The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

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, gentleman,
Regiment of
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4th Light

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1855.—;7th
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Beale, and
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who will
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16th, 16th,
conduct the

scene.

exertions
4uestion.
Apon a satis-
Iffice, writing
'4lferring
. have- the
has recoils-
les current

he British
ip has de-
lis deserip-

flows,' two
quarrelled
Peters had
they went
as to whiet
found that
'ters al fire-
tched fists,
ras stopped,
'hich were
At on .Mon-
that -Peter's,

(oman was
__ ... deposited
eh: ..1" Inspector Morro .iv She ha ribbons rown
',.. 4P bonnet trimmed -with black and
tiltaH;eatb her Pocket was . a pocket handkerchief,
, Who Latham." She is supposed to be the
, al,.was drowned from the steam-tug Victoria,
41 Neurigsoe the Lord Etagla t • rtship, for the
4( t'4 weeks 0 A n, transport for.
the sohilson, _
__g_ • n Inquest was held ou Friday,
int,44,13 ased waa'afe°en 13f
Walton,
said that he had
no
,k45,04-„°_11:- The inquiry
1.4.,
lea bands
Joseph pf
iryrVanwat's,Warionlurlineelast saw alive cal
71,1: (It" ,-=,-.,=-••.,.., Tiie w....ta, • • , 1...i.i
arrison in the chair. The
hakt ~% (..,, us of the treasurer was reported to be
r, ii,..`4,!t tllt i4llleS were drawn for upwards of £9OO for
kt t, haata iltka.,:aaintenanee of lunatics in the several
Ikki, jaivllkiijD ‘°scoe 'ista. inhill, Denbigh, and Haydock-lodge.
1,::(11.16,4,4e',,"„' Kirby, was declared a guarthan for
tte r 1;1'4'41 a,-; jinber of paupers relieved in the Work-
Q,perea-f,c''ed ih'ing the last week was 689 ; 55 more
41-Ped-L°llt.dille corresponding week of last year.
7 20a 10 the Paupers was 3,463 ; 221 more than
Oik ". 5. h e°rresponding .week of last year _ The
, 'ail r )ir, ad been last week expended in out-door
',,,,k,,k,kie ~_E1i0r,,..,
k 4,14 spllliitt':at the weekly !meeting, on Tuesday, the
14.41itiat 2 i'era hads-,_ rePorted that -the recently ad.o pted
N",it7 ,ha,,i Sue to 2 'educed the number of inmates ia the , , ~, been ,189, by which the weekly expenditure
..'" VII:, • cli redu ed f £1” mr
%st %lug. th c to the extent
k, ljhe ~,„__ e confirmation ofthe proceedings, sue'
qN NI ei, ' .'grant t.
'atNeiti:- aract sued s, which be described as mere.
'%, tive , ers, should also beclesed. After a brief
4 '..'b„„ fre,„") the also
of the Lock Hospital, and
0 '111„,`!' tie Chairm h aid he was ashamed
\Nt' ki do''Y Claims an, F 131
}-aeea f• n, had b °f Mr. Wainwright, of the Liverpool
i,1,0,i4 Lot h„, , een ignored, the clerk presented a re-
1, ;Pc re'ip Wensley, of the number of paupers
41 'kt ' daria from the parish: of Liverpool, under
, i'hiNerl'atitikku, gmtile six months ending the 30th of June,
6kg ti, titi oved. The numbers removed unaer
~:''! it.'iact,iatißcl,nigBotbeyl.ilte period were—to_ I. re_lanrsd, 1,,,E3.68
Py chllletto4 Nt , isle of Man, 14 ; and to Je eY, 0
'l. Nki OT r IsANcE.—Mr. James M`Donald, the
s.„ t• 3 8
tipt.t4l4lllNß!)3lllloned several parties before the magi_se-
(l,:r.`lci.'a,ta,l7eY, for infractions of the , local actthfeor the
1041'ttenk'S'e fan There were convictions, all
L tail t,: a. _owing is a list of thecaseianlind their re...
