The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-05 00:00:00

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treet, Ever' toil. Rfe:belcr'call:;il:rlirtiTeri'-‘evr'asljn3l4'rpiaelkedtlet•llerrtili4;:
bar, but she was subsequently made a witness. It appea.ens
that on the night of the 21st December last, the preol
above-mentioned were broken into shortly after seven o'cloeor
the members of the two families who occupied them b g
articles
tuh(e,setistntoel.en.Ablottrtla4tiown,or‘tvhasogf
ivaepttliatroel
theand p
olive,
but the property was not discovered. On Monday night,
Mrs. Ball was passing along Bevington-bush, she which"
woman, named Mary Ann Edmondson, carrying a elijo
children, n a little coat that belonged to one of Mr. Davis 9,,...
which coat had been stolen on the night of the Z. 15!
of December. She stated this to the woman, who told.tere
that she had purchased the coat from Rebecca Stringer•
inspector of the district was informed of this, and be we::
and took the poor woman, Stringer, into custody. It turn a
out that she had purchased the coat for her baby from the.
prisoner, Catharine Williams, and had afterwards Soloist, 1
Edmundson to enable her to buy food. The poor .
Stringer, was greatly distressed. She trembled violentlY;
and apeared scarcely a bl e to support herself. She vm_
taken f prom the bar to the witness-bopxp, and her evidence te_`
!
taken against Williams. The latter having nothing to
nue
in her defence, was committed for trial.
b-
HARRINGTON DOCK.—The report of the company,
mitted to the shareholders at their seventh annual meetine!
recently held, shows that the prospects of this importan
undertaking continue to improve. The rental for the
past
reference to
year, including dock dues, has considerably exceeded they)!
ytheaert,eaaml ovualnuteingoftotht3c,Bo4m7 10s. 4d.
the probable future receipts, this may bepatankye'snPars°aPel‘ornwtYcitawtat:utnall:
dard. We brought under notice some time ago nsicu
arrangements which were being made by Messrs.ToddNs%
for and Co., and others, upon a portion of the al
come le;
estate, for the importation and crushing of COP ().1.
Though the necessary works for this purpose are adyanellt
rapidly towards completion, the business itself bas as P.,
scarcely commenced, and consequently the whole of the largo
amount expected to be realised from this source in the shape
of dock dues is in reserve, to swell the income of the sins
Prioi
etors in coming years. We learn likewise that the ae
the North American line of steam-packets have lately ta"
a lease of land and water space from the companY for thet
purposes of that establishment. This is another imp lag
circumstance, which cannot fail greatly to enhance the an-
ofu-
t the property, as well as to draw attention to the ad
theaes which it presents in a commercial point of view
least among which is the moderate charge for insuranc,e.
compared with- that which it has been found necessary,'"
establish at the north end of the town. These are gratifynig
facts, not only as regards the interests of the comPtill'e
iaddetlistoioitanisfideir(edgowa u
dock
the interests of the town, which are closely
ikthactchoemsumcocdcsastioo.
of every project for affording a.

taittott

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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT " THE DUKES

WAREHOUSES."

