The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

CASTLE-STREET WARD POOR FUND.—It will be recol-
lected, that during the great distress prevalent in Liverpool
during the winter months, subscriptions were raised in
several of the wards for the relief of the poor. We have
pleasure in announcing, that in Castle-street ward the large
sum of £434 7s. 2d. was raised, which was placed under the
management of a committee for distribution, who undertook
the arduous task of visiting the poor at their own houses, in
order to ascertain the true extent of the distress, which was
found to be greatest in Preston-street, Crossball-street,
and that neighbourhood. The result of their labours was
the distribution of
12,2561bs
13,308 " ......
880 cwt.
547 bushels..
At a cost of £277 4s. 11d.,leaviRg a balance of £157 23. 3d.
(now in the bank), for some future emergency.
THE VISITATION ROUTE.—The Rev. and Worshipful
Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese, will hold his
courts of visitation, for the purpose of admitting, Church
and Chapel Sidesmen, and for the probate of wills, and grant-
ing letters of administration of intestates' effects at the time
snd places undermentioned :
Wednesday, May 4, Chester .... at 12 at noon.
Friday, " 6, Nantwich .. at 9in .the morning.
Friday, " 6, Middlewich at lin the afternoon.
Saturday, " 7, Macclesfield at 9in the morning.
Saturday, " 7, Stockport .. at lin the afternoon.
Monday, " 9, Manchester at 11 in the morning.
Tuesday, " 10, Bolton .... at 9in the morning.
Tuesday, " 10, Blackburn .. at 2in the afternoon.
Wednesday, " 11, Chorley .... at 9in the morning.
Wednesday, " 11, Wigan at lin the afternoon.
Thursday, " 12, Ormskirk at 9in the morning.
Thursday, " 12, Liverpool at 2in the afternoon.
Monday, 16, Frodsham at lin the afternoon.
THE REJECTED PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE.—The evan-
gelical clergy of this town are adding another to the many
good services they have rendered to the progress of religious
truth, by calling attention to those portions of scripture
which our soi disant liberals in council and elsewhere would,
if they had their own way, withhold from the perusal of the
rising generation. Few persons are aware of the extent to
which they would deprive the young of the means of pious
instruction ; but the statement, when published, will fully in-
form them on the subject. We are already enabled to say,
that the list is headed by the 19th 38th and 39th chapters of
Genesis ; the 15th, 18th and 20th of Leviticus ' • the 22d of
Deuteronomy ; the 23d of Ezekiel, &c., &c. The whole, we
doubt not, will meet with special attention in serious fa-
milies.

LENDING NEWSPAPERS—CAUTION.—We have been in-
formed, that it is the practice with many of the news-agents
and others in this town to let out copies of the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD for hire, charging generally a penny per hour.
This is a direct fraud upon us; and we have come to a de-
termination, in which we are supported by our local contem-
poraries, to obtain a conviction against any person so offend-
ing. By the 29th Geo. 111, c. 50, it is declared that "No
hawker of a newspaper or other person shall let a newspaper
for hire to any person or different persons, on pain of for-
feiting £5." We are adopting measures to put a stop to
this practice, as far as regards our own publication. We have
our rttention fixed on two or three offending persons, and
shall make an example of them before long.
LECTURES ON THE CREED OF POPE PIUS FOURTH.—
As the Rev. Hugh Stowell is to deliver the lecture at the
Music-hall this evening, we fully anticipate a crowded meet-
ing to hear the eloquent appeal which may be expected from
that noble defender of the faith and courageous protestor
against the novelties of Pope Pius.
THE LIVERPOOL TIMES AND DUTCH BUTTER.-011r
whig contemporary of Tuesday has not discovered the longi-
tude or the philosopher's stone, but he has discovered a thing
nearly as important, viz., the reason of the Dutch farmers
being able to compete in price and quality with our own in
the article of butter, notwithstanding the existing protection
of 20 per cent. in favour of the native producer.
" We have understood," remarks the Times," the difference
in the price of sugar in Holland and Ireland has a good deal to
do with the difference in the quality of salted butter. Sugar,
as every one knows, is almost as good a preservative as salt,
and the Dutch having plenty of sugar at a cheap rate, are
able to use a considerable quantity of it in preserving their
butter, whilst owing to the dearness of that article in Ireland,
it is impossible for the Irish madufacture to use it for that
purpose. Tbis we have understood is the principal reason of
the superiority of Dutch butter."
Now if the question had been one of Everton toffee or sugar-
plums, we would readily have admitted the possibility that
the price of sugar had something to do with the matter. But
we would just as soon believe that the mischievous tricks of
Robin Goodfellow—
" that knavish sprite,
That frights the maidens of the villageree,
Skims milk, and sometimes labours in the quern,
And bootless make's the breathless huswife chern"—
are our impediments in the race of competition with the
Dutchman in butter-making, as "the dearness of the article
of sugar in Ireland." Our contemporary's mania for cheap
sugar and lollipops makes him utter strange absurdities.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--On Wednesday evening one of the
trains on the North Union Railway, whilst going at full
speed, near the Euxton station, unfortunately knocked down
one of the rural police force, and the whole of the carriages
went over his body. The poor fellow was taken up quite
dead, his body being literally cut to pieces.
THE OXFORD CIRCUIT.—MR. JUSTICE CRESSWELL.—
Gloucester assizes concluded on_ Friday. The law reporter
of the Morning Post says-7" We cannot conclude our re-
ports of the proceedings during the
judicial talent
tendering
our tribute of admiration to the high talent which
has been throughout displayed by the last appointed judge.
We are but echoing the universal feeling of satisfaction which
the bar and the public have expressed in the auspicious com-
mencement of the judicial career of Mr. Justice Cresswell,
when we say that he has more than justified, as judge, the
high expectations formed of him from the position which he
has for so many years filled at the bar, and that he has left
throughout this circuit a strong and general conviction of the
wisdom of the selection which conferred on him the high-
deserved honour of a seat upon the English bench."
IMPORTANT FROM NEW GRENADA.—CESSATION OF
HOSTfLITIES.—We received this afternoon, through Wat-
son's telegraph, the following important intelligence :—" Off
Cape Clear, April S.—The Diana, from Savanilla for Liver-
pool, arrived here at four p.m. to-day, forty days out. On
the day she sailed (Feb. 20,) peace had been proclaimed.
General Carmona and General Heran, the president of New
Grenada, had met, and entered into an arrangement for the
cessation of hostilities. H.M.S. Comus had arrived, and
was lying at Savanilla when the Diana left."—Tuesday's
Shipping Gazette.
THE BLUNDELL ESTATE.—Proceedings have been insti-
tuted, and are now in progress in the Court of Chancery, for
the administration of the estate of the late Charles R. Blun-
dell, of Ince Blundell, in the county of Lancaster, Esq.
Mr. Blundell's personal estate was considerably more than
£200,000. By his will, which was made in 1831, he left
£5,000 to the plaintiff, the Rev. Mr. Walsh, a Roman Ca-
tholic priest, for Oscott College, in -Staffordshire ; to the
Rev. Mr. Robinson, who was also a Roman Catholic priest,
he left £4,000, for Ampleforth College, in Yorkshire; and
£4,000 for Downside College, in Somerset ; and £4,000 for
Old Hall Green College, in Herts ; and £15,000 for the use
of Roman Catholic priests in and near London; and £2,000
for Lydiate Roman Catholic Chapel. And he left annuities
to two other priests. The Rev. Mr. Robinson died in the
testator's life-time, and the Rev. Mr. Cockshot, the president
of Ampleforth College, and the Rev. Mr. Cox, the president
of Old Hall Green College, have presented petitions for pay-
ment to themselves of the legacies to these seminaries. It
is said that information had been filed as to the other chari-
table legacies. Objections have been made to the present
payment of the legacies to the seminaries, on the ground
that it may turn out that they were Jusnit establishments
which were contrary to law.

