The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-18 00:00:00

THE STATUE OF STE ROBERT PEEL, during its trans-
portation to Manchester, had an arm broken off:

THE QUEEN has approved of Mr. Charles Stiiss as
consul at Liverpool for his Royal Highness the Grand
Duke of Hesse.

Tun NIAGARA, British and North American Royal
Mail steam-ship, Captain Leitch, took her departure
hence for Boston, on Saturday, with 163 passengers and
a full cargo on board, besides the usual mails. .
LANCASEURE.—The following commissions have been
signed by the Lord Lieutenant :—W. A. Hulton, Esq. ;
the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P. ; R. N. Philips, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenants.

BIIHGLARY.-011 Sunday morning, between one and
two o'clock, the shop of Mr. Mason, Whitechapel, was
entered by means of skeleton keys, and 20 lbs. of tea and
20s. in silver were stolen.

INCOME TAX AND LIFE ASSURANCE.—It is not gene-
rally known that, by the new Income Tax Act, parties
who insure their lives are allowed to deduct the amount
of the preminm they pay from the amount of income they
return.

LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS.—In consequence of the new
system of bonding goods, the Lords of the Treasury.
have allowed five extra clerks to the warehouse depart-
ment in-Liverpool. The plan will be tried three months,
and, if found to answer, it will be continued permanently.
A SECOND CONCERT will be given at the New Music
Hall, Bold-street, (of which Mr. 'H. E. Hime is the
lessee,) on the 26th instant, when Miss Birch, Miss E.
Birch, Mr. Francis, Mr. E. Land, and. Arthur Napoleon,
the youthful Portuguese pianist, will appear.
AN barosrEa, representing herself as the 'ill-need
daughter of Mr. Hadley, clerk of St. Mark's Church,
Liverpool, has been obtaining money from charitable
persons at St. Helens, to whom she narrated a fabricated
deplorable story about having been turned out of doors.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--OD Saturday night, a man
named Owen Owens, in the employ of the London and
Northwestern Railway Company, was very seriously in-
jured by a train in the tunnel, near e.hill. His arm
was cut off, and his head severely bruised. Owens was in
a state of inebriety at the time.
WARRINGTON AND STOCKPORT RAILWAY.—The por-
tion of this company's line from Warrington to Altrin-
cham is expected to be ready for public traffic on the let
of November. The length of the line is rather more
than ten miles, and it passes through a fertile and popu-
lous country. It has been constructed for about £lB,OOO.
per mile, being considered a very moderate cost for the
district, and the line is expected to have &good local traffic,
as well as a considerable through traffic.
Mennen AT SEA.---The barque •Ceuntess of Winton
arrived at Liverpool from Shanghai on Friday, and was
docked in the Prince's Dock. On the 17th of May, while
on her homeward voyage, .the chief mate, Win. M`Fillen,
murdered the captain, James Crangie, while they were
quarrelling in the cabin. The murderer was put in irons,
and the second mate took command of the ship. On the
24th of the same month, when being conveyed to the
water-closet, M`Fillen made a sudden spring and bounded
overboard, and was drowned. The second mate brought
the ship to Liverpool.
CONCERT-lIALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.--OD Saturday
Mr. Templeton gave the first of a series of popular musical
entertainments. Mr. Brown, M.P., presided on the occa-
sion, and in the interval between the first and second part
of the performance,pointed out the elevating tenderness of
such reunions, whkh instructed while they pleased, and
though of merit in a superior degree, yet aimed at nothing
more than they professed to be, popular entertainments,
and as such, he was happy to find, they were deservedly
appreciated.
DIE JEWS.—The thirty-fourth anniversary meeting of
the Liverpool AuXiliary Society for Promoting Christianity
amongst the Jews will be held on Monday next, in the
hall of the Collegiate Institution. The Lord Bishop of
the Diocese will take the chair, and the meeting will be
attended by a numerous deputation. Sermons will be
preached on Sunday next, both morning and evening, in
several churches, in aid of the funds, and on Tuesday
morning there will be a public breakfast at the Adelphi
Hotel.
CRURCIT OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION BAZAAR.—The
bazaar in aid of the funds of the library connected with
the above institution was brought to a successful termina-
tion ,on Wednesday, the nett proceeds exceeding £2OO.
In addition to this sum several donations of books have
been made, oue by Dr. Fisher, The committee feel
greatly indebted to the Hon. Mrs. E. Cropper, who
throughout manifested the greatest interest in the suc-
cess of the project. Mr. Branch also very kindly gave his
services in disposing of the articles left unsold at the close
of the bazaar.

