The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-09 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Llanidloes chartists, who were sentenced to transporta-
tion at the late assizes, have been removed to the hulks, pre-
paratory to the embarkation.
The Duke of Sussex has declined to present to her majesty
the address of the Edinburgh chartists, relative to the con-
duct of the police at Birmingham.
DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING.—The tower of Sigston Church,
near Northallerton, was struck with lightning on Monday
week, and considerable damage done to the interior, particu-
larly to the gallery.
A TASTE OF THE SACILED MONTH.—A mason' acting on
the advice of the chartists, drew from the savings bank £l5.
He converted the notes into silver ; but most unfortunately
a thief interfered and carried off the whole.—Dundee Adver-
tiser.

Mr. Wallace, M.P., has addressed a letter to the members
for Glasgow, recommending the establishment of a professor-
ship of civil engineering in the Glasgow University, chiefly
with the view of developing the powers of the steam-engine.

Dr. Chalmers, in alp.te letter to the mechanics of Greenock,
says, " 1 now find, both from the state of my engagements
and my strength, that I must withdraw from the labours of
active life as speedily' as possible."

FURTHER ARRESTS AT STOCKPORT.—We understand that
two further arrests of chartist speakers were made at Stock-
port on Monday night. The parties are said to be a person
calling himself the Rev. William Essler, and a man named
Isaac Johnson.

It cannot be too generally known in seasons like the pre-
sent, when very large quantities of hay are more or less in-
jured, that salting it, in the proportion of eight pounds of
salt to a ton of hay, will make it very palatable to cattle. The
salt should be sprinkled in layers.
Bridgewater House is to be reconstructed under the super-
intendence of Sir Robert Smirke. Lord Francis Egerton
and his family have returned to town from Brighton, where
his lordship has been taking a course of the spa waters, and
the family will leave town for Worsley Hall, near Manchester.

ABDUCTION.--At Enniskillen assizes, Robert Russell,
Robert Brown, and Catherine Little, were tried for the ab-
duction of Catherine Hoey, aged sixteen, a wealthy farmer's
only child, a creature of surpassing beauty, whose appearance
absolutely fascinated the whole court. They were found
guilty.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The number of
passengers for the six months ending the 30th June has been
267,527, equal to a daily average (computed for the whole
distance of 112 miles) of 857. The gross revenue of the com-
pany during the same period has been £270,814 7s. sd.
SNOW STORM IN JULY.—During a thunder storm on Mon-
day, July 29, Skiddaw was completely covered, even to its
very base, with snow, which remained for some hours after-
wards, forming a strange object at this peculiar season of the
year, amidst the richly verdant scenery of the neighbourhood.
—Whitehaven Herald.
CONSEQUENCES OF WHIG TRICKERY.—THE HOUSE OF
J was.—Whoever has dealings with the chancellor of the ex-
chequer should nail him down to something precise, if he can
—never trust to general impressions or promises. He is now
considered the cleverest who can take the house by surprise
and carry his point by a trick.—Spectator.
BURY.—We understand that the Bury chartists, like their
'brethren elsewhere, took possession of the parish church on
Sunday ; but theworthy rector, being fully prepared for their
visit, gave them a lecture on the duty of keeping the peace
and obeying the law, which, from its length as well as from
its force, many of them would not exactly relish.—Manchester
paper.

Admiral Tatham passed through Lancaster on Friday on
his way from Cheltenham to Hornby Castle, which has
recently undergone a thorough repair, and been fitted up for
his reception. The gallant admiral and his amiable lady ap-
peared, we rejoice to say, in the enjoyment of excellent
health. Their stay at this delightful residence will be, we
trust, a long one.—Lancaster Guardian.

