The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

s or Rectors, yearly salary

.actors, yearly salary

Man Clergy, yearl

Wenti-five Deans, &c., yearly salary each, £lOOO per
annum

X 875,00.
This we may consider as a very moderate computation•
hilityis that, with all its contingencies, et
—;11 be required for the purpose.
"1 he granted—unless, in-

The greater pro'

qor can we dou

nce is showi'!

to the wretched device, than has been manifested against
other liberalizing expedients of the same political school
during the last twenty years, whether in or out of Parlia-
ment. Many of the sn.eallpd Conservative party are

nimbly inclined towards it, including
iorne of them have already
And we suspect, from
- Quo'

pledged themse

,Ives to ,upport it
Anna in +ha "ay..,

distempe

destroyed so much of the constitutional'prinegi:
which formerly actuated the Country party is sereau%e
fearfully throughout its ranks. The arguments of t
Review are of the most self-contradictory character that
can well be conceived ; and yet there is a plausibility shoo
them which will captivate the weak-minded, as readily, as
they will suit the hollow-principled, of both the leading

parties in mere polities

LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURToF BANKRUPTCY

(Before Mr. Serjeant Ludlow.)
IN RE BARTON, IRLAM, AND HIOGINSON

-REFt'SAL

OF MR. HIGGINSON'S CERTIFICATE.
On Saturday, the bankrupts in this case, M. R. pestle
and Mr. J. Higginson applied for their certificates. .
Mr. Lowndes, solicitor to the assignees, appeared 01
opposition to the application. As regarded Mr. Deane;
be considered that, as the managing partner resident at
Barbadoes, be one lit to have shown more vigilance iv
allowing the house to go on, knowing it was insolvent, and
he, therefore, pressed that the certificate should be sus-
pended. He then, at considerable length, adverted
the application of the bankrupt, Mr. Higginson. 11e
opposed the application, for the Royal bank of Liverpool,
and other creditors, including Messrs. Hinds, of London,
on the grounds of reckless trading, and improperly pled
ing goods consigned to him for sale. Mr. Lowndes,
considerable length, then entered into an exposition °:
his grounds of opposition, and concluded by stating that
he was sure his honour would act with lenity ; but be
trusted that, on the other hand, he would not be wanting
in firmness. He (Mr. Lowndes) hoped he would nisi.'
his dissatisfaction at the bankrupt's mode of trading by
suspending the certificate of Mr. Deane for a -reasonable
period, and altogether refusing the certificate of 1‘11:'
Higginson. He hoped his honour would pursue this
course,in order to show the world that even such prince
firms as that of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, could nott
conduct themselves as the bankrupts had done with

impunity.
Mr. Deane, on the part of the bankrupts, contended,
that the opposition from the Royal Bank caule with 1‘ be"
grace, as they were the parties who,by their extraordinati
advances, had been the means of placing Mr. Higginsou
in his present position. They had led him into an eaten'
sion of his West India trade, and had also induced hien to
open a trade with China. Mr. Deane then applied for to
adjournment, in order that he might be able to produce
evidence in contradiction of the allegations made by Air.
Lowndea.. .

His Honour de
that the bankrupt

that the exami

elicited

case, on the gropes
i
n taken by surprise, and

clined to adjourn t
is had not

His Honoui r

ing on the face of the evidenc..eos

A considerable leng

the charge brought against Mr. Higginson of overtra g,
reckless railway speculations, and extravagant persona'
expenses, and then observed, that however blameable he
might be in this respect, it was still not sufficient to jug'
tify him in withholding the certificate as applied for bf.
Mr. Lowndes. if the case had rested there, he shouhd
have only suspended the certificate for some time ; but
when the case of Mr. Hinds, of London, was considereat
he could not but listen to the application of Mr. Lowndes•
His Honour then pointedly referred to the pledging of the
goods of Mr. Hinds by the bankrupt, to whom they h.
been consigned, and said, that when he found that l°
July, 1847, the bankrupt owed Messrs. Hinds from .£40,017,
to £50,000, and had at that time property belonging, t
the Messrs. Hinds consigned to him, he did consider
the pledging of that property was a flagrant breach of the
Factor's Act. After some further strong remarks, n!
Honour concluded by saying, " It has been said that till
is an ordinary practice. All I can say is this, Ido 0°
know many of the Liverpool merchants, but I cannot he:
lieve that it is a practice amongst themto pledge geoci
consigned to them, as in this case. I therefore feel boll°
to take cognisance of the objection urged by Mr. Lownd.e4;
I cannot in my conscience sign the certificate of Mr. 111,,
ginson, and I feel truly sorry to be compelled to say s°'
The certificate of Mr. Deane was granted, and protec'
tion extended to Mr. Higginson for six months.

