The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

some of our readers,

The commissioners of Birkenhead consist of twenty-one
persons, one-third of whom go out in rotation every three
years, when others are elected by the ratepayers. They
have the entire management of the parks, ferries, mar-
kets, streets, sewerage, lights, &c., their powers being
much similar to those of municipal corporations. They
are, also, ex officio commissioners for the management of
the Birkenhead Harbour and Docks ; but all proceedings,
accounts, and monies of this trust, are kept quite sepa—
rate and distinct from those of the town. It would have'
saved frequent mistakes had they been called Dock Trus-

tees, as their affairs from the similarity of the style are
frequently confounded. But, although they are the same
individual persons, the two bodies are, in every point of
view, distinct and independent of each other, so that, in
fact, there are in Birkenhead two public corporations, or,
more strictly speaking, two public companies.
There is also a private body, frequently taken for the
Birkenhead Dock Commissioners; but which is entirely
independent of either of the public trusts, this is the
Birkenhead Dock Company. It is a private company,
having a nominal capital of one million, divided into
10,000 shares of £lOO each.

This explanation is requisite for the clear understanding
of the following statements. It was on the 19th of July,
1843, that the scheme of the docks was agreed upon at
the house of Mr. John Laird. He, as every body knows,
is an extensive iron shipbuilder, then holding land under
the Corporation of Liverpool, occupied by him as a build-
ing yard at Wallasey Pool. By the Liverpool papers of
this week, it appears to have been stated in the • Town
Council, that an application was made for an increased
quantity of land, and an extension of the term of his
lease, two frigates having to be built there. However,
such a lease was granted to him, and also to others, who,
uniting their purchases or leases, came thus in possession
of the requisite space for the dock-works, which were
commenced by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners in
October, 1844..

The estimated cost of the Docks and Harbour was
stated between £300,000 and £400,000, and the plan of
the then intended docks was given with the Standard of
the 14th November. Though materially altered since
that period, two large triangular pieces of land will yet
be formed by the sea walls, which will enclose an area on
each side of the pool, of about sixty or seventy acres.
It was considered that the value of this land would
defray the cost of constructing the Docks and Harbour.
In the words of an official document issued by the Com-
missioners, " the entire cost of the Docks, it is believed,
will not exceed £300,000, as an offset to which an immense
quantity of valuable land will be reclaimed, which may
amount to more than the whole outlay." Upon these
statements, aided by the easy state of the money market,
the Dock Commissioners were enabled to borrow large
sums of money ; and they proceeded with their works, hav-
ing, according to a parliamentary document, expended,
on the 31st Dec. last, £263,967 on the works. In addition to-
this outlay, the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners have
lent to the Warehouse Company the sum of £50,000, and
to the Birkenhead Town Commissioners a similar sum.
A deviation from the plans originally submitted to Parlia-
ment, has been made, whereby £78,000 has been spent
upon the present Morpeth Dock, opened recently by his
lordship, and named so in compliment to him. With a
view to legalise this expenditure, and to obtain powers to
make further alterations from the original scheme, bills
are now before the Lords ; but although they passed the
Commons without opposition, and even the committee of.
the upper house, they are now most violently opposed..
The crown appears to have claimed possession of the
strand of the Mersey, which is now claimed by the owners
of several frontages on Wallasey Pool ; by Mr. Price, of
Bryn-y-pys, a descendant of the Clevelands, formerly of
Liverpool ; and by the Corporation of Liverpool, who
bought a portion of Mr. Price's property therein. These
parties are all movers against the right of the crown, in
which, incredible as it may appear, they are joined by the
Birkenhead Warehouse Company ; and they have been
so far successful as to induce the Lords to insert a few
little words, which entirely open the question of the
crown—and instead of the broad assertion, " Whereas,
the crown is possessed, &c.," the paragraph stands thus,
" is, or claims to be, possessed. In this position, the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests refuse their con
sent ti ' bill. 'louse - added. -d

the unless c. _Je , and security
given for the outer dock works being completed in
three years, and for suspending the works until the re-
funding of the money improperly loaned by the commis-
sioners. With these conditions, Mr. Mallaby and Mr.
Potter both agree, that it is impossible any " honest com-
missioner" can comply ; and at all the public places in
Birkenhead, petitions arc now in course of signature,
praying the Woods and Forests to consent to the bill's

sproceedings at the Dock-office on Wednesday last ; the
works are now all but entirely suspended, with, apparently
from the want of pecuniary means, but little prospect of
their early resumption.
Before glancing at the actual condition of the affairs of
the other bodies, it may be as well to state that the
reclaimed land has not been given to the Dock Commis-
sioners, as asserted ; and that even Mr. Price contended,
in 1844, against their taking his right of shore, and such
claim was referred to arbitration.

