The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

YACHT CLUB.—The second sailing match, in connexio
(I,e Liverpool Yacht Club took place on Wednesday,
, cup, of the value of 1:20, was won by
er's new yacht the Challenge.
RACE PLUNDER.—Within an hour after the close of
races at Aintree, on Thursday, no less than six watches,
nurse, containing about £lO, were reported at the
,-office as having been lost on the ground.
HIMA.LA.TA.—The departure of the Himalaya
from Southampton has been postponed until to-day.
This fine ship has now become the property of the
government, she having been purchased of her 'late
owners, the Peninsular and Oriental Company, for the
purpose of being used in the disposition of troops. She

will proceed to Kingstown, where she is to embark a por•
tion of the 2d Dragoon Guards, calling here for the
remainder, en route to the Black Sea.

CAUTION.-At the Police-court, on Friday, Messrs.
Edward Holt and Son, Dake-street, Mr. Israel Samuel,
of Great Howard-street, and Mr. Yates, of 6, St. Anne's-

street, were convicted in various penalties, under the 37th
section of the Liverpool Sanitary Amendment Act, for-
permitting their servants to stand on the outside sills in,
cleaning the upper windows, thereby rendering themselves;
liable to a penalty of £5 each.
Boy DROWNED.—Yesterday afternoon, about five'
o'clock-, a little boy of the name of Bleakley, whilst
playing at a pit in:a delf on the top of the Holt at Tran-
mere, accidentally fell in and was drowned. Every effort
was made to save him, but without effect. This is the
second boy that has lost his life at the same place within
the last twelve months. We understand that the parents
of the lad have been resident at Tranmere only a fort-
night ; and, what makes the case more melancholy, that
of fifteen children.he was the only son.
FAILURE AT LEEDS.—The creditors of Mr. Samuel
Hammond, Low Fold Mill, Leeds, flax spinner, (whose
suspension with £35,000 of liabilities took place recently,)
met at Leeds on Wednesday last. From the statements
made to them, it appeared that there was every reason to
expect, if the estate is not driven into bankruptcy, that
there will be sufficient to pay nearly 10s. in the pound.
Three of the principal creditors were appointed a com-
mittee to investigate the affairs, and report to an ad-
journed meeting, to be held next Friday.

