The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

ZOOLOGICAr, GARDENS

The third gala of the season, at this picturesque resort,
took place yesterday evening and if we may estin ate qie
succe s from the attendance or from the unbounded satts-
faction evinced. the attractions have been more triuM.
phant than those of any previous year. The wetch. r,
had been for some days showery, was fortunately propiti-
ous, and, from the number of pedestrians who thronged
the approximating thoroughfares, arid the rattling of ve•
hides. it was evident that the interest manifested was un-
usually great. On entering the gardens, every visitor
seemed struck with the order and regularity they pre-
sented, and, though there are few flowers yet visible,
nature seems to have smiled on every plant, each variety
displaying its peculiar and beautiful rich tint of green,
and filli..g the air with perfumes. Amongst the improve-
merits first noticed 13 the extension of the centrifugal rail-
way, which now runs round the parterre, forming a crow'
plete circle, so at those who wish a turn in railways way
now be gratified; but, like most circuitous lines there is
no end to it, for the passengers are landed at the place
from which they originally atartedl. To the menagerie
several important additions have been made, amongst
which are'enumerated four splendid lions, panther, tigers,
&c. ; and so successful has the keeper been in doineffr
ticating many of them, that lions and leopards are not
only together in the same cage, but he often pays them t
visit, and while in the dcn, they obey trim as a faithful
spaniel would its master, showing

an almost incredible
om is erecied-neer
—ompleted io about
It will be capable of containing about three
The refreshment roorns.are under the
management of Mr. Fi4c, of Castle-street (an exci-llent,
caterer), rind are supplied by Messrs. Bird and Crank, 0'
Lord-street, with their famed beverages.
For the lake representation it would he diftiCult to select
a piece of greater interest. (anticipating, as we do,' the
visit of royalty,) or one off-ring greater capabilities for
diversity of Fernery or for illunirrition, than the metro-
polis of Scotland during Her Mal.stv's visit. Its sitf!

docility.
the cnarg
ten days.

A very spacious cor
jo of the lake, and

thousand perso

quailed in panorarritc,
_it by any capital in Europe. Evety prospect is 0'
sitieu'ar beauty .end grandeur—the noble estuai y of the
Forth expanding from river into ceean ; the solitorli
beauty of Arthur's Seat ; the varied funk and woodlow

3laek. is admiittd to be

of the neighbouring low'
es of the extending voles,
,pe, combining it► one "9t
ments of the beautiful and 1"

.owy splendor
s of a landscl

some f

he riches

the land cape lies
ty stretching vrid
reen acciivities-
-1 its azure tide—

ing through

,mid the

cone of green,

risible is most imposing. s'llte'
que confusion of the old (",
ins of the new. In no to
tter maintained, tor if tl,e:;,
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May `z.6, 1816.

Korai anti Vrobintiat-getus.

The Liverpool. Medic.il Mesmeric Society hold two
meeting.; at-the Portico next week.

The Bishop of the diocese will hold a confirmation at
St. John the Baptist's Church, Toxteth-park, on the 4th
of .luly next.
The Sanitory Regulations B:11 passed the select com-
mittee of the House of Commons ou Tuesday, without any
alterations of consequence.
Norman, the con!essed robber and murderer, has been
identified by his late master, and has been remanded on
the charge of robbing him.
Our Manchester friends are making an effort to pro-
cure for that town a visit from Prince Albert n the oc-
.casion of his honoring Liverpool with his presence.
On Saturday night, a fire took place in Battam's cotton
warehouse, Tempest-bey. About £4O worth of cotton
was Iles! rayed.

Sir H. Douglas presented a petition on Friday, from
the rope-makers of Liwrpool, praying to be exempted
from the operation of the Factory Act.
.

A wotkman named John Hurst, whilst employed at
the new north docks on Friday. suddenly fell down and
exp•red in a moment. He was 53 years old.
A man named John Clancy was found lying dead in a
hole near the Albert dock on Friday. He had upwards
of £2 in his pocket.
A woman died of cramp in the stomach, brought on by
taking a hearty draft of buttermilk, at Manchester, a few
days ago.
In Manchester, that business city, they are discussing
the propriety of having the whole of Whitsun week for a
a holiday ! _ _

The passengers by the Great Western steam-ship, on
her last homeward voyage presented her commander,
'Captain Matthews. with a handsome piece of plate, in
tes'in3ony of his obliaine ronthict and sailor-like skill.

SUSPENDING AN OFFICER.—On Tuesday, a police.
officer was suspended by Mr. Rushton, for refusing, in
two instances, to assist his brother officers, when assist-

ance was required.
E. D Salisbury, E,q., has announced himself a candidate
for the representation of the borough of L ineaster, on Pro-
testant principles; and S. Gregson, jun., Esq., has issued
an addre%s as the free-trade candidate.

PIG NUISANCE.—On Tuesday.last, upwards of twenty-
nine persons were ordered to be fined 20s. and costs, if
they did not, within ten days, remove their pigs and sties
from their habitations.
On I hursday, a man unknown, while waiting for the
starting of the Liverpool train at Manchester, died sud-
denly. He was about sixty years of age. dressed in black,
thin, and five feet six inches in height. _

We b-g Co call attention to an advertisement in our
columns this day of a sermon to be preached for the Church
Mis,ionary Society, at St. Michael's Church. Pitt-street.
on Friday evening next, by the Rev. Francis Close, In-
cumbent of Cheltenham. _

