The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

NEW PASSENGER SHIPS

THE BLUE JiCKET arrived cn Friday in the Mersey,
from Boston, under the command of Captain Oliver
Eldridge, after a very successful run, as will be seen by
the following extract from the journal of one of the pas-
sengers :—" Oct. 3rd, one o'clock, a.m., took our departure
from Boston Light, had the wind from S.E. during the
day, which drove us to the N.W. of Seal Island. The
wind hauled to the S.W. next day, and we were obliged
to beat seven hours to clear Seal Island, which we passed
at six o'clock, p.m., 4th. From thence had light westerly
winds, averaging 200 miles per day, until 11th, when we
took a gale from the south, and ran 360 miles in 24 hours.
On the 11th, we were in lat. 49.57, long. 37.01, and on the
12th, lat. 51.07, long. 27.40 by observation. After this
time the wind continued light from the west, and we
made Cape Clear on the morning of the 16th, just 12 days
and 22 hours from Boston, allowing for difference of time,
and 11 days from Seal Island. Saw Tuskar Light the
same evening, which we passed in 13 days and 18 hours
from Boston, and next morning sighted Holyhead, 14
days and 4 hours from Boston, with a good prospect of
arriving at Liverpool the same day, when the wind hauled
to the N.E., and commenced blowing a gale which in-
creased to a hurricane, and we were over two days between
Bardsey and Holyhead. 19th : Took a pilot off Point
Lynas, at three o'clock, p.m., but the wind being fresh
from S.W., he declined taking the ship in the river before
morning. A combination of circumstances thus length-
ened our passage to 17 days, which we felt almost positive
of making in 14 but a few days since." The Blue Jacket
was built in Boston, and is sister to the celebrated Red
Jacket, whose recent performances to Australia and
back we have already noticed. Like her, she is
destined for the Australian emigration trade, for which
her fine capacity and accommodations highly recommend
her. During her voyage she proved herself perfectly sea-
worthy, and although she encountered two severe gales,
she neither lost sail nor spar, and has beaten almost every
ship that sailed for weeks previously. Before leaving the
vessel the passengers presented an address to Capt.
Eldridge for "his gentlemanly conduct, which served to
render the voyage so agreeable, and we shall ever remem-
ber with gratitude his many kind attentions to us."
Tun ANNANDA_LE.—A vessel named the Annandale,
which lately arrived here, and is now lying at the north-
east end of the Prince's Dock, is an excellent proof of our
national skill in turning out " clippers." She was built
by Messrs. John Nicholson and Co., of Annan, on their
own account. She is a model of symmetry, and, it is
stated, of strength also, for she is firmly ironkneed
throughout, and copper-fastened. Her dimensions are—
length of keel, 230 feet ; over all, 250 feet ; beam, 32 feet;
depth of hold, 18 feet 1 inches ; tonnage, 1,150 old and
750 new measurement. She is extremely sharp on the
water-line, both fore and aft. Her spars are lofty, and
she is rigged much in the style of the celebrated Aberdeen
clippers. She is built entirely of Scotch larch—which will
render her extremely buoyant, and, probably, with her
extraordinary length, give her unrivalled speed. With
all her sharpness, she is said to have great stowage capa-
city. Her deck is flush, with two houses, one amidships,
the other aft, containing excellent cabin accommodation.
She is intended for the East India trade, and is now
being loaded by Messrs. Imrie and Tomlinson for Bombay.
THE SHALIMAR. The enterprising owners of the
White Star Line of Packets have lately purchased the
new ship Shalimar, a worthy consort of the famous Red
Jacket and Mermaid. The Shalimar was built at St.
John, N. 8., expressly for the passenger trade, and is,
therefore, designed with width of beam and great height
between decks. Her model, which is full at the waist,
is sharpened at each end, so as to combine steadiness of
motion with fast sailing. She is a very large-classed ship,
her dimensions being—Length, 203 feet ; length over all,
225 feet; breadth, 40 feet; depth, 23 feet; carpenter's
measurement, 1,467 tons ; register, 1,402 tons. Her
arrangements on deck comprise a pgallant forecastle, a
large well-built house amidships, and a full poop aft,
with a commodious erection on that, which includes the
chief cabin entrance, and a very comfortable smoking-
room, with stained glass windows. She has plenty of
deck-room for passengers to promenade, and her high
bulwarks will shelter them in heavy weather. The chief
cabin is an elegant apartment, upholstered in dark polished
woods, mahogany, rosewood, and walnut, with a rich bead-
work of satinwood marking the panels. In the cornice
decorations, the " white star" is conspicuous on a red
ground. There are berths for a dozen passengers, with
baths and every other sanitary comfort attached. The
forward part of the poop is fitted to accommodate thirty
second-cabin passengers, and twenty of the same class are
located in the house amidships. In these apartments the
improved plan is adopted of making the meal-rooms apart
by themselves, and placing the state-rooms, with their
sleeping berths, along corridors attached; and the cabins
are, by the aid of numerous windows and spacious sky-
lights, cushioned seats, convenient tables, and rich paper
hangings, rendered as light, airy, and as agreeable as
could be desired. In the deck-house are more bath-rooms,
and the whole forward part of it is occupied with a large
"kitchen," divided into two cooking galleys, one for the
passengers, the other for the crew. It is fitted in berths of
two, with a large family berth on each side of the centre
division. In the aft and forward ends of the deck-house,
and in front of the poop, are covered companion-ways,
leading to the 'tween decks below, which have a height of
eight feet in the clear. Here, as in every other part of
the ship, the cabins are well finished, and unusually spa-
cious, andlight is secured by means of large ventilating
shafts, skylights, deck-lights, and other appliances. The
midship portion is appropriated to first-class passengers,
in berths of two, arranged on each side of a passage way,
and the fore and after ends to intermediate passengers.
The general arrangement is on the ordinary plan, with the
state-rooms ranged along either side of the vessel ; but
there is observable a useful novelty in the intermediate
portion of the ship, which consists in several of the state-
rooms being fitted with berths for eight or ten people,
made on the telescope principle, so as to slide quite out of
the way, and give great room in the apartments when not
required for sleeping purposes. The Shalimar is adver-
tised to sail for Melbourne on the Ist November.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE

JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY,

AT the half-yearly meeting of the company,on the 26th
of August, after the report of the directors had been read,
a committee was appointed, on the proposition of Mr.
Edward Harper, to inquire into the state of the company's
affairs, and to suggest what line of policy should be pur-
sued for the future; and on Saturday last the adjourned
half-yearly meeting was held at the Monk's Ferry Hotel,
for the purpose of receiving their report. Mr. Alderman
Bancroft, of Manchester, chairman of the company, pre-
sided. The report, after stating the course of proceedings;
and acknowledging the assistance which the committee
had received from the chairman, directors, and officers of
the company, proceeded to say :—" The result of the inves-
tigation has satisfied your committee that, in the future
conduct of your affairs, it is clearly the true interest of
the shareholders to cultivate friendly relations with the
Shrewsbury Companies, and to attract and bring over
both lines of your railway from the whole system of the
Great Western Company the utmost traffic which they
can contribute. The committee find that, since the com-
mencement of the year 1851, the Shrewsbury and Chester
Company has obtained three acts of parliament for run-
ning powers, or for the amendment and extension of those
powers, over the lines of this company, and in each case
the applications have been based on alleged obstructions
to their traffic, chiefly in the direction of Manchester.
The bills, when before parliament, encountered the oppo-
sition of your directors, but were, nevertheless, passed.
These measures, combined with the withdrawal, in 1852,
of the bill for leasing the Birkenhead line to the three
companies, now forming the Great Western Company, have
weakened the mutual confidence in each other of the direc-
tors engaged in those hostilities, and the committee, whilst
deploring the existence, ascertained by them, of continued
mistrust, on the part of the Great Western board, towards
some of the directors of your company, have laboured assi-
duously to remove it, and they trust not altogether in vain.
One of the first impediments to a good understanding and
harmonious action for the future, appeared to be the existing
litigation with the Great Western Company, and your
committee have endeavoured to bring about a friendly
settlement of this litigation, which they trust may yet be
attained by mutual concessions. Another impediment,
which was found to involve considerable complexity, pre-
sented itself in certain agreements between the London
and Northwestern Company and this company. (See
Appendix A.) The first agreement is dated 21st Nov.,
1850, and was made under the authority of a clause in
this company's act of 1847, by the provisions of which
your company abandoned certain lines supposed to be in-
jurious to the London and Northwestern Railway Com-
pany, for the construction of which Legislative sanction
had been obtained, and for which abandonment an equi-
valent concession to this company was intended to be
made. Your directors also obtained the right of using
the lines of the former company between Warrington and
Manchester, paying to them fifty per cent. on the gross
receipts, according to mileage, for all traffic carried by
your trains over the London and Northwestern Railway.
Considering that this agreement was intended by your
board to obtain for your company for ever the same inde-
pendent access to Manchester for all traffic passing over
your line, which the construction of your own branch
would have placed in your hands, the committee are of
opinion that this was a most advantageous agreement to
the Birkenhead Company. It was, however, soon after
construed by the London and Northwestern Company as
excluding all traffic from their line between Warrington
and Manchester, which was not brought in the proper
waggons and carriages of the Birkenhead Company itself,
thereby preventing any Manchester traffic from passing
in the carriages and waggons of other companies. Under
an agreement made subsequently to the former, and dated
21st June, 1851, (see appendix B,) the Birkenhead Com-
pany acquired the right to forward other carriages than
those of your company, subject to the condition that they
were not to charge for the through traffic from other lines
lower rates than those which might be taken for the local
traffic ppssing over your line, without the previous consent
in writing of the London and Northwestern Company. The
effect of this agreement upon the through traffic from the
Shrewsbury companies was, of course, to annihilate it.
This latter agreement is endorsed on the former one, and
has the official seal of your company attached ; and your
committee think it right to state that such agreement,
although twice presented for confirmation at general meet-
ings, has not received the sanction of the shareholders.
The committee doubt the legal and practical value of this
agreement, and think it is incumbent on the board to as-
certain the extent of their legal rights, under the first
agreement, with regard to traffic coming from other com-
panies. One of the effects of the stipulation, by which
your •directors are compelled not to charge for foreign
traffic lower rates than those imposed on the local traffic
of your line is, that the London and Northwestern Rail-
way Company are enabled to fix amore moderate scale of
charges on the traffic of their own line from Manchester
to Chester than you are. permitted to charge by your
shorter route. Thus, fon Salop goods, fifty-two miles,
from Manchester to Cheste'; sjia Crewe, the London and
Northwestern Company charge:-- First-class, Bs. 10d.;
second-class, Us. 441. ; 13s. ; fourth-class, 175.;
fifth-class, 245. Forty miles, from Chester to Manchester,
via" Warrington, the Birkenhead Company.charge :—First-
class, lls. Bd. ; second-class, 13s. 4d. ; third-class, 16s. Bd.;
fourth-class, 20s. ; fifth-class, 30s. The traffic derived by
this company from the neighbouring lines is shown by
the returns in the appendixes which were (furnished by

the secretary to this company. When the communication
between your line and the Warrington and Altrincham
Railway, at Walton, shall be completed, the Great Wes-
tern Railway Company, however, may be able, without in-
with any agreement, to carry their traffic by the
)owers in the direction of Manches-

:erferin

use of their runniu,4.

r committee feel that it would have been
more satisfactory thay the traffic passing through Chester
towards Manchester should be carried by you on terms
perfectly equal and just, so as to invite and secure the
traffic of both the London and _Northwestern and Great-
western systems."

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The report, after alluding to the favourable prospects of
traffic, and remarking on the inadequate remuneration
received by the company for terminal charges at Birken-
head, continues :—" The committee deem it most desirable
to endeavour to arrange, as far as practicable, with the
Great Western Company, to work the trains of both
branches of your railway, and to provide the establishment
for carrying on the whole trade of the company on specified
and satisfactory terms ; and they have the pleasure to re-
port that the board have, with the entire concurrence of
your committee, entered into negotiations, by means of
which they trust this desirable object may be attained.
In conclusion, your committee recommend to the share-
holders, at the ensuing. election of directors, to place on
the board four gentlemen unconnected with past differ-
ences, who are likely to aid hi the results aimed at,—
namely, to secure absolute impartiality in the reception of
the traffic of your railway, and to promote economical
manageinent."

The CUAIEMAN having stated that the report of the
directors had not yet been adopted, owing to the adjourn-
ment on the last occasion, called upon Mr. Edward
Harper to move the adoption of the report of the
committee, which, he supposed, would come before them
in the shape of an amendment to the adoption of the
original report.
Mr. HARPER thought the best plan to adopt would be
to receive both the reports, and enter them side by side;
for the consideration of the future board. He would
move, " That the report of the directors, and the report of
the committee of shareholders now produced, be received,
and entered on theminutes of the company?'

Mr. WILLIAM EVANS, of Manchester, One of the com-
mittee, in seconding the proposition, bore testimony to
the cordial manner in which the board of directors had
facilitated their investigation.

Mr. W. JACKSON, Ac.P., put it to Mr. Harper whether
the last clause but one, recommending that both branches
of the railway should be worked by the Great Western
Railway Campany, would not be giving a great prepon-
derating influence to that company over the North-
western, and whether such a position was not inconsistent
with their policy to show no favour to any particular com-
pany, but to receive all alike. He wished to know
whether, when the Great Western had running powers
over their line, the same privileges would be conceded to
the North-western and the Holyhead Companies, if de-
manded by them.

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Mr. E. HARPER replied that he was particulatt
to secure, both to the London and North-western and the
Holyhead Companies, the same privileges that were pro—
posed to be accorded to the Great Western ; and he
thought there should be an express. stipulation that those
companies should have the privilege of carrying theirowm
traffic, unless it were satisfactory to them to be carried
by the Great Western, at whatever rates the Great
Western carried their own traffic, on the branch lines or
this company. He was himself prepared to embody that
in the report now submitted, but it was thought it might
probably impede negotiations with the Great Virestern,
and that it ought to be left to the board, to see that no
exclusive privileges should be enjoyed by any.
After some
_discussion, Mr. JACKSON moved as an

be struck

amendment that the words
out of the clause as to the running powers, and the words
" adjacent railways" be substituted. Mr. HALL seconded
the amendment.
This led to a further discussion, and on the question
being put to the vote there were found, for the amend-
ment, 15; against it, 66. The proposition of Mr. Harper,
that both reports should be adopted and entered on the
minutes, was, therefore, carried.
The next subject was the election of four dire,

the place of the following, who were eligible for re-
election :—Messrs. A. Howard, T. F. Maddock, James
Gandy, and Peter Dickson. After a lengthened discussion,
the following were elected :—Mr. William Atkinson. Mr.
S. D. Darbyshire, Mr, Edward Harper, and Mr. William
Evans.

The retiring auditor (Mr. J. Tyrer) having been re-
elected, vo,to of thanks to the chairman terminated the

proce4dillgs.

COURT AND FASHION.

