The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

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public access, and also accommodating GOO emigrants.
There is also to he a derOt at Plymouth, capable of ac-
commodating 300. The whole of the depots will be ready
for emigrants on or before the Ist of January, 1853.

T.—On Sunday evening
)lice that a house,

BURGLARY IN GROVE-
week information was given to tl

No. 160, G 'one- street, o,

Mr. Cros

bad been

broken open by thieves, who had stolen a great quantity
of property. Two detective-officers, Povey and Russell,
who immediately went to the premises, found that the
house had been rummaged from the cellars to the attics,
and that all the drawers and closets had either been
broken open or the locks damaged. The house had been
left unoccupied by Mr. Cross, who was at the time at
Waterloo. After examining the premises carefully, the
officers left them. returning on Monday night, when they
found the house had been re-entered, and several other
articles stolen. Acting upon information they had re-

took into custoo,
dy, who resie.e at Wit
n and Cropper, ..
lon they found Ft vast quantity of

ceived, the
named M'G
named Waters
road. In their posses

a father, mother, two 1

sor, and two men.

who resid

t Everton-

property, consisting of wearing apparel, old coins, botiles,
&e.. all of which wcre identified by Mr. Cross as belong-

ing to him

giarates on Wedn€

noturht before the ma-
lengthy investiga-
M'Gradv.

lion, were all, with the exception of

committed for trial

CHRIST CHURCH RAGGED SCHOOL.—Alarge and re-
spectable meeting of the friends and subscribers of these
schools was held on Tuesday evening, Edward Heath,
Esq., in the chair. The meeting was opened with prayer
by the Rev. J. Marland, after which the chairman called
upon the secretary, Mr. W. Tatlock, to read the report,
which was very encouraging. _ The treasurer, B. Kelly,

Esq., nest read an abstract of the cash a,

co,int, showing

a balance in his hands of £4 2t
was proposed by Reginald R 5 , , _
the Rev. R. Browne, at some length, addressed the meet-
ing, narrating an interesting instance of the power of a
ragged school child over an abandoned father. Oliver R.
Strickland, Esq., then moved, and the Rev. J. Marland
seconded, a resolution of thanks to the Rev. H. M. Mosse,
originator of the movement in this district, which passed
unanimously. The Rev. William F. Taylor (of St.
John's), in an eloquent and impressive speech, strongly
recommended the cause to the consideration and liberal
support of the public, concluding with an earnest appeal
to the members of the congregation assembled. The re-
solution was seconded by the Rev. G. /Ulcer, urging the
necessity of an increase of annual subscribers. A collec-
tion having been made, and the chairman having offered
a few valuable remarks upon the best mode of conducting
ragged schools, the meeting was dismissed with the bene-
diction.

.• The first resolution
liffe, Esq. ; after which

LIVE LLIGGAGE.—One evening last week, an Irish-
woman, with two children, took her place in one of the
third-class carriages of the London and North-western
Railway Co., in order to proceed from Liverpool to Man-

chestei. She had brought to the station it large deal hog,
locked and corded, which she delivered over to the por-
ters as luggage, and it 'was accordingly placed on the top
of one of the carriages, amidst a heap of other packages.
After the train had reached the Victoria Station, the lug-
gage was, as usual, slided down from the top of the car-
riage to the platform.; and the Irishwoman's box, as it
was too wide to pass along the gutrer or spout, was
turned on its side, lifted about, and sent quickly to the
ground. As soon as this was done, the woman seized the
box, and after dragging it a short distance along the
platform, coolly undid the fastenings, and lifted out a
couple of children, somewhere about six and four years
old. This was observed, and the woman was detained.
The box was about four feet long, and one foot wide and
deep. A small piece of the edge of the lid had been
knocked off, and only through the aperture thus caused
could the children obtain air during their confinement,
the cover fitting very closely. It was quite by chance,
and very fortunate, that the box was put upon the top of
the carriage, in an upright position, and not closely sur-
rounded by other luggage, else suffocation must certainly
have ensued.

EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ACCIDE Nr.--'on Thursday
evening, as the express train of the London and North-
Western Railway, which left Distort-square at 5 o'clock,
was on its way to Manchester from Crewe, a little after
9 o'clock, it ran off the line under most alarming ciacum-
stances. It appears to have attained a speed of about 40
miles an hour, when, about three miles north of Crewe. • a
buffer, with the long iron rod attached, which had proba-
bly dropped off a preceding train, obstructed the line.
The driver became aware that one of the fore-wheel
guards was in contact with something, and he slackened
speed. About 200 yards further he ascertained that the
obstruction was still in the way of the engine, and was so
alarmed that he instantly reversed his engine, and brought
the train to a stand about 100 yards further, just as one
of the fore-wheel guards had broken, and the two fore
wheels of the engine went off the rails and became deeply
embedded in the sand forming the ballast of the line. So
well had the driver managed that he, in reality, brought
the train to a stand almost without a perceptible shock.
The passengers, however, were much alarmed by the
great quantity of sand which was thrown up, and which
found its way into the carriages till the seats and floors
were coated nearly an inch thick. The train was de-
tained about two hours. The guard had to run back to
Crewe and bring up another engine, and a force of men to
get the engine of the train on to the line again. The pas-
sengtrs, twenty in number, were so plea-sed with the con-
duct of the engine-driver in sticking to'his post after he
must have been almost enveloped in a cloud of sand, that
they offered him a handsome collection made on the spot,
declined it.

CONfMITTEF

—The weekly meeting;

Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair. The chairman inti-
mated that agreements had been made with the following
parties for the purchase of property required for the
Wapping Dock, namely, the executors of Mrs. Wade, the
d Mr. John Gladstone,

trustees 'of IT

amesTrer

ole of the
ed to deal with

jun. The chairman said that included the
Wapping property, and it o

now rem

. .
the London and North Western Railway Comp
Instructions were given to the secretary to that effect

form of ad-yertiseinent for tenders for the construction of
the new dock works of Wapping was submitted ; also
plans and specifications. After a short conversation as
to the situation of the dock entrances, it was agreed to
make one at-the north end. A memorial was read from
several owners of property at Kirkdale, on the strand of
the river, complaining of injury they were suffering in
consequence of the projected timber docks at the north
end not being proceeded with. The memorialists wished
to know when the docks were to he commenced, as they
had been led to suppose that no delay would take place.
A deputation waited upon the committee to give any ex-
planation. The chairman said that no decisive reply
could be given;; -the works would be commenced as soon
as the increased trade of the port demanded it ; at the
same time, the committee regretted that any depreciation
of property should have resulted, and they would assist
the memorialists as far as possible. After some further
conversation the deputation withdrew. Mr. Steele called
attention to a notice of motion he gave several weeks ago,
relative to a certain dock rate on coals : the motion was
withdrawn, on the understanding that the matter was
under consideration by a committee. In reply to aiques-
tion, the chairman stated that nothing had yet been•done,
as there were difficulties in the way. Mr. Holden said
there was no difficulty ; the coals ought not to pay at all.
Mr. Steele renewed his notice of motion. This was the
whole of the general business.

NEW CHURCH AT AIGBURTH.—On Thursday at noon,
the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a new
church, in the hamlet of Grassendale, Aighurth, took
place in the presence of a large number of spectatora.
The building, which is to be in the decorative style of
architecture, will be 110 feet in length by 40 in breadth,
and 40 feet to the rising of the roof. A tower or spire, in
height 120 feet, will be added to the east end, and form
rather a picturesque and striking object, standing, as it
will do, at the junction of the Garston and Aigburth
roads. There is to be sitting' accommodation for 700
worshippers, all on the ground floor, galleries being dis-
pensed with ; the roof will be open, of stained oak, and
varnished, similar to those now generally introduced in
ecclesiastical buildings. In a recess on the south side of
the church the organ is to be placed, and on the opposite
side the vestry, in order to preserve uniformity in the
general character of the interior. The plan includes very
large pews for kneeling, and of these 200 will be appro-
priated to the use of the poor. Stone from the Woolton
quarry is to be employed in the erection of the edifice.
The ceremony of laying the foundation stone was per-
formed by the Rev. Rector Campbell, with a silver trowel,
presented by Mr. J. G. Morris. Several documents,
coins, &c., enclosed in a bottle, were deposited in the
stone, upon which was affixed a brass plate inscribed as
follows :—" The foundation of this church, dedicated to
St. Mary, was laid on the 2nd of September, 1852. by the
Rev. Augustus Campbell, rector of Liverpool and rector
of Childwall." Tne church is to be erected from funds
raised by the committee and by voluntary subscription.
The site has been given, by the Second Aigburth Land
Company, and Messrs. Darby, of Coalbrookdale. Com-
mittee :—Mr. John Grant Morris, chairman ; Mr. J. A.
D. Watts, honorary secretary ; Rev. A. Campbell, A.M.,
Rev. J. Gibson, A.M., Rev. H. T. Hecker, A.M., Messrs.
Henry Steel, George Woods, John Bevan, Alfred Castel-
lain, John Swainson. Thos, Grundy, Ralph Leyland, H.
G. Sutton, and Fletcher Rogers. Mr. A. H. Holme is
the architect, and Messrs. George Holtne, Geo. Glaister,
and T. Walker, builders. The children attending the
Garston and Aigburth schools were present, and look part
is the services by singing several hyrans.