The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

THE MAYOR AND THE RADICAL PRESS.

Our contemporary the Albion has been again drawing
upon his iinagin,tion for facts, in his rap mess to injure
the Mayor of Liverpool in the estimation of the public.
As on th.s occasion he has indulged in what Shakespere
calls the " fib circumstantial," we shall he able to lay be-
fore our readers the wretched and dishonest shifts to
which political and personal malevolence sometimes
drives n.en. We shall first quite his charge—
" An officer of the royal yacht, who received, with the
rest of his brethren, an invitation to the banquet at the
Town-hall, was prevented by his duty on board from
being present on that festive occasion. On Sal ut day he
heard from his brother officers such a description of the
beauty of the edifice, that he determined, before he
quitted Liverpool, to gratify himself with A. view of its
interior embellishments. Requesting a gentleman to
accompany him, he proceeded to the Town hall, and sent
his card in to the Mayor, with a message. stating that
duty had prevented him from attending the banquet, but
he was exceedingly deli ous of viewing the aparim,uta,
&c., if his worship woAd grant him permission. Refusal
was not tor a moment ant cipaied ; and the surprise of
the gentlemen may be conceived, when a reply came from
the Mayor, that he had given orders that the hall was not
to be shown to any person, and he could make no excep-
tions."

What is there to complain of here, we ask, even on the
Albion's own showing? The rooms at the Town-hall
were closed, and not in a fit state to be sbewn to a
stranzer, the men being at the time in the midst of
removal. The M ►yor had given orders that they were
not to be so strewn ; and it was not necessary even that
his worship should have had any request for admiss'on
conveyed to him. This was dene, however, in compli-
ment to the service to which the applicant said, no doubt
corieetly, that he belonged; and the reply sent back was
most courteous, and expressive of his regret that circum-
stances made compliance impossible.
But the fact is not correctly represented. The gerele-
youmg man about twenty years of age—sent in no,
card, but merely gave his name a- Mr. Hare, or Ayres,-
of the royal yacht. He was in plain clntt►es ; and his
companion, being unknown to any of the Townhall peerile,
Mr. Ayres might as easily have been Jelin Snooks or Tom
Stiles as any other person. We proceed. however. with
our contemporary :—" The officer thought there must be
some mistake. Ile therefore rt cytested the attendant to
inform the mayor that he was a stranger; that he was
about to d-pert from Liverpool at two o'c,ock with the
royal yacht; and that, it his worship would do him the
faveur to permit him to see the buildtil before he re.em-
bat ked, the kindness would be duly appreciated. The
mayor simply repeated his former message, that he had
given his order:, and could no. make any exteptiens. The
officer, who had been loud and fervent in his expressions
of pleasure at the courtesies which he and his friends on
board had received from the people of Liv, spool, turned
from the hall with e very different impression of trieir
chief magistrate." We have the bet authority for stating
that the whole of this store, about a second application
being made and the mayor having "simply repeated his
former message," is c, deliberate invention. We give the
conclud:ng paragraph of the attack ,
" On his arrival at the royal yacht, he found some
ladies there on a visit of lost); c ion. The gentlemen who
had accompanied him to tne Town-hall, no sooner saw
them than he said, ' Well‘ this is rather singular 'hose
ladies are the Mayor's sisters.' Such wa' ►he fart ;. and
the observation of the officer was. ' I am glid of it, for
here I may have an opportunity of repaying your Mayor
by showing double kindness and attention to lad•es in
whom he is so much interested.' And the officer did
show kindness and attention to those ledies; for, though
they would have been treated with respectful considera-
tion under any circumstances, he evinced a more than or-
diivry desire to oblige and gratify them, and thereby dis-
played the WI it both of a Chi istuto and a gentleman, and
we think a delightful coati ant to the arrogant cnielnet
which had incited him to a retaliation so generous and
dignified."

