The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-26 00:00:00

MRS. CHISHOLM AT LIVERPOOL

Institution,
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ordinary con' ert would end at nine o'clock, when Mrs.
Chisholm would make her statement. Whether to the vocal
powers of Mr. Henry Russell, or the prospect of hearing
a lady-lecturer, or more probable still, to both induce-
ments combined, there was a crowded house—many hun-
dreds being unable to procure admittance. The parties
connected with the meeting were led to admit more than
the hall could properly accommodate, and the atmosphere
was heated to a truly painful height. The chair was
occupied by the mayor, Samuel Holrne, Esq., who, after
the concert, introduced Mrs. Chisholm to the audience in
a lengthy address.
The MAYOR, in the course of his observations, referred
to the dreadful mortality which had taken place on board
some of the Australian ship-. Much had been done to
improve them, he admitted ; but much still ought to be
done to make those vessels as comfortable as possible.
No one was justified in sending out, under the plea of
cheapness, vessels which lacked those conveniences which
might result in their being so many coffin ships, where
very many of the passengers might have to be thrown
overboard.—(Hear, hear, and applause.)
Mrs. CHISHOLM, in her opening remarks, observed that
from the very decided opinion expressed by his worship
the Mayor, as retards the horrors of the voyage to Austra-
lia, she had but little hope of finding him take part in the
Exodus. She should not make any attempt to take him
away, however; rejoicing rather that they had in Liver-
pool a genticman like him at their head to watch kindly
and attentively over this great movement ; she set out by
laying down, as a principle, that, with proper manage-
ment, a ship bound for Australia might be made a very
comfortable dwelling-place for three or four months;
quoted the mortality returns of ten emigrant ships, 'com-
paring the same with the much smaller rate of mortality
which had taken place on board the ships sent out under
her management, where there was an unusually large pro-
portion of infants and old people, but where more roomy
berths and better convenience for cleanliness existed. She
deprecated the idea of cheapness prevailing upon people
to enter those ships, where their children would perhaps
be thrown overboard ; where married women would either
not have the opportunity of observing cleanliness, or have
to wash themselves in the presence of a miscellaneous
company of many women and children; and where, when
the tired and exhausted passenger wished to turn himself
in his close and confined berth, he would have to get out
while his companion enjoyed the luxury of turning, and
then get into his miserably contracted bed again. She
referred to the statements of the medical men of certain
emigrant ships, to the effect that disease had been nurtured
and aggravated by the uncleanly habits of the married
women ; and in regard to those reports she thanked God
that her fellow-countrywomen were not what was com-
plained of, and that they had not yet lost all their native
sense of modesty and shame.

W. RATHBONE, Esq., in proposing a vote of thanks to
Mrs. Chisholm, said he sincerely hoped the mayor might
be induced to call a public meeting in Liverpool, for the
purpose of requiring the government to alter the present
emigration laws. (Hear, hear.) They were there assem-
bled professing to be Christians, and it was consequently
a part of their duty, as a Christian community, to remedy
the existing moral evil. They had heard from Mrs.
Chisholm how easy it was to make such arrangements on
board these emigrant ships as would prevent the frightful
number of deaths which had taken place on board the
government vessels. Mrs. Chisholm had also shown
them, that not one single woman had lost her moral cha-
racter on board the ships over which she had had control,
and they had heard what had been the demoralization on
board those vessels where Mrs. Chisholm's rules had not
been attended to. He, therefore, hoped that they would
profit by what they had that night heard. He urged
upon the public to demand from government an altera-
tion' in the present regulations ; so that the shores of
Australia might not be polluted by females arriving there
from this country, who had been reduced to a state of
moral degradation during their passage, in consequence
of the abominable aegulatione at present sanctioned by
the English government.
Mr. BARCLAY seeonded the resolution, which was car-
ried amid great applause ; and a vote of thanks to the
Mayor having been likewise passed and carried with great
enthusiasm, the company joined in the national anthem ;
after which the proceedings terminated at a few minutes
to eleven o'clock.

POLICE COURT,-YESTERDAY,

DIVIDING THE SPOlL.—Three little boys were brought
up on suspicion of having stolen upwards of sixteen shil-
lings in copper, which they were dividing about half-past
three o'clock on Sunday morning. They were remanded.
SAFE CARRIAGE.—Thomas Madden was charged with
having stolen a pair of boots and a piece of beef from
Pilot-boat No. 8. Ire pleaded that he had been employed
to carry the goods ; but as he had the hoots on when
taken into custody, it was considered going a step too far,
and he was committed for one month.

