The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

The King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham Palace
on Wednesday, on a visit to the Queen.
The diamonds worn by the Marchioness of London.
derry, at the Costume Ball, were of the value of £150,000.
Her Majesty completed the fourteenth year of her reign
on Friday, having ascended the throne on the 20th of
June, 1837.

CURIOUS PRESENT.—Among the presents offered to
the King of Hanover on his birthday was one of a modest,
but nevertheless interesting kind. It consisted of nothing
more than a white cotton pocket handkerchief, on which
was printed, in red colours, a family portrait of George
111. and Queen Charlotte, with nine of their royal chil-
dren, with the names and ages of each. The King of
Hanover is represented as a boy of four years old, playing
at the feet of his royal mother, who holds Prince Adol-
phus, the late lamented Duke of Cambridge, a baby, in
her arms. This curious old relic, printed 76 years past,
has been preserved in the family of the anonymous donor
from that period to the present day.
THE WATERLOO BANQUET. Wednesday was the
thirty-sixth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, and
the Duke of Wellington, according to his usual custom,
gave his annual banquet. At about seven o'clock the
gallant guests invited to the banquet began to arrive. The
Marquis of Anglesca and Viscount Hardinge were re-
cognised and loudly cheered. His Royal Highness Prince
Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace, and was received
on alighting by the Duke of Wellington, the band of the
Grenadier Guards (the Duke's regiment) playing the Co-
burg March. At the conclusion of the banquet, during
which the band played in the adjoining room, the Noble
Duke proposed " The Health of her Majesty the Queen,"
which was duly honoured. The toast of " His Royal
Highness Prince Albert" next followed, to which his
Royal Highness briefly returned thanks, expressing his
thanks for the honour done him, and the pleasure he felt
at meeting with the distinguished officers then assem-
bled. In return he begged to propose the health of the
Noble Duke, which was drunk by the gallant company
standing. The Duke having bowed his acknowledgments,
gave the healths of " His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," " The Army
that fought at Waterloo," " To the Memory of those who
fell at Waterloo," " The Marquis of Anglesey and the
Cavalry," " The Guards and the Earl of Strafford," and
other customary toasts, which were appropriately re-
sponded to.—ln reply to the toast, "The Foreigners who
fought at Waterloo," Prince Castelcicala, who acknow-
ledged it, said : My Lord Duke, I humbly thank your
Grace. I am sure no one present will accuse me of vulgar
adulation when I declare that to expatiate on the proud
history of our noble host and commander, is far too vain
an attempt for me to make. Indeed, I firmly believe that
it would puzzle even a modern Plutarch, writing and
comparing the lives of heroes, to find in all the varied
qualities of our chief a fair parallel. But I must reply to
this honour, and I begin and and with thanking the Al-
mighty that he has blessed and preserves still to us our
chief, and to this great State a patriot, whose object is not
to fight for party, but " Componere lites;" and this allu-
sion, I an sure,, is understood by all uniting in this my

June $4, 1851•

humble prayer.—At a little after ten the Noble Duke 'eft
the gallery with Prince Albert, and proceeded to the et:
loon where the coffee was served. Soon after Prince Al'_
bert took farewell of his Grace, and retired. This was the
signal for an immediate separation, but it was some time,
before the whole of the guests had 'de arted. The Du"
of Wellington ordered his carriEwe pand left for Miss
Coutts's evening party, not a little to the surprise of sortie
of his younger brethren in arms.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

appearance as last week, the favourable change le
weather having induced thousands to come up to the_
o°
London never presented so bustling and animated the
me-
tropolis from every part of the United Kingdom daily t,
visit the renowied " Crystal Palace," in consequence. ;
the facilities afforded by the different railway cerePas!°,o,
at moderate prices, on taking return tickets. On
at the different railway stations the number who have _
al-
ready arrived from various counties, particularly the la!
manufacturing districts of Birmingham, Manchester,
Li-
verpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Norwich, Nottingham, Paisley'
Glasgow and the north, and the mining localities, has ex-
ceeded from 200,000 to 300,000 persons, as not a morning
train arrives but what is filled with passengers, so tha!
•
during the remainder of the present and following month
it will not be less than 1,000,000. The British Musees3,,
,
National Gallery, Vernon Gallery, St. Paul's CathedlV_
Westminster Abbey, and other places now open to
public gratis, have been visited daily by thousands. From
France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, the arrivals,
both by steam-boats direct from Boulogne, Calais, e°'
Ostend, to London-bridge (at reduced return tickets',
and rid Dover, Folkestone, Southampton, and Bright's°.
by the railways, are increasing rapidly daily.
63,769 persons visited the building on Monday. Re-
ceipts, £2,854 14s. No inconvenience was experience
and the utmost good order prevailed.
The attractions of the Great Exhibition continue run-
abated, and the number of visitors is on the increase.
,Yll
Monday they amounted to 63,679, and the money WV
was £2854 19s. Tuesday proved the most numerously
attended of the shilling days ; the receipts were £32"
135., including XII 11s. for season tickets, and the number
of persons admitted was 73,965. On Wednesday the
hibition was visited by 62,663 persons, and the real?"
were £2897 7s. The royal family visited the Exhibition
today. On Thursday an equal number of persons I
present. Friday being a half-crown day, the numbers d
°
course did not nearly come up to those of Thursday, an
the character of the visitors assumed a different shall
The entire number of persons admitted was only abs
32,000. The money received during the day was—season
'
tickets, £36 15s. ; at the doors, £2819. 4s. 6d. • tot
receipts, £2,855. I9s. 6d. The grand total receipts by the
Commissioners up to Friday evening were £240,444. ssis
6d.—An interesting experiment with fire-engines toot
f
place, in the presence of the jurors, on the north side of
the building, close to the Serpentine, during the day.
object was to test the respective merits of each, and, for
this purpose, parties of the Foot Guards. in fatigue dress'
were set to work them. In discharging a column °
water perpendicularly the fire-engine from Canada aP
peered to have a decided advantage, but, when the Pipes
were held horizontally, its superiority over its English
competitors was not sustained.
The receipts on Saturday from ss. visitors amounted to
£1,674 10s., and according to the polite returns 121732
persons entered the building during the day. Her Ns.
jesty and the Prince resumed their inspection of the lute"
rior and their personal interviews with exhibitors duripa
the forenoon and before the admission of the public'
They examined the sections of furs and skins, of carrisP"d„
and textile fabrics, and were attended during their still by
the acting members of the Executive Committee, Mr"
Cole, Mr. Dilke, and Col. Reid.
In the Russian collection is a fur cloak, valued of
£3,400 ; it is made of small pieces taken from the neck of
a species of fox, the quality of the pile being peculiar"
limp and delicate.

