The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

THE_ LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

seeking to prolong the connexion ? Why should
they submit to the irritating control of the Colonial
The court opened at a quarter past nine o'clock.
Office, or tax themelves for the support of a Cana- short cases were sent to Mr. Justice Colerid~e's court.
IMPORTANT CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER A'T PRESTON.
dian court and governor-general ? They require
Roger Fogg, charged with killing and slaying Mary Hart, on
frctm us no military protection. They are capable
mtheen3tOthauJdulitulauskrmat
voice, was placed at the bar for arragn-
of defending themselves from their Indian neigh-
able looking man,-iace4,perrii guilty."etdeerauf"finteotssceEyo f
FHrieenitsisa re-
bours; and we should be phwerless in protecting spect
jury, for the Attorney-General, opened the case to the
them, against their will, against their American giotteuvteiron on thet part of the Crown. He said
neighbour. Apart from the Whig-Radical policy, jthe'Aserwase
life, iler,eautuetl t importance,iusecuti 0
prosecution
swaufficutsitntfu thet
e(t
preservation of humany
which has thrown the whole power of the govern- icnarourter,toonleatnit I)Engtruirglly known to the public, that persons
ment into the hands of the rebel majority of the
liable to danger, must carrysiunuesA
that business s especiallyss w t hsautci
uh
eas
lower state—the Papineaus and Lafontaines—there
is in our commercial policy alone sufficient induce-
ftaot
requisitel,econafsemetclyeuacenfnsthose whom they employed, and to use regardery
avfiret eeerliigeevreodrtahcactidlent that might result in
ment to lead the most loyal amongst our Canadian i e showcotld u t
the jury
cetos.
that the prisoner, who had the care and management
brethren to look to annexation with the American
umsaecdhianceizihdaitdtutusethot precaution which he ought to have
union as their natural and most desirable course. consequenceemploy wua;
Atihees losssrs.
Cooper severalof
an d lives.Etr
This result is being rapidly accomplished. The The prisoner was in the
ti:Eitcnfutroen4vfnhoLariled
Lambert business as cotton spinners and menu-
continual contemplation, on the American side of
aerstteßamol.teoungitleillusi Porneistojt6
26-horse machi-
the St. Lawrence, of a thriving and protected in- nery was lworked bym
and the steam was generated in two boilers, only I°verrsee urnodweerrii
dustry, growing manufactures, and a powerful na- spinning ropT
July
which a number oflers, females were at work.
tionality, as contrasted with their own dependent 31ste 7.loorulLtuhveebuoilys suddenly. burst, carrying away
others,
of th
position, under the dominion of apadruetniets statehas . inlourefilimpteheryooNapatseveral
persons werse so severely° Amongst
which has ceased to perform a parent's
sattneersaaMy.arileHerltiewvaesds&adtreedfusauslcdaltleedetubgisldie died the
been gradually operating upon the minds of the
Tutheanttth.e boilers had exploded from a want of proper manage-
Canadian ansarr-
Canadian people ; and a spark was only wanting to
whetherin due and hheadvestion to be decided wase
give a direction and an impulse to their convictions.emr'careT the prisoner,
That
who had charge of the works. The engine,
That spark has at length been applied by the mi- of
wereonl3 28-horse power, and they would learn that the
nistry of Lower Canada; and the whole country boilersastoed I.,tvuortlf,eit)3ollluetrsthaast :'uorwsourir
ittimu time
was at the date of the last advices, as may he seen past, steam hadq been so raised
with his power. It appeared that the prisoner's positiog
from the reports elsewhere, in a state of violent for-
did not ,was that of principal manager, for Mr.
ment, annexation with the American union being Cooper
Turg,astuteAdatttc;tethetsumill, and his. partner,
Garrington, very seldom, tlieprisonei• was left in charge
almost universally regarded as only a question of of the works. True, there was an engine tendernei employed, but
time. he was under the orders and control of the prisoner, and when
Can Lord John Russell, or any British minister, anything was'wanted he had t
ner, and the latter it was whoonaoro apply
only neglectedanco tlut thetak lel
tioe-
gravely propose to prevent that step by force of
mecuavuet!ionssfuomrethe safety of the people under him, but actually
arms ? He cannot. The attempt would be pre- precautions
wh;ch had previit';rues?yautilc;eneatfy
apaptielionA to the boiler
posterous and ruinous. Nay, more; it would be boilersautite werew of what are called the " waggon '; shape,
unjust and tyrannical. We adopted our alienating
had
eacher aeagire2ituteeet2 Bfeientch3eisncTenf
bbyy3Bleet wide, and
policy towards these colonies with full deliberation ; theys eteut
kBeeipnZems.
Thetoe boilerstt were supported by a number of stay
we broke the contract, implied when they were firstriruatundusltposestruerittrecntfuhuem as to prevent the sides or
settled; we withdrew from them every privilege bottomge outwards.l,C,ll:lcslionwas r o
e
leave
they possessed as British subjects ; and they They were generally fired up to a' ° r pressurerom e
to work
andaii engine outitlinuch more power than that employed
a right now to make a fresh arrangement aotntlyhetchha;
i pressure
ut e
for themselves with any country which will protect of more than ten or they could
tsoefgye'suqeueadr:iint
prisoner worked them up to about twenty pound pressure;
and foster them. We may deplore such a step on vuo:Ttlimtheheacifuli involved the prisoner in
the part of our Canadian fellow-countrymen, as one the charge laid against thperusvaefrtrhuotf
the parties near in danger. It would' beg placedlearly deeply injurious to the interests and the greatness
requiredthert
sethaiungtzeronefsuwith the boilers, for they often
of the British Empire ; we may deplore it as thegnesrwolr
suttyeacifiendgtthheeminfrteoqsuoeriyi
forerunner of other similar losses, and as conferring warned the prisoner of th!)dan
srespoa'itri
caupurteiussuuerde.auTdhteartisoner, and also his employers, had been
upon the republic of the United States a preponde- wwaesretmoldadthe if he persisted danger
ranee of power most dangerous and fatal; but we would ensue.' The I;3oriTeeris. engineer
named Clayton, and both he and Mr.e
cannot, with any show of justice, blame our abused They found
rac
such a ttteeoislikatey,-vtdvewsaoruntedfthedprisoner of the danger. Th°e
and &fronded colonial brethren for takingqourareer, so it required a pressure of
step. We have driven them from our side. It is twenty pounds to the square inch to open them. and relieve the
boilers. Mr. Clayton recommended the application of what
the selfish blindness of our own legislation which
are called "boil-over" pipes,
of Ivheillizere placed in a perpendi-
has precipitated the evil. cular position in the waterand rose over them
to the height of twenty-five feet, so boilers, when a pressure of
twelve pounds of steam was on,
n,the water would boil over at
the top of the pipes, so that all danger of explosion would be
escaped. of the machinery
escaped. They also recommended that a or
should be thrown off, as it would otherwise be worked above its
power. This was done, and the result was safety, but the pri-

