The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

SUDDEN thtA.lll.—On Friday morning, Mrs. Edge, of No.
18, Albion-terrace, Low-hill, fell down and expired while at
her breakfast.

ON Thursday evening a tea-party, in celebration of the anni-
versary of the Canning-street Young Men's Association, was
held in the school-room, St. James's-road.

TICE GREAT BRITAIN.—The Great Britain arrived in the
Mersey on Thursday, and on Friday went into dock. For the
present, she is discharged from the transport service.

THE Cork Examiner announces the intention of a company
of high mercantile position to establish a line of steam-vessels,
which will ply regularly between that port and New York.

BOY CHOKED BY A HORSE-BEAN--On Thursday, a youth
named James Dewhurst, residing at No. 10, Melville-place,
Oxford-street, was accidentally choked by a horse-bean.
A BAZAAR, in aid of the funds of the Everton Church
Missionary Society, was held during the Christmas holidays,
in the school-room, in Everton-valley, and realised upwards
of £lOO.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE RURAL DISTRICTS OF
TOXTETH PARK.—At their meeting on Tuesday last, this
body decided, by a majority, to admit reporters to their
meetings.
Two Mss DROWNED.—Archibald Hosten, aged 41, a
watchman in the employ of Messrs. Maclver, was drowned on
Wednesday night in the Huskisson Dock. William Jones, a
fireman on board the steamer Vigo, in the Wellington Dock,
fell overboard on Thursday, and was drowned.
THE BOROUGH EXTENSION BILLS have been withdrawn.
The Coporation availed themselves of delay permitted by the
rules of parliament, and, on the last day (Monday) declined to
lodge the bills. The cause of this was some difficulty with
certain parties in Birkenhead.
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of this
society was held on Thursday evening, at the Royal Institu-
tion, the president., Mr. Abraham, in the chair. Mr. Mercer
delivered a lecture on "Photography," dwelling more particu-
larly on the chemistry of the collodion process, and the de-
compositions which take, place in its different stages.
ST. ANDREW'S SCOTCH CHURCH SABBATH SCHOOLS.—
On Thursday evening a soirde of the friends and supporters of
these schools took place in the Hope-hall, Hope-street. The
Rev. Mr. Forfar occupied the chair. After tea several
addresses were delivered upon the advantages of Sabbath-
school education, by the reverend gentlemen present. The
proceedings concluded with the exhibition of a magic laitern.

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. EDWARD GRA.r.—With
the sanction of the Workhouse Committee of the Select
Vestry, it has been resolved to place in the new chapel at the
Workhouse a small tablet to the memory of the late Mr.
Edward Gray, who for a great number of years faithfully
served this parish. Donations towards this humble tribute
to the memory of a deserving parochial official will be
'received by the churchwardens.
TRUE LIBERALITY.—We understand that Mr. Heywood,
senior partner of the •banking firm of Heywood and Sons,
Brunswick-street, has, with a generosity which deserves the
highest commendation, bestowed the sum of 1,000 guineas
upon the clerks in his establishment, as a sew-year's present.
Such a manifestation, on the part of the head of the house, of
his appreciation of the services of his assistants, will, we have
no doubt, call forth on 'their part a corresponding energy in
business,

station, and Mr. Hewitt, with a portion of his brigade, was
speedily on the spot, with hose and other requisites. On
examination, the smoke was found to proceed from a sulphur
stove which had been put into operation for the purpose of
destroying vermin.
CORNWAIXIVSTREET EVENING RAGGED SCROOL—On
Friday evening, 156 of the children of this school were enter-
tained to tea end bun-loaf by their teachers and friends. The
proceedings were enlivened by the exhibition of a magic
lantern, and after some singing and a short address from the
Rev. Mr. Thomas, of St. Bride's, each of the, hildren received
an orange, while some of the more deserving girls had articles
'of clothing given to them. All retired much pleased with the
treat.
