The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-17 00:00:00

LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ann Harvey was on Thursday committed for two
months, in default of paying a fine inflicted for stabbing a
coloured man, named Samuel Veder, in Stewart-street.
On Sunday week the sum of £65 4s. 6d. was collected
at St. Andrew's Church, Renshaw-street, after a sermon
by the respected incumbent, for the schools in connection
with the church.

The Harrington Water Company was, on Tuesday,
fined 40s. and costs, for leaving open, in Oldhall-street,
an excavation, by which a young lad lost his life, having
fallen into it. •

On Tuesday a poor destitute haggard-looking female
went to the pierhead, stripped off her shawl and bonnet,
and attempted to throw herself into the river. She was
taken into custody, and handed over to the overseer.
DEATH FROM EATING.—A pauper in the Liverpool
Workhouse, named Robert Bickersteth, aged 85, died
suddenly on Monday afternoon. The cause of death arose
from excessive eating.

SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.—On Thurs-
day the Lord Bishop of Chester preached a sermon, at
St. Peter's Church, in behalf of the above institution,
from Rev. xxii. 3. The church was but thinly attended.
The collection amounted to £27.
The Wesleyan Chapel, Birkenhead, having been consi-
derably enlarged, was re-opened for Divine worship on
Friday, the 6th instant, and subeequent days. The Revs.
Dr. Newton, Dr. Raffles, Dr. Beaumont, and John H.
James officiated on the occasion. The collection amounted
to Xl4O. _ _

SWEEPING MACHINES.—The Watch Committee, on
Saturday week, resolved to add fifteen sweeping machines
to those already in use, making the total number in Li-
verpool eighteen. The cost will be about £lOOO a-year.
but, for this-sum, the town will be in a state never yet
witnessed as to cleanliness.
The well-sinking in Green-lane, under the Board of
Highways, is proceeding rapidly, and with every prospect
of success. The shaft has now been sunk 172 feet, at
which depth a powerful spring has been tapped, which
throws up 500 gallons of water per minute. As it is not
considered necessary to descend any lower, the excavation
of horizontal chambers will be commenced forthwith.

THE LIVERPOOL REPEALERS.—At the repeal meeting
on Monday, " Capt. Broderick gave an account of his
mission to Liverpool, where he had been to subdue the
feuds, and endeavour to effect a conciliation among the
Repealers. They arose, he said, about ' accounts,' and
were now all happily settled. He brought over their
weekly contribution of £9."

FIRE.—On Sunday morning, about a quarter after
seven o'clock, a fire broke out in a stable, at the lower
end of Hart-street, London. road, in the occupation of a
cart-owner, named Johu,.Burroughs. Two engines, under
Mr. Hewitt and the fire-brigade, succeeded in confining
the flames to the stable. The hay and straw were con-
sumed, and nothing but the four walls of the building
were left standing. The fire is supposed to have been
caused by a lighted candle being carried into the hayloft.
THE JUDGE.—On Sunday morning Mr. Baron Gur-
ney attended Divine Service at St. George's Church, in
the Crescent. His Lordship proceeded to and from
church in the Sheriff's carriage, drawn by four horses.
He was accompanied by the Sheriff, and, from the Town-
hall to St. George's, by the Mayor and Recorder, in their
robes of office, the Town-clerk, Clerk oe the Peace, and
the sword-bearer, mace-bearer, and other officials. The
anthem was taken from the 75th Psalm. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. Dr. Whittaker, vicar of Black-
burn, from Ephs., chap. 6, 5 v. :—" Servants, be obedient
to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with
fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as unto Christ.
ROBBERY OF PLATE.—On the of the 29th of October,
the shop of Mr. Richards, pawn-broker, London-road,
was broken into, and twenty-five silver watches, together
with a large quantity of jewellery, consisting of gold and
silver rings, brooches, guard-chains, &c., were stolen.
Information having reached Mr. Dowling that a quantity
of the stolen articles had been sold at Merthyr Tydvil by
a person named Myers or Phillips, well-known in this
town to the police, and last tried for being concerned in
the tobacco robbery case, the commissioner ordered that
party to be apprehended. On Wednesday he was brought
up, and declining to say anything as to the charge he was
remanded, in order to afford time for collecting the evid-
ence at Merthyr TydvilAwbither an officer had been sent.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—The Presbytery of Lanca-
shire met, on Wednesday last, at Wigan, for the pnrpose
of ordaining the Rev. Samuel Cathcart to the pastoral
charge of the Presbyterian congregation in that town.
There was a large attendance of members, and no less
than four clergymen of other denominations were pre-
sent in the church. The Rev. Mr. Welsh, of Liverpool,
conducted the services on the occasion, preaching a most
suitable discourse from Ist Samuel vii. 2, and thereafter
presiding in the act of ordination. The newly-ordained
minister was then solemnly admonished of his duties by
the Rev. Mr. Fergusson, of Liverpool, who afterwards
addressed the congregation ; and, at the close of the ser-
vices, Mr. Cathcart was most cordially welcomed by his
flock.

