The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-18 00:00:00

,art and portion of the public service. The facts o:

the case are of course perfectly well known to our
readers. A valuable appointment, preeminently due
to naval merit, is vacated by the death of a gallant
sailor, the companion in arms of Nelson, who may
almost be said to have expired in his arms. What is
the conduct of a No-Patronage Whig Government ?
Does it look in the Navy List for the name of some
gallant veteran who has fought and bled in his coun-
try's service—some one of the few surviving heroes of
Camperdown or Trafalgar, who have a right to expect
that their honourable scars should plead against ingra-
titude, and that the successor of Sir Thomas Hardy
should he one who has some claims upon his country
for reward ? No ! Lord Minto puts more faith in
the hired bullies of Roxburghshire than the brave
sailors of Britain. The latter only minister to the
glory, and secure the safety, of the empire : the former
assist in continuing the pay and patronage of office.
He must have a quid pro quo. Politics are the only
battles in which he cares a fig for victory : and, there-
fore, over the heads of some fifteen or sixteen gallant
officers, who have fought in general engagements, and
whose plea is,

" Look, Sir ; my wounds—
I got them in my country's service,"
is hoisted Admiral Fleming, who once saw the smoke
of a naval action at a distance, but who is in politics a
Whig, and moreover—hear it, shades of Nelson, Col-
lingwood, and Hardy !—" has spent money at elec-
tions" in the Whig-Radical cause. The appointment
is indeed, as we heard a naval officer call it, " scan-
dalous" ; and if it does not fill the measure of public
indignation against Ministers to overflowing, the Navy
may justly complain of an apathy towards her interests
disgraceful to Englishmen.

The British Queen, which arrived at Portsmouth on
Tuesday, has brought intelligence from New York to
the Ist instant, inclusive. She made the passage in
the short space of thirteen days and twenty-two hours.
She has brought in specie the sum of 700,000 dollars,
together with remittances, it is stated, of one million
sterling. If this is correct it will tend very materially
to restore the confidence of European capitalists in the
financial operations of the transatlantic banks.
The Chelsea Bank, one of the institutions under the
new banking law, suspended its payments on the 27th
of September. They permitted a number of their notes
to be protested by a notary public. Matters are, it is
rapidly approaching a crisis with the bubble
banks. The amount of paper in circulation belonging
to the above bank is not considerable. Its failure, there-
fore, is not likely to affect the money market to any se-
rious extent. The present crisis, it was expected,
would separate the sound from the speculative banks.
The Morning Herald states that the current of specie,
which is now setting towards England, has become so

strong that a turning point in the present crisis will
soon be reached. From the 10th of July to the 10th
of August the exports of specie from New York have
been, for England 3,029,000 dollars, for Havre 862,327
dollars, making a total of 3,891,327. The excess of
specie exports over imports up to the 10th of July from
the Ist of May was 361,954 dollars. At that time the
knowledge that a large amount of goods had been or-
dered from England first began to excite fears that the
supply of bills would not be sufficient to meet the de-
mand, up to the appearance of the new crop. Appre-
hensions were therefore, entertained that a drain of
specie would be the result. The cotton crop at that
time, was exceedingly promising and forward. The
banks kept their line of discounts rigorously low, in or-
der not to stimulate the demand, and the United States
Bank came into the market as a seller, to an extent just
sufficient to keep the rate below par. Notwithstand-
ing this, small amounts principally to Havre, went out
by every packet ; during this time the utmost anxiety
was evinced to hear by every packet of sales of Ameri-
can stocks in London; such hopes were, however, not
realised; each packet brought accounts of thickening
disaster in the London market ; goods began to arrive
very heavily, the supply of bills was decreasing, and the
first serious shipment of coin was made by the steam-
boat of the Ist of August, at the same time that the
issue of post notes by the United States Bank first be-
gan to attract attention by their quantity, and to oppress
the market by the extent of the purchases made in them.
The United States Bank still continued to supply the
market with bills and draw the proceeds in specie, which
was taken to Philadelphia. This checked the foreign
export up to the departure of the Liverpool on the 24th
August. For that vessel the United States Bank sold
about 500,000 dollars worth of bills, and drew the
amount in specie a few days afterwards, from the city
banks. Since that time the institution has ceased to
draw ; but the demand has continued to increase, as is
evident by the above statement. At the departure of the
Great Western it will be recollected that vessel was de-

tained for the return of an express which had been sent
to Philadelphia on the preceding day with the news by

the British Queen. The result of that news was an
order to keep back a large amount of specie which
which would otherwise have gone in the GreLt
'Western.

