The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

CO It RESP UNDEN CE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARP',
SIR,—As the " Friend to Shipbuilding," the writer
a letter in the Standard of the sth instant, has not
~,f
suppose, seen my letter attic!) 'appeared in the Mail v
the 16th in reply thereto. 1 request the favour of 1%1c;
republishing the two letters with this in your next P,'!
lication of the Standard : and if the " Friend to Sli!
building" does not then retract the imputations contain
in his letter on the professional character of LiverPO
shipbuilders, I shall proceed with a series of inqniriet
the first part of which will embrace a critical examinatO
on a small work entitled " Grantham on Iron as a Mate,
rial for Shipbuilding."
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN WILSON GREEN.
Ship-yard, Clarence Dock, 2i th Nov., 1844.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL MAIL.
SIR,—I noticed in the Liverpool Standard of th.e5,„111,
instant a letter signed a " Friend to Shipbuilding."
induced me to send a letter to the Siandtird-office. F°'
insertion in that paper, avid I gave the name of a part!
to whom I attributed the letter in question, for which
reason I apprehend my letter did not appear in that paPet
last Tuesday.
The " Friend to Shipbuilding," whoever he may be,
would fain appear solicitous for the professional character
of Liverpool shipbuilders, in which he must either be,
sincere or otherwise, and he must also be cognizant ef's
the subject on which be writes, or ignorant thereof.
sincere, he betrays an ignorance of the subject ; if igee"
rant, then imbecility and selfishness have prompted hire
in this instance, he having some ulterior object in v:evi•
He appears to have been deighted, from his expression,
with the perusal of a letter or letters on Shipbuilding'
which also appeared in the Standard, signed ‘• j(ba
Cock," for he speaks of the art being developed by Mr.
Cock, and suggests that the Liverp“l shipbuilders take
a lesson therefrom, and whom be charges with puerility,
want of experience, and professional attainments.
Mr. Cock may be master builder at Pembroke dock-
pard. or master's attendant, or foreman, or anything else,
who or what he is being quite immaterial to me. I, for
one, would profit if I could by the suggestion ; but tb,a
only development that I can discover is, that Mr. Coe"
has read one or more of the many writings which hire
appeared on the subject, without his having unfolded all
new doct ins or advanced any new by pothesis.
I merely make these observations as being pertinent to
the intelligence of the " Friend to Shipbuilding" and the
authority upon which the charges are founded; and bete)
I might stop, if I had only to show the ignorance and ier
becility of our impugner, but as there is a party in We
town to whom I attribute the letter signed a " Friend tO
Shipbuilding," and whom I know has insidiously spoken
of toe professional character of Liverpool shipbuilders,
and at the same time endeavoured to extol himself; and
as he prof, saes to be an engineer, naval architect, and a
person acquainted with the sciences generally,
so as to
design, direct, and be consulted thereon, I desire to court
inquiry; for I apprehend that so comprehensive a mind'
even with its own exertion, may not be so exteJsivel,l
known and appreciated as it shou!cl be, and, theatfo'c'
by the investigation, we the shipluilders may grand or
tall, and this remarkable person, whom I may cbru
" bring out," will rise to that high professional and act-
entitle character which he will deserve, or, at least, Pr°•
bably, save some persons from being deceived by his pre-
tensions.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN WILSON GASEN•

November 14th, 1844.

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DREADFUL CASE OF STABBING AT SEA.—Considers'
ble sensation was created in this town on Wednesday Is!t
by a rumour (which proved to be true) that Captain
Leitrimlot Reed, of the ship Sir Charles Napier (714 tons);
had been maliciously and dangerously stabbed by one 11
his crew, on the high seas. The ship left St. Stephen
for Liverpool on the 25,h of last month with timber, con"
signed to Messrs David Cannon and Co., of South Castle'
street. On the morning of the 16th instant she was over'
taken by a squall in lon. 26 W. The captain ordered the
men to tske in sail, bu' perceiving that one of the crew,
Samuel Brown, was tardy in his movements, he gave him
:
a push, when Brown made a plunge at him with wits:
turned out to be a sheath-knife. The captain gave him •
blow in return which threw him against the long-hoot'
and then seized him to put him in confinement. %VIP,
'
removing him he made several attempts to FUJI-in Captain
Brown with the knife, though without effect; but, whell
near• the mainmast, gme a stab in the abdomen. TO
captain only now became conscious ~f the deadly instill'
nient with which he was assailed, and called out to the
mate that he was murdered. The mate and others (in.
eluding Mr. Porter. the supercargo, and son of the owner,
Mr. W. Porter, of St. Stephen's) ran to his assistance,
and he was removed into the cabin. It was then disco-
vered that a portion of his bowels protruded from the
wound, which was sewed up. He bad also received rya
other stabs, and no fewer than eleven cuts in the jecket,
he wore. From that time the captain was incapable 01
removal from the cabin floor, and suffered extreme vain'
Blown was put in irons. The vessel arrived on \Vedas:
day, and the captain was taken on shore, and the culprit
lodged in Bridewel. The case was heard en ThursdaY
and Friday before Mr. Rushton ant Mr. S. Percisalt
-when these facts transpired. The captain admitted thfl
he first struck the prisoner, and one of the mates Si 6
That the prisoner, when put in irons, stated, on being
questioned, that he was in such-a passion at the time thst
he did not know what he was doing. The prisoner, who
made no defence;- was committed for trial at the assi%e'
for attempting to kill. The captain is a married W.:
twenty -nine years (1 age. and belongs to Liverpool
Brown is twenty-four years of age, shipped from St'
John's, New Brunswick, and is a British subject.
CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—At this fair on Wednesday'
only a small quantity, about 140 tons, was piled for sate,
and it was principally of a common quality. The Novenr
bar lair is that at which the buyers from the Yorkshire_
and Lancashire manufacturing districts come to purchase
their " Christmas or winter stock." The quantity Wig
small, end the buyers from those districts numerous'
caused the sale to be brisk at fully 3s. to ss, above the 1"15
fair. Prices ruled generally 465. to 58s. There were,
however, some few exceptions above or below these qua
&
tations ; and we have heard of one dairy that realised ha_.,
Several dairies were taken away unsold, as the faring"
would not take the offer :for them.
The. DECAY 01 the TEETH arises from various causes'
ill.
health, principally, it may be attributed to early neglect, •
health, or the use of Tooth Powders containing miner'
and other deleterious acids, which give a momentart
whiteness to the teeth, while they con ode the ensairl_l
The extreme prevalence of this last cau,e is too well know.:
to need comment. To this fact, indeed, is piincipallY4
be attributed the long botanical research, which haPPII
terminated by the meat felicitous discovery ever given tad
the world for the Preservation of the TEETH, Gusts, aer,
BREATH, viz.ROWLAND'S ODONTO. or PEAL
DENTIFRICE : this Powder now occupies a distit;
guished place at the Toilets of the Sovereigns and IPA
Nobility throughout Europe, while the general dews!!!
for it at once announces the favour which it is universe
held.—See odd.