The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

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LOCAL, NE IV

Mr. Baron Parke attended divine service at St. Jude's
Church on Sunday morning last.
COUNCIL MEETING.—The adjourned meeting of the
Council will be held to-morrow, when the consideration of
the proceedings which could not be got through at the last
meeting will be resumed.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Friday last, as three or
four children were playing at a delph on Holt Hill, Cheshire,
one of them fell into a deep pool of water, and when his body
was taken out about an hour after, all animation had fled.
TAYLOR v. As HTON AND OTHERS...7-41'C are informed that
in this important case, which was tried last week, and which
related to the purchase of shares in the Commercial Bank of
England, the plaintiff intends during the present Easter
Term to apply for a new trial, and we understand that in-
structions have been sent up for that purpose.
THE ASSIZES.—The present Assizes have been the heaviest
ever held in this county. having lasted upwards of a month.
There have been upwards of two hundred and forty prisoners
brought forward in the Crown Court. Two have received
sentence of death, and upwards of sixty of transportation for
periods from seven years to life. A report was current in
the courts on Saturday, that in order to prevent so much
pressure in future, three commissions will be annually issued.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—By an advertisement in another
part of our paper, we find that we are at last to have an ex-
planation of the principles on which the majority of the mi-
nisters in the Church of Scotland lime been acting for some
years past. This is much wanted in Liverpool ; and the
names of the speakers given in the advertisement, being
those of some of the greatest ornaments of that church, war-
rant us in expecting an interesting statement of the questions
at issue.

LECTURE ON COMBUSTION.-Dr. Kane, Chemical Pro-
fessor to the Dublin Society, will deliver, at the Mechanics'
Institution, on Wednesday evening next, the concluding lec-
ture of the previous course, which bad been suddenly inter-
rupted by the accident which then occurred to him. The
lecture is expected to be an interesting summary of the cir-
cumstances under which combustion is carried on and of the
heat evolved from fuel. The prospectus also states, that Dr.
Kane will describe the principle and construction of Mr. C.
W. Williams's argand furnace, and the comparative effect of
the old and new plan.

COOK OF THE BRITISH STEAMER COLUMBIA DROWNED.
—On Tuesday afternoon Colonel Pratt held an inquest on
the body of Stephen Workman, chief cook of the Columbia,
found in the dock between the Ferry Wharf and Cunard
Wharf. The last that was seen of Mr. Workman was at the
house of Mrs. Colman, at the head of Cunard Wharf, on
Monday night, about ten o'clock, when he started to go on
board, and it is supposed that, owing to the storm and dark-
ness, he missed his way and walked overboard. He was a
man of temperate habits, and has left a wife in Liverpool.
Verdict, "Accidentally drowned by walking overboard in the
night."—Boston American Traveller, April, 1.
ANNUAL VESTRY.—The annual Easter Vestry will be
held to-day, at St. Nicholas's Church. The liberal papers
are chuckling at the prospect of ousting our present tried
parochial officers, and are urgent in calling on their readers
to attend the meeting. We trust there will be no lukewarm-
ness on the part of the conservative body to support the
gentlemen against whom the hostility of the radicals is di-
rected. It is one proof amongst a host of others of the
efficiency of Mr. Birkett and those with whom he is associ-
ated, that such disgraceful falsehoods are now circulated
against them by their opponents. Had the radicals been' in
power, the rates—and, God knows, they are high enough
already—would have been almost doubled; and nothing but
the wisest and most economical management could have kept
them, even in the hands of our present excellent parish go-
vernors, from pressing much heavier on the ratepayers. Let
the conservatives act as becomes them.

PASSENGERS BY THE COLUMBIA.—The following is fa
-Ifst of the-passengers by this.. steamer:—From Bastion to
Halifax—J. E. Fairbanks, W. L. Black, James Cochran,
William R. Horton, John A. Barry, John Tobin, Miss S.
