The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-21 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

pITuE REV. CHARLES BISSET, of 'Mph°Band, has been
.esented with a handsome set of robes, as a testimonial
resPect and friendship.
alone
Toxrztli-panx.-At a meeting of the paving commis-
rs, on Tuesday, a paving rate of one shillind.g in the
Pound was,
ex• OIKAIISSIO-NS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT 0F
1•44, ce.sirißE.-2nd regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's
k..twn Militia, to be lieutenants, Ensign F. C. Ward, En-
T. Preston, Ensign T. Pilkington, Ensign H. M.
• jitma; T. Gardner, late lieutenant 4th regiment ; and L.
gentleman. '
UPPERCeIItI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.-A mastership has re-
,utrtY been established in this school for the teaching of
troy history in its connexion with commerce. The
jtg,,'er appointed is Mr. T. C. Archer, of her Majesty's
Palace well known as the Liverpool agent of the Crystal
1;1" CoMpany.
, 'RE ENSUING ASSIZE.-There is, we understand, a case
about to come on at the ensuing Liverpool assize likely to
pfneu'le some local excitement and interest. The parties
„4eerr,ed are the principals of a foreign house and the
`Presentative of an extensive oil establishment in this
- wit The action is one of libel, for defamation of cha-
,,,eacter and,
..._,
uanaaOwing to the strong nature of the calumnies,
amounts are, it is said, to be laid at no inconsiderable
T•-Liverpool Times.
trvif' G4S-ICO TRADE.-Mr. Horsfall, M.P., had an in-
thole no-vra,rdonofTuesday, with the Right lion. E. Cardwell, at
Trade, to present a memorial in favour off
thr°e kug Chambers
the trade in guano, from the presidents o
amzanabers of Commerce of Liverpool, Edinburgh, Sun-
-2,31174,„.., Belfast, Cork, Southampton, Neweastle-upT-
thab_• , Worcester Plymouth, and 'Dundee ; from toc
-1'440f tl 'el the the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, and
`44lPany of Merchants of the city of Edinburgh.
4Poon CHESS CLUB.-The members of this club
Botel.geir annual dinner on Wednesday, at the Adelphi
the d„„The chair was occupied by Mr. M'Connell, and
Bchei'''',les of vice-chairman were discharged by
.Mr.
and -elci• The evening was spent in a most harmonious
for,tis4elal manner, the flourishing condition of the club
The ~,!??, a satisfactory theme of mutual congratulation.
(asteLia,uffs and wines were supplied in the usual style of
estai,l',' Plenty and excellence for which Mr. Radley's
),shment is so favourably known.
thipi-`Ol BOILED TO DEATH.-Andrew Lyons, aged. 20,
,Illit.c,Yed at the sugar-boiling establishment of Mr. Pierce,
kea 4id-street, was crossing, on Thursday week,. by
sii °I a plank, one of the sugar-vats, when his foot
a•4l, and he fell headlong into the boiling mass. He
that
41.teil out as soon as possible, and removed to othe
he expire Hospital, but he was so dreadfully burn
ilie,,TP2red on Wednesday morning, at one o'clock. An
they wl-ei held before Mr. Curry, and the jury, though
ingiTtuld a verdict of accidental death, made a prese.nt-
the in strong terms upon the unsafe mode of crossing
vat
Su: oil narrow planks. *
APW'nE3I IN THE ISLE OF MAN.-The case of Thos.
arehl..4l e• Daniel Christian was an action for slanderous
• sPol-en blthe defendant to laintiff. The trialledthe court and jury fromtheWednesday afternoon
(hi a* eleven o'clock on Saturday evening, and was
joe °I the longest ever held in a common law court in the
fenede°„f4.Man. The slanderous words imputed to the de-
); u• ere-" Your father was a d-- rogue, and ad-
•st t --" ; and you are a d- scoundrel and a d- robber."
sbsehe close of the case the jury retired, and, after an
a vend e
;:e of about twenty minutes, returned into court with
nia--"t to in these words :-" We dismiss this cause, each
L pay his own expenses."
coet`eivE.,llPooL TOWN COUNCIL.-A special meeting of the
Dream.' was held on Wednesday ; his worship the Mayor
• The object of the meeting was to determine
neee'4llSeS 27, 2811 f
.84 31 of the Sanitary Bill,which load
841,1 referred back ife Health Committee for further con-
Do -1'4.-The Town-clerk stated that the first post-
withi clause was that relating to nuisances from smoke,
int,,,resPect to which the committee recommended the
nei',uction of the word " Waterworks," which had
.been
tha'.uentionally omitted, and the addition of a pyonsoh-
faidono information or proceeding for a penalty shall e
by the Prosecuted, except by some person duly authorized
4a„ Health Committee. He also explained, that in
Breolehester, although it could not be pretended that the
far twas entirely consumed, still the nuisance was so
tf. A'a,.‘ed that there was comparatively little to complain
1)114 Ir. Thomson expressed his conviction of the impossi-
clack
entirely consuming the smoke, so as to prevent
sach"lisc....s.sm...oke" from the bakehouses.
