The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL ,STANDARD.

MONUMENT TO HOOKER.—A proposal has been tna le
for the.erection of a rooouinent to the memory or
Hooker (author of :he famous work ou "
P ,litv"), on the site or 8-.
ThP clesii,ri is a Tudor inoon,-teotal touni.ied or iitat
of Queen Eleanor, and ot a figure ol a ri,•tily eus-
nateJ and crocketed canopy. The figure, wh eh will be
7 teet high, is proposed to he exeotre,l
sculptor, of this city, ciklm is now • tigaged bust of
the lord bishop of this diocese. We ate happy to :earn
that our right reverend diocvsati :Ind the Mayor of Extrer
(EL Hooper, Esq.), have headed the list of sut)se,ibPrs.
It may not be generally known that the celebrated divir,
was a native of Heavitree, near this city.—Exeter Gazette
SERIOUS ACEILENT FROM THE USE OF NAPHTHA.—
On Sunday evening week, at Longsight, Mr. William
Holt, shopkeeper, was preparing to light the burps of the
Independent chapel there, which lamps are led by naphtha,
and for that purpose went into his kitchen. about a quar-
ter after 6 o'clock, and was pourinv some naphtha from a
corked tin can, holding about a gallon of this inflammable
liquid, into a phial, to take with him to the chapel, and
his sister was holding a lighted candle, when by some
means the naphtha ignited and exploded with a loud re-
port, and the kitchen appeared to the brother and sister
to be in flames. As soon as Miss Holtrecovered herself,
she found that her dress had caught fire, and that she was
in flames. Her brother attempted to extinguish them,
but in the agony of the moment she rushed into the lane
and called out for assistance. Some neighbours ran to
her, and the flames were speedily extinguished ; but not
until Miss Holt had been very extensively and seriously
burned, especially the bands, arms, neck, and face. 'Mr.
Holt was also much burned about the hauds, and is con-
fined to the house in consequence. After his sister had
been attended to, he returned to the kitchen, and found
it on fire. With great presence of mind, he instantly re-
moved the tin can, which was nearly full of -naphtha,
otherwise the place would in all probability have been
burned down. The neighbours, who were exceedingly
active and kind in giving every assistance, succeeded in
extinguishing the flames before they had spread-to any
extent.

SWINDLING.—EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY.--At the
Borough Court, on Thursday, Mr. Superintendent Bea-
wick applied to the Manchester magistrates fos a warrant
against a woman named Ann Prescott, wife of Richard
Prescott, late of 28, Loom-street, but now of Liverpool,
on a charge of obtaining £l4O from Mrs. Hays, midwife,
of 18, Spital-street, under the following circumstances.
Prescott who was known to Mrs. Hayes, and bad been
for many years, applied to her on the Ist of July, 1833,
for a loan of £5O; offering 'to' lief as Security what she
called the deeds of conveyance of some houses which had
been left to her in Jersey-street. Mrs. Hayes knew that
four houses in Jersey-street had been left to Prescott,
and though unable to read, took it for granted that the
parchments offered were what they were stated to be, and
lent £5O upon them. - On the 3rd of August, the same
year she advanced £5O more upon the same security, on
the Ist of January. 1838, she lent £2O more; and on the
Ist of July, 1839, £2O more, nuking in all £l4O. The
interest on this money was regularly paid until about
1842, since which time nothing was heard of the parties,
except that they were living in Liverpool, and Mrs. H.
then applying to Messrs. Owen and Gill, solicitors, to re-
cover the principal was told that the parchments were
not conveyances but mortgage deeds upon the houses,
and upon which they had obtained £3OO, and they were
of no value whatever. She was directed to attend at the
Town-hall and bring with her all the documents. After
an examination of the deeds on Friday, the court decided
that a warrant could not issue as common caution had
not been used in the first instance.—Manchester Courier.

