The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-07 00:00:00

THE
'IVOTICE
11 of S(
MEETING
COMPANY will be
of March instant, at One o'clock, at the Clar
South Jobn-street, in Liverpool, to elect thr
the year ensuing, to supply the
I are then to go out office by rota

HARRINGTON DOCK (
is HEREBY GI

tors Report for the preceding ye

vidend, and to transact tn,
Dated 6th March, 1843

PursnAnt to
GENERAL

place of t

1; to receiv

JOHN NORTH, Clerk of th,

CHURCH INTELLIGENCI

(From the Oxford Her

In a congregation holden on Thursday last

degrees were Conferred

MASTERS OF AP

Rev. Henry Sweeting, University College.
James Anthony Froude, Fellow of Exeter C

BACHELOR OF ART
Joseph Henry Wilson, Exeter Collei

BRASENNOSE COLLE(

A Fellowship is vacant in this college uy
the Rev. William Henry Egerton, and i
candidate shall offer himself, will be filled up
ii
the present term.
Natives of the city or county Palatine of C
" of the cousinage or lineage of 'John Williams(
time parson of the parish church of St. Georg
bury, or of the name, cousinage, or of the lir
Port. Sergeant-at-Law, or of his heirs born
city or county of Chester," are eligible.
This claim of kindred must be sustained v
authenticated by the seal of the College of 1-1 e
►
the opinion of counsel that such pedigree brirq
within the relationship above described.
These papers, together with the certificate (
the city or county of Chester, and the usur;
are to be presented to the Principal on or 1
of March.

the -tee4-1
NNUAI

he foil

,p. of lierefor

The Rev. Charles D. Ev
has been licensed, by the Lord lii
Curacy of Ullingswick, Herefordshire
We are authorised to state, that the aiiii........—..
appeared in our paper of the 18th of February, 'of
pointment of the Rev. J. Dallas to St. Luke's, Charlt
Medlock, Lancashire, vacant by the resignation of tl.
A. Hepworth, is erroneous in this respect, that that
is still vacant.
Rev. D. B. Seymour, to the Curacy of Athlone, Ir
Rev. Charles Henry Bromby, M.A., of St. John's(
Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Paul's, C
ham.

Re
vlege, c.aEmnb" Edwarde Jones,to th
elVßaelemt
oe sr lye yo ,f NNIv.
ti
on, Wilts,
by the death of the Rev. J. Eddy; patron, W. Lo,
Esq., M.P.
Rev. Edward Henry Langford, M,A., formerly of Sidni
Sussex College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Marksburs
Somerset. vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Kitson
patron, General Popham.
Rev. George Woodley, of Taunton, late Missionary of the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, to the Perpetual
Curacy of Martindale, Westmorland.
Rev. Edward Hawkins! Perpetual Curate of Coleford,
Gloucestershire, to the Vicarage of Newport, Monmouth-
shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. A. A. Isaacson;
patron, the Bishop of Gloucester.
Rev. Thomas Boyle Murray, M.A., of Pembroke College
Cambridge, Rector of St. Dunstan's-m-the-East, London
to a Prebendal Stall in St. Paul's Cathe
A., draof Trinity College
l.
Rev. Thomas Maling Nicholson, B.
Cambridge,patron,
\NP. Ha
t ot heinVoni cda,r
Ea gseq
.o f South Mimms
Rev. William Thomas, M.A.
CheshEarl ire,otvoeltahcee.Rectory of Oakham,
Rev. Stephen Wilkinson Dowell, to the Curac,
wick, Somerset.
Rev. Richard B. Suckling, to the Rectory of Dunsbourn
Abbots, Gloucestershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. C
Mesman ; patron, D. Mestnan, Esq.
of Thurlto•
Rev. T. Booth, to the Curacy
Norfolk.

