The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-05 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. lii;hii,„ TA.TTERSALL'S—MoNDAY. iwftectiZoglies4l,l,iivcillthaorlose out . of . the business transacted 4, itet,re.llinkdicated by t ptions, no more than Crtl - Thursdayexceptions , last .lll:es; 1;,2 seen, beads the list of favourites for the July ' 4 l,'ai -- 140 1' was ver nu who attended the inclination to , list h er so ~ , _ y merou , in the hope settiu g _ !Light that some who h were ktttikez:t2 zlike the odds quoted t la a st ; 11 •week,9 to 4 was outside quotation aet jlielacnlonsoet. Tta o m n boul and the Mar: 4`;!l_tliwere backed at the same price as on Thursd a ay w , but week 72, at more than double the odds offered Lord or litterly friendless. Miss Eliza and The dwood ._`”i first and second in the betting on the Goo freely t t4t.uharproved Prices, 8 to 1 having been T t e a e ken Willie as , 3 2,,c, and to 1 about the horse. W Chit Chat, s t , k w the outsiders Mo- --not-awe, . ildr ew, were m t ' irequest The Cup betting ! as 'tit-eke to Gaiew os oa i d nsapparied the demons7 . ati e o a n . 4 1 , 4 1 _ 13 frtvour last week -5 to 1 was taken several 5 1na to 1 ~,, Y ilearly re week-5 his position, as little as. , . ,teti t ake .. ~ Duke of Rich-' anon .o to 4.30 ;the report that the . r n aces i ilth i , r , 911:ed an explanation respecting- certain aorse has been engaged, is stated to be without decided tov, a t. The St. Leger has nothing new beyond ai_ 'ek io The Commodore nos' it • that he is nom It the c ; is true they were tokeel„34te odds as on Thursday last, but ' The betting left off as follows : to i a ;' s t Lord *Tj, G.jneLnYtinsTelVELcifix 'to I "Lord Exeter's Stamboul I ,to I " Ar. Knight's Margaret colt 'to " Lord Albernaale's lot (tk) - the St. " Crucifix winning this and Bloomsbury lk, Leger (taken.) GOOD STAKES. t° a tot Mr. J. Belps Miss Eliza (tk freely) ~ 19 l•to " Lord Westminster's Lord Mayor (t 9to I) 'to " kr. l'ireiklam's Wee Willie (tk) Ito" Mr. Greville's Morella (tk) 11 4/ '' 1)40 of Richnond's Confusionee ,•Oi Lord E.li to 's St. Andrew ;','to " Colonel'Pene4 l-am . -not-aware (tk) ,to 1, Captain Lamb's Chit Chat (tit) , (tk) Ito " Lord Chesterfield's Caroline Etyma_ ___.,.. e 4 ll iss Eliza, The Lord Mayor, and IN ee \‘' ull (taken in one bet.) y,tol noonwoon CUP. 11,'° I '' Zr. St. Paul's Galewood 1 ,4 2 " air. Ferguson's Harkaway 1; 4 '1 I ‘Lord Westminster's Richard Roe (tk) Al '' ~3211‘. Ramsay's The Doctor (tk) IN 431- - booth's Obelisk (tk.) Zt‘. l4 l4t ST. LEGER. ? f z- I Duke of Cleveland's The Commodore t _ tql Lord We stminster's The Lord Mayor k tr) t c 1 '' Mr. Wormald's toI " Col. C rawford's The Dolphin (tk) ,„ 11 ot e 1 4 Lord Eglinton's Zoroaster (tk.) between Stl:,otahlilit,o.ade for next Spring at .Newmark et , Id's The Lord Lichfield's Bg2ll34iß:nd'• V,o7slobv'slitift. "4" "'" ... ............--- 6 L • reed, ,as Len, Oa elooging a lie ense rith C c ' v n e i resor in 01 ; , . 1 . 0 0, ire l°Y s ee of Syr bow! a ° PP P or idese al the sub' ,5 5 o P 3 'i i ii f t ee t st,e fo e 0,c40c ,P 13111;; ,OCH LONIOND , scler a ______ __ _ . __ . :,e ‘ jPea er. probably are of the approaching sale of laiN Line and demesne , v by Mr. George R.obins -14.17 aci i i4o and announcemet, in the public prints, has 14 tt (k l ,flia we e d a very high panygeric throughout Scotland. NkbeWof,„' favoured by what is termed a descriptive ik,e`w°l3 renowned property. We subjoin a sketchoo l lt' a ,,Na•-a, ecannot refrain froin giving his own versi t ere fo dav at Io I Lomond," and should no ii eea r ri , b ,:th• This appears in in our humble judgment, C i of this übiquitous gentleman. ,-,q THE ESTATE AND . „S r I a „ 1 1 1 0 p TULLICHENVEN L. , o,,,Qath t t.nHOL D OF INHERITANCE. M t NI al ° this noble and classic structure of ancient . 1 0\ 1 Thig I4 b la t i li fi e e i 'lce will first claim our attention . : it or %ezitl e a (a never-ending netY wooded plantations of luxuriant 0 tr ,,.. aditi,, scent, until the castle . . will blNivel o;at.i,on).Presents itself in all its glory , it e kesid ~le instinit, that consummate judgment A t ' hatrti tune when the spot was chosen whereon this li e a ,_ rd4 - - 0 , 1 ,e NV aS . to repOse. The form is of a pure ‘kllk`e%ta a,,,architecture—it prevails throughout,. and i.ki o 7 NO execution it has no fear of rivalry indeed, l lle tlir ' en tlY stated, that for its size it will not_yieldlt' ZStt h° : _ust the. tunqeen:B dominions. The d raw s 01 4 1 taito;"„laPerfe otion of the castle an it Olt .44 10 , 'O, thoroughly appreciated without seek ptib !trati on reader will consequently be fro Nei' outlin e of the never-ending . :41Pta e'en; it c l aim-, besides, a kindred feeling . beauties that Ii l •' kfTT'soeiatio with ' the' classic' ground hard by ‘etn, 'o'oril, . both contributed by the I v ih -. ! of thei;Ylrriertnn hav toiLoniond; and a pillar 'S;,l?,:44`toyeller of thee s e p n ot that gave birth to our h_isi kr..N.l!'prn,se'2'e,olatriit, or the Round Tower, an aPn L',to e7,tteen, so fertile in luxuriance and splendour, t. i the l l 'ei t 'Llal ea. „ "ed, that nothing can approach it ; t if 1 ,,, 4 4 tionot contenaplate anything more - C a t wai'''ttor, a combination of hill and . dale, of A,, ' l e h l ll7' l , t ° an extent that appears almost inte . rr .ts e't tl :' 4l th e " e Preuthed that Loch Lomond takes i 11t!kell with tl fop of the castle, and the confluence of the Vr% the loft lake is achieved in front of the castle. :irtod, ,3 towers will be viewed the never - tiring 'N4'l', a ' ad of luxuriant growth, and feathering to ‘ i 4 1a tti, i t is d their t t h e e t io . tertninable . mountains i Iti t . ,,, , ith i ,' s , then the silvery lake , . w w it h h er i e ts on hea h n_ ,3 4t4 (alajest, whit is and vary Clyde. eai. Ac hills look down upon the famed . the scene in perpetuity, '''''llic44ll4 ti;e.e.c ol t e ia r il are . y _seenthe in Ntie:! h° could " • tervening villages dotted vl agers. A man mu e s l t ev b a e te fas his tid m io in u d s N. 0 , 4 , not at this moment i tNit 4° f 110, e and believe in the superintending hand IN kod m ore `-reato r ; but the tale is only half told—a 11 , 1 1 ' to ti c , rnagnificent scene is still to he developed,. ene 7 \14 ' 1. '1 4 h e n "„f a raPian hills r where the landscape is autumnal "Psie-"Y; the setting sun, on a serene pIS:11% kin lig upon the far-famed hills ; and later in the d 'I'9• ; !: brivght September moon, to behold, f i t o ti 74l hiitsr,, Loch Lomond sleeping in the tura . of . 6 lin k . , in something more than all their awls .s`44lle ) and efiect, is 3ectrical—the ensembleis t u h n i - s r ok t ;A O _ All those who have seen it will concur in '.7,,Zitli 47 ','ho have not been so fortunate he avould , 4 1F (e ti i o:,vl'eli,tility yet earnestness to search for what • 'O l of a p ist ! tht t 4 i. 4,. . , the Caledonian gori e Lakes li the e sal m d a giocf tow he emh of t f .a i , _— t,,,0 N I Louse, must awaken a sensation . first . to see V'lath "se°B—the greatest feature of this vicinit . y . : r.i that ; 111 of the Lake," and its indiscribably beautiful 1 w'aorroncl and aorn it. ~'l4 ), ilie ildrous wild, the whole might seem ; ',,Nh b"t' l lery of a fairy dream." 'lli•' Sa ki ' 18 aeXt in our kind remembrance; this inoun t,!. ail ataidst his companions , o'ertops all contem ttiVit's4 eroval,fleyn teeming in . wild . fertility, relieved by ::! tii k kve o d e z,4,11 j'4;itpit,,Coand_ varied by ALL TAE SOFTER NOW scene which Walter Scott Il,„,lt 1 , 1 '; ri,bed, but m aiow e e m a ust be SEEN to be appre oao Of. -y De well to ob erve, en passant, that it would 'lt '''ell'e''' 6 f ilstice t ''' suPp s ose that the new Possessor of *:‘ ° kt llt , tio ko l le be so inclin - ed) would not be the M. P P . 4 4 , 1 1. 4 C0j, 44 TOWN OF DUMBARTON AT THE AP ;" ''!• k , 4' l ' to C h ` } in' ; the influential consequence that must - 4 i. 1 11 .. aPPeorfroprietor of this fine Demesne, if hos a p n i_ :i t tiil4 4l ltf ol e 4 in intelligible letters on the portal, c . n_ it hi, t .es ,, %as it regards his nearest neighbours ( the . i (). it t l h Oi s i t e l t s ue ey . of .y preunsin., I ka ti old th, tkilit be sound, by which it is meant that "Nti lt Al ev • lurchtb and State , without reference to el 4otieta,e,d; this case, he may safely calculate on I Nn t kat, '!'endage of M. P. to his purchase, and if this n - hito ttiace desirous to extend his rural and field_ n e nn ,0,4;4101 eau he to his Estate 7 , 000 Acuzs oF MOOR ilik t ~t ti l ea sy "e purchased of the Corporation of D I *Aso d ' r .ate• The FISHING is proverbially so good, t , t h , la te eli e ,,, 1 - e-'l l fine, brat it is immaterial to dwell NY be t er4 IIY kri o nn' ioki Aale.,_z DAY who enjoyed V,41 ; tv'' 4 ,., bt t ,'' "AY ON THE LOCH, A 'faC - n e e ,4 of which can never be obliterated, to give ' , 0, - , it 4,,Li p e r ~- g - r s e i 4 , g out of the reminiscences that occurred \o4 l „aa, lo gy f bs to the termination of the Lake ; he 'Oli "aav e or into this unpretending account on L:kl th s eeo it, and re'tshis hope of forgiveness by k i lk lrN f l r ttir4 the countles's thousands who have not had It t 't to y oh , 0 partake of this splendid spectacle. It has 11:'40 1 ,, S eti •s'.erved that the confluence of the Lake and the 3 / 4 iged b Nillediatel • f tof Castle—its banks t . eti, . y , • y 111 IDD !,, ti: e 14 sic.., les, by Mansions , t and by Villas, all of :•t,7,„,,ofTtiipit submission before the great Leviathan, :,11 ) " Seel IleLevven, rearing its lofty towers above the '' .ll tli 4 14 all tY, by which itis encompassed, and proclaim ;katiti tal onlit ; R ; as supremacy Not far distant is Dal .4%,lll)lister„%--edi,,,og, the birth ply; eof our greatest novel 1a hati-'7,117-niollett. It was e near Tullichewen he (f o 4"Ra Ode to Leven Water :- 4 1 tal ttivZ's banks, while free to rove, _ e , tile rural pipe to love, Nt"fclenot the happiest swain l i ,Altire str e w the Arcadian Wain. , qi,l4l(li Y yo itth , ll • in. whose transparent wave, t 0f ',11 1 . 00 I 1 limbs I wont to lave." LN ufa) 4-- the 4043 ' 4 0: 1 I 'Y 11 , 0 nse, Balloch Castle, and . the Ferry „al._ y di ,.. at this islands (romantic from their bold and . N,,NtlB,"eetic,t, th e begin to put on their wonted charms, `ge ynie i s ', l ,eY are seen in all their native freshness ; urety oFtellgillned by the luxuriance of the foliage, All the f `t , n t aids in the illusion. 