The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

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MU:r;ICAL INSTRUCTION.—We beg to call attention to the
advertisement of Mi. Thomas and Miss S. Venal) wh°'e
lectures and illustrations on national music, at the Literary
Institution, received our favourable notice recently.
THE CH E AS.—The Cheshire hounds meet this day (Fri'
day), at Kelsall tollbar; on Monday, at Booth's Obelisk;
on Wednesday, at Appleton-hall ; onThursday, at Barting-
ton Heath ; and on Saturday, Jun. 1, at the Fox and Barrel,
at half-past ten o'clock.
THE TOLBOOTH CHURCH, EDINBURGH.—Mr. Tweedie
has been appointed minister of this church by the Ediahurgh
Town Council, in the room of Mr. Marshall, who, it will be
remembered, recently relinquished the charge whi(
connection with the Scottish church, and joined the ministry
of the Church of England

RELIEF OF THE Poor:, AT STOCKPORT.—On Wednesday
last, a meeting of the inhabitants of Stockport and the neigh-
bourhood, was held in the Town-hall there, for the 011.1)90
of raising a fund for the relief of the multitudes of suffering
poor in that district. The mayor took the chair, and at the
close of the meeting, subscriptions were sent in, amounting
to upwards of £l2OO, in addition to which the London MI"
nufacturers' Relief Fund have promised the handeome sum
of £5OO, and a similar institution has forwarded £2OO.
FEROCIOUS ATTACK.—On Wednesday evening, as Mr'
Barnabas Waugh, an aged and retired gentleman, was pro-
ceeding along Grove-street, on his way home, he
attacked by two men who knocked him down, and after,
abusing him in a most inhuman mariner, rifled his pockets or
their contents, and, for aught they cared, left their victim
deprived of life. Mr. Waugh is the father of the person o!
the same name, who carries on the business of a boot and
shoe-maker at the top of Lord-street.
STE.ILING POULTRY.—WiIIiam Whalley and Henry Bit-
chall, the latter the son of a respectable farmer, were com-
mitted, on Tuesday last, to take their trials, at the next
Kirkdale sessions, for stealing three liens, the property of
Mr. George Webster; of Rainford. The hens were accus-
tomed to roost in a tree near the house, and Mr. Webster
saw them there on the night of the 18th instant ; but on call-
ing them to feed the following morning, lie found they were
gone. They were afterwards traced to the prisoners posses-
sion, aml subsequently found secreted in a shippon.
THEATRE ROYAL,—Mr. Anderson commences on Mon-
day a series of Concerts D'Hiver, interspersed with his ol!n
clever performances ; truly the Liverpool amusement sever
ere will have their attention occupied this winter. We ni
remember so many " attractions" for those who keep holi-
day. By the number of concerts announced, we would
pear to be a musical community.
DUMFFRMLINE.—The Earl of Morton having 813P° tea
of
the Rev. Dr. Ralph, of Liverpool, to the vacant cbuteut.
Aberdour, in this presbytery, we understand that sonic A
ot"t.
parties have the intention to apply the "veto" to him, n,'•
that the Rev. John Tod Brown, one of the ministers drills
town, being appointed to serve at the induction, has written
to Mr. Peterkin, of Edinburgh, for advice on the subject
Glasgow Chronicle.
The
CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL EXAMINATION." ~
annual examination of the children, all females, who are dor
educated through the exemplary benevolence of Mrs. Greg-
nal!, the lady of I'. Greenall, Esq., in the neat school at-
tached to St. Thomas's Church, St. Helen's, took place on
Monday last. A highly respectable party of ladies were ail-
sembled by invitation, and continued attentively, for three
hours, listening to the interesting display
tion. The children were examined in the scriptures by the
Rev. J. Lynn, incumbent of St. Thomas's, who afterwards
complimented them on the proficiency which thanead
the-
tained. At the conclusion or the examination, et. d
of juvenile educs-
girls, on behalf of her companions, briefly returned their kin
thanks to Mr. Lynn for his assistance in instructing them in
the mysteries of the eternal God.
