The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-30 00:00:00

LOC.AL NEWS,

LORD SANDON.--Our noble representative, on Tuesday
last, presided over 'the annual meeting of the Stafford Church
Missionary Society„ which was held in the Shire Hall, Staf-
ford. Lord Harr° Kby was also present.

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MUNICIPAL RE GISTRATION.—We have been informed by
Mr. Marrow, the secretary of the Conservative Association,
that the objections in Castle-street Ward have been mutually
withdrawn, so that neither radical or conservative objected
to need appear.

SCOTCH MANUFACTURES.—We were favoured yesterday,
by Messrs. Jeffery and Morrish, with an inspection of the
table-cloth t'aat carried away the prize lately at Edinburgh,
as being the most beautiful specimen of Scotch manufacture.
It is a splendid specimen of skill. We have no doubt any
person can see it on application.

QUICK TRAVELLING.—The " Panther," locomotive en-
gine, Thomson, engineer, Ashton, guard, left Manchester,
on Thursday, at twenty-two minutes to one o'clock, and
arrived in Liverpool at eighteen minutes past one, comple-
ting the journey in forty minutes We believe the distance
has never before been done in so short a time since the open-
ing of the railway. It was a special train, engaged by Lord
Eglinton's trainer, who, we understand, was on the race
course within an hour and ten minutes from the time he left
Manchester, a distance of forty miles.—Liverpool Albion.

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MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—The following
members were present at the meeting of the Dock Commit-
tee yesterday :—Messrs. Sands (chairman), llorsfall, Holt,
Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, Chilton, Bulley, Mellor, Evans,
Bold, Shand, Martin, Middleton, Nicol, and Aikin. It ap-
peared from the proceedings of the last meeting, that on
Thursday last the committee retiolved that the extensive
dock, now being constructed, should be called Albert Dock.
Mr. Mellor inquired whether any business had been done in
the new transit sheds on the we st side of Prince's Quay.
Mr. Bold replied that they were mot, as the committee were
obliged to publish the rates before they could begin to work
the sheds. Mr. Horsfall stated that this course had been
adopted on the advice of the town-clerk. After some fur-
ther conversation the subject dropped. A letter from the
Rev. James Williams, of Anglesi, announced that a beacon
had been erected on the rocks on the northern point of the
island. The dues, received at Ru neorn were re-ported to be
£5l 19s. 9d. on 9 vessels, being ; a decrease from the cor-
responding period of last year of' 24 vessels, and £6 12s. in
cash. The race Ling then separate ;d.

MR. WasoN'S ScOTT/3g ENTERTAIII/419INTS.—Mr.
Wilson has been drawing crowded houses to his Scottish
Entertainments at the Liver Theatre. His audiences have
been delighted with his singing, and have shown their satis-
faction by repeated encores. We recommend our readers to
attend these interesting lectures.

THE CHURCH.—The following appointments have taken
place :—The Rev. Matthew Wilson, 8.A.,0f St. Catherine's
Hall, has been appointed to the perpetual curacy of Eden-
field, Bury, Lancashire. Value, £ll7.
.The Rev. John W.
Watson, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the perpetual curacy of
St. Mary, Preston, Lancashire. Value, £l3O. The Rev.
Thomas Barker Ingham, 8.A., of Queen's College, to be
minister of the church recently erected at Rainhill.

NEW ORGAN AT ST. SILAS'S CHURCH.—It will be seen
that sermons are to be preached on Sunday next, in the
above church, and collections made towards defraying the
cost of the new organ. The Rev. J. Cordeaux, minister of
the church, officiates in the morning, and the Rev. F. Parry,
of St. Clement's, Windsor, in the evening. The organ is
built by Messrs. Bewsher and Fleetwood, of this town, and
we believe is-an instrument of considerable power.

MONEY MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The Stock market to-
day was without a feature. Consols 92R io a for money, for
account 924 to India Stock 247 to 9. Exchequer Bills
at 24-d per day 50s to 525, those at 2d 29s to 51s premium.
Except a slight improvement in Spanish stocks there is no
alteration to notice in the Foreign market. Spanish Actives
Fives ex Coupons were 16 to 4, the New Three per Cents
204 to 14. Portuguese Five per Cents 354 to 4, the Three
per Cents 21 to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents 511
to 4, the Five per Cents 102 to 4. Belgian 104 to 31. Bra-
zilian 66 to 7. Mexican 35 to -4. Colombian 204 to 1. Peru-
vian 15 to 16. The Railway market was rather on the im-
proving order and firm. London and Birmingham 93 to 5,
Great Western 151 to 164 premium. North Midland 56 to
7, Brighton 344 to Blackwall 64 to 7 per share.