TERRIBLE COLLIERY

ACCIDENT.-WONDER

FUL ESCAPE.

rtyouogfhßouritsttohleanwd hitosleneoifghFbroiudrahyonoidghwteraentdhrSowatnurdlir
theTchi
into
a state of the most painful excitement and apprehension
in consequence of intelligence being brought into the I m
S
that an accident of a very serious and alarming kind u
occurred at a colliery near Bedminster, belonging ".;
Messrs. Goulstone, Leaman, Garrett, and Co., and knell;
as the North Side Colliery. Upon proceeding tn,,,,,‘";
spot a scene of the most painful kind was presented. 1"
sons,tthh their
rms
menoonn among whomnwgaa ngde
engaged
anerrmteh mie
in loud
lonolyul
deo
rf
cyrt,
ihewes
who
on idwv eeri
teaengo diur
iscnhgi
pit-yard and the roads adjacent were crowded with Pe
stated
lamer
er
0;
otof
tations. One of them in particular, who stated that St,
had two children, a husband, and a brother in the
was in a frantic condition.
From the information elicited, it would seem that the
pit was in full work, and at six o'clock in the morning
between 40 and 50 men and boys descended for the 134,5,
pose of cutting and raising the coals. Matters proceeded
without any occurence of an unusual character till new
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, when the banksman
the pit's mouth heard a heavy fall of earthwork, storm'
&c., from the shaft, and it was soon discovered that the
landing-cart, in being hauled up from the vein, 8001
against and caught in some of the timbers used to 10,"
the walls, breaking them away, and throwing down the
walls, and causing other timbers to fall together. Further
use of the shaft became at once dangerous, if not inWegi
Bible, and the utmost apprehension was felt for the fate °
the poor fellows below, who, as there is only one shaft ,„
_'':
the pit, had no apparent means of escape. A consultatal
was held, and it was determined at once to set to work, an
with all possible speed to repair the damage downwsrd0
the hope that the men underground would be enamego
hold out till their deliverance could be effected.
were immediately set to work, but as only three
work at a time, and those suspended in the shaft bucKes
it was soon seen that the work of reparation must proc.7ta
;
very tardily—probably occupying days, during which,tl
the men and boys who were in the pit might die boss
exhaustion and fear, or from suffocation by the foul ge.te
emitted by the coal. It was, therefore, urged that se74
more immediate and direct effort ought to be made,.
Mr. Rennolds, of the neighbouring Malago Vale ColliAct
who was present, proposed that some ropes, or a bil„i3iof
of sufficiently small diameter to pass through the tills' pd
in the shaft, should be suspended from the pit chaint!ot
that this being protected from above by two or three l 0
bonnets, or shields, should be lowered into the pits Nine
to give two men in the top vein, named William 131"00
and Morgan Phillips, who had some time previously The
discovered to be alive, an opportunity of escaping. one
descent necessarily presented much danger to an.Lorth
attempting it, but at length a young man named „.01.
stepped forward and volunteered, and shortly before 3.'fia
o'clock on Saturday morning he entered the bucket. Ile
was lowered into the pit—a depth of over 130 fathenige'riod
remained for a short time below, during which length
these above were in breathless suspense; but at "..,„ in
the bottom signal was given, and he was hauled 0`;.5,---
safety—notwithstanding some falls of the eartbivits bad
bringing with him the two poor fellows whom Bred t 0
rescued. As soon as they had sufficiently recegly two
be interrogated, they stated that they were the on trheY
men in the top vein, as all the others were below-,ottoni
had crawled to the top of the tip leading to the u , and
vein, and had called out repeatedly, and hammered Le,
thrown dirt down, but they could get no answer, and ti_ll
feared from this circumstance that they were the ofj
