The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-23 00:00:00

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FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1841.

The seats and tableS Within in the inner circle are level
with the ground in the cock-pit; or lowest part of the ground,
and run parallel from east to west. The great ring beyond
this space to the walls rises gradually to the wall, on broad
steps or stages of strong plank, supported on solid brick
walls, radiating from the centre circle, and all, even to the
back, provided with tables and fixed seats. The whole, con-
sequently, forms an immense amphitheatre, in almost strict
accordance with the celebrated structures of that designation
in ancient Rome. The tables are 18 inches in width, which
may appear a little scanty, until it be stated that there is but
one seat to each, the whole being so arranged that, with the
exception of a few immediately behind the principal table,
all the guests will face the chairman, the table for whom and
his more distinguished guests is elevated on the north of the
inner circle, and is of great length. That for the vice-chair-
man and his friends is directly opposite, nearer the wall, and
is on a still higher elevation. There are 13 parallel tables in
the centre circle,. and 14 circular tables ranging beyond
them to the back all round the building. The tickets to be
issued will be for 2,800 individuals (so far as has been yet
arranged) ; but, allowing 20 inches of room for each person,
no fewer than 3,510 may be admitted. At the back of the
chairman's and vice-chairman's tables are pantries and cel-
lars. There are also pantries at the other two cardinal
points of the compass. In the cellars there have been depo-
sited four butts of excellent wine, and an immense quantity
of prime ale, porter, &c., for upwards of a fortnight. There
are seven entrances to the building—those to the higher or
gallery part, by exterior stairs, and each will be labelled or
lettered in accordance with the tickets,—after the system
adopted with aegard to polling-booths, in order to prevefit
all confusion.

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

ENGLAND AND WALES
CITIES AND BOROUGHS.

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This building, and also the erections on the show ground,
are the work of our townsmen Messrs. Samuel and James

Holme, of Seel-street; the only parties, in this locality, who
could undertake structures of such magnitude. They have
been superintended by the principals themselves, as well as,
more immediately, by Mr. Arthur Holme, and their clever and
attentive foreman Mr. Rushton. Considered as temporary
buildings they reflect on them the highest credit, and a regret
naturally arises that they must be pulled down immediately
after their appropriation to the uses of the Agricultural
Society. The pavilion might for years to come form an ad-
mirable and much wanted place of public meeting on a large
scale, and might, with some few improvements, also serve
for many years as a theatre for exhibitions, lectures, &c.,
of which this town, considering its extent and importance, is
often wofully in need. If a similar permanent building were
erected in an equally convenient site, we have no doubt, (un-
less the contemplated St. George's Hall be proceeded with,)
but that it would prove a lucrative speculation, and we know
of no builders better qualified to erect it than Messrs.
Holme.

AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

Names of Places. Names of Members
Flintshire . . . Mostyn r . . . .
Glamorganshire . Adare c Talbot c . .
Gloucestershire, East, Codrington c Charteis c
Gloucestershire, West, Berkeley r Hale c . .
Hampshire, North Lefevre r Heathcote . .
Hampshire, South Fleming c Compton c .
Herefordshire . . Hoskins r Baskerville c Bailey c
Hertfordshire . . Grimstone c Smith c Ryder c .
Huntingdonshire . Fellowes c Thornhill c . . .
Isle of Wight . . Holmes c
Kent, East . . . Plumptre c Knatchbull c .
Kent, West . . Filmer c Lord Marsham c .
Lancashire, North Lord Stanley c Patten c . .
Lancashire, South Lord F. Egerton c Wilbraham c
Leicestershire N . Manners c Farnham c. . . .

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