The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-28 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c.

Our cotton market during the past week has been of a
heavy character, a fair demand, however, existing, which was
freely met by holders at barely the prices of last week. The
sales up to Friday were 26,540 bales, including 1100 on spe-
culation, and 2150 for export,—leaving 22,990 taken for con-

sum ption.
On Saturday we had a fair demand from the trade, at steady
prices, and 4000 bales were sdld. Yesterday about the same
quantity changed hands.
In the manufacturing districts we have nothing of a grati-
fying character to note. We must seize this opportunity
however, of stating our strong objections to take the weekly
state of the Manchester market as the criterion of the prospe-
rity of our trading interests, especially at a time when a dis-
position exists to aggravate difficulties or misrepresent their
source. At all times there are periodical and occasionally
unaccountable seasons of depression in the Manchester mar-
ket. At all times some class of manufacturers in that mar-
ket are suffering ; and although we readily admit the disas-
trous condition of trade generally throughout the manufac-
turing districts, we do not give credence to all the gloomy
accounts which meet our ear.

The present is usually a month in which little business is
doing, and if manufacturers will persist in producing stocks
which they cannot hold, at such times as the present when no
demand exists, ruinous prices must be the result. The un-
settled state of the American tariff and of some of the
continental markets must be felt for some time to come ; and
if no demand springs up from our eastern markets to take off
the immense stocks of light goods prepared for and not taken
by these markets, further production for the present ought
to be—but will it be ?—out of the question.

LOCAL, NEWS.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, while Thomas Gar-
side, assistant drayman to Mr. Redish, of Comus-street, was
employed with another man in assisting to put some ale in
the cellar at Mr. Mactie's sugar-house, in Bachelor-street, a
barrel fell upon him, and so severely injured him that he died
soon after. The day was rainy, and owing to the wet the
barrel slipped. The deceased was taken home, but survived
the injuries he received only a few minutes.

At the Police-court, on Friday, George Skyrme, a la-
bourer, was brought up on a charge of stealing a quantity of
nails, and Patrick M'Donongh on a charge of receiving them.
Police-officer Pearson said that on Thursday morning, about
eight o'clock, he saw the prisoner Skyrme going into the
marine store of Patrick M`Donough. He soon afterwards
went into the store, where he found 161 b. weight of new
sprigs in the scale. The prisoners were there. M`Donough,
on being questioned, said the nails were his, and that he was
going to sell them to the other man. Knowing Skyrme to
be a labourer, witness asked him if he was going to buy them.
lie said " No," and M`Donougl. said " Yes, you are." lie
, took Skyrme into custody. On his way to the Bridewell he
said he had found the nails outside some buildings in Cazneau-
street, where he had been working. Enquiry was made, and
it was found that the nails had been taken from the new
buildings there belonging to Mr. Wm. Perry, by whom the
prisoner had been employed. The prisoner was at work on
Thursday morning, went to his breakfast at eight o'clock,
and did not return. The nails were identified by a plasterer
employed by Mr. Perry. Both prisoners were committed
foron .
trial at the sessions. M'Donough wished to be liberated
bail,but this Mr. Rushton refused.
CONVICTION OF TIIE REV. J. B. ASSAULT ON HIS S
Rev. J. B. M'Crea, anEA SAVANT-MAID.—On M'Citca , FOR AN
MAID.—On Friday last, the
Independent
minister, at Waterloo,
was brought up before the
magistrates,r charged with violently
assaulting his servant, Est
Y. The complainant stated on the morning of the
previous day.
ated that some words had
passed between her mistress andB herself on the day before,
which ended in the former telling her to leave the house.
She accordingly proceeded to her bedroom for the purpose of
packing up her things, when her master, the defendant, en-
tered the room and shoved her, threw her down, struck her
over the arms with the stropmr. of r‘Ua_reazor,,s statement of the and told her that
she was robbing the house.
case was as follows :—I was half prepared yesterday for some
outbreak ; and, hearing a noise, I went
from my
krn box
room into her room and said, " You will not take dressing-
room
out until it has been examined, because, for auehty
You may be robbing me of my plate." She then threw the
the
box, at myself, and as it fell on my left foot and 1 under
box, she was throwing herself on it, when I took her by
the
left arm for the purpose of removing her, and she began to
writhe like a serpent, and I may, for aught I know, have
been the means of hurting her. I was dressed at the time,
with the exception of inv coat and waistcoat. Coming into
town to-day with the officer, I turned into a cottage fol. the
Purpose of feeling my leg to see whether it was hurt; and
there was a mark of a braise on it, which was given me at the
time she threw the box in the violence of her temper. After
the box had been thrown, I sent John, one of my little boys,
for Maddens, the police-officer, to come to the house, but
Maddens was from home, t,i .1 none of the officers conld be
found. I then put on my t and went to gr. Horsfall, the
magistrate, who called u on me as he was going into town.
I then told him the case,
aPod he said that if I swore an infor-
mation against her lie would issue a warrant. I said it was
not my desire to be vindictive, but that if a summons were
issued it might answer the same purpose. Then a warrant
was brought to me to-day for beating her. With respect to
beating her I can only
say I did when she knocked me
down against her bed with the box, , take her by the arm, she
being in a rage at the time. I then left the room, telling her
that she r•iould not go out till I had examined her box, but
she wen to bring the police. After I had been to Mr.
Horsfall, he returned to the house and asked for her clothes
and wages I said she bad left the house contrary to my
instructioi s, and that I would give her nothing until the
magistrate ordered me to do bo. The defendant was ulti-
mately bo and in his recognizances of £2O to keep the peace,
and direc' d to give his servant her clothes.

