The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-17 00:00:00

July 1_7222.j

doMonaghan, and a score of other northern towns', deo
most satisfactorily. At Antrim, there was a grea'i 0f
stration, the number of the lodges being 180, anu
brethren assembled from 11,000 to 12,000.

AN AWKWARD QUESTION..

Thursday, upon the filthy and !gee'
In the course of a conversation in the - of 0
!It'll/
metropolis, the followinp: amusing incident occu
..,
d te",lif
4, Mr. Henley, remtiding the house that they hhe te s, .h
formed that the P_dard of Health had no power to % ber
and admitted ';:vil, begged to ask the nob►e lord at ifst ~,0r!
eartleov't'ed7i
the govel-nment whether it was not in spite of r
stratces in that house that he, or those who regr oil?
government, exempted the metropolis frog' t. fi coli,d
towns' bill—(loud cries of "hear, hear")whictioclaP
powers to deal with the great nuisance of pestilea
cli
o
yards ? (Hear, hear.) by tbe 0
" Lord J. Russell answered, that it was thought
_sts,,o
lord the First Commissioner of Woods and F4',„r`tebtlll,
unwholesome state
inquiry, that it would be necessary to have a sePa."OPA,
the metropolis; and it was on this ground that his fee 5e7.0
had considered that until the commissioner, ou►ds"
appointed last year, had proceeded further with
,7,,,,„1d0,
requisite alteration in the system of sewers, it ''''
advisable to introduce a bill.
_'

" The subject then dropped." r the In
Very much, no doubt, to the gratification OL,.
member for the city, whose face we should li":„„t ft!,
seen on the occasion. Letting London off
however from legislation to which such humble
as ourown have to submit, is no noleltiro.if
Brougham, we remember, shrunk from to! "fottel.ty
was got up when it was proposed to touch tne —frogo
companies, and expressly exempted London
operation of the municipal bill.

