The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-18 00:00:00

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Of Tuesday, in the list of births. Our contemporaries, it is
hoped, will give place to this paragraph, and should the
individual attempt to impose upon them again, it is particu-
larly requested that he may be seized and handed over to the
police.

THEATRE ROYAL.—A dramatic version of Ainsworth's
" Miser's Daughter," was produced at the Theatre Royal

last night. It is beautifully got up—the scenery is all new.
and Cruickshank's admirable pictures are all put oil the
stage in a surprisingly correct manner. Those engaged in
it greatly exerted themselves, and looked, acted, and spoke
as one might have expected Ainsworth's characters to speak.
It is, without exception, the best dramatic version of a story
we ever saw. The scene at Vauxhall created great merri-
ment. The piece is well—very well worth seeing—it is done
with much care, trouble, and cost. Mr. Wallack appears
to night as Benedict, to Mrs. Seymour's Beatrice ; it will
be a treat for the playgoers.

TIIE FUNDS.—WEDNESDAY EVENING.—A few purchases
of Stock gave Consols, in the early hours of business, the
shade advance to 94 to 1, both for money and the account,
but they ultimately closed, as yesterday, 94 to s ; Bank
Stock declined to 168 to 170, its final quotation ; but -India
Stock continues at 260 to 2t2; Three per Cents. Reduced
left off 93i1; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1002
to i; New Three-and-a-half per Cents., 101-1,, to ; and Long
Annuities, 12a to 7-16 ; India Bonds, 51s. premium ; Ex-
chequer-bills, 575. to 59s premium.
In foreign securities, Spanish are quoted firm at 224 to -a
for the Three per Cents., and 181 to for the Actives ;
:Mexican are 33 to 1; ditto Deferred, 91 to ; Columbia, 214
to 4. Danish 83 to 2 ; Belgian, 102 to ; Brazilian, 611 to
651 ;• Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52t to 53 ; Portu-
guese Five per Cents., 381 to ; ditto Three per Cents, 22-1
to 234; and Peruvian, 17 to 18.

TEE REPEALERS NONPLUSSED.—The promised visit o
the great ex-Mayor of Dublin to our town was eagerly seized
upon, as the staring green placards upon the walls can tes-
tify, for a demonstration of the strength of the Repeal inte-
rest in Liverpool. On Wednesday, however, the arch-agi-
tator had not arrived, and some qualms visired the expectant
Paddies. Thursday's first mail arrived, and still no Daniel !
The second mail, however, it was confidently anticipated,
would bring him ; and a deputation accordingly waited its
arrival at George's Pierhead. They waited, however, in
vain; for, alas! blue noses and shivering limbs were all that
they brought back with them as the fruits of their airing.
We understand that the old fox did go down to Kingston
on Tuesday, and-took stock of the weather in due form; but
the prospect being uninviting, he was advised—" and that
by his best friends"—not to risk his precious person to the
perils of the deep, in blowing and foggy weather. His ex-
worship grows timorous in his old days ; but we calculate
that if the money prospects of his proposed visit had been
more promising, he would have dared the elements. It is
hard to sacrifice comfort and ease at his time of life, merely
to be exhibited for the amusement of a mob of hodnien, or
to drink slops with the unfledged goslings of the Anti-Mo-
nopoly Association, without a quid pro quo to put into his
empty breeches-pockets ; and Daniel is not to be done after
this fashion.