DEATH FROM A FALL.—A few days ago a cooper, named
Thomas Marshall, who was employed at Mr. Hindley's
brewery, in Stanhope-street, fell down a flight of steps in
the premises and was severely injured. He was taken to the
Southern Hospital ; every possible attention was paid to him,
but in vain, as he died yesterday morning.
TESTIMONIALS OF RESPECT.—The Rev. R. Aitken,
A.M., of St. John the Evangelist's Church, Hope-street, on
leaving his late congregation, has been presented with a
handsome sacramental service, gown and cassock, as a small
token of affection and esteem, for his faithful and zealous
ministry amongst them.—The congregation of West Derby
Chapel have, in the most handsome manner, presented to
their late officiating minister, the Rev. J. S. Dodd, a purse,.
containing about £6O, upon his relinquishing the curacy of
West Derby, and leaving England for the West Indies. We
believe that Mr. Dodd was formerly curate of St. Augustines.
DEATH FROM DROWNING`.—On Sunday last, a respect-
able youth, named Henry Jepson, while amusing himself in
a small boat which he had shoved off from the quay in the
Clarence Dock, lost his balance and fell into the water.
The spot being near the gates no assistance was immediately
at hand, and the deceased, after struggling a short time, sank
to rise no more. A little boy, who had been with him, be-
came so much alarmed that in place of giving information to
the nearest parties, ran home to the house of the deceased's
parents in Rose-place. Police officer Lawson got the body
out in about twenty minutes after the accident.
FIRE IN CHISENHALE-STREET.—About one o'clock on
Sunday morning, a fire brole out in a baker's shop in Chisen-
hale-street, which speedily assumed such a threatening ap-
pearance as to excite considerable alarm, for the fate of that
and the adjoining buildings. An alarm was immediately
given, and Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt were soon afterwards
On the spot with one engine and a body of the fire police. By
great efforts the flames were effectually subdued in about two
hours, but not until the whole of the bakehouse and the stock.
in the shop above had been destroyed. The origin of the fire
has not been discovered.