POLICE INTELLIGENC-8'
hr
On Wednesday, Mr. Rushton remanded t f thin
who were charged with being in possession
ce°`oolt4
gold wedding rings, for which they could not 3,toles
few days since, a number of such articles were
a shop in Holywell. cbor=,s
NEW LAW.—Two very young children
on Saturday, with having stolen two bertte
druggist's shop. The mother of one ttbe...tlgonj'irli
urchins attended, and he was given up wit`yeri Olt!.
tion to be more careful of him in future. oav,;00•
to get the law altered," said Mr. Rushton, itipTl'
parents pay if we have to support their childr4oo3.faii!
THE CHOLERA DODGE.—An artful old r atzes.;4o
brought up for performing " the cholera" s°: of b'ntel
in the street, as to obtain a comfortable do,s` 00;1;0
from a lady who was passing, and humanelnestsy,'o
to save his life. As this was not his first BPri
the same character, he was ordered to stLanritsbleP
order to be sent to his own parish. The co -toe•
lie should be on their guard against these
iomEbnfutogili
wtrrihdeaniPertnotdhßghßsacs
auApl
six
xrhnTet
gifyytee-TeAewrcot BUILDERS.—Mr. 1, te
summoned
in wabTined
hottbetween
e,e rhe.consobut
n7res4efte ores,
art era,
bontfe
ohdl
toreon7mtn6;t-ecollaterto:settiotsl:
ct.
irkneedsniedzeeideisntahfheeirmrtashielalwnf,ay contractor. A gentlemen •to °.,A
Mr. Mackenzie was making the two houses 'ilte
contrary to the labwael
ss. and costs.
• THE TEMPTATION OF CALIFORNIA —°11...-.1)49;,
:fdoarent.hdaitnirhic.eteßhduotsuieteonT7oanassailil"tpbetaiittf:l,
MOUS ATTEMPT AT MUTINY AND MUltp°;t
sileC/Y
ticulars of a wicked scheme for the murder 0' "
and officers of a British merchant ship and the3D,Pft
the vessel, were disclosed on Thursday, beforees
ton, at the Liverpool police-court. The ni3,rd,'
men in custody are Henry Mitchell, Joseph l'e-01;e)
Carthy, John Hennessey, John Ray, Williatn,:sbiP',e,
James Wiffin. On the 26th of May last, t'tc,i° tr
left New Orleans with a cargo of cotton, c°oyV
and staves. After the vessel had been out tw°„tie
handsld him tb
while shewen
went aft
tsootpbiittgtlohlhanaeieroinrdnreasasotpabfitdeati
hnhGeeaunvbl
efdesltosioeef l
to kill oitebieb.p:l!,t;i
aaClhsioe conspiracy
fbemaan t mate. Another p
ved
his watch, on being informed of the interriovy
rmefeuns,etdo.ld
TthheetoAmni:ate. A third hand, named 1° 909
said he was asked to take part in the diabolic' had Ao
persuaded in the affair, and that of Walser that
ice
doubt he was true to the officers. Mr. Ras tbst,,,dl
what he had to say. In reply, Wiffin state'toetiq
asked him to assist in the matter. and for 'o et,r
brainsrefused.
of
the NAT ard
captainsaidand
dsac seaman,
mate, to
namedieotinrodpweuastisAtlniol ttrkiclinenhi, °hat:
wand, and make him (Wiffin) the mate, t:'o(l,')F
vessel to California, or run her on Key WeEYAVOntof,
to her. At the ten o'clock watch, when he t
told by the mate to heave the log, he did 11.,(,),ard0:00fr
fuse, and, in attempting to obey the order, "
,/
would cut his throat if he did so. It bad beensbortool
arranged to refuse duty on that watch. Inno141?,
Ward walked aft, and was seen with a hoc! Fee;
in his belt, which proved to be a large iron h°„ri tlieiper
vious arrangement with the trusty portion ,ve mat,
the alarm was then given by the mate, and t'' fr
seized upon and placed in irons. Ward had Odd. t r;eto
two pistols. The prisoners were all remagbialtiii
captain stated that several of the crew left ,102116
Orleans, and that he had taken twenty e.!. 401;4
boo.d of .21;ght, j.mat laoforo ha left thc
nothing about them. On Saturday Warajcot°lo;
were again placed in the dock, their fora,,t deriki
being transferred to the witness-box. 1;,,005,4
were read over, and the prisoners asked in tied, Old
what they had to say to the charge. Wan' nor t 4"
was in liquor, and what I say when in I'q j°
nothing about. As to murdering the csPtA'n'oetlij fro
mate, I had no occasion to do it ; they lisafacile,'" fi,/
to me, and I had done nothing to them." .`"4ife',:ir
a like negative to the charge. Both prisoner,-bee,'4;
committed to Kirkdale to take their trial 51; tto,"ie
assizes. It was stated at the close of the e3—sio •Et,t
of the witnesses had shipped in other vessels,neeSlo,
shortly sail. They were told it would not bej
but Mr. Rushton intimated that maintenance Act,,
provided for them till after the trial.
t°ltV.
IMPORTANT CASE UNDER THE BOIL
Mr. John Robinson, building surveyor, apyi
Friday to substantiate an information againSf'
Ihe,de',!
Wells, builder, &c., for placing the purlineTie-Vole.,i
a church now in course of erection in Sackci
