The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Viscount Sandon and family with a party of friends
have arrived at Burnt Norton, near Chipping Campden,
where they intend staying a month or two.
His worship the Mayor, Thomas Sands, Esq., laid the
foundation stone of the new Wesleyan chapel and schools
at Wigan on Wednesday.
The Town Council of Manchester having declined the
construction of bonded warehouses, a joint-stock com-
pany, with a projected capital of £150,000, has been
established for the purpose.
The Southport regatta is to come off on the 12th and
13th September. On the former day there will be a pub-
lic ball, and on the latter a variety of rural sports, races,
&c.

At the Lancaster Assizes, Mr. Palmer, the Town Clerk
of Preston, performed his one hundred and eleventh jour-
ney to Lancaster Assizes. Mr. Palmer completed his
71st year in February last. He was elected to the office
of coroner on the 12th November, 1799.
The Rev. H. Raikes, M.A., chancellor of the diocese,
and the Rev. C. A. Thurlow, M.A., Rector of the
Higher Rectory, Malpas, have been appointed Honorary
Canons of Chester Cathedral. The rev. the chancellor
" read himself in" on Sunday last.
THE SWINDLING CASE.—Mrs. Carmichael, who was
a few weeks ago committed for trial at the Chester As-
sizes, on a charge of stealing a ten pound note from Mr.
Hilliar, draper, Birkenhead, but against whom the
Grand Jury ignored the bill, has within the last few days
been committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions on
a charge of stealing a ten pound note from Mr. Shilling-
law.

The Lords of the Treasury have determined the com-
pensation to be paid to Mr. Rutter, the coroner of the
Manchester district of Lancashire, for loss of fees occa-
sioned by the appointment of a coroner of the borough
of Manchester under the charter of incorporation. The
town council of Manchester is to pay him an annuity of
£277, being upwards of 100 more than the corporation
offered ; and the annuity is to commence from April,
1839, the time when the borough coroner assumed his
office.
LANCASTER ASSIZES.—The assizes for the Northern
Division of the county commenced at Lancaster this day
week. J. W. Patten, Esq., M.P., of Bank-hall, was the
foreman of the grand jury. The calendar was not re-
markable either for the number or atrocity of the offences.
The civil business was unimportant, there being only four
or five trifling cases entered for trial. One of these re-
lated to the dispute between Messrs. Rogerson and Grim-
shaw, the rival coroners of Wigan, and was decided in
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and the success which has hitherto attended it filled them
with the greatest delight. The studies were recommenced
on the Ist instant.—Tablet, Roman Catholic Paper.
PoPuLARHE ALT H .—The mean term of life diminishes
northwards in Great Britain. The highest in the South-
western counties is in the following order :—Sussex 55,
Hants, 53, Devon 56, Cornwall : the decrement in the
last case is caused by the shorter lives of miners. The
county of Lancaster has a mean of 36, the lowest county;
in which Liverpool rates at 26. Human life in Devon is
on the average, therefore, twenty years longer than in
Lancaster and thirty longer than in Liverpool.
MATCH AT CRICKET.—ST. HELEN'S V. EDGE-HILL.
—On Thursday week a match was played between the
above-named clubs on the St. Helen's cricket-ground.
The game terminated, after a severe struggle, in favour of
Edge-hill, by seventeen runs. The playing of Cambridge,
Duckworth, Branch, and Greenstreet, on the Edge-hill
side, was very good. On the St. Helen's side, Lupton,
Burton, Ross, and Greenhalgh, were very effective. The
innings were—Edge-hill, Ist, 76, 2d. 46; St. Helen's, Ist
62, 2nd. 43, Edge-hill winning by seventeen runs.
PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the
meeting on Thursday, the following gentlemen were pre-
sent :—Messrs. J. Holmes, (in the chair,) Whitby, Gay.
ton, Fletcher, Birkett, Hornby, Ackers, Wood, and J.
Lawrence. The Wood Paving Company tendered their
bill, and Mr. Cunningham was ordered to report next
week, as to the state of theworkdonienbyretphaeimr ,fothreitrwcerve-
tract being to keep Cunninghamhe pavement
months.—Mr. i reported with regard to the
nuisance complained of last week by Mr. Barke, that he
had entered the branch sewer from the works of the Gas
Company, Dale-street, and produced samples of noxious
water from it, and also from the main sewer. Orders
were given to communicate with the Gas Company on the
subject.—The board determined that builders, in erecting
new houses, should set their houses back in order to ob-
tain areas for their cellars, or if they did not, they would
not be allowed to encroach upon the footway.—An appli-
cation from Mr. Whitty for a copy of the Nottingham re-
port was postponed till next week, it being stated that the
object of the Board, in obtaining. the report, was partly
for information and partly defensive, against the system of
Mr. Oxley, which, it was proved, would not answer in
Liverpool.

