The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-10 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

The Rev. Dr. Booth, M.R.1.A., whose name is well
known in the scientific world, has been appointed to the
Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, i❑
the Liverpool Collegiate Institution.

We are authorised to state, that a corrected edition, printed
in large type, of the Report of the Inaugural Address, de-
livered by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., at the
opening of the Liverppol Collegiate Institution, will be pub-
lished in a few days, by Mr. Murray, Albemarle-street,
London ; and Mr. Webb, Castle-street, Liverpool.

S.T. DAVID'S CIIURCH.—We are requested to say, with
reference to a paragraph which appeared in a contemporary
of Saturday, that the Rev. Robert Davies has not resigned
the incumbency of St. David's Church, but will continue to
officiate at the Welsh service, as heretofore, until his suc-
cessor is appointed. It is not
i in accordance with ecclesi-
astical law, nor, we believe, is t customary for a clergyman
to tender his resignation to the trustees of his church, the
bishop being the authorised person to receive it.

A gentleman had his pockets picked of £49 at the

inn-street, on Thursday r

The Cheshire
at the Th.ree G

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY...-. .VC are g a

Wednesday),

at aighleiali; on

nday-, at Sutton.

hear that th

Philharmonic Society, whose performatices on Friday, at
the opening of the Collegiate Institution, gave such general
satisfaction, will, for the future, hold their concerts in the

Theatre of that Institution

INSOLVENT COUILT.—The Ins Avent Commissioner for
the Northern Circuit will attend to hear petitions at Lan-
caster on the Bth of March, and at Liverpool on the 20th of
March. The last day for filing petitions to be heard at
Lancaster is the 4th of February, and at Liverpool the 16th
of February.

BEAUTIFUL Sn.xs.—The old fashion of brocaded silks
appears to be reviving:—Time was when silk was made strong
enough almost to build a wall with, and the weight of bullion
and embroidery as much as one beau could well carry. We
have been led to these remarks from seeing some beautiful
specimens of vestings at Messrs. Dawbarn and Davis', in
Bold-street.

IRON SHIPS.—A remarkable circumstance occurred, in
this port, on Tuesday last, and which looks like the com-
mencement of a new era in our mercantile navy, no less than
three large iron-built ships having sailed on the same tide,
namely, the John Garrow, for New Orleans ; the Ironside,
for Bahia ; and. the Vulcan, for Malta. The first of these
vessels was of nearly 1,000 burthen.

The Bombay prices current furnish full descriptions of the
state of the markets at that presidency, which are, however,
less favourable than the advice received from Calcutta. The
superabundance of freight in the port precluded the hope that
rates would rally, and hence the great excess over present
wants had induced several owners to lay on vessels for the
London and Liverpool berth at 40s. There was no demand
for ships to China.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tnursday evening, about nine
o'clock, as the Seacombe boat from Liverpool was landing
her passengers, the coachman at Sir John Tobin's, while
stepping upon the plank, missed his footing, and fell into the
water. He was got out with very little delay, and, with the
assistance of two men, walked up the slip, not appearing to
have sustained more damage than a sound ducking. He was
taken, in the first instance, to the tap attached to Parry's
Hotel, but as the accommodation there was inadequate,
George Robinson, who collects the steam-boat fares, took
him to his own house, where he died in about seven minutes
after his arrival.

It is a remarkable circumstance that, while the jubilee o 7
modern British missions was being celebrated in this cow, ri
and the colonies, the treaty of peace with China vias con-
cluded, by which access to more than one-half of the heathen
maid was opened up. Thus, after fifty years of preparatory
training, has Pro ,idence suddenly provided a field for evan-
gelistic efforts too extensive to admit of half measures.
There is good reason to hope, from present appearances, that
many of our countrymen are alive to the deep responsibility
under which our new position places the Christian church.
No public movement has yet been made in Liverpool. The
Medical Missionary Society may well be expected now to
commence its deferred operations.

THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. —The Morning Herald,
of yestereav, says " Ther3 is scarcely a town in England that
has not !o ne noble ebairitable institution erected in modern
times ; in many the infirmaries or dispensaries or hospitals
are the architectural beauties of the place ; in none is there
not a workhouse, and in few is there not a gaol towering
its crest above the abodes of peaceful men; yet how seldom
do we see a grammar school of modern erection, how vainly
do we search England for Collegiate establishments built by
modern munificence. Voluntary subscription has accom-
plished much for almost every locality, but nothing yet for
promotion of mon-.1 and religious education of the middling
classes. Liverpool, in the midst of commercial embarrass-
ment and despite of bad times, has set a glorious example in
this respect—one which merits Mr. Gladstone's glowing

THE FIRE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.—We lament to state,
that the joiners in the employ of Messrs. Foster and Stewart
have lost the whole of their tools by the late calamitous fire,
the particulars of which we detailed in our last. Among
the workmen are several of the poor fellows who lost their
tools, nine years ago, by a similar visitation. Mr. Samuel
Holme, who takes a praiseworthy interest in the affairs of
the sufferers, assures us, that the tools destroyed by the fire
were worth not less than £1,200. To be thrown out of work
by the calamity is misfortune enough, but to be, at the same
time, deprived of the means of pursuing their trade, if they
are fortunate enough to obtain employment, adds greatly to
their sufferings. Under these circumstances, we trust that
the hard case of these poor fellows, who are about sixty in
number, will be considered by the benevolent, who can, by
their contributions, enable them to buy as many as may be
required to carry on their business. The premises were in-
sured with the Liverpool Insurance Company, and the loss
is estimated at from £lO,OOO to £12,000. The sum insured
is about £7,000. We have not heard any estimate of the
amount of damage done in the Arcade.
Loss OF THE CYNOSURE.—We are sorry to have to re-
cord the loss of another ship this week—namely, the Cyno-
sure (Captain Viner) from this port to Liverpool. The Cy-
nosure left Singapore on the 11th of September last, and had
made a favourable passage as far as the Straits of Banca.
when on the night of the 2d instant, she struck on a reef near
Tree Island, and after remaining on the rocks for about 18
hours she was hove off; but, as she was sinking fast, the
ship's company were obliged to leave her and take to the
boats. They were picked up in a few hours afterwards by
the George Buckham (Captain Sim), by whom they were
brought on here, and arrived on Sunday last. On the 7th,
the George Buckham spoke a Dutch Ship bound for Minto,
which reported that they had seen a bark on the Morning
of Wednesday the 4th, bearing S.W., four leagues from
Singapore, which was all below the water except the main-
top-gallant yard-arm. which, there is no doubt, was the
Cynosore. Nothing was saved from the ship, except a small
portion of the wearing apparel of Captain Viner and his wife,
and the ship's comgany. "Every kindness and attention were
shown to Captain Viner and his crew, 18 in all, by Captain
Sim. The following is a list of the cargo taken by the Cy-
nosure from this :-54 pls. Cassia, 2,452 pls. coffee, 17 pls.
tea, 810 pls. sago flour, 606 pls. Sapan wood, 50 pls. rat-
tans, 101 ple. cubebs, 44 pls. hides, 2,143 pls. gambler.—
India paper.

SUGAR.—The quantity of sugar delivered for refining, in
bond, at the port of Liverpool, in 1812, was 9,228 tons. This,
we believe, is nearly double the quantity delivered in Lon-
don, of which no return, however, has yet reached us. The
employment which this new trade gives tw vhippin4 in the
transport of the raw material and of the refined products,
has proved most beneficial to this port, which is now becom-
ing an important emporium for foreign, as it long has been
for colonial, sugars. If the refining laws were altered so as
to prmit the co nbined use of both sorts, which we are in-
foroied can 1-e done consistently with the safety of the re-
venue and the privileges of the colonieF, a further stimulus
would be given to the business of refining, which is generally
in a languishing state, and, of course, to the various branches
i
of trade and commerce dependant on it. The following s
the monthly return : _

From Ist to 31st January
„ Ist to 28th February
„ Ist to 31st March..
„ Ist to 30th April ..
„ Ist to 31st May ...
„ Ist to 30th June
„ Ist to 31st July....

