The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-21 00:00:00

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Mr. Cardwell and _tell;poe koole!?,3etwruorpwensvvere not present. V' re ne w prom ' jorhas been let at a rent of £4OO a-year. have reduced the fare to and from ili vitil t ip li n o d r a k Y 14 t I:clen'au unknown fell into the Brunswick Niately- P aud was so severely injured that he died , find ;Ilarii. 1 0: oa I,4E.,9aLuther Pritchard passed his last examine- T6e,4ot:aftlYrhe commissioner said he considered ktio, ' cul ptur e g a l l sufficient. tt N . Ire oh e „ ~ r'37 and museum of the Royal Insti- Polls li,i' to " Luis week, for the inspection of the 4 . W . ll. " rs to the t .ob,. , 1 la n , 1-, , town. tioilay, in thii:aker, late storekeeper of the Clarence . 0 11 , e was of t ..?wn, hung himself last week, in Lon & alortd a , ,° uesPonding turn of mind. . . l e f otis e of P T -Autd Brougham presented !I petition n to to: 3 N. of f i l utlis. from the Law Society in this tow , t0.,4 soaftlieriiaoceeryi.u3Portant bill for the reform of the ? e l : sPriN cart week Jane Al'Donou h was knocked down st i .. f lae; at,the Clarence Dock g , and received a coin -4 eNal. r- ° L the right leg, of which she died on Ite.ritatiol, r Ytid 4 E,lis ,esPecting the Birkenhead docks, headed F orti a l s i t tti, e ' j e an interview with Lord Seymour on , Tli t 1 1 :e of the Commissioners of Woods and a t% &A AA t Tr Threlfall all t i,:ea it a i c , _ batsirx FORGERIES.-1- ' ed kti"` Pris 4 „,:lkrupt and Mr. Rushton has order ,tne e -w., t a , h ai r ii , property to be delivered to the official 1,,, e•,.:, , 1a tt 'ith'l,'" all—.4aleen presented by Mr. Ripley, of this Ills 44.": taleZ—"Pe s ilversalver, in testimony of his ii,Tair Th at I,l,!PhuSound advice, successfully evinced 2440 11, 4 : 4 ' tir e ll ti PleY v. M'Clure.". c s atiati: sa th Presented a petition to the House of °I th e 19 4 ?' in f.,,urdaY , from the Liverpool African 1 05 P ''' s h po '`)l4' of, the convention for the cession ! , eani n Nay seek on the coast of Africa. I L I l'a IPttheiGink lad, named William Mutch,. while oms " b ,tetileniPeet, min ks Mr. Gorsuch's hair-cutting te`ll;ql,p,dllow iideelluly lost s his b i e m la r n t. ce, and fell on the Ilq,u,s4ata'nlYnattlL i s e e , v o e f this town, I?:trelitaijlreostuyg'isi ,„,„!fieb..tinean 4iihnhdao_megly n Es t a ra donation of .£lOO 2 , 14.'i t : r2gthe Sailors' Home. Na, what Ythbslexpected to arrive in Liverpool, route to the Con the Peace ')fon June gres ea sto be held in Frank- entiirket Bill has made no further progress,. beari!leable arrangement be made, it will PPesi,Fandrawn or the company will have to 14 eci - tio n i n the Lords. 'a ngtegational tea party held, last evetingt t e ci h ool-r onn , b„ _ , ir ae, further altera- K . kd 1 the profits derived ANC appropriated to some a 1 i:ili: 1 10 op l ekl tt ; l of e 14.s.rints AND MATES.—At a meet- Jone lattnners on Saturday the 18th inst., t!tf lifiet f t uate of the Ellen Highfield, of Hull, 1 1 (i tNP c i °l ' a s econd-class master's certificate. if lat, l of di i leste r -.as granted a license for the t l l4 l ll , l tit lit i r o l le service in the lecture-room of the i t ? . 3 (co 11, during the removal of the Chapel ;ti t tte 44 ect • e with the school for the blind), ir aY to o k e% 3, , Place on Friday week between eitot Sever gamekeepers and fourteen poachers th ena al of the keepers were dreadfully in th7►EZl o f' f l amed Tyrer, so much so, that his ti llvl 43l. some time. p N 4 3' of 'PrS have been committing robberies Vte th e h ''be town during the last fortnight. b 2 . 1/ ' ll k 1 1 :) I d °44 ° I l i se of Mrs. Harrison, at Bootle. 1 ,,,e same party who robbed Mrs. lr. Bent, in Rake-lane. t ll i jll tW ee, lasi s • --- A numerously attended tea ol eht, in the school-room attached e B ,, C hurch, Naylor-street. The pro 001'o '' l P cle;T e nses, are to be devoted towards Gq 6p It id eli k ; i 11 11 111 t g and repainting the church. pOl st l vig• d 1 " -- During last week the Trinity tt,12116, ) 1 t So4t,ePuted Captain Weller and Capttp . n. .atilael 'Port, and report as to the capabili- V l t 11141 the necessity for its being re et,lt) 41 , t , t,%lE eott(j".---Nearly the whole of the vain -1"4174e,"e SG44/1 contained in the ship Howard, ,ap"tilli,'°ered.`"Port Sands, about two months ago, ,Iqp 1 4 4 , 1. 41 1 5 e f ra The vessel itself is entirely broken koa ß bents of her now strew the shore. ektlie Sap its nest in the cross-trees of the dip Ear The D Pho, Captain Easton, lying in the sParrow is now hatching its young; 1; 111 i has given orders that it . shall 1 , 5 44 1, v4 b'efPects that the young birds will be :!-,p, } Y ni g h t °,,re he puts to sea. Wag' O au down-house the property of Mr. °, orplario I entered and a snuff oti.as,Kee, with Y m en other articles, of the 4;1 were stolen fr e om the drawing-room. e ef offered for the apprehension of 11'1$1011c18148. ---The open air exercises of the It h ill 4kif34l,tuence this evening at thpir enclos d icke e t, , 4 t,,. - ese a t a 'be Competition cr 'kif"e ofr'ePably heightened by the monetaryincipal in quoits, f tht; ° be t ere4 bY Mr. Whiteman, whosetePe mem.. rPiti,et,ltelleTidY the advancement of tn 1 -ak ‘l: ' , am iv. association. • 1 tt 'll Jecirc°llll American royal mail steam-ship t itltjair f o rco lialifa and Boston, with the 14 4%11 181 departed from the Mersey usu o a n l SN:-qted —tnPlelhetitl fp passengers . On Wednes tti; of thie'roPrietora of the a company enterta t in o e n d '41,,p1)1e edtoiraltv to a splendid ban v i kik, l ne rt„'P, ofda on Friday a number It ''Y It .41 t here p resentatives of the press, I, k ilo ho ofqgueentle 'Am lop • t N tge Fir s u t MERSEY.—On Friday Mr. tte, lll h ti be e n Lord of the Admiralty whether a°l ad ado ted to meet the wishes of th .n e k,,k tttftiiP:T-nllg"lrPeepritails loatidthboefboureoy buoys a t house i in the South i;i4ttlitlfewtircre which were remov t e o d g in re l a B4 t i 6 n , oo an n d . t tr, .to 4 (I led to loss and 14, . Oiled Itnitrierce of that port and channel. .S . ir . t At tb i tte tie that it was not in the power of the Aci 414 , yol L tt re iti the nnatter. TYRE.—Our :11S e,,,t. Corp :l.`r LIVERPOOL AND 111 ,St sr aan, the Rev. George t , t ‘tri, 4/It.o f St. Matthias s ' Church, LI tt t , ettee, sinis ter .. ,:,L,4Nsb.,t,_,,,about to deliver alec ture, u on the Aspinall, hitt4;l,:':ea geiv:itext, the 26th inlant, on " The As a native of I:'lL!'itellwtortidetrieel thPa°t°l:ol and Tyre." a l: pl y : e au is peculiarly well Ttil eciaul,.bleate information respecting Liv w e . r . - . er hr•tt tr , not that his Scripture readings. 111 t4tikveottaccee;44B, fully as may be, the analogy in so i t I'llebt eq' r\ l l ,, 0 I,, ri s beautiful torn is very ' l ll "tr k , eashire Hussars, under the command , ga ust at 1t5114.2114raid, arrived there on' Friday for eight dal: e '•llj3l.4lasteal' there will be a grand review of t ' , l t 4,1,1 4 %0a r5 r _, 15 0 men, when Lieut-Col. Arthur, ~,ttt l' ay oi •ihard_, will attend. The presere ot Othae.lllen has brought many additionr9. q t 0 pie.v. The railway, too, from Liverpool, . 'lt iP h . by;„,stlte he increased facilities, during ',(.: Nell7llveYing passengers, to and from, at l;teirb,• he officers allow the band to per 'k Re a ' o fthe promenade, from six tll nme, '% I t - i l tousle to the mire and balmy . breezes_ at delightful Walk, attracts crowds of .11 _ /* qt kin 1 41 1 11 1,% Op TRE.Couxcm.—A spec'ial meet- N 4 1 , 111 th e r is called for to-morrow, to take into '1. 4 ,t to A;eornmendation of the finance commit vriti ',.,'''• Thomas Wh() a lease for twenty +' `!ers-eel,a,r.,t? the Birkenhead Hotel, and front -4,-;„..4 of 41 ' an annual rent ; and to authorize ii.,4'qt of that wall between high and low of the 1414,,e'1at land, and of the property 'l4ltittliti t - IA thereto Mr. Wilson intends to 4,kitt4:4ise'totlibee .cPu4rspooas.e.seoafr shipbuilding, and the It is understood that 4 f4,N 4 y e e to ° o ` ) h r e and seveYral Members of the dock ti qt ° I . ! tli o rP°se this arrangement, as injurious to :46 Ai, yl.)pbl2oorth shore intended for the accom 'tsAtti 9 ,er, Bcc. ~tt Itita..°4teto kirtonucE AIARKET.—The Market IZtiti.i‘et • Plate the establishment of a large ;11;lt tt _ , t iqa s bln the with f St. John's Market. .4kft.i.ZC'oeroetipt'trged on them by East Lanca ttif t h ere idoo 'ly„ the directors having arranged r. ) ff,ii, , _E l an4 the e _ line for the conveyance of o t to he . 