..He
_moved that
eapbrumings be not included in the bill.-Mr. Stewart
th,Zlied that it was not intended to enforce on any one
thel'emniffishment of impossibilities, but merely. required
was 4,4 Proprietor of any building included in its provisions
sotia7 make only such an amount of smoke as might rea-
Voltil,l,he expected to arise from a particular trade.-
dia.. this explanation the clause was allowed to pass nem.
ark; as, was also clause 28 (justices to have power to
elaese alteration of chimneys) without alteration. In
mitt 31 (regulating the width of carts, &c.) the com-
the ee recommended the insertion of words postponing
of tTeration of the clause for five years from the passing
'tow e act. In the course of a tedious discussion, the
in 4 4-clerk stated that the council had the power of frarn-
tbatambY4aw to prevent the practice of so loading lorries
Was bales overhang the vehicles; and such a by-law
kr..Ta°°,.,Ut to be framed.-Mr. Fernihough moved,
411 t of Gladstone, jun , seconded, that the clause be struck
r'iedb- the bill. a'show of hands the clause was car-
ried, Y MajOrity of 24 to 5. The. clause was then car-
' lieim with the addition of a proviso, suggested by Mr.
whie-ber, prohibiting the construction. of carts. and lorries
1,..§t-„would be liable to the same objections as those in
neafn,"ee• The Sanitary Bill was then referred to the
mmittee.-A comMunication to the 'Mayor,
uk-e; 4Y° the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks, the
pbell, Dr. Raffles, and several other influential
4•
4)* U-4, t'll'Avtu'ig the council to purchase, for the use of
the e' eunsiste, valuable collection of the late Mr. Thomas
tie„eulity ~41g of armorial bearings, &c., illustrative of
Lancaster in general, and Liverpool in par-
-"ke%wim referred to the Library and Museum Com-
' ter Which the meeting separated.
gace BnT 41,.."411 G D ANS -The weekly meeting took
h° ednrsdan.A.3lPir entJoseph Jef-
calf in
terie:tr ; Mesesrs.YAl sesG. Harrison, Mountfield,
A• .13-‘,7:,: Badnall, Kirkus, Wensley, Carter, Med-
,,--',lal3ls, Roberts, Lunt, M`Gee, Roskell, Horsfall,
hands „7„,,`" IL Birch. The balance in the treasurer's
-"wed ii,`" reported to be £1,373 19s. 9d. Mr. Kirkus
thikr 'flat David Parry and Hannah Parry, two orphan
lasses
belonging to Toxteth-park, be provided with
etceeles and outfit to Melurne Australia, at a cost not
ago'"‘", tl3, which washseconded by Mr. Carter, and
tech- ‘4,_ unanimously. The guardians present for Tox-
requi;rit signed their consent thereto, agreeably to the
tee. gaents of the statute 12 and 13 Victoria, c. 103,
rhigh-f. The report of the Visiting Committee was
e„--1,4P and confirmed. The master of the Workhouse
,44$ tli-u.„,.°rized. to plant fruit trees in the gronnll adjoin-_
Hospital, at a cost not exceeding £4. On
taeli'l.ugon of Mr. Kirkus, it was resolved that advertise-
far 0e inserted in the prs for tenders for an organ
advertise-
s°r Workhouse. Mr. Horsfall gave notice that he
he
j 4 move, at the next meeting, that the engineer at
IsPital be allowed rations, in addition to his salary.
sPeet.,e 'rag of the averages, forwarded by the poor-law in-
kat : (fir. Fenian), was produced and approved, by the
the the board being attached thereto. The duties of
4nd Z4stant to the matron of the hospital were defined,
• sLueseZ 'ea to by the board ; and Mr. Clayton was re-
to to
plans for additions to the Workhouse,
!)er a better classification of the inmates. The ntun-
Ra the „„"'e Workhouse was reported to be 710, against 720
Lt•rli`Z,,esPonding week of last year.
Z 454, ;„,14 GUARDIAN SOCIETY.-ANNITAL DINNER.
