The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL DOCK TRUST

Os Tuesday, the annual accounts of the Lirerpool dock
trustees were published, extending-from June, 1854; to June
1835, and showing -on the year a. decrease in the-revenue of
£36,416, a fact attributable, doubtless, to the general-depres-
sion in business,. caused by the war and the usual reactions of a
previously busy year.
The amount of the bond debt, due- on the 24th ef June last
year, was £5,211;751317i. 9d. • the amount received on bonds
this year has been £199,928 17s. ;, -total, £5,410;38: as, Bd.
The revenue account shows that -the total amount of re-
ruls" attiouin, ac..k frma- 71-2• S wxsufarge"UlaT.C"
Qr
dues-; £87,655 from • dues on goodt - inwards ; anet - R 25,420
from dues on goods-outwards. Thegraving docks and: blocks
;ridded £23,284; the -Albert warehouses, £25,300; and the
Stanley warehouses.; £1,700. The expenditure on new dock
works during the year amounted to. £274,118, while, -if the
materials to be wrought up are estimated, this sum isincreased
to £319,257. The -general repairs at all the docks- amounted
to £38,710.
The disbursements-include also the following items,:----Ma-
rine- surveyor's 0ar:03:2957 10s. 2d.; solicitor's office,-£1,210 ;
check office, Is,. Id. ; superannuated allowances,. £450;
harbour and dock-masters' salaries, £5,287.165. lld. ; wages
and.-clothing of dock-gatemen, £12;286; marine surveyor's
department, £1,006.43. 6d.; expenses-of -the. tekgraph esta-
blishment, £1,535--.104-11d. ; miscellaneous expenses includ-
ing.elpenses at the landing-stage, Izansit sheds, weights and
scales, -cranes, subscriptions to charities,.&c., £22,268, Iss. 2d.
The average rate- of interest for the- year was £l4s.. aid. per
cent.. The amount in the han-ls—of the bankers .(Messrs.
Heywood and Sens), and the treasurer, at the-close of the
financial year, was £121,611 es.
During the year the duties on, goods were paitl,hy 20,024
vessels._ The dock rates were reduced ,in 1836, about 381
percent.; in 1841,:.33 per cent.;-and in 1848 c.,reduction of
£40,000 was made. In 1812, the- dock income .was £44,408,
and for the past year, £26/fi6l.. The largest amount,
£8,078, was collected in 1854,

eßrmx-,4;_iv. V.I C "ORI.E& JBLIC
REJOICINGS IN. LIVERPOOL.

A ;very general feeling having been expressed. by all classes
as to the necessity of some demonstration in reference to the
splendid and gratifying suceesses which have attended the
efforts of the Allies in the Crimea, many suggestions have been
made on the subject, all of which have met with careful attea,
tion, on the part of his warship the Maxos.:. An illumination
seemed to meet with great favour;:. but the difficulties by
which such a mode of lemoustration; wes beset were found, to.
be insuperable, without such au amomat of preparation. 94
wouldhave, in fact, acted nearly ea.& prohibition, or to have
so procrastinated the rejoicings, as.would have thrown. them
out of date. In these circumstanacs, the MAYOR has resolved
toziet apart Thursday next, the. anniversary of the battle of
Alma, as a day of jubilation. The‘bells of the various churches
will commence ringing at au early hour of the morning, and
will continue to ring merry- peals throughout the day. The
Royal standard will be displayed in front of the Town. Hall,
and the ships.in dock will be.' dressed" in their gayest bunt-
ing; flags will be hoisted on the church towers.ancl other
public buildings ; and it is expected that the patriotism of all
those who possess flags.will. induce them to aid In the display
by hoisting them over their respective places of; business. A
royal sa:nite will be fired. from the North Forti at noon ; and
organ performances will be given in St. George's Hall, to
which- the public will he admitted gratuitously.. In the even-
ing a grand banquet will be given by his worship the Mayor
in the Town Hall, invitations to which have been sent to all
the officers who. reside in this neighbourhood, and who have
served in the Crimea. Invitations have likewise been for-
warded to all the military officers resident in the district.

TEE BAROMETER AT THE EXCHANGE
NEWS-ROOM.

The following letter appeared in The Times of yesterday :
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
SIR,—In the city article of your paper of the sth instant a
paragraph is inserted respecting the barometer kept in the
Exchange-rooms at Liverpool, the first two sentences of which
are as follow :

"The barometer in the Exchange Room at Liverpool has
just received the addition of a protective brass bar and strong
padlock, and the event is one of some importance to the com-
mercial community. It appears that several of the Greek
merchants and others in that town have recently had the credit
of using every conceivable means to bring about certain fluc-
tuations in the corn market," &c.
When this report became known here the Greek merchants
naturally considered that the charges ought to be proved, the
delinquent denounced, and the imputation removed from them
as a body ; and with a view of having this carried out, we
were appointed by them a sub-committee to wait upon the
authorities of the Liverpool Exchange, to urge upon them the'
necessity of the most rigorous inquiry into the matter. They
favoured us with an interview, and we are now authorised by
the chairman to state most distinctly that the committee of
the Exchange have not only no evidence against any Greek
or other merchant of having practised upon the barometer, as
imputed in the article alluded to, but have no reason to sus-
pect any one of having done so. We have also the authority
of Mr. Warburton, the manager of the room, to remove alto-
gether the imputation as far as the servants of the room are
concerned in the allegation.
We observe that in the Inde-pendance Beige (which pro-
fesses to give the translation of your article) the words "and
others" are omitted in their report, so that the charge is there
confined to the Greek merchants of Liverpool alone. This
fact, combined with the powerful and wide-spread influence of
your journal, has induced the Greek body to come forward in
order to justify themselves with the world, and we rely upon
your well-known candour to give insertion to this letter in an
early paper, and thus make the refutation as public as the
charge, so calculated to place the Greek community in a false
position with the merchants of England.—With every senti-
ment of respect, we are, sir, your very obedient servants,
S. FBANGIIIADI.
J. P. Scnnizzt.
Liverpool, Sept. 13. G. M. PAPATAZINI.

[SEPTEMBER 18, 1855.

