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

ZOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tlre

A, Ga.,- nevus
.IVlisisrnn has given notice that Messrs.
of th 44 and Sons have been appointed the financial agents
wie l'ernvlan. government.
been LI4II BROWN, Esq., M.P. for So4h len.cashire, has
fen en":.!led to the house by indisposition during the last
yr,,,Jl ut is now much better.
ti°a) till 112.CREAL AND LIVERPOOL Docks (Amalgama-
notes 04annd the Liverpool Dock Bills were reportedtte ei,n the
erderea to Itiday night from the select committee, and
4,Sneee.r, read a third time.
t°' laaate -e.,`n 0 Bele KB uns.—On Wednesday, at a meeting
4.t.` cl'reaTee-‘ftspinners and manufacturers, it was resolved
t dae, "ce Working four days a-week in a fortnight from
Aletib
iliali a;:13. ?ItTC GT E AND WILSON'S White Star ship
~'llstearae. sailed otl.lFrindav afternoon for Melbourne, with the
rl•eraria! Mails:l23o pas- sengers, and 1,400 tons of cargo.
•,°l' the' rsengers, and a vast quantity of cargo, were offered
ier-ea,'avourite sh, which the owners could not find space
the rtevrcer that thep" White Star" line is popular with both,
.Ira. laiitile and general public.
tiation 4-,A ~14r, chairman of the Liverpool Shipowners' Asasno-
aceon, ' .s4O. Graves, deputy-chairman, and Jr
Ewart
.p. finieed by M. Horsfall, M.P., and Mr. J. C.
..1(141en.a4 aa interview, on Tuesday, with Lord Stanley
of
411,e 110Wmand the Right 'Hon. E. P. Bouverie, at the office
" t'li4 0 Trade, on the subject of the ship-arrest claus.e in
4-',40. Lading Bill.
Notqlstex TO lAT
.. nenEkmEnn.—Encouraged by the sue-
-114,1,410111,e pic
an-nic excursion to Wngindermere, on Wednesday
~`,sties '7,2
4400 perso
.availed themselves of the
-netlnt afforded for this delightful. trip—Mr. Marcus
kil he es another for to-morrow, which we have ne doubt
ht.,,ialilarly patronised.
l 'l,l),Eit STORM.— On Friday afternoon a thunder storm
aZ4,titt(l :Tie neighbourhood,
uent :
commencing about three o'clock
„i'e 481 f. ‘44,_under and lightning for ashort time were
',4trin-L'olinder clap was about aThe
quarterbefor•e five.7f -ts at .10114.
puns.'et to havebeen
.atte.nded Oldhamruiv. el e... r
eon and in the vicinity of especial y nea
(iliefl, Where a cotton-mill was much damaged and a cow
Te.-4.fanchester Guardian.
ret44llElrousEs. r Moffatt has obtained a parliamen-
ionl 4 5!. all the wail•La.onsesrovin the outports of the United-
,. the a winch ha e been pp ed by the Board of Custeens
leninet, 'ePosit of tea without payment of returnede p`ros..-
n4,(44 the Customs laws. Manchester is as r _
tr, cwo places of this description, the proprietors of whiciti
V0,..,e Manchester Bonding Company, in Chapel-stree ,
Ns:l4' Liverpool is returned as having nine warehoussof
te Ceription, eight of which have been approved exclusively
.14 4ePosit of tea-on importation.
list of commissions
NeticiAsniaz Mierria..--The following
flats tine of Lan-
to
0Y the lord lieutenant of the county
te ofi
kke aPears in Tuesday's Gei:tr,tte : —l4 kegini 1. eancaster'Militia: -*Joseph Pitman, gentleman,
114, ke en,. s own
__
t 43141 14;igna., Dated 11th Jul', 1800. sth Regiment of
D,..".t l'phl'at'ire Militia • Ensign Richard Parnham Ridley
"4
c5llB
3:t, Vice
I'M"'
appointed
' Frederick Alex-
'4e lena - • to the 4th Light
et •
‘, tad '9th July, 18o5.—Ensign 4
alteltill„,tedaletlto'ish Macdonnell "to be lieutenant, vice Porter,
...Tilly, 1855.-7th
lAeVeat ti the 182nd Foot.
le" tatle,_.Yal LancashbeD3alteiil 10thta.Richard John Som-
`lede Itt-'4*,e „ to be ensign. Dated 11th 1855.
