The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-11 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS The Rev. Dr. Raffles, on Sunday, completed the fortieth Year of his ministry in Liverpool. Mr. Ramshay will resume his sitting in the County Court on Thursday next, at nine o'clock in the morning. It is understood that Father Gavazzi will lecture in Liverpool in the early part of next month. Two omnibuses on a new construction commenced ply ing on Thursday between Scotland-road, the Queen's Dock, and Mount.pleasant. The fare is 2d. An inquest was held, on Wednesday, on the body of Mary Dwyer, 79 years of age, who resided in Park-street. bier death was the result of a fall. On Wednesday night, a numerous and highly respect able party met at Mr. Franklin's, in George-street, in celebration of the anniversary of the sth of November. The £5O prize given by the Liverpool Academy has been awarded to Mr. 'Hunt's pre-Raphaelite picture, "Scene from the two Gentlemen of Verona." Owen Hughes, a labourer employed in the alterations of the Custom-house, has been killed by being crushed on the chest with the portion of a falling wall. The Hon. Montague Wilde, son of the Lord Chancel lor, is, it is rumoured, to be appointed registrar of the Manchester Bankruptcy Court. On Tuesday evening last the Rev. Mr. Moriarty. an Irish clergyman, preached a sermon in the Irish tongue at St. Paul's, to a very crowded and respectable congregation. Mr. E. F. Chipp, one of the most brilliant and famous of metropolitan organists, is engaged to perform on the . Powerful organ of the Collegiate Institution, in December. Sunday being the anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the event was celebrated in the evening by the ringing of the different church bells. NATIONAL AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.—A lecture on this subject will be delivered in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson -street, by the Rev. J. A. Baynes, 8.A., on Friday evening next. The United States and Liverpool mail steam-ship Atlantic, West, commander, will take her departure from the Mersey for New York at about noon to-morrow, (Wednesday.) A lecture on Mormonism will be delivered at the Con cert-hall, on Thursday evening next, by the Rev. J. B. Lowe, M.A., being the third of a course now proceeding Under the auspices of the Church of England Institution. The Distil) Family, whose unequalled performances on the sax-horns have been so highly and frequently Praised, are to give two concerts at the Philharmonic-hall on Thursday and Friday next. _ A CASE OF DEEP DISTRESS will be found in our ad. vertising columns of this day. We hope most cordially for an ample response to Mr. C. Mitchell's introduction of it to our readers. In the action Cross v. Cheshire, upon a promissory note for £268 2s. 3d., which was tried at the last Liverpool assizes, and a verdict entered for the plaintiff, the court above has refused to grant a new trial, which was applied for on Tuesday last. On Tuesday evening an interesting lecture, " On the Origin and Progress of Steam Navigation," was delivered at the Collegiate Institution, by E. Wheeler, Esq. The next lecture will have reference to the relative advantages of the screw and paddle-wheel. THE COAL TRADE.—We understand that the negotia tions between the coal trade and the Dock Committee are Proceeding sutisfactorily, and that arrangements are in Progress for providing an improved system for the landing and loading of coals in connexion with the railways. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Africa. Ryrie, commander, left the Mersey on Saturday, at eleven, a.m., for New York, with the usual weekly bulls, a full cargo of French and other 'goods, and 100 Passengers. A meeting was held, on Thursday, in the Town-hall, 'lanchester, to inaugurate the Manchester Diocesan Church Building Society, which has been formed under the auspices of the bishop, for the purpose mainly of lend ing assistance in the building of churches, and for endow ing them. TILE AMBERGATE RAILWAY —We are informed that an arrangement be and North•westerr his company and the London finally settled on Saturday by the of which will shortly be sub to shareholders for their adoption respective boar the tell bitted to the Arnt or rejection. --17 The Le Bas Priz tt subject of general I aliath's Journal, iyen annually for the best essay on rat ure, has been adjudged to B. A. nuel College, now one of the mas. 8.A., of Emir destinies ;;i ... THE Sc Stalesnews" ridge corn - ded from New 'York at noon on the 181 h aersey at 9 45 on Thursday morning, need by easterly winds and heavy 17 hours mean time. wander, ult., arrived in the after a run, pro] weather, of 18 day LIBERAL DON) rti-ship Pi Gillow, during home, presented to a rev for the purpose ."; ' the With Live' Mess view town, en route for ntleman the sum of £2,000. schools for the education of Gi low closely connected [then of t Holden d Co., of Church- street, have on ting-table, de- ingenious pat !lined by an air When not used turned into - from miscbii. GUNrOWDEr perfo,-- manufa !lured by -themselves can be instantaneously vous fir Ul LUG II •ockets a e have received a lettt d is saki to be one for effecting th 31 - e, the contents being secured T paint —On Wei 1 thqnl sdav last d ter will deliver an ine service yers were offered is amused them 3, and by making s a failt tiler, 200 persons were present . . . ,er lecture on which oceP tip. At nht a ntun selves by leletting off other pyrotechnic dis BLOOMERISM.--W Catherine Winter, in Yesterday eve ing the severity of all of whom were costume. Friday next We hay ions new distinct obtae Universities by pupils of of the Collegiate institut ined i at the on. A Scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge, has been obtained by Mr. J. B. Harbord, son of Mr. Flarbord, of R.M. Customs, and a Scholarship, with other honours, at University College, Durham, by Mr. A. P. Nevins, brother of Dr. Nevins, of this town. , SHOCKING DEATH OF AN INFANT.—On Tuesday an niquest was held on the body of a child seven months old, *hich perished from cold and exhaustion in the arms of Its I , 1 r I 1 • •r• wino aPPeared that and that it raine , 41 e passage, and velo w to dry her A W . - he poor mother was a deck passenger, and blew fearfully during the whole of hat the engineer refused to let her go - -mAN FOUND DEAD.