The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE
MISCELLANY.

ko
L. lA-An inquiry into the system of carrying on the
eeeees at the Mold post-office is now going on, by order SHIP CAMBRIA.-Amidst the distressing reports of dis-
-1 ‘2. Postmaster general, and the local postmaster is, ad ease and death on board the passenger ships, hence to
suspended, New York, it is gratifying to notice that the fine new 01,
WAY Menne-At the Birkenhead Police-court, on ship Cambria, Capt. Kerry, (Tapseott's line,) with 340 pas-
sengers, had neither sickness nor death on the passage.
leee"qae, Mr. James Lockhart, farmer, of Barton, near
/ 1;;fe was ordered to pay the sum of £8 175., the amount Loss OF THE HUMBOLDT.-The wreck of this fine
te
e first-class steamer announced in this journal on Tuesday
ee 'he had refused to pay on technical grounds. ay rate, for which he had been assessed, and
last, has created some sensation at Lloyds, on account of
Vettletiron. -On Thursday, an interesting meeting of the heavy amount of insurances that had been effected on
her cargo, which is reported to have been worth upwards
1 teesunge. cation e
school-room
of Christ Church, Cl.t aughton, took placet
_p e 300,000.
1e; e connected with i . There were abut of
THE ALBATROSS, screw steamer, the property of the
eoundred present. The Rev. Dr. Blakeney delivered
pe_gtlerestine, lecture on the Greek Church. Cork Steam Ship Company, bound from Liverpool to Lis-
OSTER TRAreiirnaCOLLEGE.-On Wednesday a depu- ben with a general cargo, was compelled to put into
v7ene feene a body of masters trained at this institution Queenstown, on Tuesday, having sustained damage in the
ce;ted to the Rev. Arthur Rigg, M.A., the principal, a gale, and being short of coal, She proceeded to Cork to
bie tea and coffee service, with an address, expressive of refit, and was to sail again on Saturday.
PROGIMS or IRON SHIPS.-The owners of the cele-
4kind feelings towards himself and Mrs. Rigg.
YsTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.-Tratfic for the b.rated Marco Polo. -James.Bainee and. Co.-have, in addi-
eteended December 18, 1853 :-Railway : Passengers, tion to their magnificent ships building in Boston, ordered
from the Belfast Iron Company, an iron sailing vessel,
eete'' &c., £1,957 Is. 4d ; goods, £1,608 Os. ld.;
which will be the largest iron sailing ship in the world.
boats : £296 lls. 6d. 'Total, £3,861 125.11 d. In-
The length will be 300 feet; beam 45 ; depth of hold 30
,- ' es compared with the corresponding week last year,
feet. She is to be a three decker, and will have light
s'l. ' • steam power and a screw.
RielsretAs is IT OUGHT TO BE.-The good old English
THE NORTHERN PORTS CLOSED BY ICE.-Thursday
i... 1" of looking after the poor at this festive season, has
eeen r posted up at the Royal Exchange, that in
- ..orgotten by Mr. Robert Hughes, of Birkenhead ; notices were
consequence of the ports of Hambnrgh and Rotterdam ,1;) tunet other good things, which he is noted for at
8 of the year, he has not overlooked his cottage being closed by the ice, no more steamers will be des-
%lL!, having year
for them, as usual, a fat goose Patched from the port of London to those cities. At
Antwerp also the channel is frozen to a distance of twenty
etr Christmas dinner, which was delivered to each of
!ie ea .. Saturday morning.
miles below that city. The traffic to the north of Europe
will now take place via Dover and Ostend by the Belgian
ll'c'oe. ExAMINATION.-The pupils of the Rev. R.
Government Railway.