A. N. Rhrie, James Stokes, William B. Black, N. Merritt,
Mrs. Shanson, and J. H. Sohier. From Boston to Liver..
pool—J. S. Lovering, William Munroe, jun.. Charles Lam-
son, Daniel S. Lamson, Baron Roenne St. Jaquet,
Stringer and lady, C. Gignetmx, --t Davis, Arthur W.
Jafiho, Dickson, Richardson, Antonia F. San-
chey, John Marshall, J. F. Levin, T. Woodhouse Stevens,
Henry Fuller, Francis, Sturmer, C. Woelnier, F.
Williams, C. Payen, Thomas Winans, Joseph Harrison, jun.,
James Armstrong, R. D. Waters. George Ellis, Arthur Sow..
erby, Rev. F. L. Oster, George Sears, James Davison, A. P.
Montant, H. Gourd, Solomon Kohnston, S. Moulton, and
George Burgess. From Halifax to Liverpool—Miss Wig-
gins,
Dr. Bhria nlgnngi rs Mr. Wilmont, carvill, Mr. Brinton,
and
A PACKET SHIP STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.—By the arri-
val of the packet-ship Virginian, Captain Allen, at this port,
on Friday morning, from New York, advices have been re-
ceived of the arrival at New York on the 20th ultimo of the
American line-of-packet-ship Toronto, Captain Robert Gris-
wold, which sailed, from the St. Katharine's Dock on the
27th of January with emigrants and a general cargo of mer-
chandise, after having been detained 28 days west of the
Banks, in consequence of one continual gale from the west-
ward. On the Ist of March, in a tremendous gale from the
north-west, the Toronto was struck by lightning, which
passed down the foremast, knocked down all hands upon
deck, and instantly killed a boy named James Collins. About
half an hour after the mast was struck, the electric fluid
burst 10 feet above the deck, the whole of which was covered
with fire, but fortunately no damage was sustained. The
American line of packet ship Ontario, Captain W. R. Bra-
dish, arrived at New York on the same day as the Toronto)
viz., 20th of March.
THE FUNDS.--SATURDAY EVENING.--COBSOIS for mo-
ney closed firm at 96+ to 97, and for the account at 97 to +,
but there were no operations of importance, the market
being thinly attended by the dealers, the majority of whom
have not yet returned to business. Bank Stock left off 1831
to 1841 ; Exchequer-bills, 2nd issue. 655. to 675. pm, ; the
lid. issue, 675. to 695. pm.; India Stock, 269 t 0270;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 691 to ; Three-and-a-half per
Cents. Reduced, 1011 to +; New Three-and-a.haif per
Cents., 102 a to '; Long_ Annuities, 12 9-16; and India
Bonds, 755, to 775. pm. The dealings in Spanish have not
excited special attention. The market was good throughout
the day, but a slight reaction occurred in quotations shortly
before the termination of business. The New Three per
Cents. opened at 35+ to /, fell to 34/ to 35, and were finally
quoted 34-+- to 1 •, Mexican stock was a trifle higher, one or
two purchases being effected for the rise ; the Five per
Cents. closed 301 to !, and the deferred. 81 to 9. In other
foreign securities there was no material alteration. The last
quotations were Portuguese converted, 50 to 1; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 56+ to ;1-; the Five per Cents., 1001
to I ; Colombian, 24+ to 25 ; Brazilian, 741 to 75+; and
Belgian, 204! to 1051.
THE NEMESIS IRON WAR STEAMER.—The following is
an extract of a letter from an officer on board this vessel,
dated Calcutta, Feb. 16, 1843 :—" I have just time to say
that the good old craft has, at last, reached her port of desti-
nation, after a more than interesting cruise on the coast of
China. All the people here are delighted with her, and not
a little astonished at her state of preservation. You would
have been pleased to witness her arrival, as thousands are.
