The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-30 00:00:00

QUEEN'S VISIT since our last publication many arrangements, not then matured, have been officially announced both in Council and the Dock Committee. These will be found detailed below, The Queen, on her progress southward to Liverpool, is coming, not on the East Lancashire Railway, as was sup posed, but on the London and Northwestern line. Last week the Earl of Derby gave notice to his tenantry that her Majesty, on her way to this town. would leave the train at Rainhill. and enter Knowsley-park at the Eccleston gate ; that she would then pass on through the grounds, and see the aviary, which will be kept in its present state, notwithstanding that the sale will commence two days previously, till after the royal visit. The tenantry and others belonging to the estate were to be entertained at a railway mitt' ties puniic dinner. ~ince rnen . , represented toiler Majesty that, as they were making alte rations at Rainhill, they would recommend that she should alight at Edgehill, or come into the Lime-street station, prior to proceeding to Croxtet h, Her liajesty,it appears, however, is particularly anxious to alight at Rainhill, as she wants to pass through ! Knowsley-park ; and the rail- way directors s with her t 1, donbt 1 make arrangementsaccordant The Queen and the royal party, it is be joined at the Parkside junction by gmere, who, with the Earl of Derby ess, are to be the guests of Lord Sefton that Lord and Lady Ell( and his count 3keepers of Bold 'treet have formed them- selves into a committee for the purpose of makingar- rangements loyalty Ward i bours, in sent Of the bBn~3( and will tak ing to Pr to pros friends and they Knowle! e scale, expressive of their n erecting triumphal r poor neigh- s been , the Lord M al, for the purr accessibl The f bn don c number tc tickets ar be left J no dot e the Dock Cou to meet a will reQuir enrolled t the Queer the La the per )n that s ler the Queen or the alluded to in the We have recei a:n the I e thus accom li to the s at Woodside and aii to the distri. councillor The members for each ward are the ticket the ward as there erwise disc Tickets. f Tickets s of the Dock Committee On board the royal yacht, and icipal gentlemen in town have 11 be dismissed from Dowling to ill be va after her I and S g-stage arrangements of I " Pro Bon o St. George's- Itreet, are pre ty will sit whilst rich her NNest ted ; and also tl e chairs of state Publico the pub now bei Our fr Liver; inn the occ the si Anot THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1851. GRAND BALL IN THE EVENING The Ball Sub-Committee proposed that each member of the Council should have six tickets, that twenty-four should be placed at the disposal of the Mayor, and the remainder issued at the discretion of the Ball Committee. Mr. HORNBY, chairman of the Ball Sub-Committee, moved the adoption of the report, although he thought the number of the tickets placed at the disposal of his worship too few. He stated that there was one portion of the proceedings which was not on the paper, having only been arrived at that day. An offer had been made by the Exchange Committee, placing at the disposal of the Coun cil 2000 tickets to the Exchange area. The space was calculated to accommodate 11,000 persons, and it had ultimately been arranged that the Council should have the disposal of one-half of these tickets, leaving the other half in the hands of the proprietors. The Council could not of course exercise any control over the offices surrounding the area, and therefore it had been arranged that tickets of admission to these offices should be of another colour. —Agreed to. The Exchange Sub-Committee stated that they had pleasure in being enabled to place at the disposal of the ball in the evening, and, if this should be found inadequate for the purpose, there would be no obstacle to obtaining the Underwriters'-room for that purpose. _ _ as to the way of distributing the tickets to the ball. It was, however, ultimately resolved, on the motion of Mr. J. B. LLOYD, tl.at ten tickets should be sent to each member of the Council ; that 250 tickets should be placed at the disposal of the Mayor ; that each member of the Dock Committee, not members of the Council, also have Armen anc the respective .end in the names of such persons as he nun ranted to be in proportion to the constituencies of the mendmcnt to the effect tt jai committee.-Mr. Lloyc 38 to 8 that the ball be dispensed • with altogether s a dinner of he •bs upon a house- contentions .d the amendment dissatisfaction tha It the disposal of the invita y in the hands of a spe amendment was carried by "Bet top than a '—(Laughter.)--Mr. The ball, he thought ailed ox with thesi HORNBY seco would give mor quate pleasure in return, Besides, it was rot connected with her Majesty's visit at all.—Mr. Cooper was entreated to withdraw his amendment, which, at length, he did, Mr. POLICE ARRANGEMENTS. s of the Police Arrangements Committee suggestions of the head-consta. The proceed contained the lette Royal ron the appointment of a guard of honour, and other matters connected with street regulations, which have already been made public The surveyor and borough engineer reported various ions. They recommended that in Rake-lane, or be placee tie off side o which wou be admirable places for the erection of stages : that the ditches at the boundary be drained and boarded over. The officers pointed out various places suitable for the erection of stages, which will be advertised by the Council, and the land placed gratuitously at the use of any respect - `-- 'n approved o!e tradesmen who choose to erect stages, to of by the committee appointed to inspect them PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. The Public Amusements Committee suggested that 6,400 tickets should be reserved for admission to vi ew the fireworks to take place at the Zoological Gardens, one hundred of which were to be placed at the disposal of each member of the Council ; this committee also reported that a field in Upper Parliament-street, and a piece of land on the west side of Netherfield-road had been placed at their disposal for displays of fireworks. The proceed. ings were confirm PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The School Arrangement Committee stated that 20,000 be stationed within the enclosed space in front of George's Hall, attended by the bands of the Blue Coat apd Industrial Schools; these, on the departure of her Majesty, will perform the national anthem. Children under six years of age, iS deemed advisable, shall not attend. The resolutions were agreed it,. RECEPTION OF THE QUEEN In the course of the proceedings it was stated that her Majesty, at the boundary of the borough, will he received, not by the Mayor and Town-council in a body, as was at first suggested, but that the Mayor, the Recorder, the Town-clerk, and the Clerk of the Peace, be deputed to await the approach of her Majesty, and receive her royal commands. Near to Newsham-house a triumphal arch, designed by the Borough Engineer, is to be erected. DISTRIBUTION OF TICKETS Mr. BIGHAM complained that only 400 tickets, five to each member, had been appropriated to the Council by the Dock Sub-committee, thus reserving 1300 in their own hands.