The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

'lade by Lord J. R

aded in the committee

amendments v

moved. by
Romanist

clause, to exem'

charities from the operation of the bill.—Sir PREDERICIE
TIEESIGEB and Mr. IsTEWDEGATE opposed the clause.-r-

Mr. HEADLAM supported it
operation be limited to two •;

but would move that its
ears.—Upon a division the

dime, as amended, was earri€
HORSES A.ND D0G13.-011 t
Taxes Bill, the C

report

the Assessed
Quzu moved

&If CELLOI3

Le Excs

several amendments, which were a

mod to.

He proposed

to allow the proprietor of race horses to fix the number of
his stud, and upon that number be assessed, without being.

required, as at present, to pay upon all horses that replaced
others. Horses used by farmers while attending Divine
803.1•9 PO he exempt frnm the rind nn. parties
although not professional farmers, yet practising farming,
the tax to be commuted to a guinea a year in respect to
horses which they kept for general use. With regard to

the-tax upon dogs, the only proposal
eniption made at present in favour of

)y paupers

SIoBE POSTPONEMENTS.—Upon th-e motion of Lord
PAUMEESTON, the Truck Act Amendment Bill was post-
poned till next session.
GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA.—Lord J. RUSSELL stated
the intentions of the Government respecting the colony of
Jamaica. They did not propose to suspend the representa.

if possible, the
They pro,

tive constitution in the Colony, but to hid
Assembly and the Council to act in harmony

posed, in the first place, that there should be a perniarient
act, containing grants for those• officers to whom it was
deemed fit that permanent salaries should be given ;
secondly, that- the Assembly should make no grant -of
money except upon the initiative of a representative of the
Crown, and that the officers of • the Crown should be
responsible for the expenditure of the money. On the
other hand, it was proposed to endeavour to place the
finances of Jamaica upon a sounder footing. The public
debt of the colony amounted to £500,000, upon which an
interest of six per cent. was paid ; . and it was proposed that
the Imperial Government should give a guarantee for the
interest of the debt, a sinking fund being provided for its
extinction. Another guaranteewas proposed. The House of
Assembly had insisted upon their right to make a reduction
of salaries, which the Council had regarded as a breach of
faith. It appeared to the Government that this quarrel
might be settled by the grant of a compensation, which
might induce the present holders to relinquish their
offices, which could be filled by other persons at reduced
salaries. This would require- £50,000, which sum the
Government proposed should also be guaranteed by this
country, making the aggregate sum guaranteed £550,000:

There was one other point.. Sir Charles Grey had already
held his office as Governor, which he had discharged with
signal ability, for the full berm, and the Duke of New-
castle Was of opinion that Sir Henry Barkly, who had
been many years Governor of Guiana, would be the best
person to succeed him, and he had accordingly recom-
mended her Majesty to appoint Sir Henry to that office.
A question would arise, however, as to his salary, which
the Government considered: should not be less than £5,000,
and, to avoid dispute, they proposed to vote £3,500 towards
making up that sum for three years.—Sir J. PAKINGTON
expressed his satisfaction at the proposals of Government,
as did several other members.—Mr. HousrALL regretted
that the noble lord had not given a distinct answer to the
question put to him with regard to the enlistment of.
Coolies in the West India islands. He should have been
pleased to hear a declaration from the noble lord that
orders had been sent to the officers in those colonies not
to adopt a course, so injurious to the_ interesl of the
colonists. He then- read an extract from a letter, com-
plaining of the hardship inflicteduPon the colonists by the
enlistment of Coolies. He trusted that the Government
• would direct their attention to the subject, and send out
such instructions that no doubt could possibly remain on
the subject. The colonists in Hie West. India islands were
at present encountering great difficulties in competing
against slave labour, and it was the duty of the Govern-
, ment not to, throw Obstacles in their way.
Supprr.7--The house then went into. committee upon
the estimates for the' British Museum. . After a lengthened
discussion, a vote of £55,000 was agreed on.
The next votes were obtained without any • material
discussion, except one for repairs- of the British ambas-
sador's house in Paris, and another for £12,175 for pay-
ment of rewards for suppressing the slave trade on the
coast of Africa. .

