The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-31 00:00:00

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l'°WN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

made up his mind six weeks ago to dispose of it, and that
in that short of time he had received offers for no
u.
'lle To 4, a special meeting of the council was held at fewer a numberspace than 200,000 square yards, he should have
. tied tiOa Iv°4lBll, for the purpose of taking into considers. suspected that better prices could be obtained. (Hear.)
a
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE replied. He said that Mr.
itive uetertnining upon a variety of subjects mentioned
deck'4BlMon Evans would make the Cheshire property subservient to
ste, at ,
which time there were twenty-four members subservient hitherto? On the contrary, had it not been
respective places. lying waste and idle ? The policy of the present corpo-
Th FINANCE COMMITTEE. ration was to bring it into productiveness and usefulness,
believing that it would speedily be studded with buildings,
LtileeltPurY TOWN-CLERK commenced the business .
and that in the increase of trade at the other side, the
ClaitteY oy reading the proceedings of the Finance
Mte ''e. The committee stated. that they had__ received prosperity of the people of Liverpool generally would be
aNhse'arl tenders formaterially promoted. (Hear.) This increase of trade
-,,~, and
would be tar more desirable than to erect docks as a
,proo,, that they had. agreed to accept, subject t
deri6t for old things or teings on sale; because he hoped
LIN fir, °f the couecil, offers for the following lots :
ityt ate r• Cole, for 37,000 square yards, at 18s. each ; that things on aale would be every. day becoming, fewer in
a2B. easSg. J. and W. Walker, for 6,100 square yards, number, and that the necessity for the depot would. as
constantly be diminishing. (Hear.) He perceived by
kh.n; tar 10:981id one-third of the new road
each
at
the newspapers that the Dock Committee were constantly
11, Laird, . square yards, at 12s. 4d. eacn , from oar,
discussiog the propriety of erecting new docks—that the
11,:,1, R. h.rtnor 20,000 square yards, at 10s. each ; from
north and the south ends of the town were pointed out as
1/4, ttarj_i , for 6,000 square yards. at 10s. each ;from
eligible sites, but that not a word was ever said about
smell. 2, Fe Brownrigg, for 48,800 square yards, at
Cheshire. Not a word was ever said about the Dock
it7itto 2061"0,0totor other parcels, amounting in the asses_ Cheshire.
going over there; and he was satisfied that
;ere to' wheer to square yards. The leases for those pur-
be for 75 years ; the conditions of the sale theburgesses
of Liverpool, represented as they were in
Lthe rat -Payment in five and ten years, with interest the council, would never.beparties. to an act which.. should
al eof 5
transfer what they considered their commercial interests
le lea Per cent. ; the purchasers to erect build_ transfer
the other side of the water. (Hear, hear.) The coun-
.'i ita,; wheren land fronted the pool, to make a sea_ to
now offered-the Cheshire property for sale to persons
ttl `,,lesurance against fire to be effected by the
a.:ml, s'an. Committee further stated, that they had who might make docks. there or not as they pleased. He
k‘e V"iect to the approval of the council, to nu' r was not afraid of rival docks. Himself and others had
CNi 'rid, • - been charged with smuegline this question through the
hete t tinning from Beacon s Gutter northwards,
t art of Derby, for a sum not exceeding £17.500 C.ouncil. He denied it.' Month after month had it been
' discussed, and duly and properly had the sales been ad-
vertised. certain conditions. They finally stated, that '
(Hear, hear.)
tfloye Izeade a communication to the Watch Committee
Mr. BUSHELL asked Mr. Stewart whether he thought
ipttral wrauether the latter could conveniently give up the
kZias uuck s •
7„ Station,
for the purposes of a Sailors, he could find for the Finance Committee a buyer at a
hi her price for the lot or lots of land to which he had
eleaa,?_ose several proceedings, which were of ex- g
ijottla q. 60,
LAWRENCE
been read throughout, . . made special reference ?
Mr. STEWART said that when he had heard of the price
114; He'le.l,AwituNce rose to move their confirms-
iv,,a of 10s. offered by Mr, Laird, he considered it a very
ltiisald that the proceedings, though coming upon .
4444 ,of the municipal year, were of extreme im- good price. He could not, in answer to Mr. Bushell's
question, undertake to say that he could find a higher
tistheteolol..ute.resting to the- burgesses' at large, inasmuch.
Price for the other lots. (Hear, hear.) Any gentleman
Ire remelt were recommended upon that occasion to P •
tati p,ol:! term of 75 years, of a portion of their Wal- . conversant with the sale of land, as an individual, must
'know that very desirable land often remained on hand for
ha MO '''llY, amounting in value to upwards of
a year or two or more, no matter what exertion. might be
etc, 'lod also as they were called upon to purchase even,' to the extent
!ai eki ,of 600,000 square yards of land I used to sell; and therefore very strong suspicion must be
i created that the land in the present instance must have
tisd.thea ~ rBdale shore. Upon these two transactions
been sold below its value, from the circumstance of
tlakittia"G 88y a few words, but not for the purpose of I
lahl.his,! the policy of the council in disposing of their 2,o.o_,OroOtsquare yarelleofth'te
short
tig been
fsn.appedekup by 13
Nit_ttle".ar°Prerty, because the more he considered
.that 1 different
BUSHELLpurchasers
• said that 11.1rsP;ct-ewoarst''xs waensws'er was
lit ~!. Of "'e. he thought they were acting for the in- 3
I satisfactory, inasmuch as it proved that the Finance
Silnat the inhabitants on both sides of the Mersey.
Committee had obtained the highest market value of the
'4014: be told that the Finance Committee were
add oto;r birth-right for a mess of pottage, and that it ; present day. (Oh ' and laughter.)
The MAYOR observed, that he could not allow the dis-
th4tte,ta4reason they were assailed with such warmth '
cession to proceed any farther, Mr. Lawrence having
%el, Itecti but of doors; but still the council thought
*llkillod,shire property was a great weight and bur- replied.
ka_ v., Mr 'at it was bad policy to be holding a property ' ' • HENRY HOLMES intimated his willingness to
Srepd, 4h_, comparatively unproductive, and wohic, move, as an amendment, that so far as regarded the whole
of the sales of the land, the subject be referred back for
legru,or the burgesses to the extent of £316, 0.0,
further consideration.
lutist‘e est. If this money had been paid for it,
The MAYOR observed, that the discussion must close,
be, thea ,maight have assumed a different aspect., but
and that the amendment could not be received.
11244 d eoru:cl p_urchased, they could hardly be said to
Mr. BACKBURN thought that they ought not to ad.
tkt,,Za year. it; for the interest amounted at_ present. to
here to the strict letter of their rules, but divide upon the
It
het to lt e, therefore, a matter of some im_
amendment
stoleß reduce this amount ; for he was of opinion • .
Stit4its-:.. they could keep their present bonded debt The MAYOR said the only way in which the nmend-
sktateroersesnt limits, they must either resort to a bo. ment could he received, would be by suspending the
standing orders.
aoe uspeud their discretionary expenditure.
Mr. HORNBY was averse to the suspension of the
~ It ~, examinedi the corporation accounts for the
tending orders.
Nrtheit.°4'!l appear manifest that unless they could
s The TOWN CLERK said that if the original motion
Irttealoa_extge.ricies by some such steps as they were
were re registered, it would then be competent for any
iii.itatiluending. they must call for the assistance of
kkaluts e'er- (sear, hear.) Offers had been made gentlemang to move' an amendment.
