The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-24 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

11bin013
Bent its IN EMPTY liousEs —The practice of rob-
aet.pty houses of gas-fittings, water-piping, &c.,
Prevails to a great extent, the cases averaging half-
-Bv"ZP" Per night.
~,,RGLARs —On Wednesday night last, about seven
e"ngte°ls k three.vvell-dressed men were seen attempting to
key. Several houses in Crown-street, by means of false
13"inz observed, the fellows ran away.
here G RN" A.—The screw steam-ship Genova arrived
0,11 Wednesday afternoon, from Gibraltar. after a
"I'l-,*(11 and a-half dal's. having P:acountered a suc-
lLto of head gales during the tx,:mage.
00T. it .—Yestern.ight
klnei:
haying
tPhettrion fr0m'2,,,8 town,
week, Sir R. Inglis spre.
tOjhe graeeL signed by 2.500 persons.
Ho
.."..se of Commons to withh"'
...act its consent
fins the CoPege of Mayno'.th.
Iti..TURP: ON INFIDELITY.—(I.,-ri Wednesday evening,
kiacd ;11• Geo. M•Evvan, master of the national school,
-Vate. delivered a leeture on Infidelity in the school-
I Underneath S. Matthew's Church, Scotland-road.
koafv.ertlik:Virgezusoß FOUNDRY.—Thesa extensive works
by purchase, into the hands of Mr. Milner,
the who, we understand, intends shortly to
'werkci into active operation.
utb,Rßeß.—During the gale, on Tuesday night, a vessel
t° Pier( s off Point Lynas.. The crew and a small
-"" nf the cargo were saved
IiIIIATomiCA INll:szum.—Dr. Kahn's Anatomical Mu-
ter° will be opened for private view on Friday next, at
teweitshibition-roores, Postoffice-place, and on the fol-
ong das7 to the public.
tail FROM SOIITIIPORT.—Singe the opening of the
of Southport to Liverpool, &c., great numbers
ea have been sent into Yorkshire in large baskets,
enutaining four or five dozen.
IGILD DROPPING.—On Tuesday, a young man found
:tIY-dressed child, about a month old, in an entry in
Ctb-street. The poor creature had been left there by
priatural parent, and when discovered was almost
itg from the exposure. It was carried to the workhouse.
C,O,E^D CONSTABLESHIP.—The members of the Watch
~„ siitnittee for the most part, are now opposed to the
see‘"?Lintmeti't of Mr. Bigham a's head constable. They
tess'ensa.t it would generally be unsatisfactory to the bur-

