The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

AUGUST 30, 1853.

TUESDAY,

LOCAL INTELLIGEXCE.

HORTICULTURALociErv.—The last
exhibition for the present season will
takeplace on Thurs-
day, at the Botanic Gardens.
Mr. R. ANDERSON, collector of customs at Chester,las,dan
has been appointed to the collectorship of Douglas,
various promotions have correspondingly occurred at other
Parts within the Isle of Man.
y.—At the next annual
WAGES OF THE CONSTA.IIrLAR
sessions for this county, to be held on Thursday week,
there will be a proposition made to increase the wages of
the county constables 2d. a day.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, a sailor fell over-
board from the brig Amelia Hill, inlying the river, and
Was drowned. A shipmate jumped into the tshtreowngatetrhatot the
s
rescue, but the tide was running.
exertions were unavailing, and he himself was picked up
Intich exhausted by the Seacombee conteststeam-bo at.
CLITHEROE ELECTION.—The between Mr.
Jonathan Peel, Radical Free-trader, and Mr. Le Gendre
Nicholas Starkie, Conservative, for the representation of
Clitheroe vacant by the unseat in of Mr. Aspinall, took
Placel6 on Thesday. Mr. Starkie Was returned by a majority
of 2 to 205.
LANCASHIRE AND YORItSHIRE RAILWAY eoMPAlrasicr.
"-At a meeting of the directors, held on Tuesday,Y it
decided to recommend
.to the proprietors, at the -ensuing
Meeting, to declare a 4lividend for the past half-year at
rate of at per cent. per annum, and to carryforward a
the
surplus of upwards of 05,000 to the next account,
other animals, which formed so
M. \YAWS great picture, rep
rpersoemn tin
prominent an_ object in
the lastbeen exhibition. of the Liverpool Academy o p
has offered to the_ trustees of the Na
f Paintings,
timial Gallery,
and warmly recommended to their notice by some of our
Lust artists.
Rtcnitt "Sralsrs.—ln reply to a coMlnunication ad-
dressed to the Board of Inland RevermSe, in referenceh to
the operation of the new penny receipt stamp, t
Lig information has been given : I
" t A serves
6d , for
eßfollwoiwth-
goods across the counter to the amount of £2 ls. •
whiel, cash being pabl, a memorandum or occountthies
given, the transaction, if it takes place subsequent to
14ath of October next, will recital* a receipt stamp." .
of NEW, FAcToRr Acr, tosregulate the employment
children in factories, wlli come into operation on
.Tkursday. No child is to be employed before six o'clock
'in the morning, nor after in the afternoon, nor after
two o'clock on Satnaday aitsh ernoon. There is, however,
Power given to employ ehildren in the hours between
seven in the morning and 'seven in the evening, from ti.ao
Goth of September to the Ist of April, under certain
regulations.
noels FEnstv.---Sofr.e vagabonds have latterly -been
amusing themselves by throwing the of e
illars,9f gate-postiin Rock-park and the neighbourhood_
a Praenee irow betothing of nightly occurrence. A reward
of £25 has Issen offered for the apprehension of the parties
s,sengages, din this no al amusement, and, Sshouldlhey
De"-sn'eisssseesssvered,
of will, doubtless, be taught "that the
- ' --'s at such wanton mischief eventually find
themselves taking exercise on the treadmill.
jk 17Rkt QttsTIONARLE CHRONOLOCrICAI CHICRT OF
C airs
a Lutists- 'has, it seems, been extensive) hawked'
about ani°l,• the members and friends of- Protestant
blith, ParPerting to be compiled by anindividnal named
LielEdward 1410 Sr. The attention of the ScottiSh Reforma-
s.s°el,.ety having been directed towards thepublication
'-` -question, that body appointed a cominittsse to examine
Me docansent and report on its The report bears, that
thecharein question includes, as of equal authority with
the divine oracles, several statements which appear only
ID the Apocrypha ; and includes many of the most perni:
tions 'dogmas inculcated by the Roinish Church- Pmtes
'tatits ougherefore, to be on their guard.
ti CASE nog 11-voaopnossi.A.--we announced
in oVa•last the death of lineal Jones 'a painter, of hydro-
phobia. The inquest was held
sisseda when it was
:gatedin evidence that the deceOasnedwho was in the em-
ploy OT Mr. Vernon iron shipbulldersav ent to work at the
.reaidence of that gentleman, at Walton, about three
-andtanonths ag.o. WhiLst there he weast " into a water closet,
tst•andwas slightly bitten by a rsttl -dog in delicate part of
by. Ile continued at his Cif sas) to the week before
On Tuesday he took mied7s call'l'advice. On Thursday
' ebecame deranged, and could not bear the sight of water,
and Nice barked like a dog. Ile 'continued in a delirious
sstate till Saturday when he -aka. The jury returned a;
`,verdict to the effect that the ,deceased
',hydrophobia.
had died from:
?I,.,l_llc'nla-i, WINDOW' AT RT:STICHOLA.S' Curracir.—Af
mutiful stain
of the late j ed,_-glass window dedicated to the. memory
John 'Wright, by his widow, has just been
• series
ofi Inted,he,dioilcs)l church Of -St. Nicholas. It contains'a
• strative of the acts of mercy ; t6d-
-4.1‘111g the h ns 11-hi •
• clothing
uhgry ; giving drink to the thirsty , ,
the naked ; visiting the sick ; comforting those in prison ;
and recess.;
Lag the stranger • grouped round the central
Ess,iect, the sermon n the mount, "Ti) the pom• the
ksospel is preached ;" °alluding to Mr. Wright's donation
to the church in Naylor-street, St. Bartholomew's and t.o
los acts of general benevolence, " Inasmuch as ist
honours
the least of these, ye did it unto me." hiscivic
uos,nc*ars are commemorated by the dates of his twos mayor-
ses, 1816 and 1833, with the mace and sword of state,
and the and
of the .corporation. The emblems al the twoswoof
zacraraents, the cup and:the agnus dei, occupy the tops the side lights, and the cross surmounts the whole. Other
~,,,stelts furnish ornamentaTdetails to fill up the interveningn
-''R4. ~ess It has been executed by Messr.s. Man
rick ens, and does great credit to their works fort;thoef
M__essand variety of 'the colours, and the beau
Iv°§..„.7ans„ hip in the diapers.
oss. ,—Tlrs. Spiritual
T. ssunrsosrom's OsEtsucil,
nts of the Mill-road esistrict,Eavils is well known, called
We for additional church accommodation,.' and
Le are glad to record that the destitution alluded to has
en provided for b
...Pey
'the erection of St. a s
Chreli, a handsome and commodious edificeChry, 'whicosth iosm to
l'e enened under win from the Lord Bishop of Cheater
