The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-28 00:00:00

TIM NEW JUDGE.—The apointment of Mr. Cressweil tc
the Bench has given general satisfaction both to the lege.
and political world.

Mr. Ducrow, we regret to say had a paralytic attack, t
his house in the York-road, that has partly deprived him
speech and taken • away the use of one side. On inquir
on Monday the answer was that Mi. Ducrow_ was in a mo:

dangerous state, forbidding all hope of his ultimate recovery

The beauty of the teeth is certainly a subject of high con-
sideration. Teeming as is the present age with useful and
elegant discoveries, there has not emanated from scientific
research a more important auxiliary of manly grace and fe-
male beauty than ROWLAND'S ODONTO, Or PEARL DENTI-
FRICE. This valuable and elegant appendage of the toilet
is a preparation from exotics of the most balsamic nature,
and as a purifier, embellisher, and preserver of the teeth and
gums, is unequalled by any dentifrice of the age. It is pa-
tronized by royalty and the nobility, and is strongly recom-
mended by the most eminent of the faculty.—See advt.

The Bristol wool sale took place yesterday, and we were
pleased to see so large and respectable an attendance of buy-
ers, not only from the numerous establishments which sur-
round this city, but from Leeds, Rochdale, Huddersfield,
and other parts of Y orkshire, and also from Scotland. The
biddings were spirited and good prices were obtained, looking
at the state of trade. Some manufacturers retired withnut

purchasing a single bale, declaring that they were selling too
dear ; and we learn that from id. to lid. per lb. was obtained
above the prices current at the late Liverpool sale of the Bth
instant. Complaints were made of the condition of the wool
generally, and of the moits and burrs in it, which evidently
injure its valuel, the growers' interest suffers thereby, and it
would be well for them to keep this fact in mind. This se-
cond slle proves that Bristol is advantageously situated, and
that buyers will support a market in so central a point, and
we look forward to considerable imports into Bristol. We
remember the time when this was the principal wool port of
the kingdom ; and the wonder to us is that this branch of
trade has remained so long neglected.—Bristol Standard of
yesterday.

CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—ST. ANNE'S
WARD.—The committee for conducting the charity funds of
St. Anne's Ward, took the opportunity of this auspicious
event of distributing the amount of fifty pounds in bread,
potatoes, soup, and coal to several hundreds of poor families,
who are in a state of the most deplorable distress. The sub-
scribers to this fund will be gratified to learn the thankfulness
with which this timely relief has been received, and the
great amount of distrrss that their bounty has allowed the
committee to alleviate. The relief distributed up to Wednes-
day night amounted to 4305. The amount subscribed has,
we learn, been contributed almost entirely by conservatives,
as the radicals, with one or two honourable exceptions, have
kept aloof from the committee.

FIRES
after the commencement. of a gale, an alarm of fire
Tenterden-street, KirWale-road, reached the fire-police
station, and two engines, and four water carts, under Mr.
Hewitt, were immediately dispatched. A stack of seven or
eight chimneys was found to he in a blaze that created con-
siderable alarm. The fire was, however, suppressed without
the en: fines being required.—A few minutes before nine
o'clock, the same nigla, a fire broke out in the tailor and
draper's she n in Q,..e.i.i.na_rond_ nrennied by Mr. Williams.

—About six o'clock, on Wednesd

evening, soon

r-nglnes, &c:, were again despatched, but the fir
dued by the police-officers and others before th
the ground,—though not until stock, Scr-
the amount of about £lOO. The stock
Thaning,a stack of P"- •
cured at the Union Fire-office

as, we learn, in-
yesterday

—About one o'cloc

.oad took fire

iue engines -
and 'carts were speedily present, and the fire was
extinguished without material damage.—As the engines were
on their way homeward, another alarm was given of a fire in
a cotton drying kiln, in Pall-mall, and they proceeded thither
immediately. All the cotton in the kiln was destroyed, but
damage was nrpv....„l _____

