The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-16 00:00:00

Loral alai Vraiiitutal getys.

Mr. Francis Egerton, son of Lord Francis Egerton, is
appointed a lieutenant in the royal navy.
On Tuesday, a young lad, named Henry Welsby, was
'drowned while bathing at the North Shore.
On Monday a young man named Turner, by trade a
painter, was drowned whilst bathing at Eastham.
The Herculaneum Dock Bill passed the Commons on
Thursday, _ .

—rhe Liverpool Sanatory Regulations Bill passed the
Commons on Friday. _ _

On Monday the plasterers of Birkenhead struck for an
advance of 2s. per week, which terms the masters have
resolved not to comply with.
On Thursday a man while drinking a glass of gin-
gerette at Mr. Brittles, Star Inn, Houghton-street, fell
down dead.

WHEAT IN THE EAR.—We have had forwarded half
a dozen stems of wheat in the ear, upwards of four feet
long, grown near Brindle Lodge.—Preston Chronicle.
Through the exertions of Mr. Cowan, superintendent
of the Albert Warehouses, Constable Riley, of Birken-
bas been presented with a handsome silver watch and two
guineas, for saving a female from drowning.
CELLARS.—On Tuesday, between forty and fifty per-
sons were fined Os. 6d. each for having let off cellars as
separate occupations. The deft.ndants were all of the
poorest class.
A boy named Humphrey Smith, about ten years old,
whilst playing with some other children last week, fell
into a pond at Windsor and was drowned. It is said
that the pit wants fencing.
The destruction of stray dogs in Manchester was com-
menced, by order of the magistrates, on the 10th ultimo.
During the last two years the number of dogs thus de-
stroyed was 600 to 700.
CAUTION TO CARTERS.—On Friday a carter was fined
6s. by Mr. Rushton, for being on the wrong side of his
lorry in Great Howard-street; the passage of the street
was obstructed.
MILITIA APPOINTMENTS.—Duke Of Lancaster's Own
"Yeomanry Cavalry (Worsley Troop)—G. G. F. Egerton,
-Esq., to be captain, April 10 ; G. Loch, gent., to be
lieutenant; J. Jackson, gent., to be cornet, April 11.
FATAL ACCIDENT.— A few days since, Samuel
Zachary, who was upwards of seventy years old, and acted
as servant to Mr. Dawbarn, was thrown from his horse
by its suddenly rearing. He received such injuries as to
cause I is death soon after.

On Wednesday evening, while the train from Chester to
Birkenhead was proceeding at the rate of 30 miles an hour,
a gentleman jumped out of one of the carriages at Be-
bington, and though he fell, he jumped up in a minute and
scampered off unhurt.

It is stated that no fewer than 395,728 persons travelled
to and from Manchester by railway, in Whitsun week.
They were thus divided :—Manchester and Leeds, 103,000;
Liverpool and Manchester, 60,000; Sheffield and Man-
chester, 101,590; Manchester and Birmingham, 85,300;
and Manchester and Balton, 45,829.

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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Monday, George Reid, a
tinplate worker, residing at Windsor, attempted self de-
struction, by shooting himself through the head, He
lies at present in a very precarious state, and his recovery
is doubtful. He had been desponding for some time pre-
!pions.

TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—There were reported inwards
at our Custom-house, on the 10th instant, from foreign
ports, 78 vessels, 37,664 tons register, and introducing
40,000 bales c Aton, 11,000 bags and 1,000 hogsheads su-
gar, 55,000 barrels flour, 15,000 quarters grain (wheat and
Indian corn), 5,000 tierces provision!, besidessa vast quan-
tity of other miscellaneous merchandize.
SUDDEN DEATH. —On Saturday morning, a man,
named William Stewart, died suddenly in Mr. Hodgett's
beer-house, in Burlington-street. The deceased had
some time ago received an injury in a foundry, but had
recovered from its effects. though it appeared that he had
latterly been a hard drinker, and to this indulgence his
death was attribut ,ble.

STREET ROBBERY.—On Friday, at the Police-court,
Ann Hughes, Mary Walker, and Thomas Maloney, were
each committed to three months' imprisonment and hard
labour for stealing a watch from William Williams. The
prosecutor was going up Vauxhall-road, when he was sur-
rounded by the prisoners, and his guard-chain broken and
the watch stolen.

