The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDIRD.

POLICE.COURT-YESTERDAY.

IRISH MENDICANCY.—As usual, a number of these
cases were heard, nor was there wanting the general con-
comitants of such cases. One man, Thomas Paul, though
presenting the average exterior of destitution, was pos-
sessed of five shillings and sevenpence when found begging.
COMMITTALS.—John Mack, for obtaining under false
shetences two cigar cases and contents from the shop of
Mrs. Crompton, Basnett-street.—John Sudell, a lad of
respectable appearance, for stealing a watch from the
house of Air. Lloyd, Pembroke-street.--Also a prostitute,
for stealing a watch from a young man named Wm.
Dutton, in Church-street, on Sunday night about eleven
o'clock.

STEALING BUILDING MATERIALS.—An Irish girl was
charged with stealing a quantity of stone from the ruins
of St. Matthias' church, the building materials forming
which present a great temptation to the starving wretches
now prowling the streets in such numbers. The value of
the whole property was required to be estimated, prior to
the infliction of any punishment on the thief.
INTENDED SUICIDE.—About half-past one o'clock on
Sunday morning, constable 983 saw a man without either
hat or coat, making for the canal bank, from Burlington-
street. The officer having captured the man after a chase,
discovered that he was drunk, and further, that he was
intent on self-destruction. On being put into the dock
be gave his name William Fagan ; he had the appearance
of a working man, and seemed to have a due sense of the
ridiculous caricature he had made of himself.
STONE THROWING. —A great number of lads were
placed before Mr, Rushton, charged with " warring "
with stones. The penalty was imposed in every instance,
Mr, Rushton being determined to suppress a nuisance
which has become intelerable in certain districts. To
give

nne idea of the scale on which operations are
carried on, it may be stated that a few officers appre-
hended no less than sixteen lads engaged in this danger-

ous pastime, on the canel banks. Another juvenile
offence, of scarcely less enormity, and generally com-
mitted on Sundays, is that of " pitch and toss."
IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Peter M`Govern, a lad not
twelve years old, was placed in the dock. A girl of
17 or 18, having the appearance of a person of the hum-
bler class, attired in her best apparel, stated that about
eleven o'clock that morning she was walking through
Queen-square, when the boy came up, and snatching at
the beads round her neck, tore them away ••,, he also con-
trived to take the comb from her head, and attempted to
get her handkerchief also. The operation was the work
of a moment and displayed a considerable amount of
effrontery and skill on the part of the perpetrator, espe-
cially when it is remembered that he is u mere child.
DARING ROBBERY.—On the 4th last., a groom in the
service of Mr. Harvey, of Ireland, a gentleman well
known on the turf, crossed from the Chester side in
charge ,of two valuable horses, the cloths required for
these valuable animals, and his,own luggage. While the
young man's attention was absorbed in safely landing
the 'horses, the other property was carried off. Since
then the police have been on the alert, and have at length
succeeded in capturing an Irishman, named John O'Neil,
on"wtom a number of pawn tickets relating to the miss-
ing property were found 'inconsequence; the bulk of it
comprising boots, shoes, trousers, horse cletlis,tkc.Szc.
have been recovered and traced to O'Neil, who was com-
mitted for trial.

UNFOUNDED CEIA.noE.--Michael Pepperton, a gentish
'looking young Irishman, accompanied by a witness of
more aristocratic mien,,(said to be the son of a magistrate
of Ireland,) stepped into the witness box to charge Wm.
Collopy and his wife with having robbed him of seven or
eight sovereigns, on Sunday night. The prisoners, who
are persons of respectable appearance, keep a -lodging-
house in Porter-street, the same at which -Gleeson, the
reputed murderer, lodged ptior to committing the crime
laid to his alarm Pepperton, when before The magis-
trate, stated that Mrs. Collopy had taken the-money from
his pocketin -the yard,. though he did•not see her in the
act. When the policetnan went into the hose, between
one and two •o'clock this morning, a purse, containing
five sovereigns, was handed to him by Collopy, on whose
person three other sovereigns were found in bridewell;
some money 'was also taken from the female. Collopy
stated that there-was a general row in -his house on the
night in question, and that he found the purse under a
tea-pot, and-supposed it might have;been abstracted,by
some of the company. The case was,dismissed, with -an
order -to restore the money to the complainant.

