The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-19 00:00:00

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iary magistrat_
t by the throne of Great Britain
-in his ripe old age,
)m his position

—one

a fever in
stock market, until

the worst results which we dread from such a
calamity as a failing harvest, have been alnaoet
brought about by its base anticipation. _ _

however, and thanks to

these prophets of evil

refused to hide his face, the warm air and

to cease waving the ripening corn

League. rhousands of
happy homesteads throughout England are at this
moment gladdened with the prospect of plenty,
where dearth was almost prayed for ; and the sickle
is busy, which should have been hanging rusted on
the wail. A few more bright days and genial nights
will see the harvest gathered in, and plenty and
cheapness insured for us for another year of pros-

peritY and social comfort.
With a view to guard our readers against the mis-
representations which the League Journals are
busily circulating, and which are greedily swallowed
and propagated by parties interested in producing

panic—strange to Say there are such parties ! we
give the following specimen of their fabrications,
which appeared in the form of a letter in a recent
number of the London Times:—

employed upon harvest work, -and without a field of
wheat in the country in a state to be cut, even with
favourable weather, during the next three or four weeks.

That some disappointed speculator on the Stock
Exchange, or in Mark Lane, penned this outrageous
perversion of fact, will be pretty evident from the
perusal of the following prompt contradiction, to
which, unlike the anonymous alarmist, the writer
appends his name :-
1 the disaster at Armagh I "On Monday last, the 11th, thousands of able la-

nn, and I believ

them.
And now the question arose, and is still to be answered,
what is the course to be pursued. Some parties have to
pay the differences between £1 55. and 30s. upon nearly
80,000 shares ; other more fortunate parties have to re-
ceive to this awful tune. Delivery of the shares them-
selves is out of the question, for they do not exist. In
this dilemma repudiation of the whole transactions has
been proposed, on the ground that the directors had no
right to go from the terms of their original prospectus;
and the stock brokers of Leeds have passed a resolution :
" That in the event of any important alterations or
deviations being made from original prospectus of the
newly-projected railway, previous to the allotment of ary
shares, whereby the constitution of the company is ma-
terially changed, the members of this exchange are of
opinion, that contracts made on the faith of the original
prospectus, ought not to be enforced."
This, however, it is clear, does not settle the present
difficulty. The directors, who

e accused of unfairness
in pursUing that course which they considered best calcu-
lated to advance the interests of their undertaking made
no contracts with these selling brokers. They bad not
vim a proprietary who had a right to complain of them
f'or breach of faith. They are not yet a body whose acts
are legally cognizable, and will not be until their contract
deeds are signed, which they are not at present. If men
choose to speculate upon the amount of success of a body,
whose proceedings could not be predi :ted, they have
surely no right to complain if, after leaping in the dark,
they have leapt into a pit.

What are we to say, however. if those who have been
been all along

"ortunate bur

cognizant o

the arrangements going on by which their
property was to be so largely benefitted ? Has there been
some official blabbing—some private intimations to parti-
cular friends from the various boards connected with the
negotiations? Have any directors been buying? These
are questions which invite scrutiny ; and if answered in

the affirmative would reflect almost as much discredit upon
the winners as repudiation of their contracts would reflect
upon the losers.

How the difficulty will be got over we do not pretend
even to guess. A compromise, we observe, has been spo.
ken of ; and that, perhaps, would be the least ruinous if
not the most just course. In the meantime it ought to be
the study of all parties, who wish well to railway invest-
ts, to get rid of this dangerous system of selling by
,orof " bearing" the market. Let the seller
hares, before his contract is allowed to be re-

Rnticipatio

corded, deposit the stock itself in the hands of the secre-
tary , or some official authority of the Stock Exchange,
and we may have a hope of seeing some legitimate and
more safe operations. As the presentisystein works, half

a dozen powerful individuals combined for the purpose
can, by pouring fictitious stock upon the market—by
" bearing" in fact—depress the price of any particular
line, until they are able to buy it up at half its intrinsic
♦alue. We hope to see some such stringent practice as

this introduced, to prevent the constantly recurring pa-
nics, which the present system is creating. Let Liverpool
set the honourable example.
We observe, in the city article of yesterday's Times, a
letter from Mr. Joseph Travis Clay, chairman of the
Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Railway, denying,
on behalf of himself and others connected with the
undertaking, any participation in the transactions which

have been going fOrward. We readily acquit these gen.
tlemen of such participation ; but it is still not the less
certain that by some means or other those who have
bought up the shares of their line so heavily may have
had from somewhere (innocently very likely, so far as the
parties divulging the secret are concerned) a knowledge
of the pending negotiation. After all, however, it comes
to a game of h4.z,rd ; and " those who play at bowls must

a rubbers."