When the British Queen left, the demand for specie
was increasing, while, at the same time, the prevalence
of sickness and the low state of the rivers at the south
would retard the crop at least one month later, and
that at a very critical moment. Many failures and
many more extensions were taking place in consequence
of the pressure on the mercantile classes. .
The cotton market in all the cities of the Union was
exceedingly quiet. The old crop was supposed to be
nearly all in, and the stock on hand in all the ports

was less than for some years previous at this season.
Flour was rapidly pouring into New York, and prices
consequently receding.
The fever in the south still continued.

Several ad-

ditional deaths had taken place at Augusta. At New
Orleans to the 20th ultimo there was no favourable
change reported. At Mobile the mortality was fright-
ful compared with the population. The disease at this
place was neither mitigated in violence nor diminished
in extent.

A dreadful explosion of a powder mill took place at
Westfield, Massachusetts. About 100,0001bs. of gun-
powder, it is said, were burnt on the occasion. Seve-
ral buildings in the vicinity were destroyed, but happily,
no lives were lost.

The Philadelphia paperS announce the arrival at that
port of the ship Euphrates, M`Neil master, in 36 days
from Cape Mesurado, on the West Coast of Africa.
She had been taken on the coast by the British ship
Harlequin, as a slaver, and given up to Governor Bu-
chanan, United States Consul at Liberia, who put a
new crew on board, and ordered her to Philadelphia.
She was fitted out at Havannah, under American

at the meeting on Wednesday, seems anxious to do all
that lies in his power to rectify the absurd blunder of
his reforming brethren in the council chamber.
About the necessity of having Warehouses on the
Dock quays there may be a difference of opinion
among mercantile men; but about the propriety of
having Corporation Dock Warehouses there can be
none. They ought not—they must not be allowed.
Owners of every description of property are, more or
less, interested in this question. If the corporation
are to be allowed to appropriate the public funds to
the erection of Warehouses, why may they not build
houses, shops, or cottages in the same way ? We see
no difference whatever in the two cases. The principle
in both is precisely the same. Nay, the corporation
would be equally justified in applying the funds en-
trusted to their management as public stewards to pur-
poses of trading, as they would in carrying the 'Ware-
house scheme into effect. The house and cottage
owners must therefore look after their interests. They
ought to join the other classes to which we have alluded,
in solemnly protesting against the flagrant robbery
with which so many of our fellow-townsmen are
threatened.

Whatever injures or depresses any considerable
classes of tradesmen, must also of necessity inflict a
corresponding amount of injury upon the whole trad-
ing population of the same community. If the Ware-
house-keepers, coopers, porters, and carters, are to be
ruined by the selfish projects of an aspiring and arro-
gant faction, what is to become of those shopkeepers
who are mainly dependent upon those classes for sup-
port ? The ramifications of the evil which would be
inflicted by the erection of the Dock Warehouses are
S 3 extensive, that we are justified in saying that all
classes of the tradesmen of Liverpool have a pecuniary
interest in opposing the scheme.
While we refer our readers to our report of the pro-
ceedings at the meeting held on Wednesday last, we
cannot avoid exproccing niir surprise that the Ware-
house-keepers have remained so long silent under the
foul aspersions which have been so long and so perti-
naciously cast upon their characters. We allude more
particularly to the reckless charges of dishonesty
which have been brought against them by certain gen-
tlemen in the Council—charges as unfounded as they
are malignant and injurious. The accusations brought
against the Warehouse-keepers have been made, in
many instances, by men whose standing in the town
is anything but respectable. Perhaps this circum-
stance may have, in some degree, caused the Ware-
house-keepers to treat their libellers with silent con-
tempt.

