The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

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TESTIMONIAL TO MR. HENRY BOOTH.—The sub-
scription to this testimonial amounts to £3150 12s.
STEALING SUGAR.—On Friday, at the Police-court,
John Cain was committed for three months for stealing

sugar from a warehouse in Sparling-street.
The majority of Earl Grosvenor will be celebrated in
Chester on the 13th inst., by a public dinner at the Royal
Motel, at which the Mayor will preside.
Mr. Migault has, since his return from the continent,
been, by the present Head Master, reappointed German
Master to the Royal Institutio❑ School.
A fire broke out in the timber yard of Mr. Wilkinson,
builder, Atherton-street, on Tuesday, and did about £lOO

worth of damage
The interesting exhibition of the model of Jerusalem
continues to attract hosts of visitors. No one should

omit seeing it.
The Rev. Mr. Bidinerd and Mr. Ashuard of Philadel-
phia, delegates to the Evangelical Alliance, who were
wrecked in the great Britain, sailed for America on Fri-
day morning in the packet-ship New York.
The Poor-law Commissioners state, in a letter to our
Select Vestry, that the latter body would not be justified
in providing a building for the occupation of the Com-
mittee of the Night Asylum. _ _

The sum of £lo—being money received for the use of
his windows, on the occa.ion of Prince Albert's visit—
has been forwarded by Mr. Tuton, Lord-street, to the
treasurer of the Liverpool Sailors' Home.
On Thursday, at the Police-court, a marine store

keeper, was committed for trial, charged with receiving
nearly a ton of logwood, which had been stolen from
George's Dock.
Yesterday week, a little girl named Emma Smith,

slipped down into a cellar in Haigh-street, and died soon
after. The accident was caused by the want of railings
round the cellar.
On Thursday, James Jordan was committed by Mr.

Rushton for picking a gentleman's pocket of a silk hand-
kerchief. The gentleman, whose name was Baldwin, was
at the time standing at a stationer's shop-window in Rich-

mond-street.
In the course of this month Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Fre-

derick Douglass, and George Thompson intend to hold a
public meeting in Liverpool, on the subject of American
slavery, with espcial reference to the recent decisions of
.

the E;ringelical Alliance.
On Thursday, Mr. Hugh Craig, son of Mr. H. Craig,
of Percy-street, in this town, was elected first Iliff scho-
lar of the Royal Institution schools. The examiners were
the Rev. T. B. Monk, and the Rev. C. P. Swainson,
tutor, and fellow of Corpus College, Cambridge.
At the meeting of the Manchester Agricultural AsMi-
ation, last week, the report alluded to the union of that
society with the one at Liverpool. Every wish was ex-
pressed for the junction of the two bodies as soon as pos-

iible.
The steamer Oriental, built by Messrs. Wilson and

Son, of this town, after plying between Alexandria and
Southerupton for six years, has been put on the Constan-

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tinople and Black ,Sea line. She has proved herself one
of the finest steamers ever built.
Lord Combermere is announced as President, and Sir

P. de M. Grey Egerton, Bart. M.P. and George Wilbra-
ham, Esq. as Vice-Presidents, for the annual meeting of

the South Cheshire Agricultural Society, to be held at
Northwich on Friday next.
_ DOCK ROBBERIES.—On Friday, at the Police-office,

Brian Fallon was committed for two months for stealing

31bs. of horse hair from the Fame, a vessel in the Queen's
Dock. Thomas Campbell was committed for three
months for stealing ropes from the Colonist, a vessel in

the Brunswick Dock

The pa9sengers on the outward-bound voyage of the

British 'end North American royal mail steam-ship Bri-

tannia, presented Captain Hewitt with a very flattering
and substantial testimonial of their esteem. It consists
of an elegant silver vase, richly chased, and a salver to
correspond. _ _

On Friday morning, a man named John Cosspell, who
was about 46 years of age, and who lived by himself in a
cellar in Pine-street, was found dead in bed. The only
_ _

reason that could be assigned for his awfully sudden death
was that he had been drinking hard for the last four
months.

A young woman who left Liverpool last week, in the
steamer Queen, fot Whitehaven, was found drowned in
the harbour at the latter port, on Friday morning. In
her trunk were found two letters addressed " Sarah Bar-
vise." She appeared during the previous evening In a
low desponding way.
On Tuesday last, Alderman Thos. Wood, framework-
knitter, was elected Lord Mayor of the city of London.—
Liverpool Mercury. [Three mistakes in two lines. Mr.
Alderman Wood is a solicitor—he has not yet been
elected Lord Mayor of London—and could not, there-
fore, have been so on Tuesday, as stated.]
M. Stocqueler, who has so ably assisted the efforts now
making to abolish the East India Company's monopoly of
salt, will be in Liverpool to-day. The object of his visit
is to promote an organized combination amongst the
Shipping and mercantile interests in favour of the views of
the association of which he is secretary.