—A woman, name unknown, Ras found on Tuesday morning by a polize-officer, on / 30 1:ne waste ground in Grove-street, Abercromby-square. lie. nlnrt .Qo en.s.e. Inn A . ; Tr riff Milan f/111Ti h ••• moved to the Royal Infirmary, but died before she reached ill • L at institution. There were no marks of violence upon rr person, but as the blood in the heart was found in a state, it showed that she died from a shock of the sYstem ; probably from exposure to cold. ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday, a young woman, named 4targaret Dickenson, servant in Bootle-street, was pre- Paring breakfast, when her clothes caught fire, and scorf.b.sa ,Ja the same day, James Hare fell against a piece of "iober in Brownlow-hill, and fractured his jaw. —On the t'onle day, a boy, named John Kelly, residing in Brook street, accidentally fell down stairs, fracturing his arm, besides sustaining a very serious scalp wound.—On the same day, a boy, named William Seddon, was, along W ith a companion, playing with fire-arms in Gore-street, hen, upon attempting to get hold of a loaded pistol, it Tscharged its contents into his hand, carrying away the fourth finger.—On Thursday, a labourer, named Frede rick Hannah, fell into the Sardon Graving Dock, and received a severe injury on the head, and a fracture of one of his ribs. TH E " LIBERTY STONE" IN CASTLE-STREET.--While the paviours have been recently tearing up the stones of Castle-street and carting them away, there was one stone, And one only, which they left entirely unmolested. When the entire pavement was taken away, this stone, a huge fiat, nearly circular boulder, was left in its ancient bed, with earth carefully piled around it ; and now that the workmen are laying a new pavement, they will pack the blocks of granite on every side o f thi s o ld s t one, an d leave it where it has reposed for centuries. It was for kerly called " the liberty stone," and has for ages L arked the boundary in this direction of the privileged 3 ,'`' ) Und within which debtors cfiuld not be arre . sted on ' , or° • the continuance of the -ur air was proclaimed, a hand, signifying protection, was exhibited in front of the Town tball, and there it rem ained during fourteen days, and in 1, -4 tirne all who took sanctuary within the privileged f t ecincts were safe from creditors and the officers of the at A similar stone was sunk in the pavement of Dale :actteet and others probably in Oklhall-street, though their site is not known. The stone in Castle.street is nearly opposite the Journal-office, and is just now au red over pro the sand from an excavation. The fair is a rli annually claimed, the hand is still exhibited out -4,,e ;Ii process I iately after the ce.—Liver- , durini otecting influe deb tora lu are l° s w til l i . 13001 Times. l aa , MIME BY A to r. at Mancheste o w d raw his pensior il l waY while he rather had the means, he afterwards indul,_ e. er more spirituous liquor than was good for him 's sister , who was with him, was endeavouring to dis %re lihn from entering a public-house in Deans c at - 411 "I' ester, and expo ?ENSIONER.- Monday afternoon john Morgan, an old soldh Determined to enjoy himself in his t a - 1 . 1 1 1 1. _ when Fr & tak e new tfitsotitan t e nga wioic et him in no very gentle rick Chinn, A walnut-seller, who was so imprudent as to tell the woman to ome, and get his moray from him." s were at once oroused, and ; sister, he capsizbd Cl Bing himsel THE MANCHESTER " ROYAL " EXCHANGE. The Mayor of Manchester has received the following letter : " Whitehall, Nov. 3, 1851. " Sir, —I have had the honour to lay your letter of the 28th October before the Queen, and I have the satis action to inform you that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to comply with your request, that the Exchange of Manchester should be henceforth designated the Royal Manchester Exchange. I am, Sir, your obedient, humble servant, " The Mayor of Manchester." " G. GREY." ORMSKIRK.—On Tuesday last, the second annual soiree and ball of the Ormskirk Literary and Scientific Institution took place in the Town-hall. J. Rosson, Esq., took the chair and delivered a lengthy and interesting address. Eloquent speeches were also delivered by Mr. William Dobson, of Preston, Mr. E. Burns, of Preston, and Mr. R. Gradwell, of Ormskirk, after which dancing commenced, and was continued until an early hour the following morning. ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.--The express train, which left Manchester by this railway on Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock, when near to Bolton, ran into contact with a coal train, which had become stationary on the line owing to the slipperi ness of the rails, occasioned by a fall of snow. A lady had one of her thighs broken, and a gentleman a leg dis located. The rest of the injuries were limited to cuts and bruises not of a serious nature. SHOCKING. ACCIDENT.—About six o'clock on Wednes day night, Thomas Rosbottom, aged 14 years, was firing a cannon in a field behind Westfield-street, when it exploded, and one piece of the metal knocked his eye out, and another piece entered his forehead, and killed him on the 'spot. The deceased was blowing a piece of lighted paper at the touch-hole when the cannon exploded. The cannon is part of an old pipe, with a piece of iron driven in at one end in order to make it air-tight. Loss OF A VESSEL.—The barque Elizabeth, Captain Devey, which sailed from this port on Thursday morning for Maranham, encountered a violent squall on the same night, and at 9 p.m. struck on the Horse Bank, near Southport, and immediately commenced breaking up. The crew took to the boats, and succeeded in reaching the Formby Lightship at daylight on the following morning; they have since been brought to this port. They saved nothing except the clothes they stood in. At noon on Thursday the Elizabeth had entirely disappeared SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Wee iesday last • a bat arced William Kennelly, in the employ of Mr. Thomas Harrison, ship-bread baker, near the Canning Dock, met with a very serious accident. It appears that, whilst in the act of whitewashing the bakehouse, his smock was caught in the cog-wheels connected with the machinery, which drew the unfortunate man through a space a nine inches, and produced a compound comminuted fracture of the right leg. The machinery was instantly stopped, and the man, upon being liberated, was conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where th e l eg was remove d. Hi s _ _ )eing brought to the hospital, presented a fright _ ance. He now lies in a very precarious state. