The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-12 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

Tut loading of the first ship with coal in the new docks 1
at Garston was duly celebrated last week.
EDWARD JAMES, Es (4., of the northern circuit, has been i
appointed one of her Majesty's counsel, and was on Satter-
day last called within the bar by the Lord Chancellor.
THE REFORMERS' MEETING.—At
the Amphitheatre
Meeting, on Monday evening, no less th?.n three gentle-
men were robbed of their watches.
THE LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCH/EO-
- SOCIETY were to make their annual excursion
to Beeston, Bumbury, and Peckforton Castle, on Saturday.
A PETITION FROM ST. HELENS against the duty on
British salt imported into India, was presented to the
House of Lords, yesterday week, by the Earl of Derby.
FIRE AT THE BATHS.—On Friday morning a fire broke
out in the new works in progress at the Cornwallis-street
Baths, but it was speedily extinguished by Mr. Davies,
the surveyor, and his men.
THE MANCHESTER POLICE FORCE, after due notice,
resigned almost in a body last week ; but the watch com-
mittee, under coercion, gave each an additional two
shillings a week, and they resumed.
MORTALITY IN LIVERPOOL.—During the week ending
the 2d instant, the deaths in Liverpool were 190, being
37 less than the average of the same week in the preceding
five years. The mortality from tpyhus was lower than
ever had previously occurred.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the meeting on Wed-
nesday, the business was merely of a routine character.
A letter was read from the poor-law board, sanctioning
the increase of the salary of the chaplain, the Rev. Mr.
Moore, from £l2O to £2OO a year.
DINNER TO SIR ERSKINE PERRY.—The committee
and friends of the Liberal candidate entertained that gen-
tleman on Friday evening, at the Royal Hotel, Moor-
fields. Mr. Eyre Evans occupied the chair, and Mr.
George Holt the vice-chair. The leading Liberals of the
town were present.
13toAatv..—Wna.
resident in Southport Curtisl6 , boot and shoe maker, a
for years past, has been com-
mitted M liirkdale, for trial at the Liverpool assizes,
wife,
the charge of marrying Mary Edgerley, his first wife,
Elizabeth Cart's, being alive. The prisoner's first wife
instituted the charge.
DEPARTURE FOR THE GOLDEN LAND.—The clipper
ship Star of the East, one of Miller and Thompson's
" Golden Line" sailed for Melbourne on Thursday, with
496 passengers, being quite full. We understand that the
owners received between £9,000 and £lO,OOO for the out-
ward freight before the vessel sailed, an amount that ma-
terially improves her position in their ledger.
RoYAL AatnurrnEATßE--Mr. James Anderson cotn-
Pleted a very successful engagement on Saturday evening
at the above establishment. in " Richard the Third. '
Miss Rosina r ht, -eorter danseetse of the Lyceum
Theatre, has calledg forthP' repeated plaudits, by her ex-
town, and graceful d nein Two old favourites in this
town, Mr. and Miss aßakegr, appeared last night. The
Rood folk of Liverpool are promised a novelty next week,
in the appearanceLenton, from America, who
will display his marvellous feat of walking on the ceiling.
APTRALIA.N EM/R
ATION.—The total number of
12-reis now preparing for the various ports of Australia is
.. the total amount of registered tonnage 15,082. The
Itaihnp total
this pert from the 30th June to the 6th
July instatt, have
tons 'been two vessels for Melbourne, 2292
, and four vessels for Sydney, 2692 tons; or an ag-
gregate cf 49E.4 tons.
PROFvtin f T tai" PHOTOGRAPHY.—An interesting meet-
gc! . she Photegraphie Societ was held in the Royal
nstitmaion on 1,,, d secretary, had r
nouceed that eds aY evening!. After Mr. Forrest, the
Thea over a list of new members, it. n-as an-
fa...,..y .
.e British Museum intended to g ~ve every
,".c. for cbtn
in in that
the insft zPbotograehs of the man; nth trea-
t utton A conversation then arose on
proposal to take likenesses of the many strangers from
deren.-t parts of theworld I visit Liverpool ; and it
w
rallispoutsl,trinne_atelydecided that circit7lars should be sent to all
ca inviting their co-operation.
THE L
BISHOP OF CA.PETOWN is to
'tindarhre:3evalltD, the 17th instant, at St. George's,
'tree—preach on
Waver-
hit. Pt• • W. Badnall)—in the morning ; at St.
