The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-05 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE army medical staff corps is to be increased to 1,500,
being an addition of 300 to its original strength.
THE WI Dow OF M. GIIIAUT, of Valenciennes, famous for
having introdueed the cultivation of chicory for mixing with
coffee, has just attained her hundreth year, and is still in
excellent health.

MESSES. STEPHENSON, SA.IILI, RANCO, AND OTHER EN-
GINEERS OF NOTE, are now making surveys for driving a
tunnel through the Mont Cenis. M. Ranco is of opinion that
this stupendous work may be effected at a cost of only
25,000,000 f.

A LETTER from Rome says—" Vesuvius is itilabour. The
signs which precede a violent eruption are apparent. There is
an esplanade upon the summit, which usually can be reached
without danger, but at present one would be stifled with the
sulphurous odour, and the noise is anything but reassuring.
AN extraordinary general meeting of the General Iron
Screw Collier Company is called for to-day, to reduce the capital
from £250,000 to £125,000, to, make the shares of 05 each
instead of £5, and to bring the undertaking under the
Limited Liability Act.
ANOTHER meeting of the new association of railway pro-
prietors was held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, to
arrange for the organisation of a council of 100 members, of
whom 28, consisting of leading shareholders, were at once
nominated.

M. SWIDZINSKI, one of the richest landowners of Podolia,
has left to the city of Warsaw his library, consisting of more
than 30,000 rare and precious volumes, a collection of Slave
and Polish antiquities, a collection of Polish coins extending
to the most remote period, and a magnificent gallery of paint-
ings, by masters of every school.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The directors
of this company have resolved to recommend to the pro-
prietors at the general meeting on the 14th instant, that the
dividend for the last half-year, be at the rate of £6 12s. 6d.
per cent. per annum on the capital, making with the previous
dividend, £5 per cent. for the year.
THE dissolution of the French Polytechnic School has been
decided upon, owing to its revolutionary character. It was
remarked that it passed the Imperial Guards silent to a man,
when every other corps was fre'netique with enthusiasm.
The Empress, who was in a balcony, remarked the affront
thus offered to the army then drawn up in the Place Ven-
dome.

TELEGRAPHIC DIFFICULTIES IN TURKEY.—The submarine
telegraph cable, connecting the two shores of the Bosphorus,
has been immersed most successfully. Great difficulties arise
daily, however, about the laying out of the wire on the top of
the houses at Scutari. The people are superstitious, and fear
that the evil spirit, in running through, might station itself
among them.—Constantinople Correspondent of the Morn-
ing Herald.
MORTAL STRUGGLE WITH A BEAR.—A few days ago a man
who was out shooting in the mountains found at the entrance
of a cavern the dead bodies of a man and a bear, clasped
together, but partially stripped of their flesh by vultures.
The man held a gun firmly grasped in one of his hands, and
this caused him to be recognised as the unfortunate shepherd,
Delvallez. It is clear, that after mortally wounding the bear,
the animal must have seized and pressed him to death.—
Galignani.
MR. JAMES HATFIELD, for many years postmaster of
Huntingdon, has been summarily dismissed by the Post-office
authorities, and committed for trial by the local magistrates,
under the following circumstances :—ln November last, a Mr.
Fox took out a post-office order for 225., inclosing it in a letter
to Messrs. Du Barry, for "Arabica Food." The postmaster,
being agent for Du Barry, stopped the post-office order, and
directed the Arabica to be sent, by which he, of course, ob-
tained a commission.

THE master of a house in Sheffield, one day last week,
espied a burglar just as he was making his exit. The thief
got out safely and ran off, when the master of the house, who
had a dog, said, "Fan, go and catch him." The animal,
which was quite equal o the task, ran after the fellow, and,
coming up with him before he could get out of sight, seized
him and threw him down, without, however, doing him any
injury. The master following, secured the burglar, who was
brought before the magistrates the next day, and committed
for trial at York assizes.

