The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

Dec, 10, I 8 11.

LOCAL NEWS.

I PRESENTATION OF MR. INSPECTOR HEMER.—grI
Inspector Berner, formerly of the Liverpool force, ay.
now of the county constabulary, has recently been pre:,
sented with a massive silver snuff Vltx by the serjeants eau
men of the Bury division, on his removal from that aW
trict to that of Amonnderness.
to,
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A SHIP'S CRE...-"'
Friday, Captain Johnston, master of the Grampian, sr
peered before Mr. Rushton, to answer a summons for
refusing to pay Michael Robinson, one of his crew, alb!'
lance of £1 12e., alleg dto be due as wages. The aPPr
cant stated that be had come in the vessel from St. John',
N.B , and that they had been engaged by the run. COP.tI.,
Johnston proved that almost all the hands, the plainq
included, had knocked off on the 4th November, 1!11d
refused to work. They came aft in a body, and said IP"
having shipped in a body they would do nothing nort
than haul round the yards, and steer and pump the
He told them if they refused they should have no WA'
One of them said they had bread in the forecastle
which they could live for some days, and they then wen
forward, and 14 of them ceased from duty for some time'
They bad pistols, which they loaded and discharged to is'
tiundate the capta,n, who was obliged to loacr his own
pistols in case of more violent proceedings. Mr. Rushton
ordered the stimmons to be dismissed, and said the On;
duct of the whole fourteen had been so disgraceful an
dangerous that net cne of them should recover a farthing
of their wages if they applied. Mr. Owen, who was en"
' gaged for the whole, abandoned the ca e.
MEETING OF TR nE.PAVING AND SEWERAGE t..031,--
tali'
SIGNERS.—TRURSDAY.—Mr. Arthur Henderson wade"
complaint respecting the want of _lights on Wedriesdat
evening at some works going on in Isiington in the W'
dle of the road. He had, in consequence, incurred cosi'
siderable dacger by running 'with 11,s horse and gigagan
a he:.p of stones; the reins, however, broke and storPe
the horse, or probably the consequences might have been
serious. On the same evening, according to a statement
read by the -chairman, an accident occurred from a siu3l;l
lar cause in Scotland-road, by which the Orrnskirk COac'n"
was , upset at the corner of Dryden-street ; one Pert
was thrown out and had his cellar bone broker', but the
rest escaped without any material Hwy ; it wilieare
els that a week or two ago, Thomas H 11, the driver as
car, was thrown from the box, owing to his vehicle Nl'
big into a sower in New Bird-street, and rendered
inea-
pabie of following his employment for several days. ld"
surveyors were called in, and a notice read to them to the
effect that none of the workmen employed in excavation!
&c., in the street, should 'be allowed to leave the work 6.1'
the lights are placed and the watchmen are on the src4'
Orders were also given to Lace a number of tressel'' or
barriers, to be placed at each end of the excavation, or
other work.

DOCK COMMITTED.—THURSDAY.— Present—Messrs;
Moore (in the chair) Nicol, Houghton, Chilton, Wn°°'
Smith, Shand, Horsfall, Evans, Kendall, Sandbacb,
Henderson, Mann, Molyneux,, Tobin, Middleton
Aikin, and Royden.—Tbe tender of Boulcotte and
CO., of London, for the supply of 3,000 galLns of sperm
oil, was accepted.—ln reply to the letter of Henry Won
and Co.. noticed last week, it was stated by the sub-cow
mittee that no new chains were at present wanted. The
sub-committee reported that Mr. Heys, of Runcorn, i°
their.opinion, was not entitled to be reimbursed the ek
penses consequent upon the sinking of the flat Dien."
Toe Chairman rew.nted that it was very desirable
arrangement should be made for the better working °'
the transit sheds. He had been down that day, and yes'
sell were wanting much. to discharge ; but the SorveY°C
of Customs would not allow them to do so, although there
were two of the sheds with only a small portion of .the
cargo of other vessels in them. Aftersome conversation,
it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Aikin, that the
chairman and deputy-ehairtnan should wait upon the
Inspector general and col:eater and comptroller of the
Customs on the subject.—A letter from Mr. John Shal
Leigh, as to a drain, was referred to the sub,committeeo
Works.—A letter was read f, out Mr. Peter Cato, aceeP,C..
ing the terms of the lease offered by the committee on w:
23rd uAlmo. He expressed a hope that the corrmitt.e,:
would place him on the same footing as Mr. Wilson, 61!'
regard to compensation incase of removal. Me COn!"
mittee resolved to adhere strictly to the original condi'
tions.

