The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

Till?, LIVEI-POOL STANDARD.

tify personal jealousies, or to advance incipient
ambition.

MEETING OF THETONTRIBUTORS TO THE ST. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
JUDE'S FUND, FOR THE RELIEF OF THE'
i DISTRESSED IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND-
.

We are glad to perceive, from the n::2ting of
the Commissioners yesterday, that there seems
disposition to return to a better state of

things

LIVERPOOL COURT OF BANKRUPTCI

Shortly after the sitting of the court on Friday, an ap..
plication was made to Mr. Commissioner Perry, on the
part of Messrs. Stockdale and Son, whose failure some

) created such excitement in the mercantile world,
had been opened

atia 1 a

'at in bankrL

Irish people, f

ions of the committee

as woal,

ie accuracy a

the poor women and children in his district would be gldd
to occupy themselves in producing knitted articles of
woollen and worsted. Many harrowing details of the
distressed state of the population were given, as well as
encomiums upon the promptitude with which the funds
received by the committee had been remitted, and the

excellent manner in which they had been appropriated.
After a short conversation, in which the appointment
of a ladies' committee was suggested by Mr. Grantham
and approved, it was resolved that a second subscription
" -

of the congregation of St. Jude's should at once be en-
tered into ; that the meeting desirous to promote industry

The CHAIRMAN explained that the discussion on the
sanatory condition of the schools of Liverpool could not
be resumed this evening, in consequence of the unavoid-
' able absence of Dr. Batman. It would, he said, be re-
sumed on the next night of meeting.
Mr. LOUTH was then introduced to the meeting by
Dr. Duncan, when he explained the• construction and
movements of a new patent chimney-sweeping machine,
called the Ratnoneur Machine. Mr. Louth stated that
the machine consists of four brushes, forming a square
head, which, by means of elastic and durable springs,
contract or expand according to the space the machine
moves in. The rods attached to this head of four brushes
are supplied at intervals with an universal spring joint,
capable of turning over a right angle ; and the whole is
surrounded by a series of double revolving balls, which,
together with a leading double revolving ball, being also
another universal spring joint, conduct the brushes into
every angle, crevice, and corner, cleansing in its route
most thoroughly.
The meeting shortly after adjourned.

while they relieve destitution, authorise the committee to
employ such proportion of the funds as they may deem
desirable in the encouragement of spinning, knitting,
weaving, and other domestic occupations ; and that a
circular containing such resolutions should be sent to each
member of the congregation and as many of the contri-
butors to the fund as could be found. A paper was then
sent round, and the subscriptions of the members of the
committee present collected, to the amount, we under-

stood, of upwards of £lOO. A further meeting was to be
held in the course of the day, in order to remit such fur-
ther sums of money as were most urgently required.

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS

A special meeting of this Board was held at the Com-
missioners' Rooms yesterday, for the purpose of receiving
the Report of the Gas and Water Committee, it being an
adjournment from the 16th of January last.

On the motion of Mr. Price, WM. Potter, Esq., was

Mr. PorrEn, on taking the chair, stated that at the

M. JULLIEN'S CONCERT, YESTERDAY
EVENING.

another chairman ; his reasons for doing so were, because
when he first agreed to accept the office, he understood
that the chief business of the Board would be transacted
in the committees, and that he, as chairman, would be able
1, I to obtain information from the chair

This celebrated musician and composer gave yesterday
evening, a grand treat to the public of Liverpool, or to so
many as could be crammed into the Nelson-street Con-
cert •Hall, which-was filled, a very few minutes after the
opening of the doors, by a most fashionable audience.
After the overture in the first part (William Tell) had
been magnificently played, Jullien's Quadrille, (The
Crusaders,) which has been the delight of our danc-
ing parties, was given with great precision and force.
Miss Birth, who was engaged by the liberality of M.
Jnllien, as an additional attraction, next gave a scena
from Verdi's opera of Ennai, (sorte a la notte,) so
beautifully, that it was only the appeal of Jullien's
baton which saved her from the fatigue of an encore.
Kcenig's valse a deux temps.(" The Hyacinth") followed,
and was finely played. _ _

aan of those com-
mittees from time to time, and that the general Board
meetings would belittle more than a record of such pro-
ceedings. He was, therefore, very much surprised at the
last meeting to find a resolution thrown upon the table,
of the contents of which he was entirely ignorant, and
that he should also have been kept in ignorance of
the resignation of Mr. Maßaby. Since then hehad re-
ceived letters from a large majority of the commissioners,

his doing- so would tend to promote harmony. - That
was a strong reason for his doing so ; but a still
stronger one was, because a sinister motive had been
placed upon his retirement—namely, that the affairs of
the township were in a state of disorder, and therefore he
wished to withdraw. Nothing could be farther from his

