The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-08 00:00:00

NOTICE,

THE Public are respectfully informed that the
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

IS NOW EXTENDED TO

CHESTER, CONWAY, BA OR, & HOLYHEAD ;

And that MESSAGES satfnow be forwarded to or from the
above-named Stations to all parts of the Kingdom.

By order,

W. T. ANSELL,

June 23d, 1851

District-superintendent.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, to wit.
GILBERT HENDERSON, ESQ., RECORDER.
THE COURT of QUARTER SESSIONS of the
PEACE for the BOROUGH will be held in the Sessions -
house Chapel-street, on MONDAY, the 21st day of July
instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon.
No Traverse will be tried unless enter on the first day of
the Sessions, or previously, at the e of the Clerk of the
Peace, No. 4, Brunswick-street.
All Indictments for Misdem ours found at these Sessions,
against persons admitted ail, must he entered for Trial
before Twelve o'clock o he day after the discharge of the
Grand Jury, or the T • will stand over.
WRIGHT,
Clerk of the Place's Office, Liverpool,
sth July, 1851.
WRECK OF THE HALCYON—SAVING OF 30(s

Clerk of the Peace,

PASSENGERS.
A T a MEETING of the PASSENGERS wrecked in
the HALCYON, from Liverpool to New York, held on the
30th June, 1851,
It was resolved unanimously,—
That our best thanks are due to Captain Wade, of the Hal-
cyon, not only for the kind treatment we received up to the time
of our disaster, but for his exemplary conduct on such a try-
ing occasion, and his indefatigable exertions in mitigating the
wants of those around, which were much lessened by his
sharing to the last the allowance of provis. , and manifest-
ing such sympathy in our sufferings, allaying the terror
natural on such a casualty; being t . ast person to leave the
sinkingship, having remained pen sly endeavouring to obtain
an adequate supply of provisi s from the wreck.—This we
wish equally to apply to Peters, the chief mate, who
risked his life to save us.

That our thanks are ;Rio due to Captain Gates, of the W. H.
Wharton, and Captatti Latham, of the Connecticut, for their
humanity in affording us (with the fear of death before us)
their able and efficacious services, and also for their nftpr

kindness—kindnesses too great for vort.l ".‘"
That we are also indebted to Messrs. llarnden and Co. for
the promptitude with which we were, on our return, relieved
with money and provisions; and also for the handsome dona-
tion of £25 they have given to a contemplated subscription to
enable us to obtain the necessary extra provisions, bedding,
Azc., to proceed in the ship in which they have procured us,
without further cost, passages to New York.

That we cannot close this meeting without expressing our
thanks to Lieut. Hodder -and Lieut. Prior for their attentions,
and recording generally our favourable opinions of the intelli-
gence of the commanders, the excellence of the ships, end
rthe quality of stores provided for us in the vessels to which
We lave alluded.

VISIT THE RENOWNED
WATERPROOF & ELASTIC ESTABLISIIMENTS,

NO. 2, QUADRANT, 4iE . AND
LIME-STREET', 48, NICOLSON-ST.,
LIVERPOOL, ;- EDINBURGH.
.CAREAT demand for the New Waterproof Alpaca
kji- and Silk PALETOTS, Black at lllixed Colours, superior
to any hitherto produced; AIRY OF BEDS, PILLOWS, and
TRAVELLING CUSHIONS ,ISHIN•G BOOTS; CHEST
EXPANDERS; Surgical, astic, Silk, and Cotton STOCK-
INGS and BANDAGES Iso, an immense variety of BRACES
and ELASTIC ARTI 'S, of every description, may be had at
the DepOts, for L' rpool, 2, Quadrant, Lime-street, and 48,
Nicolson-street. .dinburgh.

SMNEY iiELLEWELL, PROPRIETOR
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

NEW CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT,

RI C MON D ,
CLOTHIER, OUTFITTER. HATTER, HOSIER, GLOVER,
AND SHIRT-MAKER,
Nos. 1, and 3, PARADISE-STREET,
CORNER OF CHURCH-STREET.

