The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

VIII LITIMPOOL ItINDALIC

(Mr. Hartley) had seen the Chairman of the Shipbuilder s'
Association on the subject of the proposed alterations,
which could be easily carried out. If, however, there
was any defect in the plan, it was the fault of the ship-
builders, to whom every opportunity had been afforded
of offering advice or making suggestions. Mr. Jones and
several other members of the committee appeared to
concur in the views of Mr. Hartley. Mr. Fisher said
what had taken place in Council showed that the land for
graving docks, &c., at the north end, should be turned to
the best account. He was glad that Mr. Steel had called
attention to the matter, and hoped the committee of
works would make inquiry into it.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.--At the weekly meeting of this
committee on Thursday, Mr. Parker presided.—A letter
was read from Mr. Allan Kaye, offering to lease land at
Formby, Kirkdale, and that neighbourhood, for the pur.
pose of depositing manure, in the event of the health
committee thinking it desirable to provide such a place on
which pauper labour could be employed in the cultivation
of the soil.—Mr. Hornby thought this was a subject
which ought to engage the attention of the parish authori-
ties, with the view of employing the pauper population
advantageously.—Mr. Dover sai there was a feeling in
the poor-law board against employing paupers out of
the workhouse.—The subject was referred to the general
purposes sub-committee.—The deaths in the borough for
the week ending Saturday last, numbered 156, being a
decrease of 22 as compared with last week, and of 40
(exclusive of the cases of cholera) as compared with the
corresponding period last year. There were 37 deaths
from zymotic diseases, including six from typhus and six
from hooping cough, and from diseases of the lungs there
were 54 deaths against 64 last week. There was one death
from delirium tremens.. The atmosphere averaged 511
degrees, being 41 degrees higher than last week, but six
degrees below the average.—A letter was read from Mr.
Rose, the contractor for removing night soil, explaining
that at this season there was a great difficulty in getting
the farmers to take away manure in large quantities, and
it must, therefore, either remain in the ashpits, be carried
to the depots in town, or conveyed out of the borough to
other depOts, at an extra cost of £lO,OOO per annum.
Referred.—Plans for a urinal near the Exchange-build-
ings were approved.—A letter, recommending a watering
cart for watering a whole street at once, was only parti-
ally read, the borough engineer having stated that a
similar snggestion was made last year and rejected.—Mr.
Newlands reported, on the claims of tenants in Plumbe
and Prussia-streets for compensation, that the matter
rested between the applicants and the solicitor of the
railway company.—An application of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company, as to the erection of pro-
jecting platforms over Love-lane, was referred to the
Town-clerk.—Plans, and an offer for the lowering of
Parliament-street and Smithdown-lane, were referred for
further estimates.—Messrs. Walthew, Langsdale, and
Lloyd were appointed a sub-committee to inspect, with
the engineer, streets, previous to their adoptien as high-
ways.—On the motion of Mr. Walthew, it was ordered
that the sewer should be carried from Prescot-street to
Harper-street, for the purpose of draining the fever
hospital there

