The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

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NEW IRONWOEII3.I.T THE SOI7TIC END.—There is now
in course of building in Harrington-street, Potteries, an
extensive iron manufaetery, in connexion with the Mersey
Steel and Iron Compan's works, Sefton-street-I
-mown as
the Forge. ' It is stated that this new establishment will
afford employment for pearly 300 men. These works are

to supersede those now in operation in Mersey View-street,
which hare been found far too small for the growing re-
quirements of the iron tra4e. The nature of the work to

be earrie

on at t

new buil,

rig is somewhal

to that in Sefton-street. At this bi•anch of the company's
works all the hea-ry portions of machinery are produced,
such as shafting for large marine engines. It was wt this
place the immense swivel-gun was manufactured for the
American frigate Princetowa, in lieu of the one irhich
burst. Some idea of the extent of the business done at
this establislunent may be gathered from the fact *at
eight large engines are day and aught (with the exception
of Sunday) continually at work. The new works wilDbe
principally set apart for rolling iron •, the process being
,simply to form a solid lump of iron from scraps whidli
have been thrown into a small furnace, and which, after

.aving been worked up, is illaesl
forged into any required breadtl

n rollers, and so

This is

an improvement upon the old mei
The works are the property of the Messrs
thers to the member for Liverpool.
LIABILITY OF CARRIERS.—On Wednesday an action
ght in the Liverpool County Court by Messrs.
st the Maueliester, Sh<
through their agents

of hammering.
3. Horsfall, bro-

nshire Raihvi

the vie of thirty-six baskets of cherries, which ar-
rived from Hamburg by steamer, and were forwarded
from Gaimsby to this town, per the defendants' line,
but did not reach the plaintiffs' hands till they had
fermented and were unfit for use. Mr. Alfred Hughes, of
Manchester, in the employ of Messrs. Faulkner and Co.,
stated that the cherries were received in Grimsby on the
Ist of August, by steamer from Hamburg, and that they
left by the regalar fruit train. They were received in
Manchester the -same day, and left there by the night train
in due course. Ife thought, therefore, that, if there were
any delay, the Landon and North-western Company were
liable for it.—His Honour said : No such thing. It bad
been decided, over and over again, that the first parties
entrusted with anything were liable for its safe delivery,
It was quite clear, undoubted law, and good reason. If
any man, or set of men, undertook to deliver goods, they
were responsible for the safe delivery of such goods. There
was no contract shown with the London and North-
western Railway ; the contract was with the defendants.
Ultimately the case was adjourned till the oth of Decem-
ber, in order that it might be ascertained where the delays
actually occurred..

THE LIVERPOOL Assrzzs,—The following is a,sum-
inary of the prisoners now lying in Kirkdale gaol for
trial at the ensuing assizes, which will commence on
Monday next :—For murder there are six, namely, Bridget
Cahill, for child murder at Liverpool; Thomas Moore,
charged with having drowned his own children at Red-
dish, near Stockport ; Elizabeth Cunliffe, who murdered
her child in the township of Booths ; George Alexander
Lewis (out on bail), charged with having murdered one of
his seamen at Old Calabar, on the coast of Africa ; Emma-
nuel 3lontero, the Spaniard who was committed at Liver-
pool for the murder of a seaman in Charles-street ; and
Thomas Copeland, for the murder of a policeman on the
Ist instant, in this town. The prisoners for intent to
murder are two—Nicholas Jackson Nattrass, for shooting
at one of his crew ; and William Christie, charged with
stabbing and wounding Patrick Caine, with intent to
murder, at Liverpool. For manslaughter there are four
prisoners ; stabbing and wounding, 12 ; robbery, 12 ;
burglary, 8; throwing corrosive matter, 2; rape, &c.,
3 ; forgery, 2 ; bigamy, 1; concealment of birth, 2 ;
for riot (at Wigan), 4. For conspiring to defraud there
are two prisoners, Rowson and Clark, for conspiring to
defraud the Liverpool corporation. Besides the above
cases there are six prisoners expected from Manchester—
three for robbery and three for burglary—making, up to
the present time, a total of 66.
TICE COUNCIL COMMITTEES.—Mr. Hugh Hornby has
been appointed chairman and Mr. John Stewart deputy-
chairman of the finance committee. Mr. J. A. Tobin
is chairman, and Mr. Matthew Gregson deputy-chairman,
of the watch committee. Mr. Samuel Holme is
chairman of the improvement committee, and Mr. W.
Bennett, deputy. Of the law courts committee, Mr. J.
H. Turner is chairman, and Mr. John Stewart deputy-
chairman. Mr. Joseph Cooper is chairman and Air.
James Lawrence deputy-chairman of the markets com-
mittee. Mr. Wagstaff is chairman and Mr. Parker de-
puty-chairman, of the baths committee. Mr. Edmund
Molyneux is chairman and Mr. J. A. Tobin deputy-chair-
man of the education committee. The mayor is the
chairman of the gaol and town-hall committees. Mr. E.
Langsdale is chairman and Mr. Thomas Dover deputy-
chairman of the health committee. Mr. W. Preston is
chairman and Mr. R. C. Gardner deputy-chairman of the
gardens committee. Mr. Edmund Molyneux is chairman
of the church expenditure committee, and Mr. Hugh Neil
of the observatory committee. Mr. J. A. Picton is chair-
man and Mr. Thomas Avison deputy-chairman of the
library and museum'Committee. Mr. G. Holt is chairman
of the water committee, and Mr. Joseph Cooper deputy-
chairman. Mr. John Woodruff' is the chairman and Mr.
William Bennett deputy-chairman of the hackney car,
riage and licensing committee. Mr. Charles Turner is the
chairman and Mr. Francis Shand the deputy-chairman of
the clock committee.

