The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-26 00:00:00

Or a lucky turn up of. the cards of some kind or other, the majority of three may be turned into a minority, and ministers and their Romish coadjutors in Ireland may be enabled, for another session, to outrage and vio late the feelings of the British people. Such, we admit, may be the case ; but at what a damning sacrifice of principle and character on the part of the ministry will this be effected ! How utterly fallen will those men appear in the eyes of their fellow-countrymen, who can submit to retain office by a trick, and to receive the wages of office when the power of earning them exists no longer ! It will he remembered by our readers that after the division on Wednesday night the committee on the bill was adjourned to Friday. On that day its noble mover was compelled, by the factious obstruction of the Hume-O'Connellite ministry, to adjourn it further until the 4th of June, previous to which period it was announced by Lord John Russell, amidst the laughter of the house, that the Irish Attorney-General would lay upon,the table a Government Registration Bill, be ! . tween which and that of Lord Stanley he would frame such. a motion as would enable the house to decide. It i s , of course, a matter of very little concern to us what are the principles upon which the bill to be intro duced by ministers will be founded, inasmuch as we have it already recorded from the lips of Lord John Russell himself, that it will contain provisions which will ensure its rejection by the House of Lords ; and we are therefore compelled to come to the conclusion that its object will only be, as described by Lord Stan ley during the debate, "to serve as a peg upon which to hang.up the question altogether." Be it so., Such a result would be a worthy accom paniment to the celebrated appropriation clause, upon t he passing of which the Melbourne administration ca me into office solemnly pledged, and which has long a go been quietly shelved amongst the forfeited pledges of that despicable and dishonest crew. But will the House of Commons, which has just declared that the evils of the present registration system in Ireland are insupportable, turn round, at Lord John Russell's invi tation, and stultify themselves by rejecting a measure calculated to remedy those evils, in favour of one which is admitted by its author and framer to be a mere de monstration—a trick—a fraud—and which is purposely so drawn up as to be rejected, and so to leave the Irish constituencies in the same state of rotten ness and corruption which is now complained of? We think ministers and their supporters may dis cover that there still exists in that house some re gard for decency; and that a body of English gen tlemen, who have just recorded their well-considered opinion in favour of Lord Stanley's bill, are not so venal as to be bought with .the honied words of the treasury, or so unwise as to sink themselves with a sinking ministry, by declaring in favour of every scheme wsaich the beggarly defamer of their wives and daughters may succeed in forcing upon the adop tion of that loathsome and impure set. Lord John Russell may discover that the people of England—the constituencies of England—are not disposed for ever to have Ireland, with her filthy demagogue and her brawling priesthood, hanging like a millstone round their necks; and that a spirit is rising throughout the land, which, if aggravated and mocked, will grow stronger and stronger, until at length it succeeds in Hinging away and trampling upon the incubus which England hasAlowed too long to depress her energies and to sully her reputation ! Let this besotted and factious imbecile look around him, and observe ,the signs of the times. Ludlow and Cambridge have each nobly exerted themselves to strengthen the hands of Lord Stanley in the object which he has undertaken ; and we tell him now, that other constituencies—a great majority of the constitu encies of England—are at this 'moment panting for an opportunity of consigning himself and his mercenary and dishonest supporters to the obscurity from which, in an evil hour for England, they have been allowed to emerge ! We are sorry that our strictures have been so unpa latable to the Mercztry as to drive him to the perpetra tion of the mass of absurdity which disfigures the pages of his last publication. Our contemporary, we find, cannot bear contradiction. He has vegetated for So many years in an elysium of fancied supremacy that _. ' he cannot allow the rude breath of opposition to dis turb his self-complacency; and because we have awaked him from his doze, and disturbed the cloud which he has allowed to settle upon his perceptions, we are incontinently visited with a storm of thunder and fury which would make even the redoubtable Captain Bohadil tremble in his shoes. We will, however, take heart, "pluck up drowned honour by the locks," and strive to. face this grisly emanation of spleen—this " embodied essence" of detected dishonesty. Our dozing contemporary, we are quite aware, was, at the time of writing the articles upon Lord Stanley's hill, profoundly ignorant of the subject upon which he So flippantly descanted. He "had not recently read the clause in question." He had not at all read the bill in question: He had read, in fact, and knew, in fact, nothing at all about the matter; and, such being the case, a "mistake might easily be made." Granted, good Mercury. We admit the mistake, and readily ac knowledge the reasonableness of its occurrence. But we are not such raw campaigners as to allow our flank be turned by new levies whilst the main body of the enemy, represented by thy worthy self, is in full re- • treat. We are not to be driven . from our position by quotations from the stupid perpetrations of Mr. Shar- . man Crawford's pen, or the equally stupid. nothings of Lord John Russell's lips. We have convicted the Mercury of ignorance and misrepresentation, and are not to be put off with the " lame and impotent" ex cuse that, if the Mercury has erred, he " has erred in good 'company." Heaven knows what the Mercury means by good company ! We-shall not follow our contemporary in his attempt to withdraw his readers from the questions at issue, which he dare not meet manfully. But we must pro test against a charge which he brings against us, that we were guilty of a quibble when we challenged him to prove that any Irish judge had ever yet " ruled that to confer a right of voting upon a leaseholder, under the sth section of the Irish reform act of 1832, a man must prove that he. has a holding for which he pays £lO a-year." This legal dictum, be it remembered, was laid down'by our contemporary as that of the Irish judges ; and we repeat, that we give him three months to prove it in, in addition to the week which has already expired. We mean no quibble, and will not allow our contemporary any. But, says our contemporary, in palliation of his mistake"—(query, misrepresentation ?)