The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

PRESENTATION.—The Rev. T. S. Ackland, 8.A., Ma-
thematical Master at the Royal Institution school, and late
Curate of St Michael's, Toxteth-park, has been presented
by the Rectors of Liverpool to the Church of St. Stephens,
Byrom-street.

ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH.—We understand that it is the in-
tention of the congregation of St. Philip's church, and per-
sonal friends of the Rev. Thomas Stanley Bowstead, to pre-
sent him with a tribute of their respect and esteem on his re-
tirement, after a ministration of twenty-five years and up.
wards; and we have authority to state that in the morning
and afternoon of Sunday next, the 18th inst., the rev. gen-
tleman will preach his Farewell Sermons.
THE FIRE IN GALTON-STREET.—We stated in our latest
particulars of this calamitous fire, that the police, at the time
we went to press on Tuesday morning, had succeeded in
greatly reducing the flames. At half-past one all apprehen-
sions of the fire extending beyond the building in which it
originated were dissipated; and from this time the flames
were rapidly subdued, and in a few hours totally extinguished.
It is stated that the loss of property, exclusive of the ware-
house, will not be more than £15,000. We learn from ano-
ther authority that, including the building, the loss will not
exceed £20,000. The warehouse was fully insured, and it
is believed that most of the goods were covered by policies.

ANOTHE a FlRE.—Shortly after five o'clock on Wednesday
evening another fire broke out in a shed at the bottom of
Carruthers-street, Vauxhall-road, which raged for about an
hour with unabated violence. The place was stored with a
quantity of tar, varnish, and other inflammable materials,
most of which were consumed ; but with regard to the
manner in which the fire originated, no accurate information
could be obtained. Three engines from the fire station were
speedily on the spot, and the flames were entirely subdued
about half-past six o'clock. The premises belonged to
Pritchard Brothers.

PERSONAL BEAUTY.—Among the most valuable attributes
of beauty, whether regarded as conducive to' manly purity
and grace of aspect, or as auxiliary to feminine loveliness, a
beautiful set of teeth must ever rank among the most im-
portant elements of a favourable personal appearance. The
embellishment and preservation of the teeth and gums have
therefore ever been regarded with peculiar interest, and
among the mass of preparations suggested for these desirable
pu"poses, we would particularize " ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or
Pearl Dentrifice," as unrivalled for its excellence in purifying,
embellishing and preserving these important and attractive
objects.—See Adv.

ANn-MoNoPoLy Assoc'AroN.—A meeting of thi
agitating body was held at the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday
at twelve o'clock. Our reporter attended to give the pro.
ceedings publicity, but he was refused permission to do so
which will afford our readers some sort of idea of the object:
which these rioters and revolutionary gentlemen have it
view.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—WC have been requested to
draw public attention to the intention of Mr. Atkins to
give a fete this evening, in consequence of the request of
several families and others, who are desirous of availing
themselves of the fineness of the weather. This will be the
last Friday evening on which the fetes will take place, as in
future on Monday evenings only wiil they be given.

PROLIFIC SEASON.—There was lately gathered in the
garden of Mr. W. Knowles, Claughton, Cheshire, several
gigantic peach-apples ; one of which measured 151 inches in
circumference. There was also dug up in the same garden,
ninety-two potatoes attached to one single root. These alone
would surely serve as ample proofs of the fruitfulness of the
season.

LATE NEWS FROM RIO DE JANEIRO.—The following is
an extract from a letter (received by the Napoleon, via
Cowes) dated 3d August, 1842 :—" I have just heard from
Monte Video that our minister there has concluded a com-
mercial treaty with the Monte Video government, but on
what terms has not yet transpired. This will be a death
blow to Rosas, and will, undoubtedly, be beneficial as con-
nected with British commercial interests in general in the
River Nate." The exchange was 24 to 2417.

QUICK WORK.—A couple presented themselves at the
parish church of Wigan, on Tuesday forenoon last, and were
united in the "silken bonds of Hymen." Anguish and
agony were, however, depicted in the bride's face during the
performance of the ceremony, and she walked from church
with difficulty. In the afternoon of the same day, the " first
fruit" of the newlymarried pair was brought to the same
minister to be baptized. This beats the famous hatching
machines manufactured by Messrs. Todd, of Bloomsbury,
London.

