The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-29 00:00:00

July 29, 1F46.

oral anb Vrobinrial geb3s. REGISIRY OF SEAMEN.—The committee of the Gene-
ral Shipowners Society have received information that the

masters of several British vessels have been fined by the
caused by pigs, &c. varying from 201. to 861. and upwards, for having de-
.On Thursday, a child named Dawber, seven years of livered to the Collector of Customs at Cape Town agree-
‘ge was run-over by a cart in Newsham Street and killed. merits with their crews and apprentices which were not
signed in conformity with the regulations of the act, as it
rao,ll Tuesday, about noon, a young man named Wilding, appears the seamen merely signed their names in the usual
who is said to be the son of a pawnbroker in Salford, , mode, by initials only, without setting forth their Chris-
as drowned while bathing at Egremont.
Sn 1 tiara names at full length. The committee state that they
es ,--awenitoxens IN MANCHESTER.—In the beginning will use their exeations with Government to relieve the
1843, the number of stock and sharebrokers in Man- shipping interest from so notorious a grievance.
eliester was 29 ; at present the number is 84.
INQUESTS YESTERDAY BEFORE THE BOROUGH
ThThe Lancaster Regatta is fixed for the 17th September. CORONER.—On view of the body of Robert Hope, aged
e match between the clubs of Liverpool and Lancaster, 61, who resided in London-road. About three o'clock
expected to come off about the same time. on Saturday morning a noise was heard from the stairs of
CRIED FOUND.—On Friday morning last, the body of the house, and the deceased, who slept in a top room, was
',child was found in a pit in a secluded part of a field in found lying on his back on the landing below quite in-
Higher Tranmere. sensible. A surgeon was called, but he never rallied, and
PRE died on the night of the day, from effusion of blood on
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much sToN.—The business of this port has, latterly, been
the brain, the result of the fall.—On Nicholas Cudd,
17
.y increased that, within the last few months, the
aged 45, who lodged in Queen-street, who died from
in als of vessels have been at the rate of 1000 a-year.
I,,Paidee OF LAND IN MANCHESTER.—Sorne property deavouring to get into a cart that was passing along New
;Zell' bought for the enlargement of the Manchester Ex- Bird-street, on Saturday, by one of the wheels, got her
iket,e has cost upwards of £5O a yard. Rather a costly clothes entangled, and was whirled round until the wheel
eeman- this enlargement is likely to prove. passed over her head, and she was picked up lifeless.
h satirist,
body of Samuel Dutton, the master of a flat called Verdicts accordingly.
eatirist, was picked up a few days ago near the Rock COLLEGIATE INsTITuTION.—Our readers will be de-
ee- The watch and guard-chain of the deceased had lighted to perceive that the lectures at this institution,
'yen stolen from the corpse. which have acquired a high character in the literary world
ionCAUTION.—On Friday Mr. Rushton fined a Mr. Swan, for their general excellence, are about to be resumed this
s&lrish Barrister £25. for having two jars of whiskey evening. An evening can hardly be spent more instruc-
igst his luggage when landing from the Prince Dublin tively or pleasantly than by an attendance upon them, as
'earner. the directors take care that the utile shall, as far as they
h kis a lamentable fact, that no fewer then ten persons have the power, always be combined with the duke. We
loatth instant,
run over, in the streets of. Liverpool, since the are glad to perceive that so many of our fair townswomen
and that they were either killed upon the take advantage of the opportunity offered to them, and
//Put or died shortly a'terwards of the injuries. trust that as the autumn advances their number will be
The much increased. This evening, Professor Taylor, assisted
Oate, return match between the second eleven of the by the numerous and efficient choir of the institution, will
81;eleshill Club and first eleven of the Young England commence a course of lectures on the church music of
b came off on Friday, when the former were victori- , Purcell, Croft, and their contemporaries. The music, as
8 bY 100 runs.
announced in the syllabus, will comprise some of the
?Pt), Saturday Mr. Eastwood was brought before the finest productions of these distinguished men, and from
Ifestea magistrates for making a disturbance in Brindle the tried ability of the organist of the institution, Mr.
il,4nlan Catholic chapel, and was bound over to answer Rogers, may be expected to go well.
