The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

formation as

tTISANCZa IN BIRKENB- ualf'
meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners, the CPfir,
.ian said that he had received a communication from i 4
Stevenson as to the danger of an epidemic, of chaleriaci be
fact, and pointing out several nuisances which sh",..ect,
removed. Some conversation took place on the 50'4,0
in the course of which the board expressed its willing;ocl
to remove any real nuisance within its jurisdictiO• re•
one member stated that there was a book kept for the
cord of nuisances by such as choose to complain of tber74
As to the health of the township, however, it aPPea
that it was unusually good.

or had accidentally

REMOVA

oft
BIRKENHEAD CgMISI/SSIONERS.—At the tnee'",,„, sr
Tuesday evening, the Ferry Committee recommended rbto
the wages of the three collectors at the ferry be ral'eao.
355. per week, as a reward for their good behaviour• del
salary of Mr. Rudd, the,manager„ was also ,ioa
to he advanced £5O, per annum. After some disculic,
the advance of salary was carried. The offer of lthe
Pendiebury to undertake the goods department °,`
ferry was accepted. The committee had also agreeato.
a new boat which was to be built forthwith. The r"°"ntll
ing is the statement of finances :—Receipts for the old.;
ending 31st August, 1851 and 1852.-1851, £2,056 55"
„ii to
18D2, 1'2,100 2s. Bd. Receipts from the 24th of -,11'0.;
the 31st of August, ISM and 1852-1851, .fS.49S ds'A 141
1852, £8,862 Bs. 10d. Expenditure from the 24th

to the 31st of August, 1552—X5,075,145. 6d.
M ad 9../
FREEMASONRY IN NORTH WALES. —On • --A)eu
last, the provincial grand master opened a new, or. Igor,
resuscitated an old, lodge of this ancient order at -D "'d by
which was most numerously and respectably attenuecoo-
the brethren from all parts of the kingdom. At tn, the
elusion of the ceremonies -a procession was forrae.u„,Three
Cathedral, where an eloquent and impressive dinrgibi
was delivered by the very rev. the dean, accomPsniTieb n
choice selections of raalmody and music, after 1%400
collection was made in aid of the funds of the Carnloolc
and Anglesey infirmary. An adjournment then„tuota9
place to the Penrhyn Arms Hotel, where a suovotiv
banquet was provided by Mr. Bicknell, comprising
son, game, fish, and all the delicacies of the seasnniffirt
Watkin Williams Wynne, -ALP., the P.G.M. Kother
Wales and Shropshire, _presided, supported by
Lord Viscount Dungannon, K.T., Rev E. H. v,",-eptle:i
D.G.111., and other distinguished noblemen and ustl"'
men, members of the craft. After dinner theaotlf
loyal and masonic toasts followed, and were el°q Ist/
responded to. The conviviality was kept uP de
with hour, and the brethren and guests.retired highly "e"'
with the day's proceedings.

DESTRUCTION OF PARTRIDGE& BY LIGHT,,-`.,TheaP
Last week, as some reapers were cutting a pieen,,°.`piloio
in a field at Hampton Wafer, in the parish of P°",,uio
they found eighteen young and two old partridgf,9
dead, and which were supposed to have been 10'14 sceo
lightning, visible effects of the electric fluid being "on:
in the immediate neighbourhood. As feathers are even"
conductors, it is somewhat singular that such an

