The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-11 00:00:00

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and the who!e of the co,

Athol-stree,
4
4t th.' °C,K AUCTIONEER.
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was also addressed by the 1'

f:7,. the real value o

Manchester

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ar47,41. COLLIERY EXPLOS
Wi,P '413 taken place in a co
p44!bY which ten lives have
b °s"siiitl7 of recovery. hag.

appropriate period chosen for the inauu
when (he said) the opponents of the late S
almost routed from the field

explogion of fire-
Pemberton,
near

it John Potter propose(
or the Mayor and corporation of Salford
''ly responded to, and after cheer
n Potter, the assembly disp

~.red with scarcely which were hear.T e
seniery is that called Brotherton and SrSi Jol , ise 0 --
'` the "I.7xe THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURN.—The Regis-
Pis! Od, °WoEst rhe Master-General trar-general has just issued his uarter report. The
Liss-Nes bee is easedp to allow that the quantity of general results of the return are satisfactory; the mar-
ofnoZool ,„"" oe kept in the new' d"ating magazines at riages exceed the average number, the births are above,
c..11).,,2ne1iae371,be increased frog 10,033 to 15,000 barrels, and the deaths are below, the average of the kingdom.
oswieeturt iiLondon, the West Midland counties, Yorkshire, and the
se Olitim 'kJ; ADDRESS.—The Rev. Dr. Raffles deli- Northern counties exhibit the greatest excess of births
..tvae:SiNhemirable address on flearss'ay last., to the pupils over their ordinary average. As the births registered
nisceA;t3,,e_du.cational establisissent. The subject were 161,776. , the deaths 106,682, an addition is made to
the population of 55,094 persons. This is the natural
tec;earis,nsntgood and to do geed ; and the inapor-
increase. During the same period an army of 57,874
Pcsto' te.,,,.._ decision of character."
emigrants sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom at
rail 7 n, Attill'i, PO I ' ' --
SOS'ING. Oa Saturday week, at which there are government emigration officers; 31,999 of
Ntltiisoneegearet Hartley, 30 years of age, was acciden- he sailed from three English ports ; 8,438 from London,
ilitild trou,7 teists'aico3e'baving had' sOme. arsenic_ put into her from Plymouth, and -,i , comprising
1,798
4tea-t:'ati part() by her mother, ins.ead of sugar. The. number of Irish people, from Liverpool. 1.399 emigrants
te danger ,ox of some of the gruel herself, and lies sailed from Glasgow and Greenock ; 4,476 from Irish
1110''4,t 7 ` trom bodily and mental anguish. ports. Notwithstanding the peculiarities of the weather,
Dad P041iee..,:„ EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK.—At the mortality in the past winter has been considerably
Z°' ri(l4ll)aer- ..tt on Friday, Joseen Webster, traveller below the average of the season. The annual rate of trior-
tltii ,10 ree,,,slal clerk to Messrs. Nicholas Twigg and tality in the winter quarter of 1852 was 2'364 per cent.,
NtalZargede.e..ia,ts. Bedford-street, was committed for which is less by 0.111 than the mean annual rate of moT-
Ablerty Itn havine embezz:esl upwards of £4OO, tality in the ten previous winters. To every 22 deaths in
ZS Se al his '
t°ia '•nr employers. previous winters, after allowing for increase of populatio-
ool)reeraz or Sege/if Owenerte- , consisting of Mr. there were 21 deaths in the past winter, during which
entsenne se se''3ll (Hull' A rCharles Mac Iver (Liver- temperature was three degrees above the average. In
e`tos7,ll, 147 -'i_attnister (ifayior. of Hull), and Mr. W. H. quarter ending the last day of March, there were, in
itsse".• W. He interview on WednesjaY with the Right parish of Liverpool, 2,379 births, 2,187 deaths, and in
l'otzu The eanley and Lord Colc:le.:'-ter at the Board of Previous quarter 1,035 marriages.
8 ki) gePutation was introthieed by Mr. William STEAM-SHIP CITY OF GLASGOW.—The Liverpool and
11104oce '' and Mr• James Cl • 'r P
\, ssd Its% , • Clay, ..,... . Philadelphia Steam-Ship Company's steam-ship City of
kid. 4t.M. 4.,,,CCIDENT —Charles Potter, a man ern- Glasgow, Wylie, commander, which left Liverpool at
•lilliic,Slesoisttii'e•t,wacinciddeern'sta cottoni ci.vraorne hnonues , Gay-street,3.3o p.m. on the 10th April, arrived at the Capes of the