CROWN COURT Y.- - ESTERDAY.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(BY EXPRESS.)

SPAIN

soner finding that the Steam was not enough to drive the ma-
chinery with advantage, directed the pipes to be taken off, and
again worked the engine up to twenty horse power. The peo-
ple employed near the boilers naturally became alarmed, and
expressed their fears ; and a month before the accident a person
named Lomax, who was called on to do some repairs to the
boilers, said there would be no satisfaction in doing so, and
that he would not guarantee the safety of the boilers for five
minutes. The boiler did burst, and seven persons lost their
lives. Mr. Clayton also warned the prisoner, saying, that if
anything happened, he would appear:against him. In conclu-
sion he summed up the several points to which the jury were
called upon to direct especial attention, in order to arrive at a
just and proper verdict.
Betsey Lambert, called by Mr. Crompton, and sworn, said—
In July last, I worked at the Lambert mills, and have done so
for years. When any thing was wanted for the mill, the pri-
soner was applied to. The mill was owned by Mr. Cooper and
Mr. Garrington. Cooper never came, but Garrinston very
often. I was employed with other women in the reeling-room.
At the time of the explosion, there were eight of us in the
room. I was afterwards sent to the House of Recovery. The
boilers burst at eleven o'clock. Part of the floor was blown
up, and the steam and sulphur filled the room. I was ill
scalded, as was Mary Hart, and three others who were sent to
the House of Recovery. Mary Hart died same day, about
three o'clock in the afternoon.
In reply to questions put by the learned defender, witness
said he was a most humane and kind man, and that he ever
held forth a Christian example to all around him by his con-
duct.
Cross

