The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION

THE COURT CIRCULAR, on Wednesday, gave us 00
somewhat unusual and homely announcement that the,
Queen and Prince Albert " drank tea with the Duchess of
Kent at Frogmore last night."
THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD CARDWELL, M.P., dine'
with her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, on Monday.

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THE SECOND DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE at Wino's."r
Castle took place on Wednesday last. The pieces were.
" The Captain of the Watch," a one-act farce, by J. g'
Planche, and " The Windmill," by Edward Morton,
likewise a one-act farce.

DR. HAWTREY was, on Wednesday, elected Provo°
of Eton, by consent of the crown.

ANOTHER NOBLE LECTURER.—ViSCOLUIt GoderiG
M.P., has been lecturing at Hull on Entomology.
THE DUKE Of WELLINGTON, it is said, purp- 4
visiting the scene of his father's triumphs in Spain all
Portugal.
VISCOUNT CANNING, the Postmaster-General, WI
appointed Mr. Charles F. Scott to be Private Secret/I.'
to his Lordship.
THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR in Paris on Tuesday
notified to the Emperor the delivery of the Duchess o
Montpensier of a daughter.
LORD PANMURE, (late Mr. Fox Maule) in a speech
at
Edinburgh, last week, announced that he contemplated
retiring, for some time at least, from public life.
EARL Go ArrviLLn has recovered from the effects or rif
recent accident, so much so as to be able to Attend the
Cabinet Council, held at the Foreign office on Thursday.
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benefit of his health.

LORD STAIR died on Monday week, at his residence!
near Edinburgh, at the age of eighty-two. The brothel
of the deceased, North Dalrymple, of Cleland an
Fordel, father of Captain Dalrymple, M.P. for WigIOV
shire, is now Earl of Stair.
THE EXCLUDED WHIGS. The following
members of Lord John Russell's cabinet are exclude"
from the new coalition administration :—Lord
Lord Minto, Sir George Grey, Lord Grey, Sir F. Baring'
Lord Broughton, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Pantunre'
Marquis of Clanricarde, and Lord Seymour.

TIIE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.—As ms
as nine Chancellors of the Exchequer are alive :—L°
the
Henry Petty (now Marquis of Lansdowne, and
senior Chancellor of the nine,) Mr. Frederick J.,,,r°",
Robinson (now Earl of Ripon,) Mr. Herries,
Goulburn, Mr. Spring Rice (now Lord Monteagle,)ni
Francis Baring, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Disraeli, I'm
Mr. Gladstone.

LORD CRANWORTH held his first levee as Lord Chor
cellor of England on Tuesday, at his mansion, UPPeej
Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, London, and entertain
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the master of the rolls, the lords justices of appeal, Pi,
vice-chancellors, the judges of the several courts at WO
minster, the Courts of Arches, Admiralty and Prer4
tive, together with the Queen's counsel and sergeant'
law, to breakfast.
Sidney Herbert, for South Wiltshire ; and the Hon. ,
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Charteris, for the county of Haddington. Wednesdal
elected THE
withoutß E.
Lord Drumlanrig, for Drumfries-shire ; and Mr. Moneeirli
for Limerick county. At the close of the poll, Oxf°
University, Saturday, the figures were, Mr. GladstolM'
959 ; Mr. Perceval, 825 ; majority for Mr. Gladstone, 1'75.
THE CABINET.—The respective ages of the Cabin
Ministers are as follows :—Lord Lansdowne, 73 ; L°l
Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston, 69 ; Lord Cranwortb, 63!
Lord J. Russell and Sir J. Graham, 61 ; Sir C. Woodier, 5 '
Mr. Gladstone, 44 • Sir W. Molesworth and Sidney ~
bert, 43 ; Duke of' Newcastle, 42 ; Lord Granville, 0::
Duke of Argyll, 30. Their joint ages are 689, and the;
average age fifty-three, that of Sir Charles Wood. Sell
of them areunder6o years of age,and six above three-sa".
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—We have been
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formed, from an authentic source, that all parties in t't
House of Commons are persuaded that a dissolution
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parliament will take place this year. There are varie
reasons for arriving at this conclusion. In the first
the opposition is sufficiently numerically strong to Pro
crastinate the public business ; and on some isolated')
important question, to place ministers in a minority. 1110
moment it is perceived that faction is likely to hug"'
the passage of ministerial measures, it is intended that,
nation shall be appealed to.—Yorkshirenzan.

