The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-30 00:00:00

NEW CEMETERY AT LIVERPOOL.

The public are well aware that, from the present
crowded state of the churchyards in Liverpool, it is
scarcely possible to obtain a grave. It has, therefore, be-
come a matter of public Intl pressing importance to pro-
vide that further accommodation, as depositories for the
deceased, which the casualties of our vastly increasing
population require ; and, if this can be accomplished in
the outskirts of the town the advantage will obviously be
increased. Impressed with a conviction of the necessity
of such an additional establishment, a number of gentle-
men. a few months since, memorialized the Common Coun-
cil to grant the reversion of the extensive excavation or
stone-quarry, at the top of Duke-street, for this purpose.
The Council, with their characteristic public spirit,
granted the request of the memorialists. The laud, which
is at present an useless anti unsightly waste, will thus, by
the formation of the projected burial-place, be appropriated
to the use of the public. It presents, at present, the ap-
pearance of a deep ravine, or romantic glen; the eastern
side being nearly perpendicular, the opposite side a steep
and rough ascent from a rude and irregular bottom, cover- '
lag, we are informed, a apace of nearly nine statute acres
of ground, with room for upwards of 13,000 tombs.
In accomplishing the proposed plan, it is intended that
the hollow should, in part, be filled up, and that the ap-
proaches to the sacred ground slieuld be made from the
eastern side, by inclined planes, commencing north and
south, running diagonally, and intersecting each other as
they proceed downwards. On the line of these planes
catacombs are to be excavated in the solid rock, similar in
construction, we suppose, to some of the endless variety of
tombs which arc to be found in the romantic grounds of
Pere la Chaise, at Paris. Opposite to these, on the side
under the Mount Gardens, the ground will be appropriately
laid out, and planted with trees and shrubs, and the whole
arranged with reference to the picturesque and irregular
appearance of the ground.
On the rock, which is still standing at the north end of the
ravine, an oratory or chapel will be erected, after a chaste
and beautiful Grecian design ; and not far distant another
rock will be surmounted by a house, for the residence of
a minister. These situationa will command a view down
Duke-street, from the lower part of which the buildings,
by forming the termination of the vista, will be seen with
fine effect. At the south end a house for the clerk will
be erected, and on the lower part of the ground suitable
dwellings will be placed for the sexton and other assistants.
A substantial wall will surround the whole, and every ne-
cessary and requisite arrangement will be made, adapted
for the convenience and protection of such an extensive
establishment. IVe are of opinion, that the above plan,
when carried into effect, will render the intended Ceme-
tery one of the most useful, interesting, and beautiful ap-
pendages connected with the town, reflecting not less credit
upon the character and taste of LiVerpool, than upon Mr.
J. Foster, jun. whose plans and drawings have been ap-
proved of, and will furnish still further specimens of the
elegance and variety of a taste to which the town is already
greatly indebted.
The ground will be consecrated, and, of course, con-
nected with the establishnaeat; and what will give an ad-
ditional interest to the plan, any surplus profits arising from
the sale of the graves, after discharging the interest of the
money laid out, will be applied to Increase the salaries of
the clergy belonging to the. Established Church in this
tottn, many of whom are very inadequately remunerated.
—Liverpool Courier.

