The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

JorN BRAMLET-MOORE, Esq., M.P., was presented by the
Earl of Ellesmere to the Queen, at the levee, on Wednesday
last.
THE Health Committee have placarded the streets in the
most thickly-populated parts of the town with large posting
bills, which state that any person or persons placing deposits
in the public streets, or creating offensive smells injurious to
health, will be liable to indictment and a penalty of £5.

FOG GuNs AT HOLYHEAD.—In answer to a memorial from
the Liverpool Steam-ship Association, the marine department
of the Board of Trade have ordered two guns, 24-pounders, to
be placed on the South Stack Rock, at Holyhead, which are
to be fired every half-hour, in quick succession, in foggy wea-
ther. Due notice will be given when the guns are ready for
use. _ _ _

^✓THE LATE EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—On. Wednesday,
Robert Wilson, the cashier for Messrs. Brocklebank, in Rum-
ford-street, was again brought up for examination. The ad-
ditional evidence of defalcation was one for £6OO on the Ist
of February, and one for £650 on the 4th of February, to
Messrs. Lea and Waddington ; another for £3Bl Os. 6d. on
the 6th of February, to Messrs. J. and T. Beckwith. The
prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes. It was stated
that the salary of the prisoner was £250 per annum.
SALE OF CORPORATION PROPERTY.—The sale of Corpora-
tion property, which was commenced on Wednesday, by
Messrs. Winstanley and Sons, was resumed on Thursday, by
Mr. Branch. The number of lots sold on Thursday was
eighteen, realising a total sum of £10,040. Including the
proceeds of Wednesday's sale, the gross sum received by the
Corporation for the buildings and lands sold during the two
days has been £22,395. This did not include the site of the
old Borough Gaol, which was not sold ; but it included the
old materials of the gaol, which sold for £2,300.
MADAME GOLDSCHMIDT LIND AND ST. GEORGE'S HALL.
—We understand that Madame Goldschmidt Lind will sing
in two concerts, in St. George's Hall, in April. Mr. Mitchell,
of London, the manager of the Lind concerts, was at Mr.
Best's organ performance, on Monday night, when he mi-
nutely inspected both the St. George's Hall and the New
Concert Hall, and expressed himself highly pleased with both.
The latter is nearly finished, and only wants the new chan-
deliers, which will, when completed, cost 400 guineas. It is
said that the admission to the Lind concerts, at the St,
George's Hall, will be at the rate of a guinea and half a guinea.

PROGRESS OF THE NEW LANDING-STAGE.—This work, the
major part of which is being constructed by Messrs. Thomas
Vernon and Son, on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, is rapidly
progressing. Twenty-four of the pontoons are finished and on
the ground, and six more are nearly ready under the large
shed were they are constructed, so that in a week or two thirty
of the pontoons will be ready, being somewhat more than half
the length of the new stage. The makers are carrying on the
work with great energy, and they will be ready to remove the
first portion of the work into its place in July or August.

MEETING OF SILVERSMITHS AND WATCH-CASE MANRFAC-
TIIRERS.—On Friday evening, a meeting of the silversmiths
and watch-case manufacturers of this town was held at the
Clarendon-rooms, to adopt measures to prevent the abolition
of the Chester and other provincial assay-offices, as proposed
by the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Wilson, with-a view to
their centralization in London • and to take steps to obtain
the establishment of a Local Hall of Assay in Liverpool. Mr.
Samuel Quilliam was called to the chair. Resolutions, em-
bodying the above object, were adopted.
LIVERPOOL ASYLUM FOR ORPHAN BUM—The annual
meeting of this institution was held on Wednesday, in the
school-room of the institution, in Myrtle-street, when it was
stated that the institution, which supports 72 children, was in
debt to the amount of £253. The building and furniture were
said to be paid for, and it was hoped by the chairman and
president of the institution that, with increased exertions
amongst the committee and their friends, the debt would be
wiped off before the next meeting. The chairman (Mr. Har-
mood Banner) himself announced that he would give a dona-
tion of £5O towards that object.

