The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-05 00:00:00

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as installed, with the usu

monies, worshipful master of the Cestrian Lodge for the en-
suing twelve months, and received the hearty congratulations
of the brethren present. His worship was then pleased to
appoint the following brethren his officers for the ensuing

year :—R. Roberts, Esq., senior warden ; J. W. Bage,
junior warden ; Brother S. Brown (elected by ballot for the
sixth time), treasurer; Brother John Moss, senior deacon;
Brother Edward G. Willoughby, junior deacon ; Brother
Jenkins, junior guard ; and Brother S. Jones, tyler. We
sincerely congratulate the brethren of this lodge on their
choice of so excellent a master, and his discrimination in the
appointment of such efficient officers.
The business of the day having been disposed of, the direc-
tor of the ceremonies (Brother S. Brown), by command,
marshalled the procession, which proceeded to the banquet
room in the following order :—Two Tylers, with drawn
swords ; Junior Guard, with drawn sword ; the 'Most Wor-
shipful the D. P. G. Master, supported by the Worshipful
Master of the Lodge, and the Rev. Chaplain (Brother Fol-
liott ; Brother Brefrey, V. W. ; the P. P. G. S. Wardens
for Cheshire; Brother-T. Bennett, the P. G. Junior Deacon
for Cheshire ; Visitors of distinction, the Senior and Junior
Wardens, Treasurer, Senior and Junior Deacons, Subscrib-
ing Members and other Visitors, two and two ; Tyler, with
drawn sword. •

THE BANQUET

Near fifty sat down to a most sumptuous entertainment,
served up by Brother Willoughby on a scale of liberality and
profusion superior to any former occasion, and which re-
flected great credit on all those employed. It consisted of

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the rarest dainties in fish, flesh, and fowl. The wines were
of the choicest flavour, and the dessert delicious and abun-
dant.

The banquet having been discussed, and benediction pro-
nounced by the Rev. Chaplain, the following toasts, &c.,
were delivered from the throne, which was ably filled by that
talented and zealous mason, the R. W. Deputy Provincial
Grand Master for Cheshire, JOHN FlNcliErr MADDOCK,

"Our most gracious Sovereign, and may she long live to
reign over a free and happy people." (Masonic fire.)
Song, by Brother S. Brown—" Gocl save the Queen."

" His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and may we soon
have the pleasure of toasting him as a free and an accepted

Song, by Brother T. Truss—" Adieu, my native land."
" The Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family.'

Song, by Brother Gough—" To all you ladies."
The R. W. DEPUTY then observed, that although " the
st of the Royal Family" had been given, still there was
one young lady entitled to their especial notice, and ought
to be given separately—he meant the Princess Royal ; and
he hoped that in process of time she would be favoured (by
Divine Providence) with the company of a Prince of %Vales
and Earl of Chester. (Great applause.)
Song, by Brother Brooke—" Our bonny English rose."
" His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Most Wor-
shipful Grand Master of England." (Grand masonic ho-
tand an inveterate I nours.) _ _ _ _ _

Song, by Brother J. Clements—" The fine old admiral."
" The Earl of Zetland, Provincial Grand Master." (Ho-

" The Marquis of Salisbury." (Honours.)
Song, by Brother Blake—•` The Thorn."
The Pro. W. D. G. M., in proposing the next toast, begged
state. that he honed before they assembled again he would

have the pleasure of announcing the safe return Of their highly
esteemed Pro. W. P. G. M. of the Province, Lord Viscount
Cotnbermere ; and, although absent, yet so excellent a noble-
man and so zealous a mason lived in the heart of every mason
in this and the neighbouring province, and he trusted the
time was not distant that would restore the gallant and noble
chief to his native soil and to his highly and important duties
of Grand Provincial Master of Cheshire: (Received with
nthusiasm and honours.)
"The flag that brav'd a thousand years"—sung in
le by Brother William Jones, of Lodge 368, Liver-

