The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-03 00:00:00

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FATAL ACCIDENT.—We regret to have to state that an
accident, attended with fatal consequences to one man, and
with severe injuries to five others, occurred on Tuesday morn-
ing last, at the new church now building in this town. It
appears that about half-past ten o'clock on the morning in
question, four masons' labourers had ascended the scaffolding
erected over the east door of the building. On their arrival
on the platform they threw down their loads of stone on the
planks, which, from some cause or other, was not equal to
the weight, and gave way. The mason who was working
there, and the labourers, were immediately precipitated to the
ground-20 feet below. On assistance being rendered, one
poor man, John Allen, an Irishman, was found dead, and
others materially injured.—Carde Advertiser.

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THE MYSTERIOUS CASE AT DUBLIN.—The adjourned
inquest as to the manner in which William O'Brien, Esq.,
of that city, came by his death, was held on Wednesday last.
At the close of the inquiry the jury returned the following
verdict :—" That the deceased died from natural causes, and

not from poison ; and that they cannot separate without ex-
pressing their disapprobation of the conduct of Mr. William
O'Brien, the nephew of the deceased, whose grounds for
instituting the above proceedings appear to us to have been
instigated by malice, and without the slightest foundation to

justii:y the extraordinary and disgusting process of exhuming

a body three months buried." Mr. Walsh stated that it was
his client's intention to prosecute Mr. W. O'Brien for

DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—We have this week
to record the almost miraculous escape from assassination of
Mr. F. Miles, of Wrington, who is well known in this part
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of the country, and held in deservedly high estimation by an
extensive circle of friends. It appears that on Friday se'n-
night Mr. Miles had been on a visit to Bath, where he had
spent the day. In the evening he returned home ; he was in
his gig, and proceeded safely on his journey till near Perry-
bridge—this was between seven_ and eight o'clock in the

evening; he there saw a man walking hastily over an adjoin-
ing field, with a gun in his hand. When the fellow reached
the high road he made an attempt to stop the horse, but Mr.
Miles, perceiving his intent, applied his whip pretty freely,
and the animal, being a spirited one, plunged a little, and
thus freed itself from the grasp of the robber, and proceeded
at a rapid rate. His design being so far frustrated, the vil-
lain coolly levelled his piece at Mr. Miles, and fired, but for-
tunately without producing fatal results, though that gentle-
man was very much wounded in his head, neck, and shoul-
ders.—Bristol Journal.

DREADFUL DEPRAVITY.—Edward Ellis, wool-comber,
of Jewrywall-street, was yesterday committed for trial at the
assizes, on a charge of having committed a rape on his own
two daughters, one of whom is 13 years of age, and the
other 10. He has been carrying on his brutal practice for
nearly three years upon the eldest child, and threatened to
murder her if she at any time exposed him. On Sunday
last, the poor little creatures were overheard by some of the
neighbours, while conversing together in the yard on the sub-
ject. The neighbours have for some time suspected the fa-
ther, and they immediately informed the mother of the cir-
cumstance. Mrs. Ellis instantly questioned her children,
when they communicated to her the whole of this horrible
and disgusting affair. Information having reached the ears
of Mr. Charters, the superintendent of police, he gave direc-
tions for the man to be apprehended, and a policeman dis-
covered him in bed at a brothel on Sunday.—Leicester paper.
PRESENTS
_T9 THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—The Berlin COT-