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last, a young woman named Simms, a servant in eigarnily at Levens hulme, was at dinner with her master and mistress, when she suddenly started up, and ran out of the room. Her mistress followed her, and found that she had got a piece of meat fast in her throat, and was endeavouring to re move it by drinking water. This failing, Simms took up a cane and thrust the small end of it down her throat, and, by this means, appeared to have removed the ob struction. She still, however, suffered very much, and her mistress sent for a druggist in the village, who, upon arriving, inserted a probe into the girl's throat. This, however, did not afford her much relief, and she was re moved to the Manchester Infirmary, where she died on Friday morning. —Manchester Guardian. MANSLATIGIITER.—An inquest was held on Thursd on the body of a child named James Fitzl body; on ful nppen eight years old. About four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon he was proceeding along Waterloo-road with his father (an Irish emigrant), when he was knocked down in the middle of the street by a horse attached to a cart, the off wheel of which passed over his head and caused instanta neous death. The cart was driven by a lad named Thos. Macdonald, and was the property of Mr. Ellison, o f Fre derick-street - , d out A man named John Hough calk three times to the carter, who either did not hear or p, no attention to the warning ; and he did not even stoi. after the child had been knocked down. The jury re timed a verdict of manslaughter, and Mr. Statham, the deputy coroner, issued a warrant for Macdonald's com mittal to Kirkdale. in-law, the Rev. A. MTh( called upon to explain how it w gentleman down as a debtor to the am__ December, 1848, and as a creditor to the ext on the let of January instant. Mr. Matheer !ed his last examination.—ln re Wilfred Mc son, and the bankrupt v that he had put that at o' t of £63( then pas. uarihrupr. carriei on business in partnership Wilson in this town, under the firm of Mot son, as corn merchants. On Thursday he a, certificate. Mr. Daly appeared for the Mr. John Yates, jun., for the bankrupt. On application to the commissioner, the heating was adjOurned until Thursday next. and Wil PROPOSED DOCKS AND RAILWAYS.—CHANGES 0 THE BANKS OF THE RIVER MERSEY.—A nwetir held on Wednesday, at the offices of the Great W Railway Company, in London, for the purpose of sidering a plan for raising the money which is required to complete the - docks at Birkenh ThP nronne;Hnn em Chinn received two severe The second part of the abdomen and ho 3tagg He was .—quNer- a truss on at the time he why course of of the honorary me and Town Council. continued to a late satisfaction to the entertain men THE Coact , ' AND CAB DRIVERS.—The drivers and their employers are at variance relative to the amount of weekly remuneration. It appears that the wages hitherto have been:fourteen shillings per week, it devolving upon the drivers to wash down their vehicles on their return ff. , - duty each - - Af- • —.en evening. A. tortm, of ago the men held a meet• ing, at which it was resolved that intimation should be given to their employers thet, at the termination of four teen days, they would cease _to drive unless their wages resisted these t on Frida however men s and, as the period of notice the men are now on strike." The s not likely to he of long duration, as expired eon Sunday driving as usual. The men in the service of Mr. Fletcher, of Cook-street, have intimated their willingness to resume duty at tke old wages, pro viding the duty of washing vehicles be dispensed with. These terms have, we understand, been offered to other employers, and, no doubt, the dispute will be thus arranged.—Albion. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN AND GREAT WESTE COMPANIES.—We understand that in consequence of . . contemplated lease of the Cheshire line to the Great Western, Messrs. Stephenson and Locke, the engineers, have been instructed by the London and North Western to survey a new line to Birkenhead. It is proposed that it shall pass off from the Chester and Holyhead line west of Chester. It will therefore run to the west of the Che shire Company's line from Chester to Birkenhead, and nearly parallel with it. In length it will be about the same as the existing line. The cost of it is estimated Et half a million, or thereabouts. The Shrewsbury and Chester Company, on the other hand, purpose the prose cution in Parliament next session of a bill for a line to come off somewhere ai bLELLICUI and run to Abergele on the Chester and Holyhead line uel.Ween Zl5 anti 3U miles. Inv ----- to give the Great Western and their Shrewsbury allies a line to Ireland via" Holyhead, as much independent of the London and North Western and Chester and Holy head influence as nnaaihl. ..L_ Nu., ir were, dis- tance to Holyhead vid -th e Great tnis Western r and v the id the London and North Western (existing route) would be about the same. These are the preparations for a coming Parliamentary war between the two • great companies, formidable ! are they not ? — Herapath's Journal. GRAND PROTESTANT TEA•PARTY.—On Tuesday even rre.nrt el 13.... . Ong a gram' rrotestant tea-party was held in the Ship wrights' Room, Bond-street, to celebrate the birth of William, Prince of Orange, and also the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, the proceeds to be devoted to the erection of a new Protestant Hall, in Prince Edwin -street. The Rev. Dr. APlSTejlepresided. The hall, which is ca- AuK upwaras or one thousand peo. nd was very elegantly decorated for s being covered with flags and ban -. 1 lodges. The repast for the ers of tl various 01 gentlemen on the platform was generously Provided Mrs. Clarke, at her own expense. The Chairman ac dressed the meeting at considerable length upon the di ;antism, in the cou n his 1 f public-houses, f they were to . have the priety of and cone .n sued betw' ee ' li cks kids,' on the lower li,„' _caused him to . , 1 1 ;77. 1 ,t the wall of a haircir, lii e k,, r ` ci ) rn a rupture, and had kary • He was taken to the Manchester Royal Ira.. Fenton, of Wavfi . tree, ad - dressed the assembly in a lit, efr eo ., and died there on Wednesday morning from the speech. s William Clarke apologised for the abseil( ci ) , i , , , of the blows and kicks. Morgan was take" ! into a Mr. amtel Holme, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, and seyers afte,l'u.si by a policeman who came to the spot immediately e ktrgyrn , en, who had hoped to attend, but were unable oi: e ttie fi ght. As he was being taken to the police- Mr. Clarke, after an able speech, in which he laid befori iflan i L he said t o th e constable, ..I've killed many a better the assembly the plan f or th e erection of the propose( !e ari Mit hi m! , On Thursday a cor o ner 's jury, after hall, re,.'umed his seat am id st great applause, The Rev , Ari tt ri n g the evidence of bystanders, foun a of Mr. Brien .Als . o addressed the meeting. The party broki ' l %l 4t , i ,aughter against Morgan," who was committed for up a bo u t e ie % , , in o'e,look, highly delighted with ale, even. 