Several Bills were advanced a stage
NEW BILLS.—Mr. LowE obtained leave to bring in the
following bills :—Bill providing places of confinement in
England and Wales for female offenders under sentence or
order of transportation ; bill to render valid certain mar
riages in the Church of the Holy Trinity, in the township
of Hulme and parish of Manchester, in the county of Lan-
aster ; bill to amend an act of the seventh year of Her
Majesty, for the better apprehension of certain offenders ;
bill for further continuing certain temporary provisions
concerning ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England ; bill to
continue an act to amend the laws relating to loan societies ;
bill to continue the exemption of inhabitants from liability
to be rated, as such, in respect of stock-in-trade, or other
property, to the relief of the poor.
The house adjourned at a quarter-past three o'clock
FRIDAY, AL GUST 5.
The Clitheroe School Estate Bill was
and passed.
' SOUTH SEA ANNUITIES.--The motion for the third
reading of the South Sea Company's Arrangement and
Trusts Bill led to some discussion, but the motion was
finally agreed to.
TUE PILOTAGE BILL.---The committee on this bill was
resumed, commencing with clause 10.—Mr. HOBSFALL
moved an 'amendment to the clause which gives power to
the Board of Trade to license the masters or mates of ships,
to pilot their vessels into port. The object of the amend-
ment was to limit the licenses to the masters or mates of
coasting ships or vessels, and the hon. member, in moving
it, reminded the committee that the entrances to many
ports were constantly undergoing a change. For in-
stance, in the entrance to the Mersey, there were
banks marked upon the chart which were supposed
to be covered with twelve or thirteen feet water at
one period of the year, while at others there were only five
or six feet. Now, how was the master or mate of a vessel
which had been abroad for several months to know when
these changes took place ? The banks and channels
leading into the Mersey were continually changing,
and no one could answer for the destruction of property
which must inevitably occur if this clause was passed
as it now stood. At present, from the efficient pilots
which the port authorities employed, vessels trading with
Liverpoolwere carried with safety into port through the
most dangerous channels, and the merchants and under-
writers of that town were therefore averse to this proposed
['lteration in the practice of restricting the navigation of
vessels up and don the channel to authorised pilots. The
I w
polder propo§q4 thirl dAlkSe3 WA§ artadY bY the

ead a third time

-ced to the clans.,
agreed with it. The clause was ilk
.1011gA thatgener thean clause d not a
didlo nal.oet goffec far enough't,andsince
declared that it went too far. On the whole, 11‘0"
he thought it would be best to adopt the medium
course which the clause proposed, and as that course
had been more than once ,recommended by the re:
-s and other. well-infornea
cee should have. -Tio difficulty m.greeing to it, especially as the power of granting
these-licenses would be -discretionary and not compulsor)::
-Mr. LIDDELL warned the committee to be cautious bcod
.
igidly enforced, was T„
- the pilot 'service of IT
'tihereleiftintenig Dbfra.nkir. of
the
—Mr. GEORGE supported
,on to denounce the heavy pibtag
...argeS of the port of Liverpool.—Mr. HORSRALL repeat
that this Was granting a most undue power to the Boar °,
Trade. After some discussion, Mr. HORSTALL said it wool.
be useless to contend against government, . and withdrel
his amendment. Several other amendments were Pr°:
posed, and also withdrawn. All the other clauses Or'
agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be reported. call
THE HOLYIIEAD MAILS.—Mr. VANCE wished to
attention to the irregular arrival of the mail trains,'
Holyhead ; and to ask if any measures were being the
by the Post-office authorities to insure punctuality ul
transmission of the Irish mails to their destination.----',f
WiLsox said that steps had been taken to insure law
formity in the arrival of the night mail, but that the daY
mail was not under the control of the postmaster. 11 le
,
contract with the railway company Was merely to colic''

ports
bodies

1 to have

of commiss

the cc

they adopt
cul

a clans,

d to impair the effici

cli, if i

sncy bf

gentlem

th referee
Merse

occas

certain mail bags.
-FOREIGN AND COLONIAL POSTAGE.—The CHASc--,ht
of the EXCHEQUER stated, in reply.to Mr. Gibsoll,,l,o.
next session there would be no objection to appoint a
nd
mittee to inquire into the whole subject of foreign
colonial postage. .a th3t
THE CHINESE REBELLION.— -Mr. HORSFALL
on the 13th of last month a communication was made,
the Secretary for .Foreign Affairs, expresssinc, the aa,,,,,,PP.`"
hension of the members of the East India ()°'7,t
Association at Liverpool that sufficient protection was' 114
fforded to the British residents in China in the Prcs,,e'
'jar circumstances of that country: .Lord Clarepl
• • -)1y, that a copy of that .coMmimication
) the Lords of the Admiralty. As ti;
latest news from China fully bore out the justice of the
apprehensions of the association with regard to the iTt
sufficiency of the Britlsh force in the Chinese waters-4
to the
having been found necessary, it appeared, to apply
United States Consul and. to the, French Consul for Prc.'
tection—he should be OA All
if the First -Lord- of thesl
salty would inform him whether the Government bad:se"
any additional „force to that quarter, or whether they el;
templated doing so, or were-of opinion that there was