A Madrid letter, of the 19th instant, states that prepa-
rations were being seriously made for the expedition to
Italy, and orders have been given to the civic guard of the
environs and of the provinces to replace the garrison of
the capital.

ITALY.
News of the departure of the Austrians from Milan,
leaving only 4,000 men there, has been received, and it
was hourly expected that the complete evacuation of that
capital would take place. The intention imputed to the
Austrians is to take up a position in advance of the forts
of Peschiera, Mantua, and Verona. They had evacuated
the Duchies and the entire country south of the Po,
where movements were organised under the Piedmontese.
It was not expected that any serious fighting would take
place until the Piedmontese army should reach the line of
the Adda, or even that of the Mincio.
The Genoa Gazette, of the 19th instant, states that the
Austrians have evacuated the Valle d'lntelvi. It is said
that Tuscan troops are marching towards Paullo, on:the
Modenese territory. The Modenese troops have aban-
doned Castelnuovo. General Haynau has burnt the
small town of Lorco, at the mouth of the Adige, con-
taining about 3,500 inhabitants.

The Alba of Florence, of the 17th instant, states that a
courier has left Genoa with a despatch to the Tuscan
ministry from the Piedmontese government, demanding
a contingent of 20,000 men and one million of scudi for
the Italian army. The same courier is to proceed to
Rome, and demand of the Roman republic a contingent
double the above.

