The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

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London and Birmingham £2O shares, on whicl
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consolidation of the shares so paid up in full int
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lands on the Birmingham extension

Tai Covxr~r Its7nsros.—Mr. C. P. Wilde and Mr.
Percival Pickering, the barristers appointed to revise the
list of voters for the southern division of Lancashire, held
courts in the Town-hall, for that purpose on konday. Mr.
E. Bretherton, solicitor, Liverpool, and Mr. Moorhouse,
appeared for*the Liberals ; Mr. Sudlow for the Conserva-
tives. There was 1,199 objections by overseers. and 383
by other persons ; but not a single case occurred that had
the sligliteSt interest attaching to it, and the revision was
concludecl4n the course of the afternoon.—Manchester
Courio
Oink

E AT WIGAN.—On Sunday night week two gin-
ger'beer bottles, full of gunpowder, were put through the
ivisidori, of a cottage near . Ince bar, occupied by Joseph
Hetherington, and were then lighted with a fusee. By the
explosion the window was blown into the middle of the

road, and the house much shaken. Previous to the col-
liers' strike, Hetherington,, his brother, and two other
Men, contracted to get a block of coal in one of the pits
Tnpo-1-.111 Company. acid as the job will las+

months, they have not ceased to work. Hence it is sup-
posed that some colliers on strike committed the outrage.
TIIE FIINERA.L OF Mk. JoaN HOLMES took 'place on
Saturday at the NecropOlis. Low-hill, the cortege starting
from Everton-crescent,. and proceeding along Shaw-street,
„„ tOthe place of interment, in the

following order :—The hearse, containing the coffin ; four
mourning ceaches, in which were Mr. MeMlle Holmes,
Mr. James Holmes, Mr. Robert Boardman, Mr. James
Boardman, Mr. Denison. Mr. Vender, Mr. Duarte, Mr.
Charles Lee, Mr. Christopher Rawdon, Mr. Procter,Mr.
James Lister, Mr. C. Jones, Mr. Thomas Bolton, Mr.
Thornely, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Avison, and
Rev. H. S. Brown. "Next came the Maya's state 'carnage,
containing his Worship, Mr. Stewart, and the Town-Clerk
(Mr. Skattleworth),tand several private carriages followed.
The coffin was-covered with black cloth, and contained-no

ornaments. Upon n
words, "John HoMies.

.1 OraSS"platlG C/ C V.6a.• VA)
Died, October 22, 1853, aged 79

SALE Or THE
ite., AT Ma. BI NCH's AUCTION,EOO2IS.—We last week
gave a brief description of Mr. Benjamin's collection of
rare furniture, articles of vertu, 'Alria, &c., which, after
being'admirecrby crowds of visitors, were sold by Auction
on Wednesday and Thursday. The oak furniture sold at
very fair prices; two massive cabinets brought 34 guineas
each. A pair of elegant candelabra" realised £75, and a
pair of jardinieres £43. A richly inlaid Lady's cabinet, 17
guineas. Two pair of Marli horses, 18 guineas each pair.
The beautiful antique whole length figure of Diana, in
statuary marble, sold for 84 guineas. The Lion Hunt"
-was sold fbr 38 guineas. A bustnf Hotner,- from the col-
lection Of 'the Marquis of Abercorn, brought '4O guineas.
The curious and rare specimens of Gobelin tapestry, por-
traying. scenes in the history of Antony and Cleopatra,
was sold`for £BO. Some 'fine specimens of Dresden glass
'ornaments sold from 3to 25 goineaS the set. An antique
'bracket. clock sold for 25 guinea.

ARTICLES OP VERTI

TIM CRYSTAL PALACE 'AT SYDENRA3I.---Ifr.T. C.
Archer,in his lecture on' the New Crystal Palace '.at Sy den-
'ham, Eluded to the liberal contributions of raw products
`from'Elverpool. Nearly -a thousand specimens had been
,collected, and were ready to beent oT. Hd believed they
c 0014.64 to exhibit ow) of the faxoet, 6.11.360.3
of wood ever brought together, for which they were in-
:debted to Mr. Bryde of Liverpool, and to Messrs. Holme,
'Slitter, and Crook, of Birkenhead. 'They hid also re-
sceived a very beautiful collection of materia medics from
Messrs. Evans and Son; of this town. Messrs. Littledale
and Co. contributed a fine collection of wools, teas, cot-
tons, and specimens -of every other descriptim of pro-
duce dealt in by that extensive house. Articles of dry-
saltery, dyes, and things of that sort, were • contributed
by Messrs. pence and Co., Messrs. Speers, Sanders, and
Co., and others ; Oils, by Mr. Matthews ; tamingA ma-
Aerials by Messrs. J. C. Hadwen, jun., and Co.-:; tobacco
`by -Mr. Samuelson ; and fruits by Messrs. *M'Andrew,
Bicker, and Co.
PASSAGES TO AyTrnr-LtA.:—The steamer Argo

'has-brought intelligence of the arrival at Ilielllourn---e,7lobm
Liverpool, of the ships Indian Qucen and Falcon, after
,passages of 83 and 84 days respectively from port to port.
The Indian Queen sailed from Liverpool on the 17th of