less dimensions than are required by Act of
Mr. Robinson said the bearings of the purite"tist°fet
of the church were 14 feet. With a slight 055
were 6 feet by 6 inches apart. The first,°;lo9,°.
inches, the next was 6 feet 51- inches, and t°beseti'll:P;
6 feet 11 inches. The act prescribed that t 10,9
ofj)
if more than 6 feet apart, should be 7 inches clef ,¢t,,,
Mr. Bell, solicitor, who appeared for theosso,Y,4
wished to show that by the timber used theread
amount of strength than if they had stric,,beri; bf
the provisions of the act and used other ti
sine
addition to this, that strength had been,gibe,!',W
great " pitch" of the roof, and subject jis/1
building surveyor to a cross-examination, an..etl ait'
of it asked him whether he had not exercl'oforstreet;r
tionary power, to the extent of allowing tialitall'so',
root of the Roman Catholic Chapel, in 21-`,,,ofti
be placed 22 inches apart, and without 01 rone'rer
IY it; t st 4
port them, and elicited, in reply, that on oi
was framed and coming under the characterotei tort
principal. The surveyor, however, would2,osed (1 et
their being called spars or rafters, but LtclPliottflit
these six intermediate pieces of timber, sire.,l- "At 105,ttj
space of twelve or thirteen feet, any n°'", tb"
Mr. Bell then appealed to the magistrstecieebey
surveyor had exercised a discretion in telleii in
Roman Catholic Chapel, to the extent 01. rd trir
dispensed altogether with the purlin regelter °;aic
and that as the departure from the mere le'da lbtoecir
by Mr. Hay was so trifling, be (Mr. Bell) e of Olt!
this case hardly called for the interferleoberielyll
veyor. After some conversation, Mr- tions goe'ted
was satisfactory to him, from the explana bre A:,
the aid of several models which had bleu iffiedij
court, that the roof was much stronger tt'a
a less " pitch," and of a different descriP9o°oJ e 0,1 id
the act made no mention of the kind Of W,,s b°,teBtoj
but merely the dimensions. In this he %fly, `fefj 0,4
Mr. John Stewart, but be regretted 0,1,1;g seftedi fir
lowed him no discretion in the matter. ictrotheivv,
complained of the spars used, but the Inagti;3t,d
consider them worthy of notice, seeing ~rovit'otil.
only placed in a different manner to that rnoe,
act, and, therefore, the only matter for co 0,0 610
the purlins. Mr. Bell said, to place t, t0,t1104
vision of the act, it would require the),""ton• ledte"!
nearly the whole of the roof. Mr.
doubt it is safe, as it is, to the public, ar4it theiyle;sitt
safe than if done in the way described ; possiAlt j
now is, how can it be altered with the leasl, 4150,1
Surveyor.—By nailing a piece upon the Pnitbe li,t0:0
This was considered a bad precedent Ilia th°
but, after some demur, Mr. Rushton sahi, pr°oll4
was one of an unusal nature, and that Of the 1311%
more particularly to see to the sefet,!,,,°tion',osllo
suggestion might be taken into consin',i3vyloslloor
see in future that no infringement of day
any who should set up the result of tile!, the r;:oicAhe
precedent. However, he would adPur"oterqc ti,"ol
that the surveyor might have time to
Mr. Hay, the architect, and see what .w.ect,
course to adopt. Mr. Hay, the arebuibe Oa/A
tually the defendant in the case, in,,raber'A
examina,ion, showed that a piece of 116, b,y_nte,h)
the size used, namely, 10 inches by 0.0
formula, proved by actual experiment? a by 01011,1jef
a piece of timber cut to scantling 0 but 09, frijq
tamed a greater quantity of timber, out et 0,00.1,11
the act. The same piece of timber cu...t'eteadopPiret`c
9wr
ehbqiyuc
e,tdh asea
requiredw ewholeig h t oof
by
tyh23et
ereoa7ocfti,bis
as
n. cdtoo:b.ntr;eiaiviitewi tro:0110col
h tb¢i
permitted of yellow pine, would onlY. that li_s to
lbs. to break it. Mr. Hay contendcnioteil 01;;
the timber was not destroyed by the tigi ototief
tent of their area, Le:ause the raftreget
filled these notches, forming aye „dint* of N
after deducting this area from tnef allva
used, it still required a weight o hs,.
eiei
destroy the cohesion than if the PY`tha se,ltles
and within the literal meaning 0,.'„), aria is 10A
further contended that the basis the r0911001'0,o;
real bearings of the respective reo:', cr. as
ig tif
being at a pitch of 58 deg., the o"'f
00%11040
act, of 27 dee. That for a square Tot. prey
it would have required 347 tons ,-
yield tu
the timber, whereas the latter vvom.
..eolciD
only 20 tons 18
1)
to a 9 tbe e
ferenen g C de
'INVESTMENTS.—On re eeive boo. .io-
we per
Mr. William Williams, whole bind`
large mansions to dispose of, ti11,.1,c it:, con'
racter seldom laid before the Pt "