The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-11-26 00:00:00

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..„uoiaeration. The farmer producing less,
—un trom the Protestant and employing less labour, has also to recognize
. gentleman, however, seemed in his own personal expenditure and that of his family
~gin; and when he did open his lips to enable him to pay even a reduced rent. What
ised that his speech should be a very becomes of his consumption of imported produce,

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short one, it was in the tone

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pected to be refused a hearing, and longed for a the shopkeeper and the tradesman ? Inevitable
grievance. Having been disappointed, however, by these must be curtailed, as must be those also of
of the majority of the meeting to the landlord who has the reduced rent-roll, and of

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,endent upon the lane:

for the means to

........cu, nve. r ossihiy, the manufacturing interest, for
_ ..ciumption mingled, whose fancied immediate benefit these disastrous
liculous, to ask the ques- changes have been urged forward, will be the
He, inns- loudest to complain when he finds himself thrown
t home, more absolutely into dependence upon the export
and must trade, with a home nonobitinn Thm,i.,.„,,i I_. ___

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eanalaiy say that the question did occur to him—
"what is all this hubbub about ?" Such a style of
addressing an audience, assembled together for a
solemn and declared object, was not likely to con-
ciliate it and procure for the speech a very patient
hearing : and an interruption accordingly did take
place, which, however, the rev
herents prolonged as much as pa
noisy and turbulent conduct. By the interference
of the Mayor, assisted by Mr. Samuel Holme,
and Dr. M'Neile, both of whom rose for the
purpOse, silence was restored, and the rev, gen-
tleman proceeded, not, however, without having
repeatedly been urged by the majority to "go on,
it's your own friends who are causing the interrup-
tion !" And well would it have been for his own
cause if he had abstained altogether from proceed-
ing, as he evidently wished to be allowed to do, for
a more vulgar farrago of mingled assumption, in-
solence, and—Jesuitry we were going to add, but
the man has not the talent required .to make a
Jesuit—we never heard. He concluded by moving
the wrong amendment !

....•ruag..VlV/ LS Uri CU iess cap-
able of consuming the increased imports which
must follow.

It is of little use, however, appealing to the com-
mon sense of this interest at present. The pal-
pable lesson of haid experience will alone bring
them to their senses.

gentleman's ad-
Ale by their own

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Mr. It:lc:hard Shiel therefore rose to move another
amendment, and commenced by imputing to the
parties who had called the meeting, unfair and
partial conduct. As his worship the mayor had
himself ordered the arrangements, the speaker was
promptly called upon to apologise for his remark,
which for some time he refused to do, amidst ex-
pressions of diapprobation from all parts of the
house. When he did at length proceed, and after
he had attempted to favour the audience with a
history of the family of the in which attempt
he was very properly interrupted by repeated cries
of " question," Mr. Shiel delivered himself of a
rambling confession of ignorance of historical
facts, which he said his mercantile avocations did
nct afford him time to examine, but which he
nevertheless impugned ; and ultimately succeeded
in, what was no doubt one object of his party,
wasting the time of the meeting, which they now
began to see they could not dissolveby clamour.
After another rev. gentleman, not an inhabitant
of the town, had intruded himself irregularly, the
Rev. Mr. Worthy presented himself to second Mr.
Shiers amendment, and kindly informed the meet-
ing that, " when those statutes which had been
referred to were passed in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, there was a peculiar nicety between her
and the Pope at that time ;" for which sagacious
remark the worthy embryo of Maynooth was re-
warded with roars of laughter.
The Re;•. Dr. M`Neile, who had been repeatedly
called for during the period wasted by the two
preceding speakers, now presented himself to the
meeting; and was received with an enthusiasm
which we never, even in his case, saw quelled, the
audience rising in the very fulness of their hearts
to give him welcome. It was a spirit-stirring sight;
and for a time the hearty British cheers resounding
through the vast assembly effectually drowned the
vociferous howling of the. parties collected in the
gallery. When he advanced, however, to the front
of the stage, and essayed to speak, the latter re-
doubled their efforts to prevent his being heard.
In vain his Worship the Alayor pleaded for a hear-
ing. The Rev. Doctor, in this emergency, lost not
for a moment his presence of mind; but, with con-
summate coolness and tact drew a stool to the front
of the stage, and remarking that, as he was not
allowed to be heard by the meeting he was resolved
that he would he heard by the world, through the
medium of the press, proceeded to address his
speech to the reporters, who were stationed in the

