The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-18 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

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Newspapers are about to be added to the reading-room
at the Mechanics' institution.
J. H. Sherson, Esq. has been elected Mayor of Lan-
caster for the ensuing year.
Laurence Heyworth, Esq., M,P., has been lecturing at
liawarden on total abstinence.
The Bateman Children made their first appearance in
Liverpool, at the Amphitheatre. last evening.
Last Sunday Mr. F. R. Hodgson, one of the Man-
chester borough magistrates, was found dead in his bed.
A conference is shortly to be held in Manchester, on
the subject of juvenile delinquency, and the means to be
devised for its suppression.
It is confidently stated that Charles Crompton, Esq.,
the Assessor at our Court of Passage, will succeed Mr.
Justice Patteson, as Judge of the Queen's Bench.
Thu postmaster-general has intimated to the Hull
Chamber of commerce his intention of affording a later
Postal departure from Liverpool to Hull than 6 15 p.m.
The conference of Manchester Reformers is now fixed
for Wednesday morning, December 3, to be followed by
treat meeting in the Free Trade-hall.
A. lecture on " National and Voluntary Education con-
sidered" was delivered by the Rev. J. A. Baynes, of Not-
tingham, on Friday evening, in the Concert-hall.
NUMBER OF VOTERS.—The number of voters on the
register for North Lancashire this year, shows an increase
of 588, the numbers being in 1851, 12,307, and in 1850,
11,719.

th.YERSTONE AND LANCASTER RAILWAY. TIIE first
Sod of the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway was turned
,4 few days silice, on the land near Lightburn Terrace, be-
longing to the Rev. T. Tolming, of Coniston.
-The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Judkins, commander,
sailed from the Mersey at 12 30, p.m., on Saturday, for
Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails, and upwards of
fifty passengers.
The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic departed
for New York, on Wednesday, with fifty-nine passengers,
amongst whom was the American post-office agent, Major
William R. Hobbie.
Mr. W. Lassell, of this town, announces his discovery
of two new satellites of the planet Uranus. interior to the
Innermost of the two bright satellites first discovered by
Bir W. Herschell, known as the second and the fourth.
The Philharmonic ball will take place on Thursday next.
The lady patroness, the Countess of Sefton, and the elite
Of the families resident in the town and neighbourhood
are expected to be present.
The large cotton mill at Townhead, Rochdale, belong-
-414 to Messrs. D. Jersey and Co., was destroyed by fire
On Wednesday morning. The loss is estimated at £B,OOO.
The property and machinery were insured.
A handsome testimonial, consisting of a complete silver
tea service, was presented to Mr. James Dickson, chief
Steward of the steam-ship America, previous to the last
'Wing of that noble vessel for Boston.

It f 3 proposed to invite the Hon. R. J. Walker, late
secretary to the United States Treasury, and now in Eng-
land, to a public dinner on the 24th instant. The Liver-
-1)001 American Chamber of Commerce have taken the
initiative in making the necessary arrangements.
, The -cab-drivers' " strike" has terminated, above one-
Ulf of the.masters having consented to the terms pro-
Dosed by the men. Some of the larger cab-owners, how-
ever, refused to make any alteration, but the men have
returned to their work.
Two setmons were preached in St. Augustine's Church
on Sunday last, in the morning by the Rev. J. Jones,
Ural dean, and in the evening by the Rev. Herbert
Jones ; .after which the liberal sum of £64 was collected in
behalf of the National Schools connected with that church.

