The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 19, 1856.]

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

,T2I3IGBAPH TO TUB ISLE OF MAIC—It is understood that
tie Magnetic Telegraph Company have under consideration
the Propriety of extending their wires to the Isle of Man, by
ItaY of Burrow-head, Wigtownshire.
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,J3LuE-Coer HOSPITAL.—At a meeting of governors of
!'lls institution, on Tuesday, Mr. A. B. Steele was elected
honor honorary surgeon, in the room of Mr. Charles Coates,
whose change of residence rendered his resignation necessary.
FIRE IN UNION-STILKET.—On Thursday night, about nine
tfelock a fire broke out in a bedroom in the house of D.
P,ichards, beerseller, Union-street. The fire brigade were
Boon in attendance, but the fire had been extinguished before
their arrival. The damage sustained was only trifling.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWIY.—At a meeting
61 directors, held on Wednesday, it was decided to recom-
%tend to the proprietors, at their next meeting, to declare a
dividend for the past half-year at the rate of per cent. per
annum.
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AT a meeting of the Bolton bnriabboard, on Monday, a
Alan
was presented for laying ont the intended new cemetery,
Mr. Henderson, of Birlenhead, landscape-gardener and
nurseryman, and it being approved of, he was appointed to
wry it into effect.

iIIST OH THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.—Mr. J. Branson,
!culptor,
mof Norton-street, has just completed an admirable
w(lst inmarble of the present Emperor of France, Napoleon
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It is considered a very faithful likeness, and most artisti-
cally and carefully finished in all its details. Viewed even as
t_Tvork of art, it claims attpntion. The bust may be seen at
Air. Mayer's, silversmith, Lord-street.

DOUGLAS HARBOUR, ISLR or Mezi.—The Harbour Com-
missioners have resolved to improve the harbour of Douglas,
so that passengers may be landed at all stages of the tide with-
out the use of small boats. This will be done by means of a
jetty from the little head, or two-gun battery, extending in a
north-easterly direction about 200 yards, with 23 feet at low-
Water neaps.
STEAMER ON THE ROCKS AT MAUGROLD HEAD.—The
steamer Enniskillen, of Londonderry, got on the rocks at
Latlghold-head, on Monday night week, about ten o'clock,
during a dense fog, on her passage from Liverpool. The great-
est consternation prevailed amongst the passengers. On the
Mowing of the tide she was backed off, with the pumps going,
4id succeeded in making Ramsey-harbour. She now lies
alongside the pierhead, with her fore hold full of water, a large
hole in her bow, and stern broken in pieces ; and is expected
to get into harbour next tide. The Derry steamers have re-
cently been unfortunate at Maughold-head, as this steamer
struck near the place where the Maiden City was wrecked so
very lately. It is time the authorities should place a light on
this promontory, as it is right on the track of the Liverpool
arid Northern traders.—Mona's Herald.

