The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-08 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

Tur, Bocce TIGIUS.—The clever sketch exhibited in our
office window of the Bocca Tigris was drawn by Mr. Drury,
of Castle-street, when that gentleman was in the navy. It
will be observed that the Chinese defences exhibit a deplora-
ble want of knowledge in engineering and fortification.
Strong batteries placed at the mouth of this river might keep
out the whole world if well and effectually manned.

The four giraffes just landed at Portsmouth have been pur-
chased by Mr. Wombwell, at an expense of £2OOO, for exhi-
bition in his travelling menagerie.

Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., we understand, shortly as-
sumes the command of the Duke of Lancaster's own yeo-
manry cavalry, Colonel Braddyll, the present colonel-com-
mandant of the corps„ retiring on account of ill health.
TYING THE CAROTID ARTERY.—This important and
daring operation, first attempted by Sir Astley Cooper in
1805, was performed on Friday morning by Mr. Nottingham,
in the presence of a number of medical gentlemen, on a girl
aged seven years, for a vacular tumour extending over one
side of the face.

GALA AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday even-
ing the first representation of the Siege of St. Jean D'Acre
was produced at these gardens, and went off with great eclat.
The alegorical representations of Fame aid Britannia, at the•
conclusion of the siege, were beautifully effective, and elicited
several rounds of applause. The attendance was most
numerous and highly respectable. We had prepared a
lengthy notice of this favourite resort of public amusement,
but are obliged to defer its insertion until Friday.
REMARKABLY QUICK VOYAGE.—The brig Adriana, W.
Dodd, master, sailed from Liverpool 11th March, and after
contending with heavy gales for a fortnight on her outward
passage, discharged and took in a full cargo at Barbadoes,
and returned to off Holyhead in two months and eighteen
days, arriving in Liverpool June 2d, at 8 a.m.
WONDERS OF STEAM.--TWO gentlemen left Brussels at
three o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, and arrived in
Liverpool at a quarter before seven, p.m., on Saturday, being
a distance of upwards of 430 miles, performed in the short
space of 27 hours and three quarters. The whole of the jour-
❑ey was performed by steam. The travellers left Brussels
by the railway on Friday afternoon, arrived at Ostend in time
for the packet, were landed at Blackwall, proceeded from
thence to London by the railway, and just caught the train
from London to Liverpool as it was starting.
On Thursday, after consecrating the church of St. Barna-
bas, the Bishop of Chester, accompanied by Mr. Rector
Brooks, visited the Liverpool Female Orphan Asylum, of
which his lordship is patron, and expressed himself much
pleased with its progress, and the healthy appearance of the
children. There are now in the asylum twenty-six orphans,
who have lost both parents, all most interesting cases, and
several candidates for admission. Extensive support will be
required ; and surely there cannot be an object more truly
gratifying than the support and education of poor girls de-
prived of their natural protectors, nor any claim upon our
bounty so free from deception or imposture. The bishop
has kindly promised to preach in October next, on behalf of
the institution, with the benevolent intention of aiding in the
increase of its funds.
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THE BRITISH QUERN.—This noble steamer is still on view
in the Coburg Dock. The proceeds of the exhibition are de-
voted to the relief of the families of the crew of the President,
who are in a state of the deepest distress. We trust, there-
fore, as the admission money is only sixpence, that a hand-
some sum will be raised for so evident an object of charity.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—In our last we stated that a me-
morial, most numerously signed, had been presented to the
Rev. Mr. Nolan, lately curate of St. Peter's, Stockport, but
now incumbent of the new church in Greenland-street, in
this town, consecrated on Thursday last, to induce him to
remain at the former place. This memorial, however, foiled
in its object for the reason which we gave. The parishion-
ers, however, were determined that Mr. Nolan should not
depart without some further proof of their regard, and, ac-
cordingly, just before his departure, a suitable address was
delivered by him, and at the conclusion of it, a purse, con-
taining one hundred sovereigns, was handed to the Rev.
gentleman, accompanied by the gratifying assurance that the
remaining debt owing on account of the galleries at St.
Peter's Church, would be immediately paid off—in fact, it
was virtually so—the money for the purpose being all sub-
scribed.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN A HOUSE OF ILL FAME.-
Rachael Pixton, a handsome, but slovenly-attired young
woman, was placed before Mr. Rushton and Sir Joshua
Walmsley on Saturday, charged with having robbed Antonio
Maria Dacros of 50 sovereigns, 3 gold pieces, worth £1 10s.
each, 3 crowns, 20 shillings in silver, several Portuguese
coins,
a gold breast-pin, and a silver snuff box. Dacros, a
Ter?' fine looking Portuguese, stated, that he is the second
engineer of the steamer Oporto, lying in the Trafalgar Dock.
On the 6th
whom,
a tavern near that dock, where they met the prisoner, to
May last he went with a Portuguese merchant to
di ink. i i
1,1'.! compliance with her request, they gave sonic
They ultimately adjourned with the prisoner and
anotner
young woman to a house in Harrison-street. In the
morning the females were missing and Dacros found that he
had been robbed of the articles above enumerated. Whether
the merchant was robbed also did not transpire, it being
merely stated that he had returned to Portugal. The girls
had seen the complainant count his soTereignsbefore he went
to bed. Information was given to the police, and Maguire,
on seeing the entry of the robbery immediately remembered
that the prisoner had lodged at the house in Harrison-street
at the time mentioned. He soon apprehended her, when she
admitted the offence, saying, " The money is all gone, and I
am sorry I ever had anything to do with it." The
on being asked if she had any explanation to offer, replied,
" I have nothing more to say." She was committed for
trial. prisoner,