LICA& vv••
LRCTURE ON MORMONISM.—On Thursday evening, a
lecture, in connection with the Church of England Insti
tution, was delivered in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-
street, by the Rev. J. B. Lowe, incumbent of St. Jude's,
0o the subject of Mormonism. The hall was well filled.
CHURCH HISTORY.—On Wednesday, the Rev. Hugh
utowell Brown delivered the third of a course of lectures
0o church history, in the Baptist Chapel, Myrtle-street,
to a full and attentive audience. The subject embraced
the whole of the life and reign of Henry the Eighth.
, While Mr. Jeremiah Woolley, a respectable tradesman
10 Haigh-street, was passing along Birkett-street, the
other evening, he was shot in the calf of the leg by a
liirge musket ball, supposed to have been fired off by some
careless or mischievous lads.
The Sisters of Mercy, who reside at a convent at West
-Derby, have appealed against the poor-rate, on the ground
that the building is used for charitable purposes, and that
it has been rated too highly. The question was left by
the magistrates at Kirkdale, on Thursday, to the decision
0f the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks.
On Tuesday night, C. Cowden Clarke, Esq., of London,
delivered the first of four lectures at the Collegiate Insti.
tution, on the contrasted characters of Shakspeare, taking
bravery and poltroonery as his themes, and analysing the
characters of Faulconbridge, Hotspur, Pistol, and Parol-
les, as illustrations.
A stained window of very beautiful design and execu-
-100, by Ballantyne and Allan, of Edinburgh, has this
week been erected in the chancel of St. Matthew's, Tox-
Leth• The centre figure of the Saviour excited general
admiration at the great exhibition. We are informed that
this addition to the beauty of the church is owing to the
iberality of John Hay, Esq., the talented architect.
EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—On Sunday evening last, a
Poor woman named Johnson, the wife of a travelling
mendicant, lodging in Charter-street, Shudehill, was
Prought to bed of three children The mother and her
Infants (two girls and a bo) are all doing well, but the
family are in a state of they utmost distress and wretched-
ness.—Manchester Courier.
„ The spry, lendid
om new screw steam-ship City of Pittsb
Sundaythe
,zoorning, at 8 30, a.m., from Philadelphia, after a pro-
tracted passage, caused by heavy weather and a short sup-
Ply of coals. She put into Queenstown, on Thursday, to
obtain the requisite quantity of the latter to steam to this
Port.

VISIT OF THE MAYOR TO ST. PETER'S CHURCH ON
SUNDAY.—His Worship the Mayor, accompanied by
several members of the Town Council, attended Divine
service at St. Peter's Church, on Sunday morning, when
a sermon was preached by the Venerable Archdeacon
Brooks, in aid of the Blue-coat Hospital. The rev.
gentleman took his text from the First Epistle of St. John,
chap. iv., verse ii., Beloved, if God so loved us, we
ought to love one another," from which he delivered a
very able and impressive discourse. The collection
amounted to £9l. His Worship the Mayor will attend
Divine service at St. Barnabas' Church on Sunday next.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAYS.—Another rumour has got abroad to the effect
that these companies are very near an amicable arrange-
ment. We sincerely wish it was for both their sakes, but
if one of the rumoured conditions be that the Great
Western are likely to tap the Liverpool and Manchester
traffic, we do not see how it is possible the London and
North-Western directors could face their shareholders with

a proposition to purchase peace at such a price. From in-
formation since received, we can give the rumour a positive
contradiction.—Herapath's Journal.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A most melancholy oc-
currence took place on the Lancaster and Preston line, on
Wednesday afternoon. The poor sufferer who unfor-
tunately lost his life, was a man eighty years old, named
Richard Cutler, who resided in Barnacre, and was return-
ing from Garstang to his own home. A son of his accom-
panied him almost as far as the spot where the accident
occurred—" Lingart Crossing," when the old man pursued
his way alone, and unfortunately, at nearly the same time
that he went through the style or opening to make the
crossing, the afternoon express train from the North came
up, and before any possible abatement of its velocity could
be effected, be was struck down, and his body mutilated
in a horrifying manner.