STABBING AT Sr. HELEN'S.—On Wednesday, Christopher
~13radley, of Eccleston, tailor, was brought before Richard Pil-
Elngton, Esq., charged with stabbing William Makin, of
Parr. The prisoner, on Saturday night, was in Oldfield's
Mlle-house, Barrow-street, and being expelled by the land-
lord for drunkenness, he created a disturbance in the street.
Makin, who was in the public-house, came out shortly after
the prisoner had been expelled, when • the latter ran at him
and stabbed him three times with a pocket knife. The
Wounds were of a serious nature. The parties were strangers
to each other, and it is supposed that the prisoner must have
mistaken his victim. • The prisoner was committed for trial
at the assizes.—ln the case of Joseph Kearns, charged with
embezzlement, the magistrate again refused an application for
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CAPTAIN WILI/1A.31&S SCREW PROPELLER.—A new descrip-
tion of screw-propeller, the invention of Captain William
Williams,, commander of the City of Dublin Company's steamer
Windsor, will in a few days be practically tested. One of
these propellers has been made at Scott's foundry, Tranmere,
and is to be attached to the steamer Semaphore, belongiug to
the Belfast Company. The power of the propeller is not ob-
tained as in the ordinary screw, bat by direct action, and while
reducing the revolutions of the engines on an average from
18 to 63, the speed of the vessel is increased. The screw,
Which is now on view at the foundry, has been inspected by
several nautical gentlemen, who speak of the invention in the
Most favourable terms. The experiment to be made must,
however, decide its practical application to the purposes of
steam navigation.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN LONDON-ROAD.—On Wednesday
forenoon a rather alarming accident took place in London-road,
by the collision of a carriage drawn by two horses with one of
the Wavertree omnibuses. The vehicle of Mr. W. T. Callan,
surgeon, of Islington-terrace, was left for a moment by the
coachman in front of the stables, when the horses took fright
and galloped down Islington, along Camden-street, into Lon-
don-road, where they cattle into collision with the leading
horses in Mr. Mattison's Wavertree omnibus, which was
coining into town. The result was that the leaders in the
omnibus were thrown down, and one of the animals, having
been violently struck in the side by the carriage, died almost
immediately afterwards. The other horse also sustained some
injury. After the collision the animals in the carriage dashed
oil towards Pudsey-street, and when at the corner one of them
fell down, and was dragged about a dozen yards. The vehicle
was then stopped, and the horses taken to the stables of Mr.
Wilson, in Lime-street. The carriage was considerably da-
/paged, and one of Mr. Callan's horses was so much injured
that it was thought it would have to be destroyed. There
Were a number of passengers in the omnibus, but none of
them sustained any injury.
HISTORIC SOCIETY.—A meeting of the statistical section
of this society was held on Thursday, in St. George's-hall, J. T.
Damson Ein the chair. Amongst the donations announced
by Dr. Hume, the secretary, was a copy of Thomas Shadwell's
comedy, " The Humourist," dated 1671, dedicated to her
Grace the Duchess of Newcastle, and containing the auto-
graph of the duke. Dr. Thom mentioned that he had re-
ceived a letter from Mr. •James Thompson, of the Chronicle-
Office, Leicester, respecting the celebration of the Preston
Guild every 20 years. His ancestors were natives of Preston
some eenturies ago, and bore a prominent part iu some of
their celebrations. Dr. Hume drew the attention of the
society to some beautiful maps which are in coarse of publi-
cation. They are accurate in detail, and around them are
grouped pictorial and ethnological illustrations. The-secre-
tary announced that the Bth volume of the Transactions of
the Society was in the press, and would soon be ready for the
members. Dr. Thom having taken the chair, Mr. Danson
then proceeded to read a portion of the paper for the evening,
entitled " The Manchester District." The paper was a con-
tinuation of a former one on " Liverpool and the surrounding
townships—their growth of population during the last fifty
Years." It contained a great amount of statistical informa-
tion respecting the progressive increase in the population of
Manchester and the surrounding district since 1801, and ex-
planations of the causes which have operated in varying the
rate of increase in the different localities. Mr. Danson ob-
served that the paper would be published in extenso. Thanks
Were voted to Mr. Dawson, and after a short conversation the
meeting separated.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of this committee
*as held on Thursday, Mr. F. Shand in the chair. The other
Members present were Messrs. Rankin, Gregson, Monde],
Barber, J. Holme, Gladstone, Palmer, Hubback, Anderson,
Robinson, Brocklebank, Rounthwaite, Rathbone, Lockett, and
Evans. The sub-committee of works and the sub-committee
for warehouse management had nothing to report. The
Marine sub-committee submitted a report from the marine
surveyor, to the effect that the Bell-beacon was run foul of and