TZetY -7aY last, the thirty-first annual dinner of this
e7:hairuele-stre7 under
in the Masonic-hall, Queen's Hotel,
ft„' -uder the able presidency of Mr. D. Baugh,
Wil_ere Pert -'- of the society. The duties of vice-chairman
.1.,• kett eaefrPed by Mr. W. Macmillan. About 200 gel.l-
- kayo- 'awn to dinner, among whom was his Worship
• ;ere r.; Letters f apology for unavoidable absence
Ler the-;„ R n,
the secretary, from the members
"eeti 7"-utY and borough, and other gentlemen wh9 had
tow:mated to attend. The usual loyal and constitutional
tliesion,._,llaving been given from the chair and duly '
ooree-b., , the healths of the members for the county and
Tom we
In re drunk with all the honours, and much
answer to the toast of " The Mayor and
which h cal, his Worship the Mayor replied, in doing
ttionie,,,,e alluded in happy terms to the elegance and cora-
.7„ne,ss of the splendid saloon in which the meeting
week -11wled, and of which we gave a description last
Port He then alluded to the increasing traffic of the
Iseifitrd the means adopted, and about to be adopted, for
.410„,d thteillng its operations, including the new landing-stage
""ve "Pening up of leading thoroughfares. He next
,L*lnell'lsPirited and judicious statement of the reasons
'rate ••"ad induced him in his character of chief magis-
p
or th',, refuse co-operation in the subscription for behoof
ee- sufferers by the wreck of the Tayleur. In heading
florpountenancing any subscription list for a charitable
tlon t list
in his official capacity, it was only a fair preiTnlP-_
`le cZat he must have inquired fully into the merits of
saae.cre, and the countenance afforded to it by the chief
4,e4,3"7‘rate was held to be an endorsement of its genuine-
did „ the case of the Tayleur he hesitated, because he
ckc%-.,°!, know the particulars of how the calamity
t'er,p,-;'eu, Bald he knew not who might be legally or morally
tO toive4,sible. If he found anything like distress in the
• c4,;Le•!loped he should be found as ready as any of them
-`ritite. On the part of the Town Council,. the
the Lwas responded to by Messrs. Fleming and Avison.
ife„,.'ealths of Mr. Wright, clerk of the peace, and of Mr,
secretary to the society were also proposed and
Trade decd to, as were also the 'toasts of " The Town and
after
Which .f Liverpool," and " The Lancashire Witches ;
Inlich the meeting broke up.-The dinner, dessert,
kiand wridles, which were of excellent quality, were provided
4„„i43ffe. enr,l,,chod, of the Queen's Hotel, and were served in
"'mkt) "'tell called for the marked approbation of the
k
phnetx ASSIZES.-The following circular has
• e from the Prothonotary's office at Preston :-
re 17-4.•l'' assizes at Lancaster will commence on Friday,
ref
„4.'1.,..0f Feb ry and at Liverpool on Saturday, the
te,". March. The 'reeords in causes to be tried at Lan-
Fehl.„„_'' and at issue on or before Thursday the 2nd of
be , should be ordered forthwith; and in those to
the i`Zu at Liverpool,
last lard °f March, and
at issue on or before Friday,
•••••.y zor mak' ..should be
inordered on that day. The
for trial at the next
74,tzes at up issuestimees y
last%°4, Which
LaneasZiawillthbe on liLedn de, ,the Bth of Feb.must be ordered. The
rnakingyup isesureescoirn time for trial at the next
• 'au laverPool will be Thursday, the 9th of March,
before d'--o•Y the records must be 'ordered. Rule day
lar°,.,,the assizes, Thursda , the 26th of January. Rule
PnreZster the assizes. Th yda , the 23rd of March. In
ki„,2ilee of the rule of court he
March assizes, in ltfitended to be tried at Liverpool will be entered.
1842, the
4eCOlld following
order :-First list Salford hundred;
eatr t, West Derby hund.red, 'or elsewhere.. The
444 " cuises at
, day tuerni Lancaster will close at nine o'clock on
iiirt twelve l!g, the 18th of February, and at Liver;
Zarch e o clock at noon on Monday, the 20ttio!
I:iia•nfut• tritrie):?uses in the second list will not be called
.e
4704Cet3' e°llrtre Wednesday, the 22nd of March. Th
Nve..,
idor the county palatine will be held at St..
a thverPool, on Friday the 24th of March, at
bebustainkeeeasforenoon precisely. In case there 15‘
, the Preston and Manchester (opposed)
stillthe
is before the Liverpool cases. The bun.
the ruulle offices will be transacted At Preiton,
assiz,„,
ain usual. .