About the correctness of the facts here stated we know
nothing. The M tyor's sis ers might be on hoard; but.
if so, they would be aecompanird by some gentleman; and
his worship having the full privilege given him, b,►th by
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and Captain Cri-pin, to in-
troduce any of his (rands, they would not stand in need
of the civilities of Mr. Ares or any inferior officer. We
suspect, however, this part of the story to be as apochy-
phal as most of the rest.
It would really ne well if the conductors of respectable
patters, lice the Albion, would teat more severely the ac-
cipacy of tho-e who are in the habit of purveying tin-them
preposterous stoties such as the above. Their insertion,
without such examination, shews a malice prepense which
is not creditable.

THE MURDER AT AINTREE RACES —YetterclaV, Ro-
bert Fat mes,. tbe, old msn charged mil) the murder of
Eliz.beth Bate,on, on the last niAt of the A n'ree races.

was brought before Mr. Edwards, one of the c •urityroa:

LAUNCH OF A SPLENDM IRON STEAM-SHIP

One of the most beautiful and interesting launclieg we
have ever witnessed, t,olc place on :kaiurdriv —that of the
ship " Hadc'ingtot —from the yard of Messrs. Vernon
and Son, near the Dingle; and the sight gave unbounded
satisfaction and delight to many hundreds, who had a;-
sembled in and around the premises, though the spot is
at a considerable distance from the town, and the roads
very indifferent, whether for carriage passengers or pedes-
trians. The day was very fine ; and this, added to the
beauty and extent of the prospect which can be enjoyed
from the site, was an additional inducement to agend-
ance. The building yard, though.extensive, was crowded,
and we may almost say the same of the adjacent shore
and the heights behind, on the east, which command a
tine pro-pent of the river, or rather estuary, to a great
extent. The views towards Runcorn and the Cheshire
side were truly fine, the far-off land appearing to
slumber in the haze of distance. The river, opposite,
was enlivened by the pa-sing and re-passing of many
steamers and other vessels and boats loaded with

passengers.
The model, or form, of the H iddington is not, in the
common acceptation of the term. " very fire," but she
has '`fineness" about her, which our nautical reporter
considers will, withal. render her a prof) able and. at the
same time, a safe and even feet yes-el. She has a full
bottom—or, in other words, something to sit upon—in
bilge and upper hearing-, fpr she is purposed, by the
Peninsular and Oriental Company, for whom she is built,
to carry a considerable tonnage of coals, in addition to her
tequired cemplement of fuel for a voyage, to supply the
other vessels on the same line when required. She is
intended to run between Southampton and Alexandria;
but we are informed, that, should she turn out to be a
fa-t vessel—es many nautical men who have seen her
expect—see may he sect round Lape Horn, to run with
the other fine steam-ships, built at our port—the 1-I'io-
' (testae, Bentieck, &c.—between Suez and Calcutta, and
oeloneine to the same company.
The following are the dimensions, steam-power, &c.,
of the Haddington :
Length between perpendiculars.. ..221 feet
Length over all..
Beam ..
Depth in the engine-room
Barthel', old measurement 1303 tons
Burthen, new nearly 200 i) tons
Engines (double), collectively 450 horse power.
The diameter of each eaddle-wheel is 29 feet over the
floats. The engines. by our celebrated tawnsmen, Messrs.
Bury, Curtis. and Kennedy, ate on the `• direct acting"
principle, and the boi:ers are tubular.
This tine large shio has tour decke—orlop, lower, main,
and spar-deck, and •ix water-tight c impartments. Her
spar-deck is 7 feet 6 inches over the main-deck, affording an
uninterrupted promenade over her whole length. With
regard to-the fidelity of c instructi .n and sinew hof this
ship, we may state that her hare hull weighs about 800
tons, all of tt►e be-t malleable iron. In teld,tinn to Messrs.
Kennedy and Vernon's (the builders) potent drawn iron
side-frames,. 12 inches apart in midships, and 18 inches at
stem and stern. she is stiff.oed by diagonal plates of iron
along the sides, of one foot wide. arid half an inch in thick-
ness. The deck-beams are also of .Messrs. Verootirs patent
wrought iron. Tie s•em is a solid bar, 9 inches by 31,
and the plates are affixed to it by a double row of rivets.
The hull, with• the excepeon of the upper-works, is
clencher• built, end all dounle•rivetted ; and the thickness
of the plates of the garhord-streak is 13- Weis of an inch.
The bottom platea ere an inch thicit, arid the lightest
of the top plating' is half-inch. Her figure-head is an
heraldic shield. finely calved, and the stern and quarter
galleries are adorned in a corresponding and elegant man-
lier. She will be rigged with three roasts.
The morel of the vessel was by Mr. Bailey, the intelli-
gent Nautical Superintendent of the Oriental Con►peny.
Her keel, a solid bar of iron, 9 inches deep, and 5 inches
thick, was laid down only about nine months ago; and,
without the slightest partiality to one iron shiptmilder
over another—for wecon-ider all our nuilders equally ex-
pert and active in the race of con►pe,itinn—it niu-t appear
astonishing to any thinking man of "the olden school"
t het such a huge and inaseive piece of iron-work vond he
fashioned, and welded, and rivetted, and wrought to.
get her in an short a space of time. The blacksmiths of
former times—if any survive—may "bide their diminished.
heads."
A commodious stage was erected in the yard near the
bow of the ship, on which a number of ladies and gentle-
men took their stations to-witness the "christening" and
the launch.
All being put in readiness for the launch, the daggers
were knocked down, and the huge ship glided maj••stically
along the ways, and t ok the water steadily, and without
a torch, as if rejoicing to be released from her cradle; and
to bathe her full-grown belk"in her d-stined element. A
finer-sight was never witnessed, and the welkin rang with
all sorts of cheers and acclamations, many of them drawn
prom the demure and the sedate, who had previously no
such theuelit or intention, hot who could not suppress
their admiration. The ship was gallantly christened hy-
Miss Curtis, the amiable deneliter of Mr. Curtis, of the
fl'm of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, the builders of the

