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

LOCAL NEWS.

THE WRIT FOR CLITHEROE is to be moved for to-
Morrow, (Wednesday,) by Mr. Hindley.
THE INCE-HALL COAL AND CANNEL COMPANY have
contributed the liberal sum of £5OO for the relief of the
sufferers from the late explosion at their works, Wigan.
MR. GEO. OGLEY, OF BARNSLEY, a working man, has
invented a mode of manufacturing ladies' fancy stays
without a roam.
THE WAVERLEY DRAMATIC SOCIETY will give an
amateur performance to-morrow evening in aid of the
sufferers by the Queen Victoria.
THE GLASGOW, screw steamer, Captain Wylie, arrived
on Friday at Glasgow, after a fine passage of only twelve
days and a few hours, from New York.
&GREAT is the success of the Free Library in this town,
that numbers have to be turned away almost every even-
ing, owing to the want of room for the accommodation of
all the visitors.
THE BAPTISM OF A JEWISH FAMILY, consisting of
eight persons, was celebrated, on Sunday evening week,
by the Rev. D. J. Hirsch, at the German Church, in this
town.
MESSRS. ToNGE, CURRY, and Co., sold by auction,
On Thursday, the two steam-tugs, Independence and
Powerful. The Independence brought upwards of £4,500,
and the Powerful £1,600.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Wednesday last, Margaret
Green, Park-road, a girl 16 years old, swallowed a quan-
tity of sulphate of copper. She was promptly conveyed
to the Southern Hospital, and has fortunately recovered.
THE PRESCOT PETTY SESSIONS were held on Tuesarty,
before Thomas Rodick, Esq., chairman, Richard Pitting-
tan. Esq., and the Rev. J. S. R. Evans. The court sat
at eleven and rose at half-past four, disposing of 104 cases.
THE PASSENGERS OF THE ROBERT KELLY, one of
Messrs. Guion'a packets, which was obliged to put back
lately, have 'Presented an address to the master, expres-
Sive of thanks for his heroic conduct during the late gales.
THE OPENING OF THE WELD 8LUN13517. ARMS INN,
Ince 131andell, was celebrated on Thursday last by a
sunnatnote dinner, to which 100 gentlemen sat down. The
chair Ives 'filled by Mr. Richard Tyrer, of Formby.
A'r 'MIDNIGHT, On Th
Het fire to a haking-house in North-buildings, Fox-street.
ursday, an attempt was made to
.'The. place had been entered by means of false keys, and
brimstone and other inflammatorycommodities introduced.
IF:"TERIOUS ROBBERY..—On Tuesday last, £5O, in
two notes of £2O and one of £le, was stolen from the
drawer of a lady in Bedford-street, and the detectives
tare unable to say how.
FRANCESCO LEMA., -charged with having on board his
`Ship 6 lhs. of tobacco, was -fined £lOO, at the Police-
office, on Friday, with a statement to the Board of Cus-
toms of the extenuating circumstances.
MR. HEYWORT/e'S Stet roterens.—We have theautho-
zity of the Derlry Mercury, of Wednesday, for saying
that at the proceedings at Derby last week, in honour of
Mr. Heywortie, his supporters were not only more than
Usually abusive, but very'spire7ed after dinner.
MR. VANDENTIOFF is to deliver an oration in the course
of the proceedings at Stratford-upon-Avon, on the 2-3 d
instant, when the natal day of William Shakespere will be
celebrated by =a grand procession and banquet. Benjamin
Webster is to take the chair.
Ma. ROMEWT RAWErNSON, superintendent inspectar,
in a unitary report on the condition of the township,
reconernends that the Health Act be applied to Mach
ire.
:o Wootton, -exclusive of Thringwall ; and that the local
board consist of nine persons, rated to the •poor to the
u
or possessed of property worth £1;000.
Tllft :LANCASHIRE *co YORKSHIRE RAIt'irAY'COM-
PANV have completetOtheir arrangements with the Bridge-
water Canal'Companre and the price for carrying cotton
frim Ineerpool to .Menchester will be in future 93. 6d.
