The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-30 00:00:00

APPREHENSIONS OF INVASION AT

ST. PETERSBURG.
Mr. Frederick Bucknall, a son of Mr. W. Bucknall,
the
Late eminent Bristol firm of Bucknall and Spark, has J—e
returned from St. Petersburg, where he had been for
years occupying a responsible position in connexion 1f.,.1°
one of the largest mercantile firms there, and from the
it
counts which Mr. Bucknall brings with him it is evlde
that, in high circles, the possibility of an attack by' the
combined forces on the capital of Russia itself is serioss4l
entertained. Amongst the masses of the city a supersti
tious confidence in the successful issue of the war general
prevails. This is founded on the widely spread belief genera
the war is a religious one, undertaken for religious objee,ts;
and it leads to a confidence that God being with the MI.
peror must prevail. The Imperial Muscovite himself dr,:t
not appear to be so well at ease. It is understood t. 4
the commandant of the important fortress of Cronstadtr
informed him that, although of great strength, it is not fi;
pregnable. The Emperor is obviously very anxious on
matter, for he goes himself to Cronstadt twice or thriceit
week, and every effort is being employed to strengtkel;(
as far as possible. Meanwhile the imperial city is 07,
crowded by troops which are continually pouring. ins,
large masses. The barracks being all crowded they 11
quartered on the inhabitants, to their very evident
great annoyance. Mr. Bucknall saw a body of 1,500 To
sacks marching towards the capital, which is of itself
significant mark of the feeling of the government, ,
troops of that class are rarely if ever employed in the Ta,
p.
Many of the nobility and leading families are quitr,
their town residences, and retiring into the interior, Tie
rying with them their plate, jewels, and other portau!.,
property of value, and the English, French, and OA
foreign residents were quitting in such numbers that It:
Bucknall had to wait for six weeks before he could at;
place by the conveyance, which runs twice a week llbe
St. Petersburg to Tukun. As a further evidence of r,
apprehension felt touching an invasion of the capital,
Bucknall noticed that some houses on the side of the bye
were being pulled down and defences erected opposite
main part of St. Petersburg.

IRELAND.

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. EMIGRATION still continues with unabated actil
From Cork, Waterford, Dublin, and Galway, the Pe°
are going in thousands. '
eel).
' DEATHS Pnom JoY.—Upon the occasion of the reel).
announcement of a free discharge to the convicts in I‘eo
. gate prison, Dublin, under sentence of penal servitude,,.
overjoyed were four of them at the sudden intelliges'
that they dropped dead.—,S'aunders's News Letter.
Sue
Ma. BALDWIN, the Commissioner of the Irish Jo of
vency Court, died on Wednesday from an attack,,,,,
apoplexy, from which he never rallied. He held "nf
office of law adviser to the castle during the state tril;
1848-9. There are a host of applicants for the vacant o rt,
AN IRISH TEST.—At the Howth and Baldoyle raceslce
mlraetlaehneds,
wlasetre as llinfrsondoayw,:_th,e,
Gentlemen
ns
no.dfers to oneofn,ist
with cigars alight, and the rider of each heat must ret
to the enclosure with his cigar alight, or he will be
qualified."
I t'
DUBLIN PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—The 1.15113. -mees,
ing of this association was held on Tuesday, the Pievt'ios
Potter presiding. The Rev. Dr. Gregg moved a ivscluod
expressive of the meeting's indignation at the subtle the
crafty attempt to gain an establishment for Popery in
county of Middlesex, and embodying the terms of a Peept
tion which he proposed should be addressed to parliatf,
on the subject. The resolution was seconded by the
Mr. Norton, and adopted. bhle
A MISSENT LETTER.—III a law case before a sir
court, last week, in which the Marquis of Sligo olio,
James Dombrain were litigants, counsel read the f°' jef-
ing letter, written by Sir James to his solicitor, 3lrLitet
fers :—" June 30, 1854. Dear Jeffers,—l enclose 5 "nis.
which I have this day received from the noble irlarlot
Did you ever see such a shallow-pated fool ? life th
squeeze him. Warn Sutton not to sell one pennYsc,,;.isg
of his royalties without our consent. We can use
seals as well as his lordship.—Yours, &c., J. Doisinsi,'4,;rt.
This letter was sent by mistake to the marquis, "vived
plied as follows :—" Dear Sir James,—l this day rqe
a letter from you, but found it to be incomprehensibleyo
til I discovered that it was addressed `Dear Jeffers. these
should take care not to write so of me ; for, though 1;.!:
things do happen on the stage, they are a little r_o
reality. However, I dare say you will not mind the
take much, though it may make you feel'a little k
when you next write to me. It is
plain to a man that you have a polite or courteous m, et
ing towards him in calling him a shallow-pated fnei!
that you are possessed of the most open' intention!wtier.
you express a wish to squeeze him.' I read your
that is a fact ; and, as it was directed to me, it 1.4
fault, not mine.—Yours, &c., SLIGO."
truly difficult toy,
ittlo e. 5;
fee,o
THE BALANCE•SHEET of Chas. Mathews, of the'i I;','
Theatre, London, shows his liabilities to be
2s. 6d., and his assets only 14s. 4d.
NEWSPAPER PUFFS.—A great deal of desperate
try is being used to puff the circulation of certain jo° 01.,a
by pompous quotations from official stamp returo
offensive comparisons of neighbour with neighbour.oo
we can say in proof of the accuracy of the official re licit
is this,—that if we had been dishonest enough t° eon'
paraded them, as published, we conk have shown °oso'
sumption in one year alone of 125,000 stamps in ele
what we used.—Gateshead Observer.
1111
BRISTOL AND ITS TANNERIES.—The Bristol A dot
says :—One of the effects of the remission of the, of
dues, and other port charges, has been, that Bristo
imports directly all the articles used in the tan-Yard'l for
ners, no longer precluded by the expenses of trans' not
their hides, &e., from Liverpool and other ports, nri.,0419
establishing themselves in Bristol, which bids fair sP oit
to be as celebrated for its tan-yards for foreign hide-
,
already is for those of home growth.