GENERAL O'BRIEN ON' THE AFFAIRS OF
MONTE VIDEO AND THE RIVER PLATE.

The urgent necessity, for the sake of British interests
and of humanity itself, of some intervention by which a
stop could be put to the murderous war now carrying on
between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, has long been
acknowledged. Without entering upon the merits of the
question, or questions, at issue between the two govern-
ments—without enquiring whether the claim put forth by
General Rosas be just or unjust, and the character of that
chief revoltingly base and cruel or the reverse—it is quite
clear that European nations, and Great Britain in par-
r ticular, cannot permit the try -f - .t? ont tr

,ade of a whole confine
be interrupted, year after year, and the vast productions
of the countries bordering the river Plate and its tribu-
taries to be sealed up at the caprice of this desperado.
Such is the case at the present moment. General fiosas,
on behalf of the Buenos Arrean government, carrying on
hostilities against Monte Video, blockading not only the
approach to that city, but to the whole of that fertile por-
tion of the American continent, of which the river Plate
is the natural outlet ; depriving our manufacturers of
markets for their goods, incalculable in extent, and the
rich returns of a country which could supply us with
almost every staple commodity suited to our commerce
and our wants. He shuts us out, in fact —to use the lan-
guage of recent petitions, which have gone up to the
legislature from this and other commercial communities
—" from trading on a river, which, from the mouth of
La Plata to the city of Asuncion, for nearly 2000 miles,
is navigable for ships of 300 tons, being there joined by
the river Vermijo, navigable to near Bolivia, more than
800 miles, to the city of Oran, corning nearly in contact
with the river Amazons ; bounded by the richest and
most productire countries in the world; affording the
noblest sites for emigration of the millions of Great
Britain ; blest with the richest soil and most healthy
climate in the world ; terminating in one direction to
Paraguay and Brazils; abounding in yerba (tea), one of
the greatest staple articles of use in South America, and
producing indigo, sugar, cotton, rice, and tobacco, all
toe growth of free labour, and in countries where the foot
of an African slave has never trod !"

We cannot conceive a fairer subject of agitation amongst
a commercial community, than the propriety of urging
upon government the opening to British commerce of a
territory holding out such brilliant prospects ; and an op-
portunity is now afforded to us by the presence in Liver-
pool of General O'Brien, a gentleman intimately ac-
quainted with the country, its position and circumstances,
and who is the recognized ;Tent here of our suffering
fellow-countrymen in Monte Video, who are menaced
hourly with destruction of their hies—their commerce is
already destroyed—by the savage troops of Resas. A
perusal of the pamphlet with which General O'Brien has
kindly favoured us, and which details the entire state of
affairs in that country, with his own noble efforts to pro-
cure redre,s from the British government, would, we are
sure, impel the influential and enterprising merchants of
this port, to ucite their influence to his, in an effort to do
justice at once to the British artizan at hone, and to a
whole continent, oppressed and robbed of the wealth
which a bountiful Providence has bestowed upon its in-
habitants, by an ambitious and insolent usurper. The
character of liosas is there sketched by a hand evidently
acquainted with the subject.

CIIARGE OF FORGING A NAME TO A RAILWAY DEED.
—On Saturday, a party. named Teakall, was brought up
before Mr. Greenwood, at Clerkenwell Police-court,
charged with pry curing an allAment of shares in the South
Midland Railway Company, in the name of Col. Howard
Stanley, Home Park, Windsor, and signing the Com-
pany's deeds in the same mune. The offence was fully
proved; but the prisoner was remanded, with a view to get
further evidence that no such person as Colonel Stanley,
Home Park, 'Windsor, is in existence.

LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS DIRECT RAILWAY.—The
projection of this line has excited much interest during
the last fortnight; and the shares are bought up with
avidity at 63/4 premium. The line is unquestionably a
bona fide one, and not a mere gambling speculation. The
present communication of Leeds with Liverpool is any-
thing but direct. It is slow, interrupted, expensive, and
roundabout. An improved communication is therefore
extremely desirable ; and the projected Leeds and Liver-
pool Direct seems to offer every advantage that the most
sanguine can require. It has already met with the sup-
port of men of first•rate character and standing in the
commercial world; and applications have beed already
made for more than four times the number of capital
required. Passing from Leeds to Liverpool, via Halifax,
Bolton, and Wigan, the company propose to follow the
very route taken by the trade of those districts, until the
traffic was diverted from its ancient channels by the cir-
cuitous and tedious line of the Manchester and Leeds
Company, who, of course, will give to the present scheme
their most strenuous opposition. For this, the pro-
moters, supported by the most powerful capitalists, are
prepared, and there is little doubt, that ere twelve months
have passed this line will be in course of construction.
The carrying out of this project has become of national
importance, for why should the delays, the stoppages. and
the incompetent arrangements of the route, via Man-
chester, prolong a journey for five, six, and even seven
hours, when the same termini may be reached in two ?
In addition to which, the opening of this line will bring
the ports of Liverpool and Hull within four hours distance
of each other!—Leeds Times.

The great subject which I would now wish to present
to your notice, is the awful number of deaths amongst
those who should claim your first attention—your child-
ren. Of every hundred children of the higher classes
who are born in Liverpool, twenty die before they are,
five years old ; fifty of the children of the middle classes
die before they attain that age, but out of every hundred
of your own children who are born, sixty-two die before
the fifth year. It may be naturally asked, what is the
cause of this great difference in the chances of life among
the children of the upper and lower classes of society.
I will tell you. The same causes, viz. want of good air
and cleanliness, which act so injuriously upon you act in
like manner upon them ; but in the earlier years of life
we are exposed to great risk from too many diseases,
peculiar to children. It is not my intention at the pre-
sent moment to go through the catalogue of these dis-
eases, but for the sake of illustration I will adduce two,
namely, small pox and measles. With regard to small-
pox, I would sum up all I have to say in a few words;
if carelessness on the one hand, and foolish prejudices on
the other were entirely laid aside, and all children,
whether of the poor or rich were vaccinated at the age of
six week's old, we should know nothing of small pox in
this country but its name; I do not ask you to believe
this implicitly on my own authority, I will give you some
facts as the evidence of the truth of what I state. Be-
fore the introduction of vaccination, Dr. Jurin found
from the examination of the bills of mortality during 42
years that one in fourteen of all who were born died of
small pox ; for the purpose of comparing the effects of
small pox, inoculation, and of vaccination, Sir Gilbert
Blane constructed from the bills of mortality 4 tables of
periods of 15 years each showing the proportion of deaths
from small pox, and deaths from all other causes, and
these tables will prove that, not only had vaccination, im-
perfectly even as it was performed in his time, saved
thousands of lives, but that the practice of inoculation
with small pox not only did not lessen, but actually in-
creased the number of deaths from that frightful disorder;
from the year 1706 to 1720, which was immediately pre-
vious to the introduction of inoculation with small pox,
the deaths from small pox were 78 in every 1000, from
17,15 to 1759 and from 1784 to 1798, when inoculation
was generally practised, the deaths had increased to 90 in
every 1000 ; in the 4th period, when vaccination had been
a few years in use, viz., from 1804 to 1818 the deaths
from small pox were only 53 in every 1000 ; by calcula-
tions founded upon these tables Sir G. Blane has esti-
' mated the saving of lives in London alone at 23,134.
asset ted just now that small pox might be almost entirely
banished from this country—now for the proof :—in
Sweden, in the year 1779, small pox destroyed 15,000
persons; in 1784,12,000; in 1800, 12,800. In 1822, some
years after the government of that country had passed a
law obliging every person to have his infant vaccinated at
a very early age, only 11 persons died in that country of
small pox ; and in 1823, whilst small pox was destroying
its thousands in this and other countries, only 37 died of
that disease in Sweden. In Prussia also the law obliges
the early vaccination of children. In the capital of that
country. Berlin, the annual average number of deaths
from small pox up to 1802 was 472, after this the law
making vaccination compulsory was passed. Since 1812
it amounted only to 50, since 1817 to 12, and in 1821 and
22 there was only one death from this cause in each year.
During the 10 years preceding 1823 the deaths from small
pox compared with births were as 9, before the introduc-
tion of vaccination were as 83 ; whence it would appear
that 74 lives out of every 1000 were saved by vacci-
natiim.*

