The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-21 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

ieOmnibuses, drawn by three horses abreast, are about to
"e2titroduced into Liverpool, from Glasgow.
The Liverpool Hunt Steeple-chase will take place over
sal? steeple-chase course, at Hoylake, on Saturday, the
--"eot November next,.
b Jelernentary vocal classes for ladies and gentlemen are
ke
fermedSociety, under the auspices of the Liverpool Philhar-
,,.
abed "I"DE BY A Boy.—On Wednesday Thos. Collotson,
fourteen years, residing with his parents inWorfield-
; etreat, committed suicide by hanging himself.
captain John Gowan, commander of the Liverpool and
Belfast steamer Blenheim, has been appointed chief har-
bour-master of the port of Belfast.
alit British and North American Royal Mail steam-
Ziuropa, Lang, commander, sailed from the Mersey
P-m., on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston, with
tisual mails, a fair freight, and 108 passengers.
e„411,_ • tlawksley, the engineer of the Liverpool new
z„"'erworks, has been appointed by government general
k•Perintendent of all the waterworks throughout the
egdorn.
tb4r• J. Frees, the acting-consul general for Brazils, has
eirra adicted the report recently published, that the Brl-
o government areelesirous of enlisting 300 boys at thin
it, for their military service.
Se a few weeks the electric telegraph on the Manchester,
etfield, and Lincdlnshire Railway will be completed.
Nor
fee" 'Renee from Liverpool to Hull will beconveyed in a
',Minutes.
thrt3erETA ARMONICA.—The eighth dress concert of
1.0.8 society took place on Friday evening, at the Assembly-
ete,4aA Great George-street, and was full and fashionably
•act (1.
te.CCIDENT.—On Tuesday George Smith, a seaman, sus-
lelitieed a compound fracture of Stan aw by falling into the
tO-4.. ..of the ship Florida, in theley Dock. He was
D'aYed te the Northern Hospital.
t4141;la•—•On Thursday afternoon, shortly after four
tle",4)ex, a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Parkinson,
Xirkdale-road. Intimation of the fire was at
before to the fire-station, but it was extinguished
A.
the arrival of the engines.
ttel number of gentlemen connected with the provision
11.,7e, dined together on Wednesday evening 'lust, at
Tress, Canton Tavern, Temple-court, in compliment to
t„• Frazer Morton, of the firm of Morton, Son and Co.,
the occasion of his leaving Liverpool.
vjll't APPROACHES TO ST. 'GEORGE'S HALL.—The
twoi_le of the southern side of Shaw's-brow will shortly be
torn down, for the purpose of improving the approaches
tit''t• Georgs noblell, and giving due effect to the appear-
ee of that building.
ter
wives have been ordered by the Dock Com-
sii4ee, to g signals at various docks for the ignition and
4t,"lneuishing of fires and lights on shipboard. It has been
I),,4ested by the marine surveyor that public clocks might
',judiciously added to the bells.
ttit„here was washed on shore at Ainsdale, near Formby,
ki,,,-cuesday last, the body -of a man (apparently a sailor),
14esed to have been lost 'from some vessels during the
gales. There was some money and a silver watch and
"aid
ti'A un his erso.
t the Collegiaten Institution, on Tuesday evening,
'to:lurid Wheeler, Esq., C.E., of London, commenced a
il)!se of two lectures on the " History, Principles, and
kmlical Use of the Electric Telegraph," illustrated by
Pia:lents, working models of telegraphs, &c.
tow" Al. ACCIDENT.—Harriet Costoronie, the wife of a
Leuror, at present in 'Scotland, while walkingi along
447 rd-street, in which she lived, on Thursday fell down
o,„ Pali the unfortunate woman died on Friday.
ekwa understand that the Corporation accounts for the
k are in course of preparation, and that they will show
for the year of £50,000, a larger amount than
40 aver knos
wn.
X2l, Theoo town-dues amount to £lOO,OOO,
Ole lease to 0.
the re• Fitzwilliam and "Mr. Buckstone have appeared at
14,4‘.°Yal Amphitheatre during the week, and attracted
Rye audiences. They are also engaged to appear this
444, • Monsieur and Madame Robin, from the Conti-
-41.11 theatres, announce an interesting entertainment at
;fheatre Royal.
leblo,a Treasurer of the Liverpool Female Orphan Asy-
14;.4tis received from Mr. W. Bateman, of Heath-street,
QSteke erected by him at his own expense at St. John the
paeelist's Church, Hope-street, on the occasion of the
visit.