1'
Tax HERTFORDSHIRE ELECTION took place on —,°o
last week. At four o'clock the poll closed, and the folLpler
return was made : Smith (Conservative) 2,205. i, 001);
(Ministerial) 2,161; majority for Smith, 54- .43°5W'
standing the severity of the contest everything Ps' ,
very quietly, al
REGISTRATION OF BILLS OF SALE BILL—Ili: 115 11°.t
been re-printed as amended in committee. "001
provided that the bill is not to apply to stock or reepeliA
upon any farm or land, which by virtue of any sgr oorr
or of the custom of the country ought not to be re, ot
from the farm at the time of giving the bill
.o..troiii
Neither is it to apply to mortgages of ships, or snoebatioi
ships, or to sales of goods in the ordinary courser `,
e$ r
ness, or to transfers of bills of lading, or to morttligol
merchandise for advances made in the course of 00/ tread
sale trade, according to the known usage of Ow' to, tilt
The bill is also not to apply to marriage settlerneTe op,
it is still limited to bills of sale by persons in trc" !tar'
in the meaning of the bankrupt laws. This 1in3r',013,160
seems to be generally considered unwise, and it is,r,-00 `,J
that to a great extent it will be inoperative, as.11,41)9110
difficult to be sure that the owner of the goods is of
e
interest in some undertaking or other a trader In /ie
of the law, and that the bill of sale may safely
unregistered. • ri;
THE ERICSSON CALORIC SHIP.—The caloric Ole::
son, having been raised and nearly exhausted of w1'.,,,t0c:„4.,
towed over to the Navy Yard early yesterday nore
and was moored in the stream opposite the shire Ft?,i
the tide not being high enough to take her into tri,Dte,t
dock, where she is gOing to have some further sier,ol4
made in her machinery, which were contemplate Of,
her recent disaster. This morning she will Pr° f die
taken in. She still draws not far from 20 feet 00(4‘1,
as she has not yet been thoroughly pumped ont:veoffe.
muddy sediment that collected in her, while s__st`
removed. Viewed externally, she does not all'i,treT
than might be expected, if she had just returneQ2
ocean voyage, and it is to be hoped that she is s'iro to
tially damaged, aside from the injury received t 0 r,,-ollice
furniture, decorations, &c. The reason for her.: re"cll
the government dock is that others cannot 110,7ept s"tbe
her. No vessel is received at the navy yard, fropt it
is the case, and a written certificate to that efll, ,165 even
proprietors of the several private docks preset'
should be brought into competition with 601;st sr etch-
then, the charges are considerably above fCoolili
manded elsewhere.—New York Journal 0.1 jet)
13th May. h 3111-o°.;
Mar
REPORTED Loss OF THE AUSTRALIAN.---','-. ten"- atf
was created on Thursday by the receipt 0' ;is stelasc,
communication reporting the total loss of this Ply
near Table Bay, while on her return voyage t 0 or vel
with upwards of £300,000 of gold, and some o''„ osero4
sengers on board. The Australian, it should tend Aote
sailed from Melbourne on the 9th of Februs9; hissTbe
before the departure of the Marco Polo, Wil;ei' ~"grd °`
arrived at Liverpool. Nothing more was ty,:,ssage reit;
until Friday morning, when a telegraphic• Gar 10'
received by Captain Halstead from Ws% /role trE
Lloyds' agents at Portsmouth, stating thstattu
the An>'ap.
just arrived from Adelaide, and reported that bad t'er,
lien screw steam ship, from Melbourne _c"'
wrecked in the vicinity of Table Bay, and
passengers, mail, and gold .had all been it 1111,40,
On making inquiry of the owners of the I 'e
;).e.i Cape rosf
certained that that ship had come home frorc,ie
that a letter had been received that morning Inv be
mention
Captain at Portsmouth,' but that no „ doubt
the loss of the steamer. This caused soTeiler tll'o
entertained as to the truth of the relort• 113 ?-1•00
2alang PLF:
arrived in the East India Docks, after in .otelifilir
the o
up Channel from Australia, confirmed
however some passengers Kent, %y in d
oce
der of ft,ioto
afternoon Captain Coleman, the comman s
okeu the orofi
that the Australian was lost, and in the our 1(11 '
sent in his report, stating that they
th' °P"'4('
us3ottrbsdl3!itor,clioi
ago, on this side of the Western
that the
which informed him (Captain Coleman) • t b
Green PPNIat '
lian screw steamer had run ashore on
Buchanan, from Hongkong for Lilvselrpahnadoodsl:Pastbajt, o;eutit;itetiei,ll3:
addeo 'll.lf
Bay, in a thick fog and calm weathet.
s Helena. fr°,,t
had received this information at
at plyinou yotli4
Meander, which arrived on Thursday
On
3d arm- e
but got off without assistance on the
ontb• 50. pe
othnesChoarpee
at
tf
Green Good Hpooip:t,,iTt
aahplpeeaßrsayt,lat thtieleA
sail for London about the 17th of that were
the Cafe suP 111`
and passengers,
had beet'
and d• the
cargo was taken out. Little damageboar ,„
The gold (£174,0a0a0
by the vessel. The passengers remainenro).`,ferred
)wwellasaslodt the
dgoaltd o n board, 041,e0,
Australia's mail, in all nine tolls, was t
Meander. The Australia belonged to the L ithorF,`llo
between ;Hail S Steam
,00 o
and Navigation
£45,000,C0
De losers to any extent.
anTia thSehecZnY 'l2'l

TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1854

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

TBBO
WING WING STONES IN THE STREETS.—On Tuesday,
:_e 1 boys, charged with throwing stones in the street,
iiceere.fined ss. each by the police magistrate. The prac-
n,_,lsc so dangerous and reprehensible, that all parties
soncur in the propriety of its repression.
