The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-12 00:00:00

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St. George's Hall was ob-

—The congrega-

tion and friends of the Rev. A. Knox, incumbent of
Mary's, Birkenhead, have determined to present the wife

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appointed to make
the presentation, and to prepare a suitable address to Mrs.
Knox. The portrait is of full size, and is a most excellent
likeness.

ay, before the ma-

, Mr. DoCwra's representative was
Lfringement of the Turnpike Act, by

Lie pipes

surveyor of -the road. It was
elicited, however, in evidence, that Mr. Pyebus had twice
the quantity of large stones, and wooden horses, to protect
his own side of the road. The magistrates, who expressed

kg opinion with regard to the recent miitinder-
gs, imposed the nominal fine of ls.

PURCHASE OF THE WIGAN WATER WORKS.—The
long-pending arbitration, which is to settle the price that
the Corporation of the borough must pay for the present
water works to the private company, to whom they
belong, is to be held next week in London. Sir William
Cubitt has been chosen umpire by the arbitrators ; Mr.
Bateman, of Manchester, on behalf of the Corporation ;

and Mr. Hawksley, of Liverpool, on behalf of the Water
Works Company. Ou Thursday the umpire and arbitra-
tors visited Wigan, and inspected the works. They com-
menced their sittings yesterday.

WALLASEY PUBLIC OFFICES.—The new offices for the
Wallasey local board of health are situate in Church-
street, at the corner of King-street, Egremont, and have
been formed out of a dwelling-house, which has been
altered to suit the purposes of the board. The board
room is a very neat and capacious apartment, being 25

long by 16 feet wide. in the building there are also
ices for the law clerk, the surveyor, and the collector,

somely furnished, and everything appears to have been
done to add to the comfort both of the members of the
board and the public officers of the parish. The building
belongs to Mr. Allison, of Woolton, and has been let on a
lease of 21 years at a rental of £4O a year. The alterations
been made at the expense of the board.

. -
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAMER.—On
Wednesday afternoon, *just as one of the Monk's Ferry
steamers was leaving the Landing-stage at Liverpool, a
rope gave way, and suddenly and violently whirled round
the arm of one of the boatmen, named John Marshall.
The poor fellow's right arm was moat dreadfully lacerated.
He was taken across to Birkenhead in the steamer, and
on arrival there was conveyed to the Hospital, when it
was found that amputation was necessary, and this opera-
tion was performed on Wednesday evening, the arm being
taken off about two inches below the elbow. He after

to be sinking

or GAS CONSUMERS.—On Thursday, a
meeting of gas consumers of Liverpool was held in the
Common-hall, Hackin's-hey, to consider the reply of the
United Gas Company, agreeing to consent to the appoint-
ment of a gqs-meter inspector by the Town Council or
Recorder, on the same terms as were contained in the
Bristol and Clifton Act. A committee was appointed to
collect information as to the duties, payment, &c., of the
inspectors of gas-meters in London, Bristol, and Bolton.
The committee were also authorised to wait on the
Finance Committee, and explain their views to that
body, and subsequently to call a public meeting on the
subject.
THE MANCHESTER FREE LIBRARY.—The annual
report of the committee of the Manchester Free Library,
just issued, states that during the year ending the sth
of September the total issues from the reference and lend-
ing departments have been 142,345 volumes, being an
average daily issue of 487 volumes. Durino• the first eight
months of 1854, as compared with the first eight months
of 1853, there has been an increase in the issues from the
reference library of 20 pet cent., and au increase in those
from the lending library of about 9 per cent. The issues
from the reference department have been in theology,
1,348 volumes ; philosophy, 1,417 ; history, 20,538 ; law,
politics, and commerce, 2,395 ; sciences and arts, 8,578
literature and polygraphy, 30,302 : total, 64,578. Out of
an aggregate issue in the lending department of 155,000
volumes since the opening of the institution, only seven
have been actually lost.

