The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-11 00:00:00

THREE CASES OF STABBING.—At the police-court
yesterday, Antonio Lewis, an Austrian, was committed to
the ensuing assizes for stabbing, on Saturday, a sailor of
the name of Joseph Carter, who, it appeared, was quar-
relling with a foreigner, when the prisoner, to whom he
bad hot previously spoken, stabbed him in the thigh.
The wound was about two inches long and an inch deep.—
William Bown was also committed to the assizes for stab-
bing a young man of the name of Leesome, near St. John's
Market. The case was clearly proved. The complain-
ant, who was severely wounded on the arm, was taken to
the dispensary.—The third case is one in which the pri-
soner was remanded, there being no evidence but that of
the wounded man, who is lying in a dangerous state at the
Northern Hospital. Both parties in this case are sailors.
DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.—On Thursday last, an in-
quest was held before Mr. Hayes, at Melling, in this
county, on view of the body of William Currie, a child
between four and Ave years of age, whose death was oc-
casioned by lightning. Between five and six o'clock the
evening previously, the father and mother of deceased,
with their six children, were sitting in the house when the
thunder-storm, which visited many places on that evin-
ing, seemed to concentrate itself with fearful violence in
the neighbourhood of Melling. The lightning struck
their cottage, breaking the windows of the kitchen, and
making a hole through one of the shelves ; it theh passed
through the ceiling, and cut its way through the mantle-
piece, making a passage through the back of the chimney
into the next house, where it seems to have ended its very
eccentric career by cutting a flitch of bacon to pieces.
As soon as Currie and his wife recovered from the mo-
mentary shock which the explosion occasioned, they found
three of the six children who were with them struck to
to the ground ; the youngest was quite dead, but the two
others recovered after being about an hour in a state of
insensibility. The deceased had several wounds on his
body—most of them appearing as if they had been
scorched. The eldest of the children who were struck,
is a girl about eight years old, had a slight wound on her
back, and the back of her head was slightly scorched.
The jury returned a verdict of died by the visitation of
God.

SERIOUS CHARGE.-At the Police-court, on Saturday,
James Malley, Christopher Malley, and Thomas Malley,
three brothers, carrying on business as master ropers, in
Lodge-lane, were charged with receiving three bundles of
rope-yarns which bad been stolen on the previous even-
ing from the works of Mr. Moore, which adjoin the pri-
soners'.—Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoners.—
From the evidence of Mr. Moore it appeared that in
consequence of property having been missed from his
premises for the last three weeks, he had kept a watch
during the night, and on the previous evening two parties
were observed to try to break open the door of a store-
room where the yarn is kept, but not being able to effect
it they went away, and shortly after returned with a key.
After having opened the door they lit a candle, and picked
out three bundles of yarn, weighing from two to three
cwts., which they took and dropped into the prisoners'
walk. He also stated that he knew the patties who had
entered the premises, one of whom had served his ap-
prenticeship with him. Inspector Stone stated that he
had received information of the robbery, and saw the
three bundles of yarn as deposited in Malley's walk. He
advised the parties to watch it, which they did, and he
afterwards found the yarns in a loft on the prisoners'
premises, and took the prisoners into custody.—Mr.
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PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS FROM FIRE.—It Will
erikteedwaa6segireat deal of interest. The prisoners were re-
mandedbe remembered that, in January last, Mr. Saml. Woods,
jun., with a view to ascertain the respective powers of
resistance to fire of several of the most approved patent
fire-resisting safes and boxes before the public, procured
three boxes of equal dimensions, which he experimentally
subjected to the test of strong fires, in a field in the out-
skirts, before a number of our intelligent and scientific
townsmen ; and that the result was highly favourable to
the plan of Messrs. Milner and Son, of School-lane,
whose safes, in this instance, as well as on trials of others
of different sizes, forms, and additional media of resis-
tance, were found to be greatly superior in preventing
documents, and even more ignitable substances, depo-
sited in them, from being destroyed or injured, even
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paper he then read, together with a great number of tes-
timonials from individuals in this town, highly recom-
mendatory of the principle of fire-resistance discovered
and applied by Messrs. Milner, whose description, in
their prospectus, they fully bear out,—namely, that these
boxes, " for the preservation of gunpowder, ledgers,
deeds, cash, plate, jewels, and other valuables, are war-
ranted to bear more heat, without injury to their con-
tents, than any other arrangement within equal dimen-
sions, and, if of not less than one cubic font of inside
measurement, to preserve their contents under the ordi-
nary circumstances of casual fires." As we noticed the
principle at some length at the time of the experiments,
we need not here revert to it, but refer to the book itself,
which supplies all requisite information (with illustrative
drawings) on a subject which, from the lamentable fre-
quency of fires in the town, has recently become one of
more and more importance to mercantile men and the
community at large. Copies may be had at the pub-
lisher's, Mr. Marples, at a small price; the proceeds of
sale to be given to the Blue Coat School.
