The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

MASONIC BALL—The a
the West Lancashire Instil

vancement in life of child

TICE REV. JOHN
Church, in this town, has just ptibl
of the " Criticisms," as will he s
in another column

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.—AbOIIt 1

clay morning, seven men in a sr

tors an

ains, wt

men into the water. A Birkenhead ste
the time, the crew of which succeeded in r
men, but the seventh was drowned.

DRINKING POI

I WAG

Burnes, living in Blenheim-streez,
of £1 to drink a glass of strong ale every nv, -
an hour. He won the bet, but at the expiration of
sixty minutes he was dead drunk, foaming at the mouth
and in a dangerous state. He was conveyed to flu
firmary, where the stomach pump was successfully
and thence he was transferred to the Northern F
where a little skill and attention restored him to b 1
NORTH WESTERN AND GREAT WESTE7
—There is a rumour that there is some gs
peace being established between these comp
efforts have been made to bring so desirab
1- It ' 'A that it`

underto

an event

about. _t is saia „ AT. Charles Russell, the chain
will resign the chair, and that the Hon. Mr. Wain°.
likely to be the chairman of the' Great W
THE WORKING OF SHORT TIME comm
day last at Ashton, Stalybridge, Dukinfit
Glossop. At Burnley the mills commenced rani
on Monday, four days per week ; and it was res
Wednesday, at a meeting of the manufacture-

to commence there next Monday, workin
half time. Some such course, it is also e:
adopted at Bury. At Preston the masts
to run their mills at the reduced
hands offer ; but work will only be rt.

yes, pr(

meeting of the master
will be resumed at W

- -
whole, the prospects „of a settl
more favourable.—Manchester Co
DEPARTURE OP True MAntr
Sunday the second mail-ship for tl
from this port, was towed down the
on board about 1,900 tons of cargo, forty-two int
passengers, many of whom were families, and a
plement of cabin passengers, numbering twel'

tralian colonies

rmediate
ull com-

She had also on desk foti: hOrses, which

out for the purpose of improving ' the b]

Her mails were upwardi Of fifty tons, and consisted of 203
bags of newspapers and '25 bags of correspondence, the
number of letters being upwards of 35,000, and 70,000
newspapers. She was left at. six, p.m., Seven miles dzit-

side the Northwest Jiistshi

by the owr

under full sail

INTORTANT TO "EXCURSION" RAILWAY TRAVELIRES.
—ln the MancheSter County Court on Wednesday 'last,
an Action was brOUght by a Mr. Whalley against the Di-
rectors of the London and North Western Railway, to re-
cover the value •df certain luggage lost by the plaintiff'
during his journey from Birmingham to Manchester in
one of Marcus's f•axcursion trains, in the month of October
in laSt year, the purchase of an " excursion ticket" by the
Tilaintitt; and the ldss of his luggage vliile upon .his
JoUrney-overThe London and North Western:Railway-, was
satisfactorily -proved ; but Mr. Etty,solicitor, of Liverpool,
disputed the COmpany?s liability ; and in support of his
view of the case produced a printed bill, announcing the
lerras'Upon which Mr. Marcus undertook to convey pas-
sengers from place to place. The learneitjudg,-e, after pe-
rusing the bill, held that the Railway Company were not
liable for property lost on their line 'belonging to pas-
sengerslby excursion trains; and a 'verdict accordingly
passed for the defendants. _ _

SOMIEISTERIC RAILWAT COMPANT.—The following
circular, signed by Mr. Beloe, of Briniswick-street, has
beenissued:—" The present position of the Southeastern
llallway Company demands the serious attention of the
shareholders. It is above all things important that the
direction should consist f men of `independent principles
an'a high business character. At the next general meet-
ing three directors retire by'rotation ; and the board have
fledged themselves not to 'inteifere in future elections.

follows, therefore, that on thc•sthareholders themselves
this task now devolves; and -a-committoe has been formed
in Liverpool to receive 'from > shareholders suggestions as
to the names of parties whom `they would recommend to
111 the vacancies. Should you'be able to promote in any
way the object of the committee' they will be obliged by
such suggestions as you may offer them. At a future
period the committee will-communicate to you the result
of their deliberations, logtthe

he names of the
The

gentlemen for whom they *ill request
Liverpool committee 11. also be ready to, _ _ _
other local committee having the same object in vie
that may be formed either an London, Manchester, or
elsewhere. The folloWinggentlemen have consented to
act on the Liverpool committee : —Messrs. Charles Moore,
George Maxwell, George 'Holt, Robert Higgin, Charlu
B. Wilson, Wiliam Barry, James Caw, James H. Wilson,
Robert Wilson, Wm. M'Crackan, James Jack, Wm.
Bower, James Buchanan, Thomas M. Blythe, Wm. Max-
well, Joseph Brereton." _ _

