The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

MR. Daw has been promoted from the comptrollership of
Leith to the office of comptroller of the Liverpool customs.
TnR rumour of the loss of the Pacific has been contradicted.
She was at Constantinople on the 20th instant.
SAmtrEL DEAN, a man who lived in Gloucester-place, Low-
hill, fell off the roof of a house in Towerland-street, on Tues-
day, and was instantly killed.

THE WHITE STAR SHIP MERMAID, Captain Edward
Devey, left this port on Wednesday, with the Australian
mails, having also about 360 passengers, and a very valuable
cargo.
THE Mayor will give his first official dinner on Thursday
next. The first dinner is facetiously called "the goose feast,"
all the members of the council being invited.

ON SUNDAY, the annual simultaneous collections were made
at the various churches in this town and neighbourhood, in aid
of the local charities.

THE CIISTOMS.—Mr. Richard Hankin has been appointed
a clerk in the long room at Liverpool. Mr. J. C. Downey has
been promoted from the sixth to the fifth class of clerks in the
long room at. Liverpool.

On Saturday morning, an old man, named William Nelson,
was found dead in bed at his residence, 27, Windsor-street,
Toxteth-park. The deceased was a superannuated custom-
house officer.

JoUN FORD, a well-known thief, was, on Saturday, com-
mitted for trial, charged with stealing a quantity of clothing
from the house of Mr. Groom, of Clarence-street, Everton.
THE British and North American mail steamer America,
Captain Harrison, sailed on Saturday for Boston, with 15Q
passengers, and a full cargo.
MR. LAMONT, writing to a contemporary,--suggests that
illuminated clocks should be placed in a watch-tower, to be
erected on the George's pier, in such positions that they could
be seen by persons coming from any direction.

COMMERCIAL WAG eIERY.—The following was announced
on 'Change on Friday, as an extract from one of the trade
circulars of the day :—" There are spoons in sugar, coffee has
risen without grounds, and tea has gone to pot."

3bin EDLESTON, plumber and glazier, was, on Saturday,
Convicted in the penalty of £5, or in default, to be committed
for two months, for violently assaulting his aged father and
mother, while in a state of intoxication, because they would
not furnish him with the means of gratifying his depraved
appetite.
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ON Saturday, a runaway cow, from the Salford fair, being
closely pursued upon the Victoria-bridge, ➢ianchester, turned
suddenly on the centre of the bridge and leaped over the
parapet into the Irwell. It instantly made its way to the
Salford bank, and was with some difficulty driven into the
street again through the timber yard on that side of the river.

TILE Liverpool Riggers' and Mariners' Equitable and Acci-
dent Burial Society held their second anniversary, on Tuesday,
by a tea-party and ball, at the Temperance-hotel, Upper Par-
liament-street. Mr. B. P. Evans occupied the chair. Up-
wards of one hundred sat down to tea ; and, after singing and
reciting, dancing commenced, and was kept up to a late hour.
TFLE screw-steamer Euphrates, of 2,400 tons, built by
Messrs. Stephen and Son, Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow, and engined
by Messrs. John Bourne and Co., which was under charter to
the French Government, was- offered for sale by auction in
Marseilles on Friday week. She was bought in for 780,000 f.
(£32,-500) by the'owner, who afterwards sold ber by private
bargain to the eminent house of Tnnache and Co.—Greenock
Advertiser.

