The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-09 00:00:00

LOCAL, YEWS

The British and North American royal mail steamer Aca-
dia, which would leave Boston on the Ist and Halifax on the
3d instant, may be expected to arrive at this port on or be-
fore Saturday next.
THE CROWN COURT.—The business in this court is now
finished, with the exception of the cases in which Miss
Crellin is concerned, which will be commenced with first
thing this morning. In all probability they will occupy two
days or more.

The pretty village of Eastham presented a very gay ap-
pearance on Thursday week, in consequence of a party of
upwards of fifty gentlefolk having assembled for the purpose
of ruralising for the day. Mr. Mainwar- - -
of his hermitage and grounds, Stahl

full baud belt

attendance, where harmony was kept up with spirit on the

THE CHURCH.—The Rev. T. B. Ingham, late rector of
Congleton, in the county of Chester, has been appointed
incumbent of the church recently erected at Rainhill. The
rev. gentleman took leave of his flock, in a most impressive
and affectionate address, on Sunday week.
LOYAL STANDISH ARMS LODGE.—On Monday last, the
anniversary of this lodge took place at Wigan, when, amongst
the customary celebrations, a very excellent sermon was
preached by the Rev. Thos. Brancker, M.A. At the same
time the Rev. W. H. Brandreth, rector of Standish, was
initiated as an oddfellow in the lodge. He presided as ,•hair-
man for a short time, and expressed his entire approbation
of the institution, of which he was proud to have become a
member.

Miss Biffin desires to make known through our paper,
that in order to fulfil engagements else..vhere, she will be
under the necessity of declining the execution of any orders
after the 16th instant ; shortly after which date, she must,
with warmest thanks, take leave of her kind patrons in
Liverpool, in all probability for the last time. She begs
also to call attention to a print of herself, just published by
the desire of many of her visitors, purchasers of which will
be admitted to her Exhibition in Bold-street.
MELANCHOLY DEATH FROM DROWNING.—We regret to
announce the death of Mr. Brown, collector at Monks'
Ferry, Birkenhead. Mr. Brown left home on Monday
morning, and went to the Potteries, on the Lancashire shore,
where he continued the whole of the day. Early on Tues-
day morning, after breakfast, he proceeded towards the shore,
undressed himself, left his clothes on the beach, and went
into the river in fifteen feet water. In a few minutes he was
seen to sink. The body, in the course of ten minutes, was
found. All exertions made to restore animation proved un-
successful.

CHANGE RINGING.—On Tuesday evening last the united
change ringers of St. Nicholas and St. Peter's ascended the
tower of St. Nicholas's Church, in this town, and rung a
true peal of Grandsire Caters, consisting of 5,201 changes,
in three hours and twenty-one minutes. The above peal was
rung in a masterly style by the under-mentioned persons :
John Brooks, 3d; John F. Miller. 4th ; John Heron, sth ;
Henry Moore, 6th ; George Jones, sth ; Hugh Wahnsley,
Sth ; Charles Smith, oth ; Richard Cross, 10th ; Edward
Davies and William Heron, 11th ; Thomas Sockett and
Edward Leeman, tenor. Weight of the tenor, 2 tons 1 cwt.
14 lbs. The peal was ably conducted by John Heron.
APPOINTMENT OP AN OPHTHALMIC SURGEON TO THE
WORKHOUSE.—We understand that for many years past a
disease of the eyes has been prevailing in the Liverpool
Workhouse, whith has been exceedingly fatal in its results,
numbers of the children, and even adults, being deprived of
sight, and rendered much disfigured by their' enlarged and
protruded eyeballs, and hence perpetual drains upon the
parish funds. It gives us much pleasure to announce, that
these evils are likely to be remedied by the judicious appoint-
ment, by the Board of Guardians, of Mr. Neill, surgeon of
the Ophthalmic Infirmary, to the superintendence of the eye
department of this establishment; and we are sure, if energy
and skill can do anything in checking or alleviating the evil,
the Board of Guardians have done well in obtaining the ser-
vices of this gentleman, whose great experience and success
in the treatment of eye disease have made, him the provincial
authority on this subject.
OUR REPRESENTATIVES.—We have again to notice the
services rendered by our excellent members to the general
interests of our trading community. On Thursday, the 28th
ult., a deputation from this town of merchants connected
with the trade to the River Plate waited on the Earl of Aber-
deen, when they were not only accompanied in a mere formal
manner by Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas, but a
zealous co-operation in the furtherance of the objects of the
deputation, and a lively interest in the btsiness in hand,
were the distinguishing traits in the conduct of our honour-
able members on this occasion. Thus it has invariably been
in every case where their services were required ; and it
should not be lost sight of that when honourable members
thus zealously and willingly exert themselves, they are en-
titled to the hearty thanks and confidence of the country
at large.

