The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

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RES.RVOIRS FOR WATER.---Most of Oaf eee.
be aware that an act of Parliament wag applied fnr
to water the streets, and
Commissioners of Higliivays e'n'abi them,
year by the
let they were empowered to pur,hese land
more effectuallY
&c.; but various difficulties which
'counter have caused considerable ,
to extin~iiish
•;
fires. By this .
lauee into effect. We have now to
for wells, reservo.;"'
with pleasunreltltiahteticieaste:ieh.tfirncaurli
. and that two good sites have
ane,
they have had to et.
eighbourhood of Lcvv-bill, for
de-
lay in carrying this c.
announce, and we dos
btieeesnlombvteai,b)eeden,
oonveeiracotrribee,.a
Harbour-mas-
akereservoir,well.
Thein Green.necesB
ai
operations will conse-
quently be commenced forthwith. •
the carrying DocK COmmiTTRE, TtitißsrtAr:
t be set apart to
ter's Sob-committee reported that th‘eY
mend compliance with the memorial °it
com-
panies, requesting that two berths mige‘`
them in the Salthouse and IC-ieg's Docks. —ln reply to a
question from Mr. Bold, with reference to %vhat wes sta-
ted last week by Mr. Evans,. Mr. Hartler saiel the Woods
and Forests had been in the habit; of asking h,ri opinion
on several ocensiaos. They' had written him a setter
the subject of Wallasev, and he replied to that letter.
He had not been at Wallasey Fhol. for sir months. hut
certainly he thought ire was at liberty to answer a letter.
They asked him for his opinion and Ne gave it withoct
hesitation, although hia son, he believed, wrote the letter.
ExTeeesrve ltopreeeerve—On Eliday, two soldiers of
the 6th Regiment, and three fernalexof dissolute charac-
ter, were brought up at the Police-court, on a charge of
having robbed a lime-bnneier of the neetteof Jelin Chad-
a.tawvran itile;
wick of the sum. of 30 sevetleigns. Th?•cotn•Dlainant was
formerly in the army, and he was so
murk enamoured of
a soldiers militaryilelpifrea,fetssheadt wthheeumevoster herde caatin adeit irli tic,r contact,
them. He went on the previnue evening to'Burkse's pub-
lic-house, in Argyle-street, wherehe encountered the two
soldiers in question, and, as usual, induiged'in his pane-
gyrics upon the army, saying, as he concluded,. that he
was always glad to see and cultivate the acquaintance of
soldiers. He then treated them plentifully t 5 whiskey
and ale, sported his purse of soveeeiens to silo* that he
was flush of cash ; but, at length, the complainant missed
his treasure, and charged one of the women with- having
abstracted it. The whole of the par ties were then ce.lered
off to brideweli, where a search was instituted, and a so-
vereign was found in one of the soldiers" shoes. The-sol-
dier alleged that lie had'placed' it in thealeree with the view
of keeping it secure. After a lengthened examination;--
at the close of which Chadwick said he yaw unable to tell
how he had lost the money,—all the preeeners were die-
charged.
STEALING Tones.—On Tuesday last, n-. Try Ann Tun.
ner and Higgins were brought up at thee Police-court,
charged, the farmer with stealing, and the Vetter receiving
a quantity of eabinet.maker's tools, consistime of squares,
planes, &c., the property of Mr. Abraham, celeirret. maker,
of this town. The prisoner Turner had been employed
as French polisher at Mr. Abraham's showe and tools
having been missed at different times-ea persoo'was set to
watch on Saturday week, and she was observed to take
away a square, which she afterwards sold at the shop of
Higgins. Several other articles were also found' at Hig-
gins's shop; they were lying in air window, and were
given up on being identified by Mr. Abraham, who had
gone there in consequence of information be rrceived
from the prisoner Turner. Mr: Snowball, who arepeared
for Higgins, said the prisoner had, on various occasions.
.been of essential service to the police in thndetection of
stolen goods, and it was hard to suppose that he would
he guilty of the offence charged against him. He thought
Mr. Rushton would hardly consider hiinself justified in
committing him. Mr. Rushton admitteclebecorrectness
of Mr. Snowball's statement, and said he would consider
the matter. On Wednesday they were again brought up,
when the female prisoner was committed for trial, and
Higgins discharged' aftera severe reprimand,.
TIIE REV. HUG-n. AVNEILE.—We observe' that a
second edition has just appeared of the rev.. gentleman's
recent work on the " SympathieseSufferingerand Resur-
rection of the Lord Jesus- Christ." It cones before the
religious world in the farm of eight lectures; and we
should be neglecting our duty if:We omitted eileawing pub-
lic attention to a work so eminently calculated for perusal
during the present solemn season of Lent, The sound
Christian character of. the distinguished writer of the
work needs no allusion ; Mr. M'Neile stands promihently
forward as one of' our most eminent divines and' greatest
pulpit orators. In his writings we find an equally marked
evidence of his great ability. The volume' before us
breathes a spirit of warm piety and devotion such as we
could wish to see prevail iteall Christian congregations.
The object of these lectures is to call the attention of
Christian people to the great realities of Redemption, as
they are presented in the personal history of the Re-
deemer himself, not to doctrines simply, constituting a
theory however orthodox, but to factsewhich have effected
an entire change in the aspect of civilised society.. It is
by such instruction in the vividness and practical power
of the Saviour's example, appealing to men as they are,
and arresting the attention of the most thoughtless, and
not by idle contentions about dresses, and positions, and
rubrics, that the church is to be really benefitted, and a
healthful tone given to the Christianity of the country.
We sincerely hope to see this volume universally cir-
culated. It should be in the hands of. every Christian
family.—Morning Herald.