torwarclec

necessity for it.
Sir J. GRAHAM said the accounts last received frog
satisfactory with reference to the a°111;
Anications which: had passed between British resideait
nd Chinese authorities. With reference to the Brit,i'd
force in those waters, anticipating such a necessity as ha
Irisen, for the presence of a larger force, he had sent ordete
additional steamer to proceed from the Indian ~,,
qnd such an additional steamer had, 'll
anticipation, been despatched. In addition there had I)ef,
retained- on that station a second steamer of war ; aacltu,
force altogether now in those seas would, in his °pia°
be adequate to all the necessities of the case.
The house went again into a committee of supply ar,,,
the remaining civil service and other estimates, wl_.,ll;tl
were debated until midilipht, when the chairman repo,"

China were most

the a

mese seas

progress. the
CANTEREUTLY Witrr.—The adjourned debate on -45
bury writ was resumed, and, after a eon qtion -
vers. G,

to the int

bavernmen
.clment was a

entions of the

pended writs
writ for Cant

respecting the
eed to that no peti

u.ry be issued this session

Several bills, were advanced a stage, and the house

FRIGHTFUL

OCCURRENCE AT

FALLS OF IVIAGARA.

of 19th ofeilltuit'

A correspondent at Buffalo, under tiaL,.,
gives the followingeparticulars of a frightful: accua.- ,
the Falls of Niagara :—" A boat, in which were.three
asleep, got adrift last night, and floated into the
where it was upset. Two of the men were carried hol',ll
diately over the Falls of Niagara, and dashed to,pieees.
the rocks below. The third, named Joseph Avery, cati;,.
at a stump in his passage, and clung to it. He 'lota
covered abtest on the brink of the Falls. Several ere
were launched in order :to rescue him, but they issarga
swamped the moment they touched- the Rapids. A veite-
number of persons left • this city for the .scene Lay
meat' by the trains, and swelled the thousandS2othe
gathered-around the spot. The man was in a lou'e,of the
rapids where the rocks rise nearly to the siletraetween
water. A log of woo4l apparently wedged tigh out of the
the rocks, and crossed way another, still higher,,,"ined, half
Water, was his resting place. Here he re'-"—_ he
clinging to and half perching upon the log, from ,y
would occasionally slip down and walk a little on the
feet
advance were only a short distance under water. A few leaf,
advance was a small fall of about four or five feet, arulhT;
aria tan.o
speed of about 40 miles an hour. -A raft was construct'
formed of crossed timbers, strongly fastened in a squarafer'::
a hogshead being placed in the centre. The raft was strong
secured with ropes on each side, and was floated down to the,
rocks upon which Avery was stationed. As it approach
l
the spot where he stood the rope got fast in the rocks an
the raft became immovable. Avery then appeared to hi„,
ter strength and courage,. and, descending from the 'ln
walked over the rocks to the place where the rope 'l.-0
caught, and laboured long and hard to disena-age it fr°4
the rocks. After some-time he succeeded, and then `A;ed
renewed energy, inspired by the hope of rescue, he du the
manfully at the rope until he succeeded in bringing,,,,e,
raft froni the current towards his fearful resting-In
Avery now got on to the raft, making himself fast theFte4
by means of ropes which had been- placed there for tuit
purpose;-and -those on the land commenced drawing of
towards the shore. It had approached' within 30
one of the small islands, towards which its course fit
directed, when suddenly it became stationary in the 1010,
of the rapids; the ropes having again caught in the recol
All endeavours th "moVe it were found to be in vaiu'opes
much fear was entertained that. the Strain upon the, 1.100
might break them and the occasion the poor -fellows,eal
Various sUggestionS were now volunteered, and se`tal
attempts were made to-reach him. One man went oif be
a boat as- far he .dared to venture, and asked hilt' isg
would fasten a rope round his body, and trust to lieop
drawn in by that. The poor fellow, however, sh°°;oot
head despondingly, as though he felt that he ha oto
strength enough remaining to make himself secure l'i 'ell
rope. At 'length a boat was got ready-4 lifeboat, eel
'had arrived from Buffalo—and was launched. e„itli
the preparations, Avery, unloosed his fastenings, i,OO
the intention of being ready to spring into the-i
40
.13ornenn by the rushing waters, and amid the' bre' A
•ft•
suspence of the spectators, the boat approached the,' ord
thrill ran through the crowd—the boat lived in the frolll
wavea-it struck the raft—a shout'of joy:rang forth
the shore, for it was believed that he was saved—wh,.e,i'':-ei",
denly the hope that had been raised was again des,'
a moment's confusion followed the collision, and in ote°
the victim was seen in the midst of the waters, seVsfor
from his frail support, and struggling for life. 000
minute or two the poor fellow, Striking out boldly 'bole
towards the island, and the cry echoed from shore to
rt
that he would yet be saved. But soon the fact becaolqic
that he receded. froth the shore--his strength was es:tepa..,,,
failing.- Gradually he was borne back into the fiere`-a,cr
of the current, slowly at first, then more rapidly. 'pre'
, and more swiftly he approached the'brink of the fatlcosi,
cipice, the waters had him at last their undisputed
and madly they whirled him on to death,. as thotir
raged at his: persevering efforts to escape their fall.' i„,,ja's
A sickening feeling came over the spectators, sc'enag
lf
on the brink of the precipice, the doomed man Sp hi
from the waters, clear from the surface, raising,.'`, „atll
upright as a statue, his arms' flung wildly aloft; 811 u, rg,
a piercing shriek that rang loudly above the mockgi, 0,0
of the cataract, fell back again to the foaming wave'
was hurled over the brow of the fatal PreciPiceinelancll
nt
We'- have no heart for comment upon the tivill
and awful event. Visitors to the might 9 ealar cat.r.
the scene of the terrible catastrophe with shuddering jto
- of the evening, that they still hear above the wateri osity, and the timid and imaginative will fancy, in th,e,
the fearful shriek which preceded the fatal plunge.
~

