The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-19 00:00:00

TUESDAY Si

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

TILE
qn th firstaar, member for Scotland Ward, who retires
e of November, has, it is said, bought fifty
tickets for the Wednesday evening concert, for the pur-
VCIS't is said, of distribution among his constituents. b._".!4z RIGHT HON. EDWARD CARDWELL, M.P., the
L.4res‘li, Went of the Board of Trade, will return to town
Weeards the close of the present month, from a tour to
r/324n Spas, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Card-
tchß AxiERICA, British and North American Royal
er.stearn"shiP) Captain W. J. C. Lang, sailed from the
vett on, Saturday afternoon for Halifax and Boston,.
Worm e %nal mails for the United States and British
-4 American provinces, 160 passengers, and a full of valuable merchandise.
mergATEoe, ACCIDENT.—On Thursday night last, Mr.
e Seddon, aged 49, licensed victualler, Thornton-
liZca: Wellington-road, fell down stairs, and, sustained
§,ttrites of the spine which caused his death on Saturday
1,/, An inquest will be held on the body to-day.
COVENANTER, which took her departure from the
l-eration Depot at Birkenhead, with government pas-
-11 on board, for Melbourne, put back on Saturday
it 3 with cholera on board. The disease had broken
s3ekefore her departure, for, in the early part of the
hoqrs a woman was taken ashore, and she died in
.a few
aityze.afterwards. The Covenanter is at anchor in the
I,,I'ICASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The
diZt of the directors of this company reccommends a
ttir elld of 2 Bs. 10d. per whole share, of 325. 4d. per
is. aacitlarter share, of 12s. 10d. per quarter share, of
111)017. Per 12th share, and ls. 3d. per new £ll ss. share,
ki4re:lliell £2 has been paid. The dividend on the whole
of tb at the rate of 5-15 per cent., and on the whole
the hei,share capital entitled to dividend of 5 per cent. for
ar,a.-Year, or at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
aal nine o'cl 111)Ea.rrts.—On Sunday morning, between eight
ock, William Woods, shipwright, residing at
Great Oxford-street, was taken ill with pains in his
ifelwi,b,en his daughter asked him if it was the cram ?
411;P. ued his
and died in about five minutes after-
ms,,ath was probably caused by apoplexy, or
I,;_°n Saturday last, Elizabeth Mullen, a child,
Rt. etw'eKS Old,of 36 Court Oriel-street, was taken. unwell_
liogr ° o'clock in the afternoon, and died in half-an-
kers, aderwards._
Qesterday morning, at two o'clock,
Iteet fail wards
a child five weeks old, of 37, Adlington-
(liaa Zb''as taken ill whilst in bed with its mother, and
Nog '"°rtlar afterwards. Inquests in each of the above
4iE141
ba held this day.
L
NtOns Y ETTER-CARRIER AT MA.NCHESTER.—
,Nuence of several letters addressed to Manchester,
t] ',l,g money and valuable property, having recently
4Pri '3iela, a police-officer searched the house of a letter-
xffittpaw Manchester, named Thomas Percival, and found
i'4laoad kets relating to three signet rings and one
kit • ing• On the 3d of August a letter was addressed
,eoataihllatol to a Mr. Pope, of Cannon-street, Manchester,
rope Ina' three signets and three diamond rings ; but Mr.
broillidiever received it, and it is supposed that the ring
'"Qkilj the Prisoner's house have been.abstracted from it.
Nice was taken before the magistrates at the city
a.i.teourt, and remanded until Wednesday.
4kidVaaB.—Payments have been suspended by Messrs.
tatabaeott, Richmond, and Co., of Manchester, an old-
tk'ule "ed and highly-respectable firm in the East India
The announcement was made by circular to the
(Illigears,an Thursday,to the effect that the firm had been
Airs to snaPend payment, and that a statement of their
'l4 of Wa's in reparation ad would be laid before a meet-
ereditorPs. ieliabilities are large, amounting, we
POttioet: in the gross, to about £300,000, but a considerable
"milj°l t,lds Sum onsists of bills which will be duly re-
allni4o,,Ta'nrity. It is to be feared that the failure will
otri, affect several other housee. Already Messrs.
4eo„ uale, and Co., the London agents of Messrs. D.
a-,11,(1 Co, have declared themselves unable to meet
rgements —.Manchester Courier.
oz.CONSCIENCE.—On Friday night, while
1met41407.7 No. 43 was on duty in Castle-street, a re-
N, ressed young man came up and gave himself
thar,(lY, stating that his name was Willm. Buchanan,
shad absconded with £2O, which he had re-
'r°l2ll the Loudon and Westminster Bank, on ac-
orb
.1,- employer, Mr. William Carter, a coppersmith,
llog'e London. He was brought up at th.e Police-
that °4 Sat ' his urday, and remanded until to-day, in order
taaster might be communicated with.
p,,ttE
tl:4,ority o.Tn.A.Li.or SHIP FULWOOD:
rn.,de Liverpool ships engaged in the eu..„_
ser 8 attributable to the readiness of our ship.
4.71411:3 carrying out every improvement which may
aoyf
v.t,te well-being of passengers.. The wn
7keta utwnod, one of Mr. Fox's line of Australianh
egard ave adopted an entirely new arrangement with
(14 t 0 th,
r eki,• tween-deck accommodation in that vessel.
14Iited from tlie berths are fitted in squares, each being
the outside ; and instead of the dining-tables
Alto ha' and aft, each square or compartment pans s
dozen persons may sit,d
IZthwatthwhich a
Nvashhand-stand, a looking-glass,. &c. By
co a eecu ants of each compartment will form a
(klitre Innillnit I? • , oft he yand the long, open space in the
14-1, pdeligh,..!alp., being ll ventilated from the deck
be valuablewe for exercise and amuse-
al-Nertava rainy or squally
.weather. There are also
ghi IY-arranged inthe deck-holise,
t„1),18 furnished with capacious lifeboats, fire-engine.
;"(ik%.' 'act, nothing has been undone which men(

