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J9OK S FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c., intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh : Blacksvoods. It is always a pleasure to notice a magazine which has done such good service in the promotion of healthy literature and sound Conservative policy; but the present number coming so immediately upon our publication, we must be content to point but briefly at its interesting contents. It opens with a continuation of the charming story of " Lady Lee's Widowhood," the monotony of which is disturbed by a variety of lovers, presenting the most striking contrasts in character and eligibility. " Count Arensberg, or the Days of Luther," is a review of a novel under that title, by Mr. Sortain, of Trinity College, Dublin, whom the reviewer describes to have been faithful to history and fair in his polemics. The lovers of science will be delighted with the next article, headed "The Circulation of Matter," which is drawn chiefly from Johnston's " Elements of Agri cultural Chemistry," a subject of increasing in terest. " From Brest to the Island of Bourbon" is a pleasing- description of a voyage in two French frigates, in 1843, .as detailed by Dr. .Yvan. The next article is also from a French source, being a notice of " Lord Wellington in Spain," by Jules Maurel, a Frenchman, who has earned for himself the reputation of having written the best eulogium of our departed Duke. In " Dr. Chalmers as Poli tical Economist" the reviewer, while praising. his author, exposes some of the errors into which he has fallen. Aft,r "A Tale from the French Stage," which shows that Blackwood is devoting more and more attention to French literature, the magazine concludes with a humorous yet withering sarcasm on the miserable American delusion of " Spiritual Manifestations." We may observe that this number is without any political essay, which most readers of Blackwood have learned to look for. General History of the Christian Religion and Church. London : H. G. Bohn. We have here the eighth volume of Neander's celebrated work, and with it is concluded the his tory of the Christian Church, as published by the great German. Since his death a posthumous volume has appeared, compiled from his papers, by his pupil Dr. Schneider, so that there is some pro bability of a further continuation. Mr. Bohn has determined upon having the remainder translated for his excellent and truly cheap edition ; and at its completion he promises to give a general index to the whole. Mr. Bohn, by the selection of such a work for his " Standard Library," has conferred a boon on the students of history, the value of which we can hardly estimate too highly. Alison's History of Europe. People's Edition. Edinburgh : Blackwood and Sons. When the nineteenth century shall have passed away, the publication of Alison's " History of Europe," in its present shape, will be remembered as a momentous event in the history of that cheap literature which forms a distinguishing feature of the age we live in. rew " first parts," so suggestive as the present, have ever fallen into our hands. We have turned over the one hundred and twelve com pact pages of letter-press, which are offered for a monthly shilling—or for the poor man's three half pence a week ; and we have done so with a deep sense of gratitude, and the most unfeigned wishes for the success the Messrs. Blackwood so well merit. It is not the time now to argue that perio dical literature is the bane of our age, and the destroyer of true knowledge and greatness. Perio dical publication and cheapness are now unques tionably the two requisites for success; and the right way to counteract evil influences, is to send into the market good books, with all the attractive adjuncts (if possible) in which the useless and the positively wicked are almost sure to excel. The Messrs. Blackwood, with none of the arrogant pre tensions to cheapness which disgrace too many publishers, have published what all must admit to be the most moderately priced work ever given to the British public. Sir Archibald Alison's great work is to be completed in forty-four shilling parts. The paper, type, and illustrations, are of the first quality. -- The Annals of Roger de Horeden. London : H. G. Bohn. One of the oldest and richest treasures in the cabinet of English history, is here presented to the reader in a fresh form—comely, and all unlike the cumbrous editions of the past, which were not only cumbrous, but frequently incorrect. Roger de Hoveden, by some supposed to be a native of York, lived and wrote in the reign of Henry III.; and, although a p ro f essor o f th eo l og y a t O x f or d, i t is believed that he united the study of the law with that of divinity, and acted as one of the clerks or secretaries to the king. From the union of eccle siastical and court influence, this industrious and learned man had of course access to the most reliable sources of information ; and, although Leland has charged him with surreptitiously bor rowing from Simeon of Durham, it must be ad mitted that he gives a clearer and more correct view of English history, and pays more respect to chronology, than his Northumbrian predecessor. We value Hoveden's book, because it is the fullest account of the same period extant, and for this other reason, that it reveals the character of the English educated mind in the twelfth century— believing in Christ, yet daily visited by the Devil in person, or by omens, or by frightful astr o l og i ca l predictions ; uttering pious ejaculations, and in the same breath condemning to summary punishment Jew, Saracen, heretic, and pagan ; delineating with some measure of sadness the frailties and miseries of mankind, but never on any occasion wasting a word of sympathy on their sufferings. That Mr. Riley is the translator of this work is a sufficient guarantee for its faithfulness and ability. Australia Visited and Re-visited. London : Addey and Co. We have here a narrative of recent travels and old experiences in Victoria and New South Wales, by Samuel Mossman and Thomas Banister, the former the author of a valuable work on "The Gold Regions of Australia,"—the latter favourably known as the author of " Britain and her Dependencies." Although, in a literary point of view, the present book is cap a bl e of improvement, still we have no hesitation in pronouncing it the best account of Nugget-land which has yet been published. The authors are plain, conscientious, painstaking men, who describe what they have seen, and in doing so have evi 'ently repressed all Bights of the imagina tion—feeling the responsibility of their task, as it related to those who might determine up on hazard ing their fortunes in Australia, and ev en as it con cerned the general reader. We have derived fr om its pages th e cl ea rest and most distinct view of our golden colony which we have yet been permitted to enjoy through the medium of books. To all who, keeping pace with the increasing knowledge of the age, wish to learn something of Australia, we heartily commend it ; while to the intending emi grant we deem it indispensable, if he wishes to avoid the painful condition of b e i ng i gnoran t of the voyage, and of his adopted land. The maps, which form a most valuable feature, are by Mr. A. R. Johnston, geographer to the Q ueen . Th e publishers have done their part well; and a more tasteful, as well as useful, addition to the drawing- COUSINS.—[Not Original.] Had you ever a cousin, Tom ? Did your cousin happen to sing? Sisters we've all by the dozen, Tom, But a cousin's a different thing. There's something, Tom, in a sister's As you give her a good-night kiss, That savours so much of relationship, • That nothing occurs amiss. But a cousin's lips, if once they unite With yours in the quietest way, Instead of sleeping a wink that night, You'll be dreaming the following day. And people think it no harm, Tom, with a cousin to hear you talk ; And no one thinks any harm, Tom, At a quiet cousinly walk. But, Tom, you'll find (what I happen to know) That these walks oft , n grow into straying; And the voices of cousins are sometimes so tow, Heaven only knows what they're saying. An, - 1 the song of a sister may bring to you, Tom, Such notes as the angels woo. But I fear if your cousin should sing to you, Tom, You'd take her for an angel too. I once had a cousin that sung, Torn, And her name may be nameless now, But the sound of those songs is still young, Tom, Though I am no longer so. 