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THE BELFAST STEAM-SHIP COMPANY have decided on
building a second new steam-ship for the Belfast and
Liverpool trade.

THE ARCTIC, United States mail steam-ship, sailed on
Wednesday, for New York, with forty-eight passengers
and a large cargo.

ANOTHER PADDLE STEAMER, to be called the Lynx, is
building at Glasgow for the Liverpool and Glasgow trade.
She is to ply in conjunction will the Elk and the Stag.

THE MAYOR, we understand, has signified his intention
of dining with the members of the Blue Coat Brotherly
Society, at the Adelphi Hotel, on Wednesday, the 2nd of
February.

ANN ANDERTON has been committed at Manchester,
for trial at the assizes, on a charge of bigamy. In her de-
fence she said that Anderton, her first husband, behaved
ill to her, and only lived with her six weeks.
NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. -- We understand the
directors of the London and North-Western Railway are
taking measures to apply to their trains the best practical
communication between the guard and driver.
TESTIMONIAL.—The pupils of St. Andrew's confirma-
tion class have presented the Rev. John W. Lester with a
handsome timepiece, and Mrs. Lester with a beautiful
volume, as a token of their esteem and gratitude.
SIR MICHAEL SHAW STEWART, Bart., to whom Lady
Octavia Grosvenor has just been married, has endowed
the church at Greenock with £3OO per annum, and £lOO
for a curate, on condition that daily service shall never
cease.

RAPID PASSAGE.—The fine packet-ship Queen of the
West, Captain Hallet, arrived on Wednesday from New
York, having made the passage in seventeen days ; a ca-
pital run, considering the boisterous weather which she
encountered.

ST. HELEN'S RAILWAY.—The Parliamentary declara-
tion of this company for constructing their new works and
branches states that the cost of them will be £95,666, and
that it is proposed to defray them out of an unexpended
share capital of £120,000.

THE SAILMAKERS are about to petition the Council
against a clause in the Fire Prevention Act, by which
sailmskers are prevented from carrying on their business
in warehouses where other general merchandise is depo.
sited, unless the building is fireproof.

THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS.—From a statement read
at the Council, on Wednesday, it appears that, for the
month ending 17th December, the numbers on the books
at the North School were 1,350 ; attendance, 1,001 ;
South School, numbers, 1,219 ; attendance, 950.
A HANDSOME SILVER Cur has been presented by
Messrs. Sandhach, Tinne, and Co., merchants, of this
town, to Captain Donald Thomson, of the barque Leonora,
which arrived at Liverpool on the Ist January last, after
completing the voyage to Demerara and back in eighty-
two days.

JERSEY.—On Thursday, Mr. Clarke launched from his
yard, at St. Heliers, a splendid clipper-built ship, of 1,000
tons register, called the Ann Holzherg, to be classed A 1
for thirteen years. She is intended for the Calcutta trade
from this port, and is the property of Messrs. J. J. Mel-
huish and Co.

THE RIGHT HON. E. STRUTT, M.P., Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster, has appointed his brother-in-law,
Mr. W. M. James, of the Chancery bar, Vice-Chancellor
of the Duchy. The learned gentleman was previously the
Attorney-General's counsel in charity matters and in-
formations.

