The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

FREEMASONRY. IN CHESHIRE. The arrangements
for this provincial grand lodge, to be holden at Birken-
head, on the 7th of October, are proceeding with in-
creased interest. The Rev. R. W. P. G. Master. the
Viscount Combermer", will be met at Chester by a depu-
tation from the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Corn.
parry, headed by the Chairman of the Directors, William
Jackson, Esq., who has politely placed his own private
carriage at the disposal of Lord Combermere whilst at
Birkenhead. The Craft Lodge will be opened at nine
o'cl.,ck a.m., at the Craven-rooms, and the Grand Lodge
at ten o'clock. After the usual business of the province
has been transacted, the brethren will proceed in form to
St. Mary's Church. where a full cathedral service will be
performed, and a sermon preached by the V. W. p. G.
Chaplain—the Rev. Andrew Knox. the highly respected
incumbent, having kindly ranted the use of his church ;
after which, a collection will be made in aid of the funds
of the B rkeilead Dispensary. The brethren will then
proceed to Birkenhead Park (if the weather should be fine
and time will admit). headed by a military band, or the
band of the Liverpool Bluecoat School, if such a holiday
can be procured for this distinguished little body. The
brethren will then return to the Grand Lodge, and ad-
journ from thence to the Town-hall, where the banquet
will be provided in Brother Gough's usual good taste.
There will br a complete holiday in Birkenhead.
DISTRESSING CASE.—A number of poor emigrants,
principally Irish, appeared on Thursday at the Police
court, to complain of Messrs. Rippard, the emigrant
agents of the Orphan, a vessel they had sailed in about
five weeks ago. It appeared that the vessel sailed about
the time stated, and while out met with continued bad
weather : she was dismasted, and returned to port again.
The provi-ions of the passengers became exhausted, as
well as their litle capital ; consequently they went to
Messrs. Rippards' office, to ascertain whether they could
obtain another vessel immediately, and to have food fur-
nished them. They were told that the allowance would
he one pound of bread stuffs. This they considered insuf-
ficient. In answer to a question from Mr. Rushton, it
was stated there were 275 persons emigrated, 240 of whom
were now awaiting a vessel. Mr. Rushton, after consi-
dering the matter, said he feared, as the. vessel had pro-
ceeded on her voyage, they were forced to stick by the
,el, the owners of which were compelled to give them
pound of stuffs daily. They were reqnested to call
again on Friday, and in the meantime he (Mr. Rushton)
would send for the owners.—The complainants attended
on Friday. when Mr. Rushton informed them that the
result of his communication with Messrs. Rippard was,
that arrangements had been made to take out all who
were ready immediately, and those who were emigrating
to the far west would be taken in the spring. In accord-
ance with these regulations. fifty would be shipped on
Monday for New York. One of the party handed in a
biscuit, ns a sample of the bread furbished to them, a-ad
which, he said, he could not eat. Upon examining it,
Mr. Rushton said the bread would be inspected by the
government agent.

THE SCREW STEAMER MAZEPPA.—A beautiful little
three-masted screw schooner is now lying in the Tra-
falgar Dock. She is called " The Mazeppa, of Dum-
barton," and was built at the latter place by Denny.
Brothers, and is as fine a model as has appeared in the
Clyde or the Me:sey. Her length is 130 teet with fore-
rake, depth of hold 13 feet, and beam 21 feet. Her
appearance externally is most finished, not a sign of a
bolt or bar being discoverable on the closest inspec'ion,
and she looks very elegant and rakish upon the water.
The figure-head is a large and spirited representation of
Mazeppa bound to the wild horse of the Ukraine, and
the stern carvings also are very hlndsonne. Her mea-
surement. for cargo, is 211 tons, and, with the engine-
room, 270. The engines, which are exceedingly com-
pact, were put in by Caird and Co.. of Greenock. and
the apartment in which they are placed is exceedingly
well ventilated. They are each of twenty horses' power.
The material of which she is constructed is wholly iron,
with the exception of the decks, and she has four iron
bulkhead., which make five water-tight compartments.
There is a winch to each hold, so that, one hold having
been cleared, she may load and unload at the same time,
if necessary for expedition. Each told has also a pump
attached, which is worked by the engine, and there is
another at'aehed to the engine-room. The cabin and
sleeping berths are commodious and airy. Captain
Davis. her commander, informs us that. she will steam
nine kno's an hour in ballast, or seven with 300 tons on
board, and that with the latter she is only eleven feet in
the water. In her passage hither from Glasgow she con-
sumed only six and a-half tons of coal, though she had a
stoppage of six hours at the mouth of the river. She is
the sister vessel to the Waterwitch, a celebrated trader
between Limerick and London, and is intended to ply
between the latter port and Liverpool, if sufficiently en-
couraged by our merchants.

