The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-18 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

A new steam-vessel, with the screw propeller, will be
placed on the Cork and London line next month.
Mr. Summers Harford has relinquished his intention of
contesting the borough of Lewes : a very prudent resolve.
A new fine vein of lead ore has just been discovered in
the Isle of Man.

Wm. Lloyd, the fellow who maliciously broke the
Portland vase, value £lOOO, at the British Aluseum, has
been committed to bard labour for two months.

A range of buildings at Fulham, valued at between two
and three thousand pounds, was destroyed by fire on
Tuesday last.

The Commissioners of 'Woods and Forests have pur-
chased the Eari of Haddington's right, as "hereditary
keeper of Holyrood Palace," for £30,674.

The Journal des Debats of Thursday, the Gth instant,
under its " second edition" head, announces an on dit
that Mr. Gladstone, who retires from the Board of
Trade, is to be appointed Bishop of Exeter!
At She ffiold, last week, a young man, a tool-maker,
having a quarrel with his father, pulled out a piece of red
hot iron from the forge, and struck him so violently as to
cause his death a few days afterwards.

THE IRON TRADE, GLASGOW, Feb. 13.—Sellers are
holding firm to-day at £4 10s. ; and it is now confidently
believed that X. 5 will be declared at the forthcoming meet-

The Board established by a patent during the Pitt Ad-
ministration, for opening the letters of foreigners sus-
pected of having treasonable designs against this or fo-
reign governments has been abolished.
Jane Crosby, charged with the wilful murder of her own
child, by holding it forcibly on the fire, has been com-
mitted to Carlisle gaol, to take her trial at the ensuing
assizes.

A man named Jones, employed at the Bridgewater
Foundry, Patricroft, was murdered on Saturday night
week, in mistake, it is supposed, for another man. Two
men are in custody for the offence.
CONTROVERTED E [ACTIONS' COMMITTEE.—The speaker
has appointed the General Committee of Elections for the
Present session, to consist of Lord Granville Somerset,
Sir George Grey, Bart., Viscount Sandon, James Loch,
Esq., John Wilson Patten, Esq., and The O'Connor Don.
A boy, thirteen years of age, the son of a cow-keeper,
named Press, in Somerstown, committed suicide on Fri-
day, by hanging himself in a cow-house, from dread of a
threatened castigation, his father having threatened to
beat him severely for playing truant.
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Mr. Crompton, surgeon oculist to Henshaw's Blind
Asylum, estimates the number of blind persons in Great
Britain and Ireland at 24,000, and expresses his convic-
tion that at least one-third of these might have had their
eyesight. 'I he two chief causes of blindness are neglect
of vaccination, and the purulent opthalmia of infancy.
MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Hon. W. B.
Baring succeeds Sir Edward Knatchbull (who will be
raised to the peerage) in the office of Paymaster-General
to the Forces ; and Lord Jocelyn succeeds Mr. Baring at
the Board of Control. These changes cause vacancies in
the representation of Marlborough and King's Lynn.—
Morning Herald.

SHOCKING INHUMANITY.—A g'rl, sixteen years old,
has been found in a loft over a cowshed, at Wandsworth,
dying of starvation, and covered with vermin and filth to
a degree too disgusting to be described. She was removed
to the Union-house and properly attended to, and is now
a little better. She is the daughter of a gardener, who,
she says, on recently taking a second wife, turned her out
of doors. For six days she was without food or drink.

Mrs. Lashbrook, the wife of a respectable farmer, and
her servant girl, have been committed for trial on a
charge of firing her husband's premises, in the parish of
Northam, North Devon. The girl made a full confession,
stating that she was instigated by her mistress to commit
the act of incendiarism during the absence of her master.
The house and outbuildings were fired at four different
places, considerably detached from each other. Both
prisoners were committed for trial ; but the mistress was
admitted to bail.