DEATHS FROM BEING SUN-STRUCK.—On Wednesday
week, a labourer, named James Wakefield, while at work
in a field at Kingsley, Cheshire, was, what is commonly
termed " sun-struck," and died immediately. On the
following day, another labourer named James Burgess, at
Netherton, was killed in the same sudden and dreadful
manner. Decomposition was so rapid, that each of the
bodies were a mass of putrefaction an hour after death.
On Wednesday, Joseph Jones was summoned before
the magistrates, at the instance of Mr. J. Robinson,
building surveyor, for cutting an opening through a party
wall of two shops in Vauxhall-road, such opening ex-
ceeding six feet in width, contrary to the act for the regu-
lation of buildings. The offence was proved, and the de-
fendant fined in the penalty of £2O, which would not be
levied if the premises were altered within seven days.
Two gentlemen named Ilbury and Howell, the latter
superintending the works now in progress for the foi ma-
tion of an extensive new dock on the east side of Gree-
nock, were drowned in the Clyde, on the Bth instant, by a
new steam-vessel upsetting their boat. Mr. Ilbury was
son of the respected superintendent at the Liverpool rail-
way station, had commenced business at Greenock,
and had got the contract for supplying the Caledonian
Railway with all the locomotives.

The `• William Rathbone," East Indiarnan, was des-
troyed by fire, that broke out on board on the night of
the Bth of May, whilst on her homeward voyage. The
crew escaped. The William Rathbone was a large En-
glish built ship, of upwards of 500 tons burthen, and was
the' property of Mess's. Huitcher and Co., of Liverpool.
She sailed from Calcutta in the early part of the spring,
with a valuable cargo of rice, sugar, jute, and other arti-
cles of East India produce.
Two MEN PICKED UP AT SEA.—On Monday, as the
Princess Royal was proceeding down St. George's Chan-
nel, on her way to Glasgow, the captain observed some-
thing strange in the distance, and on approaching nearer,
discovered that it was a man clinging to an oar. On be-
ing taken on board, he stated that himself and two others
were boatmen from Liverpool, and that the boat had
been upset in a squall. His comrades, he feared, had
been drowned. At a short distance, however, a man was
seen floating by means of a mast, and he proved to he
another of the poor men. The third was drowned. He
left a wife and family unprovided for. The passengers
immediately entered into a subscription for their relief.
At the Liverpool Court of Bankruptcy, on Tuesday,
the assignees were appointed in the case of Messrs. Fre-
derick Came and Telo, Russian merchants. Among the
debts proved were the Liverpool Borough Bank. £29,261
75. 3d. ; Messrs. Kracutler, and Mieville, Merchants,
London, £2,852; Messrs. Rickards, Little and Co.,
Merchants, London, £10,314 16s. 2d. ; Messrs. Thorn-
ton and West, merchants, London, £4582. There are
other heavy debts yet to prove, but it is said that the as-
sets and securities are good, and that the loss will not
prove so immense as might be supposed. Mr. John Jar-
dein, banker, and Mr. John Thomas, merchant, were ap-
pointed assignees. The next meeting was fixed for the
3d of July.

DEATHS FROM DROWNING.—On Saturday week, a
number of young men went to bathe in the Ribble, at a
place called the Stone Delve, on Preston Marsh, and
while in the water, Francis O'Brian, aged about 17 years.
and Lawrence Ribchester, about the same age, both em-
ployed in factories in Preston, ventured unawares into
parts of the stream where the water is beyond their depth,
and, being unable to swim, they immediately sunk to rise
no more. On Sunday week, James Jackson, aged 18,
and Thomas Rogerson, aged 12 years, were bathing with
several other boys, in the River Ribble, at Clayton-le-
Dale, when they unfortunately got out of their depth, and
were drowned. Another boy was near sharing the same
fate.

HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSDAY.—Mr. Ashlin, the
treasurer, in reply to a question as to the financial posi-
tion of the Board, stated that the sewerage funds were all
swallowed up, but that a paving rate would be on credit
unless the Board went on with very extensive operations.
—Mr. Tinne stated that the Cleansing Committee wished
to make the experiment of watering the streets before
cleaning them with the sweeping machines, and proposed
that the Board should give the water necessary for the
purpose. He said the experiment would be tried for
about a fortnight, and only in a dozen or fifteen streets
at first. The matter was referred to the Watering Com-
mittee to carry out.—Mr. Walthew said that on Sunday
Morning last people were wandering about London-road,
with pitchers, begging for water. No doubt a large sum
of money would be squandered in the reception of a very
_great person who was about to visit Liverpool, and it was
painful to think of this and see the poor people wanting
the great necessary—water. He thought the Board
might serve the poor, by allowing the pumps to be un-
locked, with the view of supplying them with water.—
The Chairman said they had not at present sufficient
water for watering the streets.—Mr. Tinne observed that
for a great portion of Monday last the water-carts could
get no water from the tanks.—Mr. Deane said it was
competent for the Board to appropriate the water they
got for watering the streets to other purposes.—Mr.
Walthew said, if there were any legal objections, all they
had to do was to leave the pumps unlocked. They need
not say what they did so for; but the people could help
themselves. Here the subject dropped.—Mr. Deane in-
formed the Board that a proposition had been made on
the part of the Parliamentary Committee of the Council,
to strike out from the clause, inserted in the Sanitary
Bill, providing for the payment of the expenses of the
two dropped bills of the Board, the words " and shall be
paid and discharged in the same manner as the other
debts and liabilities of the said Commissioners, are by
this act directed and discharged." A long desultory and
disorderly discussion took place upon this subject, in the
course of which it appeared that the only effect of the
Opission would be to compel the Commissioners to get
the money, and pay off all the expenses before handing
the trust over to the Corporation. It was further stated,
that the clause proposed to be struck out did not at all
!Ppear in the original agreement made between the depu-
tation from the Council, and the deputation from the
Highway Board.—Mr. Walthew denounced the proposi-
tion as disgraceful.—Mr. Procter said there was evidently
an animus somewhere against the Board.—Mr. Tinne
and another defended the course proposed, and denied that
the Parliamentary Committee of the Council had
deserved the application of such language to them.—Mr.
Procter proposed a resolution to the effect that Mr.
Deane should be instructed to oppose the striking out of
the words in question.—Mr. Walthew and Mr. Leyland
seconded the motion.—Mr. Higgins, seccnded by Mr.
Tinne, proposed an amendment, that it should (as sug-
gested by the Town-clerk) be left to Lord Sandon to
;I:riciide whether the words should be struck out or not.--
a division there appeared 5 in favour of the amend-
tment, and 4 against it.—A resolution was then passed
liPressive of the Board's sympathy with John Holmes,
X'Scb, on the death of his wife. Mr. Holmes has presided
itver the board a quarter of a century..

IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On Friday, at the Police-
court, Sarah Otway was committed for trial for stealing a
shawl. It appeared that the prisoner went to the Wes-
leyan School at the dinner hour, and after artfully obtain-
ing the name of the teacher from some of the children,
she went into the room, and obtained the shawl from
some other little girl, saying that Miss Nimm had sent
for it. The shawl was on her person when she was appre-
hended. _ _ . .

THE OUT-PENSIONERS.—Tuesday last, being the
Queen's birth-day, the Liverpool Local Companies,
amounting to upwards of 300, under the command of
Captoin Greig, paraded in a field at Mount Vernon,
where they were reviewed by Colonel Falconar, K.H.,
Inspector Field-officer. The men went through their
various evolutions in first-rate style, and won a high en-
comium from the Colonel who spoke in high terms of
their discipline generally, and of the excellent and gen-
tlemanly bearing of Captain Greig.
TEMPERANCE EXHIBITION.—In the temperance pro-
cession yesterday, two of the last individuals had a drunken
man clinging between them of the following description :
—he was without hat or cap, had on a dirty check shirt,
a black face, and old breeches, the tail—stay, the lower
department—of his shirt hanging out, a thumping pair of
clogs trailing on the ground, but no stockings. He went
contentedly along with his sober companions, and was
pointed at by them as he proceeded, more particularly
when passing a public-house, to the great amusement of
the " boys," and the sorrow of the men. One of his sup-
porters attracted nearly as much attention from his bulk
and solidity as the " between two" did from his silliness.
—Bolton Free Press.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly
meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Potter was elected chairman
with acclamation, and the various committees were ap-
pointed for the ensuing year. Mr. Superintendent
M'Harg's salary was increased from £l3O to £l5O. The
Small Debts Court Bill, the chairman said, would soon
be passed; and after a high eulogy on Mr. Harden, he
moved that a memorial, which was carried unanimously,
be presented to government, praying for his appointment
as judge of the new Court. Mr. John Laird narrated
what had taken place in parliament as to the landing stage,
and, after doing so, said the Birkenhead Dock Corn-

missioners had taken no part in opposing further than
what related to that stage, the Liverpool Dock Bill

