The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

se it ha d by it, o appear that pri n of the had the ie given ling (the h earlier :ated the een insi- ght this thought 1-clerk's sinebs to uninittee rman of ion, the has said wation I n of the mid not ler com- in that, have the oom was ,en first a little he con- Niously id stated v said he .e obser- nr out of .2.ing that nothing 3 retract ad arisen Id appeal anything id that a ainat the a, he had 's to any once say apology .titiemen le- to the moment, riled or t lie was Leathom )egau by bo - ve do - - was not, .he dock mice had deserve. , arising ;e of ne- I attend- , ID /days ou speak spoke in vou sa- C Same the re- evibal of tinuance eutenant ved that mruitted l anuary the ar- nay ; the confine- sentence employ ;ion paid and ap mbers of ustees of ;co. 4 c lderman ge Holt,. Edward , but are I Com- , ock Act. 1, and if icceeded d by the the'only been ou plication ould be 11, viz., Alder act, the ow take :inue for the law ould be my arise or three 11 before t of Mr. bill—a 3 so roe s enact ughter.) ould be habit to e would could be )e r eap being ) the lip :hat the use they t belong ") Yes, iovc out uselefs eave the Holmes. eld yes in, Dix- Bulley, le chair. nen an- iom the without inst the t of the rth side that the I. After Lod Mr. 3sidera spected referred ion, 00 t, and osed to be esti at Mr. to £3O, Some .esolved he sur- citor to to the to the g gates 0. He Id have sidera- IPLEYr Tres for )m the ~ pray 'rince's Irveyor unless )ssible. igh the would a great on was by the re fre- ;terday r than )on the e pub- gs and e dock much futy to Ige on sug or the Ls pre ❑g re- Liners. 7,000, taken :eping Which the further consideration of the report was postpone( till the next meeting. • .The MARI NE S URVEYOR su b m i tted a manuscr i pt c h ar of the various approaches to the port on a scale of four hides to the nautical mile, corrected up to the present date. 11( stated that the changes in the various channels and banks hat been so extensive that the new chart was absolutely neces. sarY• It would repay the expense, as there was a great de. nand at the present moment.—The marine surveyor wa: ordered to proceed to London to procure the chart to be en. graved and published as soon as possible. The SECRETARY then read the town-clerk's report rela tive to the re-election of the five members of the committee by the town council. The report will be found amongst the council proceedings. The CHAIRMAN announced that on the 9th inst. four rate payers would retire from the committee. There were eight rat-payers, four of whom had to retire. There was a doubt Which four it was ; and opinions were now being taken from Mr. Cresswell and other eminent lawyers upon the point, but those opinions had not yet been received. When they were, he should summon a special meeting of the committee. There could not consequently be a meeting held next Thurs. day.—The committee then separated. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL For the BENEFIT of Mr. G. VANDENHOFF, of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, And the Last Night of his Engagement. THIS present FRIDAY, August 7, 1840, will be per formed Sir E L. Bulwer's favourite Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte Mr. G. Vandenhoff. (First time in Liverpool.) Beauseant . Mr. W. H. Bland. Colonel llamas Mr. Baker. Madame Deschappelles „,,-Mrs. Clarke. Pauline Deschappelles.. M. W. H. Bland. To conclude with Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy, com- pressed into three acts, called RULE A WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE. Leon Mr. G. Vandenhoff. The character in which he made his first appearance in London. • Michael Perez Margaritta Eatifania Old Woman, „Maid. • .... Mr. W. Howard ... Miss Cleaver. Mrs. W. H. Bland. . Mr. Baker. Mr. Slaiter. Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, will commence an engagement, for a limited period, at this Theatre, on MONDAY Next, August 10th. Ninth night of Mr. ANDERSON, of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, who is engaged for a limited period. On MONDAY Next, August 10, the Entertainments will commence With the Comedy ot the CLANDESTINE MAR RIAGE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. Farrel), his first appear ance here these two years; Sir John Melville, Mr. W. Ho ward ; Lovewell, Mr. Stuart ; Brush, Mr. Baker; Mrs. Heidelberg - , Mrs. Clarke; Miss Sterling, Miss Cleaver ; Panne Sterling, Mrs. W. H. Bland •, Betty, Mrs. Teilett. To conclude with the Drama of WILLIAM TELL. Wil liam Tell, Mr. Anderson. EXHIBITION. FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY CAPTALV SIBORA"S MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THE eelebratel MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WA TERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad triision, One Shilling each. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS..- THE GRAND BOMBARDMENT of ALGIERS will take lace THIS , (Fiday,) and next. To be repeated EVERY DAY MONDA r Y and FRIDAY MONDAY during the Season, weather permitting. An excellent BRASS BAND in attendance every day. Admittance, One Shilling. IM PO RTA N'l" - f0 UNICIPAL VOTERS To secure a rote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qua4fication, namely : " The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and during the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, c ounting-house, or shop, within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon, except those becoming due within six months before the 3?st, have been paid before that date." The occupier must also, during the whole of that pe riod, (say two years and nine months) have been an in habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualffications must be completed, and the last day for payment of rates, is the 31st of August. The sth of September is the day on which the overseers are required to nzake out the burgess lists, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to fix a copy of them on the Town-hall, during the week preceding the 15th of September. -4 person succeeding to the occupation of a house, 4.c., by descent, marriage, demise, 6-c., is entitted to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeed TO CORRESPONDENTS The communication of " G. H." is of so peculiar a nature, that we fear its insertion might prove the source of consi derable inconvenience to ourselves. It contains several ex pressions which might subject us to an action for libel, if we gave them publicity. We cannot insert any reports of cases in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, excepting those furnished by our own re porter. We must decline inserting any further communications on the subject of the appointment to the Bishopric of St. Da vid's. We see nothing in the letter of the Rev. D. James that can be construed as an insult to any Englishman. We shall make some inquiries before we can publish the Queries" of " A Welsh Inhabitant of Liverpool." Ebt iLiimpoot &tanbarb. FRIDAI MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1840, The advices from Paris within the last few days have dispelled a considerable portion of the uneasiness which has been felt on the subject of impending war between that country and Great Britain. It is now Probable that France, notwithstanding the threatening attitude which she has been compelled to assume toward s the four great powers, who have shut her out f rom the arrangements entered into for the settlement of the Eastern question, will not willingly carry her exasperated feelings into actual hostilities; but the motive s which, on her part, interfere to prevent a step Which ivould be hailed with rapture by nine-tenths of the French people, are by no means of a nature flatter ing to England as a nation, or such as we can calcu late upon for a week's or a day's duration. The moral power which Great Britain has been accustomed to exercise upon European politics, has on •this question confessedly deserted her. She has no longer any great portion of the sympathy of Europe to strengthen her arms. She has not even, in her present quarrel, the more powerful support afforded by the active good will of her own population. It is not a British cause in behalf of which the Foreign Secretary has thrown down the gauntlet of England, hut a cunning and selfish intrigue, by the success of which the colossal power of Russia—the arch-enemy of British supremacy—will he cemented beyond the possibility of attack, and a giant step be gained to wards the possession of those rich Indian possessions of Great Britain, which Russia, for the last twenty-five years, has made it the unceasing object of her diplo macy and her arms to draw within the clutch of her extended dominion". In the alliance which has given to the vanity of the French nation so deep a wound, Great. Britain is only looked upon as the weak and helpless dupe of this crafty power; and the day is looked forward to when, the object of that alliance being secured, her friendship will be flung away with contempt, and her infatuation be made a scorn and a mockery to Europe and the world. The motives which at present prevent the active in terference of France, are evidently not founded upon any feelings of respect towards the power of Great Britain, or any sympathy with the objects of the alli ance.. The question upon which misunderstanding has_ arisen between France and the powers, is, as yet, of too trifling a nature ostensibly to be made a ground for disturbing the peace of Europe. It is well known, also, that the Sovereign of the French people is per sonally averse to embark in a war, the result and extent of which it is so difficult to foresee. So long, then, as the settlement of the affairs of the East can be conducted without exciting any feeling violently hostile to the national prejudices of the masses in France, the ministry of Louis Philippe may probably be content to remain neutral, keeping up nevertheless an armed surveillance, which any untoward circum stance would convert into active interference. But if these affairs are at last to be settled by the sword—if England and Russia are compelled to throw the weight of their arms into the scale to crush