The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-10 00:00:00

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THE RUSSIAN NAVY.—The Russian force in the• Baltic
may be rated as follows :—Four three-deckers, of 110 guns
each ; twenty-six other ships of the line averaging 80 guns
each ; twenty frigates, some 60, the others 44 guns, avera-
ging 50 guns each. Corvettes, gun-boats, armed steamers,
&c., in great numbers. In the Black Sea Russia has 15 sail
of the line and many frigates of 60 guns and downwards ; so
that Russia may be said to have 54 or 55 heavy ships of the
line, and from 30 to 40 frigates, besides a multitude of other
vessels of war, all manned, equipped, afloat, and regularly ex-
ercised.

SPORTSMEN.—THE Moons.—We understand the prospect
for the sportsman this autumn upon the Perthshire moors is
much better than has been the case for several seasons. The
snow storms of last winter and spring, which were so disas-
trous in Aberdeen and Kincardineshire, were comparatively
moderate upon the central Highlands, which seemed to have
been resorted to by the grouse from other quarters for shelter.
Upon all the higher shooting grounds in this county the birds
are very plentiful, the coveys strong in number, but very ir-
regular as to size, which is supposed to have been caused by
the interrupted incubation by the weather in May. The in-
quiries after the moors are very numerous this season, and
few in this county of character are now to let.—Perth paper.
The passage in Scripture, "The lion and the lamb shall
lie down together, and a little child shall lead them, has has
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lately been literally realized by a most extraordinary exhi-
bition of Mr. Van Amburgh, at the New York Zoological
Institute. This gentleman enters a cage containing lions,
tigers, and other beasts of prey, accompanied by a child nine
years' old, and a pet lamb, and after the whole have gone
through various groupings, he fearlessly places his bare arm,
moist with blood, in the lion's mouth, and thrusts his head
into the distended jaws of a tiger. The animals, we believe,
are now on their way to the metropolis, and Mr. Van Am-
burgh, who has lately arrived at Liverpool, is about to follow
them.—Sheffield Mercury.

CONSECRATION OF NEW CHURCHES IN THE DIOCESE OF
ST. 'ASAPH.—The new Church at Greenfield, near Mold,
which contains 524 sittings, two thirds of which are free, was
consecrated by the esteemed Bishop of St. Asaph, on Mon-
day week.. The Incumbent, the Rev. D. Williams, deliv-
ered an admirably appropriate sermon in the morning; and
in the evening, the Rev. R. Richards, Rector of Caerwys,
preached an excellent sermon.—On Tuesday, his lordship
consecrated the new Church at Brymbo, in the parish of
Wrexham; and on Wednesday performed the same ceremony
at the new Churth at Cefu Bychan, near Ruabon ; on Thurs-
day he also repeated the same rite at Rhyd y Croesan, in the
parish of Llansillin, near Oswestry ; and on Friday, his
lordship completed his interesting labours, by consecrating
the new Church recently elected by a liberal individual, in
the parish of Llanfawr, near Bala.

RAILWAY FROM VENICE TO MILAN.—By letters from
Italy, of a late date, it appears that the directors of this
great undertaking, for which a capital of 50 millions Austrian
Livres (about £1,700,000 sterling) in 50,000 shares is sub-
scribed, are in daily expectation of receiving from the Em-
peror of Austria, its still required conclusive privileges.
Already the plans of the line and the calculations of the levels
and inclines are completed. This railway will pass through
the most densely populated and the most interesting parts of
the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, connecting the splendid
capitals, Milan and Venice by the ancient towns of Brescia,
Verona, Vicenza and Padua, besides numerous smaller in-
termediate places. The length of the whole line from Venice
to Milan will be 271,361 metres or about 1461 Italian or En-
glish miles. It will cross the post-roads eleven times—four
times on the same identical level, six times almost, at one
and the same level, and in one instance only, at an elevation
of 3 metres. None of the inclinations will exceed 3in 1000,
and in the entire length-of the road, being, as stated, 271,361
metres this very inconsiderable maximum in elevation, ex-
tends over 24,014 metres only, divided into 5 tacts, none of •
which exceeds 6000 metres (or a little more than 3 English
miles) in length—all at some distance from each other, and
in many instances favoureriby a counter inclination, so that
the locomotive engines may with perfect ease run the whole
length of the line, without the assistance of additional power.
Although this railway will traverse a country highly cultiva-
ted, .the amount required for indemnities, for demolitions
as well as decrease in value of buildings, &c. will scarcely
reach 500,000 Austrian Lires (about £17,000). The calcula-
tions of the lateral line from Bermago to Triviglio are also
rapidly approaching towards completion. The above results
are deemed highly favourable and have much increased the
hope for success of this splendid nndertaking, which fairly
promises an important increase to the prosperity of the port
of Venice and all Lombardy.—Gore's Advertiser.
THE Bityrisx QUEEN STEAMER.—WhiIe,on the Clyde the
other day, we went ashore at Port Glasgow to have a peep
at this most splendid vessel, the largest ever built in Britain,
and we freely confess that the sight amply repaid us for the
visit. From the river, the British Queen, owing to her ele-
gance of shape and fine proportions, does not look so large as
she really is, but as you approach her on the wharf, com-
paring her with other large vessels-near her, her tremendous
bulk becomes more imposing, her extreme length stretching
275 feet, being 35 feet longer than the largest line of battle
ship now afloat. But, if the visitor is surprised while stand-
ing near her, he is doubly so after ascending the ladder and
going upon deck, which being flush all along, in length and
breadth resembles a tolerable street, being clear over deck 40
feet, and over the paddle-boxes 61 feet. The workmen are
at present employed in fitting up the interior, and she will
be ready to receive her boilers and machinery in a month;
but will not be finished for five or six mouths. T
he space in
her cabin is large enough fur a ball-room. All the materials
are of the first quality, and the workmanship is of the hest
order, combining durability with great elegance, uniformity,
and chasteness of ornament. We almost wandered in the
space set impart for the passengers' berths, which can he com-
pared to nothing else than a barracks. The passage is some-
what in the form of a horse's shoe, with small apartments
with double berths, one above the other, on each side. In
the front part of the vessel there are additional berths, and in
all she is to have accommodation -for about four hundred
passengers I—the passages between the different suites of
apartments. and their arrangement, rivalling those of a
modern well-furnished hotel. The h'old is also the most ca-
pacious we ever saw, and will afford abundance of stowage.
The paddle-boxes are entirely outside, and do not at all in-
terfere with the sweep of her deck, which stands at present
from 30 to 40 feet out of water—of course when her ma-
chinery, amounting to something about 500 tons,i.3on board,
her draught of water, at present perhaps 10 feet, will be con-
siderably increased. There she lies, her gigantic bulk
throwing every other steamer into the shade—an admirable
illustiation and a noble monument of the irresistible powerand progress of science. The sight will be more attractive
some months hence when the boilers and machinery,
of, we
believe, 450 horse-power, are on board, and the interior in a
more forward state. Since her arrival in Port-Glasgow, she
has been daily visited by hundreds of admiring spectators.—
Ayr Advertiser.