should have hap pened.-e-Herefoie!, Journal. tisitlC:
NATIONAL TIME.—It would have been more tncler6
tort', since we are to have uniform time, could the siTti tb,°
have been calculated from the sun's full meridian ' se°
heart of the 'slated,
midland between its easternoret
' western coasts, rather than from a point so nec.che 1303.8,114
the eastern than the western. All disCrepanele'elstiere
thus at least have been reduced to their minimuwe
of, as will be the case, rendering such absurdities tica)iso of
as the sun coming lagging up every day to his v3atl of 6'
Bristol, Liverpool,. or Manchester, some quarterlities,
hour or so behind the time called noon in such-10'ee tll6
This is indeed a go-a-head British generation, o'4oo'
sun becomes, in its estimation of time, a laggard t4i/del.'
out the greater part of the whole country !—Vie `'91094
TREMENDOUSOFT t:
it
? CONFLAGRATION
BuisED.on—F
rEi
d[
avyz got;
BARRELS oll° rj,
was received at the London Fire-offices of the /4 rtfo t
dreadful tire which took place at Cheshunt, in eZ)Ofeed
shire, the previous day, by which a factory near" tolo—
long and about 150 feet wide was burnt to theTto der:
and property of vast extent reduced to ruins. , to 'fey
raises in which the disaster occurred belonged the ti p 1;
Perry, the varnish and turpentine factor, and at 'fltitY,';‘
contained 700 barrels of turpentine, g great tlt1300$1"0.
rosin, varnish, and various other atticles of, all,ieeS.l,l
inflammable character. Upon the alarm heing„vot, 6"e
number of labourers and others hastened to the srfeeter';:
were instrumental in rolling 200 barrels out oft he to tlri
which were deposited in one of the fields, but esciellsreelS °of
rapidity with which the flames progressed 500 i'lleteelte
turpentine ignited.. In an adjoining field stoorta BtorlLt
hay, the produce of five fields, belonging to ring rula
which took fire from the intense heat of the hisi ivo 811 it
pentine. Every endeavour was made, by Mr. 1341je
the villagers to save the stack, which was one °I ',lit et)",j,
in that part of the country, but without avail, stl insurer.
tinued burning all Friday. The hay was fortunate)? to
The whole of the valuable stock in trade belonginggedeC;
Perry, except the 200 barrels of turps before ,6" elem
has been destroyed, and the factor y consumed'
Ti..,10 1?
tunately the sufferer was not insured.
04kTer04d
THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY IN AN d013"..0112
POSITION.—The name of the Marquis of I,°lll. r-ce
figured on Monday before the Paris Civil Tribuollip pf,ef
what was stated the following facts appeared : that t't'of
1850, the agents of the marquis informed WO efe'lletoo
had received a letter from M. Soupe, a wine Inca thrior.
Paris, stating that he was about to retire (row.' ser t
trade ; that he had a large collection of wines o_,‘ a Pio
quality, which he was anxious to dispose of ;.l(; recto
the Marquis of Londonderry would consent t oter et
them, he would take coals in payment. Sher,tl4 asillgeege
wines were sent, accompanied by a bill fixing no °Cot'
10,000 f. The marquis had not been dispeseue,es, steete;
in the transaction ; but, on receipt of the °ljog tr.pe
respondence took place, and he ended by accer43l. so to
and by giving orders to have the coals which that 6440
had demanded forwarded. Things were derrY ,ari
when, some time after, the Marquis of Lend garue,ol
to Paris. To his great surprise, one morninF.,,t and to
commerce and two of his men waited on hl"?eled °.40
him that ho was their prisoner, and must be cat the se-00
the debtors' prison in the Rue de Clichy. Tribltlole
time they produced a judgment of the Cirl ee tee
authorizing the provisional incarceration 0f
en grallepe
lord. This judgment set forth that it had, been 5°,10'
in virtue of the law of 1832 on the dermal"' f leen" Ot
ftaFdi
ahrberet
erdeet
rrsnyot
Presidentoynewf.
ohani
st his
The
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slepei
adi
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b,elo
tntenhortd
ro represe
entation nittavesi
rdthleheciaatTothv
cri
foreigner,ri totbehuduel
Tribunal,
3aet as
beo
sau ! itu °loi
igr
bgte
to
lib: :it
law. The president, 31. de Belleyme, onliidbeesernosoeft
.10
the
ee
yea ahids
validity
desof
his
.e x Consignation]Tho dei
t Jus elor°l6tll
is
id,reormr y
tsheenmt altroscisoa
10,000 f., which
for M. Soupe, in the event of the tribuna t_i Loo
II
set at liberty. M. Soupe had previously °'-"tbe f‘Leocl
action, and it was set down for bearing by. entiy
Chamber of the ;Tribunal. It was subsceee an eve
aeon, sent
that it could not be pleaded before the vac_eould ia-
Soupe thereupon procured an order that iteseacation,_
before the chamber which sits during ;days a•,°ette,
stead of before the Fourth Chamber. A'e pi'
to
Messrs.
he te
F. rllunerrid '°libacstedulPract
fultaneirel li:ttraodt ,oi
ntrgldr eetrha
etdhypeortceacttehedeionofge theso s
facts,hMo drciquuteii
requested
eobiuf, 'tetieei Ceivil I
leer 0,5
Chamber of the Vacation. There was,. ,les, peel, Os
gency in the case ; and there were, bested
I be trieci
in it which made it desirable that it shon,
.. sent.
_siee
< to the alleged
of the wines supplied by M. SollP-0, the claill9
and quantity of coal delivered, and as t and
he
o3otle
to the marquis for his arbitrary arrest ;c ef th , eetle
chamberpont
points
th
abte
had
de t
o whichbe raised t had
were, be
he
edict
edits: rays
that, according to article 44 of the de F,e'ebeegea
_rea
March, 1808, the Vacation Chamber is or?,
_°one app re'
short questions which require despatch. .0°
jetted the application.
for M. Soupe, and the tribunal, to 01'3;00'
after deliberatiour