4iiitilslllll;lietfteoi W o i rk L o lv ti er it ) e ol i st T o li t ey ja p o u e r , po a s n e d c the .N.l.,%,^4%°ttir:o' dat,Present, are arranging for their Ni t hie . ol 4 ';')tnitt 4t Icol; but they have agreed with i i , 4 , I, 4 5,,, c e fora survey cif the land which lies It, 44.1qred?snte and the Theatre Royal. Part of t t l ,t l t 4 ; .l)ll is °l'vetheing tal:elrr ' ll 4, t, de is bintio: derived from the sale of the e o c ft te i c t l f t o produce ieo £5 • M Ellrotot -41,VIOriger c°osidered necessuarrywto keep g such a t) 7l ' t rs t hkt R h os? , i , iNqNItIt 44 it -(h oe I- Ar----BY the advertisement, it will 11 Bits 8°- 911 r best loc 1 0,41) wiiil, ervie e , _. lio. l , til e ], '• Th e "1 aid of the concert for the tl h . 114 05,.. His ~,,_ to the names, however, an- Y.'n >,,, all] hi;77. to the musical world here. Mr, yt.',,, t„',' routd,,v_Olce is one of very great power, 1.1`,,'! ti,(4t,tt:ltlil,rotrapfso,lll,le'ireeaEltrs aabailoity. it i.t le4 ~,, herweat t 00 .. . 1 .5s of tone. 111 r. Walker is a gen- Although now an a well known and highly °f .I.. llB ,Lati " d era , l of the IP . ilite -11 se 4. 1,4,T - suood h• in Musical societies k c4 / 4 „ . _ . of t, alke r, i , gh in his profession. The 0 joi e '', It . L'e lost:, 4. stePPing from his retirement ~4,1,41,tgrpq rtiitty ats411,!1011, cannot but be gratefully N v itt itt tel l y .i n a b.,? ue said o f A i • - ei. 64°4 Of t 44 ), e "ItY st 1 r. Heriot, who i , Iti i (l 4 : 11 th, t he 62 0 10al t o JohYnei) humour, and instru- In the event of 'III 15ttlhtit Petit): being onable?rY. perform by the re kt : z tl . ,ti o ? (lL., v re ~ Itri : l i t e : _w f oir le their r t o l love: la,.sh le committeeerr j U i s il . be re This er concerte d t o 14 4ket s h n ogh to r -,,,0r only fear is that there ;IN% 'the litevlng erioltirnn_lrho, wish to be present, lli,V.to if f' 1 2 41 41 for them e 5 and to . use a iner. En is very_ brisk kl! v,°'.l rtilleclll"\rt4TlßE). • - ' %)• let t, '''l el e " variet Ir-l'i'•] k k I 1 fo u gant L Yof Chandeliers and Lustres kr Z ta • l l. :Nt . 1 , 4 4 a t thelr?atel for the Table and antel site ti's 81,,,,,,yact0ry and Showrooms 4Taz.ol-fV:xtts, 26 and 28, HANOVER, ho ub He b 3 • 0 11 in EXHIBITION or 1851.—The execution of a model of ti;e docks is finally decided upon, and will be proceeded with immediately. The Rev. Mr. Howson, Principal of the Collegiate Institution, has volunteded to deliver lectures explanatory of the various descriptiobsof articles imported into this town. In furtherance of thy' Proposed case of imports to be prepared for the exhibition, the Earl of Derby and Messrs. Brown and Shipley have each con tributed £lOO towards our local fund. NORMAL TRAINING COLLEGES.—On Friday the Rev. Francis Close, of Cheltenham, delivered a lecture in the Music-hall, on the subject of normal training colleges in general, and of the Cheltenham college in particular. The audience was not very numerous. The rev. gentle man delivered a most interesting discourse, in which he showed the great necessity existing for a general system of education, based upon a thoroughly biblical and religi lous'foundation. There were 250,000 professed thieves in England,tlrained in crime from infancy, and £2,000,000 were annually expended in endeavouring to cure the great national sore arising therefrom, which could only be cured by means of education, given by persons being trained as professional teachers. Having glanced at the defects of the existing systems of education, and the total absence of proper qualifications in the teachers of the elementary schools, and shown the absolute necessity of educating the educators of the people, be then explained the ad vantages of the Training College at Cheltenham, and the benefit which would result to teachers from attending there, and finally concluded a most able and interesting lecture; upon which the Rev. Henry Carpenter moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Close for his kindness in addressing the meeting. SHOCKING SUICIDE BY A SPANIARD.—On Thursday a young man was found lying dead on the road leading from the Old Swan to Broad-green, nearly opposite the mansion occupied by Mr. Chalinor, the report of a pistol having attracted attention to the spot. The deceased turned out to be Capt. Suabe, a young man about twenty five years of age, and a native of Barcelona. It appears that he came to Liverpool, a short time since, to purchase a ship for his brother-in-law, an opulent merchant in that city. He had been stopping at Mrs. Harrison's, in Can ning-place ; and, having purchased the ship Timothy Horsfall, was preparing to return in her to Spain in com pany with some ladies from Manchester. For the purpose of expediting his departure, he had placed ample funds in the hands of a firm in this town to fit out the ship, &c., and went to Manchester, on Tuesday, on business. From Manchester he wrote to a relative here enclosing:a locket, a lock of his hair, and a £5 note, The first was to be sent to his sister, the second to his mother, and the third was to be retained by the receiver of the letter as a reward for his trouble. He was last seen alive at the Old Swan, inquiring for the residence of some respectable Catholic, and was directed to Mr. Chalinor's, but he did not enter that gentleman's house. Deceased is described as a modest and intelligent man, and the cause of the rash act is not known. THE CHORAL SOCIETY.—The forty-eighth anniversary of the Liverpool Festival Choral Society was celebrated at the Collegiate Institution, on Thursday evening, by an oratorio. The performance was under the patronage of his worship, the mayor, who was present during the greater portion of the evening, and sat with the Rev. the Principal of the Institution, in the front seat of the dress circle. The theatre was by no means crowded, though the attendance might be considered good. The selection consisted of Dr. F. Mendelsshon's " Lobgesang," (hymn of praise.) " The Transient and Eternal," an ode, trans lated from the German of Kosegarten, and Handel's Jubilate." As usual Mr. George Holden was the con ductor. Mr. Chas. B. Herrmann was the leader, Mr. John Richardson performed on the organ, and the prin cipal vocalists were Mrs. G. Holden, Mrs. M`Dougall, Mr..Ryalls, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. G. Holden, Jun. In the solo parts Mrs. G. Holden, Mrs. M`Dougall, and Mr. Ryalls obtained repeated, and well merited, marks of approbation : the clear silver like voice of the former, and the mellowy softness of the latter, were particularly effective in the beautiful ode : this was indeed a sweet performance, both 'as regards the instrumentalists and the vocalists. In the Jubilate, Mr. Armstrong was afforded an opportunity of displaying the power and com pass of voice he possesses, and also of proving that these essentials are in him supported, by that pure taste which is demanded in sacred above all other descriptions of vocal performances. NEW CHURCH AT EDGE-HILL. — On Friday, the foundation stone of a new church, in Crown-street, was laid with all due ceremony. A large concourse of ladies, gentlemen, school children, and others were present, and numerous flags and banners gave the site and neighbour hood a most animated appearance. The procession moved from St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, headed by the school children and the committee. The Lord Bishop was attended by the Mayor, and followed by the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks, Rector Campbell, and a large num ber of the clergy of the town and neighbourhood. The silver trowel was presented to the Lord Bishop by the Rev. Frederick Barker, who, in an interesting address, gave a history of the origin of the building, and the pro gress of the funds to complete it. It was to be dedicated to St. Stephen the martyr, aid to be devoted to the in creased spiritual claims of the neighbourhood. Fifteen years ago, there were but about 900 inhabitants in Edge hill district ; now there were about 8,000. An adequate church was, therefore, wanted, additional to St. Mary's, (his own church,) in which the free accommodation was circumscribed. The new church would accommodate 1,000 persons ; 500 of the sittings would be free, and 100 others let at a low rate. He deservedly complimented Charles Groves, Esq., for his pecuniary aid and assistance. The people of Liverpool (not residing in Edge-hill) had also contributed £2,000; the poor