The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-30 00:00:00

Dec. 30, 184 local anb Vrobinrial 3ttus. Capt. Johnson, of the ship Tory, has been fully com mitted for trial for the murders and other charges. On Thursday, a man named Peter Jamieson fell into the hold of the ship Sir Howard Douglas, and had his skull fractured. He died soon after. Oa Thursday night, a man: in the garb of a sailor, was found dead in Brunswick-street. He is supposed to have been another victim of intemperance. _ _ _ The Solicitorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, in - the gift of Lord Granville Somerset, as chancellor of the duchy, is vacant by the death of John Teesdale, Esq. The number of deaths occasioned by the late explosion at Bothwell and Kitts' mill, Bolton, is now fourteen, and 'three persons are still in a dangerous condition. A. young woman, named Ann Garside, died at Man chester, on Sunday morning last, from having taken an overdose of tartaric acid. The handsome silver epergne, valued at 150 guineas, was presented to Mr. William Sudlow on Tuesday, as an acknowledgement of his extraordinary zeal for the welfare of the Philharmonic Society. Mr. Richard Simm, master of the 'Welsh Charity School, received on Monday last the acknowledgments of the directors and the present of a Bible, on retiring from the situation.. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday night, a woman named Gardner, residing in Peter-street, went to_hed complain- ing of a ;light Pain in her head, where she was found a corpse by her daughter the next morning. . FATAL Acorn - ENT. —On Saturday; a man named Samuel Mottram, whilst drunk,. driving his horse and cart along Cbatham-street, fell off and the cart passed over him. He died on Wednesday morning. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against Mary Evans, of Bebington, for poisoning her infant child. Several children of the prisoner's have died under suspicious circumstances. On Sunday week, Samuel Rixon Latus, one of the pas sengers who was seriously injured by the, upsetting of Whalley's Preston and Blackburn coach, on the Ist of last month, died at his residence, Blackburn. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against the woman Swift, for causing the death of another woman named M'Gill, as detailed in our last. Swift has not yet been apprehended. CAwriox.—A boy named Powell, ,five years old, in this town, was last week standing on a chair near the fire place. reaching a ball, when his clothes caught fire, and was so much burnt that he soon died. IMPRUDENT MEN.—During the past week there were no fewer than eight watches, of the value of £lO each, stolen by prostitutes, hi the immediate neighbourhoOd of the railway-station, in Lime-street, from men in a state of intoxication. Mr. Peter Ainsworth, M.P. for Bolton, has announced in a letter to the electors that he intends "to vote for a total and immediate repeal of the corn laws, as well as for all measures calculated to promote the principles of free trade." _ _ . During 72 nights of the last season at the Manchester Theatre, the performances consisted of '27 tragedies, 47 comedies and plays, 19 interludes and farces, 27 musical pieces, 38 ballets and divertisements—total entertain ments. 154. APPEAL.—WHITE V. RIISIITON.—On Friday, G. Hen derson, Esq., Recorder, gave judgment in this case, which bad been postponed from the last session. His worship confirmed the conviction, with costs. The amount of fine, it will be recollected, was £2O. The next annual meeting of the Wirral Farmers's Club for 1845, will be held at Eastham, about the 12th of March, under the patronage of Sir William Massey Stan ley, Bart• The ploughing match will take place at East• ham, and the dinner on the same day at the new hotel ROPBERY BY A FEMALE SERVANT IN LIVERPOOL. —On Friday, at the Manchester Borough Court, a young was remanded on a charge ..y from the service of her employer, in Iking with her £G, and some articles of woman, named Mary Henze of having run a lAierpool, wearing apparel,ler mistress's property. The projectors of the Royal Exchange, Manchester, will not be in a condition to apply to parliament for a bill •in the next session ; and they, consequently, relinquish the contract for the purchase of the Exchange buildings. The proposed enlargement of the existing Exchange will now be at once proceeded with. CHORDS PASTORAL AID SoCIETV.—On Sunday week sermons were preached at Preston in aid of the above Society, by the Rev. W. M. Falloon, 8.A., incumbent of St. John's, Liverpool ; in the morning at St. Peter's ; the afternoon at Christ Church ; and the evening at St. Paul's. The collections amounted to £47 7s. 2d. STRIPPING A •Housg.—TWO lids, well-known thieves, named Thomas Jackson and John Jones, were committed at the Police -court, on Tuesday, for having stolen a num 'ber of door-handles, bell-pulls. &c., from an uninhabited house in Bedford-street South, belonging to Mr. He therington, solicitor. At Blackburn petty sessiorts a few days sin( Hopwood and Etton, spinners, were fined £lO for not Messrs having their machinery properly fenced off. At the same time another spinner was fined £lO for having allowed ,five young persons to work in his factory without having obtained a certificate that they had attended school. DEATHS FROM BURNING:—On Tuesday a child four years old, named Sarah M'Mullen, was left in a room by severe On th, same day, Margaret Power, aged four years and as burnt under similar circumstances, and died tE next day. At the annual meeting of the tver armor= t 64r Piilh• • Tuesday, it appeared that the.receipts for the were 41,511 is. Gd., and the disbursenients £2,355 14s. Id., leaving a balance owing to the treasurer of 5.844 6s. 711. The property of the society was :veined at upwards of £BOO. There has been a decrease in the amount of subbcriptions for the past year. Land has -n purchased in Hope-street and Myrtle-street, as a the new concert-hall, and it is expected the hall - ,,, leted in the early part of 1847. men purchns IN DIET e distressing case, men barked from this port in h Oct( ) Robert Is and sailed from this port fc h, SouthampL forth Int. yaipathy. Forth steal' ) Liverpool, arriving on Wedn---' n the most p bare been Ilan. Several meetings I tion opened for ti to meet the e Ilion they s clerk of the dians, o❑ bet NARROW Robert Isaac October, ,ged here at the Comme 1, ..en held of the humane, and a at &bout £6OO will be PLY GAN, OR WELSH SF.RVICI ')AY.—On Thursday last, being Christi was performed at. St. Davic t six a.m long befor Dioclesian, a Roman emperc in the sere I fact in histor urch was pr rst to morning on which the Sa Le occasion Wm. Hug} WEST DEM The Poor under date of the 18th instant, apps ey had been written to by Mr. E. I f himsplf send en-triac behalf, a, ng to the payers, nor any s the Coma spose of aid they wouic )N CHRISTMAS- s-day, divine s church, in this The hour may appear untimely, but sh consider it their duty to appear early in the •y on this day, as it is the anniversary of the ad , who in dtie time became their friend and medi- is festival was observed by the Christian church .towards the Christian lit the time. Churchmen and dissenters seemed ther in be ire, neither f, have the e prep be c - but to allow tbeß( SCAPE OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP. — which sailed from Liverpool on tl ith emigrants, (whose distress marked on elsewhere) bad been onl when she became voyage, and after f ants of West Derby, to b have re- few days at sea he proceeded, however, on her arty on their it. tinder these cireum. s they advised the board I to abide. The fof Gu EXAMINATION OF THE ACTON SCHOOLS, NEAR NANT vnca.