The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

LOCAL L

l_F-LLI

TEE
_PA.crrxc, TI L
E. Nye, sailed from thb
about one o'clock, for
101 passengers, and a
Two CASES Or CHOI
workhouse hospital in
terminated fatally. One of the patient,
street, and the other from Paul-stre
Wednesday evening.
WILLIAM BLUNDELL, ESQ., of Crc
town, died at Taunton, on Tuesday 1
married the sister of the Inf-
liooton-hall, by whom hi
ACCIDENT TO A RIVER STEAMER.--
(Birkenhead steamer) was crossing to Tranmere on Tuft
d.ly afternoon, the paddle shaft broke with a noise which
created great terror amongst the passengers. The engine
h
was de ina Pr'nlPtltioY
n. - stopPe d and the steamer towed in safety to st
ELECTION Or TOXTETTI-PARR COMMISSIONERS.--A
oeetinS is to be held in the Public-office, Toateth-park
Friday, for the election of fiVe cora
rural districts of the township, in the
Thos. Avison, Andrew Browne, Thos. T 1
and Wm. Peace the latter of whom is
othArg

the early part

Ali. Blundell

s Stanle,

tis the Britannia

issioners for tl

in, Wm. Ibison,
ad, and the four

vi venom retire by rotation.
SOUTRPOET.—On Wednesday, a public inquiry into the
sanitary condition of Southport was held in the Town•hall
there, before Robert Rawlinson, Esq., C. E
ing inspector of the general board of healf
ductiop of the Public Health Act being oppos

Lers and a grc

eetmg, was a yes.,
quir:y- Mr. Rawlinson

superin
The i

the inhat
At the el

TROOP; ;OiTIIEiiA.H.—A company of the 68th regi-
ment arrived here from Belfast on Wednesday, under the
command of Major Wynne and Captain Shuttlevrorth.
They remained in Liverpool on Wednesday night, and
proceeded on Thursday to London, en route to Portsmouth,
where they will embark in the steam-ship Orinoco for the
East. Twenty naval volunteers were despatched to London
on Wednesday, by Capt. Bevis, R.N.
REVISION Or THE LIST OF DOCK RATEPAYERS.—
On Thursday, a revision of the list of dock ratepayers
entitled to vote for members of the dock committee was
held at the dock office, before Mr. Charles Turner, chair.
man, and Messrs. Bigham and Barber. During the tim(
specified for their sitting not a single individual called a
the dock office, either to claim to be placed upon the Hsi
or to object to the name of any person which had alread
been Placed on the register.
rFLOWER AND POULTRY Snow AT PRESCOT.-
IrBe,°f.t an ROrtietiltUral Society has been founded u-
-13,7-I;°llage of the Earl of Sefton, Lord Stanley,
Iren, Bart., Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P., Rev. _
W. Pilking,ton, Esq., T. Edwards Moss, I
&,c• The president of the society is the Rev. L. W. Sa
offort
sc /I•A-, vicar of Prescot, who is assisted by a commi
yof the elite of the vicinity. A show will by
on the
cated in 10th of Aug ust, when nearly £6O will be
aboutprizes. The subscription list fills we"
£2O more is 'wanting to indemnify
for the expenses. James Callow--

commit

Prescot, is t

treasurer.
RIEXDALE SESSIONS commenced
chairman (the Yen. Archdeacon Br
serith blase b the police statistics, that
whemy, which seemed to
item in Lancashire. Drunkenness wa
tho
Re thought that, taking the compa
e summoned and sent for trial,
crease creditable to their officers. I
for a return to be made in future especial
the police statistics of the township of
was agreed to. Re also called prominent
loose way in which bills for the expense:
constabulTry were generally signed, and
wo magistrates should be appointed o
Finance Committee especiall charge
-motion was agreed to. Thisclosed the CO
and the court adjourned till next morning
forty-four prisoners for trial in the calendar
GRAND ORANGE DEAIONSTRAMON.—c
being the 12th of July, the Orangen-
assembled outside the boundary of
Wave outside by the permission of Mr. Brow,.
magistrate. There were about 1500 of the
br..
present, all of whom conducted themselves in the m,
orderly and peaceable manner. On arriving in the village
a deputation, consisting of Mr. Little, North Dist 7 e'
Du
master, Mr. W. Clarke, Grand Secretary, and Mr. Cl
Duke of York District-master, waited on M. Bre
in the absence of her husband, to assure her -
peaceable and orderly intentions, and were
th 3 most courteous manner. The brethren
by Mr. William Clarke, Grand Secretar-
' them the necessity of observing