BURNING OF A SHIP.—On Monday afternoon, as the
ship Henry of 500 tons, the property of Mr. Fletcher, of
Lintehouse, was taking in a cargo of coals, at the West
India Dock Buoy, from a collier alongside, she was dis-.
covered to be in flames. The report circulated at the
time is, that a boy belonging to the Henry had been col-
lecting shavings and wood in the hold of the ship, which
by some means not explained caught fire. She was
towed clear of the shipping, and after high water she was
run on shore at the west side of the Blackwell Reach.
As the warps were burnt, it was found impossible to hold
her in deep water after the fall of the tide, and it was
therefore necessary to run her on shore, to prevent her
driving amongst the shipping at Blackwell. Ihe amount
of damage will exceed £lO,OOO.

THE PHCENIX STEAMER.—The first trial of this war
steamer was made down the Thames on Monday last, when,
drawing 12 feet 9 inches fore and 13 feet 9 inches aft, her
speed was found to average 9.616 miles per hour, her en-
gines, of 260 horse power, making 22.75 revolutions per
minute (theirlegitimate number), and her propeller (Mr.
Steinman's patent) 56.875. This same invention when
tried a second time in the " Rattler" war-steamer gave,
drawing 10 feet 8 inches fore and 12 feet aft, a speed of
9.457 knots per hour, the engines, of 220 horse-power
(with 25 revolutions), making 25.244 revolutions per mi-
nute, and the propeller 100 896, whilst that of Mr. Smith's,
when tried, a 25th time, in the same vessel. and under
the same circumstances, attained a speed of 9.638 knots,
the engines making 26.98 revolutions, and the propeller
107.92, thus showing an increase of .181 of a knot (little
more than a sixth) in 9.638 knots in favour of the latter,
when assisted by 1.756 additional engine revolutions per
minute, or 15 horses extra power.
ROMANTIC STORY.—The following is part of a letter
to a relati‘ e in this town from a gentleman at present re-
siding in the lonely and unfrequented island of Barra.
The circumstance narrated in the conclusion of the ex-
tract is singular :—" On the afternoon of Thursday, 2d

instant, a person came running into the manse, and
alarmed us with the cry of ' A vessel in distress in sight,'

We immediately rushed out, and, on reaching a point of
land which stretches a long way into the sea, below the
manse, we found that the ship (which had been seen a
few miles distant some time before) was now within a few
hundred yards of the rocky point. She truly presented
the appearance of a wreck, being without masts, and hav-
ing only fragments of sails attached to poles temporarily
erected by the crew, which we afterwards ascertained to
consist of only five men,—seven having deserted the ship
about a fortnight previously, and gone aboard an Ameri-
can vessel bound for Live,' pool. No sooner did we make
our appearance, than the poor men shouted, and rang
their hell to attract our notice. ‘‘ e did all in our power
to indicate by signs a place of safety, and a boat went out
and conducted them to an anchoring pace. They had
suffered so much from hunger that raw potatoes were con-
sidered a luxury, and were greedily devoured by the fa-
mishing crew before time could be got to boil theta. The
vessel is the Clarinda, of New Ross, county of Wexford,
Ireland, bound from Quebec to Dublin, with a cargo of
wood—a providential one for the crew, as she was filled
with water, and kept afloat solely by means of her cargo,
The captain, John Finnis, the carpenter, second mate,
cook, and one seaman, are those saved, and they are all
Irishmen. They were for thirteen days without water
but what they could catch of rain water, and their store
of provisions bad dwindled down to a small bagful! of
biscuit crumbs. On the Sunday before Christmas, the
vessel capsized, and their provisions, clothes, &c., were
lost, having'the night before been brought upon deck in
the hope that some vessel might be met with, and that
they could quit their ill-fated one. in this critical situa-
tion they remained fur five or six hours, until the masts
and rigging were cut away, through the instrumentality of
two penknives—these being the only tools saved. When
the masts were cut the vessel righted ; but the unfortu-
nate crew were utterly ignorant of their course, being des-
titute of compasses, quadrants, and everything else. They
supposed, when the welcome land of Barra made its ap-
pearance, that they bad come in sight of the Orkney
Islands. The ship has not been got into a safe harbour
vet, in consequence of the tempestuous weather, and it is
feared she will become a total wreck. She is, however,
fully insured. The captain, on hearing me mention that
I had a brother at sea, stated that he knew a young man
of the name of —, with whom he lived for a short time
in the spring of 1841 (nearly four years ago,) in the Mau-
ritius, or Isle of France, and that his personal appearance
so much resembled mine that (romantic as it might seem)
he fancied he could be no other than my brother. On
making mutual inquiries, it actually turned out to be
the case.—lnrerness Courier.

