The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

THE Rochdale and Staleybridge petitions for the grant of
a charter of incorporation to each of those boroughs will be
cousidered in the Privy Council to be held on the 6th March.
IT is said that the functions of the receiver of Admiralty
droits at this port have been transferred to the Customs'
department, and the fees are in future to be applied to public
purposes.
JAMES DAwsoN, a horse-dealer, of Todmorden, after con-
fessing to the robbery of a man with whom he lodged, for a
night, at Blackpool, committed suicide by hanging himself.
Dawson himself had been robbed at Preston fair.

Ma. AND Mns. MOLYNEUX'S ANNUAL BALL took place at
the Assembly-rooms, Great George-street, on Thnrsday.
Messrs. Shand, Cooper, Wagstaffe, and Lawrence, the mem-
bers for Great George ard, and about 160 persons, were
present. The room was tastefully decorated.
.Ar the half-yearly meeting of the East Lancashire Railway
Company, to be held on the 20th instant, the directors will
recommend the shareholders to declare a dividend of 31 per
cent. per annum for the past half-year, on the ordinary stock
of the company, carrying a balance to the credit of the
reserved fund.
ABOLITION OF DUBS ON SatrrlNG.—At the quarterly
meeting of the Newcastle town council, held on Wednesday, a
committee consisting of the mayor, Alderman Hodgson, and
seven other members of that body were appointed to co-operate
with Liverpool and other ports affected, to oppose the passing
of Mr. Lowe's bill for the abolition of shipping dues.
COLLEGIATE ScnooL of Aar.—Though this school and its
branches have been in operation only three-quarters of a year,
prizes have been already awarded by government in the fol-
lowing pupil-teachers :—W. Griffiths, of the North Church of
England Schools, Bond-street ; Henry Mercer, of St. Thomas'
School, Grafton-street; and John Malcolm, of St. Barnabas'
School, Greenland-street.
LivEuroot, MARCH ASSIZES.—The court will be opened
on Saturday, the 22nd-of March; and the last day for making
up issues will be Thursday, the 13th of March. The entry of
causesvill close on Monday, the 21th of March. The first list
of cantos will include the hundred of Salford, and the second
list West Derby hundred or elsewhere. The causes in the
second list will not be called-on for trial before Wednesday,
the'26lh of March.
IONDON AND NOR.TII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We 'under-
,stand that the half-yearly accounts to the 31st Decemiser last
haue been made up, and that the balance of net profits will
'enable the directors to declare a dividend at the rate'of 5-1-, per
-tent. per annum, and add some £40,000 to the reserve carried
-over from last June account. It is also understood that while
the receipts have inercased the working expenses have been
reduced.
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PnoroanArtarc SOCEETY.—A gener-almeetingof this society
was held on Tuesday The chairman read a-circular, showing
the favourable positim in which the society stands. The fol-
lowing gentlemen‘were appointed members'of the council of
the society:—J. Innes, H. Dawson, • Leithsad, W. A.
Duckworth, C. IL Chadburn, T. Higgih, J. J. Foard, M
Mercer, J. Stevens, E. J. Fitt, and F. :Howard, associate.
A paper, by Mr. Foard, on the comparative merits of the
daguerreotype ;mid glass processs was 'read: The business
was concluded-with a vote of thanks to-Mr. Foard.
RAILWAY ItYTEN SION.— On Frldars.%ill, called the Liver-
pool Extension Bill, for the formation of a railway from Sand- .
bach to Moore, Warrington, Stockpott,,and Liverpool, passed
the standing orders of Parliament. Also for a railway from
Garsthn to Liverpool, and for running powers over carious ;
adjoining -railways. It also seeks powers for facilitating the
transmission of traffic, affecting the Birkenhead, Ifancashire
and Cheshire Junction Railway; Ma,uchester, South Junction.
and Altrincham Railway; and 'Warrington and Stockpot
EtailwaY Companies. Suchpowers to be conferred on the North
Staffordshire Railway Company,- and St. Helen's Canal and
Railway Company.
1111 E; DETECTEVE DErIRTMFI4T.—At the borough -sessions,
en Tuesday, before Gilbert Henicrson, Esq., the f.eelzirde-.t,
John:Hadfield, 25, William 1-16,dEeld, 18, and John Flood;4i3,
all described as labonrers,.were -found guilty and-sentenced to
two years' imprisonment, for m-tealing a trunk, .contziitiktg
money and goods, valued ;at It WO, the property of M., Louis
Sanaa], a French gentleman; recently arrived at disport from
Seta America. When information of this robbery was
at'the Police-office, the case was placed in the hands orln-
spector Murphy, Who succeeded not only in apprehending the
rblyhers (two of then:tin:Stockport, and the thirdin Manthhes-
tor), but in recovering -the7 trunk which had been stolen, and
property belongiug M. -San= to the amount of£4oo.
