The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-14 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

PIANO-FORTES. favour of the said packets and tenders are upon this eon-
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF PIANO- dition, that no such packet or tender shall be entitled to
FORTES IN ENGLAND AT the benefit thereof, or to any exception from the general
W. P. DREAPER'S MUSIC BAZAAR, bye-laws herein before contained, unless such packet or
56, BOLD-STREET, tender shall comply with the following regulations so far
And at his extensive SHOW-ROOMS, 48, W-oo street. as the same shall be applicable thereto :
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Piano fortes lent on Hire, taken in Exchai egaired, Ist,—That while such packet or tender shall be t any
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Good Second-hand Piano-fortes, from 6 Guineas upwards.
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EXPORT ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
AN ASSORTMENT OF MUSIC AT HALF-PRICE. steamin
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outer side of such packet or tender, and freely land
or receive passengers, carriages, and goods, over
such packet or tender, assisted by one or more
stages between the pier, slip, stairs, or convenience,
and the packet or tender ; [such stages to be pro-
vided, and on every occasion laid down, by or on
the part of the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur-
gesses ;I and of one or more stages between the
packet or tender, and the steam or other vessel or
boat alongside:; [such last-mentioned stages to be
similar to the said other stages, but to be provided,
and on every occasion laid down, by or on the part
of the packet or tender.)
2d,—That the constables of the borough shall have free
admission on board every such }racket or tender to
maintain good order under the last regulation.
3d,—That the stages to be provided by or on the part
of every such packet or tender shall be provided as
aforesaid, and the same shall be renewed and main-
tained from time to time to the satisfaction of the
surveyor of the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur-
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NEW DURHAM MUSTARD,
Is. 60. PER LB.,
In Pounds and Half-pounds, Lead Pack

•• 21"
THERE is no article manufactured mor difficult to
obtain genuine than MUSTARD, a as New has
now arrived, we call the attention of Fa es particularly
to this article, as it possesses double t strength of the
common Mustard, and has the pure flavour of the Mus-
tard Seed, which is so difficult to obtain. Sold only by
HOLLIS, WALFORD, AND CO.,
_ At their Tea Establishments,

2,80LD-STREET,Zi• 8, DALE-STREET, Liverpool

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
At this Special Meeting of the Committee appointed by
the Council of the Borough of Liverpool for the pur-
poses hereinafter mentioned, holden in the Town-hall
of the said borough, on Monday, the thirtieth day of
October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
forty-three,

That every steam or other vessel or boat which shall
come alongside the said packet or tender, and take the
benefit of the foregoing regulations for landing or receiving
passeugers, carriages, or goods, over any such packet or
tender, shall be subject to the general bye-laws, from 1
inclusive to 11 inclusive, hereinbefore made, in like
manner as if such steam or other vessel or boats had
landed or received such passengers, carriages, or goods,
directly upon or from any of the said piers, slips, stairs,
or conveniences, and had been placed immediately adjacent
thereto.

GFO. H. LAWRENCE, Chairman

INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE

The Messager of Wednesday gives the following addi-
tional information respecting the inundations :
"The dyke of Boulbon has been broken through by the
Rhone, near Avignon. The waters have overflowed the
road of Trebon, between Tarascon and Arles, and spread
over the plain. Several arches of the bridge of La Crau
are menaced, and the wooden bridge has given way. The
country is submerged. The right bank has hitherto been
preserved by the energy of the inhabitants, who have
worked arduously at raising the dykes. Aranion, how-
ever, bas suaered considerably. Another bridge on the
Durance, 'that of Cadenet, has been carried away. As
yet it is impossible to estimate the damage caused by the
overflowing of the waters. On every point the military
authorities have placed at the disposalof the engineers the
greatest nossible number of soldiers for the most urgent
labours."

The Sun of Marseilles of Monday says:—
" The accounts of the inundations are become less
alarming.. The waters are beginning to subside. Avig-
non has become almost entirely free from them, and the
mails to Lyons and Paris have resumed their 'regular
routes. Unfortunately,it is to be feared that the +wavy
'rain which fell during the whole of the day may again
cause the rivers to overflow. The disasters have already
been great. The bridge at Bellegarde, which formed the
communication between Languedoc and Provence, has
been carried away. The bank of ktbe Rhone between Ta-
rascon and Arles has burst, the plains of Beaucaire and
Arles are submerged, and the Toulouse and southern
mails are obliged to pass through Avignon. On the Du-
ranee the bridges of Cadenet and Rognonas are down.
Mallemort is invaded by the waters. In reference to this
-
misfortune, an interesting incid nt is related. A woman,
whose house was threatened With being washed down, was
taken at the moment with the pains of childbirth. Her
medical attendant, who was mayor of the town, had her
carefully placed in a cart, and accompanied her to a place
of safety but before'this could be reached, she was safely
delivered of a boy. Ar the moment the new infant Moses
was brought into'the world the house of his parents was
carried away by the current."