The decided su-

and passengers.
ft has proved herself a comfortable sea-boat ar
"eildele?. She is': lyinc, in the Canning Basin,
nt,‘o he despatched for Melbourne about
11)04t4 4ert.to\ IsEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND.-1,
all,
In
th,
ssw., it is understood, are shortly to be
Proved
Ireland Vl'trough traffic between England
tie 4 f postal arraliZof
er4Plated changes embracing im-
,,lstner Inerehandiz;",_nients, and greatly increased facili-
Irelana ugdc. p •

wood is a finely-modelled

.. xne mowing gentlemen nave
grs t... 31.7.
‘,,,t with the view of hastening these altera-
11Ntors,
and
upper,%''o of Liverpool, and Admiral Moorsom,
it';%%ve •Stewart, secretary. of the London and
, cieo. Western C
°lllPanY • the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird and
kest. Alexander Hain' ilton, M.P.,. directors of the
i;°11eill and Ilelyhead Railway Company; Sir John
tit; lib
eri aptain Pishbourne, RN., Miller,
13'.0.e1., Ali:37'3lr' Manse], Mr. Braithwaite Poole, Mr.
ii;, 71,,,_ Le Pann, Mr. J. Pishbourne, Mr. Coomber,
co'Ll'ecto;sesr. gentlemen have had interviews with the
,elie 5,..°11, the Great Southern and Western Conmftntr
zr rai d':Ject and, acconipanied by the chairra
neck(' I.l.lrnictot:s of that company, they on Tuesd
, I,,tt '° King's-bridge to the south of Ireland. , th
1,111gt431), King'
s-bridge
GAUGILE..---C
11'°r8 oft Right. 1-16 n. S
__....... • .....innu anu by
r, /iv_he Great Western Railway, accompanied by
'I the
roan' their engineer, Mr. Sanders, their secretary,
hid 'arlager of th • locomotives,'d other
their . n officials,
~,, a, business • •
Os (la . visit to Liverpool—having spent the pre-
, Is tinx ln inspecting the capabilities of Birkenhead.
,u.'_llll.4lo,,"e!.stood that their object is to procure local ac-
!expec`aton for their anticipated goods traffic, which, it
,(1 not ted, will require a north as well as a south depot,
IN a,. central station also. It is rumoured that their
1,11 f.,,„"Y, the Shrewsbury Company, have resolved to put
te,ah'ee their running powers over the Chester and Bir-
,k(lte4l (1 line—subject, of course, to the specified tolls—
‘l4il,,,t th.,,,. ti....__.__ ,

tt Friday, Viscount Barrin
)encer ,

r_
'een uoreaten to run some d
Chester and Birkenhead.
}ILINDIAN QUEEN, one of Messrs. James Baines And
.44elt Ball Linn of .

