The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-30 00:00:00

:ted Order of Oddfel-

festival on the evening

ursday,

3ber, the day her Majesty is to honour us with
The soiree is to take place at the Music-

"rOll C".l, ',anaaa, armee from poston ana nal
"o.
(leo eat from the former place three nackage.s.o oft ,
ka,ted to be intended for the• Great Exhibition e
llie-t4s of Industry of All Nations, in Hyde-park, and
~Pahave been forwarded to the building for that purpose.
ralequisition, signed by sixty electors of Vauxhall
has been presented to Mr. John Murdoch, of
tui,""e-lane, soliciting him to offer his services at the en-
thel Municipal election ; but that gentleman has declined
honour on the ground of want of leisure.
WeIIenITb.CTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
odenderstand that the ensuiag session of this society
teedieftmence to-morrow, Wednesday, when the pra-
t() si,flga will comprise a resume of the society's excursion
Witb"?ewsbury in the course of the past summer, together
tae customary address from the president.
rite. It4NGE RAFFLE.—The Roman Catholics of this town
ill, endeavouring to raise funds, for the purpose of clear-
blr, °if the debt on one of their schools, by means of a
liatietlarieous raffle, in which the prizes are to consist of
6it 3of flour, loaves of sugar, cheese, hams, &c.—
SStandard.
Itltteill'AY IN LANCASHIRE.—The Preston Chronicle
Libit! that " the Botanical Society of Wigan, held an ex-
cola Ic'n of flowers on Sunday last ;" and in another
fined
that " on Tuesday last two boys were two
tiolr,Pgs each for bathing in the river on the preceding
lt
4eliv ▪ --R. 111‘1•4 EILE'RSERMON ON " SAINT WORSHIP,"
lia ered in St. Paul's Church on the 18th instant, is pub-
Preyed by Mr. Newling in a cheap form ; as many were
eta eVed from hearing the discourse, owing .to the
elt:lued state of the church, no doubt there will be an
,wri'sive demand for the publication.
fro EST INDIA CorroN.—The vessel Lady Cornwall,
~,,"I,l3arbadoes, has brought 16 bales of cotton, and the
ordia, from Kingston, Jamaica, has brought 26 bales
koetiottoo, as
portions of their cargoes, the growth and
frolle,,e of those islands. These importations of cotton
tad; le West India islands mentioned are of interest
L'rnPortance.
atiIbANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE AND EAST LANCA-
thatl RAILWAY COMPANIES.—It is confidently asserted
iltelt„""ese companies have come to the determination to
eonl,'„'4lYers to amalgamate. The ;former company, it is
litt,„""ded will pay at the rate of three per cent. per
rate'olllf
3f?; the current half-year, and the latter at the
8-teaM.COMMUNICA.TION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND
IPIANGFORD LOUGII.—The inhabitants of the county of
()%vn generally, but particularly those of Downpatrick,
Strangford, and Portaferry, will be delighted to
agar that the steamer Mountaineer, 300 tons burthen, is
:out to commence plying between the above-named ports
Liverpool.—Down Recorder.
RA fire took place on the property of the Duke of
iellington, at Baughurst, near Wolverton, Hants, on the
th instant, by which a barn and its contents were totally
tr-;troyed. The disaster was caused by a boy, six years'
farit übbing a lucifer match against the wall, and letting
14: among the straw. His Grace was insured in the
ZPool and London Fire and Life Office.
kirso WHITNALL'S CONCERT.—We may remind our
I`h era that this lady's annual concert will take place on
en ars.;
'4,3' next, at the Theatre Royal. The vocalists
liogtitged are Miss Clara Novello, Mr. Miranda, Mr. Frank
Sre :la. and the beneficiare. The instrumental performers
001: e celebrated Signor Camillo Sivori, and Mr. Perm-
Athe eminent flautist.
Of the
EVENING CONCERTS.—The opening nighti
teei, season has been fixed for Saturday next, for which
Lal,Bl°o the celebrated duet singers, the Misses Smith,
stualibeen engaged. ,The charge for admission being very
Si'he working classes should avail themselves of such
