The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

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CONSUMPTION OF WINE. —From a parliamentary
paper just published, it would appear that, although the
population of the United Kingdom has almost doubled

itself during the present century, the quantity of foreign
and colonial wine consumed has decreased rather than
increased during that period. In the year 1800, 7,294,752
gallons of foreign and colonial wines were charged with
duty for home consumption, but in 1853 only 6,813,830
gallons were so charged. In the intervening years the
consumption has fluctuated between the two amounts,
rarely rising to the higher one, but frequently falling
below the lower. The largest consumption was in 1803,
when 8,226,404 gallons were charged with duty. Only
one other year (1825) registers 8,000,000 gallons, and after
1800 only three years (1802, 1828, and 1839) reach even
to 7,000,000 gallons. The lowest consumption was in the
year 1816, when only 4,057,038 gallons appear to have
paid duty, whereof 3,698,993 gallons were foreign, and
358,040 gallons colonial wines.

TRIAL OF FORTY THIEVES.-The Court of
(says Galignani) in July, 1852, tried a band of 44

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headed by a man named Routie
man named Lalourcey, who was s,

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hard labour, recently made rev,
14 other persons. A searching invest_______
and the result was that the judicial authorities considered
that there was sufficient ground to cause the prosecution
of five out of the 14, one of them being Lalourcey him-
self. These five were accordingly arrested, and were on
Saturday brought to trial before the Court of Assizes.
Lalourcey accused them of 23 robberies, some of them
dating from 1845 ; but the number on which they were

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prosecuted was considerably less, the principal one' being
the robbery in 1845, from a tradesman named Vittoz, of
a group in bronze of two wrestlers, the artistic value of
which was. 2,000 f., but which was sold to a second-hand
dealer for 60f. only. The result of the trial was that
three of the accused—a man named Peigne, and two
women named Lefebvre and Sa,csavin—were acquitted,
and that the other two—Lalourcey and Boileau, were con-
victed. They were severally condemned to five years'
imprisonment, with hard labour; but, as they are already
under condemnation to eight years of the same punish-
ment, the sentence will not take effect.

GIS AND WATER CASTINGS.—The following statistics
of the present and prospective demand for castings for
gas and water works has been furnished us by Mr. Thos.
Edington, inspector of castings, in this city :—Contracts
taken, August, 1854 :—Melbourne, 20,000 tons, Liverpool,
3,000 tons, water pipes. Contracts advertised during
August, 1854 :—Chelsea, 11,500 tons water pipes, &c. ;
Preston, 2,000 tons; Oxford, 1,170 yards water pipes; 3
tons bends, branches, &c. ; Hamilton, 4,170 lengths of
water pipes, &c. ; Melbourne, 18 miles of main gas pipes,
with bends, branches, &c. ; Bangor, Ireland, casting for a
gas work ; Newport, Monmouthshire, 4 iron gas purifiers,
&e. ; Malvern, 12,300 yards main gas pipes, syphons,
bends, &c. ; 60 street lamps, retorts, condensers, purifiers,
&c., and 150 yards connecting pipes, &c. ; Mile End, Old
Town, 30 iron lamp posts; Southport, 3 miles of main
water pipes ; York, gas pipes, &c. ; Omagh, Ireland, gas
pipes ; Endfield, water pipes, &c. ; Queenstown, gas pipes,
lamp posts, &c. ; Birmingham, 60 tons pipes. Other cast-
ings will soon be' required for Calcutta, gas ; Valparaiso,
gas ; Liverpool, gas_; Wallasey, water ; Grantham, water ;

Grimsby, water ; Kelso, watei.; Haverhill, gas; 'Beeeles,
gas and water; Halifax, water.—Glasgow Herald.

