The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

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An illuminated clock is now being placed at each of
the entrances to the Birkenhead Market.
011 Wednesday (several persons were fined 5s for sell-
"I fireworks. .The full fine for the offence is £5.
Jackson and J. Laird; Esqs., of Birkenhead, are
'lie placed on the commission of the peace for Cheshire.
Manchester
Wednesday no less than eleven fires took place in
anchester within eleven hours.
Mr. Alderman W. B. Watkins has been elected NI ayor
rManchester, and Mr. Alderman Ray, Mayor of Sal-
ord, for the ensuing year.
Mr. Edward Atkins has just returned from Bordeaux,
with three beautiful African lions; •for the Zoological
Gardens.
A gamekeeper of Colonel Rawsthorne, at Penwot tham,
"Wheaten in a brutal mannergast week by three poachers,
and left in a state of insensibility....
• Meltham Mills Church was last week consecrated by
te bishop of Ripon_ At a tea party afterwards, the Rev.
• James, of Kirkdale, delivered a suitable address.
A stone lighthouse, to be illuminated by ten lights, is
li"c'huilding at the extremity of the pier recently erected
at the Woodside slip.
Mr. James Lawrence has been deservedly re-elected
•ell •
...airman of the Watch Committee, and Mr. Procter

'ice-chairman.
A line of packets, of 600 tons burden, is contemplated,
4t taltimore. to sail, on the first of every month, between
that port and Liverpool.
Manchester
public meetirg hasbeen convened by the Mayor of
in compliance with .u-requsition, to be held
t,ll Thursday, for the purpose of memorializing the Queen
`e Open the ports for the free import of grain.
In consequence of the Chartists having carried a mo-
t!en that the ratel for !lighting the town of Bury should
,'e £3OO instead of £6OO, the borough will be in utter
qarkness every night until February.
By the breaking of the rope-by which he ascended, a
workman was left at the top of a tall chimney in Preston
last week. He unravelled his stockings, lowered the length
°f worsted to the ground, and a piece of fine cord being
attached, he was soon enabled to hoist the rope up again.
Mr. W. B. Hodgson, principal of the Mechanics,' Insti-
t
Monday
in this town, left Liverpool on the afternoon of
AOnday by the four o'clock train, lectured upwards of
4,llNiur and a half at the Mechanics' Institution, Crewe,
na was in his own house at Wavertree, before ten, after
'ravelling upwards of ninety miles.
°n Wednesday, Mr. James Sweetman, of Byrom-
street, appeared before the magistrates, to complain of a
erious assault which had been committed upon him by a
'7°44 man, named Robert Esdale. The case was dis-
missed. Mr. Rushton commented in strong terms on
the idle and dissipated conduct of Sweetman.
Tuesday last being the anniversary of " Liverpool fair,"
the wooden hand was, according to custom, displayed
from the Town-hall, and the Mayor in his robes of office
read the usual proclamation, offering protection to all who
might attend the fair. Our readers are no doubt already
aware that this is all a matter of form, no fair hav-
ing been held in this town for many years, but the form is
tone through annually in order to preserve the right.
A REMOVING SPIRITS WITHOUT A PERMIT.—On Tues-
'saY, Mr. Woodruff, Import Surveyor, appeared before
tte In •
I; azistrates to prefer a complaint against Mr. Wil-
„el, Murray, for importing from Dublin 24. gallons of
'Ay, ond removing the same without a permit, as re-
!lttired by law. The offence was proved, and the penalty
LectoTed, £lOO, but the defendant was liberated on pay-
'aeot of £25.
