The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

pire in MI leiebbou most for c 2: upo We are verpool A 1, in mit evil ex Ty Lo doubt whe towns, like there are t they can scar( support; they true the towns of this k (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I I must chan make the A.l - id for this, perhar Other portion of the c It is incalculable t made to accrue, if the advice 1 lowed up, not to tl but to the populati We have, on I those of c azssez faire lartnir waslung people had id manure ch migl :iven were fol and upo❑ 'ounct, 1 farms, the occupiers come from a sort! of be the re t if tt , 1s is e ein- )ut for a Manch chairman of the ttcd to express some FATAL into th , whilst J. Mc curate of Airnondt I dreds in the after n.—Le I BRUNSWICK CLt progr have now r nt of Ayr, ,d bad -(in't ILITARN ton, ti. ELAORDII. itht of which were perfect ogs, ana o-le The mother is said to be eighteen ars old. A woman unknown was picked up on Sundcv morning _ • TT, TN . n Win. Roberts, of ti cotton chin, forth-west light ship, a small round looki r on drab uff petticoat an d coL Chemise, and 1 with the late trophe tioned of the 0 extremit !ultivated ve tha I of Int n, from 1843 t RURCII Liverpool, and former! being unable to let into the ;ure to record the found on picked up by e On board the Taliesiii stcamc cloth coat and vest, corded breccia n some time m t have taken for three Nand, Mr. Water ,. The last house THE LIVERPOOL STANDAPA. POLICE INTELLIC court, ye3terd 1 THE DEPR " What is tl ECIAT down eve old and d are inv ON IN vjth encleavourini t •e sufti art v of the Had 'es ; and we a: to bP r Thomas, r two months. barged before who was red for an 1, hearing ti f Joseph Finney, a bread A. POLICENiAN AT I policeman, No. 606, was by Mr. Waltbew, of Low .r tree in his garden of some in the act o The man was suspende, aling to the Watch Committ is a member, was disci' of which f INTO OFFICES.—A young man named John sterday civirged at the poliee-eourt with vater a officer stated that a number of offices in that street had recently been broken open and plundered of Ivirq stolen Toni an office in amongst others the of Messrs ',lnd Cc from which two coats end ott anCi ti The prisoner was a o us one of those stolen. Two pairs of boots were also found in the yard ready for identifi )611. He Ices committed for trial 3 Tuesday George P: ior Steains, of poor-rates vas brought be 3r Great Geor ge and Pitt ates, charged On the 23rd the moneys of the pari lessrs. R. and J. St of October paid £5O 17s. 6d., which the p, of Kent-street, prisoner receiuDa , and gave g for the whole sum, he acc anted for £25 8s 9. onl prisoner lursday a were proved ag SREPUTAI ainst the prisoner, and he was committed. LE PRACTICES AT THE POLICE-COURT.-- r. Rushton called the attention of Mr. Mr. Owen, solicitors, to a part of the re_ 1. the insnecter et pricong_ which stated prisoners for their orneys, who got cases to defer 'ers, and wrote orders of admission to see prisoners somewhere Both of the professional gentlemen stated they had reason to complain of the practice referred to, and Mr. Rushton m it to the magist effectually put down ge of Mary AnnFlOyd, Appeared before then: a complaint against Mrs. Leigh, th-park. Miss Floyd, it appeared, of Alfred- :eacher o nother Owing, it v 'jther. Mr. S'“ , ith of Mrs. Leigh's siste - i tion had been previously shown NDAL THROUGH JEALOUSY.—On Wednesday, a 1-looking young person, who answered to the name nunntit ted the ma2istr was too e of -James with having t sundr istrates to treet, teacher of glect by Leigh insinuated of an improper character, and even went so far as to make such representations to the various employers of Miss Floyd. She went much further afterwards, and threatened personal violence to the compl. inant. Mr. Rushton in- AILWAY SHA is matter with the railways nation of everyt t or a r 1, non vi, sed s !rs were beginning and all. It is not the n red so fearful a coil forms the only dependent 'el. is it in the P. " whic h the Stock Exc giant conc " has been , e cadenc t their themes, we should imagine, it cannot be which nd other similar lines to T of all th could furnish to abstantial grour. 3 fearful a decline; Say interfere with the divi and ten Per cent .ntees are inconvenient upon the public mind, it may be that tradesp , -.rs, and othP,— le, mer- chants, m.anu' 'pare capital we feeling that their I fructify quite as well it employed in sinesses ; that, in fact, its amount has their respective bu been over-estimated, and that some people have been considering themselves A 1 at their bankers' rather too We feel confidence, however, that alarm on the subject of the soundness of concerns such as those which have suffered the greatest depreciation, is a little silly. They may not just now be in a position to pay toe same large dividends which they have been in the habit of doing, partly because their nett earnings have to be spread over a larger canital. Their traffie trim/ h. Q. 2nile - its before, because they have had add Led to them new an of is not as yet fully develo They have h their stock of carriages, locomotives, &c. ;'to improve their stations. and provide increAsed neenmirinclatinn fnr the public. But all this will come round in a v. - Tyshort time, and we shall again see railways amongst the most favoured investments of the country. By the bye, when people give us statistics of the de cline from the highest point to the lowest, they omit the most important consideration that the high price included, and indeed was grounded upon, the right of the holders of original shares to allotments of half - shares, quarters, or to a participation in new schemes, all of which at the time they were brought forward, eagerly taken up at premiums. ACCOUNTS OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCK The statement of the accounts of the trustees of the Liverpool docks for the year commencing 25th June, 1847, and ending 24th of June, 1818, has just been pub- lisped. From these it appears that the year which com menced with a balance in hand of £191,081 14s. 7d. has ended with a balance only of £5887 Is. 10d., the receipts of the year being only £764,905 ss. ld., whilst the ex penditure has been £970,099 18s. Bd. Amongst the items of expenditure we find the following:—Bonds and assign ments, £153,583 19s. 2d. ; interest, £138,784 7s. Bd. Salaries—Surveyor's office, (including £3500 to Mr. Jesse .y,) £7033 4s log £lOOO to Mr Withers,) £4240 ; mari includin solicit° .Irl doc and pier masters, £4515 2s. Bd. ; 00 ; police establishment, £14,209 1 keepers, £765 9s. Bd.; telegraph establishment 4d. ; purchase of property, £217,359 18s. 4d. £1654 17: buoys and lan houses arks, 1;1965 23. 