The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

SDAY, SEPTI

MBER 5, 1854

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ROBBERIES.—On Saturdaafternoon a lady Da' gas
pocket picked, in St. John's Market, of three the soe
England notes and some loose silver. A10:10.6tro
time another lady had her pocket picked in 1."
of a purse containing a few shillings

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JUMPING FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.--- ,6
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an inquest was held on William Unsworth, ag? ;II
a shopkeeper, residing at Ashton-in-Mackerfiein. vorpooi,
21st of August, the deceased got into a train at
eed
on the London and North-western line, to P„„r°eTriage,
residence, but went to sleep in the railway 0-of
passed the station he ought to have got out at. ed out e
as he got to the Newton station, when he int°P ttF
the train, which, at that time, was going Al a )
olet
miles an hour. Shortly after the train had Passeaseal
in one of the offices heard a cry, and saw the dee." left P'
about a yard and a half from the rails, with 1.30 t trr:
frightfully crushed. He was brought by the °WO'.
to the Manchester Infirmary, where he died on
day. Verdict, accidental death. fir
PURCHASE OP THE WIGAN W.A.TERWORIC.• the
JP-
man, of Manchester, arbitrator on the part °- arbitlo/
Board of Health, and Mr. Hawksley, of LiverP°tpois,..
tor for the Wigan Waterworks Company, havei,,,rarlt;
Sir William Cubitt, of London, as umpire in r;srbor4
tion for the purchase of the Wigan Waterivor'm,' toes'
fixed the 16th day of October for the counnell'-
the proceedings. veDw'the
INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE.—OR Thursday
a lecture was delivered in Hope-hall, Hope-sr"' os tb
Rev. Dr. Baylee, principal of St. Aidan's College'oe."
above subject. The lecture was the introdueteri
series, which the rev. lecturer has been induced tobil;05,01
answer to some delivered by an individual stYlielr, cet
" The Rev. Joseph Barker," in which that
the ' inspiration of the Holy. Scriptures. re
hall was filled on Thursday by .a highly respeet3sitbo,
intelligent audience, who listened throughout Ala;
most marked attention to the arguments,,,,osteuilo
At the conclusion of the lecture parties were r", OP 4
put any questions which they deemed requisite' IlthelP.
to the subject, and Dr. Baylee should answer be CO;*,o.
working-man asked whether the Hebrew was ".-ivereu.,"
sidered among the lost languages, and was tt,e-roeeti,;
the negative. No other questions being put, tuetbe
dispersed. The second lecture is to be given in
place this evening.
THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY OP ART will sh.ert„los—T P°,ll
its exhibition to the public, and the forthcouilill'oe
it is whispered, will be one of rare excellence. ictsw,
tributions promised embrace Wilkie's celebrated fltio ftv::
" The Penny Wedding" and " Blind Man's Ito ,it P
,rt
the royal galleries at Windsor ; her Majesty hams
said, in the kindest manner consented to these Feb-01e51.0/4
being allowed to decorate the gallery and etirric;, t,B',e's
lection. In addition to the Wilkies, her 10-81,0645,;,':
contributes a choice specimen of Sir Edwin '„-illetivis
pencil. Added to the above, we are to have t•
from almost all our best artists. Mr. W. a -1-,;;,1-11311
obtained the prize last year) sends an extraortitoln
ture, called " The Light of the World ;" Ansde,i>,stisr.r.
pictures of animal life; Robertson, at least one ;Or,'
portrait ; Huggins, some wonderful pictures O' AseJf
J. W. Oakes, the secretary, has several fine 15111; Ate
and there are some choice specimens of the Frene:taet
E. W. Cooke has a fine sea piece ; Callon, an `-11".
Pe „le,
view of Venice ; Millais a beautiful female hu)--,s'fber-
folnp chaste water-colour portraits ; and many ""

