The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

TTJESDAY, MARCH 14, 1854.

-LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

TRt p -4.-
Oil 10 • 'iirEE.AI, of the late Sir John Gerard took_ place
T"'it!-(tneedaY, at Middlesham Abbey, near St. Helens.
iIY dace: e°B-YISHING off the Isle of Man continues pro-
pid 1441.14 e% yarg. e quantities are exported by every packet to
0 ,A. l'llp ji
tOlir'i tate,;(l"°N. IT. T. LIDDELL, M.P. and his family„bave
a- 14-~llPon pssession of their residence, No. 65, Port-
orlll the Jaee, London, which the hon. member has taken for
%son
11 , •
ilsk
1.
e(1-1:1 ST" ' s•-The Board of Inland Revenue have
;11,,P; 1 14:1?irrveesi,etc'etianegee-11ette'elpoesticumspes,for the infringement of the
and will levy the penalty in
'd
c, ,tii; ease or evasion which comes under their notice.
been oi; pop ,s beautiful American ship Red Jacket has__
,Cecl for £32,500, by Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson.
Dlail';',,been placed on the berth for Australia, and will
ip Yearly (1,,37 in Apra_
a f ktnoty`-'AOS,4:4I2GATION of St. John the Evangelist Church,
,4,. 'lll.lt.bas, sa, have presented an elegant silver tray and
!Patio. Ket to the Rev. C. F. Greene, a_ a testimonial of
icy Tajlate regard, after twelve years nfsfaithful ministry.
0, Visttita'lll3-4-aaaa and fancy fair in aid of the Licensed
;O. tee ii,„;',ers' new Asylum and Schools will be held in the
C',i (411ect',ildnig in June next, and
~towards. the benevolent
10 Isliateplations and contributions in articles for sale are
J.kk'''
ogl Sae, i 4 13IITLER, a pensioner, ed £2 and
tip et De ha:vbig, on Wednesday afternoon,.
I:),,lvlhathe,.._ants Murphy, a joiner, residing in
Sital-street,
bitten off the
I„lll,c`uad, Manchester. The lip was brought to the
~,,. ii Merl
I)Pieee of paper by the maimed man:
held their
✓ a,'Nri °OR LABOURERS' ASSOCIATION
ea -4eo„„3',l2tieeting on Wednesday, at the Concert-hall.
f' iCelation has been in existence eighteenmontehxs:
kit: alaount of funds in hand, after defraying all
fl 'tit ' was announced to be £405.
Ili l' a glall
411,e11,,, At-SYCIP PACIF_ICew, Captain Nye, sailed on
a 833' afternoon for N York, with a full cargo
a' V"eogers. As she left the Sloyne an interchange
-ci
kt: te'('k place with the Cunard steamers Africa
, Ptlip 11(,a,. d
,
' ' Cia°°tlt ilsir VA.UXUALL-ROAD.-On Thursday afternoon,
' ta''le fi,'''`7Past two o'clock, a fire. broke out in a shed of
° 11 ' Vauxhall-road, belonging to Mr. Roberts. Th
A Nade
i,_ stad were promptly in attendance, and succeeded
~,a; 1,7114 i (13 the flames before any serious.. damage had
r ' ''eld-e.h The fire wascaus dby the boiling over of a tar
used fore tarring the roof of the shed.
e' S%ev -ttles'ias Oelngßear.-Probably the finest hareonn
the
%hit Ler dressed in this locality was on Thursday,
90
_Us.,
I,klli wa' kr. Morrish's dining-rooms. It weigheedox4feibby
'‘taa,,43 toasted whole. It was cut from a fin
lei •-• Littledale and Torr, and enticed most
Lesais •
flavour, tender, and delicate.wa.sPrel`z early 1,000
, ~,,thiTained off the royal joint.
vs The Red Jacket,
''' ' I,° of EatioatAaer STU- - e piikington
aN(l4t i, ne desp t hed to Australia by Messrs. _
armed,
;; ti41111451' wila carry bullion safes, and be fully
eel:tehle'erstal ndthat other emigrant vessels are about
th same precautions. The cause of this is pro-
d'+' Nl3sisv'ee{.l.lllnoi:that has been spread lately of
.Russian
"oral = war having been seen cruising in the neighbour-
i 2Of ckladei
l''rtlal -"T'Altraii tor LIVERPOOL.-From a statement,
r; ili,'lll).ll,p9ecariPiledcfor official purposes, it appears that the
l'3/44,,,e1as 'ei...e? the port of Liverpool has doubled.its,lt during
'"uoaat -'ht Y the tonnage now amoun.tin to nearly
tiii.all; Port tans. ealrst 'is a remarkable feature in the history.
"Y single-rt %at the commerce has never retrograded in
~', tt y
~ tl year.
;1, ti.mqtn '4lB ton MELBOURNE.-Ship letter bags will be
',.,,re 2114trati, Airr Melbourne, to be sent by the Great Britain
• ttot last .' Which is advertised to leave Liverpool on the
1),, tot )33, tii:, and for HobartTownon d Port Philip, to be
which is advertised
dO, kat th- steamer City of lobart,
the 27th inst.