CELLAR DWELLINGS.—The General Board of Health
have issued a notification, under the 67th section of the
Public Health Act, on the subject of cellar dwellings.
The act referred to makes it unlawful to let or occupy as a
dwelling any vault, cellar, or underground room, built or
rebuilt after the 31st of August, 1848, or not let or occupied
before that date, and any person so letting or occupying is
liable to indictment. The act further provides that. no
underground chamber that does nat answer to a certain
description, that is to say, that is not seven feet in height,
of which three feet must he above the level of the street,
that has not an open area of two feet six along its entire
frontage, that is not drained, warmed, and ventilated
in the manner prescribed, shall be inhabited, notwithstand-
ing that such room may have been inhabited hitherto,
The penalty of neglecting these provisions is 20s. a-day.
where there is a local Board of Health. To this notifica-
tion is appended extracts from the Reports of the Com-
missioners on the State of Large Towns and Populous
Districts, and from the Reports of the Superintending In-
spectors to the General Board of Health, descriptive of
the condition of cellar-dwellings and common lodging-
houses in various towns throughout England and Wales.
THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAM-SHIP LIMA.—The fine
steam-ship Lima, under the command of Capt. Williams,
arrived in the Mersey on Friday at 10.30., a.m., with
several of the directors on board. She left the Cloch
Light, a little way below Greenock, on Thursday evening
at five o'clock, and arrived at the Bell Buoy at fifty
minutes past seven the next morning, thus completing the
distance, about 180 nautical miles, in the short space of
fourteen hours and fifty minutes. Such performances as
the above require no comment. The distance, it may be
observed, has seldom been accomplished in the same space
of time by steam-vessels in the best of steaming trim. The
Lima belongs to the Pacific Royal Mail Steam-ship Com-
pany, and is a consort to the steam-ship Santiago, which
was recently despatched from the Mersey for Valparaiso.
The Lima, however, has some improvement in mould and
extension of tonnage, which will fit her more suitably for
the trade in which she will be engaged. She was built by
Mr. Robert Napier, of Glasgow; is 1,200 tons register,
being 100 tons above that of the Santiago ; and has two
side-lever engines, of 400-horse power, supplied by steam
from four tubular boilers, two on either side, and two side-
lever engines. The diameter of the wheels is respectively
27 feet, giving 24 revolutions in the minute. She has two
funnels, and is rigged similar to the Santiago. The
length of the Lima is 270 feet over all, breadth of beam
30 feet, and depth of hold 18 feet. The engines are of the
most improved construction, and are beautiful specimens
of workmanship. An improvement in the engineering
department has been introduced. It consists of a steam
indicator, communicating with the boilers, and placed in
the superintending engineer's room on deck, and shows at
a glance the strength of the steam in the boilers, thus
materially lessening the possibility of accident, and ob-
viating the necessity for the engineer going below to
ascertain the state of the steam. The fittings•up of the
Lima are of the most superb description. The saloon is
a most gorgeous apartment, and must form a comfortable
lounge to passengers who may require to take a voyage on
the west coast of America. In the fore part of the ship
there is a commodious first-class sleeping apartment,
where 76 beds can be made up, and immediately under
the saloon is the second cabin, where 48 berths can be
fitted up. Inclusive of officers, the Lima carries a crew
numbering 66, and affords accommodation in all to about
300 passengers.

CASE OF OUTLAWRY.-1N RE PATRICK O'TOOLE.—
This bankrupt, who carried on business as a provision
dealer, in Marylebone, and who had failed to surrender to
the notices of the bankruptcy court, requiring him to
surrender on the 10th January and 13th February of the
present year, was brought up before Mr. Mansfield, in a
private room in the Sessions-house, on Tuesday, on a
charge of felony. At the instance of the prisoner, the case
was then adjourned until Wednesday, on which day he
was again brought up in a private room before William
Earle, Esq. Sir George Stephen appeared for the assignees,
and Mr. Snowball for the defence. Sir George Stephen,
after stating the nature of the application on behalf of the
assignees, read a clause from the Bankruptcy Consolidation
Act of 1849, which certified that any person not surrender-
ing within seven days after the issuing of the fiat and sub-
mitting to be examined, was guilty of felony, and subject
to be transported for life, or for a term not less than seven
years. After submitting the facts, he said there would be
no alternative but to commit the prisoner for trial at the
assizes. Mr. Henry Ayres, assistant messenger to the
district court of bankruptcy, produced the London Gazette
of the 3rd of January, containing the particulars of ad-
judication on the 26th December, 1850, before Mr. Com-
missioner Stevenson. He (Mr. Ayres) then deposed that
the prisoner should have surrendered before eleven o'clock
on the 10th January and the 13th February. The petition.
ing creditor was John Bristow, provision merchant. He
then detailed the whole of the circumstances connected
with the case; that he had served a notice of adjudication,
in writine, at the bankrupt's shop in Marylebone, with the
time of surrendering, but that he had not surrendered, nor
had he applied to surrender. In consequence of this non-
compliance be had proclaimed him (the prisoner) an out-
law. Mr. Ayres then said the first place he spoke to him
after his return was when in the custody of Mr. Kirby,
sheriff's officer, when he informed him (Mr. Ayres) that
he had been told of the bankruptcy, and of his being pro-
claimed an outlaw ; that he had been in Ireland, and had
gone to America, lout that he was sick of being there, as
thepoorbouses were full; that he did not care what became
of himself, whether he was transported or not. Mr. Ayres
then produced the notice of adjudication, with the dupli-
cate, which he had served on the bankrupt. Mr. Snow-
ball contended that the contents of the notice to surrender
were not proved in law ; that it was not shown that the
notice ever came into the possession of the bankrupt, and
urgently appealed for Mr. Mansfield's opinion to be taken
on the matter. After Mr. Earle and Mr. Wybergh had
consulted, the former intimated that he was satisfied that
the notice had been regularly served, and the prisoner was
committed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes. ,

