The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

LOCAL INIELLIG_E.INTCE.

s LanIURbPARTURE FOR ArSTRALIA.
°nl, Captain Smith, sailed for Sydney, with anou.
Ithe emigrants, which she had taken on board
,I!.tile river, in consequence of the Dingo's passengers
L'lng still at the Birkenhead depAt.
boll. Couasiosi. took place on Friday, in Church-street,
Preen one of the Aigbarth omnibuses and a private rriage. One of the omnibus horses got his leg so
hadm"ml,_./ fastened. in one of the carriage wheels, that it
Lo be taken off the axle before it could be liberated.
Bairisu ASSOCIATION. -IV understand that the City
e
liberaof Dublin s
l, I -team-Packet Company, with their accustomed
L, o . 'ty, have announced their intention of bringing over
membero Liverpool and rassociation eturning to Dublin, for a single fare, an
thy
f the
who may wish to attend e
lasring in September next.
te A.T.4•1. ACCIDENT AT KIERDALE.-On Thursday
.a.f-
rnoon, John Jones, 60 years of age, who was working
at the
quarry' r,'-"a; near Breckfield-road, Kirkdale, fell into the
Infirmarytia-" allu, the as so much injured that he died at the
112ntin_e
nsalne evening..
the Passage ' lf, Captain Cunningham,
hay-
• from Bonaba to Melbourne in 47 day , _
nig left osl. has, made
Philip HeYads on the 26th of April, and
arrived at
Property ofßombay on the 12th of June. The Salem is the
Messrs. Magee and Levingstou, of this town.
.. FIER IX TOXTETH PARY.—Early on Thursday morn-
,__lrigo.a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Nottingham,.
";gist, Northumberland-street, and raged with violencethe
for some tirne. The fire-brigade succeeded in saving
adjoinin.
lion :-ffi premises, but the shop in which the confiagra-
r, °rlginated was reduced to a shell.
....Porru Le.xcestii E ASSIZES.—There are at present in
liarkdaje G ; R
ao, 100 prisoners awaiting
ensuing •
s g assizes. Of these, 2 have had their sentences
aeferred,
511 are for rioting at Preston during the strikes,
is. for manslaughter, 2 for housebreaking, 17 for robbery,
-La tor stabbing, 2 for uttering base coin, 1 for feloniously
receiving, 17 for burglary, 7 for murder, 1 for arson, 2 for
d line Post-letters, 2 for rape, 1 for stealing from a
iwfAellillg-house, 1 for bestiality, 3 for. bigamy, 8 for for-
"? Perjury, 1 for sacrilege, 1 for intent to murder,
1 for. ,
I.f ekbezzlement.
,°llltoN PREACIIING.—At a Mormon camp-meeting
-,7 °n Runcorn Beacon on Sunday week, some uproar
'Doel,,ed on account of the lavish abuse which the •)reachei,
--`" uPon other sects, whereupon one of the ' saints
teelared that he had provided himself with a pair of heavy
1,,s for the occasion, with which he was then ready to
„e„,`
_,411 or a dozen of them down the hill, after which he
.b,,,,''''-lfiglit a brace of the best men in the field. The
'''''weitge as accepted, but owing to some one giving out
.. nYmn, the fight did not " come off."
laarrMvl`bßß.---Thron h the instrumentality of the Sub-
e Telegraph
T,
~ , a jerman, named Haas, has been appre-
esennsiedr i:n-s 24.1011, for the brutal murder of a family,
'also sto.T„','",„' ''ve persons, residing near Amsterdam. He
loliese,--fiee"vuonguilders. At his examination in a London
Thursday, it transpired that lie had made
Saw ageslents to sail from this town to America on
claY last.
ser D
held , ~.._Ennlt. GrA.RDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
cha•rinsia weelnesday. Present : Mr. Henry Edwards, vice-
Ile3l•es-'"'n' Presiding ; Messrs Ledger, Medcalf, Daly,
lippiet inorris
SmithlGee, Winsley, Siddely, Abrahams, Shaw,
Birch s'' , Jeffries, Knowles, Whitby, and James
to beg The balance in the treasurer's hands was reported
0rder1,14,3 7s.
