The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

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the presiding magistrates. From this return it suit fie
seen that a division 'cf the number of cases in the ',two
first years of the peridd .equally gives to each so that
the last year has a in:excess of each of its two prede-
cessors. There can 4,e little doubt but that the returns
have been made for government purposes, as it is uniier-
stood that they are being furnished from the different

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NEW lEONWOrKSJET THE SOUTH END.—Thee
in course of building kin Harrington-street, Potteri
extensive iron manufactory, in connexion with the Mere*
Steel and Iron Company's works, Sefton-street, 'known af

the Forge. It is stagthat this new establishment Will
afford employment for nearly 300 men. These works trre
to supersede those now in operation in Mersey View-stieet,
which have been fonrfd far too small for the growingi•re-
quirements of the iron'trade. The nature of the woilk to
be carried on at the :new building is somewhat different
to that in Sefton-street. At this branch of the company's
works all the heavy poeti'ons of machinery are produced,
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such as shafting for large marine engines. lt was at this
place the immense swivel-gun was manufactured for; the
American frigate Princetown, in lieu of the one whith
burst. Some idea of the extent of the business done.at
this establishment may ;be gathered from the fact.that
eight large engines are iday and night (with the exception
of Sunday) continually. -at work. The new works Will be
principally set apart for rolling iron ; the process being
simply to form a solid lump of iron from scraps which
have been thrown into :a small furnace, and which, after
having been worked "ap,iis placed between rollers, amd so
forged into any required breadth and thickness. This is
an improvement upon the old method of hammering.
The works are the property 'of the Messrs. Horsfall, bro-
-thers to the member for Liverpool.
Ls. nuarr OF CA.RRIVIIS.—On Wednesday an action
twas brought in the Liverpodl County Court by Messrs.
`Harker, of this town, against the Manchester, Sheffield,
:and Lincolnshire Railway, -through their agents here,
-Messrs. Faulkner and Co. The claim was for £2 14s„
-the value of thirty-six baskets of cherries, which ar-
rived from Hamburg by -steamer, and .were forwarded
'from Grimsby to this town, per the defendants' line,
'but did not reach the plaintiffe' hands till they hail
fermented and were unfit for use. Mr. Alfred Hughes, of
Manchester, in the employ of Messrs. Faulkner and C 0..,
stated that the cherries were ,received in Grimsby on the
Ilet•of August, by steamer from Hamburg, and that they
!left'by the regular fruit train. Their were received in
Manchester the same day, andleft there by the night train
in due course. He thought, therefore, that, if there were
any delay, the London and North-western Company were
liable for it.—His Honour said No such thing. It had
`been decided, over and over again, that the first parties
entrusted with anything were liable for its safe delivery,
It was quite clear, undoubted law, and good reason. If
any man, or set of men, undertook to deliver goods, they
were responsible for the safe delivery of suel goods. There
was no .contract shown with the London and North-
western Railway ; the contract was with the defendants.
Lltimately-the case was adjourned till the-9tk of Decem-
ber, in order that it might be ascertained where the delays
actually occurred.

Tux LIVESPOOL ASSIEEEL—The following is a sum-
mary of the prisoners now lying in Kirkdale gaol for
trial at the ensuing assizes, which will commence on
Monday nextl—For murder there are six, namely, Bridget
Cahill, for child murder at Liverpool; Thomas Moore,
charged with having drowned his own children at Red-
dish, near Stockport; Elizabeth Cunliffe, who murdered
her child in the township of Booths ; George Alexander
Lewis (out on bail), charged with having murdered one of
his seamen at Old Calabar, on the coast of Africa; Emma-
nuel Montero, the Spaniard who was committed at Liver-
pool for the murder of a seaman in Charles-street ; and
Thomas Copeland, for the murder of a policeman on the
Ist instant, in this town. The prisoners for intent to
murder are two—Nicholas Jackson Nattrass, for shooting
at one of his crew; and William Christie, charged with
stabbing and wounding Patrick Caine, with intent to
murder, at Liverpool. For manslaughter there are four
prisoners; stabbing and wounding, 12; robbery, 12;
burglary, 8 ; throwing corrosive matter, 2 ; rape, &c.,
3 ; forgery, 2 ; bigamy, 1; concealment of birth, 2;
for riot (at Wigan), 4. For conspiring to defraud there
are two prisoners, Rowson and Clark, for conspiring to
defraud the Liverpool corporation. Besides the above
cases there are six prisoners expected from Manchester--
three for robbery and three for burglary—making, up to
the present time, a total of 66.
THE COITNCIL COMMITTEES.—Mr. Hugh Hornby has
been appointed chairman and Mr. John Stewart deputy-
chairman of the finance committee. Mr. J, A. Tobin
is chairman, and Mr. Matthew Gregson deputy-chairman,
of the watch committee. Mr. Samuel Holme is
chairman of the improvement committee, and Mr, W.
Bennett, deputy. Of the law courts committee, Mr. J.
H. Turner is chairman, and Mr. John Stewart deputy-
chairman. Mr. Joseph Cooper is chairman and Mr.
James Lawrence deputy-chairman of the markets com-
mittee. Mr. Wagstaff is chairman and Mr. Parker de-
puty-chairman, of the baths committee. Mr. Edmund
Molyneux is chairman and Mr. J. A. Tobin deputy-chair-
man of the education committee. The mayor is the
chairman of the gaol and town-hall committees. Mr. E.
Langadale is chairman and Mr. Thomas Dover deputy-
chairman of the health committee. Mr. W. Preston is
chairman and Mr. R. C. Gardner deputy-chairman of the
gardens committee. Mr. Edmund Molyneux is chairman
of the church expenditure committee, and Mr. Hugh Neill
of the observatory committee. Mr. J. A. Picton is chair-
man and Mr. Thomas Avison deputy-chairman of the
library and museum committee. Mr. G. Holt is chairman
of the water committee, and Mr. Joseph Cooper deputy-
chairman. Mr. John Woodruff is the chairman and Mr.
William Bennett deputy-chairman of the hackney car-
riage and licensing committee. Mr. Charles Turner is the
chairman and Mr. Francis Shand the deputy-chairman of
the dock committee.