The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-30 00:00:00

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ANTED, a good TENOR SINGER, for St,
~,arr Anne's Churh.—Applications, stating fitness and
'1(11 expected to bec made on or before FRIDAY next, the
4
ne, addressed J. K., J3ox-D 90, Postotfice.

ANTED to PURCHASE, with or without a
'4st of House, about an Acre of LAND, at the north or north.
15
the town.—Address, with tenure, situation, and price,
Hour, 25, South John-street.

, IVERPOOL DOCKS.-LOANS OF MONEY.
,tititb--The COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS
.do
t.o,k‘';',.,BY GIVE NOTICE. that they are willing to receive
4rt "0 of MONEY, on the security of the Bonds of the
telii:lees of the Liverpool Docks. at the rate per
lierl Per Annum Interest, for periods of either three, five,
1,114:‘," years, at the option of Lenders. Interest payable
fearlY.—Ali offers to be addressed to GEO. V. TANTON,
'treasurer to the Liverpool Docks, Dock Office, Liverpool.
By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Office, Liverpool, 4th May, 1854.
11° THE BOOKSELLERS AND BOOK-
BINDERS OF LIVERPOOL.—The Committee of the
,lJpriaool Library are ready to receive TENDERS for the
"010 `4-.17-Of BOOKS and BOOKBINDING. The orders for
lihe°l3l4 are given on the second Saturday of each month,, and
lalet3°lis ace required to be delivered at the Library not
tr 6. than the following Wednesday morning. The monthly
uhieVl, 41 from .4'30 to £4O, and the Tenders must state the
ht that will be taken off the Publishing Price.
'Dm:. stile of Bokbinding reqired ma be ascertaied, by
to the Librarian. Theu y accounts are paid monnth y._
'ert niust be sent in previous to THURSDAY, the Bth
sae lo ll_
wext. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept
est Tender. By order of the President.
JOHN PERRI., Librarian.
~.s.:rPool Library, Bold-street, May 20th, 1854.

• N'IN PERSONS DROWNED.—An excnr,sion boat, con-
-I.4bo'ng 17 persons, principally .masons, bricklayers, and
kotiatirers. employed in the building of a fort near Yar-
We u, ni the Isle of Wight, was capsized last Sunday
Owing to a squabble as to whose turn it was to
4t th out of a jar of beer on board, two or three reached
61p he jar at once, and the boat upsetting, only ten were
and these got drunk on land shortly afterwards.
letells OF PARLIAMENT.—Only 14 public acts haye
i 0,,, ved the royal assent in the present -session, now sit-
tlik° nearly four months. Fewer acts are expected to be
11-" in this than in former years.
'• SET-mous, BLASE, of the Guards, now in the East,
the fSir Ed. Seymour Blane, Bart., has been sued f 7
Ttaluotint of a bill (£500) which he accepted for his
Mr. Pottinger, son of Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart.
bearsaii4 that Mr. Pottinger had betted very heavily,,
S
VttbOSt.sririolv.—The Princess Cataneo Spinosa, o
who perished on board the Ercolano, was a victim
rise nyvn superstition ; she refused to leave Genoafon a
Minn,, ..thinking the day unlucky, and being one
coo,. tle
flt,le)'4l shareholders in the steamboat cornupry,.
ifad
the t aker to be detainedrtill thp folloni g
proper tune, she could not have
blot jeOhno left at the p
s'Alia in t night.
eNE „POPE he
OF ROME.—Louis Napoleon's cousin,
Gaines Lucien Bonaparte, second son of the Prince de
40,;u0, bas taken orders, and donned priestly vestments,
`,thieh it is in: `erred he is intended by the Emperor
A future candidate for the Papal. throne.
i9,1?17.111, ARRIED.--Prince Frederick of Scheswig Holstein-
4vurg, elder brother of Prince Christian, presump-
hi: he to the Danish Crown, was legally separated..., froThme
terellife, a Princess of ficho,umburg Lippe, in 1 le
l'ertl,leparties having, however, met at Ni e,,thBe old pro-
-4reet.°l "On revient se; premiers amours'
.worked its
44,7' and the loving couple were re-married, with all ne-
hrY religious observances, on the 7th inst.
Th
4.4l,ktbe Limerick Chronicle states that Father eobald
he has sustained another shock of paralysis, and that
44e ante of his health is now such as to cause his friends
de•
epest anxiety.
TAx (NO .2) BILL. The Income Tax (No. 2)
uich
exte passing through the House of_ Commons, is
114tii riding the double income tax as. 2d. in the pound)
/1... the 6th of April next after the ratification of a
'11%1? ve treaty of peace." If that should be before 1859,
'et `ll°ll the double tax
00_ g is to c,eas.e, the Income Tax
kty last sessions is to revive.
o
tXD DIVORCE OF THE EMPEROR
and
FMPRESS
tOti "4/IcE.—l have already contradicted, from very
1,4 n, authority. the rumour which was
.current
gtheat the
n,'4el,`,e,,,r°r contemplated a dissolution of his m
Zote ~,""Press. My allusion to the rumour. was, pernaps,
).'lla'ague than was necessary, even with el,lry possible
La ,oration for the delicacy of the subject. This
Nit-• s" current, for there are some members of the Legiti-
a-
te it arty who spare neither money nor pains to proP
as '11(1 in several of the foreign journPalsist is alluded
i'vlug gained much credit in ,Paris.
thel
itself,
d al 11
most peremptory manner, the nunour contradict
the statement of its having gained considerable
,-`l'. t 111 this capital. Nothing whatever has occurred to
(1
even the suposition that there is any ground for
h,v)) a divorce on political grounds, and still
.le.ss for
t•Qhtlu.g that the hope of direct issue
k'kilis?rennistance would affect the union of the
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had dinainisnei! ,
It the ed personages alluded to. As to the question
frtrobability or- improbability. of there being.difecnot
th 1,1114„ 1.11 the imperial marriage, I will only say
Mereti;!ucation has been made, either private or official,
event is improbable ; and that, on the contrary,
-i,this moment a strong rumour in the Court
114,4 e the Empress is likely soon to gratify the hopes
i4t: a L'lPeror, and disappoint those of the persons who
ge.,:s-eal. or, fancied interest in his leaving no direct
Faris correspondence of the Globe.