The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

LOCAL INT.E.T,LIGENCE.

TEE FINAL CLEARANCE of the old borough gaol was
.made
son-
°4 Thursdy, when all prisoners whose periods of imprison-
at 41ent extended beyond Saturday were removed to the
gael at Walton.
Tits Rle e LIVERPOOL, recently built by fir.
Joe_ , . .W Teeeteli
.
tenasucluetaitord for the Commissioners of Birkenhead, and in-
Pie on the Woodside and Monk's Ferry satnadtiohnasd,
aw_ got out of the great float on Thursday afternoon,
testing
„roll °inside the Rock Lighthouse, for the purpose of
"1' Machinery.
anTII...IIIIIIARCO PoLo.—The advices per the West India mail
tett° see the arrival at Melbourne on the 26th of
_June of the
tiirtilttedliarco Polo, which sailed from the Mersey with
riah. P‘ll mails on the sth of April, after a_
VesSei, 'l' i 3 the fifth Voyage to Melbourne of this famous
pa_ssage of 82
Are le,
nee,
elLere Leen informed that, with the view of reducing
'lvey Cora-
1-ere. e'`,4•ses, the London and North-western
h.laturday last discharged 40 men from their works at
and that at least
ties..e ,e3freen
the 200 were discharged ;
ifer' cue 4roeg the line, have been thrown out of work.—
e Y.
-iea4
on
magistrates
44 C 111) IrThEs, a gasfitter in the employ of the Liverpool
l'harslanljarq, was brought before. the county
gnae,e e,°4 reMand, charged with robbing the company of a
of ti;:n3 of lead. There being some doubt as to the i.dentity_
nes
seta.cliZh°aP:r the prisoner- received the benefit of it, and , §tile,
"irslee,"' (Is. THE RED JACEET.—This splendid vessel,
`be 14 t° the " White Star" line of Australian ships,o
the eeep,,oll Thursday, for Melbourne, and in downFoino,,ut3oo
Passe/leer:4e fired several salutes. Besides taking out
Pais, e., and a large cargo, she conveys ?
attipoejsmell are to be delivered at their destination at the
eietp ' 141 der penalty, in 68 days.
which ii?°°l-' AirstAl. TROTTING RACES.—These races,
Aintree
dissa-
t„isfactiOn ii,:,.beea, Postponed in consequence Ps 4411oericed would take place on Tuesday last, at
~set:iteprobtr.-rAcamee
tefecnt, eexpress'ed the someAmericaofaparty with
that the rag °Dee. ° to horesP°rta'onlycouonntreie°sn.t We
t f the
Duke of caces win tak 'es of all of t h re e s w
understandeep-
tee Grp aolbriee e Place on the occasion
ee• It ja • ntemplation that the proceeds
Field. d Steed e in e° • ted to the Patriotic
of the visi 0
shall be appropriated , Tete sze
',tee rne:T(lx TESTIAIONIA.L WINDOW.—A desire having.
of
the lateVie4ein many quarters to PerPetuate the memoryp
mate
le 11.` '3' Sefton, it has been suggested that an_asag a
41eale-e? e.t3f carry-hi, ereetell 1 wnidow in tCe • e el. f the Parish chuTchhure
out this feeling would be by Pt_
now
a es. en
:,iitias 4.4 abtylVt.ielSt
ibeeby. The foundation.-stone olfBst3lu,sl.cnd
he
tee e ate Earl of Sefton, in April,
heee , great interest in its erection. A subscription list has
z,;Pened at the Exchange newsroom.
the bop, ACCIDENT. -- kn inquest was held on Tuesday ••011
NtiriesY of Edwi n Jones" eiglit years of age,
other bo
`vest
into
by a fall: 'The deceased and some
who died from
daeee,`4o house in Cheistien-street, where they commenced
ion,
o,elg and making a disturbance. A woman
Matingi into the house, took hold of the. deceased'aiupan
keete iiito the street, peel he fell upon his Mae,.
h had sus-
teieeeett. It wine
afterwards ascertained that atihide
hi death. The
piny f,°lleassion. of thebrein, which ended loth",
eNar ee,„,,,
4ege a verdict -of " Accidental
Dea
'discharged.
le I°4 (Who was in-Custody of the police) was .
ng are the
and Mrs.
t'r‘i•as?.'_ krill's. TerNime Cosraaces.—
Thebfe°ll3l.6evwteral articles
nab actors for the ensuing six months foiet .....e, Hanc.,ver-
Vreet tuteher meat, Mr. Thomas Tomlinson, ...
