The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-31 00:00:00

LOCAL NEW.S.

Mr. Wm. WrenslA Senr. has green appointed .organistat
St Silas Church in the room of Mr. C. Wilberforce who has
accepted a similar duty at St. llainabas' Church.
BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT BlLL.—This bill was read
a third time in the House of Commons on Monday, and
passed. , -

er.L to be committed.
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On Monday, in the House of Commons, the Liverpool
Docksil By irl
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second ntdi emr
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rrdyinCompany Bill were

Ll V ER• THEATRE.—It will be seen that Mr. Copeland's
benefit takes place on Mcnday next, when a variety of pleas-
ing performances will be produced.

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BRAII AM'S CONCERT.—Mr. Brallarn's last concert took
place last night, at the Royal Assembly Rooms, Great George
street. It was well attended, and the veteran was in " fine
song."

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SHIP LAUNCH.—To-morrow (aturday) will be launched,
from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. P. Cato, south-west corner•
of the Brunswick Dock, a fine vessel of about 410 tons
register.

The Right H. Sir 'Henry Hardinge gave a grand dinner
on Monday to a few of the most distinguished officers, and
amongst the party We notice the name of our useful and
gallant member Sir Howard Douglas. •
THE J'ERUSALEM ENDOWMENT FUND. —On Sunday
evening last, at St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, after a sermon
by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, the SUM of £l5 was collected'
in aid of the fund for establishing a Protestant bishopric at
Jerusalem.

PRINCE ALBERT'S LEVEE.—Amongst those who were
present at this Levee, held on Wednesday, we noticed
the names of both our excellent members, and that of Lieut.
Col. Douglas, who was presented, on his return from India,
by his father.
THE GREAT WESTERN.—This noble vessel, which was
appointed to leave New York on the 16th inst., had not ar-
rived when we went to press, but the late succession of eas-
terly winds will necessarily have detained her a little: The
New York packet of the Ist instant has not yet arrived.
• THE WRIT OF RIGHT.--The Manchester Guardian says,
that the reason why Sir Thomas Potter was not present when
this unusual case was called for, 'on Saturday, was, that Sir
Thomas supposed he would not be wanted before Monday
morning.

Lieutenant 11I'Claverty, of the.Phlegethon, iron steamer,
and Lieutenant Tudor, of the Pluto, have been promoted to
the rank of Commanders. ' Lieutenant Hall, of the Nemesis,
has not, from some regulation of the service, yet received
his promotion ; he will, however, be made a Commander also.

CONSERVATISM IN MiNCIIESTER.—We perceive, from
an advertisement in the Manchester papers, that a new con-
servative paper, with the title of the Manchester Herald,
will be commenced in that town in the course of the ensuing
month. We heartily wish it success in its wide sphere for
nuefulne'ss.

Si'. NICHOLAS'S CM/Reif SCHOOLI.—HIS worship the
Mayor has invited Mr. liaro►. Park and Mr. Justice Colt-
man, together with the High Sheriff and other official per-
sonages, to accompany him to St. Nicholas's Church, on
Sunday morning next, whither his worship goesto attend the
Anniversary School Sermon. •

r. SALE pF CARRIAG!.CS.-,-It will be seen by the add.
that Messrs. Lucas's annual sale of carriages takes place on
Wednesday next. It is expected that there will be nearly
300 lots, offered for public competition. Those who intend to
start a vehicle for the summer months cannot do better than
be present at the biddings, as there will no doubt be—as its
all large sales—bargains ordinary and extraordinary. '
--
=The Rev. -Robert Robert Davies, .preadied.,his farewell
sermon to the Welsh portion of ibistongregation on Siihdaf.
list, at 'St. David's Church,
.itt this testa. The sermon,
being a beautiful piece of composition, as well as an amanita
and clear exhibition of scriptural truths, was .listened .to
throughout wills the most profoknd attention.. We are glad'
to hear that the rev. gentleman teas consented, at the unani-
mous request of the congregation,lto.publiskit; , •
WESLEYAN CENTENARY PICTURE.—This picture has
been angraved. The print will be out in a few-days. We
saw yesterday a proof before let%ser at Mr. Linnecar's, and
can pronounce it to be a fine work of art. The figures are
well placed, and the attitudes easy. The likenessesare very
good. There is not in it the 'usual stiffness perceivable in
pictures of this description. Thu light is finely introduced,
and the wlible has a broad effect. . .