—On Saturday night a slight fire took place in the office
of Mr. Wilson Forster, Temple-street, and on Sunday
morning a fire occurred in the shop of Mr. Anderson,
druggist, Great Crosshall-street. No material damage
was done in either case. Both fires originated in lucifer
matches being left under a shelf.
PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.—No fewer than
551 parties availed themselves of the use of the baths at
Manchester during the past week. Of these 71 were
females, 43 were persons who engaged private baths, and
the great number of 419 used the public baths. In the
washing and mangling departments there has also been a
gradual increase.
On Friday, there was shown in the Exchange News-
room a specimen of potatoes called the "Three American
Dandies," grown by George Atherton, Esq., near New
Brighton. Mr. Atherton has grown a large field of them,
and there is not a solitary potato affected by the prevailing
pestilence. They are splendid looking potatoes, and
ought to be all reserved for seed.
Last evening, a few gentlemen, members of the Phoenix
Bowling Green, Kirkdale, presented their respected se-
cretary, Mr. William Buckley, with a very handsome
silver snuff-box, with a suitable inscription, as an acknow-
ledgment for his unremitting attention and gentlemanly
kindnesss to them on all occasions, particularly during
the late bowling season.
TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—The total amount of tonnage
entered from 25th June, 1845, to 1846, was 3,096,444.
The dues on goods amounted to £98,514. and on vessels
to £122,200. Of this the East India trade paid £17,511,
United States £87,057, British America £33,096, Medi-
terranean 416902, Brazils £7099, and West Indies and
Mexico
£11,334. There are other smaller receipts from
ports
in a ICit' the B &c.
on ms ,
Von KIRK REVISION, 1846.—Conservative : objec-
! s, 31 ; sustained, 21 ; failed in, 10.—Radical ; objec-
tions, 11l ; sustained, 73 ; failed in, 38.—Struck off by
the radicals, 73 ; struck off by the conservatives, 21 :
conservative loss, 52.—New Claims: Conservative, 119;
radical,
48 ; conservative gain, 71 ; deduct conservative
loss, 52; conservative gain, 19.—Overseers' objections to
radicals, and struck off, 67. Conservative gain on the

revision, 86.
WINTER RECREATIONS.—We would suggest to the
Conductors of Sunday Schools, of every denomination,
that they follow the excellent example of Mr. Stowell
and Mr. M`Grath, of Manchester, who have both thrown
open their schools during every week-day evening, for
the use of the scholars and teachers, the parents of the
Children, and such of the congregation as choose to avail
themselves of it, with access to all the books in the libra-
.

ties, ;;eral periodicals and other useful works, one or
two newspapers, &c.
"LACES OF WORSHIP IN MANCHESTER.—There are
Within the borough of Manchester and Salford, and in
their immediate vicinities-39 Churches, 21 Wesleyan
Chapels, 17 Independent, 12 Methodist Association, 9
Baptist, 6 Catholic, 5 Scotch Presbyterian, 4 Methodist
...„,..novv Connexion 4 Primitive Methodist 2
, 5 Unitarian, 4
W Independent, 2 Welsh Calvinist, Swedenborgian,
2 New Jerusalem, 2 Independent Methodists, 1 Syna-
gogue, 1 Christian Brethren, 1 Quaker, 1 Tabernacle, 1
Welsh Baptist, 1 Apostolic Church, besides 3 or 4
churches and chapels now building—in all 105 places of
worship.
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH BRAZIL.—It is re-
ported that the Oriental Steam Navigation Company are
about to join Messrs. Hadfield and Co., of Liverpool, in
building seven more steamers of the same dimensions and
Power of the Antelope, recently despatched for Pernam-
bueco, Bahia, and Rio on experiment. As there can be
little or no doubt of her success, we may expect, in due
time, to see the line completed, so as to sail once a fort-
night. The vessels once ready to take the mails, the
Post-office will be obliged to avail themselves of those
steamers, for no one will then send any letters whatever
on business by the present packets.—Morning Chronicle.
THE MUKICIPAL ELECTION.—The following members
of the Town-council retire by rotation on the Ist of
November next :—Everton and Kirkdale Ward, William
Atherton ; Scotland, William Thornhill ; Vauxhall,
Thomas Chalmer ; St. Paul's, R. B. B. H. Blundell ;
Exchange, James Tyrer ; Castle-street, James Aikin ;
St. Peter's, J. A. Tinne ; Pitt-street, Thomas Toulmin ;
Great George, John Sothern ; Rodney-street, William
Birkett •, Abercromby, Thomas Kaye ; Lime-street.
John Kilshaw ; St. Anne's, Joseph Hornby ; West
Derby, G. H. Lawrence ; South Toxteth, T. T. Glaze-
brook -
; North Toxteth, Richard Harbord. The names
of the radicals are printed in italics. It will be seen that
four radicals and twelve conservatives retire.
A firm of brokers in this town, received, recently, a
Communication from Trogen, a small town in Switzerland,
stating that an association had been formed for the pur-
Pose of purchasing provisions for the inhabitants of that
town, and reluesting to know at what prices various arti-
cles could be obtained at Liverpool • at the same time
loving limits at which orders could be given. Owing to
the recent large advance in the prices of grain and flour
5n this country, these limits were too low for the market;
but we understand that the orders could have been very
easily executed before that advance took place. We fear
that the application from such a locality to purchase sup-
Plies of food in England, indicates a severe scarcity, not
only in Switzerland, but in those parts of Germany which
adjoin the northern cantons.
LEGALITY OF THE MARKET BY-LAWS.—on Friday,
at the Police-court, a man named Jehu was brought up
before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Roskell, under the following
circumstances:—lt appears that the early closing of the
markets has given great offence to some
parties, who,
after employing an attorney and taking the opinion of an
eminent counsel, have come to the conclusion that the
by-law requiring the closing of the markets at seven
o'clock is illegal. In order to- try this question, the pri-
soner was employed to resist the officerse and keep pos-
session after seven o'clock, whereupon taken into
custody. Mr. Townsend, of the firm ()flatle), and
Townsend, made an application, on behalf of the pri-
soner, for a postponement of the hearing until Tuesday
.at noon, which was granted.

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—On Thursday, at the Po-
lice-court, a little girl, not twelve years old, was com-
mitted to prison for a month for taking a pair of boots
from the feet of a little girl whom she met in some fields
near Brownlow-hill. On the same day another girl, con-
siderably younger than the previous prisoner, was charged
with stealing a number of toys from a shop in Tithebarn-
street.

There were imported into Liverpool this year, from
America, 877,659 barrels of
_flour, and from Canada,

The increase of Indian