THE PEACE CONGRESS AT PARIS.—The Constitutionnel
states its opinion that the Peace Congress will not be able to
commence its deliberations before the 20th or 25th of Febru-
ary. It also says that the signature of the preliminaries of
peace will be reserved for the Congress. The armistice also
will not, if the above version be accurate, take place till the
Congress meets. The Emperor has ordered apartments to be
prepared at the Elysee and elsewhere, for the official residence
of the members of the Peace Conferences.
THR TRIAL OF WILLIAM PALMER.—At the Court of
Queen's Bench, on Thursday, it was ordered that the trial of
William Palmer should be removed from Stafford. The
practical result of the success of the application will be that
the prisoner cannot be tried during the assizes. The bills of
indictment, when found against him by the grand jury at
Stafford, will forthwith be removed, by the operation of the
writ of certiorari, to the Court of Queen's Bench, and the
trial will take place either there, or, as is perhaps more pro-
bable, in the Central Criminal Court.
A FARM SERVANT'S LODGING.— On Saturday (says the
Windsor Express) a labouring man, named Jones, preferred
a charge of " misusage" against his master, a farmer at
Shinfield. During the proceedings it was stated that Jones
was hired as a yearly servant by the defendant, who was to
pay him a certain sum per week and find him lodging, such
lodging being a hurdle covered with straw, and suspended by
a rope from the ceiling of the harness-room. Jones alleged,
among other "complaints," that this lodging was not pro-
vided, and that in consequence he was obliged to sleep in the
loft of a public-house.
CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA.—M. Guerin-Meneville lately
brought before the French Academy of Sciences a means of
curing hydrophobia, which, he stated, is practised in Russia
with success. A little insect, the golden cetonides, found in
considerable quantities on rose-trees, is proved, when pounded
to a powder, and administered internally, to produce a profound
sleep, which sometimes lasts for 36 hours, and which has the
effect, in many cases, of completely nullifying the hydrophobic
affection. A distinguished entomologist, of Russia, M. Mots-
ehouski, has tried several experiments with this insect, and in
most cases with success.
THREATENED IMPEACHMENT OF MINISTERS.-011 Wed-
nesday, a public meeting was held at St. Martin's-hall, West-
minster, in compliance with an invitation placarded to the fol-
lowing effect : Do the men of Westminster desire peace at
any price?" The Hon. Colonel Vereker moved the first reso-
lution, condemnatory of the proposed pacification, and declariug
the terms to be unsatisfactory. The resolution was seconded
by Mr. A. B. Richards. A stormy discussion followed, in
which Mr. Harris in vain attempted to move an amendment
of an opposite character, and eventually a resolution in favour
of the impeachment of ministers was almost unanimously
agreed to.
A SHORT TIME AGO, while a detachment of militia stationed
at Airdrie were out to drill, their commander ordered them
to " quick march ;" scarcely had they commenced when a voice
shouted " halt." The order was obeyed. The would-be-officer
would have remained unknown had not a lad been seen
darting across the fields. Muskets were instantly dashed to
the ground, and a general pursuit followed. After some time,
he was captured and taken to the police-office. He was tried
the same evening, on a charge of disorderly conduct, and
ordered to pay a fine of 2s. 6d., or go three days to prison.
WOOLWICH ARSENAL.—A very extensive paper-mill is now
being constructed for the manufacture of cartridges upon an
improved principle. Hitherto cartridges have been made
from paper, but by the new process they will be manufactured
from pulp, and be entirely seamless. The labour required for
their production will be infinitely less by the new system.
A new building for the manufacture of small arms is to be
commenced forthwith, on a site near the east wharf, and plans
have been approved for a new foundry for large guns, which is
to be built near the new saw-mills.
RIGHTS OF FRENCH PROTESTANTS.— A telegraphic des-
patch brings the result of the judgment of the Imperial Court
of Orleans, in the interesting case of Captain Gcetschy, whose
relatives sought to deprive him of the custody of his children,
on the ground that he had lately become a convert to
Protestantism, and was 'about to bring them up in the
Protestant religion. The tribunal deciding in favour of the
rights of conscience and the natural authority of the father,
has quashed the resolution of the " family council," and de-
clared that Captain Gcetschy's religion affords no ground for
taking his children away from him.
DETECTION OF POISONS.—At the close of a lecture delivered
on Monday, at the Bristol Philosophical Institution, Mr. 'Wil-
liam Herapath, the eminent analytical chemist, took the oppor-
tunity of adverting to the state of alarm which had been pro-
duced in the public mind by the recent alleged secret poison-
ings at Rugeley, Manchester, and elsewhere. The apprehen-
sions which the cases to which he had referred had given rise
had, he said, been much increased by certain ctatements
which had been put forth, and which, as he understood them,
were these—that prussic acid could not be discovered in the
system at more than 14 days, that strychnia could only be
detected a few hours after death, and that coculus Indicus
could not be detected at all. Now he had himself detected
the presence of prussic add in a human body after an inter-
ment of two months. He had found coculus Indicus in dead
fishes, and in a human body, after it had been buried for ten
months. The difficulties in the way of detecting poisons of
this class were not, therefore, so insurmountable as some sup-
posed • and he hoped that the knowledge of the fact would
have thei effect of reassuring the public mind.
THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY AT EPSOM.— On
Tuesday, a numerous meeting of the inhalAtants of Epsom
was held at the Assembly-rooms of the King's Head Hotel, to
receive a deputation from the executive committee, in explana-
tion of the objects and plans of the society, whose operations
are about to be actively extended to that district. The depu-
tation consisted of the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. N. W.
Winstanley, and Mr. T. Knox Holmes, members of the
executive committee ; Mr. C. E. Lewis, solicitor, and Mr. C.
L. Gruneisen, secretary. The meeting was most numerously
and influentially attended. In the unexpected absence of
Viscount Ranelagh, the chairman, Mr. Knox Holmes, who
was called to preside, gave a very clear and forcible explana-
tion of the objects and principles of the society. He was
followed by the Rev. Dr. Worthington and Mr. C. E. Lewis,
in speeches of considerable length. On the motion of Mr.
Everest, seconded by Mr. Andrews, a very cordial resolution
was passed, expressing the confidence of the meeting in the
society, and promising active support. It was intimated, in
the course of the proceedings, that early steps would be taken
to secure a local purchase of land at Epsom.
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The adjourned meeting,
for the declaration of the poll on Mr. Goodson s amendment, was
held on Tuesday, at the London Tavern, London. The meeting
was crowded, and little less noisy than usual. Mr. Wadding-
ton, having taken the chair, announced the return of the
scrutineers to be as follows :—For the amendment : Personal
votes 160, representing £277,340 stock, and 4,111 votes ;
proxies 552, representing £1,174,880 stock, and 17,014 votes ;
total proprietors 712, representing £1,452,220 stock, and
21,125 votes. Against the amendment : Personal votes 508,
representing £695,980 stock, and 11,710 votes ; proxies 175,
representing £231,500 stock, and 3,994 votes : total pro-
prietors 683, representing £927,480 stock, and 15,704 votes.
Majority for the amendment : 29 proprietors, representing
£524,740 stock, and 5,421 votes. The result, therefore, is
favourable to Mr. Waddington. Mr. Serjeant Gazelle moved
that the poll be printed; a long, wandering, and turbulent
discussion followed ; Mr. E. Ball, Mr. Helps, Mr. Unwin, Mr.
Love, and others, speaking in favour of the motion, and Mr.
Challis and Mr. Cobbold, M.P., and the Chairman, not
approving it. The Chairman added that, so far as he could
judge from the letters he had read, those who had supported
him would glory at finding their names published. Ile was
quite satisfied with the verdict of the shareholders, both
• morally and legally. The motion was agreed to.

