The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-14 00:00:00

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ments in the construction of iron vessels.
EVAN&ELICAL ALLIANCE—A meeting of the Liver-
pool branch was held on Wednesday, at the Medical-hall,
Mount-pleasant. Dr. Raffles in the chair.

TILE BELLS of St. Peter's Church were rung on Thurs-
day, on the occasion of electing the new Mayor.
THURSDA.Y was the thirteenth anniversary of the birth
of the Prince of Wales, and in honour of the occasion the
flag was hoisted on the Town-hall and at other public
places.
THE JUDGE of the High Court of Admiralty of Eng-
land has appointed Mr. John Clare, of Liverpool, solicitor
and notary, to be a commissioner to administer oaths in
admiralty. . _ .

CAPTAIN CAMPBELL is rapidly recovering from his
wounds, and, although urged to come home on sick leave,
he refuses, having resolved to join his regiment im-
mediately. ... ._. . . -.

BEQUEST TO ST. ANDREW'S Scifoois.—The late Sir
John Gladstone having left some money for distribution,
at the discretion of his four sons, the executors of his will
have presented £5O to the St. Andrew's Schools, of which
Sir John was the patron and founder 37 years ago.

CAPTAIN NYE.—The passengers on the last outward
voyage of the Collins steam-ship Pacific presented Capt.
Nye with a flattering testimonial previous to landing at
New York, in which they alluded particularly to the care
and vigilance exercised in the navigation of the vessel.
DOUGLAS.—There was a run upon the Bank of Mona,
Douglas, Isle of Man, last week, originated by a pedlar,
who went into the country districts and announced that,
although the bank had stopped payment, he would take
the V. notes at a discount of 2s. each.

FIRE IN BROUGHTON, MANCHESTER.—On Friday
night week, the Broughton print and dye works were dis-
covered to be on fire. Through the indefatigable exer-
tions of the firemen, the three lower storeys- were saved,
but the top and the roof were destroyed. The damage is
covered by insurance.
NEW PRINCIPLE IN NAVAL INSIIIIA.NCE.—A notice is
posted in the Underwriters'-rooms, emanating from the
various insurance companies of Grovingla, in which it is
declared, that in future, with a view of preventing fraud,
(in wilfully losing a ship, &c.) they will not insure a vessel
beyond seven-eighths of her value, as estimated in the
policy

I'HE STEAMER CITY OF GLASGOW.-A correspondent
of the. Mail at Cambelton states that, on Saturday last,
while a herd boy was walking along the shore at Balloch-
gair, he picked up a portion of the bow of a vessel, which
bears every mark of having belonged to the ill-fated steamer.
It has ou it, in large gilded characters, not much defaced,
" City of Glasgow," and in the corner " Let Glasgow
flourish."
ACCIDENT

TO THE PERSIL STEAMER.—The Persia
steamer, of this port, was run into, soon after leaving
Constantinople for England, by a French steamer (the
Ganges), and her larboard side cut down to within six
inches of the water mark. At the time, there were two
persons in their berths, one over the other. The one in
the upper berth was killed. His fellow-passenger had a
very narrow escape ; he was literally obliged to be cut out
of his berth, for the force of the blow jammed the plates
of iron composing the side of the vessel so close that it
was impossible for him to stir. The damage done to the
Persia is at least £l,OOO. The captain was obliged to put
back to Constantinople, in order to get the damage

repaired.
THE REV. M. RICHMOND ON THE `'PAR.-0n Tues-
day, a lecture was delivered in the Collegiate Institution,
on the subject of the war in the East, by the Rev. Mr.
Richmond. The lecturer touched on a hundred theories
—from the personal appearance of the Czar to the cos-
tume of the Eastern peasant—with a discursiveness quite
bewildering, though by no means disagreeable. Mr.
Richmond delivered a second lecture on Wednesday.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
on Wednesday. Mr. J. Harrison in the chair. It was held
reported that there were 576 paupers in the Workhouse,
against 659 the previous week, showing a decrease of 83.
The chairman stated that the governor had not made an
official report of the fire which broke out on the Friday
night, that the premises were insured for £lOO, that the
total loss was estimated at £129, which included the
clothes, &c., which were not insured, and that the fire
was supposed to have arisen from some neglect on the
part of the stoker to the engine. A vote of thanks was
given to the police, the fire brigade, the servants in the
Workhouse, and the neighbours, for their services in ex-
tinguishing the fire. Mr. Shaw called attention• to the
supply of water in the house in case of another fire ; and,
after some conversation, the clerk was directed to inquire
what the Corporation of Liverpool would charge to supply
the Workhouse with the necessary supply of water for all
purposes. A padded room was ordered to be provided for
the reception of lunatic paupers, previous to their being
sent to the Asylum. Mr. Crawley was appointed master
of the Hospital for one month, in the place of Mr. Ballman,
suspended.
LAND IN AUSTRALIA.—In the early days of South
Australia the land put up for sale was sold at 12s. the acre ;
_

and-by the then miles the purchaser of a town lot was
entitled to an acre in some suburban allotment. One of
the purchasers of such a brace of acres held his land for a
year or two, when he sold it for £4OO. After a few years
this purchaser sold his country section for £5OO, and with-
in a few more years the town acre for £2,000. This last
was resold after a lapse of three or four years, for £B,OOO.
Not long since three-fourths of this acre have beendisposed
of for £lB,OOO, and the remaining one-fourth is now about
to change hands at the rate of £32,000 the acre. This
land, though in the best situation in Adelaide, has not yet
been built on. .

