The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-03 00:00:00

anb Vrabinrial flEtus.

INTIMIDATING WORKMEN.-On Monday, four la-
bourers were sentenced by Mr. Rushton to imprisonment
and hard labour for one month for having, by threats and
Iht":ll_at Blackpool and South Shore, which was bought intimidation, caused the stoppage of the works at the
tao"ara ago for 3d. per yard, is now selling at 3s. 6d. north docks. It appeared that owing to some dispute
tor.' children have died recently at Manchester from about wages, the men requiring an advance, a number of
labourers, amongst whom were the prisoners, struck work
;g Poisoned sugar, &c., intended to destroy vermin.
on Monday evening, and said they would kill the rest if
0,2 Is said to be in contemplation to establish steam
i'"iita.ll,,nication between this port and Brazil, they did not desist also, The police were sent for, but
the disaffected parties got away. On the following morn-
tith:atar"rr•law Commissioners have added four guardians ing, about eight o'cleck, they went down again to the
ulna of ington district, and made some changes in the works in a body of about twenty-five, while one of the
,titzi the Union. contractors was engaged in putting on fresh hands in the
hkbpsi„! ',P. Ladd, of H.M. steamer Redwing, has been room of those who had withdrawn, and said they would
a,Pen- to the command of H.M. packet Zephyr, at have more wages or they would stop the work. Owing to
ft-mead,
the threats they held out, about sixty horses and from
Nl'''lll'tte a 300 to 400 men were kept standing idle for two hours.
irtoi., tsar, at the police-court, two men, named Wil-
The four prisoners, being the most prominent amongst the
%id. il Jones, were committed for trial, charged with
turn-outs, were given into custody.
top, ng into the shop of Mr. Simpson, bread ,
"prerits-hill.
illjT bein , j g drunk and fighting, at Orton, on Monday chants interested in the guano trade was held in this town
on Thursday, for the purpose of adopting imeasure to re-
lief °sePh Bell and Frederick Boswell were fined ss. lieve themselves from. a burden whic.h is described as
qitlr " costs, at the Birkenhead police-office, on if May operating most materially to their disadvantage in the
markets of this country. Mr. Thomas Bold was chair-
tOutiLSl, A. eCIDENT.-On Saturday evening a farmer, of man ; and it appeared that Messrs. Ingram and Co of !hitab`ue of Sumner, was accidentally thrown out of his this town in the early part of last month, made a rep"re-
Aties,' in London-road, and died soon after the in- sentation in
the Colonial Secretary to the effect that the
guano at Ichaboe being exhausted, vessels in the trade
now proceeded to Saldanha Bay, but they were not al-
taso)4tin-a Rottan, fishmoneer, has opened a neatly fitted
altrar,„_4aaclagh-place. His arrangemtnts are complete lowed to take away the manure without a license from the
9setipant supply of fine salmon, and other fresh and authorities at the Cape of Good Hope, for which they
were required to pay at the rate of 20s. per registered ton
*t u
of the vessel. This imposition, it was alleged, amounted
Slsot the Birkenhead police-court, on Thursday, John
ai_ babe
to upwards of 20 per cent. upon the selling price of the
„aqsalt „''' was sentenced to pay 30s. and costs, for an
article in this country, and, in consequence of it being of
"asi,,,•"" a Youth named Dow, committed on the previ-
, -sums an inferior quality, the importers were not able to realize
.00 a.. sr nn the old Chester road.