[oxen trains extra

ana Australian packets,
S, _de Mersey on Thursday, harlngt:nliTeardvatre
dt x,OOO. anglhegollech nuggetsdAufsetiboaunrdneon
the Vith of May,
l''Btet°ll the 7th of August she put in at Pernambuco for
Nth' Where she was detained until the 10th of the
Itll,o Her passengers were landed in perfer'
"441,;:* appeared satisfl.d m:"

ri

with the vo. After dis-
she will be immediately placed tithe berth for
Nketllt,,ne, and will take her place as the Black Bail
'4 the 15th of October from Liverpool.
cleto&ooi, DOCK COMMITTEE.-At the meeting of
-411T'3 ttee, on Thursday, several appointments to fill
!lit were made. It was stated that one of the stacks
tktt4llleY Dock warehouses had been opened, and that
14FZ the Albert Dock warehouses had been adopted
1,,
teob4cit_ley warehouses for the Present hnl- +l,o+

e altered shortly
,

agsAtt, W 1 Idl
`oat `oat ',',Eue plans of dock improvement, it was desi-
034rt oPeY should call the attention of the council to
taklti.stree tile report which alluded to the widening of
Pro k lo' arrying out Sefton-street to Wapping, and
loteiNiri.nn the

`tee -it(' fh -kki been sanctioned by the Council, but it did
kttZble tkent to any action, and he therefore thought it
th tin 4 Liat they should bring it specifically before the
Ott, th-e e''f the council. He would therefore propose
(4 'tle nlaaittee should authorise him to write a letter
t,lige
.olitYc'reliretquesting that he would call the attention
IN eatie, , o that part of the report, and that an
Rasa ent //lade to the council to carry out the im-
1, ree- d,_ After a short conversation, th 3 suggestion
1115 ev,, to,
After
e,FouNcir,.—The adjourned meeting of the kitt,ehair-uttleil took place on Wednesday, the mayor in
410,7 e ha,,,'• The Proceedings of St. George's Hall corn-
-40 eq,,, ,1,1,;g been brought up and confirmed, Mr. M`Nicol
1)41' St• Q4l'.lat, it be an instruction to the courts of law
Nlti,t Of ~,,,,,ge 8 Hall committee to inquire into the eF-
ktkl 4 ef erection the balustrade and columns now in
t of
40 rection on the east side of St. George's Hall, 1111 the vihre-all'auging the levels in the neighbourhood,
to wth4eY stati°l,,il_f the space between the building_andsatmhee
i.,.41 w.,e00,01!? unobstructed, and to report on tne . I,n'ili,.l4l(lrs„,". After some discussion, the motion
(7%, °,_be„ll.---The Health Committee's proceedings
~,s'l'et ~ ,_been -' , read, Mr. Dover moved the adop-
gett,%tillbject of the increase of salaries stood
'"ith-'detest meeting. Mr. Dover said the com-
iril,k4,l4)4; rmined that the late act of parliament
erk ikopti°,, doing away with the nuisance arising from
r. 11.44 1.,.'4 strictly be airried into operation. Mr.
hL iit,;(ohne, in reference to a statement made by
14 g'k 't at th"
ve to estab-
41ttee egaittn,lrf ° meeting Lately
tetlialYt itileieldetrreeelatstiwere vested
ilitel, Plirt,ot , who could give power to break thei.n.up
Vt te•t° thi eL
. laYing down pipes, said th 4 an opinion
ot 'IQ at 2 'WI been given by Mr. Justice Cresswell,
0 ~elci haf, York, as to whether the commissioners of
,t,'N'tlrpos" Power to me consent to a gas company fo
el' tkrOwhilctnled; an-d
he wished to know from the
:I"tqt?wn.,(l,,,
„her the Council possessed such power.—
ed the'itc said the Court of Queen's Bench had
hie, Pe liisthat if l'iltle Inade by Mr. Justice Cresswell, and,
04'4 t0"41..e to he .e ,c9taraissioners gave such consent, they
le, oh 'he ills 'lluteted.--Several applications had been
Lahr the 0, mayor on the subject of a holiday, on Mon-
tiv terb -, easi°° ef o ening St. G_e_orge's Hall. The
tr NI
_04-Red that it P
t)11 it, ti:laster aria
//'an;
was a most delicate question, as
til, c't th e °Pinion an , but at the same time he would
lit, 4eka: tlaOst in that., as Liverpool yvould be graced by
II (lt t2°ll Of agttifieent buildings in Europe, and as
tott 0,1 A) the to_Pening it would be attended with great
til,hes ,eu whi",!,,i,t might be submitted whether it was
N',' ita)-e° their V the employers of artisans would grant
tecti, 4et terrwervice a holiday After a conversation,
141,11111q.1.11 lia illated without
'• • b
-4 ' .0 eme any motion being su -
ttitt, levei.."l3oiot at, i °f gas consumers, requesting the
.' 4hr her iasPector of gas meters, was referred:
4 'tht ecknaratu'icat. I dealt
10p.s. were similar_y
%. ' CQ'uleil, 3fter a sitting of four hours, was