The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

NEW MAGISTRATE.—At the Kirkdale quarter sessions,
on Thursday, Peter Greenall, Esq., of St. Ilelen's, M.P. for
the borough of Wigan, took the several oaths required by
law, previously to his acting as a magistrate for this county.

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday night last, Robert Wright,
aged 28, a carter, living in Adelaide-place, Roscommon-
street, fell from his chair and died almost immediately. Death
ensued from a ruptut e of the aorta caused by aneurism.
CHEAP TRAVELLING TO YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE.
Among the important revolutions in time and expense of
travelling, caused by the running, or rather flying, of steam-
vessels and steam-carriages, one, perhaps, may be worthy of
recording. Passengers can now be booked in London by the
Hull Steam Companies, taken to Hull by steam-packets,
and thence to Manchester by railway, for twelve shillings,
and thence to Liverpool by the Old Quay Company's or the
Egerton boats for two shillings, making fourteen shillings;
the time occupied in the transit not being more than it took
the road coaches to perform the journey.
MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—WhiIe rumours are afloat (false
ones, we sincerely trust, for the sake of the credit of the
present ministry) that the Maynooth grant is to be increased,
we are glad to find that the true friends of sound Protestant-
ism are not asleep, but that, through the instrumentality of
our Liverpool Protestant Association, a petition has been
prepared, and, after receiving the signatures of no less a
number than 18,650 of our townsmen, has been placed in the
hands of our excellent representative, Lord Sandon, for pre-
sentation. We are informed that other petitions on the same
subject—praying for an inquiry into the books, &c., used at
Maynooth—are in course of signature by the operative Pro-
testants of Toxteth-park and other districts. Should the
rumoured increase of the grant be proposed, we trust, and
doubt not, that both of our representatives will unflinchingly
oppose it, and shew their regard to the opinions of a large
and important portion of their constituency. It will be re-
membered that Sir R. Peel is pledged to a motion for inquiry,
and surely that will be necessary before such a notion is held
out as an increase of the grant. England has sunk low
enough already by her connexion with Popery ; and rather
should our statesmen wish to wipe that stain out of our sta-
tute-book, than wish to increase the crime. It will also be
borne in mind that there was no truth whatever in Mr. Shiel's
statement that we are bound by the Act of Union to continue
the grant. The few words of Sir A. Wellesley in 1808 (now
"the Duke") are conclusive on that head :—" The fact was,
that when the Maynooth institution was first established, it
was notAntended that it should be maintained by the public
purse. The memorial presented previously to the foundation
of that establishment prayed for a charter, in order that their
funds might be better secured." Be it also remembered,
that we are not unlikely to have a petit Mavnooth in our
own town shortly.

FRAUD BY SHERIFF'S OFFICERs.—Two bailiffs, named
George Wilson and Thomas Cartlidge,
37, under the were placed before
Mr. Rushton on Friday, following circumstances :
—A person named Lewin had caused a warrant of distress
for ls. 4d. to be issued against a person
who
the man paid was
lived in his cel-
lar for arrears of rent. The rent which
two shillings per week, and he had paideightpence, leaving
ls. 4d. balance. He told the prisoner NWils on to fill up the
warrant for Is. 4d. He did so in his presence. The distraint
was executed on Tuesday last, on the goods of the tenant ;
but instead of the distraint being to the amount
of
was lls. 4d. Mr. Sankey, clerk to Mr. Ballatine, whose
Is. 4d., it
place is in Tithebarn-street, stated that Wilson
brought the
warrant to him, and he advanced 9s. 4d., and that it was a
usual custom to advance money on warrants of thatamount.
The tenant, whose name is Willis, knowing that he not
owe the sum, applied to Mr. M'Coombe, the officer, _d or
j
as-
sistance, and he took both prisoners into custody. ktr. Le-
win, win, the landlord, deposed that the Ils. 4d. was a forgery,
as he had not given Wilson any authority to insert in the
warrant any more than is. 4d., and it contained no more than
that sum when he had seen the warrant before. All the facts
were proved, and the prisoners, on being asked what they had
to say, Cartlidge replied that Wilson came to him, and asked
him to go with him to distrain upon the authority of the war-
rant, and that was all he had to do in the matter. Wilson
stated that he had filled up the warrant according to the di-
rection of Mr. Lewin, and on its authority levied the dis-
traint. Mr. Rushton strongly reprobated the conduct of the
bailiffs, and, as he believed they frequently robbed the poor
people, he would make an example of them, in order to deter
others from acting in a similar manner. It appeared, however,
on further evidence, that the statement of Cartlidge might be
true, and under the impression that he might have been called
upon merely to assist Wilson, the magistrate said he would
liberate him upon his own responsibility, on entering
co into re-
gnizances for £3O, and then ordered Wilson to be commit-
ted to the sessions. .

