The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY,

LOCAL NEWS.

AT A VEGETARIAN SOIREE, in the Concert-hall, OR
Thursday evening, 200 people were present.

GREAT CHESS MEETING is to be held at Man-
Chester, on Friday and Saturday next.
YESTERDAY coals were raised in price frOm 6d. to ls.
Per ton. This arises from the determination of the
colliers to have a further increase of wages.
THE EXHIBITION OF THE FLORAL AND HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY will take place this year at the Botanic
Gardens, Edge-lane, in May, June, and September. The
society is at present in a very flourishing condition.
11R. JOHN BUCKLEY, relieving officer for Runcorn,
Was incautiously crossing the line at the Sutton incline
un Tuesday, when a train came up, and killed him on
the spot.
THE MAvott entertained to dinner at the Town-hall, on
ues,day evening, the members of the Select Vestry and a
number of other gentlemen. The party numbered up-
Wards of 50.

E
DANIEL M.kTHER, Esq., Thoma Darnley Anderson,
and Francis Alexander Hamis lton, Esq., took the
paths and qualified as justices of the peace for this
borough, on Tuesday last.
IN' THE ROLLS COURT, yesterday week, the master
&ranted an injunction against George Merritt, who, in
eoDsequence of some disa4reement with the corporation
of Manchester, had threatened to stop the supply of
Water to that city.
Penry ACRES or LAND, on the north side of Brom-
trough-pool, on the Cheshire shore, have been purchased
Y the company for the manufacture of Price's patent
Candies. The works, it is contemplated, will give employ-
tent to a thousand people !
Ma. J. GRANTHAM, C.E., announced to the Polytech-
Vie Society, vesterdßy week, that be intended shortly to
impor-
tant bghoilsyschemes for dock improvement before an
in Landon, whose opinion would have great
weight with the kingdom at large, and probably with his
townsmen.
A HANDSOME Bible and Prayer-book have been pre-
sceniuteredhbyth Sunday
eclergy, teachers, and friends of S. Paul's
Schools, Liverpool, to William Worrall,
.Ent a small
services
token of their affectionate esteem for his
Hu
to the above useful institution during
per ed
of more than a quarter of century.
A. CIRCULAR was issued on Tuesday morning by Mr.
Coleman, the accountant. announcing a first dividend of
79. Gd. in the pound on the estate of Messrs. Cdolimann
and Stolterfoht, who failed on the 10th of January, and
Whose direct liabilities amounted to £153,811. It is un-
derstood that a further early distribution may be looked
for.--Times.

FURIOUS DRIVING is by far too prevalent a practice in
the streets of Liverpool. On Wednesday, at the police
court, a respectable-looking man, named Richard Gil-
grass, was charged with knocking down and running over
Poor Woman, named Bridget Barratt, in St. James's-
street. The woman appeared in court, but in consequence
of her weak state, it was thought advisable to order her
removal, and to remand the cue. Gilgrass was driving
St the rate of fifteen miles an hour through the town.
, THE BODY OF CAPTAIN JOHN MACDONALD. of the
-I!ene, capsized on Pluckington-bank, on the 26th of
February last, was found on Tuesday, near Eastham-
Vp. A reward of £lO had been offered for its recovery.
,eeomposition was far vanced, and it was only by the
,!,I.othes and a gold rin. that the body could be identified.
;he body was
tile Slim of £6 10s. was found intone of the pockets.
placed in a shell and removed to Ireland
Mr interment.
ROBBERIESIN BIRKENHED.—A. cash-box, containing
money to the amount of £l2O, was stolen at about six
oufelock in the afternoon of Thursday last, from the hotel
tholl.tc,„' Clarke, Chester-street. At about the same
of 11-11,0aturday an entrance was effected into the offices
IlirkL,rl. P. Priest, accountant, Market Cress Chambers,
Part-c,"fue,ad, which as usual had been closed in the early
Iv. ajt.,1,,,t.t day. An iron safe, manufactured by Nlessm
t tr- SNitt, of Trantnere, had resisted the efforts of
saf
ilieyes until they had brobably been disturbed. The
e Dore marks of a crowbar, or some such instrument.
0,.
such o
h THAN A TON OF CLEAN COTTON, apparently
corr" vagrant boys and girls steal out of bales, was
h? naas McLoughlin,
of ,r'd the other day by the police, in the marine store
Wer Cherry-lane. Two children
atoe_,Enso seen entering the store with cotton, evidently
a vd• It appeared that McLoughlin was convicted half
~,,Y_e.ar before he got his license, but as no reference was
Cie to the police about him, the fact was not known by
se licensing parties at the town-hall. McLoughlin was
nt to the house of correction for two months, and his
leaser
revoked. The other prisoners were sentenced to
lee Periods of imprisonment.
141Ven
EreoOL .—The morta
than isMORTALITY usual at the present--DECREASE season the deathsli rety -
Msiered in the week ending on Saturday last having been
oA
re
against an average of 208 in the same week of the
pceding
five years. In the parish the deaths were 136,
7nd in the extra-parochial wards, 54. Diseases of the
caused only 64 deaths. The deaths frem zymotic
diseases were also below the average, being 37. The
mortality from typhus was lower than in any previous
eek since the passing of the sanitary act, the deaths
bThis eing only 3, all of which occurred in the fever hospital.
is the only instance on record of a week in which not
a single death from fever has been registered in a private
residence.