, lolletaebe t aid India Docks on
, Std., N0i.,.-.1. BY RAILWAT SEEVANTS.-On Wednesday
Vs, ~,4
ills and Leigh Wood, breaksmen, in the employ
t'Y ''''stZtNC"o,,lon and North-western Railway Company,
'';' 5tia.,,k11.4 o'i With breaking open a box at the Waterloo
i
'5
lai,,,ge or 4 the previous Saturday, the prisoners
Y oft "41/1 a train, in which was a box, containing
to Mr. Rimmer,
h 1 e dre ' jewellery,addressed he
' tha ,s tow asses and _
Da,' l'h of the
The box was broken open
,wshsile,ennTi.der t
Both
""uaers ..."te Prisoners, and the content toi
~, , zt, were remanded.
~ kre 4e,
I,' tit,,ti ,LEcTon OF CUSTOMS.-A rumour has been in
t,i a),, 4,lliring the last few days to the effect that Mr.
''' '''att and, the collector of customs at this-yort, was
4 144.,,t°trkeSign hisunce-
office. We understand. the ..nno
ao. ottgil
~,,,e collector's resignation is premature, and that,
' hi,°liee of.":',e raatt will shortly be brought-un. der the
n: eorr,-. 'ie'r I Board of Customs, no decision can
l' Pha'' '0 foreaerae 1 onths. Mr. Amami has been
ty N'S
a fifty-threeseseveral
yearsm in the government. service,itrge
,; the dg9drty of-whiela he has most satisfactorily discharged
is aki, titles
,i; as
, of collector at this port. Previously hee held a
ogee at Portsmouth. .
elle >natal.
0 cl„„, AT SEA.-On
.Friday morning, at half-past
, Nle '-, lc, the splendid American ship Char les
t l'aposl4lola tons, Benjamin Lovett, master, went ashore
Humber.
Celia coast-ward stafion, e
in
the Bay
She
Bay of Dun-
, 171'fIrlear Where the Great Britain
a,aited Zl.l Liverpool on the Ist instanwt,asbound to Boston,
t,-% 4,,;;tes, to which port she belongs, -with ihtahnadsg.enTherale
5,,,•5a atz 52 passengers, and a c.._
1 11:1% 1., Passengers have been allsaved. The casualty
t,!lielt h,..,'"
varied,
been owing to the . thicko.at
tt hazyettime, weatheramteaas
twith
h e
%,";Le ahl'aeTysailed, a fresh breeze blowing
There is every hope
' yet from norn S.S.E.
sod .44,S only 18 feet,n
4f4lat "Iriaes rises to more.
1,,.. high Water on a spring be got
and
than 20 feet, she may
tide.
' and ZZIiPicNING.-Edward Bu, am,
sda
the tide where she now .
seer ~,s-Dos-Do Shipman, were on W.4edneEe_yn:Yob3iserl:ehdiliPs'by
tet I%s Shipman,
taking a professional walk down Bold-
ill
")a-ZellsEitiveet Whitechapel, in the course_ ofwilwhiitech.
thapel 6eaeval attempts to pick pockets. In
taek3r, er, anq prisoners g?
14°111'd iCn'e the t before a lady, another
011. their Pocket a third at her side. the last attempting to
deal `eLl' Persons' All three were arrested. They had £2O
toughrojr,
eozi%naind on Burton was found a memoran-
listof the most crowded thors-
Were,erea, Au ungdena ale-rooms,priso_a_e
‘loaes-aramitted for ---1 monthss,-On the same day,Wau
thr_ , a lad
abothree
f,
„ee nlonoths L Corti ,for was sent to prison for
plic4kVaigrspoeckets in Bold-street.
'4.tire,t'r ACC/DENT. - There was an explosion of
~kllier,, 4e,d,llYdrogen gas, on Wednesday morning, at the
la; °L air. John Fl t her, Little Lever, near Bolton,
bDa, 'killed the underele km' of the mine, and severely
bizerfottr -of the workmrn. A platform had been ered herr,: Yards from the bottom of the downcast shaft,
1,11.,,s ;,,TePairs had to be effected, under which the danger 7
as''''ks.4l 4, ive gas had collected, and the workmen, .not
-S 11 g upon the partial obstruction of ventilation
'ls ' e'l LI t
i,all the lie platform, usednakedbc:nasdle:_,asesthey .always
y
theßee Passages and shafts.