THE SOAP DUTY.—The deputation from. the soap
trade, which consisted of Lord Viscount Sandon, M. P,.
Sir Howard Douglas, M. P., and others stated to, Sir
Robert Peel, who was attended by Mr. Wood, the chair-
man of the Board of Excise, the serious disadvantages
under which the soap-makers at present labour,. and
which would be greatly increased: if the orders of the
Treasury which had recently been issued were put into full
effect. Sir. Robert Peel stated to the deputation that he
would be at all times ready to entertain.any opinions which
might be submitted to him for the advantages of any par-
ticular branch of manufacture or trade, and his time, he
considered, was never better employed than in. paying at-
tention to the complaints of any of our leading commerci-
al interests. The deputation in urging upon Sir Robert
Peel a notice the great injustice which would be inflicted
upon the English manufacturer pointedly placed before
his notice, that if the orders in Council were carried into
effect, there would be no possibility of the English manu-
facturers competing with those of Ireland, who had no
excise duty to pay ; and they (the deputation) humbly
represented to Sir Robert, as the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, that the interests of every portio.a of the cammunity
would be advanced by the entire abolition of the duty.
Mr. Hawes then instanced our cotton, silk, woollen. and
other branches of trade who were obliged to resort to
spurious compositions whereon no duty was payable, in
order to compete with the printers of Germany and Swit-
zerland, who in cleansing their works, were obliged to
resort to the use of soap. The deputation urged upon
Sir Robert Peel the necessity of repealing all duties upon
so essential an article. Sir Robert Peel, who receved the
deputation with the greatest urbanity, stated that he
bad entertained the subject seriously, and would take the
representations of the deputation into consideration.
AN APPRENTICE CASE.—A respectable-looking young
man was brought before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday,
charged with absenting himself from the service of Messrs.
Maddy and Co., cigar-makers, to whom he had been
indentured as an apprentice. Mr. Payne, attorney, ap-
peared for the defendant. Mr. Greenhouse, manager for
the firm of Maddy and Co., stated. that, during the six
years the defendant had been in their service, he had au-
sented himself on not fewer than 403 days. Mr. Payne
contended, in the first place, that the term of apprentice-
ship had expired, and, in the next, that, as the defendant
was of age, all jurisdiction from that and every other
court had been removed. Mr. Rushton denied that
jurtsdiction was removed from every other court, as the
plaintiff had his action at law. The mother of the de-
fendant having here proved that he was born in the month
of February, 1823, and christened at St. John's Church,
and that he was, therefore, of age, Mr. Rushton said he
had no jurisdiction in the case, although there was little
doubt that he had been guilty of a very dishonourable
act in absenting himself from the employment. Mr.
Payne observed that remarks from the bench were not
quite in place in that stage of the proceeding, as the case
being out of the jurisdiction of the court, he had not gone
into any defence to the complainant's charge against the
young man, and that had he done so he would have
shown that 18 days, commencing on the Ist of February
last was all the absence that could be complained of, and
that there was good reason for such absence, and during
all that time no wages had been paid. But if it would be
any satisfaction to Mr. Maddy, he (Mr. Payne) would
persuade the young man to serve him for 18 days. Mr.
Rushton asked whether Mr. Maddy would like to have
his services for the 18 days? Mr. Greenhouse replied,
"We shall take our remedy by action." The defendant
was then discharged.

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—Dr. Wesley gave his first
lecture on Church Music on Tuesday evening last, to an
audience exceeding 2,000 persons,—the largest number
of persons who have attended any lecture yet given in
Liverpool. He was rapturously received throughout,
and appeared to have created a powerful impression upon
the minds of all who heard him, which we trust may be
the means of directing attention more prominently to the
state of the choirs in the churches in this town. In this
lecture the eloquent lecturer traced the progress of music
from the earliest Jewish days to the time of St. Ambrose.
and St. Gregory,—to the latter of whom we owe so much.
and whose feast, curiously enough, fell upon that day
(Tuesday). Be stated that the universal belief amongst
the learned was, that all the music now in existence
Thediffi-
cult
lecture bya the
nwuomrkbeorfonfio sudberlinmteime ,
buts.
compositions, very creditably performed by the Phil-
harmonic Society, which elicited marked encomiums from
atsheillujsetwrasteids
the audience. Amongst these was a Gregorian Cnant ; a
Te Deem, ascribed to St. Ambrose ; two magnificent
antiphonal movements, by Spohr, the recollection of one
of which will long dwell in the memory of all who listened
to it; and a composition by the lecturer's eminent father
(S. Wesley), In exilu Israel, which, we believe, has not
yet been published. The latter is truly a rich specimen
of harmony, and will not long, we predict, be suffered to
remain in a MS. state. Amongst the audience we per-
ceived a number of our leading clergymen, upon whom,
we feel confident, the powerful truths so modestly put
forth by the lecturer must have made a strong impression.
On Friday night Dr. Wesley delivered the second lec-
ture of the course, to a crowded auditory. He com-
menced by a description of the progress of musical art
from the time of St. Gregory to the reign of Henry VIIL,
the illustrations of which were taken from the works of
Farrant and Josquin Je Prez. The introda..4.o4
coun-
terpoint and its effect upon the practice of the science was
then noticed, after which the church school of music, at
the period of the reformation, was cliscuss44 some
of
length, and its claims to notice at the pre4toa -1 r-
fully enforced. Several topics cellal. to At: F_lt,34
mentioned by the lecturer, and, a gal4-Zt" ,ortatsAtais..
r
ner by the amateur members of tlltAgias.d(o-bie,StOitzt,,'
trative of his opinions, was gitai,fn to
di Abie mthi
The next of the course will W dielicer,Atlis4intlai
(Tuesday.)
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