4ethem..,' "otir, oatmeal, peas, and oats, Mr.
nstreet'll; bread for hospital, Mr. Thomas
.:.AniThkore:,,,Nßmiirr'au.Psnsrsßaew7sirciectiltiti
uttoe' e„Drovisions and groceries for out-d r P
Woolleigni
t'ad • 3O°P
Parlt=road, and Mr. Se Cottrelelieskasrss,.
and 6ew°ollee drapery and linen drape.re-t,nni3
Iritei;*; leather, 'Mr. Thomas Fisher , s llieeerd, 122 Great George-street; soap
.aalwdagrerse,eeArilers.,wmr..
dads•t; Tittering:ter], 5, Ranelagh-piste.
.....on sepiday week,
vcr.4ck kr PENTLAND
it was overtaken rtt94l ta '4141, the schooner Belfast,AleSrt,KEos!..
with .
elide „;;erePool for Memel,
was' driven ashore on the
CaptaikeeGnrahyltatim,ie
were
ree'teeer, oecotaine• unmanageare_ 2
The crewreea
savee.44l.glieerie's; near thlaendthresge
1 two of the crew
_we A
sea
tieeaveee; while the master hthozse.
'4lkek'nk to -save their c
t and threw eve
me
the the,
filled her wltu, ' 1
?, 4tianixd other articles,rbostra
h„,ortnta; .11'
eiest ehei.4e,wassewashed
asTline7reasneelnits sao yards
wfrreeee.n"...—
eept: OP-rEIE CANTERDURy.-7'lhe
Ppm ,Il Loason, with wines and, a ge
Iv., left Oporto on the 14th 61 September, a,nd.larratieVend,
sli
nscerreawl carsteamerp, forl)L°iuvre°rn'-
v,:f in,, oUth on Tuesday morning, to disembark o .,-,__.
e,elr.en,-e,e children, and two seamen, in medical charge or vr
§o ‘lolni, teing passengers ex -calling transport Canterbury,
Wrecked -on the sth instant near Viana. The Douro spoke,
Pt. 15, ofr Cape Finisterre, R.M. steam-ship Malacca, having
irl tow the St. George, 120; '4and on the 16th the merchant
ships Camperdovvn and queen, both outward bound.
Two SaiLou. BOYS Porscvir2D.--On Tuesday
on board the ship Rledi I • •
WillianeGuthrie and Wili R"
11a, Ykne. in the Georges Dock, named
fro,,twoapyrentice s
- 1 ati -ennett, in removing the-stor.es
in one locker to another,l3und a canister containing a white
120.wder, Supposing the Powder to be cream of tartar Bennett
Tl.eed.a small quantityofit with water, and having drunk' ?,,_P°,_ rticu.of the mixture, gave it to Guthrie, who .also drank
t-C.,A of it. Subsequentlyhoth boys were seized, with pan 4 :in
days and with vomiting. Guthrie diedenthe following
eeeet the other youth is now out of danger.
rtzi
of
!knit, BURE EXCCR.STORISTEL-011 TuesdaY, &large party of
4,4', sehool teachers-and their friends, to 'the number
trelt.otii, 416°0, arrived at the Lime-street Railway-station, from
eee, Glossop, and `other places near those towns,tton-a
~,,."e ie,',,cursion. After visiting various objects of a rare
erreniee ',"I,S town, they‘ divided themselves into •several cote
'ent'v;l4 crossed te..relersey to Birkenhead, where refres
n.
bte e'rere, Provided fee about 11()0 persons lev
rk• 1141, -i-"'sts atery; ds took a trip in a-steamer as fa,:
-il. -- -,eighthoeseeMr. Aitken
e .ftee, ,=arid in the evening ;Ile-turned honie-13
L —A
~ittt. .-04.144/10,
E..,. „,
ANT, LIVERFOO •
4 tag of
. 1 RANISIERE
V°raill lan(l3u.ftS
Deer e to the
eeee Was lately h ar,,.. and. other inhabitants of Tranmere
if,eeeearnation of t a
rag',4 the mayor
e et which it was resolvea
h t township
Within .the
" kW da 'A this to upon the subject.
with
e__, ys, seee__ town to e c o m m u
addressedni c a t e
thater. to th;eeru.._e. Pletcher and Hull, atTratornemyesr,e
1100 to the they ha e-neiPal landowners of
n ' of Liver-
emenating fromthe
etemnittee t4eetill*'h the communication, _
mere - -,,errtia"Zl a letter from the town-clerk
- stating
Liver-
the
ee, ee 0
o,,`,.Rentlellie -"4 h 1 t receive:a ,depu n inn
11 leee,e4 been laid before the Eirkenhtaetaidenspeefreiaml
—4.4gly IP Inter e Messrsra ° Fletcher and Hu- . ,
Wits hal, eaued a ested. .