ISLE OF MAN JOINT STOCK BANK. —A meeting of the
shareholders in this unfortunate concern has been called
in consequence of the injunction granted by the Court of
Chancery, and the directors have issued a circular, in which
they state the effect of this decision will be, in the first in-
stance, to sell up the property of every man who cannot
at once pay off his debts to the bank, whereby very large
sums which might otherwise be secured will be lost to the
bank, and numbers of individuals involved in ruin and
beggary. The voluntary subscriptions set on foot are
rendered of no avail, and widows and orphans, who by
that means contributed upon their shares without being
utterly ruined, will be compelled to give up every farthing
they possess, and be reduced to absolute destitution.
Many who, encouraged by the hope held out by the sub-
scriptions, were ready voluntarily to contribute to the ex-
tent of their means, being now driven to desperation,
will, it is feared, be led to do what they would wish to
avoid, and the remaining shareholders will have to bear
the loss. The position of the English shareholders is
fearful—each individually responsible for every debt due
by the bank ; it can hardly be expected that, now every
prospect of anything like an arrangement is done away,
the creditors of the bank will seek to prosecute their
claims in the Isle of Man against 123 partners by a dila-
tory process, when they can, by a very summary proceed-
ing, recover their demands in England ; though some
will, no doubt, proceed to the Isle of Man. To the Manx
shareholders, the difficulty is equally increased by the
frightful expense which will be incurred upon every suit
that is brought in the Isle of Man.
DREADFUL AFP AIR.—For some days past much con-
versation has been occasioned throughout the neighbour-
hood of Kensington, in consequence of its becoming
known that a man residing at Earl's-court, in that parish,
had for a lengthened period been living in incestuous co-
habitation with his own daughter. Mr. Madden, the
relieving-officer for the district, ascertained t hat the man's
name was William Reid, sixty years of age, and that of
his daughter Elizabeth Reid, thirty years of age • that
since the death of his wife, about eight years ago, he had
cohabited with his daughter, the result of which has been
two children—viz., Frederick, six years and a half old ;
and George, an infant, eleven months old. On Mr. Mad-
den obtaining an interview with the daughter in the ab-
sence of the lather, he found that, during that period, she
had been kept in strict seclusion by her unnatural parent,
who never allowed her or her elder child to leave the
house, for fear of discovery, so that she had only once been
out since the birth of the second child. She appeared to
be in a very bad state of health, owing to her confinement
and other causer, as did also the children, arid she com-
plained that she was allowed beer only once a week, and
that when her fattier received his money he generally got
drunk, and then abused and ill-treated her. From the
daughter's statement, it appears she has a married sister
living at Paddington, and two brothers. One brother,
ahout three weeks ago, hung himself under very peculiar
circumstances, arising from her connexion with her father.
The daughter, with tier children, have been privately re-
moved to some place of safety. It is not yet known
whether proceedings will he instituted in the Ecclesiastical
Court against the wretch of a parent.— Tirnes.
TH E FUNDS.—REDUCTION OF INTEREST.—An anxious
expectation exists among the city capitalists generally of
some announcement from Sir Robert Peel relative to a
t
reduction of the three.and-a-half per cents. Most of
have come to the conclusion that such a measure
will form a part of his financial policy for the present ses-
sion, and they are chiefly busied, therefore, in conjectures
on the manner in which it is to be carried into effect ; and,
as usually happens in similar cases, various reports,
founded on these conjectures, have fount', their way into
circulation. The most plausible among them, probably,
because it seems to be the most simple and practicable,
for none of them are believed to rest on any authentic
