The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-23 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

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ITO Till? EDITOR OF TIII? LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Stn—As the time appointed for our festival is fast approach-
ing, I take the opportunity, through the medium of your paper,
of offering a few remarks upon it. Nothing is now talked ot
but ti.,! Manchester Festival. It wits in every one's mouth
" What preparations the Manchester people are making P• taut.
There was a time •
scarce a sYll.a.boleh.isits,l,-).(itlebne ofa etthiel,i!ieitt•eertpaoiloulreFers,tivax‘l,lol or,
hit
,i,i,
mentioned, y s mild,
it he a failure ? Why should the .Manchester people
vulgarism) so completely take the shine out of Ils ? (toB use a
cstiva be sneered at, and.
Because
ich-aracter be lost to
t,fihenynhialeetiuponrnel spirit,yic td„t eli%e.eir)y.,llliiii,ntgu theyt ,)
uttleo.ci t
N. .
in the spirit of
her undertakings. And why shou,d that
Why should the Liverpool F
her?
reported a "complete failure," three or four months before the
time 7
The Manchester people have taken our •
have been trying, in every possible
w3Y, year, it is true, and
to outdo us in their
preparations, particularly those for the Fancy Bill. Now, let
them inclose all the principal streets in the town, and I defy
them to have any rooms equal i
m
But still, there
wants a
ffitveit‘ n magnificence to our Town-hall.
The balls are always held there,.
mid there is no change : they ..
are always fitted up in the saute
manner—the Exchange-room connected by a narrow passage.
Now we know that nothing charms an Eng-fish public so much
as novelty—in fact, nothing will do without 't
I would therefore st , "
r. the following: Let the whole area
of the Exchange be routed
thewith a waterproof awning, or any-
thing most convenient II"' flier, of course, hoarded. The
outside of the 'Town-hall brilliantly ilAlkulT,ii,easted, andi Nelson's
Monument hung round with lamps. tray
produced. i firmed,y
and, altogether, a most splendid effectP may behat
could be mote beautiful, than looking out of the Tin
windows into the area, and seeing it lighted up in that manner.
The effect would be grand in the extreme. It
stay
• niter.
seemn
doing
arduous undertaking, but the 'Manchester people have.bet
a good deal more, and will find it difficult to form auvti i.ng ohinaf,
so grand. If £1,001) were expended, I am confident thatu ill Mt'
would be made. That one sentence, " W hat preparations '
b the.
Liverpool people are making!" woud hrin,, t lunbi ers over for
tke sake of variety. I wish, Sir, tinit this ' e thought of,
and there is nothin.g I should like more, thanwtaY to see my sugges-
tions carried into execution. Our festival will be the
Nain, last, and
let it be a grand winoing up.—,l • iir, your obedientm
Servant, ClVl$.

SEA WATER TO THE METRoPOLIS.—The directors of the
Thames Haven Dock and Railway Companv have lately had a
plan submitted to them, whereby the invaiis, which will be at.
their disposal, when the railroad shall have, been carried into
effect, will enable theta to convey to London a great body of
sea water. The.features of the plait are extremely simple, and
power to trans-
of pipes being laid.parallel with the.rail"Y,
as such ensure the certainty of success.. They consist chiefly
and as the ground
experienced
wiII be nearly level, it will require a very small
mit to the extreme end of the line a sufficient quantity of water
if cir .
to supply all th&olemands which will consequently spring up to
the metropolis. In the year 1825,,1he idea or conveying sea
water to London was considered o sufficient importance to call
for the existence ‘if a joint stock company, but owing to various
circumstances which immediately followed the announcement,
theti plan Has effects aosf t'
eg
salt-waterieCtl . I 1 i'tihi Those
Isleg it)reill'ls °anpsp re. he': a the"e the ad
plan, or any other to the same intent, vantages
~ tied into
effect, will create over the existing state of the pre •
which this
litan bathing establishments. h
will
dace
within sent melt olni.
ties the luxuries which are ,ov, I reach of ail
par N only to be
sacrifice in time and money, by juurne- . ' obtained dt.a great
pendently of the pecuniary advantao .ying to the coast. bd-
i;lan, by the Thames Haven RailwaylB, t‘)
be
derived by this
directors are called upon ,ompany,we think the
to carry '
of our feeling convinced that - it into effect, in consequence.
the metropolis will Ire its means
t the health of the inhabitants of
be greatly benefited.
Chief Baron Joy, ,:f it
gerously ill at Naples _l7 Irish Excliequer, is said to be dan,:
a visit to Consta ' , which city he had reached on his way to
ntiuople.
We regret to he
Dudley. in
.nauy
_it,r, that the scarlet fever prevails much at.
inmate.—xididcminf;
,nilies it lief, proved fatal to more than one
Thq T„,,,ctoun .34 "r Messenger. . .
cil of Salist u
1 ry resolved lest. weelt,.tn..carui,
on their iruceedin,
i.w.
the
_all
~. to with
...closed doom, and that nu teliorteti
i bin. press he adulated.