The condition of the township commissioners' funds is
ch —as to prevent the refunding of any portion of the

;o them by the Dock Commls'sioners at pre-,

sent. Their revenue is entirely absorbed in current ex-
penses and interest-on their loans; loans which they can
hardly expect to increase, as they owe already nearly

is, however, very different with the Birkenhead Dock
Company, who also owe the Dock Commissioners £50,000.
It has been remarked that they are a private trading com-
pany, incorported by an act of parliament, dated 30th
June, 1845. The third section declares that certain share-
holders, among whom are named Sir Isaac Lyon Gold-
smid, Bart., Joseph Bailey, senior, Joseph Bailey. junior,
George Carr Glyn, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Marcus F.
Brownrigg, Robert Garnett, John Laird, William Potter,
William Jackson, Joseph Travis Clay, James Gandy, and
John Laird, Esqrs., shall form a company under the pro-
visions of the Companies' Clauses Act; and those gentle-

Barbour; John MlTiccar, and James B. Boothby, shall be
the first directors of the company. By a subsequent cir-
cular of the commissioners, it appears that alterations
have taken place in the direction—Mr. Jackson, who has
sold out, and Mr. Boothby having withdrawn, and their
places supplied by Mr. Am prose Lace and Mr. William
Laird. The capital is comprised of shares of £lOO each,
on which, however, only £35 has been paid up.
It is remarked upon by some as strange that a rich and.
powerful company, containing shareholders of such un-
'e doubted weal, 'd r b"--- the Dock

shoult. nave borrower. rom
Commissioners at all, or that the loan should not be repaid
at a moment when it is so much wanted • that the Dock
Company have absolutely dismissed nearly all their work-
men, and the great public works of the town are suspended
for the want of funds ; especially as to do SO it would only
be necessary to call up a small portion of the £65 per share
remaining to be called personally, although as members of
another trust, and thus relieve the Do,d f

—veiC Company froM
, about £l3O to £150,000
the outer works. Above

,nt difficulty

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..., incomprehensible to most,, people why partit.
so anxious to have the bills passed, should at the
very last stage have been using every exertion to. get
clauses inserted, endangering the rights of the crown ;
and with which, they must well know, the- Woods and
Forests would not acquiesce.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

EMBEZZLEMENT.—A clerk in the service of Mr. Frazer,
merchant, Chapel Walks, was on Tuesday last committed
for trial on a charge of having embezzled upwards of £6O
belonging to his employer.
ASSAULTING A FEMALE. - Yohn

Wednesday,
Whetstone, marine-store dealer, was fined 50s. and costs,

Cronin, who, according to the shameless confession of the
defendant, had been living in his house, and there lost her

character

ROBBERY

—Two lads, John Patterson and Matthew

'or trial e

le_sessions,_ on a charge of stealing a quantity.
Mr. Graham, Peel-street,
The articles were found

,rk, on the previous day

them, and

on the person of one o
viously been goon together
SAVAGE ASSAULT ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP.—
George Douglas, mate of the ship Columbia, was on Tues-
day last, at the police court, committed for trial, for a
brutal assault on the previous day on a seaman on board,
named Taseley, during which the prisoner forced his fin-
gers into the eyes of the complainant, and bit off a large
portion of his nose.