YOUNG Womart, for whom in this country there are
few means of employment, are now engaged in working
the electric telegraphs at the Liverpool, Manchester, and
London stations.
MONEY.—At the meeting of the dock committee, on
Thursday, £9,400 were offered on bonds, at four per cent.,
and there were renewals to the amount of £9,700, at the
same rate of interest.
A COURT was held on Thursday in the Sessions-house,
Chapel-street, to hear applications for the transfer and
removal of licenses. There were 38 applications for trans-
fers, and one for removal. The business was for the most
part of a routine character, and did not possess much
public interest.
MR. HORNER, the factory inspector, has forwarded to
each millowner in the Preston and other districts a notifi-
cation that, from the first of next June, every shaft, whe-
ther upright, oblique, or horizontal, however elevated, and
every wh-eel, drum, or pully, is to be effectually fenced, so
as to prevent the possibility of any accident.
BIIILGLARY.—About midnight, on Tuesday last, some
thieves effected an entrance into the house of Mr. Edward.
Elliston, Nelson-street, Great George-square. The bur-
glars obtained admittance by scaling a wall, then breaking
a pane of glass, and unfastening a window. Having
lighted the gas, the depredators ransacked all the drawers,
from which they stole about £2 in cash.
A SPECIAL ExaMINATION of the children of All Saints'
Schools, Great NeLson-street, by the Rev. John Wood-
house, curate, took place on Sunday week, when Mr. Coun-
cillor Woodruff distributed the prizes, and promised to
give the same sum for competition next year as during
the last three or four years. The examination showed
satisfactory progress on the part of the pupils.
A BUSINESS To-ult.—Among the passengers from Aus-
tralia by the Great Britain was Swinton Boult, Esq., se-
cretary to the Liverpool and London Insurance Company,
who has been absent on business of the company nearly
a year. During the time he has visited the chief cities of
the United States, and made trips to California and Aus-
tralia. He has returned in excellent health.
COUNTERFEIT COIN.—Six persons were, on Thursday,
brought before the magistrates at Birkenhead, charged
issuing •
with base silver in that township. The evidence
not being deemed sufficient for a conviction, they were all I
discharged. Two of them, females, were afterwards de-
tained, in consequence of a number of tumblers and other •
property, belonging to persons in Liverpool, having been
found in their possession.
LIVERPOOL LOIN COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting ,
was held on Thursday, in the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. Chas.
West in the chair. Mr. John Atherton, the secretary,
read the report, from which it appeared that the loans
advanced during the past half-year amounted to £14,620
9s. 10d., realising a nett profit of £694 7s. 11d., which
enabled the directors to declare a dividend of ten per cent.
per annum, and to appropriate a sum of £2Ol lls. 11d. to
the reserve fund, which now amounts to £lOOO. The
report of the directors was adopted, and a dividend of ten
per cent. per annum was declared.
WORKING MEN'S CHURCH ASSOCIATION.—On Thurs-
day a meeting was held in the Hunter-street school-room,
for the purpose of adopting measures to extend the ad-
vantages of the association to the district of St. Stephen's.
The meeting was addressed at considerable length by the
Rev. Dr. Baylee, who spoke of the advantages which the
association had already conferred upon the poor, and
urged those present to come forward and make weekly
payments towards the establishment of more extended
means of religious and secular instruction for the lower
classes of the population.
THE following anecdote will give a good idea of Chinese
ingenuity :—" One of my friends gave an order to a trades-
man to varnish a box, furnished with a Chubb's lock, of
which he had two keys, and one of these he sent with the
box-, retaining the other himself. When the box came back,
he found that the key would not turn the lock, though
the one he had given to the tradesman acted very well.
Thinking some trick had been played, he accused the man
of having changed- the lock ; and, after some evasion, he
acknowledged the fact, stating that, on examination, he
had found it such an excellent one, that he took it off and
kept it, making another exactly like it, with maker's name
and everything complete, except that .the original key
would not open it."—Elwes' Tour round the World.
THE CLIPPER-SHIP MARGARET DEANE,built for trade
between Liverpool and Brazil, by Messrs.-Rennie, John-
son, and Co , for Messrs. Deane, Yonle, and Co., sailed from
the Mersey, on her first voyage, on Thursday morning,
under the command of Captain Aitkin. She had a full
cargo, consisting of about 1,200 packages of fine goods,
valued at £40,000. The ship was in excellent trim, and
no expense was spared in fitting her out. She is not only
beautiful in outward appearance, but well-appointed, and
with excellent cabin accommodation. As the Margaret
Deane is the only real " clipper" sailing ship entirely
built and equipped here for some time, great interest is
felt in her success ; and we have reason to believe she will
maintain the high character of Liverpool-built ships.