capital

_ TASTER, (Chas. Hamilton, Esq.,) in a speech of
inie length, then proposed the R. W. D. I'. G. Master of
the Province, .1. Finchett Maddock, Esq., who had honoured
them with his presence that day, and stated how gratifying it
was to him, and he begged to assure him it was also to the
great body of masons within'this province, for the zeal and
uniform attention which he had always evinced in the cause
of masonry, in private as well as in his public capacity of
D. P. G. Master, and with what feelings of pleasure the
btethren froM one end of the county to the other dwelt on the
recollection of the time when the noble viscount made choice
of so efficient a representative, and under whose fostering care
masonry had gained such an ascendancy in this city that had
never been exceeded before, and hoped he might
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spared to live amongst them and adorn the exalted character
he then so well supported. (Rapturous applause and honours.)
The R. W. D. P. G. AlAs'rEtt rose to return thanks, his
feelings evidently overcome by this mark of their esteem.

He begged to assure them that he felt the compliment just
paid him; and trusted that Providence might spare him to
perform the important duties of his station in this county
that the craft required, and that he should never forget the
unsolicited honour conferred by the R. W. P. G. M. in ap-
pointing him as his lordship's deputy, and for the fraternal
and kind manner he had upon every occasion been received
by those lodges he had had the pleasure of visiting. After
congratulating the brethren of the Cestrian Lodge on their
choice of the master and appointment of the officers, he
thanked, them most sincerely, and hoped each would strive
to carry out the true principles of masonry with freedom,
fervency, and zeal. The worthy Deputy then resumed his
seat amidst masonic honours, &c.
Song, by Brother Brown—" Oh, my heart is delighted."
" Past and Present P. G. Officers of Cheshire." (Ho-

spot and

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rionrs.)
Brothers BRASSEY and BENNETT (the two provincial
officers present) returned thanks.
Song, by Brother Clements—Parody on the Sea.
Brother the Rev. J. FOLLIOT (the Chaplain for the day)
rose, and after making some observations on the beauties of
masonry, passed a high eulogium on the merits of the W.
Master, C. Hamilton, Esq.' and concluded by giving his
health, which was received by the brethren with great ap-
plause, and the masonic honours given with marked precision.
The W. MASTER acknowledged the compliment, and, in
a speech of some length, concluded by assuring his brethren
that his best faculties should be exerted in th discharge of
his duty during the next twelve months, and begged most
cordially to thank them for the honor of electing him a se-
cond time to fill the chair.
, Song—Brother Brown—The " Entered Apprentice."
" The W. M. and Brethren of the Deva Lodge, 651."
(Honours.)
Brother L. WILBRARAM returned thanks, and delivered
an excellent oration.
" The Rev. J. FOLLIOTT" (the chaplain of the day).
(Honours.) He responded to the toast in a speech fraught
with sentiments of " good will" and piety.
Song—" I am a friar of orders gray."
" The worthy Past Master of this lodge, Brother Thos.
Finchett Maddock." (Honours.)
Brother FINCHETT MADDOCIt responded to the toast in a
truly masonic speech.
Sonz—Brother Wilbraham—" Fill to him."
" The R. W. the P. G. M. for the W. D. of Lancashire,
Le Gendre N. Starkie, Esq." (Honours.)
Song—Brother Willoughby—" When order in the land."
" R. W. P. G. M. E. D. L. Thos. Preston, Esq."
(Elonouri:)
Song—Brother Hanmer—" My ship is in the offiing."
" Jno. Drinkwater, Esq., R. W. D. P. G. M. W. D.
Lancashire." (Honours.)
Grand chorus—" Prosper the Art."
" Brother C. Rokeby Maddock, late S. Warden, and
better health." (Honours.)
Song—Brother Brown-
forgot."

`‘ Should auld acquaintance be

"Brother Hess and our Brethren of Liverpool." (Ho-
nours.)
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Brother Was. JONES, of Lodge 368, returned thanks.
" The Officers of the Cestrian Lodge for the past year."
(Honours.)