SRS. JAMES BAINES AND CO., the owners of the
,:'‘aelt Ball" line of Australian packets, have just pur-
sed a very pretty little screw steamer, 45 feet in length
• 'au 12-horse power, as a tender for the use of their
ern
She has
in visiting. their ships when lying in the river.
has been named " The Little Marco Polo."
RE WRECK OF THE TAYLEUR.—Two tug steamers
:d
a sloop, with divers, for. some time at work at the
L'r!ek of the ship Tayleur, have succeeded in recovering a
portion of her valuable cargo, consisting chiefly of bale
;;_a• The goods thus recovered are announced for public
"",, la Dublin early next month.
,:aea OF DRINK ON SUNDAYS.—Yesterday week Mr.
rsfall presented petitions to the House of Commons
Zrel2nthe congregation of St. John's and the district of St.
2-1, el's, Liverpool, against the sale of intoxicating drink
"„11,undays ; on the same evening Mr. Liddell presented
Z'jtions with a similar object from the Wesleyan congre-
gations of Russell-street, of Scotland-road, and of Heath-
eet, Toxteth-park.
DIGAMY.—Mary Towers was last week, at Bury petty
sessions, committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes,
husband,
a charge of having married Thomas Nelson, her foer
,shand, Edward Towers, whom she married about 13
ago, being still alive.
b_I4ARRIET ANN TURNER, a young woman, one of the
.Z.l-eston turn-outs, has been committed at Manchester for
on a charge of stealing a child, six months old, the
It!iighter of Patrick Henry, of Garden-street, in that city.
aPPeared that, after possessing herself of the child, she
.panne to Liverpool with it, and that, on the 16th of April,
at died at the vagrant sheds, in this town.
s,'''c'wls.—On Wednesday a subscription match at bowls
played at the American Hotel, Great George-street.
i);-xteen gentlemen entered. The first cast was in favour
_,3fessrs. Stubbs and Bales, the second Messrs. Bales
and Pearson, who also won the third cast; Mr. Bales
subsequently won cleverly. The green was considered in
~ ''acgl order ; and from the novelty of a game being played
14 the town a considerable number of persons were present. '
SuacruE.—On Tuesday morning, a young woman,
,11
tier
Eliza Tippett, a factory worker, of Little Lever,
~ear Bolton, died from the effects of a poisonous prepare-
which she had bought under the pretence of want-
' ,_1431:1
fig to destroy mice, and which she had swallowed wilfully.
CRICKET.—A match between the Liverpool Roscoe and
the
St. Helen's Victoria cricket clubs took place on Wed-
114* last, on the cricket ground, in Hall-lane, Low-
"' The first innings decided the match, and St. Helen's
roved the winner. The numbers were—St. Helen's .
I,eteria Club, 91; Liverpool Roscoe Club, 77.
‘•; ONSECRATION.—St. Saviour's Church, near Falkner-
,fr....re, built about 15 years ago, was consecrated on Wed-
-`s(lay, by the Lord Bishop of Chester. The church was
Originally private property ; but some short time since the
cangre,mation determined to make an effort to purchase it,
aid they soon succeeded in raising £4,000, out of which
paid £3,000 for the church, leaving £l,OOO for the
ineirment. For the last nine or ten weeks the church
Zs-been closed, and during the interval it has been
"4"eughly repaired and beautified, under the direction of
cornmittee, who have incurred a dept of £2OO, which
Will, it is expected, be paid off by the sum of £lOO received
r," Wednesday, and the results of two appeals made to the
411agregation on Sunday. The bishop was received at the
hurch, at a quarter to eleven o'clock, by the incumbent,
hte, Rev. G. W. Warr ; his curate, the Rev. T. C. Bowman ;
a,„Ven. Archdeacon Brooks ; Rev. J. Jones, rural dean ;
RA the Revs. Dr. M'lsTeile, J. Stewart, C. F. Parry, W.
Palloon, T. C. Cowan, H. Hampton, W. Brewster,
yalsai, —Banner, J. B. Lowe, H. Carpenter, Henry Marlen,
Bardsley, J. Butler, William Moynard, H. E. F. Valency,
Ai Gibson, T. Evans, and several other clergyman. The
,:Yor in his robes of office, attended by his officials, and
• dunPanied by a majority of the members of the Town
enl was also present at the ceremony, which was
presenting
by Mr. T. D. Anderson, one of the trustees,
wesentine• the petition for consecration to the bishop's
:rotary,
the Rev. C. F. Parry, by whom it was read.
lThe sentence of consecration having been read by the Ven.
hdeacou Brooks, the morning service was proceeded
"6:L.1,1. The prayers were read by the incumbent, the Rev.
W. Warr ; and during the reading of the offertory
verses, the sum of £lOO was collected from the congrega-
r-"_iuo. The Bishop afterwards preached a sermon from
/ us xxv. 8—" And let them make me a sanctuary that
may dwell among them."
1 :Wen DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
IeLAI at the Workhouse, on Wednesday. The Rev. Wm. Bad-
leu presided, Messrs. Lunt, Morris, Carter, Daly, Mount-
field, Kirkus, Horsfall, Whitby, Smith, Siddely, Appleby,
hEdwards Alp ass Abrahams, M`Gee, G. Harrison, Jeffries,
.Batten Ledger, and James Birch were present. The
pa,lance in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be
Id. A letter from the Poor-law Board, accept-
the resignation of Mr. Roskell, as guardian for Kirk-
dale, was read. Mr. Henry Edward was elected deputy
eo-chairman in the place of Mr. Roskell, appointed as
he sub-district of
gistrar of Births,Toxteth-parkthe .
M roomessrs. RBulm of Mr. Meyers,
an,
for
.
_,.