5, 742 105. 4d. ; new Albert Dock ware- T wall at the nortl. Yesterday. )I . * y charged Of these In read vir of a rifler g LIVERPOOL can nr.n and it will be f nes Brow lenry ( n Jackson John Tomtit Owen Tudor. Edward Ten braham Ban Charles Inman Thomas Arthi Michael Bomb The RECORDS following effect ury) w was large, it ‘vo ; and 10 t the usual eha- e. camp ;e-square. , Rumford olm-street :verton-terr o•loo-road. d to add On the present ealend 1 be son Netherneldlrnad them to th r they (th etion to them to that the evidence to be adduced in these cases was ex- offences was les: se than ti in which the con- imants might do much, h the court could do but little to check the fret 1. There were two classes of depredations. He alluded to the charges which had arisen from the loose and imprudent conduct of men with ;oods at the various marts Lich goods were offered the first head, and twelve culation he excluded many cases which were of a doubtful natnn,! and hp 14 that at least one-third of the charges of felony brought before this court belong to one or other of these two classes. He was glad, indeed, that the attention of the local authorities had been drawn to the latter head, that of exposing goods for sale outside of shops, and over the footpaths, and that, under the local act, tl likelihood of tl respect to the f sera was a lie bad before alluded to that subject ; there w the female offenders were so numerous as in Liverpool Much of the crime, however, of this class was shop lifting ; but much of it also was attributable to the loose and vicious conduct of the parties who were but too fre quently brought before them. He was of opinion that this evil would go on increasing until it becomes so great that the legislature will, at last, be forced to interfere, and take measures by which the public and this most un happy class of persons will be benefitted ; he meant by the decrease of their numbers. There were no cases of great moment to be brought before them ; the most se rious case being one of embezzlement by a tax collector. There was also another case of importance—that of an emigrant being robbed of a belt containing £l5, together with a bunch of keys and other valuable properly ; b ut in no town in E and where perty to be unusually sm gratifyin There was evident a absence of that hi merlv they used to h to investig 'e were no e robbery_; no robberies of offices ; no ;es of receiving stolen Therefore, pping lead from buildintrs number of offences on rlu the law as put in force was sufficient to check the most serious depredators. There were on the calendar the names of many persons who were tried before ; but what a village nor w 52,,t. 26, 1848. ~~.-~-- meritorious ono 1 visit to th° ;;;ing out splendid rt in the some artistil faults, this picture although scarcely equal to the );n a further visit 1 )y the pur mrse of our noti I Web to which tvo shall a PROTESTANT OILPHAN to call the attention of ( ement (see advertisinz There are sc )CIETY .eaders to the ad imns) from the Protestant O :Than Society the ra formed relizion, and wou ld act upon p its principles of genuine christian love. This is a period in which the operations of this society are e sp ec i a lly call e d for in Ire tcceeded famine, and though in the pestilence has been stayed, who alas! 11 how many helpless and bereaved orphans are left 1 to all the horrors of hunger, wasted with sick en w ~ v i b t e a e p r b e p d e y e nut:rderesercfluteete upport I merey'of God th esspining away t 310 -child from similar sufferings, and who fostering care of this invaluable ins , The Rev. J. J. Fletcher, D.D., says, in a l e tter, ust hat ' of the society is the very one most suited to t the I its resourc de, and most likely to succeed in its obj )ended on legitimate objects wasted in unprofitably. machinery. Every shillino• tel 9, and the connection is immediate and palpable between the outlay and the gain." sayq, donation of £1 . 00,—" Ar all is on public benevolence were strong, but the unfortunate experiment of the Ireland." g to the commit. particularly so sine he Protestant Orphan Society offers to compassionate the greatest advantags for the provision of those who have been bereaved of their parents by the inscrutabl e w ill o f an a ll- v i se God. Its plan is simple—its education is scriptural, an d ever tend ing to indu s t r i ous h a bi ts . H ow anx i n nsh. , •_ then. should In very truth every one who loves to exte n d k in d ness t o theht° l pless child give his aid. his influene, nrifl hi. ‘,.ntribution to society ! Th Protestants of En, : 9 ;3; ; l: i l o re fo a: . e t r io . ber that its special object is to defend and prositut orphans of those who were their brethren in the MAZING POWER OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPLY EUROPE WITH PRODUCE AND FOOD. The extent to which the United States will, in the course of a few years, when an increased portion of her territory shall have been brought under cultivation, be enabled to supply the European markets with producer may be judged of by the result of the efforts made by the American farmers to supply the deficiency caused by th e failure of the potato crop in Great Britain in 1846. Th e following table, which has just been published, of the exports to this country alone for the five years ended 1847, shews an amazing progressive increase in all atticle9 of provisions, such as bacon, pork, butter, and c heese; The increase, however, of these articles from 1846 to 184 1 is almost incredible; and shews that, with a demand and moderately paving prices to incite them to increased es' ertions, the farmers of America could almost victual th ° whole of Europe : EXPORTS FROM THE U 'ZEE. STATES TO GREAT BRITAIN 1843. 