The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-20 00:00:00

Lty 20, IS' 41.

?Local Re iz.
cattle market is to be held at the Old Swan, on
Thursdays, in addition to that on Mondays.
The Rev. A. Knox addressed two meetings of the
Church Missionary Society at Hull, on Monday.
£5O
JamesAexander Henry, Esq., M.P., has presented to
Atkin, Esq., the worthy chairman of the Sailors'
Herae, towards the completion of the building.
On Tuesday a shipkeeper, named Joseph Martin, was
filled by fallinf.; into the hold of the ship Daniel Webster,
filled in the Waterloo Dock.
Tile Rev. J. B. Lowe spoke at Bath on Tuesday, at the
the Meeting of the Society for Promoting Christianity among
Jevvs.
On Wednesday a young man named Pathons
was
en,gaged hoisting stones at a quarry at Flaybrick-hill,
Wnen a large stone fell on him and killed him instantly.
An elegant geld watch and appendages have been pre-
hr.seor.iLiet:sefytientioianthce Rev. W. Smith, minister of St. Peter's
Church, Great Oxford-street North. .
Miss Perkins who lately kept an extensive boarding-
that Duke!street, has been reduced to such distress,
an aPpeal has been made to the public.
ne-",,lman, too late for the Birkenhead ferry-boat, on Wed-
--"" g, mat
de a leap to get on board the vessel
Just after it had lef the stage. He fell into the river, but
could swim, and was soon rescued.
the
accounts for the year ending March 31. st last, of
ie expenditure of the Health Committee have lust been
14. Dinted• The total sum expended is £110,516 10s. ',ld.
t Permission of the commanding officer, Capt. Coch-
an°, th Gard of the 91st regiment will play at the totanin
tint the
sonsmeenrsmeovoetrhys.Monday and Friday evening du-
Jmt. Woovrox FLOWER Snow.—This interesting exhibi-
,(lllof floral, horticultural, and agricultural products
take place on Thursday week, when an fly
Splendid assort tof flowers, fruits, &e., is expected
till:lessrs."Thomniteisn Vernon and Son have just completed
iesi construction of a new double-bowed steamer, for the
fr ees of the Royal Rock Ferry, which was launched
9,T their yard on Saturday.
~uti Tuesday evening, James Mason, of Eaton-street,
'Jae euair, home from his work as usual,.. and sat down in. his
He complained of a pain in his breast, and In a
die ft time afterwards fell from his chair to the floor, and
n" immediately.
f °f the Clare unions, thatof Ennis, has transmitted
Ortyf
011 r female paupers to this town for embarkation to
ttiAustralia. These poor females, who bad been comfortably
jed at the expese of the union, appeared much
Protesta
The
the
wells
• Earires-Peet of independence:opened to them..
speakers w atVirinchilsea presided at the Tunbridge
. Association last week, and among the
Stewart, „LerDe Sir Brook Bridges, Rev. J. Haldane
tolquhou Gordon, J. P. Plumptre, -and J. C.
throne I.Villiarn of Prussia, heir presumptive to the
attone, visited Liverpool on Friday, and was shoy_;_nrueevsm
trot of interest by Otto Burchardt, Esq., the r.
th:8111* At the Town-hall the Prince was received by
f
Mayer .
man, eighteen years o
age, ari., • He is a tall -young
u rather sedate.
foC Thursday, a man named David 'Lamb, who was
kineety a gentleman's servant, but who has been for
the time residing at No. 19, Cable-street, fell dead in
tyiiltealbteoohnet fi.,.4y-
iiofthe house where he resided. Ihe deceased
two years of age, and had been for some
-neering from a complaint
se of the chest.
IllanovetY melancholy ca of death, afterlong and painful
114. 8, caused by drinking water kept in a lead materna. Iliti-lnst occurred at Egremont. In this case the cause
tof
ap4BB was not even suspected until it was too late _
t° site.l'emedY• The water was then analyzed and found
Abpengly impregnated with poison from the cistern.
amat seven hundred baths are daily -taken at the new
total en„ Melete establishment in Cornwallis-street. The
the 'eceiPts last week were no less than £74 9s. 10d., and
the turnher of baths enjoyed was 4,976. We congratulate
Nit ealth committee and their excellent chairman, Mr.