-0.
,ounu that this was the return of the alarm of the last-
mentioned fire, which had gone through the town and been
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'at, an

lar
during body of firemen, were on the alert at these fires. anct
the whole night, the weather being so boisterous that
if any fire had gained a considerable head, it would have been
difficult to extinguish it.
STORM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—On Wednesdy, we ex-
perienced a gale, or rather a continuation of gales, through-
out the day, accompanied by rain and sleet. Towards
evening the wind increased in violence, particularly from
five to seven o'clock,—one great gust, about seven o'clock,
carrying away a considerable number of slates, &c., from
house-tops. The " storm was so extremely violent on the
river that few of the ferry steamers could land their
passengers for some hours ; and several parties, who had
embarked from Cheshire to attend the licensed victuallers'
ball, at the Town-hall, were carried back, the attempt to
touch terra firma on this side being found more dangerous
than discreet. We have not heard of any accident either in
the Mersey or the outer channel, though there is reason
to fear some casualties may have occurred. The vessels at
anchor hell well on ; the previous threatening state of
the weather having induced extraordinary precautions.
A number of small craft took shelter in the dock basins.
The ship Isaac Allerton, from New Orleans, got on shore in
the night near Egremont, hut was got off yesterday morning
at half-past ten o'clock. The Emily, from Maceio, grounded
at. the entrance of the Clarence Dock, but was got off with
loss of figure head, cutwater, &c., and is now in dock. The
ship Ann Bradson, from Lima, is on shore near the land-
marks, in Bootle Bay, with loss of rudder. It is intended
to lighten her so that she may float off before she is neaped.
ALARMING FIRE LAST NIGHT PROMPTLY SUBDUED.
—Last night, about a quarter past seven o'clock, smoke
was seen to issue from one of the windows of the large
pile of warehouses in Frederick-street, the north front of
which faces St. Thomas's Church-yard, and the alarm was
conveyed, through the police, to the fire-station in Temple-
court. There is a double and conjoint range of ware-
houses, occupying, from end to end, the whole spaco be-
tween Mersey-street on the west, and Frederick-street on
the east. The whole range is closely stowed with valuable
goods ; and the immediate warehouse in which the fire
broke out—the second or back range of these, known
as " Thomas's," contained, we were informed, property to the
valve of upwards of £so,ooo—the premises, besides, being
valued at £30,000. Two engines and a number of water-
carts were speedily on the ground, with a large body of po-
lice, headed by Inspector Hewitt, of the fire department.
Mr. Whitty, chief constable, was also promptly in attend-
ance. The fire had originated in the second large room from
the ground, or (if the cellars be included) the third floor;
and when it is stated that the pile is one of the largest and
highest in the town, covering a large area, and being through
out nine stories in height, and that the streets, occupied as
dwelling-houses, on the east and west, are narrow, besides
piles of contiguous buildings on the south, the sacrifice
of property that would have resulted, had the fire gained a
considerable head may be conceived. The smoke burst forth
in the first instance from one of the windows, and also from
a loop-hole or oval opening near it, admitting light to one of
the stairs. The lower door being opened, Mr. Hewitt and a
few of his men proceeded up the stairs in a dense smoke,
with a view to grapple the enemy at once. Tne casing
of the staircase, opilosite the second story, was found to be
on fire, and the doo? and part of the boarding were broken
in as speedily as possible. The thickness of the smoke was
for some time suffocating. and some of the men were
overpowered, and had to retreat. Mr. Hewitt and others,
however, continued their exertions manfully, and soon
effected an entrance. They found the casing of the stair en-
tirely in a blaze, as well as a quantity of cotton piled against
it in a corner. One of the pipes was brought up, and there
being a plentiful supply of water from the carts, each car-
rying a butt, it was copiously supplied, and the flames, were
happily subsided in from twenty to thirty minutes. Before
the fire was effectually got under, five small bags of cotton,
in a state of burning, and a quantity of loose cotton, were
thrown down from one of the windows into the street, where
it was soon put out. The floor of the ware-room was about 2
inches deep in water ; when, no further danger being appre-
hended, the engines—one of which only it was necessary to
work—were withdrawn. A large tank cart, carrying 15
to 16 tons of water, was brought np some time before,
but this supply was not required. About ten hales in all
were much damaged or burnt, but a great number of
others were partially saturated by the necessary operation
of extinguishment. On the whole, the fire-police force and
their leaders deserve the utmost credit for their prompt
and effective exertions, but for which the fire would have
become one of the greatest and most destructive that has
. yet occurred in the town. A vast crowd of persons col-
lated in Frederick-street, and the police had much trouble in
keeping
them back. The warehouse was filled with cot-
ton, in bond, and corn. The cotton burnt belonged to Mr.
Reid Irving, of Water-street. Messrs. Moon Brothers are
large proprietors of the same articles in the premises.
THE REV. ARCHIBALD BOYD.—A feeling of the deepest
regret was excited, during the last ten days, in the minds of
the members of the Church of England in this community,
by the rumour that this zealous and able clergyman was
about to remove from Derry ; but we are happy to be able
to announce that his services are not to be lost to us. We
understand that Mr. Boyd has declined the flattering—and,
in a personal point of view, valuable offer, of Christ Church,
Cheltenham, and that he has done so at the urgent desire of
his Bishop and Rector, that he would not make any perma-
nent arrangement elsewhere. Mr. Boyd, having obtained
leave of absence for three months, will, we bear, proceed to
Cheltenham, to discharge the ministerial duty which was
offered to him during that period. The Bishop and Dean,
with praisewOrthy good feeling, would not hear of a substi-
tute being appointed to the cathedral in the interval ; and we
further learn that his lordship wishes it to be generally un-
derstood that it is his firm determination to retain this gifted
clergyman in his diocese, and that the first vacant preferment
shall be his : and we have heard that his lordship further re-
marked that he only thought any patronage he held to be far
inferior to Mr. Boyd's merits and deserts.—Derry Sentinel.

