The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-12 00:00:00

THE rAvtizPooL sTANDAitiI

DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF TWO STEAM
BOILERS.-FIVE LIVES .LOSf.

The neighbourlatiod of Vauxhall-road was thrown into great
consternation, at'a quarter before three o'clock, yesterday'after-
noon, by the explosion of two steam boilers at Meisrs. Ring and
Viears's sugar house, the bott'om of Ford-street, Vauxhall-road.
Such was the force of the explosion that it carried away the
whole roof of the building, blew down the newly-erected chim-

ney, which fell upon a house in Maguire-street, occupied by
Mr. Acton, his wile, and servant, carrying with it the roof,
floors, furtiture, ',bedding, &c., &c., to the bottom rooms; ,In
one of tkese Mr. Acton was sitting with his wife and a friend
who ha just called upou him. The servant was in the upper

part of the house, and escaped with a few contusions. As soon

as she found herself able to speak she called out for assistance,
and Mr. Gallemore, the late superintendent of the fire police,
who chanced to belt' Maguire-street, ran to her aid, and, with
some assistance, extricated her from the ruins. She informed
her delilierers that• some persons were in the parlour. Mr.
Gallemore immediately set some men to work to release them,
and succeeded in getting out Mr. Acton, who must have sprung
to the clOok on the first alarm. He was protected by a
beam— which fell ,against the cheek of the door. By this
time the girl was able to say that her mistress was also in
the ruins. It appears that Mrs. Acton also left ,the Situa-
tion she was standing in and got to the back wall of the
house, and; owing to this, saved her life. - The joist of the
floor, in its descent, caught some :furniture which kept
it from jamming.her head against the wall; when foUnd, and
she was not discovered until great exertions had been made,
she was sitting with her spectacles on, and comparatively un-
hurt, although greatly exhauSted. Mr. Gallemore was 'then
informed that a. visitor was atiOin the ruins; he and those who
assisted him immediately commenced another 'search,- which
after:fortyfive Minutes great exertions, were crowned with sue::
cess. Mr. John gincur,4'So. Pleasant-street, • the vi
sitor of Mr. Ashton, 'had got close to the fire-place, and the an.
cumulated weight of the roof, flooring, furniture, bricks, Cc.,
had 'fallen upon him and pressed dreadfully on his head and
Hesentrbearm'earlr.lonble. 1.041,hia. being extricated.;,
Mr: Sigley; the surgeon, pronounced that he breathed, hut on
being taketi into the nearest public-house, he almost imtnedi-
atelycease4 to exigt. :.Thus, 'three out of four persons in Mr..
Aateres bonne were saved from a premature death, by the ex
traerdinarY'e]tertions of a fe'W men who acted under •
more's directions. 'rho number of persons who have kit theii
lives in the Sugar House is not at present known. ' The cause-.
of the accident was the trial of a new boiler, which, from being
of insufficient strength, exploded from its inability to bear the.
pressure of the steam with which it was charged. IMmediataly
after the first explosion, a second took place of the old boiler,
occasioned by,_ the concussion and by the falling materials
heaped upon it by the first shock. The report was not yeti'
loud, although the explosion carried away the roof of the build-
ing, and threw the furnace bars to a great length in the air, from •
which they descended upon the roof of Mr. Acton's house.
great number of bricks were carried into Vauxhall-road. The
Sugar House has,' we understand, been shaken to its founda-
tion.

(rcIITHIIR PARTICULARS.)
The unfortunate men who have met with a premature death,

it is supposed, are five in number, although it is not known how
many were engaged upon the premises. There arc three dead
bodies, taken from the ruins, now lying at Adams's public-house
in Vauxhall-road, one of whom is the engineeraThe servant
of Mr. Adams, who was in the upper room pulling up the blinds
when the accident occurred, escaped unhurt, although the
particles of the chimney passed through the room in which she
was engaged. Two of the men killed Were engaged, in white-
washing a neighbouring cottage When the chimney fell. The
bodies of the poor men when taken from the ruins, presented a
most shocking and mutilated appearance. As 80012 as the
watch was set,' Mr. Whitty and his men wero promptly in al.
tendance, to protect the property of the unfortunate sufferers•

the property Of a market woman with whom he worked. It
was stated by Mr. Graham, the active and obliging superin-
tendent of the market, that the prisoner for some time had
been suspected of robbery, for almost every person who had
employed him had missed property. The case against the pri-
soner Wus fully substantiated, and he was committed for trial.

