The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

"- " bombardment," an
as neither more nor less than a balloon

(Hear, hear.) The fact was, that the whole
laughing at our. gullibility: (Hear, hear.) Then as to
the absurdity-of the invention. To carry up these pro.
jeetiles of 8001h.s. weight balloons of 33 feet diameter
would be necessary;- the silk for which .alone would cost
£lOO. The large-balloon would cost £450. But Mr:
Warner proposed to let off flights of these balloons of

uch a scheme

The honourable anc

Jant membe

certificates from military ouicerb. au, a, v
Capt, Warners experiments at, the Fair-oak tree hadr been,
total failures. It had been said, "It is true the experi-
ment has failed on,shore, but at sea, with a steamer able
to sail in the-wind's eye, the result would be quite diffe-
rent." Now the dome of St. Paul's, was only 100 feet
in diameter, and that of the Paatheon 130, and seeing
that some of these balloons .must be 80 feet in diameter,

or as a stew, with bones, fish, meat, or vegetables.--Indian he should think that a steamer going in a stiff breeze, great 1 ecipient or wnat is now very genera., _
meal (which is hominy flour) makes excellent bread also,
with two or three of them triced up to her masts, would
rather
tlhriesrb
too much
Wofeith.avite
uetnowueghareofnfoetvseol.tiatryisintrtuhaet;
and is prepared exactly in the same way.—lf every body
He
respect t. We are the recipients of the mass of. Irish pau-
used but two pounds of flour in each quartern }oaf, and find it rather, awkward navigation. (Laughter.)
would engage to riddle them with spherical shells at one
made up the,,rest with hominy., meal, or rice, the little
supply of flour which remains in England would go twice thousand five hundred yards. Then, if these balloons
were lost thebombardment would prove rather expensive. pers a' //arming into England ; but we are not on. that ac-
asl3u,t2.2le_feLgtt,:.itlit.tll,vst tillff.! of count the exclusive recipients of fever-smitten Irish.
far. The rich eat homin.rand other mixed breads,and
why should ilot all classes do the same.

BRITISELASSOCIikTION FOR

A.DVANC

,SENT' OF

..,..;.—This society commenced its annual meeting,
on Wednesday, at Oxford; The first meeting of the ge-
neral committee was held in the Town-hall. The chair
was taken by Sir R. Murchison. A proposition was made be cf consunw,..., .____o
to re-unite the mechanicahwith the mathematical section, What would the noble lord thi
but, after some discussion, the mechanical section was squadron armed with thi--
permitted to have existence for at least the present ses- With respect to the invi
sion. Elam a conversation which took places it is ex- in it than the•lougrauvf
... . . . _

to be project(
back by a line
or tiv(

r shells, and to be -drawn " " „__ s,„
at the range was to be four cases found on- board the Irish packets seem to favour
the house to judge what the t assumption •that it is greatly generated here in the
Lry, and, besides, it houses to which the Irish. resort..

n, •
e would
of ltm would be:

'll unwl iolesome lodging-

lite a young

even more ri:

Le manu

.acturing towns o

of commanding a into for than in Liverpool. Manchester is full of it. In
more faith
that town additional fever hospitals have had to be pro-
ncr( vide d. Lee& has fever in abundance, and= of an. aggra-
He believed it to be,a trick, vats !cl type. Ih fact, wherever these poor destitute people
b..
Itshel
l, enormoush e had balloonsn
_
--we the

tray la to, fever is abundantly propagate(
petted that the next meeting• win take place at nwansea, and that it achieved nothing wmcn mum nut, uu Lame, wibu
as a Royal Institution fir South Wales had lately been gunpowder,.. He had thought so when he witnessed the
established in that town. . An introductory general meet-foll owing report from Warrington --
' ' THE IRISH FRVER.—This malignant disease is now
ing was held in the theatre, in the afternoon, Sir R. J. experiment' with a punt,_ and this opinion was only con-
firmed by the explosion of the John O'Gaunt. In,that rapidly spreading to almost every yard, court, and alley
Murchison, F.R.S., in, tire chair. He was supported by case Captain Warner had distinctly promised:Mr. Somes th roughout the borough. The nuisance committee and
the Marquis of Nortbacpton, the President of the Royal that the 'vessel .was to be blown up by the long- range, th cir officers have been indefatigable in their exertions in
Society.; the Prussian and. American Ministers ;- Sir T. whereas it.was. done by means of shells, a steamer, and a cl eansing and removing all nuisances throughout the
Dyke Acland, Bart, M.P. - the Earl of EnniStillen, Sir
_ ~... , tow line. Ho -could only repeat the opinion. he, had ex- tt rwnship, with the view of preventing the horrible disor-
J. .•__ T_____ _- - • ,---- ----1 4-1-‘. astounding statements of
-41er from getting to such a head as to hafflo tapairtai Ada.
Rc

