The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-25 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

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A . E • rOOR OP KlREDALE.—lmmediately on the frost and
severe weather setting in, the Rev. D. James, incumbent of
St. Marys Church, Kirkdale, commenced investigating the
state of the. poor in his own district, and to administer relief
without waiting for a public subscription. In the course of
a few days 60 blankets, 147 yards of excellent flannel, and
provisions to a large amount were distributed among 130 fa-
milies, giving to each family its choice of what it most needed.
Sunday morning last, the rev. gentleman made an appeal
to his congregation in aid of this object, and the sum of
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£4l Bs. was collected, being.the largest collection ever made
that church since it was opened.
THE ELECTION.—Parrna —parliament will meet on Thursday week,
the 3rd of
writell to February. The motion for the issuing of a new
for Liverpool, consequent on the elevation of Mr, Cress-
w the Judicial Bench, will, in all likelihood, be made
on that day or the next. The writ will, in that case, reach
Preston by the end of the week, and Liverpool in a few hours
afterwards. The election will, threrefore take place towards
the end of the week following, probably on the 11th of Feb-
ruary.

A PUBLIC PARK IN TOXTETII-PARK.—The Town Council
having declined to purchase land for the purpose of forming
a park or parks for the use and recreation of the public, Mr.
Richard Vaughan Yates has purchased from the Earl of
Sefton the large quantity of forty-three acres, two-thirds of
which arc to be laid out for a park for the use of the public,
and the reaming third is to be appropriated to sites for villas.
The noble lord receives £llOO per acre ; so that the purchase-
money for the whole will exceed £47,000.. The land abuts
on the south, to Ullet-lane, which runs from the Park char
past the end of Aigburth-road, and, on the east, to Lod
lane, which joins Ullet-lane. It is beautifully -."
manding fine views in every direction.
THE PIANO.—We have been much gratified by a reek.
inspection of Mr. Dreaper's new and varied assortment of
instruments. There are in his collection at present some su-
perb grand-squares, and cabinets, by Collard and Collard,
Broadwood, Tonakisson, and others of the first"L-onclon ma-
nufacturers, which have pleased us alike by the richness and
orilliancy of their tone, and the splendour and beauty of
their appearance. 'We have been surprised at the moderate
prices at which Mr. D. can afford to sell such superior in-
struments, and would strongly recommend any lady or gen-
tleman in want of this indispensable article, to pay an early
visit to his show rooms.—(See advertisement.)
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BURGLARY.--Joseph Lewis, a respectable-looking man,
, on Saturday, placed.before Mr. Rushton, chargrd with
having broken into theli;elling-house of James Farrimund,
of Johnson's-court, Adlington-street. It appeared from the
evidence, that Mr. Farrimund locked up his house at eleven
o'clock on the night of Friday last, and that on Saturday
morning at five it was found that some thief or thieves had
obtained access through a window, and had stolen a clock
and two chairs. About a quarter past five o'clock that
Morning, constable 542, who was on duty in Dale-street,
stopped the prisoner at the corner of Hatton-garden with the
clock in his possession. The prisoner told a long story of
the clock having been given to him by a man who directed
him to carry it to Cumberland-street. He was committed
.for trial.

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BLUE COAT BROTHERLY SOCIETY.---UUderthe foregoing
title a society was formed about four years ago, consisting
.exclusively of individuals educated in the Liverpool Blue
Coat Hospital, whose principal object is to visit the boys
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