The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

A man of the name of John Taylor, weaver, Leigh, has
been committed, but admitted to bail, for trial at the next
Liverpool Assizes, on a charge of having personated a
voter at the recent municipal election for Bo ton; and
John Lyons, John Ratcliffe, James Greenwood, John
Halliwell, and James Badder, have also been committed
for trial at the same Assizes, charged with " bottling,"
or trying to keep a voter away from voting at the same
municipal election.
SALE OF AMERICAN CHEESE, LARD, AND BUTTER.
—There were offered for sale, at the Commercial Sale
Room, Temple-court, on Thursday last, about 125 tons
of American cheese, 937 kegs of lard, and 55 kegs of
Canadian butter. About two-thirds of the cheese were
sold at prices ranging from 51s to 56s per cwt. A few
very prime samples fetched from 57s to 595. The great-
est weight were sold from 50s to 545. Most of the lard
was sold, prices ranging from 49s 6d. to 51s. The but-
ter fetched 71s, but part of it was withdrawn, the holders
not being willing to sell except at an advance upon that.
DENSE FOG.—On Thursday morning last our town and
river were obscured by a fog which equalled in density the
celebrated fogs of London. It was so thick that, early
in the morning, the keenest vision could not penetrate
more than a few yards. The passengers who had to cross
from the opposite side of the river to their business in this
town, were naturally apprehensive for their safety, and
the bells which were heard sounding from every station
and vessel did not tend to allay their fears, as those warn-
ings told the imminent danger of collision. This state of
things continued till midday, and fortunately no accident
of any consequence took place. Several slight collisions
took place on the river, but no material damage was done.
SHIPS' STORES.—The Board of Customs having had
under their consideration an order received by them from
the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
sanctioning the increased allowance of bonded stores to
vessels engaged in the African trade, and under the special
circumstances of that trade authorizing the allowance of
such stores to vessels of not less burden than fifty tons,
orders have been issued, that vessels of fifty tons or up-
wards, proceeding to the coast of Africa, on coasting
voyages, be allowed to receive on board bonded stores
from the warehouses of the docks, &c., under the usual
regulations as to quantities; the duration of such voyages
out and home being estimated at 330 days; and the offi-
cers of the revenue at this port, and at the several out-
ports of the United Kingdom, have received instructions
to govern themselves in future accordingly.
INQUESTS ON SATURDAY BEFORE THE BOROUGH
CORONER.—On view of the body of John Brown, aged
35. Deceased was a boatman, and on Thursday night
last, while he was in a boat with another man, assisting to
dock a vessel in the Waterloo Dock, the boat in which
they were was upset by getting against a rope, and both
were thrown into the water. The boat went down, and
the deceased was not seen for some four minutes after,
when he was found afloat. and not quite dead ; but,
though every means was used for his revival, he expired
before being taken to the Receiving House.—On the
body of John Banks, aged 55, who lived in Cartwright-
place, Byrom-street. Deceased had complained for a
fortnight back of pain in his chest, and on Thursday
morning was much wore. At six o'clock he was found
dead. Verdict, after examination of the body. " death
from serious apoplexy."
DOCK COMMITTEE, TnonsDAY.—The election of Mr.
Rankin, as a trustee, was formally announced. The sub-
committee of Works were authorised to extend the shed
on the south-west quay of Clarence basin at an estimated
expense of £270. Mr. Sandbach represented that the
graving blocks in Prince's basin required renewal, and the
surveyor promised to examine them. The sub-committee
of Works recommended that authority be given to the
surveyor to purchase timber for the construction of the
new landing-stage, and to request Mr. Cubitt to furnish
the working plans. The chairman, in reply to several
questions stated that the wood-work of the stage would
be done by the Dock estate, according to Mr. Cubitt's
desire. but that the pontoons would be contracted for.
The Warehouse Committee reported that Mr. R. T.
Austin entered on his duties at the Albert Dock ware-
houses on the 3rd instant. An application from the offi-
cers of the customs to enclose part of the transit sheds,
for the better examination of goods, was referred.
A Cow us A TAVERN.—AII have heard of the story of
a bull in the china shop. They shall now hear of the wild
freaks of a cow in a tavern. On Friday, a man named J.
Hull, of Greenalgh, bought a heifer cow at the fair, in
this town, and put her up in a stable at the Corporation
Arms. When he went to remove her, for the purpose of
taking her home, she rushed out on his opening the door,
in an infuriated state, and knocked him down. She then
ran up the yard, and entering the house through the back
door. which was left open, made right into the spirit vault,
but thence retreated, and forced her way into the bar.
