The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

TO CORR ES L'ON I W.NTS,

PILES OF STONES IN VACANT PLACES.—?I correspondent
wishes to know if it be an element in the municipal
economy of Liverpool, to have every vacant space of grcund,
such as that at Shaw's-brow, Williatnson's-square, the
bottom of Richmond-street, &c., covered with piles of loose
stones, rubbish, &c.

PERTINAX will find that it is easier to teach twenty what were
good to be done, then be one of the twenty to follow his own
teaching.

TIMBER SALES.—In our advertising columns last week there
were two acciee..tal errors. The large sale of mahogany
and other furniture wouds by Messrs. Hahne, Slater, and
Crook, should have been announced fur the 14th of Octol,er
(next Friday); and the large sale of similar goods by Messrs.
Chaloner and Fleming should have been announced for tie
]9th instant (to-morrow week).

F. A. C. will see that we hnve alluded to the subject of her
letter in our second page, under the head of "The Week."
The editor of the Hampshire Independent evidently mistook
the notice published by the Post-Office althorities.

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TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 11,1553.

GREAT credit is due to the Town Council of Li-
verpool for the good sense which actuated their
decision on Wednesday last, when they rejected
the proposal for a high-level bridge between Dale-
street and the top of Shaw's-brow. When the
report of the Improvement Committee was first
presented to the Council, we raised the obvious
objection to the proposal, that it was altogether
unneeded. It was to be a bridge without a valley
to cross, 'a bridge with only one end, for though
there is an elevation at Shaw's-brow which creates
an inconvenient gradient, there is no correspond-
ing elevation at the other end, so that the bridge
would, at the best, have removed one inconveni-
ence 'by creating a greater one. The proposal was,
therefore, objectionable, for the simple reason that
not 'the slightest necessity existed for it ; but had
the call been a stronger one, had Shaw's-brow been
higher and Dale-street of similar elevation, the pro-
posal to obviate the difficulty by a bridge would
have been equally objectionable. It would have
considerably reduced the value of property on
-either side of it, and, what is worse, would have
Treated a receptacle for filth, for which no amount
.of facility for carriage traffic woukl have been an
adequate compensation. It has been found, in
every place where a similar scheme has been tried,
that no care on the part of the police, or other
local authorities, can keep the lower parts of such
a structure free from the vest contamination ;
and in the city of Edinburgh, which' wits cited as
an example of such structures, their locality is
better detected by the sense of smelling than that
of sight. In a word, the scheme is altogether un-
tenable, notwithstanding the recommendation of
the Improvement Committee, and the Council have
deserved well of their fellow-townsinen for decree-
ing its rejection.
There are several objects which must be specially
kept in view, if the town 'is really to derive ad-
vantage from the carrying out of improvements.
The thoroughfares must be widened,
straightened,
and made as level as possible -; the -central position
of St. George's-hall must be maintained by the
chief streets converging in that direction ; the
demolition of houses must .accomplish the destruc-
tion of the haunts of infamy which abound in the
densely-populated localities ; and, as in railway
construction, the requirements of each terminus
must not be forgotten. Bearing these elements
of improvement in view, we may venture on some
suggestions to the committee for their future
'guidance. It has been proposed to open a new
street from North John-dreet to the neighbourhood
,of St. George's-hall; but a far greater advantage
'would be gained by converting Whitechapel, from
A narrow crooked lane of decayed houses,
low spirit
-shops, dirty lodgings, and filthy kennels, into a
broad, straight thoroughfare of eligible shops,
which would form a handsome approadh, not only
to the south end of the hall, but also to the new
slope by which the acclivity to Shaw's-brow is to be
reduced. ilirhe improvement .of Whitechapel is not
a very difficult task : the houses of Mr. GILLIum
and Messrs. PHILLIPS and HoLmr,, at the corner,
are bout to be pulled down to save their falling,
and the frontage of Mr. HYANef shop might form
the line of the new street. The bulk of the pro-
perty -must be of comparatively little value, and
the cost of the re-construction on both sides of the
street would be more than repaid by the great ad-
ditional rental of the new shops. The improve-
ment must then be extended by a similar alteration
of Paradise-street, the demolition of which is
equally necessary for the proper ventilation of the
town ; and, Alen this is completed, there would
be a direct and eommodious route from the Custom-
house and the 'Sailor's Home to the centre, with
the prospect of the proposed widening of Park-
lane proving a Innch greater advantage than
would be the case were such alterations as we have
suggested not carried out. It may be considered
merely a question of time, but delays are dan-
gerous, and if some steps are not soon taken to
effect the improvement as a whole, the dilapidated
.condition of many of the houses will render the
re-building of them indispensable ; and if this be
done in isolated cases, without reference to the
increase in the width of the street, the additional
cost of their removal will increase the difficulty in
the future. It is not simply a question of beauti-
fying the town, though that is of some consequence,
but the far more important object will be gained
of moral and physical purification, in addition to
the greater facilities of circulation for the rapidly-
increasing traffic of this busy port. Nor must it
be considered simply with reference to the mag-
nitude of the first cost, as not the slightest doubt
can be entertained that it will be more than repaid
by the greatly-increased value of the property.

