The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-28 00:00:00

‘ IUESDAY
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1854.

LOCAL INTELLI
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A;6100ro. department, salary
htC,I44ICAIf MAIL STEADIERS.
e'B now employed in carrying
2tibuilt of wood, and 50 of in
1, and 21 by screws.—
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AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—An
adjourned meeting of this company was held on Monday,
at Preston. Statistical explanations were gone into re-
lative to the supposed deficit of the receipts of the line which
had engaged the attention of the shareholders at their
Previous meeting, and the report, on the whole, was con-

Ito:ti r
%ill 45STITUTION SCHOOL.-011 Friday si
n• RA., late Canning scholar of the abo,
4ge:',,ted Ramsay Fellow at St. Peter's Coll.
411af'r* Glynn obtained the place of 16th WraL
l'gz jilematical Tripos of 1852.
illf 14311-tX LYCEUM EXIfIBITION, after having been
kitei °tllr Months, was closed on Saturday week.. The total
ll:is amounted to £3,669, and the expenses in getting
iDt ' work.,,ug the exhibition have been £1,460; leaving
4e4bt balance of ,
t 11,14: tazza, formerly assistant, but lately principal
Nctrbor the town of Blackburn, has absconded, and it
wary ,i.'‘`,.4t his. defalcations amount to about £6O. His
10 vlog,',B £7O a year.
iDgi t.,' ptlfia.LEY, a private watchman on the premises of
`! N; 'I: and N. Philips, extensive merchants, at Man-
' ',,th ti,''_ in the custody of the police of that city, charged
Ito wag stolen property of considerable value belong-
-14,,:-, employers.
kric,C'SVE SEA. WILL.—At the meeting of the Liver-
ilp,exellitectural and Archeological Society, on Wednes-
likiet' a paper will be read on " Sea Encroachments at
thqtY—Leasowe, and their Influence on the Estuary
4,ersey," by Mr.Rollett.
;III:TING of the friends of Mr. J. D. Allen, was held,
/ A ajB4aY, in the Town-hall, Prescot, to present liim
[otrlql,e,a and coffee service and a considerable quantity
,y r)oi Tilie-Zepd
.plate, as a token of their regard for his
ty f ~,kTrt Private character.
o ‘ciai Was detected at Werneth, near Oldham, on
_,L1,1'1114 Lteek, through the sagacity of a dog, which took
V.„, —,7",011 beside some hay in a barn belonging to its
IFf. re,„' "1m would not go away until a quantity of hay
T."' b —°red, beneath which some pork and butter that
111: 1/4neelc.a&siitfen. by a servant were discovered.
6 i lious Ross, a linen-draper, destroyed himself at
0' eof his sister in Gartside-street, Manchester, on
th Y night week, by cutting his throat so that he al-
t
'lt:„evereci his hed from his body. He was in business,
4alarried, and was made a bankrupt the preceding

THE LANCASTEE

filer in

isfactory

SEVERAL SUDDEN DEATHS have occurred during the
week. On Tuesday, Catherine Reilly, the wife of a joiner,
living at 5‘2, Great Homer-street, whilst talking to a
woman at the end of Penrhyn-street, suddenly fell down
and expired. On the same day an old man, named Daniel
Madden, died suddenly, at the house of his daughter, in

Henry-street.
DEATH PEON INTEMPERANCE.—On Sunday morning,
William Boyd, a man fifty-two years of age, was found
dead in bed, in Lawrence-street. It appeared that the
deceased was much addicted to drinking, and for the last
six weeks had not been sober. On several occasions he
had been labouring under delirium tremens, and had been
under medical treatment for it.
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ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On the 26th of last month a
man named Abraham Thompson, employed as a ware-
houseman in a cotton warehouse opposite Brunswick-dock,
while engaged in turning over some bales of cotton on the
top of a pile, fell down and fractured hisleg in two places.
He was immediately conveyed to the Southern Hospital,
where every attention was paid to him, notwithstanding
wh!ch hedied on Sunday morning.
OBSEQUIES OF WILLIAM AIA.CFIE, ESQ.—Friday last
was the day fixed for conveying the remains of William
Macfie, Esq., of Langhouse, to the place of interment in the
West Church burying-ground of his fathers, beside the
spot consecrated as the resting place of Burns' " Highland
Mary." The funeral was a public one, as a tribute of re-
t to the memory of so estimable a citizen.—Greenock
,—Deceased was uncle of R. A. Macfie, Esq., of
his sons are partners with that