On Wednesday evening an old gentleman named Cro-
er,
Nu living
some in W
vacant grounalnut-street,d adjoin in-hillg,
the w Lock Hosd
knocke
de
„-
'tai, and was beat about the head and face in a sbccking
manner. His pockets were rifled, but the assailants es-
‘taed before assistance could reach the unfortunate gen-
R,,__eelan. This is the second case of a like nature in the
-""?, neighbourhood within a fortnight.
p. w Oland,Harmood Banner states, in a letter to
Pool
highway that there are 1,131 courts in Liver-
rooi and 414 in Toxteth-park supplied by a separate pipe
maids each dwelling ; 299 courts in Liverpool and 29 in
Xteth• •park supplied by stand-pipes outside •, and thirty-
Yr courts in Liverpool and seven in Toxteth-park sup-
by by a general cistern for each court. He adds, that
Le Harrington Company does not supply any water
fore six o'clock in the morning.
u°PERATIVE TAILORS.—A document, draw
rs' n up with
lltarently grzat care by the Operative Tailo Associa-
-I'n, shows that, in this town, 1187 men, 303 women, and
th boys are employed in their own houses, which are for
aft; bloat part in a dirty and unhealthy state, while only
:° men and 139 boys are employed in workshops on the
'asters, premises. Of the dwellings used as workshops,
e:T.! are bed-rooms, and 127 are cellars ; while in 222
N, parties are working at home for shops.
tn!esterday week, the first stone of a Temperance Hall,
ienee erected in Bond-street, was laid by Lawrence Hey-
14,th, Esq„ far the Clarence Temperance Society. The
t will be erected by shares of £1 each. In the lower
tart it is proposed to build three houses and a temperance
tqi.Lel fronting Titchfield-street, and two houses in Bond-
ti eets on the e
of holding 1,0 top of which the hall will be erected,
i cepa-
tnoo persons. The whole building s esti-
eted to cost £l,BOO.
ELECTION la
-se
~ -CTION OF A DOCK COMMITTEE MAN.—On Wed-
to ay the election of a member of the Dock Committee,
t '•naply the vacancy occasioned by the return of Mr. Eyre
14. vans to the council took place. The Mayor presided.
';:r. Rankin was proposed by Mr. Alderman Horsfall, and
entitled by Mr. C. S. Middleton. Mr. Alderman
seconded him.
proposed Mr. James Ritson, and Mr. Whitehead
1,.
),eonded him. Mr. Benn was proposed by Mr. Eyre
r." 1,,,, and seconded by Mr. Bolton. At the oloao of the
z3,ttng the numbers were as follow :—For Mr. Rankin,
. ; for Mr. Benn, 118 ; and for Mr. Ritson, 17.
tt WALLASEY COURT- H OUSE.—On Tuesday, the case of
trrahner v. Reay was brought before the sitting magis-
seat's. It was an application fora warrant to obtain pos-
session of a cottage and garden in Liscard, in the occupa-
eZtl, of the defendant Reay. A number of witnesses were
It ted to prove the terms of the tenancy, and the giving of
i al:re,tice. to quit, dated the. 31st of July, 1844 ; Mr. Brab-
-1 that title was also put in, and the court were satisfied
1 tigt he was the owner of the property. It was agreed
1 hgeat the warrant should issue, but that execution should
oe Stayed, on security being found in £lOO to defray the
88 Of a trial at the assizcs.
l 1„ ACRIFICE OF CHILDREN.—CAUTION TO PARENTS.—
ihutillests have been held, during the week, on the follow-
thg.ehildren, who were burnt to death in consequence of
%ken' c'etthes taking fire, generally during the temporary
them
of the persons who ought to have taken care of
kentn ;---Hartley Brookband, aged four years and four
at labs, at Preston ; Mary Ann Chipp, aged three years,
I,Landon ; the daughter of a labourer named Carrington,
le
d four years, at Melton Mowbray ; Henry Jordan,
cied six years, at Leicester : Edward Dunn, aged four
`er% and six months, at the same place ; Sarah Ann
eaters,
aged two years, at Wadhurat ; Elizabeth Nuttel,
eeel two years, at Darcy Lever.
blind
TO THE BENEVOLENT.—We understand that
jo the
man, calling himself James Thompson, has been
`ne habit, for a considerable time past, of calling upon
tt4,ri. table persons in this town and neighbourhood, and
Idon-„4l4ng that he had been an inmate of the Blind Asylum,
road. It appears that he exhibits characters and
e'll
1
iit4l"4llrnendations, purporting to have been signed by " J.