carried away by the screw-steamer Semaphore, on Sunday ;
and a sum of £3 10s. had been paid to the boatmen who re-
covered the beacon. The sub-committee were directed to have
the necessary repairs executed, and to apply to the owners of
the, Semaphore to make good the damage done. The sub-
committee submitted a diagram of the diurnal fall and rise of
the tide,according to the self-regulating tide-guages at Hilbre-
.island and 'George's-pier. It appeared that in 1855 there
were 224 tides plus, 95 ditto minus, and 15 which agreed with
Holden's tables. The greatest rise of tide was on the 25th
October ; the height was 29 feet, wind west, and the horizon-
tal motion 620. The least rise of tide was on the 26th April ;
the height was 11 feet 4 inches; and the horizontal motion,
194 ; wind variable. A letter was rend from Messrs. James
Baines and Co., requesting the dock committee to grant their
Australian mail ships a priority in entering the graving docks.
The vessels were obliged to be examined by the government
_Surveyor before each sailing; and as very few of the graving
docks were wide enough to admit their ships, they would be
Put to great delay and expense if obliged to wait.—Mr. Lockett
aaid those ships were always accommodated when possible.—
The Chairman : You will give them every facility which you
can ? Mr. Lockett: Yes.—Mr. Brocklebank thought those
ships ought to have no undue advantage. The Chairman :
-:-To ; but he fancied every accommodation would be given as
far as it possibly • could. Referred to the harbour-masters'
sub-committee.—A letter from Messrs. R. W. Preston and
Co., complaining of the excessive charges on rum in the tran-
sit sheds, was referred to the warehouse sub-committee. A
letter was also read from Messrs. Wilson, Son, and Church, as
.tei the charges on mineral waters lying in the Albert-dock.
• The consideration of this subject was before the warehouse
Committee, and the letter was referred to that body. A balance
of £607 Bs. Bd., due to the watch committee on account of the
dock police, was ordered to be paid. The business of the com-
mittee then concluded. .
SINGULA.R. CASS OF FRAirD.—A young woman, named
-Mary Williams, has just been apprehended in Liverpool, on
the charge of having obtained the sum of £2o,hy false pre-
tences, from Mr. Slane, formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury. It
.11:lpears that Mrs. Williams, the wife of a warehouseman living
in Everton, before her marriage, was one of the favourite ser-
vants of the late Mrs. Mucklestoue, of Walford-hall, near
Shrewsbury, who bequeathed to her an annuity of £lO per
annum. Soon after the death of her mistress, Mrs. Williams
came to Liverpool, and was subsequently married. She re-
ceived the annuity for some time, but being in tolerably com-
fortable circumstances, she requested that it might be for-
warded to her every two years. When she received the last
X2CP, she resided in Hotham-street, but she subsequently re-
moved to Everton, where she now resides. Shortly afterwards,
- Mr. Slane addressed a letter to her at her former residence,
and the letter was received by the prisoner Mary Williams.
She opened it, and ascertained from its contents that the per-
Son for whom the letter was intended was entitled to the an-
• unity above referred to. She kept the letter, and opened a
• correspondence with Mr. Slane, in the course of which she
- ascertained the nature of the annuity and the mode of pay-
rnent. She ultimately informed Mr. Slane that he must in
future address his communications to her at No. 3, Finch-place,
• Whither she bad removed. Letters were addressed to her
'there accordingly; and the first result was, that in February,
1855, having written to Mr. Slane to the effect that she was
desirous of altering the arrangement of receiving her annuity
at the expiration of two years, she received a cheque for .£lO.
This cheque was cashed at the bank of Messrs Heywood and
Sons. In August of the same year, Mary Williams again
wrote to Mr. Slane, saying that she was placed in unforeseen
Pecuniary difficulties, and asking, that gentleman to remit her
46 out of the next yearly annuity. This request was com-
Plied with, and the money drawn on the 25th of that month.
In December last, the girl once more communicated with Mr.
Slane, stating that she was near her confinement, and soliciting
the favour of his remitting her the balance of the year's an-
nuity- He replied that it was not due before February, 1856,
but that, nevertheless, if she were really pressed for the money,
she should be accommodated. The application was accordingly
renewed in the most pathetic terms, and the result was the
remittance and receipt of the £5. A few days ago, the time
having arrived for Mrs. Williams to receiveher annuity for the
Past two years, she addressed a letter to Mr. Shane requesting
that he would kindly forward the full amount. The fraud
was! immediately discovered, and inquiries were instituted,
'inch resulted in the apprehension of the prisoner, on Monday
lest, in a house at the back of Blake-street. Being near her
confinement, she was removed to the Workhouse, where she
will remain until she is able to appear before the magistrates
1 to answer the charge made against her.