Mn. SAMUEL PIIILL/PS, the editor of the " Hand-book
to the Crystal Palace," died suddenly at Brighton on
Saturday week, from hemorrhage of the lungs, in his 39th
year. Mr. Phillips was a well-known writer in Black-
wood, the John Bull, Morning Herald, and other Con-
servative publications. He had been long suffering from
consumptive symptoms.
Tits LORD MAYOR of London and the Lady Mayoress
have accepted the invitation of the Mayor and Mayoress at
Doncaster to a ball at the Mansion-house in that town on
Thursday, next. The dinner to be given by the 3layor
and Corporation of Leeds to the Lord Mayor of London
will take place on Friday next.
Tns Ducnsss of GLOTTCESTER, now the only surviving
child of King George 111., has arrived at a very advanced
age, and a short time ago her health was in a very pre-
carious condition, but her extraordinary constitution got
the better of the malady, and she is again convalescent.
With the view of improving her health, her royal high-

ness went to Brighton ab-Out a fortnight ago, and has
enjoyed the fine weather on the coast, taking carriage
airing twice a day on the cliffs, and frequently driving on
the pier esplanade. She has received several dis-
tinguished persons now staying in Brighton, to pass the
evening with her at her suite of apartments at the Bedford
Hotel.

TUB EARVOB ABINGDON died a little before 7 o'clock on
Monday evening, at Wytham Abbey, about three miles
from Oxford. His Lordship, who was in his 71st year,
was Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and High Steward of
the borough of Abington, He is succeeded by his son,
lord Norreys, who represents Abingdon in Parli=ant'

SPORTING lIVT_ELLIGENC.F.
♦

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FEIDAT

Although the bookmakers in this market have nearly
to a man discharged their liabilities on the Cesarewitch
Stakes, the settling is not by any means perfect. The
supposed defalcations were, however, much lessened to-day
by one of the absentees making his appearance, and paying
in full all his creditors present ; that he had the means to
settle has never been doubted. A report is fast gaining
ground that one gentleman who was intrusted with a large
commission to back Muscovite has gone to reside on the
Continent, and has no intention of meeting the claims
upon him ; but it is to be hoped that this report is un-
founded. Since Tuesday, the betting upon the Cambridge..
shire Stakes has undergone considerable change ; Rattle
hrs receded in the market, and Orinobo has advanced from.
Btolto4 to 1 ; Scherz has also much improved. Yes-
terday, Helena became friendless, 40 to 1 being offered in
good quarters; to-day, however, we saw 20 to 1 taken
rather freely. A good deal of inquiry was made about
Quince, and received support at 25 to 1. A few invest-
ments were made upon the Derby at the odds quoted.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Orinoco—taken.
6to 1 „ Mr. Dennett's Rattle—taken.
100 to 8 „ Baron Mollendorf's Scherz—taken freely
20 to 1 „ Mons. Aumont's Hervine—taken.
20 to 1 „ Mr. J. Osborne's Helena—taken., ch-
-25 to 1 „ Mr. Greville's Quince—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. W. Smith's Little David—offered.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Duke's Stonehenge—offered.
30 to 1 „ Mr. G. Mather's Prime Minister—tk.
33 to 1 „ Mr. I. Day's lantbe—taken.
33 to 1 „ Mr. Hobson's Claret—taken.
35 to 1 „ Mr. Batsou's Khadidjah—taken, aft. off.

THB DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grmeuhis Esuriens—taken.
100 to 8 „ Mr. Osbaldeston's Rifleman—taken.
100 to 7 „ Lord Derby's De Clare—taken.
25 to 1 „ Lord Eglinton's Dirk Hatteraick—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Howard's Oulston—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Merry's Lord of the Isles—taken.
33 to 1 „ Mr. F. L. Popham's Wild Dayrell—taken

The Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam has been elected a member
of the Jockey Club.

The Usurer, 2 yrs, has joined H. Boyce's string, at New-
market ; and Donald, 2 yrs, has arrived at W. Martin's.
Mr. George White, of Newcastle, has purchased Capt.
Skipworth's two year old filly Fanny Fern, by Slane.

31r. H. Baker has named his brown yearling filly by
Gameboy out of Maria, Alma ; and a bay colt foal by Cowl
out of The Chi:ken's dam, Capucine.
Mr. Thos. Carter, one of the oldest and most extensive
trainers, as well as one of the most extensive breeders, in
France, has removed his establishment from Lamorlaye to
Chantilly.

The Jockey Club has recommended to the managers of
provincial races where the Newmarket rules are in force,
not to allow any exception to the rule for claiming any
horse which may run in selling stakes.
Mr. Barrett's horses, consisting of Haco, Daffodil, and
colt by Old England, out of Dauntless, 2 yrs, have left
Young King's stables, Stockbridge, for W. Goodwin's, at
Newmarket, where in future they will be trained.
Count Branitskey's Zanoni (formerly Running Rein)
died a short time ago, of inflammation of the lungs, in
Russia. Jenny Lind (the dam of Hermit), also died, in
the Count's stud, in Russia, a week or two ago.
Mr. Disney has disposed of his yearling colt Artillery to
Mr. Morris, for a specified period, viz., till after the St.
Leger, 1856, in which race, as also the Derby, he is en-
gaged. The terms are a secret. Artillery is by Touch-
stone out of Indian Warrior's dam. _ .

Mr. Copperthwaite's Early Bird was struck out of the
Cambridgeshire Stakes on Wednesday last, after
for some time as first favourite for that race. It is sug-
gested by many of his backers, who thought to "pick up
the worm" with him, that in future he be called the
Decoy Bird.

Lguring

A Free Handicap, of 500 sous. each, h ft, Cesarewitch
Course, has been proposed for the Craven Meeting, 1855,
with Stockwell, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b ; Muscovite, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b.;
Rataplan, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ; Virago, 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; and An-
dover, 4 yrs, Bst 11b. To close this der. If only two,
acceptances, to be a match.
At the sale of Mr. Knowles's brood mares, at Tattersall's„
last week, Palmyra (the dam of Tachnor, Talfourd, Baal-
bee, &c.) was sold to Mr. Blenkison' for 600 gs. ; lodine,
by lon, to Mr. Hartley, for 390 gs. ;Queen Anne (the dam
of Kingston), to Mr. A. Johnstone, for 360 gs. ; Lola
Montez, by Slane, for 350 gs., and Deminus (Mk dam of
Alfred the Great), for 105 gs., to Count de Barace, to go to
France; and Hester (the dam of Palmyra, Chatham, &c.),
to Mr. Hutchinson, for 60 gs.

THE SILENT WEEK
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-ii smaller Ditto, with a Plate of Glass 64 inches by 35, Framed queterie, and Carved Oak FURNITURE, which will be in- The DRAWING-ROOM and PARLOUR FURNITURE include
:Yo match the Chimney Glass, in the admired Elizabethan
style, magnificent Octagon-top Centre Table, of rare Walnut- eluded in the above sale, To-MORROW (Wednesday), the 25th, Six Mahogany crown-back Chairs, Sofas and Rocking Chairs, TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. PET]
THURSDAY next, the 26th, and FRIDAY, the 27th instant, as in Hair-cloth, Easy Chair, in Leather, Pair beautifully-made WARD.
vrood, with Drawers, Morocco-top and richly-carved Supports it is the intention of Mr. BENJAMIN to entirely relinquish Card and Centre Loo Tables, Chiffonnier, Chimney Glass, in GENTLEMEN,
gle/Il Plinth, Rosewood-framed Sofa,the back beautifully worked this Branch of his Business. Gilt and Burnished Frame, plate 50 by 46, Damask Window Having received a numerously-signed Requisition
-in Antique Tapestry, and Seat of Drab Utrecht Velvet, hand-
isornely-shaped Ottoman, curiously worked in Silk with sub- THIRD ANNUAL SALE. Curtains, Brussels Carpets, Tapestry Hearth-rug, Bronzed influential Electors of the Ward, inviting me to beco
is emblematic of the Four Seasons, &c Rosewood Flower
~ By Mr. BRANCH, and Polished Steel Fenders, Fire-irons, &c. the ensuing Municipal Election a CANDIDATE for the
Amongst the PAINTINGS will be found Specimens by the of your Representative in the Town Council, lat once
nd, Snap Tables, Three Solid Rosewood Chairs, with eats TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the 25th, THURSDAY next, the following Masters :—Pether, Jan Steen, Poussin, D. William-_ myself. in your hands, and solicit your sipport.
--in Crimson Utrecht Velvet, Occasional Table on Twisted 26th, and FRIDAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock each son, J. Stnitt, Walters, Harvey, Town, &c. Fine proof En- flaying been a Ratepayer in the District now consul
Columns and White Statuary Marble-top, Corner Stand with day, at his Galleries, in Hanover-street,—by order of Mr. graving, "The Blue Coat Hospital," Ditto, "Queen Elizabeth your Ward for thirty-eight years past, it cannot be ni
)Silvered Glass Back, Iron-framed Easy Chair with Spring B. Benjamin, of No. 7, Marylebone-street, Golden-square, detecting Babiugton's Conspiracy," by Bromley, &c. for me (as lam personally known to most of you) I
• •flides, Back and Seat in Morocco, large Tray Inkstand of London, The excellent Kitchen Requisites and other Effects of mare than that I will, if elected, sedulously, disinteres
-7rench Bronze, Pair of Oriental China Vases, 17 inches high, A Magnificent Collection of USEFUL and domestic utility. and to the best of my ability, fulfil the duties of the
-"Two Porcelain. Bowls, enamelled on Copper, and other decors- DECORATIVE PROPERTY, Catalogues may be had on the Premises, or at the Office of cast upon me.
'five Articles, Ormolu and Bronze Chandeliers, Brussels selected during the last twelve months from the most cele- Mr. BYFORD, Clayton-square. I am, Gentlemen, very raapectfully,

