The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

June 2, 1846. 9Lorai anb Vrabinriai p.tlD5. Lord Morpeth will preside at the next Manchester Athenaeum soiree. The Liverpool and Harrington 'Waterworks Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons on Thursday. The Birkenhead Small Debts Bill was read a third time in the Commons on Thursday. The Great Western steam-ship sailed for New York on Saturday last, with 109 passengers. The Birkenhead iron steam frigate is ordered to be in readiness to leave Liverpool for Sheerness, to be prepared for commission on the 18th June. A gentleman named Darbishire, a barrister who prac tised at the Manchester and Salford Sessions, died suddenly, in Manchester, on Monday week. All the Manchester banks (ten in number) have agreed to close at twelve to-day, to-morrow, on Thursday and Friday next, being Whitsun week. The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry, Commanded by Lord Francis Egerton, and now augmented to five troops, will assemble in Lancaster, for the usual period of training, on Friday, the 19th of une. Mr. Dawson William Turner, M.A.. of Oxford, and Demy of Magdalen College, has been elected to the head mastership of the Royal Institution schools at Liverpool, Vacant by the retirement of Dr. Iliff. H. R. Reynolds, Esq., Insolvent Commissioner, at tends at Lancaster on his autumnal circuit on the 11th of November, at Liverpool on the 18th, and at Chester on December 2. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—On Friday, will take place the first sailing match of the season of this distinguished society, for elegant pieces of plate, by yachts belonging to the members. A Fix.—At Manchester, a man, in attempting to rob a beer-house, got his head under the door, but found, to his horror, that he could not get his body in nor his head out. He remained in that situation until a policeman came to him. _ _ _ -- ----- SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Monday, a rigger, employed on the west side Salthouse Dock, fell down and suddenly ex pired. And about seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, a woman named Conley, residing in a cellar in Croston street, Park, fell down and instantly expired. THE DRUIDS.—TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—On Monday evening last, the " Pride of Birkenhead Lodge" of Mo dern Druids celebrated their anniversary at the house of Brother Harwood, Market lnn. On the occasion the members presented P. A. Hugh Walmsley with a hand some patent lever watch for his.valtsable services. • - We hear that the installation of the Right Hon. Lord Francis Egerton as Grand Master of the Freemasons for the County of Lancashire, will take place on Monday the 2d of July, at Bolton-le-Moors, when a late train will be specially provided for the accommodation of visitors from Liverpool. Messrs. Robert Steele and Co., ship builders, Greenock, have recently contracted to build two large steamers for the Liverpool and Halifax station, to ply in concert with the celebrated Clyde-built vessels, Britannia, Hibernia, Cambria, &c. The new steamers are to be considerably longer than their predecessors. Mr. Bryce has been elected teacher of mathematics in the Glasgow High School. The Rev. Dr. Hume, of the Collegiate Institution in this town, was a candidate, and was recommended to the office by the sub-committee ap pointed to consider the claims of the respective candi dates, twenty-seven in number. Mr. Bryce. however, ultimately obtained the appointment by a majority of one. At a meeting of the West Derby Guardians, on Tues day, a letter was read from the Poor Law Commissioners that Government have it in contemplation to facilitate the transportation of the wives of criminals chargeable to their parishes. Another letter inquired as to the inmates of the Workhouse being so closely confined as to prevent their getting employment. The requisite information was or dered to be furnished. ROMALN CEMENT.—About ten days since, an extensive mine of this article was discovered by Mr. John Shand, in the county of Flint, the quality of which,upon chemical analysis, is superior to any that has hitherto been used. When once it becomes set, which it does in a few minutes if required, is infinitely harder than the material, whether atone or brick, it is made use of in combining. To rail way contractors or master builders, it will prove most invaluable. CHILD Rus OVER.—On Thursday, an inquest was held on the body of a child named Hannah Bibby, who was killed by being run over by two carts in Limekiln lane. From the evidence it appeared that the child had got between a spring and a coal cart, that had been jam med together, and was instantly killed. The body was dragged a considerable distance, and terribly mangled. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, but levied a deodand of .C 7 on each cart. PUBLIC -HOUSES AND BEER-HOUSES IN MANCHESTER. —According to the police returns, there are within the borough, 482 licensed inns and public-houses ; of these, 48 have musical entertainments, 23 dancing as well as music, and 20 having music on Sundays. There are 1006 beer-houses, of which 31 have musical entertainments, 20 dancing and music, and 14 baring music on the Sabbath. The total number of houses supposed to sell spirituous or fermented liquors without license is 14. HIGHWAY BOARD.—At the weekly meeting, on Thurs day, Mr. John Holmes presided. A letter was read from Mr. Deane, stating that he and a deputation were watch ing the Dock Bill, and should the clause for the erection of warehouses on the dock quays be inserted, it was in tended to submit a clause, making the warehouses subject to the payment of parochial and all other local rates.—A letter was read from parliament, calling for returns of the expenditure of the highway surveyors since the year 1836, and also for a statement of the expenses incurred in ob taining the various acts of parliament. Mr. Deane and Mr. Ashlin were ordered to make out the return.—At the suggestion of Mr. Gladstone, it was ordered that in pa sing with square sets, a rib of wood should be placed be tween each line of sets, with the view of deadening the sound. It was only to be tried, in the first instance, on a few yards, as an experiment. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE FLORAL AND HORTICUL TURAL SHOW.—The first exhibition took place on Tues day last in an elegant marquee in the spacious gardens at tached to Mr. William New's Derby Arms Hotel, Kirk. dale. The attendance on the whole was numerous and bigly fashionable. The show though varied was by no Paeans extensive, except in tulips, which, being in profu sion and well arranged, gave a pleasing effect to the exhi bition. A finely tinted and beautifully grown feathered bizarre (Trafalgar), by Thomas Littledale, Esq., took the first prize. In fuschias there was a lack of competitors, though they were more nnmet out; than any other plant; a raisiama flora, shown by William M. Moss, Esq., obtained the only prize awarded. Ericas and pelargorniums were scanty, but well grown, and the only prizes given in these Plants were to Mr. Skirving, who furnished several excel lent stove plants. Thomas Littledale, Esq. obtained the first and only prize for pansies, which were much admired for the richness of their tints. Several pansies, of equal excellence, were shown by Messrs. Janes Killock and Co., Of Oxton, hut not for competition. The show of fruits and vegetables was small, and the principal prizes were taken by Mr. Gandy, of Walton. FALL OF A TALL CHIMNEY AT LIVERPOOL.—On Wednesday morning, about one o'clock, the large chim ney connected with Mr. Muspratt's chemical works, in Vauxhall road, fell to the ground, without doing any damage beyond the destruction of three sheds situate in the yard. Fortunately, the occurrence took place in the night time, when there was no one on the premises ' or the consequences might have involved a sacrifice ofhu- Man life. The chimney had become dilapidated, and preparations were being made for taking it down; and on the evening before it fell several feet of brickwork had been removed from the top. It is supposed that the lower part, in consequence of these operations, had been weakened, which caused it to fall, or rather topple to the ground, as the ruins occupy only a small space in the yard. The bricks lie very compact, somewhat in a pyra midical form. The chimney was built in 1838; it was 30 feet in diameter at the base, 9 feet at the top, and 231 feet in height from the found:tion, and at the time of its erection was the loftiest in the kingdom. It contained 2 60.000 bricks, being a weight of 1,100 tons, and was built by six men, under the direction of Messrs. J. John son and Sons, in the short space of six weeks and three days. There is to be a new chimney erected near the site of the old one, the foundation of which is already laid, and it will be 150 feet in height. _ COMMISSIONERS.