NEW ZEALAND COMPANY.—This body met, at Lon-
don on Thursday. Mr. Soarnes,. M.P., took the chair,
and said,—" Gentlemen, I deeply re.lret the spirit that
has bren evinced by the Colonial-office against the New
Zealand Company ever since Lord John Rtissell resigned
the post of Colonial Secretary. Had his lordship re-

mained at the head of the Colonial-office up to the y resent
time, this company, and the 10,000 British subjects in
New Zealand, would have been in a very different situa-
tion to that in which, I regret to say, they are at present
placed. The Colonial-office has not carried out either

the spirit or the letter of agreement entered into with this
company. (Cries of bear, hear.) I therefore fear there
is no other course for the company but to appeal to par-
liament for justice, and for that compensation which is
clearly due to them. (Cheers)." Resolutions to that
effect were moved and carried.

ANOTHER CRISIS.—Some of the indications which
preceded the crisis of 1825-6 are beginning to appear in
the money-market, and should not be allowed to pass
without observation. Letters are constantly received de-
nouncing the directors of joint-stock companies for all
sorts of irregular practices, including the formation of
them with insufficient means; the witholding of shares
from bond fide subscribers, and selling them surrepti-
tiously for a large premium at the same time ; and, finally,
a resort to the old and nefarious system of " rigging," so
often exposed on former occasions, which means the
purchase for a time of a larger number of shares than are
known to have been issued, which subjects the sellers on
the day of settlement to such terms as the fraudulent
buyers may think fit to impose. It would be unfair, per-
haps and certainly dangerous, to give publicity by name
to parties against whom such imputations are directed,
but it is sufficient for the purpose of further warning to
the mad speculators of the day, to advert to them gene-
rally, and to observe that where such manifest temptation
to such frauds existed, it is extremely probable that they
should in some instances be resorted to. The unwary
and credulous speculator, therefore, in such transactions,
who has numerous chances against him when all is fair
and above-board, is certain to lose, or perhaps to be
ruined, when exposed to such frauds as those described.
The protection of manifest and wilful dupes is perhaps
of no great consequence ; but the trade and monetary
operations of the country, which are now threatened with
disturbance from this cause, should be saved if possible
from its consequences.—Times, City Article.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CH ATH AM.—About two
o'clock on Tuesday morning, an alarming fire broke
out in her Majesty's dockyard, Chatham, which threat-
ened the most serious consequences to the whole estab-
lishment ; but owing to the heavy fall of snow, the
absence of wind, the presence of assistance immediately
on the spot, a plentiful supply of water, and the praise-
worthy exertions of officers and men—naval, military,
and civil—the damage sustained, although extensive, is
comparatively little to what might have been anticipated
from the inflammable materials and their contiguity. The
fire was first seen in a place called the Joiners' Pound,
which was full of seasoned mahogany and other materials
for ships' cabins, &c. ; and very soon it bad extended on
one side to the joiners' shop, and afterwards on the other
to the treenail-house, over which is the school for the
apprentices, forming a range of buildings on the east side.
The roof of the joiners' shop was destroyed, and the
building itself was entirely gutted ; and all the bulkheads,
&c., prepared for ships building, with great numbers of
joiners' chests of tools and fittings were consumed. The
treenail-house was also gutted, and the roof of the build-
ing, with a great portion of the books, instruments, &c.,
belonging to the school, were completely destroyed. The
schoolmaster's house, which is at the east end of the
buildings, is also ruined. The schoolmaster and his
family happily escaped without personal injury, and a
large quantity of his property was saved, but of the whole
range of building on lire scarcely anything but the tot-
tering walls remain. As soon as the alarm was given the
workmen belonging to the dockyard, the officers and men
from the ships in the Midway, and the troops of the gar-
rison, were on the spot as speedy as possible, and by their
zealous exertions the tire was got under between five and
six o'clock. The origin of the fire appears at present to
be involved, as usual, somewhat in mystery.