Vi school, in Birkenhead-park, were examined on
STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.-The Association for Pro-
e.i'sday, when the following prizes were awarded.- ,
' moting Steam Communication with Australia have ad-
114're. Class 1-Prichard ;2, Salt ; 3, Summerfield ;
seeaeter. Classics. Class 1-Prichard ;2, Schofield; dressed a memorial to the Colonial Secretary, urging the
IsIton; 4, Cooke • 5, Massfield, V. ; 6, Eaton ; 7, necessity of immediate steps for establishing an efficient
fortnightly mail to Melbourne and Sydney. They point
';ealan. Mathematics. Class 1 -Prichard • 2 Fair-
out the unsatisfactory state in which the matter at present
°Ng; 3, Christian nistory. English, Roman' and
:ifean, and Geography. Class. 1-Smith, R; 2, Mese- stands, and the complete failure of the retrograde plan of
4tee_w• ; Christian. French. Class 1-Laird; 2, G. employing sailing vessels; at the same time, not wishing
iev-Q ; 3, Atkinson; 4,
Saturday week, as some boys
R. Schofield; 5, Morton. , to appear to favour any particular colony, they abstain
from offering suggestions as to the route that should be
VILE EXAMPLE.-Ou
1e Playing ,, in Oxton-road, where a cart laden with selected, and content themselves by calling attention to
of the interests involved.
ere was standing, one of them
~mocked away the the extent
eeProp, when the whole load fellinftpon him. J. S. 1 NORWEGIAN TRADE.-The scarcity of Norwegian birch
e:
timber threatens to send us back to the old American pipe
the manure off the boy, and encouraged others both
staves for supplies of barrel wool. If we can believe n, Esq., coming up at the time, set to work to re-
report, the Norwegan forests of suitable timber for barrel-
i
te,i'd and example. The boy, however, was not rescuedreport,
ousted, and the price,
%, late, as he was suffocated. The boy's name was .
making are becoming rapidly exh
delivered here, has risen during the current year from
t e
qil "Pinall, the son of a Liverpool warehouseman living
Bd. to is. 2d. per foot. The number of cargoes has this
'ehniond-terrace, Oxton-road. An inquest was held
..tele_
ear diminished by 15 compared with last year, as will be
tith .a 5-, at the Park .Hotel, and a verdict of accidental y
seen by the following :-In 1852 there were imported at
N.,.was returned.
Wick 118 cargoes, containing 263,830 feet of billet wood,
tAk' LANDING-SLIP AT TRAN3IERE.-On Wednesday,
and 75,000 superficial feet of cut staves. In 1853, 103
„0:`11 the, arrival of the seven o'clock boat, a passenger
4 narrow escape from drowning. Whilst crossing a cargoes, containing 214,195 feet of billets, and 107,672
DERELICT VESStL AND CARGO.-The schooner Eliza-
'ee(efFem the packet to the landing-slip, he was thrown superficial feet of cut staves.
his 'balance by the pressure from the other passen-
D
',41,' and fell • to the river, from which` he with beth, with a cargo of 200 tons of sugar, bound to Liver-
Negat culty m ed by means of a boat-hook. On the pool from Southampton, was abandoned off the Old Head
of Kinsale, on Monday evening, in a disabled state. The
:4t C.:IL' Saturdrear,a soldier was immersed; and within the
vessel had sustained considerable injury in the gales of
,aesevi Months no fewer than five persons have fallen into
atler through the insecurity of " walking the plank." Saturday and Sunday, having lost her foremast, main: top-
#tC4eer might be averted by adopting the same means mast, and bowsprit; besides damages to the hull, which
induced those on board her to believe she would strike off
,h, landing of passengers as are employed at the great
p YR-stage for embarkation. the Old Head. She was fallen in with by a Queenstown
!enAsorrier IN CIIBsTER.-At the Lodge of the sepilot cutter, the property of Messrs. Scott, and subse-
,,
Lai'!4l6ls, held on Wednesday at the Royal Hotel, in quently the Raejle steamer was despatched to her assist-
Me '4 several distinguished individuals were initiated anee. The schooner was then towed into Queenstown,
„t3r
teelie'mysteries of the ancient and honourable craft. where she arrived on Monday. The captain and crew,
applications have been made by others, for the after abandoning the vessel, got on shore at Kinsale,
whence they proceeded to Queenstown. The value of the
''
e of being present at the coming ball, and also to
sent at the banquet to-day, the 27th instant ; but cargo was between £15,000 and £16,000.