NEWS FROM THE.ADSTRALIAN SHIP PRINCE ARTHUR.
—A letter has been received from the captain of this
vessel, which left this port for Australia a short time
Since, dated March sth. in which he states that he
reached the equator in 24 days—an excellent run. The
letter says :—.4 The ship sails very fast-10, 11, 121, and
la knots are booked, and she has done one day 297 clean
between sit,hts. The ship passes everything we tall in
:R.ith• I fell in with and passed a Swedish 32-gun ship
the Canaries, both of us on a taught bow line. I
klauld say we went two knots to her one-and-a-half at
least. Indeed, sailing is no trouble to her, and I an-
ticipate a very quick passage. We had two births the
day after sailing, and there are prospects of a dozen or
more, at the least calculation. I have lost one infant,
aged ten months; it died from pure exhaustion." All the
rest of the passengers were quite well.
"e
eriIIIANCIIESTER MERCHANT DETAINED IN ITALY.—
Austrian aut in Italy latel arrested Mr.
P'
'nand, the sonh orities
of Mr. A. S. Sidle], y a German mer.
pant long resident in Manchester, now travelling in Italy
business. He was apprehended at Pavia, a frontier
h w,ll of Lombardy, and lodged in prison at Milan, where
lay for ten days, his friends in the meantime not know-
ill Where he had gone, and being in the greatest alarm.
was not permitted to write home to his father until
the
20_ British Consul had interfered. This letter, dated the
b.!h March, reached Manchester on Monday week.
an,other son of Mr. Sichel's at once proceeded to London,
le; an interview with Lord Clarendon, Lord John Rus-
k!, and several members of Parliament. The same night
pp,s.,Sichel learned, lyy electric telegraph, that a courier
ipools be despatched next day to Vienna. It appears M.
.Ncliel's visit to Milan was made to recover a debt, and
Dials thought that his debtor, finding it inconvenient to
kJ'. found an alternative ready-made in the notorious
biteiousness of the Austrian police, and denounced as a
sirorone who probably did not harbour apolitical thought
her one way or another.
itt
It,. rALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting on Thursday,
tin„ 'Alngsdale in the chair, Mr. Rose applied to cen-
ser:: under his present engagement for a month, in cop-
reS'd ence of his boats, machinery, &c., not being quite
1314 Y* He was anxious to commence with the new plans,
Iv wished to have everything in perfect readiness. In
hot 7.t° a question, the clerk stated that Mr. Rose had
tract gned his contract. Mr. Johnson thought the can-
telex ?tight to be signed, and then the committee might
If they thought prover. It was decided that the
In contract price take effect on the sth of May next.
ealleference to watering of the, r. n
the it Ought to the
be known that £7oostreets per annMumßighawas all
tv.7 expended for that purpose. Mr. Dover said there
D'.B.ia rate of only a id., or rather the 4th. of a.penny,
1.1'4, for watering the streets. Mr. Beckwith said, for-
st`riY, every shopkeeper paid Gd. a-week, and had the
verretis: Properly watered. Instructions were given to ad_
for contracts for watering the streets. Mr. Dover
telbi.ked on the insufficient accommodation given to the
tU„bue in cases where the footwalk was temporarily
~"4rded off to make alterations in buildings; lie thought
greater width should be allowed for persons to pass.
Several members coincided, and the borough-engineer
instanced certain alterations in Water-street, wherq. a
'Lost improper encroachment had been made, notwith.
Standing that a remonstrance had been sent. The best
eourFe would be in such cases to give notice to remove
the boarding within the prescribed limits, and if not
attended to, pull it down.
TifitiiNIIITET AT THE TOWN-HALL.—The Mayor, on
haffiPaY evening, gave a grand banquet at the Town.
ee° tke members of the Liverpool Chamber of Com.
othrei' 16
deputies from the commercial associations of
cities and towns who are attending the conference
°t
ltehe subject of the mercantile law of the kingdom, and
r gentlemen. The following is a list of the gentlemen
*;resent
The Mayor of Liverpool (in the chair); J. R.
EsnG' Esq, Addison, Esq., Bradford ; John Aikin,
11_9., Liverpool Henry Ashworth, Esq., Manchester ;
ti"rY Aldrich, Esq Worcester ; Thomas Bench, Esq.,
11,,ZP°01 ; Francis”Boult, Esq., Liverpool; William
Liverer
F n'olE• sq.' Liverpool ; Ralph Brocklebank, Esq.,
William Leigh Brooke, Esq., Huddersfield ;
Pool • Clint,'' Esq , Liverpool ; Thos. Dover, Esq., Liver-
Es ; William Dent, Esq. Worcester; John Darlington,
tivq:D.:oßrwroaoddfo,rdE;sciEdwar-d 'Evans, Esq., Worcester ; T.
Liverpool ; Alexander Finlay, Esq.,
Ria°ol •
• Thos._ 'B. Horsfall, Esq., Liverpool ; Edward
13° , Liverpool; Edward Heath, Esq., Liver-
he Rev. David James ; Francis Lvne, Esq., Lon-
E. W. Lea Esq., Worcester ;W. J. Lampert,
44,1?
_Liverpool ; kenri"Hanmer Leycester, Esq., Lon-
',cora Esq., London • Joseph Malcomson,
Liverpoolq , Levi,ditto • J. P.
s. ; William Potter, Esq., ,
ditto ; James Procter, Esq., ditto ;_ll.lr.
clit,::"ssioner Perry, ditto ; Charles Robertson,
itfan". Robert Rankin, Esq., ditto ; Malcolm Ross, Esq.,
Besieester ; Francis Shand, Esq.. Liverpool ; James
liroe in 4' 1.
E ditto ; Samuel Stitt, Esq., ditto ; James
iVirleh. A• sq.. ditto; John Torr, Esq., ditto; Henry
Ong, sq., ditto John Cox, Esq., Bristol • Robert
'&011s , Bq., ditto ; James Hassell, Esq., ditto; Charlesffi
'tat EE
cited , Liverpool. The Rev. David James o -
h-srhieb
_ienaplain: Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel,
e" the dinner in elegant style. Mr. Holden's
444; atty °f vocalists were present. In acknowledging. the
I.4"d'or`,T he Tribunals of Commerce Committee, of
Which was prcposed by the mayor, Mr. Francis
eay eaqta London, said he was commissioned by Lord
th,nt, the President of the London committee, to
7411,'L his lordship. received the invitation to be present
hit;gtleat deal of pleasure, and it was a matter of pain
feDtiveVq circumstances over which he had no control
halPorta'„,°lnl of the power of coming to Liverpool on this
rrtithel'‘ occasion—by none estimated of more up-
Ordsh;_"
_than by his lordship. (Hear,
.hear.) His
telt that the commercial community had now
014.:,_Pea.nosition of considerable importance before the
Ord, importance because Liverpool had come for-
sge elbo, u by her movement, had declared in the face of
tot L;;03 that a system invented for the creation of costs
ittible the due administration of justice was not cora-
With the feelings of Englishmen, (Applause.)