CAPTURE OF TWO SWINDLERS.—A few days ago the
inhabitants of Tonbridge, Kent, were visited by two
fashionably dressed persons, under the assumed names of
the Hon. Captain and Lady Stewart. They took up their
abode at the Queen's Arms Hotel, and had not been long
there before they called at different tradesmen's shops,
and gave extensive orders for valuable jewellery end
clothes of the very best description. The dress and
appearance of the strangers were well calculated to lull
suspicion as to their real characters, and they succeeded
in obtaining two gold watches, chains, rings, and pins,
of various descriptions, which .were paid for with checks
on the London and County Bank, (a check-book of which
the '` gentleman" carried in his pocket,) and filled up in
the presence of the unsuspecting tradesmen, from whom
he generally obtained five or ten pounds, the balance of
the amount of the check. They carried on their depre-
dations until Thursday morning last, when several boxes
were removed to the railway-station, addressed to Mr.
Dittmar, London, to be left at the terminus at London
until called for. The removal of so many boxes caused
some suspicion, and inquiries were instantly sent to Lon-
don respecting the checks, when it was ascertained that
the party was known there only as a swindler, several
applications having arrived at the bank from various parts
of the country respecting them. On the return of the
messenger from London it was found that the parties bad
absconded. An officer was dispatched by the railway
after the fugitives, who had walked a short distance from
Tonbridge, where they had a conveyance in waiting, and
in which they were driven off to London. Saturday two
officers secured the prisoners at the railway terminus,
where they had arrived to carry away their luggage. The
whole of the boxes were seized by the police, and found
to contain jewellery and dresses worth between £2OO and
£3OO. On the male prisoner was found a gold watch
and chain, a blank check-book of the London and County
Bank, and 30 sovereigns. On the female was also found
another gold watch and chain.

HORSE-FLESH SAUSAGES.—Mr. Mebane'', a horse-
slaughterer in Sharp's-alley, Cow-cross, attended before
Sir Peter Laurie, at Guildhall, to hear a complaint that
was about to be made respecting his establishment, by
Mr. Lamplough, a chemist, at No. 88, Snow-hill, and
one of the guardians of the West London Union. Mr.
Lamplough said that a short time since, perceiving a very
offensive smell in the New Farringdon-street, curiosity
induced him to endeavour to trace the cause of it, and he
discovered it proceeded from the knacker's yard in Sharp's-
alley. He found several horses there, some waiting to be
slaughtered, and some dead. As he was leaving the yard,
a sight presented itself which excited his disgust, from a
suspicion which might or might not be well founded. He
saw a quantity of sausage meat brought from Mr.Atcher-
ler's dwelling-house, and remembered that while he was
in the yard he heard the click of a sausage-making mill.
On Friday last he and his friend again paid a visit to the
knacker's yard, and on leaving it they saw two baskets
full of sausages going from the same dwelling-house.
They followed the man, and saw him deliver them at the
White Horse Inn, Fetter-lane, where he booked the bas-
kets to go to Brighton. If 'the horrid suspicion that en-
tered his mind that those sausages were partly made of
horse-flesh were well fr. unded, it would partly account
for some of the peculiar diseases that had recently deve-
loped themselves in the human frame, and which the fa-
culty had a difficulty in accounting for otherwise. Sir
Peter Laurie asked Mr. Atcherler if it was true that,
being a slaughterer of horses, he had a chopping-mill for
the conversion of horse-flesh into sausages ? Mr. Atcher-
ler said he had not. His house was at the top of the
yard, and the dwelling-house mentioned did not belong
to him, but to Mr. Lansdowne. He certainly had a mill,
and carried on the business of a maker of saveloys and
polonies. With regard to the smell from his premises,
he had the yard scalded out once a week, and it was kept
in as good order as any place of the kind in the metro-
polis. The stench was as likely to come from the pre-
mises of some of his neighbours. Sir Peter remarked it
was rather remarkable that a saveloy- maker should choose
premises next to a horse-slaughterer. In a recent great
distillery case, they had heard of a convenient connecting
pipe with other premises. Sir Peter was glad he had af-
. of explaining that he had no

connexion with the sausage-maker; and wished him good

morning

STATEMENT OF THE SELLING PRICE OF
MERCHANT BAR IRON, IN LIVERPOOL,

REF, MOST REMARKABLE PERIODS

IN THE HISTORY OF THE TRADE

(From Jevons and Sons' Circu"a?..)

