The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-11 00:00:00

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'ter's pat,

ent" was not a new invention, and that a
anchor sinular in principle had been manufam—
Iressrs. C. Logan and Co., of this town, t,
since, or twelve years before Porter's patent was

wenty-eight

taken out,

IMPORTANT DECISION TO TIIE TEA TRADE.—A case,
very interesting to the tea trade, was commenced at the
Dublin. Court of Common Pleas on Saturday week. The
plaintiffs were Messrs. Crosfield and Harrison, of this
town, and the defendant wens Mr. James Lynch, of George's-
street, Dublin. In December' last, the defendant pur-
chased four hundred and fifty chests of tea from Messrs.
Wright, the Dublin agents of the plaintiffs, at Is. Bd. per
lb., the whole amounting to £3_4,A2 n.

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queritly returned the tea, alleging that it was not
,*1351 to sample, and the plaintiffs sold it by public auction
this town, on the 4th of April last, but as the market
had then fallen, it only brought £2 534 Bs. 51. The
plaintiffs now sought to recover £627 125., ld. the differ-
e4nucte. bThetweeceasn
etheaxtt:una and the invoice price to the defend-
extended verdict for the nded over Monday, when the jury gave
full amount of costs.
Doeg BRANCH RAILWAT..._O OF TICE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE
the Lan
n Tuesday Mr. Stuart, deputy chairman of
•
onshire on and Yorkshire Railway, laid the founda-
ti..,
p-stone of a new
th
fore accommodation the goods
traffic, and Particularly that in coal. The line will com-
mence at the first bridge below the canal at Sandhills,
and run on the low level to Stanley Dock. Near the
Victoria-road, however, a branch on the high level is to
be formed to the Nelson, Wellington, and other north
docks, this high level portion being intended mainly for
the development of the coal traffic, for which Liverpool
presents such peculiar facilities, and which, by proper
appliances, may be increased to an enormous extent.
From the point of junction, at the Victoria-road, the low
level will be widened into four lines of way, so as to afford
all the accommodation required near a terminus. The
works connected with the new line, which have been pro-
jected from the plans of Mr. Meek, the principal engineer,
will be carried out under the immediate superintendence
of Mr. Pennie, the resident engineer of the district. The
contractors for the work are Messrs. George Thomson and
Co. About 500 men will be at once placed upon the I
ground, and it is anticipated that the new lines will be I
opened on the Ist of April next year. TI
which there will be a considerable number,
of ao feet span and 7 fee*
are to be crossed by wrc
completion of this branch
traffic of this railway, already a
weekly, eloped,
w I
be at least doubled ,
to
the coal traffic alone will, it is
1,000:000 tons annually.
SALARIES or CORPORATION OFFICALS.--Returns have
been recently printed by order of the Liverpool town
council, showing the names, occupations, dates of appoint-
ment, salaries, &c., of all the officials employed by the
ecnoration at present and for the last ten years. The
following is a list of the officers who are in receipt of
salaries of £3OO a-year and upwards :—Judicial depart-
ent : Gilbert Henderson, Esq., recorder, £525, and £5O
111 addition for every intermediate sessions ; Peter Wright,
Es q•, clerk of the peace, £800; Edward James, Esq.,
assessor of the borough court, £400; J. S. Mansfield,
Esq., stipendiary magistrate, £l,OOO. Town-clerk's de-
partment : William Shuttleworth, town-clerk, £2,500 ;
Robert Topping, chief clerk, £500; Linton Hughes,
second ditto, £400; Francis Venn, deputy registrar of
borough court, common law clerk, and sergeant at mace,
-e5OO ; Henry Walter, clerk for prosecutions, £3OO ; IV.
T. M`Gowen, first clerk in town-clerk's department, Corn-
wallis-street, £3OO. Treasurer's department : John Wy-
bergh, treasurer, £700; Archibald Tweedie, clerk to ditto,
£3OO. Surveyor's department : John Weightman, sur-
veyor, £l,OOO. Sundry officers : John H. Bally, auditor,
£3OO. Town-dues department : Nathan Litherland,
receiver, £6OO. Observatory : John Hartnup, astronomer,
£3OO, with house, &c. Constabulary force : Captain J. J.
Greig, head constable, £5OO, with house. Magistrates
clerk's department : John Wybergh, jun., clerk to magis-
trates, £700; P. F. Garnett, ditto, £5OO. Borough ' :
William Jameson, governor, £450, with house, &c.; Rev.
Thomas Carter, chaplain, £350, with £5O for rent of
house. Public offices, Cornwallis-street : Capes Ashlin,
treasurer, £7OO. Borough engineer's department : James
Newlands, borough engineer, £1,000; Cornelius Davies,
assistant engineer £350. District building surveyor's
department : William Rishton, surveyor of buildings,
£3OO. Water department : Thomas Duncan, engineer_
£6OO ; John Rodgers, secretary, £3OO,

