The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-11 00:00:00

THE LATE OUTRAGES,—On Tuesday, a special meet-
ing of the magistrates- was held at Prescot, to devise
means for suppressing the prevalent outrages. It was
resolved to add twelve additional men to the police force,
for four months, three of whom might be mounted,
should Captain Woodford think fit. We learn that it has
been arranged between Mr. Dowling and Captain Wood-
ford, that the patrols of the-two forces (county and bo-
rough) shall meet at certain hours and places to compare
notes, and that if either of them has seen: any reason to
entertain suspicion, they shall act together; either within
or without the boundary, without any regard to jurisdic-
tion, or any thing except the public safety-. The men of
both forces will be well armed.
MASONIC TESTIMONIAL.—The brethren of the Har-
monic Lodge (No. 268) of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, holding their meetings at the Adelphi Hotel,
Liverpool, have presented an elegant past master's jewel
to Brother Augustus Robert Martin, the publisher and
assistant editor of the Mail, as a token of their esteem
and in admiration of his discharge of the arduous duties
of worshipful master during the past year, and his zeal
for freemasonry in general. The tribute comprises the
square and a scroll exhibiting the forty-fifth problem of
Euclid in gold on enamel, surrounded by the title of the
lodge in raised gold letters and enamelled ribbon, and
surmounted by the square and compasses in gold, and a
brilliant diamond. There is also a ruby in the centre of
the ornament forming the tie of a knot. The gold case
at the back has an inscription specifying the nature and
occasion of the testimonial: This splended ornament
was the design and production of Brother Mayer, silver-
smith, of Lord-street ; and its presentation is alike
honourable to the givers' and the recipient.
Mr. Robertson Gladstone has addressed a very forcible
letter to the Select Vestry, on their rejection of a propo-
sal, made to them by the Association for the Reduction
of the Tea Duties, to the effect that the yestry should
petition the House of Commons in favour of such reduc-
tion. Mr. Gladstone justly says that the vestry " ought
to be the leaders, the head and front, the very life and
soul of the movement," and gives the following unanswer-
able reasons in support of his opinion :—" The charge of
sustaining the poor, who are unable to support them-
selves ; the careful and judicious outlay of moneys of the
ratepayer; the furtherance of such measures, in or out of
parliament, as have for their object the reduction of the
cost of the necessaries (not the luxuries) of life, so as to
lessen the number of applications for parochial relief; as
well as on account of the consumption of such articles in
the Workhouse. These certainly do seem to come within
the range of the legitimate duties of the Select Vestry, or
else I know not what definition to give to their avocations.
With respect to petitioning parliament on the part of the
Select Vestry, I believe this is by no means an occurrence
for which there is no precedent to be found."
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FURTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.—OR Tuesday night
last, Mr. Thomas Roughsedge, stationer, was attacked in
Scotland-road, near St. Anthony's Chapel, by two fellows,
who struck him violently—knocking him down. They
rifled his pockets of £3 12s. 6d, wrenched a gold ring
from his finger, and so abused him by kicks and blows
that he was found insensible on the footpath by the
police, and by them conveyed home. No trace of his bar-
barous assailants has yet been discovered.—Mr. C. Ban-
nister, of Everton, was attacked on Wednesday evening
behind the Collegiate Institution, and abused by some
ruffians. They had broken the guard-chain of his watch,
when a person came up, and the fellows made off without
accomplishing their purpose. Owing to the darkness,
Mr. Bannister cannot describe them. On the same
evening, Mr. George Hughes, of Cranmer-street, was
stopped in Walton-lane by a tall man in a velveteen
shooting coat who said " Give me what you have got

without any alarm." A spring cart came up, and the
fellow made off. Mr. Hughes procured a policeman and
made search, but without avail. Another person was at.

tacked in Walton-road, and another near St. Domingo
House, but in neither case were the thieves successful.
Mr.. Dowling, our Chief Constable, and Capt. Woodford,

have organises

the suburbs and neighbourhood of - Liverpool, both
within and without the boundary, which will give a
greatly increased security to the public. It is arranged
that the two forces shall meet at certain hours and places

reason to entertain suspicion, they shall act together,
either within or without the boundary, without any re-