CHARGE OF RAPE.—John Benson, a respectably-
dressed young man, was charged with the above offence.
Ann Green, an unmarried woman, aged 23, stated that
she was returning to her father's house In Duke-street,
Everton, when the prisoner accosted her, and after some
conversation wanted her to take a glass of brandy, but she
refused. She turned up Earle-street to go home, and went
through a passage leading to Duke-street. He dragged
her up an entry out of this passage, and put two sove-
reigns and some silver into her hand. She refused it.
He then knocked her down. She became helpless, and
he committed the offence. A policeman pursued the
prisoner, and took him into custody at the Haymarket.
In cross-examination she stated that the offence was com-
mitted within a few yards of her father's house. Witness
having prevaricated in answer to a question, Mr. Simon,
for the prisoner, contended that the case would be met
by treating it summarily as an assault. This was acceded
to by the bench, who inflicted a penalty of £5.

AN OLD OFFENDER.—john Morrison, who had pre-
viously been eleven times committed, was charged with
stealing a pair of shoes from the forecastle of a schooner
in the Canning Dock, and committed for three months.

Suspicious CHARACTERS.—SeveraI men were charged
with loitering about the streets at unseasonable hours,
and one of them, John Riley, who was found in Cheap-
side, between two and three o'clock on Sunday morning,
without his shoes, was sentenced to one month's im-
prisonment.

ROBBERIES ON SHIPBOARD.—Robert Kerr was charged
with having stolen wearing apparel belonging to one o
the crewof the ship Garrick. Remanded for aweek. Other
articles belonging to members of the crew were found
secreted in different parts of the vessel, and ordered to be
restored to their owners.

CHARGE OF SMUGGLING.-Mr. Cordukes, of the firm
of M'liihhin and Cordukes, provision merchants, of this
town, appeared to answer the charge of having 6 lbs. and
some ounces of tobacco in his possession, on his arrival
per Niagara, from Boston. It appears that when the
amount is over 6 lb. the full penalty of £lOO must be
inflicted. The case, however, has been remanded, until
Mr. Brook, the Solicitor to the Customs, communicates
with the Commissioners at London ; and in the mean-
while Mr. Cordukes deposited £lOO I.
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A BAZAAR will be opened to-day, in the Exchange. at
Preston, in aid of the funds for the restoration of the
parish church of that town.

COLLEG [ATE INSTITUTION.—On Friday evenine the Rev.
11. H. Higgins, M.A., incumbent of St. John the Evan-
gelist's, delivered the first of two lectures on the Afollusea.
WE are informed that after Mr. Phelan, of the Grapes
Hotel, had met with his fatnl ,

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INQUESTS YESTERDAY .—On the body of Margaret
Dougherty, aged 64 years, whose husband, Charles
Dougherty, a salt-heaver, residing in Preston-street.
found her lying on a bed on the floor, with her head on
the bolster, and her feet on the floor, quite dead. It
appeared that th,:v were in the habit of getting intoxi-
cated together. Verdict, " Died from excessive drink-
ing."—On the body of Patrick Barrett, aged three
months, who died on the passage from Sligo to Liverpool.
The mother stated that she and the child suffered from
sickness and exposure to cold, and sometime before day-
light on Friday she found the child dead in her arms.
Verdict, " Accidentally suffocated by the mother."—On
the body of Thomas Bayer, who met with his death on
board the Frank Pierce, lying in the Waterloo Dock,
having fallen through the hatchway.
Verdict, "Found
With injuries, how received no evidence"
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ARTIFICIAL DAYLlGllT.—lllumination by gas was an
formerly all was darkness, and doing perhaps more than
rays of the glorious luminary of day
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tion. M. Troupeau, a Frenchman, has however improved
upon the idea, and instead of
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the glare which is the fault
of all artificial light, has devised a means liv which the
are cony( yed
into nooks and corners of dark back rooms,
never before penetrated. This is _. where they
no flight of the imagi-
nation, but a pleasing reality, of h. -
been
which we have the best
evidence, inasmuch as it ha applied with great
success to our own publishin s office. Any of our readers
are welcome to inspect the g • .
and it is but justice to Mrrphcation of this invention ;
re-
ceived a prize medal at the roupla;;i:iotisatat
ande tli aitiahsea
lsoobtained honorary distinctions actual
nresaitn France forn the merits of
this unique but valuable discovery. Not the least part of
the value of this ingenious adaptation of scientific skill is
with reference to the sight. The best of gas burners is
painful to the eye when used for any length of time ; but
M. Troupeau's daylight reflectors have all the geniality.
of the source from whence its illuminating powers are de-
rived, and those whose premises are unfortunately de-
prived of the ordinary means of illumination will find this
an invaluable substitute. London, with her raiiiol ,_
holes and corners, bas tried it, and the patron
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has been bestowed upon it by many of the` 3E ' ]
establishments for their back offices will shmth,at W
generally appreciated. Many of our readeri-nlayreziietn=
I_ a _
ber seeing it in the great Exhibition • butt ivems!Y- "8
that it is a kind of highly polished plattir protected by.
glass, and so placed as to throw the sunrolayskitO any
corner where they are meet wanted, 1-' -, ,