ie increase

'e numl

.e was a
Tinne n

sting gist

Liirkdale, whi
to t

roposed tt
the Distr

There v

of conduct througbout
and they fully carried out
ceded by their band-

the reread

his advice

)rt Wed

Gateacre, into

Aigbarth-road, and se

called D'empsey's Won
of the colours and oth

.nsig,nia of t

hers then repaired to their several loe,
'of dining together, and the meetin

satisfact;r

LIVERPOOL PILOTS
annual dinner of the pilots of this poi
ail thetheilo who were ashore, to -eiFhty, were present Mr. Parry, master
pied. the chair, and Mr. Lanca'ster, of N, chair. The cloth having been drawn, the 1.
posed, in suitable terms, the health of Her lli
Tiwas warmly received, as was also that of the rt
le next toast was the "Army and Navy;" follower. The Town and Trade of Liverpool." After a short i,,
-terval, the chairman proposed The Pilots' Benevoler
ociiiety.," and in doing so spoke briefly on the advani-
°f leinstitution. The vice-chairman pro
of "Louis Napoleon, Emperor of the Frei
l'aPturously encored. The vice-chairman
the health of Mr. Hampson, who, he sal
gray in their service, and hoped that he in
more Years to enjoy himself at their annual
nampson thanked the company for the k'
which his name had been received, and
always consider it his duty to be prase,
ings. The healths of the chairman and
the pilots committee were toasted with
Other toasts followed, and the meeting broke 14.
• MUTINY AND SERIOUS ASSA.IILT.—O Tuesdaa.
Joseph Breck and Thomas Devine, firstn mate of e
Harkaway (an outline of whose case _ _
week's Standard), were brought before 4
charged with having shot and da-
Lorenzo Corson, a Portuguese seaman ,
.striking John Kelly with an iron beta,seriously injuring him. Corson being unabi. to attend
and give evidence, from the severity of the wound he had
-received, the hearing of the case was again adjourned.
•On Wednesday, the parties accused were brought again
before the magistrates, Mr. Bolton and Mr. Mansfield, and
•theinvestigation was proceeded with. Both the wounded
-men were in court, and though not considered to be in
immediate danger, they appeared weak and suffering much
from the effects of the injuries they had received. The
captain, a little and rather good-looking man, with beard
and moustache, was defended by Mr. Snowball. From the
evidence it appeared that, as the ship Harkaway was being
hauled out of the Canning Dock on Monday
disturbance was created in consequence of some irregu
larity on the part of the steward, who was drunk at the
time, and who was pushed by Devine with sufficient force
to make him fall upon the deck. On this taking place,
Kelly, a friend of the steward's, interfered, when Devine,
the mate, seized an iron belaying-pin and struck both
Kelly and the steward with it : he also, it appeared, struck
some of the crew, who, closing round, pushed him down
and fell upon him. At this time considerable noise and
confusion were created, partly by the crew on board, and
midpartly by the spectators assembled on the quay. In the
I:st of the confusion consequent upon the disturbance,
.3 captain came from the cabin with a revolver pistol in
did (~ from which he fired two shots, neither of which
Cor,„: nki,a,rY ; he then fired a third shot, which wounded
effect that the cheek. The medical testimony was to the
and in au'eirle wound in the case of Corson, though severe,
"anger, was a situation as to have involved considerable
result „„i lockch as to cause apprehension of any fat?..l. •ICII ' -nes* or erysipelas should supervene ;in
e 'Y'li case the jaw
Munßcs I_,danger was even less imminent. Mr.
---telot remarked tliat if the vessel had been in the
river, 01. :
in such a situation as to render the chance of
aLSSistallCe difficult, if not impossible, the captain might
nave been compelled to show fire-arms, or even to use
thena, for the purpose of reducing the crew to obedience ;
but, as it was, his conduct was altogether unjustifiable.
lie must be committed for trial at the assizes. As re-
garded the mate, Devine, he had committed a brutal and
unprovoked assault on Kelly, for which he must pay a fine
of £5, or be imprisoned for two months. The fine was
paid, and the captain was subsequently admitted to bail,
himself in £lOO, and two sureties of £5O each.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SCREW PROPULSION.—Her Majes-
ty's yacht Fairy, Master-Commander Welch, went out of
thPortsmouth harbour to Stokes Bay, on Tuesday, under
e direction of Captain Crispin, the junior captain of the
Vctoria and Albert, to test some improvements in screw
steaming with Griffiths's propeller, and to draw inferences
to which had the advantage that, or the screw
Ta.tented by Mr. John Fisher, of Liverpool, which was
71. Paled in the same waters in the same vessel on the 30th of
iiraeQaut which trial has not been publicly reported.
frora .I.sher's patent is named the " Venetian Screw,"
-01)e/1 t 8 similarity in blade to a Venetian blind, having
Passe:l'4oes, left in the blades through which the water
trial 4t=llB Creating less " slip of the screw." The best
'llesaPcrte'l,. of Griffiths's screw antecedent to that of
-however, ~,,laXzed, we believe, 121 knots ; on Tuesday,
,a,lll. tried -m.`",,t,he important advantage of a new boiler,
A eanzed 131fiteiles of 9ft., Bft. 9in., and Bft. 3in., it
followin„ is Allots, but the vibration was very great. The
as worked aLeoPy of the report of the " Venetian Screw"
"pra.ught oat' the measured mile on the 30th ult.:—
ter: water, fore, 4ft. 10in. • aft, 7ft. lin.; diame-
of Screw, 6ft
screw, 6 cwt 2 • ; '
pitch of screw, '7ft. lliin. ; weight of
12a?2..._5 ;
rate . qrs. 161 b. ; revolution of screw per minute,
hot
2'913.
of screw per hour, 15'946; slip of screw per
of engiu , slip of screw per cent., 18:2.61 ; revolutions
Der h e, 41; indicated horse-power, 429 , speed of vessel
our 13 32 This speed (13'032 knots per hour), we
Der;
' ' .
..1---. , was greater than the yacht ever achieved before;
"'it on Tuesday the screw of Griffiths's (which we may
taore
ae,P,rePerly term the Admiralty Screw, they having
1,,--""i to give or having given RlO,OOO for the patent,
1,,,e are informed), tried under the several adventitious
:and.
all
all es of altered pitch, eclipsed its former performances
Inli; competitors by going 131; knots. The vibration
about as much as that of the Venetian screw ; but the
.and' I, we are informed, is 1 cwt. lighter than the for-
, fair Patentee does not consider that, up to Vi'"
air oPun't f t +;-- "
Qtho hthe 1 1-.° e'
cau ji_q re.-

