The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00

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FURTHER PROMOTIONS IN THE CUSTOMS AT THIS
PORT.—The commissioners of her Majesty's Customs
have appointed Mr. William Thompson, searcher of the
first class, assistant inspector of gaugers ; Mr. Lane, a
searcher of the second class, Mr. Fletcher, searcher of
the third class, and Mr. Clark, searcher of the fourth
class, to be gaugers in the new and separate establish-
ment at this port.
A dinner was given to Mr. Tootil, at the Albion-hotel,
Manchester, on Saturday night, at which 150 gentlemen
sat down, and afterwards presented him with 117 pieces
of plate. weighing 2,620 ounces, and of the aggregate value
of £2,000, as an enduring testimony of regard, in con-
sideration of his " long-sustained, and at length success-
ful, efforts in promoting a railway by the valley of the
Trent."
ANNUAL GENERAL SESSIONS.—The adjourned annual
session was held at Preston on Thursday week. There
were 59 magistrates present, only 19 of whom were from
the West Derby and Salford Hundreds. Thos. Greene,
Esq., was called to the chair.—On the accounts for ge-
neral purposes being brought forward, Mr. Rodick said
he considered the staff of officers at Lancaster Castle ex
cessive, now that the prisoners were diminished in num-
ber. Mr. Dawson said the question had been considered
by the visiting justices, but it was found impossible to
reduce the staff beyond its present point without injuring
the proper superintendence of the gaol.—Some complaint
was made that the treasurer's accounts were in a very
confused state, but they were finally passed.—The usual
rates were ordered, including Kirkdale 5. do. House of
Correction -Id., and West Derby td.—A finance commit-
tee for the ensuing year was appointed, also visiting jus-
tices for the different gaols.—lt was stated that the whole
cost of the constabulary during the year was £31,836 lOs ,
being about 24d. in the pound on a rental of £3,356,604.
—There were nine candidates for the chaplainship of the
Lunatic Asylum. Divisions took place as to the amount
of salary, one magistrate proposing £3OO, another £250,
and another £2OO. The motion for the £3OO was carried ;
and the Rev. J. F. Danby, of Kendal, was appointed by
a large majority of votes over all the others.—Mr. Win.
Rathbone, in the absence of Mr. Wm. Earle, who had
given the notice, proposed the following motion :—"That
the necessary measures be immediately adopted for ob-
taining the removal of the annual sessions for the county
of Lancaster from Preston to Newton, that place having
become, in consequence of its railway communication,
the most convenient for the transaction of the magisterial
business of the county." Mr. Marshall seconded the
motion. Mr. Addison opposed it very strenuously, as
did also several other magistrates, including Sir Thomas
Brancker, who thought the proposition a very selfish one.
The motion was ultimately negatived by a large majority,
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only nine members voting for t.—Mr. Mills moved a
resolution respecting the advertising of the county ac-
counts, when a desultory conversation ensued, and seven
newspapers were selected, including two of Liverpool.—
The remaining business on the paper was postponed till
the next meeting.

ITHE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AT LIVERPOOL.—The
Grand Junction Com; any are proc-eding to lay down the
electric telegraph along their whole line from Birmingham
to Liverpool, Manchester. and Chester. Should the
London and Birmingham Company agree to do the same.
the ordinary time fer communicating from the metropolis
and the n'rth will be reduced to a few seconds.
WEST DERBY UNION.—At the meeting of guardians,
on Tuesday I,st, a letter was read from the Poor-law
Commissioners. confirming the choice made by the Board
of Mr. G. B. Taylor, as collector of poor's rates in the
municipal division of West Derby. Mr. Edwards, the
architect, attended with plans and estimates for the wall
about to be completed around the union workhouse; and
the usual tenders for the ensuing quarter's supply of re-
quisite provisions, clothing, &c., for the house, were ex-
amined and selected.
CAUTION TO BANKRUPTS.—In the month of Augus
last, William Wadley, broker, became insolvent, and
applied to the Liverpool District Bankruptcy Court. His
goods were ordered to be sold for the benefit of those of
his creditors who had proved their debts. On Thursday
he was brought before Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, charged
with having concealed some of his property. It appeared
from the evidence of a set vent girl in his employ, tbat he
had caused articles of furniture and apparel, to the value
of £lO, to be conveyed to some friends' houses, before
and after his examination and the selling of his effects.
After a long examination, Mr. Sergeant Ludlow said he
would not grant the insolvent his certificate nor any pro-
tection.
INQUESTS BEFORE THE BOROUGH CORONER, ON SA-
TURDAY.—On view of the body of William Hampton,
aged 28 years. Three weeks ago (from this day) the de-
ceased was working at a new street now being made in
Everton, and had bored a hole in the rock for the purpose
of blasting it, and put the powder in and set fire to the
squib, which last went off, but the powder at the bottom
did not explode. Deceased went up to clear the hole, and
put in more powder, and while doing so the powder. pre-
viously put in explode.l, and set fire to his clothes, and
severely burn him over the face, and elsewhere. He was
taken to the Northern Hospital, where he died on Thurs-
day night last from the injuries, erysipalis having ensued.
Verdict " accidental death."—On view of the body of
William Scooner, a labouring man. On Thursday week
the deceased was In Mr. Torrens's spirit vaults, Vauxhall-
road, and while endeavouring to remove a cask of spirits
from the counter, and place it on the shelf, the ladder on
which he stood slipped, and he and the cask fell. His left
leg was broken, and mortification set in, of wl.ich he died
on Thursday night. Verdict " accidental".—On the, body
of William Owens, aged 21. Deceased and others were
at work in St. George's Hall (New Assize Courts) on
Friday last, and while standing on a plank, and hauling a
rope fastened to a balk, the plank slipped off its supports,
and he fell down to the bottom of the building, a depth of
75 feet. He was so dreadfully injured in various parts
of his body that be died at the Infirmary in about two
hours afterwards. Verdict "'Accidental".