The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY,

LOCAL

NEWS

i for to-

W
-E RIT FOR CLITHEROE is tO _
rilptrowr (Wednesday,) by Mr. Hindley.
THE
LNCE-HALL COOL AND CANNEL COMPANY have
contributed the liberal sum of £5OO for the relief of the
'titterers from the late explosion at their works, Wigan.
41t. GEO. OGLEY, OF BARNSLEY, a working man, has
nvented a mode of manufacturing ladies' fancy stays
Without a seam.
THE WAVERLEY DRAMATIC SOCIETY will give
amateur performance to-morrow evening in aid
'titterers by the Queen Victoria.
- THE GLASGOW, screw steamer, Capti;
°D. Friday at Glasgow, after a e asSage
days and a few hours, from New Yoprk.
thS° gREAT IS the success of the Free Library
inatnUnabers have to be turned away almost every even
owing to 4'l the visitors. the want of room for the accr
THE rt
ei BAPTISM OF A JEWISH FAMILY,
persons, was celebrated, on Sunday evening week,
to'wtnn, Rev. D. J. Hirsch, at the German Church, in this

Wylie, arri

n this town

nmoda-tion of

consisting of

_ Alesses. TONGE, CURRY, and Co.. sold by auction,
I,ll_ Thursday, the two steam-tugs, Independence and
uwerful.
and the The Independence brought upwards of £4,000,
Powerful £1,600.
QArrEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Wednesday last, Margaret
vreen, Park-road, a girl 16 years old, swallowed a quand
.ItY of sulphate of copper. She was promptly conveye
to the Southern Hospital, and has fortunately recovered.
b TRE PRESCOT PETTY SESSIONS were,held on Tuesday,
.efore Thomas Rodick, J.
chairman, Richard Pilking-
n' Esq, and the Rev. J. S. R. Evans. The court sat
at eleven and rose at half-past four, disposing of 104 cases.
M,..THE PASSENGERS OF THE ROBERT KELLY, one of
essrs. Guion's packets, which was obliged to put back
"MY, have presented an address to the master, expres-
sive of thanks for his heroic conduct during the late gales.
, THE OPENING OF THE WELD BLUN'DELL ARMS INN,
hlee •Blundell, was celebrated on Thursday last by a
Eutnptuous dinner, to which 100 ffentlemen sat down. The
Chair was filled by Mr. Richard Tyrer, of Formby.
AT MIDNIGHT, on Thursday, an attempt was made to
set fire to a baking-house in North-buildings, Fox-street.
The place had been entered by means of false keys, and
brimstone and other inflammatory commodities introduced.
Iklysrentous ROBBERY.--On Tuesday last, £5O, in
two notes of £2O and one of £lO, was stolen from the
drawer of a lady in Bedford-street, and the detectives
are unable to say how.
,PeAxcesco LEMA, care with havin o bard
61- lbs. of tobacco, was fined £loo,g nat theo Pot his
nMee, on Friday, with a statement to the n
tenaa of the extenuating circumstances.
rityHEYWORTH'S SUPPORTERS.—We har,
Of
the Derby Mercury, of Wednesday, A ing
Viet at the proceedings at Derby last week, in honour of
fir. Hey worth , his supporters were not only more than
il
84411 Y abusive, but very spirited after dinner.
ITANDENHOFF is to deliver an oration in the course
• the proceedings at Stratford-upon-Avon, on the '23d
lnetitant, when the natal day of William Shakespere will be
Webster
by a grand procession and banquet. Benjamin
Webster is to take the chair.
1441 t. ROBERT RI-WLINSON, superintendent inspector,
te_a sanitary report on the condition of the township,
te'enlmends that the Health Act be applied to Much
b;ttoolton, exclusive of Thringwall ; and that the local
value consist of nine persons, rated to the poor to the
THEE ef39, or possessed of property worth £l,OOO.
s.et T
I,ANY '-'ANCASVIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COM-
water have completed their arrangements with the Bridge-
flora E.anal Company ; and the price for carrying cotton
Per to verPool to Manchester will be in future 9s. 6d.
Proponri
joinns.tead of 55., as before •, other articles in like
perver
st,
topst " formerly of Oriel College, 'Oxford,"
Pool on tthc,-,nme, lectured the other evening in Liver-
--',PfOr a Romanist) singular subject of Private
of tt:l,ent.
One of the priests announced at the close
to„„, lecture that it was intended to have a band of
as at the figure lectures, to afford amusement as well
e 4 instruction.
.._e4„ol.n
-Un LIVERPOOL TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
five " ednesday morning, says the Daily ...Yews, the
Ratio clock train from Liverpool brouelit to the Euston
retr,a.n "'kr tons and a half of gold. The valuable cargo
Wes:fled iP
, the custody of the servants of the North-
veyedr . '-'-elmay Company until eight, when it was con-
-4„) In a waggon and covered cart to the Bank of
Awarld, guarded by thirty-five of the police.
▪ AT
(Jo, USUAL MONTHLY MEETING OF rusW 'yr...JASSY
):n 411IsseoNeas, on Thursday, at Liscard, the improve-
•ent of the lower end of Tobin-street was agreed to. pro-
Cl„ded the outlay did not exceed £3OO. The report
notfatihne_
I,s'rcriaittee as to the leasing of Seacombe Ferry, coo _
~4g a recommendation to take the same at a ren f X6olq
Per annum, to which the proprietor of the Ferry had
aßreed '
was brought up, and, after a warm and lengthy
bAs'etlssi", was adopted by the
Board, the dissentients
'l2_lg lir.,Colbourne and Mr. Barton.

e the autho-

TRAN,-ANTIC —On W dllSa]
be Ore tenSAZTL o'clock, theSTEAMERS United States email d st
b.acific. Captain Nye, sailed from the 3r-
ork with the usual mails for the Ur'
British possessions of North Ameri,
a large cargo of merchandise on freight
North American Royal Mail steam-shi
commander, took her departure henc
. aturday.,..at 11, a.m., with a fair num,
and a large cargo, besi !es the usual mails.

