The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-16 00:00:00

' King John

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The Mayor, Samuel
lioltne, Eig , has allowed his name to be entered as one
of the patrons of these amusements ; and his worship has
expressed his intention of being present at the concert on

the 27th instant

—Our advertising columns contain an
announcement, that a new musical presentation library is
about to be added to the attractions at the Musical Repo-
sitory. in Lord-street.

tre, has

night an action for £30,000
Of the Italian opera, for the breach of

.le Wagner.

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

COMMISSION signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Car-
narvonshire :—Rev. Richard Ridgeway Parry Meally,
Clerk, to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
CARNARVONSHIRE MlLlTlA.—Appointments John
Vincent Hawksley Williams, Esq., and William Griffith
Griffith, Esq., to be Captains.
PAnKGATE RAILwAY.—At a meeting just held at
Parkgate it was resolved to carry out this line, six miles
long, at e. cost of £6OOO per mile, to commence at Nes-
ton and terminate in the Birkenhead line at Spital.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended 7th November :—Passengers, parcels, St.e.,
£2003 is 8d ; goods, £920 Os 3d. Steam boats, £256
14s Id. ; total, 3,179 16s Od. Increase as compared with
the corresponding week of last year, £479 Os 6d.
JAMES JACKSON, a labouring man, has been committed
for trial, at Birkenhead, on a charge of manslaughter.
About a fortnight ago, finding his wife intoxicated, on his
return from Liverpool, he had beaten her and fractured
her ribs ; and she subsequently died of the injuries which
she had received.

MR. WILLIAM HADFIELD (late secretary to the Birken-
head Dock Trustees) has been appointed secretary to the
South American General Steam Navigation Company,
who have now four vessels on the stocks, and will com-
mence running their line to the Brazils and the River
Plate in a few months.
BIRKENHEAD BUILDING SOCIETY.—This society may
now be said to be established with the most favourable
prospects of success. At the meeting, on Wednesday,
several new members were enrolled, the revision of the
rules was resumed, and the meeting adjourned until to-
morrow (Wednesday), for the election of trustees, and
other officers of the society.
INTHELISTOF THE CLASSICAL MODERATORS at thelate
degree examination in Trinity College, Dublin, the name
of Mr. H. B. Thomson. son of Mr. Alexander Thomson, of
Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, occupies a distinguished
position. Mr. Thomson has obtained several honours in
classics during his under-graduate course in Dublin, and
was formerly a pupil of the late Rev. Wm. Richardson,
8.A., of Hamilton-square.
SERIOUS RIOT.—A bridge on a portion of the Birken-
head Dock property, which is at present the cause of legal
proceedings between the Birkenhead Dock Trustees and
the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, was, on
Monday, the locale of a serious riot. It app gars that the
railway company either have, or intend to have, a depot
on a piece of land between one of the docks and the river,
to reach which they must cross the bridge in dispute. As
the. Dock Trustees denied the right to cross the bridge,
the local superintendent of the company collected a gang
of coal-heavers and others, about eight o'clock in the
evening, who, despite all the efforts of the dock- offie'als,
drove an engine and goods' train across the bridge. This
attempt of the railway people to cross the bridge, and the
efforts of the servants of the Dock Trustees to prevent
them, led to a serious riot, which lasted nearly two hours.
Captain Hookey, the harbour-master, was several times
struck, and otherwise ill-treated ; and a man, named
Williams, dangerously hurt. The police were sent for,
and they arrested three of the rioters, William Davening,
Samuel Price, and George Avery, who were brought up
before the magistrates on Tuesday, and remanded. A
summons was also issued against Mr. Steevens, the local
superintendent of the railway company, who has not yet
been arrested. The disturbance was so violent, at one
period of the evening, that all the inhabitants in the
neighbourhood of the docks were placed in a state of
extreme terror, as the police-force seemed far too small to
put a stop to the disgraceful proceedings.

LAUNCH OF THE IRON SCREW-STEAMER FAITH.—
On Saturday, the Faith, a beautifully-modelled screw-
steamer, built for the African Mail Company, and in-
tended for the station at which the Forerunner is placed,
was launched from the building yard of Mr. John Laird,
Birkenhead. Her dimensions are—length. 200 feet ;
beam, 30 feet ; and burthen, about 900 tons. The engines,
which are on te direct action principle, have been manu-
factured by Messrs Fawcett and Co., of Liverpool. The
Faith will be commanded by Captain Parsons, an ex-
perienced seaman, and from her fine model and adequate
horse-power, is expected to go very fast. Her stem,
which has a beautiful curve, is surmounted by a neatly-
carved figure-head of a female, half-length. She has
cabin-houses running almost the entire length of her
spar-deck, which are fitted with admirable arrangements
for securing light and ventilation. She has a large top-
gallant forecastle, with accommodation for the seamen.
She has an elliptical or round stern, of rather a novel
construction, the framing and plating being carried for
some distance from the stern above the upper deck in the
form of an arch, malting a spacious wheelhouse and other
apartments, the roof of which is planked ; the effect of the
whole being to give the after part of the vessel a neat and
light appearance. The bull is coated with two different
preparations for preserving the botton of iron vessels, the
lower part having Peacock's, and above that a new pre-
paration, called " Macintosh's patent caoutchouc com-
position," which is said to be equally applicable to either
iron, wood, or coppered ships. Alongside of the Faith
there is another vessel, named the Hope, for the same
company, in an advanced state, and expected to be
launched in a few weeks ; she is of similar mould and
dimensions to the Faith; but the engines for her are being
manufactured by Messrs. Forrester and Co.

THE CHARGE OF CRUELTY.—The inquiry into the
charge against Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton, of cruelty
towards their servant, Elizabeth Malcolm, was resumed
before the Birkenhead magistrates on Tuesday. Mr.
Bardswell continued his cross-examination of the com-
plainant. The witness admitted being disobedient to
orders, and also that she had not conducted herself pro-
perly. [A. part of a stiffened bell-rope was here produced
by Mr. Bardswell, and it was identified by the witness as
part of the rope with which she had been beaten. AC_-tbe
request of Sir George Stephen, the rope was impounded.]
Elizabeth Zachary, formerly in the service of Mrs. Pem-
berton, said that she had knoWn that lady both to beat
and kick the girl Malcolm, whose back was much bruised
in consequence. Sufficient time was not given her to do
the work. She was overworked. She was once confined
in the cellar all day, and upon other occasions for three or
four hours. Several other witnesses to the same effect
were called ; and Mr. Harmood Banner, the treasurer of
the Female Orphan Asylum, was then examined. He
said, Elizabeth Malcolm was for seven or eight years an
inmate of the Asylum, and her conduct there was very
satisfactory in point of truth and morality. He had
several times interfered on her behalf with Mr. and Mrs.
Pemberton. She had girlish faults, but it was the beat-
ings which would make her stupid.—The magistrates said,
as it was their intention to send the case to another tri.
bunal, they might as well inform Mr. Bardswell that, as

at present advised, they would not hear evidence for the
defendants.—Mr. Bard-swell having addressed the bench,
the magistrates then consulted together a few minutes,
after which Mr. Case said they were unanimously of opi-
nion that there was evidence sufficient to justify them in
sending the case for investigation before another tribunal.
They would, therefore, stand committed to the next ses-
sions. Bail was then taken for their appearance.—On
Wednesday. Mr. Bardswell applied fora re-hearing of the
case, which the magistrates declined.