The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-16 00:00:00

Y 1 6, 18511. _ _ _____..,,,.............. ttltill ilthlS ti e lerat ts Will h -------+-----... . m fo anew .•• 5 held at Rock Ferry .' otiulay, at d inner t ..e Pilot ulnaer On. neat . at month. -association took place nday , . 5 astba m R te a -7 1. :4 7 ed h _ .. ea vess e i bow:I o n I. Abet to Mr. Thomas Ripley li e ralw ee " , as the 11 % Pt° Priet o • Dock, in three hours l is tlicl itY t ni of t he Atli hel ' cioe . •, o close th e e ntetlin have resolved, b tibitlik, inste a d „ newsroom on Sunday evenin y g n s it 4IC 811,,e!Cl. OLloolti Te;uitee .1:01 C o Bill, Were a . Bill, and the River Dee lii: ederstno_ns an d ivraondaa third time and passed the illrila its va l that the Y' Oi l ti t(l be m e! 4300 or li ce nsed £,st,fo victuallers intend ' Malt S, _ i _ e r s, t)le July meeting Z 4: I . 4 r ulr I lia/t i t le . - IQ t l' o ol r• Cardwelr ;resented a petition Ti 4 Act. ' "a Y i ng for a 14i tY lte% sh' an amendment of the Friendly a s 4 V ss a r a ,t t l i firt . tbe lP st ea 4t i l l r e t h t sa iled for New York on Wed- i._ broke 0 IP A s ia on Saturday for Halifax 44, • Th e h i the eh t,.. ~,,, d stook Was o P .n o e f ar M ly r. Smith tailor, Scot tfrt,tro4sorne to the all de;troyed, and 46 1e,,1.8e1i, hit:remises amounting to £4O. 41,,,,,ific„s fouunTduedinsulayster of the Eleanor Dixon 's o ot p ob ,._"te, 0 .. qualified for a fi rst-class' 1 t;474e 0 t ; ea iurt on Fr i_ j aY, the 9th instant. coral eay, a woman was remanded h ( Ni d i a d_renT ss e t a he _ necklace and a pair of boots S,ls t Ethr Y' at rn street. ti ot tsth e i td east, itini ght• Wi • lliam Goodwin, servant p tz f2t s. o .r ek cottewas knocked down by some villains, I tt ,, i . . 400 he d o ees• Birkenhead, and his pockets L i k4 Bl 4 i h th alVi. Prejatel'S then Ilit ttow.. crowd -"through - made their escape. %r d h oi l'ltf,'„ia•aeet . :r w hile the s: r.angemen, on Friday, tot t 4tl 4 l 4 e and k i li s e rd n __ r Soho-street, -street, a . child , at ca a horse, by which it was It iZirq, fro to m 1„ New r Nl ' 11:'21)%1 and Y ork l ine-of-packet ship t s tilt,t t attZ i t tlew ut V o h r Zo : may shortly be expected in b... tilti tt, '" 4 tllt . ,c4 .o by c an ,l,_ 0 .. r,1 her . first voyage. She i;e t e tst if i N i Li t of s t. rrn r bur , iting. Werk bi t 'tree a „` l elv. s are about to present ht qeti haSse eta )I°4 anPFlr_oiniate testimonial of their 4„., op . ofI A tide d faithful services, extending ilts - Z . op Pria; l t t I)4'Y'fiye years. 4, he e n, Poplar-road, Oxton, was ° 'b, t ,eo, s , LI% aosence of the family at Divine tiszq l ..ll l . e ° so me valuable property was l b t o a tPent or 1 4•1: 1 1 44 11 4:arie ~' Who recently left St. Jude's OIL c on ester:"s,,,aPV respected by his new con 10Nto- elle k teg at i o 'Lae Lhurch is filled to suffoca- N I _ • ° are building him a residence l ti lkt:lty l l of the )o o ik tsek s e si's of losS of the Orion, a lady , up- N eo llep too ul a Pla n k' saved herself ithout a'ssis liwttsterty i! )0 5 0 4,, 0 r some other support. She ksttkoltizlieteti:Eitt.te Ftenss,eeo:o4fsitahsitorovw.t; ii. t o :. perfeei:•Tigns. She gained the land Dumbartonshire Mr. 111 of pi osst sle g ro : t lease for some bartoyneasrsireartaadwpra,}3,l Ittki s kt4 B(s . al--- theY working the line and , fa, krt t t or s AT L s t o 711,,_ th e __ VERPOOL.—The gross re- 1 4 1 16•003 _against (Darter ended sth instant was 1 / 41da rted uee 'rEis h ; 4, r 781 .r930 15s. 4d. Somewhat 4 0 , 3 'taor o j a u agar ( i e u tpt of the 6th instant— \,, '7 l 4s pief e qhe body of John Pike, pilot , of L tad • was h o u p in the river. About ' a week V% t i t i 9 supposed on k ik h .. % t. 0 N o. 4ed , a vessel lying off the kNte , ; ea r ti . y u ' e l:ijot.b ee " t e . must fallen overboard. er tl i l i ci itl V rav b eo :T il l l a g !t;r: ei t i t Welsh main" cam l k tat t , i ,Yas e o eara rtre , e ,,•. The reen t h e Thatchedfirst-rate k g e tee ° by es Ai" In ch wa s v iwtititt 'Z l ltt 1 4 ° M. 1• • JohnWielsroyn, well contested Mr. George ` shi p splendi d eu '„pdi'itna Pielndelvas p resented to Captain yh11%444 his k !. Joh n , hy . ;Mr. John Wat t, . of t v o led nes _ Purvis, of Mississippi, in k t y k t k t ri o_ too e h on :..,and attention to their faini- LN g to shi,,," pla ce , ''',. evr Orleans to Liverpool. `,N o tik l i:ei c r - nrap. - 8 ‘ the Waterloo Hotel. k l - l f t , s _Stai I P State j 'IN I Et - „"_,Ne w -4 , 1 ne, h' J . G. Russell, master, B and as performed the voyage 1 kiq soi "" fo 1 ork 1,,,v., *ay e d ab s rte en back to th is port again r,‘,,,e w t in at se ys. Of that time she was '.., ki bt st t t b e i n a , and had a full and heavy LqS,ltto„,etal)::_fr, the s t a ?' fixed for the funeral of the '``Zstiql o f t re e put utters . of all the shops in the 07 1 1 0 0nd shippi t ': l3 .; the flags on the public It 'sl N t he de her tr'h g in , the docks, were hoisted p i Ll t Y th ot . 4; e eeas e d . ores of respect were paid to ,Z*l l l l;'Sti i l o ng th e by •,,,'‘`‘te tt lrer e o tLe bod y of a man unknown was r g t k id 0,4 I t , t!, e ban telds H near Bootle-road. I , f t ! ln y N 44 theinte huttens, H e was b i r r e e e s c s l e ie d s l a n m a l ~ i ,,7,1 i , N.., appearance of a gentleman's 'S..lts ti :k i t , p e t , t ett _ _ I, 4it s&: Ir it !erttg s l'r at Z Jackson, wife of the master 1 'llt4, l )o c i ' but `bar bock went to bed in one ics t at sl th o Y w as ,e followlng morning she was l tt AL t It; ll ebe tte ssel, en gsequently found floating in t . trvk t ,lrt4,,,,ad. T he deceased was subject to a 1 , ki, t tosh,ol oll , kNd ''leit.:. Ante Sono `tip is, l of t i.. °L.—On Saturday week lry s il t r . 4 l , l ‘ath i , Aurid,,„ uts school, and sizar o St. 11t , ,k8 ~ 1/41,44. Gly nn --v a .... s_elected Gisborne Scholar tkt. i , 'at 4 i t : i n n th e was first in classics, and O,Ny :,t th e _esult of the whole exam'. 'lt k t -I : l , l4 s t i l 3 tl , P t r e i d a teh w. nrst scholarship of the six lr ; W s t 'elt,,r 0 0 ,1 4 1 i 0 ,, - , 3 Played on the evenings of 11v15 0 ,...40;5a1t4e gi":lll%,hetween the Belvidere and b. 99. h leo l o fay ou vt of the latter in Birkenhead ‘t t l4,, s ' tot s ' i tot o i 'es b e L of the Victoria, by a majo- I ks t ,, 12 6 : 172•• 't:gVietoria, fi . rst . innin , gs, A e11 0dep t .41,,,......A. ' Belvidere, first innings, /7 , , Itm ti g lyi ti ri _tette stc l , : rt tt l er ha s . been exposed this ii i ll t i t i o e ae la il t it i t e s an vi : anc l i t s is from h the master IlliN t , v 45412114 se vere upon en. a writer sea e man and it a \ 1,41 l l 'S t li s PatiU'erre ci i„tnutinous conduct. After c , ,,, „Ito g ase,i t t, o e xee t he sale of the vessel and cI, iy- t li tho. e t th,ution i the master, of course, I I ttw 4l 4 l4 4 potto ••••ll: o :tini s th n e n re fa ' mess to the fact of i 'l y t l t s, t, 1 ,14' ootn i o / s e alld new packet-ship Van- I ttl i ks . S. k s,ra . s erk' 'ailed a f n r uer, one of Grimshaw and t4 tri i tt'Stir et ': * here "I t° this port on the 2nd of l i l lt h t tet to t l e oi l ;14 aft.ie discharged and took on 1, 4, , , ,,4 1 .4 t t5 5et i h e 7th la st t. short run of seventeen 1 1 4 :', t t \ da te:ap."' port' -ant• making the voyage, \‘4l, 8 tis _'' Sh„,2° the extraordinary short 1',45,1 `, d a p sa tiNgsti tb,. - ' 55 just finished discharging it ila t -enty fa I,Nor t ched h. - ° ,l O working hours, and t t t& . 'el, Is p or 2f th ree s -115 e on the 22nd instant, IN - qt,i've ka h. ''• months from her previous 'kt N ty 4 ti l ' ir ?' 4 Dx• i • tk , li t belch e 14„, • AL•— ln addition to the many l oot , I,,\`'. 1 , hy 4 441 1 e 'ostituti 0: 4 14 ) IL 0 tL et e .._, as or „ . It pri . s as the above, the 'I hi‘14.‘ .: 4 1,10. 4 1 . q. e w 0 1 t i,,0 wag •lately is an exact copy of patient at that N *4 lh t i t t et o t i t eet lettl f the Y a Northern Hosp .... en 0 11, - tha ttoo-'t th "Irerp o 1 . k s l st ' t e has ank y o _ ° t - Kind Gentlemen, \ ts4is op t,h o k ti nd o, a u for the kind benefits I ,Is th t St y es t o t he rfty that Almighty God b _institution. I cannot 01 11 , 1 14 . 1 1 ' e I)l 4 i i h t lst ° . 