SHOCKING DEATH OF AN INFANT.—On Friday evening
a Mr. Wallworth, a school- master, residing in St. Jude's-
terrace, was coming down stairs in the dark with his in.
fant in his erms, when, in consequence of his taking a
false step, the baby was percipitated to the bottom of the
stairs, by which its skull was fractured.
SHOCKING DEATH.—On the 2d inst. Sarah Bolderson,
a widow, who occupied a caller in

• - Hi La... Hey-street, was out
at market, having left a large pan of boiling water near
the fire. Her little girl ran into the cellar, and in turning
hastily round fell, in a sitting posture, into the pan. She
as dreadfully scalded, and died a few days since.
NATAvEarnEa.—A meeting was held in the Cc, ffee-house,
Wavertree, last night, for the purpose of devising means for
the establish meat of a Mechanics' Institution in that village.
Hugh Hornby, Esq., was in the chair. and the meeting
was addressed by William Rathbone, Esq., J. A. Picton,•
Esq., and William Nichol, Esq., secretary of the Liverpool
Mechanics institution.
DEATH FROM AN INFINITESIMAL DOSE OF LAUDA-
NUM.—EarIy yesterday morning an infant, whose parents
(Kirby) live in Back Strickland-street, expired in a narco-
tose state. On the previous day the child was alive and
well, and Mr. Kirby administered to it a little castor oil
and some rhubarb, with one drop of laudanum, which it is
supposed caused death.

SERIOUS STREET ROBBERY.—Patrick Regan was
brought up on a charge of having, with another man,
already committed, knocked down a French gentleman on
Friday night, and robbed him of his watch and purse, con-
taining two sovereigns. The gentleman was inveigled
just as he left the railway station by two boys, who offered
to take him to an hotel where they spoke French. The
prisoner requested that the case might be deferred to the
next day which was complied with.
THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY'S PRIZE.--We are re-
quested by the Liverpool Academy to state, that the
rumour which appeared in the Mail of November 16, that
the annual prize is to be given up, is entirely without
foundation ; and that there is no truth whatever in the
report, in the same paper of the 16th ult., and reiterated
in the Mail of last Saturday, that " on a recent occasion
a picture was sent from London expressly to give the prize
to, in prejudice of another that was entitled to it."
FUNERAL AT WIGAN.—The mortal remains of the
late Countess of Crawford and Balcarres, were interred yes-
terday within Wigan parish church, in the familylvault. In
compliance with a request by the mayor, and as a mourn-
ful testimony of respect, all the shops were nearly closed,
and most of them entirely so. Operations at the cotton-
mills and other manufactories were also suspended. At
ten o'clock, the mayor, magistrates, and about 300 of the
gentry and tradesmen of Wigan, left the town-hall to
meet the funeral procession from Haigh-hall, which con-
sisted of a hearse drawn by six horses, three mourning
coaches, containing Lord Lindsay, and three other sons
of the deceased, &c. ; several private carriages, 200 of
the tenantry on horseback, and upwards of .1500 work-
men employed in the collieries. The procession • was
upwards of a mile and a quarter long, and the streets in
the town were quite impassable. The funeral service
was read by the Rev. H. G. Gunning, rector, and his
three curates. The deceased Countess was aged 67 years.