ttatZoOrable opportunity for gratifying their musical
keue merchants and manufacturers of Manchester have
tbre'nted to John Potter, Esq., who has been mayor for
14 consecutive years, a service of plate of the value of
tverag4ineas. The presentation took place on Monday
, when a dinner was held at the Albion Hotel,
Cfsj-1 Wa a attended by lit There are about
sub .
\b, scribers to the tebLia.oaial.
4184T1,4,11°13. IN MANCiILeI ER.—On Saturday evening, at
tlis:,'ester, a master builder, named Younghusband, lied
Aoll,"Ilte with one of his men, Thomas Gleeson, in a beer-
and to avoid outrage fled out, and entered a but-
tr,tkbbs ]hori. Gleeson pursued him, and, taking up a knife,
`4le Ren' him Youngliusband died in a few minutes, and
11'et;"11 Iva; taken into custody.
tt SCREW STEAMER ARNo.—The Liverpool and
krti,;`erranean Screw Steam Shipping Company's steamer
!Itriv:Awhich left here on the afternoon of the Ist instant,
jrj;`l.,at Gibraltar early on the morning of the 7th, hay-
-06,!t0e. as usual, a very fine run of 5 days 14 hours.
H received a complimentary letter from his
4"ge am •
,il4, a custom which appears to be growing very
reAtt`;a6le among nautical travellers.
cetia laßsr ON BOARD OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.—On
'LSl:sday last Thomas M`Namara, foreman of the
jers m employed on board the steam-ship Great
in the Sandon Graving Dock, was killed by
illittiemro the dock. The deceased was assisting to repair
h„,., when one of the planks gave way, and he fell with
„ A;l.ght of 30 feet, When taken up heaves quite dead.
Gored'3/41tovv EacApa On Wednesday evening last a man,
I• 'dtrick darroll, who was slightly intoxicated, fell
latija`no river wall, near Woodside Ferry, into the Mersey.
Zile: to the darkness of the night, considerable difficulty
tlail„P.,elionced in rescuing him. He was conveyed to the
p)t. -ue Hotel, in an apparently lifeless state. Two
00 cs Were in immediate attendance, who in the course
1• 11,?tir succeeded in restoring animation.
ay QUEBEC. —The Quebec Gazette
Vuuo a list of nineteen ships, each of a burthen of
btlrth,at's and upwards to 1,457, and eight others of a
I:l4klin tif upwards of 900 tons each, which have been
teas t(1 at that port from the commencement of the
(I ha,' "SOD to tbe month of August London,
of which except,
11(1ti e been loaded for Liverpool, Greenock
'el Menai-bridg.
t&ici„)4.,Esir FOR BOYS IN THE BRAZILIAN NAVAL
ft` nev;'—We understand that, upon the departure of
biZria tit, Brazilian steam frigate, the launch of which
fife out "obead took place on Thursday, it is intended to
o:te,o
I.etahr,e
hundred English boys, of from twelve to
the
r of age, as apprentices in the Brazilian go-
pir ‘• They are to be educated, clothed, and taught
A '.°r at the expense of that government.
tlti session
1.0
fpq lad °MER" LIVERPOOL.—On Wednesday a
th el Y, arrayed in the new costume, was seen walking
!,0 foot toile-street, through Williamson-square, towards
kitNesii,,Bold-street. She wore a puce-coloured
. tunic,
itie,,to,eaup:en material, reaching to the knee, with Turk-
it, qq. Slie was accompanied by a female
01, 'of ob tae ordinary costume. They attracted a good
any o,.Bervation, but no insult or annoyance was offered
I"aat ue•
best, 0A„
In t"11 LODGE FOR FEMALES.—On Saturday
b Ofew., Orange Lodge for females was opened at the
palr- William Brierly, George Inn, near Bacup,
W„2l.eat of Rossendale, near Manchester. The
htli;,111), °Pened by the Orangemen of the New Inn,
Geo"'ich Pro assist ed by some gof the most zealous and
Pte o'noters of 01'n-geism, amongst whom were Mr.
L.0.-?eSsio!",ther, and Mr. Joshua Taylor, Bacup. A
heyslAlol.%eee,.(lcd by the band belonging to St. George's
or' sod -'o, pbraded the streets of the village of
411,„ sco,.„,‘_'n arriving at the George Inn, a goodly num-
44.liarty-"v2errrere initiated into the mysteries of the order.
li 6e4J
_wards spent a pleasant evening together,
'he aa,',,"Proceeng expressed themselves highly gratified
Ocedinga,

