The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-09 00:00:00

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Sr. DAYM's SociEry.--We. taiders;;;ll,l the nwi)!,,erA ti 4
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society will meet together at their ao Wer,,aly diaua ott the Ist
March.

WELSH CHAlitTy • .Srcnoor..--We have much pleasnrc iii
stating, that the managing counnittee.of the WellanitOn•goilik
have kindly consented to grant the use of that splendid suite of
apartments for a ball, to be given on the 29th instant, in aid of
the funds of this excellent charity. This, we belipie. is thd
first occasion on which the towns have been granted for a
"charity ball. Mrs. Bateson has consented to officiate as lady
patroness.

CATHOLIC ORPHAN BALL.—Our readers Will obServe, by an
advertisement in another column, that this ball takem place;
under distinguished patronage, at the Town-hall, nu the
instant. It is gratifying ,to find_ that the sale of tickets hus
already been considerable, greater indeed than the friends hf the
charity anticipated.

TUE LATE GALES.—During the recent gales there has heed
a lamentable loss of life on the Donegal Omit) coast, amongst
the poor fishermen, and nets and fishing boats to a ctinsiderabld
extent have been destroyed.

THE FORMBY SunscurPTioN.---We understand the sums ale
ready received for the widows and orphans of the men who re;
ceutly lost their lives off Formby amount to upwards of eleven
hundred pounds.- The Dock Committee have given the. Muni-
ficent sum of £500; and £2l Lis. will be found advertised in
our paper of to-day, collected in the searchers and landing-
waiters' offices of his Majesty's customs in this port. As the
subscription is about to be closed, it is desirable that those per=
sons who have not yet sentiu the amottut of their subscriptumS
.Should do so without delay.

StRGICAL OPERATION.—Iti consequence of a teound
ceived twenty-two yearS• since ir; the Service of his country, Mr.
Silvester Richinoni eldest son of the late Silvester Richmond,
Esq. of this town, .was obliged on Saturday to submit to the
painful operation of having his right leg amputated. -Mr. Gill
of Liverpool was the operator.
Bon Row !—The head of our learned and highly-gifted tovett-
clerk appears to be wholly engrossed by only one idea, namely,
the difficulty and the immediate necessity for bdrrowing td
"carry.out the printiples" of the municipal corporations' re-
form act; at any rate we can assign no other canoe for the
extraordinary fact, tht whenevei .called upon to enlighten the
town council on any subject connected with the "borough," he
invariably reniinds them of their coming troubles by intro-
ducing into his reply the word--" borrow !" No One knows
better than Mr. Town-clerk thaCthe town coffers will soon- be

emptied; that 'his redecessor's claim is unpruvided for; and
that Mr. Stipendr v-Justice Hall must be paid quarterly ;
therefore great ere 's due to him for the ingenious expedient
he has adopted for.f lierizing the Minds. of the councillors to
borrowiry as the beSt s#tem of supporting their increased ex-
penditure. The leatneit,cleak, 'however, may have' over esti-
mated the credit of the ecalucil. Thee are thauyanxious tti
borrow who do not find in the possessors of beak notes aud specie
an equal readiness to lead, the letter being generally fond of
asking curicus and impertinent questions as to the definition of
the wool "seem ity,"•Und, moreover, cannot be persuaded that
all engrossed and sealed skins of pArchment are of equal value.
On this account we would suggest to Mr. 'Town-clerk the pro-
priety of adding to bis.vocabulary the word •• cs is the frequent
use of which would ciorvey as Useful at id as delicate a lout as

his " BOR-ROW
FIRE ON BoAED.THE NEAN YORK PACKET SHIP HIBERNIA.
—On Saturday evening the American packet, Hibernia, lying
in the, Clarence Dock, v.hich had that mornin!, arrived &mit

New York, was discove'ted to be on fire. The cargo consisted

of a large quantity of turpentine, smite cotton, and sott►e miseel.;
laneoub which were consigned to Messrs. W. and Joines
Brown and Co. The landing waiter and Cristom-houNe officers
had in the course of the day visited the vessel, and it, is said; re-
marked a smell of fire near the forecastle.. At near six O'clock

a thin white smoke vEasobserved to issue from the filre•hatcli;

