The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

THE DYING CHILD, lie night-shade had crept o'er the distant hill Twas spring, and tho' eve was cold and chill, sistled o'er mount and steep, And the day. bird lay in his nest asleep, IVhen a fond young mother, with aspect mild, Wept as she gaz'd on her dying child. Not a thing in that lonesome chambes•stired, Not a whisper rose—not a voice was heard— qrugn b inii", sigh of that painful startling and sudden the doom'd one spoke ember a quiet :hickiy aro' .her ! 0, m .rnp or in LITT I for review, may ,d-street , R TI; LSTANDARD,"V —Blackwc ne.—Church of ardt's Experim Llive P m and Fruitist, No. 1 Arundel, Part 17 Companion Shat are, Part 3.-1. peare, Part 33.—Ruff's Guide to the Turf it Magazine.—The Temperance Chronicle. —The Daltons, Nos. 23 and 24.—The Home Co ;ritons Pi Women of Christianity, —Curiosities of Industry, Part 7, and its Abt ght's Pictcria —The Pro —The Bul. by W. H. Montgomery. London : D'Alrna relief the q arty the ooth.— The Bulwark stianitN ith's G and Pala G.—The d women o tantial Mary for Acts of By Julia Kavanagh don; Smith, Elder, and Co., ng the last half ce D rotor evecially 1 countr Ty, bio to, that tinmt .nd married women world the members of the sex of friendly freemasonry of their own ; and it ;htful to see the instinct or the habit de and adorned by literature. Mrs. Hemans, ample, gives us the records of woman ; Miss and atones for the neglect of histori ans by ens of two ancient king-don present writer gives us the Women With great learning and pains she 1 the literature of most of the nations of PTItIP hernires, whose lives esented to us as , were not the in habitants of any one region. This variety of selec tion is very judicious, for the spirit which bore them up is universal in space as well as in time. The an elegant one, not only in its composition lent, but in its externals ; and three well I portraits present us with the " counter esentments " of those whose self-denying were a monument more durable than brass. and treatm s a True Priest ? London : Whittaker and Liverpool : Smyth and Co., Berry-street. is a little essay of thirty-seven pages, .16m0., introduction of eight more, and notes to the —Aty-three more. It appears that all ~ptems in reference to exclusive and specific religious instructors is wrong ; Papist and Protes tant, Churchman and Dissenter, get a stroke alike. ThP motto of the book is, " the priests thereof .:e"; which is part of the complaint of ophet Micah, when judges, priests, and pro phets had all become corrupt and mercenary. This was the character of a section of a particular people particular time, and others resembled them. writer, with equal regard for truth, logic, and t of tw fnr civility, quietly insinuates - that it is the character of the clergy exclusively, and of all of them. In a free country like this there will always be monoma niacs of this class, who, after vilifying their neigh bours to their heart's content, will complacently thank God that they are not as other men. The writer cannot be a class leader, for he quotes Greck freely; but he may be a Mormon in disguise, sap ping the foundations of our Christian system. We are amazed to see the names of two respectable publishers attached to a treatise of this kind • and we hope, for their own sa k es , th at t h ey did not know the nature of the book when they allowed their names to be appended. f Mystery, Imagination, and Humour, with s. By Edgar Allen Poe. London : Henry Vizetelly This is the first of a series entitled " Readable Books" ; but the ideas of the editor or publisher on that subject seem to be somewhat peculiar. In the preface he points out what various and peculiar characters would understand by the terns, and seems to infer that one man's idea on the subject is almost as good as another's. Readable books should not only be interesting but of general interest ; and of course unobjectionable in their spirit and teach ing. Now, the present volume is the production of an abandoned and incurable libertine of the United States, whose disagreeable biography is minutely given ; the illustrations are in several instances of the penny publication class; and the tales, in gene ral wild or horrible, turn in two or three instances on the laws of evidence, and the best modes of hunting down thieves and murderers. There is a sort of apology in the preface. Possibly he (the publisher) might have begun with a better book, but this was ready to his hand. We hope he will be at more pains in the selection of the next and others of his series. The Dublin University Magazine, for April. The number for the present - month is unusually welcome to us, not that it contains better writing than usual, or a larger amount of it, but from a more suitable and interesting selection of subjects. The first article is a review for April, entitled " Sunshine and Shower" ; and, like the old pastoral entitled Day, it contains three poems, on the morn ing, midday, and evening scenes. There are two articles of the class biographical notices—the for mer in reference to Moore, which is accompanied by a poetical lament, and the latter of Wm. Thom son, the naturalist, which is quite too brief. The arti cle entitled " Leaves from the Portuguese Olive," is connected with the literature of the country ; but excellent topographical articles are the account of Tory Island and the " Stray Leaves from Greece." Somewhat of the same character is Sir John Ri chardson's Arctic Expedition. The article which has interested us most, however, is the review of Colonel Chesney's recent work on the Artillery and Fire Arms. It is a distinct statement of what has been done and what requires to be done in the art of war ; and in our view the perusal of it would be attended with great advantage to readers of every class. THE GENERAL ELECTION. 'al election will take place immediately. N ow therefore, for the Protestants of the empire ',heir sincerity. and we are happy to see that coming forth in all directions to catechise the es upon vital Protestant questions, entirely irres.. f mere secular politics. Retaining oth e r political , whatever they are, let us determine to get into 3nt a large number of staunch and determined Protestants—a counter brigade, in short, to that of Popery, as resolute and f ar more numerous The Romanists seem to be fully aware of th e impression which has been made. and of the great 1g.,. of 01...17-.. Ti,-- Arrant] A gen f the infatuated ~ Y y of th the following-eat' et frcm the Tablet:— nooth Grant hat the resul Lre to be we wish we could hold out . ,1• ly to be e have reason to and making , sk )cen dil TPT-4 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1852. VARIETIES. THE FLATTERER has not an opinion good enough either of himself or others INscRl TION For, THE FRENCH SENATE HOUSE.— " Keep it dark."—Punch. HEALTH is a giant friend, whom we often fail to respect until he is about to leave us. " Muer remains unsung," as the torn-cat remarked to the brick-bat, when it abruptly cut short his serenade stamp.