The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

THE ELECTION or CHAPLAIN tO the Rainhill Lunati
Asylum, by the visiting magistrates, has been unani

mously in favour of the Rev. H. H. Higgins, of Liverpool
There were twenty-three candidates.

TESTIMONIALS.—TILE
ment of Mr. Hansturg

.e is now on view at the establish-
Church-street, a handsome silver

waiter, which is about 'to be presented by the Rev. John
lacnaught to the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, incumbent of
St. George's Church, Everton, as a token of esteem. Mr.

Macnaug-ht having been appointed to the charge of the

church of St. Chr;sos-tos—m,--Ev'erio7l-1, is-aboTiCtO-iresign his

situation as, curate to Mr:Ewbank:which he has held for

the last four years. There are ;Ise; two elegant inkstands,
to be presented by Mr. Nacnaught, one to Mr. Netlam
Tory, and the other to Mr. T. D. Anderson, the treasurer

and director of the St. Chrysostom Building Society.
NEW STEAM-TUG.—A new and powerful steam-tug,
called the Constitution, arrived in the Mersey last week.
This vessel is an iron steamer, built by Mr. Thos. Toward,

of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She is 132 feet long, 22 feet
beam, and 11 feet in depth. Her entire tonnage is 262
tons, and she is propelled by a pair of engines of 160
horse-power, manufactured by Mr. J. P. Almond, of North
Shields. She is to be commanded by Captain Harney,
and belongs to the same fleet as the well-known steamers
Powerful and Independence. She is the fastest and most
powerful tug-boat on the river, her speed being twelve
knots per hour.

LIVERPOOL IMPROVE3LEICTS.— Some time ago, the
Council determined to form a small park on the Waver-

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tree-road, the property of. the Corporation, and throw it
open to the public. This intention is now being carried
out, and last week the Finance Committee purchased a
field from Mr. John Shaw Leigh, adjoining the park, so
that the whole range of the park from Wavertree-road to
Edge-lane, where it meets the Botanic Gardens, will
henceforth be thrown open to the public. It is also in-
tended to have another entrance into the Botanic Gardens
from the Wavertree-road entrance to the park, which will
save visitors the circuitous route to the main entrance in

Edge-lane.
Flx IN A Goons TRAIL—On Monday last week,
while a goods train was going from Liverpool to Wigan
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways and was leaving
the Tontine tunnel, three lorries of cotton were discovered
to be on fire. The other carriages of the train were
immediately unhooked, and the engine proceeded with
the burning mass at full speed to Wigan. Its arrival
caused no little alarm at the station, as the cotton was in
flames ; and before the fire was subdued the greater
portion of it was consumed, and the remainder damaged.
The cotton is supposed to have ignited by sparks from the

engine.
FORGED £5 NOTES.—lnformation has been received
by the police of an extensive lame of forged £5 notes.
The engraving of the note is very. good, and would deceive
the most experienced judges, especially the Britannia in
the corner ; but the water-mark is badly executed, and
appears to have been impressed after the paper was made,
and the note has not that crispness of feel and whiteness
of colour so peculiar to Bank of England notes. The
three edges of the notes are cut, the other appears to
have been torn, and different to the usual fray-cdges of
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the- genuine Bank of England £5 notes.
Bnsicn OF 'IRE FACTORY ACT.—At the Town Hall,
Little Bolton, on Monday, Mr. Noah Baker, cotton-
spinner, of Kersley, was summoned by Mr. Jones, the
factory inspector for employing in his mill, on the 20th
of July, two children who had not been registered. He
was fined 40s. and costs in one case, and the other was
withdrawn en the payment of expenses by Mr. Baker. On
the same day two labouring men, from Horwich, named
Edward Farnworth and William Whittle, were charged
by Mr. Jones with having altered the dates of the certifi-
cates of their children's birth, with the view of getting
them employed full time in one of the cotton mills at
Horwich. Mr. Birley severely reprehended such conduct,
and they were fined 10s. each, and costs. _

THE -BANKS AND THE NEw Swsr ACT.-111 con-
sequence of the passing of the new Stamp Act, which
will come into operation on the 10th of October, the
various banking establishments have agreed to a modifi-
cation of the system under which they have of late years
issued letters of credit. Under the new act, draughts or
cheques payable to order on demand may be issued on a
penny stamp ; and it is proposed, therefore, on the 10th
of October to adopt that form, while for credits available
only at a specified term after.hate the usual stamp appli-
cable to bills of exchange will be required. By this means,
as regards the notes payable on demand, the vigorous
banks will save themselves from risk with respect to
forged endorsements, inasmuch as the 19th clause of the
new act exonerates them An these special cases from all
liability on that account.-Times.