GuANo.—Among the many islands scattered over
the face of the great Indian Ocean, are two very re-
markable insular features, which, on account of their
utter sterility and barrenness, are seldom touched at by
mariners. These islands are known, the one as that of
St. Paul, the other as Amsterdam. In the year 1826, I,
with a small party of the crew of a ship bound for Madras
in the East Indies, landed on the desolate island of St.
Paul. The aspect of it, from a southerly bearing, brought
to my remembrance the western boundary of the Isle of
Wight, the same comprising a chain of elevated hills, ter-
minated by three detached rocks running into the ocean,
similar to the position of the Needles. The whole of this
barren tract is of basaltic formation, and is doubtless of
volcanic origin, as there was a crater on the summit of
one of the acclivities which was, at the time we viewed it,
inactive ; nevertheless, in juxta-position with this orifice,.
was a spring, the waters of which were highly endued
with caloric, like unto those observable in the wells of
Bath and Clifton, in Somersetshire. This island was re-
sorted to by myriads of marine birds, including the dif-
ferent tribes of petrels, albatrosses, penguins, auks and
boobies, among the fastnesses of which they constantly
roost and breed. It is also resorted to by a variety of
seals. The islands of St. Paul and Amsterdam are far
remote from any point of land, and are on this account the
principal rendezvous of ocean birds, which, there can be no
doubt, deposit prodigious quantities of organic manure or
guano, on these lonely spots. This useful material, in the
process of agricultural improvement, was not acknowledged
as an essential feature in commerce thirty years ago, or I
should have directed my attention more immediately to
an object which has proved hitherto a theme of consider-
able interest to speculative capitalists ; nevertheless, I feel
assured in my own mind, from all the contingent circum-
stances connected with the above-named islands, that the
same cannot fail to produce an incalculable quantity of
guano.—Bell's- Weekly Messenger.
• THE SPI./ciss Paass.—The following is a speech of.
General San Miguel, made at a recent dinner "given by
the press of Madrid to the Ministers" :—" Gentlemen—
As an old journalist myself, and as the patriarch of jour-
nalism, unfortunately, by my advanced age, I drink to a
free press. I drink, gentlemen, to an institution which
neither irons, nor laws, nor transportation, nor exile can
destroy—(Bravo, bravo !—a voice : " Long live General
San Miguel I ")—because thought is an emanation from
the divinity, and there is no power in the world, there are
nolaws., which can extinguish its powerful voice. The
press has 110 other corrective than the press itself.
(Bravo, true.) The press has no other corrective than it-
' Self, the good sense of the public, and public education.
It is only by this that the press is elevated and great.
This is what we see in England, the classic land of liberty.
A free press is a press that thinks, a press that administers,
a press that does the work of diplomacy ; it is, in a word,
a great social lever, which acts upon the interests of the
state. Gentlemen, I flatter myself that the epoch we have
all wished to see for the press has now arrived. (Yes,
yes.) I hope the press will be found worthy of its high
mission, that journalists will so exercise their calling that
they may be supplicated to continue in the performance of
their exalted task. I have been a journalist in times of
danger and revolt, and to have been a journalist is for me
the brightest recollection of my life ; it is the title on which
I most pride myself. I drink, then, to a free press, to i
noble press, which does not descend to vulgar things,which
condescends not to insults and personalities, to the press
which respects the secrets of families. (Thunders of ap-
plause.) I drink, finally, to the noble men of this noble
priesthood who have invited us to this banquet, which
will be famous, because it will inaugurate a new era, in
which the free and independent press of Europe will show
to the entire world that there are in Spain journalists
1 who know how to write, to think, and to interest them-
selves in the public cause, (Immense applause.)
Several journalbt* apppoacheq t 9 cinbracC the yeuerablq
general'

A WIC/ILE-130AT, with two skeletons alongside it, has
been found by a ship on the barren island ofliarsapuoro,
in the Pacific.

REPRESENTATION OF THE 211ONTROSE RITROMS.—A
rumour was put in circulation a few days ago that our
representative, Mr. Hume, meditated a speedy retirement
from the representation of this and the neighbouring
burghs, on account of his health.—Montrose Standard.
THE " PERRY" CASE.—One of the latest on edits is,
that this much-commisurated yonng officer has received
as a testimonial of sympathy a bank note for £5OO, the
envelope of the enclosure bearing simply the words,
"From a,Lady."

