The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

Increase ...... _1,540 426,602
The rates and duties received during the last two years
were as under :

Tonnage

1854. 1853.
£161,441 0 0 £140,619 19 1
136,637 8 0 116,082 6 6
12,937 7 6
5,845 5 3
24,223 15 0
2,247 17 0
674 6 1

Lighthouse ......
Floating light...
Graving dock ...
Graving
Extra dock rent

Total £344,000 18 10 £296,081 19 4
A reduction in the dock dues, amounting to £40,000,
was made in 1848.

HEALTU COMMITTEE.—Mr. Dover presided at the
meeting on Thursday, and there were present—Messrs.
Beckwith, Moss, Gladstone, Fleming, Nicholson, Robin-
son, and Halhead.—A conversation took place in reference
to the new sanitarybill. Mr. Dover (the chairman)observed
that the Corporation held a large amount of property, the
leases of which could not be renewed unless the property
were built or altered in accordance with the wishes of the
Corporation. More than fifty years would elapse beforethese
leases fell in ; but, if they were to inform the tenants that
their leases would be renewed on condition of opening the
ends of the courts, probably the object desired would be
accomplished within the lifetime of those present.—The
medical officer of health reported that the returns for the
week exhibited a considerable reduction on the mortality,
the deaths registered being 212, against 236 in the prece-
ding week. In the parish the deaths were 151, and in the
out-townships 61. The mortality of last week was not
above the average of the season, and, with the exception
of the measles, no disease is more than usually prevalent.
Diseases of the lungs, &c., caused 65 deaths, being a de-
crease of 13 as compared with the previous week. Two
persons, a male and female, had died from the effects of
excessive drinking. Of the 212 deaths, 130 occurred below
5 years of age, and only 12 (an unusually small proportion)
above the age of 60.—Mr. Godfrey had an interview with
the committee, in order to rebut some statements which
had been made in regard to some houses of which he is
the owner, namely, that they had been erected for infa-
mous purposes ; but as Mr. Rishton, the building surveyor,
was not present, the question was adjourned to a future
day.—The subject of Mr. Rose's contract for street sweep-
ing was brought forward, and the report of the borough
engineer, as to the comparative amounts of work per-
formed, was read. The committee, however, decided not
to recommend the liberation of Mr. Rose from his con-
tract ; for as they had not, when he was earning a very
large sum yearly under it, interfered with his gains, they
had no right to interfere to protect him from loss through
an undertaking with the nature of which he himself
was so well acquainted.—The remainder of the business
was uninteresting.

ANNUAL GENERAL SESSION.—The annual meeting of
the justices of the peace for this county was held in the
Court-house, Preston, on Thursday. The chair was occu-
pied by T. B. Addison, Esq. The Rev. J. S. Birley pre-
sented the accounts of the treasurer for the past year, and
moved that they be printed and circulated. After some
conversation the resolution was agreed to. An estimate
of the funds required by the treasurer to carry on the ex-
penditure of the county from the 31st May, 1854, to the
end of February, 1855, was submitted and agreed to.
The sum of £7OO was granted for the erection of a police-
station at Fleetwood; £l6OO for one at Garstang ; and
£l4OO for one at Kirkham. The sum of £lOO was placed
at the disposal of Mr. Clay, the chaplain of the house of
correction at Preston, to enable him to provide himself
with an assistant for the ensuing year. Mr. Clay has
held the office for 33 years, and the chairman alluded to
the great ability displayed by that gentleman in the com-
pilation of his " Statistics of Crime," which had been not
only of material utility, but of European fame. Four ad-
ditional constables were then appointed, to be stationed in
the district of St. Helen's, and the proceedings terminated.

