The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

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of their rank and offices, though

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hall is to be in Lime-street, opposite St. George's-hall,
the premises will extend hack to Roe-street, on the
le of the Queen's-hotel. A considerable portion
ults in the basement will be appropriated to the
.e ample provision is to be made for
&e., in separate vaults. They will
itchens. &e., under the ball. The
treet will he through a handsome

Yorkshire Company enter it:With produce to be vended for north
the consumption of the neighburbood. The first which of the
entered it on Wednesday were laden with Yorkshire pots, use of the lodge, wi
toes, the property of Messrs. Bruce and Greenish, potato ale shave
factors, of Oldham-road, Manchester, and Great Howard-
street,also Liverpool, who have thus earned a choice of th. ent"--

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locality of their standing. The market will be a great and spacious rustic doorcase, whence the ascent will be
convenience to the neighbourhood. through a vestibule by a number of steps to a circular
landing, round which are placed niches for the reception
THE CUSTOMS' LANDING 'WAITERS..- -At the meeting of figures or statues. From this point stairs will lead
of the Dock Committee on Thursday, the chairman said right and left to the principal floor of the hall, which is to
the committee were probably aware that the select corn- be entered by folding doors. The hall will be 76 feet long
mittee of the House of Commons on the customs law by 361 feet wide, and 23 feet high to the ceiling, exclusive
had reported upon the subject of making the hours of of a gallery or orchestra over the ante-rooms, 36 feet by
attendance of the landing officers from seven in the morn. 20 feet. Underneath the hall are to be spacious coffee-
ing to five in the atternoon, instead of from eight in the rooms, and above the hall a suite of twelve large rooms,
morning till four in the afternoon, as at present; and the that may be attached to the Queen's-hotel. The style of
officers of MISttrIMR horn qtatarl that that rannrf had ha.,... .•. . . . . . . . . . - .. -- -

referred in London to the dock companies there, and they
had all reported against the proposed alteration ; and they
wished to have the opinion of the Liverpool Dock Com-
mittee upon it. Some conversation ensued, in the course
of which the proposed alteration was generally condemned.
Ultimately it was agreed to refer the subject to a special
committee, cansisting of Messrs. Shand, Brocklebank,
Tobin, Malcomson, Lockett, Rankin, Robinson, and
Steele, to consider and report upon it.
LAUNCH OF THE OSMANLI.—The Dumbarton Herald
notices the launch of this vessel, which is the property of
Vianna, Jones, and Chapple, of this town :—" Although
not altogether a new ship, the Osmanli is in almost every
respect entitled to that appellation, the only portion of
her old materials which remain being a small part of the
hull forward. She has also been lengthened about 53 feet,
and had her decks raised considerably. Her dimensions
now are—Length of keel and forerake. 176 feet; breadth
of beam, 241 feet ; depth of hold, 151 feet; register ton-
nage, 550. She will have a pair of direct acting engines
of 70 horse power, together with one of Beattie's patent
screws, the principle of which is said to he the most per-

.;tittecture ..at of the Italian. The land was
purchased from Mr. ,Mitchell, who erected the Queen's
Arms-hotel a few years ago. The cost of the building is
estimated at from £9,000 to £lO,OOO, and it is expected
to be completed by the latter end of January or early in
February next year. Notwithstanding the unfavourable
state of the weather, a large number of spectators assem-
bled to witness the ceremony, which possessed many fea-
tures, giving it a peculiar interest even to those uninitiated
in the mysteries of the craft. After the ceremony the
brethren dined together at the Adelphi.hotel.