Ist to 31st August ..
Ist to 30th September
Ist to 31st October ..
Ist to 30th November
Ist to 31st December

184,568 cwts. ;

Or 9,228 tons 8 cwt•

THE FUNDS: SATURDAY EVENlNG.—Afacthastranspired,
or rather has been called to recollection, in the city, which
is highly satisfactory in explaining the large deficiency found
on comparing the item of Excise in the revenue return of the
present quarter with that item in the corresponding return in
1842. It will be remembered that an alteration was made
some time ago in the period for which the bills had to run in
which the payment to the revenue were made. The effect of
this alteration, which shortened the period from 30 to 10 days,
was completely felt in the quarter terminating in January,
1812, and the result was that a quantity of payments which
under the old system would not have been made till the fol-
lowing quarter, fell into that quarter, and thus the item of
excise was swelled to an undue extent. With an item thee
unnaturally increased, the item for the present quarter bee
been compared, and the difference may be assigned to an ex-
cess in 1842, instead of a deficiency in 1843. The comparison
between the next quarter and the corresponding quarter last
year will give a legitimate result, for the new system had by
that time come speedily into operation. Business in the
stock-markets was not characterised by any particular feature
to-day. A moderate amount of dealings occurred in the
English securities, which were the fraction better. The nevi's
from India had very little effect indeed iu this quarter.,
The merchants, however, express themselves much satisfieh
with what has been received by the arrival. Consols for
money and the Account left off 9-11 to 1 ; Bank Stock, lit
to 173 ; Exchequer-bills, 595. to tils. premium ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 951 to ',l-; Three-and-a-Half per Cents'
Reduced, 1021 to .1; Long Annuities, 12 11-16ths • Ne°
Three-and-a-Half eper Cents., 1011 to India Bonds, 555;
premium ; and South Sea Old Annuities, 92k. The opera*"
Gans in the foreign market were without particular interest'
Buenos Ayres opened at 25, and after declining to 23, finalbri
closed at 231 to 24, the rumours being spread of the refusts
of Rosas to recognize the-mediation of England'or France hi
his quarrel with the Montevidean Government. There were
one or two purchases of Portuguese converted, and the quo:
tation rose to and closed at 36i to 37 ; Mexican Five Per
Cents. left off 321 ; ditto, Deferred, 91 to ti ; Spanish Actives,
191 ; ditto, New, 2411 Danish, 84 to 85 ; Colombian, 231'
Belgian, 1011., to 1021 ; and Peruvian, 19 to 20.

INQUEST.—An inquest was commenced on Thursday last'
and concluded on Saturday, before P. F. Curry, Esq.;
coroner for the borough, for the purpose of investigating tb
circumstances which led to the death of Thomas AilanleV;
aged 15 years. A girl, named Sarah M`Gowan, who °/.11,
supposed to have caused the death of the lad by beating D 1:
on the head with a stone, was in custody. The parties PO"-
cipally concerned reside in Atherton-street, and the evideal
showed that their conduct was most disorderly, immoral, an
disgusting. The first witness called was Mary Kelly. 1-7
deceased was her son by a former husband. She stated the°
five weeks ago on Sunday last, the deceased complained of
headache. She heard soon aLerwards that he was fighting'
She went out, found him standing at the end of the entri;
and took him home. He was well till the Sunday followill,
when he again complained of his head. He continued lh
till Wednesday, the 21st of December, when he was so alufle
worse that he was removed to the Workhouse. When 8 s
had given her testimony, she laid her hands on the shoulder,
of a little boy, with whom, it afterwards appeared, the clieb
ceased had been fighting, and said, " You caused the de%
of my lad." Mr. George Wood, surgeon stated that
deceased was in a comatose state when admitted, to the Vir°l. i
house. The lad died on the Ist of January, and a o,:p
wortem examination was made, which convinced the surgeon
that death had resulted from external injuries inflicted on Pip,
head which had caused concussion of the brain. Ellen Cp_.,‘
way gave evidence which showed that, on Sunday, about rd,
weeks ago, she saw the mother of the deceased, her huabaPo
and many other parties whom she named, all engage,d,op
general fight in Atherton-street. Two boys were flglieif
one of whom was backed by his father. Thomas Man Ali
the deceased, came out and• backed the other. At ad
Manley was seen to run away, pursued by .-I,e eqther !ziloodr
backed his son. This father had a piece of brie = hi* he the
which he threw after the deceased as he retreated Pig, the
entry, but the witness could not see that it hit him. of
fol owing day, this witness swore she saw Sally .ivl',lo°""eo
the prisoner, beating the deceased on his head with a
.0 ohit
m g-stone " (a stone used for pounding grit). At this pose.
the inquest was adjourned till Saturday for further evade she
On Saturday, Mary Kelly was the first witness called.: ~tor
now swore that she had told nothing but the truth °all her
day, but she dared not tell the whole truth for fear often
husband. She proceeded to state, that she saw Sally M Lkifig;
and her son fighting, and that the former took up a knc)c'everP
stone and strcck her son twice on the head with it. '? I, del
other witnesses spoke of squabbles and fights, in wbsiceel
ceased, his mother, and others had been engaged. er so,
of the witnesses stated, that they had seen the prior' bloc:
the deceased quarrelling, but they had not seen anY, _
ceasedst lck.
hald'hdeiejduoryf
iroejtourriensedreaeseitvheediroovehrdisicth,eatdhaAtuirhelf
inflicted there was no evidence to show.