—Pu THE DOUBI in wronir you in whic'h is right " NN HER nearly 20,01 calls," say: I a farmer, " I should make a good Ige. I received two mmeOiate payment ; e—the other to be A FEW WORDS ON THE SEASON. AFTER a good deal of hesitation and coquetting, Spring has fairly made up her mind to visit us. The leaves are out on the trees, the birds are welcoming the more genial gales, the workmen are singing in the fields, the shop windows in the town are changing their contents, and prudent housewives are beginning to think of country quarters. Talk of the richness of the autumn, the home liness of the winter hearth, or the glow and sunshine of summer,—the gentle excitement, the improved scenery, and glowing hopes of spring, surpass them all. There is a buoyancy, too, about animal as well as about vegetable life—for the invalid feels that he is stronger, and the old man that, in spring, a few of his load of years fall from his shoulders. With the season of Easter our earliest recollections are pleasurable. The child thinks of the hot-cross buns of Good Friday—a memorial of the fact with which the day is associated ; the eggs of various colours rise before his mind's eye, or the wreaths and nosegays that show the progress of the spring. In boyhood, the few holidays of the Easter season were more valued than those of Christ mas, and brought quite as much unalloyed enjoyment as the long interval of Midsummer. And so it is undoubt edly in human life. With all its showers and clouds, the spring -tide is the most joyous ; full of life, and hope, and promise. In the summer and autumn there may be more strength and abundant fruits, but there is not the freshness of the bud or the fragrance of the blossom. The season of Easter is of much greater antiquity than many of our other festivals. The days which are asso ciated with the names of particular saints can be no more ancient in their celebration than the era of those A Goon EXAMPLE.—The best of all good things is a good example, for it is the maker and multiplier of good. beef—w HURP than hui Y AND DESPATC etch : hur: h of a strong one. i FASHI is to the female character what saltpetre is to it preserves its purity, it imparts a blush. No two things difter more is the mark of a weak is the •` Windsor uni- cruse it has a post-office —Every time you avoid tion to do that on Saturday, for New Yor Passengers, and i) factured good the mail expected to In order to the 'own Council carrying out suggestion of the lace Mr. Rushton for the reformation of juvenile delinquents, the present North and South Cor poration Schools could, at little immediate outlay, be converted into excellent Reformatory Schools, the one for boys and the other for girls, of the unfortunate class referred to. The yards might be laid out as play-grounds, each having a flower border three or four feet broad, and well stocked with currant and gooseberry trees, &c., for the moral training of the children, as well as for physical and industrial advantages. As the juvenile reformatory committee of the Council have not yet come to any public decision on the question, this suggestion may not be in opportune. Trusting that the public may soon have the gratification of seeing or hearing of the Council causing schools to be erected belonging to their churches, and the "North" and "South" into reformatories,—l remain, your's truly, JAMES GILLESPIE. Liverpool, April 10, 1852. [We insert the above from our knowledge of the sin cerity and good intentions of the writer ; but we cannot consent to give up either the North or South Corporation Schools, in both of which an excellent scriptural education is being afforded to some hundreds of the children of our working classes.—E. L. S.] STATISTICS AT A DISCOUNT. ..-----...0. , •------ THE ltlanchester Guardian, of Wednesday last, con tained the following piece of information : " Amongst the letters which have been received by Mr. G. Wilson, chairman of the Anti-corn-law League, du ring the past week, is the following from Mr. James Wil son, the editor of the Economist Fontainville, Westbury, Wilts, April 2, 1852. My dear Sir,—l have a hard contest here, but even in a comparatively agricultural borough, the big loaf and cheap sugar will carry me through. lam told you have published some very useful hand-bills. There is one many people tell me of that they have seen, a big and little loaf, of which they are anxious to have some. Will you have the goodness to send a few. We must urge a disso lution at once ; delay will assist the Protectionist minis ters, who work through the pocket.—My dear Sir, yours truly, JAMES WILSON." Very candid, Mr. Economist ! The old " cooked" dish of statistics won't go down. But the " big loaf and cheap sugar" dodge will carry Mr. James Wilson through West bury ! The honourable member's friends want to see " a big loaf and a little loaf." We beg to suggest that, to meet Mr. James Wilson's own peculiar case, the " big loaf" should be styled the " official loaf ;" and it might even have a price affixed to it—" £1,200 a-year," being the amount of Mr. Wilson's salary, when the Whigs are in. The " little loaf" might be called " the apposition loaf ;" and it might be made as crusty and sour as the loss of such a salary may render the honourable gentle man. Its value might be rated at the nett annual profits of Mr. Wilson's newspaper, the Economist ; and its nauseousness will be sufficiently vouched for, if it has for a wrapper half a sheet of the statistical compilations of that very amusing journal ! MR. CARDWELL AND THE INCREASE OF THE AMERICAN COTTON MANUFACTURE. The Liverpool correspondent of the Manchester Guardian remarks as follows upon Mr. Cardwell's unhappy assertion as to the decreasing consumption of cotton in America:— " A great diversity of opinion exists with regard to the consumption of cotton in the United States. According to the returns published in the annual circulars from 1845 to 1819, there seemed to be a gradual increase, from 389,000 bales to 518,000. In 1850 it decreased to 487,000 bales, and in 1851 to 404,000. Mr. Bramley Moore stated, at the Amphitheatre, that the consumption de pended solely on the price ; when cotton was dear, the astute Yankees sent it here—when cheap, they worked it up ; and, from some New York circular, he ascertained the last six months' consumption was 312,000 bales, or at the rate of 800,000 bales a year; and this, he says, " is conclusive." Now, any one at all conversant with the cotton trade (Mr. Moore, to do him justice, is not in the trade,) is aware that apparent consumption and real con sumption are as far removed as light from darkness. Doubtless low prices stimulateconsumptioninall countries —in none more than our own ; and it is quite clear the American spinners have been supplying themselves pretty freely, though I should doubt very much whether to the extent stated. If they h ave , w h ere are the means of working up the great increase? Another question pre sents itself—how is the consumption ascertained ? Simply, I believe, by taking the quantity exported and the stock remaining, and assuming that the balance is consumed. It sounds very lik e th e sap i en t ca l cu l a ti on of taking the height of a ship's mainmast to ascertain what cargo she will carry. There is every reason to believe that a gra dual increase of consumption is taking place in the United States, but not to any very alarming extent, as the figures I have already given show ; and it is unfortunate that public men should make these off-hand statements, which thousands take for gospel." It is