Whilst on this subject, I will take the opportunity of
stating, as another proof of the value of vaccination when
properly performed and at an early age, that the cases of
small pox which have been rather prevalent lately in this
district have occurred chiefly among grown-up persons
and children who either have never been vaccinated, or
only imperfectly so, and that the majority of those cases,
which have occurred after vaccination, have been com-
paratively slight. As one of the public vaccinators under
the vaccination extension act, by carrying out to the
utmost of my power its wise provisions, I consider that I
have been the humble instrument in God's hands of
saving, within the last few years, the lives of at least 300
children, and of preventing the disfigurement and blind-
ness of nearly 3000 more; I would therefore urge upon
the parents of those children who are as yet unvaccinated
to lose no time in availing themselves of the opportunity
so wisely afforded by government, and I will state, that
sno child is too young whilst the disease i. raffing the

district to take small pox, so no child is too young to be
vaccinated and so saved.

* Mr. Chadwick states that, in 1840 £90,000 was saved
by the operation of the vaccination act, independently of
the lives.

THE NEW RUSSIAN STEAMER WLADIMAR

This stupendous vessel, a detailed description of which
we have previously given, sailed on her trial trip on
Thursday morning last, when the result was highly satis.
factory. With sixteen revolutions of the shaft per minute
she attained a speed of eleven miles per hour, and on the
velocity of the engines being increased to nineteen strokes
per minute, she sailed, as near as we could judge, at the
rate of about thirteen miles per hour ; and this would no
doubt have been surpassed if she had had be ;complement
of coals on board, for, being comparatively light, her
wheels had but little hold of the water, particularly as
there was a very stiff breeze from the northward and
westward. We cannot omit noticing that in the detail of
interior arrangements this vessel stands second to none in
this port, and her builders, Messrs. Thomas Vernon
and Co., on whom her model reflects no ordinary credit,
seem to have spared no pains to render that portion of
her equally superior. tier cabins, which are roomy, are
elegantly, we may say superbly, fitted ; and though
durability as well as beauty has been studied, the deco-
rations are so admirably managed as to be not only useful
but magnificently effective. The panneling is of rich
satin wood with rosewood mouldings, and pillasters of
mahogany, the capitals of which are of papier mach& in
burnished gold. A deep moulding of a corresponding
character runs round the whole saloon, and over each
pannel is a casting in papier mach& from a richly carved
Russian eagle, also in richly burnished gold. The contrast
between the French polished timber and the burnished
gold papier machee ornaments is much admired, as is also
the upholstery which is of blue plush. The cabin
decorations, under the inspection of the builders, have
been furnished—the papier machee by Mr. Keys, of Bold-
street, and the wood work by Mr. Turner, of Islington
wh•s efforts

dose comhmed e o ❑ave produced a cabin that in
point of workmanship or taste will bear comparing with
any we have hitherto seen, and such as must meet the
unqualified approbation of all. The beautiful and superb
style of the gilding and painting attracted our attention
particularly, as also the novel, convenient, and effective
construction of the water closets and washhand basins,
all of which were executed by our talented and worthy
townsman Mr. Edward M'Cormick, ship-chandler, &c.,
Rotunda-place, Waterloo-road, and are beautiful speci-
Mens of his taste and talent as a first-rate painter, plumber,
and decorator. The Wladimar is propelled by two
engines (350 horse power) on an approved direct action
principle, which gives a greater length of connecting rod
than those ordinarily adopted—a great desideratum.
These engines, as also a smaller one, forward, for heaving
up the anchor and supplying the boilers with water when
the larger engines are not working, are by Messrs. Bury,
Curtis, and Kennedy. The Wladimar (as also the
novel steam-shlo of similar mould and finish for the
Prussian government) are intended to run in conjunction
as mail packets, but are fitted forward and aft with large
swivel guns, so that at will they may be converted into
war steamers.