St. J of

From the Cana

At the congeegation the follow

I\liddlesei

late Curate of Ch

Surrey ; patron the

Chroni,

of Bat

.-with-Hardley

g degrees %Tree

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Henry John Whitfield, Downing Col

BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Samuel Harvey, Corpus Christi College
John Samuel Bage, St. John's College.
James Grant, Pembroke College.
Thomas Burnaby, Trinity College.
Arthur Childe, Trinity College.
Charles Philip Lindsay, Trinity College.
The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has collated the Rev
Robert Bell, M.A., late Curate of MI Sainte, Northampto
to the Perpetual Curacy of Eye, near Peterborc
by the death of the Rev. James Henry Stone.
The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has instituL.,— _.._
Thomas James, M.A., to the Vicarage of Theddingwortl ,
Leicestershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. William
French Major, on the presentation of J. Cook, Esq., of Ho-
thorpe, Northamptonshire.
The Rev. Joseph Moore, M.A., of Lincoln College
bent of Littleworth, Berks, has been P
Christ
ford, Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Morley, and ii
Moore,CEhuscirc. Church, Oxford, has been Pres
Vicarage of Buckland, in th
of Coombe Bissett, Wilts, vacant by the rresented t
The Rev. Frederick Biscoe, M.A
Rev. R. Bird

gb, vacat

same C

Exeter C

The Ray. Theodore Coleridge, M.A.'
has been elected Chaplain to Exeter Workbot,,,
The Rev. Arthur Thomas Gregory, 8.A., 1
Lincoln College, Oxford, has been presented to th
Curacy of Flixton, Lancashire, vacant by the re
the Rev. W. C. B. Cave. fort!'
The Rev. George James Cornish, M.A.
pus Christi College, Oxford, Vicar of hen'
Cornwall, has been presented to a Prebends'
Cathedral, vacant by the death of the Rev. "
Landon.
The Rev. H. Robins, 8.A., of Wadham Cr'
has been elected Head Master of the
,
Grammar School.
The Rev. William Cockin, M.A., of Brasenose Coin._Oxford, has been unanimously elected to the Head Master-
ship of the Grammar School ati
Kdderminster.
The Rev. William Pulling, Fellow of Brasenose College

:C.;,;11 in Exeter

IS e, Oxford.
Stepney Proprietary

Oxford, has been appointea Domestic Cl

Somers

coin Colleg,

Oxford, ha
,n of Bamr

The Rev. W. Bousfield, of
tboenenvpicraesraegnete,dotxofothrdesChiurrea.cY of the third
M.A.., to the Rectory
P
The Rev. Francis Rose,
dispensation, tog(

!tiler wit

g Lecturer of
Woolston, to hold the same u, -,,—. la
TheTh e Rev. W. csets. tei
the Rectory of Woughton.on-the-ureen,,ucks; patron, the
Queen.
The Rev. Roger Bird, to the Vicarage of Turkdean, Glou-
cestershire.
to the Vicarage of Ludford
sahriyr,e.Ahlermanbury.
Magna, Lincolnshire; patron, G. F. Heneage., Esq.
Wj.. Harrison,ltter, to be Sunday evening
The Rev. J. W. Butt, m.A., Vicar of King's Langley,
Herts, to be Domestic Chaplain w the Earl of Clarendon.
The Rev. John Blissard. A''
vacant
Curate of Hampstead
- vacant by the deuth of the

Norris, Berks, to that marquis of Downshire
Rev. J. Reed ; patron, the Marq

OUSE
CU -
the London
FRAUDS.eat t
t only important forva
c h
(FromSTOlll
i
ntts
illustrahetionustom of the

tem, or rather the no-rystern, r•-
lwahstetThherurNsidra.yD.importer of silk, )
but also singularly nove; in the conduet of its inves,
was tried before Theecial commission in the Sheriffs
(voilahjZ:lfl the commission was to
was ;
in any sum to her Majesty for duties on foreign go
ported into this countr a, if so, to what mot]
ean,
will, therefore, be seenthat this differed in two res•
the generality of cases tried in the Sheriffs' Cour
not simply to assess damages on an undefended ,
was it an ordinary prosecution of a subject at the suit of th
Crown. It was promoted, indeed, for the two-fold p
of proving a tort and assessing damages ; but it profepsusredo%
be rather in the nature of an inquiry conducted both bt
and the delinquent, and had this peculiar feature—
Crown ythe
that the person who, as defendant, could not have a
as a witness in a civil suit, was in this earedpp
summoned to
attend as witness, and did attend by counsel in that ca pa-

