The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-08 00:00:00

THURSDAY,

Alice Murphy, 17, and Margaret Hughes, 23, were
charged with having stolen a £lO note, and four £5 notes,
from the person of Peter Maher, on the 31st of January.
The prosecutor was a provision-dealer in Roscoe-street, and
had gone with the junior prisoner, Murphy, to a house of
ill-fame, where he was detained by the other prisoner, and
finally robbed. A part of one of the notes was produced,
which he had snatched from the hands of Murphy, who took
the money out of his pocket. The prisoners were found
guilty, and each sentenced to seven years' transportation,
with an intimation that the bench would recommend that
they should be placed in a penitentiary in this country.
Henry Rowland, 40, was tried for having stolen a watch,
value between six and eight pounds, from his employer,
Robert Roskell and partner, so far back as 1831. The pri-
soner was foreman of the concern at the time, and received
the watch to be finished, but it afterwards disappeared. The
same watch was brought to be repaired at Messrs. Roskell
and Co's. in November last, and having their name and a
number, "37,666," upon it, it was found by reference to the
books that it had never been entered as sold. It appeared
that the prisoner had sold a watch to a man in Maguire-
street, in 1833, and which he afterwards received to repair.
The prisoner, however, lost that watch and gave the man the
watch in question, receiving an additional sum of £l, in
consideration of the exchange. The purchaser pledged the
watch, and it fell into the possession of a seaman, whose wife
took it to Messrs. Roslcell's to be repaired, on the date
above-mentioned, when the matter came to light. The wit-
nesses, who spoke to the good character of the prisoner were
very numerous. lie was found guilty, but recommended to
mercy by the jury ; and was sentenced to be imprisoned
for three months.

Mr. Finch, the member for Walsall, having refused to pay
his church rate, the case was last week brought before Lord
Dartmouth and Mr. Grove, at Barr, and after a hearing a
warrant of distress was granted.—Birmingham Advertiser.

The recent inundations in the interior of Belgium have
done a good deal of mischief, but they are now, for the most
part, subsiding. In some places the embankments of the
railroads have been injured, and the water has entirely
covered the highways and level grounds in many parts.
The death of the late Duke of Buckingham occasioned a
vacancy in the number of the Knights of the Garter. The
order held by his Grace is to be given to Lord Viscount
Melbourne !! ! I think I mentioned this some time since.
It is expected that his Lordship will be invested with the
garter in the course of the next, or, perhaps, the following
week.—Correspondent of the Chester Gazette.
The established protestant churches of England and Ire-
land are, by the Act of Union, declared and constituted, to
be one and the same. Whoever, therefore, declares himself
to be the enemy of the one, is not less so that of the other.
No wonder, then, that Lord Ebrington's declaration of hos-
tility to protestantism in Ireland is felt to be equally applica-
ble to England, and that the singling out of such a man as
the Queen's representatitive in one one part of the empire
should be felt as an act of indignity offered to the whole em-
pire, and as such resented.—Morning Herald.
THE WELSH CHURCH.—At the close of last week, the
respected member for Anglesey, W. 0. Stanley, Esq., with
C. Wynne, Esq., and Lord Clive, had an interview with
Lord J. Russell, at the home office, at the close of last week,
on the subject of the appropriation of the surplus income
arising from the suppression of one of the Welsh Bishopric
and sinecure rectories. They were very favourably received
and entertain the hope of effecting an alteration in the bill,
which was read a second time in the House of Commons, on
Monday last, so as to prevent the alienation of a great por-
tion of the revenues. And on Saturday last a deputation of
members and other gentlemen connected with the Northern
part of the principality of V. attended his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace on the subject of
the state of the Church in North Wales.—The deputation
consisted of Lord Clive, M.P., the Right Hon. C. W. W.
Wynn, M.P. W. 0. Stanley, Esq., R. Richards, Esq., M.P.,
Mr. Ser,:eint Atcherley, Mr. Archdeacon Williams, the Rev.
W. Clive (Vicar of Welshpool,) and A. J. Johnes, Esq.—
Chester Gazette.

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RESOLUTIONS ON PRIVATE SILL COMli

The following resolutions were adopted in the House of
Commons on Friday last :-
1. .Resolved,—That the present distribution of counties in
the several lists, for the purpose of forming committees on
private bills, prepared under the direction of Mr. Speaker,
as prescribed by the resolution of the 19th day of April,
1826, has been found not to answer the object for which it
was framed, and that the same be discontinued.