Mons. Prospere next played' a solo on the serpentcleide
—one of the most wonderful performances we ever heard
—and was warmly applauded. Beethoven's celebrated

intentions, for he knew that the affairs of the township
were now placed on a more firm basis than ever. If, how-
ever, he accepted the office, it would only be on a con-
dition that there should be a code of standing orders
hose adopted by the Liverpool Town
---venting what

symphony (the Allegro and storm) was next given with
exquisite taste and finish. The next was the gem of this
part, a Venetian serenade, by Roch Albert, and
which we have sern in Jullien's album for this year. Miss
Birch sang this beautiful song, and was rapturously en-
cored, one of the loudest to applaud being Jullien him-

:antatrice

he complained of. (Cheers.) _ ....
Mr. Wai. LAIRD said the resolution he proposed at the
last meetirrg was no departure from the course previously
very Commissioner had hitherto made a mo-
e at the time. He, however, should be

The close of the first part was Jullien's new quadrille,
" The British," a thrilling composition, introducing the
whole details of a military engagement, which was re-
ceived With rapturous applause.
Part 2 was commenced with Donnizetti's Lucia di

;lad to see a code of rut

move that the subject be referred to the same committee
who had the appointment of Law Clerk.
Mr. GREGORY, the Clerk to the Committees, then read
the reports of the Gas and Water Committee, which is

trombone,

n.d. Herr Koenig

cornet cues

report, after some little discussion, was adopted,

and the Meeting terminated

THE FEMALE

he subscribers and

!sterday

and wl

iite tippets and caps,_ were in an adjoining room;

communicating by folding doors with that in which the
meeting was held. They looked remarkably well and
cheerful, and were all busy sewing during the proceedings.
mi..„ itm_ _ , •

me nev. Mr. PARRY being called to the chair, at his
request the proceedings were commenced- by prayer, by
the Rev. H. Higgins.
The CHAIRMAN, on opening the business, regretted
that neither of the rectors were present to fill the station
to which he had the honour to be called.;. but he felt
assured that—important duties elsewhere having, no
doubt, prevented their attendance—if they were not-pre-
sent_in person, they were with those present in spirit.

gth, as all present were in.fi

Favour. of the institution

his requE

HARMOOD BANNER read the report, which wa!
0.. 41, n,.,,,,..1 c. e:.. +hr. rb",r• Inrwavg. nsavvs

announced gratifying proofs of the utility
—which had never flagged; but had year by
and more successful. The number of

FeJi. 23, 184/.

A LETrER FROM LONDON

The usual fortnightly meeting of the members of this LO:VIYON, MONDAY MORNiNG.
society was held yesterday evening, at the Royal Institu- The accounts from Ireland are increasing the alarm
A meeting of the above was held yesterday, at the Cla- tion, Colquitt-street. There was a very large attendance now generally felt for the lives of the people. A hint,
rendon-raoms, to determine upon the further steps to be of members ; Dr. Bourn in the chair. thrown like a rocket, from the columns of the Timesf
taken for the relief of their destitute brethren in Ireland After the transaction of some routine business, • that Manchester ere long may become an English Skib-
and in Scotland. The chair wastaken by the Rev. Canon Mr. SUTTON read a, paper on the importance of a regular bereen, has excited emotions in this metropolis from
M`Neile, incumbent of St. Jude's ; And we noticed a system of government statistics of the agricultural pro- which apprehensions of the gravest character cannot be
number of influential members of the congregation duce of the empire, advocating, first, the necessity of separated. What is to be done ?
present. having a regular and even supply of food in a country so A reader, or a listener to, the debates in both Houses,
Several letters were read by the rev. chairman, and by thickly populated as ours, in order to counteract the ruin with a fore-knowledge of the' real extent of Irish destitu-
the Rev. John Jones, from correspondents in Ireland, and misery entailed upon the people by the present state of tion would imagine that the Legislature meets not so
--ssive of their gratitude, and that of the suffering things ; and, second]) , the consideration of the expediency much to adopt alleviative measures as to indulge in de-
' - the aid afforded them through the exer- of such a system of published agricultural and commer- clamatory exhibitions. Ministers themselves have good
and the beneficence of their cial statistics of food ' n•ive sm timely notice of intentions ; their desires run in a right direction ; bat they

