The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

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TEMPERANCE TEA-PARTY:—Thy Liverpool South Total THE Singapore Free Press reports three deaths within a
Abstinence Society celebrated their sixth anniversary by a week from tigers, inquired_into_ by the coroner, and declares
tea-party, in the Teutonic-hall, Lime-street, on Tuesday. After that it is no exaggeration to say that at least one person a
tea, Mr. John. Carter, the president of the society, took the day is killed by tigers in Singapore. The victims, however,
chair, and addressed the company at considerable length on are generally Chinese coolies ; and as a European or two miast
the subject of temperance, and the success of their association. be slain before anything will be done to remedy. the evil, the
Addresses were also delivered by Mr. F. Bishop, Dr. Eden, Free press is almost induced to entertain the wish that some
Mr. J. Russell, air. Watts, and other gentlemen. During the of the government officials may have the misfortune to be
course of the evening several temperance melodies were sung, amongst the next victims.
with piano-forte accompaniment. .
MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
POSTAGE To Ausaneare.—General Post-office, November, —Mr. Ryder, the secretary to this society, has given notice
1855.—0 n and from the 7th instant, the postage on letters that a special general meeting of the society will be held at_
addressed to the colony of Victoria, (Australia), whether con- the Nags Head Hotel, Warrington to-morrow, to receive the
veyed by packet or by private ship, will again be reduced to 6d. inspector's report on crops (class 2), and slackings (class 3),
when not exceeeing half an ounce in weight ; ls. when exceed- and to award prizes thereon ; to revise the society's rules and
ing half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce; and so on, list of prizes ;to audit the treasurer's accounts ; to appoint
increasing is. for each ounce or fraction of an ounce. This officers for the next year; to fix the time and place for hold-
postage will include both the British and colonial rates, and ing next year's show of live stock, &c., and on general
it may be paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded un- business.
paid, at the option of the sender. A FURIOUS CONVICT.—A sanguinary conflict took place a
FIRE.—On Friday afternoon a fire broke out in the pre- few days ago at the prison at Ghent. At the time of the
mises belonging to Mrs. Johnson, Pleasant-street, and evening meal, a prisoner named Van Rompaey refused to come
occupied by Mr. Corlett, cabinet-maker, &c. There was a down, and, on being remonstrated with by one 'of the jailors
large quantity of finished cabinet goods, which, together and anotherprisoner, attacked the former with a large pair
with the flooring of the place, was entirely consumed, as well of scissors, and severely wounded him, aossessios well n
as anothether pri-
as the workmen's tools, which were their own property. soner who interfered. Rompaey got pof others re
None of the goods or implements were insured. The West of the jailor, but was-disarmed. In the scuffle he received a
of England fire engine was shortly on the spot, and rendered wound in the abdomen, from the effects of which he died
effective service by playing on the adjoining houses, which during the night. No motive could be assigned for his violence.
were thus preserved. It is reported that the fire originated THE HYDE-PARK NUISANCES.—Another low mob again as-
in consequence of some children having been playing with sembled in the park on Sunday. A notice had been issued
some fire adjacent to the premises. that a disturbance would not be tolerated, and. 1,000 police
SUPPOSED Loss OF A PRESTON STEAMER.—Great excite- were present to enforce it. A mounted detachment broke
ment has been created in Preston, by the rumoured loss of upon any large groups as -fast -as they were formed, whilst
the Lady Lindsay, iron screw-steamer, of that port, in the gale large reserves were ready to act if necessary. The people,
of Tuesday week. The Lady Lindsay is a new Dutch-built after yelling and hooting for several hours
S, disper
great for-
Lytham dock on Monday fortnight, which place she left for bearance. The greatest number of persons present at one
Dublin, between three and four o'clock on Tuesday morning, time may have been 10,000 or 12,000. Their conduct was
She ought to have reached her destination on Wednesday very troublesome, but not dangerous.
