The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

CHURCH COLLECTIONS FOR THE
DISPENSARIES.

We have received the following list of church collections,
which have been paid into the Dispensaries'-office since
the Fast Day :
St. Paul's Church, Prince's-park .. £lol 0 0
St. John the Evangelist's, Knotty Ash l4 17 0
St. John the Evangelist's, Hope-street l7 2 10
St. Andrew's, Renshaw-street....
St. Silas', Pembroke-place
Holy Trinity Church, Walton-breck
St. Saviour's Church, Falkner-sqre. (moiety) 10 0 0

St. George's, Everton
Christ Church, Everton
St. Bride's, Percy-street 3B 7 0
St. Peter's, Church-street
St. Mathias's, Great Howard-street
St. Thomas', Park-lane
St. Jude's, Hardwick-street
St. Michael's, Toxteth-park
St. James Church, West Derby lB 7 1
Baptist Congregation, Pembroke Chapel .... 22 7 0
St. Michael's, Pitt-street 7 5 0
St. Philip's, Hardman-street
St. George's, Crescent 24 3 1
St. George's Presbyterian, Myrtle-street 8 11 4
St. Anne's, Stanley
Sephton Church....
St. Paul's, St. Paul's-square
West Derby Parish Church..
Parish Church, Walton....
St. Nicholas' Parish Church

Making a total of,

As we have reason to believe that the whole of the col-
lections are not yet received, we trust that the amount
will be still further increased, and contribute thereby to
rescue from debt a valuable public charity.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF.

We re"ret to announce that intelligence has been received of
the deatfi or tne Lora istsnop or manaan, wmcn event WOK
place on Sunday afternoon, at his episcopal residence in South
Wales. By the death of the Bishop of Llandaff,.the deanery of
St. Paul's, as well as the episcopal see, becomes vacant. By a
recent arrangement the stipend of the new bishop will be raised
to £4,000 per annum, and will be dissociated from the deanery
of St. Paul's, with which it had up to the present time been
held, The Bishop of Llandaff had passed his 70th year, and
until the last few weeks had been in the enjoyment of excellent
health.

LONDON MONEY MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
Prices in the English stock market have improved since the
commencement of business this morning. Consols opened at
921 to if, both for money and next Wednesday, and are Low
quoted 92i to 1; the last transactions were done at f. The
Three per Cent. Reduced have been dealt in at so and 911;
the Three-and•a-Quarter per Cents. at 92i and 1, Bank stock
at 1971 and 19G1. Exchequer Bills have further advanced,
marking this morning 435. and 465. premium.

LONDON SHARE MARKET.-YESTERDAY.

The share market is again heavy to-day, and most shares-
have experienced a further decline. Great lesterns and Mid-
lands are particularly heavy; the former were last done at 51,
and the latter at 45i. The following are also lower : York and
Narth:Midlands, at 204 ; North &affords, at 8i; Great North-.
erns, at 7. London and North Westerns mark 109; and Lon-
don and South Westerns, 32.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
The supply of English Wheat by land-carriage samples from
the near counties was small; the best runs were speedily
taken by the millers at an advance of 2s. per qr., and the
secondary qualities at Is. improvement upon the quotations of
this day se'nnight. Foreign Wheat waain limited request, at
Is. per qr. above the prices of last week. Fine Barley being
scarce brought rather more money, whilst other sorts fully
maintained their previous value. Choice old Oats are wanted,
and command full prices; but other descriptions were a dull
sale at the rates of. Monday last. New English Beans scarce,
and Is. dearer. Peas plentiful, and easier to purchase.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
A few choice Scots are said to make 45.., but in so few in-
stances that we cannot quote so high. The number of Sheep
is also larger, and for the above reason fewer wanted. There
is a reduction of fully 2d. per Blbs. on all qualities. Trade con-
tinues very dull for Calves, and prices are still very low. Pigs.
sell slowly, at lower rates.

TATTERSALL'S.—LAST NIGHT.
CRITERION STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Nutshell
4to 1 „ William the Conqueror
sto 1 „ Pitsford
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Rathmines—(off)
10 to 1 „ Ribaldry—(tk 12 to 1)
10 to 1 „ Wolwich—(tk 12 to 1)
12 to 1 „ Legerdemain—(tk 15,t0 1)
12 to 1 „ Raby
14 to 1 „ Crucible
15 to 1 „ Coiling wood—taken
25 to 1 „ Robert de Brus—taken
25 to 1 ~ Minimum—taken
50 to 1 „ Fitzpatrick—(looo to 15 taken)
50 to 1 „. Fugleman—(looo to 15 taken)
1000 to 1 „ Kissaway—taken
DERBY, 1850.
18 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum—taken
15 to 1 „ Clincher
40 to 1 „ Penang
40 to 1 „ Voltigeur