THE MERCHANTS' COFFEE AND DINING'
ROOMS, TOP OF EXCHANGE-STREET EAST•

This superb establishment is, assuredly, whether "
regards architectural exterior ornament, or interior decoct
ration and magnitude, a magnificent novelty in " the tz.°°
old town," and, we may add, without risk of contradictil
is not in any point, in accommodation or cheapness as
genteel refectory, equalled even in the metropolis. rilt;
exterior, entitled " Lancaster Buildings," presents a fine
facade to Exchange-street East, of five stories in heigi'r
in the Italian style, and rich in classical embellishmey'"
The coffee-house extends over the lower story of the PI;
mises, covering an area of about 200 feet in length, b-
about 50 feet in breadth. There is also a neat back Pie;
trance from George-street, to which the preolsto
extend. The magnificence of the interior must be seen
be appreciated. It reminds the beholder, on a first e,11,4.
trance, of the descriptions given in Eastern tales of fa',"
palaces. The whole is divided into a number of compact
meats, large and small, to accommodate large cornpanw—
or smaller knots of private friends ; yet all is contrivet
with glazed partitions, that the entire space presents hu
as it were, one magnificent hall of entertainment, the
supported by two rows of elegant columns, with folist e
capitals, painted in marble, highly polished, while bd,
ceiling is formed in compartments or panels. The moulla
ings of the doors and cornicing are delicately gilded, °lea,
when the walls (not yet perfectly seasoned) are PrePr 0
the effect will be splendid. It is well lighted by day 111).0
front and back windows, and also by a large roof-light t_
the centre : by night it is brilliantly illuminated by
multiplicity of gas-lights, with globular frosted glasSm
which produce a bright vet subdued volume of light.
The establishment is intended for the accommodataft'
in food, wines, &c., of mercantile gentlemen and travelleit
and the charges ara peculiarly moderate. The whole 2;
admirably ventilated, through the embellishment of tPf,
ceiling, on scientific principles. The dining saloon's sug,
ficiently spacious to accommodate 300 visitors at a site
and the premises altogether will accommodate about Tre
persons. Besides the rooms stated, there are, on the saw
floor, an extensive kitchen, fitted up with apparatalini
cooking by pure and unsmellable gas, a large bar, a erloy
and glass room, and a room for the plate, which is c° oil
and elegant. The whole of the furniture is in keeping
is of polished mahogany, &c. In the smoking-root:00e
elegant marble tables and American easy chairs. soij
plate, the delph ware, and the glass are all designed 11.,
made for the establishment, by the most celebrated 11100
nufacturers in the several departments of art. The stbehs
bear the coat of arms of Liverpool, and the name 01
sir
establishment. In the dining saloon, there are four het 10,
tiful bronze female figures, elevated on marble pedes,34)
and " acting" as lamp supporters. These figures are eer.
above four feet in height, and are truly classical in , Pee
son" and in drapery. There are also four chimney-13°0(4
or " Englishman s firesides." The rooms were 01100
for the gratification of visiters in inspecting them `joie
Thursday to Saturday night, and during that short titer
such was the attraction that at least 3000 persons vi%/ii
the premises, including many of the magistrateekbeif
" merchant princes" of the town, who expressed
high approval of the arrangements. ~e bl
The waiters employed are all from London, and a:10,11
once expert and at} entice. They are provided with rjeti
neat silvered coins, representing sixpences, and inte;' itte
as a check in giving change, &c. The wines arc 9oe
best vintages, from the most celebrated houses, an' b 0
supplied at extremely moderate prices. No expenses up
been spared by the spirited proprietors in the fittingoen
in every department, and we may add that Mr. reiesocha
who is the manager, was the originator of this sp

house of entertainment.
t
The establishment was opened for business Yeg-e„tle-
and through the day no fewer than one thousand ges'oroa
men there dined, or partook of refreshments, but ,tto got
times, so great was the rush of company, that it coa
have been possible for the best waiters to supPlY 'll
immediate wants of such a multitude of visitorL

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