The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-19 00:00:00

Sept. 19,1848.

Korai Relus.

Th.e kmilfigh M'Neile is announced to preach at the
86111 ing of Al Saints' Church, Preston, next week.
.ennumber of passengers on the Southport railway is
%lasing'
e P Wakona from this port to Baltimore was dis-
eovere • , ,
atIR a sinking condition on July 10th. The crew
leftassengers were taken on board the ship Andalusia.
, Friday night a child, about two months old, was
,la all e perished Chapel-street East, Birkenhead, and
Would have had it not been discovered in time.
ten Through the kind liberality of the proprietor, the child-
of the School for the Deaf and Dumb visited the Chi-
-1,.!e Exhibition on Saturday. The Blue Coat School will
1113' be allowed the same great privilege next Saturday.
~,_, a Tuesday a child two years of age, the son of Peter
t"44 Maria Downey, of Oliver-street, Windsor, fell into a
aof hot water which was on the floor, and was so se-
rely scalded in his back and abdomen that he shortly
-Inwards died.
C:2,anng woman living in Hornby-street, named Julia
W;;,°,2, made a most determined attempt on Saturday
_
commit suicide by swallowing a quantity of oil of
prasomise
oft
appears that she had been seduced under a
marriage and that about two months since she
uconfined of a boy.'
toot P. GrandY, the most enterprising connoisseur, of this
11,, Purchased on Thursday, at the Duke of Bucking-
:47l',l2 sale at Stowe, Stanfield's celebrated picture of the
on: reeckprs
an
Calais," for 410 guineas. The magnificent
),Zico,licited an active competition amongst? great num-
t noblemen and gentlemen.
at atardaY, as the joiners were removing the scaffold,
ka2ricdale Gaol, after the execution of the unfortunate
en Adams, one of the workmen, who had his foot upon
`roa rod and his arm round the beam, accidentally
4
:Ped his hold and fell to the ground, a height of up-
sof fourteen feet. His head was seriously injured.
It IPl4l' TRIP TO CONWAY AND THE MENAI-BRIDGE.—
[ha.°lll.
thateen, by. an advertisement in another part of our
chnr, l4lr, French has made an arrangement to give
o'ilriZhabitants of Liverpool and the surroundiag neigh-
viwae3.,aoriodd a trip from Birkenhead to Chester, Rhyl, Can-
a% Menai-bridge, affording them an opportunity of
the finest sceneries in the world.
line ai..l".°oL AND BURY RAILWAY.—The works on the
ethreeaetice- lintr Progressing rapidly to completion, and, with
• -on of the terminus, in the Borough Gaol Field,
forkingifeward-street, will, in all probability, be in a
,„ state by the middle of October next. The plat-
thimvor a
temporary station at Love-lane, near St. Mat-
t►,ottrch is just completed.
—On Sunday night week, a sajpwri b.. BY HANuoriNo
d HANGING.—On
aged 36, and living in Shar-
tleSstgel Ivmeertor, hung himself by fastening a rope to
f, o o the grid of the coal-vault. For the previous
"ale rtaight he had been very low in spirits a
, and during that
' had acted more like a child than sane man. The
1:11}1,?e of his depression was poverty.
ell CHINESE EXHIBITION.—This instructive exhibi-
irnl remains one of the most attractive resorts of the
thlring amongst our townsmen. At every visit some-
a„atrikes the attention which has previously escaped.
1s i Ott t never wearies, if visited with a wish to im-
T ethe mind and understanding. The fine brass band
',41 in attendance.
ewly-invented machine has been announced in the
'.4leri
matte callsapers for folding newspapers and other printed
111,01. It.is to be connected with a cylinder press, so
fat the sheets come forth from the press folded in the
retied form. The inventors warrant it to fold 3600 sheets
eul.; of any size, with the greatest accuracy. The
tal?°` Mercury asks, " What next?" Why, probably
1,,0,,Ek me to edit a newspaper, which our contemporary
p T R
flnd advantageous.—Journal.
amain OCEAN MONARCH.—About noon on Friday, the
the xitag Skerryvore and a smack were despatched from
day h eY to the scene of this disaster (which has been
Part Yed), to endeavour, if possible, to recover some
atezt of the property sunk the ill-fated vessel. The
drestil.tag had on board a skilful diver, with the necessary
th
,a,or
,e apparatus to make respiration endurable beneath
ialned'a, and from his exertions great hopes are enter-
'3l the recovery of much that is valuable.
