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

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND 6-VNIRAL COMIVIERCIAL ADVERTISER.

CONTROVERSY.—The Rev. S. B. Sutton will deliver a
lecture on " The good old way," in St. Paul's, Liverpool,
next Thursday evening.
THE MA.aiNnas' CHURCH.—On Friday this floating
place of worship was removed from the position it has so
long occupied in the George's Dock to Canning Dock, for
the purpose of allowing the former to be let dry on
Sunday.
DARING BURGLARY.—On Thursday night some thieves
broke into the premises of Mr. Leicester, 189, Brownlow-
hill, and carried away the safe,,which they took to an
adjoining empty house, and blew open with gunpowder.
The only money they found was about £3, with which
they got away.
THE RECENT FAILURE AT MANCHESTER.—At the ad-
journed meeting of the creditors of Messrs. John Pooley
and Son, held yesterday week, it was found that no
arrangement could be come to, and it was therefore re-
solved to offer the concern for sale, and three gentlemen
were selected to carry out the views of the creditors.—A
Mr. Nicholson, a coarse spinner, of Lees, near Oldham,
has suspended payment, but the liabilities are small, not
being £2ooo.—Manchester Courier.
ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL.—On Saturday week, Mr.
G. Abram, sizar of Clare-hall, Cambridge, was elected to
the vacant Cannino. Scholarship in the above school, by
the two examiners,°Mr. A. Weir, M.A., of Caine College,
second master of the Edinburgh Academy, and Mr. John
Bell, M.A., of St. John's College. Mr. R. Duckworth,
whose election we lately noticed from the Royal Institu-
tion to a scholarship at University College, Oxford, did not
enter as a candidate on this occasion.

AN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.—At the borough sessions,
on Thursday, James St. Albin Quin, lately in the employ-
of Messrs. Enoch Train and Co., was arraigned on three
indictments, charging him with hating embezzled several
large sums, amounting in the whole to upwards of £1,300,
with which, about the latter end of June, or beginning of
July, he absconded, ultimately proceeding to Australia,
where it is stated he realised some thousands of pounds as
a general merchant. He was convicted, and sentenced to
four years' penatservitude.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The direc-
tors have issued a notice stating that the company are
willing to receive money in advance of calls on the original
London and Birmingham £2O shares, which £8 per
share is uncalled, and on Manchester and Birmingham
£lO shares, on which £9 per share remain's uncalled, pro-
vided the money is paid by December ; and at the next
half-yearly meeting, special notice is to be given for the
consolidation of the shares so paid up in full into stock.
The company are also. about to dispose of their surplus
lands on the Birmingham extension.
THE COUNTY REVISION.—Mr. C. P. Wilde and Mr.
Percival Pickering, the barristers appointed to revise the
list of voters for the southern division of Lancashire, held
courts in the Town-hall, for that purpose on Monday. Mr.
E. Bretherton, solicitor, Liverpool, and Mr. Moorhouse,
appeared for the Liberals; Mr. Sudlow for the Conserva-
tives. There was 1,109 objections by overseers. and 383
by other persons ; but nit a single case occurred that had
the slightest interest attaching to it, and the revision was
concluded in the course of the afternoon.—Manchester
Courier. . .

OUTRAGE AT WIGAN.--On Sunday night week two gin-
ger beer bottles, full of gunpowder, were put through the
window of a cottage near Ince bar, occupied by Joseph
Hetherington, and were then lighted with a fusee. By the
explosion the window was blown into the middle of the
road, and the home much shaken. Previous to the col-
liers' strike, Fletherington, his brother, slid two other
men, contracted to get a block of coal in one of the pits
of the Ince-hall Company, and as the job will last several
months, they have not ceased to work. Hence it is sup-
posed that some colliers on strike committed the outrage.
THE FUNERAL OF Mn. Jolts HOLMER took place on
Saturday at the Necropolis. Low-hill, the cortege starting
from Everton-crescent, and proceeding along Shaw-street,
and up Brunswick-road, to the place of interment, in the
following order :—The hearse, containing the coffin ; four
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mirau.rdmulainmagnes,cloilylarcoh.lmeDse'esinnil%solwnrh.. Mr. Pender, Mr. Duarte, Mr.
James Lister, Mr. C. Jones, Mr. Thomas Bolton, Mr.
