The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-12 00:00:00

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We beg to Gail the aitentiou 0f our readers to an advertise-
ment, announcing the desoarcia of toe Ci'ica.ssian steamer foe
Oporto and Lisbon. The Pe,.iiosular Steaer. Com pal': }maid
ply regoler.Y from Loudon aril Falmouth ro Portugo I, siit.rattar
and the -Mediterranean.; but it is extremely seldiou indeed, test
au otiprtuitity is afforded of proceeding i.y steam directly from
Liverpool to interesting portions ot roe globe The Cir.
C.,b451.4/1 has-beau reti.4st,4l iii this country for the -purpose of
befog placed periminent.v lin the station oetween and
Oporto, and situ is now _about to proceed to hers,estinatioo for
that purpose. • 'fbe intercourse between rile se tWI, poi is is now
almost entirely conducied be steem. • The rlitileitities of a laud
journey—owing to the holuess of the roans, the want of regu-
tar conveyances,
..ind the aimost total impossibilit ofrolita
anything like Wierrible aectunnoulatien on theway—are so
great, that it Ys verv'§eidoili undertaken except by stone hardy
and enterprising traveller, to whom tile economy of time is no
object, and who is wilting to eneouttier the fatigue and hard-
ships of Eve or six days' journey tor inte-baek—exposed to
privation awl inconvenience, cud at no stight degiee, perhaps.
of personal hazard—fur the sake of seeing, the interior of the
equntry, apcl'of OOservitiv, tlie customs awl' Manners of the pri-
mitive inhabitants among where be wilt pas ; As the convey-
ance by steamers is now regular and certain, mud the voyager
is perforated in trout eighteen to twenty-four attars according
to the- weather. 'it is not surprising that . these
.should almost
entirely supetsetlt• the cold mode of traveiling—even to Portugal,
where every species of improvement is looked upon with pre-
judice, autl is Poly slowly adopted by the n.itives. There is at
present only one steamer winch. uontines itself in the passage
between Lisbon and Optirto.•. She is A line vessel named the
was purchased:at Liverpool about It.O years ago, by
a Portuguese cutnpany, since witun time she has been plying
regularly between these two ports. She sails 'owe ever% eight
iir ten days from °Port.. ref:at-nog, of course, lit Lisbon. iii
the intermediate tune. Though the distelice is not very great—
only from 15010 180 miles—the fares in in,; besi are about
£3 6s: of our money, and in the secoini cabin' aitout 1.45. or
15s. less. These sours include previsions. with wines and spirits.
but not the steward's fee. The only other steam cotiveyaneo
between Lisbon and Oporto, is hy the English'inail packets,
which pass of ()port°, once a eek, on theta way trout Lou-
don and Falmouth; to and trout Lislitio,' Gilbrattar, &c. As
these vessels do not enter the-I/Jure, thty eau only lie_ hoarded
when the weallter is moderate, and 'the inarortiniate passen-
ger bound for °Porto is' not unrrequer;tiv 'carried forward, to
Lisbutt, on the one baud. Vigo on, tho :-Thoo
fares by, these packets, -notwithstandirig 'the' ekin•nse• and in-
(NW venience of boarding. are stilt higher than by the l'orto.
Tne charge in the best cabin from Lislioni tb Op'orto,'in'etuding
Provisions, is 20 milreas, equal to about £4 and in
;he fore-c-abin 13 initreas, or £3 • The deck-passengers pay 4
(ISi. GI) and tied themselves. Time tiliercourse be-
tiveeii the two cities referied to is already vonsitl,ra tile is rapidly
increasing, and is capable,' with improved maimeeinee;t, of being,
very greatly extended. 'll is Witte this tlew tinit-the Circassian
has been purchased by the present spirited and enterprising
prop: fetus, .She will tie commanded by Captain liiixton,•a
gentleman with whom we have the pleasure of a :4140, t acquaint-
ance, and of whom. therefore, we can speak it nit coutideuce,
when we stir te.t hat he is vonsiderert, by coutpetent judges'Wheill
wo have heard sp-ak of lino, as one or the ablest seamen who
ever commanded a vessel. From the• prominent putt s.loch he
took .in the Poitti,,acse Aar, iris nave !torsi be familiar to many
of out' readers. lie Comuiailled the Vida il I brig, under
mind 'Napier. at the memorable battle id Cape iticent, to
which Don Aligners entire fleet was captio ed, arid it:slim:l.llSb-
ed himself throughoitt• the action, as welt as rot mane other
critical occasions, with the taustadinirahle c.ailness and intre-
'Tidit v. He his for several years held the rank of post-cantittn
in the Portoeuese ser,ice; and will thus he {-willed, we believe,
to hoistrlie pendant of Her Most Faithful Majesty on the hand-
seine vessel which has now been cetifided In his eat,.

