The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

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John Sharp, Esq., will succeed James Giles, Esq., of
The Elms, as chief magistrate of Lancaster.
Elkana Armitage, Esq., is to be the new mayor of
Manchester.

Crewe has been made a post town. There are to be two
deliveries and four despatches during the twenty-four
hours.

Wright has been committed to Chester Castle for the
highway robbery and murderous attack, at Tabley, on Mr.
M'Gill, who is still suffering severely.
The amount of Mr. Owen's bequest towards the estab-
lishment of a new college at Manchester, will be about
-XlOO,OOO.
On Tuesday, Griffith Williams, a block-maker, fell
down on one of the Birkenhead steamers, and expired im-
mediately.
On Saturday week, a child, named Peter Dowd, the
son of a labourer living in Russell-street, Toxteth-park,
in the absence of his parents, was so shockingly burnt as
to cause his death on Wednesday.
Duriug a furious gale, on Thursday week, the Sama-
ritan, from this port, was wrecked off St. Eval's Head,
and all hands, save two, John Cases and Henry Thrappall,
perished. The loss of ship and cargo amounts to £lO,OOO.
A fi.e, which did above £4OO worth of damage, took
place at the paint manufactory of Messrs. Afire and
Jeffrey, Blackstcck-street. The loss is covered by in-
surance.
On Thursday, two men were killed at the pit of Messrs.
Kenworthy, Ashton. They were being lowered into the
pit, when the chain broke, and they were precipitated
down the shaft, which is 240 yards deep.
Mr. James Hunt, 4, Hanover-street, has transmitted
eighteen guineas to the treasurer of the Sailors' Home,
being a subscription from a few friends assembled to
witness the laying of the foundation-stone.
The total receipts of the Manchester Corporation during
the year ended the 31st of September last, were £70,268;
the expenses £63,413 ; leaving a balance of £6855 in the
bands of the treasurer.
On Tuesday, the borough coroner held an inquest on
the body of a child eleven months old, who died of con-
gestion of the brain ; and on another, two years old,
burnt to death at Windsor.
CAUTION TO SEAMEN.—On Tuesday, John Stevens
and James Riley, two seamen, were committed to gaol,
the former for twenty days, and the latter for thirty days,
for deserting the ship Magistrate, after having signed ar-
ticles and entered into the usual conditions.
The brig William Rushton, which alone rode out the
late dreadful hurricane at Havana in perfect safety, be-
longs to Messrs. John Worrall and Co., of this port.
That she should have escaped uninjured in such a fearful
tempest affords proof of her excellent qualities, the skill
of her commander, and the good conduct of her crew.
We are glad to be able to add that she was a Liverpool-
built brig.
A serious affray took place on Friday, near the Bury
and Heywood branch of the Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way, between the police and some railway labourers,
during which Sergeant Priddon was so much injured that
he is not expected to recover, and one of the policemen
has been confined since.

