The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-17 00:00:00

Now we appeal to any man, not on the verge of
lunacy, whether a ministry which allows its own
questions to be carried by treason and sedition is not
as guilty morally, if not directly, as the traitor who
thus boldly, from the very threshold of the cabinet—
fresh from a snug party in Downing-street—announces
his unalterable determination to agitate and carry, by
an organised conspiracy, a dismemberment of the em-
pire—to avert which, one of that very administration
has placed it on record that he would be willing " to
wade through all the horrors and bloodshed of a civil

CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—OiI Wednesday last se-
veral parties were brought before Mr. Rushton, and tined,
for allowing their chimneys to be on tire. It would be much
cheaper, and certainly more creditable, if housekeepers
would employ the chimney-sweeper a little oftener, rather
than endanger and annoy their neighbours, and be under the
disagreeable necessity of atoning for their negligence by a
fine.—Cowrie, .

We understand that Thomas Clifton, Esq., of Lytham-
hail, had the honour of conducting Prince George of Cam-
bridge, in his carriage, to the race course, and entertaining
his royal highness, and the other officers of the 12th Lancers,
at dinner yesterday at the Adelphi Hotel. Mr. Clifton has
a son in the same regiment. Talbot Clifton, Esq., of the
Household Troops, was of the party.
EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE.—The extraordinary changes
which a few years sometimes bring about was never more
forcibly exemplified than in a transaction which fell under our
notice lait week. Only seven years ago every ounce of tea
consumed in Liverpool was brought from London, and that
too by the slow conveyance of the waggon, or the canal. On
Friday last no less than 1955 chests of tea were forwarded to
London from Liverpool, by means of the railway in about 11
hours ! This fact is highly important in two points of view,
as illustrative of the present improved mode of transit, and
also of the advantage which Liverpool is likely to derive
from the trade with China.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY.
—A beautiful silver medal was presented on Tuesday to Mr.
E. Lewis, late president of the Liverpool Total Abstinence
Society, by a few of his numerous friends, with the following
inscription thereon

—Then. v. 21

" Abstain from all appearance of evii."
Presented to Edward Lewis,
President of the Liverpool Church of England Total Absti-
nence Society, July 15, 1840.
The same on the other side in the Welsh language. This is
a well merited reward ; Mr. Lewis has not only been a zea-
lous advocate, but a liberal supporter of the society from its
com mencement.

THEATRE ROYAL.—Madaine Vestris.takes her benefit this
evening. No doubt she will be rewarded by an overflowing
house. We perceive that the able and respected acting
manager, Mr. Clarke, has announced his benefit for Mon.
day next, and that he has secured the aid of a host of talent
to please his friends. The list is long—Miss Ellen Tree,
Madame Vestris, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Keeley, Mr.
James Vining, and Mr. Anderson ! We need say no more
to induce the public to respond to Mr. Clarke's appeal.