1, e e
kitte POLICE AND TIIE QUEEN'S VISIT.—In order to
44 we the visit of her Majesty in some appropriate way,
ob theli as to acknowledge the conduct of the police force
by t e occasion, all offences recorded against the officers,
4440 the present time, have been ordered to be erased,
ibthe books commenced de uovo.
IIIti.'OETANT TO EMIGRANTS.—In our advertising CO-
-131 ns will be found an official notice from the Commis-
se4 ra of -Emigration for the State of New York. Pas-
aorr-brokers will do well to make themselves acquainted
to the regulations set forth, as, in case of their non-
• France, penalties will be rigidly enforced.
seeoe Builder, of Saturday, contains an engraving repre-
ileerig the roof of a shed on the Liverpool Docks,
kiktl e‘d by- Mr. Hartley. "It exhibits,', says that
ebehe a judicious combination of iron and timber for
Itoir,rPoses, and will be found a useful practical ex-
pez e see, by Thursday's Times, amongst the list of
Lon ell for fire-proof safes, the well-known Liverpool and
lkdon firm of Chubb and Son ; and that they have the
kelegonal honour of. being the only English house receiv-
4Wor those articles, in addition to the prize medal, a
kie"ficate of the jurors' special approbation for principle
7,4 workmanship.
IVIE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE met on
ersday to consider the applications for the situation of
israrian to the free public library about to be established
t4lethis town. There were fifty-four candidates, several of
torn being clergymen. A sub-committee was appointed
40 consider the applications, and report to the general
kotaitte
hagMee „,
c..DER AT
.31ANCHESTEE..—A man, named GouldeU,
elle:Jaen committed for trial for wilful murder, at Man-
o°,t er, having caused the death of John Owens, a shoe-
e",r, by stabbing him with a knife in the right eye.
Istie„L`4o men's wives bad quarrelled, Owens being present,
litm; Goulden came up, and, an a word from the deceased,
eeu_ed him in the brutal manner stated.
The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's
17th „;814 City of Manchester, which sailed hence on the
114.t0 at 4 15 p.m., arrived in Philadelphia at 8 30
41110u12 the 3rd instant, making the passage in 15 days,
the tin, 15 minutes, being comparatively the shortest
,eo7:lade by any screw steamer across the Atlantic.
the e'sIiMPTION OF GAS FOR THE ILLUMINATIONS.—
;14, ;"sumption of gas in the illuminations on Friday
thNs ;4 Manchester alone, amounted to 2,316,000 feet.
en '8 a large quantity, but by no means so much as has
111 eon,
timed in a single day on many occasions during
Nekepter time, when foggy weather has prevailed.--
hh.kl:BlZ Courier.
k'e •"a C • 0 Wednesday evening a con-
otti„ • LMMIN G.— n
• 4 oof more than two thousand people assembled in
%tie adreee
the et, te s Scotch Presbyterian Churc.h,
.Rod.ney-
titepice, hear a sermon delivered by this distinguished
erect i„'Lart- At the close a liberal subscription was en-
's eee:eo, to promote a missionary enterprise amongst
Oeilujer class of -Scotch Protestants in the town.
Reoc,,o? HUNTERS.—On Thursday, Messrs. Lucas
had a sale of some first-class bunters, the pro-
it'keeL Wilbraham Tollemache, Esq., who is giving up
ftte it, They brought the following prices :—Dublin,
din g, five years old, 70 guineas ; Bantam, brown
.
415 s,x years old, 115 guineas • Will-o'-the-Wisp,
I.4he te'dinee aged, 110 guineas ; arid Magpie, 37 gs.
0.41, ieatlernain, splendid barque, intended as a regular
ek the_ wfen the; port and Jamaica, has been launched
)„., shipbuilding-yard of Messrs. Robert •Ritson and
I,:ete PrYport. She is 275 tons register, will stand twelve
}„,B 4:3, lat Lloyd's, area is coppered to the bends. She
phi belt expressly for David Laidman, Esq.. of 'Beulah-
Orid is "the fourth vessel built by the above firm for
0441dman.