Veot2,k.', .11,7 g„ 4. Gorst and Co., 1 ,0 'OR. -aed R 5 coach builders, Great
le‘treet44 4,14 w -hill and costs ;. 11.. fr. J.Hohidi
.lour-mill,
ei kes:rs. ~,, . ; Mr. William
and ydia
i)N W l'e,..qt'lutdw"aerbdal Hteigginds°&' o Co.,'
of the
its.la4 f'tf;tol4z,, (11.4 Z,,' John Watkins, of then Robert Burns,
•;,.1e•‘,..r054tgi,,,-_- eo., of the Sam'son, and Messrs. Price
4:;er,''',3i,lll;-„akaaa.,,. -00'4: were each fined f. 4 and costs. Messrs.
1 ti-,10,Za1t„,,, ',118„„t; r the Powerful, a tlOs. and costs.
' -•°1 f and Son, agents for the Cock -Steam
A t '4.e 't%e, or ,
t, eat, ~,,,N thes, an offence on boaxd -the 'Vanguard.
""ER. "t 4' w!re not the owners of the,vessel,
'hr, P°ot t,.,%,„ arn
- Tow .a.k,t-aal, e 4. A summons against the Liver-
' 8 repot!: Coliat,?kt kkfor the President, was withdrawn.
taa4tijo,onnilseiotif the
bz,4l 01,axs.—A special meeting of the
04, .W. whee%ield on Wednesday. The. Mayor
'hadr,..Alt 11148 in opposition to the Liver Pool
Iliad c gallan.s.ste4 tt, which stated that the result
4,4114.4 en struer Watt all clauses of, the bill relating.
4 stated' had p %t 4 Der day, mentioned nu the. last
kba that a•saect 1,.. the billwhich, thus amended
Igreat'' L., " arlattra..; "uth
1„.,,,i-erpogi
,„, au houses of par
, 'al y then,..l how laid -,ainal co:had been effected with the
, ,o L re,,,,)
i before tl, Board a duplicate oota. ki..454-:
th,lig-t
ttds alti
Lie ag,,,eert'Lenetmefrineaguetrieporetry
i 'l4 ittik,l ef.,BooonjerPool Canal Companies bound them-
i klisstkllo,,,''Orp'oZ. galleons of water to be sent. down by
' 1,"o' 111 t,O ;,".."4011 from their works at Rivington
%, 1.111,K1a the w through the weir at Scholee-bridge,
~/' olitogt: 0„e ,weir a Henhurst-bridge, and down the
~,'' ","`B3 re: ,the motion of Mr. Ingram, seconded by
"', `,,,,14tit„" be a-gved, " Thatthe corporate common seal
I`, ':''a 'l' '''' -.led to the agreement, and that the Mayor
p ,•, rqkr.,,
f cbttt 'llSu
b ae il'• —ln the Court of Passage on Friday,
'.li4te Ws • Lambert and Another was tried. Mr.