7Ohn Wagstaff, and C. H. Taylor were selected as candi-
dates for the office of master of the hospital. The appoint-
toent to be made on Wednesday next. Mr. Branham,
the inquiring officer, was ordered to examine every inmate
in the Workhouse once a month, with a view John vent
their being charged to the wrong fund. Mr. Ladd
ilavino- nominated his sureties for the due performance of
his contract for alterations at the Workhouse, a bond was
'directed to be prepared by Mr. Holden, solicitor, in the
sum of £3,000. A call to raise £11,581 for the service of
the half-year, up to September next, from the various
townships, was agreed to, the first moiety to be paid to the
treasurer by the 6th June next, and the remaining half
‘l',,efore the Ist of August next. The following resolution
too.
passed :—On the motion of Mr. Batten, seconded
ta Kirkus " That a sub-committee should be appointed
squire and report to the board whether any member or
hers of the Visiting Committee, since the formation
le the Present board, has or have, after despatch of business,
Whether
the Workhouse in a state of inebriety ; and, further,
t,..ether any guardian has during his term of office con-
Zeted for any union work; and, lastly, whether it is
Ztornary for contractors to send to the guardians a given
th lltit of wins or pirits." The number of inmates of
a Workhousee ands Hospital were reported to be 652,
against 718 for the corresponding week of last year.
ALLEGED ROBBERY ON TILE HIGH SEAS.—On Tuesday
41, eoiciaman named Henry Bolton was charged before the
magistrate with having stolen two ear-rings and
on ',_"ll gold money, the property of Thomas Hart, while
ti_ooard the ship Kestrel, on the voyage from Callao to
I,2lerPool. Both the rosecutor and the prisoner were
~'"rt of the ship's crew Sand the former having. missed his
Zißerty, which had been kept in his chest in the fore-
tr_Lie, under circumstances which induced him to suspect
my, Prisoner to have taken it, gave him into custody on
„bein rig in port. On the box belonging to the prisoner
~, g searched, one of the ear-rings claimed by the prose-
izifor was found, together with a knife and a muffler
I,2nging to another of the crew. The money, however,
transpired 7 not discovered. In the course of the inquiry it
1,74_ that the chests of the seamen were generally
()Pen in the forecastle, and although the case against
Prisoner was suspicious, the magistrate gave him the
enefit of the doubt, and he was discharged.
SOCKING ACCIDENT..—On Thursday afternoon, an
• 6414'Lent of a shocking character took place in Ashley-
4eet, Toxteth-park. The body of a man named Gavin,
an,°, it is said, had died of fever was about to be interred
a number of relatives and friends had assembled. In,
ti,,,nsekluence of the narrowness of the stairs in the house,
"mew
had to be lowered into the street through a
to "mew, and for this puse a man stood upon a ladder
The the dead, and toot transfer it to some men below.
nun upon the ladder, however, upon receiving the
ei .4, Was overpowered with the weight, and it was pre-
ti,Pitated into the street amidst the cries and screams of
Ales,
friends of the departed. The coffin was smashed to
cineeinesid and the corpse lay exposed upon the street. It was
ty removed into the house, but not before a large
crowd of persons had assembled.
ROYAL MERSEY YACHT ClA:al.—The opening cruise
the he Yachts of this club, to join in fleet under the flag of
°f her commodore, took place on Wednesday. The birthday
er Majesty, who patronises the club, was considered a
proper occasion for the event, the state of the tide being
hai favourable. The commodore, Thomas Littledale, Esq.,
o'ci a Party of friends on board. Shortly after eleven
fiat the yachts started from the marine station. The
'ar,,,'_,eonsiated of the Ariel, (schooner,) 117 tons; the
(cutter,) 105 tons ; the Rosalind, 100 tons ; the
th-"sA (schooner,) 83 tons ; the Coralie, (cutter,) 37 tons ;
lff.:ietoria, 13 tons; the Priestess, 12 tons ; the Jessica,
te4ins ; and Giraffe, 9 tons. The fleet presented a very
toxltttiful appearance they p,rvoacrededlecc!,dboywttetoemriniveordored.
Zh the roclgncebasTantgo sea
breeze, On starting, from the
!ollthe angsvaeat, but afterwards the weather became un-
settled, and a thunder-like looking sky, with mirage, and
afterwards became a dead calm after a squall of wind. The
4,,,'aehts were becalmed off the lightship for several hou
for
rs.
The commodore, on arriving at this point, signalled
took of
to come on board, which they did, and puff
rt of his usual hospitality. The Rosalind gro.undeedno__
.oeneer's gut buoy, on the spit, and was detained_ e until
time. The larger crafts proceeded on their ctruurnis
tot
ngstown, and the others parted company to re
the Port of Liverpool.
p-
(),k_PROTESTANT WIFE AND HER POPISII HUSBA.I7::
De". ~.Wednesday, Robert Henbey, a labourer, living U
ilt
ohr -walk-street, was brought before the police magistrate
a charge of assaulting and maltreating his wife, E 1
?Is Patten. The complainant stated that, about two
--rs ago, the defendant promised to marry her, and he took
ear, about half-past eight o'clock in the evening, to Holy
Al:" Roman Catholic Chapel, where the priest, after saying
ew words which she did not understand, threw some
i
ate
n her face, and they left, the defendant saying that
ti4did not believe in the legality of the Proestantentialrie-
avj,, ; but in ordr to satisfy her, he promised t
1.4il afterwards-marry her in a Protestant church.
tiawever, this he had never done. Before the pretended
ste!Vage, he told her that he was worth I; 60 • but, in.
ana-a of this, she had been compelled to sell her furniture
tin Pledge her clothes in order to support him during the
Preet the Y had lived together. She wished
etdotoatlteetnteitt.
estant place of worship, but he had re.
tilos°, saying "he would have no heretics near him,"
he 'igh, before she accompanied him to the Rornish chapel,
Ivonst,inised her that he would let her go to what place 1,
11) she liked. She had been twice previous y _
hohLand when she met with the prisoner she had a good
0 of furniture, all of which he had made away v%.:nith.
str pth instant he came to her house, in Spell' g-
rend and with a party of men and women of h'is own
to f. and country" grossly ill-treated her, and threatened
niece away her life. This was again repeated on. thee
Avolaaoplonday, the Bth instant, when he threatened n
'the " burn the house over her head." On nee part of
NI defendant the assault was denied, and wites were
der :d to prove its untruth, one of whom stated thates the
the.