LIVERPOOL MUSICAL UNION.—The first performance
of this society will take place on Friday evening next.
Mr. Haddock, the director, has already given so many
proofs of his superior judgment in catering for the public,
that we predict great success for his present undertaking.
By the recent bylaws, carowners are obliged to hive
lighted lamps to their cabs every night after dark. This
would cost these tradesmen £6,700 per annum, and they
protest against the law. They are prepared to light lamps
when fares require it, but not otherwise to keep them lighted.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. Two lectures were de-
livered in this institution last week, bv Professor Nevins,on
"The Mechanism of Animals." His drawings, which we
understand have been prepared specially for the occasion,
are upon a large scale, and well executed. On Friday
evening he exhibited a restored view of the megatherium,
which, with his description, would doubtless, to most of
his auditors, be novel and instructive. In these two
lectures Dr. Nevins disposed of the quadrupeds ; in the
remcining two he will treat of birds and fishes.
PRESENTATION OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S MEDAL
TO CAPTAIN CHRISTIE, OF THE IRON DUKE.—At the
meeting of the Humane Society, on Saturday, a silver
medal of the first class was voted to Captain Christie, of
the steam-ship Iron Duke, and fifteen shillings to each of
the men who manned the steamer's boat, for their praise-
worthy exertions in saving the life of Capt. Brocklebank,
the only survivor of the crew of the schooner Eliza, of
Preston. which vessel was wrecked near Burbo Bank, on
Thursday last. Captain Brocklebank had been seventeen
hours on the wreck when rescued by Captain Christie and

his men

POPISH IDOLATRY.—An eye-witness informs us that,
on Saturday, the 20th instant, about twelve o'clock at
noon, as a respectably attired female was walking down
the centre aisle of St. Martin's Market, she met a Romish
priest, and immediately fell on her knees before him, with
her hands placed in a supplicating manner before him,
and would not rise until the priest touched her, and took
hold of her bonnet and raised her up. The " good father"
appeared much excited ; and both he and the worthy
daughter of the " tolerant" church took their departure
amidst roars of laughter from the bystanders, at the ludi-
crous farce they had witnessed.—Mail.

FIRE AT HUTTON.—A. serious fire, which resulted in
the destruction of buildings, besides farming stock, &c.,

intelligence of the- fire was comet

about half-past ten, when Mr. Hewitt, accompanied by a
large number of his staff, proceeded with all despatch to
the scene of the conflagration. The owner of the premises
where the fire broke out is Mr. Nathan Loyelady, an exten-
sive farmer, who has been resident at Huyton for a num-
ber of years. The granary, with its contents, comprising
a large quantity of new wheat and June straw,•was totally
destroyed. The loss cannot be estimated with certainty,

LECTURE TO Dn. FISHER'S PUPILS.—The Rev. H.
Hampton delivered an admirable address to Dr. Fisher's
pupils•on Thursday last. The subject was the "Omnipre-
sence and Omniscience of God." It was fully illustrated
and affectionately applied to their thoughts, motives,

open to Divine inspection. The lecturer concluded by
saying that it would be quite superfluous to wish the prin-
cipal additional success, as the number and respectability
of the young gentlemen present bore ample testimony to

his high reputation and popularity as a faithful and effi-
cient instructor of youth, and from all that he had seen
and heard, he considered Dr. Fisher's educational esta-