We had a few of our well earned flags, which we took from
the Chinese, flying, and I think I never saw her look better,
painted inside and out, of course. I fear her honourable
days have passed away, but, I trust, only for a time, her ser-
vices being required tq tow transports up, a proof, if any
were wanting, of her being now ready, for service. I only
wish there was a row at Rangoon. I would sail for the place
with a thousand men to-morrow ; yes, without taking her
into dock." By the overland mail a Chinese drawing of this
famous war steamer was received. It is very rude, remind-
ing one of drawings of ships two or three centuries ago. The
figures and the guns on the deck. _are. ludicrously partrayed.
In the corners are Chinese sentences describing the Nemesis,
of which the following is a translation :—" This war steam-
ship is above 300 cubits long, and more than 30 high in the
bull. Iron is employed to make it strong. The hull is
painted black, weaver's shuttle fashion. On each side is a
wheel, which, by the use of coal fire, is made to revolve as
fast as a running horse. White cloth sails are used to pro-
pel the ship when the wind is favourable. At the vessel's
bead is a marine god, and at the head, stern, and sides are
cannon, which give it a terrific appearance. Steam-vessels
are a wonderful invention of foreigners, and are calculated to
afford delight to many." On the chimney are the Chinese
characters " Yew-tungi" smoke passage, and on the paddle.
box " Chay-kae," wheel covering.
CAUTION.--The following paragraph has appeared in
several of the Dublin papers, and as we have some reason to
believe that the person referred to in it has come to LivCr-
pool, we gladla. insert the caution :—" CAUTION TO THE
PUBLIC.—A person calling himself a Protestant clergyman
from the Waldenses of Piedmont, has, for several months
back, been collecting money in Dublin and throughout Ire-
land. It is important, therefore, that the public should be
informed, that an official document has been received from
the body of the pastors of the valleys, declaring that the
person alluded to is not a pastor of their church, nor even a
member of it, and that his name is altogether unknown in
their valleys.. The pastors also declare that they have
passed a resolution not to grant any certificates of distress,
or to give any written authority whatever, to any Vaudois, to
ask charity, or to collect money under any pretence out of
their own valleys. The Vaudois church has accredited agents
in London, and a reference to them or to the secretary for
the Continental Society in Dublin, wonld preient undeseriting
persons from receiving, for their own private use, that
assistance which is so much needed by numbers of poor
families in the Protestant valleys of Piedmont, who are
suffering from the, intolerance and persecutions of a church
which has ever shown itself a bitter enemy to those truths of
the Gospel for which the Vaudois of old nobly contended and
bled, and for which truths the twenty thousand Protestants
of the valleys are now as ready td lay doWn their lives as
were even their heroic martyred ancestors of old. The
Vaudois church has received many and •great favours from
the Protestants of Great Britain, and those travellers who
have visited the valleys can bear testimony to the deep grati-
tude witich the holiest, warm-hearted inhabitants feel for all
that has beefs done for them, and to the kind affectionate
manner in whieh en Englishman is received amongst them ;
and it was to prevent the risk of any abuse of the generosity
of their friends and benefactors that they passed the reso-
lution not to authorise any of their body to collect money in
foreign countries,"

14w Oit.;Nao Lootw, No. 30.—A. nap/ Orange Lodge
was opened yesterday evening, at Birkenhead, under very
favourable auspices. A great many brothers were initiated,
and the proceedings passed off with harmony and loyal
feeling.

New DINING ROOMS.—Mr. Franklin late of the Ship-
masters' Association Room, has opened very Comfortable
and commodious rooms, in George-street, Oldhall-street.
His politeness and attention while at his late place of busi-
ness, ought to be a recommendation sufficient to ensure him
plenty of visitors.

THEATRE ROYAL.—MR. HARGREAVES' NEW OPERA.
—The opera of " Marinette," which has been some time in
preparation, was produced last night. There was a very
fashionable house. The opera was quite successful. Many
of the songs were encored, and the curtain fell amidst long
and loud applause. Mr. Hargreaves was called for, but Mr.
Hammond stated he believed he was not in the house. We
shall notice this opera more at length on Friday.
LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We are glad to
find that the directors of this institution are commencing
their lecture campaign with vigour. Dr. Booth, whose
literary reputation is said to be first-rate, delivers his second
lecture on Acoustics to-morrow evening. On Friday Mr.
