The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

Ecral Ram
..The Nelson Dock was
opened- on Wednesday, and the
Great Britain was the first vessel which entered.
Seta from
17th Lancers and the 4th Light Dragoons arrived
ik
from Dublin during the week, en route to London.
leae clipper-ship Typhoon sailed for New York on Sun-
-11.
tThe first flight of swallows this season was witnessed
t Geen-lane,- West Derby, on Saturday. About two
ettn 'rred of them were in the flock.
Few of our readers will need to be reminded that the
earnateur performance for the eye and ear infirmary takes
"'ate on Friday. The demand for tickets is very great.
.4 provincial grand masonic lodge will be held at the
adelphi, on Tuesday next. There will be a banquet in
we evening.
t.' essrs. Duncan, Ewing, and Co., the well-known
taber merchants, have established a branch of their
ensive business at Birkenhead.
1' 9ft, Friday, Mary Ann Oldfield, the wife of a labourer
11g in Walter-street, died from the effects of 1 .udanum,
which she had been drinking for some time.
soalate Ann Price, sentenced to two months' impri-
ehuntnent at the late assizes, for concealing the birth of a
"d, die] in the hosaital of Kirkdale prison, on Tuesday.
aa°ll Thursday, whilst a horse, belonging to a person
ehem,...ed Lloyd, was being conveyed along the plank from
Cato Loyd,
Birkenhead Ferry-boat, it slipped into the river
and was drowned.
The Rev. Alexander Cromer, A.M., at present minister
;las f the Presbyterian Church, Crookham, Northumberland,
been called to succeed the Rev. Donald Ferguson, as
Paster of St. George's, Myrtle-street.
oThe sum of £5O, collected in Birkenhead, after the
etiot, for the benefit of the injured policemen, was,
force by the committee.
lOn Wednesday a beautiful schooner yacht, of 105 tons,
amed the Fancy, built for G. C. Arbuthnot, Esq., of
t:rponi, was launched from the building-yard of Mr.
this
'h e Lvtninetoe.
a Cstom's autho s of town hve
rhestruationUs to accept the reduced rates of dutiesaverecei underd
the
anew budget, on the payers giving a guarantee to abide
re'tentual legalisation of the reductions.
J. W. Thompson has had pre.
tertmosuar.. r.
seated to him a handsom•• gold pencil-case and elegant
mother-of-pearl handled knife, by two of his pupils, as an
ttession of their gra'itude for his untiring exertions in
--yierrt ote arid guiding their studies to a successful issue.
awl 6 '''''tnitton of the firm of Messrs. Brown, Shipley,
that I,;),'' has handsomely presented ten of the clerks of
the greats with the sum of £lOO, to enable them to visit
attri ,exhibition.—[We were in error last week in
tit,ing this seasonable generosity to Mr. W. Brown.]
aire favourite screw steam-ship City of Glasgow started
120 ednesday for Philadelphia, with a heavy freight and
ClemP:sseogers. amongst whom was the Hon. Thomas G.
'an, late United States Minister at Brussels, with
s aide and famil
thirteen Tuesday evening, as a boy named Richard Lovell,
4, ear Years of ae, was engaged in gathering chips
4aar to a large pile of timber, he removed one of the
litesc°lehes,” whe the whole fell upon him, and almost
kraiiv smashed him to nroms.
tat'o Nlanday, as two little boys, the sons of a widow
pulntiel€.l Salter, 'reSiding in Wright-street, were quarrelling
'r Mother's house, one of them, eleven years of age,
wasird over upon himself a saucepan of boiling water, and
enorrisin..severely scalded that he died on the following
oe4e :4Plendid ship of 1,476 tons, named the Beejapore,!e-
travt:eY.built,at St. John's,. and now lying in the Brunswick
tion te-eoea, is attracting, we understand, great attv-i-
-ten,' ,Iroin the superiority of her model and carrying
teCcity which she combines. She is regarded as
miterior, as a merchant vessel, to the clipper-ship Ty-
lit: the borough sessions, on Monday, Watson, the pub-
ei.„, and Carney. the shoemaker, (from Manchester,).
both convicted of feloniously receiving a quantity or
t,'„ertY belonging to Mr. J. Earp, tailor and draper, of
porrnool. Carney was sentenced to ten years' trans-
pitt,stion. and Watson to twelve months' imprisonment,
0" herd labour.
toll Tuesday, the amateurs who lately appeared at the
t:etre-royal. for the benefit of the Polish and Hun-
arorTe" refugees, celebrated the success of their praise-
ena TY efforts by a dinner, which took place at White-
ly:o.las Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-street, at which up-
oe„"8 of thirty,
were present. Mr. C. Leach
d'i'd the chair, and Mr. G. Grist the vice.