.T fired 10 one
ala Candles, and the explosion wasg instantly fatal to
lstoeB-"ert, the' underlooker, as above stated.
has tejkat Ikt s y YACHT CLure-The monthly meeting
i,1a51i.,,-a on Tuesday,E at the club-house, Dukei-street, ,
wanasd
seated attended. Mr. Fowles, of New Brighton,
the Breagr were re-
Zectea a member. The officers
~ I ~ Mr.T. b'Nl-‘) vla Littledale, comfmerodore ;57Mr. 8.-Hey-
ittara,nnes -vice-commodore e e odore ; Mr. Jonathan Griticlrod ,
-11'• 17411/10,1-----mulT Wilkinson Tetley, treasurer;
1.,, , ~,,e ore
.; Mr. T. 's'r' 4 .C't teber, cup-bearer ; auditors, Mr. B. Platt and
,•-a n---- '• Pernih rtuh • and secretary, Mr. Melling. It
fitl4t iitheee, a that thee members should commence the season
~t 1 -04,°Pening dinner on the 4th April, at ma rine
eilk.'''. N 7_,,enhead. Severe lof the yachts arenor fittedas
the season. There wf
az''Llatti will be af,oat early in
painting, by 3 r.
1.,e,g ,rat the -club-house a marine.
grand
ttPD't,tDreSellting an extensive view of the late
1„;1113ta the Mersey, on the occasion of Her Majesty s
a 1%.,-
ti„ -telsro -..,.
ee ale s
tee. "'Val 1. oeciFre.-A special meeting was held at
ki'aiviag Institution, on Thursday, for the purpose of
learceiafer ne,s_rePort of the delegates who had been appointed
--"a the advisability of a union bnet.ween the four
Ilaotoe(.113 4(lej ties of the town- Archdeacon
The Ye
th Red a•-*ldesl- After a-brief discussion the report was
e tern!, e'd the same delegates were appointed to prepare
Vtilote„,keith:f onion and other details,
.ntno. be submitted to
Thanks were
ilo''''' to 4.1,114 generally for confirmation.
otl?atiot, the delegates, and also to , for his
a4eties eLa thousand copies of the report to the four
L tea Kilo following gentlemen were unanimously
and by
Mr rs.' -Mr'
1)
rileb
Arthur Bright, Sandheys, We,st.
liett 4r, John 'Mani Ithell Mason, Hope-place, Liverpool ,
hi, etary then Redcliffe, Eaton-cottage, Knotty Ash. The
titskart'
announced the following donations:-By
two ballads on
44 i"Aieei a eaPy of an essay respecting
latt'iels, ,Pt the Battle of the yanne, in 1690, written by
iprim k_ !tltlen dragoon, who was
islr_i_s_hmwanan by birth,
1 4iq°tchman by parentage. The 'aY originally
~11eti,11„,_the Archeological Jour.nat. of Ulster.-By
A little
filo., of 1,-amPhic Society, a copy
a- laik • et'Y great curiosity, whicheafppitseajr;_toisbebCo:oorikenwthasl
0 i tint. •
th There was written in it, ' This
kia, I)
Te Possession of the blacks
M Abraham
kliltre;,lB34. It had been pre eat b
twehelytheyr.rebelled in
Ga
The secretary
Qiiited through Mr. Samuel
tCa,,
.Prion book of drawings and plans r'elative to Birken-
aiii.lateij?", the work of Mr. Mason. _ He also announced
)lek::laities'n,° of. Mr. Mayer to exhibit the collection of
ed, probably at the
ofti; teonth:se had
.recently pure
• ,t A description
th,,, e alwei- !fleeting. A paper, entitled
kit7,liill ,`,l nt fort at Kirkby, in the parish of Walton-on-
4, 3 V,...
Ca.. 4 pot_ ''S afterwards read by J. W. .. Roberts,hum.,th eEscl.pro.:
',liin,.._ e of thanks having been passed to
terminated.
sih°Dll 1-
~"` Will CA.IQCABIIIRE SPRING -S A ZES.-The commis-
lie4a4 e °Pened on Saturday next, by the Hon. Justice
Platt, and the
th,'lhe,, , fieconipanied bthe Hon.
' tii t° Th;v111 be entered upon. on Monday. Thep calendar,
Illfrom b-IrsdaY, contained the names of 87 risoners,-
4a 4-114irkdale, and 27 fro Manchester New Bailey.
kal'• a„. her is about an average: there were 1061 ast
foliot f, ; regards the nature of crime,. the cases are
eiow
k,,ein, . an average in weight or heinousness. The
Vrdsr;iis `lB analysis of the calendar :-From Kirkdale :
5 cases,
1at)13ri5e,,,,.. intent to murder, 1;
manslaughter,prisoners ; stabbing, 9
ta,%hers, 1,:r; rape, 2 cases, P
assn 0 Ini°, 8 Person, 3 cases, 8 prisoners ; burbgilratrhy,,26;
%pat,
.1 aoners ; housebreaking
perjury,
j.ncory.ncealing
l'uVezzli' ease, but 9 prisoners ;
et,eery fs..„ money, .From
n 4. bae° 1 Manchester 1:
;
'-'N. tafebrgbienryg', 22 ;;
l'e " Person, 7 cases, 12 prisouers.