% `" kle-e„..e.,,, a-Royee.—Arrangements have' beep con-_
at )oZ'o4r r 1 Xr. Copeland, Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and
130sio-'l,ll63L've, for a series of Italian operatic performances
het,' viete,„7•lloyal. The company will includ.e II d_
appear' 9arn', Garcia Moral and Didiee. and Signors Tam-
raen'i`„ In 1;2% prazfani, Polonini, and •Tagliafico, who will.
1110.„4, %I ,‘",.4.18 new opera, " 11 Ti.. esvatore," " Don Gm-
Ille and
.6 1- Puritaii,' and portions
44th Derfeeel...otello," "II Barbere, - of "Lucia di Lain-
sand " Massanicllo."
en the 14th, 15th, 16th,
Nei' alitt le-"un, ces oil' tali' place - ill conduct the
' 4114. If "°f August Mr Alfred Mellon :cv
[11%41 n r• A. Harris *will attend to the nuse en scene.
ten°ll'ln.."l,lvlLberks.—Through the indefatigable exertions
14ete'ep?-h;‘nt°4ll:ePresentative, Air..tHroersnfapllla,cadthenpaqusr.
atios.nable_o_f
to v foeti„ rough- the post has •
1 st-office, writing
Yoe • lier'g• Mr. Tilley, of the renera pc,___,, Refeninglto
h r in, stall
tot„ ',nal 04111 h. e 18th of July, says - I
,;the
end''' rto aPrneation at this eiCce yesterday,have
h tFi equaint you that the p6etmaster-genera.Thas el ete et questio of admitting mercantile price current
traies Z.,el of newspapers for transmission to the 13114•i5.. h
t,7l'epe " toreign countries,
"11'' 4 e°llceding the privilege to circulars of la ‘•‘
P
and that his lordsliThip .dhesas.,..id_se..-
N''"tx
t,1bi0,,,,,NG.---on Sunday week, at Newton-le-Willows, tyo.
11'1)terai"1•8, named John Peters m Rose; quarr_ened
let,' 'tm inse, and afterwards-wentout to fight. Peter. had
to4he 15,„,e hY throwing stones at him before 'they went
vi,ou'ile best,`ernt")Use and they •quarrelled afterwards as to which
N,‘„e,
las'sblower. In the fight it was found that
14 Not.;'ired some severe stabs, and on examing'Petersa five-
' 11l
'llife discovered in one of his clenched fists,
tt p tette. was,._..• • the fmlit was stopped,
kine;°tekee,le open. On temchscovery
'44), 7? then received ffve stabs, three, of which were
and erg he died soon afterwards. At an Inquest on Mon-
-I,', ttef " Wilful Murder" was found against `Peters,
,friti)7,:hr4B,a!_olnmitted for.
--trial at the assizes.
The body of a young,woman was
la ti;''floatir 1?uo wril.ras
41 e dem Lg in the river en Thursday evening, and-deposited
hi,i)!lea a,2-honse by Inspector Morrow. She had on a brown
to'.'.! flos;e3% chip bonnet trimmed with blaok ribbons and
-`rkect 'ls- In her pocket was a pocket hanakerchief,
itltlii Ilk.-„L'Llizab_eth Lathl." She is supposed -to be the
ee t. roan who was dronned from the steam-tug Victoria,
el llog alongside tbeL. d
Illyobt-eahs4ot weeks
ag
---1.
sur.. geeon of Walton,
rttLe deceased was. Raglan,. transport ship, for the
An niqueet was •heldon Friay,
eD„„
..VZ 0... f June. Ms servant, whom he last saw alive on
The inquiry said that he had no
Z:47.40......R8Y ARDIANS.—The weekly ineetine• was held
was adjourned.
l,n Mr. Joteph rrarrisou 1,,, cne vh...la
ithe hands of the treasurer was reported to
forhe
1,1114': 'N\e' %Niles were drawn for upwar.ds of g
veral
-4...i'll'irii 4 14hitild maintenance of lunatics in tnekse e
that, -Barn p-'4'ter, Ilainhill, Denbigh, and Haydocard I dg
iaon for.
her„ 'Win)]* -"seoe of 'Kirby, was declared a
,gz-_
___
r_ .
e .4_ Ip,
in the Wo k
Linn. 'nd tios .L.lhe number of paupers relievedwas _ ;
880 55 more
lhe Zere rei.Dital during the last week.
of 'last year.
Wereraher 07ved in the corresponding week.
