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LOST FEELINGS. FROM THR REV. R. MONTGOMERY'S " LYRA CHRIsTIANA.” Oh ! weep not that our beauty wears Beneath the wines of time; That ae conceals the brow with cares That once appeared sublime. Oh! weep not that the clouded eye No shining tliow:ht can speak ; And freslr and fair no longer lie Joy=tints-upon the ch ek. No. weep not that the ruin-trace Of wasting time is seen Around the form and in the face Where beauty's ones have been But mourn the inward wreck we feel, As years elepart, Antt Time's benumbing fingers steal Young feelings from the heart. Those .invms timutthts which rise and spring From out the'buoyant mind, Like summer•bees noon the wing, Or echoes on tile wind. The hopes that sparkle ev'ry hour, Like blossoms from a soul Where sorrow sheds no blitzhting power, And care has no control; With nil the rich enchantment thrown On lite's fair scene around, • tire a mournful doom, trirreri tomb, LITER ATURE. -..--••••. , 6.-- Bongs vo ;ooks, Prints, Music, Sze .otlrt, r ipft at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red. !on. addressed " to the Editor when they will be forwarded, LSTANDARD and rec The Cape and ti.e Kafirs ; or, Notes of s Five Years' Residence in South Africa. By Alfred W. Cole Lnndor Bentley to us very opportunely, to give us some account of the tribes which of late have occupied Mr. Cole's volume eon SO 11l II n. Many of the scenes are of a no and all of t m of an interesting charreter. d. The volume is dedicated to town. The following are fair s rather prettily situ- e description is a lady formerly of t specimens The capital of Behind it rises Table Mountain, almost perpendi , an:l quite flat at the top. It is about thirty feet . - higher than Snovvdor separated from it by ght of Table Mountain, pass, is another double- a boll° n, called On the I called th Lion's Head and the Linn's tett a cvl i lofty pointed mountain violent south-east wind 3, gradu " the Devil la ulnw wi forming it- p of T; shore, t Town, therefo Mountain. and this is termed tains, which occa able-cloth." it looks t These south -easy immense fury ; and as they blow off arm to the shipping. Cape surrounded by moun- tions, which an known in Cap( 3mpletely any vi t tremendously hot thunder-storms. And yet, led for those unpleasant visita. MACOMO, THF. KAFIR CHIEF. .f is a kaross of leopard ler Kafir. Arms, legs, rnerally terrific, they are almost un- Town. A gentleman who had resided -three p-ars, assured me that he had •0 in that period, and neither of them of The proper d ski h can t and feet, are left hare, and so is the head however, is very fond of turning out in European cos tume ; and as he selects his wardrobes in a very diffusive Macomo n thous ize of rr very mu dragoon trousers shirt, no waistcoat on a lite rough. ur eade ire a blu ise at seeing the great considerably too large for worse for wear; a pair of old vnished gold stripe down the I no stockings I He was mounted •nomed pony, with a cheap saddle, and an old worn-out bridle. In place of a riding-whip, be carried in his hand a knob-keerie of formidable di mensions, and in his mouth was stuck a small, blackened In addition to this, he weft by no means sober, r Macomo," I was informed. clay pipe though not The Kafir is eerta a Kafi THE EAFIRS trifling—l do not but of knock-kne des, at so often mar th nations, delicate Sue mu seen so hesitati mai. He 'is tall manly form among civilized nth and feet, and the Io has not the small al in his motions scalar arm tonal deformity, how less, hump. pions) partal and such minor inch Hottentot ; but he has a and a good calf to his lex. I have es of coloured people, and I have no g the Kafirs by far the finest of ro, though some of them re not v much of t are on at character. High cheek respectably.shaped noses i of the flattened " almost black to a light MALAY FESTIVALS Their religious festivals very extraordinary, and, I but the comic parts of them always mppil?se, very gra struck me so )me defect, perhaps, of my t in Cape To;rn. It was to a large room, with a s. Candles were stuck nees, fastened to the walls in profusion, amid Is of flowers innumerable. Round the room were old Malays, squatting on mats, and dressed in gala costume. In the centre of the room a quan.ity of perfume was burning. Three or four younger Malays kept marching round the room, and they and the old gentlemen aforesaid kept up a sort of grunting, whining chorus, which at first I took to he indications of severe pain in the abdominal regions, but was afterwards in- in silver formed that they pa .re chantin entences from the Koran Suddenly the young •elves a gentlemen began to throw them- ladiatorial attitudes, singing faster than ever, reupon the old gentlemen shouted 3der, as thou2h the internal agonies had vastly Then the young men stripped off their shirts. increased. and I tho were going to we a regular r " set-to." and offered Tied " Go it !" to back one wi e against ox at all ; they only danced, till they left little pools of lations on t floor. Then a bay came " Turn him nut !" and at ung men eized the boy _ . unged a sharp instrument like a meat-skewer so it appeared,—and they his tong led him round to admiring apectators with the skewer projecting through his tongue. Jones pronounced it too bad," and hinted that he should like to " punch ad" of the fellow that did it ; but the boy looked sappy and contented with his tongue on a skewer ; ere was soma deception, which, ur detection. As soon as this in. sting youth had departed, one of the young men d it into the fleshy part of at - no doubt tt a dagger and ph his aid anA nd then walk - ed . round were a few drops of in the wound, in which the atickinc nes informed him, gravely, '` pain in the side," and of )m a valuable recipe of his vandman his cheek her man thrust a skewer-through and showed himself also, routfht in, and thrown over an another of the Malays seized them with , and kept drawing them fast over the le while that these exhibitions were taking slays kept up their hideous shrieking of the :aces, all of them shouting together, and ouder the more horrible the experiment was some red-hot chains w, Koran se, the sight, the weapons, and th( ins, together, formed a scene bordering on th( The n t that t re was styli evident jugs round 1 friend n and the plate w so constant! comments of my cockney iicrous pre greatly over the horrible. What the meaning of it all was I have not the remotest idea, nor did I ever meet any one who cc The Upper Ten Thousand ; or, Sketches of American Society._ By a N EW Y ORKER. London : J. W. Par- ker and Son whole, a, rs of which this hook consists were originally i Fraser's Magazine : and they convey, on the ntirestin picture of that portion of American which they tr There is an aristocracy even republic, though there is no addition of titles ; an d venting that their modes of thought and conduct differ from our own, they are generally, perhaps, not more The book does not profess to treat of American society in all its grades, but only of that portion to which the writer had introductions, and with which he minded. There is a vividness about the de uription3 which convinces us that the author's pictures are lifelike, though we were not otherwise acquainted with r unreasonable the originals I, apps that h I went d I was g awfu A lIARRIAGF. INNEWYORK A servant announces that the ladies are ready ;" Van Ironic, with a very serious face, ladles out a full tumbler of punch, arid hands it over to Harry, who disposes of it rapidly. Then they hasten down to the second story, where each man picks up his lady on his arm in passing; and so the party of twelve sail down into the middle parlour of the first floor,—the folding-doors on each side of which are closed. In the front parlour both families are atten dant. to the number of sixty, of all ages • from old Backus, who neve r s ti rs ou t exce pt to see one of grandchildren 'serried. to the Master Vanderlyns, two promising colle gians at fourteen and eizteen, who look up with intense respect to their new brother 83 a man who has been abroad, and owns a fast trotter. As soon as the bridal party is arranged in a semicircle, filling up about half the room, the folding doors are thrown open, and the company have a very pretty tableau fronting them. Van Horne stands on Masters' right—it would not do to have the stately Gerard too near his less lofty cousin—and then the little men taper off down to Robinson, who