The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

A. correspondent

particulars 01 t.
a :—" A boat, in which were three men
,st night, and floated into the current,
Two of the men'Were carried inune-
er the Falls of Niagara, and dashed to pieces on
v. The third, named Joseph Avery, caught
a stump i. his passage, and clung to it. He was
at on the brink of the Falls. Several boat-5
der to rescue him, but they were
-the Jnt they touched the Rapids. excite'arge
doer of persons left this city for the scene of d 3,
ent by the trains, and swelled the thousands lie
~atherediarotmd the spot. The man was in aps ,"f the
rapids where the rocks rise nearly to the surfoe °tweet:,
A. log of wood, apparently wedged tightly be _
the
, and crossed by another, still higher out °,
f
water, was his resting place. Here he remaill„ea,,;
clinging to-and half perching upon the log, from louci'
would oc,casioually slip down and walk a little on the rock
is
which were only a short distance under water. A few feet n
advance was a small fall of about four or five feet, and here

gives•the &Mail
the Falls of Niag

ere it was upset

the rock& below
a'

covered aimot

launched in c

swamped,the mom

the rocks,

and on each Hide of him the water§ ruicd wildly on at
speed of about 4.r) llour. A raft was constructed,
_-- • - -
formed of en

strong

fastenetlin a square form;

g placed in the centre. The raft Was strongl3;

secured withropes on each side, and was floated down to the
rocks upon which Avery was stationed. As it approached
the spot where he stood the rope got fast in the rocks and
the raft became immovable. Avery then appeared•to mus-
ter strength and courage, and, descending from the log,
walked over- the rocks to the place where the rope had
nnd, laboured long and hard to disengage it from
After some time he succeeded, and then with
renewed energy, inspired by the hope of rescue; he pulled
manfully at the rope until he succeeded in bringing. the
raft from the current towards his fearful resting-Place'
Avery now got on to the raft, making himself fast thereto
by means of ropes which had been placed there for that
'purpose, and those on the land commenced drawing it.
towards the:; shore. It had approached within 30 feet 0f
one of the small islands, towards which its course was
directed, when suddenly it became stationary in the midst
of the rapids, the ropes having again caught in the rocksci
All endeavours to move it were found to be in vain, all_
much fear was entertained that the strain upon the ropy
might break them and the occasion the poor fellow's
Various suggestions were now volunteered, and sever!P
attempts were made to reach him. One man went out 111
a boat as far he dared to venture, and asked him if he
would fasten a rope round his body, and trust to her
drawn in by that. The poor fellow, however; shook Just
head despondingly, as though he felt that he had 00
strength enough remaining to make himself secure to
11
rope. At length a boat was got ready—a lifeboat, 811._,ic
had arrived from Buffalo—and was launched. Seeing
the preparations, Avery unloosed his fastenings,
the intention of being ready to spring into the boa'
Borne on by the rushing waters, and ami(Lthe-breathlet
suspence of the spectathrs, the boat approached the
thrill ram through the crowd—the boat lived in the sog'''
waves—it struck the raft—a shout of joy:rang forth feel
the shore, for it was believed that he was saved—when sou
denly the hope that had been raised was again destroYedj
a moment's confusion followed the collision, and in the
the victim was seen in the midst of the waters, separe';
from his frail support, and struggling for life. For
4.11
minute or two the poor fellow, striking out boldly s's'
towards the island, and the cry echoed from shore to shore
that hewould yelystfi
nehs
he
tvihled.eas.shbßoore_urntesolo;
janscktsht
rienefntaogettthhbeewc.fialsenireceveicesdteurt::4.!
i
aoft a i 1 ill that
dttii he
o.creurecededrGraduallyt
lya-paptrofilt,eathtehne mobrirneiiraopfidlt2e-.
fan
cipice, the waters had him at last their undisputed vietL
Cu''
and madly they whirled him on to death, as though
raged at his persevering efforts to escape their fury. t
. A sickening feeling came over the.spectators, when,.llls
on the brink of the precipice, the: doomed man sprang
from the waters, clear from the surface, raising hirnse„.
upright as a statue, his arms flung wildly aloft, and,
afpiLcincagtasrlacuite, fell kthabtacraknagg
air,loudloytahheofso-eamith
foaming
mockingai,es alid
rl
.of ,
lunch&
of
commenttfatalhe
ht
precipice.ponth e m e
taract see];
was hurled
ahellur:hnilaedveevonveonerth.teahvertisbirotofownr
osity, and the timid and imaginative will fancy, in the dill:
the scene of the terrible catastrophe with shuddering curt
of the evening, that they still hear above the waters'.
to the mighty ea
the fearful shriek which preceded the fatal plunge.

