The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

SOCIETY IN MELBOURNE.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—The enclosed copy of a letter is from a friend in Cal-
cutta, to whom the letter from Melbourne was written, by a
Party
who arrived there towards the end of January last, and
'al, be worthy of insertion, as corroborating many of the ac-
counts received from the land of gold ; if so, it is at your
tervice.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Liverpool, May lath, 1853. ALIQUIS.

"Calcutta, April 7th, 1853.
bIl"I have a letter from --- to-day. He had only been at
elbourne some eight or nine (lays, so could not say much
about business, having been fully occupied fixing his quarters,
arranging for landing cargo, &c. Of one thing he can write
positively, namely, that the scarcest article in the market is
retntnon civility. He has part of a small wooden box, called a
cottage, rent £.160 per annum ; an office, (about the size of
Your private one,) rent £156; furniture for the same,—one
3rnall table, worth here £l. Ss., cost 10s. ; two chairs,
Worth about 8 annas each, cost £l. Is. He fully confirms the
state of society, and thus sums up :—' In one word, (or as
Many as it takes to express it,) the people here are stark star-
-11! mad. Servants are masters,
and masters servants. Every
thin, in the shape of the necessaries of life are extravagantly
dear, and thousands of respectable families are suffering all
sorts of privations, living in tents in Canvastown, (as it is
called,) which is computed to contain 00,000 souls. God only
knows what will result from all this thirsting after gold.' "