the costs ; therefore, as a means of relief, they desired
tellit,.. °"...n.daaT morning, after a sermon by the Rev. J. the abolition of the license money. The reply of Lord
"..iciiloll le. 9d. were collected in Trinity Church, Stanley stated that the charge in question for taking guano
"'ilia nea,d, on behalf of the Society for the Propagation from Malaga Islands was originally enforced by the au-
,ta `f:'81?el in Foreign Parts. thorities at the Cape, on the ground that the guano dis-
t,iliail
i 4„,_ ail may be seen, by parties having tickets, on covered in the bay was the property of the Crown ; and
Oltd;".autlestlays, and Wednesdays, in June, July, and to remove all doubts on the subject an ordinance had
and by foreigners, coming from a distance, on been enacted by the Legislature of the colony under which
557911 and Fridays. the license fee had been demanded; but in deciding upon
e•alt. R
the confirmation of that ordinance her Majesty's govern-
-eta °Yet Agricultural Society has awarded a prize of iha as. to . White, . went would bestow their best attention upon the objec-
a cattail_ of Warrington, for his Essay on .
'ions made to the charge. It was mentioned incidentally,
soft taa,s nt Making Cheshire Cheese. A prize of £5O '
that upwards of £50,000 was involved in Liverpool alone
Iltaete`n,oY the society, for the best report on the agri-
upon the solution of this question, and that there are
At
...11, North Wales.
pig several houses interested to the amount of £2,000 and
LitN.,e4l suggestion of the Health Committee, a pig £5,000. Eventually a deputation was appointed to pro-
t ''' named Holmes, was brought before the Police- need to London to wait upon Lord Stanley.
cia`itthelak.°4°?houpday, and fined 20s. and costs, for allowing WALLASEY IMPROVEMENT ACT.-On Friday evening,
, 444; himimals.and.other garbage to remain in a a meeting of the ratepayers of £lO and upwards was held
aoarhu On Is premises in Thomas•street. at Liscard, for the purpose of nominating a list of coin-
s taaahtdaY, at the police-office, Mr. William Stewart missioners to represent the township. The chair was
Natt", `Ws. for permitting fires to be made in two taken by Miles Barton, Esq.-Mr. C. Holland replied to
Assatneds one in Limekiln-lane, the other in the arguments used at the Seacombe meeting, held on
mein. contrary'
to the provisions of the improve- the previous Monday, and contended that there was a
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community of interest. He denied that Seacombe was
I
Ott itta ~..r%
14,44 ‘en Saturday a fire at the Union Glass Works, entitled to a majority of the commissioners, on the ground
it Ake, 'was extinguished with trifling damage. On that Liscard had 388 £lO ratepayers, and the united town-
ILltata eay, a small quantity of sulphur was consumed ships of Seacombe and Wallasey only 327. He also de-
:t.i.ol4.!_nnder Holmes's provision warehouse, in Mat- nied it on the ground that Liscard had 109 qualified to
Itstrtiet, but the fire was got out without the aid of act as commissioners, and Seacombe and Wallasey only
100.-Mr. Odell, of Seacombe, denied that all, or even a
6T e'
majority of the inhabitants of that township, coincided in
Olitataltat°w•-•On Tuesday last, Robert Owen and Joseph the resolutions passed at the meeting held there on Mon-
o .!yere ordered to pay a fine of 20s each, and costs, day evening.-The Chairman was of opinion that, al-
as‘ttleling ferocious dogs to be abroad in the streets un- though the landlord hail the privilege of fixing the tenant's
)1.1.ta.
off George Maples was fined 40s. and costs for a rent, he ought not altogether to have the privilege of fix-
lelt, ence. The dogs had attacked and bitten several ing his taxes. (Cheers.) He then commented upon eer-
y° ThUrsda tain proceedings which had taken place amongst the Col:n-
-th $.3 ir, Y, at the Police-office, Edward Jones was missioners of Birkenhead, where, he said, one commis-
li:riittiis9l. for. having slbs. of leaf and half a pound sioner, who had purchased land at Is. or Is. 6d. per yard,
mks tobacco in his how!
on the 21st February last. sold it to his brother commissioners for 10s. 6d.-Mr.
