The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-07 00:00:00

11 into the lock

end Priiice's dock
William Jones, Scale's-court, whilst looking at sot
eels in the river, walked over Prince's Pierhead, a
into the water. Tl:ey were all got out safely.

On-the s

one evening

THE WORKI

G CLA

As a proof of the improved

condition of the wo

s town,- then

has been only one soup-shop opened this winter, ihstead
of four; and though; eight or ten tubs of soup per
day used to be taken in former years from that single e
tablishment, only one tub and a half has

been taken on

any one day during the present winter. In corroboration
of the gratifying fact that the lower classes are not suffer-
ing to anything like the extent they did in former years,
we may mention that the demands made on the Provident
and Strangers Friend• Societies are 'comparatively few,
and that the claims on the benevolent public are mud
less

ow than they were-in former years

CASE OF STABBING.—We stated in our last publication
that two men, Cowley and Sullivan, during a fight between
them and others, in Cleveland-square market, had stabbed
each other, or had been stabbed by some other men,
O'D onnel, Lloyd. and Leary, who were afterwards taken
into custody. According to the statement of O'Donnell,
Cowley (who was stabbed on the side and forehead) first
stabbed him (prisoner) in the hand, whereupon he
grasped the knife, and being exasperated and in liquor, in-
flicted the wounds. The prisoners were again brought up
on Thursday, Cowley being unable to appear before. The
evidence of Cowley went so far to exculpate the prisoners
that they were discharged.
PUBLICANS' AND BEER-SELLERS' CASES FRIDAY.—
Mary Hughes, publican, Spitalfields, 40s. and costs; Ed.
Kelly, publican, Circus-street, 40s. and costs ; Ann
Lowey, publican, Gerard-street, 40s. and costs ; Henry
Evans, beer-seller, Plumbe-street, 40s. and costs ; Fanny
Branley, beer-seller, Limekiln-lane, 80s. and costs ;
Thomas Baskerville, publican, Concert-street, 60s. and
costs; Elizabeth Newton, Rathbone-street, acquitted ;
John Griffith, publican, Orange-street, 40s. and costs;
Peter Boardman, publican, Vauxhall-road, 60s. and costss ;
Richard Clough Burr, publican, Crosshall-street, 40s.
and coats; Andrew Morrison, publican, Vauxhall-road,
20s. and costs.

DEATH FROM STARVATION.---On Wednesday last an
inquest was held on the body of George Jordan, a boy
aged eight years, who resided with his parents in Saint
Andrew-place, Saint Andrew-street. On Monday night
the deceased complained of a pain in his head, and was
found dead in bed the following morning. On a post
mortem examination it was found that be died for want of
sufficient food. It appears that the deceased was one of

a family of seven, and that the poor, distressed father
had been two years unable to follow his employment in
consequence of confirmed consumption. Two of the
children are also incapacited from affording any assistance
—one girl, twenty-five years of age, being subject to pa-
ralysis and another totally blind. In this state this much
distressed family have for two years been starving upon
2s. jd. a week received from the parish.

PAVING AND. SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.-At the
meeting on Thursday, Mr. John Holmes presided. Mr.
Procter, after the minutes of last meeting had been read,
said, it appeared in the newspapers that be was opposed
to the Mayor being placed on the Watch Committee.
This seemed rather singular when he was the party who
gave notice of a motion for the purpose of placing the
Mayor on the committee.—A n application was read from
the Dock Committee requesting the consent of the Com-
missioners to a railway being laid down along the docks.
Mr. Birkett thought no other answer could be given than
that the matter would be taken into consideration when
the plans were submitted. Mr. Hodgson said there was
no feeling against the plan, on the contrary, they were
willing to give every facility. Mr. Procter said the
Board could not give up anything belonging to the public.
Mr. Hodgson.—lnstead of giving up we would be yield-
ing to the public every accommodation. The Chairman
thought it would be to the advantage of the public that
the rails were put down. The matter was referred until
the plans are submitted, it being the expressed wish of
the commissioners to afford every facility.—lt was re-
ported that the Trustees of the Liverpool and Prescot
Turnpike-road had agreed, at a conference with a depu-
tation from Commissioners, to accept £420 for repairing
the high-road, in consequence of the construction of the
works at Green-lane and Kensington.—Mr. Simpson was
called in, and gave some particulars as to the progress of
the works at the new reservoir. He said he expected to
have the works ready by the Ist of September. Certain ar-
rangements with Mr. Jones, the contractor, were left
entirely to Mr. Simpson.—The Law-clerk submitted an
opinion from Mr. Russell, barrister, upon a case founded
on the application of Mr. P. W. Branceer to be allowed
to connect a service-pipe from his warehouses in Dublin-
street with the main about to be laid down in that street,
the water from which was only to he used in case of fire.
The opinion was against the Commissioners legally grant-
ing such a privilege. A long conversation then took place.
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Procter contending that the use to
which the water was intended to be put was strictly in
accordance with the objects of the Act of Parliament.
Mr. Guyton, as one of the Directors of the Liverpool and
Harrington Works, decidedly objected to any such at-
tempt to depart from the spirit of the act. Various sug-
gestions were then made. Ultimately, it was decided to
leave the matter over for a week, is the meantime Mr.
Brancker to be allowed to see the opinion and to be at
liberty to make any other suggestion.

