The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-22 00:00:00

THE CHARGE.

The proclamation against vice and immorality having
been read by the Clerk of the Peace, and other formalities
gone through, the Recorder proceeded to deliver his
charge to the grand jury. He was happy to inform them
that their labours on the present occasion would be light,
as there were only eighty-eight prisoners for trial, which
must be considered a moderate number, as the period
extended over two months, and out of a population of
374,000 ; if the calendar might be trusted as an index of
crime, it certainly showed a decrease. A diminution had
decidedly taken place in the number of wale offenders,
there being now forty-six males and forty-two females.
When he reminded them that the average of female pri-
soners for the past ten years was about one quarter of the
gross number, they would see that the proportion now
was very large—nearly one-half. The offences generally
were not serious ; there were some cases of housebreak-
ing, which called for severe punishment : for instance, in
one case a warehouse had been broken open, and silks to
the value of more than £2CO were removed in the night
time; they were, however, discovered by the vigilance of the
police, and all the property recovered, and two persons were
taken into custody. There were two other serious cases, in
one as much as £l5O had been purloined—in which money
had been stolen from letters by persons sent with these
letters to the Post-office. In such cases no vigilance on
the part of the police would avail, but much good might
result from the caution thus publicly made to parties in
the practice of sending money-letters by messengers. He
regretted that this town had lately been the scene of very
serious and disgraceful disturbances, but as the calendar
did not contain a single case arising out of these riots, he
was not called upon to make any particular comment on
the occurrence; and he the more gladly abstained, as he
was aware the matter would be investigated before another
tribunal. With these observations the Recorder dismissed
the gentlemen of the grand jury to the discharge of their
duties.

We understand that the Rev. J. Edwards, of Wavertree,
has accepted the charge of the Baptist Meeting-house in
Soho-street, Liverpool, and intends entering on his duties
on the first Sunday in August.
COURT OF PASSAGE.—CharIes Crompton, Esq., the
assessor, presided in this court ; there were forty-six cases
for trial. The most important, judging from the amount
involved, appears from the cause to be a case of trover.
Rogers v. Bainbridge for £l,OOO.

ST. PETER'S, AINTREE.—Three sermons were preached
in the above church on Sunday last by the Rev. W. H.
Vernon, the incumbent, the Rev. H. Shepherd, curate of
St. Mary's, Kirkdale, and the Rev. Dr. Aspinal, of St.
Matthias's ; and collections amounting to £ll lls. Od.
made on behalf of the Sunday schools attached to the
church.

CHILD OVERLAIN.—An inquest was held yesterday on
the body of an infant, whose parents, of the name of
Price, reside in Chapel-walks. Scotland-road. The mo-
ther of the deceased went to bed as usual on Saturday
night, at which time the baby was quite well, on the fol-
lowing morning the child was dead. Verdict, accidental
death.

FATAL ACCIDENT YESTERDAY.—A shocking accident
occurred about twelve o'clock yesterday morning, in
Leeds-street. A little boy and his sister, the children of
poor parents, of the name of Atherton, were playing in
the street at the time stated, when the girl was knocked
down by a coal-cart drawn by two horses, and one of the
wheels passed over her body and head, causing instant
death. _ _

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL.—The Rev. George
Read, A. 8., has lately been presented with a handsome
Bible and Prayer-book, accompanied with an appropriate
address, and the following inscription :—" Presented to
the Rev. George Read, A. 8., by a few juvenile members
of St. Paul's Church, as a tribute of respect for his kind-
ness and attention to their spiritual welfare, whilst candi-
dates for confirmation.—Liverpool, July, 1851."
A DECAYED LAWYER.—A miserable-looking man, clad
in very seedy sables, was charged by Constable 108 with
an assault, and with tearing the uniform of the said No.
108. The prisoner considered the charge was preposterous,
and appealed to the court whether it were probable a
man of his appearance, and fifty-three years old, would
attempt to strike such a person as the complainant, who
had both youth and strength. Mr. Mansfield asked the
man, whose name is Stewart, what he did for his living.
He replied that of late he had worked as a porter,
when he could procure employment, but he had for-
merly been in the legal profession. It was ascer-
tained that the damage sustained by the police-
man's coat could be repaired at the cost of threepence,
in which sum Mr. Mansfield fined the prisoner, amidst
the laughter of the court, and the scarcely-suppressed
laughter of the prisoner, who bowed with a most serio-
comic expression of features to the decision.

