The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-01 00:00:00

?Loral Rays.

On Thursday, Mr. H. C. Walton, of this town, passed
his examination at Apothecaries' Hall.
Last week two robberies were committed in houses in
Shaw-street at an early hour in the evening.
The Rev. T. Nolan preached two sermons, on Sunday
last, in St. Thomas's Church, Lancaster, for the schools
attached to the church.

A child, three years and nine months old, of Mr. David
Morris, Copperas-hill, died on Wednesday, from injuries
received through its clothes catching fire.

The Rev. Join Martin, M.A.,. of Sidney Sussex Col-
lege, Cambridge, has been licensed by the Bishop of
Chester, to,.the curacy of St. Martin's, Liverpobl.

The bill for the amalgamation of the two gas companies
in Liverpool safely passed the standing orders of the
House of Commons on Monday, and will be reported the
first day that parliament re-assembles. ,

11n4ari_ late _td tho °t eat Britain steam-ship,
has been appointed by the admiralty, captain of tae port
of Labuan, and will go out in the suite of Mr. Brooke,
the Rajah of Sarawak.
During the past week, Mr. F. L. Hausburg, of Church-
street, has, according to his usual custom, at this season,
been distributing coals to his numerous workmen, and

clothing to the weirkboys connected with his establishment.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Thursday night the mill of
Mr. White, at Bootle, was consumed by fire. We regret
that the owner is not insured, and the loss is stated at
£1,600.

On Sunday week, a young man, named Clayton, in the
employ of R. Blundell, Esq., Deysbrook, ventured on a
frozen pit, near Finch-house, on the West Derby-road,
for the purpose of skating ; but the ice, being thin, gave
way, and he was drowned.
The custom of demanding a cradle for a child born to
the Lord Mayor, during his year of office, used to prevail
in London. On the last occasion of such an occurrence,
Alderman Copeland, then Lord Mayor, waived insisting
on it. There was, however, some other present made to
mark the occasion.
SALE OF MESSRS. BARTON, IRLAM, AND CO.'S SHIPS•
—The ships of this firm were sold by auction on Wed-
nesday, at the prices following :—Lintin, 558 tons,
£3,800 ; Charlotte, 535 tons, not sold ; Vigilant, 308
tons, bought in; Higginson, 475 tons, £1,895; Alice,
302 tons, £1,790 ; Mischief, 196 tons, £855 ; Carena,
292 tons, £1,785 ; Irlam, 279 tons, £2,005.
At the monthly meeting of the Charitable Society, held
on Friday last, the visiters reported as relicvad 899 cases,
containing 3540 individuals -, 1178 visits made, and be-
tween £BO and £9O expended. This society deserves sup-
port at all times, but especially at present, when there is
such unusual distress, and when, as we are sorry to hear,
the funds of the society are nearly exhausted.
PREPARATION FOR THE GRAVE.—A, few weeks ago,
we mentioned the circumstance of Thomas Francis, Esq.,
of Bebington, having ordered Mr. Walter, plumber, of
Birkenhead, to construct two lead coffins for himself and
Ilis wife. The coffins were duly made, and the wife of Mr.
Francis actually assisted to polish them up. On Sunday
last she died at the age
of eighty-four years; and on
Thursday she was interred ill the coffin she herself had
worked at recently.

The North and South Wales Bank have concluded ar-
rangements for an immediate resumption of business.
About eight of the smaller branch establishments are to
be discontinued. The directors and manager have received
much credit for their exertions.
ROSCOE CHAIR.-Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street, has lent
to the Roscoe Club for the use of the president, at the
forthcoming soiree, a chair made out of an oak beam,

taken from the house in which Roscoe was born, Should
the club acquire a house of their own, the chair is to be
presented to them.
SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Monday, Mrs. Lever, of Upper
Pitt-street, left her child, ten months old, on a pillow
before the fire, and on returning, in about twenty minutes,
found it dead. It had been suffering for some time.—On
the same day, an old man named Langshaw, was taken
ill in St. Ann-street, and was carried to the Rose-hill
station, where he died.—On the same morning, John
Kilfillan, living in Regent-street, was found dead in bed.
He had gone to bed the previous night without making
any complaint.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—LECTURES.--The season
is about to commence on Tuesday (this day), under the
most favourable auspices, Mr. J. Sheridan Knowles being
engaged to deliver a lecture on oratory. The great repu-
tation which this celebrated poet has so justly attained,
woeld, under any circumstances„ ensure for him an over-
flowing audience, still more so when connected with a sub-
ject so attractive. The list of lecturers announced to
appear during the season is of an extraordinary character,
and indicates an unceasing desire on the part of the direc-
tors of this noble institution to keep pace with the spirit
of the times.

THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.—We learn from the report of
the annual' meeting of this excellent institution that it is
now progressing most satisfactorily,—new members are
daily added—and many who originally were only quarterly
subscribers have become annual ones. The new commit-
tee who were balloted for by the members, and of whieh
Mr. Brooke is chairman, and Mr. J. Walker vice-chair-
man, are using-every energy to &omote the usefulness of
the society, not only in the diffusion of intelligence, but
in the advancement of the many healthy exercises pro-
vided. A discussion and a music class are already in
course of formation.

