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

thirti -otie delegates present, viz., from Lite,p 01, five;
Birkenhead. two; Manchester. lour ; Birminglistn, tour :
Leeds. two; Bolton, two; Preston, two; Oldham, two;
ShE field, two ; Blackburn, two ; Wigan, two ; and Stock-
port and Maccl. sfield, one each. Air. D. Brtlh.use, of
M;,tichester, pros ded. The draft rules, twenty nine in
n.tniber, we-re read over, and, with little tliscus4on, i) re

ral Assi•ci.tion. it was also agreed that the next get erat
ti,euting of the association should he held at the Albion
Hotel. Manchester, on Munch.), next, at half-past mei .7e
o'clock. 'or the purpose of considuriug the rules to be

ilieleastflii.ching among the body now in union, and on

strike. '1 he numbers of men on strike in Manchester, at
the I resent moment, may be taken as fellows :—Carpen-
ters, 459; olasterers, 80; Of icklayeis, 80; labourers, 100;

Carpenters' Ha'l, the other branches having rooms at
aft ant public houses in the twat). As the j.iners'
sovety is the largest in numbers on strike, they I ave

en ef,gsiget

le contest

THE SAILOR'S

e pui pose, in a we

k or two,

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to give an ext.- nded description, will a series of views. of
this hat r sting instittrif n. for the buildi•sg of vvh.ch Mr.
Cunnit,gilitrn is the architect. For the present, the fol-
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y and internal

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From the nature of the locality, the building will be some-
what of a triangular b rm. Ihr narrow e,t end, fronting
up Paradise-strret, will be 53 fee\ in 'eng h ; the Irontaae

lowa rds

175 f; et.

The pi iocipal el-or:nix, front will he in Cannii
lace, u ear tie Post-( ffice ; i will he 95 fret in lens

and divided into five corhpartmi.tits. In the central com-
partment will he the entrance door-way or porch, flanked
by irtipost pie's nod Dcric columns. The general height
from the surface to the top of ihe balustrading will he 72
feet. At each of the four angles of the building There will
be a square tower, 104 fret ' it, who-

_ _ ..n ogre-headed roofs,
surmounted with gilt spites arid vanes. The building will
tie extremely well lighted, the whole of the four fronts be-
ing filled with mullioned and I latp,omcd windows, so ar-
ranged, that whilst they must have a, tre ty and ui iform
apnea, ance outside, the floor,- in the interior clubbing them
about. the middle. they will light. at once, two stones. In
t e front towards Paradise-street, there will be large
shops, which will be I t to parties dealing in articles neces-
sary for a sailor's outfit. Above these chops will be the
alurrtnents of the superintendent, three stories high, to
which there will be made a separate entrance. An open
balustrade will extend round the top of the building. be-
tween the gables and the towers, and the roof will be as-
phalted for the purpose of forming a promenade for the

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s.:lors, to which casy access can at aII times he bsd. and
hien will he so lolly as to command a yi,,w of nearly the
n hole rxtrrit of the dock• alto the 1.14)01 g in the 'liver.

ne apattmetits will be heated by hot a, conveyed by
cast iron olives; and the most ample provisions are made
for s(etning at all 'm a sari tifunaant supply of water in
ease of hie On cavil tower m ill he a large iron tank or
eistein, cal able of bolding; 23 OGO gallons. In the prin.
cipol 11.11 there will be tiller large oueti graits,ait•und

be large kilcbei s, scullerieß, steward's room, pantries,
bakelimrse, beer cellar, eight sailors' chest rooms, milk