The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The balance in the hands
of the treasurer was stated to be £275 13s. 3d. A pre-
cept was reported from the Clerk of the Peace, ordering
for the current quarter the payment of £950 145., being
the aggregate of the county rolls for the several townships
of the union. The medical officer of the Fever House re.
ported that, during the past week, seven patients had been
discharged cured, five new cases bad been admitted, and
that no death had occurred, although there were some
very bad cases. Mr. Smith moved that notice be given to
Mr. Harbord, surgeon, for the termination, at the end of
the current quarter, of the contract subsisting between
him and the Board, for vaccinating persons resident in
Toxteth-vark. The motion was carried.

CORN AND PROVISION IMPORTATIONS INTO LIVER-
POOL—Certain corn dealers represent in their circulars
that no fall has taken place in prices, nor do they seem to
anticipate any. But prices will no doubt fall ere long.
Within four days last week, the following have arrived
here from abrood, nearly all from America :-25,700 bar-
rels of flour, 76,600 bushels of Indian corn, 19,600
bushels of wheat, 5000 bushels and 200 barrels of peas,
4000 bushels of buck-wheat, 900 bushels of tares, 300
barrels of corn meal, 11,200 bushels of meal, 300 casks of
beef and pork, 1000 boxes of cheese. 500 barrels and 500
kegs of lard, 500 kegs of butter, 570 bushels of oats,
1000 hams and 13 hogsheads of hams, 1000 shoulders
and 40 hogsheads of bacon, 200 barrels of oatmeal, 900
barrels of apples.

CONSUMPTION OF FISH IN LIV-ERPOOL.—By far the
greater part of the salmon sold in this town is brought by
steamers, during the season, from the fisheries in Ireland,
in large wooden boxes, in which it is packed in ice. Some
idea of the quantity brought over this year may be formed
from the tact that nearly the whole area of an extensive
yard, running through from Great Charlotte-street to
Deane-street, is now fill th

u with thousands of these huge
empty boxes, compactly piled to the height of a three
story house. Even supposing that the contents of some
of them were conveyed to Manchester, the probability is
that most of them, (as they are not temporary, but strong
packages,) were during the year returned to Ireland
several times and replenished, and it may be calculated
that the total import into Liverpool was some thousand
tons, and if to this be added the fish of other kinds sold at
our fish market, quays, and fish shops, (fresh and dried,)
the total annual consumption of varieties of the finny
tribe must be astounding.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.—Mr. Bremner, of Wich, civil
engineer, with Mr. Alexander Bremner,_ of Liverpool, at
tate request-alb-6- tffiffeffiliters, reported that this strong
vessel has as yet received comparatively little injury ; that
means may be used for beaching the vessel, by keeping
the stern to the sea until next season, and that then it
will be perfectly practicable to take her off the strand.
At present the tide flows and ebbs regularly in this mag-
nificent vessel, which sits nearly upright on the roc
which forms the substratum of the rock at Dundrum
Bay, and the officers and crew are still on board. To
meet the exposed nature of the bay, and the great length
of the vessel, the Messrs. Bremner have proposed power-
ful tackling, whereby to beach the vessel in stormy wea-
ther, and a peculiar original and ingenious construction
of timber over the stern, resting at the top of the vessel
and on the rock at the bottom, and strongly braced dia.
zonally with chain cables therefrom to the midships.
This is intended to act at once as a breakwater, a support
to the overhanging stern, and as a means of keeping the
vessel end to sea. With these means, which have been
sanctioned by the board of directors, and are now being
carried into execution, strong probability is that the
vessel will be preserved entire, and be got off early next
year.— Glasgow Chronicle.
BIGAMY.—Lydia Tyson, a middle-aged female of re-
spectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Rushton,
on Friday last, charged with bigamy. James Tyson, a
bookbinder, who lives in Swift's-court, rhurlow-street,
stated that he was present on the occasion of the prisoner's
marriage with his brother, John Tyson. The marriage
took place on the 30th of October, 1827, at St. Mary's
Church, Edge-hill. John Tyson, the first husband, re-
sides at Bootle, but keeps a shop in Liverpool. About
four or five years ago, he ceased to live with his wife.
Mr. John'Simpson, clerk of St. Martin's Church, proved
that the prisoner was married at St. Martin's on the 10th
instant to a man named Thos. Holmes. She gave the
name of Lydia Martin, (her maiden name,) and described
herself as a widow. ohn Tyson, the first husband, was
in court, and corroborated the statement made by his
brother relative to the separation from his wife, and added
that he had allowed her eight shillings a week from the
time of the separation until within about three months of
the present time, when the overseer reduced the allowance
to six shillings, in consequence of the bad conduct of the
prisoner. Witness had, however, since given her the ba-
lance. The prisoner, whn was respectably dressed in
mourning, appeared to be fully sensible of the degrading
situation in which she appeared, and persevered in keep-
ing her veil down to conceal her features from view ; and
when the witness Simpson was called on to give evidence
of the first marriage, the bridewell-keeper found it neces-
sary to remove the veil, in order to give him the opportu-
nity of identifying her. Mr. Davenport, who appeared
for the unhappy woman, admitted the charge. The pri-
soner was fully committed to take her trial at the ensuing
assizes.

HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSDAY.—The Chairman an-
nounced that the total sum already expended in laying
the water pipes was £62,158 13s. Bd. It was calculated
that £2200 would be required to complete the work,
making altogether about £65,000. Then the commis-
sinners had the land at Green-lane and Kensington. Mr.
Walthew—What is the value of the land? The Chairman
—We paid Is. 9d for that at Green-lane, and 2s. 6a. for
the other. Mr. Walthew—lt is much more valuable now.
The Chairman—That at Kensington will be wanted for
another reservoir.—Mr. J. Holme made an application to
the Board to be allowed to lay down a railway in the
neighbourhood of Bury's foundry, along which to pass
the rubbish from the excavation in making the new rail-
way tunnel, in order to prevent 200,000 tons of soil being
carted along Gr.( at Howard-street. The commissioners
of the district were to inspect and give orders.—The Law
Clerk said he had been served by the solicitor to the
Dock Estate with a notice of appeal against the assess-
ment of the Albert Dock Warehouses. As it appeared
there had been an error committed in assessing the west
stack of the warehouses, which is neither finished nor
occupied, it was resolved that the assessment should be
amended by striking out the amount of the west stack,
hut that the rate on the other warehouses should be con-
firmed.—A long letter was read from the Town Clerk, in
the shape of a notice to the Board to give up possession
of all goods and chattels on the Ist of January next, and
also to provide lists of streets adopted and not adopted,
with maps of sewers, &c.—Mr. Duncan was ordered to
obtain tenders, and proceed at once with the formation of
the cooling ponds at Green-lane.—Mr. Duncan's weekly
report stated that the works at Green-lane were proceed-
ing satisfactorily.—Mr. Walthew called attention to the
resolution of the Board of June, recommending to the
attention of the Town Council the desirability of provid-
ing tanks for supplying cattle with water, and fountains
in different parts of the town, and asked whether any
steps had been taken by the Council. Mr. Lawrence
said, until the Board were in a position to supply water,
it was rather early to ask such a position. He had no
doubt when the water was ready the Council would move
in the matter. Mr. Tinne, on the part of the Health
Committee, said the subject was under consideration.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Present, Messrs.
Moore, (in the chair) Molyneux, Middleton, Chilton,
Mann, Bold, Rankin, Royden, Saunders, Shand, Bold,
Sandbach, Kendal, Lockett. and Wood. The sub-com-
mittee produced tenders from various offices for insuring
the Albert Dock Warehouses against fire, and stated that
the rate had been fixed by the several dices at ss. per
cent. The Chairman said ss. per cent. was the same rate
as that fixed on for fire proof warehouses in other parts of
the town, although they might be in contact with other
buildings, and in narrow streets, where there was no sup-