two men alive. Philips said the air was extremely lilts
down there, and expressed his belief that it would be oint
idle to make any further efforts to bring up the ele
alive ; but Braine, on the contrary, expressed has
He stated that it was possible that the air where the We,.
were was better than that in the top vein, and that tbe,u.;
not hearing or answering when called to might possiblYths
accounted for by their having, instead of staying neer:„--..
bottom of the tip, gone to some other part of the ve'h-sf
probably to the entrance to the shaft, either in seerc'sca
more pure air or in hopes of being got up. In conseque,.l
of this advice further efforts were made by those abovetctip
men were sent down, who approached the mouth et. %oat
and made noises by hammering and calling, but vv" or
having been able to evoke from any one a reply. Tll'l,l.gaving
mained in this state, and without any circumstance " son
arisen to give hope or justify expectation that thee 00
would be saved, till between ten and eleven o'clo isooo
Saturday morning, when some men who had gone :teas
to make a last effort, and whose expectations of r;'l‘
were as slight as possibly could be, had the good tuwbo:
make themselves heard by two of the poor fellow9.:010.
atter all hope had been abandoned by their fellows, e„g 01'
towards the tip, and had their ears rejoiced by hes,r_l`Ther;
voice of a man named Cooper. They spoke to each stile'
and Cooper having elicited that all the men e'er de
the most strenuous and persevering efforts were ni"
their deliverance. s,air
Several men descended to the first vein into ivilrifs"ati.
had been previously forced by means of a canvas sir-
and revolving fan), where they had the satisfao ,rbel
finding that their candles would keep burning' iie
then passed provisions into the bottom vein, e the't
windlass, lowered a rope, and, at about four o'clec,he fir°,
bad the happiness of hauling up James Peddar, bt"isoent.
of the rescued men. The efforts were then ceri.,ed
not without considerable damage to those elligirsie all
them, till seven o'clock in the evening, by whie'l APO'
the poor fellows, numbering 41, had been got
4.'''" (ib:, org'
„
of them were in a very exhausted state ; but " e,
and
Smart, surgeons of the works, were in attenduechoil
rendered professional aid, and proper rernedil to tWi
been used, they revived sufficiently to be remove
ould be
homes, where they are going on as favourably as t
desired. on°
ace hot
Such of them as are in a fit condition to give 8-,1,8ft,
of the matter say that they heard the fall of the thenn
could not tell what had occasioned it. They fenej that
selves shut in, and some of them at once apprebe'. was It
the pit had fallen in altogether, and that therewarnt:
chance of their being got out alive. The air attend,
became so foul that it could scarcely be endured'
ting to work, after a great deal of labour, they 7. weree_.,
in " tapping," as it is called. Subsequently tne7o
the point of sinking from the bad air,
down of some earthwork, and the pouring Tenet.
,o
wher,...tef viiiteht;
brought some fresh air with it, and gave them
,;(), 8111370
greater part of them did not absolutely ahun" %Oen lc,
until about three o'clock on Saturday
could Wei
Pie'
their candles being exhausted so that they o the the
and no prospect appearing to open, they cam seehe,/
lancholy conclusion that they would never again
abetterth
world. Finding the air in the bottom pit solve' -8 et`
descended thither and laid themselves down ;, „..dertgege,
weak and exhausted, fell off to sleep, while otn7d lam
in prayer, or gave vent to their agony
whoeal anode Tor,
morning, t
tations. At length two of them, htl °?sie'
way to the bottom of the tip, heard the vowelise:to
heif
and answering it, their precise position ive.j, WO*
and the efforts before enumerated made, "rub"'
and happily resulted in their deliverance.

