The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-13 00:00:00

THE BRAZILIAN MAIL STEAMERS.—The Brazilian
Association have had a meeting, to consider the question
of the proper port of starting for the new line of Brazilian
steamers, and they are of opinion that Liverpool, and not
Southampton, is the port. They are at present taking
the necessary steps for bringing their views before the
General Steam Navigation Company, who have taken the
contract, and who have the power of choosing their own
port of departure. As at least three-fourths of the English
trade of Brazils is with Lancashire, there ought not to be
any great difficulty in convincing the contractors that
Liverpool is the best port for the purpose.
REWARD FOR HEROIC CONDUCT.—A valuable snuff-
box has been presented to Mr. Charles Granby, master
of the schooner Nais, of this port, by the principal in-
habitants of Ramsgate, for his noble exertions in saving
the crew and passengers of the American ship Burgundy,
wrecked on that coast. In addition, Captain Granby has
received £lO and a silver medal from the Royal National
Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck,
and £8 from the Lords of the Treasury, for distribution
among himself and his crew. These rewards were well
deserved ; for, with the sea that prevailed, the service was
one of considerable difficulty and danger; and as the
stranded vessel was only approachable at certain times of
the tide, the Nais had to remain beside her for sixteen
hours. We believe the Nais is the property of Alderman
Procter, of this town.
RECEPTION OF THE LIVERPOOL PETITION.-011 Friday
evening, Mr. Herries presented the petition from Liver-
pool against the repeal of the navigation laws. He said
he was afraid he was unable to lift it—(a laugh)—
but he could assure the house that it was a petition of
great importance. The right hon. member here pointed
the notice of the house to an immense pile of parchments
on the floor, and said that these contained the petition and
signatures. The house laughed lustily on surveying the
voluminous bundle, and the laughter became most boiste-
rous on Major Beresford rising from behind Mr. Herries,
placing his arms at full stretch round the pile, and with a
great effort of strength lifting it upon the table, where,
by universal consent, it was allowed to lie for some
minutes, at the expiration of which it was removed by one
of the officers. • Mr. Herries stated that it was a petition
from the inhabitants generally of Liverpool, that it was
signed by 24,700 persons, and that it earnestly entreated
the house not to pass the bill for the repeal of the Naviga-
tion laws. The Lord Mayor of London also presented a
very weighty petition from the merchants, shipowners,
artisans, seamen, and others of the of the City of London,
against the repeal of the navigation laws. The signatures
were 20,757 in number. He had looked through them,
and was enabled to state from his own knowledge that
many of the signatures were those of the most respectable
firms in the City, and that the petition was in every res-
pect entitled to the most respectful consideration of the
house. [The number of signatures to the Liverpool
petition has been since nearly doubled.]
THE BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.—The annual report, for
1848. of the state of this old and excellent charity has
just been published, and is on the whole, (considering the
circumstances) of a gratifying nature. The trustees la-
ment a diminution in the amount of annual subscriptions,
arising from the death of many friends, and more especi-
ally from the commercial distress of the last year. But
the income arising from the property—the noble gift of
Mr. Huddleston—more than counterbalanced the defici-
' ciency at the end of the year so that the finances are in
as good a condition as at the end of 1847. It is hoped
that the subscriptions will be again augmented. • The
trustees announce with regret the retirement of Mr. and
Mr 3. Forster from the situation of Master and Matron,
" which they had filled for a period of 30 years, spent in
the faithful discharge of their arduous duties, and in pro-
moting the happiness and welfare of the children ;" and
they express towards them their best wishes. They
record that Mr. Thomas Wood, who was brought up at
the school, and who was principal teacher for many years,
has been appointed successor to Mr. Thomas Forster,
and that he has fulfilled his duties in a most satisfactory
manner. Miss Wilson, late Mistress of Moor-field
School, has been appointed Matron. The visiters of the
Blue-Coat Brotherly Society have laboured with increased
energy and success, as appears by their report, which is
also published. A number of volumes have, by donations,
been added to the lending library. The number of
children at present in the institution is 351, viz., 251 boys
and 100 girls ; of which number 78 are orphans, 264
fatherless, 4 motherless, and 5 whose parents are in help-
less and indigent circumstances.
LECTURES ON THE JEWS.—The Rev. Moses Margo-
liouth, curate of Tranmere, has been delivering, at Bristol,
a course of three very interesting lectures on "The Jews
in Great Britain since 129 U." They created a very favour-
able impression in that city, and the Bristol Times thus
concludes a long report of the addresses :—" The lec-
turer gave us then the number of the Jewish congregations
in this country, and informed us that many of them are
furnished with regular preachers. He dwelt a good deal
on the change which took place in the style of those
Jewish preachers. He showed that bigotry and super-
stition have given way to socinianism. He read several
extracts from various Jewish sermons and lectures to il-
lustrate his statement. He contended that we must now
have a greater and more learned body of missionaries
amongst the Jews at home than we have hitherto em-
ployed. The lecturer then stated that it cost him a great
deal of labour to obtain correct statistics of the present
number of Jewish converts in this country, and he found
that they amounted to SOO. He favoured his audience
with a good deal of information respecting some of them.