THUNDER STORM.—During the afternoon of Wednes-
day last several districts near this town, as well as a num-
ber of other places were visited by a thunder storm of
unusual severity. The lightning in this neighbourhood
was very vivid, and the rain fell most copiously. At
Hilbre Island hailstones fell measuring four inches in cir-
cumference, and an inch and a quarter in diameter. At
Manchester the storm does not appear to have been felt,
whilst at Huddersfield a poor man was struck by the elec-
tric fluid, and died instantly. Mr. Leech's new mill at
Ashton-under-Lyne was struck, and several panes of glass
were broke, and portions of three iron pillars which sup-
ported one of the principals of the roof were forced out in
a very singular manner. Several trees were torn up by
the roots at the village of Armley, near Leeds, and one of
them was carried a considerable distance in the air, and
alighting upon a cow, killed her on the spot. One large
tree was twisted in two in the centre of the trunk, and the
fibres of the wood at the point of separation appeared
twisted together like the strands of a rope. The corn was
very much battered down in the neighbourhood of Barns-
ley, and upwards of £5O worth of damage was done to the
vinery of the Rev. H. B. Cooke, near that town. At
Wombwell, near the latter town, the destruction was very
great. Not a whole square of glass' remained. At Leeds
much damage was done in the way of windows and glass,
and at Sheffield a hundred squares in the old church were
destroyed, and the dial in the illuminated clock was de-
molished. At Derby the electric fluid struck the chim-
ney of a house in Brook Walk, and descended first into a
bedroom, partially forcing the window frame from its
place, thence into a lower room from which it escaped by
forcing a sash window completely out. The chimney was
shattered and broke the roof in its fall, but fortunately no
one was injured. The effects of the storm were also felt
with more or less severity at Doncaster, Selby, Whitby,
Nottingham, Chesterfield, Bradford, Wakefield, Newcas-
tle-on-Tyne, and other places. The centre of the storm
appears to have been Sheffield, where its fury was exces-
sive. At Rangworthy, near Gloucester, a man was killed
by the lightning ; his wife was also struck to the ground,
but shortly recovered. We have received a letter from a
correspondent at Holywell, from which we learn that
pieces of ice measuring two and a half inches in diameter
fell. About fifty panes of glass were broken in the paper
mill of Mr. J. R. Jones, Afonwen. Cucumber glasses
were broken to pieces, and gooseberries were stripped
from the trees.
NEW WOOD PAVEMENT.—Our town readers will be
aware that during the assizes the streets round the Court
House have hitherto been laid with bark, to deaden the
noise in that busy commercial locality. This plan was
not found to be very effectual, particularly in wet weather,
and we are glad therefore that the authorities have con-
tracted with the London' Metropolitan Wood Paving
Company for the laying of the four streets round the
building with their approved wooden pavement. A num-
ber of this company's men have accordingly been for some
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On this is placed a layer of concrete of the lime from
the new docks,) coarse gravel and sand, and a considera-
ble proportion of what is called metallic sand, a dark-co-
mines. This is laid down to the depth of five inches,
and, while in a wet state, accurately levelled to the seg-
ment
it sets, so that it may. be trodden upon vi):ithout
receiving the impression of the foot; and shortly after-
and final operation is the laying upon thisof
the wooden
blocks. These are, in this inst of
instance, tough Scotch fir,
from Inverness, in Scotland. They six •
are inches deep,
in perpendicular measurement, when laid ; but being
cut
at top and bottom on a parallel level, giving them
clination or angle of 30 odd degrees, their anr
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; crossing the street are about 64 inches, surfaces
conse-
quently also the length of the fibre or grain'' in iletop arid bottom surfaces of each is generally
5 by 5
inches ; and they run lengthways across
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rows, each of which alternately inclines ar
way and then
; the other. These blocks are not laid down
, , in ordinary pavement, but in conjoint " slabs," or oblong
squares of about a yard in area across tha street longitu-
dinally. In this state they have been- brought from Scot-
land, and being of equal width, and close together, they
are readily placed so as to span
the street, like a tight
piece of arch-work between blocks of granite or other
stone at each side, which form the abutments. Each
block in these slabs is dowelled with two pins to the next
sideways, and the outer ones are united and held together
with simple clamps of thick iron wire, countersunk
so
that the next row fits up to them. In this manner all the
blocks fit close together, without any intervening sub-
su
stance. The corners ofeach block
are sawn or cut off all
round, so as to give a hold for the horses feet, and an an-
gular groove is also run through the centre of the surface
of each of them, for the same purpose. Grooves are thus
formed across the street about half an inch deep, and two
and a half inches apart, as well as grooves between their
upper end surfaces parallel with the street, which will
probably give the horses a good footing in dragging heavy
weights. This pavement is also comparatively smooth
and pleasant for the pedestrian ; and if it be found equally
safe during frost, (which exl triers: alone can show,) will
be all that can be desired.
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