THE ASSIZES.—The following has been issued by the
deputy prothonotary of the county :—The next assizes at
Lancaster will commence on Saturday, the 6th of August,
and at Liverpool on the 9th of August. The records in
causes to be tried at Lancaster, and at issue on or before
Friday, the 21st of July, should be ordered on that day;
and in those to be tried at Liverpool, and at issue on or
before Tuesday, the 25th of July, should be ordered on
that day. The last day for making up issues in time for
trial at the next assizes at Lancaster will be Thursday, the
the 27th of July,on which day the records must be ordered.
The last day for making up issues in time for trial at the
next assizes at Liverpool will be Monday, the 31st of July,
on which day the records must be ordered. Rule day
before the assizes, Thursday, the 13th of July. Rule day
after the assizes, Thursday, the 7th of September. In
pursuance of the rule of court of March assizes, 1842, the
causes intended to be tried at Liverpool will be entered in
the following order :-Ist list, of Salford Hundred ' • 2nd
list, West Derby Hundred, or elsewhere. The entry of
causes at Lancaster will close at nine o'clock on Monday
morning, the 7th of August, and at twelve o'clock at noon
on Thursday, the 10th of August. The causes in the se-
cond list will not be called on for trial before Saturday,
the 12th of August. The chancery court will be held at
St. George's Hall, in Liverpool, on Thursday, the 10th of
August, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The business of
the public offices will be transacted at rreston during the
assizes, as usual,

re-sailed for the splendid challenge cup of £lOO value, to
which will be added a 'purse of £25. The Cynthia, of
Dublin, is the present holder of the prize, but has to be
won two years in succession before it is finally claimed.
DEATH BY DROWNING.—On Monday, a youth, named
John Clarke, was bathing in a pool of water which almost
surrounds the landmarks on the Bootle shore, when, get-
ting out of his depth, he was drowned. The deceased was
the son of a publican in Scotland-road, and was an ap-
prentice to Mr. John Stocks, Vauxhall-road.
Mr. BARRETT, the governor of the county gaol of Mon-
mouth, has been arrested for embezzling money of the
county, to the extent of £2,000.
Mn. M'ILvEEN, who has been so long and favourably
known as principal of the Mechanics' Institution, has been
appointed principal of the high school, vacant by the re-
tirement of Dr. Ihne. Both schools will now be under the
direction of Mr. M'llveen.
THE CHAPLAIN TO LANCASTER GAOL.—On Sunday, the
Rev. Joseph Rowley, MA., completed his fifty years ser-
vice as chaplain to the gaol, and on the following day
made each of the male and female officers a suitable pre-
sent in commemoration of the event. The rev. gentle-
man is now in his 82nd year, but enjoys excellent health,
and is able to discharge not only his weekly but his daily
duties at the gaol.--Lancaster Guardian.

THE ORACLE, the first of Messrs. Griffith, Newcombe,
and Co.'s Temperance line of Australian packets, from
Liverpool, had on board, on her departure from the
Mersey, besides chaplain, surgeon, schoolmaster, and an
excellent band, two pursers, four stewards, four assistant-
stewards, four cooks, and other supernumeraries. The
fittings were complete, and all the arrangements were
characteristic of the manner in which her owners dispatch

their ships from London.
TUB MIDSUMMER HOLlDAYS.—Thousands of excur-
sionists from Derby, Burton, Loughborough, &c., arrived
in town on Wednesday night by the Lancashire and
Cheshire Junction Railway. The trip will cost them only
7s 13d., and they are at liberty to remain in Liverpool until
the 12th instant.

CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of this useful society will this year be held at
Congleton, on the 6th September next. Claims for best
cultivated farms, bone manuring, draining, irrigating, and
cottages, will have to be sent in on or before the 2nd of
July ; and claims for cheese, stock, and farm-labourers on
or before the 22nd of August.—Chester Courant.
ENGINE DRIVERS' DISPUTES.—The locomotive autho-
rities and engine-drivers of the London and North-western
Railway are again at variance on the subject of regula-
ie
tion . The men of the southern division have had several
pr sting meetings at London, Birmingham, and inter-
ate towns.

THE INDIA MAIL.—The Government have postponed
the departure of the Candia (with the Indian, China, and
Australian mails,) from Southampton, from the 4th to the
6th of July. The Marseilles portion of the mails will
accordingly be made up in London on the 10th, instead of
the Bth.