VISIT OF THE DUKE OF WO
TO _LIVERPOOL.

Municipal
rei
Ills
where
ieca
ichpcaeo
on Tuesday, the 9th, and Wednesday, thel6ll3' of , did
ta
on His
invitationvisit
L vßoyaler
pHo fromoi Highness l h; njacts
msa
Ettisi
that
eaAtDs
interestingptlkN s
10
tC TA:evill:tECii
ssEgil: go
le i
40.1:01
During his stay the royal visitor will he the guest
of DERBY, at Knowsley, where he will arrive ou):12
Bth proximo. At an early hour on Tuesday, his /ail
MA.YOR, will then proceed to visit and insPeete, 10
public edifices of the town, including St. Georg
,:tlOO
Town Hall, and Exchange, the Blue Coat Hoslntsl„,ol
testing apparatus, the Public Baths, and otber:;11
lmwapiullanthbioeerdirteibeeii.%t_ehdTe
hbneyobßhlioesyEawlaornrsl,uhwkipeill,
talciecooemmirae.
rtylivt
terest. In the evening his royal highness, along jdoi
ii
nett,'
party, will be entertained at a sumptuous hang
MAYOR, in the Town Hall, in honour of the ansbilii a!
This banquet will be followed by a grand, aiilid,
numerous invitations will be issued to tneiiir,
gentry of the surrounding districts, and the of' I
pool society. The early portion of Wtd:l4,. 01f
devoted to an equatic excursion, in vi-pterii
Highness, embarking on board a steamer, an
..„iii‘j
squadron composed of the Pilot Boats, not Op,/
duty, and the fleet belonging to the BOY 0001!
Model Yacht Clubs, will proceed to vie! r 00r0/
the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks. isiter.th of)
excursion, the illustrious Duke will dine
...,/rif for f
and highly-respected representative, V1037)441. Clod
PALL, Esq., M.P., at his residence, Wet 000°„0'
nesday evening there is to be a grand In 0 ttifiroS,i
in St. George's-hall. The arrangements 'l7 It
the ceremonial have not yet been quite ";:tr;f 'IF,
they are far advanced, his worship haYingpo,Al
aid of Madame CLARK NOVELL°, M 1
vocalists of distinction. I\go invitations Ito' 004.0ne:
issued for the concert, but a reasonalie"-bib
for admission, the proceeds of which In '',.;
some of the local charities. IP
iOllOO d
LIVERPOOL ACADEFIt'S 1, fi SI
---•,--- isof°ll9, 0
Tot thirty-first annual exhibition of the ato: 04,,
was opened to the public on Mondays last, ifir,,,,
liberal. share of patronage in the-way s
0`
"•114, (
encouraging commencement of that MnfePorl
which- shows itself in the purchase of Or"- l'
.1
°
among whom we find numerous disting6tgl °Ai,
npraooniTtnhkatiknasegonfo
treahxsaiosth.aiyicgthewanirenreeraritootralcoietcrmoistllphefnertoeilotinishiad.ttet;aofetr7:wiffotti.cisi!
Buff," and look around the walls in vain ..g4
may compensate for the Spanish picture, v-v.f.,
ei
the same artist, which last year, through thesittrA
of the Queen, formed such conspicuous 0 070
exhibition. We are equally at a loss to of,*
the charming contribution of Leslie, an,, ~ i
satisfied with the substitutes for some ot-'l,;:nri yi.,'
first-class ability. If the present collec,i`cor,Afi
these respects, it has • for the general P''..eirr
fully makes up for it in-the more harmoaleoft,
exhibition as a whole.- The character eftighy 4
contributions is better than last year, altig/bie,
must be taken with some, indeed considers ,
landscape the present collection is derld I,
predecessor. A representative of theclues I 0" 1
"'high art"—the " Procession of Ciraah'4)(
contributed from the collection of ber `'.. -11
t s itee4 i
conspicuous place, and. in- many resPec,,e rag,
pansy of it ; but as the -present notice 1-;:itiOet r A
oar
wii
altogether
esony pictures o
not
v fahe
feaencaaste mriufso emu
ae
details,
Conversation
lc
could
.0
number
pr
ei
reo
a pieces
sebm
us
e,a
e.tfis
hr
occupyher s
su ya-lot•i
epil.leoci impression. 00.0 JP
arelo fgwit,ahi
tnehcmoe
u,
truthful delineation of chaatthrrdeal. /vIS
•
t
cations- of either of those qualities,
Ycbut'ualbseeeeervadmst meuni7nisthlguitelv.atitieateeierril-l'.olr;:eilio'#FY'r47:::
0).
Among the portraits (which are nume,r°,oo
recognise several from the-broad and vig°
old favourite, Robertson. ForsobrietY t,
i... d ~,,1
bold decision of touch, and general brow*: aw ,
traiu,- more particularly the-male • portra If
entitled:to high praise. Tin- chief draa{7.l.4
lence• will be found to consist =in a.
er9,17101R- ' 1
accessories,. and a quaint fidelitYl4 14_,._ideotit$ b
when kept in due subordination- iraPfaritag. is afit 1
but which when indulged in' tiure JO
into something bordering on sarxn, ...—$ r
tio
although this year we have rk CC ntributioit, -9
and some other established popular favour" ors
architectural designs, and
_representatlmi>,q,
4113,zaima. we- collection: is -not- riA Os 19
eiodeeei
being concentrated in some cleverly
siomed subjects in basso and in alto .rer
not remarkable.
Thenis
extensive, and
and miniature aeparlmc._ ,
and in not a - few inst.aaceefrocio