GIILAGLIM.•
TIMELY BENEVOLENCE.—On Monday last, the poor and
aged people of Ashton-in-Alakerfield, to the number of
about three hundred, had distributed amongst them nearly
two thousand yards of calico, a quantity of grey woollen
coats for old men, and jackets and trousers for boys, and
red flannel to the poorest and oldest women. The funds
are derived from what are called the " Ashton Charities,"
and are governed by trustees, of which Mr. Billinger and
Mr. Stock are the managers. It is a pity that such a
-rthy example is not more generally followed.
",FFCTS OF INTEMPERANCE.—On Tuesday, a
.ary surgeon, named Thomas Derbishire, 61 years
,e, died from the effects of intoxication. lie resided
,n his daughter in Back Bold-street, and on the above
.ay he was in a public-house in Renshaw-street, in a
state of insensibility from intoxication. He was carried
home, and he died about seven o'clock the same evening,
without having recovered his senses. He had been drink-

1,
o,l' "510.14 TTLE DALE has been re-appointed to the Marine
'1(1 a'e of the Liverpool Dock Committee, and Mr.
Sigitlxinted a member of that committee, in the room
-oree 04,13 Yden. Mr. Bold has been also
134r-masters' Committee and Parliam

)pointed to
ntary Com-

ALL
S 1 POSTOFFICES.—WhiIst the Londoners are
Llti4„,.°' these accommodations, our active Postmaster is
jth'2.l,le for the inhabitants of the Princes-park, at
Nttlir'ml of Croxteth-road with Lodge-lane. The
klief, toon-liss of a hollow. cast-iron pillar, having the
)?"•er-slit one side, with a small door on another,
"which the letter-box will be inserted and removed.
efi Oilla •
6id I,T•kt rISto be surmound by a gas-lamp. The whole
NM:. 111 is from Mr. Bennett's foundry, Sir Thomas's-

