The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

TO SOLICITORS.

Mr. Commissioner Skirrow has decided that, as in all
cases, either bankrupts themselves or solicitors on their
behalf are required to give notice to solicitors for the as-
signees of their intention to apply for their certificates,
such notice shall be confirmed at the public sitting of the
court for the purpose, by an affidavit to be filed upon the
proceedings, and not, as heretofore, on the single admission
of the service. In all cases, therefore, in future, affidavits
must be prepared by the solicitor for the bankrupt, to be
exhibited in court on the day advertised for the allowance
of the certificate. The commissioner has also decided
that, in all cases, a duplicate of the balance sheet shall be
prepared, and served upon the solicitor for the assignees,
one day succeeding the filing in the court, so that the se-
veral items may be scrutinized, and any deficiencies or in-
accuracies pointed out.

CERTIFICATE ALLOWED.
Howie (M'Conkey and Howie.)
NOTICES OF MEETINGS.
September 4.—Darey and Dierden, (private meeting,)
at 11 ; T. Smalley, insolvent, (final order,) at 12.
September 5.—R. Gregson, (certificate,) at 11 ; Hugh
Bullen, (audit,) at 12 ; Richard Brown and Co. balance
makers, (choice of assignees,) at 12 ; Gaskell Johnson,
merchant, (choice of assignees,) at half-past 12.
September 6.—Richard Price, (adjourned last examina-
tion,) at 11 ; Timothy Bourne, (audit.) at 1.
September 7.—J. Graham, insolvent, (examination,) at
11 ; Davis and Davis, drug-grinders, (choice of assignees,)
at 11 ; Thomas Thompson (adjourued dividend,) at 12.
September B.—T. Brooke, insolvent, (examination,) at
11 ; R. Macguire, insolvent, (examination,) at 12; R.
Crosbie, draper, (last examination,) at half-past 12; E.
Tilling, insolvent. (examination,) at 1.
September 9.—Thomas Milne Whiteley, hatter, (ad-
journed last examination, at 11 ; J. J. M. M. Scott, corn
dealer, (choice of assignees,) at 12; William Chesworth,
brewer, (choice of assignees,) at 1.

MELANCHOLY CASUALTY.—On Friday morning last
Catherine Lang, aged 48, destroyed herself by jumping
out of a window twenty or thirty feet from the street.
When taken up she was found to be quite dead. The only
injury that could be discovered was a small wound on her
head. Deceased had been in a low state for some time.

FIRE. IN WALLASEY.—About three o'clock on Wed-
nesday afternoon, the coach-house, stable, and laundry,
attached to the house of Mrs. Jones, was discovered to
be on fire, and was completely gutted before the flames
could be put down, and a large quantity of oats and
joiners' tools were destroyed. It is supposed to have been
set on fire b.y a person who has since absconded, but for
whom the police are on the alert.
LAUNCH AT CHESTER.—On Monday last, the ship
Templeman, 400 tons, was launched in the presence of a
large concourse of spectators, from the yard of Messrs.
Mulvey, ship-builders, in Chester. She is the finest spe-
cimen of marine architecture which has been launched
for some years from this port ; and has been built to the
ordeas of Messrs. J Prowse and co., of Liverpool, for the
for the South American trade.—Chester Courant.

DEATH FROM DROWNING.—On Saturday last an in-
quest was held before P. F. Currie, Esq., touching the
death of Henry Williams, a seaman. It appeared that
the deceased went, on Thursday, to the boarding-house of
Henry Davies, and, after dressing himself, went out.
About half-past eleven o'clock he was seen by a person
who was watching the barque Sovereign at the end of the
stage that went from the quay to the slip. He was in a
state of intoxication. A plunge was heard, and the per-
son that was watching the Sovereign ran to the dock-
gateman's hut and told him there was a man in the water.
Great efforts were made to save him but ineffectually.
The jury found that he was accidentally drowned.
THE TOWN COUNCIL.—The usual monthly meeting of
our municipal body will be held to-morrow. In the re-
port of the Finance Committee wilt be recommendations
to exchange the site of the Northern Hospital, to appro-
priate the tobacco warehouse as a depot for saltpetre and
nitrate of soda, and to sell the advowson of the cemetery.
The minutes of the Market Committee contain a recom-
mendation to close Islington Market, and open that in
Gill-street on the 23d instant. The Observatory Com-
mittee recommend the appointment of Mr. Hartnup, as
permanent " Observer," at a salary of £2OO per annum.
The Health of the Town Committee will call on the coun-
cil to appoint two additional surveyors of buildings, at
£BO a year each, and will submit a recommendation on
the subject of cellar residences in corporation property.
The additional bye-laws on the blowing and stuffing of
meat in Liverpool will be again submitted. The last sub-
ject on the paper is a notice of motion by Mr. Alderman
Smith, to the effect that it is expedient to purchase, at a
price not exceeding £4,100, certain property on the west
side of Park-lane, for the purpose of widening that
avenue.

