The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

W lIITEHEAI

AT A NCIIESTER screw steam-shii,CaPtain
nesday, for Philadelphia, with a full

ni of Mr_ Whitehead, cart-
ith

un
Wylie, sailed "
on IN

EBB PETTY SESSION
2S. for agganitin,

Jane Battersby was

va parishLvulluvu puw 01 Idle
chnrch of Bowness.
THE' GOVERNMENT has entered into a contract with
Messrs. Arthur and George Holme, of this town, for the
construction of the battery and other extensive fortifica-
tions on, the north shore.
ANNE DYER, the wife of a sailor, lodging in Newhall-
street, came home drunk on Tuesday, after being out all
day, and fell down the cellar steps as she was attempting
to go up stairs to bed. She was promptly conveyed to
the Southern Hospital, where she died from effusion of
the brain.
ON TUESDAY the body of Alexander 'Melrose, a ship
Carpenter, fifty-one years of age, residing in 8 Court,
Grafton-street, was found floating in the river, opposite
the Toxteth Dock. At an inquest held on Wednesday, it
transpired that the deceeased had been drinking for some
days .nr.v;,,,,„1

TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.—The improvement committee
'net on Friday, and agreed to recommend the Council to
apply to Parliament for a bill to permit the following im-
provements being made :-1. A high level bridge from
Dale-street to Shaw's-brow ;2. To widen Hatton-garden ;
3. To widen Water-street ;4. To widen Hardman-street,
Rodney-street.

BRIAALgI.A..I3BING.—On Wednesday, James Barlow,
of Stretford, was committed for trial at the assizes, for
stabbing William Garner, a boatman. It originated in a
quarrel, on Sunday, at Stretford, in the Dog and Partridge
public-house, where Barlow drew forth a knife, went up
to Garner, and stabbed him • , •

- All ,c.,,ribs, producing a serious wound. He was Soon after se-
cured, and the injured man was conveyed to the Manches-
ter
weak from los infirmary, s
of blood, where he is now recovering, though very
CURIOUS MUSICAL COSTEST.—A grand musical con-
test between eight brass bands, from Lancashire, Cheshire,
and Yorkshire, took place at the Bellevue Zoological Gar-
dens, last week. The first prize of £l6 was awarded to
the Mossley Temperance Band ; the second to the Dews-
bury ; Bromley obtained the third; and Bury the fourth.
Afterwards the whole of the bands, comprising 100 instru-
ments, united in the performance of the national anthem,
which was conducted by Mr. S. Greenwnod, of the POOl Zoological Gardens. Upwards of 16,000 people were
assembled, and the scene was curious and exciting.
PanccE EDWARD ISLAND.—Several addresses have
been presented to the Hon. Joseph Pope on his departure
for Liverk)ool, after having served the interests of the
...and during twenty-three years as a legislator, speaker
of the House of Assembly, member of the executive Colin-
c,P,, and treasurer of the colony. He arrived with Mrs.
rope, in the Mersey, on the 7th instant, in his beautiful
schooner. Grafton, now moored in the Birkenhead Dock,
and admirably fitted up for a colitemplated visit to Aus-
tralia.