On Saturday evening, being St. George's Day, his worship
the Mayor entertained a numerous party to dinner in the
Town-hall.

FALSE ALARM.—We stated in our paper, on Friday last,
that the scull of a female had been discovered in a midden
behind one of the houses in Great George-street. It turns
out that the scull belonged to a surgeon, and that it had
fallen into the hands of some workmen who. after amusing
themselves by searing some servant maids with it, had thrown
it into the place where it was discovered.

SHOCKING DEATH.—On Wednesday week, Robt. Jones,
aged 64, employed by Messrs. Lund and Unsworth, Key-
street, to feed a mill (consisting of two large stones) for
grinding ashes, got his arm entangled between the stones,
and it was so dreadfully crushed that erysipelas intervened
and he died on Friday last.

AN EVIL CONSCIENCE.—John Clements, a man who
looked like a bricklayer's labourer, was charged at the police-
court, on Saturday, with having stolen four sovereigns. On
the preceding day the prisoner went up to and informed a
constable that he had stolen the money from the house of
George Cavannah, 33, Paul-street, which, on inquiry, was
ascertained to be the fact, but it was also discovered that he
had stolen some clothes at the same time, which he at first
denied, but when they were found at a pawnbroker's, and the
prisoner identified as the party who pledged them, he con-
fessed to this also, and was committed for trial.
THE HALIFAX STEAMERS.-It may not be generally
known, that the four ships forming this line carry all the
materials for converting them, in case of a failure, from what-
ever cause, of steam power, into sailing vessels. Hence the
facility with which the Columbia, on the occurrence of the
accident to her machinery, was equipped at sea. Complete
as the present vessels are, the ship now building will, we un-
derstand, be still more complete, her lower masts being or-
dered of sufficient strength to carry, in case of necessity, the
rigging and the canvass of a sailing vessel of her tonnage.

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WASHINGTON LAVING.—This gentleman, the most popu-
lar of American authors, having been appointed Minister of
the United States at the Court of Madrid, may be expected
to arrive at this port every day on his way to Spain. He is
coming passenger in the packet-ship Independence, which
would sail from New York on the 7th instant, and which is
nearly due. The Independence will, for the present voyage,
be commanded by Captain Henry Holdredge, formerly of the
packet-ship George Washington.
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•
THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—A letter has been received in
Liverpool from one of the survivors of the voluntary exiles
to the swamps of the Niger, dated from on board her Majes-
ty's steam-vessel the Wilberforce, Island of Ascension, Fe-
bruary 14. The writer states that very few are left to recount
what they have seen and felt during the expedition. All the
marines had died, with the exception of Serjeant Hodges,
Privates G. Velley, D. Bloomfield, H. Gibson, and W. Innes.
These had been attacked with African fever, and recovered ;
but the disease had made a permanent mark upon some of
their constitutions. It was expected that the Wilberforce
would again go up the river Very soon, but it was doubtful
whether any would live to state the result. She would re-
main at the Island of Ascension for despatches from the go-
vernment by a sixteen-gun brig, which was daily looked for.
The actual number of deaths is stated to be about seventy,
all of them having happened in from four to six weeks. Mr.
Waddington, of Liverpool, had been appointed boatswain of
the Wilberforce, and was very highly spoken of. Those who
are spared calculate on returning to Liverpool about August
next. _

