The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

SALT WATER BATHS.

The Health Committee have recommended 'one Coviled
to rebuild and enlarge the baths on Georgra'a Pierhead.
Mr, Newlands, the borough engineer, 'am reported that
the present building is quite dilapidated, and the machi-
nery entirely inadequate. The coramittee have therefore
resolved to reconstruct the br.ilding entirely, and to give
four plunge baths, two for ladies fund two for gentlemen.
The area of each of the ladies' plunge baths is 1800 su-
Perficial feet, and each of the gentlemen's plunge baths
2160, being in all a total area of nearly 8000 superficial
feet. There will also be forty private baths, and four
Private plunge baths, with their dressing-rooms. It is
proposed to make salt water cisterns, which will hold up-
wards of 50,000 gallons of water,—equal to the require-
roents of 1000 bathers,—and also fresh water cisterns, Ca-
Pable of containing 6000 gallods. It is proposed to ab-
stract a portion of the old tidal basin on the north side of
the baths, and which is now little used, to be appropriated
as a dock to store water at every tide for the supplyof the
baths. If this arrangement be csrried out, there will be
first and second class baths for the accommodation of the
Public.

Mr7.Newland's plan for the supply of all the baths now
n operation, and those about to be constructed, with salt
Water, we give in his own words:—

" If the Pierhead baths are retained and improved in some
XI the ways described, the engine which is required to pump
the water for its supply may be made large enough to supply
With salt water all the baths in the town. The reservoir
formed, as already noticed, would store between tide and tide
a sufficient quantity of water; and the engine, after supplying
the cisterns of its own baths, would beset to raise the water in
this reservoir to a reservoir on an elevated place, say to the
land belonging to the public baths at Edge-hill. Suppose this
arrangement carried out, a pipe would be carried from the
engine pump across the lock between George's Dock and the
Canning Dock, then along Strand-street •-,nd Wapping to the
'South of the south tunnel of the London and North-Western
Railway, then up 'through the tunnel to Chatsworth-street,
Edge-hill, where it would dearer the water into a reservoir
constructed on the land purchased for baths and wash-houses,
Which is sufficiently extensive-to admit of this without injury
to the baths. The tunnel passes close to the Corawallis-street
baths, and a branch could be taken from the pipe to supply-a
cistern there. From the reservoir at Edge-hill, distributary
Pipes could be carried to any part of the town not higher than
the reservoir-i that is, -190 feet above the old dock sill. The
distributing pipes for the,north end might be carried through
the north shore tunnel .cf the railway to Byrom-street, and
then. leaving the trinneLmisrht he carried to ghaw's-brow. and

to fikeooribai
a most liberal
every reasonable faci
but that arrangemen
to them and to the co
" The cost of such
terest on 'which is
"An: the working expenses, witt
tear and wear . • .•

s of the railway_ company

desirous of affording ihe committee
in the matter; and 1 have no doubt
n be made which will •be-satisfactory

n allowance for

X 955
"On a pretty accurate calculation, this would be nearly Id.
for every bather. As the pipes traverse the town, branches
fPuld be taken off to supply the hotels, and even private par-
"es, with saltwater for baths, and it is possible that the cost
might in this way be lessened, but -I 'prefer taking the total
-exPense as-stated."

The estimated cost of the reconstruction, but exclusive
of t he proposed .alteration of the tidal basin to form a
-reservoir, 'is-£9,500.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

Two respectable-looking men, named Downey and
14°ran were fined £lOO each on Thursday for smuggling
tobacco'.

