The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-22 00:00:00

BUILDINGS IN LIVERPOOI

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

5112,--I do not wish to cavil with your
architecture of our buildings; I believe the integrity and
intelligence of the press to be the most important medium
we have for the promotion of arts and science, and in no
town in the kingdom is there FO much room for improvement
in architecture as in Liverpool. The prefatory remarks of
your critique are worthy a more impartial and correct ob-
servation of the two buildings you have described.
The offices in Fentrick!stre,_ct„ as a design, is good, and
spews the genius to disign,,Awtia deficient esperience in its
detail is obvious, as well ap,ip the symmetry.. I would direct
your attention to tlie,,djspyopcutiou of the elevation of the
cubical block, (frona,g4plA,le.et more ought to have been

tique on the

divided in the threeStorwhit.iip small size of the windows
to the mass, and the 4iminutivepess of all the mouldings and
parts of the facade; algo, to a remarkable absurdity in the
modillions which stiplit4tje I..kplier Corr*. As to the
sculpture and foliage cutting without either
taste or spirit.

In yout; description of a building at the 'corner of Oldhall-
street, from the " plans which the architect has kindly
shewn to you," I presUMe it is a continuation of that nearly
finished. If the architect verily believes 'the capitals of his
pilasters to be representations of those .from the temple of
Jupiter Stator, he must have made a. discovery that had
better not have been exhumed froM the more classic rubbish
that concealed them from travellers hitherto. Now, Sir,
the capitals are miserably drawn, and the mechanic who cut
them, or any boy 10 years of age from the Mechanics Insti-
tution is quite capable of sheaving him.' What reason or
precedent has he for coggling these-pilasters a la Jupiter
Stator, upon a sub-pilaster split up'The taiddle ? Does he
know that the great end of architecture is utility, that
.ornament is a super-addition, and'that the spirit of genius
alone can render it beautiful? does he know a piece of
Roman architecture from Greek; or Egyptian, or Gothic ?
Is his Venetian window from the temple of Apiter? and
what is the use of his pilasters and his- pedimentS either
externally or internally ? This building, sir, is exceedingly
ridiculous as a design, and miserably vulgar in detail. There
is an entireness about the building in Fenwick-street, but in
this there has been no conception to define, no idea of
architectural beauty to develope ; n 6 notion of beauty being
a kin to utility. From the description you have given of
what remains to be erected; I shall-Withhold remarks, save
confirming the awful monstrosity of 'a' truss to support the
corner that you justly suppose will .deteriorate from the tout
ensemble.

I am, sir, your obedientservant,
Liverpool 20th July, 1842. 51/Hi:UM&

[We have given insertion, though net iritlibitt some reluc-
tance, to the letter or our correspondent,E)-4rit,, because he
unwarrantably impugns our " partiality" fn'the notice we
gave of the two buildings in question; secondly, because,
with reference to the former structure, he proceeds on the
assumption that the architect was allowed the entire indul-
gence of his own taste; and thirdly, hecauSe he has thought
nr,,...-----quote his own langnage—to " presume" that the
a continuation of that -nearly finished," and ad-
We shall address ourselves as briefly as possible

had mu

SECOND EDIIION.

Standar

Three o'clock

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,--Tnis DAY

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.)

The duty for the ensuing week is ,reduced to Bs. 6d. on
Foreign, and is. per qr. on Colonial Beans ; to Os. 6d. on
Foreign, and is. per gr. on Colonial Rye; remaining un-
changed on all other articles of import
The supply of Wheat fr

h F3>ltic and Mediterranean

thin the past three

is again to a large extent, amountt
days to nearly 18,000 quarters ; the
index about 11,000 barrels Flour,
arrivals of any Grain produce from
those coastwise and from Ireland continue very insignm,...
at the same time the market has been very amply supplied
with samples from granary, the prevalence of exceedingly fine
weather in our own district, with corresponding reports
from all parts of the country of the rapid approach of the
-crops towards maturity, inducing a more free disposition
than of late to pay duty upon Wheat and Flour where sales
were practicable; the same cause, however, has effectually
limited the operations of buyers, and lower prices would
have been taken to make progress, particularly of parcel'
still on board ship.
There was a large display of Wheats offerin,

ing's market, which, upon a middling

❑ports from Canada

but xve have no fresh

United State

at this morn-

ance of buyers,

met a slow limited sale, at a decline of 3d, per 70Ibs. from
the rates of Tuesday last. Flour was also taken off sparingly,
and must be noted 6d. per barrel cheaper
Beans have again receded in value, Is.
and Feeding Peas, 2s. per quarter, with
article.

Peas, is
Boiling

:tie doing in either

The quantity of Oats at hand, especially of fine quality,
being small, our last currency was realised in the few trans-
actions that took place. In Oatmeal very little was done,
and prices a shade lower, though not sufficiently so to alter

our quotations

The bonded market has remained almost wholly inactive;
in the course of the week 800 to 1000 barrels of States Flour
have been sold at 28s. to 28s. Gd.—and to-day a parcel of
1500 qrs. of hard Wheat, in warehouse, has changed hands.

inclusive

Wheat
Barley
Malt .
Oats .
Rye ..

QXS. I 4 A
Qrs. I
Qrs.
Qrs.; 156
Qrs.

Pease .
Shelled Barley . Qrs.
Indian Corn Qrs.
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal . . .. Loads
Flom Sacks
Ditto .. Brls

Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastw
—qrs.: Oatmeal,— Ids; Flour

—Wheat, qrs. ; Oats,

EXPORTS.
qrs. ; Malt,
Oats, qrs ; Pease, , Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oat-
- loads; Flour, sacks, 38 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 372
qrs• ; Barley, qrs.; Oats, qrs.; Beans, qrs. ; Indian
Corn, 1044 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 700 Ids.; Flour, sacks 60 brls.—
Coastwise. Wheat, 1308 qrs. ; Barley, 128 qrs.; Malt, qrs.;
Oats, 37 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans. 70 qrs. ; Pease, 55 qrs. ;
Indian Corn, qrs.; Oatmeal, 260 Ids. ; Flour, 245 sacks 1294
barrels.

.—Foreign. Wheat

, qrs.
qrs.

Average prices of Grain, for the week enc
Wheat 655. Bd. 1 Barley '2Bs. ed. } Oats..

345. 10a. 1 Pease

Aggregate average of the six weeks

....,
Wheat . 645. sd,

16. 1842

I Berley 275. 4CI. I Oats.. 21s. fid. ! Rye..33s. 5d
Beans.. 345. 4d. I Pease.. 335. 10d.

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Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
Wheat ss.od. I Barley,Vs. Od. Oats .. . 6s. Oct. I Rye.. gs. 6d,
Beans Cs. 66. Pease. 9s. 6d. Lind. Corn Os. Oct. Flour as.92d.
Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.... Is. od. I Parley.. 2s. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. Oct. I Rye.... Is. Oct Beans.. us. Cl, J Pease.. is. od.-/ Indian Corn.. Os. Od. I Flour.. 73d,
Liverpool A.VerageS, week ending July ig. 1842.
Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. 1, Beans. Pease.
Qrs
Prices.. Os. Oct. Os: Od. 1 os. I Os. od. Os, od.

. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, 3 r.ar.
The demand for Cotton to-day has been only moderate,
and the market has subsided into a state of languor evi-
denced by the desire to effect sales at late prices.
The sales of the week are large, say 37,990 bales, of which
exporters have taken 3,000 and speculators 11,800 hales.
Prices the same as our last circular.

" Our church clock," says the editor of a down east
paper, " kee,ps time so well, that we gel a day out of every
week by it.'