The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

merages, in inches, of corresponding

thirty-seven years:
October, 1852

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THE MARCH OF MATRIMONY

are on the books of the Gateshead Union for marriage,
their respective ages being 22 and 20, 20 and 22, 20 and
18, 25 and 27, 30 and 25, 30 and 21, 21 and 19, 22 and
20, 20 and 19, and 24 and 25. So great, indeed, is the
demand in Gateshead for wives, that a young widow, who
lost her husband by the epidemic in September, was
nominated on Sunday in our parochial church as the bride
elect of a young bachelor ! There is a line in Haftzlet
which will rise to the reader's mind; but, before he
quotes it, let him listen to the recital of another domes"

the occurrence of Sunday. There was once a
explosion on the Tyne, and many lives were
1,,v1;.a a flip apati could nit be recovered in

coalmine
sacrificed

weeks had passed away ; and the corpse of one married
man, when it was carried home, found the widow lying by
the side of another husband! She had wedded her new
spouse before burying his predecessor. Shakspere " ex-
hausted worlds, and then imagined new ;" but he never
dreamt of "the marriage baked meats coldly furnishing
forth the burial tables !" Real life is more than a match
for fiction,—Gateshead Observer.

A DANGEROUS SOURCE OF INFECTION.-Our attention
La been called to a dangerous source of disease which has

hitherto escaped the notice of the conservators of public
health in seaport towns. From his statement it would
seem that when a seaman dies during a voyage either at
sea or in any port, his property, consisting of a chest of
clothing, and perhaps some bedding, is secured, scaled up,
and tarried back to the port whence he shipped, and there
handed over to the shipping master, who retains it until
the claim of the relatives to receive it is clearly 'established,
when it is given up. It is well known that sailors are a
migratory class of men, and in the majority of cases ship
from ports in which they have no relations. The conse-
quence is, that quantities of unclaimed property are con-
stantly accumulating in the hands of shipping masters,
and are kept lying over for years without being exposed
to the air. The original owners of this property have died
of every description of known and unknown diseases, in
various quarters of the world, some of these diseases
perhaps of a most malignant and contagious character ;
and when to this is added the fact that bundles of dirty
clothing are thus -kept, in a state calculated to induce dis-
MAP_ the &weer will be at once apparent. The opening

of a bale of goods has been known to carry with it disease
and death to an alarming extent into a community, and
nothing less might be expected from the opening up a
package of wearing apparel that had lam long over in an
unwashed state. T
his subject, then, is one worthy of the
notice of sanitary committees, and if the allegation prove
correct that a dangerous stock of the kind referred this
lodged in the hands of shipping masters calculated to en-
danger the health of seaport communities, then is it time
that they should interpose the
inauthonty which is vested
in them by Act of Parliament searching out and put-
ting an end to the evil.—North British Daily Mail.

SELECTION OF THE WELLINGTON 'MEMORIAL FOR
31.1.NcliEsami.—On Friday week the judges appointed by
the Wellington memorial committee the Right Rev. the
Lord Bishop of Manchester, the Right Hon. the Earl of
Ellesmere, and the Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton—pro-
ceeded to the suite of rooms forming the south gallery of
the Royal Manchester Institution, which were filled with
the competing models for the Manchester memorial to the
late Duke of Wellington, and, after a careful examination
of the whole, gave their united judgment in favour of the
model No. 7. On opening the letter superscribed with
the sculptor's mark—an inverted triangle within a double
ring—the name of the successful artist was found to be
Mr. Matthew Noble, of London, the same sculptor upon
whom, in competition, the choice fell in the award of the
committee for the Salford statue to Sir Robert Peel, now
placed in Peel-park. The endeavour in this design has
been to take a higher and more comprehensive view of the
subject than is given in memorials of the kind. This view,
it is hoped, has been realised in representing the duke in
his civil as well as military capacity, by personifying those
salient qualities and results through which he attained
so high a position in life, and influenced the destinies of
so many nations ; and by illustrating five of the chief
crowning events in his public career, through which, in
the twofold capacity named, he will be best and most
illustriously known to posterity. The salient qualities re-
ferred to are Wisdom and Valour. They are personified in
the design by the figures of Minerva and Mars, composed in
such a way as to impart to the mind a high and honourable
feeling. The results of these great qualities were Victory
and Peace—the victory of Britain over her foes, and a
peace given to Europe perhaps unparalleled in history.
These two main results are personified by an abstract
figure of each, designed to correspond and accord in sen-
timent with the two former figures. Of the chief events
in the public life of Wellington, illustrated in the design,
four are represented in bas-reliefs on the large plinth sup-
porting the column, giving respectively the battle of
Assaye, the battle of Waterloo (in each of which the duke
is seen on horseback, and in the first with the horse just
shot under him), his presence at the congress at Vienna,
and his receiving in person the thanks of the House of
Commons, on the memorable occasion in the year 1814.
On the summit of the column is placed a colossal statue of
the great duke himself, designed to give an idea of the
moment when he stood erect and calm after having de-
livered the following impressive words in the House of
Lords:—" I am one of those who have probably passed a
longer period of my life engaged in war than most men,
and principally in civil war ; and I must say this, that if I
could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of
civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would
sacrifice shy life in order to do it :" words not likely to be
soon forgotten. In a small design of this kind there is
of course little more than a bare idea of the intention given.

