The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

LIVETLPDOL 80R013611 Collar BI
third time in the House of Commons on Frid
WALTON CHURCII.—The collections at
on Sunday last, in aid of
amounted to the handsome s

ae Eye anc

'esley, the

celebrated organist, of Leeds, presided at the organ.
We regret to find that the prospects for the hay crop in
this neighbourhood, contrary to our expectation, are likely to
prove very deficient; there being a very thin bottom, which
the late rain and sun have not at all remedied ; at present the
best meadow hay is selling at Bd. to 9d. per stone of 20 lbs.,
in our market, which is not likely to continue.

LOYAL INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS,
L.D.—During lodge business on Tuesday, May 31st, 1842,
the officers and brothers of the Loyal Duke of York Lodge,
No. 2,457, deputed N.G. W. C. Cook to present P:G.
Francis Borrowdale with a ha-'

lever watch, as

a slight memorial of their esteem for his constant
fatigable exertions for the welfare of their lodge du

ud inde-

ng a pe-

rigid of 18 mon

ROBBERY IN A C

At the Police-court, ye

to belong to a respectable family, was charged with having
stolen a handkerchief, the property of a gentleman who was
attending divine service in St. Michael's Church on Sunday.
The prisoner was in the proSecutor's pew when he went in ;
and she remained there till the close of the service. It ap-
peared that during the prayers she contrived to take one of
two handkerchiefs which were in the gentleman's hat, with

which ran off immediately that she arrived at the church door.
She was followed, and apprehended. Mr. Rushton ordered
her to be remanded to this day, (Tuesday,) in order to make

some inquiries respecting tier.
ILLEGAL PAWNlNG.—Yestefday an elderly female, named
Maly Gurney, was charged, before Mr. Rushton, at the Po-
lice-court, with having assaulted a young woman, named
Catherine Pennant, the daughter of a pilot belonging to this
port. The charge of assault was abandoned when it was
found that when the prisoner was in Bridewell a number of
pawnbrokers' tickets were found concealed about her person
relating to articles belonging to the complainant._ The pawn-

ing, and the ownership of the property having been proved,

legally pawned, and a tine of 40s. in addition. lu default of
payment she was ordered to be imprisoned for two months.
MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—A very great treat is pro-
vided for the subscribe.s to this institution by the engage-
ment for to-morros -
year or two ago del

s Russell

town by his

graceful singing mill clever impersonations.
Russell was the original singer of " the Angel's
and, although we have heard many attempt it since, we have
never listened to any one with even p
measurably behind has he left all, intaste, teeling
• - It will, no doubt, be introduced in t'

Ir, Jame
Whisper ;

pressor
the eveni
of a very amusing character, showing

re, on c

the peculiarities of dif

ferept people, their whims and oddities.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE.—The Com-
missioners of police for the township of Birkenhead, held
a special general meeting in the Town-hall last night, for
the purpose of winding up their affairs previous to the annual
election of commissioners, which takes place this day
(Tuesday), John Deane Case, Esq. took the chair. The
only business before the meeting was the completion of the
rate-book, by inserting in it the names of all those house-
holders who had become rated since the 21st December last,
to enable them to vote in the election. It was stated that
since that time to the present, a period of little more than
five months, there had been an increase of no less_than 129
assessments, a striking proof of the rapid extension of the
place. Some conversation of no public interest took place,
at the end of which the book was signed by the commis-

sioners present, and the meeting separated.
laoN.—We had an opportunity afforded us a few days ago
of inspecting the extensive foundry and grate manufactory of

Bennett, in Sir T

[dings ; we also were

shewn through his show-rooms. Like everything else of late
years, the hand of refinement, taste, and improvement is vi-
sible in that useful article the fire-grate, as well as every-
thing else that can be constructed of iron. Some of the
grates pointed out to us we have never seen equalled in
either beauty of workmanship, costliness of design, or ele-
gance in appearance. We observed some very
manufactured ovens and stoves, suitable to an

excellent

kitchen. We also were shewn a very simple chimney-pot
of Mr. Bennet's construction, which will complete a cure of
the most obdurate smoky chin-
working model are extraordin
a great degree_in the proper

ney, the

ibited in a

of_eourse, must be to

'fishing should by all means pay this large ann well asSUrtell
establishment a visit. Economy, taste, and excellence ap-
pear combined.
VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST
On Friday an inquest was held before W. S. Rutter, Esq
on view of the. body of Ruth Barnett, wife of James Bar
nett, a " billy-slobber," residi :
Heaton Norris. It appeared tl
confined on Saturday morning
attended by Mr. Thomas Got
He visited her again on the
more until her death, on Tu
been sent for more th

SURGEON

ders and a bottle, which had c
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Bellott,
had examined the body ,
to exhaustion brought on by t

