The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-10 00:00:00

A gentleman had his pockets picked of £49 at the re
twton-street, on Thursday

The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-morrow (Wednesday),
at the Three Greyhounds; on Thursday, at Highleigh; on
Saturday, at Bradford Grten ; and on Monday, at Sutton

re g'al to hear thtt th 3
Philharmonic Society, who., performances on Friday, at
the opening of the Collegiate Institution, gave such general

PIIII,IIVIMONIC SOCIETY.-

satistaption, will, for the future,
Theatre of that Institution.

hold thrii: concerts in the

-The Ins Avent Commissioner for
the Northern Circuit will attend to hear petitions at Lan-
caster on the Bth of March, and at Liverpool on the 20th of
March. The last day for filing petitions to he heard at
Lancaster is the 4th of February, and at Liverpool the 16th
of February.

INSOLVENT COURT

BEAUTIFUL SILKS.—The old fashion of brocaded silks
appears to be reviving.—Time was when silk was made strong
enough almost to build a wall with, and the weight of bullion
and embroidery as much as one beau could well carry. We
have been led to these remarks from seeing some beautiful
specimens of vestings at Messrs. Dawbarn and Davis', in
Bold-street.

IRON SHIPS.—A remarkable circumstance occurred, in
this port, on Tuesday last, and which looks like the com-
mencement of a new era in our mercantile navy, no less than
three large iron-built ships having sailed on the same tide,
namely, the John Garrow, for New Orleans; the Ironside,
for Bahia; and the Vulcan, for Malta. The first of these
vessels was of nearly 1,000 urthen.

The Bombay prices current furnish full descriptions of the
state of the markets at that presidency, which are, however,
less favourable than the advice received from Calcutta. The
superabundance of freight in the port precluded the hope that
rates would rally, and hence the great excess over present
wants had induced several owners to lay on vessels for the
London and Liverpool berth at 40s. There was no demand
for ships to China.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tnursday evening, about nine
o'clock, as the Seacombe boat from Liverpool was landing
her passengers, the coachman at Sir John Tobin's, while
stepping upon the plank, missed his footing, and fell into the
water. He was got out with very little delay, and, with the
assistance of two men, walked up the slip, not appearing to
have sustained more damage than a sound ducking. He was
taken, in the first instance, to the tap attached to Parry's
Hotel, but as the accommodation there was inadequate,
George Robinson, who collects the steam-boat fares, took
him to his own house, where he died in about seven minutes
after his arrival.

It is a remarkable circumstance that, while the jubilee o!
modern British missions was being celebrated in this contr. ri
and the colonies, the treaty of peace with China wai con-
cluded, by which access to more than one-half of the heateen
weed was opened up. Thus, after fifty years of preparatory
training, has Pro iidence suddenly provided a field for evan-
gelistic efforts ton extensive to admit of half measures.
There is good reason to hope, from present appearances, that
many of our countrymen are alive to the deep responsibility
under which our new position places the Christian church.
No public movement has yet been made in Liverpool. The
Medical Missionary Society may well be expected now to
commence its deferred operations. '
THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Morning Herald,
of yesterday, says " There, is scarcely a town in England that
has not F o ne noble chairitable institution erected in modern
times ; in many the infirmaries or dispensaries or hospitals
are the architectural beauties of the place; in none is there
not a workhouse, and in few is there not a gaol towering
its crest above the abodes of peaceful men ; yet how seldom
do we see a grammar school of modern erection, how vainly
do we search England for Collegiate establishments built by
modern munificence. Voluntary subscription has accom-
plished much for almost every locality, but nothing yet for
promotion of moral and religious education of the middling
classes. Liverpool, in the midst of commercial embarrass-
ment and despite of bad times, has set a glorious example in
this respect—one which merits Mr. Gladstone's glowing
en login in."

