The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

NEW S PAPER S! The newspaper press, we must freely confess, Is amusing enough to the nation, And thousands with joy their brief leisure employ, To scan o'er the freaks of each station : There's tri;:s and there's tours, exhibitions of flow'rs, There's novelties daily arising, There's good news and bad, there's pleasant and sad, And sights that are really surprising. There's Court news, we own, which must rally the town, The sovereigns of Europe are blended! - Whilst our spirited Queen, she keeps up a bright scene Of festivities truly quite splendid. There'i I.IYAM, likewise, still elicits surprise, By his wonderful clothing so noted ; And frankly we own— there are Pone in the town, Who can get so nobly supported ! "Tis his pride to ecquite must splendid attire, And yet to sell cheai:e)' than any; - Now this is the cause uhy he gets the applause, And the noble support of the many! For Atilt/inn so drear, you will ever• find there A Stock which is truly unbounded; Whilst his prices are such, you will not wonder much Why his name throughout Europe is sounded!! THE AUTUMN SEASON. The rising son tuspels the has, fog, • The rigid hoar.tro t melts upon the ground ; And hung cn every spray, on every blade, Ttle myriad ew,lrops sparkle alt artamd to presenting before my (iistingn:shed patrons toy arrangements and extensive prepar..tioos for the present season, I consider it • first a 'paramount duty. combined with a positive pleasure, to return tray sincere thanks for the continue success which has for so many years enat , led me to produce such novelties as have been entirely unprecedented, and which have given to my u merous establishments, both in Ergland and Scotland, a cha racter hitherto unparaLelied in the annals of Clothing. Inrntase patronage dmoands the most decisive proofs of gra titude and respect • and to ti.os , ? who have so nobly suppo r t e d methrOugl.ont a icing career of mcrcanti:v enterprise. I beg leave most respecttuliy to tender-my grateful acknowlPdgments. My arrangements fist' the pr, t season •,-ire now approaching to a completion, a:lr'. our.hine Veltings, of exquisite beauty and shade, In cOunDess prausion, are tastefully laid; The richest designs which the loom can supply • Delight every fancy and please every eye ! In the tout which I have recently made throughout the Eng lish, Scott . sh, and Contineritil markets. I have selected upwa ds of 6000 of the roost mag• ificent designs in Vestings, which C3ll - be obtained by any other house the kingdom:- Tho " principal styles" are entre!) , my own property, at(' can only be seem at my establi,hment ; and, althorn:lr I have adopted this novel method of securing the most recherel, designs, yet econo my will be felting blended with their extreme neauty and dura bility.—The .Muterinis which I have selected for Trouserings combing every novelty yet introduced int, this county ; the -stock being trig immense, and the pAtt rims so much diversified, ft insures to every one the certainty of being pleased. Again, the magnificent display of Materials for Geer Coats, For every age and .st,ton, Aro such vs must excise lit a:1 The rnecd of approt,ation ! In the above useful garnier,ta 1 hove introduced a variety of new and beautiful features, and amongst the many novelties may be enumerated the Gleulyon Driving Coat, t' c Parisan Envelope, the Albert Riding, and the Waterford Walking Coats. Now these are entirely new, and different to any style yet intro duced. and will be found to possess that gentlemanly appearance -so much admired amongst the haat ton. Combining, as my eibtablishments do. the most recherene • eigns, the greatest no- 'e:ties, the most scier.tiUc cutters a d experienced *orkmen, and yet. from my immense purchases, being enabled to sell 45 per cent. under the usual price , , I venture to hope for the kind continuance of the favour of my distinguished patrons ; whilst no future efforts cf mine shall he wanting to merit their generous support.—l have the honour to be the puiAie's obliged servant. B. tIYAM. Tailoring and Outfitting Esta6lishnzent, 65, Lord-street. GLENLYON OVER COATS, in all the New e,4 Materials, Warranted Waterproof, 15s. Ot•serve.—All Garments at this E,tataishment are - marked the Prices in ph,in figures, ir,:tn which no abate ment is made ; any Article Exchanged which is not approved of, or the MONEY RETURNED. LIST OF PRICES. READY-MADE DEPARTMENT. X s. tL . 'Chesterfield Wrappers Taglioni Coats Albert Do Diagonal Do. . 1 0 0 Waterford Do. Youths' Chestet fields Ditto Taalionis Ditto A Ihert .. Ditto . rfr iagon a I . . 018 0 Boys' Chesterfields Do. Taglionis Do. Alberts Do. Diagonals Office Coats Warehouse Ditto Shooting Ditto... Winter Trousers, of Buckskin and Doeskin .' 0 10 0 Tweed Trousers Garments at the above prie?s are fully guaranteed well made. LIST OP PRICES. BESPOKF: DEPARTMENT. All Article;,tnacl;ionaeare7rcll . ;l;i wtil approved of when made, it is the wish of the Proprietors they should be returned. and others nride instead. Chesterfield Wu opperS 1 0 0 Codrington Ditto.... Russian Pitt). Glenlyon Coat, (a spleat:id Upper Garraetit) - 1 15 0 Albert Walking Coot 2 0 0 . Buckskin 'Pro-iiserS . Doeskin Ditto - 0 14 0 Tweed Ditto Office Coat... ... Shooting Ditto.... The greatest A,s. - ,rt meat in Europe of French Vestings;nvnle to nie,sure, each One trial will be sufficing - It to convince any indiviaubd of the Bertrfil they would de , ive. by Murtha-ing from the Establishment of . B. HI AM & CO. PHYSICIANS' & SURGEONS' PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY PREPARED. MEDICINE CHESTS FITTED UP FOR SEA. GENUINE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. T PRIESTLEY, CHEMIST, Lord-street, begs parti 'V • cularly to call the attention of his Friends and the Public to the under-mentioned selection of Preparations: THE NECTARIAN SYRUP, for producing a dellcioqs, refreshing, and vholesome Drink. The good effects of Acidulated Beverages, during the Summer Selson, are so well known in quenching thirst, rendering the skin clear and cool, and promoting general health, that it is near - 4 superfluous to recommend them. -_ Of all prepnrations of the kind, the NECTARIAN SY RUP is the rocs , . wzreeable ; and, as possessinc , the atiove mentioned salubrious properties, is particularly recom mended. .• To Captains of Vessels, persons goine abroad, or taking excursions of pleasure, it will he found extremely useful, being portable, and so well crlcula , ed to allay that dis tres,in.g heat and fever which accompanies_ thirst. ESSENCE OF RENNET. for making delicious Curds and Whey. This wholesome preparation is engaged to keep, and obviAtes all the un certainty of making Whey from the Rennet. Bug. PRIESTLEY'S' CITRATED EFFERVESCENT M AGN ESI AN APERIENT. This delizhtful compound is recommended in Bilious Affections, Indigestion, Gout, Heart-burn, and as a cool ing aspirant during the autumnal season. In small doses it is of great use in abating fever, forming a very agreea ble effervescent saline draught. The citrated flavour and the carbonic acid gas evo!vcd render it peculiarly grateful to the Stomach, and an arim;rable corrective when a free indukence has impaired its energies. Prepared and sold only at Zi2, Lord-street, Liverpool, in bottles at 2s. 9d., and 45. Gd. each. - • PRIESTLEY'S FLUID EXTRACT OF sArtsA PARILLA. - - In this prep ration- are all the Medicinal Properties of Sarsaparilla Hoot. To persons, therefore, who, from various causes, weuld experience great incon -venience, or with whom it would be utterly impossible to prepare the Compound Decoction, the Fluid Extract, which possess,es the advantagesof portibility and of keeping in any -climate, will be found a most desirable mode of employing this much-esteemed Medicine. The diseases in which it has proved mo't beneficial are those of the Skin ; such as Scorbutic Affections, Erup tive Diseases, Secondary Symptoms, &c., arising from a diseased state of the system at large. For removing Blotches, Pimples, &c., from the Face, this Medicine has no superior. - PRIESTLEY'S SEIDIATZ POWDERS, which approach nearer than anything vet discovered to the Chalybeate Waters of Gernmay. The style of pre paring PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is..peculiar to himself, and combine scientific skill with great accuracy ; and though numbers of people -unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years attempted imita tions,.,they have invariably been found to be spurious compounds, neither possessing the agreeable flavour nor the medicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. _ . . Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Pow ders, to make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases. . VEGETABLE HAIR OIL, "Ts allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and renovating the human Hair. It eradicates the scurf, nourishes the Hair, prevents it falling eff, produces a most beautiful natural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar softness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles at Is. 3(1. and 3a. each. NEWLY-INVENTED CRYSTALLINE OIL. This .is a limpid VEGETABLE OH., consolidated by a peculiar process, and really is one of the best Preparations aver made for nourishing and beautifying the hair and keeping it in curl. • ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS, For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains out of Linen, Muslin, Lace. &c., and for many other useful purposes.—Price Is. per Box. or three Boxes for 2.. Gd. MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. A few drops of this Flavour, added to Custards, Purl dioas, Cak es , Wi nce, Jellies, &c., communicate a most delicious taste of Almonds.—Sold in Bottles, with Direc tions, Is. Gd. and 3s. PRIES a T n i ,i Ft,l7ol,issi FURNITURE PASTE, For Cleaning tumsr2 used for withont labour or trouble. This paste is tu for cleaning and polishing every description of Furniture .! that whatever preparation may have preciously been used for purpose, it adds a high lustre to French polish.—sold in Pots at ls. each, or Three Pols for 2s. 6d. GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE. This article is recommended to Housekeepes for ing all manner of Gold an d Silver Plate, Mental T clean rot,! - , Pewter Measures, Brass F enders, Candlestick:a Rods, prass•Plates on Doors,- Tin Covers,&e ., &e.. - with half Stair half the labour which is generally required with other preparittionf, the above lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the Metal.--z Sold in Squares, 6d. and ls. each. .r -••• MR T. E. EDEN, SURGEON-DENTIST, from London, respectful:y informs the lnhabi , tants of Liverpool that he .has REMOVED from 51 to 29, B 0 L D-S T R E ET, where he may be consulted daily, as usual. Mr. Eden submits that his great exptrience with his Father, the eminent Dentist, of London, combirvd with several years attend ance at one of the principal Hospitals in the Metropolis, qualify him in an unusual manner for the duties of his profession. The system adopted by Mr. Eden of supply int; Teeth by Atmospheric Pressure is so superior to every o'her es not to ad m it o f com p ar i son th roug h th e medium of an Advertisement ; but Mr. Eden will be happy to ex plain the details to those who may feel interested. N.B.—Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and formerly Pupil to the celebrated Professor Bell, F.R.S. AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROYAL TABLE. dIAPTAIN PIDDING'S DOWQUA'S MIXTURE ‘J TEA is an adm 7 xture of 40 rare Black Teas, pi oduced on as many different plantations, each Tea differing from the rest, and pOssessing a flavour, a fragrance, or strength, peculiar to itself. Blended together in the proper pro portions, they ccmp•ise all that is desirable in Tea. This discovery was not the effect of chance, but of many great advantages united in one individual, and the result of numerous expel iments and the most minute analysis. For another to produce the same result, he must possess equal skill, the same discriminating taste, equal power of procuring the forty various Teas required, and know the exact proportions of each kind used—and though he may never once have visited China, he must have had equal opportunities of securing to himself, its productions : with one who, like Captain Pidding, has spent years there in acquiring these advantages, and to whom alone low. qua—years before his death—impaited at Canton, the secret of compounding his Mixture. Yet there are upwards of 5(0 retailers pretending to sell tea, they call " flowqua's Mixture"—each mixture dif fering from all the others. Now as there can be but ONE REAL " Il,;wqu•s's Mixture," it follows that, as 500 dif ferent medleys are offered-499 must be spurious. The 499 counterfeits are so many evidences - of the superiority of-the ONE GENUINE. And it would be absurd to suppose that Captain Pidding, with advantages, the result of Eight Voyages made to China, and five years spent. in that country, would he so silly—even were it possible —as to yield them up to 500 others, or impart to them so valuable a secret. The very great celebrity this Tea has acquired, having tempted many unprincipled persons to give similar, or ucarlv similar - titles to their own spurious mixtures, to guard against such imposition, purchasers should chserve that "THE SIGNATURE THUS," Captain JOHN RHODES PIDDING. Honourable Company's Service, is on every genuine Pack,ge. To.those who drink Gr:'en Tea. " Captain Pidding's Howqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder," grown only on one estate, is recommended for it• strength and economy:and as being the purest and most wholesoMe Green Tea im ported from China. Captain Padding has appointed the under Agents for this Oistriet : GEORGE C.ARLYLE, Repository, 38, BOLD -STREET, Arent for Liverpool. Acerirgton.... E. Bowker, Bookseler. Ditto W. Hutchinson, Stationer. • Blackburn J. Parkinson, Chemist, Church-street. Bolton G. J. French, Silk Mercer. Burnley .. Chester Everton J. H. Pyer, Great Homer-street. Knutsford ~ „J. Williams, Draper, &e. -. Lancaster Manchester Prescrt W. Turner Kydd, Tea Dealer and Grocer. Preston Ditto W. Brodbelt, Provision Dealer. Ditto I. Htgham, Draper. • Ditto J. Knight, Waterloo Hoase. Ditto .. Rochdale Southport Wigan For Agencies, Address, Captain Pidding, 22, College hill; London. Ll\ ERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SLOW. Om Tuesday, the annuli exhibition of stock and imple ments took place at the back of Rcseommon-strert. The exhibition, V.E a whole, was considtred the must satisfac tory of any that has yet occurred in the annals of the so. ciety ; for, although not so extensive in the aggregate, by any means, as some that have preceded it, yet, in all es sential patticuldrs, it has been pronounced by compe tent juf - ;ges to he the best as indicative of the general prosperity of the association; The day was one of -the finest we witnessed for acme time .past, and the attendance was such as might have been expected. Almost all the noblemen and gektlemen whose names we have enumerated in our account of tie dinner were present, and took a very lively interest in the rroceedings. - The bulls were first-rate. The cows also were of ex celleut quality and condilen. The pigs and sheep were generally above - the average description. The show of implements were not very numerous, but we observed many mare'rial improvements in machines for cutting and Also in the ploughs. The subsoil plough of Mr. Robert Neilson was carticulsrly noticed es an fin proven era iu the turning up of the land, its peculiar working being that it cut most deep, and pith 'advantage to the soil adrait , ed in a great degree the atmospheric air. A gecu liar Lind of cart fur ugrictiltm al purposes was also exhi bite4 by sir. Robertson Glads'otie, of Court-hty. It showed in its f:rmation how lightly a heavy load might be eatrietl with relief to the horses, in comparison to other - carts used for similar purposes. It was a single horse cart weighing about 10 cwt., and capable of carry ing frOra 140 to nu stones of either hay or straw. THE DINNER. The Annual Dinner of the society took place in the ever.ing in the spacious room attached to Lucas's Repo sitory.' About 350 gentlemen, for the most part large halide() proprietors and extensive farmers, sat down on the occasion. The dinner, which comprised all the vari ous delcac'es of the season, was provided by Mr. Lawton, of the Rainbow Ho!el, Williamson-square. The tables were arranged in the usual manner. The Right Hun. Lord -Stanley, the president of the society, who was chee=red on entering, occupied the ehd.r. To his righ we noticed, Thomas Sands, Esq., Mayor of Liver pool, Robt.rtson Gladstone, Esq., John Shaw Leigh, Esq., Richard Earle, Esq., Henry Houghton, Esq..—Bearnish; Esq., T. Bright Crosse, Esq., Richard ibis, Esq., J. N. Walker, Esq., Thomas Esq., John Formby, Esq. &c. &c. On his. left, the Earl of Sefton, Lord Lilfurd.