LAUNCH OF AN IRON STEAM FRIGATE.—On Tuesday
last, a beautiful iron steam frigate, for her Majesty's service,
was launched fr.na the iron-shipbuilding yard of Mr. John
Laird, North Birkenhead. The day was fine, and the curi-
osity excited to witness the launch of a large vessel of war,
built of a material which has comparatively but recently been
introduced in the construction of our national marine, but
which has already been found to be admirably adapted for an
Important branch of the service, drew to the spot a large and
respectable assemblage of spectators, from the vicinity, on
this as well as the Cheshire side of the Mersey. Much ad-
, miration was expressed by connoisseurs of the beauty of her
model, which seems to combine all those requisites in form
that delight the eye of the mariner,—giving the utmost pro-
miseof safety in all weathers, adaptation for carrying a press
of sail when required, and speed whether under steam or sail,
or both. She has a most insinuating entrance, and a run so
gradually fining away from the fulness of the bilge, that it
is difficult to detect where it begins. Her bottom (as is
usual in iron-built vessels) is put together with lapped or
clencher joints, in smooth plates, gently sheering from stem
to stern ; her ton sides, with carve' or flush joints ; and
she resembles, on the whole, a light and elegant yacht. The
following are her dimensions and steam power :
Length on deck .............. 190 feet.
Beam ............ 30 „
Tonnage ........... 800 tons.
She will carry two sixty-eight pound pivot guns, one forward
and the other aft. These were in the yard, preparatory to
mounting, and are truly " murderous -looking pieces of
artillery. Before the launch, many parties had an opportu-
nity of minutely inspecting the hull, the faithful ‘N:orkman-
ship and high finish of which, in the plating, moulding !kc.,
was the theme of general remark. But for the lapped joints,
indeed, (and these have a pleasing appearance,) there was
nothing to indicate that her sides were not each formed of a
single huge plate. The interior was an object of. not less
curiosity. She has six water-tight bulkheads, divi
beams are
ding her
into seven compartments. The deck and paddle.
all of iron, and the whole of her fasteni ugs logemously.con-
ma-
trived to impart strength with comparative lightness of
terial. The fittings and accommodations will bof e the. s
similar
class ; and we shall furnish some details of them, when they
are completed. She is the first iron vessel regsularly, built
and equipped as a steam frigate ; and her masts and rigging
(all of which were fitted before the launch). are adapted for
carrying more sail than is usual in vessels with steam power.
She was gaily decorated with numerous national and other
flags, and a large assemblage occupied her deck. Lady Cust,
of Leasowe Castle, undertook the office,ot " christening
the vessel; and about half-past eleveti o clockshe went off
in beautiful style, takinc, the water with the lightness and
grace of a swan. She is' rigged as a two-masted schooner,
with a large foretopsail, &c., and looked, when afloat, ex-
ceedingly rakish and mischievous ; such a craft, indeed, as,
though acknowledged to be beautiful by our countrymen,
will doubtless, like the Nemesis, be considered " an ugly
customer" by those of their enemies who may have the mis-
fortune to fall in her way. Before launching, a sight was
put up at each end of the vessel, and a third one between
them, to ascertain if she at all altered her shape when afloat.
It appeared that there was not the slightest deviation,—
thus proving the great strength and firmness of her build.
This vessel makes the forty-second built of iron by Mr. J.
Laird, besides canal-boats and other craft. May she be as
successful in her ocean adventures as she is creditable to that
gentleman in her construction !