The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

IS NOW OFFEREVAT.PIiii7ES_FULLY AS LOW AS THE

IMITATION,
Thus placing it within the reaeh or evert, Trader.
, MESSRS. POOLEY AND SON

are Makers to the Hon. Boa►d of Ordnance, and by special
appointment to the London nod North-Western, the Midlane,
and other leading Railway Companies.
Ironmongers and the Trade,supplied on liberal terms.

GREAJI' 'FIRE
IN MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER ;

ENTIRELY CONSUMING A LARGE SQUARE OF WARE-
HOUSES, OFFICES, AND SHOPS.
TN the last great Fire in -George-street, Manchester,
nine large Houses had their Books burned in Iron Safes,
Closets Asia' Iron Doors, Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) Safes,
&c. tte. tic. ; and again on the above recent occasion, a great
number of parties have suffered,the same calamity. The only
Safe which brought its contents-uninjured out of the burning
mass being the one alluded to-bAow.
" Mratehester, August 13th, 1817.

" GENTLEMEEN,—In the late ,Fire in Market-street, which
entirely gutted the entire block of buildings of which my Ware-
house formed part, I have Sincere pleasure in informing you
that my books, together with a -quantity of valuable papers,
watches, &c., were preserved uninjured in one of your Fire-
resisting Safes, which I strongly,rec.ommend to the public.
" I am your obedient-servant,
"THOMAS HAIGH, Woollen Merchant,
" New Browu-street and Market-street.
" 2lfessrs. Milner and Son."
The outside of this Safe was partially melted: the contents
inside unsinged, being steamed (Wiled instead of burned) by
the evaporating principle of •the Safe. Near to it a large
Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) ,cliambeved Safe, full of valuable
'Books and Documents before the Fire, was found to contain
nothing but tinder and-ashes:after it !
In the numerous accidental Files and experimental tests
which Milners' Safes have been exposed to—every description
of Safe in use—Fireproof (so called) or otherwise have been
bumf. out beside them, confirming the recommendation of the
scientific and practical authorities who here tested them, anti
the Patentees' during seven years active working of their
patent, on a rapidly extending scale, have -spared no pains nor
cost in effecting improvements, by which they are enabled to
pledge themselves at all times to supply the most compiete and
secure depositories for Books, Documents, and Valuables ; in-
cluding, the strongest Wrought-iron Safes, Closets, and Doors
in the World. lined with theirimeouolied Fire-resisting Chain_
hers. Out of upwards of 20.000 of .their Sates in use amongst
the Manufacturing and Commercial Houses of Great Britain—
the class best able to appreciate their value—numerous cases of
exposure to accidental fire have occurred, from which Thomas
Milner and Son select the following as instances, vu which they
are of opinion that no other Sete than their own would have
preserved its contents unburnt.
Fre at Mr. J. Blackaller's Ship and Chandlery Store, Spar-
hng-street, Liverpool; a strong and :fierc Fire; Safe most
severely burnt outside; contents unsinged.
tare at Messrs. J. and W. Walkers', the extensive builders,
Birkenhead; buildings entirely gutted, everything burnt in
them, including the contents of large iron Safe and drawers,
stauding besides Milners'; the contents of Milners' unisijured,
and in use now.
Fire at Messrs. Garniss and Co.'s, Park-lane; a very strong
fire; again the contents of Milners' Safe the only thing saved
.
on the premises.
Fire at Plimsoll] Brothers', of Plymouth; a very extensive
and destructive tire; a large Iron Safe covered with brickwork
with double Iron doors burnt out ; Milners' entirely preserving
its contents.

Fire in Queen-street, Glasgow; a great number of Safeg and
Closets burnt out; no books saved throughout the buildings
excepting Messrs. S. R. and Thomas Browns', in Milners
Safe.

Nlilners' Fire-resisting Safes, Chests. and Boxes, suitable for
all classes of Buildings, impregnable Locks and Cash Boxes,
at the Works, 50A, Lord-street and Cable-street, and Show-
°mil, 15, South John-street, Liverpool.