EXTRAORDINARY ENTERPRISE OF THE LONDON
" TIMES."—A feat unparalleled i❑ the history of news-
paper enterprise was accomplished by the conductors of
the metropolitan leviathan on Friday. We had in Liver-
pool during the early part of the day the state of the poll
at Sunderland at one o'clock, brought by a private letter.
At a little after three o'clock, however, we had, in the
columns of the Times, the voting, hour by hour, tip to
the close at four o'clock. The distance from Sunderland
to London is 305 miles, and from London here 195.
Thus we have an important event conveyed from almost
the extreme north of England to the extreme south,
composed, printed, and placed upon our table (the whole
distance accomplished being 500 miles) in less than 24
hours. The Times would be delivered in Sunderland
itself at ten o'clock on Friday morning. This is anni-
hilating time and space. We may add that the distance
from Sunderland to London was accomplished in less
than eight hours.

THE TEN PER CENT. DEPOSIT ON RAILWAY
SCHEMES.—The city correspondent of the Times, gives
(from a letter) the following explanation of the recent al-
teration of the standing orders, which is of great im-
portance at the present crisis. We ourselves, and the
Tiraes as well, certainly, interpreted the meaning of Lord
Somerset and the House, as expressed in the Debate of
the 29th Jul,, very differently. " The order states that
one-tenth of the amount subscribed is to be deposited
previous to the presentation of a petition for a railway bill,
provided that the petition does not relate to any railway
bill which has been before Parliament during the past
union, and which may be again introduced in the next
session, or which is already provisionally registered, or
the subscription contract for which may be already exe-
cuted, or partly executed, on the 29th day of July; then
in respect to such bill, or bill, a sum equal to one-twentieth
of the amount subscribed shall be deposited." The in-
convenience which we anticipated to arise from the al-
teration, with respect to companies, whose shares are
already paid upon and distributed, will therefore not arise,
only those undertakings which shall be " provisionally
registered," subsequently to the order being affected by it.
The Great Western arrived out on her last voyage at
New York, at four A.M., on 21st ultimo, making the pas-
sage in fifteen days twenty-two hours.

LAUNCH.—Yesterday week was launched, from the
ship-buiiding yard of Mr. T. Royden, Baffin-street, a
fine new brig, of the following dimensions :—length of
keel 86 feet 6 inches, breadth of beam 19 feet 2 inches,
depth of bold 13 feet 2 inches, and admeasures 181 tons ;
at twenty minutes past eleven, the usual orders having
been given, she glided gracefully into her destined ele-
ment, amidst the cheers of a large concourse of people ;
her name the " Barkhill," was given her by Miss Job,
daughter of one of the owners. The " Barkhill " is a
fine model vessel, and we have no doubt but that she will
be a fast sailer. She was launched completely rigged
and coppered, and is the property of Messrs. Job Brothers
of this town, and is, we believe, intended for the New-
foundland trade ; on her head and stern we noticed a
beautiful display of ornamented carved work, from the
masterly hand of an eminent townsman, Mr. Andrew
Allen.

