The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

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issued

. ... quiring this corps to be trained and were
of twenty-eight days, commencing
The men are to assemble at the ba
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any infirmi.

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deemed
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ACCIDENT TO W. TAPICOT
head of the well-known firm of 11

This gentleman, the

Tapscat

C1A.,11.1G LIU,EL le Vl' 'A.4l,p
since, when driving in his gig to the Bramley-Moore.Dock
One of the wheels came in contact with a block of wood
which jerked the gig upwards so violently as to throw Mr
Tapscott out nnnn +h. (1-„ -c t.• 1

He is no

Ly ampu

however, going. on

ATTEMPTPD SUICIDE
John Horbeck, residin2.

)n Tuesday, a, man named

1. GC L., peu HIM
the river from the Prince' 4/
Princes pier. He was, however,
picked up and taken to the receiving-house, where he was
to promptly. attended to by Dr. Blackley, and was restored
consciousness. He stated that the reason he had
attempted suicide, was because he had been robbed in a
house of ill-fame, in Lime-street, the name of which he
could not tell.

~..Loss OF THE STEAMER VICTORY.—The fine steam-
ship Victory, one of the packets belonging to the Dub''
esnd 'Waterford Steam Navigation Company, has
t_otallyavrecked. The 'Victory, 'on her arrival at Water-
Live! was engaged by the government to convey troops to
was engaged and, having performed this duty, she was on
her return voyage to Waterford, when she struck upon a
rock off the coast of Wexford, and went down aalmost.
im-
mediately. All hands were saved, but how their escape
was effected is not mentioned.
MAILS FOR Atrernalix.—The next mails for Australia
will be forwarded to-morrow (Wednesday), by the lsTeleus,
nailing vessel, the owners of which have entered into a
This vessel
that e.
This vessel well be with the postmaster-general.
arrival of the mail LmesPatched from Liverpool, after the
for South A-astral London, and all letters and papers
Diemen's Land, 4, Victoria New South Wales, and Van
parture, and not adaching' Liverpool previous to her de-
will ere dressed to be sent by any other vessel,
t %%ante by the Neleus. The packet rates of
NelmsPo ge will be chargeable on letters transmitted by the
The , bill 'no charge will be made upon newspapers.
mails tb be conveyed by this packet will be made up
ht Liverpool this afternoon.
CONFL'AARATION AT BLACKEROOk COLLIERY.—An
"ItensiVe conflagration, which broke OA some weeks since
an the Blackbrook Colliery, St. Helen's, belonging to
Messrs. Southern and Brownlow, is still raging, despite
'every .tffort which has been made to subdue it. The
names spread with such rapidity that one of the galleries,
'several hundred yards in length, became, in a short space
of time, a raging mass of fire. Despite the efforts which
we're made, the continued trial 'Of Mr. Goldworthy Gur-
..neY's plan of filling the pits With carbonic oxide, and the
`introduction of Phillips' annihilators, the fire has not yet
en wholly extinguished. So great was the heat, that
cie`tile wrought iron bars of one of the underground furnaces
'Was completely melted. It ,is expected that in about a
',week the fire will be entirelyot under.
LIVERPOOL BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. For some
weeks past the unsettled state of the weather has affected
'these establishments, and 'there has been a considerable
falling off of business. During the past week, however,,
it has resumed its usual improving aspect, as appears from
the returns of the several superintendents. Thus, at,
Cornwallis-street, the bathers last week amounted to 2498 ;
in the corresponding week of 1852 they were 2042. At the
Pier-head, the batherslast week were 1239; for the same
week of 1852 they were-826. At Paul-street, the bathers
last week were 1145; -for the same week of 1852 there,
were 719. It is a circumstance worthy of observation,
Plat the business of the baths and the state of the priblie
health appear to have some connexion with each other,
this as the increased use of the baths in Liverpool
!'kos year, daring cettain given weeks as against 'last year,