CHARGES AGAINST THE HEAD-CONSTABLE.
To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
en.
.
read in your paper of the 10th instant an article
titled "Charges against the Head-Constable," in which you
endeavour to weaken Counsellor Bigham's statementsre
As Ispect-
nig Captain Greig's unjust treatment of a police-officer.
ant the Persecuted party, and your remarks are calculated to
vindicate the Head. Constable's conduct and condemn mine, I
ask s you, as a matter of justice, to give publicity to the following
.acts:
On the 11th February, I found an inspector intoxicated. Suti
Perintendent Ride, having just passed, met this inspector an
BlDnke with him, after which the inspector came to me and told
right• Understanding from this that Superintendent Ride did
intend to report him, but that lie would use that partiality
by which myself and other officers had frequently been
i fr-"Yed, I determined to report Superintendent Ride for
ciss neglect of duty and partiality, and Inspector White for
tiznhg drunk on duty. Under the impression that Councillor
t
nf-am was one of the Watch Committee, I reported tile case
t,„na"i,in'i, and consequently the Watch Committee met and spent
my ch ili examining the evidence brought forward to sustain
0- ares, which resulted in the dismissal of the inspector.
th_ri this occasion I was censured for not bringing these charges
crreoiff Navin agli the Head-Constable. My answer was, that Captain
g>Zevance-ee gtom
us in the station-house that all charges and
divi_s were to he brought by police-officers through theirn
which my daillvPiseiroinntendents, and my complaint being one i
It Unreasonable and useless to put into hishad
al superintendent was involved,alcchoanrsgiedeprreed.
ferre
d against himself, knowing well what the result would be.
thNow' supposing that I am blameable for not bringing
ese charges thro'ugh a certain channel, nevertheless I did not
bear f 1
a'se Witness against my neighbour, but produced evi-
,`"re sUfficient to condemn both the superindent and the in-
and I wish to ask, why Superintendent Ride
endea-
red to screen this man? Kindness and indulgence is not
Ishhoew;2ntilby Mr. Ride to the officers generally; for instance, on
itep ; Of August, when the Orangemen were prevented walk-
t,(2:l;:ln'crPofrtn,:e, slavihonea,tfosuhreoallf,icers and myself were sent on duty
Scotland Road. One of these four,
Robe Carson, No. 32, having been on duty for seven hours
with
out food, became quite exhausted, and said, " I'll venture
to get a glass of ale:„ he went into the Wheat Sheaf, and was
getting the ale when Superintendent Ride came up ; and seeing
, took him by the collar and pulled him into the street,
tiling him, in a violent passion, that he would have him dis-
issed the force on the following day, which was done accord-
ingly. Whereas, at this very time, an inspector named
HaYden stood before Mr. Ride giving unquestionable evidence
that he was drunk and unfit to discharge his duty; but Mr.
Ride did not report his conduct, though lie did not spare
Robert Carson, a sober and worthy man, who had served for
thirteen years and sustained a good character. I called the
attention of the Watch Committee to this fact, accusing Super-
intendent Ride of partiality and unjust treatment ; but though
these facts are undeniable, yet no punishment was inflicted on
`4r. Ride; but Mr. Tobin, :while he accused me of great
exaggeration, asserted that no blame whatever attached to the
snPerintendent. I appeal to the public whether this superin-
en:lent is justified in accusing one man for taking a glass of
and excusing another for being intoxicated? Inspectors
hue and Hayden might get drunk, and Superintendent Ride
would not report them. Certain officers may run riot, and he
'di connive at their faults ; but upon others he will fall fur--
°II3IY, like a bird of prey, seeking their destruction.
wit is for exposing such conduct that lam persecuted ; and such
orsci,.tll,e storm that gathered around, that I could not remain
,„.,,Y; but for the last week of my month's notice of resig-
-1.'"oll I was ill, having been hunted by my superior officer;
Having left the force,
alke a Partridges on the mountains.
Mied to Captain Greig for a character, who replied—" I will
;'ve You one from the conduct-book ;" that is, he would giveh
this a matter of fact, and not as a matter of opinion. 'Writ.
"la reply I
no pained was satisfied; but when I received the character it
nothi an entry of all the book contains.against me, but
ther,,n! my favour. I shewed it to my friends, and all of
ocloressed 'surprise and dissatisfaction, and one gentle-
it. ri
HQ determined to remonstratewith Captain Greig concerning