We have gossipped tat her more lengthily than we intended
about Portuguese affairs. bot,having just returned trout a short
trip to that country. we have had the opporonity ttr
inu with accuracy ,the few parlicuia to Willi. h he have now com-
municated, aid we irdst we Slla if be vxeib..ed 1,, feeling. wino,
little temporary interest at teas/ about a country where we have
recently enjoyed ii•few, weeks of pleasant recreation, and which
is so seldom visited excepts by men of luismess, or by invalid..
We can assure our riaders th..t 0,i1;(1 nut undeiruke a
more, delightful pleasure cxcursiou Limn ii hit winch the de-
parture ot the Cired,,ian now affirms them I,me (irpertbiiily lmf
enjoying, - The. space of two or force Le amply
sufficient far the whole trip, and it night he zicetimplished at a
moderate expense.. We have not left ourselves room-to allude
to the various objects of interest to he seen at Oporto,and Lis-.
bon. We may, however, remind our readers, that the lines
drawn up for the defence of these cities during the late warare
in a state of almost perfect preservation, and ate an object of
treat interet. -After what we have already stated, it is hardly
necessary to add that the. passengers who may go nut by the
Circassian can return by the Peninsular Steam Navigation
Com oany's vessels, which leave Lisbon and Oporto with great
regularity once a heck, for Falmouth and London; or it they
contemplate a unite extended tour they eau pri-ceed to Cadiz,
Gi iraltar, or the Mediterranean, by the sauna line of steamers.
—Liverpool Chi or, icle.

STEIAI-SHIP CITY OF GLASGOW.—'Phis favourite Vessel de-
servedly ranks as one of the finest steamers that enters thiS port.
She arrived here ott Weduesilay, making the passage in less
th,in seventeen hours and a halt.
Wool> SALF.— We perceive that a very extensive wood side
is wive! tised to take phice on Wednesday, at noon, on the
Dock Quay. It will be the first auethdi held there.
ZOOLoGIUAI. GARDENS.—The second gala at these Gardens,
(postponed from last evening to consequence of ttic rain,) takes
place ibis evening. Should the weather prove favouraule a
very Meat attendance may be anticipated, as those who had
not tux pleasure t seeing the Vesuvius on Wednesday last,
have had theia curiosity raised, no lth% b. the flattering
reports which have been current respecting it: It is truly anuost
extraordinary exhibition.

The Apollo, frigate, which sailed from: Quebec on the 10th
ult., arrived at i'alaiwith on Saturddy.
The Packet-ships Englaud, Captain White, and Carrick,
Capt. Palmer, which sailed from this port on the 20th of April,
reached New York on the 11th of May, after a remarkably
short passage, to the westward, ut twenty-one (lays.
No icon tian 2,500 passengers were convey ed along the Liver-
pool and Manchester Railway, 9n FrMay. •' •
The Liverpool and Manchester ltailway Company have con-
veyed since Sunday week, front" Manchester to Lit kpu01,10,177
passengers; and in free days, 913 trust Bolton. ' '
CH ICKET.—A match at cricket will be played to-morrow, be-
tween the Cambridge tied Evertou on`-the ground of the
latter, Shaw-street, Everton. Vs ickFts to be
,pitched at half-
past two o'clock.
JoileS and 'Mainwatidg,' the two 'Men foofil guilt y,of man-
slamAter, in causing the death of a'yutifl Weiiian on *ltaict the
Birkenhead steamer, have teen liberated on b 41. They-t;eill
take their trial at the'next Chester assizes.. • - •k
PASSENGERS BY THE lit-4.011.-I,lltt tolloWirig is a list of the

passengers by the Bland, Callan, which arrived in this port ott
Wednesday from Calcutta :-Mrs Captain Abbott,
Mrs. Captain Ward, Mrs., Captain Pal ker, 'Mrs. Robinson,
two M isses Atkinson; Bev., Mr. Proby. H.C.S; ltev.. Mr.
Chad wok ; Capt. Abbott, Bengal, nth:wears ; Capt. Parker.
58th 8.N.1. ; Lieut. Walker, B. \.I. ; Dr. Clarkson,
B. Med. Seri/. ; Messrs. Douglas, Atkinson and 'l'. ()stet!,
rive ohildr,r. and lour set vants.
We' understand, that the L'ondoir until will arrive at ten
o'ctook on au:l atterTnesday next. • •

Bets to a consoleratne kintount have been made, that the
Royal \V titiaw will make a silo' ter passage acmes the Atlantic,
during the present year, than zinv., other vessel by twenty-tour
hours; and two to one have been taken, that she dues nut make
a passage shorter than any other by two (INA 5.
SoUT FIER N AND TON TETE i 0,4'11 L.—We are gratifiPd nu
being awe to state, that the council, at its meeting on 'Wednes-
day. granted a piece of laud at the Intl of Lu‘‘er Parliament-
street, fur the latrituse of erecting a building suitatne for this
hospital.
DhsPATcn.—A gent:cmati left Liverpool on Etiday after-
noon by the two o'clock tiain to Manchester. treat thence pro-
ceeded to Kersal Moor, .witnessed two races, and returned to
Liverpool by the seven o'clock ttatu, where he arrived a few
minutes alter eight o'clock, The distance performed is upwards
of 78 miles.
SUDDEN DE. aTti.— On Thursday last, as a gentleman, named
Matsui, whose residence is in Scotland-place, was passing along
near the cud of Soho-stieet, he suddenly fell to the ground. He
was Immediately taken up and cat ned to the shop of Mr. Swift,
druggist, at the bottom ot the Crescent, %%hen it was discovered
that he was dead. A medical gentleman, who was called in,
gave it as his opinion, that the unfortunate gentleman had died
of npoplex), • •
• BoNnEn WA ttr.Houss, RuNcoeti.—his the intention of the

