The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 22nd October, 1854, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., £2,751 lls. ld ; steam-boats,
£4lO 18s. 9d.; total, £3,162 Bs. 10d. Goods, £1,796 Os. 9d.
Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £4,520 lls. 7d. Cor-
respanding week last year, passengers, parcels, &c., £3,651
16s. 2d.; steam-boats £457 Os. 10d. : total, £3,108 17s. Od.
Goods, £1,645 12s. 3d. Total, including Carnarvon traffic.
£4,297 Bs. sd. Increase, £177 is. ld.
THE PATRIOTIC FUND IN CHESTER.—On Monday,
at noon, the Mayor of Chester, John Smith, Esq., con-
vened a public meeting of the inhabitants of that city, to
organize a subscription for the benefit of the widows and
orphans of the soldiers and sailors engaged in the present
war, in conformity with the terms of the Royal proclama-
tion in the London Gazette of Friday, the 13th instant,
appointing commissioners for carrying out the object.
Some interesting speeches were delivered, and a subscrip-
tion list was opened, which amounted to nearly £3OO.

ACCIDENT AT THE GRAVING Docp.—OnVednesday
Birkenhead, a very serious accident occurred to the
men, named Patrick Burke, Owen M`Ginn, and James
Percival, who were employed at the new graving docks
now in course of construction between tb.;; Monks and
Woodside Ferries. It appears that the three men were
engaged in blasting the rock, wherii from some cause or
other, the charge did not exr,locle. On examining the
charge a violent explosion took place, the effect of which
was that Burke and ].Ginn were dreadfully disfigured
about their heads, besides sustaining serious injuries on
different parts of their bodies. Their sight was also much
affected. The third man, Percival, although not so badly
hurt as his companions, received several injuries. The
three men were conveyed to the hospital in Hamilton-
street, Birkenhead, and are progressing favourably.

ASIIITLIP ON A' WomArr:—At the 'Birkenhead Petty
Sessions, on Thursday, Jane Jones, wife of the master of
the Yacht "Ariel," lying at the Duke's Wharf, Birkenhead,
summoned Richard Buckingham, master of the Yacht
" Vandal," for a violent assault upon her, on the previous
Saturday evening. Complainant stated that about six o'clock
she had to go on shore to meet her husband, and in doing so,
to make a near cut, had to pass through a door leading to
a shed in which the stores of the Yacht " Vandal " were
placed. The defendant obstructed her passage, and be-
cause she refused to go back, he used offensive epithets
towards her, and struck her on the head several times.
Several witnesses were called for the complainant,
amongst others a gentleman named Janion, who stated
that he witnessed the assault, and ran up to com-
plainant, but defendant had then run away. He said to
her " where is the villain ?" intending to have given him
in charge, " and " added Mr Janion emphatically, "I
would have given the monster in charge if I could have
got hold of him." In cross-examination as to who he was,
Mr. Janion said " I am a cosmopolite, Sir, a citizen of the
world. I have no fixed place of residence in Birkenhead
at present." It was urged for the defence, that the woman
had frequently been warned not to come through the shed,
which was private property, but she insisted upon doing
so, and the struggle ensued in consequence. The bench
inflicted a peiralty of £1 and costs.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

On the 20th inst., the wife of Mr. Currie, Moorfields,
of a daughter.
On the 21st inst., the wife of Mr. Thos. Jones, engineer,
Turner-street, St. Anne-street, of a daughter.
On the 23d inst., in Romilly-place, Toxteth-park, the
wife of Mr. George Grant, of a son.
On the 23d inst., at York-terrace, Everton, ts? "wife of
Marcus S.H. Causland, Esq., of a daughter.

Peel-terrace, CAP :ring-street, Mrs.
B. Roberts, of a son.
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On the 24th inst., the —e of John Joule, Esq., Man-
cheater,Pater,
Mrs.
of a daughter;
On the 24th at Moss-side, Manchester, the wife of
Mr. W. P. (i-eove, late of Duke-street, in this town, of a son.
Onto 25th inst., in Falkner-terrace, Upper Parliament-
stre;it, Mrs. Clarkson Garbutt, of a son.