adea, Back and Sear
:French Brow
Two Porcelain Bowls
five Articles, c' and Bror
Carpet, Hearth-rug, Fender, Fir
The Dryrv-

,OM FURNITt

Pedestal Sideboard, six
lingany, Set of Modern Dir
long, on Telescope Franv
with Seats in Hair-c'
Glazed Bookcases to
Chest, Eight-day 'V
Garnet, '
1 The CHAMBERS at,
Itogany Tudor and Half-tes
isnanship and choice woo
amino Damask and '
-Mattresses, prime Feat.
-swinged and Single Wardr
lot Glass in the

,der, aud W

Tables and Was
Bedside Cup

Nek,on and of

Bedstead, Pa
The PLATE
aLII4 Covers,
Waiters and
rand Dessert

2utlizin Gun
Silver Fillap

'son Silver, of
The useful
'3l by 21, Case

liouie Plan
Catalogud

'.THOS. NVI NSTA
OOL

,arde, T
her Ra

&c.
comprises a Mahogany
f Mottled Seasoned Ma-
ht inches

Tables, eight feet t
elve Capital Mahogany Chairs,
ahogany Folding Tea Table,
ses, large Mahogany Medicine
ad an Alarum Clock, Brussels

i in a superior style with Ma-
r Bedsteads, of first-rate work-
upholstered in handsome Drab
Silk Tassel Valances, Thick Hair
Beds and Bedding, Mahogany-
!s, Lady's Wardrobe, with Plate
hes high, massive Toilet

larble Traytops, Pedestal
.s of White and Gold Ware,

saed Tea Kett
-s_ with (

Dishes

and Tureen,

ed Borders, Table
Three beautiful
t Gold and

la, and others Gilt

s, Wrought-iron Plate Chest,
s by 25, some Books, Green-

, Garden Implements, &c.
be Premises, and at Messrs

street, Liver-

BY ORDER OF TEE TRUSTEES.
.BALE OF VALUABLE WAREHOUSE PROPERTY, IN
HENRY-STREET AND LYDIA ANN-STREET.
By Messrs. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS,
-.TRIS DAY (Tuesday), the 24th instant, at Two o'clock in the
Afternoon, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street,
Aubject to such conditions as may be then produced,
LL that Parcel of LAND, and the WARE-
HOUSE thereon erected. situate on the southwest
-;tide of Henry-street. bounded on the northwest by Buildings
or late on lease to Mr. John Eaton, on the southeast by
cis Warehouse then or late on lease to Mr. Thos. Lake, and at
-Mite back, or southwest side, by Lydia Ann-street, having a
'-:front to Henry-street and Lydia Ann-street, severally 35 feet
-15 inches, and running in depth on the northwest and south
--least sides e
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[-street,

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Messrs. Mos

-MXTENSIVE SALE OF EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE. &c., WINSTANLEYS' ROOMS-
THOS. WINSTANLEY
-mt.& respectful'
2owing (I^
At,

'U RE, Two pow

orated 'Mak
:mental Man
and u able Re
-ipieces, a Si
,of Teapot, S
-Eilver Coffee
:Ilesign, Gni
'Class Articl
Ifor the cony
The ART]
lreantifully-ci

arained Sofas. Cm
Onf Chairs,
&brilliant Pl
%Carved an(
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Rosewood Cases

i with Br,
ks. Watch

Cream Jug, an e 1(

3 Gilt Frames, Brusi

Magnificent Collection of USEFUL and
DECORATIVE PROPERTY,
selected during the last twelve months from the most cele-
brated collections on the Continent and in England, amongst
which will be found the la rgett and most varied assemblage of
FLORENTINE AND OTHER BRONZES
ever offered for public competition, comprising a Pair of
matchless Groups, of Children with Fish ; another Pair,
four feet high, Boys Supporting Vases ; Bacchanalian
Groups, modelled by Clothian, Getcher, and other cele-
brated Artists ; Equestrian Groups,
.Louis XI. and Quentin
Durward; the Lion Hunt; the Matt Horses; William III.;
and other interesting Groups.

FINE WHOLE•LENGTH FIGURE OF BENVENUTO
CELLINI, _

modelled by Foucbere. and exhibited in 1851, namely, Milo
rending the Oak ; Venus from the Bath ; the Dying Soldier ;
Hercules; Farnese; with various other Groups and Figures
of smaller dimensions.

SUPERB BRONZE MEDICEAN AND OTHER VASES,
Three feet high, highly wrought and chased in relief.

An extensive CollectiOn of
MASSIVE CARVED OAK FURNITURE,

of the very best manufacture, adapted for Libraries, Dining-
Rooms, and Halls, including a matchless Sideboard, 12 feet
6 inches long. carved with Figures of Animals, and other
smaller Sideboards, extending Dining Tables, to dine twelve,
or eighteen persons, Sets of Chairs and Sofas, covered with
Tapestry, Morocco, and Velvet, Communion Chairs, Two-

Winged ind Ten other Bookcases, Hall Tables and Chairs,
Writing and Occasional Tables. In the Furniture for the SA-
LOON areCABINETS, inlaid with Sevres China, FLOREN-
TINE MOSAIC CABINETS, inlaid with precious Stones,
Winged and other BUHL CABINETS, Centre Tables,
Jardinieres, Work Tables, Writing Desks, and Envelope
Cases, splendid Marquetrie Centre and other Tables and Ca-
binets, and a greatvarietv of Decorative and useful Furniture.

TROPHIES OF ARMS AND ARMOUR
The Collection of

ROYAL SEVRES, DRESDEN, and ORIENTAL CHINA,
includes Vases, Figures. Groups, and Cab;net Specimens;
also, Dessert Services, some inlaid with Jewels, and decorated
with Portraits, Birds, and Flowers.

UPWARDS OF THIRTY CLOCKS,
with finely-modelled Groups and Figures, in Bronze,
mounted with Ormolu, a splendid Clock and Pair of Cande-
labra, of Ormolu and Sevres China, with other superb
Candelabra, some having been in the possession of the Em-
press Josephine, Buhl Clocks and Brackets, Bronze and
Ormolu Candelabra and Tazzi.