BURGLARY BY A FEMALE.—On Saturday, a young
woman, named Mary Percival, formerly a servant to
a Mr. Preston, of Catuall, near Kingsley, Cheshire, was
committed by Mr. R. G. Perryn, Esq., for trial at the
next assizes, charged with having burglariously broken
and entered the dwelling-house of the said Mr. Preston,
and stolen various property therefrom.
NEW POTATOES.—SeveraI barrels of potatoes have
been received by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of
Liverpool, from Peru. They are the real golden variety,
to which so much interest now attaches, and are of two
kinds, a yellow skinned and a purple skinned, in excellent
order, but sprouting, so that it will be necessary to plant
them immediately.
THE HURRICANE AT THE HAVANA.—This great dis-
aster has bad the effect of inducing the holders of sugar
to withdraw their sugars from the market, until it is as-
certained what effect the news will produce on the Lon-
don and other markets. It has also given an additional
firmness to the price of cotton, as it is thought that the
destruction of so much shipping must raise the freight in
all parts of the Gulf of Mexico.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT IN CHESHIRE.—At Barns-
ton, on Wednesday, Peter Lowe, the landlord of the Fox
and Hounds, had been out with Mr. Hugh Williams, a
highly respectable and wealthy builder of Birkenhead, and
Mr. Tinley Barton, who had been enjoying a day's shoot-
ing in the neighbourhood of Barnston, and on their re-
turn, in crossing a fence, Mr. Williams's gun went off,
and the contents were lodged in the left side of Lowe,
who expired from the effects, after lingering about ten
hours. The deceased was a bale and healthy man, in his
50th year.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDPELLOWS.—On Tues-
day evening, the members of the Honest View Lodge,
held at Mr. Wm. Clegg's, St. Paul's-square, presented
to their chief officer, Mr. Thomas Harding, a gold guard
chain, value £5, for his meritorious services. The im-
partial manner in which he conducts their councils, the
prosperous state of their funds (for although not one of
the largest, it is certainly one of the richest in the unity),
the general good feeling and unanimity that prevails
amongst the members, and the anxiety Mr. Harding
always manifests for its interest, are evidences that the
present has been as faithfully earned as it is cheerfully
given, and we wish him health to wear it. The chain is
neat and tasteful, and reflects great credit on Mr. Thos.
Over, jeweller, Basnett-street, who supplied it.
LOOSE COTTON: IN SHIPS.—A notice of some im-
portance to the masters and officers of cotton-laden ships,
has just been issued by the American Chamber of Com-
merce at this port. Many of them, the chamber say, are
in the habit of appropriating to their own use the pickings
and loose cotton imported by their vessels, under the im-
pression that they belong to them, as perquisites. Con-
siderable losses have, in consequence, been sustained by
the importers •, and the notice states that all such appro-
priations are illegal ; also that the chamber have resolved
to protect the rights of the parties aggrieved, in all cases
in which any of the members may be interested. By way
of precaution, masters of vessels are recommended to send
the loose cotton which cannot be distinguished as belong-
ing to any particular lot, to the consignee of the ship, who
will apportion it among the several owners or consignees
of the cargo, according to their respective interests.
WATERWORKS.—A survey is now being made in the
neighbourhood of Chorley, with a view to the supply of
the town of Liverpool with water. The site fixed upon
as the most eligible for the purpose of constructing reser-
voirs, &c., is the same that has been selected by the
Chorley aterworks Company at Anglezark ; the supply
of water being of a better quality than can be met with
t!sevvhere, and also being found in greater abundance.
that
are powerful springs on both sides of the hill, so
tthe one need not necessarily interfere with the other ;
but it is plain to all, from the great expense of construct-
ing reservoirs—the contract for the Chorley Waterworks
Company being £sooo—that an amalgamation of the
companies would be for the interest of both, and as the
Chorley company has already obtained an act and chosen
the most favourable site, it is probable this will eventually