A CLOAK, ornamented with garnets, and valued at 200,000
reals, has been presented by the Queen of Spain to a statue of
the Virgin of Sonores, in one of the churches.

POSTAL COMMITNICA.TION.—The Government of NeliESonth
Walei has called for tenders for theconVeyance of the mails

between Sydney aud.Sincapore, via Torres'-straits. ThecOn-
tract is to be entered into from month to month.—Me/b. Age.
PROPOSED ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We hear it 'is in On-
templation, by some of the savans of the Royal Society, to
make a requisition for another Arctic expedition, to be sent in
search of further relics of poor Sir John Franklin and his lost
companions.—United Service Gazette.
IT is stated that Dr. Redman, a missionary, has verified the
existence iu Africa of an immense sea, without outlet, twice as
large as the Black Sea, between the equator and 10 degrees
south latitude, and between the 22d and 39th meridian. It is
called Ukerewe, or Inner Sea.—American paper.
LEEDS ELECTION will take place to-morrow in the Coloured
Cloth-hall-yard. Mr. Baines, it is expected, will be nomi-
nated and seconded by Mr. J. Wilkinson, tlax-spinner, chair-
man of his election committee, and Mr. D. Lupton, chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce.

A NEW TRADE IN PARIS.—The necessity of paying a tax
on dogs from the commencement of the present year has led
to the destruction of a great number of these animals in Paris,
and principally by drowning them in the Seine. A number
of persons have engaged in the occupation of getting out the
dead bodies and boiling them down, in order to extract the
fat, which is employed in the preparation of kid gloves, and
especially of straw-coloured ones, and is sold at the rate of 2f.
50c. the kilog. At Bordeaux, 5,640 dogs have been declared,
and it is expected that 42,000 f. a year will be raised in that
town by the tax ; and at St. Etienne 2,857, producing nearly
20,000 f. a year.— Galignani.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —The generalhalf-
yearly meeting was held on Wednesday, at the offices, Loth-
bury ; General Wyld in the chair. The accounts presented
exhibited a balance of £22,379 in favour of the company. A
dividend of 14s. 3d. per share, being at the rate of six per cent.
per annum, was declared. Mr. Ricardo stated, in reply to a
shareholder, that the number of message-, for the first half-
year of 1855 was 372,000, and for the last half-year, 384,000 -
showing an increase of 12,000. Messrs. Bidder, Till, Hunt,
and Cooke, the directors who retired by rotation, were re-
elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.
COLONIAL EXPENDITURE.—A. return, moved for by Lord
Seymour, M.P., shows that the grand total expenditure in-
curred by Great Britain for the year 1853-54 for the colonies
amounted to the sum of £3,288,338, whereof £2,941,687 (gross)
was devoted to military charges, the net amount having been
£2,687,070 ; £590,040 to civil charges (gross), and £49,950 to
naval expenditure, making a net total amount for civil, mili-
tary, and naval establishments of £3,291,063. The Post-office
collections exceeding the civil expenditure amounted to £3,325.
Of the above amounts for civil and military expenses £238,911
was appropriated to Gibraltar, £295,740 to Malta, £513,969
to the Cape of Good Hope, £104,574 to the Isle of France,
£130,730 to Bermuda, £47,651 to St. Helena, £149,376 to the
lonian Islands, £72,466 to Hongkong, £152,536 to Jamaica,
£283,613 to Canada, £120,943 to Nova Scotia, £94,765 to
Ceylon, £87,326 to New Zealand, £71,313 to New South
Wales, £264,287 to Van Dieman's Laud, and £133,835 to
Western Australia.

