The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE

Since the awful calamity which destroyed the sugar
works of Messrs. Brancker, in Harrington-street, Li-
verpool has not been visited by a fire so alarming in its
nature, and so destiuctive in its effects, as that which oc-
curred on Thursday night last, and which has resulted in
the total destruction of the works of Messrs. Macfie and
Sons, sugar refiners. The building, which is now a
blackened mass of ruined walls, is situated in Bachelor-

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street, Dale-street, and runs from Bachelor•street to
Orange-street, bounded at the south end by Hale-street.
With the exception of one sugar-house in London,
which is entirely fire-proof, this was considered the safest
in the kingdom. It was well and substantially built.
and with machinery, cost the enormous sum of £40,000.

ment, or in the flush of triumph, for a moment forgot
Ilim, in whom they felt were the issues of all : for the
knee was bent in prayerful thanksgiving to God, almost
before the grasp was relaxed that waved the victor sword.
And as it was abroad, so was it also at home; the bloom
of England's artillery was scarcely hushed upon the bloody
plain of Sobraon before the voice of England's thanksgiv-
ing was ascending from her thousand churches at home.
This, sir, is the true secret of a nation's abiding greatness,
—this is the " righteousness that exalteth a nation." In
this spirit have the proceedings of this day been conduct-
ed, so may they be continued, and may God, even cur
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Although not a minute was lost, and the engines were soon
got into play, such was the inflammable nature of the mate-
rials inside the sugar-house, well stored as it also wasb
necsbuelostsecrr'bpatisocnonntorwibnamteodunnnts-
with sugar and molasses, that the flames had considerably
progressed
ELSOI'OION,
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their spreading. In a very few minutes the roof d in,
and the flames, rapidly extending, forced their way own-
progressed before any attempt could be made to prevent
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wards of £3OO. The sum already raised, however, is only
nal-aarramefdronmerestiobrey
anticipatedptnonrsptoernyp,lewaitthtbeincreas
of the fire, and the consequent destruction of what frag- one-half of what is the minimum required to fulfil the
rnents of furniture they possessed, that they, shortly after t o aboutNrlLn
object of the fund.
the outbreak, began to throw their things into the street,
increasing
fury.
spreading
Nearly 420,000,000 bushels of Indian corn were grown
those on the west side passing them through the courts
in the United States during the last year; and, as but
and over the wall into Moorfields. As we have before
stated, the building and machinery cost £40,000. Taking
little of that grain is there used as human food, but mostly
for the feeding of cattle, it is quite obvious that, as an
its present value, however, at half that sum, and calcu- article of commerce, we can depend upon it to any required
lating the stock at £40,000, which we believe to be pretty
near the mark, it will require £60,000 to cover the entire extent.
loss, to say nothing of the destruction of the furniture of James Allen, a labourer, who had been confined eight
months in the Lewes House of Correction, and subjected
the poor people, and the loss to the workmen, (100 in
number,) who will unfortunately be thrown out of em-
to hard labour and solitary confinement, died, the other
day, the opinion of the coroner's jury being, " That the
ployment.
sentence being fully carried into effect, and the insuffici-
At an early period Lieut. Maxwell was at the scene of
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destruction, and under his directions, and those of Mr. envy of food, destroyed the constitution of deceased, in
Masterton, the confidential clerk of Messrs. Macfie, a consequence of which be died.
large number of hogsheads of sugar were saved, to the THE PEEL PARK WAS FORMALLY TRANSFERRED On
Saturday to the Salford corporation. The Mayor and the
value of £3,000. Police constable Hit re
here ten-
dered essential service. parks committee of the Manchester town council, with a
number of the corporation, met at the Town-hall and pro-
It is impossible to speak in too high terms of praise of ceeded to the park, where they met the Mayor, and nearly
the exertions of all the fire brigade; the good effects of a all the corporation of Salford. They, together, perambu-
more liberal payment to the men who work the pumps lated the grounds, and afterwards adjourned to the re-
were very perceptible. The West of England engine did freshment-rooms, where lunch awaited their presence.