!,enilidTit had only said that " such a fornicatress
sisPlainant would have her house burnt over her heaa
the I,e was in Ireland." Mr. Mansfield said, as respected
hot 'acts of the case, the evidence was very conflicting on
h sides ; the defendant seemed merely to have told the.
• liNlainant what would have been her case if she had
(loue"In Ireland ; but it was fortunate that what would he
land in Ireland would not be justified by the law in Eng-
- The case was dismissed.

_Se.trrxr, HOLME, Esq., the late mayor, has been placed
on the list of borough magistrates.
13tritaLsarr. —At the Police-court, on Wednesday,
Robert Burns, a young man, respectably connected and
well-known in Birkenhead, was committed for trial, for
burglariously entering the office of Messrs. Rawson and
Co., Commercial-buildings, Waterloo-street, on Tuesday
morning. When arrested the prisoner was found with a
bag in his hand, containing Messrs. Rawson's cash-box
and a quantity of housebreaking implements.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA, The
Emigration Commissioners have chartered the Dirigo,
1,216 tons, to convey emigrants to Adelaide, from Birken-
head, on the 23rd of June ; the Ellenborough, 1,031 tons,
to New South Wales, from Southampton, on the 22nd of
June; the Columbus, 446 tons, to Hobart Town, from
Plymouth, on the 27th June ; the Joshua, to Geelong,
from Southampton, on the 16th June; and the Lady
Ann, to Sydney, from Plymouth, on the 11th of June.
ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LACTHFORD, WARRINGTON.—
Two sermons were preached on Sunday week, in St.
James's Church, Latchford, in aid of the funds of, the
Infant-school ; in the morning by the Rev. Henry Bostock,
head-master of the Grammar-school; and in the evening
by the Rev. Thomas Greenall, rector of Grampenhall. The
amount collected was upwards of £3O.
MllRDER.—Michael Cosgrove, 76 years of age, who
lived in Mount-street, St. Andrew-street, Manchester,
caused the death of a woman named Elizabeth Hambleton,
66 years of age, by beating her violently about the head
with a piece of wood, on Sunday last week. The deceased
lodged in the old man's house, and the cause of his attack-
ing her was her alleged interference between him and his
wife when they were quarrelling.
SINGULAR Door ACCIDENT.—About noon on Friday,
as the ship Hornby, for Barbadoes, was being towed out
of the Canning Basin, she struck against the wall, and
had one of her cat-heads carried away by the blow. The
cat-head fell into the entrance of the basin, and, when an
attempt was made to close the outer gates, it got jammed
under one of them, and prevented it from closing. A
great scene of excitement ensued, and the gates of all the
docks leading into the Canning Basin were closed as
speedily as possible. As the tide fell the water rapidly
left the basin, and three ships which were lying there took
the ground. The assistance of divers was procured, and
the obstruction removed. The outer gates were then
closed, and water being let into the basin from the Can-
ning, Albert, and Salthouse Docks, the ships were speedily
afloat again, without having sustained any injury.
AUSTRALIAN SHIPS SPOKEN.—The Golden Era, Capt.
Peat, hence for Melbourne, crossed the line in 27 days,
and was spoken on the 14th April in lat. 5 S., lon 29 W.
The Red Jacket, Captain Reed, and the Mermaid, Captain
Devey, also both hence, were spoken on the 11th instant,
in Ist 38 N., lon 13 W., about opposite Cape St. Vincent,
the former seven days and the latter eight days out, thus
showing that they had made excellent progress so far. All
these ships belong to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's
" White Star Line., '
DISCOVERY OF BURGLARIOUS IMPLEMENTS.— On
Thursday afternoon some boys were seeking birds' nests
in some fields immediately adjoining the boundary lane
dividing Liverpool from Fairfield and the Old Swan; and
whilst in an old stone quarry in the neighbourhood, they
discovered a considerable number of files, saws, a dark
lantern, and other tools and implements, secretrted in a
hole on one side of the quarry. The tools aken to
the central police-office, and a second discovery of similar
instruments has been made in the same place.
1 LIVERPOOL YACHT CLUB.—Eight new members have
been added to the club, and six others proposed for the
next ballot. The first club sailirg match will take place
: on the Bth of June, the day after the regatta of the Royal
Mersey Club, the course being from Birkenhead round
the Formby Light-ship and back, a distance of eighteen
miles. The yachts are fast coming on the station, and
will soon show a good fleet. Those at present at and
about the station are, Jessica, 8 tons ; Commodore ;
Priestess, 14, A. Dunn, Esq. ; S. Electric, T. Wilkinson,
Esq. ; Sirocco, Spurt, Warlock, Torment, &c.
LANCASHIRE MILITIA ARTILLERY.—TbiS local artillery
corps has just completed a twenty-eight days' drill, at
1 their barracks, in Islington, and they are now ready for
active service. During the past week they have had two
" field-days," the men being tried at gunnery practice on
the shore near Waterloo. The guns were about six-
pounders and two nine pounders. The officers present
were, Licut.-Col. Sir Duncan M`Dougall; Majors Atchison
and Burns, and Brevet-Major Hall ; Capts. Ferguson,
Burton, and Campbell, (adjutant;) Lieuts. Middleton,
Renton, Furnival, and Campbell ; and Surgeons Fer-
guson and Behrend. The four guns being unlimbered,
Col. Sir Duncan M`Dougall ordered a royal salute of
twenty-one discharges, on the completion of which the
baud struck up " God save the Queen ;" and the 168 men,
who had been ranged in companies behind, gave the cheers.
A heavy shower of rain afterwards came on ; and the
delay thus caused was taken advantage of to give the men
a dinner of beef and bread, with a pint of ale each. Two
large targets were then set up on the shore, and thirty
rounds fired, but, although several balls went through the
targets, the " bulls' eyes" were not " blinked" once. The
practice, however, was considered very successful, and the
guns were served with precision. On Friday the regiment
was inspected by Col. Turneux, R A., at the Islington
Barrack-grounds, and afforded proof that they were fully
"up to the mark" in point of discipline. On Saturday the
corps was again practised at the North Shore. All the
officers were present, and about 160 of the artillerymen.