THE EDINBURGH ELECTION.—The requisition to Mr.
Adam Black, signed by 1,124 electors, was presented on
Saturday week. Mr. Black consented to stand, and invited
the electors to meet him on Thursday last, when he stated his
views upon public affairs. The names of Sir Wm. Johnston,
on the " No Popery" interest, and the Hon. T. Bruce on the
Conservative, have been mentioned. Another candidate, Mr.
Francis Brown Douglas, advocate, one of the magistrates of
the city, is brought forward on account of the unpopularity of
Mr. Black's views with a large body of electors on the subject
of Maynooth and the Scotch Public-house Act. The new
candidate, in his address, expresses his opposition to the May-
nooth endowment, and his determination to resist any inter-
ference with the Forbes M`Kenzie Act for restricting traffic
in intoxicating liquors. Mr. Douglas having obtained nume-
rous supporters on both these grounds, the election is likely
to be a keenly, and probably a closely contested one. Mr.
Brown Douglas is in public politics a Liberal-Conservative.
PERPETUAL MOTlON.—George Wather, tailor, a man aged
seventy, applied at Lambeth Police-office, last week, under pe-
culiar circumstances. He stated that be was a tailor, at Brid-
port. Owing to the extravagance, &c., of his second wife, he
became reduced in circumstances. About four years ago he
ventured on a third wife, and carried on business in a small
-way, until he by accident discovered that which had for cen-
turies baffled the greatest philosophers, namely the "perpetual
motion." His friends said that, doubtless, he would meet with
distinguished patrons in London. Encouraged by their re-
presentations, his wife and himself set off with just sufficient
to bring them to town. On their arrival they had only 3s. 6d.
left. His impression was that he should be possessed of thou-
sands in a few days, but, to his utter astonishment, neither
the authorities at Marlborough House, the Lord Chancellor,
nor Lord Palmerston, would entertain his invaluable discovery,
nor, in fact, could he find any one who would. Thus he was
reduced to the utmost destitution, and was without the means
of getting back to. Bridport. He was relieved out of the poor-
box, and obtained a pass home.

SHOCKING AFFAIR IN SIITHERLANDSHIRE. —We find in
the North British Daily Mail an account of some extraordi-
nary proceedings near Thurso, Sutherlaudshire. A young
woman committed suicide, and the body was found in the
river. A question arose where to place the body until a coffin
could be got ready for the interment. The Free Church
minister commanded that the body should be taken to the
parish church, as the only proper place for it. On the other
hand, the minister of that church demurred to the proceeding,
especially as there was an empty storehouse near the very place
where the body was found ;. or if it was thought that a church
was more desirable, the suggestion arose that it ought to be the
church where the deceased herself worshipped when alive, and
that, as already stated, was not the parish church, but the
Free Church of the district. This, however, would not do for
the Free Church party. They proceeded to acts of violence.
They broke open one of the windows of the parish church, and
thrust in the body of the suicide : and, not contented with
this, they placed it, streaming with blood, on the communion
table of the parish church, where it lay till the following day,
greatly to the dismay, if not horror, of all the members of the
Established Church in that place.

PRINTING A NEWSPAPER IN THE WOODS !—We are doing
what, perhaps, has never been done in the United States
before : we are printing the Wisconsin Mirror in the woods
—not a dwelling except our own within half-a-mile of us,
and only one within a mile ! The forest oaks bang over our
office and dwelling, the deer and rabbits are shy around us,
and the partridges and quails seek our acquaintance by ven-
turing nearer and nearer our doors. The noble Wisconsin
is bearing onward its immense burdens of ice, majestically
and silently, within sight of our windows ; and the snow-
capped hills, covered %1 ith scattered oaks and pines, peer up
in the distance. There is romance and reality in all this, and
we feel almost willing to publish a paper iu such a location
just for the excitement of the thing. But most of the romance
is soon to be spoiled. Already several dwellings are in pro-
gress near us, and before many weeks they are to be occupied
by enterprising neighbours ; and, when spring and summer
shall come, we expect such a clatter of axes and spades, and
trowels and saws and hammers, that we shall hardly be able
to write our editorials without introducing more or less of
the confusion. The fact is, we expect a large village—yea, a
city—to grow up rapidly around us ; and that is why we are
here—printing in the woods !—Wisconsin Mirror, Jan. 1.