Elegant Ornaments for Ladies' Toilets, in RingTrays,Tazzi,
and issence Bottles, mounted in Ormolu and enriched with

all Collection of

PAINTINGS, BY OLD AND MODERN ARTISTS,

Andrews. and a

he 24th

corative and useful Effects.
May h. -- • .ly viewed THIS DAY (Tuesday),
e hours of Ten and Four o'clock.
ay be had. at 6d. each, by application at
Mr. BRANCH'S Office, in Hanover-street, Liverpool. or they
will be forwarded per post on the receipt of ten postage
stamps.

inst.:between tt
Catalogues m,

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE
By Mr. BRANCH,
27th inst., at Two o

On FRIDAY next, the

Lock in the After-

nore lots (unless previously disposed of by private treaty),
object to conditions to be then produced, _ _

Catalogues may be bad on the Premises, or at the Office of
Mr. BYFORD, Clayton-square.

GENTEEL AND USEFUL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

GREAT NEWTON-STREET.
MR. BYFORD will SELL by AUCTION, on
THURSDAY next, the 2fith instant, at Eleven o'clock
precisely, upon the Premises, No. 52, Great Newton-street,
Brownlow-hill,
The Genteel and Useful HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Fine-toned Six-octave Cabinet Piano-forte, by Tomkinson,
Wheel Barometer, by Hewitt, and other Effects of a Gentle-
man removing.

The PARLOUR FURNITURE includes Six stout-made Ma-
hogany Chairs, Couch and Sofa, in Hair Cloth, pair Card
Tables, Centre Loo Table, Portable Writing Desk, Chimney
Glass, in Gilt Frame, China Ornaments, Damask Window
Curtains, Chandeliers, Venetian Blinds, Brussels Carpet,
Hearth Rug, Fenders and Fire-irons, &c
CHAMBER ARTICLES.—CapitaI 11.

..,ogany Four-post Bed-
sit Drab Moreen Hangings, Conch, and French
Ditto, Mahogany Cheat Drawers, Cane-seated Chairs, Painted
Toilet-tables, Wash-stands, Dressing Glasses, Toilet Ware,
Venetian Stair Carpets, &c.
The Useful KITCHEN REQUISITES and other items.

ALL that Piece of LAND, with the Two
DWELLING HOUSES thereon erected, situate on the
east side of Church-road, Stanley, In West Derby, near Liver-

May be viewed on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues
may be bad on the Premises, or of Mr. BYFORD, at his Office,
Clayton-square.

FURNITURE, BOORS, &c., EVERTON

MR. BYFORD 'will SELL by AUCTION, on
FRIDAY next, the 27th instant, at Eleven o'clock pre-
cisely, upon the Premises, No. 10, Lansdowne-place Mere-
lane, Everton, the Remaining Part of the usefuIHOUSE-
HOLD FURNITURE, two Eight-days' Clocks and Spring
Dial Timepieces, in Mahogany Cases, Chimney Glass, about
three hundred Volumes of Books, Prints, and other Effects
of a Gentleman removing.

The FURNITURE comprises Mahogany Four-post and Press
Bedsteads, Feather Beds and Beding, Painted Chamber
Articles, Night Commode, Mahogany Bookcase, Four and
Two armed Chairs, Mahogany-framed Sofa, Chandeliers for
Gas, a few Kitchen Requisites, &c.
The Books include Hume and Smollett's History of Eng-
land, Oliver Goldsmith's Ditto, Spectator, Heweston's His-
tory of Napoleon Bonaparte, Encyclopaedia, Baines's History
of the Wars of the French Revolution, Milner's Life of Christ,
Memoirs and Trial of Queen Caroline, Laws of the Customs,
Novels, Tales. &c.

May be viewed on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues
may be had on the Premises, or of Mr. BYFORD, at his Office,
Clayton-square.

' ORDER OF THE ASSIGNEES
By Mr. THOMAS WYLIE,

THIS DAY (Tuesdity), the 24th instant, at Six o'clock in the
Evening, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street,
Liverpool, subject to conditions,
APIECE of LAND and DWELLING-
HOUSE, situate in Stanhope-tet race, No. 123, on
the north side of Upper Stanhope-street, in Toxteth-park,
containing in front thereto and in breadth at the back 15 feet

or thereabouts, and running in depth ba
side, including one-half of a common p

ckwards on the oast
,assage 3 feet wide, 77

ties, or therea

The House has-a'small garden to the front, and is occupied

by Mr. Cusker

Lot 2.—A1l that Piece of LAND and DWELLING-HOUSE,
situate on the north side of Mason-street, in Liverpool, and
containing in front thereto 15 feet 4 inches, or thereabouts,

abouts

This House is in the occupation of Mrs. M'Leod

Lot 3.—A1l that Piece of LAND, situate on the east side of
Boundary-street, in Liverpool, containing in front to Boun-
dary-street 130 feet, to Milford-street 135 feet 4 inches, to
Burton-street 127 feet, and to Townsend-street 121 feet
5 inches, and containing in the whole 1529 square yards, or
thereabouts, bounded on the north by Milford-street, on the
east by Burton-street, on the south by Townsend-street, and
est by Boundary-street.

This lot is admirably adapted for the erection of manufac-
tories, &c., having four fronts, and being within 430 yards of
the Wellington and Sandon Docks.
4. kll that Piece of LAND, situate on the north side of a
road f 10 yard' -;de.

or I. , As w, in Litherland-park, Litherland, and
numbered 20 and 21 on the plan of the Litherland Land Com-
pany, containing in front to the said road 31 yards, running
m depth on the west side 51 yards, on the east side 47 yards,
and in breadth at the back 49$ yards, or thereabouts.

. .
This building site commands extensive views of the entrance
to the River Mersey and the neighbourhood. It has been
partly walled and fenced round, and is planted with fruit and
other trees.

The Tenure of the whole is Freehold of Inheritance,

For further particulars anply as to Lots 1 and 2 to Mr.
TOULMIN; and as to the whole to Messrs. ROBINSON and
DUBS. Solicitors. Liverpool.

BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES FOR SALE.
By Mr. THOMAS WYLIE,
THIS DAY (Tuesday), the 24th instant, at Six o'clock in the
Evening, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool, valuable and
important SHOPS, DWELLING-HOUSES, and VILLAS,
in Liverpool and Everton, subject to conditions, and in
the following or such other Lots as may be agreed upon at
the time of Sale:—
Lot I.±l Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and
DWELLING-HOUSE thereon erected, No. 73,
situate on the north side of Brunswick-road, in the occu-
pation of Messrs. Quayle and Barlow, as tenants.
Lot 2.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWELLING-
HOUSE thereon, No. 75, situate on the north side of Bruns-
rick-road, in the occupation of Mr. James Hammersley, as
tenant.
Lot 3.—A Piece of LAND, pith the SHOP and DWELLING-
HOUSE thereon, No. 79, situate on the north side of Bruns-
wick-road, in the occupation of Mr. Wm. Kendall, as tenant.
Lot 4.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWELLING-
HOUSE thereon, No. 81, situate on the north side of Bruns-
wick-road, in the occupation of Mr. Thos. Perks, as tenant.
Lot 5.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWELLING-
HOUSE thereon, No. 83, situate on the north side of Bruns-
wick-road, in the occupation of Miss Jane Brown, as tenant.
Lot 6.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DW ELLING-
HOUSE thereon, No. 85, situate on the north side of Bruns-
wick-road, in the occupation of Mr. William Galley, as tenant.
Lot 7.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWELLING-
HOUSE, thereon. No. 87, situate on the north side of Bruns-
wick-road, in the occupation of Mr. William Walters, as
tenant.
Lot B.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWELLING-
HOUSE thereon, No. 89, situate on the north side of Bruns-
wick-road, in the occupation of Mr. George Holt, as tenant.
Lot 9.—A Piece of LAND, with the S HOP and D KELLING-
HOUSE thereon, No. 91, situate on the north side of Bruns-
wick-road aforesaid, in the occupation of Mr. Thos. Simcock,
RS tenant.
Lot 10.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DM'EL-
LING-HOUSE thereon, No. 93, situate on the north side of
Brunswick-road, in the occupation of Mr. David Morgan, as
tenant.
Lot 11.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWEL-
TANG-HOUSE thereon, No. 95, situate on the north side of
Brunswick-road, in the occupation of Mr. Francis, as tenant.
Lot I2.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWEL-
LING-HOUSE thereon, No. 97, situate on the north side of
Brunswick-road, in the occupation of Mr. A. Coulson, as
tenant.
Lot 13.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWEL-
LING-HOUSE thereon, No. 99, situate on the north side of
Brunswick-road aforesaid, in the occupation of Mr. James
Lott, as tenant.
Lot 14.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWEL-
LING-HOUSE thereon, No. 101, situate on the north side of
Brunsnick-road aforesaid, in the occupation of Mrs. Maria
Tanner. as Tenant.
Lot 15.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWEL-
LING-HOUSE thereon, No. 103, situate on the north side of
Brunswick-road, in the occupation of Mr. Henry Conner, as
tenant.
Lot 16.—A Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and DWEL-
LING-HOUSE thereon, No. 105, situate on the north side of
Brunswick-road aforesaid, in the occupation of Mr. Samuel
Cottrell, as tenant.
The above Lots are Freehold of Inheritance; each Lot con-
tains 109 square yards or thereabouts. The Shops will first
be offered for sale in One Lot, and if not sold will afterwards
be offered in the above or such other Lots as may be agreed
upon at the time of sale.
The Dwelling-houses and Shops are substantially built and
finished, and being in an important thoroughfare, form a de-
sirable investment.
Lot 17.—A Piece of BUILDING LAND, immediately behind
the above Shops, situate on the south side of Halford-street,
and east side of Duckworth-street, containing 987 square
yards or thereabouts.
Lot 18.—A Piece of BUILDING LAND, situate on the north
side of Halford-street, south side of Alfred-street, and west
side of Gregson-street, containing in the whole 1,956 square
yards or thereabouts.
Lot 19. —A Piece of BUILDING LAND, situate on the north
side of Alfred-street, and east side of Duckworth-street, con-
taining in the whole 969 square yards or thereabouts.
Lots 17, 18. and 19 are Freehold of Inheritance.
Lot 20.—A1l those Four Pieces of LAND, with the Twenty-
nine MESSUAGES or DWELLING-HOUSES, and a DWEL-
LING-HOUSE and SHOP, thereon, situate on the south side
of Breck -road, and east and west sides of Glenvale-street, in
Everton. Copyhold, under the Manor of West Derby, con-
taining 3,023 square yards or thereabouts.
Eight of the Dwelling-houses and the Shop and Dwelling-
house front to Breck-road.
Twenty-one of the Dwelling-houses form the east and west
aides of Glenvale-street.
The above Premises are well and substantially built, and all
occupied.
Lot 21.—A1l that Piece of LAND, with the Two Freehold
DWELLING- HOUSES or VILLAS thereon, in the occupa-
tion of Messrs. Jackson and Perks, situate on the east side of
Richiriond-terrace, Breck-road, containing in front 30 yards,
and running in depth 26 yards or thereabouts.
For further particulars apply to Messrs. 13.onixsox and
DUKE, Solicitors, Liverpool.

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. PETER'S
WARD.

GENTLEMEN,
With a grateful recollection of the honour conferred upon
me when I was first elected a Representative of St. Peter's
Ward, in the year 1852. and conscious of having assiduously
performed every duty allotted to me in the Council, I now offer
myself as a CANDIDATE for re-election.

if you are pleased to favour me with a repetition of your
kindness and good opinion, be assured of a oontinuance of my
beat services.—l have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, res-
pectfully, your obliged and obedient Servant,
Oct. 6, 1854. HARMOOD BANNER.

PETER'S WARD

T°
THE ELECTORS OF ST. PETER'S
WARD.
_

TO THE ELECTORS of ST. ANNE'S WARD
: GENTLEMEN,
. .

I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
IL W. HOUGHTON

Great Nelson•street, 16th October, 1854

GICNTLIT MEN,

Liverpool, 17th October, 1854.

JOHN A. TINNE

I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
JONATHAN ATKINSON.

Edgar-street, 17th October 185 i

WO THE ELECTORS OF EXCHANGE WARD,
GENTLEMEN,

With a grateful sense of your continued kindness,
I remain, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
THOMAS LITTLEDALE
_

Highfield-house, Oct. 20,1854

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. ANNE'S WARD,
GENTLEMEN,

G .REAT GEORGE WARD

PHILHARMONIC-HALL

THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), THE 24TH INSTANT.

SRLE OF SHOPS AND DWELLING-HOUSES,
BRUNSWICK-ROAD.
NOTICE IS HEItERY GIVEN, that Lots 8,
9, 10. 11, 12, and 16, of the above Premises, advertised
to be SOLD by AUCTION at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
this Twenty-toitrth day of October instant, HAVE BEEN
SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT.
ROBINSON and DUKE, Solicitors.

ONE SHILLING

FIRE AT BIRKENTIEAD.—About a quarter past ten
o'clock on Saturday night, a fire broke out in the boat-
building shed belonging to Mr. Hickson, at Woodside.
The building being constructed of wood, and the roof
being tarred, the fire spread to an alarming extent. On
the adjoining premises were about 600 tons of coal, the
property of M. Bankos, Esq., and to which the fire was
fast approaching. By the exertions of the fire-brigade,
however, the flames were prevented from spreading in
that direction beyond the shed where it originated. In
about three-quarters of an hour the fire was extinguished,
but not before the shed and an iron house, which stood
on the opposite side, had been completely destroyed. In
the meantime, with the assistance of a number of work-
men, the police had succeeded in removing the greater
portion of the property in the building, consisting of
ships' boats. gigs, row-boats, a quantity of timber, and
workmen's tools, the whole being valued at £4OO. The
damage caused by the fire, estimated at about £lOO, is
covered by insurance.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

STANDARD GENERAL PRINTIN.G•
OFFICE,
4, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT,
LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
LETTERPRESS PRINTING of every description,
including
PAMPHLETS, FORMS, INVOICES,
SERMONS, RILLS OF LADING, CUSTOM-HOUSE
REPORTS, CARDS, ENTRIES,
CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS, &C. &C.,
SHAREROKERS' POSTING RILLS OF
Boons, EVERY SIZE,
EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE.

Having received a numerously-signed Requisition from
influential Electors of the Ward, inviting me to become at
the ensuing Municipal Election a CANDIDATE for the office
of your Representative in the Town Council, I at once place
myself in your hands, and solicit your support.
Having been a Ratepayer in the District now constituting
your Ward for thirty-eight years past, it cannot be needful
for me (as I am personally known to most of you) to say
more than that I will, if elected, sedulously, disinterestedly,
and to the best of my ability, fulfil the duties of the trust
cast upon me.
I am, Gentlemen, very ragpectfully,
Your most obedient Servant,
R. FAODSHAM.
16, South Castle-street, 6th October, 1854.

TO THE ELECTORS OF EVERTON AND
KIRKDALE WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
Having received a requisition, numerously and respectably
signed, requesting me to allow myself to be nut in nomination
as a CANDIDATE for the REPRESENTATION of this
WARD at the ensuing Municipal Election, I have much
pleasure in acceding to that request.
Should I have the honour of being returned to represent
you in the Town Council, 1 will devote myself with zeal and
industry, and to the best of my ability, to perform the im-
portant duties which will devolve upon me.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
DANIEL CROSTHWAITE.
Whitefield-house. Everton, 12th October, 1854.

Having been requested to offer my services again, I deem
it right to inform you that many have signed a Requisition
to my opponent, under misrepresentations that I bad
neglected my duties as a Councillor, and had no intention of
asking you for a renewal of the trust you placed in my hands
three years ago. Such are not facts, having only been absent
from one Council Meeting during three sears; and at one
Committee I attended ninety-two days in the last twelve
months.