BAIL FOR DR. COPELAND.—TWO persons, named Quinn
and Williamson, the latter of the firm of Varty and William-
son, appeared on Wednesday, at the Police Court, to give
bail for Dr. Copeland alias Martin, who took so active a part
in the late abduction affair in this town. Mr. Williamson
was the first to be examined, and having answered the pre-
liminary questions as to his property, &c., Mr. Snowball
asked him if he had been indemnified, or if he had been pro-
mised indemnification should Copeland run away ?—" I can't
say that I have," was the reply. This excited the suspicions
of the bench and the solicitor. Several pointed questions
were asked, to which the party did not give straightforward
answers. As a final question, Mr. Rushton said, have the
friends of Dr. Copeland given you expressly or implicitly any
promise or undertaking that you are not to suffer should he
make his escape'—Mr. Williamson declined to answer this
question, and the bail was refused.
THEFT BY A WAITER.-A coloured man, named Gabriel
Taylor, was placed at the bar of the police-court yesterday,
on a charge of having robbed Mr. Samuel Towers, of the
Angel Hotel, Dale-street, with whom he had resided in the
capacity of waiter. It appeared that one day in October last,
the prisoner received notice from Mr. Towers to quit his
service, in consequence of some act of dishonesty, and the
next morning he went away, taking his trunk with him, be-
fore any of the servants had risen. Mr. Towers proceeded
to his lodgings, in Copperas-hill, and, on examining his
trunk, found it to contain a quantity of tea, sugar, and can-
dles, together with a pair of slippers and a towel marked
" Angel Hotel." The prisoner immediately absconded, and
it was ascertained that he had gone to New Orleans, as
steward of a ship. He returned thence on Saturday, and
was immediately apprehended. Mr. Rushton committed him
for trial at the next sessions.

OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—Yesterday,
two men, named Gurney and Kearney, were charged at the
Police-court with having obtained five shillings from a Mrs.
Taylor, of Dale-street, and a similar sum from Mrs. Mur-
phy, of Dryden-street, by means of two false pawnbrokers'
duplicates. The prisoners sold the duplicates to the two
women on Saturday, as the duplicates of a quilt, bed, and
bolster, pledged with Mr. Sorley, of Dale-street ; but, on
inquiry, it appeared that no such tickets had been issued by
him or by any person in his employment. Mr. Rushton
asked how the men could possibly have obtained possession
of the tickets. Mr. Sorley replied that he did not know,
unless they bad been in his shop and taken some tickets as
they lay loose on the counter. Mr. Rushton said it was ex-
tremely careless work to leave tickets on the counter, as any
one might thereby get hold of them, and defraud poor people
by their means. Mr. Sorley said he could not help it. The
prisoner Gurney made no defence, but Kearney said he had
given 2s. for the pretended duplicates.—Mr. Rushton said it
was beyond all doubt they had confederated to defraud these
poor women. Under the Pawnbrokers' Act they were liable
to three months' imprisonment, and they must be committed
for that period.
THEATRE ROYAL.—A very smartly written and laughable
farce, entitled " A Boarding-school without Scholars," was
produced on Friday night. It is from the fertile pen of that
learned pun-dit Thomas Hood. The plot is very simple, the
following characters being concerned in it :—Jeremiah Snaffle
(Baker), an ex-horse dealer at York, commences keeping a
school to please his second wife, Mrs. Snaffle (Mrs. Clarke).
Snaffle has only one scholar, Master Timothy (Mr. W. J.
Hammond), who is lent to him by a friend as a decoy, and
only one usher, Jack Wilson (Nantz), a young gentleman
who has run away from home to avoid a marriage with a lady
provided for him by his father. Jack Wilson is enamoured
of Miss Snaffle (Miss Julia Bennett), and on being disco-
vered making love to her, is turned out of the house ; re-in-
troduces himself as a French master, and subsequently as his
own father, at which period that venerable gentleman (per-
sonated by Mr. Vivash) appears in propria persona. After
an amusing imitation of the old gentleman, the disguise of
the son is thrown off, and Jack is made happy with the pro-
mise of Miss Maria's hand. This plot, if it can be so called,
cannot produce much laughter we would suppose ; but the
want of interest is made up in the outrageous fun, pun,
and wit of the dialogue, and the cleverness of the acting
throughout. We hardly know to which of the actors in the
farce to give the palm of superiority: they contrived, jointly
and collectively, to set the house frequently screaming with
laughter at the oddity of their speeches, questions, and re-
plies. Although we recognise some old friends amongst the
puns, we can shake hands with many new ones. Hammond
has a comic song, which was encored. It is extremely clever.
He gave it with inimitable spirit and humour. Amongst a
myriad of good things, the following may be taken as a sam-
ple :—Jack Wilson, describing the lady his father wished him
to marry, said her mouth, like herself, was open to every of-
fer ; and as for her nose, it seemed as if she had taken the
first that turned up. Mrs. Snaffle, describing her first hus-
band, pronounced him as having been the best of men—the
best of quakers—adding, that he was now in his grave. " Ah !"
replied Snaffle, " then he is an earth-quaker." Ham-
mond drew forth a shout in lamenting over the badness of
his food, and complaining that the potatoes were too waxy
to make a meal. A good hit was also made by him when
ordered by Miss Snaffle to go to his play. He replied, "Do
you think I can't go to my play without orders ?" Snaffle,
lamenting over his horses and his carriages, that had been
sold up, said, " Every wheel turned him round, and every
shaft went into his heart ; and he thought it was a hard case
a man could not mount a horse in a county that had three
ridings." Speaking over his halcyon days, Snaffle said that
he could at one time boast of his oats, but he was now one of
the " has beens," and that we were all rakes in our hey-day.
Scarcely a sentence is without its joke ; indeed, they come
almost too fast upon us. We can hardly get over one grin
before we are obliged to prepare for another. The farce was
received with most rapturous applause, which lasted after the
curtain had fallen. Miss Bennett and Mrs. Clarke played
Mrs. and Miss Snaffle capitally. Mr. Baker's Snaffle occa-
sionally produced roars, while Mr. W. J. Hammond, as
Timothy, " made the running, took the lead, and kept it."
Popjoy was in the pit, looking as if he was ready to pitch
into every thing and every body. His face wore Othello's
when he declared " his occupation gone."
THE FEMALE PIGMY versus THE GlANTESS.—Catha-
rine Holden, a handsome woman, upwards of six feet high,
appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, to answer a
charge of assault which was preferred against her by Mrs.
Southurst, a female not much more than one-third that
altitude. Mrs. Southurst complained on behalf of her ser-
vant girl, Isabella Farren. She appears about 40 years of
age, but her stature is so low that, when she entered the
witness-box, she could barely peep over the rim thereof.
Her husband is, we understand, some 27 or 28 inches high,
yet he was, we understand, some years ago, the defendant
in an action for crim. con. which was tried at the metropolis,
the frail lady who figured in -the case being a handsome
female of the ordinary, dimensions. Mrs. Southurst stated
the case as follows :—`4 Catharine Holden (the tall lady) is
my mistress, and I am the girl's mistress (pointing to the
real complainant in the case). On Saturday night last, at
half-past eleven o'clock, my servant was setting out the
breakfast-table so as to be ready for my breakfast next morn-

