The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

MUNICIPAL REVISION.

Yesterday, the court resumed at twelve o'clock, and
nothing of novelty or particular interest occurred during
the day, the proceedings being confined solely to the
calling over of the names, and admitting the parties
named as voters, or rejecting them, as the case might be.
Two wards were gone through. The result of the day
was as follows :
Conservatives Reformers
tPeter's Ward ...... 67
struck off. struck off.
The court to-day at 37 one o'clock, 2b6eginning
32
Pitt-street Ward
openard
with the revision of Rodney-street Ward list.

ST. ANNE'S WARD.—We are extremely glad to find
that, by an arrangement, last night, all the objections
made to the municipal voters—Conservative and Radical
—in this ward have been withdrawn.
EGREMONT FERRY.—On the 23d ult., it having been
publicly stated in a notice posted at Egremont Ferry, that
after the Ist of the present month the boats would run
from Egremont each hour only, and from Liverpool each
half hour only, a number of the subscribers (36 gentlemen
in all) sent a respectful remonstrance to Mr. Sothern the
proprietor, stating that their contract was made under the
stipulation that the boats would run from each place every
half hour as hitherto, and that the intended new arrange-
ment would be a departure from the contract on his part.
They stated that mention was made in the notice that
contracting parties might have a proportionate part of the
subscription returned, but that they were not willing that
it should be cancelled in that manner, as they would have
an additional mile to walk daily in the winter, to avail
themselves of Seacombe Ferry, which many of them who
had to be in Liverpool by a fixed and early hour could
not do ; and they therefore protested against the altera-
tion, and called upon Mr. S. to fulfil his 'contract. On
the 30th ult. Mr. Sothern replied to this representation
to the effect that he did not agree with the subscribers
that there was any stipulation to run boats every half-
hour ; that on the contrary it was unreasonable to
expect that he should do so both winter and summer,
as such a proceeding would be attended with great loss to
himself; that he only undertook to allow the individuals
(paying £2 12s. per annum) a free passage by the boats
whenever they should run, but not to run at a loss to
himself ; and that he had offered the parties a propor-
tionate return of the money, not as a right, which they
could demanil,but to allay the dissatisfaction which some of
them had expressed. Such is the substance of Mr.
Sothern's reply, but the memorialists seem still to think
that the unreasonableness lies solely at his own door.
The boats were advertised to run every half hour from
the respective sides of the river. This is the least that is
done by any of the boats to Seacombe, Woodside,
Monks' Ferry, and Birkenhead. To and from Woodside,
indeed, they run every ten minutes, and the contract
price is much less than to Egremont. The subscribers to
Egremont have no written agreement, but the running of
the boats at every half-hour, and the general practice of
the other ferries implies, the memorialists allege, that the
Egremont boats should ply thus often the whole year.
They also consider that it the notice alluded to be per-
sisted in, the probability Is that the ferry will be much
less used, and what is still worse, that many of those who
have gone to reside in Wallasey parish may be obliged to
relinquish their country homes and prospects, to the
deterioration of property in that locality.

STANDARD.

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD

DOCK COMMISSIONERS.

Yesterday morning, a special meeting of the Birkenhead
Dock Commissioners was held at the Dock office in Ar-
gyle-street, for the purpose " of considering the propri-
ety of authorising the commissioners to enter into such
negotiation as they may think judicious, with a view to
transferring the Birkenhead Dock Trust to parties to be
named, upon such conditions as will secure the interests
of Birkenhead and the public generally."
The meeting was fully attended, there being present
Messrs. Pike, Hind, J. H. Greene, W. Laird, Bentham,
C. Watson, Fox, Horner, W. Cole, H. J. Nicholls, Bry-
ant, Pritchard, Thompson, Potter, Barbour, and Gil-
bertson. _ _

Mr. NicnoiLs moved that Mr. Green, as deputy chair-
man, take the chair in the absence of Mr. Mallaby, who
was prevented from attending by indisposition. Mr: Green,
however, declined, and Mr. Potter was called upon to
preside.

The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that
he regretted the absence of Mr. Mallaby, both on his own
account, and in consequence of circumstances which had
occurred since their last meeting. The question they had
to consider involving important financial considerations,
he was of opinion that it was not desirable for reporters to
be present, and he therefore moved that they withdraw.
The motion having been seconded,
. .

Mr. W. LAIRD stated that he was 'sorry to have to pro-
pose an amendment to the Chairman's motion. He was
not aware that the details of any negotiations had to be
considered, and they bad not to enter into the financial
question. The chief business seemed to him to be the
naming of parties who should carry on the trust. He
moved, as an amendment, that the reporters do not with-
draw.