DocicComMlTTEE,THllßSDAY—Present,Nlessrs.Sands,
Horsfall, Smith, Royden, Tobin, Bold, Aikin, Sandbach,
Bulley, Moore, Chilton, Molyneux, Holmes, Shand,
Evans.—Reports from the dock surveyor as to the deposit
of the excavations on the north shore were read. Copies
of them had been sent to Lord Granville Somerset, to the
chairman of the Finance Committee, and to the Town-
clerk. It appeared that it had been alleged that the exca-
vations had been washed into the river. The Surveyor
distinctly showed that this was not the case. He said he
had taken care to have the deposit measured, and found
that the total quantity put down was 259,544 cubic yards ;
of this there remained 258,286 yords, thus showing a defi-
ciency of only one half per cent., which must have been
occasioned in consequence of the settling down of the
excavations.—A letter was also read, in reply to the sug.
gestion of the Finance Committee, that the mud from
the docks and basins should be lifted upon the quay, and
carried away, instead of being washed into the river again.
The Dock Surveyor showed that the adoption of such a
plan would considerably impede the working of the docks,
and cost about £30,000 annually. Some of the members
said the present practice had been continued for a great
number of years, and was a good one. Mr. Tobin said
that the buoy, which had been placed on the north-west
end of West Hoyle by the Trinity Board, corresponded
so exactly with the north buoy, that in thick weather ves-
sels mistaking it, and steering their course from it, would
go on Hoyle bank. The Marine Surveyor was called in,
and said the Trinity board was requested to put down a
floating beacon, but they had not communicated with him
on the subject, and in the mean time inform the city of
Dublin Steam-packet Company, and Captain Bevis, of
her Majesty's mail, of the buoy, and its position. It
was stated that the annual accounts would be ready in
about ten days and the committee adjourned.

ANOTHER CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST MR. NEW-
TON.—At the Police-court on Friday, Mr. Joseph Newton
(whose trial was reported in our last publication) was again
charged with bigamy. Mr. Snowball, solicitor, appeared
to prosecute, and Mr. Wilkins, barrister, defended the
prisoner. Christopher Fox and Elizabeth Waldron proved
the marriage of the prisoner to Mary Bolger in May, 1820,
and that the latter was still alive. James Bolger, the
brother of the first wife of Newton, stated, that his sister
and the prisoner lived together after their marriage until
the 29th of November, 1821. In cross-examination by
Mr. Wilkins, he stated, that the reason why he recollected
that day was, because for the last thirty-five years he had
kept a diary. He admitted that he saw the prisoner in
May last, and demanded £6OO, but did not tell him unless
he paid the money he would indict him. He did not then
know of his second marriage for a fact, though he had
beard of it. He would swear he never threatened to
indict him unless he paid the £6OO. He would swear he
did not tell either Greaves or Lloyd three months ago that
he knew the prisoner was married to a black woman, and
that the prisoner was a great fool not to make it up with
him. Mr. Lovett, the clerk of St. Nicholas's Church, in
this town, produced a marriage certificate between Joseph
Newton and Mary Franconi, which took place on the Bth
of October, 1828. Mary Teasdale said she knew the
prisoner, and was present at the marriage in October,
1828. Mary Franconi was a woman of colour. Dorah
Dale said she was the daughter of Mary Franconi. The
prisoner and her mother lived together as man and wife
after the marriage. Her mother was dead, but cannot
tell how long. Thinks they lived together four or five
years. James Thomas was then called, and he stated that
he saw the witness Bolger about three months ago, when
he made inquiries of him respecting the marriage of the
prisoner. He also asked witness if he knew of his being
married previous to the last marriage. Greaves, one of
the police, was then called, and he said he recollected
speaking to Mr. Bolger on the occasion of the former
charge. Bolger said Newton was a great fool for not
making it up, as he could prove that be bad married his
sister, then another woman, who was dead, and after that
another woman. He said this conversation took place the
day when Newton was before the magistrates, which was
on the 16th or 17th of July. He was quite sure on that
occasion he told witness the prisoner had been married to
Franconi. Police-officer Lloyd corroborated the evidence
of Greaves. In answer to a question by Mr. Snowball,
the witness said Bolger told him he knew the prisoner was
married to two women in Liverpool. Mr. Rushton said,
under these circumstances, all he should do would be to
require the prisoner to enter into his own recognizances
of £2OO, to appear to answer any indictment which might
be preferred against him.