be the case. The distance the water will have to be con-
veyed to Liverpool in pipes is 20 miles; but such is the
great elevation at Anglezark, that the position chosen is
the most favourable for the purpose.—Bollon Chronicle.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meet-
ing was held on Tuesday. The Poor Law Commissioners
expressed their concurrence in a suggestion from the
Board for dividing the Park into four districts, with a
medical officer for each district. The guardians of Tox-
teth-park were appointed a ccmmittee to make a division
accordingly, and the clerk was instructed to advertise for
medical officers. The medical officer of the Fever-house
reported that during the past week the few remaining
patients at Smithdown-lane had been removed to that in
Mount Vernon-street, in which, on Monday, there re-
mained altogether twenty-two patients ; that six new
cases bad been brought in during the previous week ;
that four had been discharged cured, and one had died.
With the exception of one patient, all were doing well.
The medical officers' report from South Toxteth showed
a great reduction in the number of sick cases, as compared
With the several previous weeks. Mr. Rowland, relieving
Officer of Toxteth-park, tendered his resignation, on
account of ill health, and Mr. Henry Latham was ap-
pointed pro tern.
FUNERAL OF THE REV. DR TATTERSHALL.—Tuesday
having been appointed for the funeral, many of the friends
of the deceased assembled in Shaw-strest, Everton, for
the purpose of joining in the funeral procession. The
Procession was formed about half-past ten o clock in the
morning, the clergy (in number fifty-five) proceeding
first, two abreast, headed by Dr. Byrth and Archdeacon
Musgrave. After the clergy came the gentlemen. to the
number of about 120, headed by his Worship the Mayor.
Then followed the children of St. Augustine's Schools,
the females taking the lead, and both boys and girls
dressed in mourning. The chief mourners were the
doctor's three sons, the eldest about twelve years of age.
The procession proceeded through Everton to St. George's
Church, which was crowded, and the churchyard was
likewise full of people. A. solemn movement was played
upon the organ as the procession entered the church, and
the beautiful hymn was sung, commencing " When youth
and age are swept away." The burial service was very
impressively read by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank. The
Procession then left the church, and the body was depo-
sited in the family vault, where one of the doctor's chil-
dren had already been buried.
FOREIGN GOODS IMPORTED FOR RE-EXPORTATION.—
The injury done by the present system adopted by the
Custom-house authorities, to foreign goods landed at this
Port for re-exportation, has long been a subject of con-
tiderable annoyance ; and at length the initiative steps are
eing taken in the way of remedy. A memorial to the
ecnunaissioners of customs was on Friday extensively signed
(f.)11 'Change by merchants, shipowners and others, praying
tor the removal of the evil. Goods of foreign manufac-
.lllll..e, it is represented, are often sent to this country for
;ilPment by British vessels, because our mercantile ma-
ne is more regular and certain in carrying them to their
Place of destination abroad. These goods are often very
valuable and liable to injury from too much exposure in
llobniireteki ing, a process they have to undergo in the most
onable manner, just as if they were intended to pay
duty for home consumption. The consequence is delay,
na
`ba rrassrnent and expense, three evils most detris
amental to the owners. The memorial then suggests that
for th protection of the revenue is the only cause as, „
ese objectionable proceedings, the object could just
im-
mediately be accomplished by the packages being sealed
until f on arrival, and deposited in the customs' depot
forwarded to their final destination, under the in-
.,' ction of the prop
described er officers ; and, if necessary, a pack-
age rsiot,
bui be opened, to ascertain if the goods were as
just• Th e prayer of the memorialists appears to be
j 30,, u,nd reasonable, for it is a manifest advantage to
each
merchants to have the transit and conveyance of
merchandise • and all impediments thrown in the
waY, beyo d the Mere protection of the revenue, must
ecessaeln
marine.Y be injurious to the interests of our commercial