BOARD OP GUARDIANS, PRESCOT tretose—A committee
of the Prescot board of guardians have recommended an in-
crease in the number of guardians for the townships corn-
:Unman:se 'ter VAR SERVICES car Sr. PETER'S Carmen. prising the union. Their proposition is that one guardian be
—Some important alterations are about to take place in the added'to each of the following townships, namely, Eccleston,
services of this church, with the view of making more.ample Heytorawith-Roby, Prescot, Parr, 'Sutton, Widnes, and Much
provision for the spiritual welfare of the peen Au additional Woolton, and that two guardiansheadded to the township ,nf
curate has been •appointed, entirely at the expense of the Windle. The report was unanimourty adopted, and there will
present rector. It is also proposed to simplify the service, be a nomination accordingly.
first by withdrawing the opening hymn, and returning to :ns_OLENT ATTACK ON G ISEMA.N. —On Tuesday morn-
simple congregational psalm tames. The rector is also about n ENV
ing last, about half-past tWo o'clock, as Mr. John Cavanah,
to erect, at his own expense, two additional stoves. bonder, was returning from thelhouse of a friend to his retie
ELECTION (CP A MEMBER Joy THE Doc CornITTER. deuce, Irvine-street, Edge-hill,'-he was suddenly seized byone
The election of a member of the Dock Committee, to fill the or more scoundrels, and received such treatment that it was
vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Steele in cense- dt one time feared he would 'tot survive the injuries. The
quence of ill-health, took place at the Dock-offices on Friday. police have been endeavouring to discover the perpetrators of
Three candidates offered themselves—Mr. W. Rathbone, jun., tthis outrage ; but owingtO there being no clue to identifica-
Mr. Charles Saunders and Mr. T. M. Blythe. Mr. Rathbone lion, it is feared they will escape being brought to justice.
kept at thehead of the pell during the wholeof the day, and MADAME GOLDSCIoIioT THR BLIND As M.—We
at the close the numbers •stood as follows r —Wm. Rathbone understand this celebrated vocalist, having heard that the
the younger, 344 ; 'Chas. Saunders, 288 ; Thomas Martin musical pupils of the Blind:School were very anxious to hear
Blythe,.lBB. her, and that there was nremeans of affording thenethe oppor-
Loose. WAR 'TRIM—The screw steamer Cleopatra, after tunity in the erowdedcornerts at the Philharmonie-hall, she
being in the transport service for about a twelvemonth, has most kindly consented tervisit the school, and sing an anthem
been entirely refitted ;seder the superintendence of Captain there. Accordingly, on Sunday evening, after the service,
Bevis, R.N.—ln a day or two she will leave here for Malta she proceeded to the school, and there sang several anthems.
with detachments of sthe 34th, 97th, 30th, 33rd, 49th,nenth The meeting was strictly private, it being arranged that no
68th, and 82nd regiezents, comprising altogether &60 men.surel persons should be :present except the blind .pupils' and the
24-officers.—The transport steamer Oneidais expected at this matron.
port in a few days.—On Thursday evening • upwards -of 40 F , es
ILITEIIING PAWNEROZ'Sn'S DUPLl-
men,vvolunteers for the royal navy, wereedespatched hence to GATE.—David Garrey, a porter in the employ of Mr.
London, to be drafted amongst various Snips in the service. -Valentine, boardinghouse keeper, and John Clawin, formerly.
LITEEpoor, At UNION.--At the anneal distribution of in the service of Mr.'Cotterrell, were charged at the Police
prizes in connection with the Liverpool'Art-Union, which took_ court, on Saturday, -with forging a pawirtrerkeres duplicate.
place in the Exhibition-rooms, Old Post-office-place, on Tuts- Mr. Thomas, pawnbroker, of Dale-street, --stated that, in.
day, Mr. J. C. mart, M.P., presided. The report showed October last, afoot-tale was pledged at his tehep for-:2s. by the
that after deductiug £365 9s. for expenses, the sum left inthe prisoner Gerrettse. A few days afterwards the ticket given to
Garretty was presented at his shop, with the words " foot-
:liar-as of the treasurer is £505, which :has been allotted in
prizes as follows c—One of £5O ; one of-1140 ; two of £3osetwo rule" scratched- -out, and " Geneva watch;' alleged to have,
of -.1:25; five of ; five of £l5; nine of telo ; and eig-httif Es'. been pledged for 'CleSso, the value being ;Meese written over
.The first prize, valued at £-50, was .won by Mr. C. Atkinson, them. The manwelio brought the ticket to Mr. Thomas said
Lark-lane, Texteth-park. he bought it from the prisoner Clew* while Clawin said he
LITERART'inin DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—On Friday evering purchased it for-ed. from the prisoner Garretty. Both pie-
Was society gave an entertainment in the Clayton-hallewlese' h Boners were remanded, that further ineetirieemight be made.
