The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-18 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

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TE BIRICENILEA.D Gas and Water Company have I
tomeH to the determination of reducing their charge from
s. Bd. to ss. 10d. per 1,000 cubic feet.
AT CHESTER. CHEESE FAIR, on Saturday week, there
Was scarcely so large a supply as is customary. The de-
bland was not brisk, but the whole was sold in the course
of the day at a decline of about ss. per cwt.
AT CHESTER CATTLE FAIR, on 'Monday, there was an
Immense supply of all kinds of stock, and a large attend-
ance of buyers. Beef was sid. to 6d., mutton7d.,.
and fat pigs fild. per lb. At these rates a great deal of
business was done.
Tun C.tnxenvozr HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS have de-
tetniined to put up tide gauges, one at the Carnarvon Bar,
another at the pier-head, and a third at Beaurnaris. A
fourth is to be placed at the Straits. Self-registering
gauges for high and low water are also to be supplied.
L CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.-Traffie for
Rithe Week ended October 9, 1853 :-Railway : Passengers,
_reelS' &e., £2,998 Os. 7d.
' • goods, R 1,410 19s. Od.
--''',,m-boats:
corn £l6B 16s. 3d. Total, £4,907 15s. 10d. Increase
as pared with the corresponding
•week last year,
t 1,207 6s. 4d.
Lin.EATH BY LIGHTNING, -A fatal accident from light-
u_g °eou on Saturday, at a farm house, called Henne-
in-',L4n, nearßeddgelert. North Wales. Two children be-
'ng to the family were gathering wood amongst the
iirees surrounding the house, when a storm came on.. Th.e.
.05, about 14 years of age, was struck by the electric fluid
sitand killed instantaneously. His sister, who stood close be-
him, escaped without injury.
delivered Jonzes Scnoors.-On Friday the Rev. Dr. Hume
IJohn's ved an interesting and ably-prepared lecture, at St.
ia Seh°6l.re*ln3 Oliver-street, Birkenhead, on Austrai aef.Fiving a sketch of the gold colonies from their firs
tertil4 enient in 1787 to the present time, and illustrating
:°llsm 0,,,,,f his address by a valuable and well-selected
ten -''
-41 P rising many of the warlike and domestic
Trazsments of the abo__ ~ricines of Australia.
men af2l:tt..h.'4L.--On Wednesday upwards of forty work-
-shire, and cit•—• e°mected with the Birkenhead, LanPa:
at the W 1 •
e luigton Hotel, Birkenhead,
eshire Junction Railway Company assembiea
Presenti
for the purpose of
BPect fori:ligct Mr' Edward Rowlands a tribute of their re-
about to urtas a master and brother official, he being.
-eons. t embark in another pursuit. The testimonial
is ed of a r; .1.1
tu_he value 9f 42-I.IY-chased andhandsome gold watch, of
'''.n, ot laverpoomenanufactured by Messrs. Hornby and
Cittartra
81geed L E* -- The following commissions have
Royalbee n
lure uYm.,,t.he L"----'l-• Lieutenant.-lst Regiment
.of
2acl b re--•ltia.-. Leigh, jun. Esq. late Captain in the
baell:egi'l meat of 11"agoon Guards, to be Major ; W. Sand-
C• "'lit, to be Ensign •J. C. Palin, Gent., to b
E. :oPiletond
igli.
2n Regimentof yal. Cheshire Militia. .-Iseut.
, from Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia,
oi' i: Lieutenant ; Lieut. J. G. Heap, from Ist Regiment_
Ilano,..3ll,,ebesbire Militia, to be Lieutenant ; Ensign T... E.
to he `l,; from Ist P‘e inent of Royal Cheshire Militia,
C -Ils'gil ; E. Reddish, Gent., to be Ensign.
dioIsoLLEGE AT NEW BRIGRTON.-The large and commo-
stabkorea tusetweelantels known as the Royal Hotel, on the
P-gremont and :New Brighton, has. been
eah,t_o!i a long lease by the Rev. Dr. Poggi, who will ac-
to remove from Seacombe. It will be converted
thein:44eallege and a preparatory school for classics, mat-
in f„n'es, and sciences, which, however, cannot bepu
alreal Operation before January next, as the alterationse
The Y begun „i%
'ill not be completed before that
.nn .
