The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-29 00:00:00

Nit 29, 1950.

W. oral P.t1115.

The *ashingion ieoe§ New :r2rk on the 20th of Feb.
rota Welsh Choral Society will
he IV
eye
.:,.nother grand per-
ance to-morrow at the Concert-hell,
x`' Rraralev-Moore, Esq., and W. M. Anderton,
th;„51" of Buxton Hall, have qualified as magistrates for
county.
aLthAlfred Higginson, Esq., last week delivered a lecture,
a Tuckerman Instit framen the ilfeleton and other
facture of the human YaSunday week, the Rev. W. W. Ewban;i7 Preached
aQrapes at Lancaster, in aid of the Church Far_itoral
lie: of of Oxford on Thursday conferred the
of f Bachelor of Music on Mr. C. D.Hackett, organ-
ot. Peter's Church, in this town.
the iLittievL. Mr. Robinson, who has been appointed to
towno; ilmeneY of St. Bartholomew's Church in this
_as senior curate of St. Michael's Church, Ashton-
r-LYne
...711 Tuesday last, a ship carpenter, named John Henry,
atTuesday
med Work In the Queen's Graving Dock, when he fell
iatesminence of forty-five feet. He died almost
y.
tetiairtia•irAdY, car-driver, of Birkenhead, recovered, at the
kr• wiraurt, on Tuesday, the sum of £l3 18s. Bd. from
a _ms, a rival in trade, as compensation for injury
.7;7;9 h.orse.
Tll,4.!the Birkenhead County Court, on Tuesday, Mr.
ag:inns, car-driver, obtained a verdict for £l6 6s. 6d.
hors st Ur- Morrison, ship chandler, for injury done to a
11! which had been hired from the plaintiff.
brig for I'ders brought from the United States by the Cam-
attriburon are immensely large. This is partly to be
givekted to reviving prosperity, and partly to the notice
Gt: Y Mr. Meredith of his proposed increase of duties.
Jatt ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday, a labourer, named
gapes Whittle, residing at Mosley-vale, was taking his
arm .„(,)11, when it went off, and shot him through the
G'A'`"eh was much shattered. He died in a few hours.
tl'e% e's-Ao unequalled variet of Chandeliers and Lus-
rooalOr Gas will be found e a factory and Show-
_°n't a °f -\,Y.U.LIAM PENN SMITH, 26 and 28, HAN-
It silt
Art Err opposite the Tax-offices.
lltA,,antleinents have been made at Hull for forwarding,
Cerro.,eastling spring and summer, many thousands of
Npb,:,ll emigrants to Liverpool, whence they will be
trall'a' to the United, States, South America, and Aus-
On
Peatses.ckf the waiters at Feeny's, when a boy, fourteen
alarkg`lace, marked a penny with his initials and other
Dean,' and then parted with it. Last week, the identical
the ; was given to him by a gentleman who had dined at
by to
bv ; extraordinary number of six prizes were obtained
kan„.l. Henry Behrend, of Liverpool, a student at the
raeei':"ster Royal School of Medicine, at the public
ehestZg of distributon, held at the Town-hall, Man-
,tx on the 15th instant.
Ingo ,
NATION OF MASTERS AND -MA TES.—At a m eet-
i)" Board of Examiners on Friday, the 25th inst.,
trti -in John Robertson, master of the Edmund, was
,h2lairtied, and found duly qualified for a first-class
certificate.
itra" late frosts and sudden thaws have completely de-
6,ed the asphalte foot-walk some years since laid down
the :Larch-street along the wall of St. Peter's Church,
40t,;"enges of temperature having cracked the bitumi-
The°ating, and apparently rendered it quite rc!tten,
e Prussian brig Geister Adolph, from Konigsberg to
Virperpool, with wheat, &c., was wrecked off the coast of
Th?")rd on Sunday week. All the crew were saved.
ioßtirv_e,esel was nearly new, of 200 tons burden, and not
O'Z
B,abb -anday evening week the first of the working men's
ash services commenced at the Concert-hall, Lord
TC°o-street. Two thousand persons were present.
r_ndon.e service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Beaumont, of
'u
etet Thursday Luke Roberts, aged 35 years, mate of the
0 ,7,tug Ayrshire Lassie, while the steamer was off the
I:Cisileads was at the , and was observed to fall
Ittry-iejlli on the deck. He had been seized with a fit, and
l'tipa-eq Only a few minutes. -
Saturday week, the fishing-boat Sarah Alice, of
e„rPool, having sprung a leak, near Fleetwood, the
a'aer being thick, got on shore near the Point, and be-
e a total wreck. The men, four in number, had to
from the wreck to the shore.