called Captain Greig's attention to his statement,
trl asserts that the following are the only entries concerning
iZtilno. the conduct-book : namely—an. 15, MO : cautioned for
C tard gssll'ing. Dec. 18, 1831 :not laying an information.
_Yap ain Greig refused to answer any questions, and informed
r'ntrllfriend that his conduct was before the public. Now this
is ~,ark, written by the head constable on my first character,
tile"ogether untrue ; for instead of the above entries being
havecin.Y Ones contained in the conduct book concerning me, I
Ore. In rnY Possession another character, endorsed by Captain
last Thursday, no doubt in consequence of Councillor
entriinquiries. In this character there are above twelve
that ,:-ta mY favour. Well might Councillor Picton observe,
en)bCaPtain Greig was allowed to give me a character, which
faareecl everything in the books against me, but nothing in
Rener °llr, that if the rewards given to me over and above my
rnatical Conduct as an officer were kept back, while the slightest
rrly c: Of disapproval of my conduct are given against me,
qre.,:aracter would entirely fail. This is just what Captain
I'a°inggn
; he suppressed all the entries in my favour, and
eetnrtieesred the two against me, he wrote that these were the
•, Now, Mr-. Editor, looking at these facts, can
triiiin„Huleate the conduct of Captain Greig? It is no
.light or
If thing to give a false character to a deserving officer.
\vittull Greig made a mistake, and did not do this
Char and maliciously, why did he refuse to alter the first
that after
.When requested in a respectful manner to do so, and
Drocur time when such a character. as I deserve might have
Chare'L for me an excellent situation?
.AgGairne,i,ifsothreeatdrilslt,
eada4rater Was a just one, how could
.Captain
cottr_ a.second differing so materially. from the first, and
tin ;dieting his own statement? It is evident that Councillors
th'', 441 and Picton were the cause of this strange conduct, and
only for their interference, I might have been ruined in
ts,_srtelmtation by the prejudice and obstinacy Of the Head-
e%6Tlettile. It is also worthy of notice, as proving the iMPla-
rti::_,4,toestility of Captain Greig against me, that even the last
::31a,:t11:atihunilltgh it contains many entries in my favour, is by
character, Captain Greig having still omitted
book in inl,l''faclat_tiirriportant entries recorded in the conduct-
by comparinave've • I challenge examination to be made, when,
it will be seen hown this last character with the conduct-book,
the ,
Watch Committee and 'au-Constable is tampering with the
trUth and justice.—I a witl2 my reputation, to say nothing of
6, J!ir, Yours,Sc.,
&c
HN.
,anderson-sfreet
CONNOLLEI, late P.C. 460.
,nverton, Afay 13, 1553.
`-1-TES AND WALES.
era ANn HOLY
'eek ended May 8, 1853
REA; RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
st 2'0'A,503 159. ~. :—Railway: Passengers, parcels,
\Qv'
01°3. Sinie corresponding red with • Total, SR
p;o:indsg, £1,095 2s. Od. Steamboa s
--,886 is. Ild. Increase as corn-
week last year, £759 Os. Gd.
MEN'sCHURCH ASSOCIATION.—ApubIic
Ibtle co.a"ngelentiaLd of:i.he Working Men's Church Association,
leld on.'",,%th St. John's district .Birlfenliead, will
their'ehaußlarie:
_next, in St. John's Sc.hool-reeT,
and the Rev. Itev. C. J. Hamilton will ta.ke the ilaissociatioen. Dr. Baylee will explain the objects of
1:)a
Tllut HEAD CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE.•—
brook.„_.aY, at the large room of the institute, in
i?"„sreet, a lecturelndia "f was delivered by the
a...tsrercival, late missionary, rom India. On Ffi-
't lectritev. Dr. Baylee delivered the fifth of his series
.1, es on the Philosophy of the Bible.
BIRRENTIEAD COMMISSION .ERS.—The adjourned
ttobencßia'tfirt.his.body was -held on' Tuesday, Mr. Greene
. Car. , revocation was made of the licences' of
,`."3 °t car oelonging to John Burke, in consequence of
read I,"oPer conduct.—The township accounts were next
1,1 .9 the clerk of the committees. The total income
stlPeriditure for the year ending April 28, was
bank 8` 19s. 3d., including a balance of X-1,318 in the
Ilatt.:-.llr. Bailiff then stated that, after considering the
and e the resolution respecting the township rates,
eterLi?lng that it would be illegal, he had come to the
!he ~,,,',ll"iation of abandoning it.--A letter on behalf of
the of Mr. Forrest, who had placed the statuary
theta' Park, was read, requesting the trustees to purchase
the as she was not left well off.—A long conversation
0111 ti Place on the notice which had been served,
tt ' Mr. Laird from draining into the G.
'eated from the chairman's statementreat that the