THE ANCIENT SCOTTISH GAME OF
frost which set in on Wednesday last, and continued one
the three following days especially, enabled some of ollf
- townsmen from Scotland to resume their practice in cad'
ing in this neighbourhood. A number of them met on
Friday (which, by the way, was hitterly cold), and ere;
ceeded to a large pond near Waeertree, and on the road
thence to Wootton, where they enjoyed the pastime ell
tnele'e for some hours, by way of ge,ting their hand io'
They were all members of " The Lowhill and Evert°
Curling Club," and the result was an arrangement for s
more regular contention on the following thy. Accord'
ingly, on Saturday. about twenty of these stalwart 015
of Scotia met at the same place, and ringing ten on 06111
side, headed be the two bachelor " skips" (or general-.
played with greet vigour and animation (the ice bell 4
uncommonly fine), from eleven until four o'c!ork.
much advantage; to either. This led to the bachelors c!,
the party declarioe " friendly" ear against the ward.'"
nien present—and the match was fixed to virile off on
Thursday next, at the same scene of artioe the sport t°
' commence at half past twelve o'clock,—,he lose rs Oa;
vide for the s hole, the ancient national dinner of bee'
and greens. The pleb' but substantial repast will he
served up at Mr. Kirkup's, the Wavertr'e Coffee House'
where the " stones" are deposits tie hie sport is eN"
pected. The club is in expectatiodllif the frost lastief
out the week. and of having the long-talkedeff tut:
between the Licerponl and Manchester players oe the
same ground—the latter having this year to follow t"'
challenge on th
evell EFTENG OFe THE-TsittrcErgriEA-n-CoittAtrastON"S:r.,,,
On Friday evening the monthly Ineeti"g rflok place, at '-
Town-hall, Birkenhead. John H. Greene, Esq. in the
chair.—Mr. Bentham complained of the finhy and un-
wholesome state of the courts in Back Chester-street,
when it was stated the commissioners had power to pre-
vent the erection of such places in future, and that the
owner of the property alluded to would be called upon to
make such improvements as would remove the nu:sence.--'
The Market Committee recommended that £196 be ex-
pended in the purchase of fountains for the new markete-'
The receipts of the Woodside Ferry, for the past month,
were stated to he £1354, being an increase on the receipts
of the same month last year of £4lB. A conversation
took place as to the time when the Monks" Ferry wo"lda.
he regularly opened to the public, when it appeared that
the committee had not the power to open it until the title
deeds were completed. It was also staeed that more boecl"
could not be employed until the landing places on this
were improved. the Chairman said, he believed the
corporation were doing their utmost to obtain plans.—lt;
improvement rate was fixed at 7d., and the watching °I,
at ltd:, in the pound.—A letter to the eemeniesionw
from Mr. John Laird was read, to the effect that Mes.s'l.
W. Jackson, W. Potter, Macgregor Laird, and the wilt;
had decided on building and endowing a church, W )
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placed at the west end of Conway-street, e here it
Corporation-road, the New-road, and Wallasey. is
order to improve the site, they applie] for a slight de` to
tion of the Corporation-road. The letter was referred c,
the Improvement Committee.—lt was agreed that a
cial meeting should be held that nigl,t week for the 14'4
pose of considering the propriety of postponing the 59184,
the land in the Park, from the 18th of the present mon
to the end of April next.—The board then adjou, ned• '
PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF ST. JAMES'S CIIVO
—On Thursday evenine a public meeting was h• ld tio
School-room belung,ng to S'. James's Church "to "„11