looks hardly older or larger than the elder Master Vanderlyn, not withstanding his white tie. The bride, on her part, is admirably supported by her maidens. On her left is Miss Masters, a stylish brunette, with a half Egyptian head and swimming black eyes she looks like a poetess, but is in reality remarkable for nothing so much as her common sense and management. Next her, is Miss Alice Vander lyn, a somewhat larger and coarser edition of the bride, very enod-natured and lively, and, on the whole, excel lent belle material, though not a remarkable beauty. And then come four more Misses, very pretty and proper, whom we will not dwell upon more particularly. Tear]. W Cape i 9 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1852. THE RECEPTION' The marriage service fiLWb;;;!;mpleted ahout five minutes, and people are crowding unmeaningly round the bride and bridegroom, making them formal congratu lations, when a shrill whistle is heard without, and the door-bell rings, and straightway the six groomsmen ru4h out into the hall, for the company are coming. Company ? What company ? Why, my unsophisticated reader, only the two families were asked to the wedding ; hut all the fashionables of New York, some seven hundred strong, were asked to the reception. And the manner of tha reception is this. As the successive arrivals descend from—not their carriages, but the rooms up stairs—the ladies are taken from their gentlemen by the groomsmen, and car ried up to the bride to be presented to Mrs. Masters. A pretty amount of locomotion these six young gentlemen have to do for the next two hours, and a hard task it is for the bride to stand up all that time to he looked at. But she seems to hear it very well, and at any rate it is her own fault. Harry wished for nothing less than to ex pose her to this fatigue- ; but it was all the fashion to have receptions, and she would have one. HOW TO MARE A SHERRY COBBLER ii Now,” said he, " take a knife and a lemon, and do as you see me do; don't mind soiling your fingers. First. you rub the lemon with the back of the knife—that brings out the essential oil better; then you pare off the rind very carefully, takin g o nly the yellow, and not cut ting into the white at all. Very well. Imbed your lemon peel in as much sugar as you would use if making a simi larly-sized glass of punch. Sometimes you will see slices of lemon put into a cobbler—nothing can be more de structive; avoid everything but the yellow peel. If you will have something more, put in a slice of orange or pine -apple, or a few strawberries I think this may he done to good effect in a bowl, but not in a single glass. Now fill your tumbler half-way with pounded ice. Good. And now pour in two wine-glasses of sherry. You see we use dark sherry for this, both for the strength and the colour. It makes the mixture of a beautiful golden hue ; with Amontillado or Manzanillo it would look too weak. Don't he impatient; we have to mix yet." He took up one of the spare glasses, covered with it. the mouth of the tumbler which contained the magic compotmo shoot' " hack and f' f-- _.)K the cobsler ...orwari., mm one glass . the other a dozen times without spilling' a drop. " There, now choose a perfect straw. and then try it ! change glasses with you as yours is not. yet mixed, and you might not be handy at tossing it the first. time." A MAN FOR THE UNITED STATES He knew no 3 uhject very deeply or accurately, hut some thing about almost every subject in the schedule of human knowledge ; and whatever he did know, was always at his command and ready to be made the most of. He could write newspaper and magazine articles, critical, political, or financial, with vast facility. - .ng restrained by no mo dest doubts or scruples; and could stand up and harangue any number of people about any topic, without notice (a faculty, it may be here remarked, which comes by nature to all Americans, educated or uneducated). He did his own marketing, and collected his own rents and interests. He could shew his cook how to prepare a new dish. and draw patterns of carriages for his coachmaker. Half the time he cleaned his gloves and varnished his dress-b ots himself, bving fully persuaded that he could do them bet -"- man. He drove about the country in his t a servant; and if he had occasion to stop ter than occupied, unharnessed his own trotter with little diffi,'-ulty, and less scruple. He was always well up in the prices of stocks and real estate. When he chose to play Sybarite, he surrounded his friends with all the comforts that. —ire, while he was still independent of and could ' .1 it at RR rue mirusrers of luxury, . —.O nave rougher. any motwnt with the most enterprising traveller, though in the daily enjoyment of silken ease at home. AMERICAI , CHARACTER The feeling of dislike to English manners would na turally diminish in succeeding generations, whereas the Gallicism of our people is on the increase—in fact its origin is of comparatively recent date. But we really are more like the French in some senses. Politically, the American is very Anglo-Saxon. So he is morally but socially, so far as you can separate society from Morals, be is very French. The Englishman's first idea of his duty in society is non-interference; the Frenchman's and American's amusement. An Englishman does not think it his business to endeavour to amuse the company in which he happens to be ; an Englishwoman does not think it her duty to make any attempt to entertain a man who is introduced to her. A Frenchman will rather talk trash, knowing that he is talking trash, than remain silent and let others remain silent. So will an American. But an Englishman, unless he is sure of saying something to the point, will hold possession of the 1 The imperturabl dish gentleman is not generally un any more than it is by the French. His derstood by us, ttributeil to s Ifish indiffer- man, very courageous, and fuli of learning ; but devoid of all the arts and graces of life, and caring for nobody but himself.. It is a great pity that there is not a better understanding ; but, unfortunately, the best Englishmen who come here seldom stay lone enonah to he annrerinted nriri the heat Americans who go to England seldom stay there long enough to appreciate the country. Whenever an Ameri can chances to stay some years among you, he ends by gland very much ; but it is very seldom that he has any provocation, unless compelled by business, to stay some years, for acquaintances are harder to make in London than in any other city, while it has less resources for a man without acquaintances than any other city— besides being so dear. The Heir of Ardennan. A Story of Domestic Life in Scotland. By the Author of " Anne Dysart." Lon don : Colbourn and Co. The characters in this novel are transcripts from real life, delineated with a keen appreciation of those various phases of individuality which make up the diversity of • human character. The writer displays great powers of description, both in incident and scenery. A spirit of deep reflection and true moral feeling pervades the whole, rendering it greatly superior in intrinsic worth to this class o 5 writing in general. The interest of the story is maintained throughout, without once violating what is probable or what is natural. To the English reader, un accustomed to Scotch scenery and Highland manners, these volumes possess the additional charm of novelty. Among the INCOMPLETE PUBLICATIONS, those of the veteran Charles Knight claim the foremost place, for they are not only good throughout, but they reach us with the Part 30, gives us the interesting drama of an interesting most praiseworthy regularity. The Half-Hours of Eng lish History, whether for the schoolboy who would receive a vivid picture of the times, or for the scholar who would revive in brief space the readings of former years, are filled with attractions.—Part V. of the Curiosities of In dustry ought to be interesting, for it treats of the modern varieties of Printing, some of which are both curious and useful ; and of cotton and flax. with the former of which the merchant is bound up, and with the latter the agricul turist.—The " Country House," Part 111., treats of the Ox and the Dairy : and both the woodcuts and the let terpress shew a high degree of merit.—Mrs. Cowden Clarke gives us Imogen the Peerless, in the" Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines;" and it appears that this closes the interesting series.