The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-06 00:00:00

lEctal Relvo.

tarlYaim steam-ship Atlantic is expected to be ready for sea
in July.
The Rev. John Morland has been licensed to the
curacy of Christ Church in this town.
Manifold, son of 'Dr. Manifold of this town, has
yeell pointed general manager of the Demerara railway.
The Rushton, subscription for the testimonial to the late Edward Another Esq., already exceeds £B,OOO.
town troop of the 17th Lancers passed through
, en route to London, on Friday last.
The City of Dublin Company are about to start a line
of steamers between Holyhead and Belfast.
A child named Lucinda Kayzer, died on Wednesday
from injuries received by being scalded.
Messrs. Holme have obtained the contract for Chester-
to
ct'n Church, their tender being much less than the archi-
tes
Theestimate Washington commenced discharging at Mobile on
the 18th March, 3200 sacks of salt, and on the 28th
March cleared for Liverpool with 2200 bales of cotton.
43' 3 Plans
The Liverpool Times " understands" that Mr. Hawks-
and estimates for the Rivington Water-works
are now all ready.
~.The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Nicolas
Malls as Consul at Liverpool for his Majesty the Emperor
of all the Rusias.
Tana r. John Diggins, head master of the Church of Eng-
; School, Cornw-allis- street, has been appointed one of
--•eThe masters in the Royal Military College, Chelsea.
one
wires between Chester and Birkenhead
pro nearly corn leted, and those to Holyhead are in rapid
gress.
On Thursday, his worship, the mayor, entertained a
Pna,rtY of thirty gentlemen, including the officers of the
of thirty
to a dinner in the Town-hall.
the eh' Constitution, for Adelaide and 'Port Philip,
board, on PThursday last. She had 176 passengers on
year&
>VIr• and Mrs. George Holden sang in the choir at the
flrn'og of the Great Exhibition. Alr. William Sud low
a o received an invitation, which he was unable to accept.
wit y
Saturda evening the Welsh mountains, covered
rtTniattleervve., were plainly visible from Oxton and Higher
Two
Aln Officers of the Liverpool d. etective police left on
auoV for London. Their services have been engaged
for the Exhibition.
fn Peter's Church, Sackville-street, has been licensed
tlhntn,ad'lleaea• The first nuptial union took place on
hibler----7' when the bride was presented-with an elegant
tiSeveral prizes in
a! the Lndon Art Union wonb
_ prize 91)001
subscribers Mros. W. F. Macg regorwere
receivingy
of £7O; Mr. J.'Goodier, one of .£l5 ; and Miss
Jessie Lamb, a statuette.
last homeward
Passengers on board the Africa steam-ship, on her
suitable
trip, appointed a committee to procurema.
memorialmandet c a t . R
y r
eo be presented to the gallant co
1.050, urrgess°°' master e?" n h ohe
cr.? rlelsidtingt in St. James'-
alai 0, on the sth
-dock,e
P Telamon, in the 1
Nelson died oin theol Northern
411)8Pifal last week.
other the Saranak packet-ship, which at this port, the
le-vtiadtsbYailfrora Philadelphia,there came to this country
I Pig of the enormous weight of fifteen hundred
krahre Operative Porters of the town are about to present
ln . Tindal Atkinson, the barrister, with his portrait,
thelleipKonwledgraent of the services which he rendered to
shitle I a
p b Y Passengers on board the United States team-
ratsiot:intite Parting'
on Monday, passed complimentarys
to Mr. 'Wilkins, the head steward, the
A manner in which he had conducted his department.
Ga iellth named -Edward Toole, died in the Borough
hatill,ao Wednesday from lockjaw, caused by injury he
pik'osfained in thn foot by falling on some rusty iron
oes in the Main -Bridewell.
eal,, Thursday the foundation stone of the intended
Lo Bement of the• Corn Exchange was laid by Mr. W.