It is with great pleasure that we direct the attention
of our readers to the report of the great meeting held
on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of
petitioning the Town Council against erecting any
more schools with the corporate funds on the system
adopted in the present schools. The Protestant
Operatives of Liverpool have done honour to them-
selves by coming forward to protest against the latitu-
dinarian schemes of the liberals in the council. They
have done perfectly right in insisting, as they have
done, upon their claim to a share in the benefits arising
from the application of the public funds to the pur-
poses of educating the children of the poor, and in
declaiming against the gross injustice of adopting
a system of education which excludes them from
the enjoyment of those benefits. Mr. M`Neile's
speech will be perused with much pleasure. His
description of the manner in which the Bible is
used in the Corporation Schools affords a complete
refutation to the absurd boastings of the liberal press
on this subject. He has placed the Corporation be-
tween the horns of a dilemma from which they will
find it impossible to escape. We shall be curious to
see how these sages will receive the very reasonable
and modest petition of the Protestant Operatives.

goods, but placing their confidence on the stability of the
houses of respectability and long standing from which they
emanated. But in Liverpool the great bulk of the merchants
were merely immigrants, of only a few years standing, and
unknown to the bankers, who would consequently refuse to
make advances upon their warrants. if one of these mer-
chants went to a banker with his warrant, the banker would
naturally say—" No, we cannot make you the required ad-
vance; you had better go to your broker, and he will proba-
bly place confidence in you, and accommodate you ; but
as to us we do not know you, nor the value of the goods in
your warrant."
Mr. BIRKETT—DO not the London warrants, then, on
which the bankers advance money, contain the value of the
goods mentioned in the warrants ?
Mr. HARBORD No ; not that I ever heard of.
Mr. GRuNDY—In that case, then, a common transfer in
`Liverpool is quite as good, if not superior, to a warrant as
in London.

Mr. HARBORD—Undoubtedly it is.
Mr. HARBORD, after explaining the nature of the warrants
used in London, proceeded to state that one principal ob-
ject of their meetinc, he had yet briefly to advert to.
Certain language had been used having a tendency to injure
their character and reputation as a body which it became
necessary to refute ; and to show that it proceeded from
parties who, in scrutinizing their conduct, were actuated by
vindictive or self-interested motives. They wished their
character to be examined at the bar of public opinion, so
that they might stand fair in the eyes of their fellow-towns-
men. Labouring as they now were under the most un-
deserved imputations, though they were known in Liverpool,
where a defence might be superfluous,—if any of them went
to London on business, or to obtain information on their
vocation, they would probably be looked upon as the very
offscourings of society, and, therefore, unworthy of con-
fidence or credit. He did not boast of his birth or of his
wealth ; but be prized as highly as any man his good name ;
and he might say that he could go step by step with Mr.
Evans in respectability, whether it were of birth or other-
wise. _ _

Mr. EARLE, who had shortly before entered the room,
here remarked, Why we of Liverpool have not any of us, I
believe, much reason to boast of birth ; but having heard
the object of the meeting stated, I apprehend 1 am out of
place.
The CHAIRMAN.—The meeting has other objects, which
are set forth in the resolutions. It is a meeting of the
warehouse-keepers.
Mr. EARLE begged pardon. He thought it was a meeting
of warehouse-owners. As be was not a warehouse-keeper,
he would withdraw ; but he should be happy to attend the
meeting of warehouse-owners, which would doubtless ere long
be called, on the subject of warehouses on the docks.
Mr. hARDOILD proceeded to say, that he might here state
what the warehouse-keepers had done, and what they in-
tended to do, as an exemplification of the spirit of accom-
modation which they had manifested towards the merchants.
-Respecting the general management, in which the latter
appeared to take great interest, [Loy had alivvrn covory
to meet their wishes. Even as late back as 1831 they were
requested to meet the bulk of the gentlemen engaged in the
wine and spirit trade, and who constituted the Wine and
Spirit Association. They did so ; certain resolutions were
proposed and carried involving certain rules and regulations
which they were desirous should be carried out. These were
all agreed to by the warehouse-owners, yet strange to say,
very soon afterwards, a highly respectable spirit merchant,
who himself presided at the meeting, was the first to break
through the regulations of which he had been the principal
originator! (Mr. Harbord here instanced the case in which
they were first broken.) The warehouse-keepers had ac-
cepted the rules and regulations laid down, and all parties
expressed their satisfaction ; but the result was they were
not acted upon. He thought it, therefore, great injustice to
attach blame to their body, who had consented to every pro-
position made by the trade.
Mr. DANIEL LEDSOM seconded the motion. With respect
to the charge of pilferage, he believed no serious charge could
be made against the warehouse-keepers. Under any ware-
housing system, pilferage would take place to some extent.
Mr. TAYLOR said he sometimes employed not less than
seventy or eighty men in the manifold operations of manag-
ing his warehouses. He had taken the management entirely
in many cases. In one case he had seven thousand bales of
cotton entrusted to him, and he managed them through every
department, having undertaken to do so on proviso that the
merchant would give him his business. When the charges
came to be made up, the merchant sent to him and said that
he was highly gratified, as the difference in management had
made a difference of full 2s. 3d. per bale in the charges, which
in 7000 hales they would allow, was a material saving. In
that case he had simply charged the expenses and not accord-
ing to any recognised rate, and the difference was 2s. 3d. per
bale on 7000 bales. He was convinced that if the merchants
would give the warehouse-keepers the entire management of
of their goods, it would make a great difference in the amount
of charges. He (Mr. Taylor,) employed his own carters and
porters. In reply to a question, Mr. Taylor said that he said
to the merchant above alluded to, " If you will give me your
business as a warehouse-keeper I will undertake the entire
management of your goods." He believed that the time and
close superintendence of the warehouse-keeper on the spot
would cause a material saving.
Mr. BIRKETT.—What time of the year was it ?
Mr. TAYLOR.—I do not exactly know, but it was in the
summer.
Mr. BIRKETT.—Yes, but that makes a great difference
from the long hours you have in summer.
Mr. HARBORD was fearful that Mr. Taylor's meaning
might be misunderstood by the public. He did not mean
that he had worked without profit, but only that he had not
charged that sort of rate which usually appeared amongst ac-
counts of charges. Of course they had no right to pry into
what profit Mr. Taylor had made on his cartage and porterage.
In reply to a question from Mr. Grundy, Mr. Harbord
said he could warehouse foreign clay'd sugars in Liverpool as
low as in London, and adduced several instances of it.
In the course of aconversation that ensued, Mr. BIRKETT,
stated that with respect to charges London had an advantage
from its plenitude of dock room, which enabled vessels after
discharging on one side of a dock, to haul over and receive
a cargo from the warehouses on the other. Here the case
was different, as vessels to accomplish a similar object would
generally have to move from dock to dock. Liverpool had
however, a decided advantage in the import trade over Lon-
don.
Mr. DOVER, proposed the fourth resolution, having re-
ference to the calumnies thrown upon the general body of
warehouse-keepers. He said that it might seem altogether
unnecessary to propose such a resolution as this, when he
saw around him, gentlemen who had been in the warehouse
business for ten, twenty, and, (as in the case of the respected
father Of the worthy-chairman), for even thirty years. The
character of every man was however, dear to him, and lie
urged the resolution, not so much with reference to a vindi-
cation of their characters in the town, where the aspersions
cast upon them would he less prejudicial ; but from a desire
that they, should stand fairly elsewhere where they were less
known, and where these aspersions might have a stronger ef-
fect. What, he would ask would be the impression of these
at a distance if these calumnies were not refuted, and who
could judge of them only by the reports of the meetings in
the Town Council, and from the reports in the news-
papers ? And they had not alone to apprehend the bad
opinion that might be produced of them, elsewhere, but also
that of these in Liverpool who did not in the way of
business come in contact; with them, and who would
naturally form an equally unfavourable impression, if these
accusations remained unrefuted. Mr. Dover then proceeded
to cite a passage from a speech of Mr. Alderman Benn, on
the subject of dockwarehouses, wherein it was asserted that
pilferage took place to a large extent, and sometimes with the
guilty concurrence of the porters having the charge of the
warehouse, over whom it was imputed, due surveillance was
not kept, so that they and others had opportunities of carry-
ing off property. Now, they had heard a great deal about
pilfering, and if it went on to the extent stated, the ware-
housekeepers . were much to blame ; but he begged that it
might be remembered that the whole of these charges were
mere assertions. Mr. Benn had mentioned a ease of a chest
of indigo having been pilfered ; but if such a thing had taken
place through the negligence of the warehouse-keeper or his
servants, the owner could suffer no loss, for that warehouse-
keeper could be made to pay the amount. With respect to
the statement that there were no rooms suitable for the
showing of indigo, it was altogether groundless : for there
was scarcely a warehouse-keeper present who had not two or
three warehouses which were adapted for that purpose—they
having gone to the expense of building new warehouses for
the express purpose—and now found that they were not half
occupied. Mr. Dover then referred to an article in the
Albion, of the 7th May, the style of which showed that the
writer was the same individual who had published a pamphlet
on the subject of dock warehouses, to which he should next have
occasion to refer, for the purpose of showing the nature of the
calumnies heaped upon them. In the article in question,
they were styled " jobbers and adventurers." The same
epithets were also applied to them in the pamphlet of Mr.
Alderman Evans. To show how little they merited such
appellations, he thought he need only mention the fact,
that there passed through their hands yearly, property of the
value of between ten and fifteen millions sterling. If
they deserved the odious character given to them, in speeches,
newspaper articles, and pamphlets, it was quite certain that
they would never be trusted to such an extent as that.
The warehouse property of the town paid one-fourth of the
local rates, and he must say that persons occupying the posi-
tion that they did, ought not to he spoken of in such an un-
justifiable manner. Mr. Dover then went on to object to the
vesting of the management of the proposed dock warehouses
in the dock trust. It was not fair that such a body, hating
the public money at their disposal, should employ that money
in competing with the individuals who contributed to the
payment of it. They were not afraid of individuals
or public companies building warehouses with their own mo-
ney, because such persons, before building, would take care
to ascertain whether the warehouses were wanted. It was
not right that the dock trust should turn warehouse-keepers,
and become, as 'they must do, master coopers and master
porters ? and he thought it was unfair that they should de-
stroy at least one-half of the business of cart-owners. He
trusted that there would be meetings of all the persons whose
business would be injured by the proposed scheme ; and that
the master carters, coopers, and porters would step forward
and vindicate their trade, which was about to be taken from
them bythe corporation. If the dock trust had a right to
turn coopers, porters, carters, and warehouse-keepers, they
had an equal right to become tailors, shoemakers, Viz., and
to carry on the whole trade of the town. He considered
that every owner of property in Liverpool, whether that pro-
perty consisted of cottages, houses, or warehouses, was inte-
rested in this subject ; for if a public body like the corpora-
tion, which was instituted for different purposes, took it into
their heads to build warehouses, why might they not, at some
future time build cottages ? Why not build houses ?
Mr. Guyton seconded the motion and the meeting sepa-
rated after voting thanks to the chairman.