DOCK COMMITTEE.-At the weekly meeting on Thurs-
day, Mr. Charles Turner, M.P., presided. The marine
department produced a survey of the Liverpool bay, made
in 1852, and recommended that a chart be engraved. It
was stated that some alteration would have to be made.
In consequence of the increased work at the northern
docks three additional dock-gatemen were appointed. An
additional supply of planks and shores were ordered for
the graving docks.—A form of certificate to be signed by
parties claiming exemption from the rate of Id. per ton
heretofore charged upon the cargoes of vessels coming
into the river from the Leeds and Liverpool canal was

feet yet adopted. Along with the Rattler, which we ob-
serve is in a state of considerable forwardness, and which
will be launched from the same yard in a few weeks, she
is to be employed in the Italian trade, on which line the
Frankfort. the only vessel in which Beattie's patent has
yet been applied, has made some most astonishingly quick
passages. her last run from Liverpool to Gibraltar having
been accomplished in the unexampled short period of five
days and four hours --
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laid. before the committee and adopted.LA letter was
produced from Mr. Wm. R. Cothorn, the owner of the
New Brighton steamers, who wished that some alteration
should be made in the present arrangements with respect
to steam-boats coming to the landing-stage. He com-
plained that very frequently, in coming to the landing-
stage, the place he occupied was filled by the. Seacombe
boats, and he could not get in. Mr. James Ho!me said
there were more boats than the length of the stage would
accommodate—that was the sum and substance of the
matter.—ln reply to a question from Mr. Steele, the
chairman stated that the stage which the corporation in-
tended to build was for sea-going vessels. This was the
stage for the Seacombe boats. The letter was then re-
ferred to the marine and sub-marine committee.—A letter
from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., with the report of
the solicitor thereon, was read. From the letter it ap-
peared that on the 21st of May last' Messrs. Gibbs,
Bright, and Co. made a deposit of £lO to cover the dues
on the cargo of the Frederick, consisting of iron and other
The vessel sailed from Glasgow to Boston early
and after having sprung a leak put into Belfast,
,rgo. After being out s second time the master
was obliged to put into the port of Liverpool, and the
vessel was found incapable of continuing the voyage. The
cargo was consequently transhipped, and conveyed in
another vessel to Boston. Under the peculiar circum-
stances of the care, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. asked
the dock committee to return the £lO. The dock solici-
tor, upon this letter, reported to the effect that if the ori-
ginal shipment had been from Liverpool, and the dock
dues had been twice paid on the same goods, he should
have thought that this was a fair case of remission ; but
the fact being that the dues had been once paid for the
use of the Liverpool docks, he could not see what claim
there wee

NEW PASSENGERS' AcT.—On Friday the Pas-
' Act A.mendment Bill came into force. The
former acts, except as to existing liabilities, and except
as to an order in Council dated the 6th of October, 1849,
are repealed. The act is to extend to every passenger
ship proceeding on any voyage from the united kingdom
to any place out of Europe, and not being within the
Mediterranean sea, and on every colonial voyage stated.
The Commissioners of Emigration are to carry the act in-
_ _

to execution with the assistance of their officers. There
are 91 provisions in the statute, and a number of forms
to be used. Among the enactments there are several to
secure proper accommodation and food for the passengers.
Boats are to be carried on board each vessel. Every
passenger in a passenger ship is to be entitled, for at
lenst 48 hours next after his arrival at the end of his
voyage, to sleep in the ship, and to be provided for and
maintained on board. No passenger in any ship is to be
landed without his previous consent at any port or place
other than the port or place at which he contracted to
land. A certain space on board is to be allowed to each
passenger. Rules are to be made and proper order ob-

this year,
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served

A WEDDING NIGHT IN BRIDEWELL.—On Tuesday, a
young woman, now ri joicing in the name of Catherine
Lowe, but who was Catherine Kenny, a spinster, on Mon-
day morning was brought up at the Police-court, charged
by her father, James Kenny, with robbing him of four
sovereigns and a bonnet. The prosecutor stated that he
was going to cash a note, and had four sovereigns in a
trunk for that purpose. He, however, left home for a
short period, and subsequently he saw his daughter kneel-
ing down at the box, which she said she was shifting fur-
ther along the floor ; but he found afterwards that the
trunk had been broken open. and that the sovereigns and
a bonnet had been removed from it. The girl denied the
charge, and said she had merely put on a new dress to be
married in. From the church she went home with her
husband, and they were in the midst of the usual wed-
ding festivities, when her father came and gave her into
custody ; so that she bad to spend her wedding night in
bridewell, instead of with her husband. The reason of
all this, the prisoner said, was that her father and mother
did not like her husband, and their spite was because she
was married. The magistrate said he was inclined to
think there had been no robbery. The prisoner was then
discharged.