the", chairman of the committee, who was presented by
Ti, contractor, Mr. Leader, with an elegant silver trowel.
resent exchange was erected in 1801.
Challinor, the servant of a female who keeps a
*has it:seoP in the .neighbourhood of Williamson-square,
tier '•ea cOrnttiitted to prison for stealing a£s note from
tie. raistress. The note was found concealed in her bus-
% ;‘,
buss--
w% Friday night week, Elizabeth Wallace, a poor
of was taken with the pains of labour in the porch
pro a ueerhouse in Birkenhead and, before a car could be
child
red to remove her, she was delivered of a -tine male
ip th Thursday, a-child, about three months old, was left
woes-at terePorarY charge of Mary Moore, of No. S, Sher-
age reet, by a woman in appearance about-25 years of
werliwilr did not again call for it, and it was taken to the
laid o Pe. d
hurs-ny, the new Cemetery, at Walton, recently_
tive°,_nt under the direction of the parish authoritiest of
aioesZool, was consecrated by the Lord
. Bishoof h
acres, • The Cemetery comprises an.extent of about 24
The and is near the Borough Gaol.
vatiBo,, members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ffee-
,The dined at the Adelphi Hotel on Tuesday evening.
eiasa—aePary numbered upwards of seventy. Mr. G. Ro-
aa,, ivas in the chair, supported by Mr. Lewis Samuel,
'6oot,,er brethren of the craft.
bretnelltilltr„.,sdaY, as Peter Humphreys, the engine boy at
for c,,-L'el;vY, was at work about the stationary engine
-1-•wulg uP the landing stage, he was dragged
cog *la
and
inat,
so frightfully mutilated
,The Apothe
aied
ab ee s was
eut an hour.
r 11. lspratecsarles' Se
of
Practical • t - of London has recognised
Cone oc'e
•
form ehetais
f the
Chemistry as a school of
try and upils to the lectures oer sompanr
;Mega . Can now be entered from the-Liverpool
.
law nf,• tie Apothecaries' Company bas rescinded a by-
len years standing in favour of Professor Muspratt ;
a very h•
igh compliment..
g writ Monday evening, P large number of influential
teaiernen of Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, and the
orTghbourhood, dined together at the Town-hall, Salford,
aeatthe, occasion of a farewell entertainment and the pre-
ation ,
a splendid silver snuff-box to Mr. -Samuel
cheater,wer or
of the Queen's Hotel, who is about leaving Man-
It_tize to super in
verpotend his extensive establishment the
Nit Hotel, in Liol.
thw„ ,ennucti.—Mr. Hay, architect, of Liverpool, set
„Kit), Joundations for the new parish church at 'Whorl-
narn:eee Gretadge, last Friday, with Mr. Jones., pf
a taird Castle, the citntractor. The present church is in
too, testlns. Tridition, incapable of repair, and P. Ston-
e., oflw",oerether with the venerable Archdeacon Head-
set- Doti" Jc lue, came forward and paid a rate of2g. in
og t'oftoisv. all their t enantry, besides handsomely sub-
ex '-e-vcat this
Purpose.—Darlington Times.
Peeo
the hied to d CunanNey.—Mr. Jonathan Duncan is
furiouspne eliver two lectures in Liverpool shortly, on
nest re °Peration of Sir Robert Peel's Bill of 1819.
Tt• 84-st will be delivered in the Concert-ball, Lord
he iatte rest, and the other in the Cotton Sales-room.
1. will
be more particularly addressed to the mer-
,;',,' colettipilnimity ; dwe understand that the causes
"'ltie6a•tiadireusesP.ressionswnill form one of the leading features
,estee.satnerre, arenas
ndiscovered board
._ the Arabian, screw
"Btantin ounday week, whilst on her passage from
goat,
,9e to this port. 'When off Cork she made
/.1141tha°_,' aistress and a fire-engine was sent to her aid,
43,_8epn,uestructiv'e element was soon subdued. The fire
Wew7hsaell to have been occasioned.by
.th.e friction of the
l(\Nero ,_,Llpon the wood with which it is cased, by the
wasise 'lie cargo upon it. A portion of the cargo,