'Tis folly to talk of a bower of green, When there's not a leaf on the tree; But 'twist walking and singing that cousin has been, Heaven forgive her ! the ruin of me. And now I care naught for society, Tom, And lead a most anchorite life; For I've lov'd myself into sobriety, Tom, And out of the wish for a wife. But oh ! if I said but one half I might say, So sad are the lessons 'twould give, 'Twould keep you from courting many a day, And from cousins as long as you live. LITER ATLTRE. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1853. room table than this beautifully-printed and bound volume cannot be purchased at the same moderate price. Poems. By Alexander Smith. London: David Bogue. The first work of a young author never, perhaps, in so short a time, excited so much interest, or so much joy, as the present. It is not much over twelve months since the Rev. George Gilfillan, of Dundee, introduced Mr. Smith and his poems to the public through the medium of two periodical publications in London; and already, such is the alacrity of the press in our day, paeans of praise are ringing through the length and breadth of the land at the advent of one whom we certainly believe to be the greatest poet Scotland has .ever produced, and who is entitled thus early to rank with the few real poets of our time—although that is not saying so much, for Tennyson, Festus, and Yendys, in clude nearly all entitled to the name. Mr. Smith, with the sweet conceits and gentle fancies of our Laureate, combines (as in various portions of " A Life Drama ") the dramatic strength of a Shaks pere; and, if he applies himself to the due de velopment of his richly-dowered mind, we know of nothing which he may not yet accomplish. There are more beauties in his book than we find in the same number of lines in any poet whatever; and this is saying much for the youth of twenty-one, who has never been college-crammed, but who we believe has been from a boy engaged in a mercantile office in Glasgow. To Liverpool, especially, the I name of Alexander Smith ought to be endeared. He has issued from the busy haunts of merchandise; and, a!glorious witness to the possibility of uniting commerce and .literature, he has inscribed his name on the loftiest pinnacle of human fame. He has sung, too, of our vast cities, and iron-roads, and the rising -tide of material progress, in poetry which has all the breezy freshness of old Chaucer's verse; which overflows - with images and conceits that out vie the most elaborate word-paintings of Tennyson ; and which, at the same time, exhibits the condensed power of Shakspere. To select the beauties of this book would be to reprint it all. Our space will only permit a few extracts, taken at random : BOOK-WORLD. " How few react books aright ! Most souls are shut By sense from grandeur, as a ma❑ who snores Night-capped and wrapt iu bI nkets to the nose, Is shut out from the night, which, like a sea, Breaketh for ever on a strand of stars." A LOVER'S SIMILES. "One whose naked soul stood clad in love, LiAe a pale martyr in his shirt of. Are." " Passion as it runs grows purer, loses every tinge of clay, Asfroot Dawn all red and turbid flows the white transparent Day, And in mingled lives of lovers, the array of human ills Breaks their gentle course to music, as the stones break summer t THE EARTH. " Speak no harsh wcrds of Earth, she is our mother, And few of us, her sons, who have not added A wrinkle to her brow. She gave us birth, We drew our nurture from her ample breast, And there is coming, for us both, an hour When we shall pray that she will ope her arms And take us back again." THE SEA. "The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded brile, Amd, in the fulness of his marriage joy, lie decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud, runs up to kiss her. All is fair— All glad, from grass to sun :" THE MOON. "Sorrowful moon! seeming so drowned in woe; A queen, whom some grand battle-day has left Unkingdomed and a widow, while the stars, Thy handmaidens, are standing back in awe, Gazing in silence on thy mighty grief !" AIR—A SIMILE. "Air is like Happiness or Poetry; We see it in the glorious roof of day; We feel it lift the down upon the cheek ; We hear it when it sways the heavy WONiS ; 'We close our hand on't—and we have it not." A LANDSCAPE. " Where yonder church Stands up to heaven, as if to intercede For sinful hamlets scattered at its feet." PARTED LOVERS. " We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet; One little hour ! and then, away they speed On lonely paths, through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more." AN ASPIRATION. " My soul is follow'd By strong ambition to out-roll a lay, Whose melody will haunt the wnrld for aye, Charming it onward on its golden way." POESY. " I cannot draw regard of thy great eyes, I love thee, Poesy ! Thou art a rock, I, a weak wave, would break on thee and die." A POET'S DESPAIR. " 'Tis not for me. ye Heavens ! 'tie not for me To fling a Poem, like a cornet, out, Yar-splendoring the sleepy realms of night. I cannot give men glimpses so divine, As when, upon a racking night, the wind Draws the pale curtains of the vapoury clouds, And shows those wonderful, mysterious voids, Throbbing with stars like pulses.—Nntight for me But to creep quietly into my grave." THE SENSITIVE SOUL. " Tis the deep soul that's touched, it bears the wound; And memory Moth stick in't like a knife, Keeping it wide for ever." LOVE OF FAME. "A star is trembling on the horizon's verge; That star shall grow and broaden on the night, Until it hangs divine and beautiful In the proud zenith — Might I so broaden on the skies of fame ! 0 Fame! Fame ! Fame ! next grandest word to God ! I seek the look of Fame ! Poor fool—so tries Some lonely wanderer 'mong the desert sands, By shouts to gain the notice of the Sphynx, Staring right on with cafes eternal eyes." MAN AND NATURE. "Better for man, Were he and Nature more familiar friends! His part is worst that touches this base world. Although tee ocean's inmost heart be pure, Yet the salt fringe that daily licks the shore Is gross with sand." A POET'S FUTURE. "Ye are my menials, ye thick crowding years_! Ha ! yet with a triumphant shout My spirit shall take captive all the spheres, And wring their riches out." LOVE. " OM song that Poet ever chanteth, Of which the listening world is never weary." THE PATTERN WIFE. (FROM THE BOSTON STAR.) Winnie Winlove is not a beauty, but she has a sen sible, loveable, kissable face, which is not only good looking, but looks good ; and then her dress is always so neat, her smile so bright, and her voice so sweet, that, though she would attract no attention at theatre or ball, she is the dearest ornament of a husband's home. She is never "caught," call when you will; for her house, like herself, is the pink of neatness—not that stiff uncomfortable sort, which makes one dread to use the polished furniture; but an easy, all-pervading order ; which seems so natural one scarcely wonders at it. If in accomplishing this her servants give her trouble, she does not " fight her battles o'er again" for the entertain ment of her husband or visitors. She is not, in the usual sense of the term—accomplished—does not perform bril liant fantasies upon the piano forte, or sing incompre hensible Italian bravuras, but she plays a sensible accom paniment or dance correctly, with taste, and in perfect time ; sings an English ballad with feeling and expres tion ; and does either when requested without putting on airs or requiring the stimulus of a large audience. She has actually been known to play and sing for more than an hour with no listeners but her husband and family ! She does not dance, but as her husband does and likes to, she willingly attends balls and dancing parties, where her observing mind, keen appreciation of the ludicrous, and genial good humour, find no lack of entertainment. She does n , ,t speak " all the modern languages," but her English is well worth listening to. Cheerfulness is her chief characteristic, and promoting it the happiness of her life. In matters of importance, if she and her husband differ in opinion, she