The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-03-12 00:00:00

The Newton races are fixed for Wednesday,
the two following da'ys.—F. R. Price, Esq.► 3'l
Patten, Esq., M. P., Stewards.
LIVERPOOL . MECHANICS' INSTITUTION BUII.
The following is the copy of a letter received
neux.:

" London, Feb'
" SIR,—I have great pleasure in enclosing rilog
Heywood's, for ton guineas, which I will thank Y°lo
my name, among the subscriptions to the Liverpo°
Institution.
" I approve, most highly, of the excellent Objoig4
undertaking, and trust it will meet with every sePti
cess.—l remain, your obedient servant, '
" John Leyland, Esq."
DISTRESSED IRISH CLERGY.—AI7IOIIII‘ remitted
£l2OO. Additional received at the Sta.mlard Oil
Mr. Morrall, Friars .. £1
Mrs. Morrall, do. .. . . 1
Mr. Peter Wright .. 1
Mr. W. Armstrong .. 1
Standard Office,.. 3
Miss Houghton .. ..
Mr. Cheetham 1
Mrs. M‘Lean 1
Mr. Speed .. 1
Mr. Williams .. „. I
Small amounts .. 1
COMMISSIONERS OF WATCH, SCAVENGERS, ASP,
At a recent meeting of this board, a member prort
sum of ten guineas should be voted for y piece 01 r,
Jordan, as a mark of their sense of his services a'
fire, from an accident in attending which he unfold
his leg. This vote was to be confirmed on Frilta
day,. however, a commissioner, who had been abf
previous meeting, opposed the vote, as a misapproPrl
public money; arguing, that if the board could vote
to Col. Jordan's plate,-they might vote sums to
poses they pleased. The vote was, in conscquenel.
position, deferred. At the same sitting, the coin
missed one of the newly-appointed captains of the
since his appointment, had got drunk and been c°
Bridewell.

THE CANNING MONUMENT.—Yesterday a mee10 ,
subscribers. to this work was held at the Sessi°, t
THOMAS fITTLEDALE, Esq., in the Chair—who -
business of the day by stating, that the meeting wa:."
take ,into consideration the best mode of appror,o,
balance ildw in the hands of the Treasurers, °Tie
expenses attending the erection of. the monument
defrayed. The. Secretary, Mr. Ratcliffe, read thehe
the Committee, from which it appeared, that tl,OO
£867 10s.• Bd. was now in the hands of the Treasil'
Report embodied letters to and from Mr. Chal, t
Committee on the subject of an engraving of ti
lii"
0
Monument—and also a letter from the Messrs. C°
Co., offering to execute an' engraving on steel /`
superintendence of Mr. Chantry) for two hundred
to deliver three hundred proof impressions, on Indlo 4,
distribution among the subscribers ; the plate then 0.,
sidered the property of the Messrs. Colnaghi and i-s,
purpose of supplying copies to the public. It
Le
arranged that the plate should be executed under t",6t
tendence of Mr. Chantrv, and that the surplus 111
sale after distributing proof impressions to each 11/.
should be applied to the au'mentation of the dispos3k
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—thI Friday afternoon, a
cident happened at Edge-hill, attributable to the Sllg .
in which some back houses are being built in 1311-Ic4
immediately behind Botanic View. A joiner occuP.),
ing rafters for. the roofing. was precipitated into the l,
building owing to the brickwork giving way under hpo
extricated from the bricks and joists under whichr",
presented a shocking appearance, his ribs being her
his skull seriously fractured. The groans of the 1)° ii
soon congregated a number of persons, who, after °.ei
tual attempt at three different places to procure 014'0
length. had him conveyed to the Infirmary, where Ppr
little hope of recovery. He is a respectable, indn4
with a wife, arid, it is said, four children dependant c'd
support. The houses here alluded to are the most it
imaginable, the mortar being made of garden soil,
sprinkling of lime, and the chief part of the wall' o,
brick thick. The inner walls of some of these Woe
are now completed and inhabited, have actually; b
with a mortar composed of soap boilers' waste,
That such style of building is permitted, and that
found who will risk their lives in erecting such lulls
surprising.
'1 he 'Political ,Unions- of the manufacturing tltel
north are exhibiting all the features that rendered t"a.
Catholic Associations so dangerous to the sister i513'3,„01
is the same organization, the same aesperate langtl4-o,d
jects,. and the same servility to the leaders. A dove
to wield the whole authority, and of these, one
priest, and two or three others, itinerant orators' fr°"'
--Stamford Bee.

