The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LOCAL, NEWS.

NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATE.—On Thursday last, at
Preston Sessions, George Ormerod, Esq., of Fern Hill,
Bacup, qualified as a mazistrate for this county.

COMMITMENT.—O❑ Wednesday last a female, named
Fitzgerald, was committed for trial for robbing a butcher,
of the name of Talbot, (whom she had enticed into a
house in Skelhorne-street,) of two half-crowns and two
shillings.

BURGLARY.—On Saturday night last, the office of
Messrs. Brown and Green, metchants, of Commerce
court, Lord-street, was entered by means of skeleton-
keys, and four papers of silver, containing £5 each, were
abstracted. The thieves, who left a skeleton-key after
them, have since eluded the vigilance of the police.
ROBBERY OF ONE HUNDRED YOUNDS.—About a
quarter after twelve o'clock, on Friday last, a Bank of
England note for £lOO was stolen from the counter of
the Branch Bank of England, in Hanover-street. The
note had just been received from the cashier. A reward
of £lO has been offered.

STALLS IN THE STREETS.—At the Police-court, yes-
terday, several persons were fined for erecting stalls for
the sale of goods in the streets, contrary to the provisions
of the improvement act.—Mr. Rushton expressed the
determination of the magistrates in all cases to inflict
penalties.
IMPROVEMENT OF KIRKDALE,—Within the last few
months, several hundred dwelling-houses have been
erected in Kirkdale. The recently opened ground about
St. Mary's Church is covered with neat cottages, and all
tenanted. Between the village and Bootle-lane, Mr.
Duckworth has laid out a very picturesque and elegant
little square, surrounded with villas.
ROBBERY OF THIRTY SOVEREIGNS.-011 Saturday
night a man of the name of Thomas Farmer, who had
taken his passage to New York by the ship Samuel Hicks,
was robbed of thirty sovereigns by three fellows, who en-
ticed him to a public-house, and, by the well-known trick,
entitled " ringing the changes", induced him to exhibit
his money, and then plundered him of every shilling he
had in his possession.
IMPORTANT TO GAS CONSLMERS.—In the course of
the hearing of some cases for the receiving of money due
by parties for the consuming of gas, on Thursday last, at
the Police-court, it appeared that by a recent act of par-
liament, which received the royal assent on the tenth of
the present month, the price of gas fittings may be re-
covered by the same summary process as arrears for gas—
that is for the fittings supplied subsequent to the passing
of the said act, for its clauses are inoperative as respects
the recovery of the cost of fittings before it was enacted.

PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS FINED.—At the Po-
lice-court, on Friday, the following persons were fined in
the amounts respectively affixed to their names, for vio-
lation of the improvement act. In the whole of the cases
costs were incurred :—Publicans—William Hickson,
Waterloo-road, 60s. Beersellers—John Threlfall, Prince
William-street, 40s; Elizabeth Lynas, Freemason's row,
£5 ; Hannah Lewis, Porter-street, 60s ; Nicholas Coyle,
Lace-street, £5 ; James Lovatt, Banastre-street, £5 ;
Thomas Winder, Lambert-street, £5.
PORT OF RUNCORN.—There has been a greater num-
ber of arrivals at this port this month, than at any former
period ; large consignments of iron for the manufacturing
districts have arrived, as well as clay and flint for the
Potteries ; the tonnage of goods which passed up the
Bridgewater canal last week, was greater than has ever
been known since its construction. These facts, with the
large quantities of manufactured goods passing through
for Liverpool, denote a better state of things than has ex-
isted for several years past.
SINGULAR ROBBERY.—On Saturday night the founda-
tion-stone of the new Northern Hospital, Great Howard-
street, which was laid, about a fortnight since, by the
Mayor, was removed, and the bottle which, at the time,
was placed underneath with so much ceremony, was ab-
stracted. The thieves, no doubt, fancied that it contained
some of the coin of the realm, but in this they were dis-
appointed, as its contents consisted merely of a printed
list of the committee and officers of the institution. The
bottle was found broken to pieces, at a short distance
from the spot.
BIRTHS EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday last, a
monkey of the East Indian breed, gave birth to a young
one, at the Zoological Gardens. The latter is quite a
curiosity, and with its mother, are doing "as well as
could be expected ;" and indeed much better, for the
mother may be seen hopping about with the young one at
its breast. On the same day, mirabile dictu, a brood of
five black swans (those rarce area in terris) were hatched
at the same establishment, which has further been in-
creased, during the present week, by the birth of four
young hyeanas, which are being suckled by a terrier
bitch,