Is 4, a °er was a labourer iWthe Queen's tobacco ware- Holland wished it to be understood that, whatever the
'Ol,O 'ld said he carried it away in small portions for Commissioners of Birkenhead might have done among
1,1, use.
itili,,iz Iloas themselves, the rates were lower in that township than in
lor tam; AL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.-The opening any place that could be mentioned.-After some discus-
Vt. ti7r et Crosby Channel, round the lightship, back sion, the 21 following gentlemen were carried as fit per-
tpt".eflaa:ghton, took place on Thursday, at eleven a.rn., sons to be elected commissioners :-William Atherton
lollesa,Oreeze from the N.E., which beantifull3 brought George Hamerton Crump, Joseph Christopher Ewan'
Ijtkasuing qualities of the vessels. On their return Thomas Fisher, Edward Ford, Charles Holland, Timothy' icita.".9 to Eastham, and did not proceed to their Bristow Hughes, James Leay, Harold Littledale, Wm.
t.l till after seven p.m. Mann, John North, Thomas Peers, Henry Winch, John
Ripley, Richard Bateson, John Taylor, Thomas Murray,
it\ttis. titirtnett..-On Friday an inquest was held be-
John Mawdsley, Joseph Thompson, T. T. Glazebrook,
111 Mae uarrY, on the body of a new-born infant, found
and Miles Barton, Esqrs.
ki„eotto„suaY, in St. James's Cemetery, wrapped in an
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.-On Thursday
th"l.ol4;''llown. Mr. J. Carr, a surgeon at the South
last, the examination of the deaf and dumb children in
ktVtipl4e;ro4 gave it as his opinion that the cause of death
course of instruction at the Oxford-street School, took
of the skull, caused by external violence, and
tp etUrned •
c erso„ a vcr dint of " Wilful Murder" against place at the Royal Institution. The room was crowded
by the friendsof the school, and the Rev. T. Bold presided.
wooil ." unknown
Mr. Rhind, the efficient and persevering master of the
11411e1(34 To MOTHERS .-On Saturday,two •• d. -. inquests school opened the proceedings. This was, he said, the
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._ before the borough Coroner, on view of the ninth anniversary examination. The educationitof a deaf
1,11, ,as`wo children who had been accidentally overlain mute for this world, and especially for the next was wor-
-11,;4601)0144ete..
.firs_t.
iwas on Emma MoOre, six weeks old, thy of the contemplation of all interested in the well-being
.414tarat`ri°0riilo in. Moore, of Lansdowne-street, Tox- of their fellow creatures, and he knew of no employment
Fas cer in the customs. The second was on more honourable or gratifying than his own, as at once
i'l ,wade,11,,,, only a few days old, the daughter of
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the teacher, the preacher, the missionary, and lie might
i'',,th wade, of Gascoyne street. almost add, the parent of deaf and dumb children wno, kll tiii AcciDENT.-On' Wednesday, about noon, a without proper instruction, would be-a burthen and' grief
yttasanarned Mary Price, residing with her parents, to their families, but with it, might, by the divine blessing,
Sh.killetlrbet, was run over by a cart, in Bedford-street, ,be made intelligent members of society-useful here, and
Paita, on the spot. The deceased was playing, happy hereafter. So much, unhappily, did the infirmity'
11$Vkilt. " 801118 other children, on the edge of the 1 of deafness and dumbness prevail in Great Britain, that it
,itzetiaitinad
thaavtin advanced two or three
.sards into i was calculated that 15.000 persons were afflicted with it,
the time,a 9irt was turning out of i of whom only 700 to 800 received instruction at schools
LlZlerland-street, sheliccidentally got under the ' and asylums. The school was open every Tuesday to the
11 --r°re the -
'it tire
~ driver had time to stop the horses. I public. The pupils were first taught to form le'ters, and
ktYlaidnunailar and Oriental Steam Navigation Com- ; then to distinguish letters by positions of the fingers.