..aisbnifryglagrY,
T in the
„eist,,,L, Arisoners ; forgery, 1 ; bigamy, 1 -_
,asn cases of
sthrat i
a`,Ai,c2f,leaths, 1. It may be noticed e
h only 2-
mletn4l,Leiverpool has 9, whilst.Manchie t
sltlior's , by the fact of stabbing bei;
burglary Man"
vee%ter. h'rune. In cases of robbery and
g in general only
kk,l4lll' pee.„4,a strtiaing majority. Some of theo casesf murder is
Goth tt7a„,
_l' importance. The charge
eta,'ner e., Inaltese sailor, Charles Flower, I,vho stabbed
Wathe we-atitor, named Michael McDermott, int
isa quarrel,
against
ta,.iata ea,..." ago. The case of embezzlemen
14 ion rutcheon, lately cashier at the Lime-street
who
„,,„04, the London and North-western Railway,lar_e
4,,„,. rill, having defrauded the company
ant° 3 6
named
11,aha Tiam.'nolgst the forgers is a young m
4toa'' qt a 1."8°8, Most respectably connected, ho tried to
4 '4ay 'nrged cheek for £1 500 at the Borougwh bank, on
itlillt after Leebs,,tB'. Thole younquis'man stated that he had been
, m , and Co. Of Lond:3ll,w
1111111, et
a Mr. Glynnun who was on business in the
lr,:e and also to cash a.' check for the amount nareeei
a be'4l.er's excitement caused-him to be appreheenqeq:
ertx alciurihave hee.
kV Le sheal..,Pr..eased Ilia gladness that he had not suet. eq ci
n ever after miserable, awe that
yen 421 to? Snell rashnesS•

THE LANDING-STAGE MEN are to receive one shilling
per week additional wages during the continuance of the
present high price of provisions.
PHOTOGRAPHY.—The first meeting of the second
session of the Photographic Society was held on Tuesday.
Several beautiful specimens of the art were exhibited. An
interesting paper was read by Dr. Edwards, on the " Che-
mistry of silver." An animated discussion followed, on
the plate-glass and paper processes, in the course of which
several gentlemen alluded to the advantages of waxed
paper, especially where practitioners travelled any distance
to take views.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Friday week, whilst
Mr. Edward Dickenson, well known in this town, was
shooting on the Rough Mountain, near Marford, Denbigh-
shire, and in the act of ascending the aclivity, which is
covered with briars and underwood, his gun went off, and
lodged its contents in his breast. • Death ensueaealmost
instantaneously. The deceased had been out shooting for
several days, and was, at the time, expecting a friend,
upon whom he had called some minutes before, to join him.
LECTURE ON THE NEWSPAPER PRESS. The Rev.
D. B. Joseph delivered a lecture, on Tuesday, in the
National School-rooms, Bootle, on " The History of the
Newspaper Press." He traced its progress, from the puny
Weekly News of the year 1622, to the broad sheet of the
Times in 1854, giving, as he proceeded, little biographies
of the principal metropolitan papers, and describing the
circumstances to which each owes its peculiar character.
He reviewed the various taxes and other restrictions
which have from time to time been imposed on the press ;
described their effect, and the effect also of the recent
abolitions ; and expressed a hope that every vestage of tax-
ation would be swept away from the sources of knowledge.
ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The drawing classes of this
institution, formerly presided over by the late C. Barber,
Esq., President of the Liverpool Academy, are, we under-
stand, placed, by the appointment of the committee, 'alder
the direction of Wm. L. Kerry, Esq.
SOIREE AT THE MARINNIRS' CHURCH SCHOOLS.—The
annual tea-party, in aid of these schools, was held on
Tuesday, in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. Amongst
the gentlemen present were the Rev. W. Maynard, in-
cumbent, Rev. Joseph Bardsley, Rev. H. Carpenter, Rev.
J. R. Butler, &e.The choir of the Blind Asylum en-
hanced, by their excellent performances, the general
interest of the proceedings.
AN INTERESTING EVENT IN BRIDEWRLL.—Mr. Par-
kinson attended at the Police-court on Friday morning,
and stated that on the previous day a woman named Mary
Ralph was brought to bridewell, charged by Margaret
Flynn, a servant at one of the recruiting-houses in Shaw's-
brow, with stealing a shawl. Half-an-hour after she was
locked up, she was delivered of a full-grown child, and
the doctor 'would not permit her to be brought before the
magistrates. As the shawl had 'not been recovered, and
as no pawnticket had been found in her possession, the
woman was ordered to be discharged as soon as she was in
a fit state to be removed.
LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The annual
meeting was held on Wednesday, in the theatre of the
building, Mr. R. W. Ronald in the chair. From the
report it appears that the number of boys attending ell
the schools is at present 1,450. The treasurer's account
showed that there was a-balance against the institution,
on the yearly account, of £llO 16s. 3d., and that the total
debt reached nearly £3,000. The report stated that a
school for the study of science and art was intended to be
opened in the institution in August next, under the
auspices of. the government board. Mr. M'llvetn, the
head master, said the schools were never in a greater state
of efficiency than at the present time. The report was
unanimously adopted, and the usual routine 'business
transacted.
