The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-19 00:00:00

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
- —ln the postscript of a letter signed " Duncan J.
" published in the Mail and Journal of Satur-
,ame has been made use of in connection with
a letter in the Courier, of Wednesday last, signed " En-
quirer."
Mr. Stewart says

y name

men, as

" the list of proposed committee-
." in the letter of `_Enquirer,' never was
. .

iact a mock
ricatton, &c." A list of proposed committee-me
Mr. Stewart's name in it, and exactly similar to the one
published in " Enquirer's" letter in every respect, ex-
cepting the two last names, was handed by me to Mr.
Aspinall, in the presence of Mr. Stewart, whom I saw
read it. This list was also circulated in the Stock
Exchange, where I and every one present heard Mr.
Stewart make remarks upon it : so that of its existence
and circulation he was fully aware, and I believe at that
time he thought I was the author of it. So much
`or his declaration that it was a fabrication. That
`pry—that it was intended by the fork nn _

circulate,

!—never existed—and

a mocl

committee-men handed round, is obvious ; but in such
mockery I had no participation. I had nothing what-
ever to do with the composition of this list. I knew not
even of its existence till it was put into my hands two
minbtes before I gave it to Mr. Aspinall ; and Mr. Stewart
ought to have known, from my previous conduct toward
him on more occasions than one, that had I been th
eon

„iser of that list his name would not have appeared
in it. The absurdity that struck me was the annoyance of
these gentlemen at having their names coupled with that of
the man whose chief supporters they were, in opposition to
a respectable committee of their own choice. But this was
not my reason for recommending the publication of

'8" lett

would give publicity to the wh-ole affair, and would
thrust upon the attention of the public a matter in which
they are the p ley most deeply interested. They give all
of us our orders,—they send in their sums for invest-
ment,—the abundance of wealth, the remnant that loss
has lel behind, the hard-earned savings of the year ;
and if these fall into hands not clean—if these orders are
given to one v,ho abuses them, I contend that the Stock

_onange and the members of it are to blame for allow-
ing to such an one the guarantee of their society's name.
I have no personal or individual feeling in this matter,
bringing it before the public, I can gain their
andcountenance in our endeavour to re-estab-
otock Exchange on a more respectable footing, I
still continue to strive whether we are to have the
esteem and approbation of the good, or be content with
the hollow oifidence of the bad. It is a simple question
of respectability, or the reverse—of honesty, or the con-
tra-y; and so I believe it will be viewed by a very large
majority of our association.—l remain, sir, your obliged,
JOHN B. NEILSON.

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Falkner -square, Monday
P.S.—I may add, in the absence of Mr. R. Horsfall,
that. he entirely concurs with me in the above opinions
on this question.

The postage of a letter from any part of Great Britain
to any part of the United States of America will, in
future, be ls. instead of 2
The shipping internee
days, records several dis
of many lives

esterday and previous
astrous shipwrecks and the loss

John- Smith Entwistle, Esq., of Foxholes, in this
' 'll be the High Sheriff of Lancashire for the

county,

ensuing year

A sale of fancy work will take place three days of the
present week at the Monks' Ferry Hotel, for the purpose
of liquidating a debt on St. John's school-house.
TIIE BRUNSWICK CLUB AND TRADESMEN'S HALL.—
The anniversary dinner of this rising and influential club
is now announced.

The brig Bell, of this port, went on shore, on Friday,
on the Isle of Man, and it is feared will become a total
wrool-

The extensive cotton mill of Messrs. Ainsworth and
Co., at Preston, and which employs a thousand hands,
was re-opened yesterday after having been closed for up-
wards of thirteen months.

About a fortnight ago, a youth named Wm. Chalmers,
who was employed at the new sugar refining house, Vaux-
hall-road, was by accident so severely scalded that he
died on Sunday.

On Friday one of the crew of the ship Ontaris, lying in
George's dock, named Jessie Immitt (aged 60), was
ascending from the hold to the deck, and, when near the
latter, caught hold of a loose hatch and fell with it to the
bottom. He died of the injuries on Saturday.
On Sunday last a sermon was preached in St. George's
Church, by the Rev. P. W. Brancker, M.A., in behalf of
the Society for Providing Additional Curates in Populous
Places. The collection after the sermon amounted to
£l7 10s.

THE CHASE.—The Cheshire hounds meet To-morrow-
(Wednesday) at Hankelowe ; Thursday, at Cholmondeley ;
Saturday, at Wrenbury—at half-past 10. Sir W. W.
Wynn's hounds meet To-morrow, (Wednesday,) at Oteley
Park ; Friday, at Shocklach ; Saturday. at Plas Teg—at
half-past 10. The Rufford hounds meet on Thursday, at
turday, at Langwith Lodge—at half-past 10.
instant, Charles Scott, aged four years,
living in Peover-street, who was rather poorly, was lying
in a clothes basket, near the fire, on which there was a
pan of hot water, and some little brothers and sisters
Nere playing about... One of them, a boy, in so playing

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caught the handle of the pan and upset it, and the water
went upon the deceased and- two of the other children.
The deceased died ou Saturday.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—At the Police-court yes-
terday, a little girl named Elizabeth Price, apparently
not more than seven years of age, was placed betore Mr.
Rushton, charged with having picked a lady's pocket of

a purse containing six sovereigns and five half-pence.
Five of the sovereigns were found upon her. Her mother
was seriously talked to by Mr. Rushton ; for this was the
third time the prisoner had been brought up for the same
offence. She was put down.

THE AGE OF DARKNESS IN OXTON.— A meeting of the
ratepayers of this township was held on Fridry evening, in
the large room of the Shrewsbury Arms Inn, for the pur-
pose of passing the Lighting accounts, and to elect three
inspectors in the room of those who retired. It was moved
that £BO be granted for lighting the township, which
would be something like 4d. in the pound. An amend-
ment was put and carried by a majority of seven, that after
the 30th of April the lights should be extinguished, and
the lamp-posts, iron heads, &c., be sold. A poll was then
demanded in favour of the rate.
ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL, COLQL-ITT-STREET.—
The annual field-day of the above institution came off on
Thursday last, the 14th ; Archdeacon Brooks in the chair.
The Mayor had promised his attendance, but was pre-
vented by unavoidable business. Among the company
present, (the theatre indeed was quite full,) we observed
Rector Campbell, Sir Thomas Birch, J. B. Yates, Esq.,
W. Sandbach, Esq., W. Rathbone, Esq., and many others
of the clergy and leading gentlemen of the town and
neighbourhood. The speeches were remarkably well de-
livered, particularly the scene from Moliere's L'Avare,
Macaulay's Armada, and the Crusader's song, by Mille-
voye. The venerable Archdeacon delivered the prizes to
the successful candidates, and congratulated them on their
improvement, and on the state of the school ; which. in
the last two years, (the period during winch the present
head master has held his post,) has, the Archdeacon
stated, obtained no less than five distinctions and scholar-
ships at college. He augured further and increased dis-
tinction to the school, for the succeeding year, and alluded
at some length to the extraordinary good feeling enter-
tained by the boys towards their masters. The names of
Mr. Puckle and. Mr. Glass, in particular, were hailed with
loud cheers. After the conclusion of the Archdeacon's
speech, the assembled company, including the Mayoress
and her family, repaired to luncheon at the head master's
house.