The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

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Dr. Watts was elected physician to the Manchester
Royal Infirmary on Thursday.
The Preston corporation are going to erect a cover
ed
market within the space bounded by Fishergate, I,lll3e-
street, and Friargate.
The ten hours' bill has been well received by the manti;
facturing operatives, and is working well for the interest'
both of masters and men.
BOLTON.—Nearly all the cotton mills in this town have
been running the full time allowed by law during thePqi,
sent week, and the ten hours' bill being new in operation
there appears to be a reasonable hope that the trade°
keep in this improved state.
HORRIBLE DEATH.—On Thursday, Luke Kett, Abafon, -
ten years of age, was accidentally run over at Long satt?re
Lancashire, by one of Croskill's patent clod crushers, Pea
was attempting to get up to ride, when he overbalancof
himself, and fell beneath the rollers, the spiked poin ts
which literally tore him to pieces on the spot.—Mit
ham Journal.
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A tea-party, in commemoration of the passing 0;,il,
Ten Hours Bill, will be held in the Free Trade 13i,
C. :In nudnitesYT'Al‘Nie.
Manchester, on Wednesday, the 7th of June. los -for,
pected that Lord Ashley, Mr. J. Fielden, late the
Oldham, the Hon. W. Cowper. one of the lords of
_.,,
Brothel-
ton_, and Mr. Oastler will be present.
AditmEimraAltßYK,
AMBrL.mC
nest beneath one of the sleepers on the Lancashire
Preston Railway at Cadley, about four miles from Pres,c
When the workmen discovered the nest there were I°ll4
young ones in it, but on Sunday week it was found t
some one had stolen them. Of all the places fur. to retreat a situation under a railway sleeper "PniusanY"
the most unlikely, though it seems that little
thought otherwise,
the gran)
CHESTER SPRING MEETING.—The receiptst a ex-
stand during the four days were £1,402 12, anurig
cess of £5B 12s. over the proceeds of last year. P ester
the past week the number of passengers taken to Ch_
by the Birkenhead railway was 8,789, of whom 4,589
rived on Wednesday, the " cup day." On the same fi'sr,
the Shrewsbury and Chester trains took 1,020 passenger
o,
and the Bangor about the same number. The total nu A
her of passengers taken to the Chester station from ;-
lines was 50,170 ; of horses, 256; of carriages and vans,
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EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—Trade generallY
not this week been so promising as was anticipated a wort
days ago, but still there is no cause of complaint, as,. n.
the whole, there is much more activity thanwas exper's,
ced weeks ago. The gloom is not so palpable as dui,
the past months, although it is the opinion of most Play
tical men that some time must elapse before it Wh°o
disappears. Employment has this week been given.oo,4
increased number of hands, both in the staple trade still
in other branches connected with manufactures ; Ye"..34.
there are more than 8,000 hands whollynut of enir"

ment. nvers
STRANGE PROCEEDINGS.—On Monday, eight FEI-. ith
were charged before the magistrates at Lancaster, lfiy• g
climbing the walls of the workhouse, and abseoni,:rse
themselves without leave, refusal to work, and other lice
misconducting themselves. It appeared that on the Ptebor
proceeding to the workhouse to apprehend them, wie-
made a vigorous stand, barricading their bedrooril,,roic
dows and doors. The police were compelled to br
ace
open some of the doors, and it was not till after a erect.
was had after a few of them that they were caPtlicep-
The ease was proved against all of them, with the e% of
tion of Smith. The prisoners pleaded in extenuatioos
their offence too scanty allowance of food. Solithpres'
discharged, and the others were committed to the ds,
ton House of Correction, with hard labour, for 21 ligh
FESTIVITIES AT HIGH LEGH.—OR Monday last, Oft
Legh was the scene of great festivity, being the George
which the infant heir to the estates, bI of his father, •rtly•
Cornwall Legh, Esq. was first introduced to the via
place of his long line of ancestors. The infant 113 05
been born in London on the last day of 1847. lie first
met and greeted on the auspicious occasion of lu,sorse-
visit to High Legh, by the numerous tenantry on4otir-
back., and some hundreds of persons from the neig' Dice
ing towns and viliages. The day being fair, after aicto-
shower of rain in, the morning, added much to the Pero eft
resque appearance of the place, and every one se iiiy4
delighted with the object they had come to witness'gjoa
to welcome the little stranger home. The Poe% tile'
started from the hall at half-past three o'clock, ,10er:
following order ;—first, two banners ; on the first elllO,ll-
was " Long life and happiness to Mr. and Mrs. Cotrtoill'
Legh," and on the other were the arms of the I,oclg,
Then followed a band of music, tenantry on borsch
tenantry on foot, labourers, work-people, &c. ,4,401
THE REV. MR. GERMON'S. ROBBERS.—The nim:dieb;
quiries as to this roblaery are, we believe, still 1119,,, the
with what result, as concerns O'Brien andl,,
Cone* baur
public are extremely anxious to be acquainted.
since
been able to glean little available information 6011e,''
last, but we may state that the watch stolen from'ibepo'o;
Mr. Germon has been recovered, and that is now 111
chest
session of Mr. Superintendent Leary. of the IW"octiri'
tb
police force. Although in possession of tolerablYt
information as to the circuitous and tortuous waYrite °'ll-5
it has been traced and passed from hand to ham"' t fit
precluded at present from saying more than tit priet;
delivered up by the Rev. Carberry, the P?_l3iciscied it
to Mr. a Lee, a magistrate of this city, who ."41-,, to j,i;
Captain Willis, by whom it was in turn evil „li[rtith
Superintendent Leary. It is asserted, with Atha' been 10
leave the public to believe, that the watch blts„ pars°,
Manchester ever since it was stolen, and that t fobbed,:
who had possession of it never heard of the 6arberrrYs
Such is the only account given by the Rev. exerti4
Let us hope, however, that through the actiee,c cle'.;b
of Mr. Leary the whole mystery may, shortlY,"io wins
up, and despite the jugglery of the confessional; robbe,
it is sought to bury all trace of the guilty, both tr4laencArseis
and the receivers may be brought to justice.---liat the tile
Courier. [The Manchester Guardian says th 0,1,, of
little doubt of the guilt of O'Brien and Con "4
crime of which they stand convicted.] of t
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CHEAPNESS BUT NO FLENTY.—As an e v 0. oro
we give the following extract from a letter fro.m,;Ve
the
respectable mercantile house at Liverpool --,ado of ern
really very bad here, partly owing to the blee!",, nort"..o),
Elbe, which closes all export of 'bale goods w_bich rod
Germany, and partly owing to rumours here, "'..ts, aa,or
be true, for continued heavy losses on all irolfri'ia s
tet'
to the losses last year, must cause a fearful.
Cot'to° isot be
of means, and bring down many houses. , 11.astio-
• eel. ccv
rible. The losses on the imports this w can aOP
less than £100,400, and what comes on Amercots F, theg
will not return, to the planters more than 2 .
for an article they cannot grow under 6 cents'_, ojeaPtfor,
continue to produce just to gratify our love w. The #ll
It will resolve itself into ultimate dearneTopnelw
chester school have attained their object—e.
ho rlldon 0, plaflA';
asel pp„r
0 price;
forbut are worse ohroswe
eorfferthoialenowp htheneycottorciln, w
terial, they eaunot find buyers when ~