The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-13 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., with a
deputation from Liverpool on the subject of rice, had an in-
terview, on Tuesday, with the Earl of Ripon, at the office of
the Board of Trade.
BARBADOES.—The Selina, which sailed from Barbadoes
on the 12th of April, several days after the Firefly steamer,
arrived at this port on Tuesday morning. The advices by
her state that the supply of sugar was large, and that the mer-
chants were active in shipping the article for the English
market.

THE GREAT WESTERN-STEAM Slim—We believe the
proprietors of this splendid vessel have made arrangements
for the public to inspect her on Tuesday and Wednesday
next, at one shilling each the first day, and sixpence the
second. The proceeds are we understand to be divided
between the Northern and Southern Hospitals.
DEATH BY DROWNING.—An inquest was held on Tuesday,
on view of the body of a man unknown, who was found float-
ing down the Mersey. William Cooper deposed that he was
a boatman, and lived in Mersey-street. About one o'clock
on Monday afternoon he was informed by a flattnan that the
body of a man had been drifting down the river. Witness
and three other men then went in a boat in search of it, and
succeeded in finding the body opposite Waterloo. The body
was put in the boat and brought to Liverpool. It was much
disfigured, and had evidently been in the water a long, time.
A knife was all that was found on the person of the deceased.
He had on a pair of corduroy trowsers, a black waistcoat, a
pair of boots buttoned up the sides, a white shirt, and a blue
and white striped guernsey frock. The deceased was without
a coat. The trowsers appeared to have been patched across
one knee. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that he
had been found drowned.
REAL PROPERTY.—We have received through the kind
attention of Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas, a par-
liamentary paper, showing the annual value of real property
in each county of England and Wales, assessed to the poor
rates, from which we gather the following :—lt appears that
the total annual value of real property assessed in Lancashire
is £5,266,606, and in Cheshire £1,423,835—that the total
amount of money levied for poor rates for last year in Lan-
cashire was £429,017, and in Cheshire £104,607 ; that the
population of Lancashire, according to the recent census is
1,667,064, and of Cheshire 395,300 ; and that the area of
the county of Lancaster in statute acres is 1,117,260, and
of Chester 649,050.

MESMERISM.—The public mind has recently been much
occupied and much perplexed with the doctrine of mesmerism.
As we understand Mr. John Atkinson. surgeon, has paid
great attention to the subject, the public will perhaps be glad
to hear that the results of his investigations are to be given in
two lectures, at the Literary Institution ; the first, this even-
ing, the second, on Friday next. No doubt the learned lec-
turer, in his " History of Mesmerism," will greatly assist
his auditors in forming correct views upon this now very
popular subject.

PENNS' BATHS.—These baths having undergone extensive
and thorough repairs, are now in excellent order for the sea-
son. The public will find in them every comfort, conveni-
ence, and attention which can possibly be desired, and for
which they have been so long celebrated. To the subscribers
and those visiting them, no eulogy of ours can possibly raise
them in their estimation ; to strangers and the inhabitants of
Liverpool who have not tested them, we strongly recommend
a trial of the establishment, feeling assured they will duly ap-
preciate the excellent bathing afforded under Mrs. Penns'
able management, which, together with that of her late hus-
band, has been so eminently successful for a number of years.
The water is now very agreeable, and sufficiently warm for
most constitutions.—See Adv.

ACCIDENTAL DEAT lI.—A second inquest was held on
Tuesday. on view of the body of William Blanche, a child
three years and a half old. James Beesly, a cart-owner,
deposed that a little before five o'clock on Monday afternoon
he was standing in Tithebarn-street, t, talking to a man, when
he saw a lolly drawn by two horses,leand laden with flour,
come down in a direction toward
children playing a short disi—oce from There were two
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had passed, he saw the two children
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sgotnetthiye, they stood
the middle of the street. When the
as if waiting for the lolly to pass. seemed to
frighten them, and they turned round to look, and then made
a bolt under the lolly. In doing so, they both fell down,
when the hind off wheel went over the head of the
deceased,
crushing out his brains, and also went over the hand of the
other child. The deceased was killed on the
spot.
driver was at the head of the shaft horse on the near
The
he near side
which was his proper place. The horses were walkingr er-
slowly at the time, William Blanche deposed that he wasv a
mariner, that he lived in Chapel-yard, and that the deceased
and the other boy who had been hurt were his sons. The
jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had
been accidentally killed.
CHANGE OF SITUATION.---011 Monday last, two indivi-
duals left a factory in this town, fora seminary at Liverpool,
under the following circumstances :—The late Miss Banister,
a maiden lady, who resided at Tipper Parliament-street,
Liverpool, was a distant relative 'to their father, and she has
left them a legacy of X 7,000 each, directing that they should
be removed from the house of their mother and step-father,
where they were residing, and placed in some seminary to
receive a suitable education. They worked at Messrs. Ains-
worth and Crompton's, the Wellington Mills. Little Bolton,
and were the children of the late William Haselden, weaver,
who lived some time in Chapel-street, Little Bolton, and
then removed to Kester Fold, in that township, where he
died. The names of the fortunate legatees, are Sarah Ha-
sleden, who is between sixteen and seventeen years of age,
and William Hasleden, thirteen. They were better known
by the name of Chadwick, the name of their stepfather.
This was a change of fortune to them as great as it was un-
expected. They were amongst the humblest of the poor, and
have, hitherto, known only what it was to work hard and to
eat the bread of carefulness. For many years they have at-
tended the Sunday Sehoollof• Duke's Alley Chapel.—Bolton
Free Press.