Brother J. CLEMENTS thanked the brethren in a neat
speech, for himself and brother officers.
" Our Visiting Brethren this day." (Honours.)
Brother Captain A. BROOKE, of the R. W. F., returned
thanks.

Mrs. Hamilton, (by the R. W. D. P. G. M.,) the lady
of the worshipful Master, Charles Hamilton, Esq." (Ma-
sonic fire.)

Song—" 0, Norah ! the pride of Kildare"—very beauti-
fully sung by Brother W. Jones.
The W. MASTER responded to the toast.
" The Officers of the Cestrian Lodge for the present
year." (Honours.)
The Senior Warden (Brother jtoberts), Junior Warden
(Brother Bage), Treasurer (Brother Brown), Senior Deacon
(Brother Moss), Junior Deacon (Brother E. Willoughby),
Junior Guard (Brother Jenkins), severally returned thanks.
Song—Brother W. Boden—" Steady we go."
" All absent Brethren." (Honours.)
Duet—" All's Well."

At the upper table, near the throne, were seated, Brothers
the Rev. J. Folliot, Captain Brooke, R. W. F., Dr. Connoll,
Chas. Hamilton, Esq., B. Brassey, Esq., Jno. Rogers, Esq.,
T. M. Bennett, Esq., Jno. Blake, Esq. R.N., lice. In the

course of the day a letter was read from Major-General
Brother Sir Chas. Napier, K.B. &c., regretting his unavoid-
able absence.

One part of this day's proceedings gives us great pleasure
to relate : at an early part of the day the R. W. D. P. G. M.
presented, in the name of the Lodge, an elegant silver snuff-
box, to Brother J. A. Clements, on which was the following
inscription :

" Presented to Brother J. A. Clements, by the Brethren of
the Cestrian Lodge, 615, as a small tribute of their frater-
nal regard for his zeal as a mason, and his efficient services

to the interests of the Cestrian Lodge upon all occasions."
The R. W. D. P. G. M. retired about ten o'clock, when
the lodge was finally closed and adjourned.

LANCASHIRE COUNTY VOTERS.—The number of voters
for this county, as they now appear on the respective lists, is
as follows :—For the Southern Division, 18.178 ; for the
Northern, 10,031 ; total 28,209 ; and we are happy to add
that the conservative cause is perfectly secure in both di-
visions.—Preston Pilot.

We are sorry to announce the death of Frank Hall Stan-
dish, Esq. of Duxbury, in Lancashire, of litera-y celebrity.
He had almost entirely recovered from a long and painful
illness, but being attacked with inflammation, he died sud-
denly at Cadiz, on the 21st of December.—Morning Post.
PORT OF ULVERSTONE.—The petition to make the port
of Ulverstone a free port has received a number of signa-
tures, and will in a few days be forwarded to the Earl of
Burlington ; through whom, to the members of North Lan-
cashire and Lord Sandon, it will be presented to the Lords
of the Trtasury.---Preston Chronicle.
PLUMPTON IRON ORE PITS, NEAR ULVERSTONE. —The
spirited gentlemen who are working these pits, have met
with ore of excellent quality. They are now erecting a
steam-engine, to pump the water out of the pits. We have
no doubt they will ultimately succeed—and we trust beyond
their most sanguine expectations.—Preston Chronicle.
FOREIGN POSTAGE.—There seems to be a very general
and erroneous impression that the postage of foreign letters
cannot be paid by means of stamps. The 3 and 4 Victoria,
c. 95, s. 12, authorises that stamps may be used for foreign
letters outwards. In those cases where the stamps are in-
sufficient, and the payment of the foreign postage is com-
pulsory, the letter is returned to the sender; but charged
" with such postage as if no stamp had been thereon or
affixed thereto."

TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—On Tues-
day last, a boy eleven years of age, son of a coal-miner at
Spotland Bridge, near Rochdale, named William Moult,
went into the garret with a lighted candle, and was taking
some gunpowder out of a barrel which his father had got a
few days ago, when a spark ignited it and the boy was blown
through the roof of the building, and was found at a distance
of. several yards from the house. He died in a few hours
faottretur.nateTlhyenro thepoorteravlaerrmsoends
wtheereinjured.
wholeneighbourhood, but

UNIVERSITY

AND ECCLESIASTIC

GENCE

L INTELLI

OXFORD, JAN. 2.—The Lord Bishop of • Chichester has
collated the Rev. James Hughes, fellow of New College, to
the canonry and prebend of Borsalis, vacant by the resigna
tion of Dr. Williams, the warden of New College.
The Rev. F. W. Holme has presented the Rev. Meyric
Holme, of Brazennose College, to the perpetual curacy
Marston Mersey, 'Wilts

The Lord Bisti.op of Lincoln has pr
mvstead to the vicarage of Messir

sented the Rev. John
:ham with Bottisford,

The Dean and Chapter of Chichester have presented ti
Rev. Thomas Brown to the canonry and prebend of Highle,
in the cathedral'of Chichester.
_ _

Lord Bisho

) of Lichfield

,eph Gar ton to the-vicarage o

has presented the Rev. .T 1
wccster, Northamptonshir

CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 2.—The Norrisian professor has giver
notice that his lectures in Lent term, 1841, will commence oi
Tuesday, Feb. 2.

John Carlen Heath, Esq., B. A., of the Inner Temple,
was, on the 23d ult., elected a fellow of Trinity Hall, by the

master and fellows of that society

Yesterday, the Rev. Henry Alford, of Trinity College, wa:
appointed Hulsean lecturer.
THE HULSEAN PRlZE.—Yesterday, the Hulsean prize o
upwards of 100 guineas, was adjudged to Andrew Jukes,
Trinity College. Subject---" An inquiry into the principle:
of the prophetic interpretation, and the practical results aris
ing from them." The subject for the present year is, " The
use and value of the writings of the ancient fathers, consi.

dered as auxiliary to the proof of the truth of a
religion, and to the elucidation of its doctrines."

e Christiar

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

The Chief Railway Commissioner, Sir Frederick Smith,
R.E., arrived at Carlisle a few days ago, and on Monday,
accompanied by Mr. Miller, the engineer of the Glasgow
and Edinburgh Railway, proceeded to survey the proposed
lines from Carlisle to Glasgow and Edinburgh.—Newcastle
Journal.

Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow, the commis-
sioners appointed by the LOrds of the Treasury to report on
the best line of railway communication between London and
Glasgow have delivered in their third report, wherein they
recommend for that portion between Lancaster and Carlisle,
a line by way of Kendal, Orton, and Penrith, on a plan sub-
mittedby Mr. Larmer.—Newcastle Journal.
LINE OF RAILWAY THROUGH FIFE.—Mr. Grainger, the
engineer employed to prepare the plans required by the stand-
ing orders of the House of Commons, preparatory to the in-
troduction of the bill into .parliament, has, we understand,
commenced his survey of the proposed railway through Fife.
The surveyors under his directions commenced their labours
simultaneously on Tuesday last week at Bruntisland and va-
rious other points along the line'to Dundee, by Kirkcaldy,
Markinch, New Inn, Cupar, &c.—Scottish Standard.

STATE OF TRADE

LEEDS.—During the past week there has been fully as
much business transacted in the cloth halls as might be ex-
pected at this particular season of the year, and perhaps even
still more done to order, for there is a remarkable want of
assortment in the stocks of goods now in the cloth halls. A
general expectation seems to prevail that we shall have a brisk
trade early in the spring.
BRADFORD MARKET.—The demand for goods at our mar-
ket on Thursday, the last market in the year, was brisker
than might have been expected, and prices were very firm.
There was also a steady demand for yarn at recent prices.
inferior sorts of combing wools were in good request at
former rates ; but in finer sorts the sales were very limited.

WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JAN. I.—The new year, ve
anticipate, will improve upon the old. There is decidedly
more activity in some of our warehouses. There is more
business in the trade during the last fortnight.
CHESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 29.—We have re-
frained from making any report of the wool trade in this
quarter for some time, owing to the uniform sameness that
has prevailed in the market. The trade has at length got
what may be termed a turn ; all descriptions of this article
have, within the last week or two, been decidedly better sold,
and staplers are quite on the alert in making purchases. We
have no doubt wool will still realize better prices.—Leeds
Intelligencer.

ROMAN CATHOLIC ELECTORS PUBLICLY DENOUNCED
FROM THE ALTAR.—AWFUL INTIMIDATION.-011 Sunday
last, some respectable Roman Catholic tenants of the Hon.
Somerset Maxwell were publicly denounced by a priest, who
declared that " they were damned, and it was out of his
power to save them." This attempt to create excitement
has failed to make an impression on any but the mere mob—
but it demonstrates the existence of a ferocious tyranny, that
must be exposed and fearlessly combatted before it can be
extinguished. The adjudication of the magistrates at Tul-
low was also a subject of debate in another chapel, and they
were collectively and individually abused for daring to ad-
minister the law in justice and equity, by punishing the
wretches who polluted the.bouse of worship by committing
assaults therein.—Carlow Sentinel.

INCREASE OF THE NAVY.—In comparing the list of the
ships in commission at the present period, with the list of
those in active service last January, we find the strength of
the navy at sea is increased by three three deckers, two
eighty-fours, three fifties, five sloops of war, and seven first-
class steamers, forming an - addition to our defence of 794
guns and 6,300 men ; the whole of which are in addition to
any estimate proposed to Parliament, and is an expense
which the pressure of the times has compelled the govern-
ment to incur, and under a full reliance on the emergency of
the case justifying them in asking for the necessary supplies.
The number of seamen, marines, and boys now in employ,
exceeds 43,000.—Hampshire Telegraph.
DEATH OF LADY HERVEY BATHURST.—.-We have to
record, after a short illness, the demise of the above highly
respected lady, which took place on Wednesday last, at Cla-
rendon Park, Wilts. Her late ladyship, who was eldest
daughter and co-heiress of the late Mr. Walter Smythe, was
born 10th June, 1810, and married 14th May, 1832, Sir Fre-
deric Hutchinson Hervey Bathurst, Bart., by whom she
leaves issue a son and a daughter. Sir Frederic, it is needless
to say, is inconsolable at his domestic bereavement.
ADVANTAGES OF BEING A DIRECTOR.—One of the on
dits of the day tells a pleasant tale of an event that happened
in a railway not 113 miles long. A director living some 50,
more or less, miles down, and having some friends to enter-
tain during this merry season, had ordered a barrel of oysters
to come by his own railway: The lazy fishmonger not send-
ing them in time, the director—and who had a better right ?
—took off a barrel going by the railway to another party,
that he might not disappoint his own friends; and the next
day, like a good and worthy member of society, sent on his
own to the expectant party.—. Railway Magazine.
PORTSMOUTH H AIM/Int.—A most complete survey of the
Portsmouth Harbour, (says the Hampshire Telegraph,) with
its variousllakes and approaches, has recently been made by
Lieuts. Sherringhatn and Otter, and their assistants, inclu-
ding a minute map of the towns. The most extraordinary
coincidence exists, we understand, between the present sur-
vey, with all the improved methods, and still more improved
instruments, and the old survey of Mackenzie, made in 1782,
and the still more recent one of the late talented and indus-
trious Mr. Park, who was then Master Attendant here ; and,
still more extraordinary, the soundings, all over, have varied
only in the slightest degree in the period alluded to,- sixty
years. The bar off the Southsea Land-marks remains unal-
tered from its shape and size as recorded in the oldest
minutes ' • and we find it consist of no shifting matter, but is
a firm substance of flint and chalk, almost concreted together
with gravel; it could be channelled with much ease, but with
some expense.