The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

We understand that the Bishop has licensed St. Mary's
Church, Kirkdale, for the celebration of marriages.
LIVERPOOL RACES.—The Hon. E. LI. Mostyn succeeds
Sir R. Williams Bulkeley, as one of the stewards of these
races. There will be no more autumn meetings.
PATRICK DORAN.—This individual, committed on a charge
of arson, has been liberated on bail. His three sureties of
each, were Mr. Bannon, spirit dealer, Cooper's-row ;
''!X. Peter M'Ardle, licensed victualler, Duke's-place, Wap-
Ping t and Mr. Graham, marine-store dealer, Birkenhead,
Cheshire. M.

Tim STEAM-SHIP HINDOETAN.—Letters from Gibraltar,
by
the Montrose steamer, announce the arrival of the Hin-
dustan at that port on the 29th ult., having run the distance
f"4•ti,a Needles ..to Gibraltar (about 1,200 miles) in 121
lours, being at the rate of ten knots an hour.
THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.—HIS Excellency
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and suite, accompanied by
Lord and Lady Cowper, arrived at Radley's Adelphi Hotel,
in this town, on Saturday, and on Sunday they embarked for
Ireland, in a steamer specially appointed for the reception of
his lordship.

LADIES' CHARITY.—We understand that the lying-in
Wards of this extensive and useful charity, which are situated
at No. 20, Parr-street, are now open for the reception of all
dangerous or difficult cases among the married poor provided
With a recommendation. Notes of recommendation may be
obtained from the Ladies' Charity, either at 115, Duke-street,
or at 20 Parr-street ; at the residences of the medical officers ;
and also from the district midwives.
A PROLIFIC HEN.—A small hen, the property of Miss
ackhouse, Toxteth-park, brought out, on Sunday last,
eleven chickens, being her third brood during the present
In July she hatched fifteen, and the same number in
having each time formed her own nest among the ivy,
the parties in the. house knowing nothing of her proceedings
until she appeared with her progeny at her feet.
d THE KYBER PAss.-We have had submitted to us a
I.rawing (about to be published in the first style of tinted
iittnography) of the attack made upon her Majesty's Oth
Vtaent, under the command of General Pollock, on their
iencampment on the plain at the mouth of the Kyber Pass,
being the first attack of the Kyberees after the great mas-
sacre, of the British. It was taken on the spot, by one of
‘t.e regiment, who was, some time since, established as an
artist in this town. Of course peculiar interest is attached
t 0 the subject; and, we believe the sketch gives a faithful
representation of the scene in question, together with the
mode of attack and the line of defence adopted.
TIRE IN WATERLOO-ROAD.—On Tuesday evening some
excitement was created throughout the town from a report
that the fire in Crompton-street had again broken forth and
was rapidly extendina.. The alarm was instantly sp read
through the town, an7l Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hevvitt, with
I°gMes. water-carts, &c., hastened in the direction indicated.
was discovered that the fire was in Waterloo-road, in the
Premises of Messrs. Goldsmith and Co., oil dealers and
(2.olournaen. It appears that some oil in a boiler had over-
rifted into the fire and set the roof in flames. The officers
of Police had pretty well subdued the fire before the arrival of
the engines, and in a short time it was quenched entirely.
'llusic FOR. THE PEOPLE.—From the success that has
attended the introduction of the Wilhem system in this
country, we anticipated further improvements would be
attempted, and probably realised, in the art of teaching sing-
ing in classes. Air. Pelzer, a gentleman favourably known
° the musical profession by his elementary works for the
Piano and guitar, has written a little work for facilitating the
arluirernent of singing at sight, by means of class teaching ;
and in passing through this town, from Dublin, where his
11°Qtilovi has been adopted by several first-rate professors,
gave a lesson on his system, on Monday evening, to the
Lnembers of the Total Abstinence Society, assembled in the
Music-hall. The method of Pelzer is remarkable for its
ailoplicity, and for the rapidity with which elementary in-
struction is conveyed by it. Instead of spending the time of
several lessons in mere dumb show, which the practical mu-
tliciati knows to be of no value, Mr. P., in a lesson of one
'lour, carried the class from the first rudiments of singing to
Performing an air from the written music with the light and
shade correctly preserved. Mr. P. wus assisted in giving
~,
vocal tones by Mr. Venablea, of the Music Academy,
',..thunt-pleasant, who is about to form classes on the system,
" will be seen by an advertisement in another part of this
Paper.
THE New TARIFF.—On Tuesday the first sales of foreign
Provisions
under the new scale of duties took place in this
town- The quantity offered was considerable, and the at-
tendance appears to have been extremely good, many per-
t°lls having come from-distant parts of the countr. Per-
t NM on this account the prices obtained offer ca
less }faire ri-
rinn of the rates likely to be permanently realised for ar-
ticles of the same description. The pork seems to have been
the favourite article, but being put up in lots too large for
evnitintry dealers, many were doubtless prevented purchasing
A`,!? would afterwards take small supplies from the retailers.
the
iiver all, it appears that the prices did not quite come up to
expectation of the importers, some of whom consequently
withdrew their parcels. We have been favoured with reports
the sales from several of the respectable brokers concerned,
but the substance of the whole will be found embodied in the
7°wing, which has been carefully prepared by Messrs.
Lerch, Harrison, and Co, :
The 10th of October was the day fixed by the new Tariff
and,
the payment of the reduced Duties on Salted Provisions,
wil„4, in consequence, Public Sales to a considerable extent
were arranged to take place this day. These Sales comprised
1,522 Barrels American Beef
2,199 Ditto Ditto Pork
311 Ditto Ditto Hams
691 Ditto Canadian Pork
35 Ditto Ditto Beef '
excited considerable interest and curiosity. The attend-
and ee of town and country Dealers at the Sales was numerous,
there were some Gentlemen from Ireland ; the latter, no
toollbt, chiefly to watch the progress of a Trade threatening
for nterfere with that which thy have enjoyed exclusively
:4 long.
1/„..1t must he observed, that the greater portion of the
ha'ara•ed States' Meats were imported some months ago, and,
4 shag been cured before it was known that there. would be
to gage in the British Duties, were not so well suited to the
her of consumers here, as doubtless they will be rendered
theeafter. The Pork was generally very well fed, though ra-
ther than the usual run of Irish.. Of the Beef, on the
• fed. all', it was observed, that it was not sufficiently well