did'
ai )
MUSIC A.117D TH:E: ni-01
, r
Tro . /rm. I /CS OPERAS AT 'IRE P'..- opt
,i4l
. i
been a musical and dramatic treat of u,,, - , 014
we say that the company included.Vllo- 13:1 t PA
00
Mario ; .was filled up by the musics'. proipi,Jl
Madame Gassier, Mad'lle Didiee, _Sigh° 4g, ,
&mini ;. and was aided by Mad ale SOW:4100A
rich and. Signor Galli ; and that . the' °'"--, 007,0)/
numerous and efficient, was sonfluotea In OP.' I
and led by Mr. E. W. Thomas,. we haire otPgj
all that can be said to make an intellige°t ' OF
that whatever was produced under the be'
COl3l 1 11?
/such ,a union of talent must of, neeessiti. of, j
order of excellence. Other point/5,1101'0;0V Ti
remain to be noticed as still further g po ' i
superiority, and these were also, present lot /17
The chorus was full and skilful, the 63s ' Pi
the scenery and stage effect adcairable;„l4l,';'
operas. was excellent, and such as• to. au° 0
varied talents of the company. With so , /
of, artistes and of circumstances, it was h.. a,
peat at least a fair amount of patronage;ol7,o i
08,0
tie latter, indeed, there seemed. 11° lac'
!vat'. warm and judicious, but, alas ! the e _,Ol ,
in the extreme. Night after. nig,ht the ~.; CO
was poured out, by accomplished artist
benches, although it obviously fell on no 2:01.0
plaudits bestowed on the.chaxming peeler air .4'
,
given, and deservedly wou; and still the Oto. /,1'
filled house anticipated a bumper for
~.id ' '
1 unfortunately never. came.. This distre°'" '' 41

calls necessarily for remark, the m0ra...,e17.0e`19';,"
the circumstance that- it has repean is,,, ~'
under nearly similar auspices. That 1.0 tP, c• ,
counted for by a want,, of musical taste joid , #ft,l 1
is borne out by the obvious relish 071,,,
of the beauties laid, before them by tlievgi ,Acr,' i
attend. Many finct, one excuse and 10.e,sti?ip '
ci • ,
mortifying absence of an auditory stiff' lose , .(f4
deserve the name ; one cause and one e'L tli/4,
among all classes. of apologists, and that; to !tit2..
made for admission.: That these oPer4ioq, 0,1'7,9'
terring many from attending, is too L'„'it
.thp }lit '''
aid of argument for its enforcement ; "'will 01, r&•
counter observa,tion that small prices , es,ted .:,
This is indeed,,true,.but only to a limite.a4 10:,01i,
numerous audiences could be collected_olpeo;o,
avail themselves-of the high ones, then, ii, tbe,!a i 1
are the- proper ones. If, on theother ha 114,,. th'ibleit,
led nightly at charges considerably 107;014,1,,i'
sisted on,,e,revision of the scale might ere ° t,l.* r."'"
and wise. This course becomes tbe,luetber ,34-`y,„4";'
ferencais made to the experience 1::%aferc111,4,0,1,101._,"c
Theatre „Royal, in Dublin, so lately as Twit - tr( Pr,'
ItaLmn, Opera Company performed 1iee.c.`:4,,,1e6 11:1,
the, immediate patronage of his F-Oe col- ri tr, °iv
Os 'rc°f` Prl'
tenant ; but there, admission to the (ir a c.l 0, 01 f0.,0c,,
for eight shillings, while for the seceufer i ft, 111; ulo,
trance..was five shillings ; the pricebajatA'l4l4l,l' 0'
shillings, the middle gallery two
~,s,oet,, 44, A V,
gallery was open at a shilling. "-L:154.6'" rof ,
comprised among its members It SPYtiee",tio oy,
; Mad ile Marai, Signors Grazianiese 40. Ac eltlettuf
; and Polonini. If prices such as til e 0 „,,,,ratio+„'i
nerative in-Dublin, might not 01,', es're 'AP,'
answer here ? At all events, t.ll"af, tbe o'filtr,e,,
worth a trial. It could hardly eat' folloLg• I_l jo„11, i'
niary failure than that which. seems l'e/eiwilse", (''l
hitherto adopted here.--On Tuesday perfe ef AI,OIV I
ite opera "La Sonnambula,'' ,v3s part pie witif.o4
Madame Gassier in the interesting ci ;melt
,9'
she rendered in a very charming 315leetitei, tO lig,
ing the music and expressing 01 ioria.aelit'.. C,,t j
grace and beauty. The Elvin° oloi' cors'44o' ii",,
, con's °t
j;
to require, or almost to admicbly.,,,,e, ra.ol iirr
excellent voice and sang adwi-and aPOAt ..,110,1
Count .Rudalpito, was effective f ~ NI pad ei
the same composer's grand opera
.° As usual, retl, cii
to the best house of the series. tile cifulast,ll:/0 i
magnificent in the character of ,rabb, 5i.5,, 46,104 i
other characters being also athuliii sivig'el blal.;. 3,
fascinating opera of "Il 13arbieraeco, tben.,atti:Ac
on Thursday, Signor Gassier en
.....0-51'...ve10.: Pa`o Fr,
satile barber with spirit and succe'eyeaia,,ieridreol
cooci
"Don Pasquali" occupied FridaY Sat ~ yo..
the comic powers of the ennIPA opera el., icaV ?'
series to a close with the splenai. compea.: a Ile
od
in which the vocal strength oft he an) "
ii ic ted 113 0)0'0
It was beautifully given, and e
~, the Re,ig 9 11,
deserved plaudit. iIIEAT-' dert- tees(l,4leP
AT THE ROYAL AMPITI give° teles rot)
been of the same cast as thosemadame wecti,lerfo 0
week at the Theatre ROI' arts. °,llOO lasire I'
Webster supporting the chier Fri&
ogers,
13,01 i
the new melodrama of "Janet
the Pr!: Gil).,sl,e 1,411 r
under novel circumstances;
and crew of the Australian eipyer-5-iV
_1017c0.40 tliqe4,
their patronage on the oef,l.° The '7l,ooFte Y al
bumper, all parts being cro It'
„oetinue,, cele
.iK, re
similar class of performanees_i'ltadalvetiliji; 'lf
week, and the fine acting o
a biolY tiara fc! Olis 1/1
Webster will doubtless Prev.,;,, Co.-scliiiliellipisee ?
PHILHARMONIC SOCIET -in the tereia, po 'el'? !
grand concert will be give u Eyeliner 1,,n1 op .f q
chief vocalists being 3.ladasme..,,,,en payl
..
as e
00,,k,0,
and Signor Graziani. Ali
inn?lo nego: cutiejno,re,
r G eci ea qv
solo pianiste, and Signe
,_
_aried a 9t Vv.
player. The programme Is
a` ~;01 tre
celebrity of the artistes, .'
anticipated.

