The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

Toronto, U.O
A. brave Hamilton, „

Quebec, L.O
Montreal „
Fredericton, N.B
lave handsome Iroll H. John's.
alifax, N.S.

•oup is divide

'elutes which avenues

°ll the opposrite side ; so that tut,.
91trances to every house. The back entr
' eve va eral • '
Passage with a stone staircase
two setst Oolles. These stories, four in n
apartments Torus each ; and each set
outer door,'dwelling
which for a complete
wiening upon di, .13ract° lly constitutes a
the stone sitacafrcas' e. Almost
. the house is made of brick. '
wood being sparingly employed. Ev,?'
so backed by less combustible matey'
fu'a would seem to be impossible.
advantage in this matter alone, irz
for a fire-proof workman's dwelling
tenable palace. Eight tenement us form a house ; and each dwelling ,
room and two bedrooms, with such a sL
conveniences and comforts as will ei,
neusewife to keep her house clean and t
4
4%d. drainage for every dwelling, down to ti.
jOint-athek dust-shaft, and universal watt The top of each house is terrace-built, like the
the East ; with posts and pegs. B"`I '
cloth A.. - - ' '

THE SAILOR DUKE

and about

There is an immense
mpective of arl other. ;
is better than an in-

story i

; a-- ptecting pet oi
",(4 sufficientro space topara enable the dwell 7 flower-pots, and to sit, chat, smoke,
air. The sewerage, the dust, the water
71q.., are not left to the carelessness of each
44,.t,0ui manages the whole of these ro-4"
the dwellings ; and a trifling
'4oable y
by a central authorit sun,.
jorder in these very essential particulars. ,
,18ored by the use of air-bricks, ventilating shafts, and
~YL windows made of cast-iron, hung upon pivots and
',led with plate glass, such as can be opened with ease
i:`' readiness. Such are the workmen's dwellings built
ieY the Birkenhead Dock Company, with the intention of
each complete dwelling at a rent varying from
the threese to five shillings a-week, and with a view of obtain,
a f
ou sehair
old Wo but not large interest ;-
hrds.

ient *heig

le capital expended.

COURT

AND. FASHION.

u TILE EARL OF ABERDEEN and Lord and Lady Robert
r,c'evenor left Windsor on Saturday, for London.
QUEEN has signified her intention to bestow the
aeant
ry. .r.arp Gartanr upon the Earl of Carlich.
tEss OF FRANCE is
Bs7Lon for the benefit of her he
B~nt
her school-girl days.
14,4'R•11. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER is Slowly at
to:khing towards convalescence. The illustrious am.
"11,erable duches will complete her 78th year in April next.
Kiglx QuEErr held a Court and Privy Council on Friday,
frolll Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued
IT Tuesday the 29th inst., until the 3d of January, 1854.
lash
QUEEN AND PRINCE, the Royal family and Court
into private mourning for eight weeks on Tuesday
t, for the late Queen of Portugal, first cousin to her
arijestY and his Royal Highness.
In'APTAIN S. B. Lakeman, comr
tjl7s.'ers (Cape of Good Hope), war
111„'',riday, by the Secretary of the
u°nOtlr of knighthood from her
11,`„413 FRENCH EMPEROR has caused a gold medal ot
tilia'°ur, first class, to be presented to Mr. Lawrence,
LA_ ter of the English vessel Acacia, for having taken on
vtl,l'd an teated kindly th crew of te Robert Surcou,
Wered wrecrked on the Iste June last,h near Cape Horn. f
kot.2R ROYAL FANILY OF TURIN has been thrown into
eigLafiliction by the serious illness of one of the King's
%4:7_,en, Prince Charles Albert, Duc de Chablais, who is
114-ering from the effects of a fall, and it is said the bFail.
u„Bl3een so much injured that his physicians have
't.ll hope of his recovery.
kl-Ra MAJESTY, accompanied by the''
tto the Duchess of Sutherland,
hes of Parliament on WW
hed by the Victoria Toy
for ANN_ °tlB Portions of the b
prs.faisor.
%lif,7l[A.r., MARRIAGE.
rt44le between the T nperoA
boo " Young Prir .;ss
Vie ,1 atTanged to (Le place
1104 r a, when a seri. 3 of imp.
Itr of the auspickus event.
v0k.,°11,13 ABERDEEN BEHEADED.—Were newspapers
lowyriec,al Turkey, one might have supposed that the fol
ther„,, Piece of intelligence, which has been circulat
(41:e' was some distressed penny-a-liner's coup d'etlt
tiever en, Victoria having caught Lord Aberdeen rece,
i•-• al tons of gold from Russia. had

e s. d.
2 16 8

ay (it is said) to visit

It was here'that she

anding Waterkloof

esented to the Queer

Colonies, and receive(
Majesty.