, irk; their ;
la elated general meeting on Friday, and the direc- Everything was committed to memory by seelling on the
'i 'get, ed a net dividend of 3i per cent, for the half. fingers; but the meaning of words must be communi-
tll'realtietiug (for the first time) the income-tax from cated by signs and gestures-the only means by which ac-
rt., a.,''Profit •
a s, instead of charging- it on the share- I cars to the mind of a deaf mute could be effectually ola-
leiPtaoait_u_ei _ Undivided surplus amounts to £19,000. tained. Mr. Rhind then called up the junior class, who
ire states that an arrangement has been made by answered with facility and intelligence several questions
attarad;:`,ter supplying the required number of vessels put to them... In answer to further questions, they showed
Sao
_1:10nal service, and that the new contract will an astonishing acquaintance with many branches of useful
lit'itaaxuPeration from the Ist of June next, knowledge, and signified their ideas with great ease and
accuracy. Mr. R. concluded by saying that he had
yea e:EAD COMMISSIONERS.-The annual election 1 learned from long experience that the grand secret of
,Itt Disc °ltnissioners for the township of Birkenhead gaining the mind and winning the affections of the young
S4litre„taite,l°"daY. The commissioners whose term of entrusted to him was kind and gentle leading-not driv-
s4lltho"_are Messrs. M'Nicol. Bentham, Gilbertson, He then read two interesting letters written by pu-
'ita: by ,-7, and Watson, and there are two vacancies, I ing'
1 pils of the school, in which, in short and perspicuous sen-
Nl‘o!elti ''"e„,, retirement of Mr. J. D. Case and Mr tenses, they evinced a quick perception and an amiable
. k lyrhe following are the new candidates-. 1 feeling. One of these was addressed to " Sir Mohan
Itta leer ebbs, William Pike, William Potter, Wro. Lal, the Cashmere Chief," who bad been introduced to
It 11. t, Horner, Gilbertson, C. Bentham, and the school by Mrs. Cropper, of the Dingle, and who had
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shown them great kindness, and which the writer (Joseph
'lrti t° T 1.1 RIBUTES.-OH Monday week at the Thomas) gratefully acknowledged for himself and school-
Is Pk° °tel, the members of the St. George's Lodge fellows. The other embodied a curious though brief disser-
P ey,35
ote . Tr_ • , Presenteto retirement Lewis Samuel, tation on:the use of gold in coin, ornaments, &c. The
kah.ofeee, !a-surer, on his from the last- meeting then separated, highly pleased with the whole
at7ts ole:: which he had been elected for twenty- proceedings.
S4'Yti ilenu.ss.snre,iry, a vote of thanks, elegantly engros- PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN THE PARISH OFFICES.
der
. `l' he compliment was paid through I -A meeting of our select vestry was held on Tuesda
traria Master brother John Drinkwater. On the 1 which was attended by Mr. Clements, assistant oorb-layw'
o tcya similar compliment was paid to the same I commissioner. The finance' committee, who had
N'al4l. of 1? the members of the Holy Royal Arch engaged in the consideration of a letter fr'om the poor-law
sverusalem, through the M.E.Z. Companion, commissioners, relative to the duties that ought toP apper-
stOS 0 "euZ, senior. 1 tain to the secretary of the select vestry, had, it appears,
elaP BLAYE
In__ -GROWN SUGAR.-The second sale of , Pushed
.their investigations further, and drew up a report
ftl;aa alarr.the produce of slave-labour, admitted I containing a series of recommendations, which, in the
b: a tattaaa.ner in council of the 26th ult., took place I opinion of the members of the board, would effect a com-
Ntd:,_ There was a large attendance of buyers, , plete revolution in the establishment. The committee first
tit.►alb(' was fair. The importation, which was I announced a factwhichhascausedsomesurprise in the town,
kI .afetn La Guayra, consisted of 940 barrels, I namely. that Mr. Lowndes, the vestry clerk, had given no'.