On Thursday afternoon a fire broke out in the timber
yard of Mr. Owen Elias, Kirkdale-road, a quantity of
limber, which had been placed in a stove, having become
ignited. The fire, however, was subdued before much
oarnage was sustained. The engine belonging to the West
of England Insurance Company was quickly on the
ground.
IRARLY CLOSING.—Messrs. Carmichael and Co., of the
!siver-house, have generously agreed to close their estab-
lishment at six o'clock during the winter months.—Messrs.
Frisby, Dyke, & Co. of Lord-street, following the ad-
mirable example of Messrs. Carmichael, have also deter-
reined to close their establishment at 6 p.m. during the
Irtnter months.
'Clo Wednesday evening last, whilst some young men,
"eo had made a bonfire in a field in the neighbourhood of
tb
its one
were amusing themselves by gambolling around
'''s one of them, named George Platt, pursued one of his
°olpanions sfor some distance, and suddnly fell doe a.• He had, in the excitement of thee running, ru wpn
-
lsed some of the blood vessels immediately connected
/11th the heart.
U
Messrs.
LOCKS.—We were shown the other day, at
Chubbs' in Lord-street, several locks for the
trmon cells at St. George's Hall, and one or two of their
°eke from the Great Exhibiton, for which they obtained
tPrize medal and the Jurors' special approbation, a rare
°,oour, obtained we believe by about 25 of the 17,000
;4,eibitors. All lovers of good locks should visit Messrs.
ieobbs' establishment,—the beauty of their workman-
la'P is unrivalled ; and, notwithstanding the efforts of Mr.
ilobbs to depreciate them, we believe their locks will still
considered unsurpassed for security and durability.
4. LANCASTER INSOLVENT COURT.—At the last court
b J. Blake, gentleman
A.T.•
J. Corrigall, owner of the
sa!que Saxon •
hitit 't ; and T. H. Hunt, victualler, of iver-
-P
"001:merchan Liver- ACADEMY.—(Sixth Notice.)
4,- or Trace' Tomlinson, of Salford, bricklayer ; S. Pilling,
No. 67. " Portrait of J. Gardener, Esq." By Mr. J.
b,s2, coal-proprietor ; A. Murray, of Manchester,
Robertson. This is a very superior production, and will
f.linaker ; J. Marr, of Lancaster, out of business ; and
utterwortb of Ashton-under-Lyrae, out of business, assist in maintaining the high character of our townsmen
ip__ e
discharged., J. Sharrod, of Huyton, tallow-chand
in the art of portrait-painting. The style is easy and
h7r-
r, and late of Liverpool, out of business, was remanded bold, the execution admirable and masterly.
17 ,two months. The petition of J.. Cooper, of Liverpool, No. 68. " Creek on the Mersey." By Mr. J. W.
utcher, was dismissed. Oakes. A pretty little sketch, but rather unfinished.
~ A,. bitsTA KR RECTIFIED.--011 Tuesday, a pickpocket, „Sub-Prior."
No. 69. "Henry Warden and the (From
wingO'Donnell, was charged before Mr. Maude, with The Abbot.") This is one of the productions of the
,tt',living attempted to pick the pocket of a lady in Exchange- late Sir David Wilkie, R.A. : a small picture, but power-
eeton the previousafternoon. The prisoner denied the fully painted.
i,rge. Mr. Maude observed to him, " Why, I'm told No. 70. " Primroses." By Mrs. Harrison. A beauti-
faVve been here twenty times !"—Prisoner : " Oh, no, it ful.little bit of nature. It is a group of
.primrosr, such
~9Siite a mistake."—Mr. Maude : " Well, perhaps, it is as is seen in every mossy dell in early spring. This repre-
-09 nineteen times."--Prisoner (laughing impudently) : sentation ofgrowweigvfleoewveerrssiesenw.ell executed, and is one
)~4191 not say that ; perhaps it's more, or may be less. 1!' prettiest
+3
No.e 71. • Forest of Fontainebleau." By Mr. J. S.
is; Maude (to the policeman) : " Well, I suppose there
et" mistake about the lady's pocket ? '—Officer : "Not Raven Rather a clever sketch, but the colouring harsh
and unfinished.
st,,z_til sir." Mr. Maude " Very well, prisoner, you
eld committed to hard labour for three months.— No. 72. " The Thames near Streatly, Berks." By
Mr. P. W. Elen. We cannot say much in favour of this
hatter Courier. specimen of landscape-painting • it is one of a class
which in this Exhibition is too predominant.
%reit. AORDINARY SCENE IN THEPRESTONTHEATRE.—