which gradually increasing in density, left no doubt but that
the vessel was on tire. .The alarm was quickly given, an'd by
six o'clock Mr. Whittv, along. with iMir of the Lest. engines ar•
rived, and flrr upwards of an hour and-a-half every ~xertion
was used to get the fire under though unsuccessfully. Prom th
density of the smoke it was impossible to ascertain in what part
of the vessel the, tire was, and it became evident that, the ex—
ertions of the firemen] were directed to the wrong quarter. Mr.
Purnell and Mr. Hodgson recommended that the vessel should
be scuttled; as. the only plan to -get the fire out, which if it eon
tinned Might prove of serious consequence to the surrounding
shill+ M Dowling
,*were To this r. Whitty and Mr. Dowlin were opposed,-
g it possible to save the vessel without. Further en-
deavours, howevett, proving unsuccessful, it was al length de.;
term ined to scuttle the vessel, and she was drawn out..fer that
purpose to the lock leading to.the George's Basin. The water
in the lock having been loweredtillthe vessel grounded and
was about eight feet below her water mark, tt large hole was
then made at her bow and her side close to the water's edge,
and on the lock being agsain filled,- the ,vessel soon sunk The
vessel 'having had the leaks stepped, was . raised, the pumps
going all Sunday, and the cargo on being unshipped, was 'found
not to be so much damaged as was anticipated. The tire was.
found to have been confined to a very limited space immediately
under the forecastle, and from what we have betn aide to learn,
could only have recently originated, surmises say spontane-
ously, from the cotton having been packed in a damp and
heated state at New York. The. ves;el not having been twenty-
four hourS in- pith, the hiss will fall upon the underwriters.
We understand great poise is due to Captains Harris and
West, and to Mr. John Grayson, the master carpenter of the
vessel, for the prorript and efficient Services rendered in estirn
guishing the fire.
THREE TioDIES Wasson ASHORE' AT FORMIIY.—On Prieny
mowing- the bodies of three men were cast ashore at Formby.
That their relatives and friends may be acquainted with their
melancholy fate, we give The followin,, det:criptinn of each :--
No. I.—About five fact:ten niches Biggs -red whiskers, and very
geod looking. DresSed in blue jacket; blue
.waistcoat, nearly
new, lined with red liaise, blue striped shirt, marked on the hip
with A.P., No. 1; lilac neckerchief; blue cloth trows,'re, with a
patch half a yard long in front of each thigh; flannel drawers;
blue-grey yarn stockings ; new shoes; straw hat, with !dad: oil
cloth cover; strong drab top-coat ; a knife in hit pocket, marked
D.M. Pe—son. No. 2.—About five feet six or seiten inehedligh ;
no coat on; blue waistcoat, similar to No. 1; striped shirt ; two
pair of canvas.trowsers, one nearly new; a sort of yellow ground
neckerchief; at rung. blue-grey kuit stockings; shoes nearly new.
Nos. 1 and 2 seem like father and son, both very good looking:
No. 3.—About five feet seven indics high ; drab haragan emit ;
grey cloth waistcoat, vet v-9111; blue striped cotton shirt ;
corduroy trowsers, rutich patched and torn ; mine-give yevu
stockinws; strong slows; two hamikerohief, were! his sleek, ono.;
red and the other blue, both cotton. For roe consolation of their
surviving friends, v e may add that they will he. ileeently interred
in Formby Church yard after the coroner's inquest has been
held over them.

The neighbourhood of Wigan has been most agreeably en-
livened by a splendid ball and supper given on Wednesday last,
the al instant, by John Hodson,. Esq., ia celebration of
attaining his majority. The ball-room was elegantly decorated
for the occasion, and attended by a numerons assemblage of the
rank, beauty, and fashion of the surrounding countrY• Dancing
commencenlattout nine, and the gay waltz sprightly quadrille
were spiritedly sustained by the far-rained Lancashire
whose virtues and beaut v. still shine with a lustre uuditninished,
however otherwise degenerate the days of once " nierrie Lug
lande may be." At twelve o'..lock the sipper-mow teas thrown
open, and the viatris did ample honour to the well-known skill and
ability of Mr. Horne of Liverpool, who upon this, as upon
former occasions, proved himself 1.(1711 COpia. The
table was tastefully decorated, and every delicacy of the season
was there in profusion. After supper dancirg was resumed and
kept up with unabated spirit till an early hour in the morning;
when the guests retired highly-gratified be the urbanity and at-
tentions of their polite host.
STAMP DI'TY oN NEWSPAPERS,—The Chancellor of thd
Exchequer has given nntice, that on the Bth of Marc h. he pur-
poses bringing in a bill to emend and consolidate the laws re-
htiye to the stamp duty on newspapers.

UNSVA ALPED NEFSPAPERS.—At the Bolton petty sessions
on Monday week, Joseph Lawson was convicted in the penalty
of £5., costs £2. 3s. Cl., for having sold an unstamped news-
paper, lietherinyton's Twopenny Divpatch, on the 2d January
last. _

NORTIMRN CIRCUIT.—(Lord Denman and Sir 'lames
Parke.)—Yorkshire, Saturday, Feb. 27; Durham, Saturday,
March 12; Northumberland, Weiluerday, March Ifi; Cum-
berland, Saturday, March 19; Wes►moreland, Thursday,
March 21; Lancaster, Saturday, March 26; Wednesday,
March 30, atLiverpopl.
RECORDEUSHIP OF WIGATC.-Mr. Segar, barrister, of Pres-
ton, has been nominated recorder fur Wigan. .

