The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-12 00:00:00

teb. 12, 1!30.

Loral gtb)s.

The fare at Bi •
ead has b
he Jenny again reduced to hi.
dta Lind steamer ran on Tranmere slip on
urY, and sustained considerable damage.
,•;,.1 G. Ireland has been appointed president, and
. Estlin vice-
Yln of the Guardian Society.
Wednesdfiy a labourer named Charles Duffy, aged
110..7a9 lived in Hockenhall-alley, while at a public-
theur la Cheapside, fell down suddenly and died. upon
bpot.
tinticE
NHEAD DocKs.--These docks will be opened to
'P.Mber trade on the Ist of June next. Mr. M'Cormick
LelPdged to the
that ti committee to accomplish his contract
u tore
Air,r. R. me'
Ormond Smith, some or whose works in snip-
;.se executed at Rome, obtained very flattering notice,
Zyt, illSt modelled a fine figure of a youthful Bacchus,
11;h is
now on private view
at his studio in Duke-street.
tya Wednesday, as Mr. Henry Miller Barclay, of the
of Provvse and Co., was proceeding to Cheshire, he
tw..',B taken ill upon the landing-stage, and died in the
tuoiFofittyeatilminwutees, before medical aid could be procured.
perceive, has been giving a series of
toeleetts at Waterford, Wexford, New Ross, and Clon-
Rile assisted by. Mons. Wehli, Miss Ryalls, and Mrs.
praiasA*
....The Waterford Mail is enthusiastic in. their
•of auttthey appear to have obtained an unusual meed
BneeeBB
We •
ka_ understand that a large " drapery firm" in Dublin
With taken the Liver Theatre, and the shops under it,
sok the intention of making it one large establishment—
ewilat similar to Compton House. Messrs. Falkner
of ghat
of Manchester, did the same with the Olympic
'etre in that town about eleven years ago.
Echo" COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS.—These well-conducted
'thy°ls are once more in operation, and it is gratifying to
a that the attendance is greater than at the close of
iserYear. The Upper School, in particular, has felt the
ataheas.e, its number of scholars being now greater than
b;..Y Period since the opening of the institution.
tati4.2n PROM A FALL.—A female, from Ormskirk,
Itith°°, Elizabeth Rice, aged 60, went on Friday evening,
clov,,,',er daughter, to a house in Clarence-street, Smith-
"bne, to sleep for the night. During the night the
much'"Lnau, by some accident, fell down stairs, and was so
diauliured about the head , that notwithstanding me-
t attention, she died on Saturday evening.
liorL4l.ll, PROM BURNING.—On Tuesday Charles Pearce
":4°lt, aged 5 months, living in Back Bittern-street,.
feu sttang on his mother's knee at the fire, when a brick
alla'%ll the chimney, bringing with it a quantity of soot,
Ithip-h" neroely ignited in the fire, and blew out flames
144.-"' set the child's clothes on fire. He was badly
to fled in various parts of his body, and died on Sunday
klhe St. Patrick steam-ship, belonging to the Drogheda
ie -:11,,-Paeket Company (whose powerful fleet of steamers
sep,:linown for speed and safety in a gale of wind),
sg sailed Ijoin Liverp00l with cargo on Tuesday evening, at
o.2e'°olc, and arrived at the bar of Drogheda at two
lio-n'°eK the next day, thereby making the passage in 20
-taoZ.B,,,against a hurricane unprecedented since the me-
g,,,aule gale of July, 1839.
labrLril)Elsr DEATH.—On Friday night, Evan Evans, a
dey,""srer in a tan-yard in Kirkdale, went to Summer Gar-
ita;,9,f Kirkdale, to lodge. Ho w:• thou drunk, and
Le'Led more drink, but coffee only :vas
.zivc,,n to him, and
,LoWent to bed. He moaned much
14 noon next day was foui.d ,1-
1,7 p. that on the preceding J. ,
la an upper room, fell down and injured his head.
temufo tervrards fell from a ladder into a pit containing bark