Der ton,lnttead of --Se, as before ; other •articles in like
Prerm?tien. •
144C48aeresos,'"fermerly of Oriel College,' Oxford,"
,eollorert to Rome, 'lectured the other evening in Liver-
the (for a Romenist) singular enbject Of Private
tiugclent." One el the priests announced-at the close
of the'leeture that tit was intended to have a band of
music at the future 'lectures, to afford amusement as well
IMO Instruction.
Goer* FROM:LMERPOOL TO THE BANK OP ENGLAND.
-,.":"t o Wednesday -morning, says the -Daily-News, the
nye o'clock trairefrom Liverpool brought to the Euston
_etetion four tons and a half of gold. The-valeable cargo
'remained in the ouetody of the servants of -the North-
wettest] Railway Company until eight, when et was con-
veyed in a waggon and covered cart to the Bank of
Ingland, guarded 'by thirty-five of the police.
'AT THE UST.; AL) 3STHLY MEETIN.G trwr.WA LLASEY
4COlntissroNEßs,•en Thursday, at Liscard, the improve-
Ment of the lower end of Tobin-street.was agreed to, pro-
vided the outlay did not exceed £3OO. "The,report of the
'Committee as to the leasing of SeacombeTerey, contain-
' tog a recommeadetion to take the same at-a,mnt of £6OO
Per annum, to which the proprietor of .the Ferry had
''agreed, was brought up, and, after awarmaod lengthy
discussion, was adopted by the Board, the dissentients
being Mr. Colbourn° and Mr. Barton.
TRANSATLANTLIC STEAMERS.-0n ''Wednesday, shortly
before ten o'clock, the United States mail steam-ship
Pacific. Captain'' ye, sailed from the 'Mersey for New
York with the 'Usual mails for the UnitedeStetes and the
British possession-sof North America, '66 passengers, and
large cargo of merchandise on freight. 'The British and
North Americati.leyal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Judkins,
commander, took I.er departure hence foOzNTew York on
Saturday, at 11, a.re., with a fair number ‘of passengers,
and a large cargo, hesi les the usual mails.
AT THE ME'MCIX; OF WEST DEllarir GI.7.4.RDIANS, OH
Wednesday, the tender of Messrs. W. Ellis and Co., for
the supply of the printing to the union, was accepted_
—The salary of Al:. Joseph MuQlrer, collector and assist-
ant overseer of the poor for Bootie-cum-Linacre, was
increased from £SC to £7O a year.—Mr. 'Clayton, archi-
tect, suggested eertzin alterations or improvements at the
hew hospital, one of which was to make a•dead-house,
with a dissecting room attached. The matter was de-
ferred. Miss Hohhs, the matron of the tespital, was
admonished for allowing a child to be in a state of filt hi-
tess, the girl's feet) it was stated, not having leeen washed
a
for month.
THE ARABIA.N. screw-steamer, on her homeward voy-
age to Liverpool, ,fretn Constantinople, sustained some
damage in her machinery, and was taken in tow by the
Phoebe, and conducted hack to Malta. The court
awarded £950 salvage. The Phoebe, at the time she
-rendered the service, was chartered ley her owners to
Messrs. Burns and M'aver to trade to the Leman and a
;question now aroeee.who was entitled to that portion of
the salvage reward belonging to the vessel'? ant the Ad-
' rairaitY Court, on 'Tuesday, Dr. Adams Twiss,
'On behalf of the owners, submitted that they were entitled
-to share with theehareerers, they being, under the terms
of the charter parry, bound to repair the bull „of the
.'"rheebe and her machinery. The learned judge con-
eidered that the salvage service was incidental to the ern-
PicYment in which the 'Phoebe was engaged; •theeharter-
"aro, therefore, were entitled to the share allotted to the
vessel, and he awarded 'them a moiety of the 43a0e the
'cernice having been performed by the vessel rather than
the crew on board.
