The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-16 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OF THE LIVERPOOL MAILS

As some alteration has been made since our last in the
despatch of the mails from the Liverpool Post-office, we give
the official list published by the post-master. It will be seen
that the mail hitherto despatched at half-past six in the
morning to Manchester has been discontinued, but why we
know not. The following is the list of the times of departure
of all the mails :
A. 141.

2 o—For Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Grand
Junction line of road, also for the North Road and
Scotland.
6 30—For Prescot and the York line of road, except Man-
chester.
8 o—For Maghull and Ormskirk.
8 30—For Manchester.
9

o—For Birkenhead, Chester, and the road.
o—For Birmingham and the Grand Junction line of road.
30—For ➢lanchester.

1 30—For Manchester.
4 o—For the North Road and Scotland—for Prescot,
Wigan, Manchester, and the York road—for Ches-
ter and Shrewsbury.
4 30—For all Ireland.

5 o—For London, Birmingham, Bristol, Falmouth, and
the lines of road, and for South Wales.
6 o—Fer Chester and North Wales.

The above is the hour at which the box closes for the receipt
of letters and papers.—The delivery of letters by the Lon-
don mail takes place at nine a.tn. and 10 p.m.

THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.

We resume our observations on the Exhibition of Paint-
:ngs.

No. 76. " A Friend in Need."—This is a bold drawing
and clever painting of a large Newfoundland dog, by Mr.
Itichd. Ansdell, a young anti rising artist. There is a great
deal of naturally &lawn character in the picture.
Nos. 77. " Coast Sceu."-78. " Morning Praybr"—and
79. " Mill in Kirkdale"—are small bits of canvas, too high
for observation.

No. 82. " The Roman Forum".--is a large painting, of no
great pretensions, of the ruins of what was once thturnan
Forum. It is, in fact, a very indifferent painting of ruins.
Two bullocks are painted in the foreground, which it is
doubtful whether the painter meant for Polar bears or bul-
locks.

No. 87. " Crombie Point—Culross Bay—a fresh breeze"
is a very characterless sea painting—a picture of troubled

Willer.

No. 88 " Portrait of the Hon. Mr. Justice Littledale"—
s fine painting, and tolerable likeness; but represents the
:earned judge iu much better "case" than he has appeared
for many a year. •

No. 89. "The Salmon-Trap," by F. R. Lee, R.A.—is an
exquisite painting. It represents a retired water-mill, with
salnioh hecks i❑ the course of the stream. Fine trees hea-
vily clad with foliage overhang the stream, which are painted
with a depth of shade and corourino., and a volume of light,
which is very beautiful. The whole painting betrays the

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wished touch of a master.
No. 90. " A Scene at Canterbury—Loading Baggage."•

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This painting represents the usual busy scene attendant on
soldiers loading their luggage. It is well drawn, but poor
and faded in colouring.
No. 95. " Coast Scene, North Shore, Cheshire."—This is
a tolerably painted landscape, sufficiently like the original to
cause it to be recognized.

No. 96. " Watei:lllo.l."—This is a miniature painting, by
. It. Lee, of considerable merit.

No. 14. " Bridge. North Wales,"—is a very beautiful
small landscape painting. There is great richness of autum-
nal colouring about it, and it is very well drawn.
No. 106. " Scene on the Lake Zurich,"— by A. Vickers,
with a little muse care bestowed on finish, would be a very
line painting, The perspective is beautiful. It is au exten-
sive view, full of incident, and is a fine study for a landscape,
No. 110. " View at Lea Mills, near Clifton,"—by Mr. A.
Vickers, is d- small landscape painting, exhibiting masterly
drawing and colouring.
No. 114. " Morning,."—This is a small landscape sketch
of cattle feeding early in the morning►. That peculiar fresh
appearance, as the dews and mists of night are being dispelled
by the rays of the rising sun, which characterises early morn-
ing► is here exquisitely shown.
No. 115. " The Pets."—This is a well drawn little paint-
ing of children with rabbits, watching them feed, and is full
of points of character. _ . .

No. 116. " Windmill, Jersey."—Tbis is a very beautiful
landscape sketch; the perspective natural, and the scenery
round in good keeping.
No. 117. " Portrait of the Rev. Thomas Fisher"—is a
large, well•finished, and handsome portrait.
No. 121. •` Seyseia, Calm Morning,"7-appears to be a fine
sea view, but is hung too high for observation.
No. 123. • " View on the Thames,"—and 124, " Stormy
Sunset, Boulogne,"—are both clever miniature paintings.
No. 126. " Portrait of a Lady of distinction and her Child,"

—is a very fine specimen of portrait painting.
No. 127. "Fruit Piece."—This is a little painting by
Lace, and is distinguished by his superiority in this descrip-
tion of painting.
No. 129. "The Percy Shrine—Beverley Minster"—is a
very fine painted interior. The richly coloured light, stream-
ing through the painted windows, is shown with finexffect on
the gothic carved interior. The whole is beautifully drawn,
and the colouring laid on with good effect.
No. 131. " ltiver Scene, Moonlight,"—lepresents a land-
scape, with the moon shining brightly, and reflecting her
shadow on a piece of water, while the sky all around is made
dark. This is not the aspect that future puts on. The
painting in other respects is well drawn.
No. 132. "Landscape and Cattle."—This is a wretched
daub. Cooper's Cattle Pieces make it unbearable.
N 9. 134. "Interior of a Drover's Stable,"—by T. S. Coo-
per, represents a bay galloway standing saddled, and another
small white pony, with a dog and farmer, in the interior of a
stable. Every thing is characteristic and true to nature.
The painting of the bay poney is exquisitely natural. The
white poney is rather too short legged. The colouring and
shading are rich and natural, every object standing out in
bold relief.

