The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-21 00:00:00

AMMICAII CIRCVS.—The extremely duet company of
American equestrians are about to revisit Liverpool. The
entertainment they afforded last year will be greatly enhanced
by the novelties they can introduce.
CAR-DRIVERS FlNED.—Thomas Hilton and John Barnes,
car-drivers, were yesterday charged in the police-court with
driving past St. George's church during divine service. One
of them drove up Lord-street, across the Crescent, and
went into Redcross-street, in place of going along South
John-street, up Cable-street, and thence across to Red-
cross-street. The other had driven along Castle-street, south-
ward, and along Derby-square, into James's-street. The
case being proved, they were each fined 10s. and costs.

THEATRE ROYAL.—We beg again to draw attention to
Mr. W. J. Hammond's benefit, announced to take place on
Monday next. The bill of fare for the night will give several
of the company opportunities of displaying their talent and
ability. The fine old comedy of "Speed the Plough" ap-
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pears to be well cast, as also the afterpiece, the " Pilot,
in which Mr. W. J. Hammond will appear in his original
part of Captain Barrowcliff'e—with his "opining and guess-
ing." A very full and fashionable house may be expected.
Mr. Hammond's many friends should now prove their
sincerity. We need hardly remind the Masonic craft that
the Lessee has some claim on them for support as " a good
and worthy brother."
Tun FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The market for
English securities remains unchanged. The bargains entered
into were few, but the aspect of quotations continues as firm
as previously rated. Consols for money were last quoted
931 to ; ditto, account, 93 to Bank Stock, 165 to 166 ;
Exchequer Bills, 555. to 575. premium ; India Stock, 251 to
252 ; 3 per Cents. Reduced; 928 to i; 31 per Cents. Re-
duced, 100;1 to 4 ; New 34 per Cents., 1018 to 4 ; Long An-
nuities, 128 ; and India Bonds, 465. to 48s. premium. In
foreign stocks, Spanish Actives were quoted 16/ to 8 ; ditto,
3 per Cents., 214 to t ; Mexican, 321 to 4 ; Dutch, 2-4 per
Cents., 524. to 8 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 100 K to t. ; Danish. 82
to 83 ; Brazilian, 63 to 64 ; Belgian, 1034 to 1044 ; Portu-
guese 5 per Cents., 374 to 38 ; ditto 3 per Cents.. 224 to
23 ; Colombian, 20/ to 21/ ; and Peruvian, 154 to 164.

COMPLETION OF THE EXCAVATION OF THE SALTHOUSE
Docx.—This dock, to which considerable quay room has
been added on the eastern side, its depth increased, and
has otherwise undergone great improvement, so that it forms
one of the new docks now in progress in the centre of the
town, having been completed, the contractors, on Thursday
evening last, treated their hands to bread, cheese, and ale on
the occasion. Tables were laid out in the interior of the
dock, and above five hundred workmen partook of the
.above-named refreshments. The contractors provided very
liberally for the men, as we understand they treated them
with I,ooolhs. of bread, 350 lbs. of cheese, and six barrels
of ale. The entertainment lasted for about an hour, and
attracted considerable notice.

CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES.—Mr. Thomas Royden ap-
pears as a candidate for Great George Ward. His spirit-
stirring address is quite in accordance with his manly and
straightforward habits of dealing, and in him we are sure we
shall have an honest, determined defender of our established
institutions, and of the sound and long-tried principles upon
which they are based. We cannot afford to have any trim-
mers, any half-and-half conservatives, in the camp. The
principles by which we obtained our ascendancy in the coun-
cil are the principles by which we must continue to hold it.
We did not eject the liberals from the town-hall merely to
occupy their places ; we did not struggle, for power for its
own sake, but for the sake of having it administered upon
right principles. We die, not assume principles as a means
of obtaining power; we sought power as a means of carry-
ing out our principles . we can, therefore, have nothing to do
with those who profess to be conservatives while power is to
be gained, and betray the principles of conservatism as soon
as that power is obtained. It is the duty of all right-
minded electors to show that they have no sympathy with
persons of this description.—Courier.