FIRST PERIOD, SECOND PERIOD, THIRD PERIOD
1817 to 1823. 1824 to 1832. 1835 and 1813.

£ s_,
1817 Feb.... 8 101824 Jan. .. 8 15,1835 Feb
Match . 9 10' Feb. .. 9 15t Sept... 7
July 10 10 Sept... 10 01 Oct -

5
0
7 10

August 12 0 Oct. ll 01 Nov... 8 0
Oct. .. 13 0 „ 11 10; Dec... 8 5
1818 Feb. .. 12 /5 l3 0:1836 Jan. .. 10 10
April.. 11 )5 Nov 12 10 April.. 11 10
May .. 11 5 Dec 13 0 July .. 11 5
June .. 10 15 1825 Jan. l4 0 Oct. .. 11 0
August 10 0 Feb. l5 0 Nov— 10 15
Sept... 11 10 March 14 10 Dec... 10 10
Dec. .. 12 10 April 14 0 1837 Feb. .. 10 5
1819 May .. 11 10 August 13 0 March. 9 15
June .. 11 0 „ 12 10 May 9 0
1820 March.lo 10 Sept 11 10 June .. 8 10
June .. 11 0 1826 Jan. ll 0 July .. 7 5
9 0 April 10 10 August. 6 15
810 May 9lO „ 15. 7 5
8 0 Oct. lO 0 „ 19. 8 0
1827 March 9 10 ~ 31. 8 15
1828 8 0 Sept... 9 10
1829 7 0 Dec... 9 15
1830
1831 6 0 Dec... 9 15
1832
May .. 10 0
June .. 9 15
Sept... 9 10
1840 Jan. .. 9 0
Dec... 8 0
1841 April.. 7 15
1812 Jan. .. 6 10
Dec... 5 5
1813 April.. 5 0
June .. 4 10

1821
1822
1823

Loup SANDoN.—We learn, on what may be deemed
unquestionable authority, that on the occasion of the late
sudden departure of Loid Sandon from Liverpool to
London, Sir R. Peel offered to his lordship the presidency
of the Board of Trade, with a seat in the Cabinet. For
personal reasons, however, his lordship thought proper to
decline the offer.—Courier.

THE SHARE MARKET

(From Mr. Wills' Circular.)

The Share Market has not rnaintlined its usual buoy-
ancy this week, and there is a sensible pause, which is not
to be regretted, in the oneratinng of gnernintnr, A nlnnert

•-•/ •.• npruuldtvis. t41E11111,7
at the quotations of the week will afford the fullest con-
firmation of an assertion in my last circular, that " the
ard,ur of speculators was in proportion to the uncertainty
which existed as to the ultimate success of the projects

upon which their speculations were based." Thus,
"Churnet Valleys" sold as high as £lO, previous to the
appearance of the notice in the Gazette that the board
liEd decided to report in favour of the line, but have since
declined near £3 per share. The shares ir. the " Bolton,
W igan, and Liverpool." " Barnsley Junction," and other
favoured lines, experienced a similar depression after the
publication of the report in their favour.
It is true that neither Government nor Parliament are
bound by their reports, still it may be fairly presumed
that the board will be prepared to fortify them with sub-
stantial reasons ; hence a great point is gained by the pro-
jectors of new lines, when it is known that their projects
are to be favourably reported upon.
The absolute absurdity of the extreme views taken by
such men as Mr. Wallace, who would fill the country
with competing lines of railway, thereby introducing the
greatest anarchy and confusion into the railway system,
under the plea of benefiting the public has been striir-
ingly displayed by the announcement at the" London and
Birmingham " meeting held in London, on the 12th in-
stant, that that company had made an agreement for a
junction of interests with the " Manchester and Birming-
ham," and " Trent Valley," and the " Churnet Valley ".
Companies, by which a greater monopoly has been cre-
ated than could have existed if the competing lines had
never been projected. Moreover, it is idle to imagine
that such a company as the " Grand Junction " can be
excluded for any length of time from the benefits of such
an arrangement ; and however parliamentary orators may
amuse themselves by ringing the changes upon the evils of
railway monopoly, its-baneful effects would be increased
by the multiplication of rival lines, which, after all, would
only tend to perpetuate monopoly, as those powerful cor-
porations would ultimately combine for mutual protec-
tion.

