The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

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Barclay's London Porter 33s. and 28s. 6d.
Guinness and Co.'s Best Dublin Do. 245. Per MIL
Bass and Co.'s East India PaleAle.2Bs. 6d. Barre..
Ditto Mild Ditto 253.
AT

MACKIE AND GLADSTONE'S
WINB AND SPIRIT 21IRRCHAWTS,
46 and 48, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET. LIVERPOOL—and
88, CHESTER-STREET, BIRKENHEAD.

pHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATITig,
GALVANIC, ELECTRIC,
_ AND_
_MA.GNETICMACHI.
NERY.—JOHN ATKINSON, 3_a, MAN CH ESTER•STREXT,
always in STOCK every article used in taa.
F ench
,Anyh
The best r and German Lense
Head Rests, Coating Pans, MercurV anat.
Baths, Plates, Matte, Cases, Passe pad
Camera's
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aye
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ea hen:d. ss
Nitrate of Silver. tank,.
with Views on Plates, Paper, and Glass, and in,
Being the Maker or Importer of
gree at varlet
unoly them at the lowest possible prices. ~
h can s• •-• ion will be instructed free of charge, J A scrtna-
• - Ting'
'tan i
patron] g
-art for many years.
practised the .
poRTTS taken in a few seconds, in all weathers, fro
Stereoscopeys:
Nine till Dusk.
MEDICAL GALVANISM,
Which is allowed to be the best curative agent its all ca
met,edinonaell, which,atsesoffordsiismeapsleWi,Ciititn:,aiisfeef,uvl. nmiesnusews
connected with the Nervous System, J. A. having for mane
years devoted much time in Constructing numerous a
MEDICAL COIL MACHINES.
price, cannot be surpassed. Purchasers will be instruc. tult,
kind of Battery, Covered Wires, BotintdoinneliScreßWs,
NhmhaooeswnbntltsoeowdouifccsaoelintlkhPfelan or Family ought to be
HoItSALE, a good 6-inch • Slade LATHE, by
zpffel, with five foot Iron Bed
and Slide Rest.
PlEatvinerYised Silver, &c. &c.

PARKER'S PATENT FOR BAxamia
PULLEYS.—The Proprietors of Foundries, Cottots
Factories, Saw Mills, Corn and Rice Mills, Building and
wiatsThiadwinns raofshainnygrCequirea dime,:
Joiners' Establishments, and all others requiringjiltaM PRINCIPLE
are respectfully invited to examine PAW(ViLw
PRINCIPLE of BANDING PULLEYS, which combines *-
large saving of motive power, with an increased velocity or'
motion never before obtained in limited compass, and mar be applied as well to the drat motion from the engine as tor
the collateral demand. upon the Dower, which is lancet,
avoiding the Complicated
astachnideas,sPautilciceeyss,atandoraC:
saved Wheels. b y
which is made to perform ak.
The principle is applied.
Hay, Grinding Malt, Circular_ ,
e application of ibis Chinr:Prtims-
Blowers, Lathes, 'Winnowing
render it the most desirable tool, and: variety of duties that
wm be able to dispense with.
right royalties of any Town, County District, or*
sisiotnost;hbe uPtotrhoebtnieocstircurapairrskaV,
which no meal: use this patented invention, and for Me%
f • au al establishment, and for direc, tions in its,
Por anyt,oindavz
vita,- tno' WILLIAM RONVETT, Commercial-bnildingsi
,il,:re`rlitreet, who is the sole Agent for Liverpool.
-5f...--It has been ascertained that one man working the
Portable Saw can. do the work of a steam-engine of one-
uFrcohrataheeo !,
horse power for a limited period.

BLAIR'S GOUT and RII—Z--------.TIVIATICPILLS:-....
The following extracts from Testimonials arc-proofs oe
the great efficacy of this Medicine. That from Garrett Fos
Gill, Esq., 157, New Bond-st., London, concludes by saying=
" Whenever I feel any symptoms of the disease approach—
ing, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to me hr.
so valuable that, were it not that the days of magic have
ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that
cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has noting
any degree suffered ; but, on the contrary, I believe then
tendency of Blair's Pills is towards its improvement."