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The lending

libraries are frequented by considerable numbers, that at
the north end, however, being in most request. Since
the opening, five or.aix weeks ago, 626 books have :been
lent, 387 returned, :books in circulation, 1016; at -the

south, which has becn in actual operation since
of November only, 122 books have been lent, 28 returned
in circulation. 161. An addition of 1000 volumes is to b

SELECT VESTil:.—ne Rev. liector Campbell' presided
at this body on Tuesday. It was announced that a special
vestry would be held on Friday, to elect a registrar in'the
place of the late Mr. Parr, mid a etter was read from Messrs.
Baring Brothers, thanking the officials of the workhouse
for their attention to the-passengers of the Isaac Wright.
It was also stated that Messrs. Baring Brothers had paid
£l3B for the mainter_auce of the passengers, and given
£3O as gratuities to the officers. After an irrelevant dis-
cussion about the Chester Ragged Schools, Mr. Bradle37

said that up to Tuesday night there had been no cases at
all of cholera. .The only eases on record now were five in
the workhouse, those five being the remains of emigrants
attacked previouSly ; so that the town must be perfectly
anti,fipd that it never was in a more healthy state than at

. Mr. Pemberton resigned his seat as a member
a the hoard. A note was read ,from Dr. Sutherland, stat-
ing that in accordance with instructions from Lord Pal-
merston, he was about to visit ,and inspect the burial-
greunds of Liverpool, and should :be glad to confer with
any committee of the vestry on the subject. After some
conversation, the Rev. Rector, the churchwardens, over-

seers, and Mr. Bradley were deputed for the purpose. A.
communication was read from the Poor law Board, re-
quiring that before the vestry should Kiiirentice eleven of
the young women iu the house to the Havana Mills, at
Congleton, the Congleton Board should first be communi-
11.—A letter was then read from Mr. Parry, and
mother of the registrars, asking for an inviry into the re-
ipective registrars' districts, with the view of equalizing
them.