s a favot

cable omen, that the e

cottonfactory, on Friars' Green, Warri
shut up for the last two years past,
I •

on, which has been

ow undergoing

thorough repair, prior to its being put in full operation

THE THEATRE ROYAL, THE LIVER AND THE AMPHITHE-
ATRE.—Proceedings have been commenced by the lessee
of the Theatre Royal against the managers of the Liver
Theatre and the Amphitneatre or an infringement of his
patent. The cases will be heard at Kirkdale on Friday uext.
GRAND MASQUERADE.—An entertainment of this des-
Royal Amphitheatre, on Tues.
r the immediate direction of

cription is announces
day evening the 17th

Signor Nagel from Stockho

ENGLISHMEN _
Messenger, that on the _
foremen and workmen, emp*
Railway dined together off tilt.
beef and :plum puddi,-- .
Mr. lEtherington esident.
the contractors, and Messr Robson Chevalier, and Osburn,
-overal of these

dontl.

Mr. Eyr

Engineers were present. The n;
gentlemen are well known in this lc

A. very pc

aa, called " A

THEATRE-ROYAI . . .
Night in the Bastile," has been got up, and will be repeated
to-night; in which Mrs. Seymour impersonates Madlle. de
Brienne with much pathos and ability. Her earnestness and
perfect abandonment to the business of the scene make the
spectator often forget that she is merely acting. Unlike
many actresses, she appears to feel intensely the subject of
the part she represents. The Pantomime goes off capitally :
the new clown is one of the Grimaldi school—full of life,
bustle, and activity. A judicious curtailment has taken
place, which enables visiters to leave at an earlier hour than
on its first representations. Several novelties are in prepa-
ration, and some of the metropolitan stars are engaged.
LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY.—The annual meeting of the
trustees of the Liverpool Infirmary, Lock Hospital, and
Lunatic Hospital was held yesterday, in the board-room of
the institution, in Brownlow-street, for the purpose of tran-
sacting the business of the house and the election of officers
for the ensuing year. The chair was taken by the president,
Edward Gibbon, Esq., and a statement of the accounts was
read by Mr. E. W. Jackson, the treasurer, from which it
appeared that, after paying the bills now due, there will be a
debt on the institution of about £5OO. Several routine mo-
tions having been disposed of, on the motion of the Rev. J.
B. Monk, it was resolved, that upon each future vacancy in
the asylum the senior physician to the Infirmary should
vacate his office and be appointed physician to the Lunatic
Hospital. Dr. Formby was then appointed physician to the
Lunatic Hospital. The annual appointments of physicians
and surgeons were next made; after which, on the motion of
Mr. Aspinall, seconded by the Rev. J. B. Monk, Mr. Thos.
13randreth, house-surgeon to the Infirmary, was elected
surgeon to the Lock Hospital, in the place of Mr. Simon,
resigned, to whom a vote of thanks was given for his services.
The meeting then separated.

