The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-09 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

qee4L f' CTERISTIC PORTRAIT of Mr. T. Warburton,
4 the ES 'ileraYon by Mr. Lambie, is at present suspended
tittl1::: theneainZigns.of
AQvp
l'ired '''' ENT OF DALE-STREET.—The notices having
tat t•net! to Dale-street, from Sir Thomas's-
h Crosshall-street, will be commenced at once,
44. Improvements be carried on uninterruptedly.
t't th,1091.----Commission signed by the Loid-Lieutenant
the-antitY Palatine of Lancaster.—Second.. Regiment
httae,..._:e of Lancaster's Own Militia : Charles Garray,
, Tilensign.
)`°4t ti; IPTII ROYAL LANCASHIRE MILITIA.—It is said
,9so„ regiraent will be presented with colours by Miss
oynei'3'4 eldest daughter of Charles Towneley, Esq., of
Ps weekenian, colonel commandant of the regiment, early
•
,ashtl'r
ATION.—On the Ist inst., a purse, containing
sovereigns, was privately presented to the
pea4rel7oca
, curate of Prescot Church, as a token
kNbe et and regard, from the vicar of the parish and
a is °f the congregation.
4 .-is-c4t....
i.j'isci tiet''.lsu AND SOUTHPORT. RAIpVAY.—A pro
FR on un of the shareholders in this company
ilrishire Wednesday,e, at the offices of the Lancashire and
Ns.: hire '°lnPany, to approve of a bill promoted by the
1 Ilstahle and Yorkshire, in which this company was
'll4a '4 Mr. Stuart occupied the chair, and a resolu-
PP f bill ,,e s.„ ng 0 the was passed.
sls LIiER S Th • eymen coopers of
1.. to, UPERSEDED.— e journeymen
t:Peetfiall'., desiring an advance of wages, addressed
.a
„lon, 4.- 'mulmunicat'on to their masters, stating their
Lames" 'taking thel request. The result. has been that,
noe,, tins, of the journeymen and their employers, the
tt`t; ah'ila',sed was agreed to, and they now receive 6s. per
Ve 41,- IN. Per hour overtime, instead of, as formerly,
`'Piece -'3'. There has also been a proportionate rise in
EAl,eee Prices.
9414:110CASHIRE RAILWAY.—An extraordinary gene-
acing of the East Lancashire Railway Company was
).° e, Barg, on Monday last, when a bill now
'ar'aruament, intituled" A Bill for vesting in the
°a-shire Railway Company, jointly with the Lan-
ail "nd Yorkshire Railway, and for other purposes,"
phi
, tni,lher bill now before parliament intituled "A Bill
tefto'ing the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway C.0m-
,40111, construct a railway from Kirkdale to the Liver-
"% Zs; With connecting lines there, and for other
ZPao,,i''' were submitted to the shareholders for their
the'' The chair was occupied by Mr. Dugdale, and
1, resolutions were agreed to.
qtr ADJOURNED GENERAL VESTRY.—The General
i I'3, _ -:URNED
tiuteeting, adjourned from Tuesday, the 18th of
L as held in the Sessions-house at twelve o'clock on
;II J,pk• The ehair was taken by the Rev. Rector Camp-
'lla r report of the voluntary rating committee
lc rLa•-_,.n. read, the rev. rector vacated the chair, but
IPpea„c'llately re-elected as chairman of the meeting.
like 47°, from the report of the voluntary rating coin-
't I '""at there was a balance of £549 10s. sd. ; and
ZhAera-hes Thompson moved that this sum be divided in
bs v:°Portions between Messrs. Liversedge, Atkins,
Nlor'lld Collins, who were cash out of pocket to the
0 oei" about £6OO. A long discussion followed ; but
k'stehaY Parties who seemed to know anything about the
,Ntere4t, Dr. Collins a forcible one, and Mr. Liversedge
Ne were the claimants.—Mr. Urquhart moved
,a
kstioht resolution ; but, on a division, Mr. Thompson 's
atN,,:ivas carried, and the meeting dissolved.
L°lle,,si°N. WITH THE ANNA.—On Monday last week,
a'llort'l,lll., the Anna, of Liverpool, Smith, master, from
v'terh,, f„.`t With coals, and bound to Eden, was towed it
1).,l;', having been run into off the Ness by the
16‘vspriil London, from China; she has carried away he
tx,„' <lah,'nd part of her topgallant forecastle. It appears
Ord, ef was steering W.5.%V., with starboard tacks on
040,e-hauled. The William was running! with the
,',`,lely iTt the beam, port tacks on board winch, imme-
",tlu,'"e Anna perceived, she put her helm hard down,
"everZelocity of the two vessels was such that before
f74,ttlhe',7ls could answer the helm the Anna was run into
1%4:4°41 bow. She has sustained considerable injury,
tt ,tlderstand it is very likely she will be repaired at
g„tive',,_s• The Anna belongs to Jones Palmer and Co.,
7. '""01, is about 500 tons register, and is a teetotal
tlilltl'.qt
P, he, USE OF THE MERMAID.—This fine clipper-
Ait "ging to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's
~-110th Star Line " sailed on Wednesday for Melbourne.