fire WeS
Yesterday afternoon, about a quarter past three, _ Twee
observed in the fine pile of warehouses known as " these tee
of Bridgewater's," (now in possession of the trustees yclsod
late nobleman,) and situated between the Dukes Due:ses of
the north end of the King's Dock. The range eens'eelng
east and west, and with frontage both to the north and S"_!„i,
one continuous and handsome pile of 10 warehouses,
with two bridges under the two centre ones for the con tee
ence of discharging flats and barges that arrive fro
.40,
interior of the country by the Duke's Canal, and from !the
corn by the Mersey, in the small but convenient dock s see
Duke's"—immediately adjacent to the premises; anuet:s ere
company are extensive carriers by water, the roou', de,
generally filled with valuable goods awaiting transit Ur', sad
livery. They are six stories in height from the geounu rest,
the two centre warehouses are elevated higher than the
by a peditire ment to each front. the ea $
The broke out in the third warehouse from -
end of the range, and the flames were first seen to issue eiel
manner that threatened the whole, from the south doors
the
windows of the fifth story. They soon afterwards spreattet_usiee
opposite frontaee, and to the unper or sixth story
warehouse, and to the roof. The three top rooms were.entlea)
with cotton, amongst which (probably in the room
of th °Ace!
the fire originated—but from what cause is not yet exPlrosst
In a very short time (about half an hour) the greater Pie
of the roof fell in, and immense and alarming bodies
ne_taetlf
rose up through the apperture. The alarm was instates„
conveyed conveyed to the Fire Station, and several engines an,"e were
carts, and a strong body of the fire and ordinary Polele`,',
very
despatched with all possible speed to the spot. In lone(
short time there were thirteen or fourteen engines statee
opposite to the frontages and there being libundaVeecks,,
water at hand, both from the King's and the Dukes
el' eria-
most of them were soon got to work, under the %Pore
tendeuce of the superintendents and inspectors, w''''ef the,
assisted by the Mayor, Mr. Rushton, and others 'resod'
authorities. They, however, laboured under much_
_foe
vantage in the first instance, owing to the great height, !gee-
conflagration ; and before measures could be renderen 'web
tual, the three upper rooms of the warehouse
their contents, in a blaze ; and the two upper roomssehegreset
adjoining—east and west—also became ignited. 13Y' lent to
and persevering exertions, however, of the superinten'. oeiss_
the fire-police (Mr. Hewitt) and his men, and °thea the
tants, who, at great personal risk, ascended the sttlirisbrench
two last-noticed warehouses, and introduced hose and A 0 t°
pipes by the windows, the flames were so far arrested hoe
be confined to the three only : the roofs and two toP rb'uot
only of the two on each side of that in which the fir,;e 6re
out having fallen a prey to the destructive element• le'heese
had communicated to the top story of the second wsrke
from that first burning, on the west, and the sre°,he Ova,
issued from a circular window in' the pedimelit over tlo
centre ones still further to the westward ; but the fire dot on
direction was soon arrested, and Hewitt and his tneuiesllett
the tops of the roofs at each end of the three that ha on
in, and poured from several branches carried to that en t"
werei those
well-directed copious and continuous jets of water uP tette
burning materials below them. The cat-heads of theells!
burning warehouses fell piecemeal to the ground, assns
and
the remains of their wooden coverings ; and the be seer
pi
timber of the tipper floors and roofs fell in like °a!' es ha
ternally. Several of the men engaged with the meld 00*
narrow escapes from the falling of pieces of timber an.
work outwardly.
uPg-r-
About half-psst four o'clock, the cotton in the ter appear
stories of Ll4c, first ,grebuu,e presentee the f twee'
ance of masses of red-hot material• in the shaPtioift Pn
An immense quantity of water was, however. thril"riNiit"'4!
it by the windowS and doors, and probably still raeree'sentet`h;
waste) from the hose on the resit's; and it soon Pr'iest
darker and subdued appearance, giving indication eeers;:'
worst was over, and. that the fire would not extenoetuaq
to the pile of buildings. The hope.thus excited was elh-eose
realized. The three lower floors of the middle ware
is P.ee';
these on fire still stood firm up to six o'clock, an" `e of "-
mitted the parties interested to remove a great portietbets too
property upon them, by employing labourers and cis on tbe
carry it out, and convey it on tracks to vacant spaee,e ode,
quays and streets, But much of it was injured bY °total':
that had been thrown in by the doors or windows, 1);
poured down through the floors from the upper stuerl'„-at vet,
wind wind at the time was luckily from the westward, ausrl.tel.‘.;;o-
- (front the appearance of the smoke from the "el' ea tue`s's
so that the heat of the fire was driven easterly. "--ero"(
been a similarly strong draft from the eastward, the .00 0
bility is that no human effort could, from the fiercerntWithi,
the fire a priori, have saved any part of the range, iiiidee
standing the supply of water. The whole Pdee:
stands isolated and exposed to the breeze, without.
iiee deg
from hill or height on any side ; and we think the euicheioo;
serve great credit for their timely, energetic, and Jell of,tbe
exertions, at great personal hazard, in saving inu-e-joinlit;
property in the three warehouses and all of those ells of t,
pet, directing We observed Mr. Hewitt active on the top of the 'VB traw4o
warehouse nest the tire on the west, with a speaking,7l on jie-
hands that to his fearless and discreet mariagerneleiCeroPiterel
attributed the preservation of the large amount "eiestear.
eaved—of which that consumed or otherwise
the men ; and we heard it adulate
toy
teeforms only a per centage,
neat tee
An immense number of persons had collected and
of
scene of action, both on the King's Dock QueY•stieg'ocl
Duke's Yard ; but excepting those who were a'eselientees
interested in the event, they were kept at a coot's— esreei
safe distance. The smoke and flames were seen frottbieshirit!
palls of the town, and even . distinctl from the aeut
shOre, and the alarm and interest excited were conaeg
_A!
1,
great.
s to.. ee
The three top rooms of the warehouse that firs% -I, ere,' c,
were filled with cotton, the lower rooms chieflY had Ont
mostly wheat. The top rooms of the other two
were 01,
some cotton stowed in them and other articles, but, 0 wee -
so full. In the lower rooms' of these there was ads ,
grain and flour, bags of white rags and cotton wes_ree sal" e
we 0
!:nac, &c. A large quantity of the latter articles t
trom the fire though
thereatuch of it saturated with weeesterq,:ise,
twoof warehouses at
amounto r i g inat eodf wasloss, occupied,chiefly
n'ac.
which was partly burnt, were in the pccuPa"-selliel;eo
as,estat"`atereqt
Mark Nightingale, agent. -The warehouse i" ' 'frit
eotletoanri,,ilsrir
any degree of accuracy ; but it has been stated (9,_°t eetP,IP
4:15,000 to £20,000. The insurance (but to w"3
is. not e 124
we are unable to say) was effectedchiefly,
S° the Royal Exchange Insurance
Office. /Wm
About five o'clock; as one of the fire police ling Up, .
I"ustory, tel
3bo) was at the north front, and in the act of
hose to play into one of the windows in the third -siderePol,l
ladder on which he stood, after he bed attaine4 a cons Pee
olVtlrv.ePteudlebuTd wit
•
ieight: gave way and broke under hintand anotheir lee O's„
low hnn, and he was precipitated to the grounnoios bee;
picked up insensible and apparently killed, he I) are glad the,
severely inlured on the head and side : but '.. 7:art e' of
say that he rallied so far as to be enabled to walk onllhos
way to the Southern Hos t Ithat he coinPlalue,- pr°
his side, and that as n pi a ;
o bones are broken, there is a
bility of his speedy recovery. I• ul
et •e
learn b severhe
An officer of the navy (the commander, we
M. steam tender Redwin ) • • the eroend e• pQ
g, was on b iStaPCn
of his men, and • iendered every possible as-
the burhaw
quantity of water thrown by the engines into • rel net
warehouses, in the• of ie e. hour u- uVr
short space about f the
may tie • • tetimated from the fact, that on one hoof
eeen ajetlf
ts
room doers of that to the westward being thrown 'de of
south front, it rushed out like a cataract for tipsy°
;In
an hour.
ei tea
None of the walls of-the warehouses have fallenah erec.pcl
side or out—they beingwell built and strong, theuitrdiegs, 'cot
Perhaps 30 years ago. They are In truth, fine hutee Press
will bear competition with the best warehouses of . (as get
to whic • lit)?
day not
constructed on fire-proof principles, 0,1,5
Bards iron plating under the floors and roofs) theY
Vic,
qe adapted. whole
During the height of the alarm, and when tueeiteee, the
appeared to be in danger, man office fixtures, fur e from hag
were removed with great baste and much dantag (jolt
the $ Ca'
and
most easterly warehouse,also from andetare
counthig-house of Messrs. Patchett, ryaM'Ke' pretu see
carriers by water. This was, unluckily, rathe ee ; en
wo
ledment, as neither of the premises caught nsel in dal;ibe,
on u counsel parties who considet their properelYshe pOL fee
whose such emergencies first to consult the heads o_l
estoent ;to
fia assistance they may have up to the last true
ve such hasty fittings are quite equal de'' '