of the upper Delaware at 9.45 a.m. on the 24th—in 13 days 23 hours
Illeta kiltil .4 baildin - Thursday.onY. and was so dread- mean steaming time—and at her wharf at Philadelphia at 8
tharlieene ked e
A '''Y the fall as to e2i'se his death almost P•m• on the same day. This passage is the quickest ever
PR a° Ye(lartisY; The unfortunate roan was not more made by a screw steamer from this country to America,
the;tsre.e, " n' age, and has left a wife and family. averaging over ten statute miles per hour for the whole
iktes,tinel?sse,--taAjr. German, the new Liberal candidate for distance; and, as it was made against several days of
westerly winds, it will be interesting to append a copy of
drys of el lwl of this boroue. addressed a crowded
ttitoeetieint. etctors., convened aCtlie Theatre, on Thurs. her log :—April 10 •, at
.3.15. p.m., steamed out of the
tpted.eelly.
at. Is now prosecuting his canvass most Sandon Dock into the river ; at 3.30, p.m., passed the
Rock Lighthouse; at 5, p.m., discharged pilot. I lth.—
its k._ nu there is a great probability of his being Distance run, 180 miles ;at 11.05 off Holyhead ;at9 9 ri
1, lat of, r German is a barrister by profession, and t 4e --Lee of . off Tuskar ;at 11.30 spoke ship Argo, bound to Liver-
else. Oee, 'flavor of the boroe ei in 1800.
es elle eoy,s - ' noel; light mist. and hazy. 12th.—Dis. 234 miles •at
ti. 1), es, 2,
rivedar •--The steam-ship Genova, Capt. H. R. 7, p.m., off' the Old Head of Kinsale; at 11.10 off eape
,:te4,,,Leith here yesterday evening week from Clear; moderate breeze, and cloudy. 13th.—Dis. 256
itya a on, Genoa, Marseilles, and Gibraltar (six miles; fresh breeze, and cloudy. 14th.—Dis. 238 miles;
VI oasse',','arter from the latter Fort), She brought fresh breeze, and cloudy, with a heavy sea. 15th.—Dis.
fo4l.4adrrese,:l"r.s, and a package from Leghorn, contain- 180 miles; squally weather, with heavy westerly swell.
jee,lsY.LoPrapted by Julio Romano. It is sent to 16th.—Dis. 196 miles ; strong breeze, and squally.
nee it la to Overstone, who is at present in Italy, 17th.—Dis. 238 miles ; passed the barque Ellinor, of
ttea 40, ne National .
Sa a, -.Bea, Liverpool, bound to New York. 18th.—Dis. 264 miles ;
ilet'4':e(l•4o foliol' AT SPEKE.—A man named Daniel moderate breeze, and thick weather. 19th.—Dis. 271
4,:e4414, te ws the calling of a hawker,' was appre- miles ; fresh breeze, and thick weather. 20th.—Dis. 262
tshtielots° io they part of the week, en suspicionof being miles; spoke the ship Cornelius Grinnell, from London
te"diseaefeee`,l robbery at Mr. M'Farlane's. He was to New York, out sixteen days; moderate breeze, and
4444',44tearZtessrs. Redick' and.- Hardman, of Wool- thick. 21st.—Dis. 234 miles • squally, unsettled wea-
teal eklay s 'Murphy, two of tile Liverpool detectives, ther, with thick fog at times. 221—Dis. 205 miles ;
1,41t0. knied.'wnen he was identified Le Miss M`Farlane, squally, unsettled weather,
breeze,
heavy w esterLyarell..
`l4tilejtitit;ner
TR
_2311-7)1; l6oi6nimleisle;s freasth withB.3eoezea,.in.
heavysaw (lape Hen.
S4iine' forth: ANcnous received at Woolwich, on 21t
)• ''es Pahl, POrPose of being test.:, first at Woolwich hr en. ; at 9..45. passed 'ditto and proceeded up the river ;
kleslierooib ,:st Sheerness, was a patented one from Mr. at 8, p.m., arrivd at wharf.'
5w4t1e41,114.115,
and4b having a. shank of
inches, _ COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Rev. J. S. Hovrson's
cti7qttl wooaetn..n, the arms measuring 4 feet 6 lecture, on Friday eyening, on " The Vo yaee and Ship-
et thkin brothers, of Liverpool, who bad a medal wreck of St. Paul," was an able. and satisfactory' elucida-
&lt; St the Exhibition for their superior chain tion of that interesting subject. The Rev. gentleman
"tit It il commenced with an account of the ships of the ancients,
11sIths• kiss
showing that in some respects incorrect ideas are enter-
Ils-hfroP •1t54,..--The fine New York and Liverpool
tamped respecting them, particularly as to their size. The
alnerq New"" A. Westervelt, floseiless, commander,
iikk`lis,tllllS„;,., 'York on the 24th ult., and arrived in the oe in which St. Paul , was sent from Caesarea to Rome, he
t14`4,5C4,41,4"1uar morning, having made the passage in showed, from the necessary proportion between passengersii
