The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-03 00:00:00

WE understand that Mr. Elias Arnaud, the collector of the
customs at Liverpool, will shortly retire upon a superannua-
tion allowance of £2,200 per annum. Mr. Price Edwards, of
Dublin, is spoken of as his successor.
THE Spey (barque), Gray, of Liverpool, sailed from Smyrna
for Constantinople, 2nd June, with a cargo of biscuit, but
got on the rocks off the N.E. part of Long Island, on the 9th,
and has become a total wreck ; crew and about one-third of
cargo saved ; the ship, rigging, spars, &c., will be sold.
THE BOROUGH ENGINEER, Mr. Newlands, has returned
home from the Crimea. His health is greatly improved by a
brief sojourn on the Bosphorus, and, although far from well,
the repose of home will soon release him from the low fever of
Balaklava.
THE LAST OF THE Hurais.—Government have sent orders
to Captain Bevis, the Admiralty agent at this port, to hand
over the old lazaretto hulk, Akbar (which has been lying use-
less in the Wellington Dock for nearly two years), to the Cor-
poration of Liverpool, for conversion into a floating juvenile
reformatory.
AN Inverness paper states that, by the last American mail,
a newspaper arrived at Liverpool, addressed to " Zar Alexan-
der, Esq., Emperor of Rooshie, Rooshie, Europe." The
sorting-clerk at Liverpool, probably mistaking the address for
Rosshire, sent the paper in the Liverpool bag to Inverness,
whence it had to be sent southwards again.
THE LANCASHIRE HUSSIES.—The regiment of Lancashire
Hussars, at present about 300 strong, will meet at Lancaster
on the 24th of July for 14 days' duty. They will then be
amalgamated with the Duke of Lancaster's Cavalry, 350
strong. The united force expect to be sent to Ireland in the
autumn. _ _

THE CAMBRIA. transport, belonging to the Cunard line,
Capt. Brownless, arrived, on Wednesday, at Spithead, having
on board 50 soldiers, mostly belonging to the 13th, from
Gibraltar; also 66 women, 110 children, and some passengers.
The Cambria left Balaklava June 7, and Scutari on the 9th,
and arrived at Malta on the 13th.
SALE OF PROPERTY AT SEAFORTH.—On Friday afternoon,
Messrs. Winstanley offered for sale, at the Clarendon-rooms,
sixteen lots of valuable property, belonging to the Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone, and situated at Seaforth. The first lot only
—viz., a residence known as " Claremont-place," with coach-
house, stables, and 2,408 square yards of land, with a rental
of £7O per annum, was sold. The upset-price was £1,170, and
it was sold at £1,300, the reserve-price. In most of the other
lots the biddings did not reach within £2OO of the reserve-
prices, and consequently no sales of them were effected.
ME LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—A comparative statement of the
amount of dock dues received in the years ending 24th June,
1854, and 24th of June, 1855, has just been published. The
total amount in the former year was £344,006 19s. fxl., and
in the latter £304,746 ss. 5d., showing a decrease in the year
just expired of £39,260 14s. 16. The number of vessels in
the last year was 20,024, as against 22,030; the decrease
'being 2006; and the tonnage 4,096,160, as against 4,316,583;
decrease 220,423 tons.
PRESENTATION TO A CLERGYMAN.—The members of the
confirmation class in connection with St. Matthias's Church,
Great Howard-street, have presented the Rev. R. V. Sheldon
with a gold guard, accompanied with an address expressive of
their deep gratitude for the pious instructions they had re-
ceived, and the great interest he had taken =in their spiritual
welfare, and in preparing them for the solemn ordinance of
confirmation.
DINNER TO 'COL. WILSON PATTEN:IOH Friday, Edward
Pedder, Esq.,,ef Preston, and Mr. Cooper, entertained, at the
Adelphi Hotel, Col. Wilson Patten, and the officers of the 3rd
Royal Lancashire Militia. Those present numbered forty-six,
amongst whom were Mr. Carroll, of Cc.rk, the owner of the
transport Ship Lord Raglan, in which the regiment has em-
barked ; Mr. German, of Preston ; Major Parker, Captain
Pedder, Mr. Pedder, jun., &c.
