The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

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May 25, 1847.

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The Orion steam-ship made the passage from this port
to Greenock on Wednesday in 14 hours 24 minutes.
One of the fever sheds at Mount-pleasant is now fully
occupied with patients, and another is now ready, for the
reception of such patients as may be found in the streets
either by day or night.
• A brig called the Punch was launched from the Bath
building yard, Douglas, Isle of Man, on Saturday week.
She is the property of James Aikin, Esq., merchant, of
Liverpool, and is intended for the fruit trade, between
Liverpool and the Straits of Gibraltar.
Loss OF Two HUNDRED AND EIGHTY POUNDS.—On
Friday information was received that a letter addressed to
Mr. Reynolds, of Old Broad street, London, from Liver-
pool, containing two £lOO, one £5O, and six £5 Bank of
England notes, had been lost in its passage through the
Post-office: The numbers of the notes are known, and
payment is stopper.
SCARCITY OF CATTLE.—The most extensive cattle
dealers in this neighbourhood had only two, head of cattle
at the Liverpool Cattle Market last Monday. A member
of this firm states that live stock sold higher at that mar-
ket than at any market he had ever attended since the
war. Allowing for the difference in the value of the mo-
ney, the present prices are little short of war prices.
LAND AT BIRKENHEAD.-011 Monday night a quantity
'of land and houses were offered for sale at Gough's hotel,
with rather indifferent success. For 6000 yards of land,
having a front to Bridge-street and Argyle-street, 10s. per
yard was bid, but it was withdrawn, the reserve being
„fifty shillings. Seven houses and shops, with land, in
.Uwer Market-street, were put up at £1750, but the re-
serve was £2,100.

PYTEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. - The Firefly, steam-ship,
plying between this port and Carlisle, which sailed hence
at an early hour on Friday morning, about two hours af-
terwards met with an accident—part of her machinery
giving way. Two of the crew, the engineer and a boy,
were severely scalded by the escape of the steam. The
Newcastle, steamer, which was in company with the Fire-
fly at the time, towed her back to this port.
ACCOMMODATION FOR FEVER PATIENTS.—On Thurs-
day, Mr. Parkinson, bridewell-keeper, stated that several
parties, found suffering from fever in the streets during the
night, had been refused admission to the Workhouse, and
no accommodation could be found for them. Mr. Rush-
ton said he would communicate with the Select Vestry on
the subject, and he had no doubt that some arrangement
would be made.

TESTIMONIAL.—A gratifying testimonial to the worth
of Mr. Arthur Holme, the distinguished architect of this
town, was presented to that gentleman. The presentation
consisted of a full-length portrait, executed with the taste
and accuracy of delineation which distinguishes the produc-
tions of the artist, Mr. Norbury ; and the occasion was
celebrated at the Neptune Hotel with the usual honours
of the festive board. About 21 gentlemen were present,
under the presidency of Mr. W. Bennett.
SALT.—On Thursday, a meeting was held in the Han-
over-square Rooms, to establish an Anti-Salt Monopoly
(India) Association. Cheshireand Lancashire werelargely
represented. There were amongst those present—George
Wilbraham, Esq., in the chair ; Lord Robert Grosvenor,
M.P., Sir P. Egerton, M.P., G. Cornwall Legh, Esq.,
M.P., Hon. J. Tollemache, M.P., J. Ireland Blackburn,
Esq., M.P., Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., Mr. Alderman
Nicol, besides a host of salt merchants and manufacturers
from Northwich, &c. Some very powerful speeches were
made, and the association was formed.
The teachers of St. Barnabas' Sunday School, at a
meeting on Thursday last, presented the Rev. Edward
Roberts, curate, with a handsome copy of Killo's Cyclo-
pedia of Biblical Literature, with the following inscrip-
tion :—" Presented to the Revs Edward Roberts by the
teachers of St. Barnabas' Church Sunday School, as a
token of respect and esteem : May, 1847." The book
was presented with an address from the teachers, express-
ing regret at the removal of their pastor and superinten-
dent, and thanking him for his kindness in presiding over
their meetings. The rev. gentleman, in reply, thanked
them for their kindness, and expressed a hope that though
absent from them in the body, he would be present in the
spirit, and concluded by commending them to the Lord.
LIVERPOOL LIBERALITY.—ReIative to the published
assertion that Mr. Herbert, R.A., had received from a
wealthy customer residing in Liverpool the sum of 1000
guineas for painting a portrait, and which assertion re-
ceived a subsequent contradiction, the artist has written
to the editor of the Art- Union journal, stating the case as
it really occurred. According to Mr. Herbert, " When
Mr. Challoner's picture was completed, that gentleman,
with the liberality which so much distinguishes him, put
into my hands a cheque or draught on his cashier, autho-
rizing me to receive whatever sum I should demand, not
exceeding £lOOO. Of this cheque it was Mr. Challoner's
express wish that I should make a very liberal use. I im-
mediately took the cheque to the cashier, and asked for
and received, without difficulty, 250 guineas."

