The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

last night

THE TEA DUTIES —The meeting at the Session's-
house, to-morrow, will be of the very greatest importance.
The Mayor will, of course, take the chair, and amongst
those who will take part in the proceedings will be Wm.
Brown, Esq., J. Bramley-Moore, Esq., Thomas Black-
borne. Esq., T. B. Horsfall, Esq., Hugh Hornby, Esq.,
Adam Hodgson, Esq., George Grant, Esq., Samuel
Hoirne, Esq., &c.. &c.
SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—Yesterday, at the Police-
court, a man was convicted for illicit possession of 2671b5.
of leaf and foreign manufactured tobacco, the greater
portion of which was found, by Custom-house officers,
concealed in a pigstye and in the petty adjoining the pri-
soner's residence, in Crostoß-street. It appeared that
the prisoner was implicated in the offence, and he was
fined £lOO, or to be imprisoned for six months.
NEW SCREW SCHOONER " DUBLIN."—This fine ves-
sel belonging to the Dublin and Liverpool Steam Ship
Company, and the first of Cieir new line of screw vessels
to ply between this port and Dublin, arrived in the Trafal-
gar Dock early on Sunday morning, consigned to Messrs.
T. Martin, Burns, and Co., having made the run from
quay to quay, deducting a stoppage at the entrance of the
river, in consequence of the darkness and storm of Satur-
day n'ght, in le,s than 11 hours. . .

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INTERESTING LECTURE.—We beg to call the attention
of our readers to an advertisement announcing a lecture
on natural scenery, by Mr. W. M. Fisher, which will be
delivert,d at the request of the incumbent and churchwar-
dens of St. Michael's Church, for the benefit of the
Church Missionary Association. Mr. Fisher has a very
happy method of interesting an audience, and no doubt
his lecture will abound with instructive matter. No time
should be lost in procuring tickets, as the justly-acquired
popularity of Mr. Fisher has already caused a great demand.
INCREASE OF PAUPERISM IN LIVERPOOL.—We learn
that such is the increase of pauperism amongst us, and the
difficulty experienced in meeting the heavy demands made
upon the authorities, that the overseers of Toxteth-park
have forwarded circulars to the magistrates, requesting
them to grant them two sittings a week at the public of-
fices, during the ensuing three months, for the hearing of
the large number of summonses which will be required to
be issued against parties in arrear. The difficulty felt is
aggravated, and the necessity of prompt collection in-
creased by an order, now enforced by the auditor ap-
pointed by the Poor-law Commissioners, that the collec-
tion of poor-rates should in all cases be completed before
the expiration of the overseers' year of office.

LIVERPOOL BOARD OF EXAMINATION OF MASTERS
AND MATES.—On Tuesday last, the first examination
took place in this port, by the Board for the Examination
of Masters and Mates. Captain Charles Judkins, of the
steam-ship Cambria, one of the British and North Ameri-
can Steam Company's vessels, and Mr. John Thomas,
of Bangor, North Wales, both passed as duly qualified for
first class certificates, and, in consideration of their being
so well versed in nautical astronomy and great circle sail-
ing, were entitled to be rated extras. It is to be hoped
that the prospect of passing this examination creditably,
will be the means of stimulating rising young men to pay
closer attention to both the practical and nautical part of
their business, and give them a fair opportunity of raising
themselves, and increasing the respectability of their pro-
fession, the furtherance of this object being the sole mo-
tive of the voluntary promoters of the Board.
THE SCOTCH CHURCH.-011 Sunday last Dr. Cum-
ming, of London, preached three powerful sermons in the
Scotch Churches, connected with the establishment, in
Rodney-street and Oldham-street, and collections were
made in aid of the funds of the British Reformation So-
ciety. This association has been formed for the purpose
of distributing tracts, and appointing Scripture readers to
labour amongst the Roman Catholics, and we trust from
the energy with which our northern brethren prosecute
their business transactions they will, now being enlisted
into this good cause, zealously co-operate with the doctor
in his endeavours to enlighten their Romish brethren.
Dr. Cumming, in St. Andrew's Church Rodney-street,
in accordance with instructions from the Presbytery of

London, declared the church vacant, in consequence of
the resignation of the Rev. J. Tod Brown. Dr. Barr, of
St. Enoch's Church, Glaszow, so long, many of our
readers will remember in this town, in connexion with
Oldham-street Chapel, will preach at Rodney-street on

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Sunday next.
INQUESTS YESTERDAY BEFORE THE BOROUGH CO-
RONER.—On view of the body of a new-born male child,
found in a box close to the wall of St. George's Church,
Everton. Mr. Wood, surgeon, who had made a post-
mortem examination, said that the child was still born.
Verdict accordingly.—On view of the body of Samuel
Metcalf, aged five years, who lived in Carlton-street. On
the 16th of last month deceased's clothes took fire, and he
was so much injured that he died on Saturday last in the
Northern Hospital. Verdict : Died from the injuries,
but how they originated there was no evidence to show.—
On view of the body of Garrett Farley,
which was found
on Sunday morning on the sand-bank near the Waterloo
Dock Pier. It appeared that on Saturday night, about 11
o'clock, the steamer " Brien Boroihm" was lying along-
side the Clarehce Dock Pier, and that the deceased, in
endeavouring to get on board of her, fell into the water.
A life buoy was thrown out to.bim, but he did not succeed
in getting hold of it, and sank in a few minutes afterwards.
Verdict—Accidental death.