4 sh all 4, 41 It ike.Y have ttod%ve my kind /'Fcompensed at the , Nikb q"e all b a ll all v., thanks to Mr. 1i t..1 1,, ,, i 4 O t ' qoe tto ltAs , r be en doc tors, n v e . _ and likewise LA P tilli tt h i e li k. 0 4 ~'l - Eivux ` G r Y kind. - remain, N't, tt it N i •filit''ghb o aturday . SU TT ON." t tlt k it e ,ea i nrh oo , morning, an alarm 0 , 1, ,, , , , t o 4 , 01 11 A t) .of South Castle-street 'lri.cN .11 es t - b e •lerto u . st tr ti it o, .. ,; it 1.. ~,01 , then :con - street, reet, and at first it ced in the ruins. It iliNill,it,tol:lttlireesaortlrgeesleifttk hand side of the street, Nd; 4 c s rl( s it a tinae "' of Castle -street, had li t 4 L t l k d t tor t lcl o , tl °lrn, ',and of • ations had been i tl ti t ito ,`4i t ' Irh;,tructi Qome laboui ers were en S, sa , t l t 4 6 4 tv lioi` the On ' and four of them were c1, 541 , 4 ,-,, it tee 0 __str ucture li t 'N \ to r ne u l the upp er gave way beneath N i 0 4 , 4 1; t, i 'kve n t f i l i)ns erasl part of the , to . th ground. ktSt b,t t s l es I,J 0 0 ., e asselv es - so N l etS .th nig a r,,of th e _ b y cl inging to . the f > l lrellt,i‘ ott •r lit the dissoT__. received. ained serious IS4o l ki N k es, of r 4 Tat....T, 6 e L 0, , 5,_,• ; t of th Th e oPert3, :sere are ups and 0' 10',744,11(1 t he _,l a i f n_ the condition litli,; , S 4 4.'11 0 'le cu ', , , of p ool 'Royal Tudor is 41 1 . N. Ot t Zr,e ot ela cn riing.. t „, atom, bears' grease, k .,„4.0, to e h of th e -. TS and the scissors, of mail andth t 4to „, th e % Of 0 abges iiiSht IV 4 1 r h:! .1, 1 ,r 0 ,,, u fortune more strictly , l , ~ ki suet stp d , tie ,0 toercantile • k i ll k.2,s t . E te to a Ugh i .. , .. aristocracy— :ri 3 / 4 , 4 :iti N o rie rat .Dart na 47 ot the soldier in i llb tif ea v hd t ,lon h„ s where the wealth a g i r i a : c e a f n u d l ', 't; tiCsa of th t'e m -nquetted kept h up the i 41 ils.i.ll, 44 t,t)cititteezillangse'aciehialagicnigr!le. Evy g thing we e ourselves :: I : i p i t 4 N l4N :::: e o e t s :o r t e c i :l o tn thl Y : t, tp si oi 1,4 0 0 o f l . ou r own , One of the most , s ji. s, te te. ,er Thethe prop s own is to be wit h extern lly and k 41 1 t 7e t o th g • atre, rtY, once known ot , t l . to t tit eit A nt e reli ef Y the dull bla a nk wall, 01 Ite t i 4 f. ti tle 1171 411 I '‘O t tr t . 4 t i tlt iftli /v kl'e t3 ° f DI t ft ° ° l utter N o , t q ell eri v o 4 le lh s a • s e at t ßi k's• daz in zl n in n g otn e ll a y ' I %pit,' e l t , l lll a lf ii lo te - e . ns, ribbons Si c - a i - 4 /' 1 ki th Th e l n ,, t3 Pleb u d e .,c°l:ne l dl i , ll Y , we shell ' n It ' ) 4 go' tit ' thter •' l4 ha r ''n , or the li s ten ,it t ,, t :st i Nee 40 0 Ft'eet ° monies of Ital ian higher No aren o e r . t tlf tr t t ite g it; ‘ l . ) .tlira l ,4oite brorthear. tl l ;Z tl 4 4 l l 4l , l te et Ite t4 t !°;9, l%l : Pat t e om tP. l :Y..of gor - I tet A 4 til e 1 1), % tee , r gri m wi displays, Ir a q i 4 1 4 ' is °l on e blaz e I Y know fi e cromancers, ,it, h.I 4 13 (1i t , Pop ei °f th e f that we ought 41 1 ro.lled ai lti .ely ~,‘ ar of 0 ootlights of th , ~4 vr. , ,o, NI, 1 , °re 10,,,41t.ar modern actor: tsi;ittot..ok.kt,iietzt,, ~i,,_,:: tcei,lap,.ti; certainly not t i t ,s l, ,.. h lti„ th e : f: ees ofr e , i e L c ii f gs, .furnituPe, Inspection '4l 4' l lt k N, ‘pl : to 4 t tt v a ,; . 1:1 1 , A ll, l l t of t a e f r or: to be met t o t i . 4 , h e e.oi i the c h i , Ot t 4 1 1 1 '° th Poet, Alai n 8 rapidly takin gs is ip 4 ,,tAls kV' o: t alej at Pf thi r°B ° of every the It ill lt Y lay ta en 1 4 11 in d o ta bla ; th:7lndeny 4 4 44 ' °P % t eat ot s rin e th °P. Mind s re .kt,,,,,t. itlesaioab;oleile'l-aeuetirliciitidab.l);ililiptcatjetirsle°°unnatutilcoi:f l' 6 5 1 te4 r4 O f It e h ighest u p o n $ tk 14 6 . to, ae4). oz, . w LIVERPOOL COAL ExPOIL: TRADE.—Arrangements will shortly be made in connexioo with the termini of the Lancashire and Yorkshire and the n orthern branch of the London and Northwestern lines, to 1: un round some of the northern docks, on the ' • high elev.Ation , 7 that is, about sixteen feet above the line now helmlaid on the level. A vessel of 500 tons, instead of, as now, requiring six days for loading, will, by the new staiths, take about as many hours ; an advantage which, when added to the superior value of the Lancashire coal as compared to New castle, will give to Liverpool a traffic the limits of which it is not easy to foresee. ACCIDENTS AT MESSRS. MACFIE'S SUGAR MILLS,— On Friday, two serious accidents occurred at Messrs. Macfie's sugar refinery, in Batchelor-street. James Cros tor, a labourer, while engaged in pulling the slates off a roof of a portion of the property, lost his balance and was precipitated headlong into the street. On examina tion it was discovered that his right thigh was fractured close to the hip joint. George Seymour, one of the workmen employed in the mill, was taking some sugar from the " dolly," when by some means it fell upon him, the unfortunate man sustaining a compound fracture of the right leg, which, it is feared, will render amputation necessary. Both were conveyed to the Northern Hos pital. HIGHLAND FETE.—On Tuesday and Wednesday, as announced in our last, a grand Highland fete took place at the Zoological Gardens. The gardens were well at tended, and a numerous body of Highlanders, arrayed in the costume of bonnie Scotland, made their appearance on the occasion, and engaged in their various exercises. The entertainments commenced with a four-handed reel, by J. F. Natman, Donald Macraw, J. Mackenzie, and Alex. Duff. This was followed by the game of " putting the stone," in which Menzies came in first, and Kennady second, the former throwing the ball 38} feet. In throw ing the hammer Cameron was the chief. Kennedy suc ceeded in first tossing the caber—this feat requiring great strength and skill. Racing succeeded, in which Kennedy was first in to the goal. The remaining sports were held in the hall, and were well received by the spectators. These consisted of the spirited Highland dancing and singing ; trials of skill on the violin and in sword exercises. CRICKET MATCH. —On Saturday last a match was played between the Edge-hill and Stanley clubs, and resulted in favour of the Edge-hill, in the first innings, with fourteen runs to spare. The following is the score : STANLEY. First innings. Second innings. D. Turner, b Greig 6 b Bell 0 F. Perrin, run out 0 1. b. w., b Greig.... 1 J. It. Greaves, b Greig 2c C. owes 4 H. Rimmer, run out 3 c M'Nicol 0 A. Gowthwaite, b Greig 2 b Martin l7 W. Peterswold, run out 1 b Bell 5 J. W. Penn, not out 1 c and b Martin.... 10 J. Rae, b Greig 0 b Bell 2 E. Smith, b Martin 0 not out 2 Jno. Kilk, b ditto 1 c Greig, b Martin.. 2 P. Coulter, c Coupland 2 c 111‘/Cicol, b Bell.. Byes, 4 Total, 18 EDGE-HILL. Charles Bell, b Rae 15 Godfrey Shaw, ditto ditto 0 T. Stolterfoht, b J. Penn 0 T. Benson, c Gowthwaite, b Rae 7 J. B. Greig, c Peterswold 16 H. Coupland, b Rea 0 A. Dentith, b J. W. Penn 1 J. C. Broad, not out 18 Geo. W. Martin, c F. Penn 14 E. Bowes, b Rae 0 P. WlCicol, c Greaves 2 Byes, 5, no balls, 6 ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE DUKE.—Mrs. Davies well-known in Liverpool as the lady who, at one period, was directress of the Blackburne-house School, made an application some time since to the Duke of Wellington, preferring her claim as the daughter of an officer who had served with his grace through the peninsular war, and requesting his " patronage" for a volume she was about to bring out. The answer has been handed to us, in order to show, in contrast with other late replies from the same quarter, that the duke can couch a refusal in courteous terms. The letter, dated " Strathfieldsaye" is as follows : " The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mrs. Davies. He by no means doubts that any publication from her would deserve any patronage. More than twenty-six years have elapsed since others suffered from the duke having incautiously what is called given his patronage to a work of which the title and pros pectus indicated nothing but what was proper. " The duke had but a choice of one of two things : either to examine every work before he should what is called patronise it, or decline to give what is called his patronage to any work whatever from that time forwards. The duke's various avoca tions, professional and other, induced him to adopt the latter course, as he really had not bare time for the efficient execu tion of that first mentioned. In the course of the period which has elapsed since that time the duke has bad hundreds, nay thousands of applications from persons of all classes and degrees; but he has not in any one instance departed from the course which he had laid down for the guide of his own conduct. " Those whom he had heretofore refused would have reason to complain of the duke, if, in confidence in Mrs. Davies, he was to depart from the course which he had adopted, and in adhering to which he has invariably persevered. " Mrs. Davies, &c." THE MAGICAL DANCING FIGURES.