STRATAGEM TO OBTAIN RELIEF.—A gentleman from
the parish office charged two men, on Friday, at the police
court, with breaking a window in that establishment. It
appeared that they knocked at the door of the office, at half-
past six o'clock on the previous evening, and demanded
relief ; their application was rejected in consequence of
being made after hours. Immediately afterwards a crash
was heard, and it was found they had hurled a stone at the
window ; they were taken into custody and conveyed to
Bridewell. Both the men urged their extreme poverty
and inability to procure relief as the causes of the misde-
meanour. One of the men said he had been forty-eight
hours without food. They were each fined ten shillings
and costs, or to be committed to prison for ten days.
OCCUPATION OF CELLARS NOT DULY CONSTRUCTED
AND VENTILATED AS DWELLINGS.—No fewer than fifty-
six of the occupiers of houses in Laces-street, Midghall-
street, and other streets in that neighbourhood, were
brought by summons before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Bolton
on Friday, for having let off their wretched cellars to the
tenants then inhabiting them. It appeared the cellar!,
were for the most part only about six feet in height, and
that the ceilings of them were only about a foot or a foot
and a half above the level of the street. It also appeared
that the lodgers consisted of Irish immigrants, and that iv
nearly every one of the cellars fever had been, and still 1!
raging. In every case Mr. Rushton imposed a fine of 2c15
and costs, and said it was his firm determination to inflict
a similar -hould theregte,_

fine for every day the cellars
continue to be occupied. He observed

full of fever,
and occupier

vr war

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ing writhed people
disease Throughout ever,
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during the sitting of the assizes,
.icert-hall, Lord Nelson-street.
A new double-way bridge is about to be placed across
the southpassage at the George's Dock.
There were no fewer than 11,000 visitors at Eastham
Ferry during the last week.. The other ferries had also
their full quantum of visitors.
Mr. Baker, formerly of the Theatre Royal in this
town, has been engaged by Mr. Charles Mathews and
Madame Vestris for the Lyceum Theatre, London.
The are several cases of fever in the borough gaol. On
Tuesday last, a female prisoner named Ryley, died of the
disease.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL.—
Count Bruyere, Sir Philip Crompton, Colonel Willis,
Colonel Hall, and Captains G. Evans, R.N., Rogers,
Oweia, and Ryder.
Th# Princess Royal, steam-ship, arrived here from
Greenock, on Tuesday morning, after an extraordinary
short passage of 14 hours 51 minutes. We observed her
again in the river on Friday morning, looking as rakish
and beautiful as ever.

The body of a female child was found in a box in the
Mount Gardens on Tuesday morning last. From some
wounds and marks found upon the body, the coroner's
jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some per-
son or persons unknown.
PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY.—We call the attention
of the shareholders in this line to an announcement in
-another column, to the effect that their attendance is re-
quested at a meeting, to be held at the Clarendon Rooms,
this day (Tuesday), at one o'clock, on a subject of impor-
tance to their interests.

A grand pleasure trip to Liverpool, got up by the Man-
chester Order of Odd Fellows, is announced for this day,
baturday'being the day of return. Arrangements have
been made for exhibitions in the Zoological Gardens, and
for water trips to the Isle of Man, Dublin, and North
Wales, in connexion with this excursion.
ANOTHER OUTRAGEOUS STREET ROBBERY.—Between
eleven and twelve o'clock on Wednesday night, as Dr.
Udney, of Everton, was passing Rupert's Cottage, he was
stopped by two men. One of them knocked him down,
and the other stole from him a roll of papers, containing
lectures on Australia.