.vut ua v++. our pi-um:Lulu warm, uuu requirements, as ueing tne nest tail in that energy which is necessary to make. Parliament
estitution and suffering yet to be met. One rev. and most certain means that can be adopted to bring feel the full pressure of its responsibilities. To have cum-
gentleman, Mr. St. John, writing to Mr. Janes, stated about such means and regularity in the supply ; and plete, and official, intelligence that human beings speaking
that he was then relieving 1520 daily ; and intreated which would, upon the ordinary and acknowledged prin- our own tongue, are perishing by thousands, and yet to
4 .111.1 11,61; C
-4 comprehensive remedy that
---,crestive of a power

, have a direct tendency to I hesitate in a-pplying the m

resources can afford,

__ these two behind, which is more than ministerial.
positions in his paper, which was an exceedingly clear A small, very small, section of the legislature, has:
and lucid essay, adducing examples and arguments in pointed out the cause of the national calamity, and the
favour of his views from the systems adopted in France, duty of the country in consequence' of it. Mr. Plumptre
Prussia, Holland, and the: States, as contrasted with the has been the only man who has dared to say in the House
meagreness of the information on this important subject of Commons that the,visitation is sent in consequence of
which is afforded in this country. our grievous sins. Not one of the mitred bishops, who•
At the conclusion of the paper, which was loudly ap- occupy the very bench in the House of Lords from which
plauded, a very animated conversation ensued upon the the noble President of the Council, with the tongue of a
nature of its contents, in which, as is usual upon such oc- master in eloquence, has described Irish calamity, has yet
casions, a considerable diversity of opinion existed. been bold enough to declare that we are under a dispen-
sation of wrath. The new commission, and its probable
operation on prelatic purposes furnish more agreeable
topics for discussion, and are less likely to offend in high
quarters. What is to be done ?
All that has been done by the episcopal order has been
to direct their clergy, in obedience to the Queen's letter,
to incite their flocks to liEeral alms. Some have them-
selves contributed, perhaps all ; but what more have they
done ? National sins demand national repentance, yet what
spiritual lord, in his place in Parliament, has called on the
Government to appoint a day of public general humilia-
tion ? None. But at this moment, it reallymakes us think
the laxity of the worst portion of the last century may re-
cur in high places. The inferior clergy of the metropolis
are procuring signatures to petitions, praying Parliament
to address the Crown with this design in view. In' the
parish church of Islington, the Rev. Daniel Wilson called
upon his hearers yesterday, to sign these instruments--
even on-that sacred day. Other ministers did the same.
The case then is urgent ; and the Church is found in its
right place and duty, when the body of it call upon, the
executive to give the people an opportunity to bewail their
transgressions, and by prayer and supplication " to move.
Him who moves the universe."
The "Irish Society," and other circles exelusively de--
voted to the•green isle, can scarcely dissemble their-alarm-
at the state of Mr. O'Connell's health. That great ill of
the flesh, which commonly assaults men of his age and,
habit, and which puts both materia medico and the col-•
lege of surgeons at fault, has exhibited symptoms so
formidable as to render it very probable that this may be
an eventful year-for Conciliation Hall. The Reform Club -
only saw him once last week,—a visit with a purpose ; •
but the approaches of the grim enemy, despite appear-
ances, from all accounts, are clear, if not rapid.
All elements considered, the present session promises
to rival in historic interest any one of its predecessors.
The navigation laws are certainly doomed at the hands of
this professedly protection parliament : the Church will •
have a portion of its episcopal relations extensively modi- •
fled, whilst the Irish branch may feel some anxiety as to"
the practical views held suspended in the mind of the
ablest cabinet minister after the premier ; and the public
burdens will not be found any lighter in 1847 than they
were six years ago, although• sanguine persons so led the
people to think. In personal interest this session will
amuse—perhaps instruct Gross: inconsistencies—that
cannot be explained, violent attacks which fail of
justification, loud professions incapable of realization
—these mark; and will yet mark, the session of 1847.
Peel sits by the very, side of. Disraeli and Bentinck
Inglis below Hume; Graham alone on the third back
bench, his vast form unscrupulously occupying the whole
of it ; and a representative of T.C.D. goes out in the same
lobby with Repealers, to whom all the Saxons are
nauseous. Lord John, to • complete the picture, seems
sick of his office and charge, whilst Sir C. Wood
was never fuller of personal satisfaction and confidence.