THE PHILADELPHIA SCREW STEAM-SHIPS.-The
City of Glasgow, which left this port on the 18th ult.,
arrived at Philadelphi on the sth instant, in 15.1 days.
During her run 41 hours were lost off New York in
repairing her driving wheel pinions, which had been un-
fortunately broken.—The Lafayette, from this port to
Philadelphia, put into New York on the 7th instant, to
repair damages suQtained in a collision at sea. She left
Liverpool on the 17th ult., and the 20th, in lat. 45, lon.
49, during a thick fog, came in collision with the English
brig Jane, of Alaryport, 21 days from Quebec for Europe,
laden with lumber. The brig immediately sunk, but for-
tudately no lives were lost, the captain and crew succeeding
in reaciiing the steamer. The Layfayette lost her bow-
sprit, jibboom, and broke her cutwater, and also knocked
off three flanges from her propeller. The brig at the
time was running before the wind, with her studding sails
set below and aloft. The Lafayette reported meeting
with heavy head seas, and strong westerly winds, during
the entire passage.---On the 22nd ult., at 4 p.m., whilst
repairing a disaster which had occurred to her machinery,
she was passed by the New York, and Bremen steam-ship
Herrmann. One hour afterwards, however, the Lafayette
again started, in a short time outran her paddle-wheel
rival, and ere night closed in left her far astern.

A PASSENGER-BROKER WITHOUT A LICENSE.—On
Thursday last Mr. Hugh Rippard appeared before the
magistrates to answer the charge of acting in the capacity
of passenger-broker, without having obtained a license.
The complaint arose from his having refused to forward,
without previous payment, a number of emigrants, who
had contracted with a Mr. Delamere, of Dublin, for con-
veyance to Quebec in the ship Ellen. Mr. Snowball,
solicitor, contended that Mr. Rippard being concerned as
owner of the vessel for the time being, it was unnecessary
that he should have a broker's license, the whole spirit
of the Act of Parliament being opposed to the view that
owners, masters, and charterers of ships were required to
have licenses to enable them to contract for the convey..
ance of passengers. The magistrates reserved judgment
to following day, when Mr. Snowball adduced further im-
portant evidence in support of his view, and stated that as
several portions of the Act of Parliament were contradic-
tory one of the other, should the magistrates desire it, his
client was perfectly willing to defray the expense of the
first legal opinion in the kingdom regarding it. The ma-
gistrates, after some deliberation, in which their clerk was
engaged, gave their decision against the defendant, who,
on leaving the court, wished it to be distinctly understood
that he had never received one penny of these emigrants'
money, and that had be seen the least prospect of being
paid for passengers which be sent out on Mr. Delamere's
account on a former occasion, these poor people would
uo.mbe ma their way to America..

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP THAMES.

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The royal mail steam-ship
Abbott, arrived here at 7 p.m. to-day, bringing the usual
British and foreign West India mails, in charge of Lieut.
Dennehy, Admiralty agent. The latest dates are :—Ha-
vans, June 23d ; Kingston, (Jamaica), 28th ; Barbadoes,
29th ; St. Lucia, 30th; Dominica, July Ist, and Antigua,
2d. The Thames also brings mails of the following dates,
received at Panama by the Pacific Steam Navigation Com-
pany's ship New Granada, which vessel landed treasure,
value 829,877 dollars, for transmission to England, viz.:—
Valparaiso, (Chili), May 26th; Lima, (Peru), June 9th,
and Panama, 19th.
The Thames has experienced fine weather on the voyage.
She brings 127 passengers, and the following on freight :
Silver from the Pacific ports, value $829.877 ; gold, value
5244,600; gold from California, $40,716; specie and
bullion from Carthagena, :8200,000 ; from Jamaica,
$20,000 • the total value being =8'1,335,193, or say,
£267,040 sterling, of which .5987,689 is in silver, and
$327,504 in gold and platina. The freight list also com-
prises—Pearls, value £2,000, 583 serons cochineal, 114
serons indigo, 100 cases cigars, 92 bales tobacco,l7 barrels
and 4 tierces coffee, 27 casks ginger, 2 live turtle, 1 case
tortoiseshell, and 35 packages sundries.
Our accounts by this packet from Jamaica are not of
much importance. The cholera had appeared in several
districts, and a few cases had occurred in Kingston. The
weather in certain agricultural parts of the island had been
unfavourable. _

From Havannah there is no political news. During
two or three days before the packet sailed, a great deal of
rain had fallen. The influenza, or grippe, was prevalent
in the city, and a large part of the population was suffer-
ing from it; but the results were not fatal. From
Chagres we learn that the railway from Navy Bay was
rapidly proceeding, and a fresh accession of labourers had
been brought out by the American ships Empire City and
Prometheus. The latter vessel also brought out several
iron steamers for navigating the river between Greytown
and Nicaragua. Very heavy rains had fallen at Greytown.
At Carthagena, on entering the Bocca Chica, a very
narrow entrance towards the city, the Thames came into
collision with the schooner Diligenzia and cut her down.
She sank in a few minutes, and the whole of the persons
on board, 30 in number, were saved by the boats of the
Thames, with the exception of the pilot, who was drowned.
The accident was not caused by carelessness on board the
Thames, as the schooner was standing right across the
course, and the catastrophe was inevitable, or the steamer
must have gone on shore. The passengers on board sub-
scribed 400 dollars for the relief of the sufferers.

