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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

ing the arrangements so complete. The money
bed and received for admission to the ground will
ie committee a handsome surplus, after deducting
rises; a portion of which will be devoted to the
rarities, and the balance reserved as a fund towards
enses of the next match.

—On Thursday, noon, a fire broke out on the
of Mr. Beaver, chandelier manufacturer, St.
ne, but was soon extinguished.—Early on Wed-
nning a fire, supposed to have been causrd by
ry, broke out in a shippon, at the extremity of
-road, belonging to Mr. Davies. The sh!ppon
consumed, and, being of wood, the fire burned

shipuoii was an iron house, in-
,r California, but recently used as a depot for
• Messrs. M'Kean, M'Larty, and Co. Upon it
ill fury of the flames, but they had no effect on
; for although the windows were destroyed, and
s inside of an inflammable nature, the contents
ljured.—On Friday, afternoon, the inmates at

Greenwood's, t

l's-bey, were a

armed by

At the time there was a number olgen-
, who instantly rushed up stairs, and
at the back room over the kitchen was partially in
They instantly set to work, and in a short time
About eleven o'clock on

n in the bar

e devouring element

night, a fire-broke out on the premises of Mr.
iurroughs, Penrhyn-street, Scotland-road. The
e (lone was trifling, amounting to nor more than
The property was insured in the West of England

GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SIIIP.-By the Baltic,
rrived on Wednesday morning, we learn that the

n Great

ritain reac

ew York harbour on
. -
ultimo, thus achieving a great triumph for the

The Great Britain left the

the Ist ultimo, and notwithstanding very
. weather, which rendered her sails nearly
rnplished the passage in 13 days 53 hours.
ance of 301 miles in 24 hours—

12th she

hitherto unattained by screw steamers
presented an address to Captain Mathews
'rich he so well deserves

se compliments
Of the nerfortn,

They have been such as we

nust call for official inquiry from the highest
horities both of England and America, and that

ght under the notice of the public in the most
is manner." The engines of the vessel worked,
the whole passage, with perfect smoothness and
ty, and there was not the slightest stoppage until

amer got into soundings. The Great Britain is
ced to sail from New York on the Ist of June, for
col ; and we understand she will leave this port
n the 26th. We congratulate her spirited owners,
Gibbs, Bright, and Ce., on the success of their
ise, and hope that the career of the vessel will be

i brilliant

ROYAL MERSEYYACHT CLUB.—On Saturday the mem-
bers of this club held their first sailing cruise for the pre-
sent season. Many of the yachts being absent, the fleet
consisted of the Vision, the celebrated yacht belonging to
Mr. Thomas Birchall, of Preston, on board which vessel
the worthy commodore hoisted his flag, the various avo-
cations in which, as Mayor of this ancient borough, he is
engaged not permitting him this season to bring out his
own well known vessel, the Queen of the Ocean, in which,
it will be recollected, he was the means of saving the lives
of so many of the unfortunate passengers by the Ocean
Monarch, burnt in Abergele Bay, in August, 1848 ; the
Bacchante, the splendid yacht of the vice-commodore, Mr.
Benjamin Jones, who entertained a numerous party of

d gentlemen ; and the Sea Bird, belonging- to the

able honorary secretary, Mr. H. Melling, which
carried the officers of the club and a party of friends. The
fleet started from Birkenhead at eleven o'clock, and pro-
ceeded down channel, round the Floating Light, Victoria
Channel, standing down to the Northwest Lightship, and
back to port, where they came to anchor at New Brighton,
when the party dined, and the fleet returned to their
moorings in the evening. The day was spent on board
the different yachts in great hilarity, and the hospitality
of the owners was duly responded to by their delighted
guests. We understand that there is a prospect of a good

the first match of this spirited club, on the 12th
instant, the prizes being two magnificent pieces of plate.

PUBLIC MEETINGS

THE ANN UAL MEETING of St. Silas's Church auxiliary
itish and Foreign Bible Society was held on Toes-
clay evening, in the School-room, Pembroke-place. The
Rev. S. Minton, the incumbent, was in the chair, and
Mr. Bourne attended as a deputation from the parent

of, the 13r

POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.-At the last meeting of the
session on Monday night, Mr. C. F. Salt, the secretary,
called attention to the recent boring of Green-lane. It