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At SCONDED.—A young man, named W. Waterworth, a
native of St. Helen's, employed by Messrs. Wilson and Jes-
pa ,
of about Preston ioohaesab.sconnidgedbrNovtihther.gholoidaswr
jdohmnol
jmoyys, of the
'value
vas a baker in the service of Mr. Moore, of Northgate, Black-
burn, is also missing. Waterworth, who is about 25 years of
age, has left behind him a wife and one child, and Joys a
wife and two children.
A SALT PANIC'."-I)llThRg the week some excitement has
been caused at the south end of the town by the rumour that
the government Was about to impose a duty upon salt. On
Monday and Tuesday the shops were literally besieged, and
the article became -so 'scarce that people were running in all
directions for a supply. Large, dealers and bakers are now
muchsupp tylysienagrctiherelves extensively, and there is not likely to be
Rommut- of £2lo.—On Friday, Police-officer 764, charged
Mary 'Thompson, Anne Burns, and Henry Green with rob-
bing Mr. Fothergill, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Cox, of
2240 in bank notes. The prisoners were taken into custody
at the request of Fothergill, and on the person of Burns was
found 1252105.. in bank notes. Thompson was discharged,
-and the other prisoners were remanded, as Fothergill, the
principal Proseentor,did not appear. -
REZceer itrs TRACT SOCIHTY.—There VaS a special meeting'
of the Religious Tract Society, at the Collegiate Institution,
on Fritay,-the Rev. F. Parry presiding. The first resolutien
was Im-wed-by the Rev. Mr. Jaffray, the deputation from the
Paretit Society, and seconded by the Rev. Hagh.Stowell, of
Man-chegimv. The Rev. Dr. Archer proposed the second reso,
andiit was seconded by the Rev. J. Kelly. The society
was stated to be urgently in need of `increased support.
ROVBE ¢y.—At the Police-court, on Friday, John and Mary
Evans, man and wife, were charged with Stealing from the
shop of Mr. Johns, in Oldhall-street. The male prisoner was
an asilthuit in the shop, and by the aid of ;his wife be carried
of biddies of clothes, hoSiery, &c., to 'their house in 42, j
Bridgettater-street, where it was found 'by the police. They ,
were •-remanded for a week. Mr. Johns said that he had ,
missed/upwards of £2OO worth of goods.
-IttE'NutSINCE RE Koval- T . —On Tuesday an adjourned '
;,•vestry'meeting of the ratepayers of Bootle was held for the
purpose of appointing a committee; to be called The Nuisance
Removal Committee," under-the act passed last session. The
meeting, which numbered forty or fifty gentlemen, was pre-
sided over by Mr. Alderman Robinson. A committee consist-
° ing of twelve gentlemen was appointed, and it was resolved
that itu first meeting should take place this evening.
ForlinEnricf ov -..k VEREEL.—The schooner Peter Towkes,
from :Liverpool for the West Indies, was fallen in with on
Mond?y, last week, beating towards Cork Harbour. The
sehoonar reported that she
,had been in collision, it is sup-
poged the day before, with another vessel, and that, a short
time after they struck, the latter went dawn, with all hands
on board. The schooner -had her bows beaten in, and suffered
other istjuries, but her arrival is expected in the course of a
day or two. The name of the vessel that was lost has not
been ascertained.—Gark • :&rxerniner.