THE NEWCASTLE INFIRMARY AND THE SOUHTERN
HOSPITAL.—The building committee of the Newcastle-
on-Tyne Infirmary have forwarded the following resolu-
tion to the officials of the Southern and Toxteth Hospi-
tal :—" At a meeting of the building committee, held this
day, Sept. 18th, 1851, it was unanimously resolved, that
the cordial thanks of this committee be and are hereby
given to the medical and other officers of the Southern
Hospital, Liverpool, for the great courtesy and attention
which they showed the deputation of this committee on
their recent visit to Liverpool, and for the very important
information they communicated ; and further, that should
any of the officers of the institution which our deputation
visited be desirous of examining our establishment, this
committee will have great pleasure in showing them every
attention in their power."
THE COUNTY COURT.—ANONYMOUS LETTERS TO THE
JUDGE.—At the opening of the court on Tuesday morn-
ing, the judge referred to some private communications
which he had received, and announced his determination
to put a stop to parties sending anonymous communica-
tions to him, of whatspever character they might be ; and
he was fully resolved, more especially in any case where
an insult was offered to the judge of the court by an
anonymous letter, to spare no cost or trouble, however
great, to discover the offending party, and to make an
example of him, le'. his situation or circumstances be
what they might. In this country every man, at least
every respectable man, was as much interested as himself
in upholding the respect which was due to the judge of
this or any other court of justice, and he was determined
to put a stop to the insulting line of conduct towards him,
which some parties deemed it right to pursue. He would
measure swords with them for the future, and see whether
law or rude insolence was to prevail. Several of the soli-
citors present expressed their entire concurrence in his
honour's remarks.—OßDEßS OF PAYMENT AGAINST

DEBTORS.—In the course of the proceedings on Tuesday
his honour intimated that he was determined to enforce
the judgments of the court most rigorously against debtors
who broke faith with the orders made upon them. De-
fendants, must therefore look to the judgments of the
court, in regard to the payment of their instalments, as
matters not to be disregarded, except under very especial
circumstances.

'CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The Rev. Samuel
Crowther, a native African, from Abbeokouta, and the
Rev. 0. E. Vidal, M.A., ho is about to proceed as a
missionary to Sierra Leone, will visit Liverpool on Mon-
day next, for the purpose of obtaining funds to found a
bishopric in Sierra Leone. Mr. Crowther, as we Lave
said, is an African, rescued in youth from the hold of a
slave-ship by a British cruizer ; he was edusted in the
society's school, in Sierra Leone, and subsequently ordained
by the Bishop of London. He has just arrived in England,
having been labouring among his heathen countrymen in
connection with the Church Missionary Society, and will,
no doubt, give much interesting information in reference
to missionary work in Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone
and its flourishing off-shoot Abbeokouta. The Church
Missionary Society has long been anxious for the esta-
blishment of a bishopric in Sierra Leone; and the present
aspect of the missions, coupled with the sanguine hopes
expressed by Lord Palmerston, that the philanthropic
efforts of this country for the suppression of the slave-
trade are now beginning to tell with great efficiency, ren-
ders the present juncture a very suitable one for pressing
the establishment of the see on the friends of Christian
missions. It will be seen, by advertisement, that sermons
in aid of this desirable object will be preached in various
churches on Sunday next. A public meeting will be held
at the Collegiate Institution on Monday evening next.
Meetings •will also take place at Seaforth, Bootle, and Bir-
kenhead in the course of the same week.
SCHOONER RUN DOWN ON THE RIVER.—A serious
accident occurred on the river on Wednesday evening last.
At half-past nine o'clock, the steamer Fanny, belonging
to the Messrs. Willoughby, left the landing-stage for
Tranmere. The night was exceedingly dark, but the va-
rious lights on the river were, it is said, visible. Opposite
Birkenhead-ferry several vessels lay at anchor, with their
usual lights suspended. When the Fanny had reached
opposite the Birkenhead slip, she ran with tremendous
force into the schooner Dove, of Amlwch, laden with salt,
from Runcorn, So violent was the shock, and the injury
sustained by the schooner, Oat she did not remain afloat
many minutes after the accident. There were three men
on board at the time, who, finding their vessel was sinking,
instantly took to the small boat, and escaped. It is said
that the schooner had her light up according to rule.
Maurice Jones was the captain of the schooner, and Mr.
Trevick, of Almwch, the owner. At four o'clock on
Thursday morning, one of Mr. Willoughby's steamers re-
turned after having towed out a ship, and reported having
seen part of a schooner floating above water between the
Crosby and Formby light-ships. As there appeared to