—AII who have a desire to spend an agreeable half hour cannot do better than visit Mr. Colles, at his apartments in Bold-street, as announced in our advertizing columns. Instead of the accounts we have heard and read of his wonders being exaggerated, they convey but a very feeble idea of their really astonishing and amusing character. As regards the figures, their dancing is unique : can any one imagine a thin pasteboard figure, placed upon the floor, dancing with a grace and elegance of motion, which many a ball-room beau would be happy, thrice happy, to emulate ; and all this without any apparent connection between them and the exhibitor. We are not surprised that Mr. Colles finds many willing to pay their money for a lesson in this amus ing art. The dissolving ball is likewise really wonderful ; a large solid ball dissolves, or seems to dissolve, into " thin air," and is instantly conveyed into a box, close under the spectator's eye ; and be it observed that the said spectator is allowed to open and shut the box him self. When tricks of this kind are generally shewn, it is in a large room, or theatre, and .by night, but Mr. Colles's hours of business (from eleven to four) are broad day light, and he is at all times within a yard or so of his visitors. His various tricks with cards are admirable, and many of them quite new ; indeed a more wonderful feat than that performed with the " changeable cards," on the telling any number of persons what card they think of — not draw—can scarcely be imagined. We are induced to disbelieve our own eyes. We have not now time or space to say more than assure our readers that at Mr. C.'s apart ments a rich treat awaits them ; and we feel assured that many will feel indebted to us for having directed their attention to these very clever and amusing novelties. THE WRECK OF THE ORION.—A communication in the Glasgow Daily Mail, dated Portpatrick, Saturday, 6th July, says—" The gale of Wednesday has not proved so disastrous to the wreck as was at first imagined. The divers ventured out on Thursday, their only essay last week, for the purpose of correctly ascertaining the extent of the damage which the ship had sustained. The swell continuing made the descent hazardous, and the thickness of the water had the effect of greatly defeating the end in view. There is reason to believe, however, that the vessel has not parted amidships. Over the engine-room the deck remains firm, but abaft it has been completely swept away. The paddle-boxes, deck-houses, and bulwarks have been very much strained. So also has the hull. On Friday three bodies were washed ashore, to the south of the port. The head of one of them, a child, apparently about eighteen months' old, was completely gone. The other bodies are supposed to be those of a Mr. Pritchard and a daughter of Dr. Nicol. To-day (Saturday) another body was recovered. Miss Adams was marked with India ink upon one of the arms. £4 sterling was found upon her person. Little or no luggage has been thrown on shore." The Glasgow Citizen says—" A rather curious circumstance in connection with the loss of the Orion has just come to our knowledge. It was for some time sup posed that the clown who had been engaged for Franconi's Circus was one of the parties who had at Liverpool em barked on board the ill-fated vessel ; and there being for some time nothing heard, it was natually concluded that he had perished. It has now been ascertained that the individual in question was not on board the vessel on the day she struck. He had made all the necessary arrange ments, and was on his way from London to join the Orion, when he discovered that some knave had picked his pocket of the money which was to pay for the expense of his journey to Glasgow, and he was, of course, necessitated to remain where he was. But for this occurrence he might have been, along with many others, numbered among the list of the drowned." DR. FISHER'S ACHROMATIC MICROSCOPE.—Dr. Fisher who recently visited Paris and London, not merely for pleasure, but also for literary and scientific purposes, has enriched his invaluable and extensive series of philosophi cal apparatus by the completion of a most splendid achromatic microscope, which opens a new world, and displays the most wonderful scenes of creative power, wisdom, and design. The microscope has eight eye pieces, and fifteen complete sets of magnificent object glasses, which form three times the number that gener ally accompany the most costly instruments. Here are united the very highest efforts of the most distinguished scientific men of the present day, all made expressly to order, and regardless of expense. The chromatic and spherical aberrations of these glasses are perfectly ba lanced, and brought to an amount of perfection that could scarcely ever have been anticipated. The high magni fying powers were ground and combined by the celebrated Ross, and the lower by Powell and Lealand, of London, each so much distinguished for these focal lengths. The intermediate achromatics are by the eminent Oberhauser, a well-known German, and others by Charles Chevalier, a Parisian, who, for perfection in the microscope, was lately honoured with the gold medal by the French Institute. The polariscope was made in Edinburgh, and the mechan ical department from the most approved models by Abra ham and Co., of this town. Dr. Fisher has in his pos session a great variety of living animalcules, which are truly astonishing. Many of these have a high degree of transparency, and, when subjected to the penetrating glance of this powerful instrument, the circulation of the blood, the pulsation of the heart, the play of every mus cular fibre, and, indeed, the whole of their unique and in ternal machinery are fully and clearly developed. Even the delicate phenomena of chemistry, when carefully ar ranged on the stage, can be distinctly seen in action, and become an endless and delightful source of instruction and amusement. The polarising properties of crystals are also exceedingly beautiful. These interesting phenomena are displayed with a brilliancy and richness of colours that are almost inconceivable. This elegant instrument, which is certainly a wonderful production, cost the proprietor not lees than 120 guineas. [A DVERTISEMEN .r- GA GAs.—An unequalled variety andeliers and Lustres for Gas, and also elegant La for the Table and Mantel piece, will be found at anufactory and Show-rooms of WILLIAM PE SMITH, 26 and, 28,.HANoven. MEET, OpPOSit e Tax-offioes. ft it I LI ORPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meet. ing of this board was held at the workhouse, on Wednes day, Mr. Roskell in the chair. A discussion took place on the proposition to be made by the Earl of Malmes bury to the Select Committ ee o f th e H ouse o f L or d s , (now sitting,) for reforming the law of parochial assess- Tent. Mr. Jeffries signified his approval of the proposi tion, but would n o t go i n t o any di scuss i on o f i ts d eta il s luntil he heard what objections might be brought against It. Mr. M`Nichol approved of the principle of the plan, but objected to many of the details, complaining that the collection of the rate-in-aid, which might be only ld. in the pound, would require a machinery as costly as the one now in existence. After a considerable discussion the following resolution was passed by a vote of twelve to twcr " That while this board cordially approves of the principle of the Eerl of Malmesbury's proposition, which affirms that all kinds of property, real or personal, should be rated to the poor, it refrains at present from expres sing any opinion as to the details of the " plan." SELECT VESTRY.—The usual' fortnightly meeting of the Vestry was held on Tuesday, Mr. Churchwarden Harbord in the chair. A long and exceedingly acrimonious discus sion took place on the collection of the rates upon cottage property, arising out of a proposal on the part of certain landlords to compound for the payment of a moiety of the rates due upon their property for the year 1849, as well as the present year, and which proposal the Finance Com mittee recommended the Vestry to accept. A deputation from the Houseowners' Guardian Society was then intro duced. The deputation complained that documents had been circulated amongst the cottage tenants to the effect that they should make an arrangement with the landlords binding them to pay all the rates. The Vestry disclaimed having sent any such document, and Mr. Earle admitted that he individually had caused it to be issued. After considerable discussion, it was arranged that the collection of the rates for 1849 be left with the Finance Committee, but that the rates upon cottage property for 1850 be left to the Cottage Rating Committee. A resolution for ex pending £lOO in procuring an additional supply of water to the Workhouse was agreed to. HEALTH COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The inspector of nuisances reported the cleansing of 1129 cesspools during the week, and the reference of 265 dilapidated places to the building surveyor for examination and repairs, and a variety of other statistical details, including a sanatory examination of 1049 cellars formerly cleared of inmates, and of 365 court houses in the lower parts of the town. Mr. Ferguson suggested that the amended Sanatory Bill, which was dropped this year, should receive the early attention of the committee, with the view of preparing it for introduction next session. Dr. Duncan reported that the deaths for the week ending Saturday last were 180, the same number as the previous week, but 31 fewer than during the corresponding week of 1849. From diseases of the lungs there were 51 deaths, from zvmotic diseases 41, 16 from bowel complaints, and one from delirium tremens. The infantile mortality was unusually great, there being 114 children out of the total number of deaths, and 60 of them below the age of twelve months. The mean temperature of the week was 581 deg., being 4 deg. below that of the previous year, Mr. Comenius Davies was unanimously appointed assistant-borough engineer at a salary of £3OO a year, in the place of Mr. Thomas Duncan, appointed water engineer. It was stated that, by this arrangement, a saving of £350 would be effected. The borough engineer suggested the propriety of erecting weighing machines in different parts of the borough. Scotland-place and Crown-place, he said, would be fa vourable sites. Referred to the Finance Committee. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The surveyor sub mitted his report on the general state of the dock works, and the expenditure in his department, for the year end ing the 24th of June last. It appears that the Welling ton Dock is opened for laying up vessels, and the Wel lington half-tide basin is nearly completed. The stank between the Sandon Basin and the new lock has been removed, and a lock has to be erected to make it com plete for the use of vessels. The locks for the dock to be appropriated to the American mail steamers are in a state of progress. The locks will be eighty feet wide, in order to admit the largest class of vessels. One pair of gates are already supplied, but three will be necessary to afford the required facilities for efficient working. The second pair of gates are in progress, and the third in the course of construction. The dock for the accommodation of the large steamers (to the south of the fort) is complete to the extent of three-fifths, and the lock entrances will be finished by next month. From the financial statement it appeared that the total expenditure on the new works during the last year was £294,397 17s. 5d.; repairs, £20,459 3s. 2d., making a total expenditure on all the works of £314.857 Os. 7d. Mr. Hartley submitted a plan for an alteration at the Sandon Graving Dock, relative to which a complaint had been made by the shipbuilders. Tile plan had been inspected by a deputation of the ship builders, who are to meet Mr. Hartley on the spot, and go into the details of the matter, after which a report will be presented to the committee. An application was read from the Trinity Board, requesting the Dock Committee to place a buoy on the bar at Southport, if it be within their limits. The committee declined to accede to the application, on the ground that it was not within their province to do so. 1 unless continued to Woodside slip •, and it must be ' ob vious to any member of the Council that the work would I,` • a very incomplete one if it did not so ext en d. He u 'd to move, beipt„, • •• 4. with the object of furthering the wi s h es o f t h e con ' 1114. for the improvement of the navi ga ti on o f the r i ver, this vators sel\ ~ c i, approves of a line of wall betwee n Bi r k en h ead and • s, - kft u lrry ort the lower line recommended by the conserve ptoernss,eitbe. Mon. being distinctly understood that, previous to any ex ing incurred by the Corporation in the construction 11 opposite to their property, the other owners of 4 : 4 Buch property a- 'r into a binding engagement to continue suc h enk ." nu to complete the construction thereof within wall lineably, a• reasonable t. 'me as the conservators may appoint." Re sucht be referred to the Finance Committee to sorted also, "That _ v resolution s and that in order to give carry eat the foregoin, , if so advise d, conservators, and to save the expense effect to the wishes of th, .i s e d , of litigatten, they be autho. t oners of her gotiations , with the Commies. 4 1fhts of the Cmai etsotle,ns t w er o i o n d t s o a n n e d - or raison to the Forests with reference to the i foreshore in Birkenhead, and to a iNst the dispute as to such Nioration, it being distinCtlY right between the Crown and the Cm , • Ne taken as without p re.. ' understood, and this resolution is to L If a satisfactory eons judice to the rights of the C or p ora ti on , promise cannot beeffected." Mr. HORSFALL seconded the motion. ' stated that the In reply to a question, M r . H ORNBY b rental to be derived from ground to be reek` the imed by first line, at four per cent., would be £2,087 ; and by the second line the rentai r at the s ame ra t e o f i n tere.4, would be £1,904 14s. 10d. Mr. TOBIN did not suppose that the Council was h' P,' to be pledged to any such scheme, and he thought it ought to be deferred until the committee had reported on tiie shipbuilding trade. He contended that this scheme was founded on the principle that the land would let for ship building purposes, and he urged delay until the Shipbuild ing Committee had reported. He moved that the con sideration of the subject be postponed to the next monthly meeting of the Council. Mr. DOVER seconded the motion, and deprecated the removal of the shipbuilding trade from Liverpool. A very long discussion followed, a general wish being expressed throughout for delay, which , was assented to by Mr. Hornby ; and, after a series of amendments, it was agreed to adjourn for a fortnight, to allow time for the consideration of the subject. The Council was about adjourning, when Mr. MANN proposed that an address of condolence be presented to her Majesty and the Duchess of Cambridge on the occasion of the death of his 'Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge; but, as the meeting was a special one, the subject could not be entertained, and it was allowed to lieover until the next monthly Council. The proceedings then terminated. Rgrtruitural anb Illortirulture COLUMN. The extraordinary success which has attended the scheme of the Royal Botanic Society, the formation of an Exhibition Garden for American plants, is well worthy the attention of many of our townsmen, to whom a simi. lar speculation would be a certain source of profit. The facilities for an undertaking of this kind, upon a grand scale, are greater than many would suppose. In the first place, the culture of this tribe of plants is carried on to a great extent by our nurserymen, and would be much increased by any encouragement of the kind, while the patronage of the public would be certain, because once seen, an exhibition of this kind is so gorgeous and irre sistibly attractive, that no person would like to omit see ing it, and the great influx of visitors in the spring of the year, the season when the show would be most brilliant, would prove the source of an immense profit. The climate here is particularly suitable, with a little shelter in very severe seasons, and the most fitting soil may be had with a facility unknown in most large towns. The way in which it would be necessary to carry out a scheme of this kind would be, first, to find out some fit ting spot. There are several which would suit if permis sion could be granted : for instance, the reserved part of Prince's-park or of Birkenhead-park, the Zoological Gardens, or the beautiful grounds of Eastham Ferry Hotel. To either of the latter places the speculation would be invaluable. The Botanic Garden is too limited for its present purposes, or we should have named it as the most fitting place. Whatever place might be selected, it would be necessary to have about half a statute acre laid out in parterres, filled with a good depth of peat soil, in which to plunge the ornamental plants ; the whole to be covered with a frame-work, easily removed, and a canvas covering to the whole. A capital suggestion was made by a writer in that excellent publication the Gar dener's Magazine of Botany, dre., to have the pillars stationary, and covered with roses and other ornamental climbers. This could be very easily managed, and would much increase the effect. When complete, certain por tions of the garden should be allotted to the various nur serymen, who would gladly avail themselves of this opportunity of exhibiting their plants, and receiving orders from purchasers. The scheme might be carried out much further, and, if capital was available, a conservatory might be added, laid out in a similar way, for heaths and the beautiful hard wooded Australian plants. A stove aquarium might also form a part of the exhibition, in which the glorious Vic toria regia, the Euryale ferox, Nelumbium speciosum, and various Nympheas, &c., might be grown ; and we will venture to say that, at a mere nominal expense, the most attractive and profitable exhibition ever shown in the tows► might be made, and would be conducive to the interests of the nurserymen as well as the proprietors. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. On Wednesday a special meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town-hall. John Holmes, Esq., mayor, in the chair, to determine on the construc tion of the river-wall in front of the corporate land be tween Monks' Ferry and Birkenhead Slip, upon the lower line recommended by the Lords Conservators of the Mersey. Before the usual business of the meeting commenced, the MAYOR inquired whether any gentlemen had any thing to propose relative to the death of Sir Robert Peel? Mr. TURNER said there was no precedent for such a course. Mr. HORNBY agreed with Mr. Turner and the subject dropped. ERECTION OF SEA-WALLS. The resolution of the Finance Committee and the re port of Mr. Weightman, the surveyor, having been read, Mr. HoFtsnv said before he moved any resolution on this subject, he might be expected to enter into some ex planation to [the Council of the reasons which had in duced the Finance Committee to bring this subject in its present form before them; in short, the reasons which induced the Finance Committee to bring a more extended scheme for the improvement of the corporation property than that which had already received the sanction of the Council. Subsequently to the confirmation of the lease to Mr. Wilson, they were informed that the other pro prietors of land fronting the river, extending from Mr. Wilson's land to Woodside Slip, were willing to construct a river-wall in front, on the outer line recommended by conservators, provided the Council would undertake to do the same in front of the corporation property. Now it was obvious that this information would naturally modify the views of the Finance Committee with reference to the whole question, because one principal objection to the adoption of the outer line of wall was the very great ex pense of constructing the return wall at the outer line of the corporate property, and this objection was, by this undertaking on their part, entirely removed. But, at the same time the committee was given to understand that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests would, in the event of the outer line being adopted, be content to waive the claim of the right of the Crown to the foreshore for a nominal or very small consideration, and thus render unnecessary legal proceedings for the purpose of deter mining whether this right was really vested in the Crown, or, as they (the Finance Committee) maintained, was vested in the owners of the property opposite the river. The committee thought this a very important point; be cause, although he was persuaded himself that a favour able decision would eventually be obtained for the Corpo ration; and although the suit being conducted in a friendly manner, it would be the object of both parties to avoid any unnecessary delay and expense; yet he thought they were all of them quite sufficiently acquainted with the nature of chancery proceedings to know that, even under the most favourable circumstances, they were usually attended with a considerable loss both of time and money. (Hear.) In addition to these reasons, the Finance Committee found, on inquiry, that there was very little prospect of adequate accommodation being found on this side of the river for the ship-building trade ; at all events. at anything like a reasonable rent; and therefore it became most desirable that they should increase, as much as possible, the means on the other side of the water, to enable them to deve lope, or assist in the development of, this important branch of the industry of the town. (Hear, bear.) These were the circumstances which induced the Finance Committee to again bring this subject before the Council ; and he (Mr. Hornby) trusted that they would be consi dered by the Council sufficient to justify the Committee against any charge of vacillation or inconsistency ; par ticularly when it was borne in mind that both in the former instance, when the Council was called upon to grant a lease to Mr. Wilson, and on the present occasion, the position in which they stood, and in which Mr. Wilson was placed, rendered it absolutely necessary they should come to a prompt decision, one way or the other. (Hear.) The report of the surveyor was so clear and so minute, both on the cost and on reference to the two dif ferent plans ; that recommended by himself and that supported by the conservators of the river, that he would merely advert to the general result. If the plan previ ously recommended by the surveyor as determined upon, the Council would acquire, including the property between Alonks'-ferry and Woodside, an increase of 23,834 square yards, at a cost of £13,647, or about lls. 6d. per sqnare yard. But in this case the dispute with the Crown would still remain undecided, and they would adopt a line which was very much objected to by the others owners of property in front of the river. He had been assured by the proprietors of the Monks'-ferry, who were the directors of the railway, that they would oppose any such line, so far as they had the power of doing so, because they considered it would be extremely injurious to their property. On the other hand, if they adopted the outer line recommended by the conservators of the river, they would be involved in a much larger outlay, and that line would be attended with proportionately a less remunerative return to the Corporation. The land acquired by this line would be 58,489 square yards, and ata cost of £43,558, or 15s. per square yard. But in this case they should have the cordial concurrence of all the other frontagers ; they should terminate the dispute with the Crown—(hear);—they should also make a com plete and final improvement, instead of a partial and incomplete one; and they should provide the Council with the means of giving the fullest development to the shipbuilding trade, provided such should be required. There was also another consideration which he thought of considerable importance. The outer line was consi dered by the conservators as one which. would materially improve the navigation of the river. (Hear, "hear.) For these reasons he certainly should reeomme nd that this. line be adopted. It would be observed that he (Mr- Hornby) had spoken of the scheme es if it exteuted to . Woodside, because he had ascertaineil, since that the other frontagers would not concur I an y other scheme NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. The following list of new French Chrysanthemums is abridged from the Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, ke. • Jenny Castan Light' nose. Remus Crimson. Belisaire Golden yellow. La Fortune Golden yellow. Belle Poule Lilac. Quasimodo White and purple. Virginie Snowy white. Small Flowered Varieties : Omnium Minima Rose colour; very curious and globose. Daphnis Deep violet. Le Feu Fond Crimson. Mignonette. Lilac. Le Pygm6e Yellowish. Cora Silvery white. Picciolina Rosy white. Cupidon Light crimson. Miguardise. Light lilac; very small. Venusta Deep lilac. Nini . Crimson ; small. La Ruche Clear lilac. Pomponette Light lilac. Myrtille Yellow. These small varieties were originated from a small variety called the Chusan Daisy, sent from China by Mr. Fortune. MISCEILANEA. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.—The object of greatest attraction here at present is the Victoria Regia, which has been in flower for more than a fortnight past, and it promises to keep on blooming for some time yet to come. When we saw it, about six o'clock on Monday last, one blossom bud was just beginning to open, and there was another beside it in a less forward condition. A low span roofed stove, stated to have been formerly an Orchid house, has been converted into a tropical aquarium, for the accommodation of the Victoria, and some other stove aquatics. The centre of a large square slate tank is oc cupied by this splendid inhabitant of the waters ; and round the sides and ends are red, blue, and white Water- Lilies, Euryale ferox, the slender Grass-like Vallisneria spiralis, and examples in flower of that beautiful water plant of the East Indies, Nelumbium speciosum. The leaves of the Victoria are small, the largest measuring only about 31 feet in diameter, and they all want the finely turned-up rim, and healthy rich green colour of the magnificent foliage of the plants at Syon or Chats worth. The tank in which it grows is supplied, we be lieve, with Thames water, which keeps flowing continu ously into it from a small pipe near its side, and passing off by a waste pipe in another quarter. Before the Thames was led on the plant did not thrive, and its not blossoming sooner here than it has done is attributed, in the " Guide to the Gardens," to the water in which it was at first placed being unsuitable for its healthy deve -I,,pment. One of the Coccolobas (C. macrophylla) is in flower in the large palm-stove, and is really very hand some. The spike of flowers is upwards of 2 feet in length, bright crimson, and, when looked at against the massive foliage of the rich tropical vegetation which the house everywhere contains, has a striking effect. The height of the plant and flower-spike together could not be less than from 10 to 12 feet.