Inipol`L" on Thu meeting of Tranmere landowners, *hien Ike e c't Sp '''45.3", at the Monk's Ferry
e
with•th
tif Leohead 13°lting a deputation to communicate
h-`srd and h`Oesetd eeenmittee. Hotel,• for the
tllei,„:`tlicli with-sTes°wuerB' in Tranmere AM
aavlarge increase to
It is saidthet
h local rate 'oerpool, believing that a lae rgteeeannitainnetr.
•
1144;•etetiete,,ot
Tos kvo..._uld be the effect of such an arrangement.
...._
le to °E
~. . eeeeneca AND AUSTRALIA.. The following
letter-bee, -eelee
tieliver.leee dinette has been issued from th Post-offiee .
lett4l4tee,°st"4ce, Sept. 1855.—A
lee, e aria o'er' for the receipt of
unpaid .and stamped
Nethrltiare4Patrers, addressed to Amer„' this office,. facing
tit! kiL!4itleit•ia one of the windowsnrel
rni
icanithede
peitrleeZtee threee t, and will be open
Yltieretralian
for et
lett,
rnineveti,ing d m
v L rpaol of °each Americano
ia'cotenlveineeneeinafg
tleerlt4t; ,eteit.3/411eferer desirable that all letters.and
ate :itl)::ki„Australia intended for despatch-by
should be posted at f.,74. IA eetaaaiiing'from Liverpool,nd mornings immtant
rtehaes apboa Pre -
"tat trteeecti'''boX on the evenings
eeyinrpor _
4)i° oteo4g the 4ay
of
sailing,
and
iiw the
as* he he 0 thei,ehr letters chould be das.
the ,De_4 foe t 1,3" suffer 'tome .t is
1ee,"1414: eeTe sPecial nu pose of accelerating
• and news-
ho -rs fe e • ei 0 e ‘ _
_.l._ detention
liabili
tA3
rio thisf I extrahe ebpoaxt ce ,willo
f
°- co -r Preveating the .
f f . out
Feeeekrse, the Places mentioned being ms -sent ,
• -settle: teer7ge‘eine
'('h% hYereebtovfloatinreegthrthouegaheaethaesity
Inland Depattmel ,
t.lilt) t
th of their hay,
}tee 4deeee • e public, will make a practice of posting such cor-
i9git tait Iles
'the," sPec:p that box when open, instead of •the receiving
r:!trefa hria;";,re the Sailors' Home, and at the Exchange .and
tairee3, ` Post-offices. Late letters for America and Aus-
;lee vs the ee Posted at the new letter-box, if prekaid by
'ett ef hoeing• Pro fees, as laid down,in the notices awing the
ti rs, the box. :C. B. BANNING, P.ostrnaater.arte"---nLaetef
'c' tir , ka be eip to the usual time, on pa, t
e! cllect Plate3ife
q -likeli 44 el, As- .ACCIDENT.—A shocking aeckleut
e4,,Y rlie44e, on the Manchester and Sheffield R.ailway en 'l'm
e ee'ed-e-eey which three Ives were lost. The fatality
tneoftv tone and timber viaduct across the river
tillee
11441:itileentfngs .1rel• genear Glossop. The station (called
(,10,:ft haul station) is at the eastern end of the viaduct, on
rete'°P be.e"ore_of t.he river, eend . close to th. e
junction
passengers
of the
W 4, ZIOR f,;"'l Ultil the main line. A tram _
La.
an ,
‘'D tort?"klet„hl Ilanehester arrived about 9.35 j..e , a
eX o "'re kt'" -eteee
.the -viaduct, being unable to getol
Non -45,,)n r .'
‘°ll
- • uence of a Liverpool
,s,enger t'aia Cr. a time, in consequence
to discharge Pas-
Erie lie aria w • e'keieh
.preceded it having
had cleared
'of the
some
dark, and it appears
hi,...l'e4blit,ae .a train due from Glossop
,tt leade Terigele". " kts very . had to get out
4hree
e",,eal,itoe;;„l4l the Manchester train, who that
'''elle'rree se.; itedilesie Per'soell&
woman
, two young men and a young
t the train was already at the station.
l'e4tPaa:lsa.Pet aof9,ei.aure the door of the carriage and h„t" t4o 1'4444 -,\'‘. the viaduct on that side was within
a very
got out.
