The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

frays, which are a dis;

servize

HIP-1 OAI

,nt recurrence of which are a reproaci

to the consul at this port, occurred on Sunday, on board
the ship Orient, as she was being towed out of the Water-

100 Dock, for the purpose of proc€

Le men, -in the course

g to sea.

A dispute

of which blows ivere
One man, Daniel

were drawn

O'Reilly by name, was •so severely stabbed in the right
breast that one of his ribs was divided,and he was removed
Northean Hospiaal, where he remains in a dangerous

lined, and the•man who inflicted
the blow was given into the custody of the police, and will
be brought before Mr. Mansfield to-day.

The ship vas d

EtcciDENTs.—On Saturday, Richard Burton, of Norfolk-
id John M`Kenny, of Mersey-street, ship-carpen-
ters, were moving the stays of the American packet harvest
Queen, lying in the Waterloo Dock, when they slipped
from the stage into the dock. Burton sustained a disloca-
tion of the elbow, and WlCenny a severe• scalp wound,
besides immersion. They were both taken to the Northern
Hbspital, where M`Kenny lies in a dangerous state.—On
Saturday, at midnight, Mary Jones, of 19; Bridport-street,
who is in an advanced state of pregnancy, was knocked
ckwn by a car at the corner of Oldhall-street and Chapel-
street,.and received a severe concussion of the brain. She
was-removed to the Northern Hospital, where•she lies in
a precarious condition.

A FIRE broke out in the old "windmill, at the top of
Shaw's-brow, on Saturday evening,-soon •after six o'clock,

and; owing to the peculiar canstriCtion of the-building, it
was in flames from top to bottom before the
had 'arrived, although Mr. Hewitt and his men, with their
reels, were on the spot in a few minutes after the alarm
had been given. In about half an hour the roof fell in,
and the floors gave way at intervals, with loud crashes,
causing• the flames to ascend to a' terrific height. The
sky immediately over the locality was brightly illumined,
giving: warning to the town that another conflagration
was accomplishing its work of destruction ; while St.
George's-hall, which stands within a hundred yards of the
mill, was brought out in bold relief from the surrounding
darkness. The Mayor and Major Greig were amongst the
earliest arrivals, but, as there was no danger of the flames
extendifig, owing to the detached position of the mill,
they did not remain long. By nine o'chick the plhee was
gutted ; and a quantity of fruit, cotton, and sugar, belong-
ing to Mr. Kent, of Rainford-square, and which had been
placed in the mill to dry, having formed portions of the
salvages from the recent fires, was destroyed. The- cotton
had been removed there from the recent fire in Lancelot's-
hey, and' was, no doubt, the cause of the mischief. The
mill, which was old and dilapidated, despoited of its sails
and machinery, belongs to the Corporation .was lent to
Mr. Kent forthe purpose of dryingeotton-and other goods.
PATRIOTIC FUND. —A meeting of the-inhabitants of
Bootle-cum-Linacre was held at the I\rational School, on
the 7th inst. It was presided over by H. Theakstone, Esq.,
when, after some very appropriate remarks by the chairman
in introducing to the notice of the meeting the subject of
Q ,Allection fa,” +Lo boncOl- of fhp w ivpa and children of our
brave and gallant soldiers, who are heroically fighting
their country's battles in the East, involving the dearest
rights and liberties of mankind at large, and after eloquent
and patriotic addresses from the Rev. John Crump, the
Rev. all Joseph, and Thomas Haigh, .Esq., in support
of the objects of the meeting, the following gentlemen
were appointed a committee, viz. :—Mr. Charles Musker,
Mr. Thomas Williamson, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Mason, Mr.
McDowall, Mr. Jump, Mr. Styche, Mr. Morris, Mr. Sharpe,
Mr. Battersby, Mr. Stretch, Mr. Gee, • Mr. Alexander
M'Culloch, and Mr. Renner. Mr. Thomas Sillitoe was
appointed secretary, and Mr. George Beley, treasurer.
The labours of the committee have resulted in the very
handsome collection of £255 2s. 7d., which, considering
that all the most wealthy inhabitants of the towhship had
already given liberally in town, must be looked on as
handsome indeed. The list of subscribers will be found
in our-advertising columns.

FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 Friday, James Cornwall, a
carter, was assisting to load a waggon with bales of Surat
cotton, from a warehouse in New Quay, belonging to Mr.
Richard Harbord, when a bale, before it had been
placed it the hoisting-roap, fell from one of the upper
rooms in the warehouse, and struck the deceased, who was
on the waggon, splitting his head open, and causing almost
instantaneous death. At the inquest, on Saturday,
several witnesses deposed to the very careless manner in
which the bales were delivered, one of them stating that
he had seen two bales fall into the street previously to the
one-that killed the deceased, and that if any pedestrians
had been passing at the time there would have been other
fataliries. Under these circumstances, the Coroner, Mr.
Curry, considered it his duty to adjourn the inquisition,
for the purpose of having all the men engaged in the
delivery of the cotton, as well as their employers, before
him. It was very well, he observed, for men to use every
dispatch in the discharge of their work, but masters ought
not to sanction a mode of delivering bales of cotton which
was highly dangerous to the public safety. The matter
was of a very grave nature, and would demand the serious
attention of the jury.