—Gardeners' chronicle. Water for Irrigation.—Professor Way remarked that, for the purpose of irrigating, he thought that water should be hard, and not soft as for other purposes : that it should contain the sulphates and carbonates of potash, soda, and magnesia, including organic matter, as all these were substances that would be taken up and retained by the land. If this view of the subject were the correct one, it would follow that the water in granite districts would, from its softer nature, not be so useful in irrigation as that in other districts where lime and other earthy sub stances were dissolved by the water passing through them. On a former occasion Sir John Johnstone had named to the council the failure of some irrigation of his from the supposed circumstance of the absence of earthy and mi neral matter in the water, from the water being in fact too pure far the purpose. Sir John Johnstone being ap pealed to, replied, that, in the water to which Professor Way had alluded, there was no trace of lime whatever. The irrigarion had been laid out by the late Dr. W. Smith on a thin moorland sandstone rock ; there was no lime whatever. Professor Way then proceeded to say, that, in Derbyshire, and at Bala Lake, in Wales, the water was exceedingly soft and pure, but considered as unfit for irri gation. He felt no doubt that irrigation would become much more general than it had been ; and the subject was more interesting at the present time on account of the society's ensuing country meeting being about to be held in Devonshire, where irrigating operations had been so successfully carried out. He should, on that occasion, select specimens of the different waters, under different circumstances, for the purpose of analysis, in order that he might report, as requested by the chemical committee of the society, the result of his inquiries on that inter esting branch of his researches. It had been found, by ascertaining from, analysis the nutriment required by the hop-plant, that only those soils that contained phosphate of lime and potash, would be suitable for the cultivation of that plant; namely, such soils as those on the green sandstone of Sussex, Kent, and Surrey ; and that what theory had thus prescribed as the condition, practice had actually proved to be the most advantageous in fact, the cultivation of hops havin g been most successfully carried out on the soils in question. He thought it would also be found, analogically, that successful irrigation would probably be found to b e con fi n ed to certain districts; namely, to the lim es t one p r i nc ipally. Re thought it might be a question how far the influence of that opera tion was due to the temperature of the water, or its che mical composition, or to both ; he himself considered the eheminal nature of th e wa t er t o be the most essential ; at the same time, he was free to confess that we had all to learn upon that subje c t, a nd he trusted that an inspection of the Devonshire mea d ow s w ould lead to further inch ries-on the important questions connected With thasub. ject.—Professor Way's Lecture on Water to the Royal Agricultural _Society. Rhododendrons.—lt is stated by Messrs. Stittltiisil‘nd Noble, in your paper of the 15th ultimo, that "hi the Himalaya Mountains the Rhododendron is invariably found growing near or on the margins of morasses." As this is put forth with a view of giving hints for the suc cessful cultivation of Rhododendron arboreum, I think it worth while to mention that I have seen many thousand • tree-Rhododendrons in the Himalayas, and I never saw one near a morass. In fact morasses are very rare in the Himalayas, and over many miles of country thickly studded with Rhododendrons there is not such a thing as a drop of water to be found. Rhododendron arboreum grows on the Himalayas in disintegrated granite, mica slate, and gneiss, without anything approaching to peat. Rhododendron nilagiricum, a species first indicated by Zenker, and one I believe generally considered distinct arboreum, does in the Neelgherries grow in a thin stra tum of peat. which, however, is frequently not more than six or eight inches in depth, and consequently the roots ?mai soon pass through it into the soil below. The finest mass of Rhododendron arboreum I ever saw was within 500 feet of the top of Dodotolia, a hill 10,000 feet high, in 'Comae?), between Almorah and Sireenugger, on the Bhartgerottie river, growing in company with Quercus Kamroopii, and just above the Deodar. Here every pos sible variety of colour capable of being produced by a mixture of crimson and white was to be found amongst the Rhododendrons ; the whole side of the hill was one blaze of colour. A thi r st- e x c iti ng ascen t, in the middle of the day, 23d April, made me search eagerly for water, which I could only find in the shape of some unmelted snow on the north side of the hill in a shady nook, till I descended at least 500) feet to the stream in the valley below—William Munn, Captain, Belfast, June 27. LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL. SOCIETY• July Meeting.—Mr. Thomas, - gardener toCharles Wilson, Esq.., of Allerton, read a, paper upon the general management of peach. trees, especially with reference to a curious custom► he had observed in some places of strip ping them entirely of their leaves by means of birch brooms. The paper was well received by the Society, and showed the intimate knowledge the writer had of the subject. The general feeling was, of course, opposed to the barbarism of the birch broom. A long conversation ensued upon the management of fruit trees generally. The next meeting of the Society is on the second Monday in August. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEER. Stove, Conservatory, acc.—We again call the attention. of our readers to the necessity of looking well after the plants intended for winter decoration ; the careful man agement of these plants, at a time when they are not wanted, is too often neglected, and leads to much disap pointment in the dull season when every flower is valu able. This should particularly apply to conservatory plants,—as chrysanthamums, of which the new French varieties are greatly in favour, Chinese primulas, camel lias. &c. Flower Garden.—Take up and stove tulips and ranun culuses. Sow perennials, if not already done,—those which are up and sufficiently advanced should be trans planted upon the first favourable opportunity. Kitchen Garden.—Turnips for succession and early York cabbage for winter greens may be sown. The earlier sown cabbages, of various kinds, should be got out as ground becomes vacant. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Rhodophila.—ln answer to yourquestionre;;ecting the tendency of some roses to form green centres, we can only draw any satisfactory conclusion from analogy; and so jugging, our inference would be that there was too much stimulus at the roots, either from over-manuring or a wet season. The latter cannot ha the case this season, and in your sandy soil ; we th , refor .! suppose the cause to be over-manuring. it is vei y probable root-pruning would be an advantage to those sorts which constantly shew this disagreeable tendency. J. N.—The charge you persist in cannot be believed as long as your name is withheld. THE NEW PACKET-SHIP TRIMOUNTAIN. if evidence were needed to corroborate the fact of the rapidity with which our western friends are increasing their mercantile marine, it is instanced in the building of this magnificent craft. It was not until the close of De cember that her keel was laid, and yet, though by cubic measurement she is longer than any ship hitherto built at Boston, she was launched on the 12th of April, and has now completed her first passage, without even taking in her royals, in 19 days. The Trimountain is by English measurement 1,200, and by American 1,330 tons register. She is a three-decker, and has been constructed for the passenger trade, for which we deem her highly suitable. The height between the upper and main deck and between the latter and the lower deck are unusually ample, and both decks running uninterruptedly fore and aft, a continuous current of air is carried through her. On the upper deck there is a good topgallant forcecastle, beneath which are permanent conveniences for the pas sengers. The crew are provided for in a house on deck, abaft which are the gallies, for cabin and steerage passen gers. The cabin, which is decorated beautifully in paint ing of mahogany, divided by white pillasters, and relieved with gold mouldings, is but small, a more than ordinary space having been given