The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-16 00:00:00

DEJ EIINER ON BOARD THE TANTlVY.—Yesterday
afternoon, al splendid dejeuner was given on board the
large and comfortably-berthed ship Tantivy, now lying in
the Salthouse Dack, taking in passengers for Australia.
The Mayor (S. Holme, Esq.,) honoured the owners with
his company, and in responding to a toast in which his
health had been drunk with enthusiasm, he took the op-
portunity to praise the excellent arrangements which had
been made to ensure the comfort and health of the
passengers.

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We ate informed that
William Brown, Esq., M.P., has lately endowed the
upper school of this institution with a free nomination,
value £2l, which will be called the " Brown Scholar-
shin," and be thrown open annually to competition like the
" Egerton Scholarship" of the same value, Riven by the
Earl of Ellesmere. The first election will take place at
the close of next half-year, the competition in this
instance being open only to those new pupils who may
enter the school between February and June, and the
subjects of examination, being Greek, Latin, French,
English, Arithmetic, and Scripture History. Those who
enter the school within the same period may hereafter be
candidates (in June, 1855) for the " Masters' University
Exhibition," value £175.
GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL STEAMERS.—This old
established line will be fully and well supplied with first-
rate steamers during the ensuing year. Messrs. Burns
are having built, by Messrs. Denny Brothers, of
Dumbarton, two fine paddle-wheel steamers, for which
Messrs. Thompson, of Glasgow, are constructing the
engines. These vessels will be fitted to suit the comfort
of both cabin and steerage passengers, and be well adapted
for the carriage of goods. From the power and fine
model of these steamers,,they are expected to be very fast
sailers; and, in consequence of the improvements in the
navigation of both the Mersey and the Clyde, and the
light draught of water of the vessels, they will be able to
run up and down both rivers at all states of the tide.
Both steamers will be on the station early in the spring.
BRENAN V. PRESTON.—This was a motion in the Vice-
Chancellor's Court, before Sir George Turner, for a man-
datory injunction to restrain the defendants, who are the
managing owners of the screw-steamer Phoebe, of Liver-
pool, for preventing that vessel from sailing, by withhold-
ing certain portions of the machinery belonging to her.
The discussion turned very much upon disputed matter of
fact connected with the receipt of a commission on the
difference between nett and gross freight. The defen-
dants justified their retention of machinery on the ground
that Capt. Brenan, the plaintiff, had declined to fulfil an
agreement entered into with them as ships' husbands.
His honour declined granting the injunction, stating that

his feeling on the merits was decidedly with the 'defen-
dants, but that from plaintiff's own showing he must
have been aware of the facts in May last, and that, conse-
quently, if the question rested upon the ground of delay
alone, he would decline the injunction.
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—On Friday a
pharmaceutical meeting of the members of this association
was held at the Royal Institution, for the purpose more
especially of considering the subject of the supply of
medicines to emigrant ships. Mr. Sumners, the pre-
sident, occupied the chair. It appeared that, owing to
the inferior quality of medicines sometimes supplied to
emigrant ships, the Colonial Land and Emigration Com-
missioners had adopted a rule that all the medicine chests
of the ships sailing under their auspices should be fur-
nished exclusively by the London Apothecaries' Company.
This, he contended, might prove but the beginning of a
series of encroachments upon the privileges and emolu-
ments of the trade ; and it behoved the whole of the
chemists and druggists located in seaport towns to bestir
themselves in the matter. The representatives of Liver-
pool had been waited upon, and the matter having been
represented to them, and suggestions made to remedy the
evil which had led to the measure complained of, had
offered every assistance. It was for the association to
determine definitively on the steps which ought to be
adopted.—After a few words from Mr. Copeland and Mr.
Clay, Mr. Abraham, the honorary secretary, read the
draft of a memorial which bad been submitted on the
subject, and which suggested, as a remedy for the former
evil, a closer inspection of the medicine chests of all
vessels, at some public depot, by completely qualified
government officers.—Mr. Evans read an interesting
paper on rhubarb.
THE NEW STEAM NAVIGATION ACT.—At St. George's-
'ball, yesterday week, the Recorder gave an important
decision under this act of Parlilment, which came into
operation at the commencement of this year. The case
was one of appeal, the owner of the screw-steamer Times
having been convicted by the borough magistrates for
receiving on board more passengers than the number
specified in the sea-going certificate issued under the
statute. The steamer was authorised to carry 323 pas-
sengers, and, in this instance, there was an excess of
235. The court was called upon to mitigate the penalty,
because the hold of the vessel was empty ; but the
Recorder was of opinion that it would be mischievous to
encourage such a ground of extenuation. The conviction
was affirmed with costs.—At the Police-court, on Wed-
nesday, Thomas Dead, master of the Dublin Company's
steamer, Duke of Cambridge, was summoned for having
on board, on the 27th August last, 730 passengers, being
129 in excess. It appearing that the company endea-
voured to prevent overcrowding, the magistrates inflicted
the nominal penalty of ls., and ss. per head for each
passenger in excess, regretting that they could not
mitigate the latter penalty. An information was heard
against P. Owen, master of the Drogheda steamer Brian
Boroihme, for having 1,250 passengers, being an excess
of 606. The magistrates inflicted a penalty of £lO, and
ss. for each passenger in excess, amounting altogether
to £l6l 10s. In the same court, on Thursday, John
Lewis, master of the Rhyl boat, Earl Spencer, was fined
£5 under the same act, for proceeding to sea without a
certificate.