e'e Charge at the sessions in October. Mr. E. has sum- WEST DERBY UNION.—At a meeting of the guardians
',oiled Bishop Brown as one of his witnesses. on Tuesday, several letters, of the Poor-Law Commission-
et,,WeeLEYAN METHODIST ASSOCIATION.—The anniver- ers were read referring to the election of a superintendent
dal of the Day and Sunday Schools took place on Thurs- overseer, &c. A long conversation ensued, in which se-
er!' upon the occasion of which about 1600 of the chil- veral Guardians took part. But the chief were g4'44 belonging to the various schools assembled at the son and Mr. Lloyd, who announced that they came now,
te_Pel in Pleasant-street and formed in procession, and in from their colleagues of the parish committee, for the last
e evening attended at a tea-party. time, to ask the Board of Guardians to remove the obsta-
ahe directors of the company to which the Great Bri- cle which the Board of the last year had raised to the car-
tho belongs have, in the most liberal manner, presented rving into effect of their new arrangements, and to beg of
e illandsoene sum of £lOO to the public charities in the I the Board to join amicably, in making the improvement
I proposed for conducting their town•ship's affairs. As the
sstrl3,wing proportions :—Northern Hospital, £25 ; South-
I first and indispensable step towards this, Mr. Lloyd called
Ifeeueitto. £25 ,• Sailors' Home, £2O ; Dispensaries, £2O ;
e-sting Church, £5 ; Floating Chapel, £s—Total, £lOO.
1 on the Board to rescind the resolution of the first of April
ern)' last as to the appointment of a superintendent overseer,
dame DEATHS.— On saturday morning, a woman and he finally entered a notice for bringing the proposition
SeeP Chandler in Standish Street, began to vomit blood. formally before the Board at its next sitting. A young
wo`.'eLalcnostimmediately. She was addicted to drinking. wodow complained of certain attempts made on her by the
ate_u. avednesday a female named Bryan, of Chisenhall- removing officer. He was suspended. A correspondence
aftateell dead in a fit of Apoplexy, as she was in the act between the Chairman and Mr. Thos. Smith was read,
,eat"wg a glass of whiskey in a public house.
after which the meeting separated.
teci'Llie second public sale of Bengal sugar in Manchester IMPROVEMENTS IN COTTAGE PROPERTY.—We have
kbe Place on Thursday, when there was a good attend-
had much pleasure in inspecting a plan, just published
hiee.°f grocers chiefly from the neighbouring towns; the
by Mr. J. Boult, architect, of Colquitt-street, with a
ta at were spirited, and the whole was readily disposed view of improving the dwellings of the working classes.
at "pr6d
and s very satisfactory to the owners, commencing
The plans are not only talented, but, we should say, now
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that the health of towns is being considered, must be
tips vv STOCK EXCHANGE.—A new Stock Exchange was practically beneficial. Amongst other advantages that
tat ed in Liverpool on Monday last, in a large room of these plans display, we may name that each house will
sa the
premises, in Moorfields, recently occupied i have two fronts, insuring a thorough draft, a separate
th tie British Hotel. The new association has received 1 entrance, a living room and scullery, with one, two, three,
e
Bf. designation of the Royal Stock Exchange. The rites lor even four bedrooms, a coal-hole, dust-bin, and water-
ti e°4lfliission are the same as those in the elder associa- ' closet. There is an obvious necessity, says the architect,
ate
1) for limiting expense in the erection of structures for this
t ItsRNTmENT.—The following presentment was made purpose, and therefore the houses are not provided with
toy
rthe sessions Grand Jury. It will, of course, come be- yards, which indeed too frequently are merely receptacles
4se the next meeting of the Council :—" The Grand for filth, or eccupied by dogs, pigs, or poultry. It is
the, beg to present the practice of shopkeepers exposing suggted that gas and water be introduced into the
tstett wares outside their shop doors, thereby holding out rooms; and it is then calculated that with only moderate
taefration to evil-disposed persons to commit acts of rents, a return of 7to 10 per cent. on the outlay depen-
w and depredation." dent upon the cost of the land may be looked for,—a re-
ke,
~I'SW SERVICES.—The Rev. Joseph Baylee, incum- turn sufficient, it is. thought,. to justify experiments on a
tivie' cir Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead, has commenced scale of some magnitude in different localities.
tetec! a service in the Welsh language every Sunday af- BIRD ISLAND MANURE.—A somewhat singular cargo
lelsee"?n, when the rev. gentleman, whose fame as a was offered for sale on Thursday last, at the office of the
tte;',,,,q is wide spread, preaches in that tongue. The brokers, Messrs. N. Waterhouse and Sons, in Oldhall-
tot;a w• E. Jones, his Welsh curate, also regularly per- street. It consisted of about 350 tons of manure taken
ittli-o.is aervice in the Welsh language at the Abbey Chapel from the Bird Islands, Algoa curiosity and imported per
e fling St. Mary's Church. Homer. The attendance, from to see the arti-
hr We °W•N BROKERS —A meeting of stock and share- cle, was numerous : but there. were not many, buyers.