POSSESSION OF BASE CorN.—On Saturday night the po-
lice were called in to quell a disturbance which had arisen
in Vauxhall-road between a man named Peter M'Avoy and
his wife,.which ended in the former being taken into custody.
On his way to the lock-up he was observed by constable No.
509 to drop a hag, which, on examination, was found to con-
tain eighteen base shillings. The prisoner was searched at
the lock-up, and four more base shillings were found upon
him, and Is. 6d. of good coin in his mouth. He was brought
up ;•.! the Police-court yesterday, when the evidence of the
witi:e.,,es was reduced to writing, and will be forwarded to
London, in order to ascertain whether the law officers of
the crown will prosecute; and the prisoner was remanded
till their decision be known.

INQUESTS.--Two inquests were held before the borough
coroner on Friday. The first was on view of the body of a
labourer named Patrick Gore, aged about 27 years. It
appeared from the evidence, that the deceased had been
employed on Thursday in wheeling out soil at the gangway
dock No. 2. when part of the machine at present in use there
fell down upon him and broke his neck. He shortly after
died of the injury. A verdict of " accidental death" was
returned.—The second inquest was held on view of the body
of a man unknown, which had been found floating on Thurs-
day in the river, opposite the Waterloo Dock. It appeared
to have been about ten days in the water. The face was
much disfigured. A pawn-ticket, dated the 9th of June, for'
four trowels, was found in one of the pockets. He had on
a drab frock-coat, striped trowsers of dark colour, moleskin
vest, black silk neckerchief, and new check shirt. His hair
was light brown, and he was five feet four inches in height.
A verdict of " found drowned " was returned.

Surposlin MAD DOGS.—A short time ago one or two dogs
of a suspicious appearance having been noticed in the neigh-
bourhood of Birkenhead, the magistrates issued a notice,
through the special high constable, requesting all those who
possessed dogs tither to keep them up or to muzzle them,
else they would he destroyed. On Saturday morning last, a
gentleman, residing at Tranrnere, finding his dog, which he
had possessed about eight years, exhibiting symptoms of
rabies, undertook to secure him with a rope to his collar.
In the attempt to do so he was severly bitten in the thigh,
the animal tearing away the trousers and drawers which
covered the part. The dog was killed, and two hours elapsed
before medical aid was had recourse to, when Mr. Vale,
surgeon, was called in, who immediately extirpated the
lacerated wounds on the limb as the only means of averting a
malady which sometimes follows under such circumstances.
Our object in noticing this matter, however, is to condemn a
very general practice of immediately killing a dog who may
have exercised his pugnacious propensities on an individual,
and thus destroying all evidence as to whether the animal be
affected with hydrophobia or no, whereas if it were kept up a
few weeks it would put an end to surmise and set the matter
at rest.

ELECTION OF A PHYSICIAN TO THE INFIRMARY.—
The election of a physician to the Infirmary, in the place of
the late Dr. Baird, took place yesterday, in the board-room
of the institution, Brownlow•street. William Brown, Esq.,
chairman of the committee, presided. There were three
candidates for the office—namely, Gouthwaite, Dr. Vose,
and Dr. Dickenson, between whom a sharp contest was ex-
pected. At ten o'clock exactly the chair was taken, when
Dr. Gouthwaite was proposed by Mr. James Heyworth, and
seconded by Mr. William Irlam ; Dr. Vose was proposed by
the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, and seconded by Mr. Hardman
Earle; and Dr. Dickenson was proposed by Mr. C. Hors-
fall, and seconded by Mr. James Mulleneux. The ballot
immediately commenced, and was continued with great ani-
mation till three o'clock, when the boxes were closed. The
voting-papers were forthwith examined, when the chairman
declared the numbers for each candidate to be as follow :
For Dr. Vose
For Dr. Dickenson
For Dr. Gouthwaite..
Tile election was consequently declared to have fallen on Dr.
Vose ; and the proceedings terminated about half-past
three o'clock.