THERE are one hundred strict vegetarians in Liverpool
and its neighbourhood.
A NOTORIOUS DRUNKARD, named Elizabeth Clarke,
47 years old, was found dead on the step of a house in
Dalton-street, shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
A MARRIED WOMAN eloped from Rossendale the other
day, with a single man of the neighbourhood. The crea-
ture took with her the waves of the children, which they
had just received, and all the clothes which were at hand.
FIRE IN THE SALTHOUSE DOCK.-011 Friday, a fire
broke out on board of the ship Sea Nymph, lying in the
Salthouse dock, and loaded with cotton, oakum, and other
inflammable articles.

THE LONDON ART.UNION.—The prizes were awarded
on Tuesday. The Liverpool subscribers who have been
successful are—Mr. F. Parker, work of art, worth £4O;
Mr. B. B. Drinkwater, tazza in iron, modelled from a
Greek design ; and Mr. W. Ashcroft, Parian statue of
" Solitude."

LIVERPOOL PHILOII ATM IC SOCIETY.—On Thursday
evening, the twenty-eighth session of this society was
brought to a close. Mr. James Spence was elected the
president of the society for the session 1853 54, and Mr.
John M`Diarmid, rice-president. The Philomathic So-
ciety was instituted in 1825.
A GOLD SNurr-Box was presented on Thursday even-
ing, by the workmen in the employ of Messrs. Ewart,
Myers and Co., to their manager, at the Brunswick
Hotel, Hanover-street, on the occasion of the marriage
of Jos. Myers, Esq., to Miss Ashton. About forty sat
down to dinner.

THOMAS KOKEL, while being brought from Manchester
to Liverpool en route for Dublin on Monday, leaped from
the train at its entering the tunnel, to escape the police-
man who had apprehended him on a charge of robbery.
He was much injured, but sought concealment in a ditch,
to which he had crawled. He was taken to the Royal
Infirmary.
AN OLD MAN named Edward Lynch, living with his
son in Stanhope-street, aroused the denizens of the house
in which he lived on Tuesday at midnight by his cries.
When his son and daughter asked him where he felt the
pain, he put his hard to his side on the spot where be
had received a sword wound on the coast of Africa. He
then expired.
Da. WISEMAN IN MANCHESTER.-011 Wednesday
afternoon, the so-called Cardinal Wiseman arrived in
Manchester. On Thursday evening he lectured on the
relation between the arts of design and the arts of pro.
duction. at the Corn Exchange. During his stay in this
neighbourhood he was the guest of Sir Humphrey de
Trafford, at Trafford Park. He was announced to preach
in the morning and evening of Sunday last, at Salford.
MEN DROWNED AT SEA.—During the passage of the
packet-ship Daniel Webster, which arrived on Tuesday
night from Boston, a seaman having fallen overboard, a
boat with four men in it was lowered, and an endeavour
made to save the unfortunate man, when, just as he
was reached, the boat upset, and three out of the four
composing the boat's crew were drowned. The man who
fell overboard was also drowned.
NEGOCIATIONS have been in progress between the
London and North-western and the Shrewsbury lines of
railway, for the purpose of putting a stop to the ruinous
competition which has so long existed between them for
the Liverpool traffic. They are not yet concluded, how-
ever, the Shrewsbury company wishing, instead of the
equality of fares to which their rival would agree, to
charge a less passenger fare to Liverpool than the North-
western. A private gentleman has offered to lease the
Shrewsbury lines, giving four per cent. per annum.

THE UNION OF THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD
DocKs was again under the consideration of the conferring
deputation from the Liverpool Dock Committee, and
Baron Goldsmid, Mr. F. Goldsmid, and Sir Joseph
Bailey, on Tuesday last, at Mr. Turner's residence, in
Park-place, St. James's-street, London. The negotia-
tion is said to be adjourned for a week, in order to give
time for ascertaining the views of the entire body of pro.
prietors in the docks and the dock warehouses at Birken-
head, as to the price they would be disposed to accept for
their property.
TRAGEDY AT BOOTLE.—On Tuesday last, Sarah Jones,
a fine young girl of 17 years, belonging to Chester, was
shot unintentionally by Edwin, a youth ten or twelve
years of age, son of her master, Mr. Abraham Wren, tea
merchant, Baliol-road. Bootle. The boy had found the
pistol in a drawer, and the girl happening to enter the
room in which he was, he playfully raised the instrument,
and remarked that he would shoot her. She replied that
he must not do anything of the sort, when the youth
thoughtlessly pulled the trigger, and the contents of the
pistol entered her body. The ball is supposed to have
lodged in the hip of the unfortunate young woman. She
lingered in great agony until Thursday, when she expired.
AN EXHIBITION Of THE ELECTRIC LIGHT, by W. E.
Staite, Esq., took place in the theatre of the Ro‘,al
Institution, on Friday evening. In the absence of the
mayor, Mr. Sumner, druggist, took the chair.—Mr.
Staite, before exhibiting his wonderful, yet simple, appa-
ratus, gave a brief lecture upon the principles of electri-
city, illustrating his propositions by several beautiful and
conclusive experiments. The brilliant light is only about
the size of that given by an ordinary gas-burner, but in
the extreme, so indeed that to look upon it was like
looking at the sun ; and, by means of a glass prism, the
elementary solar or rainbow-like rays were thrown on
the wall. It will illuminate the Mersey over to Wood-
side, together with all the approaches to the Landing-
stage. The Dock Committee have resolvtd to avail
themselves of Mr. Staite's elaborately-matured scientific
triumph, which to-morrow night will be put in operation.