We perceive by an advertisement in another column, that
Mr. Espy will commence another course of his interesting
lectures this day, at twelve o'clock, in the room of the Ship
Masters' Assoc►ation, Oldhall-street, and at half-past seven
o'clock in the evening, in the Theatre of the Royal Institu-
tion. Most earnestly do we recommend all who feel an in-
terest in hearing the phenomena of nature explained, not to
neglect this opportunity of becoming acquainted with a
theory so novel in itself, and which promises at some future
period to produce such wonderful results.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.—Amongst
the numerous distinguished individuals who have visited our
town during the past week, the following have been staying
at the Queen's Arms Hotel, in Castle-street :---His Royal
Highness Prince George, of Cambridge ' • Lord Frederick
Fitzclarence ; Lord Loftus Adam ; Lord Loftus ; Lord and
Lady Lorton; Lord Clements and family; the late Lord
Chief Baron Wolf's Lady and Daughter; Sir W. W. Dixie,
Bart. and family ; Sir Richard Puleston, Bart.; Col. Stewart,
12th Lancers ; Col. Barton, 12th Lancers ; Col. Custance,
10th regt.; Col. Wemyss ; Col. Kelso and Lady •, the Hon.
Capt. A. Spencer and Lady; Col. Coombs's Lady and Fa-
mily ; Captains Prior Clifton, Phillips, Gray, and Cubit and
Family ; Captains Browne and Bell; 83d regt.; Capt. Jekyll,
7th regt.; the lion. Lieut. Needham, 12th Lancers ; Messrs.
Kirkaldy, Woodward, Steel, and Balderston, Glasgow; Mr.
Davidsob ; Mons. Dupre, of France; Mr. Long; Mr. Law-
rence ; Mr. Grace and two sons, Dublin ; Mr. Haydon ; Mr.
Watson and Daughter; Mr. Thompson ; Mr. Gumbton and
Miss Thomlinson ; Mr. Edmonston and Miss Buness , Mr.
Kelly; Mr. J. J. Hamel; Mr. C. W. Finche ; Mr. Duncan
Shaw ; Mr. C. Cramer ; Mr. Sewell and family ' Mr. Evans ;
Mr. Bateman ; Mr. Graham and daughter; Mr. Wise, of
Dublin ; Mr. Potts, of Chester ; Mr. Read and family ; Mr.
Burger, of Hamburg; Mr. Claude Scott Stewart; Mr. C.
Hosken ; Mr. M'Vicar ; Mr. 0. Reilly, of London; Mr.
Phillips; Mrs. Hatchell and family, of Dublin.
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM SHIPWRECK.—INTREPID
CONDUCT OF CAPTAIN STOKES, OF THE ARAB STEAMER.
—As the Arab steamer, Captain W. Stokes, was coming
down the channel on Friday night, on her voyage from Glas-
gow to Dublin, she fell in with the schooner Gertrude, of
Liverpool, at eleven o'clock, off Corsil Point. The schooner
burned three blue lights, and showed other signals of distress,
and on the steamer approaching her she found that the masts
and bowsprit were carried away, the boats stove in, and the
vessel driving on a lee shore, then blowing a gale of wind from
N.W. On seeng the dangerous position in which the vessel
was placed, Captain Stokes ordered his vessel to be put about,
and after three efforts to approach her, she was taken in tow
by the steamer, and brought safely to anchor in Loch Ryan.
Nothing could exceed the gratitude of Captain Newman and
his crew for their providential rescue from certain destruc-
tion. On the Arab arriving off Carlingford, Captain Stokes
was presented with a letter, complimenting him on his hu-
manity and intrepidity, signed by all the cabin passengers.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIETY.—The annual dinner
of this excellent and benevolent association, it will be seen
by the advertisement in another column, will be held on
Wednesday, the 29th inst., at the Waterloo Hotel, Crosby,
weather permitting the usual out-door enjoyments. There
is a numerous list of stewards, well qualified for the office to
which they are appointed. A very rich treat may be antici-
pated.

TOTAL ABSTINENCE FESTIVAL.—On Monday evening the
proceedings of the anniversary of the total abstainers in Li-
verpool commenced, and they have been continued through-
out the week. Several public meetings were held in different
parts of the town—amongst other places at the Music-hall.
There a considerable body of working men, females, and
youths were gathered together ; and a hymn having first been
sung, and a chapter of the Bible read, several persons pro-
ceeded to deliver admonitory and exhortive addresses, which
were listened to with great attention and apparent delight.
On Wednesday the great public' procession of the whole body
took place, and this, though a costly and cumbrous method
of drawing popular attention to the order, must nevertheless
be admitted to be a very effectual one. The day has passed
by when the multitude merely assembled together in order
that they might at once gratify their eyesight with a view of
the teetotallers' procession,-and shower upon them the satire
and ridicule of unthinking minds. The splendour of the spec-
tacle, the exhilarating music, the long crowd of decently-
dressed men, women, and children, tend to ensure the respect
of even the most superficial on-looker ; and when it is reflected
that many hundreds of those healthy-iooking and well-arrayed
men may have been, but a short time since, unhealthy,
squalid, and uncoinfortable, the producers of misery which
clung not to themselves alone, but fell with increased inten-
sity on their wives and families, there will not be one who
will not utter a good wish for the prosperity and extension
of teetotalism. The procession presented few features which
were not possessed in common with the previous ones.
There were a very large body of men, women, youths, and
children, all very nicely and very decently dressed, and the
greater part decorated with either white scarfs, ribbons, ro-
settes, or beautiful artificial flowers ; eight or nine bands of
music; and a great number of flags and banners, bearing
appropriate designs and mottoes. Nor was there any lack of
inverted glasses. On one inverted wine-glass, fixed at the
top of a pole, there rested a miniature crown encircled in a
neat white wreath, intended, Perhaps, to be symbolical of a
motto on one of the flags, " The prosperity of a nation is
based on sobriety." Of the number in the procession we
can only, of course, form a very loose notion ; there were
probably five thousand persons. The time occupied in
passing any given point was about 22 minutes ' • if we recollect
rightly, 25 minutes were taken last year. The procession
altogether looked remarkably well, par icularly the Rechabite
portion of it. As a whole, we think it was superior to that
of any previous year. The Church of England Society pre-
sented by far the most imposing and splendid appearance.
notwithstanding their number did not much exceed 1000
persons. They not only preserved, but even increased, the
great superiority which they last year manifested over every
other body of the teetotallers. We never, in the whole course
of our lives, witnessed a more splendid out-door spectacle.
Magnificentbannercrowded on magnificent banner, andcount-
less beautiful flags, ofdifferent sizes and colours, flaunted in the
r sunlight, the poles of every one of them being surmounted with
a small gilded. crown. Neither was there any lack of music.
Three excellent bands poured forth ever and anon their lively
strains, increasing the effect of the splendid scene. The
members, whose personal appearance was extremely respec-
table, were decorated with red and blue favours, the richness
and profusion of which were as remarkable as the costliness
and excess of all the other paraphernalia. In the morning
this body attended divine service in St. Luke's Church,
where a sermon was preached to them by the Rev. Mr. Jo-
seph, from Revelations, x. IL Afterwards they paraded the
town until four o'clock, at which hour they arrived in Clay-
ton-square, where the different parties separated. Before
doing so, however, they gave three cheers for " Church and
Queen," three for " total abstinence," and three for " The
Church of England Total Abstinence Society." In the
evening they had a tea-party, at which the Rev. Mr. Joseph
presided. Nearly 200 were present, and the proceedings
' went off" remarkably well. Last evening great meetings
were held in the Amphitheatre, St. Luke's School-room, and
other places. It is but reasonable to expect that these vari-
ous efforts will be productive of great benefit.
James Morris, a priest; was found guilty at the Maynooth
sessions last week of obtaining money under false pretences
for the convent at Athlone. The court sentenced him to six
months' imprisonment.