'at next Liverpool assizes. ing's proceedings'. ministe to be tl: fraining const; THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1851 which i project by means of a loan, under the guarantee of the Great Western. the Chester and Shrewsbury, and the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Companies, and the Birkenhead Dock Company. Each of these r.,,/ r companies is to guarantee a fourth part of the loan. The b the promoters of this plan is, that this guarantee would enable the undertakers of the Birken- bean Docks to raise the ,urn required, at a low rate of interest, and thus not on y to complete the docks in the most perfect n moderate cost.-- Inner, but to do it at a comparative Liverpool Times. PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—On Wednesday last, upwards of sixty of the mer•bers of this society sat down to an excellent dinner, provided for the occasion Host Ellam. Old Haymarket. Mr. Capstiek 0,- Roeburtoe the vice chair. The usual loyal int toasts were given and heartily responded chair, an 1 and Pi to. 7 ut Inc respected surgeon of the sopiery, dr. Falloon, was drunk with musical honours, and by him acknowledged in a neat and appropriate speecl , -chick he very ably set forth , in the rnd similar societies to young men. Among the other usiastically responded to were those ihers of the society, and the Mayor The festivities of the evening were lour, and after expressing their high yen and natl. and hostess for the very handsome ;hey had prepared, the members PUBLIC MEETINGS. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of assist ants was held on Tuesday night, at the Charitable Insti tution, Slater -street, to take into consideration the hest means to be adopted for abridging the hours of business during the winter months. Several speeches were deli vered and resolutions passed, and it was stated that in consequence of the concessions already made by the em ployers, a vast improvement was perceptible in the moral and intellectual faculties of the assistants. THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The second ordinary meeting of this society was held on Thursday evening, at the Royal Institution, Colquitt street. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. B. Yates. Several new members were admitted. The paper for the evening, on architectural criticism, was read by Mr. H. P. Homer. Mr. Homer went into the subject of archi tecture generally, explaining the Various styles, their most prominent features, and ad aptztion to certain localities. He elucidated his views by reference to a series of dia grams and views, which he had collected for the purpose. LIVERPOOL WESLEYAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening the first annual meeting of this society was held in the Concert-hall, Mr. D. S. Leather in the chair. The report, which was of a very encouraging nature, stated that the period of operation had, in fact, been only nine months, during which period 369 cases had been recommended to and visited by the officers of the society, and 299 had been relieved. The total number of visits paid amounted to 650, and 683 persons shared in the benefits of the charity in pecuniary relief, The receipts of the year amounted to £136 103. Id., and there was a small balance in the treasurer's hands. ' WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-At the usual weekly meeting of this board, on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell pre sided. The following guardians were also present : Messrs. Jos. Harrison, Carter, Craig, Alpass, Bunting, Brown, Lunt, E. Johnson, W. B. Jones. John Jones, Pilkington, Smith, Shaw, Davis, Miller, Tattersall, and Elias. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was reported to be £1,072 15s. 11d. A letter was read from the Poor-law Board, approving of the reappointment of Miss Jones as matron, at the yearly sum of £l6 and rations. Letters were also read, approving of Mr. Saml. Potts as pay-clerk for the Toxteth-park district, at a yearly salary of £l3O, and of Mr. Jonatham Branham, assistant relieving officer ' at £BO per annum. Mr. R o bt. Marsden was appointed to attend to the duties of Mr. Allen, who is ill, at a weekly salary of 21s. On the mo tion of Mr. Brown, it was resolved that a call should be made on the several townships for the sum of £14,918 such call to be paid in two equal moieties, on the 25th inst. and the 25th Feb. next. LIVERPOOL ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PSALMODY.—The first monthly aggregate meeting of the psalmody classes, established in most of the large congre gations in this town by the association which has just been formed for the improvement of congregational psalmody, was held in Dr. Raffles' Chapel, on Tuesday evening last. There was a full attendance. The trebles, of which there was a large number, occupying the body, the altos the front gallery, the basses the left, and the tenors the right. The Rev. Dr. Raffles, the president of the new association, introductory to the musical exercises of the evening, delivered a brief, but eloquent. address on the subject of praise in the house of God. He concluded by urging upon all to attend these meetings constantly, regularly, punctually ; to cultivate harmony, not only as a science, but as a Christian duty; 'to throw their hearts into the work, and not, like too many good things, flourish for a time, and then gradually droop till it becomes extinct. Mr. J. H. Jones, the talented conductor of the classes, at the close of the address, took the place of the Rev. Doctor in the pulpit, and for upwards of an hour, in a very able manner, conducted the assembly through a number of exercises, chorals, &c., from the " Hallelujah" of the Rev. J. J. Waite. The class kept excellent time with the conductor's heat, and the singing was harmonious and effective. Mr. Jones announced that the next meet ing would be held in Crescent Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Raffles closed the proceedings with prayer. DOCK COMMITTEE. — The usual meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The follow. ing is a summary of the proceedings :—The bottom of the No. 1 Queen's Graving Dock is to be widened,,t.ccording to plans, which have been agreed upon. The committee accepted the resignation of Mr. Thomas Gums, from the situation of sampler in the Albert Dock Warehouses.