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
On Wednesday, a special meeting of the Council was
held, for the purpose of debating the policy of confirming
a proceeding of the Finatv.e Committee, who recom-
mended the letting of a piece of pasture land, lying be-
tween Birkenhead and Tranmere, on a lease for twenty-
five years, at the annual rent of £450, to Mr. Thomas
Wilson, for the purpose of a shipbuilding-yard. The
Mayor presided, and there was a tolerably full attendance
of members.
Mr. HUGH HORNBY moved the confirmation of the
resolution granting the lease to Mr. Wilson, and autho-
rising the construction of a river wall, and the formation
of a graving dock. 'I he property sought to be so rented
was a pasture field, consisting of 31 acres statute mea-
sure, and was now let for grazing four horses, at the
annual rent of £l5. By adopting the resolution of the
committee, they should obtain £450 a year for 14,000
square yards of land, on a lease of twenty-five years.
The Corporation undertook to lay out a sum, not exceed.
ing £lO,OOO, for the construction of a dock and the
formation of a river wall, upon which money Mr. Wilson
was to pay five per cent. It might reasonably be assumed
that the trade of the port would increase in as great, if
not greater, a ratio for the next twenty-five years as what
it had done for the previous twenty-five years ; so that at
the termination of the lease the property would be worth
considerably more than now. But even should this not
be the case, the difference between the rent paid and
the rate of interest charged, and that for which the money
could he obtained, would amount to £4,160, or one-half
of the whole sum expended in the construction of the
dock. But the advantages would not be confined to the
increased rental : the adjacent property would be brought
into play, more especially that of the ferry, of which so
much had of late been said. The adoption of the measure
proposed would add £lO,OOO to the value of the property
on the other shore belonging to the Corporation. More-
over, it had been ascertained that on this side the water
there was no site that would suit the purposes of Mr.
Wilson ; and if he could not in this district obtain the
requisite accommodation, he would go elsewhere.
Mr. HORSFALL seconded the motion.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE rose to propose an amendment,
and, in doing so, said his objection entirely rested upon
the construction of the graving dock. In pursuing this
policy the Council would be acting a suicidal part towards
the Corporate estate, and would be inflictin, an injustice
on the shipbuilders of Liverpool. They had on this
side the water nine tenants, paying £1,600 a year, by
renting land for shipbuilding purposes at ls. 3d. per
yard, who would have to be brought into competition
with a builder who had his yard at one quarter the rental,
and which partook of advantages no other yard possessed.
The measure would be suicidal in all its consequences,
not only to the shipbuilding trade, but to all the interests
connected with the Corporation. Mr. Hornby had said
if the Dock Committee had bought this land years ago it
would have saved the dock estate a million of money : if
so, he (Mr. Moore) contended the Corporation would
have been a million minus. It would not be an act of
justice to the trustees of the dock estate to create any-
thing which would come into competition with the
graving dock accommodation of that estate, and the
granting of a graving dock to Mr. Wilson would have
this effect; it would be a fortune to any man for whom
they should construct such a dock. Mr. Moore con-
cluded by moving that that part of the proceedings
of the Finance Committee relative to the construction of
the graving dock be not confirmed.
Mr. LITTLEDALE, chairman of the Dock Committee,
moved an amendment for postponement for a few days.
He thought it would be an act of injustice to the rate-
payers of the borough to take money from the corporate