The first of two magnificent Concerts Monstres, on a
scale hitherto unequalled in the provinces, under the
hictihonhaivnethfoer the last
theeif M . Jullien, t
oand w
f conversation
er
saworld, took place last night, at the Zoological Gardens.
The weather, though by no means favourable, it having
rained the greater portion of the day, was sufficiently emt
pro-
pitious to admit the entertainments to proceed. Amongst
mmoannathg
beene
the eminent artistes who were engaged, we may name—
Sig. Camillo Sivori, universally accepted as the first
violinist in the world, Mr. Richardson, Herr Schmidt,
Herr Conrad Band, Mr. Rowland, r. Trust, Mons.
Prospere, Herr Sonnenberg, Herr Dubreuil, Mr. Cnbitt,
Mr. Bean, and Herr Koenig, with Mr. Baker as leader.
That these individnals, a portion of whom so fully realized
the sanguine expectations at the previous concerts, with
the addition of other metropolitan stars, and powerful
reinforcements from the choicest and most efficient in-
strumental performers of the bands of the 47th regiment,
from Chester, and the 6th Carbineers, from Manchester,
the principal leaders of the Philharmonic Society, and
last, though not least, a selection from Stubbs' excellent
corps, should cause an equalled manifestation of public
feeling, is not to be wondered at; but it will be admitted
an astounding fact, that nearly 5000 persons were pre-
sent. The new orchestra, erected for the previous con-
certs, was beautifully lighted with varigated coloured
lamps, and the effect produced by 125 performers, was
magnificent. The programme comprised the most
popular pieces of the day, and so beautifully was each
performed, that it will be almost insidious to particu-
larise. The concert was opened by Rossini's overture
to William Tell, the solos of which were executed on the
flute by Mr. Richardson, the cornopean by Herr Koenig,
the clarionet by Herr Sonnemberg, and the "allegro" by
the combined choir. In this piece Jullien's leading was
powerfully effective—tbere was music in his every motion,
and every nerve seemed to have its part to play. It told
well not only in the heavy parts, where the whole instru-
mental force was brought to bear, but in the sweet solos,
with which this clash of music so beautifully contrasted.
It was received with the very climax of enthusiasm.
The Chimes Quadrille, composed by Jullien in honour of
Her Majesty's visit to the Duke of Buckingham, and
performed on that occasion, went off with great eclat.
This was followed by a solo, the Andante and Prayer,
from Rosini's opera, Mose in Egitto, on the fourth string
of the violin, by Signor Camillo Siviro, and though we
have not generally admired the music of a single stringed
instrument, in his hands it was made to speak, and from
the long and enthusiastic applause that followed, it was
evident that the talent of the first violinist of the day was
at once acknowledged and appreciated. Mr. Richardson
then played a solo on the flute, Rule Britannia, with four
brilliant variations, which were so exceedingly sweet and
melodious, end played with such ease and grace, that
the words inimitable, wonderful. and

u outer terms equall
illustrative of the feeling manifesteaod, were ever and anony audibly uttered by the sore enthusiastic, while the
thunders of applause that followed called forth a hearty
encore. The Post-horn Galope, an exceedingly lively
tune, composed by Herr Kooenig, concluded the first
portion of the programme. The second r.art was opened
with selections from Rossini's Stabat Mater, in which
Herr Koenig and M. Prospere, on the ophicleide and
cornet-a
-piston, produced an indescribable effect. As the
concert advanced the enthusiasm increased, the immense
applause calling forth a repetition of every piece, and the
National Anthem, each bar of v, hich was marked by a
salute of cannon, went off so well, that although Jullien
announced that it would be impossible to repeat the firing,
an encore was demanded without it. We have not time
to do full justice to the merits of the performers, and can
only say that the concert will be repeated this evening.

NEW CHURCH FOR. SEACOMBE.-Our readers will
rejoice to learn that the whole of the sum for the building
and endowing of this sacred edifice i s now forthcoming,
or within so small a sum that the erection is beyond a
doubt. The Rector of Wallasey has received several ad.
ditional contributions, and he purposes commencing ope-
rations in procuring plans, &c. forthwith. We wish him
God speed in his good work.

OUTRAGE.—A letter from Halberstadt, in Prussia, of
the 7th. says :—" M. Ronge preached here to-day, in
the
court of the cathedral. As la- terminated his sermon with
the words, Rome must and will fall,' a Catholic ex-
claimed, And you also, heretic,' and then advanced to M.
Ronge with the intention of throwing a stone at him, but
another Catholic, who was near the preacher, prevented
this, and knocked the offender down with a stick. A great
tumult then ensued, and the troops were called out, and
forced to use their arms. It is said that several persons
were severely wounded. Before peace could be restored
the partisans of M. Ronge had pulled to the ground the
house of the man who had menaced him."
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—A case of this
description was tried at the assizes, in the city of Cork.
on Friday ' '

