The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

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On Tuesday a parliamentary paper (moved for
Douglas). was printed, which purports to be an account
the official and declared value of all the British and lrisl
produce and manufactures exported from the United King.
dom in the years 1839 and 1840. In the table of the " Offi
cial value of the exports," we find the aggregate exports IA
all parts of the world amount to £102,706,649; and in the
table of " Declared value" to £51,476,430.

UNITED STATES.—The Rochester, Captain Woodhouse
rrived at this port on Tuesday, from New York. She sane(

on the 19th ult., some hours after the pack

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Money, stock, and produce markets had not changed mate-
rially. The rate of exchange in London was from 107 to
108*• in Paris it was sf. 271 to 5 f. 28i. Accounts from
Mobile, dated February 4, say that the State Bank had
bought 10,000 bales of cotton, and had taken up one of the
largest vessels in port at- id. freight to Liverpool. This
transaction had created some little excitement in Mobile.
VICTORIA BATHS, CASES-STREET.—On Tuesday, we
were much pleased with a visit to the Victoria Docks, which
have been recently established in Cases-street, by the enter-
prising firm of Richard Bird and Co. The establishment has
been fitted up with a regard to comfort, neatness, and we
might add, elegance, which we have never seen equalled in
any part of the provinces. -The terms are, moreover, upon a
reasonable scale, six medicated vapour baths, for instance,
being obtainable at the low charge of 18s. Ve should hope
that the principle which has been so generally laid down, and
demonstrated by the first medical men of the age, namely,
that hot baths act as preventatives of disease, wiil ere long
be as universally received in England as it has been in almost
all continental countries; and that the inhabitants of Liver-
pool, ever foremost in appreciating what may turn nut ad-
vantageous, will more generally. than they have heretofore,
lead the way in this respect. We strongly recommend the
public to make trial of the Victoria Baths

situated

in what may be considered the centre of the town, contiguous
to the principal hotels, and are well entitled to public support.

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DISHONEST SERVANT GIRT.
at the Police-court, on Tuesday, with having robbed 1
mistress, Sarah Reeves. It appeared that the prisoner
lived in the service of the complainant two months. A
fortnight since one of the inmates of the house missed
a brooch, and shortly afterwards several other things were

missed. On Tuesda_
servant's bedroom,when she saw her take a pocket from
beneath a bolster. Complainant asked her if she had
something valuable there. She handed her 'mistress the
pocket, and requested her to search it. The mistress
would not comply, but requested the girl to do it herself.
She did so, and turned out a purse, a pair of cambric cuffs,

morning

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&c., which were claimed by complainant
sent for, the box of the prisoner was searched, and two plwn-
tickets, with several articles of wearing apparel, &c., belong-
ing to the mistress and others in the house, were found.
Other property was subsequently discovered at the shops of
two pawnbrokers. The'prisoner, who was overwhelmed with
grief, expressed her sorrow for what she had done, denying
that she had ever seen the brooch that was lost

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committed for trial.
It will be seen by a reference to our advertisements, that
the annual charity sermons on behalf of Christ Church na-
tional schools, are to he preached next Sunday by that elo-
quent and favorite champion of scriptural education, the
Rev. Hugh Stowell. With such a cause and such an
advocate, we cannot doubt the attendance of very numerous
congregations on this interesting occasion. We understand
these valuable schools—where upwards of 700 children receive
a superior literary and religious education—are encumbered
with a debt of £5O. But we confidently expect, that not.
withstanding the pecuniary pressure of the times, the result
of next Sunday's appeal will be not only the liquidation of
this debt, but the realization of such a sum as will enable
the committee to maintain in its present efficient state an
institution which is a credit to the Christ Chrlrch congrega-
tion, and a blessing to the surrounding district and neigh-
bourhood.

POPULATION.—SUGAR.—A parliamentary paper was pub-
lished on Tuesday which shows the population of Great
Britain, the quantity of sugar upon which duty was paid,
and the average price of British plantation sugar, from 1831
to 1841. It results from this statement that the total popu-
lation of Great Britain is 18,656,414 ; the total quantity of
sugar (upon which duty was paid) retained for actual con-
sumption in the United Kingdom, was as follows .

Cwts.
3,781,011

In 1831
1832

3,741,579
3,856,562

3,488,399
3,954,810
3,909,665

1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841....
The average price, from. January. 1831, to December, 1841,
has varied from 255. 3d. to 38s. 24d.

594,832

THE SMOKE NUISANCE.—At the usual monthly meeting
of the commissioners of the Birmingham street act on Mon-
day last, Mr. Turner, one of that body, said in reference to
this subject that the committee were not prepared to make
any report, but he was happy to inform the commissioners
that the nuisance so long complained of in Birmingham, aris-
ing from the smoke of steam furnaces, was in a fair way of
being done away with. The patent of Mr. Williams, of Li-
verpool, (of which Mr. Dircks was the agent.) to which he
had referred on a former occasion, bad' been tried at Mr.
Clifford's mill, in Fazeley-street, with the most complete
success; and he believed that if the principle were generally
adopted, the complaints in reference` to this subject would
not only be put an end to, but a considerable saving would be
effected by mill-owners and manufacturers in the reduced
consumptio❑ of fuel. lie thought it was the duty of those
commissioners who had furnaces to give the plan a fair trial,
and thus set an example to others in abolishing a nuisance
in Birmingham which had become almost intolerable. Mr.
Edge said that great credit was due to Mr. Clifford for mak-
ing the experiment, inasmuch as his mill was exempt from
the operation of the Birmingham street act.

