The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

I to Mr. Woodcroft, of gris.
exclusive use of

cheater, an extension of six years, fos

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mezeppa, or the Wild
Norse
Tartary was produced last night at this Theatre—and thro.,lo
out was creditably played—The excellent stud of horses "
all brought into action. ref
The Devonshire Cider, owi g to the abundant crop of jbe
duringthe late season, is this year exceedingly fine. It 0;(11
seen by Mr. Michelmore's advertisement that he has auily,
received a consignment, which is fully a month earlier
usual.
. •
On Saturday, the Master of the Rolls granted an Iniufictio °'
on the application of Messrs. Darcey, owners of cottonnoolf
and water courses near Liverpool, to restrain the Live'W
Wigan, and Bolton Railway Company from constructing
railway over the plaintiff's land.
The contract for erecting the 112 arches on the Burl ribeen
has extending from Great Howard-street towards Walton, k_ the
taken by Messrs. S. and J. Holme and Mr. M'Corinne.';otli•
former executing the brickwork, and the latter the stelif:,..ool
It does not therefore appear that these eminent CO
deem the threatened strike among the workmen of In'. •
moment to their interests.
—Yesterer-
SHORT SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS ON SturnoAno• heft);
day, Captain Byrom, of the ship Irene, was summoned did
the magistrates by one of his seamen on the ground thil'„der
not supply lime juice and vinegar to the extent requiredl did
the provisions of the Act of Parliament. The defenn4f rie
not deny that the supply might be deficient, but stated,, he
hail given_ proper directions to the steward on the sll"J`Waantf
ionunsbne 'root %.es.
gentlemen Mr.
considered the charge had been got up by the COnVAty of
from t
.es_, but under the circumstances mitigated it to les!ferdsrpwer
ftreorimioomnaalicni
DINNER AT GLEAVE'S HOTEL, WOODSIDR• ellentdiet On
provalect by the worthy host of this weit-conallei7hiis table'
occasion of the erection of a new billiard table.A 6
nglit Cu
which is on an entire new construction, and at Wl"' liOneir
11
any less number of persons can play at once, is the .::biviti,of
Mr. Gleave, and has been manufactured by 3lr. Ranh,
this town. It is exceedingly massive in appearance. . and
ellinb
SAVAGE FEROCITY.—A horrible instance of du
bowie-knife slaughter is recorded in the Washing t011,,9 De:
The parties are rival editors of Richmond papers, anlL7,,zio:
come invhlved in a quarrel of the pen, which afterwarfe:
of more serious charecter. A duel was proposed, and.tsl,',so4:
met, the one armed with a six-barrelled revolving.Plp
sword-cane, the other with a pistol of like description, fob
fooof,
bowie knife. They commenced firing at the distance
paces, and are said to have each discharged five barrel.:l,.ol
hitting one another. They then rushed upon each 00_1'0011:
their reserved weapons. One was hacked in the face acilTer
the breast with the sword-cane of his opponent ; the
.1,1'105.P..
killed, his abdomen being cut open. The victor entere_td
ington in triumph, after performing his bloodthirsty 0"
cious slaughter. We 11r-
THE ENGLISH SCHOOL SOCIETY IN FRANCE•
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before us the first report of this society, the object o'ofe
as stated in an advertisement elsewhere, is to pr?
10011.11,0
religious instruction of English labou'rersandtheirfag"of
French railways. The institution is patronised by the P,, "0i of the
of France and England, the Queen Dowager, severs of of
highest dignitaries of the church, &c. The claims 41C;j0
society are strong on the christian and benevolent Poelofjf
this country, and especially on those of our countrloVl
hold shares in the French railways. T. Brassey, Es_UslOWir
of this locality, but now of Rouen, is thetreasurer, arm aol
subscribed 2500 francs. Many of our townsinehocieticor
townswomen have also been liberal donors. The se in Ala'
already four schools in active operation. These areiheiljeil
nexion with " the National society" in London, fronLiace.iffedf
ing schools of which all the masters are supplied. -00, pia
commencement upwards of 900 children have bee° .cle
many of whom, before in total ignorance, have inf;diflc,,,ill•
progress. They receive a scriptural education on thrdrsoo'"
of the Church of England, both on week days'. a° lin'
Adults are taught in the evenings.
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SPLENDID ENGRAVING.—We had occasion to , I.lr.
siderable time ago, the superb painting, by Salt at etc,
Waterloo Banquet at Apsley House," when on note
Grundy's, Church-street, and have now to state the'bo
on Saturday, gratified by an inspection of the splelf we
ing taken from it by W. Greatbacli. The piePtcrf;gll orrti,r;
remind our reader, comprises portraits of the prui,,, the
engaged in the battle, every one of whom sat vr),„roya
to
We have also portraits of his late Majesty Win• I f wisifist?'
Prince of Orange, now King of Holland. Without
deteriorate from the high merits of the painting, fanY rar i4llOl
that the engraving will probably be preferred 11Y Somers
from its being relieved froin the over-gorgeous 8,'.0101R.0.,1
(though, in the painting, unavoidable) inonotonone
the scarlet uniforms and golden decorations. '!o"ofpteo'fiset: •
inches by 26, (perhaps the largest ever before 811,L,, ace tile!:
the artist has preserved throughout, with ailinira,,uo.'''hicllo 0.1",
are in
and vraisemblance of every tigure—°l tc. eel!'
are in all no fewer than 81, exclusive of the ladie,s, of th.
the finest line style thronghona; and some iqt,fted wil; itwre
and labour bestowed upon it may lie concol,d uPgpl Dere
stated that the able artist was anxiously enga'f
nearly six years! There is a peculiar delicaCY,.°ooo,l4l44;
such is required, and a boldness and depth 01 Os get
these constitute effect, which are truly masterly. to Iris!
naturally and admirably distributed. To see it theme
but those of tender consciences may comprontish on
frailty by a purchase, which they may acconlP„riats•
and comparatively moderate terms, for proofs

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE'
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MONDAY, MARCH 6.—Wind W.S.W! a Kal o i
ARRlVED.—llannibal. Guthrie, from Valparais'i, St. irof'o,
worth, Gibbs, from Jamaica—Mtt. Shedden.fro 30°)r4 e 4
—Ann Armstrong, Graham, from Bombay. sai„d ..0'
Delhi. Horner; England's Queen, Shedder' tngbio";.-97;0%
Gibson, from Bombay—Maggie, Spence, from 0;000 0001
Sth Nov.—Princess Victoria, Thomas, from fOfter.
hope, —, from St. Michael—ln lewood 5ti11.... iv 410.00
E !vls. C.
Hodges, —, from Tralee—Hebe,
Koug—Bell, Crutchfield, from Tampico— 14111
Frances and Charlotte, Duck, from Waterio'aor
—, from
Duke, —, from Loudon *-

Ann, Johnston, hence at Maranham
Arabian, Hawkins, from New Orleans at th—t PtUr:°l.llilll
19th lost Feb. was in a heavy gale • rudder, 8.1".
and had to throw part of her cargo overboard

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LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, fe-coefteq:
We have had a larger supply of Beasts at nia.,ist
last week; anything good was sought alter, 10.„plf,i1"
quality met duller sale. We had a limited svolt"
which met with ready sale at high prices.—Bee"
; Mutton, 8d to 80 per th.

DIED. A nArdltsoo9.
On the '.2th instant, MARY ELIZABETt4 •-„/
CROSS, only child of Mr. Richard Shallcross. v

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