The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-01-01 00:00:00

70 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Liverpool, 28th December. 1838.
Slll,—Permit me to call your attention to a state of mat-
ters most disgraceful to our enlightened and refermed Town
Council. The robberies which are daily committed in Li-
verpool are becoming more and more apparent, and unless
the most strenuous efforts arc directed towards suppressing
them, property will continue to suffer to an almost inconceiv-
able extent. As a resident in the outskirts of the town, in a
place almost wholly unprotected by the police, I confess my
apprehensions are seriously excited, and trust this important
matter will engage some share of your attention, possessed,
as you doubtless are, of facts to substantiate the above elle-
gation.—l am, Sir, your's most respectfully,
A SUFFERER.

COMMITMENTS.—On Friday, two men, named John Chat-
terton and John Simmons, were committed by Mr. Hall, for
14 days, to the House of Correction, Kirkdale, for stealing a
quantity of raw coffee, from the Quay, at No. 1, Graving
Dock.

THE CH ASS.—The Cheshire Hounds will meet to-morrow,
the 2d instant, at Tarvin ; Thursday, the 3d, at Tilston ; and
on Saturday, the sth, at Norton Priory, each morning at
half•past ten o'clock.

Cll ESTER RACES..—It is staled to be the intention of the
Hon. E. M. LI. Mostyu, to give the splendid Stand Cup, for
which Birdlime walked over the course last year, to be run
for at the ensuing meeting. The day for this race is Lot yet
fixed.

A FLYING FISH.—On the homeward voyage of the Liver-
pool (steam•ship) from New York, and when she was in
nearly the same parallel of latitude as this port, a flying-fish
fell on board, and has been preserved in spirits by Mr. Shaw,
the marine-superintendent of the Trans-Atlantic Steam-ship
Company, who was on board. It very rarely happens, we
believe, that the flying•fish visits so northern a part of the
ocean, and particularly in winter.

Fashionable arrivals at the Grand Junction Hotel --Sir
J. S. Whale, Lieutenant-Colonel Radcliff, Captain Mont-
gomery, R.N., Captain Vereker, Captain Low, Cant. Turner,
R.N., Colonel Gore, Sir G. Shifnetl, C. 0. Dwyer, Esq., H.
J. Richards, Esq., W. Riddell, Esq., Miss Turner, Mr. and
Mrs. Richardson and family, Mrs Moore and family, W. H.
Browne, Esq., J. Manable, Esq., W. Newer, Esq., Alfred
Burton, Esq., G. Frazer, Esq., H. St. George, Esq., J. S.
Sugrue, Esq., W. Hime, Esq., W. Bentinck, Esq., J. John-
stone, Esq.
OSWESTRT SCHOOL—Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. has
offered to the Mister of Oswestry School a nomination to
the East India Military College at Addiscombe, as a Prize
to be contended for by Mr. Donne's Pupils in the year ISIO.
Sir Richard Jenkins was, we believe, educated at Oswestry
School.—Solopiart Journal.
SERMONS ON BEHALF OF THE DISPENSARIES.—The Com-
mittee of the Liverpool Dispensaries having resolved to ex-
tend the influence of the North Dispensary to Kirkdale and
Everton, in which portions of the borough there are numbers
of poor persons, unable to procure medical assistance when
required, being entirely dependent upon that procured for
them by the charitable individuals who visit them in their
sickness ; and this extension requiring an additional surgeon
to perform the increased duties, the tev. D. James deemed
it advisable to call upon the members of his congregation for
assistance, to forward the object of the institution. The
Rev. Gentleman delivered two eloquent addresses in further-
ance of the object, on Sunday last, when ,about £22 were
collected.

LIVER THEATRE.—This lively little theatre has just
been opened for its season by its clever lessees; and there is
every promise of attraction succeeding attraction, so long as
the season may continue. The stock company as a whole,
is good and efficient; and "stars" seriatim are to be added
to at.—Last evening a lively drama, " False and Constant"
was brought out, which introduced Mrs. Waylett, who played
as Constance, and sang two or three of her mos: admired
ails. Though suffering under a severe cold, she sang most
sweetly " Away, away to the mountain's brow," and other
melodies. That corps drainatique in himself, Mr. Howard,
we were glad to see, still enriches the company with his
versatile acting. The laughable burletta of " Nicholas
Nicklehy"' dramatized Iron.; Boz's work, was also brought
out. The house was a complete cram, and omens well for
the season.

liAwxiNG Ix THE OLDEN Tiste.—Under this title a
most magnificent painting has just been finished by Land-
seer, for Lord Francis Egerton, M.P. The picture is of a
very large size, and exhibits a nobleman, his Ady, and
child, with their horses, attended by a page and a servant,
with hawks, about to seek the exhilarating sport of hawking.
It is a family painting, the figures being likenesses of his
lordship and family. The likeness of his lordship is exceed.
ingiy correct. The grouping, the colouring, and the finish
of the whole painting are superb. We have not yet bad suf-
ficient opportunity of seeing it, but from the hasty glance of
the painting we have had, we can have little hesitation in
pronouncing it to be one of the finest paintings that ever
came into Liverpool. An engraving of the picture, by Cou-
sins, is about to be published. Mr. W. Burland has suc-
ceeded in obtaining the picture to exhibit at his rooms in
Church-street, for this week. We can assure our readers
they will miss a treat if they do not see it: