The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-08 00:00:00

LATEST PARTICULARS.

As soon as the inquest Icadierminated, the valet (Courvoi-
sier) returned to the house in Norfolk-street, where he-still
remains with the two female servants, and is under the
surveillance of Inspector Tedman of the D division, and a
sergeant and constable of the C division. Every exertion is
being made by the police to discover, if possible, the young
man Carr, but up to a late hour last night, their efforts had
been unsuccessful. During the whole of theday an immense
concourse of persons, the greater portion of whom appeared
to be most respectable, had congregated in front of
,the de-
ceased's residence, and whilst the jury were sitting the number
had so increased, that the street was completely blocked up.
After the verdict had been returned the parties began to
move off, but very many remained round the house the
greater part of the night.

The motto of our modern agitators is " to keen within the
law, and effect that which is out of the pale of it."
. .
We beg to direct the attention of our readers to the follow-
ing communication, addressed to Messrs. Rowland and Son,
20, Hatton-garden, London, whose advertisement appears in
ancther column :—Gentlemen,—l have been prevailed upon
by a friend to try your Macassar Oil, and have indeecl found
it of amazing benefit in my family; four of my children, a
few years ago, were ill with the scarlet fever, and, until about
three months since. there was not the least appearance of
hair upon their heads. The medical gentlemen who attended
them gave no hopes of it ever returning ; but, after using
your Macassar Oil a short time, I found, to my great delight,
their heads covered with short strong hair, which is now daily
improving. You are at liberty to make whatever use you
please of this letter to your advantage ; as I live in the coun-
try, I have taken the present opportunity of conveying it by
a friend to you.—l am, gentlemen, your humble Servant;-
JANET SMITH.
Ottringhanz, Yorkshire, June 8.

VISITATION ROUTE.—The Reverend and Worshipful
Unwin Clarke, will hold courts of visitation, for the purposes
of admitting church and chapel wardens and sidesmen, and
for the probate of wills, and granting letters of administration
of intestate? effects, at the times and places undermentioned ;
May 6, Wednesday.... Chester l2 at noon
-8, Friday
8, Friday
9, Saturday . Macclesfield.. 9 morning
9, Saturday Stockport ... 1 afternoon
11, Monday Manchester.. 11 - morning
12, Tuesday Bolton 9 , morning
13, n eciesday... .. Vi igan
14, Thursday Ormskirk 2 • morning
• 14, Thursday Liverpool.... 2 afternoon
18, Monday Frodsham .... • 12 at noon

FRENCH JUSTICE.—An action was tried a few days ago
before the Tribunal of Commerce, Paris, in which Messrs.
Rowland and Son, London, of Macassar Oil celebrity, were
plaintiffs, and Messrs. Gueland, Messier, and Amaret, in
Paris, were defendants. Messrs. Rowland complained that
the defendants had, in order to insure a sale fora composition
which they also called Macassar Oil, • imitated their bottles
and labels, and thus injured the reputation of the genuine
article, and diminished its sale. The tribunal deciding that
foreigners trading with France were entitled to. protection
against a fraud of this description, sentenced the defendants,
who sold the Macassar Oil bearing false labels, to pay 6001.
each, and 500 f. for every new contravention f which they
may be guilty ; and ordered other defendants, who were the
manufacturers of the bottles, and printers of the labels, to de-
liver none of the same description without the •authority of
Messrs. Rowland. The Tribunal, in giving its judgment in
this case, mentioned, among the motives of its decision, that
a foreigner, bringing into France either a manufacture or
manufactured objects, ought to receive the same protection
as a French subject ; that in the present instance, it was ne-
cessary to secure to the plaintiffs, not only their property, but
also their commercial name, which no one else had a right to
make use of ; that good faille and equity were of all coun-
tries, and that the Tribunal could not sutler the public to be
deceived by speculations, which good faith and equity alike
condemned • and in fine, that it was of importance for foreign
traders in irance to receive that protection from the French
laws. which it was to be hoped, French traders would, in
return, meet with in other countries.

EARLY SPRING FODDER.-Mr. James Clayton, of Cade-
ley, near this town, has, during the present week, cut some
Italian Rye Grass, the seed of which was sown in the autumn
of last year, after an early crop of potatoes. It was two
feet high, and of a fine quality, and he expects to cut it twice
more during the summer. This prolific grass seed only
requires to be sown every two years.—Preston Chronicle.

THE CLIP OF WOOL.—We understand that fifteen pence
per lb. was offered to one of the agriculturists for his fleece
wool ; but those terms, which are lower than have formerly
been obtained, were declined, in the expectation that trade
will be improved in the course of a month or two. At
present, owing to the scarcity of the circulating medium and
other circumstances, business of all kinds is extremely flat.—
Worcester Journal.

LUDLOW ELECTION.—The Radicals had a secret meeting
on Tuesday night last, and it is supposed that in the event of
a new writ being issued Sir William Somerville will be
brought forward, the immaculate Mr. Alcock, the coal-
merchant, bestowing the influence arising from the black
diamonds. They are now engaged in a secret canvas. No
candidate is yet named on the Conservative interest.—Ten
Towns' Messenger.
HYDROPuoniA.--We stated, last week that a large dog,
in a highly rabid state, was killed at Underskiddaw, near
Keswick. A few days ago, a dog, labouring under hydro-
phobia made its appearance in Eskdale, and though pursued
by the inhabitants of the vale, and eventually destroyed, it
is supposed to have bitten nearly every dog in Eskdale, the
owners of which have resolved to tie up the animals for some
time to come, in order to prevent further mischief. It is
said that canine madness exists to a considerable extent in
that part of the country. At Cockermouth also it is said,
that several clogs have within the last few days exhibited
symptoms of hydrophobia, and a great number were in con-
sequence destroyed.—Carlisle Patriot.

