The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

Tns HONEYMOON.—On Tuesday, Maria Jones and
John Jones, who were only united by the bonds of ma-
trimony on the previous Sunday, were charged, at the
Police-court, with stealing some chairs and other articles
of furniture, belonging to Mrs. Molyneux, 22, Hope-street,
in whose service the female prisoner had lived for the
last five months. The prosecutrix had sold her a set of
bedsteads, and the newly constituted "lord" of the latter
was ordered to remove them, when the " happy couple"
in the imprudent ardour of their zeal to furnish " the
house," carried away considerably more than they bar-
gained for, the blushing bride coolly remarking that she
should be just as well thought of. It was attempted to
be proved that the articles in question had been purchased,
and that the prisoners were of good character, but the
effort was rebutted in both instances, and the loving
couple were ordered to spend their honeymoon within the
precincts of the prison, the female to be confined for two
months, and the liege lord, who said he had unconsciously
been entrapped by his " missis," will have opportunities
for reflecting on the prospects of the match during the
next six weeks.
STOLEN PROPERTY.—Anthony Kelly, an old Irishman,
who is well known to the police, was charged, onWednes-
day, with receiving a quantity of stolen property. A de-
tective officer stated, that, on Tuesday morning, about six
o'clock, he was on duty in Addison-street, when he ob-
served a number of children taking various bundles to the
residence of the prisoner. He went into his house, and
found the prisoner's daughter with a bundle in her posses-
sion, containing some towels, shoebrushes, and other
articles, which she acknowledged to have stolen, " not
knowing it was any harm." The prisoner, in his defence,
spoke with amazing volubility, in a queer jumble of Irish
and English, but could not deny the facts stated by the
officer. He was fined 10s. and costs ; and, on being re-
moved, he suddenly assaulted the officers who had charge
of him, at the same time raising an Irish howl, which was
heard all through the Sessions-house.
A BEGGA.E'S WAKE.—A few days since an old beggar-
man died in a street leading out of Scotland-road. The
closing moments of his life had apparently been embit-
tered by want, and he was indebted to a poor woman in
the neighbourhood for the scanty supply of food which he
received during his last illness. Death at last put a period
to his sufferings ; his benefactress made application to the
parish for a coffin, and made arrangements for the inter-
ment of the body at the burial-ground attached to a
Romanist meeting-house. The poor woman was deter-
mined also that a wake" should take place over the dead
body; but as the absence of spiritual consolation under
such circumstances makes a wake a really dead affair, it
was resolved to tear up the inexpressible garments of the
deceased and sell the fragments for old rags, in the hope of
thus obtaining a supply, however small, of genuine
" potteen." On proceeding to tear up the trousers, 20
real gold sovereigns were found neatly quilted in the seat,
and with this windfall the mourners were able to " wake"
the beggarman in first-rate style.

NEW BUILDINGS IN LIVERPOOL.—The following is a
return, prepared by Mr. William Rishton, the building
surveyor, of the dwelling-houses and warehouses erected,
or in course of erection, within the municipal borough of
Liverpool, during the year 1853 :—Under £l2 per annum,
52 ; from £l2 to £25, 754 ; from £25 to £35, 79 ; from
£35 upwards, 39 ; total, 924. Warehouses, 3.—Compara-
tire statement of the number of dwelling-houses erected
within each year since 1838 : —1839, 1,052 ; 1839, 997 ;
1810, 1,576 ; 1841, 1,761 ; 1842, 2,027 ; 1843, 1,390 • 1844,
2,150; 1845, 3,728 ; 1846, 3,460; 1847, 1,220 ; 1848, 666;
1849, 446 ; 1850, 420 ; 1851, 837 ; 1852, 1,136 ; 1853, 924.
