The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-16 00:00:00

IS Now.OPEN.

The Corporation of Liverpool having granted the site of
the late OBSERVATORY, ST. JAMES'S WALK, a neat and
elegant Building has been erected thereon, in which the
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, the discovery of which
is ranked among the greatest scientific achievements of the
present age, is now in DAILY OPERATION.
THE PRICE FOR EACH PORTRAIT, INCLUDING
A FRAME, IS ONE GUINEA.
JOHN RELPH, Manager.
Specimons may be seen, and Orders reee;ved, at Mr. LA-
CEY'S REPOSITORY OF ARTS, 100, Bold-s•neet. _

The Invention was recently introduced into England, at
the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, LONDON ; and
the following are a few extracts from the leading Journals
relating to its merits :
__ . .

(From the Morning Chronicle.)

When we formerly described this process, the time requi-
site for taking a portrait was, generally speaking. about four
minutes; but in consequence of the great improvements that
have been made, the time has been reduced to about five se-
conds on a clear day;, but during cloudy dull weather the
operation -may require from a mintite and a half to two mi-
nutes.

The portraits taken by this means are really extraordinary
as likenesses ; they are true to nature, for nature here is her
own delineator. The features are admirably marked out and
delineated, and the likenesses at first sight are so extreerdi-
nary, that they are really startling.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES.—One of the most inter-
esting sights it is possible to conceive is now attracting
crowds daily to the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street.
The patentee has christened it the " photographic mode of
taking likenesses." By this process, in the incredibly short
space of five seconds, the likeness of any individual is taken
down on a piece ofmtnetal, and the portrait is a perfect fac-
simile of the sitter. It. is nature herself that is called in to
be the artist, and her performance is truly astonishing,
leaving immeasurably behind it everything that human skill
could effect.

DANSON AND M`NEI,I7J,
55, DALE-STREET.
FOREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS.
Finest old pale BRANDY, 725. per Dozen, or 365. per Gall.
BRANDY, very fine, 30s. per Gallon.
RUM, finest old Jamaica, 16s. and 178. pe allon.
dir t from Rotterdam
a 725. per Dozen, de.
H in
nLCLaAseNs DnfSl, nnuz
ei one, oolrd2StchGitteldlnaom
livered from bond, duty paid. .t 4
GIN, very superior, 10s. and 123. pbr
WHISKEY, Old Islay, 16s. 6d. per Gallon.
DITTO, Campbelton, 16s. per Gallon.
DITTO, Old Irish, (as used in Dublin,) 16s. 6d. and 16s.
per Gallon.
DUBLIN and CORK PORTER, 4s. 6d. per dozen quarts,
2s. 9d. per dozen pints.
LONDON DITTO, 58. 6d. per dozen quarts,
3s. per dozen
pints.
PORTER, in Six and Eight Gallon Casks, at 2s. per
Gallon ; casks to be paid for and allowed when returned.
EAST INDIA pale ALE, 6s. 6d. per dozen quarts,
per dozen pints.
DITTO DITTO, 4s. per dozen quarts, and 2s. 6d. per 3s. 9d.
r dozen
pints.

WINES IN WOOD.
Duty paid and delivered (in Liverpool) free of expense.
PORTS, of sterling quality, £32, £36, £39, £4l per Hhd.,
or £l6 10s., £lB 105., £2O, £2l per Quarter Cask.
SHERRIES, first marks, £3l, £34 10s., £42 10s., £4B 10s.
per Hhd. or£l6, £1710`., £22, £24 10s. per Quarter Cask.
BRONTE MADEIRA, or MARSALA, (Florio,) £2l lOs.,
425., and
per Hhd., £ll ss. per Quarter Cask.
CAPE 'MADEIRA, £l7 105. per Hhd., £9 per Qr. Cast;.
WINES IN BOTTLE.
PORTS, very superior, 245., 305., 345., 365,, 425., and Os.
per Mien.
SHERRIES, best raarkp, 245., 305., 365., 3. per

_Doyen.
CUAMPAONE, very superior, Mt, 60e., and 7114. per D

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" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D•
" RoDERT FERGUSON, M.D
" RICHARD BLAGDEN."

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healta received in town on

as had some sleep during the

has undergone no essential

" W. F. CHAMBERS, M.D
" D. DAVIES, M.D.