the refractory vassal of the Porte, it will become very questionable whether the power of Louis Philippe, even if he pos sess the inclination, will be sufficient to 'restrain the Wild passions of a people burning for conquest, and I °nging'to plunge into the exciting turmoil of such a contest as would then unsettle and devastate Europe. We must not, therefore, blind ourselves to the fact, that Great Britain is now, as to peace or war, altoge ther at the mercy of circumstances, the direction or control of which is beyond the reach of any effort which she can put forth. For good or evil we are now fairly embarked upon the tide of European poli ticS; and where, it is full time to ask, is the pilot Whose wisdom is to guide us through the rocks and shoals of those troubled and treacherous waters ? W here are those vast resources which are to sustain us in the conflict ? And, above all, where are the ready zeal, the devotion, the enthusiasm, which, during the last mighty struggle of Great Britain for supre macy upon the battle-field of Europe, poured forth her thousands of dauntless hearts and her millions of ungrudged wealth, to vindicate the cause upon which her people had set so noble a price ? These questions, alas ! we ask in vain. No satis factory reply can be furnished. It is obvious that, in the present state of continental politics, any war in which France might feel herself called upon to take a part in opposition to Russia, Austria, and Great Bri tain, would ultimately become a war for supremacy between the great conflicting principles of democracy and absolute power--a war in the progress of which the tottering throne of the present dynasty in France must fall, and be succeeded by a military despotism or a Carlist government, as chance and circumstances may decide. We are very far from being sanguine as to the ability of the present statesmen of Great Britain to bring her safely through such an ordeal ;—still less are we satisfied with the ability of England to hear the heavy drain upon her financial resources which such a contest would occasion. Could we bring ourselves to believe that the ministry whose acts have placed us in our present position was one in which the people of England could confide—one in whose behalf it was practicable to enlist the power of a strong national feel ing—then, indeed, we might have hopes that all would still be well. But the contrary is the fact. The peo ple of England distrust and despise the men in whose hands unfortunately are placed the national interests; and so long as those men continue to administer the government of the country, we can foresee nothing but dishonour and disgrace to our arms, however good the cause may be in behalf of which they are wielded, In any case, however, it is necessarily the duty of the British people to demand from the government of the country, that we should he placed in such a pos ture as to be prepared for any emergency which the progress of events may bring round. It is not a po pular demand—the demand for increased taxation— but it is one which we are bound to make, on the score of economy as well as of prudence. Let England stand forward, armed at all points—with an efficient navy, a powerful land force, and a full exchequer—and she may perhaps still be respected; but whilst her fleet is scattered abroad throughout every quarter of the globe, her army barely sufficient to keep down disaffection in in her colonies, and to perform home duty, and her exchequer literally bankrupt, we have little expectation that she will be able to assert her claims to respect, with that energy which ought to mark the policy of a great nation. There is another " lion in our path" which it ought especially to be the object of a British ministry to re move. We are now openly twitted by the French ministerial journals with the present condition of Ire land. That country it is openly declared will, on the event of a war with France, receive with open arms the aid of a French force to enable her to assert her claims to be an independent state; and it is not with out reason that such an expectation is indulged in. The agitation of the question of repeal is now openly sanctioned by the ministry of Lord Melbourne. The brazen throat of the mendicant by whose aid that ministry is held in office has distinctly and loudly pro claimed that repeal, even at the cost of civil war, must be extorted from Great Britain; and we know, unfor tunately, too much of the character of the Irish peo ple to doubt that, with their present ribbon organiza tion, there will be wanting men desperate and reckless enough to throw the torch of civil insurrection into the heart of her infuriated and savage population. Let the government of Ireland do their duty—but they dare not ! Cowardly, mean, and treacherous, the present despicable crew dare not enter upon a manly policy, although the result of a contrary course were marked before their. eves in desolation and bloodshed. We find from the Manchester papers that, on Tues day week, a public meeting " for the abolition of slavery and the slave-trade" was held in that town. With the language and the sentiments of the great majority of the speakers at that meeting we have little fault to find. We can excuse the trifling exaggera tions in which they occasionally indulged, and to which they were betrayed, no doubt, by an excess of zeal in a good cause. With their eloquent denunciations of slavery we perfectly concur. We are as anxious as the most ardent of them for its utter extinction. But while we would give every credit for purity of motive and honesty of purpose to the greater number of the speakers at the meeting in question, there were asser tions made, especially by Mr. Scoble, which we cannot let pass unnoticed and uncontradicted. Mr. Scoble ventured broadly to assert that "in the West Indian colonies were men who assumed to them selves the right of making laws, and would pass laws which would again enshackle the negro and coloured population of those colonies in the chains of slavery." In support of this sweeping and libellous charge Mr. Scoble did not offer a tittle of evidence. It is a very easy matter to indulge in such accusations, but it is a very different thing to prove their truth. We defy Mr. Scoble to the proof. Let us remind him of one fact which is utterly at variance with his assertion. Has he forgotten that the colonial legislatures in the West Indies, whom he thus vilifies, actually anticipated the decision of the Imperial Parliament by conferring the boon of. unconditional freedom upon the negro population of those colonies, before the term of their apprenticeship had expired ? Was this act at all con sistent with the character which Mr. Saible has drawn of these legislative bodies ? Mr. Scoble proceeds to remark that " much had been heard lately of the subject of immigration into the British colonies. He would dissuade his country men from resorting thither. He found the greater number of Irishmen induced to go there, were in their graves. So with respect to the hardy Scotchmen, the Germans, and the Portuguese. No European could endure field labour in the West Indies." These asser tions, again, are at direct variance with acknowledged facts. It is a fact that the climate of the West Indies, generally speaking, is far from being detrimental to the health of Europeans. Witness the numberless in stances of longevity which are almost daily recorded in the obituaries of the colonial papers. We might, indeed, settle this point by an appeal to hundreds of our own townsmen who have spent their twenty, thirty, and even forty years in the most unhealthy districts in Jamaica, British Guiana, and Trinidad. It is a noto rious fact, and one which admits of no dispute, that the average duration of human existence in the West Indies is greater than it is in Liverpool, Manchester, or any of the populous towns in Great Britain. It is also a fact that the British and German emigrants who have been located in Jamaica have experienced no ill effects, beyond thOse which ordinarily fall to the lot of huma nity in all climes, from their removal to that colony. The same may be also said of British Guiana. It should be remembered that these labourers' are chiefly employed in the field-work of the estates on which they are located. This work they go through cheer fully, and without any extraordinary fatigue. It should also be remembered that they have chiefly been en gaged in the more elevated districts, where the heat is by no means excessive. Indeed, at no time are field labourers in the West Indies subjected to greater heat than that which is experienced by our harvest labourers at the present moment, when the thermometer stands at eighty-four in the shade. English and Irish la bourers are glad to engage to work for sixteen hours per day, exposed to this great heat, and that without a complaint : whereas, in the West Indies, the field labourers are very rarely kept more than nine or ten hours at work when the thermometer is only at seventy five degrees. We say nothing of the high wages and the numberless comforts enjoyed by European immi grants in the West Indies. We say nothing of the va rious trades and occupations in which there is em ployment for them in other than field labour. But we say deliberately, and without fear of refutation, that there is scarcely any part of our colonial possessions which can be at all compared to the West Indies or British Guiana as locations for European emigrants. It is a gross delusion to assert the contrary. Mr. Scoble's calumnies against the planters of Bri tish Guiana, in reference to their treatment of the Hill Coolies, are too sweeping and atrocious to be passed over in silence. He says, that " on the pro perty of Mr. Gladstone he (Mr. Scoble) had been twice assaulted ;" and that " it was only by stratagem that he was at length able to mingle with the negroes in their villages, and to obtain that information which enabled him to get Outride' the manager of the Coolies on the plantation of the most atrocious cruel ties." Will Mr. Scoble have the candour to publish the proceedings which took place, and the evidence which was offered, at the trial of that manager ? Until he does so, we beg to inform him that his mere