The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

ST. JOHN'S SCHOOLS.—St. John's Schools, now erect-
ing in Liverpool, include an infant school on the ground
floor, thirty-seven feet by twenty-one feet ; boys' and
girls' school on the two upper floors, forty-nine feet by
thirty feet. There is an open arcade in front seven feet
wide, with a passage at each end, five feet wide, leading to
the playground. The staircase is octagon, in the centre
of the back elevation, and has two separate and distinct
sets of stairs in the same well. The front is being executed
in Caen stone, filled in with Uphelland flag rubble. All
the timber throughout the building is Baltic ; the roof of
thb upper school is to be open and stained. Mr. Hay is
the architect. Mr. Miller is the contractor for the whole,
and his estimate, exclusive of fittings, is:Xl,3ss.—Bnilder.
ECCENTRICITIES OF A JEALOUS HUSBAND.—An old
pensioner who lives in Boundary-place, and keeps a green
grocer's shop, gained a good deal of notoriety and was the
cause of some alarm on Thursday last by his singular con-
duct. It appears that he quarrelled with his wife on the
morning in question, and after exhausting his ire in words,
went out and purchased an oaken coffin, which he had
brought to his house. In vain he ordered his rib to lay
herself out in the wooden tenement; she flatly refused to
accede to her husband's wish, and took refuge in a neigh-
bour's house. Whilst this was going on, the coffin was
got out of the house, when the assembled crowd soon
reduced it to fragments. The chagrined husband shut
himself up in his own house, and amused himself by de-
stroying his furniture. The following morning brought
t and mortification for having indulged in his failing
at such a serious cost.

PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM FOR IRELAND.—The
annual meetings and sermons in aid of this valuable society
will take place next week. The object of this society is,
to provide diet, lodging, clothing, and scriptural educa-
tion, for the destitute orphans of deceased Protestants,
and to app

~,ntice them to Protestant masters or mistresses,
of approved religious principles and conduct. No child is
taken under the protection of the society either of whose
at the time of his or her decease was a Roman
^se surviving parent is a Roman Catholic, or
—1 :wain. The orphans adopted

Parent
Catholic,

. ,
hose mother has m

society are placed in ceuntry parishes, in the
county of Wicklow, with Protestant nurses of good cha-
racter and in comfortable circumstances, who are sub-
jected to the superintendence of the respective parochial
clergymen, and the inspection of the committee. Care is
taken that they should be resident within a convenient
distance of some scriptural school and the parish church.
It will be seen that hundreds of orphan children have been
cared for, and provided with a means of support, by this

a few weeks since a young man, who is now mate of a ves-
sel trading between this port and the East, and who re-
ceived for some time the benevolent aid of the society,

left two pounds at our office as a donation to its funds ;
and he gratefully assured us that whatever he contributed

was a very inadequate return for the constant sympathy
and support afforded to him on all occasions by those who
have the direction of the society's operations.

.—On Saturday last a match was played be-
tween a mixed eleven chosen from the Edge-hill and
Liver Clubs, against the second eleven of the Liverpool
Club, on the beautiful ground of the latter, which resulted
in favour of the former with Sixty runs The
following is the score :

CRICKET

to spare

EDGE-HILL: IST INNINC
Mr. G. W. Martin, ct. and bd. Mayd 17
„ C. R. Bell, run out
„ J. C. Broad,et. Fletcher, bd. Maydl2.. bd. Potter 7
„ S. B. Greig, bd. Potter 52.. L. B. wt. bd. Tarbetlo
„ James Payne, bd. Mayd l. bd. Tarbet 2

2ND INN IND.

bd. Mayd

,; H. Couphind, run out
, A. Dentith, L. B. wt. bd. Potter
~ J. Hall, st. and bd. W. Langton
~ W. Baker, ct. Archdall
G. Shaw, not out

24.. not out
1.. bd. Mayd
1.. bd. Do..
8.. bd. Do. .
2.. bd. Do.

16-145.. wide 5, bs:s.
2ND INN!

LIVERPOOL: IST INNINGS
Mr. W. Langton, ct. Martin, bd. Payne 1.. bd. (
„ T. Chilton, bd. Payne .
„ A. Fletcher, bd. Martin
S. Mavd, bd. Bell 13 it

20.. bd. Do.
47.. bd. Bell

9.. bd. Greig
4.. bd. Do.

by, bd. Psyr
wis, bd. Bell

ct. Shaw, bd. G
0.. bd. Bell
0.. bd. Do.
11.. bd. Greig
2.. not out

Capt. Franklin, bd. Do,
J. Neilson, bd. Martin
W. Tarbet, bd. Do ....

Wide balls 3, byes 1.. 4-149

ASCARD MODEL. FAr'
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Littledale, near Seacombe,

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large Y

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and the
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In winter they have brev

and marigold, hal

half of

&c., when the green food runs Short.