MR. DANIEL O'CONNELL'S TREATMENT OF THE LIVER-
POOL REPEALERS.—After the scurvy mode in which this
prince of humbugs treated the people who invited him to the
dinner on Wednesday, it was not to be expected that the
minor fry would fare any better. They held a meeting last
night in the Music-hall, for the purpose of promoting the
cause of Repeal ; and by announcing the name of the beggar-
man, they filled the room. Of course he did not, as in all
probakility he never intended, make his appearance. A per-
son, who must be extensively known when we mention that
it was Mr. George Smith, in taking the chair, delivered him-
self of the following morsel of eloquence :—" Ladies and gen-
tlemen, I assure you that nothing can equal the honour you
have conferred upon me by placing me in this proud position,
except the regret 1 feel for the continued absence of that illus-
trious individual who is to honour us with his presence.
There is a deputation still waiting at George's Pierhead, in
the hope that he may yet come to us ; but, from all I can
learn, his absence has been caused by the severity of the
weather. I have been told this evening by a gentleman who
has come from Dublin to-day, that he came upon the evening
of Tuesday last as far as Kingston harbour, with the inten-
tion of proceeding to Liverpool, in order to attend this and
the meeting of the preceding evening ; but upon reaching
that place he found that the weather was so severe that the
vessel which was then proceeding had been labouring in the
bay for more than an hour before it could get out of the
harbour. Under these circumstances, and acting under the
influence and advice of his best friends, it was deemed ad-
visable for him to return home. A motive of personal safety
only induced him to pursue this course. But although
O'Connell is not here, still I hope there is some of the spirit
of O'Connell here."—The meeting were wofully disappointed
at hearing of Daniel's well-known fear of salt water, and the
proceedings passed off harmlessly.
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A LADY COMMITTED FOR TRlAL.—Yesterday, two well-
dressed and respectable-looking young females were placed
at the bar of the police-court, they having been put into
custody on a serious charge of purloining some articles in a
shop. As no evidence was adduced to implicate one of them,
we, as a matter of course, suppress her name; and in com-
pliance with the wish of the friends of the other, we do so
in her case likewise. James Sweetman, a sbopman in the
establishment of Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish, drapers,
Church-street, stated, that about one o'clock on Wednes-
dhy, the prisoners came into the shop, and asked for some
purse twist, which he showed to them. There was a basket
containing woollen stockings on the counter near them at
the time, and be saw one of them take up a pair of them,
and put them under her cloak. She then asked him to
choose some of the finest knots of the twist, which he did,
and the other prisoder paid 9d. for what was selected. The

witness then observed the same prisoner take another pair of
the stockings, and dispose of them in a similar way. He
went behind and informed his employer, Mr. Jeffrey, of what
he had seen, and that gentleman questioned him strictly as
to his being quite certain of the fact, the parties appearing to
be so respectable. He stated that he was quite certain.—Mr.
James R. Jeffrey said, that on hearing the facts stated by the
last ::itness, he went to the prisoner alluded to, and taking
her behind, told her that the young man had informed him
that she had taken something which did not belong to her—
at the same time asking her to produce what articles she had
in her pockets or about her person. She objected to do so,
and remarked that she would pay for what she 'had bought,
(or, as we understood the witness, words to that effect.)
She then moved a little distance, and was observed to put
her hand under her cloak. He then observed the stockings
fall from her person, and picked them up. There were two
pairs.—Mr. Stephens, superintendent of the shop, was pre-
sent when the prisoner was taken behind, and saw u small
bundle of the purse twist also fall from her person, and a
travelling cravat. The articles were identified as the pro-
perty of Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish, and were stated to be
worth about 10s. 6d.—A. police-officer, who had been sent for,
in the first instance, took the prisoners into custody.—Mr.
Rushton finding there was no evidence against the other female,
who was merely in company with the delinquent, and looked
at the articles, ordered her to be forthwith discharged ; and
said that, however painful, the delinquent must be committed
for trial.—Mr. Counsellor Harden appeared for the prisoner,
and appealed strongly to the bench in her behalf, with a view to
her being liberated on bail, on the ground that she was in a
weak state of health ; of a highly-respectable connexion , and of
a nervous temperament, so that confinement in gaol, under
such a charge, would endanger her life. He wished the me-
dical gentleman who had attended her to he heard. Mr.
Rushton said that he supposed the only tangible defence that
could be intended.from such a statement would be, that she
laboured under infirmity of mind, He should, however,
hear the medical gentleman, in conjunction with the surgeon
of the gaol, and if they were both of opinion that her life
would be endangered, he should not object to receiving bail.
The prisoner, who appeared to be in great distress of mind,
was then put down, and the evidence was reduced to writing.
She was afterwards again brought up, and Mr. Cox, a sur-
geOn who had attended her, stated that he had seen the lady,
and found her in better health than she enjoyed some months
before. Her health, however, might be injured by confine-
ment in the gaol. The surgeon of the prison said, (as we
understood him,) that her health was not such as to be im-
mediately endangered by such restraint. Mr. Rushton said,
that after the evidence adduced, he could but mete out equal
justice by committing the prisoner the same as the poorest
individual in the land. He could not take bail. The evi-
dence was then read over. The prisoner, on being cautioned
as to what she might think proper to say, merely said " It is
not a correct statement." She signed her name in a very
neat hand, and was put down. She is a good-looking young
woman, and cried bitterly when taken away.