ipse dixit on the subject will hardly obtain credit among an audience of enlightened and impartial Englishmen. On the subject of the treatment of the Hill Coolies in British Guiana, we would refer Mr. Scoble, and those who may have been misled by his grossly erroneous and exaggerated statements, to the testimony of Go vernor Light, in his despatches to the Home Secretary. Before we quit this part of the subject we would also remind Mr. Scoble that the parties who obstructed his inquiries on several of the principal estates in British Guiana were free negroes, who very justly conceived that his meddling interference between them and their employers, with whom they were on the best possible terms, would only lead to mischief. They deprecated his officious intermeddling. They had seen the disas trous consequences which had attended it on other estates, and very wisely resolved to refuse his most disinterested mediation. The next point to which Mr. Scoble alluded in his speech was the decrease in the growth and import of sugar, which he said was not as great as the planters stated. We have already anticipated his quibbles on this subject, for it is a sheer, and not very creditable, quibble to assert that the diminution in the growth of colonial sugar has been but trifling. The method by which Mr. Scoble seeks to make good his statement is exceedingly ingenious. He says that " from the Brit ish West Indies, the Mauritius and the East Indies, the amount of sugar introduced into this country in 1833, was 4,278,000 cwt.; and in 1839 it was 3,914,826 cwt.; being a diminution of only 363,585 cwt., or about one twelfth of the whole." He very cunningly avoids spe cifying the comparative import of sugar from the West Indies alone for the years 1833 and 1839. This would not have suited his purpose.' It is well known that from the East Indies, there has been a very great in crease in the import of sugar. This increase Mr. Sco ble very honestly avails himself of in order to show that the decrease in the imports from the 'West Indies has no been so considerable as it has been represented. The next time he undertakes to enlighten an English audience on this subject, let him confine his statistical statements to the West Indies, and then we shall know how to grapple with his figures. Mr. Scoble drew very largely on the credulity of his audience when he asserted that " the present high price of sugar did not arise from the diminished quantity of sugar imported into this country, but from the mono poly of the West India body in the British markets." How does he reconcile this statement with the notori ous fact that a few weeks ago, the whole stock of sugar in Great Britain was scarcely sufficient for four weeks consumption ? 'Would not this fact alone account for the high price of sugar ? If the " monopoly "of the West India body be now the cause of the high price of sugar, what was the cause of its low price during past years, while the same monopoly was in existence ? Mr. Scoble professes himself to be adverse to the introduction of slave-labour sugar into the British mar ket, and yet he perseveringly opposes every scheme for rendering our colonies in the West Indies more pro ductive. If he wishes to obtain any credit for consis tency, let him cease his senseless agitation against the West India interest. Let him prove his honesty. by advoCating the cause of free immigration into the West Indies, which, he may rest assured, is the only plan by which the boundless resources of those noble and invaluable appendages to the British crown can be fully developed, and by which a continued, abundant, and cheap supply of sugar and other colonial produce can be obtained Our contemporary of the Mercury is not quite sa tisfied, it seems, with the already large increase of whig-radical voters, paraded before the public as the result of the pure labours of the Protector Society. One thousand two hundred and fifty brothers of the hod have been enabled, by loans from Sir Joshua Walmsley's purse, aided, perhaps, with a little Trea sury gold, to pay up the rates for their various cellars and piggeries; but this is not the whole. There are more " men in buckram" than these "supporthers of the ould church." The protectors, with " one John Rosson, Esq." at their head, are not to run away with all the glory of the triumph which is at hand; but must consent to share with their brethren of the Re form Association. We are glad of this ; for it would be a pity if these Siamese twin societies should have cause of jealousy one towards the other. It would be truly a heart rending circumstance if the hod was to prove stronger than the yardstick—if the cellar was to outvote the front shop ; and those clean and clever bipeds, who have hitherto driven only pigs to market, were to be found at the next election driving whigs to the poll to vote for the "illigant mimber recomminded by his riverence and Dan of Derrynane." Such a reversal of the established order and fitness of things would be a bitter pill for the proud stomachs of our Earles and Rathbones—our Curries and Hornbys—the aris tocracy of the liberal party in Liverpool; and, for the sake of humanity, We are glad that it is not on this occasion to be forced upon them. The Irish party ! (the hodmen, pig -drivers, journey men snips, and dealers in rags, bones, old spoons, and various other similar commodities) are from experience acquainted with the fact that sulky animals are plaguy difficult to drive—especially the pigs. There is a pe culiar way of coaxing them in any given direction ne cessary to be resorted to when the coercion of whip cord is of no avail. The animals have a will of their own, which it is highly desirable that they should ima gine themselves to be following ; and the protectors, judging from analogy, are disposed to resort to this persuasive vein in order to propel forward the some what sulky forces of the aristocratic reformers by al lowing them to fancy themselves free agents. On this principle it is that the whigs of the Reform Association are to be allowed for a while to hug them selves with the idea that they are still somebody; and perhaps one reason for this permission on the part of the protectors may arise from the want of Whig purses to dip into occasionally. It is convenient, to say the least of it, to have under thumb a few soft-witted in dividuals whom a little wheedling and flattery will per suade to part with the indispensable, whenever " the boys" turn unruly and require a little whisky to whet their appetite for a scrimmage. Whilst alluding to this subject we may be permitted to assure our sage contemporary that we are very far from being in that state of rabid anger at the proceed ings of the faction which he imagines. Although im pressed with a due regard for the wisdom of the adage which tells Us that "he who wins may laugh," we cannot help laughing beforehand. When whigs them selves blush, we may .surely smile. When men, with professions of liberality and universal equality in their mouths, but in whose hearts are pride and scorn of all beneath them, are compelled in the face of the world to confess their own weakness and rub elbows with the, great unwashed, we cannot help being amused at the contortions of feature displayed as their proud stomachs rise against the loathed con tact. We know that the whig party in Liverpool feel, and feel deeply, the degradation to which they are at this moment submitting. They feel the thrall and dread the lash which will follow it. But feeling all this, they are so bowed down in the slavery of their own purblind and perverse natures that they willingly embrace pollution; and we laugh—when we ought ra ther to grieve—to see human beings so utterly, so deeply, so irrecoverably fallen. Since the above remarks (intended for our Tues day's publication) were in type, we have learnt that our friends of the Protector Society have been even more successful than we anticipated in "swamping the register." In consequence of the great number of new names,—introduced at the very last moment, for the purpose of stealing a march upon the sleepy con servatives,—the task of drawing up, arranging, and printing the register, in time to be posted on Sunday last upon the doors of the various churches and cha pels within the borough, was rendered one of in creased difficulty. A new mode of alphabetical ar rangement, too, had, it appears, been required by the revising barrister at the last registration; and the re sult of these combined causes was, that only seven complete copies of the new register were printed in time to be posted on Sunday. _ _ This untoward accident will, it is feared by some well-informed people of both parties, invalidate altoge. ther the register of the present year, and render ino perative the virtuous and somewhat expensive labours of Sir Joshua and his Popish satellites. It is said that the worthy knight is as sore upon the subject as a certain Jew of Carlow notoriety; but we cannot really conceive that Sir Joshua has the, same cause of com plaint. True it is, that the money paid is, in this in stance, something over five thousand pounds, whereas in the Raphael affair it was only• "£2,ooo—say two thousand pounds" ; but Sir Joshua has got something for his money. His object was to " swamp the regis ter," and he has swamped it efectually ! The Jew had only the satisfaction of being robbed and laughed at by a beggarly impostor. We must confess that we are not sufficiently learned in the law to decide what will be the precise effect upon the register, produced by this unfortunate break-down. We are told that it is matter of certainty that no elec tion for Liverpool can take place upon the present register. We would, however, strongly advise our conservative friends not to take this for granted. Let the lists now posted be strictly examined, and every dodbtful name be objected to. We know from good authority that an immense number of the new recruits are no more entitled to be upon the register than the pigs they have been in the habit of driving ; and if these men are strenuously opposed before the barris ter, perhaps Sir Joshua may not on a future occasion be so willing to trust his money on the " equitable loan" security so naively described by our contempo rary of the Journal. SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY AND THE BOTANIC GARDENS One of the strongest claims of Sir Joshua Walmsley to the support of the moderate Whig party, is the fact of his being a member of the Church of England. We find, how ever, that when his worship has a low radical clique to ap pease, he is not particularly scrupulous in paying respect to the moral and religious feelings of churchmen ; and we may therefore conclude that his Protestant principles are equally loose with his political creed. Our readers arc of course aware that the refusal of the proprietors of the Botanic Gardens to sanction the admission of the public on the sabbath, has led to the withdrawal of a proposed grant of £2OO per annum by the corporation. In consideration of the public being admitted on certain week days, the finance committee unanimously resolved to recom mend a grant to the proprietors of £lOO per annum, which recommendation was announced to the council at their meet ing on Wednesday last. There are, however, certain gentle_ men of most liberal principles in that council, who are averse to any means of relaxation being afforded to the industrious working classes, unless the religious feelings of their fellow townsmen can be insulted at the same time ; and amongst this number—amounting to five !