The B

p Arab

shortly

in-ship

for Jew
s and the

her of passengers,

ufAT E MEETING OF WEST DERRY GUARDIANS,
far
tetinesda the tender of Messrs. W. Ellis and Co.,
-me
supply 'of the printing to the union, was accepted.
the
eala:v of Mr. Joseph Musker, collector and assist-
reett "esseir of the poor for Bootle-cum-Linacre, was
locreased f £5O to ze7o a year.—Mr. Clayton, archi-
newslizgerostreld certain alterations or improvements at the
hospital, one of which was to make a dead-house,
With
_e!Teda. dksecting room attached. The matter. was
wdeas-
isiiss Hobbs, the matron of the hospitalfilth
44roonislied for ll in a child to be in 41-state of i-
-4eSs th • , a ow g
a ehe girl s feet, it was stated, not having been washed
l's
ArtiostAx screw-steamer, on her homeward
° Liverpool, from Constantinople, sustained some
liinage in her machinery, and was taken in tow by the
tiea: d and conducted back to Malta. The court
_ warded .CEZO salvage. The Phoebe, at the time she
the service, was chartered by her owners to
tilleessstrins• the
and M'lver to trade to the Levant, and a
the -4 now arose, who was entitled to that portion of
raj sal-age reward belonging to the vessel ?At the A.d-
oni.balt,3' Court, on Tuesday, Dr. Adams and Dr. Tsviss,
to o,coalf of the owners, submitted that they were entitled
Of *la r e with the charterers, they being, under the terms
11,,'e o charter party, bound to repair the hull
.of the
aide and her machinery. The learned judge con-
pi red that the salvage service was incidental to the em-
Onaent in vsh'ch the Phimbe was engaged charter-
„les, therefore, ;ere entitled to the share allotted to the
sers,"l, and lie awarded them a moiety of the £950, the
the'lee havinz been performed by the vessel rather than
~crery on board.
kAitt
is"' „CHARLES DICKENS, in the character of. poor
a fitt:,iite, in "
Bleak House," has sketched a picture,
C~rpiste,
subject for which regularly travels the Northern
Eio,„.eutt With the judges, in order to obtain justice for
oCcre fancied injury to her property. This unfortunate
Of tr}ll"ornaniac generally behaves well until the labours
!lop, 6 judges are nearly at a close. She then makes her
logls,"t'lue in court, and addresses the judge. Accord-
the On Tuesday morning last, she presented herself in
crown court in order to lay her case before Mr.
astice ,
trial resswell ; but the serious. nature of the case (a
the or murder) before his lordship, caused the clerk of
tookeou.rt to order her to be removed before his lordship
the his seat. In the course of her remarks, she hoped
me gentlemen of the jury would act manfully like the
0%,„a at York, and not take any fee. When one of the
box attempted to remove her,. and took away a
.small 4,,l,which she usually carries with her, she exclaime_d,
it b."9lat matter ! poor fellow, its only ' toffy,' and maybe
deter"lll Please him." When she found that there was a
•
eltnation to remove her, she dared the officers of the
CO
to do it at their peril, as she would turn " Papish,,
'efore ten o'clock at night, and then it would be the
worst day that England ever saw.
admiralty
CLAIM FOR SALVAGE. —At the
'urraraltY court, on Monday, the claim made by the
47ners of the independence steam-tug, of this port,
aeainst the Chancellor, a vessel of 864 tons, was disposed
Of, On the ith of November last, the Independence
descried the Chancellor between the Crosby and the
, orolbv lightships, at the enhance of the river Mersey,
goffered her services to tow het to Liverpool. An
:„tnent was entered into to tow and dock her for six
steams' and a rope was carried from the ship to the
egs a4'z which shortly afterwards broke, in con.
ro s e
v
tera4d
1,4 which the ship drifted to the leeward, towards
shoal the wb
began, as stated by the salvors, to
A hawser was then conveyed from the
_ ,lastm- tug to the ship, and the latter was rescued from
vtr,.l_ was represented to be a very perilous position. On
tug part of the owners it was contended that the steam-
th:-/vas bound by the original agreement ; but, if not,
„_avert u that the ship was not in such a state of danger as to
t this into a salvage service. They made a tender
bse guineas for towage service, and two guineas for the
tab, of the tug's hawser. The value of the property
thate,ll, Was £31,445. The learned judge was of opinion
11,114,"ue, independence was bound to complete the service
soe had commenced. If the breaking of a hawser
oecehlatFioonnvoert such a service into one of salvage, it would
Siet in many of the cases which came under the con-
tender'the court. He therefore pronounced for the
and( condemned the salvors generally in costs.
or,
44.1:1C COMMITTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday,
tile M.P presiding, the chairman announced
coro'emise of the" late Mr. Claxton, a member of the
re,Toittee, and moved,—" Tbat the committee desire to
death their feelings of regret at the announcement of thel
kl3ery• (if Mr. Claxton, and their sense of the valuable
ole” redered by him to the dock estate." Mr.
mows 'lx seconded the resolution, and it was unan_oir-
thedockdopted. Friday, the 22nd instant, was fixed ft
fill ratepayers to assemble to elect a gentleman o
t;' lathe vacatletrf-toecrcwassriodnsedby the death of .Ir. Claxton.
-oer was read from Jr.: John Grantham,
woril °II the subject of his proposed improvements in
Vey°, ti`O the docks and the report from the dock sur-
keefi, On those improvements, read at the previous
eery Mr. Grantham says :—" Liverpool, as well as,
'eena ler port, must become what the Mess's. Hartle',
every 8° much to fear viz. a ' great railway
41'e r,„Velt place is, in'fact, a great cart static
c 04- waYs and their termini but roads and streets:
oed i•
11 det leY may retard, but it cannot, except to
.our
high, runent, prevent the extension of this system into
4101',osPartrnent of our commercial traffic. That the
b''evel railway in our streets, where it can be applied,
tNtiste fiTire efficient than a railway upon and in the
t°re 4 —9m is to. manifest to require any argument to
nosvp. and the sooner we set to work to lay out the
,?„4,. suitable scale, the less we shall have to undo
te`", forced upon us at a more distant period." It
41:10;9red that the receipt of Mr. Grantham's letter be
'edged. No diuussion took place upon it.