The annual meeting of the Birkenhead Auxiliary to the
Society wbe held evening in the Town-hall.
Several more Irish vagrants were yesterday committed Bible
A meeting ofill Dissentersthis in Liverpool will be held this
for twenty-one days by Mr Rushton for begging. evening to consider the late Papal aggre.
Four little boys were yesterday committed for three The steam-ship Canada has not takenssion her usual berth
months, for attempting to pick pockets—two in Scotland- in the Coburg Dock ; she has taken her station in the
road, and two in St. John's Market. North Dock.
MAN DnowNEn.—William Cousins, Captain of the fiat The royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Jdkins,
Liverpool, while endeavouring, on Saturday night, to save 'sailed l'en-e; on Saturday. lr New York direct,u with a
a man who had fallen into the river, fell from his own heavy n ail, swenty passengers, and a valuable freight.
boat, and was drowned. The w.iiiing match at Tranmere, we are told, is about
DEATH ON BOARD SHIP.---A returned emigrant, to be- made the sul jet of inquiry in the County Court.
named Daniel O'Connell, died on board the Callender, Queer disclosures are promises at the trial.
lying in Victoria Dock, yesterday morning. He was seen Mr. Sudlow delivered his second lecture on the musical
alive on the previous evening., services of the church, on Wednesday, to an attentive and
Two children, only twelve years old, were yesterday most respectable audience. The illustrations were well
committed to prison, by Mr. Rushton ,for three months,
for breaking into a provision-shop in Titchfield-street.
They were found at five o'clock yesterday morning ran-
sacking the place.

On Tuesday evening an unmarried female, named Ca-
therine Ellis, residing with Mr. M`Goveran, stevedore,
Adlington-street, fell from her chair in a fit, and instantly
expired. Deceased was much addicted to intemperance.
Street robberies are becoming very frequent. On Fri-
day, at midnight, a gentleman was knocked down close to
his own residence in Huskisson-street, and robbed of a
considerable sum of money. gold watch, &c.
LATE STRAWBERRIES.—As a proof of the mildness of
the season, it may be mentioned th

grown in the open air, were gathered on the grounds of
William Leach E,q., at Aigburth, during the last week.
The Queen Victoria, from this port for Kingstown,
made her passage, during the storm last week, in nineteen
hours. 2(:0 passengers was on board and the celebrated
steeple chaser, Ballinafad, was o❑ board, and killed him-
self during his struggles.
The meeting at l3irkenhead to vote an address to her
iVajesty on the late Papal aggression, will be held to-mor-
row at noon, in the Town-hall. The meeting has been
convened by the magistrates of the hundred, eight of
whom have signed the notice.
TESTIMONIAL.—The congregation of St. Silas Church
have presented their beloved pastor, the Rev.J. Cordeaux,
on his leaving the church, with a substantial proof of
their affection and gratitude. A few months since a
similar mark of their esteem was presented to the rev.
gentleman, and tho united testimonials amount to up-
wards of two hundred guineas.
ST. MARY'S NATIONAL AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS,
KIRKDALE.—The annual sermons in support of these
schools were preached on Sunday last. The sermon in
the morning by the Rev. D. James, M.A,. P.S.A. incum-
bent ; that in the evening by the Rev. S. B. Sutton, B.A.
incumbent of St. Peter's, Everton. The collections
amounted to £27 ss.
On Saturday, in the County Court, Mr. Ramshay
delivered judgment, in the case " Rickby v. Cole," against
the plaintiff, a gentleman from Sheffield, in the face of an
allocution signed by Joseph Yates Lea, Registrar of the
Bankruptcy Court, and a promise to pay by the defend-
ant. We are informed that the judgment will be brought
before the Earl of Carlisle and the higher legal authorities
of the country.
INGENUITY DEFEATED.—A young man Gf gentlemanly
exterior, the second mate of the ship Kennedy, was
placed in the police dock yesterday, charged with smug-
gling tobacco. A Customhouse officer stated thaG he
stopped the prisoner on the day previous, as he was leav-
ing the vessel : between every button-hole of his great
coat, under the cloth, was concealed a plug of tobacco ;
in this ingenious mode he had contrived to stow away
three or four pounds of tobacco. The prisoner had
nothing to offer in his defence : a penalty of 50s was
imposed.
THE MISSES DRAYTON'S CONCERT.—Our readers
will recollect that these young ladies gave a concert at
the Craven Rooms a few months ago, which we noticed
at the time as being one of the most pleasing concerts
which has taken place at the above rooms. We under-
stand that several influential parties then present were so
Much gratified that they have determined to exert them-
selves to the utmost, to secure a bumper for this evening.
(See Advertisement.) Mr. Ryalls and Mr. H. Lawson
will add much to the evening's amusement. Altogether
a great treat is anticipated.