The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-07-20 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1852.

DEATH or THE REV. DR. MAGRATH.—The Jamaica
rapers last received announce the death of the Rev. Dr.
Magrath, one of the most talented and distinguished
clergymen in Jamaica. which took place at Trelawny, on
the 14th ult. The Rev. gentleman was rector of that
parish, and was universally beloved. Dr. Magrath was
a native of Dublin, and received his degree of LL.D. in
Trinity College, of that city. He was for some time curate
of St. Mark's, Liverpool, whence he embarked for Jamaica
a few years since. The funeral took place on the 17th ult.
and was attended by a vast concourse of people, who were
anxious to pay a last tribute of respect to departed worth.

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THE NEW GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES.—The two ves-
sels, the Mersey and Liverpool, which are in future to
contain the stores of Gunpowder in this port, and to su-
persede the magazines on the shore at Liscard, have been
anchored in the river for about three weeks, about a mile
from Eastham Ferry. On the shore immediately opposite
on the Cheshire side, and in a delightful situation, there
are fifteen cottages now in the course of erection for the
families of the men employee at the magazines. The
vessels are painted yellow, and have a small red flag at
the mast-head. The lighters which attend the magazines
and convey the powder to and from the stores are also dis-
tinguished by a small red flag from the mast-head.
MUNIFICENT DONATIONS.—During the present week
our highly esteemed neighbour and representative, Robt.
Townley Parker, Esq., M.P., has forwarded the following
very handsome donations to the charitable purposes enu-
merated :—£2oo to the National Schools of the town ;
£lOO towards the liquidation of the debt on All Saints'
Church ; £5O to the Dispensary ; £5O to the Ladies'
Charity ; £5O to the Mechanics' Institution ; £so to he
appropriated to the relief of the Roman Catholic sick and
aged poor; and £2O to the fund for the enlargement of
Christ Church. Any comment on a graceful act like this,
performed after, and not before, an election, is needless.
—Preston Pilot.

TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS.—The United States
mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, sailed on
Wednesday, at 10 20 a.m., for New York, with 105 pas-
sengers and a full cargo. The Royal Mail steam-ship
Europa, Lott, commander, sailed from the Mersey at noon
on Slttirday, for New York, with the usual mails and a
fair complement of passengers. The General Steam
Screw Shipping Company's mail packet Harbinger, Capt.
Lane, sailed on Thursday from Plymouth for the Cape
de Verds, Ascension, the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius,
Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. She had a full cargo of
manufactured and other goods, and specie for India value
£40,000.
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•
ATTENIPTED SUICIDE. —A shabbily-dressed but re-
spectable-looking woman was brought before Mr. Mans-
field, on Wednesday, charged with having attempted to
drown herself. The unfortunate woman had plunged into
the Salthouse Dock en Saturday evening, but was con-
veyed to the Northern Hospital in time to save her life.
Her name is Johanna Glashoff, a native of Cork, but lat-
terly had resided in London, supporting herself by her
needle. Her husband is abroad ; and the only friend re-
maining to her is her father, an inmate of Chelsea Hos-
' She had parted with almost all her clothes, and, in
despair, soual.t- "Tr. Mansfield directed
;nto the case, and,

at furthe

Duld he made

ING CHALLENGE

.—The

challenges the shipbuilders of
with cargo on board, from a
n China, and back. One ship