—Hea - hcote, Esq., Wm. Blundell, Esq., E. D. Davenport, Esq.. Kave Shuttleworth ' Esq., R. Neilson, Esq., Wm. H. Ho rn by, E sq ., Michael Hughes, Esq., Major Hughes, ThomaS Chippendale, Esq., Weld 'pilau dell, Esq., &c. In other parti of the room we noticed Peter Greenall, Esq-i M.P.; Gilbert Guerinll, Esq., the Hon. R. Den mtin, Peter Sergeantson, Esq., Peter-Wright, Esq., 'rlics. Rowson, ESq., Thomas Bold, Esq., R. Ledger, Esq., Alexander M`Kenzie, Esq., Sir Joshua Walmsley, Wm. Loft, Esq., of Lincolnshire ' S. B. Chadwick, Esq , Win. Selby,-Esq, Wm. P a tin, Esq., Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Richard Pakington, . Esq., Thos. Statter, Esq., Win. Hayes; Esq., Gibson Carter, Esq., It. C. Lowndes, Esq. James Cawley, Esq., Mr. Thos. Wilde, Mr. John War burton, Mr. J Green, Mr. Henry White, Dr. M•Farline, Mr. R•chard Baxter, Mr. E. J. Print ettou, Mr. W. S. Unsaorth, Mr. W. Longton, Mr. John Lathburv, Mr. 12ichard:llobell, Mr. Th,s. Vrny. Mr. George Wade, John Ltrd, Esq., and John Part, Esq., of Wigan, David Evans, - Etq.—Walker, Esq., of Bolton, Harold Little dale, Esq., &c. Alter the usual loyal toasts had been given; his lordship saide—ln rising taa propose to you the next toast, " Pros perity to the Liverpool Agricultural Association," I feel it unnecessary to express the satisfaction 1 feel at seeing myself surrounded by 'so numerous and respectable an as semblage, gathered together to do honour to the institu tion, the anniversary of which we are engaged in celebt at ing, and also, I would fain hope, to bear, by their pre sence, their testimony of the merits of this and similar institutions in promoting the important chi c's they are designed . to serve. Those objects are of two-fold charac ter, not only important as the tend to increate the faci• lities and to increase the cheapness of cultivating the soil of this country, and rendering it mere adequate to meet the daily i creasing wants of a rapidly iugnienting popu lation, by the opplicetion of improved science and art to the limited surface of the earth over which we have com mand; ..but still more important in their bearing upon t ur social relations, bringing together all classes of the community--(hear)—landlords, tenants of a h glier and lowerelass, and even the labouring classes also, and combined, as I am happy to see on this and similar occa sion, in this locality, with representatives of the great manufacturing.'mereantile, and tr adirg classes (Cheers.) I am not able to discuss with you the merits of the parti cular show to-day, partly for the very good reason that, owing to other business I have not had the opportunity of inspecting it; and next, because if I had, you would hear a better account of the merits of that show from gentlemen inflnitely more competent to express an opi nion that will carry weight. Nor is it my wish to enter into-any diseussioo of the general advantages of societies cf thia description. I think they are so univer sa lly re , recognised practically as well as in theory, that it would be, an impertinent waste of your time to take it ua in and such discussion. In every quarter of the kingdom we find, during the last few years, societies si nailar ao this have been springing up, and agriculture has been . partaking of the great movement which has been . pervading all the industrial branches of this country. Farmers are finding out that it is necessary for them, with : a view to Their own interests, to take a very differ ♦ ent pourse from that which was followed by their grand-, fathers and great-grandfathers. (Hear.) In these days' no man is allowed to stand still. Improvement must go on.' And I: see' throughout the country, in every part of it, gratifying proofs that hoprovement is going on as act lively in the agricultural as in the manufacturing districts and, operations of the country. (Cheers.) And although I cannot certainly take upon myself to say positively that because one: circumstance takes place immediately alter another, therefore that those circumstances stand to each other in the relation of effect and cause, yet I cannot for a moment doubt the effect upon the agriculture of the eountry—the effect of communicating information mutu , ally possessed, and the effect ef the stimulus arising from competition and 'constant comtr.unication—l cannot, I say, doubt the effect upon the agriculture of the country of the numberless institutions of this kind established throughout the kingdom. (Hear.) And if I look at our own immediate neighbourhood, and compare the position in whiCh we stand, defective as we still are, and having much to learn, and much to improve in,—yet, whether I I o at the farmer's stock, his mode of cultivation, or his desire for improvement and amelioration, and compare the state of things now with what it was when, fourteen years ago, I first had the honour of occupying the chair of this seciety, I hope I am not assuming too much when I say, that to the conetant meetings and constant inter course carried on between different classes by means of this society, much of that improvement is to be traced which no man with an eye in his head can deny has taken place, and which is most gratifying to those ohnse inter ests like mine are bound uo with the welfare of the agri culture of this distriet. (Cheers.) Even within the last few years, with a much shorter time than that which I have named, within the last four or five Yeats, I see Strides which, sm a ll as th ey may b e compare d w i t h what mieht be done, are gigantic compared with what was done before. I think it is not more than four or five years ago that, et a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, I first noticed as a novelty of a singular charac ter a new manure, known as guano, and recommended to the agriculturists of England. (Hear end a laugh.) If I am not misinformed, from this single port cf Liverpool ' there have gone out, within this eh* year no less tt,an 150 vessels, chartered expressly fir the purpose of import ing this then unknown manure fear the improvement of the agriculure of the country. It is not alone, however, in matters like this, that we •see the usefulness of these societies. ' I look for much more extended and permanent improvement from their operation. Every where I see old useless fences disappearing, fields enlarging, improved modes of cultivation adopted, and.l see going on with im mense rapidity that, which, I must again and aga.Ut im press upon you who are connected with the land, is the besis of all improvement—deep and thorough drainage of the land, and not here alone, but throughout all England, I sec most retrial kably, as any one indeed may do, even though whirled through the country at the railway speed at which we are now carried, what an extent of improve ment has been effected - in this respect. Every one iS struck with the appearance of preparations for future ex ertions, which are, at the same time, the token - of well deserved success. Some of the old farmers of this coun try—l mean the real old class—(a laugh)—shrug their i shoulders and say, " What is the need of all ; this stir , about improvement, and making the land grow so much I more ?" By the bye it is • not so much making it grow more, as making it grow different crops—malzing, it grow wheat instead of weeds. (Hear, hear.) But some say, " What is fee use of all this ? It is not a question for toe I farmer. We shall only have our rents increased the more productive land is." Such an argument, allow me to say, is the very climax of absurdity. To use a very homely phrase, it is . " cutting off one's own nose to spite one's • own face." " Why should I undertalse an improvement because try landlord will benefit by it ?" appears to me a very inconclusive and absurd argument. I am not here to dispute the fact, , that every improvement in va l ue , every addition by setence to the productive power of the' land, everything which adds-to its fertAity, must, in the long run, be an advantege to those in whom the fee-sim ple is vested. But the question is, at the same time that it is an advantage to the landlord, is it not also an advan tage to the farmer who occupies the, land, and makes his livelihood nut of it ? I ask no man to tle/take an im• provement if. his own good sense does not lead him to do it. I ask no man to apply any improved mode of culti vation, if it does not appear that his own individual ad vantage would be promoted by so doing. But when far mers argue, that because at the expirat'on of their te nancy their rents may be increased, it is not worth while to adopt improvements, I most say, they take a very •short-sighted view cf their own interests, and must think their.landlords very great fools and blockheads. They must go on the presumption that although he sees his land might be made more productive, he will be satisfied for the purpose of seeing his own. rents low, to allow a slovenly tenant to goon in his slovenly courses. (Flea .) The landlord would be as short-sighted as the tenant, if he could take.such o view as this. But again I say, I want the tenant not to under ake any improvement that will not repay him capital interest and profit, during his . occupation of the land. (Cheers. This brings roe to another question.