The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

SHORT TIME.—At Ashton, Stalybridge, and Hyde, a
proposition has been brought before the Masters' Union,
for reducing the hours of labour to four days per week, in
consequence of the heavy stock and the depressed state of
the market.

THE SUBJECT of the next paper at the Architectural
and Archeological Society, to-morrow, will be " Ventila-
tion," illustrated with experiments, by Mr. Chas. Wilson,
of Halifax, sole manufacturer of his patent self-acting
double-current ventilator. _ _

Mr. J. E. GoasT, son of E. C. Lowndes, Esq., of Preston,
and late captain of the Grammar School, has been elected
to a foundation scholarship, at St. John's College, Cam-
bridge. Mr. Gorst obtained this distinction at his first
sitting, having gone into residence last month.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night, Robert Cruik-
shank, second engineer of the steam-ship. Minerva, while
at work on board, as the vessel was preparing to leave the
Nelson Dock for Belfast, was struck on the head by the
fly-wheel, and sustained injuries which caused his death as
he was being conveyed to the Northern Hospital.
BURGLARY.—On Friday night, some burglars entered
the offices of Messrs. Harrison and Co., Sir Thomas's-
buildings, by mains of skeleton keys. They broke open
desks and drawers, and endeavoured to blow the safe up,
but were unsuccessful. They appeared to have been on
the premises several hours, but retreated with little or no
b FAT
ooty.
AL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday the arches under a
portion of the new brewery belonging to Mr. Liversidge,
Great Charlotte-street, were struck for the first time, and
on the following day, at eleven, a.m., one of them fell in,
burying a labourer, Jacob Heywood, in the ruins. His
body, much mangled, was, after the lapse of some time,
recovered, quite dead.
His WORSHIP THE MAYOR, accompanied by a very
numerous and influential body of gentlemen, and pre-
ceded by the Blue Coat Boys, attended divine service at
St. Peter's Church on Sunday morning, when a sermon was
preached by the Rev. Augustus Campbell, M.A., rector
of Liverpool, in aid of the Blue Coat Hospital. The
collection amounted to £95 14s. fid.

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JAMES HOLMES, ESQ., of Douglas, Isle of Man, brother
of the late Alderman John Holmes, died on Thursday last.
By a family arrangement, it is said that the last survivor
of the three brothers, Henry, John, and James, was to
inherit the property ; and we understand that it now goes
to the surviving sister and her two daughters, in this
town. The amount is of course not known, but it is stated
at £BOO,OOO.

DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT.—On Friday, as Mr. John
Pearce, of Copperas-bill, and another man, were passing
along Drury-lane, carrying a partition on their shoulders,
they ran against a lorry, and Mr. Pearce was knocked
down and seriously injured. He was taken into the old
Mansion-house hotel and every attention and assistance
were afforded to him by Mr. and Mrs. Walker, but he died
three hours after receiving the injury.
HAWKIXG.—A gentleman from Yorkshire frequently
visits Crosby, and takes with him a well-trained hawk.
He goes out on horseback with his falcon on his hand, and
when be perceives a hare or a rabbit, the bird darts for-
ward, and seizes its prey by the neck ; but it seems to be
more particularly fond of pursuing pigeons. Rabbits often
escape by running into their burrows. Bells are attached
to the feet of the falcon, so as to show the direction it
takes, but it generally returns in a short time to its
master.

CONFESSION OF MIIRDER,—Thomas Jarrett, an Eng-
lishman, residing in Smithdown-lane, Edge-hill, surren-
dered himself, on Friday night, at Sackville-place station-
house, Dublin, and stated that he shot a young man,
named Thomas Williams, also an Englishman, and resid-
ing near the Edge-hill station, on the 9th instant, at
noon. The reason assigned by Jarret for the rash act was
the seduction of his sister 'by Williams. He will be de-
tained in custody pending the necessary inquiries by the
police from the authorities at Liverpool
CLEANSING SEWERS BY MACHINERY.—The process
of cleansing sewers, invented by Mr. Blaydes, one of the
surveyors in the Liverpool borough engineer's office, has
been pronounced to be efficient. A crane is placed at
each of two gully-holes, and a chain carried between
each by means of a coat line. The chain is worked back-
wards or forwards till the silt is loosened, and buckets,
attached to it, remove and raise the refuse in the most
convenient manner, the sewer then, by similar means,
being finally cleansed by brushes. By this process,
eleven men, in the third of a day, will cleanse a length
of sewer that, under the old system, would occupy three
men ten days.
Tan WIGAN STEIBES.—The dispute between the coal
proprietors and the colliers is likely to be soon settled, the
men employed by the Earl of Balcarres having returned
to work on Thursday, and it is said that the others on
strike would return to their duties in the course of the
week. Most of the factory hands are also expected to re-
sume work immediately. At present all the military
called into town on the occasion of the late riots remain
quartered at the Public-hall and Royal Hotel. The ma-
gistrates have issued 500 summonses to men of all ranks
to be sworn in as special constables. It is also intended
to augment the police force, so as to make nt adequate to
the requirements of the borough. All is very peaceable
in town and neighbourhood.
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The screw-steamer City
of Glasgow, Captain Wylie, sailed for Philadelphia, on
Wednesday, with eighty-six cabin passengers and a fair
cargo.—On Wednesday the United States mail steamship
Atlantic, Captain James West, arrived in the river, from
New Yark, with advices from.that pert to the 29th ult.,
ninety-eight passengers, and 500,000 dollars in specie, on
freight.—The Niagara hence, and the Hermann, from
Southampton, had arrived—the former at Boston, on the
28th, and the latter at New York, on the 29th ult. The
British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship
Canada, Captain Stone, sailed from the Mersey at four
o'clock on Saturday, for Halifax ant Boston, with the
usual mails and about 100 passengers. She should have
sailed shortly after nine o'clock iu the morning, but was
detained by the fog which prevailed.
SC,TRER AT THE Tows-nA.Ln.—At the soiree given by
the Mayor, (Mr. S. Holme,) and Mrs. Holme, on Tuesday,
the guests having been -received in the centre drawing-
room by his Worship and Mrs. Holme, passed into the
adjoining saloons, where valuable books, engravings, &c,
were amongst the objects of attraction. The central room
was used for refreshments,and in the grand ball-room a con-
cert had been arranged, the vocal music being sung by the
Liverpool Glee and Madrigal Union, -under the direction
of Mr. Sudlow. At eleven o'clock -supper was served in
the Mayor's dining-room, the visitors beinc, admitted in
parties of about 200 persons. Before the first party re-
tired, Mr. W. Brown, M.P., proposed the health of the
Mayor, to which his Worship responded. 'Before supper
dancing had commenced in the grand ball-room, and was
kept up with much animation until a late hour, though
the greater part of the guests began to retire soon after
midnight.
NEW INVENTIONS.—Messrs. Balmforth, of Clayton,
Lancaster, have patented some improvements relating to
steam tilt-hammers, and which consist mainly in the
employment of an oscillating steam-cylinder, having its
piston-rod connected direct to the helve of the hammer-
head, .and beneath the helve in such a position as to allow
clear access to the hammer from all sides. The axes on
whidh the hammer tilts are furnished with screw bearings,
to enable one side to be raised more than the other, and
thus allow of irregularly-formed masses being forged. A
modification of the machine enables it to be used for
riveting. A patent has recently been secured by Mr.
William Sager, of Chester, for an improved propeller,
consisting of propelling floats, attached to vertical rods,
ranged:along the sides of the vessel in about the same po-
sition as is now occupied by the ordinary paddle-wheel.
Each pcir of rods is connected to a separate crank arm at
a joint lust above the float, which arm slides in a swivel
guide. A-number of the rods are connected together, so
that rotary motion may be communicated to several cranks
and rods together. As the cranks pass through the lower
halves of itheir revolutions the floats will be •urged through
the water, while during the remainder of the revolution
they will -be drawn out and brought into their former
position, and the operation be repeated continuously.—
Mining Journal.
SELECT VESTRY.—TIIO Rev. Rector Campbell presided
at the meeting on Tuesday, when the cells for the recep-
tion of pauper lunatics formed the principal subject of
debate, the greater portion of the members condemning
them as unfit for the purposes for which they were used.
No definite resolution respecting them was agreed upon.
The minutes of the Industrial School committee stated
that a letter had been received from Mr. Parker, the sur-
veyor, stating that the schools were now overcrowded.
The committee had recorded their opinion that the entire
area of accommodation of the schools was sufficient, and
that by a better location the inconvenience might be ob-
viated. Certain members had been nominated to assist
the governor in the task.—Mr. Brown, the government
inspector, had visited the schools on Monday, to examine
the schoolmasters and schoolmistresses.—Mr. Wylie had
submitted a plan of a large swimming bath, to be placed
in the old smith's shop.—A sub-committee had been ap-
pointed to consider the state of instruction in the schools,
and the industrial training, as compared with other places.
After the transaction of some routine business, Mr,
Denton again complained that the new magistrates re-
cently appointed to attend to parochial business refused to
attend to their duties.—Mr. Savage said he believed it
was their determination not to take any more interest in
parochial affairs than in the common affairs of the town,
and that none of them would come there.