/sTe. 135. "The Tiber, near the Aquecetosa Itoma,"—by
W. Havell. It is no uncommon thing for artists to plagiarize
themselves. Mr. flavell had a painting of the Tiber in last
year's exhibition, which scarcely varies in any'of its objects
from this. It is a richly-coloured landscape, after the artist's
peculiar style. The perspective is also very beautiful. We
wonder Havell never tried his hand at some greater concep-
tion than a pretty landscape or sunset scene. We think he
would succeed. The present painting, we see, has already
been sold.

No. 137. "Glenshire, near Inverary, Argyleshire,"—by
Alexander Nas►nyth. This is a painting of very considera-
ble merit. The drawing is bold, and free, and natural, and
the colouring shows great study of the varied dress in which
nature adorns the trees and the herbage of the glen. There
is no straining aftereffect, but the whole strikes the observer
at once as natural.

LIVERPOOL OCTOBER MEETING.

Viscount MOLYISEUX, Steward.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15.—A Handicap Stakes, of 15 sovs
each, 10 sovs forfeit, with 50 sins added. Once round and
a distance. Gentlemen riders. The winner to be sold for

150 sovs, in the usual way.
Mr. Buckley's b h Job Trotter, 5 yrs, list 41h 1
Mr:-T. James names b h Bolivar, aged, half bred, list 61b 2
Mr. King's b h Vernal, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b - 3
Mr. Clarke's bl m by Belzoni, 5 yrs, list 41b ; -Mr. Wm.
Jones's Lansquenett, Langer, 5 yrs, list ; Mr. W. Jones's
b e The Drone, 3 yrs, lOst 21b ; and Mr. Knaresboro's b h
Emu, 6 yrs, 12st, were not placed..—The following paid :
Mr. G. Woods's hl m Bess, by Belzoni, out of Lavoina, 5
yrs, list 41b; Mr. Hornby's b in Rebecca, by Brutandorf, 4
yrs, lOst 61b; Mr. T. Chawner's b b Sir Bamfylde' 4 yrs,
lOst 21b; Mr. J. Devine names eh f Primefit, 3yrs, Sst 121 b;
and Mr. W. Clarke's b c Anvil, 4 yrs, 9st 10Ib.
The Liverpool Hurdle Race, for a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs
each, 10 sovs ft, with 50 sovs added. Two miles Gentle-
men riders.
Mr. J. Steveson's ch g True Blue, aged...
Sir Edivard Mostyn's ch g Warwick, by Roller, aged 2
Mr. Knareshoro's gr g The Tyrant, 6 yrs 0
Mr. Hodson's b in The Lady, by Velocipede
Mr. Hornby's ch c Achilles. by Actnou, 3 yp;
Mr. James names b h Bolivar, aged, half-bred
A Htirdle Race Sweepstakes, of 7 sovs each, 5 ft, with 20
soya added, for horses of all denominations. 12st each.
Heats, once round and a distance. The winner to be sold
for 80 soya.
Mr. Hodson's b m The Lady
Mr. J. Langshaw's Frodsham (late Polyanthus)
Mr. Forrest's b m Maid of the Falls 2 3
Mr. Devine's bg Waverley 4 d

THE Livil:u TIICATRE.—We last evening had an opportu-
nity of witnessing the surprising feats of sleight of hand and
deception of Mr. Anderson. From having frequently seen
such exhibitions, and being tolerably close observers, it is
very seldom that we have not been able to discover the
?nudes bperandi by which the deception is practised: but we
confess we were frequently completely at fault ; some of the
tricks being so surprising, and apparently so unconnected
from all mechanical contrivance or connection with " the
magician," that. we were obliged to merge inquiry in wonder.
Not the least extraordinary of his tricks is "the gun trick,"
in which he allows any individual who chooses to go on the
stage to load a rifle with ball, and fire at him ; and after-
wards he shows the ball between his teeth. Those who have
not yet witnessed the performance have au evening's amuse-
ment in store.

FinE.—Last night, about 12 o'clock, a file took place in
Warehouse No. 2, in Cook-street, occupied by Messrs.
Chapman, Gregson, & Co., wholesale stationers. and agents
for Settle paper mills. In five minutes after the alarm was
given, two engines with a strong body of fire police were on
the spot. At this time flames burst through the window of
No. 2 warehouse, the second story, and also burnt through
the door, and began running up to the cat-head, and there
was every appearance of an extensive fire. The room in
which the fire had originated was one mass of flame. In
less than three minutes the hose was run off the reels of both
engines; one was carried up the staircase, and the other, by
means of the fire-ladder, to the blazing window. Under the-
active superintendence of Mr. Dowling, who was immedi-
ately on the spot, the engines were got into instant play,
and the tire was completely quenched in an incredibly short
time; twenty minutes not having elapsed between the first
discovery of the fire and its complete extinguishment. Mr.
Whitty was on the spot as soon as the engines had got into
play, and Hewitt, as usual, was prominently active. We
cannot give too much praise to the great alacrity of the fire
police, who seem to have been taught the need of it by the
recent fire. Had the fire got hold, owing to the narrowness
of the street and the height of the buildings, with a stiff
breeze blowing, there is no telling what damage might have
been done.

The Sultan has forwarded a magnificent present for her
Majesty Queen Victorio, composed of a necklace of diamonds
rubies, and emeralds, said to be of the value of upwards o
L 12,000.

The court is expected to leave Windsor for Brighton the
second week in November, for a sojourn of six weeks, and
the Princess Augusta will leave Frogmore for Brighton at
the same period.

