The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

ARRIVAL AT ST. CLOUD.

At a quarter to nine o'clock the august party arrived at St.
Cloud, the arrival being announced by salutes from the ar-
tillery stationed in the grounds. On alighting from the
carriage Her Majesty was received at the foot of the magnifi-
cent staircase by the Empress and her Royal Highness the
Princess Mathilde, and the ladies and officers of the household
of the Empress, the marshals of the palace, and the
ladies and officers appointed to be in attendance on Her
Majesty during her stay in Paris. There were also present
the great officers of the empire, M. Fould, the Minister of
State and the Minister of the Household of the Emperor, and
Count Walewski, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Having
reached the landing-place of the grand staircase, the Emperor
presented to Her Majesty the ministers, grand officers, and
the officers of the household. At half-past nine o'clock dinner
was served in the grand gallery of Diana, the chef d'oeuvre of
the great painter Mignard. Their Majesties returned to the
grand apartments, where they remained until eleven o'clock.
St. Cloud and Paris were brilliantly illuminated during the
whole of the evening.
On Sunday Her Majesty and members of the Royal Family
remained quiet at St. Cloud during the day. There was a
dinner en famille, and a performance of sacred music by the
Conservatoire de Musique.

FATAL FALL INTO A CELLAR.—On the 14th inst., (Thurs-
day last,) John Briggs, an old master marine, who lived at
66, Vernon-street, fell into a cellar area, and received severe
injuries. He was taken to the Northern Hospital by officer
578, where he died at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday.
MARRIED.—On the 17th inst., at St. John's Church, by
the Rev. G. L. Ireland, 8.A., Mr. James Groves to Miss Jane
Smith.—On the 19th inst., Mr. John Blower to Miss Frances
Fagan.—On the 20th inst., Mr. Thomas Jones to Miss Grace
Chambers.—On the same day, Mr. Richard Burnett to Miss
Mary Ann Bates.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT LOWER TRANMERE.—About eleven
o'clock on Sunday night a man named Williams, a plasterer,
who lives in the immediate neighbourhood, in climbing over a
garden wall, got to near the edge of the old quarry at the rear
of the post-office, in Lower Tranmere, and stumbled in, falling
a distance of many feet, and sustaining such injuries that his
life is despaired of. He had been playing the part of a "gay
Lothario,' and was under the influence of liquor at the time.
ST. THOMAS'S SCHOOLS, TOXTETII-PARR.— Upwards of 800
of the children of these schools had their annual excursion to
fields in Aigburth on Thursday last. In the fields one lady
gave the children 1,000 currant buns. St. Thomas's School-
rooms have of late undergone a thorough and most advanta-
geous change : the old rooms have been raised in height, and
so large and handsome are the new additions which have been
made to them, that they are now among the fine stand most
convenient schoolrooms in Liverpool. There are, we believe,
20 teachers in these schools. In honor of the opening of the
new rooms, the children were regaled on Thursday evening
with fruited bread and tea.
FIRE AT THE ALBERT DOCK WAREHOITSES.—Abont four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, the alarm was given that a fire
had broken out in vault No. 8, of the Albert Dock Ware-
houses. Immediately on the intelligence reaching the fire
engine department, Mr. Hewitt, the active superintendent,
was speedily in attendance with an engine and apparatus for
extinction of the fire ; Mr Gregson also hastened to the spot.
Fortunately before their arrival, the fire, which bad been dis-
covered Immediately on its breaking out, had been extin-
guished, and all further cause of alarm had ceased. It ap-
peared that, as the porters were piling bags of nitrate of soda
in the passage of the vault, one of the moveable gas pendants
was knocked against the corner of a bag, which instantly
ignited, spreading quickly into a serious flame. Mr.Cowan, the
superintendent, was immediately on the spot, and, under the
influence of his direction, the workmen speedily extinguished
the fire.