In our obituary column will he found recorded the death
of Mr. W. B. Evanson, attorney. It is not our place to
draw aside the veil atter his death, which a dignified sense of
Christian conduct prevented his removing during his life;
the afflicted and distressed state, however, in which his fa-
mily have been unfortunately left, induces us to mention that
he was the grandson of a gentleman who represented the
county of Cork for many years, and that his family have
many claims on Christian sympathy, and on the sympathies
of his " legal brethren" in particular. His testimonials are
with us, and we shall be happy to show them, and to receive
any subscriptions for the benefit of his family that the cha-
ritably-disposed may he inclined to bestow.

A large and handsome silver snuff-box has been presented
to Captain Collins, of the American packet-ship Roscius, by
Messrs. Fisher and Sons, of this town, in consideration of
his noble behaviour and eminent services on the occasion of
the loss of the Erin-go-bragh, in December last. On the lid
of the box is the following inscription : " Presented to Cap-
tain John Collins, of the United States packet-ship Roscius,
by the owners of the British ship Erin-go-bragh, as a token
of their esteem, and in admiration of his gallant and humane
conduct, by winch the crew and passengers were rescued (on
the 7th Dec., 1841) when the ship was sinking in the midSt
of the Atlantic ocean. Liverpool, Aug. 31,1842." The box,
which is the workmanship of Messrs. Wordley and Mayer,
is of a very tasteful pattern, and richly chased. We believe
this is the third time that Captain Collins has been instru-
mental in saving human life under similar circumstances,
since his connexion with the eminent house to whose line of
packets the Roscius belongs.

THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The funds have
not maintained their usual firmness to-day, but no especial
cause is assigned for the re-action, which was to the extent
of a trifle more than an eighth per cent. In some quarters it
appears to have been considered that the failure at Manches-
ter, which is said to involve a heavy amount of liability, is
an event which might probably have had sonic influence on
the market. On mature reflection, however, this occurrence
can hardly be deemed of sufficient importance to have created
this depression, since, if any effect at all were likely to follow
such a circumstance, the probability is that it would have
been much more severely felt. The general dulness of busi-
ness will undoubtedly be found to be the true cause of the
slight decline. Consols for money closed 92k to *; ditto for
the account, 921 to 93 ; India Stock, 249 to 251; Exchequer-
bills, 49s to bls premium for the 2d issue ; and 51s to 53s
for the 2d. issue; New 31 per Cents., 1001 to 10] ; and
India Bonds, 36s to 37s premium In the foreign stock mar-•
ket the course of dealing was the arrangement of the half-
monthly account, fixed for final settlement to-morrow. It
presented no new feature, and quotations underwent no ma-
terial alteration. Spanish Actives closed 161 to a ex. cou-
pons ; ditto 3 per Cents., 201 to 21 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents.,
351 to a ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 201 to 1 ; Mexican, 35.+ to 1 ;
Danish, 83 to 84 ; Dutch 2 per Cents., 52 to t ; and Bra-
zilian, 67 to 681.