week, and to have returned to Preston on the following day ; TOBACCO FI3IINE IN FRANCE.—An unusual circumstance
but no tidings have been received of her. The length of time
elapsed almost
the belief is, precludes the hope that she may have escaped, has created no little sensation at Bayonne—during the last
ela
and that she must have come into collision with few days there have been no cigars nor tobacco for sale! The
stocks of the various dealers and that of the depot became
some other vessel during the gale of Tuesday, and have faun- completely exhausted, owing, as was said, to the inundations
dared.. There were fourteen persons on board when she left
Preston. having prevented the expected arrivals. The smokers grum-
bled bitterly, and then proceeded to purchase all the tobacco that
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The steam transport Great Britain, could be found in the neighbouring villages. The supply ob-
. _ a .
Captain Gray, went into Portsmouth harbour on Thursday 1 tamed vile but sea*, and when it was exhausted, messengers
afternoon, to land the invalid troops. This 'transport carried, I were despatched as far as Dax, by railway, a distance of 75
between March the 7th and the 11th of August last, 258 officers, 1 miles, to obtain a fresh store.— Galignani's Messenger.
places for the service of the war. She left England again on to Colonel Sandys and his family. Between 9,437 men, 55 women, 55 children, and 146 horses to various
eTnenefisrdeaya,ntdhesi3.otohcluolctk.,
A SINGULAR ACCIDENT occurred
the 4th of September, and arrived at Portsmouth on the 7th they left Baddesley Clinton for. Solihull, to dine with some
inst., havingcarried during that interval, -13 officers, 970 men, friends. After proceeding for some distance, the carriage was
and 22 horses, English troops; 5 officers, 1,800 men, and 25 brought to a sudden stop by a violent crash, and, on the
horses, Turkish troops ; 36 officers, 121 men, 5 women, 4 colonel alighting, he found that a tree had fallen across the
children 1 officer's wife, and 2 children, invalids, &c., several vehicle, knocking down the coachman from the box and the
hundred' tons of camp equipage, 500 tons of shell, 3,437 pieass I footman from the rumble, and completely enveloping the
of hutsf baggage, &c.,—all which have been transported with horses in its boughs:" Both the 'servants were injured, though
the universal satisfaction of all on board and the Crown not severely, and assistance having been procured to extricate
authorities. the carriage, the party safely continued their journey to Soli-
THREATENED STRIKE IN MANCHESTER.—III consequence hull, the colonel acting as coachman.—BirazinghaaaGatette.
'of notice having been given to their hands by 2/7 of the MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.—Barton, near Bury, has been the
leading spinners in Manchester, of their intention to reduc- scene of a most distressing occurrence. About one o'clock' in
wages, some excitement and opposition, has, been manifested. the morning, Mr. J. Manning, a farmer, of Barton, together
The object of the reduction has been stated to be the with his nephew, was aroused by a noise in the fowlhouse
adjustment of the rate of wages paid in Manchester to
adjoining the farmhouse. They both descended from their
those paid in other surrounding districts. The hands . bedrooms, and went towards the fowlhouse, from which
object to any reduction being made at a time like
the present, when provisions of all kinds are -so dear, and escaped four persons, having in their possession a large
number of ducks. The nephew and Mr. Manning attacked
express a determination, on the expiration of 'the notice in
, the thieves, the latter being a man of great strength as well
each case, to turuLaut sooner than submit,-although they ,as courage. The delinquents made a murderous assault upon
have no objection to work short-time if the masters think' both uncle and nephew, by which the former was struck in
it necessary to enable them to obtain better prices. As yet i the face, 'the blow shattering his nose and knocking an eye
no turn-out has taken plata, nor do we think it likely that ' -completely out of the socket, as well as taking a part of the
the masters will persevere. In two instances, the period at 1
seOp off his head, This was done with a gun which the
which theamployers had fixed the reduction to commence 1 Party had with them. The nephew also was much bruised.