Crowe will deliver a lecture on Vocal Music, the illustra-
tions of which, we hear, will comprise some music of a novel
character, together with some anthems, madrigals, and
choruses of established reputation. These, when sung by
four hundred voices, will be an extraordinary treat, especi-
ally in the noble lecture hall of this institution, which is so
generally commended for its admirable adaptation to musical
purposes. We anticipate as crowded an attendance as on
the day of its opening. The worshipful the Mayor has sig-
nified his intention to be present.
Hoosu ROBBERY.--Arthur Calligan and Jane Burns were
placed before the magistrates, on Saturday, charged with
having been concerned in robbing the house of Mrs. Hannah
Hawkes Neates, a widow, residing in Jackson-street, Har-
rington. Mrs. Neates left her house on Thursday last, at
twelve o'clock, and locked the door after her. She returned
at a quarter before ten o'clock, and was unable to unlock the
front door. She procured assistance and got in, when she
found that the house had been ransacked from top to bottom,
and about £l5 worth of apparel carried away. On Thursday
afternoon John Roberts, a carpenter, who resides neat the
prisoner Burns, saw Calligan and two others carry a large
bundle to her house. From their conduct he surmised that
they were engaged in some improper transaction, and he in-
formed police-officer Grupie of his suspicions. The officer,
accompanied by his inspector, went to Mrs. Burns's house,
and met her with a hundle in the entry. They examined it,
and afterwards searched the house, and found a large Quantity
of wearing apparel. The robbery at Mrs. Neates's house was
subsequently made known, and it was found that the clothes
were her property. Mrs. Burns and Calligan were, therefore,
apprehended. They were committed for trial.
IMPUDENT ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.—Robert Bardsley,
alias Bradshaw, was, on Saturday, placed at the bar of the
Police-court, charged with having stolen a watch, the pro-
. petty of William Whittleton, publican, Sefton-street. Ann
Ellis, a pretty, delicate looking girl, barmaid at Mr. Whit-
tleton's house, stated that, at half-past five o'clock on the
morning of the Bth March last, she was in the bar parlour,
when she heard the drawer opened. She had, about ten
minutes previously, seen a watch, and about Ids. in silver,
in the drawer. She hastened to the bar, and saw the priso-
ner and a lad standing at the counter, The drawer was wide
open, and she missed the watch and money. The prisoner
said he would have a glass of rum, but, suddenly turning
away, he said he had not money enough, though she saw a
shilling in the boy's band. Both were hastening to the
street, when she followed and intercepted them, telling them
to return the watch. She caught hold of the prisoner, and
saw the boy endeavouring to pass the watch to him. She
seized it, and succeeded in obtaining possession of it. Though
the prisoner struck and kicked her with great violence, she
managed, for a length of time, to maintain her hold; but, as
no person was in the house but herself, and he continued to
strike her violently on the mouth and kick her legs, she was
at length compelled to let him go, when both ran off. In-
formation was given to the police, and Inspector Towerson
found the prisoner, on Saturday morning, secreted in a chim-
ney in a house in Bolton-street. The prisoner was committed
for trial.

THE WEATHER.—After an almost unexampled prolon-
gation of chilling winds, accompanied latterly by rather
severe frosts and falls of hail and snow that threatened the
growing crops, we have:for the last few days experienced a
genial change of temperature accompanied at the commence-
ment with considerable falls of rain. This relaxation com-
menced on Friday morning (on which day it was full moon
in the afternoon) and the weather has since been favourable
to the progress of vegetation, though so dull and hazy that
the sun has scarcely been enabled to enliven us with his
cheering rays. We rejoice to say, that, so far as we have
heard or learned, the growing crops have sustained little or
no injury from the somewhat late and stern visitation to
which we have been subjected. The wheat and grasses in
this neighbourhood never, we believe, looked better at this
time of the year, and give promise of an abundant harvest.