Local 13.tb30.

The Royal Mersey Yacht Club Match, previously fixed
for the 26th is now to be sailed on July 12.
t'°
Po Tuesday Mr. Cardwell presented a petition from
trol, praying for a reduction of armaments.
re Herries presented a petition from Liverpool on
the navig
Ittlesday,
atoion cmplaining of the operation of the change in
laws.
~ Three additional steamers are about to be put on the
Line of packets running between Liverpool, Southampton,
and Havre.
_ On Friday, a young man,
named Walley, on a pleasure
Whilst
excursion from Hindley, wes drowned at New Brighton,
e bathin.
..LA gentlemagn of tt,
vont the size
of 0 sound orange.
about thewhe ne church of St. Paul's, Belfast, is to be opened
iddle of the ensung month. The
M'Neile ismexpected to preach on the occasion. Rev. Dr.
rl._Thirteen weeks ago, Jane Harper, aged 76 years, was
ocked down by a cart in Breck Road, and was injure
allei!dhaeyh,iP, from the effects of which she died on \Ved-
a 9n 11°TidaY Richard Harrison, aged ten years, who
lyeas
playing a tNo. 6 Court, Wright-street, Toxteth-park,
ain Mr. Okell's stables, in Blair-street, when
wooden carriage fell on him, killing him on the spot.
heßobert Abraham, Esq., formerly editor of the White
t, ~
a ""-t-teraid and Lives-pool Journal, has been appointed
..ssociata counsel and attorney to the corporation of
Montrea.
la°,ll Monday a workman, named Parry, was engaged in
saYala.g down some drain pipes in the yard of Mr. Irwin,
es_P ooiler, uke-street, when the sides ave way, and
the Poor man D
being buried beneath the soil was killed.
ttel•he Rev. S. Minton has published another letter to the
d BDr. Cahill, renewing his challenge to discuss the
°l4haskeen aof Roma nism, bedike the previous invitation, it
Roe
decli.
(liau e Queen has appointed Mr. Mansfield the stipen-
re 31 magistrate of this own. There is no tretth in the
f„'Port that the learned gentleman has succeeded o a large
tune. g
one Rev. Dr. M'Neile will preach in St. Silas Church,
S day evening, for the Pembroke-street Ragged
lae-rri, and on Sunday evening at St. James s, West
Derby for the Church Missionary Association.
wa,,,'"r °1 Birkenhead Dock Bill has been thrown out for
ce7,; compliance with the standing orders. The only
bar,ellove left to the promoters is either to abandon the
',Prosecute it without reference to the plans, leav-
The latter an open question.
to Liverpoolaers of the Andrew Foster, from New York
dialthe ,
Passed a resolution expressive of their cor-
cone-,1-8 to the captain, for his attention and care, and
fors6i"uenee in his vessel as a safe, staunch, and corn-
, ie ship.
bas
flailed- "/;_e
ee Birkenhead, steamer Master Commander Salmon,
U
°n ordered to proceed at once to the Cape. She
tow Wednesday evening from Portsmouth to Queens-
till ll
and will embark 400 men of the 2cl Regiment, and
ce,"ive as soon as they are on board.
leitk",t Saturday five boys from the Industrial Schools,.
The -ale, were' attested as recruits for the 91st regiment.
ra -3' are intended to form part of the band of the
.regi-
• eat. b • considerable proficiency
. aving already attained a
0 .481 C.
Ite: Saturday last the head and antlers of a large. buck
fetateliscovered by some excavators while sinking a
eraeosaetinw at the Huskisson Dock. One of the horns
blit-X4ed to dust -upon being exposed to the atmosphere,
/t,'"e other, together with the skull, are nearly perfect.
Ve„„°lrae INSTITUTION SCHOOL.—On Tuesday, Mr.
kc",_d, late of the above school, and Mr. N. Pinder, from
(4°Y School, were elected Fellows of Trinity College,
the:ill Mr. Wood before carried off a Scholarship at
taio.l'ne College, while be was still at school, and ob-
ti„" the Canning Exhibition.
Of a- Wednesday, the 11th instant, a female, fifty years
/mute, residing in No. 3 Court, Russell-street, Park, was
tan ring out of an omnibus in Park-road, when she was
taltee-7°ll hY a cart, driven by Thomas Roome. She was
day." to the Southern Hospital, where she died on Tues.
ip~,„.auesday, Bridget Corfield, nine years of age, resid-
Was illth her 'parents in No. 3 Court, Blundell-street,
thellemPting to take a potato from a pan on the fire,
,the Pr clothes ignited, and she was severely burnt.
siaal, deceased had been left at home in care of three
children. She died in the Hospital on Wednesday.
war bade ctors of the London and North-western Rail-
Littee,,, granted all their officers four days •holiday to
Thee-Yne Exhibition with free passes over the line.
el :ave also offered'the latter privilege to tbe officers.
059 n, "°°aPanies whose lines are connected with their
Atb_
'qtlgi "'"'ltanists held a meeting on Wednesday at the
"c-hall, at which Dr. Cahill was announced to be
sellt
NI, • The doctor, however, had met with an accident
sito., nable to attend. 'On this being made known,
lia-rneng became very uproarious, and called out,
g" Return the money," " Adjourn," &e.
134,7-e'Y order was in some measure restored.
tbkarISTER.! REGISTER ! REGISTER !—On Sunday the
atelattyannual notice from the overseers of the parishes,
!lees e, to the claim of registration, was affixed to the va-
the sth eh
r doors. All poor and assessed •rates due to
OfJej of January last must be paid on or before the 20th
lertedrinext, otherwise the parties' names will not be in-
-00 41 the registry for votes.
tnother edneeday-, the 4th instant, Michael :Sweeny and
flheu a „Tan Were drawing a hand-cart in Paradise-street,
"4"' Pasallt. coming in an opposite direction, attempted
0,,,..-waeney'lttlaa, and, there not being room enough,
faa--;a• eauslied between the wheels of the two