Ori'S;turday, a respectableyoung man, named Thorn-
,
ey, an assistant to Mr. James Boys, of Tithebarn-street,
uraper, was committed for trial, charged with robbing his
eltPloler of a number of articles.
The commercial traveller named Watt, charged with
I.°lThing a portmanteau belonging to M. Armistead, of
Leeds, at the Neptune, in November last, has been com
InittLd to take his trial at the sessions.
011 Thursday two lads, named Edward Atkinson and
osePll Alexander, were remanded on the charge-of hay-
-111 gone round to several mercantile establishments and
Collected money by presenting carriers' freight notes.
,„I‘l°2•E REFRACTORY SEAMEI4P—OR Saturday four sea-
men were charged by the Deputy Shipping. master with
that to go to sea after signing articles. It appeared
uat they were drunk at the time of the refusal, and one
?f them said he would rather go to prison than go on
°oar& Mr. Rushton, after severly reprimanding the
Prisoners, committed them for three months.
fnSTAnn mP.—On Thursday John Hutchinson was sent
trial, charged with stabbing Margaret Conway. The
Parties formerly lived together, but they separated a short
pre ago, and prosecutor was staying in Prescot-road.
the alonday the prisoner called at the house, and when
door was open rushed in, seized the proserdter by the
threw her down, and stabbed her in the head with a
knife her inflicting three serious wounds.
reb2lt_,R STVRBING.—On Friday Andrew Mabergh was
ban en en a charge of stabbing John Gottach Berke-
the'a illative of Danzig, in Bath-street, at one o'clock on
a raerning. Nothing is known except that when
knife came came up he found the blade of- a large clasp
'wo Berkaban's side. The blade was broken. The
d
▪ es• unpitao Than was immediately conveyed to the Northern
Ntere he now lies in a very precarious state.
Juannis-ID riNn SEAMEN.—On Friday -a - man named
In conne,,rol, who has made himself conspiccous lately
11l eenantiTlO; with the present agitation against the- new
Young e Marine Act, was charged with assaulting a
Coln l'eathan who was coming out of the .Sailers' Home.
1/0 P'airtant and a friend were coming out-of the Sailors'
them to give them up, and on their refusing to do so he
assaulted them. Mr. Rushton, after severely •reprimand-
ing the prisoner, fined him £5, or in default to be impri-
soned two months.
,BASENESS OF A BOARDING-ROVSE-KEEPER.—A sea-
' roan named Rogerson, on Tuesday, accused 'Alexander
Hannah, a lodging-house-keeper, in Denison.street, of
robbing him. Rogerson said that he had come ashore
from a ship some time ago, and went to lodge at the pri-
soner's house. He was taken ill whilst there and had to
0 into the Infirmary, and during his absence the pri-
soner had broken open his box, and taken several articles
of wearing apparel and bedding belonging to him, and his
register ticket ; the box was subsequently sold by the
prisoner. The fact of breaking open the box, and its
plunder and sale, were deposed to by several witnesses ;
andit was also stated by one witness that the prisoner
had' sold the register ticket to a sailor who had gone to
2ea • • Hannah was remanded.
HER% r
c CAPTURE OF A Twsxa BY A FEMALE: On
Saturday, a rough-looking fellow named Edward Bell,
With well
known to the police as a badeharacter, was charged
attempted robbery at the house of! Mr. Olin, of
gYrtle-street. The prosecutor is in the employ,of Mr.
a, saves, merchant, of Shaw-street ; and it appears he
klin""tY from home on the night of the occurrence. Mrs.
Walk 'a good-looking woman, apparently in the middle
,night life, stated that, about halt past nine o'clock at
a feb, !Ile went out for a short time, to make a purchase,
ahors off; and, on her return, one of the children,
in t-Lwas in
room.ald out, stating that there was a light
sa "'back She immediately went up.stairs, and
Tiviv the-shoes of a man extending from under the bed.
of "masers got her husband's .coat on, and also a pair
f whi3h belonged to a lodger. When he ,came
"ra.aretler the bed she laid hold of him by the collar, and
her sister, who was down stairs, called out to her not to
I:ese tiro till she fetched a policeman. She stuck to him,
nd tha prisoner, in his endeavours to escape, dragged her
uto
.the street, where they bad " a good many turns up
-;—„• `
d°wh;''' but she retained her hold until the policeman
Ma hp and took the man into custody. He was earn-
lhitted for trial.