His phrase—not an original phrase either—of " desti-
tute shareholders," in antithesis to the." destitute poor,"
has been complimented in the House as witty ; and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer is thereafter happy—so true.
is it that a name is oftener made by sounding words than
useful deeds. Macauley is dumb ; Shiel has been muz-
zled. The smaller men—Gibson, Hawes, Tufnell, and
some others who were formerly both useful and objection-
able, no more offend with their tongues ;. for they are at
once gagged and eclipsed by Russell, Grey, and Wood.
Lord John makes his financial statement. to-night. On
it depends his reputation as a great ininister in a great
crisis. If the Whigs fail this time, D'lsraeles theory of
national reaction may probably be supported by a grand
episode in the " New Crusade, '—a work which the world
that has not seen the proof-sheets guesses will not
ob-
scurely relate to the next- " appeal to the ~-- '

people

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LIBRA'

THE RIVER PLATE.----By the arrival of her Majesty's
brigantine Dolphin, at Portsmouth, on Sunday, we have
news from Monte Video' to the 29th December, and from
Rio to the Bth of January, being thirteen .days later from
the former, and twenty from the latter, than the previous
advises. The affairs in the Plata were in much the same
state_as when we last previously.l....a. blockade was
'eitill'kept up, and the merchants were anxiously
know the result of Mr. Hood's return to England. Rate

ange at I

A Ratpay

in a letter to the

that in one hour last Saturday 31

LIVERPOOL COT

TON MARKET, Fi

THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE.
Under the Management of Mr. Mercer H. Simpson.
•••••••••■1
Second Night of the BLACK DOCTOR, which was received
with unbounded applause.
THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 23d inst.,
be performed, for the second time, a Drama of
Powerful interest, called
;;',"A‘'. THE BLACK DOCTOR;
OR, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE.
The New Scenery by Mr. Gordon, &c.
To be followed by a Divertissement, called
A CARNIVAL BALL.
The Dances arranged by Mr. Gilmer.
A Quadrille, by the Characters—The Grand Pas de Deux,
fsr?in "Le Lac de Fees," by Mr. and Miss Gilmer—Le Pas
I:1;6? 11, by Mesdames Scott, Davis, Kemp, Gregory, Messrs:
),-PPEng, Le Vete, Barnes, and Manning—La Tarentella, by
Ir. and Miss Gilmer—A Grand Finale Gallope.
To conclude with the Domestic Drama of the
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN.
inTO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) THE BLACK DOCTOR, and
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
un MONDAY next, for the BENEFIT of Mr. WADDS,
reasurer,) a PLAY, in which Mr. CRESWICK will appear.
To conclude with the favourite Nautical Drama of BLACK-
„..
`"""'..._ED SUSAN. William. Mr. Robert Rojby ; Black-Eyed
s Miss Emmeline Montague.
2sl:NcEs or Anmissforn—Dress Boxes. 45.; Upper Boxes,
Pit,
pricetoldy, 6d. Children under Twelve
13:s of Age, Hal he Dress Boxes only.
n • e Box-ollice will be opened daily, from Ten until Three.
will
to be opened at Half-past Six o'clock ; the Performance
will commence at Seven precisely.
No Admission at the Stage Door, but to persons engaged in
the business of the Theatre.
. Stage-Manager, Mr. ROBERT ROXBY.

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.
THE NEW ORLEANS SERENADERS,
(FRoM AMERICA,)
Messrs. SANFORD,
BURKE,
OLE BULL, JUN.,
RAINER, and
SWAINE,
Will have the honour of giving a series of
ETHIOPIAN CONCERTS,
THIS PRESENT TUESDAY EVENING, the 23d instant,
And every Evening during the TVeek.
The PROCEEDS of the CONCERT on SATURDAY EVEN-
ING, will be given to the
DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY,
under the Patronage of GEORGE HALL LAWRENCE, Esq.,
Mayor.
Doors open at Seven • Concert to commence at Half-past.
Tickets and Places for the Boxes may be had at Messrs. Hills
and Sores, Church-street. Private Boxes, 3s. ; Dress Circle,
2g* I Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.

CONCERT-HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.
SATURDAY
EVENING CONCERTS,
, Established with the view of providing rational and ele-
'a"ng Amusement for the Working Classes and their Families.
On SATURDAY, the 27th instant,
Mr. FIELD, of London will give a MUSICAL LECTURE and
„ CONCERT, on the BRITISH NAVAL HEROES.
„Jr 3d4 Gallery, 6d. ; Reserved Seats, Is. To commence
"1. t o'Clock. No Re-admission Tickets issued.
„The CONCERT-HILL TO be LET for PUBLIC MEET-
LP4GS, CONCERTS, LECTURES..., and TEA PARTIES. Ap-
abons to be made to Mr. J. CALDERWOOD, Secretary, at
the Hall, every day, between the hours of Eleven and Three.