caught,

the-rocks.

iota
A MAN ASLEEP ron FivE YEAns.—On the, iark•
June, 1848, a man named Cornelius Vrooman, dept
son, in this county, went to sleep, since which he 1ia„5„,." a
all the time, awaking at long intervals, sometiraesl,s°,7, he
five months, and staying awake an hour or two, wl.";
resumes his nap. He is fed by his attendants duria.ore
sleep; when he awakes he eats voraciously. This st„,
matter is certified to by some of our leading physic"—.
Rochester American.ri ,
CATTLE TO AMERICA.--Considerable interest 5,0
occasioned at New York by the arrival of the Brit
Crown, Captain Duncan, from Liverpool, having ,
fifty head of Durham cattle, a celebrated Clevelanasoe
horse, a Neapolitan sow, and a fine litter of pry' sad
of the cattle were from the stock of Lord Fevershara,v
the expense of introducing them into America 103,-,
inferred from the fact that one bull and heifer cotbr.
guineas. A portion of the stock was intended for MSeri
Atchison, Alexander, one of the most wealthy 3-011141,p,4
of Kentucky, and the ramainder belonged to a c°l,ocP
of farmers in the counties of Fayette, Bourbon, and
ford, in that State.
A -
ti Cl ,
l.b
CRIEACTERISTIC ANIERICA.N SPEECTL—xxoc“
e'rreaee
of some interest (says the Washington Union)
Oswego, during the celebration of the 4th of JulY_e of
mayor, Mr.- Colver, delivered an address, in the Coto-Jo!
which he launched out into the usual strain of PaAtios'
demagogism about rum. This inappropriate manifes Let;
of fanatical zeal met with a prompt rebuke from_fi, it.
Richardson, Esq. The Daily Times reports his si
"nA
follows :—" As the speech just delivered by .t,!„ ice
mayor is not in the programme, I.think it glaYf:o ule:
p
that you have another, which is also not in the rog!..o'
The mayor has introduced a subject which is not here ill
nor necessary to a 4th of July celebration. I nlll,
denounce his isms, and do denounce them, •11,lnlp
denounce them on all occasions when unfairly 51,1" of
perly brought before the people. This is. a 4ta
celebration. I like men to do what they do °Pe•i:
not preach one thing and practise another, be the how
ranee, or be it what it may. Now, I know, annching tee,
mayor knows that I know, that he who is preal bottl
perance here to-day has drunk—drunk out of 13 Yre, eirtll
within the host two weeks ; and, what is 111_°10; to tile!)
more than I did. Now, when any man under.t.' 0.0
abolitionism or temperanceism, or any otherrivnirho.
an occasion as this, I will denounce him ; • 'tattle fin
man (turning to Mr. Colver) began, I left ay_ °
mince 'l:4.that crowd there, and came up
re
of
July g
solved
of to
and I have done it. Let the of •o
s s eeP ci,
p
his hand to the crowd). The conclusion o! .
greeted with great applause, laughter, and el 1_ u"'
lasted for several minutes,

TUESDAY,

.......,_,:____
LOC

turned f

Pool on the Bth

OUERti

thaniei

Staie;(

TUE E;

Au GU

L 12%7TELLIG

been

it is contemplated that.
inland revenue St
FATAL Accir
Penerick, the s-
and Alberf 1

1 to approve c

bolition of the soap dni

action of
,nrl-. will

.—On Ti

ud mate of t

9, 1853.

i,'NCE.

maintop cro's;trelg, upon the
killed. The deceased was a
Thu AlAns.—An
night mails to a"
for renlvi