ESTERDAY.
Titian MrNDICANCY.—A number. of squalid Irish-
women and children were brought befaveMr. Rushton,
charged, with begging on the previous day (Sunday).
Cue woman consented to be passed back,to Ireland : all
the others preferred sojourning in gaol for the period of
twenty one days.
BIGAMY.—A man, having theearance of a middle=
ailed mechanic, was brought up, charged ,with having
been drunk and disorderly on the previous day. Con-
stable9s, .who made the charge, stated that the man,
Whose name, is Robert Carter, had committed bigamy,
that his second wife was in the court. -A decently-
,uressed woman stepped forward, and avowed herself to
vee the wife of the defendant ; she was married to him at
1"..,t• Nicholas's Church, on the llth June, 1842. She
i',7bascertained that her husband had another wife living
infake-street. The man had been drinking for the
las-
`°rteigh and had signified his intention of returning
teto his first wrife. Mr. Rushton gave directions to-Super-
ndent Clough to have the matter investigated.
WIFE 'STABBED BY HER HUSBAND.—A sailor
VMinied, David Mills was brought up on the grave charge
~„11eNIng 43tabbed his wife. From the statement of the
j•—r women who appeared to be in an exhausted condi-
Left, , and several 9 police-officers, it appeared that Mills
rt...b his wife lived in .Sawney Pope-street, and that on
wTfurdaY night, they had been quarrelling, and the
found a great deal of difficulty in endeavouring to
lAst her husband home. He then became so violent that
she ran out in alarm, and was pursued into a neighbour's
eilse, where she was stabbed by the brutal husband in
.411 r Places, the hack, the left arm, and the head, being
te Most serious.. The woman was carried, bleeding
rLbfusely, to the hospital, and the man was soon after
t" 44 in bed with a number of other sailors; in the
eeket of one of them, a knife, (such as used by sailors,)
fined with blood, was found. The prisoner, who is a
,; 'ow of morose disposition, to judge from his forbidden
lr ct, was committed for trial.
pier'Wnco POCKETS.—A child, named Mary Anne'CoP-
putlitene. apparently not more than nine years old, .was
pock uP on the charge of having picked a female's
eta 'et a seven shillings and sixpence. Constable Povey
00:_d that he observed the prisoner pick an old lady's
Ket on Saturday afternoon, in Church-street. The
_ • gistrate looked at the child, whose bead was quite eon-
,ealed from the and persons in court, bythe front of the dock,
parkpaused as if deliberating what course to take. Mr.
vim insen, the Bridewell-keeper, observed that the girl
th_,eharged with picking pockets last June, and was on
reul occasion discharged. Povey described her as a
abc, rkehlY clever pick-pocket; he had noticed her try
the twenty pockets with impunity, before she effected
s'eurl pobbery in question.—Mr. Rushton : '''l had better
•t_iiller for trial—nobody would suspect her."
rna'r BING CHILDREN.—Catherine O'Neil, an Irishwo-
134.aw;:s committed to prison for three months for roh-
'Verse bY, named William Ford, of seven shillings, in
acstreet. At a late hour on Sunday night the wo-
poeleeoeolled the lad, asking him what he had in his
He replied some biscuit, upon which the woman
113,t111,Teek.,hhn a severe blow on the head, and rummaged his
pocket, from which she took seven shillings.
-cBEGGING IMPOSTERS.—A police-constable from Orm-
i, z.it came into the court for the purpose of ascertaining
• Rushton had signed his name fo the petition which
si:..,4eld in hie hand, and which ur t d to have been
hx hY lir. Rushton. It a
from p For e
ppeared the officer ha een d b
Orbaskirk at the request of Lord bkelmersdale.