MARINE SIGNALS.—We were much struck, the other day,
wish the simple and efficient manner in which Marryatt's
Code of Signals is used on board the ship Lady Rowena, of
this port. The plan, we believe, originated with her late
commander, Captain Clayton, and may he thus described :
An horizontal block, with ten sheaves in it, is hoisted to a
mizen topmast-gaff, and a similar or sister block is fastened
to the quarter-rail ; through each sheave, above and below,
a haulyard is rove, and the two ends of each haulyard fas-
tened together; on each haulyard a flag is bent, and the
number indicated on the lower sheave. There are also two
smaller blocks for the pennants; the numbers are thus rea-
dily hoisted, hauled down, or changed, with a rapidity and
certainty unequalled by any other method. We recommend
our nautical friends to visit the ship, and feel assured they
will be gratified by witnessing the simplicity of the contriv-
ance, which has often enabled Captain Clayton to receive
and communicate intelligence with surprising rapidity when
falling in with ships at sea. When not required, the blocks,
haulyard, and flags are stowed away altogether in a box, and
when wanted, the upper block is hoisted to the gaff, and any
signal may be instantly made. As our friends in America
would say, " Go and see."
DISMISSAL OF A POLICE-OFFICER.—On Wednesday last,
Matthew Maguire (No. 113), of the borough constabulary,
was ordered by Mr. Rushton, at the Police-office, to be dis-
missed the force, for having, while in a state of intoxication,
upon the night of Tuesday last, shamefully beaten an unfor-
tunate Irishman, who hed just landed from the Drogheda
steamer, with a large stick. It appeared, from the evidence,
that the act had been one of great violence upon the part of
the officer, who had rendered essential service heretofore in
apprehending thieves, and who, from his activity in this and
other respects, and long experience, must have known well
that he was exceeding his duty. The transaction occurred
shortly after the fire had broken ont afresh in the neighbour-
hood of Neptune-street. An immense crowd assembled for
the purpose of witnessing the flames, and among others the
Irishman who had just landed. Maguire had ordered them
to retire, and, because his order was not instantly obeyed,
he rushed into the crowd, being drunk, and struck the Irish-
man several blows with his stick, thereby inflicting on him
a number of dangerous wounds. He then gave the man into
custody ; but, upon the hearing of the case, the tables were
completely turned, and Maguire was ordered to pay for the
assault 50s. and costs, or to be imprisoned a month, and to
be dismissed the force. He alleged, in his defence, that he
had not a stick in Isis possession, and that he was not intoxi-
caa,2d, having taken only two glasses of rum.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon,
about twenty minutes to four o'clock, as Mr. Frederick K.
Thompson, professor of music, of 47, Bedford-street, was
riding on horseback along Crown-street, near Edge-hill, the
animal took fright and ran off with him, taking down Pem-
broke-place, London-road, and Shaw's-brow. He main-
tained his seat for a considerable time, but was eventually
thrown near the bottom of the last-named street, and, one of
his feet remaining in the stirrup, he was dragged some dis-
tance with his head on the pavement before the terrified
horse could be stopped, which was effected at the bottom of
Dale-street. lie was lifted up with all possible speed, and
conveyed, by Mr. Inspector Anders and others, to the shop
of Mr. Bradbury, chemist, in that street. Dr. Cripps was
immediately in attendance; but finding him in a most pre-
carious state, ordered his instant and careful removal to the
infirmary, to which he was conveyed with every care and
promptitude. The utmost medical and other attention was
given to the case of the unfortunate gentleman, but the in-
juries he had received precluded all hope of his recovery.
His skull was fractured, and the right leg severely contused.
He never spoke after being picked up, and breathed his last
about four o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased was
about twenty years of age, and was highly respected. The
horse on which he rode was, we learn, the property of his
brother, who attended him at the Infirmary.
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THE LATE MR. BIBBY. —On Wednesday morning' a
rumour was prevalent throughout the town that a party or
parties had been apprehended on a charge of having caused
the death of the late lamented John Bibby, Esq., who was
some time since found drowned in a pond in the vicinity of
Stand Park. The following are the particulars which gave
ground for the report :—Amongst the recent convictions was
a female of notorious character, whose crimes have at length
been visited by the penalty of transportation. She belongs
to a family of disreputable persons, most of whom have
already been banished, and all her connexions are of the
worst description. This woman, a short time ago, while
undergoing her removal from this town to the point of her
ultimate departure from the kingdom, communicated to the
person who had her in custody, that she knew something
concerning the death of the late Mr. Bibby. She said that