—Mr. TURNER, chairman of the Dock Com mittee, entered into an explanation, which appeared to be satisfactory to the Council, and the subject dropped. The Council then adjourned, but will meet on each Wednesday until the time of the Royal visit. THE MARINE EXCURSION At the Dock Committee, on Thursday, the following regulations were submitted by the special sub-committee appointed to frame regulations relative to her Majesty's marine excursion. The code was adopted The trustees of the Liverpool docks do hereby give notice, that in order to give facility to the greatest number of the in habitants In view from on board steamers on the river the ex cursion of her Majesty the Queen, and to prevent, as much as passible, confusion, irregularity, or coliision, it is hereby en joined and directed that all owners, masters of steamers and other vessels in the River Mersey, do cmform themselves to the following regulations, viz.:— First, that a line of steamers be anchored at a distance of 200 yards from the river wall, and 150 yards from each other, to extend from Dingle Point to Bootle Bay, and to burn coke instead of coal ; one row-boat to be attached to each steamer by a tow-rope, to be available in case of accident, but on no ac count to be used in conveying passengers to and from steamers. That the masters of steamers so anchored be req rested to assist the authorities in preventing all boats from passing be tween them and the river wall during the time the Queen will be on the river, which will be between the hours of ten, a.m., and one, p.m. No boats or vessels will be allowed during the time stated to lay alongside the steamers (except the row-boat above men tioned) forming the line. No boats or vessels will be allowed to lay alongside the piers or river wall from Dingle Point to the north end of the new dock-wall north. _ _ _ . _ No boats or vessels will be allowed to lay inside the Landing Stage, nor between the river walls and the line of steamers. Pilot-boats and gentlemen's yachts to be anchored in the vacant space between the steamers. The owners and masters of steam-vessels who are willing to form the line are requested to send their names to the com mittee at this (the Dock Secretary's) office, not later than Sa turday, the 4th of October next. All steamers that do not form the above-named cordon of steamers must be anchored outside or to the westward of the • line, at a distance of 150 yards, leaving a clear course along the On Wednesday a special meeting of the Town Council, Ch i e t sli a ir r e e shore.uaed that owners tdeof or masters 9t, of o constituted a general committee to receive the reports and dock on requested morning l t*vessels October, do onir not n l 7 ve recommendations of the varicus sub .committees appointed event of ships arriving from sea that they be brought ' to anchor he to carry out Ihe arrangements consequent upon her Ma- in the river as near as practi.:able to the line of steamers. Steam-vessels at anchor in the line, or other vessels anchored jesty's visit, was held in the council-chamber His wor- near them, are requested not to fire guns while her Majesty is ship the Mayor presided, and there were forty•six other passing. members present. The steamers intending to form the line are requested to Previous to the commencement of the proceedings it come to their stations and he moored not later than seven was moved by Mr. Godfrey, seconded by Mr. Langsdale, o'clock on the morning of the 9th. that the public press should be admitted, not only to that A lithographic plan of the flotilla and the Queen's route will be given to each steamer forming the tine. committee meeting, but to the general committee meet- Two green buoys will be laid at 200 yards from the river wall , ings to be held each Wednesday until the time of her where the first two steamers are to take up their station; and Majesty' visit. The proposition on being put, was each steamer is to take its station in a line from them, north adopted, with, we believe, but one dissentient. and south, at a distance of 150 yards from each other, and at Ihe reports of the different committees were exceed- 2CO yards from the river wall. A vessel will be stationed afloat to assist masters of steamers in y v 'luminous, and for a great part embraced mane in forming the line, and they are requested to pay strict atten regu atio li with which the public are already acquainted. tion to his directions. The a i bje t of the Royal route was not once alluded to • The aline between s , five and in n will be anchored but it has been arranged that instead of the Royal party' in tl n ie ut a b n el d . ' passing down James-street to the pierhead, it shall pro- No ferry, nor other boats, will he permittedlg Stage. passing on the ceed up Castle-street and down Brunswick-street. thus morning of the 9th, for passengers to or from the small land affording her Majesty a view of the magnificent bui.ldings ing-stage at Seacombe Slip, or any of the piers, between the hours of ten a.m. and one o'clock, p.m. It will be requested, recently erect, d on the right-hand side of the street. therefore, for all persons intending to view the excursion on the DECORATIONS AT THE TOWN-HALL, &c. river to be on board their steamers at an early hour. The Town-hall Committee , which embraces the Ball The Landing Stage (George's Pier) will be closed to passen gers from the evening of Monday the 6th until Friday the 10th Sub-committee, amongst a variety of other matters, re- of ()ctoler,in order to complete the arrangements contem ported that Mr. Holden had been employed to suitably fitfor ) the suitable reception of her Majesty, and for the up the Mayor's room and ante-room, as retiring rooms for plated ac cominodation of the public. her Majesty, and the Town-clerk's room and ante-room, Her Majesty's yacht will be brought alongside the centre of as retiring rooms for his Royal Highness Prince Albert. the Landing Stage, with her head to the southward. Immediately on her Majesty's embarking, she will proceed up The screen behind Canning's statue is to be re-furnished. the river, to the end of the dock works, then cross over and The drawing-room carpets are to be kid from ante -room proceed down the river along the Cheshire shore towards the to ante-room. Ladies only are to be admitted into r the o Rock Lighthouse, then cross over and proceed along the north small ball-room, accommodation for them to be provided docks to the Landing Stage. on each side ; the centre of the room to be kept for the One of the fastest steamers, to burn coke instead of coal, use o . f . the royal p ar ty. Th ree c h a i rs o f sta t e are to b e with an officer on board , wil l p recede her Ma j est y 's y acht.— provided ; one to be adorned by the imperial crown, ano- [The steamer is to go in front at such a distance as to prevent le and N tlie third by the any annoyance to the royal party from smoke , and the obj e ct then by Prince Albert' s coronet is, to clear the course and remove any obstacles which m i ght ro yal bearings of the Pri nce of We' Waterloo, is to supply the lunch eon for hers.r. , Majesty Lynn, of tya nd the accidentally be in the way of the royal progress.] su ite, that for the suite being suffi c i en t for thirt persons, The CHAIRMAN explained that it had been found necos to be increased by the replenishing tables if foll y neces- sary to go up the river instead of down it , as had at first construc n t a silver been contemplated, in consequence of the tide , which sary. Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street, is t o box, to be ornam ented with g old, for th e purpose of in- would render it difficult in bringing her Majesty's yacht to the stage for the royal disembarkation. c l o sing the Corporate a ddress presented to her Majesty. The above suggesti ons were all ado p ted. An application The CHAIRMAN said the next point was the distribution • of tickets ; and in respect to this there were two w ays to from the Scientific S ocieties was sent in t hrough Dr be taken, either to leave the matter in the hands of the Hume, on the subject of p resenting an address to her ' sub-committee or to divide them in some other way. Majesty as emanating from those societies. The answer After a long conversation, it was resolved that the ordered to be returned was, that the corporate address steamers being capable of accommodating 900 persons, five must be taken to be the address of all the inhabitants, and tickets be given to each member of the Council, not a that any application relative to another address must be member of the Dock Committee, making 260, and leaving a Made to one of her Majesty's secr etaries of state. A new _ balance of 640 ; that of these the Chairman of the Dock royal standard for the top of the Tow n-hall was ordered. Committee appropriate 140 for strangers and others whom. TRADESMEN'S SUGGESTIONS, he may deem it necessary to invite, leaving 500 to be di- A. communication was received from Mr. Albert Stone, vided equallyam gst tliF members of the Dock Committee. relative to the kind of favours which were to be worn by As regards the stage, °n which was calculated to accommodate the inhabitants. It was ordered that the matter should 2,150, that the ar take n for public purposes 700, be left entirely with the inhabitants themselves. Nome- leaving 1,440 to be divided ar equally among the r members of rolls suggestions were read from different tradesmen. the committee ; that five tickets qla reac membe of h the One proposed the striking off a medal suitable for the oc- Council be taken out of the 700 reserved for the C am casion. It was agreed that the matter should be left to man, leaving 434 for other purposes. dn regard to the piers, 100 tickets are to be given to each member of the Council not a member of the Dock Committee, and the remainder to be divided amongst the members of the committee. A conversation next ensued as to whether ladies were to be admitted on gentlemen's tickets ; and it was proposed by Mr. STEELE that there should be no distinction. An amendment was moved by Mr. LITTLEDALE, and seconded by Mr. BOLD, to the effect that three ladies be permitted to accompany each gentleman. The amendment was carried by a majority of 10 to 6. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER. In Manchester there is likely to be a pretty general illu mination. The Town Council have decided, by twenty three to nineteen, in favour of having robes. It is -said that the mayor's robe is to be of scarlet, trimmed with ermine; the aldermen's of scarlet, with fur; and the councillors' robes to be black, without trimming. Ten ders have been received for the erection of a platform to accommodate seventy thousand school children in Peel park. The Queen will take her departure from Warsley early on the morning of the ]oth ; will pass through Irlarns-o'-th' -Height, Pendleton, and Salford, and will enter Manchester by the Victoria-bridge. Her Majesty will pass over the Victoria-bridge, and along Victoria street, Market-street, High-street, Shudehill , Swan- street, Oldham-street, Piccadilly, Portland-street, Parker-street, George-street, Mosley-street, St. Peter's-square, Peter street, Deansgate, King-street, Cross-street, St. Ann street, St. Ann's-square, and Exchange-street, and will alight at the Exchange by an entrance in Market-street. From the Exchange her Majesty will return through Ex change-street, St. Ann's-square, St. Ann-street, Deans gate, and Bridge-street, over Albert-bridge into Salford. No parties whatever will be allowed to join the royal cor tege, either in carriages, upon horseback, or on foot. The day will be observed as a general holiday. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LANCASTER, On Monday last an announcement was received at Lan caster that it was Her Majesty's intention, in her progress, to stay for an hour in Lancaster on the Bth of October, for the purpose of visiting the castle, &c. The macebearers and corporation servants are to have new livery for the f I occasion. The High Sheriff will receive Her Majesty at ►_lie railw -station(at which she will arrive at 2 o - 'clo - ck), tat& carriage will be in attendance for the ac commodatiod,f the Royal suite. The Royal cortege will then move to the Gateway-tower. built hy .Tohn CVaniint which her Majesty will have an opportunity of viewing. Her Majesty will afterwards proceed round the castle to the entrance to the assize courts, and to the grand jury , . • After luncheon she will proceed through the judges' retir ing -room to the Shire-hall, or Nisi Prius Court, where addresses will probably be presented. A temporary stair case will be erected, by which Her Majesty will ascend, over the roof of the Shire-hall, to the Citadel or Lungess tower. She will proceed up to the tr of the Keep to "John O'Gaunt's chair," the spot from which the Royal Duke surveyed his extensive and picturesque domain. From this tower, which is 88 feet from the surface of the ground, if the weather should be favourable and the atmos phere clear, Her Majesty will have a view comprehending a vast extent of sea and land. On her Majesty's descent from the tower she will return to the railway in the sheriff's carriage, and continue her route to the southern division of the county CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES A WARNING TO lIOUSEKEEPERS.—PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.-On Wednesday evening last the residence of Mr. Bentley, Fairfield-road, Oxton, narrowly escaped destruction from fire. In the middle of the night, Mrs. Bentley was awakened by the crackling of glass, caused, as she thought, by some one attempting to get into the house. Naturally alarmed, she aroused her husband, and on proceeding down stairs the lower part of the house was discovered to he in flames. The family were at once got out of bed, and, in their night apparel, sou A lit refuge in a neighbour's house. Mr. Bentley, with the assistance of one or two gentlemen, eventually succeeded in extinguish ing the fire, its ravages being confined to the apartment in which it had first broken out. It turned out, that the ser vant, before retiring to rest, had placed a large quantity of clothes (the results of a three-weeks' wash) to dry before the kitchen-fire, a highly-dangerous practice, which can not be too strongly condemned. The night was very stormy, and it is presumed that the drafts of air through the house must either have drawn the clothes towards the fire, or blown the flames out of the grate into the in terior of the kitchen, and so ignited them. Had the con flagration not been so providentially discovered in time, ere is no doubt the family would have been literally " burnt in their beds," as, from the house being an old one, and consequently dry, it would have spread most ra pidly. The intensity of the heat may be judged from the fact, that several feet of gas-piping melted away, and in deed the whole of the furniture, clothes, window-framing, &c., were reduced to a cinder. We hope the mention of thisincident may act as a salutary warning to housekeepers. A POST OF HON'OUR — HATMAKER TO THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.—Not very far from the Albion Rooms, in Chester-street, Birkenhead, there is a hat-shop, with the following ambitious announcement :—" Hoskin and Son, Hat-manufacturers to Prince Louis Napoleon Buona parte." (!) We should like to know how many orders the firm have executed within the last six months for the nephew of the great Emperor. The Rey. William White La Barte, A.M., late curate of Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead, has been licenced by his Grace the Lord Primate to the Curacy of Mullagh brack, County Armagh; patron, the Right lion. and Rev. the Lord John D. Beresford, A.M., Rector. The Carnarvon Herald states that the clerk of a certain parish church recently announced the holding of a vestry meeting to decide as to what colour the church should be while-washed. Report says that, after a stormy debate, slate colour had the preference. A handsome residence for the Rev. R. Wall, A.M., incumbent of St. Ann's Chapel, Birkenhead, is being erected by Messrs: Crowe and Williams, on the confines of Claughton-park. The style of architecture is Italian, and the exterior is formed of tooled-stone, from the Hay brick-hill quarries. Lord Leigh has very kindly given the game upon his manor of Little Leigh, in Cheshire, for the benefit of the school and other local and charitable objects within the township. All the freeholders and occupiers of land having joined in promoting his lordship's views, it is hoped that the result will be very beneficial. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NEW BRIGHTON. — On Tuesday evening a fire broke out in the stable of Mr. Wilkinson, owner of coaches and cars, near the Albion Hotel, New Brighton, which destroyed a large quantity of straw, in jured one horse, and scorched and smothered a great num ber of fowls which had their roosting-place in the stable. We have not heard how the fire originated. The stable is insured, but not the stock ; and the damage to the latter will amount to about £5O. _ _ • CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 21st Sept.—C. & H. Main Line : passengers, £2,549 ss. sd. ; parcels, H. C. & D., £B9 16s. 11d.; goods, cattle, &c. £506 Os. 6d.; mails, £575; total, £3,720 2s. 10d. —Mold : passengers, £45 7s. sd. ; parcels, H. C. & D., £2 103. Od. ; goods, cattle, &c., £97 19s. Od. ; total, £145 7s. sd.—Steam -boats : passengers, £562 94. 2d. • parcels, H. C. & D., £l7 10s. Od. ; total, £579 19s. 2d.