The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

ACCIDENT TO THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADsToNE,
M. P.—The bon. W. Gladstone is now on a visit at Har-
warden Castle. and during a shooting excursion Wednesday'
whilst iu the act or reloading one barrel of his gun, the other
by some means unknown was discharged, shattering the fore-
finger of the left hand to such a degree that his medical
attendant, Mr. T. Moffat, M.D., of Harwarden, decided
upon amputation, which was performed by him and Mr. G.
Harrison, surgeon, of this city. We are glad to hear that
he is going on remarkably well.—Chester Chronicle.
rATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LATE VIKA.-
an inquest was held on the body of Edward Monks, agedlS,
one of the parties employed in getting goods out of the ware-
house which took fire on Monday night, in Galton-street.
The deceased was in the act of assisting to throw out a bale
of cotton and a case of goods from the third story, when the
cat-head fell, carrying some bricks along v;ith it, one of which
struck him on the head, and precipitated him into the street,
producing a compound fracture of the skull. He was taken
to the Northern Hospital, where he died on Tuesday. Ver-
dict accidental death.
LARGE APPLE.—An apple was shown at the 4\iorthwich
flower show, on Thursday last, 51 inches high, 12 in circum-
ference, and 17 ounces weight. It was grown by Thomas
Ravenscroft, of Bostock.
THE REV. J. BAYLEE.—On Thursday last the ladies
belonging to the congregation of the Rev. J. Baylee, minister
of the new Church, in Birkenhead, presented their indefati-
gable pastor with a handsome gold watch and appendages.

SPLENDID NEW LIGHT AT WOODSIDE f'E
have frequently heard of the brilliant effect produced by the
Bode Lights i❑ the metropolis, and the inhabitants of Bir-
kenhead are indebted to the spirited conduct of the Com-
missioners for introducing this light at Woodside Ferry•
The gas is supplied by the Birkenhead and Claughton Com—
pany, who fitted up the apparatus. It throws a full radiant
light to the bottom of the slip, at which point a letter maY
be read at night. This light will afford comfort and safety to•
passengers during the winter season.

CARTS IN MILK-STREET.--Mr. Priestley appeared before;
Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, on behalf of the Markets
Committee, and requested that the magistrates would not
enforce the fines on several parties against whom informations
had been laid by constable kVilson for having left carts in
Milk-street, on the preceeding Saturday. The parties he
said, had been in the habit, for upwards of twenty years, of
leaving their carts in the street, and no complaints had been
made. Mr. Rushton said he would, for the present, merely
enforce the extra costs for the service of the summonses.
The fine of ss. and costs of 4s. 6d. should be suspended till
he had communicated with the Markets' Committee.
LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.—This meeting takes
place on Thursday and Friday next, when some first-rate
sport may be anticipated. The entries have well filled, and
the same excellent arrangements that were enforced at the
July meeting will again be made. On the first day, there
will be five races and heats, and on the second the same num-
ber. For the Heaton-park Stakes there are sixty-one sub-
, scribers, the weights of which we give in another column•
For the Palatine Stakes there are thirty-four subscribers.
RETURNED ENIIGRANTS.—We noticed some weeks ago,
that large numbers of people who had emigrated to the United
States had returned in the ships from New York. They
continue to arrive in considerable numbers. The greatest
number brought by one ship, up to last week, were 250 by
the Hottinguer ; but, on Tuesday night, the packet-ship NeW
York arrived with upwards of 300, many of whom would
starved from: want of provisions, had not Captain Cropper
humanely supplied the poor creatures out of the ship's stores.
Amongst the passengers were lot of British sailors, who had
been some years in the American Navy, which they left, they
say lest, if hostilities should break out between Great Britain
and the United States, they might be brought into deadly
conflict with their own countrymen.
STAGE-COACHES AND OMNIBUSES.—By the new act re-
lating to stage-coaches, (sth and 6th Victoria I, chap. 79,),
and which comes into operation upon and after the 3d ()t
October next, the average space allotted to each passenger is
required to be sixteen inches, measuring in a line lengthwise
on the front of each seat. Children below five years of age,
sitting in the lap, are not to be deemed passengers within the
act. The number of passengers which such carriage is con-
structed to carry is, as at present, required to be legibly
painted, both inside and outside, for the information of
travellers by these vehicles.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS.—The Special commission for the
trial of the Lancashire rioters is fixed for Tuesday, the 4th
of October. :Lord Abinger and' Sir E. H. Alderson are
expected to preside. The trials will be held in the Castle of
Lancaster. The Special Commission for Staffordshire is to
be opened on Saturday, the Ist of October, and on Monday
the trials will commence. Chief Justice Tindal will preside.
Upwards of 200 prisoners are now in custody. Sir Gregory
Lewin is appointed one of the counsel who will appear for.
the Crown at Lancaster. R. Godson, Esq., M.P., will con-
duct the prosecutions in the cases of riot at the Special
Commission in Staffordshire.

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—On Saturday morn-
ing last, about a quarter before six, a fire broke out in the
extensive cotton mill, known as the Blackfriars Mill, Man-
chester, and which was occupied by Messrs. Thornton and
Co., as mule and throstle spinners. Among the manY
similar properties destroyed by fire, and the writer has see"
many, he has no recollection of so speedy and complete a
destruction as in the present case. Nothing whatever vial
saved, and there is nothing left standing but the two end
gables. The building was the property of Mr. Lomas, and
fully insured. Messrs. Thornton and Co., the tenants, were
also insured. The building was eight stories high. About
three hundred hands will be thus thrown out of employment
by this calamity. The fire originated in what is known aS
the blowing-room. In about an hour all was completely
burnt down. The estimated loss of the building and ma'
chinery is £15,000.
CALUMNIES OF THE MERCURY.—" If the town council
had wished to make a grant of land to the Catholic Orphag
Asylum, the town-clerk could readily have drawn up a case
in conformity with that wish—none more ably—and as rea-
dily would he have obtained the opinion of a dozen barris-
ters quite as learned as Messrs. Bacon and Finney, in favour
of its perfect legality."—Liverpool Mercury Sept. 914-
" We never said, nor did we mean it to be inferred as our
opinion, that the case which the town-clerk did prepare nt_si.
dishonest, or other than an .unzmpeacheable statement qi
facts."—Liveriool IVlercury.Sept.l6th. "In the Mercury
of the 2d instant, we. published communications from .11
Wigan correspondent giving. an account of the state of trade
at that place, and of certain alleged disputes between the
masters and men. We have since been assured that th,
statements therein made relative to Messrs. Ryland a.nial
wit
and, in order to do away
Spn were yrossly incorrect;.
the erroneous impression which they are calculated to create',
we publish what we believe to be the real facts."—Liverpoo!
Mercury Sept. 16th. Hints from lawyers sometimes worit,
trange marvels, and these, we suppose, are the results of
some of them.