It is gratifying to observe that many of the shopkeepers
in the leading streets of the town now close their shops at
seven o'clock in the evening. We hope those who remain
open beyond that hour will yet see the good policy of ac-
cording with this practice, for the health, recreation, and
mental improvement of themselves and their dependants.
On the Ist of June last, James Eastwood was employed
at the Brunswick Dock discharging cotton. The bales
were thrown over the side of the vessel, and one of them,
on touching quay, rebounded and struck him, by which
his right leg was broken. He was taken to the Southern
Hospital, where he died on Tuesday last of the injury he
had received.
Tux GREAT BRITAIN.—We have to state that sixteen
cases have now been brought up and placed in their posi-
tion along the side of the ship. A government officer,
Captain Montgomery Williams, has arrived, in order to
render assistance. We shall announce the time that the
final effort is to be made. It is still considered that this
will not take place before the end of the present month.—
Downpatrick Reporter.
EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH OF THE STEAM-SHIP
ORLON.—This fine vessel, which sailed from the Clarence
Dock on Monday afternoon week, reached Glasgow, after
calling at Greenock, in seventeen hours. She discharged
a heavy cargo at Glasgow, and returned with a full cargo,
arriving in the Mersey on Wednesday forenoon, having
accomplished the voyage to and from Glasgow, including
the time of discharging and loading at Glasgow and
Greenock, in about forty-five hours.
ODDFELLOWS' GALA.—On Thursday night this gala,
the profits of which are to be devoted to the Widows' and
Orphans' Fund of the order, took place at the Zoological
Gardens. The gardens were very full, and, although, the
weather was not at all favourable for out-door amuse-
ments, dancing was kept up with great spirit in the Con-
cert-hall. The silver-plated regalia of the district was
shown to advantage on thestage ; and the emblem of the
order, lit up by fireworks, with the motto " Thanks to
our Patrons," had a very brilliant effect.
DEATH IN A VAPOUR BATH.—Yesterday week, a per-
son named Thomas Edwards, aged 34, was induced, in
order to cure a headache, to take a vapour bath, at Mr.
Mather's, St. Paul's Square. He went twice into the
bath, but was finally found in it insensible, though he had
shortly before said that he felt " very comfortable."i He
was placed on a sofa and a surgeon was sent for, but he
died in about an hour. At the inquest on Wednesday, the
cause of death was ascertained, from a post mortem ex-
amination, to be pulmonary apoplexy, and a verdict was
was returned accordingly.
THE LATE REV. J. JOHNS.—Shortly after the death of
this Unitarian minister, the Liverpool Domestic Mission
made an appeal to the members and friends of the society
in behalf of his bereaved family, which has been liberally
responded to, and the subscriptions of twenty-four indivi-
duals amount to the handsome sum of £BBO, Mr. Heywood,
Mrs. Hugh Jones, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. Tayleure, and
Mr. J. B. Yates giving £lOO each. A committee has been
appointed for the purpose of investing and appropriating
the amount contributed in a manner best calculated to
secure the humane object in view.
AMATEURPERFORMANCE.—We have now to announce,
in addition to the facts in another paragraph relative to
the same subject as affecting Manchester, that the bene-
volent literati who are to appear in a night's theatrical
,performance there for the benefit of Mr. Leigh Hunt, the
veteran writer, purpose to extend their appeal in the same
behalf to this town, in which they will appear, at the
Theatre Royal, on the 28th inst. The pieces to be per-
formed are well selected ; and we have no doubt but that
the attendance, from the object in view, as well as the
literary eminence of the dramatis personce, will be nume-
rous and respectable.
LIVERPOOL TALENT.—The youth of Liverpool distin-
guish themselves and their native town. Mr. R. G. Wil-
liams, son of Mr. Williams, of Basnett-street, whose for-
mer marked successes at our Mechanies' Institution we
have previously noted, has now obtained the senior prize
in Hebrew, together with certificates of honour in the
second Latin, Greek, mathematical, and comparative
grammar classes of the London University ; and Mr.
Alfred Thornley, also, has carried off a prize in natural
philosophy. At the annual examination of the Dissenters
Grammar School, at Mill-hall, near Hendon, the first
mathematical and the second classical prizes were gained
by Master Joseph Mellor, of Liverpool. Master E. Daw-
son, the son of Edward Dawson, Esq., of Aldcliffe, Lan-
caster, also obtained two prizes ; and Master Marsden, of
Liverpool, one.
FALL OF A CORN WAREHOUSE.—OH Tuesday night,
shortly before eleven o'clock, an alarm of fire was given
as having taken place in Suffolk-street, but which was
immediately after countermanded, the true cause being
that of the fall of a large bonded warehouse, No. 829, in
Suffolk-street, one of a lofty range commonly known as
Poole's warehouses. The one in question was in the oc-
cupation of Mr. Richard Gibson, corn broker, of No. 6,
Hanover-street, late of No. 27, Salthouse Dock, and was
heavily stored with grain in the three first compartments.
The topmost of the three partially giving way, and the
quantity of grain stored up being very large, the lower
floors, unable to bear the immense pressure, fell to the
basement, causing the wheat to issue from the windows
into the adjoining street.
BlLLErrixo OF SOLDIERS.—The Secretary of the
Licensed Victuallers' Society of this town has received a
communication from the war-office (in reply to an appli-
cation) respecting the case of Mrs. Farnworth, the de-
tails of which were given at length in the various Liver-
pool papers immediately subsequent to the hearing of the
case before Sir Joshua Walmsley, to the effect that it is
not practicable to fix by the mutiny act or by regulation,
the precise hour at which a soldier billetted in a march,
upon an innkeeper, shall be entitled to claim to be fur-
nished with his hot meal; but that considering the circum-
stances under which Mrs. Farnworth was convicted of
having to furnish such a meal, the Secretary at War is
of opinion that the conduct of the soldier was irregular
and vexatious ; and he has accordingly directed the gene-
ral agent for the recruiting service to remit to Mrs. Farn-
worth the full amount of the penalty levied upon her.
LATHAM—with his usual excellent sprit will minister
to the wants of his friends on the course during the week.
His bill of fare for the daily dinner is somewhat paradoxi-
cal—for two shillings you have venison, which is certainly
making deer cheap.
The worthy host of the Woodside Adelphi will pitch
his spacious marquee to-day, in the usual place on Aintree
-course, where he will provide the good things of life in
their genuine purity. His fine old cognac, and all etce-
teras—even his cigars. don't need the sightest puff.
In another column appears an advertisement from Mr.
Wilkinson, of Leeces-street, who announces his determi-
nation to provide the best Wellington boots, at the re-
duced price of twenty-four shillings. As they are all
made under his own immediate inspection, he can gua-
rantee that they are not surpassed, indeed for their neat-
ness and elegance we can vouch, and they need but a trial
to prove their excellence.