The targets were placed at a range of 600 yards, but the
larger pieces were removed, first, to 700 yards distance, and
afterwards to about 850 yards. The firing was even more
efficient than on Wednesday, and both targets were com-
pletely riddled with balls. The inner circle was hit, but
the " bull's eye" still remained " unblinked." There were
fourteen rounds of ball fired from four nine-pounders, and
about twenty-eight froth two six-pounders. Three prizes
were offered by Col. VDougall for the best firing. The
first prize was won by one of the six-pound guns, but both
the second prizes were secured by the nine-pounders.
The colonel and officers expressed themselves exceedingly
well pleased with the efficiency displayed by the Militia
artillerymen. Yesterday morning they assembled at the
barracks, and were temporarily disbanded.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Dover presided at the
meet?ng on Wednesday, when the medical officer reported
that in the week ending on Saturday, the 20th instant, the
deaths amounted to 157 in the parish, and 83 in the town-
ship, in all 240, being four more than in the previweekous
of the
week,
and 34 more than the average of the 'same
preceding six years. A discussion then took place relative
to a recent document issued by the General Board of
Health, in which Liverpool was unfavourably mentioned.
The medical officer replied that he had seen nothing of the
Board of Health's report except what had appeared in the
newspapers, and lie thought it better to wait until he had
seen that report before lie ventured an opinion on it. 'The
extract which he had seen stated that in Liverpool the
mortality had been reduced from 31 to 29 in a thousand,
and though that reduction might appear small, still, in a
, population of 400,000, it amounted to 800 a year. Mr.
Fleming said that it was very desirable the matter should
be fully inquired into, because they had led the public to
believe that their sanitary measures had been such as to
materially diminish the mortality of the town. Mr.
M`Nic,oll observed that the Board of Health had
mortality in
Liverpool, and suggested that the present statement might
be a repetition of that error. The matter then dropped,"
it being resolved that the medical officer should draw up
a statement as soon as he received the report of the Gene-
ral Board of Health. A statement wasollected during
read from the
treasurer, showing the amount of rates c
the past year, the mode of collection, and other particulars
connected with the financial operations of the committee.
LOCAL RATES.—At the Health Committee, on Thurs-
day, the treasurer submitted to the rates-collection sub-
committee a statement of the collection of th
the e lighting
and fire-police, and paving, sewer,&c.,rates for
for the year 1863, ended 31st March, 1854, wherein it was
stated that there had been received during the year, of
rates and arrears, by the collectors, 31,487 payments,
amounting to £65,106, and in the office, 17,380 payments,
amounting to £22,708, making a total of 48,867 payments,
amounting to £87,814, ca
being2l2 increase on the preceding
year of 6,026 payments, and ,991 ; and,calculating the
mode of per centage for the present year on the same basis
as the preceding one, the total per centage over the whole
borough shows an increase of £3 14s. 9d. per cent., or
rt contained a comparative re-
equal to £3,400. The repo
turn of the per ceutages collected on the gross assessments
for the years 1849 to 1853, both inclusive, and this, with
the exception of Kirkdale, showed a eady increased
r centage collected in Liver-
amount on each year. The pe
pool, in 1849, was £6B 14s. 11d.. in 1853, £77 9s. 3d.—ie
Kirkdale, £55 16s. 9d.; £64 lls.' 40d.—Everto £74 n, 864.
7d.
Bs.
3d. ; £69 12s. ld.—West Derby, £67 12s. sd. ; 2s
—Toxteth-park, £53 ls. 6d. ; £64 ls. ld. The apparent
decrease in Kirkdale, it was stated, was in consequence of
the Northshore Mills being burnt down, in 1853, only six
weeks' rates being payable in respect of the property, as-
sessed at £1,250. Had the whole rates been paid, as in
previous years, the total comparative per centage would
have been £66 15s. 3d. per cent., against £64 11s. 4d.
There had been issued during the year 24,407 notices on
assessments under £2O to appear before the appeal com-
missioners, and 3,403 fourteen days' notices on assess-
ments of £2O and upwards. 6,724 magistrates' summonses
for nonpayment of rates had been obtained during the
year, and 1,864 warrants.
LIVERPOOL POLFCE STATiSTICS.—Captain Greig, the
head-constable, has-issued his annual report for 1854,
which gives the following results : The authorised
strength of the police force of this town is 886, of which
314 belong to the docks. The disposable force for the
town is thus 572, from
re
which 68 officers and men are
taken to fill various special departments, 20 being served
for detective duty, and others for duty in the bridewells,
fire department, &c. With this reduction, and a further
reduction on account of sickness, the number actually
doing duty in the streets is 473, which is one police-officer
to every 790 inhabitants. With a view alike to the effi-
ciency of the police and the advantage of the public! a pp-
mndencairoei
fnuilingy
abraetiponlacaridcluanssdehrasanbeeelnpeforirmene4,d
1853, 21,753 pTons were ta
instructed in the nature of thkeeinr diunttioesc.ustDoduyri,n2g,7t2h7emyrrer
than the previous year, though the increase ,co, mprkises
da
number of the less important offences. The an
disorderlies" numbered 2,947 males and 2,303 females ;
the " drunk and ineapables" 2,778 males and 1,407
females. During the year, the value of the property stolen
was £12,256 7s. 4d. ; recovered £2,703 2s. 3d. The appre-
hensions for felony were 3,334 males and 2,450 females ; of
which 2,535 were committed for trial. The tables presentof
an increase of 207 in the apprehensions, but a decrea
382 in the committals-for trial, as compared with the pre-
ceding year. Of the 2,635 persons committed for trial on
charges of felony, 759, or 29.9 per cerrt. were born in
Liverpool ; other parts of England 412, or '16.2 per cent.;
Ireland, 1,131, or 44.9 per cent. ; 'Scotland, 79, or 3.1 per
cent. ; Wales, 61, or 2.4 per cent.; Isle of Man, 10, or 0.4
per cent.; foreign countries, 76, or 3.0 per cent. During
1853, there was an increase of 38 in number of fires, and
property to the value of £144,021 was destroyed, being an
excess of damage of £128,114 as compared with 1852. The
total number of firemen is 104. There are 1,441 public-
houses doing business, and 911 beerhouses. There are
591 brothels, and 1,896 known prostitutes in the borough,
being an increase of 17 in the former, and 198 in the
alis compared with 1862. Of thieves there are in the
18 professional, 182 who work occasionally and
The report also embraces 'some
li9otrt
oesu
gru
s, 5
facts about emigration,
rlis
and shows that within the last four
Ili souls have lauded iu this town
years 111)
picwi.aorudsi
of a
rai
on
from Ireland.