4. to letters will be it

30 enzploylion the

forenoon, Jam(
imerican ship Joh

has been made in the

which the int€

at this town

...tanehestei. by about half-an-hour, at Carlisle by two hour
and a quarter, and at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Pert},
Aberdeen by about four hours.
EDWARD THOMAS Gon,---
Manchester, beet,
death of his moth,
given way to habits of into.
the man died, his liver lax

natural

an engraver

Since that time he and his wife had
•

her day

I to three or four

Mu. twatAs Boo'ruin-, collector of nes for the lx
rough magistrates, died on Thursday t his residence
Alelyille-place, of malignant typbp.-P
time bridewell-keeper son
to the office of collect as an alto singer; and aom
of St. George's Chun,
TESTIMONIAL -
n?ent of Mr. Hausburg, te.
signed and mane
the
.Ward Lawrence. " Elizabethan patrn, tern which is to be presented to Mr. Ed-
Presented to Et
Society, as a token
his valuable services.
DEnnt
The Library and AL the wishes of excursionists frol'l the conntry and of
have determined to throw the
nuseurY
This will afford an
town on bus inc,. opn3rtu nits to Mr

and was promoted some years

He was known in musical

the choir

s now on view, at the establish-

t, when

was de-

Lt bears the following inscription r--
ard Lawrence, Esq., by the Chatham
of esteem and in acknowledgment of

ast 11, 18M."