-:;orel'arke '" ‘rie carriages, and it supposed thnat
ionwitihige
'ete'? spat between Of t night, instead of getting w
leaf the via-
-44,; they ee the train and the parape_ _
~thel,do a:PP,u Upon the top of theparapet.
Immediately
`oVi, l,,lokia-"f,,ues-a,PUI Aga tbat they had
by t a'
Poe" °l•th • " ' n as afterwards eallfirmvu had fallen
t!ay y !lei. etr diesb in the valley below. They
fl,allen
,ovhere,
..s.
/vhe,,l'ars);s7,l.,t Of feet. Two of them John
keee'jee;•e'rJane Hadfield, who were lovers, were quite dead(aged
eq 410 3.-' The other man Thomas Priestnall, a weaver,
Healey
'41111744117,!!, residinc, at Freetown, was taken up in a . L.
ote rkl 4etY, and dPd • about hour. afterwards. Priest,.
eith tteiapted died ineansenher s tat
t young woman fto get
Thilfkk
~.40, htut she mad not complied with his reclues-
...o4,_
as held on
ithakY, it. :TTER*—The weekly meeting
eole,,,eaho • Charles Turner in the chair. Preswent—Messrs.
Nail 0,4%41 er,llcoeklebank, Evans, Chaloner, Barber, Mendel,
Lit' NI derson
L, , Nal
~... trubback, Rounthwaite, Rankin,Gladstone_,
ee I ce>o ve%-letke Sub-committee of eco mmnehnadesind
Tts fl. "" th",,"4"es of laud at the south side ofHarr;ngto _
..
e,•:,415i1, B,`,4lletees of the Duke of Bridgewater, at '2 sc. eu (tio
Nits'ithiliehileet to three months' notice, without referen
Ni eo
the
~.ie tr
414 4, aTeeeeeertiellt of
n at e e
et et
01 1 .13
Ina tyc y the committee to erect twoper
Nr- IV, 8 -ierlokint expended and keep the cranes
.1
interest at the rate
?n relpair.
044, it; ki4lre.,,l;(4llborn relinquished the ground let him on the
` 4,••'*-Th-eied a Portion o also on the north sid
heektbsebsWaLea4tibe-se,otine inittee recommendedbarr
ti oee eeepted supply forty
pitch
ht tahte
6s, per
e,,ase-4 Plee._ •--The Chairman reported that the Admiralty
elsofp
-'0 hi„
,"apt --e„,,,,di,t,‘,3 allow Lieut. Parkes to accept the situation
tiz,q, zp,ataiTe rueprorfed.' that re had placed officer Iskeer
ary_of R3OO per annum. 7
tlilirael)tio le was a Married man, in charge of the house f
bee 4'4sh 4 °f el tee t e • Ile el 3 aPParently drown&, •
nPhouse was in
4, 141,,,, Oetl of
~s.O reported that the receiving
_min.
t_sio li`,4 tllat it
_,‘ aitewashing, and the committee r
lace of Ca h-
riO' rel; eollier4.°.°'!ld be done.--A. communication was teie iee'r.4g the anent to the assignees of bankrupt'sa.
done to
reades. Etc, e NI,
jehease
setention of the committee to inperY_
_amen-
itt,lr's the and t!ed-shy the lowering of the level of C
Le_ ee ,_ eileeee„ Mating that compensation would be sought
Le_ eve
te'ee the eo‘,tree. for the injary thereby occasioned.. Ite.
It te kl,,`,.rettli,4'utalttee of works —The Chairman intimat.ed 1
•••..fh'' %lite 4reaa?ed for by Air. .N.. faun and Mr. Rounthwaite
e peller s', but would be prepared for the next meet- •
al nisi
91. the committee then concluded, 1

THE -PIPSY BRIDE, which sailed for Melbourne on Monday,
was reported off Waterford at five o'clock, on Wednesday
morning, wind S.W., and would clear the Irish land that day.
All well on board—no sea sickness.
THE NEW STEAM-SHIP CITY OF WASHINGTON, originally
built for the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam Company,
sailed from Greenock on Thursday for Marseilles, having been
purchased as a transport by the French government.
A RESERVOIR for water has just been finished at Higher
Stack, Bacup, Rossendale. Its length is 453 feet, breadth
330 feet, depth 25 feet, and it is calculated to contain nearly
800,600,000 cubic feet of water. The embankments are 150
feet broad at the bottom, and 14 feet at the top.

AN experiment is making at Manchester to filter the water
of the river Medlock, which has long been a filthy abomina-
tion, and has polluted the Bridgewater Canal, of which it is
the principal feeder. The mode of filtration adopted is to pass
the water through lime, and it is said that the experiment is
likely to prove successful.
