The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS_

The assessment for the township of Tranmere has more
than doubled itself within the la-t five years. The
increase of the last year is upwards of £lOO.
The Manchester Bonding Bill was read a third time in
the House of Lords, on Tuesday evening last, and passed
without any amendment or alteration having been made.
It only wants the royal assent to become law.
CLERK TO THE CROWN.—T. S. Shuttleworth, Esq.,
brother to our worthy deputy town-clerk, has rect ived the
appointment of Clerk to the Crown for this county, va-
cant by the resignation of R. W. Hopkins, Esq.
SURGEON AT KIRKDALE GAOL.—On Thursday, at the
annual session of the peace for this county, a recommen-
dation, from some of the visiting magistrates, that the
salary of this gentleman should be increased from £l2O
to £lBO a-year, was deferred until September.
EASTHAM REGATTA.—SOMe famous sport may be an-
ticipated at Eastham on Tuesday. July 16 (the dsy b,-fore
Liverpool Races). There are two cups, worth 20 guineas
respective , respectively • a piece of plate. value five guineas, and two
other prizes to be contended. for.
Sr. HELENS.—In the beautiful conservatory of Mr.
Gree
is nall, M P. in St. Helens, (Thomas Gee, gardener,)
there
growing a rare 'p cirmn of the " Cactus Speci-
osissicrius," upwards of nine feet high; it has 250 blos-
soms on it.
The Countess of Sefton held her first asse r bly on
Tuesday evening, at the noble earl's splendid mansion.
in Belgrave-square, when the various magnificent saloons
were lighted up with great splendour. There were present
about 250 fashionables.
Docx AUDITORS.—The following gentlemen were, on
Tuesday, appointed commissioners for auditing the Dock
accounts, viz., Messrs. John Mather, Thomas Moore,
Chas R. Taylor, George Cram, David Rae, David Can-
non, John Houghton, and Edward Heath.
THE LATE INCENDIARY FIRES.—The man William-
son, who is in custody on the charge of setting fire to the
premises of Mr. Taylor, timber merchant, Birkenhead,
has undergone two or three private examinations since last
week, and is further remanded to Chester Castle for ten
days, in order to give time for further inquiries.
PRESTON AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.—An advertise-
ment will be found in another column, announcing the
intention of a company to apply in the next session of
parliament for power to complete a direct line of railway
from this town to Preston. passing through, or near to
Bootle. Linacre, Sefton, Southport, Ormskirk, Scaris-
brick, and the Hundred of Leyland.
THE MECHANICS' EXHIBITION.—We gave last week
a detailed account of the various novelties connected with
this highly-interesting exhibition. We learn that up
to Friday night no less a sum than £995 19s. 6d. had
been received f r admission, which exceeds, by nearly
one-third, the amount received during the corresponding
period of any former exhibition.
Mr. RUSIITON.—We regret to state that Mr. Rushton,
who has been suffering, more or less, from indisposition
for about a week, was taken so unwell whilst presiding in
the police-court, on Tuesday, that he was obliged to leave
the bench and be conveyed home in a coach. He is now,
however, convalescent, and may be expected to resume
his duties very shortly.
THE WARRINGTON REGATTA.—The list of prizes for
this regatta, with the conditions on which they are to be
competed for, have been announced. The principal prizes
are :—The Warrington Cup, value £3O in spe it', open to
all the world ; the Borough Cup, value £25, open only to
members of bona fide rowing clubs, established in War-
rington and the neighbourhood, and the Workmen's Prize,
open to all classes.
Mrs. Fernyough, the landlady of the Tranmere Hotel,
was summoned before the magistrates on Thursday for
permitting drunkenness in her house on Sunday week.
Mr. Pedder appeared for the defendant. The bench after
hearing the case, dismissed it on the payment of costs ;
Mr. Case observing that there was sufficient evidence to
convict, yet they did not wish to appear harsh, but he
should certainly report the conduct of the house to his
brother magistrates next licensing day.
A MISTAKEN OPINION OF THE WORKHOUSE.—A boy
of the name of Halees, who was stated by Mr. Thomas
Galloway, of the Workhouse, to be a runaway apprentice
from Rochester, was, on Friday, brought before the magis-
trates accused of refusing to work while in the Workhouse.
He had gone there, believing that there was no labour to
be performed, and, having discovered his mistake, had
declared himself to be a cripple, and unable to work.
He was committed to the house of correction for twenty-
one days.
ASSISTANT TAX COLLECTORS.—At a meeting of the
Select Vestry, held on the 11th instant, it was ordered
that six assistant tax-collectors should be appointed at
21s. per week. The assistants are to be appointed by the
collectors, who are to be responsible for them, but they
will be paid by the parish out of the poundage allowed for
the collection of Government taxes. The assistants to be
removed at the pleasure of the Select Vestry, or upon the
cessation of the income or assessed taxes.
LOVE AND SUICIDE.—On Monday a coroner's inquest
was held at Aughton, near Ormskirk, touching the death
of Bridget Oben, aged 20, who was found in a pit of water
in the neighbourhood. It appears she had been living in
service at Liverpool, and went over to Ormskirk to see
her father, to consult with him respecting getting married
to a young man, who also resides at Ormskirk. The
father would not consent to the marriage, and deceased
went away towards Aughton weeping. The jury returned
a verdict of "Temporary Insanity."