satisfye question whether the Sales have resulted to the
act action of the Importers generally ; the Buyers evidently
dwith name wariness from being new to the trade.
Witl Of Id, the United States' Provisions a large portion was
dutvT,Lintl- The Hams sold fetched 30s. 6d. to 31.5. per cwt.,
v" Prime Beef 38s. to 39a. per barrel, duty paid; a
rely' old parcel went even lower. Pork 41s. to 465. per bar-
barrthitY paid. The Canadian Pork realised 435. to 465. per
_ . el rl
-tlty Paid. Of Canadian Beef there was little offered,
Mess
realised for prime 465. to 485., and one lot of prime
Sold Several,,
50s• per barrel, duty paid.
parcels of American Cheese were offered, and
• tnici: °Bs- W. to 465. 6d. per cwt., duty paid, for inferior to
Z4s. dlig quality, whilst a few lots of ' good' brought 50s. to
Per cwt., duty paid."

ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—Yesterday morning, a man named
Drury, foreman to Mr. Bowers, contractor for the works
now going on at the Salthouse Dock, was accidentally killed
whilst in the pursuance of his duties. The inquest will be
held this day.
PROPERTY ON SALE IN LIVERPOOL.—We beg to draw
the attention of capitalists to Mr. Williams' list of property
on sale. There are some opportunities offered by him for
investment seldom to be met with. In the matter of offices
to let, it will be seen that Mr. Williams has those beautiful
buildings in Chapel-street, commenced by the late Mr. J.
A. Kaye. Several fine houses and tenements be has also to
let, of a most desirable nature.

LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The late Joseph
Ridgway, Esq., of Ridgmont, has left the sum of £2OO to
tbis institution, free from legacy duty. This is the first lega-
cy to this noble institution, and it may, perhaps, be the
means of inducing many of our wealthy townsmen to include
the Collegiate Institution among the others to which they
may purpose making legacies.
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EN ORMOUS SQUARES or GLAss.—A :new shop has just
been opened at the bottom of Ranelagh-street by Mr. Stott,
the windows of which attract unusual attention, being each
eleven feet two inches, by six feet wide; the largest hitherto
seen in Liverpool. They are the manufacture of the Raven-
head Plate Glass Company, and excite much admiration.
FEMALE ATTRACTION.—The greatest of all female attrac-
tions is " a white and delicate skin." No other attribute of
beauty wins so much upon the eye, and excites general admi-
ration. We know of no invention that so truly possesses the
power of bestowing the fascination of a beautiful skin like
ROWLAND'S KALTDOR. The Kalydor, which is odorifer-
ously pleasant to the olfactory nerves, imparts to the hands,
face, or neck, a cooling and refreshing feeling, while it suc-
cessfully opposes with its bland and soothing influence, the
scoaching rays of the summer sun. We understand that
mothers, in nursing, find the Kalydor a most welcome
auxiliary.—See advt.
DINNER AT THE Tows HALL.—On Wednesday evening
last the Mayor entertained a numerous and distinguished
party to dinner at the Town Hall. Among the company
present were Lord Abinger, the Chief Baron of the Court of
Exchequer, Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Creswell, Sir Fre-
derick Pollock, Attorney-General, the Hon. Mr. Stewart
Wortley, the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Sergeant Atcherley,
Thomas Robert Wilson Ffrance, Egg., High Sheriff of the
County, Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart., Sir Thomas
Brancker, Knt., Sir Thomas Whitehead, Knt., Thomas
Green, Esq., M.P., foreman, and the twenty-one other
gentlemen of the Grand Jury, Edward Rushton, Esq., Sti-
pendiary Magistrate, William Earle, Esq., &c., &c. The
company sat down at half-past seven o'clock, and separated
about eleven.

DOCK COMMITTEE% YESTERDAY.—Present, Messrs.
Sands, Horsfall, Holmes, Mellor, Molyneux, Holt, Bold,
Middleton, Smith, Tobin, Moon, Evans, and Shand.—The
Sub-committee of Works recommended that the shed at the
Clarence Basin should he boarded up at the-west side and
north end.—The committee of the Marine Departmentwished
the offer of Messrs. Grantham and Co. for building a dupli-
cate bell beacon to be accepted. The committee also stated,
that out of the great number of stages which had been in use
at the different docks not one had received any damage.—ln
consequence of the statement made by Mr. Bold, at the last
meeting, that the London insurance companies would not in-
sure property in the new warehouses about to be built round
the docks, and that they had objected to insure the property
in the St. Katherine's Docks., a letter had been written on the
subject by Mr. Aikin to Sir John Hall, who had returned an
answer. Some conversat ion having ensued as to the propriety
of publishing Sir John Hall's reply, and also the letter of
Mr. Aikin ,it was ultimately decided that the matter should
stand over until the next meeting of the committee.—Mr.
Molyneux gave notice of his intention to move that the hour
of meeting for the committee be in future one o'clock instead
of twelve, as being more convenient. —The committee then
adjourned.

