The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-18 00:00:00

THE FU DS—
funds were buoyant

quotations hereafter noted was caused by
tha close of business. Consols for mon(

to 89k. closed 89i to ;; ; and Consols for the account, alter
adVancing to 90 trs.7-k. closed .97-E buyers. Exchequer bills
were last quoted '29s. to 31s. premium; and New 31 per
Cents., 99} lt.the foreign securities there was also a
slight depression compared with the highest prices of the
day, but on the whole the aspect of the market was even
better than yesterday. Mexican left off 42 to i; Colombian,
26i to 74 ; Chilian, 75 to 80 ; Brazilian, 68 to 70 ; Belgian,
103 to 101; Spanish Actives, 23 to it ; Dutch Two and a
Half per Cents., 524 to s ; and Danish,

81 to

ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL IN TOXTETH-PARK.—Last night
there was a " soiree and concert " in the Templars' Hall,
Great George-street, for the purpose of obtaining funds in
aid of the school attached to St. Patrick's popish chapel, in

.
Tosteth-park. The lower part of the room was but indif-
ferently filled, but the gallery was crowded. The proceedings
consisted of a curious conglomeration of speechifying
ing, and ventriloquism ; 11: Bolton, Rathbone,
Rosson, and Parker perfornm.,,
the Signors Valentini in the two others

sing-
lessrs. Sheil,
in the first department, and
_ _ Mr. Bolton, under
whose influential patronage this interesting affair was got up,
was put into the chair, and he commenced his part by show-
ing that he did not know what he had to do until Mr. Wm.
Rathbone kindly helped him out by telling him that after he
had said a few words the concert was to begin. Mr. Bolton
thereupon began, in his usual elegant diction, to tell the
meeting that the school of St. Patrick's was in great need of
money, and that the present affair was a specuation to ob-
tain additional wages and means. He then complained of
the corporation schools being in wrong liana, and consoled
himself and his audience by assuring them that there were
signs of repenteuce already which led him to expect that
eventually they would be placed upon their former liberal
footing. The Signors Valentini then went through the first
part of their performances with admirable skill we must say.
Mr. Parker followed in a speech which showed him to be an
orator of profound dullness, the chief burden of which was
that many " liberal" [professed] Protestants had liberally
subscribed for the erection and maintenance of the school,
and he called upon them to do so still. Mr. Rathbone was
the next speaker. He declared that he was ashamed of
being a Protestant, if that name was to prevent him being a
christian, by doing good offices to his Roman Catholic
brethren, and he declared his conviction that there was snore
genuine christianity among the children in St. Patrick's
school than in all the so called evangelical clergy of Liver-
pool. This town would never be at peace till all the Irish
parsons were out of it; and he really should be very glad to
freight a vessel with this bigotted car,
to their own country. if lie could be assured oi
plagued with them again. He concluded by
calling on the meeting to excuse the nonsense he hid-uttered,
Mr. Sheil also spoke, and although he was somewhat passion-
ate, he was by no means so intemperate in his oh^---
as Mr. Rathbone. The rest of the "
unworthy of notice. Mr. Alderman Evans was in " the
Temple." but although he suffered some little temptation, he
could not be prevailed upon to take any part in the proceed-

go, and pay their passage

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THE METROPOLITAN " EARTHQUAKE."—This terrible
event was to have " come off" this day ; but we have reason
to believe has been " postponed, by particular desire," of the
wiseacres who apprehended the fulfilment of Dr. Dee's pro-
phecy, until the 28:h instant—(the 16th by the old style)—or,
as is more probable, sine die. We did certainly watch with
" trembling ' anxiety all yesterday for some symptom of the
terrestrial throes, with which the metropolis was to be es-
pecially honoured and " mortaliz_ ht
a visitation occurred—swallowing up " ye
Cobbett was wont to call. it,—
its iniquities—all its "lions" asses
its institutions and public structures,—s,,
serve _ from the conservative_ parliament its

ed," especially as had such
" -,- mreat wen,"