CONSISTENCY !-Mr. Ewart's motion, for the admission
of slave-grown sugar, was resisted by Mr. O'Connell, by the
whole party, and by the government, at a time
whets
ngat 575. per cwt. It has now fallen to
sugaran anti-slavery -s
wlaaysesreylli
375., being a reduction
of more than 2d. in the pound to the
consumer; and after this fall it is that, entirely forgetting the
, poor slave, the whigs and the honest O'Connell find it abso-
lutely necessary, for the sake of the poor of England, (!) to
make a reduction of duty amounting to 6-19th of a farthing
per pound; but which would have the effect of prodigiously
augmenting the African slave trade.

TOE QvxeN.—lier Majesty's accouchement may be ex-
pected at the end of September, or early in the month of
October.—Sunday Print.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.—Yester-
day workmen commenced the erec ion of a building, on the
sae of the Old Infirmary Yard, fur the purpose of the grand
dinner for the members of this society. The building will
be of a circular form and of vast dimensions.

SQUINTING.—TIIis very great defect in the personal ap-
pearance is becoming rarer and rarer every day. Mr. Atkin-
son, of Leeds, has returned here for a short time ; so much
in demand has he been during his late stay. We are glad to
see that he has been thus successful.

THE TRIAL OF THE EARL OF STAFFORD.—We shall no-
tice this fine picture at some length in our next ; in the
mean time recommend it to notice.

MR. CRONIN.—This gentleman, we perceive, will be ab-
sent from Liverpool for a short time, in consequence of the
demand for his services in Manchester. He has been very
successful we understand in many cases.

THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL—It is with very great confidence
that we recommend the Brunswick Hotel to the notice of
families and gentlemen travelling either on business or plea-
sure. It is one of the most comfortable hotels in point of
cleanliness' attention, politeness, and excellence of fare we
ever entered. We have recommended many of our private
friends to stay at the Brunswick, and they having invariably
felt obliged to us, we can extend our recommendation to our
more numerous public acquaintance with considerable con-
fiienee.

STEAM !-Mr. Ball, of Lancaster, the fruiterer, has had
green peas on his stall for a week, and from London, too !
So much for steam !
TILE WAR IN INDIA.—A five per cent. loan has been
opened in Calcutta to cover the charges of the Affghan war,
which are understood to amount to about 12 millions of
rupees. The loss of life incurred down to the present date
is nearly 5,000 men, killed in action.
The royal mail steamer Columbia, Captain Judkins sailed
on Friday for Halifax and Boston. She carried out sixty
passengers.