tilaa,ooo of the Birkenhead land, amounting altogether The council divided, when there appeared—
Istto,.B.(luare yards, and at a value of £120,000. The For the motion
laiki 1 "tY of land purchased in Birkenhead by the Against it.. .-
1000 ...eu_reoration, previous to 1829, amounted to
1147eCtinu_aFe yards, and after the present purchases
\a ilasd‘. ode, the. council would still retain 725,000
load b° in their possession. The total cost of the
I,N4rlaweeri £316,000. The interest was £12,600 ;
ytiaa`lug the interest saved by the present sales,
~.11t ib to £7,290, the balance of interest would only
UN le' •t 5,310—so that the borough fund would be
Itilikis ° the extent
* gess ..n of £7,300 a-year, and they would
1144 4s "5,400 square yards, which stood them in
ltv l'. lik• and ss. each. (Hear, hear.)
%Ohs kkLEY-MORE asked whether the 4s. or ss.
Ithtne Yard could be obtained for the remaining
l:• G. R
iyitie . LAWRENCE said that every day increased
Vs. Or isthe land. He was satisfied it was worth more
kt°‘ll°lt:.
likekhip,,2 I.IY thought it impossible-to give any answer
t*e,"s to accuracy to such a question, because the
4,0,f it_ltuated in various parts, and varied in value. PURCHASE OF LAND FROM LORD DERBY.
3 ilnd was sold by the acre, and some by the square
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said that, having now succeeded
414pPrieticauiearP,ad no notion of its average. value, the in inducing them to dispose of part of their Cheshire
~ .13,t411} a great deal of it boreanideal value.
estate, he had next to call upon them to increase the ex-
n_ee giv',.!LEl -Aone thought a definite answer.
tent of their property on this side of the water. He al-
Ilttauala en He did not want the value to a fraction,
laded to the next subject on the paper—that of par-
It it be satisfied if the Finance Committee could
chasing 1,000 yards of land from the Earl of Derby,
kip!. Was worth any sum between 6s. and 7s. on an from I3eacon's-gutter extending northwards. In March
t; 4 B. '42, a report of the Finance Committee had been agreed
)4 th,;t .•
LAWRENCE assumed, for the sake of arse- upon, which acknowledged the importance of such a
iikett,' .110,,1t was worth what it stood them in.
purchase as that now submitted for Consideration • and at N •than ' •
o fewet -lo vessels left the Mersey on Friday for
.I),:TR expressed his belief that it was worth 7s. that time the Finance Committee were instructed io carry
haekta said, that the question as to the sale of the foreien ports.
4ttll .• been already ' . • on negotiations with the Earl of Derby. It appeared,
to ei, en already decided upon by the council, and
" ASIIBITRTON."—This fine packet ship sailed for
tts re,, .
140 tit geb I object at present ought to be to dispose of however, upon investigation, that however good his lord- ,THElaew York on Friday. She took out 20 Cabin passengers.
ship's title might be in his own judgment, yet thet the
tie tl a tst advantage. He contended that the council
Her freight was. considered good. The cargo consisted of
'''Y ie aye a , arrangement required the approbation of the Chancellor
Illite.,:',eli afitPlan of the estate before them, and that
general manufactured goods.
of the Duchy; and the result was, that, after a length-
kseearteii ha?ught to be valued by competent parties. ened negotiation with the duchy, the committee had The steamer Great Western, Lieutenant Hosken, which
0421,000
_° been told that one gentleman had pur- succeeded in getting her Majesty to relinquish any claims I would leave New York on the 19th instant, may be ex-
"‘taaetit.nuare yards ; but he ,should like to know of the crown to the locality in question. The terms on , petted to arrive here on or about Wednesday. This is her
4z4le lid t°ll there had been for that and the other which her Majesty had agreed to the relinquishment had ! last trip this season.
:sealaa, a„
I been embodied in the report of the committee ; and he ! INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURTS. Reynolds one
rtl tb4tithttior,mEs would not h rye taken part in the would endeavour to state them briefly. In the first place of the commissioners for the relief of insolvent det;tors,
IL the i ilt th Chairmen of the Finance Committee not the council were to pay to the duchy 40s. annually for will hold courts in this county next year, as follows :—At
t 4 had
%I?teresetsale of the estate would operate beneficially their rights, until they should have proceeded to parliament ' Lancaster, on the 7th March next ; at Preston, on the
tr.eravia Oted Bof the people on both sides of the Mersey. and obtained a legislative sanction to the complete sale or 21st March ; and Liverpool, 22d March.
lte..47ed be t2gainst the sale in the first instance. He transfer of the property to the corporation. The Chancel- •
The magistrates of Liverpool have granted, under the
pert ois ougt one opinion upon the subjet, and must Chancel-
lor of the Duchy agreed' to surrender his rights for a sum of new theatre regulation act, a license to Mr. Copeland for
kibee3:.ll,4 rktyw now, as he had done before,. that the £BOO, to be paid by the Corporation; but one of the sti- the Royal Amphitheatre for twelve months and one to
N 4174 13 ' trifors'en amputated from the corporation. He pulations which he attached to the surrender was, that Mr. Holloway for the Queen:s Theatre for four months,
ZI e eke, tiled by Mr. Royden and others that a dock the council should aeree to make a river wall or protec-
eit B,llea .ed on the other side for about £6,000 ; and tion to the ro ert ,'without which indeed it'could never commencing on Monday next.
lilstiai'llto viid°ek might not have answered for vessels be made avpailableyfor any useful purpose. He farther BIRKENHEAD AND HOYLAKE ROAD.—Sir E. Cust,
Asj, tatita e Port with merchandise, yet would it have
Bart., at.the meeting of Cheshire. magistrates at Knuts-
stipulated that the wall should be made, half iu five years,
tesaatcuas for vessels on sale and lying up, and, ford sessions, last week, again brought forward his motion
and the other half in five years more—the whole to be
Vrt,,lao ,'i It would have greatly relieved two of thefor a grant of £l6O to rebuild the bridge upon the road
‘The c's• He contended that the new corporation completed in ten years. This part of the arrangement
leading from Birkenhead to Hoylake, but, after a great
4tta tt a 8,, In
of.would, of course, be very expensive, inasmuch as to build
deal of discussion, the motion was lost by 21 to 12.
k teedester sum money from the old equal in amount a wail there must add most materially to the cost of the
00,117a0 had expended on the purchase of the purchase. But this was one of the conditions to which the CLOTHING FOR THE POOR.—We understand that up-
soati terate. He also contended that, if the council were submitting. Then there was another stipu- wards of £7O
,was realized at the sale of clothing for the
,aPresa'!_ right of ferry into Wallasey pool,
.they I lation which, at first, nearly thwarted, or put an :extin- poor, in the CalOoritan School-room, on Tuesday last, a
;p L. 'llS4.qto the property on the Anargin of the river. I guisher upon the negotiations
.of the committee with the most gratifying instance of the spirit. by which the desire
:4 . t' said property
council possesed the right of ! Duchy. The Duchy were advised by Lord Granville So- to do
.good is. prosecuted and sustained by the Ladies'
merset that there was considerable detriment done to the Clothing Society in connexion with the Scotch churches
river by the practise of the Dock Committee in discharging of Liverpool.
the mud or rubbish they extracted from the docks into RAPHAEL TAPESTRY.—We feel certain that the pub..
the river. Lord Granville Somerset had seen this prat- lic are not sufficiently aware of the extraordinary works
tice, and when the committee first approached trim on the of art now exhibiting in our town, otherwise we should
.. . ~ • ee .ao eeeeeieee hive found. on our visits to the gallery, crowds, instead