for the return because that voyage had been
disastrous. The committee declined to accede to the re-
quest to return the £lo.—Mr. Langsdale said there did
not appear to have been any taxes paid this year for the
Albert dock warehouses. Mr. Robinson replied that none
had been paid. They objected to the assessment some
time back, and the question was referred. A long time
elapsed before they received the report from Mr. Stewart,
Mr. Picton, and Mr. Culehaw, but those gentlemen had
now decided upon the amount. The taxes had formerly
been paid upon £20,000 per annum, and now the assess-
ment was reduced to £13,000. The reason why the
taxes had not been paid this year was, that they had
not been applied for.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the weekly
meeting of this body, Alderman Langsdale presided ; and
the other members present were—Messrs. Fleming,
Dover, Johnson, Godfrey, Beckwith, Henderson, Nichol-
son, and Lloyd. The medical officer of health reported
that, with the change of temperature during the last fort-
night, there had been a considerable reduction in the
mortality of the borough. While the mean temperature
fell from upwards of 64 degrees in the week ending the
11th instant, to 55} degrees in the two following weeks,
the registered deaths fell from 252 to 220 in the week
before last, and 222 last week—showing a lower mortality
than in any of the preceding eight weeks. The deaths in
the parish during the last fortnight were 309, and in the
extra parochial wards, 133. The principal decrease has
taken place in bowel complaints, the deaths from which
during the last four weeks have been respectively 66, 59,
46, and last week 30. From other diseases of the zymotic
class, the deaths last week were 38—viz., typhus 10, scar-
latina 14, measles 4 (less than in any week of the previous
seven months), 'looping cough 3, croup 2. erysipelas 3,
small-pox 1. Diseases of the lungs, including consump-
tion, caused 49 deaths in the week before last, and 54 in
the last week. Two sailors and the wife of a licensed
victualler died from delirium tremens. That the high
temperature of the summer was especially unfavourable to
infant life was shown by a comparison of the general and
infantile mortality in the first week of August, and in the
week ending last Saturday. While the general mor-
tality fell from 286 to 222, the decrease being 64,
the deaths below five years of age fell from 196 to 121,
showing a decrease of 75.—Tenders were ordered to be
obtained for the paving of Henry-street, Everton.
The general purposes sub-committee recommended that a
portion of Mann-street, in Toatcth-park, should be
sewered, the estimated cost being £9OO. It was stated
that when completed, along Henderson-street, the
ultimate cost would be upwards of £2,ooo.—Mr. Lloyd
said it was a street abounding in small court-houses, and
there had been more cholera there than in any other
portion of Liverpool ; but where were they to find the
money P—Mr. Newlands replied that there was plenty of
money left from the sewerage rate.—The proposed work
was then ordered.—Mr. Fresh was instructed to give the
necessary notices for draining the Collegiate Institution.
Mr. Johnson asked if anything was likely to be done soon
as to the immediat

PRESENTATION TO THE INCUMBENT OF MUCH WOOL-
TON.—The congregation and a few of the friends of the
Rev. Robert Leicester, M.A., have lately presented that
gentleman with a handsome clock, of gothic design, also
a silver inkstand, waiter, and other articles of plate of
considerable value, and at the same time they presented
Mrs. Leicester with a beautiful work table, fitted with
silver mounted articles, as an acknowledgmen' of his
untiring and valuable services in his ministerial capacity,
and of her unwearied assiduity and attention to the wants
of the poor. The subscribers were composed of persons
of all sects of religion, and of every shade of politics ;
and one of the most pleasing circumstances connected
with the testimonial was the anxiety of the labouring
classes to compete with their wealthy neighbours in their
substantial and practical appreciation, not only of their
minister's devotion to his pastoral duties, but also of the
constant and never-failing kindness of Mrs. Leicester,
who has been a willing and affectionate fellow-worker with
him from the commencement of his ministerial duties in
the village. The names of the subscribers were engrossed
on vellum and presented in a morocco case. The following
was the inscription on the clock :—" Presented, together
with a silver inkstand and other articles of plate, to the
Rev. Robert Leicester, M.A., by his congregation and a
few other attached friends, in grateful remembrance of his
faithful and valued services as incumbent of Woolton for
upwards of a quarter of a century. September, 1852."
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the
weekly meeting, Mr, Harrison occupied the chair. A com-
munication from the Poor-law Board was read, suggesting
that the salaries of Mr. Whittle and Mr. Gilmour, medical
officers, should bo made £250 each instead of £220, as
propose I.—On Friday, an extraordinary meeting of the
board was held, for the purpose of replying to the queries
of the Poor-law Board, relative to the salaries of tour of
the medical officers, and for taking measures for carrying
into effect the new general order of the Poor-law Board
for regulating out-door relief.. The clerk was directed,o