La he Rev. J. C. Richmond's lectures at the Collegiate
etrltitution, last week, were extremely well attended, his
yat,Ying eloquence and deeply interesting facts and obser-
rob°ns having proved more attractive than even the
If-teal treats afforded by the lectures of Sir Henry
lq,shop,
og Blair schooner arrived at Tarbert, from Liverpool,
Dorsey Island, picked up five sailors in an open boat,
fs,llrt of the crew of the Catherine Charlotte, of Riga, from
dp:woastle to Barcelona, with coal, and which vessel they
left
sinking slate. Five more of the crew had
yr' a boat a few hours before the Blair came up.
t tih:URRAH FOR THE EXPORTS OF IRELAND !—The Times
Vri auras up the signs of the reviving prosperity of Ire-
In other descriptions of shell fish there is spripg-
pp°, "P a profitable trade. Mussels, periwinkles, and hm-
,,rl ! are purchased by an agent in Liverpool, to which
raee„, they are sent by steamers."
tht,!e Rev. J. H. Jones, incumbent of St. Augustine's
bsr eh, in this town, ley fellow of Jesus College, Cam.
•ge, was, on Tuesday, elected to a foundation fellow-
ItP. The rev. gentleman obtained the Crosse UniveF-
6scholarship in 1844, and was Norrisian prizeman in
•

IDEATH BY BEING RUN OVER. —On Friday a float
42 Passing along the gate of the Nelson Dock, when a
fa aamed Farrel, aged twelve years_, son of a shipwright
knocked down on Ins face
1);''Ig in Banastre-street,
14°,_ne of the shafts, and vonaes of the wheels passed over
l uack. He died before he could be conveyed to the
A'sPital•
ToSnICIDE BY HANGING.—On Friday night John Green, I
led
18, who resided in Back Milton-street, and had been
tett a watchman, and receivedweek from the parish,
al„,,,,verY drunk, as he was in. the habit of doing. In the
eb,-..aing he was found hanging by a hook in the kitchen
eh,4'4 dead. was suspended by a black silk handker-
_,.. • He
At Deceased had been feeble in mind.
th,`'n Wednesday, the body of a man was found in the
ide,..Pposite the King's Dock. He was subsequently
tyrireevtified as Hugh Jones,. tailor, School-lane. On the
inns evening he was drinking at a public-house; in
thl)Ping and when he left he told a friend in company
aft._l4-" h'ln'that he was going home. He was not seen alive
-..erwairds.
PaTrthe-.s.shl.p Anna, Captain Moffat, which sailed hence to
„ ...rhdip and Adelaide on the 12th of June last, taking
aViti 411*• A. C. Dunlop and family, of this town, witha
iinsr la.g parties, has arrived safe at Port Philip,. after
,711, astit voyage of ninety-eight days, all well, with two
birth on the passage. This noble ship is the property of
kr!sta• Fielden Brothers and Co., and was dispatched by
Henry Fox, of King-treet.
aaNtAsorinv.—The installation of W.M., and the
lihl'Zaal meeting of the brethren of the Zetland Lodge,
thosewas held on. Wednesday last, at the Park H0t.,1,
nhead, after which the bret_hren partook of a sump-
iv..lls banquet A Stephenson, Esq., surg.eon, Liverpool,
al7_4lllY installed W.M., and the following offic.ers were
.FS:Cluted : —John Fenton, Esq., surgeon, Liverpool,
1.07 ; Cornelius Sherlock, E q., J_.W_
D.
! _B.rothers W.