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. - FEARFUL
STORM, AND GREAT DESTRUCTION

OF SHIPPING.

INDlA.—lntelligence has been received by overland
mail from Bombay to the 14th ultimo. The latest news
from Burmah extends to the 23rd March. A combined
attack was made for the third time on the stronghold of
the robber chief Myah Thoon, by 1500 troops under Sir
J. Cheape—the boats of the Queen's and Company's
men-of-war, under Captain Tarlton, and a body of Ka-
rians under Captain Fytche. The attack was made on
the 19th of March by Sir John Cheape's force, which had
to cut a road through a dense jungle in order to approach
the Burmese position, the outlets of which were guarded
by Captain Tarlton and Captain Fytche, to prevent the
enemy's escape. After four hours' hard fighting, and
after sustaining a loss of 102 rank and file killed and
wounded, (including 13 officers,) Sir J. Cheape succeeded
in carrying the enemy's position, and bayoneting its de-
fenders. Myah Thoon escaped for the time with 100 or
200 followers, but Captain Fytche and his Karians went
off immediately in pursuit, and were thought certain of
catching him. Great mortality, from cholera and dysen-
tery, had prevailed among both troops and camp followers
during the expedition. The camp followers had also
suffered much from smallpox.
Much uncertainty prevails regarding the actual state of
affairs at Ava. The late king's brother-in-law is now
believed to be fully established in power, but it is said that
he will not hear of any cession of territory ; that, true to
the traditional policy of the Burmese, he is endeavouring
to gain time ' at any expense of truth and promises ;' and
that, flushed with his recent success over his own sove-
reign, be manifests no anxiety regarding our threatened
advance on his capital. Mr. Luard, of the civil service,
had been suspended for having offered, if a public inquiry
were allowed him, to prove certain judges guilty of infa-
mous conduct in the discharge of their judicial functions.
A public investigation as to the truth of Mr. Luard's chal-
lenge was unanimously desired by the Indian press.
Great indignation prevailed throughout India in conse-
quence of the report that the Home Government intended
to renew the Indian charter for ten years, without waiting
for an inquiry.
The Madras shores have been visited by a storm, un-
usual in the time of its appearance, and terribly destruc-
tive in the nature of its ravages. The British ship
Devonshire succeeded in getting away, but shortly after-
wards ran ashore to the northward of the fort, and soon
after found fifteen inches in the well, and continued
making about one foot of water an hour ever since. The
sloop Muddut Mowlah, Bazerdeen Nacoda, had made sail,
waso
was,tryi twoo
vgeert,
torui
et d toi sn
ve
aa
i. All
Thet h aoto sr er ae
omtan
droveshi p
caonudlddn.
her towards the shore with resistless force, and the crew,
finding that there was no help for it, turned the head of
the vessel to the sands, and let her drive bodily on to the
beach. She came onwards with incredible swiftness, but
had no sooner got within the line of surf, which extended
far out to sea, than she capsised on her beam-ends. Ano-
ther moment and she rose from the trough of waters, as
if trying to regain her natural position, when a sea struck
her amidships, and cut her completely in two, one half
drifting down towards the fort, and the other being as in-
stantly swallowed up on the spot. A few of the crew got
on shore, but the far greater number met a fate as in-
stantaneous as that of the vessel, which a few short
minutes had sufficed to destroy. The Aboukir, a barque
of 800 tons, Captain Carvell, parted her cable, and was
seen drifting towards the North Beach. She came foul
of the Serampore, Captain Hope Smith, a fine ship of
1030 tons, on her voyage out. The Serampore had up to
this moment rode in safety, but the shock of the
collision was so. great, that she too dragged her anchors
and came in, but she had hardly got within the surf when
she filled and went down in a moment. The catastrophe
was so sudden that the people on board had no opportu-
nity to provide for their safety, and eighteen of the Euro.
pean crew went down with the vessel. After getting clear
of the Serampore the Aboukir continued her headlong
course, and was soon in the midst of the roaring whirl-
pool. The moment she touched the ground her decks
parted, and a couple of the crew fell into the gulf, when
the two parts of the ship came as instantaneously together,
and crushed the poor fellows completely flat. The crew
were paralysed with terror, and made but little effort to
save themselves ; but three reached the shore in safety.
The Lutchmi, a barque of 700 tons, Captain Le Bceuf,
was wrecked between six and seven o'clock, but her masts
remained standing, and the crew took refuge in the mizen
rigging. A hawser was conveyed to the vessel, and soon
after midnight one of the poor wretches, more venture-
some than the rest, crept along it and got safe to land.
He was directed to shout, that his voice might reassure
his shipmates, and a second essaying the same feat
with like results, blue lights were burned to show their
figures to the crew, who thereupon took heart of grace,
and were successively transferred from the ship to the
beach without loss. A Portuguese brig, the Senhora de
Monte, Capt. J. N. Fernandes, capsised while endeavour-
ing to get an offing, but 17 of the crew were saved.
Nothing could be more complete than the destruction
of the various wrecks, which were literally broken into
splinters. The shore was covered with fragments of spars,
beams, naval chests, drowned seamen, and the miscel-
laneous cargoes of the various ships, all of which were
nearly, if not quite full.
Information has been received from Cuddalore of the
gale that occurred along that part of the coast on the 27th
and 28th of March. As far as they are yet known, the
following are the details of the wrecks :
French ship Rama, of Nantes, about 500 tons burden,
unladen ; dismasted and cast on the beach about ten miles
south of Cuddalore—eight lives lost.
French ship La Semillante, of Nantes, laden with
rice ; cast on shore near the Rama, and broke up—two
lives lost.
British brig Buccaneer—native commander and crew
—cast high and dry near the above two ships ; no lives lost.
Ship Marius, of Pondicherry ; ship La Hercule, of Mar-
seilles ; brig La Hortense, of Bordeaux ; ship Florine, in
ballast ; and La Cleanthe—the whole of these vessels 'are
wrecked near Porto Novo, but particulars have not yet
been received.
Two other English brigs also appear to have been cast
on shore.