Scnoon FOR 'THE ffrp.—A special Ineesng ortbis cor-
;rporation was held at the school, Hardman-street, on' Tuesday,
for the purpose of.correctingtheappointmentorvice-pre4lents
which took place at.n general meeting the previous week. The
Rev. Rector Campbell. presided. The treasurer explainod that,
according to the act of-parliament, no vice-president-shall be
a member of the:common-council ; and, therefore, the appoint-
ment of Mr. Earle, In-conjunction with Mr:-George Green
Hornby, was void. 'To- correct the informality,lt,was pro-
posed to substitute the- name of Mr. Francis Brown in place
of Mr. Earle. This proposition was unanimously -agreed to.
The meeting then resolved itself into committeerto 'transact
the ordinary business of-the institution.

ARCHITECTS:WALL ,AND ARCH2COLOGICAL SOOZETY.—On
Wednesday the enerabers.of this sc ckty held their usual meet-
ing, at the Royal Institution, Col quitt-street. ,-Mr. Huggins
presided. The following were unanimously elected associate
members F: French, of Bolton, and Mr. R. Wells.
In the absence of Mr.:T.-C. D. Ba- try, who had an engagement
in London, Mr. Eoult read that e -entlernan's. paper, "On the
causes of damp in buildings, and the means used to prevent
it." Thanks were voted to Mr.. Barry for his Taper. Mr.
Verelst apprehended ~that the c hief causes .of dampness in
houses arose from that curse which was so provelent in this
country—the curse of cheapness ; for architectsein too many
instances, were not permitted to consider how they could build
best, but how they -could build cheapeet. .Afteree few brief
observations, the business was c oncluded.
THE LICENSED •lirlczriae.LLE as.—The Manchester Defence
League Association of Licensed Victuallers have -recently sent
Mr. Candelet as agent throng' h Ireland andSeotland, advo-
cating their cause, and in parti :War urging upon the licensed
victuallers of Scotland to petit ion and to exert themselves to
gain a repeal of Forbes Macke] izie's Act. Mr. emedelet has
also advocated that . a union of the licensed victuallers of the
three kingdoms sboold take pl ace, for the purpose of protect-
ing the interests of the license d victuallers, and in -opposition
to the attemptseo strenously m ade against them. 'The society
have also sent Mr. Candelet to Londonewhere he now is; and
he has been one of a deputati on which has had-an interview
with Lord Panmure on the opi nessive mature of the billeting
system to the ~publicans, the result of which hac been that
Lord Panmure has promised • to send -a-commission down to
Liverpool, with nviereof inqu firing into the matter., and eas-
ing the burdens of the,publica] es.
Inonearrumn.--William L( lather, a 'labourer. was charged
at the Poliee,courte on Friday , with the following impudent
robbery. Mrs. Hannah Fazal terly, the keeper of a public
house in Bevington-hill, said that the prisoner-came to her
house a few evenings-ago, and as lied for-some ale andpermission
to warm himself. His wishes w 'ere complied with, and he re-
mained in a room by himself fo r upwards of an hoar. When
the landlady was not -looking, he slipped out and returned
with a clock-face and works, ask ing her to advance-something
on them. She refusedesaying she was not .a pawnbroker, on
which the prisoner left her. lihe shortly afterwards disco-
vered that the prisonerhad tak, n the face and works of her
own clock, and attuallyihad the impudence to offer them to
her for sale. Information was given to the= police -who found
that the stolen propertyhad heel' pledged at the shop of Mr.
Stewart, a broker in; Brownlow-hill, to whom the prisoner
accounted for their battered appearance by sayingthe bailiffs
had been in hishouse. ,He was committed for trial.
ROYAL IxSTITI3TIOS.—The annual meeting ofethe pro-
prietors of the Royal :Lestitution was held on Friday. The
chair was occupied by thepresident, Dr. Dickenson, Who read
the report, which detailed the proceedings of the past year.