inhabitants of Rwicorti to petition, parliament to .x.tend to this
town the privilege of bonding goods. If this be granted, it will
be the means of brinttio_ many tot eig u vesse.is to this port, con-
signed direct from aliroird,'particulat ly 'flow the Mciliterranean.
There is ilready dock accommodation, and water user the dock
sils, dot swing tides, fur sessehs drawing 17 Ur 18 feet, or of
burden ui 330 tons.—. Chester paw. . .
Doss •aentletouii, frtqn .I'isttingliant, celebrated
througteort England I,r his superior skiii at 'lie game of
draughts, and who had heen expecied in Liverpool fur seviral.
montlo, back, strived last Tuesday, t.ttd, atter a tuateh of nine-

teen ;laws, with a gewleinan lung :resident twit., the contest
ended in ten games n.r and lour for Nottingham.

It was eirtisid;ied doubtful wheiber the IN:4i/tit-wirer. praver-could
have maintained equality with ono or twornoreot iii gerito men
who have lately tormed • themselves e question,
indeed, whether the nu tripe ii..iself produce a player able
to beat our towinrinan.--Azaw..
Bonus:ult.—On Thursday, et the l oliee oflice, Mrs. Leonard,
rif- the Devoe Hotel, Zoological Guldens, charged a Ttmale,
hauled Elizeheth Brodie, wish harkg robbed her of 9s. The
prisoner. was. formerly in the service of Mr. Lerruard, and on,
Monday evening last she was requested to fetch some article
from a room in• which tt hex, coutainino the receipts of the
Zoological Gardens, (i.:6 ,Is), was lying, and the key• given to
her for that •purpose. • Sobsequently, on the box being examined,
it was found that Os had been taken, and no-one, except the
prisoner, haviutt, been in the room, the present charge was pre-
ferred. The mauves was committed for trial.
Passengers by the packet-ship Europe, Captain Marshall
which arrived fi mu New I'm k un Saturday evening:—Mr.
Robert Livingston and holy, of New York; Mr. Joseph
Stlt-
lady, three children. and servant, of Philadelphia ; Mr. James,
Ames and hirly. of • Liverpool ; Ate, J. 0. Gaines and lady, of
New Orleans: Miss Burst:ad, MI, Steele, Miss Lynch, Miss
Erldows, Mts. Blood, Mr.' E. 0. Marshall; Capt. Von Shantz.
Russian Navy, bearer of despatches !torn Washington to the
Russian Ambassador in Loudon ; 'Lieut. Sweeney, British
Army. bearer of despatches from Sir John Colborne to Lord
Glenelg; Don Domingo rte Gericonria, of Cuba ; Rev. F. S.
Mines, of New York; Hon. 0. S. Smith and servant, of New.
York ; Professor S. F. 1.1. Mot se, N.Y. University; R. C.
Morse, Mr. Robert Goodhue, of New York: Air. Celestine and
servant, it. Italy; 11ir., Papauli and servant, of ; Dr.,
Holmes, D. N Todd. Mr. urstard, Mr. M'l arlane,
Mr. Beckwith. Mr..Pierve, Mr. Pegg. Mr. Wilson, of Canada;,
Mr. P. Paterson. Mr. Kerr, Mr. Lrovd, Thomas Askew. Esq.,
R. T. Keuiredy, Esq. • •
INUIV tYTEA AMR, ThisAt.--This steamer, belonging to the
St. George CemPauv, matte her first experimeritai it it, on Thurs.,'
day; end seldom have we witnessed a more g►e,tifyimig proof of
the ingenuity to man than this gaiient vessel presented. Her,
form is pet fed sy armory, and nobly does she walk the water.
She is of the largest class,• her size preventin*,,her admissiou
into any of the Liver pool docks. , -She is pi opel7ed by engines
14360 horse power, with expansive valves, and is fitted up with-
Mr. Samuel Hall's patent condensers : they are from the manu-
factory of Mr. Edward Bury of. this town, and, iu beauty of
structure, combined• with sti-eiretb and durability, challenge
competition;; and we recommend amy person desirous to see
first-rate machinery to visit, the , The bed-plates and
condeosors, cast iti ,one piece, are a curiosity, and, we are in•q
funned, are. the enormous weight of 16 tolls and S cal and la
tons. 6 cwt., respectively.- Her• speed is very greet, and,
her performauce on the first trial, it is believed she iviit surpasa,•
in this respect, any vessel out of the port. We cougratird_oe her,
spirited company on the acquisition of such a boat; and it', as
we have heard, they intend despatching her to New Yolk, we.have no doubt that her passage will be trerfei te"'l in_ less limethan it hie yet been accomplished in. Go where •5:951.44
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