IMPORTANT TO BURIAL SOCIETIES.—On Tuesday, Ed-
ward M'Cue was put forward at the Police-court, on a
charge of having obtained 20s. from John Keeting, the
Treasurer of the Irish Sons of Freedom Sick and Burial
Society, by means of a fraudulent representation. It ap-
peared from the evidence that the prisoner called upon Keet-
ing, and informing him that his child was dead, demanded
the sum (205.) which is allowed by the society in cases of the
kind. The treasurer proceeded to the house, and, having
thus proved the accuracy of the statement respecting the
child's death, paid the money. It subsequently turned out
that the child was not the offspring of the prisoner, but that
it had been merely adopted by him, and he was now put for-
ward for having falsely represented the child to be his own,
the contrary being the fact, and by means of such false re-
presentations obtaining the sum in question.—Mr. Daven-
port, who defended the prisoner, read the eighth rule of the
society, from which it appeared that any of the members had
it in his power to register a child, and that the society had
not stipulated in any of its rules that such child should be
the• actual offspring of the party. Mr. Davenport, under
those circumstances, contended that a member could nomi-
nate and register a child, though such child might not be
connected with him by the ties of consanguinity. In the
present instance, the prisoner had adopted the child ever
since the latter had bee❑ six months old, and he had been
bringing it up as his own.—Mr. Rushton said it certainly
appeared according to the eighth rule that he might register
a child, and that it was no where provided that the child so
registered must be his own. The rules would have to he
altered if the society meant the funds to be paid on the death
of a man's wife and children. Them was no doubt that the
present case was a fraud in spirit : but unless the rules un-
derwent alteration, and it were provided that the child whose
name happened to be registered was the child of the member
registering it, the parties perpetrating such frauds as the
present would necessarily escape. The prisoner was then
discharged.

ORDINATION OF THE MINISTER TO ST. PETERS
CHURCH, SCOTLAND-ROAD.—ThiS interesting ceremony in
the Scotch Church, which we noticed on Friday last, took
place on Wednesday, in Rodney-street Church, in presence
of a numerous congregation of various denominations, col-
lected to witness what but rarely has occurred in this quar-
ter. On a large platform, raised immediately in front of the
pulpit, sat the members of presbytery, ministers and elders,
(thirteen in number,) and the minister elect, the pulpit being
occupied by the Rev. Mr. Campbell, of Manchester, who was
appointed by the presbytery to preach and preside on the oc.
casion. The service commenced, as usual, with prayer and
praise, after which an able and appropriate discourse was de-
livered, and at its conclusion certain stringent and very
searching questions were put to Mr. Ferries, who had moved
from his chair and stood in front of the pulpit, to which
questions he, as required, gave audible and distinct replies.
During the singing of another psalm Mr. Campbell descended
to the platform, and Mr. Gardner, the present moderator of
the assembly, vacating the chair, it was occupied by Mr.
Campbell, who, on rising to offer up the ordination prayer,
motioned to Mr. Ferries to kneel upon a cushion, occupying
the centre of the platform, before a table, on which also he
leant his head. In this position he remained all else stand-
ing while the prayer was being offered up, and at a certain
part the ministers moved forward, and Mr. Campbell set-
ting the example, each laid a hand upon the head of their
kneeling brother, and so for some time remained, the
most solemn blessings were implored upon him. When the
prayer was ended, and as Mr. Ferries got to his feet, each
held out to him the right hand of fellowship, as, according
to Scripture, an ordained minister of the gospel. A psalm
being again sung, Mr. Cleland, of Bolton, delivered the
address to the ministers, and Mr. Wilson, of the Isle of
Man, the address to the people. On retiring from the
church, all present had an opportunity of expressing their
sympathy with Mr. Ferries, and their concurrence in all that
had been done by taking him the hand, which was cordially
embraced by almost every individual having any interest in
the ordination.

MARINERS' CHURCH TRACT SOCIETY..—The annual
meeting of the members and friends of the Mariners'
Church Tract Society was held on the evening of Tuesday,
in St. Andrew's School, for the purpose of receiving the
committee's report of their proceedings during the past year.
The chair was occupied by the Rev. W. Maynard, and on
the platform were the Rev. k. Davies, Mr. Wm. Maples,
Mr. Groom, Mr. Thompson (secretary to the society), and
several other warm friends of the society. The rev. chair-
man, in his opening address, enlarged upon the moral and
spiritual benefit to be derived from the circulation of reli-
gious tracts among seamen and mariners, expressing also his
regret that the efforts of the society were necessarily con-
tracted by the want of funds. In conclusion, he addressed
a few words to the distributors, exhorting them to persevere,
as having the assurance that their labours would eventually
receive an abundant reward. The secretary then read the
report, which, after an appropriate introduction, stated that
durinc, the past year five members had been engaged in the
circulation of tracts, of whom two had been occupied in vi-
siting the boarding-houses in the neighbourhood of the
docks, by whose active and praiseworthy exertions 4,563
tracts had been lent. The other three had been well em-
ployed in visiting the vessels in the several docks : during
the past year 3070 vessels had been visited, and 4200 tracts
hpcidi.s 3000 pcidedriAses made to seamen. Unfurtu-
nately from the want of tracts the report stated, that the
dock districts bad not been visited for nearly five months,
and only two of the districts on shore. The report con-
cluded by an earnest appeal for aid to the Christian liberty
of the public. A variety of instances were next narrated by
the secretary of the desire prevailing among seamen to
receive this means of improvement and instruction ; after
which the meeting was addressed by the Rev. Richard
Davies, and several others. The proceedings terminated by
singing a doxology. We cordially commend this society to
all who have a just sense of the spiritual wants of our brave
mariners.

