The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-11 00:00:00

YESTERDAY

ACCIDENT AT THE TRAFALGAR DOCK.—On view of
the body of William Southern, a labouring man, aged
about 30 years. Yesterday (Monday) morning, deceased
was in the act of coming on shore on a stage from the
Countess of Lonsdale steamer, lying in the Trafalgar
Dock, when he missed his footing, and fell into the water.
A rope was thrown to him, but he did not get hold of it,

and he sank in a very short time. The grappling irons
were procured, but he was not found until half an hour
afterwards.

On the body of Edward Watson, a child, son of Wil-
liam Watson, who resides in Cheapide. OH Sunday
morning, deceased was put into bed, apparently well, and
in three hours afterwards was found dead. He died from
convul,ions.

On the body of Charles M`Farlane, aged five years, who
resided with his parents in Ben Jonson-street. On Fri..
day morning, the clothes of deceased caught fire in a room
to which he had gone by himself, and he was so severely
burnt about the head and neck, that he died on Saturday.
On the body of Richard Jones. aged 60. Deceased
lodged in Grosvenor-street. On the 24th of last month,

he slipped in the street, and broke his right leg, of which
injury he died on Saturday last, at the Northern Hospital.

Distrirt 1,1,r11)5.

NEW MAGISTRATES.—Thos. Taylor, Esq., and Henry
Woods, Esq., of Wigan, have been added to the emu.
mission for the county.

ORIENTAL VISITORS.—H. E. the General Eathem Bey
and son, from Egypt, are, staying at Manchester, and
viewing its manufi ctories.
A young man at Oldham, named John Seville, on Sun•
day last, "to prevent accident," discharge] a loaded
pistol which he had in his bed-room, out of the window,
when the bullet shot a little girl, named Haigh, twelve
years of age, on her way to the Sunday school.

A few days since, as a boat plying on the canal between.
Chester and Ellesmere was proceeding to the former town,
it caught the side on entering the locks, and was upset.
The captain and his wife were at the helm, and their two
children asleep in the cabin. The suddenness of the jerk
upset the boat, and the cabin filling with water, the chil-
dren were drowned before thy could be extricated.
DIVI.ION OF LANCASHIRE FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.—
On Wednesday, at the annual session of magistrates,
Mr. Joseph Brooks Yates, of Liverpool, gave notice of a
motion for the sth April next, to the effect that, in fu-
ture, every alternate meeting of the annual session shall
he held at Newton ; and that the sanction of parliament
be obtained to such arrangement as early as possible.
Mr. Yates, while he declined to venture further in ex-
lending his motion, intimated his own conviction that it
would be quite necessary to consider very shortly the
question of the separation of the county, for the transac-
tion of its business, into North and South Lancashire ;
and on this matter he thought legislative interference
must soon take place.

STATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—The in-
crease of employment during the past week has been very
satisfactory. Within the borough of Manchester 2,400
hands have been added to those hitherto engaged on full
time ; and in the districts about Manchester, including
A.hton, Oldham, Rochdale, Todmorden, and other
places, the improvement has been equally agreeable.
The weekly official return, showing the state of employ-
ment of the whole of the operative classes in Manchester,
gives the following results :—Last week the number of
hands working full time was 27.469; in the present week,
29.869. The number in the past week engaged on short
time was 6.394, and in the present week 4,013. The
number of hands wholly out of employment continues
nearly at the relative numbers of the past week. Last
week there were 10,320 hands wholly out of work, and
in the present week the number is 10,373.
WHO IS EARL ELLESMERE ?—Sir Ralph Egerton, of
Egerton, Malp s, Cheshire, left a son, who became Lord
Chancellor of England, and was created Viscount Brack-
icy; and from him descended the noble House of Bridge-
water; to the immense property of which the present
Earl of Ellesmere—formerly Lord Francis Gower, and
afterwards Lord Francis Egerton—succeeded. Virtute
non arinis fido. Ellesmere (Baron) Egerton, created 1603
as h peerage, became extinct in 1829. The present Earl
was the nephew for the late Earl Granville, ambassador
for so many years at the French Court, and in the familiar
habit of visiting in that city, and in company with the
oldest soldiers in Europe. Lord Ellesmere has also been
a cavalry officer ; and as younger brother of the Duke of
Sutherland, as well as on account of his own wealth and
high connexior.s, has had tl.e advantages of consulting men
of military science and experience, in all the courts of
Europe, and his statements, therefore, on the defences of
e the iun ry aie entitled to great weight.
ANNUAL COUNTY SESSION.—The adjourned annual
session was held at Preston, on Wednesday ; T. B. Ad-
dison, E‘q.' chairman.—Applications from several dis-
tricts, for additional police, were agreed to.—The com-
missioners for the three lunatic asylums were re-appointed.
The new rules for prisoners committed under the Small
Debts' Act were brought under discussion, and its future
consideration postponed.—A resolution to extend the
number of newspapers in which county notices are adver-
tised, was brought before the bench by Mr. Thompson ;
the matter was eventually left in the hands of the Finance
Committee.—Notice was given of an intention to bring
forward a motion, at a future session, that the annual
sessions be held alternately at Newton and Preston.—Pe-
titions were presented from various places, praying the
magistrates to relieve them from the great pressure of the
rates. A long conversation succeeded, and the subject of
the county expenditure was very warmly discussed, but
without any resolution being come to respecting it.—For
the general purposes of the county, a rate of Id. was