'7 4d. A call on all the townships for county
Mount'l7 135. 5d., payable on the 22nd August, was
- Mr. Sanderson 's offer to take the relief office in
sa.__evernon, Low-hill which is now unoccupied, at the
the e
motionut rente
rs tlie Guardians now pay, was accepted.. On
ttnani of Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Daly, it was
'the finance resolved to add the name of Mr. M`Gee to
Was ordneee committee. Mr. Richard Holden, solicitor.
Trnsteesred to be employed to recover from the Dock
-km Q__,4.11 amount due to the Guardians for the relief of
.131ica,',',71.: The beard adjourned till Saturday, to sign ap-
,on to the Poor-law Board, for building loans.
rete.x. R
the Louda siLwax Acct DENT.—An accident occurred on
the 7,30 4:.sl'iliorth-Western Railway, on Thursday, to
the death of TTess frora Birmingham, which occasioned
to two others I.,„.river,
,Ramed William Dawes, and injuries
down line of amine ni the employ of the company. The
repair n,„,, rails north of Coventry is at present under
, ...,u I,
over a sin Riisennently
the up and down traffic. passe!
son], „. R, e of rails ; but a pilot engine is used.
themup to— —`gLeet as to the points the train ran from
_the
.1 ballaat
train 0-the down line and came into collision with a
Pulver and A'aggons;which circumstance so alarmed
off. .1.6 the stoker that it is believed they jumped
had h- le' r was killed instantaneously, and the latter
railway g cut off, and has since died. Mr. Kay, of the
Passenn. Police, also received severe injuries. Some of the
co,,`"ers were hurt, but not seriously.
noti„l-R__4.l .Pao3f LIBERIA.—We have from time to time
'infe•' nnPortations of cotton and arrowroot from this
Weil;eBtjng republic of men of colour, and in each instance
10,,,,,ave had to report favourably of the specimens of the
aa',7liee of the country. Yesterday we had shown tc? ils trinsli`e4 of coffee grown in Liberia. The report of it is
whit, favourable, the sample clearly demonstrating. that,
d a little care bestosvedon the cultivation, the finest
'asteriPtion of -coffee may be produced. The sample shown
do nllunder the double disadvantage of rough cultiva-
b: -i.h.sand the absence of machinery for preparing the coffee
-;:rtet. This latter wants, ire understand, about to
in s-'l4'ed, and so soon as anything approaching. the are
jazirntivation that is bestowed on Ceylon Plantation coffee
is nbeeßt.,_e, ztended to the growth in Liberia, little doubt
"bee --a,'''ned. that the very finest description of coffee can
Courier, imported 414 imported very profitably.-Manchester
An OasTifs TP I`
!erne weeks „,„4 - DEFENDANT.-In the County Court,
.11a..1411 Patri-0' a contractor of railway and road work,
ek, Was 8
• .meet, to
ued by Messrs. Gilham, of Lord-
wasthersoreeee 00ver LI, the value of a hat purchased from
The defend: fisiderable time previous. The defence set up
that th
hat was paid for at the time it was purchased.
that the nt insinuated, if he did not actually allege,
Young man who sold him the bat, had acted dis-
-3.ll°o,,llestlY towards his maser in the transaction. The
• cha,..,-ng
wan, whose name is Tweddle, received an excellent
ter from his master, who repudiated the imputation
i,4l.4esdalitai. list him; but the defendant insisted on his being
the ease was accordingly subpcened from Dumfries, and
the partirn,..nle on for trial on Friday. After having stated
neared, ."`"4rs of the transaction as they have already ap-
e .I\veddle distinctly swore that the defendant had
not tli,Psid him a farthing. His Honour said there was
Young man's cha-
rade slightest imputation upon the
_ r, and added that the defendant was too ill to be
lie would withdraw
Present that day; if he had been there,
au. •
, Imputation of dishonesty against Young Tweddle.
4tltere must be a verdict for the plaintiff, with costs.
„,
eßvxcoaw.-A meeting of ratepayers was convened at
!he
_a Town-hall, on Monday, for the purpose of laying
...Iss,_lnre them. the accounts of the Improvement Commis-
tlNand of appointing auditors, Sze. 31r. Cowley, re-
„I0,7111g upon the item of £137 for the removal of night
la.,_targued that it was against the spirit of the act to re-
atPita the soil in the daytime. Mr. Whiteway explained
.the amount alluded to was paid for emptying the
••tba' Ille•farniers themselves carrying, away the soil. If
4..,,conlinissioners removed the latter altogether, it would
eT, the.ru from £3OO to £4OO, and too heavy a weight of
ibte,..RdOure like that " would sink the ship." Mr. S. S.