liTlita. ing since the 27th ult.
kia. • a SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THE VBN. ARCHDEACON BROOKS.
I,: , ,it at (),SIN. BRIGHT.-The effigy of Mr. Bright was
deco t‘lo•lits-"LeAa.cross, near 3.lanchester, on Tuesday. Seve- -At the mayor's banquet, in the Town-hall, on Thursday,
.oro' kAoh 'ooli place during thetsc,
scene. The feelinas of the Venerable Archdeacon had just sat down, after re-
''• sponding to the toast of" The Bishops and Clergy," when
1114 c,orri were thus elegantly expressed by one ofthe ma.
IX "40 il'„,`,` The real g the yof he was seized with a fit. Mr. Hodson, surgeon, was present, as
well as Mr. Bradley, and the archdeacon having been
~, !!' ttio, 4,,glit, the friend oflreland and of Nicholas !"
' -,,' ''t tiAaremoved to the drawing-room, these gentlemen attended
I. or . --KRITPT BERNESTEIN who was arrested some
' otr 'ltrl SIX . in Liver ' •,_ • him assiduously until the arrival of Mr. Long and Dr.
la , L h;. weeks since pool, naving decamped Dickinson. At a later period of the evening he was re-
oi!,,,-, tlO, creditors in Australia, was brought up at the moved to his own house, and, on Saturday, was declared
toff : •14nkruptcy Court, on Monday last week. The to be quite convalescent.
01,,,,'1,fei,,,_,:. in connexion with the bankruptcy have been
DEATH OF THE "OLDEST INHABITANT."-Eliz. Curry
Feb;;u lit) '''''' from the Liverpool to the London Court, his
fe> rs be• died at her residence in Duckinfield-street last week, after
of t' 4,,lt'orab ing resident in London. attaining the age of 109 years 8 months and 7 days. She
lie! he '4-PERs FOR FOREIGN PARTS.-In consequence
I),e' NI perY I remained in possession of all her faculties, slightly im-
-4 11, y._ tar number of newspapers which are con-
aired, up to the hour of her death. Some years ago the
,{ Ltiie irkap_roperly posted unpaid, and consequently sent deceased kept an apple-stand at the corner of Par iament
Tor, 0 4,,...°,(t_Letter-office, a notice has been issued from
street, and she then lived in Ashton-street. She took
',31. il4 the Post-office, recommending "that persons who
great interest in relating events which occurred a hundred
,r ot h4tties e habit of transmitting newspapers to foreign years ago, and, to the curious in such matters, was a
'ea st'i y! °r to any of the colonies, should satisfy them-
valuable historian. The remains of this venerable woman
Llch ktk e
Ls. inquiry at a Post-office, whether or not any were interred very appropriately in Oldham-street, on
ila tai,et th.el?jrayabl upon them in this country before they Wednesday.
5,, kpl ktsz newspapers in the letter-box. ST. THOMAS'S ScßooLs.-On Tuesday, the foundation-
-105•0 da Dr VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION .-Following stone of the new schools about to be erected in Frederick-
is 'to Vaal °eeedings in other wards, the licensed victuallers street, in connexion with St. Thomas's Church, was laid
oder cielatei,reet and St. Peter's Wards held a meeting in by Mr. Alderman Robinson. Owing to the excessive
oP eil kl'aw „ 'on-rooms on Wednesday, to form a committee - r'
wetness of the day, the attendance was rather limited.
fitftl„t rati,,'P Memorial's and take other steps, to oppose. the The ground on which the schools are being erected will
i)-•, Dil; iltqt:, a';111)roin the licensing system contained in Mr. Wilson
the ~,, ,am Posed beer bill. Mr. Atkinson occupied the cost only 2360, ?wine. to the liberality of the Town Count
Ili th °WTI. explained to the meeting the changes that,•in cil ; and the entire cost of the ground and buildings will
[ y E _ 104 __ not exceed
.£1,5.00, of which
Tamount £B6O have been
a) ii• 1, , would be detrimental to the trade particularly
already received in donations. he interesting proceeding
Arit,vitt ems for throwing open the license; to all who
0 4 Preda were opened and closed with prayer and hymns, in which
00;1i yak, ee Food security. Other speakers followed in the children of the school took a prominent part.