PUBLIC DAYS,
order to meet

Te,rtm Committee

open on Saturdays,

ho ina3,

,f the week

inuseum will 1_
Ys, Thursdfl

hat day than any other. The
On Mondays, Wednes-

Ind will be closed on

Asts, and on Fridays for

Tuesdays for the Bth
°-enni Tre, the .
r-RESENTITION TO 308EPIT
beautiful picture, painted by Gamoadella, re
Mr. Sanders in consultation with the late P"
Ron and the late Charles SSivester
l'iverPool and Manchester railway, the first commerfial
.
unde.rtakhig of the kind, was last week presented to '
Sannars, ace° p n'ed by an address, to which was at-
tached the signatures of many of the principal merchants,
toy. s' and profesSional gentlemen connected with the
--"" and
of of-Liv 01. The picture may be seen at
the shop of 31r. Clements, Colquitt-street.
13ot DROWs_kzkr..-3lichael Riley, a flatrhan, dis-
trea on Wednesday evening, the body of a youth,
rlPare.,. ntly ten or eleven years of age, iloatitig in the
near the Seacombe wall. The body, 'which was
ra,,-"'Peetß.toly attired, was conveyed to a shed at 'the Wood-
R&H-7,„!1•?,,.te, *here it was claimed. The deceased was
the--
• sof Mr. Williams, of B,
-""e-a(1. The oboe had left home during•theridge-street day for
PurPosnOf &hi",
X Via his dy as
hargmrBbAbEßboLYW POLICEMAN.—PoIict-bfficer 197 •
wrritu committing an assault upon Sarah
"a 4 -'`VaY, in Back Pickup-Street. Her husband
Uri,ll ‘verk until about one o'clock on Tuesday
,Ap.
Y..
Proceeding home gCirig Marybone, when
what ‘Seve're'lyeTh4e- 4-I,acens' t.ed him, -and afterwards struck; hum
hadl2:u a stick. He went hoite and told HS. Wit
Ike the le,PP:ned, and requested her to with him to
Wett number. She complied, and they both
An A°. v.nrsait of the officer, and 'found him standing in
her his llung street. The prosecutrix asked him to give
-86,1,1-number, when he rudely.told her to go away, and
her a violent blow in the face. The prisoner, who
fined 47 Previously reprimandeetfor a similar offence, was
the force. orr
" days'
imprisonment, and dismissed Prom• or.
EDGErLL.—These schools are of
'"1.1 stme, and have been 'erected according to the
„„_,Lglls of 111 r. W. W. Lloyd, architect, of Liverpool, at a
of about 21,15. They tonsist of a girls' school, 40
it.,Pet..4 inches by 30 feet, by' .15 feet high ; infant school,
abovfeet 5 'inches by 30 feet, by the same height, with
wasp—
to the churchyard between; and a bois' 'school
87 feet 3 inches by 30 feet, by 15 feet high at. the
he•
e,-'• ig, and 44 feet in the 'centre of the roof., which is
to the room ; the fitaber of the same being &am-
u, stained and -vlrnished. The schools have large
T• Y-grounds 'at the ends of the building. There is
,a
elivre in the roof for ventilation, and fresh air is adimtt
Luto each school by Slides-in the window bottoms,
Builder.
h
ane to regulate the.qUantity received.—The
STRANGE CASE.—On Tuesday
uetective-officer produced a warrant, rasi7naedn'.by Mr.
man
wed of the derkenweli Police-court, to bring a
,„...7-'"Tecl Simpson before him ; and, in accordance with' that
ir,Fament, he tool him before the magiArates at-the
~,,,___°llce-office, that they might grant an order for his trans-
ed--"rien to London. 31r. Simon, who appeared on behalf
,"uPson, contended that the Liverpool magistrates had
--.lllrsdietion in the matter, and the London magistrates
1,-4-4 only execute warrants in their own linmediateneigh-
La howl. The magistrate refused to interfere in the case
t any way, or to graiit an assault summons against 'the
eer. Mr. Simon then said, if the officer took his-Elient
into custody, he would do it at his peril, and advised his
client to resist the capture. It appears that the-charge
preferred. against Simpson is that he was conc irL,a
gold robbery on board a ves'sel bound from Engianu
Rio Janeiro.
THE liorAs., hirmittvediScnooL ManicrNn.—The
delivery of prizes in thA
cal school of the Royd In-
firmary, took place in th., beatre of that institution, on
Friday, at two o'clock,—lir. James Bourne, the president,
in the chair.
Ther-fnrinwi g;nttillist of the priz-
general proficincy—goldn special_
Say 4. MlAnaltm J.
grid Banning;-
pl 1 Y
may, lecturer, Ur ''Long.; silver medal—Mr. Wmf-Sayer;
boo_ k—. Lister; certificate—Mr. J. J. P. Williams.
Chemistry, lecturer ;'Dr. Brett ; silver medal—Mr. Robert
Fryer. Medicine, leuttrer, Dr. Dickenson ; silver medal—
h SaYer ; it!ook.-11r. Rowlands ; certificates of
911°111.----Mr- Banning and Mr. Russell. Surgery, Mr.
uooper ; silver midd-111r. Wm. Sayer ; certificate of ho-
-118.,?ur-111r. Banning. Materia Medici, leCturer, Dr. sman;
medal—Mr. Wm. Sayer: certificates—Mr. Edward
and Mr. Anwyl. Midwifery, lecturer, Mr. 'Batty ;
Nei'lnedal-3lr. 'R. J. Banning. Botany, lecturer, Dr.
Inrins ; book,--31r.Archer. Medical jurisprudence, lee-
, Dr. Inman ; .hooks—equal Mr. Win. Sayer and Mr.
-irnitng• Oplithahnia, medicine, and surgery ; took—
SaYer. 'Toxcolog,ical prize, lecturer, Dr. ';Brett
in.certificate—Mr. Banning.
CONDUCT. —An occurrence took place on
named upon the Mersey, in which a young.. man,
destit-„,-L'nula Pletcher—a stranger in the town, and m.
navii47,eolidition=behaved in a most intrepid manner in
ioov from &cumin' g. Shortly before two --etioelc,
rn si.i;ausherry a youth, who resides with his parents,
the in
t, 'was, in company with other boys;-upon
now v.
When h --ePe of the George's pier, fishing for -crabs,.
away e accidentally TeE into the river, and was cartwdied
was with the Vae, -which was running out. A-cre
- •
ti, ,„1 „n„,„„. _ aarar.l-..1

rooms, &c

SANDARS,

SQ. -A

_ senting
Stephen-

g, and nothing farther was heard
id by tl

him wate.,
, made a des
tide. Both Werei.
se,
feared life-bo would perigh,
a w to the pot
ilnat_ with