station

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THE EARL OF SEFTON will lay the foundation stone
of the new parish church, at West Derby, to-morrow.
THE EARL OF DERBY is about to erect a church on his
estate at Treals, in the Fylde.
A Book OF TRAVEL in the United States, by Miss
Finch, a LiN erpool lady, has just made its appearance.
THE MAYOR (Samuel Holme, Esq.) gave a dinner on
Wednesday evening last, at the town-hall, to about 50
gentlemen.
ON Thursday, the Mayor sat in the Nisi Prius Court,
at the Sessions-house, to hear informations against per-
sons for using illegal weights and measures.
AN INFLUENTIAL PORTION OF THE CORN TRADE of
this port have resolved to nominate Mr. Wm. Healing as a
candidate to succeed the late lamented Mr. Claxton at
the dock committee board.

THE following advertisement appeared in The Times,
of Friday :—F. G.: Mind not A., but remember B. Do
not forget the silkworm's tree. Think of China's tem-
ples and of tea, of Hesperia's sky and its blue sea.

THE TRUSTEES OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS have
been indicted at the Chester assizes, in consequence of
their having removed the iron bridge over the Norpeth
dock, the sole means of access of the railway companies
to the south reserve.

MR. E. H. BRAMAH, clerk to the trustees of the
Birkenhead docks, states that the trustees have not made,
nor do they intend to make, any proposal for the transfer
of the Birkenhead docks to the trustees of the Liverpool
docks.

MAN KILLED ON BOARD THE GREAT BRITAIN.—
William Reid, formerly employed on board the Great
Britain, went on Monday to see some of his old associates.
Whilst ascending the steps leading from the engine-room
he fell backwards and received a scalp wound and concus-
sion of the brain, of which he died on Tuesday last.
A DEPUTATION on the subject of the Pilotage Bill had
an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, on Mon-
day, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of
Mr. Turner, M.P:' Mr. W. Brown, M. P. Mr. Henry
Bremner, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Newall
(parliamentary agent).

THE LATE SHOOTING CASE.-At the Police-court, on
Wednesday last, a young man, named Vivian O'Keefe,
was brought up on a remand from the previous week,
charged with shooting a girl in Murray-street. It was
stated that the girl was progressing favourably in the in-
firmary, though she is unable yet to attend. The pri-

soner Was admitted to bail in two sureties of £lOO each.
MR. WILLIAM CALLOW, late resident engineer and
superintendent at the Athol-street station of the Liver-
pool United Gas Light Company, was entertained at
dinner by the workmen on Tuesday last, at the Grapes
inn, Athol-street, and presented with a valuable gold
watch, on the occasion of his removal to the Birkenhead
Gas and Water Works, of which he has been appointed

engineer

MORTALITY OF LIVERPOOL.—in the week ending
the 2nd instant the registered deaths amounted to 244,
twenty less than in the precious week, and eighteen more
than in the average of the corresponding week of the pre-
ceding five years. The decrease was almost exclusively
in diseases of the lungs, which caused 109 deaths. No
death from small-pox was recorded; and, during the last
fortnight, no death has been registered from measles.

MR. RICHARD RAILSFORD, of Rainford, from extensive
observations, for the space of five years, gives some ad-
vice to potato-planters. Be says:—" I feel convinced
that if beans were either dibbled in between the sets or
planted in alternate rows, that the potatoes would be pre-
served, and that without trouble or expense." The time
for planting is again at hand, and this new hint should
not be neglected.
THE Lordox Guardian says :—Manchester has taken
out, not ton soon, her patent of nobility, and assumes
under the• Great Seal the style and title of a " city" of
the empire. Her Majesty has created a thing which she
would probably be puzzled to define. Jurists have been
as much perplexed, ere now, by the question, " What is
a city," as -financiers by Sir R. Peel's famous poser,
" What is a pound?"

THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB
on Tuesday last commenced the season at the marine
station, 'Birkenhead Hotel, and partook of a good dinner.
Mr. James Poole, Mr. John Alanson, and Mr. W. Fran-
cis, jun., merchants. were elected members. Vic2-coru-
nnodore 'Bartlett, of the Royal London Yacht Club War
Hawk cutter, was also elected a member. The public
ball was postponed for consideration till next 'September,
to take place at the end of tlw season in October.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday,
Mr. Alderman Langsdale presiding, Mr. Newlands stated
that he had not got the plans completed for the drainage
of Hygeia-street, and the neighbourhood. The chairman
and Tdr.,Gladstone were appointed a deputation to obtain
a meeting with the Finance Committee, with the view of
effecting arrangements for widening West Derby road.
An application was read from the labourers, requesting
an advance of wages.—Mr. Newlands said he had con-
sulted the leading paviors in 'the town : they had all been
prepared for this demand, and they wished that the
Health Committee should act in concert with them.
Probably the best way would be for him to report to the
committee on Tuesday, after making full inquiry amongst
the masters, and drawing up a scale of wages.—Approved.

THE BREA BRAHE PASSENGERS.-At the meeting of
the second-class passengers, yesterday week, the ma-
jority decided upon demanding back their passage-money,
and the minority requested from the owners of the vessel
a sum of 2s. 6d. a day during their detention in Liver-
pool. A deputation was appointed to wait upon Messrs.
De Wolf. On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the
second-cabin passengers was called to hear the statement
of the deputation. Mr. Graham was called to the chair.
In answer to the first proposition, Mr. De Wolf replied
that he would not accede to it, and that those passengers
who did not think fit to go in the Ebbe Brahe must forfeit
their passage-money. He gave his word, at the same
time, to the deputation that he would take no new pas-
sengers, so that if any left it would be for the benefit of
those who remained. Mr. De Wolf further stated that if
the underwriters would pay one-half of the passage-money
to the passengers that would not go in the vessel, he was
willing to pay the other half. In reply to the second pro-
position, the second-cabin passengers, he said, were young
mien, and more able than he was to suffer a little loss, and
he was not disposed to say what he would allow for ex-
penses until he had ascertained the extent of the damage
ss.stained by the ship. It was his wish to act generously
to the passengers. The chairman stated that Mr. De
Wolf had admitted to the deputation that the ship had
got on shore in consequence of gross negligence. The
general feeling of the meeting was that the passengers bad
been badly treated, and some of the emigrants, who had
been formerly averse to resorting to any harsh measures
against the owners, and bad been willing to go again in
the ship, said they considered themselves insulted by Mr.
De Welt's answer, and would join with those who were
determined not to sail in the Ebba Brahe in any measures,
legal or otherwise, that were deemed necessary to
enforce their claims. Mr. Armstrong hoped the press and
the publie of Liverpool would sympathise with them. One
of the emigrants said that he had had an interview with
the mayor of the town on the matter, and he recom-
mended them to appeal to the Marine Board, and he (the
emigrant) urged the adoption of that course upon the
meeting. It was decided that they should wait upon the
magistrates to seek their advice and assistance. The first-
class passengers were said to be provided for. Nearly 200
of the passengers are residing at the Government Emigra-
tion iNpot, Birkenhead. We understand that the Ebbs
Braise will not be ready for despatch for some time,
and, in consequence, Messrs. De Wolf and Co. have de-
cided upon forwarding her passengers by the clipper ships
Asia and Albinus, which belong to the same line, and
were to have succeeded the Ebba Brahe. This arrange-
ment will, no doubt, be satisfactory to the emigrants, as
the vessels named are new ones, and considered equal to
any in the Australian trade. They will be despatched in
a few days.

THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL GENERAL SESSIONS for
the county of Lancaster, held at Preston on Wednesday
last, were presided over by Mr. Addison. The committee,
on the division of the county into coroners' districts, did
not propose any alteration of the present system. In
regard to the funerals of drowned persons, and the
question as to whether the expenses of those funerals
should be borne by the county or by the township in
which the body might be found, it was left to the dis-
cretion of the finance committee to determine whether
they should pay the expenses or not. A representation
was laid before the court, from the lord-lieutenant. of the
county and the colonel of the third regiment of the Duke
of Lancaster's Own Militia, of the insecurity, unfitness,
and inconvenience of the militia store-room ; a committee
was appointed to inquire into the subject. On the subject
of the expenses incurred for refreshments during the
Ramshay inquiry before the Earl of Carlisle, a letter
was read, signed by Mr. Danvers, the clerk to the Duchy
of Lancaster, stating that an application for payment of
the account had been made. He was instructed to state,
that as the refreshments were not supplied by the order
of the chancellor or his officers, they did not consider
themselves liable for any portion of the charge ; never-
theless, if an account could be furnished of so much of
the refreshments as were consumed by the chancellor,
his assessor, and secretary, it would be paid. A motion,
that the account be paid, was lost by a vote of 31 to 30.
Mr. Jonathan Peel adjourned his resolution for the
regulation of the county police force. The salary of Mr.
John Etherington, inspector of weights and measures in
Kirkdale and Prescot divisions, was ordered to be increased
from £BO to £9O. The following retiring allowances were
granted out of the superannuation fund to disabled police
constables :—to Thomas Crowther and Wm. Moatt, Is.
per day, and Jeremiah Kelly Is. 6d. per day ; and the
following gratuities :—Malcom M'lntyre, Robert Eller-
shaw, and Thomas Sumner, 13 months each, £46 2s. 7d. ;
and Robert Johnson, five months, £2O ss. sd. Two
additional constables were appointed in the Higher Black-
burn division, and a suitable building for a police station
was authorised to be rented at Newchurch, in the same
division, at a rent not to exceeed £2O a year. It was
agreed that land should be purchased and a building
erected, for a police station and strong rooms, at Black-
pool, at a cost not to exceed £460. Similar accommoda-
tion was ordered to be provided at Heywood, in the
division of Bury, the expenses not to exceed £s6o.—Mr.
Rosson moved the appointment of an additional constable
for Ormskirk, which was seconded by the Rev. Mr.
Jacson.—lt was opposed by the Rev. Mr. Kershaw, and
was lost on a division. Six additional constables were
ordered to be appointed in the Manchester division, and
a police-station and strong rooms ordered to be erected at
Stretford, in the division of Manchester, at a cost not
exceeding £350. It was agreed to receive no memorials
or petitions, except such as related to a matter actually
before the court, until all the motions of which notice
had been given were disposed of. The commitree on
prison accommodation and discipline was empowered to
continue their sittings till the annual session in June.—
The Rev. J. S. Birley moved the adotion of a memorial
to the secretary of state for the home department, on the
subject of the county rates and expenditure bill. The
bill is objected to because it proposes to set up a financial
board, representing only a portion of the guardians of
the poor ; and, further, because that while the manage-
ment of the constabulary force, the c,:unty gaol, the
houses of correction, and the lunatic asylums is to remain
ostensibly with the justices. the expenditure is intrusted
to the financial board. The motion was agreed to
unanimously.—The court adjourned at half.-past six,
having sat upwards of seven hours.