221 more than
nen 471ieeed ,out-door pauper! was 3,_
oi. lash gear The
relief. keo9 got the-corresponding week
Ss. 8. 6d. bad been last week expended in out-door
(Ivotikzl Ve
• ' Tuesday, the
14,,
4hete,,, Coin the weekly meeting, on ~ ll ''''llt,;" sr....nirnittee reported that the recently adopted
ill fr° 'a‘till had e•educed the number of inmates in the
liAllisfalhaa2,B96 to 2,18 e, by which the weekly expenditure
NZ;eY.._, na• --been reduced to the extent of. El-55. Mr. ,4-e:sh,tt wing the twarmation of the proceedings, sug-
ksta r...
, t e n chigrant sheds, which he described as mere
nt a eters, should also be closed. Afte.r a brief
thateteul relative to the abolition of the Lock Hospital, and
letllee.„arks fronx the chairman who said hewas 'flamed
ttet-`: in4;,,ll,,niary chines of Mr. Wainwright, of the Liverpool
14at,rafieal9n, had been ignored, the clerk presented a res-
ren,44lll,lor by Mr. W nsley of the number of pauper
411,17.41tt,,,rn retnoved.froem the' parish of Liverpool, unudneer,
tNeZNittler' daring the six months ending thenOmoytheodf...Junder
Peekl4alttraeliarish removed. The numbers re
Ireland, 1,868
Tbgalsej,tittring the like period were -
4tiej`e land, 'lB6 Isle of Man, 14; and to Jersey, 3.
M`Donald, the
Ntee e in5414,1521E Isltriaence.—Mr- James 'f' re-the megis-
Sb„,,°ll*--4,cr, summoned several parties be o _
LleebNo, II ,-"ineaday for infractions of. the 1 oml act'for the
einte ' ''',,„,sinoke ' There were convictions: in all the cases
re-
'as ' lt?' -tb • is list of the cases and their
R tirlek e following a
14'04 ,"‘te.,.. 4i.?1'8. J. R Gent and Co., coach-builders, Great
1%-`44,Beet• -.-and costs - Mr. John Shepherd,
ant. tir 'fined Lo COS ~,,,___
'four-mill,
444 tom Zenlow-hill, -£5 ; Mr. William Hama, Lydia
qeatpltrett:'‘',',.lesars. Pritchard, Higginson, and Co.,
of tie
al,,te's et.
ci., leii,'et_'sra• Edward Foster and Co.,'owners o
1,-1 crs • 'it.. nn-'ll.lr, Mr. John Watkins, of the Robert Burma,
-.`", °.' °rth --"'"e and Co f the Samson, and Messrs. Price
tte,,4rd Westerngle
sca " o
the
h fined f.. 5 and costs. Messrs.
•‘-,,t,,,,',„1•• fintnn I
;'ilk 'N‘o'f th ePowerful, £2 10s. and costs.
....`'/ ".e
%Ik,- on. and Son,e agents for the Cork Steam
tout Al,
-111. -4ed -r'ed for an board the Vanguard.
Pool %Lce that th r offence on
Ltv ..'"41,:34 al. eY were not the owners. of the vessel,
Wien:teen-e Arurned. A summons against the Liver-
read° *v Danv' f the President, was withdrawn.
a . Wri kl ,or
te -,.-
*al meeting of the
Ceu,, `LePort ,??4,flatei w onze,—A special
of irrawlen Ne• Lee 14,was held on Wediesday.
the The Mayor
to e °Ppoict•at liv%edings in opposition to Liverpool
- in - ton te ()rk ted that the result
-,. e 800 00 enei, Bill, wich sta h hill relating
cadrt h ~i 1 , gallon, 'en thclauses of t e _
' a. ueen st --,4 /,,, at all
mentioned in the last
I,,meartailen, h,'l.llck os!!ter per day,
B hich, thus amended
,deedser stated thaTt eaesc`4t ?If the bi
housesw of parliament.
_lt
aIA eere4ll4 ghat allatTan both ld been effected with thc
'kle-ent 1r ell3°°, 11 C„afr tpelit h.
3 a duplicate of which
It eyelleY thaaB 11--W laid lefor -onapan ''rd for execution. Mr.
kev the -1- 231 read tt, e the Boa
named in the report, by
thee' th Leeds and Liverpool
agreement .
t,i, at the 800 iverpool Canal .Companies bound them-
tiAliZrll"3ol r, ,°OO gallons of water to be sent down by
),, vAL ail,. Cie
from their works hat Rivington
1.'Oe?"40, ACuWed to flow through the weir at Se - oles-bridge,
oft Aar the weir at Henhurst-bridge,and down the
ii tla ktstk Irs• On the motion of Mr. Ingram, seconded by
• e"
' d " That the corporate common seal
t4,40e04,_ as reso ve ,
that the Mayor
i, 'lle ~ 'th be affixed to the agreement, and tlie Awo-aule,,
4ktke "O,TNER —I the Court ofFassage on Friday,
the of SU".
n aid Another ,t... Ovs, ~.,., ea sv. Lambert a was tried. Mr.
