The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-13 00:00:00

STEAM TO HAMMIR,OH.—We arc glad to perceive that a
direct communication between this port and Hamburgh is
about to be opened. The vessels appointed are the Ham-
burgh, Captain Bridge, and the Manchester, Captain Bolin.

VESTRY MEETI
St. Nicholas's Church yesterdaV, whets Mr. Peter Plutupton
w•as elected an assistant overseer and collector of the poor's

h vestry meeting Wa held i

Some teetotallers had an excursion up the river a day or
two ago, and the bills announcing the great event to the
party intimated that they would take water at George's pier.

PICTURES.—A collection of good pictures, by modern
artists, is on- sate at Mr. Burton's, Bold-street. We ob-
serve several sketches by Mr. Bowness, a young artist of

great promi

OLD OFFENDERS.—John. Murray. a young man, and
Catherine Carr, a young woman, were yesterday placed at
the bar of the police•court, charged with an intent to commit
felony. They were fotind together under circumstances of
strong suspicion, and on their persons were found several
skeleton and other keys. The man had previously been ten
times committed, and on the last occasion was imprisoned
for 18 months. The girl had been three times committed.
The former was sent to gaok for three months, and the latter
for one month.

THEFT FROM AN EMPLOYER.—At the police-court, yes-
terday, a man named John Iligham was charged with having
stolen some pieces of sheet lead and some files from the pre-
Berry, engine-builder. It

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appeared in evidence that the prisoner had been suspected,
and that he was detected going out of the gate with some-
thing bulky under his jacket, which proved to be the lead
produced. Five files were also found in his possession be-
longing to Mr. Berry. He was committed for trial.

DANIEL O'CONNELL IN A SCRAPE.-At the Police-court,
yesterday, a youth, named Daniel O'Connell, was placed at
the bar, on a charge of " not begging," but of stealing a
gammon of bacon. The great " Dan," it is well-known,
is often guilty of begging, and that too not from the rich
alone of his deluded admirers, but from the poorest of his
countrymen, who can ill spare their mite, to make up the
extortion which he impudently denominates " rint," as if
some value were given for what he shamelessly pockets; yet,
strange to say, while the destitute mendicant in the streets
is apprehended and punished, the " big beggar man" passes
from door to door unmolested in his vecation. Dan going
" the whole hog" with his " gammon," contrives to " save
his bacon." His young namesake (for so his probably was)
was not so lucky. For his appropriating the gammon of
bacon he was consigned to durance vile for 14 days.

THEATRE-ROYAL.—To-night Madame Vestris will take
her benefit. She has obtained the assistance—if any were
wanting—of that most delightful actress, Miss Ellen Tree,
who will play the charming part of Julia in" The Rivals."
" The School for Scandal " was capitally represented on
'Wednesday night. Mr. Farren's Sir Peter Teazle was a
most finished and artist-like performance.—We perceive that
on Monday next Mademoiselle .Taglioni's young—and as
many have asserted, successful—rival, Mademoiselle Cerito,
will make her first appearance. Her engagement is only for
four nights. The metropolitan press has been unanimous in
commendation of Mademoiselle Cerito, and all London has
run after her whenever she has appeared. Monsieur Guerra, an

accomplished and graceful dancer, will assist Mademoiselle
Cerito, in conjunction with Miss O'Bryan.—On Friday the
musical amateurs will be delighted to find the elite of the
Italian Opera Company will make their appearance in Bel-
lini's delicious Sonnambula.—Madame Grisi, Ernesta'Grisi,
and Lablache are amongst the announcements of engage-
ments. Who says there is nothing to be seen at the Theatre
Royal ? The crowded houses of late bear witness of a willing-
ness to support that spirited establishment.
LAUNCIL—On Wednesday morning a beautiful ship was
launched from the building-yard of Messrs. William Simons
and Co. She is named the Argaum, and registers 460 tons
new measurement, and, from the tine frigate model of this
vessel, it is expected that she will be a very fast sailer. The
figure-head is allowed to be an admirable likeness of the
Duke of Wellington, who reckons, among his hundred fights,
the battle of the place whence the ship takes her name. The
Argaum is the property of Messrs. Ross, Corbett and Co.,
of this town, is intended for the East India trade, and is to
be commanded by Captain John Leitch, junior, whose expe-
rience has made him well acquainted with that trade. While
Captain Leitch has earned the highest character as an able
seaman, his passengers on former voyages to the eastern seas
cherish feelings of the liveliest gratitude for his affability and
anxious attention to their comfort.—Greenock Advertiser.

