The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-26 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MEETINGS

Sept. 25.—Edward Hopkins, (certificate,) at 11 ; John
Brown, (certificate,) at 12.
Sept. 26.—Huson, insolvent, (examination.) at 11.
Sept. 27.—C. J. Morley, (certificate,) at 11.
Sept. 28.—Thomas Parry, (adjourned last examination,)
at 12.

Sept. 29.—Pino, (choice of assignees,) at 11.
Sept. 30.—Melter, (audit,) at 11 ; Hobson, (dividend,)
at 11 i ; Barber, (dividend,) at 12; Nicholson, (dividend,)
at 124; Nuttall, insolvent, (final order,) at 12; Broad,
(final order,) at 1.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT WAVERTRER. Two
yonng men—one aged sixteen, named David Owen, son
of Mr. Owen, master joiner, of Wavertree ; the other,
aged twenty, named John Phythian, an apprentice of Mr.
Owen—went, on the afternoon of Saturday week, to the
fish pond of Mr. Crossley, at Orrel Mount. Oxen could
swim tolerably well, but Phythian had a very imperfect
knowledge of the art. After amusing themselves in the
water for some time, Owen came out and began to dress
himself, when his companion called out to him for assis-
tance, as he was sinking. The youth plunged in again to
rescue the other, when he was laid hold of by Phythian,
and both together disappeared under the water. Two
boys who were on the bank ran to the village for assistance,
but before it could be procured the young men had sunk
for the last time.
PURE MILK—NOT " MILK AND WATER."—The fol-
lowing anecdote was a few days ago related to a friend in
this town, by a respectable gentleman recently arrived
from Cork :—A short time since a Rotnish priest of the
county of Kerry received information, that a very naughty
member of his congregation—a milkman—was in the
habit of frequently reading the scriptures, and the rev.
confessor, well knowing that such a practice would place
" the craft in danger,' lost no time in paying a pastoral
visit to the poor, ignorant, and misguided delinquent.
On arriving at the humble cabin, he found poor Pat em-
ployed in his domestic affairs, and thus addressed him—
" Why, my good fellow, I am informed that you are in
the habit of reading the Bible : is my informatio❑ cor-
rect?"—" Sure it is thrue, plase your Riverence ! and
a fine book it is." " But you know," rejoined the priest,
" that it is very wrong to read the scriptures. An ignorant
man like you has no right to do so." "Ah !" replied
Pat, " but you must be afther provite that same, before
I can consint to lave it off." The colloquy then proceeded
as follows :—Priest.—That I will soon do. Pat.—Sure
if your Riverence does that I'll read no more, and give it
up to you. Priest.—l will, from the book itself, convince
you that you have no business to read it. The priest im-
mediately took up the Bible, and read to Pat, from the
Ist Epistle of Peter, ch. 2, v. 2—" As new born babes,
desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow
thereby." " Here you see," said the priest, " you are
wrong to read the scriptures yourself ;—you are only a
babe ; and you are enjoined " to desire the sincere milk
of the word. One who understands what the sincere milk
really is, must give it you, and tend you." Pat listened
attentively to the priest's authoritative address, but in no
way at a loss to reply to what might have puzzled
wiser heads, said—" Ah, but be aisy, your Riverence
while I tell you. A little time ago I was took ill,
I got a man to milk my cows, and attend to my busi-
ness, and what do you think he did ? Why asted ov
givin' me the rale milk, he chated me by puttin' wather
into it; and if you get my Bible, you may serve me that
same. No, no, I will keep my cow and milk it myself,
when I shall get the sincere milk, and not as I should
from you—mixed with wather." The priest finding him-
self thus defeated, and desirous that the mischief should
spread no further, said, in a conciliatory tone—" Well,
Pat, I see you are a little wiser than I thought you, and
as you are not quite a babe you may keep your Bible, but
don't lend it or read it to your neighbours." Pat, eyeing
his admonitor very cunningly but seriously, replied—
" Sure enough, your Riverence, while I have a cow, and
can give a little milk to my poor neighbours who have
none, it is my duty to do so as a Christian ; and, saving
your Riverence, / will. The priest, abashed, walked off
immediately, doubtless convinced, to a considerable ex-
tent, that the circulation of the pure word of God, must
ultimately overthrow the superstition and soul-enslaving
fabric of Popery.