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—The following
members were present at the meeting of the Dock Committee
yesterday :—Messrs. Sands (chairman), Horsfall, Ilolt,
Holmes, Nicol, Mellor, Bulley, Shand, Ripley, Middleton,
and Aikin. The Sub-committee of Works stated that they
had nothing to report. The Sub-committee for the Depart-
ment of the Harbour Masters reported that the lease of the
site of the old telegraph station at Point Lynas would cease
on the 21st instant, and with it the payment of £lO per
annum. The solicitor of the trust was now in correspondence
with the agent of Lord Dinorben, upon the subject of a lease
of the new site. Mr. M'Arthur, manager of the boats of
the Steam-tug Company, in a letter to the committee, stated
that the company had ordered one of their boats to be placed
at the disposal of the committee free of charge. The same
sub-committee reported that they could not recommend
the committee to grant the application of Messrs. Eaton
and Co., of Mostyn, for permission to place a hut upon the
pier of Seacombe slip; and further, that no alteration could
at present be made for the accommodation of vessels laden
with potatoes. In reply to a question from Mr. Ripley, the
Surveyor stated that the remaining part of Salthouse Dock
would be ready for the reception of vessels by the end of
November. The same sub-committee recommended that
trial be made for three months of the removal, from Prince's
Dock to Waterloo Dock, of the American liners, and that
one quay-berth and three stage-berths be exclusively appro-
priated to their accommodation ; and that at the end of three
months the North Harbour-master report the effect of the
alteration. Confirmed. The Warehouse Sub-committee
recommended that two keepers be appointed to the transit-
sheds, and that Samuel Wood and Joseph M`Loughlin be
elected to act under the superintendent, at wages of 255. a-
week each, and also that 7s. a-week be allowed for an office-
boy. Confirmed. They further recommended that an
abstract of the clauses from the dock act relating to the
sheds, and also of the regulations adopted for their manage-
ment, be printed for the information of the public. Agreed
to.—A plan of the offices was then submitted and approved
of. A letter from Mr. James Brebner, steam-packet agent,
requesting the shed on the west quay of Clarence Ilalf-tide
Basin to be boarded up was referred to the Sub-committee
of Works. The committee then separated.