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words, "John Holmes. Died,'October 22, 1853, aged 79
-years."
SALE OF THE ARTICLES OF VERTU, FURNITURE,
&c., AT MR. BRANCH'S Averro-N-nooms.—We last week
gave a brief description cif Mr. Benjamin's collection of
rare furniture, articles of -vertu, china, &c., which, after
being admired by crowds •ef visitors, were sold by auction
on Wednesday and Thursday. The oak furniture sold at
very fair prices; two massive cabinets brought 34 guineas
each. A pair of elegant candelabra realised £75, and a
pair of jardinieres £43. A richly-inlaid lady's cabinet, 17
guineas. Two pair of 'Magi horses, 18 guineas each pair.
The beautiful antique *hide length figure of Diana, in
statuary marble, sold fur 34 guineas. " The Lion Hunt"
was sold for 38 guineas. A bust of Homer, from the col-
lection of the Marquis of Abercorn, brought 40 guineas.
The curious and rare specimens of Gobelin tapestry, por-
traying scenes in the history of Antony and Cleopatra,
was sold for £BO. Some fine specimens of Dresden glass
ornaments sold from to 25 guineas the set. An antique
bracket clock sold for' 25 guineas.
THE CRYSTAL PS.LA.CE AT RYER/MAIL—Mr. T. C.
Archer, in his lecture on the New Crystal Palace at Syden-
ham, alluded to the liberal contributions of raw products
from Liverpool. Nearly a thousand specimens had been
cullected, and were ready to be sent off. 'Re believed they
would be enabled -to exhibit one of the finest collections
of wood ever brought together, for which they were in-
debted to Mr. Bryde of Liverpool, and to Messrs. Holme,
Slater, and Crobk, of Birkenhead. They had also re-
ceived a very beautiful collection of materia medics from
Messrs. Evans and Son, of this town. Messrs. Littledale
and Co. contributed a fine collection of-wools, teas, cot-
tons, and specimens of every other description of pro-
duce dealt in by that extensive house. Articles of dry-
saltery, dyes, and things of that sort, were contributed
by Messrs. Spence and Co., Messrs. Speers, Sanders, and.
Co., and others n oils, by Mr. Mattllleiwesssrs;
t.d3lnain'Angdrmaew,
terials by Messrs.• J. C. Hadwen, jun. and Co. ; tobacco
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the quickest passage out this year. She is one of the
Black Ball line of- packets, belonging to Messrs. James
Baines and Co. The Falcon belongs to 'Messrs. Gibbs,
Bright, and Co.'s Eagle line.
F*RE AT DARWEN MILLS.—On Wedneklay afternoon a
' Townrt of Messrs. Potter's paper-staining works,
kas the Belgrave Mills, wee destroyed by fire. The
fire broke out in a' large building, erected three or four
years ago, consisting of three storeys aridan attic. This
bufleling, and another warehouse which staff, a few yards
from it, contained at the time about 790,000 dozens of
finish& paper, and many thousands of engraved rollers,
besides Z. large quantity-of drugs. The fire spread rapidly,
and the men in the -Tipper storeys had barely time to
escape, 'for the interior soon became a mass of flame. In
the course of two or three hours three fire engines arrived
from Blackburn; but their united efforts could not save
the building. The window frames at one end became
ignited ; but as the 'firemen now turned all their energies
to the protection .of the warehouse, they succeeded in pre-
venting the fire from spreading beyond the building where
it originated. This was nor.- enveloped in flames, the roof
falling in by-degrees till nothing remained but the walls.
Meanwhile, the tenants in the adjoining cottages had re-
P moved their furniture, and Denny thousands of dozens of
paper had been removed. to a distance by the spectators.
The loss is estimated at from £15,000 to £20,000.