THE FIRE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.—We lament to state,
that the joiners in the employ of Messrs. Foster and Stewart
have lost the whole of their tools by the late calamitous fire,
the particulars of which we detailed in our last. Among
the workmen are several of the poor fellows who lost their
tools, nine years ago, by a similar visitation. Mr. Samuel
Hohne, who takes a praiseworthy interest in the affairs of
the sufferers, assures us, that the tools destroyed by the fire
were worth not less than £1,200. To he thrown out of work
by the calamity is misfortune enough, but to be, at the same
time, deprived of the means of pursuing their trade, if they
are fortunate enough to obtain employment, adds greatly to
their sufferings. Under these circumstances, we trust that
the hard case of these poor fellows, who are about sixty in
number, will be considered by the benevolent, who can, by
their contributions, enable them to buy as many as may be
required to carry on their business. The premises were in-
sured with the Liverpool Insurance Company, and the loss
is estimated at from £lO,OOO to £12,000. The sum insured
is about £7,000. We have not heard any estimate of the
amount of damage done in the Arcade.

Loss OF THE CYNOSURE.—We are sorry to have to re-
cord the loss of another ship this week—namely, the Cyno-
sure (Captain Viner) from this port to Liverpool. The Cy-
nosure left Singapore on the 11th of September last, and had
made a favourable passage as far as the Straits of Banca.
when on the night of the 2d instant, she struck on a reef near
Tree Island, and after remaining on the rocks for about 18
hours she was hove off; but, as she was sinking fast, the
ship's company were obliged to leave her and take to the
boats. They were picked up in a few hours afterwards by
the George Buckham (Captain Sim), by whom they were
brought on here, and arrived on Sunday last. On the 7th,
the George Buckham spoke a Dutch Ship bound for Minto,
which reported that they had seen a bark on the Morning
of Wednesday the 4th, bearing S.W., four. leagues from
Singapore, which was all below the water except the main-
top-gallant yard-arm. which, there is no doubt, was the
Cynosore. Nothing was saved from the ship, except a small
portion of the wearing apparel of Captain Viner and his wife,
and the ship's company: Every kindness and attention were
shown to Captain Viner and his crew, 18 in all, by Captain
Sim. The following is a list of the cargo taken by the Cy-
nosure from this :-54 pls. Cassia, 2,452 pls. coffee, 17 pls.
tea, 840 pls. sago flour, 606 pls. Sapan wood, 50 pls. rat-
tans, 101 pls. cubebs, 44 pls. hides, 2,143 pls. gambler.—
India paper.

SUGAR.—The quantity of sugar delivered for refining, in
bond, at the port of Liverpool, in 1842, was 9,228 tons. This,
we believe, is nearly double the quantity delivered in Lon-
don, of which no return, however, has yet reached us. The
employment which'this new trade gives to shipping in the
transport of the raw material and of the refined prftancts,
has proved most beneficial to this port, which is now becom-
ing an important emporium for foreign, as it long has been
for colonial, sugars. If the refining laws were altered so as
to p?rmit the combined use of both sorts, which we are in-
formed can he done consistently with the safety of the re-
venue and the privileges of the colonies, a further stimulus
would be given to the business of refining, which is generally
in a languishing state, and, of course, to the various branches
of trade and commerce. dependant on it. The following is
the monthly return :

1842.
From Ist to 31st January
~ Ist to 28th February
~ Ist to 31st March
„ Ist to 30th April
„ Ist to 31st May
„ Ist to 30th June ....
„ Ist to 31st July
„ Ist to 31st August
„ Ist to 30th September
Ist to 31st October
„ Ist to 30th November
„ Ist to 31st December

5,515
18,314

15,351
21,130
9,867
12,369
10,628
13,522
23,723
10,078
29,856
13.475

184,568 cwts. ;