12, 1811

1 at Nlarlborough-house yesterday was

; slept for some hours during
s cough is of a less distressing

Cov. 13, 1841

W. F. CHAMBERS, M.D
D. DAVIES, M.D.

Contrary to the former practice, that of having one bulle-
tin only in the course of the day, about eleven o'clock on
Saturday night a second communication was received at

Marlborough-
was evidence (
this much and

The comp

Tying into

.house from Sndbury-hall, stating that there
of an apparent amendment iu the condition of
I universally respected lady.

any recently established for the purpose of car-
'ect Captain Taylor's plan for forming harbours
means of floating breakwaters have given

to apply to parliament for an act to
enable them to construct a breakwater and harbour at
Brighton. The project excites great interest.
ATROCIOUS TOEFT.—lmmediately after a funeral which
took place at Stratton. Cornwall, last week, and when the
friends of the deceased had scarcely left the grave of their
much lamented friend, the gravedigger, and a mason employed
to assist him, were detected in robbing the grave (a walled
one) of the bricks used for that purpose, and earring them to
same churchyard, which the same parties were
in a similar way for another corpse intended
to be buried on the following day.

aioni the coas
notice of their

a grave in th

The Limerick Chr

crop will, bey

weather of
farmer, an
more bad r

We learn f

says, that " this year's potato
a, render fully an average pro-

the south of Ireland. The favourable
st fortnight has worked miracles for the
as considered lost." This is

.tored what

or the faminemongers

in all probability
London to I
the case, a

correspondent that an arrangement will,
,e shortly made, for sending the mail from
mrgh in twenty-six hours. When that is
I be very well able to leave Brighton at
m one morning, and be in Edinburgh
st 11—a distance of no less than

half-past six o'cloc

xt morni

SINGULAR FATALITY.—It is a curious circumstance,that
Philipps, the celebrated vocalist, Power, the famous Irish
comedian, and Weekes, little inferior to Power for genuine
humour, all met with violent and unprovided deaths. Phi-
lipps and Weekes were killed when travelling by coach (the
former recently), and the fate of poor Power is fresh in the
memory of all.—Cork Examiner.

There is some probability, if the clergy are now active, that
they will get the £lOO,OOO so long withheld from them by the
late Government ; £40,000 of it has been repaid by the Eccle-
siasticle Commissioners, to whom it was lent, and now is de-
posited in the Bank of Ireland. The clergy have been paid
only 30 per cent. on the arrears, out of which Lord Melbourne
promised that they should have 70 per cent. It is better
late than never, that tardy justice should be done.—Limerick
Chronicle

On Tuesday last, John Parker Mayer,' an attorney, from
Newcastle, and his clerk, John Bratton, were committed to
the Knutsford House of Correction under a bench warrant,
in default of their finding sureties for their appearance at the
ensuing sessions, to take their trial on a charge of conspiracy
connected with the robbery of the office of Messrs' Skerratt
and Rimer, of Sandbach, in January last.—Chester Courant.
CHURCH LIBERALITY.—We are happy to hear that E. J.
Foley, Esq., of Stoke Edith, has munificently offered to en-
dow a new church at Wednesbury, when built, with a moiety
of the large tithes, amounting to about £7O per annum. The
following sums have already been given towards the erection :
S. Addison, Esq., £500; W. Jones, Esq., £100; J. Crow-
ther, Esq., £lOO ; and Sir E. D. Scott, Bart., £lOO. We
understand J. Loxdale, is likely to give the site. The
desirableness, indeed we 'mify say the necessity, of such an
addition to the churches of the neighbourhood, will be evident
to every one from the fact that•Wednesbury has at present
only one church, although it possesseast population of 11,627.
—Staffordshire Gazette.

MURDER WILL OUT.—A. mason of La Marche, in the
Nievre, lately undertook, for a reward of 10f., to carry the
illegitimate child of a poor neighbour to the Hospice at
Autun, but next day the body of the infant was found
drowned in a river. The unfortunate mother, hoping that at
some future day she might. be able to reclaim her child, had
written its baptismal name and the name of its godmother
on a piece of paper, and sewed it to part of the dress. This
remained unobliterated by the water, and led to the ascer-
taining of the identity of the child. The man has not yet
been arrested, but the officers of justice are in pursuit of
him.—Paris paper.