gistrates, for ftirih.r examination. Three additional
witnesses were examined, but their evidence tleew little
or- no light upon this melancholy affair, beyond that of engines.
corroborating the former evidence. The pristine' was As the vessel darted towards the Cheshire side, her stern
name into contact with a small fishing-boat, with two or
committed for trial at the approaching assizes. three men, that had remained• in the offing with a net set.
PRESENT rig, PRINCE A eatine, To-Ma JESSE HART- The boat was swamped, end apprehensions were enter-
LET AND Mu. Feetes —We understand that His Royal tained by all on shore that some of the boatmen- were
Highness Prince Albert, in compliment en the great talent drowned ; but it was ascertained, though not for a long
displayed by Mr: Jesse llartlev, the dock surveyor, in the time afterward, that they were all rescued by means of
ii desil and construction of the magnificent docks, in- ropes, &e.. , thou h with considerable dificulty. The-pilot
spected Ouilog. a visit to our town. has graciously for- on board the ship ought ro have let go his anchor whieh
warred for presentati.,n to that gentleman a gold medal ; was over the how.. ....a breach, the 'reseal up, "Amur the
and a similar compliment has been paid to Mr. Elutes. danger to the boat became apparent.
the architect t-f the new Courts of Law. The medal pre- The ship looked beautitulin the water, on which. from
serifs on one aide a fine head of his Royal Hiehness, with her comparative lightness 4.lo.atation, she showettlike a
an inscription round it " A lbertas Princeps Regime Vic- castle. Her decks were crowded, and she was gaily
torus Coi.jek." and on the reverse a George and Dragon, adorned a ith fl igs. She warn afterwards towed into dock.
with a Grrman motto. The name of the party to whom It may be remarked of the builders, as scientific men
it is presented is engraved on the edge-of each medal. and good calculators, that, from the drawings, they took
COMMITMUNTS. -- Yesterday, Thomas Threlfall and the supposed draught of water of the vessel ;when
'Samuel Anderson were committed for trial, on a charge launched), from the weight and form of the hell and its
of having stolen two jars of copeiha from the warehouse displacement. twelve months-ago. and pronounced that it
of-Messrs. Singlehurat and Co., at Charlotte-plane, near would be about 8 feet 11 inches, and they precisely hit
the Canning Dock. It appeared that they entered the the mark !
place by nu arta of duplicate keys. and that they were seen After the launch upwards of- three hundred ladies and
to leave it about mid day on Saturday last with the j irs gentlemen sat dawn to a splendid dejes2ner and wines, the
in their possession. Four jars were missed, but only two former provided by Messrs—Fisk, and the latter by Mr.
were seen to be taken away by tieeu —Joseph Batt and Mountfield, in the mould-room. a very large apartment,
Richard Chadwick wire committed on a charge of having beautifully lined with national flags and adorned with ever-
stolen ten empty puncheons from- the George's Dock- eteens, fine models of shirrs. Sac. The arrangements in this
quay, where they were lying. Ball, who is a carter, was respect were most elegant and tasteful, and were all acrom-
seen to drive off with th• mto Limekiln-lane, where they 'dished from the designs and under the superintendence
were founde and the prisoners apprehended.—Thomas- of Mr. Tipton, one of the clever draughtsmen of Messrs.
Cavanagh seei also committed on eeharge of having em- Vernon's establishment. Mr. Vernon, senior, pres'ded ;
te zeed the sum of 3s, 9d., the property of his employer, and there were present around and before him the elite
Mr. John Rooney. baker. It appeared the, he was sent of our townsmen. and a vast number of bewitching ladies.