respondent of the Wurtzberg Gazette writes from that city,
on the 19th instant, that Queen Victoria had sent the fol-
lowing presents to the King and Queen of Prussia :-Ist. A
cradle, with the figure of nurse holding in her arms an infant,
resembling the Prince of Wales, all of pure gold. 2d. A
pistol, which, when the trigger is pulled, opens and exhibits
a completely furnished dressing-case. 3d. A gold mosaic
snuff-box, upon which are to be seen allegorical souvenirs re-
lating to the baptism of the Prince of Wales. 4th. Four
boxes containing snuff. sth. A dozen knives and forks, of
gold, except the blades of the knives, which are of Damascus
steel, and the handles ornamented with a crown set in brilli-
ants. 6th. A stone vase, containing the rarest Indian fruits.
7th. Two extraordinary large legs of mutton.
PROPOSED DISMEMBERMENT OF THE NORTHERN
CIRCUIT.—We have just received information that it has
been decided to separate Yorkshire from the Northern Cir-
cuit, and to join it with the Midland Circuit. In our seventh
page will be found a memorial of the West-Riding magistrates
assembled in quarter sessions to the Queen in council,
against this proposed change, and we had hoped that the
very strong and decided feeling in opposition to the innova-
tion would have been respected ; but it now appears that such
is not to be the case. How the various conflicting interests
which this change will produce are to be reconciled ; and how
the great public concerns that will be affected by it are to be
saved, it passes our comprehension to conjecture. Are all
the clients, professional and extra-professional, of this vast
and wealthy county to be thrown upon a body of legal advo-
cates, personally strangers, and by practice unexperienced in
all the local pecularities of the district, and that too with a
far more limited choice of counsel, the number of members
on the Midland Circuit being necessarily smaller and com-
prising fewer eminent men than that body which has been
attracted to the Northern Circuit by the much more ample
field it offers for successful practice ? Then, again, are the
members of the Northern Circuit Bar to be deprived of the
most lucrative portion of their practice without compensa-
tion ? Or, being at liberty to retain their Yorkshire practice
by migrating to the Midland Circuit, are they to relinquish
Lancashire, Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and
Westmorland, for the chances of what they may pick up as
strangers on the Midland Circuit ? These are grave questions,
involving the adjustment of extensive popular predilections,
and private interests which may fairly be regarded as vested
rights, and exciting dissatisfaction and difficulties more easily
raised than allayed. If the Northern Circuit is too large, it
has arisen out of contempt in the first instance, when its dis-
tance from the central powers caused it to be less favoured
in the‘visitation of legal tribunals than other parts of Eng-
land; much in the same spirit as Horace would have banished
war and pestilence from Rome to Persia and Britain ;—and
now that the ancient slight has produced effects which make
the Northern Circuit the most enviable for its wealth and
importance, it is too bad to attack it on the opposite side.—
Leeds Intelligencer.

COUNTY CONSTABULARY MEETING OP MAGISTRATES.—
On Thursday a meeting of the magistrates, acting within the
petty sessional division of Manchester, was held at the New
Bailey Court-house, Salford, at eleven o'clock, for the pur-
pose of carrying into effect the resolution passed at the an-
nual session at Preston, on 31st March, and for considering
what number of officers and men will in future be sufficient
for the petty sessional division of Manchester. The first re-
solution was, " That the monthly accounts for contingencies
be laid before the magistrates on the first Thursday after the
3d of each month, at the New Bailey Court-house, at twelve
o'clock." This resolution, which has simply for its object
the management of the money transactions connected with
the division, instead of leaving them to the annual sessions
at Preston, was carried without opposition. In the course
of a long conversation afterwards, as to the propriety of con-
tinuing the present expensive constabulary force, it was
moved, " That upon a careful review of the exigencies of the
district called the petty sessional division of Manchester, it
appears to this meeting, that the constabulary force cannot
with propriety be reduced below the existing number assigned
to that district, being at the rate of about one constable for
each 1700 inhabitants." To this proposition Sir Thomas
Potter moved an amendment, that the number of constables
be reduced from 58 to 50. It was urged against the amend-
ment that the saving would amount to only one-fifth of a
farthing in the assessment, and that it was a sum too insigni-
ficant to be worth carrying into effect. The original motion
was carried. The only other business connected with the
force was in relation to details, and not of public interest.
The London Morning Post in its summary of the contents
of the French papers, says,—" Sunday's Paris papers are
quite destitute of news, and as dull as are their leading arti-
cles. All the world had gone, in the afternoon, under a broil-
ing sun, to the races on the Champs de Mars, the desecration
of the Sabbath for such a purpose being thought nothing of.
A hurdle race, in addition to some good entries, had added
to the attraction of the military race course."—We have not
yet come to this in England. We may be equally indifferent
to the right observance of the Sabbath ; but we do not carry
our " Christian liberty" quite so far as to admit horse-racing
within its circle. What we may be by-and-by, when " phi-
losophised" and " continentalised" out of our Christianity,
time will tell. It would, no doubt, be delightful could we be
induced to adopt the maxims and to imitate the examples held
in admiration by such multitudes of " the wise ones of the
earth." What a number of inconvenient incumbrances and
unreasonable restraints we should get rid of, and how plea-
sant it would be to see, as in Paris, the shops open and the
theatres crowded, and to hear the chink of the trowel and
the sound of the hammer as the mason and the carpenter
progressed in their work ! Oh ! but we need not go so far ;
we don't want to abolish the Sabbath altogether. And why
not ? If you abolish three-fourths, or one-half, on what prin-
ciple is the remainder to be spared? If you are not bound
to the observance of the whole of the day, how are you bound
to the observance of a part ? But no matter. Our philoso-
phists will have their way : but let those who are happily
furnished with a better guide, walk "in the old paths." They
will find them safer in the end than those " innocent recrea-
tions" by which the mind is insensibly initiated into indiffer-
ence and disrespect.
THE ESTABLISHED Ciruncir.—During the last year
eight Methodist preachers of Bolton, Lancashire, have re-
nounced their errors, and obtained admission to the Church
of England. The Rev. James Slade, M.A., the vicar,
preached a sermon on the opening of Christ Church, (for-
merly a dissenting place of worship, and known as Ebenezer
Chapel,) from which the following interesting particulars re-
lative to the circumstance alluded to above are collected :
" The congregation at Ebenezer Chapel," said Mr. Slade,
" belonged to what is called the Methodist New Connexion.
The Rev. Thomas Berry, minister of the chapel, had long
been greatly dissatisfied with the system of dissent, a fact
which he never concealed. Last:year an opening presented
itself for the disposal of the chapel, and it appeared that his
desire to join the established church was shared by some of
the leading members of his congregation. Upon this he
communicated with me, and as his character was well known
to me, I directly laid the case before the bishop, who at once
consented to ordain Mr. Berry, provided that the congrega-
tion and chapel, with all its appurtenances, were transferred
to the church. With the exception of a very small portion
of the people, this entire transfer was agreed to be made.
The bishop accepted the promise held out, and Mr. Berry
was ordained accordingly. It was now found that his coad-
jutor in the ministry of the chapel had previously formed an
intention of leaving it, and of going to the University. Six
of the local preachers also came over to the church, as did
all the trustees, who had long been, like the minister, much
dissatisfied. The greater portion of the schools connected
with the chapel, both teachers and scholars, followed the ex-
ample of Mr. Berry. The building is licensed till the con-
secration can take place, and the service is now conducted
according to the rubric of the established church." This is
very encouraging. Some converts from Romanism have
lately been received into our communion. Three Romanist
ladies, resident at Saltash, Cornwall, having abjured the
errors of the Romish Church, were admitted as recognised
members of the Church of England by the Rev. G. H.
Pedlar, M.A., curate of that place.—Correspondent of the
Morning Post.

