The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

DECREASE OF OUR EXPORTS OF MANU-
FACTURED COTTON TO AUSTRALIA.

orary expresses some surprise at the fact that,
notwithstanding the great influx of population into Aus-
tralia, the imports of manufactured cotton goods have
decreased during the past month, as shown in Burn's Co-
lonial Circular, published yesterday. We believe that,
on a careful inquiry being instituted, it will be found
that there has been a smaller increase in the recorded
imports of all other textile fabrics than might have been
expected to these colonies. This may be accounted
for by the fact that emigrants generally take out with
them an abundant stock of ready-made wearing apparel,
and other necessaries. The settlers have also, it is most
probable, been extensively supplied from the nearer
markets with articles known to be suitable for their wants
and peculiar pursuits. The increase of the population,
it should also be borne in mind, is composed of males.
who require woollens more than cotton goods.

A conten

NEW OCEAN STEAM-SHIP ARABIA.

new steamer, forming a splendid addition to the
fleet supplied by the Cunard Company for the transmis-
sion of the royal mails between this country and North
America, arrived in this port from the Clyde, on Tuesday
morning last. after a most satisfactory run from the Cloch
light, near Greenock, to the Bell Buoy in the Mersey, of
121 hours, against a moderate head wind. She left
Greenock on Monday afternoon, at 4h. 5m., passed the
Cloch lighthouse, about three miles down the Clyde, in a
quarter of an hour, and shortly afterwards was put to her
full speed. The rapidity of her passage, however, will be
best shown by the following notes, out f which an allow-
ance must be made for stoppages :

Cloch Light
Cumbrae...

4 57 even
541 „

..
h. m.
Port Patrick .. 930 even
Mull of Gallowaylo 29 ~

Pladda

Point of Ayr .: 11 52 ~

Ailsa Craig .... 746 ~ I Bell Buoy .... 547 morn.
During the voyage the Arabia carried about 240 tons of
coals, and was drawing 16ft. 7in.aft, and 16ft. sin. forward.
The distance accomplished in the .121 hours specified is
no less than 200 miles, giving an average rate of 16 miles
an hour, which, we scarcely need add, was much higher
than is usually maintained by Ocean steamers.
Nearly throughout the trip the vessel's engines made
about 18 revolutions per minute, and were sometimes as
high as 18k. Her motion was easy and pleasant, and
several nautical and scientific gentlemen on board expressed
a confident opinion that she would prove one of the
fastest, if not the fastest vessel afloat, and that she would
cross the Atlantic in less time than ithadever been crossed
by any other steamer. _ _ _

The Arabia is commanded by Captain C. H. E. Judkins,
late of the Asia, the able commodore of the fleet, to whom
has been entrusted the command of most of the new ships
of this line, as they have been brought out. Nor could
she well have been placed in charge of a better, more
skilful, or braver officer, or one whose intelligence, urba-
nity, attention to passengers, and success in overcoming
all difficulties are so well known or so highly appreciated.
The model of this vessel has been greatly admired by
competent jndges of naval architecture. It gives her
great stowage capacity, and seems likely to impart more
than ordinary comfort as a sea-going boat to her passen-
gers. Her hull, in appearance, resembles the Asia and
Africa, as she has like them extreme sharpness fore and
aft, a gracefully-curved stem, and an elliptical or round
stern. She is somewhat differently rigged, however, hav-
ing two masts and two funnels—the latter fore and aft of
the machinery, and the former sparred like a brig—man-
of-war fashion. The following are her dimensions :
Extreme length, 310 feet ; keel, 285 feet; beam, 41 feet ;
depth of hold, 28 feet; registered burthen—custom-Louse
measurement, 2,393 tons ; old measurement, 2,292 tons.
Her machinery, which has been supplied by Mr. R. Na-
pier, Glasgow, consists of a pair of side-levers, with an
aggregate power of 950 horses. They are believed to be
the largest marine engines afloat, and the principal parts
are of the following dimensions :—Diameter of cylinders,
103 inches ; length of stroke, 9 feet ; diameter of paddle-
wheels, 36 feet. During the passage from the Clyde,
they worked with wonderful smoothness, at a maximum
speed of 181 revolutions per minute. The most ponder-
ous masses of metal, as well as the minutest portions, are
all beautifully finished, and their details include every
appliance for ascertaining and regulating the speed of the
engine, the amount of water and pressure of steam in the
boilers, and even the quantity of saline matter in the
" hot water." The boilers are four in number—two at
either end of the machinery—and of tubular construction.
Between each pair of boilers there is a passage, with fur-
naces on both sides. The coal bunkers are placed round
the engine-room, whence the coals are "shunted" into e
chamber convenient for " firing." Apart from the pro-
pelling machinery, and having separate boilers, are two
" donkey" engines, with hard work of a multifarious
nature—such as heating the ship, pumping the bilges,
condensing fresh water, working the fire hose, and other