May, with upwards of 400 passengers, and arrived-at Mel-
bourne on the Bth of August, with nine days' later news
than taken out by the overland mail or steamer Argo, and
'the •-passengers all well, not having had any deaths on
'hoard. The Falcon sailed from Liverpool on the 24th of
May, and arrived at Melbourne on the 16th of August,
with her passengers all in good .health. The Indian
Queen was to sail on her return-- for Liverpool about; the
28th ,of August ; at last accounts a• large amount of gold-
dust was engaged for her. The Incrien Queen is the
ship to the Marco Polo, and next to that ship has made
-the quickest passage out this year. She is one of the
Black Ball line of •packets,• belonging to Messrs. -Tames
Baines and Co. The Falcon belongs to Messrs. Glisbs,
Bright, and Co.'s Eagleline.

FIBS AT DA.RWEN7MILLEL—On Wednesday afternoon a
large portion of Messrs. Potter's paper-staining works,
known as the Belgrave Mills, was destroyed by fire. The
fire 'broke out in a large building, erected three or form
years ago, consisting of three storeys and an attic. This
building, and another warehouse which stands a few yards
from- it, contained at the time about 790,000 dozens .of
'finished.paper, and many thousands .of es graved rollers,
'besides Alarge quantity of 'drugs. The fire spread rapidly,
and the 'men in the upper storeys had barely time to
eseape,,for the interior soonrbecame a mass. of flame. In
the course of two or three hours three fire engines arrived
from Blackburn; but their 'united efforts coedd not save
the building. The window •!frames at one end became
ignited ; but-ts the firemen now turned all their energies
to the protection of the warehouse, they succeeded in pre-
venting- the fire from spreading'beyond the building where
it originated. This was now enveloped in flames, the roof
fallingsin. by:degrees till nothing remained bat ;he walls.
Meanwhile, the,tenant,s in the igijoining cottages had re-
, moved.their•furthture, and manythousands of dozens of
paper had,been removed to a distance by the spectators.
The loss is estimated at from £l5OOO to £20,000.

TITE PErsTow STRlRE.—OnWechiesday'moratg the
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factory operatives. were astonished by the receipt,' by the
amalgamated, committee, of a cheque for £5OO, from Sir
John Tyrell, drawwin London. [This has subsequsatly
proVed to he a hoot.] The spinners -were paid the sum
7s. each, the weavers.4s., and the cardroom hands only9d.
to is. 6d., and the.throsile spinners, being the fewest in
number, (about 1800 received only the.small amount of
9d. to is. 6d. On Thursday a meeting of throstle spinnenc
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was held on the Marsh. Mr. Poaleth-waite (ihrostle
spinner) was called upon :to preside. The ,chairman, in
the course of his observations, said that the money that
was paid to them on Monday last could not possibly keep
life in them for another week, the highest paid amongst
them only got Is. 6d., somels„ and some only i9d. Ten
per cent. of advance was•what 'they came out for, and he
had no doubt whatever that the spinners and weavers
wouldget it. Mr. Wallace Beevers said they had only to
go on as they had done—keep the peace and behave them-
selves-:and they would have every influential gentleman
coming to their assistance. Dinting the coming week
there would be 20,000 or 30,000 more locked out in %;ari-
ous districts, but they were content to have nothing If
Preston could only be kept. On Thursday a placard ap-
peared upon the walls, cautioning the public against giv-
ing money to aby person or persons whose collecting book
did not bear the four stamps of the several committees.
Another placard, issued by the overlookers' committee,
solicited the aid of tale public for their support.
SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided
at the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday, when it appeared
from the minutes of the Workhouse Committee that the
total number of admis4ons to the vagrant sheds during
the week had been 470 males, 285 females, and 89 chil-
dren : total, 841. The number of inmates on the 19th
instant was reported to be 1790. There were 685 sick
cases, 45 being of fever and cholera, and 48 of itch.—The
Industrial School Committee reported that two boys and
four girls had absconded from the schools. The governor
had reported the sale of 18 pigs for £24 10s. Since the
last meeting a greater number of the boys had been ern-
ployed in Clogging.—The Medical Relief Committee re-
ported that a communication had been sent to the Home
Secretary, praying him to order vessels arriving at Hull
to ride quarantine there. A resolution had been passed
refusing the proffered use of the hulks, on condition that
the Vestry should be at the expense of fitting them up ;
the grounds of refusal being that they could not be used
for cholera cases, and that there was superior accommoda-
tion at the Workhouse. A communication was read from
the General Board of Health, Whitehall, expressing the
satisfaction of the Board with the judicious precautionary
measures adopted by the Liverpool Medical Relief Com-
mittee, to meet the threatened invasion of cholera.—Mr.
Bradley said he was happy to state that the health of the
town was such that it enabled the committee to postpone
any further arrangements, and their meetings also, for
the next ten days.—Mr. Augustus Somers was appointed
to the situation of district medical officer, vacant by the
death of Mr. Cripps.—The proceedings were then con-
firmed.—On the motion of Mr. Shaw, Mr. Lawrence and
Mr. Barwise were appointed assistant dispensers.—The
appointment of Mr. Kelly, as district medical officer, in
the place of Mr. Durban, deceased, was confirmed.