~.Itti,, has an emigrant vessel been submitted to in-
i.alta-na-kore perfect in all her appointments, with a finer
Zlebil,sti Acers on board, and a more satisfied body of
fr‘lbelrs• The latter number 398 adults in the saloons
."'il, peen decks, and ten in the best cabin. They are 1
ti'N,"'t mainly of the most valuable classes for such a
41kr, aa, Australia a large proportion being Cornish
.ho will bring their experience in digging for tin
his into profitable use as diggers for the more
•e metal which that colonfproduces. She has
oscel board a number of artisans of the description
Nei-4hour Australia most wants, and a considerable
btletikf children, who swell the number of " souls" .
ag,'''Y her. The Mermaid is expected to make the
Iqire -4.41 75 or 80 days at the furthest. At a few minutes
,snee,d'en, a.m., on Wednesday, she fired her gun, and
N,,,'"eci. (town the river in tow of the Independence tug ;
lth-' she passed the docks on her course, her fine seat
jqs‘vater, and her powerful and trim masting, were the
k, of general admiration. 1
i„. 4.
,Whio!LING OF THE
.RED JACKET.-The clipper Red J.ac-e.
,7/4, from her build, and her first preformance in the
IN e from New York to this port, may be expected to ,
to herself the crack Australian ship of the " White
44 Mlle," passed a highly satisfactory inspection on Wed-
3', and went to sea on Thursday. Her arrangements
hrsoliout reflect the highest credit upon her liberal
tis
tt >Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, as well as upon
Ntgtmiti t,_1,,,,_ ander, Captain Reed, and the very effective staff
zx,e, superintended her loading and fitting-up. The
no ;40Z.t. takes out 16 passengers in her best cabin and
ofetralui her saloons and 'tween decks. She carries
ka,",eBll7,Passena•ers ; and, from the fact that in no part 1
ofi,''e i" less thanrl £2O for a berth has been taken, it
tlaZrsoCerred that she takes out a rather superior class ,
Sthm s ' The bulk of them, however, are of the useful
~ tteh
1;01 a as joiners, engineers, and other artisans, for
414,,tikstralia affords profitable employment. Her crew
;eel 4,,, ki, including 14 passenger stewards. She is offi- ,
Li' %;:re like a first-class mail steamer than a passen- '
oe;g. ship, and, in fact, is nowhere inferior to such a
tip.' 814 z°l• the Australian voyage. Of the crew, fully 76
kt;itlie:e.amen, in the strict sense of the term. She car-
lii,Prake`°re, more hands than the new regulation of the
0, of eat requires. Her nautical instruments are, it is
Oilik the most perfect description, and in the best
oti
oforder. She carries a full cargo, principally corn-
i„t to fine goods, and has on board a heavy mail, consist-
t'mt 0N,.. a Considerable extent of duplicatestf despatches
it we% by the Great Britain. At about half-past
girdh'''-", p.m., the anchor was raised, and the ship,
ta37 the Constitution steam-tug, proceeded down the
tho'4,,,kling her course close alongside the Prince's-parade.
Ober her departure had not been anticipated, a large
a"'; 421 sPectators were present to witness her depar-
tre'''a when she fired her parting guns, which were
1 fki t calibre, showing that she is quite sufficiently
),1" eh:Protect herself against any ordinary opponent,
'gore ',ring from on board, heartily responded to from
A 6".48 most enlivening.
k,l)ket,,ll,k,NGE STORY.—On Tuesday, Michael Healey,. a
a ii,","IY-dressed man, about 30 years of age, gave hun-
t": follow the police authorities here, to whom he made
;ttaliing statement, which has been taken down by
Vaet.,°rities :—" I live with Mr. Nathan Tuckaberry,
Oh ~rker, 11, Middle Mountjoy-street, Dublin, and
itti'lan7tll of last month I was sent with a letter by Mr.
k set, ", O'Plaherty to Mr. Queely, 87, Marlborough-
'mehaiell contained a bill of exchange for £lOO, and
11Ny "'t notes, to the amount of which I do not know.
