The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-23 00:00:00

FURTHER SENTENCES.

Peter Hegan, for stealing the luggage of a female passenger
from Dublin; twelve month's imprisonment, and hard la-
bour. John M`Lean, for stealing a cheese, second offence,
a similar punishment. Samuel Whitley. for stealing two
cloaks, at the Potteries ; six months. Michael Sweeny,
stealing a great coat, and obtaining several glass-es frcin a
glass-warehouse, on false pretences; six nim.th's imprison-
ment, and hard labour.

The packet-ship England, Captain Waite, which arrived
on Sunday afternoon from New York; in twenty days, had
twenty-one cabin passengers.

A RATHER UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.—NeWS from Liver-
pool one day later than by the Cambridge had been received
in New York via Quebec, the ship Erin-go-bragh, Captain
Sumpton, having made the passage from this port in thirty
days.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.—Among the pre-
miums awarded by the council of the Institution of Civil
Engineers, during the session just closed, are the following,
the subjects of which are locally interesting to this town :
A Telford medal, in silver, to Mr. Chas. Hood, for his paper
on warming and ventilating buildings. A Telford medal, in
silver, to Mr. Charles Wye Williams, for his paper on the
properties and application of turf and turf coke. A Telford
medal, in silver, to Mr. Edward Woods, for his paper on
the forms of locomotive engines.

MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE LIVERPOOL
AND MANCHESTER FISH COMPANY.—On Friday, at the
Clarendon-rooms, a meeting of such of the shareholders as
were dissatisfied with the management and proceedings of
this company was held, with a view to arrive at a correct
knowledge of the affairs of the concern, a call having been
made upon them without any satisfactory statement of the
accounts being given to the shareholders generally. It was
resolved, that a deputation should be sent to the solicitors
of the company, to require from them that a statement
should he laid before them and the company generally, and
that the meeting should be adjourned to Friday next, at the
same place, for the purpose of receiving the report of the
deputation.