—Grand total, £4,445 9s. sd. OYSTERS AT THE MENAL—Oyster dredging has now become so profitable in the Menai Straits that vessels from Jersey and other distant places find it to their ad vantage to speculate on the profits of a season there. A schooner from Southampton has lately taken to the trade, and carries off immense numbers from a depot which has been formed near the George Hotel, a little below the ferry. There are vast quantities of fish in the straits, waiting only the industry and enterprise of some persons to catch them. Vessels go to the Puffin island from Hoylake, and send large cargoes to the Liverpool mar kets, whilst the fishermen of Bangor and Beaumaris quies cently look on and wonder. TILE RIVER DEE COMPANY.—We understand that on Saturday last all the labourers employed by the River Dee Company, in every branch of their service, were discharged for the present. They were told that this course was taken, not from any dissatisfaction with their condnct, but from the psssibility of an altered position of the company, in consequence of the new act for the restoration of the standard of the Dee. As it is expected that the standard will be erected by the Admiralty in the ensuing month of October, it was judged advisable by the company to await the proceedings of the then next meeting of the commis sioners appointed under that hill, in order that their future relations may be ascertained and considered.—Chester Chronicle. THE WELSH EISTEDDFODA U.—The Welsh people are reviving with spirit the practice of holding Eisteddfods or Congresses of Bards. The one got up a few days ago in Liverpool by the natives of the Principality resident here is to be followed by one at Port Madoc in Carnarvonshire, which will take place at the commencement of the next month. The Marquis of Anglesey has accepted the presi dency, and Lieut.-General Sir Love Parry will be the pre sident of the meeting. The Lord High Chamberlain of England, Lord Mostyn, the Bishops of Bangor and St. David's, the Hon. E. M. LI. Mostyn , Sir John Guest , M.P., Sir B. Hall, M.P., and other eminent Welshmen are among the patrons. Next year a grand Eisteddfod will be held at Dolgelly, on a scale similar to the one held at Rhyddlan during the present summer, when no expense was spared to render it worthy of the Principality. The inhabitants of Denbigh are likewise desirous that an Eis teddfod of magnificence be held there in the autumn of the next year ; the proclamation to be made by a chaired bard. • MAN FOUND HANGED.-011 Saturday night, about a quarter past nine o'clock, a man, sixty years of age, in the employment of Mr. Wm. Chadwick, lime burner, Love lane, was found suspended by a handkerchief from a cart axletree. on some waste land in Falkner-street. The man was quite dead.—Mr. Chadwick said the deceased was an exceedingly regular man in his accounts, but from entries in his pocket-book it appeared that he had received about £2O which he had not accounted for. It appears that Ben nett went into Lewis's public-house, Falkner•street, in company with a female, whom he treated to a glass of rum. The woman and deceased went out together. In a short time after, Bennett returned to the public house and inquired of the landlord if he knew the female with whom he had been drinking. The landlord said he did not. Bennett then replied, " Well, I have lost £2O by her" ; meaning that she had robbed him of that sum. He then left the house, and in about an hour afterwards he was found hanging as already stated. At the inquest yesterday a verdict of found hanging was returned. THE NEW CLIPPER SHIP RACER. To those who casually visit our docks, or to those who are interested in our commerce. it must be apparent that Brother Jonathan, whether from the encouragement given by our government or from his own natural " go-a head" principles, is daily progressing in the science of nautical architecture. The various sea-board ports of the United States, while vieing with each other, seem to have enlisted some extraordinary inventive genius, and taxed the abilities of their most skilful artizans to produce ships which, though entirely new in form, possess all the cha racteristics required in rapid sailing, good carrying, and comfortable craft. In ships, as in yachts, the American builders seem determined to excel ; and, however reluc tantly, we must admit in the present depressed state of our shipping interests, and the flourishing condition of the mercantile marine of the United States, that it will need a desperate effort for the builders of England to hold their position. We may say with Cowper— "Art thrives most, When commerce has enriched the busy coast, He catches all improvements in his flight Spends foreign wonders in his country's sight, Imports what others have invented well, And stirs his own to match them or excel." Our neighbours over the water seem to have abandoned all old fashioned notions, and clipper ships are now all the fashion. Indeed vessels that a year or less ago were thought " crack craft" are sinking into insignificance before rising fleets. This is fully instanced in the clipper ship Racer, which arrived here on her first passage last week, and as some little interest has been excited by her appearance we will briefly describe her peculiar properties. The Racer is about 1650 tons register ; her keel is 200 feet long, and over all, having little or no fore rake, she is about 207 feet. Her extreme beam is 42 feet 6 inches. Her depth of hold 28 feet. With these dimensions the climax of sharpness is_ fully attained,—for in fact she is " all head and tail." Her bow, with a stem " bolt up right," is after the steam-boat fashion, and is carried in beautiful round lines to nearly "amidships," when, with out an inch of straight or hollow planking, her run, " clean as the tail of a dolphin," is so fashioned that she cannot fail to " hold on." Her general appearance having a round "counter," is extremely similar to that of the yacht America, and it is clear that the principle on which the Racer is built is not far different. " Shooting to windward" has been made one point of construction— 'out it has happily been combined with great carrying capacity, as she can stow the enormous quantity or 20,000 barrels of flour. Above the draught line (20 feet)her midship beam is carried well " fore and aft," which gives her an extraordinary deck : being flush and uninterrupted, it is sufficiently capacious for the exercise of a regiment of infantry. The stem is ornamented with a carved reFresentation of the head of a " racer at full speed," and the stern is bedecked with an eagle, richly carved and gilded. Her hull is entirely black, and were these not days of peace, she might be considered " rather suspici. ous." as her dimensions and timbering will exhibit. The keel is of white oak and rock maple, 22 inches deep, and the shoe is 5 inches thick. The frame is of the same materials, and she has three tiers of kelsons, 16 inches square, thus forming an almost solid " back bone," 3 feet wide and 9 feet 1 inch through to the bottom of the keel. All the knees of the lower deck are of white oak, well formed. The lodging knees side 7* and mould 15 inches, and are bolted with 1* inch bolts to each timber; the hanging knees side 10 and 12, and mould 22 inches, and are bolted with 20 one inch bolts in each knee. The stanchions are all of white oak, and strongly secured, above and below, by four knees, well bolted. The lower deck plank and frames are of yellow pine. The beams side 17, and mould 15 inches; the water-ways on the lower deck-beams are 16 by 16 inches; the thick streak by the side of the water ways 11 by 13 inches, dovetailed into the beam, and bolted through beam, water-ways, and timber ; and the water. ways are bolted through each timber with 1/ inch bolt on the upper edge. which gives three bolts to the frame through the water-ways. _ _ _ The knees of the middle deck are of hackmatack and white oak ; the lodging knees side 7 inches, and the hanging knees 10 and 12, and are bolted down with 20 one-inch bolts to each knee. The deck plank and frame are of yellow pine; the plank 31 inches thick, and the beams 12 by 16 ; the water-ways 14 by 14 ; thick streak above that, 9 by 14, square bolted; five streaks above that, to the upper deck, 41 inches thick. The knees of the upper deck are hackmatack ; the lodging-knees siding 61 inches, and the hanging knees from 9to 11. The knees of each section of beams have 120 one•inch bolts and 24 spikes. The frame of the upper deck is of yellow pine; the beams side 16 inches, and mould 9. The planks are white pine 41 inches thick. The plank-sheers are 6 inches thick and 15 wide ; the rail 6 inches thick and 12 wide ; rack rail 9 inches under the main rail, 5 by 91 