The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

THE STEAM-SITIP PACIIIC, Captain Nye, sailed on Satur-
day afternoon from the Mersey, for New York, with the usual
mails, 181 passengers, and a large cargo.
GOVERNMENT have determined upon holding a winter
assize, for gaol delivery, throughout the more important of the
counties generally throughout England.
LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHlLDREN.—Patients ad-
mitted during the mouth, 100 ; patients who have received
treatment during the month, 189 ; patients remaining under
treatment, November Ist, 73:
THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF DERBY will leave Knowsley
early this week, on a tour of visits. Lord Stanley arrived at
Knowsley, from London, on Thursday morning. His lordship
returned to town on Friday.
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Mn. W. STEVENSON, customhouse clerk of general business
of the fifth class, has been appointed clerk of the fourth class
at Liverpool ; Mr. G. H. Parry, clerk of general business of
the sixth class, has been appointed clerk of the fifth class at
this port.
aj.oss OF TIM FIIEDERICK.—The ship Shand, Christie,
Calcutta, has arrived in the West India Docks, London,
with the crew of the ship Frederick, W. S. Morden, of and
for Liverpool from Bombay, which was abandoned near the
Western Islands.

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THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY
have adopted the system of granting free tickets to the
builders of houses on the Southport line, within certain pre-
scribed distances of any of the stations between Crosby and
Kirkdale.

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POTATO DISEASE AT ORMSETEK.—The Irish labourers
who have been gathering potatoes this autumn think that the
disease is wearing away. Only one or two per load have been
found diseased this season. In some places the disease is not
found at all. The crop, though smaller than last year, is an
average one.
NEW QUEEN'S Cot/stn.—On Friday, at the -opening of
the court of chancery, Mr. Whitmore, of the Oxford Circuit ;
Mr. Overend, Mr. Pickering, and-Mr.-Wilde, of tho Northern
Circuit; and Mr. Bovill, of the Home Circuit, were respec-
tively called W take their places within the bar as of her
•
Majesty's counsel.
THE " P:ELL" MAIL-PACKET. Ocean Chief,.Captain
Tobin, will sail hence for Melbourne this morning. Letters
will be received .at the Liverpool Post-office until six, a.tn.,
with late fees until seven, and on the Landing-stage until
eight. Upwards of 1,000 tons of carpi-is being taken by the
vessel.

LAuticm.---,On Saturday week was ilatinched from the yard
of Messrs. 'Smith and Rodger, at •Gomn, a magnificent screw
steamship named the Spartan, ewure by Messrs. H. Dixon and
Co., of liiterpool, and intended for'tileir line of steamers in the
Mediterranean trade. She is to be commanded by Captain
John :Nfilburn, of long experience in the trade.
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AN EXTENSIVE WASHING. ESTABLISHMENT has been
erected in Bootle village. All the operations. of oletinSing,
mangling, Sc., will be performed by aid of new and improved
machinery, and linen, of whotever kind,- turned out 'ready "for
itntirediate use. The works belong to Messrs. Hough -and
Holland, who are under a.tentract to wash all the bed and
table linen, &c., required in connection with the ettensive
=fleet of steamers owned by the Cunard Company.
RAPID PASSAGE.—The ship Fusilier, built :it thiSrOrt for
'the South American 'trade, has accomplished her first voyage
out in the unprecedented short period of seventy days. The
following is an extract' of a letter dated Valparaiso, September
14, 1855, from the .catsignees to Messrs. Coteswe'rth, Wynne,
and Lyne, the owners ' Had we such vessels 'as the Fusilier
in this trade, there4vould be no room for grura'oling on the
part of either shippers or underwriters about damage to goods,
her cargo having tcome out in quite as good order as when.
shipped."
&for ROBBEgY BY A LADY.--lEargara West, a middle-
aged lady, was vharged, at the Police-cottrt,.. en Saturday, with
stealing a boa,,valned at 26 10s., and other articles, from a
draper's shop 4n Church-street. On Thursday the prisoner
entered the shop and ordered about 29 worth of fur goods to
be sent to her lodgings, 6, Mersey-view, -Eirkenhead. After
she left the Akop about 210 worth of boas, cuffs, &c. were
missed, and4aformation having been given to the police, the
prisoner wass arrested in Dale-street. Inthe shop, after a very
careful search, the stolen articles were discovered on the pri-
soner, in aEannel petticoat, folded round her body so as to
form a huge pocket. She was committed for trial.

