The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

The assossment for the township of Tranmere has more
than doubled itself within the la-t five sears. The
increase of the last year is upwards of £101).
The Manchester Bonding Bill wes read a third time
the House of Lords, on Tuesday evening last, and passed
without any amendment or alteration having been made.
It only wants the royal assent to become law.
CLERK TO THE CROWN.—T. S. Shuttleworth, Esq.,
brother to our worthy deputy town-clerk, has rem ived the
appointment of Clerk to the Crown for this county, va-
cant by the resignation of R. W. Hopkins, Esq.
SURGEON AT KIRKDALE GAOL.—On Thursday, at the
annual session of the peace for this county, a recommen-
dwion; from some of the visiting magistrates, that the
salary of this gentleman should be increased from £l2O
to £lBO a-year, was deferred until September.
EASTHAM REGATTA.—SOme famous sport may be an-
ticipated at East ham on Tuesday, July 16 (The cl-iy before
Liverpool Races). There are two cups, worth 20 guineas
respectively ; a piece of plate. value five guineas, and two
other prizes to be contended for.
ST. HELENS.—In the beautiful conservatory of Mr.
Greenall, M P, in St. Helens, (Thomas Gee, gardener,
there is growing a rare sp cimen of the '' Cactus Speci-
osissimus," upwards of nine feet high; it has 250 blos-
soms on it.

The Countess of Sefton held her first asses bly on
Tuesday evening, at the noble earl's splendid mansion.
in Belgrave-square, when the various magnificent saloons
were lighted up with great splendour. There were present
about 250 fashionables.

DOCK AUDITORS.—The following gentlemen were, on
Tuesday, appointed commissioners for auditing the Dock
accounts. viz., Messrs. John Mather, Thomas Moore,
Chas R. Taylor, George Cram, David Rae, David Can-
non, John Houghton, and Edward Heath.
THE LATE INCENDIARY FIRES.—The man William-
son, who is in custody on the charge of setting fire to the
premises of Mr. Taylor, timber merchant, Birkenhead,
has undergone two or three private examinations since last
week, and is further remanded to Chester Castle for ten
days, in order to give time for further inquiries.

PRESTON AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.—An advertise-
ment will be found in another column, announcing the
intention of a company to apply in the next session of
parliament for power to complete a direct line of railway
from this town to Preston, passing through, or near to
Bootle, Linacre, Sefton, Southport, Ormakirk, Scaris-
brick, end the Hundred of Leylend.

THE MECHANICS' ExHrumorr.--We gave last week
a detailed account of the various novelties connected with
this highly-interesting exhibition. We learn that up
to Friday night no less a sum than £995 19s. 6d. had
been received f r admission, which exceeds, by nearly
one-third, the amount received during the corresponding
period of any former exhibition.
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Mr. RUSHTON.—We regret to state that Mr. Rushton,
who has been suffering, more or less, from indisposition
for about a week, was taken so unwell whilst presiding in
the police-court, on Tuesday, that he was obliged to leave
the bench and be conveyed home in a coach. He is now,
however, convalescent, and may be expected to resume
his duties very shortly.
THE WARRINGTON REGATTA..—The list of prizes for
this regatta, with the conditions on which they are to be
competed for, have been announced. The principal prizes
are :—The Warrington Cup, value £3O in spe ie, open to
all the world ; the Borough Cup, value £25, open only to
members of bona fide rowing clubs, established in War-
rinvon and the neighbourhood, and the Workmen's Prize,
open to all classes.
Mrs. Fernyough, the landlady of the Tranmere Hotel,
was summoned before the magistrates on Thursday for
permitting drunkenness in her house on Sunday week.
Mr. Pedder appeared for the defendant. The bench after
hearing the case, dismissed it on the payment of costs ;
Mr. Case observing that there was sufficient evidence to
convict, yet they did not wish to appear harsh, but he
should certainly report the conduct of the house to his
brother magistrates next licensing day.
A MISTAKEN OPINION OF THE WORKHOUSE.—A boy
of the name of Halees, who was stated by Mr. Thomas
Galloway, of the Workhouse, to be a runaway apprentice
from Rochester, was, on Friday, brought before the magis-
trates accused of refusing to work while in the Workhouse.
He had gone there, believing that there was no labour to
be performed, and, having discovered his mistake, had
declared himself to be a cripple, and unable to work.
He was committed to the house of correction for twenty-
one days.
ASSISTANT TAX COLLECTORS.—At a meeting of the
Select Vestry, held on the 11th instant, it was ordered
that six assistant tax-collectors should be appointed at
21s. per week. The assistants are to be appointed by the
collectors, who are to he responsible for them, but they
will be paid by the parish out of the poundage allowed for
the collection of Government taxes. Tne assistants to be
removed at the pleasure of the Select Vestry, or upon th 3
cessation of the income or assessed taxes.
LOVE AND SUICIDE.—On Monday a coroner's inquest
was held at Aughton, near Ormskirk, touching the death
of Bridget Oben, aged 20, who was found in a pit of water
in the neighbourhood. It appears she had been living in
service at Liverpool, and went over to Ormskirk to see
her father, to consult with him respecting getting married
to a young man, who also resides at Ormskirk. The
father would not consent to the marriage, and deceased
went away towards Aughton weeping. The jury returned
a verdict of "Temporary Insanity."