J

Stprtmi3En -18, 1855.]

INTELLIGENCE.

e.
~,Tl/1 A
‘ite.C,'4l.)3lq aPproves of Mr-. Georo•e Mountain Bowen as
. , and at Manchester for the Republic of Guatemala.
r tlo‘,ssttexixo A ,
armsa child, five
t Rat ,;'s old, fell f;oeinilliEt:T.--AL
ifttomai,
tub
of boiling
Ar:1414 was so severelyill°scatte'sdthat it died on Wednesday.
1 1 th.:1111411 CoxsoLATE.—A reorganisation has taken place
14.
re Atistriat
Sens"''''' Lesta„,_ hassulate at Liverpool, and Mr. Augustus
here " by appointment of July 11, been named
k yo, •
ktritp;, 1iti:,,11V.."1.. Abraham Briefly, e
aft7wrapd.so-seZTlleater, was caught inngatteedmainchlkiniller°losn
Wou,s• 'tlslY injured that he died in a day or two
RaeLo ...., x oara„,
on \vnopkeepetll, Smith, the wife of an ex-police constable,
at'cut-,lleNo 0ur,,,,1J1 Millgate, Wigan, put an end tfioahh.epreluidfe,
en theilltie fro.",„"lal,g by drowning herself in a 4 „ Propere. aer residence, situated at Lanberhead-
Cheste .13aal S' of Mr. Green, carrier.
erarai '' coal akrlltcY-court on Tuesday,
ned last
hia ,nation...,l„. eanunission agent, passed adjoure
up
Mr. Walters, of
for
thaCrhtficate 174 r• (')liti P. Hall, of woolLiverp cam.
a.c4o,,tite allg• ilt afLuhis. case was adjourned for a week, in order
1,4, si,
r,eactied44. bß.rnish the assignees with some further
entjen.,- a
terra .I‘t NtiL2, on Sunday afternoon____
eweek,
Th rev.
ltd -an took 1,1 In the open air at Buxton Spa.
4of o4leathed 40411 %hind in the colonnade of the Crescent,
theZ, who ,L3l Atts xxiv., V. 25; to a large and
windowsattentive
A,t Isetceilt'.'sPied the area, the slopes, and the
Tree t Aecrbt
std`ll/3, Fro','laNck place at an auction sale, at the Pear
i 344(1.f100,•-'-ne' Wgan. The sale was almost over, andn
i1ite0,4..._--Of the house was crowded with people,
.wheed
ithallle celfit7LWaY, and the whole mass were Preeipitat
4i.. '' °the breath, Happily, a few scratches farmed the
st Acc7l:age done.
ears of age,
Ras er(11. 'rallies 04:T• ---Con Tuesday, a boy,
!4048 Inibink aterna yon
parents reside inl3Nyoerafolk-street,
tto etiin Watkinsoi;•l'lgeon up the front of an unoccupied
chuepfieeldl
ve,y,ed•tle area of 44 t 0. the
souttter'esetirhteert, When his foot slipped, an , beneath. He was immediatelyd that he
atat,7erved a weeren ilospital, where it was foun
c0n-
t,,,,,,.g every attenticoneussion of the brain, and, notwith-
ir taob, °ll was paid to him, he expired on Wed-
.l'etn's. 6 4 PATENT S
the stocks, in
,tir:k keZo,titti,Rel,,
aZ,,,,,1i... t.s.—Tililrehaarivang
yard,
Bruns-
-1414Z11 the pate screw " s. iron -ship 4.
.... vess.eisit°of-snovel construction. Theexy
.
krty oft txneth (31 'qr. Durch, models of which we
(14Illep°t•lietIl'te
Chambers,
gPeauttelot ange'roonas some time ago, and are the pro- ec, Mr...toseph llondel, of Tower
ttted taueti enlen• One is of about 100 tons, tnd the
kraosWith an salaller, heing intended for canal traffic, and
t'o re,,,'' that of a engite of two-horse power.
e ' fas, salmob in the water, and they aTreheetxrpes
tr4trolt
tl.\iaaehilo,* At sTRA,Lia..---A young man, ct:de to
4 SZ'hhas see,.stel' and is now in a commercial house tot N qoa "to his •
ntit relative Mr. John Taylor, of Denton,
the 4Y Ith Yof cott ' wi
ne n Rusttn
re b ethe.,, on, grown at Moreton. Bay.
.ti
ean.,,,,s
4liol Ilt the '‘ the cotton is sown in any considerable br
.Ft`
, 't4eilerai sample is ton
good cotton, which may be described
'1,4 S're,3ll4hty, colour and staple, as Sea Island quality..
'IEI4NI,,
team f,-.)13/11P CITY OF WASHINGTON, built and engu.lea
Wili S °`4l and M eor for the Liverpool and Phila-
tl' tt (loßt,Tacket Csompagny is now about completed, and
4"teoeititlo river on Tues(lay. node has been chartered
to Moon as he Government to carry troops to the Crimea, and
4h,,,113ei11ej ell,„npasses are adjusted she will proceed direct
1- mort;-`-'ia&got Paper. •
s Walker,
Sli) ctle of iit'\ env DOUGLAS HAnnouß.—"Ple here on
uotttsltaY? havi'„ineers to the Admiral, arrived
oet. 0 lospeel been invited by the commissioners
improve-
Dolilpters, Ile was hefiarbottrs with a view to their_o,, commis_
of liar-
laearly f4t the ri!ceived on Monday by theeetlion,rd r
which lastedo
11,1etigla,°11ar 1101,-;,'B°,Yaal_ Hotel. .At tlhavotr_ni
4e40„t4,,f(),r tl
(„114.(1,, hailotrri
of which
to., -,ea rt -,.ler suggested, manyembrace the