DEFRAUDING AN EMPLOYER.—At the Police-court, yes-
terday, a labouring man, named Michael M`Loughlin, was
charged with having defrauded his employers, Messrs.
Samuel and James Holme, builders, of Seel-street, of the
sum of 4s. 6d., under the following circumstances. He had
been employed,
along with other labourers, at a house in
Walton Breck, for Messrs. Holme ; and on the week ending
the 18th instant he represented to Mr. Siddal, the time
keeper, that lie had worked six days, for which he received
lis. from Mr. Moore, the cashier. A labourer, named
William Hughes, was called, who stated that lie was along
with the prisoner and another man employed by Messrs.
Holme, in Walton Breck. The prisoner absented himself
the whole day on the 10th instant, and half a day on the 11th.
The defence of the prisoner was, that he was absent through
illness, and having during his absence taken a little too
much drink, he had forgotten how long he had worked. Mr.
Samuel Holme, who was in court, stated that he was very
anxious to put an end to this species of fraud, which was
frequently practised by labourers who did not work on their
own premises, because when the workmen charged time
dishonestly, it caused the employers to send in incorrect ac-
counts. Mr. Rushton said it was highly necessary to put an
end to this system of dishonesty ; the prisoner must be com-
mitted to the sessions.

THEA'FRE ROYAL—Airs. Warner concluded her engage-
ment on Friday last, appearing for her benefit as Mrs.
Beverley, in the play of the " Gamester." Mrs. Warner is
now the first actress on the stage. She has a good deal of
the old school about her style, with sufficient of the new to
make it harmonise with the present taste. The public do
not appear to appreciate Mrs. Warner to the extent she de-
serves ; and when we say this, we need only instance the
very bare attendance on Friday—and ask who is there that
can approach her in many of her characters ?—her Lady
Macbeth, Constance, Mrs. Beverley? Those who really
know what acting is, feel that when they look at her imperso-
nations, they see the spirit of the dramatist truly set
before them. On this occasion, a capital farce, entitled
" The Happy Man," was produced for the purpose of intro-
ducing Mr. James Russell to the audience after an absence
of some years. Mr. Russell's Paddy Murphyis a laughable
affair, replete with bustle, life, wit, and humour. The au-
dience were kept in the broad grin from the first to the last.
Mr. Russell sang two good songs, one of which (the " Birth
of St. Patrick") was unanimously encored. The droll way
in which he brought out the many points of humour in the
farce elicited general merriment. This farce will, no doubt,
be repeated. On Saturday, a clever drama, entitled "Jacques
Strop," was produced. A sort of continuation of Robert
Macaire. Hammond's Jacques Strop was inimitably acted
throughout. Mr. Selby's Robert Macaire exhibited the
impudent, reckless vagabond with spirit and vivacity. Mrs.
Clarke played Madame Canache with consummate ability
and drollery, This evening an amateur will make his first
appearance on any stage as Claude Melnotte, in the " Lady
of Lyons."

THE EXHIBITION AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—
We have again visited this interesting exhibition, and have
been much delighted. Besides the rooms we enumerated in
our last publication, there is one set apart of glass-blowing,
a profilist's stand, and Messrs. Maclure and Macdonald's
lithographing process. Some beautifill specimens of their art
are laid out for the inspection of the visitor—this firm greatly
excels all others in the finish and brilliancy of their work. In
another room is a potter's wheel, at which a skilful artisan
is seated, who manufactures all sorts of pottery, such as vases,
mugs, chimney ornaments, &c. In different parts of this
room are specimens of porcelain, both ancient and modern ;
terracotta views, enamel paintings. The virtuoso and ad-
mirer of china will see here many objects worthy of at-
tention. In another room is a canal, on which experiments
will he tried. Here is a very large and ingenious model of
the Royal George—every rope, block, spar, &c., complete.
We noticed in the room Bennett's stoves and ovens, patent
grates, &c. A stream engine, of one horse power, lent by
Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, turns the different machinery.
In the cast room are heads of all sorts of people—poets,
statesmen, warriors, murderers, robbers, &c. Those who
intend being present at Mr. Brindley's discussion next week
should pay this room a visit. In passing through the upper
rooms we noticed that Gibson's exquisite figure of Cupid has
been placed by itself in the Liverpool artist's chamber, where
it is an object of much attraction and attention, and truly
such it merits. Cupid stands, leaning slightly forward the
right leg in advance. The right hand is gracefully placed on
a quiver of arrows, and appears to be in the act of drawing
oat one of the winged weapons. A stump of a tree gives
strength to the figure : on it is suspended the quiver. On
the breast a butterfly rests ; the left hand appears catching it
by the wing. The face is charmingly expressive of youth,
grace, and spirituality. The hair falls in curls round the
elegantly-shaped head, while the wings appear lightly spring-
ing from the shoulders. The figure is of pure marble, and
stands on a pedestal of the same material. Gibson has im-
mortalized himself by this work, if no other had proceeded
from his chisel to hang his fame upon. The possessor of
this statue has conferred honour on himself by ordering it,
and has shown himself to be a man of taste and encourager
of art.

MR. BRAID AND THE BRITISH ASSDCIATION.—We in-
sert in another column a brief report of the proceedings of
the British Association, now sitting in Manchester. A paper
communicated by Mr. Braid to the medical section of this
body has been returned to that gentleman as unsuitable. The
circumstances attending this act of apparent discourtesy are
given in a letter from Mr. Braid, published in a second edi-
tion of the Manchester Times, of Saturday last, and from
which we make the following extract :—" On Wednesday
morning last I sent in my paper, entitled " Practical Essay
on the Curative Agency of Neurohypnotism, by James
Braid." This was accompanied with a letter requesting an
early intimation of the day on which it was to be read, as it
was my wish " to bring up as many of the patients referred
to as possible, that all present might have an opportunity of
being satisfied as to the facts not being exaggerated from the
too sanguine expectations or bias of the operator." I also
intimated that, if they deemed it too long, it could easily be
curtailed if they signified their wish for me to do so. On
Thursday evening I was informed by Mr. Cott= that it had
of
other may.
duly delivered to the Medical Section. I also inquired
could
a member of committee respecting it, but all I could learn
wasnext thatci I should have an official announcement about it
secretary However none came. I therefore enquired of two
requestibc,
embers of committee on Saturday, but both said they
answer to'thi
not. tell, but I must apply for information from the
the letter will"
toI thereupon addressed a note to the secretaries
an open envelope,
know when my paper was to be read. The only
that, in about two hours after, my essay, and
PENCIL, t the accompanied it, were sent to me by a porter, in
having anannouncement
not even accompanied by a note, but
cement on the outside of the cover, IN
he might meet mit
oniread the superscription—
hptorter who had carried it, or any, or all
`• Rejected by the
duct, I presume, requirmitlee as UNSUITABLE." Such con-
animus of the Cornmitt:: no comment of mine to prove the
more glaring and odious
of the facts are calculated°t:
Corr t° point out their conduct in
colours than the mere recital of the
excite in every honourable
mind.—l remain, Gentlemen, yours
Manchester, 25th
p Yours truly,
JAMES BRAID.
i 3, St. Peter's,
June, 1842.

The King Orrey, a new steamer now plying between this
port and the Isle of Man, made the passage from Liverpool
to Douglas yesterday week in six hours and ten minutes,
the quickest now ever made by the insular packets.
INCOME TAX.—The Board of Stamps and Taxes have
fixed meetings for the purpose of appointing commissioners
to carry into execution the Property (Income) Tax Act, in
the county of Lancaster. The days appointed for the various
districts will be found in our advertising columns. The
act takes effect from the sth April last, and it is understood
that the first payment will be levied in the course of a few
weeks.

The following were amongst the collections, in Liverpool,
on Sunday last, for the distressed manufacturers, under the
authority of the " Queen's letter" :
St. Jude's
Trinity Church, Woodside
St. Mark's
Everton
St. Andrew's
St. James' ..
St. Michael's
St. Simon's

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