—es to the degree to which it is desira ble or important that the practice should prevail of -hold ing land by lease: I speak, I know, in the presence of a noble friend of mind, and every man aho knows him is aware that there is not a kinder or better landlord, or a warmer friend to his tenants and neighbours, than my noble friend on my left. the Earl of Sefton. (Much ap plause, the noble earl rising and bowing to his lordship and the company.) I know also it is not my noble friend's prec - ice to let his farms on lease. The greet ma jority of his tenants are tenants from year to year, with :itch entire and perfect confidence in the honour and in teerity of their landlord, that I do not believe that the fact of their having no lease operates disadvantageous , y in any individual case. But this 1 say, and as one con nected with the land, I feel myself. betted to say it, that a landlord has no right to expect any - great and permanent improvement of his laud by the tenant, hitless tlo,t tensity be secured the repayment of his outlay, not by the perso nal character or honour of his landlord, but by a seem.i y wh'cli no casualties can into rfere with—the security granted him by the terms of a lease tor years. (Ap-; plause.) Ido tot speak of a lease for Lees. In may ex perience, with some exceptions, wherever I blip found fields badly cultivated, and buildings dilai idate?l, I hate found that the property is held under a life lease. (Laugh ter and applause.) I speak of a tenant who is prepared to join his capital, and to go hand in hand with his landlord in the improvement of the farm. The greater the im provement you expect, the greater ought to be the lease you give. I consider it unjust, if you call for improve ment, not to give to the tenant the moral certainty that the improvement he effects shall repay him during the course of his lease for the expense lie incurs. (Hear.) I aid go further than this, arid say that there are some expenses of Fo permanent a character, that while I repeat it again, that it is an inadmissible argument against im provement, if the tenant repays him,elf for his outlay, • that at the expiration of his term he shall leave his land in e. te,ter state than he fund it—while I held this to be an inadmissible posiVon, rind admit end contend that, in proportir n to the amount of improvement expected from the tenant, ought to be the duration of his lease— I will add further, that there are some expenses, more especially with the class of farmers of whom the great majority are composed, which it is idle to -expect that they should undertake. If they are to add permanent value to the land, they ought to he undertaken by the landlOrd himself, charging on the tenant such an amount of interest as may repay him for the eutlay lie has made, and at the same time afford a reascneble profit to the te nant. (Hear.) But, gentlemen, lam not speaking now except of that which again is the basis of all hit provement, and especially in this country—the thoreugh draining of the soil. And Ire peat what I have already said on a for mer occasion in th's room, that there is no iovestment in the world it: which a landlord can so safely, so usefully, or so profitably invest his capital as in the improvement of his own firm, by money sunk on draining. on seenrity of the land which belongs to himself. (Hear, and cheers ) I think I give you a tolerable practical proof of my, cen viction on this point when I say—and 1 say it not for the purceoe of boasting of what has hr en done, but cf encou raging others to follow the example, when 1 say—that on my father's property in this peighborrhuod there has been laid doe n at his expense, and charging five per cent. in terest to the tenants, wt irlt I believe they tr ost gladly arid willingly acknowledge they have over amid over again re ceived the benefit of—in this last year we bare laid down in deep draining somewhere about 300 miles of drains, at an expense cf between £5,000 and £6,000, and, I think, employed about a million and a half of draining tiles, (Hear.) By the arrangement I recommend for this pur pose both parties are becefitted ; the land'ord receives an ample return for his cutlay ; he knows the work is done in a substantial and workmanlike manner ; and I will ven ture to abide by the declaration of any tenant on that pro perty, whether the additional amount per acre he has in curred by having his fields drained, has net been over and over again repaid by the annual return arising from the property. (Hear.) It may he thought that I have teespas on your indulgence, on a point peculiar and personal to myself, at greater length and in more detail than I was justified in doing. But this is an occasion on which we should freely speak our minds to each other. We meet together as landlords and tenants, and it is right that we should express frankly our own own opinions. I do riot hesitate to express mine, as to the manual ditties of land lord and tenant, and the mode by which 1 believe they may effectually combine together for the advancement of the itnrortaet objects in which britla are at h-ast equally interested. 1 believe, on the whole, lamin a position to conuratulate you on the present state of this society. 1 hOpe the eeincid of its depression is already passed. Un doubtedly it has been subject to some vicissitudes, and excerienced some losses; and two or three years ago it be came involved in debts from which some exertions were cecessary to relieve it. I have the satisfaction of saying that these are paid off; and although that object has been effected by a reduction ef some of the premiums, and thereby, in some degree, the sphere of the society's usefulness, yet we have every reasemble prospect of the iticome •of the society equalling its .expenditure. And though it may he in a more contracted sphere, I hope we shall be able to say we can pay our way, and can dif fuse to a considerable extent the edvantages which insti tutions of this kind are qualified to afford. lf, however, I might hazard such an observation, I would Si,e anxious as I am for its increasing prosperity, it might be of ad , vantage if its sphere of operations were more extended ; and it the en-operation and consent cf another and similar , society in this county' could be obtained, great benefit might be derived from the amalgamaticn of the Manches ter society with the Liverpool. (Hear ) Thus enlarging the field of the operations of both, increasing the amount of competition, and the consequent stimulus brought to bear upon the agriculural classes; and combining and increas ing the advantages enjoyed by the respective neighbour hoods. Ido not know if this has been suggested tgany ,of the members of the Manchester society. I belie3e, if the union were effected, it would tend to the mutual ad ' vantage and increasing prosperity of bath. With these - observations, and thanking you for the patience with which. you have listened to the remarks of one. very little compe tent to address you on such subjects, I beg of you to join me, as - I feel you will do, cordially and heartily, in drink ing " Prosperity and success to the Liverpool Agricultural Society ' ' The Earl of SEFTON rose, amid loud cheers, and said he had the leave of their noble chairman to propose a toast. It was to him a task difficult to perform. He knew not exactly how he could do justice to the toast, but he felt that he cculd put it to theta as farmers in a way that it would come home to-their hearts. No persons knew the ualue cf a good neighbour better than farmers. Some of them miehtwish their farms larger, and t heirneighboursfer flier off—( laugh)—but all of them would be glad. if at the lane end, th e man that lives at the next house was a right good fellow. (Hear, and laughter.) They would not like to have a liti g i ous f e ll ow , with whom they could never agree, and wh o wou ld accommo d ate t h em w i t h nothing. He (the Earl of Sefton) had a neighbour who was exactly the contrary of that character, and with whom he was on terms of the g rea t est friendship, from whom lie received acts of kindness, and towards whom he always felt the greatest