The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

he had been completely successful. "That plan was"
(he states) " to carry a large pipe down the upcast shaft,
where there is one, and down the upcast compartment of
the single shaft, when such is the arrangement, to the
bottom, and connecting smaller pipes with this, ramify-
ing to the various goaves,' ' pot holes,' and other places,
where the dangerous gas accumulates. The material of
these pipes might be thin iron or zinc, or even wood,
properly secured against leakage. The size of these
should be regulated by the extent of the mine, and the
quantity of gas to be removed. At the top of the main
or upcast pipe, I would place some means for extracting
it, such as Mr. Taylor's hydraulic air-pump, a common
air-pump, or Hill's ventilating bellows, which might be
put in connexion with the engine, and thus kept working
constantly. In some cases, an extraordinary ventilating
fanner might serve, to be put in motion by the wind,
which would keep up an exhausting process, day and
night, and thus preserve the mine in a state of complete
purity." The reading of the paper was followed by great
applause. A very interesting discussion on the subject
took place, and Mr. Sweetlove agreed to a suggestion
that an abstract of his paper should appear in the Morn-
ing Journal, for the general benefit, his object not being
individual profit, but the diminution of the loss of human
life. The lecturer was warmly applauded for the talent
and liberality he had displayed, and a vote of thanks
being unanimously passed to him, the meeting dispersed.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The committee agreed to view the
north works on Tuesday at two o'clock. An application
was received from the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che-
shire Junction Railway, requesting the use of the new
landing-stage for their steamers running between Monk's
Ferry and George's Pier, to be regulated by Greenwich
time. It was to extend to passenger traffic only. The
application was granted on the understanding that the ar-
rangement was a temporary one. The Marine Surveyor
recommended that one of the Liverpool life-boats be re
moved from Hoylake to Hilbre.—Confirmed. A letter
was read from Mr. John Askew, the South Harbour-
master, tendering his resignation in consequence of ill
health, and requesting a retiring allowance, as he had
been 27 years in the service of the Trust. The matter
was referred, the Chairman expressing a strong opinion
that it would be attended to in a proper manner. The re-
ceipts at the port of Runcorn for the month ending the
24th inst. was as follows :-225 vessels, 13,243 tons ; re-
ceipts, '1
£73 4s. 10d., being a decrease of £l5 15s. 7d. as
compared with the coresponding period of last year.—The
Secretary read the document relative to a reduced scale of
rates on vessels entering the port and not using the docks,
which appears in our advertising columns. The Chair-
man said that some erroneous statements had been put
forth in the evidence taken before the House of Corn-
mons as to the charge for lights. They were consider-
ably less than appeared in the evidence, and it was evident
some mistakes had arisen either in the printing or the re-
porting.
SELECT VESTRY.—At the fortnightly meeting on Tues-
day, Rector Campbell took the chair. The Rev. Mr.
Bannister, chaplain to the Workhouse, tendered his re-
signation as he had been appointed to another post of
duty in the south of England. With reference to a charge
made against him of absenting himself without providing
a substitute, the chaplain sent a letter to the effect that
a clergyman had attended in his absence, and that the
schoolmaster had performed the duties of scripture reader.
—The Committee rejoined that Mr. Bannister had ex-
ceeded by a week the given time for his absence from the
house ; that, except upon Sundays, no clergyman attended
for the purpose of ministering to the spiritual necessities
of the inmates, and that the conduct of the chaplain in
the matter had been unbecoming and highly reprehensi-
bk.—The chairman addressed the Vestry at some length,
and said that he thought the practice of reprimanding was
too severe sometimes, both with respect to the clergy and
medical men in the house. With respect to the chaplain,
before they sent a reprimand, it would be more gratifying
to Rector Brooks and himself, as well as to the chaplain,
if they would send it to the rectors in the first instance.
In the present case Mr. Bannister, after a season of un-
exampled difficulty, labour, and danger, went away for
three weeks to fortify himself and constitution against the
approaching labours of the winter. He provided, before
he went, for the Sunday services, the visitation of the
sick, and the administration of the sacraments ; and if
further aid were required, the parish curates and the rec-
tors were at hand. Therefore, he (the chairman) did not
see exactly that any very severe reprimand was called for.
