The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-25 00:00:00

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A POCKET CLOCK ot
.—Mr. Summersgill, Pres-
now in his possession a watch of extraordinary dimensions.
It is thirty-eight ounces in weight, measures in circuna•
ference fourteen inches, and goes two days.
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An app
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appeal against
hesir
ahnoa, came on f
order of affiliationorheauripnogn
the
of Mottram, at
ford, before Trafford Trafford, Esq., and a very full ben l
of magistrates. The trial lasted till six o'clock In the
evening of Saturday, the second day, when it ended n'
the order being quashed. the
MUNICIPAL GUARDS AT MANCHESTER.—U-„ --e fore
name of the " Town-Hall Guard " a constabulary
a
has recently been organised at Manchester. This bcd
ye
which is regularly drilled, is to form " a permanentvoluir.
teer force," to consist of two companies, each of 48 ran'
and file, 4 Captains, and 8 Lieutenants. Two senior Cal;
tains will command the force, which will muster in all
total force of 122. Another similar body is about
enrolled under the title of " The Corporation Guard,
A MYSTERIOUS REQUIREMENT IN A HATTEA•
hada
party in Manchester advertises for a journeyman ,es
to serve in a wholesale and retail shop, who must have
clear head and active.practised hands." We Presiureg
that, as the wisdom is often in the wig, a man wh° ailhe
on so many people's hats is apt to get confused with
variety of the wisdom they contain. Or, perhaPst
head in question is only required to have nothing in •
Either way the advertisement is not complimentary
those to whom it is addressed.
THE EXCURSION PARTY THAT DID'NT SEE THE C__.,°l4.:
WAY RAILWAY TUBE.—On Friday, a vast train, 041 m
ing some 2000 persons, we suppose, went down to lan'fr:
ion
pool, many of the party having tickets for an excurs
to see the iron railway passage across the river Conwais
They were accommodated with a steamer, and after resell
ing Great Ormes Head, within a few hundred yard.*
the river, the captain, by a series of pretences of inabiiies
to proceed, and threats to stay all night at Conwal, Ito
some of the company to ask him to return, and this
,Pi
did at once. The party reached home last night a'
quarter to eleven o'clock.—Manchester Courier.
SAGACITY OF A HORSE.—Mr. John Holywell, farwl;
of Lindale, having nothing to do one day for his favour
horse " Roger," which is upwards of 30 years of Bge;
turned it into a field adjoining his house, where a Y°
horse, about two years of age, was pasturing. Roger,e means, became " cast," and the young one OhSL.e.TY,,,
ing it, most laboriously set to work to extricate °7;(1
First of all it took Roger by the mane, and after rePef"ful
pulls raised him on his fore legs, and then with wnilderni,
sagacity, placing its head and neck behind them,' 611),itt
pleted its affectionate task. Before night Roger wag agAte'"
in the same predicament, but his faithful companion
several attempts, each made with renewed determine
failed failed to accomplish its human-like design.—.Laness
Guardian. of
EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—A conipar.s°- e 4
' - giv