2. Resoled,—That with a view to give effect to the opi-
nions and resolutions contained in the report of the select
committee on private business, presented on the 25th instant,
it is expedient that new lists be prepared under the direction
of Mr. Speaker, reducing considerably the number of mem-
bers above the line in the lists as now formed, excluding alto-
gether those below the line, and having regard to the new
divisions of counties as regulated by the reform act.
3. Resolved,—That a committee of selection be appeinte4s
consisting of the chairman of the standing orders committee,
and of the chairman of the committee and of the three sub-
committees on petitions for private bills, and of whom three
shall be a quorum ; and that the said committee of selection
do report from time to time to the house with respect to the.
proceedings on private bills.
4. Resolved,—That no member whose name shall be on
the list prepared under the direction of Mr. Speaker, shall
be entitled to attend or vote unless he shall have previously
made a declaration, in such form as shall be prescribed by
the committee of selection, of his willingness to serve
throughout the proceedings of the committee on the bill
referred to the list to which he belongs.
5. Resolved,---That any member who is not included in the
list directed to be prepared, shall be at liberty to make spe-
cial application to the committee of selection, alleging that
his constituents have a local interest in any private bill in
progress, such member making declaration of his willingness
e.o serve throughout the proceedings of the committee ; and
the committee shall have power to add the name of such
member to the list, if the reality of such interest shall be
established to their satisfaction.

6. Resolved,—That the committee of selection shall select
and add to the list such number of members not locally inte-
rested in the bill in progress, and in such proportion, as in
the circumstances of each case shall in their judgment be
necessary ; such members making declaration of their wil-
lingness to serve throughout the proceedings of the com-
mittee.

It is reported that the government intends to remove the
trial of Mr. Stephens from the Liverpool Assizes to the
Queen's Bench.

The Carlton Club, it is understood, has advanced the mu-
nificent sum of £5,000 to meet the expenses of the Conser-
vative candidate for North Devon.

Mr. Montgomery Martin is about to proceed to Canada,
to fill some appointment of importance and profit.
A commercial treaty has been concluded between the go-
vernment of France and Texas.

It is stated in a provincial paper, that for the Worcester
music meeting, which is to be held in September, none but
English singers will be engaged. •

We understand that the claim of Captain Barclay Allar-
dice, of Ury, to the Airth peerage, comes before the House
of Lords next month, and that no doubt exists of his being
able to establish his right to that ancient title.—Montrose
Stondard.

The Brussels papers affirm that the engagement of Mdlle.
Pauline Garcia with M. Laporte ensures her the sum of
30,000 f. (X 1200) for six representations.
STATE OF TRADE.—There has been a little animation in
the yarn and cloth markets during the last two or three days ;
probably arising from another effort in the cotton market,
which will not substantially improve either spinner or manu-
facturer.—Blackburn Standard.

If reports be true, Lord Palmerston, in the course of a
short time, will be kicked out of the administration with as
little ceremony as Lord Glenelg received.

The Duke of Cambridge is suffering from a severe cold,
and has his face very much swollen, At a late hour last
night his Royal Highness continued in the same state.
It is reported that Sir John Cam Hobhouse is about to
retire from the Board of Control, and to be called to the
House of Peers. Mr. Macauley will be his ,successor. Sir
John has long been tired of the proceedings of his worthy
colleagues.
It is now positively arranged that his Imperial Highness
the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia will visit this country
the latter end of the ensuing month. The Russian Embassy
(Ashburnham House) has undergone a thorough internal
redecoration, and been furnished in a most costly manner,
against his Imperial Highness's arrival.
Mr. Gisborne, the rejected of Carlow, could "a tale unfold,"
not very dissimilar to that of his fellow dupe,- Mr. Raphael ;
but his letting the world into the secret probably depends
upon certain contingencies—such as efforts to refund—which
makes the affair, as yet at least, not ripe for disclosure, if
it ever is.

