The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

£l7 19 9

Now, sir. for the contrast. My vessel, on her pievirus
voyage, came from the same flint with the same cirgo,
and was taken into Prince's Dock. She occupied five
weeks in di-charging. dnr;ng which time I had one man
doing little else than running up and down afte, the own
ers of goods imported "to order." I had no trouble with
this c'ass of importer: h.re, although •in thi‘ respect my
cargo wa: preci-elv s;m:lar. I paid for discharging on that
voyage, to a mas er Lumper. .
Clearing decks 0 10

£l7 0
Wages of man running aster importers, lots by pilferage.
and personal annoyance, I do not. f, r I cannot. estimate
the cost of. I may sta'e that on this voyage I have not
lost a package, or, I believe. an artic'e of any description.
To parties not acquainted the advantage
to me may not appear very great. I will, theref *Pate
what they consist nr I have my ship now chartered mid
ready to receive cargo, having been already in the gray
ing-dock. If my last vovrge was a ctiterion of the old
system she would not now have been discharged. Her
lay days commence to.day. I, therefore, gain a bet
month,—the value of which to me may he jn'lged of by
the fact of the demurrage in my present charter being
fig" guineas per day In some wlrher—a prevalence of
calms or adverse 'winds for sailing, or the opening of
season.—no man ran estimate the advantage of having a
few weeks in hind

I cannot conclude without recording my seme of the
kindness and courre.y of the sur,vintendent, princip4
clerk, and every party connected wit]. the manage►aent of
the Albert Doi:k.. _

I remain, Sir, your obedient eery:int,
BEN. SIMPSON.
September 28th. 1846.

A fire broke out in some unfurnished houses in Low-
ther-street on Friday ni_ht. The whttle of the w od work
in the interior of one of the houses .as destroyed.
DIRMISBAL OF A POLICE-OFFlCRR.—Yes'erdav, at
the Police court. a man flawed George Nelson was
charged by Inspector Rimmer with being drunk rind noisy
in Scotland-road. An r,Ur was (wide to see him home,
but he declined, And followed Mr. Rirnmer to the st4ion-
house. On being remonstrate I with, h, became abusive,
and on the inspector attempting to remove him, Le struck
him. It did not appear until towards the close of the
case that the prisoner was an offic-r in the police force.
Mr. Rushton ordered him to pay a fine of 20s. anti costs,
for the ass‘sult, and, at the seine time, dismissed him
from the service.

BRIEF BUT ALARMING FIRE —About half-nast four
o'clook ye-t-May eterno art, an Alarm or tire in Boon-tor-
street, (out of Da!e-street), reached the fire station,
Temple-court, aro a large fore or firemen was instantly
despathhed. The engine, owing 10 ,091," ohsttuctions.
could not Itr.,cred the d rest route (Temple-street,)
bat bsuopt
,hriandret on
dretaia-ts
of the
Northfi atnh Nsiprot lls
ler‘ov,ri:tflty;,
helore it. He found the fire to he in one of the cellars of
the premises—two larze ct, arrhou-es—ratroitittl by Messrs.
M tot e and Vick ere, ree, ifi rs. nem r theßhno,ritof..:rildief,t,toietts tr:ng
to
and the blaze. arising born ignited spidt.,
The men in the employ had exettttd thern,lves to the
utmost in carrying water in buckets.
subdue the flames, otherwise aq additional I floor= would
have heen in vain. The fire had orig'nated in n peculiar
manner. A car er was ilelivering a lad of whiskey into
the cellar. Pint the ,u!li caret ssness, atter rolling down
one puneheon in the usual ty,l7 with ropes. he omitted to
scotch the puncheon next to it in the cart, and it riled
frpm the cart and f.ll into the cellar. The cask-head
flew a ut. and the contents tusking out. crest part
ran into the ash .pit of the fit:wee the. wo,ka one
of the, stills, then at.wo k.
airnedia'e ignition or the
spirit was the coris• qtteoce. anti It hec ime
evident that on! .vs the fire could be. Ou arrrd. the sprits
in punch-oils II riurnl would also take fire( and :a terrific
explosion, involving the rt,stroction of these and probably
the adj. fining wart house. (which also contained highly
it flammable siihstacces), would be the result. Mr.
Hewitt and several of Its men fearlessly got int, the
cellar. in the middle. it may b • said, of the very flames,
and there being a copious sootily of water from the m,iris
of the Bootle Company, the fl ones were haptely subdued
in about half an hour. with a lA% b ihle loss of £4O to .1,251).
Mr. Hewitt states that the men. c!erks. Rtid (tillers in
Messrs. Moore and Vickers' employ exerted themselves
.to the utmost, and as one man, thrrughont the tiling
occasion; and th's testimony to their merit is the more
to be appreciated inasmuch Hs it is pert ctly 'disinterested.
He adds tha in his long experience at, fires he never wit.
neseed such z-al, intrepidity, anJ unison of a tion. One
of the partners was also equally active, and had the mis.
fortune to have his loot and ancle rattier severely scalded
by tbe burning spirit.