The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-17 00:00:00

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The screw principle will shortly be adopted for a new
line of steamers between this port and the city of Dublin.
The new market at Birkenhead is to be opened on the
12th July with great rejoicing.
The Commissioner in the Insolvent Court will hold his
autumnal sitting at Lancaster on November 6 ; at Liver-
pool on November 13, and at Chester December Ist.
On Saturday, a young man was committed for three
months. for having attempted to pick pockets, at Egre-
mont Slip.

The statement that " the Liverpool bankers have given
notice of an intention to cease allowing interest on de-
posits" is incorrect.
Mr. N. P. Willis, the celebrated American author. ar-
rived here by the Britannia on Friday, and proceeded the
same evening to London.

The Diane, of Hull, hence for St. Petersburgb, was
totally destroyed by fire, on the 23d nit., off Kulien. The
crew, after every effort to extinguish the fire, took to the`
boat and were saved.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, a man, named Sul.
livan, fell into the hold of the ship Reginald Heber, in
the Prince's Dock. He fractured his skull, and died
instantly.•

On Thursday afternoon, the roof of Ingram and Man-
ger's coach manufactory, Richmond-row, fell in, fortu-
nately without injuring any one seriously, although the
workmen were in the building at the time.

A—match was played, on Wednesday, between the
"Everton" and " Young England" cricket clubs, on the
ground of the latter, next to the Zoulogical Gardens,
when the Everton beat the Young England by one run.

FLEETWOOD.—ARRIVAL OF A WESTINDIAMAN.—On
Monday last, the fine barque Sarah Trotman, arrived at
Fleetwood, direct from Barbadoes, with a carg, of sugar.
This is the filst arrival at Fleetwood from the West Indies.
On Sunday morning week, after a sermon by the Rev.
Dr. Tatter hall, incumbent of St. Augustine's church, be-
tween £7O and £BO were collected in behalf of the schools
connected with the above-named cfiureh.
On Tuesday, James Burn, an old servant in the em-
ploy of the Liverpool and Manche,ter Railway Company,
met with an accident at Winston, about sii miles from
the Liverpool terminus, which t,•rakinated in his death the
following day. He was knocked down by an eng4ne,
which unexpectedly started.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT GREEN-LANE WELL.—On Mon-
day morning last, as Benjamin Thomas. foreman to
Jones and Housely, contractors, was examining the roof
of the tunnel, on a ladder about 12 feet long, at the bot-
tom of the well, a stone fell from the roof of the tunnel
on his head. He lived only a few hours. He has left a
wife and four young children.

SMUGGLING.—On Saturday, a man named Furlong,
was tined in the penalty of £lOO, for having smuggled
2081bs. of tobacco. Ile was endeavouring to remove
it from a warehouse in Manesty-lane, in crates having
the appearance of containing only empty bo•tles. On
the same day, two Italians named Soward and Saliba,
were remanded mai to-morrow, on a charge of being in
possession of 1071bs. of tobacco, at the King's Dock.
GRAND CONCERT.-It will be seen from the advertise-
ment, that a grand concert will take place, at the Concert-
hall, on the 27th instant. The talent engaged is sure to
attract an immense audience. Miss Barrett, who has so
distinguished herself at the Ancient Concerts, London,
will make her first appearance here, with the favourite
Miss Whitnall, and Herr Staudigi, who in himself will
be a great treat to the lovers of music.

HERRINGS.—A supply of very fine fresh herrings
reached this port o❑ Monday lest. They were retailed at
four and five for a shilling. Fresh herrings, the first of
the season, were offered for sale, six for a shilling in Doug-
las, on Wednesday last. They were caught off Peel, and
were of fine quality. A shoal entered Lochfine, on Tues-
day last, and large quantities were taken. They were sold
alongside at six shillings, and eight shillings per hundred.
DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW.--An :inquest was held
yes.erday, upon the body of Thomas Morrison, a young
man. 27 years of age, residing in Kitchen-street, whose
death was caused by an injury received on the Friday
fortnight previous. He was engaged, with two other
men, in hoisting on board the barque Rose, lying in No.
2 Queen's graving dock, an iron knee, of considerable
weight; while so engaged, the knee gave a sudden cant,
and fell upon the right hand of the deceased, severely
crushing the middle fingers. Surgical aid was procured,
but retanus set in on Wednesday last, from which he
died on Saturday. A verdict of " accidental death " was
returned.

CHARGE OP CHILD DESERTIOII.-011 Thursday, Mary
Murphy, was brought before Mr. ltushton, charged with
deserting her chill. It appeared from the evidence of a
police-officer, of Poulton-cum-Seacombe, that the body of
a dead child having been found in a ditch on Mondaylast,
the officer, in consequence of his knowledge, that both the
prisoner and her mistress had been in the family way, sus-
pected that this might be the child of one of them ; and
accordingly he went to the house where the prisoner was.
He found there one child, which prisoner said was her
mistress's, and on being charged with the fact of the dead
body being her own, she stated that her mistress and her.
self had taken hers to Liverpool, and left it in a public-
house. This story was proved to be true, the child having
been found as the place stated, and conveyed to the work-
house. Mr. Rushton dealt with the case summarily by
sentencing the prisoner to one month's imprisonment.
Her mistress is now in the lunatic asylum, the fact of her
having a child when her husband (master of a vessel,) has
been at sea three years, having induced mental derange-
ment.