WE cannot deny the Health Committee credit
for the good they have effected in the promotion of
sanitary improvements, of which the best evidence
is afforded in the general healthy state of the
population, at a time when some localities are
suffering severely from the ravages of disease.
The time has not, however, yet arrived for them to
rest from their labours, for the Cholera has already
made its appearance among us ; and though its

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attacks have been confined to immigrants, who
may have brought the seeds of the disease with
them, and to a few isolated cases produced from
obvious causes, the necessity for further precau-
tions is by no means removed, if we would be
spared from the awful consequences of such a
visitation. The time of the members would have
been much better employed in attending more
effectually to this part of their duties, than in
unseemly disputes about -the character of their
Chairman for sobriety, which no one ever seriously
questioned. They seem, however, to have had
their energies paralysed by the emergency ; and
though we have already pointed out the simple
and inexpensive means which proved so efficacious
on a former occasion, there appears to have been
not the slightest provision made for even the few
cases with which they have yet had to deal. The
unfortunate passengers from the emigrant ship
Isaac Wright were landed in a pitiable state, and
yet their condition was not much mended by their
rescue from the disabled vessel, owing to the total
want of adequate accommodation for them ; and
we fear that, should a call arise for additional
exertions, they would be deficient when most
needed, unless something is done immediately by
way of better precaution. Almost the first thing,
as we have before stated, should be a provision for
enabling persons of every class in life to obtain
freely an ample supply of medicine for the cure of
painless diarrhoea,—an arrangement which might
be carried out without expense, as the liberality of
the public would provide sufficient funds for the
outlay.. A separate hospital for reception and
treatment should also be provided, with free ad-
mission to all applicants. The good of of
these would not only be shown in the readiness
with which the most available checks might be
applied to the extension of the disease, but still
more beneficially in the maintenance of public con-
fidence, which is of the highest consequence, as it is
well known that fear is a far more destructive
agent than contagion.

01:11 Conservative contemporary, the Morning
Herald, appears to have become partially demented
on the Turkish affair, arising not so much from
his zeal in favour of the followers of MAsomEr as
from hostility to the Ministry, whom he accuses of
favouring the designs of Russia, because they have
not precipitated Europe into war by wildly rushing
to the defence of the infidels. We can readily join
in condemnation of a Cabinet which possesses within
itself no principle of unity, no element of strength ;
but that is a poor excuse for running into the other 1
extreme, and counselling a resort to war, when, in
the first place, we have no just ground of quarrel,
and, if we had, we are in no position to avail our-
selves of it. War is at all times to be dreaded
as a frightful alternative for the settlement of na-
tional disputes, but we have now more reason than
ever to fear the consequences, with an incapable
Ministry, an exchequer with no available surplus,
and a people impatient of taxation. We cannot
afford to raise another national debt, if a blow
struck for Turkey should rouse all Europe to take
part in the struggle ; and we can less afford to
shut up the Black Sea, when our discontented con-
sumers are complaining of the price of bread: and
yet we must be content to bear both evils, should
Russia refuse to be frightened by our naval demon-
stration, and persist in holding the Danubian Pro-
vinces in spite of all attempts to prevent him. The
position of Turkey in the question is so far clear,
that none can dispute her right to take arms to
resist an aggression on her own territory, and by
so doing she may precipitate that downfal of her
empire which every one seems to anticipate as in-
evitable ; but the right of England to meddle in the
matter—other than as a friendly mediator for the
obvious purpose of preserving peace—is altogether
another affair. We have already agreed that the
SULTAN might sign the note drawn up by the Con-
ference of Vienna without any compromise of his
dignity, and his refusal to do so in the face of
Russia's willingness to accept it has deprived him
of all claim on our assistance, except so far as con-
cerns a renewal of negotiations.
If we may believe the latest news, it appears
that the SULTAN, by the advice of his Council, has
signed a declaration of war against Russia. This
step has no doubt been taken in order to appease
the clamours of the war party, whose passions,
having been roused in defence of their faith, can
only be gratified by allowing them to battle with
their Christian adversaries. It will be, however, a
new phase in European politics, if in such a contest
England Should be found fighting on the side of
the infidels, and we are, therefore, unwilling to
credit it without better testimony than the false
reports disseminated through the electric telegraph.
A formal declaration of war does not, however,
necessarily involve the commencement of actual
hostilities, particularly as it has been delayed until
the near approach of winter will have rendered
warlike operations difficult, if not impossible. We
may therefore hope that a renewal of negotiations
will yet be successful in settling the dispute with-
out a resort to the arguments of brute force, and
this result appears the more probable from the
evident desire of the Emperor of RUSSIA to with-
draw his pretensions, if he can do so without any
apparent humiliation.