WEST DERBY GIIIRDIANS.—At the weekly meeting of
this board, on Wednesday, the Rev. Mr. Badnall presided.
There were also present—Messrs. Lunt, Abrahams, Sid-
deley, Wensley, G. Harrison, Pitts, Morris, Kirkus,
Ledger, Daley, Smith, Mountfield, Heyes, Lightbody,
James Buck, Alpass, Whitty, M`Gee, and Shaw. The
balance in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be
£1,338 ss. On the motion of Mr. Alpass, seconded by
Mr. Kirkus, it was resolved, "That the guardians having
had laid before them the report of Mr. Brown, the inspec-
tor of schools, are much surprised at its tone. They con-
sider that the charge he has indirectly made against, the
guardians is uncalled for, and that the inspector has gone
beyond his duty in such a procedure, and request him to
state the grounds for his observations : and further, that
a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Brown, and
copies of the same resolution, and of the report of Mr.
Brown, to the Poor-law Board and Council of Education."
Upon the recommendation of the chaplain, it was resolved
to give two of the female pupil teachers £5 each, in addi-
tion to the payment they are entitled to under their
engagements. The clerk was directed to write to the
Poor-law Board, requesting directions as to the engage-
ment of an assistant-master at the Boys' School, at the
Workhouse. A vote of thanks was given to the chaplain
for " his indefatigable attention to the schools." It was
resolved that a call be at once made on the several owner-
ships in the union, for the sum of £10,551, according to
the statement produced by the clerk ; one moiety of such
amount to be paid on or before the 19th instant, and the
remainder on or before the 13th of February next. It was
resolved that pipes and hydrants, should be laid at the
Workhouse, according to a plan of Dr. Duncan, at a cost'
not exceeding £126 18s. Mr. John Croly was appointed
temporary master of the Union Hospital for four weeks
longer, at a salary of twenty-five shillings per week. A
cheque was ordered to be given to Mr. Clayton for £176
3i. 6d., his commission and charges as architect. The
number in the Workhouse was reported to be 632 against
667 in the corresponding week last year. There were 85
cases in the hospital.

Two COLLIERY OWNERS CHARGED WITH FELONY.—
The owners of the Arley Colliery, near Wigan Messrs.
James and Thomas Gidlow, and Daniel Battersby, their
manager, have been committed for trial at the assizes, on
a charge of drowning, or filling with water, certain mines
of the Earl of Baleaves. The Arley estate adjoins that of
the Earl of Balcarres,- and across the surface of the former
runs a tributary of the river Douglas, called the Arley-
brook. Originally a vein of coal from the surface of the
earth passed close under the Arley-brook, and, gradually
dipping downwards under the Arley estate, passed also
under the land of the Earl of Balcarres. .The coal under
the Arley estate was much of it worked out many years
ago, and that under the estate of the Earl of Balcarres is
now in course of being worked. An act of great folly
was committed by the parties who originally worked the
Arley estate mine, for they got the coal close under the
bed of the brook, and up to the surface of the earth; where
it cropped out. . The result has been that, when the brook
has been overflowed, large quantities of water have got
down into the workings and flooded them. • The portion
of the vein of coal under the land of the'Earl of Balcarres
being on the lowest level, of course his works depend en-
tirely on care being taken to leave a sufficient barrier be-
tween the two sets of workings. Such a barrier, it is
alleged, had been left, and the charge against Messrs.
Gidlow is, that on or about the 13th of October they did
maliciously cause about 10,000 tons of water to flow into
the subterranean workings of the collieries communicating
with those of the Earl of Balcarres, with intent to delay
the workings and to damage and destroy the same.
This
,charge has been made befoie the magistrates of
Wigan, and by the 7th and Bth of George IV., cap. 30,
s. 6, the offence, if proved, is made felony, and is punish-
able with imprisonment or transportation. Mr. Peace,
the manager of the colliery of Lord Balcarres, and a num-
ber. of other ,colliery managers, gave evidence, and the
magistrates, after hearing.it, said it was their painful duty
to send the case for trial. Bail, however, was accepted for
the prisoners until the assizes.

EXTRACT. OF FLESH.---At the meeting of the Man
ester Literary and Philosophical Society, last week;
.ofessor Frankland directed attention to a very important
icovery recently made byTrofessor Liebig, relative to -a,
Lrblv nutritive food for invalids. The great object was
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,n of a material which should contain all'the
requisite for the formation of blood, and
same time, should be capable of assimilation
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object had not hitherto- been accomplished: neer tea
which was the nearest approach to it, did not contain the
albumen of blood, and was also 'wanting in some °the]
constituents necessary fOr the formation of healthy blood

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PREPARING FOR CHR

avy weather in the