ARCHITECTURWL AND ARCHZOLOGICAL 'SOCIETY.—
The twelfth ordinary meeting was held titßoyal
Institution, Caltiaitt-street, on Wednesday,
Mr. C. Verelst
in the chair. Several specimen bricks, made by an Ame-
rican machine; end used in Liverpool, were exhibited. Mr.
Boult stated that the bricks were made from clay as it was
dug from the tarth. Before being forced into the mould,
the clay passed through rollers, and was 'thus pulverized.
The machine would make twenty thousand bricks a day,
at an expense of thirty-six shillings per thousand. The
paper for the meeting was by Mr. Fitton, being the third
section of the " Architectural History-of Liverpool." It
did not, therefore, contain an epitomunf the entire archi-
tectural history of Liverpool, but commenced with the
year 1769, the date of Perry's large map. The paper was
illustrated by numerous maps and esigravings, forming a
valuable collection, and the descriptions of which excited
considerable interest. Mr. Picton; being unable to read
the whole of the paper, reserved 'the concluding portion
for another meeting.
Wmen COLLIERY Ex-mono/T.—The inquest on the
bodies of 89 persons killed by the recent explosion at the
Arley Mine terminated on Thursday, when the jury, after
an absence of upwards of two hours, returned a verdict as
follows :—" We find that the death of the 89 persons un-
derconsideration was oemioned by the explosion of fire-
damp, from a sudden and accidental outburst of gas. We
give it as our opinion that the general management and
ventilation of the mine in quektion, from the time of the
former lamentable explosion -to the present time, have
been satisfactory, and the system- of working, under the
peculiar circumstances of the pit, uneensurable. Under
the circumstances of these :awful explosions, we would
strongly recommend to the management that, as far as
-possible, the use of gunpowder in the workings within
'this mine should be wholly discontinued."
HEALTH or THE TOWN.—The medical officer of health
reports that no returns of -death had been received from
the sub-district of Dale-street, the officer of registrar for I
that district being vacant; and assuming the mortality to
have been the same as in the previous week, the aggre-
gate mortality of the borough would show a decrease of
twelve as compared with the week preceding, and of two
as compared with the same week as the previous five
years. Of the total deaths,'s9 were in the out-townships.
There was a considerable ',decrease in the mortality from
diseases of the lungs, which fell from 90, in the previous
week, to 72 in the last, a -smaller number than in any
week since the nlonth of November. From zymotie dis-
eases, the estimated mortality was 45. Measles caused
13 deaths ; looping cough, 10; typhus, 7 ; croup, 6 ;
diarrhoea, &e., 5 ; syphilis,.l. No fatal ease of small pox
nor of scarlatina was registered. A man aged 32, employed
in a brewery, died from delirium tremens.
LIVERPOOL INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOLS.—The
annual meeting was held on-Wednesday, at the Institu-
tion, Soho-street. Mr. James Tyrer in the chair. The
report embraced a series of tables and details of the opera-
tions of the school during the past year, and included the
minutest particulars of the domestic economy of the in-
stitution. From these we observe that 331 children at-
tended the schools in 1853, namely, 137 boys and 68 girls-
Of these, however, only 146 are at present on the roll, and
of the remaining 115,-74 have gone to situations ; 79 have
quitted and refused to return; 2 have- gone to other
schools ; 11 have left Liverpool ; 27 have been sent to their
native parishes ; 1 has died, and 1.-quitted the school sick.
Since the schools were opened, it seems that 158 boys and
80 girls have obtained situations. The committee report
that, during the past year, there WAS an increase in the
amount of donations and subscriptions as compared with
1852. There is still, however, a considerable arrear of
debt due to the treasurer. After the transaction of some
routine business the proceedings terminated with the
children, who looked healthy and clean, parading in one
of the play grounds to the mueic of their own band, which
played. " The British Grenadiers" with considerable taste
andespirit.
A CUSTOMS OFFICER. an TROUBLE.—John W.Mann,
an officer in the Customs, was charged on Friday with
having stolen some chimney ornaments. Mrs. Sarah
Taylor, 23, Hanover-street, stated that the prisoner came
into her house drunk about live weeks ago, and, as she was
at dinner, seized a sole from off a dish, ,aid devoured it
"most ravenashously." (Laughter.) He then took up a
salt-cellar and a chimney ornament, which he put in his
,pocket. She took them fromlaim, and he abused her, and
!left the house. About a week afterwards heenpeated his
former misconduct ; but that time he actually walked off
with the ornament, after having knocked her down in her
night-dress on the kitchen flew.. She informed the
police ; but the prisoner was not taken into custody,
although she gave a full description of him, and stated
at t whhe
at
his calling was. On Thursday night she saw him
Amphitheatre, and gave him into custody. The prisoner
had en his possession a large bottle of pepper, some sugar,
and a quantity of tobacco, which he said were Customs
samples.—lnspector Bates explained that he did not eppre-
bend the prisoner when the prosecutrix told him that
the
he
had robbed her, because he thought it very probable
whole affair was a lark.—The magistrate said it was very
probable the whole affair had been "a lark," and ells-
missed thescharge. He, however, ordered the policemen
to take him down to the Customs and deliver up to the
authorities there the pepper, tobacco, and sugar found in
his possession.