GRACE DARLING.—We are glad to learn, that, in order to
mark their sense of the heroic conduct of Miss Darling
in the affair of the Forfarshire, the directors of the Glasgow
Humane Society have sent her their honorary silver medal,
bearing the following inscription !—" Presented by the
directors of the Glasgow Humane Society to Miss Grace
Horsley Darling, in admiration of her dauntless and heroic
condnct In saving (along with her father) the lives of nine
persons from the wreck of the Forfarshire steamer, Sep. 6,
I.B3B."—GlUsgow paper.
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A DRAMA IN ONE ACT.—On Thnrsday a batch of strolling
players erected a large booth on the May-Day Green, Barns-
ley, for the purpose' of acting comedies, for the amusement
of the country lads and lasses; but lo! in the midst of their
performances a tremendous gust of wind blew the whole of
their crazy fabric down upon the audience, about 150 in
'mber. Shrieks and loud bursts of laughter followed the
event, as the auditors rolled about beneath the weight of
canvass and boards. Ladies' bonnets, hats, coats, and
gowns were made shapeless, and a more lauEbable; and lu-
dicrous picture could scarcely be imagined. Fortunately no
damage of moment was done to lift or limb,--Leeds
got et r.

EXPERIMENTAL TRIP FROM LIVERPOOL TO
DUBLIN OF THE STEAM-SHIP LIVERPOOL.

(From the Albion of Yesterday.)

It was intended that the Liverpool should start on her first
trip, as an experiment, on Friday evening, but, as the wea-
ther had been boisterous and unsettled during that and the
previous day, and the commander of the Pustoffice packet
that arrived from Dublin reported, that he never saw a worse
sea in the Channel and on the banks, the Directors, wisely
considering that " the better part of valour is discretion,"
decided on not sending her to sea, particularly as the machi-
nery was untried. She was, consequently, detained until the
following morning. The party who purposed to proceed with
her, however, consisting of about thirty gentlemen, went on
board the vessel, then lying at anchor in the Sloyne, near
Birkenhead, at half-past eight on Friday evening, arrange-
ments having been made to render them comfortable for the
night. Amongst those present were Sir John Tobin, (by
whom the Liverpool was built, and from she was purchased
by the company,) Mr. Alderman Rooth, Mr. Harold Little-
dale, and Mr. Joseph C. Ewart, directors; Mr. J. C. Shaw,
under whose able superintendence the vessel was fitted up;
Mr. Forrester, the builder of the engines; Mr. Humble, of
the firm of Messrs. Humble and Milcrest, the builders of the
vessel; Messrs. Thomas Bold, George Irlam, Edward
Littledale, Robert Horsfall, George Ashton, John Colton ;
Captain Hoxie, of the North America New York line ship;
Capt. Keay, and others, including three gentlemen of the
press. The cabinet-makers, gliders, and decorators, em-
ployed in fitting up the two cabins had scarcely completed
their extensive operations when the guests arrived, and when
these apartments and the numerous state rooms (already de-
scribed) were lighted up, their extraordinary size (one 48
feet and the other 35 feet in length) elicited from every one
present an expression of unqualified approbation of the taste
and propriety of the design, and the beauty of the finishing
and the furniture. The company was received by Captain
Fayrer, the gallant and experienced commander of the ves-
sel, and Mr. Shaw, who were unceasing, throughout the trip.
in their attention to the comfort and entertainment of their
guests. These gentlemen are well known, and not less es-
teemed in Liverpool; but as this sketch may meet the eyes
of strangers, it may be proper to state, that Mr. Shaw, the
new manager for the Transatlantic Company of that town,
himself a seaman and a scholar, accompanied the Royal
William on her first voyage to New York, by which he made
a valuable addition to the science of ocean steam navigation ;
in acknowledgment of which, (and the fact is not generally
known,) his private friends recently presented him with a
service of plate, of the value of two hundred guineas. Capt.
Fayrer, it may be said, "has seen a little service," having
been at sea for upwards of thirty years. He served his coun-
try under the gallant Captain Cochrane, and bears on his
person honourable testimony of his gallantry, in several
wounds, one of which has maimed his hand. He sailed, for
many voyages, with large vessels to India from Liverpool,
and has commanded, for the last seven years, the Govern-
ment Steam-packet between Port Patrick and Donaghadee.
It may be added, that the Captain is possessed of an endless
fund of rich comic anecdote, gathered in the course of his
experiences, and that to the firmness of the seaman, he
unites all the suavity of social life.
Every possible arrangement had been made for the com-
fort of the guests on board of the Liverpool, Mr. Horne, of
the Mersey Hotel, (who was himself on board,) having been
deputed to lay in an ample stock of the good things of this
world, which he did in a manner showing him to be an ad-
mirable purveyor of the luxuries of the table. About nine
o'clock, the guests sat down to a cold collation, with wines,
&c., in the after cabin, or dining-room, and conviviality and
good humour prevailed until midnight, when all retired to
their respective state-rooms, and resigned themselves to re-
pose. '1 owards four in the morning the fires were lighted;
and the vessel might have set steam at five, but the pilot
ruled that an hour's delay would ensure a safer depth of
water. The anchor was, accordingly, weighed a few minutes
before six, and the vessel put in motion. Mr. Hardman
Earle carne on board, by a small boat, at this hour, just in
time to save his passage. The sun had not yet risen, butthe
ruddy reflection of his rays, immediately over the town, (the
sky above being dark and lowering,) had the appearance
of a great fire.