THE EXHIBITION AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
The splendid exhibition at the Mechanics' Institution ter-

minated on Saturday week. At half-past seven in the even-
ing, there was a meeting in the Lecture Boom of the Insti-
tution, for the purpose of making known the results of the
exhibition. The room was crowded, and on the platform
were assembled a number of the directors and of other gen-
tlemen. Mr. W. B. Hodgson stated the results of the ex-
hibition. The receipts, of course, would not be fully made
up until ten o'clock ; but he was enabled to state that they
would not be above £3O short of £4OOO. (Much applause.)
The total receipts of the last exhibition were £3300. Now,
as that was open thirty-eight days, while this had been open
only thirty-six, it would be seen that a very great increase
had taken place in the receipts, comparing the one with the
other. The average daily receipts had been nearly £llO.
Mr. Hodgson proceeded to give the number of visitors, up
to the time at which he was speaking, and several other re-
sults, as far as they could then be ascertained ; but those we
omit, and furnish a statement of the results up to the close
of the exhibition. It is as follows :—Total receipts, £3,985
13s. 11d.; average daily receipts, £lO7 13. 4d.; greatest
amount taken in one day, £2lO 6s. ld. ; the least ditto, £4O
4s. ld. Number of season ticket sold at 2s. Gd., 3,636, of
which 3,017 were purchased before the end of the first three
weeks of the exhibition, and 619 after the price was reduced
to non-members from ss. to 2s. 6. Number of season tickets
sold at 55., 699. Number of visitors in forenoon for the
thirty-six days, 18,802 ; ditto afternoon, 57,014 ; average
daily attendance in the forenoon, 522 ; ditto afternoon, 1,583 ;
number of pupils belonging to the charity schools who were
allowed to visit the exhibition gratuitously, say 20,000;

household servants during last Week, 310. The aggregate
number of persons who bad visited the exhibition was, there-
fore, about 100,000. Several speeches were made by different
gentlemen.

AMUSEMENTS OF THE WEEK.—Those who have time to
devote to amusement may find it well occupied. At the
Lyceum there is a wondeful skeleton found by Dr. Koch, in
the State Missouri, called Missourium Theristrocaulodon.
The elephant beside this mighty beast must have looked in
the same propo:tion as the ox to the elephant—in fact, the
Lyceum Room is not high enough to elevate it to its proper
proportion. We earnestly recommend our readers to inspect
this wonder of nature, not only a as stupendous Zoological
specimen, but as exemplifying passages in the bible that have
long been the subject of mystery.—we allude to the 41st
Chapter in the Book of Job, where the Leviathan is men-
tioned. As we shall devote a space to this exhibition pro-
bably in our next, we merely recommend it to notice, pre-
suming that the spectator cannot fail to be struck with sur-
prise, awe, and admiration. The next object of note is the
Rock Harmonicon at the Music Hall. This instrument is
beautifully played upon by Mr. Davies, who so cleverly
touched a similar instrument of Richardson's some time ago.
Mr. Catlin's lectures in the evening are well worth attention.
By means of twenty persons, he shows the different groups,
pictures, &c., exhibited by him at the Mechanics Institution.
His lectures are at the Portico, and are of a most interesting
and instructive character. Mr. Catlin for a long time in
London drew crowds of visitors. The Photographic Gallery,
although not coming within the class of amusements to the
visitor in Liverpool, is worthy of attention. The likenesses
taken are excellent.

MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday last an inquisi-
tion was taken before the deputy coroner, on view of the
body of Catherine Carney, aged 34. Four witnesses were
examined, but the evidence of Superintendant Leverett and
the house surgeon at the Infirmary, will give all the material
circumstances of the case. The ormer gentleman stated,
that on Monday week, he went, by direction of the Com-
missioner of Police, to the Infirmary, to see the deceased.
She declared her impression that she could not recover. She
told witness, in the presence of Mr. Brandreth, that at five
o'clock on the morning of the sth July, she was in the street,
not far from St. James's Church, when two men accosted
her, laid their hands on her shoulders, and called her an
Irish b-. They went away, but returned shortly after,
and knocked her down, beat and kickedfihneisrh violentlyyou, y
owhile
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she lay on the ground, saying,
Orange b-." She called 1,, e
loudly for a police-officer, and,
at length, one came to her, but she could remember nothing
further. She did not know the two men, and could not tell
whether they were English or Irish. She said she belonged
to the parish of Donegal, in Ireland. Mr. Thos. Brandreth,
house surgeon at the Infirmary, stated, that on the 15th of
July, the deceased was brought in. She was extremely
feeble from loss of blood. He examined her, and found that
she had a lacerated wound, about two inches long, in a deli-
cate part of her person. The wound sloughed, and mortifi-
cation ensued, which ended in death. The wound had, pro-
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Tim Rzir, livas proceeded,
on Friday last, to London, with one of his sons, who is about
• ' his departure for Calcutta, where he has received an
' The pulpit of the rev. gentleman was °con-
y by the Rev. Mr. Falloon ; Mr. M`Neile.

however, will resume his accustomed duties on Sunday next.
Scorristr MISSIONARY STATION.—An advertisement in
another column announces the meeting of the subscribers to
this very useful object in Toxteth-hall this evening. When
the dense population now congregation in that neighbourhood
is contemplated it is difficult to conceive a project more likely
to enlist the sympathies of the p_ublic than this.
THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING.—In the. English
Stock Market to-dav business has been quite on a limited

money and the account closed 91'4 to i; I
to litq ; Exchequer Bills

nd-a-Half per Cents. Re
ialf per Cents., 100 i tc

Consols for
nk Stock, 169-i

535. premium for the

India Stock

New Thiee-and-

and India Bonds, 335. to

current yesterday

Paris to-day are in favour of the Guizot Administration.
Foreign stocks and railway shares have attracted no Atten-
tion whatever, and in either description of security the ope-
rations were much restricted.. Spanish Actives left off 201
to / ; ditto 3 per Cents., 19/ to I; Portuguese 5 per Cents.,
331 to 1; ditto 3 per Cents., 191 to 20; Mexican 5 per
Cents., 351 ;. ditto Deferred, 91 to ft ; Danish 813 to 821 ;
Brazilian, 63 to 65 ; Belgian, 1012 to 1021; Dutch 21 per
Cents., 51/ to I; and Colombian, 201 to 11.

THE JEZEBEL LIE AGAIN !—An eminently pig-headed
whig lord who is a candidate for the representation of South-
ampton, in his speech at the nomination, on Saturday last,
delivered himself of the following :—" Had they forgotten—
while the sound of pistol shots was scarcely out of their ears,
for which he did not hold the tories, or Mr. Mildmay, or any
Christian responsible—but had they yet forgotten that the
Queen had been likened to a Jewess who was a tyrant, and
whose chariot-wheels dabbled in blood, and that such
language led on and incited the assassins Oxford and Francis?
(A perfect storm of groans and cries of " Slime " com-
pelled his lordship to stop for some time.) He denied im-
puting to Mr. Roby or Mr. Bradshaw language which incited
assassins to attack the Queen. (Cries of " You did ! you
did !") This silly being, (who, it may be remembered, was
once very nearly being the chosenscandidate of a very silly
faction in our town,) was hardy enough, and dishonest
enough, to revive this ten-times refuted lie; and yet, as the
paragraph plainly shews, he was ignorant as his own boots
of the name even of the gentleman to whom the disloyal
sentiment in question was calumniously imputed. It would
be a waste of words, however, to attempt to drive truth or
decency into a man who for his disgraceful conduct at this
very nomination was told by an elector of Southampton that
his name should. for the future, be Lord No-gent! There
are, by the way, many No•gents amongst the party to which
this Nugent belongs.