A scam of excellent coal has been discovered near the
Dardanelles, and will be extremely useful for the supply
of steamers navigating the Levant or the Black Sea.
It is the fundamental rule of all great reformations' that
the things to be amended must be brought back to their
beginnings.
• TILE ORIENTAL DIVAN.--This hotel is the nuellum in
pdrvo of a London house—replete with every convenience
for the stranger and the resident. The viands and all
the etceteras are of undeniable qualities.
ROYAL AMPHITHE NTRE. —The performances at this
Theatre, during the past week, have been of a most at-
tractive character; and the spirited management is, we
observe, preparing fresh novelties.
REPEAL OF,TH E UN lON.—A people without occupation.
leaders without honesty, labour without capital, turbu-
lence without controul, rashness without foresight, and
without common sense.

GmenLlNG.—This vice has been practised by the most
and'enlightened people, as well as by the most
barbarous and ignorant. The coronetted legislator of the
foremost nation an refinement has been known to sacrifice
:1 princely income to this passion. No station is free
ii•orn its degrading influence. The brutal bull-baiter,
and the most profound thinker have alike met ruin in its
vortex. An instance of the latter occurred in the case of
in author of EUropean celebrity, who, in one of his works,
said " The gamester., is he dies a martyr to his pursuit, is
loubly ruined : he adds his soul to every other loss, and
by the act of suicide renounces earth to forfeit heaven !"
['he man who wrote that sentence was himself a gambler,
and ultimately a suicidel such is the result of this de-
rioralizing habit, commenced perhaps in a state of dissi-
pated ennui, and continued through a vitiated state of the
ligestive organs, entailing a morose, peevish, and discon-
enter' state of mind, the whole of which might have been
ireveeted by the occasional use of that mild aperient,
Frampton's Pill of Health.
ORW/N OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—Upwards of
ixty years ago, (or, in 1787-89), when Arthur Young was
ravelling in France, he met with a Monsieur Lomond,
" a very ingenious and inventing mechanic," who had
:jade a remarkable discovery in electricity. " You write
'wo or three words on a paper," says Young : " he takes it
Nith ICm into a room, and turns a machine enclosed in a
7ylindrieal case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a
small, fine, pith bail ; a wire connects with a similar cy-
!hider and electrometer in a distant apartment ; and his
rife by remarking the corresponding motions of the ball,
vrites down the words they indicate; from which it ap-
dears he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the
icegth of the wire makes no difference in the effect, a eor-
,espondenee might be carried on at any distance. What-
-ver the use may be, the invention is beautiful." This
liscovery; however, lay unnoticed until about three years.
since; though the apparatus was designed to effect the
same end as the electric telegraph, by means very similar.
---The Lon,dpn Teleffroph.

THIRD EDITION.

Standard-qffice, Three o'clock.

THE BIBIiENHEID DOCK BILLS.
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE.

[BY THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

At a quarter-past one thin afternoon, the Parliamentary
Committee gave their decision in the case of the Birken-
head Dock Completion Bill.
The Chairman, after the parties had been out nearly an
hour, announced that the preamble of the bill, empower-
ing the Woods and Forests to advance £150,000 to com-
plete the dock works at Birkenhead, had not been proved.
The promoters then prayed for a few days adjournment,
to consider what course they should take with the other
bills.
The application was granted.

AIMIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA

FROM AMERICA.

The Royal Mail Steam-ship Britannia, Captain J. C.
Lang, arrived here this afternoon at two o'clock, with ad-
vices from New York to the 16th instant, Boston to the
17th, and Halifax to the 19th instant. She has brought
£3,600 specie and 43 passengers.
The political advices are not important.
General Scott embarked from Vera Cruz on the 30th
April for New York and great preparations were making
in the latter town to give him an enthusiastic reception.

Upwards of three hundred builiings had been destroyed
by the great fire at Detroit, and the loss is estimated at
above two hundred thousand dollars.

