The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS,

FOR THE SEASON 1848,

e-3- Owing to the immense preparations for the coming season
the Gardens will be closed from the Bth instant, until the first
Gala night.
WEDNESDAY,
FRIDAY.
MAGNIFICENT LAKE REPRESENTATION !

MONDAY,

TUESDAY,

AND
GORGEOUS FIREWORKS !

rHE yearly increasing success that has characte-
rised the efforts of the Proprietor of this popular Esta-
blishment, commands from him a sense of gratitude beyond
expression, and prompts him to redolble his exertions to de-
servedly maintain, or if possible advance, the estimation in
which he feels he is held as a caterer for the Public. lie has

the pleasure of announcing that the GALA SEASON will
commence
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 15th INSTANT.
The subject selected for representation, is the
CITY AND BAY OF NEW YORK !

A View which, from its peculiar adaptation and extraordinary
compass. affords tile greatest capabilities for the display of
taste and talent, for the introduction of Pyrotechnic Works,
and will be alike suited to
DAY OR NIGHT EXHIBITION.
To those who are acquainted with the
MAGNIFICENT CRY
and

STILL MORE MAGNIFICENT BAY OF NEW YORK,

the importraiture will be readily admitted, and each peculiar
feature momentarily recognised; while to the stranger (so
happily have the artists secured a position to take in every
object of importance) it will offer a subject of intense interest.
The View is taken from the

EAST SIDE OF THE PARK,
so that the ARTIFICIAL LAKE, which is now encompassed by
a parapet wall, beautifully fills the place of the
GRAND RESERVOIR,
_ _ _

supplied from the monster works of Crotcin, in the centre of
which is erected the
COLOSSAL STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
In close proximity is
THE CITY HALL,

with its beautiful marble front. On the other side is the
PARK THEATRE.
THE WHOLE OF BROADWAY,

•
from the
ASTOR HOUSE TO THE BATTERY,
and
ALL THE INTERVENING STREETS FROM THE
NORTH TO THE EAST RIVER,
are distinctly pourtrayed.
THE MIGHTY HUDSON,
which surrounds
THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN,

spreading its clrcuniaTnbient waters into the beantiful Bay, is
so effectively delineated, that any attempt at description must
prove abortive. With Burns it may be said,
" The outstretching lake, embosomed in th 2 hills,
The eye with wonder and amazement fills."
JERSEY CT rv,
THE ELYSIAN FIELDS OF HOBOKEN,
Mingling in the distance with Staten island, skirts the horizon
on one •side. The other is completed by
BROOKLYN and LONG ISLAND,
. _

which, to the passing clouds of Nature, presen't a beautiful
contrast. So simple but magnificent is the scene, so chaste
and delicate is the tone of colon-ing in the rich and broken
lines of verdure, that, like Nature's self, it defies descriptive

art.
The forests of masts that line the Wharfs, and the busy Ship-
ping skimming across the lake-like waters, are all formidably
effective.
"fHE NARROWS," • .

too, are delineated with the same truthfulness that pervades
the whole painting; and where the waters soften in the dis-
tance with the sky, the blending is so well effected that it
becomes questionable " where Nature ends and Art begins."
Amongst other objects prominently brought forward are
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH,
THE ASTOR HOUSE,

WALL-STREET AND THE MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE,
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE,
THE NATIONAL AND ADELPHI HOTELS,
FRANKLIN HALL,
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM,
TRINITY CHURCH,
CHATHAM-STREET,
THE CASTLE GARDENS,
THE NUMEROUS ISLANDS OF THE BAY,
and, in fine, every spot of interest, splendour, or importance,
the whole forming a scene to which
VENICE HERSELF MUST YIELD THE PALM OF BEAUTY.
THE FIRING
Will be in illustration of the
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY,
The Day of the
DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
THE PAINTING AND MODELLING •

have been conducted under the able superintendence of Mr.
FENTON, of London ; and the whole of the winter having been
devoted to preparatory arrangements, it is confidently expected
to surpass his previously excellent works.

THE GARDENS
are now rich in foliage, and are yearly becoming more beauti-
ful in growth. Nature's mantle is hung on every,blooming
tree. The lawns are verdant green, and the parterres are filled
with flowers, that are already lending their balmy fragrance to
the breeze.