accompanied vrith a diminution of the rateable sickness.
CAUTION TO SHOFREEPERS.—A number of swindlers
have lately victimised several shopkeepers by pahning
~..,neon them counterfeit gold. The method of swindling
dttOpted is stated tolse this :—A pretended customer enters
aLsiloP, asks for S trifling article, then tenders a soverftn
leossibly a goodone) in payment, and particularly 'requests
1,0 be furnished with a half-sovereign in change. Upon
the change 'beige' handed to him he suddenly assertsthat
'e is not furnished with the article that he wistred,'"aiking
,_ _at the same time let another article which the shopkeeper
not heard ',of. The fellow then asks .to have his
.t.Tvereign returned, and the shopkeeper, having saspi-
On of his 'customer, hands him the sovereign, receives
hack the half-sovereign' which he afterwards thins to be
„I,_a ecbtoPeund of base metal, the swindler having 'dexterously
coed the good half-sovereign for The counterfeit one,
allbe palms-upon the shopkeeper. The more effectu-
Y to a ccomPlish his purpose, the swindler .has an ac-
w• toPEce in his-villany, who, guided by some pre-arranged
'sign,
enters The shop in apparent haste, andasks the
Arica of some'lrivial article, evidently with the'desig' n of
ag the attention of the shopkeeper from the-counter-
half f eoin- By-this means the tenderer of the counterfeit
heldEn ereign-raakes his escape.
h E Dsnny GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
Itel on Wednesday, at the Union Workhouse. Present--
tirssists,„.• AlPassi(chairman), Shaw, Weneley, ArGee,;Jeffries,
e";]&hdtus, Lunt, Abraham, Metcalf, Smith, Roberts,
Ifeyes, Roskell, J. Harrison Nolyneux, 'Brown,
Tattersall,•and the Rev. William Bacinall.—A eommunica-
tion was received from the health comniittee of theberough
of ll.iverpool, requesting the co-operation of the: board in
fang precaotionary measures to prevent the. spread of
pv,era. After a short discussion it was resolved that the
man iMr. J. Harrison), the Rev. W. Badnbll, and
hosk6ll Term a deputation from the: beard to co-operate
sett
4,, the health committee of the borough in• carrying into
+,7ett such-measures as may be deemed desirable.—The
Znder of Messrs. James and Alfred Stephens, for thessup-
Ily,of-floasa (second quality) at 38s. per pack,-was accepted.
t ,_"n'the maion of Mr. Alpass, seeonded by- Mr. Ahralrams,
lb,- "as " that Mr. Barnabas Barrett be elected vacci-
,tar thernion in place of Mr. Deane,'with the term-
'ireration cifs:ls. 6d. per case.—A motion was submitted by
Alpass, seconded by Mr. Abrahams, -.that a. clerk or
keepetv be appointed for the hospital,a7ith a salary of
• I)er onnum, the appointment to take Place at the-next
g.---Mr. Clayton, architect, was authorised to pee-
Pare
h =--ans for the enlargement of the waslahouses at the
esPital, add. providing a larder, and convenience' for tile
brz4g;_e •of potatoes, ale, coals, &c.—This 'concluded.
21',„ :es-nn or TRUST.—In the Insolvent !Debtors' Court,
"uen, oirWednesday, Richard Bayley, an insolvent,
as Opposed, on behalf of Messrs. Bailey ;and Co., iron
.11.11erchants, of Liverpool. The insolvent acted as the
don Chipping agent of the opposing creditors, and in
Swedish"ac received a bill of lading of dirtyntity .of
iron,,xibich, on arrival, it was his to clear
and forward 'to Liverpool. The insolvent, however, de-
Posited the lsxll of lading with a person named Thomas,
tis collateral security for the due honour of olaillof,
ex-
nge for Z75.-Asis. Upon the arrival of the iron Messrs.
Bailey found that.their bill of lading was thus pledged,
and they bad to pay Mr. Thomas's claim, and various
Costs, amounting,in the whole, to £m, beforettliey could
recover tlaelr'bill,or lading. The insolvent, upomexamina-
Von, admitted the transaction, but sand he expected to
have been able to redeem the bill of lading before the
arrival of the iron. The Commissioner thought there had
clearly been a 'breach of trust, an offence which struck at
the root of mercantile credit. The insolvent ought to
consider himself every indulgently treated by the opposing
creditors, who might have indicted him for 'the misde-
meanour. Ile could not be discharged by this..court
