The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-04 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COAIIMERCE,

The monthly meeting of the Council was held yesterday,
Thomas B. llorsfall, Esq., the President, in the chair.
After the routine business was concluded, a report was
brought up from the Postal Committee, recommending
that the Council should communicate with the Postoffice
authorities, begging for the despatch of a mail to Scotland
by the train leaving Liverpool at 10 p. m., by which letters
would be delivered in Glasgow, &c., early the next morn-
ing ; also, to bring under tha notice of the Postmaster-
General the continued irregularities in the receipt of letters
at this port which arrive by the West India and other
steamers at Southampton, from which cause a delay of
eighteen to twenty hours frequently takes place; and
also, to memorialise for the despatch of the north mail
from London by the fast train leaving at half-past nine
o'clock, instead of at ten o'clock, by which alteration the
delivery of letters could be secured at Liverpool at four
o'clock p.m. Adopted.
The President reported having had an interview with
the Dock Surveyor relative to the plans for a central bag-
gage depot ; and that, in the opinion of the surveyor, suf-
ficient space could be procured in an eligible site for that
purpose, drawings for which were in course of prepara-
tion. Among the communications were letters complain-
ing of great irregularity of the postal arrangements be-
tween this town and Plymouth—(referred to the postal
committee) ; from the Board of Trade, in answer to the
President's letter on the subject of the construction of a
clause in the Merchant Seamen's Act—(ordered to he re-
plied to); and from the Admiralty, with a notice to
mariners.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—The di-
rectors of this line are availing themselves of all the scien-
tific improvements of the day. The great electric light is
to be used in one of the tunnels, and the magnetic tele-
graph is in operation, being the first line in England
where that extraordinary invention has been applied.—
Railway Record.

NORTH ATLANTIC HOTEL.—Yesterday evening, a very
splendid and sumptuous dinner was given by Mr. Robert
Heatley at the above hotel, to celebrate its re-opening.
The company nambered very large. An excellent band
was in attendance, playing appropriate airs after the
various toasts that were proposed. The meeting, in which
the highest hilarity prevailed, did not seperate until a late
hour, nor did they leave without expressing their approval
of the excellent fare; and reciprocal feelings interchanged
throughout the evening.

INTENDED PRESENTATION.—WC understand that a
number of gentlemen connected with the Welsh eistedd-
fod, recently held in this town, intend presenting the
Rev. David James, of Kirkdale, with a mark of their
esteem for his zealous exertions in forwarding the inte-
rests of that festival, in the shape of a costly work, in
Welsh and English, on the literature of Cambria, ac-
companied by a complimentary address, written on
vellum and engrossed in beautiful style. The presentation
is to take place on Friday next, at the rev. gentleman's
residence. _

" UNFORTUNATE FANNY."—The Tranmere steamer
Fanny, of " running down notoriety," had another en-
counter of this kind on Sunday evening. She left the
landing stage at half-past six, and when about half way
across the river came into collision with the steamer
Vernon, also one of Messrs. Willoughby's boats. The
Vernon's atarbord sponsors were cut through as if
with a knife, and several feet of her bulwarks and seating
smashed, but happily no one was injured. There was a
strong ebb tide running at the time, and several flats
beating down the river, which prevented the steamers
getting out of each other's way in time to avoid the acci-
dent. This is the third collision in less than as many
months in which the " unfortunate Fanny" has generally
come off " second best," though in this instance the only
damage she received was the partial indention of her stem
plating.
On Friday last, Owen Hines, one of the workmen em-
ployed in making the alterations now going on at the
Custom-house, was struck by a large stone which was
being removed, and was so seriously hurt as to cause death
on Sunday.
On Tuesday evening last a concert was given at the
Music-hall, Warrington, by Mr. J. P. Broadhurst
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