et ceteras.
The Arabia has a handsome figure-head, carved by Mr.
A. Robinson, of this town, representing an Arab chief in
the flowing costume of his race, and in an attitude of war-
like defiance. Her stern is elliptical, adorned with carvings
in the Tloresco fashion, and such as might have orna-
mented the Arab Palace of the Alhambra. The paddle-
wheels are 37 feet in diameter, with fixed wooden floats,
11 feet long by about 3/ broad.
A striking feature in the ship is the immense promenade
deck, extending over the deck houses from stem to stern.
This can be kept clear, as the working of the ship can,
for the most par'r, be performed on the main deck.

lip's boats, hung in improved tackling.
____ the arrangements for navigating the vessel we ob-
_ _rveetwo compasses in the wheel-house, and one on the
promenade deck, all on dolphin binnacles, and made by
Messrs. Gray and Keen, of this town. Nearly amidships,
and inside what at sea will be covered in and made into a
smoking-room, there are two patent capstans with multi-
plying power, the design of which is registered by Messrs.
Ogden and Barnes, of the Brunswick Foundry, but in-
vented, we were told, by one of the engineers of the
company. At the fore end of the promenade deck were
two of Porter's patent anchors, of the same design as that
which attested its superiority in the late trials, manufac-
tured by Messrs. H. Wood and Co., of this town. There
is a topgallant forecastle for the seamen, in the centre of
which is a powerful capstan and riding chocks for the
cable, instead of a windlass, the capstan being worked on
the roof of the forecastle. There are numerous closets on
deck, mess rooms and berths for the officers and engineers,
a large cook-house, cow-house, surgery, and ice-houses.
The crew consists of about 26 able seamen, 40 firemen,
and, including the numerous hands in the engineers',
stewards', and cooks' departments, a complement altoge-
ther of about 130 persons.
The deck-houses extend the whole length of the ship.
Their after-part-is occupied by the wheelhouse, with the
captain's cabin on the starboard, and the chief officer's
cabin on the larboard side, each of which is a spacious
apartment, ornamented with paintings on panels. For-
ward is the chief or dining saloon, entered from the fore
end, 60 feet long by 20 wide, and calculated to accommo-
date a " party" of 160. The wood-work is beautifully
polished bird's-eye maple, the panelling marked by gilt
moulding, and containing a chaste design of inlaid ebony.
There are spiral columns between the panels, also of
maple. The furniture of the saloon is splendid and costly.
The seats are covered with crimson Utrecht velvet ; the
floor with a rich tapestry carpet; and the windows are
hung with crimson damask curtains. The saloon is
lighted by square windows and by a handsome cupola or
louvre, with frosted panes, on which are appropriate
designs in stained gloss. There are handsome mirrors at
each end, the frames adorned with carvings of camels,
horses, and other designs appropriate to Arabia. The
steward's pantry is fitted up in the most liberal and costly
manner, with plate, glass, china, and crockery of every
description, which cost upwards of £2,000. In the en-
trance lobby, between the pantry and the saloon, are a
pair of handsome oaken bookcases, containing a well.
selected library of about 200 volumes. Below are the
state rooms ; those attached to the after-saloon con-
taining 75 berths, and there being 64 forward—
all fitted up and upholstered in the most com-
fortable and tasteful style. The ladies' boudoir
is the most beautiful room in the ship ; lined with
satin-wood, and fitted with panels of Arabesque filagree
work and paintings of Arabian scenery on glass ; the
floor covered with a rich velvet pile carpet, and the seats
resembling eastern ottomans in their luxurious softness.

The whole of the fittings up, except the wood-work, have
been executed by Messrs. M'Murray and Boyd, of
Glasgow. There is among the deckhouses a neat fore-
saloon 30 feet long, and below it more sleeping berths and

; dining room fo;second class passengers. 'throughout
the ship, light and thorough ventilation have been most
successfully combined, the apparatus for the latter so
arranged that the draught of air may anywhere be cut off
without in the least affecting the general supply.
Very little is required to prepare the Arabia for sea.
She is announced to sail for New York on New Year's
day —next Saturday week. May she have a prosperous
voyage on that occasion, and
Walk the waters like a thing of life,

for many years to come, of pleasant, peaceful, and
profitable intercourse with our Transatlantic brethren.