WARRINGTON REGATTA.—On Thursday, the 6th instant,
a general meeting was held at the George Hotel, for receiving
the annual report of receipts and expenditure of the past
season, and the appointment of officers for the ensuing year.
The chairman intimated that the secretary be now requested
to read his balance sheet, from which it appeared, that after
the settlement of all expenses, a handsome surplus towards
the funds of next year remained in the hands of the
banker. The committee express their warmest acknowledge-
ments to the distinguished patrons, and also to the numerous
subscribers, in thus placing them in a position so advantage-
ous to the interest of a future regatta. It having come to
the knowledge of the Regatta Committee that some portion
of the subscribers imagined the late "rural sports" were
sanctioned by them, they deem it just to announce, that in
no wise were they recognised. Mr. Shaw Thewlis was re-
appointed secretary; but the treasurer, Mr. Heath, respect-
fully declined accepting the office another year. Mr. Peter
Davies, jun., was elected in his stead. Before we close the
labours of the committee, we would suggest to the members
—as there are numerous aspirants to aquatic fame of estab-
lished clubs—the propriety of increasing their numbers, and
also the formation of new clubs; so that first-rate crews and
boats might be at any time selected to vie for that distinction
which fires the soul of every genuine oarsman. We allude
more especially to this, as the committee have awarded, for
two successive seasons, a good prize, " the open stake,"
which have easily been rowed away by boats crews coming
from other towns. The annual ball in aid of the funds will
be held next January.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE AND THE

CHRONICLE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Stn,—To elicit an eulogy from an enemy is to gain a signal
triumph. Such, I perceive, has been the Rev. Hugh
M`Neile's success. Your contemporary, the Chronicle, of
Saturday last, in the outset of a long leader of abuse heaped
upon the rev. gentleman, has recorded. unwittingly, the fol-
lowing tribute of well-earned praise :
"/n fact, he is the very centre of the system of intole-
rance and bigotry which finds its principal support in this
district of the country."
It is well known that by " the system of intolerance and
bigotry," the Chronicle means sound Church of England
Protestantism, equally remote 'from the laxity of dissent on
the one side and the narrowness of superstition on the other.
Now substituting this synonyme, we read in the Chronicle
a good and true account of the position which Mr. M'Neile
occupies. He is. indeed, the centre and life of sound Church
of England Protestantism, which finds its principal support
in this district of the country.
Here the Chronicle has unwittingly told another truth :
sound Church of England Protestantism finds its chief sup-
port in this district of the country. This is most true. The
Chronicle says so. Mr. O'Connell said so. Yet still it is
true. And why is it so? But because Mr. M'Neile is here.
I do hope, Mr. Editor, that you will not be deterred by
the sneers of your radical contemporary from doing justice to
the brilliant talents, the unwearied perseverance, and the
consequent unexempled influence of the rev. gentleman.
I am, Sir, a constant reader of your valuable journal, and
an attentive observer for many years of the state of the
country and the church.
Aigburth, Oct. 10, 1842.

SENEX.

SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,--An advertisement having appeared, and handbills
circulated, directing the attention of shipmasters to " the
humble petition of S. M., sailing from the port of Liver-
pool, I feel called upon to notice the preamble of the adver-
tisement.
Permit me to say that the officers and committee of the
Shipmaster's Association have but one object in view,
namely, to further the interests and carry out the wishes of
the shipmasters. The association, in conjunction with other
public bodies, memorialised government to appoint boards
of examination for masters and mates in the merchant ser-
vice, and this they did in consequence of the unanimous vote
of the membera assembled at an extra general meeting on
the lith June last, called for the purpose of taking the sub-
ject into consideration. But they hold themselves at liberty
to make such objections to the different clauses as the mem-
bers may deem expedient ; or to oppose any bill which may
not be in accordance with the interests and wishes of the
shipmasters. In order to arrive at the opinion of the ship-
masters, the committee, in April, issued circulars to all the
masters in the port, urging them to call at the Association
Rooms to peruse the draft of a bill which had been received,
and to "i"e their opinion thereon. So soon as the bill pro-
posed by Captain ,Fitzroy was published, I obtained a copy,
and made it my loarticular business to call the attention of
the members individually to its provisions ; and I also posted
an abstract of the clauses in the
irooms, in order more espe-
cially to direct their attention to t: Several gentlemen have
favoured me with their written opinions, and it was my in-
tention to forward them to Captain Fitzroy for his considera-
tion. A public meeting was held in these rooms on the 3rd
instant, and again, by adjournment, on the 11th; and the
report which will appear in your publication of to-morrow
will show that the association have afforded every opportu-
nity for the full and free discussion of the subject. The
Shipmaster's Association was established for the express
purpose of benetitting shipmasters, and giving them not only
the means of expressing their opinions on all public ques-
tions, but of opposing any measure which may be deemed
inimical to their wishes. Let, therefore, the shipmasters
attend the adjourned meeting of the association on Tuesday
evening, and they will be satisfied that every facility will be
afforded them for expressing their opinions and assistance
rendered in the furtherance of their views.
I am Sir, &c.,
SAMUEL MOSS, Master of the Rooms.
Shipowner's Association, Oldhall-street,
13th October, 1842.