TR—!
tL, ILPT PROM A SHOP.—In the course of Tuesday night
oin-2',l°P of Mr. Powell, jeweller, Lime-street, was fel°.
wi",,"117 entered, by taking out two of the panes of the
ti;', and a quantity ~f brooches, watchguards, &c., to
Ovalue of nearly £2O, stolen.
tRFRESENTATIVES FOR THE COLONIES.—A petition
tbeaneli
ament, praying tor the introduction of a clause in
Reform Bill,—for empowering the colonies to
fuel representatives to the imperial legislature, lay for a
avr hours in the Exchange-rooms for signature on Tuesday.
bltia BLUR-COAT BROTHERLY SOCIETY—ANNUAL
e::NER—The members of this society held their anni-
r'llrY dinner on Tuesday evening last at the Brunswick
totel. There were about 70 present, the chair being
eoPied by Mr. Woods, the master of the hospital, and
eyiee-ch • by Mr. Downward.
air
dressedß INFLUENCR.—In a letter (just published) ad-
by to the " Catholics of Liverpool and Birkenhead,tt
Itr the Rev. Dr. Cahill, be says to them, let. Lord John
t "sell know, " I can command you to do what I please,
Aifld that you will neither walk, nor drink, nor sing, nor
I,lee, but according to my pleasure." Sic est I
RANSFERS AND REMOVALS OF LICENSES.—On
tin:rB,dnYt a special sesssions for the hearing of applica-
th-e.ttor the removal and transfer of licences was held in
oessions-house. There were seven applications for
14"als, but none of them were granted. A very great
11
timber of transfers were, however, allowed.
FIREb
IN FREDERICK-STREET.—On Friday night last,
:°ot eight o'clock, a fire broke out in the upper room of
~.
1:401d warehouse in Frederick-street, occupied by Mr.
pt as a cabinet manufactory. Mr. Hewitt was
ce;7ll),tly on the spot with one of his engines, and suc-
itro in extinguishing the flames in half an hour.
or„aNctißsTEß EDUCATION BILL.—At a full meeting
tee Corporation of Manchester. on Wednesday, a re-
141niion condemnatory of the Manchester and Salford
..oeation Bill, was carried, after a seven hours' discus-
,;"',7 The bill, which provides for the religious as well
put" secular instruction of children, proposes to levy a
1. of 6d, in the pound on the householders.
4.-,ANCASTER ASSIZES.—These assizes were opened at
ttileaster yesterday week, before Mr. Baron Alderson
lot Mr. Justice Cress well. The trials possess no public
.erest beyond that of the conviction of two men. James
ilasker and John Mortland. for shooting at Sir Thomas
wsk.sL
s gamekeeper. They were sentenced to fourteen
transportationeach.
le ROMISH HlEnAncnY.—The Rev. Samuel Hulme,
ethodist New Connexion minister, delivered a lecture on
1-84,e,sday night, at the Concert Hall, on the Romish
hie-
the being one of the series at present delivering under
447 auapices of the Sunday School Institute. Notwith-
bending the inclemency of the weather, the hall was
VnnT, filled in every part.
~illu-- I'EN DEATH.—On Thursdaylast,a boatman, named
do L.l.Rtn Chatterton, died suddenly in his boat whilst
ceased a ship in the Prince's Dock. atterly the de-
Wl, had been very much addicted to drinking; but on
ednesday night he went to bed more sober than usual.
111 Vext morning, at eight o'clock, he left his residence
-°l33°
Ilssia-street and in the afternoon he was carried
dead
'atilt •
,
aUS ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, a man named
kentthe
Dl' Cowley fell head foremost into the excavation for
ran new decks at Garston. He was ascending an inclined
errand
behind a barrow drawn by a horse, when the rope
%i he was precipitated into the excavation, and
ateed a fracture of the skull. He was taken out in a
pittl,of insensibility and removed to the Southern HOS.
kt Where he now lies in a very precarious state.
loa"blinDEN DEATH.—On Thursday afternoon, a boat-
)3oB",' named William Chatterton, died suddenly in his
ter,' whilst docking a ship in the Prince's Dock. Lat-
hotr the deceased had been much addicted to drinking ;
i100.°,11 Wednesday night be went to bed more sober than
hag The next morning, at eight o'clock, he left his
eat: in Prustlia-street, and in the afternoon he was
i led home dead.
t6lla GERMAN CHURCH IN LIVERPOOL.—A reading-
'n for sailors and German artisans has been opened in
liofirhool connected with this church, in Sir Thomas's-
bent, An appeal having been made by the incum-
Get:',"e Rev. D. J. Hirsch, to several publishers in
►tilo•Zab3rt they have liberally contributed about 500
thill,Zes• A lady has also raised £45 in aid of the estab-
Alia, and presented a handsome clock to the church.
take,'
other
STOMACH.—A teetotal lec:turer was Ti-
tligt :,Lne other night at Bolton in combating the notion
Velii,","eoholic drinks roduce internal warmth when tra-
this"til in cold weather. The lecturer, of course, denied
a)' e
• "rYi and stoutly maintained that a man with *even
Okla"! Pound* of good mutton or beef in his stomach
rati. Loll able to resist cold far more effectually than by
bite 7andY, or any other kind of alcoholic drink. The
Piol_tne stomach was not mentioned.
l'efr,,,uttallA OF THE MISSISSIPPI.—It will be seen by
sjll ice to the advertisement, that Messrs. Lewis and
lig I'M% reduced their prices to accommodate the work-
tiliseqt„sses• All can now afford the trifle charged to see
itlt,ega eat work, and none should neglect to avail them-
,°._f an opportunity which may never again occur.
Zanditturnma remains only this week, when we under-
No. ill be removed to Chester. We promise our
ids there a rich treat.
the
GLASS.—In the shop window of Mr. Living-
Ittivhsord-street, in this town, is to be seen a number of
(t), silvered glass of great splendour and beauty.
XBll
adocti "se gems are some goblets that realise the fabled
41/clB "8 of oriental jewellers; and there are two ink-
.t4llstl)lB,l.at seem perfect and coloured gems. Everybody
t:ald 'eseenthe globe-mirrorsin Mr. Livingston's
iD' 40811,1°w exhibits minature globes in which every one ..ott himself at full length. "in little." The perfec-
Rialpttov'meh this art has now been brought enables the
tO sit...AoreYgratify at once the economy and the taste of
ICtea oPulent who desire to set out their tables in
)1044 greater beauty than are afforded by " pearl
I<ahe/erti
80c.oronerli°24 Lopic-JAw.—On Tuesday, Mr. Curry,
diB,Ltori „_, held an inquest on the body of James Bradley,
8,, goo eurter, residing in Collingwood-street, who had
togßaged''onday from lock-jaw. On Sunday week, he was
Al,BetYe mo.me inputting a razor into a wooden handle,
shop„' a knife at his work, to cut twine, &c. He put
tottldle. sharp
of a file into the fire to burn a hole in the
Itelletred tit": Ile
was burning the hole, the file slipped, and
tpeenearly alto of his right hand close to the thumb, and
,nromh Tin _A. t_ • • ••