guardians, by a majority of eleven to two, tboughtll
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.e approaches to St. Geore's
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cars
came close to the foot passengers, occasioning fear of

ceeded to (-onsidertlWnev; orders, which were ten in
number. With respect to the order directing one-half of
the relief to be given in kind, a resolution was passed to

the permanent arrangements—%;e;TabouiTolelTiierbefo; i
the council for approval, and that the work would be pro-
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SUDDEN DEATH IN A PULPIT.—On Mond
quest was held at Norton, near Doncao
the body of Mr. James Calvert, she,—
near York. He had not been a F.
having had several attacks of inflarr
fever, but on Sunday morning he

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chapter of Luke, the lesson appointed for the evenin
when he suddenly exclaimed " Oh, my dear friends,
dropped down in the pulpit, and died

ost immediate!

AWFUL EFFECTS OF THE STORM ON
AFTERNOON.—Suton Valence wa
most terrific storms that it has I
report for many years, if ever so aw
been experienced. On Mr. Stuart's
house and barns, was congregated a nui
pickers drving themselves, after having t

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iber of hop-

with rain, when a severe flash of lightning struck the out-
house on the top of the cowl, passing down the rafter, and
bursting the door of the kiln, driving a poor woman who
was sitting on the steps outside the door to the end of the
passage, between the kilns, and killing her on the spot.
Passing below, the electric fluid struck one man in its
passage, and passing out at the door killed two men
standing against the doorway. It is lamentable to add
that the poor woman was pregnant.—Kentish Mercury.
INVASION OF ENGLAND.—ThO wooden walls of Old
England will be rendered useless, ere long, if all th
read of the feats performed by our French neighbours is
correct. An aspiring aeronaut at Paris has effected na
ascent with a steam-engine attached to his balloon, which
enables him to steer his course in any direction he pleases.
And a Dr. Payerne, at Cherbourg, has discovered the art
of navigating under water with a submarine steamer,
which may duck under in any of the dockyards_of France,

