The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

ST. HELENS IMPROVEMENT
COMMISSIONER S.

TER second meeting o the recentfr-elected Improvement
Commissioners was held on Thursday last, its the board-room.
The chair was occupied by Mr. John Marsh, besides whom
there were also present Messrs. Arratt, Thompson, Hadley,
Balmain, Gamble, Shanks, Yates, Robinson, and Penketh.
The first business transacted was the appointment of the
paving, sewering, water, and finance committees. After the
appointment of these committees, Mr. M`Manus, the surveyor,
in accordance with the request of the meeting, signified
through the Chairman, produced his plans for the general
sewerage. As it was expected that an inspector from the Ge-
neral Board of Health would be present, to make inquiry as
to the sanitary state of the town prior to bringing it under
the operation of the Public Health Act, Mr. M'Manus also
produced his report on the water-works, which he had been
previously instructed to prepare. The full consideration of the
subject was deferred, and remitted to the Water Committee.
The report showed that more water was actually consumed
than had been calculated on when the water-works were com-
menced, yet, on a comparison of the population with the
amount of water used, it was shown not to be greater thin
was necessary for sanitary purposes. To meet the increasing
demand for water, consequent on the rapid growth of the
town, it would be necessary, the report said, at no distant
period, to erect another engine, and construct a larger reser-
voir, plans for effecting which accompanied the report. These
exhibited the late improvements made for preventing the waste
which had previously occurred. Suggestions were also con-
tained in the report for additional alterations and improve-
ments on the water supply, which, if carried into effect, would
cause a material saving in the working expenses. It also
showed that at various points in the gathering ground (near
Knowsley-park), more water might be made available foe the
purposes of the water-works. The report also stated that
several of Mr. Taylor's meters had been tested, and found to
register correctly. _

The surveyo; recommended the construction of lublic
baths, chiefly for the accommodation of the workmen employed
at the numerous chemical works, foundry works, glass 'corks,
and coal mines in and about the town. Several sites both
eligible and central, were pointed out as suitable for the baths.
It was further intimated that, if the commissioners did not
feel themselves warranted to take the matter up, a tompany
might do so with advantage, as shares at £3 or £5 Taal would
be speedily taken up, to an extent fully ample for' he erection
of the building, and the carrying out of the plan. Thiswas gene-
rally looked on as a step in theright direction, and one which,
if carried into‘operation, will be hailed by'thousands of work-
men as one of the greatest boons which could be conferred on
them.

[lt is to be hoped the commissioners willturn to profitable
public account the zealous and judiciourservices of an officer
who gives 'such umnistakeatle evidence of his ability and
judgment as Mr. M`Manus has already done in connection
with 'various improvements in the town. That, in short, the
suggeStions contained in the present, as well as others which
have 'been thrown out in previous reports, on the general
sewerage of the town will be acted ~on by the commissioners,;
and 'that through these means 'the frightful visitation of
-diatease which last year afflicted the inhabitants, may ,be
6ided.]

DOCK TRUSTEES.—FIVC hock Trustees will have to 'be
'ected to-morrow. Messrs. Rankin, Palmer, Evans, t,std
;'Barber, retire by rotation.
THE ANNUAL FEXE of tho Licensed Victuallers' Association
is to take place on 'Thursday, at Eastham. Mr- J. A. Tobin,
the mayor, will pmide at ',ehe soiree, which will be followed
by a ball. _ _

THE CHILDREN belonoiug to the Infant Ragged School,
in Thomas-street., were taken on Friday to the new .park, ad-
joining the Botane 'Gardens, where they partook of •bans and
milk, &c., and eoyed themselves very much.
THE BANK 01 LIVEEPOOL.—The annual meeting as held
on Wednesday. A dividend at the rate of 8 per -cent. per
annum was deeared, With the addition of a bonns,of 15s. per
share.

MODEL OF SEBASTOPOL.—This interesting -model con-
tinues to attract numerous spectators, all of whom exhibit
the most livdy interest in the explicit lecture..given on the
subject by Ar. Houkt, in the course of his exhibition of the
model. Thl interen is still further enhanced by the carriage
of Prince Nenscliikdit taken by the English-after the battle
of Alma.