The CEIAIRMAN.—Their business was not only to name
parties for the future, but they had also to consider what
might possibly occur by any arrangements made.
Mr. THOMPSON said, as the meeting was called merely
to receive an overture, they might listen to such overture
without the reporters withdrawing.
Mr. GREEN.—They would be much fettered in the dis-
cussion, if the reporters were allowed to be present.
The CFIAIRMAN.—WeII, the question is in the hands
of the board. My opinion, however, is that we cannot
enter into the subject in that comprehensive manner which
is desirable, if the reporters remain. Should the subject
go to the public at present it may have a prejudicial effect
on our negotiations.
After some further discussion on the subject, the Chair-
man put the motion that the reporters withdraw, which
was carried.

We understand that the meeting sat for upwards of two
hours, during which several propositions in connexion with
the important subject were discussed, including the ap-
pointment of a committee to carry out the objects of the
meeting. Several names were mentioned, including Mr.
John Laird, and others, and resolutions moved accord-
ingly, but ultimately Messrs. William Jackson, M.P.,
Joseph Mallabv, and William Potter, were, on the motion
of Mr. C. A: Watson, appointed a committee to negociate
for the transfer of the docks. We have not heard autho-
ritatively the names of the parties to whom the docks are
likely to be transferred, the Commissioners keeping them
at present from the public, but it is generally believed to
be the Liverpool Dock Committee; indeed we may say
that there is no doubt of the fact, as several of the bond-
holders and one or two of the commissioners have had in-
terviews with the Chairman of the Dock Committee on
the subject. A short time however, will no doubt put us
in full possession of all the circumstances connected with
the transfer.

SMUGGLING WHISKEY.—At the Police-court, yester-
day, a woman, named Jane Cummins, was charged with
having smuggled from a vessel, at George's Dock, three
bladders, containing 34- gallons of whisky. The case was
proved, and Mr. Rushton said the prisoner had rendered
herself liable to a penalty of £lOO, which he had the power
to mitigate only to £25, which she must pay, or be impri-
soned for three months.

INQUEST:.---AR inquest was held yesterday before Mr.
Curry, on view of the body of Eliza Nodin. Deceased,
who was 22 years of age, lodged in Milton-street. She
was in the habit of drinking.. About a fortnight ago she
complained of her throat being sore, and from that time
mostly kept her bed. On Friday night she got out of bed
lay down on the floor, where she soon afterwards expired.
Mr. Woods, surgeon, who made a post mortem examina-
tion, found the cause of death to be disease of the lungs,
the result of natural causes.—Verdict accordingly.
UTTERING BASE HALF-CROWNS.—At the police-court
yesterday, a man named Hugh Dalton, was charged with
having uttered a base half-crown to Mr. Greenall, publi-
can, Vernon-street. He had called on two occasions, and;
in the first instance offered a shilling, but this was not
identified.—John Collins was also charged with passing a
base half-crown, on Saturday night last, to Mr. J. Francis,
publican. Neither of the prisoners were before known to
the police, and there being but one utterance in each case,
and the prisoners stating respectively that they did not
know the money was bad, both of them were necessarily
discharged.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS.—We perceive that on
Sunday next two sermons will be preached in St.
Michael's Church, in behalf of these excellent schools
which need all the assistance which can by possibility be
extended to them. They are, it is well known, entirely
dependent on public subscription for support, and there-
fore, we may urgently solicit every friend of scriptural
education to aid them by a donation. We have not col-
lections on their behalf in as many churches as we ought
to have, and therefore when an appeal is made for their
relief it ought to be liberally responded to. We need only
observe, in addition, that the sermons will be preached
by the Rev. W. Pollock and the Rev. Fielding Ould.
A POLICE-OFFICER SUSPENDED.—Yesterday, at the
Police-court, police-officer Shaw (92) brought a respect-
able man, a carter, before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of
being concerned in a disturbance with other parties, and
in an assault made upon him (the officer) in Oriel-street.
It appeared, however, that the prisoner was not the right
man, that he was not in the street at all, and that the offi-
cer, moreover, had on previous occasions spoken to the
prisoner in an improper manner relative to some evidence
given by him (the prisoner) in a case recently before Mr.
Rushton, from which it might be inferred that the officer
owed the accused some ill-will. Mr. Rushton and his
brother magistrate agreed that the case required further
investigation, and suspended the officer in the meantime.
The accused produced a good character from his em-
ployers over a lengthened period.
ASSAULTS ON POLICE OFFlCERS.—Yesterday, several.
complaints were lodged by police-officers against riotous
parties who had grievously and wantonly assaulted them,
when in the execution of their duty. Two men, named
Taylor and Robinson, were charged with a violent assault
on Police-officer 84. Taylor had recently been in gaol
for a similar offence ; and the assault was so violent that
had it not been for two gentlemen, who witnessed it and
ran to the rescue, the officer might have been killed.
Robinson was fined 50s. and costs, and Taylor was fined
£5, or two months, and required to find sureties to keep
the peace, or be further imprisoned for two months.—Two
young men, Perry and Carter, for an assault on another
Police-officer, were each fined £5, or be imprisoned for
two months.—Peter Carron was found carrying a lady's
luggage from the Clarence Dock, whilst in a state of in-
toxication, and being stopped by Police-officer W. Walker,
struck that officer. He was fined £5, or to be imprisoned
for two months.
COMMITMENTS, Yesterday, before Mr. Rushton, a
boy named James Montgomery, was charged with stealing
a bag full of ropes from a vessel, and having before been
convicted he was sent to gaol for 3 months.—Sarah Jones
was charged with breaking into and robbing the house of
Mr. Felton, a letter-press printer, at Kensington. Mrs.
Felton said that on Saturday afternoon she locked up the
house, having occasion to go out, and on her returning
found that some lucifer matches had been removed and
lighted. A police-officer saw the prisoner break a pane
of glass in a back window, and having himself effected an
entrance by another window, found the prisoner in the
cellar, with several articles upon or about her ready for
removal ; amongst them two coats, a muffler, a tea-caddy,
&c., in all of the value of £l3. Some of the articles were
found upon her when she was searched at the police sta-
tion. The prisoner had struck a light in the house. She
was committed for trial at the sessions.—Sarah Jones for
stealing a quantity of wearing apparel was also committed
for trial.