ft ,‘'lllL.,49olit-i„daYs• At 6, p.m., on Thursday, the 6th and tonnage, must have been at least 5.00 tons burt er!„ In
(Ixn'tlll,-N1 Veo miles west of Cape Clear, she passed reference to the practice of undergirding, mentioned in the
llQr 11°11 its mail eteam-ship atlantic, which sailed Scripture account, he pointed out the liability. of ancient
et -tea for
New • - • day. ships to leak and founder, owing to their peculiar mode of
ey Ake se York on the previous
6 h Na ,Tlit rigging bringing all the strain upon one point. After ad-
thees4s ere , PUBLIC.—GENERAL POST-OFFICE.— venting to the commerce of the ancients, as bearing also
4D tiess ° Postage will be chargeable in this cooli-
e .ae llnipes upon the subject before him, he proceeded to examine in
lek thee,. Cage of e a addressed to Belgium, rid France, detail the narrative in the Acts of the Apostles, quoting
11:44 t0,13' of 4 une halfpenny only will be chargeable on passage by passage, and commenting upon it as he pro-
tik4 ed 47. NQ ewaPapers from Belgium, arriving by the ceeded. He traced the voyagers through the several
eYteld the el" Papers for Belgium, intended to be for- stages of their course till they left the Island of Crete, and
ipLne, teased °4ed. mails through France, must be spe- then, comparing the position and the circumstances of the
clotetiLlte, li rid France," or " rid Calais." vessel, and her subsequent fate, with what, according to
to ti:tae r-e'r,°NEY.—A few days ago, a gentleman the best nautical testimony, would be the necessary result
,tosit%fewerenCeetved the following letter, and the en- under such circumstances, he showed, by a series of inge-
NRite 'lsSi ,Yettre' taantioned :—" Sir, T beg to inform you, nious analyses and calculations, that the account given in
i enci'n 1 ~,, ago I sold a quantity of eggs to your the Acts of the Apostles was strictly true ; that, with the
In hataie you afterwards afterwards told were bad. I, there- wind in the direction in which it was ascertained to be, a
klltlhet itivn 1,11.52, which I believe will be returning vessel laying-to a short distance from the Island of Crete,
kketlhoNht i'l usury. My own conscience convinces and drifting in the direction and at the rate she must have
's'kt.4 aesty awe honestly." Such almost unpa- done, would infallibly run upon the Island of Malta, and
0441114111,40 needs no comment. reach it exactly in the time specified in St. Luke's narra-
N 44er:4: ACCIDENT IN MANCHESTER.— 0 n tive. Mr. Howson was unable to bring all he had to say
1/4"thAiPtiels,-kati, M. Gibbons, the head gardener at within the compass of a single lecture, and therefore an-
Itqoltirelf a w;atiltf°d. lost his 'life. whilst attempting to nounced that he will continue the subject on the evening
ne tell adii , .11 who bad foolishly Plunged Into the of next Friday week. In conclusion, he dwelt upon the
411ettll'..amee,..rd aecar_forms one boundary of the park. Mr importance of the facts which had been established as
101 wsnsisinsY,o raised that some one. was in 'tthbe. internal evidence of the truth of Scripture. The lecturer
was very warmly applauded.
I:PO4:11.er wtst the bank,
. lie leaped in where
lot;',Pbo,`,4lng ti 7, about eight feet- The woman was f NEdW. CHURCH AT EVERTON.—On Tuesday last, the
k tho was ‘, nook of a stick held out to her, but oun ation stone of a new church.calle.d St. Chry-
-104 t. the
reach e!vried into the middle of the stream, sostom's, was laid by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. The
Ot Of .11e4, °I assistance, and he sank. site chosen for the building is in Audley-street, Everton.
Itth iEiti‘f )1341jr,P1 NI 4 R OF A SA D Jotrettensr.—The The new church is intended for what is known, as the
iitis"neea terf,'g man n dH ye residing in Kay- " Mill-road district of Everton, Liverpool,' which con-
siti4l.o4-4eete;`°,l,!, having died at the Chetham COI. tains 921 houses, with about 5,000 inhabitants, and for
otiof %toe int'e;ne. father, on Friday week, went for whose religious services, in connexion with the established
Irte`theie
mm
en
Bolton. He rode safely on the Church of England, there has been no provision whatever
tkNettse femo eV which the body was, to Burnden, beyond. the appropriation. of the Everton National School-
ttllte oo'c'es o `l°lton, where he slipped down (from room, in which there was accommodation.. for not 'more