FRAUDS BY OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS.—On Thursday,
Thomas Butler and William Corless, conductors of omni-
buses belonging to Messrs. William and Daniel Busby,
were committed for trial on a charge of embezzling various
sums of money received in their capacity of conductors of
the omnibuses plying between Dale-street and Buotle-lane.
NFW SCREW STEAMER.—The Liverpool and Philadel-
phia Steam-ship Company have cempleted a contract with
Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, of Glasgow, the builders of
the steam•sbips City of Glasgow and City of Manchester,
for a new screw steam-ship of 2,189 tons, to run on the
Philadelphia station, in addition to their present steamers.
THE AFRICA, Royal Mail steam-ship, Harrison, com-
mander, sailed from the Mersey at noon, on Sunday, for
New York, having been detained a day by an Admiralty
order. The Africa took out a very heavy mail, upwards
of seventy passengers, and the largest cargo of manufac-
tured goods and merchandise aver taken out by a steam-
ship at one time.

THE ROBBERY AT EASTER'S.— On Thursday, Elizabeth
Brooks, the stepmother of the young man who was com-
mitted for trial at Wolverhampton, on a charge of being
concerned in the robbery committed by his father upon
Mr. Eastee, in St. George's-crescent, was sent for trial,
it having been proved that she had pledged a large quan-
tity of the property stolen.

MAGISTRATES AT ROCHDALE.—Air. Christopher, while
in office, among a bench of magistrates nominated two not
in the list submitted to him ; and the town's commis-
sioners are so far offended that they threaten parliamen-
tary inquiry ; but as these commissioners refuse to me-
morialise for the incorporation of Rochdale, the opinion
in Rochdale is that they are " served right."

MELANCHOLY DEATH. On Friday, about eleven
o'clock, a man named M'Gregan was found drowned in
the ash-pit attached to the house, 22, Charter-street,
where he lodged. He was intoxicated the night before,
and was heard to go down stairs about half-past four
o'clock in the morning. He is supposed to have fallen
from the yard wall into the place where he was found.
THE LANCASHIRE MILITIA.—A meeting of the deputy
lieutenants of the sub-division of Kirkdale was held on
Wednesday. It was resolved that the enrolment of volun-
teers for the militia should be proceeded with immedi-
ately. The deputy-lieutenants will meet this day (Tues-
day), Thursday, and Saturday next, and on the same (Lys
every week until further notice, at the Sessions-house, in
Chapel-street, at one o'clock.
ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday, a black man, named
Robert Johnson, cook on board of the ship Western Star,
fell into the hold of the vessel, and received concussion of
the brain.—On Thursday, John M'D3nald fell from the
fore yard of a vessel called the Scotland, lying in the
Union Dock, and fractured one of his ribs ; and Michael
Murray fell into the hold of the Birmingham steam-ship,
and received concussion of the brain.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning, Mr. John
Davies, master plasterer, of Hockenhall-alley, who had
some men employed in repairing the roof of the brewery
in Cheapside, went through a trap-door upon the slates,
in order to reach them. Immediately afterwards he was
found on the ground in an insensible state, having, it is
supposed, missed his footing, and fell from the roof. He
was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, but he died before
reaching there.
THE LANCASHIRE MILITIA.—A g the dey-
lieutenants of the sub division of Kirkdale was hepuld ton
Wednesday, at which it was resolved that the enrolment
of volunteers for the militia should be proceeded with
immediately. We understand that for the purpose of en-
rolling and swearing in men the deputy-lieutenants will
meet every Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday, until fur-
ther notice, at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, at one
o'clock each day.