Ityttild,XTlON.OF THE LONDON MAIL.—The mail which
itl,set,oave arrived on Thursday morning at forty.five
eZtt;',liast four, did not come in until considerably
cto'44•4ut. The cause of the delay arose from the block-
ts !ti „Of the line by a goods train, which had broken
aNthe teratinliartford. Several of the cattle-wagons attached
o t e4ia were broken, and. a few sheep killed, but no
hG'Reines were received.
tkrl kse ear: AND YORRSITTRE RAILWAY.--It has
tj]erally understood that this company have suffered
V hear ll benefited by tt
e Exhibition ; but, if what we
t -;. o be true, they have contributed largely to the
he d°nerthern excursion traffic, in consequence of the
'eh' 11 an" Northwestern not competing from Manches-
htsitsillldersfield, &c., on which the keen ones of the
riekira and Yorkshire lines bad the prudence, like the
-ve -0 charge their regular fares, leaving the benefi
kp t
N ew fares to the Great Northern.—Herapath
•
04, ette.rtn -ARRIVAL OF KOSEUTH.—By the screw
Veelday 'no, Captain flaram, which arrived here on
"ee'ltar .we learn that the great Magyar had arrived at
win s the. American steam-frigate Mississippi.
,eoreile anxious to take passages in the Arno for him-
-74S N:,Y_,,and attendants, a party of :fifty-seven persons ;
I,lleted that the Arno should land him at Sauth-
iki?,,'2'ith this condition Captain Harem was unable
o;th'elppit`e(Lthe Hungarian chief was left on board the
ltha,taptn' He would embark in the first steamer for
th-n•Nrhich will be the Madrid; but this would not
04Np k.,lsth or 16th instant.
ti011;1'0 a kerilttlNTlNG.—ln one of the. County Courts in the
leoOeo cretin, high in histrionic fame, was recently
„': Chef Payment of an amount due on account
le°s4,4stie,eted or bills, &c., supplied at his benefit.
'of ' btif"llt admitted the execution of the order he had
ekktie4ilfceliieriesd that the work had been overcharged, in
N 441 ' no produced bills paid for similar work to
fr 'Pool houses of-high standing : amongst them
he ere al
case r• S. A. HURTOY, Queen-square, and on
rte4ltorbit was decided. The Judge considered the
to Ste by leer. and gave a verdict for the amount
ktINU Horton.
)4,1,h' efor.,"BERIES IN LIVERPOOL.— On Monday
tVe,:%.48 Y, the house of Mr. Rawdon, 117, Shawe
0,0 entered
fro the roof, and jewellery to the
r4tlliiiiZtlarklotugh stolen. The thieves had effected their
.
e altelete an adjoining house, which is empty, by
~Ico Or acne 1,41 keys, and got through the skylight,e-
-e, -1111. 'gilt (it is supposed at an early hourj.the
1)44 t acl, • Ashworth of Rat' t t near Bruns-
Nteelitrjee/'::,...entered, and property eerivs worthree
upwards of
'lil);;Le'eloen.--On Monday night, also, about half-
-4lole'eup or'fia man was knocked down in Waterloo-
hi,
ev. ye men, who seized him by the tbroat,
4t,
hat, and watch.

THE NEW REFORM BILL.—We have good authority
for stating that some time in the course of next month it
is intended to hold a conference in Manchester of the
leading Reformers of Lancashire and the West Riding for
the purpose of considering what course should be pursued
next session in reference to Lord J. Russell's promised
Reform Bill. The gathering, we have every reason to be=
lieve, will be one of unusual weight and influence.—Globe.
THE ICNOWSLEY AVIARY.—The result of the sale, in a
pecuniary way, in the aggregate, was as follows :—First
day's sale, orchids,X347; second day's sale, the deer,
£486 15s. ; third day's sale, the antelopes, £1174 ; fourth
day's sale, the cattle, goats, sheep, llamas, £1139 2s. ;
fifth day's sale, the zebras, kangaroos, rodents, lemurs,
armadillos, and dogs, £1047 is. • sixth day's sale, the
birds, £738 6s. ; seventh day's sale, ditto, £1790; eighth
day's sale, ditto, 4150. Total £6672 NS.
THE FIREWORKS.—Mr. Nathan Knowles has thought
proper to write to a contemporary, stating that we were
in error last week in attributing the design of " the gor-
geous Eastern Temple of Fire, with transparency of the
Queen receiving the homage of the Four Quarters of the
Globe," to Mr. Atkins : our statement was correct—but
we were then unaware of Mr. Nathan Knowles having also
exhibited " a gorgeous Temple, &c.," as the concluding
piece for his display at the south end of the town.
ROYAt INSTITUTION Sexual,. —On Wednesday the
election of Mr. W. J. Rees to the vacant Canning Scho-
larship in this school was announced to the committee by
Mr. J. Price, M.A. (of Birkenhead), St. John's College,
Cambridge, and Mr. H. Weir, M.A., Caius College, Cam-
bridge, Head Master of Berwick School, the Examiners.
Tn the classical part of the examination, Mr. Duckworth,
Mr. Abram, and Mr. M'Cheane, stood next in order;
in the mathematical, Mr. Preston, Mr. M'Cheane, and
Mr. Abram.

