The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-17 00:00:00

SCOTCH CHURCH, OLDHAM-STREET.--The final election
of a minister to the Scotch Church, Oldham-street, in the
place of the Rev. Dr. Ralph, will not take place till the 28th
instant.

ALLEGED CHILD MURDER.—Another case of child mur-
der has taken place in this town. The mother of the child
resided somewhere in Everton, and had not been apprehended
yesterday. An inquest will be held on the body this day.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—During the afternoon of Wednesday,
a carpenter who was working on board the Sir Charles
Napier, now lying in one of the docks, accidentally fell into
the hold, and he expired in a few minutes after being taken
out.

DOCK COMMITTEE.—There was no meeting yesterday of
the Dock Committe, in consequence of the absence of the
chairman and deputy-chairman in London, on the Mersey
Conservancy Bill.
BOROUGH COURTS' BILL.—The Liverpool Borough
Courts' Bill has passed the House of Lords, and will in a few
days receive the royal assent. In this measure the certiorari
clause, which has been in vain struggled for so long, is se-
cured. The efficiency of the court will thereby be greatly
increased.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—The court for the relief
of insolvent debtors in the borough of Liverpool will com-
mence on. Friday, the 22nd July nest. Mr. T. B. Bowen is
the commissioner.
HoLmr.s' CLOTH MART.—The " light sovereign" nui-
sance, we are glad to see, is done away with in some of the
shops in this town. Messrs. Holmes, at the Cloth Mart,
announce that they do not object to take any from their cus-
tomers. This establishment is well conducted, and deserves
support.
A WELL-KNOWN THIEF DETECTED.—At the Police-
court yesterday, a young man, named William Williams, who
had often before figured in the bridewell books, was convicted
of stealing a poor sailor's jacket from a ship. He had before
been three times committed, and as often discharged for want
of sufficient evidence. As the owner of the garment was
shortly going to sea, he was summarily dealt with by being
committed for three months to hard labour in the House of
Correction.