cated wit

RAILWAY Corxisrox.—On Tuesday morning an ac-
cident happened at Knottingley Junction, on the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Railway. The parliamentary train
from Leeds, consisting of an engine and tender, three
passenger carriages, and breakvan, which is due at Knot-
tingley at 20 minutes past 8, a.m., arrived there at about
the proper time, and the passenger carriages having been
attached to others from York, the united train was pro-
ceeding on its way to Doncaster, when, in crossing the
junction with the up line to Goole, about 200 or 300 yards
from the station, a goods train from that town, which
;mired at the point of intersection at the same moment,
dashed through the passenger train, cutting it in two
about the middle, and knocking off the body of a third-
class carriage, containing about 20 passengers. The
vehicle rolled over on its side, amid a terrible screaming
from the persons in it, while the wheels and under part of
the vehicle remained standing on the line. The accident
happening so near the station, effective assistance was
promptly rendered, and the passengers, who were tumbling
over one another in a state of great consternation, were
speedily extricated without any more serious wounds than
superficial bruises, with the exception of one man, who
complained of internal injuries from having been severely
crushed under the great bulk of the other passengers.
The goods engine sustained scarcely any damage, owing,
no doubt, to the body of the carriage with which it came
in contact separating so easily from it supporters. The
driver and stoker of the goods engine received no injury,
although they remained on the engine ; indeed, they had
no alternative, for the dense fog prevailing at the time
prevented them from seeing the passenger train until they
had run into it, and the signals were totally invisible. •
BURIAL GROUND FOR TONTETD-PARK.-011 Thursday
a special meeting of the rate-payers of Toxteth-park was
held in the board-room at the Public-offices, Park-road.
The meeting was called by the overseers, in accordance
with a requisition, signed by fourteen rate-payers, for the
purpose of determining whether a burial ground should
be provided for Toxteth-park. under the provisions of the
acts 15 and 16 Vic., c. 83, and 16 and 17 Vic., c. 134, and
in order that if, at the meeting, it should be determined
to provide such burial ground, the vestry might take the
steps by law required for carrying that determination into
effect. The chair was occupied by Mr. Conncillor Greg-
son. One of the requisitionists, Mr. Harrison, moved that
a burial ground should be provided for the extra-parochial
place of Toxteth-park, under the acts 15 and 16 Vic., and
16 and 17 Vic. Mr. Alpas seconded the motion, which,
after a long discussion, was carried unanimously. Mr.
Alpas then moved that the following be appointed the
burial board for the township, namely, Messrs. Gregson,
J. Harrison, James Robertson, William Fisher, G. Harri-
son, J. D. Carter, Thomas Smith, R. Miller, and H. S.
Alpas. Mr. Halhead seconded the motion, which was
unanimously agreed to. Mr. Harrison next moved,
" That the burial board be, and are hereby authorised to
expend any sum not exceeding £15,000 for purchasing and
laying out the burial ground, and for building the neces-
sary church or chapel thereon." He stated that land had
been offered for the purpose in several situations, and lie
trusted that the board would be able to negociate such a
purchase as would meet the satisfaction of the rate-payers.
Mr. M`Nicol seconded the motion, which was also unani-
mously agreed to. The next business was to appoint a
day when the three first members of the board should
retire from office; and, on the motion of Mr. Halhead,
seconded by Mr. Alpas, the first Thursday in May was
the day fixed upon. A vote &thanks was then passed to
the chairman, Awl the proceeding's terminated.

under examination before •the London city corporation
commission ; among 'others, Mr. Sheriff Wallis though
that there should be in. future*: "Lord-Lieutenant" iristeal
of a " Lord Mayer" of London. The
.reason he gave fo
the proposed change was, that'" it would be. more palat
in the city."
THE NEWLY-A-
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ToINTEDDIAECTOR of the electric tale-
&: his oaths-of office, in presence of the

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Emperor, last week. Among the clauses of this oath, was
one by which the new functionary swore " to keep secret
the despatches entrusted to him, and to give no hint re-
specting the telegraphic messages to anybody, without a
formal order from tl Minister of the Interior."

A CONFERENCE on the .subject of " The legislative
amendments imperatively called for in the national treat-
ment of morally destitute and criminal children," has been
convened at Birmingham, by Lords. Calthorpe, Lyttelton,
Denbigh, Leigh, and Harrowby, Mr.. Gladstone. Sir John
Pskington, Mr. Adderley, Mr. M. D. Hill, Mr. Muntz,
Stir. M. Milnes, Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Mayor, the
Mayor of Birmingham, and a long list of influential per-
.sons. The conference is to take place on the 20th December.
Da. Wxsnmea.—lt is said that Dr. Wiseman is still at
Rome, whither he went from Paris after attending at the
translation of the relics of, St. Theodosia„ at Amiens, and
that It is considered more than probable that he will not
return again to England. His health is stated to have
suffered considerably from the severity of his labours in
England since the establishment of the Papal hierarchy ;
and a growing opinion is, we understand, prevalent in
.eircles, that the Pope will employ him in some
high diplomatic post at Rome, in-stead of sending him back
to superintend the of of the Ronianists in England.—
Morning Herald.
VALUE OF A HUSBAICD.—On Thursday week, a coach-
trimmer, named M`Gregor, was fined in the sum of ss, at
the Gorbals police-court, for having instigated two dogs
to fight, and, the fine not being forthcoming, he Was locked
up. . A short time afterwards his wife called to know if
she could get the dog, which had been taken to the office
along with her husband. The officer on duty suggested
that she had better pay the fine, and so release her hus-
band and dog together, " Husband !" she exclaimed ; "I
would give 5(. for my dog, but I would not give sd. for
him." And she was true to her word, for she came back
with ss. to claim her much-respected cur—her husband at
the same time getting out on the strength of the woman's
regard for the beast.—Glasgow Herald.

