The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY AFFAIRS.

We- have been requested by Mr. Ford to insert'the fol-
Lowing correspondence :

TO THE REV.= MR. CRAGG.
Rev. and Dear Sir,—Will you do me the favour to refer
to M-c..Thoniely's speech, as printed in the Twined, of
Saturday last, and say if his remarks, which have reference
to a conversation I had with him in Castle-street, upon
the day the report of the Poorilaw Commissioners upon
Mr. Nightingall's case was received at the Parisir.office,
bears-any resemblance to what I really did say to -him
upon that occasion.

As, you were the only persom,present, I am relactantly
compelled to ask you to become-the arbiter between Mr.
Thornely and myself. .
The remarks of the editor of the Journal oblige-me
publicly to notice the matter. Your permission}. there..
fore,.t.., publish-whatever reply you are pleased termake
will oblige your obedient,

EDWARD FORD.

Thursday morning, January 1'7_1844.
My Dear Sir,-1 have seen they-report in the- Journal
of what is there represented as the conversation between
yourself and Mr. Thornely, in Castle-street, when I was
present, and, still remembering what was; really said,
declare it to be utterly incorrect; neither correct as to
facts nor in the version given in the newspaper,—l am,
my dear sir, yours, very tally?
To Mr.. E.. Ford.

S. CBAGG.

[Of courser, we knew perfectly well, and recently told
our readers, how those so-called reports, which appear
from time to time in the Merattry, are concocted ; and it
is-no surprise to us to see, as in the above case, that they
are spiteful, one-sided, and lying. We know, unfortu-
nately, of no remedy, which we would adopt willingly.
The admission of reporters foil the local press., would be
only to deloge the community with a further supply of
the frothy trash of these frothy spouters, and to add
another to the number of our talking public bpdies. Our
conservative friends must, therefore, consent tnsvffer on,
satisfied that none but Lindred spirit& believe the-
slanders of their assailants and their organ--ihe Mercury..
—Ed. L._S.)

THE DYNDS, SATURDAY' NIGHT.—COMOIS leave (A a
shade firmer, though the market has not experienced any
great accession of business during the day. The last
quotation for money and the account was 961 to 8. The
other English stocks were fairly steady,, and for the most
part fully maintained late quotations. The Three per
Cent's. Reduced closed 971 to a ; Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. Reduced, 1021 to New Three-and-a- Half per
Cents., lOli to 102 ; Long Annuities' 121; Exchequer
Bills, 655. to 675. premium ; Bank Stock, 186 to 187;
and India Stock, 27a, to 274. Spanish Stock was also
rather better. A few purchases occasioned this im-
proved feeling, and the market closed tolerably well. Tha
Three per Cents. were last quoted: 30/, to ; and the five
per Cents., 229 to I. In other respects the foreign secu-
rities showed no essential aiteration. Mexican closed
32 to 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,, 54 to ; the
Five per Cents., 1004 tot ; Peruyian 229 to Portuguese,
44 to 4 : Danish, 86 to 87 ; Colombian, 11 to 4 ; Chilian,
99 to 101 ; Brazilian, 75 to 75 ;, and. Belgian, lo3to
1044.

THEATRE ROYAL.—The" stars" at this theatre, during
the past week, have been Mr..Pitzwilliam and Mr. Buck-
stone who have drawn very good and. fashionable Audi-
ences, the pieces performed being principally the produc-
tion of the latter able comedian and pleasing dramatic
writer. The principal of these, which has had an uniuter-
rupted ru.n during the week, and drawn down rapturous
applause, is entitled "Josephine.'' in which Mrs.. Fitg-
william appears as an orphan, or a deserted girl, adopted
by the soldiers of the 23rd regiment during the. wars of
the emperor. The plot contains little of interest, being
adapted principally to display the peculiar style of that
lady-. It was beautifully put upon the stage, and the cha-
racters throughout well supported. Mr. Compton inpa%.
titular, personated well a veteran sergeant, the favourite
protector of Josephine. It is invidious. however, to
particularize, where all the members of the company did
full justice to the parts allotted to them. The ether
pieces performed were of that slight, bssb laughable des-
cription in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam is inimitable;, and like
the principal piece (Josephine) drew down nightly. bursts
of applause. During the present week Madame Celeste
herself re-appears, and in addition Mr. J. P. Cook, the
only sailor upon the stage, will go through his most ce-
lebrated pieces ; and the house, as indeed it was last night
to witness his acting " Blackeyed Susan," we dare predict
will be crammed every night.

WARRINGTON. ALARMING FIRE.— On Saturday
evening, at half-past six o'clock, a fire broke out in Mr.
John Haddock's printing establishment, at the Market-
gate; and, from the situation of the premises, serious
apprehensions were entertained that the flames would ex-
tend to the adjoining buildings. The alarm was imme-
diately given, and the fire-engines were, with as little
delay as possible, brought up to the spot. The fire
burned with unabated violence for about half an hour, or
from that to three quarters, when the engines were
brought to play upon it in some degree. It was near nine
*o'clock before the fire was quite extinguished. The want
of a regularly organised body of firemen was much felt ;
for, although assistance was promptly rendered, yet, in
consequence of the great confusion, and as there was no
competent person to direct the efforts of the parties, much
time was lost. The fire showed a tendency to spread to
the adjoining buildings, occupied by Mr. Fidgen, but
owing to the praiseworthy exertions of a few individuals
it was confined to the upper stories of Mr. Haddock's
premises. Several rumours are afloat as to the probable
cause of this disaster ; but the most authentic seems to be,
that, after the other men were leaving the printing-office,
to receive their wages, one man remained behind to light
his pipe, and, instead of extinguishing the paper, he threw
it, lighted, upon the floor in his hurry, and so set fire to
the remnants, or waste pieces, of paper which were lying
there; for it was observed that, in less than five minutes
after the men had entered the shop to receive their wages,
the upper stories were in flames. The property, it is
said, is insured. Much injury has been done to the stocks
and the building: have 4c..fferCd '2o4siderably.