The new ship Cornelia, which arrived on Monday evening
from New York, is the largest merchant vessel hitherto built
in the United States. She is nearly 1200 tons burden, and is
a beautiful specimen of naval architecture. She is com-
manded by Captain French, formerly of the Great Britain,
and well known in the American trade. She may be seen in
the Waterloo Dock, and is consigned to Messrs. Wadding-
ton, Holt & Co.
FIRE IN MANESTY-LANE.—On Friday night, about eleven
o'clock, a fire was discovered by police officer 25 on the pre-
mises occupied by Messrs. Thompson & Fawcett, plumbers,
glaziers, and painters, Manesty-lane. The engines, accom-
panied by water carts, were on the ground immediately, and
before the fire could extend its ravages it was suppressed,
chiefly owing to the exertions of the indefatigable superin-
tendent of the fire police, Air. Hewitt. The damage was
trifling, but, owirb, to the building being surrounded by large
warehouses, it might have been considerable, had it not been
speedily got under.
Hen MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.—A London contemporary
—(the Times)—seems disposed to grumble a little at the
mode in which invitations to her Majesty's state ball were
distributed on Thursday; and almost insinuates that the se-
lection of her Majesty's guests is occasionally directed to se-
cure political objects. Certainly the disproportion between
the members of the two parties in the House of Commons in-
vited on this occasion does look a little singular at a time
when a great constitutional question was under discussion.
It is a little surprising that but fifteen conservative members
of that house should be present, whilst of the opposite party
no less than 167 were dancing attendance upon the royal per-
son, and basking in the royal smile, some of whom had been
previously suspected of being slightly disaffected in their al-
legiance towards her Majesty's government.
STABBING.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a man of co-
lour, named Baronda Johnson, was charged with having
stabbed another coloured man, of the name of George Wil-
liams, on Saturday night. It appeared that the prisoner and
two companions, all of whom were sailors, were playing at
cards together, at the house in which they boarded. A dis-
pute arose, out of which a fight commenced, which the com-
plainant, who was in bed, was called down to assist in quel-
ling. It was during his efforts to accomplish this object that
the prisoner cut him in the hand with a knife. The magis-
trates told the prisoner he was totally unjustified in using the
knife, and they ordered him to pay a fine of 10s., and in de-
fault of which, he must be imprisoned for ten days.
THE NEMESIS, IRON WAR-STEAMER.—WC refer our
readers to the extracts from the official despatches giving an
account of the operations in the Canton River. In those
operations the Nemesis, iron-steamer, built at Mr. John
Laird's yard, North Birkenhead, performed a brilliant part,
penetrating, owing to her light draught of water, the inner
channel, which the Chinese had deemed impassable by
foreign vessels, and thus taking the enemy by surprise in
quarters where he thought himself altogether unassailable.
Mr. Hall, under whose superintendence the Nemesis was
equipped and armed, and who is well known in Liverpool,
highly distinguished himself in the delicate and dangerous
operation of forcing and threading the inner passage, as well
as in all the previous operations on the coast of China ; and
Sir George Bremer has, in highly complimentary terms, no-
ticed the services which that gallant officer has rendered to
his Queen and his country in the Chinese waters. We may
add, that the engines of the Nemesis were manufactured by
Messrs. Forrester and Co. ; and that her guns, which did
striking execution on the Chinese works, were cast by Messrs.
Fawcett and Preston : all of this town. Liverpool may well
feel proud of this her first iron war-steamer.
ROBBERY IN BOLD-STREET.—We beg to refer to Mr.
Davis, the optician's advertisement, which appears elsewhere.
We trust the depredators will be brought to punishment.
We are still without any intelligence of the steam-ship
Britannia, which would leave Boston on the 16th ult., and
was due, according to the average rate of passages, on Sunday
week. Some accident, in all probability, has happened to
her machinery, but we hope it is not of any serious nature.
Should she not arrive in time to take her place in the line on
the 19th instant, the Caledonia, which would leave Boston
on the Ist, and may be expected, barring accidents, to arrive
on or before this day week, will be despatched in her place,
so that the non-arrival of one steamer will not, in all pro-
bability, interrupt the regular communication between Li-
verpool, Halifax, and Boston.
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCII.—On Sunday next two sermons
will be preached in this church in aid of a fund towards
liquidating the debt on the building. If our legislature were
true to the British principle and echoed British feeling, there
would be no occasion for such appeals as these. It is a
positive disgrace that collections have to be made for this
purpose, but it is a disgrace the removal of which we see no
prospect of, unless throngh the exertions and continued
liberality of the people. Our columns have lately testified
to several instances of their willingness to do so, and we
hope this opportunity of repeating their liberality will not be
lost sight of. We need only add that Mr. Ewbank preaches
in the morning, and Mr. James in the evening.
THEATRE-ROYAL.—There was a very full and fashionable
house last night at the Theatre-royal, to witness Macready's
fine performance of Richelieu. To-night Werner will be
repeated. We are glad to find that really good acting can be
thus appreciated in Liverpool. The late engagement of Yates
and Co. clearly proves that mountebanking has no charms to
draw the lieges frem their country walks and the enjoyment
of the fine summer air.
PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.—A meeting was
held last night in St. Mark's school-room, the Rev. B. A.
Marshall in the chair, and addressed by Mr. Birkett, who
showed pointedly the true intention of the present govern-
ment, which covered by the loud cry for liberality, is really
and truly to suppress protestant principle, and re-establish
popery in this land—they being but tools in the hands of the
pope of Rome, through O'Connell.—Mr. Crisp afterwards
addressed the meeting, showing that the popish doctrine that
" heretics when strong are to be committed to God, when
weak, to the executioner," has been fully carried out of late,
in England and Ireland, as in popish Ireland, where the po-
pulation is seven million popish, and one million and a half
protestant, no less than seven protestant clergymen have
been most barbarously murdered, whereas in protestant Eng-
land, where out of a population of sixteen millions, there is
not one million of papists, he would challenge any one to
point out to him the murder of a single popish priest. In
Ireland heretics are weak, and they have been committed to
the executioner ; in England they are strong, and they have
been committed to God. He strongly urged them to use their
best exertions to promote signatures to the Maynooth petition.
Mr. C. Bushell, who was received with the most enthusiastic
cheers, made some remarks upon the necessary connection
between religion and politics. He took a hasty review of the
degraded proceedings of the present imbecile, ministry, and
asked what had they done for the benefit of the working
classes ; why they had passed the penny postage plan. He
doubted not the blue jackets whom he saw before him would
work heart and hand in returning to parliament again, two
sound and tried representatives, Lord Sandon and Mr.
Cresswell Cresswell, and he begged of them firmly and stea-
dily at this eventful period, perseveringly to do their duty.—
Mr. Adshead, the secretary of the branch, then addressed
the meeting in a very spirited speech—and called upon the
protestants of Abercromby and Rodney-street Ward for their
aid by subscribing to the association, to enable the committee
to send protestant truths and the scriptures to the poor Ro-
man Catholics.—Mr. Smith addressed the meeting on the
subject of the llomish Purgatorial Society, one of the princi-
ples of which is to pray for the souls of the members into
paradise.