DOCK COMMITTEE, Tuna:sin A.T.—The contract of Mr.
Hamilton, jun., to corer the sheds at the south-west side
of Clarence-basin with galvanized iron was accepted.—
The shed at the east side of the Salthouse Dock was or-
dered to be forty feet wide, and not forty-five, as ori-
ginally intended.—A lease of fourteen years of the land
now occupied by him on the west side of the Brunswick
graving dock, was granted to Mr. W. B. Jones, at ls. 6d.
per yard, on the usual terms.—A new life-boat for the
Magazines station was ordered.—Repairs were ordered to
be made at the Ormshead Telegraph station.—The salary
of Mr. Jones, assistant to the Marine Surveyer, was
raised from £2OO to £250 a year.—The chairman having
mentioned that the dock gatemen were in the habit of
soliciting Christmas boxes. the practice was repudiated
by the committee generally; the secretary was directed
to issue an advertisement, threatening guilty parties with
instant dismissal, and the dock masters were ordered to
inform the gatemen of this resolution,—Some conversa-
tion took place again as to the lighting of the dock lamps;
and it being understood that the Watch Committee were
making inquiries, with the view of providing gas to sup-
ply the town, the chairman was requested to confer with
them on the subject.—A letter was read from John So-
thern, agreeing on the part of the Harrington Carrying
Company, to the teems proposed by the committee for
the use of the Harrington Dcek.—An application from
Mr. Edward Boultway, requesting the return of part of
the sum of £2 Os. Bd., charged on thirteen jars of olive
oil, was declined, the committee having no power—the
Act of Parliament being imperative. Permission was
granted to the surveyor to let the Harrington Dock dry.
—The model of a landing stage, submitted by Mr. John
Gray, was exhibited, and a letter, descriptive of it, read.
The opinion of the committee was, that the model, as a
piece of mechanism, did great credit to the inventor, but
that such a stage would not be suitable for dock purposes.

—On the proposition of Mr. Nicol, Messrs. Molyneux,
Ripley, Evans, Bold, Henderson, and Mann, were ap-
pointed a committee for the management of the ware-
houses. An outline of the duties of the committee was
read, and deferred for discussion till the next week. It
was resolved that the chairman and deputy-chairman and
chairman of the sub-committee for the warehouses, to-
gether with such assistants as they may require, should
be authorised to proceed to London to inform themselves,
as to the system of dock-warehouse management there.
—A letter from Sotbern and Bromilow, as to a coal yard
rented by them, was referred to the Sub-Committee of
Works. A Parliamentary Sub-Committee, consisting of
the following gentlemen, was appointed :—The Chairman,
i)eputy-Chairman, Messrs. Chilton,

iddleton, and

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COVRT, THURSDAY.—
Harvey and Robert Scott were charged with stealing a
watch from a man named MI Drewry, on Wednesday night.
The parties had been drinking together at Seacombe, with
others, when complainant missed his watch, and informed
the police. Search was made, but it was not found ; but
a person who was present stated that he saw Scott take it
and hand it to the other, upon which they were taken into
custody. They denied all knowledge of the watch, which
was not found. They were remanded until further evi-
dence could be procured.—Samuel Smith, farm servant to
G. J. Wainwright, Esq., of Lower Bebbington, was com-
mitted for trial, he having been caught carrying off a quan-
tity of oil cake, and about a bushel of potatoes in a sack,
the whole being his master's property.---A man named
Jones was charged with being concerned in a violent as-
sault and robbery upon Mr. Thomas Peacop, at Higher
Bebbington, on the previous Thursday night. It appeared
that on that night Mr. l'eacop was watched out of his
house, and on nearly reaching Derby House, was knocked
down and robbed by three men, who grievously assaulted
him. A gentleman named Keyzier came to his assistance,
and •a•as also violently struck. Both parties were so ill
that they cuuld not attend. Soon after the assault the pri-
soner was seen running along the road with a stick in his
hand, from the direction of the spot where the assault took
place, and he was apprehended. The prisoner denied all
knowledge of the offence imputed, and having given a ra-
ther satisfactory account of himself that evening, he was
liberated on bad, and the case was adjourned. Mr. Pea-
cop was fobbed of .£1 la., and is still dangerously ill.—A
party of Irish labourers, about 15 in number, were charged
with being concerned in a desperate riot and assault at
Greasby, ou Tuesday night. A number of witnesses ap-
, whose persons bore marks of ill usaga. From
their statement it appeared that a number of Irish labourers
had lately been employed at a farm at Greasby, which
caused an ill feeling to arise between the Irish and Eng-
lish party. On the evening in question the Irish, who had
been drinking together, proceeded with threats to the

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