The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

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were apprehended on Wednesday
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the shore at Bootle,
gistrates to one month's
imprisonment in default of paying a fine of .21 and costs.
WARRINGTON.—On Sunday week, two sermons, in aid
of the choir fond, were preached in St. James's Church,
Latchford, by the Rev. Dr. 111`Neile, of Liverpool; nearly
£3O was collected on the occasion.

THE AUSTRALIAN TEMPERANCE PACKETS.—The 'fine
ship Derry Castle is now being fitted up on the east side
of Prince's Dock as one of Messrs. Griffiths, Newcombe,
and Co.'s " Temperance Line " of Australian packets,
sailing hence to Melbourne, and her arrangements ap-
pear well calculated to secure the 'tween decks efficient
light and ventilation, two of the greatest comforts on
shipboard.
CAPTAIN THOMPSON, late of the Sarah Sands screw
steam-ship, has been appointed to the command of the
new paddle steamer Pacific, now fitting out in the London
East India Docks for Melbourne and Sydney. If nautical
ability can secure a speedy passage, and urbanity of dis-
position render the voyage pleasant to the passengers, the
run out of the Pacific, under the guidance of Captain
Thompson, will be rapid and agreeable.
DEATH PROM LAUDANUM.—Jane Stubbs, sixty years
of age, who had been in the habit of taking laudanum
medicinally, for some time past, died, on Thursday night,
at the house of Mr. William Jones, in Wyld-street, where
she had gone to assist. When she went there she com-
plained of feeling ill and drowsy, and stated that she had
taken an overdose of laudanum. At the inquest, Mr. J.
Kemp, surgeon, who had made a post mortem examina-
tion, stated the cause of death to be apoplexy, produced,
most probably, from an overdose of laudanum, and the
jury returned a verdict accordingly.
DESECRATION OF A Cauncit.----John Daly, an Irish
Romanist, living in Porter-street, was charged before the
magistrates, on Friday, with hanging clothes on the rail-
ings in front of St. Matthias's Church, Great Howard.
street. The clergyman, who was in court, stated that the
practice had become so frequent and annoying that they
were determined, if possible, to put a stop to it, and had
taken the present means of doing so. He did not wish for
a severe punishment, but only such as would prevent the
repetition of the nuisance. Daly was fined Is. and costs.
STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION.—SeveraI mechanics owned
a little steamer which plied between Preston and Lytham.
The boiler, which was placed in the middle of the boat,
exploded on Saturday week, about four miles from
Preston, when forty passengers were on board. Five have
already died from the injuries received, and others have
been most severely wounded. It is said that the boiler
was not fitted up according to agreement.
LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK.-Mr. Wm. Rathbone pre-
sided at the annual meeting of proprietors held on Tuesday.
The report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that
the profits of the past year, after deducting Income-tax
and other expenses, were £75,568, from which £52,500
had been paid in two half-yearly dividends, at the rate of
seven per cent. per annum, leaving the reserve fund at the
present time £105,420 Bs. sd. On the motion of Mr.
Francis Heywood, £1,500 per annum was placed at the dis-
posal of the directors, being an increase of £5OO upon the
amount heretofore voted. Thanks were accorded to all
connected with the management of the establishment, and
it was resolved to increase the paid-up capital to £1,000,000.
DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT WELL.—On Monday last
week considerable excitement was created in Toxteth-park
by the discovery of a large well, twelve feet below the sur-
face of the earth. As the workmen in the employ of
Messrs. Jones and Smith were constructing a sewer in
Wright.street, they came in contact with a large piece of
timber, under which, from the sound, there evidently was
an excavation. One of the men struck the wood with his
pickaxe, when the instrument immediately went through
it. The timber was removed,:and to the surprise of the
workmen they discovered an immense well, filled with
water. It is about fifty yards deep and six feet wide.
The sides of the well are almost perfectly round and
smooth. For nearly a yard over the well the earth is
completely formed, there being three layers of clay run-
ning in regular strata, which is evidence of the age of the
excavation.