JAMES HA.GARTY, ESQ.—This gentleman, the new Consul
at Liverpool for the United States of America, arrived at
this port in the Great Western on Wednesday morning.
This appointment has been approved of by her Majesty.
THE LATE INCENDIARY FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—We
perceive that the government have been induced, in the late
burning down of the works of Messrs. Walkers, of Wood-
side, to offer a reward of £lOO in addition to that offered by
the proprietors of the saw-mills ; and also her Majesty's free
pardon to any accomplice who may be induced to give such
information as will lead to the conviction of the offenders,
but nothing has yet occurred to afford even a clue as to who
the parties are.

DICK'S COFFEE HOUSE.—The lovers of conviviality and
vocal harmony, may have a great treat provided for them
every evening, at Dick►s Coffee House. The gentleman
who precides is a capital singer, very much in Mr. Temple-
ton's style.

CAUTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.—WiIIiam Duff, watch-
maker, Tithebarn-street, was placed at the police-court, on
Wednesday, charged with having a blind outside his win-
dow which extended only six feet from the ground, the act of
parliament specifying th:at it should be eight. He was fined
ss. and costs, and ordered to remove the obstruction.

THEATRZ-ROYAL.—" Nicholas Nickleby " has been very
well got up at this establishment. " The White Cat," pro-
vided for the Whitsuntide holiday folks, is likely to prove a
most a-mew-sing entertainment. Report speaks highly of
its merits.

BONDED WAREHOUSES AT PRESTON.—When the three
tailors of Tooley-street published their manifesto, all Eng-
land stood amazed. In the same proportion the bonded
warehouse-keepers of Liverpool look aghast at the rivalry to
them that has sprung up in Preston. The following are the
dimensions of one of the largest bonded warehouses in that
flourishing town :—lts length, 12 feet 3 inches; breadth, 11
feet 6 inches ; height, rather under 7 feet. Proud Preston !
The port of Manchester, and the arrival there of a sloop-load
of grain, sink into insignificance.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—About five o'clock on Wednes-
day afternoon, a shocking accident occurred to a man, named.
James Murphy, who had been usually employed about the
docks. It appears that he had, at the time in question, been
assisting to unload a cart (No. 482), at the Duke's Dock,
which was laden with five tons of pig iron, when the cart
suddenly " tipped up," as it is called, and the whole of the
contents were thrown upon him, by reason of which he was
literally buried beneath the load. He was instantly relieved
from his perilous situation, but we regret to say that life was
found to be extinct. The body was then conveyed to his
residence in Sparling-street, where the feelings of his wife
and family (which consists of two children), may be much
more easily imagined than described. It was found unne-
cessary to send for medical aid for the unfortunate man, his
head having been completely crushed to pieces.

ST. MARK'S JUVENILE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
—The first meeting of this interesting society since its for-
mation (March 29) ,was held in St. Mark's Infant School
Room on Monday evening last. The Rev. B. A. Marshall
delivered a very animated address to a crowded and attentive
audience, chiefly of the younger members of the congregation.
The receipts already exceed nine pounds. If this example
were to be universally followed, we should not only not be
under the painful necessity of withdrawing our missionaries
from Jamaica, Trinidad, and Malta, as the present depressed
state of the society's funds has led the committee to propose,
but we should be enabled to double their number. We un-
derstand that the first annual sermon before the above
juvenile society will be preached in St. Mark's Church on
Thursday afternoon, the 26th instant, by the Hon. and Rev.
Baptist Wriothesley Noel, M.A., of St. John's, Bedford-
row, London, and Chaplain to the Queen.
DR. O'SULLIVAN'S LECTURE, THIS DAY.—We beg to
direct the attention of our readers to the lecture which will
he delivered at the Music Hall to-night, by that eminent and
eloquent champion of our Protestant faith, the Rev. M.
O'Sullivan, D.D. To those of our townsmen who have on
previous occasions been delighted and instructed by the
spirit-stirring appeals of this distinguished controversialist,
we need, we are confident, do no more than remind them that
another opportunity of listening to him is now within their
reach; and to those who have never before enjoyed such a
pleasure, we .can say, with confidence, that they will have
cause to thank us if these brief remarks shall be instrumental
in inducing them to attend his present lecture. The rev.
gentleman, we understand, is now in town, and we have no
doubt will be greeted by an overflowing audience, worthy of
himself and of the great cause of which he is the eloquent
defender.