ASSAULT ow A WATCHMAN.---JaMeS Foster, a respectable
looking. young man, was charged with assaulting-Williams, a
watchman, on Sunday night, under the following circum-
stances:—The prisoner it appears was found drunk in the
streets by a captain of- the watch, who, seeing the state lie was
in, gave him to Williams, to pass on to Berry-street, where he
said. be lived. Williams had not proceeded fur with his charge
when the prisoner made a sudden stop at a public-house door,
saying that he lodged in the house. Williams knocked the
landlord up, who said, that he kept no lodger; and did not
know the prisoner. Williams's stick was then resting against-
the AQ01:, and the prisoner laid hold of it, threw it into the mid-
dle of the'street, and then turned round, and, as a recompense
for the trouble the watchman bad keen at, struck him a violent
blow on the head. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he
was drunk, and the magistrates, believing the assertion, fined
him r's for that offence, and held him to bail fur the assault.

DISMISSAL of A CONSTABLE.—One of the police officers,
named Shepherd, who also acts in the capacity of gardener at
the Mount, was placed at the bar, charged with disorderly con-
duct at the Town-half, on the sabbath, whilst influenced by
4'rink. The Mayor told him that he was sorry to see a person
wearing the town livery at the dock on such a charge, but he
was determined to make a public example of him. He then
told the prisoner to leave his dress at the treasury office, and
consider himself discharged from the police service. The pri-
soner attempted to excuse himself, .
.but the Mayor would ' not
hear it.

Four women of depraved character,. of the names of Fairley,
Bris, Laton, and Thompson, who were brought up a few days
days ago, charged with robbing an Irishman, named Richard
Shield, of Belfast, of nearly 1:60 in notes awl sovereigns, at a
disorderly house in Scotland-road, were again brought up to-
day, and fully committed for trial.

LGUAL NEWS.

. . .
person who has re-
eentiv returned from ConveYing prisoners. to the hylks, states.
that fioger Whitehead, the unfortunate man,: late a solicitor.in
this town, who was convicted of forging a deed at the late-
assizes, died a few days ago on board one of his Majesty's
,prison Alpe, at Woolwich, where he was lying preparatory II)
Sentence being carried into execution.
PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO LIEUTENANT ARMSTRONOti,?t,
1.3 U URSCOGH, NEAR OR AISKIIIK.—On Saturday last the above
named gentleman was presented with an elegant tea service of
plate by.his conservative friends, as a token of respect for his
tritlefatigable exertions during: the late. contested election. for
thelinithern division of this county.. We think the complimevit
will be best understood by giving the inscription which the plate:
'bee.rSt-I-Presented to Lieutenant Armstrong, by his neighbotirs
and friends, -in acknowledgment of his triumphant success dui:
ing the election of 1535, in the cause of his; church, his .king,,
and his country.
AWFUL MISTAKE—THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE ELEUTION.—
In no place did the late arduous and victorious contest in-South
;Devonshire excite more interest than in Liver Pool, and in no
town could the whigs be more confident of returning Lord John
:by a triumphant majority. The result of the first day's poll
was anxiously looked tor by both- parties, as being a criterion
to judge by of the event of the election; but it was never for a
moment doubted by the Liverpool whigs of the success of their
favourite. The Bristol mail of Wednesday was the conveyance
by which the news was expected, and persons of different poli-
;Leal views repaired to St. George's Pier-head, about twelve
o'clock, to await the arrival of the mail. Amongst the parties
thus congregated was observed a select coterie of whigs, who
generally assemble at a publisher's shop in Castle-gtreet, to
talk over the news of the day, open the scan. may. budget, con-
coct rules for the reforiu association, and transact other busi-
neis for the town generally. Despite the whistling of the
winds, which were so high as to'cause a more than ordinary
chattering of their teetb, the party stood waiting for the glo-
rious intelligence, anxious to be the first communicants on
'Change and elsewhere. By half-past twelve, the steamer, big
with the mail and the fate of Devon, hove in sight to the great
joy of-all present: The sanguine clique of whiglings being too
impatient to await the landing of the mail, no sooner espied
his.Maiesty's red.coatedmessenger than their leader, a pod-
looking turtle-demolishing sort of personage, With- tolerable
lungs, hailed him with—" Rollo' my hearty, what majority?"
"'Six hundred and odd," replied the guard. Huzza; shouted
the interrogator; huzza, chorussed his party, and then scam-
.pertd off to the rendezvous to relate the glad tidings. ' A
printer was instantly sent for to prepare a placard with the
utmost despatch, for the purpose of informing the tii*n of the
great victory achieved over the tories of South Devonshire,
when lor Even before the piinter's copy was ready for the ope-
ration the mail bag was landed, and the majority discovered to
be on the other side ! The mistake being ascertained, the
dupes' attempted to laugh; but, lye are told from excellent
authority, that their grins were horrible and malignant. Under
".the-awful circumstances" in which they were placed; -it was
deemed proper to hold a private meeting at the back part of
the shop, when it was unanimously resolved to -bind each per-
son toSecrecy; for the purpose of preventin, the rascally tories
froth bearing anythiug of the incident. Our informant, who
saw unseen, says the scene was highly ludicrous.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday the fancy fair and illu-
minations at these gardens should have taken place; but in
consequence of the tnauspicous state of the weather the fete
was postponed until this day, if the weather prove tine, if not,
a further postponement will take place until, Monday and
Tuesday next.