—Mr. Ferguson said that one part of the Workhouse
Committee's duties was to watch the conduct of the offi-
cers of the establishment, and he (Mr. Ferguson) would
deal with all alike. He never thought that the chaplain
would provide a non-professional substitute, and he there-
fore considered that the reverend gontleman had not done
his duty in merely providing a scripture reader, and that
reader his own clerk. It was painful to say that during
the last three months the chaplain's daily attendance had
only averaged one hour and twenty minutes. His (Mr.
Ferguson's) attention to the parish occupied longer than
that ; he devoted three hours a day upon an average.—
In reply to questions—Mr. Hart said that the London
and North Western Railway company's assessment had
been increased, and they were liable for the rates to which
the houses pulled down were formerly subjected.—The
number of Irish relieved from the 20th to the 25th of
September was 3511, at an expense of £146. For the
week ending the 23d September, the number of families
belonging to the parish, relieved was 6196, at an expense
of £66o.—Mr. Ferguson said that under the new con-
tracts just entered into, the system of giving relief in kind
only would be commenced with both the English and the
Irish poor, and several of the members said that would be
immediately followed by a remarkable decrease in the
weekly parish expenditure.—Several of the Select Vestry
thought that a more convenient day than Tuesday might
be chosen for the day of meeting, and that Monday would
suit them better.—The receipt of a letter from the Re-
gistrar-General, relative to the case of Mr. Chubb, regis-
trar of births, deaths, and marriages for the district of
Great Howard-street, was acknowledged. The Registrar-
General stated, that he had received a letter from Mr.
Chubb, and said that, judging from that letter, he was
happy to find that the charge of the duties of Mr. Chubb
being performed by deputy was not borne out by fact.
Mr. Chubb, in his letter, stated that he was an inhabitant
householder in his district—that there was not one decent
house for his family to live in, except at about five minutes'
walk from the district,—that what had been said about
his not attending to his duties could be disproved,—and
that he never, in any one instance, had neglected his
duties. The board viewed the decision of the Registrar-
General as final, and the conversation dropped.

THE TURN-OUT AT ASHTON AND MOSSLEY.—The
spinners now on strike at Mossley, still refuse to resume
work at the reduction offered by the masters. On Mon-
day morning, the mill of Messrs. Giles and Mark An-
drew was opened; but there being only two of the hands
willing to commence work, it was again closed. The
spinners of other districts are subscribing towards their
support. The whole of the spinners at Ashton who
turned out last week, went to their work on Monday,
with the exception of those employed by Messrs. Bayley
and Dewhurst, Charlestown Mill, who have offered their
spinners a reduction of ten per cent. which they refuse to
submit to. The men also state that their masters wished
to fine them ss. each, for being five minutes too late at
their work on the morning that the public meeting was
held last week. Meetings of the operatives continue to
be held almost every evening.
FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT WARRINGTON.—On
Sun-
day week, in consequence of the heavy flood in the Mer-
sey, and a high tide, four men took a small boat and
pulled down to the Fiddlers' Ferry public house, about
half-way between Warrington bridge and Runcorn, where
they partook pretty freely of liquor. On their return they
called at Wilderspool, and again took more drink, and in-
duced a young man named Jones to join them. They
started off for the packet stage, but before they had pro-
ceeded far one of them fell into the river, and was with
difficulty rescued. He was scarcely got safe inside when
two others fell over, and clinging to the side of the boat,
pulled her down, and precipitated all five into the stream,
which was running at the time very rapidly. Several per-
sons who witnessed the accident hastened to the spot ;
but before any assistance could be rendered, three of them
had sunk. Taylor and Ashton were saved. Immediate
search was made for the bodies of those who had gone
down, and shortly afterwards that of William Jones, aged
16, was found ; Edward Harrison was found next morn-
ing ; but the body of Ashcroft is still missing. Harrison
has left a wife and four children.