On the 26th inst., the wife of Mr. Geo. 3. Aspinall, che-
mist, Toxteth-park, of a son. .
On the 28th inst., at Sir. Howard-street, Mrs. W. D.
Pennycook, of a daughter.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

TtESTLit, OCT. 24, 1854

1311tItILIIPTS.—Edward Kegg, Liverpool and Birken-
head, coal dealer, Nov. 3 and 30, at 11 o'clock, at the
Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy : solicitors,
Messrs. Stockley and Thompson, Liverpool ; official as-
signee, Mr. Turner, Liverpool.—lsadore Bernestein, Liver-
pool, commission agent, Nov. 7 and 28, at 11 o'clock, at
the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy : solicitors,
Messrs. Evans and Son, Liverpool ; official assignee, Mr.
Cazenove, Liverpool.—Richd. Forshaw, Liverpool, machine
maker, Nov. 7 and 28, at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool
District Court of Bankruptcy : solicitor, Mr. Bremner,
Liverpool; official assignee, Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.—
Joseph Smith and Ralph Simpson, Burnley, ironfounders,
Nov. 9 and 30, at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District
Court of Bankruptcy: solicitor, Mr. Slater, Manchester;
official assignee, Mr. Hernaman, Manchester.—William
Grimwood Still, Wellclose-square, glass-merchant.—Wm.
Brodrick Mitcalfe, Taunton!place, Regent's park, dealer in
mining shares.—Francis Humphrey Spauton, Norwich,
innkeeper.—Robert Andrews, late of Braintree, Essex,
corn merchant.—Thomas Nutter, Cambridge, brewer.—
Henry John Nash, Crown-court, Cheapside, woollen ware-
houseman.—William Dunkley, Daventry, Northampton-
shire, grocer.—George Setterfield, Ipswich, grocer.—

Ahrabain Davis, Totfenham-court-i.oad, hardivai.eman.—
John Fullwood, Birmingham, brass candlestick manufac-
turer.—John Hawkins and Robert Needham, Sheffield,
table-knife manufacturer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—DaIe and Worrall, Liver-
pool, iron-merchants.—Yates and Brothers, Preston, wine-
merchants. Hooton and Parker, Liverpool, general
brokers.—Robinson and Morgan, Liverpool, cattle-sales-
men.—Ruabon Brewery Company, Rnabon and Hafod-y-
-bwch, Denbighshire.—E. C. Hicks and W. Orr, Birken-
head; shipwrights.
DrviDEND.—Nov. 14, R. P. Stephens, Liverpool, ship-
owner.

CERTIFICATES. - Nov. 15, G. Lowry, Salford, flag•
spinner.—Nov. 15, A. Burrows, Stockport, silk-manufac-
turer.—Nov. 15, R. Mason, Manchester, stationer.—Nov.
16, J. Lawrenceson, Blackpool, innkeeper.

FRIDAY, OCTO

BANKRUPTS.—Joseph Brooks, Salford, grocer, Nov. 9
and 13, at 12 O'clock, at the Manchester District Court of
Bankruptcy : solicitors, Messrs. Sale, Worthington and
Shipman, Manchester ; official assignee, Mr. Hernaman,
Manchester.—Edward Snow, High-street, St. Giles's, tea-
dealer.—Robert Doak, Hanover-place, Kew, draper.—
Charles Lovell, Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, boot manufac-
turer.—Arthur Wellington Pocock, Old 'Jewry, coffee-
house-keeper.—Samuel Craig, Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
grocer.—James Ratcliff, Nottingham, hosier.—Edward
Baker, Newport, Monmouthshire, carrier.— Simeon Pit,
man, Bath, carpenter.—Richard Gay, Leeds, ware grinder.
—Samuel Redfern, York, innkeeper.
PIETNERSIIIPS DISSOLVED.—Cheetham and Schole-
field, Castleton Lower Mill, near Rochdale, cotton spinners,
—C. and J. G. Lee, Manchester, architects.—j. and v.
Andrew, Mossley, Lancashire, cotton spinners.--,-Hors-
field, Fildes, and Co., Manchester, manufactuttrs.—T.
Mercer and Co., Radcliffe-bridge, Lanmhire, dyers.
DrfthrxDs.—Nov. 21, J. Fitzgeratek, Portland-place,
and Pendleton, Lancashire, coal mettliiilit.—Nov. 20, R.
Barker, Manchester, druggist.—Nnt.ti., J. Bowker, Hyde,
Cheshire, in nkeeper. —Nov. 20, A. Vickers, Disley, Cheshire,
cottonspinner.—Nov. 20, A. Smith, Liverpool, merchant.
CERTIFICATE.—Nov. 20, W. Coveney, Manchester, silk-
manufacturer.