*hil' cure
to a number of items in the accounts,
•th e.l he thought excessive. They included £l2 19s. for
4 dets,jor,
0-, commissioners ; 3s. 6d. to a bill poster ; ra,re's. ed. for extra poll-clerks ; and £3 3s. for plans of the
lit t•ltaid. He contended, indeed, there was no neces-
withfor a market in the present circumstances of the wnei
`fiearas,decreasing trade, and an increasing number
horses. Mr. Whiteway expressed his belief
_that
irahuraarket would not merely be self-supporting, but
lii Produce Produce a good profit, and cited numerous cases in
„IfsiZmition.• After some further discussion the accounts
Coed, and the•proceetlings closed with thanks to
Co •
the tr4TY COURT BAILIFFS.-An inquiry took place at
the
,7°: ' ts, Court, on Tuesday, before Joseph Pollock, Esq.,
Bheeid.,, , into the conduct of two bailiffs, named John
°R„,tereill,,,and, George Wales, charged with having illegally
X"""6.,t, ii,.,7 use of Mr. George Melly, No. 5, Bedford-
aMstiZ,..er the authority of a warrant of execution
fs.aatt_R named Joseph Redish, at the suit of John
An trio '.41 whom be owed about £47. As it appeared
rnation . evidence that the men had acted on false infor-
the 3 '444 h..%
-tßiftess,`, not behaved with inexcusable roughness,
he ofteex.e-.qt},.,
A , , wo„--,,,s, the only fault which lie could find with
Place, inlthring 11.- 'Zeit not having been sufficiently careful
He thought --"Tlland whether that was the proper
rity.dtt_e as Public, that, as the circumstances had been
rirtir Men paying e the ice of the case would be satisfied
er habil. g' the costs of the action, without any
eaoatys c ity.
~ .„ With reference to the services of the 4WD, °11"' zailiffs, he referred to the large amount an-
i •• wove
Was se red by the bailiffs of the court, and said that
'• atah.eVe r 3: latiefaCtory that this was the first case which
411‘qr41.""trred in -13: h any complaint had been made
atm-,,..••‘-e iu..,'""-.• 18521nw lenot less than 1,891 executions
fL"'is6 ev", and £17,686 recovered ; in 1853 there. were
e
'76,,,,),leeations and £17,781 recovered; so that in th
.Mi, rations '£36,000 had been recovered, and nearly
14;. issued from the court.
Ne 'Z's )011 .08TRALIA.-Arrangements
.have been
.at • ti.__fsr th conveyance of mails to Australia once in
—lk '4l:by the'
establishment (under a contract with
sod drew . •
ftsektuesil
r &f.6.1141_41„.. rew Steam Shipping Company) of a packet
-"ask two months direct from Southampton to
ThOilTll6l...;_ . flt‘spoteienately with the existing line of packets
i„..C.:
ki, ill connexion with the Indian Mail Ser-
-.P113:441(1011-"'t fOr Australia will accordingly be made
On ts,
IkukTh.--"g follow44ring the remainder of the present year,
seprt 1ui...)4 'ha7B
Oa4th, aernlng, by Direct Packet.
•%11.1.R:r11Plg, yid Southampton and Singapore.
bre, • 4411,.. It:4C viii Marseilles and Singapore.
, • Ith. • tzung I) Direct
• 0, • Igraine, 3' Packet.
':e. 49,11`•••veni,„.„: bid Southampton and Singapore.
All le.q.4'•••lforin,,--.--s, bid Marseilles and Singapore.
toris -"la._ kid h --g, by Direct Packet.
Inehts;"„_tb AoatemkswBfNPers lot New South Wales, Vic-
te t0,...._'14Y be ~ -.4, and Van Diemen 's Land (except
ion";h__4rned bA.r4all, IY addressed " rid Marseilles"), will
lute;i4m6ACompan- ":e Packets of the General Screw Steam
tair h,- nitftlithata,../" from Southamptoß, or by the
A‘fti. Posted ;„1-•Pu and Singapore, according as they
t-esyrill se:" time for either line of packets. Post-
vrih,.. 11, laid doLthat this regulation differs from the 1,
fori4, ika 4 for the des tch of letters to India, &c.,
ka-'weetedrilifle ar, e thew es
rid unless spe-
letters
tey,""e•Anst "" on sent by another route, while -
it.:4 • bY, the 10 Marseilles,
colonies above-mentioned will R
dilonlycorid
birze!,,hen
snogearoute asistihserule,
necessary, as letters
tiro miles
in.-1401AL duetted.eanbe forwarded to Australia only once in
D01711t.--gur"l4Blll:Wdo'nlifd *be 4
wrlitir tiPen letters for long delay. The
treeetnttl(Tap:esryted .without any
k• Coll, ra any of the Australian coloniess,
--.1.n,... eyed 1. .
