The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-11 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

NEW MAGISTRATES.—Benjamin Heywood, Shakespeare
Phillips, Daniel Broadhurst, and T. B. W. Sanderson, Esqrs.,
have been added to the commission of the peace for this divi-
sion of the county.—Manchester paper.

DEATH BY DROWNI NG .-0 n Tuesday last an inquest was held
at the house of. Mr. John Bradley, Wilton Arms, Pilkington,
before Mr. I'arrand and a respectable jury, on view of the body
of Sarah LOrnax, who was found drowned in the stall reserfoir.
adjOining Mr. Morris's factory, Pilsworth. The deceased, who
was upwards of sixty years of age, it is supposed went to the re-
servoir about four o'clock on the Monday morning, to fetch .a
pitcher of water, and loosing her balance when stooping to get
it fell in, and from her age and the suddenness of the shock was
unable to get out, although the reservoir is not more than four
or five yards square, and the water not more than three feet.
deep. The pitcher was found near the body. Verdict, acciden-
tal death.
CRICKET.—The Rochdale Cricket Club closed for the season.
on Wednesday, the 2d instant, with playing a friendly match,
the best 11 against 22; wickets pitched at ten o'clock.—The fol-
lowing is the result of the game :
.The best 11 first innings..lo7 I The 22 first innings 59,
second , 62 „ second „ 62
The eleven winning by 48 runs.
After the match was over, both parties with their friends, about
60 in number, retired to the club-house, where they partook of
an excellent dinner, provided by the landlord. The cloth being
removed, appropriate toasts were given from the chair, and
amongst them. the Manchester, Liverpool, and Burnley Cricket
Clubs, which were all drunk with three times three and one
cheer more. The commitee having engaged glee singers for
the occasion, the evening was rendered more pleasant. The
party did not separate until a late hour.
The Rev. R. W. Jelf, tutor to Prince George of Cumberland,
and his family, took their departure for Hamburgh on Wednes-
day morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's
mail packet Tourist.
The crew of the Caledonia, whaler, arrived at Kirkaldy from
Davis's Straits fishery, report having fallen in with the Alfred,
whaler, of Hull, which had touched at a small island at the
head of Lancaster Sound, where some of the men found ou the
shore two or three portable soup canisters, and a quantity of
tobacco pipes, on Which was stamped the word "Deptford."
It wss conjectured (but with what degree of probability we can-
not venture to decide) that these articles had belonged to the
unfortunate expedition of Captain Ross. At the place where
they were found, there was not the slightest appearance which
indicated that there had been any erections for shelter; but it
is added, although we hope incorrectly, that the remains of a
human hand were also picked up.--Dundee Advertiser.
RATHER OMINOUS.—The Dublin Mail announces the sudden
dissolution of The Dublin Times. It should seem that the name
of its great progenitress is no longer a tower of strength behind
which her offspring, who have located themselves throughout the
country, can be sheltered from the attacks of their adversaries.
The time has arrived when, to bear the name of The Times, or
even the remotest degree of kindled to that old Puddle Dock
beldame, is to be thought dull, base and venal. The whole
family of The Times's, from the omnipotent THE, down to the
lowest provincial drivellers of the clan that clothe themselves in
any of her cast off apparel, are in the autumn of their prospe-
rity. Newspaper readers begin to ask "What's in a name ?"
If we mistake not, the mortality in this blustering family is not
yet ended-they all exhibit strong symptoms of being rather
consumptive—we would advise all the minors of this race, as
they cannot change the air, at least to change their names.
The day is gone by for Times's of any kind—the name has out-
lived its reputation.
On Tuesday morning last two horses with a cart were backed
into the King's Dock.. The bystanders immediately exerted
themselves to cut the traces, and by means of slings, &c., they
fortunately were enabled to 0t the poor animals ashore witti,
comparatively, little injury.
. The Liverpool Medical Society beld its first meeting of this
session, at the Royal Institution, ou Wednesday eveninglaat,
when the officers for the ensuing year were elected. The four
presidents chosen were, Dr. nutter, Dr. Carson, Mr. Chris-
tian, and Dr. Hunter Lane.
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INstiEsT.—On Tuesday last, an inquest was' held on, the
body of Mary Harrison, wife of Robert Harrison, Shaw's-alley,
who was burnt to death at about twelve o'clock the night be-
fore. It is supposed that the deceased, who had been to a
neighbour's house a few minutes before eleven o'clock for a
light, which seemed to have been placed on a chest of drawers
in the house-part, had imprudently sat down too near to it,
and fallen asleep. When discovered, the deceased was seated
on a chair near to the drawers, upon which was a candlestick,
but the candle had burnt out.—Verdict, Accidental.