ST. GEORGE'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCII.—The con-
gregation, presently worshipping in the Mechanics' Insti-
tution, under the ministry of the Rev. D. Fergusson, has
had presented to them, by Mrs. Daniel Macauley, Falk-
ner-street, a magnificent service of plate (11 pieces), with
a complete set of tokens for communion occasions. We
observe that the new place of worship for the accommo-
dation of this congregation is now advancing rapidly, and
that it promises to be an ornament to Myrtle-street and
its neighbourhood.
W. P. WARD'S BANKRUPTCY.—This case was called
on again on Tuesday, but there was still no appearance
of the bankrupt. His honour, under these circumstances,
suggested that, as there were no available funds for the
purpose, messengers should not be sent at the expense of
the estate to discover his place of abode ; but that, if any
tidings of him should ever reach the ears of the Court,
the most advisable plan to adopt in such a case would be,
to issue a warrant immediately, and have him arrested.
Those suggestions were adopted.
The marriage of T. Edgworth, Esq., of Wrexham, to
Miss Roberts, was celebrated by a public dinner, on
Tuesday, in the town of Wrexham. £lOO was subscribed
for the dinner, and for contributing to the comfort and
amusement of the poor inhabitants, amongst whom Mr.
Edgworth is a great favorite. At the brewery of Messrs.
Clarke and Orford two fine oxen producing about 1000Ibs
weight of beef, and twelve sheep, were awaiting to be dis-
tributed amongst the poor. The recipients were about
four hundred in number.

Edward Roberts, a shoemaker, residing in the parish of
Gresford, nearly opposite the beautiful church of that
name on the road between Wrexham and Chester, at-
tempted yesterday week to murder his wife; he succeeded
in inflicting several horrible gashes on her neck, but did
not fortunately touch any of the great blood vessels.
She fled to a neizhbour's house, and in the meantime the
unfortunate maniac cut his own throat with the same
knife, and was found dead. The mother and sister of
the deceased had destroyed themselves in the same
manner.
THE INCENDIARY FIRES AT BIRKENHEAD.—Mr.
Commissioner Dowling has been engaged in a patient in-
vestigation of the circumstances attending the two recent
incendiary fires in the township. It has been of the most
satisfactory character. indeed, they have little or no
doubt that the sawyer from Runcorn, who has been in
custody for the past week on a charge of having wilfully
and maliciously set the premises in a blaze, was not ap-
prehended on light or insufficient grounds. In all proba-
bility he will eventually be fully committed to Chester
Castle, to take his trial at the approaching assizes.
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is built upon the model of the splendid Glasgow iron boat
the Princess Royal. The Magnet is cons'ructed to carry
245 tons of cargo, customhouse measurement,andis
propelled by engines of 200 horse-power, manufactured
by Coates and Poung, of the Lagan Foundry, Belfast, in
which town the vessel was built and equipped. The cabins
are elegantly fitted up, the doors and panels being of
solid polished mahogany. Berths can be made up for
forty-five persons, including ten in the ladies' cabin.
ST. PETER'S WARD.—The election to supply the va-
cancy in the representation of this ward in the Town
Council, caused by the death of Mr. Ebenezer Rae, took
place on Thursday morning, before Mr. Alderman Turner
and the assessors of the ward. Mr. Robert Sellar Hen-
derson, merchant, of St. Ann's-hill, brother of the Re-
corder of this town, was nominated by the conservative
party; and so completely is radicalism defunct in this
town, that no opposition was even attempted, and Mr.
Henderson was therefore declared duly elected. We are
sincerely gratified at Mr. Henderson's return, as we know
he will prove a most efficient member of the council.
COUNTY RATES.—A memorial from the guardians of
the poor of the West Derby Union was presented to the
magistrates, at the annual session, on Thursday last, at
Preston, complaining of the excessive burden on the rate-
payers of the county rate. It appears that the amount
expended in the relief of the poor of the said union, in-
cluding salaries of officers and the whole cost of establish-
ment, for the three years ended March, 1843, was £5552 ;
and that the amount paid by the same townships towards
the county rate, during the same period, was 9936, or
nearly double the amount expended in the relief of the
poor. The Preston Pilot says that the court did not at-
tach much importance to the memorial; so that the rate-
payers may save themselves the trouble of petitioning.
THE ISLE OF MAN REGATTA.—The Isle of Man Re-
gatta took place on Wednesday and Thursday last.
Amongst the yachts, which were chiefly from Liverpool,
were the following :—The Seagull, belonging to Mr. Mel-
ling, Edith, Mr. J. C. Ewart, Leda Mr. J. P. Bran-
dreth, Leander, Mr. J. W. Hazlehurst, and Psyche,
Mr. J. Jones. There were several gigs from Ramsey,
Castletown, &c., and one gig, for sculls, from Liverpool,
for which, however, there was no antagonist. The first
prize, on Wednesday, a piece of plate, value £9, with 15
sovereigns, for yachts of thirty tons and not more than
forty, was won by Mr. Hazlehurst's Leander, beating
Mr. Melling's Seagull and Mr. Brandreth's Leda. Two
excellent boat races followed. On Thursday, the first
race, open to yachts of all sizes, the prize a claret-jug,
value £3O, was won by Mr. Graham's Meteor, of Roth-
say, beating the Leander, Leda, and Mr. Corsellis' Black
Bess, of Dublin. Three other races followed. The Re-
gatta Ball took place on the evening of Thursday, at
Castle Mona Hotel.