Coromandel: Ryan, from China, off Penzance
Albert, Keith, from Demerara, off Cove, in 39 days. Off Deme-
rara, spoke the Sandbach, hence, and Coverdale, from the Clyde
GREENOCK, April 28.—Large quantities of loose cotton were
passed about 100 miles westward of Cape Clear, by the William,
arrived here from Trinidad

SUNDAY, MAv I.—Wind S.E. light.
ARRIVED.—Andrew Scott, Imrie, from Apalachiaola— Matthew
Pearce, from Savanilla—Columbia, Clarke, from New Orleans—
Thomas Bennett, from Charleston—Susquehanna, Miercken, from
Philadelphia—Eliza Dennison, and Alexander, from Mobile—Naney
from Savannah—Nelson Wood, from Maranham—Courier, from
Pernambuco—Avon, Robinson. from St. J ago de Cuba—Packet,
and Jane, from Laguna—Bella Portena, from Buenos Ayres and
London—Thetis, Brown, for St. John, N.B.—Jane, from Africa—
Pet, Bulkely, from Zante—lsabel, from Charente—Briton's Queen,
from St. Michael's —Douglastown, from Marseilles—and Fowey
Packet, from Bilboa. _ _

Burlington, Thing, hence at Mobile
New York, Westchester, and Siddons, hence at New York

Andes, BrOcklebank, hence at Bahia

Deemster, Scott, from Bourdeaux, at the Mauritius
Cremona, Steer, hence at the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed for
Bombay 23rd February _

Isabella, Reid, hence at Algiers

Isis, Wedlock, hence at Rouen
Lintin, Gillman, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for Bombay
4th February, and Lord Keane. Roberts, for Ceylon, on the 18th
CAPE or GOOD Hose, March I.—The Cheshire, Hendrickson,
from Bombay for Liverpool, encountered a hurricane, on the night
of the 12th January, in lat. 20 S. long. 73 E, during which she was
entirely dismasted and received other damage. She put into Mau-
ritius, to refit, and must discharge all her cargo
PIIILADELFRIA, April 4.—The Royal Mail Company's steamer
Medway, Smith, was on shore on a small island, two miles north-
east of Puerto Cabello, the 12th March On the sth April, the
Laurens, from New Orleans for Cowes, put back to the former
port for repairs, having been in contact, about the 26th March, off
Key West, with the Loochoo
Assam, —, hence for Calcutta, was spoken 31st Jan. In lat.
19 S, long. 30 W
Kirkman Finlay, hence for Bombay, was spoken 14th Feb. in lat.
34 S, long. 11 W
Parsee Merchant, hence for Bombay, was spoken in lat. 35,
long. 19
Monarch, from Oporto for this port, was spoken 16th April, in
lat. 48, long. 12
Thomas Naylor, hence to Havana, was spoken ISth April, iu lat.
47, long. 10
Caledonia, hence to Jamaica, was spoken 21st April, in lat. 40.
long. 18
Theresa Jane, hence to Maranham, was spoken 23rd April. in
lat. 50, long. 10
Nelson Wood, from Maranham to this port, was spoken 24th
April, in lat. 32, long. 9
Hereford, from Calcutta to this port, was spoken in lat. 45, long.
2