swam to the d

to effort to contend against the .ebbini
'erat times under water, and it was

585 (riiith) threv

ier caught it with one hand

a being in an ex-

nar.dne firmly nt sn'y then picked up by a boat, and bot _
hausted state, they were -coxiveyed to the receivm„,
whe
1 is a tailor
of 137,,,,,t11.e3, mewith every alttentio.n. Fletc ler .
tion --"'lr laghani, and arriveti in this tow
-454 Proceedi a• to Chester, in search of employment,that
but vm, n with the inten.
ILI shell% destitute and friendless condition,
he Was not even in possession of a penny to pay his ferry,
81", o• }not
ClacAL AND ItAILWAY.--On Tuesday -a
y
1831/t't,L, Dieeting of this company was held at the raliv? _
tatiobn, St. Helen's, to v tborise -the conversion of the exist
hilPigessaares in the corn- anto consolidated. stock 11.7353t7”
fi,,,1 °I enema Helen's Canal and Railway , . .
,;.i.- to 7eate shares under 'the authority and permits,
—o° of 4 The Saint Helei 's Canal and Railway Act, 1840,.'
,awnd the various acts Canal
therewith. The chair
M.P. From the
,reasperoteictupiede by Gilbert Greenall, ci
Year, wh:lll)Pred that the .re•Yusrn
5.,„,
show,oariPilred with the correspondingP ma
ts of £4014,
whilst the inc”ea crease
"siNfLorPthee.pas.
of
ahlalutf-
and the
'additional li ' sea expenses had -been £1
preference
divi,, , c arge for interest OD ‘loa,ris and
uenas t 3117. in the gloss receip647,
and vide
11d
of.
,_,_,
_,63z1 Tile amount of canital• on which nires
are urged to revenue ilhowed an increase_ono,
- -.-. u_ . e over the amount charged to revenue a1t,453
.1.136*.e Toll,. total arr. ' '''
--own. to be appropriated was •_, d
Zia
‘n. of which the direetors-nr^ that a dividend
18th Of Aueugllsdectlared for the past Vale rear,
P
a 3 fps. of ti p„ old
• 10s. per half-share;
share ; e. tlO3 preference bares • 'lsx. per £25 preference
ayable
leaving andbat in'ee7(ini per four-and2a-half per cent. share ;
Kiddncoo, t. Ile ret,,,• • °B7 19s. 3d. to be carried to the next_
, E. Greeuan --11 C directors, Messrs G. Greenall,
It Was decided to ~..,,' lie.and, and Riebv were. re-elected.
£120,000, under the nen,all additional apviial, not exceeding
Of 8000 shares or t2Ci -..l.eirs
not. The company, by the issue
rate of £4 10s. per oeni."-1, entitled to fix dividends at the
TERRIFIC GAS EXpLos
of gas took place at the 1,017111;cCon Tuesday an explosion
'way station,'Preston. Betw,,,,„a
.11,1 Northwestern Rail-
the forenoon a porter was esie.'ne,,ght and nine o'clock in
roms, when he perceived a t 11111 R or of the waiting-
hehlt aPPrised William AsP. 8,
r°a
lig
deer °f gas' of IV
the
at
-to
station
AsPinall procured a 13clearer employed
namine the ; in .1 the room, to whiefl lailld prc'eeeadr ht,
...a ato explosion, which Ivas h e applied 'g
considerable
coma rnee, wa.s the immediate result. eard a
blown
Max_ the
face'ladder -and his waistcoat, shirt,Pailltrawusasers
set
h-0ie1,.) his and hands being at the samn e time dread-
__ unit- Richard Clayton, another joiner, who was
~,,__lng the ladder for Aspinall, suffered in a similar way.
„„,-se were the
as
the fie ere only two people in the room. As soond
Iron" the recovered' their presenee of mind, they rus'.l
guish, aPartnient, and their blazing apparel was extu
of Art_lf„,Ylct,ersons who hastened to their assistance. Some
extra-
014;;`,Z,euee g produced by the explosion were most .
ivo7;11:. The door of the waiting-room (composed or
tinibe e Plauks). was literally torn away, the strong
rp, I; shattered, and the door driven across the platform.
.i." 10 windows were smashed, and in some instances the
-I'?triamework was carried away. A skylight of half-inch
,te-glass wag taken out as neatly as if (toile by a glazier,
4.,4 a Portion of the roof projecting over the parapet at
Luc back of the
Ti paper on
the vvol e aPartment was demolished. The
other
tilyn.l eras burnt and blackened, and a variety of
—ages sustained b t the t singular incident has yet
to L_ . , lit . e most ye named Adjoining the apartment in which the
explosion occurred 1 the ladies' waiting-room, and between
the two there • •hi I was locked. Some
inf.-- is an inner door, wc i
._--...5.g, 0, which had been deposi
Led in the second-e Lass
waltin-roona, was driven against this door with such force
tiattotaar off the lock, and a deal box was Whirled into the
----''' Waiting:lW= awl there left, on re,

-house