A meeting of great importance in the annals of agricultu-
ral local improvement, was held at Peterborough on the 23d
ult. and was attended by all the principal persons in the
neighbourhood, Lord Fitzwilliam being in the chair. The
object was to improve the navigation of the river Nene, from
the sea to Peterborough, so as to render that place an inland
seaport, connecting itself with the towns of Northampton,
Leicester, Market Harborough, Stamford, &c., and, at the
same time, to drain 50,000 acres of valuable and fertile fens,
to lay dry Whittlesea Mere, and to carry lines of road
through the country intended to be drained, whereby the
distance between London and Hull may be diminished ten
miles and upwards. Resolutions were adopted by the meet-
ing highly favourable to the promotion of these valuable ob-
jects.

SINGULAR PATENT.—A patent of a somewhat singular
description has lately been taken out : it is for an invention
to supersede the ordinary wooden letters usually fixed upon
the facia of shop windows. The new letters are made of por-
celain, of every form and hue, and when fixed up, present a
beautiful and attractive appearance. The facility of cleansing
them is not the least of their qualifications ; for with a sponge
they arc immediately brought to their pristine beauty and
elegance. They will not exceed the old wooden letters in
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nished with the recent improvements in their system of ma-
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MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL SHIPMASTERS'

ASSOCIATION.

On Wednesday last, at two o'clock, a public meeting of
the Shipmasters' Association, merchants, and others, took
place at the Clarendon Rooms, South John-Street, for the
purpose of appointing officers, of agreeing to a code of rules
and regulations, which had been drawn up by the Commit-
tee • and for the transaction of other business connected
with the establishment of the Society.
The meeting was most respectably attended, there being
present about forty captains of vessels, and several merchants
of the first respectability. •
JOSEPH BROOKES YATES, Esq., who had previously taken
a warm interest in the formation of the Society, was unani-

mously called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said,-1

-" Gentlemen,—Although I am of

opinion' that it Would he more for your advantage in many
respects if some other individual were appointed to the chair,
yet I have consented to accept of the office with a view to
follow up the observations which I made at your last meet-
ing held on the 28th of March. I think it very desirable that
you should enlist in your association as many of the mer-
chants as you possibly can. You have all had an opportu-
nity, in the interim that has elapsed since you last met, of
considering the benefits that.will arise froth such an associa-
tion, and it is therefore unnecessary for me to expatiate on
the subject. At that meeting you appointed a committee
for the purpose of drawing up a code of rules for the regula-.
tion of the society. A series of rules have accordingly beeu
prepared, and will be brought forward for your approval by
some of the gentlemen whose names I have now before me.
Looking at the association as a whole, I feel assured' that it
will, in the result, be of great benefit, not only to the mem-
bers themselves, but to this great commercial community at
large. Some societies bearing a semblance to this have been
established in other ports, but by no means on so extensive
a scale as you propose. I trust that hereafter it will not be
said, or supposed, that the master mariners of this port are
not as competent to conduct their vessels to any quarter of
the globe, and to transact all
,the mercantile business that
might be entrusted to their care, as those of other countries;
but that they will, in every point, compare with the master
mariners of America or elsewhere. I may, gentlemen, sti-
mulate your exertions by calling your attention to what has
already been accomplished by master mariners. V. I
would ask, was Columbus,—a man who, by an ardent and
enterprising spirit, carried out the valuable studies to which
he had devoted a great portion of his life, and was enabled
to make the discovery of a New World, which gave an addi-
tional impulse to commerce, and employment to thousands
of shipmasters ? Columbus was himself a master mariner. I
shall not endeavour to enumerate those in a similar sphere of
life, who have gone from Hull, London, and this port, and
have benefitted their country, and done honour to themselves,
by their acquirements, their energy, and their enterprise. I
shall confine myself to a port which, though once much lar-
ger than Liverpool, is now greatly surpassed by it in mag-
nitude and wealth. Sebastian Cabot, a native of Bristol, by
his perseverance and activity became the discoverer of North
America. He was certainly the real discoverer of that coun-
try, which ought to have been called Cabotia, in honour of
his name. The same city produced Wood Rogers, another
master-mariner, who not only circumnavigated the globe,
adding much to former discoveries, but, by his exertions,
opened the South Sea trade, and dispossessed the Spaniards,
then our enemies, of the pernicious monopoly they then pur-
sued. I could name many other distinguished and noble
characters who were master-mariners. In forming this as-
sociation, you are about to elevate yourselves to a scale coin-
mensurate with that march of intellect of which we have
heard so much. It will raise the character of shipmasters in
this and in other ports, in the general estimation of the com-
munity at large. At present they have not, in my opinion,
the credit given to them that is due to their merits ; they
have not that full trust reposed in them which they deserve ;
and, I must add, they do not receive that emolument to
which they are so well entitled. By the means proposed by
you, gentlemen, you will be improved both morally and phy-
sically. There are certain resolutions which will be submit-
ted to you, and I now call upon Mr. Rowett." (Cheers.)