SUSPENSION OF RAILWAY CALLS.—On Thursday last,
in compliance with a requisition to the Mayor of Man-
chester, signed by 300 of the most influential persons and
firms, a public meeting was held at the Town-hall, in that
town, to take into consideration the present extent of
railway expenditure, and to take steps to arrest the drain
of money thus occasioned upon the floating capital of the
country. The Mayor presided and the room was filled,
about 1500 gentlemen being present. Several resolutions
were ably spoken to, and unanimously passed. The first
was to the effect that owing to the failure of the potatoe
crop, and the deficiency of other crops last year, our re-
sources had been drained for the purchase of food from
the foreigner, leaving insufficient capital to carry on the
business of the country, and to meet the demands for
railway purposes. The second was that to carry out the
large number of railway projects sanctioned by the legis-
lature, would further derange our monetary affairs ; and
the third expressed the feeling of the meeting that the
interests of the country at large and of railway com-
panies themselves required that those companies should
defer the commencement of new works until the lines
in course of construction should be completed, and that
the legislature should be applied to for an extension
of time for the formation of the lines then proposed to be
postponed. The meeting was unanimous throughout.
A WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.—III the neigh-
bourhood of New Islington, Ancoats, on Saturday even-
ing, Thomas Cawley, a brewer, employed at the Farm
Yard Tavern, in Bradford-road, in a moment of anger
killed his wife. About noon, Cawley and his wife
went to make their usual weekly marketings. When they
went out, they had a noggin of rum together. Not con-
tent with that, the unfortunate woman got more daring
the absence of her husband in the afternoon ; and, when
he reached his home, about 7 o'clock at night, expecting
to find his tea, it was not ready for him, and he found her
very drunk. As a natural consequence, high words
ensued. The wife in her maudlin state made wry faces at
him, and indulged in some very irritating language, on
which Cawley jumped up, intending to strike her, but was
prevented doing so by a female neighbour. Foiled in
this attempt, he kicked her on the abdomen with so
much violence that death ensued about half an hour after-
wards, the unfortunate woman suffering most acutely
during the whole time. The moment the unhappy man
perceived what he had done, he manifested the most
poignant sorrow, and immediately hastened off, as quickly
as he could, to procure medical aid, and, as soon as he
became aware of the fearful result of this deed, he walked
straight to the police-offices in Kirby-street, and sur-
rendered himself.—Manchester Courier.
THE FLOOD IN BLACKBURN STREETS. One man
who was very anxious to get away, after a good deal of
cogitation, put a couple of loose " bed stocks " out of his
bed-room window, and on them placed a door, thus, like
a Robinson Crusoe, forming a convenient looking raft.
Having tested the buoyancy of his contrivance, he got out
of the window on to it, and cautiously pushing it from the
wall, was rewarded for his ingenuity and perseverance by
tumbling head over heels into the muddy bath beneath—
whence he emerged with considerable difficulty, after
floundering about for some time. At other places females
were obliged to go to factories to work, paid small sums
to be carried across the flood ; and the carriers were not
always successful in landing their " fares," or rather fairs,
at the desired point. A female, among others, was being
ferried in this fashion from a house in Dandy-square to
the dryest point within reach, when the bearer's foot slip-
ped, and for a second or two nothing was seen of either
party; after which they rose from the bottom, gasped for
breath, and scrambled out as quickly as possible. Many
instances of this kind occurred. The lower end of Dar-
wen-street was flooded to the first floors of some of the
houses. Several persons were caught by the flood while
in bed, and had scarcely time to escape, it might be said,
with their lives. In Henry-street, an old bed-ridden cou-
ple, who resided in a cellar, would have been drowned but
I for the intervention of a neighbour; they lay in bed una-
ble to help themselves, and the water had reached the
bed-stocks, when an entrance was forced, and they were
carried out. Back Livesey-street was also flooded to the
first floors of the houses. Pearson-street, the bottom of
Chapel-street, and Ainsworth-street were also inundated.