Pour men, representing themselves as sailors in distress,
called upon his lordship and presented a petition, which
bore the names of Edward Rushton and Wm. Rathboti
both for one pound; his lordship immediately put his own
name down for a pound also, but afterwards, suspecting
there had been some deception practised, he had the men
apprehended. Mr. Rushton said he never gave his signa-
ture to such documents as that; and good-humouredly
acknowledged the closeness of the resemblance of the
counterfeit to the real autograph.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-FRIDAY

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—BUSSELL V.
DENNIS.—This was an action for breach of promise of
marriage. Damages laid at £2,000. Defendant pleaded
that he had not made the promise in form alleged, and
that if he had, reasonable time had not been allowed for
performance of the contract. —Sir F. Thesiger and Mr.
Montague Smith appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. M.
Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Trapnell, for the defence.—
The respective parties were in nearly equal positions in
life. The father of the plaintiff was formerly an eminent
solicitor at Exeter, but having entered into building
speculations, he became embarrassed in circumstances,
and his daughter went to reside at Barnstaple, with a
wealthy female relative, at whose house the young lady
was introduced to the defendant, at that time serving his
articles with an attorney. An attachment sprung up,
which terminated in a formal proposal of marriage, which
was sanctioned by friends on both sides. Letters were
put in. showing that up to a certain time the defendant
was sincere in his professions of regard, but eventually
his letters became cooler and the correspondence ceased
altogether. This had a serious effect upon the young
lady's health, and her friends having formally called upon
the defendant to declare what were his intentions, he re-
tracted the promise for no other reason than that he con-
sidered Miss Busseli's health was such as to justify him in
retracting his promise of marriage. It was proved in
evidence that the defendant's means were ample, his

father having left him a property of £1,200 a-year, inde-
pendent of professional practice.—Mr. M. Chambers
addressed the jury, in mitigation .of damages, contending
that the defendant was actuated by prudent considera-
tions in refusing to perform a pledge inconsiderately
given ; and that the circumstanceswhich led him to adopt

that course were, to his mind, ample justification ; though
from motives of delicacy they could not be disclosed in a
court of law.—Lord Campbell, in summing up the evi-
dence, observed that nothing short of some plain and
insuperable objection could justify the non-fulfilment of
a contract, upon the performance of which a young
woman's peace of mind necessarily depended.—The jury
found for the plaintiff. with £BOO 'damages.

Mr. Leone Levi has been honoured by a lengthened
interview with Prince Albert, at Windsor Castle. The
society for the amendment of the law, of which Lord
Brougham is president, has elected him one of its
members; and Lord Palmerston and Mr. Labeuchere
have greatly countenanced his efforts in obtaining de-
tailed information on commercial law.
THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS.-OUr readers may re-
member that we announced, last August, that an arrange-
ment had been made for the retirement of the Master of
the Rolls.—that he was to be succeeded, at the beginning
of Vebruary, by Sir John Romilly. It is now said, that
the resignation has actually taken place, but that Lord
Langdale holds on for the convenience of the Govern-
ment, until the Papal Aggression and Transfer of Pro-
perty Bills are in a more forward state. Meanwhile, great
complaints are made of the arrears of business in the
Courts of Chancery, partly arising out of the inexperi-
ence and consequent indecision of Lord Truro.
The revenue case—the Attorney-General against the
London 'Dock Company—after occupying the Court of
Exchequer eleven dais, terminated on Tuesday evening
in a-verdict for the Crown on four counts, which related
to the removal of two boxes of sugar, forming one cask—
the jury being of opinion that such removal was not for
the purpose of evading the duties ; the jury also recom-
mended that, for the future, greater strictness be observed
by the London Dock Company with respect to the•con-
duct of their subordinates, which has led to many irregu-
larities. We believe that the verdict was virtually for the
defendants.

einpping til:etlignirt.

TUESDAY. FEBF

RY 18.—Wad W.S.W

ARRlVED.—Margaret (s.), Little, from HavreLaurei, Ran-
deis, Antwerp—Providence, Talke, Danzic—Charles Crocker,
Duncan, Charleston—Elu, Scbade, .Mazatlan—Emma, from
Ostend.

The. Perseverance, Rollands,

Hudson, bence at Sydney

hence for Genoa,,lms put back,

-
Edmund Head, hence at Adelaide.
Joseph Volemaire, from Ghent for this port, at Ostend, after
having been in contact.
__

Gannett (s.s.), hence at.Helvoet.
Harriet, Drake, hence at Stockton, with loss of foretopmast
Fanny, hence for St. Domingo, off Cork 15th-February.