all its virtues and
and all its " "—all

ming to con-

devour-

lug the newspaper establisliMe
Times into the gulph of time, _
past, leaving not a wreck behind ; espec
so watch, AS, in such it case; we could have'Lierived-no infor-
mation from the spot, and might-have announced the cala-
mity to our readers this morning, and set ourselves for twelve
months, to write obituaries and memoirs of " the mighty
dead." But, alas ! we could not perceive the slightest vibra-
tion of old mother earth, the prophet's prediction of an earth-
quake being no more regarded than was the command of
Glendower when he " called spirits from the vasty deep.
We strongly suspect that the " quake" to which Dr. Dee
(metaphorically) alluded, was merely the " pocket-quake"
which Sir It. Peel's property and income tax has just brought
abort amongst the overgrown and griping manufacturers and
capitalists, who will now be compelled to contribute their
quota of support to the exigencies of the state. As to the
lauded interests, there can be no earthquake amongst them
after the admirable systein.of corn laws which that distin-
guished statesman has propounded, in opposition to the non-
sense of the " total repealers."
Towards the end of the last month a marriage was cele-
brated at Saria in Old Castille. Three days afterwards the
guests invited to the feast offered an entertainment to the
new-married couple and their families at a village called
Taudage, the birth-place of the bride, lying at some little
distance. To shorten the way, the bridal party determined
to cross the Duero, but the river, having been much flooded,
carried the boat down the stream, drove it against a rock,
and upset it, whereby all who were in it, amounting to six-
teen persons, were drowned.
A CURIOUS MISTAKE.—On Wednesday last a man was
brought before the Brighton bench, charged with begging.
The policeman having proved the offence, Mr. Bassevi, the
sitting magistrate, addressed the prisoner on the increase of
vagrancy in Brighton, and said, as he was an old offender, he
was determined to send him to the House of Commons for
one month. This announcement caused a roar of laughter,
in which the bench could not refrain from joining. The
worthy magistrate, however, immediately corrected himself,
and said he meant the House of Correction, and committed
the prisoner accordingly.
FRENCH WAR STEAMER.—The two war steamers, Gomer
and Asmodee, each of 450 horse-power, which have been
built at liochefort, are, says a letter in the Globe from that
port, rapidly fitting out. The first has the same rigging as a
frigate of 50 guns, and the Asmodee, which is larger than a
120 pin ship, carries 20 guns, of whom four are 80 pounders.
The engines, says the Globe, are made by Fawcett, of Liver-
pool, and are so good and so beautifully finished as to excite
the admiration of all persons acquainted with the art.—
Galignani's Messenger.

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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—F. Lakeman, a man in the em-
ploy of Mr. Huxman, butcher, Ivybridge, Devonshire, was
brought before the magistrates at Modbury petty sessions,
on the 7th instant, under a charge of great inhumanity, by
the agent of the Plymouth Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. It appeared that the defendant was ob-
served driving three sheep to Ivybridge, which were bleeding
severely at the feet, and, upon examination, it was proved
that he had wantonly cut off the toes of each of them, to
prevent, as he said, their walking faster than he wished. The
parts which had been cut were produced in court, and a cut
of nearly an inch into the sensitive part of each foot was
visible. The only defence made for this wanton barbarity
was, that it was done by his master's order, and was frequently
practised, being called " tithing the feet." The magistrates
decided that had this society, who so kindly interested them-
selves on this subject, pressed for three separate convictions
they could have fined the defendant £6, but as only one
charge had been brought he was fined 40s. and costs, with a
severe reprimand for his cruelty.—Plymouth Herald.
LONDON IMPROVEMENTS.—It is in contemplation to re-
move the row of fish-baskets from Clare-market, and to cut
'ad opening through the vegetable stands on the south side,
by driving off the man who offers onions at so much a rope
on the kerb-stone of this much-frequented locality. It is
calculated that a fine prospect on the north side of Leices-
ter-square may be gained by doing away with the whole line
of men with " This ere almanack" for sixpence, and
causing a slight diversion to the right-about in that unsightly
facade of dirty faces with Congreve lights and trouser-
straps. Something has been said of removing the dead cats
from the enclosure, but it is expected that this bold measure
must be reserved for a more matured period .of civilization
and enlightenment.—Punch.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. GEORGE CLARK, TILE SCULP-
TOR.—The death of Mr. Clark, who was eminent in his
profession, took place at Birmingham, in a very sudden man-
ner, on Saturday morning last. At the inquest held before
Dr. Birt Davies, on the Monday following, James Newbold,
the first witness examined, stated that about half-past nine
o'clock on the morning in question, while in the shop of Mr.
Burdett, who is a surgeon in New Hall-street, the deceased
staggered down the steps of the surgery, and appeared very
ill. He sank into an arm chair, his head reclining on one
side, and his face ghastly. Witness called for a surgeon's
who proceeded to bleed him, but life
assistance opposite,
was extinct. Mr. Burdett, surgeon, spoke to having seen
him on the preceding Thursday, when he laboured ender
dyspepsia, and complained of pain in the region of the sto-
mach. He considered death to have been occasioned by the
rupture bf one of the large blood-vessels of the heart.
Thejury returned a verdict, assigning this as the cause of
death, as also that the deceased " Died by the visitation of
God." Mr. Clark resided in Tower-street, Birmingham, and
was in his 47th year. He has, we regret to say, left behind a
family of nine children, who are now unprovided for. At
the time of his death he was engaged in casting the leaves
that were to form the foliage of the capital for the Nelson
monument in Trafalgar-square, and had finished the two
first. lie is best known by his statue of Major Cartwright

in Burton-crescent.
DEATH OF HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE
OF MECKLENBURG SCHWERlN.—hrtelligence was received
ou Sunday morning of the death of His Serene Highness.
His Serene Highness the Grand Duke Paul Frederick of
Mecklenburg Schwerin, who was son of the Hereditary
Grand Duke Frederick Louis, was born 15th September,
1800, and married 25th May, 13'22, Princess Alexandrine,
daughter of the late sister of the King of Prussia and
Em-
press of Russia, by whom his serene highness leaves issue
the Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis, born 28th
February, 1823, who succeeds his father ; the Duchess Louisa
Maria Helene, born 17th May, 1824 ; and the Duke
Frederick William Nicholas, born sth March, 1827. His
serene highness was only brother 9f the Duchess M e
deatha
of
Saxd Altenburg and the Duchess of Orleans. By th
of his serene highness the courts of Berlin► St. Petersburg,
the Hague. &c., will, for a time, be placed in mourning.—
Morning Herald.