The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

JANUARY 29, 1856.]

s Friday morning, as Mrs. Baines, of Rodney-street, was
driving along the Aigburth road, the horse fell : she was
thrown out, and broke her arm.
the RECTOR FEES.—We understand that the question of
Rector fees is by no means settled, and that the Rector in-
(ends to commence proceedings in the spiritual court fer their
recovery under the provisions of the 10th George 4. The fee
!yen by the old table is one shilling, including the registra-
racm, and the auditor has only allowed sixpence.
SECOND WRANGLER AT CAMBRIDGE.—A telegraphic
the was received on Friday morning, announcing that
second place in the highest in the mathematical honours
at,
seambridge had been awarded to Mr. Rigby, who was edu-
Zart in the Upper School of the Collegiate Institution, after
g promoted from the Middle School, and was elected as
laFanning Scholar to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1852.
CRUD BURNT TO DEATH.—An inquest was held, on
oaturday, on the body of Richard Henry, aged two years,
creek-ran of William Thomas, pilot, living in Glenvale-street,
c,ad. Mrs. Thomas took the deceased to bed on
'a.tarday, the sth instant, and left him alone for a few
minutes. On her return, she found the candle removed, and
Lae deceased in an adjoining room, in flames. He lingered
11144 Friday. Verdict, Accidental death."
TUE QUEEN V. CAMPBELL.—This case was heard on Satur-
ilaY, in the Court of Queen's Bench. ' Certain payments, made
the guardians of the poor of Liverpool to the rector, the
licv. Mr. Campbell, had been disallowed by the auditor. The
Point rested upon the construction of the secs. of the 10th
'uoorge IV., c. 11, as to a table of fees payable to the rector,
!lad which was to be fixed by certain commissioners for burials
la cemeteries. A. rule for a certiorari had been obtained for
bringing up the order of the auditor. Lord Campbell said the
court had no power to alter these fees. Rule discharged.
SAILING or THE PERSIA.—The landing-stage and piers
Were crowded on Saturday, at noon, to witness the departure
°I the largest vessel afloat, the new royal mail steamship
•rersia, on her first voyage to New York. Precisely at her
advertised time of sailing, the noble ship ,fired a signal gun,
and began to steam slowly, but majestically, down the river.
lier appearance excited the greatest admiration, and many
Ernest wishes were expressed on her accent. The morning
Was beautifully fine ; scarcely a cloud was to be seen upon the
face of the blue sky ; while the sun shone warmly upon the
Scene, sniffing with the full glow of hisnadimmed countenance
Spann the progress of the great ship. Besides a fair cargo
and the usual mail, she had about 7.0 passengers on board.
LOCAL WAR ITE3IS.—The steamship Great Britain, having
been again taken up by Government, is being refittedY and
repaired for the purpose of being made available for the ton-
reyance of troops, in which bran& of the service she proved
so efficient last year. She will leave the graving-dock on the
Ord of February, and will sail 'hence, for Malta, on the 19tb,
With About 1,100 troops. The screw-steamer Sarah Sands is
*Diming refitted for the conveyance of troops to the "East.
ak large batch of naval volunteers was forwarded to London
(41 Friday night. The complement of engineer having been
obtained, Captain Bevis, RN, has discontinued the•ex.amina-
ton of candidates.
ASSAULTING A POLICE4YEEICER.—At the Policeccoart, on
Saturday, George Tinsley, butcher, was charged with •an as-
sault upon Police-officer :218. The complainant was on his
teat, in Breck-road, early that morning, when his,:attention
'Was called towards a considerable disturbance in the neigh-
bourhood. Ou going to the place, he found. the :prisoner and
a number of other men,' tipsy, and making a greatmeise. He
requested them to desist, when they set upon tim,,wrested his
stick away and threw lit over a wall ; took off this belt, and
threshed him with it; knocked him dowel, and the prisoner,
kneeling on his ched,ifastened upon his nose with his teeth.
lie called out for help, and the other men took to their heels,
and the prisoner svotild have followed, but the officer succeeded
in holding him until some one came to his assistance, and he
Was secured. Mr. •Mansfield remanded the.prisoner, to give
the police an opportunity of apprehending the others.
SUICIDE es -tP-5 AMERICAN' CILTTAIN.—A determined
case of suicide occurred on board the Anrelican barque St.