ST. GEORGE'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—The con-
gregation, presently worshipping in the Mechanics' Insti-
tution, under the ministry of the Rev. D. Fergusson, has
bad presented to them, by Mrs. Daniel Macauley, Falk-
ner-street, a magnificent service of plate (11 pieces), with
a complete set of tokens for communion occasions. We
observe that the new place of worship for the accommo-
dation of this congregation is now advancing rapidly, and
that it promises to be an ornament to Myrtle-street and
its neighbourhood.
W. P„ WARD'S BANKRUPTCY.--This case was called
on again on Tuesday, but there was still no appearance
of the bankrupt. His honour, under these circumstances,
suggested that, as there were no available funds for the
purpose, messengers should not be sent at the expense of
the estate to discover his place of abode ; but that, if any
tidings of him should ever reach the ears of the Court,
the most advisable plan to adopt in such a case would be.
t') issue a warrant immediately, and have him arrested.
Those suggestions were adopted.
The marriage of T. Edgworth, Esq., of Wrexham, to
Miss Roberts, was celebrated by a public dinner, on
Tuesday, in the town of Wrexham. £lOO was subscribed
for the dinner, and for contributing to the comfort and
amusement of the poor inhabitants, amongst whom Mr.
Edgworth is a great favorite. At the brewery of Messrs.
Clarke and Orford two fine oxen producing about 1000Ibs
weight of beef, and twelve sheep, were awaiting to be dis-
tributed amongst the poor. The recipients were about
four hundred in number.

Edward Roberts, a shoemaker, residing in the parish of
Gresford, nearly opposite the beautiful church of that
name on the road between Wrexham and Chester, at-
tempted yesterday week to murder his wife ; he succeeded
in intlioting several horrible gashes on her neck, but did
not fortunately touch any of the great blood vessels.
She fled to a neiAbour's house, and in the meantime the
unfortunate maniac cut his own throat with the same
knife, and was found dead. The mother and sister of
the deceased had destroyed themselves in the same
manner.