STEAM r. WIND.—The packet-ship Independence, which
sailed from Liverpool on the 25th of May, arrived at New
York on the 29th of June : the s'eani-ship Liverpool, Which
sai.'al from this port on the 13th of June, reached that city
on the 29th of the same month, having perforMed the pas-
sage in nineteen days less than the Independence. The Li-
verpool left New York on the 6th instant, and anchored in
the Mersey on the 20th, in the afternoon : the packet-ship
England, which sailed from that city on the Ist instant,
reached this port on the 21st, in the afternoon also, having
been six days longer on the passage than the steamer. There
is little doubt that, had it not been for the strong southeast-
erly gales of Thursday and Friday, the England would have
reached port as soon as the Liverpool. But such steamers
as the Liverpool triumph over the most adverse winds.
BIRMINGHAM—SUNDAY AFTERNOON.—The town to out-
ward appearance, is in perfect tranquillity, and the inhabitants
are very anxiously looking for the promised inquiry into the
alleged supineness of the magistracy. Rumour, with a thou-
sand tongues, is busy about secret chartist meetings, the ma-
nufacture of pike-heads, rifles, and daggers, approaching con-
flagrations, anarchy and ruin, and if the public mind were
not already overloaded with the recollection of similar de-
tails, and your columns could not be better filled, I might
be inclined to indulge in the voluminous imaginary historical
records of the last few days. It would be a lengthy narra-
tive, almost as " Alexandrine" us that of Sir Charles Gran-
, dison.—Correspondent of Morning Herald.
PASSENGERS IN THE STEAM-SHIP LIVERPOOL, FROM
NEW YORK.—Miss Holbrook ; Mrs. Wm. Rowe, West
Indies ; Mrs. Jared Adee, New York ; Miss Van Schaick,
do. ; Mrs. Rowe, West Indies ; Charles Steffelm, New Or-
leans ; Edward Mallard, do. ; E. C. March, St. Louis, Mo.;
J. A. Reimenschnieder, Germany ; W. Y. Rooker, Mary-
land ; Master Reimenschnieder, Gerniany ; James Swan,
Baltimore ; Mariano Pola, Spain ; Joht.ritcher, jun., Vir-
ginia University ; Samuel Charlesworth, Huddersfield ; Ag-
natius Robled, Mexico'; Wm. Rowe, West Indies; Alfred.
Cruger, Mr. Cruger, Havana; Andrew M'Dowall, Charles-
ton; Mr. Smith, New York ; Hon. Myndert Van Schaick,
do. ; Mr. Kerr, Virginia ; Mr. Kerr, Kentucky ; James
Lawrie, Glasgow ; Mr. Holbrook, Mrs. Holbrook, and ser-
vant, Missouri ; Albert Furniss, Montreal: Jose Valdor,
Cuba ; R. W. Lloyd, do. ; Wm. Augustine Gott, John B.
Hillyer, England ; Antoinet Gaudell, Porto Rico ; Emilie
Cartero, do. ; Don Jaqu. De Arietta, Havana ; Richard
Hasluck, New York ; J. H. Mackinnell, Manchester ; J.
E. Beylle, Havana; Don Louis Mariateque, do. ; William
Prehn, New Orleans ; J. Labranche, do. ; H. Williams, do.;
L. Brierworth, New York ; H. A. Rose, do. ; Mr. Strict-
land, Philadelphia ; Chas. Alex. Pope, do. ; Wentworth W.
Pierce, Portsmouth, Va. ; John Morrison, jun., St.Thoinas;
A. H. Armour, Montreal ; Wm. Stafford, New York ; Pro-
fessor George Tucker, Virginia; Mr. Stewart, Richmond;
James M'Farlan and servant, Virginia ; Major Walter
Gwynn, North Carolina ; James B. Higginson, Boston ;
Mr. and Mrs. Oiley, London ; Henry Neville, British
Army ; P. Lawrie Sloan, New Orleans ; . Julius Calebert
and servant, Mr. Calebert, Havana ; William Caudell, Pa-
terson ; A. Kirkland, Hamilton, U. C. ; G. H. Mass, Phi-
ladelphia.
We understand that a private letter received in town, that
a slaver got on shore near Cape St. Agostini, 20 miles south
of Pernambuco, and about 150 negroes perished.
CRICKET.—A match at cricket will be played on the ground
of the Liverpool Cricket Club, on Monday the 29th instant,
between " the Phoenix" Club of Dublin, and " the Liver-
pool." This will be an interesting match, being the first
trial of skill between England and Ireland ; and from the
manner in which some of the Liverpool gentlemen have
batted this year, there are some hopes of their succeeding in
vanquishing their distinguished opponents. The betting at
present is two to one on the Phoenix, and in some instances,
five to two has been laid and in large amount.
GRAND GALA AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The
gala last night was most brilliant and successful. 'We do not
remember to have seen on these delightful grounds so nu-
merous and fashionable a company, or an assemblage more
pleased by the splendour, and beauty of the fire-works.
The burning mountain was shown with improved effect, and
the subsequent fire-works were peculiarly brilliant. The
gardens were beautifully illuminated throughout in various
devices. We shall notice the exhibition, which will be
repeated on Thursday, more fully in our next. -
CHARTISTS AT BRADFORD.—Two or three meetings of the
chartists have been held in various parts of Bradford during
the past week, at which the usual violent language has been
uttered, and a fierce dete •mination evinced to obtain by force
that which they cannot acquire by gentler means. On one
occasion, Mr. Bronterre O'Brien said, that if the military
attacked they were to set fire to the houses, and the devils
(meaning the inhabitants of those houses) would awake with
their throats cut ! Resolutions were then passed, for forming
associations for the purchase of fire-arms, and canvassing the
shopkeepers for subscriptions to the defence fund ; and in
accordance with the last resolution, most of the shopkeepers
have had a visit from a gentleman from Ireland; named
Martin, on this errand. As far as we can learn, they have
not met with much success, though an indirect, and some-
times u directthreat of exclusive dealing has been made, and
the name and residence of every person refusing his or her
pecuniary aid pot down in a booir-.Brafford Observer.

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