THE MARCO PoLo.—Messrs. Baines and Co. state that
there is no truth in the report that the Marco Polo had
been dismasted.

THE REV. DR. RAFFLES presided, on Thursday last,
in Manchester, over a public meeting of the Lancashire
Congregational Union.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SENSATION.—Dr. Inman's se-
cond lecture on the above subject was delivered on Friday
evening, to a numerous and highly-respectable auditory,
at the Collegiate Institution.
LABOURERS FOR CANADA.—It iS stated that Mr.
William Jackson, M.P., is about to proceed to Canada
with 15,000 labourers, to carry on tile railway undertak-
ings in progress and projected there.
A MEETING OF GENTLEMEN interested in the coasting
trade of Liverpool was held in Mr. Wilson's office, Water-
street, on Wednesday, Mr. Charles Maciver in the chair,
in support of the proposed Pilotage Bill.
Is consequence of the death of Lord Skelmersdale, the
meeting of Conservative members of Parliament, which
was to have taken place at Lord Derby's yesterday,- was
postponed until Saturday next.
MR. J. REYNOLDS gave his closing ball, the other
evening, at the Royal Assembly-rooms. Mr. Emidy's
band was in attendance, and Mr. Oakes was the caterer.
Upwards of 160 persons, including pupils and friends,
were present.
MESSRS. LUCAS AND CO.'S twenty-second annual sale
of carriages, &c., which took place at their Repository, on
Wednesday, for variety and value was much superior to
any they had previously had. The sales made were
extensive, and at high prices.
THE LIVERPOOL BAKERS.—At a meeting of the
journeymen bakers of the town, on Monday, it was re-
solved to make an appeal to the masters for an increase
of waves, the rates at present paid being from 20s. to 245.
a week, and the time of work varying from sixteen to
twenty hours a day.
EDWARD BOYER, ESQ., of Brooklands, Ormskirk, died
(In Friday morning at the age of 59 years. He was one of
her Majesty's justices of the peace, and had been chair-
man of the Ormskirk petty sessions since the death of the
Rev. Miles M. Formby. He was also one of the deputy-
lieutenants of Lancaster.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES IN LIVERPOOL.—On Monday
night, in Colquitt-street, a gentleman was robbed of
notes, &c., to the amount of £3l. During Saturday
night week the North Shore mills factory was entered
through the roof, the safe blown open by gunpowder, and
nearly £lOO, principally in gold, stolen.

Ma. THOMAS'S CONCERT.—We shall be excused for
reiterating our recommendation to the public of Liverpool
to attend the grand concert at the Philharmonic-ball this
(Tuesday) evening, for the benefit of Mr. Thomas, whose
exertions to get up a series of cheap concerts of first-class
music resulted in a pecuniary loss to himself, but an
immense advantage to the lovers of this divine art.

FREDERICK TYE, a somewhat questionable looking
person, was committed for trial at the Police-court, on
Thursday, on a charge of having burglariously broken
into and entered the house of Harriet Randles, No. 3,
Knowsle y-view, Walton • lane, Kirkdale, early on the morn-
ing of Sunday last. He stole four silver spoons, a silver
thimble, two silver pencil cases, end a pair of scissors.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-A matrimonial alliance
is on the lapis between Charles Frederick Clifton, Esq.,
third son of the late Thomas Clifton, Esq., of Lytham
Hall. in this county, and brother of the High Sheriff of
the County, and the Lady Edith Maud Rawdon Hastings,
eldest daughter of the late George Augustus Francis
Marquis of Hastings. The marriage will, we believe,
take place in the course of the present month.

PROPOSED EMIGRATION OF FEMALE PAUPERS.—At
the adjourned vestry, on Tuesday, the Equitable Rlting
Committee's report contained the following :—" Emigra-
tion should be encouraged in the case of young females
of the same class as those already sent off; of which class
there are from thirty to forty remaining in the workhouse,
who have been several years resident therein, and who
are orphans, with good characters."
PERFORMANCE AT ST. PATRICK'S ROMANIST CHAPEL.
—On Sunday service was performed at St. Patrick's Cha-
pel, Park-road, by the Rev. Dr. Paul Cullen, the Pope's
Archbishop in Dublin, in aid of the schools connected
with the chapel. The price of admission to the reserved
seats was 2s. 6d., and to the non-reserved seats ls. The
advertisement announcing the service stated that in the
evening silver, as usual, would be received at the door.
MR. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, who has received the
appointment of American consul at the port of Liverpool,
is well known in the literary world as the author of
" Mosses from an Old Manse," "The Blithedale Ro-
mance," " The House with the Seven Gables," &c. His
latest literary production was a life of General Franklin
Pierce, the President of the United States. He probably
stands first on the list of great prose writers who have
arisen on the other side of the Atlantic.

DEPUTY-LIEUTENANTS.—At the sessions, last week,
the following gentlemen qualified as deputy-lieutenants
for the county :—Edward Pedder, Esq., of Clifton Hall,
Preston; Peter Catterall, Esq., of Preston ; Thomas
Dugdale, Esq., of Blackburn ; Hardy Wrigley, Esq., of
Southport; Edward Parker, Esq., of Alkincoates; Rich-
ard Ashton, Esq., of Lunefield, Bury ; John Rowlandson
Marshall, Esq., of Wray, near Lancaster ; and George
Henry Carleton Sunderlend, Esq., of Swarthdale House,
tilverston.