Afire broke out at Albany on the 15th instant, and da-
mage estimated at thirty thousand dollars was done.
The Indians .n Yucatan still continue their depreda-
tions. They have destroyed the town of Valcalla by
burning it to the ground. Five hundred of its defenders
had retired into forts, while the women and children were
taking care of themselves as best they could, and were
flying in all directions without money or food. Even the
inhabitants of Balize were threatened with an attack, and
were preparing to meet it. On the 13th April there was
an action between about 300 Indians of Ehi's division
and the Yucatecos. The latter were successful.
Intelligence from England by the Cambria steam-ship
was received in New York on the 14th instant. It had
rather a favourable influence on the markets. Prices for
cotton had stiffened, and there was more inquiry for ship-
ment; for the better grades prices were very firm, while
for the poorer there was less demand, and lower prices were
accepted. Stocks were a little better. There was but a
limited demand for sterling exchanges. Bills on London
are quoted at 101 to 11 per cent premium Continental
bills were a complete drug. The markets for Flour opened
heavy on the 15th, and at a decline. Common State
at 1t6.121, and pure Genessee $6.371.
Corn meal ruled steady.,. with moderate- sales. Wheat
was dull, and nominal. Corn was more firm. Pork was
dull and scarce, holders of which were firm.

ATTEMPTED DigURIIANCE BY TIM
IRISH IN ',OMAN.

On the arrival in London of the inteiligence of
Mitchel's conviction, various clubs of Irish assembled,
partly armed with muskets and pikes, in Clerkenweil-
green, where they were harangued byy-a Mr. Williams,
with other speakers, by whom they were requested
to fetilow him four abreast where lie would lead
them. The procession moved through the city to
Finsbury-Fquare, where the word was given "to the
west." They then proceeded by Leicester-square to
Trafalgar-square, increasing in numbers as they went
along., and encouraged by exhortations to "be .firm,"
"the -time has now arrived," &c. Here, however, they
were stopped b.y a strong body of police, when they were
addressed by the leaders, who said that they had been
disappointed in their expectations, and advised them to
disperse, and meet again on Wednesday evening.

CHARGE OF MUTINY AND PIRACY AGAINST
SIX 07 THE CREW OF A VESSEL TRADING
TO AFRICA.

At the Police-court yesterday, a good deal of interest
and curiosity was excited by the coming on of a case in
which -six seamen who had formed the greater part of the
crew of the barque " Cora," on a recent voyage to the
coast of Africa from this port, stood charged by the own-.
ers of the vessel, Messrs. Harrison and Co., with certain
hets of mutiny and piracy. The prisoners names were
James Farrell, (mate), John Rigby, Thomas Coults, Jas.
'Baine, Robert Goodchild, and Antonio Baranieo, (or Ba-
vazico)—seamen, coopers, and carpenter of the ship.
Mr. Rogerson, solicitor, opened -the case for the owners,
and stated that the prisoners were charged with running
away with the Cora, and breaking into the cargo.
Two of the prisoners (coopers) were defended by Mr.
Yates, and the mate by Mr. Snowball.
' • The principal witness called for the complainants was
-Mr. Blundell, the surgeon of the vessel. He said the
Cora left Liverpool for Benin on the 19th of August,
1847, and arrived out on the 29th September, Captain
Gillespie was in command of the ship.out, but died on
-board after his arrival. 'Witness left the vessel for three
weeks, but accompanied the agent, Mr. Henry, to Fenian-
dezpo, and was absent three weeks. He seas on board of
`her again on the 10th of November, and Mx. Henry, who
was also there, said before him and others. " I leave the
vessel in charge of the mate, Mr. Farrell, .(one of the
prisoners,) and Captain Dawson will enme,on board to-
morrow and take her oeer the bar." When Mr. Henry
left Farrell, he said that Captain Gillespie had told him
-before his death that he had been poisoned by Captain
Dawson. The mate then said he would go in scorch of a
man-of-war in order to &btain a redress of grievances.
Henry told Henry Jones, oneof thecrew, that if Farrell did
not go up the river with the ship, and take charge of the
Maria Louisa (a tender used by the agents) he would tie him.
The Cora went, to sea on the 9th, in the evening. 'Wit-
ness remonstrated with the mate for doing so—alluding
to the insurance ; but the mate said that he had looked
into the insurance, and that he (witness) had better not
interfere, as there were parties on beard who would do him
injury if he did,. The ship did not proceed far. Next
morning, Captain -Dawson came within hail in a boat
to take the vessel over the bar, but the mate told the
croo-boys to tell him to keep away. Dawson did not get
on board, and they went to sea. Dawson went back, and
returned in a cutter, and fired 9 guns. The barque also
fired, but as witness heard, to leeward. On the morning
of the 12th, the Maria Louisa schooner came in sight, and
pursued the barque three or four days, but could not come
up with her. On the morning of the lttb, H. M.
steamer Grappler came up, and after communicating with •
the schooner, boarded the Cora. The lieut. in command
called the mate, the second mate, and witness to the
quarter deck, and read the articles Over to the crew, tell-
ing them to return to their duty. Some of them refused.
The mate did not refuse, but wished them to return, say-
ing he was in search of a roan-of-war to obtain a redress
of grievances. The lieutenant reasoned with them. The
men then stated they bad been used very badly on the
river by Captain Dawson. A chest containing 20 guns,
part of the cargo, was opened, and the men loaded them ;
the mate and carpenter loaded them with coopers' rivets
and powder from a barrel that was broached, and was part
of the cargo. A swivel was loaded in the same way.
Some machettes (a kind of sword knife) were also taken
—5 or 6.—When the schooner can:: up, Carpenter said he
-would set fire to the magazine and blow her up before
they should be taken.—The mate said the same thing.
On the previous day, the carpenter said when in sight of
the man-of-war, that those who would not assist to defend
the barque, must die. Morgan and Jones were since dead ;
both dissented from the mate's opinion. Witness made
memorandums of these transactions himself.