140 hours ", on this gratifying result of their benevolent
,_cosq'tiii.lejnitation from the Birkenhead Dock Company,
ale -b-`l4 of Mr• Joseph Bailey,'W.P., Baron Goldsmid,
804.411 ice, and *Mr. Laird, with Mr. Abernethy, C.E.,
NlllO-neer, had an interview,• on Friday, with Lor.d
7G,11r, at the office of Woods and Forests. Sir
iatertelse Baring was present with -Lord Seymour at the
On w•
Week4o -i-Ps NueridaY last a little boy named John Stafford, died
es received by his clothes taking fire about a
left inPrilevions. The deceased tied an elder brother were
Pere t
e kitchen alone, while the mother went out to
and Lsase bread. The deceased-made a marble of clay,
Dirki: the attempt to put it on the chimney-piece, his
Tnitcaine near the fire, and ignited.
Naps Cexens.--On'Wednesday the enume-
Thi „s°,' the census of 1851 met at the Rose and Crri,
goit‘rsaee, and resolved unanimously to memorialise the
Nird Zecretery on the insuEciency of the payments
tole,em to them for their services, and to call upon
the
otietoMnent to make them a more adequate return for h
Naus and responsible duties of their office.
t,24-130AT COLLISION.—On Tuesday night, shortly
stealn,:n o'cock, a collision took place between the screw
„stearEC: ,Genova from Gibraltar, and the paddlewheel
‘4e p.:,_,Aiinrod. The collision occurred a little inside
the e,.4_ Lighthouse, the' 'Nimrod striking the Genova
oat
bow, cutting her down to the water edge.
„L'er, for: Immediately taken into the Prince's-dock Basin,
'ae Compartment being-filled with water. The Nim
peed, cutwater &c and-returned into dock.
tirUltu Lee4l. Suovv.'—'ri;eliiverpool Floral and Her-
steadenzis ral :
o,;(4,ettet3r will hold their first exhibition for the
et "etaday next, at the Botanic Gardens, in-
aPseieu the v‘e Exchange, as formerly. Three
Btationeere h
--tgrirzna bye
erected, and a brass band will be
d 'ng the exhibition. The
Iteathed; ah-riitl!legardeintig ,larind it is expected, if the
o,4:tpthatt that the show will be one of the most
yet taken place-
Th, Thursday last, Sir
'tom" °W"R-14A"z1N".--.O"
a "bill
peLe Grey brought into the House of Commons
`t,;4l 'SO much of an act of thetwelfth year of King
eatpet,_he Third, relating to the making, keeping,
. and
to as exempts therefrom certain ma-
evearutnfedignsutnopreoswodferg,unpowder,near Liverpool, and to
temporary provisions-with regard to the said
sert .1,2!11.,e5 and stores." The hilwas read the first time
Aext„t'uaY, and is to be read a second time on Friday
keeping kw
:. Thompson of Clayton-square, teach b00k-
,40 °I double entry, not merely giving their pupils a
th:ge of the forrin, in which accounts may be kept,
tl_,'4(l4ll.l.°llglllY grounding them in the theory, science,
t7t that
_ they know the wh and wherefore of
eildt lej and are capable of varying their system so as
a;naJoe bykrenmstances. Their method of improving. the
abatla or indifferent writers has met with universal
Aver:faqir,' approval, a beautiful free hand being the
eliatesadt of a few lessons.
mode CARGOES OF COTTON HAVE FALLEN
tOll.- l'obannah Republican tells of an ingenious
s • -1111iiee,U the white and black stevedores steal
.coot
sr4eening the'°ading the vessels they are in the habit f
f cotto in the matresses -upon which they
411 Ith the n
tildh , tb.ta down empty and returning with them
atroaed.47 sniPs are loaded. Doubtless almost every.