TILE IRISH EMIGRATION.—PrOM all quarters of the
country there is a repetition of the news which has become
the staple topic of Irish newspapers, the disappearance of
the native population. From 'Waterford the tide of emi-
gration is vastly on the increase; the numbers, in fact,
have doubled, within the last month, from the ports of
Waterford and New Ross. On Friday nearly ZOO left for
America, via Liverpool, by the steamer Mars ; and on
Sunday the ship Albert sailed down the river with 287
self-expatriating countrymen, the bone and sinew of the
land, bound for New York.
TIIE BOOMERANG PROPET.LER.—On Tuesday after-
noon the Boomerang propeller, tried so successfully at
Sydney, in May last, was tested in the Mersey,
the application being made to the Genova, one of Messrs.
M'Kean, M'Larty and Co.'s Mediterranean steamers.
The trial was made round the Crosby Lightship, and the
speed obtained, under the very low pressure of from six to
nine pounds, is said to have been 9} knots per hour ; a
gain of one knot on what could have been obtained, under
similar circumstances, by the common screw. Another
trial will be made, in about a week, in the Waterwitch.
THE ANTELOPE screw-steamer having broken dov‘J,
and gone into Madeira on the 22nd March, all idea of a
race between her and the Marco Polo are at an end. As a
matter of course, those who bet upon the Antelope are
exceedingly sombre; the backers of the Marco Polo pro-
portionately hopeful. Messrs. Millers and Thompson at
once despatched the duplicates of the machinery, as re-
quested, and they were shipped at Southampton in the
screw-brig Brilliant, which sailed on Thursday morning.
The Brilliant, it is hoped, will arrive at Madeira by Wed-
nesday ; and it is expected that the Antelope will, in a
few hours after her arrival, be enabled to proceed on her
voyage.

IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS.-Mr. William Brown,
M.P. for South Lancashire, in addition to the labours he
is about to encounter in respect to his select committee
on decimal coinage, moved last evening for a select com-
mittee " to examine into the system under which public-
houses, hotels, beer-shops, dancing-saloons, coffee-houses,
theatres, temperance hotels and places of public enter-
tainment, by whatever name they may be called, ara sanc-
tioned, and are now regulated, with a view of reporting to
this House whether any alteration or amendment of the
law can be made for the better preservation of public
morals, the protection of the revenue, and for the proper
accommodation of the public; with power to send for
persons, papers, and records, so far as they may deem it
necessary."

SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday,
Mr. Cross, postmaster of Whitchurch, Shropshire, ab-
sconded, his books showing him to be a defaulter to the
amount of about £2,000. Inspector Baxter, of the Whit-
church police-force, immediately went in pursuit, and
apprehended him at Shrewsbury, with a considerable sum
of money in his possession. On Sunday morning, in
consequence of information received at the Liverpool
police-court, one of our detectives proceeded to an inn in
St. John's-lane, where, after waiting a short time, he saw
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ADJOURNED EASTER VESTRY.—At the adjourned
vestry, on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the
chair, a letter was road from Mr. Thome° I,7r,plhort,
withdrawing the poll, as " the so-called church-rate
could not be enforced by any law in Liverpool."—Mr.
Churchwarden Banner proposed that a compulsory rate
should be levied upon the parish for the purpose of
erecting a new church, with the addition, " that the
wardens be authorised to associate with them any of the
parishioners for soliciting contributions," and proposing a
scheme for a future meeting of the Vestry.—Mr. Banner
observed that a promise had been made that Liverpool
should have a bishop, if prepared to receive one. The
appointment, if made, would entail no extra cost on the
parish, as the stipend would be paid by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The bishopric could not he more grace-
fully filled than by Archdeacon Brooks.—Mr. Tobin
seconded the proposition.—Mr. Stoward would wish to
know, if the old church were to be rebuilt, whether the
bones of those which had lain there for 200 years were
to be carted away ?—Mr. Dover thought that, without
any desecration of the graves, Church-street might be
widened by separating the church from Cburch-street by
only a slight rail, and by relaying the tombstones, so that
they might be walked over. The Corporation would, no
doubt, pay something for the land, which would aid in
building the church. Mr. Urquhart was opposed to the
erection of a cathedral, and moved that the question of a
new church-rate be not entertained. Mr. Banner's pro-
position was lost by a considerable majority.-Mr. Ban-
ner read the following list of names, which he meant to
propose as vestrymen :—Messrs. Blain, Earle, Bradley,
Jones, Wm. Mason, Charles Wright, Shaw, Jas. Whitty,
Thomas Clark, John Jones, and himself. Mr. Whitty
was proposed in the place of Mr. Fairhurst, who resigns,
Mr. Fairhurst was a Roman Catholic : it was right that
that body should be represented in the Vestry. (Applause.)
Mr. Mason was proposed instead of Mr. Hand, who had
been appointed overseer. Mr. Crawford, of Bold-street,
would be proposed in the room of Mr. Meacock, re-
signed ; Mr. Clark in the room of Mr. Kitchen, who va-
cates. There was opposition to some of the names, and
Mr. Rimmer was declared to have the majority. of hands
over Mr. Bradley, and Mr. Hugh Molyneux in the place
of Mr. Jones. Polls were demanded, however, for both
gentlemen. The poll was appointed to take place on
Friday morning. The proceedings opened with the fol-
lowing letter being read by the chairman :—" Tabley_
street, 7th April, 1853. Sir,—Withdraw my name from
the list of candidates for the Select Vestry, as I shall not
come to the poll, nor act if elected. EDWD.
Mr. Charles Hart." Whereupon Mr. William Brown,
as the proposer of Mr. Rimmer, and on behalf of Mr.
111'Knight, the proposer of Hugh Molyneux, withdrew
both amendments, and the chairman declared Mr. Edwd.
Bradley and Mr. William Jones to have been elected
members of the Select Vestry.