Live",uesitHY night a public meeting of the tailors of
or dnoi wile held at the Concert-hall, for the purpose
Cis o den as
the evils of the " sweating " system, and
Itit,„!° consider the remedy adopted by the Tailors' In-
litarTe this town. Mr. Henry Mayhew, the Metropo.
press " °flimissioner" of the Morning Chronicle, was
n.,"• The Rev. Dr. Aspinall occupied the chair.
neii,R4l4 To LONDON. —We perceive that our spirited
eoraa bours Messrs.' 111''Clune and Tamelin, are the agents
of steamrs leaving. this port for London every
and itit:!lY, ceiling at Penzance and Plymouth.. Passengersf
tran,lit'PPers of goods will find this a convenient mode o
lee ,',,csPecially as regards Penzance and Plymouth,
slitteu.elightful summer excursion to visit the Great
from I.‘?Vorfe Wales Chronicle states that a young Jew
taut, n'Zi,ereool lately eloped with his father's ri.aid-ser-
eleegyin"elsh girl, hut on presenting a license to the
frOm au of her native parish, he refused to marry them,
Jew off scruples. To obviate the difficulty the
eler.'„" red to become a christian, on the spot, but the
Live'lprnarZa_s inexorable; and they had to return to
boleti:m.4ra, to of disconsolate singlehood.
?mmitted suieidl Thursday, a man named James Scott,
PlUmbe.stro by hanging himself in his lodgings, received He had been to Greenock, where he
rate °me money, of which he was robtled
Intoxication, on Tuesday week. pocket-book
188 found upon decea.ed, in which he expresses a hope
forgiveness from his friends and mercy from God. He
" about fifty years of age, and has left a wife, who
'Niles in Greenock, but no family.
of4l the sessions,on Friday, Cyrus Watts was acquitted
~
the charge of stealing £2lO from a box belonging to a
eoro
e. ft-tetanal traveller staying at the Neptune Hotel. The
elec.. it
teildu stances will be fresh in the recollection of our
Watetrs• One of the all-important circumstances against
posses was, one of the stole(' notes being traced to his
etar'ss'on ; but, the prosecution not establishing that the
paid..ev.as made on the particular day on which Aldridge
tetiren; In. the proof of the further identity of the note
ty failed.
lady,l!Facan OPERATION.—On Friday week, a young
largo to daughter of Mr. Bird, surgeon, Runcorn. had a
b upwards of a pound weight, removed from
entei!,',e-est, hy Me. Pye, surgeon, Great George-square,
tkw:.4l7ho! Mr. Hutchinson, of Liverpool and Mr.
gp„, the ,`,Prescot. The tumor was of a fibrous' charm,-
e-revee rt:though of. such a large size was dexterously
Th fig 944 an incredibly short space of time, the patient
e oat. e unconscious of pain during the operation.
Tao lent is doing well.
r° LATE LATE STREET ROBBERY OF £2B4.—At the bo-
liatea sessions, on Thursday, John Carter, Thomas Wil-
ted f 0 and Hannah Smith, alias M'Avoy, were convic-
ersoar.:"aulting William Carr, and stealing from his
is t.0.'„'',.481 10s. in Newington. The prosecutor inquired
)Elefrom the 'Railway Station to the Slaughter-houses,
was followed by the
prisoners, dragged into a passage,
teetey. s‘trangled, and robbed of the above sum. Seri-
'armed 'ea years' transportation each. The prisoners
The Part Of a most desperate gang of thieves.
el atire_new Dock Bill consists of fifty-four clauses. The
or tc,..n of the new committee, who must be a member
ehairee Council, is to be elected for six years ; the deputy.
