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

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE,

A London weekly paper says :—The revenue to be
made up on Wednesday next, the sth of July, will, as far
as can be safely estimated at the present time, wanting
three days to the completion of the quarter, show a
decrease on the principal items, so far as the quarter is
corcerned.

In the Customs this will have been anticipated.
In the Excise it is possible there may be a slight excess ;
bnt it is very likely that both in stamps and taxes there
will be a decrease, though to no considerable extent.
Oa the other hand, as regards the Property Tax and the
Post-office, there will, in all likelihood, be an increase.
This increase will especially appear, it is anticipated, under
the latter head.

As regards the revenue of the year, although the chief
items may show a decrease—attributable, of course, to the
reductions of duty made during the last session, which have
now come fully into operation—it is probable that the
total amount received, up to the sth July, 1854, will
exceed that of the corresponding year, ending the sth of
July, 1853.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Friday morning. a fire broke•
out at the homestead of Mr. John Brown, a farmer, resid-
ing at Burton Bradstock, near Bridport, Dorset. Within
an hour from thirty to forty houses were in flames, and.
the fire was not subdued till nearly the entire village was
consumed. The poor inhabitants are now encamped in.
the neighbourhood, and are reduced to the greatest distress,
but no lives were lost. A subscription has been opened
for the sufferers by the surrounding gentry. The fire is
supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.
WHY THERE IS NO STH REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.--
When the French under General Humbert, invaded Ire-
land in 1798, the then sth Dragoons formed part of the.
garrison of Castlebar. Humbert came up with the Royal
army there on the 27th of August, and a battle took
place, early in which the sth Dragoons fled, involving the
army in a route so precipitate that the affair was called
" the Races of Castlebar." The Government suspected_
that this panic was caused by disloyalty, more especially
when, nine days afterwards, the victorious army, before
whom 4,000 regular troops had taken to flight, was
resisted for a whole day in the pass of Coloony by less than
500 men, chiefly of the Limerick City Militia, under the
command of Colonel Vereker, afterwards Lord Gort, by
which the French invaders were led to march into Leitrim,
where they were obliged to surrender to 20,000 men,
under the command of the Earl of Cornwallis, then Lord-
Lieutenant. The motto of " Coloony" was granted to
Colonel Vereker, and the thanks of Parliament given to
his gallant little band ; while the sth Regiment of
Dragoons was erased from. the Army List and never has
been restored.—Limerick Chronicle.

EXPORTATION OF POTATOES FROM BELPIST.--A large
trade continues to be done in the exportation of potatoes
form Belfast to England. It would be within the figure
when we state that since November last, not less than
1,000 tons of potatoes each week on an average have been
shipped from this port to various ports in England.
Every one of the 16 or 17 steam-boats which run between
Belfast and Liverpool, Fleetwood, Morecambe and Bristol,
in the course of the week, has more or less of her cargo
consisting of potatoes ; and there is, besides, a number of
schooners regularly engaged in the trade.—Belfast Mer-
cury.

JUMPERS.—The annusl procession of St.
.t Echternach, took place this year in the
--- us crowds. The number of jumpers in.
walkinc, is permitted ; they
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a was 8,000. N,

p twice 1,

TUESDAY, J7I. Y

4, 1854

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sent from

LOCAL

'quantity of wens and grave
this town to Melbourne.
another like pill-boxes.
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freight to Constantinople, this. screw-stea
which sailed for that port on Tuesday, left 1
cargo behind her, which is still lying on the
Coburg Dock.
PROTESTANT LEGISLATION.—A lecture on this subject
way given in the Lecture-hall, Hackin's Hey, on Tuesday
evening,u„ by the Rev. Henry Cooke, Incumbent of St.
Matthew's Scotland-road. The hall was well filled by an
attentive audience, chiefly belonging to the working-
classes, ses, who listened throughout with marked attention
to reverend gentleman's address.
..„,°T. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH SCHOOLS, LIVERPOOL.—
e Committee of Council on Education so highly approve
of the design for these buildings, that they intend exhibit-
g it as a general model for schools, in the proposed
exhibition of the " School of Arts." The schools (which
a Salisbury-street), were designed by Mr. H.
.chitect, of this town, and will accommodate