1 1844 Oil, sperm, gls Oil. whale. is )7 626,6331 038,.ti :305,054 2 ...t;;3 43,1171 41,1881 80,820 CA tL, 0 00 5,243,4,10 6,125,452 5,92 4,1 r, 41,179 67,058 24, 0. ,zBO 14,140 13,001 73 , 5 n g, 230 , 18 9, 96,907 530,026 14,3 6 % - g n 976,8 0 5 5,678,675 8,211,3 n 17,7980,; 521,829' 530,549 515,514 1,235, 01 ,; 278,965 5,934,202 6,840,373 13,662. n Pork, bls, 8,/iB2l 33,107 3,230 1 Bacon, lb. Lard, lb.. Butter, lb -a SOC 325,244 3,653,6134,657, y which particularly Why, London We shoul sume the aspect c mere, early a few st at present people's growl pastures, cropp their feet. An( population wou of life in g proved quail. present to the nation phatically—e, policy tom il doubt the sot at more 4' genius of a cabinet, WE ofhrm ; but as an able and it of dishonesty itself; as a hig and as an un the opinions of tiously believe sorely rn We observe assumes, a n wha of the condition o he sot he gratitude of his f and falsification pressions " of c mos of the Board of Trade office, have affc trickery v dition are held up to is of the outskirts of )idly as- E.t the cou a garden. We should see far- .3.,- to market the growth nutive competing all c trIE t. We shoe their own rusty swampy rich gr n nenez portant, our own s than at 31 . it e ip was t own known lf, we have , spect to of ;ions, we aye had fears opponent r !um it may present able statesman, ment of Ives, conscien- ade system George will be an organ, which gated authority iservatives ! ord Geo►ge, caret I and hot 3 . said too mu e opinions of t our N' e much. His exp est Indian colon] ;ee; over which )t to e le him to His st valent forgeries theM in milder terms —in the highly extolled d the Colonial Elence of the s of the nation's con _ He hriq hv thnzo efforts, and by his acute and searching scru ti n y -- of facts and figures, bearing upon commercial and other questions, unsettled the public mind, or at least so much of it as was blindly infatuated with the dogmas of the Cobdens and others of the free trade clique in pEfiament. He has placed them , ainst the doubts of a startled -ranted the truth defence ags er take for ons. We lacing fact ing into the wholesome t and figures, and )ombast of philo- ers and th 3 character ieveloped as ieh he devoted 's businps3. Of himself to this branch of a statesman this fact we have personal knowi _ _ And no occupying t position, his ennuiries as etnin could possibly so hay to elicit information of the most undoubted charac ter, and at the same time win the respect and love of those who aided him in his arduous labours. The public, however, have, we doubt not, set down the condu s the mere But they Brings tr particular th wrong lus Pitt, Lori 6tion from ei ;ht his ource; and in 'cli, and by comparison of its the course of that sear sults with the repo' , he ireci ss officials, or of car interested witnesses truths, which put I .net with those tent of his -corresno-ni we believe, E who have all knowl Take h perhaps, have s )RTATION OI wing t Sun. received pest Las been opponents to the blush. The ce of of those sapient people n the habit of treating his lordship for all in all, the world could, •ed many an abier man PECIE FROM NEW YORK extract from the Ame ;hews the rate at which 'ope from that port an dollars Traptoms of improve- Craven Berkeley has ratmerston, it Wm. Clay what 1, helani ; and of sort, b little. I 0! frill ge wit :nis i H Total for 1848 happy to notice g t and Mr. Roundel' Palmer, for his icurrili which he begs " completely to withdraw. Liverpool, n.l to A' IN RE BART Ols yachts, for ti :ted case, le 14th of Oc aplication for the certifi Y HEC TTA.-Th 3n, Drift, and Queen of the ( I the me( Meantii and Gen- ty's youngest son, a princ Prince of Wales steamer boat) and the seta, 1 AND HIGGINSON.—On Wed •ed befor honour observed that there [Ration of th race, by Aurclay ted for the e time, t )e no trial of speed , as the tic in first, followed i the Hebe, and Gem was caught by losets, no and us€d for either baths or water- T would be made, unless a communication le coil Mr. Harbord urged the committee to encourage ihe mak ing of water-closets in all parts of the town, as the best means of removing the pestilential effluvia arising from the middens If dry ash. would get m of money for them ins' A of having to pay )r five years. Mr. Grantham was smoke nuisane, r Mr. H? Hornby that Mr. take the prosecution of the r were he had the preference public urinals were ordered to be made in the neighbour- was declinecl n expern finer S t. up to this tin r delightful. wit Oct Saturd clock, the sky became unus vivid flashes of lightning, and a the affirmative. He advised her to send for her husband, as he would require him to give security for her future good behaviour; he should take care such conduct should I not be repeated The inhabitants of Birkenhead should be on the watch, as soveral attempts: at burglary have recently been made LIVERPOOL SCULPTORS.