Ash .11R of silk, tobacco, fruit .4cc., was injured. The
0 ~r.a,rtiliProceeled on her voyage' next day.. _
lat"lnia °NI" SCHOOLS.—A sermon will be preached
b aY evening next, in St. -Thomas' Church, Park-
er
Y the Rev. Hugh M'Neile,..D.D., on behalf of the
1.1'144441., day schools attached to that district. There
,c4a 93, of 1,800 children residing in the.district, o.f
1,,t the
so attend no school, for whose provision there is
'qe tem ry school now in operation for 120.
.catn„ • pora
otiee ,oittee are about to commence a fund for the
ti :et aotiof schools equal to the requirements of the dm-
frionAncighbourhood, and require a-helping hand from
-biqtatini_s of scriptural education.
._
APT ROBBERY.—At one o'clock on Tuesday
ptotohaceo sir. George Hay, an elderly man, who_ keeps a
silver sea I,°P in Dawson-street, was preparing to leave his
wh cir the night, and was filling tvbag h soul
ec,- tot ell two men came in and asked to be served wrh
•
ulea b • The shopkeeper laid down the bag, which
°tie naet „tween £lO and £l2, on the counter, and
iwans
ahop'' the",` weighing and wrapping up the tobacco, w
folin'en snatched up the bag and rushed out of the
e"°Ppretwed by the other. Subsequently -130,1 men
13eri,,1:kat'aIeded.
the Van of;',YllPosxum.—We take Soyer's effective de. -
-13na1,. "le attractions of his menage, as furnished in
livulao will tb. symposium"— " The doors of the Sym-
elatn'nine..vo thrown open to universal humanity. The
and divulged locomotive, the heavy vetturino, the
noti`ne fei,..lgence, the steam-boat, the caique, the junk,
tatco enaca; will bring their myriad visitors to Gore-
tie ecoket-rnoPolitan customs should demand eosmopeli-
Dot,i3o, wol}.a-nd it is by no means an exaggerated expec-
kaill° and
to imaginewithin the walls of y.Pill Rea and lively Frenchmen expatiatin over their
hash
• Turks discussing
et . Bend han,.eandeaux ; phlegmatic
..
WitiLBententr mercurial ,Persians enjoying their sh. er-
hs,balvalte .°us Spaniards luxuriating over olla podrida ;
favo acked
(itnericans consuming johnny cakes and can.-
ilcvvhtitite stew !lel" ; pig tailed Chinese devouring their
heitiA Prodk.ed dog ; metaphysical Germans washing
44:4Weie • 'l°'le quantities of sauerkraut with oceans of
tieu ke Ceiral.thY Russians up to their eyes in caviar ;
.I°f aaarinF for more train-oil ; Tartars swallowing
torlv -ealand e milk • and New Zealanders—no, not
yekiriaed diviner era, for who could form any idea of the hor-
ed ea which would be caused by some bonboomeranged chieftain demanding 'baked
lota It `V.,n' for two, and a ' cold boiled missionary' to
hit! %,144rae.re4Lstheoluldbe:understoad that the Symposium
. is
Itiaa tuficen.. • It is a magnificent mansion, standing.
tktjet, fitted grounds, within ready access of the. Exile-
eoliteY of tasu,?• in the different suites of rooms, in every
entai Le tO suit every variety of style, home and
h°eetVetevere.,Pinee to the adornment of which, artists,
These calle, ' silversmiths, architects, and florists, Have
,Ie to coat .1) •
nit', for th ri ate in harmonious proportion. The
eased !dale , e seloct ; the grounds are for the many.
,Itrtet4(l iat°tiloayealesrsow(inoonarchical, and therefore not indis-
fi are to be regaled in a pavilion situ-
T`(th e. centre
hos !it is to s 0 the park like garden. The demo-
folfahty
at ay, the of polloi of the well-dressed) ob-
islle ~ ere, in thi_aemonster table, atthe endof thegrounds,
iit gliagal the '"g oon
di„L asel being two shillings And sixpence.
" as Soyer calls it., is 400 feet
1414 ecoro a'ngle tabnle, 's.tretching from point to point,
e !nedate at
prilestin; b.et a single !lt time 1500 persons. For. this
Pool tictioa 40 distant
wEeble-cloth (so says the "Beolc,'
Of the ca .aslPog-day)—the fabric being the
PltallstS Of Compton-lionse, Liver-