a fact, then, that the American consumption has increased of late years, and is gradually increasing : that is an important admission made. It is a fact, too, that the dearness of cotton checked consumption in the United States last year, and a portion of the preceding year. Merchants interested in foreign markets are well aware of this. Last year the Brazilian, the East India and China, and other foreign markets, were deprived of their usual supplies of the heavy domestic cloths of America. This year they are being glutted by them. With respect to the authority upon which Mr. Bramley-Moore made the statement, that the last six months' consumption of cot ton in America was 342,000 bales, it was the New Orleans statement, regularly posted, on the arrival of every packet, on the Liverpool Exchange. As to the mode in which such estimates of consumption are made, we presume that there has been no material change of late. Mr. Cardwell was satisfied with it, whilst he thought it told in his favour; and we are not aware that the Guardian ever complained. TO THE EDITOR OF "JOHN BULL." A List of the proposed New Ministry—formed on a wider basis—to supersede that of Lord Derby. First Lord of the Treasury—Lord John Russell. Lord Chancellor—Mr. Ernest Jones (created Baron Bridewell). President of the Board of Trade—Mr. Bright. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Mr. R. Cobden. Home Department—Mr. Bronterre O'Brien. Foreign Secretary Mr. Urquhart. Board of Control—Mr. Joseph Hume. Woods and Forrests—Mr. Tom Duncombe. President of the Council—Sir J. Walmsley. Privy Seal—Mr. Wakley. Postmaster-General—Sir Benjamin Hall. Colonial Secretary—Mr. Cuffey (with a free pardon.) Duchy of Lancaster—Mr. W. Williams. First Lord of the Admiralty—Captain Scobell. Secretary at War—Mr. Bernal Osborne. Master-General of the Ordnance—Colonel Thompson. Master of the Mint—Mr. Feargus O'Connor. Commander-in-Chief—Sir De Lacy Evans. Judge AdvOcate-General—Mr. Anstey. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(with a Peerage and a free pardon) Mr. Smith O'Brien. Secretary for Ireland—Mr. John O'Connell. Gold Stick in Waiting—Lord Dudley Stuart. N.B.—All the other high offices in the Queen's house hold are abolished, as absurd remnants of a barbarous age. VERBUM SAP. DOUBLE SUICIDE.—A dreadful sensation has been created at Burnamtofts, near Leeds, by the suicide of Mary and James Smith, a brother and sister. The father is a handle-setter, and dip deceased young man was a cloth-dresser, 21 years of age. The sister was 23, and unmarried, as well as her brother. For some weeks past she had been in a very desponding state of mind, and on the 25th ult. she drowned herself in the river Aire, but the body was not found till some time afterwards. This melancholy event occasioned the deepest grief to her family, but especially to her brother James, who had a predisposition to constitutional despondency. On Thurs day morning he escaped from another brother on some pretence, as they were going to work, and it was soon found that he had returned to the house and hanged him self by means of a silk handkerchief. The verdict in the former case was " Found drowned," and in the latter " Temporary insanity." TRAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic returns for the week ending the 4th instant, on the undermentioned English lines of railway, are as follows : 1852. 1851. London and North «'ester❑ £43,246 .. £13,027 Midland 15,608 .. 15,154 9,680 .. 9,309 9,659 Lancashire and Yorkshire London and South Western London and Brighton Great Western • • South Eastern .. York and North Midland Manches.,Sheffield, &Lincolr Bristol and Exet( York, Shrewsbury and Birmingi Chest( . 7,280 lire 6,278 10,110 South D, ts on t miles open on th in 1851, 4,1171 , showing an increase of 1061 mile HORTICULTUR E. To those who love to cultivate the gal a "; 0, colourel flowers of the summer which Pass 11 , 11 „, e1 0 41 ; neral denomination of annuals, we think a 1 ,". 1 4 1 / 0 0. the mode of cultivation and treatment, as well the choicest sorts, will be acceptable. Th is 0! sowing time, though certainly not the best. 1. " Or iu" have hardy annuals in perfection, they sho illa to l September, as indicated by the natura l disir otY their seed at that season of the year. WheilAsllie,sll autumn they are very much stronger, 10re ' 11 : 6 11 4 , flower much more profusely ; however , in 5211 4 1 Avg it is not often con v enie n t t o h a ve the charge , - ters during the winter, and they are c onsold en tglif f , sown in spring. The present is quite earl )! elly. lo / space, d th epr oapne(ri very ythod slightly isto e sprinkle he th ra em wi t t li h il' i s Y o ° l ll o: over the spot with the hand. If the weat iler ..edf, after sowing them, it is a good plan to cover th e c o , a large flower-pot until they germinate, whi ch °. f ts l they do much more readily in the dark. I\lB , ll ,:be sf a ll in either ; coarse hutwe g o i r ve h ra t gg e e dn,aamn names of a dozen consequently f are about the best of the whole tribe Nemophila insicrnis A. dwarf plant, wit h %id be twoligh t o blue reflowers,times, beautiful.v o e o r . y d — w - il This s a l : o d 5a 0 71 0 ,." of bloom. There s a fine lar l g l e en va m r?eiy e ca a 5 ; 110 ,110A S Chrysanthemum tricolor.—A fine ann ual ' elr u ld l i e l t a ie r enc g itgo e rcli w t; li t 2a e t ibi d i a ccr i oi s alle y tosh - r. s e l r i daisy-shaped stiffd flowers, e ,r thrives with bestric In r c ri a 1 equalled by any . — been genus. It is very dwarf in habit, seldom elece inches. bicolor.—An the e d nfaevwourpieteelessviolifichtiflohil?°llll colas 11: .nryssitrium Peroffskianum.—A fine oraulteite flower, resembling a ve r y s ma ll wa ll-flower ', rivalled in its fine colou r . Height 12 to 1 ' ea Si, Clarkia pulchella.—A pretty pink-colourtpro about 18 inches in height, with flowers in g rey ter There is an elegant white variety. , tio„bi weA o ce f e r d o i l n l i g n six b inches Kaulfussia amelluides.—A bright blue n ° ,,, 1 110 0 p i in t height, ls th:' ,, P ro " t r cti °P o Gilia tricolor.—Notwithstanding the In' 0 00 t, several new species, this is still unrivalled f tittO Gilles. Its clusters of lilac-coloured fiowerboeip" purple and yellow centre, are very pretty o f' v ith: Silen° pendula.—A low grow i ng species, salver-shaped flowers in great profusion. inchn 0/ Llik° Sphenogyne specios.—A yellow m arigold - on"joblit eat beauty and neatness of h a bit. Height , fle jle fol l Eschscholtzia C a lif orn i ca .—A fi ne popPY -913 .,, 8 „ r uid eXect, and Con d flower, giving a long time. Height, 18 inches. Wag! Leptosiplion densiflorus.—A very neat gr°, i l o clP - ,,0 with lilac-coloured flowers. Height, about ' pr , 0 1 - 4 1' markable metallic lustre, showing Bartonia aurea. A very showy yellow fl° w tbe w ell il l Height, 12 inches. These are quite suT cient for a small garden, cd be sown successi ona lly ; th a t i s , two or three 6°1 . 1 ,Is ol each may be made ; th e secon d w h en the 0 5115 0 fi li ground, and so on : a goo d cont i nuanc e of bia° thus be secured OPERATIONS FOR TIIE WEEIC• The 1 °1 0 , 5 Stove, Conservatory, and Greenhonse.