lat amt The The first lots offered were sold at I tine of his intention to retire from his office next March, and
qh",arar., duty paid ; 565. were then offered, and I then went on to speak very highly of his conduct during the
Nil searlually advanced until they reached 60s. 6d. ' whole of the period that he had held the situation. The
Ot amgo was sold for re-exportation to the Isle report next proceeded to state, that the committee w
i,,, tettir . consequently, the duty of 235. 4d. per cwt. unanimously of opinion that there' should be a head supeerre-
lYs 4ed to the importers. 1 intendent over all the offices of the establishment; that
he should be clerk in the select vestry ; that he should
ii,'tsaoN.ttlatt, on Wednesday, presented a petition to i
; conduct the correspondence, and keep books showing a
yp.., pr.", rnmons from the merchants and others of
summary of the receipts and expenditure ; that he should
yo' tiltouYtog for a reduction in the duty on foreign
i lay a poor-rate as soon as possible after the 25th of March
yyleftaanother, praying that the lighthouse charges
ilitty4o4l:lolYeedroonusity of the public revenue; also a Peti- every year ; and superintend the whole of the offices un-
der the control of the select vestry and report thereon.
and respectably signed, from the
Then they were of opinion that there should be a t e
011% tad, shiptoowirlieerrsLiverpool, praying the house titrt4l.to 'Area,
Majesty
governmenthumbly
to entreating
adhereh
toer surer of the parish, a cashier, a superintending relievingr a-
i, it, cittlPel the Brazilian officer, and an assistant relieving officer, &c. Theyre-
commended that Mr.. C. Hart, the present parish trea-
Natl. lt_existence respecting the free navigation of
surer, should be appointed head superintendent, and that
01 1. 1' and other important rivers of that part of
Nllta . he should have a salary of £6OO a year, the poundage
ilti.‘ LIG THE POLICE.-Oti Wednesday, William which he now receives going into the parish funds. They
ellalso recommended that Mr. N. Litherland, secretary to
ti Ot able-bodied person, was charged with
the select vestry, should be appointed cashier. The Hon.
YiO4,t he 'k at William Waterhouse, police-officer Mr. Clements said that several recommendations con-
i.!,ti%at! jaw,„!B taken a prisoner to Bridewell.-In a tained in the report would be, in his opinion, very mate-
itife br'u Moreton, Michael Clark, and Mary rial
ay in
more particularly when they contrasted
Vkth 84 Gyullght up, charged with assaulting officers the way in which the bosiness was now done in the office
Va!II kl a :), and rescuing a prisoner. One of the with the wayt in ivthich it wouldi be done under the pro-
tab''o.."soner in custody, in Preston-street, when
L 4 tr,ly abused
500 persons assembled, and the officers
k ~,„,_,,, , ; one of them was struck on the
I,ltil
pPrinetedyfsoreitnh'e use wasot agreedmemtbrearta theand reportth should
taken into consideration at their' next a it should be
meeting. Mr.
otit4') a a','-, with a poker, another had his hand Thornely gave notice of two motions, expressing the deep
4alit..ark,X.,k or stone, and the third was thrown sense of obligation to Mr. Lowndes, for the very inspor
,etled bee'_qauPon by. a dozen fellows. The three tant assistance he had rendered to the finance committee,
gAlt h,.34 4„_, "e 0 action in the disturbance. Moreton in the proposed reconstruction of the various offices, and
N, ti 9 end
_o sts,. the other. female 10s. and costs, tendering him their best thanks for his disinterested con-
'ii mmitted for trial. duct in resigning a situation secured to him for life by
"004), 8 BIRTHDAY -On Tuesday, her iMajes- act of parliament, but many of the duties of which might
i' the troo - • •
57th rep' quartered in Liverpool, viz.,. one now be otherwise. provided for, in order that he might be
''blase,epar,,es gtment, royal sappers
.and miners, no impediment to the carrying out the proposed arrange-
-11 het, at 4.1!