At twenty minutes past six, the Liverpool passed opposite
St. Nicholas's Church, the usual place of starting of the Go-
vernment and other out-going steam-boats and from which,
consequently, she took her " departure." It was, no doubt,
generally thought, that she had sailed on the previous even-
ing, yet parties in the neighbourhood of the docks had
learned the contrary, and a large number of persons had
collected on the piers, particularly at the lower end of the
Prince's Dock, to witness her departure. She was, however,
too distant from the shore to give or to receive a parting
cheer. She had on board 371 tons of fuel, being the greatest
portion of the stock required to steam her across the Atlan-
tic; notwithstanding the depression which so large a quan-
tity, in addition-to all her stores, necessarily produced, her
speed against the flood was 10 to lq knots an hour, which
she maintained generally, and sometimes exceeded, through-
out a passage which, on the whole, was stormy, with a heavy
beam sea for the most part, and a heading wind. In twenty
minutes she passed the Rock Lighthouse, the engine giving
about fourteen strokes per minute. We passed several
steamers homeward-bound, and returned their cheers. In
turning into the Rock Channel, we began to feel a swell of a
sea, the result of the previous gales, kept up by a stiff breeze
from the north, which looked black, accompanied by a
shower of rain and sleet. Set the foresail, and, afterwards
the mainsail, close-hauled, the breeze increasing as we pro-
ceeded, accompanied by some hail. During occasional
gleams of sunshine, Hilbre Island and the shores on the
estuary of the Dee looked beautiful. We now observed, that
the bills behind the Ormshead were covered with a thin coat-
ing of snow, and the chillness of the wind betokened a pre-
mature visit of winter. Some of the passengers began to
feel the effects of the unaccustomed motion of a sea voyage,
and were obediently mindful of a bard who erewhile sang:
" 'Tis sweet to sail upon the Mersey's breast :
Not when the sluggish wave is lull'd to sleep,
But when it lifts its living snowy crest
To kiss the gentle gales that o'er it sweep:
'Tis sweet on deck, when sail or steam is press'd,
And wings the bark, all foaming, through the deep;
All this is well, till round the Rock you go;—
Then you'll get sea-sick, and must go below."
Most of the gentlemen, so afflicted, soon " cleared out," at
the marine custom-house, and-came up, with a vigorous ap-
petite, for a share of the good things that courted their re-
gard; but a few disappeared from the deck and the dining-
room, and, nesting themselves in their dormitories, did not
again show their counteuances until the good Liverpool got
into the comparatively smooth water of the entrance to Pub-

lin Bay. We passed the Floating Light, the wind blowing
fresh, with a heavy and gathering sea on the beam. Soon
after, reefed the mainsail, the topmasts being before struck
and all made snug. At eleven o'clock, saw the Calf of Alan,
bearing about south, and, at the same time, the high laud of
of the Isle of Nan, to the westward, white with snow. The
sea rolled heavier and heavier from the north, and so conti-

nued until after we passed the Skerries, when the weather
became more moderate. The ship underwent a fair trial
during the height of the breeze and the swell, and behaved
most admirably, easing bet self in every emergency' and dis-
appointing the saucy waves, that threatened to rollover her,
by rising gently upon her paddles, dashing their tops into
foam behind her. She steered with the greatest facility, one
hand being sufficient to give her safe guidance, even in the
heaviest of the sea, as was proved by Sir John Tobin himself,
who steered her, with all the enthusiasm of an amateur and
the skill of a sailor, for several leagues. It was a glorious
sight to stand near the wheel of this stupendous ship, (two
hundred and thirty-five feet in length) and mark with what
indigaant velocity, " like a thing of life," she cut through
the mountainous element that boiled and yawned around her,
and vainly sought to oppose her progress, without once ship-
ping a sea; propelled by two engines, wonderful in their
might, and in their operation so easy and regular, as to con-
vey a perfect dependance upon their strength and durability.
To see this,—to take a long walk, too, upon her spacious
decks; a lounge through her palace-like cabins, feeling as
secure as on terra firma; all conveyed to the mind a pecu-
liar, indescribable, 'but delightful sensation—that of the ac-
complishment of one of the noblest triumphs of human sci-
ence, ingenuity, and enterprise that the world has yet wit-
nessed. Whatever improvements may be hereafter made in
steam navigation, the originators of the present ocean vessels,
through whose exertions commerce will be extended, and
social intercourse increased throughout the world, are far
more deserving of laurels than those, however fashionable
may be the adulation of ignorant minds, who boast of being
the conquerors of nations.
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We remarked, that during the height of the wale, the wea-
ther paddle-wheel was frequently clear out of the water, and
the spray which it threw up, when the sun occasionally looked
out, formed a small, and, we may say, " portable," rainbow.
About noon we passed the town of Amlwch, in Anglesea.
The whole of the hills in the interior were covered with snow,
as were the hills on the 'east of Beaumaris Bay, including
the lofty Peninaninawr. The Skerries, with the Lighthouse,
and, afterwards, Holyhead were here in sight, and, though
the sea was running very high, and we were in the height of
it, the vessel continued to maintain her speed, at all times
approaching ten knots, and often exceeding it. The North
and South Stack and Lighthouses, and the land forming
Carnarvon Bay, were next visible, and these, rendered con-
spicuous on the horizon by the snow, were visible until we
saw the coast of L•elaud right a head. The waves dashed
against the Skerries and the adjacent bold shores, rose in
white foam many feet in height. At two o'clock we passed
the Holyhead mail-boat from Dublin, near her destination,
(having left at nine in the morning) showing considerable
canvas. From this time, or, rather, after passing Point
Lynes, the sea became less heavy, and the wind slightly
abated. Some vessels we met were still hammering away
under reefed topsails. Our speed in smoother water, as a
matter of course, increased, but only in a small degree; and
we felt convinced, that, when the stiffness is worn of the
engines, the Liverpool will head a strong breeze and cor-
responding sea, eleven knots. At three o'clock the South
Stack bore E.S.E., distance about twenty miles.
During the day, refreshments were constantly served to all
the guests who would partake of them.. At four o'clock, the
passengers and their entertainers sat down in the main cabin
to a capital dinner, followed by a desert end abundance of
drinkables. "The Liverpool" was, of course, toasted, with
success to her, as well as the health of Sir John Tobin, a
veteran whose affable conduct throughout was a theme of

universal remark.
After dinner the company went on deck, and the coast of
Ireland, the Hill of Howth, Ireland's Eve, the Wicklow
mountains, and other objects gave subject for conversation
and repartee, both topographical and political. The greatest
good-humour, however, prevailed; and forty-five minutes
past eleven, we passed the Bailey Light, having, with a new
boat, new and stiff engines, new hands, strong winds and a
heavy sea, accomplished the trip in twelve hours and twenty-
one minutes. _