Such a legislative enactment as that which was passed
during the last session of Parliament, regulating the
charges on railways, and compelling railway companies to
provide for the accommodation of the poorer classes, is
the only but all-sufficient means of obviating the dreaded
effects of the monopoly in question.
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It is to be regretted that the intentions of the Board
of Trade have not yet transpired with reference to the
competing lines between London and York, which are
decidedly the most important of the new undertakinge,
and it is admitted on all hands that the decision of the
board, with reference to the various projects of railway
extension, ought to be made known with as little delay as
possible, as their early pubication must serve as an effec-
tual check against the spirit of gambling speculation, and
prevent the outlay of immense sums in premiums upon
the shares of lines which are not likely to receive the
sanction of Government.

The increase in the traffic receipts of the undermentioned
nineteen railways for the first six weeks of this year, as
compared with the ccrresponding period of last year,
amounts to £49,7lo,—namely, Birmingham and Glouces-
ter, £2487 ; Chester and Birkenhead, £446; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, £l6ll ; Glasgow and Greenock. £254 ;
Glasgow, Paisley and Avr, £1389 ; Grand Junction,
£4361 ; Great Western, £8650: Liverpool and Manches-
ter, £2677 ; London and Birmingham, £4607 ; London.
and Brighton, 2241 ; London and Croydon, £BB2 ; Lon-
don and South Western, £2071 ; Manchester, Bolton,
and Bury, £669; Manchester and Leeds, £4851; Mid-
land Company. £8340; Newcastle and Carlisle, £1442;
Preston and Wyre, £716 ; Sheffield and Manchester,
£995 r York and North Midland, £1521.

LOCAL

NEVUS.

On Tuesday morning, James Knipe, who resided in
Chisenhale-street, got up and made a fire, but expired on
his chair shortly afterwards. It appeared that death bad
resulted from serous apoplexy.
On Wednesday, police-officer W. H. Campbell, was
committed for trial at the sessions, by Mr. Rushton,
charged with stealing 501 b. of boxwood, from George's
Dock Quay.

Jane Nelson, an old woman, 79 years of age, who bad
her leg broken by being run over on the 3d instant. in
Tithebarn-street, died on Thursday, at the Northern
Hospital.

CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.—On Tuesday, Henry
Young, a sailor, was charged with stealing a coat and
trousers, belonging to Mr. Crossley, of Great Howard-
street. It appeared that the clothes bad been sent from
the shop of a tailor in Paradise-street, to the house of
compl ,inant. The prisoner, who lodged with Mr. Cross-
ley, took them from a boy at the house door, said " It is
all right," and afterwards got a female to pledge them, at
the shop of Mr. Medder, Oldhall-street. He wasordered
to pay 305., the value of the clothes, and £5 penalty, or
go to gaol for two months. After the case had been de-
cided, Mr. Crossley claimed the clothes. Mr. Rushton.
to the pawnbroker's assistant : Did you ask no question ?
Answer: " No." Mr. Rushton : " Then restore the
clothes to the owner ; you ought to have asked.
LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
—On Thursday the ninth annual general meeting .4 the
company was held at the Clarendon-rooms. T. Booth,
Esq., in the chair. The report stated that 36,585 shares
had been issued in the course of the year; that the pre-
miums
.received on fire business had been £56,239 56.5 d.,
and the losses £14,050 7s. Bd. ; that the life business was
in a more satisfactory position than at any previous period,
and was likely in each succeeding year to improve; that
the balance of profit and loss, after making up the re-
served surplus fund to £lOO,OOO, was £20,075 10s. 6d.,
from which the directors proposed to take a dividend of
ten per cent., which would require £11,930 12s. 6d. after
deducting five per cent. on the unpaid portion of the ca-
pital, and leave a sum of .C 8,144 18s. at the credit of the
account against current risks. The report stated that the
directors intended to open agencies throughout the coun-
try. Mr. E. Mozley urged on the directors the propriety
of bringing down the charge on premiums in all descrip-
tions of property, but he was not quite so certain that it
would be to the advantage of the concern to spread their
risks throughout the country. The Secretary said that
the life department was at present in a much more satis-
factory state than heretofore. Mr. Blackburn suggested
that in future•the dividends should be paid half- yeatly ;
but the directors would not pledge themselves to carry
out such a suggestion. The retiring directors were re-
elected, the report and dividend were carried, and a vote
of thanks was passed to the directors, with 400 guineas
for their services.