night, and.
d. It ap-

bile at

IttEll. or CommEncE.---.-The ballot for eighteen
'l,..bens to serve on the council was taken on Tuesday,
teolliorsfall, Esq., in the chair.
.The undermentioned
-•,106-Anle,n were announced as being elected : Messrs.
ar;..3Kin, Wm. Brown, M.P., H. K. Claypole, John
1017°I.th, Robertson Gladstone, Edward Heath, Charles
1k; nand, Geo. Holt, Hugh Hornby, T. B. Horsfall, R.
kohtuacfie, Robert Rankin, Chas. Robertson, Thomas
lolit,4l,ivs°.l%jumnr.,..Richard Sheil, James Stitt, H. Stoller-
the ..,• J. Tomlinson.
Tl/4. CHURCH.—On Tuesday evening week,
soCf 'Esher will deliver his very interesting lecture on the
system, illustrated by a series of beautiful dissolving
to t,s and chromatropes—the proceeds to be appropriated
he discharge of a debt incurred by the inclosure and
Oveveraent of St. Saviour's Church. We are glad to
e.plllat a large portion of the tickets are already dis-
or,Z of, and we hope the worthy and talented incumbent
church will not long be burdened with an encum
t;;41oe with which no such pains-taking pastor should ever
orpreßACsse.
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HELORS' BALL...-. The bachelors, old and
iling, who are associated in Liverpool for the purpose of
the °Aveing each other, gave a splendid ball and supper at
ii,*_,Assenably Rooms, in Great George-street, on Wed-
a,.;,°.?aY evening. They seem to be favoured with the
ips of the young and beautiful, for a more charming
;le elegantly-dressed party of ladies was never before
tlvolsad in one room. The company comprised nearly
gruandred of both sexes, and dancing was kept up with
vigour until nearly five o'clock in the morning.
tZeCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY STATION, TITHEBARN.
,11;kket.r.—.0n Wednesday, Isaac Brown, aged 40, and
ether roan, were engaged in roofing over the station.
beenfas at one end of a piece of iron spouting which
137 hoisted on to the top of the wall, and both the
1411 Were in the act of lifting it into its place. There was
the
°OIK with a rope attached to it to lift the spout, and
w„ho ord was given to lift it along. Browne stooped to
epout, when he fell backwards off the wall into
^alaTher-street from a Heimht of upwards of 39 feet. He
so much hurt tnat en Mt OaLUlVity.
Alt/BICIAL JUDGMENTS AT KIRKDALE.—The Bread
trh as been put in force in the Kirkdale division
the
county, and several bakers and sellers of bread
fined for infractions of the statute, at the petty
131:8'°11o, held at Kirkdale on Friday
ir . Purchasers of
Ztd Would do well now to make the bargains for this
it'lt'ete by the pound : they will then be assured of getting
144 ht or their money. Three men were, at the same
lies1"8, frond 20s. and costs each for removing from the
tle shore some lumps of wrecked flour : in default of
Invent one month's imprisonment.
too(natE.—The annual soiree of the United Presbyterian
gvegation, Birkenhead, was held on Tuesday, in the
,*ol.room under the church, Grange-road, when, not-
elstanding the inclemency of the weather, nearly 300
as were present. The most interesting part of the
tedings was the presentation to the Rev. Mr. Towers,
Pastor of the congregation, of a gold watch and ap-
Ilte:afies, valued at £25, and a purse containing £75, as
DreVaanial of his people's esteem. The wind, which had
pro-",„„n°11,8.1Y been blowing hard, became violent during the
—vutags, and the upper part of the belfry over the
14v of the church, through which the people had entered
QOll little before, was blown down. Some damage was
e to
1.1 the church.
ih ~o/coun. TO WHOM Ho:storm is Dtra.—ln a paragraph
rehLue Journal's account of the gale of last week, his
Ile?vter takes credit for the Magazine Life-boat for
sto,l,ng saved the Vale of Conway schooner, laden with
Ila;es'. 84c., when in distress between Egremont and the
Thezme, and brought her into the Birkenhead Dock.
tees vt-ssel in question, we are informed on good authority,
tee' relieved from her dangerous position by some boat-
)(1,11 from Seacombe,—viz., Samuel Johnson, William,
kao-„,._ard, and' ohn Griffiths, John Davis, and a labourer
