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

a prevailing crime in the neigh-
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FUNERAL OF THE LATE CHANCELLOR RAIICES.—The
remains of the Rev. Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the
diocese of Chester, were interred in the new cemetery of
that city on Tuesday. The funeral procession was aug-
mented by the members of all public institutions of the
city. The magistrates, the clergy of the city and diocese,
and a large number of other gentlemen also attended.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending December 3rd, 1854, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., £1,776 10s. 7d. ; steam-boats,
£317 16s. 2d.: total, £2,094 Os. 9d. Goods, £2,567 Is. 3d.
Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £4,661 Bs. Od. Cor-

total,
indud-

,ssengers,
£2Ol 7s

£1,863 ss. 9d. ; steani-boats
£2,064 12s. 10d.. Goods, £1,415 7s
ing Carnarvon traffic, 3,480 Os. Od. Increase, £4Bl 8s
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, ABBOT'S GIZINGE, CITES
TER.-Mr. Freer, for many years, and up to a few days
since, a pupil at the above school, has just passed his
_ _ _

entrance medical examination, "highly complimented"
for his classical and mathematical proficiency. This is the
second gentleman who has done honour to the medical
department of the school during the last six months. The
name of Mr. Edward Acton Gibbon, also for many years
a classfellow with the gentleman referred to above, appears
very high in the list of those recommended for honours,
at the recent University examination, at Trinity College,

CHARGE AGAINST A CAR MIN.—At the Birkenhead
tpolice-court, on Thursday, James Millington, a car
tiver, was summoned by the police for having been
tirunk, on the 10th of November, whilst in charge of his
car. The officer stated that, on the day in question, the
defendant was driving through Church-street in a furious
and reckless manner, being at the time much intoxicated.
The defendant, in reply, admitted the charge of drunken-
ness, but pleaded in extenuation that he had been taking
a gentleman home to his house at Rock Ferry, and that
when he arrived there the gentleman in question gave
him a glass of whiskey. Defendant asked him to put
some water in it, but, unknown to the defendant, the
gentleman filled it up with whiskey, and he (defendant)
was not aware it was raw whiskey until after he had
drank it. (Laughter.) The Rev. Mr. Fielden : Well,
believing your story, and that you will be more careful
for the time to come, we will only convict you in the costs.