THE WEATHER.—Since our last publication, the weather
has been fine for the season, and most propitious for
gathering and securing under cover whatever remained
out, of grain, on cold bottoms or elevated lands, as well
as for getting in potatoes, a considerable quantity of which
are yet out. We have had a succession of " gray days,"
with a light and rather chilly breeze (especially in the
morning) from the south-east, which, coming immediately
after the equinox, is considered by many of the " weather-
wise " as indicative of an open moist winter. On this
last point we shall not, however, venture to speculate, in
a climate so proverbially fickle and precarious. Turnips
still look well, in these districts, and after-grasses are also
for the most part above an average crop, on lands that
have been well treated. The potatoes seem, in many
localities, to have considerably improved ; or, in other
words, to have apparently recovered, to a considerable
extent, from the disease. At all events they have cer-
tainly not, taking the average, become worse within the
last few weeks, and there is no scarcity of good qualities
in our domestic markets for the table. The weather is
also favourable for ploughing. Wheat has already been
sown pretty extensively, and we have seen some fine
fields laid down in Italian rye-grass, which is beginning to
cover the ground with a mantle of lively green.
SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—There were no fewer than
eleven persons, seamen, charged yesterday, at the police-
court, with smuggling tobacco on board the respective
vessels to which they belonged. We learn that several
revenue officers have been sent down to this port from
London, as a detective force, and that they are extremely
apt and active in their vocation.—Henry Pompere, and
Framze Villa (foreigners), were charged with having
tobacco in papers concealed under a chest, on board the
Joseph, in the Brunswick Dock. The first (who had 81b.
weight concealed) was remanded, after being heard through
an interpreter, until the pleasure of the board in London
is known as to the proceedings to be taken against him.
The other (for a small quantity) was fined 605., or one
month's imprisonment.—John Darcey, and John Roberts,
for being found with l Alb. of tobacco in their possession on
board ship, were fined 20s. each, or to be imprisoned for
seven days.—Another, Philip Buss, was similarly fined.—
Six prisoners were then brought up charged with smug-
gling (by concealment) on board the ship Eugene, from
Ostend, lying in the Queen's Dock, various quantities of
foreign manufactured tobacco, weighing in all 118Ibb.
They were examined through a Flemish interpreter.
Three of them were discharged, there being no decisive
evidence against them. Against the others, namely, Louis
Adams, Carlos Arnot, and Romanus Nayscole, the charge
was proved, and they were remanded until instructions
respecting them be received from head quarters.

EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY

FOURTH NOTICE.

No. 126. Scene from " Taming of the Shrew." Au-
gustus Egg.
" Bianca. Construe them.
" Lucentio. Hacibat, as I told you before,—Simois, I am
Lucentio,—hic est, son unto Vincentio of Pisa,—Sigeia tellus,
disguised thus to get your love,—hic steterat, and that Lucen-
tio that comes a-wooing,—Priami, is my man Tranio,—regia,
bearing my port,—celsa, senis, that we might beguile the old
pantaloon.
" Hortensia. Madam, my instrument 's in tune. (Return-
ing.)