The Prerogative Court has been applied to not to grant
letters of administration to Mrs. Byrne on the ground of her
irregular habits. She was lately tried for the murder of her
husband.

In consequence of the reduced price of corn, a reduction
of fifteen per cent. has taken place in the price of poultry in
London. Fine geese are selling at from 4s. to ss. 6d. ; ducks
and fowls equally cheap.
It is said, on good authority, that Daniel O'Connell, the
Lord Mayor of Dublin, and leader of the repealing rebels of
Ireland, has sent a note of caution to Joseph Sturge, the
leader of the English Chartists.
It is said that the Chartists of Sutton-in-Ashfield are so
disappointed at the result of the late strike, and disquieted
with their disinterested leaders, that they have had a tea-
drinking and mock funeral procession to bury the Charter.
SIGNS OF A HARD WINTER.—Birds that change coun-
tries at certain seasons, if they come early, show the temper
of the weather, according to the country whence they come,
as in the autumn, woodcocks, fleldfares, snipes, &c., if they
come early, show a cold winter. Woodcocks have been
shot this year as early as the 9th ult. It the oak bear much
mast, it prognosticates a long and hard winter. The same
has been observed of hips and haws, which were never known
in more abundance.
The late Marquis Wellesley was a Knight of the Turkish
Order of the Crescent. and of the Persian Order of the Lion
and Sun. The Marquis enjoyed a pension of £2:693 as Re-
membrancer of the Exchequer in Ireland. The present
Marchioness Wellesley, who had no family by the Marquis,
is a lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Dowager.
NEW ROUTE FOR THE OVERLAND MAIL.—We under-
stand that, in consequence of the vexatious impediments
thrown in the way of the transmission of the mail from I ndia
through France, arrangements are now making for bringing
it by the route of the Adriatic Sea and the
i Austrian ter-
ritories. We learn that Mr. Waghorn, who s employed by
the East India Company to make these arrangements,. and
who is now in Germany for that purpose, is quiteconfident
of being able to save fully five days by the adoption of the
new route ; and we understand that he has engaged (if no.
thing should occur to delay the arrival of the mail in Egypt)
to deliver in London, on the Ist of December next, letters
despatched from Bombay on the Ist of November. We
have not learned what is the precise route proposed to be
adopted, whether the mail is to be landed at 'Venice or
Trieste ; but we presume that the object will be to adopt the
nearest and best route to the Lower Rhine, with the view of
taking advantage of the Belgian lines of railway. We under-
stand that the Austrian government enters very warmly into
the proposed plan, and that Mr. Waghorn receives all the
assistance, which that government can render him. It Mr.
, aghorn s views should be realised, and the mail should
regularly reach London on the Ist of the month, a very
great point will be gained, inasmuch as letters received by it
can be answered by the outgoing mail, which is not usually
the case at present.