DOCK COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of the
Dock Committee was held on Thursday. Present, Messrs,
Sands, Barclay, Holmes, Molyneux, Nicol, Bulley, Evans,
Royden, Tobin, Sandbach, Shand, Moore, Bold, Smith,
Middleton, Ripley, and Moon.—Messrs. Mather, Dixon
and Co. having relinquished their contract for supplying
the general iron work and castings for the dock estate,
and other offers having been sent in, that of Messrs. Da-
venport, Grindrod, and Co., was accepted.—The Sub-
committee reported that the removal of the life-boat
house at Waterloo Dock, to the east side, within the
boundary, was objectionable, and the matter was allowed
to stand over until the observatory was finished.—A letter
was read from the Trinity Board, stating that a beacon
buoy, according to the plan suggested by the marine sur-
veyor, was now being made, and would be placed in West
Hoyle the first opportunity.—The Chairman said that,
within the last few days, a large ship, from China, had
discharged her cargo on the west side of the Prince's
Dock, and made use of the transit shed. Mr. Ripley said
the vessel had discharged 12000 chests of tea in 31 working
hours ; and he was satisfied that had it not been for the
transit sheds, they would have been three full weeks.--A
letter was read from the Chairman of the Underwriters'
Association, enclosing a letter from the brokers, who
stated that the Chairman in transmitting the memorial
last week, relative to the providing of a steamer by the
Dock Committee, acted with flair authority. The letter
was referred to the Shipwrights' Committee.—Two letters
were produced from Messrs. Chapman and Bowman, re-
lative to the admeasurement of the ship Independence.
The Chairman said the measurer went to measure this
vessel, and he was interrupted in doing so ; in conse-
quence he went away, and the deposit left in the hands of
the Treasurer had been forfeited. The Secretary here
read the letters. La one part they said, " All we want is
common honesty carried out in the measuring of vessels,"
and in another they complained of the irritating and cap-
tious conduct of Mr. Capper, the measurer. Mr. Royden
said the measurer called upon him to request that he
would go with him to the vessel, but being busy, he sent
him to Mr. Heyes, who went with him, and who was in
attendance, if the committee wished to examine him.
The Chairman said that, according to Act of Parliament,
when a vessel arrived and was not measured, the treasu-
rer was authorised to receive a deposit, in order to enable
the parties to go on unloading, but if any interruption was
given to the measuring of the ship, then the deposit be-
came forfeited. In this case it was forfeited, and he be-
lieved they had not the power of returning it. Mr. Rip-
ley : Why should we return it if it is forfeited ? The
Chairman : As to the committee acting honestly, it would
be derogatory to the committee to notice that. Mr. Heyes
was then called in, and he stated that he accompanied Mr.
Capper to the ♦essel. Mr. Bennett, Mr. Chapman's
clerk, was there. He was allowed to measure the hold
without any observation, but when he wished to measure
the poop, Mr. Bennett said Mr. Chapman had left orders
that they were not to measure the state-rooms, and he
had locked the doors. He would only allow him to mea-
sure between the state rooms, and not across the whole

vessel. In reply to a question from the chairman, Mr.
Reyes said Mr. Capper, so far from beingeither irritating
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or captious, had ♦ery few words with Mr. Bennett, and
that he was measuring the vessel strictly in accordance
with the act of parliament. The Chairman said he was

quite confident that the charge, as regarded Mr. Capper,
was unfounded. In reply to a question from Mr. Shand,
the Chairman said the deposit required to be made was
equal to the supposed amount of the tonnage. Mr.
Withers, the treasurer, said that, in this case, £BO odd
had been deposited, which would be about 30s. or .£2 more
than the amount they would be entitled to by the mea.
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I;.lrement. The Chairman wished it to be Understood

that tiie—ConlntitteeOnlygoi the clpOCit: Mr. Ripley
thought instructions ought to be given to the treasurer to
require a very handsome deposit upon all vessels belong-
ing to Messrs. Chapman and Bowman. Mr. Evans pro-
posed a resolution to the effect that the deposit bad been
forfeited, and that the treasurer be instructed accordingly,
and also that the committee believed the charges against
Mr. Capper to be unfounded. A copy of this resolution
was directed to be sent to Messrs. Chapman and Bowman,
and no other notice taken of their letters.