The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-05 00:00:00

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, last week, referring to a gentleman o
.vho had been frequently observed travel
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iabii of walking up and down the centre avenue
Garden Market, where he has boasted of his
s, but which have not obtained credence.
sion he was asked why he travelled about
nd his reply was, that he was in possess

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istderame properuy, anu, ming a single man, was sem-
a lady that might please him, to whom to offer his
ge. He was frequently seen with a bouquet
enormous dimensions, which attracted the
111 who passed him.—Manchester Courier
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PT BEENSTEIN.—This case was brought
Commissioner Goulburn, in the Court of
London, on Thursday. The bankrupt was
a tailor, commission agent, and merchant, of
___ _et, California, and Melbourne. He was adjudi-
-1 bankrupt at Liverpool, but the proceedings had been
Ted to this court. This was a meeting for the
debts and choice of assignees. Mr. Evans, Mr.
and Mr. Robins severally appeared for cre-
ditors. The bankrupt, in examination, stated that he left
Melbourne in July last with his housekeeper. Her name
Mary Ann Ward. He took their passages in the
and Clara Smith. She came with him
He had stated in examination at Liver-
aoney he had was £2 10s., and produced

Mrs. Smith.
of that all ti

It. In the presence of Mr. Commissioner Perry; he took
from his pillow £4OO, and handed it to Mr. Evans.
Several debts were proved, and the choice of assignees
was adjourned, a petition having been presented to the
Court of Appeal for the re-transfer of the case to Liverpool.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THN CAPTAIN OF THE
LOFTY SLEIGH

&n inquest was held at Kingstown, last
week, on the body of Thomas Davis, a Krooman, who had
been engaged as one of the crew of the Lotty Sleigh, be-
longing to Glasgow, but bound from the coast of Africa
for Liverpool. The vessel encountered very severe wea-
ther, and when nearing the Irish coast she became dis-
abled, and was towed into Kingstown harbour. The
deceased, who it appeared had been very inadequately
clothed, suffered severely from the cold, and was seized
with shiverings and pains in his feet ; he ultimately
became delirious, and died on Friday se'nnight. The
Kroomen, natives of a warm climate, were put to sleep
on some sails spread upon oil casks in the hold, and the
entire body of Kroomen are admitted to have been con-
stantly complaining of cold and ill-treatment, though it
was sworn that clothes were given them by the captain.
After a long investigation, which did not conclude till
Friday evening, the jury, after consultation, returned as
their verdict, " That the deceased, Thomas Davis, came
by his death in consequence of insufficient food and want
of clothes to protect him from the inclemency of the
weather ; and that Capt. Pearman and his chief mate, Thos.
J. Greene, are highly culpable, and that the said deceased
met his death by their neglect and inattention to his
wants on board the Lotty Sleigh." The captain and chief
mate of the vessel were committed for trial at the county

HEAVY GALE AND Loss or LIFE.—A strong " nor-
wester," accompanied by heavy rain, commenced on
Monday afternoon, in this neighbourhood, and continued
to rage, with only slight intermission, up to Thursday
morning. The schooner Progress, of Bristol, foundered
on the West Hoyle bank on Tuesday, but the whole of the

crew are to be saved. The 'schooner Czar, laden
with coals for the American mail steamers, was at anchor
in Llandudno Bay on Wednesday, abandoned by her crew.
She since went on shore, and has become a total wreck.
The steamer Ellan Vannin sailed with passengers and
cargo for Castletown, Isle of Man, on Wednesday morning,
and made excellent way in spite of the fearful hard wind
and sea. At ten minutes before twelve she passed the
Bell Buoy, and about two o'clock had reached about
twenty-five miles from this port, when a sad accident
happened on board. Captain Dixon had left the deck for
a few moments, for the first time, to get a little food, and
the vessel was in charge of Mr. "William Kelly, the chief
mate. A tremendous sea struck the vessel, and made her
give a heavy lurch, which threw overboard the mate and
a sailor named Neill, who were at once engulphed in the
waves. The vessel proceeded for half-an-hour longer,
when Captain Dixon, at the urgent solicitation of some
nautical men on board, put back, and she reached the river
about half-past four in the afternoon, quite uninjured by
the storm. Between thirty and forty emigrants' beds,
and a large number of empty chests and barrels, were
washed ashore at Waterloo on Tuesday. They are sup-
posed to have belonged to the Lena, which arrived at
this port on the same day, from Newfoundland, with a
portion of the crew from the unfortunate screw-steamer
' City of Philadelphia. The brig Amanda, Capt. Wallace,
from London to Runcorn, while off the Bell Buoy, on
Wednesday, had her decks swept ; she lost boats, bul-
warks, and stanchions, which caused her to leak. The
same evening she came into collision with the ship John
Bright, at anchor in the river. The Amanda lost her
bowsprit, cathead, &c. ; the John Bright sustained no
damage. During that day the gale was at its height, and
so violent that it prevented the New York steam-ship
Pacific from sailing till the following morning. Several
of the vessels which sailed during the preceding week
had to put back for safety.
DOCK COMMITTEE.-Mr. Charles Turner presided on
Thursday, and the other members present were Messrs.
Shand, Palmer, Robinson, Brocklebank, Evans, Greg's*
Hohne, Barber, Bigham, Littledale, Holden, Rounth-
waite, Bold, Rankin, Smith, Gladstone, and Langadale.—
A recommendation from the committee of works, that
the customs be allowed to give up possession of the
depot at the Coburg Dock, on certain terms, was agreed
to.—Au account was submitted from the water commit-
tee of the town council, charging a sum of £1,147 19s. sd.
to the dock committee for taking up and laying down
pipes in the new street at Wapping, and the streets adjoin-
ing. Confirmed.—The Chairman stated that an estimate
had been received from Mr. Stewart for the land and

buildings required in the improvement of streets on the
margin of the dock estate, as recommended to be carried
out by a resolution of the committee, for the general ad-
vantage of the town. The estimate was not so large as
had been anticipated. Mr. Stewart's estimate was £322,000,
from which would have to be deducted the value of the
land for the proposed improvements, which must be pur-
chased by the corporation, and would be taken subse-
quently for the dock estate ; that would amount to
£lOO,OOO, leaving a net cost to the corporation for the
whole of the property required of £222,000. The estimate
included also the full value of the property required for
the improvements, not only that to be purchased by the
corporation, but that already in their possession.—ln
reply to a question, the chairman explained that the im-
provements were those which had been suggested by a
report to the dock committee, for widening Sefton-street,
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