DEAF AND DUMB.--IMPOSItION.—We have been in-
fornied that a woman has been going about Liverpool, New
Brighton, and the neighbourhood, in company with a deaf
and dumb child, endeavouring to raise a subscription, for the
purpose, as she states, of its obtaining entrance into the
School for Deaf Mutes, in Oxford-street ; mentioning, that
from £4O to £5O would he requisite for the purpose. The
school in question, only charging for poor boarders in its
new establishment, from £8 to £l4 a-year, according to the
age of the pupil. We are also given to understand, that there
is abundance of room for double the number of scholars at
present in that institution, and that day scholars are received
without any charge at all, if the parents or friends are unable
to contribute towards their education.
THE REV. DR. COOK.—This distinguished Protestant
preached on Tuesday evening in the Scotch Church, Old-
ham-street, on behalf of the Church of Risley, in this dis-
trict, one of the churches which the Unitarian body had
usurped, and which the decision in Lady Hewley's case res-
cued from their hands. - The text was taken from the sth
chapter of St. Paul's second Epistle to the Corinthians,
verse 20th—" Now then we are ambassador for Christ, as
though God did beseech you by us ; we pray you in Christ's
stead be ye reconciled to God." The rev. doctor, from this
passage laid down three points: first, that there is a truth
implied in it, to wit, God and man require to be reconciled ;
second, that there is a truth to be inquired into—what is
this reconciliation f—and third, that there is an instrumen-
tality to be developed, namely, the arguments whereby the
ambassadors for Christ enforce God's word when he entreats
men in Christ's stead to be reconciled to God. These pro-
positions naturally led the doctor into an extensive review of
the doctrines of original sin, which he established by very
powerful reasoning, the Trinity and the Atonement of our
Lord and Saviour; and as might also be expected, he con-
futed the fundamental maxims held by the followers of
Arius and Socinus. At the close he made a powerful ap-
peal in favour of the church in behalf of which he had come
to Liverpool ; called upon Protestant denominations gene-
rally to aid each other in extending the work of the reforma-
tion ; entreated of his Presbyterian brethren to continue to
cherish a proper feeling of gratitude towards the members of
the Church of England, who had on so many occasions sup-
posted them by their contributions, and requested of them,
whenever it lay in their power. to repay the debt by sub-
scribing towards the establishment. The collection amounted
to the sum of £23.

MUSHROOMS.—The quantity of this delicious production
of the meadow brought to our markets during the last fort-
night has far exceeded that of any former years within our
recollection,--a circumstance to be accounted for (as well as
the great abundance of fruit) to the influence of an unusually
long and warm summer, and the genial showers that have re-
cently fallen. When the crop began to come in the price
was about 6d. per quart ; and this quotation," from the
rapidly increasing supply, and the consequent accumulation
of " stock," was maintained but a short time, a rapid dimi-
nution being necessarily submitted to, until the article, yes-
trrday, could be purchased foi 2d., Id., and even Id., ac-
cording to quality—the finer (buttons) for pickling, and the
inferior, or broken, for present use, or the making of catsup ;
of which last epicures will doubtless obtain a cheap supply
for a long time to come. On Saturday last upwards of 100
measures were brought into St. John's Market alone by the
east gate, and a large quantity into other marts in the town—
being at least double the amount shown on the previous
market day. Every day since the supply has been on the
increase as compared with the former week. Upwards of
300 baskets, and 10 to 15 hampers were brought to St.
John's on Wednesday. Many of them are of enormous size,
and the whole may be said to be fine. Parties who were
wont during the season to perambulate the fields in the
neighbourhood at an early hour—" brushing with hasty steps
the dew away"—have almost abandoned the pursuit, their
individual gatherings, at a considerable expenditure of time,
shoe-leather, and fatigue, in these less prolific and more
trodden grounds, being thrown into the shade, even with their
quarts (which would have been a prize worth boasting of in
ordinary years) by the hundredweights carted to market by
the country dealers. The weather on Monday was cold and
unpropitious, and it was thought that the crop—always pre-
carious—would receive a check ; but it has since been warm
and favourable for the growth of the plant, and if it so con-
tinue a week or two longer, the entire produce in this and
the neighbouring counties, (of which we have a knowledge in
this respect,) will be greater than on any occasion within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant. The greater portion of the
quantity brought to this town is, we learn, from Wales and
the neighbouring districts in Cheshire. The low lands or
marshes near the Point of Ayr, in Flintshire, have alone pro-
duced their cart loads.

SHARP REPLY.—(WIGAN WIT.)—A certain individual,
well known in Wigan as an empty boaster, and particularly
deficient in intellectual acquirements, was speaking loudly
of the intelligence of his ancestors and himself, a few even-
ings ago, and concluded his talented eulogy by saying, " In-
deed, gentlemen, lam like a sack !" " Empty," was the
rejoinder of one present, who knew well the shallow-brained
pate from which the observation proceeded.—[We scarcely
know which most to admire—the wit of the Wigan man, or
of the chronicler who troubled his pen to forward it to us.—
En. L. S.]