The question has been taken up in England as
one for a popular movement, and on Friday a
meeting took place in London, at which the speakers
were of the lowest order of mob orators. It must
have been an edifying spectacle to witness an
assemblage of the least intelligent class of the
community listening to the vapid declamation of
men who blew little of the merits of the question,
and who were pretending to enlighten their hearers
on foreign affairs—a study requiring more thought
and attention than the individuals who composed
that meeting ever bestow on any subject. They,
however, cheered the speeches ; and, of course, all
the resolutions were carried unanimously. The
same party has often cheered as loudly and voted
as unanimously for universal peace and interna-
tional arbitration, but it suits the purpose of the
moment for Radical agitators who were getting
out of practice to raise a cry against the Emperor
of RUSSIA, and therefore the ministers are to be
goaded
into a war in defence of Turkish infidels.
Little did the sympathisers care for the conse-
quences, for they never recruit the army or navy,
and they have thrown the burden of taxation on
the holders of real property and those who are
liable to the income tax ; but men who can in any
degree appreciate the horrors of sanguinary strife
would be slow to counsel a resort to so frightful an
alternative.

THE Quarterly Accounts of the National Re-
venue are made up to last night, and will be
published this morning in London. From the
metropolitan papers which profess to be in the
confidence of Government, and therefore able to
anticipate official documents, it appears that the
year's account will show a large increase arising
from almost every item, but more especially from
the Customs and Excise. The quarter's account,
it is said, will also show an improvement in the
same items, but somewhat qualified by reductions
under the head of Stamps and Assessed Taxes,
arising from recent changes. Such a result, sup.
posing it to be realised, was to be anticipated,
when the great increase in Imports and Exports is
taken into consideration. We shall give the actual
figures in our
SECOND EDITION,

and reserve any comments which a perusal of
them may suggest until nest week, •

THE PORT OF LIFEI?POOi.

No. I,

A MONG the many extraordinary instances of rapid in-
crease in trade and population recorded in the history of
the Last half century, there are few which surpass the
town of Liverpool in extent and apparent permanence.
Unlike some of those towns which have rapidly sprung
into maturity from exceptional causes, the failure of which
may induce as quick decay, the trade of Liverpool has
presented a steady progress from the first time she became
a commercial port ; it has continued to increase with
augmenting rapidity; and the prospect of still further ad-
vancement is as great now as it was at any period of
her history. This arises from her peculiarly favourable
situation as the nearest and most commodious shipping
place, both for imports and exports, of the enormous
manufacturing population of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and
Cheshire—from the facilities afforded to vessels of
large burden by the estuary of the Mersey—from the
great accommodation to trade by her docks, warehouses,
and railway communication—andfrom the immenseamount
of capital embarked in commerce by her many princely
mercantile firms. Liverpool has also the advantage of
being the most convenient port of arrival for vessels from
Ireland, from the vast continent- of America, from the
newly enriched colonies of Australia, and indeed from all
parts of the world, with the exception of the Baltic and
the North Sea. Unlike Southampton, which has suddenly
acquired a trade from becoming a packet station, and of
which it may be deprived when there is better railway
communication to lower ports in the English channel,
Liverpool has gained little or no business of a fleeting
character, but all her trade possesses the elements of per-
manence ; and if we may judge from the experience of
last year, and what is now going on, it bids fair to aug-
ment in a sill greater ratio than any it has yet expe-
rienced.. The trade to -Australia is comparatively a new
one, and, from the number of thriving settlers in that
distant colony, must continue to require more and more
shipping to and fro, for which Liverpool presents far
( greater facilities than the port of London both for imports
and exports. The rapid augmentation of business with
the United States must continue to go on, for America is
yearly adding largely to her population, her surplus pro-
ductions of cotton and breadstuffs, and her demands for
British produce and manufactures. The revolution in
China, which has every probability of success, will open
that immense empire, with its enormous population of
consumers and producers, to the commercial enterprise of
Great Britain, of which Liverpool must have au ample, if
not the largest, share. The vast resources of our Indian
dependencies are about to be further developed, and must
at no distant time furnish full employment for all that the
present capabilities of Liverpool can supply. The Indian
Archipelago, though its progress has hitherto been slow,
is beginning to emerge from the long night of Malay
barbarism, through the judicious exertions of Sir JAMES
BUOOKE, at Sarawak. The large and wealthy islands of
Japan, so long shut up in their own exclusiveness, may
resent the threatened intrusion of America by throwing
themselves into the arms of British commerce. The Cape,
relieved from its long and hazardous war with the Cafl're
tribes, may shortly prove not the least valuable of our
distant customers. The establishment of a line of steam
communication with the empire of the Brazils, is another
of the means only recently adopted for the extension of
the trade of Liverpool. Similar aids to commerce have
also been adopted with regard to Singapore, Western
Africa, Chagres, Quebec, the Mediterranean, and other
places ; and if we direct our attention to almost any por- .
tion of the globe east, west, or south—in Europe, Asia,
Africa, America, or Polynesia—we shall find the most con-
vincing evidences of a vast increase in the trade of the
port of Liverpool being almost certain cf realization.