—we are sorry to find that firm supporter of our Protestant religion, Sir Joshua Walmsley. By these gentlemen, with Mr. Alderman Evans as their head, and our worthy knight as their tail, the proposition of the finance committee to grant the munificent sum of £lOO per annum to the proprietors of the Botanic Gardens, was resisted ; and we call the attention of the moral and religious portion of our fellow townsmen to this fact, in order to warn them against placing their dependence upon the professions of the sound and orthodox churchman, who will, probably, in a short time, ask them for their suffrages. SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PROTECTOR SOCIETY The following list of subscribers to the Protector Society has been handed to us. Having reached us anonymously, we cannot vouch for its strict accuracy. J. Walmsley J. Mullineaux Thorneley J. C. Ewart Cropper John Holmes Eyre Evans John Platt Pattison Ellames Francis Jordan Preston —Frankland Blackbuine Quayle Booth Sheil Thornhill W. Rathbone'(3d donation) James Brancker —Yates Glenn Hornby Segar Carson Coglan .... M' Kee Mason .... Mellor .... Alison Woolwright £3580 FIRE.—At the moment of going to press we understood that a fire was raging in the neighbourhood of Bevington-bush. The late hour at which it occurred precluded us from ascer taining the cause or the extent of the conflagration. PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDBNT•--The President has com menced her voyage well, and we hope her excellent perform ance at the beginning of her first trip across the Atlantic augurs a speedy and pleasant passage. She was seen by the Superb, which arrived here ou Tuesday from Charleston, at six o'clock on Sunday evening, about eight miles east of the Old Head of Kinsale. She had then run a distance of about 275 miles in 274 hours, an average performance of ten knots per hour. BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL.— The steam-ship Acadia started on Tuesday last, the 4th instant, about two o'clock, with the mails on board. A noble vessel she is, well prepared and able for the work intended. Her departure was altogether managed in a very business-like manner. The Acadia carries out to Halifax and Boston upwards of sixty passengers, of which the follow ing is a list :—Mr. John M'Nider, Mr. G. H. Smith, Sir G. Seymour, R.N., Dr. S. W. Chermsede, Mr. Edward Smith, Mr. P. Clarke, Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. L. Gostenhoffer, Captain Douglas, Mr. M. Mottram, Mr. R. Knox, Mr. R. Ferguson, Mr. John Russell, Lieut. Lumley, Mr. Robert Lang, Mr. S. W. Deblois, Captain G. Tennant, 85th Regt., Sir John Copley, Lieutenant E. Tennant, Lieutenant-Col. Balfour, Mr. John Greenshields, Mr. C. E. Ramsey, Mr. W. E. Logan, Lieutenant F. S. Holmes, Mr. Richardson, Mr. James Francis, Mr. E. Fearon, all for Halifax, and the following for Boston :—Miss Ferguson, Mrs. Butterfield and two children, Mrs. C. W. Worch, servant and child, Mr. and Mrs. Eyre, Mr. Augustus Cleveland, Mr. J. S. Allen, Mr. J. Slade, Mr. Joseph - T. Thomas, Mr. Baynard Clarke, Mr. John Henry, Mr. Power, the comedian, and servant, Mr. Richings, the comedian, Mr. Thomas Bell, Mr. Washington Williams, Mr, Alexander Lowry and Mrs. Lowry, Mr. James Lowry, Rev. C. P. Grosvenor, Rev. N. Colver, Mr. Albert Pilling, Mr. William Hunton, Mr. Jos. C. Fuller, Mr. Thomas Swanwick, Mr. John Ferguson, Mr. Alexander Oakley, Mr. H, S. Turner, Mr. Henry Berkett, consult at Philadelphia, Mr. W. L. Garrison, Mr. N. P. Rogers, Lieutenant Jones, R.N. THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. G. Vandenhoff terminates this evening an engagement which has by no means been suc cessful, and on Monday next he will be succeeded by Mr. M. W. Farren. The genuine old English comedy, we expect, will be in the ascendant during that sterling actor's stay amongst us. Mr. Anderson is rapidly increasing in reputation, and, no doubt, he will one day be at a point in the profession where he will have few or no rivals. In some parts he falls into the error of becoming a mere copyist :. he has genius enough to strike out enticing new points—let him, therefore, cultivate it. The play on Monday night is The Clandestine Marriage. NORTHERN MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The first annual meeting of the members of the Northern Mechanics' Insti tution was held on Monday evening in the Corporation School, Bevington-hill. The mayor, Sir Joshua Walmsley, presided ; and the meeting was addressed in interesting speeches by his worship, Mr. L. Heyworth, Mr. Joseph Johnson, Mr. Wm. Rathbone, Mr. H. E. Langtree, Mr. Samuel Bright, Mr. H. Dircks, Mr. Danson, Mr. M'Con nell, Mr. Grandison, and Mr. Bartholomew. All the reso lutions were unanimously passed. MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.--The Naval and Military Gazette gives the following account of Captain Siborn's Model of the Battle of Waterloo, now being exhi bited at the Union Rooms, Duke-street:—`• The model of the Battle of Waterlbo is unquestionably the most perfect, as well as the most comprehensive, object of its kind that has ever been presented to public notice ;—and it claims to be looked at rather as a noble and admirable piec e o f hi s t ory , than as a mere work of ingenuity and entert a i nmen t. * * * If the reader, before visiting, as he unquestionably will, this singular and extraordinary work of art, desires to gain a more specific notion of its character and result than we have hitherto given him, he has only to fancy himself the tempo rary occupant of Mr. Green's balloon, at an elevation of a thousand or so of feet above the field of Waterloo, at a quar ter-past 7 o'clock in the day o f the 18 t h o f June, 1815.' We , venture to say, that such a bird's-eye' v i ew of the battle would not have given amore distinct and picturesque, and scarcely a more true notion of the scene, than he will obtain from Lieutenant Siborn's admirable and unequalled model." - - • • • - THE WEATHER.—In this neighbourhood the weather has, for the last week or ten days, been delightful—realising all the warmth, and we may add, the sultryness of summer, which was so desirable towards the close of a precarious sea son. Our active citizens have been fairly overcome by the heat, in pursuing their daily avocations ; but we little com miserate their distress, albeit we suffer a little of the broiling in our own person. The genial change has already produced the most gratifying results in the country. The fields have already assumed the yellow tinge of autumn, and the depressed hopes of the husbandman are revived. We are not in the middle of a corn country, but we have a consider able breadth of grain in this county, and all around us is most promising. The harvest will certainly be much above an average one, if anything like favourabl e wea th er con ti nue . Meantime potatoes, fruit, and other vegetables of immediate consumption, have fallen in price, and there is still a pro mise of a continuance of a fine ripening time. FLASH NOTES.—An old man, who said his name was John Allen, was placed at the bar of the police-court, yesterday, by Ainsworth, the police-officer, on a charge of having "flash notes" in his possession, with an intent to utter them. ,The prisoner was seen in the company of a country-looking man, on Wednesday, who was enquiring the way to the office of the Isle of Man Steam -packet Company. Being well known, he was forthwith taken into custody, and on being searched a large number of flash notes were found upon him. Mr. Rushton asked him what he had to say. He replied that he did not know he had the notes in his possession : he had put on a pair of old trowsers that morning, and having at one time used such notes, for which he had severely suf fered, he supposed they must have been accidentally left in the pockets. He had had sufficient warning at that period not to have anything of the kind upon him again. Mr. Rush ton said he was afraid he had not profited by the warning. It was only a few days ago that a poor Irishman was robbed of £4, by means of notes similar to those found upon the pri soner, and, therefore, he would take care the public should see no more of him (the prisoner) fo r some t i me. The pri soner was then committed for three months as u rogue and vagabond. THE "ORIENTAL" STEAM SHIP, This fine vessel is now nearly ready for sea She is the largest steam-ship ever built at this port, and, as the whole _ . of her interior equipments, which combine much of novelt and improvement in design, with great neatness in execu :ion, are al will no doubt be interesting to those who regard with grati • - fication the rapid progress of ocean steam navigation, which, it is not too much to assume, is destined to promote in a high degree the maritime and commercial greatness of our country As we shall hereafter furnish some details of the peculiar and admirable construction of the vessel, 'from an authentic source, we shall not here dwell on this point, our immediate object being to address ourselves particularly to the extra ordinary passenger comforts which she presents. Suffice it to say, that she is of 1500 tons admeasurement, with engines (of the best construction) by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., of 450 horse-power; that she is of a universally admitted beautiful model, and constructed throughout,without regard to trouble or expense, of the choicest materials, and on the most improved principles, —to ensure swiftness with the greatest strength and security. Mr. Wilson, the builder, has, indeed, in this instance, further confirmed his title to the appellation of one of the first builders in England ; for if we look at the fine proportions of the Oriental, her fastenings, and her large body, within an apparently small compass, we know of no vessel that approaches her. She has a handsome figure-head, and an emblematically carved stern, and looks beautiful on the water. Oil going on board, the visitor is first struck by the DECK ACCOMMODATIONS.