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THE LATE COLLISION. The inquest held bofor3
Mr. Unit ton, the Cheshire coroner, on the pet sans killed
by the late melancholy collision terminated on Thursday.
The evidence was very similar to that given before our
borough coroner. The jury returned a verdict of " Ac-
cidental death," and a deodand of £5OO against the Sea
Nymph. The jury also begged to state, that they consi-
dered the accident was caused by the want of a proper
look out on board the Sea Nymph, and expressed a wish
that the coroner should communicate with the proper au-
thorities, in order that some rule should be established
for steam-vessels at night navigating the river, so that
each might keep their respective sides of the river, in-
ward bound vessels proceeding up the Cheshire shore,
and outward bound on the Lancashire shore.

DEATH BY BURNING.—An inquest was held on Sa-
turday, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of Thomas
Ralston, a man of twenty-seven years of age. Tue de-
ceased was of weak intellect. He lived in Thurlow-
street. Nine weeks last Wednesday, he got up and went
down stairs, and as he was in the habit of making the
fire, he was followed by one of the inmates, but he required
him to leave the apartment. Shortly afterwards he was
heard to Le crying, and it was found that he had made
fast the room door, which was opened open, and be was
found lying on the floor, all on fire, with his hand against
the wall and his feet at the door. His clothes were
stripped off, but he was severely burnt over the neck and
chest. He was taken to the Infirmary, and died on
Friday.

ST. JAMES'S CHURCH.—A meeting of persons con-
nected with this church was held on Thursday, when Mr.
Royden occupied the chair. The alterations which the
meeting resolved upon will involve the raising of the
roof, and making it of the angular form inside, instead of
flat, as at present, the removal of the pulpit and organ,
and give additional seat-room for 430 individuals; 90 of
these sittings will be on the ground-floor for the accom-
dation of the poor, 60 in the gallery, and 280 in an upper
gallery for the use of the children. The expense will be
defrayed by a call of one year's rent in advance from
each pew owner, and a subscription, if necessary. The
Rev. Benjamin Banning and Mrs. Beckwith have each
presented a seat for the sole benefit of the poor, provided
the ministers and churchwardens would find an equal
number of free sittings in lieu in some part of the church.
The thanks of the meeting were voted to them for such
an act of liberality. The repairs and alterations will cost
about £7OO.

SWINDLING WITH CARDS.—On Friday, John Riley
was brought up charged with robbing George Boncer of
£7 and his watch. The complainant stated that about a
week ago he was making arrangements for emigrating to
America, and had occasion to go on board the vessel in
which he had taken his passage. While there, the pri-
soner came to him in the cabin, saying he was going into
the town with a carpet-bag, and invited the complainant
to go with him. They went together to a public-house,
and took some drink together, when they were immedi-
ately joined by a third party, evidently known to the pri-
soner; one of them produced a pack of cards, and wished
the complainant to cut, but he refused, and the prisoner
and his friend played together for some time. They after-
wards adjourned to another public-house, in Leeds-street,
where they succeeded in inducing the complainant to play
at cards, and in a short time he was relieved of about £7.
Being desirous of recovering his money, he speculated
still further, and staked his watch for £5, which he lost.
The prisoner and his friend then made their escape. The
prisoner was discharged.
EXPERIMENT WITH THE NEW SEWER.—On Friday
last, Mr. Duncan, assistant to James Simpson, Esq., en-
gineer of the Green-lane Water Works, accompanied by
Messrs. Cunaingham and Davies, tried an experiment
from a quantity of rain water which had accumulated in
the large reservoir at the top of Kensington. At three
o'clock, Mr. Duncan opened the sluice cock, and 1,000
tons of water were passed through it in about twenty-five
minutes into the sewer made from the reservoir to com-
municate with the main sewer in London-road ' • it then
travelled along the boundary sewers of the parish to Bea-
con's Gutter, a distance from the reservoir of more than
three miles, in less than three quarters of an hour, being
at the rate of four miles per hour. Previous to the water
reaching the outlet at Beacon's Gutter, a dreadful stench
was emitted from the mouth of the sewer, almost unbear-
able • then followed immense masses of filth and soil of
all descriptions, until the whole body of water was ex-
hausted. This experiment fully demonstrates that a great
benefit in a sanatory point of view may be expected from
the operation of these works when brought into full play,
as well as a great saving in the expenses now annually in-
curred in cleaning the sewers by manual labour.
ST. JUDE'S SUNDAY SCHOOL.—On Friday evening,
the teachers of St. Jude's Sunday School, and their
friends, met in the Girls' Room, (under the church,) to
partake of tea and the usual addenda. After the enli-
vening repast, they presented to the respected superin-
tendent of the Boys' Sunday-school. Mr. Wm. N. Sker-
rett, " Bagster's Comprehensive Bible," and the Rev.
Hugh Mc. Neile's " The Church and the Churches,"
both elegantly bound. These were conveyed to him in
suitable and highly complimentary terms, as a small
but genuine token of the gratitude and affection of the
donors, for the unremitting zeal and assiduity he had
evinced in his professional capacity, during the many years
he had been amongst them—the fruits of which were evi-
dent in the moral and religious improvement of the pupils
under his guidance,—as well as of their high appreciation
of him as a gentleman and a Christian. Mr. Skerrett
expressed his grateful acknowledgments for the compli-
ment in a modest, eloquent, and feeling address. We
may state, that there are about 380 pupils educated at
these excellent schools, of which that for the boys (130 in
number), also a day school, is in Oake-street. The pro-
ceedings of the evening were highly gratifying to all
present.