LAUNCH OF THE SCREW STEAMSHIP CANADIAN.—A
crew-steamer of colossal dimensions and surpassing'
beauty was launched on Thursday, by Messrs. William
Denny & Brothers, from their building-yard at Dumbar-
ton. She is named the Canadian, and is the first of a
magnificent line of ocean steamers, building on-the Clyde,
for service between Liverpool and the Canadas. The
ceremony of naming the vessel was performed by Miss
Gilkison of Port-Glasgow, a relation of the managing
owners, Messrs. James and Alex. Allan of Glasgow. A
consort vessel, to be named the Indian, is fast progressing
towards completion, and others are intended to follow in
rapid succession. The Canadian is constructed of iron,
and- has been modelled with a view to the attainment of
the utmost speed, and the sharpness of her outline, and
the exquisite harmony of her vroportions, bid fair to
realise the intentions of her builders. Her diniensions
are as follows :—length of keel and forerake, 275 feet ;
length over all, 300 feet ; breadth of beam, 35 feet ; depth
moulded, 25i feet. She will register about 2,000 tons,
and will load upon a draught of water sufficiently light to
admit of her navigating the St. Lawrence. Her engines,
which are ready to be put on board, are collectively about
500 horse power, direct action, and of the most approved
construction. In external ornament the Canadian has
not been neglected, and her interior fittings will' be
perfect harmony with the beauty of her outward form and
finishing. She is divided into six water-tight compart-
ments, of large capacity, and one or two smaller, ones.'.
The Canadian will be barque-rigged, and will be ready
for sea by the end of August.
THE "TWELFTH OF JULY" IN BIRKENHEAD. —The
brethren of the four lodges which form the Birkenhead
district of the " Loyal Orange Institution," celebrated the
above anniversary by a public dinner at the Liverpool
Arms, Chester-street, Birkenhead. The lodge-room was
appropriately and tastefully decorated for the occasion,
'and the worthy host, Mr. C. F. Clarke, provided hand-
somely for the occasion, setting on the table every delicacy
of the season, to which ample justice was done by a nu-
merous and respectable party of brethren and visitors.
The chair was occupied by the W. M. of Lodge No. 71,
Mr. James Price, and the vice-chair by Dep. M., W. Ed-
wards. On the cloth being removed and grace said by the
chaplain, the healths of "The Queen," "Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales and the rest of the royal family," were
respectively proposed and received with enthusiastic ap-
plause. Afterwards followed " The Earl of Enniskillen,
Imperial Grand Master," "Tire glorious pious, and im-
mortal memory of William the Third" (this last in solemn
silence), " The G. M. of the Orange Institution of Great
Britain, T. J. Ouseley, Esq.," " The District and • Lodge
Officers," &c., &c. From the statements made on the
occasion, it appears that the Orange Institution has greatly
increased the number of its members during the past year.
The tea-party, at which the Rev. Dr. Blakeney presided,
in the Craven Rooms, in February last, had resulted, it was
stated, in much-good—the cordial sanction and approval
of the principles of true Orangeism given by the chairman
and the Rev. H. P. Linton having removed the objections
entertained against joining the Order by some, and con-
firmed those who were enrolled in its ranks, in their de-
termination to maintain the noble cause of Protestantism
and "no surrender." A number of loyal and Protestant
sings were sung;in the course of the evening, alternately
with the toasts of " The Magistrates," " Town and Trade
of Birkenhead," &c., &e. Harmony and good fellowship
pervaded the meeting, and it' was resolved " That the
present fully. awakened spirit of true Protestantism in
Birkenhead should; n either 'slumber nor sleep." •
TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Saturday morning,
about 6 o'clock, a boiler, at the factory of Mr. G. William-
son, Oakenrod,, ROchdale, burst with a terrific report. It'
was of eight er ten horse-power, and was situate in-a
weaving.shed.of about 100 feet in length. The explosion
was so violent as to- separate the boiler itself into four or
five fragments, flue of which remained in the ruins of- the
building, whilst a second was blown across the river Roche,
on the eastern side of the building, to a distance of ninety
or a hundred yelich• a third was. fired a considerable way
down the river, and a fourth into a field about one hundred
yards distant to the west of the factory. The safety-valve
was blown over it bill to the west, a distance of something
like three hundred yards. About. forty feet in length of
the factory was entirely destroyed, and the machineryin
it blown into the air to a vast height. The workpeople
were many of them buried in the
.ruins, and eight were
ultimately taken out dead, whilst a female working in,S
factory at a little distance was also struck by a brick pro-
jected from the Wier fixings on the side of the head and
killed on the spot' No less than., fourteen persons were
