The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-30 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

The bill of the Livery), 1 New Gas and Coke Company
has passed both horses of Effl ameat.

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Arrangements have been completed for securing a re-
gatta in Douglas- Bay, Ist?. of Man, in the month of:Jaly
next.
FAREWELL SERMON.-0,1 Sunday the Rev. Mr Bates,
who is about to b.- located at Dover. preached his farewell
se•lnrin to a titonereas and respectable coug eg aim) at
Christ Church, Wat,-Tho, where he has been in,mmbent
for the lost three or four years. He was formerly: con-
nectei with St. Bride's Cottrell, Licerpcol.
EARLY CLOSIN-G, OF SHOPS.—The booksellers and
ironmangers, we are glad to perceive, are the first-in ihe
field to c wry out 'he resolutions vvhi-.11 were come to at
the great Music-hall,Meeting. We hope to see their ex-
cellent exstnple speedily. followed by the other trades in
the town.

UNWHOLESOME MEAT.--On Friday, at
Police-
court, a man, named Charles Cumiskv, was fined 40 and
costs, making altogether £2 4s. 6d., for having,•exposed
unwholesome meat for sale upon one of the stalls in St.
John's Market. The offence was proved by inspector
Tuornpson, Of the police f tree.
PUDIJICANS' AND BEER-SELLERS.—Seventeen cases
against puolicans and beer-sellers were heard,, at the Po-
lice-court, on PriclaY, for offences against the improve-
ment act.. Of the whole number fifteen were convicted ;
four of them in the highest penalty of £5 each, and two
were acquitted.
DoaAN's CLAIM FOR INMJRANCE.—The application
for a new trial in the case Doran v. Ritcher was made
last we-k in the Court of Exchequer, before the new
Lord Chiet-Baron Sir F. Pollock. and Baro is, Parke,
Alderson, and ltol'e,' by Mr. Knowles, hut the court
refused to grant the applioaion on the ground that it
would be invading the province of the jury to interfere.
MONTGOMERY'S NEW WORK.—The Rev. Robert
Montgomery, the popular author of " Luther," •` The
Messi:th," &c. is again in the field of publication. His
new work. '` The Gospel before the Age," is intended, we
understand, to bring the deep and divine philosophy of
the Gospel to bear with powerful ani impressive.effect, on
the leading signs of the, age, and the social developments
of the present era.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WHITTY.—The late head Con-
stable, Mr. W•litty,, has rec• iced a letter from lir. El-
ward Rushton and Mr. Francis Haywood, enclosing a
check for £4lO, being the .aimiunt of a snbscrioiioa
entered ,into by several geal,irien who were c-srOu. of
presenting him with s )me substanial mark of their ap-
probatiou of his conduct whist he held the situation of
chi,-f constable .of the borough. The 'Subscription was
limited to £5 each.

EXCISE INFoamaTioNs.—We last week noticed that
tw i parries: had been fined in heavy ,urns each fur mixing
certain quantities of saccharine with tobacco. We may
now add, rh it on lue:sday last, one of the individuals
(Mr. Brown) who was nor, as reported by a cont-mpn-
miry, put into custody, appeared in court, and handed up
some pap.-ra to Mr. Rushton, who said tht magistrates
had already recommended th- board to reduce the p nal-
ties to £125. He added that if tile gentleman who had
addressed a le' ter, to hi a (Mr. Rushton) would write a
letter ti Mr. Wood, and state the circum,tances as de-
toiled to him, i3O doubt the board would take them into
fa'ionrable considerat 0:1. •
FATAL ACCIDENT IN VICTORIA DOCK.—Last Tuesday,,
Nicholas Bailey, a seaman, one of the crew of the Ameri-
can ship Berwick, lynx; in Victoria dock, was etigavd
with several ottie..s, in taking up the canvas for the tore-
topsail yard, -when he and another man, leaning over too
far. lost their bahin3e, and were precipitated upon the deck.
They were immediately taken up and conveyed to the
Northern Hospital, wheie Bailey expired soon after,
in consequence of the injuries he sustained in the fall.
The other man. is still alive, but his recovery is almost
hop-less. An inqu-st was held noon the body of -Bailey
on Friday, at which a verdict of accidental death was
returned.

SPLENDID BALL.—On Wednesday evening last, Mrs•
Elliston gave a juvenile bail at (he Royal Assembly-rooms,
when about sixty of tier pupils went through a variety of
beautiful dances, which, from their chaste execution and
the elegance and grace with which they were danced,
elicited the unanimous praise and admiration of a very
large party of the elite of Liverpool and its vicinity, who
were present on this very interesting occasion. As the
ball was 11'4 a public one, being only Open to the friends
and relatives of the pupils, we are unable to afford parti-
culars as to the names of the figures and dances ; but we
understand that the band witi a most efficient one and the
music excellent, a great part having been prepared and
ilapted for the dances. The company separated shortly
after twelve, after an evening's amusement that will be
long remembered by the parties present.
A STOLEN CHILD RECOVERED IN LIVERPOOL.—The
Scottish Guardian states :—" In oar paper of Tuesday
los', we noticed that a female child had been stolen from
Camlachie, and that there was strong reason to believe
that the girl had been recovered by the Liverpo'.l police.
On Tuesday last an officer was despatched frnn the She-
r ff's establishment here, and returned on the following
Friday with the girl, and the wormn, named Greenwood
or Wade, who is accused of having stolen her. The latter
was lodged in pri-on, and will, no doubt, soon he com-
mitted for trial. The mother of the lost child aiTa'ted
her arrival at the boat, and the meeting was of the most
tender kind. The Liverpool anthoriCes (to their credit
belt Said) had attired the child in new and comfortable
clothing, not forgetting a little mantle, and all that Could
add to her comfort on the voyage."

THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds professing
to promote or reproduce the hair, few have survived even
in name, whilst ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, with a re-
putation already usparallelled, is still on the increase in
.public estimation ; which fact, together with innumerable
testimonials in the possession of the proprietors, is suffi-
cient to satisfy the most incredulous as to its sovereign
virtues so repeatPdly shown in restoring, preserving, and
beautifying the human hair. In dressing the hair, no-
thing can equal the effects of ROWLAND'S MAcAssAR.
OIL, on ei,her natural or-artificial hair, rendering it so
admiribly soft that it will lie in any direction: it produces
beautiful flowing curls, and, by the transcendent lti-tr.! it
imparts, readers the head dress truly enchanting ! It
preserves the coiffure in the hewed atinosphere of the ball
room, and neutralizes the effects of a damp atmosphere, or
violent exercise.—See advt. . I

TAXES ON COTT tGES —On Friday evening, a very
numerous meeting was held in the Toxteth-hall, Mill-
street, for the purpose of considering the propriety of peti-
tioning the legislature against the clauses affecting cottage
owners, propo,ed by Mr. Colville, M.P. for South Derby-
shire, to be introdeced into Sir James Graham's Poor
Law Amendment Bill. These clauses are to the effect
that owners of house and cottage property, of the anunal
rent of £2O and under, shall be rated to all the parochial
rates instead of the tenants, and that tenants may be dis-
trained upon 'for those rates to the amount of the rent
actually due, and may deduct the amount from the
rent. Mr. Ephraim Knapprr was called to the chair, and
in a forcible addr:ss he pointed out the absolute and con-
tingent evils of the proposed clauses, not only upon cot-
tage landlords but cottage tenants. Several gentlemen
afterwards addressed the meeting in support of the resolu-
tions, and the meeting terminated at ten o'clock.
RuNaittx.-On Thursday last, a number of gentlemen,
friends of Thomas Hazlehurst, Esq., and upwards of one
hundred of the workmen employed in the Camden soap-
ery, met at Hill s Hotel, Runcorn, to celebrate the mar-
riage of that gentleman, which took place on the morning
of the same thy, with the amiable and accomplished
daughter of John Howard, Esq., Park-place, Leeds.
From an early hour on Thursday, the Old Church bells
announced to the inhabitants by their best sounds, that,
soinething more than usual was about to take place; the'
British ensign was seen floating from its venerable tower,
and from the Trinity Church, whilst from many other
places in the town flags were fluttering in the breeze;_ and
from the great respect in which every member of the
Hazlehurst family is held by the inhabitants of Runcorn,
there was more than the usual interest felt on such occa-
sions. Perhaps there is no establishment in England in
which a greater number of hands are employed, where a
better feeling or a more kind and generous sympathy ex-
ist, than between the employers and the employed at the
extensive soapery of the Messrs. Hazlehurst.

CHESTER RACES.—This important annual meeting will
commence on Tuesday next, and from present prospects,
both as regards the attendance of company, and firs—rate
snort, will surpass in splendour arid interest all former
gatherings, (brilliant as they bye been,) of the patrons of
the turf of our verdant and most beautifully situated lioo-
dee. The course is in admirable order; and the alterati-
ons which have lately been effected by the Committee,
who have been engaged in directing the works necessary
to adapt it for the exercise of the Cheshire Cavilry, as
well as the attention paid to the matter, by the racing au-
thorities here, have greatly improved its appearance.
The city has already begun to put on its holiday face, and
seems to be eagerly anticipating the forthcoming week ;
when rank and beauty are to throng old Chester's walls
and streets, hospitality is to spread its most liberal repasts,
and the banks of the Dee are to present an animated pa.
norama of the national sports of British horse racing.
The crack' event of the meeting, the great Cup Race,'
is to take place on Wednesday next ; 30 horses it is 9.
moored, will start, and intense interest, as to the result is
excited. The programme for Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday, also holds out a promise of abundant sport. We
understand that 100 horses are expected to compete for
the various stakes.—Chester Courant.

FEMALE PENITENTIARY.--thl Tuesday the annual
meeting of the friends and subscribers of the Liverpool
Female Penitentiary, was held at the Charitable Institu-
tion-house, Slater-street, and was respectably, though not
numerously, attended. In the absence of the Mayor,
who had kindly promised to preside, the chair was occu-
pied by Edward Cropper, Eso• Mr. Michael Ashton,
the secretary, read ;he report, from which it appeared that
the design of the Committee was to afford an asylum to
female., who, having deviated from the paths of virtue,
were desirous of being restored by religious instruction,
and formation of moral and industrious habits, to a re-
putable station in society. During the past year alone
ward, 31 had been admitted to the full
out of 94 applicants for admission, 48 were received into
the probationary
privileges of the house, and 13 others bad been restored
to their sorrowing friends, or placed out to respectable
service, after affording pleasing and satisfactory evidence
of their indisputable reformation. The total number
since the commencement of the institution was as follows :
—Admitted since the first establishment, 1250; expelled,
161 ; eloped, 51 ; left at their own suggestion, or dislike
s,
of rules, 486; restored to their friends, or placed in ser-
vice, 390; removed to other instituiions, 50; died, 19;
remaining in the howe, 55. Upon the motion of Mr.
John Howard, the report was adopted, after which a
number of exerllent speeches were delivered, and urgent
appeals made in favour of the institutions.