The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

THE OLYMPUS CRICKET CLUB commence their season
ea Saturday next, on their ground in the Prince's Park.
The club has been strengthened by many valuable members.
Tug LADIES of the Liverpool Negro's Friend Society
met the author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin" on Tuesday
evening last, when the Rev. Professor Stowe made a
statement of the present position of the anti-slavery ques-
tion in the United States.
THE TUBULAR LIFE-BOAT.--We perceive that Mr.
Thomas Evans, master of the Magazines life-boat, is
going with Messrs. Richardson in the tubular life-boat
expedition. For that purpose he has resigned his late
Situation in connexion with the Magazines' life-boat.
NEW SCREW STEAM-SHlP.—During the brief trip of
the Taurus steam-ship on Saturday week in the Clyde,
Messrs. Cunard and Burns contracted with Messrs.
Denny Brothers for the construction of another large
Screw steam-ship, to be employed in a contract service
With the government.
THE LIVERPOOL PUBLIC LIBRARIES.—ID commu-
nication to the Journal of the Society of Arts, it is stated
that of all our provincial towns Manchester has the largest
Slumber of public and semi-public libraries. Newcastle
has 14 libraries ; Leeds, 20; Birmingham, 21 ; Liverpool,
38 ; and Manchester, 61.
THE EMBEZZLEMENT CASE AT WHITCHURCH.—Mr.
Cross, the postmaster at Whitchurch, Salop, who was
apprehended on Sunday week in Liverpool, having ab-
sconded with upwards of £2,000, was brought before the
magistrates there on Monday and remanded, in order to
get all the details of the evidence together.
TILE LATE VENERABLE LORD SKELMERSDALE.—The
funeral of this universally respected nobleman took place
on Tuesday last, and was conducted in a strictly private
manner. Although young in the peerage of England, the
deceased nobleman was the representative of an ancient
family in Cheshire, and he is paternally the progenitor of
the heir presumptive to the Earldom of Derby.

THE SCREW-STEAMER OSMANLI, which put back on
Monday week, had the defect which caused the breakage
repaired, and the Osmanli sailed on Saturday. In proof
of the confidence felt in this vessel by the government
authorities, we may add that a further mail was forwarded
by her from the General Postoffice. Her commander,
Captain Corbett, has heretofore been one of the most
successful leelonging to the port.
111oRratvry IN LIVERPOOL—The increased tempera-
ture of last week was accompanied with a decided decrease
in the mortality of the borough. The estimated mortality
of the week would be 187, of which 52 were in the extra-
parochial wards. The decrease, as compared with the
Previous week, was 57, and 37 as compared with the
corresponding week of the previous 'five years. A shoe-
maker, aged 56, died from the effects of intemperance.
PEMALE CONVICTS IN LIVERPOOL—Sarah and Ann
Rhurner, mother and aunt of the girl who preferred a
Charge against them of attempting to poison her, have
rewired a free pardon. They were first condemned to
death, but this sentence was afterwards modified to trans-
13ottation for life. The Rimrners are living in a cellar in
-Ellison-street. Netherfield.road.
THE PLASTERERS AT MANCHESTER have been seeking
an advance of wages, by which their average earnings
mould be raised from 265. per week to 28s. The wages of
Masons are ss. to ss. 6d. per day, and they contemplate
asking Os. and upwards per day. The Leeds Intelligencer
states that the operative shoemakers of Leeds have de-
Mauded an advance of wages of at least 1 fper cent.
wilkthla. WILLIAM GEORGE, head-master of the day schools
M:id superintendent et the Sunday schools in connexion
Hope-street Chapel, has been presented by the
tystar with a testimonial consisting of Bohn's Web-
S Dictionary and the Penny Cyclopsedia. in fifteen
alas On Monday Neander's History of Christianity
alas
:presented to Mr. George, on the occasion of his re-
"lug his office as principal of the day schools.