BRUTALITY TO WIVREL—James Kenyon, aged 38, a plas-
terer and publican at -Blackburn, was tried at the assizes at
Lancaster, on Thursday last, and found guilty of the man-
slaughter of his wife. It appeared that Mrs. Kenyon really
died of consumption.; but it was shown that the prisoner had
been in the habit of ill-using her, and the question left to the
jury by the judge'(Mr. Baron Martin) was whether they
thought her death itad been accelerated by the violence of the
prisoner. The jury found the prisoner guilty. His lordship,
in passing sentence on the prisoner, said that cases of brutal
violence to women were now so common, that he thought it
necessary for the-ends of public justice, and with the concur-
rence of his brother judge, whom he had consulted on the
matter, to pass Ripon the prisoner the heaviest sentence which
the law allowed. The sentence of the court was, that he be
transported for the term of his natural life. The sentence
appeared to create much sensation in court.
BANKRUPT COURT. In re J. Orippin: The bankrupt
in this case, who was one of the late proprietors of the Rock
Ferry, came before Mr. Commissioner Perry to apply for his
certificate. M. Dodge supported the bankrupt, and Mr.
Evans appeared for the assignees. His Honour, in giving
judgment, said that there we two circumstances in the case
which called not only for censure but some punishment at
the hands oftbe court. The first of these was the making by
the bankrupt of a settlement on his wife at a time when he
knew that his affairs were not'in a position to justify him in
doing so ; and the second, the fabrication of two vouchers for
the receipts of the Rock Ferry, of which he was one of the
lessees, within a certain time. There was no proof, it was
true, that those vouchers did not represent the correct amount
of the receipts ; but, nevertheless, the circumstance could not
be overlooked. On these grounds, the certificate should be
suspended for twelve months, without protection for the pre-
sent, and should be of the third class.--.ln me Mansfield :
This bankrupt, who carried on business in Liverpool as a toy
dealer, passed his last examination on Thursday, before Mr.
Commissioner Stevenson, and the 27th of March was fixed
for his certificate.

NEWRY, WAILRENPOINT, AND ROSTEVORMAILWAY.—The
shareholders in this railway held their twentieth half-yearly
general meeting on Tuesday, in the Clarendon-rooms. Mr.
Charles Holland presided. He congratulated the proprietors
upon their improved prospects since the line had come into
their ownlands ; stated that the working was most economi-
cally managed ; and that, though a smaller amount of goods
had been ,conveyed during the half-year than during Mr.
Dargan's•lease, the receipts tad been greater, and the number
of passengers continued steadily to increase. They anticipated
making an arrangement with the Navigation Company, which
would considerably increase the traffic. The Belfast Junction
Company, the chairman mentioned also, intended to work their
goods traffic, in carts and omnibuses, from the new goods
station at Mullinglass ; and from this source also a good deal
of extra traffic might be expected. All the liabilities would,
he believed, be met by the sale of the land at Warrenpoint,
which was increasing in.vglue. The revenue account showed
a balance of £759 in favour of the shareholders. This was
available for dividend ; but keeping in view the continued
difficulty of borrowing money on debenture, 'the directors
recommended that it should be placed to the credit of revenue
account. The report, all the facts in which the chairman
embodied in this speech, was adopted ; Messrs. .Shand and
Heath, retiring directors, were re-elected ; Mr. Fitzadam
elected a director, in place .of Mr. Vendeleur, resigned ; Mr.
Joseph Wren appointed auditor, in place of Mr.:Fitzadam ;
and £l2O placed at the disposal of the directors.

ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY COMPANY.—The half-
yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this .company
was held on Thursday, at the-station, at St. Helen's. Gilbert
Greenall, Esq., the chairman •of the company presided. Mr.
Sinclair, the secretary, read the report of the directors, from
which it appeared that the increase in the gross traffic receipts
for the six months just ended., when compared with the same
period of 1854, is £3,475, against which must be placed an
increase of renewal and working charges of £1,984, and of
interest of loans and preference dividends of £586. The:gross
revenue for the half-year is £35,176 12s. 3d. ; and .after the
deduction of 39 per cent. of that amount working charges,
and £7,835 ss. 2d. for payment of interest on loans, renewal
of permanent way, and two-half years' contribution to the
,cost of additional works, there remains £13,657 Bs. 6d, which,
with the addition of £B4 4s. .5d., the balance left after
payment of the dividend declared at the last general meeting,
makes a total surplus of £1.3,741 12s. 11d. Out of this the
directors propose that the following dividends should be
declared for the past half-year: —Of 21- per cent. on stock (B).;
3 per cent. on stock (C) ; 2j- per.eent. on stock (D) ; 2-1- per
cent. on the £25 shares, 1852 ; 2i per cent, on the £2O shares,
1853.; and 3 per cent. on the £2O shares, 1855 ; leaving a
balance of £B9B 9s. 2d. to be tarried to the next account.
The return of passengers conveyed during the years 1855
shows a decrease of 74,201 on the number conveyed in 1864;
but there is an increase of 68,236 tons in the weight of coal
and merchandise carried. The report was adopted.
ALLEGED Docic ROBBERIES.—At the Police-court, on Wed-
nesday, Robert Wilson, a good-looking, respectably-attired
young man, who has been for the last nine or ten years in the
employ of Mr. Lamont, of the Glasgow Steamship Company,
as shipping-clerk, was brought up on a charge of being con-
cerned in robberies from the Clarence Dock. The detectives,
in their researches after the perpetrators, discovered some
hearth-rugs in Wilson's house, and a white wrapper resemb-
ling one which had formed the covering to a lost portmanteau,
of which Mr. Lamont had received a description from the
owner. On questioning Wilson as to his possession of the
hearth-rugs, he at once acknowledged that he had taken them
from the quay, and that he had sold some of them to two other
parties, one of whom had gone to the Crimea. Mr. Lamont
gave the prisoner an excellent character, and said that two
men employed on the quay were originally suspected ; but
from their information, and the discoveries that the officers
had made, they (the officers) deemed it necessary to place Wil-
son in charge. Mr. Wilson said to the officers that the goods
had been lying on the quay for two years, without any address,
and that no claim of ownership had been made upon them.
Mr. Lamont wished it to he understood that they did not
generally conduct their business in that loose manner; on the
contrary, unclaimed goods were warehoused if not claimed
within a reasonable time,. and such were his instructions.
Detective Sullivan stated that he and Carlisle also found some
handkerchiefs in Wilson's house, which he produced, observ-
ing that he had been so busy with the case that they had not
had time to perfect the evidence. Mr. T. S. Raffles appeared
for Wilson; and, after a brief interrogation of the witnesses,
he applied for bail, if his client were remanded. To this the
magistrate consented, and the prisoner was remanded for seven
days.

SELBCT VESTRY.—Mr. Woodruff presided at the meeting
of this body, on Tuesday. The proceedings of the finance
committee included a letter from Lord Courtenay, secretary
to the Poor-law Board, in reference to the mode in which
applications for relief are ordinarily heard and decided. Lord
Courtenay said :—" The board are of opinion that the practice
of the Select Vestry, in dividing themselves into sections for
this purpose, is not authorised by the provisions of the local
act, or by the regulations of the board relating to the parish;
but that the orders for relief should, on each occasion, be
given by the Select Vestry sitting as aboard. If, however,
it. be considered desirable that the practice should be con-
tinued, the board, on application made to. them to that effect,
will be ready to issue an order, to authorise the Select Vestry
to divide themselves into a committee, for the purpose of
fearingV applications for relief. A copy of the order referred
to, which has been issued by the board in several cases, is
herewith enclosed for the information of the Select Vestry."
the committee, having considered this letter, had resolved,
That the Poor-law Board be informed, that in the appoint-
ment of committees, in order to a due distribution of its
labours and responsibilities amongst the different members,
the vestry considers itself to have been justified by the pro-
visions of, the poor-law act, and that in this view they are
supported by the opinion of their legal adviser, as well as by
the opinion which was expressed by the poor-law commis-
sioners themselves when the subject was brought under their
consideration." The proceedings of the committee were con-
firmed, after a somewhat wrangling discussion, Mr. Chesney
challenging the mode in which the quorums were conducted,
and Mr. Denton and Mr. Bradley defending then.