POPISH CONFERENCE.—On Tuesday last, the annual
meeting of the clergy, for the arrangement of certain
ecclesiastical matters connected with the Romish church,
was held at Shelley's Arms Inn, Fishergate, Preston. About
seventy-five priests sat down to an excellent dinner,—the
company including some of the most distinguished of the
body; amongst others, Dr. Wiseman, of Dublin, Dr. Briggs,
and the Hon. and Rev. G. Spencer .were present on the
occasion.—Preston Payer.
GLA.scow.—At this moment Glasgow is as peaceable as
the most zealous lover of order could wish it to be. On the
principle, however, that early prevention is better than cure,
a private meeting of the authorities was held yesterday fore-
noon, consisting of the sheriff and magistrates of the city;
and we have reason to blieve, that should even incipient dis-
order or disturbance present itself, it will be at once put
down by the vigorous arm of the law.—Glasgow Herald.
During the last week the weather has been exceedingly
favourable to the growing crops. Sunshine and shower have
succeeded each other, and vegetation is rapidly advancing.
Accounts from all parts of the country serve to show that
there is every prospect of an early and abundant harvest.
For many years the weather has not been so favourable, if we
except the partial failure in many places of the hay crop.—
Inverness Herald.

ROCHDALE CHARTISTS AT CHURCH.—On Sunday last,
these gentry, like their friends in the neighbouring towns,
assembled in considerable numbers, and attended the parish
church. They were generally clean, though some of them
were clad in their working dresses, perhaps for want of a
change. • Several men were in the churches on Sunday, with
their wives and families, who had never been there since their
weddings. The place was crowded, and forms were placed in
the aisles for the accomodation of these.new converts.

NATIONAL HOLIDAY.—On Sunday, a meeting of chartist
delegates was held in the Ebenezer Chapel at Middleton, to
ascertain the determination of the several districts in the
neighbourhood as to the carrying into effect, or otherwise
the " ulterior measure" of a national holiday. The pro-
ceedings were private, the entrance into the chapel being in-
terdicted to all except delegates and their friends. The
discussions were continued during the afternoon and evening ;
and the result was a resolution to bold the holiday—to com-
mence, report says on Monday next.

LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—The operations
of this line of railway are in a very active state of progress.
At this end of the line the works are already beginning to
assume a very interesting and railway-like appearance. The
viaduct across Water-lane promises to be a very handsome
structure, the arches being exactly at right angles with the
road. The skew bridge in Marsh-lane is an excellent and
substantial erection, and is in a forward state of progress.
On Messrs. Mullins and M‘Mahon's contract the operations
are proceeding most satisfactorily, and with all possible
alacrity.—Preston Chronicle.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Tuesday, a swallow's nest,
containing three young birds, fell down from the window of
a house in Pollockshaws. They were carefully picked up by
the proprietor, and placed 'in an old hat on the tile, to which
the parents resorted, and fed them regularly. On learning
the disaster, a general muster of the swallows instantly took
place on the roof of the house, and after the matter had been
duly discussed, which was done with greater order than takes,
place at some of our political meetings, they immediately
proceeded to build a new nest, which they finished in about
two hours.—Paisley Advertiser.
REFORM.—It was anticipated that the members for the
newly enfranchised boroughs would have gained by weight of
character, and complete independence of action, so much
influence in the reformed House of Commons. that the re-
maining nomination boroughs might be disregarded as harm-
less. But instead of setting a high example—of shunning
jobs, and maintaining the erect countenance of independent
men—these very members are conspicuous for their servility
to the minister, their toadyism of fashionable " exclusives, '
their morbid appetite for frivolous distinctions, and persever-
ing activity in jobbing.—Spectator.
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—An account of the aggregate
amount of notes circulated, in England and Wales, by pri-
vate banks and by joint-stock banks and their branches,
distinguishing private from joint-stock between the 30th of
March, and the 29th of June, 1839. From returns directed
by the 3 and 4 Wm. IV. c. 83. Private banks, £7,610,708:
joint-stock banks, £4,665,110 ; total, £12,275,818.

HENRY L. WICKHADI.
Stamps and Taxes, August 2, 1839.
RIBBLE IMPROVEMENTS.—The steam-dredge on the Rib-
ble is now in full operation, and answers, in every point, the
expectations of the promoters of the improvement of the
river. She is at work nearly opposite the Chain, and clears
away an immence quantity of sand, &c., of which it is in-
tended to form an embankment some distance from the edge
of the river, and thus prevent the overflowing of the marshes
which at present takes place. The damage done to the coffer-
dam is also fast being repaired, so that ere long the blasting
of the rock will be commenced, and carried on, we have no
doubt, successfully.—Preston Pilot.
FLOODS IN IRELAND.—The Irish papers contain accounts
of great damage done by the floods and recent storm. In
Dublin and the neighbourhood all the low ground was under
water, to the depth of several feet, and the inhabitants of
several streets could not stir from their houses: Walls and
trees were carried away by the stream, and much injury was
done to property. In Wicklow the mountain torrents rushed
with destructive force, and carried away all within their
reach. A woman and child, it is said, were carried away by
the torrent and drowned. The destruction of the crops, by
the continued rains, is stated to be very serious.

