The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-30 00:00:00

Dec. 30, 184

local anb Vrobinrial 3ttus.

Capt. Johnson, of the ship Tory, has been fully com-
mitted for trial for the murders and other charges.
On Thursday, a man named Peter Jamieson fell into
the hold of the ship Sir Howard Douglas, and had his
skull fractured. He died soon after.

Oa Thursday night, a man: in the garb of a sailor, was
found dead in Brunswick-street. He is supposed to have
been another victim of intemperance. _ _ _

The Solicitorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, in -the
gift of Lord Granville Somerset, as chancellor of the
duchy, is vacant by the death of John Teesdale, Esq.
The number of deaths occasioned by the late explosion
at Bothwell and Kitts' mill, Bolton, is now fourteen, and
'three persons are still in a dangerous condition.
A. young woman, named Ann Garside, died at Man-
chester, on Sunday morning last, from having taken an
overdose of tartaric acid.

The handsome silver epergne, valued at 150 guineas,
was presented to Mr. William Sudlow on Tuesday, as an
acknowledgement of his extraordinary zeal for the welfare
of the Philharmonic Society.
Mr. Richard Simm, master of the 'Welsh Charity
School, received on Monday last the acknowledgments of
the directors and the present of a Bible, on retiring from
the situation..

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday night, a woman named
Gardner, residing in Peter-street, went to_hed complain-

ing of a ;light Pain in her head, where she was found a
corpse by her daughter the next morning. .

FATAL Acorn-ENT. —On Saturday; a man named
Samuel Mottram, whilst drunk,. driving his horse and
cart along Cbatham-street, fell off and the cart passed
over him. He died on Wednesday morning.
A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against
Mary Evans, of Bebington, for poisoning her infant
child. Several children of the prisoner's have died under

suspicious circumstances.
On Sunday week, Samuel Rixon Latus, one of the pas-
sengers who was seriously injured by the, upsetting of
Whalley's Preston and Blackburn coach, on the Ist of
last month, died at his residence, Blackburn.
A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against
the woman Swift, for causing the death of another woman
named M'Gill, as detailed in our last. Swift has not yet
been apprehended.
CAwriox.—A boy named Powell, ,five years old, in
this town, was last week standing on a chair near the
fire place. reaching a ball, when his clothes caught fire,
and was so much burnt that he soon died.
IMPRUDENT MEN.—During the past week there were
no fewer than eight watches, of the value of £lO each,
stolen by prostitutes, hi the immediate neighbourhoOd of
the railway-station, in Lime-street, from men in a state
of intoxication.
Mr. Peter Ainsworth, M.P. for Bolton, has announced
in a letter to the electors that he intends "to vote for a
total and immediate repeal of the corn laws, as well as
for all measures calculated to promote the principles of
free trade." _ _ .

During 72 nights of the last season at the Manchester
Theatre, the performances consisted of '27 tragedies, 47
comedies and plays, 19 interludes and farces, 27 musical
pieces, 38 ballets and divertisements—total entertain-
ments. 154.

APPEAL.—WHITE V. RIISIITON.—On Friday, G. Hen-
derson, Esq., Recorder, gave judgment in this case, which
bad been postponed from the last session. His worship
confirmed the conviction, with costs. The amount of
fine, it will be recollected, was £2O.
The next annual meeting of the Wirral Farmers's Club
for 1845, will be held at Eastham, about the 12th of
March, under the patronage of Sir William Massey Stan-
ley, Bart• The ploughing match will take place at East•
ham, and the dinner on the same day at the new hotel

ROPBERY BY A FEMALE SERVANT IN LIVERPOOL.
—On Friday, at the Manchester Borough Court, a young
was remanded on a charge
..y from the service of her employer, in
Iking with her £G, and some articles of

woman, named Mary Henze

of having run a

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wearing apparel,ler mistress's property.
The projectors of the Royal Exchange, Manchester,
will not be in a condition to apply to parliament for a bill
•in the next session ; and they, consequently, relinquish
the contract for the purchase of the Exchange buildings.
The proposed enlargement of the existing Exchange will
now be at once proceeded with.
CHORDS PASTORAL AID SoCIETV.—On Sunday week
sermons were preached at Preston in aid of the above
Society, by the Rev. W. M. Falloon, 8.A., incumbent of
St. John's, Liverpool ; in the morning at St. Peter's ;
the afternoon at Christ Church ; and the evening at St.
Paul's. The collections amounted to £47 7s. 2d.
STRIPPING A •Housg.—TWO lids, well-known thieves,
named Thomas Jackson and John Jones, were committed
at the Police-court, on Tuesday, for having stolen a num-
'ber of door-handles, bell-pulls. &c., from an uninhabited
house in Bedford-street South, belonging to Mr. He-
therington, solicitor.

At Blackburn petty sessiorts a few days sin(
Hopwood and Etton, spinners, were fined £lO for not

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having their machinery properly fenced off. At the same
time another spinner was fined £lO for having allowed
,five young persons to work in his factory without having
obtained a certificate that they had attended school.

DEATHS FROM BURNING:—On Tuesday a child four
years old, named Sarah M'Mullen, was left in a room by

severe
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same day, Margaret Power, aged four years and
as burnt under similar circumstances, and died tE

next day.
At the annual meeting of the tver armor= t 64r Piilh• •
Tuesday, it appeared that the.receipts for the
were 41,511 is. Gd., and the disbursenients
£2,355 14s. Id., leaving a balance owing to the treasurer

of 5.844 6s. 711. The property of the society was :veined
at upwards of £BOO. There has been a decrease in the
amount of subbcriptions for the past year. Land has
-n purchased in Hope-street and Myrtle-street, as a
the new concert-hall, and it is expected the hall
-,,,leted in the early part of 1847.

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