had made their penny contributions; and the ladies had already raised about £7OO. The entire contributions were about £5.500, which would be apportioned for the land, the building, the endowment, &c. Contributions had come from even ' Paris, Geneva, and India. His Lordship said he had felt great pleasure in accepting the invitation with which he bad been honoured. The line of streets through which they had passed in procession that morning proved how greatly the district had been changed from its state, as described by Mr. Barker, fifteen years ago, and suffi ciently showed how greatly church accommodation was needed. Happily the necessity had been most nobly met; and the funds requisite for the erection of the church appeared to have been most promptly raised by means of voluntary contribution. In this respect the present generation was following a good example of former times. It was by free acts of voluntary Christian bounty that all the ancient churches of our country had been built. But there was this difference : wealth was then in great masses in the hands of the few ; now it was generally diffused. One of the first official acts which he had the satisfaction of performing was to conse crate a church entirely built by the Christian liberality of a family, in memory of a departed friend, and as a memo rial to his honour; generally speaking, however, we must now look to the combined efforts of many persons co operating together for such achievements, rather than to great separate acts of individual munificence on a large scale. The right rev, prelate referred, in complimentary terms, to the liberality always displayed by the merchants of Liverpool ; and hoped that the new church would be a blessing to the neighbourhood, and that the doctrines of the Church of England would be preached there in the simplicity of Gospel truth. The bishop, clergy, and lay friends afterwards partook of luncheon in St. Mary's School-room. BEARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS ARE TAKEN DAILY, FROM NINE TILL SIX, AT MR. RICHARD BEARD'S ESTABLISTIMENT, 34, CHURCH-STREET RPOOL; Als 85, KING WI AM-STREET. CITY, 34, P lAMENT-STREET, and the ROYAL POLY lINIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET, - LONDON. Prices}4ding Morocco Case or Frame, from 15s, RAILWAY EXPENDITURE. The following return of the dividends paid by the nine principal railways in 1846, as compared with those paid in 1849, will give a clear idea of the privations which must have been sustained during the interval, and which must be still felt by all who have placed trust in the manage ment of these concerns. It will be seen that in 1846, with a capital invested of only £51,620,000, a larger amount by £155,006 was distributed in the shape of pro fits among the shareholders than in 1849, when the capital invested was £102,869,000, so that in three years an additional sum of £51,249,000 has been laid out on these nine lines, (which, it must be remarked, merely furnish a type of all the rest,) not only without yielding a single shilling of annual return, but with an actual falling off from what was previously received : 4 r ri 0 ,r ° rn E g g: g t z o 2 ,i° c a. tll 5 g a, a „ 0 oq FF o c) . rR 'Et P. a - ; W 575 w s't s - .4 - CA 1, I. - Ca ba za ir 8 5, 1.4 f. 2., o mcaca..6"' ..r' ~ V' .. ~ 0,1 03 .00 I. Co 3 00 ...1 . ,--. ba eP. 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Mitchell has discovered that " since the introduction of free trade, the consumption of bread has increased one third." Prodigious ! Wonderful, if true! Unfortu nately there is an awful fact connected with this enormous increase of bread-eating, which staggers our weak com prehension, viz., the fact that the consumption of tea, coffee, sugar, &c., commodities which people, who live on bread, eenerally use to moisten that article of food, has fallen off rather considerably of late. This fact, however, is nothing to such a philosopher as Mitchell. We pro ceed, therefore, to the conclusion which he draws from his assumed fact. "How then can wages have decreased in proportion to the price of bread, if there has been a* increase of (me-third in the consumption of that necessary of life ?" D,o.ar Mitchell, let us examine the correctness of the deductiouin your own case. You feed luxuriously, no doubt, at ther Reform Club, or at your own elegant domicile, wherever it may be. Allow us, however, to ask you how you woulS diet yourself, with a wife and five or six children, upon, say, a pittance of Bs. or 9s. a week. What would be Sundays dinner ? Not turtle, Mitchell ; not chops, with potatoes and stout, even ; but, perhaps, bread 6d., tea or coffee al., sugar 2d., a cut of indifferent beef or mutton ls., and 2d. for porter. The other six days would, perhaps, behold the alternate luxuries of bread and a red herring, bread and cheese —no, that would be extravagant,—bread and something cheaper then ; bat bread to every meal, if the cravings of hunger are to be satisfied, and the week's rent is to be paid. Mitchell, however, must be well off, for see what an increased quan titY of bread he eats ! Another discovery our philosopher makes. He says, " There can be no doubt that the facility of importation has caused prices to fall." Equally true it is that if the sky should fall we might catch larks. Again, he reminds us that " prices have increased ss. a quarter within the last fortnight ;" and that this is not all to be attributed to " a scarcity, or to an unfavourable state of the weather. It is wholly to be attributed to an increased consumption." How the consumption can have increased so tremendously during the last fortnight, as to produce this effect, or how increased consumption can influence prices, except by producing scarcity, or the fear of scarcity, passes our com prehension. Finally, Mitchell " was glad to see the recent advances that had taken place in the price of wheat." Ergo, he thinks that the consumer has been too comfort ably off with his low-priced loaf. What strange absurdi ties weak-headed men sometimes perpetrate ! PRICES OF CORN IN 1835 AND 1850, The free.trade journals are continually throwing the year 1835 in our teeth ; reminding us that wheat fell to 355. in that year, and that therefore the farmers can be no worse off -now, Mr. Sandars, however, in Tuesday's debate, enlarged our view on this subject considerably. He remarked, that all the comparisons with 1835 were confined to the price of wheat,—forgetting that the prices of all other kinds of corn were far higher then than now. To set this in full day-light, we will just place the averages of 1835 side by side with the averages we have given above :- 1835. May 11, 1850. 395. 4d. .. 38s. Od. 295, 11d. .. 225. Od. 225. lid. .. 15s. 3d. 30s. 4d. .. 19s. Id. 355. Od. .. 245, Bd. Wheat Barley Oats.. Rye .. Beans To show the immense difference between the two years, let us take 100 quarters of each of these articles of pro duce, and see the result. It will astonish some, perhaps, who are ignorantly fancying that 1835 was a year of prices as low as those we are now experie--:-- ,:ncing The produce of 100 quarters of each of these five arti cles, in 1835, and at the present moment, would be as follows £787 5s £595 Os. Od And yet there are writers who perpetually cry out, " Why 'make such a hubbub ? Prices were as low in 1835 as they are now, and yet the farmers survived the depression." Why, so far from 1835 having been a year of prices as low as those we are now experiencing, the mere difference between the prices of 1835 and those of 1850 would of itself ;)e ruinous to the farmer ! OPENING OF THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS This favourite place of amusement was opened last night, the subject selected for dioramic representation being a model of Mount Vesuvius during the great erup tion of 1849. Remembering the first spectacle presented by Messrs. Atkin, which was an eruption of the same volcanic mountain, and which was justly considered by the public an effort of scenic display previously unequalled in this town, and not surpassed in the metropolis, we were induced to pay a visit to the Gardens, and inspect the scene by daylight ' • and we can , conscientiously assure those of our readers, to whom. a visit in the evening, when the pyrotechnic display imparts fall effect to it, is not permitted, that a more delightful specimen of art cannot be witnessed. Tn the foreground is the bay, filled with shipping of the class characteristic of