estate for the purpose of constructing a dock on the
Cheshire side of the river. Mr. Wilson, with the accom-
modation sought to be afforded to him, would be able to
admit ships without charging graving dock dues—simply
charging the same amount as on this side without
graving docks—and thus the corporate estate woald be
placed in an unfair position. Besides this, by the trade
being taken to the other side of the river, a considerable
amount would be deducted from the parochial rates, and
a considerable loss occasioned to the trade of the town.
Mr. DOVER seconded the amendment, and supported
it in a warm speech. He was desirous that every facility,
consistent with the interest and welfare of the corporate
estate, should be afforded to Mr. Wilson, and should
therefore move an instruction to the Finance Committee
that he (Mr. Wilson) should be allowed the land for the
purposes required, but that if he had a dock, it should be
constructed at his own expense.
Mr. PARKER said the argument of the chairman of the
Dock Committee was, that you would deprive Liverpool
of the rate by renting land in Cheshire. Why, they
would do the same thing by sending Mr. Wilson to the
north. The opposition was unworthy of the Council, and
by confirming the proceedings of the committee they
would improve the trade of Liverpool, increase the value
of the property on the other side of the water, and benefit
the town at large.
Mr. MANN supported the confirmation of the motion,
with the exception of Mr. Wilson being left to his own
resources in the construction of the dock.
Mr. T. B. HORSFALL supported the motion in a speech
of considerable length. It had been said if they granted
the dock to Mr. Wilson, parties on this side would want
the same accommodation. Well, if it should be to the
interest of the public estate, let them have it. It was a
farce to say that such an estate as the dock estate would
be injured by the construction of a paltry graving dock on
the other side of the river. The question with Mr. Wil-
son was not whether he should remain on this side, or go
to Birkenhead. Mr. Wilson had said he would not remain
here, and if he could not have accommodation where he
now sought it, he would go into the north, and his trade
would go with him. (Hear, hear.) The present was a
new era in the financial legislation of Liverpool—that of
making the corporate estate more beneficial to the inter-
ests of the inhabitants generally than it had been. The
corporation had on amount of property yielding no ade- •
quate return, and he called upon gentlemen to make this
property really and bona fide beneficial to the inhabitants.
Mr. HOLT would support an adjournment of the ques-
tion ; but if it were to be decided that day, he would vote
for the motion.
Mr. PICTON said the question to be answered was, were
they to let the ship-building trade of Liverpool entirely
slip away ; or were they, by extending facilities to it, to
preserve it on their shores ?
Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Turner, Mr. Tyrer, and Mr. Freme
supported the motion ; Mr. A. F. Jones and Mr. Bigham
opposed it.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE withdrew his amendment by
merging it in that of Mr. Littledale.
Mr. HORNBY having replied, the votes were taken,
when there appeared for the amendment, 21; for the mo-
tion, 26 : majority for the original motion, 5. The fol-
lowing gentlemen voted—
For the amendment.—Councillors Walthew, Woodruff,
Thomson, Bigham, Preston, Atkinson, Briscoe, Godfrey,
Littledale, Holt, Ferguson, Halberd, Rogers, Tobin, A.
F. Jones, Henderson, and Fisher; Aldermen Dover,
Bramley-Moore, Molyneux, and Chilton.
For the Original Motion.—Councillors Langsdale,
Hodson, Hill, Tyrer, Hornby, Avison, Bell, Fernihough,
Rimmer, Wagstaff, Johnson, Picton, Parker, Freme,
Hindley, W. J. Horsfall, Mann, and T. Lloyd ; Alder-
men Hodgson, Swainson, T. B. Horsfall, Cooper, Wood,
Procter, Turner, and the Mayor.
The motion was confirmed, and the Council separated.