work it
inufd at his
o
4.4-18ja.-.. ;up ale°lllPlarne6l towards did a swelling having thFernidaqyu.iotfe stiffnesstlheefthis hand
thafallo_at sigeeek advice till iiturday night, and died on
otitw;..n. :ening.
1_ 18 4130..111 N Tax Tn m
"Ins ado), In ' be placed oAnmtre.T—hAa fleete of steam
artueanmbgetawnedean-
be —.ridge and all the piers to Richmond. They are
Ai% tbaldeadidly fitted up
h andconstruction
F tha—i,n, hare obtained the contract for e_
. Messrs. Jordan Getty, of
418tef-hivaata, which are to be 120 feet in 1
oast-: and elegant saloons at the stern, (for
er ian of first -close passengers,) e gers ) roofed by a platform,
etnhget ha'c cwo mi t h.
iatanentriaane dek," . which will 'form an excellent_pioron-
far ;le. There is to bewa bar, after the American fashion
b
2iteliar e refreshment of passengers. The. engines, C
it°oo:24eneride and Co., of Newcastle, will be from e
tare w''ae-Povver in each boat. Coke is to be consume
eff andill be no chimneys; and the vapour is to be
l'in et the Paddle-boxes.
4 fire IN Tin- LANE, MANcHEsrsa.—On Tuesda,
N4lld tc'accurred in a warehouse situate between Tib
sth, tlfws-court, Cross-street, which occasionf..
k pi.:1.401e amount of damage in that and some adjoin
Ashesi,tes• This warehouse is the property of Mi
evi""er, f...." 110: It
.is four storeys high, in addition to a
/Ira-qsriow,rents into Tib-lane, and extends backwards into
q a-court.- In front of this building towards Cross-
,io,, , and
lira, - communicating with it by means of several
‘he 11373 is another pile also belonging to Mr. Pickup.
ni_ielao,te,was discovered about five minutes to eleven
‘oth---,,„0,T two gentlemen, who immediately proceeded
asset:hrintee yard with information. The firemen were
ha ; ea with the greatest rapidity, and every exertion
bidetnelediately made to subdue the flames. It about
,blirultfin hotir, however, the roof of the warehouse was
gear-- L'iralatth and fell in and about a quarter of an
kle, aftervrards the roof of 'the building in Cross-street
alldegp4a waY• Soon after twelve o'clock the fire was got
telg4;;Liiad try about four o'clock it was completely ex.
. The principal seat of the fire was the ware-
arith t',_ "men was entirely wood lined, and this, together
flake:le presence of the area, furnishing a draft for the
tendeliZill account for their rapid progress, which ex"
lind 'd '' yell part of the warehouse except the cellar,
orihi estroyed all the goods contained in them, The
% 4 et the Are ill unktiown.

THE BISHOP OF CHESTER AND THE NEW CHURCH
IN EVERTON.—The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of
the Diocese has been pleased to send the minister of tv—
Mill-road District a donation of £25 in aid of ti
for the erection of the proposed church. W- ‘nhu`
that the subscriptions raised for this pp- • " uliu"stan°
far short of the £5,000 required. ate' --1
€ti,4%ch *, tas make
still
it
probable that the building w:"
ue et)mmenced in good
earnest during next month.
FIRE ON T • - t ESDAY Nrerirr
Tuesday night last a •g About five o'clock on
' .re broke in the stables occupied by
Mr. Ellison, 11-
James Law- riper Frederick-street, at the rear of Mr.
.ence's brewery. The alarm was immediately
cony.—
yed to the West of England fire-station. The engine,
under the command of Mr. Barrett, was despatched, and
on its arrival the whole of the loft was found to have
ignited. Before the town engines were on the spot,
James Lawrence, Esq., rendered great assistance in giv-
ing directions to the West of England brigade. The da-
mage done is about £lOO. and is insured in the Liverpool
and London Insurance Office.

FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.—The arrangements for open,
ing this library to the public at the Union News-room.
in Duke-street, are now nearly completed. The shelves
will contain about 10,000 volumes ; about. 4,000 are
placed, and the committee have issued their first supple-
mentary list for tenders for about 1.500 volumes more.
This list is confined to geography, voyages, travels, mis-
cellaneous literature, biography, and history. Another
list will shortly be issued of theological and scientific
works, and it is thought that these lists, coupled with
the books already on the shelves, will be sufficient to start
with. The two pictures presented to the institution are
now hung. One of these is a large painting, by Tinto-
retti, of the reconciliation of Esau and Jacob. The other
picture was presented by Mr. Steele, and it has been
cleaned and put in a beautiful frame, which cost £2O.
The painting represents the crucifixion. The painter is
unknown, hut is believed by many to he Rubens.
FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION AT BURY.—A shocking
collision, which resulted in the loss of two lives, took
place on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, near
Bury, in this county, on Saturday week. Between one
and two o'clock that morning a goods train was in the act
of being shifted from the siding or branch line, when the
Normanton luggage train arrived from Bolton, and came
in fearful collision with the one which was being moved
on to the main line. The shock is described to have been
very severe. The engine was thrown on its broadside,
and the driver, Robert Dunkerley, had one of his legs cut
off, and was otherwise much hurt. He died shortly after-
wardc. The stoker, Benjamin Hewley, was killed on the
spot. He was thrown under the tender, and his body was
not extricated until between six and seven o'clock. After
the collision it was found that the red signal was not
turned on at the time of the accident, so that the Nor-
manton train had no notice of danger. An inquiry into
the circums,ances is in progress.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM OR MESMERISM.—ORT readers
will perceive from an advertisement in another column
that L;verpool is about to be visited by Monsieur le Pro-
fesseur Lassaigne, a mesmerist who has been doing won-
ders in London for the last few months. He comes
among us preceded by a host of the most flattering and
the most satisfactory documents; and he is accompanied
by Mad'lle Prudence, whom the metropoliran press has
styled the best clairvoyante known, and of whom the
London Standard, of October 31, 1851, says,—" She
told, with life-like interest, short adventures, secretly
communicated to the magnetiser by other gentlemen
every incident passing apparently before her in the
most vivid reality. With her eyes bandaged, and her
head all over enveloped in a large shawl, she repeatedly
told the hour marked on watches, wound round to diffe-
rent points, for the purpose of testing her accuracy of
vision ; and. with her eyes similarly covered, she played
with success a few games at ecarti."
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Saturday last a Welsh
tramping moulder, named William Hughes, cut the throat
of John Eccles, a collier, but fortunately, by the inter-
ference of two or three men, he was prevented from com-
pleting his murderous design. It appears that on Satur-
day afternoon he was intoxicated, and that he went into
the Wheatsheaf Inn, Darwen-street, Blackburn, where
he solicited relief from the company in one of the rooms.
On being " snubbed," principally on the ground of his
drunkenness, he commenced using abusive language, called
two or three persons " English devils," and said he should
like to do for every one of them. He then sat down on a
form, not far from John Eccles, and sharp words ensued
between the two. Hughes slided by degrees up to his op-
ponent, and whilst Eccles was holding his head down, he
suddenly placed his left arm round his neck, and with his
right hand gave him a large cut in the throat. The mo-
ment the brutal act was discovered, the prisoner was
seized, the razor was taken from him, and then he was
given into the custody of the police.
LECTURE ON CHEMISTRY.—At St. Barnabas' School,
Greenland-street, on Wednesday evening last, John
Atcherley, Esq., of Great George-place, gave the second
of a course of lectures illustrative of the Chemistry of
Atmospheric Air and of Water. These lectures were ori-
ginally designed expressly for the instruction of the senior
pupils attending the school ; but, upon this occasion, the
urgent and reiterated requests of many members of the
congregation and supporters of the school, to be present,
were such as to induce Mr. Atcherley, in his usual spirit
of philanthropy, to admit all. It is impossible to speak
too highly of the manner in which the lecturer treated
his subject, both as regards the intelligibility of the lan-
guage used, the definitions given of technicalities, and the
numerous and beautiful experiments adopted as illustra-
tions, which, combined, cannot fail to make a permanent
impression on the minds of a numerous and highly
respectable audience. Amongst those present were the
Rev. G. Dover, Rev. G. Hulbert, Rev. T. Forster, R. S.
Jones. Esq., N. D. Bold. Esq., G. Hurry, Esq., L. Mil-
ler, Eq., T. B. Miller, Esq., Mrs. Dover, Mrs. and Miss
Atcherley, &c.

IRON SHIPBUILDING ON THE MERSEY.—The ship-
building yard of Messrs. Thos. Vernon and Son is now
in full operation. Two iron vessels are in progress, the
first being in a forward state, and the keel of the second
being laid. These vessels are five hundred tons each, and
they are intended for a London coal company, the object
being to compete with the railways, which of late have
much diminished the coasting trade in coals. They are to
be propelled by the screw, in addition to sails, and are to
be so masted and rigged as to enable them to go under the
bridges on the Thames. Their principal feature, however,
is the mode of ballasting them. All the coal traders from
the northto London return in ballast, which is expensive
in its shipment and unshipment. In these vessels a new
method will be adopted. The engines will be placed in
the after part of the vessel, so as to leave the centre free
for the stowage of cargo. To balance the weight of the
engines an iron tank will be placed forward, which is to be
filled with water. But as it is necessary that there should
'e weight amidships likewise when the cargo is out, an
n flooring is to be placed in the vessel a few feet above
'-elson, and this is to be filled with water from the
level of the tank in the fore part of the ship. This
to serer for ballast, when the vessel is on her
nd to be let off when she begins again to
_ -argo. The boilers for these vessels are to be
made by the builders, but not the engines. The firm of
Vernon and Son have also received orders for ten iron
sailing ships, of six hundred tons each, for a foreign house,
which are to be built with despatch. It will therefore
--.ar that the vessels constructing and about to be con-
' L, these builders will be of the aggregate register

return voyaze, a

of 7,500 tons.

THE BURSTING OF TWO RESERVOIRS NEAR EDEN-
FIELD.—In the excitement caused by the dreadful catas-
trophe near Holmfirth, the bursting. of two small reser-
voirs, about a mile. and a half W.S.W. of Edenfield, has
passed without much observation. These reservoirs have
been made by millo vners, each being about one acre and
a half to two acres in area, on a stream called the New-
gate Brook, in Anchor Clough, near the south foot of the
hill called Whittle Pike. The embankments were from
°AA' " "A. in height, and had just been completed,
r rains filled the reservoirs, and a part of
nt of the upper reservoir gave way, the
down through a huge gap to the lower
such force as to sweep away part of its
!so. The valley there has a very rapid fall,
reservoir to the Bury and Haslingden
, about half a mile south of the village of
being not less than from 7flO t. Ann c.. 4.

water rushin

it with

embankment al
from #

denfield

- - -
tall, in a distance of perhaps about a mile and a quarter.
The flood first swept away a flagstone rubbing mill, at
New Gate, taking with it many

gravestone

a thereon ; it thencrossed ti

_red R 9
ruaest description, with no properib waste
weir, and no proper discharge pipes. No attention had
he foundation, nor had the embankment
or carefully constructed.