THE Meiron's BANQUET.—On Thursday evening the
Mayor entertained at the Town-hall the medical officers
and gentlemen connected with the public charities of the
town. Among those present were the Venerable Arch-
deacon Brooks, the Rev. Mr. Steward, the Rev. Dr. Raf-
fles, Dr. Formby, Dr. Dickinson, Dr. Inman, Dr. Macrorie,
Mr. Thomas Blackburn, surgeon, Mr. Halton, surgeon,
Mr. Jones, surgeon, nearly all the honorary surgeons of
the Infirmary, hospitals, and dispensaries, and Mr. Fer-
guson, and Mr. W. H. Manifold, surgeons to the Lanca-
shire artillery and militia; Mr. James Holme, Mr. Heath,
Mr. C. Booth, Mr. Gibson, jun., Mr. Hutchinson, Mr.
Walter Macgregor, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Job, &c. The
Mayor, in a happy speech, proposed the honorary medical li
officers of the public charities ; and Dr. Formby, in return-
ing
thanks, observed that he had been forty years attached
to the public charities, but that this was the first occasion
the services of the profession had been ackowledged at the
Mayor's table. Mr. Blackburn had been fifty years in the
profession, and made the same remark. • At a subsequent
part of the evening, Mr. Walter Macgregor, Mr. Ander-
son, and Mr. James Holme remarked that the whole of the
charities of Liverpool were supported by 1,600 individuals,
a fact not creditable to the wealth and benevolence of the
town. Mr. Anderson stated, that, among the liberal sup-
porters of the charities were foreign merchants residing
here, and that he never applied to Greek or Russian
merchants without receiving a donation.
EXTENSIVEFIRE IN FREDERICK-STREET.—About mid-
night on Thursday, an extensive fire broke out in a marine
store in Frederick-street, Forrest-street, Park-lane. Mr.
Hewitt, with three reels of hose, and Mr. Superintendent
Barret)with an engine of the West of England fire brigade,
proceeded to the spot with all possible despatch ; but the
fire had made such rapid progress that it had extended
from the ground floor to the upper story of the building
before they arrived. The stock consisted chiefly of rags
and several tons of linseed bags, and it soon became
evident that all the efforts of the brigade could 'do but
little to avert its entire destruction. However, six
branches of hose were immediately brought to bear upon
the flames, and they continued in active operation for up-
wards of two hours, during the whole of which time the
fire brigade displayed their usual tact and ability. Con-
siderable difficulty was experienced in getting at the fire,
especially in the upper stories, the doors of which could
not be broken open for the want of long ladders, and as
the flames burst out from the top of the building, the in-
habitants of the houses in Forrest-street, the backs of
which abutted the burning warehouse, began to exhibit
symptoms of alarm respecting the safety of their property.
On the application of Capt. Weir, Mr. Lingford, of Pitt-
street, lent one of his long ladders. The brigades were
then enabled to break open the doors in the upper portion
of the building, and thus more effectually get at the
flames, which were spreading with great rapidity all over
the warehouse. The stock, the value of which was es-
timated at about £5OO, was destroyed, and considerable
damage was done to the building, the flooring throughout
the four stories being much burnt and a portion of the
roof forced off.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting took place on
Thursday ; Mr. Charles Turner presided. There were also
present Messrs. Barber, Brocklebank, Chaloner, Evans,
Gladstone, Gregson, Malcomson, Rankin, Robinson,
Rounthwaite, Smith, and Steele.—A tender by Messrs.
Halhead, Fletcher, and Co., for the supply of Baltic
timber, was accepted.—On the recommendation of the
marine sub-committee, the sum of 18d. per week per man
additional was granted to the crews of the light-ships and
the Liverpool tender, for subsistence during the present
high price of provisions.—The harbour-masters sub com-
mittee recommended that three wall cranes be provided at
the Prince's-dock to give facilities for the wrecked goods
traffic, at an estimated cost of £45.—A plan for extending
the sheds at the west end of the Waterloo and Victoria
docks was submitted and approved. The estimated cost
of the proposed extension was reported to be £1,926.—A
letter was read from Mr. Francis Robinson, suggesting
that as the sheds at the south side of the Clarence dock
were about to undergo repairs, it presented a favourable
opportunity for raising and extending them accross the
wall and would be a great convenience for general traffic,
and would afford facilities which at present did not exist
in the stowage. The communication was referred to the
harbour-masters committee.—A note from. Mr. George
Fitts was read, calling the attention of the dock committee
to the hide rope manufactured at his works, at the Dingle,
and which, he said, was as well adapted for out-door as it
was for in-door work. The chairman thought the letter
of Mr. Pitts had better be referred to the Albert dock
warehouse committee. Mr. Brocklebank stated that the
hide rope had received the attention of the committee,
and the opinion was, that for out-door work it would not
answer. The Chairman : Well, you can say you do not
alter your opinion. Mr. Brocklebank was understood to
remark that the rope was already under trial in the ware-
house department ; and it was then decided that informa-
tion to that effect should be given to Mr. Pitts. Mr.
