The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-28 00:00:00

TIER ATLANTIC, United States mail steam ship, sailed
hence for New York on Wednesday, with the usual mails
and a large number of passengers.
THE SALARY of the First Inspector of the River, at
Liverpool, has been increased from £3OO to £350 per
annum, by annual increases of £l5 each.
YAcirrs ON THE MERSHY.—The first match of the
Liverpool Yacht Club for the ensuing season will be in
May. It is understood, however, that the committee
purpose giving the remainder of their prizes at the time
of the Royal Mersey Regatta.
CHESS TOURNAMENT IN LIVERPOOL.—The Northern
and Midland Counties Chess Association will hold their
annual meeting this year in Liverpool, ou which occasion
the cleverest chess-players from all parts of the United
Kingdom, and perhaps of the Continent, will be brought
together. The Liverpool and Rock Ferry Chess Clubs are
preparing to give them a welcome.
PuncnAss OF A SAXON MUSEUM. —Dr. Hume, at the
meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society, on
Monday, mentioned the fact that Mr. Mayer had offered
to purchase a valuable Saxon Museum which had been
offered by a gentleman named Fawcett to the trustees
of the British Museum, for £6BO, but which they had
refused to purchase, although a gentleman in the south of
England had offered to add to it a small collection belong-
ing to him. It was understood, however, that Lord
Londesborough intended to secure the collection by pur-
chasing it, in the event of its being finally rejected by the
British Museum. He merely mentioned the fact, because
he thought it was creditable to a local gentleman to make
an offer of £7OO for such a collection, in order to secure it
to Liverpool, in the event of its not being purchased by
the trustees of the British Museum.
ST. HELEN'S.—On Wednesday morning, at about half-
past three o'clock, a fire broke out at the works of Messrs.
Crosfield, Brothers, and Co., manufacturing chemists St.
Helen's. It is supposed to have originated through a
quantity of wooden hoops, placed in a stowage, near a
furnace, and becoming ignited, they communicated the
flames to the wood framework of the chamber above. Two
engines, one from the Union Plate-glass Works, in the
immediate vicinity, and the other belonging to the town,
were soon on the spot, but the fire was not extinguished
until six o'clock—four chambers having been destroyed,
and two others much damaged, and the vitriol which they
contained wasted. The damage sustained is estimated at
about £5OOO.
ACCIDENT FROMWINDOW-CLEANING.---On Wednesday
afternoon, a young woman named Macdonald, servant at
No. 2, Hunter-street, was engaged in cleaning the outside
of one of the first-floor front windows, when she lost her
balance, and fell backwards into the street. In her de-
scent she just missed the iron-spiked railings in front of
the house, and alighted on the pavement. She was at
once conveyed to Mr. Whittle's, surgeon, Great Crosshall-
street, who found that she had sustained compound frac-
ture of both arms, and was bleeding very much from a
contused wound on the forehead. Mr. Whittle stopped
the hemorrage, and then directed her to be taken to the
Northern Hospital, where she now lies in a very dangerous
state. She had only been in her new place a couple of
hours when the accident happened.
THE DEFENCES OF TUN MERSEY.—The new battery at
the North Shore is constructed on a parallelogram 360
feet long by 170 feet deep. The three land sides of the
battery are formed on the bastion trace, with embrasure
windows and loopholes for musketry fire—the river front
(360 feet) being the battery for ten embrasure guns, and
a tower at each end, armed with one gun in casement
below, and one on the top. Fourteen guns in all will thus
be mounted on dwarf traversing platforms, and it is in-
tended that these guns shall be 36-pounders; those at the
Rock Fort being only 32-pounders. In the interior of the
fort there will be barracks for the accommodation of 150
men, and suitable apartments for twelve officers. There
will be two tanks for water, with filterers, 40 feet long,
15 feet wide, and 10 feet deep. The mess-rooms, hospital,
and other details of the soldiers' requirements will be
furnished on a suitable scale. A bomb-proof magazine
will be constructed, with provision for artillery and
ordnance stores equal to the necessity of the battery. The
roofs throughout the building will be flat, with brick
arches on iron girders cemented with asphalte, and will,
from the parapets, afford the holders of the fort a mus-
ketry fire on every side. The entrance to the fortification
will be in the centre of the east (or land side) curtain, and
this will be protected by a ditch and drawbridge.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—Mr. Joseph Harrison
presided at the weekly meeting on Wednesday, when the
balance in the treasurer's hands was stated to be £1054
6s. 11d. The relieving officers were requested not to send
any more sick cases into the Workhouse for another month.
It was resolved, on the motion of the Rev. Wm. Badnall,
that a special meeting of the board be held at the board-
room, on Tuesday (this day), to consider the provisions of
the bill lately brought into the House of Commons by Mr.
Baines. On the motion of Mr. Alpass, seconded by the
Rev. W. Badnall, it was resolved,—" That the board are
strongly of opinion that that part of the township of Tox-
teth-park which lies without the municipal boundary of
the borough of Liverpool, should be included in the dis-
trict proposed to be placed under the operation of the
General Public Health Act for the township of Garston."
It was also agreed that Mr. Thornton, the engineer at the
hospital in West Derby-road, should be allowed his rations
in addition to his present salary. Mr. Shaw gave notice
that at the next meeting he would move that the engineer
should also be furnished with lodgings. The number of
inmates in the Workhouse was stated to be 712, of the
following classes :—Not able-bodied, 268 ,• able-bodied,
106; children, 338. The number in the Workhouse for
corresponding week of last year was stated to be 741.