Mn. BnLNCIIIE.-SIZE of valuable property,.in the cause of
Holmes r Holmes, was numerously attended on Friday at
the Clarendon-rooms, and after spirited competition the first
lot, a warhouse-in the Goree, produced £3,800; the second
lot, anotier warehouse adjoining, produced £3,550; lot 3, a
warehoue anct•.appurtenances in Harrington-street, sold for
£1,650 ; lot 4, a•warehouse in Temple-street, £4,303 ; and the
remainhg two. lots, houses, &c., in Mount-pleasant, brought
£1,045. A:ll•the property was sold.

imr)ovEnnivintwni SHIPPING TRADE.—Messrs. Curry
and Cc report:an improved feeling o.mongstlbuyers of ships,
as divinyed at their sale on Thursday, and-subsequently by
privab treaty. At auction six ships were •oft'ered, five of
whicl realised 'full prices; and amongst the transactions of
the ay, by.private, the screw-steamer Antelope (recently en-
gagd in the Australian trade, and entered on Friday for
Baliklava,) Changed hands, besides same Other steamers and
tug-boats required principally for the east.

. -
itESTILICITONS ON THE EXPORTATION OF IgtON.—A depu-
tation, consisting of Mr. Philip Williams, Chairman of the
Staffo;dshiralronmasters, Mr. W. Routh, aril Mr. T. Bagnall,
and accompanied by Mr. Horsfall, M.P. for Liverpool; Mr. J.
Ewart, M.P.; Mr. Thornely, M.P. for Wolverhampton ; Mr.
Hadfield, M.P. for Sheffield ; Mr. W. Bird, Mr. Walker, Mr.
Beale, and Mr. Clay, had an interview on Thursday with Lord
Palmerston, at the House of Commons, on the subject of the
restrictions placed on the exportation of: iron. The deputation
was introduced by Mr. Horsfall.
MAILS BY_ THE RED JACKET.—A contemporary of Thurs-
day speaks of the heavy mails biiught by the Red Jacket, and
says that they contained " 8000 letters alone.;" but the fact is,
the Red Jacket brought about 45,100 letters and newspapers
—upwards 4of 20,000 being letters. Of this prodigious num-
ber, received at the Liverpool Postnffice:at 5 p.m. on Wed-,
nesday, scarcely one remained in Livlrpool at noon the next
day, all having been sent to their declinations. The Ligtt-
ning brought, we believe, upwards of 10C,000 letters and
newspapers.

A San ST6RY.—The following Palau-base .was investigated
before the .Borough Coroner on Thursday:—On Tuesday a
" row" toOk.place in Henry Edward-stretl in the course of
which a man named Samuel Armstrong vas severely beaten
by some of :his neighbours, He ran into 'tie- top story of a
house, No. 37, in which he lodged, and at ue time, fearing
that his foes.were following him, he made ansttempt to jump
through -the window, but was prevented b 3 kis wife, who,
fearful that he would break some of the glas, which they
could not afford to pay for, took out the bottou part of the
window, and,placed it against the wall. [ln Us room there
were no less than three beds; in one of them Amstrong, his
wife, and a baby slept, a married couple occupied innther, and
the third belonged to the mistress of the housq Shortly
afterwards, under the influence of terror, ArrosVeng made
another rush at the window, and this time he.suceeded in
his object. }lt jumped through the window, and facing with
immense force to the ground, he fractured his thgh, and
otherwise severely injured himself. He was .conveyer to the
Northern Hospital, where he now lies in a dangerm condi-
tion. His wife, after seeing her husband located:in he hos-
pital, remembered that she had left her child in the bet,vom.
She rushed back, but no child could be seen. Atlength,Xter
a most painful search, the poor infant was found . dead h the
bed, having been suffocated between the clothes and the vall
of the room, against which the bed (which was on-the finr)
was placed.
A FANATIC ON ;THE EXCHANGE FLAGS.—John `S. Or,
who in America, and more recently in Scotland, has. obtaind
some unenviable notoriety by his fanaticism, and his.kapioti
assumption of the name of the " Angel Gabriel," has made ai
appearance in Liverpool, previous, it is said, to his departures
for the West Indies. Hunted from Edinburgh, where he
appeared last week ix: the character of suitor for damages
against the Fiscal Mr. M'Callum, for false imprisonment, -he
on Sunday experimented on the Exchange flags. About half-
past three o'clock, a large concourse had assembled in the
Exchange area, when Orr appeared, attended by two or three
persons who have, it appears, undertaken to see him safely out
of Britain. He is a dark-looking little man, of about forty
years of age, and by no means suggests, in his appearance,
the popular ideal of a spiritual being. He carried in his hand
a long brass trumpet, and ,wore a black glazed hat, bearing
on a gilt band the inscription, "Rule Britannia—Hail Co-
lumbia—Down with the Mother of Abominations." Sur-
mounting this initription was a representation of the Ame-
rican eagle. The strangenessof his appearance soon attracted
a crowd of beholders, composed principally of dock labourers,
and others to whom the distinct declaration of opinion set
forth on his head-dress was not peculiarly tasteful. He com-
menced an address on " Freedom of Thought," which com-
pletely redeemed its title. There w.as a total absence of lily-
thing like thought; and the address, whilst he continued, was
a rambling and disjointed tirade against the established order
of things. Perceiving that the feeling of the crowd
against him was advancing, from almost indistinct murmurs
of disapproval, to open and undisguised -tokens of opposition,
he adopted the discretionary course which is described as
" the better part of valour," and prevented a row by seeking
refuge in a Hanson.

