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

IMPORTANT NAUTICAL ENQUIRIES.—Captain Den-
ham, R.N., F.R.S., yesterday opened his commission of

enquiry, on t
sion of the
" Venice," al

.e part of Government, touching the colli-
A-eamer " Finn McCoull," and the ship
the Adelphi Hotel, and continued it through-

out the da

enquiry is resume

even:

stigation of the

near Cork

On Sunday morning next, a Sermon will be preached
in St. Silas's Church, by the Rev. Jos, Bayke, in aid of
the Foreigners' Mission, established in this town. The
reverend gentleman is responsible, as we have before in-
timated, for the payment of a large sum in connection

with the mission, arid he ought not to,be left to liquidate
any portion of it out of his own resources.

QUICK SAILING.—The ship' D.efence, 608 tons register,
belonging to Messrs. Wm. Anthony and Robinson, sailed
hence to Quebec on the 9th May last, arriving back in
Liverpool 9th August ; sailed again for Quebec on the

19th August, arrived back in Liverpool on the 6th Nov, ;
sailed 23d November for Charleston, and arrived back in
Liverpool on the 20th instant,.each time bringing a full

months and eleven days.
BASE COIN.—At the. Police-court yesterday, a man
named Peter M`Donald was charged with passing. three

f-crowns at

He was
ged with uttering a base half-crown at Mr. Win-

Sailirday

gate's, druggist, top of. Elliot-street. The case, as re-
gards two of the pieces, was proved. The prisoner was
pursued i all the Way to Shaw-street, before he was cap-
tured, and was found secreted in a yard. He was sent

THE LISBON PACHETS.—The Nautilu,s, the first of a
line of Screw steamers, intended to ply between this
port and Lisbon, a short time since completed her out-
ward bound passage in the amazingly short time of 4 days
20 hours. The Schooner King of Tyre also made a re-
markably quick passage out, having sailed hence on the
3rd inst., and arrived at Lisbon on the Bth. thus perform-
ing the voyage in 5 days. The Nautilus started from Lis-

after encountering a most stormy voyage, arrived in this
port yesterday evening. The Nautilus brought a large
cargo of both goods and passengers.

CHURCH ESTABLISHMENTS.I-On Friday next, as may
be seen from an advertisement, a discussion will take
place in this town, between the Rev. Jos.. Baylee, of

lurch es

admission to the discussion are now ready, and we recom-
mend our friends to make the earliest possible application
for them, as the interest on the subject is very great, and
the demand for tickets has already been very urgent. Mr.
Baylee, we are confident, is a champion well qualified to
meet his opponent, and having studied thoroughly the
aqnueesxticoenlleinntdoispppuotrte,uTiteyof membershav go fhtehire
eochouvricethiov‘o,ilsl hmoreave
deeply settled, and all their difficulties removed.
EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTIONS.—On Sunday las
t, two
sermons were preached in St. Andrew's church, Renshaw-
street-

that in the morning by the Rev. John Jones, the
esteemed incumbent, after which, in compliance with the
Queen's letter, a collection amounting. to the handsome
sum of £216 was made for the distressed Irish and Scotch.
In the evening, in the same church, a sermon was preached
by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, who gave some further par-

s as to the c

lis.tress in Ireland, wl

,nother

collection was made, which reached GT, splendid sum of
£230, which is to he handed over to Mr. Webster, the
treasurer of our local fund, for distzibution according to
the discretion of that committee. We never before had
the gratification of recording such munificent collections
—amounting together to £446—in the same church on
one day. •
WILL BREAD STUFFS BE ClirAPEßP—This day week

in
455. per barrel was obtainable for American tiour.
the latter part of the week a private sale of 20,000 barrels,
to arrive, was reported. We have been informed since
that, the price was 375. per barrel, and that the sale was
made by one of our best informed, and most wealthy

hoUses, What but a firm conviction that prices must
soon give way, could induce them to sell ? We take the
same view, and think prices must inevitably fall, and that
very soon. From all sides we hear that stocks are very
heavy in Liverpool, that the warehouses aro literally
groaning with corn and flour ; and a gentleman, just
arrived from Scotland, tells us, that never did he see the
stack yards so full at this season of the year as at present.
We heard of a farmer from Rainford, who came to this
town on Saturday last, to insure his stock, who stated,
he had not sold a grain of corn, either of the harvest of
1845 or 1846.

BuuctAuy.—Yesterday, Christopher Toole, a young
man, was charged before Mr. Rushton, with having
broken into Trinity Church School-room. He was found
in the yard between one and two o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing. He had broken the door-lock, and a desk-lock, and
a skeleton-key was found upon him. He succeeded in
carrying off only a flag handkerchief, which he had con-
cealed in a privy in the yard where he was apprehended.
This charge was proved. A more serious one was brought
against him, of robbing the house of a female, on Satur-
day, in Kew-street, into which he had also broken, the
owner having left it locked up a short time before. He
had carried off a large quantity of wearing-apparel, &c.,
which, on being pursued by some neighbours, he dropped
in the street. The neighbours had become alarmed, and
the houge being found open was in the possession of a
police-officer when the tenant returned. The prisoner
had before been found guilty of felony. He was com-
mitted for trial at the Sessions.
A Fancy Dress Ball will be held on Thursday evening,
to which the baud of Julian Adams will be preseut,