le, just

J-Y.„--
..._ EA TR Or MR. BRADSRA.W.—A letter from Christiana,
in Sweden, of the 10th instant, announces the death from
cholera of Mr. Bradshaw, the publisher of the Railway
Guides. It says,—Grim death is stalking about amongst
lis , MONVIIIg down indiscriminately. Already 800 have
peen swept off by cholera, and still upwards of sixty a day
laite the dust. Only one Englishman yet - Mr. Bradshaw,
the veritable Bradshaw, who had come over to collect data
Tor his new Continental Guide, had only been in town
been
days ; he was, however, nervous, and has incessantly
'Jeen taking preventives. From apparent perfect health,
six hours' illness was sufficient touslrerhimbeforehis maker.
, TRE STRIRES.—The strikes continue in the manufactur-
ing districts. About 5,000 looms and 2,000 weavers of
domestics," are standing in an About
a full advance of
wages, amounting to ten per cent., being demanded,
The master dyers refuse still to accede to the demands of
their workmen, and have increased their number of fresh
hands. The dyers have already spent nearly £5,000 in
84Purting the present strike, ss. per week being paid to
the ordinary workmen, and 10s. to the foremen. They are;
Ilaw seeking the aid of the Liverpool operatives, and:
vi'eekly subscriptions are to be entered into here. The
wcolliers of Wighan have given notice to strike unless their
mg:es are advanced 15 per cent. A demonstration of
colliers has taken place at Wakefield, with the view df
eve;:esnsoill,,,PPort for their demand for an advance of
Coal haVCrtienatelo the advance in the price of coal.
Pence i• fl,:'ell I°d• per ton, and they require that tlzee-
T °- ""t8 should gointo the pocket of the miner.
_ ITE ELreTitic Thun BALL.—A time ball is now in
oottrse of erection over the premises of the Electric Tele-
gra
wPh Company, in Castle-street. It will be completed in
fe daYs• .K. staff-rises from the roof of the building to
the height of forty feet, which is surmounted by a neat
design, below which are marked the four cardinal points,
a gilt vane cut zigz like a flash of lightning, iedicating
the course of the wind. The time-ball is a crimson globe,
with gold and black zones, six feet in diameter, which will
the
liberated at twelve o'clock, and will fall ten feet down
'lie Pole, thereby 'indicating the exact time at areenwich
and Charing-cross. The ball, which is to be hoisted into
its place by machinery, will be held there by a-small iron
fastener, opposite to which a bar of iron in the-centre of a
coil of wire will be placed, the wire being connected with
a battery, but not touching the irin bar. By passing the
electric current -Along this wire the iron becomes highly
Magnetic, and this, attracting thq small bar which holds
tip the time-ball, frees it from obstructions, and it instan-
taneously falls. This arrangement for ascertaining the
exact time at Greenwich will be of great advantage to the
Mercantile and maritime population of Liverpool.
LAMPPOST INDICATOR.-At Salford the following plan
r_ aut to be adopted :—At the summit-of each public
;Mbor Pillar win be affixed, so as to project over the foot-
at the top dierY
banner, 24 inches by 16-inches, having
of aIP ). label-three inches deep, with carved ends, and
of theenteell .tneeesor t.hurV to receive each side the_
di-
will
on
earh
iiid oroughfare. Each board W4I be
which
Will be recordea the e into two compartments, within .
te
public builclngs roo,,es if all proxima
together\ ' ,-Ponstoatilifiecsesandchpuur-L—ches- and chapels,
..tc.,
..„. , with thei
of business
.1 despatch at
religious rice at each
hour . at public offices, times
Postoffices, and periods of sell
von be a establishment. The remaining. compartments
Of a veryey°ted to the trading community,an consideration
will moderate subscription. The trading references
and be restricted to oT a simple indication name, address,
4, °ro °ceuPatioti. ' These references and the names of the
""ughfares 'win be uniformly published on purple
a,,8",111114, in gold letters, alternately shaded with vermillion
L7'4.Pale blue • aid where indices are apPlicable they will
ue introduced, painted in flesh colour and artistically
°leellted, so as to-. indicate the relative position of each
establishMent referred to. The mouldings and carved Portions of the banners will also be gilded, and the whole
eMPleted in the most decorative style, so as to constitute
Positive public ornament as well as a source of useful
Information.
A Ttunvisn BrutloPoLisx.--Mr. James Ainsworth,
Plablisher of Manchester, appeared on Wednesday as pro-
tor- in L. case of robbery. A number of books, his pre
13ertY, were discovered at the shop of Mr. Phythian, a
eater in second-hand books, in Withy-grove, Manchester,.
nalul the police consequently paid Mr. Phythian
ea. visit,
itd hefore they left the shop not fewer than 94. v isdibe
...liging to Mr. Ainsworth were claimed by
-,,tne
0, _ of considerable bulk,
evL the Bible," such as " Fleetwhiood'isnHeluistonryg
a copy of Scott's works,' in 10 vols., royal