See
The TO THE BRAZILS AND THE RIVER PLATE.—
Com,,-aul' ith American and General Steam Navigation
saiiirr, have fixed the 24th June as the time for the
liar of their-screw steamer, the Olinda, Captain G. H.
knhaf
Brril.,,rame:he Birkenhead Docks, to Rio Janeiro and
Thee a
ideo, calling at Lisbon, Pernambuco, and Bahia.
tziliera, Lusitania, and Bahiana are to follow; while
the ,'.lrgentina, of 400 tons and 200 horse power is to take
nazi Pile between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, in con-
u with the larger vessels.
AN CREPCCESSFUL ATTEMPT was made at the Liver-
Pool c
of het°lintY Court the other day by James Duffy, master
macle Ontario, who claimed from Charles Burke,
liastof the steamer Wallasey, the sum of £4 14s. for
..;Inlage sustained by the Ontario in a collision with the
eainer. The defence was that the steamer was coming
itly the river, and observing the smack lying in the way.
c'e Captain stopped the engines, and would have cleared
the vessel if she had not given a sheer to westward, d
thrown herself into the way of the steamer.
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St4ll' AGROUND ON THE PLUCKINTON —A.. On
Friday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, about
water, the 'ship Cathcart. for Coquimbo, when in
Low of a steamer, having just left the dock, grounded on
the Pluckinton Bank, and, although three other tug
boats proceeded to her assistance, she stuck fast in pre-
cisely the same spot where the unfortunate barque Irene
lately stranded and went over. The Cathcart is aeries-
gave 'vessel, and is loaded principally with coals. She got
off •on Saturday morning. This bank is getting such a
dangerous impediment to the navigation of the upper part
of the river that it ought, if possible, to lie remedied.
THE TRADE WITH THE EAST.—The East India and
China Association have published their usual comparative
statement of the number of ships, British and foreign,
With' their aggregate tonnage, which have entered inwards
and cleared outwards with cargo from and to places within
the limits of the East India Company's charter, from the
Ist of January to the 31st of March, in the years 1852
and. 1853. In the case of the port of London there has
been an increase of 34 vessels ; Liverpool presents an in-
crease of 14 vessels ; Bristol and Hall 11 vessels. The
return for for the Clyde exhibits little alteration, the figures
respective periods being 17 vessels. The net in-
atesse exhibited is 58 vessels. The port of London
"gures for an increase of 109 vessels. Liverpool exhibits
I•l‘'.ncrease of 45 vessels. In the case of the Clyde, the
Increase is 27 vessels. The net increase exhibited is 181
vessels.
fr) Isc X COMMITTEE.—Mr. Shand presided at the meeting
tale Dock Committee on Thursday. Several tenders
121 re accepted, including one by Mr. Armstrong, of New-
Zetle, for apparatus for working, by hydraulic power,
Si.. frail-es at the warehouses on the north site of the
uLeY Dock. The Chairman stated that £13.760 was the
Tmeante_ of the contract.—Authority was given to the
dock surveyor to let the Coburg Dock run dry on the 21st
peatent• The Warehouse Management Sub-committee
Ported the resignation of Charles Edward Lawton, land-
4gclerk in the Albert Dock Warehouses, and the resig-
nation of Abraham Curran, foreman of the hold. Mr.
_ awton's letter of resignation complained that, for six
°r, his salary of £BO had never been raised, while those
attributed clerks had been advanced.—Mr. Langsdale
tio favouritism to the committee in their promo-
-OS. This was strenuously denied by Mr. Robinson,
ta;".• Brocklebank, and others ; and, alter a warm alter-
s, the resignations were accepted, as was also that of
-conies Evans.
pr,I),,IXTREANCE AT A ROMANIST 'CHAPEL—At the
the.""ce-office on Monday, Jas. Billion and. Robt. Daniels
at bound' over to keep the peace, it having been proved
ah„, theY committed an assault upon Whitaker Edmunds
ktio, liargaret 'White, and raised a disturbance at the
man 'Catholic chapel of St. Francis Xavier, on the
Olin? of Saturday last. The prisoners stated that they
t,15 a little drop of drink ; one acknowledging that lie was
todrunk to know anything about it, and that there was
t
telling lies, and the other, that the man (pointing
rsoc;dtriunds) struck him, and he struck again, and then
AT" 11P the steps, and the church doors were closed. Mr.