mat ~, Loe _ strain, and resolutions to carry out the objects
otoro klttliZeeting were adopted. One speaker considered OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.-On Tuesday, an omnitus in
Manchester " bolted," and rushing . down Market-street
to 4 vtleili_were already too much under police surveillance ; into Exchange-street, and then, galloping headlong through
rlfi kNI • "'ought the Chancellor of the Exchequer was en-
°` te 41.1 tlng St. Ann's-square, the horses were. only brought. to a stop
to ~• of th„, , 0 make the licensed victuallers
wereor the
ara 'ger ' `-rimea The C • • • by dashing themselves and the vehicle against the railings
ai tr. ~ the ._ • Chairman said they going round St. Ann's church. No person was knocked down,
00
~,, 041,, most determined opposition to the bill. or run over. There was a gentleman in the omnibus at
Of .i
iiit ' LIATNcit
14 , the su IN A SNOWSTORM.-On Wednesday, the time ; but he flung himself on the straw in the bottom,
erV a,,aloood. snow was descending in immense flakes, a and only received a slight shock from the collision with
Iv ,i y-nioaeßed
0, Messes,iron ship was launched from the the railings. All three of the omnibus horses were more
Op Nb,s.remony of Cato,ll Miller, and Co., Brunswick Dock, or less injured by the railings ; one of them rather se-
ar , 'h•'''_ Despite the wing being performed by Mrs. Peter- verely, especially on the head. The two poles were
,K, :zembied to eather, a large number of persons smashed.to splinters, but the body of the vehicle did not
witness the launch, and hearty cheers suffer much; and fifteen or sixteen of the railings were
"tit Ya,te iilhel_i_Ls the vessel glided down into the water, knocked out, some apparently by each horse, several rails
VtP At,°4, was speedily lost to the viewse ofof tthiotese in the remaining between each gap.-Manchester Guardian.
' Ife 411,1; '-'l,,,qunt of the impenetrable
tall tel. ", il, 2 ",t vessel is of the following dimensions ?Li-- STAMPS ON CITARITA BLN DONATIONS.-Mr. Henry
r (1,0 ALi 2(i ' ' feet ; beam, 35 feet ; depth, 221 feet ; regis- Grazebrook, jun., of this town, has received the followingy
(71) tj:C ‘, ' tons, letter from the solicitor to the Stamp-office, in reply to an
of ~t , Oen of A TROOP Snir.-One of the most extra- application respecting receipts for charitable funds :-
fritt e` f, leis
,: instances of despatch on record took place last "Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, London, 18th Nov.
,;tell i, ,ar with respect to the steam-ship Europa. Three days 1854.-Sir,-I have to acknowledge the receipt of your.
1.•o0e ttli,l!:eceiving orders from government the vessel was letter of the 15th instant, with regard to the duty o
: 60190 t 'Ni!e_cl and ready for sea. On Saturday, she took on receipts for charitable contributions. lam directed to
`td tl tit la') of horse artillery, and a troop of the 55th Regi. state that there is no express exemption in favour of re-
' IV Sh '
, „,,, e sailed on the same day for Dublin, and arrived ceipts given for subscriptions to charities ; but the board
folO:d ,411rtown at half-past seven on Sunday morning. The think that when the sum acknowledged to have been
0, ree Ainiment left Dublin at one o'clock, and were all received is a mere voluntary gift, not entitling the person
i goo ti.,4t,`beed at three, although. the process of embarkation making the payment to any advantage, the acknowledg-
ment may be regarded as not liable to duty. The nature
at the otte performed in small boats. Lord Gough and
of the gift. should be. expressed in the acknowledgment.-
,of NeLeCochrane inspected the vessel, and expressed
I am, sir, your obedient servant, isoares KEOGH. '
,tf rt stores
well satisfied with the arrangements. Some
oe'reo/3 l'('clt i,'es were taken in at Kingstown, and at nine WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-The weekly meeting was
g 014 `trow't the evening she was steering out of the harbour, held at the Workhouse, on Wednesday. Present : Mr.