After passing the Bailey Light, darkness had set in, and,
as caution was necessary, the speed of the engines was re-
duced. As we cast anchor i❑ the harbour of Kingstown, and
some rockets announced to the good people of great Dublin,
that the great Liverpool had arrived, numerous boats put oft'
from the shore, and much anxiety was exhibited to examine
her cabins and engines. Some of the passengers went on
shore, and took way to Dublin by the railway; but not a
few of them, including Sir John Tobin, remained on board,
and never left the vessel from the time of her departure until
her return.

The Sheerwater, Government steamer, which left Liver-
pool at five o'clock on Friday evening, did not reach Kings-
town till half-past eight in the morning, thus making a pas-
sage of 15y; hours.
On Sunday multitudes of persons, of all classes, came down
from Dublin, bills announcing the Liverpool's arrival having
been posted over night, with an intimation, that she must be
in Liverpool on Monday morning, as sue would sail on the
20th for New York. Tickets of ;Omission were sold, at the
instance of the Company, at a shilling each, the proceeds to
be handed to the Meudicity Society; and the sum of £l5O
was collected in this manner. Never before did there appear
such crowds of persons on the quays at Kingstown, if the
day of the landing of George the Fourth be excepted. To-
wards sun-down the anchor was weighed, and the vessel
steamed out to the mouth of the bay, where she waited for
some time, it being thought better to delay starting, and ride
at. safe anchorage on that side of the water, than run the risk
of making the channel, at Liverpool, in the morning, before
she should have sufficient depth to run up. The interim was,
however, most agreeably employed.
At six o'clock, the tables, Which had, during the day, been
most tastefully laid out by Mr. Horne, were replenished with
a most abundant supply of warm and cold meats, including
fish, soups, fowls, game, confectionary, jellies, grapes, fruit,
and a variety of substantials and delicacies in Mr. Hornt's
best style. The ;date exhibited, consisting of espergnes,
marked, "The Transatlantic Steam-ship Company," was
most splendid; and many of the dishes of confectionary
were decorated with little flags and other ornaments of silk
and gold fringe, marked, " Success to the Liverpool," €; e.
The wines are excellent, including champagne. The whole
company sat down to this sumptuous repast. and enjoyed
thluselves ia the molt 50Clei and agreeable twiner, the gel.

lant captain presiding with his accustomed frankness, hu-
mour, and attention.
Mr. HARDMAN EARr.E, before the cloth was drawn, Said,
he rose to propose a toast, which he was sure would be re-
ceived with approbation by all who were present, and that
was " Prosperity to the Transatlantic Steam Company, and
thanks to them for the handsome entertainment they had
given them, and the gratification they had afforded to those
who had not au opportunity of crossing the Atlantic of expe-
riencing the powers and capabilities of the splendid ship Li-
verpool."—(Much applause.)
Mr. HAROLD LITTLEDALE, in returning thanks, said, that
the Directors felt highly flattered by the manner in which the
toast had been drunk, and still more so, to witness the suc-
cess, so far, of the Liverpool, which, they hoped, would be
found to justify every expectation excited of her superiority.
The undertaking had been commenced under the most fa-
vourable auspices, and all was full of promise as to the future.
He concluded by returning thanks.—(Applause.)
Captain FAYOER then rose to propose the health of a gen-
tleman well known to them all, and without whose exertions
and enterprise they would not that night be enjoying them-
selves on board the Liverpool.—(Hear!) That individual
was, perhaps, the most spirited man in Liverpool, and the ac-
tivity of his mind was only equalled by the goodness of his
heart. He proposed Sir John Tobin's good health.—(Great
and prolonged applause.)
Sin J. ToniN said, he felt much obliged to his friend
Captain Fayrer, for the compliment, unmerited as it was,
which he (Capt. F.) had chosen to pay him, Although he
had been concerned in the building of the vessel, he had
along with him the able assistance of Mr. Humble and Mr.
Forrester, in planning the dimensions and build, and, be
might say, that as nothing was done prematurely, or without
long and serious consideration, they had gone to work with
confidence, and they hoped, from what they had already
shown, that their calculations bad not been very erroneous.
(Applause.) He had every confidence in the good behaviour
of the Liverpool, and every hope of her future success. But
he disclaimed all the merit that was awarded .him, and beg-
ged to say, that nearly all was due to his excellent friends,
Mr. Forrester, and Mr. Humble. He again thanked them
for the kind manner in which they had drunk his health.—
(Much applause.)
Captain FartiEn. rose to propose the health of several
gentlemen for whom he entertained the highest respect, and
one of whom was then amongst them—he meant the Ameri-
caa Captains. Several of these gentlemen no sooner learned
that the Liverpool was to be fitted up with all possible ex-
pedition, than they kindly offered their services to expedite
the undertaking, for which lie should ever feel grateful.—
( Hear !) He begged to propose " The health of Captain

OR18."