BAZAAR FOR THE POOR.—The Bazaar for the relief of
the distressed poor, got up by the ladies and others of the
Catholic Benevolent Society, was held on Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, and yesterday, at the Assembly Room of the Adelpbi
Hotel, and was numerously and fashionably attended each
day. The articles exhibited, particularly, the embroidery,
showed great taste and perseverance on the part of the ladies
who produced them, and most of them were sold. A military
band was in attendance, and the rooms presented a very gay
appearance. The total receipts on the first day were, we
learn, about .X-100. We have not heard what was received
on the subsequent days.
VAUXIIALL WARD.—Henry R. Sandbach, Esq., is the
candidate for this ward in the room of Mr. Shand, who re-
tires. The Liberals have not hitherto ventured upon any
opposition.
PITT-STREET WARD.—It is with considerable pleasure
that we learn from Mr. Bibby's Address, which will be found
in another part of our paper, that that gentleman has con-
sented once more to become a candidate for the representa-
tion of this Ward in the Council. Mr. Bibby's activity and
commercial knowledge are too extensive to admit of a mo-
ment's doubt that he will not be eminently successful in a
ward which has already benefitted so materially from his
valuable services.
ALARM OF FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—On Tuesday
evening, shortly after nine o'clock, considerable alarm was
created throughout the town by a report that a portion of
Windsor Castle was on fire, and that fears were entertained
that the private apartments of her Majesty were in the most
imminent danger. The town and barrack engines, as well as
the powerful engine belonging to the castle, were immediately
on the spot. It proved to be only a chimney on fire, which
was caused by one of the female servants throwing a sheet of
paper on the fire, and which was speedily extinguished.
THIS LATE OUTRAGE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.--Thomas
Ainger, the individual who committed the outrage at Wind-
sor Castle, was brought up for examination at the Guildhall
on Tuesday, when it was proved that he was a maniac. He
was ordered to be detained in custody until he could be ad-
mitted into a lunatic asylum.

