The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

our last, died at his residence

Sio. 92, Isli

ton, on Sun-

day afternoon. He was fifty-four years of age, and has
left a wife and four children to mourn the irreparable loss.
There are few--persons whose death will be more generally
felt by the public of Liverpool. -
On Tuesday last, Henry Murray was passing down
Charlotte-place, when a bale of cotton fell from a cart
,and knocked him down, producing a fracture of the right
thigh. He survived only about two hours.—On the
same day, Richard Jones, aged 16, was bathing in a pond
in Lodge-lane, when he sank suddenly, and was taken
.out in about five minutes quite dead. Alfred Day, a
stonemason, was the person who recovered the body.
ST. GEORGE'S PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL.—We beg to
refer to the announcement of the re-opening of this school ;
and after the flattering testimony borne by the members
- of the Presbytery of the late examination of the pupils, to
the efficiency of the tuition, we feel assured that all friends
to the Presbyterian interest will feel it their duty to sup-
port an institution so identified with the welfare of the
young of their congregation.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sunday-week the wife of Mr.
Samuel Finlay, residing in Spring-gardens, and sister-in-
law to Mr. John Finlay, of the Exchange News-room,
dropped down dead. She appeared to be in her usual
'health up to the moment of her decease, and with some
friends and relatives had, at her own house, partaken of a
hearty dinner. She went up stairs to dress, with the in-
tention of proc,eedingto the house of her brother-in-law,
at Bootle, and as she was placing a ribbon round her neck
she dropped down a lifeless corpse.
On Sunday week, St. John's Church, Grange-lane,
Birkenhead, was opened for divine service. The morn-
ing service was read by the Rev. C. J. Hamilton, the re-
spected incumbent, assisted by his curate, after which a
sermon was preached by the Worshipful and Rev. H.
Raikes, Chancellor of the diocese. In the evening a ser-
mon was preached by the Rev. Joseph Baylee. Collec-
tions were made for the establishment of a District Pro-
vident Society and Lending Library, amounting to nearly
£4O.

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THE IRISH PAUPERS.—These parties are now being
reconveyed back from this port to their native country, at
the average rate of 100 per day, and the town is now, in
consequence, not so unhealthy. The effect of the Poor
Removals Bill is now particularly visible in the rapid fall-
ing off of the drain on the parish funds. The relief in
-kind amounted to £56 per day in April last : it now
amounts to only £6 Bs. 2d. There has been as gratifying
a decline in the daily payment of money. The men,wo-

men, and children relieved in April were 5500 in number ;
now they have dwindled down to 1404, and they will be
less than 1000 in the course of a few days more.
THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK BlLLS.—These bills, about
which our friends on the other side of the Mersey have
lately been so much annoyed, have at length passed
through the committee of the House of Lords ; and
although we are happy to learn that the restrictive
clauses so much complained of have been withdrawn, still,
we cannot but regret that others, fully as stringent under
present circumstances, have been imposed on the town-
ship. The bills have passed it is true : but only on the
condition that the works shall be suspended until the

the Town Commissioners and the Dock Warehouse Com-
pany shall refund those sums of money which they have
borrowed from the Dock Commissioners.

SELECT VESTRY.—The weekly meeting was held on
Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Brooks in the chair. A depu-
tation was received from the. Infirmary, complaining of
.
the conduct of the Governor of the Workhouse refusing
to admit a boy sent from that institution, labouring under
the influence of fever, into the Workhouse fever
.sheds.
The matter was referred to the Workhouse Committee.
The clerk stated that the average number of paupers who
had been daily relieved during the last four weeks had
been as follows :-6455 5868 4776, and 3827. The in-
flux of Irish paupers foi. the Past week was stated to be as
;
follows:—July 12th, 726; 13th, 741; 14th, 341; 15th,
550; 16th, 803
17th, 851. 18th, 1523; 19th, 574. Mr.
Woodruff hoped that eve check check was kept against the
out-townships sending their poor into this parish. The
Irish Relief Committee in their report stated that it was
necessary two persons should be appointed to fill the situa-
tions of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, on board the Akbar, who
are. both laid up with fever, having caught the disease
whilst attending to their duties amongst the fever patients
in that vessel. Mr. Ferguson thought there was no
so
ne-
cessibet for the vest meeting , as the steps which
had yen taken had ry
materially reloften ieved the township, and
he should therefore move that the meetings be held once
a fortnight. This was carried unanimously, and the meet-
ing broke up.
TILE CROPS.—Thd present summer has been one of
the most delightful, and the most favourable for all kinds
of vegetable products, that we remember this country to
have been blessed with ; and the past week claims the
additional gratitude of the nation ; for in warm and oc-
casional feeding showers, it has been all that could be
wished for, in bringing to abundance and towards maturity
the kindly fruits of the earth. In this neighbourhood,
(as, by report, elsewhere,) the fields and gardens have
thrown out unusually abundant and promising crops.
Th.