TRESII AIR Ix BA.RRA''CKS.—The physician to the
King of Sweden shows that the enormous mortality of
the garrisoned troops in the chief European armies, that
of England included, is largely owing to the small
quantity of fresh air allowed them, especially by night.
The ventilation system recommended by the author is
that of M. Ton Diwoir. The quantity of pure air
required by each soldier he estimates at forty-eight cubic
metres, which no European army even approaches. The
European soldiery are the flower of their youth, but in
France 19 in 1,000 of these men die annually, while of
the male population there is only a mortality (between 20
and 30 years of age) of 10 per 1,000. In England the
mortality in the Footguards, from- consumption, is 14,1
per 1,000, which is three times the average of the general
population.

- THE LAW OF EVIDENCE. The district court of
Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, has lately furnished a useful
precedent in the law of evidence. A, citizen of Schaff-
hausen was accused of having boxed the ears of another
citizen. There were no witnesses to the act, for at the
time of the alleged offence the parties were alone in the
coffee-room of an hotel. But the landlord and the waiters
who were in a room near to the scene of action, swore
that they heard the blow. The defendant, of course,
pleaded Not guilty," and that if even the offence had
been committed, the witnesses could not have heard the
blow. In order to elucidate this very nice point, the
court adjourned to the scene of. the alleged offence.
S Places of the witnesses in the
were locked up in the coffee-room,,
m were duly boxed by the other.
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It was clearly established that the blow could be heardin
the adjoining room, and that the plaintiffs witnesses ivere
correct in their statements. Sentence accordingly.
WONDERFUL IMPROVEXENTS IN THE ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPH.—WonderfuI as the electric telegraph in its
present form is allowed to be, it is on the point of being
superseded by still more marvellous improvements. These
improvements are the discoveries of Mr. John Walter
Wilkins, of Hampstead, electric telegraph engineer, the
patentee. • It will form one of the peculiar and striking
characteristics of the new system that the message will be
written by the telegraph instrument itself. By a con-
trivance of surpassing ingenuity the transmission of the
message will be simultaneous to any number of radiating
stations without the aid of intermediate operators, only
one operator being required at each telegraph. This
invention is calculated to insure the most perfect and
unerring accuracy by the absence of quivering points and
needles, and
and by abstaining from the use of chemical pre-
parations, always liable to mislead and very often to fail.
The arrangement of the apparatus is managed in such a
manner as to give motion to a marker or tracer, and
thereby impress, mark, or otherwise render visible, in a
continuous line on paper, characters representing letters,
words, and figures on the recording surface, which is kept
constantly moving by means of clockwork, or other suita-
ble machinery, whilst the characters are being marked
upon it in such a manner that they may be distinctly and
easily read. There will be only one telegraph wire used,
and the message sent will be written at the place from
which it is despatched, as well as at that to which it is
transmitted, time enabling the sender to verify his message
as it IS written.

for upwards of tiwo hours. Mr. Morrison then rose to
leave, and lifted his gunfrom the kitchen bed, where he
had placed it to entering, saying that be was -going to
have a shot at the rabbits. Mrs. Pettigrew, the landlady,
called to him to take care, asking if the piece was loaded.
He replied that it was, but there was no danger, as she
might pull the trigger and it would not go off, adding
that it was only on half cock. He then held out the butt
_ _

end to Liddell, wto was standing near, telling Jahn to
try it. Liddell put forward his hand, and in doing so he
must have touched thetrigger, which, most unfortunately,
was instantly disch*.rged. The gun, a double-barrelled
'one, was loaded with N0..5 shot. The whole charge en-

laid he neither spoke nor moved after he fell. A careful
lacestigation took place by the proper authorities. No-
thing, however, was found to implicate Liddell. That tha

oecairence was entirely accidental there is no doubt ; but
the fool-hardiness of a man touching the trigger of a

