The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

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THs QuEnac Futes.—Yesterday, in compliance with
th e bishop's letter, sermons were preached at St. 'Jude's
an d other Liverpool churches, and collections were made
in behalf of the sufferers by the late calamitous fires at'
Quebec. Since our last Mr. Richard Rathbone has con-.
tributed £5, and Mr. Haueburg, of Church-street,
towards this benevolent object; but up to the present
time. arrange as it may appear, no public meeting has been_
called in Liverpool to originate a subscription on an ex-
tensive scale for the relief of the thousands rendered
houeeless by the calamity.
ARRIVAL OF THE " UNICORN STEAM
TI is fine steamer, which has been long employed on the
coast of British America, arrived here on Thursday morn-
ing from Halifax, after a passage of little more than •
thirteen days. The object of this trans-Atlantic trip is
to get new boilers. She proceeded to Glasgow on the
same afternoon. Her unexpected appearance in our
river caused for a short time considerable curiosity and
excitement, on 'Change and elsewhere, as it was conjec-
tured by some that she bad been sent express with govern-
ment despatches, announcing wars and rumours of wars.
Tne Unicorn is to run in future between this port snit
Glasgow.
INQUESTS DURING THE LAST WICE/C.--A seaman, •
named James Holt, drowned himself in the Queen's
Dock, on Tuesday night last, under the following circum- •
stances :—Police-constable Allen stated, that, while on
duty, on Tuesday night, at the Queen's Dock, he saw tba
deceased going on board a vessel, and that, in reply to a
question, deceased said he was going there for eafety, as .
they were going to murder him at the bond:ale. house.
The officer told him it was all nonsense, and he Bak,
" Oh, yes, it is true ! The cart is at the door
to take the bodies away : they murder all that g'
there." The officer, finding he was insane tried tit
get him ashore, but he made his way to another vessel,
and went up the rigging, saying he would go to the main-
top for protection, for the officer was one of those who
wanted to stick and skin him. Afterwards he came partly
down the shrouds. and, calling out " Here goes, yen'
b—rs!" immediately leaped overboard. He was got out
in three-quarters of an hour, quite dead, and his body
conveyed to the Southern Hospital.—On Wednesday
afternoon, Ellen Taylor, a cook, in the service of Mr.
Foster, Mount-pleasant, was seized with appoplexv while
engaged in the kitchen, and died immediately. Verdicts
in accordance with the evidence were given in all the cases.
INQUESTS ON SATURDAT.—On view of the body of
Henry Deane, who while caulking a vessel in the Queen's
Graving Dock, missed his bold, while shifting the stage,
and fell to the bottom. His skull was fractured and he
died an hour and a half afterwards.—Verdict, accidental.
—On a boy, four years old, named James Maylain, who,
while attempting to pass a lot of waggons at the North
Docks, stumbled and fell across the rail. Three of the • .
waggons went over the small of hi a back, and caused
instant death.—Accident.—On the body of Catharine
Forbes, who was sitting in a channel of the Old Hay-
market with a basket of fruit before her, at half-past
eleven o'clock on the morning of that day, (Saturday.)
A lorry drawn by two horses was proceeding at a slow
rate towards Byrom-street, and while the driver, who
was at the head of the shaft horse, was drawing a little to
the side of the street to allow a donkey cart to pass, the
near wheel caught the deceased and passed over her bead,
which it literally smashed to atoms.—Accidental.
PunteceNs FINED. &c.—On Friday last, four pub-
licans and seven beersellers were fined at the Police Court
on the usual informations of police-officers. and were
severally fined in various sums ranging from £1 and costs
to £4 and costs. Jahn White, publican, of Copperas-
hill, was again informed against by the police, including
one officer who had been one of the informants against
him on a former occasion when he was acquitted. Of-
ficer 231 deposed that at a quarter past three o'clock on
Tuesday morning last he heard a noise in the house, and
that on the door being opened to let a party out he (the
officer) went in and found six men, five of whom were
drunk. The landlord was also drunk ; and on the table
in the parlour there was a glass containing champagne.
The defendant was fined on the 7th of June. 1844. £1
4s 6d.. and again on the 18th of June, 1815. £4 4s. 6d .
Mr. James appeared for the defence ; and the case lasted
upwards of three hours. Officers 47, 111, and 577, and
Inspector Maddocks' corroborated the testimony of 234.
—Mr. James addressed the court. contending that no
case had been made out, and that the law which permitted
police-officers to enter the houses of publicans Was one
of a most iniquitous nature. He called Mr. Edward
Gray, a corn merchant, from Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mr.
Charles Porter, a draper, in Great Charlotte-street, Mr.,
Cooper Looney, a ship-broker; and Mr. Wtn. Morwood,
from Leeds. all of whom were at White's house when the
office's entered, to prove that White and the several in-
mates were in a state of sobriety.—M r. Rushton adjourned
the case until Saturday, when he and hie brother magis-
trates, after consulting together, adjourned the decision
of the case sine die, .
HALE HORTICULTURALSHOW.—..‘I ne annual exhibition
of the Het, Horticultural and Agricultural Society took
place on Friday. The attendance was very numerous and
select, embracing some of the leading families of This town
and neighbourhood. The show, especially of the articles
exhibited by the cottagers, surpassed anything in former
years. Amongst the stove and greenhouse plants were
fine specimens from Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Ashton, of
WoOlton. Towards the close of the exhibition the visi-
tors were, ac usual, addressed from the platform, Mr.