—Mr. Chas. Knight has commenced two new works, in shilling numbers of uniform appear- ance, and each containing about 160 12mo. pages. The first is a re-issue of " Half-Hours wills the Best Authors," as an " illustrated edition ;" and the second the Bat Story-Tellers, acoliection of popular fictions of all nations. Messrs. Houls'on and Stoneman have commenced, in Grandfather TVlsitehead's Catechisms, a simplification of the facts of science. The present gives us a taste of Natural Philosophy.—They also issue the first number of Aunt Mary's " Story Books for Young People ;" consisting of " Reynar'l the Fox." The comical preparations of ani mals, by Ploucquet of Stuttgard, which attracted so much attention in the Great Exhibition, are engraved as illus trations to this number. The Home Circle possesses the usual amount of interest ; and the Parlour ltiagazine ful fils its promise pretty well, as a specimen of " the litera ture of all nations ;" 219 the present number contains that of seven.—The Temperance Chronicle is good, as usual. —The Controversialist, of which two numbers have reached us, is a magazine adapted for the members of de bating clubs. There is a part of every young man's life when he is emphatically a speaking animal, what Dickens calls a " budding Chatham ;" and this is the style of lite rature to suit him while in that state. The two sides of a question are frequently discussed here ; but there are strong disadvantages connected with making " the worse appear the better argument." ...kUSTRALIANTIIIIIRIL—It is of no value. It is almost uniformly uneven and rotten within. In Sydney and some other large towns, where fire-wood is scarce, and consequently dear, any sort of timber would readily find a purchaser. But how to get it to Sydney is the question. It cannot be conveyed in r a ft s , even supposing the set tler's land was contiguous to some navigable river, or the sea-shore. Our Australian timber Will not float, its specific gravity being greater than that of wat er . Thi s i s a serious loss to the colony. There is, however, one ad vantage resulting from the peculiar charact er o f our tim ber—viz. th a t n otwithstanding the carelessness and drun. kenness of many of our domestic servants, we seldom suf. fer any loss by fire. So hard is the wood, that I have re. peatedly kindled a fire and performed several chemical ex periments on the wooden floor of my study-room.— Mackenzie's Ten Yeats in 4tatralia. LECTURE ON DRUIDISM. On Friday evening last, a lecture on Druidism was delivered at the Collegiate Institution, by the Rev. D. James. It was the second of a series by our local cler gymen. At the dispersion of Babel, the scattered portions of the hnman family carried with ttem the elements of revealed religion ; and in a short period Britain became inhabited from the plains of Shinar. The Phoenicians trailed with Britain at an early period for the tin which is still pro ' duced in the south west of the island ; and the ancient name of the Scilly isles, Cassiterides, is evidence of its production. The tin was mixed with copper, and pro duced bronze ; which the ancients called brass. The traffic is spoken of by many early writers, and even Homer mentions the existence and use of tin. As no other mines are spoken of hut those of Britain, the infen'nce is that it was procured here exclusively ; and as the opara tions required long experience, the island must have bee peopled at a very early time. The Romans also found a warlike people on the slimes, who kept them at bay for some time, and in a condition of warfare for several years. From these and other evidences, the lecturer inferred that Druidism was the religion of the patriarchs; that it pro ceeded from the east to the west ; and that it was brought to Britain at a very early period. The term Druids means wise men of the oak ; and the rites of the system were celebrated under that tree. The three orders consisted of the arch Druid, the bards, and the students. The first was specially the minister of reli gion ; his beard teas long and his hair short ; he carried a hook for purposes of instruction ; and his robe was of I white like a modern surplice, to indicate purity. The bards composed verses, retailed knowledge, preserved tra ditions, and were a sort of living histories. Their costume consisted of a sky blue robe, indicative of peace. The students were ambitious to become bards; they wore a ereen robe, emblematic of the springtime of life, and suggestive of exertion. The meetings for instruction were held at the eqainoxes and solstices. in the open air, within a el:Tip of stones, which included the chief Druid and bards. No weapon, nor any approach to contention was permitted to enter this " charmed ring ;" and thus the peculiar religious rites were celebrated for many 'enerations. They held other meetings of a less impor tant character at the new and full moon. They honoured the use of letters, but taught traditionally, and much of their learning is preserved in the triads which are more common in Wales than in other western countries of the old continent. All ancient nations have practised sacrificing as part of theirreligion : in this, Jew and Pagan coincAed. There was nothing unusual therefore in the Druids sacrificing inferior animals, since that was rightly done, when rightly understood, till Christ came. It has been asserted, how ever, that they offered sacrifices, but this the lecturer was unwilling to admit, and suggested that the execution of malefactors might have given rise to the statement. In attempting to identify the Druidical religion with that of the patriarchs, it was remarked that Abraham built an altar and worshipped under an oak ; also that Moreh and Mamre may be translated in Welsh so as to mean oak; while a modern traveller hasdiscovered that Mamre is not a plain at all, hut a grove of oaks. . . . The christian had been introduced into this country ahout A. D. 60 by Caractacus, who had been pri soner at Rome. The Druids readily embraced the new faith. and became its propagators ; just as the Jews should trive done. had they possessed dispositions as docile. Many churches in Wales, therefore, are built on the ancient sites of Druidical circles ; God being still worshipped, though in a different form and manner. HORTICULTURE. -- 4> --- The question how to lay out a mall garden, has been asked a thousand time , and has as often been replied to; hut, we believe, never satisfactorily so to the hulk of those who ask the question. These who have a large piece of ground to lay out, or at least the proportion usually con sidered requisite for a real villa, would rather consult a landscape gardener with good practical taste, than attempt to decide for themselves from hooks, even though they be as clearly written and well arranged as Mr. Kemp's ex- iuzzling question formation are those who possess those small suburban gardens which have hitherto been overlooked by authors upon landscape gardening. In the arrangement of small gardens, it is almost absurd to adhere to any fixed rule ; individual taste is, and ever we shall, therefore, only attempt to direct the arrangement and selection of the plants for the adornment of the beds. Want of some rule on this important point is seriously felt : one person will produce a display far surpassing his neighbour, by merely making a judicious selection of plants, oftentimes with a smaller pecuniary expenditure. One very prominent fault is the falling in love with every plant that comes in the way,—an amiable failing truly, but one which leads to overcrowding and c-msequent confusion. Every flower has some beauties individually, but does not always add to the collective beauty of a mis cellaneous group. Colour, if brilliant, is always beautiful in flowers, but if not properly combined, its effect is greatly decreased, if not spoiled. Therefore the judicious arrange ment of colours is of great importance. Height, too, is another important consideration ; for, if not well managed, it leads to confusion. Knowledge of the habits of plants is also required, in order to prevent our having one flower blooming in perfection whilst its immediate neighbour is in a state of decay. This last fault is remedied by choos- ng groups of plants all of which bloom as nearly as pos ible at the same time, so that successional sets may be Thus, in the spring, crocuses, snowdrops, hya- arranged herbaceous „ heath, mezereon, and others, will make the zarden smile with beauty during the