WEDDING FESTIVITIES.-MARRIAGE OF
GEORGE HENRY HORSFALL, ESQ.

The South end of Liverpool was on Saturday the sceneof a
most gratifying celebration, illustrative of the natural good-
will and respect which mayexist between employt e and em-
ployed, and of the beneficial influence which nat:A neces-
sarily flow from a master's interest in the social and moral
improvement of those who are placed under him. The
marriage of George Henry Horsfall, Esq., to Miss Sarah
Jane Hodgson, only daughter of Isaac Scott Hodgson,
Esq., of Huddersfield, Jamaica, having been celebrated on
Wednesday last, it was arranged that the men employed
in the Mersey Steel and Iron Works should have the
opportunity of commemorating the auspicious event, and
Saturday last was accordingly set aside for the purpose.
At about half-past nine in the morning the workmen
assembled at the works, all of them dressed in their holiday
attire. The gathering included the elder apprentices ;
but the younger class of employes were not forgotten,
and each had a sum of money presented him in lieu of
the privilege of being present. At half-past ten the
assemblage formed into procession ; and, with banners
flying, and Stubbs's Royal Harmonic Band dis-
coursing sweet music, proceeded up Egerton-street,
Grafton-street, Thornton-place, and Wellington-road.
In Thornton-place a fine arch of flags had been
formed, and the procession drew up for a short time in
front of the residence of Mr. Clay, manager of the works,
the band playing several airs. Thence the procession
proceeded along Beresford-street, Park-road, and Peel-
street ; in the latter they made a temporary stand at the
residence of Mrs. Wainwright, Mr. Horsfall's sister, in
whose house several mernliers of the family had assembled
for the purpose of meeting the procession; Dividing into
two parties, they next reversed the order of the proces-
sion, and marched down Ullet-lane, and so by the Aig-
burth-road to the residence of Mr. Horsfall. Here the
workmen halted, and were bounteously regaled with ale,
the band meanwhile playing several appropriate airs, and
those present giving vent to their feelings in the most
enthusiastic bursts of cheering. Having re-formed, the
procession returned by Park-road to the Pine Apple Inn,
where a spacious marquee had been erected to accommo-
date the dinner-party. The procession was marshalled
under the direction of the foreman, Mr. Benjamin East-
.

wood, and consisted of between four and five hundred of
the finest-looking working men we ever had the pleasure
of seeing assembled together.
About two o'clock, the party sat down to dinner, which
was served in a most creditable manner by Mr. Jones,
the landlord of the Pine Apple Inn. Mr. William Clay,
manager of the works, occupied the chair, and Mr. Ben-
jamin Eastwood discharged the duties of vice-chairman.
Among those present on the raised platform at the head
of the room were the Rev. John Jones, and Messrs.
Cookson, Bolas, George Swainson, Thomas J. Smith,
Ralph L. Clay, John Clay, John R. Hughes. John Tol-
litt (of Berkeley-street), Dr. Ferguson, Mosson, B.
Samples, T. N. Simpson, J. S. King, J. Jones, J. Smith,
&c. A deputation from the works of Messrs. Fawcett,
Preston, and Co., were present. After the company had
partaken of a substantial repast, and the cloth having
been removed, . _ .

The CHAIRMAN proceeded to the first toast of the
evening— a toast the recognition of which was incumbent
upon all good and dutiful subjects. (Hear, hear.) He
well knew how enthusiastic would be their reception of
it ; for they were a loyal set of men. (Applause.) Long
life and happiness to the Queen, and might she often pre-
sent her subjects with such an additional safeguard for the
continuance and safety of the English throne as had that
week been added to the Royal Family. (Great cheering.)