Sr. SITAS' WORKING-MEN'S iteVV.IIATION.—A tea party,
attended by nearly 300 persons, of-the friends of the above
institution, which is in co,.nection with St. Silas' Church,
took place at the Concert-hall, Lord lilelson-street, on Tues-
day. The Rev. S. Minton occupied the chair, and amongst
others on the platform were the ReV. Dr. M`Neile, the Rev. J.
C. Miller, of St. Martin's, Birmingham, Rev. Herbert Jones,
Rev.. C. Cowan, Rev. R. Wolsely, The chairman drew
attention to the benefits and privileges connected with the
association. The Rev. Dr. M`Neri3 appealed to the working
classes to practise strict temperance, in order to meet with
the encouragement and supportr.of their wealthy neighbours.
The Rev. J. C. Miller spoke of thcsuceess which had attended
a similar institution connected with his own church at
Birmingham.

CROWN PROPERTY IN IikIiOirSICIRR AND CRESIIIRE.—The
Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues have
recently made their twenty-third report upon what has bean
<lone in the management of the tereditary possessions of the
Crown daring the year ended the 31st March, 1855, from whiCh
we learn that a lease \vas granted to Mr. John Brogden and
.ethers, in November last, of the mineral property ( ironstone)
of a portion of the Crown manor of Muchland, comprising
About two hundred acres, for twenty-one years, from sth July,
1853, determinable by the lessee at the end of the first two
years. The value of the property is, of course, at present nu-
• 'certain, but the rent is fixed-at £lOO, and a royalty of is. 6d.
• per ton on all the ironstone And iron ore raised beyond 1,333
(customary ton Pacels -4:4 the fore-hore of the Mersey,
at Birkenhead, s.
haver been scold to the possessors of the Ad-
,ining lands.
BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Vugli Henry Ro
ss, ss
Commissio of Livenerpool,
linen-draper, came up on Saturday, beforer
Perry, for judgment on the question of certificate, which .had
-"been opposed on previous hearings on behalf of the assignees,
•on various grounds, including those of recklessly contracting
.debts, and that his trade expenses were fictitious and marked ,
with extravagance. His Honour, in giving judgment, having
referred to a previous bankruptcy no later than 1853, which
-terminated in a suspension of the certificate for twelve months,
said, after a careful consideration of the evidence and of -the
bankrupt's explanations, he could- not place faith in the bank-
rupt's statements as to his estate and effects, and therefore:the
allowance of the certificate must be altogether refused. During
:• the hearing of the case, Mr.' Bryce Smith, of Manchester, who
-appeared under a subpoena, obtained by the bankrupt, applied
•to the court for his'expenses,•but his Honour declibaned nto ac-
-cede to the request, on the -ground that being the krupt's
witness he should be paid by the bankrupt. It then trans-
-pired that, at the request of Mr. Smith's son, the bank-
rupt had given that person his I. 0. U. for the amount
former
of the
-expenses in attending the court.—John Strong, ly
owner of a steam-tug, at Liverpool, also came up for judgment
on the question of certificate. His Honour granted a third-
,class certificate, subject to suspension for six months from the
present time, protection to be granted at the expiration-of
lone month.
THE REGISTRAR-GENERALA RETURN.—The last quay-
Fiterly return of the Registrar-general is, on the whole, a very
favourable one. In the quarter.ending June 30, there were
1.48,454 marriages registered, being 1,935 fewer than in the
(.:corresponding quarter of the previous year, when the number
levas considerably above the averse. In the quarter ending
:September 30, 151,831 births were registered, being 99 lIIQTS
!than in the summer quarter of 1254, and the number of deaths
.was 87,934, a rate of mortality which is, comparatively, very
him The natural increase of population in England and
\Vales in the three months was therefore 66,900, and in the
nine months it has been 157,147. :The number of emigrants
in.the summer quarter was 11,698, nearly the same as in 1847,
but not one-half what it was in 185 e. Of English emigrants
the,number was 15,530, so that the net increase of popuation
in the quarter was 51,370. The health of the towns exhibits
some;improvement, but it is far fromibeincr what it ought to
be,antl. would be, if due attention were.paieto sanitary matters.
Liverpool and Manchester exhibit signeuf increased salubrity.
The .Registrar remarks, that "if all :the deaths of British
soldiers-in the Crimea during the last three months were
addattoAhe deaths in England, the sum would be less by
some 20,000 than the deaths registered in England during the
three summer months of 1854. More lives may be saved by
sanitary arrangements at home every -year than. have ever
perished abroad in the years of our greatoaVloss es in war."