out to deriver bread, that he received the 3a. 9d. from The usual loyal and tele r toasts appropriate to the occa-
two of the customers, and that. instead of accounting for aion. es well as the heelths of ineividuals present con-
it, he absconded to Ireland. and was apprehended at the nected with the undertaking—not forget•ing that sot Miss
Clarence Dmk yesterday morning. Curtis—were enthusiastically drank, and the responses
LAUNCtir OF THE IRON STir Marais "SARAH SANDS.”_... were truly excellent, embrac;ng facts and anecdotes of
At half-pas' one o'clock to-day. a st•l,ndid new iron much intertst relating to the rise and rapid progress of
steamer, to be called the "Sarah Sands," after the lady, steam navication, railroads, and non shipbuilding, and
of Thomas Sand-, Esq., one of the owners, will be the advancement of commerce, int,- Iligence. and civil:ea.
hunched from the building-yard of Messrs. James I-lode. tion, through their means, at hurtle and abroad. The
son and Co., south side of Brunswick Dock. This fine chairman. by his urbanity of roamers. and twill more by
vessel, clencher built and douhie rivetted, is 190 feet on.. his several el, qiient addresses, won golden opinions from
the keel, awl 22U feet over all. She is a three-decker. all; as also did Mr. Curtis, who was wrong and witty in
Her breadth of !item is 32 feet. and her depth of hold 30- his replies; and, Itle,wise. Mr. S. Holme. who delivered
tent. She is 1040 tons old measurement, and 1350 tons two or three capital anduppiopriate, speeches. The Rev.
new. Her cabins will be fitted tip in a very superior man-. Dr. Tattershall, in replying to the toast of •• The Church,"
tier, and will be c triable of acoommodating 65 passengers. was equally felicitous, and referred in n most feeling and
She wil! he propelled by the s, new ; and her engines are able manner to the rploaac, ment, under Gat, of those sci-
of 200. horse power. She will have four masts; fine and ences which went to enrich and (, still nigher object) to
aft she will b • bat que rigged, and her two middle masts enlighten and Christiars:ze the whole family. of mankind.
will be square rigged. She his been built for Thomas A number of other gentlemen, including Mr. Vernon,
and: Joseph Sands and Co , and will form one of the jun., Captain Gregg, Canute, Studdart, &c , also spoke
Se,i;ds' line of packets which ply between Liverpool and energetit ally. but we have not space to particul 0,2 e.
New Yotk. tier commander will be Captain W. C. Suffice it to say. the entertainment was. al ogether ra-
Thompson, late of tho Stephen Whitney. She will. be lional and delightful.
christened by Miss Sands. the daughter of the principal The workmen of the yard, after the company had re-
own. r;, and atter the launch has taken place, about 400 tired, were most liberally regaled. and a Riost. kindly feel-
la,liee and gentlt m,n.will sit down to an excellent de- ing was manifested between masters anti men
j- user, provided by Mr. Lynn, of toe Water! .o, and Messrs. Vernon have now on the stocks. and nearly
presided over be Thomas Sands, Esq. The Sarah Sands fitiished, a fine iron steamer for the Cork Company,
is. a beautiful model. extremely sharp at the how, and and another intended for Rembi. from, we believe, the
very lengthy. Of her test-eoieg sailing qualities no doubt same moulds as the Fenella, by Mr. Grantham, a beauti-
can be enterta ned.. She was designed ny John Gran- ful vessel tor FlretWood, the launch of which we noticed
them, Esq., C.E., and superintended by Captain Thomp. some weeks ago- The keel of another very large bon
steamer is also laid down. It used to: be said ...nothing
like ie.ither" ; now in shipbuilding the cry is increasing;
" nothing like iron."