the country, fishing boats, B‘c.; and from its shores rises the giant mountain, with, in the background, the Appenines, studded with villas and vineyards; and, in the gorges, hamlets, the smoke of which is indistinctly seen rising to give a show of life to the otherwise unbroken solitudes. The illusion is perfect, and cleverly executed. In fact, so well is the perspective managed that the spectator might conclude that, in gazing upon the mass of mountain peaks which meet his eye, hie vision was extended over an expanse of some miles of area. The view is taken from the Bay of Naples, and is strictly in keeping, in drawing and in its-accessories, with the luxuriant climate and soil of that classic land. The very plants which adorn the villas and terraces in the foreground transplant us to the locality itself. The trees, the vegetation, are not of our cold clime, but of the sunny south, and stimulated in their growth by the addi tional heat imparted for the soil from the fire which has been for ages smouldering beneath it. As a mere picture, seen by daylight, it will be viewed with delight by every visitor of the Gardens. As a spectacle, illuminated by the pyrotechnic art of Mr. John Atkins, it is most striking and gorgeous ; and the incidents introduced are, we believe, perfectly true to nature, and given as they occurred during the eruption of last year. A rumbling sound, accompanied by detonating shocks in the heart of the mountain, gives notice of the coming scene of devastation;.: and at length the vast crater opens its jaws, and the fiery stream of lava is seen to descend down the sides of the mountain, bringing in its coarse vineyards and villas, farmhouses and hamlets, in one common conflagration and ruin. The whole is most artistically managed ; and the spectator can scarcely be lieve during the period of the display that he is not gazing upon_the fearful reality._ _ _ This excellent picture hat; been painted by a young townsman, Mr. F. Lloyds, connected, we believe, with the scenic department of the Theatre-Royal, and does him infinite credit; and the modelling, erections, and machinery of the whole picture, which is of great extent, reflect great credit upon Mr. John Atkin, by whom they have been designed and executed. On this occasion the excellent band of the 62nd Regt., led by Mr. Carey, will, by the kind permission of Col. Reed,. C. 8., perform at a grand military promenade con cert, to be given in the Great Concert Hall, which has just been entirely repainted and decorated. Amongst the other attractions provided are—the skeleton of the ele phant Rajah, the centrifugal railway, and the camera obscura, with the menagerie, which has recently been augmented. The gardens are in fine condition, and only want a little more foliage, which the trees and shrubs will acquire as the scason advances. A BOLD CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER Sir Charles Wood is certainly a bold man, if, indeed, his boldness may not with more truth be styled impu dence. Few men of ordinary power of face would have dared to say what the Chancellor of the Exchequer said on Tuesday evening last, during the debate on Mr. Grantley Berkeley's motion, that "he defied any honourable member to stand up in that house and say that distress was pressing upon all parts of the com munity ;" or to ask the question—" Who would get up and say that the manufacturing districts were suffering the slightest distress ?" We ourselves should be glad to see any honourable member stand up in the house and inform us what class of the community—a few placemen, pensioners, usurers, and men with fixed incomes excepted —is not sufering distress. Are the owners of the 250 or 300 millions of money sunk in railway investments not suffering distress ? Are our colonial proprietors not sunk in the lowest abyss of suffering ? Are the shop keepers and artizans in our agricultural towns and vil lages prosperous ? Are those in our large towns, even, doing a satisfactory business ? Are our merchants im porting, or exporting, with a profitable result ? No man of ordinary information believes any of these classes to be in a satisfactory condition. But our wise Chancellor of thq Exchequer, snugly ensconced in Downing-street with his head crammed with returns and statistics, relies with 'official placidity upon the fact, as conclusive of the satis factory state of the nation, that fewer persons have re ceived parochial relief, so far during the present year, than in the corresponding period of last year. We are well off, inasmuch as we have not yet reached that ultima Thule of human suffering and degradation—the work house ! _ _ There is not " the slightest distress in the manufac turing districts," he assures us. The circulars of manu facturing and mercantile houses, then, are guilty of the Whig frailty—" enormous lying." Spinners and manu facturers are working short time; and prices of goods cannot be got to advance in proportion to the advance in the raw material—cotton. This, however, let it be borne in mind, does not, in the opinion of a Whig Chancellor of tho Exchequer, constitute distress. Neither spinners nor manufacturers, nor their workpeople. have, as yet, reached the workhouse : ergo there is no distress. Go ahead, most sapient of chancellors ! Verily, you will arrive at the extremity of a people's patience before long ! METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BILL- RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS A public meeting in favour of the Metropolitan Inter ments Bill, now before the House of Commons, was held on Monday night in the great room of the Wellington Club (late Crown and Anchor,) for the purpose of diffusing information as to its main provisions, and correcting some misapprehensions which appear to have gone forth as to the manner in which it will affect certain existing circum stances. It was throughout of a most disorderly and up roarious character, the confusion being altogether caused by a few, persons apparently stationed at different points for the express purpose of interrupting the proceedings. Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P., took the chair and the noble lord was surrounded by a considerable body of the members and friends of the Metropolitan Sanitary Asso ciation. Among them we observed Viscount EbringtGn, M.P. • Mr. Mackenzie, M.P. ; Mr. G. Thompson, M.P.; Mr. Vityld,.M.P. ; Sir E. Pearson, and many others. Before the proceedings commenced an individual from the body of the meeting asked the noble lord in the chair whether the object of the meeting was to consider the principle or the details of the measure ? This inquiry was the signal for the commencement of clamour, and before it could be answered it was manifest that some op position was intended. The Chairman said they had first to consider the princi ple of the measure, which was that the interment of the dead should be carried into effect by those who had no pecuniary interest in it. (This raised a perfect storm of disapprobation.) The noble lord, in speaking, declined going into the details of the measure, but Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., who next addressed the meeting, proceeded to do so, awl contended that the undertakers would not lose by it.