The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-23 00:00:00

WIGAN.

To OUR READERS.—We beg to inform our readers, and the
inhabitants of Wigan, that arrangements have been made
by the proprietors of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, for
devoting a space, in each publication, for the insertion of
Wigan News, and that every care and vigilance will be
used to present to the general reader, each :reek, a full
compendium of every occurrence of interest in Wigan
and the neighbourhood. The LIVERPOOL STANDARD is
published every Tuesday and Friday mornings, and may
be had in Wigan of the agent, Mr. H. PEET, No. 2,
Wiend, near the Market-place.

WATCH COMMITTEE.—A meeting of this committee was
held on Monday evening last, in the council-room, New
Town-hall, in order to arrange for the supply of new clothing
to the police force. It was decided that the police
should each be supplied with an oil cloth cape, similar to
those worn by the county constabulary. The Town-Clerk
said he had sent notices round for tenders to be sent in, but
had received none. Mr. Marsden was directed to supply
the Clothes, and Mr. Taylor the hats, as the last which was
supplied from his manufactory was exceedingly durable. In-
stead of the allowance of 12s. to each man for shoes, Mr.
Woods was instructed to make a pair for each, of a uniform
pattern. It is in contemplation to add two officers to the
police force, and the subject will be taken into consideration
at the adjourned meeting on Monday next.
THE CHARTISTS.—Henry Birtwistle, who was noticed in
our last as being in custody, was discharged last Monday
evening. John and Jeffrey Higham have been admitted to
bail, to appear on Wednesday next.
STEALING CANNEL.—Two women and a young lad were
committed on Wednesday, by the sitting magistrates at the
Town-hall, for stealing cannel from a yard belonging to
Richard Blundell Hollinshead Blundell, Esq., on Sunday
last, to Kirkdale, to answer the charge at the next sessions.

The Rev., Mr. Rogers, a clergyman of the Church of
Scotland, committed suicide on Saturday last, by throwing
himself into the Lock of Roscobie.

An extensive fire took place in the brewery of Messrs.
Whitbread, on Wednesday morning. It was caused by the
ignition of gas in the building containing the gasometer.
IRON BOATS.—It is worthy of remark, that, while there
are this year seven or eight iron boats building at Glasgow,
three of them of large sea-going dimensions 000 or 500 tons
admeasurement,) thre are no wooden steamers whatever.
BOAT UPSET—THREE MEN DROWNED.-011 Thursday
last, one of the Killough fishing-boats, containing six men,
was upset in a squall, when about a mile from shore. Three
of the men unfortunately perished ; their names are Edward
Walsh, Joseph M'Cullough, and George M`Mullan.—Down
Recorder.
Robert Addy, who was indicted for having attempted to
extort money from a gentleman, named Webb, by threaten.
ing to accuse him of an unnatural crime, was found guilty at
the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, and sentenced
to 12 months imprisonment.
Loss OF A RUSSIAN MAN-OF-WAR.—A Russian ship of
the line, a new 74, going from Archangel to the Baltic for her
stores, was lost last Sunday week on the coast of Norway, 1
off Christiansand, with about 400 men. The wind was a
high northerly gale, off the land, and it is not known whether
she sprang a leak or was out of her reckoning, but many re-
ports, all unfavourable to the captain and officers, were in
circulation at Gottenburgh.— Times.
Mr. Gregory, the inquiring commissioner, has given no-
tice to the Superintendent of Police of Stockport, that lie will
require his evidence and assistance in discovering the origin
and progress of the disturbances in this borough, and that
he (Mr. Gregory) will sit in Manchester for that purpose;
but the Borough Bench, or the Watch Committee, instead
of aiding that gentleman in his inquiries, have ordered the
superintendent to remain in Stockport, on the ground that
the safety of the town will not allow of his absence in Man-
chester to give evidence before Mr. Gregory.—Correspondent
of the Times.

E\ PORT or. PRECIOUS METALS.—By the official returns
published by the customs the exports of the precious metals
to foreign and colonial parts for the week ending Thursday
last were as under : oz.
Silver coin to Rotterdam
Silver coin to Calcutta
Silver coin to Hamburgh
Silver coin to Hong Kong and Macao .
Silver bars to Calcutta
On Wednesday night an afflicting suicide was committe d
at London-bridge by a respectably-dressed woman, having
an infant child in her arms. A short time previously the
unfortunate woman had been observed paciug to and fro on
the eastern side of the bridge, apparently in great distress,
and in reply to questions put to her merely stated she was
waiting for some person. In a few minutes, however, she
suddenly jumped upon the seat of the recess, and before any
one could interfere to prevent her she got upon the parapet,
and plunged with the child into the river opposite Fenning's
wharf. A constable immediately procured the drags, and
with the assistance of some watermen put on', and com-
menced dragging for the bodies, but, the tide running down
very strongly at the time, without success.
TIIE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY CHURCH.—This church,
the first of the kind in connection with railways, is to be
erected on a site of ground near the London and 13iriningharn
Railway for the religious instruction of the servadts connected
with the company and the neighbouring population round
their central station at Wolverton. The proposition emana-
ted from a general meeting of the shareholders in 1840, at
which it was resolved to establish a Church of England chapel
at Wolverton so soon as the sum of £4,000, required to erect
it, should be raised. Within £3OO of that amount has al-
ready been subscribed, including £l,OOO from the railway
company, and an annual endowment for the minister, £2,000
from the Radcliffe trustees, and sundry other sums. A tem.
porary reading-room, capable of holding 230 persons, licensed
by his Grace the Bishop of Lincoln, has been opened until
such time as the church shall be erected, which, it is expected,
will take place early in the spring.
It is to be built in a plain
substantial style, and to contain 600 sittings. There is to be
a burial-ground; with a house for the residence of the Rev.
George Weight, the minister, who has been appointed to
officiate as chaplain. Alt. Glyn, the chairman of the railway,
has presented the trustees with a handsome communion-ser-
vice of plate.