k for the p.rotiemctpiornove_f
Vtetieti
alsoecitiired.par::,irraesfinally deeidcedpoonn .
titai the l''.ni of a . The works
k...i utia
het-, -, 'or breakwater,
in a north-eas . telly
Licleg. °lli Nvit4.,.4, ertwO-gun battery,
resolavfed.2oo y
lengthsprg
Lail; 14r,t4 t}i'' "kst- fit the extreme point,
pier more than 100
'ater ,i 4 souvieXtension of the present
low
nf
Nt sPN t•,..; easterly direction, into 8 or 10 feet at low
at k, NA, p k,es..—.Lllona's Herald.
the ~,'°4'siet, es,—.Bona's
R. —The beautiful park and grounds
Was "0/16,444 Ivere visite4d,YOn Tuesday, by a large number of
41(11;,°t ana',, t'lell of Preston. The •object of the excursion
hot
_ie filocrement and healthful recreation merey,.
Alb as
oritllnoaft*,ttldie Pree Library in Preston, Thsinbesutfitiuts-
totatetiteti:s
was
to noslettaa jimearafgz:3 joheau intention
:.), dto do 50, two
n 1 eB, one-composed of gentlemen', the other of working
ktevvere formed ; the former undertaking th raise £2,000
kotth'e latter &1,000, as a basis of operation. Towards-this
tith;4'4ol.titt.he gentlemen's committee have raised Xl,OOO, and
ik mg men £7OO. The excursion on Tuesday .one
ket4.l4iiresy got
ilip.bty. the working men's onnittee,•and its
botitt,t44„ generce4of theisnoelYeeletercdl' willof the be
.11IghlY satisfactory.
sed he,
co.aSe.and his son, the
e:lllllJC,;t,losivereliberall di: e o
vert iLl'er of the houseriold,Pwnhile the m"aPntastiCi.
nilaolitli_by, R.N.,
d grounds
Ca ttt 131)en to the excursionists.
'tettl l'i',.!_ °l' MAN Royal Iran steamer Mona's ,Queen,
ttleeroas,rYle, by which the account of the battle on the
qlows
.078,t, by theisle of Man, also first conveyed
tolo,ll I)eu,,T° fan of Sebastopol. As the. vessel geame in
ett,t'd 41,4fs on Tuesday afternoon, a display of 'many-
,,,wal`c'ellinay ri),ln each mast prepared the spectatorsfor some
I:‘,11,, itd the :\ ent ; but when repeated salvos of artillery
I.;ie`V:et4l::' Itleehsp,,ir the bay, their curiosity was- excit ed to
Ittis '` °,lt:ket, gentlelinann Ifs ecstasyji throwing, himself
sr1:141(114),1 in tit'tiltd performingindescribable capers with his
ri,ed little the ate air, At the pierhead hearty, a,,-T,il 414:Less th4";lB,lwhicy spread through the town with a
-,4 iner,"-nt_g the „e,eetrb%tl• The bells of St. Thomaiis_rarneg.
reo4:r i:4-1174 til e-a"teianing, and frequent discharges of fi
kill ey
expe N5,4.1.8.......ei
rtneliasra of the inhabitants.
arl,,,Rdolt, i::tied of du bee._nt i!arliamentary
.return shows the
eattiiota' oh
act' railway companies in the United
edtkl co 31,,,,c't,Purehaair,, s l'ts Parliament, and for branches orr
! -at iatk -.ea, and of :sOr amalgamatin with railway o
. tile ' vi
.45r 111 equit!cynte'c'hests.;,a barges, and. exPenses-zlic.lll.-
Nil, total expendit -
s The following
iltruies namea: ..tre, und74 c no e
vr threine -henaids., of the railway
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meeting of
Atlvall held P ITE.ixtlx.—An adjourned
(ie111.11t,6, -,,,eltottistire,abl4,
rtlarter T(uiwesdathyr, :ahtairt)h,e Aigburth Hotel:
th4t4),,i4 oril-Zt Qoodvvin The' meetingC°° P:arlCcahlalleedarifrors
t prim itye "I;eivin 1— ' township from .'.---
ktioDti l, r, of to g Nails of the
Abe °ll44..'''heb ~• °don, and also to take into consideration
1611Ntilt t,„,_xteutZi%,tte a7,,,t0 guide the board in re of flagging
ec-m4t ttkrt ''' a11.,v,' the proportionate amount
After
2L141,: Of 2q rQ,„'., eases by the owners of property. of, the
i(le ';',...°01-r"l'a,;gitlßl).,4t business had been disposed_Victoria-sereet,
(I t, .?",1011, i':',, atid V,ke streets—naively, brought under con-
olvee°,l'4s that'', t)-44
(„4.1)ve11-street—was 1)-il) 9b, °f th h`be irli tgiz',.'ll3' been flaggingdee"" should be done by the
atti2, ore c'Eropem.° -0.
decided the committee
a hard-
li_N lir,o,,tlikei,, .uy ; bathethisbeing considered„
Ithelteisitioh;
,tl,lll aroiltias the principle had not hitherto been
'al'e. ovvi ere Inatillg some other streets.,
h rt discussion,
,qei,,e1144,44:2644a4.: e• Ultimately, after. 0
rivell 4444 two were ado several. modified
d that the west
rid!
jeci • fted witclic on the east side, an
Pted ::—Tnast Victoria street
',a 11,,tlyth) Nat /,..._ three-feet course, and the
.remainder
tir,, th ,:?1 the f`wl-street be flagged on
41 fLeYor I_l(ks %.,°°,„tlralk, and that Elmswoodbe.flagged