closeTcluG ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, in.Oldhall-street,
pricks, ° the Exchange, two carts, heavily laden with
he,Were proceeding. when the carter of the foremos ,
urioet'lt.he owner of both, and whose name is Joseph
thigh ~TAIPPed and fell, and the wheel went over his left
sec=ond af— Caused a compound fracture. The carter of the
Wheel ertanately pulled up in time to prevent another
i°lll going over him. The unfortunate man is 47
was age, and lives near the first Bootle toll-gate. He
and ha' much intoxicated at the time of the accident,
wife and five or six children.
named 117,L,Art AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A young man
`4l:, eutris,:leoPhilus Jones met his death last week under
pork rlees of rather a singular character. He was at
;tient:, uis trade of bricklayer, at a new house in Parha-
!Yinr4 ;:reet, and, requiring to get some bricks which were
om
whitille yard, he jumped from the window of the roth
Ilit,(low ;he Was working into the yard ; the heig of e
!lonehe , a'snot four feet. In his descent. he fell acrds.a
ton immediately afterwards complained of a pain in
in atte —4°. Notwithstanding prompt surgical aid was
seep ndance he died on the day following.
beadr LAolicu —On Saturday a fine-built ship, in-
,,er the East India trade, was launched from the
aide -Yard,for the
of Messrs. Clarke and Sons, on the south
°' Queen' 3 k She is, we believe, one of the
Liverpool Merchant svessoecls. which Las yet been built in
beltierllool, being 132 feet keel 141 feet above decks, 33 feet
,therlto, 21 feet 6 inches depth' of hold, and 760 tons bur-
aod thn:w measurement. The builders are her. own.er?,
Capt • E"tleman under whose command she will. sail is
rn ail Bartlett, late of the Mary Hartley, of this port,
highlY valued for his nautical skill and knowledge.
b; flavor and his lady were among. the. company.n At
e
-1;14 water, one o'clock, the splendid ship slid.i to the
pater amidst the loudest cheers. Mrs. Francis Shan
Wormed the ceremony of christening.
IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS.—Mr. Bryden,
Miller,
!er , of Upper Pitt-street, asked a very important
a or: of Mr. Rushton, a few days ago. It seems that
0 teneral act was passed last session enabling publicans to
14,en their houses at half-past twelve o'clock on Sundays,
to they are compelled to keep them closed, according '
the 'e Provisions of the metropolitan act in London, and
math oca act in Liverpool, until one o'clock on the Sab- I
Zi the question was, whether the general act would
herrule the two acts in question, and enable them every-
ere to open at half in
twelve. The answer was, that
Would not and did not. In fact, the general act (a copy
of which
Mr. Bryden had not seen when he asked the
'pestion) states this in distinct terms London and Liver-
-Leei, on account of their local acts being expressly
opted from its provisions.
betkrix or Mr. Was. J. HAMMOND.—The American
birt, by the Cambria, steam-ship, we regret to say,
taidlitht us the melancholy intelligence of the almost
founen demise of this popular comedian. We take the
111,-,hltng from one of our exchanges :—" Mr. Wm. J.
Perfe,r_ind, who arrived here recently from England, and
el'etill;;``' for several nights at Niblo's, died on Thursday
briefilini this city, of a severe attack of diarrhea, after
thisin or,ll,!as. He became unwell soon after his arrival
~"as,_ 1 "ritl▪ Y, and during his performance at Niblo's '
Dunne' under severe indisposition. He made quite
United'
isPaul Pry," and would unquestionably, if he had
Au:niteed' have been an immense favourite throughout the
stioni,;"Latea- In England, Mr. Hammond occupied a
~all(ll,W`shed position in his profession as a comedian,
.
a"g a brother-in-law of Douglas Jerrold, having mar-
)7Q' ;later of that gentleman. He was the original Sam
and iR-! and was brought conspicuously before the public
0-„laiMitable personation of that character. Both in
es out
°his profession, Mr. Hammond was universally
dent't,,ll4,lo., ROBBERY OF FLOUR.—One of the most impu-
t/saS clolth-l'Aring robberies we have
_ for some time heard of
741,1 mated on Tuesday, at the warehouse of Messrs.