are situated is
I;• Horner, az

above 900 child
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izapooL DOCK ESTATE.—The follow._
g account of the present position of the Livei,
Dock Estate appeared in the Liverpool Times of Thu:
day last The comparative statement, just publisl'
a the rates and duties received by the Liverpool 7
Estate in the years ending on the 24th Juue, 185 f
the 24th June, 1854, shows that the dock revenue of Li.
pool amounted in the first of those years to the sum .
£296,681 19s. 6d., and in the second to the sum of .E 344,006
19s. 6d., thus showing an increase of £47,925 in one year,
and that a year of war or rumours of war. Rapid as has
been the increase of the revenue of the Liverpool Docks
since the beginning of the present century, in the first
year of which it produced no more than £28,365, the
increase of revenue in the financial year just ended is the
most wonderful on record. This will be seen from the
following figures :—ln the first ten years of the present
century the dock revenue of the port amounted to £363,098,
or
mounted a year on the average ; in the second ten years
it to £608,439, or Z 60,000 a year ; in the third
ten years to £1,220,930, or £120,000 a year; iu the fourth
ten years to £1,776,904, or £176,000 a year; and in the
fifth ten years to £2,067,632, or £200,000 a year
the last five years it has been as follows

1850
1851
1852
1853
1851

£242,989
269.020

During

This givesa:

341,006

g
early averae of £285, 800 for the last five
ears, so that y
the income of the year just ended is £58,206
above the average of those five years ; £144,000 above the
average of the preceding ten years - £177,000 above that
of the preceding ten years ; £244,000 above that of the
Preceding ; and £318,000 above the yearly average of the
first ten years of the present century. The increase in
thetonnage entering the port is in much the same pro-
Portion, that is, about tenfold. In 1801 the tonnage was
459,719 tons ; in 1853, it was 3,889,981; in 1854, it was
4,356,683 tons. The increase in the number of ships has
followed a different rule. In 1801 the number of ships
was 5,069; in 1853, 20,490; in 1854, 22,030. This is an
increase of not much more than four-fold ;so that the
ships which enter the port of Liverpool at the present day
are, on tho
more t
which han twice - —^ ns those
eentur.

__ as large ....
entered the Port at the beginning of the preset'
'7. This increase in the size of ships has been still
more remarkable during the last ten years than it was
during the earlier part of the century. Thus, in 1845 th(
number of ships was 20,521, and the tonnage 3,016,53]
in 1853 the number of ships had decreased to 20,4'
whilst the tonnage had ' creased to 3,889,981; and
year, though the numbermof ships had increased to 22,030,
vet that ;,•---
.".V. small when compared with the
"hich now amounts to A