THE "TIMES'" ATTACK ,ON PROTESTANT ASSOCIA-
TIONS.—SOMC time ago certain very able articles appeared
in the Quarterly Review, exposing the principles, practices,
and tendency of popery in a manner that commanded univer
sal approbation. These articles were attributed to Professor
Sewell ; and amongst others they challenged the approbation
of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile. The praise of that gentleman,
though masterly, just, and eloquent, was exceeded by the
somewhat slavish adulation paid to the writer by the Times.
With an unaccountable, but not unusual, inconsistency, the
Times last week fell foul upon those who take the lead in
agitating the protestant cause, the learned professor of course
amongst the number, and denounced them, and the associa-
tions that acted with them, as " incendiaries." It would be
of little use to explain the original causes that gave protestant
associations birth to an enemy like the Times, but to those
who do not know the circumstances it may be useful briefly
to state them in the words of a highly respectable correspon-
dent of the Morning Herald, and his plan of destroying them :
" The first occasion of the formation of this society was the
exposure, in 1836, of the monstrous intolerance taught by the
Romish hierarchy from Dens's theology, under the sanction
of their bishops; an exposure which has never since received
any refutation. Soon after that period the writer of this
letter joined the society, and he only requires the Romish
church to act towards other communions as they act towards
her, in order to induce him to abandon it. For example,
there is not a Protestant state in Europe which prohibits the
profession of Romanism by its own subjects; let the Roman-
ist states do the same ; let Spain, Portugal, the Italian States,
and, especially the Pope, proclaim religious liberty to all
their own subjects ; let them permit them to erect Protestant
churches, and allow Protestant works to be printed and cir-
culated in the vernacular languages of their respective coun-
tries ; let them do this ; and let the Romanists in Ireland al-
low the Protestant electors as free an exercise of their fran-
chise and constitutional prerogatives as the Protestants of
England allow the English Romanists the exercise of theirs.
I say, let all these things be done, which are, in truth,
nothing more than common justice, and it will be the deadli-
est blow that can be aimed at the Protestant Association."
VESSELS LOST.—lntelligence has been received at Lloyd's
of the loss of five vessels at sea during the late gale s.
Tuesday week a large schooner, called the Mary Ann, be-
longing to, Aherystwith, wastotally lost off the shore at Fresh-
water, near Milford harbour. It appears from the report of
the master, Captain Jones, who fortunately escaped, with
the rest of the crew, in a long boat, that the vessel was on
her voyage from Saundersfoot to Drogheda, and when about.
eight miles below Milford harbour, it was discovered that she
had sprung a IL;ak, and five feet of water in her hold. The
crew took to the pumps, and used ,their utmost efforts to
save the vessel, but finding it impossible, after three hours'
exertions, they put the long boat over the side, and got clear
of her, and at the time above-mentioned, she sunk in deep
water. The vessel is stated to be insured, and the loss is
between two thousand and three thousand pounds.—On
Tuesday week, during the violent and destructive hurricane
from the north west, the brig Othello, laden, was lost on
the Holy S'atids off Yarmouth, about three o'clock in the
morning, and the crew narrowly escaped. The vessel was
bearing up the channel to the east of the sands, which extend
five miles in length, and a mile in depth, and at low water
are high and dry, and the weather at the time being extremely
dark, the crew were unable to see them until they came
within a cable's length, when it was too late, and in the next
moment she :struck, and immediately pitched on her beam
ends. The crew got into the boats, and made for the shore,
and four hours after they were picked up by a fishing smack,
and conveyed to Yarmouth, where they were landed. The
vessel and cargo are valued at £3,000.—0n Monday, the 4th
instant, the splendid ship called the Inverness packet ran on
the rocks of Piedcar, and became a total wreck. She was on
her passage from Stockton to Rochester, and is valued at a
considerable sum. The crew escaped from the rocks by their
boats, and all were saved though greatly exhausted. She is
insured in several offices.
The average price of wheat in Paris is 16f. 40c. The 41b.
loaf (two kilogrammes), in Paris, is now 64 centimes (12
sous 4 centimes), or 61d. per loaf.
At a dinner last Thursday to Mr. Blennerhassett, who was
nominally defeated at the late unfair and invalid election for
Kerry, Mr. Sergeant Jackson suggested, very properly, that
parliament should be made acquainted, on an early occasion,
with the violence that prevailed at the Irish elections, as well
in Kerry as elsewhere. •