ing by my orders. My bedrodm is next to my private-room,
and I thought if she set out my breakfast on Saturday night
it would save her trouble for next morning. My mistress
was not there just then, nor master neither ; but Mr. Brierly
came in, and he asked what all that was about." The ma-
gistrate here looked slightly puzzled. "My husband,"
proceeded Mrs. Southurst, " was behind the curtain." Mr.
Rushton looked more puzzled. " What was your husband
behind the curtain for ? ' asked he. "We keep an exhibi-
tion, sir," said Mrs. Southurst • " my husband is a little
curiosity !"Mr. Rushton : " What is he ?" Mrs. South-
urst : " He is a little curiosity, sir." Mr. Rushton : " In-
deed ! how, pray ?" Mrs. Southurst : "He is a curiosity,
sir ; he is very small, only twenty-seven inches high; he is
a dwarf, sir." Mr. Rushton : Oh I proceed." Mrs. South-
urst : " I exhibit likewise. lam in the service of Mr. and
Mrs. Holden, who keep an exhibition at the corner of Leigh-
street and Whitechapel, and they show both me and my hus-
band. I am paid by them, and I keep my own attendant. Mr.
Brierly took up the tray, and, just as my husband came from
behind the curtain, he overthrew the crockery and threw the
tray upon my husband. Mrs. Holden (the giantess) at
that moment came in, and was advancing towards my hus-
band, when I rushed forward and put myself before her
to protect him. (Laughter.) Mrs. Holden then fell upon
my servant and struck her.' Isabella Farren gave testimony
similar in effect to the above. Mrs. Southurst, on cross-ex-
amination by Mr. Davenport said, she bad been in Mrs.
Holden's service eight months. Isabella Farren acted
as ladies' maid. (Much laughter.) Her husband got under
a stool during the disturbance, to be out of danger.
Mr. Brierly, who describes the exhibition to visitors, was
called. He stated that he was very busy attending to the
company. and Mrs. Southurst's servant had placed two loaves
on a box on which visitors seat themselves. He directed her
to take them away, but she refused. He removed the tray
and the loaves also ; upon which, both Mrs. Southurst and
her maid shied the crockery at his head. Mrs. Holden
entered as the girl was in the act of throwing, when, annoyed
at the disturbance, she struck her on the back. Mrs. Hol-
den had since turned both the dwarf and her husband away
for disorderly conduct. The tiny woman indignantly denied
that she had been turned away ; they quitted of their own
accord. She admitted that she had thrown a saucer at
Brierly, but it was indefence of her husband, who was too
small to stand up in his own defence. As the lady is two or
t
crockerygre hatadnubiesealln
some
inches taller than her husband, this statement excited
was
amerriment. Mr. Rushton said the exhibition in question
had been nuisance to
thrown,the bpautbliitcw.
asltalwsoas
caldemarittthedatthaant
as-
saaltthe
crockery had been thrown, but it was also clear that an as-
committed. Mrs. Holden was fined 2s. 6d.
and costs, which was immediately paid, and the parties left
the court.

MR. DAVID LLOYD.—The numerous friends of this gen-
tleman will, we are sure, be extremely sorry to hear of his
sudden demise yesterday by appolexy. He had been many
years a partner in the house of Lloyd and Carter, and we
believe had not been afflicted with any previous illness.

THE INCOME TAX.—The solicitors of Briseol held a meet-
ing last week for the purpose of inducing the legislature to
exempt the profession from the income tax, in consequence
of their being already sufficiently mulcted by the imposition
of the duty on attorneys' certificates. '

THE PAPER TRADE.--A deputation of gentlemen of the
paper trade, consisting of Mr. Venables, Mr. F. Speirs, Mr.
Hollingswarth, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Cowan,
accompanied by the following members of the House of
Commons—Lord Sandon, Lord Courtenay, Sir I'. Acland,
Sir H. Douglas, Sir J. Y. Buller, Mr. P. Stewart, and Cap-
tain Bernal, had an interview with the Vice-President of the
Board of Trade on Saturday.