-1 me of John Gibson i name is now known in every civilized country, and we think it will be admitted that he is the first of living lad to perceive that another Liverpool Isculptors We are fession, and although years must elapse before he can at tain to the elevation of Gibson, it is clear that, by perse- is in time take a first rank, if vie are to judee by his first important wor' dtion-roo w contain two splendid n, which i " Lavin. rty of erty of Samuel Holme, Esq. productions of the chisel stand in the lot while the visitor is delighted with tin g vestibule, and airy grace of as if she scarcely touched the earth tails , 4..1. na with the simple 11 The storm, however, y more thin an hour, and v Great part of Sur early pa night. said to 13( of the evening 'under, I ye heard Of no dam at it faired up in the The corn crops may now 11 rowing field crops pro most promisingly, especially mangel-wurzel, some fine fields of which we have seen. Rumour is still unfa vourably busy regarding the potatoes ; but we have reason to believe that the evil has been greatly exaggerated. The article, of good quality, was sold by retail in our mar kets on Saturday at 10d. to Ild. per 21th. LIMERICK.—On Tuesday, a deputation from Limerick, nominated by the Corporation, the Chamber of Com- coerce. &e., waited on the Lord Lieutenant to his Excellency the advantages that would result from the establishment of an American packet-station at Li merick. Mr. O'Brien, M.P., urged the object, because was now complete Lima-rick, contend the railway communication with the city and the docks Captain Rendall, harbour master at that by the plan suggested, of mak t station from Liverpool to America, every c ,neon preser Could prove ty miles from ti t aid to e sea the Shannon for all the ad. 'easels wa sstill water, and pons Halstea, Soon after the exami- CAPTURE OF Two BURGLAR nation which took place before the magistrates, at Witham, Essex, of A. Patten, the elder, and A. Patten, the younger (uncle and nephew), Mr. Corder rode to Ford ham, and succeeded in obtaining possession of a letter which had been received that very morning from William Payne, one of the parties suspected. The letter bore the Liverpool post mark of Sept. 10th, was signed in the feigned name of " Wm. Plail," and contained what Cor der believed to be a clear clue to Payne and another party, who was not named, but only referred to in the letter, , to represent I but which he had no doubt was Thomas Whittaker, who had absconded some time previously from his home in the Colne road. The writer expressed a particular wish that the party to whom the letter was addressed would see his uncle as soon as possible, and tell him to send word wile- ther there had been any of the Cozgeshall party after them. Mr. Corder, on his return to Witham, lost no time in preparing an information and warrant, which were mover, signed until eleven o'clock at night, because gistrate could be found before that hour. This leaves Witham ted oft by .t thirteen three o'clock in the morning, on his e to Liverpool. Mr. Corder also wrote by the night's post to Mr. Dowling, the police commis- sioner fit Liverpool, giving him information of the fugi tives, the feigned name which one of them had a3sumed and the name of the very ship, the Colonist, in wl believed they llad taken a passage for New Yor lich he Liver- rived in Liverpool on Wednesday a►f loon, ar having ascertained that the Colonist had left the dock, and had proceeded down the river, outward bound, accompa nied by William Gardener and John Toole, two of the detective police force of Liverpool, and whom on his ar rival he found quite ready to render him every aid, he took a boat and proceeded down the river. They over took the vessel about four miles from the picrbead, where she was lying to, off Black Rock, waiting for the next tide to carry her out to sea. 0 n boarding her, almost the first person the officers saw was Payne, and having se cured him they next found and apprehended Whittaker. On the robbery of the wine at Mr. Charles Skingley's being mentioned, Payne_ remarked. `' Very well. I am phasis on the word " that." Whitaker was very taciturn and dejected, but Payne seemed not much depressed. They were conveyed on Thursday to Witham, where they were committed for further examination. Some papers were found on one of the prisoners, which may prove an important clue to the retreat of another of the gang still at large. It appears that Whitaker and Payne had taken their passage to New York, and with a fair wind would in a few hours time have been fairly on their voyage to the United States. It is a remarkable fact, and shows the vast facilities afforded by railway communication, that Mr. Corder was, on Tuesday evening, between six and seven o'clock, at the retired village of Fordham,_ near he same te next evening, apprebendea at .uiverpool, a distance, we believe, of nearly 300 miles. Whitaker and Payne are both sup posed to be implicated in the fire and robbery which took place at Mr. Skingley's a considerable time since. Whit aker, it appears, made an assignment of his property before he absconded. On Wednesday last, the prisoners French and Tansley, charged as principal and accessary in several of the mined at the cour bourhood c Pant_ CI flu, £13,652 43. 