Dock :CoankirrEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The tender of
Messrs. G. H.. and A. Hickman, of the Elkton Brook Iron-
works, was accepted for about 500 tons of railway bars.—The
Stanley Dock warehouse sub-committee recommended that
the one bay .of the :north stack of the Stanley Dock ware-
houses be enclosed with sliding doors, at a cost,of L 350, ac-
cording to a plan produced. The recommendation was con-
firmed.—The sub-committee reported that it had become
necessary to appoint a warehouse keeper, a warehouse clerk,
and a ledger .eletk, for the south stack of warehouses at the
Stanley Dock, and they recommended that these appointments
should be made. Mr. Robinson said he thought the .com-
mittee would be ableto appoint persons out of their present
staff. The recommendation was confirmed.—A letter was
read from the surviwor, from which it appeared that the south
stack of the Stanley Dock warehouses would be quite.com-
plete within four weeks from the present time.—The Chairman
read a letter from the Rev. T. Leicester, incumbent of St.
Mary's, Kirkdale, asking the Dock Committee to continue
the annual grant of £5O for maintaining the services at the
&Impel at the north shore, established for the religious in-
etruction of labouring men employed in the north docks.
Mter some conversation the grant was directed to he
made. A letter from Messrs.. Jacot, Taylor, and Tipper,
requesting a permanent berth for loading their ships
in the American trade, was referred to the Harbour-master's
Committee. The subjoined letter from Mr. John Laird was
read ;—" Dear Sir,—ln Mr. Hartley's report on the proposed
amended plans for the completion of the Birkenhead Docks,
he alludes to my having attended with Mr. C. Wirer and Mr.
Hamilton, the request of the Dock Committee, to afford
information as to the requirements of large class steamers, &c.
When I attended the meeting I distinctly stated that any ex-
pression of opinion of mine in reference to the plans then
produced must only be considered a general one, and as having
reference to the following points :-Ist, that I approved the
principle adopted by Mr. Hartley of treating the great float as
a dock, with, as nearly as can be maintained, a permanent level;
the access to the great float being by means of a low-water
basin next the river, and of a half-tide basin between the low-
water basin and the float, 2nd, that if the Dock Com-
mittee decided that they would not provide a lock large
enough for the great steam-ship building by Messrs Scott
Russell, viz., about 750 feet long by 125 feet wide, I thought
they should have one lock 500 feet long, and 100 feet wide ;
one lock 400 feet long, and 55 feet wide; one for river craft
and coasters, 28 to 30 feet; and that the sills of all these locks
should be laid at a level of at least 12 feet below the old dock
sill. At the same Meeting, on a discussion arising as to the
deepening of the great float, I expressed a strong opinion that
the present entrance through Morpeth Dock might be greatly
improved, so as to secure a good revenue to the corporation
pending the execution of the other works, and that (in order
to prevent the stoppage of trade at Birkenhead) the lolltr
portion of the great float should on no account be laid dry,
but that the increased depth required should be obtained by
dredging, and not by excavation ; also that the whole of these
works might be proceeded with at once, as they do not require
a new act of Parlianient. As, from the discussion that took
place at the Dock Committee last Thursday, on the reading of
Mr. Hartley's report, I am represented (unintentionally, no
doubt) to have expressed my approbation of the altered plans
then submitted, although I have not yet seen them, you will
oblige me by laying this letter of explanation before the com-
mittee, at their next meeting.—The general business of the
committee then concluded,