THE JUDGE OF IHE COUNTY COURT.—The Earl of
Carlisle has forwarded a copy of the memorial lately pre-
sented to him to Mr. Ramshay, with a request that the
latter will reply to the various points of complaint which
'it urges. We are informed that Mr. Stone, the high bailiff
of the County Court, has got up a counter-memorial in
behalf of Mr. Ramshay, and that it is being sent round to
the members of the legal profession for their signature.
We understand that Mr. J. K. Tyrer has been appointed
solicitor to Mr. Ramshay vice Mr. J. B. Lloyd resigned.
THE PORK BUTCHER AND THE QUEEN.—There was a
matter of grave complaint against a member of the Man-
chester council (a pork butcher) who had been guilty of
great indecorum in rushing up to the Countess of
and shaking hands with her when the royal party were
entering the Exchange, tinder the impression that it was
the Queen he was thus warmly greeting. The event has
caused no little private scandal at the expense of the cor-
porate body. It is said that the same councillor also
caught hold of the Duke of Wellington's hand in the same
way.—Manchester Correspondent of the Daily News.
ANCHORS.—A memorial from all the leading ship-
owners of London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, has been
addressed to the Admiralty, requesting that a public trial
may be instituted of the relative merits of the various
anchors shown in the Great Exhibition. The question
being one that affects the safety of life and property, and
the welfare of the Government service 'no less than the
shipping interest generally, it is proposed that a committee
of naval and scientific officers should be formed, and that
a few well-known practical shipowners and engineers
,should be associated with them in the inquiry.
PRKSCOT.—THE QUEEN'S VISIT.--,A meeting of the
committee appointed to carry out the arrangements con-
sequent upon the Queen passing through Prescot was held
at the Town-hall, on Monday evening, to receive the
treasurer's accounts, and &c. The expenses exceeded the
amount subscribed by a few pounds, which were made up
before the meeting closed. The vicar was requested to
present the thanks of the committee to the Earl of Derby,
for so liberally granting the permission to the respectable
inhabitants of the town to assemble in his park at the time
the Queen passed through. It was also unanimously re-
solved that a vote of thanks be given to Mr. Superin-
tendent Allen, for the great energy and taqt displayed by
him in bringing to a successful issue the various matters
connected with the department under his control.
THE SCREW STEAMER GENOVA.—The following highly
complimentary letter has been addressed by the Secretary
at:Lloyd's to Capt. Cumming. commander of the Genova,
one of Messrs. M'Kean, M'Larty, and Co.'s Mediter-
ranean screw-steamers :—" Lloyd's, 7th October, 1851.
Sir,—The attention of the committee for managing the
affairs of Lloyd's, having been called to your conduct on
the 27th ult., on your homeward voyage from Marseilles
and Gibraltar, with a valuable cargo, when, having taken
10Liverpool pilot on board, off Cape Lynes, and dis-
covered that he was ignorant of the ship's position, you,
by your prompt and skilful measures, were the means of
preventing the vessel from being stranded, I am directed
to express to you the high sense entertained by the com-
mittee of your decisive and praiseworthy conduct on the
occasion in question.—l am, sir, your ob'dient servant,
(signed,) GEORGE A. HALSTED, secretary. To Mr. Hugh
Rossiter Cumming, commanding the screw-steamer
Genova."

WATER FOR ORMSKIRK.—Mr. R. Rawlinson, of the
General Board of Health, has suggested a plan of sewerage
and supply of water for Ormskirk. Water is to flow per-
petually through the sewers. The supply of water is to be
obtained from neighbouring springs, whose waters have
already been submitted to a skilful analyst, and been pro-
uounced of surpassing excellence. 'Lord Derby, the pro-
prietor, has offered the land in which they take their rise
on the most liberal terms, as well as -a site for a reservoir
above the elevation of the town, which will ensure a con-
stant supply under pressure of every house, available not
only for the daily necessities of the inhabitants, but also
for the disasters of fire, to meet which no sufficient pro-
vision is at present made. The expense of the projected
work is estimated at £B,OOO, distributed as follows : Sewer-
age £3,500 ; water supply, £4;500. The board, before
- separating, sanctioned an application to the general board
for the necessary powers to take up the amount of loan, to
be repaid in thirty years.