THE INCENDIARY FIRES AT BIRKENHEAD.—Mr.
Commissioner Dowling has been engaged in a patient in-
vestigation of the circumstances attending the two recent
incediary fires in the township. It has been of the most
satiQfactory character. indeed, they have little or no
doubt that the sawyer from Runcorn, who has been in
custody for the past week on a charge of having wilfully
and maliciously set the premises in a blaze, was not ap-
prehended on light or insufficient grounds. In all proba-
bility he will eventually be fully committed to Chester
Castle, to take his trial at the approaching assizes.
New IRON STE AMER.—A new iron steam-boat called
the Magnet has lately been placed upon the s'ation be-
tween this port and Newry. The vessel, although smaller,
is built upon the model of the splendid Glasgow iron boat
the Princess Royal. The Magnet is constructed to carry
245 tons of cargo, custom-house measurement, and is
propelled by engines of 200 horse-power, manufactured
by Coates and Poung, of the Lagan Foundry, Belfast, in
which town the vessel was built and equipped. The cabins
are elegantly fitted ,up, the doors and panels being of
solid polished mahogany. Berths can be made up for
forty-five persons, including ten in the ladies' cabin.
ST. PETER'S WARD.—The election to supply the va-
cancy in the representation of this ward in the Town
Council, caused by the death of Mr. Ebenezer Rae, took
place on Thursday morning, before Mr. Alderman Turner
and the assessors of the ward. Mr. Robert Sellar Hen-
derson, merchant, of St. Ahn's-hill, brother of the Re-
corder of this town, was nominated by the conservative
party ; and so completely is radicalism defunct in this
town, that no opposition was even attempted, and Mr.
Henderson was therefore declared duly elected. We are
sincerely gratified at Mr. Henderson's return, as we know
he will prove a most efficient member of the council.
=COUNTY RATES.—A memorial from the guardians of
the pror of the West Derby Union was presented to the
magistrates, at the annual session, on Thursday last, at
Preston, complaining of the excessive burden on the rate-
payers of the county rate. It appears that the amount
expended in the relief of the poor of the said union, in-
cluding salaries of officers and the whole cost of establish-
ment, for the three years ended March, 1843, was £5552 ;
and that the amount paid by the same townships towards
the county rate, during the same period, was 9936, or
nearly double the amount expended in the relief of the
poor. The Preston Pilot says that the court did not at-
tach much importance to the memorial; so that the rate-
payers may save themselves the trouble of petitioning.
THE ISLE OF MAN REGATTA.—The Isle of Man Re-
gatta took place on Wednesday and Thursday last.
Amongst the yachts, which were chiefly from Liverpool,
were the following :—The Seagull, belonging to Mr. Mel-
ling, Edith, Mr. J. C. Ewart, Leda, Mr. J. P. Bran-
dreth, Leander, Mr. J. W. Hazlelurst, and Psyche,
Mr. J. Jones. There were several gigs from Ramsey,
Castletown, &c., and one gig, for sculls, from Liverpool,
for which, however, there was no antagonist. The first
prize, on Wednesday, a piece of plate, value £9, with 15
sovereigns, for yachts of thirty tons and not more than
forty, was won by Mr. Hazlehurst's Leander, beating
Mr. Melling's Seagull and Mr. Brandreth's Leda. Two
excellent boat races followed. On Thursday, the first
race, open to yachts of all sizes, the prize a claret-jug,
value £3O, was won by Mr. Graham's Meteor, of Roth-
say, beating the Leander, Leda, and Mr. Corsellis' Black
Bess, of Dublin. Three other races followed. The Re-
gatta Ball took place on the evening of Thursday, at
Castle Mona Hotel.

LOVE AND ITS EFFECTS.—On Wednesday morning
last, tl,e good people re,nling in flotham-stret, in this
town,wtie alarmed at sce'ng a female innnit,g about in a
,tare of great excit, taint, with blood florin:: profusely
root hit throat. A police-officer, who was hard by,
,eiz,l the ppor creature. and took her into the bridewell
the same street. Here a wound an inch in length was
discovered in tier throat. Inquiries were then made, and
it aas iound that the poor creature had been a servant in
Duke-street. Her name was Alice Smith, and having
quarrelled with, or been deserted by, her lover, she had
made an unsuccessful attempt upon her life. A razor,
-clotted with blood, was foend in the room where she had
slept for the night. She was removed to the Northern
Hospital, where every medical assistance was afforded
her, and she is in a fair way of recovery.
ALLEGED SHOWER OF PEBBLES AND EELS.—The
Courier of Wednesday states, that during the heavy rain on
Tuesday, the descent of a number of pebbles and eels was
witnessed by several persons. We have been informed
that the facts were strictly as follow :—An old woman,
who bad the awlacity to open a tripe stall at the bottom
(4' Dale-street, was upset by some impudent youths, and
a part of her wares, consisting of cow heels, discharged
into Castle-stieet. One was beautifully white, and three
inches in breadth. A pop merchant happening to pick it
up, refused to surrender it to the owner. She raised a
disturbance, and the appropriator was pelted till he got
into the Exchange area, where an inspector of police in-
terfered, and ex: ecting to bring the rioters to justice, col-
lected some of the stones, and left them at the Police-
office, which is hard by. The circumstance did occur
during the heavy rain, and the phenomena were witnessed
by several parties.