O "as taken to the Hospital, and died on Tues-
b‘'n
at
evening Mr. Duncan addressed nurner-
at the --uce at the Shipwrights' Room, Bond-street, and
1e3,.
-ct sion three cheers were given for Lord Stan-
at th -a Friday night Mr. Duncan delivered an address
Of he lifusi _ c Hall, on the evils resulting from the repeal
t"e Nevi ation Laws and the operation of the Mer-
ntile Marines Act.
trip ° Passengers by the Baltic steam-ship, on her last
trap' Passed the following resolution—" That we con.-
biteaZate the New York and Liverpool United States Mail
klierls,hiP Company upon the able commanding of so
reesttit'',Le a specimen of naval architecture, whereby the
tate brinwinhant success is insured to their praiseworthy
arise'
ha t0.7-IColec TO NEW YORK.—Among the passengers
14 a- "ncies, which arrived at Southampton on Thursday,
atoC° 41-Merican gentleman named Forbes. He left Hong
Ne aw the Y
°1", 26th of April last, and left Liverpool tor
flero„it in the Africa, which sailed on Saturday. He
141 probably arrive' at the latter port about the Ist
days, inelawill have traversed nearly 14,300 miles in 65
O•ng stoppages at various ports.
13-jb'ett ole3daY the Lafayette, Captain Stoddard, the
for'w.,eeu-iht new' line of screw-steamers, intended to ply
se face
ear Port and Philadelphia, took her departure
Gj-..geta, a grie City. She carries out upwards of 100 pas-
n' a large cargo of fine goods.—The City
for
will. 440 eatination, with a large cargo, and 136 passen-
-taioa..°gat whom was one of the United States Com-
ef4Ai wate,t, the Great Exhibition.
Allosr.—On Saturday a few of the members
sesa..„.artl,ol
waited on the Rev.
eige„, oinew s congregation
'eat -"es, on hisretirement from the honorary euracy
ellt° withneatket
%two , and presented him a very pocket
ehhise_n service, and the following standard works i—
sPrebje.ll°,.,o Leighton's works, Archbishop Sumner on the
I,Lbla, ft;
„?..i.ttos on the Miracles, and a handsome Polyglot
h„"' was ZurPte morocco binding. The sand Jacob, the le,anufactured by Messrs. Roe and Jacob, and
,_%fie :Wowing inscription :—" Presented to the Rev.
yet i% 8.A., by a few particular friends in con-
ithlt. with the schools and church of St. Bartholomew."
with
etecreeNr.—The London ornin mail,
hi as d,
by sot aeon Friday evening at half-past g four o'clock,
el, a, kos;"ve until half-past eight. The delay was caused
teaiag of Unaccountable accident. After the train, con-
ea ,der, h carriages, the luggage van, engine, and
se`tiages ag Passed the viaduct at Preston Brook, the six
'P we
140Ped , ant off the rail. The engine was promptly
ao tees tni not a single carriage was upset. The pas-
te w.et,e, as might be supposed, greatly alarmed, but
id 110011 8 injured in the slightest degree. It took nearly
to get the carriaes aain on the rail. The
lt i altogether unaccougntablge
titattriarvs .
kp_°l-811i L " TRE BALTIC.—The United States mail
acaey 0P Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived in the
ds.% 0,, Tuesday night. The Baltic left New York at
yeas ' oaturday the 7th instant. She arrived off Point
tab at save
arta ate, n o'clock on Tuesday evening, passed the
ht a ale; aL war.
past ten, and entered the river shortly
days en. She has made the passage from port to port
11,,,,000fi ye beers. She brought 150 passengers, and
t11:4 ateaLmars in specie on freight. The United States
cratstur pacific,
Captain Nye, which left this port on
kit ea gof the 28th ult., arrived at New York at
e‘Passa Lock on the morning of the 7th instant, making
1e94 eRe hence in ten da s and a few hours.
zilellivedymcNooorth America" ysteamer, which sailed from
'rho with the 17th instant, for Galway, is an event
regar, great satisfaction by the people of Connaught,
i~lleatll°l4 Le it as the commencement of a regular line of
e-ueter
e, west een Ireland and America. The Midland
ttesge pesaern Railway Company have agreed to carry
Deane Of ch,,e_ngers that may arrive by the North America,
eelett,ori ente, from Galway to Dublin. The vessel will
g 0
c'tl)7 return trip early in August. The City of
aeettrater',_PanY have also engaged to carry the passen-
Neca, ten'uday pIrlY to Liverpool or Holyhead, and have also
- to Galway. The North America may be
fh‘,,,Qlo,,ttin arrive at Galway to-morrow night, or Thurs-
i%/g.i,'
INSTITUTION.—THE BOYS' CONCERT.-
44 • Th "rig event came off on Tuesday, with great
BDi • ° selectio
h very tits, ae., 11 was first-rate, the boys in good voice
titter repetit. (-1 the audience disposed to be pleased.
tit att
d leaded, °f theee agreeable re-unions seems to be
eats ot ha , and to give greater satisfaction. There
to iewer that 1,500 persons present. The music
„,le.eitAleeen, from
the compositions of Horsley, Crampton,
latis_tt, QiaaLle, Weber, Chipp, Moschelles, Dr. Smith,
50,,e14408,
avner, Web,
and comprised airs, duets, trios,
ti 0,
very chortle".
a tied role nu , The juvenile vocalists exceeded
mire pateexpreasi_ Inner to have been trained to regard
abiable to raced i_on so admirably. Some of the pieces
%,,,7 0,4 a profeussa Planner which would have been. cre-
Iv! 00tiged b chorus The concert was consider-
rved. nine viciferous encores, which were
vt'Ally dud have'ne Solos and quartetts were admirably
tt‘oelighte rarely seen an audience so enthusias-
kaalt.ht, and tiLttwas evident to all, tbe boys had been
tl44tifiel "trusted the performances of the intricate
NA Nee, nowled 1•0 them was rather the result of a
Rblebat h ory ge of the music than the production of
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have been crowned.