THE CASE OF Btortem v. Coves was brought before
the Court of Queen's Beneh on Friday. This was an
appeal against a decision of the judge of the County Court
of Liverpool. The action had been brought to recover
back a sum of money alleged to have been improperly paid
on a contract for the sale of corn. On the 16th Nov.,
1852, the defendant sold to the plaintiff a cargo of corn.
The contract was, " Sold to you for account of, &c., the
cargo of corn per the Prima Donna, now at Queenstown,
as it stands, of about 1,300 quarters of Ibraila Indian corn,
at 30s. per quarter free on board, the quantity to be taken
as per bill of lading, to be calculated at 220 quarters, equal
to 100 kilos. Payment in cash on handing over the ship-
ping documents, and the policy of insurance." The bill of
lading stated the quantity at 1,667 quarters. The plaintiff
paid on that calculation. The vessel at that time had not
arrived. When it did arrive the corn was measured, and
it turned out that there were but 1,614 quarters ; and the
plaintiff then brought the action to recover back the
amount overpaid. The judge of the county court gave
Judgment for the plaintiff'. This appeal was then brought.
Lord Campbell said that, in the absence of express deci-
sions on the subject, it appeared to him that in principle
the defendant was entitled to judgment. The sale was a
sale for better for worse. The parties did not know what
was the quantity, which was to be settled by the bill of
lading. The vendee, therefore, took the corn subject to
the risk as to the quantity being equal to that which was
represented by the bill of lading. If there was less, he
was bound to sufferthe loss ; if there was more, he would
be entitled to the advantage of it. There was nothing in
the contract which entitled the vendee to a return of the
money which he boiind himself to pay on the delivery of
the shipping documents.—Mr; Justice Coleridge was of
the same opinion. This was the sale of a cargo of corn,
assumed to be of a certain quantity and quality. The
parties were dealing here for an immediate sale, and the
price was to be paid on the delivery of certain documents.
On this sale two important circumstances were not ascer-
tained ; the first related to the quantity, the second to the
quality, of the corn. The latter was to be taken for
granted, the former was to be taken at the moment ; but
the means of finally ascertaining it were to be the descrip-
tion given in the bill of lading. The payment was to be
on that, not to be on measurement. Mr. Justice Erie
also concurred. Judgment of the court below reversed.•
Judgment given for the defendant.