xamined by Mr. WILK INS.—Mr. Fogg had the ma-
nagement of another mill in Pitt-street, and during his absence
the Lambert mill was managed by Mr. Holden, a young man.
Mr. Holden, surgeon, called by Mr. Knowles.-1 was called
to Mary Hart, and saw her at a house near the mill. She
suffered much from extensive and severe scalding: She died
about six o'clock the same evening. She was lying on the
floor when he first saw her. There were in the same room
also Sarah Hesketh, Jane Carr, a female named Jackson, and
the engine tender, Jackson, who afterwards died the same
evening about an hour before Mary Hart died.
Mr. KNOWLES here put a question bearing on the death of
Jackson, there being some objections raised to the validity of
entering into evidence regarding the deceased, as the prisoner
was not upon his trial for causing his death, the point was not
pressed.
Mr. Clayton, called by Mr. Knowles.—l am an inspector of
marine engines and steam boilers. There were two engines at
the Lambert mills, of the waggon shape and low pressure
principle. Some time before the explosion, I and Mr. Stevenson
examined the boiler and engines. He had supplied the boilers
in 1842. The usual pressure upon such boilers was 5 lb. to
6 lb. It might be worked at from nine to ten. Found by the
indicator that a pressure of upwards of 20 lbs. was put on.
We afterwards saw Mr. Cooper, and from a conversation with
him, we put up boil over pipes. They are hollow tubes, and
go at the bottom end into the water. If the pressure were
above 12 lbs., the water and steam were forced up the tube,
and thrown out. Some of the machinery was then thrown off,
as it could not be conveniently worked with a pressure of only
about 10 lbs. This was in August, 1843. We afterwards re-
paired the boiler several times, in stays and rivets, but the
repairs were but slight. There were thirty-six stays to
strengthen the boiler. The breaking of the stays indicated an
over pressure. The prisoner came to see me several times
about the boiler. On the second of July last he called on
me, and told me one of the stays of the boiler was
broken, and that he would send it to be welded. I told
him my men would piece the stay, and send it in the morning.
I called on Mr. Fogg on the 7th of July, and saw also Messrs.
Cooper and Garrington, and told them they were working the
boilers at more than they could bear. I told them they ought
not to be worked above 91b. pressure. Mr. Cooper asked Mr.
Fogg if they were worked over that, and he said no ; and Car-
rington said he thought not. I said they were working too
high, for they had taken away the over boil pipes. Mr. Cooper
said they had taken them away because they were continually
boiling over. I said I had put them there for that purpose, to
prevent over pressure. I told them if I had the same power I
had over other boilers, I would not allow them to be worked so
for a day. Mr. Cooper asked me what I meant. I said I re-
ferred to the power I had over steamboat boilers, and I hoped
1 would have the same power over other boilers. Fogg after-
wards came to me, and asked me whether waggon-shaped or
circular-shaped boilers were the stronger. I said that the cir-
cular-shaped were certainly stronger. He said Mr. Garrington
wanted to know what would be the cost of converting the
boilers into circular ones. I said it would be great, and dis-
couraged the question, saying that it was not the fault of the
boilers, but that they were overworking them. He said he had
taken off the boil-over pipes, because they were constantly
boiling over. I replied as before. After the explanation, I
examined the boilers, and saw cause to conclude that they had
burst from over pressure. (He explained the construction of
the boiler.) Twenty-four of the stays were broken or otherwise
damaged : the boiler had burst, and all the appearances indi-
cated that the explosion was caused by over pressure.
Mr. WILKINS said that at this stage of the proceedings, he
might state that if there were blame, Mr. Garrington was as
much to blame as his client, for he was a principal at the
works. He did not think he could alter the facts, but he was
of opinion that the prisoner had not been guilty of the inten-
tion to take life, but had acted solely from wrong-headedness.
He stated that his client had a strong feeling that if found
guilty (though no intention to destroy life was now assumed)
that his name should be branded with felony.
His LORDSHIP said the real case was, that he had been
guilty of manslaughter in law, though without intention,
and that whatever the offence were called, words would not
allow the facts. He was willing to believe that the prisoner had
acted merely, as stated, from wrong-headedness.
Mr. KNOWLES said the government bad prosecuted in this
case with no vindictive feeling, but solely with a view to its
being generally known to the public, that due caution and care
should be taken by all persons having charge of machinery to
avert accidents or lossof life to those whom they employed,
His LORDSHIP said, that since the facts could not be altered,
the prisoner must be found guilty; and it was for the protec-
tion of life and the good of all mankind that a strict rule
sholild be maintained, as regarded such cases. The prisoner
had certainly been, through headstrongness, guilty of gross
negligence, and as the result was loss of life, the case was one
of manslaughter.

Mr. Wlarcs stated that it was not the prisoner who had
removed the over-boil pipes, but that they had been filled up
and rendered useless Jpvh a Drevious mana:zer.
His LORDSHIP said t at there was no removal of the pipes,
as stated by the other aide.

The jury; in a few minutes, returned a verdict of manslaugh-
ter, with a recommendation that the court would give the
prisoner's case merciful consideration.
His LORDSHIP in passing sentence said, he had considered
the case, and there was no need of the recommendation of the
jury, for though the accused had acted so as to incur the pen-
alty of manslaughter, he fully believed that he had maintained
the character he had received. It was wrongheadedness in
persisting to use the boilers at such a pressure—by which
several persons were killed. Mary Hart was scalded to death.
He was glad that an investigation was going on elsewhere, with
reference to other parties who were injured, and who sought
compensation. What he (the prisoner) had done was not from
any motive of gain, and considering the whole case he felt in-
clined to be lenient. He must pay a tine of £5, and enter into
his own recognizance in £lOO, to keep the peace, and be of
good behaviour for two years.

The fine was instantly paid, and the prisoner w
from the bar.

Mr WILKINS stated in explanation, as re arded the owners
of the mill, that they had not for a long time carried on their
works for gain, but at a positive loss, solely for the purpose of
keeping their people in work.

