The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-11 00:00:00

easels for 2,alt.

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AbMIRALTY BROKERS,
BROKERS FOR THE SALE OF SHIPS 'AND
STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS, &c.,
3; York-building?, Dale-street.

CURRY, KELLOOK, and CO.;___
BROKERS.FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE
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1/4 OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS
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15 i • AND APPOINTED BROKERS Td THE' HIGH
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. - --_ COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Walmer-buildings,
Water-street. .

On the arrival of 1,500 Orpheonistes fxom Lnud,on
Dieppe, the quatAities of Bibles ig each excursionist's
portmanteau utterly du,mbfoundered the Custora,house
officers, and they earne to the nnwarrantect conclusion
that each, vocalist was a coitnaketeial traveller for some
ptkbliship,g hotkse, several thousand copies being thus
Uaggsa. " •

SNOW ON HIGH-STREET AND HELVELLYN. The
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snow still lingers- upon High-street; and sparkles like
diamonds among crags. It is thought by the sycp)3erds
the's:snow will not be thawed csn the Mountains this
summer, and upon 14elssellYn there are large drifts of
snow, Well worlliy the attention of the naturalist or the
curious in these matters.--Icendal Mercury.
THE .COMT.—In the course of the next few days the
position of,the comet will be easily discernible by means
of the splendid star of the first triszntitslde called
Regulus, or a Leonis, which 46, nearly in a right line
with the two first stars called Delta anc Gamma; of
Ursa.. Major, immediately after the, tail. The comet
will be Cioe to' itegulus on the 10th, and generally in
the constellation of If .4 eo between the 7th and 14th. Its
distance - from the: earth on the 10th will only be
45,000,060 miles, and will-therefore appear of at least
dcnible the size of last week. This is not the celebrated
comet of Charles V., or of 1656, which is expected to
return:either in this year or in 1861 at the latest,—
Galignani. ; .
FINE ARTS.--BRIDGE ACROSS THE QOLDEN EIOHN.
Any sign of social or commercial iMproientent in Tnr-
Isey 'at this -moused must possess a certain degree of
interest, for all classes,' and we are therefore happy to
see that English engineers are directing their skill and
energy-to the useful as well as the ornamental for the
improvement of Constantinople-. The Bitil44.9,.N:eaps,
in its last number, contains a brilliantly engraved wood-
cut'of a bridge,
.desgs,ed by Mr: Thomas Page, .(i.E„ to
crcas.tlr gtolden'horn. This biidge is on. the snspen-
, sion. princiPle, liairing 'a 'sf.ii of 60, feet cc each, side,
in' the centre are two lefty pkers, arched together at
the op, giving nn opening o' 0(); feet above the level
ai the isAer, and enabling vessels to pAINA in and out of
the Golden Horn Without the trouble of lowering their
topgallant masts, With the utility of a bridge are com-
bined the means of enjoying the luxuries of the East ;
and 'the whole, of this graceful design, both as regards
its general appearance and its minor orsiamen,tis, has
been arranged,, when seen from varkey points, of view,
to , harmonise with thy, local architecture on either side
of thee water„ .
Issrmszwrisin ARCHAOLOoicAL DISCOVERIES.—The
excay.atinns,doininenced six weeks ago at Eleusis, under
the' direction of -M. Francois Lenormand, sent thither
by the Minister of Public Instruction in 'ranee, have
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already produced some interesting revsltSs he, front
and stairs 4 4154 Fopyhejuns of, tl;ie great temple of
Ceres have been laid, open; together witha vast court
paved With marble flags, which lies iu front of the
,
temple. ' in the centre of this court the basement of
the small temple, dedicated to Diana or Artemis Pro-
pylss, has been discoveied, and also the remains of ts.s)
other small temples which flanked the propylieum, ,
in its original place, a 44
To the right of the latter a large, cubic_ altac,has been
rloignhAciitthausa4ligtorehes of Ceres and Proserß
711,
,i4l,;shor,os, mentioned-in the
adorned brought ' i
nt o
f'
ok..
iTj-ausalljosss has also
pine crossed, and surmounting the in.scriptien Al6lOl.
the .first
:4'eglistelint:f7CEPudts-1-:nao::11111'set .s4ilstlii-ie°ll°eksistants thinks so, since lie
has disdavered. ;Iv a
.grotto, situated between'
and second of the snored enclosures, a well, partly Cut
in the rock, and partly bailt of large hewn stones, bor-
d theer e i
Id 0 Nu!' istehs Swciahlipc
ht U
haveredtrib`aerebni. marble l
itde top.
down, Under
Ir.
e 9 'mn
ae i
no fs
of a fourth temple of small ditnens, iois,
.and of Corin-
thian architecure, have been diseakre,i, in:th
jelly interesting fragments of capitals, numberless in-
ii iiptiosii; va medals,lve bas-reliefs, bronze and. a
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beautiful statue of a female. Hasincs dug further
down, a kind of crypt or sepnichral hall has been dis-
covered, , coated with green stucco, ande, midst of
filled with the
bones of the animals sacrificed to Ceres. These excava-
tions, which are being carried on at the expense of the
French Government, are viewed w:,tia great interest by
the Greeks. The Ding and 'Queen of Greece have been li
to visit theist. - ' .