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

MR. HENRY BEHREND has been appointed assistant-
surgeon in the artillery corps of Royal Lancashire Militia.

BENJAMIN DAVIES, of Holywefl, was proclaimed an
outlaw, at the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday,
not having surrendered himsef on his last examination.
AN AGREEABLE FETE took place at Eastham village On
Tuesday last—Stubbs's favourite band being in attend-
ance. A series of reunions will take place during the season.
THE NEW SCREW which has been applied to the Great
Britain steam-ship will be tested before that leviathan
proceeds on her next voyage to the antipodal regions.
ST. THOMAS' CHURCH, LIVERPOOL.—The Rev. Chas.
Parsons Hobbs has been presented, by his late confirma-
tion class, with a very handsome inlaid inkstand and gold
pencil• case.

THE LADY EGLINGYON, screw steam-ship, Captain
'Walter Paton, sailed from this port, for Quebec and
Montreal, on Thursday, at six, p.m. She carries up-
wards of 400 tons cargo, and 48 cabin passengers.
SOME THIEVES entered the house of Mr. Cockshut, in
Rodney-street, on Friday evenine. by the parlour window,
and stole plate to the value of £lO. The police are on
their track.

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 Wednesday last, on the occasion of the marriage of two
of Admiral Grenfell's daughters, and the occasion partook
of the character of a fete champetre.
SAN KEY BRIDGE.—A grand fete took place at Sankey-
bridge, on Saturday week, on the occasion of the presenta-
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. JoNis, 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 WHXTECHAPEL 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 previous Sunday, through a back window.
ONE of those delightful treats, a pupil concert, took place
at the Colleciate Tnstitution, 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 OF HARROWBV.—This nobleman arrived in
Liverpool on Thursday evening, and has been during his
stay the guest of his Worship the Mayor. Ou Friday
night a party was invited to meet his lordship at the Town-
hall, and on Saturday he returned to London.
QUICK Won.K.—The screw-steamer Rattler entered
the Merszy 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
lett 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 an elegant Church Service, with
clasp, and the Life of Bickerateth, in two volumes.
THE REV. DAVID JAMES.---It 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 Llan-
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 Thuraby, Esq., to be captain,
vice Stanley Lowe, resigned.

Titc 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 ev;dence in a case of assault upon a police officer,
were again brought up. Jones was acquitted, but Ander-
son was remanded.

AN OLD DODGE has been revived in Liverpool. About
dusk every evening 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 look-out for the success of
the experiment. Should it fail he decamps.
THE BRAZILIAN steamer Argentina will be tried to-
day. She is rigged with three light masts, and, having
two funnels, 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 screw-steamer Brazileira, 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 Chem.—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 Cornpany.—Morning Herald.
THE REV. JOSEPH R. WELSH, on Wednesday morn-
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 esta-
blishment.

SPECIAL MEETING CF 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.
SCHOOL 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
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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
clerzy 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.

WARRINGTON AND ALTRINGIIANC JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY.-3 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 severe opposition, Mr. Milner Gibson haring given no-
tice of his intention 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 struck out of the bill. The Chairman moved the
adjournment of the meeting until the 30th of June inst.,
on which day they would have ascertained what course
Mr. Milner Gibson would take. This proposition was

carried nem. dig.
FIRES IN LlrooL.—One of the most
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features in the police report of the year 1852 is ttlau
relates to fires—the slight decrease in the number of
which, when comparea with the very great amount of
property saved, points out in a striking manner the
increased efficiency of the present arrangements for extin-
guishing fires. The total fires in 1852 within the borough
was 132, 68 in the north town and 14 in the south town.
Of these 49 were discovered and extinguished by the police,
29 without reel or engine, and 20 with these aids. Civilians
ered 35 of the conflagrations, and, with the aid of
.e police, extinguished them. The engines were turned
out on false alarms on six occasions.
_These fires took

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, 64 in dwelling-houses and shops ; 23 in warehouses,
sheds, and offices ; 25 in workshops and yards; 4 in vessels
in dock ; and 16 elsewhere. 65 were caused by careless-
ness, 31 by accident, 2 are attributed to the incendiary,
while 34 arose from causes not known. The amount of
g £55,945 in the north
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saved £i
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south.bei
In the north townn
£4,633 2s. 6d. was lost by fire, and in the south town
£11,242 ss. ; total lost, £15,880 is. 63. Twenty-seven
of the properties in the former division of the borough
were insured, and twenty-nine in the latter. In 1842 the
fires within the borough numbered 140 ; in 1843, 11l ; in
1644, 100 ; in 1850, 101; and in 1851, 147. The fire
brigade at the present moment has a total force of 101-
1 superintendent, 8 sergeants, and 92 firemen. There are
3,245 yards of bop, 10 water carts, and 5 flu escapes.