SINGULAR— CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—At the Birken-
head Police-court, on Thursday, a married woman, named
Elizabeth Ison, was charged by Mrs. Eleanor Brew, the
wife of a pensioner, with stealing £5 10s., a purse, and a
piece of ribbon. The prisoner occupied apartments with
Mrs. Brew, and on Saturday week both women 'were
sitting together in a room, when the old pensioner entered
and asked his wife for some money to pay for a letter.
Mrs. Brew pulled out of her pocket a large purse, in which
there was a second purse, tied with a piece of ribbon, and
supplied her husband with the money required, and put,
as she thought, the smaller purse into the larger one,
which she placed in her pocket. She afterwards missed her
money. On searching the apartments of the prisoner, a
police-officer found a piece of ribbon, which the prose-
cutrix identified as being that which had tied her small
purse. A sum of £4 15s. was also found upon the pri-
soner. Committed for trial.
WALLASEY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. —At the
monthly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Penny in the chair,
a conversation took place upon the subject of the-proposed-
applications to Parliament, in reference to the Birkenhead
Dock Trust, but it led to no result.—A sum of £5O was
voted to provide furniture for the new offices.—A-report
from the finance, watch, and bye-law committees, referred
to an inquiry which had taken place, in consequence of a
complaint made by three officers of the police against In-
spector Thatcher. That inquiry resulted in certain dis-
closures, showing that the body was in a state-of disorgani-
sation, and the whole of the officers, including Superinten-
dent Scambler and Inspector Thatcher, were reprimanded.
From a second minute it appeared that the disorganised
state of the police-force had been further considered, and
it was decided to dispense with the services of Superin-
tendent Scambler and Inspector Thatcher, and the whole
of the officers, and a month's notice be given them to
leave. Mr. Hill, in moving the adoption of the proceed-
ings, said he thought the best plan would be to discharge
the whole force, and afterwards to re-engage those who
were considered efficient and trustworthy. Two or three
of the board spoke in disparaging terms of the police,
while others thought that great part ofthe mischief was
to be attributed to the want of proper. officers. It was
ultimately resolved that the proposed 'notice should be
suspended for a month, and that plans for a new police
office should be prepared.
EGREMONT FERRY.—At the Birkenhead County Court,
on Friday, the following case was heard :—WoonrALL V.
COULBORN.—The plaintiff resides at Egremont, and the
defendant is the proprietor of the Seacombe and Egremont
Ferries. The action was brought to recover the sum of
four shillings and fivepence, for the hire of a cab between
Seacombe and Woodside, which the plaintiff had been com-
pelled to engage in consequence of having been refused to
pass to Liverpool at the Seacombe Ferry, although he
had a contract with the defendant. From the state-
ment of the w
he had aho pleadede jiistaw%gFraern,onl
Srergr, during which time the defendant purchased it,
and plaintiff entered into a contract with him, on pay-
ment of five shillings extra, to pass to Liverpool from
either the Egremont or Seacombe Ferries, from the 20th
of March, 1854, to the 20th of March, 1855. On the 18th
of November, the plaintiff presented himself at the Sea-
combe Ferry, when defendant refused to allow him to pass,
unless he would pay five shillings extra, the defendant
contending that he was entitled to the additional sum in
consequence of a notice to that effect which he had
placarded at the ferry. The consequence was, that the
plaintiff was compelled to take a conveyance from Sea-
combe to Woodside, at an expense of four shillings and
fivepeuce, the sum claimed. As a portion of his evi-
dence, the plaintiff put in a card, signed by the defendant,
which was a pass-ticket between either the Egremont or
the Seacombe Ferries to Liverpool, from the 20th of
March, 1854, to the 20th of March, 1855.—The attorney
for the defendant characterised the action as an un-
worthy attempt to take advantage of a mistake which
had been made by Mr. Coulborn, in the hurry and
confusion of signing tickets. After taking the ferry,
Mr. Coulborn, by mistake, signed the plaintiffs ticket,
from March, 1854, to March, 1855, on receiving ss.
from him ; whereas, according to the notice which he had
posted, the ss. thus paid by the plaintiff only entitled him
to pass through the ferry until October, 1854, and in order
to entitle him to do so until March, 1855, an additional
ss. was to be paid, and which had been paid by hundreds
of other gentlemen. The defendant said that on discover-
ing the mistake he made every explanation to the plaintiff,.
and told him that he was sorry for the inconvenience to
which he had been subjected ; but the plaintiff showed
himself exceedingly hostile, and said he would do the de-
fendant all the injury he could.—His Honour having
been told, in answer to a question, that the fare between
Seacombe and Liverpool was one penny, said it was a
gratuitous act on the part of the plaintiff to order a car
from Seacombe to Woodside, and therefore he thought
the best way of settling the matter would be to give the
plaintiff a verdict for one penny, his contract to expire
,on the 20th of March next, in consequence of the mistake
made by the defendant.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.—Mr."-Rae
presided at the meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners,
on Tuesday, when it appeared from the proceedings of the
Lighting and Watch Committee that four policemen
had been dismissed for irregular conduct. The committee
recommended that a dead-house should be erected at the
expense of the board, at a cost not exceeding £lso.—The
Market Committee reported that Mr. Joseph Heathcock,
butcher, had killed a pig within the area of the market,
against the regulations. A second notice to quit had been
served on him without effect. The law-clerk had been
instructed to take proceedings against him in-the County
Court.—The proceedings of the Road and Improvement
Committee contained a notice that in the proposed altera-
tions of the Cemetery Estate, a certain street was to be
extinguished, and the land on which it would have been
made sold for the erection of villas, &c. Mr. Hind said
the object of the committee was to save expense to the
commissioners in making the roads. The additional land
obtained- will bring in £2,000, and the saving in not
making the road will be £l,Boo.—The law-clerk had re-
ported that the award between the commissioners and
Mr. Laird about his park land had been taken up. The
umpire had awarded the value of the land to be £10,065,
subject to restrictive covenants. The value of the same
land, with permission to build upon according to the
plans of the commissioners, he estimated at £13,120, the
difference being £3,355, -one-half of which is to be paid by
the commissioners to Mr. Laird, according to agreement.
—The committee recommended the rescinding of the
resolution of the Lighting and Watch Committee to erect
a dead-house at a cost not exceeding £l5O, and suggested
that the matter should be referred to the Clerk of the
Peace and the Guardians of the Poor, as more within
their province. After a discussion, the proceedings were
confirmed, on the understanding that the Finance Com-
mittee's recommendation was to be discussed at the next
Board.—The following were reported to be the ferry re-
ceipts for the month of November, 1853, £1,590 4s. Bd. ;
for 1854, £1,759 11s. From 25th April to 30th November
(inclusive), 1853, £15,966 18s. 3d. ; 1854, £18,374 Os. 11d.
Total expenditure for same period, in 1853, £13,225 18s. ;
1854, £16,161 16s. Bd. A number of persons continuing to
pass through the contractor's gate, after having received
notice that their contracts had expired, the manager had
been directed to require all such persons to pass through the
pay-gate. The cabins of the boats were to be heated with
warm water. It had been decided to advertise in various
papers for tenders for the privilege of advertising, under
certain restrictions, in the cabins of the boats. The com-
mittee recommended that an additional man should be
placed on each of the three boats continually running, at
a salary of 225, per week, to be sworn in as a special con-
stable, to make drunken persons behave properly, to oblige
smokers to keep to one part of the boat, and to look after
the safe landing of the passengers. The proceedings were
confirmed. Mr. Bradley announced that " the inefficient
ferry committee" had realised £205 17s. for a lot of old