, ees of masonry being stringent with regard to due FAST PA.SSICIE BY A LIVERPOOL SHIP.-The ship Star
Nl'''„they have been postpsned until the lodge in Jan., of the East arrived out at Port Philip in 75k days, but,
being, unable to procure a pilot, was compelled to anchor,
N s`lieY are to be proposed. Communications have
and finally reaelied Melbourne in 78 days, from this port.
et •eceived from Combermere Abbey that a large
1 y 0
The vessel took out a heavy (Imo, besides her full comple-
eta f faehionables are expected, who will accompany
'; -, a inept of passengers, upwards of 400, which makes her run
ebe and Lady Combermere to Chester, to be present at
'the more remarkable, as all the other ships that have
eeeNuet and ball.-Chester Courant.
1% AtITTAL OF FIFTY RYREE PERSONS FOR TRIAL.-- made the passage in from 80 to 90 days have gone out
te4,leite has been long continued as to the right of with passengers only, and in " ballast trim." Only two
ee shermen to take oysters out of certain beds in the deaths occurred on the passage, one of which was an
IV. A. legal opinion having been obtained in favour infant eight days old. The Stratford, which had been
as usual taken np by her Majesty's government for the mails of
!the fishermen, shermen, they went last weekeeo dredge
. the 4th of June, had not delivered her letters in Mel-
e„,,,eiolver. Warrants were therefore procured against
'bourne when the Star of the East (which sailed from
~4'l •e body, fifty-three in number, at the instance of
°tiathan Russelleto whom the Bishop of Bangor has 'Liverpool 34 days after her) arrived out.
"taie fishery, andon Tuesday they were all committedNAVAL PUNISHMENTS.-A eircutliteas been issued by
'the Admiralty, signed "B. Osborne, d forwarded to all
at the assizes for larceny under the act of the 6th
'commanders-in-chief, captains, ;eel:Meanders, and com-
4, nth Geo. IV, c. '2..9. They were, however. liberated et.
mending officers of her MajestY's ships and vessels, and to
kkt, own recognizances.-Carnarvon Herald.
A ti,:4IICF FRox A THRESHING MACHINE.-A case all the superintendents at all the naval porta. It °consists
i'Altif,..eu on Thursday, before a jury of the Birkenhead of a set of regulations for establishing a more uniform sys-
evere'eourt, in which Mr. T. C. Archer living in Ef• 'her tem of punishments : and it minutely describes their
44 e„ ete, sued his 'neighbour, Mr. Hoi"ighton, a fa/fuer, and duration. Officers are strictly to avoid
,ee,l'itractor for removing the filth of Birkenhead, ft; ,nababusive language and degrading expressions," and to
check "any tendency to the abuse of power." Punish-
;eve't,eence in working a horse-power threshing machine..
eae'telY in front of the plaintiff's windows, by which ments are to be definite: " and 'no,ptunehment is ever to
'' the seriously annoyed and rendered uneornfortilile. be prolonged ' until further orders. " Great. care is to be
giving certificates of character ; and flue captain
defencei);heee it was alleged that the threshing machine taken in
Ole el eteed in the same place long before the occupation is to consult the officer next in command to lilenteeltf. The
'ellte teeniff, and was no nuisance.t the
jury, however, terms (),
;rinudiifierreenarte;
baumo,ounntt
ofaama,„esmere y
e defendant under- given --` vaeryeagood; good; fair or passablep
'43aZat4o ai'etwea•;st,a made atTebad." Corporeal punishment 'is to be rarely used, and
4411 ' We MI tendthat
e, Nee n ers . the defendant has emee when inflicted, the fact and the attendant circumstances
are to be stated in the quarterly returns. 'The use of
kePeee'efor a new trial. .
irons is to be avoided as much as possible ; .and confine.