Lion, P.,renuses are extensive, and, from their healthy situa-
ehtiTa6oeni well adapted for the purpose intended.
e, APBECTING FAREWELL.-The beautiful parish
the 2nd f Allford, near Chester, presented, on Sunday,
been instant a scene of peculiar interest. It has long
dearth source of deep regret to his parishioners, that the
of the
eeline Rev. Francis Brandt was alarmingly on the
convi,-44. Of late Mr. Brandt has become impressed with a
app -I,:_ein that the period of his devoted labours was
Broaching
on its termination, and he has felt a strong
Pulpit. -41ee more to address his parishioners from the
stippe,4_,lo enable him to indulge that wish, he was
and.de ?„,-c",l up to the ul it on Sunday week, whence he
ace--" a most affectiponapte farewell address to a crowded
haginelnAL.) congregation. Many of the congregation,
reinZ4, ig Mq and Marchioness of Westminster,
InnZied to receive once more at his hands the holy corn-
/3"4"11.--Chester Courant
Iteth,:_eoA-1, TRADE IN WALES.-A. more prosperous and
rera, e 6-'l3Oll for the Welsh coalfields was scarcely ever
1443',11L-fe4.._ • The whole of the great works are in full
Kith to
Ain Many places the supply is not commensurate
-negates 'el:nand• The prices realised are very good ;
Cf fnr house coal are- also high, and there are no
ills, trio: rrTheduction. More colliers are required in some
vses a The use of the anthracite coal for marine pur-
thr dePDen, rs likely to open a wide field for the still.fur.-
l'ali, ty veloPraent of the • eral treasures of the inci-
,iook imoYhe Great Britain, on her outward passage,
I,_'eries,-7,t4iis of anthracite from the Saundersfoot col
tgati! deeiall" CaPtain Mathews, wrg from
x ecta-
„"°/I.s. ited that it answers the most sanguine p
being
St. Vicent,
vratti e fitness of anthracite for ocean steamers is
. ilinZ.and satisfactorily tested. .
ttill Of th.elt4,_]) TOWN-TIALL..-.At the adjourned meet-
e was re.,"liroenhead Commission ,
~.
Commissioners on Tuesday, a let-
Ztailla
~,a parties m Mr. Townsend,. pereofpoksiendg,inonHbaemilhaltfenof.
mitt e' by ;to purchase a piece
to plans sub-
the e y ty.ublic building, according
of
the h.,erainiasirirs. Cole and Hornblower, for the use
8 rtit""rties ,4.0•41,er5. The committe had resolved that if
reoongistratwiud provide, in addition,.accommodation for
at £3 lend thaffice, town-hall, and brideeewell, they would
trelail°
at
at,siloard to take a fourteen years' lease of it
h %%N78 a-'olm power being taken to pure. ase the
the to altitid -attire time. The chairman wished the
ellagNlrt Of A,r erstand that it was not a positive. offer on
a foihe.
4.that r• Townsend and the Commissioners to pur-
After-,-stud-c• ..- It might be more difficult to carry out
kr some project now than it was six weeks ago.
It "litgll-7'u,,Ussion the Board agreed, on the motion of
the 4 stated
a'`' that the offer be good only for six months.
hZ4....Jorksi,,_e that the new boat had..a been eel;
3n, insuredoo o .l withwawas
tfiN that Insurance Company I r
b' Int6:1" a Premium of £lOO should be offered for the
(elitge.' °f another new boat.
kahtile IT 'lluAs3 Docx ACTS.-At the adjourned meeting
Chair-
tc, Istrlrk 711h...?..ad Commissioners, on Tuesday, the
'''G th ' u• -ti. Greene submitted a
e'llso •at all th • • k head be
resolution to the
be lidatt.„, _ e existi4 acts relating to Bir en. t
taLcapitai.-.., that the present bonded debt and mteres.
