The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-10 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday last an inquest was held be-
fore James Crosbie, Esq., one of the coroners for the borough,
on view of the body of Mr. William Clarkson, who met with •
his death by the accidental firing of his fowling-piece, on Mon-
day, the 18th November last.
Mr. Miles Makin' an ironfounder, residing Redman's-
place, Circus-street, deposed that he and the deceased were out
shooting together at Fazakerley on the 18th ult. They perceived
a bird. th,ceased took his gun from under his a ru, and was in
the act of putting it in the full cock, when his thumb slipped,
and the r,a-un went off, lodging its contents in the right foot of
deceased. Deceased immediately fell, and witness carried him
on his back until he met two gentlemen in a gig, at Club Moor,
one of whom was Mr. Bullen, the brewer. Mr. Bullen's friend
then got out of the gig and walked, and Mr. Bullen carried him
to Liverpool, to the Infirmary.
Mr. Thomas Simon, house surgeon at the Liverpool Infir-
mary, spoke to the deceased being brought to that institution,
and-stated that the gunshot wound was the cause of death, hav-
ing brought on a locked-jaw. lie died on Thursday night.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
DEATH FROM SCALDING.-011 the same day an inquest was
held on view of the body of William Peter Taylor, an infant
about two years of age, who met with his death by a kettle of
boiling water falling upon him. It appeared from the evidence
of Margaret Elizabeth Taylor, the daughter of James Taylor,
a bookkeeper, residing in Cheapside, that about five o'clock on
Wednesday evening she was pouring out some water into the
tea-pot from the kettle, and the deceased was standing on a
small stool near her ; suddenly the deceased slipped from the
stool, and Feb upon the arm of witness which then held the
kettle. The kettle fell, and its contents were thrown over de-
ceased. Deceased was instantly stripped, and oils and other
medicines applied to the parts scalded, but the injuries were of
so severe a nature that the child died the next day.
Mr. Thomas Whitley, a surgeon, said that the child was se-
verely scalded about the face, neck, anti chest He applied the
requisite restoration's, but without effect, and from the injuries,
he reuived death ensued.—Verdict, " Accidental death."
DEATH BY DaowNlNG.—Another inquisition was taken be-
fore the same coroner on Friday, touching the death of Mr.
Robert Sanderson, a commission agent residing in Liverpool,
who was found drowned on the north shore under the following
circumstances.
Richard Rotherham, a labouring man,•employed by Mr. La-
tham in building the river wall along the north shore, stated
that, on Thursday last he was at his work, opposite to Mr. Bul-
len's public-house, on the north shore, when he saw what ap-
peared to be a roan lying at low water-mark. He mentioned
the circumstance to his fellow workmen, and they went toge-
ther to the spot, and found the deceased lying partly in the
river and partly on the shore, quite dead. 'they examined his
clothes and pockets, and found a key, snuff-box, haudkechicf,
gloves, and some copper. Deceased was well dressed; they
conveyed him to the dead-house in Chapel-street. •
Mr. William Bowman, an ironfounder, stated that he knew
the deceased, who carried on business as a commission-agent.
He saw him alive on Tuesday last, but had not seen him since,
until he saw his dead body in the dead-house.—Verdict, " Found
drowned."

THE EXTENSIVE RORBERY AT WIGAN.—In OUrlastStandard
we alluded to a very extensive robbery committed at the house
of Mr. Henry Donaldson, of Wigan, on Sunday, while the fa-
mily were at church, who had promissory notes and bills of ex-
change stolen therefrom, atnounting in value -to upwaids of
£S,A), besides about eighty sovereigns, and other loose cash.
A reward of £5O was offered for the discovery of the robbers,
and the loss was advertised in the Hue (mu Cry, and several
of the London papers, since which, we are happy to state, that
the whole of the promissory notes and bills ut exchange have
fortunately been recovered, having been found stuffed in a hole
in the wall of a public-house brewery, in Wigan; of course the
money stolen was not there likewise. Payment of the bilis was
stopped, whit not being negotiable, were of no use to the thieves.
No clue to their apprehension has yet been discovered.

TIM Da.1:11.4.

"A gentleman of Liverpool" has, it seems, Avritten a dra-
matic piet.e on the poler expedition. which rill be performed
for the first time on Monday next at our theAtre, for the benefit
of Mr. and Mrs. Baker. As an ev•elleut comedian, whose
genuine humour must always please, Raker is entitled to a
good benefit without the advantitious aid of a opt, 7'iece; and
we will not suppose that such a stimulant is nece',Fary to excite
the lovers of the drama to do
.justice to his acknowlcdged merit.
While on this subject, we have only further to observe that,
touching things theatrical, our reader's will d,aoilless credit us
when we say, that we have ever been disposed to do' equal
justice to the profess,rs of the histrionic art. We see no reason
for making a distinction between the heads of the profession,
and those whose fate it is to fill more bumble stations; and in
that spirit we give insertion to the following letter of "A Play-

goer:

"TO THE EDITOR OP TIP? LIVERPOOL STAND:IRD."

" —By the hills diSplayed in the different shop-windows
thoughout the town, I perceive that next Thursday is fixed for
the benefit of Mr. Davies, one of the bi:l-deliverers of the Them re-
Royal, and whom I consider worthy to be supported, and pro-
bably too poor to advertise; a few lines in your invalu..ble
would give it greater publicity, and furwaid his euthta;uurs
considerably.

"If my sugyystion be attended to, (of which I almost feel
confident,) it will greatly oblige yours, Ike.

"A PLAY-GOER."

THE NEW CORPORATIONS.

The inhabitants of Stonehouse, the town that connects Ply-
mouth and Devouport, assembled last week "fur the purpose of
considering the several provisions of the new charter bill."
Captain Maurice, the gallant defender of Anbolt and the
Diamond Rock, during the revolutionary war, "confessed th it
it was his opinion they would be far less comfortable and happy,
if incorporated, than they were at present !" Mr. Murch said
that, according to calculations he had made, the bill would in-
volve them in an annual'expence of £5000; and wanted to know
from what sources these funds were to come ? If called upon
to give a guess, in answer to this question, we should reply —out
Or the pockets of the people of Stonehouse. Mr. M. Hambly
said, " They had lived in harmony for many sears. but he feared
if they were incorporated, they should speedily experience a sad

reverse."

A resolution was agreed to, to the effect, " That this meeting►
considers the proposed incorporation of the borough as highly
prejudicial, &c. Sze."
This New-Corporation-phobia seems to be on the increase.—
If it be not checked, we should like to know what is to become
of the Lord Harry's embryo Recorders and Deputy-Recorders
Alas! they Lre too old and too big for chimney sweeps.