—The annual election of c ommissioners will take place on this day (Tuesday). O n Friday a public meeting was neld at Birkenhead, for the purpose of nominating twelve persons. Mr. E. G. Wil loughby was called to the chair, and the meeting was ad dressed by Mr. Hicklin, Mr. Bach, Mr. E. Taylor, and others. All the speakers eulogised Mr. William Jackson and Mr. John Jackson, and were perfectly unanimous in their opinion that the re-election of those gentlemen was essential to the prosperity of the township. Mr. Bach Proposed the following list—namely, Messrs. W. and J. Jackson, Bentham, Green, E. G. Willoughby, Robert Hughes, Thos. Whalley, David Evans, Henry Fox, J. Swinton Boult. and Thomas Taylor. Several gentlemen objected to electing wholesale, and proposed to substitute the names of others, but upon a division the original list was carried. Since the meeting, Mr. Jack ma has addressed a letter to the ratepayers, declining, on behalf of himself and his brother, to be put in nomination. On Saturday, another meeting was held at the Monk's Perry Hotel, William Potter, Esq., in the chair, when a res olution approving of the following gentlemen was car ried unanimously :—Seven commissioners in the usual rotation, Mr. W m . Adamson, Mr. Marcus Freeman Brownrigg, 11.1 r. Richard Bryans, ill" Mr. Wm. Cole, ItMr. John Hartley Hind, Mr. J. Robinson Pim, and Mr. • 'Williams P r i tc h ar d . F or two years, M r. J o h n Bar our and Mr. Alexander Thompson. For one year. Mr. Frederi c k Berner Mr. Alexander Falls Little, and Mr. H enry Wood. * fWe are informed that Mr. Urquhart, of Bold-street, s bou g h t the whole of the extensive stock of furniture m the proprietors of Compton House. ~The fam e o f H o ll oway ' s Pills in the cure of headaches, di ?'4e of sight, deranged stomachs, and disordered as likewise in restoring strength and vigour in de ? !mated constitutions, is so great that even in the East 112, d ies the diff erent castes of natives are taking but little ether medicine than these famous Pills. One native agent :°,rthe Presidency of Bombay, sold, lately, retail, fifty flree dozen boxes in fifteen days. The extraordinary es performed by those Pills, when all other means fail, • l wonderful. Females will find this a most rablede medicine. ti_turoaTANT FAMILY MEDlClNE.—Frampton's Pill of beval,lh effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by Zntle relaxation, without griping or prostration of k r i en gth. They remove bead -ache sickness, dizziness, _rl,t. 3 in the chest, &c. ; are highly grateful to the sto ,*.Fla, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor c_lrepression of spirits ; while, to those of a full habit 4t ee livers, who are continually suffering from drow -28, heaviness and singing in the head and ears, they b_vrchantagea that will not fail to be appreciated. Sold d i a l l vendors of medicines. Price is. lid. per box. See th e t 'Aurae of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on Gor e Stamp. Three fatal accidents occurred at Birkenhead, on Thursday. Nathan Sankey, the captain of a flat, fell into an excavation in Canning-street, in a state of intoxication. Lawrence M`Dermott, a labourer, was struck on the head by a chain, and died instantly. Henry Bell, another labourer, was struck on the head by a winch handle, and fell overboard from a flat. Incpaests were held on the three bodies on Friday, and verdicts in accordance with the evidence were returned. BURSTING OF A STEAM BOlLER.—lntelligence has been received of an accident on board the Finn ma Coull steamer. She was leaving Garlieston Quay, at which place she called on her voyage from Wigtown to this port, on Wednesday afternoon, when the boiler gave way in the starboard coal bunker. From the water and steam that thus escaped, William Epslin, the first engineer, James Hughes and James Bradie, firemen, were so severely scalded as to occasion their death. James Grimes and Christopher Collie, also firemen, remain in a dangerous state. The passengers and seamen did not receive any injury ! and the steamer, with the exception of the boiler, has not sustained any damage. The accident is supposed to have originated from an over-pressure of steam having been kept up. THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—The weather con tinues beautifully fine; with, however, a dry, harsh wind, which when the sun ceases to shine is anything but agree able. As usual, in these parts, a fall of rain would not come amiss, but when the dry weather allows field work goes on uninterrupted, and in consequence the planting of potatoes and other out-door details proceed all around us. Speaking of one locality, that we know, we should say a larger breadth of potatoes than usual is being planted this spring. Everything looks well in the garden. The early kidney potatoes remarkably fine, and indeed so are all other kinds. The insect tribes, after so mild a winter are necessarily swarming, but the birds are busy at their appointed work, and if foolish persons would only not take the trouble they do to deprive them of their valuable . lives, they would find their account in such ab stinence.—Lancaster Gazette. BEBINGTON FLORAL SI-RM.—The Bebington Floral and Horticultural Society held their first exhibition on Friday last, in the pleasure-grounds of the Rock Ferry Hotel. The day was bright andibeautiful, and the gardens were crowded with gay parties, the attendance comprising the elite of the Cheshire side, and a goodly number of gay ladies and gallant gentlemen from Liverpool. The exhibition was, under all circumstances, highly creditable, the show of greenhouse plants in particular being most superb. In_ actilition.to the plants entered for competition, there Were several splendid collections of the rarest flowers, sent by Messrs. Davies, nurserymen, Waver tree ; Mr. Dickson, nurseryman, Chester ; and Mr. Killock, of Oxton nursery. In the last-mentioned gen tleman's collection there was a dahlia in flower. Round the tent were a variety of devices, wreaths, and evergreens, of various descriptions, which contributed much to the general effect. The arrangements, which rested chiefly with J. W. Harden and Thomas Aspinall, Esqrs., gave the highest satisfaction, and great praise is due to those gentlemen for the energy and taste with which they car ried into effect the views of the cJrnmittee. The next meeting will be held in July, and the third and last of the season in August next. _ _ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS ON THE DOCK BILL. —On tke re-as.etubling of the committee. on 'Thursday, Mr. Sergeant Bellasis replied upon the case of the mer chants, brokers, and others, and urged the strong neces sity for increased dock accommodation, as proposed by the bill. He thought the petitioners could not be in earnest in opposing it. Laying down railways along the quays, and widening the streets, were surely increasing the accommodation, to say nothing of enlarging the dock acreage. But, for the sake of peace, the Dock Trustees would suggest three propositions for the consideration of his learned friends. First, that the trustees should be bound, within two years, to apply to parliament for an act to authorise them to erect warehouses upon all the dock quays ; 2ndly, they were willing that a clause should he inserted in the bill, to the effect that they should not construct the proposed Wapping dock, or commence upon it, before they had obtained powers from parliament to construct warehouses upon all the dock quays ; and, 3rdly, that they should not take down any warehouses, except for the purposes of the public streets, until the remaining third of the Albert Dock warehouses are finished, The council and the promoters of the petition retired to consider the proposition, and on their return, Mr. Wrangham addressed the committee relative to the propositions which bad been thrown out by the other side, after which the chairman said the only real difference between the parties was upon the question of one year or two. Mr. Bellasis said there was the Wapping Basin. Mr. Wrangham said the basin was included with the Wrapping Dock and the Salthouse Dock, for neither of them could be made without taking down warehouses. A clause to meet the arrangement was drawn up, to be con sidered next day. On Friday, Mr. Birchall said, with allusion to the clause, that he had drawn it up, but had introduced a few little changes. The first was that the Dock Committee should bind themselves to apply for power to erect warehouses on all the dock quays in the next session, and ❑ot in two years, as they had suggested. The next related to warehouses to be pulled down, which . . his learned friends proposed should not be done, except fur the purpose of widening the street; he had altered this so—" That no warehouse shall be pulled down, ex cept such as may be necessary for widening any street or streets authorised by this act, for the purposes of the in tended railway." The last alteration was as follows. his learned friend proposed that the restriction as to building warehouses should continue until all the Albert Dock warehouses were completed ; he proposed, instead of this, " until such act of parliament shall have been ob tained by the said trustees." Mr. Venables, for the Dock Committee, said the changes made in the clause were not little," but grecs-P T -en.] thc voucessiums -pry posed so large, that the gentlemen present representing the Dock Committee, felt they were not authorised to assent to them, until they had been laid before the trustees, who were the Town Council. He, therefore, prayed an adjournment, until the direction of the trustees had been taken. After acme conversation, the chairman said the request was reasonable, and the clauses were then ad journed for the decision of the Town Council. The case upon the landing stages had not closed when the com mittee rose. HERCULANEUM DOCK BlLL.