CHARGE OF MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.
Catherine Herbert, 21, was charged with having, at Liver-
pool, on the 25th of February, murdered her new-born infant
male child, by strangling it with a string. She was also charged
with concealment of pregnancy. The particulars of the case
were given very recently in our columns.
The jury returned a verdict of concealment of birth against
the prisoner, and his Lordship, after addressing her in
a feeling strain of serious admonition, sentenced her to two
years' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard
labour.

ANOTHER CHARGE OF MURDER.
Mary Ann Smith, a prostitute, was charged with having, at
Liverpool, wilfully murdered a, man, named Hugh Watson.
The details of the case were given in this paper a few weeks
ago, when it was brought before the coroner. It appeared that
the charge of murder could not be sustained; but it was proved
that the prisoner, who lived in a brothel in Spitalfields, had
struck and thrust out the deceased into the street, where he
fell, and was afterwards found dead from fracture of the skull.
It was also shown that the prisoner had robbed him of some
money while he lay senseless in the street, where she left him.
She was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' transpor-
tation.

MANSLAUGHTER IN LIVERPOOL.
Peter Campbell was indicted for the manslaughter, at Liver-
pool, of Robert Owen. On Sunday the 31st of December, pri-
soner and deceased, both young men, quarrelled in a public-
house, and fought a pitched battle of six rounds, near St.
Martin's Church. Some persons interposed and they desisted,
but the deceased provoked a second battle, in which he himself
was twice knocked down. Deceased had the worst of it at the
clO4e Of each round, when they grappled, and deceased fell, and

prisoner on the top of him. Deceased had, it appeared, pro-
voked the fighting all through, and he struck a boy at a public-
house in mistake for his own brother, who had upset his (the
deceased's) glass of ale. The JUDGE said that the case was a
slight one, but was certainly one of manslaughter. The jury
found the prisoner guilty, but strongly recommended him to
mercy. His Lordship said that he (prisoner) had been confined
since December, and that was long enough. He, therefore,
sentenced him to be further imprisoned only until the rising of
of the court.

BURGLARY.
John Williams was charged with having burglariously entered
the cellar or tap of Mr. Francis, publican, in Great Charlotte-
street, on the 18th of March. There is a stairs communicating
between the house and the cellar. The door was locked, both
outside and inside. On Sunday morning, at two o'clock, (the
day in question,) the door was found to be so ;split that a man
could get in. A police-officer saw a man running from the
tap door in the street. Ile went in and found the prisoner in
the tap. No property was found upon him, and none was
missed. The attempt to steal in this way. by breaking into a
house during the night, constituted a burglary. He was found
guilty, and had twice been tried for stealing. Sentence was
deferred.

There were a few other cases of assault, &c., but they were of
minor importance.

The court rose at twenty minutes past five o'clock.
(For Yesterday's Nisi Prius Court see page 6.)

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

MONDAY EVENING

Since the arrival of the overland mail we have been a
little busier. Some parties were disappointed that ano-
ther battle had not been fought ; but it is generally satis-
factory that the enemy is at bay; and in the confidence
that a sound thrashing awaits him when we next come to
close quarters, the improved features of both the Calcutta
and Bombay markets have produced a decidedly better
feeling here, although we have not yet got fully into
active operation. There has been a stiff Cotton market
to-day, and 5000 bales have changed hands; the dullness
in the Wool trade, however, still continues. The Colo-
nial markets are recovering from the depression of the
last few days ; and Iron, which has been flat latterly,
has met a better inquiry to-day, and orders could not be
executed at previous prices, i.e., 47/ cash for mixed num-
bers. The Corn market has been somewhat steadier
since Friday at the prices then quoted, and Indian Corn
is rather more in demand to-day, mixed and yellow sam-
ples being fully 6d. per qr. dearer. No reaction, how-
ever, is apparent in the Share market, which continues
exceedingly lifeless, without any change of consequence
in prices : London stock is to-day 133 5, Midland 7 9.
An opinion gains ground that we have gone far enough
on the give-every-thing-away-to-every-body principle,
and that the time has arrived for reaction. Cobden is
not so great a man in the House as was expected. The
popularity of the great political Mokanna of the day is
considered to be on the wane : the enthusiasts of free
trade are daily becoming less numerous, as each succeed-
ing interest feels the pressure of the tight boot ; and the
discovery has been made that measures. like patent pills,
concocted to suit every body, do more harm than good;
that the outcry against class legislation is, like red repub-
licanism, generally to be found in the mouths of those
who wish to enrich themselves at the expense of their
neighbours ; and that there is nothing like the old-
fashioned system of legislation, which deals distinctively
with the different wants of all,. nor offers to remedy every
political disease with one universal nostrum. Some are
contemplating with anxious fear our colonial possessions
in the western hemisphere ; and gentlemen on 'Change
concurred in the remark, that were they in the Canadas
they would not hold themselves constrained to support
British rule, so long as their interests were neglected by
a British House of Parliament. Our position in the East
Indies has been well spoken of as an "empire of opinion";
but how much more applicable is this observation to the
Canadas, placed as they are in proximity to a great na-
tion, which dares, while republican, to be more conserva-
tive than ourselves !