Itti°,"ers was held in *Manchester, on Thursday, when it Mr. Waterhouse read an analysis from Mr. C. G. Huson,
Ito-pettoanirnouslv resolved, that an association of sworn by which it appeared it contained. of sulphate of lime 57.5,
lae,`" and share 'brokers should be immediately formed. organic matter 5.5, water 36, silicious matter
.1: In a
I,oB`dobject is to establish a brokers' association on the communication Mr. Huson said—d't.' lam of opinion that
44 8 °rl Principle, every member to be sworn to act onl y !he Homer s cargo is wel ridapte
description. whichgcod-
Jobber or dealer in shares himself. tains a notable quantity of free ammonia, which the arti-
cle under notice has the property of converting into a fixed
etisalte Rev. GEORGE CUTE BERT.—This reverend gen
a salt, or as it is usually called • fixing,' a term well under-
-IVs ", who has been for the last two years curate of
stood now by ihrwt agriculturists. I should say that its
(:)el°(1), has accepted a curacy under the Rev. Fielding
application to a clover crop would be attended with re-
tro, ,in this town. On Thursday week a deputation ,
rkabl beneficial results, and in this case I should mix
t",e- hi' flock, at Wein, presented him with a purse of c
two Darts to one of good Iclaboe guano. For this species
oftleY-three sovereigns, accompanied by an expression
of cropi I am of opinion that its use even alone would be
taesrtiltr ardent admiration of the Christian-like spirit and
attended with manifest advantage. " An analysis by Mr.
w ent walk of their pastor.
Thompson shewed it to contain of organic matter 20.4,
ksejlelat week noticed a monster bill, issued from Mr. sulphate of lime 58, phosphate of lime 4, water 17.6.
tlte e s shawl warehouse, Bold-street, in which the ad- There was a difference in the quantity ot water and °rea-
l) se alo
Owev one occupied 27 sheets of double crone n. We, , nil matter in each analysis, hut each party maintained his
taiod ..ersr, find that (including the figures) each bill cone i accuracy. The broker commenced the bidding at 1:5 per
Itr ‘4 sheets, and is about 16 feet high and 13 feet wide.
4 the l • I ton, but,. having no advance, allowed the company to
tatiti, argest bill ever posted on our walls, and is very I compete for the first six lots. The remainder was with-
Tale for cut. The figures in the centre are three of fe- I drawn. 10s. per ton was the first offer, but 355. was the
she.. ur, displaying shawls to the greatest advantage. 1 amount obtained for the whole, which was principally
c armseven feet two inches in height. I purchased for experimental purposes. This manure is
4iPet,,t4(NIEN'S WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.—The an- I entirely without smell. A sample may be seen at our
lvite;s4rY of the institution for the relief of clergymen's I office.
wgate" and orphans will be celebrated, as may be seen I THE PACKET-SHIP ST. GEORGE.—The passengers by
ester advertisement, on the 7th of August, at Man- I the above packet-ship, which arrived here on Thursday
dree This venerable society is now supporting 36 last, have addressed the following complimentary note to
e"8 and 31 orpha
ns. and within, the limits of the the commander Captain Ferris :
tets.4Y there are now not less than 686 officiating minis- I " The undersigned would consider themselves wanting
keeetl whom a large proportion have no professional I in a sense of duly, and be doing injustice to their own
ktB of providing for their families. feelings, did they omit giving public expression to their
l'i rthe Birkenhead Police-court, on Monday, John , entire approbation of the conduct and character of Capt.
p"sent '°wlhlained that, on the Tuesday previous, while he I Watson Ferris, master of the packet-ship St. George, in
bathtien.O
the Premises of Mr. Thomas Lloyd, of Claughton- 1 which they came as passengers from New York. to Liver-
,tee., L
liver tier, a large dog, which was tied in a I pool. Captain Ferris's habitual urbanity of a lemanners and
h' we
ith a piece of cord, jumped out at complainant , uniform comity of deportment, combined with unremit-
L'llitb, "eat force, and, the cord breaking, the savage 1 ting care and attention to the wants and comfort of his
.11 h ` seized him by the leg, which he tore and lacerated 1 passengers, command their unqualified regard. His table
Nea`readful manner. The defendant, who had been I was excellent, and his varied provisions would stand a
'4elit-e fled, and did not appear, was fined 20s. and costs, i comparison with those of the best hotels in New York.
