The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

ACCIDENT IN A SAND-HOLE.—On Monday evening
week, while a boy and a girl were getting sand in an ex-
cavation in Myrtle-street, the bank fell down and covered
them. Fortunately Mr. Samuel Holme was passing,
and hearing the screams of other children, jumped off his
horse, called two policemen, and promptly released the
boy, but it was some time before the girl was extracted.
She had to be removed to the Infirmary, but soon re-
covered.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—In addition to the large in-
crease lately noticed here, the wolves in this establishment
have just produced four fine cubs. Among the fresh ar-
rivals this week are a pair of fine cassowares, and three
splendid crown pigeons—columbine carnatia—from Bata-
via, very rare, and the largest of this class of birds. In
fact, almost every succeeding day increases the attraction
of these gardens, and no pains of expense are spared to
render them worthy of the patronage they so largely
obtain.

The Birkenhead Improvement Bill passed the Lords on
Monday afternoon. The Town Council of Liverpool strenu.
ously opposed it by Messrs. Austin, Talbot, and Palmer,
and it was supported by Mr. Forsyth for the Commis-
sioners of Birkenhead. After considerable discussion on
behalf of the Corporation of Liverpool, the Committee
(among whom were the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of
Burlington, Lord Auckland, Earl Cathcart, and Lord
Kinnaird) declared the bill to have passed their lordships
without any alteration. Numerous clauses were offered
in opposition, but in every case they were rejected.

PUBLICAN'S CASES.—On Friday, the following pub-
licans and beer-sellers appeared before Mr. Rushton, and
were fined as follows :—Publicans.--Joseph Hall, White-
chapel, 40s. and costs; W. Mayman, Derby-street, 20s.
and costs ; Robert Tucker, Hygeia - street, 60s. and
costs; Ellen Farrady, Cotter-street, 20s. and costs; W.
Sharp, Marybone, 40s. and costs; J. White, Copperas-
hill, 20s. and costs; James Matthews, Marybone, 40s.
and costs ; J. Smith, Bennett-street, £5 and costs.
Beersellers.—H. Duggan, Scotland-road, 20s. and costs;
W. Gibbs, Warwick-street, 20s. awl costs ; and M. Law-
less, Pall-mall, 20s. and costs.
STRUCTURE OF THE TEETH.—The Teeth, it is well
known to physiologists, are composed of bony structure,
which is covered with a coating of enamel—a substance of
a fibrous nature, and so hard as to strike fire with a steel.
Notwithstanding its apparent hardness, the enamel is,
however, extremely susceptible of injury. and it thus be-
comes highly important to ascertain what preparations are
best adapted to preserve so important a substance in its
pristine integrity and beauty. We do not hesitate to re-
commend ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or Pearl Dentrifice, as•
the most valuable means of purifying, embellishing, and
preserving the Teeth and Gums yet offered to the public.
—See advt.

ELECTION OP BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The
election of nine commissioners for the township of Bir-
kenhead, was held on Tuesday. The poll opened at
ten and closed at four. The seven following commis-.
sioners, who retired in the usual rotation, were nomi-
nated for re-election :—namely, Messrs. J. D. Case,
J. S. Jackson, W. Jackson, W. Laird, S. Stansfield, D.
Appleton, and R. Fry. There was no opposition to the re-
election of any of these gentlemen, except to Mr. Stans-
field, against whom Mr. Edward G. Willoughby, hotel-
keeper, of Birkenhead, was started as a candidate. Mr.
Stansfield was, however, returned, by a majority of 228 -
to 18. Mr. Marcus Brownrigg, merchant, and Mr. John
Sudlow, accountant, were also elected, in the room of two
other commissioners, who had resigned.
THE CONFIRMATION.—The Bishop of the Diocese
will hold confirmations at places and times subjoined :—At
the Parish Church, Preston, on Tuesday, June 11, at ten
a.m. ; Christ Church, Tuesday, June 11, three, p.m.;
[The Visitation will be held at the Parish Church, Pres-
ton, on Wednesday, June 12th, at eleven, a.m.] Kirk-
ham Church, Thursday, June 13, ten, a.m. ; Poulton
Church, Thursday, June 13, three, p.m.; Garstang
Churchtown, Friday, June 14, eleven, a.m.; Cockerham.
Church, Friday, June 14, four, p.m. ; Lancaster Parish
Church, Sunday, June 16, three, p.m.; Skerton Church,
Monday, June 17, ten, a.m. ; Burton Parish Church,
Monday, June 17, three, p.m. ; St. Thomas's Church,
Kendal, Wednesday, June. 19, nine, a.m. Bowness
Church, Wednesday, June 19, three, p.m, ; Ambleaide
Church, Thursday, June 20, ten, a.m.