But not only to the Canadas is attention directed : the
West Indies call loudly for assistance. The present dif-
ferential duty on sugar of 5/6 per cwt. would be accepted
as an amount of protection which might enable the Bri-
tish planter successfully to compete with the slaveholder ;
but under the existing law, which in the course of three
years will reduce the foreign and colonial article to the
same level, the future cannot but be fraught with deep
and irretrievable disaster. Measures, then, to arrest the
further decline of the sugar duty, and to establish a fixed
duty of say 5/ or 6/ per quarter on foreign wheat, are
loudly demanded, not only as an act of justice to the
interests involved, but as a source of revenue, which
would thus easily be raised, without making the price of
either article anything like the average at which it has
been marketable for some years past.

ST. AUGUSTINE'S SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last, the sum
of £52 was collected in St. Augustine's Church, in support
of the above schools.
On Saturday a sailor named John Sebastian fell through
the hold of a vessel lying in the docks, where he was
found some time afterwards dead by his son, who went
down with some food for his father.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The' playgoing public will
be glad to see that Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Warner, who
have been giving a series of classical performances during
the past week, are engaged for a few days longer, being
the close of the season.

ST. BRIDE'S SCHOOLS.—The Venerable Archdeacon
Brooks delivered an impressive discourse at St. Bride's
Church on Sunday morning last, from Gal. vi. 10, when
the sum of £3l was collected in aid of the above schools.

Dr. M'Neile is to advocate the same good cause on Sun-
day evening next, at the same place.
The auxiliary screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, Captain
Thompson, will leave the Mersey to-morrow, for New
York. She will then have been in port scarcely nine
days, during which time, through the active exertions of
her excellent commander, she will have discharged and
loaded full cargoes.
MILITARY PROMOTION.—We find from the Gazette
of Friday, that Ensign Richard Harbord, eldest son of
our esteemed and noble-minded townsman, Mr. Richard
Harbord, has been promoted to the post of adjutant (vice
Barnston, promoted) in the 36th Regiment of Foot, at
present stationed at Cephalonia. We wish the promising
youth a brilliant career in his honourable profession.
THE JUDGES.—On Sunday forenoon Baron Alderson
and Justice Coleridge, the judges presiding at the assizes,
went incog. to the Church of the Blind, in Hotham-street,
not even the doorkeepers being aware of their presence.
A large crowd that collected round St. George's Church,
in hopes to catch a peep at the learned judges, of course
met with disappointment. Their lordships were driven
out in the afternoon, and dined with the Earl of Sefton.
RAGGED SCHOOLS IN THE VAUXHALL DISTRICT.—
Two schools of this class, but under the less objectionable
name of " Free Evening Schools," were opened last
evening in the class rooms in Gascoyne-street. The at-
tendance was numerous, but teachers were greatly wanted,
especially for the girls' classes. Daring the comparatively
short period that Divine service has been celebrated in
this place, the habits of the neighbourhood have exhi-
bited symptoms of improvement; and it would be a pity
if so promising a harvest should suffer from want of la-
bourers. The persevering exertions of Dr. Hume de-
serve a better result.