—This bill was brought before a select committee of the House of Commons, on Friday week ; Sir John Hanmer, chairman. It is a mea sure promoted by the enterprising individuals who are accomplishing the great works at Birkenhead. The oppo nents were Mr. Thos. Vernon, iron ship-builder, and the Liverpool Dock Committee. Both parties were repre sented by eminent counsel. Mr. Hildyard, in his opening statement, said that, in 1844, parliament sanctioned the construction of docks at Birkenhead, and the object of the present bill was to give further effect to the intentions of the legislature with respect to these works. By the Bir kenhead Dock Act, no dues were leviable upon the cargo of a vessel using those docks, but only on the vessel itself. If, however, a vessel, after discharging her cargo at those docks altogether, (paying dues only upon the ship,) and she went into he Liverpool docks, where she took in another cargo, then all the dues which would have been payable to the Dock Trustees upon the inward cargo were charged, although she had landed it at Birkenhead. That which was true with regard to the whole cargo of a vessel was true with regard to it partia;ly ; and therefore, to a great extent, the immense advantage which the gene ral trade of the port of Liverpool would derive from the construction of the docks at Birkenhead was impaired by there being no docks on the Liverpool side to which vessels discharging their cargo, either wholly or in part, at Birkenhead, could pass either to discharge the residue or take in another without paying the dues which were now leviable by the Dock Trustees. This was the main object of the present bill. The learned counsel then proceeded to show, at some length, that the proposed site was unexceptionable. There would be a half-tide basin of two and a half acres, with a considerable space for quayage ' • the gates to which, from the Mersey, would be sixty feet wide, and the depth of water six feet lower than the Old Dock Sill. From this basin there would be two entrances into an inner dock, the area of which would be 8.1 acres, the depth from 17 to 18 feet at neap tides, and at spring tides from 25 to 2G feet upon the sills. There would be lineal quay space to the extent of 3800 yards. and of wharfage 37 acres, of an average depth of from 300 to 400 feet. There would be railway access to the wharfs, the Grand Junction Company being bound when called uponito make a communication from their main line at Edge-hill. The cost of the dock works was estimated at £lBO,OOO, the land at £304000, making a total 0f£490,000. The capital of the company was 600,000, so that there would be a surplus left of £lOO,OOO for the construction of warehouses. The objections urged by the Dock Com mittee were that these docks would atop up Sefton-street ; but the company proposed to provide much better accom modation for the public by Grafton-street. The Corpo ration of Liverpool had petitioned against the bill, with reference to a marine parade, but had withdrawn all oppo sition on certain conditions being acceded to. With regard to Mr. Vernon's opposition, that had been settled between the parties themselves. Mr. H. C. Chapman then gave evidence in favour of competition, and of the docks being in the hands of companies. Mr. Rendel gave engineer's evidence in favour of the bill. He was cross examined on the part of the Dock Committee, for whom a model of Sefton•s'reet and the proposed dock was pro duced, but it was found to be so incorrect that the com mittee ordered it to be withdrawn. The committee then adjourned to Monday, on which day they decided that the preamble had been proved, and all the clauses were agreed to, the Dock Committee having, eventually, withdrawn their opposition. THE NEW BIRKENHEAD FERRY STEAMER—" BiR KENHEAD."—On Saturday evening, a fine new steamer, called, " The Birkenhead," (to ply between Liverpool and the Birkenhead Ferry,) was tried in the river for the first time. The enterprising and attentive proprietor, Mr. Willoughby, of the Birkenhead hotel, who has added this vessel to his " squadron" for the additional accom modation of the public, in consequence of the rapidly in creasing intercourse between the two places, was on board, with several friends, including Mr. John Gran tham, civil engineer ; and the result of the trial was highly gratifying. The Birkenhead is an iron boat, of improved model and construction for the traffic of which she is intended, and she eclipses in appearance, as she surpasses in speed, the vessels previously on the station. She was built—and apparently most fashionably—by the Hawarden Iron Works Co., (Flintshire,) and her dimen sions are,—keel, 102 feet ; beam, 171 feet ; and admea surement about 90 tons. The engine, a fine piece of workmanship, is of 60 horse power. There are two ex cellent cabins, forming handsome rooms. The after one is fitted up more particularly for the ladies ; is neatly pa nelled and painted in oak, with cushioned seats, and has four port windows on each side, affording views of the surrounding scenery, as well as ample ventilation, when opened. The fore cabin is nearly equally roomy, and is similarly lighted. The deck is peculiarly roomy, and un interrupted by erections that impede the promenade. In making runs up and down the river, the Birkenhead maintained a high speed. Opposite the Prince's Dock, in running up against the tide, she got abreast of the Prince Albert, (considered the crack ferry steamer,) and the Ayrshire Lassie, one of our fastest•steamers employed in pleasure trips on the adjacent coasts. She soon headed the " Albert ;" and the " Lassie"—of 100 horse power— in a run up, on the Lancashire side, to a point opposite to the Birkenhead slip, gained upon-her li▪ ttle more than a length, though she had the inside place, less in the strength of the tide ; so that the Birkenhead, when th e stiffness of the packing of her engines is overcome, will no doubt establish her superiority as a rapid river conveyance. Whilst on this subject, we may state that the Birkenhead is undoubtedly the most interesting ferry opposite our town, from the fine pleasure grounds attached to the hotel, affording delightful views, and open to the public, as well as the proximity of the new church and the adjoining ruins of the ancient priory, the monks of which, in th e olden time, held the exclusive right of ferryi▪ ng passengers, in their comparatively slender shallops, across the Mersey. We cannot but express our regret that, while the worthy host of the hotel is doing his utmost in providing vessels for the safe and rapid transit of passengers and goods, the improvement of the landing pace, now so inadequate, has been so long delayed by our Corporation, who are the proprietors of the ferry and hotel. We would respectfully suggest that so soon as circumstances (including the strike of the masons) will permit, an additional quay or quay room should be constructed, so that the passenger and goods traffic may be more separated and less confused, the present slip being far too confined, and consequently causing, at busy times, inconvenience and confusion. The quantity of goods embarked and landed at this ferry, both general and agricultural, is, perhaps, greater than at any of the others ; and this is an additional reason for such improvements as the corporation surveyor may de cide upon. 'Yesterday being Whit-Monday, and the weather remarkably fine, the " Birkenhead, though not yet quite complete in every point, was employed with the other boats, and conveyed an iron ense number of passen gers to and from the ferry during the day.