THE TOILET.—The high repute and consequent large
demand for the restorative balsam prepared by Mr. Coup-
land, chemist, Parker-street, happily supersedes the ne-
cessity of our doing more than merely calling the attention
-of those of our readers who have not yet tried the healthy
influence of so elegant and indispensable an accessory to
the toilet, to the advertisement in our first page. We be-
lieve it exercises a very salutary effect on the hair, when
used immediately after bathing.—Journal.
GREEN-LANE NURSERY.—We had, a few days since,
the pleasure of a cursory
visit to these beautiful grounds
recently established at Green-lane, e, West Derby, and were
both surprised and gratified. tis almost impossible to
conceive that a space of four acres
cctuld in little more than
twelve months be brought U
grounds are splendidly laid out, and the esrofiel etbieoinn.g most
prolific, the plants and bulbs ,ese a rich green and
healthy appearance, which ismrselwieivthedwwhiiothh
contrasting that of the uncountable beautifullybl blooms
they are covered. The standard and otherD roses are now
exhibiting ; and those who wish a charming walk, should
avail themselves of the present fine weather to visit these
gardens, of which an inspection is invited.
LIVER THEATRE.— We understand that Mr. Nicholson,
of the Garrick's Head, Bow-street, London, hasopened
this theatre during the race week, for his " Illustrations of
poetry and song," by Poses Piastiques and Tebleaux
Vivans, an entertainment which has not only attained
great repute in London, but has created very general ad-
miration in Birmingham and Manchester, and the various
other towns where Mr. Nicholson's talented artistes have
performed on their route from London hither. The
illustrations are interspersed with music, both vocal and
instrumental, the vocalists being Mrs. Ballinger, of the
Nobility's Concerts, and Mr. Plumpton, late of the
English Opera House. The pianist is Mr. Ballinger,
composer of the " Chamois Hunter," the " Trysting
Tree," and other favourite ballads. So totally different
is this exhibition of talent from any with which we have
been previously visited, that it will not only be gratifying
o strangers, but to those who have visited similarly-
named entertainments.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.—UpIO the 6th inst., the work
before described continued to progress. Captain Claxton
had made a contract with the lot of active young men
(farmers) who re noved the fagots of the breakwater, at
Ballykinler' or near there, for filling the boxes with sand,
which work they had commenced, and as they would pro-
bably hoist on board about 50 tons per diem, if not more,
and as all the boxes have a quantity already in, the whole
would be filled ready for the coming spring tide. It was
reported on board that another hole has been discovered
and stopped, at the fore end of the ship, which must have
been a work of great difficulty, as at present the water
cannot leave her by two or three feet.
COUNTY COURT, BIRKENHEAD.—This court was held
on Friday, at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, before J. W.
Harden, Esq. There were about 100 causes for trial, but,
with few exceptions, the preceedings were uninteresting.
Henry Berth, car-proprietor, appeared as defendant in an
interpleadcr case, judgment having been obtained against
him for a debt due to Mr. Johnson, coach-builder,
Market-street, Birkenhead, and an order made upon
him for payment by instalments. Failing to pay the
first instalment, an execution was issued against his
property, when it was discovered that he had sold
his car for £3O, paid for in part by a three months'
bill for £2O, which Booth produced in the court.
The learned judge decided that as after judgment had been
obtained against, defendant, and he had since had sufficient
means to meet the instalments, he should, according to
the provisions of the act, commit him to the house of
