The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-22 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

The Rev. J. H. Stewart, of this town, is at present on a
mission to Scotland for the Church of England Missionary
Society. The rev. gentleman addressed a meeting at Glas-
gow on Monday.

AMERICAN CONSUL.—The New York Herald of the Ist
instant states that the nomination of Mr. Haggerty, as Con-
sul at Liverpool, has been confirmed by Congress.
The Rev. Robert Aitken, we understand, has been ap-
pointed chaplain to the Earl of Caithness. We have heard
that the rev, gentleman is about to leave Liverpool—a cir-
cumstance that his congregation deeply regrets.
LORD SANDON.—Lord Sandon's speech on the income
tax, of which we gave at the time as full an outline as we
were able to meet with, was designated by Sir Robert Peel
as " one of the ablest speeches in the course of the debate."
FIRE.—On Monday evening, shortly after seven o'clock,
Messrs. Banner and Son's herring-house, Gradwell-street,
was discovered to be on fire. At first it threatened destruc-
tion to the building, but, by the speedy arrival of the engines,
under the able superintendence of Mr. Whitty and Mr. He-
witt, the fire was got under without doing much damage.
LARGE IRON SHAFT.—A shaft of wrought iron, weighing
about 16 tons, has just been shipped from this town, for the
Great Western Steam-ship Company, at Bristol, being, we
understand, the largest piece of wrought iron ever manufac-
tured in this or any other country. It was manufactured at
the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, in this town. The car-
riage which conveyed this ponderous shaft from the works to
the vessel was drawn by twelve powerful horses.
Our readers will perceive, by an advertisement in another
column, that sermons will be preached on Sunday next in
St. Saviour's Church, by the Rev. H. Wall, D.D., M.R.1.A.,
and collections made towards defraying the costs of erection.
As reports have been very industriously spread that the
church was closed and was offered for sale, we take this op
portunity of stating, that such reports are entirely withou
foundation, the church having been open for service at al
seasonable times ; neither has it ever been offered for sale
nor does there exist any intention of so doing
Cocoa and Chocolate:
Flaked Cocoa
Ground ditto
Finest prepared ditto
Soluble ditto
Cocoa Nibs, fine
The finest Broom..
Soluble Chocolate
Bristol ditto ditto ..
Spanish ditto ditto
Best ditto ditto
Fine Plain ditto ditto
Crown ditto ditto
Churchman's ditto Witto
Sir Hans Sloane's do do
Chocolate powder, 'Plain
lb. carinisters is 6d—Churchman's do. is 10..
Do. paste, plain, in -ob. pots is Bd—Churchman's do. is 10d
Cofee

9d lb.
9d—lnferior lower.
is Od—in packets + lbs. &I lbs
10d—in ditto-- ditto
Is Od-
-2s Od—Cbmmon much lower
Is Od per lb-4 lb cakes
1041

is fine—plain do. in lb papers 10c
is 4d
4d—best plain ditto, is 6d
is 8d
is 10d
Is 10d

