The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

Mr. IL, Davies, son of the Rev. R. Davies, of St. David's
Church, in this town, and Mr. J. 0. Picton, son of the Rev.
J. Picton, of St. Stephens, have been elected Scholars, the
former of Corpus Christi, and the latter of Christ's College,
Cambridge. Both these gentlemen were educated at the
Royal Institution School, in this town.

We perceive amongst our advertisements a notice of a
meeting of the Liverpool Ladies Association for Promoting
Education in the British West Indies. We think that this
is a society which has strong claims for support upon the
ladies of Liverpool. It is now more than ever necessary to
increase its operations in consequence of the withdrawal of
the Church Missionary Society from its labours in the West

Indies.
A LARGE TRAVELLING COMPANY.-011 Monday 1,263
persons left Birmingham for Liverpoolby the Grand Junction
Railway, on one of the pleasure trips which have now be-
come very usual. The fare to and back was only 13s. each
in the second class close carriages. The party returned on
Wednesday evening. Steamers were engaged to take them
to Bangor and back, at 4s. Two trains, with one engine to
each, and 33 carriages to the first, and 17 to the second,
started from Birmingham. In the first train every one of

the 792 seats was filled.
CAUTION TO PERSONS SWEEPING CHIMNEYS BY MA-
CHINES.—On Tuesday, at the Police-court, Mr. Wardle,
solicitor, made an application to Mr. Rushton on behalf of
Mr. Whitehead. Mr. Wardle stated, that Mr. Whitehead
was passing, that morning, along Copperas-hill, when a
brick from a chimney fell upon him, crushed his and
inflicted a severe wound on his head. He, Mr. Wardle,
was afraid the magistrates had no power to interfere, but
he was desired to make the application. Mr. Whitehead
said the brick was forced from the chimney by some indivi-
duals who were sweeping it by a machine. It fell upon him
with such force, that it not only destroyed his hat, but, not-
withstanding a very thick sample of paper, it inflicted a
severe wound in his head. Mr. Rushton said, he was sorry
he had no power to interfere. Mr. Whitehead said, parties
ought to be forced to take proper precautions in the use of
these machines, either by warning foot-passengers or using
means to prevent the fall of materials whieh they might force
out of chimneys. Mr. Rushton said such suggestions ought
to be conveyed to the Town-council. Mr. Wardle said, as
the injury was given through carelessness, he could reach the
master sweep by an action at law.