GERMAN DIPLOMA.—We learn from the Albion that Mr.
William Radcliffe, one of the first pupils of the Liverpool
Mechanics' Institution (and son of our respected townsman,
Mr. John S. Radcliffe, late secretary to the institution,) has
had the degree of Doctor of Philosophy conferred upon him
by the University of Geissen, iu Germany. We understand
that the celebrated professor of chemistry in that university,
Dr. Leibig, is about to visit the principal universities in
England and Scotland, and that he will be accompanied by
his late pupil, Dr. Radcliff. As the form of a German di-
ploma may be an object of interest to some of our young
aspirants for scientific honours, we subjoin a verbatim copy
of that granted to Mr. Radcliff:—" Quod felix fausturoque
esse jubeat supremnm numen auctoritate regia serenissimi
. .

ac potentissitni principis summi imperantis Ludovici
magni Ducis Hassiae et ad Rhenum rah Academiae Ludo-
vicianae nutritoris rnunificentissimi pariter atque indulgen-
tissimi rector academiae vir magnificus perillustris atque
amplissimus Josephus Hillebraud, philosophise doctor et
professor publicus ordinarius magno Duci Hassiae a consiliis
studiorum superiorbus ordinis Hassiaci Ludoviciani eques

excellentissimi atque amplissimi philosophorum ordini; H.
A. Decanus promovendi facultatem tribuente viro magifico
perillustri et consultissimo Just. Timoth. Balth. De Linde
juris utriusque et philosophiae doctore academiae cancellario
magno Duci Hassiae a consiliis reipublicae gubernandae
inti!nis collegii studiorum moderandorum buperioris directore
ordinis Hassiaci Ludoviciani praefecto et Austriaci Leo-
poldini equite ex decreto Totius Senatus Academici et im-
primis excellentiss. et ampliss. philosophorum ordinis viro
praenobilissimo atbue doctissimo Guilelmo Radcliff, Dubli-
nensi, post exhibita et ingenii et egregiae doctrinae docu-
ments valde probata summos doctoris philosophiae honors
et quascunque immunitates praerogativas jura ac privilegia
iisdem anneva ritu et more majorum hodie contulit in fidem
rei gestae. P. P. D. XXIII. Julii, MDCCXLII. Sub
Sigillo Academiae Maiore."

THE CHEAP TRAINS TO LONDON.—We gave on Tues-
day last a description of the scene at Edge Hill on the pre-
vious day occasioned by the departure of the trains for Lon-
don. The trains reached -London, respectively, at six and
seven in the evening, and the passengers were soon spread
amongst the population of that vast city. On Tuesday
morning numerous parties were to be seen threading their
way through the crowded streets, gazing with astonishment
at the unusual scenes around them. and anxiously inquiring
for the various objects of interest and attraction which are
to be found in such abundance in London. On the succeed-
ing days, many availed themselves of the rapid and cheap
modes of travelling by railway and steam-packets to visit
the interesting spots around the metropolis. Greenwich,
Woolwich, Gravesend, &c. were among the places thus visit-
ed, and many found their way to Windsor, in order, if pos-
sible, to have a peep at England's Queen, a desire which, we
believe was gratified. The trains started, on their return to
Liverpool, at ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday evening.
The whole number of passengers, however, did not return
by them, many being unwilling to leave London so soon,
preferring rather to pay the extra charge by the regular
trains to a curtailment of their pleasures. We understand,
that, i❑ the course of a month or two, there will be another
trip of the same kind.