— Mr. Bigham moved for a return of the number of square yards of land round the various docks, suitable for the erection of warehouses ; seconded by Air. Malcomson, and carried.—The Committee considered the letter of Messrs. I t letors of trans- . . atlantic sto.atners for carrying mails, and determined upon reducing, by one half, the charge for usinz the weights. A memorial was read from Messrs. Potter Brothers, Ross Brothers, and other merchants and owners of steam-ves sels, in reference to the communication which had been Messrs. M'Kean, M•Larty, and Co., requesting some alterations to be made which they deemed would be more convenient to the trade of the steam-vessels from foreign ports. The memorial was referred to the Master-porters' Committee.—Five additional dock-gatemen were ap pointed. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE The annual general meeting of this society was held by adjournment on Saturday, the Ist instant, in the Com mittee-room of the Lyceum, Bold-street ; Thomas Moore, Esq., in the chair. The report of the retiring council suggested certain modifications of the ordinary plan of working the society, and referred for a summary of facts to the last paper in the volume just printed. The treasurer's statement of accounts extended over two years, but showed from the first the sums which had been received and expended on the part of the society. Twenty noblemen and gentlemen are enrolled as life mem bers, and there are about 306 in all on the roll of the so ciety. The receipts during three years have been £446 18s. 6d., exclusive of £129 13s. 6d. not yet collected. The expenditure in founding the society and conducting it for three years, has amounted to £384 19s. 3d., and there is a balance of £6l 18s. 3d. in the treasurer's hands. On the motion of the Rev. THOS. MOORE, se conded by RICHARD BROOKE, E q. , F.S.A., the accounts were passed. JOHN IRELAND BLACEBURNE, Esq., of Hale, moved a vote of thanks to the retiring council and officers, which ed by the Rev. WILLIAM STEW The third volume of the society's proceedings having laid on the table, the secretary explained that most -ted in whole or in part by were preset Ilemen The following resolution was moved by Mr. LAMB and seconded by the Rev. 'igos. MOORE, and passed amid " That the special thanks of this society be pre - Pidgeon, and Edward Higgins, d tO M, lyer, .. buted to illust „,„ ings which they have respectively contri rate the society's recently-printed volume .1 of Ellesmere was unanimously elected p mother period of three years; and the Hon. the Earl of Sefton, the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, The Venerable Archdeacon . Brooks, and the Rev. Dr. Thom dinary members of council, who retire by rotation , the following were elected :—The Rev. J. S. Howson, Messrs. J. Buck Lloyd. C. B. Robinson, Jas. Middleton, and J. Whitehead. Messrs. M'Quie and Inim responsibility and in , Dr. Hume was appointed correspond , secretary and editor of the proceedings. The Rev. Thomas Moore, M.A., was reelected as recording secre tary, and Mr. Pidgeon was nominated London secretary. The first ordinary meeting of the session was announced for Thursday next, the 13th instant; and thanks were d efficiency 3 divide voted to thechairman VESSELS AND TONNAGE.—On Friday a return to the House of Commons was printed, showing from 1816 to 1850 the number of vessels and of tonnage at twelve "f +l," • r value of Brftish and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the port of London last year was £14,137,527 ; from Liverpool, £34.891,847 ; from Hull, £10,366,610 ; from Bristol, £362.039 ; from Newcastle, £920,068 ; from S ton, £1,859 647 ; from Leith, £366,552 ; from £3,768,646 ; from Greenock, £355,693 ; from Dublin, £50,354 ; from Cork, £116,268 ; and from Belfast £56,506 he declare( WILFUL MURDER..--On Monday last, whilst John Rothwell, a boy about twelve years of age, was tending his father's horses, in Aughton-street, Ormskirk, another boy named Keley came to him, and asked him for a stick he had in his hand. On Roth well's refusingto give up the stick, s I Keley went home and brought another Rtirir. with cot "...mama atiutt, will' w:.icn he struck Rothwell twice over the right ear, and kicked him. Rothwell afterwards complained of a pain in his head, which violently increased on his returning home. tits parents sent for a doctor, but before he arrived the boy died. An inquest was held on Wednesday, and verdict of wilful murder returned MURDER AT WIDNE of an unusual and mo near Widnes Docks. o NEAR ST HILEN'S.—A crime , oc►ous nature was perpetrated as foreman at the exten- [ye alkali works of Mr. John Hutchinson, was barba msly murdered on the highway, near his own house, at bout a quarter past six o'clock. An inquest was held on _l' ell TN mr, • lades E. Driffield, Esq., 0 of about sixteen years of age, with his iinr.hr. Tlirrhu NW! left the wort o'clock on Wednesday evening, to walk to Dog-la ness, (about three-quarters of a mile distant,) St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway some fields to.the high road wag' bet hem all through the fiel blow o Ind throe not g( uncle, who is to them , when one of the men her man they and the lad the ditch the lad A and-his uck him first k an infirm old man. Both men then away , mediately got up and went to the spot where lie found him w ith his head under th e and on his r A.nderson lay water, ,he assistance of the old man, he pulled him on to nk, and they then found that he was quite dead. Some men then , came up, an assisted in carrying t body home. The perpetrators have not yet been d. vered, Qad Ow inquest has been adjourn ed for a week, MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. THEATRE ROYAL.—Those very celebrated little people the Bateman children, whose performances at the St. James's Theatre have created such a furore, the house being crowded to the ceiling every night, have been en gaged. to appear, for a limited period, at the Theatre Royal, commencing on Monday next. ALBERT SMITH'S ENTERTAINMENT.