A rAcTroNf

3H T.—Sven 'lrishmen, of as many varie-
ties of type of 'Celtic countenance and Celtic inisery,,and
whose names:appeared on the police-sheet to be, Martin
Callahan, -James Kelly, Michael Callahan, John
nagan, Miehadi M'Cormick,Pwrielaliggins, and. Edward
Kenny, were charged with a riot, and assaulting the
police. The:prisoners constituted:as many of oneside of
two bodies of =combatants as half a, dozen policemen: were
able to .capture. From what transpired it seems' that for
several nights -a faction fight between the,natives of Mayo
atd Sliv-has,been raging in Martin-street, Scotland-road,
and the neighbourhood, with all the ferocity atterant on
an Trish outbreak. Constable-651 appeared with his head
'bandaged, rendered necessary fi•ora% blow he received by
a stone, whilst endeavouring 4ocuiet the distattance on
Saturday evening, at half-pa.t nine o'clock, and another

onicer produced a number of- deadly weapons, such as
pokers;%whielt were used by theinfuriated rnffians in the
onslaught. _As they were giving their evidence, the offi-
cers identified the leader of the opposing faction in the
court. Mr. Rushton immediately ordered 'him to be
taken into custody ; his name isMuckley ; he is a middle-
aged man, and a pensioner. The scene; as-described by
the police, which these fiery people have been enacting on
-several evenings of late is truly fearful, and being such as to
-place the entire neighbourhood in danger; itwas stated
that the paving-stones have been actually taken-up during
The day, and reserved for use-as missiles ataaight ; and
,Superintendent Anders stated that nothing in his experi-
ence equalled it, except it were the old feuds-at Lace's-
street, " though it exceeded them." Another witness
'stated that the origin was to-be traced to the circum-
1-stance of a-cellar having been let to one of the party;
jthe owner of which refused to allow it to be applied as the
,occupant desired, which might be understood from the
'fact of her having, soon after she got possession, introdu-
ced a piper-and a number of disreputable characters, who
aroused the neighbours with their boisterous revels. Mr.
:-.Rushton, after addressing a few words to the -prisoners,
the purport of which was that'he regarded it as a scandal
upon the mem before him, that they could be guilty of
such barbarities, whilst so many of . their poor
countrymen were starving, and assuring -them we
should not submit to have the peace of ;Liverpool
disturbed by their lawless bghtings, fined tthe whole
seven men .C 5 each.—A female was then -called to
give evidence against Buckley. 'She stated that be broke
in the window of her house, and afterwards:aided his
companions by supplying them with brickbats. More
details she could not give, as she was afraid to put her
head out of the,door to observe what was going an. This
man was remanded. And the next case supplied another
of the offenders,Jarnes Maloney,eharged with assaulting
policeman 964 in Standish-street,.at about one o'clock in
the morning; he was bleeding from wounds recei-eed evi-
dently in the fight in Martin-street. He was adjudged
the same amountof fine as the others.