CRICKETING.—The cricketers of this town will be glad
to learn that " The All England Eleven " will pay Liver-
pool another visit next summer. The match will be
" Eleven of All England against Twenty-two of Liverpool
Olympic Club and Ground," and will come off about the
end of May or beginning of June. The proceedings will
be under the management of a special committee, of which
Mr. Lennox—who so ably superintended the last match—
is secretary.
HOLYHEAD HARBOUR WORKS.—In addition to the
ravages made by the recent floods, a fearful thunderstorm
raged at Holyhead on Thursday evening, which has
caused much damage in the locality. At the old harbour
William Hughes was engaged on the landing jetty, when
one of the cranes, being too heavily laden, fell with
terrific violence, and hurled him into the sea, though
picked up in a few minutes, life was extinct, the head
having been nearly severed from the body by the force of
the blow. At the new harbour works on Tuesday two
men were at work on a stage nearly 30 feet high, when the
end of one of the planks on which they stood gave way,
precipitating both to the ground. One escaped with
little injury ; but the other, a young man named Griffith
Williams, has since died. Serious differences continue to
exist between the contractors for thes&works and the men
in their employ.
INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Sunday, an atrocious act of
inceadiarism was perpetrated at Anslow, near Burton-on-
Trent, which resulted in the destruction of twelve stacks
of corn and hay, the produce of nearly 300 acres of land,
belonging to Mr. Sutton, a farmer. Two men, one of
them a son of Mr. Sutton, with whom he has been on
bad terms, have been taken into custody on suspicion,
and remanded for further examination.
NEW SPECIES OF LOCOMOTION.—GaIignani informs
us that a number of persons were collected on Saturday
on the esplanade near the Church of St. Vincent de Paule,
viewing a small carriage with two men in it, moving about
with the utmost facility in every direction, without the
aid of horses. The motive power was air compressed by
means sufficiently economical, it was said, to allow its
employment in most of the cases in which steam is now
used.

MUSIC AND THE DRAM

paration
" Three

THEATRE ROYAL.—The pantomime in prey
here, to be brought out next Monday, is called '
Legs ! King of Man ; or, Harlequin Lord Stanlie an
Eagle and Child." The piece opens in the Isle of Man.
but the scene shifts to. Liverpool and the neighbourhood
as the plot progresses. The curtain will rise upon the
diplomatic retreat of Lord Kneebone, prime minister to
his majesty Three Legs. A cabinet council is being held,
the premier surrounded by Lords Anclebone, Shinbone,
Thighbone, and other ministers of the King of Man. The
cause of deliberation is that which has of late occupied the
honourable Commons House of parliament very much,
namely, the means and manner of raising the supplies.
The cabinet is in a regular quandary, when suddenly
the postman comes in with a letter from Lady
Latham, enclosing the prime minister a £2O note,
and promising him as much more if he will do a good turn
for her. Her ladyship has only a daughter, and her hus-
band Sir Thomas being very desirous of a male heir, and
great domestic comfort being the consequence of the
want thereof, she is very solicitous of having one. Jr.

_ .
Shallalaballah, the court physician, undertake-s
to pass off
a suppositious child, and the waters then commence
rising, and the ministry disappear, so that the deluge is
not altogether after them. The next scene will open in
our own county, where, from the midst of a hush, appears
the Genius of the Red Rose of Lancaster, who is propi-
tious to Isabella, the daughter of Sir Thomas Latham.
The Genius declares that she will protect in her birthright
the young lady who once saved her from the gardener's
knife, when amongst the flower beds of Latham-house,
and the surrounding roses acquiesce in her determination.
Then comes, in due order, a ball at King Three Legs'
palace. The suppositious child is here produced by Dr.
Shallalaballah, and the monarch determines to start at
once to Latham-house, which he does, watched by the
detective Genius of the Red Rose. The audience will
accompany them on their voyage from Douglas to Liver-
pool, and will be allowed a peep into the fair Isabella's
chamber. But her lover, Lord Stanlie, will soon appear
with little delicacies, in which the wares of the Everton tof-
fee-shop will not be forgotten, Great will be the perils of
the loving pair, and numerous their adventures—a friendly
eagle, in the course thereof, tearing the suppositious
child, with whom, and Dr. Shallalaballah, they come in
contact. The wicked Three Legs at last brings nothing
less vicious than a Manx cat to torment them ; and Lord
Stanlie is about having himself considerably scratched by
the unamiable grimalkin, when the transformation takes
place. So far Mr. Buckstone is the author. Then comes
the business, by Mr. E. L. Blanchard, which, doubtless,

will consist of the usual description of facetite—the pelting
of fish and vegetables, &c. We may add that Mr. Cope-
land has secured the services of the Lauri family for the
occasion, when Harlequin will be repremited by Signor
Lauri ; Columbine, by Miss Mansell ; Clown, by Mr.
Appleby; and Pantaloon, by Mr. Mackay.