N.. m°l3e '
the and
„ pt.. T
_'` "lt r, of South John-street, was plaintiff,
iar:'act,,'arabert and Mr. W. H. Jones, Australian Tent
i4e;', tile-, era, Goree Piazzas, were the defendants ; Lambert
f' Tia.°lllial._defendant but the real defendant being
Nek. Len, is„,elnestion involved whether the defendant
"k rt "atiY liable rtnweras' with the other defendant,
Illa"teo.44l°lv bank le, as partner
oti„, i„ , rupt. The
plaintiff's claim was for print-
i, .."g to R 6
.88. 4d. Richard Ellery, foreman to the
Tre . Ins nkeed to having executed the work for watc
ef 4ow - • '• h the
0,4 th atui,t, made, in accordance with the joint order of the
kWh ell call ‘l'----Mr• Robert Lambert, one of the defendants,
etiha kted on behalf of the plaintiff, and was examined
14 the of pa
ali to the partnership. He stated that an
. `,eefile„r rtnership was entered into between himself
lik,l),(lll44me•;"at Jones, and took effect on the Ist of JulY,
Nlley`,._ll the Las to have a salary of two guineas per week,
'' ' hooksand in consideration of his advancing
ntk At carry ,
,i'it,7klt,l'erWaea°ll the business, he was to have half the pro-
k'n AO 'Y the--8 differences took place between them,. and
l:Iil eatlene concern was broken up. A voluminous laq aqnrth te between the two defendants was pro-
tg, dt,fn ",_ 'view of proving that the defendant Jones
t, ki ', a e ",himself to be a partner. The correspondence
44' ,11niptraft letter from the defendant Jones, in answer
kit Nnisetnen •
itattittri tii tin the Manchester Guardian, applying e."ee, that. et agency, in which letter the defendant Jones
4'‘,11; •oe w • • • h Lambert. Mr.
04,1"aen„ „
she
ui partnership with .
the de-
k,oknteKec ~,..1, aliTbroker., deposed to calling at _
nve`ncee th't business, with respect to an agency, when
he,,.T atinn, at his partner, Mr. Lambert was at the Dub-
tkeh'4 hatni• Arr. Charls Swift, a brewer, stated that,
INel, gklupou the d f d t h called upon Jones,
4, ,_ t°. ei,e een an s, e
ynt r.'lte4,,, man stated that he had advanced all the
41 Qe wvit iL'an the concern, and was to receive half the
et Ntas enute Dart of the defendant Jones, it was urged
~41041.tin,,Latuba Partner, having entered the service of the
`'4 'ad ert atweekly salary,in consideration
tet ade van a and
to 4 at ees he was to r •
t,'lt.e )131h. ced. le_ receive five per cent. on all
,l he d eypie tc,o_-,..e,e defendant Jones stated that he was
f,',,l'ettAef,4 Der eenTilan Lambert's clerk, at a salary, and
i‘,4l,'aet),.!pr, he
_,__olii: the money he advanced. In answer
'''att.,iitAitinsigt, , in treraZaend the draft letter in answer to the
4,:torkd thuilt culd': . Manchester Guardian to be in his
r tie, Ile t the
ev._, not explain why he wrote it. He fur-
(1111 eiAterntite ‘47 lu'enee which had been adduced on the
4qc.no th, ep, ecnlaas. a series of fabrications. The Asses-
N4et wDlaintife rknig lst the evidence on the
lq k,ap tot. Corroborated,,,,as, that on behalf of the
be plaintiff, urY, after lerae deliberation, found

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 Marks."
HEALTH OF 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.
' TOiTETH-PARR.—On Friday, a public meeting was con-
vened at the Public-offices, Toxteth-park, 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 Toxteth-
park, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and the sewerage
of certain parts of the said place." 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, J. 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. Barry and Mr. Alexander Shand.
HEALTH OF THE Town.—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,
and 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 aymotic dis-
eases, 38, namely, measles, 9 ; typhus, 8 ; scarlatina,l7; small-
pox, 2 ; diarrhoea, 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 of the same quarter of the
previous seven years. The deaths from zymotic diseases were
678, being 210-less than the average. The mortality from I
each disease of 'this class was lower than usual. One death
from cholera `cam registered in the quarter. Diseases of the
lungs caused a higher mortality than usual.'the deaths having
been 978 against an average of 830.
