The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

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ther point of interest insisted on in the report was the
fact, that 24 ships had been supplied with religious libra-
ries, consisting each of 600 volumes. Some of these
libraries had been returned to the society, after having
circumnavigated the globe. Besides the libraries referred
to, the report also stated that 50,000 copies of the publi-
cations, issued by the Religious Tract Society, had been
circulated by this society among sailors, flatmen, and dock
porters. The labours of the society had been carried
on partly by a paid and partly gratuitous agency. The
report expressed regret that the expenditure of the year
had exceeded that of the preceding year by £2O, not-
withstanding which the debt had been reduced rather
than increased. The operations of the society had, the
report represented, been considerably limited, as its
accommodation had been too confined, and its means too
wet the requirements of the case or the wishes
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plans had been under consideration, embracing the erec-
tion of two places of worship, but this had been frustrated
by the great expense of the ground requisite for building
on. Inquiry, however, had been made, and it had been
found that moveable iron chapels conld be constructed
at an expense of about £1 for each sitting, or about £2OO
each for two chapels capable of accommodating 200 in-
dividuals each, without incurring the enormous outlay for
building land ; and two of these had accordingly been
ordered, one for the south and one for the north. In
accordance with the extended field of the society's opera-
tions, it had been resolved to change, or rather to
alter, the name of the society, to " The Liverpool Sea-
men and Emigrants' Friend Society and Bethel Union.
From the treasurer's statement of accounts it appeared
that the income of the society for the year amounted to
£712. 12s. 10d., and the expenditure to £519. Bs. 2d. On
the motion of the Rev. H. Stowell Brown, the report was
adopted, and ordered to be printed and circulated. Several
other gentlemen delivered addresses, after which the meet-