town lately found a small orange,
of a small marble, inclosed in the centre

GREAT TROTTING MATCHES ATAINTREE.—TO.morrow
two matches are to come off at Aintree, near this town,
which have created great sensation. The first is for £lOO
a-side, h. ft., to trot ten miles in harness, and the second
for £5O a-side, five miles. The horses in the first match
are of a superior class—one lately brought over from
America, where he has gained high repute for trotting
pretensions.

CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOL.—The teachers and others
have presented to Mr. Andrews, on his leaving this in-
stitution, with an elegant burnished inkstand and a splen-
did timepiece, as testimonials of respect and esteem. Mr.
Andrews has been at Christ Church School upwards of
eleven years, and during that period the school has
flourished beyond all precedent—so much so, that ad-
missions have, during the last two years, beea checked
by exacting an admission fee.
FACTS FOR LORD GRANVILLE.—The amount of ton-
nage of foreign shipping loading outwards in the port of
London, on Friday, was 11,452 tons ; of these, 5,965
tons, comprised entirely of American ships, are loading
for the United States, whilst there is not a single British
vessel in the Thames loading for the American republic.
For the Mediterranean and Southern Europe there are
1,715 tons of foreign shipping loading outwards • for the
Baltic and North of Europe. 2,595 tons ; outwards;
South
America and the West Indies, 827 tons; and for Batavia,
349 tons. At Liverpool we understand the facts in refer-
ence to the preponderance of foreign shipping over British
vessels are even stronger than those to which we have re-
ferred in relation to London.
THE CABINET MAKERS' STRIKE.—The differences be-
tween the cabinet makers and their employers have not
yet been healed, except in one or two instances, where the
men have been induced to return to their work on having
their requests complied with. We believe that at a meet-
ing of masters, a few days since, a resolution was passed,
with only one dissentient, to resist the demands of the
men. The gentleman in question was, we are informed,
Mr. J. Abbott, of Islington, who has hitherto liberally
granted the workmen in his employ the whole of the pri-
vileges which they now seek to obtain from the rest of the
trade ; and, seeing no reason to change his usual arrange-
ments, he still retains his numerous employes, and by this
means can fortunately execute his increasing orders with-
out any inconvenience or-delay.

MERIT AND CHEAP ZHU CATION.--Rigby, who has
so pre-eminently distinguished himself at the Collegiate
Institution, is the son of Mr. Thomas Rigby, of Halton,
Cheshire, and one of Mr. Wilson's boarders. Whilst a
pupil in the Middle School he obtained the nomination to
the Upper, value ten guineas. Since he entered the Upper
School. he has twice obtained the Egerton Scholarship,
value twenty-one guineas per annum, or one year's educa-
tion, free of all charges ; and at the recent examination by
Mr. Gunson, fellow of one of the colleges in Cambridge,
he carried off, in the most triumphant manner, the vacant
Univer ity Exh bition, value £5O per annum, tenable for
four years, which he thought proper to decline on account
of his youth. In addition to these honours, he has com-
peted for the Divinity, Mathematical, and Latin Verse
prizes, and carried off the whole'!
SHIP RACE ro CIIINA .—By the Overland Mail letters
have been received from Anjer, which contain the arrival
at that port of the celebrated rival clipper ships Reindeer
and Oriental. The Reindeer, which left the Mersey on
the 30th December, arrived at Anjer in`99 days. The
Oriental sailed from the Thames on the 14th January,
and arrived at the same port in 93 days, thus giving the
vaunted American clipper an advantage of but six days
only over her tiny antagonist, a fact which sufficiently
proves that our English builders can produce vessels in
every way capable of successfully competing with the
highly-extolled clippers of our transatlantic brethren, the
Reindeer being only about ZOO tons burden, whilst the
tonnage of the American ship is upwards f 1000, thus
giving her an advantage over her rival which speaks much
in favour of the Reindeer's sailing qualities.
TEA PARTY.-01/ Wednesday evening a large and
highly-respectable tea-party was held in the school-room
underneath the walls of St. Matthew's Church. Hill-
street. The proceedings of the evening were much en-
livened by a military brass band, and a choir with a piano-
forte, in separate recesses. After tea, and the removal of
the tables, the Rev. Mr. Brewster, the incumbent, and
the -Rev. Mr. Maynard, delivered addresses, the former
expressing thanks for the decorations and arrangements
of the evening, also for the measure of congregational
success since the church was opened, a year and a half
since, trusting that the good work might continue prosper-
ing under the blessing of God, and illustrated the neces-
sity for " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether."
As there is a vast number of uninstructed children in this
populous district, for whose training the submural school-
room (the ceiling of which is below the level of Hill-
street, besides being •dark and dismal at noonday) is in-
sufficient, it is to be hoped that this sort of " pull" will go
on until proper school premises are procured by the intel-
ligent inhabitants of the district for their children's phy-
sical, moral, religious, and intellectual training, in a man-
ner becoming the dignity of this enterprising emporium.
THE ZOOLOGICAL 'GARDENS.—Since the rain has
ceased, the gardens have been crowded, and they are now
certainly in the very highest order. On'Thursday, by an
arrangement with the proprietor of these delightful
grounds, the pupils of Mr. Reynolds, professor of danc-
ing, assembled in the large concert-hall. The company
numbered about 700, including the parents and friends of
many of the children. (Gribbin's band was in attendance,
and the young people appeared to enjoy themselves very
much, not only in the hall, where dancing was kept up
with great spirit, but perambulating the grounds. Other
parties might glean from this a very valuable hint. Of
course every youngster, escaped for a brief period from
the restraint of school, will, rightly to enjoy the holiday,
be gratified with a visit. To-day is, " the great, the
eventful day," at the gardens, the licensed victuallers
holding then their annual summer festival. We cannot
recount the amusements ad infinitum which have been
provided, under the same experienced management as last
year. The soiree, it appears, in the concert-hall, will be
Presided over by the worshipful the mayor, the vice chair
being -filled by Mr. Alderman Procter. At three o'clock
the amusements commence by the gymnastic efforts of
Hemet Bey, who, seated on a raft in the lake, " a grand
water palace," will astonish by his expositions of agility
and strength.