CANDIDATES FOR AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.—The
packet ship Universe, Capt. Bird, from Liverpool, which
arrived yesterday, has favoured us with the following sta-
tistics of his passengers :—Whole number 57G; of which
333 are males, and 242 are females. Of the former there
are 10 farmers, 4 tailors, 1 carpenter, 1 barber, 1 wheel.
Ncright, 2 railway clerks, 3 storekeepers, 1 carter, 3 wool-
len manufacturers, 2 curriers, 3 butchers, 9 colliers, 1
jeweller, 3 weavers, 1 machinist, 2 engineers, 1 mason,
1 builder, 1 blacksmith, 1 painter and gilder, 1 gardener,
2 bakers, 4 miners, 3 millwrights, 1 limner, and the re-
mainder of the adult males •-.re labourers. Ofi the females
32 are dressmakers, and the remainder servants. 38 are
natives of Germany, 2 of Holland, 39 of England, 1 of
Scotland, 22 of Wales, 4 of the Isle of Man, 461 of Ire-
land, and 9 citizens of the United States—all in good
health.—New York Herald, April 16.
Loss OF TWELVE LIVES.—On S iturday week the
Richardson, Captain Carruthers, while on her passage
from Wiiitehaven tor Liverpool, when she was proceed-
ing to be loaded with an outward cargo, ran ashore at
Duddon. Carpenters were immediately engaged and set
to work, who platformed her, and on Saturday she was
got off the beach, and taken in tow by a steam-tug, with
the intention of being taken round to Whitehaven. The
vessel was making so much water that the carpenters and
crew became greatly alarmed. The vessel appeared to be
sinking, and the men jumped into the boat before she
was lowered into the water. In consequence of the hurry
and confusion, the ropes by which the boat was fastened
were not properly loosed, and it fell head foremost into
the sea, the whole of the men, 18 in number, being pre-
cipitated into the water. Six of them, including the
captain and mate, were rescued, but the other twelve
were consigned to a watery grave. The vessel did not go
down for upwards of an hour after the men left her.

WEST DERBY GITARDIANS.—At the meeting on Wed-
nesday, Mr. Alpass presided. It was stated that the
schoolmaster, in consequence of ill-health, would not be
able to resume his duties for several weeks. As the boys
are in disorder, the governor suggested the propriety of
appointing a temporaty schoolmaster, which was agreed
to. The house was reported to be crammed, and many
old people were in. Mr. Shaw complained of the butter
recently supplied, which had been " shameful." The ale,
too, was unfit for use. Mr. Roskell, to avoid getting bad
ale and to economise, suggested that a brewery might be
4stablished on the premises. The matter was referred to
the Visiting Committee. It was resolved, " That a call
of 25 per cent. upon the declared averages be now trade
on the several townships in the union, to be paid on or
before the 17th day of May next." Mr. Shaw moved,
" That no in-door paupers be sent out of the house to
labour under the Test Committee." Carried.—The
offer of the Liverpool Corporation, with regard to the
boundary of the site of the West Derby Union Hospital,
was accepted, " providing that the work be proceded with,
and the boundary ascertained forthwith." Mr. Archer:
baker, appeared before the board; and in explanation of
a pauper having been supplied with bread deficient in
weight, stated that the affair arose entirely from the mis-
take of a fresh shoo-keeper. Mr. Tattersall expressed
himself satisfied.—With regard to the Union Hospital, Mr.
Mc. Gee said the brick work all over was disgraceful. He
thought a blind man would do better work. Both the
architect and the builders were, in his opinion, to blame.
Mr. Cooper's tender for a new board-room and altera-
tions was accepted. Mr. Heyes's motion, that £6 a-year
be paid for the use of a relief office for the Crosby district,
was negatived.
UNION OF THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.
—At the Dock CoMmittee, on Thursday, Mr. Gladstone
(who was chairman) stated that, according to an arrange-
ment of the committee, Mr. Bold, Mr. C. Turner, and
himself proceeded to London as a deputation. and they
met Baron Goldsmid, his son, and Sir Joseph Bailey, on
Tuesday last. A good deal of conversation took place in
reference to the purchase of the Birkenhead Docks ; but
as those gentlemen were not authorised to act fir other
parties, at their request all proceedings were postponed for
a week.—Mr. Bold said they might be prepared to make
their report that day week.—Mr. Bigham remarked that
all they could say up to that time was that the proprie-
tors of the Birkenhead Docks had gathered from the Dock
Committee the fact that they were ready to buy without
giving them anything in exchange for such knowledge.
The committee did not know whether the proprietors
would sell, or at what. price ; but the proprietors had
gathered from the Dock Committee that they were ready
to purchase. He thought so far they had got the best of
it.—Mr. Bold said they gathered from them so far that
the gentlemen who met them, and they were largely in-
terested, were prepared to sell. It did not follow that the
trust were prepared to buy. It had been considered ad-
visable to appoint a deputation in consequence of several
shareholders, having a large interest in the undertaking,
wishing to meet them.—Mr. Bigham understood that the
appointment of a deputation was consented to with a view
to negotiate with the company ; whereas it appeared that
those who had been seen on the subject were merely in-
dependent parties.—Mr. Bold They aro very.important
parties.—Mr. Bigham : It appears they had no power to
negotiate.—Mr. Bold said they had taken a course which
would lead to negotiation.—Mr. Tobin asked where was
the disadvantage of the public knowing that the Dock
Committee were willing to buy. He apprehended that
the deputation was appointed with that intention. The
only thing was the question of price, and nothing definite
would be done without a report being brought forward.
It was not a question whether they were to buy or not ;
it was a question of price.—Mr. Bigham thought the
committee would have objected to a deputation had they
been aware that the three persons to be met were not
authorised by their body, but acted on their own respon-
sibility.—The Chairman said that as to what the deputa-
tion had done,.there was nothing at present which could
at all affect the position of the Dock Committee ; they
had not gathered anything from them as to what they
were disposed to give, and a report would be laid before
the Dock Committee on the subject.—The deputation
were not in a position to say anything further at present,
-but there might be something next Thursday.

THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILD Of Margaret Thompson, 7
Court, Pall-mall, was suffocated in bed on Tuesday night.
The mother had been to the Colosseum, and came home
at midnight, drunk.
THE SHIP MAJESTIC, belonging to Messrs. Horsfall,
of this town, is now lying in the Queen's Graving-dock,
with all her frame and top timbers exposed. The Majes-
tic was built by John Haws, Esq., of St. John, N.B. ;
and though upwards of fifteen years old, is as strong as
when first set afloat.

DREADFUL DEATH.—At noon, on Tuesday, James
Findlay, on going to his house in Russell-place, Warren-
street, could not get admission. On entering by the
window. he found his child asleep on a table, and his
wife, Wilhelmina Findlay, lying in the lobby, with her
clothes on fire. She had been dead for some hours.
JOHN GIBSON, THE SCULPTOR.—" Roma," a corre-
spondent of the Builder, relates that years ago the King
of Bavaria, after visiting Gibson's studio, inquired if
there was anything he could do for the sculptor. The
reply was, that his Majesty could confer one favour,
namely, accompany him to the neighbouring studio of
the sculptor Wyatt, in order that a brother artist—some
would say rival—might also have the aid of royalty.

LIABILITY OF A WIFE RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS
FROM HER HUSBAND.—Elizabeth Brooks, who was con-
victed at the Liverpool sessions of receiving goods be-
longing to Mr. Eastee, knowing them to have been stolen,
has had the conviction quashed on appeal to the superior
criminal court in London. Mr. Baron Parke said it was
perfectly clear that a wife receiving stolen goods from her
husband could not, under any circumstances, be an offence.
SUICIDE OF A LETTER CARRIER IN THE ISLE OF MAN.
—On Wednesday morning, Thomas Shim min, letter
carrier, of Douglas, was found hanging by the neck in his
bedroom, dead. Deceased had been much annoyed by a
regulation at the Post-office, by which be was to be re-
moved from a district of the town in which he had
delivered letters, &c., for about eleven years, and placed
on another district.
LAUNCHES OF MANCHESTER • AND LIVERPOOL
STEAMERS IN THE CLYDE.—The Greenock Advertiser
states that on Monday there was launched from the yard
of Messrs. John Wood and Co., Port-Glasgow, a fine
wood screw schooner, named the Josefina, owned by
Messrs. Salomon, Moro, and Leon, of Manchester, and-
intended for the Brazilian coasting trade. Immediately
after the above, Messrs. John Reid and Co. set' afloat a
beautiful icon screw ship of 1138 tons new measurement.
She was with due ceremony named the Olinda, by Miss
Isabella Anderson. This vessel has been built for the
South American and General Steam Navigation Company,
and is to ply between Liverpool and the Brazils. Messrs.
Caird and Co. are to fit her with a pair of oscillating
engines of 200-horse power.
THE LIVERPOOL FREEMEN.—It is said that the mayor
of Liverpool, some days ago, received a communication
from Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the
Home Department, requesting to be furnished with a
statement of the number of voters entitled to vote in the
election of members of Parliament for the borough of
Liverpool ; the number of persons voting as householders ;
the number voting as freemen • and the number, if any,
voting in the double capacity of freemen and householders.
It is stated that this communication has some reference
to the new Reform Bill about to be introduced by Govern-
ment.

DOCK CommITTEE.—On Thursday, Mr. Gladstone
presided. Applications for an advance of wages from the
Landing-stage men and the Dock-gate men were not ac-
ceded to. It was stated that, weather permitting; the screw-
pile beacon would be erected on Littleßurbo Bank , on Mon-
day. In pensioning Moses Owen, an old dockgateman, it
was stated that formerly there was a fund available for the
purpose which had accumulated from penalties for infrac-
tions of the Dock laws. The fines now went to the Bo-
rough fund. Mr. Bigham said that if the Dock Committee
now got the fines, the fund might be increased by penalties
for Dock frauds. Mr. Robinson gave notice that next
week he would move for the appointment of Mr. Lange-
dale on the Warehouse Management Committee. He
added that it would be necessary to increase the rates on
produce, in consequence of the advanced wages paid to
the labourers at the Albert warehouses.
THE AFRICAN LIVE OF STEAMERS.—The African
Steam-ship Company's mail packet Hope, Commander
W. H. Bowen, built by Mr. Laird, of Birkenhead, sailed
on Sunday week, with mails for Madeira, Teneriffe, Goree,
Sierra Leone, aad the West Coast of Africa, in charge of
Lieutenant Pearce, the mail agent. This is the first voyage
of the Hope, which is a sister ship to the Faith, belonging
to the same enterprising company. Like the others, she
is constructed of iron, and is of 900 tons burthen. She is
provided with iron tubular masts, which admit the top-
masts into them, and allow the ship to be made snug
when encountering strong adverse winds—an arrangement
proved to he both advantageous and economical for this
service. Her diagonal cylinder engines (on the same plan
as those so successfully adopted in the Cape steamers), are
constructed by Mr. George Forrester, of Liverpool ; they
are of 200-horse power, and revolve her three-blade pro-
peller 52 times per minute, with a consumption of 15 tons
of fuel in 24 hours. The boilers of the Hope are placed
one in each wing, and either can be used separately. Her
feed engine (commonly called a donkey engine), besides
filling the boilers, can he readily adapted to washing decks
or extinguishing fire. The Hope is fitted with a telegraph,
having of dial on deck and another in the engine-room.
When any alteration of the steam-power is required a
movement above strikes a bell below, and the dial hand
points immediately to " Go ahead," " Back astern," &c.,
so that all the hoarse bawling and occasional error by the
ordinary mode is avoided. The arrangements below
enable the engineer to command at one view the entire
economy of the engines and boilers. The Hope has alull
and valuable cargo, including a large amount in specie
and a great quantity of gunpowder for different ports.
The next homeward packet, the European, Capt. Groves,
is due at Plymouth on the 12th of May.