Oct. MEETINGS IN BANKRUPTCY. Hour,
31, William Moss (Ist)
Nov. 2, Jno. Thomson & Wm. Leith(aud.) Ditto, 11
2, Henry W. Gibb (proof and div.) Ditto, 11
3, Isaac Fletcher (Ist)
3, Robert Lambert (Ist)
3, Joseph Cooper (proof and div.) ..
4, William and Thomas Edmond (aud ) Ditto, 11
3, Edward Kegg (Ist) Ditto, 11
3, Robert Getty (2nd) Ditto, 11
6, Joseph Peers (2nd)
6, William Blain (audit)
6, Alexander Smith (audit) Ditto, 11
5, James S. Skipper (proof and div.) ... Ditto, 11
7, Richard Forshaw (Ist) ......
8, William Blain (proof and div.)
10, Wm. and Thos. Edmond (pf. & div ) Ditto, 11

TRADE AND MARKETS.

MANUFACTURES

MANCHESTER. There is still very considerable
dulness in this market—increased by the continued rise
in the price of corn, which is causing the home-trade
houses to be as cautious in their operations as the foreign
houses have been for some time. Prices are unsteady,
but still not so seriously affected, generally speaking, as
the protracted inaction of buyers might have been ex-
pected to produce. At the same time, it is abundantly
evident that a much more general resort to short time
must be had before many classes of goods, the manufac-
ture of which is at present attended by a loss to the pro-
ducer, again become remunerative. Yarns are more un-
steady, and in but few instances are full prices maintained.
For India and China there is little doing. For the Medi-
terranean there is still some inquiry. Yarns for home
use are barely firm, with quiet demand. Goods continue
very fiat, and prices in favour of the buyer. The better
classes of shirtings and printers are comparatively more
favourably held than other descriptions, and T cloths,
long-cloths, and domestics, though still in demand, are to
a more limited extent.

ROCHDALE.—A steady demand for flannels, at prices
much the same as those given for some weeks past. In
wool the prices are firm, and the demand moderate.
HUDDERSFIELD.—ScarceIy anything doing in the
Cloth-hall. The warehouses have also been quieter than
for a long time past. The rise in the price of corn, and
the uncertain state of commercial affairs, have tended to
throw a gloom over the market, and prevent that activity
in the autumn trade which was confidently expected a few
weeks ago. The wool market, like that of manufactured
goods, has been flat.
LEEDS.—Rather more doing at the Cloth-halls than
for the last few market days, and the transactions out of
the market have also been better than of late, particularly
for heavy winter goods. Prices are without alteration,
and the stocks are in moderate compass. The mills con-
tinue to be well employed. Business has also been rather
more lively in the warehouses.

BRADFORD.—WooI: Spinners buy with the greatest
caution. The quantity now consuming is very limited,
and the prices for which wool is held would insure a loss
to the consumer. In noils and brokes no change, except
that the quantity making is on the decrease, which keeps
prices firm.—Yarns : Every day the production is lesAned
by curtailment of time-working and the further stoppage
of spinning frames.—Pieces : The manufacturers are act-
ing on the defensive, by stopping looms and working
short time. The merchants only buy to select up stocks,
and the quantity of manufactured goods is unusually
small. The advance on wool after the opening of the clip
has completely put the trade oat of joint, and the price of
goods bears no comparison with the cost of production.
NOTTINGHAM.—A little more business doing by
some hosiers, but there is no general improvement. • The
lace trade is in a very languid state. No change in the
price of yarn, nearly all the articles made of silk being
almost unsaleable. The houses in the silk trade are doing
very little.

LEICESTER.—Trade remains ranch as last reported.
There.evidently has been only a careful business doing, so
that, should the weather and other circumstances prove
auspicious to commercial transactions, a fine and continued
business during coming months may be expected. The
price of wool continues firm.