THE " OLD HORSE TRICK" has, according to the
Preston Chronicle, been repeated this year for, probably,
the thirtieth time, at the great horse fair held in that
town. A young fellow from " o'er Wyre" had sold a
nag for £22, when he fell in with a sharper, who offered
him a " splendid" horse in exchange for the sovereigns,
with 10s. to himself, for his trouble. The bait caught,
and in place of his money the countryman found himself
with a horse worth about £4.
THE CENTENARY OF Mn, ROSCOE.—On the Bth of
March one hundred years will have passed since the birth
of William Roscoe. The Literary and Philosophical So.
ciety, over which he so long resided, have determined to
celebrate the occasion, and hapve invited the co-operation
of the other local learned societies. The Architectural
and Archteological Society, at their meeting on Wednes-
day, appointed a committee to confer with the members
of the Literary and Philosophical.
BUILDING IN LIVERPOOL —The following is a state-
ment of the number of dvvelling-houss erected in 1852 in
the parliamentary borough :—Under £l2 per annum,
223 ; £l2 to £25, 727 ; £25 to £35, 76 ; upwards of £35,
110: total, 1,136. The number erected in each rear since
11838 was as follows :-1838, 1,052; 1839, 997 ; 1840,
,570 ; 1841, 1,761 ; 1842, 2,027; 1843,1,393. 1844, 2,450;
1845, 3,728; 1846, 3,460; 1847, 1,220; 1848, 656; 1849,
446 ; 1850, 420 ; 1851, 837; 1852, 1,136: total, 23,156.
THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—The annual meeting of
the trustees was held on Tuesday, W. Brown, Esq., M.P.,
in the chair. The report of cases showed that no less than
2,620 patients had been admitted during the year, of which
1,636 had been the result of accidents, most of which had
occurred in the neighbourhood of the docks. Thanks
having been voted to the several officers, the Mayor was
elected president, and the former committee re-elected,
with the addition of Mr. Robert Horsfall ; and Dr. Thos.
Inman, who ysician. was unopposed, was elected an honorary
ph
THE GLADRTONES.—At the Oxford University election
Sir Thomas Galadstone, Bart., the right hon. candidate's
own brother
him. strangec_t_uaally went down to Oxford to vote against
regti:dtt(!n this family there should be such a
division in
political opinions. Sir John Glad-
stone, the fathear, was
anda,TerY and a Protectionist. Sir T.
Gladstone, Bart.
vizes, inherit the pripia_rain Gladstone, M.P. for De-
Robertson their arent, whilst Mr.
Robertson Gladstone and
William. Gladstone enter-
tain liberal principles. and mwer.,
volict7h.e warm supporters of
Sir Robert Peel's commercial
first exhibi io
show)f the
LONDON POULTRY Snow.--The
society established in the Metropolis for an annulln
poultry, pigeons, and rabbits, took I
were dividednto
P ace en Tuesday atn
Present
the Baker-street Bazaar. The fowls
classes, and among the prizes awarded were the
about fifty
following:—Capt. Hornby, of Knowsley Cottage,
Flails 2 ; and
panish fowls, first prize, class 1 ; third prize,
first prize class, 3 : Dorking fowls, third.prize class 4 ;
or..
first prize class 8 • Game-fowl, first prize. 111 .la w
rail, Knotty As'll-house, Liverpool, Golden-pencilled
Hamburgh, first prize.

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CONGREGATIONAL TEA PARTY.—On Monday several
members of the congregation of St. Silas's Church, Pem-
broke-place, assembled in the school-room adjoining,
for the purpose of reviewing the accounts of the past year
in support of missionary labours both at home and abroad.
The chair was taken by the Rev. Samuel Minton, incum-
bent, who congratulated them on their satisfactory results,
t:eclstated there was an increase of £2OO within the last
by the months. The meeting was afterwards addressed
the Reeev. Dr. Hume, LL.D., th
separated shortly Duck,
ten o'c vßlo.eBk.. R.
Sutton, &c., and after

STEAM NAVIGATION ACT.--Tinder the provisions of
this statute, a complaint was preferred against Messrs. J.
and R. Parry, the owners of a vessel called the Thomas
Wilson, which plied between Seacombe and Liverpool on
the
14th lan4t D
hsth d lecemb Vic. er last. and neglected, in violation of the
r.
stated
' ,u, a. 11, to take out the necessary
certificate. They stated, in defence, that their affairs
were ir, the hands of their creditors, and the magistrates,
accordingly, inflicted a mitigated penalty of ss. A similar
charge was preferred against them in the case of the Bri-
tannia, and the result was the same. The masters of the
Thomas Wilson and the Britannia were also proceeded
against, but in each instance the decision was the same.