Loss OF TEE PACKET-SHIP ST. DENIS.—The New York
papers contain accounts of numerous shipwrecks, attended
with loss of lives, the most serious among these disasters being
the foundering of the Havre packet-ship St. Denis, a double-
decked vessel of 997 tons burthen, which has made regular
trips between Havre and New York during the past eight
years. She was built in 1848, and fitted up in handsome style
as a first-class ship. The crew, including the captain, num-
bered thirty-three souls, and there were three cabin and ten
steerage passengers. The cargo was a full one, and the vessel
was separately valued at 65,000 dollars, 28,000 of which were
covered by insurance. It appears from the statement of the
first-mate and other survivors that the ship encountered a
terrible hurricane when two days out of the port of New York,
by which she foundered 130 miles from Sandy Hook. Great
exertions were made by the captain to save the passengers and
ship, but without success, 11 of the 46 souls only being saved.
These were picked up by the caPtain of the ship Naples,l_bound
to New York. All the passengers, the captain, second mate,
steward, &c., were drowned. At about noon on the day when
the vessel was lost, she being then rapidly sinking, her mizen-
mast cut away, and the sea breaking furiously over her, the
first-mate got out the long boat, which, although badly stoved,
they succeeded in keeping afloat by constant bailing. At
about 10 minutes before 12 they left the ship with all that
could be persuaded to take to the boat, viz., the ship's first
mate, the third mate, and nine seamen, the captain and pas-
sengers refusing to leave, on the ground that it was no use, as
the boat could never live. The first mate hung about the ship
for a few minutes to induce others to leave, but, as no more
would leave, they pushed off, and in ten minutes more
the ship went down. At half-past five on the following
day the boat, as above-stated, was picked up Iv the ship
Naples. Captain Follansbee had sailed in the employ of the
company, (Boyd and Hincken) for nearly twelve years. He
resided at Brooklyn, where lie leaves a wife and seven children.
The Second mate leaves a wife, but no children. Francis
Weiss, one of the cabin passengers, was married on New Year's
Eva, and was returning with his young wife to his fatherland,
with his small accumulations. He and his bride went down
clasped each in the other's arms. J. B. Petty, one of the lost,
was a brother of the Hon. R. Petty, a senator of New York.
SOCIAL PROGRESS AT MELEOURNE.—In spite of Com-
mercial reverses, however, population has continued to pour
in, and building has been carried forward in the city with
great spirit. At this moment the population of the colony is,
as nearly as can be ascertained, 283,000, of which number
30,000 have arrived within the last six months. The pro-
portion of males to females may be set down as fully three to
two, so that there are somewhere about 60,000 marriageable
men who cannot find wives in the colony. In the region of
intellectual progress some gratifying indications are observ-
able. A public free library is in course of erection, and will
soon be in operation. The University building is going for-
ward. The Exhibition has been most splendidly successful,
and in every way creditable to tbe commissioners and the
colony. The existing literary institutions are flourishing, and
new ones are rising into existence. Booksellers' shops are
multiplying, and the taste for reading of a superior kind is
spreading. We have reason for concluding that no adequate
ideas prevail in England as to the completeness or character
of the buildings in this city. Melbourne is no longer a mere
collection of scattered stores, rudely built of battens and bricks
without any pretension to style or arrangement. Melbourne
may now be styled a substantially-built as well as a populous
city. Viewed in connection with its rapid growth, this city,
in the character, capacity, and even beauty of its buildings, is,
perhaps, unique in the history of the world. A great portion
of the shops might, without suffering by comparison, be placed
side by side with those of Cheapside or the Strand. Many of
the streets are now susceptible of great improvement ; but,
considering the rapidity of their construction, and the im-
mense amount of traffic which passes over them, they are
generally in a very creditable macadamised state ; the foot-
paths are being flagged with Yorkshire stone, and, in some of
the principal streets, the visitor might suppose that he was
walking through the best parts of an old-fashioned city or
town at home. It is a new feature in Melbourne life to have
houses in a state of competition ' • but, in consequence of it,
rents, which had risen ridiculously out of all proportion, have
now become reduced to fully one-half, and, in some instances,
to even lower rates. A well-built brick house, which,at the
highest times was worth £8 per week, now lets for £4 or £5,
and houses which then let for £5 per week are now offered at
from £2 to £3 per week. In the neighbourhoods of North
Melbourne and Collingwood, there are many comfortable
houses without occupants, aud which_ have beeu §o for :gme
time.: Melbourne drotes.

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Important SALE of STEAM-ENGINES, MACHINERY, RA L-
WAY IRON WORK, NEW IRON, &c., BIRKENHEAD,