was tastefully Sited up as a theatre on the occasion. The FATAL Acinerszee TO A TRIEF.—On Wednesday morning,
audience was select as well as numereuseand the performances between one andtwo o'clock, Mrs, Walker, •the wife of the
elicited the warmest approbation. The performances -being keeper of the :locks on the Roelsdale Canal, near to Store-
by unprofessional parties, the reward ef those who sustained street, Piccadilly, Manchester, heard a noise •on the roof of the
-a part in them will be more consistently supplied, inethe house, as though some one were walking :on the slates, and
gratification -en their friends, than ::by euloginm:; wee immediately afterwards a plunge in the Canal; as if a man had
shall, therefore, content ourselves with backing the applauaes, fallen in. On-opening the door to look out she.observed some
'which on the Whole were liberally and judiciously bestewed. lead hanging down in front of the laearsee nut -geeing no one
LIVERPOOL MARINE SOCIETT.—This society, formed: far near she went. in again, and returned to ebed. The next
the purpose'df affording relief to peer-captains, seameneand morning it was discovered that a quantity of (lead had been
-their familieseheld their annual meeting on Tuesday, at, tke cut from the roof ready for removal, and, it being conjectured
Clarendon-roc:ens, when a report was read, from which it .ap- that the thief meet have fallen off the houseinto the canal, ft
speared - that the " stock" or capital -account amounted :-to was draggederwhen the body of a young mane•named James
L'13,799 12a.enhe annuity fund, to Zel2 7s. 10d.; the relief Padley, a slater, was found. The deeeasethhaeleft a wife and
,:fand, to £92, les. 7d. The claimants on the funds of the society one child.—Manenester Courier.
econsistof three captains, 27 widows, and 33 orphans. .The
TOTAL' Wnnaa or A Serroonee.—The .teheoner Mary
'captains received annuities of either £l7 er £l4; the widows, Ann, William grans, master, from Beaumaris, in ballast,
£1.3 or '£11; . and the orphans, £3 each. The accounts were from •Dublin ear Barrow, was totally wreeked on the rocks
:passed without remark, and Mr, Jarees'Alahewas appointedn, west of Port Sodetic, near Douglas, on :the night, of Wednes-
trustee, in place of the late Mr. Thomas Booth. day last; the-crew saved in the small boat. • Itserears that
MARITLXRDISISTERS.—The ship Empire State, which ar- the schooner, ,0111 the night of the 2nd nest;.; lost• tight of the
rived here from New York on Tuesday, was struck by a heavy Calf-lights, owing to the misty weather, eit blowing a stiff
.sea on the 22nd of December, on the starboard quarter, which -breeze from the-eastward at the time.; and. subsequently, the
stove in the front of the poop cabin, and. did great injury on. -crew seeing the-land close to them, the vessel was -.put about,
-deck. The vessel leaked very badly during the rest of the 'but missed staple:and although the anchor .waselet go, the
passage, and:it was found necessary to ;throw between two -vessel drifted-on teethe rocks. The small boat was flowered,
hundred andttkree hundred tons •of cargo overboard.—The • and after two narrow escapes the crew got_safe on,shere, the
John Howell, hence at Savannah, on the nth December, re- aroat having fined-With water twice. The4sehooner has since
ported having :been in contact with. the George L. Abbott, ?gene to pieces. Thecrew were shipped off to Liverpool by
from Nesv, Orleans. The latter, it is supposed, sunk soon the Mona's Queen, by Mr. De Ruvigne, honorary secretary to
afterwards, hut 'the crew, with one exceptiou, were saved by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, on Friday morning.—
the John Hosvell.—The James Steward, .:which arrived at IP/mix. Sun.
Newfoundland on the 12th December, reported passing a full- A.Penreoue POSITION.—On Sunday night, aboutaquarter
rigged ship on. fire, apparently deserted, a few days previously. past nine o'clock, as the Woodside boat Prince, Captain
DAXIIERottS ACCIDENT.—Between one and:two o'clock on Owen Edwards, was ecrossing to Liverpodl, those on, hoard
Thursday afternoon, a horse and a plueten,which was pro. heard. series proceeding from the water. Mee, enginesewere
ceeding down Bold-street, took fright and ran off at a great I backed immediately, .;and orders given to proceed in the
speed along -Church-street, which was mesh ,crowded by direction whence the cries came. On proceeding a short
vehicles at the ftisne. Every effort on the part of the distance, some one wan-seen in the water. The life-buoy. was
driver, ita arrest the tremendous pace at which stile animal throwsi, which the person succeeded in getting hold of, and
rushed :along proved ineffectual. Fortunately, however, it was then taken on board. He proved to be a foreign seaman,
was turned into Church-lane, where its career was impeded very much exhausted, and unable to speak English. On
by coming in -contact with a cart which was standing there, rreehingehis side of therriver he was immediately taken' to
and the horse was secured by a police constable and some the receiving-house, where he was put in a •warm bed.