M. DE BERIOT'S CONCERT.—In our last number we alluded
to a concert given by M. De Beriot and Madame Malibran, at
the Amphitheatre, on Monday night, and stated our reason for
not attending the performance. On the following day the con-
ductor of this affair called to inform us that tickets had been
issued for the Liverpool press, and that it was owing to an acci-
dental omission that those intended for our use had not been
properly forwarded to the STANDARD Office. Tickets being
supplied, we attended the second concert on 'Wednesday even-
ing, and had the pleasure of hearing Madame Malibran sing
once more "The deep, deep sea;" the "Provencal airs;" and
some very beautiful pieces of Italian music. M. De Beriot per-
formed two Fantasias on the Violin, in a brilliant and masterly
style, which he was called upon to repeat. The fittings up of
the theatre were the same as at the grand concerts during the
festival, but we sadly missed the crowded audience, the full
orchestra, and the other concomitants that gave a zest to the
entertainments of this memorable week. Those of the audience
who did not see the house in all its glory, and, consequently,
were unconscious of its diminished lustre, enjoyed a good musi-
cal treat. We were much pleased with a concerto on the flute
by Mr. Weiss.
TITS LATE ALDERMAN PORTER.—We regret exceedingly
that our obituary list of this week contains the name of an indi-
vidual whose kind and amiable qualities, in every relation of an
active and useful life, were as highly appreciated by the respecta-
ble and enlightened connexion in which he moved, as his me-
mory will be respected now that they have to lament his depart-
ure. For several years Mr. Porter filled a large space in the
public eye: his civic reign was one of unusual popularity. It
fell to his share to lay the first stone of the new custom-house,—
an event so interesting to this town, that it could not fail to
excite a peat and general feeling of gratification, and was,
accordingly, marked by uncommon ceremony and splendour;
and the whole of his period of office was especially character-
ised by a zealous devotion to the high and arduous duties which
devolve upon the chief magistrate of a town which is second to
none in the empire, save the metropolis itself. Upright, intelli-
gent, patient, and humane as a magistrate, urbane and hospi-
table in the less essential duties of his office, he has, since his
elevation to the bench, fulfilled the various engagements of
public life with a disinterested prodigality of labour which would
have been highly creditable to any one in perfect health, a
blessing which it was not his happiness to enjoy for several
years previously to his decease. On Friday last, the vessels in
the docks, foreign as well as English, had their flags lowered
half-mast, a token of mourning rendered to the lamented gentle-
man as having been 'a member of the Dock Committee, in
which, as well as in the Common Council, he has left a place to
be filled up. The remains of the highly-respected alderman
were interred in the family vault at Walton-on-the-Hill, on
Monday last. By. special request, we understand, the funeral
ceremony was strictly private; Otherwise, there is no doubt, it
would have called forth a simultaneous display, of respect from,
hi§_fellow-townsmen, by whom no one ever lived more deservedly
beloved or respected than the late' Mr. Porter.—L'pool Courier.
The Infanta Maria Isabella Louisa, who succeeds to the
throne of Spain, under the name of Isabella 11., is three years
old; she was born the 10th of October, 1830. The Queen
Mother, Maria Christina, is twenty-seven : her sister the In-
fanta Louisa Charlotte, who is a woman of extraordinary
accomplishments and powers of mind, and is said to have
great influence over her, is two years older. Ferdinand was
forty-nine years old; his brother on Carlos is forty-five ; and
Don Francisco de P D
aula, the third brother, and husband of
the Princess Louisa Charlotte, is only thirty-four. Don Carlos
has a son aged fifteen.—Messager des'Chambres.
SOMERVILLE, THE PATRIOTIC EX-PRIVATE.—OUT readers are
no doubt aware that this man has run from Edinburgh to Ame-
rica, leaving. his creditors in the lurch. He had lately opened
a tap-room in Rose-street, and, on the strength of the funds
subscribed by the reforming gulls throughout the country, he
got tick to a fair amount. Like many other patriots, he has fled
to the land of liberty with as much cash in his pockets as he
could scrape together. We have hitherto refrained from
noticing this appropriate close of a farce got up by the op-
ponents of military flogging and the friends of refractory poli-
tical privates. We had expected that the gentlemen of the
press amongst us, who had elevated this man to the rank of a
herca and a martyr, would have noticed the event, and tendered
some explanation or lamentation on the occasion. We have
waited iu vain—the Whig and the radical presses are " mum";
Why is this, men of the Mercury and Scotsman? Somerville
was one of your staunch contributors; you must regret the loss
of such au ally. Why, then, not express your sympathising
feeling ? It is " too bad." And, then, Messrs. 'Hume and
'i'ait, why are you silent? Your protege has done you much
credit. Ile has proved himself a true patriot—no doubt, under
your tuition; you ought to reckon him amongst your " apt
scholars." We do not say that you advised him to make him-
self scarce; we only hint that he has not unprofitably listened
to your political lessons. Mr. Tait has published the praise of
debt—the practice of swindling is only an extension of the idea.
But, seriously, Mr. Tait, we ask you, did you not know years
ago that Somerville was a swindler? Yet you polled the fel-
low, as if he had been an honester man than Lord Alt.horpe.
What can be said of such conduct, Mr. Tait? For ourselves,
we are not at all astonished that Somerville has proved the rogue
we always knew him to be; it is only matter of surprise to us
that he did not long ago reach the ,allows at home, or the
galleys in Botany Bay. Johnson used to say, that " patriot-
ism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Looking at the career of
Somerville and others, who can deny the force of the remark ?
Yet the public are gulled by the pretensions of men of a like
kidney; nor will all the examples of knavery which are held.up
to their gaze better their judgments. The History of this man
Somerville, combined with the tricks of his patrons, we recom-
mend as an instructive study. —Edin burgh. Evening Press. .