LAMUCII OF AN EAST dwurant.A.x.—,On Thursday a fine
• ship,.named the Fort George, was launched from the ship-
building yard•of Messrs. Simons, .at Whiteinch. She is in-
tendedicor the East India trade, is of 700 tons register, and is
the property of Messrs. Clint and Co., of Liverpool. She is
classed 2A 1 at Lloyds, and is also fully rigged with galvan-
ized wise, being the 'sixteenth vessel in ~.which her builders
have aeSepted that material, since the ship William Connal
was bat by them, which was the first fatly-rigged ship in
this country.— Glasgow Mail.
f/TENEW BOROUCIE•Gmcri...—The costly iatilding at Walton,
with itsTalatial exterior, butcwntaining Within its walls such
; refined:and effective modes .:of punishment, is becoming a
4, veritable:terror to -evil-does. The colonies of pickpockets,
magsmen, and houseln,aakers,who.have hitherto infested the
purlieus ,of this town,:acid 'Whom a three months' servitude
in the ole.:gaol was the meant ,ef obtaining a TLea sant rendez-
' vows ratlicr than of :Receiv-Ing salutary punishment, are
emigrating in shoals to din tricts where the nature of the
prison aecom modation rcntlere.the dreaded salitary confinement
InaPractE
Lite...u.
Tal . OF LANCASTIWE: 'OWN RIFLIDE.—The General
commanding in Scotland: (Lord Melville) recently inspected
the Duke of Lancaster's Own :Kies, stationed ate Glasgow, and
eras so muchinleased.withtlieirmartial appearanee.and efficiency
!that he took,lor a considerable time, the command of the
'regiment. After having manoeuvred them, he declared to the
lieut.-colonel,iiir Thomas llesketh, Bart., and :the officers,
t s:at he was ;pseud to say the regiment was •unequalled in
t-I,Seotland width, from an old :veteran,- both officers and men
onay consider. agreat compliment. The men are principally
,recruited from here, and it is clearttliat Capt. A-spanall, corn-
llender of the .depot and rduperhatendent of the,denartment,
iftes sent, o headquarters theright stuff. Theregiment is now
quite full, but still., as they are ,:daily expecting pernstission to
,retlainter into theEne, and most ofti;ein are ready to-nerve, as
liege numbers hale :previously .done, Capt. Aspinalilarill now
dalard men standUng.not less than-5 feet 8 inches.
, LOCAL WAIL '63tE4.— A number of naval .voinnteers,
amennting to about/4,0, were sent upto London on Thursday
froothis town. Tirfy are considered-the finest batch of men
hitherto received in !this district. fater being planed on
board'tlie government tender Crocodile they will be &cited
to ,uarious ships as ‹circumstances ,reouire. On Sat day
morning, the Cunard steamship Arabia, which has been .for
some titre employed as :a government tunasport, arrived at this
port from Kingstown, agil=e had on hoard She Limerick county
naltia„,cousisting of 10 ..etiCerS and 819 men ; there were also
several women and children, and a number of horses. Some
of the eaer.,were landed at !Birkenhead mad others at Liverpool;
but With ivgard to their future movements no orders. have
yet been .received. After clearing out, 'tire Arabia will
resume her station, and make regular trips between this port
and Amerien,,earrying the :nails, &c. The steamship Niagara
is shortly expected here from Kingstown, with more men
belonging to kith militia regiments.
PARENTAL DR3PRAVIT,Y.—.A. 'ferocious and squelid-looking
man was brought before the police magistrate, on Thursday,
,charged with having attempted:to suffocate his threethildren,
iby setting fire to-the house .in vilifch they were in bed. It
appeared that, late on -Wednesday, the police constable in
.6ilbert-street, when passing along, had his attention •arrested
'by erolumes of dense smoke issuing from the door of the Amuse.
Ontentering, the policeman found the:apartment enveloped in
flames, and
were nearlytlireech suffocated. The T
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the
hhoism faet.hderre:nk, and said he :would set the .house on fire; ou
which he took a piece of paper out of his pocket, lighted it.,
and set .fire to a straw bed. The child further stated that
neither he nor his brother and slater had tasted food for two
;days previously to the fire. The wretched delinquent was
remanded for seven days.
Toga STRIKE 4T MANCHESTER.—The strike continues. It
is reported that Messrs. Fothergill and Harvey's , work-people
have compromised the question with their employers, and
have mourned work at ld. per thousand hanks reduction,
instead of 2d., as first offered. The number of operatives out
of work is gradually increasing, and, according to a near esti-
mate, it would appear that the utmost number of hands out of
employ does not exceed 3400, of whom at least IMO are not on
strike, but have been compelled to stop in consequence of
being dependent far work on the spinners and piecers, who
have struck. Should the strike at Messrs. Simpson and Co.'s
mill, Crumpsall; go on, about 300 additional operatives will be
thrown but of work in consequence of the 150 spinners and
piecers having struck. - The strike (generally) is one of coarse
spinners, or the makers of low counts of yarn. The case of
the employers and operatives is put in something like the
following shape by either party :—The employers say they are
paying an average of nearly 25 per cent. more than the country
employer is paying for the same work, and propose to take off
10 or 12per cent. The operatives do not deny the fact of
extra prices, but allege thatthe cost of living is greater in a
large town like Manchester. The masters, while admitting
the extra cost of living, reply that the question is not one of
good-will towards their workpeople in a time of bad trade and
minimum profits, but a question of sheer existence for both
masters and men. They can only compete with other manu-
facturers in the market by paying something like the same
wages ; and to show that this is no idle talk, they point to the
gradual decay of coarse spinning in Manchester for some years
past. The operatives are peaceable as yet. There has been a
proposition to go about with begging boxes, but it has not
been adopted, NeSqs. Peolley's men gave notice on Thurs-
day.