Cross-examined by Mr. Snowball.-1 heard that
Dawson had flogged a man who afterwards died. From
the 4th November to 10th December 1 was absent with
-41ie schooner, during the time Captain GillEspie and two
men died, and no surgeon was on board, no fresh meat
on board. Nearly the whole of crew were afflicted with
the ;curvy. No lime juice fit to use left. When we left
the greater part of the crew were knocked up, nine down
ill at one time, and not more than three well at a time, the
climate more than anything else was the cause.
I saw one man flogged, end the steward was flogged by
Henry himself. Had broken a porter bottle on the cap-
tain's head. The captain had flogged him with a -rope
before the bottle was used. Henry threatened the crew
what he would do with them when he got into the river.
He told them once or twice that he would see their back
bones.

Re-examined by Mr. Yates.—! know the coopers ; they
were cutting rivets to put into the guns. 13:tine orWhithy ?
—I saw only Bailie cutting the rivet heads off. Whitby
was. in a low, weak state, froni debility, and would not
have been so, if they had had good and fresh provisions..
One Thomas also died. Antonio was been flogged by the
agent, on board the Cora, in the river, after the Cora re-
turned. He was flogged with a eat. lie is in a very bad
state. I never heard before of an agent degrading himself
by going on hoard and flogging the men. Bainedid riot
put the cut rivets into the guns. They might have been
cut by commend of the mate, .who
.had command of the
ship.
Several other witnesses were examined, and it appeared
that Antonio, who was ill at the hospital, could not be
brought, if indeed be will be proceeded a4cinst. The
prisoner Whitby was diseharzcd to he tahen as a witness
hereafter, he having hail nothing. to do wire the affair, as
the doctor said he was ill of fever in tha bed all the time.
The second mate is also to be brought up, if he can be
found, as a witness. Mr. Snowball made some remarks
on the cruel conduct of threats pursued towards the teen
by Henry, the agent,- and Dawson, and contended that
there waS no case of felony against any of the accused.
They had been left for six weeks nearly, all ill, without
proper provisions, timejuic:‘, or attendance. Mr.
Yates also made some strong remarks. Mr. Rushton
adjourned the further hearing until to-day at one o'clock.
We learn that soon after the transaction!, stated transpired,
Captain Dawson himself died, on the coast.