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Zgritigtural aiib 30ortirultural
COLUMN.

The first mating of the Liverpool Horticultural Exhi-
bition Society► has, we areLN9Y to say, fully justified the
prognostication we published in our last. Notwithstanding
the severe winter which has but just left us, we have had an
exhibition far exceeding any before held in this town, and
one which bespeaks a remarkable progress in the art of
plant growing. The whole affair was most creditable to
those who managed it ; and we believe no small portion
of the merit is due to the Messrs.. Leatherbarrow, to
whose indefatigable exertions much of the success of
these exhibitions is attributable.

But while rendering " honour to whom honour is due,"
we cannot, and will not, flinch from the unpleasant duty
of pointing out faults, the judicious correction of which
will advance the status of the society, while the neglect
to correct them may prove its destruction. We allude to
what we conceive the errors in judgment committed by
the judges. It is forbidden to the competitors to com-
plain ; and perhaps judiciously. It, therefore, becomes
the more incumbent upon us to discharge our duty, as
journalists, impartially and fearlessly ; and we do not
hesitate to say that the decision of the judges in some
instances at the recent exhibition was not in accordance
with the principles by which specimen plants are usually
judged. We will show one instance, and feel quite confi-
dent that the majority of those " practicals" who saw
the plants will bear us out in our position. In one col-
lection was shown Polygala Dalmaisiana, Azalea var
Apollo, Cytissus racemosus superbus. Bigenonia speciosa
(erroneously labelled B : splendens.) Erica lzevis alba
Oxylobium pultenem. Aphelexis macrantha purpurea
and Leschenaultia formosa.