posed new north docks, eastwardly, to the Leeds and Li-
•erpool Canal, and to purchase land necessary for that
purpose; and that in the meantime this committee should
be at liberty to give the requisite parliamentary notices,
all proceedings thereon being subject to the determination
of the trustees," (the Council) " at the special meeting to
be called after the 9th November next."

and gf,
j4D.
St.

After a brief discussion as to whether this resolution
should then be taken into consideration, it was eventu-
ally agreed to postpone it until eleven o'clock to• day, when
a special council for that purpose will be held.

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IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

The proceedings of the Improvement Committee were
read and confirmed.

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COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Courts of Law and St. George's
Hall Committee having been read,
Mr. HENRY LAWRENCE moved their confirmation,
and the making of certain alterations, requiring an ad-
vance of £lOOO, subject to a reference to the Finance
Committee. He proceeded at some length to show that
the alterations had been rendered necessary, in consequence
of Mr. Elmes deeming it advisable to have a range of co-
lumns round St. George's Hall to support the roof.
The motion was adopted.
MARKETS' COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Markets' Committee—confirming
the appointment of James Mainwaring as constable in
St. Martin's Market, and of Edward Jones and Thomas
Coulter as constables in Gill-street Market—were read
and confirmed.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Education Committee—com-
prising the appointment, on trial, of Mrs. Jane Goulding
as mistress of the North Infant School, at £5O per
annum, in lieu of Mrs. Lunt—vrere read, and, with the
exception of the appointment, confirmed. The com-
mittee stated the numbers in the schools. from the 27th
of September to the 25th of October, to be as follow :
NORTH'. 1 SOUTH.

243 1 Boys ..
179 I Girls..
175 I Infants

• 188
• 167
• 190

Infitnts

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,be

Total • • 597 I Total 545
The numbers on the books were North School, 788 ;
South, 668.

OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Observatory Committee were
read and confirmed.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Health of the Town, Wash-
houses' and Baths' Committee were read and confirmed.
It appeared from these proceedings that pigs were gene-
rally fed throughout the country on the entrails of animals.
Mr. Lace, Mr. G. H. Lawrence, and Mr. Birkett, se-
rerally expressed their regret that Mr. Cooper was re-
tiring from the council, as his services upon this committee
had been most valuable.

Majority.
The sales of the Birkenhead estate were accordingly
confirmed. The following members voted in the divi-

For.—Messrs. F. Shand, T. Shaw, R. Houghton, J.
C. Thompson, T. Sands, H. Hornby, J. Holmes, J. Aspi-
mall, T. Royden, J. Cooper, J. N. Wood, H. Lawrence,
W. Birkett, C. Bushell, T. Brassey, J. S. Leigh, G. H.
Lawrence, A. Lace, S. L. Trotman, J. Platt, J. Sheppard,
A. Smith, jun. Aldermen.—Sir T. Brancker, J. H.
Turner, W. P. Freme, W. Nicol, J. Bramley-moore, E.
Nlolyneux, J. Moon, T. Chilton, and the Mayor.
Against.—l. Holmes, W. Thornhill, T. Blackburn, W.
Preston, H. Copeland, J. Edwards, J. North, H. Holmes,
J. Aikin, S. Stewart, J. Procter, R. Rigby, J. Kilshaw,
J. Parker, J. Plumpton, R. Harbord, G. H. Hornby.
Aldermen.—T. B. Barclay, R. Houghton, T. Bulley, T.
Holt, J. Lawrence, and E. Evans.

Mr. COOPER returned thanks for the kindly disposition
evinced towards him.

FIRE COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Fire Committee were read and
confirmed.

CORONER'S ACCOUNTS.
The accounts of the coroner since the last monthly
council, amounting to £76 175., were referred to the
Finance Committee.

BYE LAWS.
The Mayor's communications comprising copies of
bye-laws for amending the present bye-laws regulating
the slips, stairs, and stages, and the steam and other ves-
sels resorting thereto, were read and confirmed.

FINES ON ALDERMEN

12.1,1 •
Mr. Honc,sorr said he had given notice of a motion,
to the effect that the fine paid by Mr. 'William Earle, on
that gentleman having resigned the office of alderman,
be refunded to him ; and that he regretted the ncice did
not appear in the summonses. He submitted it upon the
ground that be considered it improper that aldermen
should be subjected to so heavy a fine, when they were
obliged to resign from circumstances, as in the present
case, over which they had no control; and he promised
that he would bring the subject before the council on an
early day.

The Town-clerk said that Mr. Earle had paid the fine,
and that the bye-laws had fixed the sum conclusively at
£5O.

41;4ticn" asked, whetherot ils over
the Fool?
thec?il had made any
All 9. ii(lf Water r
11F,i!. LAWRENCE said, they had no water rights
~ANTs
looney bnced, how they could possess any water
lilht,rs, thy-_)ost the -

gin of

Mr. HDRNBY said the course Mr. Hodgson bad pur-
sued was highly creditable to him, and showed that that
gentleman was not influenced by personal considerations
—considerations by which he never supposed Mr. Hodg-
son to be influenced. (Hear, hear.)
The subject here dropped.
TILE DISPENSARIES.
_ _

The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a memorial
from Messrs. Morrall and Fosberry, vice-presidents of
the Liverpool dispensaries, praying for an increase of the
Council subscription.
It was referred to the Finance Committee.
MEMORIALS.

A memorial from Isabella Watt, of Cases-street, pray
ing for pecuniary assistance, was ordered to lie on the
table ; another from the inhabitants of Glover-street,
complaining of a disorderly house, was referred to the
Watch Committee; and a third, from the inhabitants of
Whitechapel and Leigh-street, in reference to Holden's
exhibition, was laid on the table.

The council adjourned at five minutes to four o'clock

..e.saio, ueilite- oi stragglers and. connoisseurs inquiring the great,
t4eicie, J., ildll lOSt terra firma, They could have ' m—e;‘,'-ylCU'in'inusctula'n'ldl.oin''t'.huait'ffio"rlaucutic.e, which I consider a which can be offered to an intellectual people. The name
11„etild'"clent of the land adjoining; and there-
tlltt:'.l44ll,o hem that they had hastily parted with
::tig jeal of acres, out of a desire to get rid of an nuisance ;" and it was with difficulty that the committee of Raphael to those professing a love for art, should rouse
persuadedis. him to forego any stipulation upon that head. the strongest feelings of delight. But the fact of having
No difficulty now existedon this point with respect to the at our doors original works, the genius and skill of the
04lkitei"beerrs37 upon the part of certain persons Duchy ;no further remonstrances would be made by Lord great master himself—works which actually adorned the
rth f 'n a great hurry to put the land out f.
q4,110;:r 1", it might hr anarip nrrtAnahlp fnr ~,:., Granville Somerset : but hi,: Inrd,hin hail rn.a. ;r ~,,. „r v,:.:-..: ..,..
111!.tni