id to ti

Under ti

FAT:a RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday night,
',an after 9 o'clock,as a porter employed at the Huy ton sta-
tion of the London and North-western Railway, was cross-
ing from the hut on the down line to the platform on the
opposite side, just as the train for Liverpool, which he had
been attending, was departing, the 32 minutes' past eight
mail-train came up, and, before the poor fellow was aware
it was so close, he was knocked down, and both legs com-
pletely severed fro la his body. Death was instantaneous,
and the dismembered limbs were thrown, by the force of
the engine, to a considerable distance on the line.
COMMITTAL OF HOUSERREAKERS.—Three men and
two women, who had been remanded on a charge of per-
petrating several house robberies in the neighbourhood of
Liverpool, were brought before the county magistrates,
at Kirkdale, on Tuesday last, and were committed for
trial at the sessions. The names of the prisoners are
John Derrick, Michael Flood. John M'Donough, Bridget
Cain, and Mary Murphy. They were apprehended by
Williams and Grace, detective officers, at a house in Mil-
ton-street, where a considerable quantity of stolen pro-
perty was found. Among the houses in which the pri-
soners appear to have been concerned in robbing are those
of Mr. Dry, Litherland ; Mr. Pollitt, Bootle ; Mr. Gil-
liard, Fairfield ; a house at Wavertree. and one occupied
by Mr. Coultate, Brunswick-view, North Shore.
THE FARMERS AND THE MARKETS COMMITTEE.—For
some time past disagreements have taken place between
the farmers and the markets' officers, as to the mode in
which the country produce is tolled, in the Liverpool
markets ; the former contending that taking toll by the
package, as at present practised, is illegal, and that the
only power given by the act of parliament is to charge for
the space actually occupied by produce exposed for sale in
the markets. On Tuesday last a deputation of the far-
mers waited upon the Markets Committee upon the
subject, a memorial having been previously referred to
that body from the Council ; and it is hoped, from the
kind manner in which the deputation was received, that
the result will be a recommendation to the Council of a
simple and uniform mode of levying the toll, such as will
be at once satisfactory to the farmers, and more easily and
economically collected by the committee.
A ROMANCE OF THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.—The following
amusing narrative appeared in the columns of the Liver-
pool 7 jinn on Thursday last :—" For the benefit of our
readers who have no occasion to visit that large ugly
building, where a great portion of the revenue of this
country is collected, namely, the Custom-house. we may
state that, at the top of one of the principal flights of
stairs in that establishment, there has been stationed for
some years past a small table loaded with various "soli-
darities" and delicacies for the regalen.ent o' hungry offi-
cials and busy merchants' clerks. For several months
the presiding deity at this table ha been a pretty damsel,
whose charms, doubtless, assisted her considerably in the
rapid disposal of her daily stock. One of the Customs'
clerks, whose name is similar to that of a great. Protestant
reformer, was a daily customer of this pretty pastrycook's,
and gradually an intimacy, somewhat warmer than that
usually existing between buyer and seller, arose between
them. At last, to the astonishment of his fellow-clerks,
our hero (we use the word in the sense common to story-
tellers) informed them that he intended to resign his
situat on, and, after a hurried visit home, to sail for
Australia. This resolution he carried into effect, and be-
fore going lie gave the damsel aforesaid a note, tellies her
what he had done, and asking her to meet him on board
the Dublin btatt, and to sail with him to that fair city.
To this it appears the damsel agreed, and made ready for
her flight ; bur,—l'homme propose et Dieu dispose,—the
unlucky note she received from her inamorato was dis-
covered at the last moment by her aunt, with whom she
lived. This gond lady told the circumstance to her hus-
band, who hurried off to the steamer, and caught his
truant niece. whom, heedless of her cries, he took home,
first giving the would-be Don Giovanni some striking
proofs of his disrelish for such hasty proceedings. The
lover, wise in his generation, bowed to the cruel will of
fate, and sailed away, leaving his fair enslaver in the ruth-
less hands of her friends, who discovered that, in the
hurry of her preparations, she had appropriated her aunt's
stays, and taken several other things, which did not, by
any legal right, belong to her. This " little affair" has
caused great scandal in Revenue-buildings. To prevent
such scenes in future, the powers that be have issued an
order that the dispensers of sandwiches, and such like
delicacies, may be fat or forty, but assuredly not fair."

PUBLIC MEETINGS,
4.

LIVERPOOL LOAN COMPANY.—The eleventh half-
yearly general meeting of this company was held on
Thursday evenine, in the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. C. J.
H. West in the chair. The secretary read the report and
statement of accounts, from which it appeared that the
society is in a very prosperous conditibn. The assets
were stated to be £12,556 12s. 11d. The loans advanced
during the past six months amounted to £11,600 Bs. 6d.,
being an increase of £l,OOO 6s. 4d. over the last half-
year's business, realising a net profit of £578 15s. 5d.,
after paying the general and incidental expenses of the
company. A dividend of 10 per cent. per annum was
declared. The report and accounts were adopted unani-
mously, after which a vote of thanks was passed to the
chairman, the directors, and the secretary.
UNITED GASLIGHT COMPANY.—The annual meeting
of the proprietors of this undertaking took place at the
offices, Newington, on Tuesday last ; Mr. W. R. Sand-
bach in the chair. The report stated that the directors
recommended a dividend at the rate of £5 per cent. for
the last half-year, that is to say—Xs per share on the
£lOO shares ; £1 ss. per share on the £25 shares, paid
up previously to 30th June, 1851 ; and 2s. 6d. per share
on each of the £25 A shares, on which a call only of
£2 10s. per share has been yet made. it also regretted
their inability to find a purchaser for the property in
Dale-street. though they were continually using their
best exertions to that effect. The report was adopted ;
and the proposed dividend declared. The proceedings
terminated with the usual votes to the committee and the
chairman.

