community to whom he had been known, and had I'„oie
putable claims upon the affections and gratitude of 11,'04,
who valued the Protestant settlement of this constitute`
He had promoted to a purely honorary and well-deco
situation, that Protestant advocate to whom they the
listened then, and had given a similar situation nief'
other indomitable advocate of Protestantism, the
00;
Hugh M'Neile—gentlemen to whom the country NO cot°,
der the deepest obligations. He contended that '-tioe
Lansdowne's measure was unnecessary, impolitic,
degrading to England, eal
After a few other spirited addresses, thanks were
..00
to the chairman, and the meeting concluded by prole'
the singing of the doxology.
[We trust that this meeting in Manchester, on a
aO4 10,
so momentous to the national weal, will shortly noPat'
lowed by an equally impressive demonstration on aweigh'
tff the genuine Protestants of our own town and 1.1/ of,
f
bourhood. Highly as we honour the noble effort
Manchester neighbours to avert what will prove a, iibert
and dangerous blow at the constitutional and mental 01,`,
ties of our country, we have in Liverpool both clergy tlier
laity, who could as forcibly and eloquently War, th
threatened measure as those of any district '-
kingdom.]