" Twelve years ago," writes Mr. Blake, of Kingscliffe
Northamptonshire, " I became afflicted with rheumatic go/4
and I procured the best advice possible, but withoutderiving
benefit; and the doctors recommended me to go, to the:
Stamford Infirmary,. where I continued twelve Weeks_
left it without obtaining any benefit, and all my hope of
had vanished. This hopeless state of things continued until
a friend advised me to try Blair's Pills. I lost no ti„,_
in sending to Mr. Mortlock, of Stamford, fora box ; and 7
the time I bad taken that quantity I got rid of one crutch
then sent for another box, which enabled me to td hprroeNw,ear:vtiavya-thila:
other ; and thank God I have never since had such anattaek..”.
• Mr. William Courtney, of Barton Stacey, Hants, says__‘,..
bad resort to your Pills, and within two hours was „ti=
easy. The use of these Pills ought really to be-kno
over the world. I have brother, a young man, that
swifirn
horribly with
rwpiithilsi.tu, and his greatest relief
John J. Giles, Esq., of Frimley,
" Having suffered much from ar-
induced to try your Blair's Pills, a
testimony totheir efficacy, not (
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my humble
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Mr. John Gardiner, Advertise?
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TUESDAY 1110.RWING, AUGUST 30,1853,

THE weathei

WEEK

has been more unsettled during

the .week : bright sunny days alternating with brisk
showers and high winds ; but the quantity of rain
fallen has not been very great, and, should we have

more bright warm days, no harm will have been
done even to the wheat still out in the fields. The
reports of the crops generally throughout the
-country are of a very favourable character, the chief
drawback being the diminished breadth of land in

'heat tillage. The rer

,orts of disease in the potato

crop appear to have been considerably exaggerated ;
for although this mysterious scourge has undoubt-
edly re-appeared, and in some places with much

virulence, there are very large supplies of excellent
quality available for consumption. The spirit of
speculation has, however, been active in this staple

commodity, and prices have, in consequence, gone

up, a circumstance of not u

this season of the year

aal occurrence at

We are now beginning to experience some of
the ill effects of enhancing too Much the value of
labour. It would appear that when wages are be-

yond the limit of sufficiency for necessaries, the
working classes reduce their earnings themselves
by refusing to do so much work, and the evil is

becoming evident in the collieries, particularly in
the neighbourhood of Wigan. It is said that the
quantity now obtained is insufficient for the de-
mand; that the boatmen, who are paid by the trip,
are suffering from detention, and that ships in the
docks are kept waiting, from the inability of obtain-

ing the requisite supply, while the price is en-
hanced to the consumer, and must be more so.
We have abundance of this valuable fuel within

convenient reach of Liverpool ; circumstances have
combined to give additional remuneration for labour

to procure it ; and yet, so perverse is human nature,
that the labourers have combined to hinder them-
selves from taking advantage of the improvement,
and by so doing deprive the consumer of all the
benefits which might be obtained from the proxi-
mity of the coal-fields. It is difficult to devise a

remedy under such circumstances, for men cannot
be compelled to work, if they choose to be idle ;
but, perhaps, if they persist too far, they may find
themselves superseded, either by additional sup-
plies of coal from other pits, or by the employment
of fresh hands. It is to be hoped, however, that
they will see the folly of their proceedings, and
render a resort to such expedients unnecessary ; as

they may depend upon it that, if, the masters are
driven to such a remedy, they will not return to

the old wages upon mere submission. An instance
of this was afforded in the recent strike of the dock
labourers in London, who turned out for higher
Wages. The masters refused to submit, but ob-
tained a fresh supply of hands, and the old ones
lost their employment altogether.

The Dock Committee have prudently resolved
to take the opportunity of purchasing some
eligible freehold land near the canal, at a cost of
£33,103 155., in order to provide beforehand for
increased accommodation in connection with the
flocks. As such a purchase involves a nominal
illegality, until the requisite powers can be in-
cluded in an act of Parliament, Mr. nIGTIA3I has
displayed a sudden fit of squeamishness which
might well have been spared, considering that a
prudent bargain for the benefit of the Dock estate,
if not exactly en regle, will tell better on the Ist
of November than an opposition to it.
The same Committee, at their meeting on
Thursday, ex-pressed wervrovill of the new
Customs Act, as giving greater facilities to the
Dock Trust in the collection of their dues and the
prevention of frauds. They avowed their obliga-