MAILS FOR AIISTRALIA.—The following notice has been
issued by the General Post-office :—" The Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company having represented
that, owing in part to several of their vessels having been
required by Her Majesty's Government for the exigencies
of the war, they are unable: to provide a steamer for the
conveyance from Singapore to Australia of the mails
which should be despatched from London on the 4th and
9th of next month, the Postmaster-General has msde a
contract with the owners of the sailing vessel Lightning
for the conveyance of the mails of January next, round the
Cape of Good Hope. The Lightning is appointed to sail
from Liverpool on the sth of January next, and all letters
and newspapers for New South Wales, Victoria, South
Australia, and Van Diemen's Land, posted in London up
to the evening of the 4th of January, or posted or received
in Liverpool up to the morning of the sth of January,
and not addressed to be sent by any other vessel, will be
forwarded by the Lightning. The packet rates of post-
age will be chargeable upon letters, but newspapers will
not be liable to any postage. Those postmasters whose
nstructions direct them to forward letters to Liver-
pool by cross-post will send in the same manner on the
present occasion letters posted at their offices addressed
to Australia." A deputation of the Directors of the
Australian Direct Steam Navigation Company via Panama,
was on Friday received by Viscount Canning, Postmaster
General, the object being to bring under his lordship's
notice, with other matters, the important fact that a. com-
mittee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, nominated
on the 13th of July last, to report on the comparative
advantages of the various routes for postal communication
between. England and Australia, have declared a decided
preference of that via Panama, as being the most likely to
secure punctuality and speed.

MANCIIESTED AND ITS MEMBEIL—A public meeting
was held, on Monday last week, in the Manchester Town-
hall, which had been called "to enable the citizens to de-

dare that they do not concur in the opinions of i\lr. Bright
but are fully convinced of the justice and necessity of the

our, until the objects for which it was corn-
__e thoroughly effected." Dlr. Bright and his
ttended, and were received by a perfect storm of
ans. The hall was crowded to suffo-

utmost vig
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every part, and not a few of tin

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is usual, adMirably displayed
lually and in combination,

nd delightful. In those passages introdixeing the war-
ke movements, and the national melodies of the "Allied
the tact and management of Jullien were hap-
Without pretension to classic purity, or
sic effect,: it was interesting, and in the
elicited, bore unequivocal
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me Anna Thillon, sung with spirit, and the clever
f her manner secured for her the triumph of repeated
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DRITICFROM FRIGHT.—An inquest was held on Satur
day, on the body of Ellen M`Carthy, aged fifty-five, the
wife of a rigger, residing in No. 7 Court, Mersey-street.
The deceased lived in a house contiguous to the fire which
broke out in New Wapping, on Friday morning. She
had gone up stairs for the purpose of getting the bedding
and furniture out of the house, there appearing every pro-
bability that the flames would extend tu,that street. Soon
afterwards a neighbour followed the deceased up stairs,
and discovered her lying dead on the floor. A verdict of
" Died from apoplexy, caused by fright," was returned.

THE BALABIiAVA RAILWAY.—The Ear! of Durham and
the Alexandeir Von Humboldt are taking in railway
sleepers and iron rails in the Tyne, for the railway to be
made by Messrs. Peter and Brassey at Balaklava. The
Hesperus is loading in the Wear for the" same purpose.
Tne " navigators,' will not be taken on board these vessels
in the north, as stated by a London paper, but in the
Thames, whence they will proceed, after taking cargo
here. The Propeller, another fine screw, 75tous burthen,
was launched' from Messrs. Marshall's yard, in South
Shields, on Friday afternoon. We understand that Messrs.
Peto and Brassey are in treaty for her also.—Newcastle
Courant.

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—ht reMellor and
Eason : The adjourned last examination zneeting was
held before Mr: Commissioner Perry, on Wednesday.
The last examination was further adjourned at the bank-
rupt's expense, to Wednesday, the 31st January; in order
that the general accounts, but more especially those

ing reference, to transactions in Rio, may be more fully
and satisfactorily explained.—ln re Deane and Youle .
In this case the hilt examination was further adjourned,
the balance-sheet not having been filed.—ln re Thomas
Kimpton : The adjudication on the certificate was, on
Wednesday, further adjourned, by Mr. Commissioner
Stevenson, for a week.—ln re Perks : The bankrupt, who
carried on business in this town as a porter dealer, passed
his last examination, on Thursday, before Mr. Commis-
sioner Stevenson, and the 18th of January was, fixed for
granting his certificate.