DRAWINGS BY THE ROYAL FAMILY.—The drawings exhi-
bited at Burlington-house, in London, last season, by the
members of the royal family, in aid of the fund for the relief of
the widows and orphans of officers engaged in the war with
Russia, will be on view this week at Mr. Grundy s, in Church-
street. Several other drawings, by eminent amateurs, will
also be exhibited with them.

LOD GI NG-UOTTSES IN MANCHESTER.— From Captain Willis's
returns, it appears that at the end of last year there were 393
low lodging-houses and cellars in that city ; 355 being houses,
and 38 cellars. There were 56 of the houses or cellars known
to be the resort of thieves, 255 the resort of poor travellers and
mendicants, and 72 the resort of hawkers. In 200 of the places
the sexes slept indiscriminately in the same room.

JUVENILE REFORMATORY.—The Admiralty has placed the
Akbar, an old frigate of the fourth rate, formerly employed as
a lazaretto ship, at the disposal of the Reformatory Committee:
This ship has been taken into the Great Float, at Birkenhead,
where she is now undergoing the necessary alterations to
adapt her to the objects for which she is destined, She is ex-
pected to be ready for occupation as a training school for boys
in three weeks or a month.
- ACCIDENT TO THE MAIL STEAMER LEENVELLYN.—Soon
after four o'clock on Saturday morning {the weather at the
time being thick but moderate), the ship Lady Sale, from
Liverpool for Maranham, struck the Llewellyn before the pad-
dle-box, carrying away the foremast and damaging the hull to
some extent. After ascertaining the extent of the damage,
the steamer proceeded for Kingstown, and landed the mails
about an hour after the usual time. In the course of the
morning the Llewellyn proceeded to HolYhead to repair
damage.
THE HIGH-LEVEL RAILWAV,—III accordance with the re-
solution of the Dock Committee, workmen have taken down a
portion of the wall at the Wellington Dock, to erect the girder
bridge continuing the line of railway to the north docks. The
line already reaches the east side of Waterloo-road; and within
the dock walls most of the arches are sprung... The bridge
will cross the road by a -noble span, and will rest on substan-
tial stone piers on each side of the road, one of which is al-
ready built. •
BURGLARY AT WINDLE.—John Rigbye, Geo. Itigbye, and
James Layland,wereeharged before the St. Helen's magistrates,
on Wednesday, with having, on the night of Sunday, the 9th
instant, broken into the house of John Melding, labourer, at
Island's Brow, in:Windle, and stolen a linsey 'petticoat and a
piece of gingham. The prisoners, who had their faces blacked,
made an attempt almost immediately after 'to break into a
beerhouse, at Itackbrook, kept by a man named Thomas Gore.
The alarm was given and the prisoners were apprehended.
John Rigbye, it was stated, was a returned convict on a
ticket of leave. They were committed forlrial at the assizes.
—Layland was also committed for trial at the Kirkdale ses-
sions, on a charge of stealing five pumping buckets, two hoSe,
and five callipers.
BANVIttAFTCY OF AN OFFICIAL MrSTENGER.—On Friday,
James Augustus Harding, an insolvent, who, from the
passing- of the bankrupt law consolidation act, has filled the
office of'official messenger in the Manchester Court of Bank-
rup.tenteame up before John Addison, Esq., the commissioner
of insolvents at Lancaster, for the purpose of applying for his
discharge from custody. The 'commissioner, in giving judg-,
merit,•said he had some sort of compassion for a man with a
numerals family, but no one omilll justify the conduct of -a,
pUblic officer in not keeping accounts, and he thought that
:justice would be satisfied by his, remanding the insolvent for
'four months from the date of biswesting order. _

OMNIBUS CRUELTY.—On Monday,- Messrs. W. and D.
'Busby, 'bus and car proprietors, were summoned before Mr.
'Mansfield for cruelty to a horse,4n working it in harness with
,a raw shoulder. The .offence.was proved by a police-officer.
Mr. Mansfield: "They are the worst used horses in Liver-
) pool. I have heard people frequently complain of them, and
IThave seen them in a shocking state myself. There must be
L a 'fine of 10s. and costs." second information was t'oen
,preferred against the same parties for a precisely similar
<offence. Mr. Busby There is a term in the snmteons
lenat I don't understand. It is `wantonly ill-using.' " Mr.
Mansfield : " That is, cruelty without a cause. There must be
:a similar fine in this -case.