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS.—In pursuance
of the object of the Liverpool Church of England School
Society, a plan has lately been put into execution for giv-
ing a permanently good effect to the instruction afforded
in its schools ; in pursuance of which a number of the
girls educated in the South School. Cornwallis-street,
who had left the school with credit, were invited to take
tea with their teachers and some of their former school-
fellows, on Wednesday evening last, in the above schools.
The number present was about thirty, and it was truly
gratifying to observe the respectable and orderly appear-
ance of these young persons, several of whom brought
testimonials from their employers, expressing entire sa-
tisfaction with their conduct and general attention to the
duties of their respective situations. The Rev. A. Camp-
bell, the Rev. T. L. Pain, the Rev. G. Dover, the Rev.
Henry H. Higgins, and other friends of the school, were
present. The young people were addressed on the sub-
ject of the peculiar duties of their stations in life, with a
view to their direction and encouragement. Several of
their favourite hymns were sung, and having spent the
evening very happily together, they all united in reading
a chapter from the Bible, and in the short service used for
the daily closing of the School, and separated apparently
highly gratified with the attention thus shewn by the
friends of the school to their welfare after they had ceased
to be scholars. The meeting is proposed to be continued
annually.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY— Present, Messrs.
Moore (in the chair,) Nicol, Evans, Aikin, Houghton,
Wood,. Molyneux, Horsfall, Mann, Royden, Tobin, Ken-
dall, Chilton, Henderson, Sandbach, Middleton.—The
Sub-committee of Works recommended that permission
should be given to Mr. J. S. Leigh to make a communi-
cation from Sandhills-lane to the sewer about to be con-
structed at the new north works.—Mr. Hugh Evans, Su-
perintendent of Telegraphs at Holyhead, having been ap-
pointed by the Trinity Board to the command of one of
their yachts, resigned his situation under the committee,
Ind recommended his brother to the vacant situation.--
Upon the application of Mr. Heys, of Frodsham, it was
resolved to refer back to the Harbour-master's Sub-com-
mittee, the claim for compensation on account of damage
wi ich had been done to the flat D ido.—An application
from Arthur M‘Gea for compensation for the loss of a
cow that fell into the river and was drowned, was ordered
to lie on the table.—A valuation of the property at the
north end, ordered by the Committee was submitted and
referred to the Sub-committee of Works.—The standing
orders for the regulation of the Committee were then read
seriatim, and underwent considerable discussion. It was
decided, subject to the opinion of the solicitor as to its
legality, that the Chairman should vote on all questions,
and in case of an.equality of votes, that he should have a
casting vote.
PASSENGER-BROKING.-311 Tuesday, Mr. George
Sherlock was summoned before Mr. Rushton on the fol-
lowing charge :—James Swift, a grown-up Irish lad,
stated that he was a labourer, and that he had arrived in
Liverpool on Sunday morning last from the county of
Fermanagh, with the view of proceeding to America.
He went to the Prince's Dock on Monday morning, and
met a man named Wm. M'Cracken, who introduced him
to Mr. Sherlock. The latter said that the fare to New
Orleans for two persons (the complainant had a female
companion) was £6 10s. Complainant told him that he
had only £4 Ils. 6d., and that he wanted a portion of
that to pay for a couple of nights' lodging, but that he
expected a remittance from Ireland. Mr. Sherlock told
him to deposit as much as he could, and that if the remit-
tance did not come to hand, the deposit should be punc-
tually returned. Complainant at first refused to comply,
but at length made a deposit of £3. The remittance not
having reached, an ineffectual application was made for
the £3 to Mr. Sherlock, who said that either the balance
must be paid at once, or security must be given that it
would be paid at New Orleans. Mr. Sherlock gave a
different version of the story ; but Mr. Rushton said he
believed the lad. Mr. Sherlock promised to let t, e par-
ties proceed in the vessel to New Orleans, and trust to
their honour for the payment of the balance, although he
said he had lost £3OO by taking the word of people for the
payment of money on the other side of the Atlantic.
Mr. Rushton accepted the offer on the part of the lad
but said that, as Mr. Sherlock's seemed to be an unpro-
fitable business, he would relieve him from the loss of
any more money, if cases of the present kind continued
to go on.
The following interesting communication was sent to
Messrs. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, London :
—23, Mason-street, Old Kent-road. Gentlemen,—About
August, 1839, my hair began to fall off, and in so rapid a
manner that.in the space of a month my head was almost
divested of hair. I tried several preparations for its re-
covery without the slightest benefit, when one day your
circular, in " Collins' Memoranda," caught my
ventured on the purchase of a small bottle of " R OWLANDS'
MACASSAR OIL ;" after using which I found my hair
was beginning to reappear, and accordingly I purchased a
larger bottle, which, when finished, I felt satisfied that I
had proved in my own person all you profess as to its re-
storative qualities; in short, after two months steady per-
severance in its use, I had as good a head of hair as at
any time of my life ; for which permit me to offer my
thanks. I have delayed writing to you for six months,
(from the time of leaving off the oil,) wishing to test the
permanence of its restoration. I find it continues as firm
and thick as before it began to fall off, with every prospect
of its continuance.—l am, gentlemen, yours obediently,
JOHN FOSTER.—See advt.