HEALTH OF THE TOWN.—The medical-officer reports
that, for the week ending Saturday, the 20th instant, the
deaths in Liverpool fell to 192 from 210 in the previous
week ; the average of the same week of the five preceding
years having been 243, without the cholera deaths of 1849.
60 deaths were ascribed to zymotic diseases, nearly one-
by summer diarrhcea,'&c.,
third of the entire mortality, but of these 43 were caused
which usually attains its maxi-
mum at this period, and of the 43 who died 40Avere in-
prehvigiousthteo
the
eelsalt two
in-
fants. Only two fatal cases of typhus were registered,
be
:mortalitymonthresco. rThdederefrwomas
nthorisfatdialse:assee
of measles nor of smallpox. There were 4of scarlatina, 6
of h00pin,,,,,-cough, ,and 1 of mumps. From consumption
there were 32 deaths, andifrom other diseasesofrtohnesluuningsp
THE " R0x...4.z, LIVER TRUE BLUE LODG{E," in
con-
nexion with the Loyal Orange 121.
wasopened Institution: st)tihteutclitenors
Arms,Geat
of the
hiuslomineers-sst:feetth,eonlolVgeedn,
Britain and Ireland,
the brethren tit. down to a
Clark, and thore7vipiceed-
n conclusion
R. W. D. G. M. Mr, William was
most excellent supper. The chair
ehbayirthhye
thetoas Wts,.
tDhe. 1161.iirm Mr.anJophrnopoLsiedttle,The Grand M.,
er,rrthee
After the usual loyal
Earl of Enniskillen." Mr. Clark's health was
nextast
as deputy grand master. Several other toasts followed,
including the healths of the district matter, Mr. John
Little ; the grand secretary, Mr. Nicholson Bradley ; the
master of the lodge, Mr. James Graham ; -the Protestant
press of Liverpool ; the host and hostess, &c. The even-
ing was spent in the most convivial manner, and the
brethren sepazated much gratified.
THE LivritPoot CATTLE TRADE.—It appears that
the number of cattle, sheep, lambs, and pigs brought
here from the Ist:of January to the 16th August of the
present year was 257,000 head, to whiclumay be added
3354 horses. Supposing the import to proceed in the
same ratio, the total importation of the year would not be
less than 400,000 head, or nearly 8000 animals per week.
The numbers of each kind of animal imported, to the
16th August, was as follows :—Cattle, ; sheep,
113,149 ; Pigs, 57,705 ; lambs, 25,701; =calves, 674;
horses, 3334. Much the largest portion of the cattle,
sheep, lambs, pigs, and horses brought into Liverpool are
Irish ; this year 214,490 out of 260,783. 'The rest are
brought coastwise from Scotland, Wales,' t,'uniberland, or
the Isle of Man. Foreign cattle, of which`the Londoners
receive so many, are scarcely known in lencashire, the
sea voyage 'from Holland and Holstein being too long.
From some cause—either the disease amongst cattle and
sheep, or greater consumption of butcher meat in the
districts from which this town draws its ==supplies—the
import of cattle has not been so great this year as last.
This year
it
amounts to 260,783 in rather less than eight
months, whilst last year it amounted to 283,815 in the