foundation, is one that proposes to give a three-and-a.
quarter per cent. stock, to merge into a three per cent.
stock at the end of ten years, in exchange for the three-
and-a-half per cents., without any other bonus or ad-
vantage. Others anticipate a nearly similar result from
the grant, by way of bonus, of an annuity of ss. for every
100 three•and-a--half per cent. stock during ten years, and
an immediate reduction of tite interest to three per cent. ;
but this is thought to be far less convenient than the
other mode, as it creates two descriptions of security,
when one would answer all the purposes. It is useless to
refer to the additional rumours on this head which are in
circulation, and are obviously entitled to no attention
whatever. Perhaps the symptoms of approaching " pres-
sure from without" against any extension of the limit
originally fixed to the duration of the property and in-
come-tax. are connected more or less with these anticipa-
tions of a reduction of the three-and-a-half per cents. ;
for it is obvious enough, that unless the minister can see
his way to other revenue which may supply its place, the
maintenance of that most unpopular tax will become
identified with a healthy state of public credit.—Times.
THE LATE GALES.—The gales of wind which blew
heavily during the whole of Friday night and Saturday
morning week, from SSW, were, we regret to state, pro-
ductive of the most melancholy results along the coast,
several valuable vessels having been wrecked, and many
lives lost. At Scarborough, in Yorkshire, it was severely
felt, 'arid the calamity that was witnessed at the entrance
of the harbour will long be borne in mind by the inhabi-
tants. It'having been reported that several fishing yawls
had teen out all night in the storm, and that fears were
entertained that they had been wrecked ; at an early hoar
a great concourse of persons assembled along the shore,
inquiring into the truth of the rumours. Shortly before
nine o'clock a cry was raised that there were three of the
missing boats standing in for the harbour, which, as may
be easily imagined, produced no little degree of satisfac-
tion, and amongst the eager crowd could be seen the wives
and families of those on board the approaching boats, in
a state of ecstacy at their apparent safe delivery. The
scene in a few seconds, however, changed to one of a
most painful and heart-rending description. The yawls
(fishing-boats of about fifty tons burthen) were the Wil-
ling Maid, of Scarborough, the Jerome, and the Emulous.
They were all apparently beating into the haven, the sails
tightly hauled in, and although the weather had not abated,
the wind still blowing heavy squals, with showers of snow
and sleet, it was fully expected they would reach the har-
bour in safety. Suddenly the wind increased, and in:the
next moment a terrible sea capsized the whole three ves-
sels, and they instantly sank, carrying with them the
greater part of their crews, with the exception of those
Willing Maid, who managed to reach the
Spa. The sensation which this catastrophe
bbeealocnhg
occasioned amongst the assembled throng
nearingtot
hteh the
was most in-
tense. Some of the ill-fated crews being observed strug.
gling amidst the waves, several boats put off to render
them assistance, but owing to the terrific fur, of the gale,
the boats were unable to gain the spot until the whole of
the poor fellows (14 in number) belonging to the Jerome,
Mr. Cammish, master, and the Emulous, Mr. Wyal,
master, had sunk to rise no more. Unfortunately, moat
of them have left families to deplore their fate, and none
of the bodies have as yet been recovered. During the
height of the storm a brig was seen by the Coast-guard
Service near Cromer, in distress. She was about three
miles from shore, and in about ten minutes she sank
headforemost; the entire of the unfortunate crew, con-
sisting of six persons, perishing with her. At nine
o'clock on Friday night, a vessel was run down in Grimsby
Roads, by a brig called the Prince Regent, of Sunder-
land. She proved to be a sloop named the -TO. h
-n and
Hannah's Endeavour, belonging to Wakefield, and the
master and crew had a narrow escape from being drawn
down by her. They all luckily reached the brig in safety.

