The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-10 00:00:00

EMPLOYMENTS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

(From the Morning Herald.)
We have just received two huge blue books, being Parts
I. and 11. of the " Appendix" to the parliamentary " Com-
mission on Children's Employment." Each " part" con-
sists of nearly 900 folio pages. Part I. is illustrated by some
lithographic sketches of men, of women, of children, em-
ployed in what we may term " brute labour" and " brute
transport." Here are,' women harnessed to coal carts, and
dragging them through seams of coal from 22 to 28 inches,
only, in height,—working their burdens some backward—
others forward—over the dismal perforations, rather than
roads, with a dip of 1 foot in 3, to 1 foot in 6. This infa-
mous, this disgusting, this unsexing employment is exacted,
at this day, of wretched, but miserably poor and untiringly
industrious yeomen (!) in some of the mines of Scotland, and
the north of England, under circumstances to which at pre-
sent we cannot trust ourselves further to allude. We shall
speedily recur to the subject, however, more at large. In
mines in Lancashire, boys are employed some in pushing,
others in draggingloaded coal trucks through those miserable
seams or galleries,—the pushers becoming bald, from the
friction of their heads against the trucks, the draggers
maimed from hauling it on their bands and knees ;—and both
these employments are habitual ! In mines at Rochdale and
in the vicinity of Preston and Macclesfield, miners work at
the coal in positions and under restraints and confinement,
as to space for their exertions, which shock belief, but are
terribly exemplied in the rude but effective lithographs at pp.
158, &c., of Part I. One of the men shown, (and of all re-
presented in the cuts it is said (p. 159) that " they generally
work " naked,"—) is as destitute of all habiliments as a na-
tive of the Washington Islands. He was found working "in
a mine not more than from 18 to 20 inches in thickness. His
chest was brought down so as almost to rest upon the thigh,
and the head bent down almost to the knee !" How strange
that £20,000,000 of money should have been heaped upon
the fetters of negro slaves in the West Indies in order to
break them ; and that not one indignant tongue should yet
have been heard within the walls of Parliament to denounce
a legalised or at least permitted system of physical degrada-
tion to men, of moral ruin and bodily torture to women, of
barbarous captivity and toil to children, for which the
bondage of Egyptian taskmasters, the tyranny of European
" overseers," and the humiliations of Moorish slavery have
supplied no parallel, and can suggest no type !

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning last, a
shocking catastrophe befel a man named Benjamin Taylor, a
slubber, in the employ of Messrs. Armitage and Body, of
Milnes-bridge, near Huddersfield. It appears that in conse-
quence of there being something defective about the water
wheel, he went upon it for the purpose of rectifying what was
amiss, when, from some unknown cause, the water suddenly
rushed out and set the wheel in instant motion, and horrible
to relate, literally cut the poor fellow asunder.—Leeds In-
telligencer.

