The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-16 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

The Worshipful the Mayor and the Magistrates for the borough
have been.pleased to appoint Mr. James Woods, Surveyor of
Buildings for district No. 1, the situation vacant by the death of
Mr. Benjamin Cope.

NEW COLLEGE, ISLE OF MAN.—The opening of the new Col-
lege near Castletown, took place last week. It is dedicated
to William the Fourth. The Lord Bishop, attended by the
Northern Deemster and many other respectable individuals
was present on the occasion. As this splendid edifice is no
finished, no formal ceremony took place. We hear that Mrs
Quilliam, of Castletown, intends to present the College chape
with a service of plate for the. communion table. The regula
course of instruction commenced on Monday week to a numbe
of most respectable pupils.
A copy of a clause in the house duties bill, bestowing on the
licensed victuallers the same exemption which is granted to
shopkeepers. `And be it further enacted, that the exemption
from one moiety of the said duties on houses hereinbefore con-
tained, shall be, and hereby is extended and applied to the oc-
cupiers of every dwelling-house who shall be duly licensed by
the laws in frirce to sell beer, ale, wine, or other liquors therein
by retail, although the room or rooms thereof in which any
such liquors shall be exposed to sale, sold, drunk, or consumed,
shall not be a shop or warehouse described in the said act pass-
ed in the 4th year of the reign of his said late Majesty."
FORGING A REGISTER.—At the Chester assizes, on Monday
week, Peter Williamson, of Lymm, was indicted for uttering a
forged copy of his own baptismal register in the parish church
of Lymm, with intent to defraud certain executors. The pri-
soner was entitled, under the will of a person named Edge,
deceased, to a sum of £42 17s. lid., upon his coming of age.
In the month of August last he applied to the parish clerk. of
Lymm for a copy of his baptism from the register. It was made
out, and bore date in the year 1812, showing that the prisoner
then wanted fifteen or sixteen months of being of age. On the
22d of March last, the prisoner applied to Mr. William Edge,
one of the executors, and produced the register to prove that he
was of age, the date being altered from 1812 to 1811. He re-
ceived a sum,of £57 Bs. 4d., beinc, the amount of principal and
interest to that date. Counsel for' the defence contended that
this was not such a fraud as the law contemplated when it made
the offence punishable, but the judge was of a different opinion,
and the prisoner being found guilty, was sentenced to be im-
prisoned for two years.
The March of Railwayism, like that of Intellect, continues on
the increase. Pigs, instead of walking, ride to the slaughter-
house, and horses, instead of drawing, are drawn in carriages,
and no doubt, ere long, we shall have locomotives and railways
to convey us from the chimney-corner to the bedside. Among
the vast number of these roads in progress, or in projection, the
Edinburgh Advertiser informs us that "A Prospectus has been
drawn up by Mr. John Strachan, of Port-Hoptoun, of a Railway
between the Union Canal Basin, Edinburgh, and the Western
Dock at Leith. The proposed line, commencinc, at the south
east side of the Canal Basin, is to run along the north side of
West Port and Cowgate,_hy the south back of Canongate into
the King's Park, and Old Botanic Garden, through the proper-
ties of Sir James Montgomery and the late Baron Norton, and,
passing by the west side of Lochend, thrOugh the Trinity Hos-
pital
.grounds, entering Leith Links at the Gulf-house, thence
crossing Constitution-street and Kirkgate into Yard Heads; and
thence, by a line chalked.out by. Mr. 'Strachan, to the Western
Dock at the Naval Yara. Some tunnelling will be required at
starting from the Canal Basin and archings iu the intersecting-,
of streets in Leith. The 'whole cost of the undertaking, includ-
ing purchases of ground, Etc., Mr. Strachan calculates at
£1.20.000, and he estimates the probable revenue of £28,800 ;
thus giving twenty-four per cent. on the capital employed. The
projector admits that Ile is no architect, but states that he has
submitted his estimate of cost to individuals of great experience
in works of the kind, who gave it as their opinion that it far
exceeds what will be the'actual cost.' The chief source of reve-
nue, Mr. Strachan calculates, will arise from passengers on the
steam coaches; and he proposes two or three stations for taking
up and setting down passengers, both in Edinburgh and Leith.
Supposing 3000 to pass daily on the average of the year, 2000
paying 6d., and 1000 3d. each, the sum arising from this source
alone wi Ibe £19,552 lOs. per annum.' He then calculates on
£5OOO per annum of feu-duty, on a double row of houses along
the whole line; and the.remaining portions of revenue are to be
derived from the conveyance of coals, stones, grain, timber,
slates, and finer articles of merchandize." A profit of twenty_
four per cent. is enough to tempt a saint. As money like ma-
nure does no good-until it is spread, we rejoice in the increase
of those undertakings as having a tendency to increase its cir-
culatiOn. The more the better say we.