On Saturday last the St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Rail-
way Company despatched a special train to the bottom of
Sutton incline, to meet one from Liverpool, which contained
Lord Granville Somerset and Alexander Pringle, Esq., M.l
The noble lord and his colleague were brought on to St.
Helen's, and on their arrival immediately proceeded to the
Ravenhead Plate Glass Company's Work, where they were
received by F, Fincham, Esq., the governor, and conducted
through the work. They remained there a few hours, and,
after having inspected the whole apparatus of plate glass milk-
ing, took their seats on the railway for Manchester.
AMPHITHEATRE.—We perceive by the bills that Mr.
Ducrow, the far famed, has been engaged to appear with his
Stud at this theatre. It may not be generally known that
this will be the last visit Mr. Ducrow will pay to this town,
as he intends retiring at the close of the present tour. Mr-
Ducrow brings with him a very strong company, who, with
the present one of Mr. Egerton's, will be able to surprise
" the natives." We perceive that on Wednesday next, the
29th, Monsieur Jullien will give a morning concert here, hay-
ing been engaged by Mr. Egerton. The second concert will
take place on the 2d January, and the concluding one on the
12th. This is a new experiment, and we hope it may succeed.
TAKING AN UMBRELLA RATHER SusPretotrsr.v.--At
the police-court, yesterday, a man named William Hodgson
was accused of carrying off an umbrella, not his property'
from a public-house. Some parties had assembled enjoyiog
themselves, and when the owner of the article was about to
depart, he found it gone, and was told that the prisoner had
taken it. A clue was found to his house, but all the inmates
had gone to bed. In the morning it was demanded and re-
stored to the officer. The prisoner said that he ;had gone to
the public-house with an umbrella, and had taken it, thinking
it was his own. Ile discovered his error in the morning, and
gave it up. The prisoner was discharged, there being no po-
sitive proof hut that his story was correct.
COMMITMENTS.—At the police-court yesterday, two boys,
William Travis and Charles Williams, were committed to
gaol for three months, for attempting to steal a pair of shoes
trom the shop of Mr: T. Fidgin. The prisoners, who were
old offenders, had been seen together loitering about the
shop, from which several pairs of shoes had lately been
missed ; and one of them was detected by him in taking
down the pair in question from a nail.—Patrick Farrell was
committed for seven days, for stealing a tub from a vessel in
the Clarence Dock ; and Catherine Davies for the same time,
for stealing about 61b. of old copper, and a small quantity of
copper from a vessel in one of the docks.—Patrick Duffy was
sent for trial at the sessions, for robbing a companion °`
money to the amount of upwards of £2, at a public-hOUSe.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT ST. HELEN'S.—On SUlldal
morning last, a man, named James Ackers, a cooper, wh°
resides at Parr, in going along a street in St. Helen ealiel`
Smithy Brow, met William Cartwright, a notorious bad cha-
racter, and another man. They got into conversation, and
e, and Ackers was soon deficient in
had some ale together at a public-house, after which they
agreed to toss for mouY
55., which had been won by Cartwright's companion. He
remonstrated with the man, and wished his money to be
re-
turned ; but he refused to do it, and walked off. Cartwright
and Ackers followed the lucky person up the railway in
Sut-
ton ; but he kept a-head of them, and when they had gone
,
considerable distance, Cartwright knocked Ackers down, and
robbed him of ss. Bd. all the money he had upon him,
with
whichaway.
Ackers shortly after gave information
to the police at St. Helen's, and Cartwright was apprehended
the same day by Serjeant Iranwood.
he ran

• • .
CHORAL SOCIETY.—The fourteenth public performance
of the Liverpool Festival Choral Society took place on Tues-
day evening last, at the Music-hall, in Bold-street. The
fame of the Lancashire choristers is now spread far and
wide, and we were exceedingly gratified a short time ago to
see honourable mention made of them, incidentally, in a
notice of a musical performance which took
place in Paris.
Amongst the chorus singers of Lancasire, those of Liver-
pool hold a respectable rank, and their efforts on TuesdaY
night, individually and collectively, were such as to sustain
their high reputation. The performances were selected from
flandel's fine composition of the " Messiah." The princi-
pal vocal parts were taken by Miss Stott, Mrs. Armstrong,
Mrs. Morrow, Mr. J. Crank, Mr. Stott, Mr. Earnshaw,
Mr. Davies, and Mr. G. Lunt. The band was led by Mr.
