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

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tan CONNAVGHT.—The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam
Navigation Company's steamship Connaught has just
undergone thorough repairs ; and she will sail toi
Boston (calling at St: John's) on the 16th iiiStaht. ThC
aeconimOdation provided for passengers of every class is
unsurpatthed far Comfort, coupled with economy.
.BtRIKE AT THE FREE LIBRARY.-,--It was stated by
Alderman Turner, in the Council, that there was a
probable danger of delay in the opening of this noble
institution, owing to a strike of the joiners engaged
upon the works. The sole cause of dispute, it appears,
arises from a claim, by the men to commence work at
seven instead of six on Monday mornings, a point
which we should consider very easy of adjustment by a

coMptomise. It is to be regretted, however, that the
Library Committee should haiie abandoned their natiixal
position as arbitei-s it the dispute, and have volunteered
their Moral support to the Contractors.

DEMONSTRITIONS.-A day or two ago
the Liverpool South Total Abstinence Society, whose
head-quarters are at ,the Temperance Hall, in Brick-
street, held 4 large open-air demonstration in St;
James's-square, and the meeting *ás sdhseauently
adjourned to their gr. John Carter, of Redeross-
sttent,'Oetnpied the chair ; and excellent and powerful
addresses were delivered by him, by Mr. Benjamin
Jones, and Captain Bailey. A considerable number
signed the pledge. This society, which has now been
established for up wards of eleven years, and has been
the instrument of much good, is, we are glad to lelim;
satisfactorily progressing.
NEw PATE T 9. Joseph Whit Worth, of Manchester,
" iniproVements in projectiles, and machinery for their
manufacture." John Eason, of London, " Improve-
ments in tanning, and in the manufacture of leather,
and in machinery adapted thereto." John Horridge, of
Birkenhead, "An improved iton wheelway for streets
and roads." Richard Alexander RobirsOri, Of London,
" IMprovements in sugar Mills." John Eunson, of
Wolvetharapton, "Improvements in refrigerating appa-
ratus," a communication to him by Robt. Groat Eunson,
of New York, 'U.S. William Henry Muntz, of Mill-
brook, "Improvements in .the construction of floating
piers." Martin Rae, of Manchester, " Improvements in

roughening or obsouring glass globes, tubes, or other
vessels." Horatio- James Higgins, St. Vincent, W. 1.,
" Improvements in filtering and decolourising cane juice
solutions of sugar and other liquids, and in the. manu-
faoture of sugar." Charles Dasautoy, of La,terstoke,

"Improvements in apparatus used in the manufacture
of paper."—Commttnieated from. the Pritish and Foreign
Patctit o,Pees, 4;.

GARIBALDI'S LETTEA 10 -A LIVERPOOL COMMISSION

AGENT.—Mr. Thomas Parker, commission agent, of

20, Fenwick-street, has just received the following
letter froin Garibaldi. It is written in English, and it
`will be seen from its contents that the Italian
patriot has agetd td purchase two steamers from
Mt. Barker, who intends to proceed immediately
to Sicily with the vessels. The letter, which
is dated Palermo, June 24th, is as follows :

" received your letter of the 9th instant, con-
taining your list of steam-packets for *ale. I thank
you for your offer, and am quite willing to follow your
suggestion about the steamers mentioned under Nos. 4
and 16. Send them out as soon as possible to Palermo.
The coast is quite clear, besides which, as the steamers
would sail under British colours, they could come in like
so many others which arrived hefore the Neapolitans had
left. As for the price, I accept that mentioned in. your
letter for each of them, delivered at Palermo.. The
price will be paid as soon as the steamers arrive here.
The larger steamers (No. 30, 31, &c.), which you
recommend as fit: to carry guns, are unfortunately built
of iron, which is a decided objection to their being used
for warlike purposes. What we want in this respect
are the gunboats you have in England. If yon
could do something in that way, above all if
you could get, some of them fully armed, I should
not -hesitate to give a good price for them. In
conclusion, let me thank you for your good wishes;
and assure you that am deeply sensible for
the sympathy which our cause has excited among you.
Let England remember that she has no really sincere
ally except among free people, and that there are but
few of these on the Continent. An Italy free and united
would supply this want, and be one of the greatest
oleztatles to the schemes of the Emperor of the French.
Send us quickly arms, ships, guns, and material, and I
vouch for the speedy realisation of this great object.---I
am, sir, very truly yours, " G. GARIBALDI."
THE 'LATE A. H. Horme, ESQ., ARCIIITECT.—There
has just been erected at the western end of the parish
church of Walton, where th e re m ain s of the late Mr. Arthur
Hill Holme were buried, a chaste and finely-executed
memorial. As many of our readers are aware, he had
attained a distinguished position in his profession, and
deservedly so, for many of his works display, both
in their design and general details, an extensive
acquaintance with the higher branches of architectural
science, and particularly of the principles of eccle-
siastical architecture. Perhaps rio more striking
proofs of this could be found than the beautiful
churches of St. Paul, Prince's-park, and St. Mary,
Grassendale, which were built from designs by him, the
latter edifice especially being worthy of notice as a
model of a village church. 'Mr. Holme had by his
many excellent qualities endeared himself to a very large
circle of acquaintance, who have adopted a most graceftl
method of evincing the esteem in which they hold the
memory of their departcd friend, the cost of the monument
having been defrayed by subscriptions from one hundred
of those gentlemen. It has been executed bythe celebrated
sculptor. Mr. Spence, of Rome, from a design by Mr. T.
X. Coiling, architect, of London. The style is neat, and
singularlyelegant, and the sculpture, it is almost unneces-
sary to say, is faultless. It is exec uted in marble throughout.
The tablet is encircled by an enriched border and mould-
ings, the lower part resting on an exquisitely chiselled
floral wreath, the whole being surmounted by a massive
pediment or semi-canopy. Filling the centre and
Principal compartment is a bold and finely executed,
bas-relief, representing the deceased in a reclining
posture, apparently studying a work of art, having in
his right hand a pair of compasses, in his left a scroll,
and surrounded with instruments peculiar so his pro-
fession. At his feet is a pedestal supporting the model
of a church. Within a panel- on the basement is the
following inscription :
_

To the beloved memory of Arthur Hill HiAnte, an architect,
of no mean reputation, a man of taste and feeling, and an
object of universal regard among all classes of persons in
Liverpool, his native town. This monument is erected by one
hundred intimate friends—who loved him living and deplore
him dead. Born 13th May, 1814 ; died 22nd November, 1837;
aged 43 years.
0 mayeat thou in the building of the just
Thyself stand firm when all thy works are dust.
The monument has already been viewed by many of the
late gentleman's personal friends, who pronounce the
figure to be an exceedingly correct and striking like-
ness; and the work altogether is highly approved of.