It appears that there are many of the higher classes cf the
Jews who are members of the Church of England, but are
particularly anxious not to be known to the agents of the
society. He met with most interesting cases, who exercise
a most beneficial influence on many highly respectable
Jewish families in this country. He trusted that the time
is not far distant when British Christian Jews will be able
to care for the spiritual wants of their brethren. He
feared no successful contradiction, when he said, that
they are most fitted to do so. He thanked God that there
were about forty clergymen of the Church of England
from among his converted brethren. The rev. lecturer
threw out a hint, at the close, that he may enlarge and
publish these lectures with appendices. 'We can only add
that we sincerely trust that he will not allow his manu-
script t 3 moulder long in the desk, but lay his interesting
researches before the readers of our national history. We
are safe in saying that it will form a valuable supplement
to our hitherto published histories." We believe that
Mr. Margoliouth intends shortly to deliver the same
course in this town.
SERIOUS CASUALTIES TO SHIPPING IN THE VICTORIA
CHANNEL.—Friday, though a cold, was a remarkably fine
day in Liverpool. It appears, however, that a strong
northerly wind prevailed, accompanied by a heavy swell

on the bar of the Victoria Channel, and we have to record
a singular series of disasters. The Cate. an Austrian
barque, bound for Trieste, with a valuable cargo, which
left the Mersey in the course of Friday, struck about eight
o'clock at night on the bar. The vessel, we understand,
was in the tow of a Birkenhead ferry steamer, acting at
the time as a tug, and thus the crew were saved. The
Cate subsequently drifted on the East Hoyle Bank, and
went to pieces about ten o'clock. On the same night, a
coasting schooner, the Jean Bruneau, Captain Rutter,
bound from Ayr to this port, with a cargo of pig-iron,
struck on a sandbank near to Formby Lightship. The
steam-tug President, which had taken out the life-boat to
some other vessel in distress, or at least in danger, op-
portunely bore down and saved the crew. It is remark-
able that three other vessels, which also sailed on Friday,
struck the ground in going through the Victoria Channel,
and all put back leaky. Their names are the Fingal, for
New York, the Courier, for Calcutta, and the Tenilia, for
Buenos Ayres. The Dutch galliot Arendia, for Rotter-
dam, also put back, with the loss of her bowsprit, &c.
The bell-boy, which has stood the test of many a storm,
was capsized on Friday night, but whether the heavy
rolling sea that prevailed at the time was the cause, or
whether a vessel had run over it, we are unable to say.
The authorities, as soon as they became acquainted with
the accident, promptly despatched another Bell-buoy to
the spot and had it safely moored. On Saturday night,
the schooner William Penn, Captain Coffey, laden with
salt, from Youghal, for this port, was wrecked, and we
regret to add, three of her crew perished. It appears that
the schooner, in making for the Crosby Channel, struck
on Jordan's bank, about nine o clock, and, after thump-
ing heavily for some time, her rudder was unshipped. She
afterwards drifted on Burbo Bank, where she soon filled.
The crew, consisting of the captain, mate, and three sea-
men, took to the rigging, and for some hours were ex-
posed to the cold, which was intense, with the sea oc-
casionally washing over them. Towards the following
morning the three seamen, being completely exhausted,
and unable to bear up any longer, let go ther hold, and
they were drowned. The captain and mate continued in
the rigging till daylight, when they were providentially
rescued by Richard Lapcott and his boat's crew, who had
left the Mersey in quest of employment. The two poor
fellows were conveyed to the Crosby Lightship, on hoard
of which they received at the hands of the captain all that
was necessary in their exhausted condition. They were
brought to Liverpool by the boatmen. On Saturday, an
American ship, outward bound, and the steam-tug De-
fiance, came in contact in the Formby Channel. A boat
which was alongside of the steamer was sunk, and John
Thomas, a rigger, drowned.
WIRRAL FARMERS' CLUB.—PLOUGHING MATCH, &C.
—On Thursday, the eighth annual ploughing match and
exhibition of live stock took place at the farm of Mr. W.
Barker, Poulton-cum-Spittal. There was a good atten-
dance of gentlemen and farmers. The show of live stock
was not so good as last year. The ploughing match ex-
cited much attention, and the competitors (labouring
men) were numerous. The proficiency exhibited obtain-
ed the approval of all present. The dinner took place at
Mr. Huntris's, the Royal Rock Ferry Hotel, and the
repast was excellent. Charles Stanley, Esq., occupied
the chair; and amongst those present were the Rev. R.
M. Fielden, J. D. Case, Esq., W. Hall, Esq., G. King,
Esq., R. Congreve, jun., Esq., Bolton Case, Esq., and a
number of gentlemen from Birkenhead and the neigh-
bourhood. The usual toasts were disposed of enthusi-
astically. The Chairman, in proposing the main toast,
congratulated the meeting on their numerical amount.
It was gratifying to see assembled there landlords and
tenants, squires and squireens, farmers of substantial
means, and farmers of small calibre, as regarded the ex-
tent of their land and capital, but they had the key to
prosperity, that of industry, and of keeping their eyes
open to the improvements which were taking place daily
both as to the different manures now imported into the
country, in the implements of husbandry, and in the
manner of feeding cattle, either for the knife or for the
pail. He noticed two noble examples in the district of
tile drainage. One was by a relation of his, Mn. John
Stanley, and the other by Mr. Wm. Neilson, of Arrow.
From their judicious management they had fertilized
their farms in a manner to astonish every one who knew
the previous sterile state of the land. (Hear.) He then
adverted to the fencing of fields, in which great improve-
ments had also been exhibited. He thought the poor
might be advantageously employed in this department, to
the saving of poor-rates. They were much indebted to
Mr. Wm. Jackson for the great encouragement which he
had given in the improvement of the breed of cattle,. by