Lawrence, lying in the Huskisson Deck, .on Friday morning.
The captain, Charles Henry Webla, was heard snoring very
deeply at an •early hour, and at later period he called the
rust-mate, who had only just joined the vessel, and told him
that he was going to die ; that he ihad,b,mn robbed on all
hands by his mates ever since he aeft.Airrerica ; and that he
had now no *wish to live. A deoter,wassent for, but the
deceased said itis did not want him. The *surgeon perceived
that he had been taking, laudanaini, ,und ordered strong coffee
to be immediately administered, but the deceased would not
lake it, neither would he allow himself tote brought on shore.
Ie died thename morning. At the inquest, on Saturday, it
WaS proved that, on coming inte port, the St. Lawrence came
111 collision with another vessel:; that •healad since lost a law-
suit, and had become very much • depressed ; that lie had
threatenedqo poison himself:; and that on Thursday night
be drank an ounce of laudanum. Atverdict of " temporary
insanity" ,ras returned. Thealeceasedarad a son on board, a
Sharp lad,.-about thirteen yeles•old, besides whom he has left
a widow and five sous and time•daug‘hters in America.

THE CILEIONET.—This beautiful:and:most effective military
musical instrument, after many.ye,ars oftedions and wearisome
experiments, by professional musicians, of various nations, to
accomplish its structure and intonationtlas at length received
the coup de grace to its ,completion. Mr. Wynne, of the
Liverpool Local Pensioneii' band; who,has already made some
Modifications on the above instrument, has added another
additional key, which, from its.positionand construction, pro-
duces ,four perfect notes t(semitones), namely, the extreme
Sharp, or E flat in the chalumeau,. and A sharp, or B flat on
the centre of the stave ; making thc,Chord of E flat in the
chalumsau complete, and :the scale •oftheclarionet fully perfect
in all, its chromatic tones, .which comprise three and three-.'.
quarters octaves in the diatonic scale 'of forty-six notes. The
A sharp or B flat (on the stave) have been imperfect since the [.
first invention of the instrument, producing only hoarse, husky,
uncertain notes, not being in• Unison Watt the rich and sonorous.):
tones natural to the clarionet. The:deficiencies in those four
notes have been most sensibly; feltiintthe solo, the pause, or
slow movement. Nov they have received the ne plus nitral
to their perfection. This instrument-can be seen in the shop!
window of Jordan's Military Musical instrument Manufactow.'

FARQUHAR r. BAINRC AND CO.-4-181 the County Court, on
Friday, an action was tried, in which Iveailor sued the owners
of the Black Ball line to recover payment of £l3 10s. on a hill
of exchange. In 1851, iplaintiff shipped at this port as one of
the crew of the royal mail ship Lightning, at that time cern—
mended by Capt. J. N. Forbes, After the vessel arrived at
Melbourne, the plaintiff was • " compelled " or "pressed" to:
volunteer on board H. M. ship Phantom. Capt. Forbes being
obliged to let him go, gave him a bill.of exchange upon the.
defendants (who are owners of the, vessel) to the amount
claimed, stating on the face of the bill that it was " for wages
due." The defence was that Capt. Forbes had no power to
give such a bill upon the defendants, and a very long argument
'took place as to the acts of parliament,bearing upon the case.
It appeared that formerly an act provided that in such eases
the government should pay all wages due to the sailor on en-
tering the navy, and then sue the owners for the amount, but
now the custom was to sue the owners of the merchant vessel
before paying the wages. His Honoureaid, upon the simple
terms of the bill of exchange, he was, bound to give a verdict
for the plaintiff; but added that if Mr. forshaw could make
out an argument upon the new act of parliament, he would„
upon affidavit, grant a rehearing of thnease.
MURDER ON TICE Haan SEAS.—Onev of the most singular
incidents connected with the annals of crime came to our
knowledge on Friday, on the arrival, at this port, of the ship
Owen Williams, from the African coast. It appears that a
'few days before her arrival, one of the hands, John Simmonds,
a Manilla boy, had been guilty of somenxt of insubordination
or theft, and to escape punishment he took to the rigging,
'Carrying with him a marlin spike. He -was summoned to
descend, and on refusal to do so, a seaman went after him.