A PLEASANT TRIP TO MANCHESTER.—The beautiful
weather which we now enjoy, will induce many persons to
take pleasure-trips to difterent parts of the country adjacent
to this town. A very pleasant one may be obtained by em-
barking on board the Old Quay Company's steamer the
Tower, (the times of starting of which will be found else-
where) proceed to Runcorn, and thence by the same com-
pany's swift boat to Manchester. The line of country
through which the passengers will be carried is highly in-
teresting. It will be found that vegetation is now in a for-
ward state, and nature wears " her gayest face." Those
who have been accustomed to the houses and streets of Li-
verpool, cannot get the " rust" rubbed off more cheaply or
pleasantly, than by taking such a trip as we have now drawn
attention to.—Those who prefer an " out" to sea, can go
any day in the Tower steamer, round the light ship.
CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.-011 Wednesday, at the
Police-court, William M`Pherson, pawnbroker, of Tithe-
barn-street, was charged by Mr. Patrick Murphy, with
having exacted a greater amount of interest on articles
pledged at his establishment, than the act of parliament war-
ranted. Mr. Murphy deposed that he was a jeweller, and
that he went to the shop of the defendant on the 10th March
last, and pledged several articles of furniture, on which he
got £5. lie went to redeem the articles on the 25th of the
following month, and was charged £5 Bs. 6d., which was
paid to M'Pherson's clerk, by the advice of Mr. Rushton,
who had first been consulted on the subject. It was attempted
to be shown on the part of the defendant. that there was a
special agreement between him and complainant, that the
latter should pay 55., as expenses of removal of the goods
into M`Pherson's premises, and as warehouse-room. This
was denied by Mr. Murphy and Mr. Ellis, the magistrates'
clerk, said that no agreement of the kind, for warehouse-
room, could be made by a pawnbroker in the face of the act
of parliament. Mr. Ellis said the defendant was only enti-
tled to 3d. per month on every 20s. lent, which would amount
to Is. 3d. on the £5, but as there appeared some discrepancy
between the evidence and the informations, two months' in-
terest should be allowed—namely, 2s. Gd. ; being Gs. less
than had been charged. Mr. Maxwell, the magistrate, said
the defendant had been a long time in the trade, and that he
ought to have known better. He was ordered to pay a pen-
alty of £5, and 4s. 6d. costs.
MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.—
Present, Messrs. Horsfall, Barclay, Holmes, Middleton,
Evans, Aikin, Holt, Shand, Martin, and Smith.—Mr.
Holmes stated that the receipts this week, on behalf of the
dock estate, were £B4OO, that being the greatest amount
which had ever been received in one week.—A door was
ordered to be made in the wall at the side of the Waterleo-
dock, for the convenience of passing cattle through which
arrive at certain times by the Irish steamers, the key of the
door to be kept by the policeman on duty, who is to lock
the gate when it was not required to be open.—Thomas
Dansie, who has been fifteen years in the service of the
estate, as a dock gate-man, but who has been incapacitated
for duty in consequence of the failure of his health, was
superannuated. He is to receive 15s. a week for three
months, and his case is then to be taken again into consi-
deration.—The first instalment, amounting to £18,950, to
the Corporation, on account of the land on the west side of
Salthouse-dock, which was sold to the dock estate, was
ordered to be paid by the Treasurer.—The memorial from
the fishing smacks was again referred. The Chairman (Mr.
Horsfall) said detailed plans of the intended new dock and
warehouses were now on the table. The sub-committee of
works had taken great pains to produce them. Messrs.
Hartley and Stewart had been employed for ten days, and
the plan produced, it was believed, was the best that could
be had. A report had also been drawn up, and both would
remain on the table for two or three weeks, for the inspec-
tion of gentlemen of the committee, who would thus have
time to form their opinions on the subject.
DARING BURGLARY IN EVERTON-ROAD.—A daring
burglary was, on Wednesday night, or rather early yesterday
morning, committed on the premises of John Grantham,
Esq., of Everton-road, which, though not attended with any
serious consequences to person or property, is worthy of some
detail from the peculiar and alarming nature of the facts.
Mr. Grantham had, for some days previously, had a number
of painters employed in the house, and had, in consequence,
retired to rest with his lady in a bed-room in which he had
not been accustomed to sleep. The house is No. 9, nearly
in the middle of Row five, a little to the northward of Greg-