THE WORKHOUSE CHAPLAINCY.—At the Select Ves-
try meeting on Tuesday, four candidates were announced
for this vacancy, viz. the Rev. Messrs. Isaac Holmes,
R. W. Wolseley, Christopher Blackwell, (chaplain of the
Manchester Workhouse,) and Mr. Green. The appoint-
ment will take place at the next meeting. The Venerable
Archdeacon remarked that Mr. Drummond Anderson, as
chaplain, had done his duty to the parish and the Work-
house with great ability and zeal. He had great pleasure
in bearing that testimony. (Applause.) Mr. Came
moved a special vote of thanks to Mr. Anderson, to which
the Chairman (Rector Campbell) added his testimony.
EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.—On Tuesday night, about
dusk, a person with a carpet bag in his hand entered the
house of Mr. Mackenzie, of the Caledonian Tavern, at the
foot of Duke-street, and engaged lodgings for the night.
He requested to see his
them"bed-roo, but short
to ly afterwards
came down, and requested
him to the 'Saddle Hotel, to bring some. luggage. The
" boots" went; but, on the way, the gentleman affected
to have forgotten two parcels, which he said he would
require, in his carpet bag. He gave the key to the man,
with a request that he would return to Mr. Mackenve's
and procure themlor him. The servant did as instructed,
when it was found that the only contents of the bag were
two large stones ! This raised a suspicion as to the new
guest • the house was searched, and it was discovered
that- the trunk of a gentleman staying there had been
broken open, and three Irish bank notes stolen from it.
It appears that the soi-disant traveller in like manner
victimised, on Saturday night, Mr. Herdman, of the Big
Lamp Tavern, Tithebarn-street.
SANATARY IMPROVEMENTS.—In populous towns there
are few nuisances greater than those presented in slaughter-
houses. The premises are for the most part ill adapted
to the purpose in construction and detail. It is, therefore,
pleasing to observe that Mr. Tomlinson, of Hanover-
street, has just completed a very spacious building that is
so replete with every convenience required that it bids
fair to lead to the reform of the nuisance ordinarily
existing. The site on which the premises'are erected is
opposite the Sailors' Home, in Hanover-street, and
extends in depth to Duke-street Lane. At the front is a
splendid house and shop in the Italian style of architec-
ture, and in the rear are erected all the requisites for the
business. There are stabling-stalls for oxen, pens for
sheep, &c., 'fitted with stone troughs, and supplied with
water. There is a winch for hoisting up the carcasses,
which are carried on a suspension rail to any part of the
shop ; and thus a carcass of any weight can be moved by
a boy. The slaughter-house is flagged throughout, and is
so arranged that it can be thoroughly washed in a few
minutes. It is well severed underneath, and Newland's
effluvia traps are numerously adopted. In fact, the
business is carried on with a cleanliness that is not usual.
It has been visited during the week by many of the health
officers, who class it as superior to anything in London.
The shop is roomy, and we may say " well furnished,"
for on Friday it was literally crowded with carcasses of ,
bed and mutton--