-our proxy

t With any

LIVER2OOL TowriTovisrm.—At the monthly meeting,
to-morrow, the followinv matters will be taken into con-
sideration :—Report of the Special Committee, appointed
by the Councilor" the•-'9.th of November last, to in Aire
into the charges preferred against Mr. Councillor Bradley,
and such resolutions thereon, as the Council may deem
proper; and the appointment of an additional member to
the Church Expenditure Committee, the Water Commit-
tee, and the Library mid Museum Committee, the ,appoint-
ment of the usual number of members on those corolla-

tees having been postponed by the Council on the 9tlsult.
until this report was submitted ; the proceedings of the
Finance Committee,-comprising a resolution of the magis-
trates recommending that the salaries of two clerks in the
office of the clerks to the-magistrates, be inereasel, namely,
➢ir. Jacob Walter, from £l3O to £l6O per annum, and the
salary of Mr. Riehard Ellis, from £llO to £l4O per ammm ;
and a recommendationthat the sum of £•!4 be paid out of
the'surplus income for the improvement of Calile-street ;
resolutions and reports .of, the Watch, Lighting, -Tiro
Police, and Fire Prevention Committees ; resolutions 'and

.directions of the Dock 'Committee ; resolutions and reports
of the Improvement to" mmittee ; resolutions and reports
of the Courts of Law and St. George's-hall Committee;
resolutions and 'reports: of the Markets Committee ; re-
solutions and reports of the Education Committee;
the proceedings .of the ..Gaol and House of Correction
Committee, comprising recommendation to accept-the
tender of the representatives of the late Mrs. Alderseffor
supplying, the gam aridnridewells with bread,, oatmeal,
and peas ; and ~.pf Mrs. Catherine Close for buteherg'
meat ; proceecrows of the "Town-hall Establishment Com-
mittee and the'llealth' C6mmittee; resolutions and-re-
ports of the Gardens. Committee; resolutions and reports
of the Church Expenditure Committee ; resolutions libid
reports of the Observatory Committee ; resolutions and
reports of the Water • Corr_thitfee ; the proceedings of the.
Library and Museum Committee, comprising a -recom-
mendation to appoint Mr. Wm. Itoulton, superintendent,
of the Lending Libraries. at the salary of £lOO • per
annum ; resolutions. aril-reports of the Hackney Carriage
and Licensing Comniittee ; resolutions and reports .of the
Baths Committee; the Coroner's account, amounting to
Eri 6s. 6d. ; the Mayor's -communications, comprising a
letter froth Mr. M`Naghten requesting employment ; a
letter from Sir R. *Murchison, chairman of the 'Benet
Testimonial Fund, solkiting,oubscriptions ; a letter from
the Chaplain of the Borough Gaol, requesting re-
vision of his stipend ; mernorkl from Mr. Jas. M`Donald,

-requesting that some employment may be given him; a
letter from the gentlemen :appointed by the British lisso-
elation for the Advancemento Science. to make arrange-
ments for holding flkeir . next meeting in Liverpodl,,and
requeSting-the Council to grant the use of St. George's
'tfall, for the occasion; and aJetter from.the Chairman of
the Shipwrecked Fishermen aull Mariners' Royal Be
aAient Society, soliciting assis

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

It ;sox's GRA.NDSON, Philip Ward, has received 6
cadetstip from his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
THE VENTILATING SKA.FT of the houses of parliament
is to lac raised twelve feet higher.
THE NEWCASTLE cholera fund ,now amounts to above
£6,000.

ON Tri-ESDAY WET:It a poor woman died suddenly at
Bristol of the effects of the fog acting.upon weak lungs. •
THE QUEEN has presented a donation of two hundred
'and fifty guineas to the Edinburgh blind school.
THE S'ArEiSH GOVERNMENT has decided on a vast
system of railsvays, the execution of which will be- con—
fided to an :English company.
A CART Horau twenty-one hands high, and weighing:
twenty-five cwt., was exhibited at Munster fair. At three
years old he drew five tons.
A WomAN, named Avery, was convicted at the Central
Criminal Court, on Thursday, for an assault on her hum--
band, and sentenced to hard labour for four, luonths,
MONUMENT TO SIR ISAAC NEWTON.—The town of
Grantham has raised £B,OOO for a monument -to Sir Isaac.
Newton.