— tinned easterly wind has much interfered Wit h t ,l le O f bi ventilation of these structures, and the Plan ts ,: p re efor e j quently suffering. Every means should now t " - h f olf taken to remedy the mischief, and secure tha t " f cr A , compact growth which is so essential to 1 0° P e : 1- Ct li b ; vated plants. The Azalias of India, the Weigelavi H th eaths numerous tbsfrom th the c leguminous ape, cugh p t la n n o t w s o t f o A b e us i t n r a g i : o 9 l . l co li til i t faction, making the greenhouse and conserve with their profuse an d r i c hl y - co l oure d fl o wers' O lt ; The Kitchen and Fl ower G ar d ens are aild et i s Orr) stand-still, in consequ ence o f th e long-cc/ I,6°u ; or t j wind. We m a y now , h owever, l oo k fora " b t br it change and activity ; the directions given du ri l (I° ' three weeks should still b e carr i e d ou t, if not eire)l tor ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. yak ßhodophilas.—Do not use guano - w ater t° until you have seen a good fall of rain. f ill e Zeo.—The fl ower N o. li s a wh i te var iety o j thus muscari : it is an e l egan t lit t l e thing. THE BOARD OF TRADE RBI uh" jf Trin returns of the Board of Trade for the inc )lit h il el r two months ended the sth of March, have k ist un e th e bo 4 lished, and exhibit an increase of exports in ,'O l O In the month to March sth the exports were ' o f 1 0 ,,1 against £4,740,278 in 1851, and £4,801,970 in 18d g ';) two months the amounts are £10,175,333 in 18 , r 5-' £9,558,148 in 1851, and £8,871,401 in 1850. 4 "rfri . " l ,o of the increase is in cotton manufactures-'rr:oi the month—notwithstanding the fact, state“; foreign ; 1 0 :00 published circul ar f rom M anc h ester, that td markets are g l u tt e d w ith go ods. ` i."- 10 115 manufactures there is also a slight increase' h tl and silk goods th ere i s a d ec li ne. The Briht'o9- t° 11 0 " both inwards and out war d s , i s i n exce ss of - the corresponding tw o mon th s o f the past Yesr. A. THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIEL Id i , S I 4? WILL RESULT FROM T°' The Melbourne Argus of 20th December eon;reilre, statistics respecting the yield of the newly dise !prio° o ,) mines in Australi a , w hi c h are we ll w orth th e g . " 0 0 0 .41 sideration both of the statesman and the o poo sptoartteiso,nonof the e e I p 9 u th bli o e f . NTolvieermebwere,r4e2, 42,00 0 °n : ti c) ! 1,1 : 0 1 ,00 1 „ c e., he values at £3 per ounce, or £125,00 0 , in th n e c eStiO Melbourne and Geelong ; and about 8,0 00 ° °- 1 3 , 4 0 value £24,000, were estimated to be in priO te "s o 2 those towns. Up to the 17th of December, ;1451 received through the Government escorts, ° l ' tb efifd private hands, and the gold in the possession ° f , to n e at the mines, is esti ma t e d t o h ave reaeh eu ft i, 243,414 ounces, or ten tons two hundred W ei i g o rfel two pounds ten ounces, v a l ue d at £73 o k 0 4 0 The Argus remarks frif et jef.4; " These astonishing results have all been i' r 'Serporj less than three short months. On the 29th c 'irct.ej the announcement of the first' large y ield made known, and since th en wonders have % fi n — b, e h l- 0 . , around us, and where it is t o en d no hum b l e , guess. The field is reported to b e illimita cations of gold extending over s co r es of ew -- re v " . last-found digging apparently ec lipsing 91 1 b e er ke J e af l i t lf f : e lin b t y s a a g n r y e e n t u h m a t b t e h r e oafurpife people hgau,fg.ibi'v. profitably worked, will never er be dug r Overby.l - reach them.'' Fil l IV A The question must shortly be mooted- 4111 : t 1313 4 effect upon the monetary systems of ti l l beit countries, of the immense addition whic h T 1 309 made to the stock of gold in the world ? 0 0/ , yield, both in California and Australia, ha sb n e ar / or, by the increase of commerce which it be° " - ;‘, / , O rr: i in the countries adjacent to the discoveries'„larorA availed herself of the riches thrown into P e d 11 1 , 1. 6r 4 vide her people with a gold coinag b ot h 000 ry pe 0 ; countries, the increase of supply from pri ll° ll , o , l° „ / , been used to widen the basis of their ov to e,'" systems. But there is a point beyond whi c " n pot oe, ment of the precious metals as money c % o l:oP` e ,:fit fitably carried. The Bank of England , fo r ' o f, net afford to retain in her coffers an 13113 0 , e 0t ,,5 ° bullion, which may shortly be double be t , P e r bil os teO; She must fix a limit to her compulsory reot);,, present standard price; and, this step °l lc ,: to oib;;P',o gold must inevitably become a mere C ° " - y ed o to d whp e eh c co l u in nfw e riaoa s rms e y riously in value. Here, then , it/ question for statesmanship to determine The to arrange with the national creditor? peot t . one of the deepest importance ; and, sae re shortly press itself upon our consideration' cop' printer rm 4 14 of o °' 0, dhea D tneg E i T n E a., lt . l iw i dm l ciie N niffisire E lcLcl D ufukoml S nANtviso U Feitwtsa l : C :nn l Haocau E scnnidibrßued o cuerhneG n fsr: T s_joemn h cov u taeo r ntsi s dhev i tera: l :3 : ir:r:tr o rtib O icretle.irtoo p rogo" cl oticdii ° ;,oo;; ; yo in a e n d d s u s i t e a i t d i e one wa s r co mm itted o . 2 62 1. " 6 1, f ii °o t r o i stro° ° der' d stead, at Miller's Hotel, Blackfriaes.rer tbe4-0.4 formerly proprietor of the East . 1 " ble P„ o o 9 ! di r p M a a a gazzne of Science, and other valul in " - A O' low and desponding state THE an extra duty of four shillings per O P , Pc( poOr would diminish the size of the half at least, if we might form any Jedg — r,,, , ae l 'ai r/ .1 1 ? ject from the " enormous lying of of the What will our reader e s us sa yi t n o g the follovviaddit'e6p, lotion of the actual difference which a lts effe eilteV of 4s. per quarter would really make ? GJ• at the most, to cause an extra c harge o i , rol:g fifteen four pound loaves; but whic h , ,: r ge , I;i( r iol cause not more than half that extra eteacl. any advance at all upon the price of,'procet necessary to explain to some It "l e d th gl t ilei f ol we arrive at these results It is believfoor eA rVi cinal rffrpf of f h:e ij r or p 0 ~If yi,t, 01 I,IIIS measure vv jeu O' corn in foreign countries to the este be 51 1 the duty to be paid here. It 'lid ° f ri trYls l a --ever, that not more than one licollijo -Id fall upon the people of t ° 1 • as the ° ilia 5. effect of of flour, tn. r o o re t if But as there is no P t A e. • - ,-,f brett,;ol,e, of bread, 11 be as stated °` e 11 '0 9 : 6: 0 1 (.11 t cr ? B sa your inch G HEART encloses wi thin itself an unfailing and old clock, for ever striking ess, whether it has come or not THE BELIEF that guardian spirits hover around the paths of men covers a mighty truth, for every beautiful, and good thought which the heart holds is an angel of mercy, purifying and guarding ti "I TAI Parliament man, for I use their langL I ordered to don the tabl that day six month —The sures t hindrance to s f or others uccess is to have refinement in our own mind ion of the judgment of the pub! d not to be satisfied with anything short of 7 ill never do anything at all, either to please s, or too He who 'ORANCE IS BLlSS."—There are now nese in California. " When a customer York Trzbune, " they exhibit won- derful expertness in comprehending his wants and arrang ing a bargain. But the tax collector avers that he cannot by any possible means make them understand his visits." A CRIMINAL CASE IN TEXAS.—At a trial, somewhere in Texas, the defendant, who was not familiar with the multitude of words which the law employs to make a very c , ,e, after listening a while to the reading of the •np,d up and said, "Them 'ere allegations I trifl indictment —Place a basin of cold water by the side of your ben. When you first awake in the morning, dip your hands in the basin, and we; your brow ; and sleep will not again seal you in its treacherous embrace. This is the advice given by an aged clergyman, who had been in the habit of rising early during a long life. EAP.LY list 1 ALARAIING —flair " They say, e hair, sir 1" Gent, v PAPAL DR sentation of N: sir, the cho. F: " Indeed! I don't mean the 'air of the 'ed So the pre- " MonsignOre" ncelled, and the 21,123 Land 261,i63 41,iii 110,441 of Eas 11.072 on the Quarter , . 102,540 saints themselves, though some are associated with a more early pagan ceremonial. The Christmas celebration can not be older than Christianity; and many of our manners and customs, which are now of much interest to the anti quary and the historian, originated since. But the period ,ter is identical with the paschal season of the Jews, and thus its origin is as remote as the exodus. It is true that the time and manner of its celebration has been the subject of long and bitter disputes ; and it is also true that the various sects of Christians in Asia, as well as in Abyssinia and Egypt, entertain ideas respecting it widely different : but this only shows the importance which has marked the season, by Christians, who possess in other respects few points of resemblance. This one sabbath of the year has also given a character to the other fifty-one; for there are many who say, that as Good Fri. day is a day of humility, and Easter-day one of grateful ry uneasy acknowledgment, so Friday should always be a fast, and cope you're very particular about the Sunday a day for spiritual rejoicing. Hairdresser : " Oh ! I see you don't In Scotland, Easter is practically unknown, though, in particular parishes and districts, it is made to coincide with the spring sacramental season. In Ireland it is cele brated with great spirit, even protestant dissenters joining heartily in the fasts, without asking for a reason. In England the celebration is moderate; and especiallyin these counties, Whitsuntide is the period for rejoicing ; while, in the Sister Island, this latter festival is not known, except through the almanac. It would be an interesting but somewhat tedious task, to enumerate the various customs which used to be known in connexion with this season. The festivities are easily accounted for by the abstinence of Lent, which preceded ; and the malicious disposition which was formerly shown towards the Jews, was an alleged retribution for their sin in cru cifying our Lord. In the south of France the persecution of Jews was carried to the most brutal lengths, the cus tomary box on the ear being given on one occasion with such sincerity, as to leave the poor victim's eye hanging on his cheek. Happily such scenes were always rare, and are now unknown. Our ordinary associations are with mere amusement during the Easter week. In Lancashire and Cheshire the process of " lifting" is still practised, and those who are unwilling to submit to this elevation either by men or women, are expected to purchase immu nity at a small sacrifice of coin. In lieu of the outdoor sports which are well known in remote villages and rural districts, the inhabitants of a great town have their own peculiar way of seeking ex citement. Mr. MAucus conducts his long train of sight seers to the metropolis, and Mr. HouLsroN guides a similar party to Bangor and the Menai bridges. The river is alive with boats, young and old crowding to New Brighton to have a run on the sand-hills, and others passing up wards to "Eastham, the Richmond of Liverpool." All is happiness and excitement; and it is gratifying to see how a glowing season gives buoyancy to our spirits, en abling us to bear up against the pressure of ills that might otherwise assist to crush us. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE -4. There are now six candidates in the field for the repre sentation of the Tower Hamlets—Sir W. Clay and Mr. George Thompson, the present representatives ; Mr. C. S. Butler, a resident magistrate and deputy lieutenant of the Hamlets ; Mr. Acton S. Ayrton, Mr. W. Coningham, and Mr. W. Newton, who has been brought forward by the ultra-Chartists to represent the " rights of labour. Sir H. L. Bulwer Lytton is spoken of as a candidate for Lincoln. The heads of both whig and tory parties are said to be working in his favour. Mr. Charles Mare, the ship-builder, is an ultra-protectionist and Protestant can didate for Plymouth, and promises, if elected, to press forward a revision of the navigation laws. Mr. Baillie Cochrane is a conservative candidate for Southampton. The Marquis of Douro offers himself as a supporter of the Derby government, minus protection, to the electors of Norwich, and promises to vote for a repeal of the May nooth grant. Mr. H. M. Curteis, the whig member for Rye, retires, to make way for Mr. Pomfret, an active ma gistrate of conservative principles. Lord Robert Clinton, brother of the Duke of Newcastle, is definitely announced for North Nottinghamshire. _ The Exeter Gazette states "that a requisition is in course of signature, in different parts of the Northern Division, soliciting George Stuckley Buck, Esq., of Hartland Abbey, son of L. W. Buck, Esq., M.P., to permit himself to be put in nomination as a representa tive for the Northern Division, in conjunction with his father." [The requisition has since been withdrawn, Mr. L. W. Buck being averse to his son's availing himself of the intended honour, not deeming it proper that the same division should be contemporaneously represented by father and son.] Sir Graham Montgomery, of Stanhope, brother-in-law of Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, the retiring county member, is expected to be unopposed for Peeblesshire. The Preston Pilot says that there is a strong r Mo bility that Mr. Henry Raikes, of Chester, will contest that borough on the Conservative interest. A meeting of the electors of the southern division of the county of Lancaster was held in Newell's buildings, Manchester, on Tuesday, Mr. G. Wilson in the chair, at which Mr. John Cheetham, whom, in conse quence of Mr. Henry's retirement, it is purposed to associate with Mr. William Brown, M.P., delivered an animated address, enunciatory of thorough free trade principles. A resolution nominating him was most cor dially carried. The meeting was also addressed by Mr. T. Bazky, Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Alex. Kay, and other gentlemen. The Wigan Times announces that the Conservative candidates, Colonel Lindsay and Mr. Powell, son of the Rev. Benjamin Powell, and proprietor of the paper, are absolutely safe of their return for that borough. NOTTINGHAM, APRIL 10.—An attempt has been mak ing to join together the Whig and Radical interest of this borough, so as to promote the return of Mr. Gisborne and the Hon. Edward Strutt. The appearance, however, of an address from Mr. Walter of the London Times (one of the present members) has put a stop to this effort ; and it is thought that the return of Messrs. Walker and Strutt is certain, the extreme Liberal, Mr. Gisborne, being almost friendless. RETURN OF SIR FITZROY KELLY ON SATURDAY FOR HARWICH.