"°' Mr. ythian stated that about four months ago
..., y 0,....
of `tug man named Thomas Chew had. sold
.himxth4ecopy
Scott for £2 4s. (the publishing price being ._ , 165.),s
f.„4" for
had frequentl 'bought large quantities of noof
ta the same man iid'had paid him upwards of £3O in
a7boateh„,ew, it turned out, was in Mr. Ainsworth's employ
on
the h "° Years ago, gm' e which time helm' Carried
hand.
iness of a dealer in books, both new and second-
A
cau,,.., . Inarently in the way of business,-he had often
Warehouse
-akost,lilbe•rAtyinbseivinorth's warehouse, and had bought lots
g given him to go in and out of the
alectinonusweil\lmost she pleased, because of his former con-
:placed in ir„, th,,,ettablishmen't, and of the confidence
:he had take—, 'thil., eiv, when charged with the offence, said
tva(s, at first sa,spee't'noks, and he was exceedingly sorry. It
denied 1' stolen, that 0' fr°l.4 the bulk and number of the
that it was so
mu have had an accomplice, but he
sessions.
• e WB.B committed for trial at the
}-1134,T
-Tit op TRE ,r
ftePerts that the healtrl".—Tke medical officer. of health
_actory state, the d
Nat eaths°f the town
„..2rtlaY, the 1 continues:in a satis-
registered in the week ending
10th instant, having amounted to 209,
'.64.111.5t 228 for the Barrie Nveek of the last five years, and
181 for th
the I.tte e Previous
the''" r, but • week, showing a slight increase on
hist five nineteen fewer deaths than the average of
.fo.tY-two "T.:ears Of 79 deaths from zymotic diseases,
witruPared wl.tri-tseed from diarrhoea—an increase of
these the em,responditie previous week, and of 12 compared
_ were ehildre iig week of the last -five years ;42 13
Vg,_aused three a,..n„._11 under two years. Typhus fever
T-cough, 5.-;';'211,.; scarlet fever, 4 ; measles, 2 ; hoop-
:1 and cliseaseidTPox, 2 ; croup, 1. From consump-
deaths. Po othetuhiew
elie gs there were no fewer than
jaoiers. Three of
thew ere registered from Asiatic
che fourth occn mentioned in the last report.
irian.
wheniccions SLatur
sere on the „sre,!_red Oil Monday : a woman who arrived
Laoari_ --e reach tina----y from Germany, by way of
diatei TT under thaera i erpool she was found to be
ozn the rail
Yransferred fr
thern nospitaL s. n first stage, and was imme-
Ported : ut ince glen way station to the Nor-
Ger , tle child, „_. another case has been re.
far
icu:lt
York.al ry
the Akamgn h'onTee years old, one of a family of
the syxneprttee?salszl,aft!n embarked on board
died the same holera ear 1.,.,.. She was seized with
In all these matins Yin the Eifii isi,tesday morning, and
from Germany, and the
e.,...egrare nt 8 Rome, Moorfields.
the disease. had brought rs had recently arrived 5 with them the seeds of
ARTIFICIAL GITANo.
Committee
At the ni 1'
--,, on Thursday, th
Win
of the Health
proceedings :ThSome inhabitaents g tbrmed part of the
V.
eetnerltreet, having complainedeof a-icester-street, Great
.2_ cas.ioned by the manufacture of itil)4t-lifiisn.ia' alleged to
.e_ .in an adjoining yard, Dr. ---el guano, ge Warees and reports as follows :—The Cameron inspected the
car-
hollers Gres
llomer-street. At the low yard is situate No.
shed, . or boiling down sugar • t er end are a set of
b in
which .
to
ed in o treacle, and a wooden
c„,,,_, . is s r some of
1.,..—", against th • • the artificial
-"In th e parhtion wall which guano, whilst
obtai e alljoining houses is separates the yard
is
alined from
various es a quantity of refuse sugar,
cans :wed to re 'n sources and mixed with clay. This
it to exposed to the air for
Process Uncle
month, to
„ rgo a slow fernae tar a .
torte t,'ertain noxious n ion. Daring this
their Be adjoining
housesvapours are given off, which pene-
wen,
towaersstant, rendering them, according to
n0.,,' ilreugh one Ofthes, uninhabitable.—Dr. Cameron
Preseof thidad is satisfied of the correct-
Present 8 statement, atha •
nt
carried on is •
t this manufacture, as at
of th , nuisance and injurious to the
parti.sni se
who reside in its ' ' • .
the ' te'rlY vvhen the air immediate neighbourhood,
matigases of gennin _ r was strongly impregnated with
to e f the e guano. This was an artificial article,
t.v."e allowa 4.„ refilSe Of s
--.en ,-- •,,, uncle ugar mixed with clay, which
Wile -Jsad down rgo fermentation for some time, and
i.,,.., re it was
~,.._ with a small portion of real guano.
Znronsider ,rt::°_rme.ted by a building well closed in, he did
Cerlthoreughly"i4r.nuisance. It required that the air should
801:11e disc °l)Fegoated with it to render it injurious-
'", ? 8110,44 Latis_,slun, directions were given that info/mm-
*4le% v mod, With a View tO the euPpreseion of the

we perceive th

cent enactment now coming into effect, is very voluminous.
Last year the entire list contained only 752 names ; but
this year there are 2,371; one ward alone (the north-east)

borough, on Friday neat, the
•

There are

twenty-nine claims and seventy-three objections to be
decided.

WAVERTREE COMMISSIONERS
'meting of this Board last week, a