THE LEAGUE AND THE PAPISTS AT MANCHESTER.—
Therc were great doings last week at Manchester. The
creatures who have been goaded on by the league (a band of
snug fellows who have clubbed it for the purpose of agita-
tion), had a great meeting in the open air, to consider, as it
is ludicrously called, the question of the corn laws. The
mayor declined to call the meeting, so they assembled with-
out his worship's leave. Mr. Cobden was invited to take
the chair, and accepted the invitation ; and it was expected
that Mr. Daniel O'Connell would be present, but he did not
appear. Daniel, it seems, was in Manchester the previous
day, and addressed the " pisantry," at Carpenter's-hall, in
favour of a repeal of the union ; but having told his people
how to behave at the succeeding meeting, especially towards
his friends, the chartists, he slunk from the port of danger,
and took the early train for London next morning. At the
corn meeting the most abominable rioting took place. Thir-
teen persons were conveyed to the Infirmary in the course of
the day, all severely wounded. The " impartial" chairman
would hear none but his own favourites, and the Irish re-
peelers bludgeoned every man that endeavoured to gain a
hearing in opposition to the views of the league. " The police
force," says the Stockport Advertiser, who had doubtless
received their orders as to how they should proceed at parti-
cular junctures, " attacked with their bludgeons every person
who appeared in the character of an opponent to the voice
of Mr. Cobden, and this system was carried on in such a
disgraceful and merciless manner, that the affray was in dan-
ger of terminating with frightful results. By such means
all opposition was at length silenced, and the leaguers carried
their resolutions." " The same evening," adds our Stock-
port contemporary, " a large meeting was held in the Castle
Yard, in this town, when Mr. Bairstow and others gave a
frightful picture of the brutality which had been inflicted
upon the people at Manchester, because of their opposition
to such a repeal of the corn laws as Mr. Cobden would fain
give the electors. The language was strong and emphatic
and Mr. Cobden was unanimously denounced and declared
to be unworthy to represent Stockport in parliament, and
the meeting thereupon pledged themselves to use their best
exertions to prevent his return. Three of the leading mem-
bers of Mr. Cobden's committee—Sir Ralph Pendlebury,
Mr. Alderman Baker, and Mr. Charles Hudson, were pre-
sent, and appeared grievously distressed that the tide of popu-
lar favour should so soon have been turned against their pet."