EARLY CLOSING DEMONSTRATION.—On Thursday
evening, a great meeting in favour of the early closing
movement, was held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester,
which, shortly after the commencement of the proceed-
ings, was crowded by a highly respectable audience. On
the platform were several distinguished strangers, the
principal employers in the town. several of the ministers
attending the meetings of the Evangelical Alliance, and
deputations from associations formed for the promotion
of the early closing movement in Liverpool, Birmingham,
Oldham, Leeds, Bradford, Rochdale, &c. Amongst
those present were the Mayor of Manchester, lord John
Manners, M.P.; the Hon. and Rev. Baptiste Noel. Mr.
Joseph Brotherton. M.P. ; Mr. Charles Hindley, M.P. ;
Dr. Hodgson, of Liverpool; Mr. Charles Knight, pub-
lisher, London ; the Rev. Canon Wray ; Mr. Alderman
Walker; Mr. Alderman Hopkins ; and Mr. Pountney.
STABBING WITH ScissAaes.—On Wednesday, a fe-
male, named Ann M'Gavin, with a black eve, and of very
wretched appearance was brought before Mr. Rushton,
charged with severely stabbing Eliza M`Lean in the face,
with a pair of scissars. Three wounds had been inflicted,
one on the forehead, and two on the right cheek. The
prosecutor stated that about four o'clock on the previous
evening, she was sitting at the door of her house, in.Vaux-
hall-road, skinning soles, when the prisoner, whom she
had never seen before, came up. got held of her, and
stabbed her in the face. She fainted away, and the pri-
soner was given into custody by a bystander who bad wit-
nessed the transaction. It appeared that the prisoner had
been drinking all day, and was heard crying out, shortly
before the event, " I am a Dublin woman, and do not
care for her nor any one else." Some one had then
abused her and given her the black eye, and, in a fit of
desperation, blinded by drink, she made the attack on the
prosecutor. No malice was apparent, and Mr. Rushton
fined her 20s. and costs, or a fortnight's imprisonment in
default.
ATTEMPTED ROIABERY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Goodman charged a person named
James Collins, at our police-court on Friday, with having
attempted to rob her, as she was going from Manchester
to Liverpool on Thursday evening. The complainant
stated that she left Manchester by the last night train, and
when between Eccles and Barton Moss, she thought
she felt that the prisoner, who was sitting next to
her, was cutting at her pocket. She put her hand to the
spot, and looked at the prisoner, who immediately lifted
up his arms and folded them upon his breast. The com-
plainant took no further notice of the matter until the
train stopped at the next station. She then found that
her pocket had been cut, and that the contents were lying
at the bottom of the carriage. She gave the alarm, and
the prisoner was taken into custody, and conveyed to
Liverpool. The county officer was directed by Mr. Rush-
ton to take the prisoner before the county -magistrates ;
and the lady was requested to persevere in prosecuting
him for the offence, as there was little doubt but he was
an old practitioner upon the pockets of unprotected
females.
HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSDAY.—Memorials from the
inhabitants of Ormond-street and Carleton-street, com-
plaining of nuisances, were referred to the commissioner
of the district.—Mr. Duncan reported that the tower at
the water-works was now up to within 31 feet of the
finished height, and the setting of the boiler was in pro-
gress. The roofing of the boiler house was still incom-
plete, and could not be got on for another week. Messrs.
Harvey and Co. were proceeding rapidly with the fixing
of the engine, which, he felt satisfied, would be ready as
soon as the tower would be got up for the stand pipe,
With regard to the pipe laying, it was reported that the
pipes had been continued up to Paul-street baths. These
were filled on the 30th ult: All the branches from By-
rom-street main (five in number) have been laid, as also
other two; one at Canning-place and one at the top of
Duncan-street.—Mr. Deane read a letter from the Secre-
tary of the Dock Committee, requesting to be informed
of the principle on which the assessment of the Albert
Dock warehouses had been made. This application crea-
ted a little discussion, but it was ultimately decided that
no difference could be made between the Dock Committee
and other parties, and that they he informed the assess-
meat had been made in the usual way by the sworn sur-
veyor. It was also stated, that if there were any objec-
tions to the assessment an appeal could be made.
THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.—Government has at length
resolved to establish courts for the purpose of carrying
this excellent act into effect. The Lord Chancellor has
entrusted the business to Mr. Bethune. Its application
is to be general. The towns have been selected so as to
cover the whole country with courts as equally as pos-
sible, having some reference also to those towns in which
courts are now held under local acts. It is not proposed
that courts should be held at the same intervals in all
these towns ; once a week or oftner will be necessary in
some, while in others once a fortnight or month, or even
less frequently, will be found sufficient. The following is
a list of the towns in Lancashire and Cheshire in which
courts are to be held, and to each court is attached a par-
ticular district ; that for Liverpool embraces all Liver-
pool, but no more : —Lancashire—Lancaster, Garstang,
Kirkham, Preston, Blackburn, Chorley, Ormskirk, St.
Helen's, Prescot, Wigan, Liverpool, Salford, Bolton,
Leigh, Warrington, Manchester, Middleton, Oldham,
Ashton, Clitheroe, Haslingden, Collie, Bury, Burnley,
Rochdale. Cheshire—Stockport, Birkenhead, Chester,
Malpas, Nantwich, Congleton, Macclesfield, Knutsford,
Middlewich, Northwich, Frodsham. The following towns
in North Wales will also have courts :—Bangor, Carnar-
von, Conway, Pwllheli, Tremadoc, Dolgelly, Denbigh,
Wrexham, Holywell, Mold, Ruthin, Borwen, Llanrwst,
Bala.