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DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Monday last a numerous Party
of young persons ascended the Brecon Beacons, the highest
summit of the Brecknockshire hills, which stands 2,8
above the level of the sea, on an excursion of pleasure. In a
short time two young men, named Rees Davies, aged about 20,
the son of Evan Davies, of Bailey Glees, Brecon, and John.
.Jones, aged about 19, the son of John Jones, a btiteher at
Brecon, unfortunately began some active amusement on the top
of the hill, in which, inadvertently coming too near the brow
they wete both precipitated down the precipice, to a depth of
300 feet ; where their descent to a lower depth was checked by
a projecting ridge. So directly perpendicular was the declivity
down which they fell, that their friends, who looked down from
the dizzy height above, could not discover them, and it was only
by the (faring ascent of some persons (of whom immense num_
hers speedily came from Brecon and other parts) from the
valley beneath, which in that part was above 1,200 feet below
the projection on which the young men were, that their mangled
remains were extricated and borne to their friends. This search
of Christian charity was made by night; and when the light of
day broke upon the adventurous and resolute men who had
made it, and presented to them the appalling and critical
dancers through which they had been guided, they were seized
with a sublime feeling of terror at the dangers they had passed,
and of thankfulness to the Almighty hand that had upheld
them.—Aferthyr Guardian.

THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.—The sittings of the confer-
ence at Manchester terminated on Wednesday. The number
of preachers has been 430, amongst whom the utmost harmony
has prevailed. The religious services have been very numerous,
both in doors and out, and the zeal of this zealous body has
glowed out with all its primitive fervour. The increase of mem-
bers, as stated on Sunday last, by the president, amounts to 27,289
in the United Kingdom and in the missionary stations, ofwhich
the following is the return :
Increase of members in Great Britain 23,848
In Ireland
On the missionary stations 1,937

Total 27,289
This is exclusive of the returns from America, where the increase
amounts to upwards of 40,000 members. Canada has become
so important a station, that it has been determined to send out
the Rev. George Marsden to that country.
SYNOD OF ULSTER—BIBLE EDUCATION,—The Globe news-
paper has publicly stated that the Synod of Ulster has decided
in favour of the new education scheme. We need only. remind
our readers that a petition against the anti-bible project was
presented to both Houses of -Lords and Commons a few days
ago, from that venerable body. We presume the Globe has
dignified the Arian and Socinian remonstrants, who form a
separate synod in Ulster, with the title that belongs only to the
original and recognised body. But in making such a state-
ment, does the Globe intend to constitute a new claim to the
title of the " Cucumber paper," an epithet which it lately de-
clared a very " cool" statement; but if it indulges in many
such, it has been suggested that the sentence, said to be pro-
nounced by the faculty against "cucumbers" should, forthwith,
be' executed against the usurper of the name, and that the
Globe, like the cucumber after it has been dressed, should be
"thrown out of the window."—Record.
CONSECRATION OF HILDERSTONE CHURCH, IN THE PARISH
OF STONE.—This beautiful edifice was consecrated by the Lord
Bishop of the Diocese, on Wednesday last, in the presence of
a crowded and attentive congregation. When the service was
over, his Lordship and about twenty of the Clergy sat down at
the hall to a cold collation provided for the occasion. The whole
exterior of the church is of stone. The length inside is 72 feet,
and the breadth 32 feet. The edifice contains about 420 sit •
tings, of which 220 are free. The patronage is vested in Ralph
Bourne, Esq., the founder, at whose sole expense it was erected.
The difficulties which have attended its erection have been great,
but under the perseverance of the gentleman just referred to
they have at length been overcome. The inhabitants of Hil.
derstone and its vicinity, who were before well nigh destitute of
religious ordinances, are now blessed with a near access to them,
and it may be hoped that the benefits resulting from a church
being built in this place will be experienced by every one con-
nected with it in each successive generation.—Staffordshire Ad-
vertiser

POST-OFFICE.—We understand that an investigation has re-
cently taken place in the Post-office here, in consequence of al-
leged dishonesty on the part of one or more persons employed
in under situations in the office. It is stated that a letter, con-
taining a large sum of money, in passing through the office, was
kept up. On its not being duly delivered, complaint was of
course made, and a prompt and strict investigation was, without
a moment's delay, instituted. While the inquiry was pending,
however, the money, which was in large Bank of England notes,
was sent under cover to the person to whom the letter had been
addressed, with a statement that it had been found. The letter
which originally accompanied the money, however, was not
communicated. We know not whether the charge of keeping
up the letter was brought home to any one in the office or not.
But we know that two persons employed M the office have been
recently dismissed.--Glasgow Paper