DARING ROBBERY.—On Sunday night, during the ab-
sence of the family at church, the residence of Mr. Lindon,
Seymour-street, London-road, was forcibly entered, and
wearing apparel and jewellery•stolen, amounting in value
to upwards of £4O. On their return, about half-past eight
o'clock, it was found that the thieves had ransacked every
room in the house, and stolen• a large quantity of wearing
apparel, and various articles of jewellery, including silver
spoons, &c., the value altogether amounting to between
£4O and £5O. All the bedrooms in the house had been
'centered, and the drawers forced open, and it was discovered
that the thieves had taken no less than sixteen pairs of
trowsers, several coats and vests, besides other articles of
wearing apparel.
MR. GLADSTONE AT MANCHESTER.—The Chancellor
of the Exchequer has been honoured with a public ovation
in Manchester. On Monday he arrived, and on the follow-
ing morning, accompanied by the Bishop of Oxford, and
Mr. J. C. Barton, paid a.visit to some of the most import-
ant manufactories in the neighbourhood. Subsequently
he visited the Royal Exchange, and was very well received,
but it was remarked that he had a careworn and anxious
look. On Wednesday, the inauguration of the Peel statue,
in front of the Royal Infirmary, took place in the presence
of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Bishops of Oxford
and Manchester, Sir 'John Potter, Mr. W. Brown, M.P.,
Mr. Brotherton, M. P., Archdeacon Wilberforce, and a
large party of ladies, -together with the members of the
Corporation. In the after part of the day, three addresses
were presented to Mr. Gladstone, from the Mayor and
Corporation, from the Chamber of Commerce and Manu-
factures, and from the Commercial Association. The
Chancellor of the ExChequer acknowledged the presenta-
tions in a lengthened speech, and afterwards partook of a
dejeuner a la foureheite, provided by the Mayor of
Manchester.
EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—The number of first-
class packet-ships which have cleared from this port for
the United States during the week, from the Bth bo•the
15th instant, was nine, of an aggregate tonnage of 10,473,
and having upwards of 4000 passengers on board. Their
destination, with the number. of passengers each vessel
carried, were as follows:—For New York : Queen of the
West, 1385 tons, Hallet, master, with 533 passengers,
dispatched by Messrs. Bowman and Grinnell; Silas Green-
man, 895 tons, Magna, master, with 363 passengers, (Ger-
mans,) despatched by Mr. Sabel ; Emma Fields 944 tons,
with 469 passengers, by 14fessrs. Tapscott and CO.; Antarc-
tic, 1115 tons, Zerega, master, 526 passengers, by Messrs.
Tapscott and Co.; Ticonderoga, 1229 tons, Boyle, master,
596 passengers, by Messrs. Guion and Co.; Calhoun„l:l9
tons, Trueman, master, 600 passengers, by Messrs. Grim-
shaw and Co. For Boston : National Eagle, 1048 tons,
Matthews, master, 290 passengers, by Mr. Mitchell, For
New Orleans : Carrack, 677 tons Norris, master, 318
passengers, by Messrs. Seal and Co. And for Philadel-
phia: Tuscarora, 1232 tons; Turley, master, 504 passengers,
by Messrs. Tapscott and Co. Besides these, the fine
Australian packet-ship the Mooresfort,
1232 tons, went
:into the river on Friday, with 504, passengers on board.
She belongs to
Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's " White
';star" line of Australian ships.
STRIKE AT PRESTON..-0n Saturday afternoon the
-various mills in Preston and its vicinity, in
which the
makes to the hands had expired, were dosed, and upwards
of 15,000 additional persons are thus left without eras
illoyment. On Friday and Saturday no less than thirty-
Six :mills were closed, and if we -add the number closed for
a few weeks previously, ten, we have a total of forty-six
mills- now absolutely closed, misrin which there is an entire
suspension of manufacturing operations. There are
vet
running four mills which are under notice to close, so that
in a few days the number of nas closed will be upwards
of fifty, only eight mills in the whole district continuing
operations. The number of mill hands at Preston is
estimated at about 30,000, and the number who are now
walking about the streets of Preston, without employ-
ment, is-set down at from 20,000 to-25,000 persons. The
amount of wages paid weekly, at 'the various mills now
closed, is stated to have been from ,f 12,000 to £13,000.
The immediate withdrawal of so large an amount must
operate very injuriously on the trade amid general business
of the town. To enable the large number who are now
without employment to exist, the committee of the Opera-
tive Union proposes to pay them, weekly, a sum of £4,000,
and they allege their funds are suffitiently strong to
enable them to, continue this sum for some weeks. In the
meantime delegates are to be deputed to visit all the prin-
cipal towne'in the kingdem, to solicit assist/wee from the
operative classes of those towns, to enable those of Preston
to prolong their struggles with the employers, and to
compel them, 'possible, to yield the 10 per cent. on
•
present prices.