LIVERPOOL Docxs.—The annual return of Mr. With-
ers, the excell, nt treasurer to the Dock Committee, has
just been published. The following is the comparative
statement of the rates and duties received in the years
ending on the 24th June, 1843 and 1844 :—ln 1814, the
duties on tonna_e were £99,044 13s. 7d., and the duties
on goods £86,119 Bs. 4d. In 1813, the duties on tonnage
were £96,445 Ils. 7d., and the duties on goods
£91,840 10s. 6d. Increase of duties on tonnage £2,559 2s
Dectea‘e of duties on goods £2,721 2s. 2d. The light-
house duty this year produced £7,357 2s. Bd. ; floating-
light, £3,367 4s. Ild.; graving dock £8,499 10s. ; grav-
ing block £1,671 Is. ; extra dock rent £2,132 6s. 7d. ;
being rather less than last year, except as to the light-
house and floating-light duties, which produced a larger
amount. The total income this year is £208,191 7s. Id.,
and last year £212,402 3s. 7d. ; the decrease on the whole
being £4,210 16s. 6d. The following is a comparative
statement of the shipping. &c. :-1844. number of vessels
18,411 ; tonnage 2,632.712. 1843, number of vessels
16,606 ; tonnage 2,445,278. Increased number of vessels
1,805 ; tonnage 187.434.

DOCK COMM ITTEE, THURSDA Y.—Prepent, Messrs.
Nicol, Holt. Smith, Molyneux, Trotman, Royden, Bold,
Sandbach, Chilton, Moon, Tobin, and Shand. The re-
ceipts at Runcorn for the past month were stated to be as
follows :--- Vessels, 253, tons 1,331, teceipts £6B 13s. 13s.
During the corresponding month of last year the state-
ment was :—Vessels, 197, tons 1234, receipts £5O 3s. A
letter from Mr. Jones, sen., complaining of partial.ty on
the part of Mr. Euston, master of the Brunswick Dock,
and also a letter from Mr. Easton, explaining the alledged
partiality, were read and referred to the harbour-masters'
sub-committee.—A letter from Mr. Clayton, complaining
that Mr. Talbot was using the smithy at No. 2, Clarence
Graving Dock as a general smithy, to the exclusion of
other parties, was read, and referred to the same cora-
mittee.—A complaint, made by Mr. James Hossack,
against Dougherty, gate-keeper at the Albert Dock
Works, was referred to the Committee of Works.--Mr.
Tobin asked bow they were getting on with the loans at
3i per cent. The Chairman said that last week they re-
ceived £37,000, and there were a number of applications
that day. The committee then proceeded to matters of
finance.

ANOTHER FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—ShortIy after nine
o'clock on Tuesday morning last, a fire was discovered in
the upper story of a small warehouse, belonging and at-
tached to Mr. Robert William Hiscock's brewery, com-
monly called the " Argyle Brewery," situated in Grange-
lane, Birkenhead. In about twenty minutes after, the
engine belonging to the township arrived, but before it
was got into play, flames were issuing from the windows
with ungovernable fury, and apprehensions were enter-
tained for the safety of the brewery. The police and fire-
men worked with remarkable energy and perseverance,
and succeeded, in the course of about two hours, in ulti-
mately subduing the flames altogether. We regret to
learn that there were about £l,lOO worth of malt in the
warehouse, which, to a considerable extent, is damaged by
the fire, as well as the water thrown on the premises ; but
it is, at the same time, gratifying to know that Mr. His-
cock is fully insured, and that he will be able to recom-
mence his brewing operations in the course of a f.-w days.
The fire, it appears, originated in the flues of the coppers,
and it is somewhat remarkable that the same warehouse
was partially destroyed by fire about three years ago.
ROBBERIES.—On Wednesday morning last, Mary Ma-
guire, the servant of a gentleman residing in St. Jude's-
terrace, absconded during the temporary absence of the
family, in Cheshire, taking with her money and jewellery
to the amount of about 150. The thief is about thirty
years of age, 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, rather stout, very
dark complexion and hair, prominent forehead, broad fea-
tures, rather stoops, and wore a brown dress, and white
bonnet, with white ribbons. A reward of £2 has been
offered for her apprehension.—Numerous robberies are
committed daily in the outskirts, and persons of both
sexes, young and old, who go about with bags or baskets,
ostensibly begging, or picking up bones, scraps of iron,
&c., but really on the watch for what they can steal. On
Wednesday a party of mowers in a field, near Tue-brook,
had all their clothes and food stolen by some of these
gentry ; and, in the same neighbourhood, a woman,
equipped with cloak and basket, after begging at a gentle-
man's house, made her way to the saddle-roorn, and got
clear off with some of the groom's clothes.—Since the
above was written the servant Maguire has been arrested,
and £3B odd of the money with which she decamped found
on her person. The pri,oner was also proved to have
stolen, from a person with whom she previously lived as
servant, a quantity of plate. She was committed for trial.
WEST DERBY UNION.—The half-yearly examination,o
verses
of the children of the West Der by Union tI orkhouse trvvlc.
education, and Mary Carroll, an infant, re-
peatedn
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to them very satisfactorily, and also read in
short hand the 139th Psalm.—The chairman, John Shep-
pard, Esq., addressing the chaplain, expressed the grati-
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impressivemanner,uegingthem to make the best use of their
time, while they enjoyed the privileges of the establish-
ment. Towards the close of his address he said, during
the last twelve months, nine boys and fifteen girls have
been apprenticed, at:el with scarcely an exception, are all
doing well and bearing good characters. Let us hope the
education and care bestowed upon you will produce the
same good result. The business was closed by the chil-
dren singing " God save the Queen," and giving three
hearty cheers for the chairman, vice-chairman, and
guardians.