THE VESTRY AND THE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
is said that a letter has been received from the
general board of health, censuring, in the strongest terms,
the medical relief committee of the vestry for disregarding
the suggestions of Dr. Duncan, in reference to the cholera
epidemic; that, although this communication was received
three weeks ago, it has not yet been made public, the
delay being, if any reliance can be placed on current ru-
mours, to enable the chairman of the committee to pre-
pare a reply. In connexion with this subject a special
meeting has been convened for to-day.
EvERToN.—It is said that the overseers of Everton do
not intend to lay a poor rate for the ensuing year, and that
there is a great probability of the rates of the township
being much lower in succeeding years than they have been
for a considerable time back. The late revelations of tke
laxity of the collector have shown that the arrears of the
poor rate amount to a very large sum, and the present
overseers are now using every exertion to have those
arrears collected, which will enable them to meet their
calls without resorting to a rate for the ensuing year, as
already stated. .

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.—The members held their
monthly meeting at the Royal Institution, on Tuesday,
when Mr. Corey presided. The chairman said it had been
resolved to make the photographic exhibition permanent.
He also stated that, amongst other complimentary atten-
tions the society had received, was one from the Abb6
Moigno, who had sent every week a French publication,
in one of the numbers of which he made honourable
mention of the Liverpool publication. After some conver-
sation respecting the mode of taking instantaneous views
of objects in motion, Mr. Lee said, in one picture which he
took of St. George's-hall, about 15,000 people were dis-
tinctly represented. Mr. Berry read a paper explanatory
of Mr. Maxwell Lyte's instantaneous process. Mr. Sheri-
dan circulated about the room a large number of photo-
graphic pictures, which were allowed to be the finest
specimeng ever submitted to the society. Mr. Sheridan
also exhibited a most interesting series of pictures, showing
the various tints obtained by the use of the different
chlorides, and also the changes which took place in the
fixing bath ; and likewise some positive prints from collo-
dion negatives, by Mr. Keith, of Castle-street. After
some discussion the meeting dispersed.
WRECK OF THE FORERUNNER, AFRICAN MAIL CON-
TRACT STEAMER.—The melancholy loss of the Forerunner
screw-steamer and fourteen of her passengers and crew,
was announced on Wednesday. The wreck was described
to have taken place off Lorenzo Point, Madeira, some short
time after the vessel had left the island for England, the
last American mail packet having been spoken with, and
the intelligence communicated. On Friday the loss was
confirmed by the following letter from Captain Halstead,
the secretary at Lloyd's, which had been forwarded by
the British Minister at Lisbon, who had received it from
the English Consul at Madeira :—" Madeira, Oct. 28. I
just write a line to tell you of the total loss of the African
contract steam-packet Forerunner, on the evening of the
25th inst., on a sunken rock close to the shore, at the ex-
treme east point of this island, about two hours after she
left this port for England. The mails, cargo, and all the
effects of the crew and passengers were lost ; eleven of the
crew of thirty-four and three of the thirteen passengers
who were on board were drowned. Those saved will go
home in the Brazil packet. Among them are the follow-
ing :—The Governor of Sierra-Leone, Lieutenant Beding-
field, R.N., late of Her Majesty's ship Pluto, Mr. Evans,
clerk of the works at Sierra-Leone, Mr. Kinell, school-
master, from Cape Coast Castle, two shipmasters, Mr.
Gregory, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Crosky, merchants of
Lagos, Mr. Mitchell, an engineer, late of the Dover
steamer, and a child three years old, daughter of the late
Captain Inglish, of the 3rd West India Regiment. The
mother of the child, with Lieutenant Child, of the Gold
Coast Corps, and Mr. Virtes, merchant, Sierra-Leone,
were drowned. The captain was saved, but two mates
were lost. The Forerunner had a very valuable cargo on
board." The Forerunner was the property of the African
Steamship Company, who have the Government contract
for the African mail service. She was the first steamer
which the company had built, was 400 tons burden, and
had been highly successful in her passages. She was on
a return voyage from Fernando Po, Cape Coast Castle,
Sierra-Leone, &c., when she met with her disaster. The
), it is reported, is fully insured

AT FIRES.—On Friday evening, Dr. Brett
;ture before the Chemists' Association, in
titution, on the subjects of " Combustion
, with special reference to the late fire
and the danger of a similar explosion
case of fire, wherever goods of a cer-
stored in the same building with sulphur,
other combustible substances." The

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re was illustrated by numerous experiments. Dr.
t, in the course of his lecture, stated that he had in-
gated the theories which had been adduced in expla-
f the recent lamentable series of accidents at
He also particularised the articles which had
the cases referred to. It was admitted,
that a goods-store below ground con-
Lntity of sulphur and of nitrate of soda,
punting to several tons in weight. The
Dr. Taylor accounted for the explosions
.suited from a gradual accumulation of
he fusion of the articles named ; but he
f opinion that the explosions must have
a detonating compound accidentally
cents for the formation of such a coin-
it. It was, he said, a dangerous thing
same building, or in close proximity
ances such as nitrate of potash, sulphur;
Aash or pearl ash, and sulphur._ Some
"iicb

!cture, in t

expro%sed their opinions ; and
AWL, wits ni.g41,1 to Dr, 13Att,