There the animal got her head under the table, and down
went the glasses which were standing upon it. The noise
occasioned by their fall so much added to the alarm of the
beast, that she fled out of the bar with precipitate haste,
carrying away, on the top of her bead, the table and one
of the folding doors. Having dropped its burden in the
lobby, (the door, we may here state, was smashed to
pieces,) it made its egress into the street, and ran, pell-
mell, through the town.—Preston Paper.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—On Tuesday an inquiry
took place into the circumstances attending the death of
John Ratcliffe, of Union-place, Howarth-street, Everton.
It appeared that the deceased had had criminal intercourse
with a young woman named Mary Charnock, who resided
with her father, William Charnock, at Upholland. On
Sunday, the 23d of October, the deceased, who was then
in liquor, went over to Upholland, and called at Char-
nock's house. William Charnock was then up stairs, and
the daughter, knowing the hatred which her father had to
the deceased, advised him to leave the house, fearing
some evil consequences might ensue. He refused, and
just at that moment the father came down stairs, and
having told the deceased several times to quit the house
without effect, he took the poker from the fireside, and in
his endeavour to put the deceased out, a struggle ensued.
Which of them struck could not be ascertained with cer-
tainty, but the deceased fell, and the floor was sprinkled
with blood. The deceased was afterwards conveyed to
Liverpool, and lingered in great agony until Sunday
week, when he died. The jury returned a verdict of
manslaughter against Charnock.
HEALTH OF TOWNS' ASSOCIATION.—The monthly
meeting of the committee, held on Thursday, in the
Town-hall, was numerously attended. An important re-
port was read from a sub-committee appointed at the
last meeting to consider the subject of the smoke nuisance,
in which it was stated that, from a personal inspection of
thirteen furnaces in Liverpool, where smoke-consuming
apparatus are employed, the members have satisfied them-
selves that the burning of smoke can be, and is, effectually
accomplished, and that the general adoption of similar
plans would at once put an end to the nuisance, and pro-
duce a saving to the proprietors in the expense of fuel, in
some cases of 25 per cent., or even more. The sub-com-
mittee had ascertained that in Manchester, since the Ist
of January last, when a local act enforcing a penalty of
£2 per week came into operation, the nuisance had been
considerably diminished. A long discussion took place
on the subject of Lord Lincoln's bill, when a resolution
was unanimously come to to the effect, that the whole sub-
ject of the various matters affecting the health of towns
would be most efficiently carried on by their being com-
mitted into the hands of one controlling and managing
power.
MILNER'S FIRE-RESISTING SAFES. We have 50
frequently been induced, by a sense of public duty, to
recommend the safes of our townsmen, Messrs. Milner,
from what we have ourselves witnessed, and heard from
others, of their efficiency on numerous trying occasions,
that all further comment on our part were superfluous,
saving as a reminiscence to those who in the wealthy and
commercial community, may be in possession of books,
documents. or other valuable articles, for 1.1,e secure depo-
sit of which they may not vet have provided themselves.
In our last publication we noticed the fire in the
premises of Messrs. Garniss, clothiers, in Park-lane, in
which a costly stock was completely destroyed, the bare
walls being alone left; the books contained in one of
these safes were alone saved, although the box was ex-
posed to the hottest of a furious fire. Messrs. Garniss
have since publicly acknowledged their " surprise and
gratitude" on finding, " instead of ashes as they expected.
the whole of their books as perfect as when they left them."
Mr. Leveratt, superintendent of police, who was present
during the whole of the destructive conflagration, als
testifies to the fire being one of the hottest he had ever
witnessed," especially in the shop where the safe was
placed. The box may be seen at the office of this paper,
and an examination of it will convince the most sceptical.
that though much defaced by the devouring element, it
presented impenetrable obstacles to its ingress. It will
be remembered, that last summer a fire took place in the
offices of Messrs. J. and W. Walker, the extensive buil-
ders, of Birkenhead, that the premises were entirely
gutted ; but that the books deposited in one of these safes
were found to be uninjured, whilst valuable plans and
papers in a strong iron safe, of the common construction,
standing beside it, and exposed to the same degree of com-
bustion, were reduced to tinder. We could adduce mans
other instances, both in this neighbourhood and throughout
the kingdom, of books and papers being similarly pre-
served in these safes, the principle of which, by evolving
internal steam in equal progress with the intensity of the
heat to which they are exposed, is, thcugh simple in itself
when understood, an effectual and most valuable protec-
tive. So strongly indeed, and so frequently has the fact
been established, by practice and experiment, with papers,
combustible valuables, and even gunpowder itself, that a 1
further eulogium of its merits were superfluous. Messrs.
Milner have, in fine, conferred a lasting benefit on society
by their scientific and admirable invention; and we may
venture to say, that persons possessed of valuable docu-
ments or other property, who neglect to furnish themselves
with these neat, portable, and comparatively cheap depo-
sitories, will find,vn arriving at a serious loss, but a small
amount of sympathy from the considerate portion of the
community.