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Pin)LIC THANKAGIVING.—In the general orders an-
nouncing the conclusion of the war-the governor-general
notifies that he has intimated to the lord bishop " his
wish that on the first Sunday in Ma 7 thanksgiving shall
be offered to Almighty God for the successful terminution
of the war in which •we have been engaged, and for the
restoration to the people of the blessing, of peace."
Wands G.—" Time tries all things," is an old adage ;
and, certainly, Mr. Thompson has been thoroughly tried
in nearly thirty years. His system of-teaching writing
has stood-the test of a hundred opponents, but he is still
in the same locality, with pupils so increased in numbers
that lie has:now classed ,his son as his assistant. Can
patronage be more deserved ?
STATE OrTßALEE.—Axorrespondent thus writes from
Tralee :—" It is a positive fact that in the Brosna church-
yard the corpses of the poor are scarcely .covered, and
that dogs are seen feeding on the bodies most frequently.
The cause assigned for thisAight covering is that the
poor people who bring the bodies a distance-are too feeble
to dig the graves, and that children are stealthily and
hurriedly buried at night,. to ,prevent the relieving officer
.coming to the knowledge of their death, as he would
fnecessarily stop their rations."
ATTEMPT TO STRANGLE AN ACTRESS.—EIisha Cole,
-alias White, a good looking girl, was charged at the
Southwark Police-office, on Saturday, with having rushed
upon Miss Vincent, an actress, as she was entering her
carriage, at the door of the 'Victoria Theatre, and at-
tempted to strangle her. The prisoner, who was formerly
a ballet girl, said she knew Miss Vincent, who had de-
clined to assist her, though she was in distress, and she
had determined to do for her. The prisoner talked in a
very rambling way, and vas detained by order of the ,
magistrate.

BUILDING WITHOUT CAPITAL. —ln the Insolvent
Debtors' Court, on Wednesday, Wm. ,Grammar Clark, a
builder, made his " fourth" appearance, to claim relief
from his liabilities. It appeared that in 1836 he was dis-
charged, when he owed £1,834 ; in 1839, when the debts
were £3,932:; and again in 1844, when they were £5,000.
Now he owed £8,338. No dividend had ,been paid in
the several estates. He had been engaged in building
speculations, and having no capital he could not get on.
He had been more than a year in prison.—Mr. Commis-
sioner Law declared that the insolvent had been living on
the public—five years out of prison, and one year in. His
Honour said, the case must be marked under the " dis-
cretionary clause." Such persons should wear a parti-
cular jacket, that they might be known, as it used to be
in Scotland.—Judgment deferred.
ATROCITIES OF PIRATES.—Life and property iS said
to be pretty safe at Hong Kong ; but that this security
does not extend to a circuit of five miles round Govern-
ment-house, the Wongmakok tragedy renders clear. The
most serious ground for apprehension is the daring con-
duct of pirates, in the teeth of our ships of war, and, as
it were, wiihin hail of the floating police. A melancholy
instance of this had recently been brought to notice in
the disastrous and fatal attack on the Lorcha No. 33,
which left Hong Kong on the night of the 19th March
for Macao. O❑ board the Lorcha were Senor Orense
(Spanish mail agent), Mr. Pages, (secretary to the French
Legat•ion), European-Portuguese captain and mate, and
several Chinese, as also the mails from Europe for Manilla.
When within eight miles of Hong-Kong, at the month of
the Capsingmoon passage, three boats, apparently con-
taining fishermen, made for the Lorcha, and were warne I
off without effect. In a few minutes one of the boats was
alongside, the crew of which threw stink-pots into the
Lorcha, and boarded bar with spears and swords. The
four Europeans and one passenger jumped overboard ;
the captain, Sen. Orense. and the Chinese passenger
perished. The mate, M. Pages, and the crew held on to a
rope astern and were saved. Having plundered the
Lorcha of the mails, 750 dollars belonging to SP-

, Orense, and everything worth pillaging, the, pirates de-
parted.
_No parties had been taken into custody, and no

means

ipt6d to pr

recurrence of thesz

THE GIGANTIC PACKET-SHIP " CONSTELLA-

TION."