THE PRESTOff Szelinn.—On Wednesday morning the
factory operatives were astonished by the receipt, by the
amalgamated committee, of a ekeque for £5OO, from Sir
.John Tyrell, drawn in London. [This has subsequently
proved to be a hoax.] The spinners were paid the sum
-7s. each, the weavers 45., and the cardroom hands only9d.
to is. 6d.' and theitimle spinners, being the fewest in
member, (about 780,) received only the small amount of
9d. to ls. 6d. On Thursday a meeting of throstle spinners
was held on the Marsh. Mr. Postlethwaite (throstle
spinner) was called upon to preside. The chairman, in
the, course of his observations, said that the money that
was paid to them on Monday last could not possibly keep
life in them for another week ; the highest paid amongst
them only got ls. 6d., some is., and some only 9d. Ten
per cent. of advance was what they came out for, and he
had no doubt whatever that the spinners and weavers
would get it. Mr. Wallace Beevers said they had only to
go on as they had done—keep the peace and behave them-
selves—and they would have every influential gentleman
coming to their assistance. During the :coming week
there would',be 20,000 or 30,000 more locked out in vari-
ous districts, 'but they were content to have-nothing if
Preston could only be kept. On Thursday a placard ap-
peared upon the walls, cautioning the public against giv-
ing money to any person or persons whose collecting book
did not bear the feur stamps of the several committees.
Another placard, issued by the overlookers' committee,
solicited the aid of the public for their support.
SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided
at the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday, when it appeared
from the minutes of the Workhouse Committee that the
total number of admissions to the vagrant sheds during
the week had been 470 males, 285 females, and 89 chil-
dren : total, 841. The number of inmates on the 19th
instant was reported to be 1790. There were 58.5 sick
cases, 45 being of fever and cholera, and 48 of itch.—The
Industrial School Committee reported that two boys and
four girls had absconded from the schools. The governor
had reported the sale of 18 pigs for £24 10s. Since the
last meeting a greater number of the boys had been em-
ployed in elogging.—The Medical Relief Committee re-
ported that a communication had been sent to the Home
Secretary, praying him to order vessels arriving at Hull
to ride quarantine there. A resolution had been passed
refusing the proffered use of the hulks, on condition that
the Vestry should be at the expense of fitting them up ;
the grounds of refusal being that they could not-be used
for cholera cases, and that there was superior accommoda-
tion at the Workhouse. A communication was read from
the General Board of Health, Whitehall, expressing the
satisfaction of the Board with the judicious precautionary
measures
adopted by the Liverpool Medical Relief Com-
mittee, to meet the threatened invasion of cholem.—Mr.
Bradley said he was happy to state that the health of the
town was such that it enabled the committee to postpone
any further arrangements, and their meetings also, for
the next ten days.—Mr. Augustus Somers was appoint,'
to the situation of district medical officer, vacantthen by the
death of Mr. Cripps.—The proceedings were con-
firmed.—On the motion of Mr. Shaw, Mr. Lawrence and
Mr. Barwise were appointed assistant dispensers.-. The
appointment of Mr. Kelly, as district medical officer, in
the place of Mr. Durkan, deceased, Was confirmed.

Mn. JOHN BIGHAM intends to sail for California on
Saturday next.
ELECTION OF ALDERMAN.—Thomas Bold, Esq. was
yesterday elected Alderman of St. Paul's Ward, in the
room of John Holmes, Esq., deceased.
MR. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Liverpool and
London Fire and Life Assurance Company, and his two
sons, arrived at Melbourne on the 13th August, in the
Ignis Fatuus, from San Francisco, all well.
THE OPERATIVE SHIPWRIGHTS met on Wednesday,
and after a long discussion resolved, that they felt them-
selves justified in working with whom they pleased, that
they would accept seven shillings a day, and that they
would support the association.
THE MILES BARTON, belonging to Miller and Thomp-
son's Golden Line of Packets, has arrived out at Port
after a splendid passage of 82 days. The passen-
gers presented Captain Kelly with a letter, accompanied
with a gold watch and chain, testifying to the satisfaction
of their treatment on board.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT by the "Glee
and Madrigal Union" takes place this evening, and will
include, among other attractions, Mendelssohn's " Wal-
purgis Night." The performers, it will be seen, are the
old established favourites, Mr. and Mrs. Lockey, Mrs.
Endersohn, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. Phillips.
DEPARTURE OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS.—The fine
picture of this subject, by Mr. Charles Lucy, is still on
view at the Gallery of Art, in Church-street. The scene
is an interesting one, and the picture includes portraits of
the leading Puritans who, on the 22nd of July, 1620, em-
barked at Delft Haven for their transatlantic home in
Virginia. The picture is powerfully painted, and we
perceive it is in course of being engraved by the celebrated
Burnett, in whose hands the print from it cannot fail to
prove interesting and attractive.