T 'ng, S.D. ; Richard D. Reeves. .1.1.) , U Rampling,
teasurer ; J. P. Platt, Secretary ; Samuelson, I.G.
i BT. to
014 BARTHOLOMEW'S ...HIM . 0 cri —The Rev. Mr. Ro-
of St. Bartholo-
raelln, the newly-appointed
te incumbenton Sunday last and the
134:.,8, Naylor-street
in.VaY previous. Hislw powerful and eloquent delivery
V:" Pleased and edifialptohe congregation ; and no dot!bt
TOkiliatez;lelibiveemryade a great blessing to the district over which
Providence of God he haebeet.i called
.to preside.
gentleman is very impressive ;
of
the
rev*
lassical, whilst, at the same
tikellig.nage is copious and
Poore Is appeals may be. easilyc comprehended by the
the
.._st of the congregation. We are glad to hear that
leatluetobers of the church, who were becoming rather
add.!ered, are so impressed with Mr. Robinson's scriptural
:ekes that they are again becoming a united body.
„atot,,
-4e
...Utis
IN
CHESHIRE.—During
o the wa e h a
.ide the last fortnight
aelbd on the Cheshire s
,berm infested by a gang of thieves, supposed to be mem-
tae." the swell mob from Liverpool. The fellows attend.
the', where they resort to pocket-picking, ladies being
ttrincipai victims. On Thursdaya lady detected one
4edeeds? " gentry" named WilliamLawis who had suc-
k-co n drawing her purse andwas handing it to an
DEtili,sll3Plice. Lewis was taken into custody, but his com-
tires,"n escaped. !:The prisoner
.was very respectably
Plal, and, on finding the position in which he was
to red' took fifteen sovereigns from hpocket and offered
is
AS committed to
iielk„burse the amount taken.
fte `stord for three months ; it bileiengw. ordered that the
ih- sovereigns should go to pay for his board and lodg-
'g la th . gns
41 e prison.
''Oxisv,..xeal. EXERCISE FOR THE DEGREE OF MUS. BAc.D
tree
ncw,_ednesday afternoon last, exercise for the e-
tres4l( 0i.13. was performed in ouarn Music School, in the
crof.. ce of the Vice-chancellor, Sir Henry Bishop (the
114,750 r
offo Music), several Heads of Houses, and a large
ce,;;'oer s and membersersity. The
Of
the
of this exercise is Mr. Charles.DtannlvvertsheHackett,
tile agdalen Hall, Oxford, and organist .of Parish
Teelh of Liverpool. The exercise contained ten move-
Preceded by an instrumental introduction and
he v,., and was conducted
partMr Hackett in erson.
4, t ih-eal and instrumental were exlceedingple well
vithat—ed by members of the Oxford Chora.t.on Society, and
itself we
,cittln„ec ten choristers. Of the comfoesi i
4e441' 411 t speak in terms of highan s it abounds in
and while it redounds in
IN
the of N
11t,„,414ei and
degreendefft
effective passages
ere
credit cif Mr. Hackett's musical
Alleads, it affords great promise of future excellence.
us. Bac. was
.conferred upon Mr, Hackettd
°l'''hat. following day. Abridged from the atfor
Tttp
paVe I:,een
'crTON TRADE.—The government authorities
f the memorialized by the associated cotton brokers
the firmst of Liverpool, embracing nearly. t e whole of
stNires,„,lengaged in the buying and selling
tn`lea or„ng that it is desirable to have correct informs-oo_
'lPort re quantity and descriptions of raw cotton wool
taerh,,,e' hora this kingdom, and that by the
presentthe
\-0184,1` .„of entering raw cotton for expertation a
4inds'of "nuse, it is impossible to distinguish the several
4ccourlt cotton exported, and thereforo to keep a esorresnt
attler t of the stocks lying at the different port . .1. the
~_
.0 rectify this deficiency of statistical information,
for egzuthoritiei are asked to issue an order that all entriese
Weighrrtation shall give the quantity of bales, and th
h-Ofg1)ale; ea,nwdediegserigption of the article, as such a number
so much of American cotton, or Brazil,
entrihas b.'an, or East India cotton as the case may be.
.It ourrie'seu „ascertained that this, alteration in the official
es will give little or no extra trouble to any of the
Of 1,1,_,°' the customs, and that it will enable the Board
earteaue' as well as Merchants and brokers, to obtain
toua...
to information. It has hitherto been cue-
'"? to return the article as cotton wool only.