all CY, governor." His statements are false, and his do-
tnents forgeries. If the public would, instead of re-
-Bl.in him, send him, in charge of a police-officer, to the
tt,:ed'Asylum, they will act in such a way as will best
ICI to an exposure of his misconduct. It is said that
tinete are other blind persons making similar representa-
-60,, in the town and that one of them states his name to
,atnes Wood.'
drive Monday week a man named Henry Blackhurst, the
th:er of one of the street sweeping machines, fell from
!)1, shafts while proceeding along Upper Newington, and
Itaeef the wheels passed over his body. He was so much
kiletl that he died the following day.—On Monday last,
te mtget Carrigan, a child two months old, residing in
came lane with her parents, was taken unwell, and be-
aCe cross and restive, when the mother was induced to
ae:,-"inister a little laudanum, a pennyworth of which she
aen'eured, A third laudanum was given with two
It_sPnonfuls of hot water,after which the child fell
te;el3, and continued so til four o'clock on Tuesday af-
ti tlenn when she died From a roost mortem examina-
tall -. , . • .
eon IL was ascertained that death had been caused by
ae,Pstion of the brain, most probably the result of some
entic oison Verdict, " Chance medley."
x' I
0„ CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—An inquest was held,
,e Saturday last, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body
tijtobert Fitten, who was a miller, and lived in
went
home
On Saturday week last, the deceased
welt home in a state of intoxication, about eight
atitheeik in the evening, and he had some angry words
at his landlady, with whom he lodged. He was in bed
the t'
I At,. time, and called her a " drunken faggot." Upon
t4t.i• the landlady, Mary Phythian, took up a pan of hot
ttridee• which was on the hob, containing about two quarts,
hid threw it over the deceased. This severely scalded
tmc; Over the head, face. chest, and both hands. He was
when to the Northern Hospital on the following morning,
'there he lingered up to Friday morning, when he died.
lign.Drisoner acknowledged that she had thrown the hot
the lti on the deceased—Verdict, " Manslaughter," and
heltisoner was committed to Kirkdale for trial at the
assizes.
'sv "lions PARCEL.—On Saturday, as a porter was tak-
tiq'rte hamper to one of the carriages, at the Bolton Sta.
ttlin of the Bolton and Liverpool Railway, he heard some-
too„g,scream, and on the hamper being opened, it was
a•et`t'fi to contain a fine child, about a fortnight old. It
11,ett'eft by a boy shortly before, and was directed to " Mr.
righi,ppraiser, Hospital-street, Nantwich. With speed.
sent ~ Mr. Harris, superintendent of the police, was
Oteh 'Or, and got such information as enabled him to ap-
tor teind the mother in Liverpool, where she has resided
ttio,,(!ree or four months. Her name is Eliza Power, a
to il'ed woman, aged 26 years. It appears that she came
INolton to visit a woman, who recommended her to
flied the child to its father ; and the poor infant was,
etotiefore, bundled into a hamper; and sent to the railway
Oes°ll. Both the women are in custody.—Leeds Intelli-

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441:htADEITI, ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening, John
Ittt,..g, a fireman at Mr. White's flour mill, Faulkner-
-I', went to the mill to attend the engine, which be
Iho'LLY did after the engineer had gone home, and, in a
by tnt time after he arrived, a loud explosion was heard
that lying
Persons around, The deceased was afterwards
NC lYing on his face, dreadfully scalded. It appeared
bee °n Monday morninv last, one of the boilers had
;tit,' cleared by the engineer, water was put into it in the
kitr Part of the day, and a fire kindled, the steam being
Ptert° generate without any means of escape. The engi-
whose duty it was to turn the stop, had gone home
.4 "ate of intoxication. The deceased coming there,
'be 11)111t being aware of this, replenished the fire, when
leraiVer went off with a loud explosion, bursting in se-
`4l,l"ces. The deceased was conveyed to the Infir-
titet', where he died half an hour after his arrival. Ver-
" Accidental death."