The fruit-trees and vegetables had generally been held so far
backwards by the absence of unseasonable heat, that they
too, have passed the trying ordeal without perceptible
damage, if we except in some instances, the forced and
least protected of the early potatoes. The opinion is gaining
ground that wheat will by the autumn sustain a considerable
fall in price, bringing it, perhaps, as low as 40s a quarter ;
but our consumption is so great that we do not hazard an in-
dividual opinion. All we shalt say is, that we may now safely
anticipate the advent of the real summer ; and from the
generally fine state of the land, an:extraordinary flush of ve-
getation.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—We are sorry to learn
from a .letter addressed to Captain Joseph Cooke, superin-
tendent of the pilot service at this port, by Captain Cornish,
of the ship Pickwick, dated 2d March, in lat. 310 long.
20 40 W. that Mr. Cooke, the chief mate of that vessel, (and
a brother-in-law of the first named gentleman,) and Mr.
Henry J. T. Browne were unfortunately drowned from on
board that vessel on the 19th of February last. The follow-
ing is an extract from the letter :—" On Sunday, the 19th
February, at twenty minutes past eight, when in lat. 18 20
N., long. 23 10 W., ship going seven knots before the wind,
and rolling much with a heavy northerly swell, Mr. Cooke
and Mr. Browne were skylarking about the decks. I then
went on deck, when they gave over, and I thought no more
about it. About ten minutes after, as I was standing on the
break of the quarter-dock, I accidentally turned round, and
at that moment I saw a leg, I think of poor Cooke, level
with the rail. I ran aft, but was too late. I then threw the
life-buoy overboard, put the helm down, and brought the
ship right a-back ; cut away the gig with four men, and
hoisted a light at the gaff end. The gig returned about ten
o'clock, after pulling about for more than an hour, hut I am
Sorry to say, brought no tidings of either Mr. Cooke or Mr.
Browne. I think they must have been stunned in falling, by
striking on. the quarter-barge, as they neither spoke nor made
any noise whatever. Indeed, we should not have known
what had become of them, had I not turned my head at the
time of the accident. I never saw them afterwards."
A BOATMAN FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS.—Yesterday, at
the Police-court, a boatman named Higgins was brought
before Mr. Rushton on a charge of being drunk, on the 13th
instant, while in charge of a boat employed in conveying a
number of persons (amongst whom was the butler of Fras.
Haywood, Esq.) to the packet-ship Garrick, then lying off
the Prince's Pier. The case was brought before the magis-
trate on an information laid by Inspector M‘Gill. It ap-
peared that on the day in question the defendant had agreed,
fora stated sum, to take the parties on board the vessel,
which was on the eve of sailing ; and that after getting into
the stream, and proceeding part of the way, he refused to
take them on board without a further payment, using, at the
same time, abusive language, amongst which was, " that he
would sink them unless they gave him more money." He
was in liquor at the time. Some part of the charge could'
not be sufficiently proved, the suffering parties having gone
with the Garrick ; but the " drunkenness " of the defendant
was satisfactorily shewn by Mr. M`Gill, and that charge was
mainly pressed by the advice of Superintendent Leverett, to
whom the case was reported. It was substantiated, and the
defendant was fined 40s. and costs.—[This was, in our opi-
nion, a very proper conviction. We are not ourselves aware
whether men navigating, or having the charge of, open boats
on the river, are required by act of 'parliament, or bye-law,
to have a license, or a certificate of competency. and good
character for honesty and sobriety ; but if it be hot so, and
they are amenable to a fine only, on proof of misconduct, we
think it high time that the authorities having jurisdiction
over the river should, in their next " improvement " act,
introduce a clause to that effect. Certain we are that, though
we have many good and civil boatmen, we have many others
who seize every opportunity to extort money from those who
may fall within their power. Rates of charge for conveyance
by boats cannot, from the nature of our river and the varies
ties of wind and weather, be so laid down as fares by cars and
coaches; but surely the public should have some guarantee
against imposition and insolence, by a licensing system ad-
mitting of only men of character. For the information of
parties hereafter aggrieved, we may state that the act (which
is little known) under which the information of yesterday
was laid, is that of George IV., chap. 187, sec. 73. It
enacts, " that any boatman or boatmen, or other person
or persons, in charge of or employed in navigating any
vessel or boat plying for hire on the River Mersey, or else-
where within the limits of the port, or in the carriage of
luggage, &c., shall on board such vessel or boat be guilty
of drunkenness, or riotous and disorderly conduct, or of
any breach of the peace, or of any wanton or malicious
mischief, or injury, to any person or persons on board, or
to his, her, or their property, or to the vessel, &c., or of
any breach of contract, parole or in writing, or of extort-
ing or demanding any further sum than that agreed upon,
and not performing the contract, such offender or offenders
shall forfeit any sum not less than ss. nor exceeding 405.