loaded gun, pointed at the breast of another, cannot be too
strongly reprobated. Mr. Morrison was abut 42 years of
age. He has left a widow and a young family. lt is
somewhat singular that he was in Ayr the Tuesday pre-
vious, and got his will drawn up and completed in due

form, rlttie'thinkim,,_ that the veil- next dayA he

in eternity,

—Ayr Observer

A BRur®L MURDER was perpetrated in Norfolk, on
Friday week : the victim is Lorenzo Bella, a jeweller of Nor-
wich, who travelled the neighbourhood with trinkets. As a

a neighbouring village, he observed blood in the road,
which he traced through the hedge to a ditch on the
common, where be found the murdered man. The head
had been nearly severed from his body by a blow across
the back of the neck, and there were four deeply-cut
wounds on his temples and face. By the side of the
murdered man lay 3, woodman's hatchet, covered with
blood and hair. His trousers' pockets were turned inside
out, and rifled, but in his waistcoat pocket was a watch,
still going. Shortly afterwards a man named William
Webster went to the parish constables, and stated that as
he was driving along in his cart in the afternoon he
observed a man in the plantation near which the body
was found, who stooped down and hid himself as he
approached. This man, he said, was William Thompson,
a labourer employed in felling timber. Proceeding to
Thompson's house, the constables found him in bed ; and
upon his bed, not at all secreted, was a pair of trousers,
the legs of which were soaked with blood ; and in another
room were a pair of highlows, in the lace-holes of which
blood was also observable. The prisoner was brought
before the county magistrates on Saturday, when 'William
Webster identified him as the man he had seen in the
plantation; and two other men deposed to having met
him coming in great haste from the spot where the body
was found, on the afternoon of the murder. He had been
flush of money, paying several bills, and according to one
woman took the money from a purse like that of Bella's.
He is only eighteen years of age, and his appearance is
described as superior to that which is generally charac-
teristic of his class. The prisoner's house was again
searched, and behind some old boots in an oven a watch
was found, with name "L. Befits," as maker on it.
Another watch was found in the chimney, and another in
the, water-closet; in the house were also found two
bunches of keys. When the officer opened the oven, con-
taining the first watch, the prisoner's father said, " Oh,
that has been searched before." His family are said to be
by no means of a general good character. He has since
been committed for trial at the assizes.

STAMP RECEIPTS. The Commissioners of Inland
Revenue, in answer to the many questions which have
been made to them relating to the new stamp duties, have
authorised the publication of a popular explanation of the
recent statue. It appears from this that the stamping of
a receipt for any sum above 40s. is not an optional matter,
between payer and receiver, but that if any receipt at all
is given, it must be stamped, under a penalty of £lO.
Entries made by persons receiving money in pass-books,
kept by the person paying the money—memorandums of
money paid on sale by auction, payment of wages, or any
other transaction—discharges and acknowledgments of
payment made by bills, notes, drafts, or other securities—
the writing " paid," " balanced," " discharged," " settled,"
or such like, on a bill of parcels or invoice —are to be
reckoned as the giving of receipts, and as such, if relating
to sums exceeding 405.; are liable to stamp duty. The
chief exemptions from the duty are—receipts written upon
promissory notes, bills of exchange, or drafts, or orders for
the payment of money, already duly stamped; receipts
written upon bills of exchange (unstanmed) drawn out of,
but payable in, the United Kingdom ; letters by post,
acknowledging the safe arrival of bank-notes, bank post
bills, bills of exchange, cheques, letters of credit, post-office
orders, or other promissory notes, or securities for money,
provided the receipt of money itself be not acknowledged,
or any intimation be conveyed relative to the appropriation
of the money represented by these securities; receipts for
land-tax, property and income taxes, and assessed taxes,
and bankers' deposit notes, or accountable receipts. To
make a cheque to a banker, payable to tearer on demand,
not liable to stamp duty, it must be issued within fifteen
miles of the place where the banker carries on his business ;
must be dated on or before, and not after, the day on which
it is issued, and must not direct payment to be made by a
bill or note. Persons residing beyond the distance of 15
miles from their banker, ought, therefore, at all times to
be provided with stamps, since any infraction of the part
of the law just mentioned, subjects the issuer of the un-
stamped cheque, and the banker who, carrying on business
at a greater distance than fifteen miles, knowingly pays
to a penalty of £lOO each ; and the person knowinglyreceivlng it in payment to a penalty of £2O.