The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-21 00:00:00

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torough St. Ma. HENRY .BLILIU.ND bas bet.:n appointed assistant..
t, where they surgeon in the artillery corps of Royal Lancashire Militia.
BENJAMIN DAVIES, of Holywell, was proclaimed an
-+ the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday,
_.,g surrendered Ili:ns.2l on his list emamination.
IaRLEABLL FETE took place at Easthana village on
Tuesday last—Stubbs's favourite bane. being is attend-
A series of reunions will take place during theseason.
NEW SCREW which has been applied to the Great
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iext voyage tc, the antipoJal regions.
THOMAS' Cannon, LivzarooL.—The Rev. Chas.
3 Hobbs has been presented, by his late confirms-
on class, with a very handsome inlaid inkstand and gold
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TElk, ALZLINGTON, screw steam-ship, Captain
Walter ra:011, sailed from this port, for Quebec and
Montreal, on Thursday, ar six, p.m. She carries up-
wards of 400 tons cargo, and 48 cabin passengers.
SONIE THIEVES entered the house of Ur. Cockshut, in
Itoclney-street, on 'Friday ecening. by the Parlour window,
and stole plate to the value of £lO. The police are on
their track.

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THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS Will present brilliant at-
tractions during the present week. A dramatic company,_
numbering some talented artists, have been engaged, and
will perform several sterling pieces.
WEDDING FESTIVITIES.—Aigburth was rendered gay
on Wednesclas, last, on the occasion of the marriage of two
of Admiral Grenfell's daughters, and the occasion partook
of the character of a file champetre.
SANK.EY BRIDGE.—A grand file took place at Sankey-
bridge, on Saturday week, on the occasion of the presentee
tion of colours to the 4th Regiment of the Royal Lan-
cashire Light Infantry Militia. Miss Wilson Patten
gracefully performed the presentation.
THE REV. T. W. JONES, Welsh minister of St. Paul's,
has been presented with a gold watch by a few of his con-
gregation and friends, as a testimony of their esteem and
regard. The watch was manufactured by Mr. Brownbill,
of Prussia-street.
Two WHITECHAPEL THIEVES were discovered yester-
day evening week with a gold watch in their possession.
On investigation it appeared that it was the property of
Mrs. Bird, Low-hill, whose bedroom had been entered on
the precious Sunday, through a back window.
°tee of those delightful treats, a pupil concert, took place
at the Collegiate Institution, with great success, on Tues-
day last—Mr. Smith presiding at the organ, who also
played a solo upon the new grand piano-forte just pur-
chased by the institution.
THE EARL or HARROWBY.—This nobleman arrived in
Liverpool on Thursday evening, and has been during his
stay the guest of his Worship the Mayor. On Friday
night a party was invited to meet his lordship at the Town-
hall, and on Saturday he returned to London.
QUICK WORK.—The screw-steamer Rattler entered
the Mersey from Oporto with a full cargo on Wednesday.
She was discharged, coaled, reloaded, and again despatched
for the same place on Thursday evening, a fact that does
credit to the management of the port and all concerned.
THE STOCKPORT " TURN-OUT."—Ten of the smaller
concerns at Stockport have yielded to the demand of the
factory operatives, and have given the demand of ten per
cent. All the large millowners, however, still firmly
refuse the demand.
WE are sorry to know that upwards of two hundred ex-
cellent seamen, lately paid off from the Hastings, have
let Liverpool for Australia. We can ill spare our good
men at this critical moment. The merchant service Laugh
us to scorn.—Morning Herald.
EVERTON.—PRESENTATION. —On Thursday evening
last, the members of the confirmation class of St. Peter's
Church, Everton, met at the church for the purpose of
presenting the Rev. Edmund George Williams with a tes-
timonial' consisting of en elegant Church Service, with
clasp, and the Life of Bickersteth, in two volumes.
THE RFv. DAVID JAMES.—ft is the intention of the
Welshmen residing in the town to present, at a public
meeting, the Rev. David James, the incumbent of St.
Mary's Church, Kirkdale. an address of congratulation
upon his appointment as principal of the college at Lien-
dovery, south Wales.
THE WELSH STEAMERS.—There is no more pleasant
trip from the port of Liverpool, during the present fine
weather, than that to the Menai Straits by these fine
vessels ; and by means of the Prince of Wales and Menai
steamers a daily communication is kept up from our good
town.

ROYAL LANCASHIRE MlLlTlA.—Artillery corps Jas.
Middleton, gent., to be first lieut. ; Chas. Robert Cragan,
gent., late of the Hon. East India Company's service, to
be first lieut. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's
Own Militia : John Hardy Thursby, Esq., to be captain,
vice Stanley Lowe, resigned.
THE PERJURY CASE.—On Tuesday, at the Police-
court, James Anderson and 'William Jones, who had been
taken into custody on the charge of perjuring themselves
in giving evidence in a case of assault upon a police-officer,
were again brought up. Jones was acquitted, but Ander-
son was remanded.