—On Tuesday last, these schools went through their annual extuninatlon, in the 'presence of a large assemblage of persons, among whom we noticed the founders of the' school, the Tollemache family, from Dorfold Hall; Mrs. Tomkinson, Miss Tomkinson, Mr. Tollemache, Rev. R. Mayor and family, Rev. Cotton, df Rugby School ; Rev. Gretton, rector.of Nantwich ; Rev. -- Cooper, of Coppenhall, &c., &c. The subjects of examination included English history, Scripture his tory, geography, arithmetic, &c; in addition to which, the girls repeated the whole of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians from memory. On the whole, this examina tion was the best we have seen in any country school, and very far superior to many we have witnessed in London and elsewhere, and reflects the highest credit on the re spective teachers, Mr. Allen and Miss M'Dowall.—( or respondent. FIRE AT THE WINDSOR FOUNDRY.—A fire broke out on Wednesday morning, about two o'clock, in the pre mises of Messrs. Smith and Willey, Windsor Foundry. It commenced in a room over the machine shops, in which there were large quantities of patterns and other work. The fire engines arrived in about an hour after wards, but it was not until half-past five o'clock that a good supply of water was obtained, at which time the flames bad extended:greatly, threatening the destruction of the premises. When, however, water was secured, the engines were worked most efficiently, and the flames got under in a couple of hours. The room in which the fire commenced is quite destroyed, and the machinery in the shop beneath considerably injured • but had it not been for the great exertions of Mr. Dowling, Mr. Hewitt, and the firemen, the damage sustained must have been much greater. The premises are insured in the West of England Office ; but we are glad to bear that the amount of loss has been greatly exaggerated by our contempora ries : it will not exceed £5OOO. The cause of the fire is unknown. _ THE WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISTS.—A lauda ble endeavour has for some time been making by this body of Christians to discharge the debts upon the vari ous chapels in this town. and in furtherance of this ob ject a tea-party of the friends and contributors to the church debt society 'was held on Christmas-day, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. The demand for tickets was so great, 1500 having been disposed of in a very short time, that it became necessary to fit up the lower hall with tables, and thus accommodation was pro vided for several hundred more. Tire sum promised at all the chapels was £4,756 4s. Id. ; paid up, £2,237 I7s. 9d. ; unpaid, £2,518 6s. 11d. Debts due on the chapels, £6,700. Throughout, the most enthusiastic feeling per vaded the meeting, and each of the speakers was warmly applauded. .£lOO was subscri bed during the evening. A collection was made at the eloie of the meeting for the poor shipwrecked emigrants now at the Commercial-hall, and whose case is mentioned in another part of this day's paper. LIVERPOOL HEBREW PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.— On Monday last the members of this society dined toge ther at the Angel. Mr. E. S. Samuel acted as Chairinan, Mr. J. Daniels as Vice-Chairman. Mr. Hart entered into some details as to the origin of the society. At the time of the society being founded there were only about 400 of the Hebrew persuasion in Liverpool, and though the number now amounted to about 2300, it was gratify ing to find that the recipients of the society's bounty had not increased ; it was also gratifying to know that many parties had become benefactors to the society who had formerly been obliged to avail themselves of the assistance it afforded. The benevolent founder of the institution had in view the erection of alms-houses for their less for tunate brethren, and he looked forward with pleasure to the time when those views should be carried out. Mr. Hart concluded by proposing success to the Hebrew Phi lanthropic Society. The memory of Moses Samuel, Esq., the founder of the society, was drunk in solemn silence. In addition to the members of the Hebrew faith who spoke,—Mr. Joseph, Dr. Raphall, and others,—the com pany was addressed by Mr. Eyre Evans, Mr. Thomas Bolton, Mr. H. T. Atkinson, and Mr. W. B. Hodgson, principal of the Mechanic's Institution. The latter gen tleman acknowledged the sentiment—" Education and the Hebrew Educational Institution," and enlarged on the progress now being made for educating the rising eration, and its influence on society generally. SELECT VESTRY.—On Tuesday last, at the usual periodical meeting, there were 19 members present. Oa a discussion relative to the payment of salaries to officers, an amendment was carried to the effect that the payment of £5O to the chaplain be postponed for a fortnight, to allow time for the Poor Law Commissioners to sanction the same. A sum of £l5 was voted to a party for the giving up possession -of a strip of land close to the Industrial School. A report was read relative to the erection of new pariah offices, and pointing out the land he Governer's house, Brownlow-hill t not finally deciding. he report also cc tained recommendations relative to the internal arrant Lime-street Might tie Soiil for what they cost, and the funds of the parish would be economised. The report was received—the plans, &c, to be submitted hereafter. A discussion took place ae to the apr Eckerley (Superintendent' Registrar) . _ from the aouble rent of the premises he had occupied in Islington, and as that gentleman had sublet the premises 40 a month, it was finally agreed. on Lime•atreet be sold. it was agreed that in the mean time the office should not be fitted up with furniture, &c. The board t ,hen adjourned NEW CHURCH AT SE ACOMBE —The committee of proposed new church at Seacowbe have sofM John Ray be co mpovedof a nave 88? by 31i feet, ciaancel .r 1 hv a to and spire 120 feet high, and the exterior effect is peculi arly pleasing lerior arrangements are also very atisfactorii. the centre aisle is of consiilerable width, and re 500 in number, of which onehalf will t x to the one now building at IN The we a large mullioned and the chancel will gbted by a si of smaller dimensions. The pulpit is placed mity of the chancel, and a bar m read the bru 3rthwestern e signed by Mr. Hay, will stand on.the op posite side. The style is the early decorated, which flou rished toward the latter part of the thirteenth some lecturr The site is fixed at t intersection of four new road will