A man entered the shop of a cotton merchant in the Rue
des Blancs-Manteaux two mornings ago, with- an empty bag,
and asked for 121 b. of cotton. Fancying himself unobserved,
he slipped into his bag with the cotton a ham, which hap-
pened to lie on the counter, and had struck his fancy. He
had, however, been observed by a shopman, who, when he
was going away, asked him if he was sure he had only 121 b.
of cotton, and at once put his bag into the scales found that
it weighed 191 b. " You see," said the shopman, " you have
got 71b more to pay for !" and the man, sooner than acknow-
ledge that he had taken the ham, paid for the additional
weight at the price of cotton, 4f. per pound !-G'alignani's
Messenger.
CHARTIST PIKES.—We have a word to say upon the
flourishing pike trade, whidh certain sly chartists have
been carrying on in this neighbourhood (Gateshead) for
the last few weeks. When we tell them that although the
value of the material of which it is composed is about one
penny, and the workmanship of the rudest description pos-
sible, they will not be a little surprised at the gullibility of the
working classes, who have allowed the " lads " of Winlaton
to tax them at the enormous rate of eighteenpence per pike.
We have been assured that during the past week, no less
than 800 of those articles of war have been manufactured and
sold at Winlaton at the above price, affording the makers a
profit of at least one shilling more than would have satisfied
any respectable manufacturer on either side of the Tyne.
.We hardly thought it possible that at this time of day any set
of men—especially men who talked so loudly against " profit-
mongers"—would have allowed themselves to have been im-
posed upon to such an extent. We have not heard whether
muskets, pistols, gunpowder, and lead, have risen in our mar-
ket in an equally remarkable degree ; but we think, after the
illustrations we now affordhim, the reader will be at no loss
to discover which of the parties engaged in these transac-
tions have been the pikes and which the gudgeons !—Gates.
head Observer.

NEW IRON STEAMER.-At the Bromielaw, a splendid new
steamer, has been christened the Royal George, and is des-
tined to act as consort to the Royal Sovereign, at present one
of the swiftest boats afloat on the station stretching between
the Clyde and the Mersey. Her length of deck is as near as
may be 200 feet, and forms as beautiful a promenade as can
well be imagined ; burthen per register, including the space
occupied by the machinery, 300 tons, but, in reality, nearly
700 ; engine povier, according to the usual calculation, equal
to the muscular strength of 250 horses. At present she draws
scrimptly five, and when loaded with 100 tons of goods, the
draught will not exceed seven feet of water. With the ex-
ception of the deck, bulwarks, paddle-boxes, rosewood lining
of the principal cabins, &c. the entire frame-work of the
beautiful ship described is composed of sheet-iron, three
eighths of an inch thick, and strongly rivetted inside by
bars or fastenings, which take the form diagonal, the strong-
est of all. With a view to safety, in the case of a sunken
rock or a lee shore, the extreme length from stem to stern, is
divided into five compartments, and the largest is not so much
the hold, which can be dealt with as is deemed most expedi-
ent, as the gap filled with a double engine, furnaces, cylinders,
and the other appurtenances that manufacture the propelling
power. Should a hole, therefore, be stove in the vess
side, by collision with a rock, or any other antagonist body,
water can only rush into one compartment, to the extent of
a foot, or possibly less, and so long as the other remains per-
fectly dry, sufficient buoyancyi remains behind to enable the
crew to apply the pump and repair the leak. The Royal
George is the fifteenth iron steamer which Messrs, Todd and
M'Gregor have now built.—Pumfriee Courier.

A gentleman advertises for board and lodging in a respect-
able family, " to live with them, and be done for;" and to
render his views still less equivocal, he adds that " quietness
is his object."
NEW CHURCHES IN THE POTTERIES. - The district
committee for Newcastle and the Potteries, appointed by the
Diocesan Society of Lichfield, since their appointment have
already received, in donations and subscriptions, £7OO.
The authorities at the General Post-office, no doubt in
anticipation of the passing of the penny postage bill, have
commenced making such alterations in the office as will be
necessary to carry out the extensive changes which that mea-
sure must occasion.