, ol,!1:441113., Of South
, ' ak, 4Oe , ert an, John•street, was the plaintiff, and
1.1441 Gore, I,',' Mr. W. H. Jones, Australian Tent
1„,i,,,,,;:al aere,,zas, were the,defendants ; Lambert
k 'k'tkl4ll'l,. ti on i7-ii!n,t, but the real defendant being
as. At J blind„ NOIVPd vvas, whether the defendant
, it, balik,,', as Partner with the other defendant,
'61:.,'',) teoPt• The plaintiff's claim was for print-
, h, !. dd. Richard Ellery foreman to the
i,N,,Not,'44(ie `.llig executed the work for which the
"kt Nl‘ll!..ll.Laccordance with the joint order of the
tht litZ°ltti°ll44hehZ beopthLaniibert.,:me of the defealaunites4
;,'?l.4.kt erZLt.tie partejr:liiiiiit3i. ,
and
He altvaatsedelhat an
''), Jai;lP was entered into between himself
l A„ e; ',,,t' h,eB, and took effect on the let of July,
, '41,,,,,t,,,,,rty, ,7'7e a salary of two guineas per week,
tieda"-14'tr,,-(NN
.in consideration of his advancing
e,l, ~,
_defe,.!asiness, he was to have half the pro-
, 4,"A, P4e4.?nces took place between them,. and
I, t,44,,the ''',,e.tv,Z was broken up. A voluminous
;44441:iliillviell,-; the two defendants was pro-
41,,Vrt Mr t: Proving that the defendant Jones
NV€l4l qte artner The correspondence bl 'til eat •r from the •
IN tiki, e,_l4 t, defendant Jones, in ansarer
' N't'4%,,` h'i;eacy, Rani
31one/tester Guardian, applying
~,,t.u.ty, k was inln which letter the defendant Jones
vi\kill of Bhi b Partnership with Lambert. Mr.
ttill' 44t14114. tllll.iPaesreker.. deposed to calling at the de-
i a el,„ , , s, with respect to an agency, when
' 143: i'54,4t iteo44'. alltat,.nie", Mr' Lambert, was at the' Dub-
„ 1.,„. t), 4 the 8 Nrlft, a brewer, stated that,
4v4 7 01441411. defendants he called upon Jones,
1,4
~ „ stated th ' '
f ka. titio‘4,e pace eatlce at he had advanced all the
' 1 ,tints
th rn, end was to receive half the
, 0
to Lataaer e deant Jones, it was urged
'io ' 41.141 I'' at ' having entered the service of the
kt k a Y11,,N. etti h a weeklys • •
a fly 'k alary, and in consideration
A 4 e..k elot-A'sedeWfas to receive five per cent. on all
tvett. is_ e thw,, defendant Jones stated that he was
I h , (:41 0.71. ba`ibLarnbert's clerk, at a salary, and
;,tait Ltla 41°4444 racrleY he advanced. In answer
1,1,,t1„ th ,t e e afg the draft letter in answer to the
'a ti:lcteala ncAerter Guardian to be in his
' 4'
la' e era 't explai
. . ilk tlp Iff, 1-ence %if n why he wrote it. He fur-
, l,l_, re, as a
n_ , ich had been adduced on the
Whiny\lo;l4l24iiil,7l:s of fabrieationS. The Asses-
thet'' eroltb whilst the evidence on the
"4444 lary °l.ate'l, that on behalf of the
, I 4ltVr some deliberation, found
i

ELIZABETH SMITH, a discharged pauper, was, on Wednes-
day, committed to goal for two months for deserting her infant
child, two months old, which she had left in a nude state, on a
door step in Edmund-street.
MESSRS. THOMAS AGNEW AND SONS, of Manchester, are
exhibiting, at the old Police-court, in High-street, a number of
paintings and water-colour drawings, by modern artists,
which, for value and general excellence, surpass any single
collection ever exhibited in this town. In addition to paint-
ings by Pyne, Denby, Linnel, Cooper, Maclise, Glass, Bran-
white, Egg, Brockley, Pickersgill, Herbert, &c.—the collec-
tion contains an admirable composition by Moltini, of Milan
—and Schoeffer's celebrated " Three Maries."
HEALTH or LORD SEFTON.—lnquiries concerning the
noble earl's health are now answered in a most gratifying
and reassuring manner by the medical attendants. His lord-
ship is rapidly regaining strength. He is no longer confined
to his bedroom, but is able to move without assistance into
the adjoining apartments. Contrary to the reports in the
London papers, he experienced no ill consequences, beyond
the ordinary annoyances he shared with his neighbours in
the recent window-breaking attack of the Hyde Park rioters
upon his house.