brities will also send contributions. s rv"
ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—TIIR LATH Mr. ELOaS
Saturday afternoon, a meeting, called by circular, the F:1
in the Adelphi Hotel, to take into considerati°ll„octj
priety of giving expression to the feeling Of r;1e,„,0,
admiration entertained by the inhabitants of 1411,,0 Kto
the eminent services rendered by the late Mr. 0.406'1.
architect of St. George's Hall. About thirtY
were present, including W. Brown, Esq., MY.; The 1)
Cockerell, Esq., the superintending archtect 0, the
ing. There were also present Messrs. Har°, ijo rjx.
W. F. Macgregor, C. Verelst, James Aikin, J° jlef.
W. Rathbone, Thomas Avison, W. Fleteber,
Hume, J. R. Jeffery, John Hay, H. Sumner,
W. Brown, Esq., M.P., was called to the chrilf IT ,;(
Cockerell, on being requested, narrated in a s'o
the position of Mrs. Ernes and her interes,","SstP
youth of about twelve years old. He state", mit i 4
the early period of lire at which Mr. Elmes wat' tof>s
had been impossible for him to make adequatei rojth°
for the maintenance of his widow and his son, art '5
educate the former was most desirous of doing all in her '5 d,
f tiler to°
educate her boy in a manner suitable to his ;I_, 1,0 ad
tion, still, by the premature death of her talented retg
she had been placed in such circumstances as W° ecs'fo,
the services of the kind friends now assembled P,
gratifying and useful to her. After remarks fr°'':cosiiii
of the gentlemen present, all in the highest degre;,lol:ort
eatary of the deceased, and evincing symPatnes.°A 111,
family in their bereavement, a series of rescoll obr
adopted, pledging the meeting to promote theoraeso4
view, by raising a subscription to enable 3frs'
lutio~ or
better to educate her son. The following r°,s°,.
also passed :—" That a committee be formed I°A,,iiir, fur
pose of offering to Mrs. Elmes the expressions 01 '50.005,
and condolence on the approaching open/O%OOIA
carrying out the purposes of the preceding the.,?
and that the following gentlemen coustitinrbe e
mittee, with power to add to their number :
William Brown, Esq., M.P., William Bat""ister,i4i
James Aikin, Esq., J. R. Jeffery, Esq., James F. pro
C. R. Cockerell, Esq., Charles Verelst, Es(ll,,,uoer,
gregor, Esq., Hardman Earle, Esq., J. -
James Radley, Esq., William Earle, Esq.. John
Wilfred Troutbeck, Esq., William Fletcher, ESgs Hume, Thomas Avison, Esq., John Aikin; 1/g
Horsfall, Esq., Charles Turner, Esq., and 0 f t 1340
Esq. The proceedings terminated with a to 4:;'
to the chairman