THE GLASGOW IRON STEAM-SHIP
"ROYAL GEORGE."
This beautiful vessel, belonging to the Glasgow and Liver-
pool Royal Steam-Packet Company, is now on her second
trip between this 'port and that from which she sails ; and as
another, and a new and splendid specimen of what can be
accomplished by our Scottish competitors in steam naviga-
tion, she has attracted much and deserved. admiration. She
is the second iron steam-ship produced by the same proprie-
tary, the Royal Sovereign, placed on the station a few months
ago, being the first, and also a crack, we may say a twin, ves-
sel. It is very natural for common observers to suppose that
we, of Liverpool, entertain some slight feeling of jealousy at
these advancements of our northern countrymen, who some
hundred years ago were perhaps a hundred years behind us
in matters of science and nautical enterprise. If, however,
such a feeling ever found harbour for a moment within us, it
was of that nature which resolves itself into a generous rivalry,
and which hails every mutual improvement that may tend to
the advancement of mutual intercourse and commerce as a
benefit attained not only for Great Britain, but through her
for the vast regions to which extend the ramifications of her
internal traffic and manufactures. It is scarcely possible to
estimate the advantages derived by a country, even though
circumscribed in extent, from the facility and rapidity of
transit derived from the agency of " steam." Steam is, in-
deed, the moving power of the day. It is rapidly ap-
proximating town to town, state to state, continent to
continent. Its advantages are developed More peculiarly
in " coasting" than in " ocean " navigation, surprising and
admirable as are its achievements in the last. About twenty
years ago a voyage hence to Glasgow, along a coast of
upwards of two hundred miles in extent, was an under-
taking of such peril, and generally of such delay, by
sailing craft, that few persons could be induced to under-
take it. Now, steamers, of a large size, capable of contend-
ing with adverse winds and waves, and fitted up in a manner
to gratify, in accommodation, those who would. recline iu the
very lap of elegance and ease, perform the voyage with the
regularity, and more than the speed of mail-coaches, over
tie gam.: extent of ground, and at a cost, too, immea-
surably below that of travelling by land in former or in
modern times.'
The Royal George is of abdut
.500 tons burthen. She is
180 feet in length ; 200 feet from the, figure head to the taff-
rail ; 22 feet 8 inches in beam' or 40 feet over the-paddle-
boxes. Her engines are of 120 horses' power. The diameter -
of the cylinder is 61 inches, length of stroke 5 ft. These en-
gins, are le iutiful highly finished pieces of machinery, and'l"
were manufactured by Messrs. Todd & Macgregor, Glasgow:.-
The saloon, or principal cabin, is a very spacious and maga,
nificent apartment. The entrance from the deck is exceed-
ingly well contrived, there being a door and flight of steps i 7
on either side of the vestibule or " companion," leading to, r"
the landing at the top of the main stairs, so that. in storm-r:1z;
weather the windward door may be closed. The " arehi- 5/
tectural" visitor on descending may anticipate the general '.4-24
style of the whole. The panelling of the stair-case is
finely painted in rosewood. The banisters are of polished
the rails of polished rose-wood, and all, beepeak the
old English or Elizabethan. in ire aweeieee and a.eracf-
The folding doors leading to the saloon are of rosewood—
admirable specimens of the massive gothic—the. styles
are finely moulded, 'and the pannels are projected in
alto relievo beyond them. The dark colour of the rose-
wood is relieved by massy florcated gilt hinge-work. of
and other ornaments of the same-material. On entering the
cabin, the visitor cannot fail to be struck with admiration.
The apartment is about 40 feet in length, and about '22 in
width, occupying the whole breadth of the vessel. It' is
lighted by three windows of plate glass on each aide, by the
stern windows, and by the square dome or deck lights. The
style is massy gothic,—and the whole of the wood-work, in-
cluding the walls and the furniture is of choice dark and
and variegated rose-wood, as a substitute.or rather improVe-
ment upon oak. Between the .side windows there are in-
serted gothic pannels or frames with raised mouldings and
interior gilded frames, for the reception
,of pictures in
papier inaeld, in proportion, but now fitted up with crimson
drapery:, The mouldings and other decorations, including
the trusses: that form knees or brackets on the top of the
pilasters between the windows and the pannels, in
the angle formed by each pilaster and the roof beam
that rests. upon it,' are beautifully carved iu open work
and richly gilded. Some idea may be formed of the very
liberal expenditure bestowed on this apartment, when we
state that the' gilding alone of one of these trusses ;cost six
