The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR
_OF THE " LIVERPOOL

STANDARIS."
SlR,—lnstructions have been delivered to the officers about
the docks, which, if my information be correct, stands unri-
valled fer ignorance and oppression. Well might Capt. D.
call them " a set of cobblers and blacksmiths."

INDEPENDENCE.
QUERY.—Has the Surveyor had fresh instructions ?
17th February.

TOWN MrsszoN.—The annual meeting of the Town Mis-
sion Society was held in the Music Hall, Bold Street, last
night. The room was crowded to excess. Thomas Sands,
Esq., presided, and the meeting was addressed by several
speakers.

ADDRESSES OF THE COUNCIL TO HER MAJESTY AND
PRINCE ALBERT.—Yesterday a special meeting of the Coun-
cil was held in the Town-hall, for the purpose of agreeing to
an address to her most gracious Majesty, and another to his
royal highness Prince Albert, on the occasion of their mar-
riage. The committee appointed on a former occasion pre-
sented the addresses, and stated in their report that they had
intimated to the Lord Chamberlain that they would be pre-
sented by the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Sheil, and Mr. Bushell.
After a few remarks from those gentlemen, and from Mr.
Isaac Holmes, the addresses were unanimously adopted.
They will be presented at her Majesty's first levee since her
marriage, which will be held to-morrow (Wednesday).
The following paragraph was intended for our publication
of Tuesday last, but the mass of intelligence respecting the
Queen's marriage prevented its insertion on that day :
We take the opportunity of directing the attention of our
general commercial readers to an advertisement in another
column, headed " Guarantee Society." We have been
favoured with a prospectus of this society, embodying a
highly respectable directory ; and the well known profes-
sional house of Messrs. Cotton, as the solicitors. It appears
on first impression to be one of the really useful, in principle
and object,—amongst the many societies lately offered to the
public support—embracing an extensive range of utility, as
well as a philanthropic design. A society of this kind being
much needed, bids fair, under judicious management, to
give to the shareholders a fair remuneration on their invest-
ments; and at no very distant period of time, to become an
institution of first-rate importance in the metropolis, as well
as one of general advantage to the country.
CONCERT ON BEHALF OF THE DISPENSARIES AND IN-
FIRMARY.—Next Tuesday a grand miscellaneous Concert
will be given at the Theatre Royal, the profits of which will
he wholly appropriated to the support of the Dispensaries
:and Infirmary. The orchestral arrangements will be on the
some scale as the subscription concerts, which have just ter-
minated, and which have proved so successful. The vocal
performers will be Miss Maria B. Hawes, Miss Whitnall,
Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Stretton ; and the instrumental, Miss
C. Weller and Mr. Lidel. We hope to see a crowded house.
Indeed, we have no doubt as to that circumstance, when we
bear in mind how, in this case, benevolence and amusement
are so judiciously combined.

THE OLD ENGLAND NEWSPAPER.--The Old England
newspaper, published in London, is one of the cheapest and
best of the metropolitan prints. It is carefully prepared,
and great attention is paid to the publication of the earliest
and most authentic information. On the occasion of the
Queen's marriage, the proprietors made great efforts, and we
believe they accomplished more in the same time than any
other London weekly paper.

THE CHARITIES Or LIVERPOOL—THE ROYAL AMPHI-
THEATRE.—The benefit at the Amphitheatre to-morrow
night, the proceeds of which Mr. Ducrow, with his charac•
teristic liberality, intends to devote in aid of the subscription
for the public charities of Liverpool, we sincerely trust will
be numerously attended. Everything that his ingenious and
active spirit could suggest will be done to merit support by
Mr. Ducrow; and, when we consider the object, we cannot
allow ourselves to doubt that the public will not realize
the expectations that are abroad as to their liberality on this
occasion. The particulars of the performances will he found
in the advertisement. In noticing the kindness of Mr. Ducrow
we have not a less pleasing duty to perform in doing justice
to the humane and considerate conduct of Mrs. Stebbing the
proprietor of the Amphitheatre. That lady, on learning the
praiseworthy object of the performances, immediately pro-
mised the use of the house, for the evening, without any
charge. In conclusion we may state that the theatre is well
lighted and well aired ; that the accommodations are superior,
particularly in the boxes, which are kept in admirable order
by Mr. Minster, whose attention and politeness to the com-
fort of the visitors has been a theme of general remark.
THE STEPHEN WHITNEY AMERICAN PACKET—This fine
vessel recently accomplished her first voyage from New York
to Liverpool, and she is now lying in the North Graving
Dock receiving repairs. Her accommodations are the most
convenient and commodious of any packet of her tonnage,
and the decorative portions are admirably splendid. To these
advantages mug be added, the experience and gentlemanly
manners of the commander, Captain Thompson ; for, with-
out disrespect to any officer occupying a similar position, we
must say that the owners have been extremely fortunate in
the selection they have made. Yesterday an elegant dej(une
was given on board the ship, at which, between thirty
and forty gentlemen were present. The viands and the
wines were of the first quality, and the attendance most
assiduous. Capt. Thompson presided; supported by the
American consul at this port, Colonel Ogden ; and the vice-
president was Mr. Sands, one of the consignees. Amongst
the toasts proposed were, " The Stephen Whitney," " Capt.
and Mrs. Thompson," " Her most gracious Majesty and her
illustrious Consort," " The American Consul," " The
Consignees in Liverpool and New York," " The Port and
Trade of Liverpool," " The City and Trade of New York,"
" The Owners of the Stephen Whitney," and a variety of
others, all of which were received with great applause. The
company separated about four o'clock, highly gratified with
the entertainment provided for them, and with the politeness
of the worthy commander of the vessel.