, attribnt

that with proper attention at.
might have been restored. Aftt._
jury found a verdict of " manslat.,
den," and the warrant for his commis
the usual form, but it is understood tha
to bail.
A PEaDVIAN MUMMY IN LIVERPOOL.—_,_
lar specimen of the art of embalming the dead, practised bk
fore and immediately after the flood, will be exhibited to th
public on Wednesday evening, when J. S. Thorburne, Esq.
M.D., will explain the process of embalming, in the cours
of a popular lecture advertised to be given on mummies, an,
the conduct of men and nations to the dead and the dying
We do not know a more interesting subject for a soiree tha
this. In Paris and London, lectures on mummies attracte
crowded audiences ; and among the throng were the beaut
and fashion of the day, as well as the learned and the curiou
sight-seers, of all classes of society. From the notoriet
which the Peruvian mummy has obtained in connexion wit
a recent clever but most improper hoax played off upon ft
coroner and his amazed beadle, the curiosity of the publ
I will be doubly gratified by the forthcoming scientific inque

►t was r

s very sir

to be held, literally super visum carports.
THEATRE-ROYAL.—Mr. Anderson has been perforn
many of the leading characters in the drama during the p
week. I lis most successful impersonation was Hamlet
there was in it much of novelty, few mannerisms, and abr
dance of talent displayed. Mr. Anderson, from his inor
nate admiration of Mr. Macready, cannot forget him. M
ready is ever before his eyes as his model. We can cle
see that if Mr. Anderson would throw off the tramm'
imitation, and rely upon himself and his own Etta,'
would spring up a splendid actor. A little sa'
thing in savoury morsels, but a handful is nausec
Mr. G. Vandenhoff appeared last night as Mercutio to M
Julia Bennett's Juliet and Mr. Anderson's Romeo.
Wednesday Mr. Anderson takes his benefit; and let us
peat what we said on Tuesday last—his remuneration for
ten nights' services depends upon his benefit receipts. '1
public, it they approve of the actor, will pull out their n
ney—" prepare to shed it now." The cast of " Jul
Czesar" on that occasion is, we think, a very great attracti
On Thursday Mr. Selby (who appeared here last night
the first time in one of his own clever farces) will perforn
his new drama of " Maximums and Speciments of Willi
Muggins," which has been very successful in London
season. It is an adaptation by Mr. Selby of his papers p
lished under that title in the Sunday Times. The grow
work is the story of a poor boy elbowing his way throng
youth of poverty, and temptation, and manifold bards
to the quiet and comfort of a respectable station in life

It is a gc

the audience loses sight of him, the title being foundec
his habit of entering in a well-worn pocket-book such max-
ims (with examples to match) as his social experiences from
time to time suggest. This drama has occupied some time
in getting up. Great attention is paid to the scenery, which
is all of a novel character.

BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY.—A
spec.table meeting of tradesmen, resident in the city of
Chester, took place at the Royal Hotel, in that city, on Tues-
day last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best
means of promoting the carriage of goods on the Chester and.
Birkenhead Railway. Mr. M. Harrison presided on the oc-
casion, and he called upon Mr. Roberts,. agent to the com-
pany, to state his opinion of the contemplated measure. Mr.
Roberts said, after some remarks as to the advantages of
railway over canal conveyance, that, according to the best
calculation he could make, the aggregate maximum of goods,
exclusive of grain, would be about 35 tons per day for
Chester which traffic was worked by three modes of con-
veyance, viz. :—per canal, per Dairymaid steamer, up the
river Dee, and via Rock Ferry per turnpike road. By
the railway. if suitable
thirty or forty tons per day might Do
and even a much greater quantity, provided the mecha-
nical arrangements were upon an extensive scale. The
leading grounds of objection at first to a goods' traffic, when
the subject was first mooted, were that they could not un-
dertake to carry hogsheads of sugar, also puncheons of mo-
lasses. Now, the company have already conveyed, from
time to time, without the slightest injury being sustained,
puncheons of spirits, pipes of wine, and pieces of brandy,
with the present limited resources ; that being the case, he
thought he was warranted in stating that sugars and molasses
would prove but small obstacles when aided by additional
mechanical apparatus. The company have already realized
by the carriage of goods of various descriptions, upwards of
£3,500, which carriage was a spontaneous result, unaided by
solicitation. Mr. Roberts also remarked that the river was
held by many to be a fatal obstacle in the way of a goods'
traffic per railway to Chester. but contended that mechanical
means and appliances could be found capable of overcoming
the difficulty. Mr. It. here explained his mode in detail,
which satisfied the mind of Mr. Palin and the meeting gene-
rally. He was not prepared to say at present at what rates
the company would carry per ton. It was said, at a subse-
quent period of the meet;- -nmpany carriel

gements were_ completes

Shelled Barley . Q:
Indian Corn ... Q

Ireland and Coastwis,

—Wheat,

EXPORTS.—Foreigt
qrs. ; Oats, gS

Wheat,

Indian Corn

Indian Corr

—Coastwi:
; Oats,

qrs. ; Rye, 25 qrs
Flour, sacks 9.58 brls
156 qrs.; Malt, qrs.
qrs.; Pease, 21 qrs.; Indian Corn,

reland. Wheat, 11
Oatmeal, 331 ld
, 381 qrs. ; Barl,
is, qrs. ; Rye,
qrs. ; Oatmeal, 63 Id

