The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

Nay 25, 1847.

total letus.

The Orion steam-ship made the passage from this port
to Greenock on Wednesday in 14 hours 24 minutes.
One of the fever sheds at Mount-pleasant is now fully
occupied with patients, and another is now ready, for the
reception of such patients as may be found in the streets
either by day or night.
A brig called the Punch was launched from the Bath
building yard, Douglas, Isle of Man, on Saturday week.
She is the property of James Aikin, Esq., merchant, of
Liverpool, and is intended for the fruit trade, between
Liverpool and the Straits of Gibraltar.
Loss OF Two HUNDRED AND EIGHTY POUNDS.—On
Friday information was received that a letter addressed to
Mr. Reynolds, of.Cild Broad street, London, from Liver-
one £5O, and six £5 Bank of
Liver-
pool, containing two £lOO,
-England notes, had been lost in its passage through the
Post-office. The numbers of the notes are known, and
payment is stoppen.
SCARCITY of CArrLE.—The most extensive 'cattle
dealers in this neighbourhood had only two head of cattle
at the Liverpool Cattle Market last Monday. A member
of this firm states that live stock sold higher at that mar-
ket than at any market he had ever attended since the
war. Allowing for the difference in the value of the mo-
ney, the present prices are little short of war prices.
LAND AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Monday night a quantity
of land and houses were offered for sale at Gough's hotel,
with rather indifferent success. For 6000 yards of land,
having a front to Bridge-street and Argyle-street, 10s. per
Yard was bid, but it .was withdrawn, the reserve being
-6fty shillings. Seven houses and shops, with land, in
Lower Market-street, were put up at £1750, but the re-
serve was £2,100.
STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. The Firefly, steam-ship,
Plying between this port and Carlisle, which sailed hence
at an early hour on `Friday morning, about two hours af-
terwards met with an accident—part of her machinery
giving way. Two of the crew, the engineer and a boy,
were severely scalded by the escape of the steam. The
Newcastle, steamer, which was in company with the Fire-
fly at the time, towed her back to this port.
ACCOMMODATLON RoR FEVER PATIENTS.—On Thurs-
day,' Mr. Parkinson, bridewell-keeper, stated that several
parties, found suffering from fever in the streets during the
night, had been refused admission to the Workhouse, and
no accommodation could be found for them. Mr. Rush-
ton said he would communicate with the Select Vestry on
the subject, and he had no doubt that some arrangement
would be made.

STIMONIAL.—A gratifying testimonial to the worth
of Mr. Arthur Holum, the distinguished architect of this
town, was presented to that gentleman. The presentation
consisted of a full-length portrait, executed with the taste
and accuracy of tielineation which distinguishes the produc-
tions of the artist, Mr. Norbury ; and the occasion was
celebrated at the. Neptune Hotel with the usual honours
of the festive board. About 21 gentlemen were present,
under the presidency of Mr. W. Bennett.
SALT.—On Thursday, a meeting was held in the Han-
over-square Rooms, to establish an Anti-Salt Monopoly
(India) Association. Cheshire and Lancashire werelargely
represented. There were amongst those present—George
Wilbraham, Esq., in the chair ; Lord Robert Grosvenor,
,M.P., Sir P. Egrton, M.P., G. Cornwall Legh, Esq.,
-1`1...P., Hon. J. Tollemache, M.P., J. Ireland Blackburn,
M.P., Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., Mr. Alderman
Nicol, besides a host of salt merchants and manufacturers
from Northwich, &c. Some very powerful speeches were
Made, and the association was formed.