4(14221., Will be la
.3' direct packet, or vid Southamton and
Od if under a
114.47 to be .. . ...,
.(2(j. the half. ounce_ •, and when
ei. of .ent via Marseilles is Is. 1 .
of an
toII all °unce ,• 2s. 3d. if weighing a quarter
,_
e luki not
_ to v e exceeding half an ounce, and so on, accorn
to Ina,R scale
LW ‘44* News in operation for charging letters addressed
sijons, win be posted in accordance with the regu-
ba-',.gontha„,-"e transmitted by packet direct, or by packet
.n.-- nable ~._-"Pton and Singapore, free of charge, but will
The stage
a Postage of 3d. each when sent rid Marseilles.
aid la* ''"Ke uPOn both letters and newspapers must be
ro - Pavan
2Prarded , et. Letters,Western Australia, aro
t wei.0.,1 Drivate ships, unless specially directed to be
*4llll'spore, Or by tome (Alia rote,

On Friday, the si

TIIE POLICE-OF FICES in High-street wert., put up forsale
on Wednesday, by public auction, and were purchased for
the Liverpool Insurance Company, for £18,025.
CRUELTT.—Three men who had been engaged in the
cruel "sport" of inciting their dogs to worry several cats,
were apprehended on Wednesday, on the shore- at Bootle,
and committed by the county magistrates to on month's
imprisonment in default of paying a fine of £1 and costs.
WARRINGTON.—On Sunday week, two sermons, in aid
of the choir fund, were preached in St. James's Church,
Latchford, by the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, of Liverpool; nearly
£3O was collected on the occasion.
THE AUSTRALIAN TEMPERANCE PAcEETs.—The :fine
ship Derry Castle is now being fitted up on the east side
of Prince's Dock as one of Messrs. Griffiths, Newcombe,
and Co.'s " Temperance Line " of Australian packets,
sailing hence to Melbourne, and her arrangements ap-
pear well calculated to secure the 'tween decks efficient
light and ventilation, two of the greatest comforts on
shipboard.
CAPTAIN Tuomrsorr, late of the Sarah Sands screw
steam-ship, has been appointed to the command of the
new paddle steamer Pacific, now fitting out in the London
East India Docks for Melbourne and Sydney. If nautical
ability can secure a speedy passage, and urbanity of dis-
position render the voyage pleasant to the passengers, the
run out of the Pacific, under the guidance of Captain
Thompson, will be rapid and agreeable.
DEATH FROM LAnneNum.—Jane Stubbs, sixty years
of age, who had been in the habit of taking laudanum
medicinally, for some time past, died, on Thursday night,
at the house of Mr. William Jones, in Wyld-street, where
she had gone to assist. When she went there she com-
plained of feeling ill and drowsy, and stated that she had
taken an overdose of laudanum. At the inquest, Mr. J.
Kemp, surgeon, who had made a post mortem examina-
tion, stated the cause of death to be apoplexy, produced,
most probably, from an overdose of laudanum, and the
jury returned a verdict accordingly.
DESECRATION OF A. CHURCH.—John Daly, an Irish
Romanist, living in Porter-street, was charged before the
magistrates, on Friday, with hanging clothes on the rail-
ings in front of St. Matthias's Church, Great Howard-
street. The clergyman, who was in court, stated that the
practice had become so frequent and annoying that they
were determined, if possible, to put a stop to it, and had
taken the present means of doing so. He did not wish for
a severe punishment, but only such as would prevent the
repetition of the nuisance. Daly was fined ls. and costs.
STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION.—SeveraI mechanics owned
a little steamer which plied between Preston and Lytham.
The boiler, which was placed in the middle of the boat,
exploded on Saturday week, about four miles from
Preston, when forty passengers were on board. Five have
already died from the injuries received, and others have
been most severely wounded. It is said that the boiler
was not fitted up according to agreement.