--.ced debt ect ; and that they pay interest on such cap-
lieees.sa_ at the rate of 3} per cent. To do this it was
'Tat ally that the ferry should be completely paid for ;
`.eaeri,-.tile landed property belonging to the. commis-
Profit -hr kklld ; and that, in case the township rates and
Lilth;totildtbhe ferry were not sufficient to make 3i- per cent.,
•,,elua,
_.lhade up by a guarantee rate, not to exeed
th. 71111114 the pound. On this it had
Watson, move_din the
-.4 no e, as an amendment, by Mr. and carried,
rateable or real
r,opephs Proposition for laying a tax upon
"ltkip,--1- be sanctioned in any financial scheme. r, -...,an
i01u.., now said that he should recommend that his
?4ek ‘''_'°ll, and the amendient oef
financialposition of the
Nl:° .a committee, to take tb ui
He felt satisfied
- D into consideration and report.
jet,kh.,'" far as the bondholders were coernceeernn.e.d,they
guaranteed,would
',,1i5t`,.,.. to get three-and-a-half 13 . t
F of five hi unce m
rta payments. Mr.
illilii per cent.
tti moved that the matter be referred to the
atiNaLlee Committee, with a
.recommendation to them. to
into the general subject
ti' tl,_`tkt a sub-committee, to go.
%,11e, finances of the township. Mr.. Whittingham se-
l'aiv'n the motion. Mr.
_Watson said he did not disap-
,,, st,,,°f the chairman's scheme, but he decidedly objected
.444tazation on the property of the township, and he
ttl;ot h' therefore move substantively that the board do
-`oa!-I'rove of any' financial scheme which involves taxa-
d, 4'4,, • Ilughes seconded the motion. The Chairman i
'lld 'ell-eighths of the landowners of the township
401 • -ii'e th • .
'll, naustieo heir sanction to the proposal, and they would
deiseY had
..„...._ to the bondholders if they let the matter drop.
i)o.--' and 1-'4l' added £60,000 to the arrears of their
te--itiork
Loin'a 4 feN Years, at this rate, they would see the
n ,t14,:.14,the
hnrishi, n stand ti, would be placed.
Birkenhead were
was
w,er, they' and he --4 the prospeca; of
wait a while,
see.:4t, Wrelight r,c4.thenght they ought to
--`4 bi- 1,,,.11t a ra,_--" only be able to pay 3ibits per
'LEI it - -Q4lll> the on the inhabitants. The Chairman ta,,, Was ene .tey
ph,Were yearly adding to the debt, and
e
the-7, 4,,,,_°0 Of heirt-v reMoved they never
ni ent-44a,_, e that "'llsbiP one penny. If, coonultdherede_montrraovrye:
.aced "'Le, or thul._ genient, in a few years the p
at r, b--'and so n! .ghting and watching rate,
tents.
sl,atson - ''' equival nt b given to the inhabitan .
migiht.be re-
eqZses •t ei;i°lltelided that thee bondholders hadnot the.
114;,°11,111.7e17nP0n them. After a very discursive
*ervil that itla's°ll withdrew his motion, on theexpla-
tilbee e°llfi ed"ould be virtually carried if the proceedings
I.'
1114tter - ()n a div* ion the motion for rerring
l'roceetunlvas defeated by isa
'only of six to four; and
Illaj
14 of the Finance Committee were confirmed.
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be af
;ni the v et Produce of the Revenue of Great_
ias2 'ears and Quarters ended the 10th of
e thereof. and 1853, showing the Increase or

TII.E REVENUE.

YEA S
ENDED OCTOBER 10.
1852. 1853. Incr. D
Eats eer.
tottla
lt.ae • '• 1
41p8 8.7 13,510 19,075,029 361,519 ?tea • 13,370,305 13,743,073 372,768
6,099,717 6,576,089 476,372 ....
Ofk 3,143,892 3,171,051 27,159
0,409,355 5,613,546 204,191
414ceikrtds 996000 1,041,000 45,000 ....
ktPrest, tolls 220,000 402,888 182,888 .
,fl,4yna ate 292,295 182,262 110,033
Aclv et 8 608,670 742,550 133,880 ....
I°th 4q3, Dll -
1) 14 ,6e 3 1,529,681 618.008 ....
edUtte°4le
.it e deerz,_765,417 52,077,169 2,421,785 110,033
e a e
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--.. • on
e year .
2,311, 7 52
CItTARTER ENDING OCTOBER 10.