ANOTHER ALLEGED MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—On
Saturday night, about half-past five o'clock, as a man
named Royles was proceeding along Wood-street, Stan-
hope-street, he met another man, named Evan Hughes, a
painter, who, it appears, owed him some money. On
Royles demanding payment, a quarrel ensued, which led
to a fight, and terminated in the death of Royles. Hughes
was immediately taken into custody, and he was yesterday
brought up at the police-court, charged with the murder.
The case was not gone into at any length, only one wit-
ness, a girl, being examined. She stated that she saw
the deceased knocked down by Hughes, who kicked him,
on which some one called out " If you are going to fight,
fight like men, and do not abuse the man that way."
Royles then got up, and was again knocked down, 'his
head this time coming into violent contact with the pave-
ment. He never rose after, but died almost immediately.
Hughes was remanded to await the result of the coroner's
inquest, which will be held this day at noon.
THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE.-At present, there are more
vessels placed on the Australian berths than appear ne-
tessary for the demands of trade. Of passengers there are
but few offering ; and freights are far from plentiful. The
current rates are from 70s. to 80s. for fine goods, per
measurement, to either Sydney, Melbourne, or Geelong,
and 100 s. to 110 s. to the wharfs of the two latter ports.
To Adelaide, 70s. 755., and to Hobart Town and Launces-
ton, 70s. The rates by the steamers are about 160 s. per
ton. There are now in the port of London 14 vessels
loading for Adelaide, 4 for Geelong, 10 for Hobart Town,
3 for Launceston, 17 for Melbourne, 6 for New Zealand,
2 for Portland Bay, 20 for Port Philip, 1 for Swan River,
and 26 for Sydney ; making in all 103 vessels. There are
also the Adelaide and the Crcesus steamers, the former
bound to Adelaide, to sail on the 4th Nov., at noon, and
the latter for Port Philip and Sydney, to sail early in
December. At Liverpool there are now 6 vessels loading
for Adelaide, 3 for Geelong, 2 for Hobart Town, 28 for
Melbourne, 1 for Portland Bay, 8 for Sydney—making in
all 48 vessels ; besides the Golden Age steamer for Mel-
bourne and Sydney, to sail about the sth November. At
Glasgow there are 2 vessels loadinc, for Geelong, 13 for
Melbourne, 1 for Port Philip, and 5 Sydney—making
in all 21 vessels. At Greenock there is one vessel loading
for Sydney. At Grangemouth there is one vessel loading
for Melbourne. At Southampton one vessel is loading for
Port Philip, and two for Melbourne, besides the Ripon
steamer for Port Philip and Sydney, to sail on the 4th
November. At Bristol there is one vessel loading for
Geelong, seven for Melbourne, and one for Sydney. At
Hull one vessel is loading for Melbourne. It therefore
appears that there are at the present time, in all ports, no
fewer than 187 sailing vessels and four steamers for the
various Australian colonies.
FRAUD ON THE CORPORATION.—The magistrates at
the police court on Saturday were engaged in investigating
a charge of conspiracy to defraud the mayor and corpora-
tion, brought against Mr. William Rowson, a contractor,
and Mr. William Clarke, clerk of the works. From the
evidence of Mr. Weightman, surveyor for the corporation,
it appeared that the corporation began building the new
gaol at Walton in 1849, and he at that time appointed the
prisoner Clarke to undertake the superintendence of the •
bricks delivered, and it was his duty to examine the bricks
and to certify for the number delivered. He (Mr.Weight-
man), in 1851, entered into a verbal contract with Mr.
Rowson, to supply bricks at prices ranging from 15s. to
275. 6d. per 1000, according to the quality of the bricks ;
and, according to the certificates signed by Clarke, the
number of bricks made up to the close of the season, on
the 13th or 14th of 'September, 1851, was 6,156,230, and
the number of stools were stated to be nine. He gave five
certificates for payment, one for £7OO, and four for £lOOO
each ; and on the 26th of August, 1852, he made a debtor
and creditor account of the whole transaction, from Mr.