CORRESPoNDE:\

TO TH FMTHR OF TM,: 1,1VRIIP(,01, .STANDARD.

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I :,,p, atioa. Olt' 10 I
to such on 41)11111.1altt r 4.• a?' l;
head as Fe seer,: to pit'tss, ; but 1 ,!o i c.taisn t the.
posse,,sion of c,,ttonon set) , aml I am ti, inkful to say
tt,at there is no lac'.: of that va a title con,; •dity no our
side of the water, as our e•ayinss a id it at, ,/,11
d,et3re, Mr. Jones /my sneer as he ptea,,,,,, •;tiout.
keriliead extending' to the Weaver; but, .ir, n t eon
living can tell what Birkeohl-a I (or P.nt Jet -on, if you
like it better) may one day hecoole. It is (1-stineo to he
the secOati town in the empire, and n t mi-take; aid it
sill be at once a great seaport—a great watering.• place—
s great northern metropolis—a great manufacturing town
—and escecially celebrated as a place o
tissue, both paper-
istic and otherwise. Mr. Jone, seems to make it some-
what mysterious that tiler?, was a real so,eleign paid as a
deposit for laud a short time ago : nut it was a feet. never-
theless : and out of the 2,641 sales by contrat which took
place within my knowledge. the week after the dock
scheme came out, I know that snore than 100 sovereigns
changed hands on that I vely occasion. Why, sir, laud
at Birkenhead is dirt cheap. Mr. Jones himself may
buy on a promissory note thousands of yards from Mr.
Smith (not me); Mr. Smith has bought from Mr. Wig-
gins, the latter from Mr. Tupp, Mr. Tapp from Mr.
Graball, and Mr. Graball from Mr. Quashy, and so on.
And what is the best touch of all. and quite in character
with a young and flourishing community—it 's all on
credit!!! And as some people in this world never mean
to pay, some can't pay, and others won't pay, it is as clear
as mud that in the long run a good deal of land will be
had for nothing • and if that is not cheap, I'm a Dutch•
man. Now, sir, Mr. Jones says it is whispered that there
is to be a second line of railway to Chester. Why, that 's
no news! Everybody here knows, that when our 97-acre
dock is made, two railways will not be sufficient for us.
The railway now in use is so crowded, that it becomes a
matter of necessity to have a second line; and as we al-
ways look far ahead, it will be better to make it now than
When our town becomes a dense mass of buildings up to
Eastham ; and as it will be shortly proposed at a commis-
sioners' meeting, nobody can doubt that when the ques-
tion is put the ayes will have it. Mr. Editor, I hope you
do not set us down as tools or—anything else, at Bir-
kenhead; because you will find us anything but fouls
before long. Why, sir, a distinguished member of the
Wirrall Agricultural Society has discovered a new de-
scription of turnip, which will only grow in swamps. It
is called the Turnipus Munchauseniana, from the beauti-
ful flower which it puts out ; and a celebrated financier
has shown, by the most unerring calculation, that swampy
land valued at- 30a. per yard, if set with this wonderful
vegetable, will produce 14, per cent.; and you would be
surprised how that description of land is run after, since
so wonderful a discovery was made. An estate that some
years ago was only valued at £ll,OOO, is now said to be
worth two millions ; and one or two of our great landed
proprietors will be in a condition to make a bid at Eaton or
Chatsworth, when they are put up to auction ! And then
our docks ! Ye Liverpool noodles of the Council ! do ye
think that we are going to pay you TOWN DIES? Do you
think we are going to be saddled with your land by public
auction ? Blessings on thy black eyes Dicky Shiel, who
put a stop to the power of the Finance Committee to sell
their land. Thou didst wallop the corporate estate to
some tune by thy wise motion, and we of Birkenhead
thank thee, but we do not intend to be caught. And ye
old ladies of the Dock Committee, do you suppose that
we don't know what we are doing ; We will lay a heavy
duty on all ships coming into the Port Jackson Docks,
but not on the goods; we will saddle you with the coast-
ing trade, because it dues not pay. We can get the land
of the Pool for nothing, because we have got on the blind
side of the Woods and Forests ; and, although Joe has
come back from London—and, although old Hartley has
valued the Pool at 400 times the value of Cubitt, we shall
keep the game alive, and go a-head. I had intended to
reply to other points of Mr. Jones's letter, but 1 have 3 or
400 contracts for land to sign; and if Mr. Jones should
again presume to write on great affairs which he has not
mind enough to comprehend, I shall certainly return to
the charge. To shew you, Mr. Editor, that we live in no
ordinary times, I subjoin you a prospectus, which has just
been put out here; and I am happy to tell you that the
share list is fast filling up, and the scheme is as certain,
in my opinion, to be carried out as our docks are. Let
envious people, therefore, talk as they please about dock
bubbles, joint stock bubbles, kite flying, time bargains
and Birkenhead options. Let them preach ab,ut their
experience, and warn you, like witches, about panics,--
1825—land slips. and all that nonsense. Sir, a thing is
worth what we can make it worth, and I am of opinion
that the celebrated Montague Tigg, Esq., was correct,
when he was asked what the capital of the Anglo- Benga-
lee Life Assurance Company was to be, he replied, the
figure 2, and as many 000 s as the printer could get in the
same line. You needn't tell it again, Mr. Editor, but
there is no place in the world where there are more
"smart" men than at Birkenhead. considering its popu-
losity, and no people on this side Kentucky know better
than they do, that 9-10ths of mankind are governed by
humbug, and that if you can divert urns' attention, it is
a very easy thing to pick their—brains?
I am. sir,
Your obedient servant,
ZEPHANIAH SMITH.
Birkenhead, March 4th, 1844.