TOXTETH-PARE.—On Friday, a public meeting was con=
vened at the Public-offices, Toxteth'.ark, of all persons enti-
tled to vote in the election of commissioners, for carrying into
execution " An Act for better paving and improving the streets'
and highways within the Extra-Parochial Place of Totteth-
park, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and the sewerage
of certain parts of the said iplace." The business was of a
formal character. The following five commissioners were
elected in the place of five who retired by rotation.—Messrs.
Richard Rathbone, John Rogers, H. S. Alpass, R: Jeffery,
and J. Cropper. Three of the above are re-elected commis-
sioners. Mr. John Rogers, and Mr. J. R. Jeffery were sub-
stituted for Mr. Wm. tarry and Mr. Alexander Shand.
HEALTH or run Towie.—The medical officer reports that
the mortality of the borough continues unusually low, the
deaths registered last week being fewer than in any week of
the preceding five years. The deaths in the parish were 119,
atta in the out-townships 42 ; total, 161. The general average
-of the same week for the preceding seven years was 233. The
'deaths from diseases of the lungs were-58; from zymotic disa
'eases, 38, namely, measles, 9 ; typhus/8 ; scarlatina, 7; small-
pox, -2 ; diarrinta, 2. The mortality from bowel complaints
was lower than in any corresponding-season since the sanitary
act came into operation. During the quarter which ended on
the 30th June, 2870 deaths were :registered in the borough,
'being 609 fewer than in the previous quarter, and nearly 400
less than 'the corrected average ef 'the same quarter of 'the
previous-seven years. The deaths from zymotic diseases were
-678, being:2lo less than the average. The mortality from
-each disease of 'his class was looter than usual. One dedth
from cholera was registered in7the quarter. 'Diseases di' 'the
lungs 'caused a higher mortaliby'than usual. the deaths having
been 978 against an average Of -830.
XIMEDALE SESSIONS opened on Tuesday, under the-presi-
dency of the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks. The governor's-report
for the gaol showed the number of inmates to be 408, namely,
315 males, and 93 females. The constabulary report showed
that :.2,295 persons had been apprehended by the police, of
whom 462 bad been committed for trial, 1,364 -summarily
convictedrand 110 bailed-out. It was stated that the number
of the police force, including all ranks and supernumeraries,
amounted. to 609 men. The County Treasurer stated that the
'rate required for the roads would be lid. for Kirkdale, Id. for
Ormskirk, 10. for Present, and lid. for Warrington districts.
The situation of Countyßridge Surveyor having been declared
"vacant by the death of Mr. Clayton, it was agreed that the
-situation should be advertised ; that applicants should be
-*required to send in their testimonials to the Cie& of the Peace
'before the 6th of August; that the finance committee should
meet on the 13th of Aegust, to select three names ; and that
'the sessions should be adjourned to the 16th efAugust for the
-special appointment. ,The Chairman laid beforeathe magistrates
the result of the proceedings connected with the proposed
'divisions of the comity into three ridings. He learned from
Salford that the magistrates were adverse to the division at
present. From Preston he had received no answer. From
Lancaster the answer was against the division. He, however,
very strongly urged the necessity of seeking after a better
mode of administering business than at present prevailed.
Mr. Pollock having vindicated himself from certain remarks
of Mr. Rosson, published in a contemporary, and which, he
thought, seriously reflected on his character, the formal pro-
ceedings which usually precede the trials cicsed.
