The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

long been

fshall conclude this letter by expressing a hope that
you will, as a gentleman and an honourable man, embrace

the first opportunity which may present itself, in order to
set me right in the estimation of the Council and the pub-
lic, or else to furnish me with the grounds, on which you

Lr, your obedient servant,
Liverpool, 31st July, 1848,

JAMES- MPONALD

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D.C1.1)5.

The Rev. W. J. Ripley, one of the curates of the parish
church of Warrington, died last week of fever caught
whilst vising the poor.

The mayor of Freston, Thomas Birchall, Es(
week initiated as an Odd-fellow amidst great

among the members.
On Thursday, the iron roof in course of erection at the
mill in Bowling.dyke, belonging to Messrs. Akroyd, fell
in with a tremendous crash, and is completely destroyed.
Fortunately the workmen employed at its erection was
engaged at another part of the premises at the time.

POTATO DISEASE.—There seems to be much contra-
dicory opinion about the existence of this disease. In
Lancashire and Yorkshire there is certainly very little,
and there is no doubt many of the statements, in the
London and other journals, of the crops being much
affected in other parts of the country, greatly exagg
the facts of the case.

BOWLING MATCH AT LYTHAM. - A bowling match
took place last week, at the Clifton Arms Green, at_Ly-

about Bs. They were committed for trial
SMUGGLING TOBACCO. A seaman, named Frank
Mooney, was yesterday charged, before Mr. Rushton,
with having smuggled 51 lbs. of tobacco from a vessel,
lying in the King's Dock. He was fined £5, orone month's
imprisonment.—Patrick Coggins, on whose bulky and
suspicious person, and next to his skin, 61 lbs. of leaf EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.-
tobacco was found, was remanded, as was another man on the state of trade confirms the decided improvemt
whom some of the same article was discovered, it being has taken place, so far as the borough extends
stated that the prisoners were employed as lumpers on more mills have resumed employment. Three are 14 mills

`or a silver sn'

twenty competitors, including gentlemen from Preston,
Bolton,Blackpool, Liverpool, and the neighbouring towns.
Mr. Prest, of Aigburth, and Mr. Critchley, of Lytham,
bowled up for the prize. and the former gentleman became
the winner.

The official report of

a ship aischargir

nce might

time, wi

1 compleme

mis, more

turn out, upon inquiry;tofnvolvea charge of

THEFT FROM A SAW 211
sawyer, in the employ of

man, named Bell, a
Mr.

this week than last; there are 1,298 hands more em-
ployed than the last return showed, and 1000 more
working full time. The total numbers are as follows :

le executors of

an, of ti

Saw-mill

y charged with

Number working last week

stolen about twelve feet of rosew

I veneering,

number working-
-35,800

full time last week, 34,891, this week,
working short time last week, 3,345, this

numbe

was clearly proved, and the prisoner
trial.

committed fo:

week, 3,734

STEALING BOW

—At the Police-
named Mary Lowe was
icholas's Ro-
ill. They were the

FROM A CHAP:

court, yesterday, a woman
charged with stealing five books from St
man Catholic Chapel, B

COUNTY SESSION.—The adjourned county session was
ld at Preston on Thursday, respecting the arrears in
the county rate. The arrears of West Derby were stated
as being of a considerable amount. The Treasurer said
that Mr. Cleaver, the clerk to the West Derby Union,
posed to pay him the rates due, amounting
"Tednesdav,

to £2366, at three instalments, a third on
and a third on each of the two following W
The money ought to have been paid on May
townships (Bootle end Fazackerly) were stated to be three
rates in arrear. The costs of the warrants, &c., were
ordered to be paid by the union.