THE COE-"71-1" :vrAGIsTRACY.—There are, at the present
time, 330 magistrates in the commission of the peace for
the county of , Lancaster, viz. :-51 for the hundred of
Lonsdale, 19 for Amounderness, 19 for Leyland, 41 for
Blackburn, 86 for West Derby, and 114 for Salford. The
oldest magistrate in the commission is William Wilson
Carus Wilson, Esq., of Casterton Hall, who qualified
Oct. 8, 1799 ; the next being Lord Skelmersdale, who
first qualified Jan. 20. 1800 ; and the third in point of
seniority, Matthew Wilson, Esq., of Eshton.hall. the
date of whose qualification is July 20, 1808.
ANOTHER LARGE IRON ..TETAIVIET2.—There is now
building in the yard of Mr. Laird, North Birkenhead, a
first-class iron steamer, which wfll' be the largest ever
constructed after the Great Britain, now at Bristol. She
will be of 1,400 tons burden ; and Messrs. Forrester and
Co., of Liverpool are manufacturing the engines, two of
560 horses power. This magnificent vessel has been
commenced upon the requisition of the Admiralty; but
the particular service she is intended for; is, at present,
a secret. She will be supplied with heavy gtris, so as to
take her " own part" whenever it may be necessary.
THE NEW INSOLVENT ACT.—The act abolishing im-
prisoment for debts under £2O, having become law on
Thursday last, the Town-clerk adjourned his emit to the
Borough Gaol, for the purpose of hearing applications
for their discharge,- under the provisions of the new act,
from any debtors consined there. The court was opened
with the usual forms ivy the governor's office, and twznty-
two of the debtors being in custody for debts under £2O,
exclusive of costs, and no detainer appearing against
them, they were, upon their several applications, ordered
to be discharged forthwith.. The total amount of their
united debts, exclusive of cost's, was £145 Ss. 11 id. Lord'
Brougham has sent circulars to the governors of tiler
various gaols, pointing out, for the information of the
debtors in their custody, the mode ofprocedure neces-
sary to procure thy discharge fraur prison of debtors en-
titled to it under the provisions of the new act.
HEARTLESS ROPDERY.—AbOnt eight yl..r,rrs since, an
Irishman, named Ryan, emigrated to America, and, by
his industry and frugality, succeeded in' amal.,aing a sum
of X 200; with which he intended to return to his own
country and render himself comfortablelor life: He ac
cordingly arrived in Liverpool a few days- since, and, after
he had paid his passage and made his arrangements for
proceeding across the Irish Channel, he.. found himself
possessed of 172 sovereigns, which he tied up in aJlag and
placed in his pocket. Unfortunately, he entered a public-
house, swallowed glass after glass of ardent spirit's). until
he became wholly unconsciousof what he wasabout,and,
on the following morning, found himself in a house of ill-
fame, stripped of every shilling he had in the world.. The
wretched man is at present-in a destitute condition, and
hitherto every effort to discover the thief or the money
has proved ineffectual.