carried away wounded, besides the nine killed, and several;
of them are too severely injured to recover. A cottage:
adjoining the north end of the factory was turned ever;
and three of the inmates, two of them children, were
thrown, with the'bed in which. they were sleeping at the
time, into the rive,r Roche, and floated on its surface until
assistance could lie rendered, and they were saved. The
father of the children, Thomas Howarth, was manager of
the mill, and he and his wife were killed by the explosion.
Part of the owner's house was destroyed, and a girl sleep-
ing in one of the bedrooms had a narrow escape of her
room being broken in. Eight ,who worked in Atr:.
Williamson's mill were killed, and Jane Oakwood; -a
weaver in Mr. Bottomley's mill. 'The windows and part
of the brickwork of this mill were driven in, and the work-
people were so alarmed that all who could rushed out
through the doors at the opposite end. On the place being
afterwards examined, Oakwood was found in the lower
story, lying in a pool of blood, near the drawing-frame, at
which she had been working, and by the side of her dead
body was the brick which had been projected against her
head from the other mill. Near the other end of the
drawing frame was another shocking spectacle, the heid
of Ann Atkinson having been projected through- .the
window from Williamson's factory, where she had been
working. Something like a hundred people will be
thrown out of work by the fatal catastrophe. - :
CHURCH RATES AT WIGAN.—The church-rate question
is again creating some excitement at Wigan. Aceording to
a statement made by the Hon. Colin Lindsay, senior church-
-.warden, some time ago; there were 600 persons. in the
parish who had refused to pay their church-rates ;, and he
declared that he and his colleague were determined that
all the money should be collected. Many persons- were
summoned for non-payment, and orders 'were obtained
against them, but these orders have not been followed up
with distraints. .A. vestry meeting was held on-Thursday
for levying another rate. Long before the hoar appointed
the neighbourhood of the vestry door was crowded, and
the meeting was adjourned to the Public-hall, where the
Rector took the chair. There were about 500 persornt•
present. After some delay caused by Mr. Ackerley re-
signing his office as vestry clerk, the ratepayers got td
business. The account stood thus :—Amount of church-
rate collected in Wigan, £738 ; Hindley, £193 ; Pelnbei.e
ton, £166 Upholland, £203 ; Haigh; £123 ; Aspull; £150;
Ince, £301; Orrell, £57 Abram, £77 ; Dalton, £3o;
Winstaziley, £92; Bill/lige Chapel End, £47 ; Bininge
Higher End, £46; total, £2,231 /Os. 3d. Amounto re-
aleived for breadths sold, £23 I3s. 6d. ; balance due to
churchwardens, £417 16s. 7d. At the beginning of the
year a sum of £1,639 14s. 3d. was due to the church-wares
dens, and £76 .19s. 6d. was charged as interest for the
sum ; £383 9s. was paid during the year to the Public
Works Commissioners, being the amount of the amiuttx
instalment and interest of the £4,500 borrowed from them
for the rebuilding of the Parish Church. The nine diss
trict churches had each been allowed £lO by the-church-
wardens, the cost of collecting the church-rate had been
£ll6 Bs. On the motion being moved, that the accounts
do pass, Mr. Caleb Hilton objected, on the ground that
the churchwardens had not a legal right to pay out of the '
rates, money for such purposes as some of those mentioned
in the accounts.—The Hon. Mr. Lindsay said all the items
could be traced in the vestry books for the last 200 years.' •
—Mr. Mayhew, as auditor, stated that, including the non-
payment of poor and destitute persons (if they were poor
and destitute), 23 per cent. of the present rate bed not . been collected ; but comparing the present rate with the
last, there was a vast deal more collected than there was
last time, or had been collected in one year aparentl7.
The motion was then put and lost.—The Hon. Mr. Lind:-
say then read the following estimates for the year ending
Easter, 1855:—Balance due to the churchwardens of
1853-4, £415 ; bills owing, £ll5. Salaries—pariah clerk'
£lO 10s. ; 'parish sexton, £lolos. ; verge
or, £5O; organist,
£5O; ringers, £45 ; ringing 6,8, and 10fr 'clock bells and •
•
small bell, £9 Bs.; organ blower, £5 ; repairs
and expenses
of nine churches, 1.1120; gas, MO ; co.ds, coke; e
;,„ 1; .
contingencies, £200; collecting rate, £75 total, X, .11.0!) Bs..
These estimates did not include the anintalitalmept

and interest of the loan of £4,500 borrowed of the Public
Works Loan Commissioners, which the parish was bound to
pa X; That was a matter which belove to the overseers
of the poor, not the churchwardens. We begged to pro-
pose—' Thati the foregoing estimates of the church.v
dens, amounting to a stun not exceedi-
year ending Easter 1855, be adopted, ana that to met
them a rate of 2d. in the pound be laid." This two_
did not include a penny in the pound which work}
—ants the repayment of the loan. The
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