G. Eyton, Mr. M. Maybrick presided at the organ, and Mr.
G. Holden officiated as conductor, each of these gentlemen
fulfilling the duties of his department with his usual ability.
The band was strong both in numbers and talent, and the
choruses were exceedingly full and efficient. With such an
assembly of performers the sublime passages selected were
given with a force, precision, and effect seldom surpassed.
The audience, which was numerous and highly respectable.
indicated the high gratification experienced by the warmth
of their applause. Several of the pieces were encored, and
the whole
performance passed off exceedingly well.
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THREE SISTERS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.—Yesterday,
at the Police-court, two young females, sisters, and of rather
good attire, named Hannah Dempsey and Mary Ann Hard-
ing, were placed at the bar under the following circumstances.
A police-officer stated that about a quarter before six o'clock
on the previous evening, while he was on duty in Queen-
square, he observed the prisoners, and on going up to them,
found that one of them (Dempsey) had something under her
cloak, which he found to be the barometer produced. She
said it belonged to her father and mother, and that the latter
had sent her to pledge it for the rent. While he was talking
to her, the other prisoner, Harding, escaped, but he after-
wards found her, and she said her sister had taken it against
her wish, from a public-house in Great Charlotte-street.
13oth were taken into custody. Elizabeth Thomas said she
kept an inn in that street. About six o'clock, two females,
like the prisoners, came in, anti while they had something to
drink in the snug, she went behind to her tea. They went
out abruptly, but she did not miss anything then. About
eight o'clock the policeman came and inquired how the wea-
ther was indicated by her barometer—when she immediately
found it was gone. She identified it as her property. The
prisoners also stood charged, on suspicion, with stealing a
picture from another public-house, which it appeared had
been pledged. The complainant in this case did not, how-
ever, see it taken, and Mr. Holland, with whom it war
pledged, could not identify either of the parties, on oath, at
having pledged it. Mr. Dowling said there were many other
similar charges, if true, were given, that could be brought
against the prisoners, who had been busy in several parts of
the town. They were committed for trial on the charge of
stealing the barometer, and ordered to be detained in the
Bridewell until the following (this) day. Hannah Dempsey
stated that she was married to William Dempsey ; Mary
Ann Harding said that she was single. In about an hour
it was announced that the third sister, named Harding, had
been found, who, it was suspected, was concerned in stealing
the picture. She is a tall, good-looking, well-dressed girl,
and at first appeared in open court, but was taken into
custody, and the three sisters were all placed at the bar. A
female, who kept another public-house, said that on the
same evening, two young women had two glasses of all in
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ALLEGED CONTEMPLATED INCREASE OF POSTAGE—A
government
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to substitute for it a uniform rate of threepence. This ab-
surdity we have never been at the trouble to contradict; for
we can scarcely think that our readers have formed so low
an
estimate of the legislative resources of the present govern-
ment, as to dream of their being driven to resort, in order to
make up the deficiency of revenue left them us an inheritance
whyast,hetihract worrhualt)etvperredmeicgehstsors,
have
been,toastep which would now, we
must admit, be extremely unpopular. Our own conviction
in
impropriety, as to time and the then state othfetihre opinion,revenahe
revenue,
of
passing that measure, the government of Sir Robert Peel
would adhere strictly to its principle;
and that, in the
hands of the present Postmaster-General it would become,
what it never vet has been,
In this view we are fully confirmedn good working measure.
article of the
notification, which we quote from the City
by the following decisive
Times of Wednesday last A deputation from the Lon-
don Mercantile Committee on Postage waited, in the course
of last week, on the Postmaster-General, with the view to
urge upon his attention the great benefit that would accrue,
not
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Rowlando
Hill's the
plan of
to the revenue,
penny
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of chief
points brought before Lord Lowther 's notice were the ne-
cessity of increased facilities for posting and delivering let-
ters in the metropolis and the suburbs, and the carrying out
of like measures in the chief provincial towns, besides an
extension of Post-office conveniences to country districts at
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