114/4, tOaddett appear), and was taken up insensible. than 200 persons, and in which divine service was cele-
siliC ewe fee. Morning of injuries his spine had sus. brated by the Rev. John Macnaught, M.A., by. permis.
II) ftteligkie
.. and his house presented on that day sion of the bishop of the diocese. The church is intended
Nolikee INS the°l father who had been bereft of life to accommodate 1,200 persons, of which one-half will be
ett•tetret. b dead body of his child home. entirely free, or let at small rents, not exceeding in any
k.ali 0 h..i. RAT_ .
qi,141 e!14114, oeldi f_•--On Friday, an inquest was held case ss. per annum. The land is the joint gift of J. A.
clts.Pit, b who 'urnner, on the body of Wm. Barnes, Case, Esq., and J. G. Morris, Esq. Subscriptions to the
of £2,905 16s. Bd. have been raised, of which
14 he It %emit was accidentally buried alive in a
amountmore than £2,200 have been already paid into the Bank
N:NAtteell tit.pis,aretane, stables of Mr. Hayes, of Islington-
of Liverpool, to the account of the new church. A grant
)liNstO e °UM the that, on Monday last, two of Mr.
L
„e vet sh .ea covering of the pit removed, and, of £BOO has also been obtained from the Diocesan Church
ty7 i'ogrsh: coverer vehicles into the coach-house, they Building Society. The entire amount thus raised is
I.le,lte red thog• It is believed that the deceased, £3,205 16s. Bd. The whole cost of building.
.and cora-
ttle4 tierlopleaoiesivi, toe
eczoanmteinnts of such. places
when
_manure,w pletely furnishing the proposed church is estimated at
£4,218. It thus appears that there is a deficiency of
the midden, he a
titZotlittlt I,ease.o'o4tll(l,nsust %ve been instantly suffocated. £1,012 £1,012 3s. 4d. in the fund required for the erection of the
beam! hii„ , discovered for some days. The jury church, besides a further sum of £l,OOO for an endow-
s,l.snAsio, 01 accordance with the forgoing facts. ment, and £250. for a repair fund, without which. latter
It
14a.13 et"a T sums the building may be opened for divine service by a
tisk Of, ata •.'"'"' he new Royal West India Mail
gas *CII "1"a license from the bishop, but cannot be consecrated.
th „oe s . Captain W. Allan, arrived at There was a large assemblage of the local clergy present,
le, t,,,11ts :,ae ob,..andaY morning, and will be prepared
liti'fl -.cat, ba'°e sth
iat despatch. She left Greenock at together with the child.ren of the. Everton and Kirkdale
11,1 k dnett ()rein nstant, and reached Liverpool on handsomethespeed silver trowel, with which the bishop performed
0144%kt awela.rds of 131 miles per' hour. After the ceremony of laying the stone,. was
.presented by the
1/p !e tit 64Star.t. Pool she started therefrom on Fri- Rev. W. W. Ewbank, His lordship delivered an appro-
priate address, and the proceedings terminated by the
!Ittt toot dieoo -sitonl•2o p.m., and came through the
Itittliie ell stance ofuLaY 1.1-iorning, the run hence to the singing of a hymn. The church, which is to he erected
from designs by Mr. Raffles Brown, architect,
.will be
Ns•aep9t. gi_lots, 2°l miles, having occupied 40 hours, built of Upholland stone, with Bath stone quoins and.
iit,7orge.s urFistinst a fresh head-wind and heavy
0t54.,it5,,, u eSentik'oannel, but with fine calm weather dressings • the style of architecture that of the English
ttiVesp rant el• decorative period. The contract has been taken by Mr.
Hugh Yates, of Everton, for £3,928, inclusive of warming
kerktlse It_telee(r),..4 LIVERPOOL.—The number
slitwielltet pat
nth Liverpool to the Units apparatus, bell, gas-fittings, and boundary walls.
leisetti°tre: one re'n was 2'5,492, the largest nu
thte ilettPoreli ar'th• The next greats:
I "I' h la ITg
ill° '
I tsi e port nth of last year, when 24,060 ant
its,gteoi_Was ab • The increase in April, as compare
tit
ys R are
collt 1000. Thegreater proportion
tk tepeotTlSe eelerman and Irisl chiefly ',.c..
t°4l Nll 41d, is lalgrati'M for Australia,''' b a'ri
11..(^1.44tee" last very very considerable. Ji
Ilk Nog fre,' month three
,1, te es.e, the d e. ee vessels,
Nikelv •tliee for
and elao , at Birkenl•
Its iitelATe °I. Austr°erliaT"'-' next
e, ,
i ,im tla,,et ,i re ST, ' 'lout i
ftlij Wed "arale (-24. RIPS,—The Unite.
,sps. eet.,°esday 'l.o_-_-,a7t in West, sailed at ha,
I,',P_ril°.l,l4ri,• York, with 65 r".

