The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

EMBEZZLEMENT. —On Saturday a young lad was
bought helm e the. magistrates on a charge o, hay mltozeled a s Iver,:ign, the property of his eipp'overs, Messrs.
!Mattis, Davi., and Pritc'oird, linen drape-s, Elliott-
street. It appe rred that the pr.soner hart acted as their
errand-boy for about nine weeks, and that on the evening
of this day week he was sent to the hose ref Mrs. Macklin,
in Commutation-!-ow, with a parcel cf goods, and with
instructions to brim: hack the amount of the bill. lie
accordingly took the parcel and received a sovereign from
Mrs. Macklin; but itist-ad of returning to his employers,
lie proceeded to Cheshire, and was apprehended there on
Friday whilst in the act of amusing himself with ridir,
donkeys. He was committed for trial.
TILE LIVERPOOL DOCK BlLL.—This bill is still before
the Lords' Committee. On Friday, Mr. H. Tindal At-
kinson was added to the counsel for the opponents. Mr.
liart'ey was examined as to the estimate for the works,
Mr. Chapman upon their necess'ty, and Mr. Withers
upon the state of the dock accounts, whry,e evidence. was
very satisfactory. The case for the promoters of the hill
having closed. Mr. Serjeant Wiatigham addressed the
committee, confining himself to three propositions—lst,
hat the dock trustess hid not availed themselves of the
powers they had to increase the accommodation by the
erection of warehouse., and tlic unless th.is. were done
further, dock accomrnortation was not rtqupote; 2odly,
that the works at the Albert Dock, which included ware-
hou.es, would afford such accommodation that more
docks would not be required—in which opinion the Har-
bour Master agreed : and, 3rilly, that if more docks were
required, the site which the promoters proposed was riot
the most eligible, either as regarded situation or economy.
Mr. Hill proposed clauses relative to the erection of
warehouses round any future dock to be made in Liver-
pool, and, after a long discussion between counsel, the
committee adjourned. On Saturday, after a most con-
vincing speech from Mr. Austin, the committee unani-
mously resolved that the preamble was proved. Some
few particulars relating to the proceedings before this
committee will be found in our last page.
TESSELATED PAVEMENT.—We have had a gratifying
view of the specimens of tepelated pavements, which now
court public attention, at the office of Mr. Yarrow, bottom
of Water-street, agent, &c., and deem it but justice to
point out the advantages of the use of these beautiful en-
caustic tiles both in public buildings and in private houses,
for the vestibules or lobbies of which they appear to us to
be peculiarly applicable. This kind of interior pavement
was first (if our reading serves us rightly) introduced by
the [lonians; and many fine and (considered) valuable
specimens in Mosaic designs are yet extant in several of
our ancient edifices —Westrninstes Abbey, Trinity Chapel,
Canterbury, &c. The improve machinery of modern
times enables the makers of these tiles to render them
much harder, and more durable, than those of the ancients;
and, at the same time, the advancement in the chemistry
of colouring the clay admls of an almost unlimited variety
of pattern. in various colours. They are of numerous
geometrical forms—squares, diamonds, hexagons, octa-
gons, oblong squares, &c., with a demi-section or other
portion of each when required, so as to form a variety of
patterns, perfect in themselves, and admitting of a great
latitude of design, or choice. Coats of arms, and other
heraldic devices, variegated marbles, &c., may thus be
produced in bright and na'ural semblance, in squares with
centre-pieces and suitable bordering, or frame-work with
mitred corners,—the coloured portion being not a mere
pattern, as an earthenware, on the surface only of the
material, hut forming part and parcel, to a considerable
depth, like inlaid wood or breast work, of the tile, the
hardness of which renders it durable, under the roughest
treatment of the feet, for ages. We observed one pattern.
within a sqlare, of the Arms of England, which the ma-
nufacturers have contracted to supply for the lobbies, &c.,
of the new houses of parliament, and the whole is ex-
ceedingly well achieved. Something similar, or plainer,
would be suitable for the vestibule of our Town-hall,
which is imperfectly flagged with (now) broken stones,
quite unworthy of such an edifice. Some of the same
kind of pavement may be seen in the choir of the new
" Apostolic Church," in Catherine-street, and we hope to
see it adopted in the new court-houses and St. George's-
hall. In passages and places much trodden upon it
would, we believe, be found to be cheaper in a few years,
and quite as decorative as the finest oil cloths, besides
avoiding the disadvantage of the latter in harbouring dust
below, and being easily cleaned with a mop; and the co-
lours, should they become dimmed, readily revivified by
the application of a little fine sand. Thiv pavement, which
is laid in cement, and forms a smooth but not slippy sur-
face, is well worthy of public as well as of private atten-
tion. Any desired pattern may be had by giving a con-
siderable order, so as to pay for the expense of the dies
in which the various coloured clays are moulded and
pressed. The surface of the pattern may either be glazed
or opaque, or a mixture of both—and several colours,
particularly red, buff, and blue, may be introduced on
various grounds.