aid a visit to the New

The royal party

d after examining t 1
took their departur

of Bavaria, is defin
_ ,oe third week in April, I
es of imperial fetes will take place i

ci)

*at joy of tt

nd
- vizier nig,
b;)rCAL/I'NET Co,
eign-office, wher
the Lord (
4ke of IsTericastle,
elreudon, Lord
oit ~Yarlea wood, Lon
Molesworth. 17,4-tor of the Exche4---
ed. in deliberation mu
ntpowrED Ap
'N Atiorr (
19th inst.,
ii,„.o,uices the api
%„„s Pricess Mar
rrince Jer
the Correct
1:011ad it not gain
Ildon and
L'ance of the Pari
vicis
"Pe, do of on

Ministers aiiemblei
an of Aberdeen, ti
Lansdown, the Ea

James Graham,'
rgyle and the Cl

)w—n. The Minis

Parliamento, of Tr

i Prince Na

1, be a si

" fille7
I`°4l..ki nuREN
P4olveciOif
l. the deal
e.a.t
4.„ ot to let
her 'Qat it mi
114(i azd eve ght
Daijie(lin .1:1;1113

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r ruing H

and D for her;""
Lt° ITahP%cle.

„„,nn increase of the trade of the Tyne within late years, about
Aeading up to the 25,000 visiting its waters annually, no ” Home" has been
lumber, comprise provided for the many thousand seamen who bring those
-;sting of the vessels into port, and those seamen who are not resident
has an in the district are left to the tender mercies of the crimps
It-door, and low lodginghouse keepers in Shields and Newcastle.
inn. in The Duke of Northumberland, who is possessed of a good
#,one, deal of landed property in North Shields, a short time ago
'7 is offered to build a Sailors Home on the New Quay, in that
,e town, at his own cost, provided the shipowners contributed
£2,000 for its endowment; 4,600 of that sum has been
subscribed, and several gentlemen have just guaranteed
the other £4OO. The plans of the building have been
-,nroved by I' G- I Cr

us tirace ano. ...aptain Washington, R.N.
estimated cost is £3,980. The land, which is also
contributed by the Duke of Northumberland, is worth
about £l,OOO more. The " Home" will furnish accommo-
dation for about 100 seamen, and can be built up another

requisite. It will be provided with a library,
savings bank, baths and washhouses, and a nautical
school. The trustees of the building will be appointed by
the subscribers. His Grace has also promised to build

Ind endow a chapel for the use of seamen.
THE FRENCH TARIFF.—The following are the modifi-
cations in the French tariff:—Coal formerly paid a duty
of 4s. 7d. a ton, when imported by sea from Dunkirk to
Sables d'Olonne, in the department of Vendee. This is
•• _,,,AG now reduced to 2s. 9d. The former duties of 2s. 9d. a ton
expenditure of time and when imported between Sables d'Olonne and Bayonne,
to maintain goe and ls. 41d. when imported by the Mediterranean
Ventilatior ports, have been consolidated at the lower charge.
The duties on importation by land, varying from ls.
41-d. to ls. O'd. per ton have been retained. Coke
formerly paid twice the duty on coal ; now it only pays
one-half more than the reduced duty. These are the
duties by French ships. By foreign ships they are higher;
but, as English ships employed in the trade between
France and England have been since 1826 assimilated to
'l4 "^al

slups, the distinction is of no practical impor-
tance to this country. This being the case generally, it
will only be necessary, as regards iron, to place the former
duties in comparison with those now to be paid on impor-
tation by French vessels, English vessels being in the
same category:—

Former llutiesiDutiesperton,l After
per ton. !till Jan. 1,1855; Jan. I, 1855.

X s. d.
2 4 0

Pig Iron
Iron in bars, ac. fm. 612 0 f 5510 r 48 0
cording to di- to 8 410 i 1 to 7 0101 1. to 6 3 4
M ensions
Rails,thesameas
iron bars, ac-
cording to di-
mensions ....
Iron plates ....
Steel, in bars ..
Cast ....
Wrought

s. d.
1 15 4

17 12 0 I 11 0 0

8 16 0

26 8 0 11
52 16 0 I 17 12 0 13 4 0

A large importation is expected as an immediate conse-
quence of the measure, and it is stated in private letters
that more than 60 vessels, of between 100 and 200 tons,
have been chartered at Bourdeaux, where the price of pig
iron is about £8 10s., to bring both iron and coals. In
the London market no particular alteration was caused,
the movement having been previously looked for. There
was a rise, however, in pig iron of about Is. or 2s. per ton.