PROTESTANT lACTURES.--We perceive from an advertise-
ment in. the London papers that a course of twelve le,ltures
is to he commenced on the 12th of next mouth, at Bedford'
Chapel, Bloomsbury, London, on " Protestant truth'; 'as
rnaintidaed. by the Church of England." The Rev. Mull
M`Neile delivers the sixth lecture, and the subject is "Vfie
faithful veaching of God's Word a test of a• true church.'"
as se.: forth in the 19th article. I.'he Revs. A. R. C. Dallas,.%
It. J. 11 i'Glice, C.J. Goodhart, and C.J. Yorke, are amongst
the preachers.

'Wick PASSACE.—The Shakspearp of this port, Captain
George Henderson, left the bar at New Orleans on the 18th
February, and arrived off this port on Sunday last, Making
'the passage' in 36 days, of which she was nine days from
Cape Clear, having
contend )with. She brings 'the latest accounts from New
had nothing but strong easterly winds to
Orledns, either by steam er siding vessel; and, of several
'crack American ships which sailed 10 or 15 days before her,
only lane,artived at this port on the same day, the others
beine still out.

expression to the features,
1 , Thy: Tomer.,--A line head. of hair, "the inestimable gift
of the geaces,":from its influence in giving due effect and
i has been universally sought after.
No article for this purpose has ever been favoured with such
distinguished patronage as" Rowi.AND's MACASSAR OIL,"
the reputation of which, for its beautifying and restorative
qualities, has been proinulgated in all ranks of fashion and
elegance, which the high encomiums and testimonials of its
value amply corroborate;{; in dreS•sing the hair, and arranging
it into any desired form of curl or other decorative forma-
tion, the addition of the oil is essential—it preserves the
eeithire hi the heated atmosphere of the ball room, and pre-
vents the relaxing effects of &nap, or violent e;,:eteke.—See
advt.

The calendar of prisoners for trial at these assizes is un-
preccdently heavy. The number is now above 230, and it is
to be feared will be still further augmented before the grand
jury will have terminated their labours.
COJIMITMENTS.—A. young woman, servant to Mr. T
I • MT,' •

'lnner,

traversing

MR. AND MISS VANDENROF/P.—The Worcester Journal
of Wednesday makes the following observations with refer-
ence to the performatick: of this gentleman and lady on tl
occ

)n of their performing when taking their benefit in

that town on the- Fr

night previou

The performar

Lore's- Sac
has been totally obscured, the portrait of a fah(
by Mr. -Vandenhoff, in its, several phases of quiet domestic
hanpiness, of tortured excitemet
h'iVas idea- I imbecility ; nor of