eti,r"ul ,only Joseph,—and was moored safely off
Dosi;°;r°oo. She was subsequently taken to her present
evo"'n in Bramley-Moore Dock. Her captain and part
410; Richard Owens, presented the men with £2O for
the gai
vase of the vessel, and £6 additional for getting up
"hor
121 •
I-;; `-Prelim's LECTURE.—On Tuesday evening last,
Ch' Fisher delivered a lecture in behalf of St. James's
favt,c2l and Schools. Though the weather was very un-
tiodie",able, yet the attractions offered drew an excellent
bad
„rice. The subject was treated in a masterly style,
brile°filsely illustrated by a series of exquisite diagrams,
illuminated. The dissolving views were re-
titeditl sweet and beautiful. Everything went on spi-
aud the whole company seemed highly delighted
y.
in
„,,,ettertainment. At the close of the lecture, the
qtak Hampton requested the audience to unite with
geao- congratulating Dr. Fisher on the high literary
mortars recently conferred upon him, in which they all
loh,c°rdially joined • and, with three cheers, wished that
aaphi'eu and esteemed gentleman long life, health, and
tialio'lless, and continued success to his large and tlou-
c establishment.
,Ilklie,„cEßT SALOONS A CAUSE OF 31I'VENILB INTEMPE•
PAktly-,:',"'„ On a recent Saturday evening I visited, in com-
st one a policeman, a casino close upon my district.
add at end of the room was a regular stage with scenery,
liew the opposite end, raised sufficiently to .command a
tltilikqall present, and railed off, was the bar whence the
'Was
fitted tobacco were supplied. The body of the room
4S narrow
bp with benches, at the back of each of which
),414 api",natvoNv end guarded ledge, which served as a rest-
-I"eeeh"`-e for the glasses of the occupants of the next
an The orchestra consisted of a grand piano, a vio-
,_4l)(l A f,.' cornopean. There were about two hundred
,tre Y. Persons present, more than a third of whom
ere
eg people (chiefly lads) from about thirteen to
'a, ew• eea years of ae. any of the boys, whom I
°fqaerylarnediatol recognised me, and' I was glad to
to, presence seemed to produce amongst them. a
• °` shame. Each had his glass of beer before him,
Zat it°4lll, aping' their seniors-had a pipe besides, so
`4so t °ads of smoke rolled through the room. Of the
„, _
"aqe charwomen w Men present some appeared to be of a resp_ect-
ream
eyacter, but many of the latter were of an aban-
,,,ere tts,”s. The performances going on when I entered
;Mrioo-cties of feats by two tumblers, which excited up-
'4°ll of ,aPPIaUSe, especially amongst the younger por-
IN of kilo audience. At the close of this performance,
tltlllaced sei‘,,u,e men stepiied forward to the front. of t_h_e stage,
to
Pads'ciahsubstance, they were two "artistes" out of
ti,_ had been kindly permitted by the proprietor
'4ntatie, ra that evening ; they would therefore throw
tili,elV 'yes on the generosity of tho ladies and gentle-
m "Therese
✓,,n.t, and gratefully acknowledge any contribu-
fay,f,iisight be pleased to make. This appeal was
deg thro4aoly received, and drew forth showers of cop-
t eatee
4,4 from the audience on the stage. A lady
more °ace ~Tllvard,—in full evening dress of muslin that
ee,,re the
colourtilte, I .lippose, but which had now hecome
jja. of a London fug,—and sung a sentimental
vtit,°; lit:l'TP; and comic singing were, I was told, to
130,;lessed I had seen enough, and left the place. I
th,4l. of tC° gross impropriety or disorder in the demea-
b to audience but I could not help looking on in
rac'efec'rc: etlLe dark future of many of the young persons
'Wer,clag, ouPecluent on the habits they were then corn-
ah;: forrhian ti the intimacies and companionship they
ZDeseiteli;llll.to -:o'r-clerrrcillreiat.dmission to rooms like this, which
ivepool, is free ; but all who enter are
he he ur the sak a-. Thus many a tyro who at first
0„„7)2oes then of the spectacle is gradually led on till
001`,..1a to ; lave of the bottle; and if I can induce
!roto'k the/ an the temperance Society, I feel that I am
tot_
.the
e_nprieeless service, if only in shielding them
forninating influences of such §01241141.10$ Of
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