0 to, t,%l_,'' of spectators cheering her departure. Joseph Harrison, in the chair ; Mr. Edwards, vice-chair-
fedman; and Messrs. Mountfield, Daly, Ledger, G. Harrison,
iiglib, Ott,.u. STANLEY AT FRESTON.-On Wednesday, the
Smith, James Birch, Pitts, Morris, Lightbody, Whitby,
4/Bre kt hlirsith annual soirie of the Preston Institution for
fi' eil, asien
je ~,, tia of Knowledge, was held in the institution, Winsley, Shaw, Alpass. Kirkus, Abrahams, Lunt, Medcalf,
Siddeley. H. B. Farnall, Esq., poor-law inspector, also
j.i,;(11"0 I,trftie.,;, and was one of the most successful re-unions of
attended the meeting. The balance in the treasurer's
413,e koi St,'l2, of the institution which has yet been held.
nds was stated to be Z 725 9s. A letter was read from the
' f t', ON4 "ieY presided, and delivered a long and eloquent
o the Al , • • soi• .
150,"0 41t`, l, "Richard Fort, Esq., (high sheriff,) Sir Robert poor-layr Board, recommending changes of officers in the
township of Everton ; but the subject was deferred till the
' covof 'l4: ,I. ,•,,,• A ilson Patten, M.P., Mr. J. Heywood, M.P.,
next meeting, to enable the overseers to consider the sug.
foie to. 14, German and Mr. Taylor, of Blackburn, also ad-
gestions of the. commissioners, and to furnish the guardians
4100 tilt,' Staiii° meeting. On Thursday, a meeting, at which
with their views and wishes in the matter. Mr. Shaw
it oeo sfatio, eY, Sir Robt. Peel, and other friends of popular
gave notice that he would move, at the next meeting, that
, 011,1),
,i)l,4o,.attended, was held in Preston, for the purpose
the supply of water for the Workhouse be obtained from
;cialiiie tpewtilltig the establishment of a free public library in
the Corporation Works. The number in the Workhouse
Lliotel4 Y°L.ru c, was reported to be 596, against 665 for the corresponding
ocotty oiti,,,a th P THE Towar.-The medical officer reports
week of last year. The number in Hospital was stated to
i oti iv hip we,.: Week ending Saturday, the 18th inst., 236
be eighty-eight.
rfar, kin tii, registered in the borough, being 21 more
THE LATE JAMES CURRIE DUNCAN, ESQ.-It is with
~, o,l'o • t c.;),,rjrevions week, and 13 more than the average
sincere regret that we have been informed of the decease
0ci),°,.0, L,,„:xces's'Do_udin. g week of the preceding seven years.
of this amiable and truly excellent gentleman. It took
ord el '111.,a11, aati,!4 chiefly owing to the increasing cold of the
;i51)0 o'e •Th wing a greater mortality from disease of the place last week at Sydenham. His body was interred in
a vault belonging to his wife's family, at the Norwood
.5 Oer ',4ls,e the ae deaths under this head last week were 77, Cemetery. He had only returned from Switzerland two
title the kliicie6 . ;t: "age in the same week of former years was
or three days, and was on his return to Liverpool, when
old 01 kkilis, duet the same time the temperature has fallen
he was suddenly seized with bilious diarrhea. His
ad, be kal the ot. the
the last fortnight, the mean of the week
brother, Dr. Duncan, when he heard of the symptoms,
ow rt,,hat ie 4th inst. having been more than 52 deg.,
ye k ti, ',l the
ii. to. tN,,p th, ~ week ending the 18th, only about 43i deg. hastened. to afford his, able advice, and was with him till
his end. Mr. and Mrs. George Duncan were with him,
~at,. et i,, ler
cumber trom diseases of the zymotic class were 66, a
as well as various members of his wife's family. For
r",O Por VIII than in any week of the previous ve
e k:.,i. 11,3; 9 111 ey incded 13 from scarlatina, 11 from three weeks he struggled against the disease,. but excessive
'orb, tes irom h
0,
.4, , 4 ,owing cough, 5 from diarrhcea, 4 from weakness at last overcame him. He was in his 56th year.
His end was tranquil and peaceful. He died as he lived,
'to be `11417. vae, from small-pox (two unvaccinated, and one
oil the ah,a oe'tlated without effect). Only one fatal case of calm and composed, in humble reliance upon his adorable