Clarke's books, and after making some deductions,
amounting to £484 18s. 9d., from Rowson's account, he
found the balance remaining in Mr. Rowson's favour to
amount to £424 16s. 9d., for which he certified, and which
was paid by the treasurer.—Mr. A. Tweedie, clerk in the
treasurer's office, proved having paid Mr. Rowson the
money for the bricks, and produced the receipt.—Five
brickmakers, who had been iu the employ of Mr. Rowson
during the season of 1851, were examined, with a view of
showing that the amount of bricks alleged to have been
made and delivered at the -gaol, was not correct, as only
eight brickmakers were employed,—not nine, as alleged ;
and one of the witnesses, named Charnock, who, every
witness examined admitted, made the most in the field,
only formed 600,000 during the season. Another made
530,00&; a third, 547,000; the fourth, 695,000; and the
fifth, 440,000. Every witness said that only one man—or,
at the most, two—in forty could make 713;490 bricks in a
season (the amount necessary to make up the number al-
leged to be delivered).—After these witnesses had been
examined, the case was remanded until Saturday next.—
The bail on Rowson was fixed at £l,OOO, and tyro sureties
of £5OO each ; and on Clarke £5OO, and two sureties of
£250 each.

WILLIAIt MA sow, described as a tailor, but known to
have Tor a long time practised the passing of forged £5
notes, was on Wednesday sentenced, in London, to twenty
years' transportation.
AT THE LONDON CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OR Satur-
day, the Rev. Wade Meara was bound over in his own re-
cognizances in the sum of £l,OOO, for a libel on the Hon.
Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley.
SER CRAELES WOOD made a speech, on Thursday, to
his Halifax, constituents, who were giving him a compli-
mentary- dinner. His topics were • free-trade, the great
measures of. last session, and the Eastern question. His
treatment of these subjects did not differ from that of his
colleague.
POTATOES 'FOR LONDON.— Such is the enormous quan-
tity of potatoes being sent up to London, that there are at
present about three miles of trucks, loaded with this escu-
lent, waiting to be discharged on one of the railways.
Potatoes are bought up hereabouts at about £6 a ton, and
after paying: about £2 for carriage there is a profit to the
Scoteh dealer of about £3 a ton.—North British _Daily
Mail.

DIE MISSAL OF PROFESSOR MAIMICE.—A painful -sen-
sation was created at King's College, London, on Satur-
day, by an .announcement on the part of Dr. Jelf, the
principal, that Professor F. D. Mantiee's lectures on ectle-
siastical history mould be discontinued. It is understood
that Mr. Maurice Chas been definitively removed from his
chair, in consequence of the doubts •respecting his ortho-
doxy, suggested by a volume of "Theological Essays"
recently published.
GREAT HARSIINBES.-At the Wakefield Quarter Ses-
sions, Isabella Heuland, head woman in the milliner's shop
of Thomas Searle, was tried for having stolen a handful or
two of "clippings," Which she had given away to the as-
sistants in the shop. • She was in London upon her mas-
ter's business when
.this serious offence was discovered,
and a police-officer was sent from Wakefield to apprehend
her ! The value of the
_goods was a mere nothing, and
the chairman stopped the case as soon as Vie prosecutor
had given his ovidence. believing that there .was no case.
The decision was received with applause k, , a crowded
court.

ExTENSIVE ROBBERY ,AT ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE.—On
Friday the borough court at the Town-hall wras.erowded
by parties anxious to hear the examination of Robert
Smith, a porter in the employ of Mr, McKay, who keeps a
large ironmongery estahlishment in Stamford-street, and
Market Avenue. The prisoner had to pack up and carry
out parcels, and he appears to' have included something for
himself in each parcel that hertook out. To such an,ex-
tent did he practice this, that the goods so purloined
covered the large table, consisting of teapots, tools, .razor-
strops, new iron, &e. To metal teapots he had been rough
attached. The goods were found At Stalybridge, Hyde,
and-other places, where has had agents disposing of the
stolen property. The prisoner was remanded.
Blass is EXTRIORDINAiRT.—The,borough of Campble-
ton, it would appe.ar, is in no danger of figuring amongst
places with diminished populations when the next census
is taken. All the births announced in the local paper,
the Campbleton Journal, of Thursday last, were twins.
Here they are :—" On the 12th curt., at Campbleton, the
wife of Mr. John Macsporran, baker, of twin daughters.
—At the Park Farm, near Camphletou, Mrs. Atkins, of
twin sons.—Here, Mrs. Fowler, of twin danghters.—At
Stronvar-lodge, Campbleton, Mrs. Young, of twin daugh-
ters."—Four couplets—eight " blessed babies," but only
two boys to six gels- All in one day too ! Shade of Dr.