THE LIVET
IRELAND. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT.—There has just been
published a summary of the proceedings in the Encum-
b:red Estates Court, from the commencement of the
4414..4_1'0n BY DROWNING.—
On Tuesday, Mr. Star, the sittings on the 25th of November, 1849, to the Ist of
nip', f the Cork:workhouse, was accidentally drowned
, st. oathing. September, 1852. The total number of petitions pre-
atZrE sented by creditors, owners, and assignees of insolvents
413011 ItSt OF FORTUNE. A lady, whose father was was 2416. The amount of encumbrances, as stated in
is thi.e4 to be possessed of £3,000 a-year, landed estate, the petitions, was £30,515,316, and the annual rental
the ti,,°,lllitY, is seeking the office of matron to one of applicable to pay such encumbrances was £1,450,000.
,i, "Al"arY workhouses in this union.—Limerick Chron. The number of estates sold was 722, and the amount
Cat," ROYAL BANK OF IRELAND.—On Friday, this realised by the sale was £7,215,683, of which £4,250,000
per pangdeclared a dividend at the rate of six per cent. has been distributed to creditors, including £980,000
eael:lllPam for the past half-year, with a bonus of 3s. on allowed to purchasers being encumbrancers. The number
the Snare
rate of £lO. The former dividends have been at of purchasers was 2336, of which about 120 reside out of
y of five per cent. per annum Ireland and the number of conveyances executed was
M.P.—Mr. Bright has arrived in Dubin. 2311.
434eidl.tel3nRciTar,
to make a tour through the country, as it is TRANSATLANTICPACKETCOMMUNICATION.—WeIearn
(la st" the purpose of studying the landlord and tenant that the company formed in New York for the establish
. He has been invited to accept of a banquet ment of packet communication with Galway have suc-
the R>formers of Belfast. ceeded in their first step. They have secured an act of
b TRit T
congress, under which they are to get £2OO a trip for the
.E,G - '4IID-LIEUTE*TAN'T OF IRELAND AND COUNTESS
carrying of the mails when they start their vessels. They
liotiNoroN, returned 'to' their marine residence, near
to ", en Monday, from Belfast. They are expected have already in hands £35,000,. and a new steamer, the
ott,;lll,ire at Eglington Castle, Ayrshire, next week, to size of the Baltic, is about being launched at New York.
The cost of which will be £55,000. Captain Thompson,
tot' a°ent six days, for the annual race meeting at Egling-
-I,4ll•_Park. of the Sarah Sands, whose great skill and experience are The Marquis of Waterford and a large party
well known in Belfast, is to have the command of this
.ieet there on the occasion.
nutary,, . steamer. She is to ply between New York and Galway,
;4)/11 ~,nBED STATE OF SLIGO.—On Friday, ji Prlvy landing her mails and passengers at the latter port, and
Lord cll. Was held at the Castle of Dublin, at which the coming round to Belfast for goods and coals till such time
the k„"1-41.eqtenant presided. A memorial presented from as railway communication between Galway and this town
the b4aistrates of the county of Sligo, praying to have is completed. She will have accommodation for 1000
kta con" of Tireragh proclaimed as disturbed, was taken steerage passengers, besides cabin passengers, the fare for
Attelac4isideratien. The Council decided upon issuing a the former being £6. The tonnage of the new steamer is
1, eaation, which appears in the Gazette. 3030 tons. At last, then, a sound bona fide effort is made
(Ilarill! SIX-MILE BRIDGE AFFAIR. Two more men to secure for Ireland a direct packet communication with
*4r:eel.' arrested at Six-mile Bridge, charged with at- America, mainly too, it must be stated, through the ex-
'he.,... the Queen's troops and riot on the 22d July-last. onions of our countryman, Mr. Dudley Persse, who is in
tt,eie,w.rere arrested on informations sworn by Mr. C Del- Belfast at present, willing to give our merchants and ma-
One n.,' •P., and two of the soldiers of the 31st Regiment. nufacturers every information on the subject.—Northern
the the prisoners (Keeffe) was fully identified, but Whig.
tile ,:::ntshaving arisen respecting the identification of