1, rig the surgeon's bill. 1 His officers were active and courteous; and the men be-
Do 4 I M'l • in
,1 IRISH IN LIVERPOOL.—The i esians Liver- fore the mast were treated with kindness and considers- I
sot) -are becoming quite rabid. Attacks on the Orange- i tion. The stewards and waiters were expert and atten-
ds
and shenotwithstanding the caution given by 'efforts
five ; indefatigable in their. to please. In separa-
was. police,
ting from Captain Ferris, the undersigned, though glad
i, efeeeetrates on the recedingp occasion, are now becom-of their arrival at the destined haven, yet feel regret at
i;toteirily occurrence. Unless measures of even a more . .
1 tak.ing leave of him. In doing so, they tender to him
lore 8 character are now taken to suppress those ebulli-
tt.° of savage • their grateful acknowledgments for his kind and polite
tt ita,p_ ignorance and party intolerance, the. in-
, attentions, and have the honour of presenting to him
18:este 1.8 may shortly expect to have rehearsed in the 1
'sly tOf Liverpool, similar scenes to those which but I the expression of their warmest desires and best wishes
el, tanspired in New York.—Ulsler paper. for bis personal welfare and professional success.—
let ktea , (Signed,)—Samuel B. Wylie, Philadelphia ; John D.
Vliee _°N, CHESHIRE.—On Thursday Evening last a Gardner, Boston ; Oliver G. Beers, Mobile; A. Taylor,
ease, was held in the School Room, for the purpose of New York ; Joseph Martin, New York ; William P.
tle qoaa the funds of the Society, for the propagation of Campbell, New Orleans ; Denis Donevan, New Orleans ;
Ili ittd? el in Foreign parts, the church missionary socie- E. J. White, New Orleans ; John Yourt, Troy, New
classedtv. 'he society for the Conversion of the Jews, the York ; W. Peniston, Bermuda; Thomas Moore, Newark,
r• Greenall, in the chair. The meeting was ad- New York."
tte, e Y the Rev. Chairman, Rev. Mr. Marsden, of
SELECT VESTRY.—On Tuesday the usual weekly
ill' Lev• G. Heron of Carrington, Rev. Mr. Wright.
meeting was held. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided.
etid4el-suferd, and other'Reverend Gentlemen, who detail-
Mr. Hart read a letter from the Poor-law Commission-
tj titelairitY interresting facts to a numerous and respects-
ers, from which the following is an extract :—" The 19th
'te, Pry, and the sum of £6. 10s. was collected in the.
section of the Poor-law Amendment Act only authorizes
LI her 't is very gratifying to know that the Branch soli- section
inmate of a workhouse to demand, as a. right, that a mi
i,lieri per, Which has been established about nine years, has
oere • uster of his own persuasion should visit him in the work-
Stillkri!tilitri ssively increasing its subscribers; and the
eft house • but, it does not prohibit the assembling of per-
greater tta at this meeting we hope will be an earnest i ~ . ,
ty %I increase. I sons differing from the Eetablenied Church for the pur-
pose of common worship in a room of the workhouse.