spectators. The plaseton was not upset. A lady who was in Shortly afterwards, Inspector J. Gregg arrived with an inter
the vehicle was mucle:terrified, but fortunately was pot hurt. preter, when it was ascertained that the foreigner was a
She was lifted out in a state of great agitation, from which, seaman belonging to the French schooner Eugenie, just
however, she recovered in a short time. Neither the:driver arrived, and whilst engaged in furling the sails, fell from
nor the horse sustained any injury; but an old woman had the yard-arm. Immediately on his falling, the parties on
her foot injured by the wheel of the vehicle passing leveret. board threw pieces of mood, ike., from the ship, oneof which
Sr. SIMON'S CIIURCII ScuooLs.—The annual -tea party in he caught hold of, and succeeetled, by swimming and nhe help
of the piece of wood, in.keeping himself above water: ntil he
connexion with these schools took place on Thursday evening,
at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. The Rev. ,J. :g. was rescued from, his perilous
,position. He was an hour.and
a quarter in the water before being picked up, but appeared
,Conor occupied the chain; and the Rev. S. Minton, the Rev.
It. V. Sheldon, the Rev. Henry Marlen, the Rev. T. D. Barey., to have sustained rug serious injury.
the Rev. Jos. Bardsley,andthe Rev. Dr. Hume were also on, TUE COMPASS le' IRON Sills.—lmpelled by his love of
the platform. The audiencewas large and respectable. The hall! science, and a desire to render that subseevient to practical
SUS gaily decorated with allianee banners, and others bearing purposes, the Rev: Dr.. Scoresby, well known as a distinguished
scriptural and other maxims and devices. After tea., the arctic voyager, and almost equally famous for his magnetic
rev..ehairmau addressed the meeting upon the object of their researches, is about to proceed to Auatralia, in the iron ship
meeting, remarking that last year the money raised on behalf Royal Charter. This voyage is :undertaken chiefly with a view
of themew schools which they proposed establishing in con-' to studying the magnetic laws vshich.govern the compass in
notion with St. Simon's parish-church was £419, and now' aneren ship, in the southern hemispbere.—Dr. Scoresby has
he was able to 'tell them that it amounted to £5OO. They been 'bang seeking such 'an apportunity,as is now afforded by
would see by their programmes that the cost of the schools the Liverpool and Australian Navigation:Company, the Under-
would be £3,000. They would remember that he had told writers' Association, and Compass Committee, who have placed
'them of the society which was being formed by Mr. Torr, a' at his disposal an entire state-room, in 'the Royal Charter, for
merchant of this town, for the purposeof establishing schools. the voyage to Melbourne. The Shipowners' Association have
He (Mr. Conor) had applied to Mr. Torrfor assistance towards furnished the means for his retarn, and the Admiralty have
their schools, .and that gentleman had promised to give them felt so muchieterest in the objects of his voyage, that they will
£l,OOO as soon As the' society got into a position to enable it supply him with the best instruments, as well as charts, be-
to do so. Well, then, with that sum and £l,OOO which they longing to their department, to enable hind to make his observe-
expected to get from government, they would have £2,500 tions. Dr. Scoresby visited the Royal Charter on Wednesday,
• towards £3,000. 'This being the state of thiugs, if they could and expressed himself in the highest terms of satisfaction at
bat get Mr. Torr's society into active operation they would having at last met with a ship in every way adapted to his object.
soon'be able to "go ahead," and he would be the last person He dwelt particularly on the wooden masts, the situation of
to call out " hold hard." With respect to their present the wheel, and the .compass aloft, independent of those on deck
schools, they had worked during the past year iu the most corrected in the usual way. The Doctor having represented
satisfactory manner, and on the previous night they seere only to the Company that, in order to render his observations nom-
£2o in debt. plete, it was most important that he should commence them at
WAR CONTRACTS IN LIVERPOOL—The ingenuity and re- once, and that, for this purpose, it would be necessary again to
sources of Liverpool have been called freely into requisition in swing the ship, arrangements were immediately made to take
respect to: furnishing war nuthfriel. The Government has
the ship into the basin. The vessel was swung on Friday, to
the entire satisfaction of the Doctor, who, we understand, has
kindly h ofsuperintendingcl. • •
intimated intention wine service
formed contrasts with several of our most eminent foundry
every Sunday during the voyage.