CHESHIRE.
MESSRS. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS
respectfully announce that they have received instructions
from Messrs. Brassey and Al`Cortnack, who have recently com-
pleted the Contract for the Birkenhead Docks, to SELL by
AUCTION, Tit is DAY (Tuesday), the sth instant, and following
days, at Eleven o'clock precisely each day, on the Premises, at the
Dock Yard, Canning-street, Birkenhead, near Liverpool,
The whole of the valuable STEAM-ENGINES, MACHINERY,
RAILWAY WORK, WROUGHT IRON, SMITHS' HEARTHS,
ANVILS, TOOLS, and other Effects, the Property of the above
Firm, comprising a capital Thirty-horse High-pressure Engine,
Twenty-hrtrse Condensing Engine, Twelve-horse High-pressure
Engine, with Boiler and Fan, and a Five-horse Engine, all in ex-
cellent working condition, Gough's Patent Six-horse Pile Engine,
Six Travelling Cranes, and a large Wood Stage, Nine Crab
Winches, Four Dredging Pumps, Six Pile Engines, Chain Pump,
Six Slough Pumps. Ten Quarry Gib Cranes, Two Oak Ditto,
Forty-five Tons of- Waggon Axles, Fifty Tons Iron Rails, Ten
Tons Square Bar Iron, Cast and Blister Steel and new Iron. and
Iron Work for Waggons, hirty Earth Waggons, Thirty Stone
Lorries, Twelve Smiths' Hearths, Anvils, Fifteen Pairs of Bel-
lows, large Quantity of Smiths' Tools, Work-benches and Vices,
Circular Saw, Iron Shafting, and Leather Straps, new Wheels and
Pinions, for Travelling Cranes, several Tons of Iron Chains, of
various sizes, Iron Nippers and Hook, Taps and Dies, Nails, &c.
The MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES include Kitchen's Patent
Weighing Machine, for Fifteen Tons, smaller Ditto, and a Scale
Beam, with Fifteen Cwt. Iron Weights, Ten-inch Lathe, for
Wood Turning, Eight Iron Turnstiles, Twelve Mooring Posts,
large Iron Cistern, and Two Wood Cisterns, Lined with Lead,
Quantity of Wheelbarrows, Thirteen Dozen spades, Rollers for
Mortar-mills, Mortar Boxes, Mortar Float, large Grindstones,
Corn-crushing Mill, Cotton Wick, &c. Also, Four Punt Boats,
Float for a Piling Engine, great variety of Wood Patterns, chiefly
adapted for Railway Work, Timber and Planks, 100 Tons of Lime-
stone, Office Fixtures, valuable Surveying and Levelling Instru-
ments, nearly new, Six Pairs of powerful Mortar Millstones,
with Pans and Shafting, Railway Line to Bidstone Quarry,
Cranes, &c.

To be viewed prior to the Sale, and Catalogues may be had on
the Premises, and at Messrs. Trios. WINSTAXLEY and SONS'
Office, Church-street, Liverpool.

TO CLOSE AN ACCOUNT.
By Messrs. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS,

On TUESDAY next, the 12th instant, at Two o'clock in the After-
noon, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, in the fol-
llovving or such other lots as may be agreed on at the time of
sale, and subject to conditions to be then produced,
Lott.ALL that Piece of LAND, with the Two
DWELLING-HOUSES thereon, situate in Derby-
road, Bootle, opposite Miller's Castle, containing in front thereto
and at the back along the canal bank 33 yards 1 foot, now in the
occupation of Mr. Malcolm and Mrs. Bowden, at a rental of .i'ss
per annum each. The above premises are held under a lease
dated sth March, 1815, for the lives of three persons, then aged
13,12, and 11 years, and the life of the survivor of them, at the
yearly rent of .41 2s.
2.—A1l that Piece or Parcel of LAND, on the south side of
Oxford-street, in Liverpool, containing in front thereto 137 feet
8 inches, or thereabouts, and running in• depth backwards on the
west side thereof in front to Laurel-street 57 feet 3 inches, and on
the east side in front to Crown-street 15 feet 1 inch, or there-
abouts, and containing in the whole 796 superficial square yards,
be the several dimensions thereof a little more or less. And also,
all those Seven M ESSUAG ES or DWELLING-HOUSES erected
upon the said Piece of Land, now known and distinguished as
No. 1, Olive-street, and Nos. 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, and 62, Oxford-
street, now let at rentals amounting to .e 221 per annum. This
lot is leasehold under the Corporation for a term of 75 years from
the 2nd of May, 1815, at a peppercorn rent.
Lot 3.—A1l that Piece of LAND, with the MESSUAGE thereon,
situate on the north-west side of Basnett-street, Liverpool, ex-
tending in front thereto, and at the back, along a commonnassage.
15 feet; and running in depth backwards on the north-east and
south-west sides thereof 77 feet 9 inches, more or less, now known
as No. 25, Basnett-street, and let at the yearly rent of .£5O. This
lot is leasehold under the Corporation for a term of 75 years,
from the 25th of March, 1822, and the Land-tax bas been re-
deemed.