mcreasi

316,583

ELOPEMENT /N EVERTON.--Within the last week or
ten
days gossip has been rife in Everton, in connexion
with an elopement which has just taken place in that
'locality, the lady being the wife of a publican residing in
Radcliffee-street, Brunswick-road, and the " gentleman,"
who is a married man, and the father of five children, has
seen upwards of fifty summers. He resided in -Mill-road,
Everton, and had been for some years in the employ of
the corporation, at St. James's Market, where he held a
-responsible situation. The lady is about thirty-five years
of age. It appears that, a few weeks ago, the husband of
the fair fugitive, who is considerably her senior in years,
was labouring under indisposition. He had, at this time,
a considerable sum of money in the bank, amounting to
upwards of £1,600. At this period his faithless spouse
prevailed upon him to transfer a portion of the money so
deposited from his own name to her's. The sum so trans-
ferred is said to have amounted to about £450. The hus-
band was persuaded by his wife to spend a few days in
the country, for the purpose of recruiting his health ;
and, in his absence, the lady managed to remove all here
clothes and several other articles from the house, at
same time making the hard cash in the bank quite
"safe.'-
h.
A- few daYs subsequent to the husband's return home, is wife left the house, under the pretence of going to see
some relatives at Chester. She was accompanied to the
'theway-station by a niece, who resided with them, and on
girl taking leave of her at the station the lady mani-
fested an unusual degree of agitation, and shed tears. On
her return home, the girl mentioned this circumstance to
her uncle, who was somewhat surprised at it. The day
following he was induced to write to his wife's relatives
at Chester, and was astonished on receiving an answer to
the effect that she was not there, and that they knew
liething whatever of the supposed visit. On inquiry, he
discovered that she had sailed from Liverpool to M. 0.-
b° coverede
with her paramour in one of the Black Ball line
of Packets ; and that, in addition to having taken away
e_P/Isiderable property from the house, she had also with-
drawn from the bank the £.4.50 transferred to her name.
leer Partner in guilt has left his wife and children (the
eldest of whom is fourteen) totally destitute. He was
connected with a drapery establishment in 80ld-street
'before entering into the service of the corporation, and
will very likely be recognised by many of our readers as a
person who took an active part in the municipal election
.in St. Peter's Ward in November, 1851.—Chronicle.
DOCK COMMITTER.—The usual meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. There were
present also Messrs Shand, Palmer, Robinson, Brockle-
bank, Gregson, Chaloner, Healing, Barber, James Holme,
Rounthwaite, Boyden, Evans, and Rankin.—A conver-
sation, founded upon a report from the harbour master,
took place with reference to the herring boats frequenting
George's Basin, from which it appeared that the north-
west corner of the basin did not suit the parties concerned,
and that the north-east corner would suit them better for
the purpose of discharging their boats, using their own
ladder. The use of the north-east corner was granted ;
the subject of the indecent exposure of females by going
up and down the ladders having being made to the Har-
bour-masters' Committee.—The Warehouse Committee
Produced plans of the proposed offices at the Stanley
Dock, which they recommended to be built at a cost of
£893. The Chairman observed that they had been well
considered by the Albert Dock Committee, and that they
would lie on the table for consideration.—The harbour-
masters, in reference to a memorial from the master-
carters for a site on the dock quay near Canning Dock,
for a cart stand, reported that no part of the central dock