mautirtil and generous girl, hi
self to him and his overwhelmin

misfortunes with a strength of affection and magnanimity of
SOUL worthy of the proudest virgins of ancient Rome. Many
a bright eye became suffused with tears at this beautiful,
though painful, delinegtion of domestic sorrows, cheered by
affection; and we ourselves felt a moistening—; but here
let us close our hurried sketch ; for, as Buiwer has' well
and truly said, writing, after all, is but a cold and course
interpreter of thought. 1-low much of the imagination—
how much of the intellect—evaporates and is lost while we
seek to embody it in words.!. Man made language, and God
genius ! Our readers should themselves have witnessed what
we have so imperfectly attempted to describe."
EXTRAORDINARY PIIVINOMENON.—When the Anne l3rid-
son which arrived in this port from Valparaiso last week,
-after a quick passage' of St days, was off the River Plate, on
her homeward voyage, the captain and crew suffered. the
greatest inconvenience from the state of the atmosphere,
which for two days was so fetid and oppressive -as to make.
it difficult to breathe; and, we regret to say, that the effects
of their expOsure to this unwholesome air did net cease when
the atmosphere became pure, but continued to be felt duiing
the remiiitider of the voyage, many of the crew having been
ill from tblit time until their arrival in this port, and some
of them beiiif still much indisposed. Nothing was seen or
heard which could enable the captain or crew to account for
this unhealthy and oppressive state of the atmosphere ; but
the probability is that the fetid smell arose from a submarine
discharge of gas or vapour, a phenomenon which has fre-
quently ticapinpanied earthquakes and volcanic eruptions,
and which Nip doubt, gave rise to the innumerable stories
preserved in *history and tradition, in prose and verse, re-
specting the exhalations from Lake Avernus, near Naples,
and from the Dead Sea. The classical scholar will at once
call to mind Virgil's.fine description of this phenomenon as
to the. Lake Avernus, and we see that Lord Francis Egerton,
who visited the shores of the Dead Sea last year, does not
altogethet,tiiscredit the opinion, that the exhalations, from
the sea are Aillinjurious to life. We feel little doubt that
the painful. Sensations experienced on board the Anne, were
produced by some sudden discharge of Mephitic gas under the'
waters of the ocean, at the point which this vessel was then

.BASE COIN.—At the Police-court, yesterday, no felVer
. than three-i3int cases came before Mr. Rushton, who sent
to the Crown Court for Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Minty in
order that he might hear them, and give his advice as to the
commitment or discharge of the pri#oners. .A poor looking
woman, with a childin her arms, was first brought up. She
had gone into a shop in Paradise-street, and bought a yard
of brown calico for two-pence, for' which she tendered a shit,
ling, which proved to be bad. When_ apprehended, a good
sixpence was found upon .her. As there 'was no other evi;.
of importance, and as the Mint, it appears, do not prosecute
for a single piece of money unless a strong presumption that
party uttered it knowing it to be bad,—she Was discharged.
Thomas Ford and William Wilson were next brought np.
The first had been apprehended `as a suspicious character.
and gave a wrong address. His casual residence was after-
wards found to be in Addison-street and there the other pri-
senerwas found in bed. A coat belonging to the other pri-
soner was- there found, also, underneath the bed some sand-
paper, plaister of Paris, two files, two pieces of white-Metal,
&c. Within a chimney ornament in the room' rented by
Ford, and in which the other prisoner sometimes slept
was found a glove containing 4 base shillings. The pri4o-
ner Ford had previously been convicted' of uttering base
coin, and then gave the same name. They were both re-
remanded, that further evidence might, if possible be pro-
cured.—Two women, Ellen Nowland and Catharine Elliot
were newt brought up. The first had tendered a bad shil-
hug at a 13,iblic house, • and- on its being. detected brought
the other prisoner from whom she had received it: The
evidence was not conclusive against them, and they were
discharged.