Lot 4.—A1l that Piece or Parcel of LAND, with the MESSU AGE
thereon, situate on the north aide of Mount-pleasant, in Liver-
pool, containing in front thereto and at the back thereof, along
a back street of 4 yards wide, 18 feet, and running in depth back-
wards on the east and west aides thereof 90 feet. The above
premises are now known as No. 59, Mount-pleasant, and are now
let at the yearly rent of £3B.
Lot 5.—A1l those 16 MESSUAGES or DWELLING-HOUSES,
one thereof being No. 18, in Chaucer-street, in Liverpool. and the
others being Nos. 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16,
in Chaucer-buildings. Let at rents amounting in the whole to
£lO9 4s. per annum.
Lot 6.—A1l those Six MESSUAGES or DWELLING-HOUSES,
situate and being Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, in Rose-buildings,
leading out of Rose-place, Liverpool. Let at rents amounting in
the whole to £54 12s. per annum.
The tenure of these Three Lots is freehold of inheritance.
Lot 7.—A1l that Piece of LAND, with the MESSUAGE thereon,
situate and being on the east side of Moor-place, in Liverpool,
containing in front thereto and in breadth at the back, severally,
30 feet 6 inches, and running in depth backwards on the north
and south sides, severally, 45 feet, more or less, bounded on the
north and east sides thereof by Premises now or late of Mr.
Richard Prior, on the south by a passage of three feet wide, and
on the west by Moor-place.
This Lot is Leasehold under the Corporation for the residue of
a term of 75 years, commencing 29th September, 1829.
For further particulars apply to Messrs. LACE, MARSHALL,
ROSCOE, and GILL, Solicitors, Union-court, Castle-street.

IMPOP.TANT SALE OF PROPERTY, IN THE BOROUGH OF
LIVERPOOL, ON CORPORATION LEASES FOR 75 YEARS.
On WEDNESDAY, the 27th, and THURSDAY, the 28th instant,
at One o'clock on each day, in the Nisi Prins Court, Sessions
House, Chapel-street, subject to such coi.ditions applicable to
the several Lots as shall he then and there produced.
On WEDNESDAY, the 27th instant,
By Messrs. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS,

Lot I.A Plot of LAND, at the north-east corner of
Oldhall.street and Tithebarn.street, containing about
3831 square yards, with the Materials of the Buildings now stand-
ing thereon.

Lot 2.—A Plot of LAND, on the south side of Bold-street, the
west side of Berry-street, and north side of Wood-street, con-
taining about 3671 square yards, with the Materials of the Build-
ings now standing thereon.

Lot 3.—A Plot of LAND, on the east side of Rodney-street,
and south side of Hardman-street, containing (exclusive of an
area to Rodney-street) about 562 sq -are yards.
Lot 4.—A Plot of LAND, on the east side of Great Howard-
street, comprising the site of the old Borough Gaol, the Pig Mar-
ket, and also a flag yard, in the occupation of Messrs. T. and B.
Chaffer, containing in the whole about 19,934 square yards, to-
gether with the Materials of the Gaol and Buildings now standing
thereon.

Lot 4A.—ln the event of the last lot not being sold, the MATE-
RIALS of the BUILDINGS comprised therein, including the
boundary walls, will be offered for sale, in one lot, subject to the
special conditions attached thereto.
Lot 5.—A1l that Plot of LAND, on the south side of Dale-street'
between Lots 6 and 7, and running backwards to an intended
street, communicating with Peter-street and Sir Thomas's-build-
ings, containing about 2,210 square yards, together with the
Materials of such of the Buildings within the line of improvement
as shall be standing thereon not pulled down at the time of sale.
Lot 6.—A Plot of LAND, at the corner of Dale-street and Sir
Thomas's Buildings, containing about 363 square yards, with
the Materials of the Buildings within the line of improvement as
shall be standing thereon not pulled down at the time of sale.
Lot 7.—A Plot of LAND, at the corner of Dale-street and Cross-
hall-street, containing about 222 square yards, with the Materials
of the Buildings within the line of improvement as shall be stand
ing thereon not pulled down at the time of sale.

Lot B.—A Plot of LAND adjoining to and in rear of Lot 5, upon
the east side of Peter-street, and north side of Shaw Hill.street,
containing about 523 square yards, with the Materials of such
Buildings standing thereon as shall not be pulled down at the
time of sale.

Lot 9.—A Plot of LAND, on the west side of Whitechapel and
south side of Button-street, comprising Two SHOPS fronting
Whitechapel, and a WAREHOUSE and DWELLING HOUSE
fronting Button-street, containing about 293 square yards, with
the Materials of the Buildings now standing thereon.

Lot 10.—A Plot of LAND, upon the east side of New Wapping.
the north side of Charlotte-place, and west side of Mersey-street,
containing about 824 square yards, with the Warehouse, Offices,
Sheds, and Buildings standing thereon.

Lot 11.—A Plot of LAND upon the east side of New Wapping,
and north side of Orford-street, and a DWELLING HOUSE,
No. 8, on the west side of Hurst-street, containing about 323
square yards.

Lot 12.—A Plot of LAND, upon the east side of New Wapping,
north side of Runcorn-street, and west side of Hurst-street, con-
taining about 12E* square yards.

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Lot 13.—A Plot of LAND, upon the east side of New Wapping,
south side of Runelrn-street, and west side of Hurst-street, con-
taining about 239 f square yards.