ST. NICHOLAS'S CHURCHYARD.—On Saturday three
idle fellows were brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge
of having been riotous and disorderly in St. Nicholas's
Churchyard. After the cases had been adjudicated upon,
Mr. Rushton sent for Mr. Miller, the Head-constable,
and told that officer that a gang of most disorderly fel-
lows were in the habit of frequenting the churchyard in
question. He said he was anxious to have the place
cleared of them. Mr. Miller said there was an officer
constantly at the yard for the purpose of quelling ther
turbulent conduct, but that he should have them prevented
from assembling in future.
ROBBERY OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS.—On
Thursday morning last, the out-door clerk of the Rayal
Bank of Liverpool, received Bank of England notes to de
amount of £1,5C0 at the office of the Branch Bank in Har-
over-street, and between that place and Tarlton-street a
black leather case, in which they had been deposited, was
picked from his pocket, and not the slightest trace of the
property has since been discovered. A. reward of £lOO
has been offered for the apprehension of the thief or thieves.
We regret to state that the numbers of only four of the
stolen notes are known. One of them was for £5OO.
STEALING A WATCH.—On Saturday a young female,
named Ann Sullivan, was brought up before Mr. Rush-
ton on a charge of having stolen a silver watch belonging to
Mr. Edward Black more, R.N., formerly of Dublin. It
appeared, that, while the complainant and his wife were
attending divine service the preceding Sunday, the pri-
soner, who was a servant in the house in which they
lodged, 6, Clarence-street, took the watch from the
mantelpiece in the sitting-room, and asked a widow, of
of the name of Ann W. Daly, who occupied a cellar in
Brownlow-hill, to keep a small jar for her for a few days.
She told Daly that the jar, which was tightly fastened up
in brown paper, contained an ointment for the eyes.
Daly placed it in her drawer, and, shortly after, her son
tore off the paper, and discovered the watch inside. This
led to the prisoner's apprehension, and she was, of course,
committed for trial.

NEW BUILDINGS IN EVERTON. The Richmond of
Liverpool is fast losing its character as a fashionable sub-
urban residence. The valley between Everton and the
t lwn has for some time been covered with small property,
and last year the upper part of Prince Edwin-street was
completely built up with courts and cottages. At this
moment three streets are in progress, very near comple-
tion, running from lietherfield road North to George's
Hill and Northumberland Terrace, and as one house
rises above another like steps of stairs, the effect is curi-
ous. These houses are intended to be let for about £2O
a year rent, and several are already tenanted. At George's
Hill, several houses, rather more expensive, are in course
of erection, and a very neat little street, with houses on
one side has just been opened from George's Hill to
Church-street. Mr. James Heyworth, for the privacy of
his house and gardens, has purchased and planted the
ground on the opposite side.

STEALING SUGAR.—On Saturday, a labouring man,
named George Bostock, was brought before Mr. Rushton,
on a charge of having plundered Bernard and Ledson's
warehouse, in Dundee-street, of a quantity of sugar.
Constable Keogh saw the prisoner enter Savage's marine
store, the day before, with his coat on his arm, and
he shortly after found him in the back cellar of the
store with his coat loosely thrown over some old ropes,
Upon examining the coat he found a handkerchief con-
taining a quantity of sugar. The prisoner's hat contained
about a stone of the same article ; and a bag, which was
found upon him, contained about an equal quantity. It
subsequently turned out that the fellow had cut open
several bags of bonded sugar, belonging to Messrs. Platt
and Hamills, in the warehouse above mentioned, and
abstracted what was found upon his person. The sugar
had not paid duty, and was worth obout 70s. per cwt.
He was committed for trial.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CONNEXION WITH THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IRELAND.—A public meeting of
the members and friends of the new congregation of 's
church, lately established in this town, was advertised to
have been holden in the Commercial-hall, Gloucester-
street, on Thursday evening. A few minutes after the
hour announced for the opening of the meeting, several
reverend gentlemen ascended the platform, when it was
announced that the meeting would be adjourned, in con-
sequence of circumstances having transpired which ren-
dered it impracticable for the deputation advertised—the
Rev. Dr. Stewart, Moderator of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church of Ireland; Dr. Cooke, of Bel-
fast ; Dr. Brown, of Ahadoey ; Mr. Dobbin, of Ballymena,
and other eminent personages—to attend. A letter from
the Rev. Dr. Stewart was read by the secretary, express-
ing the deep regret which the deputation felt at not being
able to make good their appointment, which originated in
having laid before the Lord Chancellor a marriage bill,
the proceeding of which required their attendance. The
meeting was announced to be held some day in the ensuing
week, when the gentlemen forming the original deputation
will be in attendance.
EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—On Wednesday morn-
ing another six o'clock meeting was held in the Circus-
street school-room, Byrom-street, for the purpose of ap-
pointing six district committees for the northern division
of the town. Mr. Flower was called to the chair. He
stated the object in view, and after recommending the ap-
pointment of the committees to the assistants, called
upon T. A. Flower, who moved a resolution appointing
them, and dwelt on the importance of the duties that
would devolve upon them. Tears, he said, had been shed
by the mothers, the wives, and the daughters of En-
gland over the wrongs of the slave abroad, and the nation
had emancipated them ; yet meanwhile, and long after-
wards, a system of slavery not less fraught with moral
dangers to society had been permitted, and even en-
couraged, by the same parties. He did not attribute this
to any want of benevolence on the part of his fair coun-
trywomen, but to their ignorance of the grievances of
the assistants ; and to make them known was the busi-
ness of these committees. Mr. Mirams seconded the re-
solution, urging the meeting for united exertions, which
had been successfully pursued by the booksellers and
ironmongers. The chairman reminded the meeting that
the booksellers and ironmongers had wrought upon a
sympathy which this association, after a labour of four
years, had excited ; and he rejoiced in their success. The
de.
chairman, Another resolution, pledging those present to
resolution was unanimously carried, and a collection was
nia
the meeting seperated.
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