eavand the local companies (pension- trient. The second motion suggested that Mr. Lowndes
0,,i; 014 a 7i.el. ea o'clock oo the field in front of should henceforth be employed in whatever law business
,tle „re. wi;_
ad feu do joie in honour of the oc- should hereafter. arise. .
iia.frtls'"wlarge concourse of spectators ore- Necessity or free will has in former times agitated the
as were under the command of Col. Fal- public mind much more than in the present day. Boer kite." men, after going through some evolu- have says, "It has been either by chance cr necessityy' that
,s,tyl
to to .....ee oc ,
01,, tk
..01,1, . immense crowds of the populace, all the great discoveries in medicine have been made ;"
ystaltfZelt saee;street, where they dispersed and re- but still be has left the question of NECESSITY versus
M,:to`"ohitii;_.eal
.homes. In the evening our excel- FREE wird, undecided. And although Blair's Gout and
alt_ the '4_ gave a grand banquet in the great Rheumatic Pills are manifestly one of the greatest disco-
ktOtslesant,4,uven-hall in honour of the day. The veries with which the world has been blessed, it certainly
N 7 Sast,
_qr arranged for the occasion. From the has not brought us nearer to the decision of the important
esrata4 ac oss the room, and at which his worship question.-See advt.
tik,ass,,,,...Pal as--
, auesis occupied their seats, another One of the greatest impositions practised at the present
Ns'.ts,s4,,4olliist`al•oteudebcyenNtire of the room. The' dinner, day by shopkeepers, not only in London, but in every city
N 1 t t„, a s_,.
.r. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, and town throughnut the kingdom, is that of forging the
sVessaaelicacies of the season, in addition to property of another, and imposing on the public the
,i(l,,4tri-rtt Qtal varieties. Among the gentlemen forged article with all the assurance of innocence. We
'lttital, larot_l,ll number, we noticed :-The Prus- allude in the present instance to those admirable requi-
N 4'l4_ evil,
Russian, and other consuls at this sites for the toilet, the MACASSA.R OIL, KALYDOR, and
LP ht the arin.B, and the different staff-officers be- ODONTO, as prepared by the Messrs. Rowland, and which,
;ot7. Itec,`,_ and navy; Colonel Falconer, Sir T. from their merits and reputation, are the constant objects
6)ril„'Ntor :I'l Brooks, Samuel Staniforth, E. of fraudulent imitation. The parties so imitating concoct ad, V •a_i Rev. Mr. Staniforth, of Bolton; some trashy compounds resembling in appearance those of
gyp Le., 'a:t.,(74.:, Collector of Customs ; William Messrs. Rowland, and by adopting the very same names
ytk:Aagi., "master ; Edward Rushton, Esq., and. copying the labels and bills, endeavour to pass off
VI 'eel 'ate • Ald
k'tat ; sa, , erman Brarnley-Moore, and their trash as the " GENUINE" Articles, reckless of the
sso, tFn:: %Shuttleworth, Esq., Town-clerk ; injury which they will inevitably inflict on those who are
illit,t)' 14; 1..),i'. evrtinrcic odf the Peace; Dr. Macrorie, deceived by using them. We should have imagined that
iti'lt ' E's •Ile'bert Dr° • ' Dr. Ashcroft, Rev. Mr. an English tradesman, whose reputation for honour and
4„:40_4., a, avies, Rev. Thomas Carter, P. integrity is proverbial, would not have stooped to the
itoi,ttiq heatiZ°ner ; M. M. G. Dowling, Esq. meanness of so base and paltry an action. Nevertheless
sti4:4l( fa," as also that of her beloved consort see know for certain, that such is the case, and we would
ts. me 4 ha "et was drunk with feelings of the . advise all patrons of Messrs. Rowlands' Articles to pur-
ctao.'n 4 iii a! y and enthusiasm, and after an chase only of respectable vendors-and particularly to
any separated enly reeable and intellectual man- observe the Caution in their advertisement which fie-
about eleven o'clock. , uently appears in our paper.- See agirt.