ACCIDENT TO TEE "NIDNI'S QUEEN.—The steam,packet
Ilona's Queen, in her returning excursion from 'Queenstown
to Douglas, ran upon somesunken rocks just off Scarlet Point,
not far from Castletown Bay, at about half-past one &Clock on
Friday morning. She was running at full speed at thetime of
the accident, and the she& in consequence was -very severe.
The alarm on board vas: great, and attempts weremade by the
passengers to lower the boats ; but they were prevented by the
crew and the chief mate,:Mr. Robinson, whose conduct, in the
absence of Capt. Quaylerwas very praiseworthy. They endea-
voured to get her off,.bnt-this for three hours wasfcund to be
impossible, and the drifted backwards and forwards off the
Point. At length thelide enabled her to float out ,of Castle-
town Bay, having preViously cast her anchor, .by means of
which her stern was ;brought gradually round. an conse-
quence of the accident she was prevented coming-toliverpool
on Saturday morning, and the Ben Machree had-to take her
place. The Manx- Fairy, which had an excursion: trip at the
same time, also getout of her course, but she kept -more out
to sea. _ _

WEST DERBY 'GVARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
held on Wednesday, the Rev. Mr. Badnall in the ehair. Mr.
Mann reported that the number of patients in- the union
hospital was 53 against 57 in the corresponding -period of last
year. The inmates in'the house last week were.'s9o; admitted,
21; discharged, 13.; dead, 5 ; remaining in the house, 593 this
week, against 5V in the corresponding week 'of last year.
The visiting committee reported that, in pursuance of
a resolution of the board kit week, they had inquired into
the misunderstanding: betseem Mr. Collyns, a Remish priest,
and Mr. Gough, the master of the workhouse ; and, after
having heard the evidence, they found that it confirmed the
statement of Mr. -Gough in his letter of the -.2oth ultimo.
Mr. Shaw moved the, adoption of the report, which was
unanimously adopted_--The following return of the balances
due to the union from- the several townships, -on -Vie 18th
September, was presented :—Great Crosby, £353 .6s. Bd. :
Everton, 404 6s. Bd.; Kerby, £53 19s. 2d. • SKirkdale,
£176 Os. Bd. • Orrell and Ford, £4ls. ; Sephton,l7 13s. sd..
Thornton, 6s. 8d.;.-Toxteth-park, £3499 16s. ; Wesi
Derby, £1356 3s. 3d.; -total, £5872 ls. 9d.—The board then
adjourned.
PROPOSED INCREASE OP DOCK RATES.—At the-meeting of
the Dock Committee on Thursday, after the publiehusiness,
the Chairman brought -forward a financial statement for the
year ending the 30th of June next. He showed an-estimate
of the expenditure for the year, including £200,00010r new
works and the repair of -existing works; and taking -the in-
come of the present year .at the same amount as last year,
there would probably be a deficiency of upwards of £lB,OOO in
the receipts as compared with the expenditure. Tworder to.
meet this deficiency it was presumed that it would be neces-
sary to increase the dock rates on ships and goods to- the ex-
tent of ten per cent. A member of the committee thought
that the Chairman had over-estimated the deficiency,which was
not likely to be more than .41.21000. Mr. Evans thought it
would have been well if the committee had taken their peen-
aliary position into consideration before they had made the
;purchases of land from the Earl of Derby and Mr. J. B. Leigh.
'These purchases amounted to .14240,000, the interest on which
,was £12,000 per annum, antl he box ga in was completed hrthe
face of the fact that the land cannot be made available for the
purposes of the dock estate for,some years to come. These
startling revelations took most .of the members by surprise,
,and the discussion of the subject-was deferred till next Thum-
-.day.—:Mercury.
HEALTH COMAIITTEE.—The health committee met on
.Thtmaday in the Council-eleamber, at the Town-hall ; Alder-
man 'Dover in the chair. The other members present were
Messrs. Beckwith, Crostliwaite, -Shell, Johnson, M`Guffie,
Godfrey, Halhead, Robertson GlatLstene, and Hodson. The
borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of
nuisances reported various particulars of the operations in
- their several departments during the reek. The medical
officer .of health reported that in -the week ending Last
-Saturday:223 deaths were registered in :Liverpool, of which
163 were in the parish, and 60 in the -out-townships. This
,shows.adecrease of 10 per cent. in the meetality as compared
with the .same week in former years -in which no epidemic was
prevalent. Mr. John Leach requested -the committee to
sanction tim-construction of a slaughter-house in a yard in
Gore-street-North, Scotland-road. This -site -was sanctioned
by the committee in August, 1853, but, -some unavoidable
delay having, taken placee, the work had notyet been com-
menced. The consideration of the application was deferred
for a week, in order that the officers of the .committee might
inspect the site, and report. The other business before the
committee was unimportant.