SHOCKING INJURY INFLICTED BY A WIFE ON HER
HUSBAND.—AIice Carron, a decent-looking woman, aged
about 35, residing in Queen-street, was placed at the bar of
the police-court, on Tuesday, charged with having, during
the preceding night, thrown a quantity of vitriol over her
husband while he was asleep in bed.—Mr. Superintendent
M`Donald stated, that he was called into the house occupied
by the prisoner and her husband, having been informed that
the latter had been dangerously injured by vitriol having been
thrown over him while he was in bed. When he entered he
cautioned the woman, and asked her if there was any other
person in the house. She answered these interrogatories in
the negative. She said her husband and she had had some
differences ; he threatened her life some time ago, when she
was confined. The husband appeared to have been greatly
injured by the vitriol. He said he was fast asleep, when
he was awakened by severe anguish over his face and neck.
He awoke, and found that something had been poured
over him. He srose immediately, went down stairs, and
laved the parts with cold water, which gave him great
relief.—lnspector Anders produced the shirt and flannel
which the man wore, and the pillow, sheet, &c., on which he
lay ; parts of these were destroyed by the action of some
strong liquid. A bottle was produced which was about half
full of liquid. This was found concealed beneath the grate.
A corner of the apron which the prisoner wore had a hole in
it as if vitriol had been dropped on it.—Dr. Macintyre stated,
that he was called in to the prisoner's husband, and found his
face and neck greatly inflamed, as if from the application of
s,,me corrosive liquid. That in the bottle was no doubt
strong sulphuric acid.—Mr. Dowling said, it would be neces-
sary to call up a witness who was at a distance. This was
the assistant to a druggist from whom the vitriol had been
purchased, and who had gone out of town.—The prisoner
said, she knew nothing whatever of the matter. A little boy
slept with her husband.—She was remanded till this morning.
CABUL.—A few weeks since we inserted a paragraph re-
ferring to 1 Kings, ix, 11-13, as a proof that Cabul, a name
which has latterly been much before the public in connexion
with recent affairs in India, is mentioned in Scripture. The
Courier of Wednesday last says, " This passage is sufficient
authority as to the name; but the Cabul there spoken of is
nearly 2,000 from the Cabul of the present day. So far as
the name goes, this is not the only instance in which it oc-
curs in Scripture. In Joshua, six, 27, it is said of the border
of the children of Asher, that it ` turneth toward the sun-
rising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the
valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek,
and Niel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand.' In a
note upon this passage Dr. Adam Clarke informs us that
Cabul on the left hand,' according to the Hebrew method
of designating place, signifies 'to the-north of Cabul.' He
further says, 'We must not confound this town of Cabul
with the twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram, with which
he was displeased. and which in contempt he called the land
of Cabul, the dirty or paltry land, 1 Kings, ix, 11-13 :
there was evidently a town of this name, widely different
from the land so called, long before the time of Solomon,
and therefore this cannot be adduced as an argument that
the book of Joshua was written after the days of David. The
town in question is susposed to be the same which Josephus
in his life calls Choboulo, and which he says was situated by
the sea-side, and nigh to Ptolemais.'
THE FINE ARTS.—The fourth part of the work entitled
" Engravings after the best Pictures of the Great Masters"
hasjust appeared. It quite equals, if not excels, the other
parts in brilliancy and beauty. It contains three subjects,
‘ ' The Blind Fiddler," painted by Wilkie, and engraved by
Edward Smith, " Landscape with Goats," after Claude Lor-
roine, by Forrest, and " The Sacrifice of Lystra," from the
the cartoon of Raphael, by Douglas. We noticed the first
part of this work with favour, and augured well as to its re-
ception by the public. " The Blind Fiddler" retains all the
spirit, truth, and vigour of the great original. " The Land-
scape after Claude" is a perfect gem of art ; it is such a work
as the eye never can grow tired to look upon ; the calmness
and repose that exists in the original is inimitably exhibited
in the engraving. " The Engraving from the Cartoon" is as
meritorious as those that precede it. This work ought to be
found on the tables of the rich ; and we hope that many of
the engravings will find a place on the walls and in the port-
folios of the middle classes. To support and patronize such
a work as this is really the best mode of advancing the fine
arts. One pound spent in first-rate art is worth ten spent
in bad art. The letter-press is in fine bold type, and replete
with interesting descriptions, in French and English, of the