From the statement -of -the accounts, read by Mr. Alfred
North, it appeared that :the receipts last year amounted to
£1,034 lls. 5d., the expenses to £587 lls. and;the pur-
chase of a dock bond toll3oo, leaving a balance in the hands
of the bankers of £97 2,5.101 The various routine.-resolu-
tions were mewed and. seconded by Dr. Raffles, Mr. Elias
Arnaud, Mr. Harmood Banner, Mr. James Aildn, Mr.
Watson, and Mr. William; Rathbone, the latter. gentleman re-
marking that he was exceedingly glad to find the institntion
in so prosperous a condition, and that it still existed in its in-
tegrity, free from the control.and interference of the Town
Council. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks
to the chairman, -vieetpresident, and the election of the foam-
ing committee-men :—Messrs. James Aikin, Alfred North,
Hugh Hornby, J. Bramley-Hoore, M.P., J. A. Tinne, Raffles,
and Wm. Rathbone.
ACCIDENT ON THE Rever..—,On Tuesday, Mr. Augustus
Jackson, Catherine-terrace, Seaeombe, of the house of Heine
and Co., shipbrokers, came to Liverpool previous to proceeding
down the Mersey. He got his boat in tow of the Tower, one
of the Duke's steamers, to proceed to New Brighton, .and bad
just passed the Prinee's-wall, when he saw a broker's boat
with canvas up, a little in advance. Suddenly the boat dis-
appeared. Mr. Jackson immediately caused his men to cast
off, and proceeded in the .direction where the boat went down.
On arriving at the place he found three men supporting them-
selves on spars, in the water, all of ,whom seemed distressed,
and one nearly in a state of exhaustion. This man he first
rescued, and found him to be water-clerk to Messrs. Bahr,
Behrend, and Co., to which house the swamped boat belonged,
and in whose service the other two MOH were also as boatmen.
The boat was going with the tide, stern uppermost, and, on
inquiry, it appeared that in endeavouring tp get on to some
flats, proceeding outwards, in tow of a -steamer, Messrs. Bahr
and Behrend's boat was struck by one of the flats, and her
bow stove in, which was the cause of her going down. The
rescuing -boat immediately put to shore, bringing the men
thus preserved, and all the spars that could be picked up.
Hisronee SoCIETY.—The third meeting of the Archmlogi-
Cal section of this society was held in the Grand Jury-room,
St. George's-hall, on Thursday, Dr. Thom in the chair.—
Several donations were announced by the secretary. Mr.
Denson exhibited a tobacco-box, of tortoise-shell, handsomely
mounted with silver, and bearing the crest and initials of its
original owner, as a specimen of the description of box com-
monly carried by gentlemen about the middle of the last cen-
tury. Mr. Grazebrook exhibited a prospectus of the " Roll of
Cloyne," 13th and 14th century, to be published in fae-simile,
with illustrations by Richard Caulfield, Esq., of Cork. Mr.
Jacob exhibited a book of prayers, in Greek, for the use of the
Modern Greek Church, procured at the church of Balaklava ;
History and Description of the City of Jerusalem, and of the
Holy Places, folio, Venice, 1728, taken from the bishop's house
at Balaklava ; a Russian square medallion, used as a religious
charm, to be worn on the person—subject, the Virgin and
Child. It was found at Inkermann. Mr. G. R. Berry ex- 1
hibited Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England, drawn
and sketched by W. B. Scott. Dr. Thom exhibited a large
Declaration, concerning the late tumult in Scotland, from the
first original, by the King : London, 1639. Recenil d'Anti-
quilts. Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Greeques et Romaines :
Paris, 1752. A volume, containing nine Liverpool pamphlets,
of great local interest. Dr. Hume exhibited, on the part of
the Misses Cort, of Kirkby-in-Walton, four beautiful ivory ear-
rings. The subjects of them were described as being St.
Dominic, the Scourging of Christ, Hercules and Omphale, and
St. Sebastian. Mr. H. A. Bright exhibited a curious and
ancient Sclavonic prayer-book, taken at Kertch. A small
green stone, or bead perforated, and with a white spiral snake
curling round it. The Welsh call these stones " Glam Neidr,"
or snake-stones. They were worn by the different orders of
bards, each having its appropriate colour. The blue belonged
to the presiding bards, the white to the Druids, the green to
the ovates, and the three colours blended to the disciples. The
notion of their rare virtues was universal in all places where
the bardic religion was taught. An autograph of the
Empress Maria Theresa, written shortly before her death.
The paper of the evening was—" A history of the Botelier
'"‘' ^"1 r'"jTr * * "*".-t^r." :Trll,n F. Mnreb. Town-