Littledale mentioned the fact that hide ropes were used
for tiller ropes on board the Holyhead boats and other
vessels, and were found suitable in those cases for out-
door work.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.--At the weekly meeting, on
Thursday, Alderman Langsdale presided.—A deputation
from the Liverpool Typographical Society waited upon the
committee regarding the contracts for printing. Their
object was to induce the committee to give the contracts
to those who paid regular wages to the journeymen, and
not to those who did the work by apprentices and females.
The deputation represented 300 journeymen. A long
conversation took place. The committee said they were
bound to take the lowest tender, but they would see that
the work was properly done.—Mr. M`Gowan, the law-
clerk, read a-letter from Mr. Samuel Brebner, agent for
Mr. Cross, stating that he had received from Mr. Fresh
a notice to remove certain offensive matter from land be-
longing to Mr. Cross, and lying between Freemasons'-
row and Banastre-street. The letter stated that the land
in question was made a place of deposit for filth, not only
by the people of the neighbourhood, but by Mr. Pickering,
Mr. Rose, and others; and that Mr. Brebner had done all
he could to prevent a deposit of filth, not only by keeping
private watch, but by calling in the aid of the police. After
some conversation, Mr. Brebner was admitted to an inter-
view with the committee. A long discussion ensued, and
it was then decided that the law-clerk should communi-
cate to Mr. Brebner the decision of the committee.—The
medical officer reported, with reference to the application
of the Rev. H. Carpenter for the drainage of the Church
of England Schools, Cornwallis-street, that the infant
school being in a damp state, and the ashpits undrained,
a sewer carried from St. James's-street, along Upper
Frederick-street, as far as Back Nelson-street, would be
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HBALTIr or Tint Tows.—The medical officer reports
that the deaths registered in the borough, during the week
before last, were 225, being 16 more than in the previous
week, but not more than•the average of the same week in
former years, after correcting for the increase of popula-
tion. In the parish the deaths were 159, and in the out-
townships 66. Of the total deaths, 87 were from disease
of the lungs, including consumption, and 55 from diseases
of the zymotic class, including, from hooping cough, 17 ;.
typhus, 11; diarrhoea, ; measles, 4 ; scarlatina, 4.;
syphilis, 2; mumps, 1. The deaths of children were 149,
and of adults, 106.

HIBERNIAN SCHOOLS.—The forty-second annual meet-
ing was held on Thursday, Wm. Rathbone, Esq., in the
chair. The report referred' to the continued efficiency of
the institution, and the high estimation in which it is held
by the class for whose benefit it is specially intended, as
shown in the large number of children that are sent with-
out solicitation to the several schools. At the end of 1853
there was on the books a total of 496 children, namely :
Upper school, boys 126, girls 62, Total 178 ; middle, boys,
85, girls 68, total 143 ; infant, boys, 94, girls 81, total 175;
grand total, 496. Thanks were voted to S. R. Groves,
Esq., for his services as president, and J. P. G. Smith, Esq.,
was appointed president for the ensuing year.
NOVEL RESULT OF THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT--A
correspondent of the Lancaster Gazette, speaking of the
decrease of crime in that borough, says that it is attri-
butable to the ferocious and formidable appearance pre-
sented by some of the police force, who have adopted that
facial ornament, that hirsute appendage, the moustache,
and which has such an effect that the moment a police-
man is named, the evil doers skulk into their holes as if
they were dreading the fraternal hug of a Russian bear.

LIVERPOOL ROYAL LUNATIC ASYLUM--From the an-
nual report issued, it appears that, during the year 1853,
38 patients were admitted, of whom 15 have been dis-
charged cured, 3 were relieved, 2 died, and 18 remain in
the house, several of them in a state of convalescence. Of
the 58 patients in the institution at the commencement of
the year, 43 still remain, 6 have been discharged cured, 6
relieved, 1 not improved, and 2 have died. The report of
the commissioners in lunacy, after their annual visit, as to
the condition of the house, and the mode of treatment
adopted, was most satisfactory. It is stated that tea
patries, birthday fetes, walking excursions, and other
amusements, are increasingly common, and are found to
be productive of the best effects amongst the patients.