states her's calmly, and listens to his reasoning with a mind open to conviction ; but in trines his wish is her will. Is she ready for visiting or shopping, and he thinks it looks like rain, she lays off her bonnet and stays at home. Is she somewhat tired and indisposed for exertion, and he requests her to go out, she complies. Has she a new dress or cap to which he objects, it disappears. She never wants to read when he wants to talk, nor to talk when he wants to read ; never complains of her nerves ; never makes any reply when he hints that break fast is a little late ; never objects to his smoking ; never teazes him to give her new furniture, dresses, &c., knowing that when he can afford them he will do so without being asked. She never looks grum, or calls him " my dear" in that carefully softened, but portentous tone, which strikes terror to the heart of the henpecked husband, when he brings an unexpected visitor to dinner ; never asks what kept him when he comes home late ; and, climax of wifely amiability, never objects to his kissing all the young ladies that visit them. Her health never compels her to leave him four or five months every summer to the house-keepin g of servants, and the ennui of loneliness ; or, worse still, the discom forts of boarding, and the society of his bachelor friends. Her children—of course she has plenty —are never tormented about keeping clean and taking care of their clothes, nor screamed over and petted when they happen to fall ; nor paraded for exhibition when they get new garments, nor scolded or neglected at any time. They are well governed, well bred, active, healthy and hal py. Her faults, of course she has some, are mostly those that lean to virtue's side, and are, in her husband's esti mation, amply counterbalanced by the antithetical virtues of being fond, yet reasonable ; clearsighted, yet confiding ; wise, yet womanly. CROSSING THE DESERT.—I was amused at seeing our passengers, immediately on reaching Alexandria, wind great white shawls around their bats and hang green veils over thetr faces. While crossing the Desert, although the temperature was not above 70 deg. at noon, they per sisted in doing the same thing, and some of them even protected their eyes with spectacles, although there was no glare that would have made an infant wink. Accord ing to their ideas, they were in constant peril of having a sun-stroke, and catching the opthalmia. 3ly companions in the van were inured to an Indian sun, and so we threw aside all fears, and made merry from one side of the Desert to the other. At the fourth station we stepped an hour to breakfast. Here we found a spacious two story house, with a large dining-saloon, divan, &C., and an excellent breakfast for thirty persons on the table. Thera were several neat bedrooms for the accommodation of persons who wish to make the journey slowly.—Bayard Taylor'B .Lettert. VARIETIES. Dr. HOLMES, in one of his poems, says, " I never heard a hearty laugh from out a villain's throat." HUSBAND AND WIFE should run together on an equality; it is dangerous for either to take the lead. The most difficult driving is that of a tandem. LIFE.—As in a letter, if the paper is small, and we have much to write, we write closer, so let us so learn to economize and improve the remaining moments of life. " I never knew," said Lord Erskine, " a man remark able for heroic bravery, whose very aspect was not lighted up by gen*leness and humanity." - - - - - MAN is greater than a world—than systems of worlds. There is more mystery in the union of soul with the phy sical, than in the creation of an universe. CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.—CIose all the outer-doors of a four-story house, open the inner-doors, and take a long switch and chase a cat up and down stairs till you steam. FISHERMEN, it is said, possess extraordinary medical powers, for they never attempt to cure a fish until it is dead. " WOULD you like to subscribe for 'Dickens' Household Words ?"' inquired a sombre magazine agent. " House- hold words have played the dickens with me long enough !" was the feeling reply. LORD BACON beautifully said, " If a man be gracious to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world, and his heart is no island, cut off from other islands, but a continent that joins them." KNOWLEDGE may slumber in the memory, but it never dies ; it is like the dormouse in the ivied tower that sleeps while winter lasts, but awakes with the warm breath of spring. - - AIM HIGH--A writer well remarks that men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit—and seldom draw to their full extent. AN AMERICAN STUDENT at a German university writes home :—" A German bed is always a single bed. In the case where Providence has blessed a man with a wife, the same custom is adhered to, and the single beds are drawn lovingly side by side." WOMAN'S LAUGH.—A woman has no natural grace more bewitching than a sweet laugh. It is like the sound of flutes on water. It leaps from her heart into a clear sparkling rill ; and the heart that hears it feels as if bathed in the exhilarating spring. " OPINIONS," said Lord Mauleverer, "are like trees; if they ran be made serviceable by standing, don't part with a stick ; but when they are of that growth that sells well, or whenever they shut out a fine prospect, cut them down and pack them off by all means." THE WORD lady is not found in the Bible. So say various exchanges. Turn to Isaiah xlvii. 5 and 7; to the second epistle of John, verses 1 and 5; to Judges, verse 29 ; and Esther i. IS, and judge of the Scriptural know ledge of the originator of the paragraph. AN UP-AND -DOWN REPLY.—During the examination of a witness as to the locality of stairs in a house, the counsel asked him—" Which way did the stairs run?" The witness, who, by thcway, was a noted wag, replied that " one way they ran up stairs, but that the other way they ran down stairs." The learned counsel winked both eyes, and then took a look at the ceiling. HuTros, the Moravian, had the honour of being occa sionally admitted to the breakfast-table of George 111. One morning the King asked him if it was true that the Moravians married without any previous knowledge of each other. " Yes, may it please your Majesty," replied Hutton, " our marriages are quite royal." THE GROWTH of grace is like the polishing of metals. There is first an opaque surface ; by and by you see a spark darting out ; then a strong light ; till at length it sends back a perfect image of the sun that shines upon it. --Payson. " WoNDERrur, THINGS are done now a days," said Mr. Timmins ; " the doctor has given Flack's boy a new lip, from his cheek." " Ah," said his lady, many's the time I have known a pair taken from mine, and no very painful operation either." " FELLOW SINNERS," said a preacher, "if you were told that by going to the top of those stairs yonder (pointing to a ricketty pair at one end of the church), you might secure your eternal salvation, I really believe hardly any of you would try it. But let any man pro claim there were a hundred sovereigns up there for you, and I'll be bound there would be such a getting up stairs you never did see." BEHAVIOUR IN COMPANY.—On the subject of beha viour in company, Legh Richmond gives the following excellent advice to his daughters :—" Be cheerful, but not gigglers. Be serious, but not dull. Be communica tive, but not forward. Be kind, but not servile. Beware of silly, thoughtless speeches ; although you may forget them, others will not. Remember that God's eye is in every place, and his ear in every company. Beware of levity and familiarity with young men; a modest reserve, without affectation, is the only safe path. Court and en courage serious conversation with those who are truly se rious and conversible ; and not go into valuable company without endeavouring to improve by the intercourse per mitted you. Nothing is more unbecoming, when one part of a company is engaged in profitable and interesting conversation, than that another part should be trifling, and talking comparative nonsense to each other. A SUSPICIOUS TRAVELLER.—[We copy this amusing passage from Grace Greenwood's last letter.]