imposed.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday
Mr. Ainsworth shot a sparrow and gave it to one of his
little boys. In the afternoon at about half-past four or a
quarter to five, he was in the kitchen playing with his
children, when his youngest girl asked him to shoot a bird
for her. ile replied he was afraid he could not, as they
would all be gone to roost ; but he would try. He then
took down a gun and having loaded it, he went into the
plantation ImAaido his h0n...--Ho had been absent but a
tew minutes when u female servant heard a person groan
as if in pain ; and on going out she saw her master, who
bad just come through a small gate leading to a plantath n,
in the act of falling to the ground ; his coat and waistcoat
on his left side being on fire. She ran to support him,
when he ejaculated, " Oh ! Ellen," to the servant ; and
assistance having been procured, hewas instantly taken into
into the house, where died in about ten minutes. It would
seem that being unable to find a bird to shoot, the unfor-
tunate gentleman was returning through the gate with the
undischarged gun in his left hand, when the trigger must
have caught some part of the gate, and the gun immedi-
ately exploding, the contents were lodged in his left side.
Mr. Ainsworth, who was about 36 years of age, has left a
widow and four children to lament his untimely fate.—
Blackburn Standard.
PASSION OF THE LANCASHIRE OPERATIVES FOR
GARDENING.—Most of the' cottages at Heywood, if not
all, have patches of garden ground attached or within
easy reach. As in most other parts of Lancashire, the
occupiers of these small gardens are passionately fond of
flowers and a few simple, but highly cultivated fruits.
Chiefest of these in their care, anxiety, and I may say af-
fection, is the gooseberry. I had seen evidence of this
elsewhere, and now I listened to an informant, who,
knowing the people around us vvelni,dtosludmomf heora' to they
an
eayrose
in the early mornings of spring a
hour among their garden favourites before going to the
factory; how, with half an hour to breakfast, they mea-
sured the time of breakfast by a few minutes, ran to the
gardens to see the flowers and the gooseberries, and again
at the dinner hour, and once more at the half hour for
afternoon tea ; and in the evenings when the day's work
was done, they spent the last hours of sunlight and twi-
light in the society of one another, and of their cherished
plants. Some would go far up the dells by the rivulet
banks with kettles, or such like domestic utensil, to get
some choice sand of sharp quality, or fresh earth, and
fetch it home on their heads, and lay it to the roots of the
plants of their affections ; others would go out to botanise
and gather rare specimens in the woods, where they would
meet those excellent specimens of mankind, the humble
botanists from Manchester, who travel to these distant
glens to hold communion with Nature, to gather the
plants which the hand of God has planted and made curi-
-0119 and marvellous to lead them to inquire; to gather the
blossoms which the eye of God has looked upon and made
13;_mutiful that they and all mankind might admire and be,
devout.—" The Whistler," in the Manchester .EA amour.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, with the view of
baying a definite and uniform system of Lights, these Steam-
vessels carrying the following distinguishing Lights, viz. :
A CLEAR WHITE LIGHT at the MASTHEAD.
GREEN DITTO on the STARBOARD BOW.
RED DITTO on the PORT BOW.

BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL
MAIL STEAM SHIPS,
APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALTY TO SAIL
BETWEEN
Pt
17, LIVERPOOL and BOSTON,
AND BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL and NEW YORK,
Calling at HALIFAX
To Land and Receive Passengers and Her Majesty's Mails.
Captain.

Captain
AMERICA .. C. H. E. Judkins NIAGARA .. Alex. 'Fyne.
EUROPA.... Edw. G. Lott. CANADA .. Walter Douglas
HIBERNIA..NeiI Shannon. CAMBRIA .. Wm. Harrison.
BRITANNIA.W. J. C. Lang. CALEDONIA.John Leitch.
ACADIA Captain James Stone.
The Vessels appointed to sail from LIVERPOOL are the
ACADIA For 805T0N...... on the 15th January, 1848.
HIBERNIA.... For NEW YORK .. on the 29th January, 1848
The Vessels appointed to sail from AMERICA are the
HIBERNIA..
CALEDONIA

The Passengers and Goods for New York are intended to be
landed at Jersey City, within the jurisdiction of the Custom-
house of New York. _

Passengers' Luggage must be on board the day previous to
sailing. _ _ . .

Passage, including Provisions, but without Wines or Liquors,
which can be obtained on board, to Boston, Halifax, or New
York, Thirty-eight Guineas. Steward's Fee, One Guinea.
Dogs charged £5 each.

Apply, in Halifax, to S. CUNARD ; in Boston, to S. S. LEWIS;
in New York, to EDW. CUNARD, 3UII. ; in London, to J. B.
FooRD, 52. Old Broad-street; in Glasgow, to G. and J. BURNS;
or, in Liverpool, to
D. and C. MACIVER, 14, Water-street.

NOTE.—AII Letter; and Newspapers intended to be sent by
these Vessels must pass through the Postoffice, and none will be
received at the Agents' Offices.
Passengers will be charged freight on their personal luggage
when it exceeds half a ton measurement.

LIVERPOOL AND BELFAST.
# 1:1U
' The splendid and powerful Iron Steam-ship
IO TYNWALD,
Ls intended to sail from Liverpool
• • .....e.
For BELFAST,
(With or without a Pilot,)
From the Clarence Dock.
:THURSDAY, January 13, at 3 o'clock, Afternoon.
[TUESDAY, January 18, at 9 o'clock, Evening.
SATURDAY, January 22, at 11 o'clock, Evening.
THURSDAY, January 27, at 3 o'clock, Afternoon.
Apply to
LANGTRYS and Co., 20, Water-street, Liverpool.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DUNDALK
AND LIVERPOOL.
TIiRRS 7,721‘ MO 22-4014 Tl7ll 317 . --
THE DUNDALK STEAM-PACKET CO.'S
Splendid and powerful new iron Steam Ships
PRIDE OF ERIN,
, (800 tons burthen, and 420 horse power,)
Jou x WILLIAMS, Master, and
DUNDALK,
(600 tons burthen, and 300 horse power,)
JOHN HUTCHESON, Master,
Are intended to sail as under:
FROM LIVERPOOL TO DUNDALK,
(From the Clarence Dock Basin,)
DUNDALK This Day, 11th Jan., at 1 o'clock, Afternoon.
PRIDE OF ERlN.ThUnday, 13th Jan., at 2 o'clock, Afternoon.
DUNDALK Saturday, 15th Jan., at 5 o'clock, Evening.
PRIDE OF EatN.Tuesday, 18th Jan., at 8 o'clock, Evening.
DUNDALK Thursday, 20th Jan., at 9 o'clock, Night.
PRIDE OF ERlN.Saturday, 22d Jan., at 10-o'clock, Night.
DUNDALK Tuesday, 25th Jan., at 12 o'clock, Noon.
PRIDE OF EatN.Thursday, 27th Jan., at 2 o'clock, Afternoon.
DUNDALK Saturday, 29th Jan., at 3 o'clock, Afternoon.

Fares—Cabin, 12s. 6d., including SPeward's Fee; Steerage, 5s
A Stara) dess attends the Ladies' Cabin.

One of the Company's Vessels sails from DUNDALK for
LIVERPOOL every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY,
about two hours before high water.
Goods for shipment to be down at least two hours before the
_

time of sailing.
For further particulars apply to the Agents, WILLIAM
M‘MAsTER, Steam-packet Quay, Dundalk, or to
JAMES METGE, 35, Water-street. Liverpool.