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH tiANIC-Mr. Wm. Rathbone pre-
sided at the annual meeting of proprietors held on Tuesday.
The report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that
the profits of the past year, after deducting Income-tax
and other expenses, were £75,568, from which £52,500
had been paid in two half-yearly dividends, at the rate of
seven per cent. per annum, leaving the reserve fund at the
present time £105,420 Bs. sd. On the motion of Mr.
Francis Heywood, £1,500 per annum was placed at the dis-
posal of the directors, being an increase of £5OO upon the
amount heretofore voted. Thanks were accorded to all
connected with the management of the establishment, and
it was resolved to increase the paid-up capital to £1,000,000.

, .
DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT WELL.—On Monday last
week considerable excitement was created in Toxteth-park
by the discovery of a large well, twelve feet below the sur-
face of the earth. As the workmen in the employ of
Messrs. Jones and Smith were constructing a sewer in
Wright.street, they came in contact with a large piece of
timber, under which, from the sound, there evidently was
an excavation. One of the men struck the wood with his
pickaxe, when the instrument immediately went through
it. The timber was removed,:and to the surprise of the
workmen they discovered an immense well, filled with
water. It is about fifty yards deep and six feet wide.
The sides of the well are almost perfectly round and
smooth. For nearly a yard over the well the earth is
completely formed, there being three layers of clay run-
ning in regular strata, which is evidence of the age of the
excavation.

RIDICULOUS CASE.—At the County Court, on Friday,
acase adjourned from the previous Monday was adjudicated.
The action was at the instance of Mr. Earp, tailor and
draper, in Lord-street, against Francis Boynge, clerk at
St. George's-dock. The evidence showed that the defen-
dant had ordered a pair of trowsers from the plaintiff, for
which the latter charged £1 55., the amount sued for.
After being delivered, the trowsers were returned, on the
allegation that they were not worth the sum charged for
them. When the defendant returned the trousers to the
plaintiff, the messenger placed the parcel upon the shop
counter, with a note, and immediately left. Just as he
got outside the shop door, the plaintiff, without opening
the note, took up the parcel, ran after the messenger, and
placed the parcel upon his shoulder. The man declined to
take possession of it, and the unmentionables fell upon
the road—the messenger wending his way up and the
plaintiff down the street. An unknown person passing at
the time, took up the parcel and walked away with it, and
neither he nor the trousers had been heard of since.—His
Honour said that this was certainly one of the most
ridiculous affairs he had ever heard of, and gave a verdict
for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs.
PURCHASE OF A. BURIAL-GROUND IN TONTETII-PA.RIC.
—A special vestry meeting of the inhabitants of Toxteth
was held on Friday, to consider the propriety of purchasing
certain land for a burial ground. In November last, it
was resolved at a special vestry to expend £15,000 on this
object, but subsequently the authorities of the township
have had an offer of eligible land from the Earl of Sefton.
It comprises thirty acres, situate at the west side of
Smithdown-lane, and the price asked is £5OO per acre. A
stream of water runs through the land, which will be of
considerable value for drainage purposes. The vestry
sanctioned the purchase of the land on the terms proposed.
A Romanist gentleman present expressed a wish that
some part of the land might be set apart, and a chapel
erected for the performance of the burial rites according
to that faith. Mr. Greg-son observed that it would be to
the interest of the parishioners to carry out the provisions
of the act of parliament with as much liberality as possible,
but that they could not accede to the proposition just
made, inasmuch as the act itself only provided for the
erection of a Protestant place of worship, and a chapel for
Dissenters. A conversation next arose as to whether the
£15,000 which had been voted would be sufficient for the
purpose required, and ultimately it was decided that a
further sum of £7OOO should be granted, to be laid out as
the commissioners might think fit.