King-street in some parts presented the appearance of a
river. At Eanam the water carried away part of an em-
bankment, and flowed right through the weaving shed at
Messrs. Sparrow's factory, as it did through the first floor
of Messrs. Livesey and Rodgett's, at Further-gate. Look-
ing from St. Peter's Church, eastward, towards the rail-
way, where all the low lands were flooded, the water pre-
sented the appearance of a large lake. The roads at
various places were much cut up, and at Feniscowles and
other points the heavy rains had done considerable da-
mage. At the residence of Sir William Feilden, through
whose grounds the river runs, the water flowed over the
gardens, filled the hot-houses, several feet deep, and in-
jured a good deal of property.—Blackburn Standard.
MESSRS. CLAYTONS AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY.—The
third meeting under this fiat took place at the Manches-
ter Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday, when the bankrupts
applied for their certificates. Mr. Clayton, of Langcliffe,
was first examined at great length by the commissioner,
on the nature and extent of his private property, his own
business, and his connection with the bank, which begun
in 1821. To all the questions he gave answers which the
commissioner considered most satisfactory. He attributed
his bankruptcy to " trusting persons not trustworthy."
Mr. Clayton, of Lostock, was also examined at consider-
able length, as to his private means, and the pecuniary
position in which he had stood to the bank in the year
1838 and since that time. He began to manage the bank
in the year 1821. Mi. Wilson was not briefly interro-
gated. At the conclusion the commissioner stated that
he considered there would be no objection'to Mr. Clayton,
of Langcliffe, receiving his certificate. He expressed his
sympathy in very feeling terms to Mr. Clayton, whose re-
verse had been so severe, having believed himself, in Jan-
uary last, to have been worth £120,000, and who now, of
course, had not a halfpenny. He then entered at great
length into the mode in which the business of the bank
had been conducted, and much censured Mr. Clayton, of
Lostock, and Mr. Wilson. Although the bankrupts were
unopposed by any creditor, he had considered it not the
less his duty to examine minutely into the state of the
concern, and the way in which the business had been
managed. Such was also the practice of other learned
commissioners. He had therefore made many inquiries,
and had also had much personal intercourse with London
and Manchester bankers as to the general mode of con-
ducting banking business, and he must say that
the accounts of Messrs. Claytons and Co. had been
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half-yearly. The balance-sheets in such cases were inva-
riably signed by the partners ; but here there had never
been a single balance-sheet signed by any of the partners.
He had made some inquiries also respecting the way in
which the business of the Branch Bank of England in
Manchester was managed, and found that a statement of
the transactions of the day was sent every evening to
London ; now as there was as much business in amount
transacted there in one day as Messrs. Claytons and Co.
had done in a year, there could be no excuse whatever for
the accounts being in such a very unsatisfactory state.
He alluded also to the great responsibility which rested on
persons conducting banks, and the vast mischief that was
occasioned by such an event as a failure ; many persons
having entrusted their all in the bank. Would any of
their creditors have trusted them with £5 had it been
known how they conducted their affairs ? Mr. Clayton,
of Langcliffe, it appeared, had always a balance in the
bank, as a customer, but the other two bankrupts had
been for many years considerably on the opposite side of
the ledger. Judging of the merits of the case, without
respect to the position in life which the bankrupts occu-
pied, and in order to mark his deprecation of such a mode
of conducting business, and to teach tradespeople, through
their example,the moral responsibility which they incurred
when entrusted with other tteople's money, and that they
ought not to continue with impunity such a course, he con-
sidered it his duty to postpone the granting of Mr. Clay-
ton's (of Lostock) certificate for three years, and Mr.
Wilson's for two years.—We understand that the first
dividend out of the estate will be paid in January.—
Preston Chronicle.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

The Judge in the Bloomsbury County Court has decided
that a person may decline to be examined as a witness till
the sum allowed by the scale has been paid him.
CAUTION TO OVERSEERS.—Mr. Christie, the barrister
appointed to revise the lists of parliamentary voters for
the city of London, has inflicted several fines, varying
from Ll to £3 in each case, upon overseers of the poor
who have negligently or wilfully left off the lists of voters.
the names of ratepayers who were entitled to vote.
RECOVERY OF TITHES IN COUNTY COURTS.