—Three fires—two of which threatened seric

of property—have occurred in the town within the last few
days. On Saturday morning, a little before eight o'clock, a
fire broke out in Atherton's-buildings, opposite North John-
street, and the alarm was instantly conveyed to the Fire-
police Station, Temple-court, whence Mr. Hewitt,
superintendent, and a body of the fire-police force, immedi-
ately started, with engines, &c., and arrived at the spot in
a few minutes. It was found that the fire had originated in
a room in the building (which is awkwardly situated up an
archway), in the occupation of Messrs. Poole and Co.,
spirit-merchants, and that the flames had entered the room
immediately below, and which was full of cotton, belonging
to Messrs. Mellor and Russell, cotton-brokers. The smoke
was so dense that the firemen could not for some time per-
sonally reach the fire; but soon after Mr. Hewitt got close
upon it, with several of his assistants, though almost suffo-
cated in the attempt. In about an hour the flames were,
by their exertions, totally subdued, and the damage
done was comparatively trifling. The buildings are back
from the street, and difficult of access on such an occa-
sion. There was a large stock of cotton and other articles
in the several rooms in the building, as well as in the con-
tiguous buildings,—all of which were for a time in jeopar-
dy. The parties were, we understand. injured.—On Tuesday
morning, about six o'clock, an alarm of fire having broken
out in King-street, reached the station, and engines, water-
carts, and fire-police were immediately despatched, headed
by Mr. Hewitt. The fire was in the room occupied by Mr.
Reston, letterpress printer, on the fourth story of the build-
ing, which consists principally of offices. The smoke was
great, but through the activity of the firemen, headed by Mr.
Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, the engines were speedily brought
to play, and the fire was extinguished in a few minutes, so
that Mr. Reston's printing materials were saved from de-
struction. The damage to the premises was but slight, a
portion of the floor only being burnt. The fire originated
in a stove in the printing-office.—Yesterday morning, at a
quarter-past one o'clock, an alarm of fire, in the north end
of the town, reached the fire-police station, and two engines
and four water-carts were immediately turned out, ac-
companied by a strong force. It was found that the fire had
broken out in the lower store• room of Mr. Richards, currier
and leather-cutter, Vauxhall-road, from what cause did not
appear. Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt were present, and it
was effectually extinguished in about half an hour, the floor
of the room and some leather only being burnt. The loss is
estimated at about £6O. The great exertions of Mr. Hewitt
at these fires, and the danger to which he exposed himself to
extinguish the two first, entitle him to great praise.
CAUTION TO RAILWAY SERVANTS.—A GUARD FINED.
—On Wednesday, at the Police-court, one of the train guards
employed by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Com-
pany, named Williams, was brought before Mr. Rushton to
answer a charge of negligence or inattention, the result of
which might have involved, under circumstancet,
life. The complaint was preferred under the Railway Act,
on behalf of the company, by Mr. Clay, their law clerk, who
was accompanied by Captain Hill, their resident engineer.
Mr. Clay stated it was considered requisite, in order to in-
sure the utmost care in the servants of the company con-
nected with the'working of the trains, to bring the case be-
fore the court, although, under the circumstances, he would
not press for any severe measure of punishment. He then
stated, in effect, that on Sunday morning last the defendant,
who was employed as a train guard, arrived with two car-
riages, a close one and an open one, at the mouth of the
tunnel at Edge-hill, he and the mail guard (who was present
in court) being in the open carriage behind. The defendant
alighted, as usual, and gave the carriages the necessary im-
petus to start them on their way down the tunnel, and then
resumed his place. The carriages proceeded down the tun-
nel, but on approaching the station they continued to run on
with such velocity that it was apparent the break to which
the defendant had to attend had not been put on, and the
consequence was, that the carriages .ran .with great force
against the stationary buffers at the station in Lime-street,
provided to avert, or rather to reduce, the danger of casual-
ties. Happily no one was in the way at the time, otherwise
the consequence might have been most lamentable, and the
only injury was that done to the buffers. Such neglect was
punishable, under the act, by fine or imprisonment. He
(Mr. Clay) had learned that the defendant did not purpose
to deny the fact, hut had urged in his defence that the lamp
attached to the carriage in which he was was blown out in
the descent; that the tunnel was dark at the time; and that
not being aware that he was so near to its termination, he
had become confused on finding himself all at once so close
to•the station, and in his consequent confusion he had turned
the handle of the break the wrong way, so that it failed to
restrain the impetus of the carriages. . He (Mr. C.) was wil-
ling to believe that such was the case, not only from the pri-
soner's good conduct during .the four years he bad been em-
ployed by the company,—the two last as a guard,—but from
the bend expressed by the mail guard who was in the same
carriage with him, that such was the fact. He would, there-
fore, not press for a severe infliction, but considered it due to
the company in their desire to prevent fatalities to passen-
gers, as well as to the public, that the court should mark
such inattention by some measure of punishment. The de-
fendant on being asked what he had to say, repeated precisely
the extenuating circumstances so considerately noticed by
Mr. Clay, and expressed his deep• regret. that the circum-
stance bad occurred. Mr. Rushton said it was necessary
and proper that the utmost precaution should be used in the
working of the trains ; and but for the explanation offered he
should, for the security of the public, have visited upon the
prisoner, who was so responsibly placed, and should always
be prepared for every possible emergency, a severe penalty.
As it was, however; he must pay of fine of twenty shillings,
or he imprisoned for seven days. The prisoner was not him-
self prepared with the money, but it was lent to him by the
mail guard, and being paid, he left the court, expressing his
satisfaction and gratitude.for the kindly manner in which the
case, had been stated against him, and the mild decision of
the court. •

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