An. INQUEST -was held on Saturday, on the ?body of an
infant named Robert Price, who had died under thelollowing
circumstances :—The parents of the child occupy a house in.
Nile-street, Toxteth-park. The deceased was born on Thurs-
day, the .6th instant, and in the course of the day the.doctor
ordered pit to have a dose of castor oil. A girl in the room was
told that she would find a bottle containing oil on a shelf
down stairs. On going to the place she found two bottles, a
small one containing vitriol, having been placed there some
time previously by-the father, who at this time sat in the
kitchen, but made no attempt to ascertain whether the girl
had got right bottle. Up-stairs went the girl, who gave
the bottle to a woman in the room, and the nurse asked her
to pour out half a tea spoonful. This was done, and the nurse
poured some into the child's mouth. The infant screamed,
and the nurse then put the spoon to her own lips, which were
burnt by the touch, The doctor was sent for, and every
attention was paid to the child, which lingered in dreadful
torture until Thursday, when it died. The jury returned a
verdict of " Chance medley," which the coroner said was as
near as possible to manslaughter, and had been passed as a
mark of censure upon the nurse for not using more care on
the occasion. He wondered her nose had not detected the
difference between castor oil and sulphuric acid.
A SUSPICIOUS HELMET.-0a Friday, at an early hour,
Mr. John Clivens, who keeps a public-house in Whitechapel,
was met on Shaw's-brow by Sergeant Austin, of the 36th
Foot, who is on recruiting service. Mr. Clivens was in or-
dinary attire, with the exception of his head-dress, which con-
sisted of a brass helmet and plume of the Royal Dragoon
Guards. The sergeant asked the wearer how he became pos-
sessed of it. Mr. Clivens said he had been celebrating the
victory of the Alma with a friend, who had lent him the
helmet on the condition that he walked home with it on his
head. The sergeant and a police-officer accompanied him to
the house of Mr. John Lee, 13, Boundary-place, where they
found a pair of Royal Dragoon uniform trousers, some cap
boxes and ordnance caps, a Liverpool policeman's baton, and
other articles. Believing that no person out of the army had
a right to possess such things, Sergeant Austin gave Mr.
Clivens and Mr. Lee into custody, and they were brought up
at the Police-court, on Friday. Mr. Lee stated that the
clothes and accoutrements had been sent to him, as a relic of
the war, by his brother, a sergeant-major in the Royal Dra-
goon Guards, and he produced a letter from him, dated " On
board the transport ship Wilson Kennedy, Bosphorus, Oct.
22, 1854." Upon this both parties were discharged, and the
property given up to them.

THE Pacific, Capt. Nye, sailed hence for New York, on
Saturday, with the mails and about 180 passengers.
THE QtrEENr has appointed the Earl of Ellesmere Lord
Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Mr. John B. Randleson and Mr. Patrick Walsh have been
appointed tidewaiters at this port.
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THE local authorities have been consulted as to the advisa-
bility of the judges trying civil as well as criminal causes at
the winter assizes.

THE Rev. Dr. Mageile preached in the open air on Monday
evening last, in the vacant ground near St. Paul's Church,
Prince's park.
PUBLIC LECTURE.—We refer our readers to an advertise-
ment in another column, announcing a lecture, this evening,
on the Trial of the Bishops in the reign of James the Second.
THE CHILDREN OF THE CALEDONIAN SCHOOL, to the
number of 300, were conveyed across the Mersey and back,
free of cost, by the bounty of Messrs. Willoughby, on Wed-
nesday.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—OH Saturday, at the police-court, before
Mr. Smith, Robert Stevenson, remanded from that day week,
charged with intercepting a post-office order for £4 4s, di-
rected to Mr. Baugh, cigar manufacturer, was committed for
trial, having stated to Inspector Murphy that he had stolen
the letter, signed the order, and drawn the money.
THE TELEGRAPH steamer, which was employed on account
of her rapid sailing qualities to bring General Simpson's recent
dispatch from`the seat of war, is chartered by the Admiralty
from Messrs. Grainger, Bristow, and Johnson, of Liverpool,
and formerly traded between Belfast and this port. The
fastest steamers, whether screw or paddle, which have been
employed in the transport service since the commencQment of
the war, have been taken from Liverpool.

