The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL IIIPROVEMENTS.- Some time ago, the
Council determined to form a small park on the Waver-
tree-road, the property of the Corporation, and throw it
open to the pubhc. This intention is now being carried
out, and last week the Finance Committee purchased a
field from Mr. John Shaw Leigh, adjoining the park, SO
that the whole range of the park from Wavertree-road to
Edge-lane, where it meets the Botanic Gardens, will
henceforth be thrown open to the public. It is also in-
tended to have another entrance into the Botanic Gardens
from the Wavertree-road entrance to the park, which will
save visitors the circuitous route to the main entrance in
Edge lane.

PIII2 IX A Goons TRAIL—On Monday last week,
while a goods train was going from Liverpool to Wigan
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 'and was leaving
the Tontine tunnel, three lorries of cotton were discovered
to be on fire. The other Mr ....Ps of ti

ath were

irameaiately unhooked, and the eino proceeded with
file burning mass at full speed to Wigan. Its arrival
caused no little alarm at the statiOn, as the cotton was Ia
ihnnes ; and before the fire was subdued the greater
oration of it was consumed, and the remainder damagpd.

ht cotton is supposed hateto 7igjtea by sparks front he

PonGnu £5 NOTES.—Thibtmation has been received
by the police of an extensive issue of forged £5 notes.
The engraving of the note %very good, and would deceive
the most experienced judges, especially the Britannia in
the corner ; but the water-mark is badly exernted, and
appears to have been impressed after the paper was made,
and the note has not that crispness of feel and whiteness
of colour so peculiar to Bank of England notes. The
three edges of the 'notes are cut, the other appears to
have been torn, and different to the usual fray-edges of
the genuine Bank of England £5 notes.
BREACH oP Tut FACTORY ACT.—At Ithe Town Hall,
Little Bolton, on Monday, Mr. Noah Baker, cotton-
spinner, of Kersley, was summoned by Mr. Jones, the
factory inspector, for employing in his 'mill, on the 20th
of July, two 'children who had not bath registered. He
was fined 40s. 'and costs in one case, and the other was
withdrawn on the payment of expenses by Mr. Baker. On
the same day two labouring men, from Horwich, named
Edward Fartworth and William Whittle, were charged
by Mr. Jones with having altered•the dates of the certifi-
cates of their children's birth, nth the view of getting
them einPloyed full time in one of the cotton mills at
Horwich. Mr. Birley severely reprehended such conduct,
and thet_were fined 10s. each, Mid costs.
Tiro ;BANKS AND THE NENV STAMP ACT.—In con-
sequelite of the passing of the new Stamp Act, whi&
will • cOme into operation On the 10th of October, the
various banking establishments have agreed to a modifi-
cation of the system under atvhich they have of late years
issued letters of credit. Thler the new act, draughts or
cheques payable to order on demand may be issuedxon
penny stamp ; and it is !proposed, therefore, on the'foth
of October to adopt that form, while for credits avallithle
'Only at a specified term after date the usual stamp appli-
I-cable to bills of exchange will be required. By thisineans,
as regards the notes :payable on demand, the vigorous
banks will save themselves from risk with respect to
forged endorsements, Inasmuch as the 19th clause of the
new act exonerates them in these special cases from all
liability on that account.—Times.

HEALTH OF THE TOWN.—The medical-officer reports
that, for the week tiding Saturday, the 20th instant,
.the
deaths in Liverpool fell to 192 from 210 in the previous
week ; the average -of the same week of the five preceding
years having been 243, without the cholera deaths of 1849.
60 deaths were ascribed to zymotic diseases,anearly one-
third of the entire mortality, but of these 43 were caused
by summer diarrhoea, &c., which usually attains its maxi-
mum at this peridd, and of the 43 who died -40 were in-
fants. Only twe fatal cases of typhus were registered,
being the lowest mortality recorded from this disease
previous to the last two months. There was no fatal case
of measles nor of smallpox. There were 4of scarlatina, 6
of hopping-cough, and 1 of mumps. From •consumption
there were 32 deaths, andifrom other diseases of the lungs 21.
T.RE " LIVER TRUE BLUE LODGE," in eon-
neFoli with the Loyal Orange Institution of Great
Britain and Ireland, was opened at the" Queen's Arms,
Great Homer-street, on Wednesday. On:Alie conclusion of the business•of the lodge, the brethren sat down to a
most excellent supper. The chair was occupied by the
RW.D. G. Mr. William Clark, and-the vice-chair by
the W. D. M. Mr. John Little. After-the usual loyal toasts, the thafrman proposed "The Grand Master, the
Earl of Enniskillen." Mr. Clark's health .was next given
as deputy grar_d master. Several other toasts followed,
including the healths of the district master, Mr. John
Little ; the -grand secretary, Mr. Nicholson Bradley ; the
master of -the lodge, Mr. James Graham:; the Protestant
press of Liverpool ; the host and hostess, &c. The even-
ing was spent in the most convivial. •raanner, and the
brethren separated much gratified.