LIVERPOOL LYING-IN HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.
—The third annual meeting of the subscribers to this
charity was held on Monday last, in the Charitable Insti-
tution house, Slater-street, John Rigby, Esq., occupied
the chair. The report, which was read by Dr. Watson,
stated that the progress of the charity had been most sa-
tisfactory, although it was to be regretted that a diminu-
tion of income, to the amount of 15 per cent., had taken
place in consequence of deaths, removals, &c. The
number of cases which had been received into the wards
during the past year was 109, exceeding by 33 the number
of the previous year. The number of di pensary patients
was 1034, being a large increase over that of 1843. The
receipts during the year had only been £ll2 lls., whilst
the expenditure reached £172 95., leaving a balance due
to the treasurer of upwards of £59. The committee re-
ported that, in conformity with the recommendation on
the subject of the education of nurses, contained in the
appendix to the report of the Registrar General of births,
deaths, and marriages, they had already sanctioned their
medical officers in attempting to form a medical school
for nurses, and they were informed that a few very respect-
able nurses had been glad to avail themselves of the op-
portunity afforded them, and had proved themselves on
examination, worthy of certificates. In moving the vari-
ous resolutions, the speakers referred to the great useful-
ness of the charity, the economical manner in which its
funds were laid out, and all expressed their conviction
that if the institution and its merits were better known,

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there would be a large increase of subscribers

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The letter of Mr.
Wilson, respecting the land which bad been offered to
him on lease, was, in consequence of a communication
from the solicitor, referred back to the Sub-committee of
Works.—Some conversation took place as to the non-
removal of Messrs. Forrester, hut the matter was even-
tually referred.—The Sub-committee would not recom-
mend the wood paving between the Waterloo and Victo-
ria Docks, on account of the expense, which would amount
to about £2,ooo.—The Sub-committee of the Marine de-
partmeat recommended that the following returns be
made to the order of the House of Commons :—The titles
of the several Dock Acts ; the title of the Conservancy
Bill; the oldest chart of the harbour; the oldest chart of
the river; copies of the reports of Messrs. Rennie and
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berths for flats at the Waterloo Dock were agreed to by
the parties, and the new arrangements were to commence
yesterday.—A recommendation was made by the Sub-
committee, that the slip on the south side of the Queen's
Dock should be filled up to a level with the quay, a serious
accident having occurred within the last few days from
its being allowed to remain as at present. Referred to
the Committee of Works.—Two accidents were reported
to have taken place by vessels running against the Pier-
head, while going into the Queen's Dock basin.—A re-
commendation for a fly-bridge at the entrance to the
Canning Dock was referred to the Sub-committee of
Works.—A letter from the Secretary of the Pilot Com-
mittee, complaining that the person in charge of the life-
boat refused to take a pilot on board the ship Brewster,
during the gale of the 27th ult., was referred to the Ma-
rine Committee.—Some discussion took place relative to
the claim for compensation made by Messrs. Humble &
Milcrest, those gentlemen wishing the matter to be re-
ferred to two justices, at the same time naming Mr. H.
Earle and Mr. J. C. Ewart. The Chaim man thought it
would be better that each party should name one, or let
the question be decided by the bench in the ordinary. way.
—A communication from the Watch Committee referred
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man to a fire which broke out in a shed at the King's Dock,
which had probably originated from the lights used 1;oy
the workmen being incautiously placed tere..—The Chair-
man stated, in reference to a communication respecting
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day; that the commissioners had met on the 7th January,
and it was not until the February meeting the letter was
brought torward, which arose, as was alleged, from its
not being received in time.—The committee adjourned
shortly afterwards.