The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

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Last Week Mr. John Langan purchased the estate 5
hall of Thotnton, near Rock Ferry, for 9,000 guineas.
ASSAULT.—At the Birkenhead Police-court, on
day, Georze Lawton was fined 40s. and costs for as'a-ot
ing Eliza Fort.ha,.-, in Higher Behington. The defend
e,
accused the complainant of keeping a disorderly
and the rnagit.trates, who had heard of his irregulariti"
strongly cautioned him.

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Cul:Joys neuersraNCE.—An inquest was on "el" aj,
summoned to b • held at Woodchurch, near Birkenve-pe,
on the body of an elderly female, who, it was rdiesgsot,
had (lied in consequence of ill-treatment by an tulaua,ihe
ised practitioner in his endeavours to cure a cancer.
c rover, Churton, Esq., issued his warrant for tbe.
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disinterment of the body, and ordered a post tnortent.
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amination to be de by Dr. Vaughan and Mr. Foun'q
of Birkenhead. However, on the parties arriving 'e
Woodeher.li, it was found that the deceased had bere
buried at Wlii-clitirch, in Shropshire, and thither
parties departed, fir the purpose of pursuing the inqutrYo
FIRE AT BIRKENTITEAD.—About three o'clock Oi
Tuesday morning last the watchman on duty discoversr!
the premises of Messrs. Wemvss and Cameron, joinel"
and builde a, Ivy-street, Birkenhead, to be on
nfirei
The alar was speedily given, and two of the engines fle!'
to work, but. owing to the inflammable nature of the
buildings, whi •h were chiefly composed of wood, in 106
then three quarters of an hour the wi.ole were razed tothe
ground. There is every reason to suppose that this is the
work of an iorendiary, as the fire originated in the east
end of the building, in a temporary shed used for jointing.,
flooring boards, (into which no fire was ever admitted) Of
in the end di-ectly opposite to that in which the stove,'
erected. Ab nit tourteen men were esnployed on theE,,re;
raises, all of eh m have lost the whole of their tools. IP
premises were insured in a London office ; and theloset
exclusive of the tools, is estimated at about £2OO.
FALL OF A PORTION OF BIRKENHEAD Martres'r•e,
About eleven o'clock on Saturday between fifty and
yards of the southeastern wall of the new market now to
course of ereei ,n at Birkenhead, by the contractors'
Messrs. Fox, Penderson, and Co.. fell down with
tremendous crash, burying six of the workmen in. the
ruins. The unfortunate fellows were engaged at the timer.
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in that part of the building which is to converted 1T,,,
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underground cellars, and were rivetting a portion of t;
iron roof. We are happy to say, although three of
parties were seriously injured, no person was killed. log
remaining three were got out of the ruins without having
sustained any contusions of consequence. The nameeo,
the injured parties are, James Ellis, aged thirty-te",,
whose leg was fractured in two places ; Samuel Mulch
aged twenty-two, who received contusions on the hew
the hips, and both legs ; and John Cannon, who recet
contusions on the head and loins. The poor fellow', viol
tee all unmarried, and from Staffordshire, were realiee
to the Birkenhead Dispensary, where peompt atter), be
was paid to their injuries. The accident was causee.etir
the fury of the gale which was blowing at the time, ftb,
a contemporary states that the walls are not suffinieuee
strung, being where the semicircular windows are t. le
placed, only nine inches in thickness, the length °fa
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brick, and where the pillars, or supports, are erected,o
tween the windows,the thickness varies only from four'e
to eighteen inches.
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WALeasev.—On Thursday evening, the adie'der•
meeting of the parisioners was held, to take into cones'tiogr
ation certain propositions for the improvement, Fr jt,
and watching of the parish. On the motion of Alr'ner.
tledale, J. C. Ewart, Esq., in the absence of the eleB
Dr. Byrth. was called to the chair. The meeting "MP
been opened by the chairman, and addressed by es'
Winch, in the speech explanatory of the proposed I
wet
sure, Mr. Meadowcroft opposed the project, hut he „Or
with little support. The following resolution was Or'ioto
with only three or four dissentients That talt44rease
consideration the great present and prospective in! the
of the population of the parish of Wallasey, it is,
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opinion of this meeting, very desirable that anP!'c for
should be made to parliament in the ensuing ec.',sl°floti,
an act for the regulation of the affairs of the parish
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the principle of vesting in commissioners the ponerS
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paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and otherwisece of
proving the parish, the establishment and mainteneed 011
an effective police, and a public market thereon. Pete°
other powers that may be found necessary for its e
linen,
good government, for which the general law of the ;et"
necessary, it becoming insufficient."—.A number 0....epe
tlemen were then nominated to act as a committee' cons'
secretary proceeded to read the report of the o"elausl
mitteean the hi ads of the intended bill. The first
rate°
vests the execution of the act in 21 commissioners and
at £5O, or possessing property of the value of £jsooell°
to be elected by the inhabitants rated at £lO to 111.7jeatie°
of the poor.—Mr. Brice proposed that the flua'le
tf to
should be a rating of £35 instead of £5O, or Pr°,,l'aerr °e-
the value of £lOOO instead of £l5OO. Mr. tie".-Wlec
conded the motion, which was carried, after '''e'ealifieei
had explained, in answer to a question, that theillie
tion was to be in landed property, or houses• shall re:
clause provides that seven of the commissioners •,e vex`
tire annually by rotation,
the and be re-eligible.
con37-i7, clauses, relating to the monthly meetings et ';
the Pe!,
sioners, were agreed to without comment. -
optioll""
whicii'made appointment of auditors of account,
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it was made compulsory, on the suggestion °ad .weiteh'
lips. The next clause relates to the lightintfe eommissl;
ing of particular districts, by direction of itan be liable
ners, and provides that such ; arta' onlY
therates. Mr. Ford suggested that it ""°' their
o manufacture,eeter
for the commissioners to take power t
kenhesd. a"" - et
own gas, instead of taking it from Bir- t to that effe
a good deal of discussion, an amendment
authx,
was carried by a small majority.—The term omen`ere
the commissioners to take a lease for r future
ceeding twenty-one years of any of the eitisgi:
be advisable
agreeche
ferries of the parish having been ad
leave the consideration of it
clauses authorizing the laying
of
were passed without 0,0
and watching, and big
-I)w°horarizing the Commissioners in`i
nervation.—The clause ..sl;;:itmheprcoovinemmeinttte,elighti.
jib!
been read, Mr. Ford proposed
Committee. Agreed to"- nj
borrow £15,000 for the
byl
the
authorizing
thatpurposes
sumof tshheoancl td
hhaevijill
blank, and filled up
v.erolni
the alteration name r.,.,joas
approved with d
ro osed the following as an atin"„oro
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by Mr. Stiorlan ,p
he report havingd bmeee
Brice,read over to
various clauses in the
clause.
the" That all tenementsp under £lO Fe exem et "tee
, A yaris'l,
directly on the respective owner." C The
lig improvementh
triantge,arddwathtcahtinfog
ras,tue(ll,.sitieatlile
tr)nreen,tas,
must obta,n` tee
Solicitor explained that such:posver
• Is there no clause for a supply of water.- „.Ibf
nd thet
a company, and not by the connnis loners. 1.
forms of the House would prevent them tr.enar.,utrovart
ly
for such powers this session at least.7-The c
We want eater more than any thing else.—The ,7d,
oncehigh "1
Ntyle:lo
the committee.—The various clauses o
the Ineasur".
proved, and a committee formed to carry out
suggested this matter would be better lfetfitleinbtil.i

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