ttit..lldaY night the theatre was attended by afivterynu-
No. 73, " Wood Scene," by Mr. W. R. Earle ; and 74,
~teit:a_saudience, it bein Mr. Harwood's bene • Ser- 4, Grand Canal, Venice," by Chas. Vacher ; must rank
gee‘ Wilkins, Mr. Ovens, Mr. Thorburn, and other gen-
with No. 72.
tiee—m engaged in. the dfence of Mr. Ramshay, were
No, 75. " Study of a Head." By Mr. James Sant.
, At, as also waa Mr. Hughes, eolicitor, of Liverpool.
A very masterly and spirited production.
At performance had proceeded for about an hour, when No. 76. " Don Quixote reading the Romance." By
toill Ita_mshay entered the house, and, on" his appearing in
Mr. W Douglass. Thereis'much to admire in this produc-
tion*, although somewhat exaggerated ; the poor-knight,
Z; Ites, some, person called out for three cheers fool.
slei;,`..emshay,' and the call was loudly responded • lance in hand,. is decidedly the monomaniac of Cervantes,
Losii !groans for the Liverpool Journal and three groans
but the grouping of other portions of the picture is con-
'kis!' Whitt y succeeded, and an extraordinary degree of
fused and overdrawn. The folio romances are, to use the
Ofuzvelent pervaded the house throughout the remainder
-e ,e— • language of Dominie Sampson, pro-di-gious, making the
Oneileolog.—Preston Pilot.
knight appear a pigmy, and his lance dwindles down to a
tskskt ler COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.---RE JOHN
steel pen. in the execution of this picture, with all its
tillt:ttr AND ALFRED ASOWALL.—APPLICATION FOR imperfections, genius is, however, unmistakeably apparent.
• 1e....TE —On Friday these bankrupts applied to ""
tli °oil ' No. 77, " Rue Avon, Denbighshire," by Mr. J. 'W.
e_tieb„ Pt to grant the usual certificate. It will be re-
'4(l. 'red that Mr. Lilies', since the year 1845, had been
tos,tog s Oakes, is another good sketch by this clever artist. There
IsCose l'Y largely as an African merchant, under the is a want of finish about his pictures which makes us
quantity rather than quality is his principal
h)'stiv total style of John Lilley, and Co., and that corn- think that
fperweefirtab pictures,l
e in
everymore carefully
respect.
o'rsh• eiV recently he had taken Mr. Ashwall into part- aim.
gamer.
° The latter had acted as agent to the house at the executeldf,soWouhled isbweromnogre;
li There was no opposition to the certificate
4) as \Trthan e arF sure, from
painting boave
mseeeren,stkheattahlyelhanasdstcaalepnests.
for a higher class of
gOlf of- • Ashwall was concerned. Mr. Carson, on
toted Arthc! assignees, opposed the application as. re- I 78, " Windermere from Calgarth Bay," by Mrs.
__ Asp.
I land ; and 79, " A Garden Entrance," by Mr. J. Wing-
Itllit is'lr• Lilley, and proceeded to put some questions 1
Wing-
e' to '..ankrupt, from which it appeared that unsecured , field. Two pictures of very moderate merits.
By Mr. Philip
itigtee isz`° the amount of £20,000, had been contracted ' 80. " Portrait of Allen Potter, Esq."
,IL Air?vereber, 1850, principally for goods supplied to I Westcott. Another masterly production from the easel
N %11,.e,.ain vessels' belonging to the bankrupts. Besides ' of our talented townsman, who is almost unrivalled in his
particular branch of art.
kta ei. Large sums taken from the business, £6OOO had
liPs jended on pleasure grounds and other improve- 81. " Fishing Boats off Aberconway." Of several pic-
tures which Mr. J. W. Oakes has in the Exhibition, this
TO,
.r.,1 the Thingwall estate, where the bankrupt re-
is the best. The scene is well chosen • it has great
4: of ;IT other point raised by the assignees was the ,
breadth, and the distances and sky are well' managed.
8L1.84,- e Private expenes of the bankrupt, from the ,
0.,1.0 %to 18in 82, " The Stepping-stones " by M T F Marhall
s'' s' she '
being ihe enormous sum of £7OOO or
ITlswater,"by Mr. Henry Jyutsurni ; .84, "View at
tits ot at rra7 in which this sum had been expended , 83, " '-'
Hampstead," by Mr. Alfred Clint;
kijilit44 issionafil evident from the bankrupt's books, The
1 11 but
trued „ r granted a certificate to Mr. As.twa ,part Mr. 0. R. Campbell ; are four small pictures Of no and 85, " Meditation,"
cular merit,
' ue consideration of 31r, Lilley's case.