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

No. ll.—lxottAss and DECREASE in the Quarter and Year
ended June 30, 1855, as compared with the corresponding
periods of the preceding year. _ _

Year (
June 31

Quarter ended
June 30, 1855.
Increase.' ➢ecrease. Increase.

Gastotits
Excise

£ -
244,021

Stamps....
Propetty Tax
PoittriTze
Crown Lands
MiScellaneous

Total
T'et Increase

958,426

635,269 .. 1,770,017
54,042 271,572
:19E3'04 1
201,534 - 5,08.5,671
-94,7333,000
..
165,446

ended
10, 1855.

--,
Decrease.

223,426

'7,376
•&4;424
68,668

1,301,212 I '295,637 8,085,686 i M 4,098
b€ 1,005,575 .€7,74,45138

CsoLLEaIATE
INsTrrt±lo7.—Mr. T. Widdowsetn, who is
'"about completing his -edutation in the Upper Schotk has just
liven elected a mar of St. John's College, Cambridge.
AN INCIDENT NEE DAYLMORAL.—From an atVertisedient
4t will be seen that Ansdell's fine picture of " Anlticident near
Balmoral" will remain or. view at the Old Polict4ffice, High-
atreet, until the sth ithAtant.
BETWEEN 300 and 400 of the local Chelsea Pensioners 'at-
tended before themagiSlTates in the sessions-house yesterday,to
make affidavit of their ,being alive, and were, 'of course, mine
ready to receive theirwell-earned annuities.

OPENING- 07 ST. MARK'S NEW Serrooes.—YeSterilay
morning the doors 'of the new schools immediately' in"the
rear of St. Mark's. Church, Upper Duke-street, were thrown
open at nine VCleek. During the morning 124' boys, 130
girls, and nearly' 180 infants, in all upwards of 380 children,
attended, and were divided into several Classes. This is a
very large accession to the number that used'td attend the
old school in Granville-street, where there was,a great want
of space. Thenew schools, which have previously been fully
described in tho'Standard , are lofty, light, and 'well ntilated
apartments, admirably suited to the purposes of healthy
tuition, both of =mind and body.
LIVREMOGL ITALY RACES.—From en advertisemant it will
be seen that the supply of the refreihments foethe Grand
Stand has been entrusted to Mr. Merrish, of 'the Merchants'
Dining rooms, Lancaster-buildings, ilithebarn-Straet. From
the superioritact and skill displayed by Mr. Morrish as an
atoomplished'aestaurateur, and his excellent Stock of wines,
liquersaand spirits, visitors to the'Grand Stand...will be sure
of excellent supplies, and ready service.
DIORAMA. IND PANORANEL 07,7 HE HOLY LAND.—Loot.
night .the beautiful and extensive diorama and panorama of
sceneryand manners in the Holy ihrand was open to the pub-
hc, in Hime's Hall, Bold-street. The hall was crowded by
an intelligent body of spectators, who testified their delight
by repeated-plaudits. The scenes represented are generally,
indeed all; imbued with a deep historicalinterest, with which
the artist has combined great beauty of pioturesque effect,
a tharraiagdiveliness and truth ofccolouri and a power of light
and shadow in the highest degree suggestive'of fidelity of re-
presentation. Some of the dioramic effectsi particularly those
representative of moonlight, were admirablerin their deceptive
secureoy, and drew forth loud Isaarks -of-approbation. Asia
..Lisle, it, wf...ad l,e dirfleolt. to .poisit,-out a lac' e interestiug or
pleasing- exhibition, or one better deserving of general supped.
MoDceL SEBABTOROL.—This interestieg means of com-
prehending the siege operations .is still on view in the Queen's
Music-hall, Bold-street. As ihas,been,his 'wont, Mr. Bough
hasaddedindications of the variousalhanges of position which
have taken place in the allied intrenehments and points ‘of, at-
tack 'incident to the prosecution of the- siege, and theexhili-
tion continues to maintain its interest as one of the best auxi-
liary exponents of the important • operations taking place -in
front of +Sebastopol.
&MODS ILLNESS OF ZEE EARL Or SETTON.--YeSterdaz
morning, and throughout the early. portion of the 'day, •:a
rumour, MIS current in Liverpoil, to the effect that the Icrl
of Sefton had sunk under a severe yet sudden illness. .Whe
rumour created a great sensation, and, inquiries were• set ,on
foot in all quarters where it was ,expected information .eolild
be 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. London, and that ,on
Saturday he was very seriously., if not, indeed, dangerouslyilL
Since,then, information has been received thaLiverpool, which
states ' that •yesterday his lordship was. somewhat better; and
that he had passed a good night.
MORRISII'S MERCHANT.A2—DINING,ROOILS, in Titheharn-
steeet, wahine to offer thek•well-studied advantages to travel-
lers visiting Liverpool. In this establishment, at the shortest
notice, visitorscan be accommodated with breakfasts, luncheons,
dinners, or tea, in the first style of elegance and comfort, at
very xeasonable rates of charge. For.ladies, their are private
parlours, in which their comforts are carefully attended to.
The establishment, from its proximity to the Town-hall, Ex-
change, aad the principal banking houses and 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 he found peculiarly suitable for
strangers, or fer parties carrying on business at a distance from
their places of residence.
TEE RED, JA.CKET. —After a somewhat protraeted passage,
this noble ship arrived in Hobson's Bay,on. Sunday evening,
haring lost,none of that dignity of .appearance -which charm-
terises oneof the finest and largest ships which ever graced
the B: •> with 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 the nsa,„cre of upwards of four hundred persons. lint
so it is, and 'this magnificent specimen of naval architecture
looks to all the ..akantage of a newly-built phip. The Red
Jacket started on her voyage, having been delained in the
Mersey several days_by adverse winds, on the 28th December.
The Channel passage was made in two day,s, after .which, for
several days., we discover, on reference to her Jong,. that slight
breezes prevailed, denominated by the captain light,airs,"
during which the greatest speed attained in one clay was two
hundred and twenty.five miles. On the tenth day out,, in lat.
38 N., long. 200 W., she encountered heavy gales from the
westward, accompanied with hard squalls and high. seas, during
the prevalence of which lier average speed was under 160 miles
per day. This conditionof things lasted five or six day§ when
a change to the 'airs" again took place, and from .tat. 12° N.
on the 13th of Jaduary the progress made to the -4th of
February was to 3.2° 80'. -.8., an advance of but 32° 30". in 23
.days. Throughout the whole of these 23 days a breeie 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
were four days on which fresh breezes prevailed from the
E.N:E., and within a point or two of that direction, the only
perio,d of that duration in which ,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 16th, when the Island of Tristan D'Acunha was made'
from whieha. boat came off with potatoes end live stock, which
were gladly welcomed. The description .of the rest of the
passage would be to a great extent a yepetition of the
foregoing, as, when the wind blew tolerably Air, 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 ladles, 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 tossing 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
hey former achievements, but rather have added to them by
the faet 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 had 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
Argus, of 25th March,