1 11 Of i s i.,,,,afrY crowds A s `.'" s which together lie i ti,,,, A, quietly as 4 tqlty 'lon g th • spots of sky a t loi, t hoo re . . e Evening clouds." I'laa'N e ' t Y clo`iialtins thatchw environ them are themselves lost :IVaio,tel q pbr a , ce a hover on their summits. Next in la N'r" 1 4ie ) wlll he seen Inch Murrin (the largest o r , r4 lti t and a Deer Park for the Duke of Mon ,i4 h. TO the left i reeen the burying place of the k„Nd„' l ese ek Tre are stillmaining monuments of these !Ira'-1.0/viti:ti"htht h4eliptrBeof Ring Alpin. - A few miles on (for 4, r l w iite , i?ared to travel quick if he would k , eep L0 .91 ' ' l la a- '' ,l ' - I li ' ls a gigantic iVlountain, " The Great ~;kio, 22°.‘e nionareliof this vast undisputed terri -0 o' Rig ? Et °' it were from the placid surface of the . Lake . t .° t o d ' ta e : t his r s a t „ b e've the clouds. " When the Sun is going 111 tatereside aPendous mountain and leaving the red thsit'tttNiiv.. v i le w Q e ve ! the scene," the ' pencil of a Titian, ac ,.,,',11 yine richness splendour of an Italian sky, would ato r t ed Is pa the mellowness and beauty of the ih t ; , !ie re iii Zlleled 'landscape. Nature may be eon tkkli a,'Nit; ere a b e t' her wild and stupendous forms : Moms '''%tA44l ir k , v!' alaother into fearful height, and in all li tiltl th e tot vanarity, until the eye is lost in the vast Nil, ton t ie d of .te,rtY that adorns the landscape. It is here ~, to tl e a l tt etit t,,,, inclinel filled with reverential awe abun- O t nt azll,4 k l T,ri tae t :tta to look with unaffected love, itTlol4°l'th AACHITECTNATURE." ea,olo, ovensart of v_ 4 , ,,taeor ti iiiadowi ue Loch„ is bounded by tremendous ous Ont a •tlek Is, p reci .tig i ts Waters as it penetrates the t_t i i tis Y Pro Pitately sweeping its borders with the aa th e ,reeedi toontories wl ' h ' • t within it, the kotatt anonlov'erlaioll l the soft 'lc project ec the Vessel ditli,Z,R2aaifiq, of the Lake antes p a r s etty Water ti, fake ,krid the, the bapyi,rit.he ' trtil pt:„ills, where Wordsworth wrote one of his w eet 1.1. `ln , 'h l'i, I Rhla tid , eta], girl! a v e v ry a t r flower fa li , o , f beauty; eli t il'itt e " is see, the, the the NNot t[ie is 0 ' in all i ts i ' of them all.' oth dy bee i . ., 4 , eof ~,, /eauty at this spot, and although eN --''‘ice ti,'"iterrupted beauty and variety to the 1t to 4 too' the write k l . 1) , 1 , Dar la , r oz ,, r. thumb short, fearing 5 ,, th e p r , k e Of. t ale n , Ins le attempt to seduce 1 , 4 ,'t t teti e V( lke in 4eglorions being. that a Day, on the Y Y,‘,ll'ot isi,,teturairi,„rY }lonian. The Steamboats 1 1 5h tai ) Qt a ve nd s , ,„ ( I, I L IY a different course, passing . the 'l'4,-"gbil the TtiehL,,lis extend the distance to about e distewen to the end of the Lake—we e, about the Miles, in Seven tit N% I , lte ll tch, t 'Ne 5 t 4 b ein Net ( 4' li oce 4 tola ti_ -13 TaAnE.—Last Monday, a shrewd 11%tk5%),,iter soli of iilteortethe Bank of England had again . ad- Ni ta t : 9 1 er: e4 Of a r S t , 119 that there were indicating ' a irkrokli i „, 3 tead pethincr in th 1104 n ate wa s se rep in trade, replied—" 111-'l' to, th e •o eri , r a 4'ili tier • ne kirk yesterday—there's , e fter sic an awfu' after " difficult times, an' I daur say it s **--Gitayou, Constitutional. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The Public is respectfully informed that Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY, of the Theatres Royal Drury-lane and Covent garden, and of the Olympic and Adelphi Theatres, are engaged for a Fortnight, and will make their fifth appear ance this evening. PHIS present FRIDAY, July 5, 1839, will be performed a Drama, written by Douglas Jerold, called the HOUSEKEEPER, Or, THE WHITE ROSE. Simon Box .. Mr. Keeley. Felicia.. .. Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Musical Farce of the QUAKER. Solomon Mr. Keeley. Floretta Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the favourite Burletta of WHY DON'T YOU MARRY. Natz Tieck.. Mr. Keeley. Lisette Gierstein Mrs. Keeley. On MONDAY next, July Bth, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KEELEY, will be performed the popular Drama of the YEOMAN'S DAUGHTER. Jemmy Muggleby, Mr. Keeley ; Mary, Mrs. Keeley. After which will be pro duced, for the first time here, a new Drama, called the QUEEN'S HORSE, or the BREWER OF PRESTON. Tom Tubbs, (the brewer) Mr. Keeley, as originally performed by him in London ; Mary, Mrs. Keeley. To which will be added a new Farce, never acted here, called the PRINTER'S DEVIL. Pierre Pica, (his original character) Mr. Keeley ; Cecile, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the Melo-Drama of the BRIGAND. EARLY ARRIVAL OF THE LATE EDITIONS OF THE TIMES NEWSPAPER IN LIVERPOOL, WARRINGTON, WIGAN, PRESTON, CHESTER, AND NORTH WALES, &c. THE Inhabitants of Liverpool and the surrounding dis tricts are informed, that since the acceleration of the Railway Mails, the LATEST EDITIONS of the TIMES (of London) have been received at the Office, 45, Lord-street, Liverpool, by Seven o'clock in the Evening of the day of pub cation in London, and from thence despatched to the resi ences of Subscribers in any part of the town or neighbour o od WARRINGTON Subscribers may receive the Times by Six in the Evening. WIGAN ditto at Seven ditto. CHESTER ditto at Seven ditto. PRESTON ditto at a Quarter past Eight ditto. A Branch Mail from Chester immediately after the arrival of the Mail at Seven, conveys the Times to all parts of North Wales. • Subscribers in the above named places are requested to make immediate application (post-paid) to the Agent, 45, Lord-street, Liverpool, and those in other Towns on the Railway Line, to their respective agents. Advertisements forwarded to the Times, daily, by L. T. GASKILL, 45, Lord-street, Liverpool. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are indebted to a kind friend, who has called our atten tion to a paragraph in the last Mercury, for the sincere gratification of knowing that an individual behind that journal honours our labours with his attention, and pursues them with criticism. He is much to be praised . for his industry in perusing articles, which were cer tainly not calculated to please his peculiar taste in politics, and whose dulness (we have his own word for it) exceeds all mortal patience. Nor can we venture any defence to the charge of dulness when preferred by one who ought to know what dulness means, better than any living writer. But we would suggest to our discerning friend, that like Homer or his own Humming top, himself will sometimes sleep: and we think when he saw the mis print which served as the text for his discourse acknow ledged (in an erratum, " for longer - gems read longer yarns") in our paper, appearing at the same moment with his own sagacious animadversions, he must have cursed his unlucky stars, and wished he had thought of the possi bility before. We believe our friend is familiar with peg tops which need yarns in schoolboy practice, though they need not have brought " longer yarns" into the columns of the sublime. Mercury. " Yankee" too is a word which naturally suggests the idea of "yarns," and " Yankee" (when this great writer dies) will assuredly be found en graven on his heart. We will acknowledge that we have never learned Calligraphy from the itinerant teachers of that useful craft whom the Mercury loves to puff: nor is it our proper business to get up in type (or, as our critic we suppose would call it, to compose) the articles in ques tion : and with all our dulness we never reckoned on so dull a reader, who should not recognize (even in the disguise of a misprint) a phrase so very appropriate to his own lucu brations as " longer yarns." Were our article as stupid as the Mercury's blundering criticism and the error of the printer have made it, it would (yet by virtue of that un lucky erratum " gems,") have had, like Shakspeare's toad, a jewel in its head, while in the Mercury we find the " ugliness" and " venom," and only desiderate the " jewel." So much for the mare's nest. As to the charge of fine writing (to which we at least make no pretension) there is a familiar reply to a heavier charge than that of dulness, " Sir, you are no gentleman," to answer in truth ful contempt, " Sir, you are no judge." Whether the Mercury be a judge of fine writing those who read him will better tell than we. We confess he has heaped fire upon our heads. Dull as we are, he deigns to read : when_he " spins out the thread of his discourse beyond the staple of his argument," we seldom look at, and never laboriously read through, his "longer yarns." We have heard it whispered that those who do, find serious charges against him on the score of dulness, without blundering into trans parent errata, or insisting on palpable misprints. We re commend him, next time he reads the Standard, to wipe his spectacles, and think he would be none the worse if he could wash his brains. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of 10s., from " A Friend," for the distressed inhabitants of the Island of Achill. We trust our Protestant friends will not forget their suffering fellow-christians under such circumstances as we detailed in our last. Cbc 7 iLibtrpoot .;•tallbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1339. Reader, did you ever see an owl tied upon the back of a wretched duck, and the unhappy pair thrown together into a pond ? In these days of common hu- manity and decency, we will lay our lives you never did : but you have witnessed, and you daily witness, a sight which affords infinitely better sport, and need not shock the most sensitive nerves, or wound the most fastidious refinement. You have seen that most ill-assorted pair, the supercilious Whig and the rough democratic Radical, rudely bound together in the gall ing thongs of faction, and pitched headlong down into the bottomless slough of perdition. So long as the Ministerial duck can swim upon the troubled waters, so long the extortionate owl of democracy is driving his relentless beak into the head of his reluctant con federate. Forced by the pain of these unceasing strokes, the amphibious bird (fit emblem of your epi cene Whig) dives into the deep, and carries his per secutor with him into the strange element. At length up come the pair, and still float together as before : the owl shaking in despair his drenched and drooping wings, and looking as foolish and as much out of his element as daylight and demi-drowning can make him. While affairs prosper with the Reform Coalition, the Radical's hooked beak is everlastingly at work. The Whig at last will no longer bear it—goes below the surface (but only for a dive, since though he can bear being below better than his rough associate, yet both must come to the surface at last)—gives the Radical a rude surprise—and then suddenly re-appears and brings him up far quieter and more tractable, and looking exceedingly crest-fallen and very particularly foolish. Reader, we think we need not dwell at any great length upon the events which will force themselves upon your memory when you read this homely com- larison ; nor is it necessary to show why the web- footed waddle-and-swimmer is an apt similitude of a double-dealing and dunder-headed Whig, or the sharp- beaked bird of darkness an appropriate type for the ravenous gorger of democracy, and the hater of Gos pel Truth. But if the illustration he thus borne out in these its minor particulars, how infinitely more close does it come to the mark in its scope and moral ! Do you imagine, Reader, that, because the myrmidons of the Shameless Confederacy vote in a single phalanx, they are moved by one will, or swayed by a common principle ? They sink or swim together, like our fabled pair; but, like them, it is because bonds they fain would break have united them in ruthless alliance. The bonds of faction bind them fast : and these bonds, fixed by their own perfidy, and drawn closer and more close in every struggle of their reckless and mad de spair, will never, we hope and trust, be broken. We desire no partial victory : we look to no half revenge. Like Ravenswood, we will bide our time. Assuredly the day is at hand, when the doomed and miserable pair will sink together beneath the broad waters of public opinion, and death will terminate for ever their sufferings, unpitied and unblest. If our fable fail in any point of coming close to the true comparison, the failure lies in this :—we have represented two factions as fighting it out against each other. They are not two: their name is Legion. When Lord Melbourne returned to power, he found it necessary only to secure Mr. Daniel O'Connell and Mr. Joseph Hume. This traitorous triumvirate met in unhallowed conspiracy, schemed their nefarious project, and agreed on their mutual concessions. But "- nous aeons chang6 tout cela,"— these practised teachers have found active pupils; and there is many and many a thorough-paced Radical, and many a frail and faltering Whig, who has learned the use of the personal pronoun, and the care of number one. " Show me your reason," cries out many an ungorged snake of faction. " Why should Ibe with you ?" echoes many a very earnest Reformer. " What good has the Coalition done for me ?" querulously squeaks the unsatisfied suckling of Democracy, who looks to a coming Dissolution, and sees he must be driven from the trough. Verily our friend " The Bear" (whom we have so often presented of late to the notice and attention of our readers) is beginning to find his voca tion almost as troublesome as his namesake in "Esop, who rashly engaged a nest of living hornets. But worst of all, and saddest cause of all their sad perplexities, the very Cabinet itself is the focus`of all this disunion and discord. The easy, aristocratic Melbourne, the self-important and self-seeking Lans downe, the simpering and "superficial" Rice, and the oracular and self-approving' Russell,' "find - it hard• enough work to contend with the more active and yet more unscrupulous influences which are straining every nerve against them, within and without the Cabinet. Personal hatreds exasperate public differ ences. Squabbles for the spoil have grown into eter nal enmity. Jealousies and supplantings are rife around every conspirator iR the plot. And whether the old recluse of Howick does or does not intermeddle in these base contrivances, he knows at least that he has a representative in the Court Cabal, of whom the aged parent well may say, as the mother of a great soldier said when she heard that her son was taken and marched up the country with other prisoners chained in pairs together, " Gude safe the puir chield . that 's chained wi' my Davie." _ _ _ We wish the Reform Ministry, the Court Cabal, the Chamber Cabinet, no worse than a prolonged ex istence and a protracted infamy. There is a species of offence by no means uncom mon in our large towns, known by the name of " child dropping." Puny brats are brought into the world, and then exposed by their unnatural mothers, tied up in baskets to the knockers of doors, or, on some pre tence, entrusted to the cold mercies of strangers, while the parent decamps and is not again heard of. In the political world our present ministers have re sorted to a similar expedient, and " bill-dropping" is now their favourite remedy for getting rid of the bur thens with which, by reason of their inflated and hol low professions, they have encumbered themselves. Bantlings—ugly and unsightly enough in all con science to the eyes of others, but which they, with the perverseness of true motherly partiality, have caressed and dandled with a fondness in proportion to their de formity—have been either disgracefully given up to the demands of enemies who showed no mercy to the sickly offspring, or contemptuously abandoned to the kennel and the workhouse by their unprincipled pa rents. With regard to part of this Whig-Radical spawn, of which the promise has been great and which has not yet come forth into the light, we may, without irreverence, say, that " the children are come to the birth, but there is not strength to bring forth." H. B. might find no bad subject for his inimitable pencil in representing Lord John Russell and his col leagues, dressed in the female garb, which so peculi arly suits a bed-chamber ministry, and disposing of the little ones which the impulses of Nature should have led them to nurture to maturity, by every imagi nable expedient—dropping, strangling, stifling, im posing—while Sir Robert Peel, as the parochial autho rity, Mr. Bumble, looks sternly on, and doubts how far he is justified in lifting a portion of the ricketty progeny out of the mud, while he castigates with his cane the sneaking progenitors. We will not go back to the commencement, or, ra ther, rechauffement of the Melbourne administration in 1835, and recapitulate the disgraceful history of the measures on which they have been defeated, or which they have abandoned, up to February 1839. We doubt whether our columns could contain the catalogue. Of those which have been passed into laws several were, in principle, due to the Conservatives, to which, how ever, Ministers contrived to add such objectionable matter as to compel Sir Robert Peel and the House of Lords to oppose them until the foul adjuncts were re jected —as, for example, the Irish Tithe Commutation Bill, which originated with the Conservatives, but which the factious violence of desperate Whig-Radicalism chose to saddle with the appropriation clause ; an excres cence so hateful and dangerous as to require the sharp remedy of total Excision, even although, during the operation, there was imminent risk that the Irish clergy would be literally starved. But so it has been. What was good in principle before, our vile Cabinet has adul terated with baser matter, so as to render opposition a bounden duty where there was the greatest readiness on the part of government to refrain. But ministers were perhaps compelled, by the hard terms of alliance between themselves and the Radicals, to do this; they were obliged to disguise their measures in the squalid rags of hungry Democracy— As dirty gipsies tan their little elves, To make them tanned and dirty like themselves. But a brief review of the present Session will suffice to support the indictment which we now prefer against the O'Connell Cabinet for " child-dropping." Let not however any one be deceived by the number of bills brought in. This is one of the worst features in the whole affair. It is the very bane and curse of sound legislation to be compelled to conciliate support by a display of activity, while the thewes and sinews requi site for the exertion are wanting. It is like the con tortions of epilepsy, impotent and pitiable. The rest less fever of Radicalis►n, which seeks relief from its own distempered fancies by interineddling with every sub ject under Heaven that politics can embrace, is the state most inimical to the carrying forward of any well-digested measure of practical utility. That Mi nisters have introduced a number of bills augurs no thing in their favour to our apprehension. We are wide awake to that clap-trap kind of government — the legitimate child of the Reform Bill--which throws dust in the eyes of the country by an affectation of spurious activity, but which makes as little real pro gress as those gentlemen do who expiate their offences by tramping on the tread-mill. As well might we hear an appeal made to the notice-hook of the House of Commons to prove what zealous and vigilant represen tatives we possess, because it contains notices of mo tions on every conceivable matter, from Reform of the House of Lords to some dirty cheese-paring crotchet of Joseph Hume, more than half of which are never intended to be brought forward or pressed to a di- vision. How then stands the account ? The Session com menced on the sth of February, and in that month twelve bills were introduced by the Ministry, of these six are still in the Commons, one of them, which we consider of very great importance, that of the Irish Corporations, was discussed for the first time in Com mittee on the 28th of June last, and another, the Attor ney-General's Registration of Electors Bill, has been abandoned. In March, nine bills were brought in, of which three were passed ; three are still in the House of Commons, and three have been abandoned. In April seven bills were introduced, and of these four were abandoned. One of them was the Jamaica bill, the vote upon which was a majority of five, which the Cabinet took as a pretty intelligible hint, and which caused their sham resignation. Another was the Fic titious Votes (Scotland) bill, a pet favourite of the Scotch Whigs, whose properties in many of the coun ties being more strictly tied up by entail than those of their political opponents, prevent them from putting on the Registry