i
Litherland, hence to China, was spoken in lat. 49. long. 10
Indian Chief, hence for Montreal, was spoken 17th April, in lat.
50, long. 18
Grace Darling, hence for Barbadoes, was spoken 19th March, in
lat. 21, lohg. 43
Snowdon, hence for Africa, was spoken gth April, in lat. 40,
long. 9
Aberdeen, hence for Quebec, was spoken 14th April, in lat. 51,
long. 17

MONDAY, MAY 2.—Wind S.E.
Aanivsn.—Caledonia, Swinford, from New Orleans—Vixen,
—, from Leghorn—Nancy, Henderson, from Savannah—Cieely,
from the Mediterranean—Ann, Hall, from Charleston—
Orange Branch, Tulloch, and Freedom, Tyrer, from Lisbon—For-
tuna, Taay, for Dordt—Margaret Marshall, M'Kenny, and Rose,
Tweedie, from Tralee—Ann Mitchell, Johnston, from Limerick—
Susan, Bell, and Gleaner, Ball, for Ballina—Amy, Lord, from
Dublin—Reindeer, Hughes, and Caledonia, Williams, from London
—Fortitude, Thompson, from Ipswich—Grecian Daughter, Price,
from Harwich—Eliza Watson, Watson, and Melampus, Monteith,
from Leith.

Little Wonder, from Graciosa, at this port, with 21g bales of
cotton from the Mary Ann Hatton, which had been condemned
and sold. The Black Cat was also taking in some of her cargo,
and the Quiver and Torch were daily expected from St. 1\1i,:q.,, 's
Independence, from New York, off the Saltees ; sailed
Cambridge ; Kalamazoo, and Echo, hence at New York
Adeona, hence at Gibraltar
Active, Miller, cleared at Gibraltar for Liverpool 14th April
Native, Reel, hence at Cadiz

Mars, Easton, sailed from Cadiz for Liverpool 20th April
Ace of Trumps, Lidstone, and Coral, Butler, hence at Lisbon
Desire, Stabb, sailed from Lisbon for Liverpool 23rd April
Novel, Whitfield, from Trieste, at Patras 13th April
General Wiltshire, hence off Cork, 261 h April, for Baltimore

TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MAY 2

Wind at Holyhead, S.E. in the morning; East in the evening.
light breeze.

Off Holyhead, at 4 a.m. No. 2568, independence, A.S. from New
York ; 8235, Matilda, Ek. at 5 a.m. from China, and 4237, Paragor
ship, at 5 p.m. from London
Off the port, at 5 30 p.m

2 brigs and 6 schooners

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.

SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Bi.c.
Athena. 'l' A shbridge, 369 Calcutta, Imrie & Tomlinsoi
Zennbia, N Putnam, 705 Canton, Baring Brs & CI
WEST INDIES AND MADEin
Whampoa, J II Whitfield, 376 Demerara, Bolds & Starke:

SOUTH AMERICA.
Golden Fleece, M Ilubbuck, 312 Bahia,
Gipsy, F F Creswell, 378 Rio Janeiro,
BRITISH AMERICA.
446 Quebec,
EUROPE.

J Holliwe
Moon Brothel

Chapman & Willis

222 Alexandria, Egypt, J Aikih & Son
172 Oporto, Highfield & Withers
188 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend & Co
143 St. Petersburg, Bahr & Co
194 Trieste, Bahr, Behrend & Co
172 Constantinople, Bahr, Behrend & Co
204 Malta and Athens, J G White
70 Nantes, Cram, Smith & Co
237 St. Petersburg, Bahr & Co
2uo St. Petersburg, Bahr &Co
174 St. Petersburg, Imrie & Tomlinson
314 Trieste, Bahr, Behrend & Co
128 Rotterdam and Cronstadt,
Cram, Smith & Co
Schyryd, S Nowlan, 13g Syra and Salonica, Bahr, Behrend &Co

James Gibson, .1 Stuart,
Oporto, W Smith,
Nyverheid, P A Lievens,
Intrepid, W Roberts,
Earl Leicester, —,
Pasha, T Leggett,
Caledonia, J Menhennet,
Inverness, R S James,
Port Reval, P Chenstophy,
Alida, C F Sanftleben,
Llama, E Clayton,
Diana, W Miller,
Russell, A Winter,

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL.
MAY. flu

May 4, Dickinson and Glover, (proof and
final div ) Clarendon Roooms, 2
5, John and Elizabeth Fisher Ditto,
_... I

6, Cunnard and Ingraham, (2nd)
6, William Darlington, (2nd) ....,
6, Piers Lowe, (2nd).