h.-; 6- kEIDTEG AT BIRKENHEAD.-At the daiiken-
{e eleeeee'eenrteen Thursday, Mr. John Braithwaite, of ment in coal-bunkers is 'forbidden. Such istthe spirit of
the circular. egkese„er Arms Hotel, was complained of by police-officer
; nee, leheesaldithat on the previous Sunday morning FREIGHT AND DEMIFEHAGE.-4/1 the Court-df Exehe-
'est ' Several persons in front of 3fr. B laite's quer, on Wednesday, the case of Doeg V. Oiley was an
ia,ll-ci fotin'dthree persons inside. Mr. Braithwaite action to recover £72, northe'loss sustained by the plaintiff
in diminichod frpiTitt Tinder a chatter of lils brig., tho
;ler b
A oFW-that he :LW bold a Musa or xwu to art aw from
the steamers, who said he was very ill. 'Tie had Fourteen, in consequenee of the defendant, *holed char-
a e„pi complained of except in one instance, reed that tered her on a voyage 'to Tort Wallace, in Nova Scotia,
'lt "nwhen he at ' d b and back with a cargo of " deals and deal ends for broken
-The ear, was once
with eeewage,,, neglecting to provide deals, and substituting
i bringingt ?les. 7,4 therefore, charged the offaar `l"'
battens, and omitting -a deck cargo altogether. The
0:(1, 'Se information. The magistretes in-
plaintiff also claimed ecompensation for the demurrage.
el; eeemitigated penalty of 55.-Mr. Braithwaite said,
The defendant 'd 1140 into court. It
Pal appeared that,
leveed.' small -fine would cause a loss of £2OO to him in
tp 'e of his lieense.-The magistrates remaailftd that
!, 4t be when the brig arrived -at Port Wallace, in the summer of
1852, there was a greetsearcity of timber, and-the.eaptain
Ose more careful in future.
refused to load with battens, on the ground thatiiis cargo
tags -qa-a STBAMERS' CERTIFICATES.-Olifealitirday
k ' tdvvard -
kl, t 0.,„ Ink Seymour Willoughby, MIME of the
would not be so prednetive as was contemplated by the
s that the -*
charter pa 3.
till consequence wa , cargo was
Rip and Liverpool packets, were charged with
the Britannia "to proceed on her voyage" with
ere Without having a certificate from the Beard of
authorizing its to carry passengers. On fke 29th not completed after the lay days, and twenteofive de-
ers days had refire rat, and the vessel lay unloaded on
the Ist of September, after which day no vessel eareby law
sail with deck cargo, and she did not sail until 20th Sept.
'B,,ezaher she boarded
e 4._„ washad by a Custom-house cer, The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff £l5O for llemur-
aeieelieo after she had a landed
whitwch had
thee
rage, and £4 for the deck load, in addition to -the ve4o,
efe`L,:t
mnotbeth. xlrurs.one h
Willoughby explained.ex.guthat, which
had been paid into court.
COLLISION.-The vefravesend steamer Meteor leas been
ea sonae misunderstanding, Mr. Grantham, wife had
IT,ileehged. to survey the vessel, thought she wanted a run. down by the Sylph., Dublin screw steam-ship,. off- the
4caertifieate, and he made his report aecerdine
oey. coast of Kent. soon as the Meteor had rounded ''the
the Halfway House, a large sea-going steamer
tett a delay, it h prevented them from receiving Nwlenoltrvveed co min - '
g up,
and the master of the Meteor at
*h. cats in time. He, however, produced a;eertifi-
-104.eh bore date Dezember sth, to show that he had • once ordered her helm to be ported, and hailed the Sylph
to do the same. No answer was, however, returned; the
the 'itle in procuring it. The owners were convicted
lill; Penalty of el zed costs •and the master of the
• kept on at full speed, anthetruck the Meteor with tremen-
leaidons force 'list above herlarboard addle-box completely
cAd list whom there was a similar information, in. i P ,
Itetiitle costs. burying her bows in the fore part of the unlucky ship, in
which position the two ships held together. for some time.
