The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

MESSRS. M'CLITNE AND TAMPLIN have commenced
running steamers between this town and Jersey, calling at
Penaance, Falmouth, and Plymouth. For- cheapness and
variety we do not know of a more pleasant trip by sea.
BLOWING OPEN A SAFE WITH Or NIS' POWDER.—On
Thursday night, or early on Friday morning, some person
or persons, at present unknown, entered the counting-
house of Mr. Underwood, which is situate within his rope-
walk, in Bury-street, Salford, and by means of gunpowder
blew open his safe, and took therefrom a sum of £2O in
gold. Between six and seven on Thursday night, all was
safe at the counting-Bosse; but the first person who went
there on Friday morning found the outer door burst open,
and the lock of an inner door picked ; and a three-bolted
safe, which stood on a block of wood in a corner of one of
the rooms, was laid on its back in the middle of the floor,
with its front completely blown out. After removing the
safe from where it stood, the robbers appear to have laid it
on the floor with the door upwards, and thus charged it
with powder. The small locks inside the safe had all been
forced open, and the £2O, which was all the safe contained,
had been taken out. All the cupboards in the counting-
house had also been opened ; but although there were a
number of articles of some value in the counting-house,
nothing appears to have been taken except the money.
A number of panes in the windows of the counting-house
had been broken by the explosion of the gunpowder used
in opening the safe.—Manchester Guardian.
PROPOSED RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION FOE THE DOCKS.
—At the meeting of the Health Committee, on Thursday,
a letter from Mr. W. Earle was read, in which it was inti-
mated that a proposition had been made to the directors
of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Com-
pany, to construct a branch from that line, near Sandhills,
to the Sandon Dock, and thence along the quays to the
south end of the Prince's Dock, and wishing to ascertain
what were the feelings of the authorities on the subject.
Mr. Earle and Mr. Hugh Hornby, on behalf of the board
of directors of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Rail-
way, attended the committee, accompanied by Mr. Sharpe,
engineer, who had made the proposition to the directors
for constructing the branch railway.—Mr. Sharpe ex-
plained his plan for the branch line. It is proposed that
it be a high level railway, carried along Regent-road upon
pillars, till it reaches the dock wall ; that it shall then run
along the outer wall of the docks, supported by the wall
and by pillars, to be erected on the street side, so as to form
a sort of piazza ; and in this way the line to be continued
into the heart of the town. It is proposed that there shall
only be one line of rails, and that the traffic shall be con-
fined to passengers, the trains to be worked by stationary
engines at each end of the branch. There are to be
stations at each of the docks for taking up and putting
down passengers ; so that in addition to the branch being
worked as a portion of the Liverpool and Southport Rail-
way, it will be a sort of omnibus line, giving facilities to
persons having business at the docks. A model was
exhibited to the committee, showing a small portion of
the railway where it would be in connection with the dock
wall. A conversation took place, and the committee
seemed favourably disposed towards the project, subject to
proper arrangements. It was ultimately decided that time
should be taken for further considering the matter, and
that the result should be communicated to the gentlemen
representing the railway company. The plan was also
brought before the Dock Committee on Saturday, with a
similar result. In the construction of the proposed line
the company would trench, of course, on the property of
the Corporation and of the Dock Committee, but, as a
set-off, they propose to remove all the night-soil and
manure to the north, without any cost to the public.
ORE AND ANOTHER V. THE UNION BANK OF SCOT-
LAND.—This was an appeal, heard in the House of Lords
on Tuesday, from an interlocutor pronounced by the First
Division of the Court of Session in Scotland, in a suit
where the appellants were the pursuers, and the respon-
dents the defenders. The appellants were Messrs. Wm.
Orr and Alfred Barber, merchants in Liverpool ; whilst
the respondents were the directors and managers of the
Union Bank of Scotland. It appeared that a merchant in
Glasgow, of the name of John Gordon Campbell, was ac-
customed to have business transactions with the firm of
Orr and Barber in Liverpool, and that in the course of
such transactions he became indebted to that house in the
sum of £460 95., whereupon, on the 22nd of October, 1844,
he paid into the Union Bank at Glasgow the sum of £460
95., to be paid to Messrs. Orr and Barber, in Liverpool.
The Union Bank gave Mr. Campbell, in exchange for his
money, a draft on the Manchester and Liverpool District
Bank here. The Union Bank did not write to the Liver-
verpool District Bank that this letter of credit had been
granted, as they ought to have done ; but the very day
on which it was granted Mr. Campbell transmitted it by
post, under cover, to Orr and Barber, at Liverpool. Both
Mr. Orr and Mr. Barber were absent from home, and on
Mr. Orr's return, he discovered that his clerk, a Mr. T.
P. Smith, had absconded with some money, and that the
£460 had been paid at the bank to some one who had.
forged Orr and Barber's signature. The appe
ntsllant w s there-
uponh demanded payment from the responde,
fusing, an action was commenced to enforce payment, i
upon the ground that the Union Bank had failed to per- 1
form what they had undertaken, namely, to establish a
credit at the Liverpool bank kitthe sum of g 460 9s. in
favour of the appellants, and, further, that they had not
accepted or fulfilled the mandate contained in the letter. ,
of credit, that they had not honoured the draught, and I
had refused to give credit to the Liverpool bank for the
sum in question, as having been paid to their account.