GALLANT CONDUCT.—The Queen, which left this side
at nine o'clock on Wednesday night, was landing her
passengers at Woodside slip, when one of them, an elderly
female, fell into the river. One of the hands on board,
named Thomas Win.tanley, leaped after her, and seizing
hold of her, bore her up. Owen Edwards, another of the
men, also jumped in. A rope was then thrown to their
assistance, and all three were got out, without any injury
beyond a bath, rather of the coldest. The person rescued
was Mary Erden, who is between 60 and 70 years of age,
and keeps a mangle in William-street, Birkenhead.

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the adjourned
meeting of this body, on Tuesday last, it was announced
that the pig-sties in Back Chester-street were being re-
moved. Messrs. Pim and Fry were appointed members
of the Health Committee. Mr. Fry intimated that a
public meeting would speedily be convened to consider
the subject of extending the infirmary. A committee
was appointed to advertise for plans for the new Town-
hall. The chairman (Mr. W. Jackson) deemed it advis-
able to postpone the sale of the land surrounding the
Park. The township was not in want of funds, and a
much higher price might be obtained when the beauties
of the Park were more fully developed. The roads would
be completely finished in May ; the whole of the Park
would then be planted, and the spring grass would have
made its appearance, so that people would then be better
judges of what sort of a prospect the Park would present.
The sale of the land on the 18th instant was accordingly
rescinded.

PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the
meeting on Thursday, Mr. Robertson Gladstone attended,
for the first time, since his election, and took the neces-
sary declaration previous to resuming his seat. An ap-
plication, requesting the Commissioners to make a sewer
io Regent-street, having been read, a reply was given to
the effect, that no new sewers could be undertaken in that
neighbourhood until the new north docks were completed.
The surveyor reported that the severity of the weather
prevented the workmen from continuing their work, and
it was ordered that the surveyor, under the direction of
the chairman, should enteavour to employ the men two
or three days a week in clearing the gratings, cleansing
the channels, in getting sand or in any other way advan-
tageously to the public. In reply to a question from Mr.
Procter, Mr. Weightman said that six of the sewers or-
dered on the 14th of January, were unfinished, but that
four of them would be finished next week, and the remain-
der as soon as possible.—An application from Mr. P. W.
Brancker, requesting to be allowed to attach a branch-
pipe communicating to his warehouse in Dublin-street, to
the main about to be laid down, was road, and referred to
the Watch Committee, it being a question whether, if
they allowed Mr. Brancker this privilege, they could re-
fuse other applicants. It was suggested that, as the ob-
ject was only to use the water in case of fire, they would
only be carrying out the intentions of the promoters of
the bill by granting the privilege. The chairman said the
Watch Committee would get the opinion of Mr. Simpson
before deciding upon the matter. The chairmaniSias au-
thorized to give, at his discretion, 20s. to a poor man who
was injured at the new works, and the Commissioners
adjourned.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON ULVERSTON SANDS.—Since
the opening of the Lancaster and Preston railway numbers
of persons termed hucksters have been in the habit of going
over to Ulverston, to purchase fish, poultry, cockles, but-
ter, &c., which they send off to Preston, Manchester, Bir-
mingham, and other inland towns, and the trade, which is
very profitable, has recently much increased. Those en-
gaged in it start to cross the sands at all hours of the day
or night, if the tide at all serve—one man having the care
of two and sometimes more carts. About one o'clock on
Friday morning, the 6th instant, several of them started
to cross, having with them ten horses, and carts heavily
laden. On arriving at Hest Bank, several of them went
forward to Preston, leaving four of the party, young lads,
to return to Ulverston with the horses and carts. Though
they found the tide had passed up some time, and though
a young man was recently drowned near the spot, they
went recklessly straight forward, instead of making up to
Silverdale, and were soon in deep water. Two of them
endeavoured to turn, but were obliged to make a large cir-
cuit, the horses swimming the whole time. After despe-
rate exertions they got on the Silverdale side, but not be-
fore one of the horses was drowned. Two others of the
drivers dashed straight on. One of them had three horses,
which Ile could not manage, and they were all drowned.
Being a swimmer, he kept himself afloat for some time,
and was at length rescued from impending death by one
of his companions, Moore, who got him into his cart.
This occurred about four in the morning, but the sky was
bright, so that they could see their danger, otherwise both
men and horses must all 'nave perished. The loss of the
korses will, it is hoped, prove a warning to all engaged in
the trade.