Ditto, 11
Ditto, 12
Ditto, 1

PRICES OF SHARES, MAY 2.
Prices within the last seven days. This days
RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share
Bolton and Preston
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 paid 0 0 0
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 .... 2 6 8 5 15 5
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 23 5 0
Half Shares 6 .... 6 0 0
Glasgow, Paisley,
Greenock, and Ayr
Grand Junction ....
Ditto half shares.. ,
Quarter
New ditto....
Great Western
Ditto new shares 5O
Ditto Fifth Shares 4
Great North of England lOO
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Preston 47 10 0
Leicester and Swannington 5O
Leeds and Selby
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto hall' shares
London and Birmiugha:
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto old shares
Ditto new
London & Brighton

Kilmar j5O paid 0 0 0

184 10 0 .... 190 0 0
95 0 0 .... 95 0
0 0 0
26 15 0 ...
95 0 0 ...
65 0 0
10 10 0 ...
0 0 ex
O 0 0
O 0 0
O 0 0
O 0 11

187 10 0 ex
0 0 0...
U 0 0...

ISO 0 0 . .. MI 0
0 0 .... 37 5
01 0

60 0 0
31 0 0
36 12 6
o o o
64 o 0 .... 63 15
O 0 0 ....
6o 0 0
28 0 0
O 0 0

Ditto new
London and South Western
Ditto, 10th shares
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury
Manchester and Birmingham 4O ..

Ditto and Ditto Extension
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto half shares
Ditto quarter shares
Midland Counties

si o o .... 88 0
39 15 0 .... _

2:::. a 7 6 6 7
100 .... 79 10 0
15 19 12 6 ....
100 .... 0 0 0
40 .... 33 15 0
21 18 4 ....
75 .... 0 0

Ditto, quarter
North Midland
New North Midland
One-third Shares
North Union
Newcastle and Carlisle
Ditto quarter shares ,
Ulster
Paris and Rouen
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto, new
York and North Midland
Half Shares

100 .... 0 0 0 ...
25 .... 0 0 0 ....
25 .... 18 0 0 ....
16 .... 17 5 0 .... 17 5
48 .... 31 10 0 ....
-- .... 4 2 6 pm. 4 10
50 paid 0 0 0 ....
15 .... 32 10 0 ....

BANKS

Bank of Liverpool ....
- Borough Bank
- Commercial of Liverpool 10
- Commercial of England. 5
- East of England lO .
- of Manchester lO ~
- M'cliester Rc L'poul Dsct. 15
- Northern and Central
- North and South Wales lO ...
- Royal of Liverpool 500 ....
- South Lancashire
- Albion
- Liverpool Union lO ..
- Liverpool Banking Co lO
- Wilts and Dorset..

e. 12 lOspaid 18 10 0
10 .... 13 10 0
17 0 0
0 0 0

0 0 0 ....
O 0 0 ....
O 0 0
O 0 0 ....
O 0 0
656 10 0 ....
o 0 0
oo
0 ....
O 0 0 .... 10 12
O 0 0 ...
7 10s. 0 0 0

G4S, WATER WORKS, &c.
Exchange Buildings
L'pool and Harrington Water )
Works Stock .. 0u 0 . 587 0
Bootle Ditto Stock.... 0 0 0
L'pool Gas Light Company,
(Original Stock) 109 .... 0 0 o
Ditto new Shares.... 100 .... 0 0 0
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO o 0
Ditto new shares are now paid up.

ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
M'chester Assurance Company. 10 .... 0 0
Liverpool Fire and Life........ 2 105. 3 0 0
Ocean Assurance 2 10.. 0 0 0
Liverpool Marine Assurance }1 0 paid 0 0
Company
DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES,&e.
Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 Ss. 0 0 0
Rock Ferry
Steam Tug Company lO . . 0 0 0
Harrington Docks
Apothecaries' Company
Asphalte (Liverpool) ..... ... .
(Polonceau)