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mould give
that the reservoirs were only of small
capacity, otherwise the damage must have been very on Fortunately no life was lost.
INUNDATION OF A COAL MINE AT BURY—SEVERAL
Lives LOST.—On Wednesday evening last, another of
those melancholy events which have been frequent of
late, occurred between 5 and 6 o'clock, at a colliery at
Birtle-cum-Bamford, about two-and-a-half miles from
Bury, belonging to Messrs. Roscoe and Lord, supposed
o have been caused by the late heavy rains. The mine,
- • --fled the " Thorney Hirst," has been worked
and is in an elevated part of the district.
rs that part of the coal in the higher part of the
been got out by other proprietors, and the

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting of
this board on Wednesday last, Mr. Roskell in the chair,
Mr. Clayton, architect, submitted plans for the proposed
new union fever hospital, which he said would involve an
expenditure of about £4,000 ; this sum, however, did not
include the enclosure of the whole of the land. The
plans were approved, subject to the sanction of the poor-
law board. On the motion of Mr. Tattersall, a resolution
was passed, "That an inquiry be made into the salaries,
emoluments, and duties of the whole of the medical
officers of the union, with a view to make such alterations
in the salaries as may be deemed necessary, and that a
committee be appointed to make such inquiry, and report
to the board." Considerable discussion took place con-
cerning a letter from Sir George Grey, in reply to one
forwarded by the board, respecting the decision of the
borough magistrates in reference to some paupers who
had been brought before them on charges of child deser-
tion, and stealing articles of wearing apparel from the
house ; and it was resolved to write again to the Home
Secretary before taking any further steps to acquire redress.
LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—This society held
its annual meeting, celebrated with a dinner, at the Angel
Hotel (Towers's), Dale-street, on Wednesday evening
last, when Mr. John Smith presided. Nearly 100 gentle-
men dined. The report of the society's operations during
the last year stated that in three cases the sub-commit-
tee had granted the usual allowance in opposing fraudu-
lent debtors, all of which were successful. And after re-
ferring to the dismissal of Mr. Ramshay from the office
of Judge of the County Court, it congratulated the mem-
bers on the enactment of the law for arresting absconding
debtors, leaving the kingdom, which had its origin in that
society, and had proved highly beneficial; no less than 37
cases of timely arrest having been effected in Liverpool
alone. Notwithstanding the heavy expenses of the year,
there was still a balance in the treasurer's hands, and the
current expenses were more than provided for by the in-
come. The circulars issued by the society had contained
the names of no less than 837 persons who had been
guilty of actual or attempted fraud. The business of the
meeting concluded, the evening was spent in festive con-
viviality.

way; and it i

ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHYROLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
The fortnightly meeting of this society took place on
Wednesday, when Mr. Verelst, in the absence from ill-
• .

ness or Mr. ricton, the president, took the chair. The
secretary exhibited some improved specimens of bell
ropes, which had been forwarded to the society by Mr.
Bennett. An engraving of St. Paul's Cathedral was also
exhibited ; and some discussion ensued as to the propor-
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ally from the difficulty
of getting rid of the 'water.
luring the late heavy rains it accumulated to such an
xtent, that it suddenly burst into the main drift of the
)wer mine, whilst twelve men and boys were at work.
rith such tremendous force. that i

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such quantity, that t

extent sacrificed for the sake of the large organ. V Mr.
Prank Hownrd rind his aprond pap.. upon " Tho Stones
of Venice, and Ruskin's Principles of Art." He de-
nounced the pre-Raphaelite school, and severely and
sarcastically criticised the principles enunciated in Mr.
Ruskin's work. He convicted the author of pictorial
and architectural falsehoods, and caused some amusement
by his clever exposure of Ruskin's fallacies. Thanks
were voted to Mr. Howard for his able paper. A discus-
sion followed, in which Mr. H. P. Horner and other
members took part. The paper announced for the next
meeting was by Mr. Picton, on the architecture and
buildings of Liverpool in the 18th century. The meet-
ing then broke up.

SELECT VESTRY.—At the weekly meeting of this board
on Tuesday last, in the board-room, parochial offices,
Brownlow-hill, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair, a
cheque was received from Mr. Lowndes, solicitor, on
account of an item in his bill disallowed by the district
auditor, after taxing. The workhouse committee submit..
ted a project for employing a number of the boys in the
workhouse as shoe-blacks out of doors, in connection
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committee was received, regretting that there had been
no improvement in the management of the clothing stores
by the matron, since the matter was before the board in
July last. On the contrary, large discrepancies again
appeared in the stock account. By a long examination of
Mrs. Bywater, the matron's assistant, and of the matron
herself, it appeared that a large number of articles had
riven out of the store, but not charged in the book
ere had been a more loose keepin-

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Dinpletely inundated the pit,

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEIIRITARY 24, 185 Q.

