The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

SHIP-BUILDING ON THE CLYDE.

We learn from the Glasgow papers of last week that
numerous launches of iron ships and steam-boats have
taken place on the Clyde, and that there is every prospect
of a busy season, several of the boats now launched or
ordered being for Liverpool houses. On. Thursday after-
noon, an iron screw steam vessel, the Vesta, was launched
from the building-yard of Messrs. Smith and Rodger, at
Govan. The Vesta is built for Messrs. Matcomson Bro-
thers, Waterford, for the cattle and dairy produce trade
between Haerlengen and London, Messrs- Smith and
Rodger are also building an iron screw steamer of 450
tons burthen, which will make the tenth vessel and the
twelfth pair of engines made by Messrs. Smith and Rodger
for the same Waterford company. A small steamer lately
launched at Waterford, and belonging to Messrs'. Mal-
comson, is daily expected here to have her engines put in.
These enterprising Clyde ship-builders are also busy on a
powerful screw steamer, of 800 tons, for the Australian
colonies. She is to be named the City of Melbourne, and.
will be ready about the month of October. A new screw
steamer, building for Messrs: -William Sloan and. Co. for
the Glasgow and London trade, will be launched in Arne.
She is to replace the Metropolitan, lost some time ago on
the English coast, and it is intended that she will'bear the
name of that ill-fated vessel. Last week Messrs. Smith
and Rodger contracted for the building of a screw steam-
ship of 1000 tons, for Messrs..W. S. Dixon and Co. Liver-
pool. This vessel is intended for the Mediterranean trade,
and is to be the duplicate of the Persia, built for the-same
-firm in August last. Messrs. Smith and Rodger have also
commenced the ribs of an iron sailing vessel of 800 tons,
for Messrs. J. Richardson and Co., who design to larher
on for the trade to the Mauritius: We may conclude our
present notice of this busy building-yard by stating, that
on Thursday another iron sailing: vessel of 450 tons- wee!
commenced. She is for the West India trade, and is to
be the property of Messrs. James Ewing and Co. On
Tuesday afternoon, a new iron clipper ship, intended for
the Australian trade, was launched from the building-yard
of Messrs. Stephen and Sons, at Kelvinhaugh. The Her.--
ricane is owned by Messrs. Patter, Wilson and Co., of
Glasgow.

Messrs. Stephen and Sons, of Kelvinhaugh, says the
Glasgow Citizen, are about to-lay down two large vessels
in the shed from which the Hbrricane was launched on
Tuesday. One of these is a sailing vessel of 1,800 tone'
register ; the other is a paddle-steamer of 800 tone'
register, with engines of 4moo.lo.r.sepowwe.r,Hcoobn3:raancdtedcab
Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., who are to provide
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London Works, Renfrew, launched the Flamingo, ;.-ort
paddle-steamer. Messrs. Hoby and Co. have two other
paddle-steamers in their yard, and have four keels laid, or'
about to be laid. Two launches came off on Monday at
Port-Glasgow, the first, from the building-yard of Messrs.
John Wood and Co., of a fine wood screw schooner, which
was- gracefully named the Josefine, by Miss Isabella.
Gilkison. She is owned by Messrs. Salomon, Moro, and
Leon, of Manchester, and is•intended for the Brazilian
coasting trade. She is to be fitted by Messrs. Macnabt
and Clark, of Greenock, with a pair of osscillating engines,-

THE BUDGET MADE EASY.

Mr. Puxcu and Mr. GL.BIONE. (After Dinner.)
Mr. P. What do you do with the Income Tax?
Mr. G. It must still lie on the people's backs.
Mr. P. What ! to be a perpetual fixity?
Mr. G. Not after 1860.
Mr. P. Re-constructed, or lightened duty?
Mr. G. Neither ; for either would spoil its beauty.
Mr. P. Extended to humbler incomes, I fear?
Mr. G. To all exceeding i',loo a year.
Mr. P. Do you mean to lay it on Ireland, Gladdy ?
Mr. G. Divil a claim to exemption has Paddy.
Mr. P. Legacy Duty Reform we've prayed for.
Mr. G. All successions mist now be paid for.
Mr. P. Any new tax on Spirit Distilling?
Mr. G. From tipsy Scotland an extra shilling.
Mr. P. Not on "L. L."-or potheen, I 'spose?
Mr. G. We'll let Patt oft 4or a couple of Joes.
Mr. P. None of his burdens to be abated?
Mr. G. Yes, All his debt in Consolidated.
Mr. P. I say, my William,you're making a purse—
Mr. G. Over two million—it might be worse.
Mr. P. Now you'll talk of Remission, I hope.;
Mr. G. Off goes all the duty on Soap.
Mr. P. Good! Go on till I bid you stop.
Mr. G. At different rates.these duties will:drop ;
On Life Assurance, on 'Prentice Stamps,
On Lawyers' Licenses,
Mr. P. (aside). Bless the scamps !
Mr. G. On Cabs to keep up the tax were shabby:,
As Fitzroy's going to deal with Cabby :
Receipt Stamps well abolish—instead,
Stamp your bill with a.penny Queen's head.
From the eighteenpence Advertisements pay
Deduct a shilling—nay, hear ine, pray !
We'll sponge out the crimson patch diurnal,
On the supplemental sheet of the journal.
Mr. P. I think I•know who will like that move;
However, we've got you in Gibson's groove.