—Here another outburst of collision and violence ensued. Several undertakers in the body of the hall who persistedin interrupting the speaker, and raising disturb ance, were subjected to rather severe handling. The utmost efforts of the Chairman to restore order were un availing, and for some minutes the speaker proceeded in dumb show with his address, without succeeding in making a word of it audible. When the tumult had in some measure subsided, lie proceeded to say that the bill would be productive of immense advantage in saving to the poor man in the enormous expense which he is now put to in burying his relatives. He declared he had known Poor families who had been almost ruined by the charges they had been obliged to 'undergo, and which sometimes con signed them• to the workhouse. (Cheers, and cries of "No, no !'') Would they, as Englishmen, continue a system by which the bodies of relatives were sometimes kept for three weeks unburied. (" Oh, oh !" " lt's not true.") Aye, sometimes for five weeks. Many would agree with him that such was the fact. An undertaker, who had long distinguished himself by the violence of his demeanour, here started up and ex claimed " Its false. Will you bring a single proof of what you say'?" The appeal was responded to by a gentleman who advanced to the front of the platform, and amidst a storm of cheers and hisses, said, " I will give you a proof. My name is Joseph Smith. I am a surgeon in Whitecross street. I was sent for about a fortnight ago to visit a poor person, a woman sick of fever. I passed through a narrow dirty staircase into a room twelve feet square, in which there was a large firs burning. In one corner of the room there was a four-post bed, on which the sick woman lay ; and in another corner was the dead body of a man who had died six days before of small pox, and the persons present said they would be unable to bury the body for another week at least." This statement was the signal for another scene of violence of the same duration, and similar in character to the last. Some degree of order having at length been restored, Lord Ebrington, M.P., Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. G. Cruik shank,• and others addressed the meeting, amidst occa sional uproars. At last a frightful conflict broke out at the lower end, to which, of course, all eyes were directed. Glasses and forms were heard breaking, hands (some with sticks in them) and arms were uplifted, and blows were struck, whilst cries of " police ! police !" " Turn him out !" and "Shame, shame !" reverberated from all parts of the room. It is impossible to describe the con fusion that prevailed, or to depict the anxiety of the ladies, of whom there were a considerable number who occupied chairs in front of the platform. At length the barrier of men which separated the combatants from the peaceable centre was broken, and a couiplete panic en• . sued. Those who had kept quiet among the main body were quickly overpo w e r ed. The res e r ved seats"' wereandnext invaded, and a v ast mass of human beings, male and m rolled like a huge wave against the table appro priated to the reporters, who, for safety, iumped upon the platform. The panic by this time had extended even there; all order was immediately and hopelessly lost; and, in the instinct of personal safety, no respect was paid to persons. Innumerable bats, coats, Ind umbrellas were missing or destre,yed, awl several ladies were gal lantly rescued from, the mob, below the platform in a fainting state. W e , fear that some were hurt. In this state of things Lr o d R o b er t Grosvenor, after expressing his regret at whV i ha oaeurred,,dissolvect the meeting. - LOCAL MEETINGS, PROTECTION MEETING AT TOXTETII-PARK.—The Toxteth branch of the Liverpool Constitutional Association met, on Friday evening, at Mr. Cragg's, St. James's-place, to express their approval of the appointment of delegates to the recent meeting convoked by the committee of the National Associa tion, for the protection of industry and capital. Mr. Robson was called to the chair, and alluded to the ruinous effects of free trade upon the commerce of the country. Mr. Batten followed, also complaining that free trade had been suicidal, and had done much injury to the working classes. A reaction had.taken place in favour of moderate protective duties, on all all articles of import coming into competition with articles of native industry. He moved a resolution in accordance, which was carried. Another strong resolution, to use all legal to seek the remedial measures desired, was carried, and the meeting separated. _ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ _ _ DOCK COMMITTEE,—The chairman, Mr. Littledale, took his seat, and was congratulated on his recovery from his recent accident.—A letter was read from the chairman and treasurer of the Seamen's Friend Society, stating that the vessel in the King's Dock used no n floating chapel bad boon eold fur X11)5; to be broken up, and they requested that the vessel might be allowed to be taken out of the dock for that purpose. The secretary said the vessel had been in the dock twenty-eight years and seven months, and that the dock dues during that period amounted to £1,277 13s. 7d. It was resolved to remit the dues, and allow the ship to leave the dock,—A letter was read from Mr. Thomas Chapman, tenant of the refectories on the landing stage, accompanied by a memorial praying that the restrictions against the sale of exciseable liquors on the landing-stage might lie removed, so far at least as related to bottled ale, cigars, and brandy. The application was declined, it being considered by several members that a much higher rent could have been obtained but for this restriction. CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.—On Tuesday evening, a second public meeting was held at the Collegiate Institution, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester in the chair. Every part of the spacious hall was densely crowded. The Right Rev. Chairman, in addressing the meeting, said that within the wide range of the British empire, and the still wider range of British 'commerce, there were millions lying in spiritual darkness and in the shadow of death •, and yet these were crea tures who, like themselves, had souls to be saved, and had therefore claims upon their considerations as Christians. Above all, it was the express will and command of Almighty God himself, in his own word, they should be instrumental in raising these poor people out of a state of spiritual degradation and woe. The Church Missionary Society, on behalf of which they were then assembled, bad been engaged for a period of more than fifty years, and it had pleased God to bless its la bours with great and increasitA success. There had been a continually progressive increase in its funds, and in the num bers of its members, and, under God's guidance, there had also been a constant increase in the number of converts to the Christian faith. (Applause.) The meeting was addressed by Rev. F. Barker, the Rev. C. Hodgson, ;the Rev. J. Lowe, the Rev. Francis Close, and other gentlemen, and a collection was made. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on Thursday, Mr. Parker presided. A conversation took place relative to the sewerage of street, and some new sug- gestions were thrown out, to avoid present inconveniences to tenants and landlords, which the borough surveyor will attend to. The report of the inspector of nuisances was read. During the week only 22 court houses, out of 1397 which had been exa mined, were found to be in an unwholesome condition—a fact showing great improvement in the habits of the poor. The medical officer of health reported that though the recent cold weather had tended to increase the mortality, the rate was still 14 per cent below the average. The temperature of the week had been Si degrees below the average of the same week in the four preceding years.—lt was agreed the proposed altera tion of pavement in Brownlow-hill should be made, as sug gested by Mr. Earle, provided the parish authorities supply the stones for macadamising, and that the levels should be altered. The Watch Committee recommended that the Health Committee should allow the police officers who inspect lodging-houses the use of the baths gratuitously,—this to apply chiefly to in spectors and serjeants . The reply to this was, that men get ting 255. and 308. a week, with clothes, could very well afford to pay 2d. fora bath, and if they felt disinclined to perform their duty they must resign. The committee refused to grant the privilege. SELECT VESTRT.—The usual meeting of the Vestry was held on Tuesday, the Rev. A. Campbell presiding. The weekly return of out-door relief showed the number of cases during the week ending May 11 to have been 5,217, comprising 11,812 individuals, at a cost, in money and kind, of £674, being an increase, as compared with the corresponding week of 1849, of 68 cases, 29 indi viduals, and £44 17s. 7d. in the expenditure. Average cost per case, lld. ; per head, Id. Mr. Denton moved for a return of the number of persons wholly or in part excused from the payment of rates during the past year ; also of all persons receiving out-door relief ; to be printed in ward lists for the use of the parishioners. Mr. Jeffrey seconded the motion. The Vestry-clerk said the ex pense would be very serious, and if the lists were not examined after being printed, it would be so much money thrown away. Mr. Denton subsequently modified his motion, making the printing of the lists conditional on application from the wards; and eventually it was with drawn altogether. An important return was read, show ing the amount expended in out-door relief and medical aid during the last twelve years. From this it appeared, that the expenditure in 1839, for out-door' relief, in money and kind, amounted to £15,118, and that for medical relief to £735 ; that during the succeeding years there was a gradual increase until 1847, when the out door relief amounted to £26,308, the subscription to the Dispensaries and the Northern Hospital to £2lO, and the salaries to the medical officers to £922. In 1848 the out-door relief was £42,286; the subscriptions to, the. Dispensaries and Hospital £210; ths salaries to medical officers £3,017, increased by extra expenses for rent of fever sheds, &c., to £8,677, or, deducting a sum allowed by her Majesty's Treasury, £7,438. In 1849 the amount of out-door relief was £33,243, and of medical expenses £2,547. In 1850 out-door relief £ 32,455 ; medical ex panses, £5,408. Mr. Willmer, in accordance with an arrangement to that effect, postponed the motion of which he bad given notice.