affection and respect. This was the character of his excellent neighbour, the Earl of Derby. (Loud and continued cheering.) They bad most warmly responded TOWN EDITION. OPEMNG of theNEW ROYAL EXCHANGE U HER MAJESTY. At about half-pa,tt eleven o'cloCk yesterday morning her Majesty started from Buckingham Palace to the scene of this imposing ceremony, passing along Pall Mall and the Strand to the City, amidst the acclamations tf thou sands of her gratified subjects. She appeared, we rejoice to say, in the best of health and spirits throughout the day, and evidently felt and enjoyed the enthusiastic greet ings with which she was received. Along the whole route of her progress the houses, shops, &c., were deesely thronged with spectators, and variously, and some su perbly decorated. A detachment of life guards, with a number of the no bility and the eabitte, ministers had previously entered toe city to meet tne civic authorities and prepare for her, Majesty's reception. At about twelve o'clock, the caval cade reached Temple bar, the gates of which had been previously closed and immediately opened again, to 111161 the usual custom ; and on arriving there, the royal state e,arieee, containing her Majesty, Prince Albert, the mis tress of the robes (Duchess of Bitecleugh), and the Master of the Horse (Earl of Jersey), stopped immedi ately under the Bar, where they were rece Vert by the LJed :Mayor; who handed to her Majesty the City sword of state, which. was graciously received, and returned in the usual form. The cavalcade then proceeded, which the denseness of the crowd in Fleet-street rendered in same places a matter of no little difficulty. Passing up Ludgate-hill and by St. Paul's to Cheapside, the scene on each side of the way was magnificent, the streets being literally converted into an amphitheatre, holding the elite of the rank aed fashion of the metropolis, and St. Paul's Church-yaid itself being filled along the line of the pro cession with scaffolding containing the fiends of the various City Companies, the bell of the Cathedral pour ing out a stream of melodious rejocing as it passed. The procession proCeeded along Cheapside, the Poultry. the Mansion house, to the Royal Exchange, arriving at tie west entrance at a quarter past twelve o'clock, where Ake was received in state by the whole of the city auttiori 'fres, with the Cabinet Ministers and a large number of the leading nobility. Her Majesty, with Prince Albert, having examined the sphndid building throughout, and expressed her warm adroirations of its proportions and beauty, the address was presented, after which her Majesty and suite partook of a splendid dejeuner, and returned to her carriage about half-past two o'clock, and proceeded to the terminus of the Great Western Railway, where a special train was in wahine to convey the Royal pair to Windsor. With the exception of a few casualties and trifling tmeuies inseparable from such an immense gathering of people in one locality, the whole proceedings passed off ro the perfect satisfaction of all parties. 'l - he enthusiastic loyalty manifested towards her Majesty and her Cons in throughout the day was never exceeded on the occasion of any Royal visit ; and the Duke of Wellington aud Sir Peel were also loudly cheered wherever recognised. Last night was intended to be a night of rejoicing in the City, which was also to be brilliantly illuminated. LONDON 111:111KETS—Yesterday. MARK-LANE CORN-EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Wheat up to our market during the past week have been moderately goud ; white those of THIRD EDITION. Standaid-office, Ten o'clock. FIliE AT BIRKENHEAD. About three o'clock this morning the watchman on duty discovered the premises of Messrs. Wemyss and Cameron, joiners and buikleis, Ivy-street, Birkenhead, to be on fire. The alarm was speedily given, and two of the engines got to work, but, owing to the inflammable nature of the buildings, which were chiefly composed of wood, in less than three quarters of an hour the whole were razed to the ground. There is every reason to suppose that this is the work of an incendiary, as the fire originated in the east end of the building, in a temporary shed used for jointing flooring boards, (into which no fire was ever admitted) and in the end directly opposite to that in which the stove is er , cted. About fourteen men were employed on the pre mises, all of whom have lost the whole of their tools. The premises were insured in a London office ; and the loss, exe:usivc of the tcols, is estimated at about £2OO. WALKS THROUGH THE EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY, 1844. WALK THE SECOND. We commence our peregrinations this day where last week we ended them, viz., at the Water Colour portion of the Exhibition, which contains several pictures, be sides those already , noticed, of great merit. But first let us dispose of one of the pictures in oil, contained in the same room— No. 544. " Morbid Sympathy," by E. Prentis. The subject here is happily chosen, as a hit at one of the most revolting follies o f th e d ay . Th e painting is divided . into two scenes. In the first we see a ruffian just issuing from the house in which he has been committing a deed of blcod. The features of the murderer, the midnight scene, with the dark laiitern -shedding its baleful light through the open door from which he steals, are power fully painted. In the second scene we see the -same figure in the cell of a prison, in which he is visited, as an object of the " morbid sympathy" of the present day, by two philanthropic ladies, and an elderly sentimental male tabby of the same species. The features of the hero of the dungeon, in the first scene expressing vulgar brutality combined with natural horror, are here screwed up into an ugly expression of self-satisfied vanity. The murderer has become a " lion for a time, and is evi dently making the most of his had . eminence. The whole painting is one of the most cutting and wholesome satires, seriously conveyed, w hich we have lately seen..!' Nos. 493, 493, 501, and 502,—,portraits in crayons of Hopwood, Esq. of Hopwood, Lancashire, the Hon. Caryl Molyneux, Miss Hopwood of Knowsley, and Viscount Molyneux, by E. Warren,—are excellent specimens of the art. 507, " Durham from the New Bridge," and 498, " Durham," are very sp i r i te d d raw i ngs. The latter is very good. The old abbey, standing out in bold relief in the centre of the picture, is a noble object. 494, " The Pass of .Llanberis," by W. Collingwood, is a spirited picture. 473, " - Work and Play," by Mrs. TV. Hawkins, is a very pretty subject, well conceived, and executed with great skill and taste. 1,470, " Newhaven Pier," by Cyley Fielding, is a picture of great merit,. by an artist who seldom fails to produce something worthy of praise. " The Pedlar," by Miss Fairhurst, is a very pleasing painting. The boy, who is bartering his old shoe for some of the wares carried by the old crone, is quite a character . ; and the girl, watching the result of her brother's bargain, is well painted. 380, " The Firstborn," by G. H. Harrison, is a ro mantic affair, well painted, but not very natural. The rustic felicity pourtrayed here is not met with in these hard, utilitarian times. Bowers of roses are seldom the lot of agricultural labourers, or even of small farmers, nowadays. . 354, " Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene,' , by IV. S. P. lienderson,lt painting in three compartments, is the story of the old ballad excellently told. The ghostly Igure of Alonzo, in the third scene, is ably and effectively conceived. 293, ' f ille1:';;;Boat at Butterby, near Durham," by E. Hastings, is a plcasingly-drawn picture of a very fine landscape. The sky, however, is a little too " beautifully blue" for our northern climate.