has arrived, and, in both cases, the notice has been with-. Two privates in the West Suffolk Militia, named George
Baker and William Esterford, are in custody. Mr. Manning
drawn. The inotices withdrawn are those of Messrs. Kelly,
and Gilmour, and Messrs.lKennedy.—Manchester Courier. I lies in a most precarious state. _
BREADSTUTPs PROM CALIFORNIA.--A Cargo of a some- i ThE GROWTH OF FLAX IN ENGLAND.—The quantity of
what novel character has arrived at -Liverpool. On Tuesday, 'flax imported into this country having- been considerably
the American ship Harvy Birch arrived in the Mersey, from diminished in consequence of the war, the attention of agri-
San Francisco, with a cargo of flour end wheat, and a small ,taalturists in England has been directed to its cultivation. It
quantity of wool. It is not a very .nogg time since areadstuffs ,appears that the great obstacle hitherto has been the trouble
and other provisions were importedlinto California from Great -and expense of preparing it for the market. This is sow ob-
Britaia e and, as we understand Thu flour and wheat brought viated by the' formation of a company, who are said to be
by the Harvy Birch has been grown in the former country, ready to take the flax from the farmers, as soon as it is cut,
we cannot but remark its progress in agriculture, notwith- for £l5 and £l6 an acre. At a large meeting of agricultu-
'standing the attractions of the ,Californian gold-fields. This rists, held near Exeter, on Tuesday, Mr. Fulford, a county
.factepromises well for the future welfare of that distant state magistrate, recommended its growth, and stated that when in
of American Union ; and our -own colony of Australia Lancashire, two' years ago, a company at Liverpool purchased
may, at no very distant day, materially contribute towardathe 160 acres from the farmers, and gave them £2O an acre for it,
,qaaatity of breadstuffs we draw from abroad. The earth has with which they were well satisfied, while in no instance was
1 more lasting treasures thangeld, others that minister-more , the cost of the land more than .255. per acre. It did not re-
trowards the permanent prosperityof a country ; and although 1 quire very good land, and some of the best samples he had
the high price of flour in England may have something to do seen had been grown at Dartmoor. Under these circum-
awith the consignment of 'Californian flour to agents at this ' stances
port, the fact is important to, commerce, and pregnsnt with
!example to our Australian• colony as pointing out the direction \
in which the best interests of the colonists lie. cultivation.
GABSTON LOCA.L Boansass-The monthly meeting of ,
board was held on Tuesday;`:
the Hotel, Aightirth, Mr. !dor- k it would prove a very remunerative article for
THE Wilalflt Mamas are all now arranged, so far the
counties are concerned wherein a general. gaol delivery is con-
.
the places, -ledhave not
yet fixed the days for opening the
this ! sidered to be most pressing ; and the judges have arranged
of the places where the assizes are to be
Cooper, Bevan, Ohidson, Watts, and Moss. The'surveys IP of resent arrangement
ris in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. I commission in the -several towns. The following is the
eral Board of Health in Isondon, for their appreval, were re- preside :
the township, by Mr. Gitto, which had been smitto the Gen- `.held, with the names of -the judges who are selected 'to
r Exeter, Bristol.
turned to this board, approved as first-class plans. The pro-
ceedings of the works and health committee were read. They Winchester.
Lewes.
recommended that the:: plans above alluded -to- should be de- Added from the Home.. ......... ,
D rham
r Baron Martin.... lYork, u ,
posited in the Phcenix Fire-office, and insured-'for £l5O. A NORTH ERN CIRCUIT t •
1 WESTERN CIRCUIT Baron Parke—. ... . 1
Justice Allies I Newcastle.
letter had been received by the committee from Mr. Clare, Justice Wightman Liverpool.
giving notice that he- intended to appeal against the assess- si 11 Nottingham.
ment of some land -which belonged to him, but,which was not Mirmarrn CIRCUIT Justice Cresewell { Derby, Warwick.
),et, nor did he derive any profit from it- whatever. Mr. ITo which is added..
Cooper said 'Unit alarge estate of 50 acres, ‘ which had been ,f,XFORD CIRCUIT.. Stafford, Worcester,
...,
parcelled out, and never had paid rates before, had this year and Justice Crompton Gloucester, Here-
been partially rated. The W
matter stood over until the next SOUTH ALES .... •• ford.
