The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

MR. PETER STUBBS has been appointed bandmaster of
the Carnarvonshire royal militia.
OUR TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA..—ere are 742 tons, no Aess-
than 40 vessels, with an aggregate tonnTh
age of 37,
now loading in the port of Liverpool for the different ports
of our Australian colonies. •
CIVIC HOSPITALITY.-011 Thursony, John Buck Lloyd{,
Esq., mayor, entertained' the officers of the 2nd regiment.
of the Royal Lancashire Militia, and the Lancashire Regi-
ment of Militia Artillery, to dinner. The company num-
bered about fifty.
JEWISH LADIES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIGN.—FrOM
the fifth annual report of this institution we learn that
the committee have been enabled during the past year to.
afford relief to 109 persons, to the amount of £l2B ss.
110., and have also distributed clothing tondoth the aer aidmount
of £32 Bs. 54d., besides providing surgical a.
A DEPUTATION from the Liverpool Shipowners' Asso-
ciation, consisting of Mr. Mann (chairman), and Mr.
Carson (secretary), accompanied by Mr. Horsfall, 31. P.,
and the lion. H. G. Liddell, M.P., had an interview with
the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley, of Alderley,
on Monday, at the Board of Trade.
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, FALKNER-SQUARE, will be
consecrated on Wednesday, the 24th instant. His wor-
ship the mayor, and several me of
n the coatrporatio collec-
n,
will attend the ceremony. We understand th a
tion will be made towards defraying the large amount
which has been expended on the repair and alterations
of the church.
LA.IINCIT.—A fine new ship, intended for the South
American trade, has just been launched at St. John's,
N.B. Messrs. W. and J. Myers, Son, and Co., of this
town, are the owners. The new ship was named the Matins
Causino ; her measurement is about 920 tons. Captain
Downward commands the Matins Causino.
PRESENTATION OF Cowl:rm.—On Tuesday the cere-
mony of presenting colours to the Fifth Regiment of Lan-
cashire Militia took place at Towneley Park, about a mile
and a half from Burnley. The regiment is stationed at
Burnley, where it assembled, for the second yearly train-
ing of twenty-eight days, on the 18th ult. It now
numbers 956 on parade, including all ranks—being almost
precisely the same as when it assembled for its Rochdale, train-
ing. The men are principally from Blackburn,
Manchester, and Burnley, about 100 being furnished
from the last-named place. The following is a list of the
officers : Lieut.-Colonel Towneley ; Majors Brandreth
and Towneley ; Captains Fenton (who is also the adjutant),
Greenwood, Weld, Middleton, Kingsley, Lord, Hamerton,
Brereton, Broadbent, Sagar, and Petre ; Lieutenants
Ward, Dwyer, Searle, Lomax, Holden, and Tweedale.
All the officers were upon duty. About noon the colours
were presented by Lady Caroline Towueley, and received
by Lieuts. Dwyer and Ward, suitable addresses being
delivered on each side. Lieut.-Colonel Towneley then
delivered a very spirited address to the men, and at the
conclusion three cheers were given, and the men proceeded
to their tents and partook of dinner, which Lieut.-Colonel
Towneley had provided for them.
PROPOSED MAGDALEN ASYLUM.—A meeting of those
favourable to the establishment of this asylum was held,
on Tuesday, in the Savings-bank, Bold-street. The meet-
ing, which was chiefly of a preliminary character, was
presided over by the Rev. Rector Campbell, and the busi-
ness was commenced with prayer. The objects of thre
e
meeting and general plan of the proposed inst
detailed by the Rev. Isaac Holmes. The first object, he
stated,was to afford a refuge for those unfortunate females
who desired it. The second, to afford them such religious,
secular, and industrial instruction as might be deemed
prudent. The third was to restore to their friends those
.who had friends, and to help others to an honest liveli-
hood. Mr. Holmes showed the necessity for dealing with
various cases ; and, in the course of his remarks,made
the startling statement, that there were two hundred pro-
stitutes in Liverpool under twelve years of age. In allu-
sion to the disgusting traffic of some who trade in this
species of iniquity ; he said one man in Liverpool derived
from it an income greater than that of the two rectors put
together. This man has eight splendidly furnished houses
in Liverpool, and some on the other side of the water.