early spring months, say January and February, if mild ' • at the end of March many of the herbaceous plants will bloom, as for instance the white rock, yellow alyssum, perennial candy tuft, basil-like saponaria, the primroses, many of the saxe frages, and a variety of beautiful things which will conti nue through April. May is not so flowery a month as is usually supposed ; still some plants may be chosen to fill the gap ; in the meantime, the first spring group dies away, and being principally bulbous plants, they need not be disturbed; but at the commencement of June, verbenas, calceolarias, salveas, and other bedding plants, may be planted close to the places occupied by the bulbs, and will soon grow over and cover those vacant spots with plants which will sustain the beauty of the parterres until winter comes to destroy all floral beauties. We need hardly say that roses, especially those of the perpetual kinds, cannot well be left out of any garden arrangements. MISCELLANEA The Victoria, at Kew, has survived the winter, and is likely to grow and flower again at an early period of the present spring. In this instance we have renewed evidence that the plant is at least more than annual. Rumour states that the commission appointed some time ago to obtain evidence concerning the Crystal Palace have de livered their report, and after having stated that they had considered the various schemes for a gallery of art, a winter garden, and othe,- at, r combined objects, they have re commended that the transept and part of the nave right and left should be removed to Kew Gardens, and devoted to the culture of Palms and other tropical plants. We learn that it is now in contemplation to build a new Vic toria house at Kerr, somewhere in the vicinity of the larg palm house, so as to be heated by the same boilers an d furnaces as those now employed for the large conservat or y. The Epacris.—For the decoration of the greenhouse and conservatory during winter, and for furnishing a sup. ply of cut flowers at a season when they are most esteemed, the different varieties of Epacris are indispensable, and should be grown to the exclusion of many plants now used for early flowering, and known by the term "forcing plants." The sooner many of these are sent to their proper situation (the shrubbery-border) and their places supplied by plants which require no stimulus to induce them to flower in winter (and which are generally more beautiful) the better for the credit of the cultivator and the satisfaction of all concerned.— Gardeners' Chronicle. Remarkable Apricot Tree.—There is now growing at Cheerson an Apricot tree planted by the Empress Catha rine, with her own imperial hand, on the 12th May, 1787. The tree is 36 feet 6 inches high, 4 feet 7 inches in girth, and bears annually between 4 and 5 cwt. of fruit. NEW AND RARE PLANTS Tponitea oblongata, a very pretty convolvulns-like plant, which will probably prove quite hardy ; the flowers are of a purplish-rose colour, large, and bell-shaped.—Denfrey's Journal of Botany. Veronica Andersonii. This is a very elegant hybrid, raised by Mr. Anderson, of Edinburgh, and is said to be one of the best in cultivation. Polygonum Vaccinifolium : a pretty perennial plant, with bright rose-coloured flower 3 produced in great pro fusion; it is a native of the Sikkim Himalaya. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK Stove Conservatory and Greenhouse.—Attend to the roots of large plants in the conservatory borders, espe cially those around which the soil appears hardened ; loosen it with an iron probe. and give the water free ed. mission to the roots. Re-pot calceolarias as they con. tinue to grow ; water cincerarias freely, and occasionally give a little liquid manure. Re-pot geraniums (Pelar goniums). _ Flower Garden and Shrubbery.—Sow a few annuals in pots, where a frame can be spared ; they can be ready to turn out, and will be almost in flower by the time the seeds nre coming up in the open border. Biennials should be removed from the reserved beds to their final stations in the beds. Auriculas in pots should have a top-dressing of loaming soil, if not already given. Finish planting ranunculuses and anemones. Kitchen Garden.—We should advise the planting of the early sorts of potatoes, except in very exposed situa tions, as soon as possible. It is a good plan, in small gardens, to sow the round-seeded spinach between the rows ; this crop will be off before the potatoes require hoeing. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS As soon as the season is a little further advanced, we shall give our usual notices of the local gardens, both public and private. " S. Rendle."—Veronica speciosa has not proved quite hardy in this neighbourhood ; it will, however, stand with very slight protection, especially against a wall. "T. L., Knotty Ash."---Tron hurdles will keep the cattle from your garden, and be unobjectionable to the eye. PRIZE GLEE.—The Ardwick Gentlemen's Glee Club, on Wednesday last, awarded their prize for the best glee to Dr. W. R. Beafield, of London, for his glee " Let us drain the nectar'd bowl." Dr. Bexfield was also the for tunate competitor, only a few months ago, for a prize of ten guineas, given by the iludderstleld Glee, Club, LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. OBTAINING AN AFFIDAVIT UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. —On Friday, Thomas Bannon was committed for trial, for presenting a false declaration to Mr. Hayes, pawn broker, Kent -street, Park-lane. with the intention of de frauding Mr. James Wilson. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that Wilson asked the prisoner to pawn a gold guard-chain for him, which he did, and returned the money and the pawn-ticket. Some time afterwards, however, the prisoner called at Mr, Hayes's, and stated to Mr, Cookson, his shopman, that he (prisoner) had lost the ticket of the article, and requested that he should be furnished with a declaration form, to make an affidavit of the loss. This was granted, Mr. Cookson recollecting that he was the party who had pledged the chain. In a few days the . declaration or affidavit was legally filled up, and the prisoner obtained a stop-ticket. On Thursday morning, however, a friend' of Mr. Wilson presented the original ticket, in order to redeem the guard, but was in formed of the steps taken by the prisoner, and the con. sequence was that he was given into custody by Mr. Wilson. BREACH OF COSTRACT.—On Thursday, John Hadwen, boatswain of the ship Parker, belonging to Messrs. Sand bach. Tinne, and Co., was ordered• to gaol for seven days, for refusing to proceed to sea after signing articles. STUFFING MEAT.—On Wednesday, David Lloyd, a butcher, having a stall in Gill-street Market, was sum moned for having stuffed, with fat, five legs of mutton, so as to give them a deceptive appearance.. He was fined ss. and costs, and the meat was forfeited. The informa tion was laid by Inspectors Read and Lloyd. ROBBERY - BY A DOMESTIC SERVANT.—OG Tuesday, servant girl, named Rose Coughlin, residing with Mrs. Ann Coati, Stanhope-street, was charged with stealing sixteen sovereigns and a quantity of wearing apparel. The prisoner had absconded from her service ; and the money and property in question, which were found upon her when arrested in Sherwood-street, belonged to lodgers in the house. She was sent for trial. CHARGE OF UTTERING A FORGED BILL.—On Tuesday, a nigger, named George Hesketh, was charged by Captain Delano, of the Albert Gallatin, with uttering a forged bill. On Monday last, the prisoner, with six other men, agreed with his mate to take the ship into the river for £L On the completion of their work, the prisoner, and a man named John Williams, not in custody, presented their bill, and the mate took it to the captain to obtain his signature. The amount on the bill when the captain signed it was £1 Os. Od. The prisoner and his companion then took the bill and presented it at the office of the agents. Messrs. Bowman, Grenell, and Co. for payment, with an insertion of the figure 1 before the first cypher, making the bill then stand for £1 10s. Od. The prisoner, who denied that he had made any alteration, was re manded for a week. YESTERDAY. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON SHIPBOARD. - Antonio Carlin, a steward on board the Eliza Maria, Captain Mausich, a foreign vessel lying in Stanley dock, and Peter Polo and John Costilage, seamen, were charged with stealing £2O, two gold watches, and five shirts, from that ship. Capt. Mausich, through an interpreter, stated that on Sunday evening he temporarily absented himself from his ship, and on his return he found that a drawer in the cabin had been broken open, and the above property abstracted therefrom. The steward, Carlin, was left on board the ship when the captain came on shore, but when Capt. Mausich returned he had decamped, and shortly afterwards the robbery was discovered. Information was given to the police, and the prisoner Carlin was appre hended about one o'clock on Monday morning in a board ing-house in Sparling-street. In the parlour of this house the officers found the five shirts, which a female belonging to the place stated had been brought there by the prisoner. The two other prisoners were apprehended in Brunswick-street between 7 and 8 o'clock this (Mon day) morning. On the person of Polo was found a sum of £3 Ss. 6d. and two gold watches, identified by the complainant. On Costilage £1 15s. was found, along with a Spanish dollar, a watch, and several copper coins, also claimed by Capt. Mausich. The case was dealt. summarily with, the prisoners being each sent to prison for two months. STEALING A QUANTITY OF SHIP METAL. A man named Ryan, a marine-store dealer, and another named Conway, in the same line of business, though not on his own account, were charged with being in possession of stolen property of the description we have named. The articles consisted of brass bolts, copper sheathing, and other old metal, supposed to have been stolen from one of the graving docks. On Saturday afternoon, two of the detective force seized the property in Salthouse-lane, whilst be'rg convelei, secreted in bags, in a shandry, to the store of an extensive dealer, to whom it was to be offered for sale. The boy in charge of the shandry swore that the bags were the property of Ryan and Conway, who had often employed him on the same service. Mr. Owen appeared for the prisoners, and caused considerable merriment in court during his cross-examination of the witnesses; but was unable to save his clients from a con viction ; and they were accordingly sentenced to one month's imprisonment, Ryan's license as a marine-store dealer to be revoked. A CASE OF CABBAGE.—Margaret Jackson was sent to prison for 21 days on suspicion of stealing a large quantity of cabbages. Officer 283 met the prisoner on the Walton. road with 32 heads of the vegetables concealed in a basket, for the possession of which no satisfactory account could be given. COMMITTALS.—Agnes Batty, for stealing 21bs. of beef from a stall in St. John's Market, on Saturday evening -14 days. John Welsh, for stealing a deal end from a tim ber-yard in Bridgewater -street—three months. John La ey, for stealing a window-shutter from an empty house in Hurst-street—seven days. Elizabeth Jones and Ann Tudor, for picking pockets in St. John's Market, on Satur day evening—three months' each. John Cassiday, for stealing a table, the property of James Gee—two months. Patrick Monaghan, for stealing two pairs of trowsers from a house in Augustine-street—twenty-one days. ILLEGALLY PLEDGING.—A miserable-looking woman, with a child in her arms, was sent to prison for ten days, being unable to pay the fine of 10s., with 25., the value of the article, for illegally pledging some clothing entrusted to her care by a person who sent her with some articles of wearing apparel to get mangled. ROBBERY OF BPWARDB OF £2O BY A FEMALE. — A. woman named Charlotte Coyle was charged by Mrs. Sohan, of No. 10, Denison-street, with stealing a purse containing 15 sovereigns, a £5 note, and some silver, and sundry other articles. From the statement of the com plainant, it appeared that the prisoner, who has a hus band in Dublin, came over to this town some time ago, and, during her visit, lodged at the house of the com plainant. She came again subsequently two or three times, and always stayed at the house of the complainant. By this means they became pretty intimate, and the prisoner was treated as one of the family. A few weeks ago she came on her present visit, and, as usual, resided with Mrs. Sohan. On Friday last Mrs. Sohan showed her the purse. and they counted the money together. In the evening of that day the complainant had occasion to take the purse out of her pocket for the purpose of paying a party a shilling. After settling her account with this person, she laid the purse on the kitchen table, the prisoner being present at the time. About half an hour after she missed the purse, but every one in the house denied any knowledge of its whereabouts. Nothing further to lead to its discovery transpired until Sunday morning, when Mrs. Sohan found some of the steel beads, and other ornaments belonging it, lying on the floor of the privy. She gathered them up, placed them in a small bag, and deposited it in one of parlours. On mentioning the circumstance to the prisoner, some time after, she sought for the bag where she had left it, but discovered that it had been removed. This roused her suspicion, and she opened the prisoner's trunk, which was lying unlocked on the floor of one of the apartments. The first thing she saw on opening the trunk was a bottle of eau de Cologne, her (complainant's) property. She did not make any further search at the time, but observed the prisoner lock the trunk almost im mediately after. They then went to Copperas-hill chapel together, but as the service had commenced before they reached there, the prisoner declined going in late, and left the prosecutrix, who went inside. On returning home, after service was concluded, Mrs. Sohan found the prisoner was not there, and she saw no more of her until yesterday morning, when she (the prisoner) returned to the house. Upon this a police-officer was called in, who took her into custody, and proceeded to make a further search of her trunk. Among the contents were found a Cameo brooch, the bottle of Cologne water before men tioned, some handkerchiefs, and other small articles, the property of the complainant, and the missing purse, which was fastened up in the lining of a cloak. The prisoner had been making extensive purchases on Saturday, saying she had received a post-office order from her husband for £5. The evidence was conclusive, and Coyle was committed for trial. A LEGAL TANGLE.—The following specimen of legal phraseology was furnished to the Times last week from the rolls of one of the courts :—" Gloucester Venue. — Judgment is signed for the plaintiff, on the defendant's demurrer to the plaintiff's replication to the defendant's fourth plea; and judgment for the plaintiff on the plain tiff's demurrer to the defendant's rejoinder to the plain tiff's replication to the defendant's seventh plea." FRACAS WITH AN M.P.—On Monday evening as one of the members of the 'louse of Commons was proceeding through Westminster Ilall to the House, he was accosted by a gentleman who angrily addressed him in rather irri tating language. The hon. member answered with two blows of his stick. The bystanders interfered, but some more assaults followed, and the affair ended by the lion. member knocking down the stranger, who was removed in the custody of two police officers. The Pittsburg Visitor says of vegetarians :—" As for not making walking sepulchres of themselves, it is what not one of them can avoid. Every one has swallowed a hecatomb of living creatures, and the difference between them and the beef-eaters is, that they prefer to gulp their prey alive and whole, while the others have theirs killed and dressed. Fruit, vegetables, and water teem with ani mal life, and the more of these one eats and drinks, the more happy families he consigns to a living tomb." CURIOUS DRUIDICAL CIRCLE IN FURNEES.—It may be called a curious circumstance that near Urswick, in Fur ness (Lancni-hire), there are the remains of what is appa rently a Druidical circle, the interior of which is divided into several compartments by curved walls, with a small circular enclosure in the centre like the nave and spokes of a wheel. The diameter of this curious relic, which is known in the neighbourhood, I understand, simply as " Stone Walls," varies frCan 350 to 315 feet.—Builder, ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. ALTERATION IN THE CURRENCY. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL LTANDARD. SlR,—The bullionists appear at length to have discovered that the vastly increasing production of gold in California and Australia, must, in a short time, result in a depreciation of tee value of that metal; and it is important to the great bulk of the community to watch closely the procerdings of the monied interest in respect to it.. The London Times of Thursday last contained a letter upon the subject. which may regarded as a feeler put forth by the idlerest in question. After admitting that " gold will not, and cannot, long sustain its pi esent va lue," and that its depreciation would seriously affect the fund holders and all parties possessed of fixed incomes, unless the standard be "arbitrarily altered at once at a sin,le blow" to bring it to a par with silver, the writer asks : Why must the absolute weight, the amount of metal in the' pound, the qoantity of gold which is at present the equivalent. of twenty shillings, remain fixed at what it is at present? hf 100 ounces of gold can soon be prOcured with the same labour which has hitherto yielded no more than 50, gold falls to half its value: It must do so. It is impossible to prevent it. The s -me weight of gold which is now worth twenty shillings, will then he worth no more then ten shillings. What is to prevent us, then, from doubling the quantity of gold in the coin tchich we still may call the - pound (it would have as good tf right to the name as it has now); or. if not doubling it, fining the quantity by the market price, whatever that may be, and so leaving everything exactly as it is?" There is a little Want of wodesty in this proposition to dou ble the weight of the golden pound, as well as a want of me mory. When we were told, some time ago, by the 'limes him self, that " the purchasing power of the sovereign had doubled within the last thirty, years," there was no demonstration then of sympathy for the unfortunate debtor classes, who were thus admitted to be paying forty shillings for every pound of taxes, debts, and other fixed hurthens; no proposal on the part of the fundowners and the monied interests to redUce the weight of the sovereign. And. the reason why the public will not be inclined to adopt the course so glibly propounded by the Times' correspondent, is the very simple one that iti fixing a standard of value there are, as in all other bargains, two con tracting parties. The bullionists exacted from the tax-payers and the debtor classes of Great Britain, by the bill of 1819, payment of their claims and of taxation in gold, at the price of £3 17s. Mid. per ounce. The •‘ pound" of exchange and of taxation was declared to be immutably fixed, and to consist of 123 grains of the precious metal. This is what was c,ntracted for, and what they have always insisted upon. If the tattles j are turned, and the public at large have now in peospect the best of the bargain, that is no reason for altering its provisions. The conversion of a debt of eight hundred millions sterling into one of only four hundred millions, is not a circumstance over which the masses of this country will much grieve. The nroposition to increase the weight of the sovereign —the " pound"—hecause gold has fallen one-half in value, is not to " leave everything exactly as it is-," but to prop up the capital ist in his unnatural eminence, leaving the rest of the commu nity to pursue their downward course unassisted. What a hubbub we should have raised, if the farmer, who is paying two bushels of wheat in taxation for every single bushel which he I aid thirty years ago, was to demand that the measure should be reduced one-half in size ! Yet the demand would be quite as reasons de as that of the bullionist. I am fully prepared to adroit that the change now going on will be productive of serious complication, difficulty, and in justice. I have always maintained that. it is mibticoming in a great nation to seize hold of a di , pensation of Providence, such as an increased yield of the precious metals, in order to rob the public creditor. "I his roust be avoided ; but not by increasing the standard of value. An equitable adjustment can only be arrived at by one method; v.z., the adoption of paper as money, leaving gold to find its level in the market like any other cummoslity. The necessity for such a change was never more plainly discernible than at the present; and it is being rapidly hurried on by the increased accumulation of specie lying unprofitably in the coffers of the Bank of England. The following paragraph. which I copy from the Dail!, News of Friday last, is significant of the feeling at head quarters : " THE GLUT OF GOLD.—It is stated, on very good autho rity, that, in order to stimulate the circula.ion of gold in the country, it is intended to limit— if not altogether stop—the future issue of .£5 note, from the Bank of England. Should this plan be carried out, the public will have to use more bul lion in small money transactions than is at present customary. Some notes of other denominations will, it is stated, also be more limited than hitherto." In plain terms, the eublic are to he seriously inconvenienced in order to maintain the dividends of the Bank of England proprietors, and to prop up a little longer a falling system. We are to be squeezed at both ends of the see-saw. When gold was scant of supply, four years ago, we had to pay dis counts ranting from 10 to 20 per cent., and now that the com modity is in o‘er abundance, for the interests of certain people it has to be forced upon the commercial world, to our serious discomfort and annoyance. We are, however, I hope, Sir, ap proaching more enlightene'] times, and not disposed , to be played with in this outrageous fashion. Apologizing for troubling you upon a sulject, with respect to which I feel strongly, I beg to subscribe myself, your obedient servant, G. B. J. _ _ - Liver - pool. February 23d, 1852. [The above was in type, and should have appeared in our last publication. We have since observed, from a correspondence in the London Times between Messrs. Geo. Peabody and Co., American merchants of London, and the Governor of the Bank of England, that an impediment is being offered to the delivery of American bullion at that establishment, the Bank insisting, contrary to its previous custom, that such bullion must first be brought to the Mint standard of purity.] THE MORMONITES.-POLYGAMY IN THE WEST. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD , DEAR Sta,—ln the Mail of Saturday last, there appeared a letter addressed to me, signed "William Co Vinson," the object of which was evidently to counteract the effect which has been produced on the minds of many members of that extraordinary sect called Mormonitei or "Latter-day Saints," by the publica tion of the `• Report of the junges of Utah territory," addressed to the President of the United States, in which the real prin ciples, both political and moral, of that fearful apostacy are exposed. . _ In order to meet Mr. Collinson's artfully constructed epistle with as little delay as possible, I printed and circulated, the same day and yesterday, amongst the Mormons Themselves, the following letter, by the insertion of which in the STANDARD of to-morrow, you will much oblige, yours very faithfully. Monday, Ist March, 1852. JOSIAH B. LOWE. 5, North-view, Edge-bill, Saturday, _ /28th February, 1852. Sts, I have been surprised / at seeing, in' the Mail of this morning, a letter addressed to me bearing your signature, although no such letter has come to me by any other channel. You and your advisers re, however, sadly mistaken if you imagine that by this rzt you will accomplish your object, or succeed in throwing ust in the eyes of those mnny honest men who are beginn• gto be ashamed of the foulness of that system which you re, I regret to see, still not ashamed to advocate. You w' find yourselves mistaken if you imagine that, by raising number of questions, you will succeed in diverting the t nds of sensible men from the real question between you a I all Christian denominations, which is this : Was Joseph ith a prophet, seer, and revelater sent from God, and th Book of Mormon an inspired book or. was the former a w etched, unprin•Apled imp"ster, and the latter an impudent,end blundering forgery? This you must admit is the real /question between the Mormonites and Christians. The questions you propose, in order to "raise a dust," behind which the truth may be concealed, are take - [ from various theolcgical controversies, and I am ready. at any time, to discuss them with the parties to whom they respec tively belong. With the