DEPARTURE OF THE BISHOP OF NEWFOUNDLAND,--.
On Tuesday, at nine o'clock, about twenty of the clergy,
and forty of the laity, members of the congregation, met
the Bishop at St. Martin's church. After morning prayers,
the Bishop, assisted by the incumbent of the church, and
a gospeller and epistler, proceeded with the office for holy
communion. The alms, amounting to upwards of £l2,
were dedicated to the purposes of the Newfoundland mis-
sion. After the Bishop had pronounced the apostolic
blessing, the clergy proceeded to St. Nicholas's church,
there again to meet his Lordship, in order to accompany
him to the vessel. Here they formed in procession, and
at half-past ten moved forward to St.. George's-pier. The
Bishop took an affectionate leave of the clergy severally,
and at eleven a.m. embarked in the Acadia, steamer,
which shortly afterwards proceeded on her voyage. The
Rev. Mr. Palairet, M.A., accompanied his Lordship as
chaplain.
AN ACCUMULATION OF CALAMITIES.—An infant,
aged four months, whose parents reside in a court in the
neighbourhood of! Sparling-street was found, on Monday
last, by the mother, dead in the bed, having been during
the night most probably overlain. A child of the same
parents died on the following day of a slow and lingering
fever : but the misery of the poor people did not end here,
for the next day, another of their children, a boy aged
eight years, was sent down early in the morning with his
father's breakfast to the dock. Before returning home,
he commenced playing among the waggons on the railway,
and having got upon the carriage of a train, to which the
horses were about being harnessed, and, before he could
get off, the train was put in motion, and, by the sudden
jerk, the unfortunate child was thrown to the ground.
The wheels of the waggons passed over him, and man-
gled him so severely that he died in a few minutes after.
wards.

CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.—On Tuesday Elizabeth
Stephenson was brought before Mr. Rushton charged with
the concealment of the birth of a child. An inquiry had
taken place before the coroner on the previous day, the
evidence before whom we gave at length in our last. No
fresh testimony was given before Mr. Rushton. The pri-
soner, during the examination, was seized with a fainting
fit, and it was some minutes before she recovered. Mr.
Rushton, referring to the prisoner, said she was liable to
punishment for concealing the birth of the child ; but if
she could bring evidence of having prepared for the birth,
or of having communicated the circumstances of her preg-
nlncy to any one, it would affect her position very much.
The prisoner was understood to say that she had not made
any such communication. She was committed for trial at
the assizes, but allowed the privilege of getting bail for
her appearance, herself in £5O, and two sureties in £25
each.