est trea

\ ... ....d.l,Lit,c) bIIIJUIII tiring roe works that defy any quibble in regard to originality ; and
alcve had have ---s- "-''""
_"au v'l_,Y t"."P9-1Y sacs, 1 subject before the council, and that he should explain to not finding crowds flocking to see them, must proceed
k?I, .elts ad i, made the pool very useful—that they the members his feelings and views ; and he had further from the public not being aware of the facts. We urge
1‘,1141, /t
I: ss a receptacle for a certain description intimated that whenever the Dock Committee went before them to visit these works and satisfy themselves.
1111, t °.er thing that Liverpool wanted. Had the thoroughly sifted. His lordship said that he would then 2,500 boxes of American cheese were offered at public
1 eit f i,unotzs been asked for plans, or had the
showi inquire re
causeir, t owtihl
ye t l
esubject,y continued
theo re
porfacttlitcee.a committeeti
there-
r eto
(fi%lll,lltittlltheytinl„LY, fairly, and thoroughly discussed,' as tosale here this week, of which fullyfl,6o.ofsold chiefly from
.1:11?ttwlilel
the-eetat:ytoosellor not, or what were the uses fore, he (Mr.
.Lawrence) mentioned it now, as he had pro- condition4os ts2a 6clless prices.
withes.
theseuwehino;rio r and
parcelsout al
and on the margin couldd rinsed to do, in order that the council might
.be prepared
Ve(3l./ an at would be the at• rattier
were in good condition and possessed quality were spi-
th. - the benefit on the one hand ,or to meet the subject.
ritedly competed for. The Cambridge, which arrived on
, ) Ina a othethat would result to Liverpool? al o
ItNt !)r a° 'lad been'.or. SANDS. We have met it.
Friday, brought upwards of 3,900 packages, and a further
It itit groo gone into ; but with a legislation, Mr. LAWRENCE was aware that the Dock Committee su :is reported to have arrived in the'Geor e Washina.
PO Yg .
hp, 04 , er, at the corner of a street, they had
1/4)-gliaot'estruction of, what he called, one of the
, Prospects the Corporation possessed.
Itio
slltio had met it by a letter from Mr. H. artley, arid by sayin
that there would be great difficulty in remedying the prac-
tice ; and it was upon the reading of Mr. Hartley's letter ..
g ton, from New York.
ROBBERY OF A CHILD.—On F.riday afternoon last a
little boy, aged five years, who resides in Great Nelson-
4, •vro
1 h r h•---/ , that Lord G. Somerset had said he would require further
street North, was
.retu,rning along. r Scotland-road from
llt 4or tile use of that language. He -said this
docks, about 220 000 cubic 1 school when, opposite St. Martin s Market, he was ac-
river, as extracted. -from the , •
coated by a girl, about fifteen years old, who decoyed him
IN;lthiit sureyards that the use of such an expression' down Lawrence-street and into Nash Grove, pretending
*Vi‘t,', i: 'aise the •-council in public estimation. t the effect. that the remedying ofthetpractice
that she- would buy him some apples. She took him to a
ililipittq a Init right, in my opinion, to make use oftended with immense expense—that hreemudwdocks, with
'double gates, would have to be erected, and that the piece of vacant ground, and there deprived him of his
ikt
tikvthAas:°thleniuvittee of gentlemen ; for the Finance cloak, which was of blue cloth. The moment she had se
220,000 cubic yards of mud would annually cover upwards
cured it she ran off, leaving. the poor little fellow crying
iti,ka....../ ,_Lenlen. (Hear, bear.) of 20 acres of land. The answer to Lord Granville So- .N.
'Nip ' oeg, in the first place, to observe that inerset was the enormous expense of the undertaking; bitterly for the loss of his garment, while she was utterly
to him
how or
lwheln he might find his way out of that,
N . Qffeue-en whatever to utter anything that could and it was upon the strength of this answer that his lord- im, unknown oca ity.
±l,ki_ r4Oso it _ I do not think it ought to have given, ship was willing that the further consideration of the sub-
VIttkl:1148 ill Ras used only as
.a fair mode of 11.19 - LONDON PICKPOCKETS.—Mrs, Highton, the wife of
kiliki, y ~,„_e rat.ing at the time that this legisia-
:tkjitluillrnacting with the- understanding. of a
sit,V fah. ,' the lower ranks of life. I contend ject should be postponed. He did not say that his opinions
were changed, but that the matter required the considera-
tion of the Dockt Committee and that of parliament. In
his lordship they had a person willing to lend them a fa- the governor of the Borough gaol, appeared before Mr.
Rushton, and charged a respectably dressed fellow, named
Daniel Newton, with having followed her, in company
1, 71,qat,:x Illustration; but, if it be taken in an vourable ear, coaversantwith their interests, and anxious with two others, through Ranelagh-street and up Cop-
klt,it7 not adhere to it. (Hear, hear.) to advance them ,• and the result of the present negocia_ peras-hill, and with having made a tug at her shawl while
\0.114,t but 4.ram.quite toe that it is open to you tion showed that his lordship was favourably disposed, and endeavouring to pick her pocket. The prisoner stoutly
leo he i think it is not an expression which not desirous of extracting money from them for the pair-
denied the truth of the charge, and pretended that lie
'i
litism‘io 41;vu,sed towards gentlemen who have no pose of increasing the revenues of the privy purse. (Hear, had merely jostled against her accidentally. Mr. Dow-
-0 Visettett; The In their proceedings but that of the hem) ling said there was no doubt he was one of the London
% ~,,i, fY.rilaY, it is true, make mistakes,. but at
~,r. SANDS ex
t iio 41r to liken 114 , p.
satisfied with Mr. Hartley's explanation on the subject. slimed for three months, and expressed a hope that the
ktAttill hav At the same time, if the council are
sentence would be a warning to those who had come to
The report on the purchase from Lord Derby was then
?iti,::,..1
tie n?thing furthei to say. confirmed. Liverpool with him,
Ott ni th nit t think there was anything person-
,ti tf, e ()bier t' ie4r de va ion. (Hear, hear.)
\t,ii
The following further recommendations of the Finance
Committee were next confirmed::— Recommendation for APPROPRIATING WRECKED GOODS.—Yesterday. at
the Police-court, five men, John Canavan, Jeremiah Mor-
-0 n lino pied that the Finance Committee had gang James Kehoe, and Spencer Lugh, and a boy named
the appointment of Francis Broadfoot as master of the
%itit,:4. tor an
v_ 4,,_ acceptance of the offers by anything River Craft Dock ; the appointment of Thomas Boothby William Harper, were charged with carrying off respec-
outlther'srieteeting jealousy on the part of per-lively quantities of oatmeal from the Nnrth-shore, near
as collector of fines on summary•- convictions, at a salary ~,Nii,, the etjerc.l the water. He contended that of £llO per annum • the appointment of an additional Mr. Birch's, which had been washed up in sacks from
kliatmatoun i':' side had a right to the benefit of officer as inspector of 'hackney coaches, at .465 per annum ; the wreck of the brig William, Captain George Newton,
NI Vat th eu as there
er was no right but the public the sale G-: an additional piece of land to the Baptist which went to pieces on the Great Burbo Bank, during
tr, were
tatie yald sell about to sell the Cheshire pro- Chapel land in Mvrtle-street ; the purchas4 of the area the gale on Saturday. The men had carried off many
k,, .lhaou,a thou any other description of corporate in front of James Owen's house, in Islington;. stones of it in sacks of their own, and some of it in a da-
ik ma
th' Price
g t the Council had obtained an es- to
state was found in their houses, and some in the
klm -obit., acid;,,. and that the effect of the sale would WATCH COMMITTEE, fields ready for removal. The boy had only taken about
Z444ttra ha'noal amount of income which the The proceedings of the watch, lighting, elearaing, and 51h. weight.. The prisoners generally said they bad waded
,‘ h 0 r.,llgill e" at their disposal. Hitherto, they fire police committees were confirmed. in to save the meal which would otherwise have been lost,
. 01,44.-tht tg„alY, by expending capital for income.
and that they did not think they were doing wrong. Mr.
4,,'ere:nlatt.,," hold the property in the DOCK COMMITTEE.
Maxwell, the sitting magistrate, said they must have
' •mted—n, particular) Cheshire
th • local taxa- The TOWN.CLERK informed the Council that it was
0it14,N1,. , fro_y when their
known that it was some person's
.property., and they had
intended by the Dock Committee submit •
110411,e% °, hr 'v. one cause or another, within the to some special no business with it. .Had the informations been laid
Proceedings
ikliklsetunt th„ nearly 40 per cent., and when the
north
gs and resolutions relating to purchases to the under one particular act, they might have been fined £2O
mot itit,i, tie" !,?inmunity found it difficult to bear
in l•
a rl and
a
mesuotu tihn otfht h e present line of docks, and to a bill each ; but they were laid' under the local act, which was
iittlfittt4l,ll4otioo differed with Mr. Parker with re-
dui:ling with a resolution j. sessionf for that object, con- more lenient. The act required that they should give
Oho,,oeeo
_I r the land, because better terms
.._.. Re.olved —That 't
9' i Ouch the following was a proper information of any property they might save, but
tet.tillaeem offerer, and also, because, in some copyin-
il •tit is expedient- thaat sits be represented. to the Coun- here no information was given at all, except by one man
LitilittlVAknbtain„re,d had been refused, and higher
eclil shouldia be called for an earfyec'daaymaefetet,rnrhoe f •
9thlie
cf, .i.' oit,lT no - who told a police-officer that he was taking it for his
ittlittiql!iii.et 41°414 vember next, to take into consideration the subject of fowls, and another fora neighbour's pigs! -11'h men were
t.%0111,40 this
:..2,5k.. only question for discussion
going to parliament for power to purchase land, &c.,
to fined ss. each, or to be imprisoned seven days ; the boy
tille kir Neil „r
_e bather the Finance Commit-
the north and south (both or either) of the present line of , 2s.ee 6d., or five days. [A great quantity of the meal had
tqa"the „" ic s as the corporation had a
docks for further dock accommodation ; and also for , .„
.9 thrown up bythe waves all along the North-shore.
,
lid "LoPert? He confessed that if he, o ice-officers were sant to protect •
dal omake a communi:;ation by water from the pro- , t. It. It, and hence the de-
wner oft he estate, and had only power to ~ ee ion of the parties.]
i