e Board then separated

HORRIBLE DEATII—
Ierv, named John Ht

a the yard for twenty

who lived at

al Artil-
miltons-

baitn, Ireland, was taken home one night last week in a
state of intoxication, and put to bed. The only other
inmate of the building was a pig, and on the following
on one of the neighbour's calling, a horrible

mornin

)ectacfe

. Hutcheson
ating away his face

presented itself Is lying on the
floor, and the pig was , One of his
ears had also been taken away by the ravenous animal.
Surgical assistance was procured, but the man died in the
course of a few hours, from rupture of a blood vessel of
the chebt, produced by a fall he had had the night before.

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GRAD

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RAILWAY OF CANADA

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f the Legislative Assembly 1

on the-3rd ult., that this railway is
is—one from Quebec to Trois Pistol

divided into

les, one from I

ale to Peterborough

I one from Toronto to Sarnia, and there is also the Vic-
ia-bridge, which is included in the agreement with the
'tractors. The length of the Toronto and Montreal
tion is 345 miles, and the total cost £3,000,000. The

Lce guarantee on this section is £1,035,000. The
,cts provide that the line and all its appurtenances
be equal to any first-class English railway, and

my known or used in America. The
of masonry or brickwork, with iron
All these are on the principle

tubes across the spa

°-
Wales. The stations and all other buildings are to be of
brick or stone, covered with slate or metal. • The contracts
also include a supply of engines, carriages, waggons, snow-
ploughs and workshops, and, in short, every article required
for efficiently working the railway. The contractors are
bound to pay the entire interest on the capital stock, as
well as on debentures of all kinds, until the delivery of the
railway to the company. The Belleville and Peterborough
line is 50 miles in length, and the cost is to be £400,000.
The works on this section, and upon every other section of
the Grand Trunk line, are to be of the character above
described. The Belleville and Peterborough section will
not be commenced until the money and labour markets
are in a more favourable condition for carrying on
great undertakings in Canada. The Toronto and Sarnia
section is 172 miles in length, and the contract price
is £1,376,000, of which £576,758 has been expended.
The Quebec and Richmond section is about 100 miles in
length, the contract price £650,000, and the province
guarantee is £250,000. The contract price for this section
is less than for the other sections of the Grand Trunk.
The stationhouses are to be of wood, and the surface width
of the railway two feet less than the other sections—
namely, 16 feet instead of 18 feet. The foundations of all
large structures are for a double line. The Trois Pistoles
line is 153 miles in length ; the contract price £1,224,000,
and £459,000 is the amount of the province guarantee.
The contract price for the Victoria bridge is £1,400,000,
with power to the engineer-in-chief to certify for the pay-
ment of another £lOO,OOO, if, at the completion of the
work, he is satisfied that that additional sum should be
paid to Messrs. Peto and Co' the contractors. There will
be about £200,000 expended on the bridge in 1854, and it
is intended to expend from £200,000 to £250,000 in each
year during its construction. With regard to the opening
of sections of the railway, he stated that the line from
Montreal to Brockville, about 125 miles in length, is to be
opened in September, 1855. The line from Quebec to St.
Thomas, 40 miles, on 'the Trois Pistoles section, will also
be opened in September, 1855. The section from Brock-
ville to Kingston, about 50 miles, and from Kingston to
Whitley, about 140 miles, in September, 1856. The line
from Whitley to Toronto about 36 miles, will probably be
opened in September, 1855. The section from Toronto to
Stratford, 90 miles, will be opened on the Ist of October,
1855. The Quebec and Richmond would shortly be
opened, so that, exclusive of the Montreal and Portland
line, 292 miles in length, an additional length of 390
miles is expected to be opened for traffic by next autumn,
making, with the 292 miles at present in operation, 682
miles. The total capital of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company is £9,500,000, and the length of railway
finished and under contract is 1,112 miles—namely, from
Montreal to Portland, 292 miles ; Quebec to Trois Pistoles,
153 miles : Quebec to Richmond, 100 miles ; Montreal to
Toronto, 345 miles ; Belleville to Peterborough, 50 miles ;
and Toronto to Sarnia, 172 miles. Of these the sec-
tion from Montreal to Portland is open, the Quebec and
Richmond about to be opened, so that 290 miles of ad-
ditional line will be finished in 1855, and 297 miles in
1856, making together 979 miles. The company tem-
porarily suspends the making of the remaining 233 miles.
The number of miles entitled to the province guarantees
is 724, and those not entitled to it 388. The amount of