. Taz MAYOR, on Wednesday, in. honour of Her Ma-
jesty's birth-day, entertained a large party of gentlemen
at the Town-hall.
FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING Moiler.—On Tuesday a
very diminutive man named Henry. Roberts, who had been
a porter in the employment of Messrs.. Raiford and Col-
lard, trunk makers, Lord-street, was charged before the
police magistrate with obtaining the sum. of £1 4s. from
the Rev. H. Hampton, incumbent of St. James's Church,
under false pretences. The prisoner had been discharged
from the employment of Messrs. Holford and Collard in
March. Subsequently he called two or three times upon
Mr. Hampton, with a bill for the above amount, saying
that he had been sent by Messrs. Holford and Collard.
On the 6th of April the prisoner again called, and the rev.
gentleman gave his servant 245.. to give to the prisoner,
who, upon receiving the money, receipted. the bill. After-
wards Messrs. Holford and Collard sent their bill, when
the fraud was discovered. The prisoner urged poverty as
a reason for obtaining the money. Mr. Hampton wished
the bench to deal leniently with the man, but as he had
been before the court about five years ago,. the magistrate
said he had no alternative but send him to trial. The
prisoner was accordingly committed.
MONSTER WHEEL FOR THE MERSEY IRON WORKS.
—On Tuesday evening no small amount of interest was
excited by the circumstance of an immense piece of ma-
chinery which was seen issuing from the gates of Messrs.
Fawcett, Preston, and Co., and which, on enquiry, we
found to be the first portion of a gigantic fly-wheel,
intended for the new rolling-mills of the Mersey Steel and
Iron Works, of this town, and designed by Mr. William
Clay, manager of the works. Considerable difficulty was
experienced in conveying the casting from the foundry to
the company's works, occasioned not alone by its vast
weight, but increased in a great degree by the great cir-
cumference of the circle of which it was a segment, and
the consequent awkwardness attendant on its transit. To
obviate the difficulties as much as possible, it was moved
in the evening, when the streets were comparatively clear,
and it was drawn by about fourteen of the company's
finest horses. The portion referred to, although weighing
about twelve tons, is not quite a fourth of the whole wheel,
which, when complete, will, it is estimated, contain up-
wards of fifty tons of metal, the whole having a diameter
of thirty-five feet. It is intended to form part of the
machinery for working a boiler-plate rolling-mill, of the
largest size and most improved construction. When in
operation, this mill will be a vast acquisition to the iron-
ship-building and boiler-manufacturing interests of the
town, by enabling them to have plates of any dimensions
or thickness made on the spot.
THE SELECT VESTRY.—At the weekly meeting, on
Tuesday, before the business commenced, Mr. Denton, on
the part of the overseers, disclaimed any connexion with
the contest now going on between the churchwardens and
the ratepayers, in the matter of stopping the parish clocks,
fie. From the report of the Workhouse Committee it ap-
peared that the admissions to the vagrant sheds, during
the past week, had been 378 males, 213 females, and 43
children, making a total of 634. The number of inmates
in the house was 2,251, among whom there were 839 sick
cases, '77 of fever, and 33 of itch. From the proceedings
of the Industrial School Committee it appeared that Win.
Lyon, one of the pupil teachers, had been dismissed for
irregular and immoral conduct. A charge made against
Mr. Denson, one of the assistant-masters, of beating a
child with needless severity, had been found to be ground-
less. Six boys had absconded from the schools, and three
enlisted into the 60th Rifles corps. A resolution had been-
passed, limiting the time for the parents and friends of
the children to see them at the schools to once in three
months. It was recommended that Eliza Hewitt should..
be appointed head laundress at the schools, at the salary,
of £l5 a-year. The proceedings were confirmed. The
Medical Relief Committee had exonerated Mr. Norris, one
of the district medical officers, from a charge of neglecting
a patient, brought under notice by Captain Greig. A dis-
cussion ensued on a motion proposed by Mr. Wm. Jones,:
that lay Protestant visitors should be admitted to the
house for the purpose of imparting religious instruction
to a portion of the inmates. Ultimately the proposition
was withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. Carne, the resolu-
tion prohibiting the employment of any of the paupers on
out-door work was rescinded, Mr. Carne stating that in a
month or two the new cemetery at Walton would be
opened, and, as there were about 3,000 paupers buried
every year, it would be a considerable expense if men had
to be engaged to dig single graves, especially when there
were sufficient men in the house to do the work. On the
motion of Mr. Came, the churchwardens and overseers a
,
with Messrs. Luff, Bradley, and Rea, were appointed
committee, in compliance with the recomendation of the
general vestry, for the purpose of sum
perintending
and
also to inquire into and report on the system adopted pre-
viously by the surveyor. Mr. Carne brought before the
notice of the board an article which recently appeared, in
which it was stated that there were twenty-two deaths
from destitution within the parish in 1852, and reflecting
seriously on those having charge of the adininistration of
relief to the poor. This matter was soon disposed of by
Mr. Hart, the vestry-clerk, who stated that, on reference
to the coroner's returns for 1852, there could not be found
a single verdict of " died by starvation."
Tin: ART or FRINTING.-011 Wednesday the Rev. S. B.