excellent service, under the direction of Mr. Whitehouse,
Several speeches were made on the occasion, and the
the agent of the company, who, in the dress of one of greatest pleasure was expressed by all. The Salford po-
his firemen, displayed great judgment and zeal.
lice immediately took charge of the ground, and have con-
David Hodgson, Esquire, the mayor, was early at tinued their attendance ever since. Some of the rougher
the fire; and contributed much by his presence to keep visitors broke through the rules with respect to the gym-
order and regularity • and the arrangements of Mr. Dow- nasium on Sunday at this park, but we believe it will be
ling to prevent loss Of life in case of the fall of any portion
altered before another Sabbath comes. It is against the
of the building, were admirable. Mr. Macfie was also in ' provisions of the trust deed to allow the use of the gym-
attendance, and whilst the alarm was spreading that the
nasium on Sunda
walls were likely to fall, he expressed his belief, so sub- A COUNTRY y.
Mouss.—John Pile, a stalwart, but
stantially were they built, that they would stand. His
simple-looking provincial, was charged at the Lam-
expectations have been realised in the result. He dis- beth Police-court, on Wednesday, with tendering a
played praiseworthy consideration for the poor fellows .. Tunnel medal" for a sovereign to a cabman, who had
who were risking their lives in preserving property, and driven him fgom Rotherhithe to Brixton ; and, in his de-
urged the officers of police to be exceedingly cautious, and
fence, made the following statement, illustrative of "the
not needlessly throw themselves in the way of danger.
dangers of the town :"—He arrived from Wiltshire, in
side ex
Immediately surrounding
er the s
small houses ar-house, on f
a most every
search of work, on Sunday afternoon, with £7 in his
cept one, ofo
pocket, .£2 of which had been dissipated by Tuesday,
wretched description; and the fears of the inhabitants when he went to the Thames Tunnel, where he remained
created a most lively scene of terrible consternation. till all the boats were gone. He then took the cab to
Bedding and furniture were thrown into the streets to be Brixton-hill, and on putting his hand in his coat pocket,
conveyed away by shouting and bustling men, while the
found, to his great surprise, that he had only a few half-
poor women, with tears and cries, running about, some pence, instead of several shillings. He then applied to
of them quite frantic, in search of children or friends. his watch pocket, where he kept the gold which he had
The loss to these poor people, considering their circuni-
received in change for a £5 note in the morning, and ten-
stances, must be very great.
dered what he thought to be a sovereign. He had been
About twelve o'clock the fire seemed to be entirely con- drinking, and was quite unconscious of what had become
fined to the north-east corner of the building, where the
of his money. The charge was dismissed on the pri-
stoves for drying lump-sugar were situated, and all den- saner giving a respectable reference, with the understand-
ger of the walls falling was considered at an end.
ing that the fare and the cabman's time should be paid.
The walls presented a most fearful interesting sight.
GRAND ORDER OF MODERN DRUIDS.—The anniver-
Their immense height, now that they stand without in- sary of the Loyal Social Britons' Lodge, No. 163, Nant-
ternal support, appears to be much higher than the re- with District, took place on Monday, the 7th inst., at the
ality ; and an awful crack or two in a large and heavy house of host Astbury, Cbe,hire Cheese Inn, Nantvrich.
mass of brick-work at the north-east corner, threatens, About 70 members and their friends sat down to a surnptu-
should it fall, to shake down the whole fabric. ous dinner provided by the host in his usual splendid style.
We are glad to find that a large portion of the machi-
nery at the north-end was saved ; and that in addition On the cloth being drawn, P. A. Thos. Tate, of 260 Lodge,
the salvage will be considerable. Messrs. Macfie's loss Crewe, was called to the chair, when the usual loyal toasts
will be nearly covered by their insurances, and it is an were given and drunk with great applause. The health
exceedingly fortunate circumstance that a detached pot-
of the District Officers was then given by the Chairman in a
impressed upon tion of the works at the north end, which was totally un-
brief but forcible address, in which he
insured, escaped uninjured. The following is a correct the meeting the great obligation the district lay under to
list of the insurances, amounting in all to £44,200 :
them for their unwearied zeal in promoting the interests
Imperial ... £6,000 North British.... £3,0000f the order. The toast was responded to in an able