Oot been, who is to be elected for three years, may or may
lion a member for the Council. The rating qualifica-
h;_eemains as at present—the payment of ten pounds
the _remains
for dock rates. One-third of the members of
• ora.oecaounittee appointed by the Council are to go out of
tnemevery second year ' • the same with respect to the
til) •ers elected by the dock ratepayers. A penalty of
sot „ 18 inflicted on perscns using fires and lights in docks
Ttiglithorised by the bill.
11144,0
,COLLINs' LINE —As the steamer Arctic was
afthosening the coast of England, on the 14th, a meeting
Ptieseeassengers erswas
hig convened, at which resolutions were
;ties mexPressive of h regard for the conduct and abil-
41t0a 7„Captain Lece. The last resolution was couched
and That the Collins' line has enlisted the sympathies
"tru.-.l'erest of the American people ; that it is very justly
4ed
bap eat by them as of national importance, as well in
tt.1.0 the maintenance of our navigation, our credit
a4th th,„" world, and the independence of our intercourse
of„,". thii,various countries of Europe. And we believe,
0i..1.0„` this line may fairly challenge the liberal support
aelak e,"ean countries, and especially of Great Britain, as
".`, that chain of facilities for intercommunication
fationais binding the two continents in the bonds of
ellowstecourtesy commercial reciprocity, and generous
Allogp. I
VI jr, I 1 CHA PTE It OF THE. CALIFORNIAN ROMANCE.
t hlte the passengers by the Arctic is the Hon. Mr.
2reia,'2,tember of the United States Congress for Cali-
'Wes wrle has been a successful searcher after the pre.
ore exhibitels, which abound in that wondrous country.
no exhibited prin7pasnme samples of gold and silver ore to aurfietw
ditaretta„..s;
.1 merchants. The go dpi of
_f
also
d.
1.41 richness in the natural matrix. I e is-
Pl'etis' e° the eyes of his astonished visitcrs. sorn.e..s_peci-
*etth °' silver
y ore,
.of extreme metallic weight, are
ea"?es of st'urnParison with any specimens from the richest
eohtlet.y (fnith America. The gold was in lumps of every
.7 Mole c'!uu—some of the pieces being from three to
kite. 8 in length and from two to three inches in
a.
Abel varying in weight from two to thirty ounces. " nite, „the . .
tio,rrocueing- nas visited this country forthe purpose
'-"31 stated a
.equate machinery for his mining opera-
,cl4Peeto, , seriously that by this time next year he fully
g milli
be in possession of gold of the value of a hun-
aaet • tonne
of dollars and to " raise" double that
C to the following,.
(nevi year.—Liverpool Times.
bAt theetbotr°2c_
poy A RESPECTABLE
. WOMAN FOR FELONY.
e bebop ,`'‘!eh sessions, Mary Powell, a young woman,
gill fo.nowt.'inu Al Cabe, were convicted of felony, under
ptee
vjg. circumstances :—Powell, who is a young
re ry Qatliegiriustcoat maker, and was in the service of a
%al Itte taret,'' wbo was in the habit of taking in work
Ni..9tn of March
establishment. It was alleged that, on
triei;leoat er_o4velsrch. last, the prisoner Powell stole several
hee a.nti viluccehivisahget(aPeoawamelel),
ite,P7 , which had been given to Gallagher to
seri teu for re • •
that
„eatolen, sold to M`Cabe, who
knowing them to have
e,_,J'he evidence went to show, beyond doubt,
eo,,"Parnsoo"l4° • whose husband keeps a " piece-shop" in
eeo7se oe b:',Lreet• had bought the articles in the usual
tlsutate wrtsi n
tiesst and had paid for them a price com-
Ilpe time she
et heir value under the circumstances, and
iereaeoo:aof purchased them it was done openly, in
beth deliber
everal persons. The jury, however after
thtanesone ate:in, returned a verdict of guilty against
ietsaoreed afivPeowell, the principal, was ordered to be
eaakids?.
utt. no re
elat beforoe7doe: and, in
shouldrefelrieknec et
ot othithink
M'Cabe,over
Y "Ailing to you."