THE LT`TERPOOL CATTLE TRADE.-4t appears that
the number, of cattle, sheep, lambs, and pigs brought
here from the Ist:of January to the 16th August of the
present year ,was 257,000 head, to which may be added
3354 horses. Supposing the import to „proceed in the
same ratio, the total importation of the.mr would not be
less than 400p00 head, or nearly 8000 animals per week.
The numbers ,of each kind of animal. imported, to the
16th August, was as follows :—Cattle, 49,905 ; sheep,
113,149 ; Pigs, 57,705 ; lambs, 25,701; calves, 674;
horses, 3354. Much the largest portion of the cattle,
sheep, lambs, -pigs, and horses brought into Liverpool are
Irish ; this year 214,490 out of 260,783. The rest are
brought coastwise from Scotland, Wales; 'Cumberland, or
the Isle of Man. . Foreign cattle, of which the Londoners
receive so many, are scarcely known in Lancashire, the
sea voyage from Holland and Holstein 'being too long.
From some cause—either the disease amongst cattle and
sheep, or greater consumption of butcher meat in the
districts from which this town draws its.vrapplies—the
import of cattle -las not been so great this year as last.
This year it amounts to 260,783 in rather less than eight
months, whilst last year it amounted to 288,815 in the
same time.

EMbEZZLEMENT. —A very respectably-attired young
man, named JohwLacourt, a collecting clerk in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, and Co., was on Tues-
day charged with .-embezzling £220 belonging to his
employers. It appeared the prisoner had been in the
employ of the above, ,firm for the last twelve months, and
it was his duty to alert freights from merchants for the
carriage of goods consigned to his employers ; and on the
30th of July last, whilst acting in that capacity, he .received
from Messrs. Newmanlivid Engle the sum of £133, Os. 2d.,
which he had not entered in his collecting-boa, nor
accounted for to the , oalaier. He had also rreived
£B7. 18s. 10d. from Messrs. Melly, Romilly, and Co.,
which sum, although ;entered in his book, he had not
accounted for to the tcashier. Mr. Bowman's suspicions
having been aroused, he on Monday sent for Inspector
Rehoe, and after making that vigilant officer acquainted
with the circumstances of-the case, called the prisoner into
a private office, and questioned:him respecting the receipt
and the non-entry in his'book of the above sums. Hie
confessed that he had 'received the money, and said thmt
he had been unfortunate with some bets at the last Liver-
pool races, and that he did mot wish his employers to know
he had received it until he was able to refund it. The
-officer then took him into ,custody, and on searching him
found £25 on his person, which he said was a portion of
the money he had received. The payments to the prisoner
having been clearly proved, he was committed for trial at
the sessions.

Docur COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting
chair. The Chairman
was held on
Thursday, Mr. Chas. Turner in the,
that the trus-
teesintimated that the Committee of Works •liad, after a care-
ful inquiry,come to the unanimous _opinion.
rt topurchase
land near the canal, containing
should avail themselves of the oppo unitY
..
three parcels of freehold
.rte
was
LI teg. llid. per
28,836 square yards. The pr.lriss. The purchase was
yard, and the total cost 833,11
considered desirable, in reference to any increased accom-
modation ,that might be required in connexion with the
docks. After some conversation
the rev:Rimendation was
confirmed.—An of Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming to
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supply a quantity of red pine for stages was
Dock tea
run
The surveyor w as instructed to let the King's
dry eon the Ist of September, subject to the usual notices.
—Mr. Gladstone _intimated that the alteration of the'levels
of Mersey-street had teen before the Health Committee,
and the feeling appeared to be that about the present
levels should be retained, within a few inches one way or
other ; it was thought desirable that the borough engineer
should carry out the works in his own way, and he would
then be enabled to do what was necessary to meet all the
requirements for the public _convenience. Mr. Shand said
the Sub-committee of Works would be prepared to carry
out the suggestions of Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone
agreed to communicate the wishes of the Dock Trust to
the Health Committee. The Chairman announced that
tinspection of the lighthouses and telegraphs would
ake Place on Wednesday, the 14th September next, and
that a steamer for conveying members of the committee
rould be at the Landing-stage at half-past eight o'clock
In the
13ock be
morning.—It was recommended that the Clarence
the repair. in dry, to enable the surveyor to proceed with
ments
of of the gates and the gridiron.—Several appoint-
the Laneastrsreter-Porters were con pp
letter from
for the vase of and Yorkshire Railway Company, asking
a timber wile a Piece of land at the Harrington Dock for
let, was referrricldand the terms upon which it would be
The Chairman to. the Harbour-masters' Committee.—
recently pseeedcoili, ed attention to the new customs' act
which gave great fa:1111°1 were introduced two clauses
leetion of their and
to the Dock Trust in the col-
dues, would put a stop to those eva-
sions which had taken Place to such a considerable extent.
He referred to the courtesoyffischown by the secretary to the
treasury and the other
andeors a the government with
whom he (the chairman)
He
Lher members had had in-
terviews on the subject.
sidered that they ought
to express their high opinion ot,`Z
conduct of gentle-
men to whom he had alluded, ansocel,•!qth that view a reso-
lution had been drawn up by the
tor.. The resolution,
which was expressive ofthanks tnuivihe
Wilson, secre-
tary to the treasury, Sir T. Free tlej
Mr. Hamill, solicitor, was adopted ' .haiman, and
unanimously Th
solicitor then read a notice calling attention to the.c usese
in the new act having reference t evasion of dock
(dues. A conversation followed, dogewhich an opinion
was expressed by several members that the new clause
would afford a greater check than hitherto in preventing
the evasion of clock due.