—" The Over land Mail" was produced three times during the past week at the Philharmonic Hall, the immense room being crowded by the elite and fashion of the town and neigh bourhood. The songs, anecdotes, personal sketches, and incidents of travel, were listened to with great interest, and the beautiful drawings by Mr. Beverley were received with rapturous bursts of applause, especially the " View of Folkestone Harbour, by moonlight," which is truthfully depicted, and shews the painter's skill in producing dioramic effect. Indeed, Mr. Albert Smith seems to have become more popular than ever. We understand he is preparing a new entertainment of his " Tour in Switzerland and among the Alps," which he intends bringing out early next year. It will also he illustrated by Mr. Beverley from drawings made on the spot, and will, no doubt, be very interesting. ROYAL AMPAITHEATRE.—The lengthened and success ful engagement of Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone terminated on Saturday evening, a crowded audience ma nifesting the most enthusiastic applause several times during the performance. On Friday they took their fare well benefit, when the powerfully interesting drama of " Victorine ; or, I'll sleep on it," was revived, in which the fatal miseries attendant upon an evil course of life are vividly pourtrayed. This was followed by Mr. Buck stone's pleasing little farce of " Good for Nothing," in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam's personification of an -orphan.— Nan,--(who, through neglect and improper treatment has become almost '• good for nothing ")—is most truth ful and lifelike. " Bloomerism," which has been played four times during the week with marked success, and a ballet were also included in the entertainment. We ma y mention that on Tuesday evening " Bloomerism " was witnessed by the Earl of Sefton and T. Ireland Blackburne. Esq., who seemed highly delighted at the picturesque appearance of the " Twelve Pretty Bloomers." as Mr ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. [Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents.] MOST IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS-WATER BALLAST FOR SHIPS. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Though necessity may be the mother of inven tion, and the offspring may ward off the danger which brought the parent into its untimely existence, I am cer tain that if our Navigation-laws had never been re pealed, the principle to which I am about to call your attention would have resulted from the profound studies of the talented David Blair White, M.D., a copy of whose invention I beg to hand you. Having perused it care fully, and observed the various advantages in its applica tion to the crippled, sinking condition of our shipping in terest, I feel bound to call public attention at least to some of those benefits, that Liverpool may not be behind in their adoption, and flat our shipowners may have the earliest advantage of the race instrumentally established by the Board of Trade ; lest, in the zerd of that board for fostering the foreign shipowner, another blow may soon be aimed at this great national interest. lou will observe from the drawings, and Dr. White's explanation of his admirable invention, that I allude to a new principle of ballasting ships by means of water se cured in gutta-percha bags, of different dimensions, suit able to the tonnage and requirements of the vessel. simplicity, economy, and security of this ballast c, with it its own recommendation, , but it has of - course —... to be made known to be fully appreciated. The first experi ment made of this ballast was with the brig Benton, trad ing between London and the Tyne, which proved so satis factory that the patentee has become overwhelmed w ith orders to fit nn shins with ths hftllsst hn.Q nmi ..,,,-..n.._ .Iso of his constriction, by which pump, or two or t dinosed o writers, for if water, and immediat, I invaluable caught by the keel, and (let which could be avoided by tl To this class of vess, which I need not he call the ttention of own 'Tying 1000 tons o there require 400 t t often I 41 at £l2 r in Vair so road The b at the Chincha I stead of havinz 4( stone t pump Is to r t to work ive cargo applicable to Batavia, and China be difficult to estimate th ltely the be the advant, The advanta calculable ; and i ma iro, or any other ki much cost and detent ballast of the ordinary Dr. WI paratively of The bags are to be n stowed away in a laden ship need be, inflated and so pl - 3s these bags ul of fluids— sinking delicate in its character taste or colour from the 1 march o mitte, ,is a brilliant step in the right direction, to aid in the rescue of the siniting shipowner, whose interests have been madly sacrificed by Parliament to carry out a principle manifestly destructive to almost interest but that of the manufacturer every othe I am sur wi!l perceive the adv in your valuable journal ; and I am. Sir dient servant, WILLIA Water-street, Ist November, 1851. M ROWETT. Dr. White's invention may be shortly d ibed as a proposition to substitute vc con fitted up in the vessel's bold, in lieu of sand which have been used from time i ballasting of ships. The t great strength, water-pr al in the are ma 'ed with a compositior sisting of gutty percha, naptha, and coal-gas tar. It is an important fact, that the canvas, when thus water proofed, acquires additional strength, and a yard of it it this state has been found to sustain a weight, of upward of 16,0001%. A dozen men have stood upon one bz. full of water, without producing any perceptible injury It has also been ascertained that the bags are in no dan• ger of being gnawed by rats or other vermin, as the three ingredients of which the coating is composed have been selected in consequence of the known aversion of rats to these substances. The bags are enveloped in a case of banded tarpaulins, which obviates Ivry --- guards them from injury; and having perform, but merely to receive and let out the water, it is considered that their durability will be equal to the average duration of the ships themselves. Having described the bags _ _ _ g when no functions to we will now the man ner in whit h the appa fitted up fi ing the balhist the angle formed by the kelson and tho it is slided a hose board to support the hoe tho hose from being crushed The haze in the positbn most suitable on each sid then placed the kelson ; the bag hose is joined to the ; bands are drawn over the t band runs alone unC at each end of ti er an iron roll one extremity in a s being attached allows a lengt t perfectly F Mid and stead ch may be exercised upon admitted or discharged from th, pitching in a storm. The main I m when t e, which runs from tt xtretnity ck to ti pipe is packed at its low _case; wfiiiql corr.. we the chamber, at the 1 and, on the pipe lee brought