tomorrow, as will be Nem on reference to onradvertising
olumns, It
his lordship could ha.v
had been intended to defer the opening until
e been present
Church, but h• blue'V
considera-
isfull occupied for ° • •
bloc period te cisme i
~b , . Y
thao tions and visi ta-
to consecrate the
tions, oPelling 11 license wealPildegeei;iddesairahles
Pressing nature --
the diocesan has b"eLen
.17eireumstances ; and in /
services will be perfo The opening
underhat
viewhe
eased to acquiescve.
aided by the
add to our t' .'
vv.-
could
Rev „...rined by the Re . Canon Stowell,
W. Ewbank. If anything . ,
gra ification'on.
:the with this proce
it ivould be found i :
elency in the buildinngtlainedaeacAity .with which the deli
f is has been
Met. A few weeks ago-the n°mount Of that deficiency was
folly Rl,OOO, and we now learn that it has been reduced
!sa about C 350,
a snra whish,ewe trust, will be contributed
in_collections at the opening SerViCeS•
THE DERRY ELECTIO-N CASE.—On Wednesday aPPII-
SatPn was made to Mr. Baron Platt on the subject of the
c„owettllent found at thelast session of the Central Criminal
h,.',l!_t against Major Beresford and othersfor,conspiring to
nom the electors of err lair. Bodkin .supported the
aPplicaton, which was for .a
12adiscstrsient to the Conrt of Queen's Bench,- at the instance
er tiorarli- to -re move the
°I Alasor Beresford whoat • the t' the offence was
.. alleged to b ~ ,
' War - n
A e committed, held the office, of 'Secretary at
• the eharge apdaVit stated that the matter out of which
scommitteea arose had been the subject of infinity by two
'commit had 1'nue House of Commons, before whom Major
questions of law elallthlekand-that among thesdifficult
es--„,_
' how far the
evidence then mean'Pr''ted to:arise' one was' ' the
Present inai t conld be made use of in support of
(llkalasi e nt• The eonosel also adverted to the
t,b-sugh)ntsh which had taken pl' ace in ,Parliament and
tglatt e medium of tl e pobli es, and suggested
hat.a special jury would bellesslikeel prtosbe influenced by
s ePforreiudice in a matter which Yhad been in sosmany
'resPectable est-91e public than the class of persons; however
tsrttai_ss
s., ho were usoally s-nromoned to the . Central
mu'uourt•—Mr.Baron Platt saidthat, for the reasons
estoaortted,,alliedconsidered it a fit case to the tried- in uperio
granted his fiat for hie writ as Prayed, fdrqg
the bail to be entered into by Major Beresford at gioo,
With two sareties in' R5O each.
Dissrnuessive FIRE S S
night; a fimsbroke out in Rut"
""1.--°llnesdaY
pderantanofuratetheurfireirl'
And Robert Leek,
wood_
hthe premises -of Messrs. Jansos
7Air- Hewitt, .the
posuciserA
~,roznptly on the s
pSoelits!rwaseet-
Am engines and pipes were bars°. adequate
though hot before the flames -c-llght into
"aeed
gstaff of firemen.
operation,
ingqmildings, consisting of
,the to
the adjoin-
k,
and.mesers.
yr
,8 w croetperage of Mr. William
tadi,,,,.s, was store& Theefirenasen grebe
, where a quantity
, ough snrroundett by
etnets of wood, played
..•7wg °earns and blazing se
vigorously on the vv-41 which sepbara d the 'hoop manu-
factors- from the drug h
ware ouse a cotton warehouse on
one Side, and the cotton-kiln belon'
the side,
and on the li ging' to Mr. Gaskell at
warehouse to the east.
Ultimately the efforts of the fise,hrifade were successful
hi subduing the flames arid say
VCs' The laiilding in which ik
hoearge quantity of pro-
oil e
cssrried ma escaped with. co arat' eIP manufacture was
Dorton ware) e was alsTsPeavediveanYd etitengtes.. Phee
oil warehouse was preserved, except as ean littl
• damage to the roof. There were two of therto—rlsede agi engine's
in action, as well as two reels from Temple-court, alindnone
from Seel-street as
The avest of England engine
9,tl,alae,_ . rendered efficient aid. It is said that the fire
vrlginated in the eotton-kiln of Mr. Gaskell, where a
Thtity of turnierie was burning for the Apothecaries'
,S;enspany, and the kiln overheated, it is con-
Seetured that some mimingparstnust have found their way
across the intervening Brace, and i•nto the d
hoop manufactory.
e. cooperage an
Leavcesninz: AND YoTIRSIIIRE It
tttreCtors of the Lancashire and Y k •
0 ttywAy. •—• The
taken a strange way of restori g thr sinte
Railway have
line after the Carpal. ta•. Wintethere ttiieputation of their
their line we know not but that theyy_ilitve. amended
following ticket we are asst that
They
i:aaseedossued the
they have required passengers to sign thevslossn,
ne4nore,
likis ticket is issued by the company, and accepted 'by
the holder, upon the express understandhig and agreSS
!tent that the company are not to be in any way held
responsible to the holder, or his reprsentatives, for th
accident, however ca.used, the
sequences of any .
travelling in any ocourt
to the holder while
the cam an .'stations.—
Pany's vehicles, or being at any of
sp 3 s
It must be :exhibited to the company's of whenev r
than the e
tesltlired ; ae4 any person using it, other
enaltileersa:na
named herein, will be liable to the same P
fare. s Probably such
nay gee who does not pay his
even by the most
rosaset was never performed before,
of
roil.
mays directors of the Augustan age
-bind
is
be legally -
i • "f ceurse such a compact cannot
administered
-ng on an
one of the best
with
• Y Passenger. On
issued
lines i th etsas.4n e south of England a notice was
which respon-
sriis'n t° " Property " lost on the line, for w
there
s..smstY Was disclaimed hy the company ; but when
as lah• evidence that any property had even probablyade
been Iso,st, rather than any
a question the directors m .
5,,, 11)0 clahn. If such a ticket had so little force in
' -"`''' to Property, how much less in regard to life and
limb'l at what an unexampled calculation must be that
Which suggests the policy of such a notice. The Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire directors issue a ticket, which pre-
sented for signattuv t itselfrvous Passenger of either sex
Would give a shock in equal to an act." And
they PraetieallY confess that it is worth their while to
issue such a no as if they anticipated a sufficient
11,twaber of costly exploits, in future, at least, to defray
the expense of printing and distributing the tickets,
the
are the shareholders about ? For surely so dims.
°na a mode of advertising the characteristics of a railway
was never before fttlopted by any Ttlilwtty managers in the
worki.—.o/06e.