guineas' nd a halt. They are' of two patterns, one of each
being placed alternately, and have a fine effect. The corni-
cing and beading is also gilded. Across the sten:l.:windows
there is a tine transparency, a view of Windsor Castle with
the royal residents and their visitants in the fore,-ground.
Sofas or ottomans surround the al. ,rtment, divided by massy
carved rosewood arms or elbows. These are of. great width,
and the backs reach to half the height of the cabin, forming
a semi-circle at the stern. They are cushioned in embossed
crimson velvet of a peculiarly rich and appropriate fabric.
The tables are also of rosewood, standing in massy single
gothic pillars, and so contrived that though there is a space
between, they may be elongated and form a " festive hoard."
all round the room, in the form of a horse-shOe. 'The chairs
are in corresponding gothic style of the choicest description.
They are of solid rosewood with cushioned seats and backi
corresponding with the sofas. They probably weigh little
short of 501 b. and cost upwards of five guineas each. The
roof is one of the most attractive portions of this beautiful
saloon : between the beams, it is decorated with tracery and
graining most elaborately carved in alto. At the. entrance,
there are two state rooms, one on each side, which narrow
the saloon, for a short distance from, the door way. The
architect has rendered this arrangement highly: decorative.
The roof formed between the two state rooms is of semi-cir-
cular form. The door is in the centre, and on each side there
is a sideboard of gothic design, richly 'carved in 'rosewood
Over these are mirrors, each otheir perpendicular plates fixed''
in concave position with the segment formed by the -.wall
where they are placed. The frames of these are of fine Open, -
gilded carved-work. The doors of the two state rooms lead-
ing from the saloon face the stern, and have been much ad-'
mired. In the upper panel of each there is a mirror within
antique framework, surrounded and surmounted ,by gildeliv
ornaments of exquisite design and execution. The twoskiTr.'
lights are glazed with stained glass, each pane—twenty i
containing a separate portrait of a- British monarch, stiff-'.
.rounded by rich gothic decorations. These were exeotkir
by Mr. Cooper, of Edinburgh, who has discovered. anew' mid"
admirable process by which to stain glass, for which he little
taken out a patent. On the whole we shoulck say. that, this
cabin is the most costly and magnificent we have fet 401'4,
and that the whole as well as the. vessel, her engines (b
Messrs. Todd and M`Gregor) and her general equiprae*
are an honour to her proprietors, to the_ part froin whichs
sails,—indeed, to the country to which she belongs. '
The ladies' and gentlemen's state rooms are fitted la.
a scale of corresponding elgauce and comfort, but we'
not room, on this occasion, to notice them in detail. 2
The Royal George, Capt. Cooke, is of a beautiful trip _
She is so well put together (being " as strong as iron'
make her") that no vibration is felt by the motion df
engines ; and she has already proved herself the fasteiklo
on a station second to none. in the beauty and evedisfeStrdt
its steamers. So much for iron versus wood.
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CHESTER AND CREWE RAILWAY. '
An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of ails:COM::
pany was held on Wednesday, at the Royal Hotel, in thiS eitY;
to consider the propriety of amalgamating this company
with
the Grand Junction Railway Company. A neither of On-
tlemen were present, and a lengthened discussion toole place,
which, as it was of a private nature, we are.not authorised to
report, but we give the motions put and the decisions upon
them. The Right Worshipful the Mayor, as Chainlicanetif
the Board of Directors, presided. The first
" That this meeting agrees to the amalgnidation of this
Company with the Grand Junction RailwaY'Compeny, on
the terms proposed in the Circular sent to the shareholders,
and now read, due security being obtained for the immediate
completion of the Chester and C,rewe line by the Grand Junc-
tion Company, should £250.000, the capital of the Chester
and Crewe Railway Company, be found insufficient to effect
the object ; also a guarantee being obtained for the' wOrking
of the line upon terms adequate to the wants of the city of
Chester and the neighbourhood. On this motion being put,
there appeared for it—;present 285, proxies 922. The follow-
ng amendment was then put :
" That the consideration of the question for amalgamating
the Chester .and Crewe 'Railway with the
.Grand. Junction
Railway be poStponed for one month ; and that the draft of
the agreement proposed to be entered into be then submitted
to the meeting."
On the numbers being taken, theke appeared for the amend-
ment, present 338 ; proxies 1t)8. Thus, a majority of 761
was obtained in favour of the original motign, to carry out
the intention of amalgamating the interests of "'the Create