—The model of the boat was furnished by Mr. Thomas Baker, a gentle man of acknowledged taste and talent in ship-draughting, and who, since he provided it, has become draughtsman to Mr. Grantham. WOOLTON FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The first meeting for the season of this society took place on Thursday last, in a spacious marquee erected in the village of Woolton, near to the church, and was most numerously and fashionably attended. The day was un exceptionably tine - ; - and, as we vrended afoot through the splendid country between Liverpool and the beautiful lit tle village, with its splendid panorama of romantic sce nery, with the exception of somewhat dusty roads, the trip was one of the most delightful which is to be found in the neighbourhood of any large town in Great Britain, the various residences of our merchants and others doing in finite credit to the taste and liberality of their owners, and testifying, by the verdure of gardens and farms, to the forward state of the season and the excellence of the cul tivation of this part of our district. Amongst the company present we observed a plentiful sprinkling of the elite of the families in the neighbourhood, including, of course, the families of the principal competitors. There was a large number also of cottage growers and their families in attendance—a gratifying proof of the interest taken by this class of our population in horticultural pursuits. . . The muquee was elegantly adorned by festoons and wreaths of flowers, and by flags and banners, which gave an imposing effect to the show. The following is a list of the successful com petitors:—PLANTS, &c —Stove Plants: Ist, John Marriott, Esq. ; 2d, Mrs. Thomas Foster ; 34, R. M. Beckwith ; 4th, Mrs. Foster. Greenhouse Plants: Ist. Wi . liam Shand, Esq.; 2d, A. Lace, Esq.; 3d, Mrs. Foster ; 4th, A. Lace, Esq. Pelargoniums, three varieties : Ist, R. M. Beckwith ; 2d, Mrs. Foster; 3 , !, A. Lace. Roses, not fewer than six varieties:-Ist, Mrs. Foster; 2d, Richard Alison. Best four Ericas :-Ist, Richard Alison ; 2d, William Shand, 3d, Richard Alison. Best device of Flowers : Thas Tattershall. Basket of cut Flowers .—lst, Richard Alison ; 2d, Pattison Ellames. Basket of Plants :-Ist, Richard Alison ; 2d, Henry Ashton, Esq.; 3d, William Shand. Best stand of Cal ceolaries :-Ist, Dr. Reynolds; 2d, R. Beckwith. Orchideous Plants:-Ist, Mrs. Foster; 2d, Richard Alison. Fuchias, six varieties :—R. M. Beckwith ; 2d, William Gilgeous. Hardy Shrubs, in flower :—lst, Richard Alison; 2d, William Shand. Herbaceous Plant:—Richard Alison. FRUITS.—Best Pine Richard Alison. Black Grapes :-Ist and 2d prizes, Thomas Phy thean. White Grapes:-Ist and ad, William Gilgeous. Best dish of Strawberries:-Ist, Rd. Allison; ad, Pattison Ellames. Best dish of Gooseberries :-Ist, William Gilgeous ; 2d, Henry Ashton. Esq. Best dish of Currants :-Ist and 2d, Peter Gore, Esq. VEGETAIILHS.—Dish of Peas:-Ist, Henry Ashton; 2d, Joseph Green, Esq. Dish of French Beans :—Richard Alison. Brace of Cauliflowers :-Ist, John Marriott ; ad, Wm. Gilgeous. Dish of Po , atoes Ist Richard Alison; 2d, Joseph Green. Best bunch of Carrots :—William Gilgeous. Best brace of Cucum bers :—.lst, Thos. Ramson, Esq. ; 2d and 3d, Pattison names. Best brace of Lettuce, and best dish of Curled Parley :—Joseph Green. Onions :-Ist, Wm. Gilgeons ; ad, Peter Gore. Best dish of Mushrooms:-Ist, Richard Alison; 2d, Dr. Reynolds Best six sticks of Rhubarb :-Ist, Richard Alison ; ad, Joseph Green; 3d, Thomas Ramson . Best collection of Vegetables Ist, Riehard Alison • 2d, Wiliam Gilgeons. Prizes for Cottagers. —Best collection of useful common Vegetables, four varieties : —lst, Thomas Tattershall ; 2d, Thomas Riding. Best assort ment of cut Flowers :—Thomas Riling. Best Window Plant in Flower:-Ist and 2d, Thomas Riding. The show may be said, with truth, to have been of a very high order, many of the specimens being of great beauty and perfection. In particular, the ericas and fus chias and the stove plants were very choice. Several of the baskets of flowers were very chaste in their devices, and even some which failed in gaining prizes, were far above mediocrity. A brass band—the village band—at tended ; and during the show played a succession of pieces in very creditable style. About two o'clock the stewards and judges set down to an excellent dinner, comprising all the delicacies of the season, prepared by Mr. Hamer, of the Woolton Arms Hotel, whose cuisine, as host of the York Hotel, in Wil liamson-square, Liverpool, is fresh in the memory of many a diner out. To those of his friends who are lovers or th,..ucucry and *La fresh breezes of a beautiful Crin try, the mention of Mr. Hamer as the occupier of this commodious hotel may operate as an additional incentive to turn their steps in the direction of Woolton and Hale wood when in search of healthful recreation. The enter tainment provided by him on this occasion, we need not say, was a most liberal one, and gave unqualified satis faction. THE STRIKE AMONGST THE BUILDING OPERATIVES. Negociations were set on foot on Wednesday, with a view to the termination of the turn eut, when Mr. Rush ton, in order to mediate between the parties, had arranged with the workmen, for a deputation of their body to meet him at his private residence. A meeting subsequently took place at the Sessions House, and at which Mr. Tomkinson, Mr. Holme, and six other masters were present, and ele ven workmen,—Mr. Carter and two others representing the stone masons, two the joiners, two the bricklayers, two the plasterers, one the plumbers, and one the labour ers. Mr. Rushton read the first proposition—" That the workmen disclaimed the right of any man or body of men interfering with the freedom of labour, and they admitted the perfect right of all artisans to work for whom and upon what terms they pleased"—which, after some dis cussion, was acceded to. The next proposition was to the effect—" That the various trades connected with building, repudiate all con nexion with a general and national trades' union, the masters offering no opposition to local association." This, after a long discussion, was also agreed, the mcn stating that no "national" union existed. It was admit ted that the reasons had a general union. Mr. 11 olme said that while a national union existed, as he believed it did ; it was impossible for masters safely to enter into contracts. On the suggestion of Mr. Rushton, as the men had declared they belonged to no such union, the proposition was withdrawn. _ A proposition was next submitted, to the effect that the branches connected with the building trade to whom con cession had been made in the hours of labour, should commence working at a uniform time with the other branches ; but, after a long discussion, this subject was left to be settled at subsequent interviews between the two parties. No difference arose as to the number of hours that should constitute a week's work, and Mr. Holme and other masters declared they had no intention to reduce wages. It was then resolved that the declaration should be withdrawn, and that work should be resumed on the pre ♦ious terms. Oa Wednesday evening the stone masons bad a meet ing, which resulted in a deputation waiting on Mr. Tom kinso❑ next morning. That gentleman declined to enter into arrangements, but agreed to meet them before Mr. Rushton same day, and the meeting accordingly took place at the Sessions House. Mr. Tomkinson said there had been some misunder standing as to the effect of the meeting of the previous day. The deputation present called on him that morning, and said that the masons did not understand they were to go to work on the same terms as those on which they had left his employ. Mr. Rushton stated, at some length, that according to the resolutions passed at the meeting on the previous day, he had understood that there would be a resumption of work on the previous terms—the declaration having been withdrawn. There was nothing said of an advance of wages or a reduction of hours, and he did not think any demand for wages was outside the matter. Thy whole question he understood to be settled yesterday in this way—that the proposition which the masters had made respecting the National Trades Union, and that for the increase of the hours of labours of labour having been withdrawn, and then the other propositions consequent on the affirmation of the principle of free labour,which nobody disputed, and resolving not to maltreat the men now at work, being passed, and the declaration withdrawn —that work should be resumed. If any demand was intended to be made for an advance of wages, he was not aware of it. He had distinctly asked was there any di s _ pute about time or wages, or any thing to settle but the declaration ? and was answered, No. He now found ap plication had been made by the masons for an advance. Mr. Stedman said it was understood that when the de claration was withdrawn the other arrangements should be left between the employers and the men. Mr. Carter said INI r. Rushton's impression was a na tural one; for the deputation were not at the time aware whether the masons would resume work on the declara tion being withdrawn. After the meeting of yesterday, the masons had met, and the result was, their waiting on Mr. Tomkinson this morning. Mr. Rushton said this explanation relieved him, as it showed this, men had acted with candour when they came to him. There was no doubt this step had been taken by the men in consequence of the proposition of the masters made yesterday. There was a difference of opinion amongst the masters as to the hours of labour. Mr. Kil pin, who had himself been a workman, was of opinion that ten hours a day were sufficient. After some further conversation, Mr. Stedman pro posed (on the part of the masons) that half an hour should be allowed at four o'clock in the afternoon for re freshment, and that in consequence of the strike, which bad existed nine