THE LIVERPOOL PENSIONERS.—During the last few days
this local corps has been undergoing the usual term of drill,
on the vacant ground at the top of Hill•street„ Toxteth park.
The drill has been under thd direction of Colonel Swan, and
the term, being seven days, was completed on Wednesday.
On that day the men marched through the town and drew up
on the Exchange flags, where their band played a variety of
popular music, including the English and French national
anthems.

Won/trrousE ACCOMMODATION IN LANCASHIRE.—A series.
of important returns has just been issued, showing the popu-
lation of every union or parish in the kingdom, according to
the last census, and the amount of workhouse accommodation
therein on the 31st of Dec. last. Lancashire, with its enor-
mous population of 2,094,800, 'has workhouse accommodation
for 17;282, or about 1-120th of the population ; the proportion
of workhouse accommodation to the population of all England
being about an eightieth. Liverpool (population 239.250 has
workhouse accommodation for 4,098 including accommodation'
for 1,250 at the Industrial Schools, at Kirkdale. This is in the
proportion of about 1-05th part of the population. West
Derby, with a population of 153,243, has workhouse accom-
.modation for 900 persons, which is a much less proportion than
Liverpool, or even "than the entire county.
THE ROYAL MMSET YACHT CLUB.—The yachting season
was closed on Sattirday, when the several craft belonging to
this club had their final cruise this year. The weather was
fine, and a gentle breeze from the northward -scarcely caused
a ripple upon the water. Although not sufficient wind for a
race, there was just enough for a pleasure excursion, and each
yacht had a party of friends on board. About eleven o'clock,
in pursuance of arrangement, several beautiful craft worked
down the river with the ebb tide, and bawled their foresails
to windward, off New Brighton—the place of rendezvous.
Amongst•them were the following :—Rosalind, N. Burchell,
Esq. ; Nimrod, H. Brideson, Esq. s; Jasper, J. Clarke, Esq.
Simber, T. Brassey, jun., Esq. - Sea' Bird, H. Melling, Esq.
Bine Bell, R. W. Grenell, ;'Electric, Williamson,
Esq:; 'Mirage, G. R. Woodward, Esq., '& c. On a signal from
the 'commodore's yacht, the foresails'were let go, and the ifeet
proceeded to .sea in beautiful style. About midday, however,
the weather became hazy, and 'the wind did not increase.
Nevertheless, the yachts coritinutiliteir cruise seaward, and
a 'very pleasant cruise was 'enjoy-ed. They returned, in
the •evening, and came to off Birkenhead Ferry, their' usual
Place of anchorage, where they were gaily " dressed" "with
bunting. On board some of 'the larger yachts there were
dinner-parties, and the yachting season of 1855 was thus
terminated.

LANCASTER AND PRRSTO'N JUNCTION IlmAriv.—The
report of the directors of this company states that the net re-
venue for the past half-year amounts to £20,620, iihicb, after
paying the interest of the miliquidated debt andotber outgo-
ings, will provide a dividend- on the share capital;little short of
9 per cent. per annum. "Tolrroceed with the capitalization of
the mortgage debt, aThrthercall of £1 15s. per *share will be
made on the £ll ss. shares, and the same will be due on the
31st of Oct. next. The future meetings of the -company will
be held at the Castle station, Lancaster, where, the new offices
are now nearly completed. This arrangement will be attended
with a saving of about one-half of what has hitherto been paid
as rent for the premises new occupied. The directors recom-
ment a dividend of £2 3d. per whole stare, of £1 7s. 441.
per three-quarter share, of 10s. 10d. per quarter share, of 3s. 7d.
per twelfth share, and 'Of Is. 9d. per new 211%5. shares, less
Income-tax. The-receipts of the company for the half-year
ending the 31st Of Uilly last amounted teZ26,849, including
£9O from the last account, and the expenses, to £228, leaving a
balance of £26,620. Old of this is deducted £24,627 for the •
proposed dividend,,tnd £1676 interest an'horrowed money,
leaving a balence'of £316. The capitalaeoount shows that
£478,516 was authorised to be raised on,itares, and £113,007,3
on loans—total £591;516. The amount actually paid on Shams
was £466,106.; the amount not callecPup, £17,366; to 'be
raised in lieu of loans, £108,044 ; making together £591,516.
In addition to the5£466,106 paid up, £62,500 was added as
bonus of £1210x; per share on the three-quarter shares, end
£39,165 as a bonus,of £4 14s. per share on the quarter-shares,
making £567,772-upon which the full dividend is paid. -The
total expenditure on capital account ,was £465,791. 'The
mortgage debtaccount shows a total of £87,300 borrowed by
the company.