into c . . to work against the level of the the level of the deck; another al lity to become choked, in consec place f can be On the E According to tr. the Carper 71(1. i But what Inn !Orly !I of float tsidr; ItP wl rl no dou the avoid • . of the Church a t their meetm to eneourave them. it. RhOli When coming and the laughable eccentricities of Mr. Bucksto .Agricola Green, as well as at the rather outrdcosturr that " stormy-winded woman," Mrs. Portia Luc, Green, the determined advo'i women LIVERPOOL CHORAL SOCIETY. PERFORMANCE OF "ISAIAH." On Tuesday evening Mr. JaCkson's new oratorio, Isaiah, was performed at the Music-hall, Bold-street; and there being some desire on the part of the musical public to listen to and welcome a new aspirant for public favour, there_was a very numerous attendanc Mr. Jackson. of Ma c , . The composer conauci ;ham, has been favourably musical world for some year or two by his Oratorio of Th Deliverance, respecting the merits of which there I good deal of controversy Isaiah opens with an overture, representing th e prophet ex postulating with the people There were some good descrip tive points in this, which would have told well but for the wretched time and tune of the band, which was so defective as to withdraw the attention from the overture, and concentrate it on the musicians. This was folloived . by two recitatives, the first of which (" In the days of Hoshen,' sung by Mr. Ryalls) was in the same predicament as the overture. The st-coed recitative," Ye man of Israel," undertaken by Mr. Armstrong, was not only better accompanied by the band, but was well sung. The composition was decidedly an improvement on its predecessor. The solo and chorus, " Clash the cymbals high in air," is a spirited composition, and the chorus gave it with great energy. It has a good deal at beauty, and was decidedly the best chorus of the oratorio. " Hail, Astarte 1 heav'nly Queen," sung by Mrs. Sunderland, is not particularly deserv ing of notice. The subsequent march and invocation, '6 Oh, Baal l thou sire of heaven and earth," sung by Mr. Armstrong, was noticeable principally for its solidity and massiveness; and the same remark will apply to the following chorus, " Shout ye abroad their names," which was very spirited. The solo and chorus, " Holy is the Lord of Hosts." was massive, and was spiritedly sung. " Oh, Israel I bast thou then forgot, An fir, sung by Mr:Ryall " is too fnll of modulatio to prOduce any marked effect, 'Of the remaining pi the first part there was little worthy of m concluding chorus, " The earth is utterly which the chorus bestowed much pains. In the running." pas. sages this was very observable : they were really admirably done. The composition of this dot ly good ..... expressive, more especially in the passage " The moon was darkened," which was excellent but in the succeeding pas sage, " and the sun ashamed," there was a double forte, where e think a double piano would Faye been far more appropriate. The second part commences with an overture, which" paints re in the feelings of the people." This we did not admire much, nor did we like the recitative which followed, " Thus saith the high and lofty one," sung by Mr. Ryalls. In this Mr. Ryalls and the band were unfortunately at issue almost throughout, and in the latter part of it there was a general scramble, arising either from defective rehearsal or inattention on the part of the band. The succeeding air, " Seek the Lord," was rather pretty; and the chorus, " Be hold, 0 God ! thou art wroth," was good. " Hearken unto me," an air sung by Mrs. Sunderland, was likewise good; and a trio, " The Lord shall comfort Zion," was also commend able, though far more secular than sacred in its character. Of the remaining ni, ces the most noticeable were—the chorus, " In the Lord Jehovah," which was spirited, but coarse, Loth in composition and performance; the air, " Oh ! let the na tions rejoice," by Mrs. Sunderland, which was the best sung of all her portion of the oratorio, though not of very great intrinsic merit ; and the two choruses, " The Lord shall reign," and " Amen." both of which were of fair average merit, the latter reminding us very much of Handel's "Amen" chorus in 'lke Messiah. One opportunity of hearing this oratorio is insufficient to enable us to form a conclusive opinion on its merits; but it appears to be wanting iu dramatic interest, and the expectation that this deficiency will be compensated for by the increased effectiveness in the music is certainly doomed to disappointment, for Isaiah is throughout of a very common place character, never rising beyond respectable mediocrity ; yet the work, as a whole, must be commended as a meritorious effort on the part of a self-taught musician, which we presume Mr. Jackson to be, and was perhaps an earnest of that future exertion which may stamp him as a composer of decided merit. In conclusion we would say, that the Choral Society deserve great credit for undertaking the responsibility of introducing a new work like Isaiah to the Liverpool public ; and it is.to be regretted that the structure of the Music-hall is so detrimenta: to musical sounds as to destroy in a great measure the plea sure of hearing a performance. WARRINGTON, The Grand Protestant Assoi Lodge 143 held their aunt evening last, at the house of Brother Woods, the Black Boy Inn, to commemorate the deliverance from the 1 powder treason. Upwards of one hundred brethren their friends partook of the good William Al!card, Esq., was mously elected to the offi cheer I erday (Monday) unani- of Mayor There have been several popular pieces performed at the theatre during the week; the company is much superior to any which has previously appeared in the excess, the performances helm the Mayor, Joseph Stubbs, Es under the patron A memorial is - in cow tnre by the ratepayers to the Town Cou the pub baths under their control fiered by the recto. Phillimore,Warren, Mellor, Pashley, Bramwell, Athertc Hugh Hill, Hargreave, and Headlam, of the common I bar. have been elevated to the rank of Queen's coons • dless, Elmsley, Wilcock, Coulson, W. Bailey, Glasse, Craig, and J. Anderson THE REFORMATION IN ITALY.—The Progresso of Tu rin, of the 21st ult., announces that the first ston Protestant temple was laid with great solemni city on the 19th. Among the persons of distir assisted at the ceremony were Monsignor Lac__.. Hon. Mr. Abercromby, the English minister ; Coi Redern, minister of Prussia; Mr. Kinney, the Arr minister ; and M. Bert, a Protestant clergyman at 'I ,niel, J ty in that ction who FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Sunday morn dent happened to Lady Ht accompanied daught in a four-wheel carriage, ti Christchurch, one of the t the horse that it started o hen near Boscomt which so fri el; t€ y was taken to the iristchurch, where er arrival.