—On Wednesday, a special meeting was held to consider a notice 'of motion, given by Mr. Abraham, for rescinding any resolutions heretofore pas sod for the discontinuance of the Parish Dispensaries, andrfor rescinding or altering any resolutions requiring the district medical officers to provide medicine for pauper patients. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided, and there was a good attendance.—Mr. Abraham showed that the ordinary cost of the dispensaries, which bad done much good, was only £6OO a-year. The medical officers had ordinarily each 6,000 patients under treatment, belong ing to the parish, every year. A sum of £6OO would allow 2d for medicine for each patient, and that was what he asked them .to expend. Did the Vestry think the patients mad be supplied at a cheaper rate ? If they contracted with the medical officers-for less, could they expect that pauper patients mulch be properly supplied ? —Mr. Cafferata seconded the motion, which was opposed by Mr.. Fairhurst and Mr. Dover. After a protracted diseussioni,, Mr. Abraham's mptioriw.ag.p.ut,, and.caqled bit a maionity of 12 to 114: MR. ECONOMIST WILSON'S ABSURDITIES This embodiment of returns and statistics labours under such au embarras des richessea that every alternate fact which he promulgates, as the result of his arithmetical studies, overthrow's its next neighbour. Thus, on Tues day evening, the railway mania of 1845.6 had produced all our present distress. The middle classes in all our towns had engaged in it; and the great seats of com merce, Liverpool and Manchester, had been just as bad as the rest of the kingdom. But Mr. Wilson forgot to tell us that in 1845 and 1846, whilst in the heat of the railway mania, we were enjoying a state of plethoric prosperity ; and that it was not until after the passing of Free Trade, and after the large importation of foreign grain had drawn our gold out of the country, that we began to suffer a collapse. He follows his objurgation of railways by an argument, which cuts in a completely opposite direction. "In 1848," he says, "'no fewer than 147,000 men were employed upon the railways"—consuming foreign imports and British manufactures, stimulating the revenue, both from customs and excise, no very undesir able state of things for a Chancellor of the Exchequer, we should imagine, and at the same time constructing useful work—but now, " there were not quite 45,000 so employed; so that upwards of 100,000 men, or more than a few years ago were employed in the cotton trade of the country were thrown out of employment" So that making railways and ceasing to make railways are equally causes of national suffering ! Tenterden steeple being the cause of Goodwin Sands is quite as sensible as any of the instrumentalities pleaded by free traders as having caused the very unsatisfactory working of their grand specific. "There's a good time coming" however Mr. Wilson assures us. We are not going to let the American farmer have ail his own way. John Bull is _going to astonish him some of these fine days. Mr. Wilson " did not perceive any danger of the British farmer being undermined by the United States' farmer; and moreover he should not be surprised to see within two months quantities of wheat shipped from Europe to the United States," (Cries of oh ! oh !) " Honourable gentlemen who cried ' oh, oh !' did not seem to know that scarcely ten years ago large supplies of wheat went from Europe to America." It strikes us forcibly that Mr. Wilson must have got confused in his geography; and that for the word "America" we should understand British America, or rather Montreal and Quebec, not the United States. At all events, before he sees such a feat of madness committed as the sending of any quantity of wheat to the United States in the face of her present high tariff, he will have, for the " good time coming," to `-` Wait a Rule longer." For an admission made by Mr. Wilson we must really thank him. He says that : " He quite admitted that there was not in this country at the present moment that universal prosperity which all in that house would so gladly see; but he thought the House must admit that there was a wonderful distinction between the suf fering of the present period and the suffering the country had witnessed in former times. (` Hear, hear,' and No, no.') He was satisfied that every dispassionate man must admit, that whereas at former periods the main of the suffering was un dergone by the working classes, the main of the suffering now depressing us was borne by the middle classes of society. (` Hear, hear, and No, no.')"• We rather wonder that he durst " quite admit" any thing of the kind, and that the Chancellor of the Exche quer did not knock him down on the spot. We receive the admission however gratefully ; and the palliative equally so. The distinction between past and present suffering is an important one. In former bad times the working classes suffered ; at present the middle classes are suffering. If our sapient economist can tell us how the middle classes—the employers of labour—will suffer, without calling upon the working classes to bear their portion of the infliction, we shall be still more grateful to him. Tho latter classes, unfortunately, bear deeply en graved upon thir memories the very true admission of a very honest, because candid, free trader, who has now gone to his rest—" we are all for ourselves in this world." /District RMS. The permanent station of the Manchester and Altrin cham railway at Bowdon was opened on Friday. Five new alms-houses are being erected at lireseot, ad joining those in Snig-lane. A handsome ball-room is now being built at New-hall, the seat of Sir John Gerard. Mr. James Garnet, one of the guardians for the town of Bingley, has resigned his office in consequence of being intimidated by a drunken fellow. On Saturday new potatoes, grown in the neighbour hood, out of doors, were sold at St. Helen's market at ls. per lb. On Saturday week Lady Hoghton, of Astley-hall, Chorley, attained the patriarchal age of 89 years on which occasion the bells of the parish church rang several peals. At Tarporley, John Lewis has been convicted for the manslaughter of John Dimmelow, whom he knocked down, fracturing his nose by the blow, and his skull by the fall. A most exciting match at cricket between eleven of the All England and fifteen of the Manchester Club came off at the latter place on Saturday. The Manchester men were victorious. A meeting was held in Manchester on Wednesday at which the Rev. Hugh Stowell presided, and a petition to parliament in favour of the bill for subdividing large parishes was adopted. On Monday, the 29th of April last, Nancy, the wife of Robert Lightholden, of Blackburn, cut her throat with a razor, from the effects of which the died on Sunday last ; when asked the reason for the rash act, her only answer was that she could not tell why, and that queer thoughts had come into her head. The depositors in the St. Helen's Savings' Bank have been receiving, this last week, the first dividend, of six shillings and eightpence in the pound. The great majo rity have withdrawn the money, as they seem to hare a strong antipathy to banks and bankers. It is hoped that the next dividend will be to the full of the deposits. FOREIGN CORN.