THE POINT OF ATTRACTION !
WILL SHORTLY CLOSE.
MONS. DUMOS'S ANATOMICAL VENUS.
4e most beautiful and elaborate ever produced, and not before
exhibited in Liverpool.
MONS. DUMOS reluctantly announces that, not-
withstanding the increasing number of Visitors to inspect
pIo..fitIUMPH OF ART, which takes to pieces from Head to
enot, and from the Outer Shin down to the Bones, his other
fagements will compel him shortly to leave Liverpool.
Calm...pressed.with the growing importance of generl anatomi-
au 1," Physiological knowledge, M. Dumos determined to give
anevrBour an opportunity of understanding how " fearfully
from wonderfully" they are made,. the Admission is, Morning,
from even to Four, Is. ; Industrious Classes, in the Evenings,
Six to Nine,
0:1- SIXPENCE!
TillatsTheAdvags set apart for LADIES are MONDAYS and

' KNOW THYSELF."

LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.
THE celebrated PICTURE of the INDEPENDENTS
J. 1,. ASSERTING LIBERTY of CONSCIENCE, painted by
•n• HERBERT, Esq., R.A., is now ON VIEW,in the Com-
kittee-room, Lyceum, lold-street, from Ten to Four o'clock.
Adinission Free, on presentation of Address Cards.

LAD 1E S, in order that you may procure the
"VENTILATING BONNET and CAP PRESERVER,"
registered pursuant to the Act of Parliament for the protection
of Original Inventions, 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65, be sure and ask
for it. Be sure and ask for it, as the system of the Drapery
and Millinery Business preclude their (specially) introducing
the " VENTILATING BONNET and CAP PRESERVER" to
your notice ; Retail Drapers and Milliners may now procure it
at the usual Wholesale Warehouses, and of the Sole Manufac-
turer, 2, Beresford-terrace, Walworth, London, who will con-
tinue to forward them by post for One Shilling, and one Post-
age Stamp, until Ladies experience no difficulty in procuring
them. _ _ _

"A very useful invention has recently been introduced be-
fore the public, more particularly concerning the ladies who
wish to be economical in matters of dress. Every lady knows
that hair oil and perspiration soils and:destroys bonnets of silk,
straw, and other delicate materials. Mr. R. W. Metham has
invented a neat little article to wear under the bonnet, to avoid
its being soiled. It is very applicable to bonnets worth dying
or cleaning. It may be worn in winter and summer ; is exces-
sively light, and not heating, on account of its ventilating pro-
perties. It will be the means of preserving a bonnet from de-
struction, and seems in every respect a useful and novel inven-
tion—we recommend ladies to try it. Oil silk, India-rubber
cloth, and other patents, in use for this purpose, inflict not only
head-ache and loss of hair, but also subjects the eyes to dis-
tressing pain."—Times.
May also be had the VENTILATING SILK DRESS and
COAT PROTECTOR (price 3d. the set of four pieces, or 4d.
by post.)
The invention prevents the unsightly staining of the dress
by perspiration under the arms, and supersedes the use of oil-
silk, pronounced by the faculty an unhealthy expedient, at a
much less cost. . .

AGENTS WANTED.

PEELE'S COFFEE-HOUSE AND HOTEL,
FLEET-STREET, LONDON.
ffi P. AUSTIN, Proprietor, begs to offer his most
1 • sincere thanks to his Friends and the Public generally,
for their very liberal support since his accession to the above an-
cient and highly-respectable Establishment, now upwards of 200
years in existence. From the recent improvements in the im-
mediate neighbourhood, the House is rendered one of the most
thoroughly ventilated in the metropolis, being entirely open on
three sides, and not hemmed in as London Houses generally
are. The Bed-rooms are large, and unexceptionably airy and
comfortable.

T. P. AUSTIN, fully impressed with the fact that great changes
have taken place in this, as in all other descriptions of business,
has determined on meeting the exigencies of the times, espe-
cially with regard to economy in charges. The Premises have
recently undergone thorough repair, both substantial and or-
namental, and are now ready for the reception of Gentlemen
and Families, who, in addition to the many advantages per-
taining to this Establishment, can avail themselves of one
which exclusively belongs to it—viz., the files of all the News-
papers and Periodicals of the three kingdoms, amounting to
nearly 300 weekly, together with books of reference, and the
London Gazette. Thus the frequenters of this Hotel, while
pursuing their respective vocations in London, will have the
opportunity of knowing the passing events in their own towns
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