EXAMINATION AT SEACOMSE-HOUSE SCHOOL.—The
Rev. D. J. Poggi, D.D. principal. The annual exami.
nation of the pupils of this establishment took place on
Wednesday and Thursday, the 18th and 19th instant.
The proceedings occupied from seven to eight hours each
day, and were conducted by the Rev. Robert Lee, one of
the Board of Examiners attached to the Royal College of
Preceptors. The subjects embraced by the examination
were the Greek and Latin Classics, with composition in
verse and prose, Arithmetic, Algebra, Euclid's Elements,
Trigonometry, English Grammar and Composition, the
French Language, Profane and Sacred History, Geogra-
phy, with the use of the globes, Natural History, &c.
The results of the examination were highly satisfactory
to the examiner, and very gratifying to the parents and
friends of the pupils, who were present during the course
of the proceedings. Excellent specimens of writing,
mapping, and of mechanical, architectural, and landscape
drawing, were exhibited in the spacious school-room, and
attracted the attention and admiration of the numerous
visitors. On Thursday evening the prizes were distri-
buted, in the presence of a large and influential audience
ef ladies and gentlemen, among whom were the Rev. J.
Tobin, the Rev.. W. Pollock, the Rev. E. Roberts, the
Rev. T. W. Moeran, the Rev. W. Welch, the Rev. P.
Haines, the Rev. H. S. Brown, the Rev. M. Powley, the
Rev. W. Jones, Major Robinson, E. Catterall, Esq.,
W. Darlington. Esq., Thomas Harr. Esq., G. Pol-
lexfen, Esq., W. F. Smith, Esq., H. Esq., Kit-
shaw, Esq., J. J. Godfrey, Esq., J. Thompson, Esq., of
Belfast, &c., &c.
THE WEST INDIAN AND AMERICAN STEAMERS.—The
arrival of the Avon steam-ship, at Southampton, on Fri-
day, from the West Indies, exhibits, in the clearest pos-
sible manner, the complete inadequacy of the present
West India mail steamers (notwithstanding the advantages
of a direct route from the Isthmus of Panama) to compete,
in point of speed, with the superior steam-ships employed
by the British and American companies on the New York
and Liverpool line. The Avon is very nearly the fleetest
of the ten ships belonging to the Royal Mail Company ;
her run home has been favoured by remarkably fine weather
and light winds, yet intelligence, corresponding with that
of which she is the bearer from the Pacific and California,
was received in Liverpool on Sunday morning last by the
steam-ship Africa, and advices from Jamaica, to nearly as
late a date as brought by the Avon, were received via New
York and Liverpool many days since. In bad weather
the comparative inferiority of these packets is still more
apparent, as instanced by the many irregularities of the
past winter. when, on several occasions, letters came to
hand by this route from Jamaica, Havannah, and the
Pacific ten days and a fortnight after their duplicates had
reached England by way of New York. It is satis-
factory to know that a remedy will shortly be applied ;
and it is to be hoped, that the five magnificent ships now
getting ready for sea, when combined with more efficient
ships to perform the intercolonial and other branch routes
than are now employed, will remove all cause of complaint
from the very large community, both at home and abroad,
whose mercantile and other correspondence is conveyed
through this channel.—Times.

LIVERPOOL NATIONAL SCHOOLS ANNIVERSARY.-The
annual display and services in connexion with the Liver-
pool National and Church of England Schools took place
on Wednesday, though the customary procession along
the principal streets of the town was checked, in conse-
quence of the constant and, at times, heavy rain. Not-
withstanding the wet, however, the occasion drew together
large crowds of people, who assembled in Church-street
and in the vicinity of the Blue-coat Hospital, which was
the rendezvous for the scholars. The accompanying list
will show the numbers of scholars in attendance at the
different schools, inclusive of both the Sundays and week
days :-Blue-coat Hospital 350, St. James's Schools 370,
St. Lukes* 297, St. Catherine's 346, St. Matthew's 180,
St. Matthias's 268, Christ Church 789, Edge-hill 560, St.
Saviour's 180, St. John the Baptist's 700, All Saints 241,
St. Mark's 493, St. Simon's 496, Mariners' Church 156,
St. Andrew's 408, Moorfields 295, Male and Female
Orphan Asylum 181, Welsh Charity Schools 464, Everton
and Kirkdale 478, Mill-lane 413, South Church of Eng-
land 487, North ditto 971, St. Bartholomew's 480, St.
Augustine's 535, St. Bride's 750, St. Jude's 632, St. Bar-
nabas's 450, St. Thomas's (Toxteth) 685, St. Thomas's
(Park-lane) 161, St. Silas's 367, St. John's 446, St. Mat-
thew's (Toxteth) 305, Vauxhall 201, St. Mary's (Kirk-
dale) 278, St. Clement's 684, St. Martin's 263, St. Paul's
(Prince's-park) 325, West Derby Workhouse 281, Liver-
pool ditto 408, Industrial ditto 1,082, Christ Church
(Great Horner-street) 386 ; total 17,848. These numbers
show an increase of 1,198 over those of last year, About
half-past ten the doors of St. Peter's Church were opened
for the admission (by ticket) of those who were desirous
of being present during the service. About 300 children
from various schools were placed in a temporary gallery
which had been erected behind the pulpit for orchestral
purposes, whence their voices were heard to great advan-
tage. The church was tolerably filled with ladies and
gentlemen ; amongst the latter, the Mayor, (J. Bent,
Bsq.,) several members of the Town Council, and a num-