last week's return with that of the previous wee- -ono
the following results :—Of the cotton mills, four have g°ool
from full to short time. Of the hands employed in for,
cotton mills, 1,677 formerly working full time, and 43,
shoi•
merly out of employment, are at present working re.
time. Of the total works included in the table, two 1),,s
viously working full time, have gone on short time, 514
two have stopped working altogether. Of the total 104
included in the table, 1,172 have gone from full to 0;ot
time ; and 107 formerly working full time, are now 0°,,,f0
employment altogether. Altogether, the return is "
very unfavourable character. Of the total numberoo
hands engaged in the Manchester cotton mills (28' tof
5,380 are working short time, and 5,306 are wholly on,
employment. Of 209 mills, print works, foundries, °‘.14,4
41 are working full time, with only a portion of the kn:d
employed, 53 are working short time, and 18 are star-
altogether. env
STOCKPORT.—In this borough there are 68 mills, 44
ploying 18,256 persons. There are now 779 more katlito
out of employment than there were a month ag°, thst
increasing the sufferings of the working people to kbof
extent. 230 fewer are working two days per week log
was the case in November; and with respect tO tfloj
days, it will be seen that 2748 more are gone to that PTO
of employment within a month, though 1458 fewergeisy9
in November last. Those working three and a dof
have increased 623 since the end of the year; 170
four days, the above table exhibits a decrease 0
ate'"
during the month, and an increase of 544 as colin;;,.
with November. The more extended period of einP„d
ment, five days, has decreased 433 over November,;
still more striking declension to 1412 since Mare', hisi,
and, again, the number working full time in Marc",,oot
fallen from 4762 to 3688, showing a tangible decren4
1047. There are no fewer than 4560 wholly uneinr"
and nearly 5000 working only three days a week. ,todlift
MYSTERIOUS MURDER NEAR RUNCORN.—On boot"
week, a mysterious affair occurred in the neigl?hou,,
of Rocksavage. Three boys, who were strolling I,"„ilef
fields near the dilapidated buildings of that ancient
picked up a pedlar's box, which they found einPtYrbef
bespattered with blood. Proceeding onward a little,
found various jewellers' trinkets of little value, scam-00
in different places along the footpath of the fields.
of blood were also traced in the course of the track' rdill
of the lads brought the box to Runcorn, and wennioito
it direct to Mr. Richardson, the constable of the eery
who immediately took active measures for the &Area:
of the murderers ; and on Monday, Tuesday, 80°,,,,0a"
nesday, the fishponds in the neighbourhood'of Itocr•;f
were dragged for the purpose of finding the bodio. bTG
victim. Very active measures are still persevenoj.
up to Thursday evening the body had not been
is a remarkably lonely path from Runcorn to rtfist,,,lc
through the Rocksavage fields. It is suppose ° d t";
murderers flung away the less costly trinkets, igin
away with them the more valuable articles. Aiscocet
stables under Mr. Richardson are on the alert to ",,faere"
if possible, the murderers and the body of the r°,7iihoni
The various pawnbrokers in the immediate nelns 0112;
hood, and at Liverpool and Manchester, willy; otr-rifr
they can assist in the discovery. The person h biw"
the box is pretty well known to several of the in aof ge.;
of Runcorn ; he was a young Jew, about 17 Ye The 00-
with black hair, and a rather light complexion.
•
has caused a great sensation in the neighbour

That which ought to be done cannot be done too or
and if it is neglected to be done early, it very often

pens that it will not be done at all. SSP.
CO WO IMPROVED SOCIAL HABITS OF OUR UPPER, 10 A
—lf the advance in the social condition of o'olo3°o
classes be decided, that of the upper classes i°,,tal‘e,
startling. We believe that the change which tunstir,
place within little more than a hundred Years ;Tell, 4st%
passed in the hist( if -- k Can 9Ca ..:tuff►°

