The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

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burthen, built for the Peninsula and Oriental Company,
will be launched from the building-yard of Messrs.
Thomas Vernon and Co.. Sefton-street.

ween seven and

ing some of the Manchester force, were provided, during
the festivities, with refreshments at Mr. Whiteman's, the
Brunswick Hotel. Their meals, which were served up in
two spacious rooms, that have just been completed,
were substantial and excellent : Beef, Lamb, Salmon,

with Coffee and Good Old Ale

FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—On Sunday last, a ser-
mon was preached in aid of the funds of this institution,
at St. Barnabas Church, by the Rev. Thomas Nolan,
M.A., incumbent. About forty of the orphan children
were present. The text was taken from Jeremiah, cap.
xlix, v. 2, " Leave the fatherless children, I will presume
them alive; and let thy widows trust in me ;" which was
eloquently treated by the rev. gentleman. After the ser-
mon, a collection was made, which amounted to £3O.

E DIVISION ON THE SUGAR BILL—The following
embers connected with this county and neighbourhood

voted in the majority for the reduced duty, viz.:—Peter
Ainsworth, J. 1. Blackburne, Dr. Bowring, J. Bright,
J. Brotherton, W. Brown, W. Ewart, Sir P. H. Fleet-
wood, Lord R. Grovenor, W. Marshall, H. Moreland,
Viscount Sandon, T. Thornely, J. Towneley, General
Johnson, C. Hindlev, T. Gis-borne, M. Philips, and T.
M. Gibson. The following members voted against, viz.:
—Sir H. Douglas, J. M.. Gaskell, Capt. Lindsay, and E.
Stanley.
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.—At the usual monthly

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SPLENDID WORKS OF ART, &c., AT THE
JUDGES' LODGINGS.

We were yesterday favoured (the bustle being
over) with a brief view of the whole of the apart-
ments in the Judges' Lodgings, where the Prince found
hospitable quarters at such intervals as he could command
during his stay, and slept one night. The house is very

was fitted

large and commodious in every story, and in it
paratively plain in the decoration of the re
up with splendid furniture, and costly decors*
works of art of high value, curiosities, &c.
room, on the lower floor., is esptcially enriched, as
is the dining room behind it, with fine paintin-
In the former, amongst numerous interestino.

;ions in

The drawin

e first-rate masters, is a sylendid Teniers,
le, from the collection of Christopher

Leyland, Esq. Opposite to it is a rare and fine portrait
of Queen Elizabeth, by Zucherro, sent by our worthy Re-
corder. Beneath this is a rich delicious wooded land-

by Solomon Itysdale, which, as well as the first

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In the Dining-room is a fine original picture of Mary
Queen of Scots, signing, per force, her abdication to the
throne, by, we believe, Allen. Undoubtedly the finest
and most interesting in this apartment is a nearly full-
length portrait of the celebrated Hogarth, with his eazel
find h~nchoc in thix nrt of ennaitiprincr hin nPirt tnneh

This, which is splendidly drawn and warmly coloured, is
the more valuable from being painted by Hogarth himself.
It is, we are informed, the property of our chief magis-
trate. There are other fine pictures, and, in some of the

rooms, splendid prints, but we have not space to notice
the whole. There was a grand piano-forte in the drawing-
room, on which the prince, on one occasion, played with
good taste and execution, to the astonishment and delight
of the distinguished parties around him.
The house is kept in splendid order and cleanliness by
Mr. Wharton, who, under instructions of the Corporation,
has introduced many improvements. The vestibule, stair-
cases, &c., were adorned with beaatiful shrubs and flowers,
in pots, from the Botanic Gardens, tastefully disposed by
Mr. Tinning, the CorporationtGarlener, so as to give the
several passages, &c., a cool and delightful arboric effect.
Mr. Wharton, the keeper, provided a handsome book
for the signature of such of the distinguished parties as
slept in, or visited the house. The royal visiter, on being
respectfnlly applied to, graciously and instantly headed
the list by writing his autograth in bold distinct characters

—" Albeit." This was followed by the signatures of the
noblemen of ' " A h.ronrn."—" H

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H. Anson,"—" Hugh Seymour,"—" Francis Sey-
mour,"—" George Lenox," &c. It is intended hereafter
to request the Judges, and other eminent parties who may
hereafter visit the house, also to sign their names, so that
in a few years the book will become valuable.

The Prince sent a polite message to the keeper, express-
ing his delight with the comforts and arrangements of
the house, as well as the attention of all the attendants

with, that immediately after entering, from the Grand
Banquet, he most :politely declined to repose, for even a
short time in any of the state-rooms, and retired to rest
in his chambers to recruit himself for the labours of the
following day; and, to the shame of all sluggards, be it
said, he was up and stirring by seven in the morning.