WEARING STOCKINGS.—TWO centuries ago, not one per-
son in a thousand wore wove stockings ; one century ago,
not one person in five hundred wore them ; now, not one
person ina thousand is without them ; yet William Lea, the
inventor of the stocking frame, could get no person to pa-
tronise his invention, and he died of a broken heart.
EXTRAORDINARY DIFFERENCE IN THE TEMPERATURE.
—The highest point of my thermometer in the shade was
yesterday 52 degrees of Fahrenheit, whilst in the sun the
mercury rose to 91, and during the night sank to 34, making
the extraordinary difference of 57 degrees.—Correspondent
of the Timis, Paragon, New Kent-road, March 4.
RIVER Ili IBLE NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT.—We are
glad to state that the dredging vessel which has been con-
structed on the New Quay in this town, for the purpose of
deepening the river, is now completed, and will be launched
in about ten days, by which time the requisite machinery will
arrive from Leith.—Preston paper.
" POUND FOOLISH."—At a recent public sale in Reform-
street, the auctioneer, apparently a capital business man
withal, gave vent to sundry dolorous complainings because
his audience would scarcely hazard a single " bid" for any
thing. In vain he tried every possible variety of goods, but
his phlegmatic auditory would not stir a single step. " Well,
then," .exclaimed the perplexed exposer, his countenance
brightening up a little, " since you are determined not to
buy any of my articles, I'll just try a specimen of a different
description. Here then," said he, holding up a pound
note to their astonished gaze, " what will you give me for a
pound note of the Eastern Bank ! How much? only 18s.,
18s. 6d., 19s. No advance on 19s. fora pound note ? Wilt
nobody give me more than 19s. ?" A customer seemingly a
" knowing one," lustily bawled out 19s. 6d., when the repre-
sentative of real value was instantly knocked down to him.
After tendering the price, and, most unwillingly it may be
believed, lid. of duty, the beautiful specimen of native
engraving cost him only £1 and sd.—Dumfries Courier.
Mr. WAELEY.—The gentlemen of the medical profession,
who rejoiced greatly at the election of one of their number
to the coronership, have been rather startled by some of the
pranks of the successful candidate since he came into office.
Putting his nasal organ into the mouth of a corpse. in order
to discover the presence of drugs in. the stomach, is, they
say, both offensive and useless. It is very true that, on the
occasion alluded to, Mr. Coroner " took nothing by his mo-
tion;'' but, in justice to the learned functionary, we think
his practice may be defended, by supposing that when he
found the parole evidence before him insufficient, he may
have come to the conclusion that " what he could not spy
out, he might smell into !"—Morning Herald;
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT WOOLWICH.—The inha-
bitants of Woolwich were on Monday thrown into the
greatest excitemet by a report that a young girl had been
murdered by a soldier. There is reason to suppose that the
deceased, who was only 18 years of age, and of most inter-
esting appearance, was just quitting her mother's house, in
one of the less frequented parts of the town, when she was
struck by a bullet, which entered her brain, and she died in-
stantaneously. No one seems to have witnessed the horrid
occurrence ; but on the discovery of the unfortunate young
creature dead, close to her mother's house, the universal ex-
citement was instantly succeeded by a suspicion that the deed
was attributable to one of the military. This surmise, how-
ever, was soon terminated by the voluntary surrender of a
young man, the son of a highly respectable tradesman, who
at once acknowledged that he was the unhappy cause of the
poor girl's death. It appears from his statement that he was
tiring at a target-stand at the bottom of u garden, the palinlia
of which were opposite to the house occupied by the deceased
mother, and the girl must have just quitted the house of
her parent when the bullet struck her.

ORNITHOLOGY .—A beautiful specimen of that species Of
bird, known to ornithologists by the name of the Peregrins
Falcon or Mountain Buzzard, was shot a few days ago, at
Simonstone, by a game watcher, in the employ Of L. G. N,
Starkie, Esq., of Huntroyde, and at the time of its
killed, was in the act of tearing to pieces a hare Which iircia2
just seized upon with its talons. The weight of this fine ob-
ject of the feathered tribe was gibs. (sixteen ounces to the
pound) ; and its measurement was as follows :---Exrema
length, I foot 10 inches ; width, (the wings being fully ex-
panded), 4 feet 2 inches ; and height, 1 foot 4 inches. The
legs measured each 10 inches in lengh, and the thighs 4*
inches in circumferference.—Blackburn Standard.
DESIRABLE PROJECT.—We have this week been informed
that it is the intention of Lord Francis ;Egerton to make a
canal, by the most direct rout, from this city to Preston
Brook. If this project is effected, all the minerals and other
produce now shipped froth Flintshire, &c., to Runcorn and
which are at present entered as imports into the port of
Liverpool, will come to this city. Should this desirable plan
be adopted, it will prove one of the most beneficial measures
in promoting the commercial prosperity of our ancient city ;
and especially in promoting the interests of. the. Chester and
Crewe Railway Company. We have not heard whether it is
intended to bring the line of canal direct to the Railway Sta-
tion in Flookersbrook or to the docks which the Railway
Company contemplate, on the banks of the Dee.—Ch. Gas.