present a picturesque addition to the river. Appropriate drawings for the ends of the .nd the sedilia, wer were considered beautiful specimens sign. The cost is estimated at 41,8 small sum for so capacious and s^ 1. ndsome a buil HORRIBLE BARBARITY —On Friday court, Richard M disgraceful circumstances inetace of a communication from -Mr irk at Birkenhead, Mess: Jackson, two of ti in Hat two poor, mine .n clog ten pounds weight ad often bee. The neighb boors t hastly appearance I had received iew from th P Mr. Hay. and rchitectural de• an exceedingly Minn, a Scotchman, was brought at Birkenhead, under the following —lt appeared that in conse- er, minister Harden and and they there children, one ten years e, a son and daughter by a former were also found, one of which was at- louse; they bad also ill-tub with frightful Jackson s Two chains tacked to an•oal a fortnight t n to eat refuse from ti svidity,'and their squalid and *rom the ti ©t his horrit tural father did not feel at all cruelty being brought to light, but boldly affirmed that IR was coml of attem !verity in consequenc s.to run away, hey told hined oat something hem up doubts morally 'e great I severe lecture, and it was ultimately -d pay for their maintenance, as the would not consent to entrust them to his greed that he al istrates keeping again TAE LATE GALE .—One of the fiercest storms that has r a considerable period took place soon en experienced after midnight o Sunday w establishment op, rarely seen it WILLIAMSON-SQUARE —This for the season on Friday even was entt THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SUDDEN DELTLIS.—On Wednesday evening, a female named Barber, living in Back Russell-street, aged 41, after taking tea in her usual health, lay down on a ,bed, gave a sigh or two, and expired. On Wednesday night; Sarah Jones, of Gascoigne-street, sixty-three years of age, after spending the evening with some friends, fell down in a fit, and expired. The supporters of the Anti-Corn-Law League held a meeting at Manchester, on Tuesday, at which from 1,500 to 2,000 persons were present. The accounts of the £lOO,OOO fund were read and passed. There is a balance of £12,033 in hand. The gentlemen present then pro ceeded to subscribe in aid of the proposed quarter of a million fund, and before the meeting closed upwards of £61,800 was subscribed. Among the donations were— John Bright and Brothers, £l,OOO ; It. Cobden, £5OO, &c. &c., &c. Since the meeting, several additional subscriptions have been handed in, and amongst the larger doners there are—One of £1,500, twenty-four of £l,OOO, one of £7OO, twenty-five of £5OO, four of £4OO seven of £3OO, twenty eight of £250, seventeen of £2OO, nine of £l5O, one of £125, and seventy of £lOO. [lf our agricultural friends intend to maintain their ground against the object of this illegal body there must be equal liberality DREADFUL CALAMITY quote to support the weigl The tank was contracted it of so large a body for with the Hawa , in Flints hire, for, it is said, £l5OO, they agreei ) guarantee its sufficiency for twelve months. For t on their par _ HIGHWAY BOARD.—Mr. Tinne qualified as missioner, and took the usual oaths. The state of Upper Frederick-street, which had been ordered six months ago to be re-paved anti repaired, was brought under the con sideration of the Board by Mr. Tinne, and the surveyor of the district was directed to proceed with it as soon as possible. The chairman said there was great difficulty in obtaining the required number of paviours. An applica- a com - purpose of suiplying with - water tl le of th between the wor element itself, it 'ksand the docks by the gravity of the was (though the site itself is consider• ably elevated above the greater part of I raised six feet from the surface of the yard, upon mas oxteth Park) _ . iron columns and archwork of stone and brick, and the horizontal iron plates, bedded on this foundation, there was certainly no conceivable chance of its giving way at the bottom tion frona Mr. Richard Harbord, for an estimate of the expense of paving, with wood, South John-street, between Canning-place and King-street, led to a discussion upon the merits of that system of-pacing ; and it was the general opinion that it bad failed in this town. Several members said it was decidedlunfit for heavy tra ffi c, and that the wood pavement in Exchange -street East, and other places, would have to be replaced by Macadam. The application was consequently declined. A deputation of occupiers, residing between Grove-street and Vine street, was introduced for the purpose of representing the defective drainage of part of Myrtle-street South ; and they requested the Board to complete the sewer up to Grove-street, a distance of about sixty yards. The de putation were told that the subject would receive considera tion when the annual estimates for new sewers were laid before the Board in January next. Helsby, the son of the late messenger to the'Board, was appointed to that office in the place of his deceased father. Mr. Higgins The tank was completed on Wednesday last, and early on Christmas Day the engine set to work to fill it, no doubt being entertained of its sufficiency. During the morning, Mr. M`Donald, the manager, thirty of the watermen under him, and i gathers belonging to the works, were in the yard, and observing every thing apparently secure, they went uway to dinner—a most fortunate movement for them, for had they remained a short time longer, probably nearly the whole of them would have lost their lives by drowning, or crushing by the broken masses of materials, or a combination of both. At about a quarter to two o'clock in the afternoon, as a man in charge of the tank was on the top of a ladder at the north-east corner, looking into the cistern, which was then three-fourths full, be heard what he calls " a cranch," and instantly both sides gave way. He was so complained of the district under his charge being so far from his place of business, and lie suggested that at a future day the arrangements for the, appointment of the districts be revised. Mr, Glidstone agreed in the pro priety of the suggestion, and h 6 said there were certain pet districts which were always monopolized, but he had never been fortunate enough to get appointed on one. Mr. Procter charged Mr. Higgins with inconsistency in wishing the districts to be re-appointed, after his speech iu council, where, not having enough to do, be appointed himself inspector-general of all the committees. The snbject soon after dropped. In reply to Mr. Higgins, the Chairman stated that Mr. Cooper had postponed his motion respecting the transfer of the £lO,OOO from the paving to the sewerage account, in consequence of the absence of the Law-clerk' and it would come on again that day fortnight. It was intimated, that the opinion taken by the Law-clerk was to the effect that the Board had no power to repay this sum back from one fund to the other. DOCK COMMITTRE.