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CONSECRATION OP ST. MART'S CIIITECII, GRASSER-
DALE.—The ceremony of consecrating the recently erected
edifice took place on Tuesday, by the Lord Bishop of the
Diocese, who was attended by the clergy and the parochial
authorities. After the ceremony his lordship delivered
the usual inaugural sermon, and subsequently a collection,
amounting to £lOO 15s. 6d., was made. The consecration
-of the burial-ground closed the proceedings of the day.
'The church, which is built in the decorated style, is
situated at the junction of the Aigburth and Garston roads,
anduil forms a very pleasing object in the landscape. The
tran sep
bdingts, and is cruciform on the ground plan, having nave,
chancel. The tower is at the north side,
Wth a corresponding porch on the south, a spacious aisle
airectipg the two. The church is divided into two side
urg, With a centre aisle up each transept; there is a
ting., Pen space left opposite the chancel arch ; and sit-
within in moveable benches for the old and infirm
The short distance of the pulpit and reading-desk.
thPews
the choir. are large and spacious. The chancel is octagonal
e east end, and is fitted up with proper benches for
part of
Great care seems to have been given to this
the edifice ; the floor is laid with fine specimens of
Minton's encaustic tiles, the roof painted in ultramarine,
with gold stars. There are three stained windows, by
Messrs. Pilkington, of St. Helens. The centre (three-
light) presented by Mr. John Job, contains a painting of
the Ascension ; the side windows (two lights) are the gift
of Mr. John Grant Thome, and contain medallion subjects
of New Testament history. The other windows are filled
with glass which admits a subdued light into the body of
the church. The organ is to be placed in a recess on the

south side, and a nOv
the player will sit with his back to it, the action, by an in-
genious contrivance, passing under his feet. The pulpit
and reading desk of Bath stone, are so designed as to allow
an uninterrupted view of the communion table on entering
the church. A massive brass coronal, with about fifty
'banners and brass standards, of elastic design, in various
Parts of the church, secure a sufficiency of light for even-
ring service. A font of Bath stone, highly enriched and
Moulded, has been presented by Mr. Cox, of Grassendale-
Dark ; and Mr. Alfred Castellain has presented a valuable
,r,‘,r,vice of communion plate. Every arrangement is perfect
4.:751!,e) ventilation and warming of the building, a patent
al ve answerinn• the latter purpose. The church has a
018iZ bells.
vros
ehatte,,,,Va)lNG OF TIMBER AT LrvßaPooL.—The en-
eonsuii`pptiae of money has very seriously curtailed the
Sigh freights wood, and of fir timber in particular.
the' 'OO, have checked the exportation ; and as in
gapmt Year through the active demand, the cost of import
eoit ttiliten little relation with prices ruling here, so higher
in LASAarld Prices abroad hardly now influence prices here
suppliesegee that some had expected, for the coming
too, will arrive to a drooping market. Unfortunately,
the resident timber-merchants have their estab-
!3,3!nrients at one extreme end of the port, while the larger
cater g their cargoes at the other extreme. The
4-
e„ eg two feet deeper at the north docks will induce
kreC large
ehiP
at least to unload out of the timber mar-
'nlPowners say four miles off; not to mention the desire many
the least
enter on their next outward voyage,
without in the least thinking of the convenience of an im-
Porter beyond his claims_ _ le gal ; and thus, though entirel
teat
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account in some degree for spruce t.
fir is chiefly imported) ruling just
£ll. ss. per standard, against £l5. 10s. per stanaa
Lodon. From Mr. E. Chaloner's Circular.

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