Railway with those of the Grand Junction-a iineasure2 that
we have every reason to believe, will be highly conducive to
the prosperity and ultimate success of the Crewe underteltiflg
—a measure that will enhance the value of the Bitlenhead
line,—while the welfare of this city, (although note.PerhaPs,
taken into account in the contract,) will be forwarded, betotid
the possibility of cUleulation.—Chester Gazette.
CASTLE-STREEP WARD.-7-A IneCtilig of WC ,Dureersfes oi
this ward was held last night at Mr. LlOyilSeStrinley
when Mr. nape was received with the warmesf enpaskaseln,
and elicited considerable applause by the explicit
which' he detailed his sentiments. We are glad to learn that
the returns of the canvassers are so extremely favouirtiotelo
the good cause as to warrant us in:assuring our readerk.tliat
the termination to Mr. Organ Stopper's foolish exiipreans
is " nigh at hand."
TeSTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.—The parishioners as fise ids
of .Rev. 'Win. Stewart, of -Hale, have presented Pia} with
an elegant Bible and Prayer-book, eaciehearingenpon a:sil-
ver shield, the _fullowine inscription ;—" Presented by his
parishioners and friends, to the Rev. Stewart, M.A.,
of Hale, on the 27th anniversary of his ministry, as a testi-
mony of their respect arid esteem for the, faith:ful.discharge
of his pastoral duties.-27theSeptember, 18394;1eae- es,s
IN CLUEST.—On TueSday an inquest was helitispf6sesUe F.
Curry, Esq., coroner; touching the death of joaamaslossins,
aged forty.five yearn.—Arthur Lewis, an interesthiiglairaged
twelve years, stated, :that his father Wasdeittlfamitesliaed
with his mother in Andersonstreet. •He svenfit&bach ly
on Friday night. His Mother had laid' ih "bed y,
unable to eat. The doctor had seen her driring-dit
(witness) slept in a little bed in the same room ivitU,bisdirne-
ther. He was not aware that she got up or'sventsuizteikthe
room during the night. About seven o'clock xiereissertning,
he got up and called to his mother,. but .oetive ialft•no
answer. He put his hand td her face, mid found7that.she
was dead. So far as he knew, she had seentrallry geoddrutaith.
—Mr. David M' Clay, a surgeon of the. Southern Diapnisary,
stated, that he had attended the deceased on Friday. laaVfor
an inflammation of the throat, bile& did not then-c6hsider
her dangerously ill. When he called again, he'founcl-that
the remedies which he had ordered—viz., leeches_ otectlie
throat—had not been applied. He left an order for leeches
from the dispensary. On a post-rnortem examination; he
found that she tad died Of' apopleXy arising frain natural
causes, and having no connexion whatever With-tile disease
of the throat.—Verdict,." Died by the visitation of-God;"
TILE LONDON TIMES IN LIVERPOOL AT FOUR o'cOcx.
—Mr. Rowland Hill, with his post-office refOrin;.seenis to
have infused a new spirit into the news-agents, for. ree4ntly
they have been vieing with each other as to who 'should be
the first to bring the morning papers the earliest into South
Lancashire.. Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Lewis, of iManchester,
managed, by exerting themselves in their Usnal spirited man-
ner, to contrive to receive them in that town-by six. o'clock
in the evening, being one hour earlier than the Liverpool
agents could obtain them. Mr. Gaskill, howeverethe agent
for The Times, last week devised a plan by which The Times
could be delivered iu Liverpool and other parts of South Lanca-
shire BY FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTEKNOON' of;the same
day of its publication in London ! From what weliear, it ap-
pears that Mr. Gaskill discovered that a train (unconnected
with Liverpool) arrived in Birmingham only a few minutes
prior to the departure of a Liverpool train (unconnected
with London) and he stationed an agent in Birmingham, to
transfer the papers from one railway to the other, '(without
the intervention of the postoflice), by which means, to
the astonishment of the inhabitants cf. Liverpool, and
of the press, " The Times was delivered in Liverpool
at Four o'clock in the afternoon !" The agents for Whig
papers in a few days afterwards followed the example ;
and the Hunting Advertiser• and other papers of the same
stamp of politics were seen in Liverpool about. the same
hour. The Times, however, being supplied to Mr. Gaskill
by express from the office to the Euston Square station, we
should imagine that that paper would arrive more regularly
than any other, but, in fact, we never considered that a Lon-
don morning paper has arrived, until we see the naies. it
is certainly commmendable to witness enterprlie in trade,
manufactures, or commerce, and it is not too niuch to say
that the news agent also as the means of giving =information
to all classes of the reading public, as conveyed inthe morning
papers three hours earlier than it has been accomplished since
a railway has been established, is deserving of much praise.

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