as many life-renters as the Conserva tives, although they do so to the utmost extent of their capabilities. Hinc Ulm lacryme. What will the pure Member for Cockermouth say to this instance of " child-dropping" ? In May the second Jamaica bill was carried by a glorious majority of ten, and is now running the gauntlet of the House of Lords. It was there on Tuesday night decapitated by having its first clause struck off. Lord Brougham put the question of the degree of respect with which the Upper House of Parliament should treat the measures sent up to it just now in its true light. " But how was it," asked his Lordship, " with a measure agreed to by the narrowest majorities—by chance-medley, hap-hazard majorities— by majorities that turned the scale by dust flung into the balance—wavering, quivering, shaking in the wind, —so that it could hardly be seen which of the two preponderated, when neither kicked the beam. He said that, the scales in such a case being even, it might more properly be said that no opinion had been pro nounced, no decision given, and no authority inter posed." In June twelve bills were brought in, and of these three were passed ; . and at the same time the Educa tion Scheme was smuggled into a money bill ; but the House of Lords is about to declare the article contra band, and we have little fears about its ultimate fate. So that forty-one bills have been laid on the table by Ministers, of which fourteen have passed the Com mons (three only of much importance), and NINE have been abandoned. To-night Mr. Spring Rice is to be delivered of the Budget, which has already exceeded by three months the ordinary period of gestation. Truly we have rea son to be thankful for the blessing of a Whig• Radical Government I To-night, while the Chancellor of the Exchequer is bringing his embryo Budget to light in the House of Commons, the amiable and excellent Prelate who stands at the head of the Hierarchy of England will address the assembled Peers upon one of the most momentous questions that can be agitated in Parliament—the Education of the youthful mind of this great and populous empire. We rejoice in this. It is very right and fitting that, on occasions like the present, the Episcopal Bench should assert its high prerogative to watch over and protect the spiritual interests of a powerful nation. The Right Reverend Dignitaries stand as sentries at the gate of our Christian and Protestant citadel, and must be prepared at all times to answer the anxious question addressed to them by respectful and confiding millions, " Watchman, what of the night ? - Watchman, what of the night ?" Since Ministers have, on such a vitally important question as Public Education, dared to exclude the House of Lords from direct and legitimate interposi tion, we are glad to see that House vindicating its right in the only proper and constitutional way; and we are eminently pleased that the Archbishop of Can terbury is the man who unfurls the banner of resist ance to the unrighteous and demoralising scheme. No one can suspect his Grace of party motives, for no man has stood more aloof from party politics than he has done. It is a deep conviction of the dangers which threaten our infant-schools—a serious sense of the awful responsibility which rests on the heads of those who sit in high places as the constituted and recognised champions of the Church, which has im pelled his Grace to come thus prominently forward, and emphatically denounce a scheme so full of irreme diable mischief as the appointment of a Treasury Com mittee to tamper with Education. On Tuesday night the Bishop of Lincoln communicated to the House of Lords the purport of the resolutions which the Arch bishop would submit to them, and which are to be sent up to her Majesty in the form of an address. He stated that they " will include an expression of opinion upon the appointment of the Committee of Privy Council, and upon the plan proposed by them ; and the prayer will be, that a measure so deeply af fecting the interests of the people may not be finally adopted without affording to this House the opportu nity of considering it." With all our hearts we say to him and his Episcopal brethren, God speed ! " Thank God that we have a House of Lords" was the natural exclamation of William Cobbett, on an oc asion when the Whig faction were busily employed in their attacks upon the liberties of British subjects. Such was also our involuntary exclamation when we read the debate which took place in the House of Lords on Tuesday Evening last, when the tyrannical enact ment against the House of Assembly in Jamaica was expunged, by an overwhelming majority, from the mi nisterial measure. We congratulate our fellow-subjects in the West Indies on the noble stand made in defence of their liberties by the House of Peers. We congra tulate our fellow-subjects in England on the determi nation evinced by the House of Lords to resist the unprincipled and unconstitutional aggressions of the " measuring-cast majority" in the House of Commons. The defeat sustained by the ministry on Tuesday night was complete. It covered them with shame and confusion. It came upon them like a thunderbolt. Poor Lord Melbourne exclaimed panic-struck, that he " was utterly at a loss." Hitherto few occasions have presented themselves, during the present session, for permitting the House of Lords to pronounce a ver dict upon the measures concocted by the " bed-cham ber" ministry. We rejoice to find that the first divi sion of importance in that House has been of so sig nally humiliating a character to the would-be ministry now in office. But the division which took place on Tuesday was not the only source of annoyance to the ministry. The overwhelming talent displayed by Lord Lyndhurst, in his attack upon the obnoxious scheme for annihilating the liberties of Jamaica, made Lord Melbourne and the Marquis of Normanby feel as uneasy as if they were tortured on the rack. Nor was this uneasiness removed when Lord Brougham got up to apply the lash to their recreant hides. Lord Lyndhurst's speech was a masterly effort— worthy of the distinguished reputation which he has secured by his great eloquence, penetrating judgment, and sagacious views. He demonstrated, to the satis tion of every unbiassed and unprejudiced mind, the flagrant injustice and the gross impolicy of the government measure. He left the ministry (to use a familiar phrase) " without a leg to stand upon." The defences of Lords Glenelg and Normanby were, as might have been expected, of the most weak and mi serable character imaginable, like the hopeless effort of the counsel of a prisoner when the evidence against him is irresistible. Lord Brougham's speech was pungent in the extreme. He indulged in another of his tremendous philippics against his quondam friends on the ministerial benches. His witty allusions to the " glorious" ministerial ma. jorities in the House of Commons must have been any. thing but palatable to Lord Melbourne. We trust that the victory obtained on Tuesday over the ministry will prove to be only the prelude to a se ries of similar triumphs. As long as the powerful con servative party iri the Upper House continue to watch over the interests of the British empire there can be no cause for entertaining any feeling of apprehension. Arrayed on the side of the constitution, they are sure to enlist the feelings of the people in their favour. The House of Lords is now most decidedly the popular branch of the legislature. Long may it continue so. The malignant tendency of the Irish policy of Lord Normanby was never more strikingly manifested than it has recently been by the contrast afforded in the wise and conciliating line of conduct adopted by his his successor. It will be in the recollection of our readers that Lord Normanby was in the habit, on the first of July, to send a strong military force into the north of Ireland. This was done for the purpose of ir ritating the loyal Protestants, and of provoking, if pos sible, a collision. There was also another motive for these periodical movements. The concentration of the military in the north of Ireland gave the appearance of disaffection and disobedience to the laws to the perse cuted Protestants. Such was the mean and despicable policy of Lord Normanby. Lord Ebrington (Whig though he be) has adopted a more manly, honest, and straight-forward course. He prohibited any move ment of troops or police to the Protestant districts on the first instant. The result has fully justified him in this policy. Not a single instance of disturb ance took place on that day. All was peace, and quiet, and harmony. The animus which prompted the Education Com mittee in the Town Council to adopt the Irish system of education, becomes daily more and more apparent. Nothing, however, could more plainly discover the secret motives by which they have been actuated than the declaration made by Mr. Walmsley in the council room, on Wednesday last. He said that he " should be very glad to see the day when nothing but' secular instruction is given in the schools." We thank Mr. Walmsley for speaking out so plainly on the subject. The object of the Education Committee is, to " secu larise" the instruction of the poor, or, in other words, to bring them up as infidels. This is also the real design of the government scheme of national educa tion. All that is wanted is, to banish religion from the schools in which the poor are instructed. Nothing less than this will satisfy the " march of intellect" philosophers. While we are alluding to the council proceedings of Wednesday we cannot avoid asking where Mr. Shiel could have studied history ? Our reason for putting this question is, the extraordinary• assertion which he made on Wednesday that " the question about the authorised and Douay versions had been in dispute for many hundreds of years." Where did Mr. Shiel learn this ? We never heard that the Douay version was of such great antiquity. . The silly epistle from Mr. Aspinall which was read at the Council Meeting is undeserving of any further notice than to remark that it proves the writer to be what we have long asserted—a latitudinarian in his re ligious opinions. We leave the reverend gentleman to reconcile such opinions to the obligations of his ordina tion vows, in which he pledged himself " to root out all heresies" from among his flock. THEATRE ROYAL. Mrs. Keeley's bye-play as poor Smike, in " Nicholas Nickleby," is acting of the first excellence. Mr. Keeley has played Peter Spyk, and will play it again. On Monday, with one exception, the full comedy of " Wild Oats," went off well to an indifferent house. Mr. Baker in the part of Ephraim, and Mr. W. Howard in that of Rover, acted with discrimination and force. They were warmly applauded. Mr. Baker is the best embodier of the Mawworms which the English stage possesses. An exception has been taken to they way in which the comedy was produced : it is this— there was a palpable lack of attention to the general busi ness—grouping of the characters throughout the pictorial " situations ;" particularly in the third and fifth acts. Taglioni is engaged, as was intimated on Tuesday, but she will not appear till the week after next. The cause of the postponement will increase the public interest to see her at the Liverpool Theatre Royal. Both of our Queens, " our Sovereign Lady" Victoria, and the respected Queen Dowager, were so enraptured with Taglioni at the Italian Opera, that they wei e graciously pleased to put their command into en treaty, that she would postpone her departure. This is the true cause of her re-engagement at her Majesty's Theatre. Wherever this gifted creature has appeared,—whether at St. Petersburgh, where she was idolised by the Court, or in Paris or Vienna,—throughout Italy as in England,—she has been proclaimed as without a rival, and hailed with enthu siasm by spectators of every rank. Strangers naturally ask, What is her style? No one, without seeing its originator, can form an idea of what it really is ; no, not from the most spirited and faithful description. It is unique : in addition to being the perfection of art in its execution, Taglioni's dancing is distinguished above that of all her would-be rivals, by its poetic conception. The effect which she pro duces springs from a fountain-head of Intellectuality, and depends as much, if not more, upon grace of mind than on marvellous fluency of limb and body. On the instant, while executing the most elaborate and complicated series of movements, she wilfully assumes an attitude of repose, as still and calm as though she were herself a thing of air ! So aerial and full of mind is her style, that her matchless dan cing may indeed be characterised as the Poetry of Motion. To prevent disappointment, all who are desirous " to see with their own eyes," should secure places for one or more nights, the first, second, or third, of her brief engagement. For the accommodation of families from the Cheshire side, steamers will doubtless ply to a late hour on her nights of performing. We observe that a London print writes in "inspired rap tures" of the effect of the steps which Taglioni took to please the eye of royalty, and royalty's English subjects, the other night at her Majesty's theatre. It was electric. The moved writer says : " Taglioni has even exceeded Taglioni ; all ac knowledge that she never danced so well ; at the fall of the curtain she was almost smothered with flowers ; bouquets being thrown from all parts of the house." Well ! If a west end audience, in the leafy month of June, were so sentimental at the idea-r of parting with the "observed of all observers," her curtseys in Liverpool will indeed be flowery. performing. Owing to the reduced rates of fares between Wales, the Isle of Man, and " entire Ireland," an influx of visitors may be relied upon from all of those parts. ARCHERY We are informed, that a grand archery meet ing will be held at St. Helen's, on Monday, the 15th of July instant, under the direction of the members of the St. Helen's District of the A. 0. of Foresters. We understand, that the committee of management have ordered a large num ber of admission tickets, to be had from foresters of the dis trict. The meeting is intended to be held in a large field, near Cowley-hill Academy, the use of which has been gratui tously granted by Peter Greenall, Esq., St. Helen's. THE MARINERS' CHURCH. We learn from an adver tisement in another column, that the Rev. Hugh M`Neile will, this afternoon, preach a sermon at the Mariner' Church, when a collection will be made towards defraying the expenses of the recent alterations in that place of worship. The Great Western will sail about noon on Saturday, the 6th instant, on which day steamers will leave Cumberland Basin at 11, a.m. Letters must be posted before six o'clock p.m. on Friday. FOREIGN EMIGRANTS.—A great number of emigrants from different countries of Euiope have lately arrived at this port, via Hull, and other eastern parts, on their way to the United States. On Wednesday; no fewer than seven flats arrived simultaneously, full of Germans, who had taken this cheap mode of conveyance from Leeds. THE AELPHI HOTEL.—This splendid house has been re painted exteriorly, of a light stone colour, and with its rich varandas and balconies, presents a very rich and beauti ful appearance as an edifice. The elaborate railing below has been finished in imitation of bronze. and has a fine effect. In addition to many internal improvements and decorations in this great establishment, the spirited occupant, Mr. Radley, has closed up the small street at the back leading from Brownlow-hill to the stables, and in lieu of it, has formed another street higher up leading to the bottom of Warren street, so that the whole of the large space of open ground between the new street and the hotel, is added to the stabling and outer offices, the whole of which are now concentrated and walled in. MORTALITY IN LANCASTER ASYLUM.—We have great satisfaction in stating that the mortality in the County Lu natic Asylum, is very much reduced, as compared with former years, as will appear confirmed by the following extract from the report of Dr. Proben, the highly-respected medical su perintendant of the establishment:—" In the year 1836-7 the deaths were 110 ; in 1837-8 they were 72 ; and in 1838-9 they have been 63." It is also gratifying to state, that this de crease of mortality is ascribed to the more generous system of diet which has been introduced into the Asylum, since the time that Dr. Proben received the appointment of its super intendency. PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—We are highly gratified to perceive that this Association :has published in a cheap form for distribution, the excellent speech of Dr. Meyler, deli vered before the Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society in April last. The operations of the Committee, which consist chiefly of the circulation of tracts and the forwarding of pe titions, are conducted in a very quiet and unostentatious manner, but are at the same time widely extended, and pro ductive of the best results. Any information as to the pro gress or oblects of the society can be gathered from the active and intelligent agent of the Association, who devotes himself to his duties with praiseworthy zeal and activity. THE STREETS OF RUNCORN LIGHTED WITH GAS.-Run corn, of late years, has been rising so much in importance that from being a small retired village, it has increased into a town of 8,000 inhabitants, and is assuming all the appear ance of one in its buildiugs and other characteristics. Among the improvements lately introduced, we find that the town is lighted with gas. The great public convenience and benefit of this measure are obvious to all, but great is our surprise to hear that, for the sake of the paltry rate imposed for the maintenance of this public advantage and accommodation, some parties in the town are seeking to stir up strife and to disturb the peace of their neighbourhood, by forming them selves into a band of opposition to the rate, and refusing its payment. The authorities of the town have been obliged to institute legal proceedings for the recovery of the rate. A STARLING.—There is now at Mr. King's, Rock Ferry Hotel, an interesting little starling, which hops about the house even amongst strangers. " Jack" is particularly at tached to Mrs. King,—following her from room to room, and fi he chances to be separated frorn her for a time, and hears her voice in a distant part of the house, he hurries off to court her acquaintance 'and attention. Jack is a native of War wickshire, and still a young bird. He talks a little, and is fond of telling people to " get out" He excels in whistling, and in that way imitates any time, or snatch of a time he may hear. He and a dog belonging to the house live on terms of great affection, and are almost inseparable play-mates. Jack has a temper of his own, which is none of the mildest; par ticularly if any thing edible (and he has quite an aldermanic appetite) be taken from him. The offender is instantly flown at, and fought with, and told again and again to " get out 1" This is another peculiarity of Jack's disposition, which we fear we cannot class among the virtues. He is far from being a "teetotaller." He is fond of ale, and spirits, and water, but (having a truly aristocratic gout) is passionately fond of wine, particularly champagne." When .` drunk," however, he rarely becomes " disorderly," but amuses those around him by reeling about, and throwing himself into a variety of fantastic attitudes. REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—We yesterday had the pleasure of inspecting a piece of wood, cut out of one of the fore planks of a vessel, the Priscilla, from Pernambuco, now in this port, through which was struck about eighteen inches of the bony weapon of the sword-fish. How it came there needs not to be explained. The force with which it must have been driven in affords a striking exemplification of the power and ferocity of the fish. The spot in which the vessel was struck was about half-way between the commencement of the coppering and the keel. Penetrating the copper, the sword had made its way, first through the outer plank, of Scotch larch, three inches and a half in thickness, then, traversing an open space of ten or twelve inches, it had en countered another plank, of oak, and about four inches in thickness, which was also pierced, the point of the sword coming clean through to the other side. What renders this feat the more surprising is, that the Priscilla is quite a new vessel, this having been her first voyage. Captain Taylor, her commander, states, that when near the Azores, as he was walking the quarter deck at night, a shock was felt which brought all hands from below, under the impression that the ship had touched upon some rock. This was, no doubt, the time when the occurrence took place. A great number of whales had been seen playing about the vessel the day before, and it is probable that the sword-fish, which is a deadly enemy to the whale, had mistaken the Priscilla for one of the objects of which it was in chase ; in other words, it had thought her " very like a whale." On the passage home the vessel was observed to leak a great deal, on which ac count, after discharging her cargo, she was hauled into the graving-dock ; and having yesterday undergone an examina tion, the discovery was made as to what had happened. The plank had been split as well as pierced, so that though the sword remained in the aperture it had made, it was not suffi cient entirely to keep out the water.