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

SUSPICION. OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—A person of respect-
able appearance, named Lloyd, was charged before Mr.
Rushton, with having embezzled several sums of money
received from various parties since June last, and which
he had not accounted for. Mr. Lindley, brewer, said he
had employed the prisoner for nearly the last twelve
months, as a collector and solicitor ; and that he had
given him. a salary of £3 per week up to a month ago,
when a reduction to 50s. was made in that amount.
He added that the prisoner had received £lO from a
party in August, and had given no account of it ; also a
sum of £5 from a Mrs. Carr, on the 25th of June ; and
a further sum of £3 125., on the 19th of the same month,
from a Mr. George Hunter. The prisoner was defended
by Mr. Pemberton, solicitor, who elicited evidence to the
effect that prisoner had a right to pay himself out of
moneys collected ; that he (Mr. Lindley) owed him £lO
when he left his employ on Saturday fortnight, but that
he had collected £3 12s. since that time. In the absence,
of some witnesses, the case was not very clearly substan-
tiated, and the prisoner was remanded until this day.
EXTENSIVESMUGGLING—A respectably dressed female,
named Jane Gerson, in apparently delicate health, was
charged with being in company, on the great landing-
stage, with three or four men, who were carrying a ham-
per and a trunk, of which she appeared to be in charge.
In reply to a question, put by a police-officer, she said
that they contained books; but, on being opened, they
were found to be filled with Cavendish tobacco, weighing
in a 11291 lbs. The lady carried a carpet-bag, in which
there was nothing contraband. She stated, when appre-
hended, that it was a shame to entrust her with such
packages. The men made their escape. As the prisoner
was poorly, Mr. Rushton ordered that she should have
medical attendance, and remanded her for further evi-
dence.
THEFT OF COFFER FROM A SHIP,—Two men, Thomas
Murphy and John Hart, were charged with stealing three
ingots of copper from the brig Reindeer, now in the
King's Dock. The metal was part of 1,480 pieces shipped
for export. The prisoners were committed for trial, and
the magistrate complimented the mate of the vessel for
his good conduct in detecting the principal offender, who
had been employed on board the ship,

FINAL DEPOSITING Off' THE FIRST GREAT
TUBE OF THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.

(From our own reporter.)

On Saturday forenoon last the first great tube, (or iron
tunnel,)—out of four tubes between the towers, required
for the double line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway,
in crossing the Menai Straits—was safely hoisted to its
final resting place, or level, without accident to life or
limb—which is the more remarkable when the magnitude
and height of the works, and the ponderous machinery
employed, are taken into consideration. We furnished
some particulars relative to this extraordinary bridge in
our paper of the 26th of June last, and need here supply
only a few statistics, as a reminiscence to such of our
readers as may not have the opportunity of referring back.
The bridge, or continuous tubes, when fully extended
to its level, from the Carnarvon to the Anglesey side of
the Straights, will be upwards of a quarter of a mile in
length,—including those portions of the tubular work
that overhang the sloping shore on each side, and
these are built on strong frame-work of entire balks of
timber. At each side the Straights there is a square
tower, tapering towards the top, and in the middle of the
stream stands the Britannia Tower, (the central support
for the tubes,) rising to a height from low water mark of
about 245 feet. The " abutments," if they may so be
called, are 143 feet in height, on the Anglesey side, and 173
feet in length. The side towers, not quite so high as the
central one, are 460 feet clear from the latter ; but the four
tubes are about 12 feet more in length,—six feet being al-
lowed at each end for them to rest upon on beds forming
the bottoms of six huge double doorways, or perforated
arches near the top of the three towers, through which
the double line of iron tunnelling will pass in two distinct
and continuous tubes, for the " up " and " down " trains.
Each tube weighs about 1800 tons, including some iron
stiffening wrought into them at the ends, to prevent crush-
ing in hoisting ; and each tube contains about 327,000
rivets. The stone-work, including the abutments, com-
prises about 1,500,000 cubic feet, with, in some parts, an
interior lining of red freestone.
The immense tube just elevated, and which settles the
question of practicability, was hoisted by two 40-horse
power steam engines, one at the top of one tower, and one
at the top of the other, and both acting on powerful hy-
draulic machines, which lift chains six feet in length of
link, and attached to each bottom end of a tube. The
same process will be pursued with the other three tubes.
The tube raised is. at the bottom, 120 feet in height
from 1)w water of spring tides, and, though unsupported
in the middle, except by its intrinsic strength, it shows no
deflection. As seen from the Menai chain bridge (a mile
to the northward) it appears like a huge straight balk of
wood, suspended in mid air between the towers. There
are still about 500 men employed in the various depart-
ments of the works; and by the beginning of December
the other continuous tube on the Carnarvanshire side will
probably be in its place, so that therailway train may pass
one way or the other, to and from Holyhead, without the
necessity of employing omnibuses for passengers in crossing
the straights by the Chain Bridge. The other tubes will
be fixed in their positions early in next spring.
The Britannia bridge is now an object of daily increas-
ing interest. The " hoisting" is conducted by Mr.
Clarke and Mr. Amos,—Captain Claxton, R.N., who su-
perintends the floating off of the tubes, being also on the
ground, rendering valuable assistance.