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wounded

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-peed reduce the vibration, will
Thtiou of fuel, and a further trial
e. Venetian screw has been -
onl
ixy (7ft. 111 in.), which does
to develope its capacity to the ut
Pate n
screw
tcan be altered to any pit; of Mr. Fisher is a very ingeT
is entertained by the workers of i 4
achieved by it.

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WEST DERBY•GUARDIANS--At the meet
nesday, the Rev. W. Badnall presided
also present Messrs. Ledger, W'
. Lunt, Abrahams, Alpass, Daly

He3jf, Appleb;

of Inland ii,eve

the establishm,

formed
s of commerce

be commit

in tngland `Contemplate holding another public meeting
at the London Tavern before the adjournment of parlia-
ment, and also during the autumn to hold 'provincial
meetings, as a means to refer the subject to the legislature.
Amongst the provincial supporters of this movement are
included all the bankers of Bristol. and the chambers of
commerce of Liverpool, Worcester, Plymouth, Bristol,
Leeds, Hull, Gloucester, Newcastle, Blackburn, Bradford,

Barran ASSOCIATION.'—It is said that the council and
members of the Historic Society intend to invite the
members of the British Association to a soiree, to afford
an opportunity to both strangers and townsmen of seeing
the Fawcet collection of Anglo-Saxon antiquities, and of
hearing Mr. Thomas Wright's paper descriptive of them.
The original intention was to have the objects exhibited
and the paper read at a day meeting of the Historic Soci-
ety; but as the subject is increasing in importance daily,
it was thought better to defer the meeting till September,
and grftlify -0 -- .

TiE F

say or as large a number as possible.
USSETT COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES.—In the
of the year, Mr. Mayer became the purchaser
the Faussett collection of Anglo-Saxon and British
tiquities. He offered to exhibit the whole to the

I paper c

id Thomas Wright

e down to Liverpool
b. The project, how-

postponed till a soiree which th

The collection consists of 6
great variety of Roman and Saxon
several hundred tumuli in Kent, replete
llustrations of an obscure period of English history.
PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1855.—The meeting held in

Historic

g in September,

Chester, on Thursday, in connexion with the Paris

Exhibition, was very numerously attended. A letter was
read from Mr. Edmund Potter, suggesting a City of
Manchester French Exhibition Committee
gentlemen of all trades and opinio

_ embracing
as, who would draw out

a scheme of operations tending to give a complete and
worthy exposition of the producing power of the district
Resolutions expressing hearty sympathy wit!

nd disposi-

tion to co-operate in securing- the most complete success
of the Paris Exhibition were unanimously passed, and a
subscription to guarantee expenses was then opened, and
before the meeting closed the subscriptions had reached
about £1,500. The appointment of a committee closed

the proceedings

AMER LYNX.—A handsome new steamer,
ynx, has been added to Messrs. C. Myer and
packets plying between between this port and
Her length is 218 feet over all, and burthen
. She was built by Messrs. Denny, Brothers, of
imbarton. Her engines, constructed by Messrs.
,on, of Glasgow, are of 200-horse power, and fitted wit
+he modern improvements. The Lynx has all the require-
" - the passenger trade, her cabins and berths being

Glasgow
315 tons

Thom-

She has accom-

Jingly spacious and commodious
4-ion for 100 cabin and 443 steerage passengers
capabilities are of a very superior cha-
)of
her last trip from Glasgow she ran the distance from

sailing

eenock to the Rock Light in fifteen hours—a passage
dto be one of the quickest on record. She is coin-
aided by Capt. James Hardie, who has been nearly 20

THE SAILORS' 11031E.—JULLIEN'S CONCERT AT SEA.—
'ngst the passengers who arrived in this port on Sun-
in the British and North American royal mail
Arabia, was Mons. Jullien and the members of
mental band, returning from their
~.essful tour in the United States. During the
yard passage a concert was given on board the
r, with results which will be explained by the fol-
`etter :—" To Capt. Harrison. Dear Sir,—Having
.iaested by the passengers on board this vessel to
6-ive a concert for the benefit of that excellent institution
the Sailors' Home, Liverpool, I beg to hand you here-
with the gross proceeds of the same, £.42 18s., and shall
feel obliged by your handing this amount to the treasurer.
I am, dear sir, your most obedient servant, JIILLIEN.
steamer Arabia, July 8, 1854." The amount thus realised,
;42 18s., has been duly handed over by Capt. Harrison to
le treasurer of the Sailors' Home.
OPEN AIR PREACHING IN MANCHESTER.—The dis-
aceful riot which took place in Marsland-street, Man-
,ster, on Sunday fortnight, on the occasion of the open
weaching by a number of the city missionaries, was re-
ed on Sunday week, notwithstanding the fact of another
neighbourhood being chosen for the scene of
furs. The preachers, who were nine in
--...aienced the series in the afternoon in Chester-
eet, surrounded by a motley crowd of men, women, and
children, (principally Irish,) who began rioting by assault-
ing some of the lay friends of the preachers. A policeman
endeavoured to interfere, but was compelled to retreat for
einforcements. In his absence, the preachers were
'sailed by stones and other missiles. The ringleader of
assault was taken into custody by the police who soon
came up ; but after he had been marched off, the
a rush at the missionaries, several of whom had
`ter in neighbouring houses and escape by the
Rs, while others were subjected to very severe
,ut. The fact of Head Constable Beswick holding
!om the proceedings was regarded as very signifi-
1r the mob, who considered it a very favouring