QUICK SAILING.—The British barque Lawrence, Captain
H. Gill, left this port 21st July, 18,31, with a full cargo, for
Calcutta, was in the river Hoogley 30 days„disCharged, and
:loaded a second cargo for the Mauritius, remained there 31
Mays, discharged, and loaded a third cargo, and arrived backat
Liverpool 11th May, thus accomplishing the round in the short
apace of nine mouths and eneteen days.
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~The Railway Companion will be fuund an excellent guide to
.:0.11 who come to this emporium of commerce, either in the pur.
-auk of business, or for the purpose of gtatifyinv, their cariosity.
A short account of every object worthy of," notice' in both
towns, likely to interest the stranger, is given,. tOgetberWith a
Masa of valuable information in a condenled 'fortn,' This is
arranged so as 'to be easily available, and mciie,pattiCularly to'
strangers,and to those who are unacquainted with theirlocaliiies.
It also contains the names of the several stations on the rail-
way, with remarks upon the peculiarities of the„grountyand
the villages, gentlemen's houses, or workS in its vicinitc. The
Railway Companion will, for these reasons,
,prove u. faithful'
guide and pleasant companion to all Who may huvc occasion to
visit Liverpool aml.Mauchester, whether alieni.or Briton's.

LYCEUM Naves-ROOM.—We perceive, by the' advertisement,
that this is the period of the annual subscription. to this elegant
and commodious news-room, and doubt not that our towermirn
will gladly avail themselves, at this period or, political le :ette-
ment, of the advafitage which it holds Out to them atsu a
rate. • • -• • •

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'FaEs -Lseoun.—An emigrant German youth, who lately
arrived here, .hearing that the negroes aratubleif at digging
seventy-six cane holes a-day, undertook for a sinall bet to- dig
two hundred by two &clock, a task which he performed with
great ease with a pick-axe and spade.---If such-taborif cOuld be
continuous, it is evident that. one European labourer is equal to
three negroes. Three hundred more emigrant labourers are
daily expected.—Jamoica Despatch.