The splendid packet-ship Constellation, the largest
merchant vessel afloat, having completed the discharge of
her ponderous cargo, is now in our docks ; and as she
presents to those interested in the growing trade of " the
good old town," as well as to the many strangers that
will visit Liverpool during the present week, a field of
attraction that cannot fail to awaken the enthusiasm of
unqualified approbation, we subjoin the following notice
of her :

The Constellation was built at New York, by Messrs.
Westervelt and Mackay, from the drawings and under
the personal superintendence of William Skiddy, Esq.
Her length of keel is 195 ft. ; her length over all, 226 ft. ;
her beam, measured from ceiling to ceiling, 43 ft. ; and
the depth of hold, 28} ft. Her tonnage, estimated by the
Customs (or new) measurement, is 1950 tons, but she
possesses capabilities for the storage of nearly 3500 tons
of ordinary goods. It would not for a moment be sup-
posed that a vessel of such giant-like proportions would
be completed without a due regard to comparative
strength, nor has that important object been neglected.
Her hanging and lodging knees are all cut from well-
formed timber of great thickness and depth in the throat,
and each is finished in superior style. The timbering of
the Constellation is excellent, and her sides, with ceiling
and outer planking, form one solid mass. She has no
bilge pieces, but the ceiling is from 7 inches to 10
inches in thickness, from the kelson to the stringer,
which is 14 inches square ; and thus her timbers and
outer planking form a solid thickness averaging 3 feet
4 inches. Her kelson and sister kelsons are bolted
perpendicularly to the keel, as well as diagonally and ho-
rizontally. The deck stancheons are kneed to the kelson,
and in the upper decks are turned as pillars, but well
secured by being bolted through an ornamental iron cap.
In the fore neak there is an inner bow framing,- of ffront

in
strength, and between each of the hanging knees there is
a diagonal trussing running reverse from amidships, aft
and forward, which adds materially to her longitudinal
strength, and prevents the probability of her becoming
" hogged." The Constellation is built of the very best
materials, and her bolts and fastenings throughout are
all square.
The appearance of the Constellation when afloat, though

magnificent and mighty, isnot exactly what would pit,

greatest possible accommodation on deck, which is most
advisable in the trade for which she is intended, the deck
beam is carried so far aft that it gives her the appearance
of being heavy in quayter,-,; but we had the pleasure of
seeing her "_high and dry," and found her perfectly the

reverse—in tact, if anything, her lines are too fine, and
there can be little doubt, from her being clean fore and
aft, and sharp without being wall-sided, (as she is not in
sailing trim till drawing 23 feet of water,) she will carry a
Dress of canvas that cannot fail to drive her through it.
The stem is adorned with a well-carved figure of Com-
modore Truxttn, the commander of the Constellation
American frigate ; and the stern is relieved with beau-
tiful scrollwerk. She has all the modern improvements
in rigging, and, from the royalmasts downwards, light-
ning conductors of copper are let into the spars, and car-
ried through the keel into the water, thus almost averting
the possibility of accidents from electric fluid.
Manyvery excellent improvements are introduced for
the comfort and.convenience, as veil as the health, of

passe: ers, whicl.l so far exceed the ordinary arrange-
ments, that they merit the highest commendation. The
Constellation has three decks, bat in order to give full
light and a free current of atmospheric air, she is con-
structed with eight hatchways, of capacious measure-

meat, as well as side-lights and ventilators fore and aft.
The lower deck is appropriated solely to steerage pas-
sengers, with the exception eta store room, which is lat-
ticed off. The upper deck is also divided abaft, to form
a cabin, with permanently-erected state rooms, for the
'more respectable emigrants; and though this•only occu-
pies a small space, being calculated for 80 persons, it
is a great desideratum, as it presents an apartment far
more comfortable than 'the cabins of many first-rate
ships. The state rooms are large, and are each distinctly
lighted from the side; some are furnished with ;wedding,
and all with toilet ware, washstand, &c. Down the cen-
tre is a long mahogany dining-table, and fitted 'to it are
reversing seats. Each room is painted and grained in
imitation of oak, and the whole apartment is symbolic of
" home," " cleanliness:" and " comfort."
The. deck arrangements are most admiriblo. There is
a toogallant forecastle, and a poop or quarter-deck, while
amidships there are erections which are divided into seve-
ral apartments, some of which serve as covered compa-
nion-ways. The passengers' galleys are all-separated, so
that each department of the ship has its particularly al-
lotted cooking =room. In the centre there is a sick-bay,
fully fitted out, into which invalid passengers may be
removed; another 'fiivision forms a complete carpenters'
shop—another an'icehouse—a boys' room--rooms for the
;'and, in fine, every required convenience
rom the quarter-deck to the houses on