LOSS OF LIFE

DESTRUCTIVE STORM, AND LAMENTABLE

se...
reefed proved abortive. With the fore topsail shaking, EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND NEWHAVEN '
she was held as close to it as she could go, but making RAILWAY.
great lee way, she touched the shore about ten o'clock on
Saturday night. As the tide rose, she again floated, but _
On Friday and Saturday last this part of the coast and
We have pleasure in directing the attention of our
only to drive further up, as she was now perfectly un-
country were visited by a gale of wind, (accompanied by
successive heavy downfalls of rain) which though not so manageable—the sea making a clear breach over her— readers to the Parliamentary Notice, in our columns this
until daylight the crew suffered greatly. The agent at day, by which it will be seen that, notwithstanding the
severe as some of the storms we have had to record of late
virulent. and ignorant opposition of our Contemporary,
Lloyd's, Messrs. Tyrer and Eccles, who with a person of
years, has yet been destructive of many valuable vessels to
Railway Times, the Directors of the Edinburgh,
the crews of which have in some instances totally, and in
et he
ee
dneadm
bye o ft
the assistance
iosat oanptohney
ialertn
conveying
daylight,
the
csruee;
others partially perished on the English and Welsh Meadows
eeroef
shores and the outward banks ; and we fear we shall yet
on sho
lying dead on the deck. His facere. One, however, was missing, and on the agents Leith, and Newhaven line are enabled, by the confidence
have to learn of similar disasters on the outer coast of Ire. returning, he was found
the public, to proceed to the actual carrying into exe-
the westward, would more especially direct itself. The been washed by a heavy sea beneath some loose spars on
was dreadfully mangled, and from all appearance he had of
land, against which the tempest, sweeping as it did from
cotton of the proposed Branch undertakings, upon the
deck, which on the water leaving them had crushed him advantages of which we have previously remarked, and f
.
wind on Friday prevailed from the southward and east-
to death. An inquest will be held on the body this day.
and and increased throughout the night, veering more
which our opinion is in unison with that of every Jour-
The unfortunate individual was cook and steward, and we
and more to the west, at about which point it settled at
single exception of
learn belonged to Sheffield. The crew,inclusive of the nalist who has noticed them with the
at four o'clock on Saturday morning, and continued to
blow more and more fiercely throughout the day, with captain, consisted of twelve persons, all of whom are con- the Railway Times!
siderably injured, and have lost all their clothes. After With a sincere wish to enlighten our splenetic contern-
heavy continuous showers, which together with the haze
the crew were got on shore, the principal portion of them porary with respect to his isolated position upon this sub-
and spindrift outside prevented all communication with
were taken to the receiving house, where they were most ject and the inferences which some people may draw from
the more distant telegraph stations along the Welsh coast
kindly treated,
it, we beg to place before him and the public, the follow-
to Holyhead.
A number of sails and other articles have been got on ing judicious remarks from the Caledonian Mercury of
The tide—as indicated in the almanac—was at the full,
shore, as also have a quantity of the cocoa nuts. The the 28th inst., the justice of which, so far as Liverpool is
at 35 minutes past two o'clock ; and in calm weather
vessel herself has every appearance of becoming a total concerned, we can fully verity. Referring to the antici-
would have risen to a height of 15 feet 10 inches : but,
wreck, her hull having parted near the bends. She is the pations contained in the prospectus of the Directors, the
driven in by the pressure of the gale, it flowed some mi-
property, we believe, of Mr. Morrison of this town. writer says :—" Our opinion of the undertaking is even
nutes beyond the hour stated ; attained a greater height,
and, as might be expected, was more than usually tardy TOTAL LOSS OF THE LADY BENTINCK AND ALL HANDS• in advance of theirs ; not from a consideration of what
in its reflux after it had gained its maximum. The river Early on Sunday morning a large portion of grain and actually exists at present, but of what may and assuredly
presented an animated, and—though without an inamedi- other cargo were washed on shore between Southport and will, happen, as soon as the Forth is connected with
Formby, but principally near the latter place. From the the Clyde by a continuous line of railway, passing in the
ate accident that we have heard of—we may add a some-
what painfully interesting appearance, from the presenti- marks it bears it is evident that it is part of the cargo of immediate neighbourhood of the mineral districts of the
ment naturally entertained of the accidents that might the Lady Bentinck, which sailed on Thursday last from west. We happen to have before us at this moment a
have occurred outside—more patticularly as a consider- Waterford for L.iverpool. The crew must all have plan of the city and docks of Liverpool in the year 1728,
erished, but none of the bodies have yet beentreclovered, recovered, and a plan of the same city and docks in 1842. At the
able mercantile fleet, of perhaps forty sail, had left the 1,
port on the previous day, and would be caught in the nor has a vestige of the wreck been seen. The cargo was former period the whole of Liverpool occupied an area of
Insured, but we could not learn whether the vessel was or not more than a mile and a half in circumference; at the
storm before they could clear the channel. The sea at
not.
latter, it extended over a space of more than nine miles,
high water washed over portions of the quays ; and the
SUPPOSED LOSS OF ANOTHER VESSEL. while the magnificent docks alone, second perhaps to none
steamers from the opposite ferries, had some difficulty in
We learned that a large quantity of butter had been in the world, are nearly four miles in )erg h It •
.et . is per-
landing their passengers, many of whom, both male and
washed on shore near Southport, and as the Lady Ben- haps not generally known that this unexampled increase
female, from farms in the neighbourhood—it being mar-tinck had little or no butter on board, it is to be feared in the size and importance of Liverpool proceeded mainly,
ket day—did not venture to return until Sunday morning
when the storm had abated. Several large vessels that that some other vessel has shared the same unfortunate if not entirely, in the first instance, from that port's
fate
there, back
had put back came up in picturesque style under close • being able to furnish to traders discharging
bare poles;
LOSS OF THE VERNON OF CASTLE-TOWN, ISLE OF cargoes of salt and coal. Leith has nothing of this kind
reed minor craft also almost
MAN. at present to offer. Vessels discharging there must seek
many of various classes rpodearee id t
out at anchor,under
The sloop Vernon, with a cargo of potatoes, the pro- their return cargoes at Grangemouth or St. David's,
and all being in motion on the wide turbulent waters,
perty of Mr. Cain of this town, was driven on shore about which they receive in the shape of coals or pig iron,
formed a picture for the pencil of the marine artist which
two miles to the northward of Formby Point. She was actually leaving the port of Leith for this purpose in few ports ports can afford. Great numbers of the curious con-
much damaged, and will no doubt go to pieces. She was last. It thus requires but little foresight to predict that
gregated on the quays, or sheltered from the rain in the
from the Isle of Man. Such was the force of the gale when by means of a railway communication, with the
round-houses and other buildings, or behind the walls, to
that she was driven up on the beach into three feet of minerals of Airdrie, &c., coal and iron can be shipped at
witness the elemental commotion. The river, however,
water, so that the crew waded on shore. Leith as cheap or cheaperthan they presently are at Grange-
was not so rough as it would have been had the wind been
The Formby life boat was out during the gale, but was mouth, the trade of Leith will increase to an extent not
northerly, and consequently contrary to the down-going
unable to render any great assistance to the distressed at this moment easy to contemplate."
tide. It blew right across it, and though the waves
rose pretty high on this side, and distributed a con- vessels that were seen, owing to the frightful state of the In some observations addressed to ourselves, our con-
surf.
temporary says that we have " declined a defence of the
siderable portion of spray along the tops of the sea-walls, '
it was comparatively smooth on the opposite side, whic Edinburgh, Leith. and Newhaven scheme and its Board
was, of course, a weather shore.
CORONER'S INQUEST—MYSTERIOUS CASE. of Management ; " and further that we have "suggested"
A good deal of anxiety was felt by the appearance of a prosecution for libel, as the proper course for the direct-
two small gig boats, under easy sail, approaching from the On Friday last, and, by
adjournment, on Saturday, an
ors to pursue in reply to his injurious aspersions. With
direction of Wallasey Pool, with several men in each. A 1 inquisition was held before Mr, Statham, deputy coroner, respect to the first item of his complaint, we can only say
man was also seen behind them, borne up on something ion view of the body of Ellen Wareing, a respectable young that we never declined and will not decline, when we see
at first invisible. It turned out that they were towing woman, who was found early on the morning of Friday it attacked by anything more worthy of notice than foul-
across for salvage a large raft of balks that had broken week in a stone-quarry in Toxteth-park, apparently a good mouthed abuse, a defence of " the Edinburgh, Leith, and
loose from the Magazines, and been at first carried up by , deal injured, and after a lapse of some hours conveyed to Newhaven scheme." We only declined to answer the
the tide. The boats were frequently lost to view in the the Southern Hospital, where, it since appears, she died insolent questions which our stilted contemporary, with
trough of the sea as they neared this side of the river, but ou the following Monday, such an ex-cathedra air chose to cut to us ; and our rea-
the men stood sturdily to their prize, and eventually, Mrs. Emma Billinge said her husband kept a beer-house son for so declining was our acquaintance with the worth-