In the meantime, it would be as well to pause for a
moment, in order to consider how much has already been
done to provide for the extension of trade which has taken
place, what is now doing, and the facilities which exist
and may be made available for further extension. The
first step in such an inquiry will be a review of the rise of
Liverpool from its commencement as a commercial town.
The Old Dock, as it was called, which occupied the site of
the present Custom-house, was the first Wet Dock con-
structed in England for commercial purposes, and an
interesting account of the arguments which were em-
ployed for and against it, awl also the details of the act
for its construction, will be found in "Baines' History of
Liverpool." The act was passed in 1709-Bth of Queen
Anne, cap. 12 ; but it was not until 1715 that the dock
was completed. The following is a table of the tonnage
of Liverpool for the several years mentioned, showing the
rapid increase which has taken place in_the comparatively
short space in which Liverpool has risen to be the greatest
commercial port in the world :--
Yea r. Tons. Rate of Increase.
1710
1750
• 1765
1775 ............ 138,000
1785
1790
1801
1810
1820
1830 ...... 1,412,000
1840 ............ • 2,415,000 • lO6 „
1850
1852

It will now be necessary to take into. account Ize dock
accommodation provided for such an enormous accession
to the shipping of the port, in order to form some con-
clusion as to the additions which will require to be made
for the increase which may reasonably be expected to take
place; and we subjoin a table of the several docks, with
the date of their completion, and their respective areas of
water, taken from the same valuable work we have quoted
above : Acres. Yards.
1715—01 d Dock
1753—Salthouse Dock
1771 George's Dock
1788—King's Dock 7 3,896
1796—Queen's Dock
1813 —Canning Dock 4 376
1816—Queen's Dock (enlarged) 4 590
1821—Prince's Dock
1823—Union Dock
1825—George's Dock (enlarged) ... 1 4,240
Basins

Total
180 Ohl Dock (closed)

67 3,972
During this time, a period of a hundred and ten years,
the annual tonnage of the port had increased from 23,000
tons to 1,229,31 S tons, or fifty-three times, and yet the
dock accommodation provided had only risen from three
acres to about sixty-eight acres, or a little more than
twenty-two times. The following are the names and
water areas of the docks constructed since that period :
Acres. Yards.
1830—Clarence Dock
1832 —Brunswick Dock
1834—Waterloo Dock
1836—Victoria and Trafalgar Docks 12 1,362
1840—Coburg Dock.
1842—Toxteth Dock
1815—Albert and Harrington Docks,
and Canning half-tide Dock 11 118
1848—Salisbury, Collingvaxxl, Stan-
ley, Nelson, and Bramley-
Moore Docks, and Clarence
Basin enlarged 34 1,778
1851—Wellington andSandon Docks 22 3,685
1852—Huskisson Dock