✓
HORRIBLE ST A.TE OF SOCIETY IN NEW ORLEANS.-
The True Delta says, that though there is on an average
a murder committed in New Orleans every twelve hours,
they have had but two convictions for the crime in
eight years.

MINING.—Since the iron mines have commenced to be
wrought in the Cleveland hills, in the North Riding of
Yorkshire, that branch of industry has made immense
progress in the north.
ENORMOUS SHEET OF PAPER.—A day or two since,
Messrs. Evans and Arrowsmith, of Bristol, received at
their establishment a sheet of paper weighing 3 cwt., and
measuring 2784 feet in length, or more than half a mile.
A FATAL LANDSLIP occurred a few days since at the
new dock works, West Hartlepool, owing to which two
lives were lost, and several of the workmen seriously
injured.
TRH MAYORALTY OP GLOUCESTER.—AIderman Walker,
of the Gloucester Journal, has been elected mayor of that
city, the office having become vacant a few days since by
the death of Mr. William Washbourne. _ _

THE Banffshire Journal states that the Marquis of
Bath has severely injured one of his legs by falling over a
precipice while in pursuit of red deer.
STOLEN PLATE.—It has been discovered that plate
chests have been rifled of £2,000 worth of plate while
lying in Portsmouth Custom-house. The chests were
deposited by the Queen's ship Portland, in May last.
CRI7EL TREATMENT OF ♦ CHILD.-011 Tuesday last,
Betsy M`Calley was brought up at the London Police-
court, under warrant, charged with beating her niece,
Martha M`Calley, an orphan, eight years of age, with a
poker. The poor child's body bore unmistakeable marks
of the ill-treatment she had received, and her evidence
being corroborated by two neighbours, Mr. Maude fined
the prisoner 405., or one month's imprisonment.
THE PERRY DEFENCE FUND.—A considrrable number
of names are already appended to the subscription list, in
aid of this fund. The Duke of Marlborough has subscribed
£5O.

THE 46T11 REGIMENT will, as soon as a vessel can be
got ready, be sent to the East, whither nearly 300 of them
have already embarked. It may be inferred from this
that Colonel Garrett, or any other officers of the regiment
whom the Horse Guards may think necessary to put upon
their trial, will be left behind.

THE Caowx OF ENGLAND. The following i!uan esti-
mate of the value of the jewels in this magnificent dia-
dem :—Twenty diamonds round the circle, £1,500 each,
I.IA Anil I_ 1 l•

four s

liamonds, £1.,000; four I

crosses, f

Is, placed at the angle of the
posed of twenty-five
ids on the top of the

000 ; twelve diamonds contained in fleuri de-lis,
smaller diamonds contained in the same,
diamonds, &c., upon the arches and
lso 141 small diamonds, £5,000 ; twentv-

£2,000 ; pearl

six diair

a the upper cross.

LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND
SCHOOL SOCIETY.

TIIE eighteenth annual meeting of this society was held
yesterday, in the Savings' Bank, Bold-street. The chair
was occupied by the Rev. Rector Campbell. The medallic
1 • IA 1

was not numerously attended.

The TBEASIIREi stated that the balance in Ilan&
amounted to the sum of £205 Is.

CRETARY

following.

REPORT

The committee of the Liverpool Church of England School"
Society present their eighteenth annual report to the sub—
scribers with feelings of humble gratitude for the continued
success with which it has pleased God to bless their under—
taking. _

The three schools have been maintained in their accus—
tomed efficiency throughout the past year; and, owing to the
strenuous efforts of those kind friends who have exerted
themselves in procuring fresh subscriptions, and to whom
allusion was made in the last report, the financial position of
the society has considerably improved. With reference, how-
ever, to the balance which the treasurer's accounts exhibit, it
must be observed that the coat of the parallel desks, which,
by the recommendation of the Government inspector, it was
determined to erect in the South School, ought to have been:
deducted from it. The delay which has occurred in their
completion has been owing to the great demand for joiners,
and the high rate of wages which they have been for some
time receiving.
There have been but few changes during the past year.
In the South Boys' School, Mr. Snape, appointed last
October, has gone on very steadily and industriously. The
numbers are not large, but the discipline is good, though he
has had to labour under the disadvantage of having only one
pupil teacher, and he in his first year otapprentieeship.
In the South Girls' School, Mrs. Brearley has continued to
give great satisfaction to the committee, as welt as to the
Government inspector, by whose recommendation an addi-
tional pupil teacher has been allowed to the school, making
up the number to four.