inches, extending from poop to forecastle deck ; between the rack and main rail she is planked with 2-inch plank, 3 inches wide, and bolted vertically through both rails and plank, between the stanchions. In workmanship the Racer is a specimen of American ability that cannot well be surpassed. She presents no open joints or gaping seams ; and though her timbering is generally naturally formed, and not unnecessarily cut away, every particle is fitted to the greatest nicety. It will, perhaps, give some idea of the strength of this craft when we state that through her side she is 26 inches thick, and that, in every seven feet throughout, there are eleven hundred ircn and copper bolts. The cabin of the Racer, though small, is not less beautiful than those for which shifts in the American trade are generally so justly reputed. It is entered through an elegant portico and vestibule, the latter formed beneath the counter-poop. The must beautifully veined woods are used in decoration. The state-rooms are formed of Gothic panellings, divided by pillasters of rose wood, with richly relieved paper mach caps, pricked out and relieved with burnished gold. An architrave of uncommonly rich design surmounts the columns. It is commenced by a bead of rosewood, over which is a splen didly embossed cornice of compo in white and gold, and again next the deck beams is another reveal of deep-toned timber. The contrast between the white and gold and the highly polished:rosewood is great, but harmony is not de stroyed. The ove►head is painted a zincwhite, divided into panels by mouldings of burnished gold imitating richly carved work. The upholstery is in green plush of an em bossed floral pattern. This cabin (as are the others)is light ed by a cupola of plate glass and is thoroughly ventilated. The second cabin, which will accommodate about 80 persons, is fitted with permanent state rooms, which from the immense beam of the ship are very spacious. The cabin, which is separated from the main saloon by the officers' mess-room, is beautifully grained, and indeed surpasses in comfort the best accommodation of ordinary vessels. Forward from this to the quarters of the crew, who are singly berthed below, is appropriated for steerage passen gers; and here and on the lower deck she will accommodate something over 700 passengers. The lower deck is one sweep, fore and aft. The Racer, from her beam, will carry a large amount of canvass. Her spars are immense trees, her yards terrific baulks ; but an estimation of their size may be formed from the fact, that she spreads in all 8,151 yards of " cloth," each inch of which is calculated to bear a pressure of 501 b. The Racer was built by Messrs. Currier and Townsend, for Mr. David Ogden and others, of New York, expressly for the Liverpool trade. She takes her place as one of the " St. George line," and is consigned to Messrs. A. Taylor and Co. The Racer is commanded by Mr. H. W. Steele, late of the Andrew Foster, who may be justly proud of his charge. In conclusion, we may unhesitatingly say that the Racer, though not the largest, is certainly one of the finest American ships that ever visited our port. She is a truly magnificent craft—substantial in build, fine in her proportions, noble in appearance, and is really an honour to all concerned in her construction. She will be placed in the graving dock to-morrow Wednesday, where con noisseurs will have an opportunity of inspecting her. FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY At a late hour on Saturday night an accident, which might have been attended with consequences equally as disastrous as that which happened at Bicester a week or two since, occurred on the London and South-Western Railway. From careful inquiries it was ascertained that a train of Twickenham passenger carriages left the station at the time intimated in the bill, and proceeded onwards without meeting with the least obstruction until it had neared the Nine Elms goods depot. At this part of the line a man named Sykes, who acted as pointsman, was stationed, whose duty it seems was to turn the points so that the carriages or trucks could be shifted from the main line on to the siding, or sent on to the metals lead ing to the goods depot. By some means, however, not clearly understood, the man, instead of keeping the points taut, so that the passenger train could pass over the main line, so shifted the metals that the train was turned to wards Nine Elms. Unfortunately at that moment a number of men were employed, together with two horses, in making up the goods train—the latter being engaged in drawing the trucks over the line—when the first-named train, as might naturally be expected, was shunted off the permanent way, and it then rattled down the goods line. In so doing the pointsman's lodge was knocked down, two or three of the porters and guards who were at the spot were more or less injured, two horses were killed, the men in charge of them being seriously injured; and several of the carriages were much shattered by their sides coming into collision with the goods' trucks. None of the passengers received any personal injury, although the whole of them were terribly alarmed. At eleven o'clock it was learned that Mr. Bent, the police-constable specially employed by the company, had brought the pointsman who had occasioned the accident into custody to the Waterloo•road terminus, and it was then expected that he would be sent to the police-station, on a charge of neglect and endangering the lives of the passengers. MURDEROUS MILLINERY.—Mrs. Swisshelm, in " a savage article" (as a fashionable journal of New York calls it) against the magazine fashion plates, says :—" We know women who are dying by their own hands, and piously saying their prayers every day, and for their death the magazine publishers are accountable at the bar of the Eternal. They are murdering them as truly as ever David slew Uriah by the Amalekites. No human agency can teach those victims of fashion plate mongers that the long whalebone sticking down in their sides, the tight strings tied around the small of the back, and weight of skirts, are dragging them to their graves. Many of them know it, and, with all their vaunted love for their offspring, would rather see their little ones suffer ten thousand deaths than they themselves should fail to look ' like Prometheus in my picture here—a long-sided runnel set ou a jug." GALES IN THE CHANNEL.-GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. In the channel, we regret to say, during the gales of Thursday and Friday last, some serious disasters have occurred. On Thursday afternoon a fishing smack called the Dolphin, was making for Liverpool through the Vic toria Channel, when she perceived the flat. America, bound from Rhyl to PI eston, with bark, in great distress, and labouring very much. The smack had her in tow for about two hours, but, the rope having snapped several times, the crew were compelled at last to give up the attempt to bring the flat into port, and, taking the men off, they left her to her fate. Not long afterwards, the men on board the Dolphin observed a schooner go down suddenly near the Bell Buoy. They had no time to at tempt a rescue, and all hands sunk with the unfortunate vessel. The name of the schooner is not known, but a fisherman states that, as far as he could make out, the three first letters of the name painted on the stern were "G 0 Y." Jones is the master of the Dolphin. SINKING OF ANOTHER SCHOONER AND LOSS OF LIFE. We have to record another fearful catastrophe,resiit ing from the gales, namely, the total loss of the schooner Eliza, a vessel of ninety tons, belonging to Mr. William Threlfall, iron merchant and shipowner, of Preston. The following particulars of the sad affair have been obtained from the captain of the schooner, who alone was saved, (his crew, consisting of three men, having perished), and from Captain Christie, of the Iron Duke, the Dublin mail steamer, which was instrumental in rescuing the captain. About seven o'clock a.m., on Friday, when the Iron Duke was coming through the Victoria Channel, the cap tain observed the two masts of a schooner above water, and two men in the rigging, one of whom was making signals of distress, though evidently almost exhausted. The tide had just begun to rise, and, as far as could be judged, was ten feet over the vessel, which had struck on the Burbo Bank. A tremendous sea