PROSPECTUS OF • THE NEW ANGLO-HIBER-
NIC DOCK AND LAND COMPANY.

Capital, £200,000,000, in 200 Shares of one million each.
It must be confessed by all who have studied human
nature in connexion with trade, that selfishness and per-
sonal aggrandisement form no part of the character of the
majority of public horn. Hence arises those various plans
and gigantic schemes which never fail to amaze mankind
by their boldness, which are carried out in disinterested-
ness; and hence arises that patriotic feeling which is so
admirable in itself, and which carries away captive the
best principles of our nature. To give to the world a still
further proof that there are men of lofty and vigorous
minds who are willing to make enormous sacrifices" for
the benefit of their countrymen, and to provide for that
great increased trade which, in the course of a few cen-
turies, must accrue to Great Britain and Ireland, a pro-
posal is now made which will have the effect of raising
the value of land in all parts of the empire, and which will
entitle its originators to a conspicuous place in the Temple
of Fame._

It has been long admitted that the erection of docks
within such paltry rivers as the Mersey, the Thames, and
the St vern, was a palpable mistake, and utterly useless
for the purposes of commerce. A number of spirited in-
dividuals have therefore erected themselves into Pro-
visional Commissioners, pro. tem., and submit to the
capitalists of the country (they being landowners only
themselves) the following magnificent scheme :-
Ist. It is proposed to build a sea wall from Dundrum
Bay to the Calf of Man, and from Ramsay Bay to St.
Wes head ; and also to run an embankment from
Donaghadee to the Mull of Galloway. By this means a
large upper pool will be formed for the double purpose of
discharging river craft, and also for cleansing and scouring
the great dock.

2d. To carry a sea wall from St. David's head, in Pem-
brokeshire, to the Hook, on the Irish coast ; having a
large entrance harbour capacious enough to accommodate
the whole navy of Great Britain, with flood-gates suffi-
ciently strong to resist the roll of the sea from the Bay of
Biscay, and which gates are to open and shut on a new
system of electrical motion, for which a patent is about to
be taken out. This plan. so comprehensive in its nature,
and so easy of accomplishment, will give a floating dock
of 31,644,2364 acres, and an upper pool of 11,943,9871
acres, which, together, it is confidently supposed, will be
the most spacious dock space in the univers. To cleanse
out the docks it is proposed to make two culverts with
large clows, one to run diagonally across Ireland from the
upper pool, and to be turned into the Shannon at Athlone;
and the other to be carried across England, and discharged
into the Humber. By this ingenious method, the whole
water of the northern sea can be made available at any
time for scouring purposes; and when not required, it
will run through the culverts in question, and will at one
and the same time render the Shannon navigable, and will
also wash away all the sand banks at the mouth of the
Humber.