TILE SHNHEN SHIP EETRIEVER.—After several failures,
the efforts to raise this capsized and sunken vessel are pro-
gressing favourably. On Friday week the lighters and flats
moored to her got a " lift," but about noon on the following
day, during a strong ebb tide, the chain snapped and all the
lifting vessels broke adrift. All the work had thus to be done
over again, and in a shorter time too, for it was understood
that if the Tug Company did not succeed in moving her out_of
the fair way of the channel by the 20th, the conservator oft he
river would insist upon her being blown up, in order to pre-
vent accidents to other vessels. On Saturday last, however,
the divers succeeded in getting the strong admiralty chains
under the vessel, and lifting operations began again. During
the flood tide on Saturday forenoon, she was got up as far as
Birkenhed Ferry, on Sunday to above Tranmere Ferry, and
yesterday nearly as far as Rock Ferry, inside all the buoys in
the Sloyne. Her ultimate recovery, therefore, is now only a
matter of days, as it is fully expected that the flood tides at the
latter end of next week will enable her to be safely beached at
New Ferry. It remains to be seen whether the lengthened
straining she has had to undergo has done her any material
injury.
REVIEW OF THE ROYAL LANCASHIRE ARTILLERY YES-
TEEDAY.—An interesting and loyal ceremony took place at
the Bootle Fort, Huskisson-dock, yesterday. The regiment of
Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery, which some months since
were enrolled for active service, and at present garrison the
fort, were reviewed and inspected by Col. Turner, R.A., who
was accompanied by Capt. Campbell, R.A. The regiment,
numbering about 400 rank and file, were paraded about half-
past eleven o'clock, and put through battalion movements and
gun drill. When the inspection was concluded; Col. Turner
made a stirring speech to the men, in which he highly com-
plimented them on the efficiency of their drill, which was
responded to by cheers, and the compliment acknowledged by
Sir Duncan M`Dougall, Lieut.-Colonel commanding the regi-
ment. The men then dispersed to their dinner, and re-assem-
bled at two o'clock. After going through farther exercises,
the men were drawn up in line, and 68 volunteers into the
iloyal Artillery, who bad gladly responded to the call of their
Queen and country, stepped forward from their ranks. After
expressing his pleasure to the corps at this farther proof of
their loyalty, Col. Turner concluded the inspection and the
proceedings terminated. We are glad to hear that recruits
for this fine regiment are plentiful—indeed, more offer than
can be accepted, for only very superior men are received.
INVESTS YESTERDAY.—The following cases were investi-
gated at the Coroner's Court ;—Cliarles William Welsh, 12
months old, the son of a tailor residig.at 20, Christian-street,
was taken ill with bowel complaint on Wednesday week. His
mother took it to Mr. Strawson's, druggist, Islington, on
Wednesday last, when a mixture was made up for it. The
mother, according to the directions, administered two tea-
spoonsful that night, and the child fell asleep, but its slumber
was disturbed by fits and starts. Next morning, another tea-
spoonful was administered, when the father asserted that the
child had been poisoned. The mother took it again to Mr.
Strawson, who pronounced it to be dying, and directed her to
take it to the Royal Infirmary. This she did, and the surgeon
desired her totake it home again, where he followed her, and,
According to her description, " shook the child about a good
deal," and ordered to keep it out in the air as much as possi-
ble, awl " give it no more of the mixture." The child
got worse, and died on Sunday night. The father, feeling dis-
satisfied as to the mixtureprepared at Mr.Strawson's,the coroner
ordered a post wortena examination, which was made yes-
terday. The surgeon discovered lengthened inflammation of
the bowels, but no deleterious matter in the stomach, as-
signing death from natural causes. The jury returned a
verdict acordingly.—On Satnrday, police-officer 587 found a
dark complexioned man, dressed like an American sailor,
lying in Market-street, near St. John's Market, apparently
suffering from the pains of cholera. With the assistance of
another officer, the man was taken to the Infirmary,
where he died in their presence, having never spoken.
His name was not known. A surgeon attributed death to
congestion of the brain, and a verdict was returned to that effect.
—Robert Butler, an old man, 70 years of age, who lodged with
a widow, at 37, Preston-street, and gained a livelihood by
begging, was found lying dead on the floor of the kitchen, on
Monday morning. He had for some time been so troubled
with a bad cough and asthma that he was afraid to go to bed
or lie down, Verdict, death from natural ow,