Trinidad letters of the 27th ult. mention that heavy
showers had fallen, and the rainy, season had set in with
appearances of unusual severity.
The Venezuelan Government has imposed a rate of one
dollar per ton upon all vessels carrying cattle from its
ports. . . . .

The San Fernando Gazette complains of the scarcity of
labour in many districts of the island. . .

The accounts from British Guiana are to the 27th ult.
The colony was tranquil.

THE AUXILIARY SCREW STEAM-SHIP CITY
OF MANCHESTER.

The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's
magnificent new screw-steamer City of Manchester arrived
in the Mersey, on Friday afternoon, having made the pas-
sage from Belfast in thirteen hours and five minutes. She
left Greenock about half-past eight o'clock on Wednesday
evening, on her trial trip to Belfast, where her appearance
seems to have created the most lively sensation and ex-
citement. As she steamed into the river, on Friday, at
full speed, with all her canvass spread, and amidst a gene-
ral salute of welcome; she was the theme of universai
admiration amongst those who witnessed her first appear-
ance in the Mersey. Externally, the City of Manchester
is at once striking and prepossessing. The bow of the
steamer, which has been compared to that of the Great
Britain, is much admired for the beauty of its design ; and
her stern is also a model of symmetry. Up to high floatage
line her colour is green ; thence to rail, which is of solid
mahogany, black, with a narrow white streak intervening.
On her sides there are neither painted ports nor other
ornamentation, except false stern galleries, with appro-
priate carved figures relieved by arabesques, both overlaid
with gold. The carvings on the stern are neat and tasteful.
The most conspicuous figure is the Manchester escutcheon,
supported by two national emblems, the whole enriched
with tracery of arabesque devices. The figurehead is a
female figure, bearing the cornucopiw, emblematical of
plenty, which is derived from the commerce of the seas.
The headboard also bears a design symbolical of commerce.
The entire sweep of the upper deck is flush fore and aft,
and this adds considerably to her beauty, whilst it shows
her length, 274 feet, to advantage, and affords the passen-
gers a delightful promenade. She has four masts, two of
which, the fore and main, are square rigged. The two
after masts are neat and lofty, and will carry a large quan-
tity of canvass. The greater part of the standing rigging
is of galvanized iron wire rope, which combines strength
with neatness. The masts have a slight and graceful rake;
and the funnel, which is low and of large diameter, leans
only slightly from the perpendicular.
We learn from the Glasgow Citizen that the passage of
this noble vessel from Glasgow to Belfast was a most suc-
cessful one, and was accomplished in eight hours and a
quarter, or at the rate of nearly eleven knots per hour.
During the run between those ports she came up with the
Firefly paddle steamer, one of the swiftest on the Ardros-
san and Belfast station. For a couple of hours the two
boats ran neck and neck, until the breeze freshening de-
cided the well contested race in favour of the screw. Her
arrival at Belfast created an enthusiasm equal to that of
the Queen in 1849, the entree of a 2,000 ton ship in Bel-
fast being regarded as a most remarkable event. Upwards
of 4,000 persons visited the steamer during the day she
remained at Belfast. About sixty ladies and gentlemen
were on board during the trip.
. . _

