The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-01 00:00:00

District Reitls.

Thomas Hume, Esq., and James Glover, Esq., of
Southport, have been placed upon the commission of the
peace for this county.
A woman has been fined 5s and costs, by the Preston
magistrates for leaving a clothes line stretched across a
street all night, and thereby causing a gentleman to be
dragged from his horse.
On Monday, as John Bothwell was at work in Mr.
Johnson's Colliery, near Platt-bridge, Ince, a portion of
the roof of the mine fell upon his head and killed him on
the spot.
On Sunday week, whilst Mr. Bardsley was playing the
organ in the Roman Catholic chapel, Granby-row Man-
chester, and the full choir was singing, he fell back from
his seat, at.d was carried out. He died next day.
The Manchester papers have all agreed to raise their
prices from fourpence-halfpenny to fivepence. They plead
the insufficiency of the present charge to reimburse them
for the various heavy expenses incurred in the several de.
partments of expenditure.
The son of a country manufacturer, after drawing £l5O
in notes from the Branch Bank of England, in Manchester,
went into an auction-room opposite, where some thief,
who had doubtless been watching him, contrived to ease
him of his money.

Saunders, the emigration agent in Man.lhester, charged
with swindling a poor factory operative, who had purchased
from him an imaginary fertile estate in America, and who
was committed for trial by the magistrates, has absconded,
leaving his bail answerable for the amount of their secu-
rity.

On Saturday week the stage-coach crossing the Lan.
caster sands heavily laden, sank in the sands. As the
tide was running in, the female passengers were carried to
the firm shore. By the great exertion of numerous
labourers the coach was got out before the tide reached it,
and the remainder of the journey was performed on the
high road.
DANGER OF MODELLING IN WAX.—The Manchester
Courier warns its fair readers and others who are in the
habit of modelling fruit, flowers, &c., in wax, of the inju-
rious effects which result from the poisonous nature of the
subtle mineral colouring matter in the wax becoming
absorbed into the system. Mr. Bally, modeller in wax,
who has suffered severely himself from paralysis and
ulceration of the throat, is said to have known several
cases in which young ladies have been attacked with par-
tial paralysis of the hands and arms, after having devoted
some time to the practice of modelling, while he had no
suspicion of the cause. It is suggested that, as all the
requisite colours can be obtained from vegetable matter,
and as the use of mineral colouring seems to lead to such
deplorable results, the subject should be carefully inves-
tigated by those working with coloured wax.
A PARHELION, OR " MOCK SUN."—This interesting
atmospheric phenomenon was observed by several per-
sons in Peel park, Salford, on Thursday evening, at about
sixteen minutes before seven o'clock. When first ob-
served, the parhelion was vivid, and distinct in its outline,
at a distance of about ten degrees from the right limb of
the sun. It fluctuated much in brightness and colour,
from the intervention of a few fine cirrus clouds ; yet
throughout the whole time of its duration, it exhibited
colours like the primary rainbow, of which a purplish red
was the strongest and the last to disappear. For a few
moments portions of a very light halo could be dis-
tinguished near the parhelion, which, possibly, under a
more favourable position of the observer, might have been
traced into a complete halo. The parhelion lasted about
twenty minutes, and disappeared with the cirrus clouds.—
MancAester Guardian..

ANNUAL COUNTY SESSIONS.—These sessiors took
place on Thursday, at Preston, Mr. Addison presiding.
The necessary assessments were laid, the rate upon Kirk-
dale being 2d., on West Derby nothing. After the trans-
action of some minor business, a discussion took place as
to Liverpool and the county rate.—Mr. Peel said the
Itnanc,e committee wished the instruction of the ceurt as
to the question between the county and the refusing
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boroughs of Liverpool and Manchester. Up to this time
the sum of £162,834 19s. 2d. had been laid out on the
three asylums ; £26,130 10s. 9d. on the asylum at Lan-
caster, £68,053 15s. 7d. on the asylum at Salford, and
£68,647 I2s. 10d. with regard to the asylum at Rainhill..
Of that sum, Liverpool was indebted to the amount of
£20,977, and Manchester to the amount of £18,95.1. The
court was well aware that this question had been long
pending ; the boroughs of Liverpool and Manchester had
each refused to pay the orders which had been made from
time to time for the last two or three years upon them.
Manchester having consented to be bound by Liverpool
in the issue having agreed to act as Liverpool did—it
was suggested they should formally separate themselves,
as they might, he thought, under the 10th section of the
act; that they might give notice of a separation from the
county, and that they should re-unite themselves under
the 9th section, and then the 12th section would be put in
operation, by which a joint committee of visitors could be
appointed. He would therefore respectfully suggest to
the court, that the matter should be brought to a final
conclusion with the least possible delay ; and that instruc-
tions be given to Mr. Gorst to take immediate proceedings
against the boroughs of Liverpool and Manchester for the
recovery of the amount due, that the question might be
settled by competent authorities.—Mr. Watts seconded
the motion.—The motion of Mr. Peel was put, and unani-
mously agreed to.—An assessment of lid. in the pound
was laid to meet an account of £30,000 due to one of the
contractors for the asylums. The court. then 'adjourned
till the 11th of September.