7d.; bond stamps, £2460 10s. SUbscription; to the charities, £520; materials unexpended, £26,519 13s. 2d. The amount paid to workmen in wages amounted to £230,000, or at the rate of £730 per day. On the credit side we find that the amount of unexpended mate- rials last year was £37,719 Bs. Bd. The principal receipts have been, borrowed, £158,278 9s. Id. ; rents, £6745 2 2(1. ; from Harrington Dock, £2145 Cs. s'l; ton! severe si graving docks, £2.084 -1 from Denison, Heywood graving -id Co., character of the ment just conclu passed which v 1.1.za.c0 v LLIC7 Lu, ui .orlugewater, _Lae ocna debt amounts to £3,715,483 7s. 9d. Of this amount there is redeemable on demand £158,213 14s. 7d.; in 1848, £77,700; in 1849, £341,191 4s. sd. ;in 1850 -- in 1851 1 Zit ls. 10d.; in 1 340 Bs. sd. ; in 1856, £970 in 18 ng is the amount of dock duties received at the last ten years ending 24th June each year : Tonnage, 2,158,01 jury to qnqtnin th ceriaed. He had were g 197,617 ;es, or 18 No. 1, The Exx very mer The treatment of t the two figure ing in wainitt our idE ground Defoe, in m. ;ao. n They knew from that when one of these unfortunate persons once found themselves entangled in the meshes of vice, they seldom, if ever, reformed until their vicious career was terminated by their being removed from all that was near and dear to +I- , try—fn- tnem in this country—Tor although the offences with which they were charged were generally small, yet their frequent repetition brought on them the ;eHtences of the la he would be guided in a great-n. ,ure . by the 1 z one or two importar iession of parlia- acts had beer of them related to the manner of taking the examination of witnesses in cases of felony; it had also sanctioned a practice which had formerly existed in this country own ti e most laudable deter snv technical strictures to screen matters parliament had mination not to allow the guilty, and yet they full benefit of the law, and every He wished, however, that they hr diction to punish witnesses who .ccused tt means of defence r, that they had given r urts the juris and before the ma- dictrnents in - which they NI Csn to fear that in cases wiu _ gs of swindlers concerned—such, for instance, as those who rob and defraud poor emigrants—the witnesses were frequently tampered with in the interim, and the ends of justice thereby frustrated. He had the power to estreat their recognizances, but he was of opinion they should be armed with larger powers. With these observa tions he would leave them to the discharge of their duties. The grand jury then retired ; and shortly after returned against variou )f the prisoners, who were ac cordingly put upon their trials, but there were none of them of any impor EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY I. Sant. This is a large and rious picture, by an artist whom we ha - ve not before observed as having prominently distinguished him self. The subject is from Milton's " Paradise Lost;" and our common parents are depicted as observing in the heavens the signs of coming calamity and change of their state : " Oh, Ere 1 some further Chan, Which Heaven by these mute E Forerunners of his purpose." whole is very fine may, however, be complained of as wan No. 36. Queen Elizabeth discovers that she is no longer Young—Augustits Egg—isone of the most talented and pleasing pictures in the room. The subject is thus stated, as a quotation apparently from some author, whose name, however, is not given in the Catalogue :—" In the melancholy of her sickness she desired to see a true look ing glass, into which she had not looked for many years." The result is strikingly conveyed in the convulsed attitude and features of the unfortunate Queen, the latter of iecialiy, are exquisitely painted, conveying, fully, s of her masculine character, bowed down by advancing years and sickness, yet still susceptible of strong passion. We can almost imagine that we see in them the source of some of the darkest events of her life—deeds resolved upon in the tempest of an excited feeling, and repented of so soon as her reason and affections resumed their calm state. The expression of mingled sympathy and awe in the features and attitudes of her attendant maidens and ministers, is very fine. We almost see the very hush and silence of that sick chamber. Mr. Egg has added to his previously acquired laurels by this picture. The finish, colouring, &c., are, as usual, in his works, perfect; but we may hint as a fault—no uncommon one— a too apparent likeness of some of the faces to each other, which we suspect has arisen from his having drawn too much from the same study. This want of variety and contrast in the features of a group is to be deprecated. 37. Flora and Zephyrus.—G. Patten, A. R. A. characterised by his usual excellence as a colourist. female figure has, although not in so great a degree, the fault of his last painting in!the exhibition. She is a little R. ~.,—ls - ' The too large in form to satisfy the generally received ideas of female beauty 'rho face is faultless and most lovely. Notwithstanding the exception we have taken to it, and in which others may not participate, this production, as a classical work, deserves to rank very high. 133. The Battle of the Standard—R. .Ansdell—is a noble picture, and worthy of the talented artist, although, from its very large size, and the crowded state of the rooms, we could have wished to have seen it elsewhere. Such large pictures sadly interfere with the hanging in their just places of many less pretending but equally meritorious pictures. The subject is that memorable in cident on the field of Waterloo, in which the eagle belonging to the 45th regiment of Invincibles was taken from its bearer, by Sergeant Ewart, of the Greys, and de fended against a Polish lancer and a foot soldier•, all three of whom he killed in succession, until at last he was called to by Gen. Ponsonby, with the well-earned expression— " You brave fellow, take that to the rear : you have done till you get rid of it." The horses - engaged in the ee are finely painted, especially the bay in the fore- The form of the sergeant is equally good ; but ave hea , Tl his face complained of as too quiet for the occasion. We can only see in it ourselves that expression of high daring and coolness fitted to the character and the occasion, and can excuse the absence of melodramatic passion. The calmness of the soldier—the human being— contrasts well with the somewhat violent action, in which Mr. Ansdell delights in pourtraying his favourite studies— the animal creation. 228. Highgate Fields, during the Great Fire of Lon don.—B. M. Ward, A. R. A.