manner by the D.M., the D.D.M., and the D.C.S. In
Phoenix
West of England.. 5,000 Atlas .. 3,000
fled with the statement made by D.M. Peers,
. of the great
Leeds and Yorkshire 5,000 I Suffolk
Alliance .
tarn, but in other countries, it being worth
'y of notice,
Scottish Union .. 3,000 1 Yorkshire
that lodges in common with this order, have been opened
We regret to say that, on Friday morning, about six with great success, in the island of Barbadoes, sad other
o'clock, while the firemen were at work on the ground parts of the American continent. Several songs and reci-
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floor at the north end of the premises, the cisterns from
above suddenly fell, and two of the men were much hurt ;
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one was so much injured about the head that it was thought
THUNDERSTORM.—On Sunday
advisable to take him to the Northern Hospital, where,
however, hopes are now entertained of his recovery.
We must not omit to notice that among the many con-
trivances with which Messrs. Macfie's sugar-house was
Lytham, was set on fire. All the windows, more or less,
fitted for the extinguishing of fires and the safety of those
were broken, and one of the doorposts in the kitchen
employed therein, there was one of essential service, and
was, knocked down. The electric fluid also struck a ser-
which ought forthwith to be copied by the owners of all
warehouses, factories, or works. It consisted of an iron
ladder on the outside of the building, fastened to the
vent man, who had laid on the bed with the clothes on • it
bricks, from the topmost story to within the reach of an
injured his hip, and tore down one side of his trowsers.
ordinary ladder at the bottom. By this means the safety
of persons in the interior in case of fire is secured, and an The lightning also struck a girl, near five years old, who
easy means supplied to the firemen of taking the hose to was in bed ; scorched her hair on one side and on the
any particular part of the building otherwise unapproach-
back of it, and also severely burned one eye. A little
able.
further on, in the Heyhouses, at Mr. Nicholas Carmel's,
By a singular coincidence, the sugar house of Fairrie the electric fluid took out the kitchen window and split
and Co., Cartsdyke, Greenock, took fire on Thursday the wall, but here none of the family were injured. At
morning, at two o'clock, and the greater part was con-
Poulton and the neighbourhood the storm commenced
sumed. The damage is estimated at from £50.000 to
with tremendous fury about seven o'clock in the evening,
lightning was extremely vivid, the successive flashes of
£BO,OOO. The sugar-house was situated contiguous to se-
and continued until one the following morning. The
veral streets, and a building-yard, where two of the new.
Atlantic steam-ships are building. One life was lost. which completely illuminated the atmosphere to a very
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considerable distance from the eye of the beholder. At
South Shore, a horse belonging to Mr. John Rawcliff was
founding O F
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struck by the electric fluid, and killed. At Blackpool and
Fleetwood the sport was of a fearful character, but no
damage was done.
were ADVANCE s SCIENCE:—At t t
thatthe vmaes et t
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gn thei
fi
cßri-
tish Association, on Friday, Lord Palmerston, in the
course of' a speech, said,—" What would Warren Hast-
ings, and what would the great Clive have said, if, when
they
empire, which now owns its connexion and subjection to
English rule, they had been told that, in a few passing
years after they bad established that great dominion, an
invention would be made which should render it physi-
cally possible, if it were politically arranged, that a mi-
nister in the House of Commons, interrogated upon a
question connected with India, might say to his interro-
gating opponent, ' Have the goodness, Sir, to repeat your
question at the end of half-an•hour, and in the interval I
will obtain an answer from the Governor-General at Cal-
cutta?' (Laughter and cheers.) Yet that, I appre-
hend, is physically possible, by the late discoveries of
some of the distinguished men of science of our day.
(Cheers.) What would have been said by those men
who first began with rude instruments to examine the
resplendent heavens, if they had been told that a time
would come when a great astronomical instrument would
be constructed by which inank'nd should obtain a know-
ledge of the existence of celestial bodies, whose light, it
has been calculated by astronomers, could not reach the
small speck of earth which we inhabit, in which the in-
vestigator dwells, in a shorter period than 30,000,000 of