Lot 14.—A Plot of LAND, upon the east side of New Wapping
and north side of Mason-street, containing about 1141 square
yards.

Lot 15.—A Plot of LAND, upon the east side of New Wapping,
the south side of Mason-street, the north side of Tabley-street,
and west side of Hurst-street, containing about 980 square yards.
Lot 16.—A Plot of LAND, upon the south side of Crosbie-street,
formerly a station of the Bootle Waterworks Company, contain-
ing about 423 square yards, with the Materials of the Buildings
thereon.

Lot 17.—A Plot of LAND, upon the south side of Brick-street,
the east side of Flint-street, and west side of Jamaica-street, con-
taining to the line of improvement about 710 square yards, with
the Materials of the Buildings now standing thereon.
Lot 18.—A Plot of LAND, on the east side of Simpson-street
and north side of Blundell-street, containing about 186 square
yards, with the Materials of the Buildings now standing thereon.
Lot 19.—A Plot of LAND, upon the north side of New Bird-
street, containing about 3731 square yards, with the Materials of
the Buildings now standing thereon.
Lot 20.—A Plot of LAND, upon the south side of New-Bird-
street, containing within the line of improvement about 265 square
yards, with the Materials of the Buildings now standing thereon.

On THURSDAY, the 28th instant.
By MR. THOMAS BRANCH,
Lot 21.—A Plot of LAND, upon the south side of Brownlow-
hill and west side of Pomona-street, containing about 210 square
yards, with the Materials of the Buildings now standing thereon.
Lot 22.—A Plot of LAND, upon the west side of Brownlow-
street and east side of Pembroke-street, containing about 1232
square yards, with the DWELLING HOUSE thereon fronting
Brownlow-street, and the Four DWELLING HOUSES thereon
fronting Pembroke-street.
Lot 23.—A Plot of LAND, upon the south side of Netherfield-
road South, containing within the line of improvement about
1623 square yards, with the Materials of the Buildings now stand-
ing thereon.
Lot 24.—One DWELLING HOUSE, No. 28, on the south aide
of Pembroke-place, divided into Two Shops, with the Land or
Garden in the rear thereof, in the occupation of James H. Pyer
and Thomas Hale, containing in the whole about 355 square
-yards.
Lot 25.—A SHOP and DWELLING HOUSE, No. U 2, on the
east side of Whitechanel.
Lot 26.—A DWELLING HOUSE, No. 95, on the north-east
side of Duof ke-street
and south-west side of Parr-street, in the oc-
cupation Miss .
Lot 27.—A DWELLING HOUSE, No. 147, on the north-east
side of Duke-street, at present unoccupied.
Lot 28.—A DWELLING HOUSE, No. 94. on the south-west
side of Duke-street, in the occupation of Mrs. Rooke.
Lot 29.—A DWELLING HOUSE, No. on the west side of
Upper Pitt- street, in the occupation of Miss Fitzpatrick.
Lot 30.—A DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, No. 107, on the
east side of Park-lane, in the occupation of Mr. John Shea.
Lot 31.—A DWELLING HOUSE, No. 34, on the north side of
Sparling-street, in the occupation of Mr. John French.
Lot 32. —Three DWELLING HOUSES, Nos. 13, 15, and l7. on
the north-west side of Forrest-street, in the several occupations of
Mrs. Dobson and others.
Lot 33.—A SHOP and DWELLING HOUSE, No. 41, on the
east side of Mersey-street, in the occupation of Dr. Higgins.
Lot 34.—A1l those Two HOUSES, Nos. 58 and 60, on the north
aide of Bridgewater-street and corner of Simpson-street, one
used as a Public House, and in the several occupations of Isaiah
Drake and others.
Lot 35.—A1l the several DWELLING-HOUSES, Nos. 11, 15, 17,
21, 23, and 27, on the north side of Roscoe-lane, with the Eighteen
HOUSES in Grenville, Roscoe, and Denton Courts, part of which
are to be taken down for the improvement of the remainder of
the property.
Lot 36.—A DWELLING HOUSE, No. 5, on the north side of
Roscoe-lane, in the occupation of William Carlisle.
Lot 37.—Alt those Two DWELLING HOUSES, Nos. 14 and 16,
on the north side of Greenland-street, in the occupations of Mrs.
Roberts and others.
Lot 38.—A DWELLING HOUSE, No. 25, upon the south side
of Greenland-street, in the occupation of Mr. Bennett.
Lot 39.—A1l those Two. DWELLING HOUSES, Nos. 1 and 3,
on the north-west aide of Grayson-street, in the several occupa-
tions of Messrs. Fitzpatrick and Ilashan.
Lot 40.—A Plot of LAND, on the north side of Kitchen-street,
containing about 2401 square yards, with the Materials of the
several Dwellings now standing thereon, being Nos. 12 and 14, Kitchen-street, and the Six back Houses in rear thereof.
Plans may be seen and particulars known on application to
the Corporation Surveyor, or to the Town-clerk, Town Hall,
Liverpool.