Captain HOXIE said, he felt much obliged to Captain Fay-
rer for the handsome manner in which he had drunk the
health of the American Captains He begged leave to pro-
pose, "England and America: at variance, the resources of
both would be reduced; united, they might bid defiance to
the world !"—(Much approbation.)
Captain FAY RER said, he should now propose the health of
a gentleman who had acquired distinguished reputation by
the building of many fine_ vessels, and who was about to make
himself still more celebrated in America: he meant Mr.
Humble. ( Hear, hear.)
Mr. H [NOBLE said, he felt grateful for the manner in which
his health had been drunk, but he was much too humble an
individual to take all the merit that was ascribed to him. All
was due to Sir J. Tobin himself, notwithstanding his modest
disavowal.—(Hear!) He (Mr. H.) and his partner only
carried out the plans and suggestions of Sir J. Tobin; and
he. had but to wish, with regard to-the Liverpool, that her
voyage might be as short as his (Mr.'s) speech.—(Applause
and laughter.)
Mr. Lirruznat.E rose, and proposed the good health of
the talented builders of the engines of the Liverpool. These
gentlemen had turned out the swiftest iron boat that bad yet
ploughed the ocean, (the Rainbow,) and he had no doubt
but that the engines which had propelled them on the Irish
Sea would be found to be the swiftest in any wooden boat
hitherto built. He proposed the health of Mr. Forrester.
Mr. FORRESTER, for himself and partner, returned thanks
in a very neat address, concluding, by expressing a hope,
that the engines would be found to work well and speedily
on the Atlantic.

~.. ..._ __........._.
Captain FAYRER proposed the health of a gentleman to
whom much credit was due, for his exertions in the fitting-
up of the vessel in au an almost incredibly short time. " Mr.
Shaw." (Cheers )
Mr. SHAW expressed his grateful acknowledgments, and
said, that he was more than repaid, fur any exertion he had
made, by the success, so far, of the Liverpool. There were,
however, other parties who had equally exerted themselves.
For himself, he had certainly gained considerable experience
in steam navigation, during his connexion with the City of
Dublin Company; and he would but add, that he ardently
hoped the Liverpool would realize the expectations excited
by this her first trial. (Cheers.)
Mr. H ARDMAN EARLE begged to propose the health of a
gentleman, without whose exertions all the high promise held
out by the vessel would be unavailing; on whose skill and
activity, indeed, her success mainly depended. He proposed,
"The health of Captain Fayrer."
Captain F-A Y RER, in reply, begged to assure them that he
had the interests of the company at heart, and not less so, in
this enterprise, the interests of Liverpool. (Hear.) He
hoped to meet them again, before long, on his return from
America. (Cheers.)
Sir JOHN 'forms, in proposing the health of Mr. Milcrest,
pronounced a high eulogium on the character of that gentle-
man, heat as a naval architect and a man. (Applause.)
Captain FA,yRER said, they had been standing too long
upon one tor. They bad been drinking each other's
healths, and rgetting more worthy objects. He proposed,
"Lady Tobi and the ladies of Liverpool." (Cheers.)
lif Sir J. TontN returned thanks in a feeling manner.
Mr. SHAW proposed, "That mighty power that forwarded
improvement and kept society together,—the Press."
Mr. J. S. WALKER. from the Albion, and afterwards Mr.
ALEXANDER, of the Mail, briefly returned thanks.
The health of Charles W. Williams, Esq., the originator
and promoterof steam navigation to Ireland, was then drunk
with great applause.
Mr. SHAW replied. There was not a more amiable man
in existence than Mr. 'Williams. He had, indeed, but one
fault, which would be shown were he present, and that was,
that he allowed his modesty to cloak his talents. He (Mr. S.)
felt individually grateful to that gentleman, as all must do
who had any connexion with him. (Cheers.)
Several other toasts were drunk and responded to, and an
anecdote was told of an Irish boatman, who had that day
visited the Liveipool at Kingstown. Pat, on seeing the two
chimneys, and endeavouring to catch her great length at a
glance, exclaimed to his companion, " Is it a steam-boat ye
call it ? By my sows, it's two boats spliced together!"
At half-past ten o'clock the anchor was weighed, and the
vessel steered out to sea, the wind blowing rather briskly
from W.N.W. At eleven o'clock set the foretopsail and
foresail, which was all the sail carried on the passage. In
crossing the Channel, the engines worked more rapidly than
on the outward trip, making an average of aboutsixteen and
a half strokes per minute, andsailing at eleven and a quarter
miles an hour. It should be remarked, that it was found,
that, on the outward passage, she was overfloated, though
with 370 tons of coal on board, and her paddle-boards were,
consequently, slightly reduced at Kingstown, to expeditethe
motion of her engines. A strong breeze prevailed through
the night, accompanied by a heavy sea, which, however,
took little or nu effect upon the vessel; which dashed on, in
glorious style, on her course. Soon after three o'clock, the
Stack-lights were left astern, and the Skerries brought almost
alesam. The see, front this time till dawn ran higher. The
Liverpool, however, proved herself a remarkably easy sea
boat. Some of the passengers retired to their berths: others
remained up the whole night, whiffing their cigars and en-
joyiug the sail, the wind not being cold, and enlivening
each other by, in nautical parlance, " spinning yarns." At
eight o'clock, passed the Light-ship. On approaching the
Mersey, the scene became animated and interesting. Seve-
ral ships and brigs were steering port ward under close-
reefed topsails. These, the Liverpool, taking in all sail,
readily passed, and in ten hours and a half after leaving Ire-
land was opposite New Brightou. A considerable number
of persons collected on the quays to witness the arrival of
the vessel, and she reached ner place of "departure," op.
posite St. Nicholas's Church, at twelve minutes past nine
o'clock, making the voyage from Kingstown in ten hours
and forty-two minutes. She passed up the river to the
Sloyne, where the anchor was dropped, and the passengers
went on shore by a steam-boat, all highly delighted with the
trip, whether as regarded the powers of the vessel, under
some disadvantages, or the urbanity and attention paid by
the gentlemen connected with the Company.
Such is a hasty and, necessarily, imperfect sketch of the
first trip of the Liverpool, written, for the most part, on board
of the vessel. The result fairly justifies the conclusion, that,
when all on board is completed, the stiffness of the engines
worn off, and the improvements made which this first voyage
has suggested, she will be one of the most ocean-worthy and
swiftest vessels hitherto built, and become a credit to the
owners and to the port.