—The,same artist has two other paintings in the exhibition, 231 and 144 ; the latter of which, " The Gamekeeper's Lodge,' is infinitely the most talented. The older of the two figures in this picture is a very racy specimen of the fine Old English class of sportsmen to which he belongs ; and the whole subject is well treated. The dog, how ever, is a sad drawback upon the picture. It is neither a game dog nor any other breed with which we are ac quainted. We understand that this is the first time that Air. Hastings has contributed any paintings to the Liverpool Exhibition ; and we trust that he will be in duced to favour us with further specimens of his pencil. A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE. BY H. W. LONGFELLOW. (From " the Gift" for 1845.) This is the place. Stand still, my steed, _ Let me review the scene, And summon up the shadowy past The forms that once have been. The past and present reunite, Beneath time's flowing tide, Like footprints hidden by - a brook, But seen on either side. Here runs the highway to the town, There the Freer' lane descends, Through which I walked to church with thee, Oh gentlest of my friends! The shadow of the linden trees, Lay moving on the grass; Between them and the moving boughs, A shadow, thou didst pass. Thy dress was like the lilies, And thy heart as pure as they; One of God's holy angels Lid walk widi me that day. I saw the branches of ►he trees Bend down thy touch to meet, The clover blossoms in the grass Rise up to kiss thy feet. " Sleep, sleep, to-day, tormenting cares, tt' earth and folly born!" Solemnly sang the village choir, On that sweet Sabbath morn. Through the closed blinds, the golden sun l'oured in a dusty beam, Like the celestial ladder Of the ancient patriarch's dream. And ever and anon, the wind, Sweet scented with the hay, Turned o'er the hymn-book's,fluttering leaves, That on the window lay. Long was the good man's sermon, But it seeme I not so to me, For he slake of Ruth, the beautiful, And still I thought of thee. Long was the prayer he uttered, But it seemed net so to me, For in 'My heart I prayed with him, ' But still I thought of thee. But now, alas, the place seems changed: Thou art no longer here ; Part of the sunshine of the scene With thee did disappear. Though thoughts, deep-rooted in my heart, Like pine trees dark and high, Subdue the light of noon, and breathe A low and ceaseless sigh : This memory Ur•ighten's o'er the past, As when the sun, concealed Behind eome cloud that near us hangs, Shines on a distant field. BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.—Toe water of the sea - is clear and shallow. and all the party, except the Arabs, un dressed to ascertain the existence of the buoyant property attributed to it. The result of our observation asto. nished every individual amongst us. When swimming, it was scarcely possible to keep the feet below the water ; when standing upright (treading water As it is called) the shoulders were rinsed above the surface, and it was not easy to keep this position, as the shoulders became top heavy. One of the party who could not swim, lay like a cork on the surface; and indeed it required great exertion to dive below. It was ludicrous to see one of the horses. As soon as his. body touched the water, he was afloat, and turned over on his side; he struggled with all his force to preserve his equilibrium ; but the moment he stopped moving, he turned over on his side again, and almost on his back, kicking his feet out of the water, and snorting with terror. The taste of the water was detestable beyo'rd description—salt. bitter, and salphurenus: but the worst of my bath was, that, after it was over, my skin was co vered with a thick glutinous substance, which it required another ablution to get rid of; and after I had wiped my self dry, my body burned and smarted as if I had been turned round before a roasting fire. My face and ears were encrusted with salt; my hairs stood out, " each par ticular hair on end," and my eyes were irritated and in flamed, so that I felt the effects of it for several days. In spite of all this, however, revived and refreshed by my bath, I mounted my horse a new man. It seemed to me, indeed, that without it 1 could not have endured the fear ful heat of these low shores.—Library of Travel. fora I p e r E int " wa E s and Child" of Maso Finiguerra, the 'reputed inventor of engraving from me tallic plates. It was met with acoithentally at Rome, bi N forGR A . 4; N h e a S.— T Madonnahe gr e a test sum ever given Mr. Ottley, the late curator of prints at the Museum, purchased by him for a mere trifle, sold by him to Sir Mark Sykes fo r se v en ty p oun d s , an d b ou ght a t that emi nent collector's sale for thr e e h un d r ed g u i n eas. The " hundred guilde r " pi c t ur e o f Rembrandt's, of our Sa viour he a li ng th e Si c k, comes nes t among t h e hi g h prices. Eight impressions of th e fir s t d a te o f thi s en graving are keown to exist. I n 1809, one o f th ese b roug ht within few Shilli ngs .o f f orty gu i neas at M r. Hibb er t' s sale. Thitty years after, th e co ll ect i on .o f i ts possessor came to the hammer, an d thi s pr i n t was k noc k e d d own t o a new collector at two hund re d an d thi rty - one poun d s ; i n his hands this co s tly t reasure st ill rema i ns. R em b r andt's " Advocate lolling" fetched two hundred and twenty pounds in 1835, and his "Copoenol" found a purchas er at three hundr e d gu i neas i n t h e same year, i n B aron Ver stalk, the possessor o f one o f t h e t h ree copies . of th e " Hundred Guild er " engrav i ng , as i t is called, whieh 'nay* he said to be in the market, the other five being locked uP in national collections. But, not to multiply the instances of high-priced - prints, let u s see w h a t t h ese gems f e tched in their author's RAribrandt's "Madonna and Child" obtained its soubriquet of the Hundred Guilder, because it bronght just eight guineas in its artist's life time. Albert Durer was content to sell his "Ad a m and Eve" for four silvers, about eighteen pence his sixteen rints called the " Little. Passion ' for two shillings and threepence; and his " Life of th e Madonna," his APoca lylise," and his " Great Passion," for just Six 511•11ng s for each set of these large wood-cuts. The " .eu.enspre gel," of Lucas Van Leyden, now worth its fifty Poun ds ' was purchased by Albert Diner, at Br ssels, for a stiver, fourdence-halfpenny of our money. The height of the ab surdity of the high-priced mania was the scramble for the little sleeping clog of Rembrandt's, which he scratched in, a corner of. a large co p per p l ate. and t h e great va l ue of which consised in his having worked off one impression before he cut the engraved corner out of the larger-plate ; as unique, it fetched one hundred and twenty pounds. -- The Print Collector. LOUIS PHILIPPE AS A PROFESSOR.—After the battle of Nerwmde in March 1793, in which the Austriatis defeated the French, the Duke of Orleans (Louis Philippe) com manded the centre in the French army, and perceiving that his life was in danger determined to sever his con nection with republican France and set off to the fron tier. He repaired in the first instance to Mona, the Austrian heed-quarters, to obtain iassports. There Prince Charles invited aim to enter the s Tvice of the etnyire; but he refused to carry arms against France, and, assure' ing the name an d appearance of an Enefish traveller: journeyed with - some risk and slender resources through Germany and Switzerland. He was almost a penniless fugitive in the Orisons, when the Duke received a letter from M. Montesquiou, offering him the situation of pro fessor at the College of Reichenau, which L-such was the state of his resources a -he gladly accepted, and he was ad mitted in October, 1793, in his 22nd year, under the name of M. Chabaud ; having undergone a rigid -exami nation without being recognised by any one s ave M. Jo-t, the President of the College, who had been made ac quainted with his real character. Here he continued to teach geography, history, the French and English larr guages, and mathematics, for eight months, during which time he inspired the inhabitants of Richenan with so high an esteem for hiS virtues and abilities, that they appointed him their deputy to the Assembly of Coire. The intelli gence of his father's fate overwhelmed him with aflction, and he was compelled to seek change of scat e Ile once more became a wanderer, his whole property being a staff and a knapsack. Ile proceeded to Hamburgh, thence to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and the North Cape, pushing his travels to within 18 degrees of the Arctic Pole. Returning to Sweden, he revisited Den mark, and reached Hamburgh again in 1796. These countries he had not merely seen, but minutely examined, his finances not perMitting him to travel in arty other manner than that which alone nrings a visitor into inti mate communication withthe people of the country. At Hamburgh the French Directory commenced a negotia - tics with the illustrious exile, in ,consequence of which the Duke (then of Orleans) consented to proceed to the United States, and in September, 1796, he embarked on board an American trader, and arrived at Philadelphia is October. He was soon after joined by his two brothers. the Duke de Montuensier and the Count Beaujolais.—' Life of Louis Philippe.