DREADFUL MURDER IN SHEFFIELD.—About mid-day on
Sunday, two men of the names of Stringer and Rogers, who
are near neighbours, were quarrelling near the Brown Cow,
Red Croft, when Rogers stabbed Stringer in the most
brutal manner about the side and neck, so as to let out his
bowels and pierce the neck quite through. Stringer died on
the forenoon of yesterday, about eleven o'cock, up to which
hour he lingered in great agony. There are strange reports
connected with this transaction implicating both parties, as
well as two other individuals, in a rubbery. at Heeley, and
about the division of the spoil.
ssert that Stringer's con-
the more immediate occasion of

the awfu

ghbours

kt the conclusion of the
debate in the Court of Common Council on Wednesday on
the subject of the birth of the Prince of Wales, Sir W. Hey-
gate took occasion to remark, that it must be a source of gra-
tification to exercise the ancient privilege of personal access
to the Throne on an event which had occurred on the day
set apart for the coming into office of the Chief Magistrate,
of whom the new Lord Chancellor, in his expressive lan-
guage, observed, that he delighted to see him surrounded by
all the insignia of his ancient office, and the corporation still
in full possession of all the power and revenue which it had
so long employed in maintaining the old hospitality of the
city and in supporting the just freedom of the people. There
was a time, his Lordship added, when he almost despaired
of such a result, but it might now be said " The storm had
blown over, and they were delivered."

CORPORATI

OF LONDON

EXTRAORDINARY PREVALENCE OF SLUGS UPON CORN.—
The following mode of destroying thcse insects, from whose
ravages the young corn receives much inlury, may interest

our agricultural readers :—Mr. Tillier, a farmer of great re-
spectability, living at Harmondsworth, finding a prodigious
number of slugs on his wheat lands, has employed 40 women
three weeks in destroying them. The plan he has adopted
is to scatter cart loads of turnip leaves over the land, and in
the morning to shake the slugs off those leaves ; they have
been shaken into baskets, and however astonishing it may
appear, no less than 20 bushels of slugs have been thus de-
stroyed upon 42 acres in the three weeks. These destructive
little vermin, but for this precaution, would have so much
injured the seed in its early stage of vegetation, that there
would at the most have been only half a crop, unless the land
had been sown a second time, a plan at all times bad, inde-
pendent of the expense.

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—TWO BROTHERS DROWNED.
—On Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, two fishermen,
brothers, named Reynolds, belonging to the Blue-eyed Maid,
fishing-smack, of Dover, were drowned about a mile off that
port, under the following circumstances :—The vessel was
approaching the harbour to land some fish, and finding,
from the state of the tide, that she could not enter, a number
of baskets of fish were placed in the boat, into which the two
Reynolds also entered to pull herashore. The boat was then
towed astern, and the smack, to give her a lift on her way,
stood for the harbour, when, by the sadden jerk of the pain-
ter, together with the heavy swell, the boat was upset, and
both men washed out of her. Unfortunately, at the time,
somethinc, went wrong with the net, or the rigging of the
smack, and the two people left on board were unable to do any
thing with her for some time. A line was, however, hove
from the smack to the men, and we understand one of them
caught it, but was unable to hold on, and that the other had
a hold of the boat, but could not keep it, from the force with
which it was dragged through the water. It appears both

s.,od swimmers, and that one of the remained
above water for a long time. but no assistance being at hand,
both ultimately sank to rise no more.

men W(

The town-clerks of boroughs have received orders from the
Home-office to make a return of the names of all justices
mentioned in the borough commissions of the peace, speci-
fying such as have died or have ceased to be resident within
the limits required by the act.

The heir to tb

of Great Britain

irone of these realms is not yet, as is
" Prince of Wales ;" but he is " Prince
Duke of Cornwall," " Duke of Rotbe-
ick," " Baron of Renfrew," " Lord of
e week he will be created Earl of Ches-

the Isles
ter and Princ,,

t
of Wales

The priestess of that far-famed temple of. Hymen, the
Sark Toll-bar, in her evidence on a trial for bigamy lately at
Cockermouth, strted that thirteen hundred couples had been
married there within the last six years. This, however, is
exclusive of the number married by the " bishop of Gretna
Hall," which is one of the principal places of refuge for per-
cuted lovers.—Carlisle Journal.