THE COFFEE TRADE.—Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard
Douglas, M.P., and a deputation connected with the coffee
trade of this town, including Mr. J. B. Brancker, Mr. W.
P. Bushby, and Mr. J. Crossfield, had an interview with the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone on Saturday, at the office of
the Board of Trade.

MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.—On Sunday morning, the house
of Mr. Chesney, Islington-terrace, was entered by thieves,
who had the audacity to walk into his bedroom, and take
away a cash-box containing between £4O and £5O, a lady's
watch, &c. On awakening, Mrs. Chesney was surprised to
find the floor of the room scattered with garments. The
thieves visited the wine-cellar and other parts of the house.
They effected an entrance from the back.
THE ARMY.—Sixty-six volunteers from the 88th Con-
naught Rangers joined the 86th in Cork barracks on Tuesday
last. The regiment is now complete, and waits orders to
embark for Liverpool, en route for India. Two companies
of the 84th will arrive here to-morrow, from Fermoy, and
the remainder on Friday and Saturday. They will be billetted
on the town till the arrival of the steamers to convey them
to Liverpool.—Cork Reporter.—[The first division of the
86th passed through this town on Saturday, the second yes-
terday, and the third is expected to arrive to-day.]

HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—An elderly lady, named Robin-
son, the wife of an individual in the Excise Office, met with
a frightful accident on Saturday, which terminated in her
death yesterday morning. About three o'clock she was pass-
ing along London-road, towards her residence at the Old
Swan, and at the same time a cow, in an infuriated state, be-
longing to Mr. Sharp, butcher, of Low-hill, was being driven
in the same direction. The animal suddenly seized her, and
having tossed her to a considerable height, she fell on the
pavement with great force. On being taken up it was found
that she had been seriously wounded by the horns of the ani-
mal, and that her spine was much injured. She lingered till
yesterday morning, when, as just stated, she expired. An
inquest will be held this day (Tuesday).
UNPRECEDENTED DESPATCH.—The ship Eutaw, Captain
Thompson, of 571 tons, consigned to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright,
and Co., arrived in the river, from New York, about two
o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last, docked in the Vic-
toria Dock at nine o'clock on Friday evening, commenced
discharging at an early hour on Saturday morning, and com-
pleted her discharge between four and five o'clock the same
afternoon, the cargo, consisting of 1,283 bales of cotton,
having been landed in less than ten hours! We understand
that this extraordinary despatch was used in order to fulfil
an engagement for au outward charter entered into prior to

arrival.
MODEL ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE OWNERS OF RUN-
AWAY WIVES.—From the Brownsville Pa. Galaxy—ver-
batim et literatim.—[Advertisement.]—" Whereas Fanny
Marton,alias Kerr, has, without cause, left my habitation,
and is oating on the ocean of tyrannical extravagance, prone
to prodigality, taking a wild goose chase, and kindling her
pipe with the coal of curiosity—to abscond and abolish such
insidious, clandestine, noxious, pernicious, diabolical, and
notorious department, I therefore caution all persons from
harbouring and trusting her on my account, as I will pay no
debts of her contracting from this date, unless compelled by
Iaw.—JAMES KERR."
TOXTETH-PARK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.
—The half-yearly meeting of this truly important association
was held at Toxteth Hall, Mill-street, on Tuesday evening
last, and most ably presided over by the Rev. T. Nolan, who
brought before the meeting the main subject for their as-
sembling,—to propose a petition to parliament for enquiry
into the Maynooth course of education, &c. &c. The meet-
ing was addressed in a most eloquent speech by the Rev. W.
Falloon : Mr. Lee Trotman and Mr. Joseph Crisp also ad-
dressed the meeting on the same subject. We are pleased to
see that the zeal of this association has in no degree abated
by the accession of conservatives to power, which is a clear
proof that it is principle and not party by which they are
guided. Such meetings are most important at the present
time, when rumours are afloat that the Maynooth grant is
actually to be increased. As Sir R. Peel is pledged to inquiry,
we trust that will take place before any discussion on the in-
crease of the grant is gone into.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—ADVANTAGE OF A CONSER-
VATIVE GOVERNMENT.—On Easter Monday last, the great
beggarman, Daniel O'Connell, Esq., Lord Mayor of Dub-
lin, and the modest candidate for a baronetcy, was arrested
for some of his mal-practices, while walking in a temperance
procession, in the city of Cork. This, indeed, is a glorious
prognostication of the growing respect for the law, which at
all times to be regarded, must be respected. Could a poor
or a rich man either, dare ask for his own of the " mimber"
for all Ireland in the days of the late imbecile whig govern-
ment? He was bailed in about half an hour by some of his
wretched adherents. _