—The vacancy in the Parliamentary represen tation of Harwich, consequent upon the decision of the committee of the House of Commons unseating the late member, Mr. Crawford, was filled up by the election, without a contest—a rare event in the history of this borough—of Siz Fitzroy Kelly, her Majesty's Solicitor- General. THE MURDER AT FROME.—At Taunton assizes, on Tuesday, William Sparrow, William Maggs, and Robert Hurd, were indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Watts on the 24th of September. It appeared that the deceased Sarah Watts was a child of about 14 years of age ' and was the daughter of John Watts and Leah Watts. They occupied a dairy farm about two miles from Frome. On the morning of the 24th of September the parents, as was their custom, started for Frome market, leaving the child alone in the house. They returned about four o'clock in the afternoon. Upon entering the house the first thing that attracted the father's attention was some blood on the kitchen floor ; be also heard a little dog lapping something in the dairy, which adjoined the kitchen. He immediately called for his daughter, but she did not answer, and he then went into the dairy, and there found his daughter lying on the floor ; her clothes were torn, and she was bruised and bloody, and quite dead. Upon an examination of the body by a surgeon, it turned out that the poor child had been ravished while living ; and that her death had been caused by suffocation, as there were marks on her neck and throat, and upon her head. It was, therefore, clear that she had been shock ingly abused, and then brutally murdered. Some bread, butter, and cheese had been taken. The parents went up stairs and found the room had been ransacked : some clothes and a watch had been taken ; but there was no money. There was a silk handkerchief left on the kitchen table which was sworn to belong to one of the prisoners. The three prisoners with another man had been seen to gether in the neighbourhood at the time in question, and there were circumstances of strong suspicion against them • whilst Sparrow, the day after the murder, detailed the whole of the circumstances of it to a female with whom he was drinking at a fair.—The case was continued on the ‘ l-- V- ,d- -d up fr 'sly to the 6 day , ne judge summed up tavouraL prisoners, and the jury, to the astonishment of nearly all in court, returned a verdict of not guilty.—As soon as the verdict was delivered, Ilurd said, " My lord, we are all innocent. Providence has done this." Maggs then said, " I declare to God we are innocent." Sparrow said, "We were not within a mile of the spot. God has done it." Hurd then said, "My lord, it will all be found out within a month. Let me speak to Mr. Smith (the detec tive officer.)" They all then said, " Let us see Mr. Smith." THE NEW EMIGRATION BILL. A GREAT portion of the legislation of this country, espe cially that which professes to be protective of any particular class, appears to be based upon the conclusion that the parties against whom it is directed are rogues, or tyrants. Such is the spirit of a bill brought into the House of Com mons by Mr. Peel and Mr. Labouchere, purporting to be for the purpose of amending and consolidating the laws relating to the carriage of passengers by sea, a copy of which, " as amended in committee," is now before us. The spurious philanthropy of the age has been stirred up to zealous action by the discovery of a few petty abuses, practised by unworthy persons, upon steerage passengers emigrating to the colonies of Great Britain, or to foreign countries ; and the conclusion that has been arrived at is, that all parties connected with the emigration trade— shipowners, merchants, charterers, captains, brokers, and common " runners," included in a common mass—are confirmed evil-doers, who require to be dealt with by the strong arm of the law, and gagged and restricted by the most arbitrary and penal provisions. The result is the introduction of a bill, which, if passed in anything like its present shape, as amended in committee (!), must, we do not hesitate to say, place a serious bar in the way of our poor fellow-countrymen proceeding to settle in foreign lands, and certainly divert from British ports the tide of emigration, which is now flowing to them from European countries. Some of the clauses of this precious specimen of legislation are so absurd and impracticable as to excite wonder that even half a dozen men could be found in Par- liament to listen to them for a moment; and the whole bill is so oppressive as almost to lead us to the supposition that the object of its framers was to put a stop to the trade altogether, It must be perfectly obvious that a great change is tak ing place in the description of vessels engaged in the con veyance of passengers, and that steam propulsion is being substituted for propulsion by sails. For the first time, by this act, our fine sea-going steamers, if carrying any besides cabin passengers, are to be subjected to all the rigo rous surveillance and restrictions devised for vessels carry ing the ordinary steerage passengers. Second cabin passengers, or those who do not mess with the captain, or who have not paid at the rate of at least 20s. for every week of the length of the voyage for sailing vessels, (70 days in summer, and 80 days in winter, to America, or £lO to £ll for the passage,) are to be classified and sepa rated from each other in precisely the same way as those steerage passengers ; and the effects of the bill will be to check materially the extension of this most important arm of our maritime power. By clause 10 of this bill it is provided that no passenger ship shall clear out of any port without a certificate from an emigration-officer that all the requirements laid down have been fulfilled, so far as the same can be done before the departure of such ship ; and that a bond of £l,OOO shall be signed by the master, conjointly with one or more good and sufficient persons to be approved of by the government emigration-agent. for the fulfilment of all the conditions of the act up to the conclusion of the voyage : and clause 11 enacts that for default in so doing the owner, charterer, or master, shall be liable to a penalty of £5OO, which may be sued for in any of our colonies, or in Great Britain ; and, in addition, the vessel may be s e i ze d and conscated, the owner, if a foreign vessel, being compelled to place himself in the same position as a British subject before being allowed to employ his ship in the trade. Under clauses so preposterous, litigation seems actually to be invited ; and they may easily create serious misunderstandings with foreign nations. For example, it is provided as one of the conditions of a vessel being allowed to carry a certain number of passengers, that she must carry a surgeon, such officer to be, if in a British ship, a duly authorised British practitioner, and if a foreign ship he may be a surgeon or physician of the country to which she belongs. Where the supply of medical officers is to come from at all, at so short a notice, is beyond our comprehension. A foreign vessel coming