RIDICULOUS Ctn.—At the County Court, on Friday,
acase adjourned from the previous Monday was adjudicated.
The action was at the instance of Mr. Earp, tailor and
draper, in Lord-street, against Francis Boynge, clerk at
St. George's-dock. The evidence showed that the defen-
dant had ordered a pair of trowsers from the plaintiff, for
which the latter charged 55., the amount sued for.
After being delivered, the trowsers were returned, on the
allegation that they were not worth the sum charged for
them. When the defendant returned the trousers to the
plaintiff, the messenger placed-the parcel upon the shop
counter, with a note, and immediately left. Just as he
got outside the shop door, the plaintiff, without opening
the note, took up the parcel, ran after the messenger, and
placed the parcel upon his shoulder. The man declined to
take possession of it, and the unmentionables fell upon
the road—the messenger wending his way up and the
plaintiff down the street. An unknown person passing at
the time, took up the parcel and walked away with it, and
neither he nor the trousers had been heard of since.—His
Honour said that this was certainly one of the most
ridiculous affairs he had ever heard of, and gave a verdict
for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs.
PURCHASE OF A BURIAL-GROUND IN TOXTETH-PABK.
—A special vestry meeting of the inhabitants of Toxteth
was held on Friday, to consider the propriety of purchasing
certain land for a burial ground. In November last, it
was resolved at a special vestry to expend £15,000 on this
object, but subsequently the authorities of the township
have had an offer of eligible land from the Earl of Sefton.
It comprises thirty acres, situate at the west side of
Smithdown-lane, and the price asked is £5OO per acre. A
stream of water runs through the land, which will be of
considerable value for drainage purposes. The vestry
sanctioned the purchase of the land on the terms proposed.
A Romanist gentleman present expressed a wish that
some part of the land might be set apart, and a chapel
erected for the performance of the burial rites according
to that faith. Mr. Gregson observed that it would be to
the interest of the parishioners to carry out the provisions
of the act of parliament with as much liberality as possible,
but that they could not accede to the proposition just
made, inasmuch as the act itself only provided for the
erection of a Protestant place of worship, and a chapel for
Dissenters. A conversation next arose as to whether the
£15,000 which had been voted would be sufficient for the
purpose required, and ultimately it was decided that a
further sum of £7OOO should be granted, to be laid out as
the commissioners might think fit.
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting took
place on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale, the chair-
man, presiding. The other members present were,—
Messrs. Dover, Gladstone, Hodson, Beckwith, Nicholson,
Godfrey, Johnson, Halhead, and Bighorn. The medical
officer of health reported that the mortality of Liverpool
continued somewhat below the average of the season. The
deaths registered last week were 215, including 10 which
took place on hoard the Birkenhead emigrant ship Dirigo,
and which appear in this return in consequence of the
bodies having been landed at Liverpool. 86 deaths were
caused by diseases of the zymotic class. Of these 20 were
for measles, 16 for diarrhoea, 16 for cholera (including the
10 in the Dirigo), 9 from hooping-cough, 8 from typhus, 4
from syphilis, 3 from scarlatina, and 3 from small-pox
(two of these having been unvaccinated), and 1 from
mumps. Of the 22 deaths from diarrhoea and cholera, in
Liverpool, 21 were infants. Diseases of the lungs caused
46 deaths, including 24 from consumption. Of the total
deaths, 130 were below 5 years of age, 65 between 6 and
60, and 20 between 60 and 90 years of age. A fatal case
of measles occurred in a registered lodging-house in Ben
Jonson-street.—An application was made from the direc-
tors of the Borough Bank to extend the new building
over a portion of the public thoroughfare at the top of
Water-street, at a certain angle. It was agreed not to
recommend the Council to approve of it.—No other busi-
ness worth recording was transacted.
INPAMOUS ABDUCTION.—Two girls wereinduced, lately,
to come from 'Nottingham to this town, under the pretence
of being taught dressmaking. They were conducted to a
house in Gloucester-street, which they soon found was
devoted to the vilest of purposes. They were pressed to
take wine, but refused, and tried to make their escape. A
strict watch, however, was kept upon them in order to pre-
vent this, and, in the mean time, infamous overtures were
made to them by several "gentlemen" who visited the
house. These they resisted, and at length, on Friday
week, they succeeded in getting out, under the pretence of
shopping, accompanied, however, by an employe of the
house, G kept a strict watch on all their proceedings.
Fortunately for the girls, they met, in one of the principal
streets, with a person from their native town, to whom
they communicated their story, and who at once took them
under his protection. The police having been informed of
the affair, Nit.. Clough took measures for their safety, and
caused their seducer to be taken into custody. Upon an
inquiry into the matter, it was found that the girls being
over the age which the law conceived itself bound to pro-
tect, the wretch who had endeavoured to accomplish their
ruin could not be detained. She was, therefore, discharged.
The girls were brought into the Police-court, a few days
ago, when Mr. Mansfield addressed them, and said he hoped
it would be a warning to them not to trust, in future,
people whom they did not know. In the course of the day
they were taken under charge by one of the police officials,
and sent back to their friends at Nottingham.
TUE BOILER EXPLOSION AT ROCHDALE.—TiIe ad-
journed inquiry respecting the explosion of a steam engine
boiler at the cotton factory of Mr. George Williamson, at
Rochdale, took place on Thursday at the Wellington Hotel,
in that town. A boy named Taylor deposed to having
seen the fireman engineer put extra weights on the safety-
valve nearest the fire-hole. While the witness was sent
to tell his master that Glegg, the regular engine-driver,
was absent, the explosion took place. The three weights
that were on the valve nearest the fire-hole were all of one
size, 211 b. or 221 b. each. Mr. W. Fairbairn, the engineer,
read a long report, framed after examination of the frag-
ments of the boiler, and expressed his belief that the ex-
plosion was caused by excessive pressure. The boiler was
only calculated to bear a pressure of 401 b. or 501 b. to the
square inch, but the pressure upon it must have been
equal to 3001 b. per square inch. Mr. Fairbairn also gave
his opinion that the millowners of a place like Rochdale
ought to appoint a man capable of inspecting the safety-
valves to see that they were in good order. One of the
witnesses stated that he had about a year since spoken
to Mr. Williamson about the dangerous pressure employed.
Thejury returned the following verdict :—" That, in the
opinion of the jury, :the death of Ann Stott and nine other
persons was caused by an explosion of the boiler at the
Bridgefield-mill, occupied by George Williamson, such an
explosion being caused by an excessive pressure of steam,
and that pressure being produced by the following circum-
stances ;—First, the 3-inch safe ve not being in work-
ing order, and consequently inactive; second, the 2-inch
safety valve being, on the morning of the explosion, much
overweighted ; and,
intervals from 6 o'clockt third,o
2as the engine only worked at
0 minutes past—a space of
time elapsed during which the fire was kept up, and in
that time such an amount of heat was added to the water
in the boiler, and pressure therein accumulated, as to ren-
der it impossible that the boiler could be relieved by
the small or 2-inch valve when so overweighted. The
jury, at the same time, wish to express their opinion
that the boiler and engine at Bridgefield-mill were very
imProPerlY managed, thereby causing danger to the
parties employed, and that the occupier and engineer
are exceedingly blameable for working the boiler at the
high pressure they have done for a long time previous to
the explosion,"