CUSTOMS RECEIPTS AT LIVERPOOL.—The receipt of
the Customs at this port for the past year nearly ap-
proaches £3,500,000, although it falls short by about
£24,000 of the receipts of the preceding year, which is
accounted for by the annual July reduction in the rate on
sugar, and the holders of tea keeping back from payment
in consequence of the proposed reduction in the duties.
The same causes have affected the kingdom generally, as
there is a diminution of £65,687 on the aggregate customs
for the year.

TRADE WITH MOROCCO.—The Manchester Commercial
Association has received a letter from the Foreign Secre-
tary, acknowledging the receipt of a memorial from tho
Manchester Commercial Association, calling attention to
the unsatisfactory state of British trade to Morocco, and
stating in reply, that " although representations have
already been repeatedly made to the Moorish Government,
on the subject, without effect, Her Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires and Consul-General in Morocco will, neverthe-
less, be instructed to renew his representations, and, to
endeavour to induce the Moorish Government to remove
the obstructions to the developemeat of British trade with
Morocco, which are now so justly complained of."
PRIZE MEDAL.—In the shop of Mr. Broom, silver-
smith, Lord-street, may be seen a handsome medal,
awarded to Mr. Braithwaite Poole, by the council of the
Institution of Civil Engineers, in London, for the best
essay on economy in the working of railways. The com-
petitors were numerous, including many of the most emi-
nent engineers, and other scientific gentlemen. The dis-
cussion lasted three sittings, and the premium is the
highest character of any awarded. On one side is a head
of the celebrated Telford ; and on the obverse, a repre-
sentation of his greatest work, the Menai-bridge. Around
the edge is engraved, " Braithwaite Poole. Assoce.
Instn. C.E. Prize premium, 1852."
CAPTURE OF A POACHER.—On Thursday, Matthew
Robertson was charged with poaching on the preserves of
the Earl of Sefton, at Croxteth. The prisoner had had
his arm broken by the keepers, and had been conveyed to
the infirmary, from which he subsequently escaped. He
was, however, captured again on Wednesday. It ap-
peared, from the evidence of the gamekeepers, that on the
3rdinstant they were in a cover at Frenchwood, when they
saw two men, whom they subsequently lost sight of ; but,
after a short time, the prisoner was seen coming out of
the cover ; the other man had entirely disappeared.
Barnes attempted to seize the prisoner, when the latter
stepped back, and presented his fowling-piece at the keeper. Hunt promptly raised his stick and knocked the
fellow to the ground, thus, probably, saving the life of his
companion. The prisoner then received several blows
from the gamekeepers, and he was conveyed to the head
gamekeeper's house. Subsequently he was given in charge
of a sergeant of police, who found the prisoner's fowling-
piece loaded with shop and capped. He was committed
for trial at the Kirkdale sessions.

PROVIDENTIAL RESCUE.—On the 10th instant, when
near the Smalls, Captain Burn, of the screw-steamer Peli-
can, from Lisbon to this port, fell in with the brig Cale-
donia, which, during the recent gales, had been blown
from the banks of Newfoundland. Though the sea was
running very high at the time, Captain Burn managed to
put a portion of his crew on board of the Caleonia, who
fastened her to the steamer with a hawser, thde crew of
the Caledonia being too weak and exhausted to perform
this necessary act. Captain Burn at first wished them to
leave theis vessel, and come on board his steamer ; but
as they refused, he determined to take her in tow at all
hazards. They stated that the gale sprung up so sud-
denly and fiercely, that they were forced to run before
the wind across the Atlantic, with torn sails, and without
a compass ; while their small stock of provisions made
them fear that all the horrors of starvation would be
added to the other ills which had befallen them. Thanks,
however, to Captain Burn and his crew, they arrived
safely in this port, and will soon be enabled to sail again
for Newfoundland.