day we

inrivalle

steame

and a quiete

ssionary labs

to take sh

instru

At the mee

Thursday

Messrs. Langsd,

there were present . (chairman);
Godfrey, Nicholson, Fleming, Johnson, Beckwith, Moss,
Halhead, M`Nkol, Bigham, Gladstone, and Hodson. The
medical officer reported that the reduced rate of mortality,
recorded in the previous week, had continued during the
week ending Saturday, the registered deaths having
been 207, the same as the preceding week, and 24 less
than the average of the corresponding weeks of the pre-
- years. In the parish the deaths were 143, and
out-townships 64. Seventy-four deaths had been
Bused by zymotic diseases, and of these 22 were from

yious six

measles, a smaller number than in any of the previous
twelve weeks. Eighteen children and one adult died
from diarrhoea, being ten more than in the previous week.
Hooping cough caused nine deaths; cholera, 5 ; typhus,
4 ; scarlatina, 2 and small-pox (unvaccinated) 1. The
mortality from diseases of the lungs amounted to only 7,
being less than in any week of the eight months pre-
viously. Of the total deaths, 145 were children, 62 adults.
The temnerature was below the average throughout the
week. The total amount of rain which fell during the
week was one inch and three quarters. After some con-
versation on the desirability of increasing the accommo-
dation for the clerks, at the public offices, Cornwallis-
street, it was resolved, that the chairman and deputy-
chairman, attended by the borough engineer and Mr.
Ashlin, should wait upon the Finance Committee to ascer-
tain their views upon the matter. Mr. Bigham asked the
borough engineer to explain the inefficient working of the
drains and stench traps principally used in houses in
Liverpool. Mr. Newlands denied that the traps referred
to were inefficient, stating that, in almost every case
where they worked unsatisfactorily, the fault would be
found to lie in the inmates of the house not taking the
ordinary precautions. Mr. M`Nicol corroborated the
assertion of Mr. Newlands, observing that in the lower
parts of the town it was not an uncommon thing for the
people to take up the grating altogether, and stuff rubbish
down the sough. He had known one instance in which a
bed was so disposed of. Mr. M'Nicol's motion, that Tues-
day's meeting of the committee be discontinued was nega-
tived by a majority of eight to four. He then gave notice
that, at the next meeting, he should move that the Tues-
day's committee shall have no authority to initiate business.
The meeting then adjourned.

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LAUNCIIES AT BDIKENMIAD AND LIVERPOOL.—On
Wednesday last, a splendid new screw steam-ship, built by
Mr. Laird, for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
tion Company, was launched from the building yard at the
Birkenhead. Float. The vessel was named the Pera, and
has been built after the same model as the Nubia, recently
built by Mr. Laird for the same company. The dimensions
of these vessels are :—Length between perpendiculars, 285
feet, over all 318 feet ; beam, 39 feet ; depth, 31 feet,
tonnage, 2,200; horse-power, 450. They are built of re-
markable strength, the plates being of an inch thick at
the gardbord strake, and the rest of the vessel plated and
fastened in proportion. They have flush decks, with a
wheelhouse and officers' rooms aft, two cabin entrances
amidships, and a topgallant forecastle for the crew. The
most approved modern appliances for working the ship are
provided in the shape of patent capstans, and other im-
provements. The Nubia and Pera are three-deckers. On
the main deck the passengers are accommodated in first
and second class saloons which run the entire length of the
ship, and are admirably lighted and ventilated, and are Eq:
feet in height. The after-saloon is 91 feet long by 15
wide, and has state-rooms on each for sixty-three passengers
9 feet by 6 feet 2 inches, with accommodation for fifty-two
first-class passengers. e second-class saloon is 20 feet
by 7, and will accommodate twenty-six passengers. All
the cabins are ventilated by Robinson's patent panels, and
additional perforated work. The decorations are to be
white and gold, and between the panels marble Corinthian
columns will be placed, and they will be further enriched
by the introduction of foliated gilt carving. There are 64
square ports round the sides of the ship, glazed and fitted
with dead lights. The Pera is to be rigged as a barque,
and her hull is painted black, with a white stripe. Her
bow bears a well-carved half-length female figure-head, and
her stern is adorned with armorial bearings. These vessels
are of very fine model, and from their power are expected
to attain great speed. The engines have 78-inch cylinders,
and five feet stroke. The screw shaft is driven with in-
termediate gearing, giving two-and-a-half revolutions of
the screw to one revolution of the engines. For
the generation of steam there are four large boilers,
on Lamb and Snmner's patent flue piinciple. She
was named by Miss Harriet Laird, second daughter of
the builder, in the presence of a vast assemblage, including
some of the principal families in the distriet. The launch
was most satisfactory. As the Pera escaped from her con-
finement, her beautiful proportions were seen to great
advantage.—On Thursday a handsome clipper barque,
named the Bristow, belonging to T. B. Hughes, Esq., of
this town, was launched from the yard of Messrs. Getty,
Jones, and Co , Sefton-street, in the presence of a large
number of ladies and gentlemen. This vessel is intended
for the Australian wool trade. She is built with iron
frames and wood planking. Her length, over all, is 140
feet ; breadth, 25 feet ; and depth of hold, 16 feet. Her
tonnage is 373 tons, and she will carry 476 tons dead
weight. The largest vessel ever built on this side of the
Mersey was, on Thursday, launched from the iron-ship-
building yard of Mr. John Laird, South Shore. Shortly
after one o'clock, all being in readiness, the vessel glided
beautifully down her launchways, amid the hearty cheers
of the multitude. She was named by Miss Whitehead,
the Imperador. Her lines fore and aft are very fine, and
she is considered the best modelled vessel ever built at this
port. The Imperador is to form one of a line of screw