IC/RBI/ALE SESSIONS opened on Tues&y, under the presi-
dency of the Yen. 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 123205 persons had been apprehended by the police, of
whom 462 had been committed for trial, 1,364 summarily
convicted, and 110 bailed out. It wae•stated that the number
of the police force, including all ranks and supernumeraries,
amounted to 609 men. The Comity Treasurer stated that the
rate required for the roads would be.-2id. for Kirkdale, ld. for
Ormskirk, lid. for Present, andlid. for Warrington districts.
The situation of County Bridge Surveyor having been deelared
vacant by the death of Mr. Clayton, it was agreed that the
situation should be advertised ; that_ applicants should be
required to send in theirtegtlmonials to the Clerk of the Peace
before the 6th of August; that` the finance committee shduld
meet on the 13th of August, to select three names ; and that
:the sessions should ha adjourned-to the 16th of August' for the
'special appointment. The Chairman laid before the magistrates
the result of the proceedings connected with the proposed
divisions of the county into three ridings. He learned from
Salford that the =magistrates were adverse to the division at
present. From Preston he had received no answer. Prom
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 refiected-on his character, the fOrmal pro-
ceedings whichnsually precede the trials closed.
• ROBBERY irn StflClDE.—`)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, cad, 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 notice of the robbery,
and a description of the -property, and the thief. Inspector
Murphy, of the detective force, immediately set out in search,
and, singular to say, arrived at Caffre's shop avery short time
after Honirdc had left. Ile 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 pistol.
Murphy,placed his prisoner in a room in the Ceutral 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, Honijik was left alone. In an hour afterwards he
was discovered on his: knees, having strangled himself by
means of a leather strap Which he wore round :his waist. He
was quite dead. Before resorting to the strap be 'had 4-
tempted to commit suicide by hacking the veins and arterns
of his wrist with a broken tumbler. He was a'finely-formed,
intelligent-looking man,nixrat twenty-eight years of age. An
inanest was held before -the borough nr Wednesday.
when:the jury returned a'verdict effete) de se.

HEAMTIT Comntrrmnr.—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- corn-
mittee,would reconsider their resolution, and not insist upon
the rails being removed. Alter an examination of the plans,
Svc., it.was agreed that the borough engineer should meet the
dock entrveyor, to see whether any middle course could be
devised-satisfactory to both parties. Mr. Dover again brought
forward' is 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
movingthat Mr. Davies's.ealary be increased from £350 to
£4OO per annum. Mr. Robertson Gladstone opposed the mo-
tion,-on-the ground that 'the time was most inappropriate for
increasing salaries, as theymight 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
thoughtthat some duties could be performed, under the direc-
tion of bin 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 berth 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. Sheil also oppcsed the increase, and-ridiculed
the idea that if the corporation bad a good servant -they could
not get as-..g00d a one, and instanced a case in which it had
been stated that "such a servaLt could not be found at a
salary of £4OO 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 lest by a
majority offive to four. For the motion : Messrs. Dover,
Johnson, Halhead, and the chairman. Against it :.Messrs.
Gladstone, Fleming, Crosthwaite, Shell, and M`Ge.ffie.—After
some farther business of a merely routine character, the hoard
adjourned.
DOCK CONIIITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The Sub-ccm-
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 Midges leading to the
proposed new larding-stage at the Prince's Pierhead, anti
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, Thotras 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 recosnmend that any
additional payment should be granted. The committee,
therefore, declined to pay anything further. The proceed-
jugs were confirmed.—A communication was read from
Captain Bevis, the admiralty agent, asking the permission
of the .committee for the Arabia steamer to come along-
side 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 MU-nal ; also
medical certificate. The enclosure complained of a nuisance
at the New Battery caused by a mountain of coal in its imme-
diate ficinity, from which clouds of dust were blown into the
Battery, much 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 ingust. They are eligible for
re-election, Members of the committee elected by the conneil
Messrs. E. Langsdale, -a Holden, Wm. Mann, and J. Hohne.
Members of the committee elected by the rate-payers : Messrs.
J. P. Palmer, Robert Rankin, Eyre Evans, Wm. Barber. The
general business of the committee then terminated.
LIVERPOOL AND HAVA,N4.—A new line of steamers, which
will trade between this port and Havana, has been established
by an influential Spanish 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, 361- 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 Grinds., 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,