son's Well. He awoke in the night--as he conjectures about
midnight—and fancied he heard an unusual cracking noise,
but whether in his or some neighbouring house he could not
precisely divine, and after remaining for some time in a
somewhat restless state, he again awoke, about (as it ap-
peared) a quarter past three in the morning. On casting up
his eyes, it being just day-light, he saw a man of rather
low stature in the room, the door of which he had not
locked. The man, he could observe, had just taken Mrs.
Grantham's gold watch from the table, to the chain of which
were appended some seals, trinkets, a locket, &e.; and he
was in the act of stooping and attempting to rifle the
pockets of his (Mr. G.'s) apparel :Mr. Grantham got quietly
out of bed, and endeavoured to seize him. lie, however,
made off, and got to the landing of the stairs before he was
overtaken. Mr. G. got bold of him, and a scuffle ensued,
the thief attempting, of course, to make his escape, and
making a considerable outcry; but Mr. G. had not, in the
hurry of the moment, caught a firm grip of the delinquent,
and he made his way down the stairs. Mr. G. followed him
closely, and below the next landing got hold of him by the
leg, when the fellow, to get clear, precipitated himself head-
long to the bottom. Mr. G. again got close upon him, but
when he got to the bottom he saw another man in a menacing
attitude, upon which he wisely paused lest he should
suffer some grievous bodily injury, as he conjectured the
last man had some sort of weapon in his hand. Both the
men immediately made their way, as speedily as possible
out of the house by the back door. The noise of the
fall down the stairs of the first man was heard in one of
the next houses, and the alarm being given, both the
offenders were seen making their way rapidiy across the
fields at the back of the house towards St. Augustine's
Church, in Shaw Street, Several policemen were
on the spot in a bout five minutes afterwards, and an extra
force was sent up, but searched the whole neighbourhood for
the burglars without effect. It was thought at first that the
watch, at least, and its appendages, were gone, worth about
£3O; but the watch itself was soon after found at the bottom
of the stair down which the thief had fallen, but broken in
the handle, it having probably struck on the rails in his des-
cent. The seals, with the exception of one, the locket, &c.,
were found on the premises, in the route of the fugitives, as
also the chain, the last under the garden wall, where the thief
had probably dropped it in his hurry and alarm in getting
over, for he appeared to be much intimidated from the
time he was detected. Though it was dawn, the man
in the bedroom had a lighted candle with him, shaded
by a dish-cover, for the purpose, no doubt, of searching
in cupboards and dark recesses. On Mr. Grantham
and those in the house—now roused—going into the
kitchen, he found the drawer in which the candles were
kept forced open, and that two of them had been lighted.
The thieves had effected an entrance by the window of a
water closet over the kitchen, which bad been accidentally
left unfastend, and which they could reach by getting on the
top of a wall about 9or 10 feet high. They had afterwards
forced out a panel of a door leading thence into a passage of
the house. In the front parlour nothing was disturbed, al-
though it contained a book-case with a drawer below which,
had they been practised thieves, they would probably have
opened, as it bad the appearance of a depository for valuables.
In the back room, or dining room, they bad forced open some
of the drawers of the sideboard, but found nothing valuable,
having missed the drawer in which the plate was kept. They
had opened several desks in the same room, and thrown the
papers about, taking the letters out of the envelopes, as if
they expected to find money, and missing some of that com-
modity in other parts of these pieces of furniture. In the
kitchen they had doubled up a toasting-fork of white metal, as
if t carry it off the more easily ; but, probably from finding
that it was not silver, they left it. A few small articles only
were missed, and these of no great value. Three persons were
yesterday in custody on suspicion ; but as they could not be
proved to be the aggressors, they were discharged. Luckily
Mrs. Grantham was not aware of the man being in the bed-
room at the time, and did not know what had happened till
she found that Mr. G. bad, as she thought unaccountably,
left the room, and fcllowed him. The police are on the look-
out for the men, and. it is to be hoped will succeed in disco-
vering them. Had Mrs. G.
not sh,o wt
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mind and considerable determination
doubt, have been carried off, and the house might have been
otherwise ransacked of many articles of value.