Making a total area of Wet Docks and Basins of two hun-
dred acres, or about sixty-seven times the amount of dock
accommodation at the commencement, while the annual
amount of tonnage had increased a hundred and sixty-
seven times. It will readily be admitted that this is not
a certain test of estimating the comparison between the
actual amount of dock accommodation required at different
periods, but it will at least afford an approximation to the
truth, so as to form an opinion upon the probable necessi-
ties for the future, upon the presumed additions to the
trade of the port which may reasonably be anticipated
It will be observed, by a reference to the foregoing, that
since the commencement of the present century the rate
of increase has been greater than at any preceding period,
and that each succeeding ten years has gained upon the
preceding one. This has been the case up to the present
time; and if we take into account the sources of new
trade to which we have already alluded, in addition to the
rapid augmentation of business with existing foreign
markets, the probability is, that Liverpool will extend her
trade even
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of
the
estuary of the River Mersey, which, taking the extreme
points of the line of dock-wall, extends five miles in length,
and is about five furlongs in breadth. The whole of this
space on the east, or Lancashire side, has, however, been
occupied by the docks already made, or in course of con-
struction, without leaving any available accommodation
for the purposes of ship-building : a loss the more to be
regretted, when it is considered that Liverpool alone could
supply an immense amount of employment for this branch
of trade. We shall not enter into any comment on the pro-
priety of extending the docks in a northwardly direction,
as the subject has already undergone ample discussion,
and the works having been completed, it is now too late
for a remedy. It may, however, be remarked, that the
Husldsson Dock, lying so nearly opposite to the corner
of the Cheshire coast, has no sufficient protection from
westerly gales, and we refer to it simply to show the
impossibility of any further extension in that 'diree•

tion. At the south end the dialealty is almost as

great—the docks having already been extended quite
as far as they can be made availaTde, owing to the
shoals in the :Hersey coming down below Dingl3 Point,
thereby rendering the approaches inconvenient for large
shipping. This is a difficulty also net likely to be
amended, as the general tendency is to increase the size
of merchant vessels; and, if we may judge from the
enormous tonnage of some of recent construction, it is not
easy to saAto what extent this new taste may run. In
America a ship is being built of 5,000 tons burthen, while
in London a steam-vessel has been commenced to measure
about 11,000 tons ; so that very shortly we may require
docks and dock-gates specially fitted to receive such
leviathans of the ocean.

To confine the question of Dock accommodation to even
the ordinary requirements of the port, it will be seen that
the limits of convenience have already been exceeded,
while it is at the best questionable whether the plan -
which has been pursued of constructing. all the docks on
the line of water frontage was the most advisable. 'There
are many rho entertain the opinion that a great mistake
was committed in filling up the Old Dock upon the site of
which the present Custom House was built. Upon re-
ference to the map of ancient Liverpool, such as it was
about two hundred years ago, and which may be seen in
the cleverly-executed model now being exhibited, it ap-
pears that a stream of water, called the Pool or Sea Lake,
ran from the foot of Shaw's-brow in the direction of what
is now Wldtechapel and Paradise-street, to the site of the
Old Dock. Had this been made available 'for the purposes .
of Dock extension, the shipping would have been sheltered
within the town, and great facilities given for communi-
cation with warehouses; as is now the case in Hull, where
the docks extend from. the Humber inwards, dividing the:.
town into two parts. The opportunity has, however, long ,
since been lost ; the ground has been densely covered by .
human habitations, and all resort to it put completely out
of the question.

Au important point in the consideration of the sub!eet,
and one which ought not to be lost sight of in any
propos , ..-
pre sIl of nsration for the future, is the great incon-
venience experienced, owing to the want of facilities for
communication. A line of docks extending five miles in.,
length, necessarily involves the dela7, trouble, and ex-
pense
of cartage from one point to another, and to ob-
viate which there appears to be no feasible means. The
narrowness of the line almost precludes the possibility of.
any great extent.of warehouse accommodation, and Liver- •
pool warehouses are consequently scattered over the town,
with little regard tt their proximity to the localities of
supply and demand. But if this difficulty were got
over, by the erection of more commodious warehouses on
or near the quays, it would but slightly mitigate the evil,
without abating it. A merchant in the neighbourhood of
the Custom House having goods for shipment by a vessel-,
lying in the Sandon or Huskisson Docks, must send them
between two and three miles along a crowded thorough-'
fare, and such instances are of daily and hourly occur_ 7
rence. There is also great want of easy communication
between the docks and • the several lines of railway, by
which larg,,e quant;ties of merchandise are conveyed to
and from the interior; so t7nit in many respects Liverpool .
is deficient in the means of accommodation for enormous
trade, the increase of which will serve to render the de-'
fects more apparent.
(To be continued.)