owage otcoals

neck tnere Is a neat suspension-bridge, and forward gang-
ways to the' topgallant forecastle, making her almost a
" four-decker."

Beneath th&:quarter-deck are the,eeptain's cabin and
the ladle? cabin, both of which are most gorgeously
" finished'," 'and are not only lighted 'from the deck but

by stern ports. The ceiling is formed into panels by
the deck-beams, which are finished with neat mouldings,
painted in 'dead white. An architrave of burnished
white, relieved, with graceful carvings-in gold, surmounts
the rich -cabinet-work of the room. Pilasters ena-
melled in white and gold, with a relief of lake, neat
gold caps, and veined marble pediments, form the state-
room entrances. The intervening space at the sides, as
well as all the doors, is formed in small panels, with
octagon-corners;—the centres, as also the skirtings, are
of highly-polished satinwood, relieved with deep-toned
rosewood:and;zebrawood, the effect of which is most ad-
mirable. The couches and seats are upholstered in rich
blue plush.
The staterooms are roomy, and-excellently arranged;
in fact, the gorgeous appearance the cabins present is.at
least equalled by the excellent manner in which the more
important but less attractive tributaries of health and
comfort-are-secured. But, like Punch with the" German
Giant," this fine vessel is too lony4fir

• ..zag• iur uur columns; ana
though ,we have given her measurement, we must hold a
reserve for eifuture publication. There are many points
we would notice did space permit, but one we must men-
tion. She pumped by a double-action machine,
worked with' two fly-wheels. To the same shaft a power-
ful air pump can at all times beattached to exhaust any
foul air that may have accumulated'between decks. it is
also applicable to a fire-engine, •antl from a jet with hose
of 75 feet in length an equal stream-can be ejected.
A visit to this monster ship will repay amply the ex-
penditure of• time, and we feel assured that Captain Luce
will exhibit that attention and urbanity of manner to
visitors which, with his thorough knowledge of the
venturous career he follows, has placed him in command
of the finest-ship afloat. Since Thum-day the Constella-
tion has been ,visited by thousands, and amongst those
on board,yesterday was Lord Howard, son of the Duke
of Norfolk, in-company with Thomas Sands, Esq., (late
Mayor of Liverpool,) and George• Brown, Esq., as well
as many of our merchants. Lord :Howard expressed
himself highlytielighted.
The Constellation is consigned here to Messrs. Spooner
Sands and •Co., but we learn that Messrs. W. Tapscott
and Co. undertake the passenger department.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON MONEY MARKET

YESTERDAY

The English funds &aye been very steady this morning.
Consols opened at 914 to 4, and are now quoted 91i, sellers.
The Three per Cents. Reduced are quoted S9i to 90; and the
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at f.Ok to. Bank Stock
1934 to 5; and Exchequer Bills, at 435. to 465. premium.

LONDON SHARE MARKET.-YESZERMAY

The share market is worse again this morning. London and
North Westerns have been done as low as 123} ; Great Westerns
,at 76 ; Brightons at. 35 ; Caledonians at 23k; York, Newcastle,
and Berwicks at 191; and York and North Midlands at 29k;
London and South Westerns are quoted 33 to 4.
French shares maintain the quotations of Saturday., but the
market is neglected.