THE NEW PASSENGER ACT.—TNIPORTANT DECISION.
—On Tuesday, Mr. Mansfield delivered judgment in a
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which had been paid by them as a deposit for a passage
in the ship Lochiel. It was admitted, for the purposes of
the case, that the contract was duly made, that the money
sought to be recovered was paid ty the plaintiff, and that
he was in readiness to proceed upon the voyage on the
day mentioned in the contract. The contract itself had
also been put in, and the day fixed for the departure of
the vessel was the 10th April. There was an endorse-
ment on the contract. the purport of which was that the
passenger was warned not to leave home to repair to the
place of embarkation until he had received notice that it
MS time to do so. The plaintiff receiving no notice before
the fixed day of departure, presented himself at the place
of embarkation on that day ; but now it appeared the
vessel would not sail till the 30th. The question, there-
fore, said Mr. Mansfield, was whether, under the circum-
stances, the plaintiff was entitled to have:back his money
paid, and compensation. He was inclined to think that
a delay of 20 days before the commencement of a voyage
of several months could hardly be considered, under the
circumstances, to have been intended by the statute. He
was the further confirmed in this view by the notorious
fact that few vessels were so fortunate in the punctual
arrangement of the vast and complicated machinery that
must be put in motion to fit out and man and store them
for a voyage to the antipodes as to be able to depart
upon the precise day anticipated by the owner and the
charterer. It must be remembered that the delay was
against the interest of the charterer and owner, that the
subsistence money alone for many passengers was a severe
penalty incurred by the charterer, and that the legislature,
having in view the difficulties he had to contend with in
clearing his ship outwards, might have considered that
the interests of the public would be better served by per-
mitting a short delay in the performance of the contract,
rather than by giving a power to one party to rescind it
altogether, which in most instances would retard the
sailing of the ship still further, or tend to raise the price
of passages-by making the voyage ruinous to the charterer.
The summons must be dismissed.—Mr. Hull said the
object of both parties had been to lay the facts clearly
before the court, in order to obtain a decision on a question
so important to this mercantile community. Messrs.
Pilkington and Wilson. had returned the two intending
emigrants their money, as they intended remaining in
their native country.
MERCANTILE CONFERENCE IN LIVERPOOL.—At this
great conferedce, held in the Cotton Salesroom on Friday,
" to consider the state of 'Mercantile Law and the
Judicial
System of the United Kingdom," the Mayor presided.
Deputations wcre present from London, Manchester,
Potteries, Worcester, Bradford, Bristol. &c. Letters
of approval were read from Chambers of Commerce, &c.,
in Belfast, Greenock, Southampton, Plymouth, Stockton,
Dundee, and other paces. The resolutions adopted were
as follow :-Ist, moved by Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall,
seconded by Mr. Leycester, of London : " That the
grievances under which the trade and commerce of this
country labour, in respect of the anomalous state of
mercantile law, and the imperfect working of the judicial
system, demand immediate consideration ; and, in order
to insure the efficiency of any remedial measures, it is
essential that theyshould be suggested or approved by the
classes for whose benefit they are intended, and by whose
experience they ought to be tested : that, as the most
important interests of the empire are now indissolubly
associated with its commerce, whatsoever tends to inter-
pose hindrances to the freedom and safety of its operations
is contrary to all sound principle and ought to be removed."
—2nd, moved by Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Manchester,
and seconded by Mr. Malcolm Ross, of Manchester :
—" That the efforts of the London Law Amendment
Society, in the cause of law reform, are gratefully recog-
nized by the trading classes ; and that the proceedings of
the conference held in London, in November last, so far
as relates to the assimilation and consolidation of the
commercial laws of the United Kingdom, are formally
approved and adopted by this meeting." 3d, moved Mr.
Leone Levi and seconded by Mr. Lang, of Bristol : " That,
beneficial as the measures recommended by the London
conference will prove to be when carried out, they do not
provide a remedy for the more immediate and pressing
evils of which the trading classes complain, and which
are only partially touched by the provisions of the recent
Common Law Procedure Act." 4th, moved by Mr. Charles
Holland and seconded by Mr. Lyne " That the remedial
measures best calculated to put an end to the evils com-
plained of point to the establishment of permanent local
courts, with compulsory powers and equitable jurisdiction,
within towns and districts of certain extent, for the adju-
dication of all mercantile disputes, wherein the judges
should consist, at least partially, of mercantile men, and
the procedure be informal, after the example of foreign tri-
bunals of commerce, whose working in every country
where established has been successful and satisfactory."
—Au amendment was proposed by Mr. Harry Ashworth
and seconded by Mr. Malcolm Ross, but only three hands
were held up in its favour. It was to this effect : " That
arbitration in questions of account should be made com-
pulsory ; and that the modifications of the existing tribu-
nals, so as to adapt them to the exigencies of the general
commerce of the country, would go far to remove the
evils complained of."-sth, moved by Mr. Coxe, of Bris-
tol, and seconded by Mr. Lea, of Bristol : " That petitions
to both houses of parliament, setting forth the substance
of the foregoing resolutions, be prepared for the signature
of the chairman and deputations."—Mr. Ashworth moved
a vote of thanks to the mayor. and the proceedings ter.
urinated,