It:',*.i ROBBERY rNT A PAWNBROKER'S SKOV.-
~:) unison, a poor widow living in Brunswick There. were twenty or thirty passengers in the cabin. who
did not know of the :danger till the bow of the-Sylph
li,ti h Went into Mr. Batkny's pawnshop, Market-street, burst right into the apartment, and shut out all escape fbr
1) enact,, on Tuesday, svith a bundle containing a iilk
~,,..allo',,",ef and a vest, ;which she intended to pamm. them by the cabin- . -door If *free vessels had then parted,
', Was ve land while Mrs binson A instead of sticking ether the whole of the paasengers
k'l" her tthe bundle slipped from her must have perished by the water rushing in ; as et was
0;4 111eabluell,r; find it 'nAfteralite
shearm, seel
they were saved by the -captain and crew tearing open a'
communication to the -cabin, end taking them on board
y oi, -ewood's pawnshop, in' Albion-street, close b
bktplitering his shop, rile first thing she saw was,
by, the Sylph. When theivessels -parted, the Meteor -went
bundle, lying on the (counter. The assistant in-; down head foremost. The-cause of the accident appears
ksler that it had been 'pawned by a woman named' No be that elver:going. steamers, like the Meteor, carry
on white lights, instead of (coloured ones, which the ton, whom he described. Mrs. Robinsonßob' o gave; ' ly teio
the to the police, and the delinquent was apple-'
e same afternoon, lin Hamilton-square. Om
lkititia
it ...1 she was brought 'before the magistrates, when
1/41Vie, sea-going steamers carry, enthvessels at anchor carry only
vane white light ; the captain of the Sylph alleges that et ey
of the Meteor's eights. and so mistook her
Tonly saw one
lying
at
ho ,
1i te:sed that the prisoner was also in Barlow's shop
.4--4, the bundle was lest. She is a woman very
Ist.4
drinking, though her husband is a . .
rVaEvneseeteeeo OF aSnHeirsr". The selii,p piing Gazette
-eThe principle of ventilation ,on "boaedPszhip hashithaea4:
amen either misunderstood, or the means of obtaining it
';i:tte, says
} conducted i d ion
, „. . nus s man. . The magic- feu
been of an imperfect character. The numerous corn-
,te e ' With her under the Illegal Pawning Act, in- m . of
passengers,. and the sickness and frequent mor-
e:teelien, alty of 20s. fine, and 2s. the value of the liiaints
• e '''ecteed in default to t • for 21 da
as-
h, bee
...,_ , or, , goz o prison e talky in emigrant ships, will testito the truth of this Ye• sertion. Mr. Robinson who formany •eetars has had the
0 jee'r'A On Thursday a leettireevas delivered by T. supeeintendenee of the cabin fittings in the steam-ships of
Peeeesceleaatt thed Monksii Feirieyhmotel, on the New the ihuinsular and Oriential Steam Navigation Company,
ltl't.exion with ettlleacomm' paw
nity
v;for:di
mostliin interest-
s rhas sopespect, xylietclhetihnevew4inotn heretoforeoavian
ienxp:Li.ezege in this
,i, t f,ti!ecturer, after characterizing the site of the efficiency and economy are combined, and one to which we
,:, or_ s. the most . eligible that could be fixed would beg to draw the attention ,of steam :companies and
t 6 , 3 for its proximity to. the -metropolis, but shipowners generally. The simplicity of the,eontrivance ), 4' 1,.,,1ty of the surrounding eeenery, and the is one of its best recommendations, and whilst lit may be a''T ativanfae•ee that the landpossesses for land-
,,llll,Nleitiete --e---- . .
.. adopted with much elegance and beauty of ,appearance in
, . eel , e, proceeded to give a historydaf the building the saloons and cabins of passenger vessels, it can also be
eto (Nation of the first scaffolding pule up to its introduced 'into I • ' ' •
s4l4tll:loSt enn2 l and _
ibis
_es . . s nps cone emigeants or conviets at a
k, °N ~ .1) ete state, to render d enP less expense than the ordinary fittings. The directors of
easily :Intelligible produced several beautiful the Peninsular and Oriental Company :are so completely
I,;vihe :aiiiitgetetzg almost every phase through satisfied with the efficiency of the plan, that they have in-
I, i:t the vari passed. Mr. Archer then gave an
troduced it into all the vessels they have lately built and are
ell lekeh of theta.useeoures and the leading oteeete of in- now constructing. The cabins of the splendid .steaueettip
te ee
e....
.This part of the design cannot (the Himalaya) now lying at Blackwell are fitted on Mr.