was but a six-inch bore, yet two engines could not keep
the water down. The chairman understood that the
large lodgment was filled twenty feet deep in an hour by
this one boring, and that there was every prospect of a
supply sufficient to keep both engines going. Mr. C. J.
Smitii drew attention to the Rivington and Manchester
procuring supplies of water, and referred to
points in which they resembled each other.
H EALTH COMMITTEE.—The usual meeting of the

schemeq
the d'4

committee took place on Thursday. Mr. Rishton,
the building surveyor, Mr. Newlands, the engineer, and
esh, inspector, reported the amount of work done
r various departments. The medical officer of
reported that the deaths during the week had been
or 19 more than the previous week, although less
my of the seven weeks preceding. The consideration
of paving Tobin-street, at the back of the Adelphi Hotel,
was postponed for a week. Two nuisances were reported,
and it was stated that no appointment was intended to be
made to the vacant office of inspector of scavengers. The
business was altogether unimportant.

in the

than a

WEST DERBY GLTARDIANS.-At the weekly meeting,
on Wednesday, Mr. Jeffreys moved that the salary of
Mr. Reid, medical officer of Bootle, be increased 10s.
There being no seconder to the motion, it fell
,round. The time for receiving tenders for the
of the hospital was ordered to be extended from
to the Bth of June. Henry Fisher, a lunatic,
, the asylum from Toxteth-park, in December,
and John Cotter, sent from West Derby on the
ant, were ordered to be charged to the common

per week
to the g

the Ist
sent to

A. letter was read from the poor-law board appro-
ving of the recommendation to allow 14 ounces of bread
per day instead of 10, as formerly, to the inmates of the
workhouse. A letter from Ilr. Fitzpatrick, relating to
the duties of the medical officers, was referred to the me-
dical committee.

LS IN ALL SAINTS' DISTRICT.—A meeting of

the gentlemen favourable to the establishment of these
schools was held on Tuesday evening last in the vestry
of All Saints' Church. The meeting was called by the
Rev. Mr. Marlen, the respected pastor of the church,
who has taken a most praiseworthy interest in promoting
the proposed schools, his object being to stimulate the
friends of education to greater exertion, in order that the
required balance may be raised to commence the building
forthwith. The present state of the funds was brought
under notice, and it appeared that about £4OO was required

e committee can feel themselves justified in pro-
ceeding with the work. One of the committee, feeling
the difficulty for want of the necessary funds, had written
to Mr. Cardwell, M.P., who promptly responded to the
appeal made to him by forwarding a donation of £5. Con-
tributions to the amount of en were made on the spot.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on Thurs-
day, Mr. F. Shand presided, in the absence of the chair-
man. A recommendation of the sub-committee of works
to build an additional storey at the harbour-masters'
houses at the Nelson, Bramley-Moore, Collingwood, and
Stanley Docks respectively, was approved. The inden-
tures of an apprentice named Topham were cancelled for
irregular conduct, and the resignation of a warehouse
clerk was accepted. Thomas Jones, aged twenty-five, was

before

aprointed to fill up a vacancy i❑ the crew of the Liver.
pool life-boat. A letter from the collector of customs,
representing the necessity of the custom-house officers
being provided with duplicate keys, in order that they
'ht have a shorter distance to travel at the Sandon
Dock, was referred to the harbour-masters' sub.
A letter was read from Messrs. Wm. Laird

,king for informatien, whether, if they became
tenants of land at the east side of the canal locks, the
- naimittee would be willing to put a boundary wall,
and weighing machine, charging five per cent. on
The letter was referred. This concluded
1 business.

tne gentru
AIEETIN

OF THE COUNCIL.—A meeting will be held
Wednesday), when the following subjects will

-:The proceedings of the Finance Corn-
.• •• •

—nprising, recommendation that it is expedient
c Clerk of the Peace for this borough be paid by a
er annum, the Corporation
jnery and printing, and a proper
`or the records ; the Clerk of the Peace pro-
clerks and assistants ; and that a further
-clO,OOO be borrowed under the pro-
and Wash-houses Act. The

at the sum of £7OO

ng neces

Committee, comprising,
dation to build additional class-rooms for boys,
th Corporation School, at a cost not exceeding
ie proceedings of the Church Expenditure
e, comprising, consideration of the recommen-
t the whole of the pews in the galleries of St.
Church be appropriated as free sittings,:the con-
.sf ml,inl. arihianf moo e 1..,

of the

of the Council. The proceedings of the Library
,seam Committee, comprising, consideration of

racy an

um Act

, and the appoint-

that act,

the Council may think pro'.

been giv'en,

a instruction to .the

proceed

led " The Sub-committee
ogether with a list of all

i from