though at apparent eminent hazard, reached with it, in fin Mill-street, and deceased, who was 26 years of age, less source from which his eaves-dropping information was
safety, the Prince's Dock Basin.lived with her and her family as servant. On the night derived, It was quite within our contemporary's power
to satisfy himself, if truth and not the gratification cf
In the course of the day intelligence was received of of Tursdas the 19th instant, the deceased went out with a
unworthy spite had been his object, that the Board of the
several vessels being lost, and others stranded; and the pint of ale in a bottle, for her brother, a youth who was
Edinburgh, Leith, and Nevvhaven Railway is composed
life-boats and steam tugs were put into requisition, as well working at the Mersey Iron Works, near the Potteries.
of men, far above time suspicion of unworthy practices, or
as small boats manned by speculators. and proceeded out- Her nearest way (and by which she was frequently ac-
irregularities. Vi ith respect to our suggestion of a prose-
side the Rock to render assistance. Their exertions were customed to go) was by a foot-road across some fields, and
cotton for libel and its apparent incompatibility with the
most praiseworthy, and, it will be found, in several cases which is at one part about forty yards from a quarry in
sentiments which we have expressed upon the law of libel
successful. Several vessels that had been at anchor out- one of the fields. Witness expecied her soon home, and,
generally, we have only this explanation to give. When
side, or beating down channel, came back into the river as she did not come, sat up for her until one o'clock,
for shelter. Amongst them was the ship St. Petersburg, when, as she did not make her appearance, she conjectured a
journalist offends only as we had offended at the time
which had sailed for New York some days before, and she had gone to the house of her father, who was poorly
when the article quoted by our contemporary was written,
could• not get clear of the land owing to the westerly at the time—particularly as she sometimes went there and
the law of libel as it then existed was, at once, absurd
winds that had generally prevailed ; she had also, it is stopped all night. On the following morning, about nine
and tyrannical ; but our contemporary's sweeping con-
said, sprung a leak, and before she arrived a fire burst out o'clock, they heard that she had been found in the delf in
demnation of a body of respectable men as "disreputable"
in her forecastle, which caused great alarm, but was for- question; and, on going towards it, they fonnd her seated and dishonest is not a case in which we could wish the
tunately extinguished by the granet exertions of
those on on some balks, a short distance from it. and apparently in rigor of the law to be one tittle relaxed. In the perform-
board before it had done u jury. The Caledonia great pain. n asking her what was the matter, she said ante of its duties we would gladly see the press protected;
timber ship, from North America, the property of the she had been abused by two men, carpenters, one of for a harmless pasquinade, or a mere passing jest tortured
Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming, and the Britannia, from whom sbe knew by sight but not by name. She also into an imputation, we should not wish to see it
_Bahia, belonging to Messrs. T. and J. Sands and Co., stated to Miss Billinge, witness's daughter. (who went to crushed, at the caprice of a fool or a pettifogging attor-
both of which vessels had been at anchor off the Crosby her,) that one of the men was in the habit of frequenting ney ; but when a Journalist sits down to slander a num-
Light-ship, parted their cables, and ran into the their house ; but she showed an aversion to be then ques- her of men, and erects his editoriel chair int-
river. The Caledonia afterwards parted from her an- tioned, saying she would tell her more in the afternoon. tion, a court of Law is the onle a -
chor off the Potteries, and took the ground, but was got A coach was procured, and she was immediately taken to respectable people are justified it
afloat again. The Brttannia, which sailed on Thursday, the Southern Hospital. It was there at once found that dent queries and rebutting his designing fat
after being agraund near Formby, was also obliged to re- her left collar bone was fractured, that she had also two .M01___M1,,,,,......,......11,1•01i•
thin. The brig Nile sunk at eleven o'clock on Saturday or three ribs broken, and that her left ear was slit. She
forenoon, about ten miles from the Great Ormshead, and was carefully attended to, but died on the following Monday
all the crew perished. It was stated, too, that the Lady afternoon. Witness said that deceased was a sober, well-
Bentinck, a Whitehaven vessel, was stranded at Formby; behaved girl.
that the crew were lost; and that the vessel had become John Whalley, a quarryman, employed at the delf, said
a total wreck. Several other vessels went on shore near that on going to his work there on the Friday morning,
the same part of the coast—of which some details are soon after six o'clock, lie discovered deceased sitting on ,
given below from our own reporter, whom we yesterday the rock below. There was blood on her face and ear,
sl_o
nd of tug
to Formby to gather information. I and her dress was disordered. He then asked her if she
e
dock,,
northern tea , con burst
We have seen the crew of the Magazine Life-boat, and ! had fallen, or if somebody had pushed her down. She ,-,f an immense piece of ordnance
from the captain (Evans) and his brother have obtained I said, two men had abused her on the top, but did not say
the following particulars : they had pushed her down, or that she had fallen herself.
On Saturday morning, about half-past six o'clock, the Witness did not-think she knew well what she said at the
boat started, under sail, from the Magazines, and soon I time. He thought she was a woman from the town, as
afterwards saw a brig on Burbo Bank, or what is better he had seen such thereabout before, and that she was in
known to boatmen as " The High Bank." When they drink. He pressed her to go out of the delf, as he and FURIOUS DRIVING.—On \V cu.
got within 400 yards of her, they saw two Liverpool 1 another man were going to let off a shot, but she did not emoned to t,
" speculation boats " taking ff the crew, who were five comply or speak. He raised her and helped her, and she dr' ,wn London-
in number. The Magazine boatmen boarded her with could walk with his support. He set her down on a plank, office. tion said he t
the intention of getting her off. She proved to be the I where she sat for fifteen or twenty minutes, and he went ing dowe rate, com
William of Workington, but last from Limerick, and had to work. He next helped her on a few yards further, and
other whim. he corner first
on board 150 bags of meal, and a quantity of wheat. The ' she then walked some yards herself, and then kneeled and ant's car knot,
boatmen ran out about 80 fathoms of chain from her with remained on her knees seven or eight minutes, and ap- passed over his re
an anchor, with a view to swinging her head to, and 1 peared to be "fettling" her hair. She then got up, and ders. Defendant s,
heaving her off; and ran out a warp to their boat, i went on of herself. He took her to be a woman out of
his car. Mr. Rushton,
that they might board her in the event of her swinging 1 the town, and in liquor, otherwise he would have called a and costs for the furious
off, provided they could not pull up to her. They re- , policeman, and rendered her more assistance. There was man to lay information for te
mained there about three quarters of an hour, before the , a large patch of blood on the stone where he first saw her ' - reor received. Addressing t.
Liverpool life-boat, which was towed out by the " Presi- , sitting, but he did not observe it until afterwards. Iler , -..,, more of the c
dent," steam-tug, came 11D. The President stopped with , right hand was also a little bruised, but not bleeding. t.
the Magazine boat till the brig, which was on a steep part Witness produced her garter, which he had picked up. 'ri
of the bank, capsized and sunk. The chain unfortunately 1 Another man, who was working in the quarry with the , , ..,... comps n.
snapped, otherwise she would probably have swung off, I witness, gave nearly similar evidence.
A
ACCIDEN '
and might have been got into port. There was a fine dog 1 Mn. 'Metcalfe, surgeon of the Southern Hospital, PIERITEADS.—On Wednesday evening t, ,n accident said SINGULAR , ' -T •
—DANnlittot;
left on board, of the bull and terrier breed, which the that when deceased was brought in she was insensible. strongly allowing the necessity of some sor
boat's crew were anxious to save, but the poor creature ' There was a bruise on the left hip, and the legs were dis- for the public on the river walls, occurrea on George's
could not be induced to leave the vessel, and on one of coloured from the knees downwards. On a post mortem ' Pier, nearly opposite tile landing stage. A dray, with one
the men attempting to take hold of him he bit him, as if examination he found a fracture of time skull, (correspond- horse, belonging to Messrs. Smith, Mumford, and Co.,
in protection of the ship from any interference on the ing with the injury to the ear,) which extended right across brewers, was waiting on the pier, when, from some cause
part of a stranger. They then thought of removing the base of toe skull to the opposite side; and on Minn. unknown, the animal took fright, and backed the dray
him in his kennel, but it was too unwieldy to be handled the fore and back parts of the bone, a fissure was distinctly' towards the river. The dray slipped over the edge of the
such a storm, and they reluctantly left the noble animal seen. Two ribs were also fractured. These injuries were purer,
dragging time horse after it, and very nearly one of
to his fate.
the cause of death, and might have been occasioned by the men. It was low water at the time, and the horse
From what they learned and observed, the brig drove her falling down, first on her feet, and then falling side- and dray fell npon the sands, a depth of about thirty feet
from her anchor out of Formby Channel on Friday night, ways.
The horse was killed upon the spot, and instantaneous),
and was thrown about 700 yards on the bank, " the Mr. Rigg, of the Sea View Inn, in the neighbourhood The horse, which was a valuable nee
Great Burbo," close to the spot where the schooner " Ver. of the dell., was several times out that night, but heard no quiet, and had never shown any
non," and the " Baba," were wrecked in former gales, struggle or cry for assistance.
before. He is supposed tr..