—Our readers will remem ber the painting of this artist—a Scene in 'Change-alley during the South Sea Scheme Mania—for which the prize of £5O was awarded to him last year. The present picture is one of the same class, and is founded upon a passage in Evelyn's Diary, descriptive of the congregation of all classes in Highgate Fields, during the grea t fire in London. The grouping is most picturesque; and the variety of character introduced very great. The group in the l e ft foreground is finely conceived and well painted, and the distance in the left, exhibiting the " Solomon Eagle," of frenzied denunciation, realises The admixture of puritan and period. cavalier is also cfiaracteristi effect of the picture, the colouring being somewhat Out of keeping, and there being little to tell as to the history of the interest which is apparent in her features. With Corn, Wills_ Fiour, bls. Cornmeal, bls. Rice, tierces . Wool, lb. Hops, lb I 89,07; 19,43 c 167;296 1 3 29 9,21.6 16,125 si 135,6681,192.66( 15, 526 1 35,3551,015,244 2,45 7, 0_ 1 , 50,165 7Nq s 18,127 38,271 I .. 610.625 349, 6 4,166 68,894' 72,252 441, The increase of breadstuffs is especially remarkable; tot whereas in 1843 her exp or t s t o thi s coun t ry wer e nil, in 1847 we had f rom h er 2,544 563 bushels o w heat i 15,500,000 bush e l s o f I n di an corn. 2 457 000 arre ls o flour, and 713,000 b arre l s o f corn. meal; , and we k now : that she was enabled t o spare us thi s vas t q uantity o f food with very little in conven i ence t o h erse lf. What an export trad e t o A mer i ca — w h a t e +.O our many' —thi s wou ld a lmost b f ' .4 rich harvest itact urers— nave afforded, bad the proenostications of our free-traders proved correct Jonathan, however, spent the money in an aggressive war instead of in , the cottons 2!a fr n a c r ii . es it te w r iallnciliethtoe are the shippers of g to the shipping and reshipping of goods and rally riage involved in the proposed plan. by the mail packets to America were the question of freight was less impot tant. The expL., of passengers would be less, as the disbu r sements of steamers would be less. His Excellency said the decision rested with the Treasury, but the subject should have the The goods Carried generally light, and fullest consideration THE NATIVE CHINESE.—On the arrival of Chun-Ah- You at Liverpool, in July last, he became acquainted at the Chinese collection with several intelligent persons, with whom he held frequent conversations on religious subjects, and he was then introduced by Mr. Welsh, of the Theological College, in Birkenhead, to the Principal, the Rev. J. Baylee; who, after several conferences, felt justified in complying with the desire expressed by Chun- Ah-You to be admitted into the Christian Church. Ac cordingly at evening prayer on Sunday last, after the se cond lesson, th e sacrament o f b apt i sm was a d m i n i stered with most solemn effect; and ruch was the impression evidently made upon the congre g atio n , th a t we cou ld no t help wishing that more frequent opportunities were given to the people for bearing part in that most edifying and scriptural service. The C iinese convert, who is 21 years of age, was baptized by the name of Chun-Tai-ICwang, an epithet selected by himself as indicative of a g reat li g ht, with reference to his return home, where he hopes to be the means of diffusing among his benighted countrymen the light of the Christian religion. The sponsors were Mr. Welsh and Mr. Woodward, of the Birkenhead Theo logical College. and Miss Salmo n . Th e sermon was preached from Ist Corinthians, ii. 12, 13, (the second lesson for the evening) by the Rev. J. Baylee, who made a passing allusion, with admirable impressiveness and effect, to the interesting services in which the congrega tion had been engaged. The demeanour of the Chinese christian was most earnest and devout. During his resi dence in England, Chun-Ali-You has received several very lucrative offers for his services in mercha n t s ' count ing -houses; but he uniformly declines them, a s h e con siders himself honourably bound by his verbal agreement with Mr. Langdon for three years, six months of which vet remain unexpired. He is making considerable pro gress in the practical knowledge of some of the accom plishments, as well as the language and religion of England, and his manners are very agreeable and gentle manly.—Chester Courant. 'hat distance of being a sea coast rls at Liverpool would not object He wa: Coggeshall, were prisoners, apprehended since the pre!ious examination of French, were also brought up, one of them being impli cated in the burglary in the house of W. Ham, at Brad well next Coggeshall, for which 'Wade was tried at the la .t assizes. All the accused were committed for trial, , Ranger, I Furness cup ; but, after failed, and there could 1 mAllta very gentle, and the Drift, fa apid su cc 3ri by t a the y ated that if rain T was there avinia," whose downeast°C-YA''an7.l"M‘"o's' y impressive. Mr. Spence is the son ~ e nce, of this town ; and several gentlemen been struck with his modelling, advised pi Mr. Wm. S. rri to go :Lome to pursue ores of the chil- .en of Mr. 