!die mstory of mankind. We
derstand that at a time when our politica 11 its Pur,Y3
was formed, when our literature flourished in 3 • gS
• • 1 constu-_;tf
and elegance, when our religious and moral writtinsurb.g
reached an excellence unequalled now, that, ac,rolo6ol
time, a young man would have lost caste in genindieo,4
et if he failed to lard his conversation, amongst o is(11;
rank, with ribald and obscene allusions. isbae,-;
themselves would have quizzed him for his sheeP,, 5P7..•
Such was the state of things in the time of the
tator." Still later, how disgusting are some 0!4 ,
tures of society in the pages of Smollett !
attacked with the coarsest language in the oistteerg.
drawing-room to see how he would take it, theeonsia pi
of the house abetting in the plot, the comPanYi„, pOgt
ing it a most excellent joke ! Peers of the res`—vicesAe,
and swindlers ! Even where we still retain the g
our forefathers, who can charge us with the s t
ceney ? Lord Sandwich invented sandwiches, tbe ) 0
might gamble for four-and-twenty hours with oche,
termission of a dinner. Who now would. relis„,,e9lo,
Pendant to his name ? When the advance fir,"oroe
is so great, we may be sure that we can ele'lll„deriPitlig
provement in reality.—Church of England Qua,- in
CHANCES or SUCCESS.—Every young Ea— 011,1)- 01)
metropolis, if he will only attend to his business,nd Prnoo
it is, and keep out of scrapes, is a rising InallOra pti4
the prizes and liononrs of the nation before 01;1;ilat"4 0
for himself or his children, at least for th';gf
children. There is no reason to complain Ny'lrake og
the case. We have no exclusions of race• fbe e 59411/
dozen men in good circumstances, either at "1,011"-00/
the west end of London : take themin a club in in.
or in the Exchange, and inquire into their or is :Weld,
is an Irishman, another a Scotchman, another t 011.00
man. Perhaps half of them can show a Celt in (10099
gree. The same number can produce an tweed 14110 f
to this country by the revocation of the edict tats
or a foreigner of still more recent date. S°ofhe
race. As for condition, the great-grandfather, nuot,,tbei
a labourer ; of another a gentleman's butler. eld Ptivot
weaver, of another a journeyman blacksmit, todeote
a hairdresser, and so forth. So far from the it is eille..tif
commerce of London being at all a monoem.,„ or, V.,
rious that nearly all the tradesmen of Louee'llirajoi'
immediate ancestors, came from the countrY. r prOle;001
ow pool 00
persons now at the very head of their trade
who, forty years ago, were country lads, kOwelcl fr°olll
of the metropolis than what they had learn tnif,),c 9
story of Whittington and his Cat. In the rilatry •ne
1):11
districts these examples of successful imbl' 's g
plc, On
more numerous. Manchester, for exam the nt
of nothing.—The whole city is raised from ••1,0 j
and set among princes.—Times
nv HO, to<':,9
ALBERT, OUVRIER, alias LORD Ba yl -
friend is great to-night," whispered Monte Philip bre
he may be greater to-morrow. If Louis bove ofiberi;
(0
he may be prime minister—if firing begins I„nieur If'
notion he won't be anywhere. Ah, ALe-ctia
welcome from Cannes. We have been went toe 50,1 V
some time, and you have arrived not a malm,eheightorglig
The individual thus accosted was of mid rill of,t,
ced age, and very plainly dressed. flo vita,
_r
surtout, trousers of plaid check, and the lelinelc
countenance was buried in the folds ()fellow or other
ge;
The features were remarkable, and,. sem The silbc bte
thought that I had seen them before. y pelljed
eyes rolled restlessly beneath their ; be
the cheek-bones were remarkably prog"n- sae tate 0.7
row was cut on either side of the mouth ;
ea ea dio 0(
which was of singular conformation, seer°, egto7..,t,
spontaneous life, and performed a series appe.,7;
mechanical revolutions. Altogether, t,tng,.llool)
the man impressed me with the idea of sti-:00.4, 01,het
tell energy, and of that restless activity 1.70410 jop
tally the mother of mischief. Monsle‘,l:oo. :100e,1
seem very desirous of courting attenti_uniciov-
winked than replied to our host, threvi?f,.
Bagsby, who was staring him in the ten' tbe nit:(001
with a survey, and then edged away in'unreel';;;o r
L: 0- „, 0J
felt rather curious to know something bo 0)111,0t I n
" Pray, my dear Marquis," said I, sible
sieur Albert be ?" Albert ! It is Pes 001 00 19);
not—but I forget. I can only tell able rlngot7Ofele.
this Monsieur Albert is a very rernar tbe 00
be beard of hereafter among the mull °Jou! bid; 0,01
seem to suspect a mystery ? Wel" that MistblipC
mysteries in all great dramas, such t, yoti .
going on around us ; so for the presentatarter
tent to know my friend as simple Al*O •
wood's Magazine.

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