The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-12 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—Passing along Paradise-street this morning I was
struck with the appearance of a large placard, requesting
the passers by to sign a memorial against monopoly, and
stating that sugar could he bought at 2d. per lb.
A table, attended by a seedy-looking patriot, contained
some sheets of paper, to which this philanthrophist was
calling upon all the men and boys who passed along to
affix their names. After wondering for a moment whether
this specimen of humanity was one of those who starve
their families by neglecting their business to mind public
affairs, or whether he was then looking thin upon the
wages of his liberal anti-league friends, I turned away
disgusted with the cant of the tool and at the impudence
of his employers. I was glad to see the honest and in-
dustrious artisans who passed along and smiled contempt
upon the trick, placed to entrap them to sustain the falling
cause of the child-famishing man-starving millocracy.
I saw the same gag in operation at two other places
during the day, so I should think, with the aid of all the
little boys, they will get 90,000 signatures, because such
will sign at each board. for the fun of the thing.
I am, sir, yours, &c.,
BEN BLOCK.
Liverpool, March 9. 1844.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—Will you allow me, through the medium of your
useful paper, to speak to the masters of the Collegiate and
the Mechanics' Institutions. _

Last week, a pupil in one of these institutions, in com-
ing down the stairs, stepped on a piece of orange peel,
and fell nearly from the top to the bottom. In the fall
his face struck against one of the iron pikes, at the foot of
the stairs, and he was so much hurt as not to be able to
attend school again for several days.
Would it not be well for the masters to forbid oranges
being brought into the institutions, and to give the pupils
to understand that any boy who was known to drop
orange peel in any part of the premises wovld be pnn-
ished.

I should be glad to see a rule of this kind placed at the
foot of the stairs ; and I would also call upon parents to
aid the masters by pointing out to their children the dan-
ger of throwing orange peel about.
9th March, 1844.

A MOTHER.

FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Saturday last a fire
occurred on board the brig Theresa from Newport, with
coals. The vessel is so much injured as to be past re-
pair. Two youths, one 18 and the other 13, were unfor-
tunately burnt to death.
INDIA ALES.—The demand in India for ales from the
brewery of Messrs. Bass and Co., for which Mr. Lyon
is the agent for thirtown, has of late so greatly increased,
that it has now become an article of most extensive
ex-
port. Its qualities are evidently well adapted for the cli-
mate. The prices current, published at Calcutta, by
Messrs. Gladstone, Hay, Wyllie, and Co., and reprinted
in this town by Messrs. Gladstone and Co., contains the
following under the head of beer, in which the name of
Bass and Co. appears foremost :—" The only transaction
to rate is the sale a few days ago of 50 Wads. of Alsopp's
at 85. There is none, however, of any sort now in the
market, which may be expected to open high in March."
LIVERPOOL NEW GAS AND COKE COMPANY.—The
bill which is promoted by the above company was, on
Thursday, brought before the committee appointed by the
House of Commons to try the merits of the measure, Col.
Fox, the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets, in the
chair. Mr. Austen and Mr. Talbot appeared for the pro-
moters of the bill, and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, assisted
by Mr. Hildyard, opposed it on behalf of the Liverpool
Guardian Society. Mr. Austen, in a long and able ad-
dre:43, explained to the committee the nature of the pow-
ers sought for in the present bill, contending with much
force against the spirit which guided the opponents in the
question at issue. The learned counsel concluded a pow-
erful appeal by calling upon the committee to declare the
preamble of the bill proven. Mr. Sergeant Wrangbam,
for the opponents, addressed, the committee, contending
against the powers asked for by the promoters, and con-
cluded by requesting the committee to declare the pream-
ble not proved. The Speaker having been announced at
prayer; the. committee postponed the consideration of the
preamble till the next day. Notwithstanding the power-
ful opposition to the bill, there is no doubt but the pre-
amble will be passed, and the battle will then be on the
clauses. The measure will occupy some days in commit-
tee.