and is
clout from her build, she will prove a fast sailer.there She
280 fe long, over all, or 263 feet between perpendieu-
lg 36 feet beam, and 24 feet depth of hold. Her
is upwards of 1,800 tons. She has a full poop
g 5 feet long, and a spacious topgallant forecastle.
Take is beautifully ornamented with a well-executed
ad (by Robertson) of the Emperor of Brazil, and
is enriched with carvings by the same artist.
nes and other machinery of the Imperador are
ured by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co,.

lars, hay,

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

and here were

'Ghee, Morris

GENERAL

Romis

INTELL

3"-Ell7+

ster at Gatesh,

MR. W. DOUGLAS, post
self dead ou Saturday week, in his own office.
THE HAMMERSMITH MAG

though a seat r

ISTRA.T

upon an oinnibu

Shaw, Wensley, G. Harrison, .Lines Harrison, DiOuntfield,
and James Birch. The balance in the treasurer's hands
was reported to be £531 9s. 10d. A letter was read from
the Poor-law Board, sanctioning the appointment of Mr.
Bulman, the newly-elected master in the hospital in West
Derby-road, at a salary of £BO per annum with rations.
A notice of motion was given by Mr. Whitby, that the
resolution preventing additional members being added to
the committees should be rescinded. Mr. J. Wood Gree-
tham tendered his resignation as collector of poor rates
and assistant overseer for Little Crosby and Ince Blundell,
which was accepted. Mr. Hughes gave notice that at the
next meeting he should move that the salary of Mr.
Greetham be then fixed for fulfilling the same duties in
Great Crosby and Litherland, and an appointment made
to fill up the vacancy caused by his retirement from the
other townships. The meeting was then adjourned to
the clerk's office, on Saturday, to procure the signatures-
of guardians to applications to the Poor-law Board, for
loans to complete the various buildings in progress.

Lte'd to him

iical cal

MORE INCENDIARISM AT MA.NCIIESTER.—On Sunday,
last week, damage to the extent of £5O was caused by fire,
in the cellar of Messrs. McNair and Co., Newton-street ;
on the same day smoke was seen issuing from the cellar
of Messrs. A. Collie and Co., Steveson-square, but on an
entrance being effected, the waste was found to have
burnt out. On Monday morning, Messrs. Chadwick, of
Miller-street, found in the centre of the floor a quantity
of cotton waste, which had been warped round with a
stone and stuck full with matches, which had not ignited;
and on Tuesday morning, Messrs. Wright and Son, of
Dickenson-street, found a quantity of cotton waste, in a
half-consumed

state, on the floor, just under a window in
which was the only broken pane to be found in the ware-
house. It is suspected that these fires are created by
street thieves for the purpose of plunder.
LIMITED LIABILITY.—Messrs. Briefless and Dunup
(says Punch) are in favour of a bill for the above com-
mercial purpose. They state that they should like the
liability to be as limited as possible; in fact, if the liability
could, in all cases, be limited to nothing, they should like
it all the better. Some such measure, they are of opinion,
is urgently necessary, as it would have the effect not only
of removing many of the fetters that at present shackle
commercial enterprise, but also of bringing the purchaser
and the vendor in a closer and a more friendly relationship
together. Moreover, they modestly represent that it
would relieve them of a deal of trouble and painful
annoyance, as nothing can be more distressing to their
feelings, or at times more embarrassing, than to have to
send away claims which, however just the liability of them
may be, they find they have it not in their power, from a
total inadequacy of means, satisfactorily to discharge.
They conclude by declaring that they are decidedly in
favour of a thorough new system of debt, without any
liability at all.