ELOPEMENT.—On Tuesday week, a glassman, named Chris-
topher Mustard, manager in Fenwick and Co.'s bottle-works,
Bishop Wearmouth, left his wife and family,.aod eloped with
a keelman's wife, known as " Dandy Hannah." The couple
were traced to having left Newcastle by the Cirlisle Railway,
en route for Liverpool, whence they intended to emigrate to
America. On Friday last, Sergeant M'lntre, an active and
intelligent officer of the Sunderland police, was despatched after
them with a warrant for the apprehension of Mustard. On
arriving at Liverpool, he found that there were six different
emigrant vessels about to sail for New Yolk. He, therefore,
obtained the assistance of a Liverpool detective-officer. They
went on board each of the ships in prosecuion of their search,
but without success; the fugitives could rot be found. Learn-
ing afterwards that an American vessel the Emerald Isle,
commanded by Capt, Corniss, had sailed that day with emi-
grants for New York, the officers then hied a steam-boat, and
went out to sea in pursuit of her. Alta thirty miles from
land they overtook and boarded the Enerald Isle; and, sure
enough, here was found poor Chiistopltr Mustard and his (?)
lady standing on the quarter deck, the varrant presented, and
the prisoner, pale and trembling, sectred. The lady seemed
afraid also of being left alone on board the vessel. She went
below crying very much, brought up tie family hammock, and
threw it on board the steam-boat vhich had brought the
officers. The prisoner went down biow to get his chests un-
loosed ; but he shortly afterwards returned to the deck with
a brightened countenance, the capain following him, and
ordering the officers to quit the shb. " Quit the ship ! aye,
but with the prisoner. The captah surely would not en-
courage such immorality. The nan had abandoned his
wife and family." The captain thought that was not
his affair. Was Mustard willing to return to England
or would he go to America?
if Mustard :—" I will cer-
tainly not leave the vessel, rou (the captain) will
protect me."—The captain (in the voicellf a Stentor, only
shriller, from the strong Yankeeisn of his dialect) : " Then,
as I am an American, I will prottct you. I sail under the
American flag, I am now on the sigh seas, and I'm blest if
there's a law in England can touch t hair of your head while
you sail under the stripes and stars of the States." Reasoning
against this was beyond quastion. Can any of our lawyers
tell us whether the captain is " blesi ?" Suffice it, the officers
thought their warrant had no jurisdetiop; if it had, it would
apparently have mattered little; aid, aceorxlingly, they left
the vessel, and returned homewards the fugitives proceeding
on their voyage, under the protectim of " the grPat RepOlic."
—Stockton Mercury,