PUBLICANS' LICENSES.—A session for the transfer and
removal of publicans' licenses was held on Thursday last,
in the old Crown Court. The presiding magistrates were
Messrs. S. Holme, J. H. Turner, Booth, and Crosthwaite.
There were fifty-four applications for transfers, and one for
removal. The proceedings possessed but little interest.
THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE FIDELIA.—John Lynagh,
the seaman wounded in the affray on board the Fidelia, on
the 20th ult., is still an inmate of the Northern Hospital. On
Thursday morning the depositions of the mate and surgeon
of the ship were taken in his presence, before J. C. Ewart,
Esq., and it being then considered that Lynagh was in a
fit state for removal, orders were given for his conveyance
across the river to Wallasey bridewell, but on taking off
the bandages, with the view of renewing the dressing of
his wounds, the prisoner fainted away, and his removal
has in consequence been delayed for some time longer.
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP AN IRON SAFE.—On Tuesday
night, the premises of Messrs. Cope Brothers and Co.'
cigar manufacturers, Lord Nelson-street, were entered by
thieves. They endeavoured to open several drawers, but
were unsuccessful. They also attempted to blow up the
iron safe, which they supposed contained money, but in
this they also failed. The thieves put a quantity of gun-
powder into the keyhole of the lock, a portion of it passing
through into the lower part of the door. When ignited,
the explosion appears to have spent itself in the interior of
of the safe, the lock being uninjured. The safe was filled
with a light coloured dust or powder, resulting from the
explosion; but no injury resulted except to a file of papers,
which were partly scorched.
SERMONS AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH, UPTON. By an
advertisement in another column, it will be seen that two
sermons will be preached on Sunday next, in St. Mary's
Church, Upton, near Birkenhead, by the Rev. William
Dalton, 8.D., vicar of St. Paul's, Wolverhampton, and
rural dean. After each service a collection will be made
in behalf of the church schools. The Rev. W. Dalton is
well known in Liverpool, having formerly been incumbent
of St. Jude's Church in this town.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest will be held to-day
before Mr. P. F. Curry, the borough coroner, on the body
of Cuthbert Wright, a boy twelve years of age, who was
accidentally killed on Saturday, at the iron shipbuilding
yard of Mr. John Laird, at the south-end of the town.
Deceased resided in Upper Mann-street ; his duty at the
works was to heat the rivets, and whilst engaged at his
occupation, a heavy plate of iron fell upon him, inflicting
a mortal wound upon the head, of which he died yesterday
morning, at the Southern Hospital.
BRAZILS AND THE RIVER PLATE.—The South Ameri-
can and General Steam Navigation Company's new
steamer Bahiana took her departure from the Mersey on
Saturday, at three, p.m., with upwards of 600 tons of
valuable cargo and about fifty passengers, and it is ex-
pected she will be quite full from Lisbon, her first port of
call. The Braziliera will follow on the Ist August; and
the Lusitania may be looked for, on her return voyage,
early in that month. These steamers now call at the
island of Madeira both ways.

SAILINGS.—The United States mail steam-ship Baltic,
Capt. James Comstock, sailed from the Mersey on Wed-
nesday, for New York, with the usual mails, 160 pas-
sengers, and a full cargo of merchandise. Shortly after,
the Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's screw steam-
ship City of Manchester, Capt. W. Wylie, took her
departurefrom the river with 400 passengers on board-100
first and second cabin, and 300 in steerage berths. She
also carried out a large cargo of merchandise. About ten
o'clock the new clipper Oliver Lang, belonging to James
Baines and Co's " Black Ball" line of Australian packets,
sailed from the Mersey for Sydney, New South Wales,
with 465 passengers. She is commanded by Capt. Henry
Manning, late of the Bloomer.

LIVERPOOL Tovizi CouNcm.—The monthly meeting of
the Council will be held to-morrow, when the following
subjects will be discussed : The proceedings of the
Finance Committee, comprising a recommendation, on the
application by workmen for increased wages.—The pro-
ceedings of the Health Committee, comprising recom-
mendations to increase the salaries of the following
officers in the treasury department ; namely, Thomas
White, from £2lO to £250 per annum; William Hardisty,
from £2OO to £220 per annum ; Thomas J. Hughes, from
£BO to £9O per annum; James M`Fadzen, from £7O to
£BO per annum ; Thos. J. Nicholson, from £54 12s. to
£7O per annum ; James Rogers, from £32 to £6O per
annum; Benjamin Owens, from £32 to £6O per annum ;
and that Robert John Brew, Joseph Jones, and John
Jones Langley, collectors of the third class, be promoted
to the second-class, their salaries and poundage respec-
tively being calculated at £lBO per annum.—The mayor's
communications, comprising laws for the regulations of
errand, message, and luggage porters, laid before the
council pursuant to standing orders ; and an application
from Mr. Alexander Neilson, clerk in Mr. Ashlin's office,
to be placed in another situation.—The following motion,
of which notice had been given by Mr. Councillor Banner,
that the building and premises in Gill-street, now used as
a market, be appropriated for salt water bathe, under the
direction of the Baths' Committee.

