The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

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Pay their respects.

TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS—
sailed on Wednesday, for Nev
and full cargo.—The Arabia, Commodore Judkins, sail
on Saturday, for New York, with a full complement (

a,cific, Captain N;

York, with 170

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the Concert-Hall, in Lord Nel-
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RAILWAY ACCIDENT

fitter-up, living in Br
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tweeze two railway tri:

Liverpool, and when between the
came up and struck one Of them.

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COAdIERCIAL LAW.—On Wednesday, Mr. Ilorsfall
M.P., presented the petition agreed to at the. lat(

.ference held

Chamber of Commtrce, on the Subject of commercial law
The petition mass for the removal of

ting grievances

by the establishinent of permanent local courts, with com-
pulsory powers 'and equitable jurisdiction, for the adjudi-
cation of all meitantile disputes; wherein The judges may
consist, at least partially, of commercial men, and the pro-
cedure be informal. _ _

OnmsitiA/Z PARISU Cnrncu.—The Rev. W. E. RAW-
storne, who has been the last three years vicar, on Sunday
week preached his farewell sermons, for the benefit of the
Scarisbrick day schools and the Orruskirk evening schools.
A collection being made after each service, the sum of £5O
was realised. Many testimonials have been made by the
parishioners to the rev. gentleman, as tokens of the
esteem and affection which they entertained towards him.
The vacancy occasioned by his resignation will be, filled up
by the Rev. Joseph Bush, late chaplain of Rainhill Asylum.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—The Duchy Court
opened on Thursday, at St. George's Hall, before the
worshipful W. M. James, as Vice-Chancetor, and on
Fiiday 17 cases were disposed of. There was a very
numerous bar. Since the late alterations and improve-
ments the practice of the court has beeirgreatly simpli-
fied. It may not be generally known thatthis local court
possesses a jurisdiction, hi all cases arising within the
-duchy, fully as extensive as the power of the high Court
'of Chancery itself; and would soon become very useful
and popular if Liverpool attorneys chose to do their own
work instead of employing agents in London.
TowN IMPROVEMENTS.—The alterations at the Post-
office are now nearl4, completed, and the new letter
delivery department will be opened to the public in a few"
days. The premises at the corner of Lord-street and .
Whitechapel, will be razed in about a month, and new
buildings erected. The corner shop will be rounded off, •
and the whole frontage made -to recede about 18 feet in
Lord-street and 14 feet in -Whitechapel. The building at
present erecting in Water-street, and formerly occupied
by the London and Liverpool Fire Insurance, progresses ,
rapidly, and will f6rin 'a handsome improvement. Some
alterations are also' contemplated in the buildings at the
bottom of Water-Street,- in order to give a greater breadth.
of thoroughfare.
ANCHOR ASSVRAWCE COMPANY.—On Wednesday the
annual meeting of 'this Company was held in London. An
abstract of the -accounts •was submitted, from which it:
appeared that the total 'receipts of the company for the .
last financial year -amounted to £44,444 17s. ld., and the
expenditure and inveStrnents to £38,932 Bs. 5d., leaiing
at the bankers'V balance of £5,512 9s. 6d. The company's
assets and liabilities, -balanced by the sum in .bank,
amounted to £116,191 14s. 6(1.-31r. Tindal Atkinson
next read the 'report of the directors, which gave a mist
encouraging ,aemmt of the increase of the business. The
company was at present doing nearly £20,000 per annum
of new buSiness ; and there was every reason to kx,pect,
judging from what they had done, that in the next year
they would be-able to double that amount of business.
BURIIL SCYCIETIES.—A meeting of working-men was
held in the Concert-hall, on Thursday, to hear.the first
quartefiy report of 'the Operative Porters' Burial: Society.
The admission- to this society is sixpence a month, and
when a member -dies his relatives receive £5 to bury him.
There are at present 800 members in the society, which
appears to be convulsed by intestine feuds, for a fierce
wordy warfare 'at the meeting was waged between, an e_
president and,Mr. Cornett. From the report we.gathered
that the receipts, have amounted to £llB lls. 34., and the
expenditure 4a£114 Os. 3d.; but instead of burying mem-
bers the funds seem to have been spent on posters, publi-
cans, and local patriots durinc, the late cotton-porters'
strike. 'This 'AVM the cause of the dissensions :Which are
likely to bring Iheturial club to a premature dissolution.
A Sznrous la&suAntY took place on the river, on Wed-
nesday afternoon, which resulted in the deathof a labour-
ing man, 'mined Michael Hastie. At one o'clock, a
labourer, named McCormack, was bathing near the river-
walL'at the =Birkenhead docks, and happening' to get out
of his depth, and not being able to swim, he was on the
point of drowning. His perilous situation was witnessed
by Hastie (a friend and neighbour), who plungectinto the
water 'with the -view of saving the drowning man. Upon
Hastie reaching McCormack, the latter, in ;his struggles
for life, desperately clung to his friend ; and being a strong,
powerful man, his weight and tenacious grasp overpmerecl
the noble efforts of Hastie, who soon became exhausted,
and sank beneath the water. No time was lost 'by the
persons on shore in reaching the two men, .but, before
assistance could be wondered, Hastie was a corpse. 'M'Cor-
mach was rescued, .and at first very little hope was:enter-
tained-6f restoring him ; but he is now out of danger.
FAr ACCIDBNI.—OH Tuesday, two boatmen, named
Nicholas Mackie and John Murphy, who were about to
take a-woman:to a --vessel in the Birkenhead Dock, -fas-
tened their boat -to the Birkenhead steamer Vernon; then
lying•at the landing-stage, in order that they might by
this means be towed into the middle of the river. As soon
as they had made their boat fast; the Runcorn steamer
Heroulestame- alongside of the Vernon. The men imme-
diately jumped on board of the latter steamer ; and, when
le woman up, the sponsons of the
ftfully crashing the