_
W e regret to announce the decease, yesterday, of Mr.
William Martin, of this cown, sailmaker and shipowner, at
the age of 57 years. He was a gentleman highly esteemed
for his affable manners, good nature, and convivial hospita-
lity. A great number of poor families in the neighbourhood
of his residence, in Kent-square, will have good reason to
regret his death, as their means of subsistence were almost
exclusively furnished by his generosity. The deceased, many
years since, commanded a vessel from this port, and during
the period of warfare between this country anclarance, was
arrested, and his ship conveyed to a French port, and he
himself kept in custody for seven years.

THE EASTERN DISPENSARY.—The third annual report
of this valuable charity has just been laid before us, from
which it appears that, during the past year, 6567 patients
have been relieved, of which 2204 were visited at their own
houses. This is an increase on the previous year of more
than 2000 patients. We are glad to see that the finances of
the institution are more favourable than at the issuing of the
former report, as, when the funds are all collected, the com-
mittee, by using the strictest economy, will be able not only
to pay all accounts for the past year, but also a great deal of
the debt necessarily incurred at the first establishment of the
institution. This is chiefly owing to the donations of two
hundred guineas from the Poor Law Guardians, and fifty
guineas from the Corporation : but as this may not always I
be available, it behoves the friends of the charity to use their
best exertions in order to effect its permanent prosperity.
CAUTION TO MOTHERS.—On Saturday last an inquest
was held before the Borough Coroner, to inquire touching
the death of Henry Edwin Bissick, an infant aged four
weeks, son of Mr. Charles Bissick, who keeps the Shaks-
peare Concert-room, Williamson-square. It appeared, that
the child was troubled with wind, and that the mother had
sent her servant to a druggist's shop for some mixture to re-
lieve it. Of the first mixture purchased she was ordered to
administer a teaspoonful, which she did, and she thought the
effect was beneficial. She sent again on Wednesday evening
to a druggist's shop for two pennyworth of mixture, of which
she was ordered to give a similar dose. She observed that
the liquid was much darker coloured than that which she
had formerly received. She administered about three-
fourths of a teaspoonful ; presently after which the infant
went to sleep and became black in the face. She sent for
Mr. Jeffrey, surgeon, who found the child dying from the
effects of a narcotic. He examined the liquid which had
been given, and found that it was syrup of poppies. He
used such means as he thought necessary in the endeavour
to recover the child, but his efforts were vain. The Jury
returned a verdict of chance medley against the mother.
DEATH OF A BOY BY DROWNING IN A PIT.—An inquest
was held yesterday before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of
a boy, eight years of age, named William Nicholl.—John
Baker, a boy, ten years old, who lives with his parents at
No. 2, Bridgewater-street, said,—l knew the deceased. His
parents reside in the same street as I do. On Saturday af-
ternoon last, the deceased and I, and another boy went to
catch some jacksharps at a pit at Windsor. After fishing for
some time, the deceased, who was standing at the edge of the
pit, and in the act of throwing his line in, all at once fell into
the pit. I tried to throw my rod and line to him, but could
not do so, as he was too far. I then ran to a ropewalk,
which is at a short distance from the pit, for some men, and
two of them came, but on going to the pit we found the de-
ceased had sunk. The men got a rope and hook and a rake,
and succeeded in bringing the deceased up. He appeared to
be dead. He was taken to a public-house in Lodge-lane,
and a doctor sent for, who came, but the deceased never
came round. A police-officer afterwards had the body taken
home.—George Pulford, the other companion of the de-
ceased, corroborated this statement. He, also, reached his
rod to endeavour to save him, but could not.—The men from
the ropewalk said the deceased had sunk when they got up.
In a few minutes they got him out. He appeared to be dead,
and the medical man who was called in did not succeed in
recovering him. There was about eight feet of water in the
pit, and the bank was about two yards high from the water.
Verdict—" Accidental death."