The passage from Belfast to Liverpool still maintained
her reputation for speed, making upwards of ten miles an
hour. She anchored opposite Egremont, and on Saturday
morning a number of the leading gentlemen of the town
connected with shipping were invited on board, to par-
take of luncheon during the trip which was made some
distance out to sea. The party invited included about
three hundred and fifty ladies and gentlemen, all of whom
were conveyed from the landing stage by the Independence
steamer, and were received on board by Captain Campbell.
The whole company were in rapture with the beauty and
magnificence of the noble ship. The weather was rather
unfavourable for the excursion, but soon after noon the
splendid vessel was under weigh. The trip extended as
far as the Formby Lightship, before nearing which the
steamer, which was making about ten-and-a.half miles an
hour, without any sail, overtook the Niagara, the salutes
of which were reciprocated. Several smaller steamers,
including the Independence, which tried their speed with
the Manchester, had to confess themselves beaten, and
the trial was in every respect satisfactory. The steamer
returned and entered the dock basin about two o'clock.
The luncheon, being provided by Mr. Lynn, was, of
course, of the most recherche description. The wines
were profusely supplied, and were of excellent quality.
Among those present we noticed Messrs. T. B. Horsfall,
Harold Littledale, T. Littledale, W. C. Horsfall, Simeon
Crossfield, W. A. Brown, J. and D. Malcolmson, J. Stitt,
Jevons, R. Woodward, D. Daly, R. Makin, G. Bade-
nach, R. Lamont, J. M`Henry, C. Wirer, D. Campbell,
C. W. Bardswell, W. Bowman, W. Bening, T. Court, and
many other of the most respectable mercantile gentlemen
of the town. The company also included several of the
commanders of the principal American packet-ships at
present in port.
The company being so numerous, were obliged to be
separated, a great portion being accommodated in the
saloon, and the remainder in the second cabin. In the
saloon, Mr. Charles Inman, as chairman of the committee
of the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company,
presided, his son, Mr. William Inman, occupying the
vice-chair. After the more substantial part of the enter-
tainment, and the disposal of the usual loyal toasts in the
most enthusiastic manner, the chairman gave "The
President of the United States." He then gave " The
town and trade of Liverpool," and coupled with it the
name of Mr. T. B. Horsfall, chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce, and well known to them all as an upright,
enterprising merchant, Mr. Horsfall responded in an
excellent speech. "The ladies" were proposed by Mr.
C. Chilton, jun., and the chairman's health was intro-
duced by Mr. C. Bardswell. Mr. Baines acknowledged
"The Press," and Mr. W. Inman responded to the toast
of " Messrs. Richardson Brothers and Co." The festi-
vities in the second cabin were kept up until five o'clock.
The fittings and arrangements of the City of Manches-
ter, which, we may observe, is the largest screw steamer
ever built on the Clyde, are of a beautiful and substantial
character. The main cabin is spacious, and capable of
dining sixty at one time. There are commodious state-
rooms on each side, having forty berths. The second
cabin is not inferior in comfort, though less ornamental
than the other. It is sufficiently spacious to dine 120 at
one time comfortably. Altogether, berths can be made
up for 180, besides which the crew, &c., muster 86 more,
all on one deck. There are two magnificent engines
driving a shaft, on which is placed a large spur wheel of
14 feet diameter, and about 5 feet broad on the face.
The cylinders are 73 inches diameter, with a five feet
stroke, and are equal to 400 horse-power. The screw is
iron, 14 feet diameter, with a pitch of 19 feet. The whole
of the other fittings are most complete, and embrace all
the improvements which have been so numerous lately in
steam navigation. The gallant commander, Captain
Campbell, is a most successful navigator, and is as cour-
teous and attentive as he is skilful and expe-ienced. May
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FATAL CART ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held yester-
day on the body of Eliza Hatton, a woman forty-nine
years of age, the:wife of a labourer living in No. 12 court,
Wright-street. On Monday, the 30th ult., deceased was
in Renshaw-street, about eight o'clock in the morning,
when she was knocked down by a horse, which ran away
from the direction of Berry-street :and along Renshaw-
street. The horse was attached to a cart, both the pro-
perty of Mr. Bennett Jones, cart-owner, 13, Cases-street.
While the woman was on the ground the near wheels of
the cart passed over her legs. The cart had been dragged
upon the foot-walk by the horse, which had become un-
manageable. A policeman, named Ball, came up, and
saw the woman conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where
she remained until Saturday last, when she died from the
injuries received. A. verdict of accidental death was
retuned..

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

LONDON, MONDAY NIGHT.

UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—At the meeting held to-day
a dividend, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, was declared.
The report was satisfactory.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—The maj ulty in favour of a
Revision, although rot legally sufficient, was larger than.
expected. The rumours of a change of ministry is not cre-
dited, and, as yet, there is nothing tending to confirm it. 'The
prevailing opinion is. that the force of circumstances will lead
to the re-election of Louis Napoleon.
There is no change in the Funds.

HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST NIGHT.
The Lord Chancellor took his seat nn the woolsack at five
o'clock. The second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles
Assumption Bill having been fixed for this day, their lordships
assembled in unusually large numbers. Many ladies occupied
the peers' galleries, and a great number of gentlemen stood
below the bar. Numerous petitions were presented by the
Earl of Aberdeen against, and by the Earl of itlalmesbury in
favour of the measure. Some formal business having been
disposed of, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. moved the second
reading of the bill. Atter the late aggression, it would not, he
contended, be consistent with due respect to the Crown or to
the feelings of the people for parliament to remain indifferent,
but that it was their (tiny to take resolute measures to check
the encroachment. He considered that the present bill
would be effectual to this end ; while, at the same time, it was
neither its intention, nor would it be its accidental result, to
interfere with the religious rights and privileges of the Catholics
of this country.—The Earl of ABERDEEN, in avert' long speech,
opposed the bill, maintaining that it repealed the act of eman-
cipation, and was essentially an intolerant and persecuting
measure—a religion could no longer be said to be tolerated in
this country if it were deprived of its regular form of govern-
ment. .