THE OLDHAM LYCEUM.—The ,cmemony of laying the
corner stone of this building was gone through on Monday,
the stone being laid by Mr. James Platt, president of the
institution, in the presence of Lord Stanley and a large con-
course-of spectators. Afterwards, a soiree was held in the
Town hall, when Lord Stanley adverted to the various plans,
for national education, expressinghis belief that the principal
reason why some scheme was act adopted was, because the
mass had not taken up the -question with the necessary
amount of popular enthusiasm. After several convivialities
the_proceedings concluded.
MANCHESTER AND LIVERPCOL AGRICULTURAL SOCISTY.
—We have already stated that the committee of management
of the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society ;had
presented to the Emperor -of France a fine Cheshire cheese.
On Tuesday Mr. T. B. Rider,: the society's secretary, received,
tkrough the French consul, in Liverpool, a handsome gold
medal for the committee, from the Emperor, which was ac-
companied by a complimentary letter from General Bolin,
,-addressed to Mr. White, mayor of Warrington, andTto Mr.
Rider, as the parties who presented the cheese.
HONEST CABMAN.—On Wednesday, a gentleman arriving
by one of the steam-packets, took a cab of Peter Jenkins, No.
-44, Driver Isaac Mounsey, from the Pier-head to one -of the
hotels. On Mounsey arriving at his stand, he found-that his
last fare had left in the vehicle two handsomely-mounted
walking sticks, and six or.eight umbrellas. He at once pro-
ceeded to the detective police-court, explained the facts, and
deposited the property. Shortly afterwards the gentleman to
whom the articles belonged called to report the ease ; he
found his property safe, and left his thanks and a crown piece
in proof of his admiration of the honesty of one whose craft is
not over distinguishable-for thiiquality.
TRANSFER OF LICHNSES. On Thursday, Alderman S.
Holme and Mr. Thomas Bolton sat in the old Crown Court to
hear applications for the removal and transfer of licences.
There were 64 applications.—An application was made for the
transfer of a license in Roe-street, from Thomas Jones to
Charles Joughin.—lnspeetor Chew, in reply to questions by the
magistrates, stated that since the accusation against Joughin,
about four years since,lie had conducted the house held by
him in Hotham-street, as a beerhouse, in a very- respectable
manner.—Mr. Superintendent Clough confirmed -this state-
ment. —The bench, under these circumstances, granted the
application. The other proceedings were chiefly- of the usual
routine character, and did not posse.. nnv fAsifitr, of public
Wt.:root.
LANCASHIRE Mix.rs.r.i.—The following commissions have
been signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine
of Lancaster :-4th, orDuke of Lancaster's Own (Light, In-
fantry) Royal Lancashire Militia : Lieutenant John Henry
Blake to be captain, vice Orred, resigned; Lieutenant John
Henry Gordon to be captain, vice Sandbach, resigned ; Ensign
John Robert Leigh to be lieutenant, vice Blake, .promoted ;
Ensign Sheffield Betham to be lieutenant, vice Gordon, pro-
moted • Ensign William Gibton to be lieutenant., mice Watt,
resigned ; Mark Quayle, gent. to be ensign, vice Gibton, pro-
moted.-sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia: Ensign
John Bomford to be lieutenant, vice Parker, appointed to the
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia; Ensign
Thomas Arthur Mills to be lieutenant, vice Searle, retired;
Ensign Frederick James Sumner Brockhurst to be lieutenant,
vice Thursby, appointed to the Coldstream Guards.; Ensign
Richard Topham to be lieutenant, vice Suckling, appointed to
the 95th Foot • Richard Horley, gent., to be ensign; vice Mills,
promoted ; Algernon Sidney Bicknell, gent., to be ensign ;
Sumner Mitchell Sumner Brockhurst, gent., to be ensign.
THE ADVANTAGES OP EMPLOYING SWIFT AUSTRALIAN
SHIPS.—The John Bell, which arrived in London about a
fortnight ago from Geelong, Victoria, has brought the largest
cargo of Australian produce on record. She is of 1,207 tons
register, but brought over a cargo consisting of 3,740 bales of
wool, which she has discharged in the London Docks. This
vessel belongs to Glasgow, and was loaded by Messrs. Holmes,
White and Co. of Geelong. She only arrived a few days after
the half-yearly wool sales had been concluded. Had the wool
been shipped by any of the fast-sailing Liverpool clipper-ships
which left about the same time as the John Bell, it would have
arrived here sufficiently early to have been transmitted to Lon-
don to meet the June sales, and before this time the remit-
tances in payment of it would have been on their way to
Australia. As it is, in all probability, the wool will require to
be kept, at considerable cost and some risk, till the next sales
in December. Six months' use of the money will be lost:to
the importer, and a considerable outlay for warehouse rent
-must also be incurred, both of which disadvantages might have
been avoided, had the wool been shipped to Liverpool, in one
of the well-known fast vessels belonging to our port.