7`-Bianca. Let 's hear. (Hortensio plays.) 0 fie, the treble
jars."—Act 111. Scene 1.
There is some fine painting in this picture, and much
mastery displayed in surmounting some of -the greatest
difficulties of the art. In particular, we may point to the
skill with which primitive colours are brought out to
contrast in the dresses of the three figures. The dresses
in themselves are exquisitely painted, especially the rich
robe of Bianca and the scarlet dress of Lucentio. The
light from the painted window in the background is well
thrown in, and produces a pleasing effect; and the finish
throughout is perfect. In particular, the faultless draw-
ing of the hands of the guitar-player, and of the left hand
of Lucentio, might afford a study to some of the artists
in this and other exhibitions, by many of whom these
points are treated with too much slovenliness.

No. 175. " A Vision of V. Rippin-
gale.—We do not like this picture, although it contains
many excellencies of painting. It is more like a vision of
uproarious and bacchanalian revelry than of happiness.
The sky is unnaturally red, and the landscape in parts
very stiff.
No. 291. " The Hour of Execution : an incident in
Winchester Gaol, August 20th, 1827." G. E. Hicks.—
This is a disagreeable subject, treated very possibly as it
occurred, but one which very few, beyond those possessed
of the morbid love of the horrific which draws men to
seek the scenes of the press-room, or to gloat upon " last
dying speeches," would choose to contemplate. The im-
penitent prisoner is a ruffian of the first water, coarse in
character, and without a redeeming feature. The other
figure is more human. The chaplain in the centre, with
his book apparently dropping from his hands, is some-
what too sleepy looking, although he seems impressed
with a sense of the awful scene in which he is an actor.
The gaoler and turnkey are very unfavourable specimens
of their class, the former displaying stolid indifference,
and the latter something in character between the idiotic
and the ruffianly. It is a pity that an artist possessing,
like Mr. Hicks, undeniable ability, should throw it
away in the delineation of subjects in which so few can
sympathise. The painter's, like the poet's and the ro-
mance writer's, art should be devoted to raise the stan-
dard of taste, and to elevate our feelings. This is not
effected by continually obtruding upon us human nature
in its basest form, whether as triumphing in guilt, or
undergoing its penalty.
"A City Dinner." R. Hannah.—We believe this is only
the second year in which the productions of Mr. Hannah
have been contributed to our exhibition ; and we should
certainly wish to see more of them. The little picture
with the above paragraph is a very meritorious one. The
dinner in question is a crust of bread moistened with a
draught of the pure element from a city water plug, and
is full of character and talent. The colouring may per-
haps be excepted against.
95. " Counting the Flock : Evening." D. Cox.—This
is very inferior. Where the artist ever saw such sheep as
he has depicted we are at a loss to know, unless he has
found them in some of the collections in the boxes of
toys sold as resemblances of Noah's Ark in our toy-
shops. The background of the picture is very faulty. In
fact, the whole is not at all creditable to the artist.
201. "An Autumn Morning." C. Barber.—Consi-
dering that this gentleman is president of the academy,
this picture is beneath his pretensions to a mastery of his
art. The cows introduced are little better than Mr. Cox's
sheep.
No. 354. " Morton before Claverhouse at Tillietudlem.
Old Mortality, Chap. 1, 13th." W. L. Wiudus.—This
painting is by one of the most promising of our local
artists, and is characterised by undeniable talent. The
scene depicted is that in which Morton is brought as a
prisoner, handcuffed, into the presence of " Claverhouse,"
and the inmates of the Tillietudlem, with whom he is
domiciled. In the selection of a study for the figure of
Morton, the artist has been rather unfortunate, although
it is well painted, and, considering the effect produced by
the action of the hands being restrained, it is not ungrace-
ful. This fault, however, if fault it be, is amply redeemed
in the execution of the other figures in the picture. The
old lady, who is so devoted an admirer of Claverhouse, is
quite a study. The character of Malor Bellenden is
also happily caught, as is that of the imperturbable, and
not very lovable Claverhouse himself. Edith Bellenden
ie also a fine 'character. The whole scene is well con-
ceived ; and establishes the artist as one of the most
promising members of his profession.
366. Gynwyd Mill, on the Trystion, Merionethshire."
J. W. Oakes.—This picture is also the work of a native
artist, and is very meritorious. Of course it has faults,
one of which is the adoption. preceptible throughout the
composition, of the worst features of the style of Pyne.
In parts, too, the meaning of the artist is not quite fully
brought out. It is clever, however ; and considering the
short time that Mr. Oakes has been enabled to devote
himself to the higher walks of his profession, we may
augur for him a leading place amongst our local artists.