DENTITION.—There is perhaps no part of the human
frame which more admirably exemplifies the wisdom and
bounty of the Creator than the structure and arrangement of
the Teeth; for while among the animal races, some tribes
are endowed with teeth which allow them to live only on
vegetable diet ; others being furnished with an apparatus
calculated only for animal food; man is provided with teeth
which render him omniverous, and enable him to live either
on animal or vegetable substances, as either may be most
conducive to his well-being. The embellishment, care, and
preservation of these important parts of the human economy
are objects highly important; and, among the various pre-
parations offered for the purpose the " ODONTO," invented
by the Messrs. ROWLAND, of Hatton-garden, stands unri-
valled as a dentrifice excelling all others, in its capability of
embellishing, purifying, and preserving the Teeth and Gums.
—See advt.

DEATH OF THE MARQUIS WELLESLEY.—This melan-
choly event took place at the late noble marquis's residence,
Kingston-house, Brompton, between three and four o'clock
on Monday morning. From the alarming symptoms of the
last few days it was not unexpected. The late Marquis, Rd.,
Colley Wellesley, was D.C.L., and a Privy Councillor; he
was born in 1760, and consequently was in the 82d year of
his age. His lordship is eldest brother of the Duke of Wel-
lington, and was created Marquis Wellesley in 1792. The
Earl of Maryborough succeeds to the title. The late re-
spected nobleman was Custos Rotulorum of the county of
Meath, a Knight of the Garter, had been Governor General
of India, filled the offices of Lord Chamberlain, Secretary of
State for Foreign Aflairs, and had been twice Lord Lieute-
nant of Ireland.

GREAT FIRES.—The two great fires that have proved so
extensively destructive at Liverpool, it will be curious to the
lovers of coincidences to remark, which occurred in the month
of September. The former immense one took place on the
14th of September, 1802 ; and the recent tremendous devas-
tation commenced early in the morning of the 23d instant.
September, indeed, appears to have been expensively dis-
tinguiahed in the annals of extraordinary fires, as the follow-
ing few selections may show :—Covent-garden Theatre was
burnt 20th of September, 1808 ; Devonport Dock-yard, 27th
of September, 1840; Moscow, 14th of September (the anni-
versary of the first terrific fire at Liverpool) ; and " last,
though not least," undoubtedly, the great fire of London—
" the fire," par excellence—occurred in September, 1666.

MANCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting, exhibition, dinner, and distribution of premiums
and rewards of this society, took place on Tuesday—the
meeting and dinner at Hayward's Hotel, Bridge-street, and
the show in the Manchester Police Yard, Clarence-street,
which was granted by the police-commissioners. The exhi-
bition was opened from twelve to one o'clock, at an admis-
sion of 2s. 6d. ; and from one to four o'clock, at ls. admis-
sion ; and it was thronged during the whole of the afternoon.
The show may be described as being decidedly superior to
any previous one here, both as regards numbers and quality.
Some individual ,specimens have not been excelled in any
show in any part of the kingdom. The exhibition of oxen
was capital ; and certainly there were three shown of a size
and description rarely equalled in any country. The dinner
took place in the large room of Hayward's Hotel, Bridge-
street, where about 140 gentlemen sat down. Mark Phillips,
Esq., M.P.,presided ; at his right were Wilbraham Egerton,
Esq. ; T. .. Tatton, Esq., of Withenshaw ; Peter Legh,
Esq., of Booths ; and Hyde John Clarke, Esq. On his left
were the Hon. Bootle Wilbraham, M.P., Shakspeare Phil-
lips, Esq., and Peter Greenall, Esq., of St. Helen's. The
premiums of plate were tastefully displayed in a small room
behind the chairman, and, the folding door being thrown
wide, it was visible to the greater part of the company. The
usual toasts were drunk, and many speeches delivered. The
following statement was made relative to the society's fi-
nances. Last year a balance was due to the secretary of £77.
Paid for silver plate presented that and the previous year,
£323; total, £4OO 14s. 4d. The society received by sub-
scription last year £314; and by admittance at the show
yard, £100; together, £414; leaving a balance is the hands
of the secretary of £l3 9s. Bd. There was a reserve of £l3l
in the bands of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. The society
was now indebted for the plate presented this year, and other
debts and claims, to the amount of £350. To meet these
they had the subscriptions of the present year ; and they had
had received this day, at the show yard, £lll 10s. It was
also stated that Mr. Hampson had retired from the office of
secretary, and Mr. Brady had been appointed as his suc-
cessor.

CORRESPONDENCE