id to be named within a

s to be modelled, commanded,
,izens of the United States and

To be entit

ed to rank

to accidents, or to any

e to build the

name : ti

1,200 American registered

asurement which shall b

for short weight or over-si7A
Messrs. Barin
rs.—DANTEI

BACON, pre-

Bannerman," •Capt

of Gabr

those of his predecessor. 2nd. That the treasurer be
required to enter into a bond, to the satisfaction of the i
Dock Committee, in the sum of £lO,OOO, for the faithful
performance of the duties and responsibilities of the office.
3rd. That the salary of the new treasurer be £750 per
annum, and that in the appointment of the• new treasurer
it be made a stipulation that no retiring allowance be ex-
pected.-4th. That the retiring treasurer (Mr. Withers)
be allowed a donation of £l,OOO, or a retiring pension of
£2OO per annum, at his option.—The first, second, and
third recommendations were adopted ; and, after a dis-
cussion, in which Mr. Molyneux spoke highly of Mr.
Withers' services, it was agreed that it should be left
optional whether Mr. Withers took £l,OOO in one sum, or
£2OO per annum.
EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—Short as the ex-
istence of our journal has been, we are able to congratulate
our readers on the striking progress made within that
brief time in developing the machinery for emigration.
The friends of emigration have insisted that it would be
a wise and prudent measure for the commissioners to
recognize Liverpool as a port of embarkation for the
northern emigrants, and our readers have been informed
that, within the last few months, steps have been taken
to carry out this suggestion. Indeed, the Government
have been forced into its recognition by the march of
events ; and we may now predict that, ere long, there
will be other outports whence a regular and systematic
tide of emigration must be continued. There is Bristol
for the west, and Hull for the north of England, Glasgow
for Scotland, and Cork or Dublin for 'lreland, with many
other ports scattered round the coast of these " sea-girt
isles," where every facility is offered for that stream of
emigration which is now fairly directed towards our
Australian settlements. If prudent and economical views
have any value they must prevail in causing depiits to be
established, which would producea saving both to the coun-
try and the emigrant. There is no necessity to bring the
poor emigrant from Ireland to Plymouth before he can
join the vessel that is to convey him to his new home ;
nor can it have been under any real necessity that English
emigration has been exclusively directed from Plymouth.
Other places have claims to a share in the extensive
shipment business now going forward. Objections, in-
deed, have been urged against using other places ; but
Liverpool has refuted those objections. As it often hap-
pens in public affairs, it may be almost said that we owe
it to an inadvertence in the commissioners that Liverpool
was allowed to give a direct employment to her vast ship-
ping interest in the emigration schemes now prosecuted ;
but, we are happy to report, that, by the trial of the last
six months, the great shipping city has nobly made good
her claims. By rigorously carrying out the necessary
measures, and from time to time effecting improvements
in them, she has brought emigration to a point of excel-
lence that neither London nor Plymouth have yet sur-
passed.—South Australian Chronicle.

DISTRICT NEWS

WARRINGTON.

STORM.—On Wednesday evening, about half-past eight,
the town was visited by a severe thunder storm, which
continued for about an hour. The lightning was particu-
larly vivid, and the peals of thunder were loud and fre-
quent, but no serious damage has been reported.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—On Tuesday evening last
a meeting of the members of the discussion class assem-
bled to take leave of Messrs. Bethell, J. Woods, J. J.
Phillips, and Peter Longshaw, jun., four members of the
class, about to proceed to Australia. Refreshments were
provided for the occasion, after which each was presented
with an elegantly bound volume and an address. The
proceedings did not terminate till nearly twelve o'clock.
BOARD OF GUABDIANS.—The weekly meeting of, this

here were 14 guardia

board took place on Wednesday.
present, and Mr. Hodgson, the chairman, presided
turns for the week :—ln No. 1 district 1,001 persc
been relieved at a cost of £49 Os. Gd., of which £25 9s
6d. was in kind, and £23115. in money ; in No. 2 district,
204 persons had been relieved, at a cost of £l2 18s. Gd.,
of which £4-12s. was in kind, and £8 6s. 6d. in money,;

in No. 3, the rural district, 401 persons had been relieved,
at a cost of £22 Bs., all in money. Total number relieved,
1,606 ; total cost of relief, £B4 7s. The number of in-
mates in the workhouse was 131, and the number of
vagrants lodged and relieved, 59. Compared with the
returns for the corresponding vreek last.year, these returns
show a decrease of 225 in the number relieved, of £7 13s.
in the cost of relief, and of 73 in the number of vagrants,

Jut an increase of 10 in the number of inmates ofthl
workhouse. The balance in the treasurer's hands wa,

£357 is

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

HORTICULTURE.

OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK.
Stove, Conservatory, kc.— Those plants, whether
climbers or others, which are permanently planted out
under glass, now require much attention, the great heat
and imperfect ventilation being very favourable to the
development of insects. Thorough and frequent syringing
and occasional fumigation must be employed. Sow seeds
of calceolarias and cinerarias, and place the seed pans in cold
frames, where they must be shaded. Pelargoniums which
have done flowering, and have ripened their wood, should
now be cut back and placed in a frame, in order that they
may break into new shoots. Keep them close until the
new buds are developed ; then give plenty of air and
moisture. If the plants are intended for winter flowering,
the cutting back must be very slight, and they must be
kept freely growing, with a plentiful supply of moisture
and liquid manure.
Flower Garden.—The heavy rains, succeeded by bright
hot weather, have produced a rapid development of the
beauties of this department; the bedded plants now
coming to perfection require the earth to be slightly stir•
red amongst them, and the shoots pegging down as they
spread. Propagate pinks, carnations, pansies, and any
choice herbaceous plants by cuttings or otherwise.
Kitchen Garden.—Sow the last crop of peas. As soon
as ground can be got into order, proceed with planting out
winter brocoli, and the other kinds of cabbage, kale, &c.
Sow turnip seed ; the new sort, called Chivas's Orange
Jelly, is certainly the best late sort. We have tried it,
and are both surprised and pleased with its very superior
qualities.

MISCELLANEA.

Strawberries Grafted on Roses.—A short time ago
there were exhibited in Paris, in a florist's shop on
the Boulevard des Italiens, several rose trees, upon which
were grafted a few strawberry plants. This curiosity at-
tracted much attention from the passers-by. The pro-
cess by which it was effected was as follows .—ln autumn
a few dog-roses of good sorts, on their own roots, are se-
lected and planted in pots ; at the same time a well-
rooted strawberry is placed with each rose, planted just
beneath the stem of the rose. In spring, when the run-
ners push out, two or three of them are tied up to the stem
of the rose. It is well known that the runners of the
strawberries soon make their own roots, and in due time
these roots are cut away, making the cuts as for a scion,
and then they are grafted on the rose stem, " without
cutting or rearing the runners from the parent plant in
the ground." They should be preserved very carefully,
to lead the sap upwards to the scions, and, treated in this
way, the strawberries will vegetate upon the rose tree for
some time.

Manuring Fruit Trees.—The Dutch, who are admir-
able gardeners. bad in the Great Exhibition an instru-
ment called "Earth-borer," for manuring fruit trees
without digging the ground. A circle of holes is bored
round the tree, at 2 feet distance from the tree, and a foot
from each other. Taking the tree at a foot diameter at
the surface of the soil, the circle will be 5 feet diameter
and 15 feet circumference ; and if the holes are 3 inches
diameter and a foot apart —l5 inches, there will be
about 12 holes ; more or less according to the diameter
of the tree. They are 18 inches deep (where there is
enough depth of soil), and slanting towards the centre ;
are filled with liquid manure, diluted more or less in dry
weather, and stronger as the weather is wetter. For the
time of application, Dr. Lindley tells us (Gardeners'
,•

for using 1

freely ;
fruit is

'eb. 21, 1552,) " For fruit, the proper time
Lid manure is when the fruit is beginning to
is arc-mired. by mean'.

is own

n .ofripen

hen the flowers are growing,
cates to them must also be
but when leaves are grow-

„
communicated to the leaves

ger that they

ing unusu

may rob the branches of the sap required for the nutrition
of the fruit; and if that happens, the latter falls off. And
we all know that when ripening has once begun, even
ter stool's the quality of fruit,- although it augments the
sufficiently shown by the strawberries prepared
)ndeti market by daily irrigation—great additional
-ea, hilt it is at the expense of flavour. And
. • •

size, as i
for the I.

any inj.

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produce, will o.

.Ptainty
and

ands, find-
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manage

method ha-
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BREACHES OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