1
gusto 1852• 1853. ------_____—_____--
'4ls'
£ Incr. Decr.x
.0
Time. •' • • 5.036 809 5 157 476 120,667 •••• •
;thkek.. •'• 4,303,755 4,309,229 5,474 •• • •
o .. • • 1,529421 1,628,163 98,742
29,996
~q at PerkY ..i,;,',. 159,215 129,219 •• • •
1144 `•1,,,15 f,e -.• 1,915,581 1,940,048 24,467 %vow
;,. 261,900 236,000 —• • ''''
OresTleol3: 40,000 50,000 10,000 •• • •
Nta , 8,, 17 799 40,199 22,400 •• • •
i;vile/it-'' 137,996 121757 .. .. 16'239
tr, f Nre; 234,042 441,254 207,212 •• • •
"44 I • • • •
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lh .•et b -,,:n5,,u05,618 14 053 345 488,962 71,235
'etea -.va'Se• ... " 71 235 ....
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n 14,, mil) atter .
.... 417,72, •• • •
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to for the
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.day, Gen.
issued an
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SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE

MISCELLANY.

THE CHANNEL FLEET, under Admiral Corry, arrived
at Spithead on Saturday morning.
THE WYVERN YACHT sailed on Saturday week from
Falmouth for Melbourne, Lord Alfred Churchill and Cap-
tain Cathcart intending to proceed. after visiting Australia,
to the China Seas, calling at Rajah Brooke's presidency.
THE QUEEN has presented £lOO in aid of the dimi-
nished funds of the Royal National Institution for the
Preservation of Life from Shipwreck—an assistance the
society is represented to be much in need of, from the calls
upon its funds during the season of equinoctical gales.
THE YACHT of Mr. Peto, M. P., left Christiana a little
before the late gale, and she has not since been heard of.
Among the gentlemen who were on board when she left
Christiana was the celebrated Mr. George Bidder.
THE AFRICAN Steam-ship Company's screw-steamer
Charity arrived at Madeira, in six days eighteen hours
from Plymouth ; an excellent passage, considering the
very heavy gales she encountered on the 25th and 20th
ult.,. and her being very deeply laden.
NEW YORK AND NEWFOUNDLAND SUBMARINE TELE-
GRAPH.—It is stated that the first experiment of sub-
merging a submarine telegraph between St. John's (New-
foundland), and New York, which was intended to form
the first link in the chain of a great submarine cable across
the Atlantic, has been a failure.
THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE.-oWhig to the competionl
of a number of vessels on the Clyde, lately, and a paucity
of fresh orders, the shipbuilders find that they now can
get plenty of men. A reduction in the price of wages
amongst carpenters, joiners, rivetters, &c. is therefore
being looked forward to.—Glasgow Citizen.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.—Upwards 44,000 tons of new
shipping were launched last week from the building yards
on the Wear. A very noble ocean steamer was also
launched on the Tyne. She is for the Australian Company.
Two of the vessels launched on the Wear were large clip-
pers for the Australian trade. There are 82 new vessels,
mostly of large tonnage, on the stocks on the banks of the
Wear; about 20 iron vessels, the greater portion of them
large ocean steamers, on the stocks, in building yards on
the Tyne.
THE NEW GRAVING DOCK in course of construction at
Southampton, and which will accommodate steamers of
4,000 or 5,000 tons, is rapidly progressing. A large
portion of the invert and side walls is already built, the
excavations being nearly concluded. The first key-stone
of the floor of the dock was laid on Thursday. The con-
tractors, Messrs. Baker and Sons, of Loudon, are under
engagement to complete the whole of the works by the
Ist of March next. The length of the dock is 400 feet,
with gates 80 feet wide.
THE BRAZILEIRA. arrived at Bahia on the 15th Sept.
after a splendid passage of twenty-one days and a half,
including stoppages, being the quickest passage on record,
either by steam or sailing vessel, a circumstance alike
creditable to the ship and commander, Captain D. Green.
The Argentina arrived at Rio de Janeiro, after a passage
of thirty-one days, or, less nine days stoppages at Lisbon,
Madeira, St. Vincent, Pernambuco, and Bahia, twenty-two
days' actual steaming and sailing. Both these vessels
were built on the Mersey, and engines made in Liverpool,
and their performances so far augur well for the eventual
success of the company they belong to.