%Aft; CHARLES DICKEIZZ, in the character cf poor
4'llBo lite, in " Bleak House," has sketched a pcture,
a fitting subject for which regularly travels the Northern
Circuit with the judges. in order to obtain justice-for
amne:fancied injury to her property. This unfortunate
•old monomaniac generally behaves well until the labours
of the,-judges are nearly at a. close. She then makes her
liPeearance in court, and addresses the judge. Accord-
on Tuesday morning last, she presented herf in
the ceown court, in order toe !ay her case before'
r.
Justice Cresswell ; but the serious nature of the ease (a
trial 'for-murder) before his lortiehip, caused the clerk.of
the, court, to order her to be removed before his lordehip
yak his ..seat. In the course of„her remarks, she hoped
the gentlemen of the jury would act manfully like the
loan at:iYork., and not take any -fee. When one of the
officers attempted to remove her, .and took away a small
box which she usually carries with her, she exclaimed,
NAni.:at matter! poor fellow, its only `toffy,' and maybe
it witi please him." When she found that there was a
determinationte remove her, she dared the officers of the
court eo do it at their peril, as she would turn " Papish"
before -ten o'clock at night, and then it would be the
Worst deg that'Fngland ever saw.
EXTR/LORDI.N.,ARit CLAIM FOR S,AI,Y,AGE. —At the
admiralty .court, en Monday, the claim made by the
owners of the Independence steam-tug, of this port,
against 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
Formby lightehips, at the enhance of the river Mersey,
and offered bar services to tow her to Liverpool. An
agreement was entered into to tow and dock her for six
guineas, and a rope was carried from the ship to the
steana-tug,which shertly afterwards broke, in con.
tetitlenee of which the ship drifted to the leeward, towards
,3110°!Y-bank, and begaq, as stated by the salvors, to
What
the water. A. hawser was then conveyed from the
file to the ship, and the latter was rescued from
the was represented to be a very perilous position. ,cat
the Pot of the owners it was contended that the steam-
b "Tss bound by the original agreement ; but, if not,
then that the ship was not in each a state of danger as to
ce?arert this into a salvage service. They made a tender •
f sir guineas for towage service, and two guineas for the
use of the tug's hawser. The -value of the property
ached was £31,445. The learned judge was of opinion
that the ,Independence was bound to complete the service
which she had commenced. If the breaking of a hawser
Could convert such a service into one of salvage, it would
occur in many of the cases which came under the con-
sideration of the court. He therefore pronounced for the
tender, and condemned the salvors generally in costs.
Docx CONIMATTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday,
Mr. Turner, M.P., presiding, the chairman announced
the demise of the late Mr. Claxton, a member of the
committee, and moved,—" That the committee desire to
record their feelings of regret at the announcement of the
death of Mr. Claxton, and their sense of the valuable
Lervices redered by him to the dock estate." Mr.
avialYneux seconded the resolution, and it was
palaseu unani-
ie adopted. Friday, the 22nd instant, was fixed for
e dock ratepayers to assemble to elect a gentleman to
411 the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Claxton.
;1.•,.. letter was afterwards read from Mr. John Grantham,
on the subject of his proposed improvements in
,working the docks, and the report from the dock sur-
4_,eVeotrisugc.m those improvements, read at the previous
Mr. Grantham says :—" Liverpool, as well as
eerY other port, must become what the Messrs. Hartley
Seemeve so much to fear, viz. a great railway station,' as
are railways
such place is, in fact, a great cart station—for what
are eailways and their termini but roads and streets ? A
coWined policy may retard, but it cannot, except to our
c detriment, prevent the extension of his system into
iserAry_deartent of our comml traffic. That th
ileleyepml railway in our streets,ercia where it can be applied, will be more efficient than a railway upon and in the
;Loa_s t of them, is too manifest to require any argument to
ea,vja it ; and the sooner we set to work to lay out the
eeti ?n a suitable scale, the less we shall have to undo
tis forced upon us at a more distant period." It
e'a, resolved that the receipt of Mr. Grantham's letter be
oPfledged. No diaelleaien took place upon it.