HOFF V. SAVAGE.—This wastrcase tried at the Lincoln
assizes on Tuesday. The plaintiff, who is about 40 years
of age, keeps a grocer's and draper's shop at Holbeach ;
and the defendant is a landowner and opulent farmer in
the neighbourhood, 55 years of • age. Damages were laid
at £2,000. As the defendant and the brother of the
plaintiff were travelling together; the families having been
intimate for years, an acquaintance was commenced, but
shortly after the lady attempted to break it off on the
ground that she had mistaken her own feelings—that she
did not want to marry, and felt that she was in a right
position. This was at the end of 1848. Several letters
were exchanged, not particularly overcharged with ex-
pressions indicative of the tender passion. In reply to
her first letter declining marriage, the defendant wrote :
" Perhaps this little wildness may arise from never hav-
ing had a proper offer from any respectable man (G. H.
excepted). If so, it is excusable ; forgive me when I ask,is it vanity mixed up with Methodistical principles which
caused you to get so forward ? and I am pleased to hear
you are happy and content in your present situation ; al-
though, at the same time, I think figuring behind a
counter, waiting on the evil and the good, and notknow-
ing your own feelings, is a situation not very enviable.
A reconciliation soon took place, however, and the de-
fendant was introduced at the end of the year 1848 to the
plaintiff's family as her accepted suitor; and it was then
arranged that the marriage should take place in February,
1849, at St. George's, Hanover-square, London. In the
beginning of 1849 the defendant wished that the marriage
should be postponed, and he bad a fit of illness which
interrupted the intercourse between them. About that
time the plaintiff wrote several letters to the defendant,
complaining that she could neither see nor hear from him,
and that she had almost forgotten what sort of person he
was. In the meantime, the defendant had lent money to
the plaintiff's brother to the amount of £3OO. A_ pro-
missory note for £3OO, signed by the plaintiff and her
brother, was given to the defendant as a security for that
debt ; and in the month of April, 1849, he began to apply
for the interest, and about the same time exprossed his
intention of not marrying the plaintiff. She, on the other
hand, insisted upon the fulfilment of his promise, and
refused to pay any part of the £3OO unless he did so.
Ultimately an action on the promissory note was com-
menced by the present defendant, and within three days
the writ was issued in the present action.—For the de-
fence, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins criticised the whole of the
letters, and contended that the defendant had been re-
leased from the obligation ; that the letters plainly made
out that there was no affection in the matter, that the
transaction was one purely and solely of business, and
that the action would not have been brought, had not
the defendant become plaintiff in another action to reco-
ver the lent money.—His lordship, in summing up, re-
marked that probably there was not much affection in the
matter, but the lady was induced to believe that she was
to be made the wife of a respectable Lincolnshire yeoman,
and undoubtedly she was entitled to remuneration for the
lost position, for it was in evidence that the defendant
had promised to marry the plaintiff, and settle £2OO a-
year upon her.—The jury, after being absent for a short
time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £6OO.
—ln the cross act4^- -- - ---;=sort' note, a verdict

upon the prom

was taken by consent for £345, principal and interest ;
and an order was made that the damages and costs in the
one action should be set off against the damages and
costs in tha other, and that the balance only should be
paid.
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OLDAKER V. DAVIS.-Tf

for a breac
Ttincristv at

ryas at

of promise of
F-Tortfnrc! nc,T7

Emma Louisa Oldaker, the daughter
the

Harpent

a farmer, who w

defendant

.on to recorc

the plaintiff's fat
paying attention
period a consider

at leng

xriage, wl

if a .publics

and the defendant w

xable expectations

nvto the house of

cigar;" he commence
n 1848, and from tlu

,etween the

wedding-day was

's parents, the

few dais

be-fore ti

I said to you I did this mornir
it convenient to marry now.—Yours t
And a very short time after
_this,

young woman.

'ebruary, 11

ame day the letter

ant sent tie following

house of
place, and I

, but I cannot mak
ly—George Davis.

the defendant

married another
ing of the

iroom o

gestion that he
the cot

the defendant

sent the letter referre

vas sent by hir

was not prod

;he eve

that, after t

appeared to consider the
of the defendant, it wa:

been broken off
the plaintiff, in
and was not entitled to .damages

July 5, 1851." Defendant, however, did not come near
his affianced on the 31st as promised, and visibly beg=
to cool in his attachment. Plaintiff staid at her brother's
until October 9, when she went home to her father's,
where she was confined on the 23d of a female child.
Plaintiff applied to her seducer, by letter, after the birth
of the child, to know what his intentions were ; but no
reply came. When she went to her brother's in 1850,
she was a sprightly young girl, attractive in her appear.
and well educated, boasting of not a few intellectual ae
well as personal charms. When she came back to her
father, and for some time previous to that, she was sad
and melancholy ; she did not face her father for whole
days ; she avoided crossing the threshold of the door, and
was seen by none. Her distracted state of mind and hen
midnight vigils in her bedroom, where she remained
weeping day and night, bad made a permanent impressions
upon her health, and broken down an excellent consti—
tution.