CHARGE OF VIOLATION. Three men have this week
been committed to our castle for trial, on a charge of violat-
ing the person of a young woman, who was out walking with
her sweetheart„ in the neighbdurhood of Preston. The case
is one of peculiar 'atrocity.—Lancaster Gazette.
RHYL.—That worthy and patriotic friend to his country,
Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. M.P., who has for some time been
staying at Rhyl, has liberally given £lO towards liquidating
the debt still owing on account of the new church lately
erected in this place.--:Chester Gazette.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—The Welsh
Congregation,of St. David's Church, in this town, have just
presented their stated minister, the Rev. John Jones, Vicar
of Llanrhain, with a handsome gown in testimony of their
high sense of his meritorious professional exertions as their
pastor since his appointment to the spiritual charge of the
above church.—Bangor Chronicle.
THE BANK Caisis.—A correspondent of the Dublin
Monitor, in nothing the crisis in banking affairs, makes the
following remarkable statement :—" There is one extraordi-
nary circumstance, which shows not only that there is much
capital in Lancashire, but also that the merchants and manu-
facturers are beginning thoroughly to understand and appre-
ciate sound principles of banking. During exactly the same
number of days which have witnessed the fall of Bank of Eng-
land stock from 196 to 182, the stock of the Royal Bank of
Liverpool has risen trom 226 premium to 240 a fall of £l4
per share in the one, and a rise of £l4 per share in the other.
.THE CROPS.—The wet and ungenial weather which we
have had up to the middle of last week, it was apprehended,
would have done material injury to the grain, as well as to
the grass which was cut. We are glad to state, however,
that these apprehensions are unfounded. As regards the grass,
a large quantity which has been housed since our last is found
to be in good condition generally ; and the grain crops look
as well as it is possible to desire, not being injured in the
least degree by the wind and rain which prevailed a week or
ten days. Indeed there is every prospect of an abundant
harvest.—Blackburn Standard.

Two of the largest estates that have been in the market
throughout the season are now advertised by Mr. George
Robins to be sold on the 22d inst. first, the Glanbrane estate,
with fifty-seven freehold farms, a domain of ten thousand
acres, and (as Mr. Robins assures us) a seat in the House of
Commons. It is close to the market town of Llandovery.
The second is the Nantyr Hall Estate, in Denbighshire—
three thousand five hundred acres of land, with some of the
best shooting throughout England—lots of fishing, and only
five miles distant from Llangollen. We infer from the
lateness of the season that these sales are the consequence of
the re-action which has decidedly taken place in landed pro-
perty.

All preceeding orders relative to the age and standard of
recruits for the army are cancelled by a new general order of
Lord Hill, dated Horse-Guards, London, the 23d instant,
which raises the bounty, and reduces the height. Heavy
Cavalry—five feet eight inches, if 25 years; 5 feet 7, if 19
years bounty £4 13s. Light Cavalry-5 feet 7, at 35, and
5 feet 7, at 18—bounty, same. For Cavalry in India, the
standard is further reduced to 5 feet 6. Infantry Regiments,
5 feet 6, at 25, and 5 feet 5, at 19 years—bounty, £5 68.
Recruits for Highland Regiments will be allowed £3 15s.
bounty on final approval, for their equipment, independent
of the intermediate approval, and the 2s. 6d. on attesting.
All recruits are to be attested for unlimited service.

THE FATE OF FAVOURITES.—About to be re-published is
" The History of Favourites," dedicated to Lord Melbourne,
by permission. It is, remarked, independently of the gene-
ral indignation which they excited, that they all have been
either hanged or beheaded. Thus in England, in Edward the
First's time, Gaveston was hanged, the two Spencers were
hanged, Mortimer was hanged, &c. &c. In the reign of Eli-
zabeth, Essex was beheaded. In France, under Louis XIII.
Concini was dug up by the populace, and his remains were
burned on the Pont Neuf. Luynes was denied a shroud,
Cinq Mars died on the scaffold, &c. &c. Then follows a list,
gum prescribere longunz est. The fate of favourites, we opine,
will afford matter for grave meditation during the recess at
Brocket.

MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—We understand,
that the total number of passengers on this line, from its
opening, on the 4th ult. up to and including the sth instant,
has been 57,820 ; being an average of 2,065 for every working
day, notwithstanding the late wet weather has, of course,
been unfavourable to tigivelling. On Monday last, the num-
ber of passengers was 3,141, being the greatest number du-
ing any one day since the opening of the line. We under-
stand, that, during the first month, the proportion of third-
class passengers to first-class passengers was as twenty to
one ; and that of second-class passengers to first-class pas-
sengers as five to one. The proportion of third-class pas-
sengers is doubtless greater, in the present short length of
fourteen or fifteen miles, than it will be on the whole of the
line, when completed; and at the present time, than it is
likely to be in the less favourable seasons of the year.—Man-
chester Guardian.
A CHANGE IN THE ASPECT OF THE TIMES.—An old dame
went by the railway from Dundee to Montrose the other day.
She had never travelled in this way before, and after the car-
riage had stopped at Montrose, she would not be persuaded
to come out of it, asserting that she had paid the fare to Mon-
trose, and she would not come out till she had got there. The
guard again assured her that she was at Montrose. " Faith,
that canna be," says the dame, " for I have just had to put
my cloak ticht about me, and my baskets thegither ; so drive
awa, for I gied you the ticket that I got for the siller."—
" Well, mistress, look out and see where you are, said the
guard." Dame, incredulously peeping out, exclaimed, " Losh
preserve ns, an' we are at Montrose, for there's J— T--'s
shop. Wha kens what the wad's to come to noo."—Pais-
ley Advertiser.
THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT WILL NEVER AGAIN MEET.
—We have the means of KNOWING that the termination of
its existence is a settled matter. Members will separate,
however, without receiving the remotest hint of any such in-
tention ; and if the Conservatives suffer themselves to be ta-
ken by surprise, or imagine the destinies of the kingdom to
be sufficiently secured by a powerful party in one house, and
an all powerful one in the other, they will be responsible to
the country for the evil that will ensue. The dissolution will
be delayed to the very latest moment ; and if preparations be
not made at once, and actively continued, between the pro-
rogation and the period when the die is to be cast, we may
rue the consequences as long as we shall have to live.—
Britannia.

THE LAST COURT CALUMNY.—A noble duke lately gave
an evening party in honour of the first lady of the land. To
render the party peculiarly pleasing in the intended quarter,
a list of the proposed guests was sent to the illustrious per-
sonage. The report runs, that the list was returned with a
whole heap of erasures, cutting off, in fact, a crowd of the
noblest names of England, on the round that they were in
the habit of " hissing and laughing' where such evidences of
public taste were voted more sincere than agreeable. All
this is very pretty, and very pleasant, and also very odd.—
Among the other " rejected addresses', we are told was the,
name of one of the best men and the most respectable peers
in the country, Lord Kenyon ; though probably not by any
means the best, waltzer, nor at all ingenious at a court story,
nor likely to dine seven days in the week at any one's table
but his own. We give the tale as it has been going through
the world of ton.—Britannia.