Door COMMUTEE.—The usual weekly meeting was
held on Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair. The sub-
committee of works recommended that the tender for iron-
work required in the construction of the warehouses on
the south quay of the Stanley-dock, be given to essrs.
George Forrester and Co., the whole of the work to be ex-
ecuted in every respect conformable with the contract, for
the sum of £32,485 2s. 7d. Confirmed. The tend n
er of
Messrs. Johnson, for supplying coals for steam engines i
connexion with the dock estate, was accepted. The Chair-
man intimated that a letter had been received from Mr,
William Cubitt, engineer, to the effect that at a recent meet,
lug of the Finance Committee he (Mr. Cubitt) made ap-
plication to be allowed to appoint Mr. J. B. Hartley as his
representative in Liverpool during the erection of the pro-
posed landing stage for channel steamers. The Finance
Committee referred him to the chairman of the Dock
Committee, and he wished to know whether there was any
objection to his making an arrangement with Mr. Hartley
' to act for him as local engineer in carrying out the con-
tract. After some conversation, the request contained in
Mr. Cubitt's letter was agreed to. A ten-ton crane was
ordered to be placed at the north end of the Canning-
doek, the tender for which was recommended to be given
to M`Arthur, Hogarth, and Co. Confirmed. A report
erde aodnf ron
board t h et
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Rom ash teer
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Prince's-dock, on Sunday last. It was not known how
hadthe finroe
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asm asttheer
sshtaiptekde)e
plefre
was taken from the vessel drunk, and the mate had been
taken from the cabin in a state of stupidity from the
' effects of liquor. The vessel was laden with brandy,A
and
one of the casks' heads was nearly burnt through. re-
port was read from the high constable, that it was sup-
posed the parties had a light on board. The
Forbes, had been taken out of the ship drunk, and beenburnt
conveyed to the hospital, his legs being much .
There was a third report, from an inspector of police, stat-
ing that the vessel belonged to Messrs. J. and J. Harrisonsrs,
and that she was laden with brandy belonging to Mes.
Lockett, Messrs. Preston and Co., and others, and that
the damage sustained by the fire amounted to £B7 10s.
The Chairman said that if the cask of brandy found in a
burning state had been burnt through it might have
blown up, and what the consequences would have been to
the vessel and cargo no one could say. In reply to a
question, it was stated that lights and fires were not al-
lowed in the Prince's-dock. The Chairman said it was
supposed that the men on board had a candle in the cabin ;
and they were smoking and drinking, and hearing some
one coming they extinguished the light by putting it into
the brandy jug. The solicitor, on being referred to, said
that the offending pantie had incurred a heavy penalty by
the use of lights in the Prince's-dock. He was instructed
steps against those who were
toon of some other routine
proeeeded to the consideration of
takeh leifeecoetraisrsati:ransacti
re-
sponsible.bfinsnanineeiaiss ttters.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

SUCH WAS MR COLD at Jassy last month, that- six
sentinels guarding the guns were frozen to death in one
night.
His GRACE the Duke of Buccleugh has intimated his
intention of appropriating one of the fields in the imme-
diate vicinity of Dalkeith as a place of public recreation
for the inhabitants.
SEVERAL DESERTERS from the 33rd regiment rejoined
head-quarters previous to its embarkation for Constanti-
nople, in the hope of being pardoned and allowed to pro-
ceed with the corps to Turkey.
IT is said that, with a view to provide for coming ex-
penses, the government of France intend proposing to the
Legislative Chamber the re-establishment of the salt tax,
and the imposition of a tax on railroad revenue.
THE Town Council. of Birmingham has just appointed
a new local official, viz., a public analyzer, charged with
the examination and suppression of adulteration in all
articles of consumption.
TIIE TRUSTEES of the Medial fund are about to com-
plete the purchase of a government annuity, on the joint
lives of Francesco and Rosa Medial, and on that of the
survivor.
A NEW PATTERN for military summer trousers has
been sanctioned. They are of a deep blue colour, with red
beading down the outside seam. This will be certainly an
improvement on the nondescript light-blue gray at present
in use.
DiscovEnv OF COIL IN GLOUCESTER.—In making the
excavations for the sewerage of this city, in Worcester-
street, on Thursday last, the workmen came upon the end
of a stratum of coal, about six inches thick, at a depth of
about 11 feet from the surface.—Gloucester Chronicle.
PUBLICANS.—It appears by a return made to the House
of Commons, that the number of licensed victuallers in
England and Wales in 1853 was 61,040, and of persons
licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, 40,913.
The number of licensed victuallers in Scotland was 14,812;
and in Ireland, 15,280.