THERE'S MANY A SLIP, &C.—The truth of this old
adage was strongly exemplified in the case of a couple of
true lovers, who left Neston for the church of St Nicholas).
in this town, on Sunday morning last, having previously
made up their minds to take each other for the better or
for worse. The bride and bridegroom invited their friends,
who sat up all night to be ready and fresh in the morn-
ing, to accompany them to the above• named church, then
and there to witness the solemn compact. The party
arrived at church, took their places at the altar, and were
all but married, when the busy, meddling clerk made the
awful discovery that the bridegroom had forgotten either
to take out the license or to publish the banns. The con-
sequence was the unfortunate couple bad to return
to
Neston in the state of blessed singleness, leaving their
friends to feast on the laugh instead of the wedding dinner.
To mend the matter, or make it worse, as the reader
pleases, this is the third disappointment.
PAPIER MACHE.—By an announcement in another
column it will be seen that the extensive papier macho
establishment in the lower part of the Music-hall, Bold-
street, originated by Mr. Beilfield, has now fallen into
the hands of Mr. R. J. Keys, a person well versed in the
business, and who, as an earnest of future intention, has
greatly enlarged the premises, and at once established a
manufactory on the premises for the production of those
ornaments, which have hitherto been entirely confined to
London. The business in this town has long been con-
ducted by Mr. Laxton, an artist of no small merit, as the
various beautiful productions at once denote, and his ser-
vices have been secured by Mr. Key. Few who have not
had an opportunity of seeing the various uses to which
papier macho ornaments are applied can have the slightest
idea of their worth in producing effect, or of the amount
that is saved by adopting them instead of wood carvings.
They are of every form, from the richest and most elabo-
rate relieved and open work to the plainest mouldings,
and can be applied to almost every description of deco-
rating, but they are more particularly useful and beauti-
ful for picture chimney and pier lass frames—and in
proof of the latter we call the attention of our readers to
one now being complete, which is as exquisite in work-
manship as it is chaste in design.
THE NOTE ROBBERY.—On Thursday last, Francis
Trapps, who bas already been several times before the ma-
gistrates charged with having stolen three £lOO notes as
noticed in our last, was again brought up for examination.
Evidence was called with the view of showing that there was
one note taken fr.nn the bank on the 28th which could be
traced to the prisoner. The note paid to Mr. Davies for
the watch was produced, and it appeared that the prisoner
bad written on the back of it a false name and address,
namely, " Geo. Thompson, 27, Mount-pleasant." Mr.
Brownson identified it as being one which was in his pos-
session on the 28th, and the mark 61-15, was upon it.
Mr. Dismore, silversmith, of Bold-street who furnished
Mr. Davies with the change of the £lOO note on the day
the watch was purchased, identified several notes found
upon the prisoner, as part of those he handed over to Mr.
Davies, and from thence transferred to the prisoner. Mr.
Brownson said that on the day of the robbery he bad. paid
twenty-one £lOO notes to different parties, whom he enu-
merated, and about thirty or forty witnesses were called
to establish this part of the case, most of them managers
or responsible clerks in various respectable mercantile and
trading firms belonging to the town, who had received the
notes in question from the District Bank ; some of then
were traced to second and third parties, and the notes in
some cases produced and identified by the cashier as those
he had paid away. Mr. Rushton remarked on the necessity
which exists for bankers and merchants to mark their
notes, as was the case in London, which, in robberies of
that kind, wonld save an immensity of time in tracing the
notes, which often occupies some weeks. The evidence
of Mr. Joseph, junior, and that of one or two other wit-
nesses was then taken, Mr. Rushton being, absent from
town at the first hearing of the case, Mr. Pedder cross-
examined several of the witnesses, on .behalf of the pri.
thesorer.
urMserh.
hade
afteren
in the
ordered the case
to be further adjourned until Thursday next. The pri-
soner, when called up, declined snaking any statement,

Cast bib tts.

Will be despatched on the 15th instant.
. For HONG KONG and CANTON,
4-01":3 '
The Ship JOHN O'GAUNT,
Nil Vitt JOHN ROBE .TSON, Commander.
For terms of fr i tor passage, having sunerior
accommodations, apply lessrs. GLADSTONE and Co.,
or to J. J. STARKEY.

Intended to sail immediately.
For HONG KONG and WHAMPOA,
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~. _ mim The new Liverpool-built Ship
CHARLOTTE,
. AMY.
..--,...._ W. R. CARTER, Commander ;
A 1 twelve years ; 450 tons per register ; coppered and
copper-fastened ; presents an Bible opportunity for
goods, and has a large portion her cargo engaged.—For
terms of freight or passa e, ving excellent accommoda-
tion for passengers, app Messrs. BARTON, 'REAM,
and HIGGINSON, or to
W. N. MOORE and BROTHER.
4, India Buildings.

Will be despatched immediately.
For CALCUTTA,
S i.10;;T The Ship ALICE,
gjjl -
J. ANWY Commander ;
Has excellentacco medations for passengers.—
For-lerms of freight or pas ge apply to Messrs. BARTON
IRLAM, and HIGGINSVN rto
W. N. ORE and BROTHER,
4, India Buildings.

Intended to sail immediately.
For BOMBAY,
/,?" 4±. The Ship CASTER,
WILLIAM LLIN, Commander.
For terms of ig or passage apply to BARTON,
inLAM, and HIGGINSM to
W. N. MOORE and BROTHER,
4, India Buildings.

Warranted first vessel or forfeit freight, and will be
• despatched immediately, having nearly the whole of
her cargo engaged and now going on board.
,r„ For BATAVIA and SOURABAYA,
A'.4.. The splendid Clyde-built Ship
pr-
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Jr EUS,
MN,
CHARL*S RKER, Commander;
A 1 ; 326 tons; coppere • remarkably fist sailer, and a
first-rate conveyance both for goods and passengers, her
accommodations being very superior.—For terms, &c.
apply on board, south-west corner Prince's Dock, or to
W. and J. TYRER.