kah b,Aok. OP ARSON.—On Wednesday, Patrick Meeks The commissioners have always been in the habit of ap-
ke7wayß•ht up at the Police Office charged by John proving of arrangemepts by which Protestant Dissenters,
le a getviavanner and tin-plate worker, Rainford-gardens, being inmates of a workhouse, meet to attend divine ser-
ertee e.u"lg fire to his premises, on Monday. The eve_ vice, celebrated by a dissenting minister, in a room in the
teateeebaltist the prisoner was, that on the day in question workhouse appropriated for that purpose. There are few
wlite
1:.to the shop of Mr. Ramsay in a state of intonica- workhouses in England in which the number of Roman
tee,
aabbecause he could not get money clue to him for Catholic inmates is sufficiently great to render such an
Apt say hay his late employer, and threatened him. Mr. arrangement as regards them deeirable, but the commis-
iihashousving gone away, the prisoner went into the sinners believe, that in the Manchester workhouse a room
tat foe4t° get a light to his pipe. In a few minu'es it is allotted for the religious services of the Roman Catho-
et., The the premises were on fire, and the prisoner ran
the clergymen, and they think it would be advisable for
th: Otie re was a crate full of shavings in the workshep,
the select vestry to adopt a similar course in the Liver-
nefire of the witnesses (none of them having seen how upon wit
Mr. Avison remarked that the ground
til`tao e:.ecurred) said he supposed the prisoner must have upon which Rector Brooks had resisted the granting of
aitiarthemn of the shavings to light his pipe, ands thou 1 the room was, that it would be contrary to the law to
lehe th,2lghted portion into the crate. Mr Rhton i have any other congregational worship in the house than
eae ail
was no evidence of any intention to fire the that of the Church of England. Rector Brooks said that
\''''la °llea He must be discharged.
0 % WL. 1 his construction of the Poor•law Amendment Act was not
lik th. talented orer GRAND SUBSCRIPTIONCONCERTS. I altered by anything whatever contained in the commis-
Isti 4 a spirited, townswoman, Miss Whitnall, has entered:
sioners' letter. Mr. Bremner moved that the letter lie
fir' o.
we hope it will prove a profitable, specu- on the table. Mr. Earle said it might lie upon the table
, 48..1. She has
tebe yB, engaged. on her own respousibility, the to-day, but he did not think it would lie upon it for ever.
the.'selse `ars of her Majesty's Theatre, Grist, Mario, F. The proceedings of the various committees were read and
teinle,„and the great Lablache, for three nights, and I confirmed without any discussion.
tell ee'rtioaries will appear at the Amphitheatre in the
GUANO is decidedly better for. all good qualities of
tslettto °f Septernber. The outlay involved in this
titi`ot eliaevide our towns-people with the first musical Ichaboe, and as. the. stock of this sort is not so large 3
Sat of ti;ue world is, we know, enormous, and the bold- prices will be maintained :£6 5s has been. refused for .00
4) steti e Iludertaki'n so creditable to Miss Whitnall's tons in warehouse. We copy from a circular published
by Mr. Jonathan Robinson, of this town, a statement of
tt the al'ee will be correspondinglygi encouraged, we hone 1
Olen kite 1
le ..ed , lc. Favourites wherever they go, caressed by I stocks, &c., since 1841.
bet°,ll4 in ads, and sought after by the refined and the I
evee tt, to ~ every land, there is no class of persons less dis-
%Nate rid their own value at a pin's fee than Italian
Solt4all' 4 the full blaze of their popularity ; and Miss
`Yr
areg of t for half a week would
kcal kessness, if shehem had not confidence in the
Atetteeste which exists in Liverpool.
%thi,t,,,' "OLT SUICIDE.—On Thursday afternoon, a
e.. 4 n
'ltae -.sra iced Edwards, who is a partner in the house
S 81.°44_riri ev'ul
armblaYae and Son,
amongst
katiot hattlfaetnweuetnsix
Newoclock i
Brighton evening,and Wallasey, so
IltiFteiittilhatlttawl
oact, is believed, had not been committed
al 8 or thee hours previously. He shot him-
4hlihtepre.ei :Rol. The ball passed through his mouth,
We . lie c. of his front teeth, carried away part of the
ikhdt::eite'enttatinct Perforated the brain. Death must have
tikt IN, w eous. A case of pistols, a flask of powder
Vihe Ply e, ere found near the body. Mr. Edwards, who
ia "'led te • •
180 28 ,3'°tl was recently admitted a partner. His
1141 Veit r 30. He has left a wife but no family. In
1111t1 tot, it rere found 18s. and a variety of papers. The
iN Os 42 believed, was produced by the excitement
te robe ale
on various speculations in which he
1:400r14:1• At the inquest on SatuVday a verdict of
' ,allanity" was returned.

Imports. Consump. Stock.
Tons. Tons. Tons.
1.880 500 1,380
10,870 2,000 10,250
2,230 5,500 6,980
3,470 10,450

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