--[We give in another extract the particulars of Louis Philippe's departure form America and subsequent visit to this country as a fugi tive exile.] • • ARE MISSIONARYSOCIETIES LIBERALLY SuaroaTEe• —We are very apt to deceive ourselves, when we lo tic at the £300,000 or £lOO,OOO now raised in Great Britain for missions, and fondly hope that all this is the genuine fruit of faith and piety. Whereas the simple truth is. thst a very large proportion of it is a mere levy on the ' respect ability' of the community, a poll-tax on a religious . pro fession. A system of collection, a plan of of ganizina and canvassing the population has been set on foot of late years, which to former generations was quite unknown. Five thousand out of our fifteen thousand clergy, are in duced to give their support to the Church Missionary So ciety, and to preach collection-sermons e form associations , &c. It would be strange, indeed, if they could not raise. on an average, each his £lo—which at once forma an aggregate of £50,000 per annum. Five thousand Wes leyan or Dissenting preachers take the same course, and raise a similar sum. But let any bike a collecting ,late, at the door of one of these churches or chapels, and Ye with what reluctance the well-dressed multPudes drop their shillings, ton often from mere shame to "I.:a , s the plate," and he will say, with us, that a 14rze propartion indeed, of the total realiz , d, is a mete tax upon respecta bility and on a profession of telizion. And, when saceacd in this light, we have a right to COMpare it with .he wing which -the people have at their disposal, which, as we have seen, cannot be estimated at less than two hundred mil lions per annum. A levy of £300,090 or £400.000 uer annum, out of this vast income, is equal to rather less ti an a halfpenny in the pound! Cantemplate the slim fact in another point of view. A few months hack, a plan was proposed for making a new railway from London to Yolk. After being offered to the public for a short period, it was announced that the capital required would be five millions sterling, and that applications for shares must be sent in on a certain day. On that day the committee met, and were able to announce in the next day's papers that the • whole of this vast sum was at once subscribed. In fact, far more than the five millions was offered to them, and that, although this was only one among, fifty new radwaY schemes, then courting the puhiic attention ! On the other hand, how is a proposal for the evangelizathu of China greeted. So soon as it became known that that vast empire was open to - the gospel, hilt that the Church Missionary Sodety was linable, from the state of its finan ce?, to make even the slightest effort, an individual came forward, and setting a noble example, laid down at ance the sum of £6,000 for the maintenance of a tnissionary is that country. The committee, thus eneouregea, came before the Christian p u bli c with a special appeal. There were, among its members, many hundreds of persons wh ° could 4•ave made a similar offering, without the sacrifice of any one of the comforts of life. Not one such has re sponded to the call. At the end of the year, the fu, et sum subscribed for a mission to China, was little more, than fifteen hundred pounds. Fift een m illi ons ,— a ye, ae3 much more than fifteen millions have been " i n vested in railways during the year, and a large pronof; Lion cf it by professing Christians :—fifteen hundree, pounds is all that can be raised woen the evangelization of China is the object proposed !—Churchman's Munthig Rimier°. HORRORS OF \VAR.—TARTAR CITY OF CHIN- WV•A` .. Foo.—Frightful were the scenes witnessed by these men mpg the houses and enclosures of the city, as grouP after group of whole fimilies lying stiffened in their blood , within their own bninestead, were discovered in the streets occupied by the Tartar troops and mandarin., sn nam e ' cons and so painfully interesting in their revolting details, as to impress with deep nod lat;ng horror all who wit' nessed this happily rare example of the miseries and feo - of war. The bodies of most of the hapless little children who had fallen sacrific es t o t h e en th us i asm a" mad despair of their parents were found Nine within the houses, and usually within the chambers of the woel' as if each father had assembled the whole of his fa." before consnmmating the dreadful massacre ; but 11' 31 ' corpses of boys w ere l y i ng i n t h e streets, amongst of horses and soldi ers , as if an alarm had spread, aa , they had been stabbed while they 17ad been attempting ti; escape from their ruthless parents. In a few instanc e sifter 'the poor little suff erers were f oun d t h e mnrn i ng s low"' 'the assault, still b rea thi ng , t h e tide of life ebbing sh ) '"' away, as they lay writhing in the agony of a broken spl" . e ..: a mode of description so crue l t h at, b ut f or t h e mos t 0; a tain evidence of its reality, would not be believed. one of the houses the bodies of seven dead and dying P er e sons were found in one room, forming a group which f oe loathsome • horror ..was perhaps unequalleth Tee ho vi e ,, was evidently the abode of a man of some rank and O tti ", sideration, and the delicate forms and features 0 1 sufferers denoted them as belonging to the hither of Tartars. On the floor, essaying in vain to put fJ with a spoon into the mouths of two young children e t , tended on a mattress, writhing i n th e agonies of ( l e° de b . caused by the dislocation of their spines-, sat an old 00 5 crepit man, weeping bitterly as h e li s t ene d to the A te et s, moans and convulsive b rea thi ngs o f t h e poor In' 3 'ii t y while his eye wandered over the ghastly relic. , of mor ta t he was thro O w n n e , around him. On a bed, near the dying children. ley el body of a beautiful young woman, her limbs and aptr osg a t r o in co c n la c s e p a e l d th h e er arranged as if in sleep. She was cold, and had been e arl dead. destroyed her life. • Near her lay the corpse of a c v° ,ill‘ which a somewhat more advanced in years, stretched on 4 j u t! g n a e s e l in o v h e e r r l i k c 11 " s rp i Ti l i coverlet, her features distorted, and her eyes oP e leere fixed, as if she had died by poison or strangulation. her was no wound upon the body, nor any blood 10 j Wl ° t he person or clothes. A dead child, s t a bbed thronf-"144 neck, lay near her ; and in the n ar r ow ve randah acii°ed the room were the corpses of t w o m o re wo men, sue - T e ee ks• from the rafters by twisted cloths wound round their'' fee' They were both young —one quite a girl ; and h er the tures, in spite of the hideous distortion produced e " o , e iti mode of her death, retained traces of their origtna l ", eee sufficient to show the lovely mould in which they br uc ole cast. From the old man, who appeared by lA , !;„ t han garb to have been a servant or retainer ofthe fan'“: the awfully swept away, nothing could be elicited as e . ;,, ,lu te mode mode or authors of their death—nothing bet untnt nd signs of poignant distress. He was made to conlJ e i ' s a the the object of the interring party, and at once tes Inr ic e ter' utmost satisfaction and gratitude for their Immo _ ire ise position, assisting to carry the bodies down the 6 !_" eir er . t. into the court; where a shallow grave having hee', l „ o. o e tor at vated beneath the pavement, he tenderly placed s et their sad resting-place ; and having covered . a . le . " 5 thei r The the stone slabs were placed over theit . i o t hel The two dying children shortly afterwards breat . l j. 3 0e5 5 last, and were interred beside the grave of their silent relatives. The old man remained in the now . sLIT 000' of his lost chief, and was seen no more.