—Courier. OLD MORTALITY AND HIS PONY.—Amongst the infinite multiplicity of illustrations which the writings of Sir Walter Scott have called forth, their true spirit and meaning have nowhere, and in no part, been more faithfully embodied, than in this interesting group from the chisel of Mr. Currie. The closest inspection cannot discover a single deviation, even in the smallest particular, from the text. The venera ble patriarch is represented in a recumbent position, upon a slab bearing an inscription copied verbatim from one which he was in the habit of frequently visiting. The deputy schoolmaster of Ganderclouch is supposed to be standing before him, and his labour is for the moment suspended. He supports himself upon his left arm ; his right hand which has just relinquished the mallet, rests upon his thigh. His look combines much benevolence with an air of rustic dig nity—the one indicating the quality which would lead him to the conception of his pious design, the other that which would enable him to incur singularity, or to endure annoy ance, in going through with it. Every portion of his dress has been attended to with scrupulous accuracy. The large blue bonnet, the old-fashioned coat and waistcoat, the gramoches, and the strong clouted shoes, studded with hob nails, bring the character at once before the mind with a completeness which leaves nothing to be desired. Nor is it in the general outline only that the artist has so admirably succeeeded. The minuter details of the work are not less astonishingly perfect. The hands, in particular, are exqui sitely done. The hard, wrinkled appearance of the skin— the effect of exposure, toil, and time—is imitated with a de gree of reality which nature herself could hardly excel ; and the correctness of the anatomical proportions, not only here, but throughout the entire of the two figures, is, considering the few advantages which the artist can have possessed, truly surprising. In this respect, we believe, the exhibition has elicited the warmest expressions of approbation from many highly-respectabe members of the faculty who have visited it. In the same terms in which we have spoken of Old Mortality, we might, with equal justice, speak of his poney. ' The head, perhaps, may strike most persons as being too fine for the rest of his body ; but, as we believe the animal was sculptured from a living model, the discrepancy may be more apparent than real. We must not, however, extend our remarks. Every admirer of Scott will go and judge for himself. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAY. THE FIRST STEP IN CRIME. Two boys, one about twelve and the other about fourteen years of age, were placed at the bar charged with felony. The prisoners had been that morning brought to Liverpool by a Manchester police-officer. Mr. Duff, a merchant of this town, stated, that about two o'clock on Thursday afternoon last, he left his office on bu siness. He left his warehouseman and the younger prisoner, who was his office-boy. He was absent about an hour and a half. On his return he found the door open and the office deserted. He discovered that his private office had been broken open, and a hatchet was lying inside on a stool. The drawer in his desk, in which he kept his cash, was broken open and about eleven sovereigns in gold had been taken. He made inquiries and found that his office-boy had absconded. The constable, from Manchester, said, that on Saturday he was going through Oldham-street, where he met the two prisoners. Seeing that they were strangers he went to them and questioned thm. Not being satisfied by their replies, he was led to search them. On one he found four sovereigns and on the other £4 17s. He took them to Mr. Thomas, where the office-boy admitted that he had been in the employ of Mr. Duff and had robbed him of eleven sovereigns. He said that his companion had broken open the desk. The warehouseman merely proved that he had left the boy alone in the office soon after his master went out. The office-boy on his voluntary examination confessed that he and the other boy had taken the eleven sovereigns. The prisckners were committed for trial. YESTERDAY. Before Mr. RUSHTON. THEFT FROM A STEAM VESSEL. ' Mary Johnson, wife of John Johnson, was placed at the bar to answer a charge of stealing a number of articles from a steam vessel. It appeared, that the prisoner had been em ployed as stewardess, on board the Union steam boat, that runs between this port and Maryport. Having left the vessel, and several articles having been missed, she was traced to the house of Mr. Irvine, in Brownlow-hill, where she had gone to lodge ; and there in the packages which she represented to be her own, were found two pillows, several sheets, and counterpanes; also, two shirts, and a considerable number of other articles. The bedding was identified by the Captain of the vessel, and was found to be marked accordingly. The other articles were also identified. It appeared also, that the prisoner had acted dishonestly at two places where she had been servant. One of them, Mrs. Church, of Everton, some two years ago. The information were taken as regarded the case of the theft from the vessel, and the prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. A THIEF DISAPPOINTED. A young black, named John Williams, stood charged with having entered the house of a Mrs. Beale, of Union-street, on the previous night, with intent, doubtless, to commit a felony. It appearedfrom the evidence of the son and daughter of the female named, that between eleven and twelve o'clock, the former had gone on some errand a few doors distant, and as he was momentarily expected back, his sister did not latch the door after him, but left it so that he might get in without knocking. He had scarcely gone when Miss B. saw somebody enter, and go up stairs. She at first thought it was her brother ; but afterwards cried up stairs " who's there ?" No answer was given, and on going up stairs, she found the delinquent lying under the bed in one of the upper rooms. Her brother came up, and also saw him in the same position. He was then given into custody. The prisoner made an unavailable defence,—stating he had some months since been the steward of a vessel. He was committed to hard labour for three months. COMMITMENT. Margaret Clare, a woman of had character, who had before been convicted, was charged with robbing a man in the street of eight half-crowns, on the previous night. The case was proved, and she was committed for three months to the Borough Gaol. ASSAULT UPON A FEMALE AT A FUNERAL. A man named Griffith Roberts, master of a small vessel, stood charged with having assaulted a female, one of the mourners at a funeral. The Rev. Mr. Appleton said that on Wednesday, while he was performing the service for the dead over the grave of a young man in St. Martin's churchyard, in presence of a large funeral party, the prisoner, who was accompanied by another young man, rushed into the ground, and flew at one of the females who was in mourning. Wit ness and some others, seeing that he was in an infuriated state, protected the female from his further violence by push ing him, and they sent for a police-officer who secured him. The prisoner said that the woman was his wife, and he was driven to such a state of mind by what he had heard of her conduct, that he did not know what he was about, and deeply regretted what had taken place. The rev. gentleman, he believed from what he afterwards learned, had had great pro vocation. It appeared that his wife had formerly cohabited with the young man whose funeral rites were disturbed, and that she had taken leave of her husband a short time before when he went out, with a great show of affection. During his absence she had, without his knowledge, gone to the funeral, which he was informed of on his return rather earlier than usual, and hence the disturbance in the churchyard.—Mr. Rushton strongly reprehended the conduct of the prisoner, in suffering his passions so far to overcome him, and dis charged him. CAUTION. A respectable looking man, apparently mate of a vessel, was placed at the bar, charged with being found, on the pre vious afternoon, with about 141 b weight of tobaccb in his possession. Mr. Brooke, solicitor of the Customs, was in attendance, and after some preliminary evidence of the illicit possession was given, the prisioner was remanded until Wed nesday next, with an intimation from the Bench that he would then be put upon his trial, and might in the interim prepare for his defense. He belonged to a vessel called the Palmyra. The prisoner was formerly arrested by Mr. Warman, of the Customs. SHAVING ON SUNDAYS. A public informer, an idle tailor, naned Richard Kelley-, yesterday lodged several informations ag,ainst barbers for ex ercising their vocation on Sunday.—The first was against John Currie, whom, he said, he found lathering a man on Sunday last, preparatory to shaving him. The defendant was fined ss.—The next case was agai ist a man named Ben yon, residing in Forest-street. Tne informer had, it ap peared, knocked at the defendant's door, and earnestly re quested to be shaved. The operation was performed. Mr. Rushton expressed his indignation that a man should first induce another to break the law, and then become the in formant ; and regretted he had not the power to fine him too. The defendant said he lived in a back street, and could not make a living if he were not allowed to shave on Sunday mornings. Mr. Rushton said that the act under which the information was laid was passed so far back as the reign of Charles 11., and the magistrates had no power to mitigate it. The defendant must therefore pay ss.