AN OLD Donn has been revived in Liverpool. About
dusk every evenirig a tall man, respectably attired in
black, meets a child, and gives it a penny for itself to
fetch him a noggin of gin. He gives the child a base
crown-piece for this purpose, and if successful he gets
the change, he being on the 100k-out for the success of
the experiment. Should it fall he decamps.
THE BRAZTLTAN steamer Argentina will be tried to-
day. She is rigged with three light masts, and, having
two funriels, has a rakish appearance. She has the patent
feathering floats on her paddle-wheels, and having plenty
of power, is expected to be the fastest steamer ever turned
out of this port. The screwisteamer Erazileira, for the

same company, is also approaching completion.
MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY AT THE ADELPHI
On Thursday night some person entered the bedroom
occupied by Captain Stanley, and stole a cash-box con-
taining £23, a gold watch, and other valuable articles.
The Mayor and other gentlemen were dining with the
officers of the Royal Lancashire militia at the time of the
robbery.

ST. PETER'S CHOIR.—The children of the choir of St.
Peter's, on the anniversary of the National Schools, to-
gether with their teachers, were very kindly granted a free
passage to Birkenhead, by Messrs. Willoughby, the pro-
prietors of the Tranmere Ferry. Buns and milk were
provided for them under a tree in the Park-field, and
everything contributed to render their excursion a
pleasant one.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RA IL-
WAY.—The committee of shareholders, appointed at the
meeting held at Manchester, last week, have, it is under-
stood, begun their labours. The general opinion appears
to be that they will recommend a closer connexion with
the London and North-Western Company, in lieu of the
acceptance of the offer made some time since by the Great
Northern Company.—Morning Herald.
THE Rev. JOSEPH R. WELSH, on Wednesday mom-
ing last, distributed the prizes and gave a short address to
the young gentlemen of Mr. Wright's academy, 5, Parlia-
ment-place. The reverend gentleman expressed himself
highly pleased with the evident progress, and excellent
discipline of the pupils, at the close of which a testimonial
was presented by the pupils to the principal of the este,
blishment.

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND
RAILWAY COMPANY.—According to advertisement, the
directors and shareholders of the above company met on
Friday at St. Helen's Railway Station. Thomas Kidd,
Esq., vice-chairman, presided. On the motion of Mr.
W. C. Fosbery, seconded by Mr. R. Daglish, the meet-
ing approved of the bill now pending before Parliament, to
enable them to extend their railway to Rainford, and to
enlarge their station at Sutton, and for other purposes.
Smoot, EXAMINATION.—The first annual examination
of the pupils attending Madame and Herr Stern's school
took place last Tuesday in the presence of a large number
of parents and friends. The examination in French and
German was highly satisfactory. In the other branches
of education, the examinations by the English teachers•
were equally satisfactory. The meeting, which was through-
out very pleasing, was brought to a conclusion by the
presentation to Madame Stern a piece of plate, as a mark
of the esteem and gratitude of the pupils.
THE GRAND LODGE of the Loyal Orange Institution of
Great Britain will be held at the Queen's Hotel, Lime.
street, on the Ist of July. An amalgamation of this loyal
body with the grand lodge of Ireland having recently
taken place, several of the Irish grand officers have sig-
nified their intention of being present at the ensuing
meeting. Among these we may mention Lord Dun-
gannon, deputy grand master of Ireland, Sir William
Verner, Bart., M.P., the Hon. A. R. Cole, William
Beers, Esq., J.P., Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, D.D.,
grand chaplain besides many of the nobility, gentry, and
clergy connected with the institution in the sister kingdom.
MR. WYBERGH'S RECENT EVIDENCE ON PUBLIC.
HOUSES.— On Friday, several gentlemen connected with
the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Association were ex.,
amined before the Parliamentary Committee on public-
houses, in London ; they went as a deputation for the
purpose of giving evidence in reply to that of Mr. Ro•
bertson Gladstone, and Mr. John Wybergh, jun. The
deputation. we understand, endeavoured to show that the
whole of the evils of which the ten borough justices com-
plained, and which have led to the present inquiry, are
the result not of the present licensing system, but of the
way in which it is administered by the justices.

NI-ARRINGTON AND ALTRINGIIAM JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY.—A special meeting of the proprietors, Mr. W. C.
Fosberry presiding, was held at the Clarendon-rooms on
Saturday, which unanimously approved of two bills before
parliament, namely, " A bill to obtain powers for extend-
ing the Warrington and Altringham Railway to South-
port," and " A bill to enable the same company to make
deviations and branches at Warrington, and a station at
Manchester, and to cross certain neighbouring railways."
The first bill, it was stated, had passed the House of
Commons without opposition, and the second stood for
its third reading yesterday. The second would meet with
a sev,,i c opposition, Mr. Milner Gibson having given no-
tice of nis inteation to move for certain clauses, two of

which were for power to run over the Southport Junction
and the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Railways, to
be !truck out of the bill. The Chairman moved the
adjournment of the meeting until the 30th of June
would have ascertained inst ,
on which day they d what course.
Mr. Milner Gibson would take. This propob -.it1.,..
on WU'
carried neat. dis.
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1652 within the borough

and 14 in the south town
extinguished by the police,

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conflagrations, and, with the aid of
ed them. The engines were turned

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