and engineering establishments for the supply of ordnance
and war-munitions ; and the ship-building capabilities of the
port are also taxed. Mr. John Laird., the well-known ship- Tue SELECT Veneto—The weekly meeting of this body
builder, has, in hie yards at Birkenhead and Liverpool, was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell presiding.
fourteen wooden screw gunboats, already far advanced in On the report of the Vestry-clerk, and on the recommendation
construction, of 240 tons and about sixty-horse-power each. of a special committee, it was agreed to appoint an inspector
They are to be armed with two heavy guns apiece. It is said of out door-relief, at a salary of £l5O a-year. 'lt was an-
that Government are so well satisfied with the progress nounced that the chairman had received a letter from Mr.
already made, that they last week doubled Mr. Laird's order, Dignan, editor of the Chronicle, in which he etated that he
so that he will now have twenty-eight vessels of war on hand. was willing to attend before the select vestry, but not before
At the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, in addition to the the committee had been appointed, to investigate the truth of
monster wrought-iron gun which the proprietors are going his charges against Mr. Bradley. After some discussion,
to present to Government, and which is to be 15 feet long, 13 Mr. Dignan's latter was read. After specifying his charges
inch bore, 25 tons weight, and capable of throwing a ball of against Mr. Bradley, Mr. Dignan says :—" Here we have
3001bs. a distance of five miles, they have been commissioned a member of the Town Council and of the Vestry, who is
to make two enormous wrought-iron mortars, which will be proved, in a series of transactions, to have treated the mu-
charged with nearly two cwt. of powder for each charge, and nicipal and the parochial rates as if they were his own
throw shells of 36 inches diameter. This size and descriptiee personal property ; and the facts are to be found in the
of mortar is unparalleled, but great confidence is felt as to records of the corporation and the books of the parish.
the result of the experiment. At Messrs. Forrester and He (Mr. Dignan) declined to appear before Mr. Bradley's
Co's. (Vauxhall Foundry), between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of 8, committee, because, knowing his omnipotence in the vestry,
10, and 13-inch shells have been turned out during the last he felt that he could not, whatever proof lie might adduce,
six months. Indeed, 1,400 tons of these projectiles have been depend upon a fair and impartial tribunal. Mr. Dignan, in
shipped off to Woolwich duilag the last ten days, besides conclusion, expressed his conviction that Mr, Bradley's posi-
some two or three dozen of the 10-ind: and 13-inch mortars tion in the Council was sustained by the machinery which lie
for sea and land service. There are two cast-iron I put into action through the instrumentality of the Vesiee
mortars in process of construction at this establislittea and if he were once ejected from the last-named body, he
are to throw 18-inch shells. This is 5 inches more in diameter ;;Tuld disappear at the expiration of his term from the
than any shells previously made in this country, but the Peruser," 'sere concluding sentence is as follows :—" It may
ltissian "Whistling Dick" at Sebastopol was a 15-inch shell. seem absurd to waste this long communication on a man so
The first of these large mortars was taken out of mould last mentally and morally small as Mr. Bradley ; but it must be
week, and the mass of metal of which it is composed weighs remembered that he almost exclusively controls the expendi-
-25 tons. The workmen have borrowed .15w,nch'.9 idea, and tore of £126,00 per ailnol Of the zublic money—a fearful
humorously nickname it the "Palmerston Pacificator." At power to confide to such hands ; and ~it.:12111
at large by this porti
is going a service to the comnitinii;.: St of the
r* I have rendered
Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co's. the same activity'
on. They are manufacturing, it is understood, about 09 of town's almoner." Mr. Gardner then moved, and Mr. Raw
the largest class (13-inch) mortars, 50 for sea and 40 for
I seconded, that the letter which had been read be referred to
land service. Although the same bore, the difference in the e..e committee. The motion was ranted. Mr. Bradley said
size of land and sea service mortars is far greater than most he should not make any observations uppn the letter of Mr.
persons would imagine. For instance, the land service mortar, Dignan,
.but reserve them until it lied beep before the
com-
when finished and ready for delivery, weighs about 33 cwt. ; mittee. Wil.en the commit* 'broughi up their report he
the sea service mortar about 103 cwt., or upwards of 5 tons ! would express fully Ms sentiments itpo
ti'e 61114'1- This
This difference is neeeseary in order to deaden the force of the closed the businene of the Vestry, and the MeNnfr was
recoil op ship-board, adjourned,