wereMr I met two men, who accosted me ; and saying
VVie ~, strangers, requested me to show them the way
t)Sre'ustorn-house, which I did. They then asked me
Ih',, fora Wass of ale, which I did. I called for a second
vile theta and for myself. This was about 11 o'clock
"'tioelt),r,_ning, and I remember nothing further till about
th 2 foil
~'lle same evening, when I was awoke by a woman,
th: or till', ine lying on a piece of waste ground, near the
iiiipivoe North-wall. On examining my pocket, I found
tel.'le. -°Pe On with the bill of exchange and letter '
Ne,ni, Jo e banknotes were gone. Shortly afterwards I
ItOtie-i, e bill of exchange, and came to Liverpool that
V,.4; iii"Y the steamer. I never before. saw either of the
At`r or, '3' were well-dressed, and said they had come
4;4t11, 1,4 tour to see Ireland." Healey was brought
seven
Pie 4 ar,„ll CTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.---
th'p, 1% R,
glial meeting was held in the Royal lush-
NZI Wednesday evening, on which occasion
laP g; a good attendance of members. The annual
Ik',SLI• en by the society to student members were
41,1c1a,; the Ist to Mr. C. Ellison, the 2nd to Mr.. J.
the tolr.. The annual report was then read,
.from which
ittqaleng gratifying facts are to be elicited.: —That
to tltocele,have evinced much interest in the society and
ts Lite l!,'ings ; that valuable additions have been made
Ili!' del during the past year ; and the advantages
14.1 attht:lved from the use of the library have been avail-
'litt4-Lig the year. The forthcoming meeting of the
N.l!ia,-330ciation is looked forward to by the society
toNet i•-", ,arable anticipations. One subject noticed with
k.,at '4l,"e report is the dim. inished number of competi-
Vth4te sessional competitions. The council reco.m-
41,4eett, a Premium be offered for an essay on Italian
Ni• Tisre, and be sent in on or before the Ist of October
the e to
for council also recommend that an attempt be
!'t '°list "lin a Practical museum of the materials used in
Vllatection of architectural designs ; each specimen
lail/eettleaccompanied by a brief memorandum of
reer. qualities and of the price at which it can be
4k,i'ltaae thativerpool. They also acknowledge with
09 h,,s by Mr. Edmundson, of St. Helen's, the
atiloes recently been presented with a number of
\tfaetn,.°_,f Plain and ornamental window glass, as
'llifi:,lle of Yu by Messrs. Pilkington, accompanied by a
4 "gin 'eslgns and three specimens of stained glass,
Nlltiee-sg °I. the arms of Liverpool, a landscape, a tariff
olillin ' ~alld p f flowers.' The council further
Itarveritt:`, that theu-exocursion this year should be to
iv,‘th,,,ilaß Troll, about the latter end of June. The
isi lictellt racers were elected for the ensuing session :
' `r ' ---r. Ha • ' sidents, Mr. Frank Howard
115pt,11er.,11 liggins ;ye'uravi?- ",*
curator, rair. Goodall ; treasurer, Mr.
Ohre ea
: Messrs. G. F. Chantrell, Kilpin, Picton,
Ntb4e. V Prodshara • honorary secretaries, Mr. Boult
lito,erea 1,!• Weightm;n. The president, Mr. Verelst,
hkitess "-,ls retiring address, in which he reviewed the
klehlarly(tart duiing the past year, which he thought
114,- ee Igratifyin
te,kll4l° art g, especially in France, where men of
ki, , on were so highly esteemed, and promoted to
Nkidt`e sa,„ °urs• He regretted that there was not more
toh.'ed, •'‘'e sort of feeling in England. Mr. Verelst
1(1`:(1 %len erras
a of admiration, to the plan of railways
*it} tor r-A-4. of Paris and also referred to the proposed
114' a waYs rou
.1 14,,,, Vast
~,,_, ndLon.don, with lines communicating
cht44.,
,earrai terminus, to be built. on the river
aidll Plan of a market on the river at Man-
l'jrll4 II; / also to that of carrying a railway over our
1,,. tha mr,
h,,,te, 'As tnrPoo,rl. On the motion of Mr. picton, a v.ote
tiqie:f thatlVlr- Verelst Via.s carried by acclama.ti.on.
e 44 • Aft 8 were also awarded to the other retiring
i'k• t °IN e er considerable discussion it was resolved that
kakit Li lenrson of the society should be made this
Y nle hall,
near Stockport, the seat of the 114eigli

FlRE.—About half-past two o'clock on Sunday after-
noon a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. Demp-
ster, ship bread baker, at the corner of North John-street.