ritt-n believe(

wenminary address was deli-
ionfarsyumchenatsaclhielanirucminuasithglabc,
he r.
must be mad,
and if he Mu not, aii ....,„,.,____
lie alluded to the- progress
ientific inquiry since their inclined:to the more charitable conclusion, and bel
-11 was an important as- •
human intellect had tulniaLtrhist IT penuadoer
dr
...............=----
ne universe, which had
before by the great
everal important discoveri,
,44-,„,.., At the close of the ,-
tag, it was announced.that Baron Hurnboityvvw•
to a state of conval----
The most rem_
this country is the:enorn

ris raging in its worst form-in those places
Dish lodginghouse-keepers, they still persist
with trampers of the most filthy descrip-
-1 instances the police officers have found as
'ldging in one room of very small
from this dense mass of
le the most unpleasant
Cruikshank, the relieving officer, reported
xdians, at their meeting, on Wedoes"
amodation for the patients at the fever

vercd by

- •
in which
i fflo,vays of tl

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

11 such as to

meet-

restored

,pital was now insufficient, and that. more room was
I required. The board then ordered that Messrs. Helsbf,
- - -.-
-.—A fisherman was summoned at the builders, be directed to make another new shed, of a
mrt, charged with being drunk. His wife, larger size than those already erected."
i for him, said, tb- ' -hen he was sober, he Another_ from Rochdale:— Typhus and ti
- - '
-orld ; but when he are very: prevalent in Rochdale and 4-'
dow.what he was do- On Monday two deaths occurre'
ened ss. and costs, when his wife, loving from. fever, will
aid " You must take me for it, for he's gone out
p.. P. Irish. lodging-house.
shiny." erected_on a large spact.
ywjeusshtioceuidmimorperoevsesr,utp
Barley l-0,002 CELLAR RESIDENCES.—A number of,individuals were a short distance from the town.•
pcoltl,isthoantl
Oats 18,962
Peas 1,371 summoned. at the Birkenhead police-eourt on Tuesday,
°Onthseirtran4gdere%rae, tnheoffaLctivtherai
for infringing the provisions of the Birkenhead Improve-
Beans
Indian corn 111,370 The magistrates granted a week in order to give the par- as existing
And the aggregate imports in each week for the last two ties time to clear their cellars ; and on the expiration of
parts of .-
months hase.averaged upwards of 800,000 quarters. On that term they will be subjected to .a fine of ss. per day so
oorn.h,
the other hand, the quantities of grain received from the long as the are let as habitations. 'No less- than is r
farmers are smaller than were ever known at any former nine persons were found in one cellar.
-eased
EMI3EZZLEMENT AND ROBBERY. _IN LONDON.-011

larged with stealing three'
.essrs. Woodward and Co

)arrels of flour, I

extent to

ourhood

great f

g was-oneof- the, quietest m(
pool fellow, he

in the
I not k

I in one house in Castleton
he low

zot_dru

4i the parties had catigl

is into the United

Fever ward; hay(
.1 of

tely been

aste ground at C

keyshavf,

3M had t

quarter

veekly returns-give evidence,
not to be met with in those
chiefly resorted to by visitors

which nQt.