Baptist, lam ready to vindicate the practice of infant baptism ; with the Irvingite, to discuss the question of miraculous gifts; with the Papist, the suffi ciency of Holy Scripture, its paramount authority, &c., &c. But I will not allow you to put on a cloak composed of Irvingism, Popery, Quakerism, &c., &c., in order to conceal the weakness of your foundation, and the abominable immora lities of the tottering superstructure raised upon it. Come, sir, to the point. You affect to discredit the "Report of the judges" respecting the filthy practices of" the saints" (?) in Utah. You are ill advised in this, and I hereby challenge you to say, without any equivocation—How long is it s'nce you, yourself, were aware that the privilege of polygamy is claimed by your priesthood, and know it to be an integral part of your system? I challenge you now to say honestly whether you believe the spiritual wife doctrine to be given by revelation or not. I put this dilemma to you to get out of, before you get out of Liverpool for the "far West." If you believe in the doctrine of " plurality of wives," why do you write as if you disbelieved it? and if you do not credit it, what becomes of your immediate revelq tions,towhich, as you know, the saints are indebted for this doctrine? Allow me to inform you, that I propose to give a second lecture on Mormonism, in the Music Hall, on Monday even ing, the Bth of March, to which I hereby invite you and all others deluded by this imposture.-1 remain, your sincere well-wisher, JOSIAH B. LOWE. To Mr. William Collinson, 124, Bold-street, Liverpool. TO J. N. WOOD. ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF THE PILOT COMMITTEE, LIVERPOOL. DEAR St R.-At the last meeting of the Commissioners of the Pilot., I felt it to be my duty to make some remarks on the general working of the Pilot establishment of this port. Im mediately after I had commenced my statement, I was informed by his worship the Mayor that I was out of order in making any remarks on the duties of the committee. It is not my intention to discuss the propriety of such check on the remarks of a commissioner, nor to point out the inconsistency of such check with the Pilot Act of Parliament ; but being obliged to withhold my remarks on that occasion, I have taken the liberty of addressing them to you, by way of discharging my duty as one of the "constituted commissioners for carrying the act into execution." y o u will. I am sure, readily admit that improvement in the present system is not only practi9able, but would on many accounts be desirable; and as the e have been lately various complaints made, not against e pilots themselves, but the system by which they are rn, aged, without leading to any practicable benefit; and hay' g been a worker on your com mittee, I may be permitted o make a suggestion or two on this subject ; but, in (loin o, I must also state that I firmly believe no committee co more judiciously or considerately discharge the various a d important duties which they con ceived they were called pon by the act to perform. The pilot establishment having grown into more and more importance with the gross th of t trade of the port, renders it the more necessary that the r sponsibilities of the establishment should take the widest po ible range. They should not be confined, as they now are, t the committee, but should extend to the commissioners, and from them to the public. Neither the door of the committee or the commissioners should he closed to the reporters, for the public have a right to know to whose care the enormous property passing to and from this port is entrusted ; and if the general conduct of pilots was subject to public remark, it would have a most salutary effect on the whole system ; the disaffected pilots themselves, if any, would be careful to avoid public censure, and those who did not regard their office in the important light in which it should be estimated. would, by the commanding voice of the public, have their dismissal from the service sanctioned. Meritorious pilots would have their names held up as examples to their class, and many of their gallant performances, of their hazard ous duties would, and ought to be, publicly rewarded. It will not be necessary, I presume, for me to multiply reasons for suggesting that the reporters of the public journals should he admitted to all the deliberations of the Pilots' Committee. If your Committee will adopt this suggestion, many valuable re marks may be made on the system. worthy of your adoption ; at all events, the responsibilities must attach to the public as well as to your Committee; and that the responsibilities of the committee be still more reduced, I shall also suggest that at least once in every three months there be a meeting of the Commissioners, to confirm the proceedings of the Committee; and that no pilot shall be finally dismissed from the service without the confirmation of the Commissioners. 1 believe this supervision of the system was contemplated by the Act. and. in fact, was its original spirit and meaning. and I dare say your Committee would rather have their proceedings con firmed by the Commissioners, and approved by the public. than to have complaints gf ti Much privacy is the manage went of the establishment so vainly important to the prz,,,, p et many respects, and from which it dra ft about 41 • 60. 1 annum. d ° Si In justice to the pilots themselves, it M u st be a d mitte u py an open examination of their merits, as well as the fog f,'lca, plaints made against them, would tend taitnprove the tier`On this point, I shall call your attentio n to the folio, pee ' extract from the minutes of yo ur comm itt ee Of the 14t0.0 1350, showing the meritorious exertions of William " pilot, on board the ship Providence : rmietb et . "The letter having been read, and William Varry, —lr with Captain Alayse and William Veal, chief °freer , e b e at upon the subject, the committee have much' pleat 1 1 00 1 , recording their praise of Wilhelm Parry's conduct thr°" o this trying occasion, and award to him the highest all o y, their disposal from t hei funds taindividual merit itten e f viz., 410; and further direct the secretary to pres e t s , . ai claims of Parry to the liberal consideration of the ( 0 . 1" 0 00 1 the Providence; also, to the chairman of the I,i " rer Humane Society, for his courage,. coolness, and P e veraace." ap l p f ro r b e frlo rre n r o s f t i lTe d co b in een mit p t r g e i n ts t have been a source of encouragement to many kindred erof in the pilot' service round our coasts. Wherever (bring clttsr, to execute the duty in hand Las been the means of ternin ia te and winning a battle, or rescuing the lives of our f i e,,,isf subjects, it deserves our country's praise: the one o 1 , 0 0 farto a nr d e' w d rd own e pa t b h i i i s cit d y e l l t, notice and rerard in parliament; the other de:erves it n o opt and the more/ influence on the service is as good in t..„„teta case as the °trier. On p ros round, also, therefore re t tee should be admitted to pedings of the Pifer Cetau t n taef It is painful to be obliged to assign a reason , of anv ca er description why reporters should be admitted to: yo ur mittee. • teet have to call your attenti on to a m i nu t e i n th e canna° journals of 4th Nov., 1850, which concludes thus:— t htt "James Higgin ca ll e d i n; and, from his explivasfitrto committee are of o pi n i on th at h e i s totally rneosine. t ` - ail act as pilot, and ord er th a t h e l eave hi s license with secretary." • Agaim - de bit on the 22d April, 1851 , th e f o ll ow i ng entry Was Of " Richard Richards o n, f or d run k enness, depr i ve d license;-without hope of reinstatement." 4 01 I. make these selections o u t o f num b er l ess entrl.. 