Cardiff.
meeting of the board. A letter was read from Mr. Waters
..a Maidstone, G uild-
house, protesting against the flagging of ,e.iniwood-road, SO HOME CIRCUIT—. Justice V. Wiilliams { ford, Hertford,
far as his property was concerned. The letter was received, Chelmsford.
and the proceedings of the committee, on the motion of Mr, To which will probably be added Norwich.
Bevan, seconded byelkir. Chidson, were confirmed. The boar RBFORMA.TORY 'MOVEMENT.—Some of the leading pro-
soOn afterwards adjourned. anoters of the reformation of youthful offenders, including T.
Barwick Baker, Esq., Sir J. Pakington, M.P., Sir Stafford
3Torthcote, M.P., and Sir T.Winnington, M:P., have founded
lan association called the Reformatory Union, the principal
,objects of which are to collect and diffuse information bearing
-on the reformation of criminals ; to promote the formation of
'reformatory institutions where needed, and generally to ad-
vane the further practical development of the reformatory
:movement ; to consider and promote such legislative measures
~..as are still required for the better care and reformation of youth-
-ful Offenders ; to assist in the-placing out and subsequent guar-
dianship and protection of young persons leaving reformatory
institutions ; to consider and promote means for the employ-
ment and restoration to- society of discharged prisoners ; and
to promote the practical training and preparation of efficient
-masters and teachers for reformatory institutions. A general
-meeting of the members of the association will be held in
London in May next ; audit is proposed, with a 'view to the
more general diffusion of information, and for the purpose of
„exciting an interest in the cause in various neighbourhoods, to
follow the example of several other societies, (such as the
Royal Agricultural, the Archeological, and the British Asso-
ciation) and to hold a country meeting, lasting one or more
days, in'the course of every autumn.
RESCUE OP A SHIPWRECKED CREW.—On Wednesday
:morning, the brig Darlington, Captain Chicken, was towed
into the Southampton Water, and moored alongside the pier,
having on board the whole of the crew of the Minerva, con-
sisting of the captain, mate, and eight seamen, who were
-wrecked on- the Dogger Bank on the 31st ult. On that day
the Darlington, bound from Memel for Southampton, laden
with timber, while passing the Dogger Bank in a gale of
'avinkespied a bark in distress, which was found to be the
Minerva, laden with firewood, bound from Droback for
London. She was waterlogged, her mainmast was gone, and
her boats stove in ; while the crew, all of whom were Norwe-
gians, were clinging to-the wreck. The sea was running high,
and the weather was extremely boisterous ; but the captain of
the Darlington put his vessel about, and, running as near to
the wreck as possible, learnt the state of the crew, upon which
he- lowered his own boat, and, attaching a warp to-it, again
put about, and repassed the bark, allowing his own boat to. go
as near as possible to the doomed vessel,and thereby enabling
the crew to jump into the boat as she was passing. This was
done four successive times, and occupied a period of four
hours,. and by this means -the whole of the crew of the
Minerva were taken on board the Darlington, where every
attention wss paid them by -the humane and gallant captain.
The Darlington weathered the gale, and arrived on Wednes-
day With the loss of part of her bulwarks, and also a portion
of her deck 100. The s hipwrecked crew werecent to London
by the Norwegian consul at the port.
LAST Wirmr, in the London Insolvent Debtors' Court,
Robert Halesathe -Norfolk giant, ewas heard, and his appear-
ance attracted• a crowded court. The hearing occupied some
time, and several of the answers of the giant convulsed the
audience with laughter. Mr. Nichols opposed for Messrs.
Webb and Messrs. Salt; Mr. Sargoed and Mr. IL B. Jones,
supported. It appeared that the arrest was a friendly proceed-
ing by a creditor named Green, and that there was-property
given up which had already yielded £250, and other property
was to be realised. The debts were £2,900, and be had lost
£l,BOO of his own money, which he had saved. About £5OO
he made when he was with Barnum, the showman, in America.