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.-FIND.
ING OF THE BODIES OF MR. ROYDS AND MR
RAMSAY.

On Wednesday afternoon the bodies of Messrs. Royds
and Ramsay, who, together with Mr. Arthur Littledale,
were unfortunately drowned on the morning of the 27th ult.,
near the lazarettes, from a racing gig, were discovered float-
ing on the top of the water, and conveyed to land. That of
Mr. Ramsay was found opposite to Otterspool, by a fisher-
man named James Kay ; and that of Mr. Royds by Mr.
John Kirkham, captain of the Tower, Runcorn steamer.
We regret to add that the body of Mr. Littledale has not yet
been recovered.
Yesterday, au inquest was held on the bodies of Mr.
Rovds and Mr. Ramsay, before H. Statham, Esq., deputy
coroner, and a respectable jury. In consequence of the in-
correct version of the cause of the accident which had ap-
peared in some of the papers, Mr. Swift, of the firm of
Messrs. Clay and Swift, appeared on behalf of the owners
of the boat, from which the accident occurred ; and Mr.
Forshaw, of the firm of Messrs. Forshaw and Blundell,
watched the proceedings on the part of the survivors.

Mr. Henry Crewe was the first witness sworn,—He said,
I am a clerk in the office of Messrs. Baring Brothers, mer-
chants in Liverpool. I was well acquainted with both the
deceased Mr. Clement Royds and Mr. James Ramsay. I
have seen their bodies lying in the dead house. Mr. Royds
was a clerk in Messrs. Zwilchenbart's office ; and Mr. Ram-
say was in business as a merchant in Liverpool. On Wed•
nesday, the 27th April last, both the deceased called on
me early in the morning, and we went together to Mr.
Moss's, at Otterspool, to breakfast. We had agreed some days
before that we would go there, and take a rowing boat
from Mr. Moss's to a boat-house at Monk's Ferry, to
be kept there, for a club of which both the deceased
Mr. Littledale, and myself, were members. Mr. Taunton
also called on me, and he went with us to Otterspool. After
breakfast we launched the boat. It was an ordinary race-gig,
built by Searle, of London. We live got into it ; the
crew consisting of Mr. Alfred Littledale, No. 1 ; myself, No.
2 ; Mr. James Ramsay, the deceased No. 3; Mr. Clement
RoydS at the bow, and Mr. Taunton the coxswain. We pro-
ceeded down the river, keeping in shore, till we arrived at
Nott's-hole, opposite the Dingle; from Nott's-hole the bow
of the boat was directed towards the most northern lazzarette.
This did not turn her much from the direction she was in as
we were then considerably further south than any of the
lazzarettes. The tide was running in strong. We kept the
same course about a quarter of an hour. Shortly after we
• left the shore the swell on the river increased. Up to Notes-
hole the river was calm, but the wind was blowing very strong
off the Lancashire shore, which necessarily brought us more
into the stream. We there found it very rough. Whilst we
were keeping our course for the north lazzarette a wave broke
over the bow of the boat, on the larboard side, and a con-
siderable body of water coming into the boat, and falling on
the starboard side, it split one of the planks on that side.
The boat almost instantly tilled, the water rushing in from
the bow. She settled down, and, I believe, she was alto-
gether below the surface, when the word was given by some
one to turn her over, which I did by putting one toot on the
larboard gunwale and taking a spring off it into the river ;
this brought the boat round, bottom upwards, immediately.
Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Royds both caught hold of the boat ;
Mr. Ramsay was aft, close to the coxswain, and Mr. Royds
was first, at the bow, but afterwards got amidships. From
there being greater weight on the one side than the
other the boat kept rolling over and over like a barrel. I
did not see Mr. Ramsay go down, but I missed him in about
ten minutes after I had turned the boat over. Mr. Royds
was some time in the water, having hold of the boat ; he had
caught hold of the larboard gunwale' having his legs lying
high and dry upon the bottom of the boat, and his head un-
derneath the water. The boat heeled over, which brought
his head up, and he gave, a sort of gasp ; she then rolled over
again, he dropped off, and I saw no more of him. Mr. Ram-
say had gone down before. Mr. Littledale missed the boat
in the first instance when she was turned over, and swam
away. Mr. Royds was twenty years of age, or very near that,
and Mr. Ramsay between twenty-four and twenty-five. The
boat belonged to Mr. Thomas Moss, I believe, but I cannot
speak with certainty. I had never been in it before, but I
knew it well; she was called the Etonian. Ido not think
she had been out more than a dozen times altogether. I first
saw the boat last summer. On the morning in question she
was lying in a shed at Mr. Moss's, with water in her suf-
ficient to make her seam-tight. She had been built for the
River Mersey ; I believe the order for her was given by Mr.
Green. I have frequently seen her, more than once, on the
River Mersey. I have also frequently seen the same sort of
boat used on the same river. Such boats are generally built
of deal, because that is lighter and more buoyant ; an oak
boat of the same size would not, in my opinion, be so safe.
When I spoke of the boat settling down, in the former part
of my evidence, I did not mean to say she was sinking alto-
gether, but that she settled down to a certain point, where
she would have stopped, without sinking, till something had
broken away from her, which must have happened shortly,
from the weight of water in her, and the swell on the river.
I therefore considered that our best chance of being saved
was by turning the boat over as we did. When I say that,
in my opinion, deal is a better material than oak for such a
boat, I only mean that it is better under the circumstances in
which we were placed after the plank had split. Ido not
mean to say that in any case I would prefer a deal to an oak
boat.

A JURYMAN.—Do you believe when the boat filled with
water with five persons in her, she would not sink ?—I do
not think she would sink beyond a certain distance ; but the
water would break her to pieces, and then she would have
gone down.
Do you think the boat would have been sufficient when filled
with water, to buoy up the weight of five persons ?—No doubt
of it.

The CORONER.—In calm weather, the boat would not
have gone down, if filled with water, with five persons in her?
—I do not think she would.

A JURYMAN.—There appeared to be a hole in the fore part
of the boat when we examined her ?—Yes ; but that was done
with a boat-honk f,. ,!n the Lazarette after the accident, when
I was picked u;..
Are you of opinion that a deal boat is preferable to oak,
under any circumstances ?—She is more buoyant. An oak
boat, I believe, would have gone down bodily. If I were to
go out in rough water, I would prefer a deal boat rather than
an oak boat, because, if an accident did happen, a deal boat
would have supported twice our number, whereas, in my opi-
nion, an oak boat would have gone down from under us. If
you could get an oak boat turned over, she might have been
better than deal ; but otherwise she would have gone from
under us.

The CORONER.—If you could have got an oak boat turned
over, one would have been as good as the other ?—Yes.
But you could not have turned her ?—We should not have
had time.

A JITRYMAN.—Boats of this description are usually made
of deal ?—Generally ; upon the Mersey they always have been
I believe; but it is a matter of taste, some people prefer one
and some the other. We have three other boats, each of
which are of deal, and one of them is of a far lighter con-
struction.

Mr. SWIFT.—You attribute the accident entirely to the
roughness of the water ?—Yes, to the roughness of the water ;
we did not expect to find it so rough when we started, but
once out we did not like to turn back.

Had any conversation passed before you started as to whe-
ther you should go on if the water was rough ?—Yes, Mr.
Thomas Moss met us upon the carriage-road as we went to
Otterspool, and I think he said " it is rather rough, and I do
not know whether you should go." He asked us whether
we did not think it was blowing rather hard, and whether we
did not think it would not be as well to put off taking the boat
that day.

The .01ION ER.—ln consequence of the wind ?—Yes.
Mr. SWIFT.—When you were upon the river side, and
after you had left Nott's-hole, did not some conversation
pass in the boat to the same effect ?—Yes. What made us
start was, that when we came down the river it looked calm.
In the boat Taunton asked us to return.