' LAUNCH OF THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP JITRA.—On Tues-
day afternoon, Messrs. J. and G. Thomson launched from
their building-yard, Govan, near Glasgow, the screw
steam-ship Jura, one of the largest vessels ever built on
the Clyde, above saltwater. The Jura is the property of
the Messrs. Burns, and is a twin-ship to the Etna, build-
ing by Messrs. Caird, of Greenock, to be launched next
month. She is intended for the Liverpool and New York
station, and her principal dimensions are as follow :
Length of keel and forerake
Breadth of beam 37-1-
Depth of hold
Earthen
2200 tons.
Engines • 450 H.P.
The screw is three-bladed, formed of the best cast-iron,
and is expected to propel the Jura at the rate of twelve
knots an hour under ordinary circumstances. Messrs.
Thomson have contracted to build another screw-steamer
nearly double the size of the Jura, and at least equal to
that of the Himalaya, of which so much is said. Messrs.
Napier are also :now building an immense vessel for the
Cunard Company, to be called the Persia. She will be
upwards of 4000 tons burthen, and have a breadth of beam
that will insure much greater proportionate stability and
capacity than any vessel ever built on the Clyde.
THUNDER STORMS AT WIGAN.—The town and neigh-
bourhood of Wigan were visited by thunder storms on
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last week. About two
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon two houses in Golborne,
adjoining each other, were struck by the electric fluid, and
considerable damage was done. Miss Edwardson, who
resides with her mother in one of them, was ironing in the
kitchen at the time, and a child stood near her. They
were both knocked down, but they escaped uninjured.
The kitchen was filled with smoke and soot, and a hole was
made by the fluid above the mantelpiece. The mantel-
pieces in three rooms were moved out of their places and
broken ; the windows at the front of the house were dashed
in against the opposite walls of the rooms they lighted,
and were completely shattered; and the chimneypots were
knocked down, and a hole was made through the roof and
the ceiling of one of the bedrooms. In the next house,
occupied by Mr. Porter, surgeon, a mirror was shivered,
the frame of another mirror was scorched, but the glass
was left unbroken, and a lace cape was burned ; but no
person was hurt. A partition wall in the farm house of
Mr. Pierpoint, on the opposite side of the road, was des-
troyed by the lightning. Between five and six o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon the rain fell in torrents, and the
thunder and lightning were terrific ; but it appears that
little damage was done. A tree in Kirkless Wood was
shattered, and the fragments scattered in every direction
within a radius of 70 yards.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL CO)

THE ASIA, British and North American mail_steam-
ship, Captain Lott, sailed hence for New York, on Satur-
day, at eleven a.m., with about seventy passengers and a
full cargo.
THIRTY VOLUNTEERS for the royal navy were forwarded
to London, from Liverpool, on Friday night, making about
eighty despatched from this port during the week.
A DEPUTATION, consisting of the Marquis of Salisbury,
Mr. T. B. Horsfall, Mr. J. B. Neilson, and Mr. J. Cros-
thwaite,, had an interview with Sir William Molesworth,
on Saturday, at the office of Works and Public Buildings,
Whitehall.

Tir GsNovA, screw steamer, 72 days from Liverpool,
bound to Italy, arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th ult., with
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, left on the
24th for Southampton, calling at Cadiz, Lisbon, &c.
Ms. GIBBON, landing-surveyor at Hull, has been pro-
moted to be landing-surveyor at Liverpool, vice Mr..
Stone, promoted to be landing-surveyor at Dublin.
THE LANCASHIRE MILITIA have arrived at Woolwich,
and are quartered at the royal marine barracks.
ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—On Saturday will be