HOUSE 11013BERY.—Five men, named John Davies,
Frederick Kendal, James Hewson, William Hill, and
Henry Falkner, were brought up at the Police Court on
Saturday and :.gain yesterday, upon a charge of haying
robbed a house in Grafton-street of property to the value
of £2O. The house beongs to a mariner named Robert
fleetley, whose wife on Tuesd.ry night left it for the pur-
pose of going into Shropshire for a few days. The key
was deposited with Mrs. Price, a neighbour. On Tues-
day night. an entrance was effected at the back, by break-
ing a pane of glass and then opening the window, and the
thieves took way five coats, two jackets, three vests, three
pair of trowsers, a pinchnack watch, a gold ring, a gold
ring, a gold watch key, and a number of foreign coins.
The same evening, the prisoner Davies, with four other
men, who appeared very bulky, engaged a coach to take
them to take them to a house, in a street leading from
Richmond Row, and as they had no money, Davies left a
coat with the driver as security for the fare. This cir-
cumstance led to detection, for the same night they were
apprehended. None of the prisoners, however, except
Davies, were identified by the cabman, and they were
consequently discharged. Davies, against whom the evi-
dence was conclusive, was committed for trial.

A deputation from this town, consisting of Lord Sandon
Mr. Henry Cleaver Chantnan, and Mr. Bold, had an in•
terview with Sir George Clerk on Monday, at the office o'
the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Merchant Sea.
men's Fund Bill.

CAUTION TO DOGOWNERS.—OnSaturday, John Woods
was summoned before Mr. Rushton, to answer a com-
plaint of having, on the sixth ultimo, permitted a ferocious,
unmuzzled dog to be at large in Harper-street, Toxteth-
park, whereby a boy, of the name of Thomas Pickering,
was mortally injured. The circumstances under which the
melancholy death of the boy took place will be fresh in the
recollection of our readers. He had been sitting on some
steps in Harper-street, when the dog made a spring at his
head and mangled him so horribly about the face that the
unfortunate child died in a few days after.—The defendant
was fined £3 and costs.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Though art has done much
to render these gardens beautiful and attractive, bountiful
nature has recently been working what her much lauded
and indefatig ible handmaiden has no power to effect.
The trees have put on their richest foliage, the hawthorns
display a " full flush of fragrant blossoming", the labur-
nums are tasselled and festooned with golden flowers,
the tulips show all their bravery like bevies of fair damsels
decked for a holyday, and the close-shaven lawns and
sloping banks are gay with summer verdure. The fetes
on Mondays and Fridays are well attended. Visitors of
all classes and tastes are delighted with the aspect of the
mountain amphitheatre which stretches around the margin
of the lake. The winter scenery, the snow-clad hills,
glaziers and icebergs offer a strange contrast to the rich
and luxuriant foliage and prevailing green of the gardens,
the savage features and rugged sterility of the former
appearing wild and more magnificent by the opposing
effects of the adjacent scenery. The fireworks exhibited
on each of the tete nights are of the most brilliant des-
cription, and the eruption of Heels, of which we recently
gave a brief description, is a scene of singular magnifi-
cence.

CHARGE OF STEALING A FIFTY POUND NOTE.—
John Williams, a boy in the employ of Messrs. Henry
Smith and Co., shipbrokers, South Castle-street, was
brought up on Thursday, at the Police-court, charted
with stealing a £5O Bank of England note, sent by Mr.
Thomas Ingram, builder, of Chester, on the 12th of May
last, to Messrs. Henry Steele and Company, timber-
merchants of this town. It appeared that the note was
sent on the day above mentioned, but that it never came
to hand. Nothing was known of it till the 2d instant,
when prisoner came to the Standard office for the pur-
pose of advertising, he having found a £5O note on the
sth of May, in the neighbourhood of Castle-street. Pri-
soner paid for the 'advertisement, amounting to 4s. 6d.,
which, he said, he had borrowed. His not having the
money to pay for the advertisement was the reason he
assigned for not publishing it before. On Tuesday last,
the prisoner went to the Branch Bank of England in this
town, and saw Mr. Lewis, the cashier, with whom he was
on good terms, and said to Mr. Lewis thatr,he had found
the note on the day advertised. He was asked if he were
certain it was the sth of 11,Iay, but said he could not swear
it was that day, but it was on a Monday. Mr. Rushton
dismissed the case.

OPENING A DEAD BODY.—On Tuesday and Wednes-
day, an inquiry of a novel description took place before Mr.
Rushton, at the Police-court, the object of which was, to
ascertain whether the body of John Fisher, a nigbtman,
(who, as was stated in our last, was suffocated in a privy)
had been opened at the Northern Hospital, contrary to
the express wishes of his brother ; and, if so, who had
opened it ? That the body had since been opened, there
appeared to be no doubt, and that it was opened contrary
to the wishes of the brother of the deceased, that person
distinctly stated. On Wednesday Mr. Rushton addres-
sed the brother of the deceased as follows :—I have or-
dered an investigation into the circumstances of your case,
and have no doubt that they are truly what you represent
them to be—that this body was opened contrary to your
directions. Mr. Dowling has instituted an inquiry, and
we are unable to prove by whuse identical hand the body
was opened ; and for the want of that proof I cannot pro-
ceed, as it would be my duty to proceed against the party
who did the deed. And I would have done so ; for, by
the enactments of the legislature, the feelings of the rela-
tives of the deceased party are to be respected, and a deed
of this kin.' is not to be committed against the sanction of
the relatives. Both the surgeons who attended before me
(Messrs. Parker and Deane,) seem to me to be actuated
by a proper sense of duty in the matter; they have given
every facility to the inquiry. The brother of the deceased
here said that Mr. Parker seemed very sorry for what
had occurred, and ho (the brother) would not press the
case further, as it would be investigated before the com-
mittee of the Northern Hospital.