" Phellps v. Frost," " Phellps v. Marshallsea," were two
cases tried in the Yeovil County Court, showing, in a re-
markable manner, the facilities afforded by these courts
for the recovery of every kind of debt. They were ac-
tions by the Vicar of Yeovil, for the recovery of tithes,
to the amount in the first case, of £4 is., and in the lat-
ter, of £ll. Verdict for the plaintiff in both cases.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PROTESTANTISM VERSUS POPERY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—I have regularly examined your valuable paper,
in the hope of finding that other Christians have re-
marked the-increasing power and audacity of the Papacy,
and that some one more fitted for the duty would make a
proposal which I have long
_hoped to see carried out in
whatever way is best. You are aware, sir, that the
Evangelical Alliance comparatively failed in accomplishing
its object. A few joined it ; many did not. Now, could
not something similar be formed, and might not the
errors and flaws which existed in its very foundation
serve to guide the new association ? I for one would
have joined with heart and hand and purse, as far as my•
ability would allow, had it been formed aright; and many
others would also. This is no time for petty disputes
respecting fancied grievances. We must have the Rev.
E. Hull, instead of picking quarrels with a rev. brother,
partaking of that brother's zeal and energy in the cause
of our common Protestantism. We meet the emissaries
of Rome in our streets and courts. Evil is always united.
" Union is strength," and sin is fearfully strong. Let
us meet them with their own weapons. Let us cordially
unite in an Anti-Popery Association ; or whatever name
it bears, let it be one that there can be no mistaking.
Let us contribute every one as he is able ; and I promise
to enclose you £1 as soon as I see that such an association
is in formation, and I will collect amongst my friends for
the same purpose. The fine hospitals and infirmaries in
our town are fearfully neglected, and there we have the
Romish priests constantly at work. We have house-
surgeons—let us have house-chaplains, to counteract the
Popish poison, and to administer the healing medicine of
the Gospel of Christ. Let us increase our Scripture
readers through the town, and shew that " Vis unita
sanctificata fortissima."
Hoping to see some movement made in some such asso-
ciation, I am, sir, BIBLIOPHILOS.
• Liverpool, Oct. Ist, 1847.

TO THE FREEMEN OF LIVERPOOL WHO ARE
HOUSEHOLDERS, AND THE NON-FREEMEN
HOUSEHOLDERS WITHIN THE BOROUGH.

GENTLEMEN,—I beg to call your earnest attention to
the proceedings of the Radical Association within this
town, who are objecting in the most frivolous and vexa-
tious manner to respectable men, whose names have been
inserted on the register as municipal electors. The mayor
and assessors are now holding their court to revise this
list, and if any party who is objected to does not appear,
the name is struck off, and thus is the individual robbed
of his rights and privileges.
On Saturday last, I attended this court from two to
half-past four o'clock, my name being objected to, though
I had paid my taxes for the office I now hold for upwards
of twenty-four years ; and this must have been known by
the committee that ordered their minion to dispute my 1
claim. When my name was called over—to which I an-
swered—l
was told the objection had been withdrawn ;
and this, too, must have been known to the authors of
the mischief when I first entered the court. But an addi-
tional insult was practised by withholding that informa-
tion. My objection having been so withdrawn, I had no
redress ; and my time arid attention were thus sacrificed,
to suit the fancy of these workers of mischief, under their
unprincipled proceedings..
I have preserved my rights ; and being anxious that every
other individual—particularly the freemen of Liverpool
who are householders—should also be protected, I call
upon one and all to attend daily at the court to
save their rights—and thus by union maintain their an-
cient privileges, and protect their own property from
falling into the hands of the musbaeom faction of the pre-
sent day, of men, who are here to-day and gone to-mor-
row, and have virtually no interest in the property, which
II was formerly controlled by the freemen of the town—but
under the new Municipal Act, they are deprived of voting
for, in the character of freemen :—character, property,
and respectability, in the eyes of these would-be re-
formers, are lightly esteemed, because it will not suit
their purpose. Let the good old loyal town of Liverpool
assert her rights, and restore some degree of order,
whereby the councillors may be selected by men who
have a real interest in this valuable estate, and the pre-
sent aspirants to municipal honours—driven to seek
honour in their honourable associations.
AN OLD FREEMAN