—These are most extensive, the arrangements being such that, large as is the vessel, no space has been lost, and no single department cramped or nnnfinpri vv.,••••••••.1.• The vessel is frigate built, with a spar deck. The Saloon, with the sleeping rooms attached to it, (and which we shall notice in their order) occupies the after part of the main deck,—under the quarter deck. On each side of this deck are commodious rooms, neatly panelled with intervening pi lasters, for the officers and men of the ship,—the starboard side being laid out for the commander, officers, and blue jackets, and the larboard side for the engineers and their fire men. The officers' rooms are spacious and well fitted up, and the whole are lighted by side windows as well as from the deck. Half of the top-gallant forecastle is fitted up for the sheep and pigs, so that, being at the extreme end of the ves sel, no disagreeable smell is perceptible by the passengers. Her main deck, and its appurtenances (including the cook houses, &c.), are, indeed, the most complete of any vessel we have seen. The SPAR DECK (or upper deck) affords a superb and un interrupted promenade, 200 feet in length. The gratings occupy little more than the space of a large hatchway, be tween the mainmast and foremast ; and tarpaulins being provided to place over them in bad weather, the passengers have an opportunity of enjoying a dry walk at all times, on the deck below, which is kept clear as much as possible of central erections, for that purpose. The only building on the spar deck is a neat structure close aft, fronted by a small colonnade of lonic columns. Here there are two commodi ous smoking rooms, each with windows on three sides, com manding extensive views, and so arranged as not to interfere with the helmsman, who is, in fact, boxed in, in a comfort able room in the centre, so that his attention cannot be dis tracted by intercourse with the passengers. The back part of this room is appropriated to the keeping in readiness of the signal flags. In connection with this deck, we may add that there are four large quarter boats, also a life-boat over the stern, built after the highly and deservedly approved prin ciple of the American life-boat. The vessel is rigged in the usual way as a three-masted schooner, or rather hermaphrodite, the foremast having yards like those of a ship. Her spars and rigging, however, are more than usually light even for a steam-ship, so that they will present very slight obstruction to her going head to wind. The lower rigging is of wire,—itself a good conductor of lightning ; but, in addition to this, Snow Harris's con- Ittao - Ito all e.- ductors have been a, ner, the spars, and carried down to the sheathing copper ; thus (without " inviting" lightning to the ship) effectually protecting human life, should she be struck by the electric fluid. Having now noticed the principal deck accommodations and fittings, we proceed to the cabins, and in order to reserve those abaft, which are necessarily the most splendid, as a Lon bouche at the•close, we invite visitors to an inspection, in the first instance, of those in the fore part of the ship. THE PRINCIPAL FORE CABIN is very superior for first class passengers. The whole is beautifully painted in satin wood. There is a private state-room attached, also a berth for the surgeon, and another for the Admiralty Agent. Fur ther forward, with a separate entrance, is a mess-room for the officers, quite independent of the passengers' cabin, — thus excluding the officers from the passenger accommoda tion. There is also a very superior second glass cabin, making up twenty-four beds. Trusting that the visitor will forego the gratification of his curiosity as regards the Saloon, we now descend to THE LOWER AFTER CABINS.—These cabins, which are under the Saloon, are quite unique, and different in design from anything yet afloat. Air and light are copiously ad mitted, commodious rooms are secured, and the dormitories or berths are amidships, so that the rolling, if any, will scarcely be perceptible, and the rush of the water against the vessel's side, will not, as in the usual plan, he heard close to the ear. A wide well-lighted passage or lobby across the ship, terminating in a staircase, on the larboard side, leads from the saloon, and also from the main deck, to these apartments, as well as a staircase, near the stern. A double range of sleeping -rooms occupies the middle. The space between them and the vessel's side, and which is of considerable area, is formed on one side into a Tea Room, and on the other into an equally spacious Lounging Room, with a central . communicating passage between the two. These rooms are amply lighted, by large port windows in the sides of the ship. A range of broad sofas are fixed along their whole length, against the vessel's sides, forming truly agreeable " lounging" places. All these apartments are finely empanelled, and painted in satin-wood; and the top framework of each sleeping-room door is fitted with a green Venetian blind. Over the cor nicing is an open railing or balustrade for the free ingress and egress of air. Adjoining the tea-room there is a Ladies' Retiring Room, handsomely fitted up, the upper panel in each compartment, between the pilasters, being a mirror. This room is lighted by two windows from the side, and leading from it, in the middle of the ship, are two spacious bed-rooms. The purser's store room, further aft, is a curiosity ; and the wine-cellar below contains space for upwards of four ,hundred dozen of wine, separately packed. Of the ventilation we cannot speak too highly. The vessel is, in fact, aired throughout on scientific principles; every state-room has a separate self-acting ventilating pipe, which cannot be interfered with ; and every lower birth has two pipes to carry the air up to the cabin ceiling, to be thence conveyed into the atmosphere by large ventilating pipes, between the stern timbers. It may be added, with reference to the sleeping-rooms, that, in order to secure cleanliness, the bottoms of all the beds are formed of strips of wrought iron. We now permit our kind visitors to peep into THE SALOON.—This is a most splendid apartment, 70 feet by 21 feet in width ' "kes t' - . Its appearance stn., .ne be holder, on his entrance, as being classically beautiful, without being gaudy. The style is Grecian. On each side there are thirteen lonic columns, supporting the beams of the roof, which are ornamented with plain mouldings. These columns, which are in due proportion, with bases and capitals complete, arc fluted in the upper half, and are painted and polished so as to resemble the finest porcelain. Between these, the walls of the romp are panelled in papier macke; of a bright straw colour—one panel only from top to bottom in each compartment, each simply but beautifully ornamented with a light filagree scroll all round. The styles, and the backing of the columns are painted in imitation of rosewood, and the framing of the doors in satin wood, finely polished. Mr. Goore has great merit in this respect, as well as in the general painting and decoration of the ship. At the fore end of the saloon, the columns and panelling are continued in corresponding style. In the middle stands a handsome rose wood sideboard, topped with marble, and so edged with the same material as to prevent articles placed upon it from rolling off. On each side of it are handsome bookcases to correspond ; and at the back is a large mirror, six feet eight inches in length, by four feet four in depth, within a slender gilt frame. This glass produces a fine effect. Four maho gany tables, forming two rows, run longitudinally along the room, with sofa seats. These will accommodate one hun dred and twenty persons at dinner. The arrangement over the tables for glasses, decanters, &c., is quite original. Two mahogany turned pillars rise from near the ends of each table to the roof, and on these are fixed several mahogany shelves, within an inch or two of each other, and decreasing in size as they overtop each other pyramidically. These shelves, except the lower one in each range, are perforated in holes and grooves, to admit of decanters, &c. in the top shelves, and at the lower or outward e d ge , a little above the level of the heads of the guests when seated, of wine glasses ; so that the whole of the tables may be kept free from glasses or decanters during an entertainment (to the salvation of both wine and crystal), while the company may see and converse with each other without interruption. The only gilding to be seen in this truly splendid apartment, is that of the slight frame of the mirror, before noticed ; and the whole verifies the fact, that architectural, like feminine beauty, is " when unadorned adorned the most." Amongst what is conducive to safety, health, and comfort on board, we may enumerate the following items :—Vaucher's patent pumps, (four in number), capable of throwing out 200 gallons of water per minute, so as to master a leak even were it to the extent of the opening of a butt. Two shower-baths, (in the quarter galleries), and a hot, tepid, and cold bath also