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting took
place on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale, the chair-
man, presiding. The other members present were,—
Messrs. Dover, Gladstone, Hodson, Beckwith, Nicholson,
Godfrey, Johnson, Halhead, and Bigham. The medical
officer of health reported that the mortality of Liverpool
continued somewhat below the average of the season. The
deaths registered last week were 215, including 10 which
took place on board the Birkenhead emigrant ship Dirigo,
and which appear in this return in consequence of the
bodies having been landed at Liverpool. 86 deaths were
caused by diseases of the zymotic class. Of these 20 were
for measles, 16 for diarrhoea, 16 for cholera (including the
10 in the Dirigo), 9 from hooping-cough, 8 from typhus, 4
from syphilis, 3 from scarlatina, and 3 from small-pox
(two of these having been unvaccinated), and 1 from
mumps. Of the 22 deaths from diarrhoea and cholera, in
Liverpool, 21 were infants. Diseases of the lungs caused
46 deaths, including 24 from consumption. Of the total
deaths, 130 were below 5 years of age, 65 between 5 and
60, and 20 between 60 and 90 years of age. A fatal case
of measles occurred in a registered lodging-house in Ben
Jonson-street.—An application was made from the direc-
tors of the Borough Bank to extend the new building
over a portion of the public thoroughfare at the top of
Water-street, at a certain angle. It was agreed not to
recommend the Council to approve of it.—No other busi-
ness worth recording was transacted.

INFAMOUS ADDUCTION.—Two girls were induced, lately,
to come from Nottingham to this town, under the pretence
of being taught dressmaking. They were conducted to a
house in Gloucester-street, which they soon found was
devoted to the vilest of purposes. They were pressed to
take wine, but refused, and tried to make their escape. A
strict watch, however, was kept upon them in order to pre-
vent this, and, in the mean time, infamous overtures were
made to them by several "gentlemen" who visited the
house. These they resisted, and at length, on Friday
week, they succeeded in getting out, under the pretence of
shopping, accompanied, however, by an employe of the
house, who kept a strict watch on all their proceedings.
Fortunately for the girls, they met, in one of the principal
streets, with a person from their native town, to whom
they communicated their story, and who at once took them
under his protection. The police having been informed of
the affair, Mr. Clough took measures for their safety, and
caused their seducer to be taken into custody. Upon an
inquiry into the matter, it was found that the girls being
over the age which the law conceived itself bound to pro-
tect, the wretch who had endeavoured to accomplish their
ruin could not be detained. She was, therefore, discharged.
The girls were brought into the Police-court, a few days
ago, when Mr. Mansfield addressed them, and said he hoped
it would be a warning to them not to trust, in future,
people whom they did not know. In the course of the day
they were taken under charge by one of the police officials,

and sent back to their friends at Nottingham

TEE BOILER EXPLOSION AT ROCEIDALE.—The ad-
journed inquiry respecting the explosion of a steam engine
boiler at the cotton factory of Mr. George Williamson, at
Rochdale, took place on Thursday at the Wellington Hotel,
in that town. A boy named Taylor deposed to having
seen the fireman engineer put extra weights on the safety-
valve nearest the fire-hole. While the witness was sent
to tell his master that Glegg, the regular engine-driver,
was absent, the explosion took place. The three weights
that were on the valve nearest the fire-hole were all of one
size, 211 b. or 221 b. each. Mr. W. Fairbairn, the engineer,
read a long report, framed after examination of the frag-
ments of the boiler, and expressed his belief that the ex-
plosion was caused by excessive pressure. The boiler was
only calculated to bear a pressure of 401 b. or 501 b. to the
square inch, but the pressure upon it must have been
equal to 3001 b. per square inch. Mr. Fairbairn also gave
his opinion that the millowners of a place like Rochdale
ought to appoint a man capable of inspecting the safety-
valves to see that they were in good order. One of the
witnesses stated that he had about a year since spoken
to Mr. Williamson about the dangerous pressure employed.
The jury returned the following verdict :—" That, in the
opinion of the jury, the death of Ann Stott and nine other
persons was caused' by an explosion of the boiler at the
Bridgefield-mill, occupied by George Williamson, such an
explosion being caused by an excessive pressure of steam,
and that pressure being produced by the following circum-
stances ;—First, the 3-inch safety valve not being in work-
ing order, and consequently inactive ; second, the 2-inch
safety valve being, on the morning of the explosion, much
overweighted ; and, third, as the engine only worked at
intervals from 6 o'clock to 20 minutes past—a space of
time elapsed during which the fire was kept up, and in
that time such an amount of heat was added to the water
in the boiler, and pressure therein accumulated, as to ren-
der it impossible that the boiler could be relieved by
the small or 2-inch valve when so overweighted. The
jury, at the same time, wish to express their opinion
that the boiler and engine at Bridgefield-mill were very
improperly managed, thereby causing danger to the
parties employed, and that the occupier and engineer
are exceedingly blameable for working the boiler at the
high pressure they have done for a long time previous to
the explosion,