It originated in the bakehouse, but from what cause is
unknown. The West of England Brigade with two
branches were soon in play, also four other branches be-
longing to the Fire Police. The fire was soon extinguished.
The stock is insured in the Scottish Union. The damage
will be trifling.
TIrE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB held a meeting at
the Marine Station of the Club, on Tuesday, and after-
wards dined together. In the course of the evening it
was arranged that the opening cruise for the yachts to
sail in company under the flag of the commodore should
take place on Wednesday, the 24th instant, (her Majesty's
birthday), the yachts to assemble off the Marine Station
at ten a.m. It is proposed for the large yachts to proceed
on to Kingstown, weather permitting. The challenge cup
is proposed to be re-sailed for on Saturday, the Bth July.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—At the Manchester Police-court, on
Thursday, James Pownall, a salesman and collector in the
employment of Mr. William Dossa Whitehead, fent dealer,
Spring-gardens, Manchester, was charged with embez-
zling various sums of money, amounting to about £2,000,
There were a good many cases against the prisoner, but
witnesses were only called in five of them. These wit-
nesses proved that money had been paid to the prisoner
on account of his employer, and the son of the latter stated
that Pownall had not accounted for them. He was com-
mitted for trial.

WAR MOVEMENTS IN LivEupooL.—Her Majesty's
steamer Prometheus, five guns, 200 horse-power, Capt. E.
R. Rice, arrived at this port on Tuesday from the coast of
Scotland, where she has been picking up naval volunteers.
Her object here is also to obtain volunteers. Shortly before
seven o'clock on Wednesday morning, the Cunard steamer
Niagara, Capt. Leitch, arrived here from Constantinople,
which city she left on the 20th ult. The Niagara brought
home 90 invalids. On the same morning 386 men, 15
officers, 65 women, and 45 children, belonging to the 46th
regiment, arrived in the Mersey from Cork in the steamer
Nimrod. They were immediately despatched to Woolwich,
via' the London and Northwestern railway. Within the
last few days five transports, the Asia, Glendalough, War
Cloud, Panola, and Tyrone, forming the " Dublin division,"
have sailed hence for Kingstown, where they will embark
the 11th hussars, Lord Cardigan's regiment. The Tyrone
sailed on Wednesday. The new screw-steamer Bahiana,
1,700 tons, 300-horse power, belonging to the South
'American and General Steam Navigation Company has,
we understand, been surveyed by the government officers
to ascertain her fitness as a steam transport.

THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT BRITAIN.—The mails which
were taken on board the Great Britain previous to her
leaving the port, were landed again on Tuesday evening,
and transmitted to London to be despatched by the over,
land mail. The cargo is being discharged, in order that
the ship may be docked for repairs, and it is expected that
she will be ready again for sea by the 10th of June. The
following notice to the passengers has been issued by
Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., the owners : —" In addition
to the communication which we have already made to the
passengers by the Great Britain, coming under the act
of parliament, that we will give them 30s. per head, or, if
they prefer, that berths shall be found them in our ship
Bloomer, sailing this month. We now beg to state that
those to whom neither of the above proposals are satisfac-
tory, one-half of the passage-money will be returned at
once, and should they wish hereafter to go by the Great
Britain, they will be provided with berths, if there be any
to let at the time of their application, on their repaying the
half now returned to them." They also offer to pay the .
railway fares home and back to Liverpool, for such of the
passengers as wish to spend the intervening time with '
their friends. The passengers, almost without exception,
prefer waiting for the Great Britain. Messrs. Gibbs,
Bright, and Co., have also offered to shippers to deliver
them the cargo they have shipped, on condition of its being
replacedby asimilar quantity when the vesselis ready for sea.