And yet the law is so delicate, and lawyers so clever, that
they can apply it to any mortal thing but to the man, and
in too many cases to the woman, who is trading
mes's in human
life, and disease and death, every day. Mr, Hol pro-
position was to raise £l,OOO as a commencement, to take
and open a large house as a refuge, at almost all hours ;
to appoint a chaplain to instruct in religion ; a house-
keeper, &c.; and for committees of visitors consisting of
four persons each, whose business it would be to go abroad
in these numbers to seek out those unhappy women who
are often more sinned against than sinning, and to invite
them to return to virtue. The question was fully discussed
by Mr. Adam Hodgson, Mr. Martin, the Rev. J. R. Conor,
the Rev. W. Pollock, Mr. Gregson, and other gentlemen.
The result of the meeting was that two resolutions were
passed, the first declaring that it was desirable to establish
an institution, in connexion with
un the Church of E
fortunate females, anglandnd
,
for the purpose of reclaiming
the second appointed a committee, consisting of the rector
and the following clergymen and gentlemen :—Mr. Pol-
lock, Mr. Bardsley, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Hodgson, Mr.
Conor, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Carter, Mr. Moore, Mr. Gregson,
and Mr. Martin, to suggest to a subsequent meeting the
best mode of forming the plan and carrying out the de-
tails of the institution.
MORTALITY RETURNS. The Registrar- General's
Quarterly Return, giving a statement of the births and
deaths in the quarter ended March last, and of marriages'
for the quarter ended December, 1853, shows that the
number of marriages in the United Kingdom, during the
latter period, was 97,772, a greater number than has been
recorded in any corresponding period since the Registra-
tion Act came into force (1837), and 3,356 in excess of the
persons married in the corresponding period of 1852.
Among the towns which have exhibited a decrease in the
number of marriages Preston holds a prominent place,
the marriages having declined from 335 to 258. The
number of births registered in the quarter ended March
last was 160,892, being a decrease of 706 as compared
with the corresponding quarter of 1853. The number of
deaths registered in the United Kingdom in the same
period was 111,970, causing au increase of population, in
the quarter, to the extent 'of 48,922 persons, augmented
on the one hand by the immigration, of the Irish, Scotch,
&c., and diminished by the emigration of the English.
The total emigration from all the ports in the United
Kingdom, during the quarter, is stated at 48,665. The
number 6f marriages in Lancashire, in the quarter
inended
the 31st December, was 6,092 ; while the births the
quarter just ended were 21,368, and deaths 15,661, so that
5,707 persons have been added to the populatio same ln St.
Thomas's district, Liverpool, during the. period,
there have been 346 births and 276 deaths. The deaths
are above the average, compared with those of the corres-
ponding quarters since 1849. • Diseases of the lungs have
been the most fatal. The district is at present healthhy.
In West Derby district the births were 338, and te
deaths 204, being 19 above the average of the correspond-
ing quarters of the past four years, owing to the preva-
lence of bronchitis and hopping-cough, caused by the cold
and inclement weather during two months of the quarter.
In Preston the births were 722, and the deaths 504. The
population of Preston has considerably decreased during
the last six months, owing to the cotton mills being closed.
DocK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Charles Turner, Esq., presiding. There were
also present Messrs. Rounthwaite, Bigham, Holden, Ran-
kin, James Holme Gladstone, Romilly, Gregson, Evans,
Shand, Barbour, Lockett, Royden, Smith, Brocklebank,
Palmer, Robinson, and Langsdale. The regulations for
traffic on the new line of railway along the docks were
submitted. The rules, among other things, enjoined that
no wagon is to stand on the line of railway north of Hill-
street, under a penalty of £5 for each offence. No train
to consist of more than four wagons when loaded with oak,
and not more than six wagons when loaded with deals.