LONDON LATEST NEWS•

i‘.
Saturday Evening, Half-past Seve9
There is a general feeling here that the passing of , lht
eion measure will he followed b,y an important change 1
nistration, although the particulars have not transpired. ,Qu
Our consul market was very heavy yesterday, and t11t.f,4
which, on the previous day, had been 881 for the accoun'ol
A partial teaelion has since taken place in the marketi, ge
the price at the close this afternoon. The Northern Bon"3-,4,',
good request ; Russian are 1031 ; Danish 74; Dutch 46i ;
89. Brazilian stock has considerably advanced, 61163 pa
In consequenee' of a general belief that some project is
respect to Spanish Bonds, these securities have advance
cent. to-day, closing at 19i.
coatirmation has been received of the loss of the .100
this day. Many parts of the wreck have been cast a
David's. The 1
Malaga letters, to the 20th ult., have been received. last
for oil was still lookin., up ; although the variation frog,
tions was not •material*. nl3'.

We have leteri front Gibraltar to the 19th ult. The
manufactured goods continued exceedingly depressed. t
It appears, by.the advises from the United States, tilli'ol
existed of the resumtion of the Indian war. The Sacs ' ji!
an alliance with
.the l'ottamatamics Winebagoes, who atl'io I
with the late treaty, and the Chipneways. These Indifiilj
their ability and dererthination to have 3,500 warriors It
first of the present month. .01
We received Cape of Good Hope papers to the 25th Pe,Loil
Saturday. The. expedition of the Commando of the C0,,,1 ....,
against the natives beyond the frontier had proved unslic, „I
it had returned to Graaf Reinet. It appears the adv4l4t4lll
consisting of 100 men, had fallen into an ambush during a t? 01
Much firing ensued, but the troops ultimately extricated j 0
without loss. Next morning it was found the natives 11.
..A,
into the jungle, and it was found necessary the expedo`ll
return. It was feared this, which was the second unsecil
tempt, would make the natives bolder, and an increasel
and robbery was expected. All the inhabitants of a f3ra
along the Sak River had been murdered by the natives, 10'1
driven otT. An attempt to form an Agricultural Society 1
Town had failed. The agricultural reports form the from
vourable, but in some parts of the country districts the re
f
,i
its appearance, and not many days' journey from the
mense shoals of locusts had been met with.
it
We have late accounts from the Mauritius, which cot!very interesting detail of an expedition by Capt. Lloyd, Pm, 0
Surveyor-General, Lieut. Philpotts, 29th regiment, tr!ft",, ,
Kippel, R. N.-, And Lieut. Taylor, for ascending the hithle,•ll,
mountable summit of Booth Mountain4which was, aftei4li
difficulty, effected, and the British flag planted on the su°'
was called King William's Peak. •

• DIED. A d
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Yesterday, Mr. Philip Gale, bookbinder, Temple-c0ur..,41, •
On Sunday last, at Kirkdale, much respected, Mary, '- 1/
late Mr. John Dotfy.
o°l' 'l°
aged 11'
On Saturday last, 75, Mr. Banning, Mill-street, 1., Av.
On Friday last,•hged 23,
.Margaret, second daughter u' r ,Less'
Pinnington, of this town. r of ;iO.l
On Tuesday last, after a short illness, in the 83d YO,O-re,,,re" ,
Mr. Thomas Nodin, of this town, much esteemed and ' - c'
a large-circle of r(datives and friends. , rOl
Lately, at Edinburgh, Mr. John Aitkin, many years Edit° of
stable's ~11i.scelletny. • one
Lately, at Edinburgh, Mr. ,Tames Chambers, bookseller, ,/
-
publishers of Chainhere Journal.
John I3eAll
On Thursday, the 28th- ult., at Edinbnrgh, Mr. jorled i 0
surgeon, formerly of Macelestit•hl. His death was occa,eoo_.
puncture of his finger whilst conducting a post mortculorer
in the Royal Infirmary, 1W has left a widow and six c"
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