LONDON CORN MARKET

YESTERDAY,

- •
Our market was but moderately supplied with English
Wheat this morning by land carriage samples from Essex.und
Kent, and although the trade was far from animated, selected
parcels brought rather over the rates of Monday last; se-
condary and inferior qualities of English and foreign Wheat
generally could not be sold on any better terms than last week.
Barley was in good supply from abroad, and barely maintained
its previous value. Oats of home growth were not cheaper,
but it wag difficult to make progress with foreign, unless at a
slight reduction. English Beans were the turn dearer; but
Egyptian., owing to an arrival of 16,282 qrs. during the week,
were easier to purchase. Peas without alteration.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY

The number of Beasts is about the same as of late, but the
quality not so good, consequently there is a deficiency in weight
of meat. Although the heavy rains have caused a slow trade,
yet the choicest kinds, owing to their scarcity, command rather
advanced prices. The Supply of Sheep is not much larger; for
sizeable Downs there is a good demand, at rather more money ;
indeed, trade is more cheerful for all kinds, and in most cases
a small, if not a quotable, advance is realized. We have now
so few in the wool, that we only quote shorn Sheep. Lamb is
in request, at fully 2d. per Elbe. more money. The Calf trade
is still very heavy, and it is difficult to makeover 46. of the very
choicest. From Germany and Hclland there are 290 Beasts,
1,068 Sheep, and 105 Calves; from Denmark, 5 Beasts.

James Redding, alias Maudsley, who was convicted of
murder at the last Chester assizes, died in Millbank pri-
son on Wednesday. He was on his way to one of the
penal colonies.

THE SLAVETRADE.—On the 2d of March her Majesty's
brig Phitome], Mr. W. C. Weod, commander, captured,
after a most exciting chase of ten hours, 110 miles south-
west of Ambriz, a large schooner with 600 slaves on
board, being her third prize within five weeks, including
the celebrated Igual, the fastest vessel on that part of the
oast.

EMILY SANDFORD.—This unfortunate young creature,
towards whom so much public sympathy has been ex-
pressed, and for whose aid a subscription has been col-
lected, amounting to many hundred pounds, left Graves-
end on Saturday, with her child, the result of her inter-
course with Rush, in the barque Caspar. The Caspar

will remain at Plymouth for a few days, and thence pro-
ceed to Port Adelaide. Emily Sandford looked care-
worn and haggard.
THE ADVANZAGE OF TIAVING AVOTE.—An honest John
Bull, travelling through Germany, on arriving at the gate
of a city, was requested to describe himself. _ Not kilt
tly what c

that he w

latlon tc

pply to himself, he answered
n elector in

"an elector of Aiiiidlesex."

kiermany is rather a more important persor
who bear that honourable title in England,

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WHITSUN-WEEK FESTIVITIES AND

NOVELTIES.

Notwithstanding the general depression in the commer-
cial world, and the complaints consequently SD prevalent
amongst large portions of the community at our own
doors, it appears that a recent flush of success must, for
some time past, have been enjoyed by the operative ma-
nufacturing population of the cotton districts, in this
county and in Yorkshire. No stronger proof could be
adduced than the immense influx of these strangers to
all ports accessible to them in or near Liverpool, and
many other places on the western coast of the county
further north. The whole of Whitsun-week has, for
years, been devoted by those employed in cotton-mills,
&c, to holiday enjoj ment.

As usual, all the Railway Companies, whose lines
reached any point of attraction—and the main one is by
these holiday folks, the shore and the shipping—advertised
temptingly cheap trains. The East Lancashire Railway
Company, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and the London
and North Western, offered more than usual facilities.
Immense crowds came to the town by the two first-named
Company's carriages, on Sunday and yesterday. The
East Lancashire brought yesterday on their line via Orm-
skirk, upwards of 7009, and by the Lancashire and York-
shire considerably more than 8000, left Burnley and the
neighbourhood alone. To this town and other parts of
the coast, Fleetwood, Morcambe Bay, &c., nearly a sixth
of the population of Blackburn rushed away from the
smoke of their factory chimneys. We understand that
the London Excursion Trains from the north were well
filled. The number who met at Crewe, from all parts, on
Saturday morning, went forward in 89 carriages, drawn
by five engines; and there must have been nearly 2000

exeursior
sort, most of them belo
and middle classes

persons

is were of the regular country
ding to the respectable working
Much to the credit of many of these

parties, principals, and teachers in schools, they brought
with them a vast number of school children, many of
them youths and young women, and all neatly, and some
of them smartly attired. The men belonging to the
several schools wore ribbons, distinctive in colour, so that
wherever they met they recognised each other.