After chasing him aboutzthe yards and shrouds for some time,
he was on the point of ;effecting his capture, when the lad
turned sharply round, and struck him a. violent blow on the
lead. The man fell upon the deck a. corpse. The young
ruffian was again summoned to surrender himself, but he per-
sisted in maintaining his elevated positiou,where he remained
the whole of the night. On the following morning, several
blank cartridges were fired at him, to intimidate him into
descending, but these not %acing the desired effect, a loaded
:pistol was next fired, and the ball taking effect, the lad came
tumbling down the rigging. The wound caused by the shot
was not of serious moment, %but in the fall his ,collar-bone was
broken, and he sustained several severe contusions. On the
vessel's arrival in the river he was conveyed to the Northern
Hospital, where he will remain until sufficiently recovered to
be handed over to the police authorities.
Pam BOILER EXPLOSIOX.—On Friday.moniing a boiler
exploded at the Village Colliery, Standish, near Wigan,
belonging to Messrs. John Taylor and Sons. The works had
just been stopped for the mPn to breakfast. In the cabin
adjoining the engine-house, and on one side .of the boiler,
which.was uncovered, were three persons—W. Yates, Martha
Riding (who had brought her sou's breakfast), and Ellen
Harrison. These had just been left by George Kirkham, the
engineer, .who had gone into the engine-house for the purpose
of setting the engine at work again. Before, however, he
had touched the engine the boiler blew up with a tremendous
report. The boiler was torn to pieces, and several.portions of
it were hurled a considerable distance into an adjoining field.
The engine-house, engine-bed, chimney, and cabin were de-
molished, the bricks, which composed them, being scattered
in all directions to a distance of 300 yards. Martha Riding,
who was a widow, 70 years of age, and William Yates were
killed on the spot. The latter is one of the churchwardens of
Shevingtou, a very respectable man, and had only been
married about three months. The engineer, George Kirk-
ham, had his head frightfully mutilated with the bricks, and
Was also dreadfully scalded. He is not expected to live.
Ellen Harrison was severely injured, but is expected to re-
cover. The immediate cause of this lamentable occurrence is
supposed to he the defective state of the boiler, which, it
appears, could not withstand the extra pressure caused by
the generation of steam during the temporary stoppage of the
engine.
MISEIVINNING,THEINFANTSAPPIIO.—The second of a series
of miscellaneous concerts was given in the course of the week a
the Beaumont Institution, under the conductorship of Mr
Frank Mori. The vocalists were Madame Clara Novello, Miss
Louisa Vinning (her first appearance), Mille. Corelli, Mr.
Sims Reeves, Mr. Farquharson, and Mr. Cooper. Of the
singing of Madame Clara Novell° and Mr. Sims Reeves it is
scarcely necessary to speak. They were both in excellent
voice, and were received with that cordiality and enthusiasm
which they deserve. But the great event of the night was
the debut of Miss Louisa Vinning, a pupil of Mr Frank Mori.
Though very young, she is an old friend, as well as an old
favourite, of the public—being, in fact, no other than the
" Infant Sappho," who created so much sensation in London
about fifteen years ago. Miss Vinning was evidently born to
be a singer. It is said of her that she could sing long before
she could speak. Her parents, anxious to make a display of
her talents, had her instructed and brought before the public.
The fashion of the metropolis flocked to hear the baby-singer;
and the press published her praises throughout the land.
The task, however, of amusing an audience night after night
—no trifling matter even for an adult—was deemed too much
for so young a child, and. she was withdrawn from public life.
Thus the musical world lost its " Infant Sappho, but not for
ever. On Monday evening she reappeared under her actual
name, and by her prepossessing personal appearance created a
feeling in her favour, which her performances confirmed and
strengthened. The debutante possesses a fine soprano voice,
38 well as a great amount of musical expression. She was
loudly applauded, and encored in all her songs ; and, at the
termination of " I love the Mlles," by Mr. Frank Mori, she
received a graceful tribute from the audience in a shower of
bouquets. We augur for Miss Vinning a brilliant future
London paper.—[This promising vocalist is the daughter of
Mr. Vining, who is anxious to obtain the situation of organist
in this town. It is an interesting fact that he was taken from
his father when a boy, by Joseph Garrow, Esq., nephew of
Judge Garrow, and educated by him for the musical profes-
sion. He was appointed organist at Torquay, when only
twelve years of age.j