—In the minority of 184 for Mr. Berkeley's motion for a committee on the question of the importation of foreign corn were (connected with this county) Blair and Hamby. In the majority of 298 were Armstrong, Birch, Bright, Brotherton, Brown, Cardwell, Crawford, Duncuft, Gibson, Greene, Grenfell, Henry, Heywood, Lindsay, Patten, Pilkington, Thicknesse, Walmesley, and Wilson. Absent—Fox, Greenall, Hind ley, Strickland, and Walker. ATROCIOUS ACT. FREE-TRADE ARGUMENT ! On Sunday night last, some villain entered the shippon on the farm occupied by Mr. Moss, Samlesbury, and cut the throat of a very valuable cow. The poor animal was dis covered quite dead. This cowardly act is supposed to have been commtted by some person who imagined that Mr. Moss had signed the late petition in favour of pro tection, but which, it appears, he did not do.—Blackburn Standard. On Saturday last, Joseph Scurry, who was employed in the mill of Messrs. Langworthy Brothers and Co., Sandy Well, Greengate, Salford, went into the carding room, for the purpose of " larking " with one of the girls there. Finding that he had stopped too long, and thinking to fa cilitate his descent to the part of the mill where he was employed, he opened a teagle door • instead, however, of catching hold of the rope by which the hoist is thrown into gear, he missed his hold, and fell head foremost to the lower storey, the carding room being the fourth. When taken up, he was insensible, and he died at the Royal In firmary early the next morning. He sustained a com pound comminuted fracture of the skull, three pieces of the bone having been driven into the substance of the brain. ARRIVAL OF LANCASHIRE GREYHOUNDS IN F GYPT. —lt will be remembered that some weeks ago several greyhounds were despatched from the packs in South Lancashire to Egypt. We find in the Alexandria cor respondence of the Times the following notice of their arrival:—" The greyhounds which arrived here last month from England, as a present to Abbas Pasha, have been sent back to Alexandria from Cairo, the climate here being cooler. Beale, Lord Sefton's keeper, has been much pressed by the Viceroy to remain in his ser vice, but he prefers England to Egypt and will not stay. Abbas Pasha seems well pleased with the dogs, and has expressed his great admiration of them, and has appointed an effendi to take charge of them on Beale's departure." AN ENORMOUS BEAN Pon.—We were shown, yester day, an enormous pod, containing eight beans, grown in Natal, by Mr. Methley, a settler, and sent by him to his father, the Rev. Mr. Methley, of Leeds. So gigantic a pod we have never seen before. It is two feet long, and varying from three to four inches in width. The beans swelling within the pod, give it the form of so many round or French rolls, united in one row. Each bean occupies a division of the pod of about four inches by three ; the bean itself being about two inches in diameter, flat, and a dark chocolate colour. The exterior of the pod, which is quite dry, is the colour of a cocoa nut s smoother, but with numerous corrugations, and each edge of the pod is bound by a strong border of woody fibre. A few of these immense beans would fill a tureen, and, with due sauce and condiments, afford a nutritive meal. —Manchester Guardian. ORANGEISM AT HASLINGDEN.—On Saturday week the D.G.M., the worshipful masters, and deputy-masters of the various lodges belonging to the Grand Protestant Confederation of Loyal Orangemen, Haslingden district, met at the house of John Thorn White, Lion Inn, Raw tenstall, for the purpose of transacting the district busi ness ; the Deputy G.M. in the chair. The accounts were read and passed. The D.G.M, said it was cheering to him to inform his brethren that there had been a consi- derable accession of new members during the past year, and that the order was steadily increasing. The announce ment was received with applause. He read a letter from Brother Squire Auty, of Bradford, which stated that about 500 Orangemen would be present from Bradford, at the great demonstration the brethren of Colne were going to have on the 10th of June. The following were elected officers :—Brother James Ramsbottom, D.G.M. ; Brothers Henry Haworth, William Halstead, John Or merod, Robert Hindle, and Richard Taylor, the G,C. AN AGRICULTURAL " BULL. "— Some of our contem poraries have been making great show of a declaration said to have been signed by twenty-one farmers of Rich ton, to the effect that, having been induced, "from mis apprehension," to sign a petition to both Houses of Par liament, the object of which was " supposed to. be for a re-enactment of a duty on the importation of grain," they " publicly begged" to " withdraw their signatures," expressing their " conviction" that "if such be the object of the petition, and it had been so explained" to them, they would not have signed it. Without referring to the amount of " conviction" the farmers must have possessed to have signed a petition of any kind, about the contents of which they were in entire ignorance, it will astonish some of our readers to learn that a great many of those so anxious to "withdraw" their " signatures, ' Thisr. actu actually n fa e e v t e . r Tsighneeedxptlahenaptieotn of thisitionin is that certain free trade workmen in the neigh bourhood, determined to show how completely they p ractised their profession, by refusing. to purchase the farmers' milk. any st ra n s g b e a withdrawalpshape oor w ay Hence the haste to correct a mistake never till then Cam. witted.—Blachbrn Standar& 911irtrultural anb iPorttrulturat COI. U We are assured that the forthcoming exhibition at the Corn Exchange will be superior to those of previous years. We think this must be intended to apply to the plant de partment, for the meteorological obstacles this spring have opposed such difficulties in the way of vegetable cul tivation as are without parallel. Slrould the promise of superior exhibition be realised, or even should it only equal the displays of former years, it is desirable that a correct judgment be formed of the resat, for the produc tion of superior or equal specimens under such adverse circumstances, will in either case imply a decided advance. We know it is a custom with many persons to argue, that as protection and an artificial temperature are pro vided, and the circumstances of the plants are brought as nearly as possible to those of their natural state, there fore there ought to be no more difficulty one season than another. But such persons know but little about the art of cultivation, and the extreme difficulty of con tending against natural causes. Thus no plant can be healthy unless supplied with fresh air, any more than an. animal in ,an impure atmosphere ; of course this cannot be ea easily supplied when the external atmosphere- is cold, or otherwise unfavourable. But pure air is not more essential to successful culture than light, which may at • most be called the life of vegetation : this, of course, must be deficient in dull, cloudy weather, to the consequent in jury of plants under glass. Again, heat may be supplied by artificial means ; but it is well known to the practical horticulturist that one degree of sun-heat is more valua ble than five degrees produced artificially. Thus, then, if the plants shewn at the forthcoming exhibition equal those of former occasions, we must conclude that the gardeners have made a real progress. We believe this to be the case, nor can it be otherwise, because their intel lectual faculties are constantly stimulated at the meet ings of the Horticultural Society ; and the fruits of these meetings must be sound improvement, year after year, in all branches of the art. The gardener learns the value of working systematically, and having a reason for all he does; and in proportion as this becomes his rule, so wilt horticulture progress, and erect itself into a branch of art worthy of alliance with the science of botany. LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.