The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-03 00:00:00

Customs ...
Excise
Stamps •
Taxes •
Property
Postoolfice
Crown Lands.
Miscellaneous— .

Tdtal

21,242,795 20,284,369
16,9'76,397 15,206,380
7,187,892 6,916,320
2,93;7,239 3,160,665
11,456,17711 6,370,500
1439;424 1,247,000
270,572 325,000
961;904 960,572

62,212,394

54,470,806

No. 11.,=-:l*cnessn and DECKZA.SE in the Quarter and Year
ended ,Dune 30, 1855, as compared with the corresponding
periods of the preceding year. _

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Erxcise
Statnps
-Taxes
Property Tax

TostoffiCe

gown Lands ..
Miscellaneous .

Total
Net increase_

Quarter ended
June 30, 1855.

Increase. I Decrease. Increase.

244,021
635,269
64,94:2
198,904

958,4'26
1,770,017
271,572

201,534 . 5,085,671
'3,733•
• •
2,000

Decrease.

223,426

•i 57G
`54t4f4
tS,6tB

165,446

1 1,301,242 I 295,637 8,035,6036 , 34.4;098
1 .41;003,575 5e7,7•41;568

COLLEGIATE I,..VSTITIITIOY.—Mr. T. Wicklowson, is
about completing his education in the Upper School, has just
been elected a sitar of St. JOhn's College, Cambridge,

AN INCIP,Vga lIDAR )3*LMORAL.—Pi(IIII an •adierilsement
it will be seen that AnsdeiPs fine picture of " An aucident near
Balmoral" will remain on-stiew at the 014 Police-offiz, High-
street, until:ilk sthinstaet.
BETwErm:3OO ancl'4oo-of the local Ch sea :Pensioners at-
tended before the magistrates in the sessions-houseyesterday, to
make affidailt• of their being alive, and were,,or'esurse, quite
ready to receive their will-earned annuities.

Oiturrser .div ST. Sc-Tioons..—Yesterday
morning the doors of new schools riminediately in the
rear of :St. Mark's' Church, Upper Dulte•street, were thrown
open •at &Chick. During the mornine-124 boys, 13
girls and neaily 430 mpw infants, in all ards ef 380 children,
att=idetl, and were 'divided into several classes. This is a
verylarge accession 'to the number that -,used to attend the
oldcschodin Grathille-street, where there ',Was a great want
of spare. The' new schools, which have previously been fatly
&scribed in" the" Standard, are lofty, light, ati well ventilated
apartments, • admirably suited to the .purposes of healthy
tuition, both of mind and body.
LivraToot Jrz..-v• RA.CES.—Front an :advertisement it will
be -seen that'the- supply of the refreshments for the Grand
Stand Baas been- erecrusted to MT- Morrish, of the Merchants'
Dining,rooms; Dinmster-buildings, Titliebarn-street. Prom
'the-superior tact and skill displayed by Mr. Morrish as an
accomplished rearturateur, and his .extiallent stock of wines,
aquera, and .spirits, visitors to the (Grand Stand will be sure
.of excellent supplies, and ready service. _