ing separated

THE Duxn AND DUCHESS OF BEDFORD arrived in
Belgrave-square on Saturday, from a visit to the Queen at
Windsor Castle, en route to Woburn Abbey, where Lord
and Lady John Russell and a numerous family circle will
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THE COURT.—On Tuesday the Queen held a Privy
Council. The Spanish Minister, the Hon. Chas. Murray;
Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Gordon.
Maharajah Duleep Singh, and Dr. Logan had an audience
of her Majesty. The latter was knighted.
A RETURN to au order of the House of Commons,
moved by Mr. Hume, has been issued, containing a "state-
ment of the names of all permanent public officers who
hold any office, or employment out of their office, as direc-
tors of life assurance, railway, banking, or other commer-
cial companies; stating the office each such servant holds,
the time he has been in the public service, and the amount
of salary and emoluments received from the public by him
in the year 1852." The names of 120 gentlemen are given
with salaries varying from £6B to £5,000. Mr. P. Ganna-
way, a letter-carrier in the London district, is in receipt of
the lesser amount, and he is a director of a friendly loan
society. Mr. Justice Maule has £5,000, and he is a direc-
tor of the University Life Insurance Company. In most
cases, the office held, in addition to the official one, is that
of director in an insurance office. Plurality of director-
ships are not infrequent. Banking and other joint-stock
pursuits have not been overlooked.
THE Two RusslA.NGuNs taken at Bomarsundhav e arrived
in Paris. They are of bronze, and of small calibre, as the
diameter of one is only 15 centimetres, and of the other 16
centimetres (about 6 inches) ; their length is not quite a
metre. They have on them the following inscription in
Russian :—" St. Petersburgh, 1811," and "St. Petersburgh,
1807." The carriages present nothing worth notice.
These guns are intended for the MarinjMuseum.
EXPULSION OF THE JESUITS FROM SPAIN.—The go-
vernment has ordered the Jesuits, 80 in number, who are
established at Loyola, in the Basque Provinces, to proceed
immediately to Malorca. They, however, refuse to obey,
on the pretext that nothing is prepared for such ajourney.
If they resist they will be expelled by force, and all the
ministers will approve of such a measure. The reason of
their expulsion is that they have made themselves the most
active agents in Carlist conspiracies.
NEW PLANETS.—Two new planets have been discovere
at Paris ; one by M. Goldschmidt, a private gentleman, in
the night of the 27th ult. ; the other by M. Chacornac, of
the Imperial Observatory, in the night of the 28th ult.
The former, which is like a star of the 10th and 11th mag-
nitude, has received the name of Pomona; the latter,
which appears of the 9th or 10th magnitude, that of
Polymnia.
DISCOVERY OF A STALACTITE CAVE.—At a spot near
to Oytermouth Castle, in Swansea Bay, is a small lime-
stone quarry and kiln, occupied by a man named Joseph
Davis. In excavating the rock, the occupier came upon
a crevice, which shortly widened into a cave, and, on
entering -it, it was found to be beautifully ornamented
with stalactites hanging from the roof and sides. The
cave is sufficiently large for a person to enter it and pass
to the end ; but it is thought to extend further than the
discoveries which have been hitherto made.
BRITIBII GOLD.—An Englishman and a Prussian got
into a quarrel at the gaming-table, which ended in a chal-
lenge from one of the parties, and an arrangement for a
duel to come OF next morning •, arms chosen, pistols ; dis-
tance, ten paces. Arrived on the ground, lots were drawn
for the first fire, which the Englishman won, and missed
his antagonist. The Prussian made ready to return the
shot, but at the moment when he levelled his weapon—
" Stop, stop r' cried the Englishman, " I'll buy your
shot !" At the strange proposal the Prussian adversary
was for a moment fixed in astonishment, but on reflection
concluded that the "little affair " might be so arranged.
The Englishman was rich—the Prussian a dead shot,' so
the chance was valued at 25,000 francs, which John Bull
paid down with great good humour, and a moment after-
wards, seller and buyer retraced their steps to town,
mutually charmed with the little adventure.
EXTRAORDINARY PROJECTILES.—We read in a com-
munication from Marseilles as follows : On Friday the
Byzantine took on board, in addition to troops, 3,000,000
of ball cartridges and 20 chests of a projectile lately in-
vented at Metz, and which produces an immense effect at
the enormous distance of 7,200 yards. They arrived at
Marseilles under charge of an officer of artillery from
Metz, who will make a trial of them against the Russians
at Sebastopol, should that fortress hold out until their
arrival. The officer who invented these rockets was not
aware of the greattffeet until they were tried in presence of
a military commission appointed for that purpose. When
the Emperor was informed of the new invention, he com-
manded that a considerable quantity should be manufac-
tured for the siege of Sebastopol; but it appears that
there is a certain difficulty in preparing them, and that,
even when all hands in the laboratory at Metz were em-
ployed night and day,they could only produce forty in the
twenty-four hours.
THE TIMBER TRIM 'AND THE WAR.—Timber-laden
ships from Quebec and other ports of our North-American
colonies continue to arrive in the river Thames and dis-
charge in the various docks, 'contrary to the notices which
were issued by the dock companies a few weeks since,
stating that on account of the excessively crowded state of
the docks no timber-laden ships would be admitted. The
quays of some of the docks are now so crowded with timber
and deals as to occasion the utmost inconvenience and
danger to those connected with shipping. Our large timber
merchants and builders, speculating for a fall in the price
of timber, have not as yet availed themselves of the over-
stocked market, and as it is known that a number of ships
are now on their passage to England, freighted with Nort-
h timber, the docks, in all probability, will be
encumbered for some time with it, unless its consignees
clear their cargoes at builders' and timber merchants own
terms. The cause of this influx is strangely brought about
by the war: it appears that so many of our English ships
have been taken up by Government, and the requirements
of the public service call for still further tonnage, for the
transport of troops and stores to the East, as to cause a
scarcity of English ships for emigration and mercantile
purposes, the result of which is that London freights are
inordinately high, and charterers, in many instances, have
had to defer exporting heavy cargoes. The deal season
being over in America caused an excess of tonnage there,
and North-American shipowners, finding there was a
deficiency of ships here, despatched their idle craft to the
London and Liverpool freight-market ; but, not wishing
to sail with empty bottoms, no cargo was more ready to
hand than their native timber, and hence so many ships
freighted with it to the port of London.— The Builder.
NOVEL USE OF INDIA RIIDDER.—On Saturday last,
Mrs. Zilpah Robinson presented herself between the castle
gates for admittance, on the pretence of paying a visit to
her husband, at present imprisoned therein for debt.
Whether her increased matron-like appearance, or the
keen scent of an old teetotal turnkey, was the reason why
such a step was taken, did not appear in the evidence sub-
sequently taken, but a message was immediately sent for
a female monitor to come and subject Mrs. Robinson to
strict search. In spite of her indignant refusal, a search
was made, when, beneath the bosom of her dress was
found one of Charles Macintosh's patent air cushions,
filled with rum. Any one acquainted with these articles
so extensively used by travellers in second-class carriages,
will know that at one corner of them is affixed a little
screw tap, by which means the air is forced in or expelled.
The tap, in the present instance, was so situated, that if
Mrs. Robinson had taken a little child and held it to her
bosom, it would have been difficult to tell whether it was
imbibing ram or milk. However, none of the luckless
inhabitants of John o'Gaunt's old palace, who resort to
every expedient to "drive dull care away," were destined
to partake of the nourishing stream which, without the
smallest attempt at sentimentalism, might be said to flow
from Mrs. Robinson's generous bosom. A statement of
the circumstances was laid before E. G. Hornby, Esq..
who ordered Mrs. Zilpah Robinson to pay a fine of £lO, or
be imprisoned six weeks. The money was not forth-
coming, so she was committed to "durance vile," and Chas.
Macintosh's patent air cushion, " specially designed for
use in second-class carriages," ogether with the rum it
contained at the time of seizure, is hung up among the
curiosities of the Gateway Tower of Her Majesty's gaol,
the Castle of Lancaeter,—.Lancaster, Gazette.