The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

NEW SCREW EY A LIVERPOOL ENGINEER.--SOMe
experiments were tried at the Great Fioat, Birkenhead,
on Saturday, to test the pawers of a new screw, invented
and patented by Mr. Fisher, a working engineer of this
town. The scale on which it was tried was necessarily
limited, out the result was most satisfactory, an increase
of speed equivalent to above twenty per cent. on the
ordinary screw, having been obtained. The experiments
were repeated yesterday.

SHIP FIRE-ENGINE.—There was a trial, on Saturday,
at noon, on the Exchange flags, of Merryweather's 514
fire-engine, " The Prince of Wales." The result was
highly satisfactory, a continuous stream of water beini
thrown between 80 and 90 feet in a horizontal, and la
feet in a vertical direction. The engine was worked by
portion of the fire brigade, under the superintendence!'
Mr. Hewitt, who expressed a favourable opinion of ltS
qualities as applied to ships, and even to mansions where
a good supply of water could be procured. Mr. AndeP
son, of the Norwich Union, and several members of °ther
fire brigades, spoke in terms of admiration of its great
power. One of its chief reconamenJations is, that
case of need it can be taken into a boat, and worked from
a distance. It has already done essential service is the
preservation of ships from fire.

ALLEGED INTIMIDATION OF WORKMEN.-At th,e,
Police-court, on Saturday, before Mr. Mansfield, tf'
stipendiary magistrate, and Mr. Sands, Neil M'*"
John Gregory, William Cassidy, William Nuttall, Bo'
tholomew Backhousef Joseph Foulkes, and Francis Bells
operative cabinet-makers, were charged by Mr. WI
Turner, of Islington, cabinet-maker, with intimidating
four of his workmen because they had not joined the OPed
rat ive Cabinet-makers' Association. Detective-office!
Russell deposed that on Saturday, the 16th, he went atuo°,B
the defendants, disguised as a carpenter, and that WI
entered into statements to dissuade him from under
taking employment with the complainant. One of the
men, who was said to have been• intimidated, said,"
answer to Mr. Mansfield, that since the strike he had coil'
tinned to work with Mr. Turner without molestation'
The case was dismissed. The announcement was greet'
with an outburst of applause.

AN AMERICAN MOTHER.—A Boston paper of thelOth
April says, a woman in Dutton, N. H., recently becasl6
the mother of four live, bouncing boys, at a single birth'
At the last advices, the whole crowd were doing not 001 l
" as well as could be expected," but rather !fetter.

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MONDAY EVENING, MAY

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

The London Stock Exchange was closed to-day.
The Eengal, which arrived at Southampton this morn;
ins, brings the heavy portion of the East Indian- !lit'
China mails, and mails from the Mediterranean. tiF
dates are—Alexandria,. April 19; Malta, April 2.3;•
braltar, April 27. She brings 170 passengers ; and on
freightrspecie value .E12;000. Her mails were despatsbd
to London by the 11 30 a.m. train.

PAR4S, SUNDAY.—The Globe's correspondent saFg-the
presence of the Pope at the coronation is spoken of °
certain, and apartments are stated to be in preparation
for him at the Tuileries.
AusmArtA.—Melbourne advices of the 25th of Jan"
received by the Admiral, which left Hobson's Bay on the
27th of January, report commercial affairs as satisfactorf'
The yield of gold continued. Ptodnce market high. POI
vision market rapidly falling, especially flour. Price 0:
labour rather lower. No political news. The Admill'
brings 22,000 oz: in gold dust.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, AlAnctr Ef.—The pacification
the Colony was progressing. A. formal proclamation 0'
peace was expected at Cape Town- by the next post.