adjoining the cabins. Seven iron beds for invalids, so hung on centres, as to swing with the motion of the vessel, and thus secure rest and ease to the invalid. Two ice-houses, a carpenter's workshop, a boatswain's store-room, and a very excellent cabouse, with ventilators from the floats when in action. It may be added, that the Steward's Pantry, which adjoins the Saloon, is between it and the cook-house, so that, as there is a continuous passage between them, the duties of both de partments may be carried on unperceived by the passengers or crew. Another convenience is that the steward can pro cure hot fresh water at any time, night or day, when the steam is up in the engine boilers. But we must draw this notice (which does but imperfect justice to the vessel) to a close. On looking generally at the " Oriental" and her accommodations, we are impressed with admiration of the effect produced, although we search in vain for any of those meretricious embellishments, which first at tract the attention of the generality of observers, and often lead them to merge the useful in the merely decorative. There is no gilding, no elaborate carving, no pictorial de vices. All is plain, simple, and harmonious, but withal beautiful, because chaste. Everything is appropriate to the place and the occasion ; comfort is combined with elegance ; and there is nothing unnecessary, whimsical, or perplexingly sumptuous. The object of the whole arrangements appears to have been to render all as firm, immovable, and substan tial as possible ; and the endeavour (which has doubtless been attended with much study and anxiety) has assuredly been highly successful. We simtild be doing injustice did we close this inadequate sketch without stating that the arrangements entirely ema nated from Mr. Shaw, the Company's marine manager, who, in this instance in particular (as on former occasions), has not only shown peculiar devotion to the improvement of steam navigation in every point, but, by his excellent taste, scientific acquirements, and unwearied exertions, has proved himself well deserving of the confidence which has been so long reposed in him. yi ! E £5O NoTE.--On Monday morning, the man named William Chapman wh o was apprehended on Sunday week, attempting to get a £5O Bank of England note changed un der suspicious circumstances, was again brought up at the Borough Court, and it was stated that Sergeant Jackson, of the police, had been over to Liverpool, and found that the prisoner did live where he had stated, in Albion Mill Place, Liverpool ; that he kept a house of ill fame there ; and that, two or three days before the prisoner's apprehension, a rob bery had been committed in his house, and a £5O Bank of England note was amongst the property stolen. Subse quently, a letter had been received from the Liverpool police, stating that a gentleman named Lindsay, who resided at No. 16, Roscommon-street, had been robbed at a house in Albion Mills Place, of a £5O Bank of England note, cut in tw o an d then pinned together (the exact description of this no t e, which we purposely omitted giving last week) ; but that Mr. Lindsay declined to come forward and prosecute. U n d er these circumstances Mr. Maude directed that the prisoner should be discharged, and that for the present the police might retain possession of the note.—Manchester Guar, second issue account of the vessel which accompanied The PRESIDENT—the largest steam-vessel in the world— was built at Limehouse, on the Thames, by , Messrs. Curling and Young, for the B r iti s h an d American Steam Navigation Company, who are also proprietors of her sister ship the British Queen. She was launched on the 9th of December last; and as her engines were in progress of construction in this town, (her destined port on this side the Atlantic,) she was brought round, under canvas, b Captain Keane, now her second, o r " commanding officer , ' a gentleman of great experience. She anchored in the Mersey on the 22d of Fe bruary last, after a boisterous passage, during which, though but "steam-rigged," she showed such excellent sailing qua lities, that, to employ a seafaring phrase, " she beat every thing she came across." Her extraordinary bulk, fine pro portions and general appearance, have since rendered her an object of curiosity and wonder. The model of the President is universally admitted to combine all that fineness of bottom which is requisite for fast sailing, with those bearings and rotundity above which will enable her to carry a large cargo, independent of h er coals and stores, an d ren d er her a safe, dry, and comfortable sea-boat. She is a medium, indeed, in construction, between the fast sailing-vessel and the fast steamer, and has already agreeably dissipated the doubts of some, by proving herself A 1 of the latter class. She is painted in man-of-war style, with gun-Worts . and is . “ , .......nusomeiy rigged, as what is termed a three-masted schooner ; with a formast, fore-topmast, and top-gallantmast, like that of a ship. Her bow is finely thrown out, and terminates in a boldly-carved figure, of almost Colossal dimensions, of the immortal ” Washington," the hero of North American Independence. Her stern is projective, and finely formed to withstand a sea-way. It has large windows of plate glass, and is ornamented with carved work, as are the quarter galleries. Over the windows are the united arms of England and America, quartered in heral dic shields, supported by the Lion of the one country, and the Eagle of the other, and also by emblematic female figures. The paddle-boxes are comparatively slightly raised above the bulwarks, and the small portion of the circle which is elevated being painted white, the sheer is uninterruptedly embraced by the eye ; and the general appearance of the vessel, when her side is viewed, particularly now that she is set down in the water, is that of a first-class frigate of extraordinary length, under jury or temporarr.masts. • The following arc the dimensions and Capacity, power of engines, &c. of the President : FT IN Length over all, fr om t a ff ra il to fi gure head 27 3. 0 Bean, within the paddle boxes Breadth from outside of paddle-boxes.. Depth of hold 30 0 Height between the main and spar deck Height between lower and main deck (both flush) 7 8 Admeasurement Capacity for stowage of goods, after } 800 to 900 tons. receiving her co a l s , s t ores, &c. .. Engines,—two of 270 horse-Power each.. 540 horse-power. Much pains have been taken, and no expense spared, to render the President a crack ship. In the quality of the materials, and in fidelity of workmanship, she is equal to any of her Majesty's ships of war. In addition to a strong frame, solid to the bilge, she is diagonally fastened fore and aft, with iron, copper, and wood, in a manner, which, (as we stated in a former account), would seem to put at defiance the rudest assaults of the ocean wave. She is fitted up with all the modern improvements, in pumps, tanks, and other appurtenances, Wild not a few of a novel compact and useful description. She is also divided into water-tight sections, (as are most of th e i ron veccel . .3 . T • IS constructed ny Mr. Laird), so that the springing of a leak would be attended with comparatively little danger, and would be readily overcome. Her steering-geer is of a novel and much-improved descrip tion, combining security with facility to the two helmsmen generally employed, —one of whom would, in most instances, be sufficient to guide her immense bulk through the weltering element. Independently of her roomy cabins, the President presents peculiar advantages for what may be called the " out-door" airing and exercise of passengers. Being frigate built, she has a spare deck, affording an uninterrupted and level pro menade along her whole length above board,—the pedestrian having but to walk 19 times over the " ground" to accom• plish a mile ! The main deck below this also presents; in stormy or rainy weather, a considerable length of sheltered walk on each side ; shorter than the other, indeed, only by the length of the quarterdeck and forecastle. We now come briefly to notice THE CABINS THE SALOON.—This room is under the fore part of the quarter deck, and occupies the full breadth of the ship. It is nearly square, being 28 ft. in length by 34 ft. athwartships. The height to the beams, which are rendered ornamental, is 7 feet 8 inches, being the height throughout between the main deck and the spar deck. This spacious apartment is finished in the Tudor style of Gothic. There are four doors, two from the main deck, and two from a wide passage or corridore leading to the stern. The tops of these entrances are pointed arches. On each side there are sofa fixtures, upholstered in embossed crimson velvet. The walls are en riched with narrow Gothic panels, of a delicate tint, and the stiles or mullions are raised in alto, in grained oak, a pointed floriated arch being formed in bold carved work at the top of each. The cornice is embattled, and as it projects from the wall, has a fine effect. The whole of this oak work strongly resembles in style that in several of our cathedrals and antique churches. A cheerful light is poured in not only from the middle •of the deck, but from four win dows, as large as port holes—two on each side—each glazed with a single plate. There are four sideboards, in recesses, near the corners. An oblong mirror is inserted behind each of these, giving it a " double" effect. Above these there are three gothic panels, similar to those in the room ; and in the middle one in each is inserted a small oil painting or portrait of an American worthy ;—General Wash ington, the present President, and two others. Four tables are ranged in parallel lines along the floor, with sofa seats. Here upwards a a hunthedindividuals may sit down to the festive board. The side windows form thorough lights, and afford a view of sea or land as the vessel dashes on her course. Adjoining the saloon, and forming two wings to it, on each side of the entrances from the main deck, and enter ing from them, are the steward's two pantries, replete with the splendid plate, and glass and earthenware, &c., of the ship, requisite in the serving up of the good things of this life to the passengers. A portion of the panel work, like a secret door, opens from each of these into the saloon, for the convenience of the waiters. THE PRINCIPAL. CORRIDOR. —This wide passage or cor ridor, extending from the saloon to the stern of the vessel amidships, and well lighted from the roof as well as by several large windows in the stern at the further end, is one of the most interesting parts of the ship. It forms an interior pro menade, and on each side are the nrincinal stßte OLCIAV rooms or dormitories, two deep between it and the sides of the ship, and accessible by passages topped by pointed arches diverging from it at right angles. The style of the corridore corresponds with that of the saloon ; but it is more highly enriched. It is divided at each side into five compartments, between each of which there is a mirror within a gothic panel. These ten large compartments are filled up with oil paintings, executed on canvas, in such a manner as to resemble the tine tapestry of olden times. The whole of the ten pictures are illustra tive of the life, early aspirations, adventures, discoveries, and subsequent misfortunes of Christopher Columbus. The artist has chosen the most striking passages in the life of the illustrious and ill-requited navigator : No. I.