MEETING OF OPERATIVE ENGINEERS.—On Wednes-
day evening a meeting of the operative engineers of this
town was held in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street,
relative to the dispute now pending between them and
the master engineers. There was a fair atteaance of
mechanics, the hall being pretty well filled. Mr. John
Finch, senior, was called to the chair. The chairman, in
opening the business of the meeting, condemned the con-
duct of the masters of this town, inasmuch as the work-
men of Liverpool made no proposals to the masters to
alter their terms or mode of working. This had been the
most unfortunate and lamentable occurrence that had
taken place in the history of the working classes of this
country, and the result, hitherto, bad been most disas-
trous. On the 10th of January, the engineering masters
of Manchester and London closed their establishments
against unionist. and non-unionists. The number turned
out was about 20.000, who have not the means of getting
bread or clothes for their families. These men's wages
would average £20,000 per week, and the amount lost to
those men up to Saturday last was £lOO,OOO. He esti-
mated another £lOO.OOO was lost to the iron-masters,
steel-makers, &c.. whilst rents, rates, and taxes were
seeming on them. The master shop-keepers were also
seriously injured. As a means of reconciliation, he sug-
gested the withdrawal of the masters' declaration ; also,
the withdrawal of the declaration of the Amalgamated
Society until the Ist of July, leaving the men to make
their own terms with the masters, on the understanding
that no arrangement should be contrary to the rules of
the society ; but rather than give up the Amalgamated
Society, let all the 20,000 men out of employment emi-
grate to America.—Mr. Joseph Shepperd proposed the
first resolution, which was as follows:—" That we view,
with deep regret, the rnswer given by the masters to his
worship the mayor, and the other gentlemen who kindly
acted as mediators between the masters and the men ;
and as they did not accent our proposition to stand neutral
in the present dispute, we will now adopt the resolution
of the Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Society,
viz., the abolition of systematic overtime and piecework.
and that this meeting pledges its most cordial support."
Several other speakers addressed the meeting. after which
the resolution was carried unanimously. ^ Various ad-
dresses, which protracted the meeting to a late hour,
and a series of resolutions, pledging the meeting to the
principle of co-operation, were adopted.
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE..--At the usual meeting on
Thursday last, Mr. Langsdale presided. The medical
officer of health reported that the mortality of the
borough during last week, was less than in any of the 33
weeks preceding. The deaths registered in the parish
were 131 and in the extra parochial wards 52, making a
total of 183 ; being 32 fewer than in the previous week,
and 22 fewer than the average mortality of the corres-
ponding week of the preceding four years. Mr. Dover
replied to a letter of Mr. Earle's, which had appeared in
the Afercury, of Tuesday last, in reference to some
remarks made by him (Mr. Dover), in the Council, on
the Sanatory Bill. Mr. Earle had attributed to him
words which he had never used. He (Mr. Dover) had
never spoken of Lord Derby ; he had never spoken of
Lord Sefton. If lie had attributed to them the motives
which Mr. Earle had put into his mouth, he certainly
should be deserving of the censure which Mr. Earle cast
upon him. He (Mr. Dover) had a very high opinion of
those noblemen ; and he felt assured of this fact, that,
if the question was brought fairly before them, if they
gave their minds to it, they would, so far from opposing
the committee. assist them in carrying their bill through
parliament. If no other good came from this angry
letter, he hoped this would—that it would be the means
of bringing the matter forcibly before the public, and
thereby of bringing it before those noblemen. It was
quite impossible that they could expect the universal
approbation of the owners of the laud—they were many;
but if they had the influence of these noblemen, there
was no doubt whatever that their (the committee's) hill,
would be effectively carried through parliament. (Hear,
hear.) He could not refrain from saying a few words upon
what Mr. Earle called the " motives of his (Mr. Dover's)
conduct." He (Mr. Dover) was not: aware, before he
read Mr. Earle's letter—he knew his faults were many—
but he was not aware, before reading that letter, that
selfishness and avariciousness were among them. His
(Mr. Dover's) conduct was publicly before the world;
and he was quite willing that his fellow-townsmen, judg-
ing from his past conduct, should say what were his
motives and what they were not. The engineer's report
on the subject of the sewering of Wavertree, was referred
to the commissioners of that place. A memorial from
Mr. William Humphries, contractor. which had been
referred by the Council to the Health Committee, was
read, and, ultimately, a resolution was come to, on the
motion of Mr. Lloyd, seconded by Mr. Johnson, simply
declaring the defendant, bad duly fenced and the com-
mittee duly watched the said sewer, and that it, appeared
to he a hardship upon the contractor which he ought not
to bear.