It was

these to d
were, nor to balance the good roceed-
and
city.
It is not our intention
anomalous nature. They have seldom
iscuss the propriety of p
a
eld?ri? cano.ecur ; and we believe that,
col nye gicisu
ersi
Troee
duc
tn; s utoshfueatyhl
verst y
however unconstit9tionat.in heir form, they are as little
likely to create positive mischief as to cause any certain be-

that were elicited dur-
ing
examination,
which are briefly as follow
in t Boulogne.f February, 1841, imported two
two cases were brought
icnagOsAeitsurhr.oe bfneusxeisalaiknmn efi
mi s with t e_ m a
These f c t
the Queens warehouse, and were entered for home con-
tosumption by a Mr. Tighe, on behalf of Mr. Dean. It is the
when goods are entered for home consumption, for
custom,
'-take or overchor-- • -
an agent to attend on the part of the importer, who corrects
• - agent for

or limits any 11315
C
......oarge made by the
as the amount of duty depends upon the warrant
the crown, O
this occasion, a Mr. Berners attended on
e cunstoms. He, and Mr. Ti he tr.,-."
tohfettrargtooofdtsh.

cases to

weight of the silk 401 b. ; upon which, ~
°Bdiulutdt:4l,,,,eas paid by Mr. Dean. .
Several witnesses, connected with the silk trade, came for-
ward, and declared that the two cases in question were capa-
ble of containing 4201 b. of one kind of silk, 7701 b. of another,
and 8401 b. of a third. Of the first kind the value w`ddbe
nearly £7OO, and of the second £2400. It also appeae
Mr. Tighe, who acted as agent for Mr. Dean, was not a li-
censed custom-house
ac agent, and that he would not have been
allowed to tin that capacity had it been known that he was
without a licence ; also.that the document vouching to the
accuracy of the return made was in the writing
counters of Berners.
an accredited officer of the customs, and igned b)
M'Vicar, the inspector.
ofTthhuesosovueohtrayvepraogortiossesdahnydaparlicphabalnedfraade.urn able
revenue
the Customs, and overlooked.
• rich people always are highly respectable)
nived at by one officer of
special business
it was tl
another, and that other one whose
of his subordinates. The
prevent or punish the malversatkotn silk merchant, i... b
in taking the bread
in defrauding their SovErtErolv ;
next, of Spitalfields;
out of the mouths of the humble of
_overnm
parties in this transaction are guilt
ytocifta tri
ent to become,
ple iniquity—first,
like the unfortunate lk.ir. Geiger, ,
a er, accessories post
exposed the
in trial in Thursday secreted; P
and lastly, in tempting the officersl
and then as to
factum to the crime they have perp
whoes delinquencies were
supported at an expenserof
ecting
the integrity of the revenue
the express purpose of t tyvers,soiot,ioos
otrupeerthaantnuthmey, are
for
these latter functionariepsoft_benelmaetas;el
from fraud; but what os_ . 5 ?
What the duties of his office
What is a man's country
compared with his fri dhi
comprehensive and so cheap,
once so .
friends at the national cos.
the solicitations of privateThis mode of reasopir
with the demands of generPosity? Anads
twhhaattwghelonteirgorsoittyi,at
We are not ironical.

id no In,

is by no

ons rare or new.
Vixere fortes ante AS
em
There have been many Bernerses and M`Vicars before this
,'Whil
and, unless Government take timely steps to prevent it, then
will be many more. .
rrietton, the
Let us now see the beautiful effects olf this amiable c bi
nation a social economy and politica extravagance. Mr
Beckwith, a silk manufacture!, thus deposes—
" I have given up importing foreign silks. because '
(which
i cv-liit
swangifers beat ore. I found that they could sell full 3C
otherre v e n fuaei ri
bfea crimes
tnhgcre:
glers of the Nest-end are prospering, and the Sp;
system
wu nodfecrhmeaet
cheating
spyye
weavers starving.
o ifn t thee
crimes revenue
of aretie
children, wo to the little Deana, Bernerses,
, as yet unborn or unbegotten,
doiufb tf)r,a frauds
and '

While this