The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-01 00:00:00

THE SELECT VESTRY.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Vestry was held on
Tuesday, in the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hull. The Rev.
Rector Campbell presided.
The Finance Committee's proceedings showed that the Rev.
Rector Campbell had seen Mr. Baines, the chairman of the
Poor•law Board, and had received from him an assuran:e that,
in its progress through the House, the Irish Steam Navigation
Bill should be made as efficient as possible. Cheques were
granted to the Treasurer for £5,139 anti £5,297, respectively.
It had been agreed that the old Parish-offices, in Lime-street,
should be again advertised for, or otherwise, £3,509 to be the
purchase-money, or £lBO the annual rent.
Some discussion arose as to the right which private mem-
bers had of inspecting the collector's cashbox and other books,
without the official sanction of the churchwardens and over-
seers being obtained. The Chairman observed that the opinion
of the Poor-law Commissioners was, that no member had an
abstract right to examine the books, except the churchwardens
and overseers officially.
The minutes of the Finance Committee being confirmed,
those of the Workhouse Committee were submitted. The
Governor reported that on the 18th instant there were 1,924
inmates in the Workhouse, against only 1.670 in the corre-
sponding week of last year. There were 627 sick cases. The
number of visitors, or rather of admissions to the Vagrant
Sheds, during last week, had been 438 males, 214 females, and
75 children. In the Industrial Schools there were reported to
be
_1)072 children.

The proceedings of the Medical Relief Committee showed
that Mr. Steel, one of the parish surgeons, had lodged a com-
plaint against Mr. Martindale, a relieving-officer, of having
given orders for medicet relief to parties who were in good
circumstances. The matter is still under investigation. Mr.
Dowling had also written that one of the medical officers had
refused to attend a case of confinement on board of a steam-
packet. Mr. Callan denied that he had r. ceived any applica-
tion, and his letter containing this statement had been for-
warded to Mr. Dowling.
Mr. FAIRHURST made a proposition that the grant to the
Northern Hospital be redu ed from 2CO guineas annually to
-'lOO. An amendment was moved by Mr. KITCHEN to the
effect, that the matter should be postponed till after an inves-
tigation, now in progress by a sub-committee of the Workhouse
Committee, as to what accommodation could be afforded for
surgical cases in the house. The amendment, after some
discussion, was carried.

Mr. Wiimunit then rose to move a resolution of which he
had given notice. "That the board should adhere to tloe motion
passed on the 3d August, 1950, and which was, `That each
collector be authorised to receive from the owners of property
or their agents, paying the same on behalf of the occupiers,
one half of rates due, subject to the following conditions:—
The amount received to be reported to this committee, with the
particulars of the circumstances of the owners of the property
in respect of which the payment is made; and the committee,
after hearing the statement of the circumstances of such oc-
cupiers, to determine whether such payment shall be received
as final, snd whether the parties shall be excused on the plea of
poverty ; but that the collectors are not authorised to demand
from the owneo s of cottage property, to make this compromise,
any rates which may be due from their tenants."'
BRADLEY said an absurdity in the resolution was, that a man
had first to come and pay the money, and they had then to de-
cide whether it was a final payment or not. He thought that
the matter from the first should rest with the committee, and
not with the collectors, and proposed, as an amendment,
"'That no rates he received from landlords for their tenants
till their application be first sulmlitted to and decided upon by
the Cottage Rating Committee." Mr. WIGGINS seconded the
amendment, and, after a somewhat heated discussion, the
question was put and the amendment host by a majority of
twelve to seven.