THE LAUNCH OF THE LOODIANAH

We were unable last week to give the excellent speech
of the Rev. T. Nolan, at the dejeuner given at the launch-
ing of the noble ship Loodianah on the previous day. We
now supply the deficiency. After acknowledging the
manner in which the toast, " The Bishop and Clergy,"
had been received, the reverend gentleman went on to
say :—I cannot say that my gratification is altogether un-
selfish, inasmuch as I deem it the highest earthly privi-
lege I enjoy to belong, even in the humblest rank, to such
a body as the clergy of Liverpool. And yet, sir, it is not
on my own account, nor even on account of the honoured
body with which my humble name is associated, 1 feel
such satisfaction. I think I see a principle involved in
the introduction of the clergy into the toasts prepared for
this happy and auspicious occasion. I interpret it to
mean a recognition of that Supreme Being, whose we are,
and whom we seek to serve, in the gospel of His dear
son ; and your cordial reception of it, I take as a willing
acknowledgment, on your part, of Him who bath said,
" In all thy ways acknowledge me, and I will direct thy
paths." And so, sir, do I rejoice, truly and cordially re-
joice, as I said in commencing, taking this as an omen of
soccess, imploring the blessing of heaven uroa this new
undertaking, ►his magnificent accession to the shipping of
our port, that we have just seen to glide off, in beauty and
in majesty, and now behold in the gracefulness of perfect
symmetry " shrined in her own grand element." What
a thrill of mighty association is awakened in the mind of
every one interested in, and deren lent upon, the success
of Liverpool, by such a scene and sight as this, —a ma-
jestic vessel just launched, " walking in the waters like a
thing of life," the emblem and instrument of commercial
enterprise ! Whether he recalls the lowly origin of com-
merce in the rude and unadventurous navigation of the
olden time, or traces its gradual progress in the discovery
of the magnet. and the subsequent developments of naval
skill ; or coming upo.a our own times, beholds the jarring
elements of nature, air, fire, and water, subordinated by
science, to the purposes of man ; and as he beholds them

DOMESTIC

pauses, as he ought, to meditate upon the greatness and
the goodness of God, whose simplest creations in the be-
ginning have afforded material all along for the most ab-
struse and extended discoveries of man. And if forming
his anticipations of the future, upon his memory of the
past, he soars upward still upon the eager wing of hope,
whither may not his expectations lead him, as to the dis-
coveries and advancements of the next and succeeding ge-
y nera•• I,eflections like ,t to my

_mons. Kt._ these, sir, are rough.
own mind by easy association with the toast I am in-
structed to submit to you before I sit down, and about
which I cannot forbear trespassing upon your kind indul-
gence for a concluding moment. The advantages of com-
merce need no lengthened advocacy in this room. It is
by the enterprising prudence of commerce, that the natu-
ral productions of one country are exchanged for the arti-
ficial creations of another, and this for the mutual benefit
of both. By the maintenance of mutually beneficial in-
tercourse between nations, as between individuals, kind-
lier feelinzs are generated, the elements of discord are

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WORKING OF THE CORN BILL.—We take the following
from a speech of Lord George Bentinck, delivered at a
protectionist dinner, on Wednesday last, to Mr. Newde-
gate, one of the members for North Warwickshire :
" Last year a feint was made, a cry of famine raised, in
consequence of the disease of the potatoe crop, which it
was falsely stated had failed. This year, unhappily, the
feint had become a reality. From John o'Groats to the
Land's End, from the Irish Sea to the Atlantic, the po-
tatoe crops now were lost—perhaps through the just judg-
ment of the Almighty on the ingratitude of our rulers for
the bountiful harvest of last year. Ten million worth of
food would, by this failure, be taken from the people, and
he need not tell them that the bean and pea crop had
failed. On the continent, too, the crops were deficient,
and America itself would be unable to supply the necessi-
ties of England and France. The price of wheat, then,
would necessarily rise next year, but free trade had no-
thing to do with that. If they wished to know the effect
of free trade they must compare the price of wheat in
March last with that in August, when the visitation of
Providence came upon us. The price of red wheat
of the year 1844, in March,.lB44, varied from 5i to
70 shillings a quarter. On the 10th of August the red
wheat of 1846, which could best compare with it, varied
from 445. to 48s. a quarter; and nothing had happened in
the interval, but that the new Corn Bill had passed, and
two million quarters of foreign corn had come into this
country. Could they possibly have a greater proof of
. •
lri gin in rodlnn;nr• tha