" And finer or fatter

"Ne'er fed in a meadow, or smoked on a platter."
The entire buildings have been constructed from the plans
of Mr. Thomas Wylie.; and, though we cannot go into
their details, we pronounce them complete, and feel
satisfied that, if the example of Mr. Tomlinson is followed,
we shall hear no more of the slaughter-house nuisance.

THE EMIGRATION TRADE AND THE 'LATE MR.
RDSHTON.—In the Mouse of Commons, on Friday, Mr.
ll'Cullagh said he wished to call the attention of the
house to the return recently presented to them respect-
ing the treatment of passengers on board the emigrant
ship Washington. In his opinion the scenes which bad
been disclosed in that report were a disgrace to this
cot

and it was tbe duty of the house and of the
government to take efficient measures to prevent their
recurrence. He should also take that opportunity of
asking the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State
for the home Department whether he would have any
objection to lay before the house a copy of the letter
lately addressed by him to the Mayor of Liverpool, with
reference to the death of the late Edward Rushton, sti-
pendiary magistrate of that town. :Mr. Rushton had
most admirably and efficiently d scharged the duties of
his office; and he (Mr. M'Cullagh)had reason to know that
he had frequently regretted that he had not had more
ample means at his disposal for the protection of the vast
crowds of emigrants who were constantly sailing from
the port of Liverpool. The insertion of the letter in
question in their books would be a fitting tribute to the
merits of Mr. Rushton, and would at the same time do
honour to the good feeling of that house.—Sir G. 'Grey
said he was most ready to bear his testimony to the great
merits of Mr. Rushton. He could have no objection to
the production of the letter in question ; although it had
not been written with any view to its publication in so
conspicuous a manner. With respect to the alleged treat-
ment of the passengers on board the emigrant ship
Washington, he must observe that these were offences
committed out of the jurisdiction of the English law, and
on board foreign ships. At present, however, the hon.
and learned gentleman will see that it was impossible to
subject these parties to penalties. If he would suggest
any alteration in the law by which the object l►e had in
view could be obtained, the government would give the
subject every consideration.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The• fourth concert of the
season took place in the Philharmonic.hall on Tuesday
evening last. Ihe attractions were of an unusual cha-
racter, so far as the artistes were concerned, the cele-
brated Madame Fiorentini and Signor Calzolari being an-
nounced, their first appearance in Liverpool ; the selec-
tion, however, was anything but remarkable for attrac-
tion. The debutante, Fiorentini, is an exceedingly hand-
some woman ; her features possess much of the Italian
character, bat it would be difficult to determine whether
they belong to an Italian or a Spanish face : the tine
arched nose is indicative of vocal power, while the ex-
pressive Andalusian eyes bespeak the natural dramatic
genius of their possessor. This was proved in the first
solo, a Spanish air, which was encored. She was not less
witching in the subsequent parts, duets from " Ernani,"
and " Don Pasquale.' A solo from " Don Giovanni,"
by Signor Calzolari, was the gem of the evening. He
possesses a fine voice, by no means deficient in power, but
't is evident art has done much to give it the rank it pos-
Good taste is almost as requisite to success in a
vocal-'