MERCANTILE FAlLunE..—Carter and Co., shipowners
and brokers, Leadenhall-street, London, have issued a
circular, stating that in consequence of the trustees of
Nr. Edward (11;yrr- withhoblino from them PArtifirataa of
his transfers, to enable them to receive from the admi-
ralty the freights advanced to him by their acceptances,
they find it necessary to liquidate such of these accep-
tances as are now current, and have, therefore, decided td
suspend payment on the 16th of December. A statement
of affairs will shortly be prepared.- Carter and Co. do not
doubt that they shall satisfy their creditors in full, and
return a handsome surplus in addition.

THE LIVERPOOL BOROI/GII SESSIONS, which opened
on Monday last, continued throughout the week. The
generality of the eases were not of much public interest.
On Saturday the court was occupied the whole day in
hearing the case of James Tallis Peat, aged twenty-nine,
ship-captain, charged with having, "on the 26th day of
August last, by reason of drunkenness, omitted to direct
the navigation of a certain ship, called the Golden Era,
(in her recent voyage from Melbourne to this port} lie
being master thereof,.while the same was surrounded by
ice, and in a position of imminent danger." The facts of
the case were stated in last week's Standard. The wit-
nesses for the prosecution were the subordinate officers of
the ship and the cabin passengers, and they were subjected
to a strict cross-examination, with the view of showing
that the prisoner was not drunk habitually. This, how-
ever, the learned tounsel for the defence failed to establish,
the evidence being conclusive with regard to the prisoner's
continual intoxication and incapacity to navigate the
vessel, and that his inattention placed her in the most
imminent peril. The jury, without waiting for the Re-
corder's summing up, stated that they had arrived at the
unanimous decision that the prisoner was guilty of the
charge. It being now after six o'clock, the Recorder re-
served sentence-until this day.

THE LIVERPOOL. CURIOSITY SHOP.—In one of his
humorous introductory epistles to the Waverley Novels,
Sir Walter Scott makes his readers acquainted with a
character whom he designates " Willie a'things," a gen-
eral dealer, and in whose emporium, on the banks of the
Tweed, every imaginable and unimaginable material, ma-
nufacture, or production was at once to be found. Our
townsmen are probably not generally aware that Liver-
pool can , boast of an establishment whose varied
wonderments cast the collection of the renowned Fels')
bailie completely into shade; while the mechanical inge-
nuity and artistic skill by which it is regulated, are as
infinity to nothing in favour of the Liverpool artificer. In
sober earnest, the establishment referred to, and an ex-
tensive •as. well as ingenious one it is, is that of Mr.
Atkinson, polyartist, chemist, and mechanician, in Man
chester-street, corner of Whitechapel. Here the curious
inquirer will find much to interest, amuse, and amaze
him. He will find complicated and powerful electrical,
magnetic, and galvanic apparatus, for the medical and me-
chanical application of galvanism, magnetism, and elec-
tricity; singular adaptations for the manufacture of
theatrical paraphernalia; inexplicable machinery for
aiding conjurors ; diadems and insignia for lodges of all
denominations ; and decorations for equestrian artistes and
acrobats. Though last, but not least, an extensive and
admirably assorted collection of everything connected
with the photographic art, including cameras of every
size and focus ; daguerreotype plates, and photograPhle.
chemicals of the best qualities, and in endless variety
and frames, cases, and lockets, for portraits. In addition
to ingenious manipulation in the manufacture of all the
articles alluded to, rather than enumerated above,. W.
Atkinson and his son test the value of all tho articles thq
manufacture, the latter being a photographic artist of
high order, as will be readily apparent on inspecting IP
numerous specimens to be seen on the premises

TESTIMONIAL TO ME. THOMAS HARBISON.—On • ,i,e
evening, the moulders and dressers employed in ""..
foundry of Wm. Bennett, Esq., Sir Thomas's-baildioQ
met at the house of Mr. Williamson, Original ShaksPe',,„
Tavern, Sir Thomas's-huildings, for the purpose of Pr`d'.
senting to their foreman, Mr. Thomas Harrison, a 111114
some gold watch and guard-chain, manufactured exPi.",g
by Mr. Jackson, of Richmond-street, Whitechapel. Ittll°l4,l
those present were Mr. Bennett, the highly-este_ein„er

employer of the workmen, and his two sons
was served up in the best style ; Wm. Beni-

4+ Esq.,

unanimously voted to the chair; and, alter the ?u—
drawn, the following toasts were given by the chairmeo;‘,,,,
" The Queen and Royal Family," "The Army and Iclfes,
both of which were proposed in complimentary ePecLeoast
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