she had overheard two parties, who have been sentenced to
transportation for life, say that they had dragged Mr. Bibby
along the road and robbed him of his watch and other valu-
ables, and that they threw him into a ditch, but they did not
iutend to hurt the old —. They had, they said, taken the
old —'s watch and money, but they had no notion that he
would be such a fool as to go and drown himself after they
left him. The woman also states that she had the watch in
her possession some time, and that she ultimately disposed
of it for the two men. This story is considered rather
apocryphal, as the woman is known to be a cunning indi-
vidual, capable of saying or doing any thing. It is believed
that she has trumped up the story to procure delay, in the
hope that she may ultimately remain in the country.
THE LATE FIRE IN FORMBY-STREET.—For some days
past a mass of fire has been smothering under a heap of part
of the ruins in one of the cellars at the back of Crossley's
sheds, Neptune-street, which it has not been possible en-
tirely to subdue, it has, however, been kept so far under as
to enable the labourers to remove the rubbish and part of
the property, chiefly turpentine. At six o'clock on Tuesday
evening the ruins were, to all appearances, quite safe, but at
about half-past six, an alarm was given that the fire had
broken out afresh, and so quick was the communication to
the combustible matter, that in five minutes the place was
one mass of flames. At first it threatened destruction to all
around, and great fears were entertained, for a fine stack of
warehouses on theopposite side of Neptune-street. M`Night's,
337, which were partially destroyed on the 23d September,
caught tire, but, by timely directing the branch to the part,
this was soon got under. We have great pleasure in stating
that Mr. Dowling, Mr. Whitty, Mr. Hewett, Mr. Maxwell,
Mr. Stone (of the customs), and many respectable gentle-
men, were early in attendance, and exerted themselves
nobly to save the property and extinguish the flames which,
at one time, bore an alarming appearance. Tne engines,
seven in number, were soon on the spot, and, after a little
delay, were copiously supplied with water ; though the admir-
able conduct of the firemen, under the able directions of
Messrs. Whitty, Hewett, and Maxwell, the flames were,
after great exertions, reduced, so as to require one engine
only, which now remains in case of need. About nine o'clock
the fire was reduced to the save state as it was at six o'clock.
We could not but admire the praiseworthy conduct of several
gentlemen, whose names we could not learn, mixing them- '
selves with labourers in removing nearly 300 barrels of
turpentine (lying in Crossley's shed) which had been got out
of the ruins in the course of the day—amongst which the
fire was raging furiously—particularly a young man, ware.
houseman to Mr. Kewley, of Crossthwaite s, Galton-street,
who at great risk was first at this task of danger.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last an in-
quest was holden at Huyton, before Mr. Reyes, the county
coroner, touching• the death of Michael O'Brian, whose death
was occasioned under the circumstances related in the follow.
ing details of the evidence adduced before the coroner and
jury :—John Cundin stated that he met with the deceased on
Saturday last, in Liverpool, where he had been receiving his
pension. Deceased requested witness to help him to drive
three pigs to Prescot. They had got nearly as far as the
Blue Bell, and were on the right hand side of the road, when
witness turned round, and saw deceased on the ground, hav-
ing been knocked down by a gig. The gig did not stop, but
a person came up on horseback, who rode on to Prescot for
a surgeon. Deceased was not able to speak. lie was re-
moved to Eaton's public-house, close by, where he was at-
tended by Mr. Garton, surgeon. He died the following
morning.—Ann Tinsley deposed that she saw the deceased
and another man driving some pigs on Saturday last, between
five and six o'clock. She was within a few yards of the de-
ceased when a gig came up, the horse attached to which was
galloping. The deceased was knocked down, and the wheel
passed over his neck or head. There were some carts pass-
ing at the time, which might have prevented the deceased
from hearing the gig coming. This person described the
person who was driving the gir, : it was Mr. Abraham Fair-
clough, of Winstanley, nailmaker.—Mr. William Fairclough,
nephew of Mr. Abraham Fairclough, and who was with the
latter in the gig when the accident occurred, was examined.
He stated that his uncle endeavoured to pull the horse in be-
fore they got up to the deceased, but he was unable to do so.
He called out to the deceased to get out of the way, but he
did not do so. The wheel of the gig caught against deceased,
and knocked him down, but they did not think he was hurt,
as they were not aware that the gig went over the deceased.
—Mr. Garton made a post mortem examination of the de-
ceased, and proved that the injuries which he had received
in his head were the cause of death.—The jury returned a
verdict of manslaughter against Mr. Abraham Fairclough,
who stands committed to take his trial at the ensuing Liver-
pool assizes.