DEATH ON A. TREADMILL.—An elderly man, who was
a prisoner in the New Bailey Prison, Salford, whilst
working on the treadwheel on Wednesday morning, at 9
o'clock, suddenly dropped down and expired. The cause
of death was believed to be apoplexy.
A SINGULAR PETITION is now before :congress. In
1846, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Smith, of Missouri, under the
assumed name of Ben Newman, enlisted as a soldier, and
served during .the Mexican war. She discharged her
duties faithfully as a soldier for ten months, when her sex
was discovered, and she was discharged from service.
She has since married, and now applies for her pay and
bounty land.
EXCAVATION'S were made in the course of last week at
Me supposed site of Macbeth's Castle at Dunsinene, in
Perthshire. After removing rubbish for some three feet,
a wall was discovered, composed of large stones neatly
joined together, and resting on the rock ; but, beyond
some charcoal and a few bones, no relics were discovered.
The investigations will be proceeded with in the course of
the summer.
THE LORD PROVOST coe Theresnunon has been recently
in London, where he has had interviews with the Earl of
Aberdeen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, on the subject of a grant for
a Scottish national museum. His lordship pressed the
claim of Scotland to such a grant very strongly upon those
members of the government. The Highland society are
also about to send a deputation to Lention on the same
subject.
EAST Iserria-HousE.--On Wednesaay the Court of
Directors decided upon the 15.membets of their body that
are to remain in office under the new law requiring their
number of 30 to be reduced to 15. The choice fell upon
Messrs. Ellice, Oliphant, Mills, Sialth, Bayley, Mangles,
Prinsep, Eastwick, Sykes, Sir H. Willock, Sir J. W.
Hogg, Shepherd, Melville, Astell,ond Macnaghten. The
directors not re-elected were—Sir J. L. Lushington, Sir
R. Campbell, Messrs. Wigrani, Masterman, Muspratt,
Shank, Cotton, Plowdeu, Dent, Moore, 31arjoribankes,
and Whiteman. Three seats had previously been vacated
by the death of Sir R. Jenkins, and the retirement of
Messrs. Loch and Alexander.
AN ARTIFTCIAL MAN.—The Memorial Bordelaisitates
that, not far from St. Sever there is living an old military
man who has a false leg and a false arm, both moveable
by means of springs, a glass eye, a complete set of false
teeth, a nose of silver, covered with a substance resembling
flesh, and a silver plate replacing part of the skill. He
bears on his breast the Cross of the Legion of }lmitate won
in thesecompaigns of Egypt, Italy and Russia; in Fried-
land, Jena, Austerlitz, Wagram, and Waterloo.
TUE CLERGY AND •TR'g WAR.—The Archbishop of
Canterbury has received.a petition signed by-the clergy
of the diocese of Lichfield, in which they statethat, feel-
ing deeply sensible of the grievous evils inevitably atten-
dant'-upon war, they hunibly beg his grace to adopt such
measures as he may see -lit to impress upon the legislature
the; importance of setting apart an early day for fasting
and prayer, that the threatened strife and bloodshed may
'be.-everted from Europe, and that to this nation in parti-
ocular the blessings of peace may be continued. His grace
has expressed his intention of acting upon the suggestion,
in which he heartily concurs.
De.noE.—All readers ef Robinson Crusoe (and what boy
has not read that most attractive story ?) will grieve to
hear that the great grandson of the man whose creations '
have long become familiar household words, wherever the
English language is spoken, is living in extreme destitu-
tioneat the age of seventy-seven, with a wife aged sixty-
nine, and five children, left out of fifteen, one of whom
helps the mother in her washing, the others barely able to
support themselves. In 1846, James Defoe, a box-maker,
failed in business, in Bedford-street, London, since which
he has had to struggle severely against poverty, maintain-
ing an excellent character amid all his trials What is to
;bedew ? Quite recently a descendant of the great Cor-
neille was discovered in 'France, and the Emperor imme-
diately pensioned her. Will our government. do as much?
• GOTTENBURG.—Gmstavus Adolphus, the great founder
oot the city, prophesied that it would eareceutly be the
•centre of Scandinavian ,commerce; now thal, prophecy is
fhlfilled. Whether Csottenburg may rank with certain
commercial ports or not is a question open to discussion
but that it is the Liverped of the Scandinavian peninsula
even now, and that its streets are thronged daily with
active .merchants ; that its port is filled with vessels ; and
that its commercial men are rising daily in the estimation
of the merchants of Europe, are points admitted in every
market-place. The rapidity with which its commerce is
increasing may be shown by the returns of its exporta-
tions to -England. For example, in 1850, 12,000 tons of
wool left this port for England; in the follcwing year
27,000 tons were consigned to the same destination. In
1850, England imported from Sweden no less than 29,500
tons of iron, and nearly all (the oats raised in the penin-
sula. In truth, the activity apparent iu every part of the
city, when,- on the morning after my arrival, 1 strolled
down its handsome streets, snider cloudless heavens, and
with the invigorating influenceof a. sharp, dry frost, was
startling. Five ships lay alongside the quays; English
sailors were strolling about; the Swedish guards, tall,
handsomely-equipped troops, were marching to ard fro ;
serious men were tripping from office to office; and in the
centre of the broadest street were two omnibuses, the ap-
pearance of which carried one mentally to Paddington.—
A Brage-beakey with the Swedes.