The CORONER.—Did he give any reason for it ?—Yes ;
upon account of the roughness of the water.
Mr. SWIFT.—But you did not like to return after you
had started ?—There was no words of that sort used, but
that was the feeling : some of us said, " No, we will pull
on." That was my feeling, and I think it was the feeling of
all the rest, except Mr. Taunton.
Then, just before the accident the danger appeared to be
very great ?—lt appeared to be great, and we wanted to come
back, but could not, because we must have put the boat into
the trough of the sea, which would have lost her directly.
The CORONER.—You were all of that opinion ?—We
were all of that opinion.
And Mr. Taunton then pressed you to turn back 1--Ile
did, but we could not, as in getting the boat round we must
have put her into the trough of the sea, which would cer-
tainly have swamped her.
Mr. SWIFT.—At. that time she would not steer, would she?
—No she could not steer at that time.
Why ?—I think the bow rowers were rather afraid of dan-
ger, and therefore they were not pulling : they were alarmed
and did not pull properly.
Would not that have given the boat a natural tendency to
go over with the wave ?—lt would cause what followed : the
bow got into the water, and the wave which came over the
larboard bow got into the boat. The effect of that would be
to make the boat's stern much higher, and cause her to fill
with water, so that she would not rise over the waves.
And in the confusion of the moment, the particular time
when the plank gave way you can hardly tell ?—I think I
can, because I felt a bump of water come against her, and
then there was immediately a rush of water into her. That
would be what broke the plank, I have no doubt.
As to the construction of the boat I think you said she
was an ordinary built gig ?—Yes ' • she was stronger than
some we have in our possession belonging to the club ; they
are built for the Mersey, and by the best London makers we
know of.

The CORONER.—Were you one of the original proprie-
tors ?—No.

Were you one of the club when the boat was first or-
dered ?—No. The interest was different then; this club was
only organised last year.
Mr. SWIFT.—Do you know whether the timbers were of
oak ?—I did not remark, but they must have been.

You have seen her upon the river I—Yes.
Were the owners in her ?—Yes, some of them.
She had the reputation of being a good sound boat?—Yes.
Rather one of the best ?—Yes ; she was a good boat, I do
not suppose we had better.
A JURYMAS.—For rowing?—Yes.

Had she the reputation of being a safe one ?—Yes, per-
fectly, as safe as any upon the river of the same sort. Of
course they are not intended to go to sea.
Mr. SWIFT.—When you took her out, was she laid up in
the usual way that boats are when out of season ?—Yes; we
found her laid up with water in her, and proper means had
been taken to keep her seam-tight.
There are some foolish rumours abroad about what you
had taken at breakfast; I presume you had nothing but an
ordinary breakfast ?-7.-.110._

The CORONER.-Mr. Taunton was the youngest of the
party ?—He was.
The CORONER here asked the jury whether, after having
heard Mr. Crew's evidence, they thought there was any ne-
cessity for Mr. Taunton to he called ?
The FoßEmAisreplied in the negative.

-Thomas Moss was then called to prove the ownership
of the boat. He said, I am a banker at Liverpool. I reside at
Otterspool, and was acquainted with the deceased gentlemen.
The whole party came, by arrangement, to Otte- rspool to
taketlie
I met themboataway,
in h
to Motnke'scaFre carriage-road coming upto
morning,ornthe oithe
accident. the
house. The wind was blowing from the east at that time.
The weather was remarkably tine at the time. The wind
caught my face as I was leaving the front door, and caused
me to remark to them in a jocular way, " Won't it be rather
dusty on the water?" The reply was, " Oh, no, there is
plenty of dust on the road !" We went in to breakfast; and
I think during breakfast I made a remark relative to steering
the boat, and advised them to cross over to Birkenhead, that
being, in my opinion, the safest point, and one I had been
accustomed to take under similar circumstances. We then
walked down to the shore ; and I remarked to Littledale, " If
it is at all rough when you get down the river, don't cross."
lie replied, " Oh, no, we will take care of ourselves." When
we got to the boat-shed the water was so calm as not to cause
the least apprehension of danger. I had an engagement in
town, and I left them carrying the boat down to the water.
The CORONER.—To whom did the boat belong ?—Therc
were four owners of her : John Naylor, Richard C. Naylor,
Cottingham Mcss, and myself.
Were you one of the original proprietors of the boat ?—Yes.
How long had it been built ?—I think this is the third year.
Had it been out for three seasons, or is this the third ?
We bought her in July, 1839, so that this will be the fourth
season but the third year.
By whom was she ordered individually?—By myself, in
London : I wrote to Mr. Searle by letter on the part of the
crew.