'Arthur Holme having attracted the attention lof his brother, Mr. Samuel that gentleman gave him a commission, and the statue of " Lavinia" is the re- I suit. Critic I of its being a might be disarmed, from the circumstance ally ex Sited at the and was universally admired. The Earl of Yarborough was so charmed with the " Lavinia," that he has given the young artist a commission. It gives us much pleasure to notice a rising young man who is a native of Liverpool, and we wish him all possible success. " Lavinia" was sculptured in Rome, and we are glad to record that Mr. rom .Nlr . - Courier. [We willingly give insertion to the foregoing handsome recognition of our young townsman's talents; and we hope that his future career will he as loilliant as its dawn is promising. At the same time, it would be illiberal to omit honourable mention of other local sculp for- —Messrs. nen of fine talents and mod, Smith, and other est bearin rs, who have produced ride, Jackson, works of no ordinary interest and talent. Mr. M'Bride, for instance, has achieved a high metropolitan _name by after the battle of nexharn - ," to which the fastidious Athencenm paid an eloquent tribute when it appeared at Westminster-hall. The studio of the 3ents, at present, another histori admiration, when it is "tini A. With the works of the other artists we have named, the t _ of the Liverpool Academy are well acquainted .enters Amouiit for Tonnage. Goods, 2,632,712 .. 99,010 3,016,531 .. 118,046 3,096,444 .. 114,709 3,331,539 .. 127,982 .. 116,453 1848 20,311 .. 3,284,963 .. Itri,aov Ist December, IS44.—A reduction of 33 per cent made in the tonnage dues on East India voy per cent, on the aggregate foreign dues amounting to £40,000 ova ade this year TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. About twelve months back I subscribed. in ad vance, for twelve monthly numbers of the " Birkenhead Prophetic Herald," since when I have not received a sin- gie copy. i nave written twice to the proprietors on the subject, but have not received any reply. Can you or any of your readers inform me what has become of this A SUBSCRIBER. Your's, & COURT OF BANKRUPTCY • RE HARRIS AND ANOTHER. In this case, in which Messrs. Harris and Co., paper dealers, are the bankrupts, an application was made for further time, to prefer the last examination, and file a caused assigned for the application was, that the tent employed, refused to proceed with the balance _ unless he were paid £4O. Mr. Core, tae accountant all ded to, said he would leave it to Mr. Ca whether his demand w unreasonable. He had the balance sheet in his pocket, and considered he had no right to part with it until he was paid. But if the learned serge nt ordered him to file it, he was ready to deliver it. An act was referred to bearing on the point, and to the effect that accounts for business done, should be settled by the court ; and Mr. Sergeant Ludlo'w said that if the balance sheet were net produced, they could not tell whe ther the charge was reasonable or not. If the baLkrupts could not pay - for it, it must be paid out of the estate ; but the accountant had no right to keep the document until he was paid, and if he did the commi.ssioncr neither could nor would assist him in obtaining payment for his services.—Mr. Robinson said his only object was to pro tect the assignees, as Mr. Commissioner Perry had made an order upon the subject.—The meeting was then ad "•'l the 11th of next months. LOCAL MEETINGS, journed SELECT VESTRY.—A meeting was held on Tuesday ; the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. Mr. Hart stated that the examination into the case of Chubb, the late registrar of births in Great Howard-stre e t di s t r i c t, was and that, comme still being c tint with the month of April, of 437 entries made during that month, only 63 were found to be correct; in the month of May, of 286 entries 65 were found to be correct; JUne. 332 entries, 73 found correct ; July, 204 entries, 13 correct ; and in the month of August a still smaller per centage was presented. Mr. Abraham proposed that the Clerk of the Vestry be called upon to make a representation of the matter to the Poor-law Commissioners, and request their immediate attention and advice in the mnif.p Th. proposal was agreed to.—The Vestry, on the motion of Mr. Hodgson, next proceeded to the selection of a com petent person to fill the situation of collector of poor rates. Mr. Perris was elected. The sureties required are for £lOOO.—A number of testimonials having been pre sented from candidates for the office of registrar, they were referred to the Finance Committee to make a selec tion. of Works recommended that instead of constructing sheds on the quays of the Waterloo Dock, according to plans submitted, sheds should be placed round the new Nelson Dock. The recommendation was confirmed.—An appli cation from Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, for pavement of Great Howard-street, on the quays of the Stanley Dock, was agreed to.—The Surveyor reported, that. owing to a great quantity of stones having been piled up against the boundary wall of one of the new north docks, in Great Howard-street, the wall had given way. Mr. Gladstone remarked that it was the wall built by contract; the one built by the Trustees, although it 'had cost less, was standing yet. Mr. Chilton : That shows what is done by contract. The Surveyor was in structed to have the wall rebuilt without delay, Mr. Roy.. den remarking that those who bad been the means of causing it to fall ought to be at the cost of putting it up. —The Harbour-masters' Committee submitted a list of the appointment of berths in the new north docks for the Trafalgar and Clarence Docks. They proposed to ac commodate the Belfast steamers in the Salisbury Dock ; the Glasgow and Brogheda steamers in the Collingwood Dock ; the City of Dublin Company's steamers, with the Dublin, Glasgow, and Newry screw steamers in the Stan ley Dock. The Chairman said that the Trafalgar Dock would, when that arrangement was carried out, be cleared of steamers altogether. Three out of the five new docks priation was approved o: and others, for the construction of an additional landing place, (where the small stage stood,) was referred to the Corporation. 91,840 .. 188,286 86,119 .. 185,164 05,200 .. 