•
ENCOURAGEiMENT.TO BACHELORS.—Marriage is held in such
high repute at the remote settlement of Galenalead mines, that
the young men have formed themselves into a hymeneal society,
and establisheda set of prerniutns to the first members that en-
ter into 'the 'bonds of wedlock : a suit of clothes, value sixty
dollars, to the first ; another, fifty dollars, to the second; and
...forty-five dollars to the third.—American paper,'
• FLY LEAvEs.—No sooner had the ' Re'verefid• DiYine,ivho
was appointed to preach a charity serinon at one
.of, the
northern chapels ofthe metropolis, ascended the pulpit on Sun-
!day last, than by some strange mischance, the leaves of his' ser-
Mon, which had been but slightly tacked together, took their
flight by slipping off the cushion and falling in a heavy shower
_on the heads of the coogi.egation; who, with the aid of the
:ileadle and pew openers, were for sOtne time engaged in re-col-
blecting the flying leaves.
:SINGULAR TASTe Or AN 'Ass.—There is now in the irSses-
sioa of Mr. John NValton, farmer, of Great Lever, near Bolton,
:a'inale ass, which is known to be nearly fifty years of age.. He
'is named " and prefers tobacco to any other kind of
'Food; he is likewise very fond of a pinch of snuff.
MOnr infor-
ant has within these few days seen Billy via-sticat large
'laid of pigtail with as touch your as any. ack tar in his. Majesty's
service. When he had finished the tobacco a. pinch of strong.
Yippee was administered, which Bill snuffed without the:, least
demur, and curling up his olfactory
,organ, delivered, one of
these' charming Solos so peculiar. to his species,. Billy is Chiefly.
eMciloYed in carrying milk from, his master's farm to Bolton;
.afid ir. Mr. Walton as any other businesi to. transact in the
itoten, he can leave Billy with security at the door of a.customer,
Whence he will'not budge an inch' until he heats his master's.
(Voice. Billy is inVitittbly accompanied on bis.jetirnies to Bair
a stnall.cur dog; which.it so attached to him that in the
iicf"Mir. Walton he takes his'station'chik to Billy: atal
will not suffer any strauger to come near hini.—Mauchester
'):. EyrttusiAssi,—Mrs. Charlotte Smith wai once larnentinz
agentleman the extavagant projects and wild absurdities oilier
ilhosband, and saying she wished it were possible:•LO engage .bins
inAorne rational pursuit that would lead hirwinto expense. The
`,gentleman suggested, that as lie was so much clisposedto eathu-
4iagru, perhaps the most safe object to which it could be direct-
ed would be religion. " Oh! for heaven's sake, she exclaim-
"do not put it into his head to take to religion; for if lie
does
he will instantly set about building a. cathedral."—.-Mcmoir
prefixed to the Hon. Mr.- Spencer's collected Poems: •

:Died on Saturday week, in th'e workhouse of St. Matgaret's,
-Westminster, at the advanced age of 106 years, Catharine
Crow. She had been an inmate of the workbouse'manv years,
and previous to ber being compelled,, in consequence having
Outlived all her relations and friends, to seek parochial assist-
ance, had been a rate-payer in Westminster fur 'lO years. Her
„propriety of conduct during her residence lit the workhouse
iniluted rainy respectable ladies in the neighbnitritood frequent ly•
to visit her, and, last year the overseers of the parish presented
the churchwardens with a very well-executed portrait of the old
lady, which has been placed in the board-roont by, the side of
,triat Of. Margaret Patten, who died several years since in. the
lame workhouse at the still more advanced age of (it is said)
136 years.

SIR CHARLES BAGOT.—VIENNA. :APRIL 26.---Sia Charles
Bagot, who has come here as ambassador extraordinary' from
the King of Great Britain; but who is, in fact, going ne ambas-
sador to St. Petersburgh, will receive- the diplomatic body to-
morrow and &de-yeller. Hence it is inferred that Sir Charles
will remain here for a time, to see what turn affairs take in Lon-
don, before he sets out for Russia. Count Orloff has already
left us.—Augsburgh Gazette.
A few days ago there was found in one of the numerous caves
at Laon. in the Aisne, a gold coin of the reign of Charles VII.,
called eeu ala couronne. It is in fine preservation, and is sup-
posed to have been struck in 1456, the, age of Joan of Arc,
Agnes Sorel, and the Beau Dunois, since which 379 years have
elapsed. Its intrinsic value is 12fr.

CARLISLE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—We have again to
record a most ,gratifying proceeding, and gratifying because in-
valuable at sock a moment as this, in the ceremony, of enrolling
the members of the Carlisle Conservative Association. To see
the crowd of different classes of ear felloW-citizens flock to the
conservative, standard that has been set up, and declare their
devotion to ifs righteons cause, does indeed give certain assur-
ance that the none bf conservative feeling is greatly increasing
in ardency, and spreading in extent around as; and, if that feel-
ing can by means of such associations be more generally and
vigorously directed to the support of our glorious protestant con-
stitution, we cannot believe that' the utmost rage and, malice of
its enemies will *of prevai against it —Catli4e Patriot: