The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

The steam-ship America took out on Saturday, to the ' THE LIVERPOOL HUNT CLUB.—The spring meeting
United States, the sum of £183,000, making the total for this, the Heaton Park of Liverpool, we perceive, is
value of specie, exported in three weeks, £328,000. appointed for Wednesday, the 9th, and Thursday, the
THE NEW CONCERT HALL.—It will be seen that this 10th of May, the week after Chester races, at their splen-
splendid building, which is des-ribed in an article in ano- did new course at Hoylake. The pro gramme for the first
ther column, will be opened with a series of grand musi- day comprises a hurdle race and three flat races; that of
cal performances, at which the unrivalled vocalist Jenny the second day includes five flat races, two of which are
Lind has expressed a wish to assist. We detailed last handicaps by Mr. E. W. Topham, the clerk of the Ches-
week the steps which the intelligent committee are taking ter and Liverpool courses.
to make the event worthy of the occasion. PROGRESS OF SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION IN THE PRIM-
A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.—Messrs. Maclure and Co. CIPALITY OF SAMARIA.—The Rev. Moses Margoliouth
have just printed a very splendid lithographic print, received last week several letters from Jerusalem, which
representing the ceremony of laying the first stone of the contain very pleasing intelligence respecting the success
Great GrimsbyA Docks by Princero Albert. It is very spiri- which attends the scriptural school at Pablous, newly
dhr exernte_ snd ;tl, •

Lik. GALCII,I VC esta
erections about to be completed there. It forms a very to a
tasteful picture

hop of Jerusalem. All parties seem
ught, that prelate's pious exertions.
lready 40 pupils, 10 of whom are
One of Mr. Margoliouth's corr ,spont'ents

-I by the

The school nt
.—it will be seen by an Samarilar-
Avertisomnt that a meeting, at which the archdeacon adduc.-
;rill preside, will be held on Tuesday next, to consider an,'
the necessity of supporting a Governesses Institution, in
connection with a training college for governesses. '"'
effort to accomplish this very desirable obieet '
. .

GOVERNESSES INSTITUTION

he warring enmity between the Jews
as a proof that under the episcopate
;titer days may be anticipated for the

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benevolent exertions to extend the benefits
but be conferred by the institution, in aid of wl
gentleman delivered last night the very interestin

.salem, and

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COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.--
y evening, at the termination of a most delight-
. the principal. dramatis' Pomposers, rro-
by the choicest selections from their
i in his usual admirable style, Mr.
-t great applause, that on Friday

IMENT TO THE CLERK OF THE PEACE
Courtron Wednesday, Mr. Wright,
mee, appeared in a wig and tull_har

c.—ln ti
the C'er

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On Mr. Her

perform upon a new organ which is
ted in the lecture-hall by Mr.
t opportunity of informing i-he
a bad contracted with the same
vhich, he understood, would be
ht one of the largest, if not the largest, in the town. On
e- Friday, Mr. Adams delivered his concluding lecture. On
Mn this occasion a new organ, erected by Mr. Jackson in the
!s. lecture-hall, was used by the lecturer. The organ is
of small, but of a good tone, and particularly effective in the
swell. The new instrument for the institution will be
.oyAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB. -BALL AT THE TOWN- constructed by the builder of the present organ, and will
LL.—On Thursday night a ball was given at the Town- be on a scale equal to any in the town. In the hands of
I, the proceeds to be applieti to the benefit of the such a player as Mr. Adams the organ was displayed with
lers Home. The ball was under the enaa.,,pniAnt of +t,. ..._luired a power and character we
The topics of the lecture were the
zart, with copious illustrations.
;MONS STARVED TO DEATH BY COLD ON
—An inquest was held on Saturday, before
coroner, on view of the bodies of Elizabeth
rd Noon (her child), and a man unknown.
came to their deaths by exposure to cold
earner on her passage from Dublin to this
mring man, who was also a passenger on
that he knew the mother and child. They
ihlin in the City of Dublin Company's steam-ship
itannia, Captain Sarsfield, on Thursday evening. The
night was cold, and the sea very rough. About daybreak
xt morning, Elizabeth Noon (who, as also her child,
!re well when they embarked) complained much of
e I cold, and there was no shelter for them. In a few hours
I.—The second mate said they had a
ers all on deck. A fireman told him
a woman was dying or dead on deck.
led the captain, who had the female taken into
e child into the engine-room. They
everything was done to restore them,
—The captain said that there were 414
id the night was very cold, with snow
in unknown was found dead on the
me time.—A witness stated that the
1, that many passengers were obliged
.boxes.—The jury returned verdicts,
ectively, to the effect that
d, and not by any violent

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`Fright, cor

observing the change, I:
atulating him on the fact

of his assn

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;ented to him by the

uniform courtesy and

Mr. Wriaht made a

suitable reply,
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commodore, officers, and members of the Royrl had not heal
sey Yacht Club, and had received the patronage of operas of NT
Earl of Sefton, Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart., the late Tints
h Sheriff of the county, Sir Thomas B. Birch, Bart

before.

I SH IPBOARI

e lady of the Commodore of the 1

__ assemblage, which
most fashion-able and brilliant, comoriied
gentry of the town and neighbourhood

The excel

in the ball-room, and was remarkably effective
rformance of the most approved and fashiona
lle music of the day.

in I left I
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Ibut without eff
deck passengers

led the d

EMILY GRANT'S CONCE

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ven, in the Concert-hall,

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LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL BANK.
This is the name given to a neat little edifice about to DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW BUILDINGS IN
CASTLE.STREET.
be erected in Bevington district, from the funds of the

ST. ALBAN'S CHURCH

Liverpool Church Building Society, in Limekiln-lane, I Passing into the interior of the Bank from Castle-street,
opposite the end of Bond-street. Although considerable through a very neat and substantial panelled and moulded
progress has been made in the erection of the walls, the mahogany porch, with glass folding inner doors and plate
formal ceremony of laying the foundation stone was not glass roof over, we enter a semicircular area, appropriated to
performed till Tuesday last, when the promoters of this the public, formed by a very elegantly designed and car-
good object were honoured by the presence and co-opera- ved mahogany counter in front, and on the sides and ends
tion of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. The
by framed mahogany glass panelled partitions, all exqui-
sitelv worked and ni oulded.
church will be built from designs by Mr. Arthur Hill Tfie ceiling or roof of the Bank first arrests the atten-
Holme, of rock-faced Yorkshire stone. It will he a neat tion, and is fire-proof, about 23 feet high. and is
and very substantial edifice, in the early English or tran- formed into several compartments, the centre being a
sition style of architecture. The length will he 108 feet, trunk arch, 25 feet in width, coffered or panelled, and ex-
and the width forty-eight feet ' • high of the roof fifty- tendsacrossthefull breadth of the Bank. Theside compart-
five feet, and the spire will reach 120 feet. There ments are each sub-divided into three deep panelled
will be sittings, including the gallery, for 1,000 persons, groins, with galoche enrichments on the styles, terininat-
and the cost will be £5,000. The Rev. F. A. Power, ing with an elegantly enriched pendant or drop.
M. A., is the incumbent. The contractors are Messrs. The centre arch and groins rise from a continuous enta-
J. and R. Duckworth, Geo. Glaister, Thomas Mackerel!, blature, extending round the walls of the Bank and over
P. E. Weber and Co., James Crellin, and Wm. Goodall. I the four columns to their ca-relative pilasters, the whole
Ic the stone was deposited a bottle, hermetically sealed, being proportioned according to the Corinthian order in
containing copies of the Standard and Mercury of the the Temple of Jupiter Stator. The enrichments, how-
day, the coins of the realm, Mr. Pictures History of ever, are different.
Liverpool, &c. The Venerable Archdeacon Brooks pre- The shafts of tie c ilunins and pilasters are Scagliola
sented a handsome silver trowel, manufactured by Mr. imitation red porphery, highly polished, having black
Mayer, of Lord-street, to the Bishop, with which his marble bases. The shafts of the columns are fluted ; the

Ito lay th

trowel the private and official crests of his Lordship wel
emblazoned, and also a suitable inscription.
Archdeacon BROOKS, in presenting the trowel, allude
to the exertions which had recently been made in ti
town to supply church accommodation for the increasic
population. He said that a subscription was, a few yea]

ago, commenced, and the sum of £20,000 was propose
to be raised for that purpose. The venerable archdeaco
then referred to the commercial depression which ha
visited the town and interfered with their operations, afte
names had been put down to the extent of betwee
£13,000 and £14,000. in one of the districts, by th
great exertions of one of the clergy, a considerable sun
was raised, and they felt bound to follow up those ex
ertions by supplying, from the funds of the society, wha
was necessary to complete St. Simon's Church, and th,
last act of their late valued diocesan was to consecrat
that church. They then proceeded to the second dis
trict, and one of the first acts of his lordship was to con
secrate that church. They were now oroceedinv to th.

11.3 bells and foliage of the capitals arc of solid
ire ; line being hatched with gold.

A tie panels of the roof are filled in with appropriate
d enrichments, as are also those of the entablature, the
whole being relieved from an ultramarine field, with flake
...er portions of the walls, mouldings,
are delicately and harmoniously coloured
d with various shades of Buff and French grey. The cove
n or niche in the side wallof the centre compartment, which
11 1 contains the stone stair leading to the vaults, or strong
ntiful and effective architriu,..--, • -

te, while the c

and styles, &

third district, and his lordship was called upon to lay thi
foundation stone of that church. They had means tha
would go a great way towards the completion of thi;
building, and after that they would have to turn their at.
tention to the awful state of the district of Vauxhall,
which contained no fewer than between 13,000 and 16,00(
souls, not only without a church, but without any place
of religious worship in the whole district. From his long
experience of this town, he knew their appeal to the
wealthy inhabitants of this town would not be in vain.
The Bis Hot, then said that his connexion with the dio-
cese had not been of long duration, but the visits he luod
made had not only been satisfactory, for the kind re.
ception he had met, but for the objects of the visits. The
object of his visit that day was to consecrate one church
and to lay the foundation stone of another. There we:
no duty he could have been called upon to perform which
would have been more agreeable to his feelings or his
wishes. The day opened, not promising to prove pro-
pitious for their purpose, but the sun shone brightly

. .
on them then, and he hoped that the divine blessing
would shine on the work they were about to perform.
The circumstances of the times were such as to call for
all persons who had any sense of piety, moral responsi-
bility, or religion, to make vigorous and energetic exer-
tions in providing additional means for the spiritual
instruction of the people. During the last rpntnro th.

commerce and wealth of this country had increased in a
degree altogether unprecedented, and as hiq friend (the
Archdeacon) bad said there was perhaps no part of Eng-
land in which this progress had been exemplified in so
large and conspicuous a manner as in this town of Liver-
pool. When they looked about, it was a matter of great
thankfulness to find that God the Giver of all had not been

forgotten, and that fitt►ng sympathy had been shown for the
wants and spiritual destitution of the multitude. The
age in which they lived was marked by nothing more than
by its desire for change. Abroad the peace of empires
had been disturbed, and forms of governments subverted.
The shock was felt over all the continent, and at home
here amongst ourselves there was a moment when the
vibration was just felt in the slightest degree, and for a
time only. Happily it did but ruffle the surface of society
without disturbing our tranquil state or impeding the
steady current. In this great town there was no doubt.

at that time, much anxiety-; but happily this had pa
away. _ All was now reviving, and confidence and

prevailed. To God be the glory and praise. There wel
no doubt many secondary causes to which, under God'
blessing, might be ascribed the comparative tranquilit3
in which this country had remained amidst the distraction!
which surrounded them. They should be justified to
some extent in ascribing it to the elastic nature of our
free institutions, which expanded with the expanding
energies and intelligence of the people. They might be
justified also in ascribing it to the virtues which adorned
the throne; but whilst they did justice to these and other
causes, they must not overlook the prevalence of religious
principles amongst the great masses of our population.
It was these principles which laid the foundation of all
public tranquility, and social order, and national peace.
It was these principles which taught loyalty to the throne,
obedience to the laws, reverence and respect for the rights
of property, and-obedieme-ancler-fir, trial 3 and privations

ro wnicn, no aouot, tne lower classes have, during the
last year, been exposed. His lordship concluded by say-
ing there were not many things which he should leave
behind him with more pride than the trowel with which
he bad unexpectedly been presented that day. The cere-
mony of laying the stone was then proceeded with; and
after prayer by the Rev. E. Power, the singing of the
doxology, and the pronouncing of the blessing, the pro-
ceedings terminated.

TRANSFERS OF SHARES

(From the Law Times.)
The Inland Revenue Commissioners have issued a notice
from which it appears that there is a heavy penalty upon
attorneys and solicitors employed in preparing transfers
of shares, when the full consideration is not set forth. It
is as follows :

" It being understood that, on the sale of share. _
railway and other joint-stock companies, a practice exist,
of omitting to state in the instrument of transfer the true
sum paid or agreed to be paid for such shares, whereby
the stamp duty payable on such transfer is evaded ; the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue deem it right to give
the following notice, viz.:—

" That on the sale of property of any kind it is required
by law that the full purchase or consideration money which
shall be directly or indirectly paid, or secured or agreed to
be paid for the same, shall be truly set forth and expressed
in words, at length, in the deed or instrument whereby
the property shall be transferred; and that in default
thereof, both the purchaser and seller incur a penalty of
£5O and five times the amount of the duty evaded by the
omission ; and the person employed in preparing the
transfer incurs a penalty of £5OO ; and, if he be an
attorney, solicitor, or writer to the signet, he is, on con-
viction, thenceforth disabled from practising.
" That if either of the parties to the transfer gives in-
formation to the Commissioners, whereby the penalty
incurred by the other, or the quintuple duty, or any part
thereof, may be recovered, he is not only to 'oe indemni-
fied and discharged from his liability, but play be re-
warded out of the money so recovered, to such an extent,
not exceeding one-half thereof, as the Commissioners
shall think proper.
" That the purchaser may recover back from the seller,
in an action at law, so much of the purchase-money as
shall not be set forth in the transfer, or the whole thereof,
if no part be set forth.

" The Commissioners also give notice, that they will
liberally reward persons who may give them information
by means of which any of such penalties shall be recovered.
" By order of the Board,
J. C. FREELING, Secretary.

" March, 1849

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; rooms, bag a be

41*

near Wigan,

arid archi-

ni volt moulding, cromatically relieved in a similar manner,
in I having in the top, or semi-dome, a large scallop shell,
m with a new species of the town's bird, the " liver," sup-
r- p)rted with two cornucopceia, one on each side, pouring
at out their golden treasure, in fresco colour, upon a fretwork
moulding, in white on a blue ground.
The manager has a room upon the right hand side of the
-nicircular area, communicating by it with a door, and
hick leada to another back

y another into a pas

took the oaths and qualified as a magistrate for the county,
at the Kirkdale Sessions, on Tuesday.
THE GRANT TO IRELAND.—The only members con-
nected with this district who voted on Friday against the
grant of £lOO,OOO for Ireland. were Sir P. Egerton,:
Hon. E. H. Stanley, and J. Green.
PRESCOT UNION.—Last Thursday, the first meeting of
the newly-elected board of guardians for this union was
held at Prescot, when Mr. Edward Ward, the well known
and highly respected solicitor of Prescot, was elected
chairman, and Mr. Joseph Greenough, of Parr, the vice-
chairman.

d—the whole formed
by framed and moulded screenwork, filled in with ground
plate glass, in large squares, in the upper panels.
The whole of the clerks and desks of the bank are thus
shut out from the view of the public, and the business of
the bank is carried on in a quiet and unostentatious

BOROUGH BUILDINGS MANCHESTER.—A dispute has
arisen respecting this " distribution" or lottery. At the
first " drawing" some dispute took place and another was
in consequence resorted to, but the winners on the first
occasion have given notice to the trustees not to convey
to the successful parties on the second day of drawing.
Now there cannot be any question that the whole scheme
is a lottery or raffle, which is clearly illegal, and which is
in no way brought within the exemptions by the proviso
of the above clause. The two eminent counsel consulted
by the trustees Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Cowling)
advise them that the contract is void by illegality ; and
that neither set of winners, nor even the subscribers

at large, can recover; but, as the trustees have no pecu-
niary interest in the matter, they are advised, in this
opinion, not to pay over the money to any party, until the
matter has received a legal solution. Here, therefore,
the question rests for the present; and, so far as any one
can foresee, may long rest.
BREACII OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—In the Salford
Hundred Court of Record, on Tuesday, Mary Shepherd.
aged twenty-one, daughter of Mr. Shepherd, formerly a
cotton-spinner, of Whitworth, sought to recover compen-
sation in damages from Mr. Malialieu, a waste banding
and strickle maker, residing near Rochdale. Mr. Mal-
lalieu became acquainted with the plaintiff in 1847, when
Mr. Shepherd was in good circumstances. He paid his
addresses to her formally, and told her parents that he
wished to marry her. He continued his attentions till
Mr. Shepherd became unfortunate, when, having seduced
Miss Shepherd by the promise of immediate marriage, he
deserted her and married another young lady. The poor
girl proved in the family way just as she heard of his ap,
proaching nuptials. The only answer he gave to her
parents was, that he would pay one shilling and sixpence
a week for the support of the child. The jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount sought to be
recovered, and also the largest amount which can be re.
covered in this court, £5O.