Of these the Polygala and Aphelexis were certainly
most beautiful specimens, and might have been placed in
competition with the same species at the Chiswick exhi-
bitions, but we cannot award the same meed of praise to
the others ; the Cytissus was certainly a fine specimen,
but it is one of those plants which only want age and a
good house to make them perfect—therefore, the gardener
is not entitled to much praise for their culture. The
Azalea and Oxylobium appeared to have followed
their own course in growing ; apparently, they had never
received any more attention than the multitudinous deni-
zens of the greenhouse usually experience, such as water-
ing, and the ordinary routine. The Azalea was a fine
variety, but` a small, ill-formed, and not very
well flowered piant—specimen it could not be called. The
Erica was so much injured that it ought not to have been
shown ; indeed, it was hardly fit for any purpose unless
as one in a basket of plants, where its want of foliage
could not be seen. The wrongly-named Bignonia was a
nice healthy specimen, but not sufficiently flowered. Nor
do we think Climbers ought to be shown with shrubby
plants, unless they are something extraordinary ; and
lastly, the Leschenaultia formosa was not a first-rate spe-
cimen in any particular, being deficient in size, form, and
inflorescence. This collection took the first prize. Op-
posed to it was a collection of plants of smaller size truly,
but of faultless cultivation, and all requiring core and
attention ; we allude to those shown by Chas. Wilson,
Esq.—a neater and more carefully grown collection was
never exhibited. Another error in judgment was the
placing Rhododendron aureum superbum as a hardy
shrub. It would have been quite as correct to have
called either of Mr. Sharpies' splendid Azaleas hardy
shrubs. Smith's beautiful varieties of the Rhododenbron
have none of them proved hardy, and have never yet
flowered without the protection of the greenhouse. One
fact has been proved by this exhibition—that is, we have
gardeners capable of growing plants equal to any in the
kingdom, and we have wealthy employers, who are not
niggardly in the encouragement they afford to their gar-
deners' talents ; we must, therefore, have competent
judges, even if it be necessary to seek them as far distant
as the metropolis.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

J.T., Great George's-street.—We are much obliged by
your communication, and will avail ourselves of it next

P.N.—We cannot admit your critique upon the flower-
show ; it is too personal, and we believe wholly unde-

LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION,

CORN EXCHANGE

The first exhibition of this season, which was held on
Thursday, has far exceeded even the most sanguine

wishes. There was a gorgeous display of plants, a—bril-
liant assemblage of the beauty and wealth of Liverpool,

and a most auspicious day

To attempt to name the

company would take too much space ; to 'name a few on]
would be invidious ; suffice it to say the building 7a

found most inconveniently small, both for the collection

and the company

The leading features of the exhibi

Feathered Roses.-Ist prize, T. W. Blundell, E/fri.•;. 2nct;
Mr. Whittingham; 3rd, Mr. Appleton; 4th, do.: sth, -do.
Flamed Bizarre.—lst prize, Mr. H. Yates; 2nd, Mr. Nei-;;
3rd, Mr. Appleton; 4th, do. ; sth, Mr. Whittingham.
Flamed Bylihrmen.-Ist prize, Mr. New; 2nd, T. W. Blun-
dell, Esq.; 3rd, Mr. Yates; 4th, Mr. Whittingham; sth, Mr.
Appleton.
Flamed Roses.—lst prize, Mr. New ; 2nd, Mr.Whittingham ;
3rd, T. W. Blundell, Esq.; 4th, Mr. Yates ; sth' Mr. Appleton.
Best Pan of Breeders.—Mr. Appleton, and also an extra
prize.
Best Pan of Four Tulips.—Mr. Whittingham.
FRUIT.—As might be expected from the untoward season,
this department was not extensive, but the objects exhibited
were of good quality. Ist prizes were awarded to the Earl of
Derby, Mr. Jennings, gardener, for Pine Apples, Black Grapes,
White Grapes, and Cherries; 2nd prizes to J. B. Yates, Esq.,
(Mr. Webster, gardener), for Black Grapes and White Grapes;
2nd prize to H. Winch, Esq., for Pine Apples; Ist prizes to J.
Williams, for Gooseberries and Table Apples; Ist prize to H.
Harrison, Esq., for Culinary Apples, and 2nd for Table Apples;
2nd, Charles Wilson, Esq., for Culinary Apples; Ist prize to
Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow, for very fine Strawberries; 2nd, R.
B. Hill, Esq. (Mr. Sweeney, gardener); Ist prize to Mr. John
Mather, for Red Currants; 2nd prize, Peter Wright, Esq.
VEGETABLES.—In this department there was a fair show,
and several prizes were awarded. T. W. Blundell, Esq. re-
ceived prizes for the best basket of six kinds of vegetables, Ist
and 2nd for Cabbages, Ist and 2nd for Onions, and Ist and, 2nd
for Rhubarb, and 2nd for Asparagus. Cucumbers,lst and 2nd,
Mr. John Hayes. Lettuce, Ist, Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow; 2nd,
R. B. Hill, Esq. Potatoes. Ist, Mr. Leatherbarrow. French
Beans, Mr. Jno. Mather. Curled Parsley, Ist. Mr. Charles
Rvlance ; 2nd, James Stringer, Esq. Asparagus, Ist, Jno.
Williams, gardener. Collection of Vegetables, 2nd, William
Sharpe, Esq„ (Thomas Williams, gardener).