Malthus—ls it not pro-di-gi-ous ?—Glasgow paper.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LONGEVITY.—SOIIIe ex-
citement was created about Canaan-street, Nottingham,
on Sunday last, in consequence of the preaching in the
Primitive Methodist Chapel of Mr. George Fletcher, of
London, who will have attained, in February next, the
extraordinary age of 107 years. Mr. Fletcher was left an
orphan at the age of thirteen, when he enlisted in the
army, and served in the first American war. In the
course of a few years he joined the guards, and was under
the command of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, at whose death
he was present. After a service of twenty-one years he
was discharged, and was employed in the West India
docks until he was about ninety years of age. He was a
class leader amongst the denomination to which he be-
longed for eighty years, and had conversed and associated
with Wesley and Whitfield. He walks perfectly upright,
can read clear print with the aid of glasses, can hear
tolerably well, and is remarkably cheerful and conversa-
tional.—Nottingham Guardian.
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.—" For upwards of nine
years, (writes Mr. Thomas Province, of Winchmore Hill,
Middlesex,) I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent
medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with head-
ache and indigestion ; but a friend having induced me to
make a trial of Frampton's Fills, I now inform you that a
few doses gave me great relief; and during this long period
of time I have taken them in preference to any other medi-
cine; and I have the happiness of saying that I never bad a
better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills.
I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by
my family, and we know of nothing to equal it." In any
be tried to be universally adopted. Sold
case where an aperient medicine is required, they need only
vendors Price Is. lid, per box. See the name of "Thomas
rrout: 229, Strand, London," on the government stamp,
by all medicine

DREADFUL RIOTS Al' WIGAN.

RIOTS of a most disgraceful character took place on
Friday among the factory and colliery operatives on strike
at Wigan, which resulted iu the destruction of a good deal
of property. About 6,000 factory operatives and 5,000
colliers have been on strike at Wigan for an advance of
wages during a period of six or seven weeks, so that
nearly one-third of the population of the borough has
been reduced to great straits for means to subsist. The
colliers were the first to strike, demanding from their
employers an advance of 16f per cent. The colliery
owners have for three successive fortnights had periodical
meetings at the Royal Hotel, to consider the present state
of circumstances, and the last meeting was held on Friday
afternooon, and was attended by the principals or repre-
sentatives of all the coal mines in the district. They
broke up with the same resolution as previously,—viz., an
adjournment for a fortnight, giving the operatives the
option of returning to their work at the old wages. The
street in front of the hotel was crowded by a large body
of workmen. When the decision became known, great
indignation was manifested by hootings, varied at times
by cheers, when any insulting epithet was personally
applied. Shortly after six o'clock, however, on two gentle-
men leaving the house, supposed to be employers, they
were followed by the crowd through the Market-place into
Wallgate-street, where they took shelter in a shop. One
or two other persons were about the shop at the time, and
among them Mr. Maskell Peace, son of Mr. William
Peace, coal agent to the Earl of Crawford. Great hootings
were made by the now accumulating crowd outside, and
stones and other missiles from the street were thrown
with great violence against the windows ; at length a
large stone was thrown, which broke a sheet of plate-glass
six feet long. On the gentlemen being requested to leave
the shop, they proceeded with Mr. Peace to the Dog and
Partridge publichouse, which is near at hand, being closely
pursued by the crowd, now many hundreds in number.
A body of police came on the spot, and remained some
time, hoping to keep the mob in awe, but, finding their
presence more likely to irritate, they withdrew. On
reaching the'police-office the chief constable despatched a
message to Mr. N. Eckersley, •the mayor, who arrived at
the police office in a short time. Mr. Cook, draper, and
Mr. Thomas Byrom, grocer, who are magistrates for the
borough, were also sent for, and a consultation took place
upon their arrival, which ended in the two latter going to
the Royal Hotel, with the view of advising the people to
disperse quietly. It soon became evident that an attack
upon the Royal Hotel was meditated, and the two miles-
, trates, believing no time should be lost, returned to the
mayor to concert measures of a more vigorous character.