At All Saint's-Church,Bolton, on Tuesday. while two
ladies, during a thunder storm, were engaged, onein play-
ing, the other in blowing the organ, they were struck by
the electric fluid, and thrown from their seats. The back
of the organ was torn.
In Cheshire there is a. farm on which there is a salt
sPrintt, to which the cows daily resort; and this farm is
particularly noted for the excellence of its cheese, and it
is believed that the tasting this brine by the cows adds to
the &your r.f their milk.—Agricultural Gazelle.
On Timr,day, the body of a new-born female child was
found in a hedge near Bronte house. It was wrapped in
a piece of old cl.,tb. The medical man at the inquest was
of ()Onion that it had br en horn alive, and had died from
Want of assistance after birth.
PETITIONS.—A petition aeainst the Factory Bill was
lying last week in the Exchange News Room, and on
Saturday evening, a petition, which lay for signature in
the same room on that arid the prevb us day, was forwarded
to the Duke of Wellington for presentation. The latter
petition received 595 signatures.
On Monday last, the IP ighbourhood of Mold was visited
by a storm of . thunder and lightning. A little distance
from the town pieces or ice as large as hailstones fell.
_ During the storm at Robesmonr, a house was
partly
k oek rd down, and the wife of the inmate killed by the
electric
MANCRESTER INTERFERENCE.—On Wednesday, be-
fore the committee on the Aston and Huyton branch of
thLGb rand Junction Railway, Mr. Heron, town-clerk of
Manchester. chester. applied for leave to cross-examine the wit-
nesses on behalf of the town-council of that place, but
thia application was at once refused by the committee.
SINGULAR SUICIDE.—On S.iturdav fortnight, .I,.hti
Porter, a sea-taring 1117111, threw himself under ihe wheel
of a lorry, in Blundell-street. and had one of his legs bro-
ken. He was cony. yed to the Southern Hospital. where
be lingered until Monday last, when death put a period to
bis snfferihgs.
Lord Stanley, when at Knowsley last, declined to re-
ceive a deoutation from the Manchester Cloonner of Com-
merce rektive to the pa.sing of the tariff measures, t n the
ground that. as hi. lordship intended "to give them a.de-

Chird in t
to nothing."

he interview wo❑

FAtals PRETENCES.—On Saturday a man of the
of James Drew wa. committed for trial, on a char:,
haying (.b,ained f ur ga;lona of ale from Genige Hu'm,
the k• ever of a brer.hou,e at the corner f Whittfield.
lane. Ku kdale. ut on ureteric, that he had been seta tor

..SUSPECTED-CASE OFINFANTICIDE.—Two newly-born
infants wen: discovered in the Bridgewater Canal, at
Hegden Bridge, near Lymn (Cheshire), on the morning of
Thursday. They were drawn frym the water by the hint-
ing line, and had the appearance of having been sub-
merged but recently. Round the necks of one of the in-
fants, a band had been tied so tightly as to cause the
tongue to protrude from the mouth. It was considered
the children were twins.

Tue ARCHDEACON'S VISITATION.—The Venerable
Archdeacon Ru,hron held his court, for the admi:;sion of
churchwardens and sidemen, for Manchester, in the
Collegiate and Parish Church, on Wednesday. A similar
visitation was held at Liverpool. on Monday ; at Present
and Winwick, on Tuesday; at Blackburn, on Toursday ;
at Burnley. on Friday; and on Saturday, at Bury and at
Rochdale Grammar School ; on Monday, at Bolton and
Chorley ; this day, at Wigan ; to-morrow, at Ormskirk ;
and on Thursday, at Whalley.
HIGHWAY RoBBSKY.—A daring robbery was perpe-
trated on Tuesday last, at Everton. About half.
past ten o'clock on that evening, a gentleman who
resides in Church-street, Everton, was proceeding home,
along Priory-lane, when three men came up to him, and
one of them, from behind. put his hands over his mouth ;
two of them took his watch and chain, while the other
wok a pnr:e from his pocket containing five shillings in
silver. After giving him a blow over the head, which
cauacd him to red into a ditch, they left him, and made
off across the fields. The gentleman gave the alarm, and
a p 'lice officer came up immediately. who went in pursuit
of the villains, but they succeeded in making their escape.
A hat was found. supposed to belong to one of them. _

WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual
weekly meeting of the Guardians was held orr Tuesday
last. Mr. R rheas in the chair. A call of 25 per cent. was
moved for to replenish the funds, the same to be paid on
or before the 17th June. A question arose as to the in-
terment of a poor man, who was then lying dead in Ever-
ton, and who, before his demise, had requested to be bu-
ried in the Necropolis. where the bodies of some of his
family had been laid. He had lately dwelt in Everton,
out receiv.d parochial relief from West Derby, and the
law appeared to be that, if buried at the parish expense,
the body shall be interred in the ground of the parish
church, or other burial ground of the parish or place in
which the demise takes place; or, otherwise, in some con-
secrated ground of the virrsh or place to which the de-
ceased had belonged. and in which he had a settlement.
Some discussion took place, the preVailing opinion or the
Rrard bring that the recyryst of the deceased should be
complied w•th. It was ultimately ordered that the inter-
ment sln,uld take place at the Necropolis, one of the
Commissioners intimating that if the payment were not
allowed. he would defray the expenses himself.
THREE DEAD BODIES DROUGHT FROM LIVERPOOL BY
THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—AbtAIt
two years ago Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, the railway
carriers, received at their warehouse in Liverpool a large
square box, addressed to a Dr. Hunter, in London. The
carriage was paid, and the box brought up by one of the
goods' trains to town. After repeated search, however,
Dr. Hunter could not be found, and the package was taken
back to the depot r•t the goods department of the Bir-
mingham Railway, Camden Town. At this place it re-
mained undisturbed until within the last few days, a ben,
in consequence of some alterations about to take place in

the building, ►t became nec.-ssary to remove the various
oackages. On coming to the large box in question, the
length of the date back a►tracted the attention of some of
the workmen, who, by order of the manager of the goods
department, opened the box to ascertain its cot:tents.