DEPARTURE FOR AUSTRALIA..—The British built ship,
Aerolite, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s
" Black Ball" line of packets, took her departure on Wed-
nesday afternoon, with about 70 passengers, and a very
valuable cargo, for Melbourne. So highly was this ship
thought of, that lair quantities of goods were refused by
her owners, there being no room for them. She obtained
£6 per ton freight to Melbourne wharf. There is every pro-
13.19ility she will do everything to maintain the reputation
01-British shipbuilders. Another splendid vessel for the
gold regions—the ship Mooresfoot, belonging to Messrs.
Pilkington and Wilson's " White Star" line, took out 430
adult passengers and a full cargo.
THE ERICSEION.—The caloric ship Ericsson is lying at
the dock of Messrs. Hogg and Delamater's works, foot of
North Thirteenth-street, New York. This is the difference
between the present and former engines of the Ericsson.
The regenerator, in a different form, but acting on pre-
cisely the same principles, and with, it is presumed.
precisely the same effect for good or ill, is retained, and
continues to be relied on as the chief economic feature.
This is the fundamental feature of the caloric engine, and
the supposition that it had been given up would be equi-
valent to supposing the caloric engine an obsolete idea,"
which is yet far from being the case.—American Journal.
STEAM TO THE ADRIATIC.—A new line of screw steam-
ers has been established between this port and Trieste,
the communication between the two places having, up to
the present time, been performed in a very unsatisfactory
manner, principally by Austrian vessels, which are far too
slow for the rapidity of commercial transactions in the
present day. The line, which belongs to Messrs. John
Bibby, Sons and Co., will consist of the following vessels :
—Danube, Rhone, Euphrates, Tigris, and Amazon. The
Danube, the first of the line, arrived here from the
Clyde, on Wednesday, where she has been built by
Messrs. J. and G. Thompson. She is 1,000 tons -bur-
then, and has engines 160-horse power. She is a very
fine model, is barque-rigged, with painted ports, and
cream-coloured funnel. She has accommodation for forty
first-class passengers, and sixteen in the second cabin.
Her passage from the Clyde to this port, though performed
against strong head-winds, was highly satisfactory, and
accomplished in 18 hours ; but, from the Cloch light to
the Cumbraes light, she ran 16 miles in 59 minutes. The
other vessels are building in the Clyde.
SHIP LAUNCH.—On Monday a magnificent ship, named
the Crest of the Wave, was launched from the yard of
Mr. William Pile, North-sand, Monkwearmouth, for
Messrs. Brice, Friend, and Co., of Liverpool, by whom she
is intended for the Australian and China trades. She is
classed A 1 at Lloyd's for thirteen years. Her extreme
length is 200 feet, breadth 32 feet, and depth of hold 20
feet; tonnage 800 N.M., 925 O.M. Her model is original,
and she is fully expected to equal, if not excel, in sailing
qualities any American or English ship afloat. She is
timbered with English oak, planked with East India teak,
and is thoroughly copper-fastened throughout. Her height
between-decks is seven feet, and her timbers are ventilated
by fifty-eight air ports. The lower deck is intended to be
fitted up in a commodious style for passengers, and is
thoroughly ventilated. The front of the poop is of polished
teak, finished with a moulded arch, beneath which are ten
windows of plate glass. Its length is 65 feet, and there
are double berths arranged on each side of the saloon, each
berth being about 6i feet in length, and 7i in breadth.
Her figurehead is a scroll supported by two tritons, in the
front of which is a shield, emblazoned with a mythological
representation of the Crest of the Wave. On the stern
are the arms of the town of Liverpool, executed by Mr.
Lindsay. She is commanded by Captain John Steele, who
has an interest in the ship, and is well known.—Sunder-
land Times. _ _

STATISTICS OP WRECHS.—The following is the awful
summary of 1850 :—The wrecks of British and foreign
vessels on the coast and in the seas of the United Kingdom
were 681. Of these 277 were total wrecks ; sunk by
leaks or collisions, 84; stranded and damaged so as to re-
quire to discharge cargo, 304 ; abandoned, 16 ; total
wrecks, &c., 681; total lives lost, 784. In the year 1851
the wrecks on our coast were 701. Of these, 353 were
total wrecks, or sunk, or abandoned, and 348 stranded and
damagd so as to require to discharge cargo. The number
of lives lost (so far as could be ascertained) was 750. The
most disastrous portion was the month of September ; and
in the heavy storm of the 25th and 26th of that month 117
vessels were stranded, while during the whole month the
number amounted to 153, or more than five a day ; thus
affording additional proof of the necessity for making the
utmost efforts to avert so much calamity. But the past
year, 1852, has far exceeded in respect to shipwrecks the
two former periods in amount and fatality, no less than
1,100 vessels having been wrecked on the shores of the
British isles, and the number of lives lost (as far as could
be ascertained) being about 900. The greatest havoc took
place about the latter end of October and the beginning of
November. In this interval no less than 600 ships sought
refuge in the Humber. Many more, however, could reach
no shelter ; and thus m the course of a few days the un-
precedented number of 300 vessels were lost or damaged,
with the fearful loss of life of 217 lives. The greater part
of this terrible work of destruction took place on the east
coast of England, off Flamborough Head.