was running, and a fierce gale blowing from the N.N.W., but, notwithstand ing Captain Christie having brought the Iron Duke as near as could be done with safety to the sunken craft, ordered out a boat to the rescue. The chief-mate, Ed mondson, and four men, sprang into it, and after two hours' hard work they succeeded in picking the captain, John Brocklebank, off the shrouds. The other man, though alive, when the Iron Duke first saw the schooner, died before they could come near enough with the boats to take him off. He was lashed to the crosstrees by the middle, and when he died he fell back, his body swaying about with the wind. His name was Michael Brannan, a single man, and it would appear that before ho died be raved fearfully. Leaving Brannan in the shrouds, for it was impossible to cut him away, the boat with the rescued captain on board made for the steamer, and fortunately reaching her with safety, Brocklebank was put immedi ately to bed, and wrapped in hot blankets. Other resto ratives were applied, and he speedily came round, the steamer, of course, making for Liverpool. Scarcely ten minutes had elapsed from the taking of the captain from the crosstrees when a tremendous sea broke over the schooner, and every trace of her disappeared. Brockle bank had been upwards of seventeen hours on the mast exposed to the fury of the wind and sea ; for, according to the statement which was received from his own lips, the schooner struck on the Burbo Bank about half-past three o'clock on the Thursday afternoon. She was bound from Troon to Preston with pig iron, and was running for shelter into this port, when the jibsheet surged round the pin, which compelled her to haul the sheet down. The vessel then became unmanageable, and striking with her sternboard on the bank, broke her rud der, and went down in ten minutes afterwards. Two men were washed overboard when the vessel struck ; their names were Matthew Brady and William M'Grath, both unmarried. Captain Christie deserves every commenda tion for his promptness and decision, and for his kind treatment of the master of the schooner. The smaller landing-stage has been broken and dis abled by the violence of the waves. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE GALE. Redcar, Yorkshire, 27th September, 1851 _ (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The equinoctial gales have this year set in with more than their usual vengeance, and on Wednesday and Thursday last this neighbourhood was visited with a fearful hurricane, which has dono irreparable mischief both on the coast and in the interior. In sight of my own door, within range of seven or eight miles right and left, now lie no less than upwards of a dozen vessels, large and small, driven on shore, all more or less seriously injured, if not entirely wrecked ; among the latter a small steamer gone to pieces. Happily, few lives have been lost ; but one large ship is supposed to have struck the rocky head land close to us, and disappeared, with all hands. Most of the houses in our little town have suffered severely from the effects of the storm ; and what were a few days ago high sand• hills, far beyond high water mark, are new, to the depth of, in some places, several hundred yards, level. Beach covered with debris of every description of wreck. The drum was beating all day and all night for volunteers to man the life-boat ; but such was the violence of both wind and surf, that to get a sufficient offing to reach the wrecks proved impossible. One vessel's crew were saved (with the exception of one hand, drowned in endeavouring to reach the shore) by Captain Manby's invaluable appa ratus. An unfinished house, immediately opposite to my own, was partially destroyed, and our railway torn up in one or two places by the violence of the sea, though ordina rily at some distance from it, cutting us off for a while from all communication with the interior of the country; which in many places is, I hear, completely under water from the deluge of rain that accompanied the gale, and which must have done serious injury to the grain crops, a larger pro portion of which than I think the public generally are aware of being still in the field, at least in the north. Such an awful north-wester has, I fancy, not been known in this part of the country in the memory of that remarkable personage, " the oldest inhabitant." Sunday, Noon. The weather is now beautifully fine, with a gentle breeze at W.S.W. KAUFMANN'S MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. On Thursday, and again on Saturday evening, we had the pleasure of hearing these instruments at the Assem bly-rooms, Great George-street. There are in all five. The HARMONICHORD is like a very tall upright piano, having a set of keys and strings, and played upon in the same way, but with this difference,—that instead of the sound being produced by the action of hammers on the strings, the act of pressing the keys brings the strings in contact with a revolving wooden barrel, covered with doe skin, and worked by one or two pedals. The communica tion between the keys and strings is such, that the quan tity and description of tone produced are regulated by the degree of pressure on the keys, the result being a degree of expression which it would be impossible to produce on any piano, or similar instrument. The tone is exquisite, resembling the teolian harp more than any other instru. ment we have hitherto met with. The music for the per formance of which it appears best calculated, is that of a delicate, plaintive character, though we must not omit to say that it is susceptible of a degeee of execution which we were not prepared to expect. The Harmonichord is played upon with great taste by Herr Kaufmann, seu., the inventor, and Madlle. Kaufmann. The CHORDAULODION is an instrument worked by me chanism, and combining in itself the tones of the flute and the piano. The SYMPHONION is similar, but larger, and combines piano, flute, clarionette, piccolo, cymbals, and tambourine. The action of these two instruments is perfectly extraordinary. They play, singly or in concert, pieces of the most difficult character, and with a precision and taste which can certainly not be excelled, even if equalled. by human performers. The symphonion, for instance, played Furstenau's variations on a theme from Mozart's " it Flauto Magico" (better known among us as " Away with Melancholy"), the flute playing the air and variations, while the remaining portion of the instrument accompanied it. We have heard this piece played by celebrated flute players ; but even their execution cannot for a moment be compared with the magic flute in this instrument. The rapidity, certainty, and purity of tone, and the wonderfully beautiful execution, were actually astounding to musical ears ; and we observed on Saturday evening several members of the Philharmonic Society, who, accustomed as they are to beauty and rapidity of execution, were evidently bewildered by what they heard. The TRUMPET AUTOMATON is, in its way too, an ex traordinary instrument. It is a figure dressed somewhat like Mario in the Puritani, holding a trumpet. On this being applied to his mouth, the figure produces, with the greatest rapidity of execution, not merely single but double notes. This is a feat the accomplishment of which has been supposed to belong solely to Vivier. We have always had a suspicion, however, that the double tone produced by Vivier was not within the body of his horn, but on the rim of his mouthpiece. and that it was in fact a piece of claptrap. Be this as it may, however, there can be no deception here, the two tones are equally strong, and of equal quality. We at first thought, as well as others, that the sounds came from some other part of the platform, until Herr Kaufmann, jun., to solve all doubts, partially closed up the bell of the trumpet with his hand, the sound being thus deadened. On his removing his hand, the tones became as clear and as beautifully articulated as before. And now we come to the ORCHESTRION, the largest and most beautiful instrument of the five. This is in itself, literally, a complete brass band. It contains (and all are real) drum, kettle-drums, piccolos, flutes, cla rionettes, oboes, bassoons, trumpets, French horns, trom bones, cymbals, &c. It is, like all he other instruments except the harmonichord, worked by mechanism by means of barrels, and is the invention of the