e 1 01(1, !It1;,ltli ci!-Lrred during the week, and the medical officer Redeemer. He was respected by all who knew him in
gtoot' Yllee 'as reported to the foreign consuls the ay.,
gr pal t1:1;, °f the epidemic. Of the total 236 deaths, 136 public. Several charities especially at Everton, will feel
his loss severely ; but it was in private life that' he pre-
' Pottl) OFI, qdren, and 100 adults. eminently shone : there lie was not only respected but
e "ale gay41 v
rii , ESTRY.-The Rev. Rector Campbell presided beloved and there will his departure be supremely felt.
00'1, ~,,, aa-t.,eeting of the Select Vestry on Tuesday, when it -
He has left wife,but f •
resp onade t.no windy, to lament his loss.
DoPer)c 41,1Zaltitvateethat th.e proceedings of the Industrial School Cor
Jr don j et,, 4 v contained the followino• minute into Loss OF THE FORERUNNER.- An official inquiry
al ail ie ftwee,Nlr Hu des seconded by'Mr. W. Jones, it wascircumstances connected with the loss of this
actciJeve: c'ae h'ouay a. mrafoonn'ty, afthre to two, that forty copies steamere Point Lorenzo, Madeira, has taken place inLon-
don, beforee Admiral Beechey and Capt. Walker, R.N. The
proceedings
Kennedy,
i,
iont
-ii. ;'; . ti), it,oraayl'et Si of. the Bible be obtained for the use
4 lop , 11,4 ai is children in the schools." The confirms-commenced Bed i n
gfioneidA,foßnsda.y,
blaostth,
pwaehesnenGgeoryse,rnanoar
,tis 6 ~e N the proceedings was moved by Mr. Gardner, and
f,c t' htiA:ted by Mr. Bradley.
.Mr. Satchell objected to the thfefirand thir'd engineers, were examined. The effect
) their evidence to confirm the charge of gross neg-
4'a`q4ation of the
proceedm rgs and moved, as an amend- was
'that so much of the • proceedings,
minutes as referred to the par- lect against the c • in • captain his manner of navigating the
irellof forty Douayf Bibles be expunged by the board. A . , the seizure of the boats by the crew to the ex-
vessel and
101'014 tt disc •
Ea t A
0 Igef oti airman and Archdeacon Brooks said that they hade Lieut.. B • edmgfield stated that the vessel bumped three
: Vh,/ite.f.i, Zoeebtioli to the Romanist children being allowed the times on the bar in coming out of Bonny River ; was run
06", P Shilks"e Douay Bible, but they objected to their being t
into 2 fathoms on the Ar t • B •g un Bank , that the captain
leie,io,olo; c e 4., at the public expense. The motion for con- never took an observation; and that when remonstrated
cep t!,O ei:ity'ne proceedings was then put, and lost by with about keeping so close to the land, he replied that he
tfia pi 1„,loi of eleven to six. Mr. Satehell's amendment,e:- was doing so under orders. The inquiry was brought to
00 tit, vk ,R tilea close on Saturday, when a report was agreed to, in which,
a ,„1,1 laiti.,, recommendation from the minutes of the
De ' AP, mr, was declared carried. Mr. Whitty subequentl after alluding to the conduct of Capt. Johnstone, it said :-
ACC' il'y )11te '0
pi to .0 tike have the authority of the board to supply the "putting theseseveraltogether, and
circumstances con-
t. 0.00,4 il, tiara enaselves The Chairman said, that was not a siderit,. how frequently he has, by his misconduct, perilled
the vessel ji)oriletierf;
iliNirsor_the present. discussion, it must come in the and
.the lives of the several persons embarked
Vif ee pc, Illat,;•atil, f• After the ordinary business had concluded, ableer'abandonment
impressed, most forcibly, with his cul-
p . of his post and of his authority, as
,5e ,0 4, et h_made some remarks on the subject of the old
cie.ft:,) itch he"Eween the board and the Health Committee, in captain of the vessel in the hour of danger, and at a
1 moment
lii)
6,,,,, +a, ,htigain repudia. ted Mr. rpri when the preservation of discipline and order
il was especially required, we are of opinion that he is, from
d na , ';,4Y af,,,7, and authority of the board,and the members i incompetency. unfit to disci:m.o.,. She tlinties of a ialaster of

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