FAILURES.—The highly respectable firm of John Burd
and Sons, calico printers, have found it necessary to sus-
pend payment. The liabilities are about £30,000 in trade
debts, and something like an equal sum in legacies, left by
the late Mr. Burd to the members of his family. A meet-
ing of credi tors has been summoned, and we understand
that the only remaining principal entertains a sanguine
expectation that the state of his affairs will warrant the
carrying on of business. Two failures in the Manchester
and Glasgow trades in London are reported.—Manchester
Guardian.

LIVERPOOL AND LONDON INSURANCE COMPANY.--
The annual meeting was held on Thursday, at the com-
pany's offices, Castle-street, for the purpose of receiving a
report and statement of the affairs, and to elect directors
in place of those retiring. There was a large attendance
of shareholders. The chair was occupied by the chairman
of the board of directors, Mr. Thos. Brocklebank. The re-
port exhibited a most prosperous result of the operations
of the company during the past year. It recommended a
dividend of 10s. per share (less intone tax), and 5 per cent.
on the uncalled capital in the case of those shares on
which I'2 10s. have not been received. The report and
dividend were severally adopted; the retiring directors
were re-elected; and the usual 'routine motions duly
passed. Mr. Boult, the secretary, then gave some account
of his visit to the Australian colonies, to make the neces-
sary arangements consequent upon the assumption by this
company of the business lately carried on by the Austra-
lasian, Colonial, and General Life Assurance and Annuity
Company. Mr. Boult succeeded in forming an efficient
board at Sidney, consisting of six members, and Sir
Charles Nicholson, Speaker of the Legislative Council,
has been appointed Chairman.
PRESTON OPERATIVES.—MEETING IN LIVERPOOL.
On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the working-classes,
convened by the Trades' Guardian Society, was held at
the Concert-hall, for the purpose of hearing a statement
from a deputation of the Preston and Wigan " lock outs,"
as to the progress of the " ten per cent." movement of the
operatives in those towns. Mr. John Allen, president of
the Liverpool Trades' Guardian Association, was chair-
man; and the delegates were —Mr. George Cowell, Mr.
Richardson, and Mr. Huntington, from Preston, and Mr.
Seagreave, from Wigan.; The hall was only half filled, but
the proceedings were of a very energetic character. Mr.
Richardson made a few remarks on the state of affairs in
Preston, where, he said, the men were still willing to
meet the masters; but the latter had not acceded to the
proposition of the former. In accordance with propositions
made by various speakers, resolutions were passed ; among
which were those, that subscription lists be placed at the
various trades' club-houses ; that the Trades' Guardian
Association meet every Thursday evening to receive and
transmit money for the relief of the " lock outs."

THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--The
half-yearly-meeting takes place to-morrow, and we under-
stand that the following remarks will appear in the report
of the auditors :--In presenting the half-yearly accounts,
the auditors regret to have to report that, in consequence
of discoveries made in January, Mr. Goalen, the principal
officer in the audit department, has been arrested, and
stands remanded, on the charge of fraud, and interception
of moneys, the property of the company, to a considerable
amount. Pending the result of the legal proceedings in-
stituted against him, the auditors deem it proper to
confine themselves to stating that it appears from the
investigation made, that Mr. Goalen has, by collusion
with a cashier at Liverpool, and by other means, succeeded
in appropriating to his own purposes, funds to the amount
of about £8,500. Against this sum £6,500 has been
deducted from the traffic of the half-year ending 31st
December, leaving about £2,000 as a liability against the
current revenue. Subject to the foregoing, the auditors
have pleasure in testifying to the accuracy of the accounts,
as presented ; and having made their accustomed visits
to the principal manufacturing establishments and depots
for stores of the company at Crewe, Wolverton, Longsight,
Birmingham, Euston, and Manchester, they are satisfied,
from the result of their inquiries, that an adequate pro-
vision is made, out of the revenue, for the maintenance of
the rolling stock.
DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting
was held on Wednesday, at the Savings'-bank, Bold-street,
the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks in the chair. The chairman
said that the progress made during the year had been
satisfactory. The subscriptions had rather fallen off, but
he hoped this arose only from some temporary cause. They
had tried the institution long enough to be convinced of
its great usefulness in inducing habits of care, thrift, and
self-respect I mong ,t the class for whose benefit it was espe-
cially designed. the society, indeed, had been exceedingly
useful to the town at large. A number of accounts had
been transferred from the different districts to the Savings'-
bank ; and many of those who began by putting by 6d.
or a-week were now in an independent position by
their tiWn savings. Though the last year had been a
favourable one with regard to the condition of the work-
ing classes,—employment generally having been abundant,
—the month of January last had been a very heavy one,
in consequence of the severe frost and the consequent de-
' crease of work. The January account, however, would
not come into the present report. From the report it ap-
peared that the annual subscriptions amounted to more
than £735 3s. There were, however, donations to the
amount of £285 ls., and a legacy of £25. The balance
in the treasurer's hands on the 31st December last was
£3B ls. 9d. The number of applicants relieved during
the year has been 2899, at an expenditure of £254 ss. 7d.
Of this number 1612 are noted in the books as English-
men ; 1169 Irish ; 29 Scotch ; 78 Welsh ; and 13 country
unknown. • The greatest number of depositors in any
month has been 3694, exceeding that of the previous year
by 243. The total amount of deposits received during the
year has been £11,710 ls. 10Id., that during 1852 having
been only £10,667 19s. 91(1.; your committee have, there-
fore, to congratulate the society upon an increase of no
less than £1,642 2s. Id. to this most important fund.
The total amount of deposits returned has been £11,831
3s. Bd. In 1852 it was £9,635 6s. Thcl. There has been
accordingly an excess this year of £2,195 175., which is
more than proportionate to the increase of deposits. Seve-
ral gentlemen addressed the meeting, after which the
usual resolutions were passed.

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.—This splendid
steam-ship completed her second voyage to the antipodes
and back on Tuesday last, arriving in the Mersey shortly
after ten o'clock that morning, exactly six months and
three days all but five hours, after her departure from
Liverpool; in that comparatively brief period completing
a voyage round the world. She made the passage from
Melbourne, via Cape Horn, in 71 days, having left Sydney
on the 19th of November, and Melbourne on the 4th of
December. She sailed with 210 passengers, two of whom,
Mr. Currie, through his own imprudence, and Mrs. Parker,
died on the way, the latter of consumption. The Great
Britain brought 171,425 ounces of gold on freight, valued
in round numbers at about £700,000 ; besides which a
considerable quantity of gold was in the hands of the pas-
sengers. She brought also a valuable cargo of wool, and
the first shipment of cotton from Sydney to this port.
Her mails were likewise very heavy. Both at Melbourne
and on arriving back in England, Captain Mathews and
his officers received most flattering testimonials of respect.
At a complimentary dinner at Melbourne Captain
Mathews was presented with a superb piece of plate,
weighing 77 ounces, accompanied with a suitable address.
Similar addresses were also presented to him and the chief
officer of the vessel, Mr. Grey, by the passengers on the
homeward voyage, the latter also . receiving a substantial
present, in the shape of a purse- containing fifty sovereigns.
The Great Britain touched at the Falkland Islands to coal.
She reached Stanley Harbour on the morning of the 31st
of December. New Year's Day was spent there, and in
fact she did not get away till the night of the 3rd of Janu-
ary, a detention of four days for coaling. The success of
the Great Britain, therefore, on this route, is now un-
doubted; and we learn that she is to be permanently em-
ployed in the Australian trade. Rumour, indeed, asserts
that a joint-stock company has obtained a charter from
government, and that the Great Britain is to be only one
of a magnificent line of screw-steamers to ply between
this port and Australia. Her present owners, Messrs.
Gibbs, Bright, and Co., are to be the principal shareholders
and chief managers ; the enterprise could not be placed in
better hands. The success of the scheme cannot be
doubted, and the only wonder is that such a company has
not been formed before. The capabilities of well-appointed
screw-steamers for performing the service have been proved
by the Great Britain. Her first voyage out and home oc-
cupied precisely thirty-two weeks. While she was in port
last summer material alterations were made in her style
of rig, to develope her well-known sailing qualities, and
she was fitted with a Griffith's patent screw-propeller.
The result is that her second voyage out and home occupied
only twenty-six weeks and five days, while a saying of
several hundreds of tons of coal was effected. This ex-
cellent voyage was accomplished, too, in the face of great
difficulties, for during her late passage she had more than
an average of contrary winds. The vessel, both in hull
and machinery, is in the best possible condition too, and
will be immediately ready for sea again. Her engines
have performed their work, since they were put on board,
in a manner which reflects tke highest credit on 'Messrs'
Penn and Son, of London, their makers ; and, judging by
her performances, the Great Britain is catoullited to sus-
tain and advance the reputation of the Liverpool sea-going
steamers.