THE AZTECS. —These curious little strangers are indeed
a source of wonder to the beholder. Perfect manikins in
point of stature, they are not dwarfs, but on the contrary
are well formed. They are lively—almost careless in their
demeanour sportive and docile in a remarkable and
pleasing degree ; and they are animated by a certain
amount of intelligence. The presumed ages of these little
people are—the boy 17 years, and the girl 11 years. The
boy is 34 inches and six lines high, and the girl 30 inches ;
and nine lines ; the former weighing 23 lbs., and the latter
214 lbs. The children have deep olive complexions, long
black curly hair, and black—and in the girl particularly—
soft eyes. They have caught a little English, of which
they can speak a few imperfect words ; and they appear to I
understand what is said to them. They have enjoyed j
good health since they came into the care of the parties
who now have charge of them (1853), and have changed j
but little in their stature, the boy having grown about
half-an-inch taller, and the girl an inch. The complexion
of the girl is considerably more Ethiopian than that of
the boy, and from the slightly woolly texture of her hair,
one would almost be led to suspect a slight dash of the
negro blood to circulate in her tiny veins. There is a ,
strong Jewish cast in their countenances ; but at the same
time the features strikingly resemble the ancient sculp-
tures
found plentifully in central America. We must not
omit to state, as evidence of the kindness and liberality of ,
Mr. Morris, that on Friday the school children in con-
nexion with Dr. M`Neile's church were admitted gratis to
see these little creatures : and that Mr. Morris very hand-
somely offers the same privilege to any other school, of
whatever denomination, on the committee making written
application to him.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on
Thursday, tenders from the following parties for horseing I
the water carts were accepted :—For West Derby, Kirk-
dale and Everton, Nathan Ellison ; Liverpool (north and
south divisions,) Richard Pickering.—Mr. Bigham wished
to mention a matter which came before the Dock Com-
mittee. Mr. Hartley complained that the Health Com-
mittee had charged the Dock Committee £620 for what he
could do for £l5O. The statement was so startling, that he
was determined to inquire into it.. He had consulted the
borough engineer, who supplied him with a statement
showing that the work done cost £620135: 5d., and that it
was for square-setting in Mersey-street. It appeared that
Mr. Hartley had formed his estimate of £l5O upon boulder
pavement. The square sets cost 4s 6d a yard, while the
boulder pavement could be done for is 8d to is 10d. The
engineer said there was a statement by Mr. Hartley him-
self, showing that the estimate by Mr. Abraham, the con-
tractor, for doing the work with boulder, would cost up-
wards of £3oo.—At the request of the chairman Mr. Big-
ham undertook to explain the matter at the Dock Corn-
mittee.—Mr. Bigham directed attention to another matter.
It was of the greatest importance to merchants, shippers,
and others, that cart owners, and those who employed them,
should have facilities for measuring the cart lengths. By
the present maps these facilities were given to a certain
distance north, but since the erection of the new docks
those maps were insufficient for the purpose. It had been
suggested to have a map which he understood by a new
process could be got up so as to be sold at sixpence each,
and the sale would be sufficient to cover the expenses. He
had been spoken to by the Old Quay Company and other
bodies on the subject. It was understood that the sugges-
tion would be brought under consideration.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
held at the workhouse, Mill-lane, Everton, on Wednesday.
The Rev. W. Badnall presided. The balance in the trea-
surer's hands was stated to be £857 3s. On the motion of
Mr. Abrahams, Mr. Capes, bookkeeper at the hospital, was
requested to resign his situation, being incompetent to
fulfil the duties required. Mr. Allen, relieving-officer, ten-
dered the British Guarantee Society as his security, in the
room of a surety recently deceased, which was accepted by
the board. The number of inmates in the workhouse was
reported to be 601, against 700 in the corresponding week
of last year, and in the hospital 52 against 30 for the same
period.—Mr. Kirkus, in drawing attention to the tempo-
rary absence of the porter, from his duties on the 13th of
April, said it was reported that one of the members for
Everton was so drunk that day that the porter had to
take him home. (Laughter and uproar.)—Mr. McGee
(indignantly) : That man, gentlemen (looking at Mr.
Kirkus), is one of the greatest liars that ever walked.
(Uproar.)—After a noisy discussion the porter (Bamber)
was called, and, in answer to the chairman, he stated that
on the day named he did walk home with Mr. McGee.
" I believe," he said, " he was tipsy ; but he was capable
of going home."—The Chairman : Then there was no
necessity for going home with him ? Bamber : I cannot
speak as to the necessity. (Roars of laughter.)—The
Chairman : If a gentleman is tipsy and able to go home
himself; why go with him ?—Mr. Alpass : He (Bamber)
understands the distinction, and he has put it very well.—
Mr. Kirkus • The answer is very satisfactory to my mind.
Mr. Lunt : iVhere was the drink obtained from ? (Laugh-
; ter and confusion.) Was it obtained in the Workhouse.
or did he (Mr. McGee) come in that state ? (Renewed
laughter.) Mr. McGee : I was a little touched when I
went in. (Here the greater number of the guardians were
almost convulsed with laughter.)—The Chairman : I like
honesty. The confusion was here at its height, in the
midst of which Mr. McGee was understood to exclaim—
' And I tell you another thing ; I think I may say I have
seen you (the chairman) in the same state."—Mr. Cleaver
drew attention to a notice of motion, proposed by Mr.
Ledger, to the effect that the clerk be directed to furnish
a statement of the names of the guardians who represented,
or attempted to represent, a plurality of townships in any
of the years from 1849 to 1854 inclusive, whether for a
few days, weeks, or months only, or the whole of the
parochial year, with the names of the townships.—Mr.
