The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

CORPORATION ACCOUNTS.—It is stated that the ac-
counts for the past year are now being made up, and that
they will exhibit a most gratifying result. The town
dues of last year exceeded the preceding by upwards o
£7,000! They were last year upwards of £63,000; they
are this year aboce £70,000. The interest on the sales to
the Dock Trustees and Birkenhead Commissioners, to-
gether with a reduction of one-half per cent. on a large
portion of the bonded debt, will augment the ordinary
sources of income to not less than £20,000.
WHOLESOME AND REFRESHING BEVERAGES.—Mr. I
Sainsbury, from Bath, has, it will be observed, opened a
very neat shop in Exchange-street East, for the sale of a
superior quality of soda water, &c. He has brought
with him testimonials of their excellence and sanatory
qualities from the most celebrated medical men of the
fashionable locality named, as well as from distinguished
private individuals; and, from what we have already
heard of their fine flavour and efficacy, we would recom-
mend an early trial, whether to those who sacrifice occa-
sionally to Bacchus, or to those who abstain altogether
from potent potations.
COFFEE.—The acknowledged superiority in flavour of
coffee newly roasted and ground over that submitted to
the action of air, has called for thmany ingenious modes of
preserving that excellence so much desired—but by far
the most simple and successful, in our opinion, is that ad-
vertised in our paper of to-day by Mr. Walters, of Great
George-street, The coffee is roasted on the premises,
and immediately on being ground, (in which process
steam is used) it is canistered in air tight tin cases, by
which the fine aroma flavour is retained for almost any
length of time. To persons who reside out of town, to
captains, and, in fine, to all, the advantage must at once
be apparent. The great difficulty of preserving roasted
coffee at sea, which with the action of the damp, becomes
tough and bad to grind. as well as void of flavour—is by
this means at once obviated.

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The first lecture of Mr.
ilicklin upon the " History of Printing" was given, on
Friday evening, to a respectable auditory. After a few
introductory remarks upon the importance of the art of
printing, which were loudly cheered, the able lecturer
proceeded to trace its origin and progress, from the Ba-
bylonian brick and the Roman stamp to the invention of
wooden blocks for the dissemination of religious pictures
among the people, a variety of which he exhibited. From
this to the invention of types, at first wooden, afterwards
metallic, the transition was easy. The opposition which
the first printers met with from the monks, the only
scribes of that age, was graphically given; and, indeed,
when the immense labour and time consumed in writing
works is taken into consideration, it is no wonder that the
monks were alarmed at the new and easy mode of multi-
plying works, an improvement which threatened an extinc-
tion of their craft. Mr. Hicklin quoted several passages
of Shakspere, to show the lamentable ignorance which
generilly existed in England at the period when printing
was first introductd and' the popular prejudice against
the at t. He concluded an exceedingly agreeable lecture
by the recitation of an apposite extract from the works of
Mr. James Montgomery. A printing-press, &c., will be
introduced at the lecture this evening, for the purpose of
show in;, practically, the improvements gradually intro-
duced into the art. _

EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—Yesterday, at the po-
lice-court, a young man, named William Rankin, was
charged with having embezzled several considerable sums
of money, the property of his employers. Messrs. M'Fee,
sugar-refiners, Batchelor-street. Mr. William M'Fee, a
member of the concern, stated that the prisoner had been
Custom-house clerk to the firm, and as such received
sums of money from time to time to pay the duty on
quantities of sugars. It was customary to pay in such
instances a sum or sums that would fully cover the sup-
posed amount of duty, as deposits; and when the article
was weighed and delivered and the account accurately
made out, the surplus amount was paid back to the party.
It was stated that on the 15th, 21st, and 22d of August,
the prisoner had, for this purpose, received the respective
sums of £385, £375, and £34o,—making in all £l,lOO.
This, it appeared, was paid to Mr. Flewker of the Cus-
tomhouse, who sent a check for the amount to the credit
of the house to Mr. Norris, the collector of duties. Mr. N.
finding the three entries relating to the transaction to
amount to a total of £1,035 lls. 6d., returned to the
prisoner the sum of £64 Bs. 6d., which precisely " squared
the yards." The prisoner, it further appeared, did not
account for, but retained, this balance; and shortly after-
wards, his engagement having terminated, he left the em-
ploy
of Messrs. M'Fee. On the 30th of August the re-
turns were applied for, when it came out that the prisoner
had received them, and (it was also stated) some others,
which were not, however, inquired into. Mr. M'Fee
(the clerk before noticed) was despatched in search of him
to the Isle of Man. and with the assistance of Mr. John
Jones, constable there, succeeded in finding and appre-
hending him in the town of Ramsay, on Friday last.
When told of the charge against him, he admitted the
fact, and asked Mr. M'Fee "whether he thought, pro-
vided the money were made up, his employer (Mr.
M'Fce, sen.,) would let him off;" to which the reply of
the clerk was that he did not know, and that be must be
taken back to Liverpool. A .£5 Scotch bank note was
found upon his person, and 40 sovereigns were afterwards
discovered in his carpet-bag, which last he acknowledged
were his master's property. He declined to say anything
in his defence at this stage of the proceedings against him,