THE MERCURYANDSABBATEI PROFANATION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Sir,—lt was one of the ancient aphorisms, that extra-
ordinary pretensions were a cloke for extraordinary
hypocrisy ; so with'the Mercury. On Friday last it ex-
pressed its horror at the Sabbath being "desecrated" in
this town, by 'the letting-off of fire-works on the sth of
November ! This assumed piety on the part of a print
that has, in 'its columns, paid eulogistic tribute to de-
parted Atheisrol nay, still further, has never discovered
the least impropriety or " desecration" in the Sunday
meetings of O'Connell and his horde of incendiary priests,
is nauseously dlszusting ! How long can the religious
public be duped into further countenance of this Jesuitical
newspaper?
If the scribe who perpetrates these anomalous railings,
as well as those from Wigan, (the learned "doctor,")
are at a loss to know why the sth et November is held in
joyous rernewbrance by all true-hearted Protestants, let
them be told that it is hailed as a deliverance from the
fury and trammels of a pseudo-church, that would, at
once and for ever, have dashed the ,cup of toleration to
the groundl anti placed it out of the power of every
Churchman, 'Scotch Presbyterian, Methodist, Calvinist,
Bantle, and Protestant Dissenter, to worship the God of
their fathers according to their conscience and in peace
and freedom'! Such a commemoration, then, is not
merely a record of historical fact, but a just token of
thankfulness to the Almighty for thus perpetuating real
civil ann religious liberty, in contra-distinction to Popery !
Upon what plea, or tangible or honest grounds, certain
classes of dissenters ever joined political issue with
Papists—who would crush them to the earth had they the
power, witness' (the " Saxon" denunciations of the priest-
hood)—is for-them to explain, as best they can, at ..-forth-
coming period. Hoping you will insert this,

I am, &C.,
A VOICE FROM ST. HELENS,
Sl. Helens, Nov. 13, 1843.

P.S.—Wfwit has become of your correspondent
" Lynx ?" He•ought to persevere in a contest in which
he has truth on his side.

The directois of the Isle of Man Joint Stock Bank,
about which such extraordinary disclosures-have recently
been made, have all resigned their situations, and a meet-
ing of the shareholders was held on Saturday last, in con-
sequence. The directors state, that the cause of their
resignation is the misconstruction placed on their actions
and intentions by the shareholders.

DEATH FROM A. DOSE OF LAUDANUM.—On Thursday
last, an inquest was held before Mr. Heyes, the county
coroner, at the Seven Stars, in Eccleston, on view of the
body of a child about nine months old, named Edward
Evans. Deceased had been poorly for a short time, and
the mother having a little laudanum in the house, which
had been recommended to her husband by a druggist, she
gave deceased six drops of it, thinking it would do him
good. The child went to sleep soon after, and in about
an hour awoke : he appeared dull and heavy., and worked
his arm and leg a good deal backwards and forwards. He
fell asleep again, and his mother put him in a cradle in a
neighbour's house. In about half an hour the woman of
the house came to tell deceased's mother that she be-
lieved the child was dead. She went, and found it was
so. Deceased had changed colour to between a blue and
black. The verdict was, " Died by an overdose of lauda-
num, administered without any felonious intent "; but,
as this was the second case of the kind which had been
brought before Mr. Heyes within a week, the jury se-
verely reprimanded the mother.

COMMITMENTS.—At the Police-court, on Friday, a
woman, named Mary Logan, was charged with stealing
two pieces of flannel. Police-officer White said that on
the previous day be had observed the prisoner carrying
the articles, and suspecting all was not right, asked her
what she had got, and from her evasive answers took her
into custody. The pieces were produced, and were iden-
tified by a shopman of Mr. Ingham, draper, Scotland-
road, as the property of that gentleman. There were in
all 16 yards, worth about 9d. a yard. The prisoner, who
said said she was a married woman, was committed for
trial. Same day, an old woman, Susan M'Ardle, was
charged by Mr. Tyrer, collector of tolls, with carrying off,
on Thursday night, a basket from St. John's Market,
containing about 221 b of butter. It appeared that a Mr.
Nugent, residing in Commutation-row, had a stand in the
market, kept by his daughter, and that while the latter
was talking to a customer the prisoner took up the basket
and hastened off, but was suspected by Mr. Tyrer, and
detained, The butter was stated to be worth about 20s.
The prisoner, who was known as an old offender, was com-
mitted for trial.

WEST DERBYUNION.—A Statement has just been pub-
lished of the receipts and ex'penditure of the several
townships (23 in number) comprised in the West Derby
Union, for the three years ending March, 1843 ; prepared
for the purpose of showing what proportion of the amount
collected as " poor rates" has been actually expended for
the maintenance of the poor, and sums paid for county-
rates and other purposes,—together with some other sta-
tistical information. It appears from this that the popu-
lation of the whole of the townships, which extend over
a eonsiderat ,dth f d )

orea—rom (and including) Allerton on
the South, and Great and Little Crosbie on the North,
increased from 53,058 in 1831 to 88,287 in 1841—or an
increase of 35,292. During that period the only town-
ships that decreased in population were Thornton 30,
Lunt 8, Little Crosbie, 20, and Ince Blundell s—all the
rest having increased very considerably—Toxteth Park
by no less than 17,187. The average annual expenditure
for the poor i❑ the whole Townships for the three years
previous to the Union in 1837 was £6213, and for the
three years ending March 1842 £5224. The total receipts
during the years 1840-1-2 were£55,659. The total amount
expended during these three yeare for relief of the poor,
was £23,690 ; and for other purposes—not being for their
relief—X32,B32. Within the same period the increase
of amount paid for ccunty rate over that paid for the poor
in 15 of the townships was £4449; which in only three of
the townships was there an increase for the maintenance
'-^ poor over the county rate—and that to the amount
/ £62,—thus showing (we think) that however the
comforts of the poor may be abridged, that exorbitant
impost, the county rate, is ever on the increase, and
ought to be narrowly looked into by the rate-payers. The
number of paupers in the Workhouse at the end of the
quarter in December 1842 was 350; and at the end of the

of only

former period wa

!itch we have given

p in tabular form with great
Jerk of the 1.74*, Mr.