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

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

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.
Lieut. Hosken, late of the Ureat Britain steam-ship,
has been appointed by the admiralty, captain of the 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 workboys 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 relieved 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
his 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
Thursday she was inter in the coffin she herself bad
eighty-four years ; and on
worked At recently.