MURDER OF A POLICEMAN IN LONDON.—For the last
three weeks, a series of highway robberies have been perpe-
trated on persons passing through the fields in and near the
Hornsey-wood House, by a foot-pad said to have been heavily
armed, and a description of whose person was a few days
since forwarded to the station house of the N division, Isling-
ton Green : since which period, Mr. Superintendent Johnston
has caused additional men to be placed near the spot com-
plained of. Shortly before 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon,
police constable Charles Moss was on duty near Hornsey-
wood House, when be observed a gentleman going along the
path which leads from it towards town„ and a man following
him, wko also answered the description of the party suspec-
ted. He pursued him, and, on approaching within a few
yards, the villain turned round and fired a pistol, and the
ball lodged in Moss's right arm. MOSS called loudly for
help, and police constable Mallet, N 341, who was standing
on a hill about a quarter of a mile from the spot, and a jour-
neyman baker, named Charles Mott, and who also was near
joined in the pursuit. The man Mott had got within a few
yards of the fugative, when the latter drew another pistol
from his breast and again fired, wounding his pursuer in the
shoulder. Mr. Howard, a baker, of Hornsley, who saw the
occurrence, gave chase to the assassin, whom he kept in
sight along the main road in the direction of Highbury Barn,
on arriving near which he jumped over a ditch into some
fields in the direction of Highbury College. Mr. Howard
followed, and whilst doing so observed him reloading his pistol.
He got into a lane at the end of which there was no thorough-
fare, and in which he was met by police constable Timothy
Daley, who was about to seize him, when he drew from his
breast the pistol he had re-loaded-, and fired at Daley, who
instantly fell lifeless, the ball having penetrated his heart.
By this time Mr. Howard and the other pursuers came up,
and the murderer was seized. He exclaimed, " I'm done now ;
I give myself up ;" and he was then asked to deliver up his
pistols, which he did. On being asked if he had anything
else about him, he said "No ;" but, on being searched, a
knife or dagger, sharpened at the point on both sides, was
found concealed down his fob pocket. The pistols are old
cavalry pistols, with flint locks, and odd ones ; the stock of
one of them was much stained with blood, and the knife also
had stains of blood upon it. The murderer is apparently
about twenty-four years of age, of spare habit of body ; his
teatures are oval, his eyes and hair dark. He calls himself
Thomas Cooper, and says he is a bricklayer. Upwards of
twenty persons saw the murder committed. On Friday the
prisoner was brought up before the magistrates at Clerken-
well. The court was excessively crowded. The prisoner
appeared to be in a state of weakness and suffering, and he
was accommodated with a chair. He spoke, when addressed
by the magistrate, in a low, feeble tone. The individuals
who witnessed the circumstances above related gave their
testimony. The prisoner sat leaning on the front of the
dock, with his face resting on his hands. He declined ask-
ing any questions of the witnesses. As the examination pro-
ceeded, his countenance was observed to assume a ghastly
hue, he appeared to be growing weaker and weaker, and, at
length, fell insensible into the arms of the gaoler, when he
was removed from the court. A communication was shortly
afterwards made to the court that the prisoner had stated
that he had taken poison. Mr. Dwery, the surgeon, who
had been giving evidence in the case, immediately hastened
to his assistance. This gentleman shortly afterwards con-
firmed the opinion that the prisoner had taken poison. In-
spector Penny announced that the prisoner was getting
worse every instant, and that he was at that moment throw-
in o- up large quantities of blood. Waddington, the gaoler,
said the prisoner had told him he had pnrchased, on the pre-
ceding evening, two pennyworth of white arsenic and six
pennyworth of laudanum. The crowd in the court was,
during this time, in a state of great excitement. In a short
time the unfortunate man ceased vomiting. He took a little
brandy and water, and some emetics, and appeared to be re-
covering, though he remained in a state of great debility. On
Saturday the prisoner was again placed at the bar, before
Mr. Greenwood, the sitting magistrate, when the depositions
of the witnesses examined on Friday were formally taken
down by Mr. Mould, the clerk. The prisoner looked rather
better than on Friday, his colour having partially returned ;
and it was stated that he had passed a very good night, and
slept soundly for several hours. During the proceedings,
however, he became faint, and was unable to attend to the
examination of the witnesses. The magistrate, finding him
in this state, ordered the further examination to be post-
poned. Mr. H. Hayes Walton, one of the surgeons of St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, told the reporter that the prisoner
had not taken poison of any kind : his present enfeebled
state was the result of mental and bodily exhaustion, pro-
duced by his not having taken any food since the day of the
murder, and his obstinately refusing to take any, and his
great anxiety of mind. The strong emetic that had been
given him, when it was conjectured he had taken poison, was
the cause that prevented stimulating liquids remaining on his
stomach, and of the relaxed state, accompanied with pain, of
the bowels.

PRICES OF SHARES, MAY 5.
Prices within the last seven days. This days
RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices
Bolton and Preston
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto quarter
Birmingham and Derby lOO .. 0 0 0 ....
Bristol and Exeter 7O .... 0 0 0 ....
Birkenhead and Chester
Ditto, new 2O .... 0 0 0 ....
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto new Shares.... 26 8 a 4 2 .... 5 : 8
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 ....
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 0 0 0 ....