EvouTort TOWNSHIP.—A meeting of the ratepayers was
held yesterday for the purpose of transacting the annual
business of the township. Mr. Wilson Ledger,,one of the.
overseers, presented a printed summary of the accounts of
the township, and also a summary of the accounts of the sur-
veyor of the highways. By the former it appeared that the.
amount of poor-rates collected was £2,038 lls. 2d., and the
expenditure £1,769 17s. 6d., leaving a balance due of
£263 13s. Bd. ; by the latter, the amount of highway-rstes
collected was £1,996 75. load., expenditure £2,375 15s. 14,
balance due to the surveyor £379 Bs.. Mr. Ledger then
called the attention of the meeting to the great increase
of the population of Everton, and said' that in consequence
of the increased and laborious parochial duties that had for
some time past devolved upon the stipendiary officers, they
had. been actually-under the necessity of employing a -clerk;
at their own expense, for upwards of two years, to assist
them ; and contended that it was quite unreasonable that their
respective salaries, which had been fixed many years since,
by one of the most numerous meetings ever held in the town-
ship, should be thus diminished, even as their laborious du-
ties multiplied. lie should therefore propose that Mr. Charles
Georgeson; the assistant, who had hitherto been paid out of
the pockets of the stipendiary officers, should be appointed
by the township as a collector and office-clerk, with a salary
of £BO per annum ; and even then their united salaries would
not exceed the sum paid seven years ago, since which time
the township had nearly doubled itself in population, and the
time of the officers was so much occupied in out-door business
in consequence of the great number of small houses recently
built, the tenants of wh!ch were perpetually changing their
residence, that, without the assistance of a clerk, it was ut-
terly impossible for the assistant overseer and the rate-col.
lector to deVote sufficient time to the duties of the office, and
to answer the numerous questions daily required of them.
lie regretted the unavoidable absence of his colleague, Mr.,
Ledson, but was glad to inform the meeting that he was au=
thorized by that gentleman to say he perfectly concurred in
the opinions he had expressed. The motion was then put
freni the chair, and carried unanimously.. Mr. Shaw laid
before the meeting a copy of the Fire Prevention Bill, with
the resolution adopted by the rate-payers of Toxteth-park.
Mr.- Thomas Taylor was then appointed printer for the en-
suing year. After a few desultory remarks, the meeting
agreed to a similar resolution, and, after passing a vote of thanks to the chairman, separated.—See adverlisement.
UNION-HALL, LONDON.---On Tuesday, " the Duke of. Normandy" was brought up before the magistrate charged,
with assault.

Accounts have been received from GuadalonPe to the 31st
ult. The number of persons who have perished by the
earthquake amounts to between 5 and 6000.
The council of the Anti-Corn-law League have, it is said,
given the manager of Drury-lane Theatre .t*.-iOO for the use of
the theatre during the five Wednesdays .41. Lent, making a
rent of .ClOO for cuch night.
In some partsNf Rutland the sheep are suffering consider-
ably from a (eve,/ in the feet ; the loss, however, is chiefly
amongst the lambs, the fever, it is supposed, being conveyed
to them in the milk.
Flay..-L-Orl Saturday morning last, a fire took place at
•Shaweross Mill, East-street, Manchester. The damage is
estimated at from £1,500 to £l,BOO. The property was in-
sured.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On. Tuesday night, Mr. P. C. Cos-
greve, a young gentleman, aged 21,--a-pupil of. King's
College, London, was killed by a fall from his horse on the
Great Western road, near the town of Old Brentford.
We are glad to hear better accounts from Worcester re-
specting the staple (glove) trade of that city, and also from
ltedditeh, Studley, and Alcester, where the needle and fish-
hook branches were brisk, the manufacturers having large
orders, and the workpeople being fully employed.
Mr. W. A. Grint, a midshipman, whose case we reported
a-few days since, and who was brought before the magistrate
at one of the London 'Police-'offices, for a very curious rob-
bery, at Lady Playters, has been committed for trial. lie
had been acquainted with her ladyship for many years.
LONSDALE, MARCH 28.—The fight
betwixt Goldie a Langan came off this day, about a mile
from Sedbergh, In Yorkshire. The magistrates of West-
moreland and Lancashire, assisted by the police and the
constables, drove, them out of those cauuties, and they con-
sequently fought on the borders of Yorkshire. After a hard
fight for two hours and
,three minutes, the shades of evening
coming on, the battle was drawn, both men being severely
punishes.).

COMMITTAL ON A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.--011
Thursday, a man employed in the Town of Wexford steamer,
named Thomas Pender, was committed to the county prison,
on a charge of manslaughter alleged to have taken place five
years back. ' It appears that after a pugilistic rencontre at
the period mentioned, his antagonist came by his death by
the punishment lie received from the aforesaid individual.—
Wexford paper.