REPRESF.WMTION OF

MANCHRSTI4R.—AIthOU2b re-

peatedly pre,seu oeurrr leaving mugrano Lo cons,-in
stand for the representation of Manehter. tt the ensuing
eleettote, Mr. Cohd, n. we learn, firmly declines.
Perhaps the lit nourable gentleman fears being worried to
death by the imimetunities of his leading mileages of the
Length., should he become dependent upon thew for a beat
iu Parliament

Post? OF R UNCORN.—This town Pppearq to be ra-
pidly inerrasing in impoitinee in the commercial world.
Amongst ott•er foreign ves-els which have been there,
the b rque Thor. from Windup., in Russia, drawing 15
cert of water, register 360 Inns. having on hoard about
530 tons, was towed up on Sa.tirritry last by two of the
13 itigewater Trust s'eamers. This is tie largest vessel
that ever entered the port.
SI IN

SPLENDID PAINTINGS ON VIEW AT MR. GRUNDYS
CHURCU-STREEI.—We were favoured this morning with
a view at two splendid painting: of the highest class, from
the ea el of a celebrated female twist Ary Scheff,r, whose
original works have for the first time been submitted to
the British nub' c, although engravings fr ,nt them have
been deservedly admired and purchased by 1 vers of the
arts. The largest, and that which principally chaAenges
observation, is a painting of the dead. Christ in the sepul-..
dire of Joseph of Arithmathea, and the women whit fol-.
!owed him from Galilee, one of whom, Mary Magdalene.
is represented raising the linen cloth from his face. and
two others,--one an aged female, a very striking fii,tve,—
bending over absorbed in grief. The hurt h figure is repre-
sented with her bead laid upon hisbreast and her ar ni thrown
over her Saviour's body. Tie grouping and tone of the
whole composition mein excellent keeping, and fulfof ge-
nius ; and tee derails show tire highest order of artistic skill.
Ti:e flesh of the dead Christ, pallid arid clammy. looking.
and the holy calm of the features, are beautifully P,in ed.
as is the figure reclinine Upon his hr, ast. The Lauds.
ton, of the enter of the features, and th, half-avert-•d lace
of her companion, are pent-et studies, whilst the face of
the Magdalene disp'ays exquisite beauty
of eget esS Ori.
feature, ..0 handling. The drapery is also very. tine.
The oting—Christ bearing his Cr, S4-1s
Inn of
:
Dern v. The r• turned. appealing eyes of the Saviour—
:t ie sip., as if err-, ne fir his persecutors, and the resigna-
tion ,ff-,rart,re. r.‘ 0 expression amidst evident suffering,.
sr; fit ely brcu, 1 t ought. The whole figure and rnu-
centon. of this picture render it worthy of corn-
pattions'i'e with the first described. We understand that
the dead Christ is ter be engraved by an eminent German
artist---Keller. of Desseldo.f. The Christ fearing the
Cross is to be entrusted to Narcisse Lecomte. of Paris,
in which city both will be published. The pimple will
remain on tiew for a few days, at Mr. Grundy 's reposi.
WY, Church-greet,