to England with a cargo, and desirous of being chartered outwards with emigrants, will he in a singularly awkward position, not having brought out a doctor belonging to the country to which she belongs, Again, by another clause, the captain and doctor are to make regulations for the discipline and government of the emigrants on board, and are to have a power to proceed for penalties for non-ob servance of such regulations. A cargo of British emigrants, subjected to the absolute control of a foreign captain and doctor, would be in a rather unenviable position at times. The powers conferred by the bill on the Government officers, with regard to the survey of ships, the examina tion of provisions, the providing of ventilation, &c., are far too large to be entrusted to ordinary human beings. Such officers ought to be superhuman in knowledge, in temper, and in honesty. The powers given to passengers to harass and victimise owners and masters of ships aro literally preposterous, and calculated to drive a great por tion of them out of the business. The passenger brokers must in the first place give to each party a ticket or con tract in due form, containing the name of the vessel by which they are to sail, her day of sailing, and other minute particulars ; but if, on arrival at the port of embarkation, such vessel shall be full, and another suitable conveyance be not provided to sail within seven days afterwards, not only subsistence money is to be paid in themeantime, but compensation money to the amount of not more than ten pounds for each passenger may be sued for, in addition to a return of the passage-money. It is well known that brokers are engaged in various parts both of this country and the Continent in getting passengers for emigration ships, or rather lines of ships. Such brokers are continu ally liable to engage more than any particular ship may be able to carry ; and it would be quite suf ficient for the purposes of justice if they were made to provide subsistence money until another equally suitable vessel should be provided. It is only in a very few of the ports of Great Britain that this can be done within seven days ; and the effect of the clause providing for compen sation for such involuntary breaches of contract will inevi tably deter any prudent man from chartering a passenger ship to sail from any, save a first-class port. A similar absurdity pervades another clause, which provides for compensation, in addition to subsistence money, if in case of any disaster at sea the damage done to the ship be not repaired, or another suitable vessel provided within six weeks. It seems not to have struck the framers of the bill that the disaster may occur where adequate means of expeditious repair are not at hand, or where no vessel can safely approach. It is idle, however, to point out particular objectionable clauses. The whole bill must be modified, if indeed any bill is required at all, or the consequences must be most damaging to the shipping and mercantile interests, and equally so to those for whose welfare it professes to be intended. It may be remarked, as characteristic of this sort of amateur legislation, that her Majesty's steamers and transport ships are expressly exempted from the operation of the bill. Emigrants of the lowest and most ignorant class—the sweepings of workhouses and prisons, people who have been accustomed to be housed and fed like their own pigs —are to be delicately tended, in well ventilated ships, and fed upon the choicest food, every care being taken that they have roomy berths, sufficient light, and their meals cooked for them at a stated hour ; but the poor soldier, required at a week's notice to sail for some distant point of our vast colonial empire, may be put on board some wretched hulk, over-crowded and hardly sea-worthy, and must not murmur at his sufferings during the long voyage, whatever these may be. What was the meaning of the questions asked in both houses of parliament on Tuesday last, respecting the troop ships Megtera and Hydra ? They were prompted by the known fact that one, if not both, of these vessels left the shores of this country in a condition unfit to be entrusted with the carrying of the large amount cf human life on board. Should a calamity befal either of these, similar to that which has just aroused the sympathies of the public, in the case of the unfortunate steam frigate Birkenhead, the country will have a just right to complain of the conduct of those public departments who, whilst imposing the arbitrary and crotchetty enactments of amateur legislation on others, claim for themselves immu nity from any regulation or surveillance, however much experience has shown that it is required. BURNING OF A SHIP AT SEA.—On Wednesday, intel ligence was received of the destruction by fire of the British ship Hilton Grove, while on a voyage from Liverpool to Aden. The unfortunate vessel was laden with coals, for the depot of the Indian steamers, and after weathering the Cape, the crew, on the sth of Jan., when in lat. 30 S., and long. 53 E., had their attention drawn to a quantity of smoke issuing from the hatchways. Every stratagem was resorted to in the hope of suppressing the flames. Unfortunately all failed ; the heat became more intense, and the smoke greater; and on the third day after the discovery the deck and hatchways were thrown up by the explosion of the gas generated by the burning coal. By this period the captain and crew had taken to the boats. The fire, however, increased, and the wreck being burned to the water's edge, she went down in deep water. The crew then shaped a course to the Isle of France, and, after much suffering and buf feting about, they were on the 28th sighted and picked up by the Dutch ship Maria Elizabeth, from Batavia, which put into Table Bay, at the Cape of Good Hope, some eight or ten days afterwards, and landed the poor fellows, who are said to have lost everything they had in the shape of clothing, &c. Spontaneous combustion amonzst the coals no doubt led to the firing of the ship. The Hilton Grove was nearly a new vessel. TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SIIIPS. — The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Luce, commander, sailed from the Mersey at 1 15 p.m., on Wednesday, for New York, with a full cargo and a considerable number of passengers. Ori Wednesday. the screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, W. C. Thompson, commander, left the Mersey for New York, with a full cargo and a considerable number of passengers. The Royal Mail steam-ship Teviot, Onslow, commander, sailed from Southampton, on Friday, with the mails, &c. for Brazil and the River Plate, 60 passen gers, £130,000 specie on freight, and about 220 tons cargo. The Liverpool and Philadelphia screw steam-ship City of Glasgow, Wylie, commander, sailed from the Mersey for Philadelphia, on Saturday, at 4 p.m., with seventy cabin passengers and a fair cargo. On the Satur day fortnight previous to her sailing, during the course of the regular examination of the machinery, a crack was found in one of her shafts, since which time a new one has been made and fitted. She only came out of the graving dock at 9 p.m., on Friday evening, loadet 900 tons of coal and _cargo during the night and morning, a:d was rea. Judkis, co led from the AT IT}l THE COURT.