Half Shares 6 .... 6 0 0 ....
Glasgow, Paisley, Hilmar 1
50 paid 0 0 0 •• • '
Greenock, and Ayr........
Grand Junction -
Ditto half shares 5O ... 95 0 0 ....
Quarter 5 .. 26 15 0 ....
New ditto....
Great Western 65 .... 94 10 0.. ..
Ditto new shares se .... 65 0 0 ....
Ditto Fifth Shares 4 .... 10 10 0 ....
Great North of England
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Preston 47 10 0 0 0 0 ....
Ditto J unction, new — .... 0 0 0 .... IS 10 0
Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 0 0 0 ....
Leeds and Selby
Liverpool and Manchester - ex.
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto half shares
London and'Birmingham 9O .... 181 0 0.. ..
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto old shares
Ditto new
London & Brighton • 50 .... 0 0 0 .... 36 0 0
Ditto new .
London and South Western
Ditto, 10th shares ..
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury .. g 3 .... 81 0 0
Manchester and Birmingham.. 40 .... 28 15 0
Ditto and Ditto Extension .. 7 .... 0 0 0
Manchester and Leeds .
Ditto half shares
Ditto quarter shares
midland Counties
Ditto, quarter
North Midland
New North Midland
One-third Shares

32 15 0 ....
21 18 4 ....
North Union
Newcastle and Carlisle loo .... 0 0 0
...
Ditto quarter shares
Ulster ... • 18 o o ....
Paris and Rouen
South Eastern and Dover 5O •• 32 0 0 with n. shs. &in
New shares
York and North Midland 5O paid 0 0 0 ....
Half Shares l5 ...• 0 0 0 ....
BANKS.
Bank of Liverpool £l2 iOs paid 20 2 6 .... 20 2 6
Borough Bank l3 12 6 .... 13 12 6
Commercial of Liverpool 10 .. • • 17 2 6 ....
Commercial of England. 5•• • • 00 0 ....
East of England lO
.... 0 0 0 ....
of Manchester lO •••• 0 0 0 ••••
M'chester & I.'pool Dsct. IS ... • 10 7 6.. .
Northern and Central
North and South Wales lO .. • • 0 0 u "' •
Royal of Liverpool 500 .• • • 00 0 ... . 61,7 10 0
South Lancashire
Albion
Liverpool Union lO 12 6 ....
Liverpool Banking Co lO •• • • 00 0 ...
Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. 0 0 0 ••••

GAS, WATER WORK'S, &C•
Exchange Buildings 4lOO paid 'l,l 0 0 175 0 0
L'pool and Harrington Water
Stock .. 587 0 0
Works
Bootle Ditto Stock.. • • ° ' • • •

L'pool Gas Light Company,
(Original Stock) 100 ... • 00 0
0 0 0
Ditto new Shares lOO .. • •
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .t'loo. •• • o 0 0
Ditto new shares are now paid up.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
M'cliester Assurance Company. 10 .. • • (.', n„ C
Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s• . " "
Ocean Assurance
Liverpool Marine Assurance }lO paid 0 0 0
Company

DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, 'C'c• „
Anderton Carrying Company ~ 16 3s. ° ° "
Rack Ferry
Steam Tug Company lO . • 0 0 0
Harrington Docks lOO •••• o 0 0
Apothecaries' Company
Asphalte (Liverpool)
0 A 0
(Polonceau)

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT-MAY 7,

ADMITTED.
DISCHARCIED
In-patients cured
Relieved and at own request 7 1 Out-patients ........ 0
Made Out-patients - 0 Casuals during the last week 2
Irregular ...
Dead
. ........ I e main lathe house ..... 196

Consulting
Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson.
Chaplain
House Visiters, N. D. Boßldeanditc. D.
isay.leßs.
Reade, Esqrs.
Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess.
House Surgeon. Mr. Brandreth.
E. W. JACKSON, Treasurer