The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.

THE TREASURER of the LIVERPOOL DISPEN-
SARIES begs to acknowledge the following Contri-
butions, collected to liquidate the heavy debt of .£l,BOO,
in accordance with a Resolution, passed at the General
Annual Meeting of the Governors, held on the 3d Fe-
bruary, 1844:
It was Resolved,

"That an urgent appeal be made to the Public to enable
the Committee to carry on the Institution with its
wonted efficiency, without compelling them to resort to
the painful alternative of selling or closing one of the
Dispensaries." _

By order of the Treasurer,
J. WHITBY WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Dispensaries-offiee, 1. Fenwick_
street, Feb. 17, 1844.

Subscriptions and Donations thankfully received by the
Gentlemen of the Committee and the Secretary, at the
Office, 1, Fenwick-street, daily, from Three to Four
o'Clock ; Messrs. ARTHUR HEYWOOD, SONS, and Co.,
Brunswick-street- ; or at the North Dispensary, 1,
Vauxhall-road ;or at the South Dispensary, 1, Upper
Parliament-street, at all hours.
Subscriptions for each year are due in advance on the
Ist of January.

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED SINCE LAST
ADVERTISEMENT.
R. Broadhurst Hill, ,'DONATIONS.
E5q................ £3l 10 0
Robert Ellison Harvey,
.......... 20 0 0
Messrs. Houghton and Smith ...... • .•• 10 10 0
John Coward, Esq
Edward Segar, Esq.. ....... ......... 10 0 0
............. 10 0 0..
R. B. B. H. Blundell,
Francis Mill, Esq.... • •
........ 0 0
5
Isaac Worthington, Esq. ................. 2 2 0
Robert Frank, Esq., per Slandard-office.... 2 0 0
Miss Blundell, Kirkdale.. •. ....... 1 0 0
George Guest . • • ........ •••• • • 1 0 0
Balance at the credit of an Executcrship Estate
per B. and Son .
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.
James Cropper, Esq., Dingle Bank..
2 2 0
Messrs. James Houghton and C 0.... ....... . 2 2 0
Edward Mercer, Esq 1 1 0
Halhead Fletcher and Co • • 1 0 0
Thomas Mills and Co • •
Benjamin Higgs, Esq 1 0 0
COLLECTION.
Saint Luke's Church, after a sermon by the
Rev. William Mulleneux .... 15 6 6

'''TFIE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX'S LIBRARY.—.BY the
;ill of the late Duke of Su sex it was directed that if We
government did not purchase his library within one year
after his royal highness's decease it was to be sold by
public auction. The King of Prussia is now in treaty for
the purchase of ,this rare collection of books, which con_
sists of upwards of 45,000 volumes, the whole of which
has been catalogued by Mr. Pettigrew, the duke's libra-
rian, and the list transmitted tb his majesty. We have
not heard the value placed upon them by his royal high-
ness's executors. Even at the low average of half-aret own
a volume they Mould realiW £5625,

FIRE.—DESTRUCTION OF A SHED STORED
WITH COTTON, SULPHUR, &c.

On Saturday evening a fire broke out in a shed, which
runs from Oil-street to Vandries-street, in the northern
part of the town, a short distance beyond the Borough
Gaol, which raged for about three hours with great vio-
lence, and caused destruction of property to the amount
of between £15,000 and £16,000. The building was the
property of W. P. Freme, Esq., and was about 60 yards
from end to end, without any internal division. It bad
contained a few days before the fire 2000 bales of cotton ;
but, from recent deliveries, it is understood that the stock
had been reduced to about 1600 bales, with about 200
bales of hemp, 100 to 150 tons of sulphur, and a large
quantity of nicaragua wood. It was rented by Messrs.
Howard Horsley and Co., and from its flimsy nature, the
walls not being over fourteen inches, and in some parts
less, and the want of division inside was most wretchedly
adapted for the purpose to which it was put.
It appears that the workmen left the concern about ten
minutes to six o'clock, after having just loaded a cart with
sulphur from the south end of the shed ; in about a quar-
ter of an hour after the flames were seen to issue from that
end of the roof, then from the middle, and, very shortly
after, from the northern extremity. The alarm was speedily
conveyed to the fire station ; but, before Mr. Hewitt had
time to reach the place with nine engines, four water-
carts, and a tank, the entire of the roof had fallen in, the
doors were completely burned through, and the sulphur,
in a liquid state, was rushing rapidly out of the main en-
trance, like a stream of lava, along the channel in Oil-street,
and into the sewer which lies at the corner of that street and
Waterloo-road. The reflection of the sulphur in the sky
overhead was extremely brilliant, and could be seen for a
considerable distance. The wind at the time was blowing
very freshly from the northeast, and drove the flames and
burning pieces of cotton in the direction of Stewart-street
and upon the quays of Victoria and Trafalgar Docks, with
greatforce. The whole of the nine engines were got into play
under the direction of Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Maxwell, Inspector
of Salvage, Mr. James Lawrence, and Mr. Commis-
sioner Dowling. We also noticed as very actively engaged
in superintending the operations of the firemen, Mr. Al-
derman Lawrence, and Messrs. J, Parker and Harbord,
councillors. Some of them were worked from Great
Howard-street, some from the docks, and others from
Waterloo-road ; but, as usual, there was a scarcity of
water at the commencement which impeded their efficiency.
It was about half-past eight o'clock before the flames
could be said to be completely subdued. Four of the en-
gines were, however, worked during the night and Sunday,
as the smouldering ruins sent forth, at intervals, thick
volumes of smoke and flame. We are happy to say that
the fire was confined to the shed in question, and a con-
siderable quantity of the cotton, hemp, and sulphur, in a
very damaged state, of course, bas been saved. The
nicaragua wood was entirely consumed. We understand
that the shed was fully insured, and thatthe cotton' which
was also insured, belonged to several parties. Mr. Black-
burn was the owner of nine hundred bales, and was in-
sured in the Liverpool Office. Gee Brothers and Co.
owned a small lot, and were insured in the West of Eng-
land Office. It is impossible as yet to ascertain the names
of the other parties interested ; but it is computed that
cotton to the extent £15,000 had been destroyed, and
that the damage to the building, in the destruction of the
roof and the shake which one of the side walls had received,
would amount to about £l,OOO. How the fire originated
has not been ascertained.

ROBBERY OF NEW ROUSES.—TWO young men, Wm.
Davies and William Brown, were yesterday placed before
Mr. Rushton on a charge of breaking into and stealing
certain articles from one of the new houses in Elliot-
street and Back Lime-street. They were caught, and
upon one Of them was found a large bunch of keys. They
were both found on Saturday night by a police office,
skulking amongst some stones placed about to be hewn.
Amongst the articles they had taken were two knives.
They had taken with them a par of cloth slippers, to be
used in perambulating houses without making a noise.
Thev were both well "known, and were committed to gaol
for three months.