Or 9,228 tons 8 cwt

THE FUNDS: SATURDAY EVENING.—A fact has transpired,
or rather has been called to recollection, in the city, which
is highly satisfactory in explaining the large deficiency found
on comparing the item of Excise in the revenue return of the
present quarter with that item in the corresponding return in
1842. It will be remembered that an alteration was made
some time ago in the period for which the bills bad to run in
which the payment to the revenue were made. The effect of
this alteration, which shortened the period from 30 to 10 days,
was completely felt in the quarter terminating in January,
1842, and the result was that a quantity of payments which
under the old system would not have been made till the fol-
lowing quarter, fell into that quarter, and thus the item of
excise was swelled to an undue extent. With an item thus
unnaturally increased, the item for the present quart has
been compared, and the difference may be assigned to an ex-
cess in 1842, instead of a deficiency in 1843. The comparison
between the next quarter and the corresponding quarter last
year will give a legitimate result, for the new system had by
that time come speedily into operation. Business in the
stock-markets was not characterised by any particular feature
to-day. A moderate amount of dealings occurred in the
English securities, which were the fraction better. The news
from India had very little effect indeed in this quarter.
The merchants, however, express themselves much satisfied
with what has been received by the arrival. Consols for
money and the Account left off 94 to 1 ; Bank Stock, 171
to 173 ; Exchequer-bills, 595. to 61s. premium ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 951: to ,3,-; Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
Reduced, 1028 to :I; Long Annuities, 12 11-16ths • New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1014 to a-; India Bonds,' 555.
premium ; and South Sea Old Annuities, 92-. The opera-
tions in the foreign market were without particular interest.
Buenos Ayres opened at 25, and after declining to 23, finallY,
closed at 23k to 24, the rumours being spread of the refusal,
of Rosas to recognize the:mediation of England'or France in
his quarrel with the Montevidean Government. • There were
one or two purchases of Portuguese converted, and the quo-
tation rose to and closed at 3G4 to 37 ; Mexican Five pet
Cents. left off 324 ; ditto, Deferred, 98 to a ; Spanish Actives,
19} ; ditto, New, 24i i Danish, 84 to 85; Colombian, 234;
Belgian, 1011 to 1023 ; and Peruvian, 19 to 20.

INQUEST.—An inquest was commenced on Thursday last,
and concluded on Saturday, before P. F. Curry, Esq.,
coroner for the borough, for the purpose of investigating the
circumstances which led to the death of Thomas Mauler,
aged 15 years. A girl, named Sarah M`Gowan, who was
supposed to have caused the death of the lad by beating hire
on the head with a stone, was in custody. The parties prin-
cipally concerned reside in Atherton-street, and the evidence
showed thatgaN:.,ago
gs
oher theirTheon iscorounsnnt
bdd
wuya cyiatt
nlfwaeo
last,
tsts mce
thearolhsl
etudddse
bi
cwsaeoanarssddem.edr lacysro,yhtniemKslmetaalilontyere.addl
that,,
oTafni
The
headache. She heard soon P e
fiddi
evscegeuwa sseeti ednk
terwards that he wasp fighting.
She went out, found him standing at the end of the entry,
and took him home. He was well till the Sunday following'
when he again complained of his head. He continued ill
till Wednesday, the 21st of December, when he was so much
worse that he was removed to the Workhouse. When she
had given her testimony, she laid her hands on the shoulderS
of a little boy, with wliom, it afterwards appeared, the de'
ceased had been fighting, and said, " You caused the death
of my lad." Mr. George Wood, surgeon, stated that the
deceased was in a comatose state when admitted to the Work-
house. The lad died on the Ist of January, and a post
mortem examination was made, which convinced the surgee°
that death had resulted from external injuries inflicted on the
head which had caused concussion of the brain. Ellen Coe'
way gave evidence which showed that, on Sunday, about four
weeks ago, she saw the mother of the deceased, her husband,
and many other parties whom she named, all engaged in
general fight in Atherton-street. Two boys were fighting,
one of whom was backed by his father. Thomas Manley,:
the deceased, came out and backed the other. At length
Manley was seen to run away, pursued by the father ‘yholor
backed his son. This father had a piece of brick in his band,
.
which he threw after the deceased as he retreated into the
entry, but the witness could not see that it 1111 him. On
foLovving day, this witness swore she saw Sally ‘vi'GOWo7, ;
the prisoner, beating the deceased on his head with a ".liw"int
ing-stone " (a stone used for pounding grit). At thT P°'e,
the inquest was adjourned till Saturday for further evident ce
On Saturday, Mary Kelly was the first witness called. ,
now swore that she had told nothing but the truth on Thit er
day, but she dared not tell the whole truth for fear of fail
husband. She proceeded to state, that she saw Sally
and her son fighting, arid that the former took up a knocklerest
stone and strcck her son twice on the head with it. SepeAe,
other witnesses spoke of squabbles and fights, in whicoe'rej
ceased, his mother, and others had been engaged. Sever a
of the witnesses stated, that they had seen the prisoner
the deceased quarrelling, but they had not seen any
struck. The jury returned as their verdict, that the A•
ceased had died of injuries received on his head, but ,
inflicted there was no evidence to show.