DEAFNESS.—We have great pleasure in calling the
attention of our readers to the Second Edition of Neill's
report on Deafness advertised in our columns this day.
THE MULTUM IN PARVO, or E. and T. Taylor's Concen-
trated Meat Lozenges, have excited the attention of all
classes from the admirable nutritious properties they possess,
being composed of the finest meats by a process, which
renders them even peculiarly adapted to the most delicate
stomach. The invalids, travellers, and sportsmen have here a
desideratum never before attempted, as two or three dissolved
in the mouth will afford the most satisfying nourishment,
whilst their portability, (being contained ina lozenge box of
the ordinary size,) renders them accessible under any
emergency, whilst the trivial cost places them within the
reach of all. None are genuine but those which have the
signature of E. and T. Taylor, 17, Lower Holborn, London,
who have appointed agents for the sale of them in every
principal town throughout the British empire.
The Rev. W. A. Strange, late of the Royal Institution,
Colquitt-street, has been unanimously appointed Head
Master of the Abingdon Free Grammar School.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday, the 14th instant, a woman
of the name of Betty King, a widow, residing at Prescot,
was washing clothes in her own house, apparently in good
health, when she was seized with a dizziness and other violent
pains ; the soap she held in her hand fell, and she became
insensible. Mr. Myers, the surgeon, was sent for, who
attempted to bleed her but it was of no avail ; she was already
in the agonies of death, and in au hour from the time she
was first seized, she was no more.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—About eight o'clock on Satur-
day morning, the 13th instant, a very distressing accident
occurred at Prescot. A boy, of the name of Thomas Mercer,
about seven or eight years of age, was playing with his sister,
about four years old, and another younger ; the youngest had
hold of the elder sister, and the boy ran to the corner of the
house where there was a loaded gun, he presented it at his
elder sister, saying, if she did not get out of the way he
would shoot her; he had no sooner said so than he fired off
the gun, and as he was so short a distance from ber, the shot
flew over the youngest child's head, and entered the breast
of the other girl, so concentrated as to have the effect of a
ball. She instantly fell, and only breathed twice. The boy
had frequently struck off caps, and he was not aware that
there was anything in the gun ; hut as soon as he saw the
fatal effects of his thoughless joke, he ran out of the house
in a state of mind bordering on distraction. After so many
similar accidents have occurred, doubtlessly many persons
will attribute the blame to the parents who so carelessly left
the gun within the reach of the children ; hut perhaps the
following circumstance will be considered as an extenuation
of his fault. A person called to borrow this gun from the
deceased's father, and was to call for it in a few minutes.
The he'
corner that, it might be
The father fetched the gun from his bed-ro.oin,
always kept it, and placed it in the
cgliiitldBrheonu,
ldancadll.onlAy.lrws.enMtetro-
ready when the personwbitohrrothwein
Mer-
cer was in the house
, fetch some coals to put on the fire,and • in the instant of
1 time that she was away.
,ANornaa AceinENT.--On Wednesday last, two children
of a weaver, at Ince, named M4v
there was a pot boiling on the ay, were playing together,
which weavers dry their
child accidenta4 took yarn with in the fire, when the elder
raised up the
iiot, which upset, e . • ruptying the boiling water
on the younger child scald
a dreadful manner ,scalding it on the breast, arms, &c. in
r ; the poor little sufferer lin ere( I in a onis-
ing pain until Saturday
night, g .g.
the 15th inst, when it died.
ABSENCE op M A IND.— young gentleman, an enthusiastic
sportsman, of Warrington, was sitting in the parlour with
his mother, when there came a bird fluttering to a branch
opposite the window, and pitched upon that for its resting_
place. The young sportsman was immediately seized with
a desire to exercise his favourite vocation, and having a gun
in the room, he deliberately loaded, capped, and fired, just
missing the head of his mother, without ever its occurring to
him that there was anything heavier or less elastic than air,
between his gun and his victim, until the squares of the par-
lour window, smashed in a thousand pieces.-T[ above is
a fact. no parties ail/ 14ztQw4 to ils-i