The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-07 00:00:00

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St. Silas', Pembroke-place, with a purie of money; and the
teachers of the Sunday-school attached to the church with
six volumes of "Dr. Cumming's Works," and " Bink's
Unfulfilled Prophecy," as a token of their esteem and ap-
preciation of his untiring zeal during the short time he
has laboured amongst them.

CHOLERA. LIFE -.A.SSURINCE.-At no former period was
the value of Life Assurance more appreciated than during
the last visit of that dreadful scourge cholera to this
country. An instance of the uncertainty of life has come
to our knowledge of a person in this town, who insured his
own life and that of his wife's, in " The Merchant's and
Tradesman's Mutual Life Assurance Society," on the 7th
of September last.—She died on the 16th of the same month,
and her husband received the money on the 7th of October
last. It would be well if the public were as alive to the
uncertainty of life as they are of the danger of fire—all are
agreed about the latter, why leave the other undone ?
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND THE ARCTIC REGIONS.—
The Rev. Dr. Scoresby will deliver a lecture, upon this in-
teresting and important subject, to-morrow evening, at
the Hope-hall, Hope-street. The lecture will be the first
of a series upon various subjects, to be delivered in con-
nexion with the Church of England Institution. The
high reputation of the lecturer, and his intimate personal
acquaintance with the subject, and with the localities to
be treated of, (which he will illustrate by diagrams, &c.,)
will give unusual interest to the occasion. When holding
a commission in the royal navy, Dr. Scoresby commanded
one of those expeditions to the Arctic seas which have
now been brought to such a melancholy close by the sacri-
fice of Sir John Franklin and his heroic companions. As
the surplus is to be appropriated to the local Church of
England Institution, which needs support, it is to be
hoped a large and respectable audience will be assembled.

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. —On Tuesday,
Martha Jane Ward, the alleged housekeeper of Isidore
Bernestein, was again examined, with a view of eliciting
what had become of the money stated to have been carried
off by the bankrupt, beyond the £6OO he has given up,
but nothing satisfactory was elicited. Wednesday.—ln re
H. B. Fox.—The bankrupt carried on the business of a
wine and general merchant in this town. This was the
certificate meeting. A third-class certificate was granted.
In re Thomas Kimplon.—This bankrupt, formerly in
business as a parcel carrier, came up on his last adjourned
examination. The bankrupt was examined principally
with reference to certain accounts, as to the payment of
witnesses, &c., in several recent trials between the bankrupt
and the railway and steam-packet companies. The
bankrupt said he was not aware of such claims having
been paid to the witnesses. After some conversation
between the commissioner and the attorneys, the case was
further adjourned.—ln re Robert Getty.—The bankrupt,
a local shipbuilder, came up for final examination, but the
case was postponed to the 21st inst., to enable him to file
an amended balance-sheet. The bankrupt, Isidore Berne-
stein, has been liberated from duress under which he was
kept from the moment of his arrest. A meeting for
choice of assignees will take place to-day.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the usual board meet-
ing on Wednesday, the Rev. W. Badnall presided, and
there were also present, Messrs. Ledger, Morris, M`Gee,
Abrahams, Alpass, Lunt, Wensley, G. Harrison, Shaw,
James Birch, Kirkus, Heyes, Mountfield, and Daly. On
the motion of Mr. Ledger, seconded by Mr. McGee, the
clerk was directed to apply to the Poor Law Board, and

request their immediate decision with reference to the
removal from office of Mr. Morley, the late collector of
poor-rates, and as to the appointment of a collector instead
of a clerk paid by the present assistant-overseer. The pro-
ceedings were more than usually devoid of interest, and
the small attendance at the board was the result of the
municipal election. The number in the house was 565,
against 678 same time last year, indicating a more pros-
perous state of affairs in the union. The out-door relief
had decreased in about the same proportion.

LADIES AND THEIR " BARGAINS."—A curious case was
heard at the Police-court on Wednesday, in which Mrs.
Tyrrell, the wife of one of the inspectors of the Fish-mar-
ket, narrowly escaped being victimised by an enterprising
" duffer," through an inordinate love of a " bargain?' It
appeared that, on Monday, a well-dressed man called at
her shop, in Great Homer-street, and offered to sell her
some tea and tobacco very cheap, leading her to believe
that the goods were smuggled. He produced some excel-
lent " samples," and at last she consented to purchase a
" prime lot," which he was to fetch next day. She men-
tioned the matter to her husband, who told her to give
the " smuggler" into custody in case he called again. On
Tuesday he came with two large parcels, which he repre-
' I tobacco, and demanded instant pay-
- Tyrrell, however, was in ambush,
ed him, when he piteously offered £2
Finding this unavailable, he drew a