Sutton, incumbent of St. Peter's, Sackville-street, Everton,
delivered the last of a series of lectures for the benefit of
the working classes, in the school-room belonging to the
church, in Upper Beau-street. The subject was " The,
art of printing: its origin, progress, and civilising ten-
dencies." After describing the different kinds of printing
—copperplate, block printing, and printing with moveable
types—the rev. gentleman traced its origin to the very
earliest times, giving several quotations from the Old Tes-
tament—which, he remarked, was the oldest book on
record—in order to show that impressions by seals, which
must have given the first idea of printing, were taken as
early as the times of the patriarch Job, and other cha-
racters of sacred writ. He referred to the use of the art
in China, in the rude form of block-printing, which, owing
to the peculiar construction of their characters, was the
only method adapted to the representation of the Chinese
language; and after further tracing it to Europe, from its
introduction into Germany, the rev. gentleman dwelt at
considerable length upon the progress which the art had
since made, illustrating his remarks by several valuable
old works, principally copies of the Scripture, which con-
tained specimens of the different types then iu use cold
English black letter, Roman letter, and Italic. He also
exhibited diagrams which lie had taken of the Stanhope
hand-press, and the modern steam printing machine, at
the former of which only 250 copies of paper could be
worked off in an hour ; whilst the latter produced as many
as 6,000 copies in an hour. He then referred to the
civilising tendency which the art had exercised on man-
kind generally, noticing, in eloquent terms, the impulse
which it gave to the Reformation by the great means
it afforded for spreading knowledge, and placing the sacred
Scriptures in the hands of the people. Though it might,
and sometimes undoubtedly did, exercise a powerful
influence for evil, it was, without question, one of the
greatest boons conferred upon man. It was a great boon
both to the poor man and to the rich, for by it the former
was now enabled to obtain copies of the Scriptures and
other valuable works, which before could not be got except
at the enormous expense consequent upon the great
amount of time and labour required to copy them. The
rev, gentleman concluded his interesting address by further
referring to the great benefits which printing conferred
upon the masses by aiding in the dissemination of useful
knowledge, such as was to be derived from the newspapers,
and works like those of the Messrs. Chambers, Dickens's
" Household Words," " The Leisure Hour," which
were essentially the works of the people, cheaply affording
a vast amount of interesting and valuable information. A
vote of thanks to the rev. gentleman for his lecture con-
cluded the proceedings.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATION SOCTETT.—The
first anniversary meeting of the Liverpool auxiliary to this
society was held on Tuesday in the Royal Amphitheatre.
The chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. M`Seile,--the
Rev. F. Close, of Cheltenhani, and the Rev. E. Girdle-
stone attending as a deputation from the parent society.
There was a numerous attendance, a considerable propor-
tion of the audience being composed of ladies. The rev.
chairman, after deploring the amount of ignorance still
prevalent in the country, and the impossibility of agreeing
upon a national system of education, said—" I am enabled
to say to you that the society which we advocate this day,
although it has no higher name than the Church of Eng-
land Education Society, yet does hold, and is determined
to carry out, the Protestant and Evangelical principles of
the Church of England, without mistake and without
compromise. (Hear and cheers.) We value, truly and
sincerely value, many of the operations of the National
Society ; but with some of its operations we have good
reason to be dissatisfied. For this we have been called
factious, but the faction has been upon the other side.
(Hear, hear.) We endeavoured to give to the management
of that society a more comprehensive character, to make
it more clearly, more impartially, re fairly the repre-
sentative of all the component parties of the Church of
England. In this attempt we failed ; but we were treated
in a manner which betrayed too plainly the animus of the
managing committee. We were treated rather as an-
tagonists to be checked than as allies to be consulted.
(Hear, hear.) We were, therefore, forced into a separate
action. I wish this to be particularly observed, because
the most important objection brought against us by any
is, that the movement has been needless, as sufficient
instrumentality existed before. Now, had we made any
needless movement, and agitated the public mind need-
lessly, we certainly would be obnoxious to very serious
rebuke. But I feel persuaded that that charge is un-
founded. (Hear, hear.) I, for one, took part in the
movement so far as I had an opportunity at so great a
distance from the seat of central operations, the metropolis,
and at very great inconvenience, and repeated attendances
at the parent society endeavoured, in co-operation with
others, not to carry on a factious proceeding, but to get a
fair representation of all the parties in the church, which
would confer a universal confidence upon the operations
of the National Society. That was our bone fide object;
and instead of being received in a friendly spirit, or even
argued with as to the propriety of our conduct, we were
treated as invaders who had come to interfere with the
established order of things, and not as friends who wished
to make that order more enlarged and more efficient.
(Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances, then, I say we
were
forced into separate action, and we formed this
society to appeal to the public. The operations of the
society, as hitherto carried on, are fully described in the
report. [The chairman then read an extract from the
report, and concluded :I—l need only add, that among
the grants so made, three have been made to schools in
Liverpool, in connection with the church—St. Barnabas,
St. John, and St. Stephen's. The Rev. W. H. Wright,
one of the secretaries, then read the report. This showed
that the society had made grants in several instances to
enable the managers of schools to meet the requirements
of the Committee of Privy Council on Education. From
the report of the parent society just issued, it would
appear that there are nearly 12,000 schools which are at
too low an ebb to be brought within the benefits of any
government grant. The Liverpool branch of the society
I—ialiceenittrievbutsed.
3dluirin'tnognthmeopvedast
tt'eae rfitrshte
rsesoumluotfionn,3a942esr.
which time Rev. Mr. Close, at great length, addressed the
erndeueetai nt
igo ,asrligsutainignesttirio)anrgtllyy tiyfvaovlouunrtao
rf y a effort,xeda
tpean t loyf
by government aid, extolling highly the present method
followed by the Committee of Privy Council on Education.
—He was followed by the Rev. Mx. Girdlestone, and the
Rev. A. Knox of Birkenhead ; the resolutions, which
were all psased, unanimously, ,being severally seconaded by
Mr. Adam Hodgson, Mr. David. Hedeson, and. Mr. Charles