plates.
IRISH CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY.—RIPON Aux-
ILIARY.—The third annual meeting of this branch was held,
in the Town-hall, Ripon, on Tuesday last, the Lord Bishop
of the Diocese in the chair. The deputation consisted of the
Rev. Thomas Walker, A.M., secretary to the society, and
the Rev. Thomas Nolan, of St. Barnabas Church, in this
town. The meeting, which was numerous and influential,
was also addressed by the Rev. J. W. Whiteside, A.M., in-
cumbent of Trinity Church, Ripon, and others of the local
clergy and gentry. In the evening an adjourned meeting was
held in the school-room connected with Trinity Church.
The statements were most gratifying as to the progress of
the society during the past year. The collections after the
sermon, on Sunday, and at the meetings, exceeded £3O. The
meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to this most important
Society is fixed for Monday evening, the 13th instant, as well
as the sermons on the Sunday before, of which notice will be
given in our next. It is really the duty of good churchmen
and sincere christians to lend both countenance and support
to an institution, the usefulness of which is only limited by
the funds at its disposal.
MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly
meeting of the Dock Committee was held yesterday, when
the following members were present :—Messrs. Sands (chair-
man), Horsfall, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, Sandbach,
Mellor, Tobin, Bold, Shand, Middleton, Aikin, and Barclay.
Contracts were ordered to be entered into with Messrs.
Berry, Curtis, and Co., for 200 tons of cast iron sheetings,
and with Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Co., for a quan-
tity of iron castings of various descriptions.—Mr. Holt
stated that the Sub-committee for the department of the
Marine Surveyor would be prepared with their report on the
state of the light-houses, light-ships, and telegraphs, at the
next meeting.—Mr. Purnell, master of the King's Dock, on
his application for it, was accepted as the tenant of the house
on the east side of the Queen's Dock; and the South Har-
bour Master reported that he should be prepared to enter
upon his new house in the course of a fortnight.—Williams,
the dock-gateman, who rescued a boy named Roden, thirteen
years of age, who had fallen into Brunswick Dock on the
16th of May, was presented with a gratuity of two guineas
for his gallant conduct.—The committee then proceeded to
the transactions of some financial business, after which they
separated.
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INQUESTS.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr.
Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of James
Winte, a working man, concerning whose death some un-
founded rumours had gone abroad. The deceased, who was
48 years of age, lived in Lace's-street, one of the roughest in
the town. He became ill on Sunday morning last; got gra-
dually worse, and died on the following morning. No sur-
geon had been called to attend him. On a post mortem
examination, it was found that death had been occasioned
by disease of the heart. Verdict, " died from natural
causes."—Same day, an inquest was held on the body of
Ann Lee, a child of six years old. On the previous day the
deceased was seen struggling in the canal, by a little boy, a
stranger to her, who was anxious to save her, but could not.
While thus perplexed, he saw a man walking leisurely along
on the opposite bank, with an umbrella in his hand, and
shouted to him to throw the umbrella across to him, so that
he might pull her out. The brute in human shape, however,
refused, telling him to jump in himself, which he feared to
do, as he was small, and could not swim. The poor girl al-
most immediately afterwards sunk, and the man walked
away, without taking further notice. The body was found
about half an hour afterwards. Verdict, " found dead in the
water, but how she got into it there is no evidence to show."
LISCARD PETTY SESSIONS.—A LONG-EARED DEFEND-
ANT.—At the petty sessions held at Liscard, on Tuesday
last, Samuel Smith, a boy of about fourteen years of age.
son of Captain Smith, of Seacombe, complained, in pursuance
of an information, of an assault committed upon him by a
young gentleman, named William Henry Carr, who appeared
in court. It appeared that on the 16th of May last the com-
plainant was passing a house and grounds belonging to his
grandmother, and let to a Mr. Hyde, and that he threw a
stone which struck a labyrnuna tree in the garden. The de-
fendant, who was passing, thereupon ran up in a violent
manner, seized him, and carried him some distance by his
arms, put him in great pain. He cried out, when the de-
fendant relinquished his hold of the boy's arms, but imme-
diately seized him by the ear, which he tore in so unmerciful
a manner that blood flowed from it, and surgical assistance
was required. The defendant said that he had done no more
to the complainant than he should do to any other boy whom
he found throwing stones,—adding, that when he was a boy
himself he had repeatedly had his own ears well pulled for a
similar offence ! Mr. Wardle, who appeared for the com-
plainant, remarked—" Perhaps that accounts for their great
length." (A laugh.) The magistrates said the assault was
most violent and unwarrantable, and fined the defendant lOs
and costs, ordering him at the same time to pay an additional
10s, the amount of the surgeon's bill.
PASSING BASE COIN.---Two young men, who gave their
names as James and Thomas Jackson, strangers to the,po-
to the " swell mob' of
lice here, but apparently belonging
Birmingham or some other town in which the fraternity are
pretty genteel and wholly adroit, were yesterday placed be-
fore Mr. Rushton, on a charge of uttering base money. A
simple-looking girl, who keeps a stall for the sale of ginger-
beer, fruit, &c., in George's Piazzas, said that the prisoners
came to her on the previous day, and bought a bottle of pop,
which they drank. Immediately afterwards one of them
pThomas) took out a sixpence, a fourpenny-piece, and two-
ence, and gave to the other, making signs to him as if he
were dumb. Thomas then said that what he wanted was to
exchange the money for a shilling, which he would be less
liable to lose out of his pocket. She gave them a shilling
accordingly, but they had scarcely got it when they thought
proper to change their minds, and returned a shilling, which,
on chinking it, she found to be a bad one. A gentleman
was standing by who saw the transaction, and, a crowd hav-
ing gathered, a police-officer was called, and the two delin-
quents were given into custody- The dumb one then found
his tongue. They were searched at the bridewell, and on the
person of Thomas another bad shilling was found, which had
been made from the same mould. A belt was also found
round the waist of one of them, evidently for the purpose of
secreting half-crowns, shillings, which e prisoners had the
effrontery to attempt a defence,
the charge. They stated that the girl had given them the
first shilling for the money in exchange from under a biscuit
on her standin and that on the ground close to it they had
g,
picked up the other, which was wrapped in brown paper.
The prisoners were, of course, committed for trial.