The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

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ship Albert sailed down the river with 287

self-expatriating countrymen, the bone and sinew of the
land, bound for New York.

THE BOOMERANG PROPELLER.—On Tuesday after-
noon the Boomerang propeller, tried so successfully at
Sydney, in May last, was tested in the Mersey,
the application being made to the Genova, one of Messrs.
M'Kean, M'Larty and Co.'s Mediterranean steamers.
The trial was made round the Crosby Lightship, and the
speed obtained, under the very low pressure of from six to
nine pounds, is said to have been 91 knots per hour; a
gain of one knot on what could have been obtained, under
similar circumstances, by the common screw. Another
trial will be made, in about a week, in the Waterwitch.
E ANTELOPE screw-steamer having broken down,
bone into Madeira on the 22nd March, all idea of a
- race between her and the Marco Polo are at an end. As a
matter of course, those who bet upon the Antelope are
exceedingly sombre; •the backers of the Marco ;Polo pro-
portionately hopeful. Messrs. Millers and Thompson at
once despatched the duplicates of the machinery, as re-
quested, and they were shipped at Southampton in the
screw-brig Brilliant, which sailed on Thursday morning.
The Brilliant, it is hoped, will arrive at Madeira by Wed-
nesday ; and it is expected that the Antelope will, in a
few hours after her arrival, be enabled to proceed-on her
voyage.

,IMPORTANT TO PUBLWANS.-Mr. William Brown,
M.Y. for South Lancashire, in addition to the labours he
is about to encounter in respect to his select committee
on decimal coinage, moved last evening for a select com-
mittee " to examine into the system under which public-
houses, hotels, beer-shops, danzing-saloons, coffee-houses,
theatres, temperance hotels. and places of public enter-
tainment, by whatever name they may be called, are sanc-
tioned, and are now regulated, with a view of reporting to
this .House whether any alteration or amendment of the
law can be made for the better preservation of public
morals, the protection of the revenue, and for the proper
accommodation of the public; with power to send for
persons, papers, and records, so far as they may deem it
necessary."

SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday,
Mr. Cross, postmaster of Whitchurch, Shropshire, ab-
sconded, his books showing him to be a defaulter to the
amount of about £2,000. Inspector Baxter, of the Whit-
church police-force, immediately went in pursuit, and
apprehended him at Shrewsbury, with a considerable sum
of •money in his possession. On Sunday morning, in
consequence of information received at the Liverpool
police-court, one of our detectives proceeded to an inn in
St. John's-lane, where, after waiting a short time, he saw
a letter delivered by the letter-carrier. He went into the
house, and secured the communication, which was found
to contain a draught for £lOO. The letter was to this
effect :—" Dear cousin,—The inclosed is a draught for
£lOO. Please take the £2O I owe you, and give the rest
to my dear children. I amina sad state of mind at present!'
The prisoner was also a senior churchwarden, and was ac-
customed to go round with the collection plate.
ADJ 0 URN ED EASTER VESTRY.--At the adjourned
vestry, on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the
chair, a letter was read from Mr. Thomas Urquhart,
withdrawing the poll, as " the so-called church-rate
could not be enforced by any law in Liverpool."—Mr.
Churchwarden Banner proposed that a compulsory rate
should be levied upon the parish for the purpose of
erecting a new church, with the addition, " that the
wardens be authorised to associate with them any of the
parishioners for soliciting contributions," and proposing a
scheme for a future meeting of the Vestry.—Mr. Banner
observed that a promise had been made that,Liverpool
should have a bishop, if prepared to receive one. The
appointment, if made, would entail no extra cost on the
parish, as the stipend would be paid by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The bishopric could not be more grace-
fully filled than by Archdeacon Brooks.—Mr. Tobin
seconded the proposition.—Mr. Stoward would wish to
know, if the old church were to be rebuilt, whether the
bones of those which had lain there for 200 years were
to be earted away ?—Mr. Dover thought that, without
any .desecration of the graves, Church-street might be
widened by separating the church from Church-street by
only a slight rail, and by relaying the tombstones, so that
they might he walked over. The Corporation would, no
doubt, pay something for the land, which would aid in
obuilding the church. Mr. Urquhart was opposed to the
erection of a cathedral, and moved that the question of a
new church-rate be not entertained. Mr. Banner's pro.
position was lost by a considerable majority.—Mr. Ban-
ner read the following list of names, which he meant to
propose as vestrymen ;—Messrs. Blain, Earle, Bradley,
Jones, Wm. Mason, Charles Wright, Shaw, Jas. Whitty,
Thomas Clark, John Jones, and himself. Mr. Whitty
was proposed in the place of Mr. Fairhurst, who resigns.
Mr. Fairhurst was a Roman catholic : it was right that
that body should be represented in the Vestry. (Applause.)
Mr. Mason was proposed instead of Mr. Hand, who had
been appointed overseer. Mr. Crawford, of Bold-street,
would be proposed in the room of Mr. Meacock, re-
signed ; Mr. Clark in the room of Mr. Kitchen, who va-
cates. There was opposition to some of the names, and
Mr. Rimmer was declared to have the majority of hands
over Mr. Bradley, and Mr. Hugh Molyneux in the place
of Mr. Jones. Polls were demanded, however, for both
gentlemen. The poll was appointed to take place on
Friday morning. The proceedings opened with the fol-
lowing letter being read by the chairman :—" Tablet'_
street, 7th April, 1853. Sir,—Withdraw my name from
comethe li stto o
the
candidateshe poll,
nor
actf o r
if
elected.
h e Selec t Vestry,E p w
D. RrAIMER.—
as I shall not
Mr. Charles Hart." Whereupon Mr. William Brown,
as the proposer of Mr. Rimmer, and on behalf of Mr.
M`Knight, the proposer of Hugh Molyneux, withdrew
both amendments, and the chairman declared Mr. Edwd.
Bradley and Mr. William Jones to WM) boon elected
members of the tielect Vestry.