younger Kaufmann, who has spent five years in making and perfecting it. If we have been compelled to praise so highly the other in struments, what must we say of this one. the masterpiece? Is is, in fact, quite beyond description. The precision, taste, and tone with which it was made to perform the most difficult orchestral pieces, certainly took all the audience by surprise. This will be believed when we state that among other pieces it performed was that beautiful and difficult composition, Mendelssohn's " Wedding March," from the Midsummer Night's Dream, in a style which left nothing to be desired. It also performed the chorus from Judas Maccabeus, " See the conquering Hero com es," with all the admirable light and shade which it requires for effective performance; and we could not help fancying at the moment how astonished Handel would be, could he for a few minutes rise from his grave and hear his compositions performed with such fidelity by a piece of mechanism. .On each evening the concert concluded with a fantasia on English national melodies, by the whole of the in struments. This certainly was the most surprising of all the surprising things which we witnessed ; for the various instruments took their alloted parts without the least failure, one taking a solo, and, on its conclusion, giving place to another which comenced just in the nick of time. Then the two would have a duet, and a third would shortly join them, and then the whole would combine 112. ga ff beaua grand effort. Nothing could exceed the effect of these changes, more especially in the concludall part, which embraced " Rule Britannia," and " meTnhtse before e u t r h s ei w r h ar ic r h iva h l a n d er r e e h a s ch d e l d ed Save the Queen." thug uncommon, more especially as it appeared that2r; Queen bad ordered two performances before her. .. 4 were, however, under the impression that their Pran were exaggerated. This, on a hearing, has been convertivii into the most decided admiration of the mechanical & and perseverance which have achieved so much; 0 .'4 4 second visit has very much deepened this feeling. " t ourselves have been so much surprised and delighted that ourselves have been so much surprised and delighte hould we should be sorry if any of our musical friends 911°601 allow these extraordinary instruments to leave Liverpo without having seized the opportunity of hearing therc•to The vocal department of the concert was entrusted Miss Rebecca Isaacs. We were charmed with her perier • mances, and she was frequently encored. us s s t o o t' etxhpeesectinsostrun: LIVERPOOL ACADEMY-EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS SECOND NOTICE. • e of In accordance with our promise in the genera l not ic e this exhibition which appeared in this paper last week, proceed to give a detailed account o f th e va rious plc , " exhibited. tad No. I.—Mr. Salter's " Mar r ia ge f es ti va l o f Bacchus Ariadne," placed over the door of the first room, is ve ho e meritorious production. In the style an d colouring * is artist has taken Titian for his model. The drawing good, and united with the rich, warm tone of colouringi; and admirable grouping of the festal figures, reflect credit upon the artist. This is No. 2.—" Haymaking," by E. Williams, sen. .0 a cleverly painted picture, representing the busy rustl i a s t a w c o o r l k d , n securing ess o of co ti l jectionable. The artist has chosen a dull cloudy daY, - "r i t e quent enough during the hay harvest, it is true- - nYo r o e u p r i r n o gd whichc e oft the meadows think de c ; d b e u d t t y h go e b te e: bright sunshine is necessary to the success of the haVi e , tt and should not be wanting in the picture; in other resPe' this painting is of a very superior class. ,1 bl No. 3.—" A Scene on the Skeene, near Darlington , s Mr. John Dobbin, and N o , 4, " A St ream , f rom Broth ers Water," by Mr. Lind sa y A s pl an d, are t wo pre tty Piec e of landscape, especially the former. No. 5.—" The Portrait of a Lady," by Mr. Wro•i iu n g. gins. We heard this p or t ra it muc h con d emne d, ands „ i; parently, with great justice ; we are , h owever , aware of to circumstances under which it was painted, and are able.n. say that the supposed faults are strong proofs of the l it !' 0 1 ter's excellence. The l a dy, w h ose p or t ra it i s exbitp t bs by Mr. Huggins, was at the time seriously ill, an d LO hard and painful expression com pl a i ne d o f w as only .- 4 natural. Mr. Huggins is very true in his likenesses, an when he has attained a more softened tone of colouring' need not fear any competition. ging No. 6.—" The Scribes Readin g the Ch ron i c les to A - Ai o Ahasuerus," by Mr. H. O'N e ill, i s a pi c t ure of Pee"; 10 character ; notwithstanding some unfavourable critic' - , s which has been passed up on it, we thi n k th e wor k bespea, the artist—both painter and po e t ; th e warm qu iet " st e n % character is excellent, and the pec u lia r styl e o f colont i n t adopted by the artist seems a d m i ra bly a d ap t e d to rePres e a night scene. " In that delightful province of the Sun, The first of Persian lands he shines upon," , the The interior of the palace artifi c i a lly illuminated, an d drowsy attendants only com p u l sor ily par t a ki n g in t e j, wakefulness of their imperi a l l or d, are p ower f u lly depict j. No. 7.—" Windermere, from near Lowood," by 11, 1 r• 0 , P. Pettitt, is too positive in its c ol our i n g ; and N ° et " Scene at Dalehotr e, by Mr. James Peel, is ra b ".‘ chalky ; both, however, show some goo d t as te and 123 "" terly drawing. ' No. 9.—" Staithes, Evening on the Coast," by 3 .r" ee P. George, is a beautiful little piece, rather T ur nerescl o , in character ; so also is the " Vi ew o f N a pl es ," 1`' 0 • by Mr. W. R. Earl, but the boats on the beach are to prominent, and detract rather from, which would otliff; wise be a nicely managed picture, by entirely destrolinb its breadth. 0, No. 11 and 12.—T w o s ma ll pi c t ures by M J r. • in g Naish, one a ll egor i ca l, re p resen ti ng " P eace 9119 Y-to Strife," the other, " Puck returning with the Choral Oberon ;" are clever and well designed. on an exter _ e decided Ai; t the top and bottom of t They d dining several hundreds of of the tenants.— s Park from Upper Parliar ket Committee, with the eon nrotechnic dis- wn has been y f the Seacornbe Gardens, )n the game site as the It of the road lead- t-street tiers from tradesmen and still more complete ` I,tould not the mfer a favour on the inhabitants of, and Liverpool, if they could, conveniently, allow mission to the grounds of the north end, ~ s s for making docks, on the day of Majesty Victoria's intended visit to o that they, who may not have the opportunity )n on the water, may have the st grac th€ proC, inn of seeing it from land.' J.," of Lord-street, says, "A triumphal arch, span. the top of Lord-street, and connecting the sides of ' be worthy of the visit, and exercise •escent, w asion or ,ous Nov ereign ' 1 and taste of the des' suggests " that the town be illuminated on the Wednesday, and that. her Majesty and suite be invited to the Philharmonic-hall, and on their route thereto pass down London-road, Shaw's-brow, Dale -street, Castle-street, Lord-street, Church-street, 80ld -street, and Leece-street. The inhabitants of these streets would, he doubts not, gladly avail themselves of such an opportunity of making such a brilliant show as would greatly preposses9 her Majesty in favour of the good old town, and enhance the pleasure of her visit the following day. The royal carriage would easily pass through the route named in much less than an hour, and on her return to Croxteth might drive the Trost direct road." It is also proposed by another correspondent that' lines' radiating from the windows of both North and South St. George's Crescent, should be carried to St. George's Church, and hung with flags, the effect of which would be most imposing, her Majesty having to pass three times through that portion of the town. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL. — On the requisi tion of the local authorities, the Admiralty have ordered a quantity of government flags at Woolwich to be lent to the corporation of Liverpool, and to be sent to the dock cffice for the purpose of decoration on her visit to this mighty and enterprising port.