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file men of botn forces will be well armed.
TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—A return moved for by Mr.
Laboucbere, M.P., shows that the declared value of the
principal articles of British and Irish produce and manu-

in the ninermonths ending the 10th of October, 1846, to
£19,091443, and in the nine months ending the 10th of

subdivided,—viz.. £9,383.555 of cotton manufactures,
£1,330,904 of cotton yarn, £496,570 of earthenware,
£1,163,847 of hardware and cutlery, £1,332,992 of linen
manufactures, £93,764 of linen yarn, £217,252 of ma-
chinery, £1,490.418 of iron and steel, £346,539 of copper
and brass, £39,357 of lead, £280,158 of tin, £188,998 of
salt, £295,756 of silk manufactures, £66,161 of refined

sugar, £25,181 of woollen yarn, and £3,382,905 of woollen
manufactures. An increase is noticeable in the exports
of cotton manufactures, earthenware, linen yarn, metals
(except tin), salt, silk goods. sugar, and woollen goods ;
and a decrease in those of cotton yarn, linen manufac-
tures, machinery, and tin. The principal imports into
Liverpool in the nine months ended the 10th of October
last consisted of 55,422 cwt. of bacon ; 102,279 cwt. of
bark ' • 44,821 cwt. of salt beef ; 27,425 cwt. of cheese ;
305,7731 b. of cocoa; 2,898,7911 b. of British plantation

foreign coffee ; 3,61

cwt. o

coffee;
wheat flour; 45b,277 qrs. of wheat; _ ilia. of In-
dian corn ; 782,077 cwt. of Indian-corn meal ; 121,930
cwt. of hemp ; 499,0501 b. of tanned hides; 267.283 tuns

of palm-oil ;- 53,663 chests of boxes of oranges and lemons ;
523,0731 b. of pepper; 127,400 cwt. of .alt pork • 446,895
k ; 961,181 gallons of
44,641 gallons of gin;

456,02 gailonso?l;plrdy

10,793,9491 b
2221 b

t. or unrenned sugar (from a
3ses ; 127,780 cwt. of tailov
,881 b. of unmanufactured tobacco, 178

cotton

. . .
wool, and 7,640,3041 b. of sheep's wool.
DEATH OF MR. ELMES, ARCHITECT.—WC regret to
state that Mr. Hervey Lonsdale Elmes, architect of St.
George's Hall and the new Assize Courts, in this town,
died at Spanish Town, Jamaica, on the 26th of November

last. Mr. Elmes was a man of no ordinary celebrity
He was the son of the late surveyor of the port of London

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las written many va

ble works on the progress of architecture, which have
been highly prized for their general information and
research. His son, the respected deceased, inherited
many of the qualities of which the father seemed to be
the sole possessor, and earned for himself a name which
will live in the affectionate remembrance -of ail with whom
he came in contact, and long after his friends and ac-
quaintances have been gathered to the tomb. Mr. Elmes
was not merely the architect of St. George's Hall ; he
was also the architect of other buildings of considerable

Collegiate Institution, and also for the County Lunatic
Asylum at West Derby ; and at the time of his death he
was engaged in erecting mansions for Hugh Hornby, Esq.,
and Hardman Earle, Esq., near Woolton, and for the late
_ Mayor, George Hall Lawrence, Esq., at New Brighton.
I A few years more would have established his fame, and

him in a sp:

it was ordained otherwise. In the early part of last sum-
mer the symptoms of consumption manifested themselves
in his frame. Some time afterwards, under the advice of
Dr. Chambers, of London, he left this country for change
of air, and for the benefit of his health. His own wish
was to go to Italy, and in the change of scene to study
those works of art and architecture with which that
renowned country so generally abounds ; but Dr. Cham-
bers, fearing that the excitement there would be too much
for his debilitated constitution, ordered him to proceed to
the West Indies, and to travel about from island to island,
if his health permitted. He went, but the disease
increased, and in Spanish-town, Jamaica, as we have said,
he breathed his last, on the 26th of November. He died
at the early age of 34, leaving an inconsolable widow and
one child to deplore his early loss. We may add, as no
inconsiderable proof of his merits, that his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert was so delighted with St. George's
Hall, during his visit to Liverpool, in the July of 1846,
that he subsequently sent him his gold medal, as a mark
of the esteem in which he held the architect of that noble
building.

CORRESPONDENCE,

THE CORPORATION 1317167EY0R APPOIN'T-

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Sir,—Having acquired, by close study and application,
under the most eminent members of the much abused,
but useful profession, of an architect and surveyor a
tolerable insight and knowledge of its science, and for the
last 35 years actively and practically engaged in all the
details of its various branches in London, Liverpool, and
other places, both in public, as well as in private practice,
I cannot refrain from offering a few remarks on the very
uncalled for observations directed against that profession,
of which I have the honour to be an active member, by
several members of the Town Council at the meeting on
Wednesday, relative to the appointment of a Corporation

Surveyo

I may observe at the outset that I do not object either
to the appointment of Mr. Weightman or to the amount
of salary he is to receive—no doubt he is fully equal to
the duties required of him, and the remuneration is not
more than his talents justly entitle him to receive. What

'ould justify the inference that they do not consider,
other gentleman in the town competent to un-
)f that office, whilst I maintain (with-
I to the prejudice of Mr. Weiehtman)

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