—A.D. 1470. Columbus selling maps. 2.—Columbus kindled into enthusiasm in the contemplation of his voyage. 3.-1482. - Begging bread for himself and child, at the Con vent of La Rabida. 4.—His conference with Juan Perez Marcheza, and the physician Garcia Fernandez, who admire the grandeur of his views. 5.-1492. His joyful discovery, from the high stern of his vessel, of the land, on the 11th of October of this year. He sailed on the 3d of August. 6.—The landing on the 12th of October, 1492, at San Salva dor, one of the Bahama Islands. He offered up thanks giving, his crew humbling themselves at his feet. The naked and painted savages regarded them as visiters from the sky. —His entry into Barcelona in 1493, on his triumphant re turn to Spain. B.—His condescending reception by Ferdinand and Isabella. 9.—The arrest—after, through evil counsellors, Ferdinand had him brought back in chains. - LA,. z zu aL t m ,acnz in cll as . As an historical reminiscence it may be added, that Colum bus was born in 1445-6, at Genoa, and died at Valladolid on the 20th of May, 1506, in poverty and neglect. Such are the events in the life of the great discoverer of the New World which the artist has selected ; and he has exe cuted his task with a strict adherence to historical truth. The vraisemblance of the hero is remarkably well preserved throughout all his vicissitudei of circumstance, and the cha racters who surround him are well and boldly pourtrayed. The whole give the corridor the appearance of a picture gal lery, and the contemplation to which it leads is most appro priate in a transatlantic steam-ship. THE LADIES' RETIRING CABIN.—At . the further end of the principal corridor there is a large and lofty room on each side, handsomely papered and carpetted, and lighted from large windows in the stern. One of these is the retiring cabin for the ladies. From their height being comparatively greater than that of the saloon, in proportion to their size, they resemble rooms on shore, and being close abaft, afford a quiet and secluded retreat.. THE STATE OR SLEEPING ROOMS. --These are larger, and consequently more commodious than those generally found on board of our larger passenger ships; and they are fitted up with every regard to comfort. Owing to the ne cessity even in a large ship of economising room, the usual plan has been adhered to of having two beds, one over the other, in each.' We hope yet, however, to see the day when, though the sleepin g rooms may be made- smaller, each pas senger will have his or her sanctum sanctorum. As it is, the President's state rooms are fully equal to any we have seen. They are moreover altogether apart from the saloon, which is considered an advantage. The corridor, and small lobbies leading to them from it, give the whole the appearance of the upper story of a large add splendid hotel. THE LOWER CORRIDOR AND SLEEPING ROOMS.—Below the rooms just noticed there is another, or lower story, corre sponding in almost every particular, with the exception of the paintings, and their having a scantier " supply" of light, which, however, is admitted sufficiently for practical pur poses, even in the berths, from the ship's sides. This cor ridor is lighted from oblong openings in the middle of that above, and which are surrounded by handsome railings. It extends forward, as do the sleeping rooms on each side, under the saloon; and that part of it is lighted from immense thick squares of glass, inserted in the middle of, and level with, the floor of the saloon, immediately below the deck light, and which have, from above, the appearance of sheets of ice. The rooms are as lofty and well furnished as those above, and those at the sides of the ship have each a side light which may be opened or closed at pleasure. Those nearer the centre of the vessel, in both stories, have larger windows to the respective corridores. There is a most con venient and handsome light spiral staircase leading from the quarter-deck down to the corridores and also to the after entrances to the saloon. THE FORE CASK is of considerable size, and well painted. It is surrounded with sleeping rooms not inferior to those abaft, and here 40 or 50 passengers may he accommodated. In the fore part of the vessel there is also a cheerful apart ment for servants. I n all, from 120 to 130 persons ‘may be comfortably " lodged and boarded." FORE DINING -ROOM.—This is a handsome room, erected on the spar deck, between the paddle-boxes, and is conse quently one of the most airy and " commanding" apartments in the ship, as regards the view. It is about 22 feet long and 13 in width. Continuous with it, in front, is the ste ward's room, from the centr e of w hi c h r i ses the funnel, and further forward, of a half oval figure, is the smoking room, in which those may disport who delight to inhale the fumes of " the f ragrant weed. ERECTIONS ON THE MAIN DECK.—On this deck, in the middle, Passing from the saloon forwards, are two commodious rooms (a sitting and sleeping room) for the head engineer, and adjoining these, similar accommodations for the first officer, furnished with desks, &c. Further forward there are! three distinct galleys, or cooking houses, one for each ca bi n and one f or th e crew . These are provided with'. cab ouses , or coppers, of the most approved construction. There are also separate establishments for the butcher, the baker, and the pastry cook. On each side of this deck, forward, .ther( are the captain's private room, of a good size, and opposite to it a similar one for the second and third officers. Further aft are rooms for the providore, the engineers, and others connected with the ship. Under the forecastle, on this deck too, are two large rooms, reaching to the bow, for the sea men, fitted up in an ingenious and excellent manner, to in sure air, cleanliness, and comfort. Every man has his sleep- ing berth and his drawers and locker, - below for his clothes, so that the lumber of sea c4,. together avoided. The officers are as proud of these rooms as of any in the ship. There are a number of other conveniencie‘ icludi• lars, store-rooms, luggage_rooms, baths ich superfluous to particularise. Suffice it to sa, _ 'er contrived to render complete the huge holder wnich v have endeavoured to describe. Including which it were THE ENGINES.—To scientific individuals, the stupendous engines of the President, the largest ever yet made, and their working, while at sea, with a ceaseless power which may be considered sublime, are objects of interest, and induce fre quent visits to the engine -room. The frame-work of these gigantic machines is in the Gothic style ; the castings are all beautiful and ornamental; and the polished iron and brass admirably finished, like a piece of fine clock-work. They were built by our celebrated townsmen, Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co. The following are some statistical .parti culars Diameter of cylinders Stroke Weight of cylinders 80 inches 7 ft. 6 in 11 tons. 11 t. cwt 30 tons Gothic pillars, 4 pairs, each Boilers, each Bed plates (two) each in one casting. The whole engines and boilers, with the water, weigh about 510 tons. TILE RECENT TRIAL TRIP.—A. gratifying proof of the admirable sea-going qualities of the President was afforded by her recent trial trip to Cork and Dublin, and back to this port. A party of about fifty gentlemen was on board, and all were highly delighted with the accommolations, and the easy motion of the ship, as well as her extraordinary speed under the disadvantages of new, and, consequently, stiff engines, and a generally heavy sea-way and head wind. Had there been three times the number of passengers on board, all would have found "ample scope and verge enough," in her saloons and on her spacious decks. It was, indeed. quite a treat to tread the spar-deck as she bounded along the rocky and romantic shores of Ireland, or when out of sight of land, overhauled and rapidly passed even smart sailing ships, that had not the advantage of that " iron-pent poten tate—steam." The following is a statement of the rate of going Average No. of Miles. Hours. knots per hour, about From Liverpool to Cork, by a devious course, to 300 33 give the shoils and a clear birth, about .... From Cork to Dublin, 170 18 (outside) From Dublin to L'pool, 124 9h. 52m. 12 4-7ths by the Vic. Channel.. 