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

LIVERPOOL MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
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people arc making!" but
Stir,—As the time appointed for our festival is fast approach:-
thro.ugh the medium of your paper,
ing, I take the opportunity,
ob ft,' offeringmaalfiect,hv
of the Liverpool Festival, or if it •
scarce a syllable is spoken
f'l .'
mentioned, ',Oh, it will be a complete al ure ! ' Why should
es remarkst
er Festival.
'Why should the Manchester people (to use a
it be a failure ?
" What preparations the Manchester
vulgarism) so completely take the shine out of its ? Because
they have moreirit in everything they do. There was a time
spirit
when Liverpool yielded the palm to no One city
in the spirit of
her undertakings. And why should that character be lost to
her? Why should the Liverpool Festival be sneered at, and
reported a ".complete failure," three or four months hcfore She
time?
The Manchester people have taken out, year, it is true, and
have been tryink, in every possible. tray, to feitdo us in their
preparations, liarticularly those for the Fancy Ball. Now, let
them inclose all the principal streets iu the town, and I defy
them to have any rooms equal in magnificence to our Town-hall.
But still, there wants a novelty. The halls are always held there,
and there is no change t they are always titled -up ia the same
manner—the Exchange-room connected by a narrow passage.
Now we know that nothing charms an English public so much
as novelty—in fact, nothing will do withoUt it.
I would therefore suggest the fullowingt Let the whole area
of the exchange be rooted in with a waterproof awning, or any-
thing most convenient, and the flaor, of course, boarded. The
outside of. the Town-hall brilliantly ilitiminated, and Nelson's
Monument hung round with lamps. Al: ores may be formed 3 •
and, altogether, a most splendid effect may be produced. What
could be• more beautiful, than looking out of the Town-hall
windows into the area, and seeing it lighted up in that manner.
The effect would be grand in the extreme. It may seem au
arduous undertaking, but the Manchester people have been doing
a good deal more and will find it difficult to forin anything half
so grand. If E 1,600 were expended, I am confident that £l,OOO
would be Made. That one sentence, " What preparations the
Liverpool people are making I" would bring numbers over for
the sake of variety. 1 wish, Sir, that this may be thought of,
and there is nothing I should like more, than to see my sugges,
lions carried into execution. Our festival will he the laSt, and
let it be a grand winding up.—l remain, sir, your obedient
CIVIS.
Servant,

SEA WATER TO THE- METROPOLTS.—The directors of the
Thames Haven Dock and Railway Company have lately had a
plan submitted to them, whereby the means, which will be at
their disposal, when the railroad shall have been carried into
effect, will enable them to convey to London a great itody of
sea water. The features of the plan are extremely simple, and
as such ensure the certainty of susses. They consist chiefly
of pipes being laid parallel with the railway, and as the ground
will be nearly level, it will require a very small power to trans
mit to the extreme end of the line a sufficient quantity of water
to supply all the demands which Will consequently spring up in
the metropolis. In the year 182.5, the idea of conveying sea
if carried intd
water to London was considered of
sstuaffitecoiefutlt, importance to call
for the existence of a joint stock company, but %m. 0.. to • .
theelrc
planu ut staouacses neglected.tvllic h i to roie‘thi ioastee lit froslottoi
sWet,d.htt,hielaaviiiteo"xuptiecvreiamernieocneutd:
the effects of salt-water bathing will appreciate the advantages
which this plan, or any other to the same
place within reach of all
ailway only to be obtained at a great
]llan bathing establishments. It willpla
adva urnqing
effect, will create
„oone:•cenurinit)ihnaeer
ze; existing i
juog .
by 'the Thames Haven lt . the present theiropri
parties the luxuries which are now
Compan.y, We thin)t fire
of our feeling convinced
efiiciet I inY otfi Itnhee
directors are called upon to the coast. lnde.;
that
it inttfeffect, lb cOnseqbence
its
she thl.ritshthEe'
titageS td be derived by Mill
the metropolis winll.,boyf
plan,is,acurdi
theis .said inhabitants
l be d 5,
no
zr
to
Chief Baron Joy, means be kteatly bettefite&
gerously ill at
a visit to Naples, which city he had reached on his way to
Constantinople.
We regret to hear that
Dudley: In many families
inmate,---Ifiddmnitotr " h"
proved
fatal
to
More
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The Town Council of Salisbury.senger.
ledresolved fast Week to var.'?
on their proceedings with doors. and th• to
.for the public press be admitted: ' 4(
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