In Stock, and Manufactured to Order,
LEDGERS, DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS
LETTER BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, BILL BOOKS,

If it be your pleasure that I should continue as one of
your Representatives, you may rest assured I shall not abuse
the trust, but shall discharge the duties with the same zeal
for the interests of the Ward and the Town generally, as I
have hitherto done.

Thanking you for the kind support I have already received
during the Canvas.. _ _

TO THE ELECTORS OF ABERCROMBY
WARD.

Understanding, from the Requisition which has been this
day presented to me, that it is the wish of a large number of
Conservative and Liberal Electors of your Ward that 1 should
allow myself to be nominated on the Ist of November next,
as a CANDIDATE to represent you in the Town Council, I
consider it my duty to accede to their request ; and I trust
that, if elected, I shall be able to show myself worthy of the
good opinion expressed of me, and of the confidence reposed
in me. I am, Gentlemen,
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LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING

MACHINE RULING. &c

To THE ELECTORS OF VAITXHALL WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
The Requisition which has this day been presented to me,
is most gratifying to my feelings.
I receive it as a proof that you were satisfied with my ser-
vices while I had the honour to represent you in the Town
Council. Your wish that I should again become a CANDI-
DAM It the ensuing Election, I feel it my duty to respond to,
and, if elected, will endeavour to merit a continuance of your
good opinion. _

Having received a Requisition. signed by nearly fire hun-
dred Electors of this Ward, inviting me to become a Candidate
at the approaching Municipal Election, I accept with pleasure
the call which you have been pleased to make upon me, and
again place my services at your disposal.
Should you honour me by re-election, rest assured that I
shall continue to use my best exertions in order to promote
your interests, and maintain unimpaired the rights which
belong to the "good old town."

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Having bad a Recplisition presented to me, most nume-
rously and influentially signed by Electors or all Political
Opinions, inviting me to consent to be nominated a CAN-
DIDATE at the ensuing Municipal Election, I have much
pleasure in complying with the request, and unhesitatingly

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place myself in your hands
Should I have the honour to be Elected, I shall endeavour
to oppose all reckless and extravagant expenditure, and
economise, as much as possible, the various funds of the
Corporation ; and while attending to Vie general interests of
the town, I shall hold myself constantly accessible to my
fellow burgesses, and devote myself to a faithful discharge of
those duties which more particularly appertain to the Con-
stituency of your Ward, whose welfare and prosperity in
every respect are identical with my own.
I have the honour to be,
Most respectfully, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
JOSEPH KITCHEN.
Exchange-street East, 9th October, 1554.

At a numerous MEETING of the ELECTORS of GREAT
GEORGE WARD, held at the Great George Tavern, Upper
Pitt-street, on MONDAY, the 23rd of October,lBs4, WILLIAM
ASHLEY CLAYTON, Esq., in the Chair, the following resolu-
tions were unanimously agreed to and carried by accla-
mation :

TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 24, 1854.

PUBLIC BENEVOLENCE

IT may be a deserved charge against the people
of England at the present day, that, neglecting
the unbought grace of life, they are too much
devoted to the sordid pursuits of money-getting ;
but, after the experience of the last few
months, and even of the last few days, none can
deny their being actuated by the pure spirit of
unselfish benevolence when circumstances demand
their aid. Scarcely had the expedition begun to
leave our shores to do battle for the cause of
justice in the East, and defend the insulted honour

Moved by Jonx LAwxaxcE, Bub, seconded by JAMES
BLAND, E.q., . _ _ _

of Europe against the aggressions of the Northern
Despot, than an appeal was made to individual
munificence to provide for the wives and children

the accommodation which the profitable nature of
his transactions had enabled him to obtain, he was
compelled to succumb to the pressure. There are
few cases wherein the sudden realisation of large
assets would not involve very considerable loss;
but it remains to be seen, in this instance, sup-
posing time to be afforded for the judicious disposal
of the property, whether the creditors will ulti-
mately be sufferers to any great extent. But
however this may be, and if even it could be proved
that the individuals alluded to had acted with the
utmost perfidy, it by no means justifies the sweep-
ing charge, or rather insinuation, which has been
made against the mercantile community of this
great town.

, .
1.---That the best thanks of this Meeting are due, and are
hereby passed, to J. M`Nicoll, Esq., for the valuable services
he has rendered to the Ward during the two years he has
been its representative; and regret that so trifling a cause
should have deprived the Burgesses of a Member so much
appreciated.

of those who had ventured their lives for England's

Proposed by THOMAS TouLartrr, Esq., seconded by C.
Swans, Esq.,
2.—That this Meeting do consider Jamas MARX Woon,
Esq., Merchant, a fit and proper person to represent Great
George Ward in the Town Council.

quarrel. So readily and so generally was the
appeal responded to, that in a short time nearly a
Hundred Thousand Pounds was collected, and the
minds of the soldiers set at rest with reference to
the welfare of those they left behind them. Then
came the news of the fierce and deadly struggle on
the heights of Alma, where hundreds of gallant
soldiers lost their lives or their limbs to gain the
brilliant victory which struck the first blow at
Russian supremacy in the Crimea, and opened the
road to the fortress of Sebastopol ; and this was
followed by the harrowing intelligence that the
wounded, conveyed to the hastily-arranged hos-
pitals in Turkey, were suffering from the want of
the commonest necessaries, and enduring more
bitter agonies from the neglect than they had
experienced under the murderous fire of the
Russian artillery. Again an appeal was made to
public sympathy, and so cheerfully was the
response made that in one week more than Five
Thousand Pounds was contributed. It is true
that the tale of distress has since been contra-
dicted, and we quite agree with the opinion
expressed at the preliminary meeting held in the
Town-hall, on Wednesday, that everything needed
for the sustenance and comfort of the wounded
soldiers should be provided by the Government as
part of the necessary cost of the war ; but, while
the question was being debated, the sufferers may
have been lingering in agony. It was a time not
for discussion but for action, and the manner in
which the appeal was met demonstrated most
forcibly that a reliance on the kindly feelings of
our countrymen was not in vain. We have given
in another column a letter from our townsman,
Mr. HAUSBURG, enclosing a donation to the fund,
and it is with much gratification we call attention
to the circumstance. In addition to these aids, a
Royal Commission has been issued for the manage-
ment of a Patriotic Fund, similar to that whichivas
raised after the battle Waterloo, to provide for the
widows and orphans of the slain, and none can
doubt that the contributions to it will be worthy
of the occasion. With these facts before us, open
to all the world, we may endure the reproach of
being a money-getting people, for a large number
are evidently practically aware that " it is more
blessed to give than to receive."

THE COMMERCIAL CREDIT OF
LIVERPOOL.

Whilst upon this subject, we may notice a letter
which appeared in The Times on Wednesday, with
the imposing signature of "A Merchant who has
both required and obtained legitimate assistance
from his bankers." The writer asserts that
bankers ought to make it a part of their business
to ascertain the exact position of the affairs of every
house to whom they make large advances ; and
then, referring to " the appalling disclosures which
are now taking place in the affairs of the two
Liverpool firms who have just failed for such
unheard-of amounts," he said that had their
bankers adopted the precaution which he advises,
they would have saved Liverpool the discredit
which these affairs have caused. It is very easy to
give advice gratis, but it is not easy to state how
any bankers can ascertain the exact position of a
merchant's affairs, even supposing him to be willing
to submit his books to examination. The proposed
remedy is simply absurd, and we altogether deny
the imputation that these affairs have caused dis-
credit to Liverpool.

MOied by D. WKINLAy, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM
TipmsoX,_E9.E_

3.--Thalthis. 'Wetting pledge themselves to use every exer-
tion to secure the triumphant return of JAMES MARK Woon,
Esq., and do constitute a Committee for conducting that
Gentleman's Election.

DISGRACEFUL SCENE AT ST. PAUL'S
CHURCH, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.

THE conduct of certain individuals during the
performance of Divine Service at St. Paul's Church,
Knightsbridge, on Sunday week, was so thoroughly
disgraceful, so utterly indefensible, that no terms
of reprobation can be too strong to apply to it.