—Lteul. terlonk's Chinese War. . ; to the toast, and now he begged that they would drink, in ' a full glass, the health of the Earl or Derby, (Great cheering ) They seemed to receive the toast with so much cordiality that they could not do les-than drink itwith three times three. The call was.most readily responded to, and • the t. ast drunk. The CHAIRMAN, in reply, said that if anything could add to the gratification which he must feel as a on at the manner in which the heath of his father had been re ceived by an assemblage cf those, who, living in his im mediate neighbourhood, or very - nearly so, were qualified to judge of the merits of the toast, it would be the terms in which that toast bad been proposed by his noble friend Lcrd Sefton. His Lordship concluded by proposing the healths of the Vice-Presidents,—Lord :Sefton, Mr. Ro bertson Gladstone, and Mr. Watt; and, in doing so, he expressed the gratification he felt at seeieg two out of the three. Vice-Presidents present. The toast was very warmly received. Lord SEFTON said, that the very flattering manner in which they had drunk his health demanded his warmest thanks. He should, however, be much more proud of the reception, and of the kind marks of the irapprohatUn, if he thought he was at all deserving of either. fle had lone lived amongst them. It gave him great pleasure to see them prosper. Whether it was the merchant, the MR. nufact urer, the tenant, or the labourer, it always afforded him pleasure to see prosperity abounding. The object of ;'this society was that they should come together—that some should teach while others learned. He did not him self profess to be a teacher of the science of agriculture, and therefore he should not occupy more of their time, hut make way for these more competent to impart the ne cessary instruction upon the subject. (Cheers.) Mr. Ronkalesote GLADSTONE said; that deeply sensible of the honour conferred upon him, in appointing him one c o o t' n t i he pl ivirieen-tP r p e a s i i d d i t n s i f n ti t s c o a c p ie n t c y t , y rt , n il l e g r o r a s e tc t fu o l e f x o r r r t e l s i his heurtfelt aeknoWledgment for the favour. Believing that secb ties like the present were of the utmost import- ' r e sei e r — be dy t h pt a li t oa m t t h oi e tt y i *ln tended icl scientific prom the tue practicalioe s p c e a r u k, sneaonowdfl knowledge, he ;les adt u n e i efforts might be cro,vned with abundant success. The CHAIRMAN said the members of the society would recollect that in former ye,rs the wall behind the Presi dent's seat was covered with silver articles for distribu tion among the successfut competitors, and that it formed a very imposing array. In the course of time, however, some of the successful competitors —or he ought rather to say' their wives, finding that they had got so many teapots and teaspoons that they knew not what to do with them, suggeSted to their other halves—(Lughter)—that it e cold be - mere desirable to get the amount of their prizes in Money, in order that they migl-t buy the teapots and tea spoons themselves, it thee liked. It had been, therefore, decided that all the premiums- should be paid in Motley : and, with the liermission of the company, he should now proceed to read over the MOWS of :he successful candi dates, to whom Mr. Lucas was, he believed, prepared to meet all demands in full, irony of the competitors desired then to receive the amount. His Lordship then proceeded to read over the list of prizes, occasionally making such remarks to the successful candidates as were calculated to encourage them to renewed industry and perseverance. He - then proposed the health of the flight Hoe. Lord Lifferd, as a•warbi patron of aericulture, and coupled_ with the toast the agriculturists of Northamptonshire. Lord LILFORD briefly returned thanks, and in doing so said that the distribution of prizes was a proceeding w hich, in his mind, was one of the most interesting ie which human being,s . could be engaged, He had witnessed the ceremony in Northamptonshire, and belieied in his heat t that it was productive not only of temporary gratifi cation to the parties themselves, but to the society which they formed a part. (Cheers.) From circumstances over which he had no control Ins residence in Laecaehire had been much interrupted; but there were some present with whom he had-the honour to stand in the relation of 1 'rid- Vod and tenant. (Cheers.) He was quire sure that meet ings of this description tended to draw closer the bonds to. amity, between landlord and termer ; and in the name of the agriculturists of Northamptonshire, he begged to re turn them his most grateful thanks. The CHAIRMAN next proposed "The Judges," upon whose judgment and impartiality be passed a very high eulogium. Mr. Totta, one of the judges, returned thanks on behalf of himself and colleagues, and in the course of his remaths threw out some excellent practical suggestions.. He be lieved that if a landlUrd kept a good bull for the use of his tenants, he did them service; but if he kept an inferior bull, the tenant would be in a better condition if he ob tained a hull from some other quarter. He suggested that more liberal premiums ought, tf possible, to lie offcred for agricUltural implements, in order to encourage a larger show. He thought the pcor grass lands ought to be taken up throughout England, and that the tenants ought to be allowed a heavier return of tenant-right. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the Mayor of Liverpool, and said it always afforded him pleasure when the chief magistrate of such a town, representing. as he (lit, its great commercial and mercantile inter. sts, lent his countenance to en occasion such as that. The West was warmly re:Tived. _ _ The MAYOR said he felt deeply obliged to his Lordship and the company; and on behalf of the corporation, as well as on his own, be begged most sincertly to thank them. He might - be allowed to say, that he had on pre vious occasions attended those anniversaries with pleasure and satisfaction; and that he was delighted to find they did not lose a particle of their interest. (Hear, hear.) Indeed he believed there never was s time when the value and importance of those societies were more deeply felt. or when the commercial and trading intereqs valued and appreciated them more highly than at present. They knew that if the lands were well drained, and if we had abundant harvests, there was no drain on the country of its preciuus metals ; the money mark,-t, at such a time, was easy, commerce and trade were stimulated, the waves of the lthourer were eehleced, and the urices of pro visions were moderate. (Cheers.) He could not but con gratulate them on the existence of thiS end kindred socie ties, so well calculated as they were to inform and stimu late the farmer in his pursuits;- and he wished them good luck, and hoped they might continue to prosper. The Mayor concluded by proposing, amidst deafening and long-continued applause, the health of the noble chairman. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and said - that he de rived the greatest satisfaction at finding that he pessessed the confidence of those amongst whom he was best known —the inhabAants of his native county. He concluded by propos:rig the healths of the successful candidates. Mr. ltoomr NEILSON returned thanks, and in doing so made several practical . observations on ploughing, draining, and sub-soiling, for which, we regret, we have o space at command. Lard STANLEY again rose, and said they had proposed many toasts this evening, but the one he had to propose, he thought, was as importan . as any which had been brought before them. Indeed, it was one intimately con nected with the prosperity of the Liverpool Agricultural Society, a number of gentlemen to whom they were all indebted, and he considered it would he a gross act of in gratitude and neglect if they did not record their aeknow. lodgment of the services of those gentlemen to the Liver pool Agticultural Society—he meant the committee of management. (Loud cheers ) With whom he would combine the name of their talented and able secretary, Mr. Ledger. (Cheers.) Mr. LEDGER returned thanks. A number of other toasts, chiefly of a complimentary nature, followed, and the company separated at a quarter to ten o'clock. Barley and Oats, collectively, were very extensive.llThe ritte , ndatice to-day of both factors and dealers was small, and so little business was transacted that last week's prices vvdra tominally unaltered. On Foreign Wheat, also, the rates were stationary. There was a large quantity of . Baal' on sale. Malt, the supply of which was by no means large, moved off slowly, at late rates. The quantity of Oats offering was large, but we have to report very few sales. Beans, Pease, and Flour were a mere drug, at late prices. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, Ocr. 28. In our market the supply of Beasts was, even for the t . me of the year, considered very . exterisive, the numbers bespoke for last evening exceeding 4,000 bead ; but -a gre•A deficiency was apparent in its quality. Notwithstanding the attendance of buyers was very numerous, the Beef trade was extremely heavy. However, the primest Scots, ete. sold at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se'imislit ; but those of the middling and inferior breeds suffered a decline of quite 2d, per 81b., and a clearance was not effected. TfiV, Li V kill-'OOl, STANijAii D. Oct. 29, 1844.