FURTHER EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL OF FIREPROOF BOXES.
—The boxes constructed by Messrs. Milnerand Son having,
on the late trials, been eminently successful, several further
tests were yesterday made to ascertain how long they were
capable of preserving, without damage, combustible mate-
rials ; and also to ascertain the comparative merits of this
invention and a common brick chamber, the walls, roof, and
floor of which were nine inches in thickness. At half-past
seven yesterday morning a fire was ignited under the brick
chamber, and another under one of Milner's gunpowder
Safes—Le

a circular case, having three chambers, contain-
ing zinc tubes filled with a chemical fluid, and surrounded
by a non-conducting substance. The outer chamber is
three inches in thickness, the middle one two, and the inner
one one inch,—in all, six inches. As soon as the fluid con-
tained in the tubes attains boiling heat, the steam escapes
through valves opened by its own pressure, by which the
non-conductor, as well as the manuscripts, are kept in a
state of moisture which prevents ignition. After being sub-
jected to a strong coal fire for six hours and a half, the box
was withdrawn, and its contents, amongst which was a packet
of alb. of gunpowder, were found to be as perfect and as cool
as when first introduced. A greater portion of the liquid in
the outer case or chamber was discharged, but the middle
and inner ones did not seem to he in the least degree affected.
The brick chamber, which bad been subjected to about a
similar strength of fire for exactly the same period of time,
was opened simultaneously. Its contents were greatlyfre-
duced, and the moment air was admitted, ignition became
general. Milner's box was then again inserted in the fire,
which had now become almost white hot, and remained there
for three hours, when, on withdrawing it, at which time the
greater portion of the outer case was red hot, the documents
within were quite free from heat, and in no way discoloured.
Several further trials of their preserving power were made,
the results of which were perfectly satisfactory. Mr. S.
Woods, who has superintended the whole of these depart-
ments in a most able and impartial manner, will bring the
subject before the Polytechnic Society this evening,—when
the whole of the testimonials of the committee of trial will
be read, and the various prinCiples of preserving documents
from fire fully developed. The meeting will, no doubt, be
well attended. The subject is a most interesting and im-
portant one.

CHARGE OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST Two POLICE OF-
FICERS.—ONE OF THEM Dtssttsstsn.—Yesterday, a feeble-
looking old woman, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a
charge of assaulting a police-officer with a pair of tongs
The case was likely to go against the poor old woman, when
a young man in the court, apparentlyla mechanic, came for-
ward, and opened out a very different version of the affair,
from which it appeared that several police-officers had con-
ducted themselves very improperly, two of them in particular
—one of whom was drunk at the time, and had been so re-
ported by his inspector—to be dealt with by the police com-
mittee. The old woman was accordingly discharged, and the
officers complained of, (who were not in the court) as well
as the inspector, who had been on the spot soon after the al-
leged affray, were sent for. A considerable time elapsed be-
fore they were all got into court from various parts. Several
witnesses were called for the complaint. It appeared from
their evidence, that there had been a christening on Sunday
evening, in a house in Taylor's-court, North-street, but that
the parties had concluded the ceremony, and were quite quiet.
Some of them had gone out to the bottom of the entrance to
the court, and amongst them the daughter of a Mr. Gilligan,
aged 18, who lived in another house in the court. While they
were standing there about ten o'clock, police-officer Cunliffe
(No. 170) came up drunk, and made use of some language so
gross and indilicate towards her, that the witness declined to
repeat it in court, though one of them (Edward Brown) said
he would write it if he had pen and paper. The latter told
him that he was no gentleman to use such language to a
young girl—others said it was a shame ; whereupon the offi-
cer ordered the parties to their houses, and some demur being
made, called the assistance of some others. The witness,
Brown, said he was struck by one of them, 263, (Crastree)
with his stick. The females, being alarmed, ran into the
house, and being pursued, the girl bolted the door inside.
The other officers then went violently
.to the door, and not
finding immediate admission, broke it in with their
sticks. A general attack, it appeared, was then made
upon the inmates, including an old man and the old
woman, and had not'police-officer, 98, happened to come in,
some of them would probably have lost their lives. Besides
breaking in the door, they proceeded violently up stairs, where
they broke a table, and a quantity of crokery, &c. th was
upon it. Officers Cunliffe and Crastree were mostat
active
in the outrage. The female afterwards took one of the male
complainants to the station-house in Vauxhall-road, and
the girl went with him, on being told that she was wanted.
They were, however, both discharged, the keeper hav-
ing remarked that Cunliffe was in liquor. Inspector M' Donald
afterwards visited the premises where the destruction had
been done, and spoke to the damage, but did not know
the value of the articles, which were afterwards valued at
eight shillings. He had reported Cunliffe as being drunk
that night, and his case had yet to be heard before the com-
mittee. The two officers implicated attempted a defence,
but it was not satisfactory.—Mr. Rushton said that Cunliffe
(170) must be dismissed from the force, and must, moreover,
pay Bs. and costs for damage. The other officer, Crastree,
was ordered to be suspended until a fnll investigation of the
whole affair, as affecting him, should take place.