roadide
Ivret,,-Tkfti'ng.;" a six4eet course..
tlel`,4ece,,,
,k, 46e ,SPorted the various t
eMw
dr
4,
r. -88
receivedtsn din g, thefor
kl'e4a.cocrN:-.4;.'the streets above named, the following
, A'rcal Tlletoria-road, Charles Price, ate 39
anodl9isr.wBden!
tc, "NI., he'd iNae' 11-I°raas lialsall, at £157 17s. 2d. board then
w
all, :at £132 19s. 6d. The -
k4O
.e 3
-
of the
liter ono, Whiel consideration of the plans and "itZe.Yand the
fil‘e4,„.as ref,;2441 , been submitted by Mr. , Wts."ttPs;'"(l. to the committee, who are. ,te'take the
tittlrell'4l,ttt,re'laired by the act of Parhamente
mas
N's. ir ay. ?,tt.r4kaniAs.—The weekly meeting: was i
rmhaenl d;
Ntler hTealf, tetisueut : The Rev. W. d
101, Th w, //ape t, Creen, Abrahams, Pitts, Muffins,
Pr th e baiali ''..011, Wensley, Roberts, Kirkus, ' a rn, ed.
4bADilt tbt thae:%l4 haUdlvas £609 16s. 2d. It was
Hough,
Nittsiou tt?r of ti4,t L.of theboard be given to Mr.
..
141. titian ogln'efun t,,0 ti 'e ,11 of-Sebastopol, for the gratuitous
%NCt‘t male Sir ks'll''aY ' •~4ildron of the Workhouse to i
. .kenheadT,444,,
r' ie-
kNe) In his bats,elll' for allor:ing the children to .cross
to Mr Willoughby, the proP
44' holt!tandint ,°ll the
vitNi 6,1, the e.Weea
I,,tillltlhkkl ,i. a
le governor vitsame day, without cphraiergste:
ant
~,,,
„Collyns, a
rea.tietetiletiNittteter fromuitnoVironrskhowuasse which formed
'referred to the
ttil'eo tLeit°llit thee it' report uponYit.' The committee ?r,-
440 , 4 reh anatics cb
l/e1,4,4 tb°ll, it vi. --"geable to this union having
t. t3' e . e foil .as resolved that such report. be re-
. ,
_ii
~ OWlllO'
Psv<l,l hatt tile corona' itsteuggestion therein contained be
th "lekeah).., troll, their Would observe that, although
al
hateqt,it ,„.....t to ~_
:exination of the s?ver
tl s' •tea4"l:l'! ninon, arrive at the conclusion ,
r.
ir,,tle, , te,,*nest o,,sect without just cause, they would.'
tl,',-'' tiiLrk'7,_ Propriety of a special reqUest being sent
i,!, e,,:?ti;,7,!kiv,ti of each asylum, that they would, fri
441tIlre-`,'N't!: or ;`,?E,ce tot he guardians of s.nY PallPers . t who,
itie,4„tlle `yeai,,N
,4'„_ea, aUperintendentsway, with ProPrie3!
lif,; o,;t°llti,' ttt4'te'l asylums to the Union Workhouse for
0 c0,'400;:445e ~
_olent." The number of paupers relieved
40,011. "'Aa1..,,, 1,:3,7%, hospital, during the last week, was
Iti,:,snq .',', witil/4,' - total 3 967 showing an increase,
04, -q e,,,,8 oh; the co;resp'ndi g k last year, of 2.6
311 i C,444 '-'11(1c(frtioor; total, °2131.1 Thee amount of money
'414,;41y eolt 'llokit-door rlief was £2OO Os. 6d.
t'clef.,. ob' Al ltt
~ Ttrh
0,4qt1 rr,e414,-rlear, 1,1---The weekly meeting was held. on
tol;H''t e' low-. repo,;,'''ogsdale in the chair. The medical
Nttve4creetql. ta,i L.,ed, that the mortality of the borough
.t 4 ea(ii'hilk tihre the average, as it had been for each week
14tie% 4';ep....* atnredweeks• The deaths from all causes for
q,,,4,t' eO,-ge of 0, ay last were 229, being 20 below the
rNilell,li ii, Z lh,l ehoi, "e saute week of former years, without
orttl (*. Ittl; deaths in the corresnonding weeks of
1,1/4ite t,olatille the 04e Parish, 148 deaths had occurred last
41.*,t4 the r ProDortl°llllBlli9a, 81. Zymotic diseases fur-
N;,lthietev.aieTieleon than usual of the total mortality,
Nlikrt,,Nel Of iost,
ew?! scarlatina, and also bowel croine-
kh4l)y,satiej_daeatbs
,vsy,e'.,
.7as rather under_ than ovrethcetha,
Gt,,), il I (olog this as
46 were. from dia
irl.,tiler 1%641 trek t‘,7,,1t.0 in any previous week since
'se. e w pre,. .7 vutts, 6 from measles, and 1 from
htdtet, h Were to vaccination Of diseases of the
,11,t„, 1.4,1% it,t_lnp4.°ori„et_ths, which 'ivs rather less than the
~44 ,i.,1:1A,„;-,,Totion-o-i-u..",4:1.be10w the average throughout_
tkeiNreZ4cassi *vas adopt‘nzuti Mr. Gladston had given
ql',lttilttt,4,4 4 (III: It way'', in his absence, without opp
Getilt,ic,4l In otTil"tieh as follows '—
, " That, in the case
G, ,(,k Of r-er to 0118,4P1a..e to he general purposes sub-
e.h4e3 tile e )tk iute'
bled
any repaving, repairs, or other
i 415 pi• 44ie 5h.,,, ,Ilued to be performed at the cost of
' tii°,4l;re Ztaiollilt 81141t:gearienPebaeted at the generiajzzigt,tiee,
nrequired to be d ce,
4 tl, i',l.llllsthaeastiefactio of the general committeee7'
. ' 81 4114 the board adjourned,