ROBBERY AND SUICIDE.— Some little time ago, Jan Honijik,
superintendent of the Post-office at Amsterdam, absconded with
about £BOO of Dutch notes and securities. He came to this town
and engaged a cabin passage from Messrs. Sabel and Cortis,
of Waterloo-road,,in the ship Emerald,- for New York. On
Monday he applied to Mr. Samuel, South Castle-street, and
Mr. Caffre, Waterloo-road, to have the residue of the notes
exchanged for'American money. After-conferring with the
Dutch consul, who had not then received any information of
the robbery, the 'brokers exchanged his notes for him. On
the same day, the police had received aictice of the robbery,
and a description ef the property, and the thief. Inspector
Murphy, of the detective force, immediately set out in search,
and, singular to say; arrived at Caffre's-ahop a very short time
after Honijik had deft. He traced the ,prisoner to a foreign
boarding-house in'No. 3 Court, Bridgewater-street, where he
succeeded in apprehending him. Jan Honijik had nearly all
the money he had-obtained for the notes on his person at the
time, and was armed with a loaded-double-barrelled
Murphy placed heist prisoner in a room: in the Central Police-
office, Dale-street,, previous to his removal to Amsterdam.
Another prisoner was in the same room with him the greater
part of Tuesday,: but, about half-past three o'clock in the
afternoon, Honirikavas left alone. Lilian hour afterwards he
was discovered on . his knees, having -etrangled himself by
means of a leather strap which he wore round his waist. He
was quite dead. Before resorting- to -the strap he had at-
tempted to commie-suicide by hacking the veins and arteries
of his wrist with a broken tumbler. 'He was a finely-formed,
intelliaent-Inetaana man, about twenty eight years of age. An
inquest was held bsfore cue morouga• coroner, on ‘1 eunesuay,
when the jury returned a verdict offe/o de se.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting on Thursday,
Alderman Langsdale. presided. A. letter was read from the
dock secretary relative to the alleged encroachments by the
dock committee at the south-west corner of the custom-house.
The letter was in substance a request that the health com-
mittee would reconsider their resolution, and not insist upon
the rails being removed. After an examination of the plans,
he., it was agreed that the borough -etigineer should meet the
dock surveyor, to see whether -any middle course could be
idevised satisfactory toroth parties. Mr. Dover again brought
forward his motion to increase the salary of Mr. Davies, the
deputy engineer. He ;urged the same grounds in support of
his motion as on the previous occasion, and concluded by
snoring that Mr. Davies's salary be increased from £350 to
£4OO per annum. Mr. Robertson Gladstone opposed the mo-
tion, on the ground thafethe time, was , most inappropriate for
increasing salaries, as they might be heavily taxed on account
of the war, the end of which was not seen. He bore testimony
to the ability of Mr. Davies as .a servant of-the committee, but
thought that some duties could be performed, under the direc-
tion • of Mr. Newlands, by a clerk at a -salary of £lOO per
annum. He did not approve of the system of continually
attempting to increase the salaries of the officials, which had
become a perfect epidemic of late. He would oppose the
increase both in the committee, and also -in -the council, if he
stood alone, as he would not sanction the wasteful expenditure
of the -public money, more than he would if it were out of his
own pocket.—Mr. Shell also opposed the increase, and ridiculed
the idea-that if the corporation had a good servant they could
not get as good a one, and instanced a case .in which it had
been stated that "such a servant could not be found at a
salary of t&400 per annum," but when he died no-other person
was appointed.—The motion having been seconded by Mr.
Johnson, the committee divided -upon it, and it was lost by a
majority of-Ave to four. For the motion:: Messrs. Dover,
Johnson, Halhead, and the chairman. Against fit: Messrs.
Gladstone, Fleming, Crosthwaite, Shell, and 31`Guifie.—After
some furthertusiness of a merely routine character, the board
adjourned.
Docß COaIEITTEE.—The weekly -meeting was -held on
Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the _chair. The. Sub-com-
mittee of Works submitted a resolution from ,the Finance
Committee of the Council, requesting, at the suggestion -of Sir
William Cubitt, -that the Dock Committee should construct
the masonry necessary for the four new bridges .leadingto the
proposed new landing-stage at the Prince's Pierbead, and
recommended that the request should be complied With.
The Stanley Warehouses Sub-committee recommended that
the tenders of Messrs. Jackson and Smith for scale beams
and weights, Thomas Cheshire and Co., for machines for
weighing sacks, and
.Messrs. Betteley and Co, be accepted.