Did you give any particular instructions about the boat, or
merely state that it was to be such a boat as would be fit for
this river ?—I mentioned that it was to be for salt water—
for the Mersey at Liverpool.
You gave no other particular instructions ?—I am not
aware of any.
As to the number of oars?—lt was for four oars.
Are all the other boats for four ?—No, there are some for six.
Has she been out often ?—About 12 or 15 times, I think.
Her crew always consisted of four and a coxswain ?—Always.
You have yourself pulled in her upon those occasions ?
—Upon every occasion.
You considered her a safe boat ?—Perfectly so in moderate
weather.
Can you tell us the value of such a boat ?—A guinea a foot
is the regular price among carpenters.
Do you know the size of her ?—Thirty-seven feet.
Then she would be worth about £4O ?—W hen new she
would be worth about £lO.
Can you give us an opinion as to the value of the boat upon
the morning she was taken out ?—No; it is entirely an article
of fancy. I suppose that at the present moment there is not
a racing boat in Liverpool which would fetch £5. In years
when boating is out of fashion, they are worth very little.
You cannot give an opinion as to the value a builder would
put upon the boat, of course; but, in your opinion, would it
be worth a £5 note ?-1 would not fix any price, because it
is a fancy article.
You can form no opinion ?—Not the least. I can form no
opinion of the value of the boat after it had left the builder's
hands. I can form no opinion as to the value an appraiser
would put upon it.
Such boats are not much sought after in Liverpool.—Yes,
when boating is going on.
Are they ready of sale ?--I should think not. When you
get up three or four clubs, such boats are in demand.
It is then entirely a matter of fancy ?—Quite so.
A JURYMAN.—Is your opinion of the safety of the boat
formed upon the construction of the boat, or upon the cha-
racter of the builder ?—Upon both. She was built of oak, and
planked with deal, so as to combine great strength with light-
ness.
Did it occur, in conversation at all during the morning,
that you were upon the weather shore ?—lt was the fact.
It appeared calm upon that side ; but did it not occur to
you that it would be more rough upon the lee shore ?—When
I made the first remark about the river being dusty, I had
no apprehensions of danger; it was only a sharp air coming
across my face at the door that suggested the observation, as
it would not be agreeable to pull, for it never is in these boats,
unless the water is moderately calm.
Mr. SWIFT.—Your suggestion to Mr. Littledale after-
wards was, that they must not cross in case it was rough?
—Just so: my reason for asking Mr. Littledale not to attempt
to cross if it was rough was, that I knew there is occasionally
a little sea opposite the lazarettes, when the wind and tide
meet.
Have you any reason to believe, from any thing you have
seen, that the breach of the plank took place after the acci-
dent ?—I have seen the man who picked the boat up, and he
I mentioned to me in what state she was; and I have seen the
boat since she was picked up.
You have heard in Mr. Crewe's evidence what he has
stated as to the time of the accident; now taking the facts to
be as Mr. Crewe has stated them, that the boat would not
steer, that the party were alarmed and put her the wrong way
about by stopping the bow oars, is not that enough to ac-
count for the filling of the boat with water, without sup-
posing the breach of the plank ?—Yes, from the circum-
stance of the two bow oars not pulling, and the boat not
steering, the water being rough, I think there is enough to
account for the accident without supposing the plank had
given way at that time. There can be no doubt about it.
The plank staved at the bow would let in no quantity of
water.
Would it have let water in enough to have sunk the boat?
—Certainly not.
The CORONER.—WouId the breach of the plank as it now
appears, of itself necessarily have caused the accident ?
Certainly not. With a boat of her build and dimensions,
and five people in her who were free from alarm, or in any
event, in my opinion she, would not have gone down with
that breach.
Mr. SWlFT.—Supposing a boat of this character let loose
in the river, knocking about there a long time, is it not ex-
tremely likely she would break a plank from knocking
against others ?—Certainly. In my opinion the breach of
the plank may easily be accounted for, from the mere cir-
cumstance of her tossing about in the river after the acci-
dent, and before she was found.
She might have knocked against many things ?—Yes.
Would you not rather have a £5 note now than what the
boat would sell for, if she were sold in Liverpool to-day ?—I
would.
James Kay was the next witness, and he said, I am a boat-
man and live at Birkenhead. I was in my boat yesterday,
fishing in the river. I was a little south of the Dingle. I
was alone in my boat. I found the body of one of the de-
ceased floating in the water : he was dressed in a pair of
grey trowsers. Wellington boots, white shirt, and a flannel
waistcoat. I fastened the body to a trawling rope and
broughtlit down to George's pier-head, and there gave it in
charge to Joseph Bates, Constable No. 34. who directed it
to be carried to the dead-house whither I accompanied it.
It was the body of Mr. Ramsay.
Police Constable Bates proved the conveyance of Mr.
Ramsay's body to the dead-house, which he had received
between one and two o'clock from the last witness. Witness
searched the pockets of deceased, and found in them a £5
note, one sovereign, two half-sovereigns, and 7s. 6d. in
silver ; and three gold studs in his shirt front.
John Kirkham said, I am captain of the Tower steamer,
which plies between Liverpool and Runnorn. Yesterday
afternoon at a quarter to two o'clock, as I was coming from
Runcorn, and opposite Otterspool, I saw the body of a man
floating on the water. I gave directions to the men to pre-
pare to take it out. We stopped the packet and got the
body up with boat hooks and slung him on board. We pro-
ceeded to Liverpool, and at George's pier-head I gave the
body in charge to police-officer John Hughes. I accompanied
the body to the dead house. It was the body of Mr. Royds.
Police-officer John Hughes, No. 522, pioved the convey-
ance of Mr. Royds' body to the dead-house. Witness found
upon him Ss. in silver, a gold ring, and a silver pencil case.
Mr. Crewe was then recalled, and the CORONER asked him,
Was the boat broken in the stern before you were picked up?
—Not before we turned her over; certainly not. I am not
sure that she was not so when we were picked up.
I suppose the boat was steered with cords ?—Yes.
Was Mr. Taunton accustomed to steer ?—I believe he had
steered that boat before; but I am not quite sere.
Do you know whether he was accustomed to it ?---I believe
be had steered before. He appeared to understand steering
perfectly, and to be well conversant with pulling generally in
boats of that description.
To steer a boat in this river when it is rough would require
considerable skill ?—Yes, it would; but it appeared to me
that he steered her perfectly well all the time, so far as cir-
cumstances would allow.
A. JURYMAN.—lndependently of the character of the
builder, would you have gone in that boat, considering her
as safe ?—Perfectly safe, provided we had not met with the
sea that we did. We did not like being baulked; and
although I certainly conceived there was some danger, we
would go on.
Did you consider the boat sufficiently safe independently
of the character of the party who built her ?—Certainly ; for
the last two years I have pulled in two boats considerably
slighter, and of the same material. I attribute the accident
totally to our own imprudence in crossing the river when
there certainly was danger.
The CORONER.—But under ordinary circumstances you
considered the boat perfectly safe ?—Perfectly ; I made a
remark a short time before it happened, that the boat was a
good sea-boat.
Mr. SWIFT.—You attribute it entirely to the fact of your
having taken the boat into the swell, which no boat of that
kind was fit to encounter ?—Yes ; no boat of that kind was
fit to encounter it. I attribute the accident to our taking
the boat into a sea which no boat of the kind was ever fit to
encounter.
This being all the evidence, the Conosrzu addressed the jury,
observing that, from the evidence of Mr. Crewe, it appeared
that the cause of the accident was the rashness of the party
in the boat, who, when they saw their danger, ought not to
have attempted to cross the river.
The jury then, under the direction of the Coroner, returned
a verdict of " Accidentally drowned," with a nominal deodand
of Is. for each case, on the boat