TERRIFIC Exenosion.—On Monday evening, between
6 and 7 o'clock, -an explosion took place at the firework
manufactory of Mr. Coton, in the Westminster-roed,. by
which the premisee were set on fire and destroyed, and the
lives of Mr. Coton sad a boy, named Charles Berkshire,
sacrificed. Mrs. Colon, her sister-in-law, and two children
were extricated from the building without suffering much
injury, having been, at the moment of the explosion in
the basement floor. The great quantity ,of fireworks of
all sorts in the premiees did not all explode at the same
moment, but continuaLexplosions lasted for .some time, to
the terror of the neighbeurhood, the rockets, dionsan
being discharged in All directions, and driving back on
all sides the mob assembled to witness the scene.
FORGERY BY AN EX,M.P.—Frederiek de Mela-ns, for-
merly M.P. for a county sin Ireland, and Lecia, his wife,
were brought before the 'Lord Mayor, for final examina-
tion, charged with having uttered a forged power of attor-
ney 'to transfer a share and interest of Richard Annesley
Simpson, in stock and annuities, for £1,520115. 5d.., three
per cent. reduced annuities, with intent to defraud the
Bank of England. The prisoners were committed for
trial.. The Lord Mayor discharged the lady from custody
upon bail to the amount of £lOO, and said that if Mr. de
Molyns could produce security to the amount of £l,oooin
two sureties, and his own in £2,900, he should be also set
at liberty till the day of trial.
REGISTRATION .03? BILLS OF SALE.—The Earl of
Harrowby has laid on the table .of the House of Lords a
bill, which has just been printed, to prevent frauds on
creditors by secret bills of sale on personal chattels. It
declares that frauds are frequently committed upon credi-
tors by secret bills of sole, whereby persons are enabled
to keep up the appearance of being in good circumstances
and possessed of property., and the grantees or holders of
such bills of sale have the power of taking possession of
the property of such persons to the exclusion of the rest
of their creditors. It is proposed to enact that bills
of sale shall be void, unless the same, or a copy, be
filed within 21 days in like manner as warrants of attor-
ney; the defeasance or condition is to be written on the
same paper. The officer of the court is to keep a book
containing particulars of each bill of bale ; a fee of I.s. is
to be paid on filing a bill of sale. Further, the bill pro-
vides that office copies or extracts of such documents shall
be given, on paying the usual rates for copies of judg-
ments. Satisfaction may be entered upon a bill of sale
when the debt for which it was given shall be satisfied.
There is an interpretation clause and a schedule in the bill,
setting forth all particulars connected with a bill of sale.
SCANDALOUS TREATMENT OF A RUGBY SCHOOLBOY.—
A correspondent says :--On Friday last, as a farmer's son,
named John Cranfield, was in one of his meadows his
attention was directed towards a deep and wide part of a
stream called the Sowbrook. On proceeding thither he
saw two fellows of about 16 or 17 shamefully ill-treating
a poor little fellow apparently between 10 and 11 years of
age. It appeared the cowardly assailants ordered the
little boy to jump the brook, but as it was impossible for
him to clear it, he begged hard to be let off. This reason-
able request was not only refused but they compelled him
to go through the stream. This was not sufficient to
satisfy his companions, for after he had landed on the
other side they jumped over a narrow part, and then un-
mercifully belaboured the boy for disobeying their orders.
One of them beat and kicked him in a shameful manner,
while the other dragged him about by the hair. One of
the assailants then pulled the boy's coat off, and, after
throwing it in the water, jumped upon his hat, and kicked
the crown in. At this juncture young Cranfield came up,
and upon asking one of them what they were beating the
boy for, answered, " Because lie did not jump the brook
when ordered to do so." The young farmer, with a feeling
immediately
t et
olyi inflict
doifgonnaetioonf hthigehlmy, cnraeilietdabpleet4le and im,
summary punishment upon him. The dastard now begged
for that mercy he had junior few minutes before denied to
one many years his j. The hat and coat of this
hofolidn
Master Perry coming off in the melee, young Cranfield
consigned them to the water, and, after giving him a good
drubbing, allowed him to depart. Our correspondent says
described the cries of the little boy
John Cranfield, who
he was told the circumstance and showed the spot by
as most heartrending. Our 'correspondent further assuraes
us that the above is only one of numerous instances th t
hythose who have it in
usage receives little or nodo so. The
occur every spring among the
notice Rugby schoolboys,yet. th. e
their power to put a stop to it, and ought to
little youths (our correspondent adds) dare net
and so the practice continue4.—Dai/y News.