Confirmed. The Sub-committee of the Marine Department
presented a report from the dock surveyor relative to 'the
construction of a road near the Point Lynes Lighthouse,
in which he stated that he could not recommend :that any
additional payment should be granted. The committee,
therefore, declined to
pay anything further. The proceed-
=ings were confirmed.—A communication was read from
s tasking
ttoh ee
eprae rem l ion
,of the committee for thealong-
side
,Captain Bevis, the admiraltyA
raagbeina t ,
the Landing-stage, to take on board 170 horses belonging
-to the Ist Dragoons. The steamer was hourly expected from
:Portsmouth. Capt. Bevis's request was complied with.—The
-Chairman reported that the list -of dock rate-payers entitled
to,vote for members of the Dock -Committee had been revised
on the 13th inst., as required by the dock acts.—A communi-
cation was read from Mr. M`Gowen, the Health Committee's
law-clerk, enclosing a note from Mr. Duncan M`Dougal ; also a
medieal.certificate. The • enclosure templained of a nuisance
at the New Battery caused by a mountain of coal in its imme-
diate vicinity, from which clouds of duet were blown into the
Battery, mob to the annoyance and injury of the health of the
garrison. Referred to the Sanitary Committee of Works.
The following gentlemen were balloted for to retire from the
Dock Committee on the Ist of August. They are eligible, for
•
re-election. Members of the committee elected by the council :
Messrs. E. Langsdale, 0. Holden, Win. Mann, and J. Holme.
Members of •the committee elected by the rate-payers : Messrs.
J. P. Palmer, Robert Rankin, Eyre Evans, Win. Barber. The
general business of the committee then terminated.
LIVERPOOL Awp 16.Y.A.NA.—A new line of steamers, which
will trade between this port and Havana, has been established
by an influential Spaniala company, chartered in that country,
and enjoying the exclusive privilege from the Spanish govern-
ment of running steam-vessels from England and France to
Havana and Porto Rico. This company is styled the " Linea
de Vapores correos Espanoles Transatlanticos," and it will
commence operations immediately, for the pioneer vessel of
the fleet is already completed, and the others are rapidly con-
structing. It is intended that a regular monthly communi-
cation shall be kept up between this port and Havana, the
steamers calling at Vigo, on the coast of Spain, and Porto
Rico, in the West Indies, to land and embark passengers.
The Spanish government, we believe, intend to make use of
this line for the mail communication with Cuba, and, no doubt,
our own government will forward English correspondence by
the same available route. The Habana, the first of this new
line of ocean steamers, has been constructed by Mr. John
Laird, of Birkenhead, who is constructing five other vessels
for the company, three of which have already been named the
Vigo, the Cadiz, and the Barcelona. The Vigo, which is a
sister-ship to the Habana, has been launched some time since,
and will be ready for sea in August. The dimensions of the
Habana are :—Length, 270 feet ; beam, 36-i feet ; measure-
ment, 1,750 tons. She will have engines of 400 horse-power,
on the direct-acting principle, with inverted cylinders. She
has capacity for eighty first-class, forty second-class, and thirty
third-class passengers, about 100 tons of cargo, and twenty
days' consumption of coal, and her cabin accommodation is
got up in an elegant style of decoration. The Habana is
commanded by Captain y Grinda, of the Spanish royal navy,
and Captain Carricarti has been appointed to her sister vessel
the Vigo. The other four vessels are about the same size, and
will be launched by Mr. Laird at intervals during the next
three months. The agents of the line in Liverpool are
Messrs. G. H. Fletcher and Co. of Covent-garden, and in
Havana, Messrs. Zangroniz Brothers and Co. The whole of
the vessels are being built under the superintendence of Cap-
tain John Ford, of London, who is well known as having
superintended the fitting out of the General Screw Company's
vessels, as well as those for the Sardinian Steam Company,