The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-02 00:00:00

Moral ant Vrobinrial 13630.

On Wednesday, a person named Buxton was fined by
Mr. Rushton £25, for removing spirits without a permit.
CAUTION TO DOG-STEALERS.—On Thursday, a noted
dog-stealer was fined for the offence by Mr. Rushton £5.
The man Knowles, who was so badly injured through
the ignition of the spirits at the fire in Galton-street, died
on Wednesday.
A woman named Brooks, living in Watkinson-street,
was burnt to death on Tuesday. Her clothes caught fire
as she was taking something off the fire.
Mr. Vandenhoff has completely recovered from the
illness brought on by his performance of Sir Giles Over-
reach on Monday night.
Yesterday week, at the Birkenhead Police-office, John
Tabney was committed to the House of Correction for a
month, on a charge of assaulting two inspectors.
Two boys were killed yesterday week, by falling into a
well attached to the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Lever-
street, Manchester.
A child, sixteen months old, in Richmond-fair, came to
its death, last week, through sucking a piece of green
Paint which had been given it to play with. The paint, of
course, contained oxide of copper.
DEATH FROM DRINKING•—WiIIiam Thompson. aged
21, was found, on Thursday at noon, in Roberts'-street.
So much intoxicated, that he was sent home in a cart,
and died the same evening.
INHUMAN CONDUCT.—OD Friday last, a male child,
about a year and a half old, which appeared to have been
deserted, was found by some boys in the yard of St.
Patrick's Chapel, Park-road. It is now under the care
of the authorities of the Park.
A new iron steamer, 160 feet long in keel, 26 feet
beam, with engines of 200-horse power, and to be called
the Prince of Wales, is now being built for the City of
Dublin Company, to run between this port and the
Menai Bridge.
EXTRAORDINARY LEAPS.—On Thursday week, a
leaping match took place between Charles Shaw and Wm.
Jackson, two young men from Liverpool, under Aven-
ham Walk. At three spring jumps. Shaw leaped 12 yards
1 inch, and Jackson 11 yards 9 inches.—Preston Chron.
BIRKENHEAD CHARITY BALL.—A preliminary meet-
ing of the promoters of this entertainment, in aid of the
funds of the Birkenhead Dispensary, was held at the
Monks' Hotel, and an official announcement of the time
and place will shortly appear.
STREET ROBBERIES.—On Saturday night a gentleman
was robbed in Albion-street of a gold horizontal repeater,
value £3O. On the same night, a man named John
Jones was knocked down in Maguire-street, and robbed
of his watch, by two men, who escaped.
The Rev. Hugh WlNTeile preached a sermon on Tues-
day morning, at Cheltenham. in behalf of the Church
Pastoral Aid Society. The Parish Church was crowded
in every part. The Rev. Gentleman selected his text
from Acts xx. 35 : " It is more blessed to give than to
receive." The collection amounted to upwards of £72.
The further examination in the case of Capt. Johnson,
of the Tory, has been adjourned, in consequence of the
illness of the prisoner, to the 2nd of December (this day).
Besides the three charges of wilful murder, the prisoner
will also be charged with cutting and wounding six of the
crew.

MEETING OF COAL-MASTERS.—On Friday a meeting
of coal-masters took place at Wigan, when it was resolved
that the price of coal should, after Monday, be advanced
one shilling per ton. This is in consequence of combina-
tion among the colliers for increase of wages and limita-
tion of labour.
DEATH FROM A FALL.—On Wednesday week, a man
named James Brocklebank, a joiner, while carrying a
piece of wood up a ladder in a new house in course of
erection in the Prince's Park, fell to the bottom of the
stair-case, and was se severely injured. his left thigh being
broken in two places, that he died on Thursday last.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday fortnight, John
Middleton, aged 61, was loading a cart with coal from a
beau, when a large cob fell down from the top and
crushed his hand. He was unable to work the next day,
and getting worse, was sent to the infirmary on Wednes-
day last, when he died of Erysii elas on the same day.
ROBBERIES.—On Thursday, Henry Boltis and Michael
Mar. were committed for trial, on a charge of having
stolen two dozen bottles of calcined magnesia, the pro-
perty of Mes-rs. Evans and Sons, druggists, Lord-street.
On the same day, John Wel-1 was committed for trial,
en a charge of having stolen lib. of starch from the shop-
'window of Mr. Banastie, tall,w-chandler, London-road.

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The Lord Lieutenant has appointed George Johnson,
of Eccleston, Esq., Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Chester, in the room of the late H. Potts, Esq. The
taaiiistrates have nornin ited Mr. Charles W. Potts as
solicitor and treasurer to the county pro. tern.; no for-
Mal appointment will take place till the next quarter ses-
Sion. The office of treasurer to the county has been held
by the Potts' family for one hundred and twenty years.
Two Irishmen named Logan and Clarke, were corn-