Fine East India -
The Finest—Full Old East India flavour
—This description is much esteemed all over the Continent
of Europe, where Coffee is justly celebrated for its perfec-
tion of quality, and is therefore particularly calculated to
meet the English taste.
Robert Roberta and Co., Royal Bank Buildings.
THE FUNDS—WEDNESDAY EVENING.--The operations
in the English stocks to-day were of a character to give
strength and firmness to the market, and, as money was
easy, a considerable amount of business was transacted. The
leading purchases were about £36,000 Terminable Annuities,
understood to be on account of the British Linen Company,
and upwards of £lOO,OOO Long Annuities and Consols for
the Guardian Assurance, which, with others of less note,
caused an advance/of nearly 4- per cent. in prices. Consols
for money left off 914- to 8; ditto, account, 914- to a ; Ex-
chequer-bills, 40s to 42s premium • Bank Stock, 165 to 166 ;
India Stock, 243 to 245; 3 per dents. Reduced, 90; to s ;
3; per Cents. Reduced, 994-; New 3,1 per Cents., 100`-;
Long Annuities (expiring January 5, 1860), 121 to ; and
India Bonds, 19s, to 21s. premium. Business, which was of
a general nature in the foreign market, was not very brisk,
but prices were fairly maintained. Belgian closed 1031 to
104; ; Braizilian, 67 to 68 ; Colombian, 27t to ; Danish,
801 to 81;-. ; Dutch 24 per Cents., 521 to ; Mexican, 381 to
9 ; Buenos Ayres, 25 to 27 ; Peruvian, 19 to 20 ; Portuguese
5 per Cents., 37:1 to 4 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 22 to 4 ; Spa-
nish Actives, 244- to i; ditto, New, 251 to
ASSAULT.—On Monday, ae the Police-court, a stout
man, named Cornelius Barber, was placed at the bar on acharge
of severely assaulting two men and a police-officer. It ap-
peared that, between 12 and 1 o'clock on Sunday morning,
while the policeman was walking Limekiln-lane with one of
the complainants, he saw a crowd, and in going up to see
what they were doing at that hour, he and the man were,
without any provocation, savagely assailed by six or seven
men, one of whom was the prisoner, who knocked them
down, and kicked them unmercifully when down,—of which
both bore marks on their heads, faces, and bodies. The
other complainant, William Bright, happened to come
up, and seeing the officers knocked down and abused, he
said " it was a great shame to do so," whereupon they also
set upon him, and struck and kicked him, finally forcing him
against a wall, and against which they also struck his head.
His face was much disfigured by the blows. One of the
complainants also complained of police-officer No. 73, who,
he said, when subsequently applied to, did anything but his
duty. Mr. Rushton ordered the attendance of that officer the
next day, (Tuesday) with a view to investigate the matter.—
The prisoner a carter, failed to adduce any evidence in his de-
fence, and Mr. Rushton said that nothing but severe punish-
ment would correct the savage propensities of such men,
and he must pay a fine of £5 or be imprisoned two months ;
and find bail—himself in £2O and two others in £lO each, or
be further imprisoned. He then highly complimented the
young man Bright for his conduct in taking the part of the
police-officer, who had been so unwarrantably maltreated,
adding, that he should take steps to have him rewarded.
FEMALE SAILOR.—On Monday last Elizabeth Hunter, a
young female, in the garb of a sailor, was brought to the
Police-office by a constable, he having found a great crowd in
and about the house in which she was. The following are
the facts of her case :—Some time ago she lived in the capa-
city of cook, in the family of a merchant of Liverpool who
resides on the Cheshire side of the river, and having left her
situation, she sold some of her female garments, and, with
the produce, purchased the habiliments of a mariner, and
shipped herself as a sailor boy on board a vessel bound to
Glasgow, from whence she proceeded to Fortwilliana ; she
left that vessel, and reshipped on board a schnoner bound to
this port, where she arrived a few days ago. The discovery
was made by a sailor to whom she was known previous to her
having undertaken to brave the dangers of the deep ; he ac-
cidentally met her at the house where the cooking for the
crew of the schooner was done, and knew her, notwithstand-
ing her disguise. The captain says she is an excellent sailor;
and, indeed, her merits have been well tested, as there were
only three hands on board, she had amongst other duties to
reef topsails, which she did in gallant style. Mr. Dowling,
having found these facts correct, sent to the house of the
gentleman with whom she had lived for a box of clothes
which she had left there, and, these being procured, our gal-
lant friend again resumed the dress of the softer sex. The
captain of the schooner having kindly undertaken to get her
sent to her friends in Scotland, she was of course discharged.
FEMALE EDUCATION IN INDIA.—The general meeting
of the Ladies Association for Native Female Education in
India, in connection with the Church of Scotland, took place
on Monday night in Rodney-street Church. A very respec-
table congregation, principally consisting of ladies, was
present. The Rev. Mr. Ferris proceeded to read the report
for the past year. The association, it was observed, being in
its infancy, and its operations having scarcely yet commenced,
the committee could not say much of these, and they there-
fore referred in the present report to some general proceed-
ings, and to some circumstances as showed the progress
which had been made. According to the latest intelligence
from India, Miss Lane was busy in acquiring the Bcngalee
language, and expected shortly to be joined by Miss Max-
well, from Vizapatam. Miss Jellot and Miss Shaw had
arrived at Calcutta, and had begun to study the Mahratta
language. Some progress had been made in native female
education, through the benevolence of private individuals
and the efforts of the missionaries. At Bombay and Poonah,
it seemed that no difficulty had been felt in procuring classes,
even of the highest caste. At Calcutta, this facility of ob-
taining pupils had not been experienced ; but there was a
good and reasonable prospect that the chief difficulties would
ere long disappear, not only there, but in all other parts of
India. At Bombay, 568 girls attended the female schools
under Dr. Wilson's charge, hearing of and learning in their
own tongue the wonderful works of God. At Po ah there
were seven schools and 150 pupils, and there would be no
difficulty in adding to the number, provided the necessary
funds and teachers were afforded. The report then spoke of
the importance and immensity of the object in view,—the
conversion of 60,000,000 of females, and through their per-
suasive influence of as many more in India. The Christian
revelation was known and understood, and acknowledged to
be superior to Hindooism by many who had not courage to
renounce the religion of their ancestors. In Calcutta,
several years ago, more than 2000 children received Christian
education in schools superintended by Christian ministers,
and several native chapels were well attended, and the num-
ber had since increased. The labours of the Church of
England and of the Baptists, by whom the scriptures or por-
tions of them, had been translated into nearly all the dialects
of India, were then referred to. In conclusion, the com_
mittee said that their applications for subscriptions bad been
well met during the past year,—there had been received £135,
which had been transmitted to the Parent Society.—The
Rev. Mr. Cochrane then addressed the assembly on the ob-
ject in view, and in a long address gave a striking picture of
the deep and systematic degradation and ignorance in which
the women of India has been kept for ages. The proceed-
ings closed shortly before nine o'clock.