Their fodder in winter is a mixt

cut and steamed in a couple of steaming-boxes which
hold a ton each. These are connected by a pipe with th
boiler of the steam-engine, the steam, as it issues fror
the pipe, being received under a false bottom of th
steaming-box, of perforated cast-iron, throu

which it

ses Itself am

the cut mix

:ture,

cooked in less thaii an hour. Five tons a week of tills
fodder are consumed during the winter, the horses being

likewiSe supplied With it: 'The extent of ground lash y
which furnished food for the stock was as follows :
acres of vetches, 18 acres of Italian rye-grass, part of it
cut four times and all of it thrice, having been regularly
watered with liquid manure (collected in tanks from the
and stables) after each cutting, and 25 acres

cow-house

Italian rye-grass cut once, after a hay crop had been pre
viously taken. 35 acres of swedes, part of which ar
consumed by sheep. and 20 acres of yellow globe man
gold, supply the winter food. The stock consists of S,
mulch cows and 15 farm horses. The cows are milker

twice a day-4 a.m. and 31 p.m. The milk is chiefly
disposed of in the neighbourhood—that being the most
profitable plan. What remains is kept two days till it is
soured, when it is churned. A 10-horse steam-engine
thrashes, churns, bruises grain, linseed, &c., grinds flour,
and cooks fodder. The farm as regards manure is nearly
self-supporting, the constant houEefeeding a
great supply.—Times' Comnziesioner.
COUNTY COURT, FRIDAY.—PHILLIPS AND ANOTHER
V. BROWN.—The plaintiffs in this case were millwrights
and engineers, at Warrington, and the defendant was an
engineer, in Lydia Anne-street, in this town. The plain-
tiffs sold their establishment in Warrington to Mr.
Brown for a sum of £69 ls., £2O odd to be paid on the
delivery of the goods, and the balance at the to

,ffording o

nination

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of three months. The sum of £2O had been paid, and
'the action was brought to recover payment of a balance
of £4B 4s. 6d. The defendant pleaded a set off against
the plaintiff Phillips, and the whole question turned on
the point whether a partnership existed at all between
Phillips and Langshaw, who were brothers-in-law, and
the latter of whom had advanced £2OO to carry on the
business, for which he was to be paid 5 per cent. interest,
and a share of the profits. In closing the case, Mr.
Yates, who appeared for the plaintiffs, observed that he
was perfectly satisfied to leave the case to the jury, as he
felt satisfied he was entitled to their verdict.—The Judge :
You are very sanguine, I think.—Mr. Yates : Two gen-
tlemen have sworn they were partners, and not a word
had been said contradicting them.—The Judge : We are
not bound to believe everything that parties swear. Mr.
Martin then addressed the jury, contending that no part-
nership ever existed between the plaintiffs, and that their
object was to defeat the claim of Mr. Brown, and having
done so, to play him a trick by absconding. Mr. Brown
was subsequently examined by the judge as to the nature
of his set off. Mr. Yates, in addressing the jury, said,
that this examination was to prejudice the case.—The
Judge : Do you mean to say that to the court ?—Mr.
Yates : No ; but it was the effect of it.—The Judge : You
had better be cautious in your observations. When sum-
ming up the case, the judge referred to Mr. Yates's
address in the following terms :—Before I go into the
case, I will make a single observation on the rather heated
address you heard. I don't quarrel with an advocate
being zealous for the cause of his client, but I think he
had better not offend the judge on the bench. Anything
I did in the matter was done with perfect good faith. He
had better not make any violent attack on the court; but
when you have a bad case it is very easy to get up a
grievance. The jury retired for a short time, and returned
into court with a verdict for the plaintiffs for £43; but it
is likely that a new trial will be applied for.

SERIOUS FIRES.—On Saturday evening two fires oc-
curred in this town, one resulting in loss of life, and the
other in the destruction of a considerable amount of pro-
perty. The first occurred about eight o'clock, in a
public-house in Cumberland-street, at the Dale-street
end, occupied by Mr. Thomas Cullington, who is also a
cigar manufacturer. The flames were discovered in a
bedroom at the back of the premises by the servant girl,
who had, shortly before, taken one of the children, a boy
four years of age, to bed in the same apartment. The
poor little fellow was completely surrounded by flames,
and his screams was most heartrending. Mr. Cullington,
on hearing the alarm which was raised by the servant,
rushed into the room and succeeded in rescuing the boy
from the fire. He was dreadfully burnt about the legs
and back, and his life was despaired of. Information was
immediately conveyed to the fire-station, and, an engine
having arrived, the flames were speedily subdued, not,
however, before damage to the extent of £l5O was done.
The child lingered in great suffering until four o'clock on
Sunday morning, when death put an end to its existence.
We nelieze Mr. Cullington's stock is insured in the
Liverpool and London office.—The second fire, which
was one of the most serious that has taken place in Liver-
pool for some time, broke out in the oil-works of Bancroft
and Co., in Upper Frederick-street, about ten o'clock at
night. The works were locked up shortly after nine, at
which time it was deemed that all was safe. Not quite
an hour had elapsed when flames: suddenly burst forth in
the vicinity of the boiler-house, and almost immediately
the whole building was in flames. By the time the engines
arrived the destructive element had gained complete pos-
session of the premises, and a great portion of the roof
had fallen in. There was no hope for the works, and the
efforts of the brigade were directed to save the surround-
ing property. The shops in St. James's-street were at
one time thought to be in considerable danger. The fire
continued to rage until eleven o'clock, and the works were
completely gutted. The West of England engine was
first on the ground, and did good service. Altogether ten
branches were playing on the fire. Mr. Rushton, Mr.
Dowling, and others were soon at the scene of the dis-
aster, and were unremitting in their exertions. The
premises belonged to Mrs. Yates, the widow of Mr.
Ellis Yates.—Owing to the indisposition of the fire-offices
to effect an insurance, in consequence of the condition of
the premises, and the extra risk attaching to the business,
Messrs. Bancroft have not been able to insure the stock ;
but the loss will not be nearly so great as was expected,
the stock of oil being secured in iron tanks under ground,
and the article has been found to retain all its purity and
clearness, not having, in fact, sustained the smallest in-
jury. A considerable quantity of lard and other articles
had fortunately been just sent from the premises.