HOLT V. FENTUM.—THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.--
'This was an action (tried on Wednesday at the Westmin-
ster County Court) brought by the plaintiff, a solicitor,
residing at Liverpool, against the defendant, a music-seller
and dealer in opera-tickets, in the Strand, to recover the
sum of £3 18s. Od., under the following peculiar cir-
cumstances :—The plaintiff stated that on the 22nd of
`July last, he applied at Mr. Fentues, in the Strand, for
-nine pit tickets for the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-
garden. The admissions were paid for, and his company
took the precaution to be in the theatre in pretty good
time. Upon their arriving the pit was quite full, so that
it was difficult to obtain even standing-room. The soli-
citor having paid for the tickets with the understanding
that he would have proper accommodation, at once
applied to the box-keeper for a return of his money.
The check-taker informed him that the money would be
returned had the tickets been purchased there, and in
fact, money was being returned to persons who had so
procured the admissions. He subsequently applied -to
Mr. .Fentum, who refused to return the money. On
Wednesday he brought the matter before the West-
minster County Court, when he recovered the sum paid
for the tickets and costs from Mr. Fentum.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.—On Thursday, in the case of
John Lille), and Co., African merchants, bankrupts, and
which was adjourned from the previous day, the bank-
rupts were allowed to pass their last examination, after a
protracted inquiry into the state of their affairs. The
certificate meeting is fixed for the 14th of November.
The joint liabilities of the firm are upwards of £lOO,OOO,
whilst the separate liabilities amount to £79,000.
Re Irlam and Wanostrocht.—The bankrupts, who
were brokers and shipowners carrying on business in
this town to some extent, came up on Thursday. Mr.
Forshaw, solicitor to the bankrupts, applied for a first-
class certificate. Referring to the good reputation of his
clients in the commercial world, he stated that their busi-
ness produced a yearly profit of £3,000 until the disas-
trous year of 1846, when, by the stoppage of the Royal
Bank and some other difficulties, they became embar-
rassed. As a proof of the honour of his clients, he wished
to remark that their domestic expenses would be found
to have been reduced even in a greater proportion than
the reduction of the profits.—Certificate granted first-
class, Re Thomas Richardson.—The bankrupt, who is a
cutler, carrying on business in Church-street, in this
town, came up for his last examination. On the applica-
tion of Mr. Francis, of the firm of Francis and Almond,
a first-class certificate was at once granted. Re Hailstone.
—The bankrupt, Thomas Hailstone, a grocer and draper,
at Weelock, in Cheshire, passed his last examination.
Re Thomas Harris.—The creditors of Thomas Harris,
recently a publican and shipowner, and formerly an
auctioneer in Church-street, met on Friday to choose
assignees. The liabilities amount to about £9,000.
Two assignees were chosen—Mr. Solomon, wine mer-
chant, and Mr. Cowie, a shipping broker.

THE BRAZILIAN QUESTION.—Mr. BralTiley-Moore,
chairman of the Brazilian Association, and Mr. Edward
Artley had an interview of upwards of an hour, on Friday
evening, with Lord Palmerston, at the Foreign-office, on
the subject of the British cruizers on the coast of Brazil.
His lordship was most courteous, patient, and communi-
cative, and entered into the subject most fully and
frankly. As a specimen of some of the cases laid before
his lordship, we may cite the case of the Amalie, bound
from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Cruz, in the province of
Espirito Santo; the alleged ground and justification for
the capture being, that there was no such place designated
on the maps, and the answer to which was, that Santa
Cruz was a new name given to it on its being recently ele-
vated into a city, and the old name of Aldea Velha thereby
sunk into oblivion. A very strong case was also shown in
the case of a vessel with German emigrants, on its way to
Rio Grande, and the consequence of the capture was, the
emigrants, by the last accounts, were begging in Rio de
Janeiro. Other cases of hardship were adduced, and it
was warmly urged that measures, at all events, should be
devised for affording prompt justice to the parties, instead
of sending the captured vessels to St. Helena, for ad-
judication, where acquittal is ruin to the parties in-
terested. The deputation were much gratified by their
reception. The memorial to Lord Palmerston states
that the amicable arrangement between Brazil and this
country is at present greatly endangered by the recent
proceedings of commanders of British cruizers on the
coast of Brazil, who it is alleged, indiscreetly zealous
in the interpretation of their instructions for the suppres-
sion of the slave trade. and apparently regardless of the
expressed determination of the Brazilian Government in
that respect, have seized and confiscated several Brazilian
vessels and their cargoes, engaged in legitimate commerce,
and, under such circumstances. affording no just cause for
suspecting them to be in any measure connected with the
slave trade. That such proceedings have alike exasperated
the Legislature and the whole people of Brazil, and to such
an extent that, according to the last advices, measures
were actually contemplated by that Government for obtain-
ing for their coasting trade the protection of some powerful
maritime nationo—Albion,