THE SANTON FARM NEAR TO CANTERBURY.—It is now
proved to demonstration that land (to use a Stock Exchange
phrase) is up in the market. Sis Belingham Graham's estate
in Yorkshire, producing, at a rack rental, £4OOO a year, was
sold last week by Mr. George Robins for 150,000 guineas,
which is 34 years purchase. We attended at the uction
Mart yesterday the sale of Sutton Farm, in Kent. -It was
by direction of trustees, and consequently
.peremptory ; it
has no particular local advantages, it is nine miles removed
from the City of Canterbury, and is within five of Deal. The
Estate consists of 212 acres of land, including 49 acres of
marsh, in the occupation of Mr. Slater, a respectable and
opulent tenant at will of 40 years standing, at £351 a year.
It must be observed that out of this rental a paddock of six
acres, valued at £l2 a year, has only a reversionary interest,
subject to two lives, of the respective ages of 45 and 49, con-
sequently the rent to be received during their joint lives is
£333 a year. This estate, with land-tax redeemed, but sub-
ject to tythe, sold for 11,900 guineas, which is thirty-five
years purchase. There was great competition, and Mr.
Robins complimented the good sense of his auditory by pre-
ferring terra firma to 3 per cents. at 92.—Sun.
DAMAGE TO. RIPON MINSTER BY LIGHTNING.—On
Monday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a heavy
shower of rain fell at Ripon attended with thunder and light-
ning, which appears to have done much damage to the cathe-
dral. We are glad to hear that no lives have been lost by
this awful visitation, though four men were thrown down,
and some of them• a little scorched, but they all soon re-
covered. There ware two funerals in the choir at the time,
and the service in the church was gone through, but the rain
was falling in torrents, and the vivid flashes of lightning,
together with the loud claps of thunder, were so tremendous
that the mourners, clergymen, &c., were waiting till the
storm abated to take the corpses into the burial ground for
interment, when a flash of lightning struck the bell tower on
the south side, threw down the pinacle at the south-east cor-
ner, and appears to have descended by the steps to the
ground, as it has much shattered the doorway under the
clock ; it then'Tan along the nave, (which appeared all in a
blaze at the tinife,) and went out at the south door. Dennis
Wilson, the selton, who was standing leaning against the iron
gate at,the south door, was thrown about five yards and fell
on his back ; he says it seized him by the loins, turned him
round, and he fell with great force, but he was sensible all
the time. He was taken home and soon recovered. Three
men in the emplOy of Mr. Ireland, joiner, were on the roof
of the library, and were `thrown down and much scorched.
Four or five boys had a providential escape ; they were sitting
upon a seat against the wall, under the clock, and close to
the door where the wall is much shattered. They are all of
them marked on different parts of their bodies, and appeared
to suffer Anuah pain at the time, but they soon recovered.
The people in the minster ran in every direction, for they
thought the whole building was falling.—Leeds Intelligencer.
PROSPECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.—In the East, the Sultan
is dead ; a boy reigns in his place ; the army of Hafiz Pacha
has been defeated; Ibrahim is victorious; Sona has become
an apanage of Mehemet Ali ; the Capudan Pacha has sailed,
whether to fight for his master or to betray him is uncertain,
but in either case to certain destruction; France, whose
Chamber of Deputies voted 10,000,000 francs for the increase
of her navy the moment that information of hostilities be-
tween the Sultan and his rival appeared inevitable, has,
through Admiral Lalande, connived at this pernicious move-
ment ; Russia is silent ; and Austria is incensed against Lord
Ponsonby. In North America, Maine is preparing for a
winter campaign on the Aroostook, and the Canadian loyal-
ists expect fresh inroads from the lawless citizens of the
United States. From the West Indies the accounts grow
worse and worse. Ireland, according to the declaration of
Mr. O'Connell himself, cannot spare a single man. England
requires an increase of 5000 men to ensure her tranquility.
An. enormous deficiency of revenue is anticipated. And
lastly, we are governed by a ministry, which is maintained in
office by the Ladies of the Bedchamber ; and which, having
been supported in the most vital questions, by the contemp-
tible majorities of 10, 5, and 2, at last has been defeated, and
at such a conjuncture, on a question that concerns the wel-
fare of the poor, by a majority of 23 ; from the resolution
affirmed by. which majority, it seeks by the most paltry and
pitiful evasions to escape.—Such are the facts from which
the future is to be divined.Month/y Law Magazine.
THE STEAM SHIP EAGLE.—The fittings and decorations
of the cabin of this
_vessel are allowed by all who have seen
them to be superior to anything of the kind that has yet
appeared in our river. The wainscoting of the saloon is of
beautifully-polished rosewood, relieved by panels of splendid
damask tapestry, with rich mouldings of flowers of gold.
The after part is ornamented with a very handsome time-
piece, supported on either side by an elegant swivel lamp,
and at the extreme end are two beautiful rosewood sideboards,
with gorgeous mouldings of gold flowers having splendid
tops of white marble, and surmounted with rich plate look-
ing-glass, in magnificent frames. The sleeping apartments,
which are large and well-aired, are formed with rich gilt
pillars, surmounted with spread eagles ; the panels formed
of exquisite paintings, chiefly marine views—altogether the
whole is got up in a style of great splendour. The Eagle,
we are informed, is fully 700 tons burthen, and 300 horse-
power.—SaunderB's NewB Letter.