IP s(Rev. C. H. Burton)—in the afternoon ; and
al_ St. 'George's. Everton—'(Rev W. W. Ewbank—in
the evening. There will I:+e a mieitoing at the Clarendon
ROtens, at twelve o'clock, ynext, the 18th
itinssthconpt—wßillecmtoarkeC:.(l,nrapbell ionnthe nchtair at which the
his vast and interes-tin; dlroPceosreta.tit statements respecting
VIOW THE BOMA.NIS,S VOTED! —The following cir-
!c_Ular will indicate hoW tlie Roman Catholics voted at the
Liverpool election:—
. LIVETPOOL PLECTMN
" SIR,---You are resn tf 11 ' cord your vote fey Si ecE'adi'l7N' IF),uit,Ru:ge:intl'y,requeasstepdoto re-
after the opening of thel:oll on Friday.

"President of Met' PowELL,
werPool Catholics
Club.
" President of 'tIiAMES LEVECOSON,
j..lrish Catholic Club.
" Chairman of'tte &?'llAoillic'‘lt.'egistration Committee.
Liverpool, 6th Jul,us3.i,
HEA LT H C,oNfm,,
weekly me I'EE • Langsdale presided at the
day,
(min; :leg, hel on Wnesday, insad of Thurs-
the e d lection.ed In-referencete to the alters-
tion of the ;easing in Scotland-road, the engineer r
ceired in'sructions to proceed according to the plaen-
Sllgßested.
riaiaant
.:11r. Loss, who had been the chief corn-
Matter against the crossing, would be satisfied if the
wet'e refere4 to the deputy-engineer to do what
the
coul wa-s '"undentood that this course met with
e approval tcf the comm.- ittee "7-ie clerk called atten
tion
the
cons_ apparatus, invented by Mr. Stevens, for
been
.new
of smoke on board steamers. It had
highly spoken of, and could be applied to ordinary
gineS at a -small expense. ' Inttrz.etions were given to
the clerk and engineer to make the.neeessary inquiries and
report. Mr. of Lord-street, complained that the
Waterearts always•fsiled to visit-that ctreet in windy weather.
Mr. Henderson complained of a nuisance proceeding from
Mr. Half's tar arci turpentine works. Instructions were
given to communicate with Mr:NStowart on the subject of
the building-act. -Some st,'pa as to the appointment of 'a
successor to the 'sate Mr. Lea, clerk in the nuisance de-
partment, concluded the business of the day.
TRIA.I Tail' CZ THE GREAT RU.:TAIN.—This magnifi-
cent vessel made 1.1 trial trip, which lasted about twenty-
four hours, on •I'slenday, with thetnast satisfactory results,
though the weather was very unfavourable. The trip took
lace direction of the Isle of Man. Capt. Claxton,
It N., Who was on board, has addressed a letter to the
ownere, in•which: he says :—" With all the sails set that
were 'bent, ;far- chort of her complement,) cleanfull, no
ship could be , stiffer, showing a capability of carrying
almost any amount of canvas thai:, can by possibility -be
upon her, and- sviTh the engines averaging eighteen revo-
lutions, a speed of twelve-and-a-half knots was attained,
and, if at that tide, circumstances had permitted of her
being run to leeward, I have no :kincl of doubt whatever,
that she woolA hate gone over fourteen knots, or sixteen
tAles end a third. With the same screw fixed perpen-
ocalarlY. and the-ship close hauled, she went ten knots,
m° very great astonishment, andtitat I believe of every
nautical man on beard; while with the screw disconnected,
and revolving her speed was not quite so great, thereby
showing that Griffith's, screw need never be
eutisconneeted, a matter of first-rate invortance to auxiliary
a e‘aT navigation." This noble leviathan, therefore, gives
Owierittissnphant result to the spirited enterprise of the
Gra e • .Captain Claxton has also sent a letter to Mr..
pa ss
3', complimenting him upon the ae.:uracy of his Com-
es.