14ag• Vild Co. corn merchants, in Barter-street, Wap-
titieloe tit-Ithtie robbery was committed at noon-day, between
It is the custom to close the warehouse during
tel 1• 1 the and on Tuesday, about half-past twelve
111,„
14,4,!tes urse
saw a
r house was close
tod as usual, when the
cart backed up the door, and in a few
th erwards two men and three women were noti-
s:,e-hoe act• of lowering several sacks of flour out of the
'aY Prose into the cart which they subsequently carried
• tbM th • ' , e premises. The neighbour's did not at the
,i7tae -01fnatluit a robbery as being committed, although
'nem considered it somewhat unusual to see
l'ak assisting in the removal. On the return of the
b4l,,„ew to the warehouse they found that an entrance
iat tv7° effected by the removal of the bulk-head, and
-0:e,
hb:aeneni, ptathrough....i.faeonr2c=
Val °J
of which is estimated at £3O, Three men have
141,ttested on the charge.
11‘11..4 leltatttPooL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.—The third
INI 4 meeting of this society, for the present season,!was
511114 p the Corn Exchange on Thursday, and was mcTt
&lop idsly and respectably attended. The whole exhi-
o uding d hri and other flowers, fruit, &c., was
kat 'lest eve a -aa'T • Ind the mpany ap-
, ed Seen in ...averpoo , a
op "nob "e delighted. The sweepstakes forddahliss w. as
task °° Pas much interest, and the blooms
.. exhibited
4;1, for-fletil beautiful. The first prize in the sweep-
-14; twenty-four dissimilar blooms, was taken by
hp.,`e for Of Manchester, who also took the second
or, for t,„,,,Lye blooms. The second for twenty-four and
.ctsti twelve
ewers tOt. ere both taken by Mr. James Crompton,
k„ftueons Amongst the successful competitors for mis-
a";sgro,e Prizes were—Messrs. Davies, Mr. Gray, Mr.
!I'd Mr. Skirving, nurserymen ; Mr. Adam
10t.;1,* -I:. Johnson, Mrs. J. Ashton, Mr. J. Hough-
ery,„' ",WYnch, Mr. T. S. Gladstone, Mr. Killock
41-I",,,q,ston—„an,_), Mr. Wm. Mann Mr. G. Brown, Mr. R.
11' ''ber 0 air. T. Whalley, Mr. R. W. Preston, and a
LOrtow I othrs, including a few ladies. Mr. Thomas
hZ, *0111414 of King's Moss, Billinge, (near St. He-
ttle;`,.ling -pw„e‘d (not for competition) a sample of a new
keg,' • in Xato. which excited almost universal astonish-
tiv' 'Pery,..act pe, colour, and soundness, it exhibited the
apfecn to 1,-4 SPecimen of a potato ever seen. We were
fe„ erstand that the whole crop was in the same
co'hsad in condition ; not one rotten potato having been
'lli3etitiraising them. Mr. Musgrove showed (not for
Ifiota en) the beautiful little miniature Dahlia, Ranun-
AtiVinThalea,) and also a small tipped one called
eal~%l,
kr's oCORBUTIC AFFECTION CURED BY H 9 L -
to tre e t .',‘;;.'ruENT AND PILLS.—Mr. avell, IN al-
tiollered olverhampton, for t s two years, was
taik't Which all over his bo with a malignant erup-
sl., so, ~ gave him the eatest pain and agony, so
elat it was o at intervals he could get a little
Steeourtss general alth was also seriously affected. He
,tit IP% he t° e most eminent medical men at Wolver-
5.4 Pua irmingham, without obtaining relief. He
litttSrf; atatio Holloway's Pills and Ointment of Mr.
I,,iner, Wolverhampton, which soon effected
tdink,..! is gentleman vouches for the truth of the ex-
statement.

A SUCCESSION OF ACCIDENTS.—About a fortnight ago
a man named Nathan Parr, about 57 years of age, living
In Rice-street, Toxteth-park, came home and complained
of having hurt his left thumb. It was cut above the joint ;
and he stated that it had become jammed between two
casks. Upon getting better of that accident, and going
again to his work, be returned home a second time, and
complained of having been bitten by a horse in the arm.
He stated that whilst backing the horse up an entry, the
animal snapped at him and bit him between the wrist and
the elbow. The pain resulting from this accident ex-
tended from the arm into the body ; but when he began to
recover from the effects, and was going to his work, he fell
suddenly upon the footpath outside his own door, and he
then received a severe cut on the outside of his head. He
probably might have recovered from this latter accident,
had not lock-jaw, resulting from the injury to the thumb,
set in, and that speedily finished his earthly career.
FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Monday Robert Johnson
Sharpe, a well-known cattle-dealer of this town, was com-
ing from Ormskirk fair, in a shandry, and whilst passing
Aintree race-course, he drove against a barrow that was
lying on the right side of the road, by which means he up-
set the shandry, and was himself thrown out. He received
a cut over the left eye. Shortly after, John Spencer, ano-
ther cattle-dealer, living in Vine-street, who was also re-
turning from the fair, drove up in his gig, and be kindly
allowed Sharpe to sit alongside him in the vehicle. As
they were proceeding past Skirving's nursery, they ob-
served a cart, drawn by one horse, coming towards them.
Sharpe immediately said to Spencer, " Let us take the
wheel off him," meaning the wheel of the cart. Spencer
refused ; but before he could be prevented, Sharpe
seized hold of the reins, drove the gig against the cart, and
Sharpe was thrown out. He fell upon his head, and upon
being lifted up was found to be insensible. He was very
much in liquor, and soon died.
I EXECUTION AT KIRKDALE.—WiIIiam Adams, who MS
convicted at the late assizes of having shot his wife, Diana
Adams. at Manchester, was executed at noon on Saturday,
at the northwest corner of Kirkdale gaol. The convict
until within a few days of his death appears to have had
strong hopes of mercy being extended to him. The Rev.
Mr. Appleton, chaplain of the gaol, had been assiduous in
his attention to the culprit, but two days before his death
he expressed a wish that a Roman Catholic priest should
visit him, which was granted. We may state that his
mother was of that persuasion. The culprit slept soundly
the night before his execution, Pnd was not awake when
the chapel bell rang at half-past five on Saturday morning.
After breakfast his demeanour at chapel was calm, and at
twenty minutes before twelve he left the chapel accompa-
nied by the under-sheriff and two priests, and was taken
to the press-room to be pinioned, and shortly after was
taken to the scaffold. He had on the velveteen shooting-
jacket which he wore when the murder was committed.
He seemed firm and collected, and did not utter a word.
He was soon launched into eternity, but struggled more
than usual. After hanging an hour the body was cut '
down and interred the same afternoon within the precincts
of the gaol.

LORD NEWBOROUGH'S NEW STEAM-YACHT
This yacht has lately been completed, and having been
tried, Lord Newborough and a party of friends have set
sail from Carnarvon, where his lordship resides, on a
shooting excursion to Harroway. This beautiful yacht
being the first of a class which we foresee will become
very general, deserves particular notice. She was built
by Messrs. Tod and McGregor, of Glasgow, from the de-
signs of Mr. Grantham, of Liverpool, who also designed
the Sarah Sands and several other auxiliary screw-steamers.
She is 240 tons 0.m., 105 feet at the loadline, 21 feet beam,
12 feet 6 inches deep, and draws about 9 feet. She is
nearly flush, having only a raised forecastle, is schooner-
rigged, and has ports for eight guns. Her engines are
only 50-horse power, and consist of two oscillating cylin-
ders coupled direct to the screw, after Mr. Grantham's
patent ; the screw is 9 feet diameter, and on Woodcroft's
principle ; it makes about 50 revolutions when steaming
head to wind, and 60 with the sails set. The machinery
is very low in the vessel, and very compact ; the bunkers
will hold about 15 days' coals. Her mainmast is 54 feet
from the deck ; foremast extreme length 63 feet ; main
boom 56 feet; from the trials she has had she would evi-
dently have borne much longer spars, if intended only for
sailing. Her accommodations are very ample, but at the
same time every thing is in simple good taste. She has a
spacious saloon abaft the engine compartment; three
state-rooms, ladies' cabin, steward's pantry, baths, and
every convenience ; forward also there are additional state-
rooms and rooms for servants. Her speed exceeds what
was anticipated by about one mile an hour, with 100 tons
dead weight in coals and ballast. She steamed from Glas-
gow to Greenock during the night, and against a flood-
tide, in 2h. 35m., a distance of about 21 statute miles.
Her sailing qualities are not yet well ascertained, but she
promises to be very fast.—Nautical Standard.
THE LICENSING SESSIONS.—On Tuesday, the ad-
journed session was held. The following magistrates ap-
peared on the bench :—John Holmes, Esq., Thos. Bolton,
Esq., Eyre Evans, Esq., Hugh Hornby, Esq., and John
H. Tama, Esq. Mr. Wybergh read the following as the
list of parsons to whom new licenses had been granted :
John Millward, Atholl-street : Christopher Walls, Bos-
tock-street ; James Lobley, Brunswick-road ; George
Innis, Carter-street ; Peter Regan, Castle-street, Nether-
field-road North ; John Thompson, Church-street, Ever-
ton ; Thomas Smith, Claremont-grove, Kirkdale ; Robt.