CAUTION TO FIREWORK MAKERS.—On Friday evening,
as the son of Jonathan Kippax, of Aleltharn, and another
boy were employed making fireworks by candle light, a spark
from the candle ignited a quantity of gunpowder which was
laid carelessly on the table, and by the explosion, one of the
boys was so severely burnt, that .for some time his life was
in imminent danger.—Leeds Intelligencer.
A. monrnful event occurred at Ripley, Indiana, a few weeks
ago. Two brothers were hunting in the woods, when one of
them espied, as he supposed, a deer. He told his brother to
fire. The brother did so, and on repairing to the spot, they
found, instead of a deer, the daughter of one of them in the
agouies of death, the ball having passed through her head.
The Calverley Hotel, at Tonbridge Wells, is said to be
one of the most splendid in England; and the cost of erect-
ing it exceeded 1.30,000. By way of encouragement to a re-
spectable aspirant for fame and fortune, the first year's rent
is to be 1.:200 only, and the highest that is expected in years
to come, when the profits may arrive at £lO,OOO per annum.
is never to exceed £BOO per annum—surely this must be a
good speculation.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMF.NT.—Thursday being the
day to which parliament stood prorogued, the House of
Lords met at two o'clock for the purpose of a lurther proro-
gation, to Tuesday the 4th of December. The Lords Com-
missioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Albemarle,
and Lord Falkland; only one other peer was present; and
the House of Commons was represented by Mr. Rickman,
the second clerk. No member of the house was in at-
tendance.

LION-HUNT IN THE COUNTRY OF THE DAMARAs.—The
people went over the ground at a rapid pace, talking and
making some noise; when, about a mile from the dead bul-
lock, a large male lion started out of a bush, and galloped
off before us, among the trees and underwood. A shout was
immediately raised by the whole body of hunters, who, with
the dogs, unhesitatingly gave chase. We ran down bills,
along valleys, and up acclivities; leaped rocks, and brushed
by thorn bushes. Sometimes we lost sight of the lion; but
again he appeared galloping and trotting on before us, with
the dogs close at his heels. We ran for an hour, and our
strength was tried to the uttermost with the broken ground.
I was rather inconvenienced by some extra ammunition I
carried for the people, and I thought the lion was never to
be brought to bay, when he began to slacken his pace. Some
of the people of Aramap then ran a-head, cut off an angle,
and the lion seeint, the people before him, "brought up" in
a large bush. The dogs now surrounded the bush, and barked
in a tone of mingled fear and anger, but dared not go in;
for the monarch of the plains, raising himself, and with mouth
open, mane erected, and his tail lashing the ground like the
flail of a thresher, growled and roared terrifically. I had
previously told Araniap that only half of the people must fire
at once, and the other half reserve their fire; and the line
was in the act of being hastily formed for a volley, when the
lion again dashed off at right angles to his former course,
with all the dogs after him. The hunters had recovered their
breath for another run, when a noble black dog, foremost in
the pursuit, bit the heel of the lion. Before this, the king of
beasts, flying before his pursuers, looked like a large yellow
mastiff; now he altered in a moment, and with every hair on
end, with teeth displayed, and tail in the air, he wheeled
round, and swelled out apparently to the size of an ox. lie-
spising the dogs, his whole attention was bent on the men—
be rushes towards them from a distance of two or three hun-
dred yards—there is a cry a'tine° ! 'ynoo I" (sit! sit!)—
for it is of no use standing up against a lion, or running
away from him—almost all are down in a moment; for alion
is less likely to strike a person standing up than one sitting
or lying, and if he does strike he remains on his victim, so
that the rest have then an opportunity of destroying him.
TheW e made
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him or turns
him aside, he springs into the air over a rock, and tears off a
portion of it with his hind claws—the word is given to fire,
and a ball takes (fleet in his left shoulder—he rolls over 12
yards off; but immediately recovering himself, be again
pain; another volley is g;vet4
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THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.

POSTSCRIPT TO A RHYMING VERSION OF THE LETTER OF
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
(From the Torch.)
A friend to the Whigs I have been, and shall be,
Oh, liberals! wherefore so stingy to we!
Ye envy nut Daniel o',Connell his rent:
_ .
'ent !
Og,
a king.
'o your door,

y Timex,

,o-unds;

TO THE BISHOPS OF THE PROTESTANT
CHURCH.
[The following lines were written by a Poet in very humble
life, and are creditable alike to his head and heart.]

Stand boldly forth and guard our holy shrines,
That faithsent forth amid Mount Sinai's thunder,
When through the forked lightning's crimson lines,
Jehovah's voice burst loch in fearful wonder;
That faith for which ten thousand martyrs bled;
Oh! guard a trust left by the holy dead!
For time has turned our ancient steeples gray,
A thousand storms have round them roared in vain,
The Atheist's scorns glanced harmlessly away,
They shook not at the sceptic's deep-laid train :
Time, tempests, malice, evil's cunning skill,
Have left their firm foundations, firmer still!
Oh ! guard our Church, and then you guard the Crown,
For 'tis by these our country's cause is bound,
And the same blow that strikes our Altar down
Will hurl a nation's freedom to the ground:
Stand boldly forth, in me your country calls,
Fur with her Church she stands, or with it falls!
Yours is no carnal" war, with sanguine blade,
Or broad-blown banner iustling in the wind;
The tongues of martyrs shout forth in your aid,
A faith, which fire and faggot could not bind !
Blazes before ye like a beacon light
The flaming pillar leading on aright.
Oh ! deem not that our Queen will turn away
From that true faith which she is sworn to guard;
Or tamely stand and see our Church decay,
When at the gate the foe is pressing bard :
Lift up each voice—they shall not sound alone,
Millions of tongues shall shout for Church and Throne.
To you we look, in you we put our trust,
Our faith, our hopes, our rights, our sacred all ;
10 And we conjure you by that holy dust,
Which moulders under many a gray church wall,
That ye hold firm the solemn charge that 'a given,
II sealed by the blood of those approved by heaven !
J. B.

a

(Glamorgan and Merthyr Guardian.)