only approach towards failure which we have heard
of is in the beans, and those are in this quarter of but
comparatively trifling amount. The hay has all, or
nearly all, been got in in prime order, and the stacks are
large. The wheat and oats never were finer, and with a
good harvest time the weight and quality will be far above
the usual average. The other field crops are also strong
and progressing rapidly. Some of the oats, from their
weight of stem and head, have been laid to some extent
by the rains, but the general crop will nevertheless be
highly remunerative. With the prospects before us from
our own fields, and the still heavy importations from
foreign countries, we cannot think but that prices of pro-
visions generally must fall considerably, and that the cry
of famine must give- way to the welcome assurance of
abundance. We have seen one fine field of oats on the
farm of H. Littledale, Esq., at Wallasey, which will pro-
bably be ready for the sickle in twelveoerrafous rlrtneeeandyaysup.
averages Some of the wheat on the same farm ge
feet in height. - • •

THE BOROUGH ELECTION.—The Mayor has proclaimed
the
borough the nomination of candidates to represent
borough in the ensuing parliament will be held on the
hustings, in front of the Town-hall, at ten o'clock on
Wednesday morning (to-morrow.) The polling will take
place on the following day. Workmen were employed
during the whole of Saturday in fitting up the hustings,
and polling-booths will be erected in each of the sixteen
wards. The polling will be taken according to the num-
bers affixed to the names of electors on the registry. For
instance, if an elector has number 50 or number 1,000
opposite his name on the registry he must go to the booth
whidi.takes one or the other of these numbers, because
at that booth only can his vote be recorded. The system
will work inconveniently, and cause considerable trouble
and annoyance ; but it is now too late to grumble, for it
will-have to be adopted. On the east side of the hustings
the friends of Sir Digby Mackworth and Lord John Man-
ners will be placed, and on the west side the friends of
Sir Thomas Birch and Mr. Cardwell. The Mayor has
succeeded in inducing the committees of the several candi-
dates to abandon all processions on the occcasion, so that
we shall have . .

and ioite or the customary displays of banners
thus-1
: music, which such vast sums of money have
been expended at former elections, and therefore a Coln-
Paratively quiet day may be anticipated. The respective
As the M
candidates will, of course, be escorted to the Town-hall.
ayor will have t.open the ball, each candidate
will have to himself be proposed and seconded, and to deliver
may be of his opinions, no fewer than thirteen speeches
l4'tsexpected by the lovers of oratory.
trEtt's. SPLENDID MICR.OSCOPE.—The spirited prod
of Great George-street Academy has nobly proved
himself to be a gentleman of commanding talent, intelli-
gent research, and eminent success in the arena of public
education. He seems fully determined to spare neither
labour nor expense, so that the pupils entrustro '-^ 1-'-
-) every nossibt...l___ .

care may rea

_ e .----,...avautage. He has just en-
riched his already invaluable and extensive series of phi-
losophical apparatus, by the addition of another splendid
achromatic microscope, which opens a new world, and
displays the most wonderful scenes of creative power,
wisdom, and design. Great ingenuity and tft.f-,,

Fi.yeu in the elaborate construction and ex ""`e are dis-
quisite this beautiful instrument ; and we must
say, finish of
'that for
depth of penetration, accuracy of definition, and perfection
of illumination, it far surpasses anything of the kind that
we have ever witnessed. 111 i. Fisher has in his possession
a great variety of living animalcules, which are truly asto-
nishing. Many . of these have a high degree of transpa-
rency, and 'when subjected to the penetrating glance of
this powerful instrument, the circulation of the blood, the
pulsation of the heart, the play of every: muscular fibre,
and, indeed, the whole of their unique and internal ma-
chinery are fully and clearly developed. The polarizing
properties of crystals are also exceedingly beautiful.
These interesting phenomena are displayed with a brilli-
ancy and richness of colours that are almost inconceivable.