Tits. Sar_EcT' VN'in-itY.—The Rev. { sectorueCcaa7 As
pberl presided at the usual fortnightly meeting on T
It appeared that considerable inconven:ence arose from
allowing the Roman Catholic inmates•cf the workhouse..
leaving on.Suudayn to attend their own places of worsnip,
as a preventive measure it was agreed. Clot the Roman
Catholics should be . with the means of worship
in some other way, provided*.illmer stated that the re-
quired accommodation might be made between the front
and second gate of the workhouse, where mass could be
held on each 'Sunds.y. The matter was referred back to
the committee.; the bcard, withhthegsuortl.,eexcjption of
Mr. Moss, apparently
Mr. Willmer.suggesteciar)vpakrn?oovuu'essgea,lteearatiOns i the' amnegdei .;
and recommended that
arrangements of the h
in 'future no paupers swboorald be sent out to grave-digging,
was agreed to, as also
or other out-door works, wich
vas a recommendation of Mr. Moss, that tlle medies2
assistant receive 475 a year, with ratione,
Mount-pleasantOn the motion
of Mr. Willrner, the dispensary in
ordered to be c:lc.sed—so that
therewill only be tvas parish
and the
dispensaries in future—the one in Kent-street,.
la Rawle, chemist
other in 13urlington-street.—Mr.
and druggist, Lord-street, and Mr. Kitchen, were res-
,,cPe_ctlively . proposed as •vestrymen,
a majority tf 2.
in the place of Mr.
"-e• reslgned. The latter was elected by .
r.. Moss the relative
n made some remarks
latter saidto the-vote
fil.vt bY the chairman, on which the
boo sat for twenty-four years at that board,
thou.?, nauch insulted. This ,altercation led an dt that
vlei he
,t:cenes," so peculiar to this board, and
Istieet
...4etrY justly observed, lower the
wt ot
i i onecl' Mar
l'.
rralkliug 7 i,r, public estimatio
tbe,cairll,_'lrch led to nothing, After a.gr
broked lupf,
dno.es much
great
_ea. c _
Mr. Ato43;_n s last words being, " All I can say is, r
the meeting
offered. ' h
Me ~,t e first person since we met here that eye
• that
witk the airr°nt• Ev •••person else has treated me
greatest reaa,,,, er, P TUC LlCEsze nx• ---
Rte, which .ta'olc- tereALLERS' FETC.—At this annual
ThursJ.ay,
asYluna and s:-...110015.
for Euga,Pelaee at the Zoological Gardens
new
•nting the funds for building the
o_
tuallers' A.,:c -•' • in eennection with the Licensed. Vi
...... .„oLlation, now in the course of erection in the
Vic-
west DerLy Rcari th
ifice4t s, 1, 4 e anause
fell on ;"1-' Oa this occasion as last year, the fele
rnents were on a most mag, -
candidate- tl°Minati'an day, and' the attendance of the
b..,am for the fan
of representing this borough in
litrl
nent gave increased interest to the P
Ti-spit:y. gfsteeple-chkses by diminutive Pnr-ies' a gorgeous
roceedings.
the
sta izi) fireworks, dancing, and other amusements wered
j., ~lcl_e attraction At 4 o'clock a dejeuner war servoed,
iiand
asUoncerthail. Mr. Alderman Proctor presided,
rl` 1. supported on his right by the Hon. H. T. Liddell,
t,„ „.,..1-•• B. frorsiall, Mr.._ C Turner, &c. ; and on the left
, oir Ersle P M .
Ar.,_ e
_. tne erry, r. G. Maxw ell, Mr. J. Bratnley
an u?r .it
John Bent, &c. Mr. T. T. Glazebrookofficiate.ed
t ;_veice.chairman. The Worshipful the Mayor was unable
toZtsPresent in consequence of the election. Among
and
proapo..!•ere `.' The Licensed Victuallers' Association,'
c, which
the eh a!tY to its benevolent efforts," in submitting
The
land airrnan alluded to the progress of the building.
cost
~w°ll4l cost upwards of £3OOO, the
toll
_,..PA'arcis of wouldmo make'swich, with the walls sur-
building would
aubrlscertng it, Btc.
to ~ •Ptions so Far, and the money in hands, amounted
4-6000 le .• .
association. t axing a :Aim of £lOOO to be collected by the
httii At present, before the completion of the
it ~. 'ng, they had eleven orphans, or inmates, and when
boys"'as completed, they would be able to accommodate 30
the and 30 girls, and they would have 12 almshouses for
..ue
, aged and infirm. Mr. Grist, the secretary, announced
ir°,,a '4onation of 4'90 from the chairman, Mr. James Procter ;
wothe' in addition to £2O from Messrs. Glazebrook
rs, previously subscribed ; and £2O from Mr. J.
• Lloyd.
The candidates then addressed the meeting in
succession; Mr• Rramley-Moore, like the others, being
Z°st •entlinsiasiicaliv cheered. Mr. Danson gave " The
ancaslaire Witches.," which was responded to by Sir
4rakine Perry in an amusing speech.