correction for forty days, unless the debt and costs were ,
paid earlier. The defendant was then removed in custody,
and the proceedings terminated at eight o'clock.
SALE OF VILLA LAND AT EASTHAM.—On Tuesday the
land on the margin of the river at Eastham, which has
been laid out for villa residences by Sir William Massey
Stanley, was brought to the hammer at the Stanley Arms
Hotel. Mr. Churton, of Chester, was the auctioneer.
As the sites are delightfully situated on the banks of the
Mersey, the attendance was numerous; and the prices
obtained were considered very nigh. Lots No. 1 A and
No. 2 A and B were the first put up ; they were stated at
3s. per yard, but more than 4s. could not be obtained for
them. Five shillings being the reserved price, they were
consequently bought in by the vendor. The same may
be said of lot 3 ; but lot 5 was sold to Mr. Hilliar, at
6s. 9d. per yard ; lot 4, on the new map, was sold to Mr.
Greaves, of Liverpool, at ss. per yard ; lot 5, on the new
map, was sold to Mr. Greaves, at ss. per yard ; lot 9 was
sold to Mr. Thompson, of Liverpool, at 4s. 6d. per yard ;
lot 16 was sold to Mr. Greaves, of Liverpool, at 4s. 9d.
per yard. The whole of the lots sold amounted to
£7,002 10s. We understand that the remainder of the
lots are still to be disposed of by private treaty. Mr. W.
Laird's delightful and picturesquely laid out estate, called
Carlett Park, adjoins these lots of land, and lies on the
south-east corner of them. Carlett Park displays the
refined taste of the mind and judgment by which it was
designed, and is cerlainly one of the most desirable places
for a country residence we know of. This ground is also
on sale by private treaty.
THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE.—This Prince, after
visiting Birmingham, and been " right royally" received,
and shown all the 'a lions," arrived at Worsley Hall yester-
day week, accompanied by his Excellency the Baron
Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador, Vice-Admiral the
Count Lutke, Rear-Admiral the Count Heiden, Colonel
Loothowsky, Lieut. Diego Eschappes, Count Alexander
De Berg, and Colonel Grey, Equerry•to Queen Victoria.
The Earl of Ellesmere entertained his. Imperial Highness
with all hospitality, and conducted him to the principal
manufactories of Manchester. On Wednesday afternoon
his Highness arrived in Liverpool from Knowsley. He was
accompanied by the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Stanley and
Baron Brunow, the Russian Ambassador. He travelled in
an open carriage, drawn by four horses, and driven by two
postillions. His suite occupied a second open carriage,
drawn by two horses. He first visited the Collegiate In-
stitution, going through the whole of the Polytechnic ex-
hibition, and remaining for some time in the Picture Gal-
lery, which he greatly admired. He then drove to the
Town-hall, where he was met by the Mayor, Mr. Bram-
ley-Moore, Mr. Earle, Mr. Tinne, and several other mem-
bers of the Council, by several of whom he was accom-
panied through the remainder of his tour through the
town. He next drove to the large iron foundry of Messrs.
Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, Great Howard-street, where
he minutely inspected the large iron bridge which is there
being constructed for his father, the Emperor, and which
is intended to cross the Neva, at St. Petersburgh, and
which will cost about £lOO,OOO. Amongst those who
accompanied the Grand Duke were S. H. Leigh, Esq.,
Russian Consul, and Mr. Mahs, Vice Consul. After
visiting the Albert Dock, he steamed up and down the
river for about an hour in the Redwing, after which he
disembarked in the new landing stage, and returned to
Knowsley. The Grand Duke and his suite have since
left London for the Continent, a small Russian squadron
being in readiness in the Thames to carry them home.

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