—Willia►n Blacket, of Cable-street, was next informed against by the tailor, for shaving a man on the 23d of June. The defendant said the informer actually burst in his door, and that he had shaved no one that day. He produced a witness who stated that he was present when the door was forcibly opened ; that a man came in, who said he was going to the funeral of one of his own children, and wished to be shaved ; that the defendant refused ; but allowed the man to shave himself. He added that the informant (who wished to be shaved) had said he was sent there by Jack Christian, whom he wished to see ; that Jack was sent for in the neighbourhood, but the informer went off before he could arrive. The case was dismissed. — Two other informations were laid against other parties, but were dismissed, the documents being erroneous.—Another information was laid against Currie's shop in London Road, by Richard Latham, and the fine was levied. DEPARTURE OF THE " BRITISH QUEEN." The anxiety to visit this vessel during the whole of Tues day (the day of her departure) rather increased than dimi nished ; and during the necessary preparations on board, and the strong run of the tide, many parties, who had hired boats to go on board, were disappointed in view ing the interior of the vessel. The quays, throughout thir whole extent, presented the appearance of a fair. Vehicles of all descriptions, both terrene and marine, were in requisition •, and the anxiety manifested to witness the movement of the great ship was extreme. It was gene rally rumoured that she would heave anchor at 11 o'clock ; but we were pretty well aware, that the British Queen paid us a courteous compliment in visiting our port, and that she would not start with a strong adverse tide, but be naturally desirous of showing off her steaming qualities in dead water, in passing down the river,—the tide not being at the full till a quarter past two. Towards the hour of her departure the congregation of spectators continued to increase all along the quays, and the scene was highly animated • but the Queen did not await the hour of high water, and, consequently, steamed down the river at a lesser velocity than was expected, but beating all the river-boats in pursuit. She started from her anchoring-ground precisely at two o'clock, amidst the cheers of the neighbouring spectators. The wind was rather fresh froin the north-west. The spectators along the Prince's Pier were much gratified by her appearance.— The day was fine, and as she turned the Rock, on her entering the Horse Channel, she " loomed" large, making the other vessels near her " hide their diminished heads." In twenty-five minutes her masts and smoke only were seen over the Rock Light-house, and in a minute more she was lost to sight. Farewell to the British Queen ! LANDING FROM STEAM-PACKETS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. • SlR,—Permit me, through the medium of your paper, to direct attention to the great want of a safe conveyance for passengers to and from the steam-packets sailing to Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, &c., from the George's Pier-head. These vessels, which arrive and sail at all times of the tide, are consequently obliged to anchor at some distance from the pier ; and passengers are compelled to pass in small boats, which are both very disagreeable and extremely dangerous to life and property. In order to have a good freight, (and they generally charge threepence for each person,) these boats are loaded to the water's edge, even in the most stormy weather, and are very liable either to swamp or be run down by some of the many steamers plying to Cheshire, as the awful and fatal accident of last week too plainly shows. 1 know it to be a source of much regret to hundreds of passengers who land from or go on board of these steamers, many of whom I have frequently heard to say that they " would rather pay any money than go in these little boats.' I much won der that no better provision has hitherto been made, and I would respectfully beg leave to call the attention of the steam-packet companies to it, especially the Steam Tug Company, as it woudl be a great public accommoda tion, and would amply repay the proprietors of two small steam-vessels, when the large boats could not come along side of the pier, if such transit steamers were substituted. Hoping that, as every provision has been made for the comfort of passengers sailing to and from Cheshire, it will be considered equally our duty to provide for those going a greater distance, I am, sir, your humble servant, Liverpool, 2nd July, 1839. PARRIS'S GRAND CORONATION PICTURE.—We perceive that an extension of time for viewing this splendid picture has been granted, in order to accommodate those who have hitherto been unable to see it, owing to the extraordinary press of visitors at Mr. Lacey's. It may be seen this day from ten till three o'clock. THE ROYAL WILLIAM STEAMER.-0111 old friend, Lieut. Swainsou, R.N., continues to receive superabundant patron age during these steam-travelling times. Whether it be from the superiority of the vessel he commands, which is certainly a great favourite, or from the urbanity of manner which he always so obligingly yields, we cannot determine, hut he has cont r i ve d t o w i n "'golden opinions" from Lord Clancarty and s u it e , L or d W. V. Fit zgera ld a nd suite, Sir John Ribton, Bart., and suite, all of whom arrived on Mon day morning in the Royal William from Dublin. - THE MONKEYS OUTDONE.—There are at present at Lille, in France, two unique prodigies (excuse the bull ! it is, how ever, French, and not Irish,) that surpass everything of the kind I ever saw—namely, two pointer dogs that will resolve any question in the first four rules of arithmetic as accu rately as any " schoolmaster abroad," and play at dominoes with a gravity and tact becoming the most accomplished player ; and, strange as it may appear, the bipeds hitherto opposed to them have rarely won the game ; while the dolo rous whine intended to supply the onimous words " I can't go" is almost too much for the gravity of the best-bred com pany. This intelligence, joined to the most perfect obedi ence, has been awakened in these rare animals by a gentleman of very respectable family and some fortune, and who sought in the education of his favourites that recreative diversion which employment in a public office renders so necessary.— , Private Letter. RESIGNATION OF MR. GIBSON. TO THE ELECTORS OF IPSWICH. Gentlemen,—Having taken a calm review of the course which my convictions have recently compelled me to adopt in the House of Commons upon several important occasions, and feeling, on reflection, that my sentiments on many great questions are so much at variance with those of the conser vative party as, if acted on, to approach an infringement of the general understanding on which, it was doubtless consi dered by many, I was returned to parliament, I have thought it my duty to accept the Chiltern Hundreds. and thus to afford my constituents an immediate opportunity of placing the important charge of their representation iu such hands as they may think proper. • . Though I have not recieved any requis it ion to resign, and no such step might in any case be taken, yet I could not but be conscious that this forbearance ought, perhaps, to be at tributed to some delicacy of feeling in my former supporters, or to their conviction that a proceeding of this kind would be opposed to the acknowledged general principles of their party ; and, at all events, could not be regarded as any test of the absence of dissatisfaction on their part with my parliamentary conduct. Highly, therefore, as I prize the honour of a seat in the House of Commons, and deeply interested as I feel in the faithful discharge of public duties, it does, nevertheless, ap pear to me that the time is now come when I shall act most in conformity with the spirit of those high moral obligations which are paramount to all other ties, either in private or public life, by making a voluntary surrender of the trust committed to my charge. I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, Your obedient, humble servant, THOMAS MILNER GIBSON, 48, Eaton-square, July 2. FEARGUS As nn is.—We learn that Mr. Feargus O'Con nor, after he had descended from the hustings, and visited his admirers in the bazaar, and given a frank to a Gorbals bailie, took his departure without clearing off " the neces sary scores" with his committee men, or leaving so much as one solitary plack for his bill-stickers, some of whom have called at this office, scratching their heads and complaining sadly. We cannot say we are sorry at his treatment of his commitee men, for they wanted to make ajob of the matter, and he has probably served them right. But for the poor bill-stickers, ohon !—Scotch Rtforrners' Guzette. SUSPECTED MURDER AT BIRMINGFIAM.---A young man named William Kite, aged 2J, and a navigator by trade, was found dead on Sunday morning, under very suspicious cir cumstances, in Anne-street, adjoining the parsonage ground, Birmingham, where Mr. Painter was murdered. It is said that two men have been apprehended on suspicion of having, murdered the unfortunate man. Tun LATE ELOPEMENT IN KENT.—We understand one of the Irish brigade, who recently persuaded the daughter of a city merchant resident not a hundred miles from Shooter's-hill, and who was considered by her fond father and family a paragon of beauty, to elope, has caught what is vulgarly termed `• a Tartar," or, in other words, the "biter" has been " bit." We hear that papa will not " fork" out, and that even as the worthy chevalier 'himself expresses— " Devil a bit of her togs have they sent her !"—Age. At the last meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society there was • exhibited an immense sheet of paper measuring sixty feet by twenty-five, made at Kumaire, in Hindostanee, and which also possessed the useful quality of being invulnerable to the attacks of insects. ROYALTY.—III days of yore, a touch from royalty was held to be a cure for the evil ; but such is the change in our day, we see in " The Times" an advertisement of a benefit concert for a poor foreign lady, " suddenly afflicted by paralysis, under the immediate patronage of her Majesty, the Queen Dowager," &c. &c. BATHING THE EYES WITH COLD WATER.