week, having been forced on by the mas ters, they ought to,receive a shilling a week more wages. Mr. Rushton,o4l the matter haying now assume d this THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. share, he could not interfere. The men best knew the value of their own labour, and Mr. Tomkinson the extent of his own engagements and responsibilities. All he could advise was, that serious consideration should be given to the proposition on both sides, before any decision was come to. Mr. Tomkinson said he should not hesitate. He would not accede to the proposition. He would rather pay fines upon all the works he had in hand. Mr. Stedman then asked Mr. Tomkinson if he would consent to give the half hour for refreshment, which he gave him to understand was at present generally taken ; supposing the men to abandon the claim for an additional shilling per week wages? Mr. Tomkinson said he would consider of this proposi tion, and give the men an answer at six o'clock in the evening. On Thursday afternoon the usual meeting of the mas ters took place. Mr. Tomkinson (chairman) related what had passed. His impression of - the meeting of Wednes day had been the same as Mr. Rushton's. Keeping the question open was to be deplored, but the fault lay with the masons themselves, who were acting in the way to prevent an amicable arrangement. He thought any fur. ther concession made in a kindly spirit would only load to further demands. After a longconversation a resolution was agreed to, which, after embodying the result of the meet ing of Wednesday, and stating that the masons had since demanded half-an-hour's cessation from labour each af ternon, thus concluded :—Resolved,—That the number of hours of labour be the same as before the strike, but that it be competent to any member to make such a distribu tion, and such hours as may be considered convenient to the respective trades." The meeting then broke up. CORRHSPONDENCE. ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL-LETTER IX, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, There are two pools in Chatham-street just now only about a quarter the size they are in the wet months. They each contain the refuse of animals. I counted 3 decomposing dogs myself. These warm days. the water is in a constant state of injurious activity. The surface is studded over with bubbles of gas, the uprising of which from the muddy bottom gives the appearance to the pool as if it were raining, from the rings forming around each bubble as it rises. It once deceived me into the supposi tion that it was raining, as water will often show the rain fall before the land does, but the sun was shining, and it was foreman. - I stooped down to osycs-fisro-;f-is- 60s rising, which I found to be the case to a very curious ex tent. On scrutinising more closely the process of the es cape of gas, I found the mud of a gelatinous nature, not like common mud, but peculiarly tremulous. In each spot whence a bubble of air rose a small hole existed, and was surrounded with a black margin or disc of nearly half an inch in diameter. The cracked surface of the dried mud showed the extent of the former water. Dr. Brett kindly took the trouble to assist me in collecting some of the gas from this pool, which we did with some risk and annoyance to ourselves. On examining it, proof of its being composed of light carburetted hydrogen was afforded by its explosion on mixture with common air and on presenting a lighted taper, it also burned with a bluish flame. On testing the same for sulphuretted hydrogen, there was satisfactory evidence of the presence. in small quantity, of this highly injurious gas. Thus the gaseous exhalations of this pool were composed in chief bulk of the regular marsh gas ; and the privy or cesspool gas, though not in anything like the abundance of the former. Two volatile poisons then are demonstrated to lie in wait for the surrounding population, especially for those in the immediate vicinity. Such a collection of water must stink from what enters into its composition, although it does not want the chemical test to establish, the fact that the adjoining neighbourhood have to complain of its offensiveness to their. olfactory organs, is hardly needful to be alleged. When will prevention of disease be properly studied by authorities as the better half of cure ? For the informa tion of those readers who are not aware of the deadly poison of sulphuretted hydrogen gas. I may quote, on Dr. Duncan's authority, that a mixture of 1 part of this gas, with 800 parts_of common air was fatal to a dog. This is a very fair, though common specimen, alas! of these pools—speaking from my own certain knowledge : and this is the native state in which malaria is in the pro cess of generating. The consequences of which, though it is lamentably disregarded on all sides, yet must result in prejudicing the health of the neighbourhood—if it cannot be actually demonstrated to cause fever, common or eruptive. A low order of street is closely adjoining it, and from this quarter several poor children were en joying this rendezvous of play ; two or three were actually exhibiting early engineering skill ; tasking the organ of constructiveness, by shaping of a dam or projecting mote, constructed of stones, sods, and earth. It is a pity that sports, innocent in themselves, yet are closely associated with risk of catching fever; and yet a paternal municipal government disregards the application of all preventive means. Why are not such waste plots com mitted to the surveillance of Commissioners of Waste Lands. Until something of this kind is done, the Fever Wards must be crowded with victims, and the appliances of cure, compared with those of prevention, retain their character of ambiguous charitable provision. In fact, until steps are taken in the proper direction, I appeal to any persons common sense, whether they can be regarded as a charity at all. I contend they are not a national charity—they are far from it; they are only the lowest possible justice to the poor people, whose refuge they must be when attacked with fever. We see clearly it is but just that a state should repair an evil licensed by it s apathy, by bringing to bear oven a tardy caretaking—by doing all the good it can, when it has permitted all the esti. inen who will stand romans ana say tnat tins mere act of justice, can be rightly called a charity. As well call the few sixpences in the pound of the bankrupt's di. vidend by the name of charity, towards creditors. Every preventible case of fever which occurs is an act of bank ruptcy, as to the responsibilities and credit of sanitary provisions, and the refuge of the fever wards for such, is but as a few pence dividend on the part of the insolvent authorities. Shall medical men be convinced of this, and remain utterly silent? if they do, they endorse the enor mity. I don't mean to cast . t the slightest reproach upon those honoured names of Dr. Currie and others, who strove hard even to effect this measure of tardy justice. They exerted themselves nobly in the good cause, of gaining the best dividend they could from the sanitary insolvency of society ; ants. I would be the last to diminish from the value of their labours in this department, of se lecting alteratives ; but it does not follow that society and science are to remain stationary. New light brings new aids and enlarged responsibilities, and science now reveals to us facts, arranged under general principles, which call for another and a mighty step onwards. At this moment I am attending a case of eruptive fever, (scarlatina,) close to the pool at Edge-hill, and, from what facts already teach us, it is next to an assured certainty, so adequate as the pestific ponds prove, that this cause alone of the effect described is therefore most fairly accused. A street, a little below Edge-hill, contains three large pools of water. It did number twice this a few years ago ; but buildings have encroached upon the site of these watery wastes; and, as I think, the drainage of the water off the plot, previous to laying the foundations, was very imperfectly done, and time was not given for the moist ground to get sufficiently dry. The inhabitants of them must run some risk of their health ; and when alluding to damp houses, I shall shew the amount of ill-health already known to myself from this source. To these disgraceful pools studding the unbuilt side and waste land of this street, the attention of individuals has for years past been notoriously attracted, without, however, any specific public complaint that 1 am aware of. Mr. John Cooper, surgeon, has lately, in a letter addressed to the Editors of the Mercury, endeavoured to rouse some degree of public notice and remedy of so great an evil: He pointed out the neglect by authorities of their plain duty, or by the public at large of their plain interests, in allowing such a multiform nuisance to exist. He mentioned the practice of drowning dogs and cats in these waters, and there leaving them to putrify, as a most reprehensible thing, and to which the activities of the police ought