—" In the evening we ran down to Marseilles by the railway. Our party filling a carriage, with the exception of one seat, we amused ourselves, as we approached Marseilles, by manu facturing another passenger out of our extra wraps. Stuffinc , an overcoat with shawls and umbrellas, we fashioned a portly littic gentleman, whom we made to re- cline in a corner, grasping a walking-stick, and with face shaded by a broad-rimmed hat. Wien the ticket master came, we had the satisfaction of seeing our foolish little joke succeed beyond our proudest hopes. After receiv ing and counting our tickets, he looked hard at the quiet little gentleman, and said. rather impatiently, Monsieur, votre billet ." dont, Monsieur,' said one of us. So, without further ceremony, he seized the oblivious travel ler by the arm, and shook him into shawls, overcoats, and umbrellas, amid uncontrollable bursts of laughter on our part. The official looked a little dark and suspicious at first, and made along and careful post mortem examina tion of the departed, but finding that he was composed of no con.raband articles, graciously joined in the laugh, only protesting that somebody must- pay for le petit Monsieur.'"—New York Home Journal. TAHITIAN BEAUX.—Upon the nearest bench two Tahitian beaux were sitting, who had certainly spent a considerable part of the morning on their toilette. It was amusing to see how ingeniously they had united—of course aided in it by the extraordinary good taste of the missionaries—the two different fashions of Europe and Tahiti. In the upper part they were rather brown look ing, but worthy members of the Christian and civilized community, buttoned up in as tight and incommodious a black dress-coat as is worn in the mast enlightened cities in France, England, or Germany, with a white waistcoat, and, of course, white cravat, and really white gloves, their hair combed and oiled in a remarkably careful and studied manner ; but the lower man gave the death blow to the upper, for it was confined, just as if to spite the revered black dress-coat, and the white cravat, and gloves, in a most extraordinary red and yellow piece of calico, from under which the brown naked legs, tattoed round the calf with the common blue tints, shone out as quietly and innocently into the world, as if the two black, sharp pointed tails of the dress-coat, which looked daggers at them from behind, did not exist, and no tight pair of pantaloons threatened their future happiness. Ger staecker'sforerney Round the World. MODERN FEMALE ATTIRE.—It is, upon the whole, in as favourable a state as the most vehement advocates for what is called nature and simplicity could desire. It is a costume in which they can dress quickly, walk nimbly, eat plentifully, stoop easily, 101 l gracefully, and, in short, perform all the duties of life without let or hindrance. The head is left to its natural size, the skin to its native purity, the waist at its proper region, the heels at their real level. The dress is one calculated to bring out the natural beauties of the person, and each of them has, as far as we see, fair play. In former days what was known of a woman's hair in the cap of Henry the Eighth's time; or of her forehead under her hair in George the Third's time ; or of the fall of her shoulders under a welt or wing in Queen Elizabeth's time ; or of the slenderness of her throat in a gorget of Edward the First's time ; or of the shape of her arm in a great bishop sleeve even in our own time ? Now-a-days all these points receive full satisfaction for past neglect, and a woman breaks upon us in such a plentitude of charms that we hardly know where to begin the catalogue. Hair light as silk in floating curls, or massive as marble in shining coils. Forehead bright and smooth as mother of pearl, and arched in matchless symtr etry by its own beautiful drapery. Ear, which for centuries had lain concealed, set on the side of the head like a delicate shell. Throat a lovely stalk, leading the eye upward to a lovelier flower, and downward to a fair sloping ridge, undulating in the true line of beauty, to the polished precipice of the shoulder, whence, from the pendant calyx of the shortest possible sleeve, hangs a lovely branch, smooth and glitter ing like pale pink coral, slightly curved towards the figure, and terminating in five taper petals, pinker still, folding and unfolding, at their own " sweet will," and specially contrived by Nature to pick your heart clean to the bone before you know what they are about.—Music and the Art of Dress. _ _ FEMALE PHYSICIANS.—" Fanny Fearn," writing in a New York paper, says :—Just suppose yourself a forlorn sick bachelor, in the upper story of some noisy boarding house, whose inmates don't care a pinch of snuff whether you conclude to die or get well. Suppose you've watched, the spider in the corner weave his web, till you are quite qualified to make one yourself; suppose you have counted, for the thousandth time, all the shepherdesses, distorted little dogs, and crooked trees, on the paper:d wall of your room ; gnawed your finger nails to the very quick, and twitched your mustache till every hair stands on its own individual responsibility. Then—suppose just as you are at the last gasp, the door opens, gently, and admits (not a great creaking pair of boots containing an oracular, solemn M.D., grim enough to frighten you into the churchyard), but a smiling, rosy-checked, bright-eyed, nice little live woman doctress, yet ? Well, she pushes back her curls, throws off her shawl (Venus ! what a figure!) pulls off her glove, and takes your hand in those little fingers. Holy Mother ! now your pulse races ! She looks at you so compassionately from those soft blue eyes ; lays her hand on your forehead, and then questions you demurely about your " symptoms," (a few of which she sees without any of your help !) Then she writes a prescription with those dainty little fingers, and tells you to keep very composed and quiet (just as if you could), smooths the tumbled quilt, arranges your pillow, shades the glaring sunlight from your aching eyes, with an instinctive knowledge of your unspoken wants ; and says with the sweetest smile in the world that she'll " call again in the morning;" and so—th e fold of her dress flutters through the door ; and then you crawl out of the bed the best way you can—clutch a looking -glass to see what the probabilities are that you have made a favourable impres• sion ! inwardly resolving (as you replace yourself between the blankets) not to get quite well as long as she will come to see you. Well, the upshot of it is, you have a delightful lingering attack of heart complaint For MYSELF, I prefer prescriptions in a masculine hand ! shan't submit my pulse to anything that wears a bonnet ! 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 be does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. State for his good behaviour, and every child that is born to him adds value to the bond. He has acquired a status in so ciety which singly lie could never attain; and though the obli gation imposes on him renewed activity and persevering exer tion, he has his continual reward in the endearing smiles of the olive branches around his table, who call him father, and crave his blessing. The sterile soil and rugged shores of England, by rendering necessary the continued industry of her inhabitants, has raised her to the pinnacle of national greatness; and in like manner, there is many a man of standing and 'of substance who can attribute all lie possesses to the stimulus upon his energies created by the demands of a rising family. If, there fore, a man would rise in the world, let bins perform his manifest duty to the community, by cheerfully contributing his share to the bringing up of the next generation, and he will certainly meet with his reward in a two-fold sense, for he will not only be a richer, but a happier man. I trust 1 have shown, though perhaps imperfectly, that whether considered in a religious or a worldly point of view, children arc sent us as blessings; and I feel convinced that they will prove so if accepted as such. should this truth be made apparent to some who are too apt to look on the other side of the picture, their attention may not have been called to the subject in vain. EPHRA THE DOCK BRIDGES. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—The inconvenience to the public from the stoppage of the highways over the Dock-bridges, when vessels are passing through, is so obvious a necessity, that it would not deserve a comment. I think, however, I have a fair right of complaint when, with two ways leading to the same point, and that of such general resort as the Landing Stage for the Cheshire side ferry boats, both should be stopped at the same time. On Tuesday last, as I reached the end of the Goree, at the bottom of James-street, I observed that my further progress was cut off, owing to the passage of a vessel, and I immediately pro ceeded to the drawbridge at the other end of George's Dock, on my vi ay to the Woodside steam-boat ; but to my surprise I found myself again impeded by a similar obstacle, and had to wait until a vessel had made her way into the basin. I now respectfully appeal to the Dock authorities, whether the public inconvenience caused by these stoppages ought to be enhanced by both ends of George's Dock being opened to vessels at the same time, as a very little skill in management would obviate much of the difficulty.—l am, Sir, WOODSIDE. 28th April, 1853. LIVERPOOL, WATERLOO, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR, I had hoped that the directors of this line bad found it to be their interest to consult the wishes of their contractors, but such is not the fact. For some time past the trains have been run in unison with the wishes of the majority of the con tractors, and numerous contracts have been taken out on the faith that, at all events, trains would not be discontinued at the very time when the season of the year demanded an in crease ; but, to the astonishment of all, this morning the mid day train which left Waterloo at two has either been put off or discontinued, making it quite impracticable for parties to go home to their dinners, which numbers have done of late, by the one o'clock train. Another grievance is also deeply felt by the taking off the half-past four train altogether, and delaying the five till 10 minutes past. Surely, the directors must be fully aware that the taking off the half-past four train will be a great inconvenience to many gentlemen, 'Change being over at four, and it formerly allowing them islet time to visit their offices, and return home in time for a five o'clock dnner. There is an impression with many of the contractors on this line that the directors study to annoy them—this I can scarcely believe ; but it would be well if all ground of such suspicion were removed, for so long as the contractors of a local railway, like the one in question, are dissatisfied, it cannot be for the interest of the shareholders.—Yours, 81c., 'Change, May 2, 1853. A CONTRACTOR. ROAIANISM AND SLAVERY. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. being publicly announced that a lecture will be given, under the sanction of the " Roman Catholic Institute," the subject being, "Protestantism the bulwark of Slavery in America," allow me to hint, through your columns, to the lec turer, not to forget when he comes forward to accuse Pro testantism of upholding slavery in that land, that it is to his creed that America owns the stigma, and which makes her stars shine less brilliantly than they would if the foul spot was wiped from off her flag. Let it be remembered that, after Fernando Cortez had partly conquered Mexico, by deluging the country with blood, in order to enrich the Spanish coffers, Las Casas (a Romanist missionary) was sent into Mexico in order to convert the sub dued people to his faith ; and how did he convert them, but by making the poor deluded savages believe that there was no difference between the two religions ; after this, seeing that the Spaniards made his precious converts work in the mines, in order to obtain the precious metals, it touched the heart of the pious Las Cases, and he accordingly sent home to Isabella of Spain, and complained to her of this injustice, at the same time telling her that she ought to send ships to Africa, in order that they might capture the natives and send them ae slaves to to Amer ica, (as that was no harm,) which she accordingly did. The ships went, got a live cargo, and steered for America, so 11.1 i thus we find that it is to Popery that America may lay claim to this odious traffic in flesh and blood. Hoping that you will give this a place in your next, I remain, a hater of slavery, but A TRUE CATHOLIC YOUTH. THE REV. DR. M'NEILE AND PRIEST POWER, To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STAND-IRD. SIR, In the Liverpool Courier of April 27th there appeared a letter, purporting to be from Priest Power, in reply to the Rev. Dr. Nl , Seile. Anything more miserable, more melan choly, I may truly say, I have never read in the form of an answer to two letters containing such grave and serious state ments as those of the venerable champion of Scriptural Pro testantism. Does Priest Power imagine that, by assuming the braggadocio style, he will succeed in silencing the Reverend Doctor, or satisfy " Catholics," who are inquiring " Has Priest Power replied to Dr. 31'Neile yet ?" The minds of Roman Catholics in Liverpool are, I feel satis fied, in a very different state, since "the Papal aggression," to what their priests would fain have them. A spkit of inquiry has been excited. That spirit has not been " laid" yet. Roman Catholic priests have been challenged by clergymen of our truly Catholic Church in this town. Why have they not met them ? Roman Catholics have asked me that question, .and have expressed themselves highly dissatisfied with their priests for shrinking from discussion. One man went so far as to call them " A pack of cowards." There are Roman Catholics in this town (as I know), whose attachment to the doctrines, principles, and priests, of their church, will not be increased,—nor their conviction of the Church of Rome being the only true church be confirmed by Priest Power's reply to Dr. Al‘Neile. And now, Sir, I should like Priest Power, or any other priest, to show, on what grounds he arrogates to himself, and mo nopolises to the Church of Rome, the title of Catholic. Allow me to observe, that when the Fathers use the term" Catholic," it is not in reference to the so-called Roman Catholic Church ; for instance, St. Augustine, Comm. Psal. 44, "'lmo est Catho lica Ecclesia," &c. For the name " Catholic" is of great antiquity, and was adopted by the early Orthodox Christians to distinguish themselves from Heretics. It was the Christian's surname (Heretics had party-names, yet they sometimes shel tered themselves under the name of Christians), so Pacian in forms us : Ep. I. ad. Sempron Novat. Heret,—" Christiana, rnihi nomen est : Catholicus cognomen; illud me nuncupat, i stud ostendit." And Optatus observes, "That the Church of Christ bad a just title to this name, being called Catholic,' because it was universally diffused over all the world." Optat., lib. ii. p. 46—He saws : " Cain inde dicta sit Catholica, guod sit rationalis eat übique thrum." Hence we may learn, how utterly unfounded is the claim of Rome Papal, when she styles herself, in her Anti-Christian pride and arrogance, " The Holy Catholic Church."—l am, Sir, yours, &c., W. B. STEWART MATHIAS. 