for each such offence."]
NEw PYROMETER.—At the meeting of the Polytechnic
Society on Tuesday last, we observed a model of a new pyro-
meter, invented by our townsman, Mr. Miller, lithographer
and draftsman, which, although there was not an opportu-
nity of exhibiting it that evening, from the length of the pre-
vious discussion, is, we think, worthy of notice. The model
of the pyrometer consists of two discs, set in a frame, one of
copper and the other of cast iron, with a graduated index
close to the rim of the copper disc. The discs revolve in the
same plane, edge to edge, and by contact. At the tempe-
rature of 32 deg. Fahr. they are of the same size, 10 inches
circumference. At temperatures above and below 22 deg.
the discs do not agree in size, owing to the unequal relative
expansion of copper and iron by heat and cold. Copper be-
ing more affected by changes of temperature than iron, it fol-
lows that at temperatures below 32 deg. the iron disc is the
larger, and at temperatures above 32 deg. the copper disc
is in excess. The increase by heat in the length of the cir-
cumference of the copper disc beyond that of the iron one, is,
however, so very small, that a line drawn across the edges of
each, at the points of contact, may, after one revolution,
seem again to coincide, but, by a sufficient number of revo-
lutions, the discrepancy, arising from the superior expansiOn
of the copper, may be multiplied so as to amount to the tenth
part of an inch; thus, if the dilitatian of the copper by 180
deg. Fahr. lengthens its circumference beyond that of the
iron the hundredth part of an inch, (which is nearly the
amount,) then ten revolutions will give one tenth of an inch.
The excess of expansion acquired by the copper will be
according to the intensity of heat ; and the number of revo-
lutions required to place the two lines that coincided on the
edges of the discs before they were revolved, at the dis-
tance of, say the tenth of an inch, from one another, will
be the measure of the excess of expansion and of the tem-
perature. The chief apparent advantage that this instru-
ment offers is facility to multiply the very small difference
that results from the expansions of two different metals
and other substances. It will be seen that forty revolutions
of the wheels, having circumferences of only ten inches, give
a diffeience equal to that of the linear expansions of two rods
of the same metals each four hundred inches, or thirty-three
feet eight inches in length. This model appears to be suf-
ficiently sensitive, and to give tolerably accurate indications
of' temperature, so tar as it can be compared with a mercurial
thermometer. The materials of which it is composed are
not, of course, suitable for the measurement of very high
temperatures ; but if the principle should otherwise seem
feasible, the inventor proposes to substitute more refractory
substances, such as black-lead ware, Nankin porcelain, &c.
By employing discs of 66 same metal, but of different sizes,
so that the circumference' of the one shall be equal to' the
diameter of the other, a mechanical approximation may be
made to the ratio which the diameter of a circle bears to its
circumference. The diameter and circumference of a circle
being incommensurable, lines drawn across the rims of
these discs at the points of contact will never meet by any
numbe of revolutions ; but the approximation of Archimedes
will be exhibited after seven revolutions of the larger disc,
and twenty-two of the smaller, and the still closer approxi-
mations of 106 to 333, and 113 to 335. We understand Mr.
Miller proposes to exhibit a still more perfect model, illustra-
tive of the principle be has discovered, at a future meeting
of the Polytechnic Society.