MEETING OF MANCHESTER MILLOWNERS.—A crowded
meeting of the factoryowners took place on Tuesday after-
noon, at the Town-hall, Manchester, to consider what
steps should be taken, in consequence of the recent order
of Mr. Leonard Horner, chief inspector of factories, di-
recting the machinery in cotton and other mills to be
fenced off. Mr. R. H. Gregg, who was in the chair, ob-
served upon the difficulty of fencing off every portion of
the gearing in mills, and said that, in many cases, greater
danger would arise from its being fenced in than if it were
left uncovered. Mr. Gregg proceeded to condemn the
order, on the ground of the impracticability of complying
with it, and entered into some statistics, with a view to
show that, under the present system, accidents in mills
were not frequent, and were, indeed, but trifling as com-
pared with the fatalities in collieries, or even in farming
operations. He, therefore, contended that there was no
justification for the order in question. Mr. Henry Ash-.
worth pursued the same line of argument, and moved a
resolution that the order in question was uncalled for ;
that it could not be practically carried into effect ; and
that the Legislature did not intend that the provisions of
the Factory Act should be enforced to the letter. The
resolution was unanimously agreed to ; and another, pro-
posed by Mr. Thomas Bazley, was also carried, to the
effect that the proposed fencing of the shafts would in-
crease the risk of accidents, and also expose mills to the
danger of fire. A committee was then appointed to confer
with the factoryowners, and to form a deputation to Lord
Palmerston, with a view to carry out the object of the
meeting.

LIE GOVERNESSES' INSTITITTION.—The Lord Bishop
of Chester took the chair at the annual meeting of this
institution, held at the Savings' Bank, on Tuesday. The
report, read by Mr. Bainbrigge, stated that during the
year there had .been thirty admissions, an increase of four
over the preceding year. There had also been an increase
in the applications for governesses,l232 having been applied
for during the year. The Hamilton fund, which amounted
to £531 Os. 3d. last year, had been augmented by a dona-
tion of £l3O from Miss Horsfall, and £lolos. from Henry
Sandbach, Esq. Out of this fund an annuity of £2O was
being paid to an aged governess. After the reading ofthe -
final report by Mr. Lightbody, the Rev. Mr. Dover moved
the adoption of the report, and congratulated the society
on its humane and meritorious action, especially in regard
to annuities to aged and infirm governesses. The motion
was seconded by the Rev. Mr• King, and carried. The
Rev. Archdeacon Brooks moved the next resolution,
expressive of satisfaction at the steady progress of the
institution. The archdeacon remarked that the institu-
tion never had undertaken any object which it had not
carried into effect. The subscriptions of the governesses,
he founddid not meet the requirements of the institution :
but this was rather an advantage, as it showed they were
benefited by it, being furnished with a comfortable home
and other advantages daring their temporary want of
employment. Their residence in-the institution also gave
them a better chance of obtaining an engagement than if
they resided in some out-of-the-way locality. Having
alluded to the gratifying circumstance that, though the
number registered had been fewer, the demand was larger
than in the previous year, the archdeacon concluded by
urging the meeting to extend the benefits of the annuity
fund. Dr. Nottingham seconded the resolution, which
was carried ; and on the motion of Mr. Tory, seconded by
Mr. Lightbody, a vote of thanks was awarded to the
Ladies' Committee. The honorary officers and the lady
superintendent also received votes of thanks. Mrs. Inman
moved, and Mrs. Tory seconded, a vote of thanks to the
chairman, which his lordship briefly acknowledged. He
spoke particularly of the importance of duly respecting
the feelings of governesses, and making thenr feel per-
fectly at home.
LIVERPOOL G&S-LIGIIT COMPANY.—Mr. C. W. Reader
Chairman of the board, presided at the half-yearly meeting
on Tuesday. Mr. Carson the secretary, read the report,
which entered upon the difficulties in obtaining a sufficient
supply of cannel, and the conduct of Earl Balcarres and
Mr. Halliburton, who had fulfilled their contracts. The
directors, after a careful estimate of the profits of the past
half-year, and the probable profits of the next, felt justified
in recommending a dividend for the last half-year at the
rate of five per cent. on the consolidated stock of the
company, and of £1 ss. per share on the paid-up £25
shares, and of 2s. 6d. per share on each of the £25 A
shares. The directors recommended that the above-
mentioned paid-up shares of the company, (being those
numbered from 7,141 to 8,080,) be converted into consoli-
dated stock, such conversion to take effect from the Ist
day of July next. The only shares which would then re-
main in the books of the company not converted into stock
would be the £25 A shares, upon which a call of £2los.
had been made. The Chairman moved the adoption of the
report. Mr. Charles Turner asked when there was likely
to be any further call upon the £25 A shares. However
deferred the call might be, if the time were indicated, it
would give a fixed value to the shares, which were at
present a lottery. The Chairman said that as they did not
want money, they had not considered that subject. When
they wanted money it would be desirable to call up. Mr.
Turner still urged that if the period of the call were de-
fined, the shares would assume a marketable character.
The Chairman replied that the matter had better be
left in the hands of the directors ; as the money was
wanted, calls would probably be made upon the A shares.
Mr. Harmood Banner said that great injustice was done to
the proprietors of the New Gas and Coke Company by the
amalgamation, in those shares not being capitalized on the
first occasion that money was wanted. There was money
owing, to which the whole amount of those shares ought to
be applied. The Chairman said they owed £13,000 be-
sides £31,000 to Mr. John Shaw Leigh. At the request
of the Chairman, Mr. Carson, the secretary, read a resolu-
tion passed in the year after the amalgamation by a general
meeting, authorizing the directors to borrow £65,200,
under the provision of the company's act, for a limited
period. Mr. Turner then seconded the motion for the
adoption of the report, which was. carried nem con. In
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