MANSLAUGHTER.—On Monday evening a wife was
killed by her husband in Thomas-street. The following
evidet.ce, given at the c goner's inquest, details the par-
ticulars of the atrocity :—Bridget Smith said—l am the
daughter of James Smith, and am at present living in the
house of the deceased. Her name was Catherine Tully.
Her husband's name is Owen Tully. They resided in
Thomas street. On Monday evening last the deceased
and her husband sat down to tea together, and while they
were taking it two women came into the shop, and Mrs.
Tully went to serve them. After they had done tea. Mr.
Tully said to the deceased, " It's no use me trying to
keep a shop when ou have so many women coming
about you drinking when my hack is turned." The de-
ceased then said, " Am I drunk now ?" and he replied,
" Yes, you are." She then answered, " Well, if lam
so. let it be so." He then struck her on the side of the
head with Lis fist while sht was sitting on a chair. He
went out into the yard, and deceased called out, " Oh,
my head." I sent a little girl for Mrs. Murphy, a sister
of the deceased's, and she came and said to the deceased,'
" Sally, mend you, there's always women here ah.-n I
cone in." Mrs. Tully then got up to strike Mrs. Mur-
phy, and Mr. Tully got up and made a blow at the de-
ceased over Mrs. Murray's shoulder, but the Cteceased
stooped down and avoided it, and he then gave her a kick
about the lower part of her abdomen. Two women came
in and put her on a chair, and I then saw a large quantity
of blond on the floor just where she had been standing.
As s, on as she got the kick she gave a great scream. The
deceased was taken up stairs, and soon after she died.
The deceased was a little in liquor, but Mr. Tully was
quite sobg. She was not in the habit of getting drunk.
1 have not seen Mr. Tully since. The deceased and her
husband used occasionally to fall out.—John Taylor: I
am a surgeon, and have in de a post-mortem examination
of the body of the deceased. On the external parts of the
body I found lividness on the lower part of the abdomen,
and an abra,ure on the lower part of the right buttock,
and the lett labium was engorged with blood. Internally
I found a detachment of the placenta, from which an im-
rnen•e quantity of blood had flowed before death. The
whole of the organs of the body were quite blanched, and
tree from the ordinary quantity of blood. Loss of blood
was the immediate cause of death, and the result of ex-
ternal violence on the genitals, such as a kick or a blow,
—A verdict of manslaughter was returned against Owen
Tully, aho surrendered on Thursday, and was committed
on the coroner'e warrant to take his trial.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A
NEW CONCERT-HALL.

On Wednesday the foundation stone of a spacious
Concert Hall, for the use of the Philharmonic Society,
vr,,a laid at the corner of Hope-street and Myrtle-street,
in this t ,wn. The architect is J. Cunningham, Esq.

The New Concert Hall will contain two fronts—one
towards Hope-street, the other towards Myrtle-street.
Iu accordance with its character, the style of architecture
adopted is Italian. The length of the building will be
upwards of 175 feet, its breadth 112 feet, and its elevation,
externally. G 5 fret. It was originally intended to sur-
mount it with a dome ; but, owing to the increased ex-
pense which this must have occasioned, as well as the
unnecessary flood of light which it would have thrown in,
the idea has been abandoned. The erection will be en-
tir• ly of stone—the two fronts being of white stone, the
back and side of red stone, finished with white. It is
calculated to contain no less than 2.300 people.
The main feature of the plan is the admirable provision
made to prevent over-crowding, and affording easy ingress
' and t gress. This is accomplished in several ways. On
each front there is an open arcade, with bold pila.ters
rising to the height of the first story, the intermediate
spares being arched, having impost pier., impost mould-
ittßs, &c. There are five arches to the Hope-street front,
and eight to the front towards Myrtle-street. A corridor
extends round three sides of the pit, there being on each
side three doors from the arcade. and from the corridor
into the pit no less than eight. Carriages may he ordered
to any particular arcade, and, till their arrival. the piazza
will form a shelter from the inclemency of the weather.
The musicians will have a separate entrance at the extreme
end. The finks of each front in a small rneasnre ►ecede.

A urnice and string course run above the fir-t story and
below tee upper windows, the interstice bring filled up
with panels. T. e upper windows have architraves,
frirses, and pedimented carved cornices and mould cap-
pi-gs. The whole of the exterior of the building is sur-
mounted by a richly-sculptured block cornice, ornament-
ed with rosettes, &c. ; and on the central breaks of each
front the usual and appropriate musical emblems will hecut.
On entering at the principal fronts, branching from the
corridor, there will be a commodious retiring-rootia fur
ladies on the right, and for gentlemen on the left. A
large hail for re-unions is also shown upon the plan.
There will also be two retiring-rooms for the profession-
als, with dressing-rooms, working-rooms with apparatus,
and all requisite convenience. Refreshment-rooms, con-
veniently situated, have also been arranged. The orches-
tra itself will be very commodious, being estimated,as
capable of affording accommodation to 360 performers.
It will prcjectabout 20 feet into the pit, above which the
',Aver end will be elevated neatly 5 feet. The length of
the pit, inclusive of the orchestra, is 125 feet; its breadth
64 feet. It will be entirely filled with stalls. There will
he a tier of 27 boxes on each side, each box being calcu-
lated to contain six persons. They ,re so contrived that
they can be made either private or public, there being a
small recess or retirine-room behind. The gallery proper
is at the extreme end fronting the orchestra, and a gallery
will also extend on each side above the boxes. Two pri-
v ‘te boxes, for the accommodation of the committee, will
be placed on each side of the orchestra. The galleries
are separated from the central part of the building by
arches, enriched with deviFes and ornamental designs.
y provision will
The whole of the interior
. will be painted en eanNtie, with
rieproi.riate emblematic orrarnents, in a.style, we believe
ill(a)ftiyon. aantiddehveearting. The place
similar to the Italian Opera
. Ilouse, in LoncLin. Th;
ibe
itlelniiatoidereoltitgohastelecdtuhroeenrd°au'e7iev'w:i n"itilan. Above the cornices our-
ymntfing the pi, Mr.
Cunningham proposes to introduce
pipes terminating as achroterre in the form of honey-
suckles, which by a simple contrivance may be made to
light the whole of the interior, without the offensive gl.re
t
caused by the ch•ndeliets and the common modes. The
cost of the wi.ole structure has been estimated at £23,000.
The ceremony of laying the stoi.e excited little interest.
About eighty ladies and geotleuna were preseut.