THE AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP

" GOLDEN AGE."

Txr new steam-ship Golden Age, D. D. Porter, of the
United States' Navy, commander, arrived in Liverpool, from
New York, on Wednesday last, bringing with her 170
passengers. From previous announcements as to the
superior build and admirable machinery of this vessel,
much curiosity was naturally excited, and as soon as her
arrival became fully known considerable numbers" of
spectators were on the qui vine to catch a look of her. In
the general appearance of her hull, she bears a great
resemblance to the Collins' line of steamers ; and, although
rising to a considerable height out of the water, she
appears to sit well and work easily. On a close inspection,
she is seen to be of good symmetry, and, notwithstanding
an apparent stiffness in some of her lines, she presents a
pleasing appearance; the sharpness of her fore mould and
cut-water, together with the sweep of her general propor-
tions, giving her the indication of being a swift sailer. Allu-
sion has already been made to the altitude of hull she
displays above the water line ; this is mainly occasioned
by having the chief portion of her machinery above deck,
or at all events above the water line, whereas in British
ships the machinery is nearly all below that line. Taking
advantage of the height required for the play of the
machinery, a considerable portion of her cabin accommo-
dation is placed above what may be called the main deck,
including in that accommodation the dining saloon and
principal cabin. The singularity of her external aspect is
farther increased by the absence of a bowsprit, on account
of which her fore rigging is necessarily confined within
the forecastle, giving a somewhat stunted and abrupt
appearance to her general outline, which is not obviated
by the fact that her masts and rigging are low, although
smartly trimmed and beautifully arranged. Her paddles
are large, being 35 feet in diameter, with a water-face 11
feet in length; this, althoughVio doubt adding consider-
ably to her breadth, is nevertheless productive of great
motive power. Before leaving the subject of her outward
appearance, it may not be amiss to state that her paddle-
wheels are placed far aft, the mainmast rising between the
paddle-boxes, while her funnel is considerably in front of
that. Her figure-head is a remarkably well-executed copy
of the well-known and admired " Bolognese Mercury,"
life-size, the figure being white, the Queens and the
ancle and helmet-wings gilded ; the centre of each paddle-
box is ornamented by a shield charged with the armorial
devices of the United States; her stern is rounded, and
her whole length is marked by a white moulding. Her
outward decorations are in good taste, sufficiently mas-
sive to tell upon the general outline, without interfering
with the completeness of the design.
As we have already stated, the antecedents and the ap-
pearance of the Golden Age gave promise of high class
performances, and these have not belied expectation. She
performed the whole voyage from New York to Liverpool
in eleven days and nine hours, under trying and difficult
circumstances, her progress being impeded for five whole
days by strong head winds, notwithstanding which she
made the excellent run of 310 miles in one day, and 308
miles in another. The passage was a rough one, yet the
gallant ship behaved admirably, and, we understand, that
had her machinery been put to its full test, she could
have come across in a considerably shorter space of time.
The comfortable qualities of the ship, as a sea-going vessel,
will be best judged by the following resolutions, which

were unanimously adopted by the passengers, and presented
to Captain Porter on his arrival in the Mersey :—" That,
for the equal excellence of her model, her machinery, her
general equipments, and consequent sea-going qualities,
also for her convenience and unusual ease of motion, we
consider the steam-ship Golden Age an unrivalled speci-
men of naval architecture; that the table, the attendance,
and the domestic discipline of this ship are faultless; and
that the officers of every grade are worthy of the high
opinion we entertain of them ; and that Captain Porter
especially, whether for his intelligence, for his unaffected
kindness of manner, or for his unrivalled seamanship,
stands unsurpassed in our maritime experience."
