The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-23 00:00:00

WRECK OF A STEAMSHIP.-On Thursday information
was received from Gottenburg of the total wreck of the
Victoria steamship, from Hull for St. Petersburgh. Three
passengers and five of the crew were drowned, and three
female passengers, with 20 of the crew and male passen-
gers, succeeded with great difficulty in getting on the
rocks, where they were exposed to the inclemency of the
weather for nearly 20 hours, when, providentially, they
were observed by some Swedish fishermen. The vessel
went to pieces soon after she struck, and but a very small
portion of the cargo, in a very damaged state, has been
saved.

THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—In consequence of the
holiday on Thursday, the usual weekly meeting of this
body did not take place till Friday : Mr. Aldermen Langs.
dale presided.—Mr. Bigham was appointed a member of
the parliamentary sub-committee.—lt was agreed to lay
down flagging in Great Howard-street, between Dutton-
street and Robert-street North, (immediately opposite the
Northern Hospital).—The chief constable had reported
that Leigh-bridge, in Athol-street, over the canal, was in
a dangerous state, stones falling from it. A statement
from Mr. Newlends was read that the bridge was not
dangerous, but it was badly constructed, and too narrow
for the traffic. When replaced, it would he desirable to
make it an iron girder bridge of the full width of the
street.—The chairman and engineer were appointed
to communicate with Mr. John Shaw Leigh, who
owns the property in the neighbourhood, upon the
subject.—A letter was read from Mr. J. B. Lloyd, so.
licitor to the Gas Company, enclosing a report from Mr.
King, in reference to the suggestion that, when gas pipes
are to be laid down, the work be done, if possible, before
the street is re-paved.—Some discussion took place in
reference to Mr. Rose's contract for emptying the mid-
dens of the town, which expires on the sth of February
next.—The specificaion for the new contract was read,
and a suggestion thrown out by Mr. Moss, supported by
Mr. Beckwith, that the work ought to be split into seve-
ral contracts, hut the discussion was postponed.—lt ap-
peared from the medical officer's report, that the town
had been unusually healthy during the last three weeks,
and that 192 deaths only had been recorded last week.
CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE-OFEICER.—On Wednes-
day Police-officer 170 :was summoned for committing an
assault upon a man, named John Mahone. On Tuesday
last he was leaving the Clarence Dock with a friend, who
had just arrived from America, when the officer came up
and said that he was a thief. The complainant denied
the accusation, and the officer then struck him, and used
great violence towards him, and took him into the hut,
and thence to the Waterloo-road bridewell, where the
man complained that the officer had broken his arm with
his stick, He was taken to the main bridewell the follow-
leg morning, and a surgeon was sent for, who set hisar'm.
Several witnesses were called in support of this statement.
The officer then stated that the complainant was a man-
catcher, and was taking a drunken man, who had arrived
from America, out of the dock, and was endeavouring to
get. his money from him. He (the officer) took the man
from him, and put him on board the Dublin boat, where
he wanted to go. The complainant, upon losing his vic-
tim, became very outrageous, and the officer at last was
compelled to take him into custody. The man resisted,
and a struggle ensued, during which he and the complain-
ant fell several times, and he had to get asszstanee before
he could take him into custody. He called several wit-
nesses, who corroborated his statement, and said that he
never used his stick. Mr. Mansfield said, that as there
was no evidence to show that the officer struck the man
with his stick, but that, on the contrary, the witnesses
had sworn that he never used his stick at all, the fracture
must have been caused by the fall, and therefore he should
dismiss the case.

THE STEAMER ANDES. —This magnificent screw-
steamer, the first of the proposed Cunard line between
Liverpool, New York, Boston, and Panama, arrived here,
from Glasgow, on Tuesday last. The Andes is the first
of the new auxiliary fleet of steamers by which the Cunard
Company intend vastly to extend the sphere of their opera-
tions. They will now have a regular weekly departure
from Liverpool to New York, instead of fortnightly, as at
present, when the departure one week is for Boston and
the other for New York. The tonnage of the Andes is
about 1,500 tons ; her length about 250 feet ; breadth of
beam 32 feet ; and depth of hold 27 feet. The most modern
improvements have been introduced in the construction of
the engines, which are nominally of 330 horse-power, but
will work up about 450. The principal cabin is an elegnnt
apartment, about 60 feet in length, and of proportionate
breadth, fitted up with handsome mahogany and other
tables, and seats to correspond. The scats are of very
ingenious construction, and,by a very simple contrivance,
may be extended or otherwise, in proportion to the num-
ber of passengers. The sides of the cabin are panelled,
and exquisitely wrought with gold mouldings, the sup.
ports being pillars of real veined marble. The pillars are
surmounted with capitals wrought in electro-gold, and the
mouldings ornamented with elaborately-carved appropriate
fignres and devices. The cabin is lighted by semicular

