The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

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sentiment of the noble Chillingworth,—" The Bible!, and
the Bible alone, is the religion of Protestants." (Cheers
and continued applause.)
The CITAIRmerr expressed, on behalf of the meeting, a
vote of thanks to the lecturer ; and intimated that the
Protestant Reformation Society are establishing agents in

almost every town in England, to oppose the efforts of
the Papacy and stem the flood of error.
The doxology was then sung, and the meeting closed.
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LAUNCH OF A SCREW STEAM-SHIP.—The African
Steam-ship Company's new vessel, the Northern Light,
will be launched on Thursday next, from Mr. Laird's
yard, Sefton-street. The Northern Light is 1200 tons
measurement, and will be fitted with engines of 200-horses
power, by Messrs. Fawcett and CO.
THE SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, which sailed from this
port on the 7th of September, was passed on the 27th, in
lat. 18 N., lon. 23 W. She was at that time out 20 days,
and had only made about 2,300 miles, or an average of 115

miles per day.
THE FASTEST PASSAGE TO AUSTRALIA.—The Victoria
screw steam-ship, from London to Melbourne, made the
passage in 62 days, the fastest on record, and it is believed
that she called at Adelaide, which will render the passage
still shorter. The screw steam-ship Argo, which arrived
at Plymouth on Thursday, also made a very rapid passage
out and home, having left Southampton on the 7th of
May, and reaching Plymouth on the 27th of October, five
months and nineteen days.
CASUALTY TO AN AMERICAN EMIGRANT VESSEL:—
On Monday, the Charles Croker, belonging to Bath, U.S.,
on her way from Liverpool to New York, with upwards of
500 passengers, was obliged to put into our lough through
stress of weather, her canvas having been almost com-
pletely destroyed, and more or less damage occasioned to
her spars. She was towed into the roads by the steam-tug
Belfast. On Sunday, while a lad was on the jibboom, he
lost his hold and was drowned. Beyond this, the vessel
has suffered no injury, and will be ready for sea in a few
days.—Belfast Banner.
MORE IRON SHIPS.—The substitution of iron for wood,
as a material, threatens shortly to place many inland
localities on a par, as to advantages, with Liverpool or any
other seaport. We had lately a proof of this in the launch
of the splendid iron ship Tayleur, from the yard of the Bank
Quay Foundry, at Warrington ; and we understand that
the same builders have received an order from Messrs.
Gibbs, Bright, and Co., for another iron ship of large
dimensions, also to be built and launched at Warrington.
This new ship is to be, we understand, 100 feet longer than
the Tayleur, and 10 feet longer than the Great Britain.
THE STEAM-SIIIP ANTELOPE has arrived out, after a
tedious voyage, occasioned by detention at Madeira and
Rio de Janeiro, in order to repair the damaged machinery.
During some heavy weather she experienced after leaving
the Cape, she proved herself an excellent sea-boat, and the
vessel and her machinery were in good order on her arrival
at Melbourne. The passengers expressed themselves per-
fectly satisfied with the treatment on board. She would
sail for Sydney on the 23rd August, full of passengers,
(those she took from England all landing at Port Phillip,)
and it has been decided to run her regularly between those
ports and Adelaide.
TRADE OP LIVERPOOL IN 1852.—Mr. Braithwaite Poole
has published some interesting statistics respecting the
trade of this port for the year 1852, by which it would ap-
pear that the number of tonnage and vessels that entered
and cleared at the port was 15,693 vessels, with a tonnage
of 3,311,244 inwards, and 13,168 vessels, and 2,821,046
tonnage. He also furnishes a summary of the number of
tons of each article imported, with the value ; the imports
amounting to 2,370,082 tons, and valued at £57,000,000.
The exports amount to 2,132,097 tons, of the value of
£53,000,000; total of exports and imports, 4,502,179 tons,
and valued at £110,000,900. These figures exhibit the
important fact, that the imports and exports of Liverpool
are in value above one-eighth of the entire imports and
exports, and of the productions in agriculture, minerals,
and manufactures of Great Britain and Ireland.
CAUTION TO Smuirx.—Seamen should be aware of the
heavy penalty to which they become liable should they by
intemperance unfit themselves for the performance of their
duties, as stipulated in the articles of agreement. The
brig Scipio was detained two or three tides last week by
the absence of two of the crew, who were apprehended
and brought before Mr. Harrison, at the Town-hall, on
Saturday. They would have been committed for three
months, in accordance with the provisions of the act, had
not Captain Cowman at the last moment been induced, at
their_ entreaty, to request permission to withdraw the
charge, the men engaging at once to return to their duty,
and to allow the costs, Bs. in each case, to be deducted
from their wages.— Whitehaven Advertiser.
THE Loss OF THE DALTIOUSIE.—From the circum-
stances that have now come to light respecting the loss of
the Dalhousie, we arrive at the conclusion that the melan-
choly occurrence is solely attributable to the vessel being
top-heavy, and also crank, from the stowage or shifting of
the cargo. The ship, it is now confirmed, lurched over,
and lay on her beam-ends for about twenty minutes before
she sunk, which was the information given at first to our
correspondent at Deal, by Reed, when he landed. When
in this state, Captain Butterworth was busy in getting the
deck-load, and other_ top-hamper, thrown overboard ; and
it is surprising to us that he did not, at the same time,
think of cutting away the masts. Had this been done it
would, in all probability, have saved the vessel, while the
masts themselves would have made a raft on which some
lives might have been saved. It is our belief that the ship
did not sink through leakage, or from having a quantity
of water in her. She may have had a little, which, of
course, would keep her on her beam-ends when she took
the heavy lurch which it is described prevented her reco-
vering herself.—Shipping Gazette.