and not show its nose again till it reaches the English
coast. Hitherto it has been considered sufficient for all
purposes to have at our enemies " betwixt wind and
water," but if they are to come on the wind, or under the
water, we need keep a sharper look-out than we have done
heretofore. The idea of an aerial invasion of England has
something in it so singularly romantic, that we doubt
whether Napoleon 111. will be proof against the tempta-
tion. There will then be meaning in the phrase that
" there is something in the wind."—John
AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—The Sophia Moffatt has arrived
from South Australia, whence she sailed the 28th of
May. She is said to bring 17,000 ounces of gold, valued
at £68,000. The Blundell, from Port Philip, has also
arrived with a further amount. The Middleton has ar-
rived from Hobart Town (Van Diemen's Land), whence
she sailed on the 13th of June. with about 25,000 ounces
of gold, valued at £105,000. The Senator, from Sydney,
whence she sailed on the 21st of May, also brines 9,100
ounces, valued at £36,400. On Saturday, the ship Med-
way, Captain Mackwood, arrived in the Thames, from
Melbourne, Port Philip, with no less than 61,500 ounces
of gold dust, valued at upwards £276.000. The Medway
brings one of the most valuable cargoes ever imported
by a private vessel into the port of London, amountiing
in the aggregate, with cargo and gold dust in the hands of
the passengers, to nearly £500,000. The Ganges, Allan
master, arrived about the same time from Sydney, New
South Wales, with a cargo of gold dust and wool valued
at £lOO,OOO.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE
DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—AS a mark of respect to the
memory of the late great Duke, on the day of whose
death the Windsor Castle, screw aree-decker, was
launched, the name of the ship has been altered, and will
henceforth be known in the official Navy List, as " The
Duke of Wellington." The two largest screw ships of
war now in the world belong to the French and English
navy. France has still her " Napoleon," and his great
rival's name is perpetuated in the largest ship of war
ever built—" The Duke of Wellington." from whose
broadside more than 40001 b. weight of metal will be
hurled at one discharge. Such ships may be more truly
called members of the " Peace Society" than Messrs.
Mane, Cobden, or Bright. The " Duke of Wellington,"
now at Pembroke, to be navigated to Portsmouth, is
under orders to be fitted for commission as expeditiously
as possible. She cannot, like the smaller class ships,
proceed to the Clyde to receive her machinery; but the
Admiralty have ordered the Blazer (formerly an old
steamer, but now a capacious hulk), to be towed by the
Cyclops, steam-frigate, to Glasgow, to.ship the machinery
for the " Duke of Wellington," when the Cyclops will
tow her to Portsmouth, and there the three-decker will
have her engines completed.—Morning Herald.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 28.—Breret.—Lieutenant-Gene-
rel Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., to have the rank of
General so long as he is in command of her Majesty's
army.7lst or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards
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•
Field Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G.,
from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to he Colonel, vice Field
Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., de-
ceased.—Scots Fusilier Guards : Major-General his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., from the
17th Light Dragoons (Lancers), to be Colonel, vice his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., appointed to the
Grenadier Guards.-17th Light Dragoons (Lancers):
Major-General Thomas William Taylor, C. 8., to he
Colonel, vice his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
K.G., appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards,—Rifle
Brigade : Field Marshal his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, K.G., to be Colonel-in-Chief, vice Field Marshal
his Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G.. deceased.—
90th Foot : General Viscount Beresford, G.C.8., to be
Colonel.in-Chief, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
K.G., appointed to the Rifle Brigade.
HORSE GUARDS, SEPT. 28.—The General Command-
ing-in-Chief has been pleased to appoint Colonel Richard
Airey to be his Military Secretary.

SUICIDE OF A LONDON MERCHANT...4h Friday a
determined act of self-destruction was committed by a
gentleman named Edward Newnham Winstanley, the
junior partner in the firm of Winstanley and Son, whole-
sale chemists and druggists, at No. 7, Poultry. It appears
that about two o'clock on Friday afternoon the deceased,
who is about 50 years of age, made his appearance in the
warehouse of the establishment, and ordered the porter
to fill him a phial bottle with prussic .acid. The order
was obeyed, and deceased left the premises, and on emerg-
ing into the street called a cab, and rtquestcd to be con-
veyed to the neighbourhood of St. James's. Here he left
the cab, but returned shortly afterwards, and told the cab-
man to drive him very steadily, as he was not vtry well,
and wished to be put down at Bow Church, Cheapside.
The driver acted according to his instructions, and on
arriving at the church, and opening the cab door, found
deceased lying in the cab in a state of insensibility.
Deceased was then taken to the shop of Mr. Edinburgh,
surgeon, who pronounced life to be quite extinet, and on
examining the phial bottle, which was found on the seat
of the cab empty, stated that it had contained prussic
acid. The body was removed to the dead house, where it
lies awaiting the coroner's inquest. At present no reason
can be assigned for the unfortunate gentleman commit-
ting the rash act.
THE CHALLENGE FROM THE AMERICAN NAVIGATION
CLUB TO THE SHIPBUILDERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.—It
will be remembered that, early in the past month, there
was wafted across the broad Atlantic, from the American
Navigation Club, a challenge to the shipbuilders of Great
Britain. The conditions of the contest were, that the
two ships should be modelled, commanded, and officered
entirely by citizens of the United States and Great Bri-
tain respectively, and that they should sail, with cargo on
board, from a port in England to a port in China and
back to an English port, the prize for the winning vessel
to be £lO,OOO, and to be paid without regard to accidents
or to any exceptions. It was also stipulated that the
vessels were not to be under 800 tons, nor over 1,200
tons, American register. The limit of time is
pidly expiring, and it was with no litt

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