sky-lights,
in which stained glass isintroduced, represent-
ing different subjects. The ladies' cabin adjoins the prin-
cipal cabin, and is fitted up in a style uniform with it. The
berths are exceedingly commodious, and here, as in every
other department of the vessel, particular care has been
taken to secure those essential requirements on shipboard,
light and ventilation. The various apartments are heated
by pipes passing along the floor, and the temperature may
be regulated to suit the feelings of the passengers. There
are in the first cabin '6O berths, and about 140 in the
second ; making it altogether a total of 200 berths. Capt.
Hutchings, an experienced seaman, has charge of the
Andes. Her experimental trip from the Clyde to this port
is considered most satisfactory. She ran from the tail of
the bank off Greenock to the Bell Buoy in 14 hours 55
minutes, under steam alone ; and between the Cinch and
Cumbrae Lights, a distance of 16 miles, in 1 hour and 6
minutes. The Andes was built by Messrs. Denny Brothers,
of Dumbarton, and her external fittings, which are very
beautiful. were carried out under the superintendence of
Mr. J. Dixon, her clever and obliging chief-steward. She
will be despatched on the Bth of December on her first
voyage to New York, and thence to Chagres.

THE SHIPPING INTEREST. —A deputation in support
of memorials to the Board of Trade, from the shipping
interests of South Shields, Sunderland, Liverpool, Glas-
gow, Greenock, Leith, and other ports, praying that a
charter of incorporation limiting the liability of share-
rs may not he granted to the North American Screw
a-ship Company, on t

e ground that such charters
•
is to the.l spirit of private enterprise, and tend
'ee competition, had an interview with the
J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester on Fri-
it the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of
Brown. M.P., Mr. Turner. M.P., Mr. J. Clay,
„ Mr. Hudson, M.P., Mr. Duncan, M.P., Lord
Goderich, M.P., Mr. Seymour, M.P., Mr. Lockhart,
M.P.. Mr. Sinollett, M.P., Mr. Ingham, M.P.. Mr.

to check

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Davidson, M.P., Mr. Cairns, M.P., Mr. Dunlop, M.P.,
Mr. Duncan Gibbs, and Mr. Cunard. Mr. W. Brown,

M.P., oiler

gs by stating that, as the ob-

'ject of the visit was known to Mr. Henley, they came to
state, in most respectful language, but in the strongest
terms they could use, the decided objection that the ship-
ping interest, represented by the deputies then present,
had to charters granting a limited responsibility. They
conceived that it would give an advantage to one class of
traders over another, which was unjust ; that they need
not tell him, Mr. Henley, that, wherever private capital
was adequate to meet any mercantile enterprise, it .could
be more economically managed, with advantage to the
individual and with greater advantage to the state. It

could not be controverted that companies' concerns were
always subjected to heavier charges than when a man
managed his own affairs; and it could not be said at pre-
sent that there was any want of capital to embark in any
oursuit that would leave a fair remuneration for capital.
Where parties profess to manage a company's business
by screw-steamers, to secure to themselves a charter with
limited liability, it is easily evaded; you can put into a
vessel a screw, with a•one horse-power engine : she is still
a screw-steamer. Eveiy shipowner in the kingdom had
equally a right to have a charter of limited liability, unless
a monopoly was meant 4o be created. He was not a ship-
owner, yet he must strongly object to charters on public
grounds ; but, ns many of the gentlemen present were
practical men, they would state their own views. He
then expressed a hope that those chartered injuries would
not be inflicted on the country. Mr. Turner, Mr. Clay,
of Hull, and several other gentlemen followed in the same
strain ; and, in reply, Mr. Henley said he would consider
what they had so ably argued: Lord Colchester, Sir
Emerson Tennent, and Mr. Booth were present.

GENERAL NEWS.

Monday night, the Colonial Coffee-house,
Lombard street, London, was burnt down. The inmates
with difficulty escaped.
A YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN was safely delivered of a

fine female child, while travelling to London by the
South-western Railway, last week.
CAUTION.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Wed-
nesday, a man named Henson was fined £lO for taking a
horse having the glanders to a public fair.
THE CURFEW.—TheSoutia Eastert? Gazette states that
the old curfew bell at Sandwich, which has been rung
daily since the time of William the Conqueror, is to be
discontinued.

Ma. DAVID MAssow, one of the contributors to the
Athenottni, has been appointed to the vacant professor-
ship of English language and literature at the London
University.

DR. MANTELL. the geologist, died last week. He first
practised at Lewes, and successively removed to Brighton
and London. As a scientific man he was more imaginative
tban profound.
MR.JOHN WATTS, of Frome, has died of what is termed
a broken heart, caused by excessive and continued grief
at the loss of his daughter. Sarah Watts, who was bru-
tally murdered in Sept., 1851.
BRUTALITY.—A person, named King, was last week
sent to the London House of Correction for roasting a
live cat. His wife and a friend were looking on whilst
the inhuman deed was being committed.
DR. BIRKIIECK, the founder of Mechanics' Institutes,
died lately, leaving his widow in impoverished circum-
stances. The offer of a pension of £5O a-year, charged
on the civil list, has been declined by Mrs. Birkbeck.
A NEW DRESS has been invented, called costume
royale, combining the mantle, gilet, and dress in one
garments which may be slipped on and off without the
least trouble, and yet preserves the most graceful outline.

ADVICE TO PEDESTRIANS.—When you feel very much
jaded by a long walk, and hardly able to go further, if
you can swallow a cup of tea and a bit of toast or biscuit,
and pour a wine-plass of whisky into your shoes' keeping
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for another hour or two of hard tramping
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