THE GUAN 0-31 ATNTHiCET-It is with much pleasure we can
speak from personal observation of the wonderful beneficial
and nutritive qualities of this manure. We allude more par-
ticularly to the testimony of Mr. Nott, of the parish of
Hallen, in Worcestershire, where we were eye-witnesses, not
more than four weeks ago, of the facts he has stated to the
Company, who are with such praiseworthy intentions at-
tempting to introduce this manure into general use. The
only fear we entertain is the limit and costliness of the sup-
ply.—Bristol Journal.

GOVERNMENT INTENTIONS ON CHURCH-RATES.—We
feel it right to state that the information professed to have
been received in Birmingham from Sir James Graham, to
the effect that the government would adopt Lord Althorp's
proposal as the basis of a settlement of the disputed matter
of church-rates is totally unfounded. We are, on the con-
trary,
fully persuaded that so far front the present govern-
to " mutilate the principle of the national sane-
he established church, which the church-rate em-
lisposed, as they are bound, to uphold, with
of power and authotity, this the most ancient,
1. and indispensable element of the British
'ion paper.

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bodies, they are:

all the energ

STEIt ..OP MARKET, Nov. 12.--There is not
doing. at present in the Hop Market, nori
ll be until after the duty has been
the quotations we have reported
, weeks, with little variation
exhibited on Saturday's market,.
sufficient fn.! the wants of the
is called £13,500. Present
1355, ; choice, 1405.-1839'5, 755.
—lB3i's. 56s.WeO t 758. ; Phoice,
day,
hoice, 63s.—ighed on market day,
85; during the week, new pockets

it expecte(

declarc

them for
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prices :'
to 1005

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or thrc

The.dut

-A few days ago, a couple of
county constables attended before the magistrates in Kendal,
to have their accounts passed. The first of them had the
following item :—" To laying a county rat 45." Said the
second constable, " I was hey larnad to spell before I'd
brought my buik before the magistrates. A county rat, in-
a
'
deed ; why, man, it should hey hed an e at latter end on t,
for sartin." The second now presented his " bulk "to be
passed, when the follbwing extract appeared :—" To surn-
monzing a krooners conquest ! " " Noo, ' said the first con-
stable, " Whae 's 't bestseller noo. ' I think the grey
encore is t' better horse.' The two solons now left the
court amidst laughter ; the first with high' delight at his vic-
tory, and the second witn much chagrin at his officiousness.

OF SoLoss

The packet-ship Garrick arrived here on Saturil morn,
ing, shortly before eleven o'clock, after an excellent passage
of nineteen days. She passed Holyhead on Friday after-
noon at three. The stormy state of the weather prevented
her arrival last night, and some little apprehension V:33 felt
for her safety. She has, however, weathered the storm
bravely, and arrived in excellent trim. She brings papers to
the 25th ult.
The Hon. John Forsyth, Secretary of State under Van
Buren's administration, died of congestive fever at Washing-
ton, after an illness of three weeks. He was a man of con-
siderable talent, had filled various high offices, and was
deeply regretted by all parties.
The Montreal Courier, of the 18th ult., states that Nl` Leod
arrived there in the Princess Victoria steamer, and a cor-
respondent of the Troy Daily Whig writes that the sheriff
of Oneida County and two officers of the U. S. army, es-
corted and safely landed him at St. John's, &c. The story
told in the Boston papers of M'Leod's sailing in the last
Cunard steamer, under the name of Browne, is therefore
a hoax.

The Prince de Joinville was about visiting Boston, where
great preparations were being made to receive him.

- The. Mortality at New Orleans continued to increase.
During the week ending October 11th, the number of deaths
amounted to 118, out of which number 115 had been carried
off by yellow fever. The yellow fever is stated to be more
violent that it had been for several preceding years.
The steam packet Columbia, Captain Judkins, reached
Boston between seven and eight o'clock on the 21st ult. She
had a most unusally rough passage, and head winds nearly
all the way, with very heavy gales. She made the passage
in 15 days 16 hours, thus proving these Boston steamers to
be capital sea boats. She took out 117 passengers, among
whom was Lord Morpeth.