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-fforch d instruction and gratification to thousands
"mom the admission fee would have been a bar to their
indulgence. It it gratifying to us to have to say that not-
withstanding the iminenFe traffic along thew several lines of
railway not a single accident occurred by which life or
limb was imperilled.

In our IA briefly referred to pioiisfoir
Tilt 1101111 AX WEEK:
nlatle by the various railway and other companies foi the
cheap recreAtion of the working classes, and gave some
particulars relative to the number of visitors then in the-
town. Every day since Monday has witnessed the incur-
sion of enormous bands from the eastern parts of thiS
district. On no other occasion, excepting, perhaps, the
visit of the Royal f'rince, was the town so filled witbt
strangers. Before Liverpool was so accessible to the
manufacturing operatives, Manchester was the centre:e
attraction to this class—at least, to all resident beyond the
town and in the neighbouring towns and villages; and
these constitute the bulk of the persons who have been in
Liverpool during the week, and not the Manchester
people. They poured into Manchester on the Saturday
ending Whit week in thousands ; every road, north,
-southeeast, and west, was, during the early part of the.
day, literally lined by a chain of wagons, carts, and other
cumbrous vehicles, laden with boisterous holiday-makers.
The numbers thus conveyed were amazing, as many, as
forty or fifty persons being packed in a single waggon.
No doubt, many still visit Manchester in this guise; but
the railways penetrating, as they now do, the most remote
corners of this and the adjoining counties, going, as it
were, to the very doors of the class referred to,- and being
enabled to offer such extraordinary advantages. in the way
of low fares, have operated as an inducement tothousands
to get a sight of the numerous attractions of a seaport,
who would otherwise have been unable to have indulged
in such a pleasure.
It is quite impossible that so large a number of persons
as came to this town in the course of the week, could
leave it without having conferred substantial favours on
the tradespeople generally. The town was never in a
condition to appreciate more fully such extraneous custom,
and is consequently sensible of the benefits thus re-
ceived during the week. Still the impulse has been out
of all proportion to the number of strangers. small ; aF
fact which is easily explained. In consequence of the
depression in the manufacturing districts, in common with
every branch of national industry, and the low scale of
remuneration given, even where operations are unchecked,
the working classes have but little money to spend,—very
little indeed beyond the amount of their fare, the low-
ness of which,. in fact, was the main inducement to their
indulging in the trip. The greater part in the morning's
arrival left the town the same evening ; another body re-
peating the same programme on the following day. Most
of these persons were provided with provisions, so that
they avoided the necessity of laying out money with the
only class of tradesmen who could expect to benefit from
people whose stay was limited to a single day. This ap-
pears to have been the rule, though, of course, there
have been exceptions, and the exceptions have redounded
to the advantage of the town. The numbers that arrived
on Saturday exceeded rather than otherwise those of the
preceding days. The average, would he upwarns of
eleven thousand per day. Undoubtedly the railway
companies, the proprietors of the ferries, and other per-
sons connected with conveyances of various descriptions,
were the parties who derived the greatest amount of be-
nefit. Such parties were not slow in arranging for the
exigencies of the occasion, and the cheap excursions by
land and water from Liverpool were unprecedented in
number and attraction. Rural sports along the entire
Cheshire shore, from Wallasey to Rock Ferry, conduced
to fill the boats as soon as they disembarked their passen-
gers at the Landing Stage. By the Woodside Ferry,
during the week, not many under 150,000 persons could
have crossed. Tranmere came little short of this, and all
the other ferries were proportionably patronised.
The noble American steamer Atlantic was not forgotten,
Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., the agents, having ge-
nerously thrown her open to the view of the public for
the small charge of fid. a head, the proceeds being devoted
to the benefit of that admirable institution, the Blind
Asylum. The numbers who inspected the Atlantic on.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, were about 4,000 ;
the results of their visits being the sum of £73, which
will all be given to the 'charity—nothing being deducted
for the heavy and necessary expenses incurred.
The Isle of Man and Bangor attracted severe/
thousand people, and as many availed themselves of
the accommodation offered by the Lancashire, Crosby,
and Southport Company, not only to enjoy the rich treat of
a marine stroll on the splendid beach at Southport, but to
witness the pretensions "