same time.
EMBEZZLEMENT. —A very respectably-attired young
man, named John Lacourt, a collecting clerk in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, and Co., was on Tues-
day charged with embezzling £220 belonging to his
employers. It appeared the prisoner had been in the
employ of the above firm for the last twelve months, and
it was his duty to collect freights from merchants for the
carriage of goods consigned to his employers ; and on the
30th of July-last, whilst acting in that capacity, he -received
from Messrs. Newman and Engle the sum of lam. Os. 2d.,
which he had not entered in his collecting-book, nor
• accounted -for to the cashier. He had also received
£B7. 18s. -.lod. from Messrs. Melly, Romilly, arld Co.,
which sum, although entered in his book, he bad not
accounted for to the cashier. Mr. Bowman's suspicions
having been aroused, he on Monday sent for Inspector
Kehoe, and after making that vigilant officer acquainted
With the circumstances of the case, called the prisoner into
a private office, and questioned him respecting the receipt
and the non-entry in his book of the above sums. He
confessed that he had received the money, and said that
he had been unfortunate with some bets at the last Liver-
pool races, and that he did not wish his employers to•know
he had received •it until he was able to refund it. The
officer then took him into custody, and on searching him
found £25 on his person, which he said was a portion of
the money he had received. The payments to the prisoner
having been clearly proved, he was committed for trial at
the sessions.

Thursday Mr. Chas. Turnerin the chair. The Chairman
fter a are-
Docir COMMITTBE.—The weekly meeting washld on
intimated that the Committee of Works had, a c
trus-
tees should avail themselves of the opportunity
to purchase
containing
ful inquiry, come to the unanimous opinion that the
three parcels of freehold land near the canal,
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The purchase was
28,836 square yards. The price was £1 2s. lila- per
yard, and the total cost £33,113 lbs.
considered desirable, in reference to
any increased actom-
modation that might be required in connexion with the
docks. After some conversation the rgcommendation was
confinned.—An offer of Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming to
supply a quantity of red pine for stages was accepted.—
The surveyor was instructed to let the King's Dock run
dry on the Ist of September, subject to the usual notices.
—Mr. Gladstone intimated that-the alteration of the levels
of Mersey-street had been before the Health Committee,
and the feeling appeared to be that about the present
levels should be retained, within a few inches one way or
other; it was thought desirable that the borough engineer
should carry out the works in his own way, and he would
then be enabled to do what was necessary to meet all the
requirements for the public convenience. Mr. Shand said
the Sub-committee of Works would be prepared to carry
out the suggestions of Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone
agreed to communicate the wishes of the Dock Trust to
the Health Committee. The Chairman announced that
the inspection of the lighthouses and telegraphs would
the ren:
take place on Wednesday, the 14th September next, and
ments'
tlwiat a steamer for conveying members of the committee
the
,_ ould be at the Landing-stage at half-past eight o'clock
for the use of
Toettehmorning.—lt was recommended that the Clarence
run dry, to enable the surveyor to proceed with
a timber
7 of the gates and the gridiron.—Several appoint-
Lancemmeshireter-Porters were confirmed.—A letter from
The Chairmanedand Yorkshire Railway Company, asking
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al" piece of land at the Harrington Dock for
recently passedea,
let, w„ refs and the terms upon which it would be
to the Harbour-masters' Committee.—
yed attention to the new customs' act
lection of their
gave great 17: Ivlfil•ch
which
sions which had taken were introduced two clauses
dues,acies to the Dock Trust in the col-
painadeewtaoulsadchpuatcannstaoidpetroabtlheosexeteavnat-.
treasury and the other esy shown hy the secretary to the
He referred to th
antieother members had had in-
e coart
whom he (the chtdrnian) °fficers of the government with
terviews on the subject.
s conduct of the gentle-
f
nsollvith that view a reso-
to express their high opinion olilald'ered that they ought
etxrep7asusiiryve,
Sirof tTha.nykrsetoenlaint°riire..T.
men to whom he had alluded, a
lution had been drawn up by the
The resolution,
cWhairilsomna'ns,ecarned"
wtashe
tawliirychto
Mr. Hamill, solicitor, was adopted una'
solicitor then read a notice calling attention. tously. The
in the new act having reference to the evasion of clauses dues. A conversation followed, during 1"i-idol-titan of
.dock
was expressed by several members that the newopcialsion
would afford a greater chock than hitherto in prev t' eeu mg
the evaeion of dock duel.