Total, 21,080. Buildings (but not dwelling-houses)
erected, alterations made, and dangerous buildings taken
down or secured, during the year 1853: Buildings, such as
stables, smithies, &c., 90 ; buildings, such as manufac-
tories, offices, &c., 83; alterations and additions of an
extensive character, 110; alterations and additions of an
inferior character, such as shop fronts, &c., 356 ; dan-
gerous buildings taken down or secured, 234.—Dilapidated
privies and ashpits, and privies converted into water-
closets, 1853: Reported as nuisances, 1,235 ; inspections
made, 7,275 ; notices served, 562 ; repaired and rebuilt
by the council, 3 ; by the owners, 998 ; total number
repaired and rebuilt, 1,001; privies converted into water-
, closets, 101.
TIER RIVER NIGER.—At the meeting of the Royal
Geographical Society, on Monday the 9th, a letter was
read from Mr. Macgregor Laird, stating that the screw
steamer to ascend the Niger and Chadda will be shortly
ready. " The vessel intended for the exploration of the
Chadda," says Mr. Laird, " will be ready in March, and
is intended to leave the mouth of the main branch of the
Niger on the Ist July. Accompanying her will be three
metallic sectional boats, 50 feet long and 8 feet beam each,
manned by natives, to explore the upper part of the
river, and secure a safe return to Fernando Po, if any
serious accident occurs to the steamer. I propose that
the officers appointed by the admiralty (three in number)
shall proceed in the contract mail packet on the 24th May,
and join the river steamer at Fernando Po. The number
of Europeans in the steamer will not exceed ten or twelve
(including the three admiralty passengers), and those all
men of education and resources. The steamer's crew and
the boats' crews will be negroes, the total number em-
ployed from 80 to 90 men. The steamer will have a speed
of ten knots, be propelled by the screw, and leave the
coast with 25 or 30 days' coal (twelve hours per day),
which I trust will be sufficient to carry her to the head of
the navigable waters of the Chad.% without the delay of
cutting wood. From the Ist of July, I calculate upon 75
days' rising waters in the rivers, and it will depend upon
the orders of the admiralty whether the vessel remains
beyond that time. I believe you are aware lam only the
contractor, finding the steamer and paying the charges,
and that the admiralty decide upon the course to be
followed, and their orders I am bound to carry out."

ACCIDENTS.—On Tuesday, a sailor named Peter Hilde-
brand, belonging to the ship Louisa Otta Verbilo, was
working on board the vessel, when the straps of the blocks
gave way, and the blocks fell upon his head, causing a
scalp wound and concussion of the brain.—On the same
day, a boy named George Haslitt was assisting to remove
the window-plate from the shop window of Mr. John
Holt, Hill-street, when the plate fell upon his hand
and fractured his finger, and otherwise injured his hand.—
On Thursday Carl Storl was working on board the ship
Samuel, in the Brunswick Dock, when a log fell upon his
foot and produced a severe contusion. The above cases
were received at the Southern Hospital.—On Tuesday,
Catherine Smith, a married woman, living in Portland-
street, was walking across the room of her residence, when
the floor gave way, and she received a very severe wound
on the knee joint.—On the same evening, Wm. Fulton, a
boatman, residing in 33 court, St. Andrew-street, was
loading a flat with flour at the George's Dock basin,
when his foot slipped, and he fell from the quay on to the
side of the flat, and afterwards into the basin. As he had
a sack of flour on his shoulder it served to check the fall,
otherwise his injuries would have been far more serious.
When taken out of the water, it was found that he had
fractured his nose and received general contusions.—On
Wednesday, John Dixon, a sailor on board the American
ship Maranon, was received at the hospital, suffering
from a fractured leg, the result of an accident during a
gale whilst the vessel was at sea a few days ago.—Another
sailor, named Thomas Alam, was also received at the same
institution, with a fractured thigh, caused by falling from
a yard of the ship while she was at sea about a week since.
On Wednesday, Maria Lowry, a married woman, residing
in Salthouse-place, Saltney-street, lay down by the kitchen
fire whilst in a state of intoxication, and her clothes- be-
coming ignited, she was severely burnt.—A German sailor,
belonging to the American packet-ship States Right, was
brought to the hospital, suffering from a fractured arm
and severe bruises in various parts of the body, which, he
states, are the result of a series of ill-treatment by the
captain and officers of the ship. The captain, however,
states that the man was suffering from delirium during
the passage, and produced the injuries himself.—On
Thursday, John Mclntyre, a labourer, residing in Ray-
mond-street, fell from the stage of the ship Eagle, Col-
lingwood Dock, on to the deck of the vessel, and received
a severe concussion of the brain.—The above, were received
at the Northern Hospital.