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
_INSTITUTION BAZAAR.

A BAZAAR, to raise funds for augmenting the library of this
institution, which has proved so great a Loon to many of the -
young men of the town, opened yesterday, at the Royal As- •
senility Rooms. and will continue open to-day and to-morrow. ,
It is a very brilliant :flair. Many of the contributions are of
a very vatecble character, all pretty, and hundreds of fair
tiagers mist have been for many weeks at work, we ween, toe
have produced the proftision of elegant and tasteful articles
which adorn the tables. - -
Let us cast a cursory glance at thevarionS stalls: The centre)
booth, or stall, No. I, as the head of the room, which in size
epeears the parent of those stretching nn either side, is pre-
sided over by the Hon. Mrs. E. Cropper, but we know not-
how to recount its treasures. C,onspicuons, however, is a
towering conection of Wax fruit! and flowers, under a Alas E; -
shale, the fellow to which is said to have sold for 35 guineas)
at the Dublin Exhibition, and which realty appears to be,
worthy of the money. There is a beautiful piece of embrois
d a fae-e;rniteof Frank Stone's picture of "The Mate," pre-
seerirr' ed by Mrs. Themes Edwards Moss, and also some choice •
needle-work, sent by Mrs. Molyneux' of Childwall. At this
stall, eden, is vended a neat volume of original poems, contri-'
bused for the occasion by Lord John Manners, the Rev. Mr.
Polleck. and. others. and edited by Mr. Ralston ; and also"
several volumes of the late Mrs. R. H. Sandbach's poems,
presented by her husband.
No. 2 stall is presided over by Mrs. Buxton, assisted by
Miss Lamming, and containea bewildering variety of little_
elegem:les, amongst the articles bring some gorgeously-
dressd (10116, the gift of Miss Bro. ks, the daughter of the.
Veit. Archdeacon. The display includes, also, contributions'
from friends of the institution, in London, South Wales, and
Lincolnshire, and work by the children of the Female,
Orphan School, end the Girls' Deaf anti Dumb School.
Mrs. Mitchell, at stall No. 3, is powerful in assistants,
baring Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Parkin, and Nlise Gale. The show •
is very rich, ieelmling Persian silk, crystallized spar. a,
model of a mansion, and a ..,•nr,,,,Tous cushion, worked by
a young lady, Is years of age, at Kilereggan. Nor
has the useful been overlooked, in attending to the
ornamental: and at th,s, as indeed at all the
may be found ih remixed riot only gauze dresses for dolls, but.
warm and soft clotkehin for babies. No. 4 stall is presided
over by Mrs. Brell and AI ies Wilding. There are here
Sonthoort shelt-ilowers, n dolt's bed and bedstead, hand-
somely unhlstered, a rich cushion, and a very litter of
te
grandeur. The other stalls (fer we shotild tire at any at-
mpt at description) are presided over, respectively. by Miss
Rouse, assisted by Miss Williams ; Miss Downwards, by Miss
Trotter; Miss Stnbbs, by Miss Macontisn and Miss Dribson ; and Miss Wilding, assisted by Miss Margaret Widdowson; Stall No. 9 consists of a collection of green-house plants,
under the clo of Mrs. Cropper.
Nut the least valuable of the contril.utiens to the bazaar are
eight valuable oil paintings, presented by David Reid, Esq.,.
merchant, of Glasgow, which will, no doubt, be purchased by
some friend of the institution. Miss Leigh, of Islington, pre-'
sided at a refreshment stall furnished by herself, and to which.
Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo, sent yesterday morning's quan-
tity of ice water, end iced creams of the value of .ets, We
ought to say that the pleasure of visitors was much enhanced
by the presence iu the room of a eiano, on which airs. St ed-
men at intervals executed tome of the most popular and
fashionable music. Amongst the more distinguished visitors
during the day were the Mayor, and the Misses Holme, Wm.
Rev..
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Brown, Esq., M.P., and lady, Harrriond Banner, Esq., and Misa
Banner, Mrs. E. Molvneux, the
Rev. Frederick Parry. Sze. LallyD
donation of and stating that a prior engagement pre-
vented her from attending..
Asylum, es also
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pDle4ocif DTrisbn,Socrlroingl,
At half-past five the children of the Male and Female Orphan
were
admitted,
ett
renhedet: ati
,etlse eleven nt o'clock.stai l
Blue Coat School children are invited, and
The
he
mounted to nearly 4100. .

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