The mayor and his brother magistrates having assembled
24 special constables, and six of the regular police, they
proceeded to the front of the Royal Hotel, where they
found the rioters breaking the windows, and becoming
more daring every moment. The greatest confusion pre-
vailed. The mob seized stones, and, when they could not
find these, laid hold of potatoes, turnips, and other vege-
tables from the market stalls, and hurled them at the win-
dows of the hotel. Mr. William Marshall, standing by
the side of the mayor, in front of the hotel, was struck in
the eye by one of these missiles, and another gentleman
was hit behind the head. His worship gave one of the
leading ruffians into custody, and four policemen proceeded
with him towards the police-office, but he was rescued by
the mob, The mayor had two of the regular police still by
his side, but, alas ! for the specials—now, when they were
first needed, it was discovered that they had " lev anted."
The rioters from this time had everything their own way.
The mayor, finding himself wholly unsupported, hastily
consulted his brother magistrates, went to the Electric
Telegraph-office, at the North Union Railway station, and
forwarded a message to Preston, 16i- miles distant, for the
aid of the military. He subsequently, at half-past eight
o'clock, despatched a special engine to Preston, on which
was Mr. J. L. Wright, with a written request for the mili-
tary. The barracks, however, are situate at Fulwood, 3f
miles beyond Preston ; and as the soldiers had retired to
bed when the message arrived, and as a consultation had
to be held whether it was safe for the military to leave
Preston, where an outbreak was not improbable, much
time was lost before the troops could be put in motion.
During the scene of confusion in the centre of the town,
above described, the shopkeepers were seized with a panic,
and most of them precipitately closed their establishments.
After breaking the windows of the Royal Hotel, the riot-
ers, who now consisted of factory operatives and colliers,
proceeded, at a little after eight o'clock, down Millgate,
destroying the windows of the police-station, extinguish-
ing the gas-lights in the streets, and breaking the lamps.
They then returned, and went down Standishgate, com-
mitting similar acts of violence. The less daring in these
unlawful proceedings cheered and encouraged those who
most distinguished themselves. Many of them had sticks,
as well as pockets full of stones, and others armed them-
selves with staves by destroying the frames of the stalls
•in the Market-place. About half-past eight o'clock they
attacked the Moot-hall and the Town-hall, and broke a
good deal of glass. They then proceeded down Wailgate,
extinguishing the gas-lights, breaking many of the lamps
entirely off the posts, and hurling stones through every
window where a light was visible. They broke the win-
dows of the Clarence Hotel, threw stones into the post-
office, destroying the glasscases and other property inside,
and demolished the front of the Victoria Hotel. Having
gone as far as the railway station in this direction, they
returned about nine o'clock, and commenced a second
attack on the Royal Hotel. This time they entered the
house, tore down the curtains of windows and beds,
smashed the pier and other glasses in the various parlours,
the glass in the picture frames, took away some liquors
from the bar, and finally attempted to set fire to the house.
They entered the house in front, proceeded into the com-
mercial and other rooms; carried handsome pieces of fur-
niture ont, and threw them from the entrance of the
house into the street, cutting open stuffed chairs, &c. At
the rear of the house an attack was made upon the
windows of the bar-room, kitchens, &c.. where they
committed the greatest possible havoc upon the utensils.
While here, it is stated that loud cries were raised to
blow up the house; and it is believed that, had opportu-
nity and means been at hand, this would have been done.
the mob next made another excursion down Wallgate, and,
on reaching the opening opposite the Victoria Hotel, pro-
ceeded up to the house of Mr. James Taylor, of the firm of
Taylor and Brother, cotton-spinners, a lofty, three-story
building, which they attacked both back and front, demo-
lishing the windows so entirely that on the following day
many of them had to be boarded up, until new frames could
be made. There was a majority of factory lads and girls
among the mob engaged in this attack, who screamed and
appeared almost frantic with delight at the wickedness of
their proceedings. An attack was made on the shop of_Mr.