Mr. G. I give up something from various saurces,--
Servants, carriages, dogs, and horses.
Mr. P. (tciaintentiou). Fill your glass
Mr. G.
But I can't take off the duty on Wine :
No chance of that, as it seems to me,
But fourpence-halfpenny off your Tea ;
And in just three years that duty shall sink
To a shilling a pound on the feminine drink.
Mr. P. Te Duce ? As will be, I trust, the case.
Mr. G. Punch° Juvente, I'll keep my place.
I can't/give wine, but I'll give dessert ;.
The following things shall be cheap as dirt:—
Nuts and cocoa, raisins and cheese ;
Eggs and butter from over the seas:
On,lemons a lighter duty shall fail—
Mr. P. One of the wisest provisions of all.
Mr. G. On a hundred-and-twenty items, I say,
The whole of the duty I sweep away.;.
And much reduce the duty that bore
On just a hundred-and-thirty more.
Mr. P. How many millions of taxes cease?
Mr. G. Two-and-a-half, if we keep the peace,
Mr. P. Well, altogether, it does you credit.
Mr. G. (earnestly). Think so?-
Mr. P. (patronizingly). William, my boy, I've said it

The- sarcasm's dride

• CT( LNVNECI.;-1110 TRANCE,
SPIRITUNAIILNIRSTAEPPRISITNS'A

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The spiritualists held a convention, on Wednesday ana
Thursday, at Springfield, United States. The Republica/1
gives a long account of the farcical and wicked doings'
We copy a scene, in which John M. Spear, of Bostoof
and a lady were thz, actors. The couple, having gone t°
sleep, subsequently rose from their benches, and 1110
lunatic somnambulists, belched forth thus :
Mr. Spear (hands to his face—face red as a cabbage)
800 hoo ! Allah boo hoo I Oh-h.h boo hoo-00.00 !
My father is dead, my mother is dead, and my little VI
is dead ! I saw them all buried in the grave ! And
must be buried in the grave ! (Wringing his hands) ,
800 hoo 1 Oh, where is my mother? Where is tai
father ? And where is my little boy. (More blubbering')
Lady, (arising and advancing) : Your father and motlo,
are here, and little Johnny is here. Don't you see thern,'
Here they are, and here is little Johnny—little call,
headed fellow !
molNtlhre.
rSipsedaer ad, (moreand hloiott-lheojooi nhgn): ny
i."Nslcyleafadt.heroish dead,!
I S 5
to see little Johnny ! Oh ! I wish I was dead, too ! of
Lady (kindly): Here they are; they are not dead ;ti
are living.
Mr. Spear : Little Johnny is dead. I saw him die.
Lady : No, Johnny is not dead.

Mr. Spear : It's a lie.
Lady : Why, here he is. Can't you see him ? He li°3l
and is here by your side.
Mr. Spear : It's a lie ! It's an infernal lie ! !
where is Johnny ? 05
Mr. Finney, of Ohio (advancing, and partly addres_ra,
the audience) : Here is materialism in its grossest foroiy
(Addressing the lady) : He comprehends you not. 00t
eyes are closed. With the material vision he see=,t
spiritual realities. He must be educated. Hem u'
taught the very A B C's of spiritual being.
Mr. Spear : I want to see Jnny.
Lady (impatiently sputtering): Patience ! 011! cal 3
you see him ?

LAMARTINE has recovered his health, and his /less'
work is to be a history of the Constituent AssemblY•
eet..
MORE OF THE RAPPlNGS.—Ehenezer Pope, a ra-,eSt,Purs.
able citizen of Milton, hp,ng himself in his barn on I—tijo
day. lie leaves a tatcily. Insanity, resulting fro' on©
rapping delusion, caused the mournful act. neritineb
of the selectmen of the town.— florae (I\r- r)
April