the province guarantee is £1,811,500. The shareholders
of the Grand Trunk Railway have psid on account of
shares and bonds £3.721,900., including the capital paid
for the Quebec and Richmond and the St. Lawrence and
Atlantic lines. The total amount of capital subscribed on
the Grand Trunk proper is £8,083;600, and the amount
paid on such capital is £2,171,900, of which a very small
proportion is paid in Canada. On £7,246,000 of the sub-
scribed capital the shareholders receive share certificates
for shares of £25 each, and are entitled to debenture cer-
tificates. to the same amount ; of which one half are
province debentures and the other half company's deben-
tures. The £837,600 capital remaining to make the
£8,083,600 does not carry province debentures. The
latter sum consists of £4,181,400 stock, £2,090,700 com-
pany's bonds, and £1,811,500 of province debentures.
There has been paid up on stock £883,156, on the com-
pany's bonds £553,327, and .on the province debentures
£735,417. The remaining portion of the capital of
£9,500,000 consists of capital raised prior to the amalga-
mation by the following companies :—St. Lawrence and
Atlantic—in shares, £246,000, in bonds of the province,
£400,000, and other bonds, £233,000, together, £879,100;
Quebec and Richmond— in shares, £305,000, bonds,
£lOO,OOO, and Toronto and Guelph shares, £132,300,
together, £1,416,400.

INCREASED CONSUMPTION or TEA.--On Saturday, a par-
liamentary paper was published, from which it appears that
in the ten months ended the sth November, 1852, the quan-
tity of tea entered for home consumption was 47,122,979 lbs;
in 1853, 49,800,5471b5. ; and in the present year,
51,461,3181b5.
A HAPPY FAMTLY.—JUDKIN V. FIELD —This was an
action for assault. Mr. Judkin was the clergyman of
Somers Chapel, St. Pancras, and had married the widow
of Alderman Lainson, who at the time of her marriage to.
the plaintiff had 'five daughters by her former husband,
the eldest of whom had•married the defendant, a surgeon
in Great Marlborough-street. Family differences had
arisen, and the plaintiff forbade the defendant's wife to
come to the house ; but on the 10th of June last, notwith-
standing that prdlnbition, she came there, and a scene of
great violence took plaee. The next day the plaintiff re-
ceived a letter from the defendant, demanding an apology.;
and on the following day, the defendant went to the
plaintiff's house, forced his way in, and committed the
assault for which the action was brought. The case was
tried in the Queen's Bench on Monday, and the jury gave
a verdict for the plaintiff, with £5O damages.
CURIOUS TRIAL.--At the High Court of Justiciary,
Edinburgh, on Monday week, two respectable merchants
in Fort William, Messrs. Henry and William Ainslie,
were charged with having, on the 17th or 18th of August
last, assaulted William Crawford, one of their shopmen,
and robbed him sf above £lO in notes, gold, and silver. It
appeared that Messrs. Ainslie considered they had grounds
of suspicion against Crawford, having missed a good deal
of money and articles from the shop ; and being about to
part with him on Monday, the 15th of August last, they,
before paying him his wages then due, about £9 10s.,
questioned him as to various supposed thefts, and asked an
examination of his trunk. To this, however, after some
delay, Crawford reluctantly consented, when about £lO in
money was found in his possession, which he said he had
brought with him from Edinburgh a twelvemonth pre-
vious ; but several pounds in silver were wrapped in a
paper, dated July, 1854. Messrs. Ainslie then took pos-
session of Crawford's trunk, in which were various articles
they believed their property, and locking the money in it,
gave him the keys till the case should be investigated.
Two days after Crawford secretly recovered possession of
his trunk, and put the money in his pocket. Meanwhile,
the Ainslies were endeavouring to get the aid of the
authorities to examine Crawford ; but the sheriff-depute
was non-resident, the sheriff-substitute was on the con-
tinent; the interim-substitute did not take up the case,
the procurator-fiscal was indisposed, was six miles distant,
and was unable to attend at Fort William till the 19th.
The Ainslies, on the Wednesday, finding Crawford had
recovered his money, employed two of their porters for 24
hours to watch him, and at length, on Thursday evening,
the 17th, they laid Crawford on the floor, and took, or
attempted to take, the money from him. To prevent his
shouting they put a pillow over his mouth, and after this
he appeared insensible, on which they sent for a doctor,
who, after he had applied 'restoratives, found such marks
of consciousness in him as led him to believe that the in-
sensibility was feigned. On the Friday, Crawford went
to the Fiscal's, and informed against the Ainslies, and the
result was that these gentlemen were put on their trial for
assault and robbery. On the close of the evidence for the
crown, the Solicitor-General abandoned the case, and the
Lord Justice Clerk directed the jury to return a verdict of
not guilty, which they did.