when the same boat saved the lives of several of both A surveyor, employed by the coroner, described the delf
crews. The William let go another anchor, when she as being forty yards from one footway, and seventy from I
re,
lightning' The dre•
o
drove from the first, but dragged from it. Soon after she another. The part of the quarry where deceased was found I
--'
grounded, it being on the ebbing tide, she was left dry at sitting was about two yards from the perpendicular steep : CHARGE OF ROBBERY
low water, and the crew were taken off before it returned. side, which last was fourteen feet in depth. It d 1
appeare Thursday Mr. Ramsey, an
The vessel broke up. A portion of the wreck got foul of there was no projecting rail at that place. , peered to prefer a charge again
Askew's Beacon Buoy, and held there until Sunday, The jury found a verdict to the effect, that there was inspector of letter carriers, of s
when it was brought up to New Brighton, by the Thomas no evidence to show how the deceased got into the (marry. £2O. It appeared from the evid
Stanley steamer, and the Kitty fishing-boat.
050...........................eaeana, made by Mr. Ramsey, that Si'
On Sunday the same life-boat again started. The cap- ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—During the past week that posted a letter in that town on the 11th
twin had been out in one of their smaller boats " looking , old favourite of the Liverpool public, Sir. Baker, has to Mr. William Brownbill, tea dealer,4B, Pembroke-place,
out for squalls," and observed the signal flag at one of the I appeared in several of his best parts, and, with the other in this town. Such letter ought, in the course of business,
light.ships. He reached the life-boat about seven o'clock, attractions which Mr. Raymond has provided for the to have reached this town on time 12th September, and to
have been delivered the same morning by James Bostick,
and proceeded down to the sloop "Adam," of Glasgow, gratification of our playgoers, the house has been well and the letter carrier of the district. The letter contained
which was dist:nested, and riding close to " Taylor's fashionably attended, notwithstanding the late inclement
two ten pound Bank of England notes, and on the 26th
Patch," but finding two steam-tugs there, they did not weather has operated somewhat against full houses. This
remain. The north, or Formby, light-ship still kept her ! week we have additional force in the engagement of Mr.
September one of them reached the Bank of England, and
flags up as signals of distress ; and as they could not pull Phelps, and our townsman, Mr. Hime. The company was traced to the possession of Joseph Gill, a clerk in the
money order office, who received it from the prisoner
on
out themselyes, they proceeded to the Albert steamer, improves upon acquaintance. Mrs. Raymond, in " The
s,
which towed them out according to their own directions, Young Devil," a lively little piece—with an ugly name,
the 15th September, in payment of two money orders,
until they fell in with the ship "Albion," from St. John's, 1 i
by time bye,—translated from the French by herself, has which he got in the name of Robert Wilson. Both or-
N. 8., about four miles N. by W. of the Bell Buoy. There drawn down nightly applause during the past week ; and dens, amounting to £8 Bs. 7d., were drawn in favour of
was a pilot on board of her, a young man belongiag to the graceful acting of Miss Treble has been much ad- Messrs. Clarke and Co., of Manchester, and were trans-
boat No. 5. The ship had lost all her sails, and had cut mired. Mrs. Gordon, we may mention as a great ac- mitted to them by time prisoner, in a letter, which was
away two masts, by the pilot's orders—as " she would quisition to the company. We observe that Mr. Baker produced, in his hand writing. Time prisoner said he had
not look at it"—so that the foremost alone was standing. takes his benefit on Wednesday, which we need not say , not stolen the letter. He was in the 1• • • .
mama of receiving
They boarded her, and gave all the assistance they could will be a bumper house. money weekly to pay the carriers and sorters, and being
under the pilot's irection, whose conduct, as well as that , treasurer of the children's burial fund, he often changed
ELECTION OF GOVERNOR F KIR -
of
time ',DALE GAOL.—A
of the captain and mate, they represent as being most • •
the money he had in hand for notes, in order keep it
to
meeting of the magistrates
manly and judicious. The crew and all on board had suf- day,
at the Court-house, Preston, for thepurposeof more conveniently at home. He did not deny that he had
fered dreadfully from cold and exposure to wet, the sea elect' Governor for Kirk 11 G in
ci.t a Gaol, the room of I
having cleared e7eiything fore and aft, even washing out Mr. electing
lio lia dr. •the wages. The prisoner was remanded till Monday
There were seventy me-
ttle men's chests, and smashing up the place where they gistrates Amos,ewsent, the eseavign Jonathan I week. Mr. Pedder, who appeared for the prisoner, wished
Brooks in the chair. 1
1 Mr. Rushton to accept bail, but he refused, saying that
had their berths. The life-boat men got the cables out to he, e werep
twenty-six candidates. On the votes being , the charge was too serious a one. Mr. Rushton also the two two steamers that came up, and the vessel was towed taken, forty-two
magistrates voted for Mr. E. G. H. H •
up the river and docked, in the afternoon, in the Toxteth Gibbs, Governor of the House of Correction at Preston
Jetted to the money found upon the prisoner being given
on ;I to his family. He said if it turned out that the • prisoner
Dock.
nineteen for Mr. William Martin
~ superintendent of o- had taken the notes, he would leave it to the court to deal
About the same time, a brig, apparently a foreigner,
lice fi •
; se for Mr. John Godwin, of the 46th Regiment;
came up the river, with the whole of her bulwarks and with the money. The Postoffice would not ind •f
emni y the
and one for Mr. C. Stewart, also of
a superintendent po- party who lost the £2O.
stuncheons washed away.
lice. chairman and two others did not vote. Mr.
In addition to the particulars we have given, it will be ' The
CLAIMf FOR WAGES.—Messro
Gibbs was consequently appointed, and a vacancy has,sn and Co.
found by reference to our usual shipping news, that many
he shi Cliffe
therefore, been occasioned in the Governorship of Preston ovyhrers o t ,1, erd, ,
other serious casualties have occurred. The Duke of
. a uesday last, by
Wellington, from Honduras, fell in with the brig Nile, House of Correction, which will be filled up on Monday, h
! ei attorney, Mr. Payne, in ea
(beforen
board saw her founder, with all hands, without noticed as lost,) remainded by her some time, and
,eence of a summons
those
the sixth of November. The salary is fixed at £250, with issued on the application of James Doicige, on whose be-
the house and other privileges. A retiring pension of half Mr. Davenport attended. Doidge
claimed £lO 125..
being able to render her any assistance. £2OO per annum was grantedto Mr. Amos, and £5O to £3 ss• 8d• of which was admitted by the defendants. It
Mrs. Herd, the late Matron of Kirkdale House of Cor- appeared that Doidge shipped in London, on the 13th of
rection. The grant of £8,500 for extending the County December, 1841, for a trading voyage to New Zealand
Asylum was voted. and other places. He was to be paid waves at the rate of
THE SHIP ST. PETERSBURGII.—The passengers on I 4:2 ss. per. month. The vessel proceeded to Port Nichol-
board this ship, bound hence for New York, have pub- son, and from thence to Port Nelson, in New Zealand.
lished a statement, dated 25th Oct., in which they say, She went from Port Nelson in ballast to Sydney. From
that "in consequence of the violent gales, head winds, Sydney she sailed for Singapore, on which passage the
and heavy seas which we continually experienced since vessel was lost, at Torres Straits, on time 19th of August
our departure from the port of Liverpool, time ship sprang last. A quantity of property was saved, including two of
a leak, and kept the pumps continually going, without the boats, twenty-two barrels of beef, twenty-two kegs of
gaining on the water; and after five days and nights being paint, and other goods, which sold for :C2OO. The owners
tossed about in the channel, during which time we did admitted an order for £3 ss. Bd. up to el-.- - '
not make more progress than one day's sail, at length, on Zealand, to which place she had czrrict, ...... the fifth night, a most terrific gale arose, together with a vessel went from New Zealand in ballast, it was con
very heavy sea, which repeatedly washed the deck, where tended that the men could not receive compensation for
it was dangerous to remain. The seamen on board, and their services after her arrive, there. Mr. Rushton de-
others long inured to the sea, said that they never beheld tided that the men were entitled to the residue of the
proceeds of time goods saved, after deducting expenses.
a vessel in a more perilous situation, (the weather being
very thick,) than was the St. Petersburgh on the whole Mr. Payne said the amount of wages was £200; the
balance of proceeds was £33. Mr.
Rushton
pisclotiiteLe
of the day of the 24th inst. The sea raged mountains
must then be an equitable adjustment of of thecia
high • the winds whistled with tremendous violence, dash- must
due to
ing the e foaming billows, momentarily, over the bulwarks men, ellahveceivingi,aiecciottingto account,h proportion
Mr. Rushton found
of the vessel, rendering it dangerous for any other than a him.. thetnat captain'smgexapmassage home was charged as an item o'
seaman to ventu; e on the deck." The captain, it appears,
the expenses, and deducted from the proceeds. Tili
was desirous of prosecuting the voyage, but the seamen
worn out at the pumps, refused to work the vessel out,
amount was £6O. This was added to the £33, making
and Mr. Davenport inquired if the ees.-:
and the passengers one and all agreed to the resolution of
total of
the sailors. This left the captain no alternative but to salary were included in the £9OO, ie.
e
return. The passengers returned their thanks to the cap-
that it was so included, he remis' '
Lain and officers for their exertions, and declared the for-
the captain did not claim and
mer to be a perfect gentleman, and a brave, intrepid, and men. The money due to him
thorough seaman. Time ship, on her return into the port
owners. Mr. Rushton
captain, £3O, was deducted aem
of Liverpool, on the 28th inst., narrowly escaped total
' "
0 . It was
shipwreck, she having dragged her anchors in Bootle amount to 41'
was
Bay, when no steam-tug would venture to give her any I Doidge £3 165., wit
assistance.
I mitted, amounted
to X,