CHINA.—Our accounts from China extend to the 11th
of March. The insurgents were steadily advancing
towards Peking, and the Emperor has apparently no
troops capable of arresting their progress. Private letters
state that at Canton it was generally believed that
Nanking had fallen. The rumour was possibly premature,
but the place was known to be besieged, and there seems
little chance of even an effort being made to relieve it.
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Sir George Bonham,
left Hong Kong for Shanghai, on the 13th of March, in
her Majesty's steamer Hermes, then under orders
.to
proceed to the Straits, but detained for this special
service. It appears that application had been made by
the Viceroy of Soochau to the English Consul at Shanghai
to co-operate against the rebel force for the protection of
Nanking. The rapid advance of the rebels had spread
consternation and alarm through that capital and other
wealthy cities, and the Imperial officials seemed entirely
paralysed and powerless. Our latest advices, of the 20th,
from Shanghai, report the rebel force investing Nanking,
which it was expected would fall, and it is further stated
that delegates had been sent from Soochau to the rebel
leaders, offering a large sum to secure that wealthy city
from molestation and plunder.
At Shanghai there was a general panic ; bankers and
merchants' houses were shut up, and an entire stoppage
to trade. Money was so scarce that the duties of exports
had to be arranged by giving security in bills and other
property to the consul.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The latest accounts from
the frontier bring full details of the termination of hosti-
lities with the more powerful Gaika chief, Sandilli. Tn
the course of the negociations with Kreili, if the commu-
nications with that leader can be so called, two special
messengers from Sandilli himself waited on Colonel
Maclean, commissioner to British Caffraria, charged
with a petition from the rebel chief, praying for peace,
and desiring to know from the English commander to
what district he and his tribe should retire. The petition
contained an ackowledgment that "he had no more
strength to fight the English," that he had been driven
from his country, and that he had obeyed the Governor's
" word" by crossing the Kei,—in short, that he had
abandoned the struggle. In consequence of this intima-
tion General Cathcart sent Mr. Charles Brownlee to meet
Sandilli and the secondary chiefs of the Gaika tribe at a
place within the territory of Urnhala, a chief who has re-
mained at peace with us during the whole of the hostili-
ties. On Mr. Brownlee's arrival Sandilli was sent for,
and appeared before the Governor's envoy on the morn:
ing of Sunday, the 27th of February. The draught of
the conditions General Cathcart was ready to grant was
then read TO Sandilli and the rest of the chiefs, and finally
agreed to.—The steamers Queen of the South, Har-
binger, and Adelaide, had arrived at the Cape.

Tuesday, May 10, 1853.

William Alfred Sparrow, Liverpool, metal broker, May 23,
June 13, at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of Bank-
ruptcy : solicitor, Mr. Tyndall, Liverpool ; official assignee,
Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
Joshua Taylor, Manchester, power-loom manufacturer, May
23, June 13, at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District Court of
Bankruptcy; solicitor, Mr. Heath, Manchester; official as-
signee, Mr. Pott, Manchester.
Richard Penistan, Staverton-row, Walworth, draper.
Edward Theohald Blakely, Norwich, shawl manufacturer.
Thomas Matthew Bowden, Old Brenford, basket maker.
'William Colman, Chesterford, horse dealer.
Isaac Barnett, late of Glocester-terrace, Hoxton Old Town,
watch maker. _ _

George Hunter, Leeds, manufacturing chymist.
Benjamin Lamplough, Doncaster, woollendraper.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—W. F. Ellis and J. Clare,
Liverpool, joiners—Garratt and Utley, Maley, Cheshire,
brewers—W. and W. Duckworth, Liverpool, architects—R.
Lewis and J. Dickin, Chester, timber merchants, and Lewis
and Dickin, Wrexham, brewers—J. Clegg and Co., Crompton,
Lancashire, coal proprietors—Glasgow and Liverpool shipping
Company, Glasgow and Liverpool.
DIVIDEND.—June 3, G. Townson, Whalley, Lancashire,
plumber.
• —I
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. —I. Orrell, Radcliffe, Lancashire,
cotton manufacturer—first div. of 38. 10d.—A. Chadwick, Roch-
dale, and Fair View, cotton spinner—second div. of 7 1-16d.,
on any Tuesday, at Mr. Lee's, Manchester.
CERTIFICATES.—June 2, W. Royston, Manchester, builder
—June 3, N. Crook, Preston, tailor.