The respondents, however,"in the court below maintained
that the letter of credit having been duly delivered at the
place of business of the appellants, in accordance with the
arrangement made, the claim upon them had been duly
satisfied. The court below held in favour of the re-
spondents, intimating that the liability, if any, attached I.
to the bank at Liverpool, and the present appeal was
against that decision. After a long legal argument, the j
Lord Chancellor announced, that their lordships would i 1
consider their judgment. 1
EXAMINATION OF DEAF AND DUMB SCHOLARS.—On
Thursday last, an interesting event was witnessed in the
examination of the scholars attending the Liverpool Deaf
and Dumb Institution, which took place at the Royal In.
stitution. There was a large assembly of ladies present,
and in the absence of Rector Campbell, Richard Rathbone,
Esq., occupied the chair. The examination was conducted
by Mr. Dnvid Buxton, the talented and indefatigable
principal of the institution. The proceedings commenced
by reading the annual report of the institution for the
year 1853, which was passed at the annual meeting held
on the 19th of January last. It contains the following
information relative to the position and operations of the
institution :—" During the two years in which the ply-
sent principal has held office, the number of expense ils has
increased from 45 to 65, while the aggregate expof
conducting the establishment has been very considerably
reduced. Nearly the whole of the children now in the
school belong to the town and district, and more than half
of them are day scholars—poor children resident in Liver-
pool—for whom the advantages of the institution are pea ro-
vided free of all charge. ' This class of pupils has nrly
doubled within the last few years, and for the means of
receiving them the institution depends entirely upon the
support of those who recognise the claims of our own
poorer population." Mr. Buxton, before proceeding with
the examination, stated that the scholars were divided
into three classes, according to their proficiency, and ex-
plained the principle pursued in imparting knowledge to
the pupils, which he said was principally through the
medium of common objects in the first place. Out of the
sixty children in the school forty-two of them belonged to
Liverpool, which, from statistical information, was found
to be precisely the number of deaf and dumb persons there
were too roportion to the size of the community. There
were two classes of pupils, boarder and day scholars. The
day scholars had their dinners given them, besides their
education, free of expense. The boarders contributed
slightly towards the clothing, but all the rest they had
free of cost. The examination of the
thenchildre then co
nc m-
menced, and it was astonishing to find ntege
displayed by these afflicted creatures. Some of the ques-
tions were geographical,—Where is Odessa, Constantino-
ple, Melbourne, New York.? The answers were perfectly
correct. Sebastopol was described as the strongest for-
tress in the Black Sea, and the bombardment of Odessa
was noticed. They were fully acquainted with the details
about the City of Glasgow steamer, and described a visit
paid to the vessel in the Wellington Dock before she sailed
on her last voyage. Specimens of drawings executed by
the pupils were then handed about. Somegeometrical
combinations, by the eldest boy, gave proof extraordi-
nary skill. During the proceedings, the children were
regaled with buns and other refreshments. At the close
of the examination, a vote of thanks to the chairman was
moved by the Rev. W. Brewste h
expressed the de-
light he had experienced, and paid a compliment to the
successful efforts of Mr. Buxton.—The Rev. T. Moore
seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.
Door COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the usualweekly
meeting, Mr. Charles Turner, the chairman, presided ;
and the members present were Messrs. Shand, Palmer
Robinson, Brocklebank, Gregson, Chaloner, Steele, G
lad-
stone, Barber, Bighorn, Langsdale, Boyden,,
Ronnthwaite, Rankin, Lockett, and Smith. The offer of
Mr. 'Vincent Higgins for the supply of 100 tons of No. 3
Scotch pig iron, at 935. a ton, was accepted, and also the
supply of a ton of hoop iron. The subject of the working
of the Stanley Dock Warehouses, which had stood over
from last week, was then taken into consideration. Mr.
Shand moved that the Albert Dock Warehouse Commit-
tee report on the st reuisite for the workin of the
Stanley Dock Warehouses,
es, and proper plans and estimates
for the necessary offices. Mr. Robinson seconded the
motion. Mr. Bigham said they might add to the resolu-
tion that they should also give the salaries which they
would recommend to the officers. The suggestion was
agreed to. Mr. Smith asked if it was quite understood
that the present committee for the management of the
Albert Warehouses were to be the committee for the ware-
house management of the whole estate? The Chairman
said that hereafter there might be a change. Mr. Smith
understood that 'the present warehouse committee were
occupied for three hours at Dockng, and if they had the
management of the Stanley Warehouses, an estab-
lishment perfectly distinct, they would have to sit for two
hours longer. He thought it would be better to have a
distinct committee for their management. They
ages
the paid in
the Albert Dock Warehouse £40,000 a year in
mi ht in wages
the
of labour. He thought it possible that they
g
economise. Would this meet the case ? Let there
divided
into two sub-committees, the one for the Albert and the
other for the Stanley 'Warehouses, gentlemen choosing asarehouses,
to the one on which they should sit.° The Chairman said
that, by-and-bye, if the Albert Dock Warehouses Commite
-
tee could not manage the work, they might add to th
number of them ; but if one committee could not be trusted
with the management of the warehouses altogether, they
had better at once give up the management of warehouses
themselves. Perhaps they would let the resolution pro-
posed by the deputy-chairman pass, and the ether thing
could come on for consideration at another time. Mr.
Smith hoped that no member ofme the Albert NVaree
least
houses
Committee would suppose hant to cast he
reflection upon them. Mr. Lockett cautioned them against
having too large a staff, as it could be more easily increased
after than reduced, and that they should have fewer
here forms to go through if possible. Mr.
documents and
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be appointed piermaster, at a°
. service as dock- t
p gannetimil, 'in the place of William Williams,
• salary
of
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lace they could transfer the hands from
said
The motion was then put and
rmasters' Committe recommended
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