Dom< COMMITTEE, ThumpAv.—The Chairman sub-
mitted the new Dock Bill, with the clauses as added by
the Committee of the House of Lords. He said, as some
gentlemen might not have had an opportunity of seeing
and considering those clauses, it might be well for him
to state the operation of them. Anything more absurd
in an act of parliament it would be difficult to devise, be-
cause the effect of one of the clauses was, that they should
apply within two years to construct warehouses round all
the docks. This would involve two things, first, twelve
miles of warehouses, independently of passages, and, se-
cond, an expenditure of five, six, or seven millions of
money. The next point was as to the pulling down of
warehouses; but this would not at all interfere with the
going on of the works. He said this, because there was
an impression out of doors, that they could not go on with
the works until they obtained an act to erect warehouses
round all the docks. It would not delay the works one
day, or one hour, because more than two years would
elapse before they could arrive at that point. They could
go on pulling down warehouses for the widening of the
street and the making of the railroad, altering the Salt-
house Dock, making the gut, and everything except ex-
cavating the dock to the eastward of the King's Dock.—
Mr. Ripley said it was not the intention of the oppo-
nents of the bill to obstruct the committee, and it never
was intended that warehouses should be built round all
the docks, but their Lordships were not instructed round
which of the docks it would be desirable to place ware-
houses.—Mr. Aikin said the clause merely removed the
restriction against the building of the warehouses round
any of the docks.—The Chairman said the question was
whether they would take the bill with these clauses or not.
Mr. Molyneux : Is there any removing of them ?—The
Chairman : No.—Mr. Mann said the clauses did not
affect the bill, and it would be as absurd to withdraw the
bill in consequence, as it was absurd to insert the clauses.
—Mr. Nicol suggested a modification in the wording of
the clause, so that it might apply to " all or any of the
docks." After a lengthy conversation, during whieh
several propositions were made and rejected for obtain-
ing an alteration of the clauses, Mr. Mann proposed a
resolution as follows :—" That notwithstanding the ob-
jectionable clauses introduced in the committee of the
Lords, respecting the obligation of going to Parliament
within the ensuing two sessions, for the purpose of being
enabled to build warehouses round all the docks ; yet,
conceiving the inconvenience attending the withdrawal of
the present bill, resolved, that the bill be recehed as it
now stands.”—Mr. Wood seconded the motion.—At the
suggestion of several gentlemen, the word " objectionable"
was struck out.—Upon a division, the only dissentient to
the motion was Mr. Henderson, who afterwards proposed
that the parliamentary sub-committee should endeavour
to get the clause modified.—Mr. Tobin seconded this
motion.—Mr. Bold and other gentlemen said there would
be no use endeavouring to obtain a modification of the
clause, as the parliamentary committee had already done
all that could be done, but without effect.—On a division,
eight voted for the motion and nine against it—namely,
for, Messrs. Tobin, Sandbach, Henderson, Rankin,
Houghton, Molyneux, Nicol, and the Chairman ; against,
Messrs. Bold, Gladstone, Wood, Middleton, Ripley,
, Mann, Chilton, Aikin, and Royden.