PAYMENT OF ADVANCE NOTES.—On Tuesday, Messrs.
Brice, Friend, and Co., owners of the barque Flying
Childers, were summoned at the Police-court for refusing
payment of an advance note. The clause in the act re-
ferring to the payment of these notes, states that they
must always be paid on becoming due, unless it is proved
that the seaman is not on board earning his wages. In
this case the defendants produced legal documents which
certified that the seaman, in whose favour the note was
given, had been committed to gaol at Queenstown by the
magistrates there, before the ten days named in the note
had expired, for refusing duty and to proceed in the ship.
The notes are made payable ten days after the vessel sails,
in order to provide against such an occurrence as that
named above. But Mr. Mansfield's decision was that the
note must be paid, so that the seaman who intends to act
fraudulently towards the shipowner may now sign articles,
obtain his advance note, and desert immediately ; and if
Mr. Mansfield's interpretation of the law is correct, it is
very necessary that an immediate alteration of it should
be made.

BRUTAL CONDUCT.—On Thursday, Mr. Owen, attor-
ney, appeared on behalf of a Chinese seaman, named Ho
Ha, to complain of a series of assaults committed upon
him by Captain Black, of the Athol, just arrived from
Sincapore. It appeared that the defendant frz.quently ill-
used and brutally beat him for the most trivial faults, oc-
casioned by his slight knowledge of the English language.
On the 6th November, the complainant had given the
sailors some bread which had been made unfit for the cap-
tain's table, and when the captain heard of it, he rushed
at the poor Chinaman and struck him with his fists several
times in the face. He then took up a whip and threatened
to flog him ; and when the poor fellow fell down on his
knees and begged him not to do so, the brutal fellow kicked
him in the face. Mr. Owen called the first and second
mates, who gave evidence of the ill-usage which the
Chinaman had received at the hands of the captain. On
the night in question the sailor threw his arms round the
neck of Mr. Wallace, the first mate, and wept for nearly
an hour. Mr. Mansfield fined the defendant £5, and
ordered him to pay the complainant's wages, withheld on
the ground of incompetency.
CONFESSION OF A MURDERER —A man named Robert
Thornley has given himself up to the police at Stalybridge,
near Manchester, on his own confession of being impli-
cated in a murder committed in 1847. He stated that at
the time he had an improper intimacy with the wife of a
man named James Brooks, at Godley, near Hyde, and
that he procured her some arsenic, at her request, which
she administered to her husband in some puddings.
Brooks died suddenly, and an inquest was held on' the
body, when the jury decided that he had died from the
effects of a hurt in the head which he had received when
working as a collier. On the strength of this statement
the woman, who married Thornley soon after the murder.
was arrested. The remains of Brooks' body were ex-
humed, and examined by Mr. Alcock, surgeon, but, as he
was unable to detect the presence of poison, the accused
was discharged. But Mr. Alcock subsequently analyzed
another portion of the remains that was less decayed ; and
he then found arsenic in large quantities. On this dis-
covery the woman was again apprehended, and Thornley
and his wife have been committed for trial at the next
Chester Assizes.
THE SHIP JOHN KNox.—The commander of the ship
John Knox has received the following gratifying testimo-
nial from the passengers on board that ship, during her
voyage from Liverpool :—" Lamlash Harbour, Isle of
Arran, January 13th, 1853. We,the undersigned, acting
on behalf of the passengers in the John Knox, which ship
left the Mersey on the Ist instant, and has encountered
an almost uninterrupted succession of adverse winds,
storm, and hurricane up to the present time, and has met
with considerable damage and disaster, are desirous to re-
cord our testimony to the untiring energy, the ability, the
kind-heartedness of our gallant commander, I'. Killes,
than whom a better man we could not wish to sail with ;
to the unwearied exertions of himself, his officers, and
crew ; to the attention and ability of our surgeon, and to
the high qualities of our ship ; for had she not also been
a very superior one, we should not have outlived the fear-
ful hurricane of the 11th instant. Signed, Wm. Whewell,
chairman, Charles Thomas Ellis, John Davis, Samuel
Howitt, William Henry Carter, W. B. Crispin, Samuel
Bryde, J. Bushby White, John Westbourne, A. H. Rudd,
Alexander Laing, John Chadwick, Richard Thompson,
James Lockey, Wm, Paton, James Henry, John Sut-
cliffe.'