to be turned, in order to prevention. I would undertake to point out the carcases of from 20 to 30 dogs and cats in the pools flanking Crown-street alone, taking the whole length of it. In one of the largest of these pools I observed, the other day, a similar ebullition of marsh gas to the Chatham-street pool. I am thoroughly disgusted with our filthy subject; but it is needful that the public should be equally disgusted, in order that the pestiferous nuisance may be abated. Medical men would do well if they would make some combined representation to our governments, local or national, regarding the demonstrable causes of fever and other diseases ; chewing how the presence of noxious effluvia—where even it has not actually developed disease —yet impresses upon any disease otherwise sprung an un favourable character, baffling the most scientific treat ment, and retarding convalescence. vdoferemfavrnioeenocrreeetdoiovrf l l e i d a letter from a highly-respectable sur geon, callin g m y at t ent i on to t h e f act t h at d ur i ng the epi demicon localities. ne4l intractable4i Hater-pitst , in s s o me than ah ce ne a a ri thechc at ) o sre c ns c w u oo r enf r ef e t ol d ,: re rv o si e rt the rgwt e he ai nos unders convalescence similar na : p m bhero o otlrt r dve e heeradr t - ediou s than even the ordinary slow return to health of this epidemic fever. He says—" Without recurrence of fever the patients appeared to continue in a state of passive debility, and would have sunk under such debility without the administration of strong nutritive diet.' \Vine had to be substituted for medicines, " with the greatest possible good to my patients." And he continues remarks which I shall quote, because they confirm from another witness the tenor of my observations. " Now look at the locality. On the opposite side of the street were two or three stagnant pools of water, in which the little boys and girls were wont to amuse themselves by sailing their boats, and otherwise striving unknowingly to imbibe by the best means in their power the latent influ ences of fever; the play of children ending, as it often does, in sorrow and death. Ido not see any good reason why the owners of waste lands, instead of allowing them to remain as such, should not be compelled to drain them properly. If we look around us, and take the pains to try to find out the fertile sources of fever, I think, without any doubt, the individual exertions will soon lessen to a great degree the existence of such a scourge." I have myself seen one of these same pools one moving mass of animal life—the red larva of a kind of fly : the putrid car cases of dogs in the pool were clearly the nursery of these metamorphosingitswn interests a o heth s io gs ifthe public is so unmindful of express itself with indifference touching the evidence brought forward in these letters, and I know that such has been the case, and that too by parties wearing the distinctions of office, at least let the medical profession be exe,nerated from the charge of keep ing them in ignorance 'of facts which one would think even common sense could read. The pond in Chatham-street contains abundance of large animalculte, the offspring, in common terms, <of vegetable decay. I reraain, Sir, yours, faithfully, GEO. C. WATSON I M.P. BoVord .street, May 29.. AWFUL COLLISION ON THE RIVER ON TUES DAY NIGHT.-DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE. Through the skill and painstaking care of the com manders of the various craft which navigate our river, it is not often we are called upon to record any very de structive casualty ' • but it is now our duty to give the par ticulars of a most heart-rending occurrence which took place en the Mersey last night. and which was unfortu nately attended with the most lamentable consequences both to life and property. We may say at the outset that from all we can at present learn the accident seems to have been occasioned through no neglect or inattention, but seems to have been one of those casualties which no human care or effort could have averted, though the con sequences are most distressing to those who have been by the accident bereaved of their relatives and friends. We have had an interview with Captain Thompson, the in telligent commander of the Sea Nymph, (steamer), one of the vessels which unfortunately has been in collision, and he has politely favoured us with the. following par titulars The Sea Nymph, which trades between this port and Newry, was proceeding last night on her outward passage to the latter port, when, about eleven o'clock, just as she was off New Brighton, a steamer was seen coming up, which afterwards proved to be the Rambler steamer, coming into this port from Sligo. Unfortunately a most disastrous collision took place between the two vessels. The starboard bow of the Sea Nymph struck the larboard bow of the Rambler, and scraping on towards the paddle carried away her stem. The Rambler was run on shore near the Rock, and Captain Thompson having ascertained that she was there safe from sinking, brought his vessel into the Clarence Dock, and discharged his cargo which has not suffered we are informed any material injury, though the damage done to the vessel is great, and it is said that her not sinking is owing entirely to her water tight compartments. We have not been able to ascertain so far what injury the Rambler has sustained. Both vessels had their lights up. But, melancholy as are the particulars we have already given, the loss of life is still more lamentable to contem plate. It is impossible to say, at present, what number of persons have been injured ; but we fear that it will turn out that upwards of twenty are already dead, and many others more or less injured, some of them very seri ously, if not fatally. In the Magazine Boathouse there are nine dead bodies ; three more are in the Ship public house, and one in the Black H orse. Two more are lying dead in the Northern Hospital; and twelve other persons are at present in that exceltent institution, having their necessities arterinea ro. Amon g h t.me vrfn; -- arc — frrftrrcri and at present in the Northern Hospital. are—Catherine Gill, Mary Rowland, Patrick Feeny, John Roach, Mary Carney, Bridget O'Meally, Eliza Connolly, Mary Batty, Margaret M'Oundy, Bridget Lelly, Michael Finney, and Mary Connelly. After t',e Rambler grounded, some of the passengers, de spite of the persuasion of Captain AV Allister, who, we learn, exhibited great presence of mind, took possession of the starboard boat for the purpose of getting ashore. They let go the fore davit fall, and at that moment some one cut away the stern fall. The weight of persons in the quarter-boat (some say 7, some 11) caused her to upset, previous to her reaching the water, and the actual result it is impossible to ascertain ; but, as we state below, at all events five were saved. On going on board the Rambler, which we did by en tering through the chasm made through her larboard side into the steerage, a most extraordinary sight presented itself. Part of the flooring of the quarter deck was smashed through, and the remainder, a confused macs of smashed tables, forms, boxes, &c., some floating in the water which had filled this part of the vessel. The scene on deck was still more horrifying, the whole, both fore and abaft the funnel, being covered with dead pigs, part crushed to death, and another portion of which seemed to have been stabbed, the whole saturated in the blood. The most awful sight, however, was the bows of the vessel, which were completely bedabbled with human blood, and strewed with crushed salmon, broken boxes, cordage, &c., &c., and the fragments of the windlass. From this part of the vessel thirteen human beings had been extricated, some with broken arms or dis. severed legs—all dead, and so crushed as to be al most beyond recognition. One poor woman, with her infant child, was taken up from underneath the broken windlass, the iron spindle of which Lad fallen upon her head, and smashed it completely. A portion of her brains were to be seen adhering to the iron spindle. When taken up her infant had fast hold of the nipple of the poor mo ther's breast. These thirteen poor unfortunates now lie in the Magazines Life-Boat House for recognition, which, in many cases, from the crushed state of their bodies and features, appears to us to be very improbable. We were informed, that on the bodies being searched by the con stable of Wallasey, Mr. Scambler, not a coin of any kind was found upon the whole. We believe that nearly all the persons on board the Rambler were persons intending to emigrate to America. We could not ascertain precisely the quantity of cattle on board or lost. About 120 pigs, however, as near as we can compute, (for the sickening sight precluded the possibility of counting them) were laid dead on deck. The captain thinks there were 700 pigs and 20 bullocks. Many Of the former were washed overboard, in addition to those killed. Only one of the bullocks was killed. The remainder were on board when we left the steamer. The loss of life from this astounding calamity, so far as we can at present ascertain it, is as follows : Dead and lying at the Maiazine Boathouse.... 