ber of the local clergy being observable. Prayers were
read by the Rev. Rector Campbell, and the sermon was
preached by the Rev. W. A. Osborne, M.A., principal of
the Northern Church of England School, Fleetwood. The
rev. gentleman chose for his text the 21st verse of the 13th
chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, " It is like the leaven which
a woman took and bid in three measures of meal till the
whole was leavened." The scope of the argument was,
that religion ought not to be separated from secular
instruction. Several psalms were sung by the children
in an exceedingly creditable and effective manner ; Mr.
Edmund Holt, organist of St. Paul's Church, conducting,
and Mr. C. Danvers Hackett, M. 8., Oxon, presiding at
the organ. A collection was made at the close, amount-
ing to £2O Os. The Rev. Mr. Higgins intended, had the
weather permitted, to have takan a number of the children
into Cheshire, but this arrangement was defeated, and the
scholars returned for the most parr to their own schools,
where they broke up for the holydays.

THE NEW SHIP RIP VAN WINKLE.

It is a strange fact, that during one month of the pre-
sent year, the number of persons who emigrated from
Liverpool exceeded that of the metropolis for the whole
year past. Emigration has now, therefore, become a
branch of trade in which this town is so deeply interested,
that we hail every effort which tends to advance the com-
fort of the monster population which is leaving our shores.
A transatlantic voyage in an emigrant ship formerly was
by no means agreeable ; but such rapid strides have been
made in the equipment of vessels built for this trade, that
they are like palaces in comparison with those of years
gone by. Amongst this class of vessels is the new ship
Rip Van Winkle, which arrived here on Wednesday. A
brief notice of her will, no doubt, be read with interest.
The Rip Van Winkle was built at Summerset, Mass.,
and is 1,100 tons register. Her model, which is very
handsome, is such, we should say, as to make hera profit-
able ship. She has fine entrance and a clean run, but
is scarcely so lean as to be classed amongst whz.t are now
termed the " clippers." She will carry any amount of
canvas, and her speed may be measured from her making
the passage here in the late weather in eighteen days.
The Rip Van Winkle may be called a three-decker, as her
quarter-deck runs to the after part of the main-hatch, and
her " top-gallant forecastle" takes its rise but a few feet
further forward. Beneath the quarter-deck,chock aft,isthe
cabin, which is most gorgeous in appearance. The state-
rooms, which are as usual, down each side, are partitioned
off with panelling ef satin-wood, relieved with skirtings of
deep rosewood, the contrast of which is brilliantly effec-
tive. Pilasters of richly-veined rosewood. with ycaps of
white embossed in gold intervene each panel. The roof is
in dead white, which also contrasts with the rich Turkey
carpet and the elegant style of the surrounding furniture
of the apartment. It is certainly one of the most magni-
ficent cabins in the port. Forward of this is a dining
saloon, entered either from the deck-or after-cabin, This
is fitted in oak. From this you .pass into the second
cabin, fitted with permanent state-rooms for about 100 of
the better class passengers. Passing the mainmast, run-
ning mid-deck, are the officers' rooms, the galleys, the
surgery, &c., all of which are most complete in equipment.
The 'tween,decks are roomy and-lofty, and their ventila-
tion, which is entirely novel, is certainly deserving of
notice. The Rip Van Winkle has no air-streaks; she is
tight-sealed so as to prevent any foul air or gas that may
be generated in the cargo, or from bilge water passing into
the passenger decks. The ship's framing and timbering
is ventilated from the outside, the cargo by pipes direct
from the deck, and the passengers by wind couls fore and
aft. Thus, it will be seen, that each part of the ship is
distinctly ventilated. In point -of strength the Rip Van
Winkle does credit to her builders. Her frame is of live
and white oak, tha apron, transoms, and cants, fore and
aft, being of the latter material. Her stem and stern
posts are 24 inches square, kneed off well ; her breast-
hooks, ,eight in number, with seven pointers, are all
matural bends, and very heavy ; her keel is 24 inches
by 28 inches, her keelsons 24 inches square, one over the
other, boxed and salted ' • the sister keelsons are 12 inches
by 18 inches. The planking commences with 8 inches at
the guarboard streak ; the main wales, twelve streaks of
white oak, are 6 inches thick. In the waist the thickness
is 5 inches ; the ceiling at the floor heads is 10 inches,
diminishing to 7 inches at the lower deck beams. The
timbers are enormous, as also are the knees, some of which
mould 24 inches, and side from Bto 14 inches. The deck
beams are of hecmatack, and are but 5 feet apart. The
lower deck stancheons are kneed fore and aft, those of the
upper-deck are turned, and through each is an iron rod
screwed through both decks.

The .Rip Vail Winkle is as strong as a ship need be, and
is of that comfortable size to be easily handled. We learn
that she is one of a series of new ships, (three of which
are now in port,) consigned to Mr. James M'Henry, of
this town, whose enterprise we trust may prove eminently
successful.

Sheds commanded by Captain Baker, who is an "old
hand" in the trade, and is justly proud of the splendid
craft he controls, we hope his voyages may be numerous
and prosperous.