JT R. announces to his Friends and the Public that
• he has added to the

WOOLLEN DRAPERY AND TAILORING BUSINESS,
A
READY-MADE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT,
ON AN ENTIRELY NEW PRINCIPLE";
Combining FASHION and QUALITY with-first-rate Work-
„fie"'
manship at the LOWEST RENIUNERA -LNG PRICES.
It is not the principle of the Proprie of this Establishment
to quote a list of prices ; such is criterion—quality is the
test of cheapness; nor has he a wish to puff off extremely
low•priced Goods, which rar give satisfaction. He will
offer Goods of sterling m. at the lowest possible prices,
such as will ensure exte ye sale, and give entire satisfaction
to the wearer.

The ORDER DE)pieTAIENT is replete with every Novelty,
and first-rate tale employed in the Cutting, and no extra
charge for Ordered Garments.

The WOOLLEN TRADE conducted as usual, and the Stock
is first-rate. _

The SHIRT and HOSIERY DEPARTMENT is unsurpassed,
either for Quality, Make, Variety, or Price.

J. R. therefore confidently recommends an inspection, which
will amply repay economists, and prove the system on which
is Business is conducted.

Nos. 1 and 3, PARADISE-STREET,
(CORNER OF CHURCH-STREET.)

BREADSTUFFS IN AMERICA.—The stock of flour and
breadstuffs in general is exceedingly large with us, and it
is the opinion of leading produce agents, dealers, and
millers, that if the harvest proves as bountiful as present
appearances indicate, we shall have flour at 3 to 32 dollars
per barrel at the close of the year. The Albany New
York Journal gives the annexed statement of the quan-
tity of flour, wheat. Indian corn, and barley, left at tide-
water during the first week in June, in the years 1850 and
1851 :

Brls. Flour. Brls. Wheat. Corn. Barley
1950.. '6.054 32,794 119,554 260()
1851.. 118,889 68,614 262,550 8233

Increase.. 42,904 35,820 150,606 5,633
By reducing the wheat to flour, the quantity of the latter
left at tide water this year, compared with the corres-
ponding quarter of last year, shows an increase of
461,483 barrels of f10ur,92,276,6001b5. weight.
CHEATING AT CARDS.—In the Court of Queen's
Bench, on Tuesday, a person described as a resident at
Folkestone, named Thomas Brown, was indicted for the
offence of cheating at cards. The offence was committed
at the Licensed Victuallers' hall, held in January last, at
the London Tavern. Tired of dancing. two or three of
the publicans made a game at whist. They were joined
by the defendant and two other strangers; and, at their
suggestion, started playing half-guinea 100. It was ob-
served that the defendant and his companions won twice
as much as the rest of the company, and this led to sus-
picion. He was at length detected pulling " a trump"
from the back of his coat collar, where there is every
reason to suppose he had throughout been depositing
particular cards by the process known as " garretting,"
hiding the movement by pretending to scratch his head.
The defendant was found guilty on ail the counts of the
indictment, Lord Campbell then said he entirely con-
curred in the verdict, and should sentence the defendant
to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour.
EXPLOSION AT THIRTY MILES RANGE.—On Wednes-
day a series of extraordinary experiments were performed
at the Gutta Percha Company's works, London. Much
to the surprise of the spectators, the instantaneous igni-
tion and explosion of several charges of gunpowder was
produced through a length of no less than thirty miles of
wire ; the respective coils forming this length being from
500 to 700 yards each, were immersed in the water of the
Regent's Canal, and attached to a barge moored off the
company's premises. The wire used for this purpose is
what is called No. 16 guage, entirely enveloped in gutta
percha, and the only parts not entirely under water were
the small portions necessary for col-meeting the coils ; the
perfection of the whole arrangement, and the insulating
properties of gutta percha being rendered apparent by the
magical rapidity of the explosions, and the facility with
which a connection could be severed. The discovery of
this novel range if Attriblltabl9 to Mr. Statbaw; the ma-
naging director.