We understand that Capt. Barclay of Moy, has purchased
the celebrated short-horn bull, Mahomed, by M. onarch,
dam, Lady Sarah, from Sir Francis Mackenzie, of Gairloch,
for One Hundred Guineas. The bull, after a keen competi-
tion, was sold at Capt. Barclay's annual sale in 1836, being
then a calf, for £7O, to Sir Francis Mackenzie ; the produce
of this bull's dam at Capt. Barclay's late sale in September
last, since 1834. realised nearly XBOO.-211ontrose Standard.
The exportation of the precious metals froth the port of
London, for the week ending Saturday last, consisted, ac-
cording to the official returns, of 1630 ounces 'of gold bars,
which were all forwarded to Hamburg!' ; 2250 ounces of
gold coin, of which 1250 ounces were shipped for Amster-
dam, and 1000 ounces for Boulogne ; and 183,015 ounces of
silver coin, which were disposed of in three parcels ; to
Bombay. 178,000 ounces ; to the West Indies 2850 ounces;
and to Havre 2165 ounces.
Famine SHEEP.—A ewe sheep, the property of Mr.
Wier, of the Squirrel Inn, Bridgnorth, not yet three years
old, dropped four fine lambs last week, which are doing well,
making in the whole ten lambs which she has produced.
She was also one of four, her dam being bred by the same
individual, and from her had and reared no less than fifteen
before she was five years old.—Salopian Journal.
The Wesleyan Methodists are enthusiastic in their efforts
to promote the success of their collection for the celebration
of the centenary. At the recent meeting in Dublin, the Rev.
Mr. Richards, of Wexford, announcing his subscription of 25
guineas, said that part of the amount had been intended for
his youngest daughter, yet unnamed, but whom he meant to
call "Centenella Wesleyanna," which was the only appro-
priate name that yet occurred to his mind. The amount of
the centenary fund now reaches £167,000.

ST. DAVID'S DAY IN CHESTER.-It was intended to
celebrate the anniversary of Cambria's tutelar Saint with
;Teat spirit in this city, on Friday last ; but in consequence
of the indisposition of Lord Mostyn, the president announced
for the day, and the lamented death of one of the vice-pre-
sidents of the Society, Charles Morrall, Esq., only a select
company of gentlemen dined together at the oyal Hotel.—
Dr. Phillips Jones presided, and Thos. Finchett-Maddock,
Esq., occupied the vice-president's chair ; and amongst the
ompany were the Mayor, (John Uniacke, Esq.); R. G.
Temple, Esq., John Finchett-Maddock, Esq., &c.—Many
urgent enquiries were made during the evening as to the
cause of the absence of Mr. Lamb, Mr. Salmon, and more
especially the young Master 21furpheys, all of whom had, on
similar occasions, been present. The usual loyal and con-
,fitutional toasts were drank, as were also the healths of the
Marquis of Westminster, Lord Mostyn, the Vice-presidents,
&c. Several excellent songs, accompanied by the harp,
were given, and the evening passed off in the utmost liar-
nony.—A numerous party also sat down to an excellent
dinner at Mr. Onslow s, the King's Head fin, Grosvenor-
street, where the most delightful harmony prevailsd until a
late hour.--Chester Gaiette.

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THE HOUR OF PRAYER.

'Tis the time of prayer, when the sun has fled,
When the thick shades of darkness around us are spread ;
When the moon from her curtains scarce ventures to peep,
And the wind whistles hollowly over the deep-
-0 then is the hour of prayer.

'Tis the time of prayer, when deep silence reigns,
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When the wind blows shrill in dismal strains,
When the stars and their brightness recede from our sight,
And leave us alone in the blackness of night—
Oh then is the hour of prayer.
'Tis the time of prayer, when the thunders roll,
When the thought of futurity strikes on the soul ;
When the lightnings dart o'er the troubled main,
And the eye strives to pierce thro' the darkness in vain—
Oh then is the hour of prayer.

"Tis the time of prayer, when in pensive mood
We sit in the deep gloom of,solitude,
When our own still reflections, we fain would shun,
And raise up our thoughts to the Holy One—
Oh then is the hour of prayer.
'Tis the time of prayer, when the midnight hour
Strikes lonely and loud from the village church tower ;
When the silence is broken by the deep hollow chime
Which tells of the shortness of fleeting time—
Oh then is the hour of prayer.