,
Cherokee, hence for Barbadoes, has put back; withiniinmast
sprung.
The Ann, of St. Andrew-Novas abandoned at• sea ki a sink-
ing state. Crew taken off b y-the Urgens, from Belfast for New
York, and transferred to the. Medina, from the Mauritius, and
landed at Greenock.
Battler (s.s.), hence at Oporto.
Amizade, Coelho; Maravilha, Conde; Scud, Collings; Eb-
lana ; William Weet, Byer; and Lactura, Jarvis, hence at
Liston. _. _ _ _

Pandora, Richards, sailed from Lisbon for London on 22nd
January. _ _

Oceriii Bride, sailed from ditto for this. port.ist instant.
Bridget, sailed from ditto for this port Bth instant.
Deo Gloria, Utkins, sailed from St. Übes for this port 30th
January.

Fanny, Hill, hence at Oporto.
Laurence, from London at,ditto,

GIBRALTAR, Feb. B.—The Princess Alice, Trick, from Li-
verpool to Charleston, towed-into this port on the 3rd instsnt,
has,been arrested, through the Vice-Admiralty Court, for the
assistance rendered by 1131. steamer:Janus. A tender was
made by the master. The Cresswell,. of Sunderland, from
Odessa to Queenstown, put in here to-day, leaky, and with
considerable damage to her- bows, having, it is reported, been
in contact.

NEw YORK, Feb. s.—The,English ship Union was lost on
the Bth January, in the Roman River, Honduras.. Crew saved.
The .British schooner Jane, from Truxillo for .Belize, is re-
ported to have foundered. with her crew and passengers. A
Prussian barque and an English ship are reported to,have been
lost to the southward of Belize.
MESSINA, Feb. 4.—The Absorus Stuparich, from the Levant
for England, went on shore during a gale last night, between
thisand Faro. Crew saved. The ship and cargo expected to
be lost.
Bomulor, Jan. 17.—The Bidston, from Liverpool, and the
William Harley, from Hull, have arrived. The cargoes of both
are seriously damaged.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY I9.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.
ARDINED.—Joseph Wheeler, from Demerara—lnvincible,
Davies, Virginia—St. George, lintchinson, Savannah—Louise,
Witt, Stettin—Corkscrew (s.), Fudge, Dunkirk—Tam o'Sban-
ter- Soule; Adriatic, Lowell; Alexander Grant, Alexander;
and Sachem, Woodbury, New Orleans—Conqueror, Boutile,
and Siddons, Eldridge, New York—Carnatic, Rogers, Charles-
ton—Lady Mona, Buenos Ayres and Buceo.

Volo, from Pernambuco at Cowes 18th instant.
Sarah, from St. John, N. 8.. off Dover.
Catharine, Capon, sailed from Marseilles for this port:l3th
instant.
Jane, Hall, hence at Naples, andzailed for Galatz 6th inst.
Conquest,-Wood, sailed from Naples for this port on the 21st
January.

Catharine, Walker, sailed from Cadiz for this port on the 7th
January.
Active, Havnlcrye, hence at Bayonne.
Fowler, Clark, hence at Bordeaux.
Catherine Hodges, Lewis, hence at Nantes.
Arethusa,;Thomas, hence at Dieppe.
Magdelina, hence at Amsterdam.
Giuckauf, Moritz, from Rio Janeiro at Scilly.

Creamore, from Bahia, off Plymouth.
Troubadour,from Calcutta; Dudbrook, from Madras ; Geo.
Dean, from Paraiba; John Henry, from New York; and
Pear!, from St. Michael's, at Gravesend 18th instant.
Lady Rowena, from Bombay; Droume, from the Coast of
Africa : Norman,. Morrison, from Columbia River; Cuthbert,
Young, from Callao ; and Earl of Newburg, from Santa Mar-
tha at Deal 18th instant. _