a musical voice, and in this respect Calzolari is
unexceptionable. He was loudly encored in the solo, as
well as in the duets with Madame Fiorentini. A fantasia
on the violoncello, "II Barbere di Seviglia," by Mr.
Lidel, was a most effective instrumental performance, and
rapturously applauded. A chorus, " Lutzow's Wild
Hunt," by the whole body of amateurs, was amongst the
most prominent efforts •in the whole performance, and
furnished a decisive proof of the high character the ladies
and gentlemen attached to the Philharmonic Society have
attained as musical eleves. The effect was indeed grand,
not the slightest individual break occurring to interrupt
the consolidated harmony of the one immense volume of
voice. The echo was given admirably by a number of the
singers stationed in the gallery behind the hall. It was a
novel expedient, and excited universal admiration and
amusement. The chorus was hailed with shouts of ap-
plause, and honoured by an encore.
ALBERT SMITH'S OVERLAND MAlL.—When the lively
punster and satirist, Albert -Smith, first announced his
departure to the East, it was pretty generally thought to
be a sign that he had exhausted his stores of wit, and was
rather in quest of new ideas than of pleasure. The world
never suspected him, however, of perpetrating the Gothi-
cism of a book of travel, and of attempting to rival
a Clarke or a Humbolt. And the world was tolerably
right. The laughing philosopher returned with a new
stock of arrows in his literary quiver, and a new pro-
fession in his fingers, or rather in his tongue ; and the
result of his observations is before us in this " Overland
Mail;" which is certainly one of the richest and raciest
entertainments ever delivered before a British audience.
There are few men in this world of ours—few actors—
capable of the feat of keeping audiences, such as those
assembled at the Philharmonic Hall four evenings last
week, entranced for two and-a-half long hours on a sub-
ject, apparently trite as the incidents of a journey by the
overland route to India; few who could shower down
upon us such gems of wit and whim in the same profuse-
ness as Albert Smith in this pleasant entertainment. The
lecturer has provided himself with a valuable accessory in
Mr. W. Beverley, the eminent scene-painter, whose series
of beautiful illustrations of the various stages of the
route, servelo (fill up and impart reality to the lively de-
scription of the traveller, as he carries his readers with
him from point to point. Nothing can be richer than
some of his stories ; and the Buffo songs which he intro-
duces here and there are sparkling and c!ever. A greater
treat than the ,whole we never remember to have had.
Mr. Smith with equal ease and precision personates the
sem-:savage Aral?, the enentric Englishman, who scours
the world in pursuit of excitement ; the exaggerating
Yankee, also a traveller (though with a rather different
object, to pick up a wrinkle by which he may victimise
either his fellow-countrymen or the English, or both) and
a host of other characters. Not the least interesting part
of the entertainment is.a colloquy in a French diligence,
between an English :gentleman, imperfectly acquainted
with the French, and the postilion.

DISCOVERY OF A MURDER COMMITTED SOME TIME
Aco.—We reported in our last the apprehension of a man
named Threlfall, formerly of the Liverpool police, who
was eha-ged with having murdered his wife by pushing
her into the Leeds and 'Liverpool Canal some years ago.
Threlfall was, on Tuesday, brought up before the ()rms-
.

,kirk magistrates, and on 'Friday committed to take his
trial at the next assizes. The principal witness against
him was a man named Richard Shaw, formerly a boat-
man on the canal, who stated, that on the 15th October,
1832, whilst lying in the cabin of brother's boat, on
the canal, his attention was attracted by hearing a noise
as of persons struggling with each others and, on looking
out at the cabin door, he saw the prisoner throw his wife
into the canal, when she was drowned. Threlfall is about
fifty years of age, and his family resided at Southhill, a
village near Ormskirk. He joined the Liverpool police
force in February, 1836, and he had been married to the
deceased woman with whose murder he is charged some
six or eight years before that time. Either from some do-
mestic differeuces or economical arrangement, he and
his wife Wed apart she having entered into the service
of Mr. Thomas Woolfall, landlord of the Black Bull Inn,
in Walton-road. Notwithstanding this severance from
his wife, Threlfall was in the frequent habit of calling to
see her at Mr. Woolfall's, and they often walked out to-
gether. On the night of the 14th of October 1832, he
visited at the house, and he and his wife took a walk. On
the following day she was found drowned in the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal, near to Halsall-hill, about three miles
and a half from Ormskirk. An inquest was held upon the
body, and Threlfall himself was the principal evidence on
this occasion. He then deposed that he had not seen his
wife for upwards of a month previously ; and, strange to
say, this statement went uncontradieted and a verdict of
found drowned was returned: Before leaving the police
force Threlfall again got married, and he has by his second
wife two children, as well as a son by his deceased wife.
Om resigning his duties as a police-officer he went to reside,
at Preston Gobbalis, near Shrewsbuiy, where he kept a
beerhouse erg A sixi.u4 farpi, And at that place YIP? Aiken

bib custody.