THE DOCK COMMITTEE.--At the meeting of the Dock
Committee on Thursday last, Mr Charles Turner in the
chair. the sub-committee of works reported that they had
considered the reference to them by the general committee
to narrow the King's dock, and recommended the King's
dock to be narrowed, on its east side, about sixty feet,
the space to he added to the quay; and that foundations
for warehouses be put in, and levels for vaults, at a cost
of £18,500. After some discussion the committee decided
against the recommendation for narrowing the King's
dock, and adopted a proposition, moved by Mr. James
Holme, to the effect, " That the sub-committee of works
be requested to prepare plans for warehouses on the west
quay of the new dock, the foundations of such warehouses
to be put in up to the cellar floors, with an estimate of the
cost of such foundations." It was reported that out of
the 32 casks which had arrived by the ship Charles
Saunders, from New Orleans, consigned to ordeA 27 had
been found to contain tobacco. They had been entered
by the superintendent as provisions, according to the
manifest. An elaborate plan, which it was stated had
received the unanimous approval of the sub-com-
mittee, to prevent the evasion of dock dues, was
then read, the purport of which was that a very
4pßiral " " '-led by tl•

Jle check worn.. Je prom, re voluntary adop-
tion of a practice that all consignees and agents of out-
ward bound ships should, within four days after sailing,
transmit to the dock office a copy of the manifest, certi-
fied by the signature of one of the principals of the firm
to be a correct copy; and though it was understood that
the establishment specifically of such a practice would not,
in itself, be strictly within the provisions of the act, it
was equally conceded that, indirectly, and in effect, the
dock committee would have ample power to carry it out,
by enforcing, as they then might justly do, against all
persons who might refuse or neglect to become parties to
t"

ne new plan, more burdensome regulations for ascertain-
ing the exact particulars of outward cargoes already pro-
vided by the dock acts." The following resolution, pro-
posed by Mr. Molyneux, and seconded by Mr. Robinson,
was passed unanimously:—" That it be referred to the

sub-committee of finance to arrange such a staff as may
be necessary efficiently to check the entries of cargo out-
wards, and to compare the same with the cargo book,'
or ship's manifest. That proper books be prepared in
which to enter the outward cargo of ships, and that such
'oaks be ronnir.4 to be closely and -d, day

regularly poster,
by day. That the sub-committee be authorised to fix
such salaries as may appear to them to be sufficient for
the services of persons properly qualified to carry out the
object of the committee, namely, to prevent the evasion
of payment of dock dues; and that the sub-committee do
report the same for the approval and sanction of this corn-
mittee."—On the proposition of Mr. Nicol, the name of
Mr. Langsdale was added to the committee on emigration.
The meeting then broke up.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday
last, at twelve o'clock, at the station, Euston-square.
There was a numerous attendance of proprietors from all
parts of the country. Mr. G. C. Glynn. M.P., chairman
of the company, presided. He stated that the dividend
would be after the rate of six per cent. per annum. It
was not, however, the wish of the directors to hold out
hope of a permanent dividend of six per cent. regularly ;
they would prefer that, whenever occasion for it arose,
they should give a bonus with the object of the regular
division of 54 per cent. At every branch they had
increased their coal traffic, and thereby greatly served the
interests of the public; and the agricultural part of the
population were beginning to avail themselves to a greater
extent than they ever had before of the facilities afforded
by the lines of the company. During the last half-year
there had been a new source of traffic opened up by the
discovery of minerals in Northamptonshire, which would

lead ton large carrying trade with Staffordshire, where
theca minerals were much wanted. In the half-year, too,
the contract with the post-office had been renewed. He
had never addressed the proprietors at a time when he
had greater confidence in their internal prospects ; but
there was a reverse side of the picture. The parliamen-
tary notices affecting the company, in the present session,
had amounted to no fewer than forty-two, so that how-
ever prosperous they might be internally, there were some
difficulties externally. Some of these projects were dead,
but others were not, and the consequence was, that they
were bound to engage in parliamentary contests ; but the
expenses thereof were charged against the revenue, and
not the capital. The dispute with the Great Northern
had been settled in conformity with the award of Mr.
Gladstone ; and since that period, further communications
had passed between the two companies, which would lead
to the permanent benefit of both. As to the difficulties
with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, he
feared they would have to be referred to the decision of a
court of law. With regard to the Great Western, mat-
ters remained exactly in the same state as they were at
the last half-yearly meeting, except with regard to one or
two points, upon which the companies had a common
interest. Their own applications to parliament this year
were very few. They had been forced to bring in a bill
to protect their intercourse with Birkenhead, and another
to form a junction with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton lines near Oxford ; and these bills contained
provisions for the gradual diminution of their bond debt,
and its conversion into debentures bearing 31 per cent.
interest per annum. No investment could be better or
safer than this. The total amount the company had paid
on account of the Bilsworth accident had been no more
than £502, and there were only three claims unset-
tled. Considerable discussion followed, mainly upon
questions of detail, in the course of which the chairman
expressed the willingness of the board to refer all ques-
tions in dispute with the Great Western, to five public
men unconnected with either company, upon properly
defined principles. The report was unanimously adopted,
and the dividend agreed to. It will be payable on Wed-
nesday next. Mr. Glynn's re-election was proposed and
unanimously agreed to, amidst much cheering. Messrs.
Smith, Itotheram, Benson, Gill, and Creed were also
appointed diiectors. The auditors were re-appointed ;
and the meeting having passed. Bonne other formal resolu-
tions, separated.