gradually submerged, the bands of society are drawn
closer together, and the pious wish of the poet approaches
a realization,

so, in order to make the comparison
with perfect fairness, take the wheat of 1845 at these F
nods; and they all knew that increase of
"That men to men the world all o'er I improve its quality. In March it was 5e1...., --
May brothers be for a'that." 60s. a quarter, and in August from 38s. to 46s.—and this
Nor is there a nation on the face of the earth that owes was wheat of the same harvest in the same market. This
more to the successful advance of commerce than Eng- was a natural consequence; the reduction of duty was
land. Truly, her merchants are princes, and her traffick- 16s. a quarter, and the reduction of price was 16s. a guar-
ers are amongst the honourable of the earth. 'Tis true ter also. The free traders might attempt to sneer at their
that through the goodness of God, England possesses the prophecies of reduction in price not being fulfilled, but
other indispensable elements of national greatness; but it let them look to their own. This free trade measure,
is chiefly to her armies and her commerce, situated as she according to their declarations, was to improve trade, and
is, an ocean Queen, she is indebted for her proud pre. give plenty and prosperity to the manufacturing districts ;
eminence in the scale of nations, and her position unri- and he could appeal to the reports from every quarter
valled in the annals of civilized glory. Is there amongst whether such had been the case.'
the Sovereigns of the earth another more honoured than DEAFNESS.—Mr. Swift, the aurist, will pay his usual
the Sovereign of England ? And is not the name of an monthly visit to Liverpool, on Monday and Tuesday next,
English merchant a syrionyme throughout the world for the 22nd and 23rd of September, when he may be con-
taintless honour, enterprising perseverance, and incor- sulted on every disease to which the human ear is subject.
ruptible integrity? And surely Liverpool may lay claim See advertisement.
to a more than ordinary share of this national distinction. In the decline of life the most safe and efficacious oc-
From the able and authentic statistical statement of the I casional medicine for giving tone and strength to the
respected chairman of the Dock Committee, Mr, Bram- stomach, and acting at the same time as a gentle and
ley-Moore, the superiority of the port of Liverpool is aP- healthful aperient, is Frampton's Pill of Health—a family
parent above the other ports in England, which is but restorative which has conferred the most essential benefits
another mode of expression for above every other port in upon those who have fortunately had recourse to its
the world. And I may mention, also, upon the authority I health-restoring aid; enabling them to apply to them-
of another well-known, and as much respected and enter- selves the well-known line from Shakspere—
prising gentleman of this town. Mr. Samuel Holme, that 1 " Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty."
the population, within a circle of forty miles' radius i A BAD BREAST OF AN EXTRAORDINARY NATURE
round the Exchange of Manchester, exceeds that within a , CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—A
similar circle around St. Paul's, London, by more than short time since, the wife of Henry Pocock, a turner, re-
-350,000. So that taken in any point of view, the national siding at Buckleburv, Berks, was considered to be a very
or commercial importance of our good old townhoc,Livoeor- , precarious state, in consequence of her breast becoming
pool can hardly be exa gg erated. The name of t e
_L - alarmingly swollen and bursting into ulcers; the first
ianah" brings before us in connection with the trade for medical aid in the country was of no service—her case
which she is destined, the scene and the circumstances was considered as incurable. Notwithstanding this hope-
that bridged for us the Sntlej, and threw open the Pun- less condition, the ulcers have been all beetled, and so
ipaleu the honoured and noble names of Hardinge at the same breast. This wonderful cure has been solely
crisis of the
and of Gough, who, neither in the
absutorethtoe enterprise of England. And, sir, I recur with i perfect is the cure that she is now suckling another child