The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

ip Marco Polo, from Australia

which reached the. Mersey or

day, after an

absence of exactly six months, havi:

left this port

on the 13th of March

A secon

3 to and

from the Antipodes, in

h a short spa

has not

only established the reputation of thi
which belongs to the Black Ball line

fine vessel,

of pac

but also of her enterprising cc

.mander, who made

his appearance shortly after I

rrival in the Ex•
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News-room, and was warmly gre
the assembled merchants for his unparalleled suc-
cess. The arrival of this vessel was doubly wel-

chang

come, as she brought about £280,000 in gold, to

recruit the diminishing stores of • bullion in the

Bank of England. Two such rapid voyages out
and home have left the question still unsettled as to

the superiority of steam-ships over such fine vessels
as belong to the Black Ball line. It is cle
in trade with Australia can only be attained

success

by speedy communication, and our shipowners seem

don, the palm shall not easily be wrested from

Liverpool

Intelligence has been received of the magnificent
steam-ship Great Britain, which left this port on

the 11th of August, and reached St. Vincent in
twelve days and eighteen hourS. The letters re-
ceived from the passengers speak in the highest
terms of their comfort

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the admirable performance of the vessel—a grati-
fying testimony to the excellent management and
liberality of her enterprising owners.
At the adjourned meeting of the Town Council,
on Wednesday, a letter was read from Mr. BOOTH,
the Secretary of the London and North-Western
Railway Company, complaining of the neglect
which his previous remonstrance had experienced,
respecting the inconvenient crowd of steps at the
south end of St. George's Hall. It appears that
the architect, Mr. COCKERELL, with characteristic
professional pride, which has the amiable weakness
of believing itself infallible, refused to accept un-
professional suggestions, however palpable the im-
provement. The public will, however, judge for
themselves, without much regard to the esthetics
of art, and the majority will arrive at the conclu-
sion that the approach to this magnificent building
has been spoiled by its multitudinous steps. It
would have been far better to have constructed a
platform, which might have formed a terrace on
the declivity, and allowed of an entrance almost
level on the upper side.

The hopes of an abundant harvest have been
considerably strengthened by the fine weather which
has prevailed during the week, and which has
allowed a large quantity of wheat to be housed in
good condition. Such a gratifying circumstance
will have a beneficial effect on commercial affairs,
by allaying apprehensions as to any additional
drain of the circulating medium for the purchase
of foreign supplies.

The brilliant gathering in the Philharmonic-hall,
which we ventured to predict on the appearance of
Gnisi and MARIO, at the approaching Grand Con-
cert, will be more than realised. Every seat has
been already taken, and, if any more are to be
accommodated, it can only be done by erecting
additional seats. The Committee have, however,
pursued the wise course of engaging these inimi-
table artiste's, for a second concert, on thaiTuesda3r
following ; and from the applications which have
already been made for tickets, it is likely to prove
fully as brilliant &meeting as at the first concert.

Notwithstanding the occurrence of a few fatal
cases of cholera, owing to the presence in Liver-
pool of some German immigrants, who brought
with them the Seeds of the disease, the weekly
report of the medical officer shows that the town
is in a healthy state, and that with ordinary pre-
cautions, such as are always advisable at this time
of the year, no serious apprehensions need be en-
tertained. It is well, however, to be forearmed
against such a fearful contingency, and to bear in
mind that painless diarrhoea, which is easy of cure, is
usually the precursor of the more deadly complaint.