5, Ellesmere Terrace, Everton,,lpril29,lBs3. LETTERS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS. No. VI LOVE OF CHILDREN, To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Si a,—Your readers must not presume that I am about to weary them with a homily on the beauty and duty of parental a ffection; for, after all, it is but an instinct which man shares in common with the brutes, though too often, if we may judge by our police reports, heloses in the comparison. The opinion, however, prevails too much, that a numerous family is rather an evil to be dreaded than a blessing to be desired, and it is to this subject I would direct a . little attention. One of the most prominent reasons advanced by those who decry early marriages is the improvidence of having a family before having the means of providing for them; and as, one by one, the little innocents are born into the world, we hear more of the expense which they are likely, or almost certain, to occasion, than of the delight and enjoyment which they will afford to their loving parents. There is something wrong in all this, and the evil is apparent, whether we view the question in a religious point of view, or with minds altogether disposed to look only to this world. In the first place, the Scriptures have numerous illustrations of the truth that children are sent to us as blessings, if we would but receive them as such. We are told that children are as arrows in the hands of a giant, and happy is the man who bath his quiver full of them. We have repeated instances of barrenness being considered an especial curse, demanding fervent prayers against its continuance; and great are the re joicings, at all times, on the birth of a son. In the earlier times we read of the several Patriarchs being blessed with so many sons and daughters—and the want of them, as in the instance of Rachel, being deemed a reproach; so that the whole tenour of Old Testament history affirms the position which I have assumed. It should also be steadily kept in mind that all• the gifts of Providence prove blessings or curses ac cording as they are received, so that it rests with ourselves whether or no we will be favoured of Heaven. The penalty of labour, which ensued upon man's fall, has become the source of many enjoyments; and even afflictions, when submitted to in unrepining confidence on the goodness of Providence, are converted into bounties; whereas the gratification of our most ardent desires, when nuthankfully received, poison the springs of life, and become the bane of existence. If, however, we view the acquisition of a numerous family upon mere worldly considerations, we shall be under no diffi culty in assigning it a place among our chiefest blessings. Such questions are not to be answered by the rule of three; and the conclusion jumped at, that because it takes so much to keep one, it will take twice as much to keep two. Many a young man spends as much in cigars and kid gloves as would maintain a wife, and there are a number of other items of bachelor expenditure which might profitably be devoted to a family of children. and leave a balance on the right side. Children form ti -e proper spur to the exertions of industry,—for of what avail is rising early and eating the bread of carefulness, if there are none to inherit the fruits? Labour will be mis spent, for man cannot work merely for his own enjoyment; it is his children which form the stimulus of his industry, and the solace o fhis leisure, and without them he either relaxes his exertions, or labours on with soulless instinct, and the un satisfactory conviction that strangers will reap the harvest that he has sown. When a man marries, he giyes security to the • PARIS FASHIONS FOR MAY. (FROM THE COURT JOURNAL.) ' A decided change in fashion has been observable during the month. The effects of Longchamps are visible through every degree of toilet. Walking dress has altered in ma terial long before the weather has changed sufficiently to warrant any innovation. Valencias have taken the place of the heavier kinds of woollen stuffs, and the richness of the colours and softness of this material contribute much to the enlivenment of our promenades during its short reign. A new mixture for the ground of this stuff has been introduced. The silk is thrown up in a close uneven pattern, which gives it the appearance of the most rich, and bright damask, the stripes, whether circling the jupe en Bayadere, or carried en baguette straight down the front from the corsage to the feet, are woven by a new method of throwing up the silk, giving them the appear ance of the clouded satin made at Venice in former times. The effect of these reties nebuleuses is very brilliant. The role baguette, made in silk, valencias, or alpaca, is gene rally of green, dark blue, or violet. The double stripe down the front is of a novel kind, consisting of every bright and striking colour which agrees with the nuance of the dress. Rows of an entirely new description of but ton, displaying the same mixed colours as the stripe, and flashing between the baguettes, give a peculiar novel'y to this species of dress. A waistcoat combining the same colours, but in narrower stripes, is again ornamented with this new description of button. The basques of the corsage are trimmed with fiance, and fringe of mixed colours. Al together this toilette a la Gitana is one of the most strik ing which the Longchamps of this year has bequeathed us. The matinees have been during the month most brilliantly attended. The Princess Bragacion's Wednesdays have furnished a greater display of taste and fashion than we have beheld in Paris ever since the days of Louis Philippe. The youthful bride of the Duc de la R. wore on Wednes day last a light blue gros de Naples, brocaded in a rich design of rose cendre'e and white. A long flounce mounted on the jupe en dents de loup, the heading marked out with a delicate embroidery in pink silk and white jet; the bot , tom of the flounce embroidered to match, and the corsage open in front with a double waistcoat, showing the pink revers beneath the white watered silk; buttons of pink topaz, set round with pearls, completed the dress. Over it was worn a white silk jacket, most exquisitely em broidered in white jet and pearls. The exquisite delicacy and freshness of this toilet inspired the greatest admira tion. The bonnet worn with this disVngue costume was of white crape, ornamented with daisies, a wreath of which, with pearl hearts, crept along the edge, two long drooping bunches of the same flower were placed on either side, and, mixed with tulle, came down low along the face. Another costume, that worn by the Princess M., also at tracted great attention. It was a dress, is la hortssarde, of rich silk. An elaborate embroidery in a militry pat tern down the front, increasing in width as it reached the hem, was carried round the bottom of the skirt with mar vellous effect. The colour of the dress was of the new tint of green denominated vert President, the embroidery black, relieved with violet. A mante of the new form des'gnatcd by the name of vetement was worn with this dress. It was of rich moire much decorated with embroidery ; the long hanging sleeves were open to the elbow, showing the elaborate jacon of those belonging to the dress beneath. Amongst the number of robes a l'lmperatrice, robes dia mantines, robes damasquinees, and robes h la Marquise seen at this assembly we noticed particularly the dress of the young Spanish Countess de L. It was of jonquil moire, with creves of black guipure entablie down the front of the skirt. These creves were united by a broad ribbon passed through them ; this new idea completely subdued the hard effect of creves, which had hitherto caused their rejection from the ateliers of our first-rate couturieres. The sleeves of the dress were open to the shoulder, the creves of black guipure diminishing in size as they approached the wrist, and there terminating in a bouffant which encirled the hand. A mante surprise covered the shoulders. It was composed of guipure de laine, bordered with a full chievree of the same colour as the dress, laid on in a serpentine pattern. The bonnet was of black lace, ornamented with tufts of ostrich feathers, and beneath the brim two enormous bunches of jonquils seemed to throw it back from the face. This toilet was the most admired of all, from its exceeding simplicity and richness, and the contrast which the bright and full jon quil colour afforded to the clear dark complexion and raven hair of the wearer. Bonnets of every kind are made low in the neck behind, however fully they may be trimmed across the passe. Fancy straw seems decidedly destined to become the vogue again this year, as it has been for these two seasons past. Some of these bonnets are elaborate and rechEnche in pattern in the extreme, and one of imitation point d'Alencon, made of the finest Italian straw-thread, struck us as being the perfection of this sort of manufacture. It was lined with silk vent President, and trimmed with a small wreath of rose-buds creeping round the edge. A narrow moird ribbon vent President, mixed with rose buds creeping in and out, was laid across the passe. The simplicity and freshness of this garniture was admirably contrived to set off the delicacy of the workmanship of the point d'Alencon, and reflected the greatest credit on the inventor. It would seem, however, that the same degree of expense and luxury in the article of bonnets which we have been criticising is, nevertheless, destined to be continued