4 e a similar character in the minute beak of your g it miMe, not because I believe these sentences are in the limited sense in which they were made, of believe your committee i n c a p a bl e o f committing t"secit, of wilful injustice. But wh en it i s cons id ere d thai ni ittet, important decisions and sentences are made in your cefoeff with closed doors—that such decisions imply something i ttsl than the misforttme of lo s i ng a ship — it' implies the conifno. of a criminal act of wilful eiestruct•on of property, whit:a:Os dismissal iron[ the pilot service is not calculated to Prof nor is it a su ffi cient warning to others : . Th e au p rety lice, • roe, Higgins, whose crime w as runn i ng th e b r i g. Heise oil 6,00 had been subject to a ll th e t es t o f competency which th e lie if of the service demands—yet, because of this inisforfan; ,pd, judged by the committee to be " wholly incompetent. otO therefore, depriv, ti the only means of living by a P r : n etif investigation of your committee. I don't tar a 010 „ - n eer question the justice of your decision, but it does t l k'r st. ange thaba young man should be examined by your il ;arif' and declared fully competent—and, after probably a yea l %aff cessful experience in conducting ships in and out of Out De! that the saute committee, bec a use of s ome acc id en t,. n pg. An him to be incompetent, and e xp e l hi nt th e service . . ,„ t for such men is•an open i n ve s ti ga ti on o r suc h cane s, fo.„„" public unity have their due, and th a t th e men may- 1,8 70i advantage of open and fair investigation. However jus",b to be the sentences of the Pilot Committee, it is not tiio say they appear arbitrary and most inconsistent wili' tr iSl efficient and effectual working of the pilot service. AiiY o oti of such cases must be csidered partial,hey are tio t tlai, to the world. It must be admitted that ititluenc.s beY 0 ,"„ . 010 cow rol of your committee may be at work, either to or over colour tars-a difficulty which the highest cum ibe the realm have to contend with;—and I firmly , belieyee4ol Pilot Act never contemplated so grea t a p ower ove r your committee takes upon itself in these vastly tinltieff respects, which can be r, me,lied by the teliet e st e e or reli_ntola to your deliberations, and to wh ic h I t rus t vour will agree 1 htive now to call your attention to another stigg.fst i° "tioo two, which seem to have been dismiss! d from the consttler!siio of your committee with an apparent understandiug.t llo :ol o pilot system of. Liverpool was perfect, or at least neollej complaints or suggestions made by Captain Mathews , oi o ct , Great Britain, and many other intelligent and high]," Ies ,01( 0 , able commanders of ships trading to this port, have heet - a i such notice of by your committee as to lead to any pritet'f i , of advantageous result. shall, therefore, make a rer o s oot two a nd difficultyo on n s th ua i c s bh s og u ur b to j iu e i e ,lei tA i f )no o g r e , wo t l h iiti o lpi u l up g ii l ni t ot i t t cb vi oo • u t i s tds s ba h er o o w n i e t tie t nr h tt a atti t i n t c h eh e dvi g be t y l : e iled, b o g oi r: committee, there seems to have been no effort made to r e 700 , 5, so far as practicable, that difficulty, which you will " A n og could be done by the pilot-boats h o ldi ng a precise positte an d Point Lynas, Ormshead, &c.,. for which ships could stet,,tood within a circle of, say three miles, at any given and ttod e r:a trth distance off either of these points. This rule being adhe',, r oer it shipscould run from Holyhead to Li v erp oo l w ith ,rnor'ilOp tainty of getting a pilot ; and in very thick weather two f ; boats might be placed within this circle, and only on n e, icle' treme occasions should the boats be allowed to leave ti",_ s ; I am aware of the objection on the part of pilots to ti i ct ioo' gestion ; but I shall endeavour to answer that ale es pr VV hen pilot-boats are confined to a limited circle, slitr ' : o t 0 ,, cially steam-boats, may evade. them more effectitallY , •; e rahl the pilotage may be lost to such boats. It is not 1 4 `e 1 L . ,0 0 :, uuderstootl, perhaps, that the great number of s t e amer o tor ing from this port to. Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, & c ., paY!1 )1. ( to the first pilot-boat that can be pl a c e d i n t h e waY ° dot: steamer, though a pilot be not put on board. Hence ti; e psil; boats are induced to wander out of their best position I.° e eer ing ships merely to secure the pilotage of a steamer. ti01t,,,010 , not a pilot. I believe lam right in saying the City ou t a g e “ 10 . r, Company alone pays about £l5OO per annum as_ p fOr, their vessels, and resinselom or ever take a,pilot. It I S rw e retr object now to inqu to the justice of this ; but as- 41 "' °DO': inducement t o damage the service exists, I shall propos e pat whilst pilot-boats are stationed within the circle. es, ore , tv proposed, other boats should be stationed further off Fol o ter" watch for ships that may be disposed to evade the " pilots. con! C tf 1 hare now to call your attention to another sugge o- oteti,; nected with the pilot service, which I trust will have the part'; tion of your committee. Considering the facilities novr,o t ot. for the pilots to avail themselves of in accomplish int "„ goo! work compared with a few years ago—having on most oec"'f t/ 1 „° the aid of steam both in taking ships in as well as.oUt "40" port, saving both the time and the labour, as well as the r' er pilots, and rendering it unnecessary to increase the nunt b s e either the boats or the pilots in proportion, or- the inae ° ,oB ships or the tonnage entering and leaving the port, thus n►a A ar the service more and more profitable—l think the titl es ", arrived when we should at least consider whether screw stet 0` boats should not be applied to the service to some est e TV least, and whether it could not be done with economY cotr present value of pilot-boats to their owners is so enorroot i m o oll . pared with the actual cost, we mayfairly come to the trot h that they have ample ability to add a steamer or to e g efr' t s i e i n e , p ic u e b , l a ic nd i f r t i ) s r k so th lo e n c g h a a a nc t e he o s f er p v r i o c fi e t is fr a om de s s u er cl ip t t e i ff o o n r o tL ° ooA ts p oe O r i t i f, ics t e le nod publicblewould conducted d maybe uscut ge gdeostnt considered the eta c mosto to me l rat n i a committee e itee a ne t r b i p g er l : c o t peeifiroe ~resits cider the best course to be adopted for securing tile I.ie re o otli er t e o ffi t c h ie e n c c o y m t m o i t s lr im p ie il r o s t . service of Liverpool, and report Before I conclude, allow me to draw your attention to ftr ero lli l subject with which your committee acd the pilots gel! wit_ have much to do, though the responsibility may rei ,l „,tio, o _ another board--I allude to theimprovements in the deso IF 01 constructed poof r bt.uoAysn that to o b t ytmhaithis Captain endt) e ampton, which appears to lP h del a a) n t d last winter months in the most exposed situation ; anti' ss os ae : ege g o e bct da ngers around cn a a r pi Ol proved harbourmaster dr th eae ffi t t ec C ni h et a ni 0 1 ? e t!iti ? I s r p.i t il i ebti oi dition to its remarkable efficiency as a buoy, it p o ssS for invaluable quality of a place of refuge, in times of nee 00e tir unhappy persons cast in their way. Th e c ost of • t0,`„,,0 A Ov allude to being only .e 55, gives it additional clan n .„ 0 attention as chairman of the Pilot C omm it tee . illustratly,olo"' particulars of which may be seen i n th e Illustrated J 1 News of the 28th ult. 'ec" ? subJ 00' I have taken the liberty of addres s i ng y ou on these of ~of feeling assured that you will further the obj e ct in vieW" e ctiP # dering to the pilot service all the advantages which the P_ o f T it necessities of the case demands, and which the progren_ y 0 times require. —And I am, dear sir, with much reape' most obedient servant, oIVV P' WILLIAM ft— Water•street, Liverpool, Ist March, 1852. 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In 1834 he became a Privy U ni o ri The deceased assumed the name of Fust in 1842,110 ti o ceeding to the estates of the late Sir John Fust• , „ces te o o ceased held property in the counties of Kent and Gl°i , Ve, f , The appointment of Judge of the Prerogative Cno r ter bloiy of Arches, &c., rests with the Archbishop of Ca n .`,;pg, e tet The judgeship is valued at £1,300 per annum, ar l 'onl , tirely from fees. Sir John Dodson, Queen's , has been appointed by the Archbishop to succee," totfreo J. Fust, as Judge of the Arches and Prerogative L'j e alb t oo DIVISION ON THE MILITIA BILL 11 0 137 1 t 0 u pf who supported Lord Palmerston's arnendmel i occasion of bringing in the Local Militia Bill, „o ti oer week, were-97 Protectionists ;13 F ree -trade (-'° j 1 b 0 tives, viz.,—Lord Drumlanrig, the Right Ho n it Jv Corry, W. E. Gladstone, a n d Syd ne y H e rbert ; cbri e f, Young, the Hon. C. S. 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Crawford, who bad supported Lord Naas 81 Government the previous esenkii. exceeding 21b. and not ex- t" t 7 . t t