THE DUKE OF LANCASTER'S OWN RIFLES.—This regiment,
composed of Liverpool volunteers, and officered by Liverpool
gentlemen, was inspected by General Lord Melville, on the
Green, at Glasgow, on the 18th of June. The standing and
proficiency of the men called forth the highest encomiums
' from the inspecting officer. Their marching past, in slow
and quick time, and at the double, could not be surpassed by
any old regiment ; nor were their field movements, skirmish-
ing, &c., any way inferior. Indeed, the General was heard to
say to a field-officer of another regiment of Militia, which he
had inspected shortly before, "When will you be able to do
like that ?" A sumptuous dejeuner was given by the officers
to the ladies and gentlemen who honoured the review with
their presence, and a dinner to the General and staff-officers
quartered in Glasgow. The only thing in which this fine
corps is deficient is in numbers, their only recruiting ground
having, as yet, been in Liverpool,—a town in which three
militia recruiting parties, and some twenty-five or thirty from
the line, are quartered. Since they left Liverpool, three
officers have received commissions in the line, by the volun-
teering of seventy-five men each, namely, Lieutenants Hes-
keth, Morewood, and Pennefather. The quota is nearly com-
plete for a fourth officer. With the exception of these, not an
officer has quitted the regiment since their permanent em-
bodiment.
PRACTICAL JOSING.—A curious case was heard at the
County Court on Wednesday. Maria Gill, a servant girl,
brought an action against her late mistress, Ann M`Loy, wife
of a blockmaker, residing in Windsor-street, Toxteth-park,
whom she sued for £2 18s. Bd. She said that one evening
lately she had been summarily sent away from her situation
without any cause being assigned, and only paid her wages up
to that date. On going for her clothes next morning she
found most of the wearing apparel stuffed into a dog kennel
' in the yard, many of her dresses slit up, and sewn all with
bright ribbons of many colours, one of her bonnets " painted"
a lively green, and another well "tarred and feathered," and
, a third ornamented, or rather defaced, with a large black cross
" daubed" on the top of it. She, therefore, claimed £2 for the
damage inflicted on her clothes, and lls. Bd., a month's wages,
in lieu of a month's notice. The defendant paid lls. Bd.
into court. She admitted putting the clothes into a dog-
. kennel, " lest they should breed a fever in the house," but she
denied all knowledge of the artist who had " decorated" the
bonnets. His Honour said such a denial was simply absurd,
and however bad the conduct of the girl might have been, it
was no excuse for such very poor jokes being played upon her
by her mistress. He then gave the plaintiff a verdict of £1 in
addition to the money paid into court.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting, on
• Wednesday, Mr. Joseph Harrison took the chair. A letter
, from the Poor-law Board having been received, enclosing a
new dietary table for the workhouse, dated the 20th June
instant, it was resolved that such table be referred to the me-
dical officer and the master of the workhouse. The letter from
the Poor-law Board, dated the 25th instant, upon the subject
of Mr. Mullins's notice of motion having been read, it was
moved by Mr. Kirkus, seconded by Mr. Shaw, and resolved,—
" That the Poor-law Board be informed that the guardians
acted according to their standing orders adopted by this board
for the proper and decorous government of its affairs." It was
resolved, " That Mr. Pearson, surgeon, Woolton, be informed,
in reply to his application for exemption in making weekly
returns to this board, on account of his not having any cases
to return, that the board can make no special exemption in
his case." The letter from the Poor-law Board, with the en-
closure upon the subject of the complaint against Mr. Latham,
having been read, it was resolved, " That the explanation con-
tained in Mr. Latham's letter of the 25th instant is perfectly
satisfactory to this board, and that a copy thereof be forwarded
to the Poor-law Board, together with a copy of this resolu-
tion." The number of paupers relieved in the workhouse and
hospital in last week was 711, an increase of 90 on the corre-
sponding week of last year. The number of paupers receiving
, out-door relief was 3,652, being an increase of 218 on the cor-
responding week of last year. Total number relieved, in and
► out of the workhouse, 4,363. The amount expended in out-
door relief, last week, was £216 Is. ld.