—Mr. Commissioner Phillips : Have you any family P—ln-
solvent : Yes; a small wife. (Laughter.)—Further, it ap-
peared that the wearing apparel was £7O a-year, which the
commissioner thought was a large sum, considering that tae
had a " entail" wife.; on which he replied that he wanted a
" large" coat. His expenses for cabs were great, as he could
not walk about,, as the boys were always running after him.
said he had asked the creditor to arrest him, awl he said he ,
He hada robbery in his house, to about £6O. The insolvent
would do so to " oblige him." (Laughter.) Mr. Hudson, a
wine merchant, complained that shortly before the failure the
insolvent got £26 worth of wiue.—lt was past five o'clock
when Mr. Commissioner Phillips adjourned the case for a
week, to lay
the facts before Mr. Commissioner Murphy. The
crowd dispersed, and the giant was allowed to remain at large
on hail.
FIRE Ix A DISTILLERY.-011 Tuesday afternoon, a fire
broke:out in Leith distillery, which was attended with great
destruction of property. It is supposed to have arisen from
the air of the malt room having become impregnated with the
light malt dust falling from the rollers, which, from its deu-
sity and want of ventilation, appears to have caught fire at a
to an excise regulation, which came
rerat.ionADeenlyrdliasngt month, the malt mill was enclosed and
enaged in the work locked in. The excise used to
jettii intoe o
of
men
charge upon the malted grain in distilleries, giving the dis-
tiller a drawback upon any less quantity of spirits produced,
but now the duty is not imposed till after distillation, and it is
to prevent any of the malted grain being surreptitiously car-
ried away for brewing purposes that the enclosure takes place
during the process of rolling. On this occasion there were
three men shut into the mill, each being engaged in different
stories. When the fire was perceived, they called loudly for
help, but, the doors being locked, no aid could at first be ren-
dered them, and some time elapsed before the excise officer
reached the spot and found the proper key. When the, door
was at length opened, no one could enter from the great heat
and smoke, and
.some fears were entertained for the men's
safety. Meanwhile, they had escaped by forcing a barricaded
window in the top of the building, one of them being a little
scorched by the flames before getting out. In a short tine,
the building was in a sheet of flame, a spirit receiver, contain-
ing 3,000 gallons, catching fire and adding fearfully to the fury
of the blaze. The fire was not extinguished till late in the
property destroyed included the malt mill and
t
evening.oe
apparatus, the spirit receiver, awash-
backsrs, a new Thedistining
containing 20,000 gallons of wash, a; wash charger with
7,000 gallons, the kiln? &c. The loss is estimated at £7,000
or £B,OOO,

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tun Morninoz'Herald says that -amvards of forty-one
mortar-vessels are to be immediately fitted at Portsmouth
dockyard.
SPIKE I-exexn, in Cork Harbour, is now converted into a
most formidable fortification, which wilbraount no fewer than
two hundred. cannon.
A VESSEL called-the Robert Peel, which has just arrived in
the Loire from Sumatra, has brought a magnificent tiger for
one of the public< menageries. Forty armed men were, it is
stated, sent 'to capture him, but be killed ten and injured
thirteen of them<before he could be secured.
Tni Caaegow.Chamber of Commerce has memorialised the
first lord of the Treasury about the operation of Peel's Act of ti
1844, praying that-its action may be suppended so far as re-
spects the Bank being restricted to its issue of notes beyond
the £14i000,000,,t0 the amount of bullion it holds.
NADINE JENNY LIND has just arrived in Paris, accompa-
nied by her husband. She comes from Geneva, where she ap-
peared in a concert given for the benefit of Ernst, the viortnist,
and in another for the poor. ;She intends to remain in Paris
for a fortnight, and then to proceed to London.—Gaiiguani's
Messenger.
Tan Paris correspondent of the Daily News says There
is a report ofthediacovery of a legitimist- conspiracy, and of
the arrest in.connection with it of a duke bearing one of the
oldest names in France. It is said that the affair is identical
with one reported-in legal journal the other day, a feature
of which was the deposit of a sum of 7,000 f. in a country bank,
for the purpose of suborning workmen.