be no doubt but that this was the wreck of the schooner
which had been i un down by the Fanny, the Britannia was
despatched to recover, if possible, the unfortunate vessel,
in which she succeeded, and the floating wreck was
towed to the Tranmere beach, where shenow lies shattered
and almost irreparably damaged.—[A passenger who
crossed to Tranmere in the eight o'clock boat,—previous
to the accident—states that be observed the schooner in
ques'ion, and that her light did not appear to be suffi-
ciently elevated to be observed by boats coming in the
direction which the Fanny was steering.]
ACCIDENTS.—On Tuesday last Thomas Phillips, ship-
wright, Robertson-street, and John Hughes, of the same
street, fell a distance of upwards of twenty feet, on board
the ship Unicorn, lying in the Queen's Dock. Phillips
sustained a severe contusion of the scalp, and Hughes a
contused wound of the elbow.—John M'Ginn, of 14,
Bird-street, whilst fighting with another boy, was shoved
off the footpath, and run over by a car, which fractured
both the bones of his leg.—A boy, named Hobson, the
son of parents residing in Lace-street, was killed on Wed-
nesday, by falling down stairs.—On Wednesday two
labourers were severely injured ; one of them by some
earth falling upon him at a sewer, and the other from the
fall of some bricks.—Robert Jones, of Frederick-street,
whilst working in a well, received a severe injury on the
back, by a bucket, containing clay, falling on him whilst
he was in a stooping position, the rope by which the
bucket was being hoisted having broken.—George Jamie-
son, engineer at Mr. Pearce's foundry, Jordan-street,
received a severe injury in the abdomen by slipping off a
boiler.—George Neale, aged twenty, was crushed in the
saw-mill of Messrs. M'Nicol and Every, and sustained a
serious injury in the side.—William Page, a seaman, was
severely hurt by the falling of a stage on board the Great
Britain steam-ship.—On Thursday a man, named Solo-
mon Armstrong, was accidentally crushed between two
waggons while working at a coal-yard.--A seaman, named
Huth Davis, fell from the rigging of a vessel in the
Brunswick Dock, and had his head and limbs dreadfully
lacerated by the fall.—Thomas O'Neile, an emigrant, fell
into the hold of the ship David Cameron, lying in the
Stanley Dock. He was severely contused, and now lies
at the Northern Hospital in a precarious state.
AN EXCELLENT CURE OF A DISORDER IN THE STOMACH
EFFECTED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A ladrran intimate
friend of the family of General Rosturrgovernor of the
republic of La Plata, declares tha e was lAtely cured of
a disorder in the stomach, an estored to perfect health
by the use of this adnaira remedy. She had consulted
jeer"?
the most eminent ph ' :tins of the country, but had not
been able to obtai ny relief from the complaint that was
killing her, as e said; by inches, until she took Hollo-
way's Pills, ohn Eastman, Esq., an eminent merchant
lof Buen Ayres, communicated these particulars to
i Professor Holloway, in a letter dated 4th Sept., 1t349,

NEW CHURCH AT PRESTON.—We understand the
clergy of this town are anxious to secure sites for three
additional churches, to be erected as soon as funds can be
obtained for that purpose. Their present intention is to
build one in or near Ribbleton.lane, another on the
Maudlands, and a third on the Oxheys or Greenbank
estate. Land for the latter, accompanied with a donation
of £5O, has been presented for the last named one. The
donation is on the wholesome condition that no burial
ground is to be attached to thechurch.—Prestonehronicle.

TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.— On Thursday evening
last, the Rev. J. P. Murphy, who, for the last eight years,
has been master of St. Bartholomew's Schools, Naylor.
street, was presented with a handsome gold watch, in the
name of the late and present ministers, the teachers, and
scholars of St. Bartholomew's, and a few other friends,
on occasion of his removal to Macclesfield, as curate to
the Rev. W. R. B. Arthy, of that town. An address was
prepared for the occasion, hut indisposition of the gentle-
man who was to undertake that duty, prevented it. It is
intended, however, to forward it to Mr. Murphy.
AN OLD DODGE.—Last week, an elderly gentleman"
called at the shop of Mr. Pentony, boot and shoemaker, of
Commutation-row, and purchased a pair of pegged boots
for Bs. He requested them to be sent over to a house in
Islington-terrace, together with 125., the change for a
sovereign. The boots were sent accordingly. The pur-
chaser was waiting on the door-step. He knocked at the
door, took the money and boots from the bearer, and told
him to wait a moment and he would bring him the
sovereign. We need not say that he an. -
stranger t, tl. -f the b

o ne occupants co) .ionse which he had
entered ; he made some observations to the inmates about,
taking lodgings, sidled to the back door, and " bolted."