REVISION OF THE BURGESS LIST.—The court for the revi-.
sion of the lists of parliamentary voters for the borough will
be held before Mr. Brandreth in the Crown Court, St. George's
Hall, on Monday next.
AT THE Police-court, on Wednesday, Henry Riley, a clerk
in the Liverpool Post-office, pleaded guilty to having stolen
two letters, addressed to Messrs. Ritchie, Stewart, and Co.,
Bombay, and with appropriating two several sums of £1 lls.
6d. each, which he had received as postage. He was remanded.
LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—At the first meeting
for the season, held on Monday, last week, at the Royal Insti-
tution, Mr. James Newlands presiding, some beautiful models
of vessels, sentin by candidates for Mr. Mondel's prize, were
exhibited. Mr. William Rowett exhibited and explained a
model of his invention for fitting, handing, and reefing the
sails from the deck, without risk to the sailors, in stormy
weather. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Rowett, and a
similar compliment having been paid to the chairman, the
meeting broke up.
LIEUT. GEORGE B. PRESTON, of the 97th Regiment, fell
whilst gallantly leading his men to repulse the advance of the
enemy on the fourth parallel. His brother, Horatio B. Preston,
was lieutenant in the 88th Connaught Rangers, and was killed
by a rifle ball whilst discharging the arduous duty of super-
intending the repair of a gabion. These gallant officers were
sons of Mr. William Preston, late of Liverpool, now of Min-
stead-lodge, New Forest, Hampshire, and were born in Aigburth.
George B. Preston was for some time during the spring of
this year senior lieutenant in command of detachments of the
97th, 18th, and 34th Regiments, stationed at the Rock Perch,
New Brighton. The deceased officer was half brother to Mr.
Robert Preston, of Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, & Co.
FLOWER SHOW AT ORMSHIRIL—On Wednesday, a flower-
show was held in a field near the railway station, at Ormskirk,
and was attended by a numerous body of visitors, including
the Lady Arabella Hesketh, the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham,
the Rev. Joseph and Mrs. Bush, the Rev Mr. and Mrs. Ley,
Mr. Haisall, Mrs. Abraham, Mr. Bickersteth, Mr. W. Lax,
and Dr. Palmer. The exhibition gave great satisfaction to the
visitors, amongst whom were many from Liverpool and the
adjoining towns. The show of flowers was particularly rich
and abundant. With the exception of the " Cottagers' De-
partment," the exhibition was pronounced to be the best the
society ever had. A sweepstakes for dahlias, of ss. each, was
announced. There was an interesting exhibition of 200 spe-
cimens of plants collected in the neighbourhood of Ormskirk,
which were dried and prepared on paper. It attracted great
curiosity. After the payment of prizes, the exhibition was
closed, with musical honours, about 7 o'clock.
THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.—GREAT EXCITEMENT IN
PRESCOT.—Great rejoicing took place on Wednesday, in con-
sequence of the recent arrival of the glorious news of the fall
of this renowned stronghold. The bells of St. Mary's Church
sent forth their merry peals. A large bonfire was made in
the market-place, where several thousands had collected to
celebrate this memorable event. Mr. Wallace, manager of the
gas-works, came forward with several barrels of tar and other
combustibles, which illumined the whole town. Several
gentlemen and tradesmen brought supplies of fireworks, and,
to add to the enjoyment, Mr. Rigby, of Church-street, was in
attendance with a select party, and struck up "God save the
Queen," " Rule Britannia," &c., the whole concourse joining
in the chorus, and at the end of every song three cheers were
given for the brilliant success of the allied arms. The
rejoicing was kept tp to a late hour, when the multitude
began to depart to their several homes. In other parts of the
town, large bonfires were made.
BREACH OF THE PEACE.—At the Kirkdale Petty Sessions,
on Friday, Cornelius O'Mara, Patrick Higgins, James Pierce,
and Samuel Gore, were charged with fighting and creating a
breach of the peace on the night of Sunday, the 26th August
last. On the 'day in question, a man named Swift came from
Liverpool with another man and a woman tosee Gore. About
half-past eleven they heard a noise, which they ascertained to
be caused bra cart loaded with potatoes. Swift, suspecting that
something was wrong, asked the ?atter to give him some informs-