9. I.llth 9 4-9ths Total 594 60h. 52m. Or about an average throughout of 91 nautical miles an hour. On one occasion only (in coming from Dublin) was any sail set, but the wind was so light, and her speed at the time so great —l3l knots—tbat it was found on dewing all up, that she had gained only half a knot an hour by her canvass, as she still made good. 13 knots. After passing Holyhead, on her homeward voyage, she frequently ran 131 and 14 knots, and when near the Formby Light-ship she accomplished 15 knots by the line ! It is, however, to be remarked, that the ship was comparatively light at the time,—though, from her fine bearings and breadth aloft, we do not expect she will ever be what is termed very " deep in the water." The after cabins and saloon were designed and executed by Mr. W. Simpson, of the Strand, London ; the fore cabin by Messrs. Humble and Milcrest, in the joiner work, and the painting of this and the other parts of the vessel by Mr. White, both of our own town. The following are the names of the present officers : Lieut. R. J. Fayrer, R.N., Commander, formerly of the Liverpool" steam-ship. Mr. Kean, First Officer. Mr. Duncan, Second Officer. Mr. Little, Third O ffi cer. The principal engineer is Mr. William Griffith, and there are six engineers, and twenty firemen. A director—Mr. Read, from Messrs. Fawcett and Co.'s—is also on board. She carries three mates, a boatswain. five or six cooks, and about thirty-five men before the mast. We may in conclusion quote as appropriate a few words from the account we furnished of her trial trip :—The Presi dent is a ship of immense length and immense tonnage. It could not be doubted that she would afford sufficient space for the exercise of those on board ; but some doubt had arisen even in the minds of practical men whether she would not prove unwieldy, and difficult to work at sea, or even in smooth water. These doubts must be entirely dissipated by the first performance of this noble vessel, She is steered with the comparative ease of a yacht, even in a heavy sea-way, and may be worked through narrow and intricate channels with equal ease. A more easy or finer sea-boat it is impossible to conceive. There is no labouring, no pitching and rolling to an extens to cause uneasiness. All is steady, dry, and com fortable ; and in point of space, convenience, and ventilation, she cannot, we think, be surpassed. WORTHY TO BE IMITATED.—There are now being built in Liverpool six churches, viz., (by the Building Society,) St. Barnabas's, Greenland-street ; o ne i n N ay l or - street, not named ; St. Clement's, Windsor ; St. Silas, Pembroke place, by Mr. M`Neile's congregation; St. Saviour's, Par liament street, by subscription ; and one large one, to cost about £6OOO, in Warwick -street, by John Gladstone, Esq. In addition to which, there is one at Woodside and one at Crosby, and the Earl of Derby is about to build one at Knowsley. And yet much, very much, must be done before the whole of our population can be accommodated. BONDED CORN.—The " select committee on bonded corn" has broken down in its labours. The report, which; with the minutes of evidence, is just published, is as follows :—" Re port—The select committee appointed to inquire under what restrictions it might be expedient to permit flour to be manu factured in bond, and who were empowered to report the minutes of evidence taken before them to the house, having .been stopped in their investigation by an objection in point of form, taken by some members of the committee to the na ture of the evidence which was offered to it, and the lateness of the session not permitting a reference to the house, for the purpose of varying the terms of the reference, the committee have only to report the evidence taken before them to the house."—Times. We have authority for stating, that Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will soon visit this country to prepare for the per formance of a grand piece of music, of his own composition, at our Musical Festival in September, which he will attend in person and conduct ; it is called in Germany " Lob gesang," or " Hymn of Praise," and was performed with great effect in June last before an immense meeting of the principal musical amateurs of the north of Germany, assem bled at Leipsic. The composition opens with an instrumen tal symphony of three movements, which leads to a grand chorus, and is succeeded by twelve other vocal pieces, solos, and choruses. A rehearsal of this music will take place in the metropolis, when this deservedly eminent composer ar rives, nearly the whole of the band being London performers. It will, we are sure, be extremely gratifying to all who are musical to know that Mendelssohn will give at our meeting a concerto on the grand piano -forte, and will exercise the powers with which he is highly gifted on our noble organ.-- Midland Counties Herald. LANGUAGES.—By the perusal of a treatise on a new system of teaching languages, by Signor Zandotti, entitled— " Developement of the Natural Principleri of Teaching Languages," we have been so convinced of its utility, as to feel great pleasure in inserting here a paragraph, which appeared in the Dublin papers at the time of its publication : " We have just seen an essay on teaching languages according to a new plan by Signor Zandotti. We confess that we were peculiarly struck by the novel way in which he treats the subject. It has been hitherto supposed that the best mode of acquiring a foreign language was, after studying the principles, to apply diligently to the translation of the best authors in the language sought to be acquired. Signor Zandotti has clearly demonstrated that the contrary practice is what should be adopted. By translating into our own language, we simply give a translation of the words, and most frequently, if not always, fail in rendering the real sense of the author. After much time and trouble, we dis cover that we have been only learning to translate a language into our own idiom, but remain almost absolutely ignorant of the idiom of that w hi c h we d esire to attain. Signor Zandotti:s plan consists in causing his pupils to translate, with his assistance, their maternal tongue into the language sought to be acquired ; having first grounded them in the fundamental pri ncip l es o f grammar. By this means a solidimprovement is made, for they learn the forms of speech in the foreign language, which is the obj and which never can be acquired by a contrary practice. The essay is written with much clearness, and is published in a cheap and modest form." To attempt any additional eulogium beyond the flattering testimony here expressed, would be superfluous,—since the merit ot the system and the advantages derivable from it, have already developed them selves through a course of practice in this as well as in that city of whose university Signor Zandotti was Italian pro fessor. Since that period it has been adopted by the most eminent professors in England and on the continent. Signor Zandotti is the author of some very useful grammatical works, which have already obtained distinguished patronage in London, Dublin, and elsewhere, and lie has a purity of pronounciation which none but Romans possess. , The ex pression of—" Lingua toscana in bocca rornani is too well known to require comment;—and we congratulate those wh o wish to acquire a pronuhciation of Italian, with a perf ec t knowledge of its grammatical construction, on having amongst us a professor who possesses these very desirable qualifications.—See Advt. lect in view, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCI We regret to hear no improvement has to royal highness's health. For several days has reported her royal highness to have be( iavourably, but on our reporters making is the subjoined bulletin of the physicians w —" The Princess Augusta has not passed a b her royal highness is much the seine as yesterdm certainly less favourable. Their Royal High of Cambridge, Duchess of Gloucester, ani the other mem bers of the royal family daily visit her royal highness; and her Majesty and Prince Albert have throughout her royal highness's illness sent a royal messenger to make inquiries after the health of the princess. —Morning Herald of Wed nesday. A.UGUSTA.— place in her the bulletin 19trtes yesterday Which i nesses the Duke THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Summer has come at last. For several days the weather has been all that heart could desire, and its effects are visible in every grain market in the kingdom. In the south, harvest has commenced, and the crops are said to be average ones. Barley especially promise remarkably viell ; indeed some of our south ,cc contemporaries assure us , , that grain has not borne a better appearance for the last seven years. The late rain does not seem, from all we can learn, to have damaged the crops, though it has unquestionably retarded the harvest.--Black burn Standard. EXTRAORDINARY VERDICT.—An inqui Mr. Caines, last week, at Tatworth, on ti named Taylor, aged 12 years, who me The boy was one e following manner with several other boys of the village at play, when three or four drunken men passed them, staggering and reeling. Taylor and the other boys followed and mimicked them, which so enraged one of the men (John Field), that he turned about and caught Taylor, whom he kicked and beat most severely. The boy was taken home, and continued seriously ill three or four days, when he died. The jury returned a verdict—" died by the visitation of God!" -Bristol Journal PENNY-A-LisEns.—There is a well.! a humble class of men, wh o li ve b y t h e i r not at the quality of their work, but the rate of its re,.— tion, twits them as penny -a-liners ? Can the world be aware of the range of the shaft ? What, pray, was glorious John. Milton, upon whom rested an after glow of the holy inspira tion of the sacred writers, like twilight bequeathed by a mid summer sun ? Why he was, as you may reckon anytime in his divine " P ara di s e Lost, " not even a ha'penny -a-liner ! We have no proof that Shakspeare, the high priest of huma nity, was even a farthing-a-liner, and we know that Homer not only sold his lines " gratis for nothing," but gave credit to all eternity l—T. Hood. As a son of Mr. Reeves, farmer at Bradbourii, oaks, was priming his gun last week, having been keep ing the rooks off his father's pea field, it unfortunately went off, and the whole of the charge entered the thigh ofex expected his father's workmen. who, we regret to sa y, is not tb rtebtitr.—Suestw Advtrtister. Seven- DESCRIPTION OF THE " PRESIDENT" STEAM-SHIP. (To accompany a Portrait of the Vessel, presented to the Readers of the STANDARD.) in consequence of the demand for the portrait of the impossible to supply the demand; made upon us, we are in- duced to make s day, and consequently re- print the following large from s had show were le be com-