through the summer, for, in general, even these fancy straws which seem so valuable for their light ness are loaded with ribbons and flowers which completely destroy the sole effect for which they were formerly so much prized. The drooping form of the bonnet is produced in straw by the ingenious contrivance of raising the passe to the shape of the head. The effect of the universal adoption of this shape bas been to raise the coiffure of hair around the face, and to compel the employment of an increased quantity of ornament beneath the brim. Caps are but little in vogue. The good old times of dress bonnets are completely revived, and numberless have been the inven tions which have arisen to furnish the interior of the brim. First and foremost amongst these stands the new bonnet of gold blonde, worn by the Etnyress. upon the occasion of her visit to the Opera Comique, which created an in describable sensation amongst our fair amateurs of fashion, and has since that moment become a perfect fureur. This bonnet, a la duchesse, is composed of the finest and most minute fibres of gold wire, made on the pillow, in imitation of the richest lace, either blonde, Brussels, or Honiton. The effect is peculiarly elegant. The one worn by the Empress was ornamented with marabouts splashed with gold, and beneath the brim a wreath of white marguerites encircled the countenance, mingled with small gold buds and tendrils. The bonnets are destined to find great favour, as they combine the richest effect with remarkable lightness and elegance. For ball dress we have resumed of late all the effets mageux which are so airy and becoming—tulle illusion, silk crape, mousseline de sole, and gazeChambery, have completely replaced the tissues of thread and cotton which have had so long a reign. Flounces are narrower, in greater number, and graduating towards the waist. An endeavour has been made for the last two or three great balls to renew the Watteau style in the abundance of flowers disposed over the skirts. We have seen a parure consisting of the flowers of the glycene, which, beginning from the shoulder, and carried transversely to the hem of the frill skirt, dropped into large tediaasses of exquisite workmanship, serving to loop the second and third Pipes of the dress. This has been considered the greatest novelty of the month, end at the great ball in the Rue de Varennes, where it was worn by the Duchess de Mer coeur, it excited so great a degree of admiration as to cause the steps of the fair wearer to be followed through the dance in order to examine it more closely. The coiffure a la Vidal is gradually replacing that a la Telix, 'which has been so long in favour. This coi f fure is ex ceedingly becoming, and entirely novel, being a succession of small bandeau route's, beginning close to the forehead and reaching to the back of the head. Between eight bandeaux is placed a wreath of minute flowers, which appear as though gathered together in an enormous mass at the back of the head, completely covering the hair behind. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.—Broad ribbons have re placed every fashion of berthe for the shoulders, whether of lace, fringe, or passementerie. These are either made to fasten in front of the corsage, where two long ends cross over the skirt, or else terminating behind it en ' fact, they are turned into a soft knot at the waist with two short ends, much separated over the gathers of the dress. Gloves will still be worn short and unornamented. The knots of velvet which have adorned the hair during the whole winter are now covered with spangles, which flash and sparkle with a grace and lightness which have been sought for in vain amongst all the more expensive innovations of embroidery and passementerie. A head dress of these knots for young ladies is most bewitching. Pocket handkerchiefs are garnished with a narrow frill of embroidery of an open pattern. The rich work and ex pensive lace have had their day, and are declining in favour. A return to the white corsage and coloured skirt is to be anticipated, as a considerable variety of stuffs of patterns adapted for this purpose have been exposed at all the great magasins. The broad ribbon to match with the dress will doubtless be carried from the shoulder to the waist. The novelties in jewellery consist almost wholly in new contrivances for buttons, which are made in every colour and variety of stones and enamel. The heart's-ease is most in favour, and is sometimes used for ornamenting the corsage of low dresses, in which case no other ornament whatever is worn. A new perfume, ex tracted from the berries of the dog-rose, possessing a powerful aromatic odour, has met with great success ; and a new soap liquid, and highly scented, is fast replacing for the hands all soap requiring friction of the skin. It is a preparation of Narbonne honey and oil of almonds, and its effect upon the skin is wonderfully beneficial and softening, producing an immediate lather of a most de licious fragrance by merely pouring a few drops into the water about to be used. ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY. — Mrs. Beecher Stowe and Professor Stowe have accepted the invitation of the above-named society, to be present at their next annual festival, to be held at Freemason's Hall, London, on Saturday,thelSth of May, when Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., sheriff of Lanarkshire, will preside. A GLANCE AT THE AUSTRALIAN FLEET IN THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL. No. 11. ENERGY, love of adventure, and necessity are severally impelling thousands to Nugget-land. The eyes of all men are directed to the wondrous country in which the gold yield outstrips fiction, and more than realizes the most dazzling dreams of oriental story-teller. From England, Germany, France, Canada, and the United States, the emigration to Australia is almost illimitable. The lead ing New York paper of the 16th ultimo estimates the American emigrants to California and Australia at four thousand a month ; so that it would seem the gold-fields are irresistibly attractive even to the denizen of the " Model Republic." The Yankee exodus appears to be favouring Australia more than the rival gold-land, and the New York papers are industriously labouring to prove that the rise of wages in California is in every instance greater, and in some triple and quadruple, that paid for the same species of labour in Australia. Novelty alone, they assert, favours Australia. " Facts and figures lean heavily on the side of California." They are forced to admit, however, that it is a somewhat curious anomaly that even from California itself the emigration to the new gold regions has been very considerable. This they are pleased to ascribe to the trite maxim— " Distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." But, in spite of the papers, the calculatieg Yankee cries,. " Ho ! for Australia." And on our own shores it is still the cry. Liverpool, the lending port in the world for Australian ships, feels the pulsation of this mighty movement throbbing in her streets and docks. Between the 14th and the 27th of April eighteen vessels left this port for Australia ; in the same period only eleven were despatched from London, the total tonnage of which amounted to not more than one-half of the Liverpool railings. The total number of vessels now preparing at our port for the various ports of Australia is 50, and the total amount of registered tonnage is 28,860. Vessels. Destination. , Tons. 1 .... For Adelaide and Sydney 741 • 1 .... Sydney and Bombay 869 2 .... Hobart Town GI3 3 .... Melbourne and Sydney 1 .... Pert Philip 3GO 2 .... Geelong 2 .... Geelong and Melbourne 336 3 .... Adelaide S .... Sydney 3,973 27 Melbourne 50 23,560 Four arrivals from the land of gold were reported on Tuesday last. The Sir Robert Sale, from Geelong, which sailed on the 25th of December, brought 13,835 ounces of the precious metal ; the Clifton, which left Sydney on the 11th of December, brought 27,507 ounces ; and the John Taylor, from Port Philip. which sailed December 28, brought 11,847 ounces. We have here a total of 51,190 ounces, worth £212,800. In all probability the passenears on board the several vessels have further sums on hand. Nautical men are considerably at variance as to what class