A BLIND WOMAN DISTINGDISHING COLOURS.—A poor
woman, the wife of a weaver at Cambusbarron,-in Scotland,
who had for' many years totally lost her sight, was accus-
tomed to employ herself in winding the woof of her husband!s
well, as well as that of others; and that which appears the
more singular was,' that without any difficulty she readily
discriminated between the different colours used in the wor-
sted which passed through her hands; so that in this respect
the loss of vision seemed to cause her but little inconveni-
ence.

RAILWAY CoLustem—On Monday night the down train
to Leeds came in collision, near Rotherham, with the engine
of the Sheffield train. So tremendous was the shock that the
heavy iron crank by width the mail carriage was attached to
the Leeds carriages was snapped, as if by magic, the Leeds
carriages and, mails being pitched completely off the rails, and
to a considerable distance. The pasSengers were suddenly
roused by the crash, and at once made the best of their way
to terra firma: Mr. Feargus O'Connor has informed us that
so close was the engine of the Sheffield train to where he sat,
that he could without bending forward put his hand upon it,
while the head of it was all but in the carriage of his Royal
flightless Prince George of Cambridge. The steps of the
carriage- were-tanactff, and the buffers-of-the mail-shattered.-
-Leeds Paper.

SEDUCTION.—At the Beaumaris assizes on Thursday, an
action of this kind was brought. It appeared that the de-
fendant, who was a farmer, had seduced the plaintiff's
daughter, whom he had been courting 'for some time, after
the custom of the country—namely, in bed. The plaintiff's
counsel said, the custom of the country, to which he had
Winded, might in fact be regarded as one of its regular in-
ititutions ; and though it might be a' very daneerous one for
the .female, because it gave the man an opportunity'for se-
duction, it redounded to . the moralitylof the country that
the cases were rare in which a father had to seek redress
from a jury, the suitor seldom being base enough to take ad-
vantage of the confidence reposed, in him. . It unfortunately
was otherwise in the present
.instance, for the defendant had
taken the advantage and effected 'her 'seduction. His lord-
ship, in summing up, made some strong remarks on this
disgraceful custom, and the jury found for the plaintiff--
damages, £2 2s,
Less OF LIFE 117 SniewnEetc.—On :Sunday night a
melancholy shipwreck occurred within a short distance of
the river at Montrose: to the John and Elizabeth, a fine brig
belonging to that port, Which, with every person on board,
was totally lost. Soon 'afterwards, however, on the ebbing
of the tide she broke away, and was carried out of the har-
bour amongst the breakers,' where she struck -violently.
Unhappily the gale increased, when no aid-could be rendered
either to the ship or her crew. ' The consequenCe NHS, in a
few hours she totally disappeared, and'all on board perished.
They Were six in number-4he master, Mr. Erskine,. three
seamen, and two boys. Near the same spot en the previous
Hight (Saturd'ay) called Oscar, Captain Anderson, from
Christiansand, met with a similar fate. She was
at
treacbkoendt
On the north side of' the harbour, and shortly went to pieces :
the crew were' saved. On Monday morning last.
rli o'clock, the life-boatmen at North Shields e alar-
med by the cry of a ship in distress off thew harbour.
At length, after several hours' delay, the boatmen at South
Shields were induced by the perilous situation of the ship,
which was afterwitds found to he the Electra, belonging to
ito'crlock in
Newcastle, to dr iif over the life-boat to Whitby sands,
~tiblintribaerfit)wreo reached
where she was lyi ' , a distance of several miles, which was
effected by the aid horses and a huge number of seamen.
II
theO li
afternoon,reachingt,hteh
ts,phoots,
twwh;iicshl
launched,
ere
(t 1
many yards from the beach it filled h
the crew
the crew.
.had to swim ashore. About this time thebrig
got into the long-boat, and pushed awayfrom the vessel,
which could be seen to be in a sinking state, and in less than
three minutes afterwards she went down headforemost. The
crew kept their boat before the wind and sea, which had the
effect of preventing her from tilling, and she was carried sate
by the tide on to the sands.