MISS CALVERT, a young lady, has been committed to
Carlisle gaol, by the justices of Peurith, on a ,charge of
te*ng various articles from several shops.

NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT has begun to.prose-
cute the Mormons, contrary to the wishes of the majority
of the bishops and clergy.
EABT FITEWILLIAM'S annual sale of fat stock took
place at the farm at Wentworth Woodhouse, on Thurs-
day. The lidding was so spirited that in about half-an-
hour the whole were disposed ut
MR. WALTER DE WINTON, of Maestrigh Castle, whose
name leas the first on the list for the sheriffship of Rad-
norshire, is a minor ; but he wnl be of age before the
" pricking" of the list of sheriffs.
Ar Woolwien there are the large number of 28,000
ship and garrison guns arranged on the ground of the
Arsenal, on the south side of the stores, and upwards of
4,000,000 cannon-balls and shells on the other.
A SPECIMEN of the little Auk, a bird which abounds
on the shores of Greenland and Spitzbergen, but which is
seldom seen on the English coast, was caught at South
Luffenham, Lincolnshire, a few days since.
A NUMBER OF CROSSBILLB, birds whose presence is
thought to foretoken a severe winter, were seen on the
18th ult., at Forthingham, in Lincolnshire, and four of
them were captured.

SOME OF THE RUSSIAN BREAD taken at Shefkatil has
been handed about Constantinople, and is everywhere re.
garded with astonishment. People wonder how it is pos-
sible for human beings to consume such repulsive material.
THE YOUTHFUL EARL or KIETORE delivered a lecture
last week to the Inverary Mutual Improvement Society,
on the subject of self-culture. The noble earl's address,
we are told, was highly admired, and was remarkable for
the religious tone with which it was pervaded.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday morning the
dead body of a man was found lying on the side of the
Edinburgh mail road by Tweedshaws. No marks of
violence were visible either on the road or the body. He
appears to have been a travelling blacksmith, about 30
years of age. There was nothing in his pockets but a
pair of spectacles and a tobacco pipe.—Dumfries Courier.
THE •SMITHFIELD CATTLE STIONV.—PrinCe Albert is,
as usual, an extensive competitor in the cattle and pig
classes ; and Sir Harry Verney, Claydon-house, has an
ox of Brobdignagian proportions; while some of the
finest specimens of Earl Derby's remaining stock have
been selected for competition, The judges made their
awards yesterday.

day wee

SIR E. B. LYTTON
Honorary President
University, will delis*

anuary

who las.

ssion was elected

.ssociated Sociei
ingural address

THE EARL OP DERBY is sufferir
of his old enemy, the gout We arc

sects of this

healt
—Morniiiq Post.

peen more se

,ble earl's ger

MILLER having announced

tisement

him " with the intention of con

solely to avoid being killed by him."
FRANCES FARQUHARSON, once th
West Indian, died from exposure ai

on a holiday from th
The night had been cold, an 4
dead in the Loughborough-n
Ma. WILLIAM WEBB WARD, one
South Staffordshire, and James Dav'

shire
.sessions, on a 6
Davis of 10s. 6cl.

SAID PASII.

any pr

'ere on Wednes:

•ge of conspiring to d,

fraud A

the heir-apparent to the Pashalic of
I an English nurse for the child of

at, has engage

one of the sons of 'brat

'ench nur

ais childrer

SEVERAL sepulchral urns, some glass bottles, lam
ents, and other Roman relics have been reocnt]

at [Colchester by the labourers employed

TnE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. has, it is said. withdrawn
the whole of his funds from the Bank of England, and
closed his account with that establishment, and also with
the Bank of France. The Bank of England had acted a
his bankers since the failure of Messrs. Harman and Co
Acre; I in 1846

AN EXCEEDINGLY PLASH MEMBER of the "swell
mob" has been committed for trial by the Wolverhamp-
)f a lady whilst

gistrates for picking

the pocket

travelling in a first-class railway Carrio*.
who was " working the line," abstracted tl
and returned the clasped purse to its place.

LIMES AVE CEUVRG

Liree sovereigns

Poland residing in Paris c

—For several years
niebrated the revolu

any counten