CAUTION TO PROPRIETORS OF DOGS.—On Tuesday, at
the Police-court, no less than twenty-five persons were fined
five shillings each for suffering their dogs to be at large.
There were at the same time forty-two dogs confined in the
yard at Rose-hill station. They are well fed and taken care
of; but the owners ought immediately to apply for them,
otherwise iu less than three days the Mayor will grant an
order for their execution. There are now no less than forty-
five dogs in custody.
DESPOILING A GARDEN.—Three young men, Hall, Da-
vidson, John Smith, and Thomas Marshall, were yesterday
placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having stolen a
bunch of flowers from a garden in the neighbourhood of the
town, in which they had, during the night, done considerable
damage otherwise to the flowers and shrubs. The case was
proved. Mr. Rushton remarked that it was quite disgrace-
ful to enter gardens which parties had gone to great cost and
trouble to establish and beautify, and wantonly commit such
depredations. Though the damage done was estimated at an
amount of only about 25., he fined each of them Is., and
costs 55., as a warning to others.
DEATH FROM AN ORANGE PIPPIN.—An inquest was
held on Tuesday before P. F. Curry, Esq., touching the
death of William Williams, aged one year and four months,
son of Grace Williams, of Norfolk-street. On Monday
afternoon the deceased was sucking an orange, and amusing
itself by the side of its mother, when she was alarmed at
perceiving that he appeared to be choaking. She took him
up, imagining that he had swallowed a piece of coal. She
slapped his back, and endeavoured to get the substance from
his throat. She could not succeed, and he died in her arms.
Mr. Long, one of the surgeons of the Dispensary, deposed,
that he had made a post mortem examination of the body,
when he found an orange pippin in the windpipe,‘which had
been the cause of death. Verdict accordingly.
THEFT FROM A YOUTH.—A boy named Noah Chegwin
was yesterday charged, at the Police-court, with stealing a
sovereign from a very young lad. The latter had been sent
with three sovereigns to pay an account at a brewery. On
his way the prisoner came up to him, and asked to look at
the bit of paper in which the money was placed. He opened
it, and returned it apparently in the same condition, and
went away ; but it was soon found that a sovereign was
wanting. The prisoner, next day, went to the place where
he was employed with a pair of new shoes on; and, being
suspected, he was given into custody. He was afterwards
heard to say, that the sweat of the little boy's hand had made
a hole in the paper, and that a sovereign dropped out, which
he picked up, and subsequently spent. The prisoner, who
appeared to be but thirteen or fourteen years of age, was
committed for trial.
CLAIM FOR WAGES.—Yesterday, at the police-court, a
stout, little man, named James Mellish, preferred a claim
for wages, amounting to £l7 15s. Od., alleged to have been
due to him by Captain Peter Burke Fishley, of the schooner
Maid of Cashmere. The applicant said that the vessel origi-
nally sailed with a cargo from this port for the Mediterra-
nean. He was not then on board of her, but joined her at
Plymouth—where she called on her outward passage—and
acted as mate of her until her return some days ago. He
had agreed for wages at the rate of £4 10s. a month, and
claimed the amount stated as a balance due. The captain
resisted the claim, on the ground that the applicant had, by
carelessly stowing some coal tar in a pantry, and procured
contrary to orders, caused damage to sundry bales of mer-
chandize, which were afterwards surveyed by Lloyd's, at
Malta, of which he had a certificate. It was not, however,
proved that the goods were in good order when the ship
reached Plymouth. Two other mates had been discharged
after the bales were taken on board, and before applicant
joined the vessel; and one of the captain's witnesses dis-
tinctly swore that the coal tar was not upset or disturbed
(so as to damage them, as imputed) during the whole voyage
outwards, which terminated at Smyrna. The captain then
endeavoured to prove that the applicant was incompetent to
act as mate, but also failed in adducing satisfactory evidence
on this point ; and Mr. Rushton ordered the full amount of '
wages claimed by Mellish to be paid to him, together with
the costs.
ACCIDENT AT TIIE VICTORIA DOCK.—An inquest was
held before the borough coroner, on Tuesday, to inquire into
the circumstances touching the death of Alice Shaw, a female
36 years of age, who resided in Banastre-street. George
Wilson, a plasterer, deposed that he was at the North Shore,
close by Beacon's Gutter, on Monday evening, when he ob-
served a spring cart, drawn by one horse, and six or seven
men and women in it. They were going along Victoria-road
leading from Birch's public-house. The horse ,was on a
slow trot at the time, going at the rate of about your miles
an hour. Two or three of the parties were sitting on a rail
on the side of the cart. As the vehicle was proceeding
along, it gave a sudden jerk, owing to the unevenness of the
pavement, and the deceased having fallen out, the off wheel
went over her breast. She was then removed to a shed, and
subsequently taken home, where she breathed her last at 11
o'clock the same night. All the persons in the cart appeared
more or less intoxicated. The driver, William Lister, who
was sitting in the front, appeared in liquor also. Mr. Sa-
muel Deane, surgeon, deposed to having seen the deceased
on Monday evening. She was in a state of intoxication at
the time. He examined her chest, and was of opinion that
she had died from internal hemorrhage, by penetration of the
lungs or blood-vessels, produced by fracture of the ribs. A
verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned.

CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—We in
vite attention to the notice, in another part of our paper,
of a meeting to be held on Monday next, in behalf of the
above important institution. The Rev. Rector Campbell
will occupy the chair. Upwards of 1,200 schools in con-
nection with this society are supported by the voluntary
contributions of the churchmen of Ireland, and 70,000
children receive through their means the blessings of reli-
gious education. Thus an instrumentality is offered for ex-
tending the efficiency of the church ; and at the same time
an energetic protest is maintained against a system of educa-
tion, (exclusively supported by the public funds of this
country,) the basis of which is such that the church of Ire-
land is compelled to seek elsewhere for means to support
scriptural schools for the poor. We are delighted to per-
ceive from the renort of this society, that the members of
the Church of England are bestirring themselves in the
work of education. A noble example is set them by their
Primate, who subscribes £2OO to the Diocesan Board of
Armagh, and £2OO per annum also to the Central Board of
the Society. A finance committee of the leading noblemen
and gentry has also been formed, for the purpose of collect-
in.. funds ; the society is altogether in a flourishing state.
We expect important details from Dr. O'Sullivan, who is,
perhaps, better acquainted with the state of Ireland than any
man living. The Rev. H. M`Neile will be present at the
meeting.
ROBBERY IN A TEA WAREHOUSE.—A young man, named
Blake, formerly a chimney sweep, was placed before Mr.
Rushton, on Tuesday, charged with having stolen 1501bs.
w2ight of tea from the premises of Messrs. Roberts and Co.,
tea dealers, Bank-buildings. Mr. Wardle, solicitor, appeared
on behalf of Messrs. Roberts and Co. He stated, that on
Friday morning last, a quantity of tea was stolen from the
premises of Messrs. Roberts. They had strong reason to
suspect that Blake had been concerned in the robbery, and
their present purpose was, if the magistrates thought that
the evidence was sufficient to warrant his detention, to have
him remanded for further investigation. The prisoner Blake
was formerly a sweep, but he had, for a considerable time,
entirely neglected his avocation, and had associated with bad
characters. The evidence which they intended to offer was,
that he had called at a smith's shop, and made a crow-bar,
which crow-bar was found on the premises, in the chimney,
and that he had several times within a month or six weeds
been seen, with his visage blacked, so that he resembled
a sweep, lurking about the buildings. His former
employer swept the chimneys at those offices. When
asked what he was doing, he stated that he was
going to sweep the chimneys, which was not the fact.
Mr. Roberts and his warehouseman proved, that the pre-
mises had been broken open, between Thursday night and
Friday morning last, and robbed of 1501bs. of tea. Mr.
-Walmsby, a smith, was called. He stated that one day last
week the prisoner called at his shop, and asked if he might
use the fire for the purpose of joining two pieces of iron.
He gave him permission, and he joined two pieces of iron.
The crow-bar found on the premises, which was evidently
made of two pieces of iron joined together. was produced.
Mr. Walmsby said he could not swear that this was the iron
on which the prisoner had operated. He could not tell whe-
ther it resembled it. Mrs. Walmsby was called. She said
she ordered the prisoner out of the shop. She could not tell
whether that was the iron which the prisoner had joined.
She thought it was not. The piece which the prisoner was
handling was much smaller. The prisoner was remanded for
some further evidence.

SWEEPING CHIMNEYS BY MACHINES.—Con Wednesday
evening, the master chimney sweepers of this town, held a
general meeting in the Odd Fellows Assembly Rooms, Fleet-
street, for the purpose of adopting measures to promote the
operation of the act which comes into force on the Ist of
July next, prohibiting, under heavy penalties, the employ-
ment of any person under 21 years of age il. the sweeping of
chimneys. There was a numerous attendan:le. Mr. Peter
Charles was called to the chair, and he stated that the trade
in Bristol, Bath, Nottingham, and many other places had, in
public addresses, declared their desire to carry out the pro-
visions of the new act, and announced their intention to put
into use the machines which have been invented for the pur-
pose. Mr. Samuel Wood, a gentleman who has taken Brent
interest in this subject in Liverpool, next read an address
from Mr. Stephens, to the trade in London, in which
he described the nature of the new act, and strongly urged
upon them, that the best and only mode of improving their
trade, and of increasing their respectability, would be cordi-
ally to unite in carrying out the provisions of the act. This
address was listened to with marked attention, and it elicited
considerable applause. Mr. Dilworth then read an address on
the part of the trade in Liverpool to their customers, in which
they pledged themselves to observe the law in every respect,
and requesting the public to aid them in so doing. This ad-
dress was unanimously adopted. A series of resolutions
founded on this address were then proposed and carried after
some observations from Messrs. Lewis, Bennett, Jeffreys,
Ashton, Turton, and Smith. A person enquired whether
the trade would be allowed to clean the chimneys of steam-
packetst by boys? The chairman read the clause, from which
appeared that this could not be done without incurring a
penalty of_ £for every otience. .Mr. Dilworth then moved,
and
Iris Mr Miller seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Wood for
active and
which he had disinterested exertions in behalf of the trade
in this matter. •
Ir. Wood, in reply, said the little exertions
with wh mad had been given from a desire to do awayat was now
namely, the 'emplo universally considered a crying evil—
piameeentfi of boys in chimney
from a desire to
footing possible. Subscriptions sweeping, and
trade upon the most respectable
defray the expenses, after which
were then entered into to
to the chairman and the mweerngtisieepuasruaateldt.hanks were voted