quays could be thus appropriated without a serious ob-
struction to the general business.—Mr. Lockett suggested
that the south side of the Customhouse would be a good
Place for the stand.—A letter from Mr. Evans, secretary
to the Liverpool Shipbuilders' Association,
was read,
eafriliag attention to the necessity of some speedy and more
f7tual means of conveyance along the range of docks—
...ll,_feor instance, as a high-level railway—was referred.
for A.letter from Mr. Alfred Halt, asking permission,
Cardiff convenience of the screw-steamers to Whitehaven,
the vessels,(l Newport, to sink a weighing-machine at
•--Tile..,__,,herth, was referred to the harbour-masters.
scmare application. of Messrs. Vernon and Co. for 20,000
building p of laden the Harrington estate, for ship-
declaring tlirrsr, virtually negatived, the Chairman
there except under a 81X
he wratnittee could not grant any land
not
suit the applicantswhich would
months' notice, w
that there was n , while Mr. James name stated
on the estate....3orxt
.so large an amount of land available
Barber brought forward his motion,
that the works appertaining to the new locks north of
not
the
Dock be suspended until the report of the
!Pedal committee for dock improvement and extension be
Pahly laid before the committee. A discussion arose upon
the motion ; but eventually it was negatived by a majority
of one, the votes being—For : Messrs Royden, Gladstone,
Bighorn, Healing, Evans, Barber, and Chaloner ; Against •
Messrs. Gregson, Robinson, Holm, Rounthwalte, Brockle-
bank, Rankin, Lockett, and Shand. This closed the
general business.
~..EXCLUSIVENESS AND VULGARITY IN MANCHESTER.—
the Manchester Guardian publishes an extract from an
article in the Cologne Journal, written by one of the
Cologne Choral Union, under the title of " Recollections
bManchester," who gives his impressions of the town
elts society :—" The rich millowners of Manchester
their only their offices in the city itself, and reside with
that falnilies in the country, from which custom has arisen
ir: special law in the statutes of the select circles, that it
yol,-"caessrsr to live six English miles from the city before
m° 4eek
4 buie ad.llll/ted into fine society, or rather before you
with treineztLanci. e ; for this latter affair is accompanied
the applicant ° 7.° '°rmalities, amongst which the weight of
han excluslis Plsrilids sterling is an important item.
Verein,' exprp.7,,2 society, having heard of the ' Coiner
agent their expressed a Wish to hear them. They offered our
concert-con heir
ausciun, a very handsome but not very large
t of erm 4:250 for the evening, reserving, however,
all such as w 441ing from the enjoyment of the music such a tipuiaetre not members of their society. Although
of the Verein,T•l-1-118 decidedly contrary to the principles
Jcu little or nothing could be successfully
the
against it, es iall this was the only room in
tne city, availble for thl purpose.as
The 600 members,
with tiler f
or 1,200- anulies and friends, numbering together 1,000
Plow People, received our ' Verein' with hearty ap-
-1. roPerl
to sortie r
letters on the Yto exPiain the spirit, I need ony eter
tions and orders which were printed in large
aett
„„concert
°f dress _ e Programme of the evening. That the title
Might t
will be
literal, it
ce,, '''‘o gentleman will be admitted unless inevening
usedlune with white blackcravat' For this elegantly
~,,_ or .
,he..nfill'an, Man, in fact, the first families, tha,t
beloni,.'.;°,lest (for chester has no other test of rank?,
site : r, the following precautionary reminder was requi-
of blesslroThe committee earnestly request the co-operation,
Purtilet7rs in preserving silence during the performance. ineos.dh,:--` It is particularly requested that persons pro-
aide; -log. daring the interval will keep to the right hand
room dui :—` It is expected that no one will leave the
hatter bee"
the performance of a niece." As the corn
ve tin Ye-