Tan Oarzil.re RAILWAY COMPAErf has organised at Ivry
a depot of grocery for the exclusive supply of its employes.
The articles are not received until examined and proved to be
of the best quality, and are furnished to the employe's at the
cost price. The company is also engaged in
_establishing a
bakehouse, which will soon be at work.
Tan SHERIFF OF BANFFSHIRE has decided that a father
is not responsible for damage that may be done by his child.
The case brought before the sheriff was one in which a child,
three years of age, had 'broken a window valued at £5, and it
was sought to obtain the amount- from the father. ' The
aSnhderniffot
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assoilxiedshond btheepluanttieshned,

A PAINFUL CASE has occurred at Leith. Mr. Robert
Philip, aged sixty-five, lately (till his imprisonment on the
charge) provost of that town, has been found guilty by the
High Court of Justiciary, , of improperly assaulting two little
girls, of the age of ten and twelve years, the daughters of la-
touring men. Sentence was passed of fifteen years' transport-
*-ation. The same sentence -was passed the same day on James
:Samuel, a private in the lFdiriburgh lliilitia,,for a similar
offence.
A LADY, with her husband, on a visit at Edinburgh, last
week, suffered so much from &decayed tooth, that a dentist,
residing in a fashionable street in the New Town, was ap-
plied to for relief. To render -the operation less painful,
,chloroform was resorted to, but the effect was deplorable.
The; ady remained unconscious, and, notwithstanding that
the services of an eminent physician were immediately pro-
cured, and every attempt was made to restore her to sensi-
bility,-death supervened in the course,of an hour.
Tax INDIANA. PEESBYTisay ,of the Cumberland Presby-
terian .Cthurch has suspended from .the ministry, one of its
clergymen for "unchristian conduct." The following are
the specifications:—" First, for associating himself with an
association linown as the Underground Railroad, whose avowed
business is to assist slaves from slave to free territory:;
second, for actually assisting slaves in making their escape
from slave to free territory, which is contrary to the laws
of the United States and statute laws of the state of Indiana."—
New York Sun.

-Tux FRENCIT GRATE Cnor.—A letter from Bordeaux
says :—The vintage..of red wines is terminated. In all the
arrondissement of Rlaye only between 5,000 and 6,000 casks
have been obtained, instead of from 25,000 to 30,000, the yield
of an ordinary year ; and at St. Macaire only 1,200 casks, in-
stead of between 5,000 and 6,000. At Ambes and Montfer-
rand several owners of from 50 to 100 casks each have, not
made any vintage at all, owing to the small quantity of fruit.
On the whole, the yield of 1855 will only be a fifth of an ordi-
nary year.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—A few days since a number of
persons were engaged in destroying rats in some farm build-
ings near Hatherleigh, in the north of Devon, and for that
purpose they used ferrets. While they were so employed
their attention was arrested by the piercing cries of a child,
which proceeded from an adjoining house. On rushing in
they were horrified to find a ferret in the cradle biting off the
flesh from the face of the infant. Before the animal could be
removed the poor child was dreadfully mangled ; the face
was altogether disfigured, and nearly all the nose eaten off.
•
COLLISION AT SEA.—Abont 8 o'clock on Monday morning,
while about 20 miles from Tynemouth Point, and on her
passage from Hamburg to the Tyne in ballast, the Danish
vessel Christiana Marie came into collision with the barque
Dumfries, of North Shields. The shock was fearful, and the
crew of the Danish vessel had only time to save a few things
and jump on board the barque, when their vessel sunk. They
have been landed at Shields, and are under the protection of
the Danish consul. The Dumfries was much injured. The
Rosendale screw collier reached the Tyne in tow of a tug on
Monday, with her funnel and niizenmast gone ; it has not
been ascertained how the accident happened. Seventy-eight
vessels arrived in the Tyne on Sunday night and Monday
morning.