In anticipation of all this influx of strangers, (and the
week being to some extent a festive one, even in the rural
districts,) the proprietors of our river, and other
of moderate tonnage, made preparation and at;

steamer

ment for little trips by water, in every possitn.
to and froM all the ferries on the Mersey,—to and from
the Floating Light-ship, and even to and from Fleetwood
and the Isle of Man. All of these were crowded, on
every trip, on Sundry and yesterday.
The Mersey ferry steamers
during both d

•owded

ays. It is scarcely possible to form even a
rough estimate of the number who crossed and re-
crossed ; but we learn that at Woodside Ferry, as nearly
as could be calculated, 20,000 individuals passed over on
Sunday, and about 30,000 yesterday.

All the other ferries had, their proportionate share; anti
Seacombe, Egremont and New Brighton, and Rock Ferry,
Eastham, and even Runcorn, became the landing places
of vast crowds, who perambulated these several localities,
and returned at their leisure.

The boats belonging to Mr. Willoughby, of the Tran-
mere Ferry, were all crowded on Sunday and yesterday ;
even the paddle-boxes were clustered to the top. This
was to be accounted for from the popularity of Mr. W.,
in his admirable manner of working his excellent boats.

and his attention to all passengers, and also to the cir:
ennistance of a variety of rural and other sports being
provided yesterday for the amusement of the public at
"4-e Trantnere Hotel.
The roadsandlanesinthe neighbourhood were thronged
_ _ _ _

as if it had been a fair, and many picturesque

scenes and

frolics were witnessed

The Birkenhead Hotel, recently taken by our respected
townsman, Mr. Bluet Jones, who has fitted it up in an
expensive and elegant manner, was formally opened on
this festive occasion, the principal feature being a grand
gala and pyrotechnic display, last evening, in the gardens
attached to the premises, and commanding as fine a view
of Liverpool, the Mersey, and its shipping, and the sur-
rounding country, as any point on the Cheshire side. The

grounds were opened for the gala at six o'clock, and the
attendance, both from Liverpool and the town of Birken-
head, was numerous and respectable. The gardens were
in beautiful order, all the alcoves bounding them on the
west having been refitted and beautified. Indeed, we may
here state that Mr. Jones has spared no expense through-
out every department of the extensive establishment,
(including admirable stabling,) to render it worthy of the
patronage of his friends and the public.
Mr. Shell's full promenade band was in attendance,
and enlivened all by playing the most select and popular
music of the day. The grounds were, after dusk, illumi-
nated by numerous large Chinese lanterns, and over the
fronts of the alcoves gleamed a countless variety of varie-
gated lamps. The fireworks were truly splendid, and
novel both in design, mutation, and brilliancy. We regret
that we can .but particularise a few. One was a Saxon

revolving wile(

various coloured fire.

surrounded with st

'hole forming a rich

samine

bower of gold and tire. The rockets, grenades, &e., were
first-rate ; and the concluding tableau represented a
-colossal " Peacock," resting on a fountain, with its tail
-spread open, 38 feet in circumference ! and all the daz-
zling spots of plumage fully and brightly encircled by

jets of.corresponding coloured fires. This was pronounced
to be by all present a masterpiece in the pyrotechnic art.
The company were highly delighted, and few left the
grounds until a late hour. Another display will take
place this evening, in which numerous varieties and devices
will be introduced.