immediate

to be set at liberty

given into custody. The parcels were neatly made up,
and had an outer crust of tea and tobacco, while the inte-
rior consisted of very fine sawdust. The prisoner, whose
name is John Murphy, was remanded for seven days.
THE PA.TEIOTIC FUND.—On Thursday, a meeting was
held in the Town-hall, Manchester, the mayor in the
chair, in aid of the patriotic fund. The following sub-
scriptions were handed in :—Sir Benjamin Heywood and
Co., £250; Loyd, Entwistle, and Co., £250; J. C. Harter
and Co., £200; A. C. Henry and Co., £200; T. and R.
Barnes' £2OO ; E. Buckley, £2OO ; J. and N. Phillips,
£250 ; W. Grant and Brothers, £250; E. Armitage, £100;
Potter and Norris, £100; Thomas Hoyle and Sons, £100;
R. Gardner, £100; the Mayor, £100; W. Fairbairn and
Sons, £100; J. P. and E. Vesthead, £100; Shines
Printing Company, £100; S. Fletcher and Co., £100; W.
R. Wood, £5O; Robert Gladstone and Co., £5O; W. B.
Watkins and Co., £5O; Sir Humphrey de Trafford, £5O;
Colonel Clowes, £lOO ; Findlater and Mackie, £5O ; W. B.

Wanklyn, £100; Mr. Robley, £25 ; Joseph Bull, £25 ; B.
Smith, £2O ; Barratt, Trueman, and Co., £3O. Then came
the subscriptions of working men :—The fine spinners,
£26; workmen of Mr. Peter Read, £3 Os. ; ditto of Sharp
and Co., 108. 6d. ; ditto of the Strives Printing. Company,
£23 ; and there were sums of .23,- £2 175., £2 3s. Bd.,
£5 17s. 6d., £6 Os. 11d., £5 6.62 d., £2 13s. 6d., R 7 15s. lid.,
£45 9s. 51€1., and other amounts from other bodies of
working men. By the close of the meeting the funds had
reached £3,500. A hope was expressed by Mr. Westhead
and several gentlemen that the widows of officers would be
included with those of the common soldiers and sailors.
A committee was appointed to further carry out the objects
of the meeting.

ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
The third meeting of the seventh session of this society was
held at the Royal Institution, on Wednesday ; Mr. Frank
Howard presiding. Mr. Thos. Avison, F.S.A., Fullwood-
park, and Mr. T. F. Spence, Brownlow-hill, were elected
members. Mr. W. H. Weightman announced the dona-
tion, from Mr. Robert Rawlinson, of a report on the plan
and survey of the borough of Swansea, and a report on the
proposed source of water supply to the borough of Bir-
mingham. He announced that the intended lecture by the
Rev. Dr. Scoresby would be open to the members of the
society, and read a letter from the Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, inviting the attendance of the officers of
the Architectural and Archaeological Society to the meet-
ings. A letter was also read from Messrs. Mason and
Hunt, disclaiming any intention to pass a slight on the
society in dedicating their work on Birkenhead Priory to
another society. On the motion of Mr. Picton, th'letter
was considered an ample amendment for the unintentional
discourtesy of the writers. Mr. Boult announced that the
members would be admitted to the next meeting of the
Polytechnic Society, when Mr. Towson will read a paper
on the elevation of the compasses of iron ships. Mr. Picton
informed the meeting that St. George's Hall was now
open without the usual Town Councillor's order, between
twelve and one o'clock each day, and that when the organ
was finished it would be opened without any restriction.
Mr. Boult then read an interesting paper on " Architectural
Conventionality," which elicited remarks from Mr. Picton
and others, and was warmly applauded.
KIRICDALE SEssloss.—Mr. J. W. Harden, judge of
the Birkenhead county court, presided at the Kirkdale
Sessions, which commenced on Wednesday, in place of the
Ven. Archdeacon Brooks. There were 71 felony cases and
32 misdemeanours, but of these 30 persons were included
in one case—a prize-fight at Tarbock. None of the trials
possessed any features of interest. At the meeting of the

magistrates,on Tuesday, Mr. Superintendent Sheppard,
on the part of Captain Woodford, presented the head-con-
stable's report, from which it appears that the strength of
the constabulary force is 601 men. During the past three
months there had been 675 persons apprehended for felony,

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tharily convicted, and 293 discharged ; for misdemeanours,
1954 persons had been apprehended, of whom 52 had been
sent for trial, 1599 had been summarily convicted, and 303
discharged; for vagrancy, 281 persons had been appre-
hended, of whom 167 had been summarily convicted, and
114 discharged. Total, 2910 apprehended, 255 sent for
trial, 1945 summarily punished, and 710 discharged. In
the course of the same period 5570 persons had been sum-

moned for various offences, of whoni one had been sent for
trial, 6082 had been summarily convicted, and 487 had
been discharged; making a total of 8480 persons appre-
hended and summoned, of whom 256 had been sent for
trial, 7027 had been summarily convicted, and 1197 had
been discharged. During the corresponding quarter last
year the numbers were—apprehended 8494, sent for trial

201, summarily convicted 7426, and discharged 1061. In
enumerating the several offences comprised in the above
totals, it appeared that no less than 859 persons had been
apprehended for drunkenness, while 503 persons had been
summoned for the same offence. The report of the finance
ittee recommended the payment of £575 to Mr.
bridgemaster, and of £2lO to the coroners. The
of weights and measures had visited 415 shops,
61 convictions obtained afrainst narties

suitable court-room for the
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to the town council to provide
Mr. Pollock would be
atur-

happy to let the magistrates have his court ever
day, and directed the attention of the visiting

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