England, Scotland, France and Germany have contributed
their finest productions towards the completion of this
microscope. The whole of the mechanical arrangements
have been made, expressly to order, from the most ap-
proved models, by Mr. Abraham of Lord-street, and his
talented work men. What an endless and delightful source
of instruction and amusement does this elegant instru-
ment afford to a cultivated mind like that of its posses-
sor ; and how numerous and substantial are the advantages
which those young gentlemen enjoy who are privileged to
to prosecute their studies under such an affectionate, judi-
cious, and enlightened preceptor as our favourite towns-
man Mr. W. M. Fisher.

DOCK COMMITTEE. TUESDAY

Present—Messrs. J. Bramley-Moore (in the chair,)
Molyneux, Houghton, Chilton, Mann, Henderson, Roy-
den. Shand, Kendal, Sandbach. Wood, Middleton, and
Locket.

Mr. Hartley reported that the remaining stack of
warehouses on the north-east side of Albert Dock would
be sufficiently complete, on the 31st inst., for use.

SCHEME FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE TIMBER

NEW DOCKS AT DO'OTLY

The Chairman said it devolved on him to make a
communication respecting the accommodation• of the
timber trade. He had entered into negociations for that
purpose some time ago, which, for obvious reasons, he
had kept private. Mr. Hartley highly approved of the
plan, and considered it the best thing that ever had been
brought before them. The proposition was now in a
position so very distinct, that, after a little explanation,
he would give the committee, till the next meeting. time
to consider of it, and then they could aupoint a sub-
committee to carry out these negociations to maturity, if
they approved of them. The Council would have to

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sanction the principle of the measure, and they would
have to put it into their notices for the next parliament.
He alluded to the great inconvenience under which the

it was subjected, and in some cases being crowded in back
lanes and other places difficult of access. Moreover,
it was quite impossible that they could proceed with
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vas,. aacsx s •Is.6.vta !AMU:, mu (110 something to
accommodate the timber trade. There was great differ-
ence of opinion amongst the timber-merchants themselves
of keeping timber dry or floating.

as to the al

)efore them af-

forded accommodation for both parties ; they could either
float the timber or yard it on dry land, as they pleased,
and either could be done in such a manner and at such a
cost that they would be able to carry on the timber trade
not only as cheaply as in any other port in the kingdom,
but at considerably less than half the expense of London,
Gloucester, Bristol, or any of the other principal ports in
the empire, and even at less than half what it could be
carried on at Birkenhead. The negociations he had
entered into had been with Lord Derby, for the strand
on the North Shore, a little beyond the Bootle landmarks.
This he brought before them, and offered it without mo-
ney and without price. The Dock Estate would not be
called upon to disburse one shilling of irirchase money.
The beginning of the land is at the northernmost point
of the new rorth works. There are there four blocks of
land, divided 1,2, 3, and 4, on the plan. The Dock
Committee were to get possession by making the land
there. Hitherto they had had to make the land, and
afterwards pay £250,000 to the Corporation for it; but
in this scheme, by making this block of land 100 yards
wide, which would be the property of Lord Derby, they
would get the whole of
,the remainder, 200 acres, for
nothing at all. The time they would have to make the
land in would be, for the first block, six years. The
second block they would have ten years to make ; the
third block fourteen years; and the fourth block eighteen
years ; so that they would have ample time to complete
all, comparatively, without any cost to the estate. From
the previous conversation he had had with Mr. Hartley,
he understood it would cost very little. They would have
the approbation of the Admiralty at once for the making
of the sea-wall, because they had pressed the committee
to carry the sea-wall further north, and therefore they
would encounter no opposition there. He (the chairman)
recommended no plans. His negociations went to secur-
ing the site. The application of it, it was for the engineer
and the committee afterwards to determine upon ; but he
could not help pointing out that they could make between
the fort-works and this land one of the largest docks they
had in town, at half the cost of any other dock ever made,
and without requiring sea-board entrance, because it would
be merely a continuance of the outer basin. It would
cost half the money of any dock yet made, for they would
neither have tide-way nor sea-wall to make. He believed
he could say nothing more on this subject, nor was it ne-
cessary, but he would call on Mr. HARTLEY to give his
opinion on the general measure as to the propriety of se-
curing this property, and the valuable purposes for which

be usec

kir this estate

In answer to questions the Chairman further said that
the docks would extend a mile beyond the present works,
and that the land would be the property of the Committee
for ever.—Mr. Hartley said he very much approved of the
plan, but he would strongly advise the Commit tee even to
go further northward.—Mr. Mann said his only doubt was
whether the present position of affairs at Birkenhead might
not bring the dock there into the market at such a rate as
would make it to the interest of the Dock Estate to make
a timber dock there.—The Chairman said the Committee
would have time to consider the subject until next week.
They had only to approve or reject
_the principle. The