THE WEATHER.—Since our last publication, the wea-
ther has been for the most part peculiarly dry and season-
able, with cold winds, inclining to frosty, chiefly from the
northward and eastward. Sunday was a piercing day--
wind N. by W. Yesterday a few very slight falls of rain
took place, and in the evening a change of wind to the
westward brough a mild atmosphere. Farming operations
are proceeding vigorously, and a large breadth of oats has
already been sown. Never was there a more favourable
season for mellowing the soil. We have seen several fields
of most promising wheat in the neighbourhood. The
plant seems to be most healthy, and is not, as in some
seasons, over rank, or what is called proud. Gardeners
and florists are busy planting, sowing, and trimming.
BURGLARY.—On Sunday night a daring burglary was
committed in the house of Mr. Williams, on the Bootle
Road, known as the Knowsley Hotel. When the family
came down yesterday morning they found the gas burning
in the cellar, tap-room, &c., and several rooms in great
disorder. The thieves had effected an entrance by break-
ing a pane of glass, unfastening the window, and forcibly,
though quietly, bursting the shutters. They then broke
open a cupboard, but fortunately there were few valuable
portables in the lower rooms, though the scoundrels had
evidently regaled themselves with the spirits and beer in
the cellar. The house abuts immediately on the highway,
so that the thieves are evidently as daring as they are
expert.

WAR MEDAL.—Amongst the Naval War Medals
recently issued we have had the pleasure of seeing one
which has been presented to Lieut. Petrie, in honourable
4nlrnrt rtf
fighting the battles of our country at the conclusion of
the war which terminated in 1815 ; and in which we long
successfully struggled against a world in arms, to preserve
not only our hearths from the contamination of the foot
of the foe, but even our existence as a nation. We have
been given to understand that this is not the only testi-
mony, however much prized, which this officer possesses,
of his meritorious conduct in the late wars when engaged
with our fleets in the West Indies and Coast of America,
for, after being wounded in one of the last battles, he was
rewarded by special thanks and by his promotion as
Lieutenant. In Liverpool, Lieutenant Petrie has been
long known as an active and enterprizing commander in
our mercantile navy, and we believe that he has done not
a little in promoting the trade of the port, as well as in
exerting himself to improve the character of this service.
A small pamphlet lately published, entitled, " Remarks
on the present state of the Merchant Navy," of which he
is the reputed author, may serve to show how far this is
the case.

DENSE FOGS—ACCIDENTS.—During the past week fogs
have prevailed in this neighbourhood, more especially sea-
ward, and that on Wednesday afternoon and evening was
so impenetrable as to cause serious inconvenience in cross-
ing the river. Indeed, after half-past seven o'clock, all the
boats ceased running from the landing-stage, with the ex-
ception of those running to Woodside, and they, in order
to obviate the risk of collision, only ran hourly from each
side. The William Fawcett, Birkenhead boat, ran toul of
a brig anchored off the landing-stage, and had her mast
carried away. On Thursday the Dublin mail-boat, which
generally reaches this port at four o'clock in the morning,
did not arrive till twelve o'clock at noon ; and the Isle of
Man and other coasting steamers were delayed from the
same cause. The Cleveland, Woodside steam-boat, ran
into a vessel and knocked off her figure- head. The steamer
Royal Victoria, from Carlisle, in coming up the river,
came in contact with the Loodiana. The steamer lost her
cutwater, and the vessel was slightly damaged. We un-
derstand that the atmosphere inland has been bright and
clear. Amongst the other incidents we may mention that
the Tranmere steamer, Birkenhead, after towing out the
Rosendale, bound for Pernambuco, got lost in a fog, and
.
the captain was compelled to come to anchor off the Great.,
Ormshead. With little water or provisions, and a err,w
augmented by a number of merchant's clerks andT t
At'se notrs
it may be supposed the situation, of those on board
the most comfortable. The. iteamei got up on oliursby
morning, all "as well 041 be expected, '