3d. It is intended to give to all the owners of land on
the margin of the dock, permission to carry out walls, so
as to enclose and make available the space between the
present margin and the walls so built. Vessels may then
lie alongside of every man's premises ; and it is confidently
atwe lotcrheuel eaadnp
dot
ohfua
Ebtintehsteit venaacosluwiletoifeuethreney,cliocetianod gt,btooe:beamoslgaiis.t7aimedA will
glance
that if a sea-wall, was, biiat krom,the,llock,l4bt-homia to
Almwich- ooin t,
~ -the' oCAtiglavey,, from
Braioh-y-Irwell.bead. in Carnarvonabire, .to,Llaogsviada,
in Pembroke, that a very large piece of land would be
obtained, which might be rendered available for iron ship-
builders, manufacturers, and others—or it might be dis-
posed of moat advantageously. The Isle of Man being in
the centre of the dock, presents a favourable site for
bonded warehouses; and spacious gunpowder stores are
to be formed on the Calf _of Man, so that, if there is any
blow up, no mischief can occur.
4th. It is intended there shall be floating railways across
the dock, which are to be all lighted with gas, and the
various 'lighthouses along the coast are to be ornamented
by the Trinity Board, ao as to form elegant lamps for
lighting the quays of the intended docks. It will be satis-
factory to capitalists to-know' that all the great land-
holders are eminently favourabie.to the undertaking, and
that already has 'much -land-ehanged hands, at surprising
prices, in anticipation etfuture benefits.' It may also be
well to state that borings have been made, and the bottom
is found to be rock throughout,-with the exception of one
portion, of not more than twenty Mike in extent, and
where piles will have to be Used.- 'Designs = have been
obtained from an eminent engineer, who has made a- correct
estimate of the cost of, the works, and. the Provisional
Commissioners-are happy la able 'to state that two
eminent contractors have offered to execute the work at
tio receive payment in Corn-
alhiesseionngeinrse,ees bonds.esti Admiralty have declared them-
selves favourable to the scheme, and it is generally believed
that Government intend to apply a portion of the surplus
revenue of last year in furtherance of the work. An able
solicitor is now in London procuring an act of Parlia-
ment for the formation of the company ; and as a wealthy
and spirited individual, on the shores of the undertaking,
has already secured gas and water works for the next 75
years, it is his intention to present the gas for lighting the
floating railway, and also the fresh water for the manu-
facture of grog for the crews, in the most liberal and
praiseworthy manner.
As them can be no doubt whatever of the success of the
scheme, and as it has already caused an increase in the
value of the land along the Welch and Irish coasts of, in
many instrnces, 2500 per cent., and as the new land to be
formed out of the excavations, and also by levelling down

the Monroe mountains, Snowdon, Cadet' Idris, Penman-
tnawr, &c., will more than repay the entire cust of the
works, it is earnestly recommended that imme iiate appli-
eakian he made for shares, which have purposely been
.de large to .xclude small may, however, be.
L,cr,nit red ;.a purchase as ranch land as they cboose on the
sii res or the c.interapla'ed docks, and which they may
frarlessfy secure to any ,xierit, and at any price. Further
particulars will be issued in a few days. and appLeation
for shares may iinw be made to * * * *
[Here the MS. is so defective that we cannot make out
the names.]

DOCK COMMITTEE.-THURSDAY.

Present—Messrs. Moore. Barclay, Holt, Molyneux.
Holmes, Smith, Trotman. Rovden, Tobin, Evans, Aikin,
Kendall, Ripley, Nicol, and Bullet'. The returns of dock
and tight dues for vessels entering the port of Runcorn
for the last month, was stated to be £4B 95..9c1„ on 168
vessels and 9519 tons—this sum being an increase of £2O
as compared with the corresponding period of last year.
A letter from four carrying companies, requesting ex-
clusive berths for their vessels in two of the docks, was
referred to the Harbour Masters Sub-committee.
The CHAIRMAN said the next business was as to the
purchase of the !and and strand, from the Corporation, at
the north end. Last week the subject had been kept
private; but they had now the answer from the Finance
Committee, and he wished to know whether the subject
should be taken into consideration then, or be deferred
till the reporters had retired.
Different opinions having been expressed by the mem-
bers,
Mr. AIKIN remarked that they had better have the an-
swer read, and discuss the matter, and if it were found
desirable not to have it published, perhaps the reporters
would not take any notice of it.
Mr. EVANS did not like tampering with the reporters
in that way, asking them to leave this out and put that in.
especially as he had reason to believe that part of the dis-
cussion had been withheld at the request of parties. Be-
sides, he did not see why the reporters should individually
be put into the secrets of the Dock Committee.
The CHAIRMAN did not think any individual had
urged the suppression of any part of the discussions.
Mr. EVANS said he had found oftener than once a very
curtailed account of the discussions, and the curtailment
appeared to be a good deal on the one side of the question ;
therefore, it occurred to him that there was some influence
or other exerted with the reporters, in order that they
suppress or enlarge it, but he did not mean to make any
charge against any individual.