and was committed for. trial at the sessions:
APPREHENSION OF A MAN CHARGED WITH k MUR-
DER COMMITTED ELEVEN,YEARSAGO.—On Saturday
a police-officer named Harrington, of the Inchageela
(County of Cork,) censtabulary, brought before the
magistrates, a man named Cornelius Reardon, whom
he had apprehended by a warrant granted by the justices.
of thq peace of Inchageela, on a charge of. having mur-
dered a man named CornefivaSultiVan, so fad back as the
year 1833. The prisoner, who is a IP'av, 'thick-set young
man, of, prepossessing appearance, hairffir a
,considerable
length.of time been hying at 51, Athertow-street, under
the name of John Macarthay, lie is: raiAlkfaa pian; and -
has two children,' but hist:earl-lege took place at Liverpool,,
after the alleged murder ;and when apprehended, his wife,
a wombs of respectability, knew not but that his name
was Macarthy. On first, coming to Liverpool the prisoner
was employed by Mr. Morgan O'Connell, of North John-
street, or subsequently ond when taken into custody he was
in the service of Mr. Thompson, ship chandler. The cir-
cumstances relative to the alleged murder are these : The
murdered man, Sullivan, was a small but respectable
farmer living at lilaninaghi near to Macroom, in the
county of Cork, and the accused party, Cornelius Rear-
don, was also a farmer living in the same neighbourhood.
in the month of February, 1833, the deceased was driving
pigs to a pound, when the prisoner, who had a grievance
against him, it is said, " dogged' him, and knocked
out his.brains with a spade. Not the slightest doubt at
the time existed as to who was the murderer, but the
prisoner managed to abscond, and has since the time of
the murder been living in the heart of the town of Liver-
pool, notwithstanding that the police in Ireland have fur
eleven years been in daily search of him. The circum-
stances which led to the prisoner's apprehension are
these :—lt appeared that the prisoner had , ad a
quarrel with a fellow-conntryman, who lived in the
same house with him, and to whom his cuilt was
known ; after the quarrel this man left Liverpool,
and went to live in his native place, in Ireland, near
to the scene of the murder ; and, out of revenge for the
difference which had existed between him and the priso-
ner, betrayed his former friend, and gave informat'on
which threw him into the hands of the police.—Tile
constable who executed the warrant, applied to Y r.
Rushton to have the prisorer detained uutil Tuesday, asno
vessel before that day would sail for Cot k, and it he took
him to Dublin, the land conveyance was such that it
would he Tuesday before he arrived at his destination.—
Mr. Rushton said it was to the interest of the prisoner
that he should be conveyed with all possible despatch to
the tribunal where the charge would be made, as he
rri.;ht ferhaps have that to urge which would prevent a
committal; moreover, he had an objection to order the
retention of any prisoner under such circumstances, in
Vie ne,in t rdewel ; he must be taken off forthwith.—
Toe prisons was then given into the charge of the officer.

PICTURE OF THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—We have seen, at Mr.
Grundy's repository in Church-street, an extensive col-
lection of miniature portraits of Scottish clergymen,
from which is to be taken the great picture of the First
General Assembly of the Free Protesting Church of
Scotland, to be painted by D. 0. Hill, Esq., R.S.A.
These are all admitted to be admirable, we may add, un.
erring likenesses of the fathers, ministers, aid elders en-
gaged in the revolution in the Scottish Church, and a
fine engraving from the picture (in which they will all be
grouped) is proposed to be published by subscription, ex-
ecuted in the first style of the art. The manner in
which these miniatures was taken, is in itself ❑ovel as
well as highly interesting—being, by means of a new art,
which will in all probability, ere long, entirely subverse
the usual " tactics" of the limner, by affording him in
the first instance, and in a moment, not only a minutely
correct outline of his subject, but a breadth, strength and
accuracy of shedow, which he might not attain by the labour
and ingenious touches of many sittings. As stated in the
prospectus, they were first taken by the Paguerrotype in
the ordinary way, and with the usual effect; but latterly,
by means of the Calotype, a sister art introduced into the
Scottish metropolis, for the first time, within the last few
weeks by the discoverer, a Mr. Adamson, of St. An-
drews. The sketches thus taken are of a rich brown
colour, resembline dark tints of sepia ; and every linea-
ment of the countenance, together with the attitude and
drapery, even to the minutst point, is given with a
fidelity truly astonishing. if the person sitting remain
but steady for a few seconds, his portrait is impinged
upon the prepared metallic paper as correctly as his face
is reflected in a mirror, and that, too, with no faint and
evanescent effect, hut in the full and permanent vigour of
a first rate mezzotint. Having these fine sernblances for
his guide, the grouping and colouring to nature, become
to the artist (who i❑delendently visits the parties and
studies their countenances and attire,) a work of com-
parative ease; and we may look to the cotnple,ion of this
great work of art as destined to mark the date of a new
era in painting. Many of the likenesses are acknowledged
by judges who know the parties, to be full of life, cha-
racter, and vraisenzblance ; and wha' they will be when
transferred to the glowing canvas, with all the facilities
which are at the command of the artist may be readily
foretold. 'We advise an early visit to Mr. G.'s, of those
who feel interested in the subject.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The spirited proprietor
of this popular place of recreation, continues, in grateful
consideration of the encouragement he has received
throughout the season, to provide new and astounding
novelties. Last evening the concourse of gratified visitors
was very great, to witness the celebrated and dauntless
Madame Rossini make her terrific ascent across the lake,
to the summit of the Temple of Elora, on a rope 300 feet
long, and at an elevation of 60 feet over the weter, en-
veloped in coloured fires. We have also the three won-
derful German dwarfs, who have been patronised by most
of the royal fainilies of Europe. The centrifugal railway,
and a fine camera obscura are, too, in full requisition.
All these attractions, and many more, which we have not
space to enumerate, will be continued during the week, as.
well as the levees of the dwarfs morning and evening. -