PROI,WID I3ANKS IN INDIA, AUSTRALIA, &c.—A
report having gained credit in Liver Pool and other places
that a joint stock company, proposing to establish banks
in India, China, and Australia, were seeking to obtain a
charter limiting the liability of the shareholders to the
amount of their subscriptions, the directors of the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce applied to the Man-
chester Commercial Association to join with them in
representing to Her Majesty's Ministers the danger of
such a course. The Manchester Association, however,
thought it desirable first to apply to the Board of Trade,
to ascertain if there was truth in the report, and on
Friday they received a reply stating that two draft
charters, one for the Bank of India, Australia, and
China, and the other for the bank of India, for which
applications had been made, had been referred by her
Majesty in Council to this department for their report.
These drafts had been submitted to the commissioners
for the affairs of India and to the Lords of the Treasury,
and were now under consideration. With reference to
the question whether similar privileges as to limitation of
liability had been granted by Her Majesty's Government
to like establishments either in India or any other

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dependency of Great Britain. they were informed that, no
charters for the establishment. of banks in India bad been
granted, and that no charters by which the liability was
restricted to the amount of the subscriptions of the
shareholders had, of late years, at least, been granted for
establishing banks in any other dependencies of Great
Britain. That, according to the rules established by
Government, in 1846, it was the practice to insert in
charters of incorporation granted to banking companies
in the colonies a provision under which the shareholders
were responsible for the engagements of the company to
the extent of twice the amount of their subscribed
shares : that is, for the amount subscribed, and for a
further additional amount equal thereto.
Docx COMMITTEE.-At the weekly meeting on Thurs-
day, Mr. Shand presided'. The warehouse management
sub-committee recommended the adoption of a new system
for the collection of dock and town dues, with a view to
prevent defalcation► by clerks. It was explained that, by
the arrangement proposed, the documents would pass
through the different departments of the Customs in the
form of an I 0 U, and the treasurer would pay the ac-
counts to Sir Thomas Brancker, the receiver of town dues,
and other parties. This plan was approved.—The harbour-
master's sub-committee recommended that the east quay
of the Prince's Dock should be appropriated to the export
trade, with the exception of one berth at the south-east
corner ; also that the west quay of George's Dock should
be appropriated to the export trade, and the east of the
same dock to the import trade. It was recommended that
water-casks should not be allowed to be filled at the places
mentioned. The recommendations were adopted.—Mr.
Molyneux said that, some time ago, there was an applica-
tion from Messrs. M'lver on the subject of paying dues on
goods shipped in their steamers in transitte. It was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee, and the committee had
at length recommended that the rate should be reduced.
Hitherto Messrs. M'lver, in order to simplify the matter,
had paid whatever they were liable to pay in one round
figure. If there were 500 packages they had put them all
in one, and bad paid the highest rate. The greater part.
were liable to pay Bd., but some as low as id. and 2.1.
Nearly all those goods were transhipped from vessels that
brought them from France, or from some other port, to
the steamers going to America ; and the committee had
recommended that, for all goods above 4d., the rate should
be reduced to 4d., and that, for all goods above ld., the
rate should be reduced to ld. After some conversation,
the recommendation was adopted.—The chairman an-
nounced that two vacancies had occurred in the sub-com-
mittee of finance. Mr. Bigham and Mr. Claxton were
unanimously appointed to fill up the vacancies.

GENERAL NEWS.

THE GOVERNMENT have refused to grant land for the
construction of commercial docks at Portsmouth.
GOLD.—The Charlotte Jane has arrived from Adelaide,
South Australia, with 48,000 ounces of gold, valued at
£192,000.

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.—The Conservative mem-
bers of the House of Commons had a meeting with the
Premier yesterday (Monday) afternoon.
Fours CHILDREN, sons of Michael Leamy, a labourer,
were killed last week by eating dahlia-roots, which they
had believed to be wholesome food.

NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—Major-Gen. the lion.
George Anson, M.P., has been elected to succeed Mr.
Glyn as chairman of the London and North-western
railway.

THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL
IN FOREIGN PARTS has, during the year, paid no less
than £78,500 in aid of the operations of thel church at
home and abroad.

THE LATE BARONESS VON BECK.—In the case of Con-
stant Derra deMoroda (secretary to the late Baroness Von
Beck) v. George Dawson and others, a rule has been
granted for a new trial.
INCENDIARISM.—On Saturday a large amount of agri-
cultural property, the produce of a farm of 400 acres, was
destroyed by fire at Womenswculd, near Barham, on the
road from Canterbury to Dover.
THE REPRESENTATION.—The students of London
University are preparing to assert their claims to a re-
presentative, in place of one of the disfranchised seats to
be supplied in the present parliament.
Stn. G. CARROLL has sent a brute, named David
M'Farlin, to prison for seven days for cruelly setting his

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