TOTAL WRECK OF THE BRIG EDWARD.—TO the list of
ships which foundered during the storms of Christmas
last, may be added the brig Edward, of Liverpool, from
Carthagena, in Columbia, to Liverpool, with a general
cargo, consisting of dyewood, hides, cigars, &c. She bad
nearly reached her destination, and had taken on board a
Liverpool pilot at the Bell Buoy, when the late storms
came on, which tossed her about in the channel, and
eventually caused her to seek shelter in Ramsey Bay, with
the loss of nearly all her canvas. She rode at anchor in
the bay for about a week, with south and westerly winds ;
but on Thursday morning the wind veered to' the south-
west, and blew a heavy gale, which caused her to part
from her anchors : and having no canvas to stand to sea,
(the captain being on shore at the time), the pilot and
crew managed to run her on the beach, about two miles
and a half to the north of Ramsey. As the wind changed
to the south-west immediately after she came on shore,
and as she came on at half-tide, hopes were entertained
that she might be got off during the next tide ; but whon
the water reached it was found that she had sustained so
much injury that it would be impracticable to attempt to
get her off without first discharging her cargo. Mr. Wm.
Watkins, agent to Lloyd's, with his usual promptitude,
commenced at once discharging the cargo, and removing
it to a place of safety. On Friday the wind again changed
to the south-east, causing a heavy swell, which swept her
decks, carrying almost everything away, including one of
her masts, and drove her broadside on the beach, strain.
ing her hull so much that she is now a total wreck. As
she is full of water every tide, that part of the cargo liable
to receive damage from the same will be more or less im-
paired ; but the dyewood, being in logs, will not receive
much injury.—Mona's Herald.
INTERIOR OF ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL.---The
interior of St. George's Hall is at present crowded with a
forest of scaffolding. It is intended to line the side walls
as high as the galleries, including the balustrades, with a
Polished rose granite dado (which is now fixed), and above
with polished marbles in colours. The balustrades will
probably be of black marble. The six pairs of doors
opening into the hall have just been ordered. They will
be in bronze, the panels open-work with plate-glass intro-
duced between the inner and outer tracery (if e may so
call it). These doors will cost about £3oono a pair, or
part since the
1,800 in all. They are being manufactured by Potter,
of London, from Mr. Cockerell's designs. The ceiling of
the hall haa been entirely remodelled in the ornamental
filled with Queen's visit. The large panels are being
county
the armorial bearings of the kingdom
colours.p The, the
alatine, and the principal towns—emblazoned in
with large allegoricalthetegronups in low r9ief, in plaster. The
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affair. The centre of the ball will be sunk three steps
the gangway, which extends around. Mr. down a considerable portion of the frame-work
organ, with the bellows, wind-chests, and a portion of thete
pipes. The committee are about to contract for the case
and platform, which will cost together about
£3,000.
The bellows will be worked by a steam-engine, having
two 8-inch oscillating cylinders turning a crank, bur
without a fly-wheel, that the power may be more under
rapid control. This is probably the first application of
steam power to the production of music on record, except
the frightful railway whistle, suggestive of a train of
thought of a very different nature. The organ will be the
largest in the world—some think too large.— The Builder.