LIVERPOOL. Dec. 28.—The demand continues fair and
prices steady for Cotton ; about 15,000 bags sold to-day.
Counterfeit sovereigns are now showing themselves in
frightful niunlent ; and have proved tp bitty thaT "it is
not all gold that glitters." They afe " bran new," and
every thing in the shape of gold is taken. One shop has
had the benefit of six. They are said to have shown
themselves in many places, and that the manufacturers
thereof are rivalling in activity the Mint.—Shcjfie/.1
NEW KIND OF STEREOTYPE.—The Gazette of Munich
,announces the invention of a new kind of stereotype, by
M. Lanefelder, to whom the art of lithography is due. A
sheet of ordinary printing paper is covered with a layer of
stony earth (terre pierreuse), to the thickness of half an
inch, and sufficiently moistened with water. In half an
hour it assumes the consistency of paste, when it is put in
frames and on types composed in the usual manner, but
not blackened, and the paste becomes impressed with the
characters. The sheet is then dried on a stone flag, and
melted metal poured on it. The metal becomes a thin
plate, and has all the characters standing out on it, as well
formed as the original types. The proofs from those
stereotype characters do not differ from those taken from
moveable types. The author of this discovery offers to
explain it fully for a subscription of 100 florins, as soon as
he shall have thirty subscribers. He estimates the prepar-
ation necessary for the casting at 100 florins, and the
paper covered with the stony paste at six kreuss (2d
English) a sheet.
Russian LONOEVITV.—The last Annual Obituary of
the Russian Empire, published at St. Petersburgh, records
the death of a man at the very advanced age of 168, near
to Poked:, on the frontier of Livonia. He had seen seven
Sovereigns on the throne of' Russia, and remembered the
death of Gustavus Adolphus. Ile had been a soldier in
the thirty years' war; at the battle of Pultowa, in 1709,
he was 51 years of age. At the age of 93 be married his
third wife, with whom he lived SO years; the two youngest
sons of this marriage were 86 and 62 respectively In the
year 1796; the oldest of his other sans in the same year
were 93 and 92 respectively. The entire family of this
patriarch comprises 138 descendants, who all lived together
in the village of Pollatzka, which the Empress Catharine
the Second caused to be built for them, granting, at the
same time, a considerable tract of land for their support.
In the 163 d year of his age this modern Nestor was in the
enjoyment of the most robust health.
Sm NG.—The object of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer in introducing cheap whisky was to put down
smuggling. Smuggling, however, still exists. Early on
the morning of the 2341 December curt., Messrs. Macdo-
nell and Rollo, officers of Excise, Busby, accompanied by
a party of the sth Dragoons, discovered a private distillery
at work in the muirs of Eagicsham, conaisting of a still of
80 gallons contents, a mash tun 250 gallons contents, four
fermenting tuns, the content of each 220 gallons, one
cooler, 160 gallons contents, 243 gallons of worts, 363 gal-
lons of fermented wash, six spirit casks, and 16 bushels
of ground malt, with a variety of other articles, which,
along with the distillery huts, were effectually burned and
destroyed. The distillery having been carried on in a re-
mote part of the hill, and the smugglers keeping a watch,
discovered the approach of the parry, in consequence of
which they made their escape.—Glagsose Chronicle.
On Monday the Sth instant, a man of the name of
Ham M'lntosh, a workman to Mr. Leadbetter, merchant,
Lanark, discharged an old gun at some birds, when the
same having been, as is supposed, double charged, burst
in his hands, anti the breech, with a screw-nail attached,
'truck him on the forehead, and was nearly buried in it,l
penetrating two inches from the surface. Ile lingered in
great many till Friday following, when he died,
On 'Tuesday, when the Huddersfield, for Jamaica, was
hauling out of the Prince's Dock, a fine snipe dropt upon
the deck, quite exhausted, which was taken alive by some
of the sailors.—Liverpool Courier.
POACHTNO.—EarIy on the morning of the 13th inst.
James Drake, gamekeeper to Earl Nelson, accompanied by
two assistants, surprised three poachers on his Lordship s
manor at Stantllynch, near Salisbury, and a dreadful affray
took place, in which IVilliam Bailey, one of the poachers,
had his head so dreadfully fractured that he died two days
afterwards, anti his brother and the keeper were much
bruised. An inquest was held on Bailey, when one of the
keeper's assistants deposed, that after the scuffle had com-
menced Bailey retired a short distance from Drake, and
discharged a gun at him, but without effect.—Verdict—
Jurtifiebk Horxie dc.

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LAW NOTICES.

ROLLS' COURT.

General Petitiqn Friday, the 20th of
January, at six in the evening.
Petitions must in set down, and copies left with the Secretary,
by tear o'clock on t"e preceding day.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH.
The following is a eorerat list of the Causes on Bills of &-
change and Promissory 'notes that will be tried on Sati..:(laf, the
7th of January, by order of the Lord Chief Justice.
Sherwood v Jones Booker • Stringer 51ackintosh • Hay-
Knight • Ilarvey Wall • Potter don
Holland • Illockeil Still v Wood Goodman • Phillip
Bainbridge v Good- Wyatt, Amtrak Tanner • 'DOE%
fellow Marna T.Winter Hulland v Pagett
Wyatt t'Jiill Henderson • Hall Gould v Haworth
Wyatt • Meek Lewis • Russell Dutton • Dolly
Wright, Robinson Hart v Hills Sandell v Rossiter
Jacobs v Townsend Barclay • Wettnan Howse vJarman
Boulnois v Williams Same • Willis Henry v Nestor
Cleashy • Truckett Evelyn •C. Jones Isaac v Lierep
I Richardson v Macey Sharkall • Kearney Gamson • Gee
Loxley • Ratcliffe Powell • Fifield Liddell v Pates
Artwell v Hortoo Hamilton, Mahoney ' Wright, Evans
Earwater v Groves %Wiliam, • Dolan Simpson vLe Cren
Edenborough v Max- Collin son • SilTa Henry v Easton
field
Thomas • Sharpe Cockburn v Barreck
Howell • Solomon- Batley•Christopher- , Cockburn v Chettia
son son Herring • Wilmer
If any of the above Causes are defended, application to post.
pone the trial must be made to th•Cbief Justice by summons,
supported by affidavit, at least two days before the 7th of January.
Ahy undefended causes not in the above list, may be,tried on the
said 7th January, if due notice of their being undefended is given.
at this Office. .

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