- LINGS Sheriff Swift's chaplain, een's levee, has been ca e reverend foreign itular on his patron's hands. Mr. Swift has found that he has done the rope's business at court to the effect of small profit and quick returns.—Punch. Lord C SPANISH NAMES.—ASpanU journal gives the follow. " ' , liar names as those of two employis in the finance at Madrid !—Don Epifanio Mirurzururdun gotita, and Don Juan Nepomnceno de Buriona gonatotorecagogeazcoecha. The journal, in quoting the 'e of the latter of these hon. gentlemen, would a well- to have given some directions as to the pronunciation. department dna y Zen ewe sheep, of the pecklei face breed, three years old, the property of Mrs. Davies, of Tetchill, near Ellesmere, has produced twelve lambs, viz., - -n lambs-1851, four, and last week five, who, am, are doing well. Her produce of 1851 are id are each daily expected to lamb ; and from ~,,zon of experienced judges, are likely to have the same extraordinary fecundity.—Salopian Jgurnal. PARLIAMENTARY PRIVACY. —lf Louis Napoleon wishes thoroughly to stifle the discussion, and to prevent the publication of the debates that occur in his senate and legislative corps, he should cause the chambers in which those bodies meet, to be constructed and ventilated after the fashion of the British Houses of Psrliament ; so that • • .ht he close, and the speakers inaudible y.—Punch. A PROLIFIC Ev bly mi„ How TO COOK A POTATO.—Speaking of potatoes, stop till I immortalise my old mother's receipt. "To dress a potato, wash it well, but let there be no scraping. At the thickest end cut off a piece the size of a sixpence." This is the safety valve through which the steam escapes, and all rents in the skin are thereby prevented, just as the aforesaid skin prevents a rupture in the steam boiler. If you do this, oh for the mealiness of the potato !—The Cruise of the Midge. NEW ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD FOR ANCIENT BRI TONS.—" Mr. Punch : A Chapter of the Order of the Thistle, look von, was held the other day. Now, there is a herb, and a pretty plant it is to grow in gardens, and pleasant to smell, and, moreover, is an esculent and wholesome vegetable. and whatever the Scotch may say, I will maintain and contend that it is much better than any thistle. I beseech you, then, to tell me the causes and the reasons and the arguments why, since there is an Order of the Thistle, there should not also be a❑ Order of the Leek in honour to the native land of ' Taffy.' " Punch. THE FEMALE FRANCHISE.—In the House of Com mons, speaking on Mr. Hume's Reform motion, Mr. Napier is reported to have said—" It was proposed that the franchiqe should be given to all persons of 21 years of age, who laboured under no mental or legal disability. Why, then, as had been asked before, should ladies be excluded ?" Ist. Because there is no evidence that any lady is 21 years of age, inasmuch as no lady will ever tell what her age is. 2nd. Because, as a poet says of the softer sex, " Angels are painted fair to look like them ;" so that they are already represented fairly enough in all conscience.—Punch. CRAYON SKETCH A LA YANKEE.—Here is our greatest legal orator, as seen with a down-cast eye :—" Rufus Choate is a picture to look at, and a crowder to Spout. Ile is about seven feet six, or six feet seven, in his socks; supple as an eel, and wiry as a corkscrew. His face is a compound of wrinkles, ' yeller janders,' and jurispru dence. He has small, keen, piercing black eyes, and a head shaped like a mammoth goose egg, big end up; his hair black and curly, much resembling a bag of wool in ' admirable disorder.' or a brush heap in a gale of wind. His body has no particular shape, and his wit and legal dodges' have set many a judge in a snicke, and so con founded jurors as to make it almost impossible for them to speak plain English, or tell the truth for the rest of their natural lives. Rufus Choate is about fifty years of age, perhaps over. He is considered the ablest lawyer in New England, or perhaps the United States. His handwriting can't be deciphered without the aid of a pair of compasses and a quadrant. His autography somewhat resembles the map of Ohio, and looks like a piece of crayon sketching, done in the dark with a three-pronged fork. He has been in the Senate, and may be, if he has time to fish for it, President in the United States." ANECDOTE OF LORD BYRON. — The followirg trifling jeux d'esprit, in which Lord Byron bore a part, are very little known, and, it is believed, were never before in print. Two young officers of artillery obtained leave of absence from the garrison of Malta, in the early part of the present century, to make a tour up the Mediterranean. At Athens they found the wall of a lodging-house scrib bled over with names, and, among the collection, those of Sligo, Hobhouse, and Byron, under which, in an oval ring, they wrote these lines : Fair Albion, smiling, sees her son depart, To trace the birth and nursery of art ; Noble his object ! glorious his aim ! lie comes to Athens, and—he writes his name Lord Byron was at Athens at the time, and a few days afterwards they found the following, side by side with the former lines, and in a similar rine : THE COUNTERPOISE This modest bard, like many a bard unknown, Rhymes on OUR names, yet wisely hides his own ; And yet, whoe'er he be, to say no worse, His name would bring more credit than his verse. BYRON. Under the two they then added : Admiring Athens, as in days of old, In these degenerate days may still beheld Two rival bards contending for her cheers— The name of one concealed, and one A PEER'S ! —Bentley's Miscellany. THE REVENUE. An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ending sth of April, 1851, and sth of April, 1852, showing the Increase or Decrease thereof. YEARS ENDED JANUARY 5 Incr. 1 Decr, 1851 Customs.. 18,730,562 18,827,828 97,266 ... Excise 13,125,024 13,182,698 57,674 .... Stamps. .... 6,105,524 5,901,526 .... 203,998 Taxes Property Tax 5,403.379 5,283,800 .... 119,579 Post Office 861,000 1,051,000 190,000 Crown Lands 160,000 190,000 30,000 Miscellaneous 152,566 192,000 39,434 Imprest, &c 651,453 522,086 Repayments of Advances. 1 129,367 759,126 749,643 Total Income Decrease Customs Excise. . Starnes 50,299,3651 , 19,591,807 414,374 1,121,932 Lse the Year QUARTERS ENDED APRIL 5 1707,538 Incr. I Decr I , ; n Tay li t In: from the River Plat it steam-s to and B ton to-day .c (VY ednesday ).—The United btates unu c, pool mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, commander, with advices from New York to the 3d inst., may be expected to arrive in the Mersey to-morrow (Wednesday). CORRESP ONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. REFORMATORY EDUCATION, To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—There being an immediate want of a Corporation National School to St. Paul's Church, and a Corporation National School to St. George's Church, for the physical, moral, religious, and intellectual education of the great number of infants and juveniles resident within the dis• trict of each of these churches, it is highly important that something should he done by the Council as soon as ~-;os ing the pri vance on t:1 vortnds of bread, g 3 in the poor man's eXPe agitated. to etrec" t too 3ittlre filo