20 It is or this port this year has thus been robbed ,
d "°l3lthle or that during the season from 15,000 to 13 kra
BgarB worth of cotton has been stolen.
dD RIOT.—One of the prisoners,
.Peter
tint at Rieke ,ound guilty at the last Cheshire assizes of
qY' kr. ennead, was on Monday discharged from cus-
(4,cettifi4ustice Williams, who tried the prisoner, hay-
nst odd tn%Sir George Grey that the conviction was
t.', if ence. At the trial, on the part of the prose-
•.l4,—
v .8 sworn by three Liverpool police-officers,
illase,Pr;;nrik,ell9, and Cox, that the prisoner:Fitzsimo.ns
kr". Kelly std
part in the riot and fighting with t,tOteB. edY stated that he was fighting with him four
tretl that t
the part of the prisoner it was clearly
ere e,, 4,, at, at the time the riot took place, he was at his
"et attlrld the CoPperworks-bridge, at Seacombe, and
t4,` "0 Meeting.
ths `vge-Pocir. 'LIBRARY.—The annual meeting of
sq. • tehold
keo' th ere was •held on Tuesday, J. To.wnsend,
bent f e chair. The report gave a very satisfactory
t the
°. th gut of Proceedings of the year, and made reference
5h0,..4 Pr. ~"70 thousnd volumes towards the formation
34'9 rnblic Libraar,-. The statement of accounts
,i,;„'ese,,bua,,lance in faveur of the institution of £64.
belo118"),tioult then brought forward the motion of
444"Riog '4(I given notice, " That the forfeited shares
det4lt njn. the institution (92 in number) should be
'e i)lllMrn price appears met with corm-
Ilbraqaeldti)osition. There are, it, already -801
ThetY Wert.% and it was pleaded that the boo
140tio`80fficient only to- meet the present demand. ()I.) N'etaill was negatived by a-very large majority.
l‘Al,l,4lday°„tr ATTACK ON THE ,REV. MR. POLLOCK..--
seh `vexing a remarkable attack was made in St.
cirUteh, on the Rev. Mr. 'Pollock, under the fol-
!i,l,,ce twoelLroatences :—On the commencement of the 'lot" our th`ueo entered the church and took seats. For
rtitl'. that ts•erviee proceeded quietly; but at the expire-
restiestMe the individuals in question became appa-
°Net ns and wandered annoyingly up and down the
'lll4 th'-'°Y(l, the clerk, in order to preserve decorum,
they4ri(i /,,,el/1 either to sit down quietly or leave the
r.'n°44ir,",tanl one of the men rushed to the pulpit,
tVioci,s door, with a stick in his hand, struck
e twice on the back. Mr. Pollock. on observ-
-41" q_ .111`tiseending the pulpit stairs, inquired who he
11°dirttiUgilistoyn.,er e_xclaimed, when violence that he was
eata ce. Great excitemt instantly pervaded
.
kern ~,,.,kientlernen rose to their feet and ladies
,Sllrittle,"`4,,3eldom, perhaps, has a scene so remarkable
vi„N°ltlickkate4incoanY edifice. devoted. to sacred purposes.
V) °l.e..ezten .urse, received instant assistance from
hi'', atrer,,,ra officials of the congregation, and, after
• p ''t the madman was carried forcibly from
1:1(t to the exterior of the building,
4,Nticla°,4l,Po,.,urrees4e)iug' sermonhis
: A police-officer shortly arrived, and the
r!)Q,t in D. as Pinioned and conducted in custody to the
et atora ngh-stre t tet r3e, trot, th e followed by a large concourse of
111 4,414, treet e congregations of St. Mark's and Great
~4?40(1 8144' tile services at both places having
,ressa on, tlea,Y after the occurrence. On arriving at
fee„S vve7 te restik:ires of strong repression were found
the e (kin the prisoner from violence, and hand-
vlil)4l,se `e" round his wrists and ropes round his
e'jilitis;Pwellsarlye:lvtilsieAjr. Gibson and Mr. Talbot, from
iladeilee in" suspected the and although at first
bad oleo
tra.ceed to brilaaii";•
fever.
some
e acttimoef
qZprill‘oriloxh,ru, Prisoner, who stated fir' his name is
lltgeot' waancotiesviding at 123, Graftona:street, master
lish,s_rifined
~eYe to the worlchouse, and is at
voitOent. Lee lunatic asylum attached to the
4011
not
Of a
sus Nis companion,
it e fetes pn„.?: messenger was cent to acquaint his
•eetit
t the,. Meiotic character, hose movements
gave his name, but
44441444treedttegetlitthneeessark to detain him. We are
Rev. Mr, Pollock was not in any