lion to the Chairman of the Board of Customs
and the Secretary to the Treasury, for the great
courtesy with which their representations had
been received and acted upon, and passed a resolu-
tion of thanks to those gentlemen and the Solicitor
to the Customs. Considering the neglect which
Liverpool has often experienced at the hands of
the authorities, it is gratifying to be able to refer
to an instance to the contrary.
The Health Committee have resolved to meet in
future at half-past two, instead of eleven o'clock,
notwithstanding an objection raised that the later
hour would be inconvenient to the representatives
of the press, and perhaps prevent such full reports
of their proceedings being published. It will, per-
haps, be better for the transaction of public busi-
ness, as those who raise the objection are strongly
suspected of indulging in long speeches in order
to see themselves in print.
The screw-steamer Brazileira started on Thurs-
day, on her first trip to the Brazils, and from her
qualities as a sea-boat, the reputation of her builder,
Mr. JOHN LAIRD, of Birkenhead, and the liberality
of her enterprising owners, she is expected to make
a rapid voyage. There is no surer way of extend-
ing the operations of commerce than by the estab-
lishment of a line of swift and powerful steamers
between distant ports. It secures a speedy inter-
change of communications, and while providing for
the transit of passengers, and the more valuable
commodities, increases instead of diminishes the
amount of freight by sailing vessels. In thus act-
as a pioneer to commerce, Liverpool has out-
f3triiTecl all her competitors ; and with her mag-
nificent steamers to Australia, Canada, the United
States, Panama, the Coast of Africa, and other
places, must shortly see her commercial operations
extend far more KaPidly than even her recent great
rate of increase.

The weekly report of the medical officer shows a
considerable diminution in_the rate of mortality in
Liverpool, a circumstance which speaks well for
the success of the measures which have been taken
for the sanitary condition of the town. The sub-
ject is of more than ordinary importance just now,
when that awful scourge, the cholera, is approach-
ing our shores at this critical season of the year,
and has even appeared in London. It is, however,
consolatory to know that the danger may be averted
by timely precaution, as has been proved in several
instances,

The recent election at Clitheroe has shown that
another Lancashire borough has followed the good
example set by Liverpool. Mr. STARKIE, a Con-
servative, has been returned by a majority over
Mr. JONATHAN PEEL—a renegade Conservative,
and consequently something worse than an ordi-
nary Radical, for he has avowed himself to be not
only a Free-trader, but in favour of an extension of
the suffrage and of the vote by ballot. Such a fall
in a once respectable man is another proof of the
fearful consequences of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL'S
political treachery.

Some in

lious contrivances, with the view of

improving navigation, have been exhibited in the
xehano.e Newsroom. One is a novel kind of
k, by the removal of a

anchor, in which t
Purl, may slide towards the fink
of double plates.
111 which the cab.-
aers, and the f

which are formed
Another is a compound windlass,
yeral times round two
mlied by four handles

. -- ---
acting upon cog wheel
change ls that of a sere

But the most striking

amer with two keels

a conical

rudder, insteadv

stern of each, and the

f being affixed t

a stern post

hanging like a fan between the two propellers
feasible ac .. -

model, but

requires actual experiment under a variety of cir-
Ficagtall"si 1)044 deciding ou Lt practicailitY•

These contrivances, however, betoken a determina-
tion to step out of the beaten bath, and leave
nothing untried to outstrip our Transatlantic bre-
thren in the race for nautical superiority.
The " scene" which startled the last meeting of
the Town Council from its propriety, seems likely
to be renewed at their meeting next week. Mr.
FERNIHOUGH, naturally indignant that Mr. Ro-
BERTSON GLADSTONE should sate his revenge by
an appeal to an inferior Board, soundly rated him for
it in the presence of the TOWN-CLERK, and within
the sacred precincts of the Town-hall. It is said
that words ran so high as would have led to an
order for "pistols for two" had we lived in the good
old days. Mr. GLADSTONE is, however, no fight-
ing man ; he only threatens, and has promised to
bring the whole case before the Council, but it may
be that reflection will show him the propriety of
allowing the matter to drop. The reputation of
Alderman LANGSDALE ought to be too secure to
require such an elaborate justification.