DEATH FROM AN OVER-DOSE OF LAUDANUM.—An in-
quest was held yesterday before the borough coroner, on view
of the body of Robt. Jack. Sophia Stockton said she was the
wife of Samuel Stockton, and that they lived in Renshaw-st.,
next door to where the deceased lived. On Sunday after-
noon, the deceased came into their house and sat down on a
table. Her husband and herself were at tea at the' time.

While the deceased sat he pulled out a glass phial and uncorked
it ; and her husband asked what it was, and deceased replied
it was laudanum, and asked him if he would taste it. Wit-
ness asked him to allow her to taste it, as she had never done
so, and he gave.her a, tea spoonful; and told her not to drink
it all, as it was poison. Witness poured a good deal of it
hack again, and put some sugar in the remainder and drank
it. The deceased did not take any himself. In about twenty
minutes after, deceased said " Dear me, I doubt 1 have taken
too much of it." Witness noticed that his eyes became very

dull, and he seemed to be getting powerless. Her husband
then took him to his own house, and returned home directly
after. In about half an hour after witness heard his wife
calling her, and went and found deceased sitting on a chair
by the fire, with his head down, and his wife supporting him.
His eyes were firmly closed, and his hands turning quite
black. He was insensible. Witness thought he was dying,
and sent for Mr. Archer, the surgeon, who applied the
stomach pump, and mustard plasters, and other means, but
the deceased never rallied, and died a few minutes before six
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together, and on reaching home deceased went into the house
of the last witness, and in about half an hour came home with
the husband of that witness. Deceased sat down and had
some tea, and afterwards smoked his pipe. He then went
up stairs to see his mother, who lived in the house and was
confined to her bed. He came down again in a few minutes
and sat down in a chair, and the moment he had done
so he fell into a sort of fit, and became insensible. His
hands began to turn black. She called the last witness
and sent for a surgeon, who came and did every thing he
could to recover him, but did not succeed, and the deceased
died in a few minutes after. For the last five years he had
been troubled with asthma, and used to take laudanum for
relief. He generally took a teaspoonful. She had not seen
him take any that day, but he might have done so. Lauda-
num was always kept in the house, as deceased used to get
up in the night, and sit for hours rocking himself, with blan-
kets round him. She had frequently seen the laudanum bottle
now produced.—Mr. Archer, surgeon, said he was called in
to the deceased, and found him insensible. The pupils of
his eyes were much contracted, and he considered him labour-
ing under the effects of some narcotic. He applied the sto-
mach pump, and used other means, but he died in about an
hour after. Witness had no doubt the deceased died from
the effects of narcotic poison.—Thomas Hardisty, a chemist
and apothecary with Mr. Howarth, Renshaw-street, said he
had known the deceased for some years. He was labouring
under asthma, and used to resort to laudanum. He came to
the shop two or three times on Sunday, and had evidently
been drinking. Witness asked him to go home and go to
bed. A little before six o'clock witness was informed he was
dying, and on going to him found him in a state of comas,
and sent for Mr. Archer. Witness remained with deceased
till he died. The bottle produced was found in deceased's
coat pocket, and contained laudanum.—The jury returned a
verdict that the deceased died from taking ignorantly and by
taisadventure an overdose of laudanum.