The CHAIRMAN did not think that any individual
would take the trouble to ask for a suppression.
Mr. ToBIN said he found there wa3 a good deal sup-
pressed, but be did not think there was more suppressed
on the one side than the other.

The CHAIRMAN said the-reporters must necessarily
condense a great deal to get the matter into their papers.
Here the subject dropped, it being understood that the
discussion as to the purchase was to come on after the
withdrawal of the reporters.
Mr. RIPLEY said be had been informed by Mr. Jack-
son. that the Dock Solicitor had opposed the Wallasey
Dock Bill on the standing orders.
The CHAIRMAN replied that the solicitor had not done
so, and that the bill had not been opposed.
At the suggestion of Mr. AIKIN, copies of the bill
were ordered to be provided for each member of the com-
mittee.

Mr. AIKEN said he had been informed by Captain Saars-
field, of the Post-office packets, that, in coming into port
on Wednesday morning, he found the Point of Ayr light
so much stronger to the westward, that, if he had not been
well acquainted with the bearings, he might have mistaken
it for the north-west light ship. _ _ _

It was stated that the light, which was a new one, had
been placed there by the Trinity Board, and ultimately
the subject was left to the Marine Surveyor's Sub.
Committee to draw the attention of the proper parties
to it.

The' committee then proceeded to the remaining sub-
jects on the paper—the purchase of the land and strand at
the north, and the communication between the docks and
the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ; but before they did so,
the reporters were informed that the whoi.e of the gene-
ral business had been transacted, and of course they with-
drew.

RIOTING AT ST. HELEN'S.

(Ft orn the Manchester Guardian.)

It is well known that several thousand colliers have for
the last five weeks been idle in St. Helen's and the neizh-
bnurhood, in consequence of a strike for wages. The
coalmasters have made efforts to replace them with men
who would work at the former wages; and on Monday
evening last a party of the county police, stationed at Sr.
Helen's, proceeded to near Runcorn, for the purpose of
escorting to the former place a party of Welch colliers
who had been engaged by the masters. The arrival of
these " knobsticks,' as they were called, soon be.-ame
known to the turn-oats, who mustered on Tuesday morn-
ing to the number of probably 1000, with the intention of
preventing them from commencing work. About eleven
o'clock on Tuesday forenoon, eight of the county con-
stabulary were escorting a party of about thirty of these
Welch colliers on their way to the Broad Oak Colliery of
Messrs. Burns and Robinson,and when about a mile from
the colliery, at a place called Smithy Brow, they were
attacked by a mob of turn-outs, about 1000 strong, who
assailed them with stones, brickbats, and other missiles,
severely hurting several of the police. A brickbat struck
Police-constable Green on the back of the head, inflicting
a severe contusion, and Serjeant Black had one band
completely disabled by a blow from some missile. The
small number of the police prevented their making any
effectual resistance to the numbers opposed to them, and
the " knobAtiek-i" were taken from their care, and cemented
by the turn-outs back to St. Helen's, where they were
conducted to the house of call of the turn-outs, and their
club-house, a retail beer-shop, kept by a colliery under-
looker named George Huyton, where they were detained
about two hours, supplied with refreshment, and then,
being prevailed on by the threats and intimidation of the
turn-outs, they agreed to leave the town, and were escorted
by some few of the turn-outs as far as Prescot, on their
way hack to Liverpool.
Abort noon, and during the sitting of the magistrates in
the court-room at St. Helen's, a man named Platt was
recognised in court, by some of the county constabulary,
as one vi ho had been active in the attack on their force,
about an hour before, and as having been seen throwing
stones. He was accordingly apprehended, and, having
been brought before Mr. Earle and other magistrates, he
was c intaiitted for trial at the next Kirkdale sessions.
The constables in attendance were concli,cting this man to
the lock-up of the station-house, which is beneath the
cow t-room, when, while passing in front of the building
in the mati.et-place, they were attacked by a crowd, con-
sisting chiefly of turn-out colliers, and the prisoner was
rescued, and got clear off, the constables receiving some
severe blows in the affray.
Between two and three o'clock Serjeant Brandvrood and
Police-constable Green, observing a man named Leyland
passing along the Market-place, who had been very active
during the first attack on the police at Smithy Brow, they
seized him, and Superintendent Storey, the officer in
command of the force at St. Helen's. hearing the noise.
came out of the court-mom without his hat, and also laid
hold of Leyland, when an attack was instantly made on
the police, and a large blue whinstone was thrown, and
struck Superintendent Storey with considerable force on
the forehead. He became insensible, and must have
fallen, but he was caught in the arms of some of the
constables, and was conveyed into the station-house.
The police received several severe blows from heavy
missiles, and were at length compelled to let the prisoner
go. One man, named Wynn, who was active in attempt-
ing to rescue Leyland, was seized by Police-constable
Green, and they fill to the ground together; but Green
was ultimately obliged to relinquish his hold and seek
shelter. Others of the county police succeeded in cap-
turing three of the turn-outs, named Penketb, Knowles,
and M'Donough, (the last named an Irishman,) all of
whom were brought up before the sitting magistrates, and
identified as having taken a prominent part in these riot-
ous proceedings, and they were all committed for trial at
the next Kirkdale Sessions. Several others were also
captured, but, with the exception of the three just named,
they were all rescued before they could be lodged in the
station-house ; and, towards three o'clock, the appearance
of things became so threatening that Mr. Johnson, a coal
proprietor, and Mr. Sinclair, overlooker of the St. Helen's
and Runcorn Gap Railway, proceeded along that line, and
by a train to Manchester, in order to obtain some troops,
to preserve the peace of 'the' place. The usual force of
the county constabulary stationed at' St.' Helen's is only
11 men ; but in consequence of the-turn-out this force has
been for some
p thine doubled ; and, we believe, the total
foranin the !Mice on Tuesday consisted of Superintendent
Staley and 22 police constables. Of course these were
wtionp unable effectually to oppose a riotous mob of at
least 1000 men, and it was deemed desirable to call in the
aid of the military.