The accounts from Tipperary exhibit a frightful state of
crime and disorganisation. On the 3d inst. two armed men,
with their faces blackened, were on the road side near Glen-
bower, waiting for the agent of the estate, with no very cha-
ritable intentions towards him. He, however, escaped them.
The following Friday three men attacked the house of Mr.
Wallace, a gentleman who has been active in preserving the
peace, and fired a pistol so close to his head that the flash of
its explosion singed his hair. He escaped only by the ball
having fallen out whilst the ruffian was striking Mrs. Wal-
lace. The villains made their escape.
A few days since a fisherman named Massey, residing at
New Romney, discovered in a pell at low water, and about
mid sands, a curious old measure resembling copper, and
holding about a pint, having a bell-metal handle with the
figure of a lion or some other beast thereon. On minutely
examining the body of it, the date 1412 was deciphered.
Some time ago two metal spoons were found on the same
spot, marked I 88. It will be in the recollection of some
of our readers that about twenty years since the keel of a
wreck was dug out from this place, and brought up to the
town, but the name and date of the vessel could not be as-
certained.—Kentish Gazelle.

NEW ORLEANS.—A meeting of the Chamber of Com-
merce at New Orleans has come to a resolution to petition
congress to place the boats of the Royal West India Steam
Navigation Company upon the most favourable footing. If
this proposition were acceded to, a direct receipt of news
would take place every 22 days, and the line would commence
on the Ist of October. The routes were laid down thus :
No. 1 London to Havana, by way of Corunna, Funchal,
Barbadoes, and Nassau. Returning, Havana to London,
by way of BarbadOes. No. 2. On the arrival of the Lon-
don steamer at Havana, one steamer would leave for Hon-
duras, Vera Cruz, Tampico, New Orleans, and Havana.
Another would leave at the same time for New Orleans
direct, thence to Tampico, Vera Cruz, Honduras, and Ha-
vana. No. 3. HaHai to Havana, by New York and back.
No. 4. Barbadoes, Leeward Islands, Jamaica, and back.

Comparing the present with the last parliament, it will be
found that the Bank of England has lost one member—Mr.
Pattison. The London bankers have lost two members—
Mr. Grote and Mr. W. Attwood. The country bankers
have lost two members—Mr. Hector and Mr. Rickford.
The National Provincial Bank has lost two members—Mr.
Courteney and Lord Hallyburton. The London Joint-stock
Banks have lost three members—Mr. Muskett, Mr. Wyse,
and Mr. Jervis. On the other hand, the London Bankers
have gainyd one—Mr. Masterman ; and the London Joint-
stock Banks have gained two—Mr. P. M. Stewart and Mr.
Rennie. The Irish and Colonial Joint-stock Banks remain
the. same. Thus it will appear that the Bank of England
and the private hankers have, upon the balance, lost four
members, while the joint-stock banks have, upon the balance,
also lost four.

THE WELSH COAL FIELDS.—The Welsh coal fields ex-
tend over twelve hundred square miles, and there are twenty-
three beds of workable coal, having an average,thickness of
ninety-five feet. Each acre will yield about one hundred
thousand tons, being at the rate of sixty-five million tons per
mile. If from this we deduct one half for waste, and the
minor extent of the upper beds, this will afford a supply of
coal equal to thirty-two million tons per squar6 mile. Let it
be conceded that five millions are equal to one-third of that
consumption in England—then each square mile of the Welsh
coal field will meet with a proportionate consumption of one
hundred years ; and as there are from one thousand to two
thousand square miles in this district, it would•supply Eng-
land with coal for two thousand years after all the English
mines were exhauited. •

TURNPIKE ROADS IN GREAT BRITAIN.—The aggregate
length of the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain has been cal-
culated to be 25,000 miles, at a general breadth of from 50 or
60 feet. The cost of keeping these roads in repair differs
considerably in various counties, being in the neighbourhood
of London, an annual cost of £550 a mile, in Wales, £2O,
and in Yorkshire, £6O. The average, however, is about £5O
a mile. Nearly all the road trusts are in debt for borrowed
money, and it is supposed that the debt is on an average £320
a mile, or probably for the whole of these turnpike roads aix
millions sterling.