THE Manx Sun asserts that Louis Napoleon intends
visiting the Isle of Man in July next.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—We understand that the
band and chorus of this society has been engaged to assist
at the opening of the Dublin Exhibition.
THE SCRUTINY, which closed on Friday at Birken-
head, showed that Mr. Sweeney bad been elected assistant
overseer by a majority over the rival candidate. Mr.
Shillinglaw.
THE REV. ROBERT SPENCE, M.A., of Renshaw-
street Chapel, Liverpool, has accepted a call to Ward
Chapel, Dundee, and his farewell sermon will be delivered
on the first Sunday in June.
THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAIL STEAM-
SHIP CAMBRIA, Lang, commander, took her departure
hence for Boston, on Saturday, with 105 passengers and
a full cargo, besides the usual mails on board.
A BAZAAR, for the sale of useful and ornamental ar-
ticles, will be held in Mr. Walker's new rooms, 55,
Church-street, on Monday and Tuesday, the 9th and 10th
instant, in aid of the funds for the erection of Windsor-
street chapel and schools.
A FINE BARQUE, named the Joannah Boag, was
launched from the shipbuilding-yard of Messrs. Sloan
and Gemmel', Ayr, on Wednesday. She is the property
of Neil Boag. Esq., Belfast, and will carry a general cargo
from Liverpool to San Francisco.
THE LYRE AND THE SWORD.—An agreeable entertain-
ment, under this title, was given at the Collegiate Insti-
tution on Friday evening, by Mr. W. H. Grattan, of
London. It consisted of selections from the poetical
compositions of the warrior-poet Korner, set to music by
Weber. Himmel, and others, and sung by the lecturer as
illustrations of the history and character of the writer.
A TEA-PARTY, for the benefit of the United Charity
Schools, Ormskirk and Hurleston-green, Scarisbrick, was
held in the town-hall, Ormskirk, on Wednesday last,
under the patronage of the ladies of Ormskirk and the
neighbourhood. The Rev. W. E. Rawstorne and J.
Culshaw, Esq., addressed the company. The proceeds
of the tea.party amounted to £9.
A FAMILY OF ROBBERS.—On Friday Michael Coy,
Peter Kienan, Catherine, and James Kienan, the latter
father, mother, and son, were committed for two months,
to hard labour, for breaking into a beerhouse, in Great
Richmond-street, on the 21st ult., and stealing £2 10s.
When apprehended, plaster of Paris moulds, for coining,
were found in their possession.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BRUNSWICK DOCK.—On
Friday morning, a man named Michael Larner, residing
in Lower Harrington-street, Toxteth-park, fell into the
hold of the ship England, now lying in the Brunswick
Dock. He received a compound fracture of the right leg
and left thigh, together with other injuries. He was
taken to the Southern Hospital, where he died yesterday
morning about one o'clock. An inquest will be held on
the body to-day.