— e Gazette. Fecretarv's Alsjesty'p United Ser DEPARTURE OF THE ROYAL YACHTS FOR LIVERPOOL. —PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Royal yacht tender the Fairy, Master Commander Welsh, sailed at ten o'clock on Saturday morning for Liverpool, in order to be in readi ness to receive hey Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children on the 9th proximo. The Fairy sailed thus early to make sure of rounding the Land's-end with fine Weather. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fit 7,-clarence, will follow the Fairy to Liverpool yesterday (Monday), where the state barge will he re quired to convey her Majesty and Court through the Bridgewater Canal to Worsley Hall, the seat of the Earl of Ellesmere, where the august party will sleep, en route to London. After the departure of the Court both yachts will return to Portsmouth. YESTERDAY The Royal Yacht steam-tender the Fairy arrived at Holyhead shortly after two o'clock. his own discretion, and that if the work was executed it should be at his own expense. A letter was read from Mr. Macfie, suggesting that her Majesty should be taken along Moorfields, in order that she may see the station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The communica tion was received with laughter. Her Majesty having consented to view the Exchange area from a balcony thrown out from the ball-room, the surveyor had been instructed to prepare the balcony accordingly. A letter was read from the Select Vestry, suggesting that as they were equally the representatives of the rate payers, they should be admitted to a participation in the privileges extended to Town Councillors, as to tickets, &c. The request was not conceded to. GARSWOOD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY On Thursday last, the sixth annual exhibition of t his society took place at Ashton. The weather in the tn,n, r11 ,.; ing being very unfavourable, the attendance of vis",,°u't was not near so numerous as had been anticipated; the show of stock, produce, implements, &c., was exc ee y , ingly good, and the exertions of the committee in carr,o ing - out the arrangements were the subject of ge ner admiration. Ba r t,, Amongst those present were Sir John Gerard, :Aeo c the patron, and T. Townley Parker, Esq., the Pre sl " - a of the society ; also, William Pilkington, R. Pilking o l Peck, Ingram, Wm. Ormandy, A. Maubert, D. Shaw, Esquires ; the Rev. E. Pigot, Rev. Mr. P en, wick, Messrs. Fyfe, Latham, Pennington, Mather , ."` crner, Mamie, Dean, Knight, and a number of ladies•th. The judges for the award of prizes were Messrs. R° r e esv well, Almond, Higson, and Blover. The following amongst the principal prizes:— AGRICULTUR. CLASS I.—Messrs. James Hovvar E th (2 prizes), VVI Sni Wilcock, Henry Rose, John Marsby, Samuel StocUt . . Smith, and Joseph Unsworth. .. Il• q.t. ~ al CLASS 2.—Messrs. James Glover, James Sw ll _," Pilkington, Jas. Rimmer, Thos. Rigby, Joseph iTh s "l r ovi (four), Samuel Stock (four), W. Lowe, D. Browl.ss, (two), Henry Rose, S. Boardman T. Lyon, Lye, Roberts, Rev. H. Newshaw, and E: Heys.. Vpfet POULTRY.—T. T. Parker, Esq. (two prizes), 'Mr. ". c e and Mr. T. Boardman.—Extra prizes : Mr. Lascre' T. T. Parker, Esq., Mr. Fyfe, and Mr. Peck. FLOWERS, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES. e ach Messrs. Crompton, Jenkins, and Limes, obtain e. e 5% several prizes for Dahlias, Pansies Fuschias. and Ws,pti Mr. Wm. Mercer for the best " Greenhouse" Pla n t ' , Mr. William Unsworth for the best Basket of for The gardner of Haydock Lodge bore away the b r e .... ea' Grapes and Lettuces, and Wm. Mercer, Esq., 1° ',400 9 cumbers. The following also obtained prizes for ORO vegetables :—Dr. Pennington, S. Stock, Esq., Ai r ' Harrison, Mr. Fyfe, and R. Pilkington, Esq. t cot' The Cottagers' prizes for the neatest and cleane:ool6 tages throughout the year were awarded to John " and Daniel Lowe. fi o After the business of the day, a substantial dinner ~/0 served up at the Gerard Arms, Ashton, whi ell .slli' attended by the principal gentlemen present at the bition, W. Pilkington, Esq., presiding. THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH At four o'clock on Thursday morning the vessels i ',boa r charge of the submarine cable arrived in Dover 1-I,il;bich from London. On board the Blazer, the ho ld 0 etltic had been gutted to make room for this gigantic o b i, Sir and gutta percha tube, were M. Foy , Professor Jacc'uteo' James Carmichael, Bart., Mr. Campbell, Mr. Jacob " Messrs. Barlow, Humphrey, Crampton, W o llaste ° ' ?Jr; other scientific engineers, including Mr. Stathorn:gote° Brunston Hutcheson, and others, who ha d ably off l P th e in carrying out the works. The vessels arrived obril' South Foreland at half-past 6 o'clock. The suns o l s o o liantly, and exactly at 7 the end of th e cable wa ilere" Mr. John W. Brett, Mr. Hutcheson, and other ge l) . cor e accompanying it to watch progress and to keep 11 P ,11 1 ',1 munication at regular intervals from the coast throlor, several wires of the cable as it progressed in it! c ' e 0 0 1 course to France. At 9 o'clock, when about n v e od from land, a feu de joie was fired from the extrel e ctri c o 25 miles of wire to the land, being a so rt of e oi icit ujo cannonade, which was kept up from time to t ime ': is,o P vivas and huzzas of the several parties engag ni porSo useful, and, as regards its future advantage s, I— e te 'to enterprise. Several telegraphic instruments e re to most liberally allowed to be attached, in of the Sand those of Messrs. Brett, the original projectors, C o ols lo p marine telegraph, and the needle telegraphs 0' Ifee ao d Wheatstone, under Mr. Reid, and of 2,lessltrio to All had an opportunity of sending communicalll3oeros_s„o - the two extreme points during its progre ss ,f gcfras Channel, in addition to the printing telegraPhrciocic' Brett. This was kept up until the vessel, at 1 0 , it on o. to out of sight. Several gentlemen who witness et ll' h y 11 0 side crossed by the boat to Calais, at half-Pa e re "; o re see the landing of the Cable at Sanngate, wrotionooS connexion with the wires at Calais, commullicootin 0 01 expected to be forwarded direct to Paris. . 11- oil s ' 0) 8 correspondence is kept up by the different t e le n gr w ith ive o a cannonade, formed by fusees in connell4eiugg th 6 wires, is kept up at intervals, the word ' 1 fire w hen , b o l o iti 4 from side to side by means of the telegraPb, eitig is points of the several wires at the terminals b in contact, the explosion instantly tak es P P ecebe v lo greg h oer TEN O'CLOCK, .M.—The sub-marine t he i t within three miles of the French coast, wills], coo is anchored. Communication wit h the A 0t,,, U , perfect. 10 ,4 j FOr e 0. Intelligence was received at the South itoe i L eS' p.m. on Sunday, by the submarine telegrapunor C'eorfl satisfactory completion to the French coneri ii , of 1%. 4 $ 1 1; Communications by the printing aPPa r : Cab i d,;o l / 1 Brett were kept up by one of the invent with t he , by Mr, Cheshire, at Dover, and also w iL oer• r ul d:r rito 6re ne F ed u l s e ee in s s w tr e u r m e e s n u t c , c i e n ss a fu m il o y s fi t r s e a d ti o s n fac th to e r o y tl O3 given from either side of the Channel. _;„, Copies of the printed message annoulolT,l,-,r. ing intelligence have been forwarded t Queen, and the Duke of Wellington, 34c• ... FATAL ACCID ---------- ENT IN RICHMOND -PA RK accident, which has been attended with a o o , f ft . -- e l' . 7 "il n g . l' il l! 1 cone e4 occurred in Richmond-Park on TuesdaY 03terna fiPnod• appears that a gentleman, who, with his wi!e a iticla ni " , was sojourning at Richmond, and residing In we to ol o c• green, was taking a drive in the park in his j i sotn e 0' caog:apbaien,ierdusbhyinligisoffdaautgahtdeersapnerdattieiescpee,:dh, w hen "li un i ticl e cident the horse took fright and becan3o entiTthe / e V e . unti ..00400.8 came in violent collision with another carriage, t r ot losii gentleman and ladies to be thrown outh t o to plif witWf''.,,, 131/ and the carriage smashed to pieces. that the gentleman, who was far advanced 1 0 4 ttia: o te . expired of the injuries which he received, 7 0 000 0 5 tif daughter, who was greatly injured, is in a PL e a ds , 1 ',. /l o il e ,h"; The poor old gentleman broughtoke after"„-be co n v" shock to his wife en being hon3o rn a ,.' o gre' . " The melancholy accident has caused greg'" place, where they were much respected.