The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-03 00:00:00

attention

IND.-011 We
rib., AT

dnesday last, M

cw rliilharmonic Concert Hall,
a minute inspection of the building, expresse(
admiration with the general arrangements, &c. On
Stidfr,— ,sing a desire filo. .1,-

the inauguration, she at once claimed the privilege
opening the hall. It was on the spot definitively arran
that Madlle. Lind should open the hall at a mon
formance on the 24th of Sept
WEST DER
appointed guar,

-The following gentlemen have been
s for West Derby :—Mr. Thomas Tat-

tersall, merchant, Gloucester-place,Low-hill;
Walker, Holly-street, Fairfield ; Mr. James I
brewer, Parliament-street, Mr. Peers having sent

resignation. The new ov
Mr. William Walthew,

for West li
an, Shrubbe

treet, Fairfield ;
reet.

Low-bill ; Mx
James Bt

Thomas V.
,rton, brewer,
CUSTOMS' PROMOTIONS.-1V- us, collector of
customs at Southampton, has been promoted to the col-
lectorship at Dublin, in the room of Mr. Worthington.
Mr. Powell, comptroller in Liverpool, has been appointed
collector at Southampton. Mr. Gardener, collector at
Manchester, hr

)een appointed comptroller in Liverpool
)r, collector at r -

er, to 1

t Rochester

!owes, to

r. Clark, comptroller at Sligo

S CHURCH SCHOOLS

-It giN

us much

Rev. 'W

tions of thi

'l. Falloon and his congregation to erect schools.
John's Church, and to supply the

in connexion with St.

its of tha

very destitute district, meet
with much encouragement. Amongst the contributors
to the fund we perceive the names of Wm. Brown, Esq.,
"' P., Sir T. B. Birch, Bart., M.P., and the late Mayor.
that, owing to the high price of land in

V e unders

[ne district (being in the centre of t
£3,000 will be required to build s

at least

ools for the accom-

modation of five hundred children.
EXTENSIVE FRAUD ON THE CUSTOMS.—A most ex-
tensive fraud, by which, it is feared that £7,000 will be

lost to the revenue, was discovered on Tuesday last by
the officials at the Custom-house. It appears that in the
year 1848, a number of landing-waiters were employed in
taking stock in the bonded warehouses, for the purpose
of discovering if their contents agreed with the official
documents. On going to one warehouse, it was found
that 1,400 bags of foreign coffee, which had been bonded
(by a firm now bankrupt) in 1845, had been removed from
the warehouse in 1847, without the duty having been paid.
The duty on the abstracted coffee would reach nearly
£7,000. Tt is supposed that the removal must have been
effected with the connivance of the customs' lockers, and,
in consequence, two of them are at present suspended.
Information of the fraud was immediately sent to London,
and a surveyor general is daily expected for the purpose of
making a most searching inquiry into the affair.
_ LIVERPOOL GOVERNESSES' INSTITUTION.—We are

deliver %

very important lecture in aid of the above institution, and
that Archdeacon Brooks has consented to preside on the
occasion. The lecture, as we may gather from the pub-
lished prospectus, will be extremely interesting and in-
structive. Mr. Bainbrigge has already had frequent
opportunities of manifesting his talent and judgment as a
LegLWralitivfntdl4l6lla tra 5nu61.0t!nte7riii",17.27,74
a multitude of other points, pourtray the attainments re-
quired from a governess—her power in moulding the cha-
racters of her pupils—the blessings she may be the means
of conferring—the deprivations she must necessarily en-
dure—her inability to save any sum of importance,—
the consequent necessity of combination and exertion,
through such an institution as the one alluded to, to
secure a provision for the future, and the comfort, inde-
pendence, and ease of mind resulting from the certainty
of such provision.
AFRICAN EPISCOFAL CHURCH IN NEW YORK.—On
Sunday morning last, after a sermon by the Rev. Alex-
ander Crummell, the sum of £l7 Os. 10d. was collected
at St. John the Evangelist's Church, Knotty Ash, in aid
of the funds for building a church for the Negro popula-
tion in New York. In the afternoon, the rev. gentleman
read prayers in the same church, after which a powerfully
scriptural sermon was preached by the. Rev. G. F. Green,
the respected incumbent, from the words "There is no
respect of persons with God." In the evening Mr.
Crummell again preached, in St. Anne's Church, Stanley,
when a collection was made amounting to £l6 ls. 4d., in
furtherance of the above-mentioned object. We perceive
that a meeting will be held to-morrow (Wednesday)
evening in the Nttional School-room, Kirkdale, for the
purpose of affording Mr. Crummell an opportungy of
narrating the present condition of his unfortunate people
in America. The Rev. David James will preside. On
Sunday evening next, Mr. Crummell will once more
advocate the object of his mission to England in St.
Mary's Church, Kirkdale. He creates a strong impres-
sion in his favour wherever he is permitted to minister.
GREAT SALE OF HORSES AT LUCAS'S REPOSITORY.—
On Tuesday last, Messrs. Lucas and Co. put up to auc-
tion the entire stock of superior draught horses, the
property of Messrs. Howe and Jones, railway engineers,
who, in consequence 'of having completed their contract
on the Shropshire Union line, consigned them for abso-
lute and unreserved sale. 'Mr. Lucas described them as
" unquestionably the finest and best selected ever seen in
.Liverpool, consisting of fifty cart" horses, young, fresh,
sound, and free from blemishes, of great weight, size,
and substance, with short, clean legs, and extraordinary
fine.action. They comprise splendid teams of blacks,
xillyg, bays, browns, .roans,. and, donuts, all leautitgi •

with the more dulcet music of the next two lines.
" His bids to move the merry lark.

ithe whole remaining por

was deservedly encorec

sort at thy side," by

The last duet,

D charmingly sung, although the

Ted by the noise created b

a tew

stionable taste, left the room in the is
formed.

of the

We have omitted, thus far, notici
Travers, an artist of whom, as a town
casion to be proud. Some years ago,
member of the company at our Theatre-Royal, w
nosticated his success in his profession ; E
surprised when, after a lengthened sojour

the sir

we have oc-
he was a

ad stud

politan circles
Mr.

Italy, he was at once acknowledged in r_
as equal to fill the very highest walks of vocal
Travers possesses a fine voice, of great po
tifully cultivated ; and we could only regre
or two exceptions, the pieces allotted to him on
night were not of a very striking character. Throughoul
his singing was faultless; and in the air, '
worth," he was great. The concluding lines e

g virgin loot

" Her softly smili
Of flowery spring the mirror,
Bespeak him love,,sand joy, and 1
ightfully sung.

t that, with one

_
The choruses, throughout, were most efficient,
and reflected great credit upon the members and conduc-
tor of the Philharmonic Society.
At the conclusion of the oratorio, " God sz
Queen" was called for, and splendidly executed, 3
Lind singing the solo of the first and third verses, and
Miss M. Williams and Mr. Travers giving the second
verse in a duo strain, the audience joining in the chorus.
A cheer for Jenny Lind closed one of the most gratifying
concerts which it was ever our good fortune to attend.

" CANTING AUCTIONS,

Some years ago, an eminent magistrate in the metropo-
lis—Sir Peter Laurie, if we remember aright—exerted
himself successfully to put down what is familiarly called
the " canting auction" system, which had grown to be an
intolerable nuisance, and through which hundreds of sim-
ple people, who are to be found in theit_ sharp