to the state rooms. It is situate under the half poop deck, and forward of it is a house forming an entrance, as well as another cabin, the state rooms round which are very roomy. They are devoted to the officers. The Trimountain is extremely sharp forward, and clean in the run, but as she has a depth from the upper deck of 39 feet, she has a good hold of the water. The bow is ornamented with carved work and a billet head, and her stern displays an Indian in her hupting attire, with all the accompaniments of the chase, tastefully set off with scroll work. Broadside on she looks well ; her sheer is truly graduated, and the swell or rounding of her sides is regular and well formed. Her length of keel is 196 feet, on deck 1751, and her beam is 38 feet. In point of strength the Trimountain is all that can be desired ; and to her intel ligent first officer, Mr. Edwards, we are indebted for the particulars of her build. Her frame and most of her heavy scantling are of white oak, and her deck frames of hard pine. She has three decks. The main one is 7 feet 8 inches high, and that below 7 feet 7 inches, and both are bound together amidships by neatly turned oak stanchions of 8 inches dia meter, with iron rods through their centres,whichareset up with nuts and screws. The main deck is entirely clear, ex cept the drop of the cabin floor,and well adapted for the ac commodations of passengers, having plate glass air-ports, and all the usual means of ventilation. Amidships there is a large square port, suitable for passing cargo through. Her whole arrangements have been made with the strictest regard to the strength of the vessel, at the same time that the comfort of the passengers has on all occasions been looked to. She has all the most approved means of ventilation, such as ventilators between her bulwark stanchions, air-ports in the between decks, and numerous hatchways. The Trimountain is neatly and proportion ably sparred, and sits most beautifully on the water. She was built at Medford by Mr. T. J. Foster, and is placed under the able command of Capt. Thos. M. Rea, who may be justly proud of so noble a specimen of nautical architecture. The Trimountain is consigned to Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. POLICE YESTERDAY. AN IMPOSTER. A man named Robert Price, was brought up, charged as a mendicant. It appears the fellow is well known to the police as a street impostor; his practice being to feign •` fits," and appearances calcu lated to lead the unwary to believe that he is in extremis. He was detected on Saturday, practisin g his deception, and taken by a police-officer to the St. Ann's Dispensary, where he was pronounced to be an impostor. Mr. Rushton committed him to prison for a month. A REFRACTORY PAUPER.—AIice Reynolds, a young girl of demure appearance, was charged by an official of the Workhouse, with having refused to work on the " mill," and tearing her clothes, the property of the parish. She was committed to prison for 21 days. STEALING FROM THE DOCKS.—Thomas Curtillamy, an old offender, was committed for three months, for having stolen four bundles of cinnamon from a case on the west side of Queen's dock, on Friday last. SHOPLIFTING.—On Saturday evening last, an Irish woman, named Ann Grady. went into the shop of Mr. Thos. Fell, tailor and outfitter, Paradise-street. The woman asked for a waistcoat, but immediately afterwards left the shop. Her manner was such as to create suspi cion, and Mr. Fell ran after her and brought her back, when it was discovered that she had stolen four waist coats ; on the way to Bridewell the woman dropped a parcel containing a pair of silk handkerchiefs, stolen from some other shop. She was duly committed for trial by Mr. Rushton. GOING INTO THE LION'S DEN.—A desperate fellow, named Robert Gardner, whom Mr. Parkinson, the keeper of the main bridewell described as having been fifteen times committed and five times more in custody, twice transported and as many times escaped, was charged with picking pockets. Between six and seven o'clock on Saturday evening, Blasketh, one of the under-keepers of the main bridewell, as he was walking along Marybone, felt a hand in his coat pocket; he turned round, and captured the prisoner, whom he handed over to the cus tody of another officer. When taken, the fellow observed that he should not have made the attempt had he seen " his buttons." He was not sharp enough to discover that he was attempting to rob a peace officer. On his way to bridewell, he offered the complainant a sovereign to compromise the charge. He was committed for trial. SERIOUS OCCURRENCE IN CHADWICK STREET. During the proceedings the court became much crowded by persons anxious to hear the particulars of a case of a very serious character. The time having arrived for the hearing of the case, Inspector Johnson stepped into the witness box, and made a long statement, from which it appeared that three persons had been wounded on Saturday night from having received the contents of some fire-arm, discharged from the house of a man named Henry Wright, who then stood in the dock to undergo an examination as to his guilt or innocence of the act. Wright is the landlord or proprietor of a beer-house in Chadwick-street, and is known to hold political opinions opposed to those of the Roman Catholic population of Ireland. The evidence of Johnson was to the following effect :—That he was on duty in Great How ard-street on Friday evening, and in the execution of his duty passed down Chadwick -street, at about a quarter be fore nine o'clock ; at that time the street was perfectly quiet, and he passed to the end of Great Howard-street, returning again to. Chadwick-street, where he found a mob of nearly two hundred persons ; these were " Ribbon men," and were•conducting themselves in a riotous man ner, threatening to break open Wright's house. The inspector dispersed them, and cautioned them as to the consequences of attacking any man's house, and shewing that they were not justified in assailing the house or in juring the occupants, on the ground of a difference in political opinion between such occupants and the persons rigtoht informedattack is he was appealing to. He left tw o p o li ce - o ffi cers i n the to uard Wright's premises . street with instruettoa., night meted over without the ofturrince i - j f !Inv serious outrage, and on S aturday (th e f o ll ow i ng ) night, inspeetoi him Johnson again understood v si e there etrhee was street,a p c conspira c y rWa y house during the night, and if he were not protected he shotild employ fire arms in his defence. The Inspector took immediate steps for preventing any breach of the peace by placing two officers before the house, whom lie charged to keep a good look out, and to give an alarm id case of an attack, when he would return with assistance. Subsequently two additional officers were added to the guard, and the i ns p ec t or wen t t o ano th er par t o f his beat. On his return to Chadwick-street, after a lapse of about fifteen minutes, he ascertained that two or three shots had been fired from Wright's house. and upon subsequent inquiry he went to the Northern Hospital, where he saw a boy from whose knee two slugs had been extracted. Another person was lying in the hospital, who had been injured in the legs. He was passing at the time of the transaction, and had had no part whatever in the disturb. ance. Mr. Superintendent Townson produced a blunderbuss anda horse pistol which had been fired, taken out of Wright's house, and with him brought to the Rose-hill station. Mr. Townson drew a charge from each of these projectiles ; they were loaded to the muzzle with slugs and shot. Police Constable No. 635, one of the two officers placed to watch Wright's h ouse on S atur d ay even i ng, stated that he, with police-constabl e N o . 