Jones, Dawber-street ; John Bulloch, Denbigh-street ;
Jane Whitley, Duke-street ; Ann Gregory, Ellenborough-
street ; Mary Ann Parr, Great George-street ; James
Hartley, Great Howard-street; William Day, Great Ox-
ford-street North ; Edward Bunbury, Heath-street, Tox-
teth-park ; Edward Pierce Houghton, South John-street ;
Joseph Railton, Kensington ; Joseph Quinn, Lime-street ;
Mary Ann Hughes, Mill-street ; Hugh Hughes, Mul-
horry-ctrApt Thomas NAlanv, atroot Jocopli
Thompson, Prince Edwin-street; William Lawton,
Queen-square; Thomas Lepp, Queen Anne-street; Wm.
Blundell, Rose-place ; John M'Cready, Seel-street ;
Robert Rimmer, Severs-street ; Elizabeth Jane Campbell,
Sherwood-street; Thomas Prescott, Soho-street; Francis
Edward Morrish, Tithebarn-street ; Charles Musker,
Townshead-street ; John Cullen, Union-street; Robert
Rogers, Upper Parliament. street ; and John Matthews
Vulcan-street.---Mr. Holmes announced that the magis-
trates had determined to withdraw the licenses in all cases
where the parties had been twice fined, and that, in fu-
ture, in all such cases, the licenses would be withdrawn.
He then announced that the licenses of the following per-
sons would not be renewed on this occasion :—J. Walker
Jones, Cheapside ; S. Allwood, Gilbert-street ; Ellen
Singleton, Naylor-street ; John Grant, Richmond-row ;
John Burgess, Shaws-brow ; Thomas Ellison, Skelhorne-
street. The license of Thomas Davies, of Adlington-
street, who bad been twice fined, was continued.—A li-
cense about to be granted to William Lupton was with-
held on the ground that the application had not been
made in conformity with the act of parliament, the notice
not having been signed by the applicant. Licenses about
to be granted to Thomas Morgan and Richard Gerard
were also withheld, the notices not setting forth the occu-
pations of the applicants.

ROBERT HOUDIN'SMAGICAL PERFORMANCES.

This most talented wizard's performances have con-
tinued to draw good houses during the week, notwith-
standing the attractions provided at the Royal and the
Amphitheatre; and hundreds have returned from them
in a state of no little bewilderment,—" How is it done ?"
" Did you see the trick ?" and other similar queries
being upon every lip. Certainly some of his clever illu-
sions are of a character to create in the mind a suspicion
that the black art is still practised amongst men. One or
two of these we shall attempt a familiar description of ;
and we select first that entitled " Robert Hondin's
Portfolio." In this illusion the magician first prepares
two wooden tressles, which he places so as to hold his
portfolio, a large one of the ordinary kind. There is no
drapery of any kind to prevent the audience observing
every motion of the exhibitor ; and their astonishment
may be imagined when he opens the previously closed
and flat portfolio, and takes out of it first a lady's silk
bonnet as uncrumpled as if fresh from the hands of the
milliner ; next two or three lithographic prints, and next
a more than ordinary sized square bird cage, containing
three or four living canaries. The most scrutinizing of
the audience could not form the slightest guess as to the
mode in which this extraordinary illusion was managed,
for there was no appearance of the possibility of any
complicity between the magician and an assistant, and it
was perfectly obvious that a cage of birds and a silk bon-
net could not have been stowed away between the leaves
of a closely shut book. But the wonder of the audience
was not fated to stay here, for the miraculous portfolio
next gave forth a basket, filled with bouquets, genuine
flowers, for which, as they were thrown by M. Houdin
amongst boxes, pit, and gallery, hundreds of eager hands
were held un, 4nd much poierriment_cL•cated.
Another trick consisted in the magi ctan rhu4,,,z5
Emile Houdin, upon a table at the side of the stage, but
away from contact with any mode of escape from the
observation of the audience. He then places over him a
large sheet iron chimney pot, and retiring a few steps
fires a pistol at the object, and the pot topples over on to
the stage ; but Emile Houdin has vanished, and presents
himself to the wondering audience in one of the sides of
the upper boxes. It is incomprehensible how this is ma-
naged so instantaneously, or, indeed, at all.
The remainder of the performances are similarly clever ;
as our readers will acknowledge after paying the wizard
a visit.
We observe that a day performance will be given this
day, in addition to the usual night performances.