A MEMBER OF CHRIST CHURCH SHOT.—Considerable
excitement prevailed in this city on Thursday last in con-
sequence of an announcement that a member of the
University had been shot early that morning in St.
Aldate's.street. It appeared that between one and two
o'clock that morning a party of collegians endeavoured
to throw into the water the cannon placed in front of the
house occupied by Mr. Joseph Caudwell, near Folly-
bridge, and while one of the party was fastening a cord
round the cannon Mr. Caudwell opened his bedroom
window and fired at him. The shots unfortunately took
effect, and lodged in Mr. Ross's neck and band, from
which the blood flowed profusely. By the assistance
of his friends, the young man (a member of Christ
Church) was removed to his lodgings, and medical
assistance was immediately obtained. In the
course of the day the Vice-Chancellor issued a warrant
for the apprelension of Mr. Caudwell, who was accord-
ingly taken into custody and brought before the Uni-
versity authorities. The hearing of the case was strictly
private, but we understand that the evidence adduced
confirmed the above facts. The medical attendant was
examined, and in consequence of his evidence, and the
state of Mr. Ross, it was deemed advisable to remand
Mr. Caudwell for a week, when the case will be fully
gone into. The same afternoon Mr. Caudwell was con-
veyed to Abingdon gaol, the spot where the firing took
place being in the county of Barks, of which county the
Vice-chancellor is, by virtue of his office, a magistrate for
the time being. In the evening some of the University
police were stationed at Mr. Caudwell's house, as it was
anticipated that a disturbance might take place, and it
was evident that those precautions were not unnecessary.
We understand that Mr. Ross is progressing favourably,
and it is anticipated that the injuries which he has sus-
tained will not be of so serious a character as was at first
feared.—Oxford Journal.
DISASTROUS WRECK OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP HAI.-
CYON.—We regret having to record the loss of the Ameri-
can emigrant ship Halcyon, which sailed hence, on the
17th May, with upwards of 300 passengers, principally
Irish and German emigrants, for New York. The whole
of the passengers and crew, with the exception of one wo-
man and a child, were providentially rescued from a wa-
tery grave, having been humanely taken on board, almost
in the last extremity. by the New York ships Connecticut,
Captain Latham, and the William H. Wharton, Captain
Gates, laden with cotton, on their passage to Liverpool.
The Halcyon encountered a heavy gale on the Bth ultimo,
longitude being about 57/ and latitude 42, within five or
six days' sail of New York. The ship, from a succession
of disasters, became totally disabled ; and, notwithstanding
the exertions and skill of Capt. Wade and his officers, to
which the whole of the passengers we have conversed with
bear willing and eager testimony, those on board would
most. inevitably have perished had not the vessels alluded
to rendered timely assistance. To Capt. Wade, who
most courteously and readily afforded us every information,
we are indebted for the following report of the disaster :
" On the Bth of June the Halcyon, when within five or
six days sail of New York, was dismasted in a heavy S.E.
gale. The fore and mainmasts went by the deck, and
the mizenmast below the top. The rudder was rendered
useless by the thumping of the spars before they could be
gut clear, and the violent action of the sea. One pump
was broken by the cargo fetching away, and the other was
so much injured as to be rendered nearly useless. Up to
the time of the Connecticut and William H. Wharton
coming to the rescue, which was on the 11th, it was im-
possible, in consequence of the violent rolling of the
wreck, to get up a jury-mast ci-'iufficient size to steady
the sinking ship. All this time the leakage was increas-
ing, the cargo was working, and the hull straining vio-
lently. One of the steerage passengers, a woman,
sustained a serious injury from some iron rails on deck
falling on her feet, and crushing her very much, which
caused her death. When the Connecticut and Wm. H.
Wharton came down, they took off the passengers and
crew, with provisions, &c., and they left on the 12th. When
leaving, the wreck being directly in the track of ships
bound to the eastward, and it being nearly night, he
(Captain Wade) deemed it prudent to set her on
fire, to prevent any ships that might come along
during the night running foul of her." Captain
Wade, the officers, and passengers of the ill-fated vessel
express the deepest gratitude for their safe deliverance.
The Wm. H. Wharton arrived in Liverpool on Thurs-
day evening, with the mate of the vessel and 190 of her
passengers:; and the Connecticut, bringing Capt. Wade
and the remainder of the unfortunate people, on Friday
evening. The passengers, most of whom were of the
poorer class of emigrants, lost nearly every article of
luggage, and the benevolent public are appealed to on
their behalf. Messrs. Hamden and Co., the brokers for
the ship, will immediately provide them with a passage in
another vessel, but in the meantime it has been suggested
that a subscription should be set on foot to make good
the loss the poor emigrants have sustained, and that firm
has most liberally headed the list with a donation of £25.
It is believed that if £lOO be raised that will prove suffi-
cient, and we trust the appeal will not be made in vain.
HAIR.—Although many specifics (some of a useless
character) have been offered for the restoration of the hair,
we believe that one of the best is that offered by Madame
de la Garde in our advertising columns. The recommett-
dations in its favour are very strong, and on the continent
it has gained a well-founded reputation for its satonish-
ingly beaef►cisl 'theta. . .