The following facts, which we have ascertained by visit-
ing the railway stations and ferries on the Cheshire side
of the Mersey, may be interesting :—There arrived by
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Line on Monday, about
2400; Tuesday, 710; Wednesday, 2250; Thursday, 2100;
Friday, 3000 ; Saturday, about 1500 ; total, 11,960. By
the East Lancashire Line—Monday, 3100; Tuesday, not
ascertained; Wednesday, 1000; Thursday, 700; Friday,
800; Saturday saw 300; total (without Tuesday), 5900.
London and North-Western Line, during the week,
about 14,000 from Manchester and vicinity, including
parts of Yorkshire. From Bolton and neighbourhood,
including Saturday, about 15,000 more ; making an
entire total of 62,860. This is irrespective of large
numbers who came by carts, shandries, canal boats,
steamers from Runcorn, omnibuses, &c. The South-
port and Crosby line took back into the northern districts,
on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, a daily average of
450 passengers, and on Thursday, (the review day,) 1,000.
Supposing each stranger to have spent in the town only
one shilling, the expenditure would be very considerable.
It was amusing to hear the strange remarks of many of
these factory people, especially when on board the steam-
boats. The children were many of them amazed, taking
every boat fora species of sea-monster, with huge claws to
push itself along. We must add that all, from whatever
part of the country, showed a friendly feeling towards
each other, and that little or no fighting or disorder was
observable, nearly the whole being of temperate habits.
They were rather well dressed, though in many instances
with garments somewhat quaint in cut or fashion.
The numbers who crossed the Mersey to the several
ferries during the week were immense, as were also the
numbers who went out by steamers to the North-west
Light-ship, and to places in Wales, as well as to the Isle
of Man. On Monday and Tuesday together, Messrs.
Willoughby, of Tranmere ferry, took about 60,000 pence,
in penny fares. There was a slight falling off in this
amount on Wednesday and Thursday, but the numbers
again rallied on Friday and Saturday. All the other ferries
enjoyed their proportion, according to their popularity.
Birkenhead ferry was not very successful, though Monk's
Ferry was fair, through partiesgoing to Chester. At Wood-
side the number that passed and repassed during the week
is stated at about 150,000. At the Royal Rock Ferry, about
15,500 passed during the week. There the pleasure
grounds and gardens of the hotel, which are kept in beau-
tiful order by Mr. Huntriss, the landlord, were visited by
delighted hundreds, The park, the esplanade along the
shore to New Ferry, the beautiful villas, and the fine
views obtained of the Mersey and the Lancashire shore,
are peculiarly attractive. At Seacombe not far from.
100,000 passed to and fro during the week. Mr. Parry's
pleasure grounds, with the bowling-green, alcoves, Ame-
rican howling-alieys, (within the large building on the
green,) and other objects of interest, including a fine and
direct view of Liverpool and the river, docks, &c., renders
this peculiar spot most agreeable to those in search of
rural or marine scenery.
On Monday, 7300 persons passed over to this ferry,
Messrs. Parry, as usual, at this season, kindly throwing
open their ferry for a penny fare. A great number of the
visitors appeared to be from the country ; and to bring
with them plenty of eatables, &c., if we might judge from.
the baskets they carried. On Tuesday, 6800 crossed ; and
the neighbourhood was busy throughout the day. On the
afternoon of Tuesday it was announced that wakes would
he held on the following afternoon, when a series of old
English sports would take place in a field behind Messrs.
Parry's bowling green. On the afternoon named, the
numbers crossing were swelled to 15,400 ; oa Thursday
to 17,100 ! and on Friday they exceeded a little 20,000.
The sports, including sack and other racing, climbing
poles, drinking tea, &c., for small prizes, were managed
by a committee of gentlemen of the neighbourhood, and
went off well, and creditably to the locality.
At Eastham Ferry, notwithstanding the beauty of
the locality, the fine woods, &c., and the reduction
of the fare, the steam-boats were not so fortu-
nate in obtaining stranger passengers as was expected,
probably from the distance, and the place not being
so well known and so readily accessible as the fer-
ries nearer Liverpool. Egremont bad some accession of
passengers, but not to any great amount, the most having
passed on by the boats (which belong. to the same party)
to New Brighton, many of them having received tickets
from the railway companies to take them on to that part
of Wirrall without additional charge. One boat took :480
at one time. The fare to Egremont is 2d., and that to
New Brighton (about a mile further) is 3d. The boats
ran every quarter of an hour. Immense numbers went
by steamers to the North West Light-ship during ;the
whole week. On this service, and running as constantly
as possible each day, were employed the Ayrshire Lassie,
Sam Slick, Jenny Lind, the Albion, and one or two others,
Vast crowds proceeded to the Isle of Man, by the
fine steamers running to Douglas. A Manx contempo-
rary of last week states that,—" The total averageenu.bma;
.Including
ber of passengers brought by the Tynwald this we kd
onabouets6saoy:
the arrivals by the Whitehaven, steamer, and the Ben-my-
b4a
oedn;Faorbindo
akiiyt,,e2wd,sneOebOs
Wednesday,
believe,
yeo;
en7llbalreotemnwdeain
osso
ohne
Thursdayhaa dnd36Boo
o
Chree, we may calculate the number of strangers who
lie crowded during the(
every
iv,arevcreuoym.housevisitedstAa n semetoshiu,garhta shores
can
bonoer euaesrffxaoplsroecdd
edaccommodationnamountinggu_nhdoeurset os
such tahree
extraordinaryhgra fullavi
nd;
having
totalahladinootsaft
l after dark. No very
of caution
ntsBl9o.sotythieesl:
jwspobneurehrroTftieoovohdalriuednee.
seygtwa
chrfisoeneeceearj receptionvuktdtler,lhearyannean_fktlrd,
oti
whypersona
beyondn
hoagawrss-tdse
yfpost;:eell:
parties
sko
iltiistnurimuirgnailteeu.ntidteLt
the iron
to sax
sa
nlyTlweorunotephrarerfee
etsiscetausmhe
rescued
rtteelwilw into
aftb:n y:
the river from precipitately attempting to jump on board
•
suggested bo us, are dangerous when a crowd is hurrying
up or down.. We know them to be so inconvenient—not
walks which they farming% if , I •
poanditehes hsataageeabchridagesk,nee joint in—
tithe bridge ra shot* Pm °P4Timvtion
which, it is