PamuozioN.—Lord Palmerston has bestowed the vacant
junior clerkship in the Fo:ei?zn-roflice, an Mr. W. M. Iluskis.;
son, a near relative of the late eminent statesman of that name.
REPEAL OF TILE STAMP DUTIES ON NE`A'SPAPEIIS.—A. meet-
ing was held in the Town-hall, Salthrd, last week, James 11,01,
boroughreeve, in the chair, at which it was unanimously
agreed to petition parliament to repeal the duties on news-
papers._

'hit: NEW SHERIFF.—The patent for the appointment of the
new sheriff (Charles Standish. of Standish, Esq.) was received
on Thursday evening. Thomas Mrchall, Esq. of Ribbletun
Hall, has been appointed under sheriff, and the business of the
shrievalty will be conducted at the office of Messrs. Gorst and
Bite hall. eston Pilot. .
THE MUNICIPAL REFORM 1111. L.—This reform bill is imme-
diately to be reformed. Mr. E.J. Stanlet gave notice of a mo-
tion in the House of Commons, on Thursday, on behalf of the
Attorney-General, that on Tuesday (this day) he would move
for leave to bring in a bill to indemnify persons holding corpo-
rate offices under the great municipal hill. Another bill will
be introduced on the same day; for the more effectual registra-
tion of persons entitled to vote for members of parliament.
The corporation bill will,. of course, put au end to all the suits
arising out or the new ,corporation elections, now pending in
the Court or King's Bench.
Loans-LiErrtilYANTs of Coi-sms.—The death of the
Duke of Beaufort ereateirrt-vacauey in the ()Mee of lord-lieute-
nalit of three counties, which has been filled up by the appoint-
ment of -Lord Segrave, for the county of Gloucester, Capel
Hanbury Leigh, Esq., for Monmouth, and Penry
Esq., for Brecon.
Sli.vita GROATS:—The Gazette, of Friday, contains a pro,
elaulation announcing an issue of Hew coinage of silver groats,
hum his Majesty's Mint.
NEW SHERIFFS (IF THE NoirrnunN Col-NTlEs.—County Pa-
latine of Lancaster, Charles Standish, Esq.,_ of Standish Ball,
Cheshire, Egerton Leigh, of High Leigh, Esq.;
Thomas Irwin, of Calder Abbey. Esq.; Northumberlan± -
nias Riddell, of Eeltou Shropshire, Sir
Edward Rouse Broughton, of Downton,
cholas Edmund Yalburctli of lleslingtou Ball, Esq.
t, , Esq:; Yorkshire,
Gr.Ascow MANI:FACTO:MS.—Among the numerous exten.,
sive manufactories,
'y Montiet,
d for
anti extent :—:(.lessts. w„ck.
the following arc ingenuity
at L3aln,~
st
' fermata :and s. thrw.
~fa,c,tore of chloride,
titrniiici tid 'll ""P-
-m„st
wrotores
u,z, extensive
of
any
of the kind in Europe,gl-ienu„twhich cover itl*""ki• mud Within
its walls there are
tli,',l:v.,ix64lture 4rois
oft(AWY
three hundred
ols, or tire. ',dices. Ihe
one apartm •
platinum vessels cut alone cost upwai4,; 4)(1:9000.
oneatidinindred furnaces, g''')!,u(h There‘Li•
upwards of
—Cie lnrrd~
Statatio.
time
OF THE: LATE )210,1lE141VELL:—For a long
.he sale no 11
of '
'1 ••
Lme MC4; t4i Vin this quarter of the country
has excited, so intereyq. !tliong the curious in buoks, any
virtuoso generally, as that of the decaged Mr. Mother Well.
hooks Base all sold remarkably' well, many uF those of a rare
descril,liol bringing high prices.. The sale'of the moire Works
published by the 'Maitland Club we believe takes place to-cave
as %ilk[i's a ccalectiou of ancient a rmoury, autographs, ezcl„
'"e auction will terminate. At yesterea‘'s stile a couple
4 v9latnes, consisting.of &Ong declarations" and "full and
particular accounts" of: the enerutions, &c. rliirn hare thk"i
place in Scotland etvirg the last sixteen -years, hron'Ot thus'
moderate sum of Se. each ; and and an edition of
the production of the P2th century-, was sola for fire
guineas. This was considered vet y cheap. The sale of to-da.'
I will douldioss be numerom4 attenticd.--G/wwe Courier; •