Edwards said Mr. Ledger was ill, and moved that the
motion be deferred for a week. Mr. McGee : I second
that ; they have no right to take advantage of a man
lying on a sick bed.—Mr. Shaw said he would press the
motion to a vote. Having broken no law and violated no
principle, whilst he admitted the right of other parties to
judge his public conduct, he claimed the same right to
judge their conduct. Mr. Ledger, when in office, had not
acted on principle, and when he went out of office as
honorary overseer the auditor had to make an order upon
him to restore what he had taken away. (Order, order !)
Mr. Shaw (pointing to Mr. Edwards) : There is his worthy
colleague sitting at the table. Some disorder ensued,
and, amidst cries of " Vote, vote, the motion was put,
and lost by a large majority.—lt was resolved that the
petition for the closing of public-house and beerhonses on
the Sabbath should be sent to Mr. W. Brown for presen-
tation to the House of Commons, after which the board
adjourned.
WIGAN VISITATION.—On Wednesday the Ven. Arch-
deacon Brooks visited the Wigan parish church, to admit
to office the churchwarden of the various churches in the
parish who were elected on Easter Tuesday. The charge
which the Archdeacon read on the occasion, contained
much reference to the present state of the law on the sub-
ject of church-rates, and an account of the progress of the
well-known Braintree case. Immediately after the pro-
ceedings terminated, the Archdeacon, accompanied by his
secretary, left for Warrington, to make his visitation
there. The churchwardens and sidesmen partook of a
cold colation at the Victoria Hotel. The Hon. Colin Lind-
say, senior churchwarden presided, and Mr. Churchwarden
Dean occupied the vice-chair.—ln responding to the
health of the churchwardens, the Chairman spoke at some
length on the church-rate question, which is now agitating
the parish. He stated that on that day he and his col-
league had presented to the Archdeacon, as the Bishop's
representative, no fewer than 600 persons as church rate
defaulters ; and they had done this in order that they
might have power to sue for the arrears in the Ecclesiasti-
cal Courts, if such a course were rendered necessary by the
validity of the rate being disputed. The last church-rate
in this parish was laid about ten days before the House of
Lords decided the Braintree ease, and therefore the church-
wardens were safe for twelve Malls l but another would
soon after he laid.

THE JACOBA JOHANNA, a Dutch ship, with a cargo
of wheat from Galway, was on Wednesday reported at the
Custom-house by Messrs. Vos, Browne, and Co. This
is the first foreign vessel that has arrived at this port with
a coasting cargo under the new act.
• THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL was presented to the
Queen by Lord Palmerston at the levee held in St.
James's Palace on Wednesday. Among the gentlemen
who attended the levee were Thomas Thorneley, Esq.,
M.P., and Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P.
HENRY JAMESON, aged five years, died at Wigan last
week, after two or three days' suffering, in consequence
of having drunk a quantity of muriatic acid, which had
been obtained by the child's mother, for the purpose of
cleaning bedsteads.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.—At the meeting, on Thurs-
day, it was stated that arrangements had been made for
them to rent a room in the Royal Institution, fitted up
with every convenience. After the examination of several
stereoscopes and photographs, Mr. Burgess read a paper
on the manufacture of collodion, &c. Mr. Berry made
some interesting remarks in reference to some experiments
which he had been making on paper, and which he in-
tended to exhibit at the next meeting of the society.
TEETOTALLERS.—On Wednesday a meeting was held
in Hope-hall, Hope-street, for the purpose of advocating
the suppression of the liquor trade in this country. Re-
solutions expressive of the sentiments of the meeting on
the subject were unanimously adopted. A second meeting
was held on Thursday.
THE SEFTON TENANTRY.—On Tuesday the Earl of
Sefton gave a dinner at the Sefton Arms, Aintree, to a
number of his tenantry resident in Aintree, Netherton,
Sefton, and the adjoining townships. • About sixty were
invited, some of whom were venerable-looking farmers,
whose first family connexion with the Croxteth estate
might be traced through former generations to a very
remote period. The dinner, though held at Mr. Rossell's,
the Sefton Arms, was got up chiefly under the direction
of Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool, and the
chair was occupied by his lordship's steward, Mr. Reuben
Ledger.