—The Sub-committee of Works re ported ag'inst an application of Messrs. Jackson and Co., for shed accommodation on the quay of George's Dock Basin, on the ground that there was not adequate room, and that it would be an obstruction. A stage berth was ordered to be appropriated on the south side of Victoria Dock, for a line of packets to Boston, as an experiment for six months. The Harbour Master's Sub committee were authorized to recommend a proper per son for the vacant situation of master of George's Dock. The Warehouse Sub-committee produced a report of what would he required by the Customs in the Albeit Dock warehouses, and some alterations were suggested, in order to b-ing the south-west stack into work previ ously to the whole pile being completed. The Commit tee of Works were irstructed to execute all the necessary works. The month's receipts at Runcorn were stated to be £3O Os. 10d., being £3 t3s. Id. less than the same pe riod last year. The Chairman announced that the follow , ing gentlemen were applicants for the situation of sta tioner to the Doc mmittee for the ensuing twelve Ir. Wareing Webb. months:—Mr. Geo, M'Corquod Mr. Wm. Pitt, Mr. James Mawdsley, Messrs. Ross and Nightingale, Mr. Henry Taylor, and Messrs. Lace and Addison. In reply to a question from Mr. Horsfall, the Chairman said, that Mr. M'Corquodale never had the Mr. Maifdsley I iad it from 1841 to 1842 they h Ir. Taylor had t ery in 1841. ' Lace and Addison never had It. Mr. Bold seconded by Air. Chilton, moved that Lace and Addisot be the stationers for the ensuing year. Mr. Middleton seconded by Mr. Smith, moved, as an amendment, tha Mr. M'Corquodale be the stationer. Upon a divisiot The following —For Lace and Ad Id, Tobin bton ' Mann col, and the Chairman. - ForM'Con ison—Messrs. I 11, Ripley, Houg quodal Moon; and Rankin. Messrs LaCe and Addison were ccordingly appointed. The Chairman announced tha were three candidates for the office of printer-- James Mawdsley, Mr. Thomas Carter, and Messrs le. Mr. Kendall 'moved, and Mr Mr. Mawdsley be appointed. N g been proposed, Mr. MawasTey' name was put and carried without opposition. nod Fecont her canrua late havin THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES I hole, and w .ND LOSS OF LIFE. I convi creation for alew minutes, doting which the awful _ catastrophe took place! He would otherwise hays been In order to supply a sufficiency of water for the extin- in the yard near the tank at the time, and there, such was guishinent of fires occurring in the southern districts of the destruction and havoc by water and projected materials, the town, the Liverpool and Harrington Water Company that it is scarcely possible to suppose he could have es commenced, some time since, the erection of an immense caped instant destruction. On Friday and Saturday the iron tank, in the yard attached to their works in Water- scene was distressing, a gloom pervading every counten street, Toxteth Park, which runs eastward from South ance. Crowds pressed to see the ruins, but barriers were Cheater-street, just behind St. Patrick's Chapel. The placed, and the police properly kept mere spectators at a tank, when filled, would contain, it is said, upwards of safe distance. In Rock-street fragments of furniture, 1000 tons of water, was of an oblong square shape, and bedding, &c., taken from the demolished dwellings were entirely formed in its walls of large iron castings, put to- piled in every direction, and the surviving owners were getber, interiorly, by bolts passing through flanches cast busy removing them in carts. These were taken from the on the inner edges of each piece. The exteriors of the tottering floors, and from the wreck below by the police castings were so moulded as to represent large ornamen- officers and others employed at imminent risk. The houses tal pannels. As a security against the lateral pressure of were shored up as speedily and skilfully as possible, to the water, a number of tension rods were extending from prevent them falling on their heads. Mr. James Law the ends and aides, at various heights, along and across rence, chairman of the Watch Committee, was on the the reservoir, and also diagonally at the corners : but the spot immediately after the accident, and ren whole material employed, unhappily, proved to be inade- all night. On Friday he was early on the ained neatly ground, and up the ions workmen were employe id searching amongst them for missinf ,r was on the spot on Thurs and Mr. Dowling was in constant a Id its I ength of t 20 feet—it was 15 feet wide or but tresses of ides. of lick ast-iron p 1 afternoon an inch tt There e y kind outside of were three quarters of Ole account states three-fourth inch thict ran, about I :—" Three rods, of xteen feet I 1. along the whole tank, and the ends and sides were strengthened by diagonal inch-and-a-half rods, five on each side, and four at each end. These were fastened to two strong iron sleepers at the bottom. There were no girders— binders ; no cross beams of any kind. The d no other irect and lateral pressure, at the bottom of the sides low down, was about 7 pounds to the square inch, or 1000 pounds per foot. The pressure on the whole side was therefore im mense." The general opinion is that the rods first gave way at the nuts, and that from the weight of water, the destruction that followed was instantaneous. ROYAL, ed with a more numerous and fashionable audience, amongst whom ing families, attended by the junior branch :a, anxious, no 10 - uht, to witness the drolleries and wonderful feats of larlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon. The attraction of the Honeymoon was the introduc lion of those unique juvenile artist noises, who appeared, to the number of thirty-six, in tw of their most admired darices. These talented childrer combined with the excellent acting of Mr. Creswick,'Mn D. Pope, and Miss Pitt, sufficed to stave off the anxiet If the audience for the commencement of the pantomitn4 itled " Princeple Battle Dansem hristrnas produc uin Battledore," a The Abode of Ei opens with a a nificen gance, absurdly grotesque plot he Viper Cavern," " The island " " The Feather Forest," " Hall of Sht ic., brings us to the usual change of a introduces us to Harlequin (Mr. Williams (Mademoiselle Corinne Pantaloon (M most fairy- like little den )n of Mr. T. Ridgway, under whose superint s, &c., have been got up he lodge gates of the Zoolo_ t which much drollery is enacted, and hem troduced is pea rapid whole, includir much confounded, that he moved not on seeing the tank env+. 