THE GREAT 'MANCHESTER WILL CASE. - Judgment
was given on Tuesday, by Vice-Chancellor Sir William
Page Wood, for a new trial in the case of Bennet v. the
Duke of Manchester. The Vice-Chancellor reiterated
the conviction which he had expressed at the hearing, that
there was not the slightest foundation for the imputations
against the Duke, that he had obtained the will from the
Duchess when she was delirious for his own personal
advantage, and that he had prevented the Duchess's
mother from seeing her daughter, and sent away his three
sons in order that he might more securely carry out the
fraud. At the same time he thought it was a pity he did
not communicate the contents of the will at an earlier
period to Lady Olivia, but that delay no doubt arose from
the unhappy misunderstanding which had sprung up
amongst various members of the family. His Honour
went on to explain the grounds on which he had come to
the conclusion that the issue should be tried anew.
He said:—" The law of the case was a question of much
nicety, the Eict a question of still greater nicety. The
question of fact he apprehended to be, not _whether
according to the very exaggerated statement in the bill,
the lady was in a state of acute mania or unconscious, but
whether or not, it being confessedly clear that the lady
was neither in a state of mania or unconsciousness ; she
was in that state of capacity of mind that he could be
satisfied on these facts, and under all the circumstances,
that the will was so definitely established at law,,that that
court could decree that it was duly executed. He was
sorry to say that he could not come to the conclusion that
he was so satisfied. He said he was sorry, because he
could not conceive any degree of benefit that could come
to the parties from the further litigation of this painful
matter. The case must, however, go back to be tried on
the question of capacity, and he trusted that the parties
would now be able to disembarrass the case of all irrele-
vant matter."

proceedings al

!onsidered necessary
.med that_ as fill till

sold and the money spent, they must reconcile
to their loss, and be happy at their lives beiA

the miscreants,

on the 16th of Oda

annually in the same manner as other excise lice
The Commisioners of Inland Revenue are to make re

FIRE AT TUE DOCK COMMITTEE'S YARD.—OR Thurs-
day night, shortly before 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in the
upper storey of the joiners' shop in the dockyard belong-
ing to the Dock Committee, and situated on the west side
of the Coburg Dock and south side of the Brunswick
Dock. Immediately on the alarm being given, the
different local Authorities repaired to the spelt, and the
usual means for extinguishing fire were speedily at hand,
with the exception of the important element water, a
supply of which could not be obtained for some time. The
fire, as already stated, broke out in the upper storey of the
joiners' room, a brick building, supported by beams,
fastened with iron bolts and chains. This upper storey
was quickly in a mass of flames from the combustible
nature of the contents. The fire raged fiercely for some
time before water could he brought partially to bear upon
it, and even when it could be got, the attention of the fire-
men was directed rather to prevent the spread of the
flames to the adjoining buildings and sheds than to attempt
at checking it where it originated. The roof ----

_ ,ic ...te 1, soon gave
way, and the flooring of the upper storey quickly
fell a prey- to the flames. Burning embers of immense
size then descended to the ground floor, in which was a
number of gates, intended for the entrances to the various
docks, tramways, stages, &c., in almost every state of pro-
gress, from the mere framework to entire completion.
These being constructed of seasoned timber, quickly
ignited, and were speedily destroyed. Luckily, a dead
calm prevailed, otherwise the most serious results must
have ensued to the adjoining buildings and the ships in
the adjacent docks. By vigorous exertions the firemen
succeeded in preventing the fire from spreading beyond
the building where, it originated. The fire, after raging
fiercely till near 2 o'clock, a.m., gradually declined, and by
the exertions of the firemen it was confined to the build-
ing in which it originated. At present it is impossible to
estimate the damage, but it must be £4,000 to £5,000.
The tool boxes of the men working in the yard were placed
on one side of the building, and the whole were destroyed.
Shortly after the breaking out of the fire, one of the first
men who got upon the roof of the moulding room, and
brought a hose to play upon the flames, lost his footing
and fell to the ground, a distance of about 20 feet. The
poor fellow on being taken up stated lie had volunteered
to join the Baltic fleet, and was to leave for London next
morning. He was conveyed to the Southern Hospital.
The name of this unfortunate man is Peter Stewart, aged
28, a seaman. He saw the fire from the door of his
lodgings in Bedford-street, rroxttli-park, and, being eager
to render assistance in extinguishing it, ran down to the
burning shed and got upon the roof, which gave way
under him, and he fell a distance of 20 feet amongst the
rubbish. Besides several contusions about the face, espe-
cially on his nose and chin, he has fractured his knee cap,
dislocated his left elbow joint backwards, and sustained
some internal injuries. He now lies in the Southern
Hospital. It is believed that amputation will not be
necessary. He was at one time in the British navy, and
intended to join again had not this accident befallen him.

DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday,
there were present—Messrs. Turner (chairman), Shand,
Barber, Brocklebank, Chaloner, Gladstone, Langsdale,
Palmer, Rankin, Robinson, Rountbwaite, Smith, Tobin,
Bigham, Lockett, and Boyden. The surveyor submitted
his annual report, showing the state and progress of the
dock works, and the expenditure for the year ending June
24th, 1854. The items of expenditure included the com-
pletion of the new works of the.open and
,el.osed sheds on
the west quay of the Huskisson Dock, together with the
buildings required by the British and North American
Steam-packet Company, as engine-shops, &c. ; and the
steam-packet company were in possession of that portion
allotted to them. The warehouses at the north quay of
the Stanley Dock, contracted for by Messrs. Tomkinson
and Co., had not .been completed, but were expected to be
completed by the end of July, and the new hydraulic
cranes to work them were in the course of erection. The
warehouses on the south quay were also in progress, but
there had been a delay in the execution of the contract for
the over-work. A further portion of the land north of
the canal locks, consisting of about 1,000 yards, hid been
enclosed by a brick wall ; and of the railway along the
docks, the two branches, north and south, had been con-
nected, making, with that occupied from the Wapping
estate, southward, by the London and North-western
Railway Company, a length of 3 miles 1,622 yards. The
works at the Albert Dock warehouses, in completion of
the existing wings, had been finished. The Wapping
works were being proceeded with satisfactorily, and the
masonry rapidly. The double entrance to the Queen's
Basin had been made, and the masonry.connected with it.
750 lineal yards of the Wapping Dock wall had been com-
pleted, leaving 413 yards still to be done. The passage to
connect that with the King's Dock was not yet com-
menced. The warehouses on the Wapping estate were
also in progress. The laying out of the Harrington-
ground, for the purposes of the timber trade, had been
partly carried out ; and the land occupied by Messrs.
Todd, Naylor, and Co., enclosed. The following is a
recapitulation of the expenditure :—Total on new works,
£170,523 12s. 7d. ; on repairs, £38,288 17s. lid. ; increase
on the stock, £8,476 15s. 7d.: making a total expenditure
for the year of £217,289 6s. Id. In the course of a con-
versation, it was stated that the new hydraulic cranes
would be finished in about six weeks, and that until then
it would be imprudent to open the Stanley Dock ware-
houses, although the buildings were completed, and the
lower stories might be used were it not for interfering
with the arrangements for putting up the machinery.
Mr. Langsdale wished to know how it was that a letter,
which had been addressed by an ex-clerk to the chairman
and members of the committee, bad been withheld from
them. The chairman replied that the letter contained
such vague and general charges against clerks in the em-
ploy of the Dock Committee—charges which he conceived
it would have been almost impossible to prove—that he
had considered it his duty to exercise a discretion, which
he imagined he possessed, and he had therefore not laid
the letter before the committee. After some discussion,
Mr. Langsdale moved that the letter should be read, but
not finding a seconder, the matter dropped. The annual
grant of £5O towards the maintenance of the Southport
life-boat was voted. A letter from Messrs. Maclver, re-
questing the temporary use of a shed at the Huskisson
Dock as a transit-shed for their Havre steamers, was read,
and the application granted. A letter from Messrs.
Thompson, Finlay, and Co., requesting permission to store
957 bags of salt in the vaults of the Stanley Warehouses,
was referred to the Warehouse Committee. Letters from
Messrs. Carver and Co., carriers, and from the agents of
the Duke of Bridgewater's trustees, asking for additional
quay room, were referred to the same committee. A letter
was read from Mr. Gowan, the law-clerk of the Health
Committee, stating that upon condition that the Dock
Committee would bear the expense of placing the new
roadway at Wapping. Dock in repair, they (the lAealth
Committee) would adopt the road. On the understanding
that the expense would not • exceed £370, this; was agreed
t.q. There was. DO Qther important business before the
committee,

him-

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t." or any other seat, specially vacant.
Ts.—An old eccentric woman, named

PREACHING

I TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERP

)oi, STANDARD

Hannah Morris, living by herself at Wellow,,near Bristol,
was recently found in a nearly dying state on the-floor of
her bed-room. She had become paralysed, and fallen out
of bed. The mice, with which her house swarmed, 1-
eaten the flesh off her face while she was yet alive.
THE CHOLERA exists in various parts of Scot'
Wishaw it is raging with virulence, a
had to be obtained from Glasgow. Sporadie cases are
reported at Falkirk, and several deaths have taken place
at Perth within the last fortnight. The malady has also
broken out at Castle Douglas, near Dumfries, whence also
several fatal cases are reported.
THE UNITED STITES, SPAIN AND CUBA.—We have
good reason for stating that an authorised agent of the
United States has arrived from Washington, on his way.
to Madrid, empowered to offer for the purchase- of Cuba.
—Morning Herald.
A GRAVE OFFENCE.—John Alderson, the sexton of
All Saints' Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has. been com-
mitted for trial by the magistrates of that boroumb
C,
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;and. In

and assistance has

large of stealing lead from coffins contained in vaults in
an old grave yard. About 33 stone weight of coffin lead
was found at one shop where he had sold it.

" J. 5.," for having hitherto Over
in your paper of the 4th instant
He asks me- when preaching
system of worship which the Church was set up in the
world to maintain and perpetuate ?" The shortest mode
of answering him will be to explain the meaning of the
remarks which, I presume, he intends to call in question.
I say that to, suppose public prayer to be useless unless
accompanied by preaching, is to form a dangerous mis-
estimate of the nature and value of the former.. Without
disparaging the office of teaching in the congregation, I
certainly deny that preaching is a part of worship, just as
I should deny that a sermon addressed to man is a prayer
offered to God. When I speak of "the system of worship
which the Church," &c., I allude to the cardinal truth,
that Christians, in addition to their individual relations
with God, have certain corporate functions, which are
employed in public worship (of which the crowning act is
the " showing forth" of that occurrence which is its-only
basis—the propitiatory death of the Incarnate Head), and
that the ministry of the Church are the agents in their
employment.—l am, yours, &c., VIACENTIUS.
July 17th, 1854.