LARGE IMPORT Or GRAIN, &c.—A change of wind to
the westward has lately brought to this port a large fleet
of vessels, chiefly from the United States ; and the import
of wheat, flour, Indian corn, &c., from the 25th ult. to the
2nd instant inclusive, is as follows :
Wheat qrs. 37,468 Peas .........bags 27
Ditto sacks 784 Indian corn...qrs: 77,275
Barley qrs. 1,480 Ditto ...bags 28,253
Malt ...... ...... qrs. 830 Ditto meal...brls. 2,661
Oats qrs. 12,162 Oatmeal ...loads 3,763
Ditto bags 240 Ditto ...... ...bags 13
Beans ... ...... qrs. 1,796 Flour sacks 4,120
Peas qrs. 50 Ditto brls. 108,374
ACCIDENT TO THE BREAK 0' DAY.—This fine new ship,
which sailed from the Mersey on the 7th ult., (as one of
Messrs. Train's line of packets,) for Boston, under the
command of Captain Moore, put into Queenstown, with
loss of all her topmasts, foreyard, and jibboom, in a
heavy gale on the 17th ult., in lat. 17 N. During the
violence of the gale the captain was washed overboard
and drowned.
Loss OF THE BLACK HAWK.—The Caroline, from
Poole to Quebec, at Falmouth, on Wednesday, reports
that on the 19th April, lat. 47, long. 35, she fell in with
the Black Hawk, American ship, from Liverpool for New
York, totally dismasted, and that she took off 128 passen-
gers, all safe. The other people were taken off by the
Diago, and another American ship, from Liverpool for
New York. The Black Hawk, it is supposed, foundered.
All on board saved.
TIME, AND A TIGHT CONSCIENCE.—Young reminds us
that " we take no note of time but from its loss ;" and,
probably desirous of saving any reckoning on that score,
our dissenting brethren have set up a scruple of conscience
against paying for winding up the public clocks. A volun-
tary church-rate was proposed lately to provide, among
other items, for the decent appearance and external utility
of the churches; but that, as an invasion of the rights of
conscience, was refused. As one consequence resulting
from this conscientious whim, one of our public clocks
has been standing still for several days, there being no
funds to pay for its winding up. St. Peter's came to a
stand-still on Tuesday morning, at twenty minutes
to eleven, and has since ceased to indicate the
hour. It cannot be a very wide stretch of conscience
which enables us to guess that not a few individuals,
active in refusal of the rate, have already been put to more
inconvenience through this cessation of time's indication
than all their pecuniary saving will repay, and public pro-
perty has been rendered useless for a considerable period
to gratify a morbid spirit of fanaticism which takes refuge
in an affected religious scruple ; all this, and yet men call
themselves reasoning animals.
CAPTAIN JOHN FOOTE, R.N., of the Conflict, who lost
his life by the swamping of his boat's gig at Memel, after
arranging to send home the prizes he had captured, is a
cousin of the Comptroller of Customs at Liverpool, and a
son of the late Commodore Foote, who was also a dis-
tinguished officer, and in receipt of a good-service pension.
The late Captain Foote has left behind him a widow and
three children, and it is stated that his widow has remained
speechless ever since she heard of his sudden death.
COMMUNION PLATE FOR ST. MARY'S, WA.VERTREE.—
We have just seen a very tasteful service of communion
plate, intended for the use of St. Mary's Church, Waver-
tree. It consists of two very elegantly formed chalices,
two handsome patens, and a wine flagon, all of them re-
markable for the simple beauty of their outline and taste-
ful proportions. They have been manufactured by Mr.
Wordley, of Lord-street, from designs by Messrs. Hay,
architects, also of Liverpool.
INCAUTIOUS USE or FIRE-ARMS.—On Wednesday, a
young married lady, residing at Everton, died from the
shock she received about a month previously from the
conduct of a youth, about 14, who, on the 2d of April,
fired a pistol at another youth of 17. The youths were
inmates of the lady's house. It appears that, on the latter
day, while the elder of the two youths wad tying his shoes,
stooping for that purpose on the stairs of the lobby, the
younger one walked from the parlour to the lobby with a
loaded pistol in his hand, and probably to gratify a mad
frolic by frightening his companion and the inmates of the
house, discharged the pistol in the lobby in the direction
of the elder youth, by which the latter had the narrowest
possible escape with his life, as the ball in its passage
grazed his hair close to his forehead. The youth, it
appeared, only suffered from alarm and agitation, but the
lady, who was enceinte, became very ill, and died on Wed-
nesday last, the cause of death being, as her medical
attendants state, the shock given by the occurrence in
question to her nervous system.
Docz COMMITTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday,
Mr. Charles Turner presided. The sub-committee of
works produced a plan of a depot for the officers of cus-
toms and for a baggage floor at the Huskisson Dock,
which they recommended to be erected, at an estimated
cost of about £3,000. The sub-committee also reported
that the Custom-house authorities had offered to rent the
proposed depOt at £l4O per annum, and recommended the
offer to be accepted. The recommendation was confirmed.