THE BLESSING OP A WHIG MUNICIPAL COR

PORATION.

( From the Sunderland Beacon.)
The corporation under which the united townships of Sun-
derland, Bishopwearmouth, and Monkwearmoutb, have the
superlative pleasure to exist, have at last published a report
of their expenditure, which has long been very anxiously ex-
pected by the rate-payers. The report embraces the period
from the Ist of January, 18.36, to the 31st of August, 1838;
and is altogether a very curious and important document.
A publication of this nature ought to have been generally
distributed, and almost gratuitously ; or at any rate within
the ordinary means of perusal by the humblest inhabitant of
the borough. Had it been advertised in the newspapers;
such would have been the case, or it might have been distri-
buted in a very cheap form. Such, however, appears not to
be the will and pleasure of their high mightinesses of whig-
gery, by whom it is our great and happy privilege to be go-
verned, and the report is therefore published at the high price
of sixpence t
The first thing which strikes us, is the sum of "Town's
clerk law charges, £1,543 10s. Od." We say nothing about
his "own year's salary of £200." The item alluded to runs
thus :—" Cash on account of £615 4s. 6d. Bill of Costs quo
warrant°. Ditto, £B2B journies. Ditto, £452 ss. 4d. dis-
bursements."
We, of course, never having seen it, know nothing of—
" this bill of costs!" We are also equally in the dark con-
cerning the £452 ss. 4d. disbursements! ! But as for "the
£BB2 journies"—doubtless the worthy town-clerk will pre-
sently favour us with the nature of his travels, and whether
published at sixpence or six shillings—whether the travelling
extends to the Land's End, or only to Lanibton Castle, we
promise him an attentive and diligent perusal.
Regarding other charges. under the several heads of "law
expenses," "rents and taxes," "stationery, advertising, and
printing"—we profess we know nothing beyond pointing out
the current in which municipal favours delight to disport
themselves.
Under the bead of " Deputy Returning Officers and Poll
Clerks"—"sundry expenses"--(not forgetting the sum of
£3 for ringing the bells on the election of our worthy mayor)
—and various other interesting charges, we are quite sure
much amusement as well as instruction will be afforded to
our readers.
Next comes the " Police Establishment," to which we call
particular attention. Surely bolts and bars are now of very
little use in this populous borough, whilst the occupation of
the locksmith must be entirely gone? Under this head there
appears, for salaries alone, £1,967 16s. sd! For fitting up
station-houses, £94 Is. 10d. Fur clothing, £377 Os. 10d.!
For bedsteads and, bedding, £123 17s. 6d. Fur " equip-
ments"—viz., truncheons, handcuffs, rattles, armlets, lan-
terns, straps, &c. &c., £76 18s. 6d. For gas-lights for sta-
tion-houses, £27 10s. 9d. For coals for station-houses, £23
2s. Bd., and for sundry disbursements under this magnificent
police head, £lB Gs. 9d. more, making a grand total of ex-
penditure for police of £2,759 765. Bd.!
Why our intelligent governors could for one moment think
of withholding these important particulars from the know-
ledge of every man, however humble, in the borough, we
cannot even imagine. And particularly as they are a " march
of intellect" corporation. Great sticklers also " for the
spread of knowledge amongst the people." But perhaps the
"knowledge of how the hard earnings of the industrious rate
payers have been expended is not of equal value in the eyes
of whiggery with that sort of knowledge promulgated in the
"penny Magazine" and other "march of intellect" publi-
cations, wherei❑ the " knowledge" how to abuse the tories is
there shown to be the highest possible attainment, and how
to glorify the Whigs is alsu taught to be 'the greatest virtue
under heaven.
Our readers are pretty well aware that we are by no means
admirers of what is called "free trade;" but in which we
only can recognise a one-sided freedom. Nevertheless, on
this occasion, we must make " free" with the corporation's
sixpenny publication, and offer the whole of it to our readers
at our usual charge of fourpeuce-halfpenny; which, after
abstracting other most interesting intelligence, will at any
rate realise to the purchaser the small profit of twenty-five
per cent. So much for the dishonest attempt to smother how
the rates are expended, and the blessing of having a whig
municipal corporation."

,•• •,, y..... ....casaica •,.., ~...41/llllell MS rent;
Ye paid off the debts of the Duchess of K,
And thus let me go, with a dog and a stria
beg through the land—like the son of zi.
Pit 1;° the sorrows of a poor old duke,
Whose trembling limbs have borne, him to
"1 I. ''' e nry- nibrisitaßiniTiTha tile ire' Cal,
• , He asks, for science sake, a little more.
They talk of poor-laws! Hear, thou mighty
And let thine indignation know no bound!
List to the guardians' Kensingtnnian crime!
They keep a man on—twenty thousand pc
ka They keep a house, 'tis true, above his head;
f` , ;.' And keep a table too, with dainty fare;
1 He has a mattress and a feather bed,
But oh! he can't afford to keep—a chair.
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