PROSECUTION OF A SON BY HIS FATHER FOR FELONY.
—Robert Walsh was charged on Saturday last, before
William Henry Hornby, Esq., by his father with having, on
the 17th instant, stolen two yards of woollen cloth, three
yards of fustian. and a hat. It was sworn by Henry Walsh,
brother of the prisoner, that he was addicted to stealing and
drunkenness. It was proved by several persons that the
prisoner offered the things stolen for sale. Committed to
take his trial at the next Preston sessions.
EARL FITZLIARDINOE AND THE ABDUCTION CASE.—
The Clergyman against whom the Earl has procured a rule
nisi, is Rector of Barkston, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire.
The living is worth £7OO a year, and is in the gift of the
Rev. Wm. Potchett, as Prebend of North Grantham, in the
Cathedral Church of Salisbury. Much curiosity is excited
as to the nature of the defence which will be set up when the
motion for making the rule absolute comes to be urged.
Some persons are of opinion that Earl Fitzhardinge would
have acted more judiciously had he preserved a dignified
silence under the circumstance.
LADY THIEF IN PARIS.—It will be remembered that,
about two mouths ago, an elegant female, named Villars,
aged 23, and her servant, aged 17, were taken into custody
on a charge of stealing a silver spoon and fork at arestaurant
in the rue Vivienne, where they had been dining. They have
just been brought to trial before the Correctional Tribunal.
it appeared from the evidence that Mme. Villars, who has
a very limited income, but was living in an expensive style,
had been in the habit for a long time past of addilirto her
means by thefts of plate from the restaurateurs, many of
whom appeared against her. She endeavoured on her trial
to exculpate herself by attributing the thefts to her servant,
but the Tribunal came to a conclusion that the girl was ;inno-
cent, and had been made to accompany her mistress merely
to prevent the suspicion which would have been entertained
if Mme. Villars had gone to the restauraets unattended.
The servant was, therefore, aquitted, but her mistress was
found guilty, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
Every one has heard the anecdote of the great projector of
water communication, who affirmed that rivers had bee*
formed by nature expressly as feeders for canals. A New
York orator, at a
a t e
irda
werewa y mveeertyi-nwg?e,alitlsm,aptar improved vdheedstl
time when
this
notion. Canals, he said, a
they were first introduced, but to
barges, were too slow for the spirit of the present day. A
water communication would no longer answer the purpose.
It evaporated in the summer, and congealed in the winter;
indeed it was a rude material, fit only to be converted into
steam, to propel loconzotives.—Railway Times.
BIBLICAL CRITICISM, versus TRADITION. --- Bishop
Maltby, in his recent charge to the clergy of Durham, says
" A thorough knowledge of the original languages, (of one of
which—that in which the Old Testament is written—the Fa-
thers, be it remembered, were almost all ignorant),e careful
asrtefuduyi
of the works of the best critical expounders, with th
weighing of different opinions and arguments, willbreaGdotdh'e
in s
help, implored in fervent but humble supplication,.
mind to a clearer perception of the truth as it isin a
Jesus,
than all the writings of the Fathers ; and will also put
striking point of view the. little dependence that can be placed
on the fallacies or sophistries of Tradition."