WATERLOO COURSING MEETING,
OVER ALTCAR, (NEAR LIVERPOOL,)
On Tuesday, 28th February, and Thursday, 2d March, 1813,
MR. Will. NIGHTINGALE, OF CRAVEN, JUDGE.

THE WATERLOO CUP, value 300 sovs., in specie,—by a sub-
scription of 25 sovs. each, thirty-two subscribess. The
money, amounting to £BOO, to be divided as under
The winner to receive . . 3OO sovs
The second to receive ..
Two winners of three courses to receive, each 30 do.
Four winners of two do. do. do. 20 do.
Eight winners of one do. do.
The dog which is beaten in the first round for
the cup by the winner of the cup to receive 10 do
A. bonus (£170) for the Altcar Stakes 170 do

The winner to give three dozen of Claret
to the club dinner

THE ALTCAR STAKES, valve 170 sovs. ; for the sixteen
beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup ; to be divided
as under :
The winner to receive . .
The second to receive. . .
Two winners of two courses to receive, each lO d 0... 20
Four winners of one do. do. do 5 d 0... 20

The winner to give one dozen of claret
to the club dinner.

THE WATERLOO PURSE. A Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each.
Sixteen Subscribers. The money. amounting to £l6O, to
be divided as under :
The winner to receive
The second to receive
Two winners of two courses to receive, each
Four winners of one do. do. do

100 sous.. £lOO
42 d 0... 42
5 d 0... 10
2 d 0... 8

The winner to give two dozen of cham-
pagne to the club dinner..

THE HOT BLAST PATENT.—This patent expired on the
11th of September for England, and on the Ist of October
for Scotland, and has proved one out of the few which havebeen
eminently successful to the inventor. Besides being of great
national benefit, it has realised a sum of not less than £150,000
to the patentees, and has placed John Beaumont Neilson
high in the ranks of the benefactors of, not his country alone,
but of mankind, iron being the most useful of the metals,
and its cheap production of immense importance in arts and
manufactures, on which the convenience and comforts of
life depend. Of no small importance has the economizing
of that valuable mineral coal, been promoted by this discove-
ry ; where formerly nine tons were required in Scotland to
make one ton of pig-iron, it is now done by two and a half
tons, or less, and inferior descriptions of both coal and ore
may he used, which before could not be applied, and from
this cause a prejudice has arisen against iron made by hot
air, which should rather be attributed to those ores and coals
which produce weak iron, than to heated air, which, with
proper materials, makes as strong, tind even stronger, iron
than cold air; even the most prejudiced admit this fact in
the case of iron made with anthracite coal. The experi-
ments of Messrs. Hodgkinson and Fairbairn, made under the
direction of the British ASSOChitiOH, show this , fact in iron
from the clay iron-stones, and also the red ores. It would
only be common justice that some national testimonial
should be awarded to Mr. Neilson, and it is hoped that some
influential paity will take the lead in perpetuating the name
of a benefactor who may be classed with Arkwright and Watt
in the mighty effects of his discovery.—Mining Journal.

VESTRY MEETING

Yesterday, a meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of
iverpool was held in the Church of St. Nicholas, for the

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