-MAY MEETING. The society was occupied with a discussion opened by Mr. J. IL Richardson upon the growth of plants intended as specimens for exhibition. He contended that although the person who cultivates plants for his own pleasure has the right to adopt any plan he pleases, yet the cultivator for exhibition ought to be guided by such rules as will insure the object of all public exhibitions, the improve ment and perfection of the objects exhibited. He chose for the purpose of illustration the fuchsia and geranium, as the two most commonly cultivated for exhibitional pur poses. These, he contended, were always grown too fast, and instead of being rendered strong healthy plants, sup porting themselves by the strength of their own branches, they are usually grown with such rapidity as to require stakes and strings to retain them in any symmetrical form, and beautiful though they may be when so grown, they fall very far short of what would result from a less rapid formation of wood. Mr. Richardson concluded his very interesting paper by saying that he considered it one great principle of the horticultural art to render tender plants more hardy, and not to make those already hardy tender, by the too speedy development of cellular tissue. He said he remembered seeing plants shewn at exhibitions labelled, " grown to this size in one season," and their size was their only remarkable feature. Mr. Mayer was not inclined to agree with Mr. Richard son in every particular until the subject had been more fully investigated. He, however, thought the subject worthy the gardeners' utmost attention. Mr. T. C. Archer fully agreed with Mr. Richardson, and mentioned the splendid specimens of pelargoniums exhibited at the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society as satisfactory - proofs of the correctness of his views. Several other members took part in the discussion, and it was finally agreed that experiments should be made, and the results communiclted. A splendid specimen of Pimelem spectibilis was exhibited by H. Littledale, Esq., Mr. G. Taylor, gardener ; flowers of Cryptolepis longifolia and Cantua bicolor, from the collection of C. Wilson, Esq., by Mr. Thomas, gardener ; and Mr. Williams, gardener to Daniel Harrison, Esq., of Liscard, exhibited a pretty specimen of Tiarella cordifolia, a hardy herbaceous plant. It was announced that Dr. Brett would give a lecture on the chemistry of horticulture at the June meeting. MISCELLANEA There is now in flower, at the nursery of Mr. George Cunningham, Oak Vale, Broad-green, a specimen of Smith's Rhododendron, aureum superbem; it is compa ratively a new variety, and has not yet flowered in many collections. The flowers are large and well formed, of good substance, and a rich buff-yellow colour, spotted in the throat; the head is huge and conical, and the flowers numerous. it is much finer than the other two yellow varieties raised by Smith, R. aureum and R. aureum splendidum. On Friday evening, the 17th instant, a lecture was delivered to the Liverpool Chemists' Association, by Dr. Dickinson, upon the importance of the study of Botany to those engaged in practical Pharmacy. In the course of the lecture the Doctor pointed out some start ling facts, well known to Botanists; for instance, the sub stitution of the inert Cherophyllum temulentnm for the powerful Conium maculatum of Solanum dulcamara, use less to the oculist, for his most powerful agent, Atrops belladonna ; of the inoccuous Verbascum Thapsus for the potent Digitalis. Many other examples were adduced, and enough said by the learned lecturer to convince all Present of the necessity for which he contended, namely, the knowledge of Botany to the Pharmaceutist, and the collection of medical plants by Botanists instead of igno rant herbalists. So great is the want of information on this subject, by those commercially engaged in it, that many samples are cultivated and supplied for officinal purposes, which absolutely lose all their virtues by culti vation ; a familiar instance of this is seen in the common celery, which, in its native babitals, is a deadly poison, but under the influence of cultivation becomes a whole some vegetable. Dr. Brett gave an interesting lecture on the impurities of chemical preparations, but as this subject is foreign to this column, we can only say that we _listened so it with much pleasure. NOTICES OF NEW WORKS. Principles of Scientific Botany. By Dr. J. M. Seidel den. Translated by Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &e. The extraordinary value of this work to the scientific botanist is such, that we cannot, with justice, omit to bring it before our readers. The difficulties in the way of the botanical student are so great, and increase the more the necessity for the science becomes known, that any work which tends to smooth the way is a public boon. We knew this work in its original form, but our imperfect knowledge of the language prevented our appreciating it so fully as we are enabled to do in this clever translation, which is sufficiently clear for every reader. In treating the science of botany as one of induction, charms are ad ded to it which are not found in the mere catalogue-like works forming the bulk of our botanical literature. Dr. Schleiden has condensed in this volume pretty well all that is known of the plant, from the evolution of the first plant-cell to its final development, through all its inter esting morphological phenomena. The whole work is profusely•illustrated by carefully drawn wood cuts, and exhibits the nicest care in getting it up in such a manner as will make it most useful to the practical botanist, and it reflects the greatest possible credit upon Dr. Edwin Lankester, whose intimate knowledge of the subject has made him a most efficient translator. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK Stove, Conservatory, Scc.—Such plants as Azaleas, Rhododendron, Gibsonii, which have finished blooming in the conservatories, would be benefited by repotting and removal to a higher temperature, where they may form their new growth in time to be properly hardened off. Flower Garden.—Tho favourable change of weather renders it desirable to commence planting out the dahlias, verbenas, and other bedding stuff now in the frames. Kitchen Garden.—Attend to the seedling beds, which will cow be growing rapidly ; and prick out a sufficient stock of all the various cabbage tribe. Plant out vege table marrow. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS An Amateur.—Six choice Verbenas. We give you twelve instead of six, that you may have a better chance of getting them. Scarlet : St. Margaret, and Englefield scarlet. Crimson : Emperor of China and Louis Phil lippe. Purple : La Vqlegrove, and Amy. Blue : Heloise and Blue King. While : Avalanche, and Mountain of Snow. Pink : Minerva, and Beauty superb. We will answer your second question in a future number. Some new ones have lately been sent out, of which we wish to learn something before recommending them. L. Makin.—Calceolaria Seed : Sow in September. THE LIVERPOOL PROTECTION MEETING ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR.-" Just hit me and see what you'll get," cries the juvenile coward when overtaken by his assailant ! In a similar spirit cries the Liverpool Times to the Protection ists, on behalf of the Whigs, " agitate if you dare for protection and see what you'll catch !" Sir, we'll try our hands at this necessary business heedless of his frown or favor, knowing that this is our only alternative to free ourselves of the embarrassments of our circum stances, conscious that our principle is patriotic and equi table, and that the doctrines we oppose, and he espouses, canw we uaffreer to b 0 operation of this vicious and destructive experiment, we have given them time enough to produce twice the i a n r h e n t rn he nn off e s x p a r c i t n i g nn o s f vile expectations,mre have too patiently sordid endureddesires, and e amount of good results they gratuitously prophesied from the victims of something too awful to be told us !—and in England too ! !—in the nineteenth century ci th n e n i c r k p e r r e y sc n r , i ) p l t o i n o g n e , r— an b d ut co i r w te e nt e e a d r l e y p , 11! Well, sir, we will never be afraid to exercise, or defend, our national privileges ! We posses s l e dtwh give with t m hu s,i. and we will wield r w ot e est, them ! We shrink not from the responsibilities belong... withg whatever hattehveerr caution, soninua ing to them, and we will not be deterred from using them I Whatever sacrifice be prudent, in exer tionsdiffic a b lt e y , n n e o ce o s necessary, opposition e h n a whatever interferethreaten os _... u. ,r,n!.be, 0 er e: a s . obstacle, i ( c ,i l.e, great-n i () : r e t a , iidomvpni P.S.--=Perhaps . :G p h h i:liivcifeeer defend pre o rsni f edo o dut i h r t ero foes rrsetigerhuTtg. ma y rag, est energies, until there shall again be " by law estab lished" " Protection to every branch of British industry:l!, I am, Sir, &c., 18thIlay, 1850. a . !V .1 A t • . , t or 70 I lir to know that the day fixed for t. . r . '... , • - 'on meeting, is the anniversary of 90 - Towirriok- 4 4- 121 4 k