tion aboa the potatoes, and, obtaining—no reply, went to the
house of's, police-constable to apprise him of the circumstance,
but not Ending him at home, returned to Gore's. Soon after,
between twelve and one o'clook,the 'first three prisoners came
to Gore's house, and when the door was opened to them, com-
menced a savage attack upon Swift and on Gore, who attempted
to protect him. Both werenocked down andlicked, and it was
with great difficulty that the police-officer, who was promptly
on the spot, could quell,the disturbance. Gore, who admitted
that, in self-defence, he Struck the man who knocked him
down, was immediately'discharged. The other prisoners were
'bound over, themselves in £lO each, and two sureties each in
5, to keep the peaceior twelve months.

MANSLAUGHTER.—On Wednesday, an inquest was held
before the borouglreoroner on the body of William Appleton,
who met his death on Monday night under circumstances
which involved a ,-Charge of manslaughter against a shoe-
maker and his wife, named John and Jane Woods. About
eleven o'clock the male prisoner -was quarrelling with a
cripple, named Noland, about some rent which was -due to
him by Noland's-rrarents. The deceased, who was a shipear-
penter, then came 'up to take thepart of the cripple, nnd, in
the struggle which ensued, was -knocked down, some of the
witnesses say by a blow from Woods' fist, and others by a
blow with a 'poker by Mrs:'Woods. He was carried into a
cellar close by,..; +but, notwithstanding that every -attention
was there.paid to him by .a-surgeon from St. Anne's Dispen-
sary, he died in the course of an hour. On an examination
there only appeared a slight abrasion of the skin an the fore-
head ; 'but' the immediate cause'of death was found to be ex-
travasation of blood on the brain, the result of external vio-
lence. The female prisoner denied that either-she or her hus-
band had 'struck the deceased at all. The jury returned a
verdict of 'manslaughter against the two prisoners, and they
were both committed for trial-at the assizes.'
SELECT VESTRY.—The fortnightly meeting was held on
Tuesday, at the parish offices, Brownlow-hill, the Ven. Arch-
deacon Brooks in the chair. From the minutes of the Work-
house Committee it appeared that the numbers admitted last
week to the vagrant sheds were 123 males, 111 females, and
.
The total number in the house on the sth inst.' were 'l9BO.
The report of the special committee, appointed'to enquire into
the items lately disallowed-by the poor-law auditors was read.
On the motion of the finance committee being read, Mr.
Denton objected to that part of the minutes which recom-
mended- the board to proceed to the appointment of a -super-
intendent or out-door inspector. He would move that 'the
consideration of this appointment be deferrectfor four months.
After -some discussion, Mr. Denton said he would alter -his
motion to a postponement-for two months instead of four. A
divisionmas finally taken,swhich resulted in the postponement
being carried by 12- to 9. Mr. Farnall, 'Poor-law Inspector,
laid before the board some-statistics relative to pauperism in
Liverpool. From this statement it appears that the number
of paupers on the books at.present is -13,409, the number last
year at this time being 134.33. Though this appears an,. in-
crease as• compared with last -year, Mr. 'Fantail explained-that
when compared with several years past,- during which the
numbers ranged from 17,000 to 18,000, it 'was considerably
less. Of-the whole number at present on the books,. 3,170
were old and infirm people; 1,582 orphanthiklren; and 3,295
adult able-bodied paupers.•, :236 of the latter being men and
the remainder women. Women in fact constituted the great
bulk of the paupers. A zondiderable saving+had been effected
in the expenditure for weekly relief; and although the number
in the house was greater than:last year by .276, the sum-ex-
pended was less by £55 7s. 2d. weekly than was expended last
year. This saving would amount, it was anticipated, at the
end of the year, to £2,680 and upwards.—Mr. Fairhurst, of
-St. Anne-street, was appointed:to fill thevacanoyeaused by the
death of Mr. James Hughes.
•DOCX CoMXITTEE.—The dock .committee met on Thurs-
day, Mr. Charles Turner presiding. The other -members pre-
sent.were Messrs. Shand, Palmer, Brocklebank,Sarber, Mann,
Ronnthwaite, Lockett, Anderson, Bold, Rankin, Robinson,
eChaloner, and Littledale.—On the recommendation of the
:works sub-committee, the tender of Mr. J. H. Mullen to
fence-in the timber-yards at the east side of the Huskisson
Dock, for 14s. per lineal yard, was accepted. -The whole ten-
der will amount to about £Boo.—The tender of Mr. Samuel
Moss, to supply-19,300 feet of glass for • the roof of the wool
warehouses, for £ll4O, was accepted.—Mr. Wm. Roskell's
tender-to supply a turret clock at the .south•end of the Wap-
ping 'Docks, for £-260, was accepted.—The marine- department
subcommittee asked-the confirmation of -the appointment on
trial for-six months of Lieutenant Parkes, R.N., as assistant
marine-surveyor, at a salary of £3OO a-year, being 00 per
annum-more than Mr. Jones received. Confirmed.—A letter
was read from the Town-clerk, stating that on Friday last
the Birkenhead docks became vested in the corporation, who
had on that day given the bonds to the Birkenhead dock
trustees, as required by the Birkenhead Dock Act. The
property, -so afar as that portion of it relating to -the accom-
modation-of-shipping went, was, therefore, placed under the
management-of the dock, committee.—The chairman said -the
dock committee had already placed the different departments
of the Birkertlaead estate under the appropriate sub-com-
mittees. The +-finance committee now proposed that, as au
accommodation -to merchants, the tonnage dues on shipping
should be paid in Liverpool, instead of at Birkenhead, as
heretofore.—Mr. Rainier : There are no rates upon goods ?
The Chairman : That is so; but there are warehouse rents
and harbourage ,charges to be collected.—Mr. Rounthwaite
then brought forward the motion, •notice of which he had
given at the last meeting. It was to -the effect that the time
the steamships ooeupied -the docks -be included in the returns
recently moved for by Mr. Mann. The motion was unani-
mously agreed to.—Mr. Mann then moved for a return of the
'number of steamers using the graving docks and blocks '
,within the last financial year, which, after a few remarks from
?Jr. Rounthwaite, was agreed to ; and the committee ad-
journed, after having held a very short meeting.

NOVEL SITUATION FOR AN ILLICIT DIaTILLERY.—A
case displaying extraordinary ingenuity on the part of an
Illicit distiller of spirits, was investigated at the Police-court,
on Wednesday. On the 23rd of May last, Robert Robertson
engaged five vaults under Gill-street market and paid M, a
quarter's rent, in advance. He stated that he was taking it
for an ale and porter bottling store, en behalf of Mr. John
Blair, a brewer at Manchester, and he signed an agreement
of tenancy to that effect. Some hogsheads, similar to porter
hogsheads, were seen to go into the place, but otherwise no-
thing particular was noticed. Robertson came and went
away, generally by himself, but sometimes accompanied by a
working man, like a bricklayer, and sometimes by a woman.
Certain indications, however, aroused the suspicion of the ex-
cise authorities, and they sent down two experienced officers
from London, Benjamin John Elvey and John Vanstrom.
These two, with John Henry Sproule, a Liverpool officer, and
Robert Lloyd, one of the market officials, made a "descent"
npon the vaults occupied by Robertson, on the 12th of August
last. After some little delay, occasioned by Robertson, who
was inside, they gained admission, and found a most ingenious
apparatus for distilling, which had evidently been very re-
cently at work. It consisted of a small copper still, placed on
iron frames against a wall, and heated by means of gas. In
an adjoining cellar, the, door of which had been broken open
with a sledge-hammer, they found 300 or 400 gallons of mo-
lasses "wash" in tubs, and a small quantity of very excellent
distilled spirit. The officers could not conceal their admira-
tion of the apparatus, and admitted that they they had never
seen a better. " Yes," said Robertson, " and it's all my own
invention. I put it here to try it, and I'm going to apply for
a patent for it. The best of it is, it's self-acting. I can leave
it to itself, and every second hour it will produce a gallon of
spirits 60 per cent. overproof." Six empty hogsheads of mo-
lasses were found in the vaults, so that it was evident that
the "trial" had been a lengthy one. Everything was seized,
and Robertson taken before the magistrates, and fined £3O for
manufacturing spirits without a license. He could not pay
the penalty, and was incarcerated in gaol. A second informa-
tion was heard against him, for being the " owner of an
illicit still, and for having an illicit still in his custody."
The bench inflicted a penalty of £lOO. One curious part of
the affair was that, when Robertson entered on the tenancy
of the vaults, a gas meter, left by a former tenant some time
previously, was there, and he appropriated it to his own pur-
poses, without the knowledge of the Gas Company, thus ob-
taining a thno months' suppiy of " fnel" without any cost,