The two brothers of the young lady and her mother
were called as witnesses. The tic() former proved that
the defendant had frequently told them that all his
father's property, worth from £6OOO to £SOOO, was en—
tailed upon him; and, further, that his aunt Bland would
leave him a legacy of £5OO. The evidence of the mother
was very affecting. She seemed a highly respectable per-
son, and spoke with much feeling of the change which
had taken place in her daughter's health and happiness.
Miss Bird had evidently been the light of the household.
" While she was with us," said the old lady, "she was
lively and cheerful, and she seemed to make us all so
happy." One of the plaintiff's brothers proved the hand—
writing of several poetical effusions from Mr. Bansall to
his betrothed, among which was one written in blank
verse, of which we!ippeiAa copy_—

"Fanny, I love th-ee still, my heart
Thrills to thy voice, I live for thee:
Absence has not produced forgetl ulness.
No, I cherish a never ceasing remembrance.
I entertain a pure and ardent affection for you,
Though in silence an engagement is the obstacle
To a confession; but 1 will not despair, but live in hope.
Oh forget me not. lam your captive. Your smiles,
Your beauty, your industry, and modesty
Have gained my affection. Is mine a
Hopeless love? Must it always be a
Silent love? Listen to my confessions.
I desire a return or affection.
Time shall not change me.
I remain for ever your devoted adorer."
The learned UNDER-SHERIFF having summed up, the
jury retired. In a brief space they returned into court,
tend assessed the damages at .C.SOO.
The verdict seemed to give great satisfaction to the
parties present.

lELBOURNE

built I

a remarhabi

lent con

comfortabl,

N.B.—The

Will b

tons butt
:at sailer, 1

•eyance for

ANN BRIDSON,

LER, Commander
N 1 at Lloyd's tw(
7 nerformed the 1

ninety days eac;

dye years

passage hen,

ay, and an

few secb bin passengers,
iselv so desirable an op-
_ y application.—Apply to

nd..E'' 0., ()liners, or to
aORTH, WYNNE, and LYNE
les no Steerage Passengers.

splendid frigate-built Ship

cceeeded
ERINGAPATAM, I

tons builhen

To sail positively on Monday next, the 26th instant.
For PORT PHILIP, DIRECT,
k; The United States frigate-built clipper Ship
ci, t 4, RIP VAN WINKLE,
A. F. SMITH, Commander ;
1094 tons register; 2000 tons burthen : in Salthouse Dock.
This new, powerful, and fast-sailing ship has cabins unequalled
for extent and splendour; her second cabins are unsurpassed
for space and comfortable accommodation, and her third cabins
sire arranged with the utmost regard to the convenience of
passengers. The RIP VAN WINKLE has been-built in the
most elegant and substantial manner, w. If all modern im-
rovenients, and with special regard t ed in sailing, being
intended for the regular New York cket service, from which
she is temporarily withdrawn 9ribis voyage only.

RATES Of

Main Saloon 5O Guineas.
Second Cabin, and .410.
Third Cabin' .4'18 and .420.
including Fees, the attendance of an experienced Surgeon, and
all Provisions of the best quality, except Wines, Spirits, and
Malt Liquors, which will be supplied at very moderate prices.
In the Saloon State-rooms every requisite will be provided.
In the Second and Third Cabins the Passengers will have to
supply themselves with Bed, Bedding, end Linen.
FREIGHT.—A. limited quantity will be taken at £5 per Ton.
Parcels under one cubic foot, ss.
Parties anxious to secure Berths should make immediate
application to
JAMES WHENRY. 5. Temple-place, or to
CAMPBELL and RUDD, Brokers, 2, King-street,
Liverpool.

East Enbirs.

Will be promptly despatched.—A regular trader.
- For CALCUTTA,
7./
The remarkably fine Clyde built Barque
TRAFALGAR ;
tiA 1 at Llo - ' , 528 tons; and being a very fast
sailer, is in every ct a most desirable conveyance: loading
in the Salthouse ock.—Apply to
COTESWORTH, WYNNE, and LINE.

Will be despatched in a few days.
~..,„ For SINCAPORE,
/...r.l, The fine English-built clipper Barque ZULEIKA,
tad , - WILLIAMSON _Commander
-r,-..--=--i-z.A. I for twelve year 4 tons; coppered ; sails
remarkably fast; and in e , respect a first-rate conveyance.
—For terms, &c. ap n board, in the Prince's Dock, or to
W. and J. TYRER.
Will be succeeded by the A I regular trading Barque
MARY STEWART.