TI the fiet at assisting

o steamers came into collision,

woman. She was immediately brought upon the landing-
stage and .00liveyed .to the Northern Hospital, but she
died before reaching that institution. The deceased, whose
name was Grace Johnson, lived in Formby-terrace, Great
Howard-street, and was •the wife of a seaman who was
intending to sail to Ceyl cu. on the day of the melancholy

occurrence.
WEST DERBY GITAMDFLICS.—On Wednesday, at the
weekly meeting, Mr. Alpass presided. A communication
from the governor of the Workhouse was read, impressing
upon the guardians the necessity of selecting, in their
appointment of officers, persons fully calculated to dis-
charge their duties. A.conversaion ensued, which resulted
in a resolution to ?equest the
.poor-law board not to con-
firm for two months the appetatment of Mr. Mame, the
lately-elected aSsistant-master, ,till his efficiency could be
tested. A communication was read from the poor-laiv
board, acknowledging the receipt of a letter from Mr.
Cleaver, relative to the proposal of the guardians that Mr.
Lister, the medical officer of the union hospital, should
-.reside in the establishment, ' They declined to give any
opinion upon the subject at present. After considerable
cliscussion, a resolution was passed, expressive of dissatis-
faction at the result of the corresponllence, and requesting
the poor-law board to call Avon Mr. Lister to resign.
:Does COMMITTEE.—Mr, Shand presided at the weekly
meeting of this committee on Thursday, when the sub-
committee of works reported that they had made arrange-
ments to purchase from Mr. R. Edwards, of Liscard, some
property in Sparling-street, required in connection with the
new docks at Wapping. Instructions were given to the
surveyor to repair the bridge at the north end of the
Brunswick Dock, on giving a week's notice to that effect.
John Fry was appointed assistant at the transit sheds,
Albert Dock, and Joseph Armitage at the telegraph, Point
Lynas. Thomas Walker, gateman, at the Collingwood
Dock, was dismissed. Mr. Evans called attention to the
undue delay at the Stanley Dock warehouses. The Chair-
man said the matter had been already before the sin.
veyors. The Surveyor said the fault was that the con-
tractors were net. gOing on fast enough. There was a
deficiency of granite ; the time would be up in November,
when, if the work was not being properly proceeded with,
there would be a fine of 15 per cent. on the contractor,
amounting to more than £3OOO. Mr. Bight= said the
trust was suffering severely, as the Albert warehouses
were full; and, if the new warehouses were ready to re:
ceive goods, they might be getting a high rent for
them. Mr. Evans : The commerce of the, port requires
them, as all the warehouses are full. A letter from Mr.
William Ashton Clayton, complaining that' vessels were
entered for the graving docks before being announced as
having arrived at the port, was read ; also, a report from
the harbour-master, denying that vessels were so entered,
except in one or two instances of rare occurrence; and
when those were detected, they were struck off the list.
The matter was ultimately referred to the Harbour-
master's Committee. A letter from the Corporation sur-
veyor, relative to an alteration of the crossing. at the
south-west side of George's Dock, was referred to the
Committee of Works. A letter was read from the clerk
to the Health Committee, calling attention to the necessity
of the Dock Trust proceeding with the works at a certain
portion of the Wapping Dock, namely, Hurst-street and
Mersey-street, without delay. A conversation followed
on the subject of the levels at the Wapping Dook—a mat-
ter which was recently in dispute between the Health
Committee and the Dock Trust. The Chairman consi-
dered the terms exacted by the Health Committee unrea-
sonable, when Mr. Bight= replied that they had been
confirmed by the Council, and therefore anything unrea-
sonable lay with them. Mr. Tobin said that no protest
was made by the Dock Committee when the proceedings
came before the Council, though he was not prepared to
say that the Health Committee had acted in an arbitrary
manner, as he was ignorant of the merits of the case. The
matter was ultimately referred.