The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

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A LARG

E BOILER at the cotton mill of Messrs. John
Harrison and Co., Regent-road, Salford, burst on Thurs-
day at noon, whilst the workpeople were at dinner. A
warehouseman, named Reuben Williamson, was killed
on the spot. Two children were also injured.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, three-deck screw steamer,
131 guns, sailed from Spithead to Portsmouth, on Tues-
day, as a OW trip, with the most satisfactory results.
Her engines are of 780 horse power, and her speed
averaged 10.103 knots an hour. The engines were made
by Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended April 10, 1853 :—Railw ay : Passengers, parcels,
&c., £2,031 14s. Bd. ; goods, £928 14s. 2d. Steamboats :
£242 3s. Bd. Total, £2,273 18s. 4d. Increase as compared
with the corresponding week last year, £615 14s. 11d.

A LUDICROUS JUVENILE STRIKE occurred at Birken-
head yesterday week, when fifty boys employed in Mr.
Laird's yard left a hundred men idle. A night's reflec-
tion, however, cooled the ardour of their aspirations for
increased wages, and so next morning they thought well
to return to their work at the accustomed hour.

COAL TRADE IN SOUTH WALES.—The coal trade of
South Wales at this juncture is very prosperous, both as
regards the demand and the rate of prices. Both at Car-
diff and Newport the prices have considerably advanced.
In some of the inland towns the price of coal has reached
a sum which has not been realised for a period of 25 years.

AT THE MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COS3MIS-
SIONERS, on Tuesday last, Mr. Thompson said he was
astonished that the Dock Committee had repudiated an
amalgamation with the Liverpool docks. " The docks of
Birkenhead," he said, " were laid out for the reception of
the traffic in the salt, iron, and coal trades, whilst Liver-
pool was better adapted for other commercial wares."

AT THE ADJOURNED VESTRY AT BIRKENHEAD, on
Wednesday, there were eight candidates proposed for the
office of assistant-overseer.—Mr. Craven, as an amend-
ment to the proceedings, moved that Mr. M'lsTarney,
relieving officer, be allowed £35 a year in addition to his
present salary.—A show of hands was taken, and the ma-
jority appearing in favour of Mr. M`Narney, a poll was
demanded by the friends of the other candidates.
THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE REGIMENT OF MILITIA has
been ordered to become a rifle corps. The Carnarvon-
shire militia is also a rifle body. In many of the subdi-
visions of Denbighshire, the requisite men have come for-
ward. It is said that the required number of volunteers
for the county of Cardigan will not be forthcoming by
voluntary enrolment, and in consequence recourse must
be had to the ballot. The number requisite for the town
of Aberystwyth has been obtained.

THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—An adjourned meeting of
the Commissioners was held on Tuesday evening, chiefly
to take into consideration the Birkenhead Trustees' Bill.
Mr. breen, the chairman, said a bill had been introduced
whereby it was proposed that the commissioners should
wered to take tolls on the use of their railways.
n had been resolved upon by the Parliamentary
ee against this proposition. The motion that the
e adopted and signed was carried.

iURDER. CASES.—Of the ten prisoners charged with
rder at the Chester assizes, two have been condemned,
and five acquitted; and in the case of the other three, the
grand jury ignored the bill for murder, (the death having
ed from a prize-fight), but found one for man-
ter, on which latter charge they were tried and
ed.—Honor Gibbons and Bridget Gerrartty, found
of poisoning the infant child of the former with
vitriol, will be executed on Monday next. They received
the notice of their doom without any alteration of
demeanour. Both the women are natives of Westport,
in the county of Mayo, Ireland.

POLICE AND THE KNlFE.—Henry Carr and
Robert Reay, two of the Holt-hill police, were charged
t the County Court, Birkenhead, on Friday, at the
nce of a labourer, named William Speed, with false
imprisonment and assault, for which he claimed £5 ss.
as damages. At night on the 18th of March, a row took
place between Tranmere and Birkenhead among the par-
ties. Speed hailed the policeman by saying, " Carr, why
did you insult my wife ?" Ho denied it ; when Speed
retorted, " You did ; don't do it any more, you d—d
Irish imposter," along with some other very abusive
language ; whereon Carr ultimately rushed at him, jogged
his stick into his face, knocked him down, and both set at
him with great savageness. Speed, on getting up, went
away, raying he would report them. Carr cried out,
" Don't let him go ; he's going to report us ; let's lock
the d—l up." They again abused him, so that even their
companion (Collins) threatened to report, if they did not
desist. One cried out to Collins, " Take that knife from
him ; he's about to stab ;" but Collins saw no knife.
They took Speed to the police-office, on a charge of
assault and drunkenness ; and, when brought up before
the magistrates on Monday, the case was dismissed.—The
Judge cautioned the police, but severely denounced the
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°Towing tendency to using the knife, and gave a verdict
for .42 2s.