Moved by Mr. STUBBS. seconded by Mr. NUKEVRICIAN,
4.—That Mr. Wagstaff be re-elected Representative of the
Ward.

We care not what were the views of the party—
whether their opinion as to the mode of repeating
the Litany was the most correct or not, or whether
the Hon. and Rev. R. LIDDELL, the Incumbent,
acted properly or not in complying with the re-
quest of his Diocesan. All this is nothing to the
purpose ; for no difference of opinion, whether well
or ill-founded, can justify, in the slightest degree,
such a blasphemous desecration of the sanctities of
Divine worship as was exhibited on this occasion.
We cannot imagine, nor can those who acted so
vilely, explain to themselves, what must have
been their feelings when, in mockery

of their

Moved by Mr. WOOD, seconded by Mr. TouLmts,
That the thanks of the meeting be given to Mr. Clayton for
his able conduct in the chair.

H ORSLEY'S "DAVID."

SHAKSPERE says :—" It's excellent to have a
giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like
a giant." The Times, however, rejoicing in its
strength, arising from its large circulation, seems
actuated by a different opinion, and deals out its
mimic thunder with utter recklessness of conse-
quences. On Thursday last it indulged in well-
feigned indignation at the wretched vice of gambling,
and then launched out into a merciless tirade
against the more heinous sin of commercial gam-
bling, alluding to the recent failures in Liverpool,
and leaving the inference to be drawn by super-
ficial, and, therefore, the majority of newspaper
readers, that the practices of the swindler and the
black-leg at the gaming-table were honour and
virtue, compared with those of the merchants of
Liverpool. It ought to be needless to say anything
in defence of a body of men who stand second to
none in the world for the magnitude and impor-
tance of their operations—who, in less than half a
century, have raised Liverpool from a place of minor
importance to be the great emporium of the world ;
whose ships, unrivalled for speed and capability,
are to be found in every port, and whose exports
exceed in value those of all the rest of the United
Kingdom. But it is put forth to the world that
the leading journal of Europe accuses them of the
grossest perfidy ; and though the insinuation of
such a charge can only be attributed to ignorance
or malevolence, there are, unfortunately, too many
who give credit to such statements in the same
spirit. We have no occasion to mention names, or
it could not be difficult to refer to many Liverpool
merchants whose credit is quite equal to that of
the Bank of England, and whose reputation for
that honour which gives the chief value to mer-
cantile dealings is far superior to that of their
detractors. Even the recent failures, which have
given occasion to this diatribe, and which are
exceptional cases in no way affecting the commer-
cial honour of Liverpool, do not in themselves
deserve the fierce wrath levelled at them by the
Thunderer. It may so happen that an individual
who, but a short time since, was comparatively
without capital, has suddenly started into notice as
a man engaged in most gigantic transactions, but
they were not of that hazardous nature to be
directly stigmatised as reckless speculation. The
breaking out of the war with Russia created a
large demand on tho part of the Government for
superior ships to be used as transports ; and at the
very time when, from 'the great extension of com-
merce, the value of shipping had considerably
increased. Advantage was taken of this demand
to purchase every vessel that could be made avail-
able, and it is stated that the contracts made with
the Government were on the most favourable terms.
Unfortunately, however, the capital necessary for
so large an undertaking was far beyond the means
of the contractor, and the continual difficulties in

solemn appeal to the Holy Trinity to have mercy
on them as miserable sinners, they were acting in
bold and unblushing defiance of their spiritual
pastor, and openly violating the common decencies
of the sacred duty in which all were engaged.
Such conduct is without any excuse or palliation,
and is beyond even the miserable plea of ignorance,
as the offenders were believed to be in the position
of gentlemen, and assumed to be Churchmen. It
will be recollected that, some months since, two
of the assistant Curates of St. Paul's, Knights-
bridge, resigned their curacies, for the alleged
reason that Mr. LIDDELL, after declaring his in-
tention not to make any alteration in the mode of
performing Divine Service, had, at the request of
the BISHOP of LONDON, altered the mode of re-
peating the Litany from chanting to simply sing-
ing it. At that time a small party of the congre-
gation, headed by a Mr. ERNEST FITZROY, estab-

lished what they called a Litany class, for the
practice of singing this part of the service, and
attempted an agitation against the Incumbent,
avowing their determination to sing the responses
in spite of his regulation to the contrary. After
some correspondence, however, the attempt was
abandoned; and we believe everything proceeded
quietly until the day we have mentioned, when
Mr. FITZROY, with a party acting evidently in
concert, committed the outrage referred to. We
have given the particulars, from a London Evening
Newspaper, in another column. It will be seen
that the popular Churchwarden made a display of
his zeal by attempting a forcible expulsion of the
principal offender ; but such a measure did not
tend to lessen the unseemly disturbance. It is to
be hoped that legal proceedings will be taken, as
it i highly important that such disgraceful acts
should not be allowed to pass with impunity.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, an explosion of
gas took place at the gas-works in Athol-street, when
James Palmer, one of the workmen, was so seriously in-
jured that he was removed to the Northern Hospital,
where he died on Sunday. An inquest will be held to-day
upon the body of the unfortunate man.
Mr. OLIVER'S ESTATE.—A contemporary gives the fol-
lowing with reference to the affairs of Mr. Oliver :—The
estate shows property valued at £1,168,258 to meet
£700,000 of liabilities, which would give a surplus of
£368,250, but as the valuation of the property is based
upon the cost to Mr. Oliver, a large allowance has to be
made for the depreciation in value which has taken place.
In order to estimate the probable amount of allowance to
be made on this account, we may state that his assets
consist—in ships, £600,850, due for charters and freight,
£203,000; insurance claims, £45,000; timber, £94,500;
oils, coals, and mines, £49,300; bills and securities,
£150,000; open accounts and securities, about £25,000.
Now supposing that a loss of one-third the original
amount should be sustained upon the whole of the assets,
there would still be sufficient to pay the creditors in full,
and leave a balance of nearly £BO,OOO, provided the liabi-
lities are correctly stated, and not increased by any un-
foreseen circumstances. The following is a list of the
ships owned by Mr. Oliver :
Anne. Georgina. Pemberton.
Arethusa. Glasgow. Pettoma.
Ant. Gertrude, (deposit) Pamela.
Aberfoyle. Haidee. Pero.
Adriana. Haidee. Princeton.
Adam Lodge. Harmonic. Rover.
Australia. Harriet Wild. Rip Van Winkle.
Africa. Henry Gardner. Schodiac.
Alice Walton. Hebrides. Silling.
Abyssinian. Hume. Stranger.
Brothers. Howard. Shannon.
Birkenhead. John Campbell. Spartan.
Blake. Jamaica. Solway.
Charles Chaloner. J. F. Ford. Sovereign.
Clifton Hall. Isabella Hercus. Sea King.
Canada. Kate. Shackamaxon.
Confidence. Kate. Sandford.
City of Lincoln, (I)King William. Sarah.
Conrad. Lavinia. Theodore.
Columbia. Lanarkshire. Thornhill.
Countess of Arran.Laly Franklin. Thames.
Christiana, (I) Montmorency. Wildfire.
Ceylon. Montezuma. Wm. Jackson, (i)
Clymene. Mary Pleas:nits. Wilson Kennedy.
Empire. Margaret Jane. Witch.
Earl Selkirk, Medora. Windsor.
Empire Queen. Marsden. W. S. Hamilton.
Europa. Nepalese Ambas- Western Bride.
Elgin. sador. Yeoman.
Ellen. New York Packet. Zetland.
Emporium, New York Packet. 3 ships at Mira-
Empress Eugenie. Polynesia. miehi.
Fingalton. Paramatta. 1 ditto P. E. I.
Gerard Trainor, Pedestrian. 1 ditto Sunderland
Georgiana.