Toitted for trial at Birkenhead, on Monday. fora series of
brutal and unprovoked assaults, on constable Brown and
Other parties, on the night of Ztaturday last. James
Clarke, charged with being also a party in the affray,
Was discharged on entering into his own recognizances to

appear when called upon.
The Preston Pilot states that Lord Sandon, accompa-
tied by Lord Ebrington, visited the House of Correction
in that town on Wednesday last, and expressed them-
selves in the highest terms of admiration of the practical
'workings of the establishment. The object of the visit is
said to have been for the purpose of making recommen-
dations as to the management of other similar establish-
ments.
A melancholy and fatal accident occurrsd at Eastham
w,,od, on Monday night last. A one-horse car belong-
ing to the Monks' Ferry, was returning from Chester ; it
is supposed the driver missed his road, and dismounting
to find the right path. fell into a stone-delph, and was
killed on the spot. The horse and car were not Vund
till Wednesday in the wood. As no one knew anything
of the driver, it was at first supposed he was a stone-
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THE \ ERCURY'S SNEER AT MR. LITLLEDALE. JUNR.
.-Our contemporary attempted the jocular vein on Friday,
the subject being the pleasing and creditable expressions
of tifft-ction for his respected parent, which fell from the
new member for Exchange Ward, at the Ward dinner, a
few days ago. Mr. Littledale committed, it appears, the
enormity of being proud of that parent " whose name he
bore." May we not suggest to our contemporary that
there are people in the world who are quite as indebted
fo• their position to the " name they b ar," as to any
Other resemblance, physical or mental, to those whose
sh )e3 they wear He will understand our meaning.
WE.T DERBY GUARDIANS —A meeting of this body
was held on Tuesday at the Board-room of the Work-
stooge. The principal matter entered on was an inquiry
into a complaint made by Mr. Greatrex, a surgeon of the
board, against the Rev. Mr. Gillow, a Homish clergy-
taw), of having interfered with one of his patients, a wo-
iin named Bella Lewis, and having, against her will, ad-
toinistered to her extreme unction, and of having by such
liProceeding, in her then state, greatly endangered her
te. Mr. Gillow attended the board and offered an ela-
borate defence ; at the conclusion of which. the board
litrie to the decision that no blame attached to Mr. Gillow.
AIR. HADDOCK'S GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CON•
tERT,—In our last we took occasion to call the especial
attention of our musical frit-nds to this well selected and
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'NIT classical treat; and we have now only the duty of
reminding them that very few tickets remain undisposed
". Signor F. and Madame Lablache, with Mr. Welly,
the violinist (a genuine disciple of the Paganini school)
and a host of other rare talent are announced. Our spi-
rited townsman, Mr. Haddock, will, we trust and believe,
mitt himself fully remunerated on this occasion. He has
acted wis,ly in selecting Mrs. H. Beale for the piano,
ihty lady's performances alone ought to attract a crowded
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SIR W. M. STANLEY'S BIRTH-DAY —On Tuesday,
!tecerding to custom, Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., cele-
brated the return of his birth-day with the usual joyous
festivities at Hooton-hall. Lori Alfred Paget. and a
large number of fashionables, were invited guests on the
lebasion. There was a grand dinner in the evening. In
the course of the day the tenants and labourers enjoyed
suostantial repast in a spacious tent erected on the
'awn in front of the hall, and about 200 children from the
ae,hools at Eastham were feasted in a manner becoming
t ho-vitality of the donor. About two o'clock the
lit>le company repaired to the park, where foot-racing
and other manly sports were enjoyed until the rhades of
evening s.t in. Sir William distributed purses of money
to the succes.ful competi,ors in the several sports.
A WOMAN WITH FOUR HUSBANDR-A rather decent-
ging female, named Catherine Daley, was placed before
r.r. Rushton on Friday, on a charge of big imy. Two of
'ter husbands appeared, one of whom is Mr. Murray, a
finoekeeper in Manchester-street, who said he had been
e'rlrlpelled to support her by the parish, and for negl, cling
c) do so had suffered a month's imprisonment. Doring
imprisonment of Murray she married Daley, and the
:ruler then de lined continuing to pay the weekly show-
n". Daley and the prisoner some time ago quarrelled
411 d separate and on Thursday she met him in the street
god
• committed an assault on him, for which she was taken
int
custody. when the charge of bigamy was preferred.
ub offi,er stated that he believed it would turn out that
fit'
prisoner I-eol no less than four husband.. Mr. aUdl-
tr, ordered the prisoner to he remanded. On Saturday
the prkoner was again brought up, when witnesses were
ttodused to the first end second marriages, but Mr.
t"i"nt,
said the woman had been made a victim amongst
and discharged her.
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Own IMPROVE- MENTS.—It must be a matter of gra-
.e.atio to every inhabitant of our town to observe the
Ind building improvements and extensions that have
.es
i„ -ebtly taken place, and it must be pararnountly interest-
t"g to observe. that while the growing importance of the
10()nr in population and commercial greatness has called ,
I, '0 existence edifices of every class, private enterprise
044 not followed in the wake; in extending in magnitude,
or advancing the accommodation of exist;ng business
)reees. The narrow and confined repository of later
rg is converted, with monstrous exprd,tion, into a
:f"nid and spaci-nis shop ; and even some of those, that
weave er. ago ranked splendid, are now being entirely
,r:odelle T
d "Iled shas c. he raptdenuous exert o 6
increase of th
ns frome nor thernMr.endßris-
of
7 tetoutnr
t4e. of Old Hall-street, whose premises. hitherto the
largest on that side of the I xchange, have again been
%trill! extended. A splendid Carpet-room has been built
t the end of the shop, and over it a spacious r 0
me the communication to which is by a handsome
enat'Y from the shop, through an apartment that will be
hilrely appropriated to the purposes of furnishing.
t these rooms are well I.phted, and the style of deco-
t) I" (as in tbe shop.) is substantial—excellence supply-
tht the place of gaudy elegance, and a plain neatness
sieatacterizing every feature. Over these rooms are the
th„ep!bg apartments, and adjacent the dining-rooms for
tolsnop assistants, all of which are arrayed with a view
4,"ealth and comfort. By this extension of the pretni-
4s, the departments for the ordinary business will be
h"li.reu more spacious, and as several new branches will
te‘cricled, it will no doubt increase the already extensive
43 of the sAablishment.