828 was

period since the law of 1

The following
quantitie; between the last week Sat
iek in the two last years :
e 290 Morkei
price is regzdated

Soloman -V

~ was charged

is a corny
and the (
Grain ref

risoi-,1 of j

with having embezzled the sum. of

and stolen ten
)r and draper, of

sold in th

is by which the ave

property of Mr. Forger, t

Same week
in 1846. •

that Of Mr. I

Regent-street. • The principal,ev.w.„
Daniel Graetis, who stated, that, in consequence of Oh.
prisoner having suddenly decamped from the establish-
ment in London, lie followedlim to Liverpool, and found
that he had taken a berth on board a ship called the Mary
-q.sant, bound for some foreign port. Ihe prisoner
„is were found in his
'ton ordered that he should, be

handsome,. and
Mr. George Ho,han4

Last week
.. 31,364

was taken into custody and the cc

The contrast thus shown is very

Iforatng possession. Mr. R
taken to London iu custody of an officer
TonAcco.—John Burns

Chronicle
DESTRi.

was, on We

SMUGGLIN(

PACKET-SHIP BY AN ICEBERG.-
-h-e,--- lalia, belonging to St. Sebastian, day, brought before the mt.
-ie on her passage irom Havannah to Galway, was over- , smuggling tobacco.—On Th
whelmed by an iceberg. She had 37 passel', "
-,nv of whom were.women) on board, with a en.
as a fine looking vessel
and was laden with a
Her voyage was favour
iorth.

pack,,*-ship E

tes, and -fined £lOO, for
ay, Win. Henry. Frans,

Ts (a great steward on board the ship Columbus' from Peru,—
-w of 16, was convicted in. the penalty of £lOO, for sinugglint6
argue lbs. of snuff and ln lbs. of cigars, and, on Friday, John
go of Morris, a passenger in the ship Liverpool, from New
-.tole till York, was brought up at the Police-court charged with
west, when smuggling tobacco. It appeated, from the evidence, that
wed on the there were three barrelsf and. half barrel of Indian flour in
1 "IE . oh the prisoner claimed as

dud],
Teed. 300 ton

rthen
us articles.

21st of May. The master, observ- the vessel, marked a. m., Av.... ..... ~... —_ _______
... state of the ice, bore the ship round, and his, and sought to land, but suspicion arising in some way,
~,,au to clear it, but this was found impossible, and the barrels were removed by the custom-house officers,
wont nine o'clock a tremendous iceberg struck the ship 'and, on being opened, 100 lbs. of Cavendish tobacco was
amidships, cutting her down to the water's edge. The diseovered
n iner,an d two of
he them
was finedpas-
sengers were painfully great. Not a moment was lost in INFonmArioN Rubinson THE BUILDING ACT.—On Wed-
lowering the boats, and placing the passengers in them; nesday, Mr. John, ono of the building survey-
ofrfo
from
the
h4ethm
mode
edcet iaodno op
tf
etdh
be
yb ut
hi led idnegf
defendant
a.
ntl;nbaunt-,
pumps being sounded, the ship was found to ors, appeared in support of an information against Mr.
g. The crew lingered on board at the pumps Thomas Stanley; for building an addition to the outer
trr a re
could
ltdo p tubs:
.a hopes of keeping her afloat, but were compelled to wrealilnoisfeshwiserheoupseer,feicntllyVsielbcruarhea,man-sdtrieloetd,
acnogne
.:Alce a hasty retreat, the ship reeling over on her beam PsirbolNy'isai:ins:
ends and instantly sinking. Two boats, containing the ewer to a question by tho bench, Mr. Robinson said the
captain, 14 of the crew, and 14 passengers, succeeded in P
-etting clear of the wreck, but the third, with 20 persons
~st of whom were women, was drawn down with according to the oath he hoda taken, there was no other
.ssel, and every soul perished'. The boat, it appeared, course open to oat but ay the information. After
passengers but as no danger could possibly arise from the alteration
was fastened to the wreck by a rope, which the crew, in hearing the case, Mr. Rushton said the defendant had
their fright, fearing the ship was sinking, had forgotten to been guilty of an informality, so far as regarded the act,
unship, and it was impossible to cut it, the
day, at he had made the case would be dismissed. Mr. Robinson
having no pro:,)er implement. On the following
five o'clock in the evening, the remaining boats were did right in
the
the information; and should act in a
picked up by the schooner Newport. The loss of the similar manner in all future eases, and allow the magis-
Eulalia and cargo is estimated at P. 5,000, trates to deal with them,

morning of Friday, the

for. on the
be fast fillit

in it, In(