S resumes ,
matter
nA l
sA
s certified
his
county,
n saw tEy:rtllo,
bre
k.
June,. 18482. a man namiilircstuolftedoniCFsoieibrnceeoyEfepli:oYiususiisEriAlcilttßer:(o:idanOict::::Thi,,,,fileja:isf,7lll:'4s:!,:tviloro:
afißslll,ee,oecteplAmhieeosltwntLietmiEihre:nATaaiiliiNAme,alakiisvirakayineast long intervals, sonle'"-- m`
s
gheaeawtaskea ‘hour criisij;
voraciously.
Ecannte A.--,Considerable interee ;it'13411,51:"5-1
occasioned at New York by the arrival of the ;Pfir
e-
;oaheno
Crown, Captain Duncan, from Liverpool, tan', .4
fifty head of Durham cattle, a celebrated C1e,1,,,
horse, a Neapolitan sow, and a fine litter of
of the cattle were from the -stock of Lord Fevers.-0046
the expense of introducing them into Amerio cost
inferred from the fact that one bull and 11,eifeforr
guineas. A portion of the stock was intencleu „ipg 411
Atchison, Alexander, one of the most wealthy i-Conii;ok
of Kentucky, and the ramainder belonged to a "Sir
of farmers in the counties of Fayette, Bourbon,
ford, in that -State.
At, Die
CIIARACTERISTIC AMERICAN SPERCIL--A-,tirr.hte
of some interest (says the Washington Union) Tia" y, 'of
Oswego, during the celebration of the 4th ef'„ co if
mayor, Mr. Colver, delivered an address, in thug voliV
which he launched out into the usual strain foto!"
demagogism about nun. This inappropriate 013,P.'„,.0 1,„
of fanatical zeal met with a prompt rebilke
Richardson, Esq. The Daily Times reports.llls trile );el/
follows .:—" As the speech just delivere4 bYay ale'
mayor .is not in the programme,, I think It mrogrpef
that you have another, which is also not in the P. out
The mayor has introduced a subject which is_to 041
nor necessary. to a 4th of July celebration. I 3 011,1 „fir
denounce his isms, and do denounce thca.l: OYI,II
denounce them on all occasions when nufairl,,,) 4,t11 of Jod
perly brought before the- people. This opePle.'flie
celebration. I like men to do what they ,° be it t Dolt.
not preach one thing and practise another, the tee''
ranee, or be it what it may. Now, I knew, aejohiligttlri,
mayor knoWs that I know, that he who is Pre to not
perance here to-day has drunk--drunk out.o'.,„ore, 00,;
within the last two weeks ; and, what liser';iesol_Asoicit
more than I did. Now, when any man 111,',11, jou
tirh„lP, tilo
rl
abolitionism or temperanceisra, or any ebiu„iia 81
an occasion as this, I will denounce littWc;
man (turning to Mr. Culver) began, A" to de
n 40445
that crowd there and came up resolve ,
.„0 611.0.0
and I have done it. Let the 4th cif' JuiY
his hand to the crowd). The conclusion
Imgreteecitedfc.lrvistehvegraireamint applause,utcs, laughter, an6,dfctil'el:';VeiPs'