THE TABLES TURNED.—On Saturday Christopher
O'Hara was placed at the Police-court, charged with having
stolen a quantity of cotton and ropes from a bonded ware-
house, in the possession of Mr. Howard Horsley, in Seel-
street. The evidence against O'Hara was to the effect, that
ppliceman 242, having heard of the robbery followed the cart

in which the articles were carried to a marine store, where
he found the prisoner in possession of them. The officer took
him into custody, upon which the prisoner informed that
functionary that he had been employed by Mr. Horsley's
warehouseman, Charles Strugnal, (who was in court) and
who was at a certain public-house, which he named. Strug-
nal denied all knowledge of the transaction. A sample of
the cotton was produced. It was not cotton waste or pick-
ings, but clean, good cotton, which appeared to have been
pulled forth, in considerable masses, from the apertures
made for sampling. The prisoner said he was employed by
Strugnal to pick all the cotton ropes he could find, and place
them in a bag, which he did ; that Strugnal cut down a
bundle of ropes and added them to the others. He (the pri-
soner) was required to cut some canvas, and for this purpose he
borrowed Strugnal's knife, which he had kept in his posses-
sion till taken by the policeman, to whom he delivered it.
[The officer here produced the knife.] He had no needle,
and he asked Strugnal for one, who told him to go to one of
the upper rooms and borrow one. He went up stairs and
asked an old man, named Johnson. One of the packers told
Johnson that he (the prisoner) had borrowed a hook from a
comrade, and had lost it ; upon which Johnson refused to
lend him the needle. Shortly afterwards, however, Johnson
went dowa stairs and lent the needle and a palm to Strug-
nal, saying he would lend them to the warehouseman, but not
to O'Hara. Strugnal took the needle and palm, and deli-
.
vered them to him (the prisoner.) Having finished his work,
he engaged the cart, as ordered by Strugnal, and, by his or-
ders also, took the cotton and ropes away to sell them. He
was to meet Strugnal at the public-house where the police-
mon found him. Strugnal had given him orders to be at the
warehouse at eight o'clock on Friday last; he overslept him-
self, and did not go till nine. Strugnal then told him to
meet him there at 12. He did meet him there at 12, and was
seen speaking to him, as was afterwards proved by a gentle-
man who occupies one of the rooms in Mr. H.'s warehouse.
Mr. Rushton ordered the man Johnson to be sent for. On the
arrival of this man, be swore that he had never seen the
prisoner in his life before, and that no such circumstance as
that mentioned by the prisoner had occurred. The earnest-
ness of the prisoner in questioning this man created a for-
cible impression of his innocence, during which Strugnal was
visibly agitated. Mr. Rushton ordered the other men to be
sent for. Only one of them could be found. His name is
Duncan Gordon. On being questioned, he fully confirmed
the statement made by the prisoner as to the loan of the
needle and palm, thereby showing that the prisoner had been
employed in the warehouse with the full knowledge of Strug-
nal. Mr. Horsley produced a book kept by the warehouse-
man, in which an account is kept of the men employed.
The name of the prisoner did not appear in it. Mr. Horsley
said it was impossible that the prisoner could be employed
in the warehouse a sufficient length of time to collect so
much cotton without the knowledge of the warehouseman.
Mr. Rushton ordered that the prisoner O'Hara should be
discharged, and Strugnal taken into'custody. This order
was obeyed, when O'Hara was placed in the witness-box and
his evidence taken. Strugnal made a rambling statement, de-
nying that he had given the orders to O'Hara, and speaking
somewhat at large of his duties and responsibilities. Mr.
Rushton said he had no doubt, not only that Strugnal did
give the order, but that he had attended the court with the
deliberate intention of swearing away the liberty of the
poor man who had just been discharged from the bar.
Strugnal was committed for trial.