1- r a minute ; but scrambled across the north one of the adjoining - - The company 's yard is on the south side of Water from which it is divided by a high wall, in which there is a gateway for carts. Water-street runs east and west, and the premises extend, in that direction, to a small publie=house west of them, and at the corner of that street and Rock-street, which , runs south from it, form ing a right angle. The tank occupied the west side of the yard, fixed longitudinally north and south ; and be ing 75 feet long, and 20 feet deep, it might be said to over-shaddow four of the houses in Rock-street, and the very small yards behind them. These houses are small, but with two rooms below, and three stories in height end, and got upon the is from the ground, with cellar nouse at the corner of the streets is that , publican ; the next, on the east side of Rock-street, and southward of it in succession, were tenanted, Ist, Mr. Berry ; 2d, Mr. Deveney; 3d, Mr. Simpson; 4th, Mr. French. The houses of Deveney and Simpson were immediately under the west side of the tank, and its middle and weakest part, and conpequently suffered the most by the dreadful disruption. In Deverney's, it is said, there were fifteen persons; and in that of S St. James's Market, - o beneath. T t of Mr. Porter ao is a constable in ling his wife tmpson, w even or eight, incl and four children. Mr. Smith, who lodged - N . vith him, kept a stall in St. James's Market, and had a wife and one child ; both were killed. Mrs. Simpson, who is much injured, says that, abut two minutes before the crash, sbe was talking to Mrs. Smith, in the back kitchen. The latter left her to look after her family's dinner upstairs, and_just as she 1 the top, the tbers coming throu hand, who THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The closing meeting of the year took place on Monday at the Royal Institution, and was well attended. Edward Woods, Esq., the President during the past year, pro nounced, as is usual, a concluding address ; and its force and propriety throughout leave us to regret that we can not find room for it entire, though we supply the most in teresting portions as they were delivered. He said : " Gentlemen ,—The rules of our society require that the president shalt address you at the close of, the session, and, in obedience to these rules, I hare now to bespeak your indulgence whilst I offer a few remarks before we separate. On such an occasion as this, I believe it is usual to refer briefly to the labours of the session, to the efforts used, to the ends accomplished, to estimate how far the ends may have been proportioned to the means, and the means worthy of the character and standing of I cannot conceal from myself the impression re failed in attaining the ends our society .equired at our hands durir I their the nature of the society. It was important to possess themselves of all the knowledge they could obtain on a given subject up to the latest period. For want of this knowledge many of them might waste a portion of their time and means in investigations of matters which bad already been fully and satisfactorily explained; and in devising modifications and adaptations of machinery to accomplish . an object already attained by others. He oils, which ha Many of then alluded to the railway sPecula, cellar absorbed so much of the public mind. these projects would no doubt be nipped, and properly too, in the bud ; whilst others might result in the advan tages that follow the judicious and well-considered appli cation of capital. What the general effect on the country might be, it was the province rather of the political eco of that society to inquire ; but the '• mach; I nomist t ways fell eery" of r this involved t motive traction eluded by cordial! had already done at energie A vote of than sid mate s heric versus loco- mcluded questions of atmos road and narrow gauges, & He co rking the members for their f the so uch, hut it puss( ent address ,hould not fail clamation t d the busini O'CONNELL'S FABRICATIONS ABOUT TENANTRY. A few weeks ago we gave the particulars of a challeng from the Tones " commissioner". to Mr. Daniel O'Coi nell, to submit the question as to the correctness of the " commissioner's description of the condition of the O'Connell tenantry to the arbitra'ion of twelve disin terested gentlemen, six to be chosen by each. "To this challenge, as all the world anticipated, the arch agitator and hypocritical professor of ultra kindness towards his debased and suffering fellow countrymen demurred. His son Maurice, however, to whom the chief management of the Dcrrynane property is confided, after a three weeks' silence, came out at length with a laboured letter ad dressed to the Editor of the Tinsel, in which the "com missioner's" statements were contradicted throughout ; represented as wanton falsehoods, and which he concluded by calling upon the proprietors of the Times to dismiss their author as unworthy of a situation upon their esta blishment. To justify himself from this impeachment, and to pro tect his character from the scurrilities of Daniel himself, and his coadjutors of Conciliation Hall, the " Commis sioner" has taken the only manly course left open to him, by requesting of the proprietors of the Times that another gentleman from the establishment should be deputed to go over the property in question, and, by an independent report, to confirm or to contradict the statements im pugned by the O'Connells. In his journey through the property. which occupied three days, the Reporter and the " Commissioner" were accompanied during a part of the time by Mr. Maurice O'Connell himself, and during the whole of the time by some banger-on or agent of the palliate all that was repulsive upon the property. In every case where the parties visited spoke Irish only, the questions were put and the answers returned through an interpreter of their own; yet, in spite of all these efforts to blink the truth, the report just published not only cork firms most fully the statements of the Commissioner, but proves even a blacker case against the middleman of Derrynane, and the now acknowledged "worst landlord We shall not attempt to harrow up the feelings of our readers by describing the atrocious scenes witnessed by We ,Il property this second enquirer upon the OtConne must, however, bring before them the astounding fact that, Mr. Maurice 0 Connell, the resident steward of his father, had not been up to the time of his visit with the Time 'nrter, aware of even the existence of some of Take one specimen : —" Next came J. is tenantry 3 ue's - cabin Engli;ll pigstye. 1-1 a heap of straw. M existence of kimsel It was scarcely clean enough f n sly pt on T 1 surprised at the 7e, and asked his wife where she came frox w•n village of Ard- how long she had been a. We Esked her how that we have in some mes that might justly I sion which is now nearly brought to a close the one hand, we have to thank cordially those members who, for the common good, and at some sacrifice of valu able time, have favoured ns with interesting and valuable Whilst papers, and th listen to and di members who have atte ;cuss the subjec we cannot but s of those paper yet, on the other hand 1 that the riumbei of the communicat made to us, and the amount of the at- the expectation which we have a reasonable right to form from a review of the names, of the influence, and of the talents, of those who are included in our muster roll. As members of a society, we are banded together for the at tainment of a definite object; and the preseot time appears 'Lindy for each of us to ponder well to me a fitting oppor the nature and iniportance of the objects we are seeking, the part we have individually taken in securing them, and from any active labours in connexion tberew consider wt ty we in red from indifference. Tiie