THE SELECT VESTRY.—At the weekly meeting on
Wednesday, present—the Rev. Rector Brooks, and
all the members of the board except Messrs. Rowland,
Bennett, and Swainson, the proceedings of the last
meeting, and those of the Finance Committee, fixing
the poor rate at 2s. ld. (as last year) were confirmed.
A resolution was agreed to that the casual poor, in
return for their food and lodging, should be employed
four hours each day, the men in breaking stones, and
the women in picking wool or oakum. The inmates
for the week ending 15th instant was 1,601, at 2s. lid.
per head, being a decrease of two persons, as compared
with the corresponding week last year, and an increase of
51d. per head. The expenditure for out-door poor (6,710)
for the fortnight ending 22d instant was £770, being com-
pared with same period last year, an increase of 93 cases
and £9 in money. The Building Committee having re-
commended to the Vestry to appoint Mr. and Mrs. Dow-
dill, late governor and matron of the Workhouse, as su-
perintendents of the new Industrial School at Kirkdale,
at a joint salary of £2OO per annum. It was agreed that
this appointment and salary be considered at the next
meeting. The visiters' book contained a satisfactory ac-
count of the state of the house : the medical report was
also favourable. It was resolved to appoint an assistant
teacher to Mr. Pilkington, the school-master, to be re-
commended by the rectors. A committee was appointed
to superintend the furnishing of the Industrial School ;
and several of its members were also to take into consi-
deration what should be the staff of stipendiary officers
there.—Adjourned to 9th July.
The TEETH have ever been considered as forming one
of the most pleasing ornaments of the human countenance,
and their preservation demands our utmost care and atten-
tion. Indeed, if there be any loss that more particularly
affects the countenance than another, it is that of the
Teeth ; which the Dentist, however ingenious, must ever
vainly hope satisfactorily to replace by artificial contriv-
ance. The decay of the teeth and gums arises from various
causes ; but, principally, it may be attributed to early
neglect, ill health, or the use of Tooth Powders containing
mineral substances and deleterious acids, which give tem-
porary whiteness to the Teeth, while they corrode the
enamel. To this fact, indeed, is principally to be attri-
buted the long botanical research, which was happily ter-
minated by the most felicitous discovery ever given to the
world for the Preservation of the Teeth, Gums, and
Breath, viz., ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTI-
FRICE. Prepared from oriental herbs with unusual care,
and transmitted to this country at great expense, Row-
land's Odonto is no less distinguished for its powerfully
efficacious, antidotal, and purifying virtues, in immediately
arresting caries, or decay in the Teeth, than for its stimu-
lative properties in fixing them (when loose) firmly in their
sockets, and in giving a healthy redness and firmness to
the Gums. Its corrective properties are in particular
most pleasingly displayed in respect to the Breath—to
which it imparts a sweetness and fragrance not a little
gratifying to its possessor. As the most efficient and
fragrant aromatic cleanser of the Mouth, •Teeth, and
Gums ever known, Rowland's Odonto has now for a long
series of years occupied a distinguished place at the toilets
of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe,
in life, it effec-
tually the general demand for it at once announces the
favour in which it is held by the public at large. It should
never be er e
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Teeth early
and Gums—effaces
all spots and discolouration whatsoever—eradicates Scur-
vy—and, in a word, soon realizes the chief attribute of
Health and Beauty—a beautiful Set of Teeth. Price
2s. 9d. per box. The " genuine artice" has the words
" A. ROWLAND and Sox, 20, Hatton-garden," engraved
(by authority) on the Government Stamp. *** All others
are fraudulent counterfeits.