The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

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branches of trade in that city, as well as a large number
of houses throughout the county, had goods consigned to
them by the Minerva. The value of the vessel and cargo
has been variously stated, but it is generally understood
that it cannot be less than £60,000.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—MBETING IN LIVERPOOL.—
Numerous invitations have been issued to the elite of all
the scientific circles, and also to the nobility and gentry
of the neighbourhood. Many of these invitations have
already been accepted, and a brilliant assemblage of saran
may be anticipated. Amongst the nobility may be enume-
rated the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, the Earl of
Sefton, the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Rosso, Lord Ennis-
killen, Lord Londesborough, Sir Robert Inglis, Richard
Fort, Esq., high sheriff. The list of eminent men who
are to take part in the proceedings includes Sir R. Mur-

CIUSOiI, VT. N eui Arnou rrofessors oroes, moses vwen,
Graham, Phillips, Latham, Miller, Balfour, Faraday, and
Baron Powell; Col. Sykes and Col. Sabine. A number of
distinguished foreigners have also signified their intention
of being present. These include Mons. Foucault, Pro-
fessor Dove, the most eminent meteorologist of the pre-
sent day ; M. Quetelet, of Brussels ; Mons. de la Fosse ;
Mons. Daboscq ; and the Abbe Maignot. The geological
section will include Murchison, Sedgwick, Forbes, Sir C.
Lyall, Jukes, Phillips, Bowerbank, and Ramsay. The
soiree, to be held in St. George's-hall, at which all the
distinguished guests are expected to be present, is looked
forward to with much interest. In connexion with the
proceedings we may state that Mr. Mayer intends throw-
ing open to the holders of tickets for the meetings his
interesting museum, containing an extensive collection of
Egyptian, Etruscan, British, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon
antiquities. _ _ _ _

CLunnu OF COMMERCE.—The half-yearly meeting of
the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was held on Thurs-
day. The chair was occupied by Thomas Bouch, Esq.,
President of the Chamber. The secretary read the report,
which referred chiefly to the subjects that had engaged
the attention of the Council during the past six months.
Among these the most prominent were—the law of part-
nership, with respect to which,lafter a three day's discussion,
the Chamber had arrived at a motion adverse to an altera-

tion in the existing law; commercial law, explaining the
measures adopted by Parliament during the past session ;
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill and Judgments and Execution
Bill, with respect to which latter it was stated that " the
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committee has now under consideration a se
interrogatories drawn up by the Royal Commissioners on
Mercantile law, the object of which is to inquire whether
it will be expedient that any and what alterations sl
made in the mercantile laws of the united kingd
those respects in which the laws of Scotland differ fix
those of England and Ireland, in order to their bell
assimilated ;" the Merchant Shipping Bill ; the coasting
trade, advocating its being opened to ships of all nations
and thus removing the last restriction on free navigati
letters of marque, stating that a memorial

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had been foriarded to-the Privy Council against the
of letters of marque for privateering commis-
sions, and praying that other nations should be solicited
to adopt the same course ; Sound dues, with respect to
which the document stated, that "it being reported that
privileges have been granted to American ships in exempt-
ing them frOm these dues in certain cases, the committee
of the Council is now obtaining information on this point,
with the view, if the report prove correct, to obtain their
extension to the English flag, as an instalment to the
entire abolition of this heavy tax on commerce;" postal
affairs ; survey certificates, with respect to which an
opinion was advanced that still further improvements
were required; and local dock extension and improve-
ment, with respect to which a report had been presented
by the Council, but had been withheld from the general
meeting in consequence of the short period they had to
discuss the question, and because the Council were anxious
not to give publicity to a hasty decision upon a question
of such importance. On the motion of Mr. T. B. Horsfall,
M.P., the report was unanimously approved of. Mr. B.
Hall suggested that the attention of the Council should
be directed towards the scheme for extending the docks,
brought forward by the special committee of the Dock
Commissioners. The suggestion was agreed to, on the
understanding that the Council report to the Chamber as
early as possible. Thanks were then voted to the members

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of Parliament for the borough, and for the southern divi-
sion of Lancashire, for their unwearied attention to the
interests of the port, after which the meeting separated.

SERVING A WRIT IN A CRURCII.—On Saturday, a
man was interring the remains of his child at St. Peter's
church, in this town, and during the service, a bailiff of
the county court came to the pew occupied by the parents,
and attempted to serve the man with a county court sum-
mons, at the suit of a well-known Scotchman in this town.
This caused some little stir, and in the hurry the bailiff
served the wrong man. On Monday, at the county court,
on the case being called upon, the bailiff was asked how
he served the summons ? The bailiff : " Personally."
The wife of defendant stated that the process was not
served personally upon her husband, but upon a man in
court. The person alluded to stated that the officer served
the summons upon him in St. Peter's church, during the
time the minister was reading the service for the dead
over the child of the real party. The Judge said, "It was
neither a fit time nor place to serve a summons," and dis-
missed the application to commit the man to prison.—
Blackburn Standard.

REPRESENTATION OF WlGAN.—There is little to report
in reference to the election of a gentleman to supply
the vacancy in the representation of Wigan, caused by
the death of Mr. Thicknesse. Mr. Henry Woods, who
has been named as a candidate of the liberal party, is still
from home, but is expected. No committee has been
formed to promote his election, nor has any dispatch
or letter from him been made public. The friends of Mr.
Acton, mayor, also a liberal, are busily engaged in ob-
taining signatures to a requisition calling upon him to be
a candidate. Mr. Acton appears to be the greatest favourite
with the liberals, and his friends express a hope that when
Mr. Wood arrives in town and ascertains the state of
feeling, he will be induced to withdraw. Should he do
so, there appears every probability of an uncontested
election; but if not Mr. Francis Sharpe Powell, of Belling-
ham Lodge, may stand again on the Conservative in-
terest. In pursuance of the provisions of " The Corrupt
Practices Prevention Act, 1854," the Mayor has given
public notice that he has appointed Mr. Wm. Alexander
Barrow to be auditor of election expenses, "to act at any
election or elections of any member or members to serve
in parliament for the borough of Wigan, for and during
the year now next ensuing, and until another appoint-
ment of election auditor shall be made."—Manchester
Courier,