The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-30 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

We are baPPY to find that the very satisfactory report of
the Liverpool Friendly Loan Society, for 1840, has already
produced considerable effect in increasing the funds of the
society. Since the commencement of the present year the
treasurer has received the following contributions, viz.:—
from Charles Tayleur, Esq., £lOO ; Mrs. Bright, £5O ; W.
Rathbone, Esq., £25 ; J. Huddleston, Esq., £3O; Mr.
Kains, £3O ; Miss E. Colquitt, £lO ; Miss Reynell, £lO ;
Rev. J. Johns, £lO ; Mr. Jos. Soulton, £lO ; Mrs. Yates,
£5 ; J. B. Barclay, Esq., £5 ; Wellwood Maxwell, Esq.,
£5; A. Maxwell, Esq., £5; H. R. Sandbach, Esq., £5;
Miss Yates, £3 3s. ; and smaller deposits, £l2 Bs. 7d. ; besides
subscriptions from W. R. Coulborn, Esq., £1 is. J. L.
Aspland, Esq.. £l. This timely assistance has enabled the
society largely to increase the amount of their weekly loans,
but the applications are so much more numerous than can be
granted, that it is very desirable that the funds should be
still further augmented, especially as with the same machinery
and expense, double the capital now employed could be well
and usefully managed. We strongly recommend to the at-
tention of our readers the claims of this very excellent so-
ciety, and beg to inform them that any contributions (whe-
ther donations, or loans to receive 31 per cent. interest,) will
be received by Benjamin H. Jones, Esq., Treasurer, Bruns-
wick-street, or by any of the committee.
THE REV. CHAS. DUNN.—On Sunday evening last, this
much-respected clergyman (who is appointed to the curacy
of Whitchurch, Salop) preached his farewell sermon at St.
Helens, to a crowded and respectable congregation, whom
he has faithfully watched over for the space of six months,
in the absence of the minister, the Rev. J. Furnival. Mr.
Dunn's chief object has been, to preach Christ crucified, the
love of God to fallen man, and the conversion of sinners ;
indeed, to proclaim the whole truth, " as it is in Jesus"—
not fearing the frown, nor courting the applause, of men.
Mr. Dunn will be followed by the prayers of an affectionate
people for a beloved pastor.—From a Correspondent.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—These entertainments
at the Northern Mechanic's Institution, interspersed as they
are with literary and scientific recreations, attract very large
' audiences, upwards of 500 being present last Saturday. The
evening is spent generally by the vocalists singing glees,
songs, &c. An essay on the advantages of knoTledge is
read, some chemical, or other experiments are displayed,'a
recitation delivered, and last Saturday the laughing gas was
administered at the conclusion. The object of these amuse-
ments is to wean the working man from scenes of drunken-
ness and vice, and as such it is to be hoped they will realize
the praiseworthy intentions of the promoters.—From a Cor-
respondent.

THE BAR.—SILK GOWNS AT LIVERPOOL.—There is at
the present assizes a full complement of barristers ordinarily
on the circuit, within the bar. They are Mr. Sergeant
Atcherley, attorney-general` of the county palatine ; Mr.
Cresswell, M.P., Mr. Alexander, Mr. Starkie, Mr. Dundas,
M.P., Mr. Armstrong (recorder of Manchester), Sir Francis
Knowles, and Mr. Mathews. The two latter gentlemen, we
believe, have been very recently called within the bar, as
queen's counsel, and honou►'ed with the dignity of a silk
gown.

MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK.—By Boz. Part 12. Ware-
ing Webb, Liverpool.—We have received from Mr. Wareing
Webb the twelfth part of the Clock, containing a continua-
tion of " Barnaby Rudge". The story rivets attention, and
excites much interest. Mr. Dickens sets his contemporaries
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at an immeasurable distance. There a charm thrown
around all his characters—from the most insignificant to the
hero or heroine of his tale—the highest honor is due to him,
and tong may he live to amuse and interest us with the ema-
nations of his fancy. In the present number we find Tapper-
tit in all his glory, and the mode Miggs took of getting into
his confidence. The worst of these znstzlmentical produc-
tions is, that at the very point where the interest is most ex-
cited, and the mind engaged, thee our patience is put to the
test, and is bidden to wait till next month. " Barnaby
Rudge " is full of quaint conceits and amusing passages—we
recommend it earnestly to the attention of our readers.
THE PENNY MEMORIAL.—It may be in the recollection
of our readers, that some months ago Mr. Egerton Smith,
who is famous for his philanthropic views, and exhibiting of
public gratitude upon a large scale, started the idea of spew-
ing Mr. Rowland Hill that the.inhabitan ts of Liverpool were
eminently grateful for his endeavours in working out the
great principle of borrowing of Peter to pay Paul; that is to
say, by causing a great deficiency in the postage tax, to af-
ford an excuse for a liberal government to put 10 per cent.
upon all exciseable articles, and thereby benefit the middle'
classes most materially, and seriously inconvenience the
poorer portion of the population. Mr. Egerton Smith, un-
willing to put down his ten pounds to head a liberal subscrip-
tion, hit upon the pauper plan of begging pennies from every-
body, until enough was duly collected to purchase something
which should mark the feeling of this town in favour of Mr.
Hill's plan. Cards were distributed, with pins to prick
them ; patterns were published in the Mercury ; and an
astonishing deal of fuss was made upon the issuing of these
" beggarly accounts." Time went on, but the cards did not
come back, and the holders, after having been remonstrated
frequently upon the enormity of their apathy in treating the
matter so coolly, were peremptorily desired to bring their
collections in, whatever might be the sums, the produce
thereof. What that sum was we cannot exactly say ; but in
Messrs. Wordley and Mayer's shop window may be seen the
mode in which the subscription has been laid out, viz., a very
handsome silver salver, bearing the following inscription . •
—" Presented to Rowland Hill, Esq., by the subscribers to
the Liverpool penny tribute, in token of their gratitude for
the active, persevering, and successful exertions, to which
the country is indebted for that inestimable boon, the penny
postage. 1841."—The salver is valued at £47.