111 f(
bhten
toe"allY will a;

d of the

ow, as I had no right to
ticket nor invitation, but having
°III' travelling physician, by a
Ittomnt, I deemed it advisable
circle at once."

1 of persons who
that the mem-

he practice.'
eceived neither
admitt4 with
()r, at the last
trait the distipgnished

th to eihibitors

io;renis,-iip‘Vards of 5,000 visitors were admitted up to
five o'clock. A band of music was placed at each end of
the building, and they enlivened the proceedings at inter-
vals by playing a number of popular airs.
CHARGE OF POISONING.—On Monday, last week, at
the Manchester Police-court, Cecilia Knott, who had been
twice remanded on a charge of administering poison to
the family of Mr. H. J. Warrington, in that city. was
again brought up for examination. Professor Calvert,
who had analysed the matter, stated that he had found no
traces of anything likely to produce the vomiting, and
said that, owing to gypsum and other substances being
thrown upon a sinkstone in the house, there was given off
from it a considerable quantity of sulphuretted hydrogen,
which might affect the health of the inmates and produce
sickness if they were subjected to excitement. The ma-
gistrate then discharged_ the prisoner, as there was no

evidence to support the charge:
THE CORONATION.—On Wednesday afternoon, the
anniversaryof Her Majesty's coronation,the royal standard
was hoisted at the Town-hall, and flags at the government
offices and various churches. The vessels and numerous
steamers on the river also were decorated with flags and
streamers in honour of the occasion. During the day the
bells of St. Peter's Church rang merry peals. The united
societies of St. Luke's and St. Peter's rang on the bells of
St. Luke's a true peal of Kent treble bob major, consisting
of 6.280 changes, in 3 hours and 18 minutes, by the fol-
lowing persons, namely :—Richard Williams, treble, John
Heron, 2nd, James Heron, 3rd, George Curte, 4th, John
Burkinshaw, 6th, Wm. Heron, 6th, John Heron,jun., 7th,
George Helsby, tenor. The peal was ably conducted by
J. Heron, jun. Weight of tenor, 16 cwt., in the key of F.
NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATES.—At the Lancaster ses-
sions, on Monday last week, the chair was taken by the
Rev;Thomas Mackreth. A second court was formed in
the grand jury-room, over which Wm. Garnett, Esq., pre-
sided : there were 17 cases of felony.—At the Preston
sessions, on Wednesday, the Hon. Edward Bootle Wilbra-
ham, of Lathom-house, Ormskirk, and Thomas Langton
Birley,Esq., of Carr-mill, Kirkham, qualified as magistrates
of the county. At the same time and place the Rev. John
Wilson took the oaths, on being presented to St. James's ,
Preston; and the Rev. Francis Armstrong took the oaths,
on being presented to St. Andrew's, Ashton-upon-Ribble,
Preston; and, on Thursday, the Rev. Mr. Sparling took
the oaths as rector of Eccleston.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The Rev. W. Badnall
presided at the meeting of this board on Wednesday, when
a letter was read which had been sent to the poor-law
board by Mr. Rees, the district auditor, complaining of
some irregularities relative to the financial affairs of the
township. The poor-law board requested that the guar-
dians would forward them any observations they might
have to make upon Mr. Rees's letter. It was agreed that
the clerk, Mr. Cleaver, should be requested to reply to the
letter, after consulting with the overseers of Evertou town-
ship. This was the only business of any importance.
SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOUR OF THE RIVER BOATMEN:.
We direct the attention of the police authorities to the
following facts, detailed in the Liverpool Times, and we
may add that the correspondent of one of the principal
metropolitan sporting journals, who had travelled over
the whole of Great Britain and the continent, stated in
one of his papers that the Liverpool boatmen were the
most extortionate vagabonds he ever met with. Our con-
temporary says :—" The heartless conduct of the men who
keep boats for hire on our river has frequently been
brought before the public, and the callous indifference
they exhibit for the sufferings of poor emigrants who may
fall into their clutches often excited disgust. It would be
well if they were placed under similar restrictions to those
of carmen. The watermen in London wear badges, have
an established rate of charge, and any attempted imposi-
tion is easily rectified, by the suspension of their privilege
of plying on the river. Hence they are noted for modera-
tion in charge, and civility to their customers ; whilst
our boatmen are celebrated amongst the travelling public
for the exorbitant rates they demand, and their gross
brutality when the least hint is given that their charge is
too high. A correspondent sends us the details of a case
which occurred on Saturday, at the Waterloo Dock, where
a poor woman, who had engaged her passage in the Tus-
carora, for Philadelphia, arrived too late to get on board
in the dock, had to pay eleven shillings for the privilege
of being put on board the vessel, which was lying a short
distance in the river, and, when she implored the boatmen
to reduce the charge, was assailed with a volley of oaths,
which terrified her so that she was glad to pay the sum
demanded and escape from the clutches of such ruffians.
The time occupied in putting herself and luggage on board
was three quarters of an hour, and, in addition to the
amount extorted from her, the boatmen obtained a consi-
derable additional sum by bringing back to the shore
several persons who had been on board bidding their
friends adieu. Such a system of imposition requires an
immediate remedy."

THE. LIVERPOOL Docss.-31r. George V. Tanton,
treasurer to the Liverpool Dock Estate, has just issued
his annual comparative statement of the rates and duties
received in the years ending on the 24th of June, 1853,
and 24th of June, 1854, respectively. From this statement
we learn that there has been an increase in the receipts
under all the heads, excepting those of graving block
duties and extra dock rent. Tho increase in the duties on
tonnage in the year ending June, 1854, amounts to
£20,821 Os. 11d., as compared with the previous year. In
the duties on goods the increase is £20,555 2s. 2d.; light-
house duties, £1476 ls. 11d. ; floating-light duties, £724
2s. 2d.; graving dock duties, £5053 7s. The graving
block duties decreased to the extent of £145 10s. 6d.;
and the extra dock rent was £559 3s. 6d. less than in the
year ending June, 1853. The total nett increase of duties
(after deducting £7Ol 145., the decrease under the last
two heads) is £47,925 Os. 2d. The following are the par-
ticulars of the vessels and tonnage :
No. of vessels
22,030
20,490

Tonnage.
4,316,583
3,889,981