223,247 And tnus, I,µl, • until some of these days we shall the end of the chapter, find him spending our gold in ag against ourselves ! ive operations ---------- COURT AND FASHION. On Saturday week, the Queen and Prince --nediately after breakfast to make an ascent to the summit of Loch-na-Gar, the members of the court who accompanied the Queen being the Countess of Gai as; borough, Viscountess Canning, L or d Alfre d p, ze t, the Hon. Captain Gordon, and Mr. G. E. Anson. rr _ rozat party were attended by two guides, as well as by til, e s prince's jager and keepers. The queen and her attendants were all mounted on Highland ponies. which can with some difficulty be ridden up to the top of the mountal,e: On the summit the fog became so dense that none of royal party were visible to each other at the distance °!, few feet, and her Majesty and attendants were speedil drenched with rain. It is computed that the preciPiT i o l o steep rises 1,300 feet from the loch, which is itself 2, 0 „ feet above the level of the sea. Prince Albert shot t h e fine ptarmigan on the hills during the journey to ti, t , mountein. It was three o'clock when the queen and Par" returned to Balmoral Castle. Die Chancellor of the Exchequer has arrived at Now' Hall, Northumberland, on a visit to Earl Grey. n d Albert set Prince Metternich, accompanied by the Princess 5 , family, has left the Ea r l o f D en bigh's mansion in Eaton square, t°- square, for Brighton, at whi c h watering-place the ilia trious Prince prop oses t o res id e d ur i ng th e au t u mn a° approaching winter. ,r of The Marchioness of Londonderry's bazaar on benal oo Thorpe Church, for which so much preparation bad by e made, took place on Tuesday and Wednesday last, i„e rii, station belonging to the Stockton and Darlington 0 , 3 4 way Company. The town was the scene of the grea' l 4 animation and gaiety, the carriages of the nobility a to gentry rolling about in all directions. The entrance i the bazaar was very t as t e f u lly d ecora t e d, w hil s t a ll wi t ,Ae was a scene of the greatest beauty and splendour- „ t ea SS Marchioness of Londond err y an d L a d y Seabam, aas, by their distinguished relatives and friend- ~ occupici POLITICAL MISCELLANY. o nir Mr. F. O'Connor has been " r e- e l ec t e d " by the A br electors of Nottingham, at a Chartist meeting calleW himself, and consisting of men, wome n , an d children, a• were unanimous in support of their honourable represe tative. THE SLAVE-TRADE.—We have heard, from veil Pnt authority, that Lord Palmerston is at the present m°' - p - nt negotiating another treaty with the Brazili an govern: l a for the more effectual suppres s io n o f th e slave - lif• ee ts His lordship has proposed that the Br az ili a n st" captured in the act of conveying African negrocs, (alio purposes of slavery, shall be delive re d up t o th e W o ll 'o, authorities, to be tried by th e i r own national tribliser and punished accordingly if found guilty. —Unite d , vice Gazette. n SIR R. PEEL A ND THE CURRENCY.—Mr. Tallnt"s/5 Birmingham, has received the following letter froinght R. Peel :—" Sir,—Each post, I believe, for the last pit /5 or ten days has brought me a letter from you. .', a tiort s any satisfaction to you to continue these commurw-fait t° I am unwilling to deprive you of it, but it is bat letters tell you that, after having ascertained that your line 01 related to the currency question, I have not read?, a re them. You may possibly think this so ungrate l : l o far O r turn for your daily labours as t o suspend them' Sir, yOO they are intended for my i ns t ruc ti on. —l am, bePt' obedient servant, ROBERT PEEL. Drayton Man or ' 8, 1848." - . . . , - . .- THE CELESTIALS AFTER A DRUBBING.-- -Aeviscca' f Toho r rfa o i dibcmeei China, habitants, nnd h uat e rtsi 30 c , ap o rswe m ecaltr m lniiorb e eer t .a l etr c sh e eiAd m e meg i na n ,ohti rn t soe, t l e o rsbei t h infotr a cta v eeoi encpt treaty,u e t d shi iea m iin. i s ew t ei lo u t y :l ll ;a ass u : s e o e i e in reference to Canton alone • for when our trooP s we re r ur on the walls, and the city was all but taken, rh e l o cce r availed ourselves of our right to enter the city. f they partt mosity towards the English than those in any ° dtre s vt u ei s sm — itpi a nt n .g d, indeed, all foreigners—with ridicule ancidee' theT h e city,m o knowing o Canton t h i is their the pimpueoaseratolunasweeelgeuses;fri g ot , t, there„„ c iree? raise a mob, whose violence and outrage, if one° j e : s true' might lead to the firing of the factories and the 00' tion of all their property. A European lady' rErc'iwoor; fine herself to the gardens of the factories. SI?, 0 .0 01 with any degree of safety, venture into the spa" P pe ras i ; of the town in which Europeans are allowed tL,,,,,ret. bulate. When she ventures on such an enterpri% eunepir_ up in a sedan-chair, and surrounded with friends, ru cb r a ir r ° s lace mob her, and will even pull off the top of th insult her, crying " Farqui," and using other oP,P e Vi b ri r g i° P; epithets. * * * After the taking or our the officers, mandarin re s g e u n e t s t a i u v g e rTo be re unformedect respectful deputation how tn avstise4t.. would be pleased to require for our soldiers. _e,!tentii,luof replied that he wanted no fans, but that an ind Or' hi 46 1 0 0, ber of coolies were required to carry away the , treasure which had been collected in the town• . n .l ," l ' he fa ti e: were furnished with the same alacrity with whl o :_ iet _ i : of honour would have been presented,had theuen7P,d of our troops required protection from the s n " loocy" was marched off without delay 1 1 ,, uj s , l ,,ys l‘ h r a ' t Thus the Chinese, when soundly beaten, " atat t eh h mvn e eeot irrpuoyornndetg.sertedelnl The ttathotceicoohamnan giftp st l e iorn n f s pfefaran t nen h t s,as e s mai tn tonoon . dnthog .a l efs t dt Bitts s hhtr h aiien o tni t gcsk i u l hsh d i tisntrbbiweogn:l3:_isi_b, siesoorrusillocoodicorldblegt at'i f e l, 0 1 sound drubbing they had given the defe4 4 4- ° —.Frazer's Magaxirie. eq. fre 25 her