As to her interior fittings and convenience, this vessel
cannot be surpassed. The dining-saloon, the entrance
to which is direct from the gallery, is placed on what may
be called the main-deck. It is a spacious and beautiful
apartment, luxuriously furnished, and its fittings are in
excellent taste. Its side walls are panelled in richly
polished satin-wood, inlaid with rosewood mountings.
Along the two sides of the saloon there are ranges of well-
furnished and commodious state-rooms, numbering twenty-
six in all. The entrances to these are flanked by slender
rosewood pillars, arranged in pairs, each pillar having an
ornamented and gilt capital ; each pair of these pillars is
surmounted by an elaborately carved truss, picked out in
white and gold, the centre of each truss being occupied by
a torso-figure representative of America, coloured, as the
heralds would say, "proper." The ceiling is panelled in
plain white, with little attempt at ornamentation, the
whole of which is confined to a slight scroll, in gold, at the
end of each panel. The settees are of luxuriant elegance
of design, and are covered with richly figured cheneille ;
the floor cloth and other appurtenances of this saloon are
also richly coloured, and the coup d'ceil is suggestive of
comfort combined with elegance. The main saloon is of
the same dimensions as that above described, and is situ-
ated immediately above it. It is lighter and less elaborate
in its furniture and fittings, but has an airy, cool, and sa-
lubrious aspect; it has a range of state rooms on each side,
amounting to 38 in all ; two of these are extra, or family
state-rooms, each being fitted up with much elegance, and
an eye to comfort. They are furnished each with a beau-
tiful settee, covered with orange silk damask, the furniture
being tastefully tinted in pale pink and gold, while the
bed hangings are of white lace. These extra rooms are
placed a-mid-ships, one on each side. Under one of these
is the captain's room, and under the other that of the
chief officer, each of these latter-named rooms commanding
a full view of the ship's head. The second cabin dormi-
tories are placed under the dining saloon. They are plen-
tifully lighted, roomy, and well ventilated, and contain
214 berths. Those of the third cabin are under the fore-
deck, and comprise 460 sleeping berths. The whole of
the interior arrangements of this vessel, including the
steward's and cooking departments, are very complete, and
give full assurance of comfort to her passengers on the
long and interesting voyage she has been built to undertake.
The boilers of the Golden Age, two in number, are each
42 feet long and 16 feet wide ; they are fired at each end,
with the funnel in the middle, and are furnished with
what are called double return flues : an arrangement which
is understood to generate a large quantity of steam, with
a comparatively small expenditute of fuel. Her cylin-
der is 85 inches in diameter, with a 12-feet stroke.
She is estimated at 1,000 horse-power, and is of 2,800 tons
burthen, In ordinary steaming, as tested by her first
voyage, the Golden Age consumes 40 tons of coal per day ;
and under pressure it is supposed she will burn 50 tons of
coal in twenty-four hours.
The Golden Age, which is to sail early next month, is
one of the " Golden" line of packets, between Liverpool
and Australia, under the management of Messrs. Miller
and Thompson, of this town. The vessel is in all respects
admirably found. She is furnished with life-preservers
for every passenger ; and the most ample, as well as
efficient regulations are adopted in case of accident by fire.
On completing her voyage to Australia, she will, we un-
derstand, be put on the line which runs between Sydney and
Panama. Her supplies of provisions are on the most
liberal scale, and include an abundant amount of live
stock. From our own brief experience of Captain Porter's
urbanity and politeness, as well as those of the other
officers; and from the established reputation of Messrs.
Miller and Thompson as shipping agents, we are inclined
to augur very favourably of the comfort and attention
passengers by the Golden Age will experience on their voyage.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1853•

•
BANKRUPTS.—WiIIiam Salmon, Ma nchester.leather-seller,
Oct. 23, Nov. 15, at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District
Court of Bankruptcy: solicitors, Mr. Jones, Quality-court,
Chancery-lane ; and Mr. Makinson, Manchester ; official
assignee, Mr. Pott, Manchester.—Ann Ssuart Burns, Liver-
pool, hosier, Oct. 20, Nov. 11, at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool
District Court of Bankruptcy: solicitors, Messrs. Sole, Tur-
ner, and Turner, Aldermanhury ; and Mr. Dodge, Liverpool ;
official assignee, Mr. Bird, Liverpool.—Samuel Cooper. Read-
ing, and Brighton, builder.—Moses Draper, High-street,
Southwark, and Ramsgate, straw bonnet maker.—Charles
Seagrim, Winchester, solicitor.—James Glasscock, Coleman-
street, New North-road. Islington, and elsewhere, baker.—
John Mansfield, Lyme Regis, shipbuilder.