ST. BARNABAS'S ScnooLs.—On Tuesday evening last,
the members and friends of the congregation of St.
Barnabas's Church, Parliament-street, held their annual
tea party in aid of the schools connected with the church,
in the Royal Assembly-rooms, Great George-street. There
was a very large and respectable audience, the room being
completely filled. The Rev. D. T. Barry, the incumbent
of the church, occupied the chair, and the following gen-
tlemen were also present:—The Rev. D. Major Lester,
Rev. S. Minton, Rev. J. R. Conor, Rev. J. Lucas Moore,
Rev. F. Parry, 8.D., Rev Edward Gabriel, Mr. Wolsey,
Mr. Roger Lyon Jones, Dr. Whittle, &c. After tea,
the rev. chairman expressed great satisfaction at seeing
such a large number present, and congratulated the
members of the congregation upon the present prosperous
condition of the schools, after which the Rev. F. Parry
briefly addressed the meeting, urging the laity to co-
operate with the clergy. He sympathised with Mr. Barry,
and he would call upon all present to rally around and as-
sist their worthily respected pastor. He made a few re-
marks upon the necessity of education, and concluded by
calling upon the members to do all that lay in their power
to assist their new pastor. He could not say how it was in
the district of St. Barnabas, but he knew that in poor dis-
tricts they had large debts to collect and great difficulties
to contend with ; and though they might not afford to
give much by way of contribution, they could greatly as-
sist Mr. Barry by their prayers. The Rev. Edward Ga-
briel, the curate of St. Barnabas's, called upon the laity to
give the clergy all the assistance in their power. He
knew the working men did much, and. he had much to
thank them for. He had first to thank them for his sti-
pend; 230 working men raised his stipend of £lOO a-year,
by weekly contributions of 2d. each. In addition to this,
from 150 to 200 were weekly paying the same sum for the
purpose of building a new church. The Rev. Samuel
Minton, incumbent of St. Silas's, next addressed the meet.
ing at considerable length. He expressed his sympathy
with the working men : he, too, was a working man in
every, sense of the word, for there were different ways of
working, and a man could work as hard with his brains as
his hands. He illustrated this view by an anecdote
which he said he had heard the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, of
Manchester, once deliver, when making a public speech,
in which the rev. doctor showed the great extent to which
men of their class had to work with their brains, compar-
ing the action of the mind to the movement of a machine
in a factory, and saying that a ten hours' bill would make
gentlemen of them. He then detailed the circumstances
of his delivering the first lecture upon the religious state
of Ireland which had ever been delivered in the town of
Chorley. The Romanist priests, as if to ward off the con-
sequences, had held what is termed " a retreat," on the
previous week, and that, instead of serving its purpose, so
prepared the people for his lecture, that when he got to
the school-room in which the address was to be delivered,
the building was so completely filled that it was with very
great difficulty he was enabled to get in. With very few
exceptions, all present were working men, and by the col-
lection which was afterwards made, in aid of the Irish
missions, £l3, in copper, was raised, and it had to be
carried out in a coal scuttle. He then spoke at some
length about the great missionary exertions which the
Rev. Dr. Armstrong, of Bermondsey, was making, in
whose church he said, 1,200 persons had, during the last
two years, publicly renounced the errors of popery. More
conversions had taken place in Dr. Armstrong's district
than in any parish throughout
.Ireland. After a few
further remarks in reference to the labours of Dr. Arm-
strong, he concluded by urging all protestants to increased
exertions. The Rev. Mr. Conor then related a few humo-
rous but pointed anecdotes, after which the company were
amused by a variety of dissolving views, Chinese fireworks,
&c., &c.