tlntd he had been -.in custody for a period of 4,weilste
ms from the date of the vesting order.
ourlaßr that :Rd:41BI; LOF DERBY'S.—We mentioned
Rail, earl robbery took place at linowSley
entirely 04,4mLIVIonday. The property stolen consisted
eaB", sevesareL_es of bijosterie, and comprised gold pencil
of toilet tit. bearing coats of arms, and silver tops
aetonishm 'flso.s. The affair has created a great deal of
Prelnises lit, as there are two night watches on the
'the rt. • h seems however that these " guardians of
refulght," f •
nghtened' 13y;t4e ;torm which prevailed, took
'for ft, al an outhouse and there fell asleep. A peg cloek,
rio an
a cheek on them, showed that they had moved
I Pegs between two o'clockau. d a quarter-past four. The
.kurglars first got into the cooking-house, by breaking
ro frames of glass in a window:; but, finding they could
Ct get into the body of the hall from them, they went
°rid to another part, and gotilsrough a window into a
13orridor leading to Lord and Lady Derby's bedroom. It
nag singular thing. that the Window where they got in
„"';! n.damaged hasp, which would-not act. The thieves
audaciously made their way into -.the room in which the
1 and countess were sleeping, passed into their dressing-
• m, and there took a purse, containing six sovereigns,
and
a the articles before mentioned. They then went back,
ylng the bedroom door open, and talfing a pair of silver
e,..„,,„
th,-41", estieks, as far as the entrance hall, when they made
exit, leaving an immense quantity of plate and other
a• teables untouched. His lordship, on rising, observed
t the bedroom door was open, and drew her ladyship's.
cis noon to it, but no further notice was taken of the
riatanee till the discovery of the robbery at a later
the of the day. Detectives Murphy and Salivan, of
exa k-tveePool force, have since been making a minute
lA)tlaation of the premises, but so far no clue has been
°ft—'lsoe4 to the burglars, for whose apprehension a 'reward
!!.1.8 been oCered. The property stolen consisted
to thi; °I family relies, and of inestimable value, therefore,
Dec;,.(;.,wners.
t4eth;" `-'O3l xt ITT Ez.—Mr. C. Turner presided at the weekly
,Ilagelng' Thursday. —The committee of warehbuse nut.
t.ne b,;ent reported that in consequence of the increase in
Veep rice of labour the rates had been revised, and they
terselnere4"ended that the rate to be charged for labour be
29 per cent.—Tite chairman stated that the
were accounts for the Albert dock warehouses, which
The Zumnitted last week, were now before the committee.
t22,-Pi6.lllt showed a balance of profit as follows :-1851,
c0nve,2.1852, £16,791; 1853, £16,363. A good deal of
‘l4estio7n4tlon ensued, but with no result.—ln reply to a
4ardea— from Mr. Bighorn, the surveyor stated, as re-
they the
were progress of the warehouses at the Stanley dock,
3' about the second story ; they would be completed
-L'aidsummer next. The time for the completion
,_4A obesetrac t would expire on the last day of Nov.ember.—
flaatios Ovation was made by Mr. Littledale relative to the
ehajand when it was stated that the surveyor thought a
the pie was opening out northward more favourable than
taaaters, I'm Channel in its best days. —The Harbour-
or the Cobmmittee recommended that Mr. White, master
tknitrue iTs-dock, be superannuated (he being unable to
Y-ths duties) at £lOO per annum ;he had been
+silatter ee years in the employ of the Dock Committee.
conversation the recommendation was con-
....tioeit—`gatet renewed application was received from the
4 letter en for an advance of wages, which was refused.
° the yriwas read from Mr. T. H. Farrer, of the office
Council for Trade, calling attention to a
clause
me
fro_e Merchant Shipping Bill, which prevented
Z:eq expres"l,B inortgaging the rates, except where they are
__!(3i for Purposes connected with shipping. The
vies or si"i!
,that as their rates were used for the pur-
;lh. Carthag, the clause did not apply. He had seen
likel4Ptiligkth:n the subject, and got him to insert a clause
solv• Mr. ma peek Trust. A letter was read from the
bi be Ynard, asking that the rent of the mariners'
sete, red',
t was „.„ ceu from 416 t* a per =mum The re-
-4144W with.