objects of our society, as in deed its name implies, are of an exclusively practical na ture—the explanation and record of new discoveries in e various branches of er neering d arch'. of the applicati geological and chemical Pie - the powers of the produc n of ot soil or,our machinery What we aim at be briefly sum discovery of means of labour may be by which the health and comfort of mankind may be pro moted. The discovery of any new mechanical or chemical retofore has been required tor the prod turn that surplus labour into other at the wealth and resources of a con [crease in the energy or t of manu facture wi ith a smaller quantity Of ma and is enabled to su of bis benefitting thereby both himself and the common himself by rescrving a portion of the saving he has ei he Nublic b surrenders to ensure the s provement in the drainage or irrig pplication of his farrnei ation of r are, or the implements of husban succeeds, in like manner, in producing, with tl amount of labour, supplies for a la-ger class of co of other nien. T the canal, the r vides from time gineer, _wboforme tb boor, the dock, and pro to time such improvements cost of transpc progress of wealtt tion of the achievements of art in satisfying t wants and comforts of t s tend pines. ver, are not sole!! confined to this class of subjecis,bu they inc wider ra and take cognizanc improvements tending to the r and health of our fellow-ereaturt rvation of the I —the order a matters that would become ail health, either by drainage or othe bur stre which sur e apparatus for rapid extinction of fire- violent After this sari on the bubj er kindred tonics deman n, b they do wi von th cts bet I in the rest. In we regulatei to good than evil he supply of a bution of the va Cr on I uar..tini which r own in ye par dis!ri rnotior fforts of men in ev own very door of them before pent Ine statement I no impartial or Dn hesitat ption given by your commi tor Da CORRESPONDENCI iARAS DISTRICT our paper of Tues roabas School Ca I had a doubt on my mind that t The common prosperity and usefulness which you repr of trade and Being one of the number who subscr hnildinfr of theraP se.honle find rnncirip, m, wa a kes great inte d that his labours of f the cle torted —has " never re," was not g the controverted owness of his own de can t t witness can on tight it my duty to make, aer the truth of t Dner, for which I ,a be dumb ITO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARL were in the state of mare than a little to produce bill inf . order and regular is termed le addle Ise tbe'numt upon, I incic t of their ate wardship to With such motive of all er commerce, is self:in-ic passion so it may be to bination of labour requisitey unity lik ducts Of industry and art i formin 'wronged concert, or( ceedings Thus the selfisi The merct nria. wh is it in all t and, it may I susy mart belo rt in, the clamorous c s which tri-air .e effected far bet 303 bining unconsci, men to r h passions are over ibuting the p to relieve the re us, we cant OCCUPEI 'formation succeeding transform. ,ucceeding tricb lchiding portion of the in, anc After, in imagi bound, a fine ocean suns and at length we see the city an( moonlight, with the Great Britain a I b 7 ay of Ne pplause The whol tld the usual rewards for punishment of folly and vice. Thi astically received, and the youngster extatics Of these are indeed, we may say with truth that the g the scenery, is of first-rate order. In e have a grand lchor. This spien- offering virt he Rev. T to co-operate with iereby ensure. in a I am'lnformed, likeiCise, that t the houses of the•poorin the most destitut )n, when I There is not a qu S, AS is manifest in the pre .rity, that poor old Mrs. Gibson's after her body was discoverea es of the killed and dr wned are .—Catherine Smith, Jane Smith, Catherine Brown, and .e received at the Southe ,ed 60, wounded in the face, and much y severe cent THEATRE-ROYAL, LIV or the Kingdom of Goodfe,_ content" ; is said to be " writte„ by Mr. G. Dorrington, author of the' World of Coin, &c. ; and is produced under the direction of Mr. 'W. .t n, invente and desipne sing of the curtain discloses to ns 'h )f the blue devils in the Valley of Discontent, the gloomy-horrible mount o "ows and - Dominions of Dis- I Georg( IHammond i scene ad Nightir )t out she knows not, but r ,s rescued by a man. He I sent . to the Southern flOspital, was in t o'clock, and heard ri rumbling noise. On turning head, he perceived the brickwork at the back giving 7- Ana the water instantly rusher] in in terrific volume. I forCing him through tt He afterwards became iosensibie, but reached tbi street, he knows not how. John Deveney was reading iu the kitchen when the w r rushed in, and th , f the wind Mr. Smith vs he was forced out of the window with his force of the water. that the brick walls of Deven Simpson's house were forced out, back and front, leaving Such was th between the divisc ad that hangi imple adhesion of the mort weight of bricks, rubbish, and furniture Captain Turner, his wife, and four childret at their dinner table in the kitchen of the hou they lived on the west side of Rock-street, when t tits of bricks and an int menseliodv of water rushed 'ere sittin and was' .hem into the n the two houses adjo' Ashbrook and anon( uch has Mr. Ashbrook's hoof vere also yen that ty, to have it surve flood of wat feet deep. rushed down th He clung to ter abated mach ry direction, were heartrendiilg by Mr. Fisher, acarpenter, to whose rearlessiies servation The police exerted t . . ing, occupied by filled. an I I and humani I Muks sent 'orce, wit i pro - raptly_ present ut,i,ost, fearless of the dangers that surrounded them, for masses of bricks and heavy materials continued to fall from the shattered buildings e of which threateneC ssisted by several ,urs, and le ruins. froM I Frencl molish ❑cceeded in rescuing several person . The houses of Mr. Berry and Mr south of the two that were nearly de were n crushed behind, c fallen down, nearly to the top, on beir street, in some parts above, from their nd evidently very insecur —the prov ght, of air, of warmth, o s necessary for the removal of the cleansing of Notwithstanding all exertions, it is lamentable to s that up to Saturday i bad lost their lives, t tinny were more or frictured limbs erly female was there f SO muc scertained that f ties bei 1g found; and about .red. The latter were Gibson 1. The laving mates and propped up with beams at the corner the parlour fire-place in Deveney's house, (in t five up to that time ahnosi We may m m pied barb hhourhood. Some of these had ) had for ma time, and down in several .nd throwing the 1 Gibson. Mar peciully, were la Of th hosuital lleven o Devene Ann Deventy, wife of Jok John Deveney Ann Dcveney Thomas' their son, 27, severe contu f Johii, 24, I e inter such pro- - led to the Ice of his own or of I ity he Only thinks Co serve st engine of Cc luch is the c society 13 may h DUE ptivile ro invesugat .ought to be nd rap ' with pf the improvement of our physical condition--to r nd make known, through the medium of o it conversations, facts the knowledge of whi without taking