i;',,,nsfleldubserved, that whatever differences might exist
do"vveeen persons of different religions, of course it was
fell ' from everybody, not merely as Christians, but as
1Pr-countrymen, to respect his neighboor's religion,
11u to protect and respect every person in the exercise of
o; at religion. People were not in a country like this
Mhere, indeed, Roman Catholics may hold the highest
°fEce in the -state), to make that religion a source of re-
....e.nge against the persons professing it, or to entertain
'lckd, unjust, or ungenerous feelings towards persons
professing one religion or another. Their conduct was
very outrageous, but he was inclined to attribute it to the
Pernicious influence of intoxication.

TINE .IrEDITE.RRANE AN LINERS. - The •Glasgow
-I-Jerald says that, in the course of the next month,
Messrs. Burns and M•lver will extend thcir operations in
the Mediterranean by opening a line to Eeypt, and for

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the let.riiiie tutu Me ivarr,(7. .i. ne nriner nos rieen j less witn tile • greatest possible effrontery ' either towards
already launched by ;Denny Brothers, and is receiving her yourself or any other man, I have. a right to expect you
'''''eh. from Tullochand Denny. Messrs. \V. Denny will either explicitly disavow having used the offensive
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SetilerE are building for the Cunard line an iron paddle expression to which I refer, or that, having used it, you
in Pthwhton, when completed, will be the largest steamer at once withdraw it."—Mr. He worth in a letter on the
4,000 e :''''6t Id. She is named the Persia, will be nearly 9th, concludes :—".I have no hesitation in saying that I
engines to hurthen and of 1,000-horse power, and her regret that I should have used an expression that has
Will be
su
p'' el b II Robert NI ;er of Glas- given you pain • for whilst I feel myself at perfect liberty
gow. She wilt h P ile
Pool and y. . r., p, , _ . - _
eonstruetioN'rnewt ...,e the first iron steamer upon the Liver- to comment in'strong terms on the public acts of public
I ork line. There are also in course of men,lwould exceedingly regret giving personal offence in
the c n'o splendid steamers for the extension of matters and circumstances of private concern."--1\,1,r.
P
a cifiunard lime from New York, rid Cliagres, into the Horsfall says, in a letter dated on Tuesday last : I
Jara,ei; namely,, the Etna, hy Caird of Greenock, and the .cannot admit your right to ground any apology upon
toe_ 3: Thomson of Glasgow. Each will be fully 2,000 -what I stated in my note as to my reasons. for attending
W.,,,t but then, and more than 4GO-horse power, and they the levee. As Ido not desire the continuance of this cor-
In reinforce the Andes and Alps, which have been re- respondence, I accept the expression of your regret,
eet,,!...
amT built expressly for this service. The Elk, Stag, though it is not, in my opinion, as candid and unqualified
also Lynx, iron paddle-steamers, each of 600 tons, are as the circumstances demand."
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_Peeing built for the Alessrs. Burns by W. Denny r,
A,OMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
Tripl rs, the engines by Messrs. Thomson, of Glasgow. THE COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER.-Ist Regiment
znci two former are for the Glasgow. and_Liyerpnol trade, of the Duke of Lancaster's -Own Militia : Lieut Luke
comt.he last for the Belfast mail service. Finally, to Henry Hansard to be Capt. 2nd Regiment of the Duke
are bH2e the elegant with the useful, Messrs. Thomson of Lancaster's Own Militia : Sir Thomas George Hesketh,
40
tons Inkling a handsome screw-steam pleasure yacht of
thes, for Mr. Al'lver of Liverpool, a partner in all Bart., to be Lieut.-Col. 4th Regiment of Lancashire
Militia: Richard Phibbs, Esq. {late Capt. in the 2nd
,e nlighty mercantile schemes.
Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia), to be
...kin TAURUS.—LAUNCH OF A NEW CUNARD LINER. Major.--John Southcote Mansergh Esq. (late Capt. in
keeL4l.Saturday week the Taurus, screw steam-ship, just the 2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's' Own AlM-
r7leted for Messrs. Burns and Co., of Glasgow, and tia), to be Major.—Thomas Robbins, Esq. (late of the tvb;, 44iver, of Liverpool, left the Clyde for Liverpool, sth Dragoon Guards), to be Capt.—George Lloyd Rob.
e,,Vlce she will sail for Constantinople on the 20th inst., son, Esq. (late of the sth Dragoon Guards), to be Capt.
at;alier,finst trip, as one of the regular liners on the new —John Orred, Esq., to be Capt.—Dav4d Ainsworth,
tio„,,nl routebetw'een Liver 00l and the Levant• Herdimen- Esq., to be Capt.—William Robertson Sandbach, Esq.,
breadth e heedlow p :—Length over all, 210 feet .5 inches ;to be Capt.—Thomas Bourne, Esq., to be Capt.—William
of
nrth , 29 feet 5 inches ; depth of h01d,24 feet ; Walter Trafford
el' en I 9 , Esq., to be Capt.—Henry Charles Adol-
lake,' ,1-6 tons ; power of engii.es, 150-horse power;. phus Clarke, Esq. (late Lieut. in the 2nd Regiment of
!Yith t''r of screw, 12 feet. She has direct acting engines, the Duke of. Lancaster's Own Militia), to be Capt.—
,-,0 in ;Ibular boilers and brass tubes, and two cylinders of Archibald William Clarke, Esq. (late Lieut. in the 2nd
goemenes diameter each. She is built in six water-tight Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia) to be
cokinathiaents. The main cabin of the Taurus will ac- Capt.—William Gray, Esq., to be Capt—Henry Blun-
kost°date 40 passengers, and each of the berths is of the dell Holiinshead Blundell, Esq., to be Capt.—William
1::!11,11-119:10tir::y, airy,lfes and commodiousi character. The Taurus Pemberton Hesketh, Esq. (late Ensign in the 2nd Regi-
beguller srs. W. Denny Brothers, of Dumbarton, inept of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia), to be
engines were' supplied by Messrs. Tulloch and Capt.—Henry Myers, gent., to be Lieut.—Robert Ker-
e-olop„Y, of the same Place. A
helmstandard for regulating shaw, gent., to be Lieut.—Augustus William Smethurst,
of thi'4,BB is fixed at the top of izen mast, at a height gent. to be Lieut.—La7rence Heyworth, jun., gent., to
an i'ltY feet from the deck, and entirely isolated from be Lieut,--Richard 11 att, jun., gent., to be Lieut.—
i:andr Taterial. In this way the compass -is quite be- Thomas Gardner,. gent., to be Lieut.—Thomas Heywood,
line the influence of local attraction. This new steam gent., to be Lieut.—William Honner Fitz-Patrick, gent.
mcl Levant was opened lately by the British Queen (late Ensign in the 2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lan-
th the B 1
/tase Sara a bee. The Taurus will now take her place on caster's Own Militia), to be Surg. sth Regiment of Lan-
wiepta, e station, and she will be speedily joined by the cashire Militia : Frederic Brandreth, Esq. (late Lieut.-
ittlinell i c't. fully larger dimensions than this one, and Col., Scots Fusilier Guards) to be Major.—John Townley,
tr4,B now beingsupplied with her machinery by Clark Esq., to be Capt. Lancashire Hussars : Adolphus Mott-
Iltw Nab f
new._ , 0 Greenock. Thug we will have four fine bent, gent„ to be Cornet, vice Hawarden Gillibrand Faza-
'en flee Turkish line. kerley, deceased.