The teachers of St. Barnabas' Sunday School, at a
meeting on Thursday last, presented the Rev. Edward
Roberts, curate, with a handsome copy of Killo's Cyclo-
pcedia of Biblical Literature, with the following inscrip-
tion Presented to the Rev. Edward Roberts by the
teachers of St. Barnabas' Church Sunday School, as a
token of respect and esteem : May, 1847." The book
l'ras presented with an address from the teachers, express-
ing regret at the removal of their pastor and superinten-
dent, and thanking him for his kindness in presiding over
their meetings. The rev. gentleman, in reply, thanked
them for their kindness, and expressed a hope that though
absent from them in the body, he would be present in the
aPirit, and concluded by commending them to the Lord. -
LIVERPOOL LIBERALITY.—ReIative to the published
assertion that Mr. Herbert, R.A., had received from a
Wealthy customer residing in Liverpool the sum of 1000
guineas for painting a portrait, and which assertion re-
ceived a subsequent contradiction, the artist has written
to the editor of the Art- Union journal, stating the case as
it really occurred. According to Mr. Herbert, " When
Challoner's picture was completed, that gentleman,
with the liberality which so much distinguishes him, put
my" hands a cheque or draught on his cashier, autho-
,,-,:ing me to receive whatever sum I should demand, not
e
--c*'ding £lOOO. Of this cheque it was Mr. Challoner's
express wish that should re make a very liberal use. i
ediately took the cheque to the cashier, and asked for
and received, without difficulty, 250 guineas."
Tan LYCEUM NEWS Room.—There has been a dis-
agreement amongst the proprietors of this establishment.
At the annual meeting on Tuesday, Dr. Macintvre corn-
Piained that-the appointment of committees had hitherto
been influenced by political motives, and moved the re-
scinding of• a rule, so that each gentleman might in future
be nominated seriatim, and elected by a show of hands.
The motion was seconded, but the chairman declined to
put it, and vacated the chair ; to which Mr. Thomas Ur-
quhart was appointed,--when the motion was carried, and
a committee elected on 'file newly-adopted principle. The
chairman and his supporters had adjourned to another
room, where they elected a committee under the old sys-
teni,—by ballot ; so that there are two committees Pt
present in existence. Legal proceedings are threatened,
but we trust that matters will be amicably arranged.
THE. GREAT TUNNEL ; THE OLD POOL.—The great
tunnel now constructing under this town by the proprie-
tors of the London and Northwestern Railway, extending
from the Clarence Dock to Edge-hill, has already de-
bouched at the site of one of the intended stations of the
company, in Byrom-street, opposite the Baptist's Chapel.
Several houses have been taken down, and the company
have also., urchased the premises on each side the breach
thus formed. The work of excavation is rapidly proceed-
' lag, and the tunnel will be carried forward under the hill
and the mass of houses opposite, the hundreds of labour-
ers working like moles beneath the busy multitudes who
throng the habitations above them. The workmen, in
clearing the land and digging downwards on the site of
the demolished buildings, have laid bare a portion of the
bed and banks of the old pool which formerly bounded
the town of Liverpool on two sides. Before they reached
the sandstone rock they dug through a substratum of sea
hard slightly mixed with mud, the banks being of the stiff
4ard clay so common in this district. From the clay im-
o ediately contiguous to the sand-bed, they likewise dug
several roots and stumps of old trees. The pool, it is
4, ell known, opened at the site of the revenue buildings,
Wrinerly the Old Dock. Here it was tolerab wide.
dll.t.between Hanover-street and Paradise-stre tuts ud-
tiutiY narrowed, turned, and pursued a course nearly in
a e _direction now taken by Paradise-street, Whitechapel,
alld Byrom-street, till it reached Scotland-road, where,
d Chaucer-street, it is supposed to have turned, still
rie.V?lis, between rocky and precipitous banks, to the
Btr of Nash-grove, towards Great Homer-street, whence,
1 reduced in width, it flowed on, at the foot of the
re on ridge, to Kirkdale, and then joined a stream, or
P°k, which ran near the present Kirkdale Gaol. hat
4Y be called ancient Liverpool stood on a mound, round
the foot of which, on the south and east sides, this pool
'lowed from the Mersey. It will be observed, that at the
Present day, notwithstanding vast alterations, all the
Streets from the site of the old town leading to the bed of
the pool have a considerable descent.
WINDOW PLATE MANUFACTORY.—OUT readers can-
hot fail to have been struck with the marked improvement
which has taken place of recent years in the engraving,
and style of getting up window plates, with the superior
beauty and elegance of the designs, the price, instead of
advancing has considerably decreased. The artist in
Liverpool, by whom these changes have been mainly
Produced, is Mr. Jordan, of London-road, whose name is
doubtless familiar to most of our local readers, and whose
extensive establishment is well worth a visit. There is
Scarcely a shop of any taste, or noted for any display in
the town, which is not beautified by him.
PANTDRAINIOG SLATE COMPANY.—Weobserve that the
Promoters of the company which has been formed for
Working this quarry have extended the time for the allot-
ent of thecancelled shes till Tuesdathe 15tha of
Lune next. This we consider the most judicious course
„,-'4t could have been adopted in the present state of the
,7°,neY market ; for, although this is one of the most
f.i.'atnable, and, we fear, one of the few bona
,fide under-
tirings which have appeared before the public for some
under-
rme yet those who are willing to become subscribers
st not at present be pressed too quickly for the deposits.
veri great recommendation in favour of this company
!fe think, the amount of the deposit. Unlike most
4„ the speculative schemes which have lately been Fun-
,eeted, with a deposit of 6d and ls, and which, we fear, is "11
Ma.,,Pmracters of these bubbles can expect, if evcu, ip
r0c..,. _

Cori eases, they receive the payment of that small sum
dr.41,-,a great proportion of the shares they allot, the Pant-
-42 Vs!.Slate Company have wisely required a deposit of
the and if that amount is not paid into the bankers
hebr d'aY appointed in the letter of allotment, is to be
exeat: Positively cancelled. We believe, however, that the
*hiltdo not depend upon the public to any great
; for it is reported that, besides a good many shares
aoh4, were taken before the company was advertised,
ior large capitalists have evinced a disposition to come
as fora few hundred. The following are a few particulars
stL,Lne situation of the quarry. &c. The Pantdrainiog
area fief' 4°,n. which the quarry has been opened, covers an
LuirtY-nine acres, and the estate is situate on the
Org.w,e tankor roofing slate formation, in the valley of
/3'e-st/o.,11; • The celebrated slate quarries of the Penrhyn and
atlf --'°g are hi the immediate vicinity. The quarry it-
tati:ruPies an area of three acres, and has been almost
en.„7 opened upon the blue vein. The gross mayket-
tiraatnantitY of slate now, uncovered and available is es-
quat„.--eu at woo tons. At Bangor, from which the
Ittid-",,j8 distant five miles, the company possess a wharf
ths„,;mees ; and at the quarry every requisite, in the
filaa °f rnachinery &c., for the immediate production of
have,.somo of which, we believe, they be able to
eo In the market within a fortnight from the
article 'Leernent of operations. Of the value of this
Mark b,,t. present some idea may be formed from a re-
30r1 was made to us a few days ago by a per-
t% tlittgelY engaged in the slate trade. After observing
Suppi,.! great difficulty he found in procuring a sufficient
e adder and the consequent high ricep he had to pay,
eating Yes, slates are money." We are continually
that ng of complaints of a similar nature ; and any means
negei be adopted to meet the supply, in any degree,
ilider we:: great benefit to the building trade. We con-
of their good opportunity for builders having a chance
castourvrsants being supplied ; for we have no doubt those
Would to the company, who are also shareholders,
to the case of a great demand, have a preference
14:nother who has not. We believe there has already
huf.': !line demand for the shares, at a small premium ;
L when better known, we expect to sVe tllOll at a
her PriCe*--lifining Journal,