s communicatii

A "BLACKGUARDS' portrait gallery" is in course of for-
mation at Glasgow, it being the intention of the chief con-
stable to daguerreotype all the principal thieves- and des-
peradoes of both sexes with whom the city is infested. It
is thought that such a collection, when complete, will
freshen the recollection of plundered people, and materially
forward the ends of justice.
SHOCKING ACCIDENTS.—Two singular
accidents have recently occurred at Shields
a maid-servant in a house in South Shields, having a stair-
rod in her hand, got up on a table to shut a window ; the
table tilted and she fell, the rod in her fall being driven
into her head, and penetrating nearly to the brain. No
one else being present, there she lay for three or four
hours insensible. She is not expected to recover. A tailor
in North Shields, walking across his employer's shop bare-
footed, ran a needle into his toe, and using another toe
to push it out, the needle entered that toe and broke.
Great swelling followed, and a surgeon was sent for who
extracted the needle, but lock jaw ensued, and the poor
man died in great agony.
ITALIAN BANDITS AND ENGLISH LADIES ,--A gentle-
man at Rome writes as follows :—" One of the many
robberies committed last winter on the road from Civita
Vecchia to this city was on the carriage of two English
ladies, named Ireland. The postilion who drove the horses
from the station to Castel Guidi pretended to arrange the
harness, when the brigands appeared and completely pil-
laged the carriage. The postilion was arrested, and, tired
of his imprisonment, he made such revelations as to lead to
the capture of the whole band, amounting in all to 35. A
valuable India shawl was traced to a woman at the village
of Castel Guidi, who pretended to have bought it for a few
dollars. One of the fashionable modiste& had received all
the ladies' caps, bonnets, and dresses. Several influential
people were connected with the banditti, and no further

ink in " the

" THE ORANGEMEN OF LIVERPOOL."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sea,—Having seen a paragraph headed " The Orange-
men of Liverpool—Celebration of the 12th July," in the
Mercury of Friday, wherein is stated that "One of the
lodges walked at a very rapid rate, and in procession
reached Bootle-lane, where there is a club room," and in
another part it also stated " the men who walked ap-
peared to be of the-lower class of carpenters, ropers, &c,"
I beg leave to give these statements a most unqualified
denial, as to the Bootle-lane lodge, which appeared to me
of a very respectable,:orderly, well-behaved class of indi-
viduals, who walked at a moderate pace, and who con-
ducted tremselves in every way worthy of the name of
Englishmen. So much for the Mercury's veracity. I
can only say, that although I was never in my lifetime
connected with any society, either beneficial or otherwise,
still I have seen many processions in this town, and am
happy to add, that I never •saw a more peaceable, well-
behaved set of men, than the
_Orangemen of Liverpool.
Would I could say as much for the St. Patrick's societies.
I have been an inhabitant of this great and loyal town for
upwards of forty yeari, therefore consider I am, at least,
enabled to give an opinion ; but I suppose your contem-
porary had had a severe attack of bile, and was obliged to
work it off—if so, I, for one, freely forgive him, but would
strongly recommend the Ivriter of such a scurrilous para-
graph to judge a little more with his eyes and ears, and not
be biassed by any false political opinion.—I am,
obedient servant.

In one case

Sir, your

AN Eri•WITNESS, AND A LOVER OF TIIIITII.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SlR,—Can you be kind enough to inform several of
your constant readers what 'the editor of the Mercury
means when describing the Orange procession on Ned-
,l nesday last ? He says "It appeared to be composed of
the lower class of - ,ters, ropers," &c. Dr

ad the ladies have

THE NEW CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DIITIES.—On Wed-
nesday two acts of Parliament, which received the royal
assent on Monday, last week, were printed, to alter the
duties of Customs on sugar and spirits, and the Excise
duties on sugar. By the first act (17th and 18th Vic., c.
29) the new duties of Customs on sugar and molasses are
to be levied from and after the sth July instant; and on
and after the 26th May last the additional duties of Cus-
toms are to he levied on spirits imported into Scotland.
Under the second act (chap. 30) new Excise duties on
sugar are granted from and after the 26th May last; and
on the 6th July instant new duties are to be levied on
sugar used in the brewing of beer, and in addition, on
every licence to be taken out annually by every brewer of
beer for sale who shall intend to use an,
brewing or making of beer, .the duty of

carpen
to imply an inferior class of workmen?

not, for

,)es he mean
I should think

?pearance.

Does he me

„
for he had no opportunity of judging. , Can it be possible
it was because they were men that dift'ered from the editor
of the Mercury, inasmuch as they do not fear to read the
Bible—diffuse and uphold, by precept and example, the
principles it contains—that they must in his (mini°
belong to the lower class?

ONE OF TIIM

'—l am, Sir, &c

LOWER Cuiss" OF- CARPENTERS

ALL L-DRD TO,

POLICE-COURT.--.YESTERDAY.

SITOP ROBBERY.—Margaret Jones, a little girl, was
charged with stealing a piece of gingham from the shop
of Mr. Goulding, Byrom-street, on Saturday. A lady who
was going out of the shop saw the girl t
id are to be renewed I from the door and run off with it, upon %

[37 sugar in tl:

Brewers

alarm, and the prison