DIVIDENDS.—Oct. 24, J. and J. Heywood, Liverpool, pro-
vision merchants.—Nov. 7, T. Hilliar, Birkenhead, scrivener.
PAYMENT or DIVIDENDS.—J. Leader. Liverpool, joiner,
second div. of 90, and first div. of Is 9d, on new proofs; J.
Casson, Liverpool, corn merchant, first div. of 9s 4id on ac-
count of first and second div. on new proofs; J. Breaken-
ridge, Liverpool, tailor, first div. of 7s 6d, on account of first
div. of lOs on new proofs; J. J. Hance, Liverpool, broker,
first div. of 6d; E. Ridley. Liverpool, tailor, first div. of
4s 2id,—on Wednesday, Oct. 26, or any subsequent Wed-
nesday, at Mr. Morgan's, Liverpool.—S. and W. T. Clough,
St. Helen's, Lancashire, alkali manu'acturers, final div. of
5-32 d; third div. of is 2d on the separate estate of S. Clough;
and second div. of 4s 6d on the separate estate of W. T.
Clough ; T. Mucklow, Duke's-row. New-road, agent, second
div. of 50 ; J. M'Coskrie, Liverpool, merchant, first city. of
3d; J. and J. Heywood, Liverpool, provision merchants, first
div. of 20s on the separate estate of James Heywood; W.
Gore, Liverpool,. wheelwright, first div. of 5d R. Carr, Holy-
head, licensed victualler, final div. of id; S. Bickerton, Liver-
pool, butcher, first div. of lid; J. Gerard, Carnarvon, sur-
veyor of taxes, sixth div. of 2s 9d,—any Thursday, at Mr.
Cazenove's, Liverpool.
CERTIFICATES.—Nov. 10, T. Jardine, Liverpool, stone.
mason.—Nov. 2, F. Rave, Bury, Lancashire, silk dyer.
- -

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—R. Findlay, Glasgow, ware-
houseman.—J. Paterson, Altos, grocer. —W. Lawson,
Linlithgow, hotel-keeper.—J. R. W. Anderson, Glasgow,
manufacturing chymist.—P. Clark, Kilmarnock, slater.—P.
Ferguson, late of Glasgow, commission agent.—G. Borland,
Loudon, Ayrshire, farmer.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1553.
BAN R Rurrs.—William Bennett. Foster-mill, near Hebden-
bridge, Yorkshire, and Horwich. Lancashire, cotton-spinner,
Nov. 2 and 30, at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District Court
of Bankruptcy; solicitors, Messrs. Atkinsons, Saunders, and
Last, Manchester; official assignee, Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
—On en Sturgis and William Adams, College-villas, New
Finchley-road, St. John's-wood, builders.—John Hunter,
Hove, Sussex, cowkeeper.—Joseph White, East Cowes, Isle
of Wight, shipbuilder.—James Holbeck, Marylebone-street,
Golden-square, gold laceman.—Edward Roe Hensley., Horn-
sey-road, Holloway, builder.—Frederick Payton, Birmingham,
brickmaker. Harriet Pearce, Newport, Monmouthshire,
publican.
MaPnAcabTeNstsera,sHcolmrsmiDasiisosonLagvEennt.B—. A.
.Euicohyrodlzenansdna.J. ME.Hololepr:
wood, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton waste spinners T. and J.
Coulthard, Bury, Lancashire, tailors. _

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—J. Bowie, Edinburgh, writer
to the signet.—A. Paterson, Etlinburgh, lace merchant.—A.
Macdonald, Glasgow, fish dealer.

Oct. MEETINGS IN BANKRUPTCY. Hour.
18, Joseph Peverille (Ist) District Court, 11
20, Joseph B. HignetS (2nd)
20, John Lilley (proof and div.) Ditto 11