The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-03-18 00:00:00

TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LIVERPOOL ASYLUM FOR ORPHAN BOYS.
A SERMON will be Preached in Sr. PETER'S
A
CHURCH, on THURSDAY, the 'natant, by the Right
Rev. the Lord BISHOP of ER, and a COLLECTION
made in aid of the Fund wilding an Institution.
Divine Service will mence at Eleven o'clock.

LIVERPOOL FEMALE PENITENTIARY.
THE Subscribers and F s o the LIVERPOOL
1 FEMALE PENITE ' RY are respectfully informed,
that the ANNUAL ,TING will take place in the CHARI-
TABLE INSTITUT ANNUAL,
Siater-street, on TUESDAY next, the
25th instant, at Twelve o'clock.

MASTER STEVEDORES.
THE MEMORIAL to the TOWN COUNCIL
agreed to at the General Meet' the Clarendon-
rooms, on Thursday, the 13th i t, lies at the Office of Mr.
JOHN KENNEDY, 15, Gor where those favourable to the
objects sought to be ob ed may sign it.
14th March, 1851

LIVERPOOL INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOLS,
SOHO-STREET.
COMMITTEE.
THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL (Ex Officio).
J. P. Brougham, Esq. John Nottingham, M.D.
Charles Cotesworth, Esq. Thos. Postlethwaite, Esq.
Thomas Chilton, Esq. Reginald Radclifte, Esq.
John Eden, Esq. H. H. Statham, Esq.
T. B. Horsfall, Esq. James Tyrer Esq.
Edward Heath, Esq. R. ' r a lor, M.D.
T. H. Holderness, Esq. es M. Wood, Esq.
THOMAS D. ANDER , Esq., Treasurer.

THE SECONcrI),‘NUAL MEETING of this
INSTITUTION be held in the HALL of the COLLE-
GIATE INSTITUT' ,e On WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 26th
instant, at Half-past Six o'clock.
T. B. HORSFALL, Esq., in the Chair.
Tickets of Admission to the Platform and Booy of the Hall
may be obtained on Saturday next, the 22nd, and Monday, the
24th, on application at the Institution, 68, Soho-street; at
Messrs. DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON'S, Church-street; and to
the Treasurer and Secretary. Ga:lery Free.
J. HUBBACK, Hon. Sec.

6MAISMEEMII

BEARD'S
COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

ARE TAKEN DAILY FROM 9 'TJII,LAT

Prices (including Morocco Case or Frame) from 15a

baronet places such great value upon his box, it would be
almost worth the while of some patriotic member to move
for a committee to be appointed to take care of the key,
What a national calamity it would be to lose, say a bud-
get, prepared by so illustrious a statesman ! To rifle the
contents of Sir Charles Wood's box ought to be declared

high treason forthwith

„,
A. BE MONSTER STEAMER.—We understand that the
monster steamer, now being built in Bristol by Messrs.
Patterson and MerePr_ fnr the

pany, is eight feet longer than the Great Britain.
be called the Demerara, and is being built in the same
dock used for the Great Britain.—Bristol Journal.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. - Yesterday evening, the
management produced for the first time a new drama
entitled "Belphegor," adapted for the English sth,
B. Webster Esqr., lessee of the Theatre Royal,
market. The piece is full of incident, and is well put
upon the stage. It will be repeated every evening during
the week. Messrs. Coney and Taylor with their celebra-
ted dogs, are also engaged, and will -

It is to

earning laurels in the part of Madeline._ Miss
has also distinguished herself in_genteel corned;

y, and is

an established favourite in New York

An anecdote is current on the subject of the Papal Ag-
gression, which indicates more feeling on the part of the
ntnes newspaper than that journal has usually carried
into matters of business. An advertisement—so the story
goes—was sent to t- e office announcing that Cardinal
A •

St. George

. -
Southwark, which was refused inser
rice unless the words Archbishop of West'',

were omitted.
THE THIEVES

KITCHEN

rious place for the reception of

Lbandoned characters and

THE NEW bRIGHTON FERRY. will be RE-
-11 on MONDAY next, the 24th instant.
For the PRESENT MONTH the Steamers will ply hourly
From Liverpool, First Packet 9 A.M. • ad 'Packet 6 P.M
„ New Brighton, „ 9i< -- 64 3,
For IL
_ _

From Liverpool, First Pac • 9 A.M. until Last Packet 7 P.M
„ New Brighton, 91 ' ' 99 71 yl
And Al. mit TH APRIL, every Half Hour :
From Liverpool, First Packet 81 A.M. until Last Packet 81 P.M
" New Brighton, „ 81 „ 81
New Brighton Ferry, March 17th, 1851.

MR. RICHARD BEARD' ABLISHMENT,
34, CHURCH-STR , LIVERPOOL
o at
85, KING W lAM-STREET, CITY,
34, PARLI ENT-STREET, and the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-ST.,
LONDON.

COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE
POLISH REFUGEES
WHO DESIRE TO REMAIN IN ENGLAND.
THE following Gentlemen, agreeable to resolutions
.111_ passed at the Public Meeting held on the 10th instsnt,
have consented to act as a Committee of Management on
behalf of the above-named Refugees :-
- Horsfall, Esq. Joseph Shepherd:—
James Collins, M.D. John M
John Games, Surgeon. Geo iller.
Isaac Wakefield. es Hobbs.
THOS. T, Secretary.
PETE STUART, Esq., Treasurer.
The following Gentleme lave consented to receive Sub-
scriptions on behalf of t ' Committee :—Francis Boult, Esq.;
Rumford-place ; Smith_ arrison, Esq., Temple-court.
Subscriptions be received by the Committee; at the
various Newspaper Offices; at Mr. JAMES HOBBS'S, Hatter,
Old Haymarket ; Mr. THOMAS BOTT'S, Watch and Clock
Manufacturer, St. James's-street; and at Mr. SHEPHERD'S,
Bookseller and Stationer, Scotland-road, and duly acknow-
ledged weekly.

A NEW ARGUMENTATIVE WEAPON.—We have read,
somewhere, of an unhappy ghost, who was doomed to
walk this earth, in the dreary hours of night, carrying his
head tucked under his arm. The ghost in question has
been forcibly called to our recollection by a. remark of the
Chancelhr of the Exchequer, made on Friday last during
a conversation upon the subject of the counting nut nn

Thursday night.. The right 'hon. baronet stated that " it
proved as great a disappointment to him as it could have
been to any gentleman present that the house did not sit
on the preceding day. He came down fully prepared for
the discussion, with his box under his arm !" The
" box," of course, contained the worthy chancellor's
brains; and, being wooden, we presume, would be quite
as likely to be a receptacle of wisdom as if, in imitation of
the mere matter of Sir Charles bad carried

evening, in their renowned afterpieces, We ob
from the New York Courier and Inquirer, that Belphegor
is drawing excellent houses at the Broadway Theatre,
New York ; and that Miss Julia Bennett, a young lady
well known to Liverpool audiences a few years