I noun t with his fellow. I the don apers o general good cara,' sh She re say whether s•he it stander (one of his tenant of hi side of the 1., ple of ,e care w has been in the habit of inquiring into the coedit ng conies niture of his fel nts before rked that some of the 't time (ha' Yet, this man, fed, housed a i squalor and miser usinted with the e his ow statement, :bees and his father's proved , untryrr niture ( pantly accus to ente Inside sael and a heap of .11 could not but a by- ;e' and that le of our .en for 0' Connell see r his collo!, ' From h€ He then inqui lied for nine she and her fainily lived hey had not half en( I seat in the house v I ficed for their to Or this : ' Very, very badly a heap of sto ain end i been I would •e is wb Dm Ne foundlan that she was in s Fayal, a distanc maind rities a 133, were I and condemn 'plain then told tj - esolved on running f 800 wiles, where they arrived govern' ber tt A few of the emigrants, who The authc le 29th of is, were Scot on to New York nt home by:the Forth SouthaMpton took care of them and by the liberality of the directors of the Londoi South-Western and the London and Birmingh CI inhabitants panies they left on Tuesday witt pool, from which port they embarked. The sufferings the poor creatures must have been very great the .allow ance of food necessarily diminished, and many had not their clothes off for weeks. e to Live . AL CHOLLAL SOCIETY.—The thirtieth perform ance of this excellent society took place on Tuesday even ing, at the Music-ball, Bold-street, and was numerously and most respectably attended. The orchestra, vocal and instrumental, consisted of about 150 performers, the whole of whom acquitted themselves to admiration. The piece selected for performance was Handel's well known oratorio the Messiah, with Mozart's accompaniments; . we . do not remember h a vi ng listened to any oratorio given by this or any other society, in which the various singers and instrumental performers we lected for their various pieces, or more perfect the scene throughout. Amon gs t th e b es t of the sok - during the evening were the songs " Rejoice "—"I know that my Redeemer liveth,” and, 'ntiful," which were given by Miss Holden, FESTIT )etter fe- sung greed_ "How b with great precision, taste, and beautiy: This lady,l we may remark, has greatly improved since we last heard her. Mr. G. Holden, jun. sung, "He was despised and rejected of men," delightfully. The songs allotted to Mr. Dodd were also given with great judgment and feeling, and in very fine voice. "The people that walked in darkness," and ' Why do the_ nations rejoice," were sung with great p elicited, as did th , ,wer and effect by Mr. Armstrong, and other solos, most hcarty applause. The instrumentaldepartment was very full and efficient ; and the chorusses throughout were speedily given, and several of them encored. The performance, as a whole, was highly creditable to Mr. George Holden, the excellent conductor, Mr. H. T. Aldridge, leader, and the other gentlemen who take an active part in the management of the society. greitlosi of propert and continued the entire day the coast. a At Bowcastle, amelancht _ three miles up the coast to the northward low fall Bale was s height, a quantity o lamed the Mary Ann, t don, was seen buffetir ritually drove and with the exception of two seamen, crew perished. Off Holyhead—Two ye tact, and and one it is feared foundered on board, the number of her crew. Aeolus, from Liverpool, for the Azore )peried about When t ,hort distance, of the lar the whole of her essel is the ran into her is the Young Queer , Two only of the Aeolus's crew jumped on board a Queen, and before the vessels parted another attempted a similar escape, but fell overboard and was drowned. A vessel was lost at the entrance of Sutherland hatbour. The crew were got on shore, by means of lines thrown by rockets. At Bideford, the gale blew terrifically high all day, with heavy falls of snow. In the early part of the day the wreck of the yacht Fanny, the property of Charles Montgomery, Esq., of Swansea, was driven in the har and bout, and her fragments strewed the shore on both sides same port for a . considerable distance None of the bodies of tl It is with extrea crew have as yet been picked ur regret that we have to announce the wreck of two vessels at Yishguard Bay. The stern of one of them has floated in, on - vr.hich is inscribed, " Aoward, of Savannah." There were from thirty to forty persons seen miller deck previous to her going to pieces, but from the boisterous state of the weather no assistance could be rendered, and it is supposed that all hands perished: From thd size of the stern, she must have been a ship of about 700 tons burden STRUCTURE OF TH tETll.—Tbe teeth, it is well composed of bony strurture, known to physiologists, a which is covered with a coating of enamel—a substance of a fibrous nature, and so hard as to strike fire with a steel. Notwithstanding its apparent hardness, the enamel is, however, extremely susceptible of injury, and it thus be comes highly important to ascertain what preparations are best adapted to preserve so important a substance in its pristine integrity and beauty. We do not hesitate there fore to recommend "Rowland's Odonto, or Pearl Dentri frice," as the most valuable means of purifying, embel lishing, and preserving the Teeth and Gums,,itet . offered to the public.--&e. advt. arch bi )ther matters of which quiry, which convinced lergy tc GO, a I would s A CONSTANT READER ,ure in handing MP! to the ion our correspondent's gratif; TRADE, DEC 23.-Pr 's are sai o days past. Found e bad to pay 755. I provenient is caused by our present , ositior holders pausing until something dent paper has, for some time past, been press on the trade the propriety of ar able works as a means - of consumption for pig iron takes 011ie. Th erasion of Walk urn, engag he Manufactu iron, have sur bridge, and on whic re to erect a n nom National. extensive sed ET AND A return of the Peel THE MONEY M absolutely new : what .RVATIVE Mr ry has already ___, the Oak, who transports her favourites to her " fair'' , broken. The east wall of the engine -house, close to the within the range of the rules. Palace of Content, in the Alcove of Acorns," and intro- tank, was totally knocked d o w n , t wo i m mense pieces of the matter submitted should be laces Harleguin, Colunlbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, to the iron-work having g o n e th roug h it, an d l o d g ed on the old to some might be new to many. Some process , eurtray " the 'fun and tallies of the age." tops of the two boilers. When the accident occurred two art or handicraft pursued in other districts or other coup- most deservedly se, as the sources e. We shall not be expected to go through the numerous of the men belonging to the works, Davies and Owen, tries would be instructive here, and might suggest remarks are diminished ; and a favourable influer tnsformations which follow each other to the and a boy, had a narrow escape. Davies was driven in tending to our knowledge of resources. He suggested pected on the markets