MR. SIDNEY HERBERT ON THE WAR.—On Wednesday,
a meeting of the parishioners of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge,
was held in aid of the Patriotic Fund, the Hon. and Rev.
Mr. Liddell in the chair. Mr. Sidney Herbert, in moving
the first resolution, said that, being a parishioner, he felt
it his duty to attend the meeting. Allusion had been
made by their rector to the discipline of the army, and the
high moral qualities that had been displayed by all since
its arrival in the East. It had been his fortune during
many years, from the position he held,to become acquainted
with its internal administration, and he was well aware
how improved had been the condition of the men. The
change, however, that had taken place was not entirely
visible to the public ; but since the arrival of our army in
Turkey the veil had been drawn aside, and the character
of the British soldier had been brought conspicuously to
view. It was supposed by some that the education which
the soldier had received and the comforts he had enjoyed
at home would have unfitted him for the labour of a cam-
paign and the arduous duties of war, but a practical
answer had been given to those who had such anticipa-
tions. Circumstances had shown that, while acts of the
greatest bravery and heroism had been displayed, the men
who had exhibited them possessed the tenderest feelings,
as had been proved by the letters from privates and non-
commissioned officers connected with the army. He, a
few days ago, had an interview with a gentleman recently
returned from the Crimea, who stated to him that he was
surprised at the extraordinary discipline that was manifest
among all the regiments of the British army, and who
also observed that, while enduring the greatest fatigue,
not a murmur was heard, not a single court-martial had
been held, and there had been no complaint of neglect of
duty. He was a few days ago reading the despatches of
the Duke of Wellington of the campaign in Spain, and
there he found that the Duke was constantly remarking
that severe punishment was necessary to keep up the
discipline of the army. How proud, therefore, ought they
to be of such an army, the condition of which he believed
was unexampled in the history of this or ofany other nation !
He had also seen letters from a lady holding a high posi-
tion among those who are attending the hospitals at
Scutari. There he is told not a word is uttered to offend
a lady's feelings, though there are 4,000 beds in the various
hospitals. All the attentions paid to the men are received
with the greatest thanks, and, though 'many are suffering
the most excruciating. pains, not a murmur nor complaint
was heard. Much, however, as they must admire these
moral qualities in the men, they must not forget their
high military qualities, for he believed there had scarcely
been an instance on record where these were so conspicuous
as at the battle of Inkerman, where a small band of men
were arrayed against a numerous and disciplined army.
While column after column were brought up against our
men, they stood their ground. The battle was not one
where there was any particular strategical Movement, but
each man believed that the battle depended upon his own
individual heroism and exertions. The people of England
would depreciate themselves if they did not afford those
brave Loen all the assistance in their power.

STANDARD, AND G

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES

raffle, of a daughter

Aigburth, t

On the Ist inst

Walton-lane, of a slat

'e of Mr

On the 3rd inst., In Earl-street, Eve
Mr. William McAdam, of a son.

On the 3rd inst., at
Stopford, of a daughtE

id, Gore

Everton, of a son.
On the 4th inst., at Lei
Oddie, of a daughter.

COM

the wife of

end, Viscountess

On the 4th inst., in Rodney-street, ti
Dawson, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., Mrs. Thomas Thompson, Breck-road

of Thomas