The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-20 00:00:00

DIED

Lately, in London, at the advanced age of 100, Mr. PHILIP
CRABIi, the first inventor of lead pencils by machinery.
(th the sth of August, aged 23, Mr. JOHN ALEXANDER
JAMES, second mate of the barque Ivy Green, son of the late
Captain James. and grandson of the late John James, Esq.,
shipowner, of this town. The morning after the vessel left Rio
Janeiro, the deceased was struck by the mizen-boom, which
knocked him overboard, and he was unfortunately drowned.
On the 11th ultimo, at Pernambuco, SOPHIA, the beloved
wife of Mr. JOHN GATIS, late of this town.
On the 29th ultimo, at sea, on his passage from Antiama.

where he had been for the 'benefit of his°beaitii, age 3.0,
CHARLES JOHN, eldest son of Mr. CHARLES HARBER,
of this town.

On the Bth instant, aged 62, ELIZABETH, widow of Mr.
NVNI. MASON, of Hope-street, Boundary-place.
Same day, aged 59, HAN NAH, relict of J. ROUGHSEDGE.
On the 9th instant, at her residence, in Great Howard-street,
aged 67, Mrs. BRIDGET EVERARD, licensed victualler,
On the 10th instant, at Seacombe, Cheshire, JEAN, widow
of Mr. MURDO M`LEOD, merchant, Storsgway.

Same day, suddenly, of his residence,-/Pown-green, near
Ornaskirk, aged 48, Mr. PETER BALMER, contractor.
Same day, in Whitfield-street, Toxteth-park, aged 72, Mr.
THOMAS MASON, for many years coach and car proprietor.
Same day, at Chetton Rectory, Salop, lifter two days' illness,
the Ven. Archdeacon VICKERS.
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On the 11th instant, at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. Wm.
Craig, surgeon, R.N., aged 90, MARGARET, relict of the late
HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., merchant, Glasgow. •
Same day, at Camberwell, after a few days' illness, aged 73,
RICHARD PHILLIPS, F.R.S., curator of the Museum of
Practical Geology, London. Deceased was the author of nume-
rous scientific writings, and the whole of the chemical articles
of the Penny Cycloiked/et were from his pen.
Same day. at Gurteen, county Waterford, aged about 35,
J. POWER, Esq. The deceased committed suicide by dis-
charging a pistol at his head. Mr. Power possessed one of
the noblest fortunes in Ireland when he attained his majority,
soon after which he was chosen representative of Dungarvan.
He was subsequently representative some years of his native
county, Waterford.
On the 12th instant, at Bootle, Miss SARAH THOMPSON,
formerly of Wrexham.

Same flay, aged two years and two months, WM. HENRY,
son of Mr. M. SIMCOCK, of the Liverpool Branch Bank of
England.

S-ame day, in Chesterfield-street, after a short but severe
illness, ANN, second daughter of Mr. WM. TEMPLETON,
agent,Graiglwyd Quarries, near Conway, North Wales.
Same day, at Birkenhead, MARY, the wife of JOHN HEAP,
Esq., late of Manchester.
Same day, at West Derby, aged 70, ELI HARRISON.
On the 13th instant, aged years and six months, ROW-
LAND PARRY, second son of Mr. WM. WHATHAM.
Seine day, at his residence, 33, Bruton-street, Berkeley-
square, in the county of Middlesex, in his 52nd year, THO 3.
HENRY ILLIDGE, Esq., formerly of this town.
Same day, at his residence, in Newton-street, Wesley-place,
aged 59, LODERICK M:LEOD, Esq.

Same day, aged 54, JANE, relict of the late WM. STAVELEY,
Esq., of Anston, Yorkshire, and mother of Mr. F. Staveley,
druggist, Price-street, in this town. _ _

Sameday, at 55, Park-street, Toxteth.park, in her 29th year,
JANE, the beloved wife of Mr. JOHN BRITTEN, of her Ma.
jesty's Customs at this port.
Same day, Miss COTTON, sister of the Very Rev. the Dean
of Bangor.
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Same-day, at Preston, aged 54, Mr. ALEXANDER GRAD-
WELL, for upwards of twenty-six years head master of Lea
Grammar School.

Same day, at Munich, in her 39th year, the Duchess AMELIA
of LEUCHTENBERG, Dowager-Empress of Brazil, and widow
of Don Pedm I.

On the 14th instant, in Roscommon-street, Everton, aged
five months, HARRY WILLIAM, infant son of Captain A.
CHURCH, of the City of Dublin Company.
Same day, aged 41, ELIZABETH SMITH.

Same daY,athis seat of Castle Strathallan, Perthshire, aged
85, the Lord Viscount of STRATHALLAN, one of the Re-
presentative Peers of Scotland, and formerly M.P. for Perth-
shire

On the 15th instant, Mrs. SHINGLER, relict of the late John
Shingler, Esq., of Knutsford, Cheshire.
S me day, at Edge-bill, aged seven years, HANNAH,
daughter of Mr. JOHN WATERHOUSE, of Cheetham, Man-
chester.

On the IGth instant, aged 47, SAMUEL GEORGE SHORT,
for some time past engaged in the Exchange Newsroom.
Same day, aged 58, FRAN ES, relict of the late Mr. JAMES
THRELFAIJ., surgeon, and for the last nine years matron of
the Ladies' Charity.
Same day, aged 40, ISABELLA, youngest daughter of Mr.
WILLIAM HALLIDAY, of Everton._

Same day, at Chester, 'Miss MAIMIA WHITTINGIIAM.
Same day, at Rainbill, the wife of Lieut. M`LOUGHLIN,
2d West India Regiment.

C);;-tlie 18th instant, ELIZABETH, the wife of Mr. GEO.
PENNELL, Seacombe.

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.
Number of New Patients entered on the Book: of the
Dispensaries during the last week.
New cases relieved at the Institution North.
253...50uth. 2 . Total.
New cases visited at thEir own houses
... 119. 94.... 213
VISITORS.—North, Vauxhall-road: T. Bourne, J. T. Pow-
nall, H. Earle, jun., and W. P. Macgregor, Esqs.—South,l,
Upper Parliament-street : C. Booth, E. Humble, J. W. Wil-
liams, Esqrs., and Rev. C. Morrall.—Scretary, Mr. D. H.
Gibson.

BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.
HOSPlTAL.—Admitted, 0; Discharged—Cvred, 0; Irregular,
0; Dead, 1 ; Remaining, 5. D►si'ENSAßy.—Out-patients:
admitted, 34 ; Discharged, 38 ; Dead, 0; Remaining, 292.
Home-patients : admitted, 14; Discharged, G; Remaining, 29.
—Total since Ist January, 1054.
Treasurer, Mr. R. Bryans, jun. ; House-surgeon, Mr.
Jcphson ; Secretary, Mr. F. Harnp ; Consulting Sur.
geons, Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Dixon.

A white man not long since sued a black man, in one
of the courts of a free state; and while the trial was
before the judge, the litigants came to an amicable settle.
ment, and so the counsel stated to the court. " A ver-
bal settlement will not answer," replied the judge ; it
must be in writing." " here is the agreement, in black
and white," responded the counsel; pointing to the recon-
ciled party ; " pray what does your honour want more
than this ?"—Ameriean paper.