an inquisi.
fitting place in which
replyin•• to his impu-
'sehoods.

SINGULAR EXPLOSION.—About eleven o'clock, on
Thursday morning last, an explosion, of an unusual de-
scription, took place on a lorry, at the corner of Canning_
place, Sa!Mouse Dock. It had taken up, at the Railway_
station, in Wapping, amongst other goods, a puncheon of
porter harm' consigned to Mr. Daniel Bannon, broker,
to be forwarded to Newry. When the lorry reached the
end of the Salthouse Dock, on its way to one of the
northern docks, the puncheon burst with a report like
that of an immense piece of ordnance, and the barm flew
over the lorry and the adjacent pavement. Every stave
in the puncheon was separated, and the hoops which had
bound them, though made unusually strong for the pur-
pose, rent to pieces.

FURIOUS DRIVING, )uncan Camp
bell, a car-driver, was StA olice-court for
driving his car furiously (10 d. The police-
officer who laid the informal v two cars corn-
ing down the road at a rapid tint; with each
other which should rum The defend-
ant's car knocked a la!J‘wring man down, and the wheel
passed over his neck, severely injured his neck and shoul-
ders. Defendant said the man was drunk, and ran against
his car. Mr. Rushton ordered the defendant to pay 40s.
and costs for the furious driving, and recommended the
man to lay information for compensation fir the injuries
he had received. Addressing the carman, Mr. Rushton
said, that, if he heard any more r, if he did not
go and compensate the poor man for e suffering he had
caused him, and his loss of time, .way his
license, and make him pay full

•ed on the rising of the tide

non besides.

STATE OF TIIE

We were favoured last night with a letter dated, Pwll-
hell, Sunday morning, in whicn the writer says :—" 1
have just returned from Portynllaen where the result of
the late tremendous gale, which lasted 24 hours, has been
most disastrous. There are nine vessels ashore on the
beach, viz., the Gleaner, schooner, which left Liverpool
on Fridry, bound to the West of Ireland with salt. The
brig Hooton, from Fleetwood for Portmadoc, with coals,
(a complete wreck) ; The Mary Anne, of .Aberystwith
the Anne, schooner, of Barmonth ; the Swan, Jones, of
Barmonth ; the smack Providence, of Jersey ; the Two
Brothers, of Barmonth ; the Catharine, of Aberdaron ;
the Rosamond and Jane, of Falmouth. Up to the mo-
ment of my leaving no lies have ben lost."

of protection

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MELANCHOLY DISASTERS ON THE FORMBY

SHORE

LOSS OE THE BRIG " MARY" OF LIVERPOOL.
The brig Mary, Captain James Turner, sailed from the
Bay of Honduras—with a valuable cargo of mahogany,
logwood, and cocoa nuts for stowage, and called at Cork
for orders, proceeded towards this port. Until she reached
Holyhead, she held a favourable gale, and on Thursday
morning took a pilot. On the afternoon of that day, it
came on to blow, and she was laid too until two o'clock
on Friday afternoon—when the gale moderated they run
a short distance—and let go both anchors; unfortunately,
however, the best gove way—and as the larbourd anchor
was only an inferior one, and could not in any probability
hold—it was shipped, and the crew reefed the fore-topsail
with the intention of again laying her too; but, so violent
was the gale at this time all attempts to set it after it was

was remarkabl

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d by a flash

rHE NOSTOFFICE.--Q❑
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letter containing

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t Shrewsbury,

;eptember

at New

scertaining
.strate that

a; the sea

t from the

'Mary of the

tine £2OO, reducing that
found that the proportion of
h, added to the £3 sd. Bd. ad-