THE COBURG DOCK

The SUCRETARY read a letter from Messrs. M`lver and
Co., dated the 15th instnnt, agents to the Royal British
and American Steam Navigation Company, stating that the
public prints led them to infer that:the Coburg Dock was to
undergo some deepening process, which would render it ne-
cessary to exclude all steam ships for a time.. They there-
fore begged to inquire whether the exclusion would apply
to the steam-ship Arcadia belonging to them, which was in-
tended to sail on the 4th August next, when the dock would
be closed, and how long it was likely to continue so. The
additional expense thus caused to the company, would be
enormous ; and on that account they solicited the committee
to forego the usual charges for dockage. &c. anti/Iff the time

their vessels might be compelled to Ire in the ricer

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Mr. HORSFAIL remarked that the object.. of this applica-
tion was to get exemption from the dock charges, which was
out of the question. ,

Mr. GLADSTONE (we understood) inquired whether any
report on_the subject of the Coburg Dock had been
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by Mr. Hartley?

The SECRETARY applied in the negative, adding that Mr
Hartley was yet out of town.

Mr. HOASFALL must be allowed to express the disappoint-
ment he felt at the surveyor (Mr. Hartley) not having com-
municated with the committee, as he should have done, upon
this important subject. He had had two dredging machines
nt wnrk- in thp dnolr ‘l,-.;nn• -I 1

to have reported for the satisfaction of the committee.
Messrs. Myer and others were thus kept in the dark as to
the proceedings to be adopted. He (Mr. Horsfall) was
sorry Mr. Hartley was not present, because that circum-
stance led_ the_ committee to suppose there had been more

neglect in his department than there really had been: The
matter ought to be explained : the committee ought to know
what was to be done. As Mr. Hartley was not in town, he
(Mr. Horsfall) should wish to see the Harbour Master.
Mr. YATES.—What day was Mr. Hartley written to
about the Coburg Dock?
The CIIAIRMAN.—On Thursday last. •
Mr. YATEs.—He certainly ought to have answered the
letter that was addressed to him. What is he doing in Lon-

The CHAIRMAN replied that he was there Li__
ness of the Dock Bill. Probably, the chairman added, it
would not be desirable to empty the dock of water in the

pon the busi-

mean time

Ir. HORSFALI

—Certainly not

Mr. Askew, the harbour-Master, was then introduced;
and, in answer to a question from the CHAIRMAN, he stated
that there were now two dredging-machines at work in the