13 Dead at Northern Hospital.. Lost from capsizing of bo a t.. un k nown . 1./ The master of the Magazine Life-Boat states, that at the time the accident occurred be was seated in his house. and, on hearing toe crash, went out and procured one or two men—the first he could find—and that with these he manned the smaller life-boat, and proceeded on his way to the Rambler. Before he reached her, however, he found a boat, bottom up, with a man clinging to her keel; another man was holding to an oar, and three others were floating on the water : all these the life-boat saved. They then made for the Rambler, but the scene on board was such that the men in the life-boat, unaccustomed to such a sight as presented itself, turned faint, and the commander then manned the larger life-boat with his usual hands, and succeeded in bringing 220 persons from the Rambler. He states that, though he has been eighteen years on the station, he never knew such a dis astrous night before. Of course it is impossible to say how many were in the boat which was found bottom up. At the Northern Hospital the sufferers are going on as well as can be expected, with the exception of John Roach, who has since died. The following are the additional persons at present lying in the Northern Hospital :—Han nab Tossey, Fergus Brown, Patrick Williams, and Patrick ureoghan. Both vessels are nearly new, haying been built last year, and are entirely constructed of iron The Rambler is consigned to Messrs. Martin and Burns, and the Sea Nymph to Mr. Thomas M`Tear, by whom she had been purchased only a few months ago from the North-west of Ireland Steam Navigation Company for about £20,000. [We published the preceding, along with some other particulars of this melancholy disaster, in second and third editions of the Standard last week.] THE INQUEST On Saturday an inquest took place at the Sessions House, before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of two of the persons killed by the late collision, namely, John Roche, aged 45, and Patrick Geoghan, also 45, both of whom died at the Northern Hospital, the former on Tuesday, and the latter on Friday. Mr. John Askew, the south harbour -master ; Mr. Cooke, the superintendent of pilots ; Mr. John Grantham, consulting mechanical engineer, and a number of other scientific gentlemen, were in court during the day. Mr. harden, barrister, at-law, attended on behalf of the captain and mate of the Sea Nymph ; and Mr. Myers, of the firm of Lace, Myers, and Co., on behalf of the owners of that ♦essel. Mr. Duncan and Mr. Hassal, solicitors, appeared for the owners and captain of the Rambler. Previously to the main investigation, an inqaest was held on the body of a child, John M'Glone, who it was reported bad been killed on board the Rambler. The evidence, however, showed that he had died on board, from natural causes, on the morning of the day of col lision, and a verdict was returned accordingly. The inquiry as to the death of the two men named, was then proceeded with. All the witnesses who had been on board the vessels were ordered out of court. In compliance with a request from Mr. Harden, who foresaw that the inquest could not be concluded that day, and who said he had important witnesses to bring up on Monday, the coroner agreed to adjourn, at four o'clock to that day. Ellen .*Lean, a Widow, being called, said she left Sligo on the previous Sunday, by the Rambler, being of a party intending to emigrate to New York. The de ceased, P. Geoghan, was of the party. She described in her way the collision on Monday night. Many persons were killed and injured. The (Incased was badly hurt. A boat came off and he was taken away. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he died on Thursday morning. The captain and mate of the Rambler did all they could to save us after the collision took place. They rang the bell, and put up their hands to keep us clear of the side of the vessel. Bryan Kelly, a provision dealer, who was on board the same vessel, described the collision. It was twilight. He heard the captain giving orders, and at length calling out "stop her." In about two minutes after, she was struck by the Sea Nymph. All on hoard was alarmed, and the Sea Nymph turned quickly from them. The carpenter said she was making water ; the captain cried " full speed," and the vessel soon after grounded. Several of the passengers were badly hurt, and amongst them the deceased Roche, but witness could not tell how. It was rather a dark night. Witness did not know if the Sea Nymph bad lights, but the Rambler had. The captain continued to give strict orders to the steersman and sailors for twenty minutes prior to the collision. By Mr. Hassan :—The captain gave orders for a mi nutes, and at last stamped his foot. Witness then called out " starboard" several times. Did not hear the word " port" called out by any one. The captain was on the gangway over the engines. There was, no confusion on deck prior to the collision, and the cattle were quiet. The Rambler passed close to the Rock Light, and the vessels she met passed her on the outsirle. The captain gave his orders before they reached the Rock Light, and they were continued up to the time of the collision. He had a trumpet, and cried " starh.oard" several times. Bernard Gallagher, a butcher, was passenger in the same vessel, and knew the deceased, Roche. By the col lision, they were driven on the Cheshire bank, and the vessel was much damaged, and several people much hurt. He had since seen Roche dead at the hospital. He did not hear the captain give orders, being below until imme diately before the collision took place. Mr. Gildersleeves, house-surgeon of the hospital, spoke to Roche being admitted early on Tuesday morning. He was sensible, bat in a cold and lax state. Lie bad a frau ture-of the right leg, of both bones, also contusions all over the body. He. died of collapse, owing to the shock received - by the system. The other man, Geoghan, was admitted at- the same time. He had a fracture of the spine, which caused his death yesterday (Friday.) Peter M'Farlane, second mate of the Rambler, Capt. M'Allster.—The vessel was of about 250 horse-power. She plied between Sligo, Glasgow, and Liverpool, with passengers and cattle. There were upwards of 300 deck passengers on board, about 600 pigs, and 14 head of cattle. It was within an hour of high water when they reached the Bell Buoy; they had a light at the funnel-head, and a red light at the larboard, and a white one on the starboard side of the vessel, in front of each paddle-box. That is the usual quantity of lights, and the usual places for put ting them, on coming into Liverpool. We had a watch forward ; the mate and two men were at the forecastle head from the time we passed the Bell Buoy ; the captain was on the gangway between the paddle-boxes. He was not three minutes there when he ordered the speaking.. trumpet to be brought, and it was brought to him. After we had altered :our course to E.S.E. we continued that course until weceme to the Rock light; we came up the Rock channel ; we passed two steamers a little below the Rock Licht; we rounded the Rock about a quarter-past ten, as nearly as I-can recollect. I think we passed the light about a breadth and a half of the Rambler off the small buoy which lies off the Rock Light. Then the helmsman steered her due south for about a minute, but not by any orders of the captain ; and then he steered her south half west. Shortly after this I heard the mate on the forecastle-head report a steamer ahead. I observed to the man at the wheel that I saw a smoke but no lights, but, just in a moment after that, I saw her starboard light and funnel light off our larboard side. I was then looking over the larboard quarter. Directly after, I saw her red light on our larboard side. Her starboard light was about two points off our larboard bow. I said to the helmsman that she was coming on towards us. "Look out," said I. The helmsman replied, "We are pretty close in to the Cheshire shore." We were pretty close in at the time. I then lost sight of their red light on the larboard side altogether. I heard our captain sing out to " Port." That word was sung out to the helmsman. I sung it out myself. The helmsman ported the helm , The next word from the gangway was " Port" again. That was passed to the helmsman, and he ported a second time. At this time I began to be frightened. In a mo ment or less the word from the gangway was " Hard-a port." I laid bold of the wheel myself, and called another man to assist. There were three of us then putting the vessel hard-a-port, and we were holding it so when the _avaen the larboard bow. I did not know what steamer it was at the time, but I ascertained it afterwards. She cut us dovan to the water's edge, capsized our windlass. and tore up the deck, There were a great many of the passengers hurt, and some were killed on the spot by the capsizing of the windlass and the quantity of wooden and iron stuff which was flying about in all direc tions. The Sea Nymph, immediately after the collision, backed away, and got clear of us. Our captain, on ending that the Rambler was making water, ordered the enines to be turned ahead, and she was run ashore on the Che shire coast. The passengers were then landed in boats, some in Cheshire and some in Liverpool. I cannot say whether, prior to the collision, any order was given to stop our engines. There were so, many passengers on board, and so much noise on the quarter, that it was im possible for me to hear. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Duncan, Mr. Harden, and Mr. Myers ; after which John Hunter, the chief mate of the Rambler, gave evidence corroborative of that of the previous witness, end the inquest was ad journed a little before four to half-past nine yesterday (Monday) morning. ADJOURNED INQUEST-YESTERDAY The inquest on the bodies of John Roche and Patrick Geoghan was resumed yesterday morning. On the names of the jury being called over, Mr. Richd- Carter did not answer ; upon which the coroner said he had received a medical certificate to the effect that he was unable to attend, from the effects of an accident. As there were fourteen jurymen without him, the coroner apprehended that they could go on very well in his ab sence. The first witness called was William Daniels, a licensed pilot of the port of Liverpool. He said—l belong to No. 1 pilot-boat ; went on board the Rambler at about twenty minutes after nine o'clock, on Monday, at about three miles distance from the north-west light-ship. I took charge of the vessel for the purpose of bringing her into port. There were blowing light winds from W.N.W. It convey Rwb w aoeoh a roi sabi s actvrokt verya deacyCrodolhu rarswdsni position deee fi t ennes.tft Channel, to o n s7t i ta, th g tehl hhllereeoeertyoe, maniipt aeao-oneourtdrhutdseaet clear.steersman . thenat tashninlte.their steamers mlAoh A hoeies kere s awsl dm, soon o paspap o :rms o nodas alcen a ydnedd s ei pardw l ebuoecesas w dt fedtteuoi directed ompndtnhettt him what the gangway between the two paddle-boxes. That is the same ; and though in a narrow passage, we passed clear by adopting that means. It was near the wharf buoy. After these steamers had passed us, we came round the Rock light; it was then about a quarter past ten. We were about the length of the ship from the Rock light when we passed it. 'We then ported our hlm and esteered for the riprap buoy ; we kept close into the Ch- . . . shire shore, in two fathoms water, still porting our helm. We came very close to the New Brighton stage, so close that one might have jumped ashore. We then saw three lights on our larboard bow, bearing about south-east; we lost sight of the larboard light in a minute or so, but con tinued to see the others. I called out " port the helm " twice, and after that I ordered the engine to be stopped wweurfierrhsstoteaspdapwe was dth; then south-west. We kept the lead con stantlyelapsed going. before the e h o e t her captain stea mcalled came uet stem after oon to t h o a d o called ur ar - b o o u a t r a t wiee bow, can carried judge. She them t r h e e v e h r e s a e d d . 0 f S t c h a erecsetleyea.am esteamer t minute ha t tg c _Di tit I ti t ng th u e s h d e o lm wn " to ha t r h d e d T g lo e engines w.hen S rn he us w t would have t e b th Y re w e e l i t g e h n t s o , t been bNeeTor. n b t y h N e h a e s sh n i e r a e r sh a o s re l in one half-minute if she had not struck us. If she had ported her helm she would have avoided us. By Mr. Harden.—After I lost sight of the larboard light of the other steamer, I never saw it again until the vessels struck. I and the captain stood together, and both of us saw the three lights; our attention was not called to them by any one else. It is my duty to keep the lead going after I take charge of the vessel. I could not go nearer the shore ; we were in 12ft. water, and the vessel drew mi. There was plenty of water to the eastward— in fact, the whole river ; it wanted but an hour and four minutes of high water. When the engine was ordered to be stopped, they were near upon us, and they came to wards us at a great rate. When we rounded the Rock, we were going through the water at about nine miles an. hour. The tide ran about four miles an hour more ; but where we were there was very little tide. The commands. " port," " hard-a-port," and " stop the engine," fol lowed each other very quickly ; there was not half a mi nute betwixt them. Suppose I was taking a vessel out,. I should not go so close in -shore, because the bank was in ridges. I should not have gone so close in on this: occasion but for the purpose of avoiding the other pat. If the other packet had ported her helm for one half-. minute, there would have been three or four cables' length between the packets. Vessels going into port keep in shore, to take a sweep to get into dock. Seeing the mast head light and starboard only, I could tell she was com ing towards the Cheshire shore. That was not a fit course to steer for a vessel from the Clarence Dock Ong out to sea. When we saw the three lights, she was going in a right direction ; when we lost sight of the larboard light, she must have been putting her helm a-starbcard. By Mr. Duncan.—The reason we kept so near the Cheshire coast was to take a sweep to get into the dock; and that was the usual course unless the ti :le had turned. The rip-raps are close to New Brighton ; and it was there where we first saw the lights on our larboard bow, bearing southeast ; we then ported our helm, and continued to keep close in, to give them all the room Icould. We were, too close in, and should not have been so close but for the purpose of making more room ; the orders of the Trinity Board being, that steamers passing each other should port their helms. When we first saw the three lights she was about a mile off, though I could not judge so accurately by night as I might have done by day. We continued to port as much as we could after we passed the ripraps. The order to stop the engines was given about a-couple-- of minutes, or scarcely that, before the collision took place. No order was given to reverse the engines; there was not time. I was knocked down, and the %%Ind was knocked out of me. When I recovered, I and the cap tain in a breath ordered the engines to goon a-head as fast as possible, to ground her. Mr. Harden.—You tell us that you first of all saw two lights, and then three; then, if any person standing in the, position in which lon were has said that he first saw two lights and then three lights, that person has_said what is not true ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Duncan.—lf any person standing : at the wheel looks over the larboard quarter past the.paddle-box, and. says he saw two lights, and then three, that might be true. Witness.—Yes ; it might. William Jones, one of the seamen on board the Ram• bier, was next sworn. Ile said—l took command of the helm of the N.W. light-ship. The pilot, who was taken. on board soon afterwards, directed the steering of her. In steering for the Rock, we paised two steamers on cur larboard aUe. We went so near the Rock light that the vessel could hardly get clear of it.. The reason was, that we had been previously porting our helm to make _ roam for those two steamers. We passed close to the Newt Brighton stage. After rounding t he ri p -ra p bo y , w e , kept very close to the Cheshi re shore. After.pas sing- New Brighton stage, I obs erved th e two bow_ diately after thin, the word was pass;. " port my .helm," which was both times-. o two ohts pointsof anotherclearofst my steamer e la r rb ( o tl a i r e d Sea p addiNe., Nymph), a b ou t helm was then put bard-a-port, in compliance with a and the y order, two persons assisting me. 1 . did not hear any orders given to stop the engine. I could no t d o so , th er e t: , y en were er away. go ie 4- I to o i do —if s customary o they was so much noise. The next thi ng I observed was the s answer, them w nd ha he other steamer, right aboard o f us . Sh p ( t h e S ea N ymp h) reversed off us, and came tow ar d s our stern. I h a il e d h e r and asked eon going to run us down a second time or not. I got no par ticular us to taste a pilot on bo ar d w h en we can get one. The course we steered on th e occas i on was the usual one. ffe a w generally sail from the Clarenca Dock. We s V s t e i n i l keep the middle of the river in going oat; but muc h de pends upon the state of the tide. We very held Y o down the Cheshire side. If it is ab out big w ater to going don going out, we would take the middle o f the river. not know our reason for aot ta kin g the Cheshire side.; Be i g ht on stage, we steered south- After leaving the New half-west. By porting - o ur helm, the vessel altered her r .12c ollisiontookplace. By head as far as south - west beam . e By Mr. Duncan. —The m anht have been casting the but mig ht lead without my seeing him, it was not likely. By rM . Oarden.—When I first saw the two l i g ht s o f (Continued in another pate) box. Imme -1 to me to &eyed. The