40 , were on d aty b efore the prisoner's house about ten o'clock on Saturday night ; a great number of persons bad assembled before the door; they were 4 • heaving" bricks and stones through the win dows of Wright's house ' they completely set hialand his comrade at defiance, and succeeded in driving them from their position. As they were retiring a cry of " Look out police," or something to that effect, arose, and immedi ately afterwards witness heard a shot fired ; he and his brother officer ran back in the direction of the house, when another shot was discharged from an upper room window. In reply to questions from Mr. Rushton, the o ffi cers stated that they were unable to state wheth er the premo nitory cry came from the house or the mob. In proof of the violent character of the assemblage it was stated that out of twenty panes in the windows nineteen were smashed by missiles, This witness also stated, that when he got back to the house the prisoner Wright was standing at his door ; the time which elapsed between the report from the window and witness observing Wright at his door was not in his (witness's) opinion, sufficient to have admitted of a person descending and taking up his position where the prisoner was observed when the officer returned in consequence of hearing the discharge of fire-arms. Police Constable No. 40 stated that he met the two officers before alluded to coming from Chadwick-street, on Saturday night, and understanding they were in want of assistance returned with them to Wright's house. He heard a report as of a pistol, and immediately afterwards a second report, simultaneously with which he perceived a light flash from an upper window in Wright's house. When he and his comrades arrived at the spot, Wright was standing at his door. The concurrent testimony of all the police-officers went to establish the fact of the outrageous conduct of the assailants, which, apparently, was without provocation, as no party colours were displayed from Wright's windows, or any other demonstration of a party description ; there was no association held at the house, nor any party in the house in connexion with a political club. The only cause that could be assigned for such dastardly conduct was, the fact of Wright having joined in the procession on Friday, inferred from the circumstance of his alighting from a coach at his own door on the evening of that day. Mr. ASPINALL. the barrister, who appeared profes sionally for the prisoner, put a few questions to the wit nesses ; after which, John Byrnes was called. This witness was described as the most violent of the mob ; he is known to the police also from the circumstance of having been twice in cus tody on charges of smuggling tobacco. He is a person about middle age, and, having but one eye, does not possess the most prepossessing appearance. In reply to Mr. Rushton, he said he was employed about the docks. He was called by a man named Sangster, whose son is lying in the Northern Hospital, suffering from the effects of wounds inflicted from the cause above stated. Sang ster asserted that he could produce a witness who would swear that Wright was the person who fired the charge which had resulted so seriously. This witness stated that, at the time of the occurrence of the catastrophe, he was standing at the entrance of the court in which he resides, and which is divided from Wright's house only by the width of the street. He positively swore that the shot was fired by Wright from the window of the upper middle room ; he further swore that he had seen Wright in the room during the ten minutes preceding the firing of the shot. Mary Delany deposed to the following effect :—She was walking along Chadwick-street, in company with the boy Sangster, between ten and eleven o'clock on Saturday night, when she heard the shot fired, and saw the boy re ceive part of the contents of the charge in his knee. Mr. Evans, one of the surgeons of the Northern Hos pital, stated that he had extracted two slugs from the boy's knee. He described the wound as a lacerated one, and considered it dangerous. He had also examined wounds on both legs of a gentleman of the name of Alexander Moss, which wounds were received in the same manner as the boy Sangster. Nor was this the least of the mischief ; the same shot had hit a lad named Patrick Moon on the arm. This lad, like the two preceding vic tims, appears to have been an innocent sufferer. .His evidence went to show he was passing at the time of the occurrence. As an evidence of the bitter animosity of the " Ribandmen," Mr. Evans observed that a man had been brought into the Hospital on Sunday with a scalp wound, which had been inflicted on him by some of these blood-thirsty wrett hes hecause he was seen speaking to an Orangeman. Mr. Rustmrs regretted that they had not been able to induce these associations to discontinue walking in public procession, for the law which empowered the magistracy to put down such public demonstrations was confined to Ire land; it was not in operation in this town although the town contained a larger Irish population than any town in Ireland, with the exception of two or three. He charac terised the attack on Wright's house as most unjustifiable yet he could not sanction the rash use pf firearms. Mr. Aspinall pointed to the direct evidence of the police-offi cer, which went to show that Wright could not have fired the shots ; he contrasted that evidence with the deposition of Byrr.e, the only witness on whoae evidence a conviction could be secured. The magistrate was inclined to the belief that Byrne was in error, but he could not resist evidence of so positive and direct a character as that which had been given by this man. He should, therefore, remand the prisoner for a week,—the time stated by the surgeon as likely to place Mr. Moss out of danger; the boy Sangster might be confined for a month. An application from Mr. Aspinall for bail was refused, as was a subsequent one from the same gentleman that the committal should take place at once. At an earlier period in the morning, the mother of the boy Sangster was placed in the dock charged by Mrs. Wright, with breaking Windows. In her defence, the prisoner, an Irishwoman, stated that complainant's hus band had shot her son. She was required to pay the amount of the damage, or be committed for one month. LINES ON THE DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL By the Author of " Ruins of Many Lands." (For the Liverpool Standard.) Who are the great of earth ? Not they who draw the red aggressive sword, And leave upon the world their trail of gore, Who to their fellow-men no love accord, Still casting down what others rais'd before ; More might is theirs than worth. Who are the great ? declare— Not they who at the shrine of Mammon bend, And dedicate their energies and years To gathering sordid gold—their being's end, The source of all their joys, their hopes and fears ; No lofty deed they dare. The great are they who consecrate their powers, Their life, their all, unto their country's weal ; Who, though they err as mortals, scatter flowers Of good around, all honest in their zeal ; These are the great of earth And thou wert great, whcse soul—earth's passing guest— Hath just with time dissolved the mortal tie, And launched into th' abyss such fears invest, As the fledged eaglet from the mountain's crest First plunges on the sky ! And yet we doubt, and scarcely deem those lips, Late pouring eloquence, are ever still, No more the listener's soul to fire and thrill, That Wisdom's eye bath closed in dim eclipse. Oh 1 Death what hest thou done ? Could not thy dart an humbler quarry find Than one—a Nation's hope—of giant mind ? Thou say'st, " his sands were run ; " The mightiest fall beneath my equal stroke, " 1 blight the flower, and crush the mountain oak." The bell is tolling on the summer air, The statesman's dust the mourners ab wl - bear, And sighs are breathed above the honoured bier Of him each Briton held in life so deft% Rest I noble Statesman ! rest ! Thy great renown from age to age shall ring, Wisdom her halo o'er thy memory fling ; But more—thy name for manly honest worth, For virtuous deeds, shall brightly shine on earth. Be treasured and be blest. Oh ! if 'twill soothe a parted soul to know What sad regrets are breath'd for him below, Thou wilt be happy : Through this teeming land There beats one heart, there seems one mourning band ; The hard browed peasant bending o'er the soil, The pale mechanic at his nightly toil, Repeat the name no " party" e'er could bate, Tell all they can of thee, and mourn thy fate. From them the sympathetici chord ascends, And but with one—the Nation's Sovereign—ends. Oh ! brighter than that gem from Eastern lands, The " Koh-i.noor,"* now placed into her hands, Telling how deep tor worth her soul can feel, Is the pure heart-wrung tear she sheds for Peel. *Koh-i-noor, or the " Mountain of light." The following is a good phrase, descriptive of an ener. g ic ir character was racte h r o e z bu t " Cromwell SCIENTIFIC LAMPLIGHTING. — A rapid and scientific mode of lighting and extinguishing p ub lic gasburners has tcoamade i h d o l t d b n y o s t i w ri al i t n t g o . the strike until been invented by a person named Villatte. The opening of the burner of each lamp is covered with a piece of soft iron, mounted upon a hinge. In connection with this is a wire extending from a galvanic battery the entire length of the service of the gaslamps, and close to the orifice of each burner is a small slip of platina. The soft iron, be coming a magnet when acted upon by the electric fly* k `',V, opens or closes the orifice according to the motion ,w parted to it; the platina ignites when it is necessary NEI light the lamps, and thus every l amp i n a l arge t o wn Ifta be lighted simultaneously, or extinguished in the , • qt way, by a different action on th e magnetised iron. — • '• ••• At" Correspondent of the ninth ----- it fre r , 4_,