The CHAIRMAN said the next toast was the health-of

Her Majesty's Royal Consort. (Cheers.) Prince Albert,
both as a man and a prince, had endeared himself to the
people of this country, and such ought to be the case if
for nothing else than the part he took in the Great Exhi-
bition—(prolonged cheering)—as the originator of, and
active worker for the carrying out of that mighty under-
taking, which was undoubtedly one of the greatest glories
of Old England even in these wondrous days. (Cheers.)
TheCnAtamAs next gave " The Prince of Wales and the
rest of the Royal Family," expressing the wish that they
might simply follow in the steps of their Royal parents,
and England would be satisfied. (The toast was received
with loyal enthusiasm.)
The CHAIRMAN then said :—The toast I am now about
to propose is the toast of the evening, to which you are all
prepared to dedicate a flowing bumper. It is "The
health of George Henry Horsfall, Esq., and his lovely
bride." (Here the company sprang simultaneously to
their feet, and hailed the toast with the most enthusiastic
cheers, accompanied by the " Kentish fire," which was
again and again renewed.) Your amiable enthusiasm
having abated, I may remark that Mr. George Henry
Horsfall has been seen by the most of you,—not unfre.
quently at our club meetings, where he has attended and
dined with us. But he is not only very well known to the
men employed in the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, he is
also well known throughout the town of Liverpool. He
is, indeed, one of those leading spirits of the age he lives
in, for whom some day we must go to the polling booth,
and whom we must send to St. Stephen's. (Loud cheers.)
I need not descant at any length upon his merits ; they
are known to you, and you appreciate them. (Hear,
hear.) As to his amiable bride, I must say that lam not
personally acquainted with her; but, as far as I understand,
she is a wife worthy of a worthy man. (Cheers,) My
respected friend, Mr. George Swainson, who was present
at the marriage, being, in fact, one of the groomsmen,
will be able to tell you something of Mrs. Horsfall ; for I
intend to call upon him to respond to the toast. (Loud
cheers.) However, the best wish to which 1 can give
utterance is, that Mrs. G. H. Horsfall may be a wife worthy
of her husband ; and if she is so, you will all admit that
she must indeed be a woman in a thousand; for I am sure,
and you, too, are all well aware, that he is a man rarely
found—(hear, hear)—a man beloved not only by all who
come in immediate and almost every-day contact with him,
but who is known and esteemed throughout England.
(Cheers.) When we assemble together, at any future
time, and when we know something more of the lady
whom Mr. Horsfall has taken to be his partner in life,—
if we then have it in our power to say that she is a wife
worthy of her husband, then indeed we shall have pro-
nounced the most eloquent eulogium we can express of
any woman. (Cheers.) The speaker concluded by pro-
posing long life, health, and happiness to Mr. and Mrs.
Horsfall, which was responded to with great warmth end
cordiality.
Mr. SWAINSON said he should indeed be unworthy the
friendship of Mr. Horsfall if he did not, on his behalf,
return his best thanks for the cordial reception which
they had given to the last toast. He had had the pleasure
of Mr. Horsfall's acquaintance for some time, and many
years ago was a travelling companion of his when far
away from home. He therefore had an opportunity of
estimating what his real worth was; and, whatever had
been said that evening, he felt that a great deal had been
left unsaid. (Cheers.) With regard to his bride, they
would all know that for a person possessing such qualities
as Mr. Horsfall, it would be a difficult task to find a part-
ner equal in every respect to him ; but he believed that
in Mrs. Horsfall she had been found—(cheers)—if she
were to be found on this side the grave. He felt sorry
that Mr. Horsfall was not present himself that evening,
as he was sure that the sight of that gathering would
have given him the greatest delight ; for it always was
his pleasure not only to be happy himself, but also to
make those around him happy too. (Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then introduced Mr. HUGHES, who
read the following verses, written by him for the occasion,
and which lie delivered with taste and spirit :
.

—Arise, sweet Muse, this festive diy,
Breathe joy and gladness in my lay ;
Raise the lovely smile of pleasure
" With an animated measure;"
For on this day in wedlock's bands
There be united friendly hands,
And Hymen looks, with brow serene,
Happy—benignant—on the scene.
Aurora bless, with all thy charms,
And shield us from all dire alarms;
Deck the morn in pleasing brightness,
Let all nature put on lightness;
Lead on the sun's refulgent ray
To strengthen and advance the day,
And cause the birds to warble sweet,
And thus our holiday they'll greet.
Apollo, with thy rapt'rous art,
Inflame and kindle every heart,
And let the song and mirth go round,
Or an Amphion here be found :
Wing'd Cupid, too, be at our feast,
(We will not reckon thee the least,)
For thou hast made a conquest here,
And so to us thou wilt be dear.
Come, let us toast the bridal day,
And own the blind god's potent sway,
Then let the wassail bow/ go round,
And make the welkin ring with sound
Of happy voices loud and long,
Who celebrate this day in song:
"tor on this day we'll merry he,"
And prove it by our harmony.
But ere we part we would implore
Of Heaven to grant, from its rich store,
The choicest blessings it can give
To those we pray for : while they live,—
May joy,—long life,—prosperity,—
Continue to posterity,
And long may Horsfall's fame be known,
Let all be proud the name to own. (Cheers.)
Mr. BENJAMIN EASTWOOD next gave " the health of
our worthy master, William Joseph Horsfall, Esq.,"
which was responded to by Mr. T. SIMPSON. It was with
feelings of no ordinary degree of pleasure that he rose to
discharge the duty devolved upon him ; and he only re-
gretted that he had not sufficient eloquence to do it
justice. He had known Mr. Horsfall as long perhaps as
any person in that room, with the exception of one or
two ; and, as he reviewed the many years in which he had
enjoyed his acquaintance, he felt that he could not speak
too highly of his character. He was sure Mr. Horsfall re-
gretted his inability to be with them that evening. In
conclusion, he bad only one wish to express, and that
was that their worthy master, Mr. 'William Joseph Hors-
fall, might very soon follow the steps of his worthy
brother, to commemorate whose marriage they had that
evening assembled. (Laughter and cheers.)
Mr. JOHN CALLANDER said that the name of the
Horsfalls was truly a savour of sweet smell. It was a
name known not only in England, but in Africa's remotest
nooks. They found, indeed, that from old Calabar the
kings, or rather the chiefs, had addressed petitions, to
obtain redress for their grievances, to Mr. Horsfall; and
surely, if his name were known in old Calabar, it would
be still better known in Liverpool. The name of Mr. T.
B. Horsfall was to him like that of his revered father. He
recollected when, 28 years ago, his father was in the
habit of visiting the Vauxhall foundry ; and, though he
only knew him by sight, still he could never forget what
to him was a cherished memory—the old man's ever
pleasant look. He (Mr. Callander) sometimes thought it
would be better if the workmen were to put on that pleasant
look too. Were they to do so, what a happy workshop
their's would be ! (Cheers.) The toast he was about to
propose was the health of Mr. T. B. Horsfall, a gentleman
well worthy of their heartiest thanks. He was not only a
man of public spirit, but he was a benevolent and good-
hearted man, as his greatest pleasure was to give happiness
to the working man. (Loud cheers.) It well -became
them, therefore, to invite in hearty good wishes for his
welfare. (Cheere.) . _ _

,
Mr. KING said he had the heart to respond to the last
toast properly, though his tongue might fail to support
him. He felt what he feared he could not say. He re-
sponded most cordially to all that had been said by Mr.
Callander. They all felt a sincere interest in his welfare ;