of Paris, Amster evening's entertainment—a very ample one, under the fire, and the others were struck down. T h e that the objects of the society might advantageously be If this upward tendency after Christmas continues by the bye —or to describe the new scenery produced. water disappeared with great rapidity, for the eye of tne classified somewhat in detail, so that members would find effect a complete return of confidence and a rest_ Our readers must see these for themselves ; all that we well was open, which relieved the y ar d, and the declining at once what information would be valuable. Their late the buoyant state of the money-market ; for after all, we can say being, that, although seen under the disadvantage streets to the westward afforded every facility for the de- respected president, in his closing address last year, most must repeat that there never - of a first performance, with, we believe, very little pre- scent of the roaring fluid. ably enlarged' upon the most appropriate topics,—the late panic and consequent dep. vious rehearsal, we were much diverted by them. The A coal-dealer name d Willi am Cartwright, had a narrow condition and prospects of steam navigation ;of railways the money-market are, however, more matters of feeling dancing of Madlle. Leoni enatteibine) is of first-rate escape. It being Christmas-day, w hen coals for the engine and their improvements ; the progress of steam and other than of reason ; and as we have encountered unexpected character, particularly her Bohemian Polka with Mr. W. l could not be procured from the canal, and the supply RP- powers; the diminution of the smoke of furnaces ; the checks of late, so we do not know what events will occur Ryan (Harlequin), and her medley dance. Mr. Henry peering to he rather short, he had been wheeling a quantity ventilation of buildings, and cleansing and drainage of to place us in the same difficulties again. Matters, never- Blanchard made a very active and amusing Clown. for temporary use into the pre m ises f ro m his own yard at towns, &c. In addition to information absolutely new, theless, look better than they have done for some time The house was a very erowdea one, and the applause a short distance. He was about to hasten with the re- i I he rejoiced that the council bad agreed to accept of ab- Money is plentiful and now free, while th e d eman d' was unstinted. minder ordered, when a person detained him at home in :tracts of published papers on subjects congenial with is small.—Railway Herald. s of I made oney-market, and )litical disturbance may be ex- tricks and tr end of the ration of ny rea► reason for the All operations of ressior then enter sis and looking ver ted with their lot; tue on the state of affairs in general George Simpson, son of last, 7, broken leg. Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of ditto, 5, broken thigh. They were all very low when brought in but continued genius -D espatchei them "to stern to imFrove. lan happiness'' which he has discovered is The foundations of all the houses partially carried away gon earth• We are next introduced to the interior are so much unsettled that the whole range of five must f Goodfellows' Hall, in which Master Goodehcer—a be taken down. The ground floors of the opposite houses grotesque and jolly-looking monster, bearing for his wand in Rock street were also much injured, some of them appears atm the tide of b t theba, ar Of authority h pOfe. upoii which is pudding leads his attendants, Calfs.head, Pigeonpie,. l!lumpudiling Illac(era Roast - beef, the foot-walk by the force of the torrent, which broke in Mincepie, Apple- several of the cellar windows and frames. A contempo attendants being rary truly states :—" When the tank burst there was in it tstion, moved by about seven hundred tuns of water; and as both sides P next introduc e d gave way simultaneously from end to end, the whole of Ryan, afterwards I this mighty deluge was precipitated into the yard, engine- I biough a dance:- he said living works ensconced inside. upon the scene Royal Charlie , Harlequin) and his courtiers, two of whose 'huge masks house, and through the dwelling-houses•into Rock-sire bear striking. resemblances to Sir Robert Peel and the Through Simpson's and Deveney's premises it made a Duke, and one of which is equally like Lord Brougham ; clean thoroughfare. carrying with it beds, bedding, boa Grumble, in pursuit of the royal fugitive (Mr. H. tables, furniture, &c., surging up violently agai afterwards Clown) ; Major Pumpagaloss I houses opposite, the flood carrying away with it d is • Holloway, afterwards' Pantaloon) ; and . Park-road , doors, windows, boards, cloths, furnitu I The Lady Isabel—an excellent likeness of Viscount Mor- In the yard of the water-company the wat peth--(Madlle. Leoni, .afterwards Columbine). The ac- cipitated from the tank, at the least, eight Blanchard (Mr. The was pre- feet, and from .ne piece now commences in earnest, and we have the surface of the element, probably fen or twel striking and effective scenes—a grand military more, and its force tore up the pavement in heaps with extraordinary equestrian evolutions and ex. mense fragments of the cast-iron walls of the 1”- - xesentatiori of " the old ivy house at Boa- voir, tons weight e hurled it with humorous pantomimic caricature of the them close up engineer's . ^gtion in the oak. The whole scene and yard, perhaps 50 or 64 feet distant. finally changed by the wand of the Fairy I gate was burst into tt street, and a ye feet 's-a ri use at the top of the preset its haves much has hitherto been confine empt from the labour of [I not ea= most gratif s in the c privilege the opportunities which, previous to ti together neglected. There al usiness, yet clairr Ives for the fforded us of turnir temporal good of our spec ad togetl , st is excluded Lway, I _ I would t ire are here to I thou tion on some bers of this society, we mon bond, and sel to throw off that reserve which would induce us hold information which we mitht consider would benefit Liverpool, D another at our own expense: we, ore here, willingly and [We have had great p cheerfully to contribute to the common stock whatever treasurer of.the subscript] we may deem of general importance and value. And in jug donation.] so doing we shall find our reward. As we rive so shall ce. . Let I we also receive, and it may be in greater aburTdan, GLASGOW PIG lair us not, therefore, relax our efforts, but brace ourselves to to have improved tb the work in which we profess ourselves the humble la. their immediate w bourers."—The speaker then went on to urge the employ- sales were made at ment of the m"ans to accomplish the objects of the so- same time, we belie. • the assembling together with regularity, and in been procured '• due consideration and diP sufficient numbers to ensu the communications tr ipers on subjects of genera free discussion of the same cussiol the preparation of nterest ; and the full and In a town like this, which had taken the lead in a had clever ever writers r amongst tt who ha not the lity and power to contribute useful_ inf necessary :o a few