FEMALE AMERICAN SERENADERS.—The performances
of this troupe of American serenaders have, during the
past week, attracted crowded audiences to the Concert-
hall, in Lord Nelson-street. Several of their songs are
beautifully harmonised, and some solo songs given by
them are full of spirit: Miss Jumba is a very clever
singer of " nigger melodies," and " suits the action to the
word" in all her performances. Cora is also a very supe-
rior singer; and her "Mary Blue" is a first-rate song.
The finest voice, however, amongst the serenaders is that
of Yurico' whose song of " A,Life in the Woods for me,"
is a perfect gem. We understand that the female Ame-
rican Serenaders are to visit us again very shortly.
ENCOURAGEMENT IN WELL-DOING. —On Tuesday

last,.the Rev. Thomas Nolan- delivered a most beautiful
and interesting address to the young gentlemen of that
excellent establishment, Great George-street Academy, in
this town. He thanked them kindly and affectionately
for their handsome contribution to the Southern Hospi-
tal. After alluding to the honourable and important po-
sition which Mr. Fisher, their much-esteemed preceptor,
occupied among the higher circles of society, and the cele-
brity he had attained in his professional career, he expa-
tiated very fully on the advantages which must accrue to
the youthful mind from the study of mathematics and
science, especially the sublime pursuits of astronomy.
These, he said, in connexion with classics and polite lite-
rature, could not fail to impart a reality and a solidity to
a liberal education, and prepare them for the honourable
discharge of. the various duties which- lay before them in
future life. The vast importance of a sound scriptural
education was clearly proved—the necessity of a living
faith in the atonement of the Redeemer—as well as the
renewing and sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit
upon the heart,. to prepare them for the higher honours
and more enduring realities of another andtaketter world.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

At the police-court on Wednesday a number of persons
were fined for letting cellars which were not constructed in
conformity with the requirements of the Samtory Act.
THE SANATORY LAW.—On Saturday several persons
were summoned for keeping pigs in Beech-street, which
were a nuisance to the neighbourhood. Mr. Dhvenport,
on their behalf, promised that the styes should be removed
that day; but Mr. Rushton said he had come to the de-
termination to enforce strictly the Sanatory Law, and in-
flicted in each case a penalty of 20s. and costs.
ARTFUL THEFT.—On Saturday:Ann Green, a wretched
looking middle-aged woman, only that morning liberated
from gaol, was charged with having stolen some blankets,
the property of a poor woman, who had given her shelter,
and (on a pretence which she made of being ill) had al-
lowed her, although a stranger, to go up stairs and lie
down in the bed. There was a second charge againstthe prisoner, but as the evidence in both cases was un-
fortunately inefficient to convict, she was discharged.
WANT OF PRISON' DISCIPLINE.--On Friday, Frances
Kelly, a middle-aged woman, was committed for trial by
Mr. Rushton, charged with having stolen a dress-piece
from the shop of Mr. Lewis, Great George-street. The
prisoner had been sentenced in September, 1842, to seven
years' transportation, and got off with three years. In
November, 1845, she was sentenced to transportation for
life, and got off with three years and a half; and last
June, she was imprisoned six months. When sentenced
to transportation, she was not sent out of England, but
endured her seven years of. imprisonment in the aggre-
gate in this country.

A BAD PULLEY:—On Saturday, Mr. John Westhead,
flour-dealer, Great Howard-street, was fined twenty
linirc and rog.ta fiu. -r
barrels of flour without proper rope or pulley. A police-
officer stated that on the occasion in question the pulley
appeared to have gone wrong, and the men engaged pulled
up the barrels with a rope held in their hands. One of
the barrels slipped, and fell upon the head of a poor
working man who was passing at the time, and who was
seriously injured. Mr. Rushton said Mr. Westhead was
liable to a penalty of ten pounds. He would mitigate it
to twenty shillings and costs, in order that he might make
compensation to the poor injured man, who had a clear
case against him. He had better compromise the matter
with him.

POVERTY AND CRIME. Five young women were
brought up on Thursday, charged by a man named Robt.
Roberts with stealing a loaf from his shop on the previous
evening. They were all young women of pour but re-
spectable appearance, and one of them stated that she had
stolen the loaf, and that they had all partaken of it. Her
reason for doing so, she said, was that they were starving.
In answer to inquiries from Mr. Rushton, she stated that
they had all been at the Night Asylum for the last three
weeks—that she had applied to Mr. Simpson at the parish-
office for relief, and he told her to go for it to where she
came from—that the was born in Liverpool, had been five
years in Manchester, and they were all at present out of
work. Mr. Parkinson said the prisoners were not known
and that only one of them had been there before. The
case was remanded, to give time to make inquiry.into the
truth of the charge made by the prisoner against Mr.
Simpson, the relieving officer.
IMPUDENT ATTEMPT TO ROB.—On Wednesday a re-
spectable seafaring man called a cab at the stand in Lime-
street about seven o'clock, with the view of proceeding to
an hotel in Regent-street. Immediately 09 his doing so, a
man named John Taylor said to him, " Slr, I'll fetch you
a good eab," and shortly after he came to him in com-
pany with a cabman whose name and number he did not
know. The prisoner and the cabman were talking toge-
ther when he was getting inside ; and as soon as he was
seated the prisoner came into the cab also and sat down.
In this way they proceeded down Dale-street, and on till
they reached Waterloo-road, when the prisoner began to
be abusive, and struck the complainant several times in
the face. He then attempted to pull his watch out of his
pocket, but in this he was defeated by the exertions which
he made to save his property. While this was going on
he called to the cabman as loudly as he could to stop the
car; but this the cabman did not heed, as he drove on
until within a short distance of the hotel, when he
stopped, and his accomplice got out and left the party.
The cries of the seaman then brought a policeman, who
apprehended Taylor, who was brought before Mr. Rush-
ton on Thursday. Further inquiry was ordered to be
made, as there appeared to be some doubt as to the iden-
tification of the parties.