Mr. Mason, the secretary, read a report from the-ware-
house management sub-committee, comprising a return
by the surveyor of the superficial area of the vaults, quays,
&c., at the Stanley Dock Warehouses, the cost of the same,
and an estimate of the probable income in rental to be de-
rived therefrom. It appeared, from the report, that the
total area is 33,786 square yards ; that„after making the
requisite deductions for gangways, &c., there will be an
aggregate of 24,475 square yards for the storage of pro-
duce ; that, charging the same rates as are charged at the
Albert -Dock Warehouses upon the produce which the
Stanley Dock Warehouses are adapted for, they will yield
a rental, if kept constantly full, of about £9,330 per an:
num, or 111 per cent, upon the cost, which, when com-
pleted, will amount to about £BO,OOO ; but, supposing only
three-fourths of the space to be occupied—a supposition
based upon the experience derived from the working of
the Albert Dock Warehouses—the rental would be about
£7,000 per annum, or 9 per cent. upon the cost. Some
desultory conversation ensued. The report was then or-
dered to lie on the table, and the whole subject is to be
discussed next week. A communication from the timber
merchants was read, representing that the traffic over the
dock line of railway in connexion with the London and
Northwestern Railway had been interrupted for two
months, and that now, when a junction had been effected
at Wapping, they were prevented from going over it.
They prayed to have the restriction removed, as the inter-
ruption to their business from not being suffered to go
over the line was very great. After some conversation,
the subject was referred to the sub-committee of works,
the chairman observing that on Saturday the surveyor
would be quite prepared to say the line could be opened
on Monday. The subject of the defences of the port next
came under consideration. The chairman said the mat-
ter was postponed last week,when a letter from the mayor
and a letter from the Shipowners' Association came before
the committee, and Mr. Mann attended to'ask if the com-
mittee could take any steps. He supposed the Dock Com-
mittee would concur with the Shipowners' Association
or any other association in endeavouring to get a block-
ship to the port, or anything of that kind. The subject
was postponed on the supposition that it would be mooted
in the Town Council on Wednesday ; but nothing was
said about it in the Council. A good deal of conversation
ensued. The chairman then put the question to the vote
as to whether he should be authorised to say to the Ship-
owners' Association that the Dock Committee would sup.
port any application or representation e to the govern-
ment on the subject. There being 'n each side, the
chairman gave his casting vote in fav , if the committee
supporting an application to the government.
A STEAM WINCH.—A very important improvement in
the application of 'steam Power for the loading and dis-
charging of vessels, is at work on board the Liverpool and
Glasgow steamer, Princess Royal. The novelty is named
" Taylor's Steam Winch," and is the patent of Messrs.
James Taylor and Co., of Birkenhead. Steam winches in
themselves are no novelty, but they have generally failed
in practical utility, from the complex nature of the gearing
and the difficulty of adjusting stationary engines with fly-
wheels to the sudden strain they have to undergo in such
work, without a danger of something snapping. Taylor's
steam-winch possesses this advantage, that the cranks of
the engine act directly on the winch itself, no fly-wheels
or intermediate shafting being necessary. On the Princess
Royal, Taylor's-engine was first applied to the old winch
over the main-hatch as an experiment, the steam being
supplied from the boiler of the donkey-engine, (with which
all large steamers are supplied,) but it has answered so
successfully, that the complete patent steam-winch is also
being fitted over the forehatch. One man alone is required
to attend to the winch, and, besides saving the labour of
half a dozen men at the handles, the cargoes can now be
discharged in one-half the time formerly occupied, while
the cost does not exceed 6d. per hour for coals while at
work. Another great benefit of this steam-winch is the
ease and rapidity with which the vessel " warped" out of
dock by its means, a striking instance of which was
witnessed in the case of the Princess Royal on Tuesday
last. Indeed, the steam-winch will relieve the sailors of a
great amount of heavy work, for the principle can be
applied to windlasses and cranes used for hoisting, warping,
lifting the anchor, and all other similar purposes. One
great feature of the plan is, that the benefits are not con-
fined to steamers alone, but can be easily extended to sail-
ing vessels, by simply placing the boiler in the galley,
which can also be made available, when necessary,- for
cooking purposes, distilling water, working the deck
pumps, &c.,—all great conveniences, especially on board
emigrant vessels. A steam-winch has one very obvious
advantage to the shipowner, captain, and crew, in a
tropical climate, where manual labour is limited by exces-
sive heat ; and the one patented by Messrs. Taylor and CO,
is noticeable alike for comretness of arrangement. only
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