EARLY CLOSING.—At the meeting in Manchester, on
Thursday, for this purpose, letters were read from the
Bishop of Chester, Lord Sandon, and many others.
Amongst them was one from the venerable James Mont-
gomery, expressive of his regret at not being able to at-
tend. In the course of the letter be said,—" During the
past two years I have been constrained to withdraw from
every attempt of the kind, even in our local institutions—
literary, benevolent, and religious, beyond the utterance
of a few sentences on common-place topics. Much, very
much, may be done, now that the public mind itself,
throughout the land, is so deeply stirred to venture on
patriotic and philanthropic innovaticns of antiquated evils,
both negative and positive, and which may now be more
safely and speedily exploded than might have been ever
hoped for in the days when I was young, and now that I
am old and grey-headed, I am not afraid to acknowledge
the conviction of my own mind, founded on much ob-

servation and large experience even in my own person,—
that the bias and character of man's conduct, and the

principles that rule his conduct to three score years and
ten, as the mark in human life which few are p:,rrnitted to
pass,—that bias and character are more decidedly given,
fixed, and continued to the end, by the influences under
which he has spent the period of his youth above child-
hood and below manhood, than during any other longer
or shorter stage of his previous or subsequent existence.
Many lose almost wholly the impressions of good or evil
stamped upon their minds and hearts during infancy and
boyhood, but what they are formed to be, betwen twelve
and twenty-four years of age,—that, except in few in-
stances, makes the man, for better or for worse, to the
end, while he lives to endure the trials of good and evil,
in proportion as he is warned to resist the one, and de-
sirous to choose the other."
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS-At the usual monthly
meeting, on Tuesday, there were present William Potter,
Esq. (chairman), and eleven other members of the board.
Mr. Cole inquired whether there had been a special
meeting of the proprietors of the Chester and Birkenhead
Railway, for the purpose of carrying out the proceedings
of the committee respecting the arrangements agreed upon
at the late special board. The Chairman said there bad
not been such a meeting of the railway proprietors. A
long conversation ensued on this subject, which ended in
a resolution being passed appointing the Chairman and
Mr. Laird to confer with the Law Clerk as to the neces-

sity of calling a special meeting of the railway company
on the subject.—The proceedings of the Health Committee
stated the appointment of a person named Cottam as
inspector of scavengers, at 30s. a week. There were 175
candidates.—Mr. Brine's report stated that the cost of
public baths and wash-houses si%ilar to the establishment
just completed in Liverpool, including the cost of the
land and every equipment, would be about £5OOO.—A
conversation took place out of a resolution contained in
the proceedings condemnatory of the decisions of the
bench of magistrates in two informations laid by a police-
constable. The Chairman thought that before fault was
found with the magistrates, the committee should have
more satisfactory details of the cases.—lt appeared from
the proceedings of the Ferry Committee that the ten
minute boats had been discositinued since the he of
November. The whole receipts of the two ferries in the
month of October, 1815, bad been £1916 ; the whole
receipts for the past month were £1752. The expenditure
from 23d April to 31st October was £7692; the receipts
within the same period were, in 1845, £14,222; and :n
this year (same period) £13,619.—A resolution was then
passed, referring several intended local bills to the com-
mittees best calculated respectively to consider their
details.—Adjourned.
THE VILLA, COTTAGE ORNEE, AND LIVERPOOL. SU-
BURBAN LAND BUILDING COMPANY.—We have before
us a prospectus of this proposed company, and, from a
perusal of it, we are inclined to come to the conviction
that if the plan be judiciously and economically carried
out, it will prove highly advantageous not only to the
shareholders, but to a large portion of our townsmen who
long for rural refit emcnt after the hours of business, and
have not the means of obtaining it but at great cost. The
capital proposed to be raised is £60,000 in 6000 shares of
£lO each—deposit, one shilling per share. Though the
Liverpool and Manchester railway has been opened more
than fifteen years, scarcely a house is built along its line
from the former town, although there are many fine sites
for that purpose. A company possesses many advantages
over individuals for the purchase of land and the erection
of buildings. The promoters, convinced that a large por-
tion of the population are anxious to obtain country resi-
dences, from the cottage ornee to the more extensive
villa, either to rent or purchase, propose to buy a large
tract of suitable land, within six or seven miles of the
town, and adjacent either to the Liverpool and Manches-
ter, or the Liverpool and Bury railways—the site to be
approved of by the majority of the shareholders. They
will then commence the making of roads, sewers, bricks,
&c. The land is to be laid out in lots and submitted for
sale to the shareholders, and afterwards to public compe-
tition on such terms as may be agreed upon at a general
meeting. Advance will he made to purchasers, not being
shareholders, for such portion of their outlay, and at such
a rate of interest as may be agreed. upon, the parties con-
tracting to rent the houses so built to any member of the
company at a fair and equitable rate. The company will
also build as many houses as may be applied for by the
members : the houses built to be ballotted for by the
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agreed upon either by an increased rent f ora limited
number of years, or some other convenient mode. By
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dated w!th good
residences at 30 per cent. less than, as private individuals,
they could obtain them.