—Though the effect of this simple remedy may for a time be hardly per ceptible, yet, if dill ) , persevered in, I can vouch for its pro ducing he happiest results. So ong as there is no actual disease of the eyes, only cold water should be used ; and this, applied, in the gentlest manner, will soon become sufficiently tepid for all the ends of utility and comfort.—Curtis on the Preservation of Sight. EXTRAORDINARY FILE.—We have this week had sub mitted to our inspection, a file of very novel and ingenious description, cut by a workman in the employ of Me ssrs , John and Riley Carr. On one side is the name of the firm in Roman characters remarkably well executed ; on the re verse, the arms of her Majesty is cut, surrounded by scroll work, conceived with great taste, and very skilfully executed. The teeth, as in a file cut for use, are bearing to the point and single, not being crossed in any part, except the quar terings of the royal arms, which makes it the more surprising that so splendid an effect should be produced by the different inclinations of the chisel, technically called by the workmen in the trade " over cut and up cut." This ingenious pro duction has been pronounced by competent judges to be a chef d' ceuvre of the art. It is intended for the exhibition, at Leeds.—Sheield Iris. THE LADY FLORA HASTINGS--It iS with deep regret that we learn this unfortunate young lady continues hourly to get weaker, and that there is not the slightest hope of her ulti mate recovery. The statement of her ladyship's health on Tuts day evening was that her ladyship was more comfortable dur ing the day, but remained much in the same state. During the night her ladyship became worse. and her dissolution was hourly expected. Yesterday, at noon, the subjoined bulletin was issued ... Lady Flora Hastings is in a more tranquil state, but is much weaker this morning." The Duke of Rutland, Marchioness of Bute, Viscount and Viscountess Courtenay, Earl Grosvenor, Marquis of Londonderry, Vis count and Viscountess Maynard, Lord Belhaven, Lady Wil loughby, Sir W. J. Grant, Countess of Verulam, Lady Mary Grimston, Lady Noel Byron, Lord Kenyon, Lord Charles Manners, Countess of Chesterfield, Lord Forester, Lady Antrobus, Countess of Falmouth, Dowager Lady Ellenbo rough, Lady Augusta Gordon, Vi t scount Villiers, &c. were among the nobility who personally made inquiries after her ladyship's health in the course of yesterday. At a late hour last night our reporter was informed that her ladyship was considerably worse, and it was thought she could not live over the night. From another source we understood her ladyship tc be much weaker than in the early part of the day, and was gradually sinking uncle' the ravages of her illness. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hasting have sat up with their unfortunate sister several nights past, and Lady Sophia Hastings has unremittingly watched over the bed of her sis ter since her arrival in town. Lady C. Henry, a sister of Lady Flora, was expected to arrive in town last night. Im mediately after dinner the Marquis and Marchioness of Has tings left their hotel for Buckingham Palace, in order to at tend the sick bed of their sister. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent evinces the greatest concern at the alar ming symptoms of her favourite attendant's indisposition, and nothing is omitted by that illustrious lady that can com fort and soothe Lady Flora during her sufferings.—Morning Herald of Yesterday. BALLOON ASCENT.—On Monday evening Mr. Hampton, the gentleman who recently made a parachute descent from Cremorne House, Chelsea, ascended in a balloon from the Flora Tea-gardens, Bayswater. The fineness of the weather attracted a vast number of visitors to the gardens, which, long before the hour appointed for the ascent, were com pletely thronged, as well as the whole line of the BaysWater road. The balloon, which is of no mean dimensions, being inflated, and everything ready for the ascent, Mr. Hampton, at about a quarter past seven, took his seat in the car, and, the machine being detached from the ropes, took his depar ture for the regions of air amid the warm plaudits of the spectators. The balloon ascended very rapidly for some minutes, taking a south-easterly direction, and, from ap pearance, must have crossed the Thames. In a short time, hoWever, it became lost to the eye. A HINT TO visa QUEEN AT CARDS.—We do not know whether her Majesty ever plays at cards with one of the no blemen attached to the court. If she does, we advise that it be for " ready money." It is not long since that this " noble" and " most honourable" person gave a cheque for £250 upon P and Co., the bankers, to the manager of a Club in St. James's, who passed it to a friend of his, and who was obliged to bring an action against the peer to re cover the amount, when " the noble and most honourable" pleaded that the cheque was given for money lost at gaming, and non-suited the plaintiff. What very honourable conduct ! and what a fool the manager was to take the " most honour ables's cheque ! Age. The English Agricultural Society will hold its first annual congress at Oxford on the 17th inst. ; the sittings will occupy three days. The Earl Spencer, the president, will take the chair ; the Duke of Richmond is the president elect for the next year. The Duke of Buckingham has sent in his adhesion to the principles of the society. The university authorities have evince,t every disposition to promote the ob jects of the society, and the provost of Queen's has granted the society the use of the Quadrangle, in which a dining room has been erected capable of holding 2,000 persons. Some rumours have lately been spread in the German prints respecting the Sultan's health, which is reported by them to be on the decline. His constant appearance in pub lic would, however, seem to indicate that there was no truth in the statements referred to, nor do our private letters from Constantinople say anything respecting the matter. ECONOMY OP AN ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGE:—The fol lowing trait of character in a certain Illustrious Personage shows that the humble example of Mrs. Gilpin, of "thrifty mind," is not lost upon individuals in exalted station. Some time since the Personage in question, when residing a short distance from town, was troubled with a slight dyspeptic affection, and the physician was sent for express. The fee for attendance out of town is fifty guineas, which the doctor regularly received for various visits upon a return of similar attacks, and for which he administered the same remedy. Whether the native shrewdness of the personage in ques tion suggested that the fee was too high for the physic or not we cannot say, but on a late occasion the fair Patient, with one of those winning smiles which are the admiration of Europe, said—" My dear Sir, I think it must very much interfere with your practice to attend me fir such trifling at tacks, and as 1 perceive you give me always almost the same medicine, leave the prescription with me ! The professional was of course obliged. malgre - lui, to obey the command. The doctor has lost his , previous custornagy fee of fifty guineas—the personage gets the physic propounded by B—, the druggist, of W—, for £s.—" Vive 1 konomie."—Age. LONDON LACTARIES.—TO those unacquainted with this vast metropolis, and the almost incalculable amount of supplies the number of its inhabitants must necessarily require, the article of milk must appear not the least striking The writer of this little notice—an invalid, spending an interval in the vicinity—is enabled to give the following description of Laycock's dairy at Islington. The lactary covers a space of sixteen acres, including the layers, grain pits ' rick yards, &c. It contains nine cow houses, each about 1-10 feet in length by twenty-four cows, thirty-two on a side. There are also fatting pens, and an infirmary for such of them as may happen to require temporary separation these in stances, however, considering the great number kept, and the artificial mode of treatment, are but rare; the writer being assured by the resident veterinary surgeon, Mr. Stayley, to whose politeness, the former is indebted for his information, that nearly the only inconvenience felt is, that arising from lameness. The animals, all of the finest description, are constantly kept in their houses both day and night, in the summer season only being turned out for a few hours daily, into the layers. Cows are rarely kept here longer than 12 months, during which period they are regularly milked ; and what may appear extraordinary to those ignorant of the ma nagement, the process of fatting goeson with the milking; so that by the time. they become what is termed " dry," most of them are fit for Smithfield, and but few of the number (six hundred are constantly kept) require " stalling," after the period of milking is at an end. The writer has viewed several of them in an extraordinary high state of condition (almost fit for a Christmas show,) at the time the Cambrian and Hibernian women were sitting on their stools, each ex ercising with inconceivable volubility her vernacular tongue, and " filling her milking pail." This number affords twelve hundred gallons of milk per day upon the average, and it is taken away at an early hour in the morning, and afternoon, by the vendors, who purchase here to retail in the metropos lie. The average worth of each cow is about £lB, which, assuming the number kept always to average six hundred, (the minimum rather than otherwise,) gives a capital of £lO,BOO always afloat to stock this stupendous dairy only. Their food consists of grains, mangel wursel, the Swedish turnip, (the latter for fatting), and hay. The quantity of butter made here is, for an obvious reason, small, and rarely exceeds 1001bs. per week. The number of pigs kept here is about four hundred ; some bred, others bought in, but all fatted here. Forty horses are always required, and constantl y employed upon the dairy. The layers are capable of receiv ing 1,600 head of cattle, exclusive of sheep, and the average number for Smithfield market, resting here weekly, is 800, The charge of layerage bein g 2d p er h ea d , an d fodder at the rate of 3s per truss. Such is one of the London lactaries There are many of them, some of larger, several of equal and a few of inferior extent.—Farme r ' s Alagaelite. ,