of erni-
d States

PUBLIC MEETINGS

st number

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

A monthly and quarterly meeting of the Council was
held on Wednesday, his Worship the Mayor in the chair.
The attendance of members was not numerous.

.etween tt

THE WATCH RATE

The laying of this rate for the year 1852-3 was first pro-
ceeded with. The amount of the assessment for the pa-
rish was £1,180,746, the annual sum required £8,525
123, id., and a rate of ld. and 733-1000ths would produce
the sum of £8,525 19s. 4d. With regard to the town-
townships, the assessment upon Everton was £90,637,
the annual requirement £654 9s. 5d., which the same
' mould produce. Kirkdale : Assessment, £33,390;
, £241 23. id., which the above
,could cover. West Derby : £79,803 assess-
and £576 4s. 10d. requirement. Toxteth-park :
ssment, £199,105 ; requirement, £1,437 14s. ld. In
--fled townships the rate mentioned would also
The rates were approved, and over-

y next two large

th about 1.

0 emigra

. s
014i,1e.y d f teat Ger
r°ro tliis Port
r4lii % 102 °°f 11 Wednesd.,
p.._

of and Philade,

.Aianchester, Captain R.
at twelve minutes past
Q, 1 ,

1 requirement

:(11.p of-s'

hl and

aCen
4fty
11.-c
11

THE SANATORY RATES

Ith Committ

~ fo~t'.~e

h•lkle-"",4Y,
Itgtf.e or tb,
k oto _
"'n - ttle judge, t
4aY nezt, the 17th instant.

1 rates rec

the cirr

tijournecl until Monday.