Wheat, 381 qr
; Beans.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending May 27, 1842.
Wheat Ois.lOd. 1 Barley 233.11 d. Oats.. 19s. 7d. I Itye.. 335. 7
Beans.. 325. Id. 1 Pease.. 305. I Id.

lg. LIIM LUG ulna' ul
iat the railway could carr

at lOs. per ton, and
The following resolution wi
this meeting view with satisf
the directors of the Chester a

tot les

eventually carrie

o from British C

Chester, and pledges it
of a rate of freight beir
sidered reasonal‘l

rt. I Indian Corn

;es, week ending May 31,
ley. I Oats. l Beans

IbiZ.
Pease

I Wheat. Ba;

WESLEY, THE CCLEBR

tleman, who opened t
Walton on Sunday last

cholaa's chinch. Dr. `Wesley ha
the first rank amongst provincial
tice to his character to say, a

that noble instrument, the Organ, fully justifies his er
position. The instrument on which he performed
very inferior power compared with that in the Town-
''rmingham, and many others that might be name%
' - _

hall of I for tl
1: but, Wale

on the average, it is one with a c0u.,,......__ The forthcoming races, ana the aays on which they
considering the period at which it was erected. The swell
are as follows :—Ascot, June 7 ; Hampton, June 15 ; C
is inadequate to the size of the place to produce any very
tenham, June 20 ; Newmarket, July 5 ; Southampton,
lively effect, and the diapasons have not that solemn fulness
19 ; Goodwood, July 26 ; Brighton, August 3; and Eg'
which falls with peculiar ears
impressiveness upon the of
--- Anffust 23.

and flute I
lal pipes,

CHURCH RATES.-Sir J. Easthope has placed on
Commons' book a notice, that on Thursday, the 16t
be will move for leave to bring in a bill " To abe
h-rates, and to make other provisions in lieu they
e maintenance of churches and chapels in England

those who are fond of sacred 'music. The trumpe
are not deficient in anything except volume; the pt., THE YEOMANRY OF ENGLAND. —We have dwelt upon
on the other hand, are rich, and The the Place without this point because it seems to us to be of cardinal importance
producing the sensation of noise. The reed stops cannot in attaining a clear view of the whole course of the history of
be praised. Altogether, therefore, the organ is ode from the English people. If there is one circumstance which
which none but a most superior player can produce effects peculiarly rivets the reader's attention, in consulting such
that may be termed striking. Dr; Wesley commenced with contemporary authorities as bear on national habits, it is the
a slow movement on the full organ, and before he had pro- superior condition of the body of the people in England to
ceeded through many bars, the peculiar characteristics of his that in the neighbouring continental states. The great
mode of performance began to develope themselyes- A fugue, tiers-etat of this kingdom seems to subsist in the same rude
one, we think, of Sebastian Bach's, followed, In. which Dr. but substantial prosperity, nearly through all the revolutions
Wesley displayed an amazing command over the instrument, which we survey. From the time of the Norman invaders
and in which the only regret we felt was that he had not a to the present day, observers who have crossed the ehannel to
more extensive range of stops wherewith to effect the unu- our shores have made the same remarks on the flourishing
sual combinations in which he evidently delights. Several appearance of the great agricultural class. It was a
nprfoarned, one in the minor, an andante teristic of England, quite as much in the days of re? da,,listrh%

other pieces were F., iu.--, . • --- ------- --
from Haydn, and one of liandel's choruses, at the endof which or of the Tudor rnona-r-c-h-1,--as—i-t has been ever sin"
~hted and struck with revolution ; and it is scarcerl less absurd to attribute to that
an entertainment, if we callmayoit, in which a good deal great event our deliverance' from wooden shoes and soomtip.-
of the true philosophy ofr music was imparted to them. The maigre than to set down the character of the Englilh omen
of it is in
Dr. Wesle
the whole auditory retired, at once deli..
prevailing features in 4...- . - as the offspring of the English constitution;
nation oFstops, the almost
imperceptiblebold rapidity with whichwhich tahe Franks
he effects them, and theierelief in which he works out subdued Britain in the same manner in _Pod the Britons
truth the cause. Had the warriors of
the prominent passages in
the music before him. There is, conquered Gaul, or the Lombards
ItalY'; provincials on the con-
too, a
pleasing distinctness in his fingering whereby everY been reduced to the condition . .
of the greatness,
note more early
and chord are made to take their full ' in • •
note share bringing tinent •we might have had cities . of the grandeur and
effects intomore relics
out the several one harmonious whole. There ' • • institutions,
ere freer municipal es, but we should not have
were present many professional gentlemen as well as am peculiar civilization of the dark az,
ting it, we should
.od, wan _ have
teurs, all of whom seemed greatly pleased with what they hada- had the English yeomanry ;
fond belief, has rendered England,
heard . and we cannot close this brief notice without stating :anted that which, in our
that, by his present visit to Liverpool, Dr. Wesley has not even'' from old, the paragon of countries.—Edinburgh Review.
HLfwbind Horse
only maintained, but enlarged, his previously acquired repu..
tatiOn•