LORD MA.You's DAY.—The customary inauguration
of the Lord Mayor of London city took place on Wednes-
day, with even more than the usual amount of pomp and
pageantry. The absence of any display last year, owing
to the then recent demise of the Duke of Wellington,i and
the extreme fineness of the weather' combined to render
the pageant of Wednesday one of the most successful
that has taken place for some years past. The number of
spectators was far greater than usual. The " show"—
thanks to the co-operation of Mr. Cooke, of Astley's
Amphitheatre—was well arranged; and the good humour
everywhere prevailing left nothing to be desired. The
novel part of the procession, in which Mr. Cooke's
equestrian troupe was seen to very great advantage, ex-
cited general admiration. One of his best riders, attired
in handsome Tyrolese habit, mounted on a beautiful pie-
bald charger, and bearing the banner of " Peace," led the
way. He was immediately followed by a car drawn by six
fine horses, three a-breast, on which was mounted, at a.
considerable height, a female in white classic robe, balanc-
ing scales in her hand, having before her a city mace, and,
though rather pretty looking, "as stern as Justice."
Then came horsemen clothed in the garb of different
nations, a varied and interesting sight. There was a
groan at the Russian, which the Turk mistook for him-
self, and turned round to see from whom it proceeded, but
this resulted in a loud and enthusiastic cheer. The
Chinese participated in the good wishes of the spectators,
and seemed proud of it. The representatives of North
and South America were amusingly tattooed, and occa-
sioned much merriment. What, however, brought the
laughter of the people to a climax was the Australian
digger, with his red woollen smock, his sunburnt counte-
nance, his huge over-grown' beard, about to split asunder,
with his pickaxe, a gigantic piece of quartz. Last of all
in this troupe came " Peace and Prosperity," two young
females, appropriately attired, and mounted to a large
globe, which was drawn by nine horses, three a-breast.
The Lord Mayor was very well received all along the line
of the procession. Flags were suspended across Thames-
street, and every house and warehouse was thronged with
spectators. The embarkation in the civic barges having
been effected, they were taken in tow by above-bridge,
steamers, which brought them up the river to West-
minster, where the Lord Mayor and sheriffs, and the
leading officers of the corporation, landed, and proceeded
into the Court of Exchequer. After the customary
formula had been gone through, the judges of the various
courts were invited to the banquet at Guildhall, by 2re
Recorder, in the names of the chief magistrate and
Alderman and Sheriff Wire. The civic authorities then
re-embarked, and returned by water to Blafkfr b
where the land procession was re formed,- and hav-
ingd received an important a 4it.ii
i the personer of
the Lady Mayoress, proceeded,
ma' mid emations of an enormous crowd of
The banquet took place in the Guildhall. There was one
deviation, however,, from established custom. Hitherto
the invitations ran in the name of the lord mayor and
s
sheriffs ; but this year the sheriffs has declined to
.
contribnte to the civic hospitality, and the invitations
were therefore issued in the name of the lord mayor and
Alderman and Sheriff Wire. A little before seven o'clock
the lord mayor, in full municipal costume, and preceded
by his mace and swordbearer and other civic officials, the
principal officers of the household following in his
train, walked in procession through Guildhall, and, amid
the cheers of the company, took his seat on the dais. The
members of the Government, as they entered, were re-
ceived with great cordiality. On the right of the lord
mayor were the late lord mayor, the lord chancellor, the
Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Clarendon Lord John
Russell, Lord Canning, Mr. Sheriff Wire mid Mrs. Wire,
Lord Palmerston, Sir Charles Wood, Sir James Graham,
the American minister, the Danish chargé d'affaires, the
minister of Paraguay. On the left, the lady mayoress,
the late lady mayoress, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Salisbury, Lord and Lady Manderville, Sir William Moles-
worth, &c. Among the company were Lord Hatherton,
Mr. Cardwell, Sir John Patteson, Mr. M. T. Baines, M.P.,
Sir John Pakington, M.P., Mr. Walpole, M.P., Mr.
Cornewall Lewis, Sir C. G. Young, Sir John Dodson, the
Recorder and Mrs. Stuart Wortley, Mr. E. Ball, M.P., Mr.
Scholefield, M.P., Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Master-
man, M.P., Mr. James Wilson, M.P., Mr. Chaplin, M.P.,
Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., and many of the aldermen and
members of common council.