'ln the South Infants' School, under the care of Miss John—
ston, appointed July, 1853, the numbers have gradually in-
creased, and the school was placed under Government in-
spection last September, and two pupil teachers apprenticed;
in consequence of which one assistant, at .el 2 a year, instead
of two, at '22, will, in future, be sufficient to enable the
mistress to conduct the school.

In the North Schools the teachers continue to give satis—
faction. The boys' school, under the new master, Mr. Began,
maintains its very high character for efficiency and for the
large numbers in attendance. Application has been made to
the committee of council for the extension ,of the advantages
of inspection and apprenticeship of pupil teachers, which the
boys' and girls' schools enjoy, to the infants' school, which
the committee hope will be effected at the next visit of the
Government inspector.

The Naylor-street Schools are in a prosperous state; the
numbers are above the average, and the teachers highly effi-
cient. During the past year a pupil teacher has been appren-
ticed ' • and, with the assistance of a grant from the commit-
tee of council, an admirable set of benches and desks have
been erected in the boys' and girls' schools.
The committee advert with much pleasure to the satisfac-
tory accounts which they receive of the conduct and progress
of the pupil teachers in the several schools; those who are
still in the term of their apprenticeship approving themselves
to the masters and mistresses, and rendering them most im-
portant assistance, while those who have completed it mani-
fest by their conduct that it has not been anent ti.arn

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vain. One of those apprenticed in the South Girls' School is
now mistress of a National School in Liverpool ; and another
is a Queen scholar at Warrington. One who completed his
apprenticeship in the South Boys' School, last September, is
now master of a Church School in Birkenhead.
The committee, during the past year, have had to lament
the loss of both their secretaries, Mr. Barker and Mr_
Higgins, to whose deep interest in its welfare, and earnest
exertions on its behalf, the prosperity of the society has been
so greatly owing. Their places have been supplied by Mr..
Lawrence and Mr. Herbert Jones.
In conclusion, the committee would urge upon all the
friends'of the schools the importance of undiminished efforts
to maintain them in their efficiency, which can only be
secured by the continual addition of new subscriberi to sup—
ply the place of those who, from time to time, are removed.
The average number in attendance at the several schools,
during the past year, have been as follows :

Church of England, North

Boys. Girls. Infnts. Total.
280 .. 160 .. 170 .. 610
82.. 120.. 125.. 327

The rep(

Naylor-stye

was unanimous

approved of, and the meet-

ing separated

COURT AND FASHION

PRINCE ALBERT embarks from Osborne to-c
visit to the Emperor Napoleon at Boulogne. The Irm„,
of the Belgians is to be of the party. His royal highness
eturns to the Isle of Wight on Thursday.
VlscoutT INGESTRE, eldest son of Earl Talbot, of

Hall,
.Stafford;

dlianee with Miss
of Eglinton.

:er-in-law to

VISCOUNTES

Hon. plisses Canninb
country since the noble viscount re-assumed his diplomatic
duties at the court of the Turkish emperor, have left
Grosvenor-square for Vienna, via' Paris, to join his lord-
ship at the British embassy at Constantinople.

and the

who have been stay

NEW BARONETS.—The Queen has directed letters
patent to be passed under the great seal, granting the
dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom to John
Beverley Robinson, Esq., C. 8., chief justice of Upper
Canada, and Louis Hypolite Fontaine, Esq., of the city of
Montreal, chief justice of Lower Canada.

THE DUKE OF CAMBIUM
pulled down by an attack of
from one of diarrhoea.

said to have bee

lut followir

g his recover]

ALDERMAN MOON iS nes

Lord Mayor of London. On tl