Robert Neilson, who presided, highly complimented the
cottagers, who had that day shown great improvement, as
their prizes testified, in skill, care, and industry. Joln
Ireland Blackburne, Esq., M.P.. patron of the society,
spoke in favour of its objects. The Rev. Mr. Stewart.
the vice-president, also noticed the practical proofs of its
beneficial effects, in the neatness of the cottages and
gardens in the village and its neighbourhood. The Chair-
man stated, that Mr. Nickson, the secretary of thb
society, had suggested that the children of cottagers should
be elleived small lots of ground for the culture of flowers
and vegetables. which was well received. The engagers
who obtained prizes were Hitchmough, Sankey, Falkner,
Ireland, Critchley, Ledbeater, Pennington, Hosker, Wil-
liam, Richard, and Timothy Mason, Winstanley, Barrow,
Woodward, and Litherlend Price. The subscribers who
obtained prizes were Messrs. Prescott, Turton, Brame%
Fazakerley, Rose, Boyse, Lloyd, Farlane, Taylor, Ellis,
Davenhouse, Lawrence, Seale, Hal,al, Bate, Gilgeous, •
Atherton, Howard, Etches, Green, Mason, Warburton,
Tvrer, Fleetwood, Dutton, Garrett, Haves, Molyneux,
Carnes, Vakefiid, K-lsall, Cowley, and Mrs. Foster and
Mrs. Ashton.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A CONCERT IN MANCHESTER.
—On Tuesday evening last, a grand concert was given
by the Philharmonic Institute of Manchester, with at-
tractions of Grisi, Mario, and the two Lablache. During
the interval between the performances, a loud crash was
heard behind the scenes, and considerable alarm was
naturally manifested amongst the crowded audience, who
however, were prevailed upon to keep their seats. It ap-
peared the floor of a dressing-room, in which there were
fifty or sixty persons, had fallen, the rafters having given
way, and the parties were precipitated upon the stage—a
fall of about twelve feet. A considerable number re-
ceived severe bruises. The perfot mance afterwards pro-
ceeded. Only one person was severely injured, namely,
Mr. Sudlow, professor of music, and nephew of Mr. E.
Sudlow, music-seller and organist, Hanging Ditch, Chorl-
ton-upon-Medlock. He was taken to the Infirmary but
was so much shaken that nothing could be done that
night but dressing the limb, and he was removed home.
He is somewhat reduced in life, and it is considered that
without amputation his condition is dangerous. The •
other parties had their wounds dressed, and are in a fair
way of recovery. The temporary apartment for Madame
Grisi, and Signors Mario and Lablache, was under the
higher part of the orchestral platform, and at some little
distance.from the place of the accident, which was over a
part of the stage, near the south side of the Amphithea-
tre, next Windmill-street. There were of course a good
deal alarmed at the moment, by the crash and shrieks of
the female chorus, who were eye witnesses of the disaster;
but they were in no danger. The next concert is, it
consequence of the accident, to be held in the Free •
Trade Hall.—On Thursday evening Mr. Sudlow was
somewhat better, the fever having abated a little ; but on
Friday afternoon it returned, and he became restless, ex-
cited, and slightly delirious. The medical men had not
yet ventured to amputate the limb, which, besides these-
vere compound fracture, is much crushed and wounded ;
so that there was reason to fear mortification would ea-
sue, ere the state of the system will allow of amputation
being performed.
Dom COP.IMITTEE.—On Thursday the usual weekly •
meeting was held, Mr. Brarnley-Moore in the chair. Mr.
Hartley, the surveyor, produced a report on the subject
of making a line of railway along the dock quays, which,
he conceived, would be very advantageous. It was pro-
posed to have two main lines of railway along the east side
of the dock es'ate—from the north end of the Clarence
Dock to the north end of the Brunswick Dock. Permis-
sion would have to be obtained to lay the rails along the
public highway at Wapping, and some property would
have to be purchased in that vicinity. Branches would be
made from the main lines so as to communicate with the
aides of the different docks along the route. The general
principle was to have two lines of way running longitudi-
nally, one near the edge of the quay, and the other further
in ; another line was proposed to be laid, in some eaves,
on the outside of the shed. The lines would communi-
cate with each other by means of turn tables ; and plank
bridges would be required in some instances to render the
working of the line complete. The whole of the traffic on
the railway might be worked by horees. Mr. Hartley
then went on to propose that depots for the reception of
promiscuous goods and fugitive parcels of merchandise
ought to be erected ; and in the plan which accompanied
his report he pointed out certain places where he thought
such depots might easily be constructed. The plane.-
which was not yet matured—would greatly supersede the
present unsatisfactory mode of conveying goods through
the crowded thoroughfares by means of carts, and of hav-
ing numbers of those carts blocking up the dock ap-
proaches. In reply to questions, Mr. Hartley said he
Could not form an estimate of the cost : carts might cross
the railway. The Chairman said the subject would come
on in due form in a fortnight. After some minor busi-
ness, a letter was read front Mr. T. Challoner, complain-
ing that Mr. Tobin had, at a former meeting of the com-
mittee, stated that at the meeting of the Shipbuilders'
Association, at which the subject of the letter signed by
the Chairman (M r. C.) was discussed, Mr. Tobin bad as-
serted that the waster carpenters werenot present, which
was incorrect. This letter was accompanied by a certifi-
ctahteeysis‘greiered bpyreas
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asked his friend Mr. Royden, then present if he was at
the meeting, arid the reply being in the negative, be had
merely stated that all of them was not at the meeting.
Some conversation ensued ot, this subject, in the course
of which Mr. Tobin stated (and it was admitted) that. he
meant no disrespect to the parties alluded to, and the
subject dropped, after a few good-humoured remarks,
Mr. Tobin finally remarking that be was most anxious for
graving-dock room in the centre of the town, but when
the shipbuilders asked for what could not be grant-id,
what vests to-be done ?—The committee then proceeded to

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