INTERESTING TO LADIES.-118 preservation• of. the
complexion from the burning pernicious influence of the
solar beam, was for ages a desideratum in science. Half
a century back ladies suffered moat severely from the
effects produced by excessive heat. The rapid progress
of science has happily brought to light a discovery of the
highest importance to the female fashionable world:- We
allude to ROWLAND'S celebrated KALYDOR, the auxiliary
friend, guardian, and protector of female beauty. In re.
moving every unsightly irregularity of the skin, whether
occasioned by illness,. irritation of the surface from expo-
sure, either to cold winds, the sun, sea breezes, or other
accidental causes, the operation of the Kalydor is certain,
expeditious, and delightfully soothing and refreshing--
never failing to realize a healthy and radiant bloom.—
See advt.

COUNTY ACCOUNTS.—The Clerks of the Peace for this>
county have just published the accounts for the county
for the last two years, in which we are glad to perceive
there has been a considerable reduction in the expenses,
and consequently in the amount levied upon the rate-
payers. From June, 1842, to June 1843, the total amount
levied for the various charges which come upon the county
rate was £97,528 Os Bd. ; in the year from June, 1843; to
1844, the amount levied was £76,082 16s 5d., being a
decrease of £20,615 4s 3. In almost every item of ex-
penditure there Las been some diminution ; but the prin-
cipal decrease has been in the number of prosecutions; in
1 the charges of the several prisons., and in the maintenance
of the county constabulary. Many of the items of the
preceding year attending the police force were, of course,
extraordinary expenses incidental to the recently estab-
lished body.
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS FINED ON FRIDAY.
—Thomas Handford, publican, Cheapside, £2 ‘ls. 6d. ;
Albert Jos. Winter, publican, Thomas-street, £2 4s. 6d. ;
Jos. Cunningham, beerseller, Wakefield-street, £l4ls-. 6d ;
William Taylor, beerseller, Mann-street, £1 4s. 6d. ;
Abraham Webster, beerseller, Edward-street, £2 4s. 6d ;
James Hamblett, beerseller, Shannon-street,. £2 45.. 6d. ;
Edward Clements, beerseller, Cheapside,. acquitted
Samuel Williams, beerseller, Soho-street, £1 4s. 6,1. ;
George Goodwin, beerseller, Hackenhall-alley,. X 2 4s. Gd ;
George Upton, beerseller, Lower Harrington, £24s. 6d. ;
Betsy Booker, beerseller, John-street, Park, £1 4s. Gd. ;
John Manchester, beerseller, Renshaw-street, £24s. 6d. ;
Samuel James, beerseller, II urst-street, acquitted;
Charles Stubbs, publican, Naylor-street, £3 4s. 6d.;
John Brisby, publican, Flint-street, £2 14s. Gd. ; John
Anderson Bust, publican, Kay-street, £4 4s. 6d. ; Oxley
Eliames, publican, Charter-street, £5 4s. 6d. ; total
£37 17s. Gd. ,

INQUESTS.—On Tuesday, two inquests were held
before the borough coroner. The first was on the body
of Fanny Barns, a cook, 70 years of age, in the service
of Mr. Hughes, who resides at St. James's-terrace, op-
posite to the Mount Cemetery. It appeared that she was
addicted to drinking, and that, on Monday week she was
found lying on the floor at the foot of the stairs bleeding
from the head and insensible. She was in liquor at the
time • and upon being taken to the Northern Hospital it
was found that the fall had produced a compound fracture
of the nasal bones. Inflaniation of the membranes spee-
dily set in and caused her death on Sunday last. The
second inquest was held on the body of Mary Dickenson,
an old woman, also about 70 years of age, who, either fell
or threw herself out of her bedroom window in Dawson-
street, about five weeks ago, and thereby fractured her
legs and arms to such an extent that she died on Sunday
last.—On Saturday an inquest was held before the Borough
Coroner, on view of the body of Joseph Johnson, cook in
the ship Cheshire, at present lying in the Union Dock.
It appeared that lie had accidentally slipped off the plank
into the water, and that, when taken out, in the course of
a quarter of an hour after, and carried to the Northern
Hospital, life was extinct. Verdicts accordant with the
evidence were returned in all the above cases.

THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS.—StatiOrIS of the mi-
nisters in the Liverpool District :
Liverpool, North, (Brunswick Chapel, &c.:) Abraham
F. Farrar, Joseph Beaumont, M.D., John H. James;
Calverley Riley, Supernumerary.
Liverpool, South, (Pitt-street, &c. :) William Atherton,
John Pennington, Henry Chettle.

LiverpooClVelsh, (Benn's-gardens, &.:) Richard Bon-
ner, Rowland Hughes.

teigh: Williarn Parker ; Richard Smeetham, Super
numerary. _ _

Chester: John H. Browne. William H. Taylor ; Charles
Janion, Isaac Lilly, Supernumeraries.
Mold and Buckley Mount : John Bowman.
Northwich: Thomas Kilner, Thomas Pearson, Ist.
Carnarvon : (English :) Joseph Whitehead.
Holyhead: William Parkinson.
Wrexham: John Hague, Frederick Payne.
TVhitchurch, Salop : Peter Prescott, William Shear-
man.

TVarrington : Benjamin Pearce, John Haigh, John J.
Yeates.

St. Helens and Preseot : James Scboles, Thomas Shaw.
Wigan : Leonard Posnett, James S. Thomas.
Southport and Ormskirk : Wm. Coultas, N. C. Prid-
ham.
Preston and Chorley : William Horton, R. M. Wil-
cock, Peter C. Horton.
Garstana Jonathan Barrowclough, George Dickinson.
Lancaster: John Talbot, Samuel Atkinson.

Douglas- and Castletown: Edward Sumner, Francis
Barker, R. J. I. Hawksley ; W. Constable, Supernu-
merary. _ _ _

Ramsey and Peel: Samuel Taylor, John Connon, John
S. Jones, Ist.
William Atherton, Chairman of the District ; Henry
Chettle, Financial Secretary.

TWO WAYS OF TELLING A STORY.—The origin of,
" Nine tailors making a man," is said to be as follows ;
" A poor beggar stopped near a tailor's shop, where nine
men were at work, and craved charity ; each contributed
his mite, and presented the beggar with the total. The
beggar went upon his knees, declaring they had made a
man of him.

For a century past, Russia has maintained a convenl
and school at Pekin, where her interpreters receive their
education in Chinese and Mantchou. Every ten years
the members of these two establishments are changed,
and fresh monks and pupils are sent from St. Petersburg.
During their stay at Pekin the Russians are free to see all
things and visit all places, without awakening the restless
jealousy of the government.—Chinese Olio.
TURKMAN WOMEN.—I was much struck with the ele-
gance of their shapes and the regularity of their features.
Their complexion is as fair as that of European women
as they advance in age the sun browns them a little. As
to their morals, chastity becomes a necessary virtue, when
even a kiss is punished with death by the father or bro-
ther of the offender. I could mention several instances
of the extreme severity of the Turkman in this respect,
but one may suffice. Three brothers, riding through an
insulated valley, met their sister receiving the innocent
caresses of her lover. By a common impulse they all
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the grave, when a slight breathing convinced them that
the vital spark was not yet extinguished : in short, the
girl recovered. She was no sooner out of immediate dan-
ger, than one of Ali's sons repaired to the tent of his
friends, the three brothers, who sat sullen and silent
round the fire, grieving over the loss of their sister. The
young man saluted them and said, " I am come to ask
you, in my father's name, for the body of your sister ;
my family wishes to bury her." He had no sooner
finished, than the brothers rose, crying out. " If she was
dead you would not have asked for her; you would have
taken the body without our permission." Theo, seizing
their arms, they were hurrying out of the tent in pursuit
of the still living victim ; but Ali's son opposed their bru-
tal intentions with all the weight of his father's authority.
and his own reputation for courage ; he swore he would
kill the first who should leave the tent ; told them that
they had sufficiently revenged the injury they had re-
ceived; and that if their sister was not dead, it was the
visible protection of
the prophet that had saved her ; and
thus he at last persuaded them to grant his request. The
girl was nursed for three months in Ah's family, and
married after her recovery to the young man whQ
caused her misfortune.—The Library of Pave,