The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-20 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

MR. SUMNER.-It will be seen by the letter of our London
correspondent that the Committee of Lloyd's have, in the most
handsume manner, voted the suns of forty-five guineas to Mr.
Sumner for his intrepid exertions in saving the pilots in the late
storm. They have also voted ten guineas io the Rev. Mr.
Formby, to be distributed by that gentleman among other per-
sons who rendered important aid on that melancholy occasion.

A LEGAL COMMISSION.—On Wednesday last the Commis-
sioners arrived i❑ Wavertree, and proceeded to examine, not
the Corporation, but to try the scales, weights, and measures of
the honest shopkeepers and dealers. Of 22 'members visited
seizures were made from 19; and so general Was the clearance,
that a total cessation of business was the consequence, until
new scales, weights, &c., were obtained from this town. Ten
scales, 62 weights,. and 11 measures were seized ! The only

• righteous persons in.the village Were the landlord of the coffee-
house and the keepers of two beer-houses. We understand
that the parties guilty will be brought before the magistrates at
Ptescot ; it is to be hoped that the bench of justices will then
fseethe absolute necessity of ordering a general survey of all
plaCes under 41144 jurisdiction.
ACCIDENT IN THE NEW .RAILWAY TUNNEL.—
OD Tuesday evening last a shocking accident, by which a poor
man, named Robert Jones, lost his life, occurred in the new
tunnel making from the town to the railway station at Edge-
hill. It appears that Jones, who was working in the tunnel,
had made a hole in the rock, in which he had placed a quantity
of gunpowder for the purpose of excavating the rock by blast-
ing it. . After depositing the gunpowder in the hole, he covered
it over with a quantity of rubbish, and was in the act of pressing
the rubbish down. with a staff, when a piece of the rock from the
roof of the tunnel fell upon him. He was immediately released
from his shocking, situatio❑ by his fellow workmen, and con-
veyed to the Infirmary, but was so much injured that he died
on Wednesday night. No other persons were injured by the
falling of the piece of rock.

.I\4ORE COMMISSIONERS !—The gentlemen of the legal pro-
fession, we find, are active in canvassing for appointments as
commissioners under the new act of Parliament, for the aboli-
tion of fines and recoveries. We hear that many candidates
are in the field in our own town. It is supposed, however, that
either Messrs. Lowndes and Robinson, Mr. W. Thompson, Or
Mr, Littledale, are most likely to succeed to the appointment
for Liverpool: others mention Mr. Charles Lowe; but we
understand several junior candidates have started. The ap-
pointments will take place in the present month, as the act
comes into operation after the 31st instant.
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LORD BLAYNEY STEAM PACKET.—It, appears by the ac-
counts received since our last publication, that the correction
we were enabled to make of the exaggerated statements of the
loss of life by this lamentable event, is confirmed. Those who
have met a watery grave, it is a melancholy gratification to
find, are about half those originally stated. The number of
individuals on board, including those who belong to the vessel,
was 47; the names and descriptions are as follows : Captain
Stewart. 11. N., commander; Stephen Roberts, chief mate;
James Smith, second mate; William Darlington, first en-
gineer, (body found;) Matthew Stanton, second engineer;
Mark Quilleash, steward; T. Tobin., cook. The remainder of
the hands are not given, as their names are uncertain. The
only cabin passenger known to have been on board was Mrs.
R. Purdon, of Newry; only one deck ticket was issued—to Mr.
Polio, (body found) There was a person, named J. Gordon,
with a man-servant on board, and a race-horse called Mount-
eagle, valued at i',300, which was lost. The names of the other
passengers are as follows :—O. O'llear, P. M‘Coy, P. Hanlon,
P. O'llear and another, D. Gorman, Henry Dunne, James
Cassidy, 0. Kenny, P. Trainor, 0. Rice, J. Duffey, M.
Larkin, P. Rice, 'Henry Hughes, F. Connisky, P. Clarke,
J. Quigley, and P. Fyers, pig-dealers ; M'Anulty, P. Dunn,
Feenan, William Summerville, John Mills, and M'Ardle
(uncertain), fowl-dealers; B. Cottony, oyster-dealer; Han-
lon, quills eater ; John Sloane, and James 'Murphy. Cargo
—519 firkins 20 crocks butter, 106 bao-s flour, 26 bags oatmeal,
2 bales linens, 12 boxes 1 bag quills, 6 boxes eggs, 8 bags
wheat, 4 bags potatoes, 1 crate 1 cask 2 hams 2 skips 3 kishes
1 box and 1. hamper fowls, 2 hhds oysters, 37 bags oats, 603
pigs. We are happy to find that a subscription has been com-
menced for the relief of the widows and families of the crew,

engineers, and firemen, and we hope that the numerous claims
lately made on the charitable feelings of our fellow townsmen
will not permit this additional demand upon them to be coldly
received. Books lie at the STANDARD Office, in furtherance
of this object; to which we invite the signatures of our charit-
ably disposed friends; and at the Exchange Newsroom.