THE ELECTION or CHAPLAIN to the Rainhill Lunatic
Asylum, by the visiting magistrates, has been mumi.

u favour of ti

Rev. H. H. Hi
twenty-three candidates.

ggins, of Liverpool

"I'EsrimoNtALs.'—There is now on view at the establish-
- Mr. Hamburg, Church-street, a handsome silver
which is about to be presented by the Rev. John

\lacnaught to the Rev. W. W. Ewbanli, incumbent of
St. George's Church, Everton, as a token of esteem. Mr.
Macnaught, having been appointed to the charge of the
church of St. Chrysostom, Everton, is about to resign his
. •

kttILIVII curare to air. tmoanx, mum ne nas held for
the last four years. There are also two elegant inkstands,
to be presented by Mr. Nacnaught, one to Mr. Netlam
Tory, and the other to Mr. T. D. Anderson, the treasurer
and director of the St. Chrysostom Building Society.
NEW STEAM-Tra.—A new and powerful steam-tug,
called the Constitution, arrived in the Mersey last week.
This vessel is an iron steamer, built by Mr. Thos. Toward,
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She is 132 feet long, 22 feet
beam, and 11 feet in depth. Her entire tonnage is 262
tons, and she is propelled by a pair of engines of 160
horse-power, manufactured by Mr. J. P. Almond, of North
Shields. She is to be commanded by Captain Harney,
and belongs to the same fleet as the well-known steamers
Powerful and Independence. She is the fastest and most
rincearA,l • • • -