peared by
toi
five and
present,.
tai
erioe being, efficient scf
throughout, and every
The superintendents
u esrite:ssa.n xanxious
s to adnod inshis
duty.pe eto r s °lvc manP;.°l‘i eueswd.
tceeorreticrsi
srYe
for
we regret to
of theconfined in t biro
The town is, hoawy,ever, indebted aL force,
and which
discipline in which he has trained o
on'ePosio.n.e•
the mosts."' the
We observedb'l was so prominently manifested on the
0,110 vijr,
Pm%sxewnet:,, and even at the point of danger when
amongst the most active gentlemennired,
reticonVan bll
The Inspector of salvages for the willinsuran proba.ty
continue to was still burning last night, and d quattileil
o burn for some time from the nature and the IP4'o'
u,materials, but it will not extend beYon
ception of
The whole will, however, be repaired for
goods. al comparatively a few weeks'
r"hile one of which will neeesori_Jthe re'

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__Will
WT'S AND W,.-Pa---t ~„ ern
are publicans- - ....NS BY AN EmINENT se triv,_ so
liable to t• subject to imoosition ?---Bee"tiwer liqloP
.1 'e inns xy, . Lord H dog.° a 's
empty house )....__A.* .or was Ull bills
° p it
Why is t.. jcs, -oecause he had such lots
°--13ge°05'-
or • its !Needles.
famous f :'e ~.of Wight like Whitechapel•
stl°Pf
MoNEY.---" n to 4 e 0
Is this d ,I said a 1113- rebus the
cious looking, wa . goo TnOneY, small P,',l as
him. ~ It ought 8., who had made some ~if .vi but
answer. With that
to be good, for I made it mYs' ' rY ; y
he took
the man in his dle ibe ".
by
fiddling,
efenee proved that he liad nog
up the man for forge ,„,,00(