The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

DAGUERREOTYPE LIKENESSES OF PRISONERS.—Mr.
Gardener, governor of Bristol gaol, has introduced the
system of taking multiplied copies of daguerreotype like-
nesses of notorious offenders in custody, which, with
written descriptions of the prisoners, are forwarded to
the principal gaols and police stations in the kingdom.
As daguerreotype likenesses of the most accurate charac-
ter can now be taken on paper, the only expense is the
triflng cost of the apparatus. The first likeness taken in
the gaol by this process are those of a notorious and
daring burglar, an utterer of forged Bank of England
notes, and a female criminal suspected of having been long
" wanted " in other parts of the kingdom ; and on Mon-
day they were dispatched to various gaols, &c., in the
northern and midland districts.
A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ENGINE DRIVER
AND THE GUARD.—A simple and efficient method of com-
munication between the engine driver and the guard
of a railway train has been adopted by Mr. Finnigan
upon the South-eastern Railway. It consists of a plaited
silk line, rendered weather proof, attached to a reel,
within reach of the guard, and passed through swivel;
between the bottom of the carrit.ge doors and the steps,
along the whole line, until it arrives at the engine, wbere
a communication is effected with the steam whistle. In
case of accident, the guard can sound this shrill instru-
ment, which will certainly attract the attention of the
driver; and no passengers can be alarmed, since it will
be impossible for them to discover whether the whistle is
sounded in the ordinary course by the driver or by the
guard. No fog, noise, or other impediment can possibly in-
interfere with the signal effected by this simple contrivance.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—The following is the plan
of scaffolding adopted by Mr. Parris, for the purpose of
restoring the paintings of Sir James Thornhill, in the
dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, 220 feet from the pavement
underneath :—lt comprises two galleries,—one on a level
with the great cornice, and the other some thirty feet
above it, in the spring of the cupola. The flooring of
each is sustained by poles, firmly secured, one end riveted
into ring-bolts inserted into and through the solid
masonry of the cupola (two feet and a half in thickness),
and secured with iron plates on the outside, while the
further end is supported by strong wire ropes secured
above through the upper gallery to the framework of the
over dome. The present platform only occupies one-
eighth part of the circumference of the cupola, so that when
one compartment is finished the gallery is shifted round
to the next compartment, and so on till the restoration of
the whole paintings is completed. It is said to be the in-
tention of the Dean and Chapter to follow up the ideas of
Sir Christopher Wren to the fullest extent.

CHURCH REVENUES.—The principal points in the fifth
report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England,
recently published, are these :—ln addition to the four sees
previously subjected by act of Parliament to fixed incomes
(to which Lincoln must now be added), the Bishops of
Salisbury, St. Asaph, Ripon, Ely, and Worcester have
consented to receive only the incomes prospectively an-
nexed to their sees—the future Dean and Canons of
Durham have been similarly limited—the Dean and
Chapter of York have surrendered that capitular estate
(subject to existing leases) to the commissioners, in con-
sideration of an annuity ca►culated on their past average
receipts, until a capitular estate in possession of the same
value shall be provided ; ninety-nine reversions have been
sold, and seventy-seven leaseholds purchased. The value
in fee of the property so enfranchised during the past
year exceeds £550,000; the total charge upon the com-
mon fund in respect of 825 augmented benefices, and 235
new districts and parishes, amounts to £77,967 yearly, or
a capital sum of £2,598,700 ; and, in consequence of such
liability already created, num, rous applications (exceed-
ing 1,500) still remain unsatisfied.

CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. A general meeting
of this society was held at the Freemason's tavern, on
Monday, for the purpose of making certain alterations in
the rules. Viscount Ranelagh presided. The proposed
alterations, which included the abolition of fines for non-
payment or unadvanced shares, the more easy withdrawal
and transfer of shares, &c., were unanimously adopted,
subject to the approval of the barrister appointed under
the statutes to certify. Lord Ranelagh, the Hon. Col.
Lowther, M.P., Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., and
J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P., were appointed the trustees.
A good deal of discussion took place with respect to the
question of a reserved allotment on the rating clause, for
a public house, and it was ultimately resolved that it
should he offered to tender by the highest bidder amongst
all the members having rights of choice. A drawing took
place for 42 rights of choice, and it was stated that 21
shares would be added by seniority to the Register of
Rights. In the course of the proceedings the noble
chairman gave a very satisfactory accountoof the financial
proceedings of the society, and announced a fact almost
unparalleled in the history of these institutions—that
although the society had been only six months in existence,
it had been enabled to form a reserved fund of £3,000.
THE TEETH AND BREATH.—HOW often do we find the
human face divine disfigured by neglecting the chiefest of
its ornaments, and the breath made disagreeable to com-
panions by non-attention to the teeth Though perfect
in their structure and composition, to keep them in a pure
and healthy state requires some little trouble; and if those
who are blessed with well-formed teeth knew how soon
decay steals into the mouth, makiuennsightly what
other-
wise are delightful to admire, d designating iunhealthi-
ness by the impurity of tkvbreatli, they
.w.uusid spare
expense to. chase away hose fatal bleu-illse.But al-
though most ladies are' careful, and ever
particular in
these delicate matters; yet few are sufficientlyaware of
the imperative necessity of avoiding all noxious or mineral
substances of an, acrid nature, and of_ which the greater
part of the cheap tooth-
powders of the present day are
composed. It is highly
satisfactory to point out Messrs.
Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice, as a preparation
free from alriojurious elements, and eminently calculated
to embellish and preserve the dental structure, to impart
a grateful fragrance to the breath, and to embellish and
perpetuate the graces of the mouth.—Court Journal,