;DIONUMA! PA.NORA.H.A. OF THE 'ROLY LAND.—Last
alightithe beautifdl and extensive diorama and panoeama.Of
scenew and manners in the Holy Landaras open to the rub-
, ilk/ in Hime's Hall, Bold-street. The hall was crowded Thy
an: intelligent body of spectators, wheetestified their delight
:byerepeated plaudits. The scenes 'represented are generally,
indeed.all, imbued with a deep historical interest, with which
the artist has •combined great •beauty of picturesque effect,
.ezliwming liveliness and truth •oftolour, and a power of light
.and shadow in the highest degree suggestive of fidelity of :re-
,presentation. -Some of the dieramic-6ffocts, particularly those
• :representative of moonlight, were admirable hi their deceptive
.accuracy, and drew forth loud marks of approbation. As a.
whole., it would 133 cliffionlf. mow. intervctinn
'pleasing eacha.i.Aon, or one better deserving of general support.'
.`..Moroni SSEA.STOPOL.—This intezesting means of -corn-
aarehending the siege operations is-still en view in the Queen's
Bold street. As bas,been his wont, Mr. Hough
',has added Indic' atians of the various,clarerges of position which
have taken place.ia the allied intrenchments and points .of at-
tack incident to the prosecution •of the siege, and the exhibi-
tionzontinues tomaintain its interestee one of the best auxi-
liary exponents'of the important Operations taking place in-
Sront of Sebastopol.
-SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE EARL,DFSEFTON.—Yesterday
;morning, and throughout the early. portion of the day, .a
,rinneur was current in Liverpool, ±o'the effect that the Earl
,of. Sefton had 'sunk under a severe
.yet sudden illness. . The
!rumour created *great sensation,..andlnquiries were set on
:foot hi all quarters where it was expected information could
lbe• obtained. The-result of such inquiry as we have. made
-shows that for some time his lordship has been labouring
under ill health, at Sefton-house, in-iLendon, and that on.
.Saturday he was very seriously, if not, indeed, dangerously:ill.
•Sinoe then, information has been received in Liverpool, which
-states that yesterday his lordship seas.-somewhat better, and
that he had passed a good night.
MO.7.EISH'S MERCHANTS' DINING4tGOMS, in Tithebaria-
street, eontinue to offer their well-stucliedaidvantages to travel-
lers *isiting Liverpool. In this establishment, at the shortest
notice,visitors can be accommodated with breakfasts, luncheons,
dinners, or tea, in the first style of elegance and comfort,, at
.very.reasonable rates of: charge. For ladiec, their are private
parleura, in which their • comforts are •oarefully attended to.
The establishment, from; its proximity Ato the Town-hall, Ex-
change,-and the princip.al banking heizsesand shipping offices,
as well.as its contiguity with the points for the arrival and de-
parture of most of the omnibuses plying through the various
parts of the town, will _be found peculiarly suitable for
stranger;., or for partiescarrying on business eta distance from
, their places of residence.
THE; FIED JACKET.—After.a somewhat protracted passage,
this notie ship arrived in Habson's Bay on Sunday evening,
lad none of that dignity of appearance .which charac-
terises one:of the finest and largest ships which ever graced
the Baywith her presence. No one would imagine that that
orderly arrangement of ropes, yards, sails, and other parapher-
nalia, that jet black exterior and ,perfectly clean condition,had
received the.buffetings, for three,months, of a thousand angry
seas and ;thousage of upwwrds of:four hundred persons. But
so it is, and, this magnificesit specimen ,of naval architecture
looks to all advantage of a newly-built ship. The Red
Jacket started on her voyage, baying been detained in the
Mersey se.veral days by adverse winds, on the 28th December.
The Channel.nassage was made in two days, after which, for
several days, we discover, on reference to her long, that.slight
breezes prevailed, denominated by the captain light...airs,"
during which the, greatest speed attained in one day was two
hundred and twenty-five milei. On the,tenth day out, in lat.
38 N., long. 20 ° W., she encountered heavy
_gales from ;the
westward, accompanied with hard squalls and high seas, during
the prevalence of which her average speed seas under_ 10 miles
per day. This condition of things lasted five.or six days whesi
a change to the " airs" again took place, and,from 1at.1.2° N.
on the 13th of January the progress made to the 4th of
February was to 19°,307. S., an advance of but 32° 301' in 23
days. Throughout the .whole of these 23 days a breeze of
average strength did .not blow, and even the N.*E. trades were
away and could not be courted to return ; the greatest speed
attained in this period in one day was 280 miles, and the
-lowest 62 miles. From the sth to the Bth of February, there
.siere four days on which fresh breezes prevailed from the
E.N.E., and within a point or,two of that direction, the only
period of that duration in w hieb. the wind blew so uniform
from one quarter ; 285 miles per day, a thing unheard of
till then on the passage, were ,attained. The next day was
attended with a return of ill fortune ; and on the 9th of
the month, so " all round the compass," were the winds that
26 were the sum total of miles attained on that day. This
condition of things, varied from
.25 to 34 and 60, continued
to the when the Island of Tristan D'Acunha was made'
from which a boat came off with potatoesand live stock, which
were gladly welcomed. The description of the rest of the
passage mould be to a great extent a repetition of the
foregoing, as, when the wind blew tolerably fair, it was so
very light as scarce to fill the sails ; and when strong, it was
uniformly ahead. The greatest distance accomplished in one
day was 319 miles, and the most southerly latitude reached
was 49'24. As far as the comforts of a sea passage are con-
cerned, the passengers received none of those tossings about
which are so unpleasant to persons making their first voyage
at sea, and the passage throughout can be considered in no
other light than as a mere pleasure trip. No observant
person who notices the unparalleled unpropitious character
and strength of the winds which this vessel has encountered
can any longer wonder at -the length of her passage ; the
only wonder is, as a gentleman in her cabin expressed to us,
that she has arrived at all with such weather, and we con-
ceive that the Red Jacket will have lost none of the lustre of
her former achievements, but rather have added to them by
the fact of having overcome so many and such long repeated
obstacles in so short a space as eighty-five days. The
officers of the ship are enthusiastic in her praise.
We took an opportunity, while on board, of ascertaining the
general feeling of all classes of passengers as to the general
management, provisioning, and the estimation in which the
captain and officers were held, and were told that an ample
supply of the best class of provisions bad been afforded.
Perhaps the very best test which could be afforded of the cap-
tain's repute among the passengers is to be found in the fact
that when the ship hove to at the Heads, he received the en-
thusiastic plaudits of the assembled passengers, and that too
after his voyage had been nearly completed. We remark after
the completion of the voyage, because those signs of approval
are more frequently bestowed before a captain becomes known
than after, and this graceful compliment to Captain Milward
deserves especial mention on account of the time when it was
bestowed. Our information enables us to say that this fa-
vourite ship will have the same prompt delivery of cargo and
despatch as she had on the occasion of her last voyage to this
port, and that every means will be taken by her enterprising
agents and captain to ensure a continuance of the high repu-
tation which this renowned ship has achieved,--Melbourne
Angus, of 25th March,