—Poo7e The unfortunate I surge° seriously injured residence of Mr. Pococl she expired within 10 minutes after h Herald. TILAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic returns for ti ending th lines of rail s follows London an Midland... 15,853 London and Brightor Great Western South Eastern . . York and North Midland Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincoln- shire Bristol and Exe York, Newcastl iury and Chester Shrewsbury an( Eastern Counti( Great Northern North Staffordsi Leeds Northern South Wa ]5,472 1,515 lending week of 1 , IRI. The ni The total receipts on the a, ye It ' , lst £193,097 in the corresi 3n -Pass is shown to be £l3 ICINI 4.1591 per . per week 185®, mile £49 6s. lld £49 16s. 6d of the traffi is of the corm past .week are was, in 1851 The return bove the rec week of year, and this is-su tional traffic which w _s brought on to the; 11.764 1 the clOWoijtheii;ii Great Industrial Exhibition. Uri, yearly accounts we should not bo just,. the surplus traffic had not affected the regu Ilk, but will be he traffic at present gives a fair p found to be the case, From fr Goodwin Sands. picked up there is rea 'son to believe that the ill-fated ship was the Edward and Sophia, from the north, for Southend. Of the crew nothing has been heard, and we fear they have all met with a watery grave. Rio Jan invention an time, if ip from ient for crime! may lead to the s to of St. George THE All-SHIP CITY 01 ❑g to the. ;Wu, For nter into c lines; but those to whom a .ron g an .orthy, vessel krioiv how to appreciate this improvement. T arrangements of the vessel are unexceptionabl, the fare, it is enough to say that, in addition substantials, we luxuriated every day on.the f geaton,'BuCks county fowls, and Chester co To Captain Campbell, the commander, and surgeon, we have been indebted for those cot sies,and attentions on sea - voyage depend Campbell was ad passen, , with the 1 boys, the ballast of a 340-ton s ,nd, if req y ballastec of water ba .ined c adin r ) can be 'en, can be e. in a few , d, warped or towed off to deep the ship is safely ballasted azain. .re often p ire is to iption of hick costs 6s. per to r season tha no, which is c ition, and the may also ent and portable, easil lANCI-1 c pleasure o ter to Cant LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. JUVENILE THIEF.--On Wednesday, William Abraham, a boy about thirteen years of age, was committed for trial, for having stolen three silver forks, a knife, and a silver tooth-pick, from the Blind AQylum, St. Anne street. The articles were the property of Mrs. Milsiab, the matron of the institution. RECEIVING STOLEN COTTON. —On Friday,Win. Hughes and Robt. Milligan were tried in the magistrates' private room for receiving a large quantity of cotton, knowing it to have been stolen. They were committed for trial. CAUTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.—On Friday, after de ciding a number informations for exposing articles for sale on the footwalks, Mr. Mansfield stated that in no case would he allow the costs of prosecution to parties who hung or placed goods outside their shop doors. ILLEGAL PAWNING.— On Friday. a female, named Knox, for pledging bedding, &c., with three different pawnbrokers, stolen from her lodgings, was fined 205., in addition to being ordered to pay the sums for which the articles were pledged, and in default of payment was com mitted for a month. On Friday, the following beersellf.. , • - and fined in the amounts pl- fringements of the local act : and costs ; Thomas Oates, Penrliyn-street William Francis, Ray street, acquitted ; E street, 10s. arid costs. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SIiOPMAN.—On young man of respectable summoned, mes, for in- aced to their —John White -hill, 10s. and costs n Dale, Ray. Wednesi ed ppearan 1. Noith Turner, recently a shot Vey Brothers, tea deals Messrs. mended on aeharge of money without aecountir as again brough adduced which led to his committal COLLISION ON THE Riv Wednesday night, a vessel tow of the pilot-boat No. brigantine, lying at anchor at t I was in ~,,,u., ad, and carried away her quarter pilot, John No!coe, on V) 1 1 lona in' tow, appeared information laid . by tt for da- aim, £l9 , ct to an THE NEW BLOOMER 11 We afternoon last a suit of the shop window of Mrs. which attracted a consider nesday unic was made of rich C white satin vest, with a which was of strip eight inches bclo► seven , of troy is vely The hat .was r her to match, and i - 31 igand cut 23rd ultimo, the v othnorfinn, of two boy On the 31st tilt., Mrs. On the 4th inst., at Eg On the sth inst., the w ', uncle rs. The d about tia pair rimmed On the 29th ult., H. B. I o Luc On t :laughter of J ti 30th ult., nt [qr. Frederict Murray, Fsq., of Belfa , st. On the Ist inst., at St. Nici, Jane Murray, a( 2d inst., at St. G On tip W. W. Ewl Willis, to Mnr pel, Salisbury-street, Mr../ Elizabeth Mooney, of Eels? On the 2d inst., at St. M 1 St. mariner, to Mi e 3(1 inst., at '1 Mr. F. S. Constantine, cdjl. or Air. 'l'. Heaps, chemist, Pr On the 3d inst., at Pau Meredith to Ann Watkit On the 3d inst., at Taylor, M.N., Mr. W On the 3d inst , _t Daft Young, of this ,___...... . On the 4th inst., at St. Mar ran, Mr. George Miller to M On the 4th inst., at St. Phi Sutton, Cheshire, to Jane, y bur o n, Esq., Park-l ane , Live he 4th Inst., at All Sa tev. J. Jame.son, George lary, youngest daughter of On the 4th inst., at Musse Thos. S. Paterson, Esq., of t Paterson, Esq., of Nunfield, Dr ter of Henry Sanderson, Esq. On the 4th inst., at St. Ma Rev. A. Knox, Mr. J. M'Gi Claughton Firs, to Elizabeth, ing, farmer, Brimstage, Chils: On the sth inst., at St. David Mr. 11. J._Hughes, painter, I. On the 6th inst., .at St. Ge Rev. W. W. Ewbank, Chas. ( to Elizabeth, daughter of Geo On the Bth at St.. Pete street, by the Rev. T. Bonn) Mary Ann Unsvrorth. On the 9th instant. at St. I On the 9th instant, Mr. H Byrom-street, to Mary Ann ising advocate of Kay, chief engir John D )1 , .)Ogi 9tl) ult., at t t, at W( rand nn in Sprin e 4th inst., aged f Higher Tranu the 4th inst Flom Sa h instant, in Lc ,t, at his r after a r i;tianforiitilde, Car entire of its campaigns in India with the Local Constabulary of of Itanehij for trial ceived Churcl Cam nb On C. NV Ibiirrfl). I R.N., o •ch, BirA 11Pn n Pt ington, this county