TUESDAY

AUGT7

ST 9,

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Pool on iii,

E QUEEN
atlif4 ;

---4

a_was re-

mates of An;eTic-a-.
Tun EicrsE.=Owing to the abolition of the soap duty,
it Is contemplated that a reduction of 30 employes on the
inland revenue staff at this port will take place.
ACCIDENT.—On Thursday forenoon, James
renerick, the second mate of the American ship Jo'
and Albert, lying in ti'
Mintop crosstree
The decease
1118 ALtas.—An
rght mail§ to and from
_or replying to letters
-Manchester by about hair-an,
Ibe El a quarter, and at Edinbur
een by about four hours,
EDWARD__ Thomas 'Goo-
Manchester, became PP
gdeath of his mothei.
thegiv en Way to habits o,

id was a native of Cana

,een made in the

the north, by which the intervals
will be increased at this town and

nir, at Carlisle by two hours
a, Glasgow, Perth, and

d of'£l,ooo a year 'a
bytl

Le choir

rpose of

)f Mess:

build at I'

A:. such an ext

o.
danzer

THE .SVEST

Wednesda:

I Mr. erc

.BT BOARD 01 (

the set

laced in consiae

acs met on

;reed to furnish the infi

priety of accepting an o
itee Life Asst ral

Some

from the United Gua
Mr. Morley, collector of poor-rates, and it was ultimatel_
settled that the guarantee should be accepted. Mr. Georg(

Hulme, of Everiiin, was then el€
the board afterwards adjourned.

EXTRAOitDI

;ed assistant mester, aid

TEMENT
"J. Bel

—On Friday the coroner
tor Hey-

den, in
her dead body
declared that the d
that he had taken as

rah= him that he had poisoner
Id be found at 84, Porter-stre(
sed was

as pure as an angel, and
, uer life to prevent her being dis-
appointed at his inability to pay her

s and his passage to
st his money in speculation. He had

he havi

written to her siste

al Dublin to corm

'er and I

The writ

appears to be a person

of education, and

could not live, tl

presumption is that he has, or intends to commit suicide.
DOCK COMMITTEE ELEcrioN.—The election of four
members of the Dock Committee, in the place of the four
who retire by rotation, took place on Wednesday, at the
Dock-office. The result of the voting was as follows :---11.1r

52 _ Ml

2; Mr. Wm

ninthwaite, bteele, .tteaung, anu dames
the members chosen by the ratepayers.
Of the four retiring members only three offered them-
selves again, namely, Mr. Steele, Mr. Healing, and Mr.
Thomas Bold; and of these only the ant and second were

Smith al

therefor

re-elected. The Town
nesday, unanimously 1

until, at their
,leeted Messrs

Robeitson GladstoliE

Littledale, as men:

rs of the I
—Great bias

inp: on Wed-

CommittE

SUN PORTRAITS,

even within tt

,g,le year

mas Boyden
and Thonia:

by thia!

have made the 91in a-portrait painter ;and likenesses are
now taken with a rapidity and an excellence of which
Daguerre never dreamed When he first hit upon his happy
plan of providing. portraits for the million. But, great as
its progress has beet

_ e have never seen the Diinerreat
process more, suceesSful than at the American Gallery o:

Mr. Edmonds, in BOld

accredited artist from Ne
ber of valuable medals and a

an hr al

Institution,