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ROYAL AMPAITHEATRE.—During the past week Mr.
McKean Buchanan, the American tragedian, has repre-
sented two or three of Shakespere's heroes to average
audiences. We saw him in " Lear," and although some
of his acting was excellent, especially in the last act, we
cannot help thinking that he has much to learn and
unlearn ere he will become a great favourite in this country.
He strives too much after new readings to render, naturally,
the sense of his author, and his enunciation is exceedingly
thick and indistinct; and when aroused to energy, he
generally mistakes rant for passion, and adopts exaggerated
gesticulation as the beat exponent of the mind's workings
and the emotions of the heart. Applause was seldom
and faint during his performance, and by no means hearty
at the fall of the curtain. In the farce of " Popping the
Question," Mr. Tilbury, an old favourite, put the
audience into excellent humour ; and the ballet of
" Punch," in which we have a foretaste of the way in
which the Christmas pantomime is to be sustained,
brought down immense cheering upon Signor Lauri, who
went through the tricks of the Italian Puck to
perfection.

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PARK TIIEATRE.—This theatre has an excellent pan-
tomime in rehearsal, an antique and comically doleful
" Legend of ye Fayre Mayde of Toxteth, and of Leverpole
its trustie Squire ;" from a rare old M.S., imprynted by
Caxton hys successor, wherein we are informed it has
been said :—" At ye tyme those wicked and rude clamours
did exyste bet weene ye Cavaliers and Rounde-heads,
(which a wagge or funnie fellowe bath called ye civil
warres,) and this favre c3untrie was a scene of eville
doings, from ye north to ye south, and from ye easte to
ye weste, there did lyve in ye noble parke of Toxteth a
mayden, whose much lovelinesse did cause her to be
yclept ye Fayre Mayde of Toxteth. Being possessed of a
great estayte and much wealth—which is like as sugar is
unto flyes—she did attract manie gay lovyers, about
whom she did not care two bodkyns, excepting one.
This was William Bernulph, of Leverpole, a squire of
goodlie mein, who made ye fayre mayde think that he
did tneane her well. They were about to be joined in
Matrymonie (which is too often a mere matter o' movie)
and ye weddynge cake was given to be made unto Master
Pykles, in Poole-lane (over against ye Castell) when ye
warres aforementioned did call ye squire away to join ye
Kynge hys master, to ye sore griefe of Anne, who would
have hym to join her. When he was gone Cromwelle hys
forces did take ye goode olde towne, and ye chattels, and
properties of Mistresse Anne were siezed by one Make-
peace Barebones, an arrant old knave, who did desire to
sieze her hearte also; but that she did much despise hym,
and did tell hym hys suite would not fitte, upon which he
did persecute her sore. Now it was that Prynce Rupert
and ye cavaliers, amongst whom was William of Ber-
nulph, did drawe nighe unto Everton to besiege ye
Rounde Redd varlettes, and gette back their own towne.
Poor Bernuiph could not content hymself in his tent for
thought of hys fayro Anne, and ye cake at Master Pykles,
but did trye to comfort hym wits ye toffee, for which Ever-