LIST OF PICTURES SELECTED BY THE PRIZE-
HOLDERS OF THE FUND FOR THE ENCOU-
RAGEMENT OF MODERN ART.

Prizeholder, Geo. Holt, Esq.—No. in Catalogue, (25)—
Subject, " Dutch boats beating into the Scheldt."—Artist's
name. E. W. Cooke.
Geo. Holt, Esq.—(433)—" Pastoral."—J. Wilson, jun.
King Ellison— 424)—" Mending the net."—W. Shayer.
King Ellison—(l44)—" Banks of the Medina, isle Wight."—A. Vickers.
Gog—(3o7)—" The cotter's Saturday night-"
Marshall.

'-T. F

." The farrier's shop

—H. J. Bod-

Richard Ellis-06)—
dington.
William Forster—(2)—
Hunt.
William Forster—(26)—
Coßingwood.
Lawrence Frost—(2l3)—" A sluice."—J. Stark.
Jos. Langton—(6o)—" Boys fishing."—T. Crane.
Samuel Beckwith—(l66)—" Gipsey haunt."—H. J. Bod.
dington.

•" Old gateway, Ambleside."

" The nook at Ambleside."

James Wordley—(3s9)—" River scene, Evening."
W. Watts.
A. H. Kinderman—(ll7)
Miss M. Duckwortb—(B9)
T. F. Marshall.
Rev. W. Badnall—(l36)—" The locks at Windsor.'
W• Watts.

Girl at a spring."—T. Crane
The dilatory cobbler."—

Robert Henderson—(2i
P.F. Poole.

." The mountain rivulet."

Edward James—(3B)
R. Percy.
Mrs. R. Rathbone—(lsB)—" Valley of Langdale, Cur
berland."—Miss J. Nasmyth.
Liverpool Academy—(33l)
P. Phillips.
Mrs. Atkinson—(ll)
beach."—S. Walters.
Edward Molyneux—(7o)-
-W. liavell

" Gathering water-cresse

.1' The barefooted friar."

•" Hastings, fishing-boats on the

." Grotto of Neptune, Tivoli

Charles M`lver—(B2)-1
spring."—W. Shayer.
John Glover—(l33)—" The politicians."—J. A. Pullen.
J. F. Marshall—(ls4)—" Interior of a Cottage in Nor-
mandy."—F, Goodinll.
T. Holden—(l9B)—" Kirkstall Abbey."-
T. Holden—(2oo)—" Cattle on the Moor."
ton.

A Welsh peasant gill at a

—J. T. Eglington.
—J. T. Egling-

Richard Brooks—(277) The Fruit Bearer."—W. Derby
W. N. 8e11—(249)—" Haddon Chase, Derbyshire."—A
Vickers.
W. N. Bell—(209)
J. T. Eglington.
Hugh Perkins—(4BB)-
-Copley Fielding.
Hugh Perkins—(slB) —" Salmon Trap on the River Lynn."
—W. Collingwood. -
James Gerrard—(42l)
Aspland.
George Green, Esq.—(6B)
Ward,

." Mackworth Castle, with cattle.'

." Scene off Whitby, Yorkshire

View on the Derwent."

"Il Condottiero.'

Tho's. Dismore—(2lo)
Haven.
Robert Hotsfall—(l3l)-
Francis Shand—(l3B)
C, Nasmyth.
S. S. Gair—(l77)-1
Herdman.
John Tyer—(42o)
L. Aspland.

'-E. M

." Valley, Cruce's Abbey."

'-W. (

£1,496