of vessels are the most eligible for emigrant ships. Some contend that single-decked vessels of moderate size are the best suited for long passages. This opinion seems to be finding additional favour at present, and is becoming quite a popular one. And, in accordance with thi: belief, Messrs. Robson and Doke have placed the Alabama on i the " Standard" line of packets to Australia. This pretty little vessel is a new ship of 900 tons burthen, the size generally believed to be most convenient, and she is now being fitted out for the trade by her enterprising owners, preparatory to her departure early this month. She isnot intended to carry more than 200 passengers, and thus the . rooms are rendered more spacious than they would other wise be. The chief advantage gained in a ship of this size is that there is only a single tier of berths ; and as there is only one row of staterooms, each is separately lighted, instead of, as in many cases, one light serving three or four de partments. There is likewise double the space at table, and on deck. The Alabama, which we have visited at her berth in the Prince's dock, is an admirably ventilated vessel, and the sanitary efficiency is such as would satisfy the most rigid board of health. We have little doubt that this fine little vessel will have her full complement of passengers on the day of her departure, and that she will I make a good passage. That handsome clipper-ship, the Miles Barton, belong ing to Mr. Beazley, one of Messrs. Miller and Thompson's Golden Line of Australian packets, excited much ad miration as she lay in the river during the early part of last week—her shipshape appearance and handsome pro portions appearing to much greater advantage than while sine remained in dock. On Thursday afternoon she took her departure, with 382 passengers on board, so that she was, as might have been anticipated from the high character of the vessel and the line to which she belongs, full in every compartment. The passengers were of a very respectable" class indeed ; and a glance at any of the ships which leave our port for Australia will immediately suggest the ides that, if our Antipodal colony is at present the abode of many regardless men, it must very soon become noble country ; for it is without question being populate(' by many of our very best citizens—poor men, who have already furnished proof of patience and industry by sferil from scanty earnings the sum necessary to convey te e- to the land of their adoption, and others posse ss i ng the spirit and energy required by the founders of a new country. These thoughts could not fail to suggest them selves to the person who witnessed the departure of the . I good ship Miles Barton, with her happy-looking com plement of passengers, all of whom bade farewell to the• Mersey with, apparently, the greatest cheerfuln ess ' With the Hinds that have since prevailed, she 11 5 s a no doubt made a good run down the Channel. The 3 11 t ie ' Barton will be succeeded by the Star of the East—tha t splendid new clipper-ship, which combines, with many. other advantages, the fact that she is a single-decked ship,—deemed a matter of no small moment by sani tarians and lovers of comfort. The passengers who had been detained in port in On sequence of the accident to the Ebba Brahe, sailed on Wednesday last, in tire Asia and Albinus, two vessels belonging to the same owners, Messrs. De Wolf and Co. They expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the arrangement. We mentioned last week that that leviathan steamshiPt the Great Britain, was undergoing important and exten sive alterations, for the purpose of developing more fully her excellent sailing and steaming qualities. We believe that, in place of four masts, as heretofore, she will only have three, rigged as a full-rigged ship ; and, instead of her two iron masts, she is having immense wooden ones sub stituted. Instead of the three-bladed screw, she is to be fitted with a new patent one (Griffith's). The . vessel is at present in the Sandon Graving Dock ; and, although there is no admission on board during the alterations, a good view of her fine model and noble pro portions may be obtained by a visit. She is to sail again for Australia in June. Shipbuilding proceeds with great spirit ; and in a few days we hope to see in our port the first iron ship built at Greenock—the Martaban, which has been chartered bY an eminent firm in this town, Messrs. Millers and Thompson, to form one of their " Golden" line of packets to the Australian colonies, and which will take the berth at Liverpool in a few days. This magnificent iron clipper ship was launched on Monday week, from Messrs. John Scott and Sons' building yard, Greenock ; Miss Camp' bell, daughter of one of the owners, most gracefully naming her the " Martaban." as she floated into the waters of the Clyde. She will ultimately take her place in the East India trade, for which sbe was originally de signed. She salts under the command of Capt. Robert M`Kirdy. " The name of the builders," says the Greenock Advertiser, " is a su ffi c i ent guarantee that she will not be surpassed, for quality of material or excellence, of workmanship, by any vessel afloat." She is one 0 1 the stroneest iron ships ever built, and her model, which was much admired on the slips, combines the advantages of good capacity with great sailing powers ; and, under the charge of a commander who is both able and energetic , it is confidently anticipated that she will give a good ac count of herself, and maintain the well-earned reputation of her builders and of the Golden Line. In noticing the advent into our local fleet of a new vessel like this, we may remark that the demand for new vessels, caused bY the prcgressive trade with the United States, a nd the enormous drain to Australia, is beyond tire expectations of Even tire most sanguine builders and ow ners. The necessity for fast-sailing qualities, combined with large capacity, has, on the one hand, induced the construction of a fleet of vessels modelled upon the most improved prin ciples for ensuring speed, and of greatly increased ton nage ; on the other hand, the competition between Liverpool and London and other emigration torts, has brought into use appliances for convenience and comfort. hitherto unknown. The emigrant reaps the advantage df this rivalry in two ways. In the first place, he is better accommodated and attended to than before ; and, secendlYt he has not so much money to pay as was asked previously for worse accommodation and far less comfort. To ren der voyages pleasant and healthful, especially in regard to third class accommodation, much unquestionably remain s. to be done ; but daily improvements are suggesting them' selves, and each new vessel that quits our port is better than her predecessor in some respect. We learn that the number of emigrants who have left this port for Australia and America during the Pa st month have exceeded those who have taken their depot' Lure hence in the corresponding month of any preceding year. The government emigration returns show that, l" the month ending Saturday last, no less than betweet; 27,000 and 28,000 emigrants left the Mersey for the lan" of the stranger. By far the greater proportion of thes e have been shipped for America. The latest advices from Australia are, however, so cheering that a considerab j e increase in the emigration to the golden land may be ex pected. The Banker's Daughter, to which we drew at tention in our last article, went into the river yestertl3e with 400 emigrants from the Government Emigratie; Deralt, at Birkenbead ; and sine trill be followed durT; the month by three large ships with passengers from tP e, same place. The Ann Holzberg, of the " fox" b ri e , about to depart, has been a source of some attractiFe'r and is especially noteworthy for the smartness of P ec „ appearance. The Indian Queen, sist er - s hip t o the Mar Polo, is filling quickly, and will take her departure in day or two with at least 350 passengers. be SOME years ago the " Literary Gazette" ceased to t iy Mr. Jerdan's property; and it is now edited and Pam owned by Mr. Reeve, of th e fi rm o f R eeve an d Beni' the scientific publishers. Among its chief contributor is a young Scotsman, Mr. James Macaulay. 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