Same day, at St. Nicholas's Church, by the Rev. A. J. Tom.
lin, 8.A., Mr. JOHN COATES, joiner, to Miss A. GRF.AVES.
Same day, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. H. Carpen-
ter. 8.A., WILLIAM, third son of the late Mr. JOHN WIG-
NALL, of A ughton, near Ormskirk, to ELIZABETH, eldest
daughter of Mr. ROBERT IRVING, victualler, Vauxhall-road.
Same day, at St. Paul's Church. Princ.•'s-park, by the Rev.
Mr. Waring, JOHN, only son of Mr. ALEXANDER, LEECH-
MAN, of Edinburgh, to MARY EMMA, only daughter of the
late Capt. HENRY WATTS, of Barnstaple.
Same day, at St. John the Baptist's Church, RALPH, eldest
son of Mr. JAMES HAMER, to ELIZABETH, daughter of
Mr. GEORGE TAYLOR, of Toxteth-park.
Same day, at St. John the Baptist's Church, Mr. ROBERT
CHICKEN to Miss MARY JANE SNOWBALL, both of Tox-
teth.park.
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Smile day, at St. Silas's Church, by license, Mr. THOMAS
K. SIMPSON to MISS MARY ANN MORRIS.

On the 23rd ultimo, at St. John the Baptist's Church, JOHN,
eldest son of Mr. JAMES SIMPSON. of Aberdeen, to BETSY,
eldest daughter of Mr. LUKE WELLS, of Toxteth-park.
On the 24th ultimo, at St. John's Church. by the Rev. W. M.
Fal loon, M.A., Mr. W. DOUG EN to Mrs. ANNE ALEXANDER.
Same day, at the St. Peter's Roman Catholic Chapel, Seel_
street, by the Rev. T. B. Bonney, Mr. R. H. STATHER to
Miss SARAH MILNF.R.

Same day, at St. Mary's Church, Islington, London, Mr.
JAMES RICHARDSON. of this town, to CATHERINE,
youngest daughter of the late WILLIAM BLUNDSTONE, of
Cloudesley-square.

Same day, at St. John's Church, by the Rev. W. M. Falloon,
1.41. A., Mr. H. L. JOHNSON tt, Miss ELIZABETH PASS.

On the .25th ultimo, Mr. EDWARD ROBINSON to Miss
ANN ELIZA MAGRAW, youngest (laughter of the late Mr.
P. Magraw, of her Majesty's Customs.
Same day, at Great George-street Chapel, by the Rev. Hugh
Stowell Brown, Mr. THOMAS DAVIES, tailor and draper, to
ELEANOR, eldest daughter of Mr. S. EVANS. of Seaforth.

On the 26th ultimo. at the Friends'Meeting-itOUse.Wi;;;-Ing-
ton, Mr. JOSEPH JACKSON, of Calder•vate, near Lancaster,
to LUCY. daughter of J. HOLMES, Esq., of Orford, near
Warrington.

Same day, at the Parish Church of Pthrhaston, by the Rev.
G. P. Latimer, WILLIAM., son of ROBERT MAKIN. Esq.,
of F.verton, to HELEN ELIZABETH, daughter of CHARLES
SHAW, Esq., of Greenfield house, near Birmingham._

Yesterday,, at All Saints'Church, by the Rev. J. G. Haworth,
Mr. ()WEN OWENS, bookkeeper, to ANNE, eldest daughter
of Mr. JOHN MOORE, all of this town.