CHURCH ENDOWMENTS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR,—I was surprised to find, the other day, to what an
extreme length the horror of church endowments is carried.
The Non-conformists, it seems, favour the endowment of
charities and hospitals ; in too many instances, I fear, it is
not with the argumentum ad pecuniam. But they are shocked
at the idea of supporting a place of worship by the same
means : " It should be dependent entirely on its own re-
sources," say they. May we not strengthen these resources
without impairing either the purity of the doctrine or the
efficacy of the word preached ? We endow hospitals, chari-
ties, universities, for the diffusion of secular knowledge; yet
we are not to supportby endowment the places wherein the
people are instructed in the true faith ! Those who attend a
place of worship, it is said, ought, by their own contribu-
tions, to support it, and choose their own minister. Right,
so far ; let them do so if, mark—for there is a great necessity,
methinks, for that if—they will take care that none but the
doctrines of the true Protestant Reformed Church be therein
preached. And how shall we know that this is to be the
case, when the preacher is frequently one without a religious
education—both unlearned and uninspired? He will require
a good education, as well as a religious one, to fit him for
setting forth the Word of God to what is, in these days, a
people rapidly gaining in knowledge and general information.
As the intelligence and mental culture of a people is on the
increase, so ought to be the research and intellectual acquire-
ments of their spiritual pastors. I do not say that a man
may not be able to preach faithfully the doctrine of Christ
crucified, so as to be the means of saving some, without being
either a scholar or a well-informed man ; yet I do say that
such a man could not continue, Sabbath after Sabbath. to
instruct efficaciously, in the Christian religion, an enlightened
and intelligent congregation.
Ought we not, therefore, still more to cling to that na-
tional institution which secures to us the ministry of those
who have, to say the least, a fair chance afforded them of
rendering themselves in every way fitted and competent for
their calling ? The instance of the Apostles, who were fishers,
I have heard quoted; but they were under the immediate
inspiration of God. As unlearned and ignorant fishermen,
they could have made but little progress, with all their zeal,
in advancing the cause of their Master, had not the Spirit in
its power, supplying all defects of knowledge and of utter-
ance, been given unto them.
Let those who dissent from the Established Church erect
places of worship if they will—choose ministers and support
them ; but let them beware of seeking.
the fall of that national
church which—whatever heresy may find its way elsewhere—
the true doctrine, as recognised by the old Reformers, is or-
dained to be preached. Let them bewar of " removing the
old landmarks," or the beacon which, amidst the fluctuations
I can never suffi-
of sectarianism, and the rise and downfall. of popular leaders,
still points to evangelical Christianity.
ciently wonder at the shortsightedness of our dissenting
countrymen, who perceive not, oraffect not to perceive, the
manifold advantages this kingdom has derived from an
established religion. But let andeae space for abler de-
fenders of the Church than I; hope. that you, Sir, will
find some one whose time and patiencel will let them enlarge
respectfully,
on this point, and whose pen
,wil do it with more effect.—
I remain, Sir, as always, Your s very
A STANCH FRIENDE ESTABLISHED TH
CHURCH.

vras Oar
STRIPPING A CHILD.—EIIen Wainhouse, an elderly fe-
male of revolting appearance, ged, before the magi-
strafes on Wednesday, with this offence, which is now be-
coming very common. The prisoner decoyed a child about
five years of age, the daughter of respectable parents, to her
dwelling, and after taking her cloak and pinafore, gave her
an orange and turned her into the street, where she was found
by a policeman. She was on her way from school when met
by the prisoner. The latter was ordered to pay Is. 6d. for
illegally pawning the articles, and 40s. for the offence, or be
imprisoned two months.

SALMON FISHING.—Some of our northern rivers have
been pretty successful. The Connon, Shin, and Findhorn,
have this season fished well: one day lately no less than 400
salmon were taken at one haul at the mouth of the Findhorn.
—lverness Courier.
TuE WEATnEn.—The rain still continues to fall at inter.
vats in genial and refreshing showers. The farmer is satisfied, the gardener in delight, and the arboriculturist looks on in
complacency at the magnificient display of his trees and
shiubs. All nature looks gay, and every thing promises well.
—Dublin Evening Mail.