into consideration the best mode of increasing the elln,e:l3
accommodation (especially for the poor) in the pope the
district, by the enlargement of the church, wnich
) pew-owners, and grave-owners are invited to atteou•
About 150 persons were present. The Rev. U. elao'rto
ton was proposed as chairmen, but an amendment fo
proposed by Mr. Barne=, seconded by Mr. Dawson, t`'e
Dr. M'Kee should preside. This was declared to be c!'4
tied amidst some confusion, the original motion not h'&l
put.
Ni rHampton
al
m prkt'ol 'nK
was_ee wished to
present,
ivdecliner. .
h
Hampton ought not to preside, as he wasa Barnes tehnociuhngatihertr;:e
party. The rev. gentleman explained that as a rightteest
ought to occupy the chair, and was besides the 'ref
enabled to explain the object in view, which he assgoi
them would not violate the feelings of any of the rel"tliee
of those who were interred near the church. After =° c•
conversation the amendment and the motion were P:0,1
cessicely put and there appeared 36 for Mr. M'Kee, Ito
38 for Mr. Hampton. The latter accordingly 1001‘01(1
chair, and read a list of the parties whose-graves °tee
be affected. He said he had given every publicity °„t
object in•view. and had no sinister or met cenary oble"dio'
view. He stated that there were 19,300 people in bispo'
trict, whereas the church accommodation was only self
cient for 1000, and that the endowment amonnted to el
£7O a-year, The alterations would give 800 add'l3,lllo
sittings, 300 of which it was proposed should go tol'e tee
the endowment of the church, and 500 be set apart tut the
poor for ever. It ought, also, to be recollected thinseg
owners of pews would soon be called upon to excelluoiell
upon a new roof, and this was included in the alter.4lo
proposed to be made. He then explained that the ;es
for the enlargement of the church, would be bunt OS
arches, placed between the graves, so as not 'nth—ell:oo,
to disturb the coffins now in them, and that access 6 fee'
be left to each grave—in some cases there would be 601'
6 inches head. room, and, in the lowest part, 4 feet oteerf,
ches for parties to work at the graves. Mr. Molotg,,,
said that though his grave would not be affected
agaiOst the principle of disturbing the ashes of time be
If parties did not think the •church large encrig.Pijss
thought they ought to build another. Mr. H. uppel;
bord proposed a resolution to the effect that the Preeltir.
alterations should be made, seeing that no grave 017,00;
disturbed. Mr. Fisher, after some further coPlatiol
seconded the motion. Mr. M'Rae said the alTrein
were unjustifiable without the consent of all partlet:g
sod
it would be cruelty to disturb the graves. (UPI.° &e,
cries of "it would," iniquitous," 4, that's true' old
Mr. Welsh, the architect, stated that no grave Wumeen,
disturbed. Mr. Barnes said he should propose au eiti fee:,
ment, and proceeded to state that the church woueneitell
be empty—attributing neglect of duty to the Ire folio,
This created great uproar, and Mr. Harbord r "'_cefet.:
that such an attack on a clergyman eas very disgr% fur.,
The chairman left the chair, which wa,,, after t.to,l.;er
ther confusion. Wuxi at his r, quest by Mr. Mon,..;',
marks of
Barnesot
disapprobationettemp te attempted t ptehaek
chairman
twmaas
no rreevme natreiWri.
fit;
unless he apolog sed he ought not to he heard. L,7„1. of
,P,r,
bord said he branded Jr. Barnes as the autiLuort'„,
anonymous letter reflecting en Mr. Hampton's CP,
Other expressions of disapproval of Mr. Bare_e,',
duct were mede, with cries of " turn him
"e;t o°o
upon whieb he at first reused to apologise, _ittlteil
said if what he said were taken as an iesult, lie "
ran 1-0 p
the eepreesion. Order not being likely to _O3
Mr. Harbord withdrew his motion, and the clitorra
nounced the meeting to be dissolved.