MARINER'S CHURCH SCHOOLS.—If there is one thing
more than another in which the inhabitants of Liverpool
ought to feel a peculiar interest, and for the attainment of
which every effort should be strained, it is that of a sound
scriptural education for the rising generation, and if that be
more needed in one part of the town than others, we know
of no district where it is more required than in the crowded
neighbourhoods of our docks, or for the offspring of the
mariners who frequent our port. Where there is no other
motive to induce the public to attend the sermons which
will be preached on Sunday next, at the mariner's church,
we think they ought to suffice, but when we state in addition,
that the addresses will be delivered by Dr. Scoresby, the for-
mer incumbent of the church, we conceive we have said
more than enough to secure a numerous auditory, and a
munificent collection. The character of Dr. Scoresby is
well known ; his piety and talents are highly appreciated,
and we are greatly mistaken if the remembrance of them
does not revive the most pleasing associations in the minds.
of our readers, inciting them to support liberally the useful
charity for which he will, no doubt, plead with his usual

THE STEPHEN WHITNEY

This splendid vessel, which left New York on the 15th ult.,
arrived here on Saturday evening. In the temporary absence
of Captain W. C. Thompson the command of the vessel
devolved upon Captain Popham, who so satisfactorily dis-
charged the duties of his situation as to elicit the following
gratifying testimonial from the passengers on board :
SIR,—In the absence of the worthy commander of the
Stephen Whitney, whose place you have so efficiently filled,
we, the passengers on board, have much pleasure in ex-
pressing to you the sense we entertain of the constant zeal,
kindness and courtesy which you have manifested for the
comfort and enjoyment of each and all your passengers,
during their short and pleasant voyage. The arrangements
of the ship we consider excellent, and the untiring assiduity
of your steward, with the orderly discipline of the crew,
worthy of our merited commendation. We also gladly avail
ourselves of the present occasion to express our highest
approbation of ther.gallant conduct displayed by Captain
Thompson and yourself, on a previous voyage, in rescuing,
at the peril of your own life, several British subjects from
impending death. This act of heroism, we are happy to find,
has been noticed by the Queen of England, through her
Majesty's consul at New York. With best wishes for your
welfare, we remain, your sincere friends,
(Signed by 2; passengers.)
To Charles Wilkes Popham, Esq.,
Commander of the packet-ship Stephen Whitney.
Dated at sea, St. George's Channel,
June 4, 1841.

To this Captain Popham returned the following reply :
DEAR SlR,—Permit me to acknowledge the receipt,
through your hands, of a note, signed by the passengers on
board the vessel under my command, and to express my deep
sense of the kind manner in which they have been pleased to
notice my efforts to contribute to their comfort during the
passage. If, in performing my duty, it has been my good
fortune to secure their approbation, it will be to me a source
of great gratification, and will always be recurred to as one
of the most pleasurable events of my life.
Allow me to present to one and all my sincere thanks and
my heartfelt wishes for their health and happiness, and upon
the eve of parting to bid them God speed!

I am, dear Sir,
Your obliged and humble servant,
CHARLES W. POPHAM

To Alexander Pope, Esq.
On board the packet-ship Stephen Whitney,

June 4, 1841

IMPORTANT COUNTY MEETING AT NEWTON,

(From our co respondent at Newton.)
le
On Thursday last, bre hing with " hot haste," a messen-
ger arrived at the Legh s, at Newton, to enquire if a
room could be engaged for e following day, for the purpose
of holding a county meeting. An answer having been given
in the affirmative, an enquiry was then made of the number
of gentlemen likely to be present. The reply was about 50
or 60. On Friday arrived from Liverpool Mr. William
it athbone and Mr. Theodore liathbone, Mr. Lawrence Hay-
worth and Mr. Francis Jordan; Messrs. Thicknesse, from
Wigan ; a papermaker, from Bury ; Sir Thomas Potter, from
Manchester; and some twenty others, from other parts of
the county. The chairman having been appointed, Mr. Law-
rence Heyworth was proposed as the member for the county
on the liberal interest !! ! A great deal of discussion follow-
ed, when the proposition was negatived, and it was deter-
mined to hunt the county up for a fitter man !
At the termination of the meeting the whole party " ab-
squatulated," and actually left the house without eating or
drinking, or even paying for the use of the room ! and on
the respected owner of the Legh Arms expressing something
like vexation at the trouble being given for nothing—one
conscientious corn-law-repealer turned back, and gave the
landlady a crown ! " Think of that, Master Brook." The
liberality of the persons constituting this GREAT COUNTY
MEETING has thus been proved to be astonishing. It was
said, at the meeting, that money was very scarce, and the
upshot showed that it was so.