On their arrival in Manchester Messrs. Johnson and
Sinclair proceeded at once to the police-office, but neither
Captain Willis, chief constable, nor Mr. Beswick, chief
superintendent, was then in the way, and having inquired
of the clerks to whom they should apply for troops, they
were directed to the residence of Colonel Wemyss, the
assistant adjutant general of the northern district, in
Smedley-lane, Cheetham. Colonel Wemyss accompanied
them to the infantry barracks, Regent-road, Salford, and
directed that a party of the troops stationed there should
proceed by railway forthwith to St. Helen's. We believe
portions of three infantry regiments are now stationed in
the Regent-road barracks, the 32d, the 67th, and the 70th ;
and we are told that about seventy rank and file of the
67th Regiment marched from the barracks to the Liverpool
Railway Station, and were thence despatched to St. He-
len's, by the orders of Colonel Wemyss, by a special train
of four carriages, accompanied by Messrs. Johnson and
Sinclair. When our account lett St. Helen's they were
seen on the branch railway about a mile from that place.
Up to eight o'clock last evening all renTned quiet, and
beyond the outrages already noticed, no violence, so far as
we can learn, had up to that hour been offered either to
person or property.

THE LATE RACE BETWEEN EASTHAM AND ETCHELLS.
—This match, which came off last week but one, at Belle-
vue, and which ended in a dispute, is fixed to be run over
again ou ThursdaF, May 23rd, at the Old Roan Inn, near
Aintree race-course, each party adding £5O to the present
deposit of £25 a-side. It will be for 220 yards.

MATCH AGAINST TIME.—On Monday last. Mr.
Thomas Cross, shoemaker, of Birkenhead, undertook for
a wager to walk from Chester to Birkenhead, a distance
of 16 milts, in three hours and a half, which task he ac-
complished in about five minutes within the time, not-
with-tanding the unfavourable weather. When he came
in," h 14as received with loud cheers by a large crowd
who had assembled to greet him,