t)l3t'o-de!nd

;John Mac

ecting the identification of
as discharged from

,arnara), he

!tvnsr.—THE MARKErs.—Another splendid
to retorts front the country a
ether will suffice for the
re it not for the scarcity
I by this

f._ anti Week' and accordin
dsw

of

more of fine

'arm Tv

the grain crops

a is that the

g to the gene

meal are beginning to come in at

repnoused. Occ
,-Ind'
„ lan corn az
bet:l..ol.ls, and, according to report
theenPven for snoolies of the n

Fit in the potato

iCse of the year.
dr„.lll3Thism IN ARMAGH. A correspondent of the
kilrenh Gazette gives the following as an exact copy of a
Man's oath, found in the neighbourhood of Tyda-
e 15th July. The original is in the possession

Of 'l', On
A., the ,„

qucherithorities I, Patt 1-i'Kenna, do swear by
ireter and Saint Paul and the Blessed Virgin Mary,
14eip 17ill be true to the Ribbon Society and keep all
mete crets and passwords, and that I will be ready in a
lAdt,st:s warning to do the Commands of my Officers,
rotes tile utmost of my power to extirpate all heresy or
IP lie-rants, and that I will wade nee deep in their blood
viil7 e all the saints and the Blessed Virgin this 2nd
p:4so2. " PATT M'KENNA his mark."

We have reason to believe that the attention of the
Home Secretary has been directed to the evils arising
from the host of " list houses" that have sprung up of
late, and that a measure of a very stringent nature will be
brought before parliament in the ensuing session. In this

-0. .uops— are conducted in an improper
manner, the proprietors retaining money which has been
invested by the public on horses which have been " struck
Iout" of the various races for several days, thereby giving
ve secured an act of the backers no chance of winning.

ECCLESIASTICAL.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS
Rev. D. R. Bleakley, ..A..11
petuat Curacy of Benowen, or Bunowen, count

Rev. W

C. Bowen

Kr'ti'ESTANT DEMONSTRATION.—On Tuesday week,
4.,te.rt,s of 200 Orangemen assembled at the demesne of
q01,4'1'., the seat of Captain 11. Stewart. in order to cut
op,~l his oats, as all the Roman Catholic reapers had
asserted that they would suffer the crop to rot on
I.°llna before they would do it, in consequence of the
Tat Captain Stewart had taken in the recent
.t the nominee of the priests. The drums