tone was even at that tyme most faymous ; untille, after a
monthe of hard fyghting, when Cromwelle hys men were
routed and greatlie discomfvted. When Rupert found
hymself in possession, he straightwaye tooke hys bagge
and did bye unto Crooked-lane and ye sygn of ye Kynge's
Head, where he did hold a joyous court. Here it was that
hys hyghnesse did see ye fayre Anne of Toxteth, and
wynked hys eye upon her (for ye prynce was uncommonlie
fond of ye fayre), which greatlie payned Bernulph, her
lovyer, and did cause ye gossips to whisper and frowne one
unto ye other, whereatte hys highnesse, who was just and
wyse, did wynke no more, but had hys joke upon Master
Barebones—for that he did hang hym up on a high tree (for
high treason), and then did giveaway ye fayreAnne untoe ye
devoted William of Bernulph, whereatte there was greate
joye and much wine, as ye chronicler of ye event could
testyfye." In the transformations Bernulph is meta-
morphosed into Harlequin, Rupert into Clown, Barebones
into Pantaloon, and Anne into Columbine.
PHILHARMONIC HALL.—The oratorio of the " Messiah"
was beautifully performed on Tuesday night ; and we are
glad to learn that the proceeds were highly satisfactory,
and will enable the committee to distribute about £7O
each to the Northern Hospital, the Southern and Toxteth
Hospital, and the Infirmary. The next subscription con-
cert is fixed for this evening, the programme of which is
highly attractive. Mrs. Alexander Newton, Miss Eyles,
and Mr. Lockey will be the principal vocalists ; and Herr
Nabich, from Weimar, will give a sample of his extraor-
dinary performances on the trombone.
CONCERT AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The
half-yearly concert of the pupils at the Collegiate Institu-
tion took place on Tuesday evening last. There was a
large and fashionable audience on the occasion, and the
selection of pieces—from the compositions of Auber,
Callcot, Hullah, Glover, Mornington, Meyerbeer, Cima-
rosa and others—was excellent. The pupils acquitted
themselves in a most creditable manner, and so as to
afford abundant evidence of what may be done in the
cultivation of singing, where teachers and learners are
actuated by the same desire for improvement.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—These popular en-
tertainments, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street,
are generally well attended. On Saturday night last,
Mr. H. Phillips gave one of his melanges to a crowded
auditory, who were liberal in their plaudits. The chair
was occupied on this occasion by the Right Hon. the Earl
of Sefton, Lord Lieutenant of the connty, who was ac-
companied by the Countess of Ellesmere and his two
sons. There were also on the platform Messrs. W.
Rathbone, J. Smith, R. V. Yates, and T. Yates. A vote
of thanks was unanimously given to the noble Earl for
presiding, to which he eloquently responded.

WomewELL's MENAGEILIE.—This valuable collection
of beasts, birds, reptiles, &c., is now located at the bottom
of Shaw's-brow, where it has been for several days past,
attracting crowds of spectators. The Chimpanzee, from
South Africa, is the nearest approach to the human
species of any inferior animal hitherto discovered.

THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP MARS.—It was currently
rumoured, on Sunday night and yesterday morning, that
the above vessel had been lost, on her passage from
Waterford. She had struck, it was said, on the Skerries,
without leaving a hope of getting her off. Yesterday,
however, brought the Mars into the Mersey uninjured.
She had anchored inside Tuskar on Friday night, and
remained there till next day at one o'clock. She after-
wards anchored in Wexford Bay, and left there on Sunday
morning.

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AMENDED POOR-LAW ORDERS.—The Poor-law Com-
missioners have issued an amended order for the regula-
tion of out-door relief. They say, " since they issued the
order of the 25th of August. they have receiued various
representations as to the difficulties which, as it was con-
ceived, would be experienced in carrying the order, as
then framed, into full operation. After stating that the
commissioners had fully considered all the objections urged
against the various clauses, the document continues, "The
result of their deliberations has been to determine the
board to modify considerably Articles 1,2, and 10 of
that order, and they have consequently deemed it expe-
dient to rescind it, and to issue another order, embodying
the modifications which they propose to make in those
articles. In Article 1 they have omitted all words which
relate to any other class of destitute poor than able-bodied
males ; and, as it is now framed, the guardians have, there-
fore, full discretion as to the description of relief to be
given to indigent poor of every other class. * * 'Words have
been introduced in article 2, limiting the obligation to ad-
minister the relief weekly to cases of poor persons resident
within the union or parish, so as to avoid any inconvenience
or difficulty which might be experienced in extending
the application of the regulation to non-resident poor.
Article 10 is now in substance to the following effect,
namely, that in any case in which the guardians deem it
expedient to depart from any of the provisions of the
order, with one exception, and to report the fact of such
departure, with the reasons for it, within 21 days to the
Poor-law Board, the relief given by them in the interval
between the date of such departure and the receipt of an
answer from this board shall not be deemed to involve any
violation of this order. Article 5 prohibits the giving
relief to able-bodied male paupers while employed for
wages. The evils of such a system of relief have been
found so great in practice as to be almost universally
admitted. * * * The board desire, however, to point
out that what it is intended actually to prohibit is the
giving relief at the same time as that at which the person
receiving it is in actual emeloyment and in the receipt of
wages, unless he falls within any of the exceptions after-
wards set forth, and that relief given in any other case,
as, for instance, in that of a man working for wages on
one day, and being without work the next, or working
half the week, and being unemployed during the re-
mainder, and being then in need of relief, is not prohibited
by this article.