—. wnicn a young lady, named Henrietta
Little, aged about twenty-six, sued a widower, named
George Newenham, of the ripe age of fifty-three, for dam-
ages laid at £5OOO. The sum of £5OO was paid into court.
The promise was fully made out, and the breach defended
on the ground that the defendant, on looking into his af-
fairs, had discovered that his property was not sufficient
to maintain the lady, and some other incumbrances
(consisting of another lady and five children,) in the style
they had been used to. The jury after a long enquiry,
found for the plaintiff, damages £7OO, and costs.
THE MAYOR'S ENTERTAINMENT TO THE JUDGER.—
Last night, the Mayor gave a magnificent entertainment
in the Banquetting-room of the Town-hall, to a select
company of about sixty. There were present—Mr. Baron
Rolfe, Mr. J. Cresswell, the High Sheriff, the leading
members of the bat (including Mr. J. S. Wortley, the new
Attorney-General for the Palatine), and Mr. tloraceTwiss,
Q.C., Vice-Chancellorof the Duchy Of Lancaster. Amongst
the company was the celebrated Dwarganauth Tagore,
whose brilliant costume was much admired. Her Majes-
ty's Sulicitor-General Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., was in-
vited, but pressing engagements compelled him to relin-
quish the honour. The entertainment was of the most
recherche description.

CONCERT IN AID OF A FUND RAISING FOR MRS.
SALMON.—TO those who are old enough to remember
the delightful singing of this celebrated vocalist—we can
only remember her fame—the mere fact that it is towards
raising her, in her decline, from a state of penury to one
of comfort, will be sufficient to draw their attendance to
this concert. As a musical a•traction, however, it has
high claims of its own. In addition to Miss Rose Joseph,
Messrs. Ryalls, Armstrong, E. Smith, &c., who are
engaged, and who are themselves a host, we perceive that
a lady (Mrs. Harvey Pardy, from the York concerts) of
whom we have heard great encomiums as a talented
vocalist, and who is moreover a townswoman, will make
her debut before a Liverpool audience. The concert will
take place on Thursday evening at the Concert-Hall, Lord
Nelson-street.
SALE OF CHURCH PEWS.—A rather unusual auction
took place yesterday in the Clarendon Rooms. It con-
sisted in the offer by Messrs. Winstanley and Sons of six
pews in St. George's Church, Everton, subject to a
ground rent ; three in the Parish Church of St. Nicholas,
free, and one in Trinity Church, subject also to a ground
rent. The attendance was rather good. The first lot
was the pew No. 58, in the body of Everton church,
ground floor, occupied by Mr. Blundell, at an annual rent
of eight guineas, and subject to a ground rent of £3 10s.
The first offer was £3O, and the last £5O, beyond which
there was no disposition to go. The auctioneer stated
that this was considerably below the reserve, and he
offered to sell with it the next lot, the pew No. 59, in the
occupation of Mr. E. Sanderson, at a similar rent, and
subject to a similar amount of ground rent. There was
no higher offer, however; and the reserve was then stated
to be £75, at which both lots were withdrawn. The
statement of the reserve elicited a pretty general opinion
that it was much too high. The next lot was the pew
No 72, under the gallery, in the same church, occupied
by Mrs. Ball, at the rent of £5, and subject to a ground
rent of £2 10s. For this pew the highest offer was £3O,
and it was withdrawn, the reserve being £5O. The next
lot was two pews, Nos. 76 and 77, in the centre of the
church, under the gallery, occupied by Mr. Adam
Hodgson, at the annual rent of £l4, and subject to £5
yearly ground rent. Two offers were made for this lot,
£6O and £65, and it was withdrawn, the reserve was
£165, or exactly £lOO more than its actual value, as
manifested by the competition. The next lot, No. 90, a
double pew, in the occupation of Mr. Clare, the rent
yearly is £6 25., subject to a ground rent of £2 10s., was
passed, on the reserve being stated to be £65. The last
of the lots in Everton church, No. 51, in the organ
gallery, in the occupation of Mr. Houghton, at a rent of
three guineas, and subject to a ground charge of thirty
shillings, was also passed, when it was known that the
reserve was £35. The four pews in the parish church of
St. Nicholas, none of which are subject to ground-rent,
were all passed, there being no offers, owing to the reserves
being too high. The one in Trinity Church was not sold
for the same reason. Disappointment was felt in every
case, when the reserves were stated ; and we have no
doubt the whole would have been sold if a more moderate
Prices bad been expected. All the pews, it was under-
stood, are the property of the representative of the late Mr. William Earle, of this town, a gentleman now living
in Cheltenham.