Aileou,lrelt irapOrtance to the ethnological .student, Robinson's new principle, and afford present opportualte
,ee Mani
eontaia the principal zooloei
e 'ea, faeolegi- for testing its efficierey.
k NtestZleal productions of the country. Mr. Archer -
111.'4! Of ht 9 the Directors of the Company the am- --
Igkez a la t 0
oat one eer more courts as a globe, or
ktiellat, of the world, In which the tables woeM
tl4:4:leele'lde, which wouldibe covered with their prized-
, ,to 0' Productions, whilst the visitors would be
ii e, nab ,Ivalleing in the sea. . He then described
lee \7-'7 nYdraur
. ersto, le works, which will far surpass
kiN:f. at*, u!es, and will faros one of the principal
reaeetion to the visitors. One of the lakes in
1et',11441 itsfehe grounds will, it appears, represent
th'N
_different epochs, from chaos itself through
o,Zlejegetable and animal eras up to that of man.
keleteZee see lifelike representations of the mastodon
P„),. 'Ai:lune, the megalos-aurion, and other animal;
et 'll nee was
of eee, . unknown till within the last few
}he tudn'ig Mr. Archer gave a favourable ac-
eonamercial expectations of the company.
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THE WHITE RTAR LINE OF P.ACKET-

SHIP lOWA

TESTIMONIAL TO THE COM3IANDER

TUE many cases of cholera which have lately occurred
on board the emigrant ships arriving in the United States,
have naturally attracted public attention, both in that
country and in Great Britain, and have been variously
-accounted for. The New York Herald, received by the
last mail, gives a long list of vessels, which have arrived
in the city during the last few mouths, showing that out
of an aggregate number of passengers, amounting to
13,762 souls, with which they sailed from Europe, no less
than 1,141 fell victims, during the voyage, chiefly to
cholera, whilst a very great number landed in a very
diseased condition. The New York Morning Courier,
commenting upon this statement, attributes the high rate
of mortality to the generally filthy habits of the emigrants
themselves, and to the inability of the captains and
officers of vessels engaged in the trade to enforce attention
to the sanitary regulations, or even to compel that per-
sonal cleanliness which is so conducive alike to health and
comfort. There is, unfortunately, much truth in this
view of the cause of the evil. There are classes of Irish and
German emigrants to whom even pure air seems to be rather
an annoyance to be shunned than a blessing: to be enjoyed
—people who have herded from childhood with pigs, or
spent their whole lives in an atmosphere of tobacco smoke,
fetid with the effluvium of the garbage which forms their
usual and favourite food. But that emigration might be 1
carried on without being attended with such wretched-
ness and calamity, we are perfectly satisfied. Ventila-
tion can be insisted upon if a proper degree of firmness
be displayed by the captains of emigrant ships and
their officers ; and gratitude for the result—health
and comfort during the voyage—will most assuredly
reward the efforts made. A proof of this is now just before
us in the form of an address, signed by a number of the
passengers on board of the British ship lowa, belonging to
Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's " White Star line of
Packets" to New York, presented to her commander, Capt.
Reed, in the presence of the whole body, on their arrival
in New York. The lowa sailed from this port and Cork, in
company with several other ships, in very severe weather;
and, whilst tilos° sbips made long passages, and ex-

,:„.,SERVATORY AND GREENIIOL-SE.—The tem-
,, \ll '4, obe Maintained 'in these' structures at thi
ilea.
f col. arse, of the utmost importance. Ths
11141 hikh esPecting the night temperature, that ie
tlhe er than during the day, is very erroneoust
ratter guarded against. in the Stove, Ntt tiR,7 sh?uld now be 00 degrees by day, and 50
ci„CLO o', Conservatory, 55 degrees day tempera-
t>vsid,a Trees at nightthe Greeulahnotussecasroe
Itis4ellll,.', 4.0 night. In watering the P ace ,a that the temperature of the water used is
a vigilant
C:l3,kfor 'Pe as that of the house. Keep
the'llects, which, if neglected, will increase
Aetose warm atmosphere now necessary in
~,!„.b.„Taryllises will now be pushing forward
ely 'At %is, and should in consequence he kept
!ZN4 th and
should he kept tolerably dry par-
eY4hitiew should
tendency to damp off. 'Lye°-
hop ble tha have as little water as possible ; they
and r, /I Perna to iur damp. In the
%it _.,°Paervatory all plants shewing a ten-
, t.,4appb, 'l, of course, require a regular but
k te of water, while those which --- •
104 u Or resting
"gAttLunt a ve their own proper season
-'414.r es the'7 an ntity, or none at all
ezereise quame little judgment

.e in a