Hortense Sidonie, and Conquest, sailed from Nantes 12th
instant, and Hannah, on the 13th, all for this port.
Carolina, Morgan, from Constantinople, and Brothers, Da-
vies, from Bayoune,at. Queenstown.
Barlow, Fraser, from ,Moulmain ; Cantella, Valenca, from
Bahia; and Sultan,i M'Kenzie, from Constantinople, at ; and
Kezia, Eccleston, from Punta Arenas, off, Falmouth.
The sloop Laura Ann, of Carnarvon, for Lancaster, with
grain, is on shore at Southport.
The flat Mary, paving atones, has sunk in the North
Channel. _ _ . _

Betsey, for Amsterdam, and Paquete Christionsand, for Bar-
celona, hence at Holyhead.
Pemberton, sailed from Adenrfor Bombay 19th Dec.
Crishna, Spence, sailed from Manilla for Sydney, N.S.W.
Bth December. _ _ . .

Elizabeth Mary Ann, sailed from Rio Janeiro for this port on
24th .Nov.
Andes, from Hamburgh at. Bahia.
Mary, Johnson, sailed from Alexandria for this port
,25th of
January.
Dazzler, Allen, from Patras at Cephalonia, and sailed for
this port,„2Bth Jan.
JOlin Graham, Stivils, hence at Malta.
DUBLIN, Feb. 17.—A large brig, apparently at anchor, and
abandoned, was lying all yesterday outside the India Dank,
near Wicklow Head. A steamer has been sent to look out for
her.
PWLLIIEV,, Feb. 18.—A quarter-cask of brandy and several
barrels of tar have come ashore in, this neighbourhood; also
part of the sternboard of a vessel, with Stockholm on It. A
bucket, with Lady Sale, London, on it, has also been picked up.
QUEENSTOWN., Feb. 17.—The .derelict vessel towed in here
yesterday, proves to be the Clytha, of Cork, from St. John,
N.B. for Queenstown, abandoned,some time siace, as reported.
The wreck appears to be of little value.
13kor.A, Jan. 2.—The Ann Bates, which sailed for London
38th Dec., has again put back, leaky.
TERC,EIRA, Feb. 2.—The Constellation, from Liverpool for
New York, 26 days out, called off here 29th Jan, for water,
and sailed 31st January.

THURSDAY, ftaItITARY 20.—Wind N., light.
ARRIVED.—Edward &instead, from bineapore—Culdie, Le-
giLan, Demerara—Yandew, Louther, Jamaica-,Bombay, Cal-
vert, Mobile—Waldron, Windsor, N.S.—North Atlantic,Cook,
New Orleans—Martha, Ferris, and PR C, Heine, Operto—
Standard, Ritchie, Charleston—and Emelie, Le.merie, from
Bourgnen.
SA,ll.4l;D.—Robert Bradford, Gloag, for Calcutta.

Maria Emilia, Pittalaya, hence for Genoa, at Milford.
Primevera, Hantol, from Rouen for this port, at Falmouth.
Hamlet, APLaren, hence at the Mauritius.
Storm, Brooking, and Lady Bassett, Hill, hence at Beyrout.
Astrologer (s.s.), Milburn, hence at Constantinople.
Symmetry, Bagshaw, hence at Malaga.
Volo, Randell, from Pernambuco at Falmouth.
Nais, Granby, hence at Beyrout, and sailed for Alexandretta
23rd Jan.

Osborne, sailed from Palermo Ist Feb., and Carlotta,
sth, both for this port.
Henry ant) Margaret, Pritchard, from Rio Grande; William
Carey, Tosh, from Pernambuco; Gertrudis Mazina, Marcayo,
from Manilla; and America, Beckwith, from Parsburgh, all at
Queenstown.
HOLYHEAD, :Feb. 19.—The Yorkshire, Shearman, from Li-
verpool for New York (sailed Ird Jan.), in putting back to Li-
verpool, was obliged to anchor to-day in this bay, parted, and
went ashore on the ,(711ppern Rocks, but floated off with the
tide, and is now at the entrance of the harbour. Mem : Two
steam-tugs were sent, is t night, to tow the Yorkshire round
to Liverpool.