elf;
TIM TEMPERANCE LINE OF PACKETOi;res. ft; t
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day the first meeting for the choice of lISSI
of debts under the failure of Ebenezer Meeken/ P5,100'
ter Griffiths. Cornelius Pratt Newcombe, °l'd VI(
Thomas Griffiths, of James-street, Liverpool, fln„„ bits
ship-owners and insurance brokers' carrYlrigjo-ok ji:9:ol+l9
in the style of Griffiths, Newcombe, and Co-,
the Bankruptcy Court, London, before CeTi
)I‘9ll
Fonblauque. The petitioning creditors were, of
Denny and Glover, of Leadenhall-street, Presibe O' dif
vision merchants, who adopted proceedings „„..en 4 e
August last, for a debt of £523 16s. 9d. "1
-'Le art I
Griffiths had been committed to prison for a
4. the ,
three months under the passenger act i., but IV
missioner made an order for his release. Col?lboft
governor of the House of Correction, it was stated' alas/
refused to obey the order of the court, and i'vs_,; for
to show cause why he should not be committx", be
tempt of court. It was ultimately arrangettog,
that the bankrupt should be released on undertnl/47
to take any legal proceedings against CaPtaill„iooly
Eleven proofs of debt having been admitted, ~„g" Ade'
to nearly £2,500, Mr. Henry Bei. Glover, of ,i'70,10131
street, and Mr. Frederick William Tennant, of Ploos, the
ship-chandler, were appointed assignees. Protection, 00
arrest having been grautedlnall the bankruptestooli
examination meeting, the proceedings ternliepf ,1131
Thursday, Cornelius Pratt Newcomb, who ica•%d, I)? ifs
against under the passenger act, and sentenc'otlis of,
alderman at the Mansion-house, to three fne.o Ole
prisonment, in default of not paying back a certazotel'ock
of passage money which he had received from frool A
emigrants, was brought up by habeas corpus I,:s to r,
loway prison, before the Lord Chief Baron, ati ilio), it
residence, for the purpose of enabling an allwi,c-earlii,°#,;
made for his discharge. The Chief Baron, on:iirePX,
facts and perusing the act, said that the o'4°o
entitled to his discharge by virtue of the protee` Ole
1‘1,(1 received from the Court of BankruPteir:iii. A ,pf:
--Is accordingly discharged from ens, All y.
LIVERPOOL TOWN CouNcin.—At a inontil; slY0113:
cial meeting, to be held to-morrow, the follow! ,oiee 01
will be discussed :—The proceedings of the IneS°Mel
mittee, comprising recommendation to Pfls.,,''rosg,lorii
setting aside the amounts required by the P"; 5t,`":0174
Act as a redemption fund, in respect of mone4ion,h" e et,
to be borrowed under that act ; recommena' no v-jeri
~, „ a
chase, for the sum of £6OO, a freehold honioser Oto
side of Drury-lane ; recommendation to puir-aree 'of A
old interest on one front house in New Biru:',000„-00;
khouse for the sum of 2220.—The prompotio"s6
Lighting, Fire-police, and Firc-pre'e the PI,
mittees, comprising recommendation to advalf froo p 4
of Mr. Parkinson, keeper of the main brideirteVii 01501/1
to £250 per annum, the consideration of vc,,alf.-0 the i Pabf
pored at the last monthly Council, pursuant 'lad° At
ing orders; recommendation to increase the eit1,2,0 t`i'lle,!,;t
Hewitt, superintendent of fire-police, froths for ;V.
per annum ; recommendation to pass by-101000A1
gulation of errand, message, and luggage rile c° 00
proceedings of the Dock Committee include Lfoceet4too4(
tion of the dock extension scheme.—The Pr end
the Markets Committee, comprising recenno ~,,18001,
increase the salary of Mr. Luya from £26'fr0e3,516e
annum, and the salary of Mr. Stonehouse flew' c e
£2OO per annum.—The proceedings of the. 1000,01
mittee, comprising recommendation to le oeto ~
salaries of the following officers, clerks, in tho°. Jed
department ; namely, Thomas White, from ;ilo',, '; Jr
per annum ; Thomas J. Hughes, from 280_,t4015°';
ePei,
M`Fadzen, from £7O to £80; Thomas J. -,7rio 0°1;5,0'
£54. 12s. to £7O; James Rogers, from £32 theanpf 0
jamin Owens, from 232 to 260; James Pe foto kr'it!'
clerk in borough engineer's department, feel JOU,
£l5O ; James Lea, surveyor of drainage,' r0r1‘.441
£100; George Powell, surveyor for Toxteto the el'„roeVor
from £lOO to £110; James Wilson, clerk 111,, Per st.,jef,,,t#.;
department, from £l. ls. per week, to Ovooeff/lorke
The proceedings of the Water Committee, ito 13,. e 0'00:
commendation that Charles Gibson and •11,e to 0,) joigri
collectors of the third class, be proraotec! ,el 5 D'ipLii7
class, their salaries and poundage respeettlioo te Vreel
culated at £lBO per annum. Recommendo,ell, JO
the wages of the following enginemen ; 'l7l, eele;l.pet
Needham, Bush-station, from 225. to 240. Pe',2Fs. l'oo',,e)i
Jones, Hotham-street-station, from 265. Was. to er 1 o',
William Owens, Water-street-station, ", 94.0 P ilie ft
week ; Maurice Evans, Soho-station, 225. tv„i. at err ~,j1
the consideration of which was posttoL3`; ofV4'of,l
monthly Council, pursuant to the stanol4o;_o Ids
commendation to accept the tender of 0' ,p1.10,,Yr ,
and Sons, for 18, 21, and 24 inch PlPesi:roo c, J(7stei
communications, comprising application, , onilie 00001.
M. Brown, clerk in the magistrates cler.liso of 1 torlt '
increase to his salary, and recommendatAijs, Til 't,
cal;
trates thereon ; application from Mary i'll Soe,ltio
the infant department in the Corporatt .3fatil. ..e
for an increase of salary ; application frofoo Selo Ofor
,4
ham, assistant mistress in the Correatroo ffii°ol, ootre
School, for an increase of salary ; oPlnles 4 Sflcli otri/ee
Owens, teacher in the Corporation Son of pat ili,pe
increase of salary. The following motion,it Ile cOO5 j
has been given by Mr. M`Nicoll :—T1u1t,,....b311 bOocle i
tion to the Courts of Law and St. George ' tile oot 0 Sloe'
to inquire into the expense of removing the cell ,
and columns, now in course of erection °lathe ieetolo' o r
St. George's hall, and of so re-arranging oeli teti, 1
neighbourhood, that the whole of the ace 1 ofif,
building and the railway station be un°'
of
report on the same to the Council. 0 IS f G Del
• ' ti ° Do (‘
PROGRESS OF THE SAXON INVASIOI'. tio , i
in the ee Pre''Oci(
the extensive property situate cregae 00 j of
belonging to Mr. James Lambert, of ijol?. 1) A Ar,
sold by him to Mr. Hope Scott, an Eng'Facitrdtrtfeio
the sum of 292,000. A local
" Mr. Scott is married to Miss Lockhart, ;154-%. dreg/
of the late Sir Walter Scott. Some two •'O,l l' ;
,51,
Scott and family, who were Protestant_ b
that religion, and embraced the Romisu
paPer (the., _„01.5 0,
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