THE MAMMOTH STEAMER.—The dimensions of the
iron steamer about to be built by Mr. Scott Russell for
the Eastern Steam Navigation Company are :-620 feet
long, 100 feet beam, 6,000 horse-power, and 12,000 tons
burthen. She is to be propelled by four paddles and a
screw. The horse-power will be proportioned as fol-
lows :-2,000 for the screw, 2,000 for the midship paddle-
wheels, and 2,000 for the fore paddle-wheels. The en-
gines, which have already been contracted for, are to be
constructed immediately.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD SHIP.—On Saturday
afternoon, a seaman, named Richard Smith, belonging to
the packet-ship Isaac Wright, now lying in the Waterloo
Dock, fell down into the hold of the vessel, and died im-
mediately from the injuries he received. It appears that
about three o'clock the deceased was coming round the
end of a boat that was on the house on deck. There had
been some rain, and the deck of the house was slippery.
'The deceased caught his toe against the end of a plank,
and fell into the hold head foremost, down the main
hatchway, a distance of more than thirty feet. His skull
was dreadfully shattered.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF DUBLIN.—The dis-
tinguished party who will be the guests of his 'Worship
the Mayor of Liverpool to-day, will include some of the
chief literary ornaments of the age, besides other per-
sonages of note in the United Kingdom. The Lord
Mayor of Dublin, the veteran General Lord Gough,
Judge Haliburton (" Sam Slick,”), Sir John Kingston
James, Sir Edward M'Donnell, and Professor Kane are
expected. Mr. Roney, the indefatigable secretary of the
Exhibition, will also be among the guests. The directors
of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company kindly
conveyed the committee of the Industrial Exhibition to
Liverpool, by one of their first-class steamers, from
Kingstown, yesterday evening, which was not one of the
regular nights of sailing.
THE WAGES MOVEMENT.—The painters have suc-
ceeded, or, as reported, partially so ; but to such an extent
that general concession must be the result. The shoe-
makers may also be said to have gained their point, the
great majority of the respectable employers having con-
sented to the asked-for allowance. The names of the
consenting and non-consenting parties have been pub-
lished. The plasterers' labourers, who wish an advance
of 2s. per week, have published a characteristic " appeal to
the public," having failed with the masters. The cabinet-
makers have gained all they asked for. The tailors, who
were successful in their agitation. hold delegate meetings
every Tuesday evening, consisting of men representing
the trade in different neighbourhoods; and these legislate
for their brethren, and form a tribunal to which all ap-
peals are made. The gas-fitters, it was said, had made
another movement, but this would seem not to be the case.
LANCASHIRE MILITIA.-4th Regiment of Royal Lan-
cashire Militia,—Thomas Robbins, gent., to be Adjt.
4th or the Duke of Lancaster's Own Light Infantry
Regiment of Royal Lancashire Miiitia.—Adt. Thomas
Robbins, late Lieut. sth Dragoon Guards, to serve with
the rank of Capt. The Artillery Regiment of the Royal
Lancashire Militia,—Thomas Atchison, Esq., late Capt.
Royal Artillery, to be Major. 2J. Regiment of the Duke
of Lancaster's Own Militia.—Matthew Ford, gent., to
be Lieut. Hewett Massey Dillon, gent., to be Ensign.
The Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry
Calvary, Bolton Troop,—Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie,
Rent., to be Cornet. sth regiment of Royal Lancashire
Militia.—Charles Hamilton Fenton, Esq., to be Adjutant ;
Adjutant Charles Hamilton Fenton, late Captain 9th and
to serve with the rank of Captain ;
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Esq., to be Captain ; George Decks Skingley, Esq., to be
Captain . William Lister Sager, Esq., to be Captain;
John Pickup Lord, Esq., to be Captain; Frederic Broad-
bent, Esq., to be Captain ; Philip Gilbert Hamrnerton,
gent., to be Lieutenant ; Antony Buck Creek, gent., to
tenant ; Daniel Grant Brenton, gent., to be Lieutenant ;
be Lieutenant ; Edward Francis Ward, gent., to be Lieu-
Wm. Miller Coultate, gent., to be Surgeon.
THEWILLIAM TA PSCOTT NEW AMERICAN SHIP.—Mr.
William Tapscott, who has long been known in the emi-
gration trade here, has just added to his line of packets a
new ship, bearing his own name, which, for a combination
of all the varied and peculiar beauties of modern marine
architecture, certainly stands unsurpassed. The William
Tapscott is a full three-decker, of 212 feet in length.
Her beam is 42 feet 6 inches, and her depth " to the
skin" 29 feet 6 inches. In the deck ample opportunity
has been afforded for light and ventilation to the 'tween
decks, and this important object has been a primary
study. The plans of Mr. Tapscott, founded on his
lengthened experience, have been adopted throughout
with admirable effect. On deck there is a spacious hos-
pital, four galleys for cooking, one of the latter fitted for
the purpose of serving the second•class passengers with
provisions in a cooked state. The after-part of the main
deck is permanently fitted into state-rooms for two and
four persons each. Every room is lighted from the deck,
the hatches, and by-side ports. There are excellent tables,
and there is every convenience for washing, &c. ; and, in
addition to the water-closets on deck, which are twelve
in number, permanent ones are also fitted here. The
forward portion of the vessel, as well as the lower decks,
is devoted to steerage passengers, for whom portable
iron beds are provided. Wind souls and other ventilators
are carried throughout. The height between-decks is
seven feet eight inches. The dead lights, which are in-
serted at every few feet in the upper deck, throw their
rays on similar ones in the main decic, and thus every
portion of the ship is rendered cheerful. She is estimated
to carry about 850 passengers, namely,-200 second
cabin aft, 250 forward on the main deck, and 400 on the
lower deck. The William Tapscott was built under the
personal superintendence of her commander. Captain
Cornish, by Messrs. Trutarit, Drummond, and Co., of
Bath. who will be remembered as the builders of the suc-
cessful packet-ships Continent, Saratoga, &e.
SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided
at the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday.—Mr. Hart read a
communication from Mr. William Mason, dated from 17,
Marybone, stating that, in consequence of circumstances
which had occurred since his election as a member of the
board, he was incapable of serving the office, and he
regretted to be obliged to resign. Mr. Moss and Mr.
Gardner gave notice that they would each nominate a
person to fill the office. Mr. Willmer believed it was
usual for one of the churchwardens or overseers to fill up
those vacancies. Mr. Moss : I protest against that. I
believe you are one of the overseers. The Chairman said
that Mr. Willmer meant to nominate. It was only a
lapsus linguce.—The report of the Workhouse Committee
stated that Mr. Willmer had been elected chairman, and
that the number of persons in the house on the 20th of
April was 1959, and the number of sick 568. The com-
mittee recommended the accepting of the only tender
received for taking down the old chapel and building it
upon a different site, with schools underneath, and addi-
tions to the women's ward besides, which was ono from
Messrs. A. and G. Holme, for the sum of £4,623.—Mr.
Power was elected waldmaster. In recommending him,
Mr. Moss said he had been for several years at Walton-
hall establishment, and had recommendations from seve-
ral medical practitioners in this town. He was a teeto-
taller. Mr. Gardner : He is not any better for that.
Mr. Mellor thought it was rather worse that ha was a
teetotaller, for he might break out again.—The Messrs.
Holnae's tender was accepted.—The Industrial Schools
Committee reported that the Venerable Archdeacon
Brooks had been appointed chairman, and Mr. Gardner
vice-chairman. Three boys had absconded from the
schools. The committee had resolved that an application
for the attendance of the band of the Industrial School
with the militia, in May next, could not be acceded to.—
Mr. Moss suggested the propriety of flagging the areas of
the Industrial Schools, and Mr. Johnson of the road
round the Workhouse to the Mount-pleasant side. Mr.
Bradley : They are short of money now. Very shortly
you will have an increased rate for these little matters.
Mr. Moss : I think Mr. Bradley's remark is exceedingly
improper.—The Vestry-clerk read a letter from Messrs.
E. and B. Jones, stating that they had committed an
error in their tender for lead work at the Industrial
Schools, and they asked to be furnished with a copy of a
blank form, in order that they might make a fresh tender.
Referred to committee.—As to the medical state of the
Workhouse, everything appeared to be in excellent order.
Mr. Bradley stated that the only deficiency he saw was
connected with the itch wards. He suggested the desira-
bility of having a sulphur-bath for that department.—
Mr. Hart commenced reading a communication from Mr.
Parker, brewer, containing an offer to supply the Work-
house with ale, porter, and harm on certain terms. It
appeared there was another from Mr. Moore. Referred
to the committee. „ _