Pembrokeshire

to the Rectory and Per-

, to the Rectory of Jordanstoi

Rev. G. R. Carr, Inc

Rev. E. Cookson,
I bore, Westmoreland
Rev. E. P. Cooper, B.D
D alby, Leicestershire.
Rev. J. J. Frew., to the Rectory and Prebend of Bally-
shannon.

tectoiy of Kirkby.

to the Vicarage of Little

Rev. J. Gillington, to the-Curacy of
of Roscommon.
Rev. W. C. Gorman, -A.8., to the

asternow, county

ioralship of

and to the Librarian.

of Cor

al Curacy of St

to the Curacy of Brig'

?, Played appropriate airs during the entire of the
4ftQ h-meb tended greatly to enliven the busy scene; end,
1:lat "axing cut down about 15 acres of oats, all partook
Ititi:lthstantial dinner, and crowned the proceedings by a
e, which was keptupwith great spirit till daylight,
" th homes.—
,„8 Parties retired to their respective
vonstitntior
,°0 111_13111-

WepeQCI%N
COnt

A., to the Vicarage of Caxton

racy o

to the Vicarage

gh, county

as days

of Dunanny

TATTERSALL'S.-MuR

CHAMPAGNE STAKES.
Even on Lord John Scott's The

6to 1 agst Orinoco

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
3to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Songstress.
3to 1 Lord Exeter's Stockwell.
Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke
Mr. Pedley's Trousseau.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAr
4to 1 agst Lnrd Glaseow's Knigh
6to 1 Mr. W. Moseley's Alonzo,
6to 1 Mr. Greville's Scarecrow.
9to 1 Mr. Dawson's Lerrywheut

Ito 2

13 to 2

of the Garter.

M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford, to

Somerset

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1852.

which is particularly the case with articles using numbers from unimportant. We ha
100 to 200; the lower and hither numbers are not so seriously Exchange this morning, as
affected. There is a iood business doing in hosiery yarns, at buyers

Thomas Groves, Esq., of Plumpton-hall, Yorkshire,
has sold Cleveland Shortlegs, to Mr. Brown, of London,
for 500 guineas.
Cogia, the steeple-chase mare, has been purchased for former rates
France, by the Count de Cautaudon. Vesta and Avia
have also been purchased for the same coun

LIVERPOOL GENERAL PRODUCE
MARKET,

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.

Sugar : There; has again been a good demand for refining
qualities of B. P., but other descriptions remain very dull, the

sales are 750 blids. ; 4,000 bags Ben

.al, chiefly white Benares,

have been taken at 365. to 40s. per cwt., being rather lower
rates ; 1,000 bags Pernambuco and Paraiba have been sold at
15s. 3d. for ordinary brown, and 19'
boxes yellow Havana as

Masses is 140

for ordinary white, 1,700

21s. in bond, and 25 hhds. Porto

Fine parcels in

extreme currency of th

as. of old St. Lucia at

Ilittle new Oatmeal oil
load for choice, and 2

articles no chang

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYN

Coffee: The public sales of Jamaica have gone off with fair
spirit, and 200 tces. have found buyers at full rates; of Foreign

Wheat from

Iprincipally of the r
was wanting in cot

and weigh

were selected early, st.

-60 casks Jamaica Ginger sold at

se'nnig

ensuing we

hole was

off in ex

continues dull

be quoted. In t

d of at

sold at 9s

Shrewsbury Autumn Races are postponed from the 17th well, particularly for hosiery good; but for lace the sales may PRESTON, SEPTEMBER 11.—Since Tuesday we have !I-A
and 18th to the 23rd and 24th November, in order not to ibe checked to some extent in those articles upon which the splendid weather, and the harvest in this d
clash with Warwick. I advance of the price of cotton seriously affects prime cost, drawing to a close. Our

ports fresh np dur

a fair supply of new WI

our Corn

was a large attendance of

risk sale at t'

;s 4d. Other kind:

hand, and only a very

s disposed of at 24s per

supply of

•ge, and consisted

it Saturday; the best samples

.s. For Oats the s

tes can

) 345, from 551bs t

Omitted to