THE LYCEUM NEWS Roots: There has been a dis-
agreement amongst the proprietors of this establishment.
At the annual meeting on Tuesday, Dr. Macintyre com-
plained that the appointment of committees had hitherto
been influenced by political motives, and moved the re-
scinding of a rule, so that each gentleman might in future
be nominated seriatim, and elected by a show of hands.
The motion was seconded, but the chairman declined to
put it, and vacated the chair ; to which Mr. Thomas Ur-
quhart was appointed,:when the motion was carried, and
a committee elected on the newly-adopted principle. The
chairman and his supporters had adjourned to another
room, where they elected a committee under the old sys-
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tem,—by ballot ; so that there are two committees et
present in existence. Legal proceedings are threatened,
but we trust that matters will be amicably arranged.
THE GREAT TUNNEL ; THE OLD POOL.—The great
tunnel now constructing under this town by the proprie-
tors of the London and Northwestern Railway, extending
from the Clarence Dock to Edge-hill, has already de-
bouched at the site of one of the intended stations of the
company, in Byrom-street, opposite the Baptist's Chapel.
Several houses have been taken down, and the company
have also purchased the premises on each side the breach
thus formed. The work of excavation is rapidly proceed-
ing, and the tunnel will be carried forward under the hill
and tha mass of houses onnosite. the hundreds of labour-

ers working like moles beneath the busy multitudes who
throng the habitations above them. The workmen, in

clearing the land and digging down
the demolished buildings, have laid bare a por

is on the site of
'ion of the

the town of Liverpool on two sides

Before they reached

the sandstone rocli they dug through a substratum of sea
sand slightly mixed with mud, the banks being of the stiff
hard clay so common in this district. From the clay im-
mediately contiguous to the sand-bed, they likewise dug
out several roots and stumps of old trees. The pool, it is
well known, opened at the site of the revenue buildings,
formerly the Old Dock. Here it was tolerably wide.
But between Hanover-street and Paradise-street it sud-
dentl7 narrowed, turned, and pursued a course nearly in
the direction now taken by Paradise-street, Whitechaoel,

and Byrom-street, till it reached Scotland-road, where;
at Chaucer-street, it is supposed to have turned, still
-devious, between rocky and precipitous banks, to the
right of Nash-grove, towards Great Homer-street, whence,

still reduced in width, it flowed on, at the foot of the
Everton ridge, to Kirkdale, and then joined a stream, or
brook, which ran near the present Kirkdale Gaol. What
may be called ancient Liverpool stood on a mound, round
the foot of—'' 'dr

winch, on the south and east sides, this poo,
flowed from the Mersey. It will be observed, that at the
present day, notwithstanding vast alterations, all the
streets from the site of the old town leading to the bed of
the pool have a considerable descent.
WINDOW PLATE MANUFACTORY.-Our readers can-
not fail to have been struck with the marked improvemen which has taken place of recent years in the engraving,
and style of getting up window plates, with the superior
beauty and elegance of the designs, the price,isi instead of
advancing has considerably decreased.
these changes have been e
mainly
t in
Liverpool, by whom
produced, is Mr. Jordan, of London-road, whose name isy
doubtless familiar to most of our local readers, and whose
extensive establishment is well worth a visit. There is
scarcely a shop of any taste,. or noted for any display in
the town. , which is not beautified by him.
PANTDRAINIOG SLATE COMPANY.—We observe that the
promoters of the company which has been formed for
working this quarry have extended the time for the allot

went of the cancelled shares till Tuesday the 15th day of
June next. This we consider the most judicious course
that could have been adopted in the present state of the
money market ; for, although this is one of the most
valuable, and, we fear, one of the few bona fide under-
takings which have appeared before the public for some
time, yet those who are willing to become subscribers
must not at present be pressed too quickly for the deposits
A very great recommendation in favour of this compan•
is, we think, the amount of_ the deposit. Unlike -
of the

,eculative schemes which haye lately been con

cocted, with a deposit of 6d and Is, and Al
the promoters of these bubbles can cx
many cases, they receive the payment of
upon a great proportion of the shares the

h, we fear

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£2 10s. • and if that amount is not paid into the bankers
by the day appointed in the letter of allotment, is to be
held positively cancelled. We believe, however, that the
company do not depend upon th 9 public to any great
extent ; for it is reported that, besides a good many shard
Which were taken before the (

liertist

°me large capitalists have evince,
in for a few hundred. The following are a few particuk
as to the situation of the quarry, "&c. The Pantdrainic
Estate, on which the quarry has been opened, covers a
area of thirty-nine acres, and the estate is situate on th
Great Bangor roofing slate formation, in the valley (
°VvYn. The celebrated slate quarries of the Penrhyn an
restiniog are in the immediate vicinity. The quarry it
self occupies an area of three acres, and has been almo:

position to. coir

entirely opened upon the blue vein. Theugross market-
able quantity of slate now uncovered and available is es-
timated at 80,000 tons. At Bangor, from which the
quarry is distant five miles, the company possess a wharf
and offices ; and at the quarry every requisite, in the
shap of machineryfor the immediate production of
slatee s , some of which, we believe, they will be able to
have in the market within a fortnight from the
commencement of operations. Of the value of this
article at present some idea may be formed from a re-
mark which was made to us a few days ago by a per-
80n largely engaged in the slate trade. After observing
on the great difficulty he found in procuring a sufficient
Supply, and the consequent high price he had to pay,
he added, " Yes slates are money.' We are continually
'hearing a complaints of a similar nature; and any means
that can be adopted to meet the supply, in any degree,
must be of great benefit to the building trade. We con-
sider this a good opportunity for builders having a chance
of their wants being supplied ; for we have no doubt those
customers to the company, who are also shareholders,
would, in the case of a great demand, have a preference
to aty)ther who has not. We believe there has already
been
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