Esplin, watchmaker and jeweller, and the shutters and
windows were broken ; but just then a heavy railway train
crossed the bridge over the street close by, and a false
alarm that the soldiers were at hand from Preston being
raised, a precipitate retreat was made. The mistake
having been discovered, the Overseers'-offices, the offices
of the Board of Health, and other public buildings were
attacked, and had their windows destroyed. A cry of
" Johnson" 'was here raised, and the mob rushed down
Queen-street towards the house and mill of Mr. Johnson,
cotton spinner, Mr. Johnson and his family had barely
time to effect a retreat through the garden when the ruf-
fians attacked his house, breaking open the windows and
doors, and entering the drawing-room and parlours to
destroy the furniture. A valuable finger organ and a
piano-forte, and some fine engravings and paintings with
their frames were destroyed in a short time, and damage
was committed to the amount of about £5OO. In the
drawing-room they took the fire from the grate, and,
placing it in the middle of the floor, heaped upon it table-
cloths, furniture, umbrellas, and whatever articles of a
combustible nature came to hand, and so left the house to
become a prey to the flames. On their retreat, however,
Mr. Johnson and his family re-entered the house, and were
in time to counteract the design.
Retracing their steps to the centre of the town, from
which they were now a mile distant, the rioters next, about
ten or half-past ten o'clock, made a third attack upon the
Royal Hotel. The masters had met here, and the fury of
the mob was not so readily to be sated ; so they now sur-
rounded the house, and attacked it back and front, broke
more windows and more furniture, and again proposed to
burn it, but without putting the threat into execution.
Subsequently two shops, situate in distant parts of the
borough from each other, were entered and sacked of their
contents. One of these was the shop of Mr. John Liptrot,
of Wigan-lane, provision-dealer, and the other that of Mr.
.Jsaac Wright, provision-dealer, Darlington-street. These
persons are supposed to' ave been singled out for ven-
geance, because they had refused to contribute to the funds
of the turn-outs. Au attack was made upon the shop of
Mr. Collinson, pawnbroker, Standishgate, and property to
the value of £5 or £6 was taken. Mr. Collinson, however,
got rid of the rioters by paying to their leaders a sovereign
not to destroy his stock.
After the borough had been thus given up a prey to riot
and -the most wanton violence, generally directed. to the
property of all persons, without distinction, for many
'hours, at length came the military. They arrived at the
railway-station at half-past eleven o'clock at night, con-
sisting of 150 rank and file of the 34th Infantry, under
the command of Captain J. Wilt. The Mayor and some
of the magistrates placed themselves at the head of the
soldiers, and went through the town, but only came up
with an insignificant party of stragglers; from the rioters,
seizing from among them five youths (mostly Irish) who
bad .evidently taken part in plundering the provision-
dealers, the pockets of the prisoners being stuffed with tea,
sugar, rice, tobacco, and biscuits. The prisoners were
Ilofiged in the lockups, and the town gradually assumed a
state of quietude, while the soldiers took up their quarters
at the Victoria Hotel and at the Moot-hall.
On 'Saturday all was quiet up to a late hour in the even-
ing. The magistrates were assembled during the greater
part of the day concerting measures to prevent a renewal
of the disturbances, and issued a notice warning every
person to leave the streets after nightfall, on pain of ren-
ding themselves liable to apprehension. The fair con-
tinued, and the town was much crowded with strangers,
many of whom looked with wonder, and some, it was
thought, with satisfaetion,on the evidences of mischief dis-
cernible as having been committed on the previous evening.

LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.--
YESTEIMAY.

(Before JOSEPH PoLLocK, Esq., the Judge.)
The court sat at eleven o'clock. The first case called
was that of
CHOPE AND OTHERS V. JoNns.--This case, which;
stood over from Wednesday last, was one of "demurrage,'
in which the plaintiffs, Messrs. Chope and Co., merchants,
Bristol, sought to obtain possession of certain goods from
the defendant, Evan Jones, master of the brig Eigen,
which goods he retains till certain alleged claims for de.
murrage have been paid. Provision for such charges, it
appears, had been made in the charter, but no allusion is
made to them in the bill of lading. The real question at
issue, therefore, was, as to whether the defendant Jones
was entitled to a lien on the goods or not. The case was
set down for hearing at eleven o'clock, and Mr. Aspinal
was present for the defendant, but no one appeared for the
plaintiffs ; under these circumstances the court delayed
proceeding till twelve o'clock,. at which time there being
still no appearance for the plaintiffs, his Honour directed
the case to stand over till the court meets again,—Mr.
Aspinal made an application relative to the. present costs,
consideration of which was also ordered to stand over.—
His Honour then proceeded to hear some few continued
cases, none of which were possessed of general interest.
M the conclusion the court Aourno till Monday next.