No in to follow another at a less distance than 500 yards
ap train
a penalty of £5. No wagon to be allowed to
art,
discharge its cargo north of Hill-street, except under spe-
cial circumstances. No two and ns
o penalty to stand
of £5 on the line
at the same time to unload,. r a .
charge to the companies using the line to be one shilling
for each loaded wagon.. It appeared that a copy of these
regulations had been sent to the directors of the London
and
and North-western Railway, and the other companies,
a reply from Mr. Braithwaite Poole, on behalf ofMr the Lon-
don and North-western company, was read.
. Poole
contended that one shilling per wagon was.too much, and
suggested that sixpence per wagon was sufficient. After
some discussion, the whole question was referred to the
committee of works. A letter from Sir William Cubitt
was laid before the committee. It wan to? the effect that
the wall near the proposed new landing-stage, which the
committee had agreed to set back at the expense of the
corporation, should be proceeded with at once. The letter
was referred to the sub-committee of works. A recom-
mendation of the surveyor to allow Prince's Dock to run
dry on the Ist of June was confirmed. An application
from the library and museum committee of the corpora-
tion, to the effect that a copy of all maps and plans
respecting the docks, made by .Mr. Hartley, the engine Aner,
should be forwarded to the library, was acceded to.
application from Messrs. M'Clune and Tamplin, to be
allowed to lay down a tram-road along the quays, for their
steamers in the Nelson Dock, was referred to the harbour-
masters' sub-committee, the chairman remarking that
in th
die
committee would never consent to allow any private -
viduals to lay down a tram-road on the public quays. The
chairman next called the attention of the committee to the
question as to whether the new warehouses at the Stanley
Dock should be worked' by the committee or be let to
private individuals. Mr. Robinson, before the general
discussion was gone into, entered into a number of statis-
tical statements, respecting the working of the Albert
Dock warehouses, and showed that the committee had
realised six per cent. per annum on the outlay, and he
contended that this fact was strongly in favour of the
committee themselves working the Stanley D
in dockividuals. ware-
houses, instead of letting them to private
The outlay at the Albert Dock warehouses was much
greater than that on the Stanley
.Dock warehouses, and
the per centage on the latter might therefore fairly be
calculated at more event han the Albert Dock warehouses.
preliminary discussion as to the relative cost
ofAft tehre somet
sets of warehouses, Mr. James Holme said, it
would be more advantageous to the estate to let the ware-
houses to private individuals than for the committee to
work them themselves. He believed that if the committee
would put these warehouses up to public competition, they
would let them for more money than they could ever
expect to make themselves, they would save themselves a
great deal 'of detail, and they would, in such a case, not
unduly interfere with private interests. Mr. Rankin, Mr.
Smith, and Mr. Royden, •severally oppo.sed Mr. Holme 's
proposition. After some further discussion, the chairman
Mr. North, the solicitor, to state his op
called inion
as to the legality, or otherwise, of letting the warehouses
just referred to. Mr. North then read an opinion on
co the
point, which, he said, he had drawn up, after carefully n-
sidering the question. After setting forth the various
dock acts, which stated that the committee had no power
to let the docks, he was 'of opinion thrt.t as, by these acts,
they had not power to let the docks, neither had they
power to let the warehouses, which seemed to him to be
essentially the same as letting the docks. He was also of
opinion that the sam particular act of parliament, which
authorised them toe build the warehouses, rendered it
obligatory on the part of the dock committee to work
them. He was the committeeinio that it would be illegal
to let them. The then decided that, as in the
opinion of the dock solicitor, they could not legia)llolkt.levipot;leieed.
warehouses, the warehouse sub-committee be instructed.to
take stepasnafotrhtehieviirntiaiteiragdeismeasenstioonf tohfedeSttaainislezas
houses,
to the next weelily meeting. This concluded the general
business