—" our ob jection was obvious/y to that ruling which requires a man to prove that a solvent tenant could afford to pay for his tenement £lO a-year more than he himself pays; and amongst the people ' out of Bedlam' who have declared against this interpretation of the clause, or discussed it as a subject of grave consideration, we are about - to produce, inter aliis, the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord J. Russell, the Irish judges, and the Irish barristers." Now we care little • about the opinions of the Duke of Richmond, Lord Lansdowne, or Lord John Russell; neither do we care much about the Irish barristers. Our main business is with the Irish judges, only two of whom were of any other than our opinion as to the " obvious" meaning of the term "beneficial interest" as referred to in the sth clause of the Irish reform act, and not one of whom ever ruled, or dreamed of ruling, that a leaseholder, in addition to his beneficial interest, or without it, must pay £lO a-year rent ! Our contemporary denies next that, in objecting to the production of title deeds by the claimant, he meant, fraudulently or otherwise, to convey the impression that this " was required for the first time by Lord Stanley's bill." " The impression intended to be con veyed," he says, was, " that such production of deeds would enable tory landlords to carry almost any county in Ireland." We must differ from our contemporary here. If he knew that the productions of title deeds is required by the.present act, how could he bring for ward that grievance as an argument against Lord Stan ley's bill, which does not in one tittle alter the ?natter ? By so bringing it forward he did convey the impression that it was a grievance of Lord Stanley's creating ; . and whether that impression was conveyed " ignorantly or frandulently" we leave to our contemporary himself to - explain. , t,- I3ut, our contemporary is not content with merely evading the misrepresentations of which we have con victed him. Having carefully studied the speeches of Lord Stanley's opponents, and quoted from them pretty largely, he adventures upon new ground, and bases upon a quibble a new misrepresentation. Lord Stanley's bill, he says, " subjects the voter, or renders him liable, to" the production of his title-deeds "twice a-year instead of once." Now, if we were disposed to rest satisfied with a quibble, we should at once say that this was an untruth. It is, in fact, morally, if not literally, an untruth. Lord Stanley's bill, we repeat, enacts no fresh necessity for the production of title deeds by a claimant ; and the assertion that it " ren ders him liable, to" such production " twice a-year instead of once," is a stretch of fact which is quite wocthy of being called a wilful perversion of truth. It does, we will admit, render the claimant who has failed in proving his right before the assistant barrister, and who chooses.to appeal to the judge of assize, liable to be again asked to produce evidence in support of his appeal ; and what- mighty hardship can this be ? The claimant was liable to the same hardship by the act of 1832 ; and the only alteration effected by Lord Stanley's bill is, that an objector as well as a claimant may appeal from the decision of the assistant barrister, subject, however, to the imposition of costs, if his appeal has been made vexatiously. It no doubt suits the pur pose of the Mercury and his .faction to dwell upon and distort this feature of the bill; but they are perfectly aware that their objections to it are mere fudge. Let us, however, leave for the present our contem porary's quibbles, and advert briefly to the astounding discovery which he has made as to our identity, and the awful denunciations which he has thought proper to hurl against us. We are highly gratified, we can assure him, by his flattering notice of the " raciness" of our style, and our " correctness of composition ;" but what he means by our having a " private grudge to gratify," or " a personal wrong to avenge," we really are at a loss to know. We found this man impugning the motives of honourable men, and misrepresenting the provisions, of a.us.eful measure. We detected his ignorance, and exposed his trickery to the public. We shelved him the shallow thing he is, when stripped of his usual covering of bombast and impertinence; and if we have effected this to his own content and that of the public, our object is complete. The Editor of the Mercury may rest assured that we have no " private grudge" against him, and that all the decla mation which he pours forth so volubly upon our un lucky head is so much fine writing absolutely thrown away. _ _ _ What an absurdly inflated idea our contemporary must have of his own importance, if he supposes that to contravert the silly twaddle which flows from his pen, it is necessary that the powers of some "great unknown" should be called into requisition ! Yet such is the ludicrous idea which has now taken possession of him. We are not, it seems, the editor of the STAN- DARD, but some evil genius of the Mercury who has " crept behind the editor's chair," and been guilty, in so doing, of " a compound of meanness, perfidy, and utter disregard of principle, such as hardly ever be-. fore disgraced any individual, public or private, in this or any other country" ! ! There's a climax for you, reader ! "We think," adds the Mercury, "we could lay our hands upon the man" ! ! Horrifying thought ! We are assassins too, " cowardly and perfidious," be cause we have neglected to send our card and compli ments along with the trifle of correction which we be stowed upon him this day week. It is lamentable to witness this delusion of our contemporary; and, in order to ease his mind and enable him to settle down to his usual harmless and trifling pursuits, we assure him that, never having had the honour of his intimacy, we have no personal grudge towards him; and that we most certainly never entertained such an exalted opi nion of his powers as to lead us to ask for assistance in any contest we might have to wage with him. In good time we have no doubt of being able to convince the Mercury of this fact, as we shall occa sionally venture upon the liberty of giving him a gentle shake up. He must learn, however, to correct his temper, and lay aside the Furioso style of writing with which his remarks to us are concluded. Such stilted swagger only makes a man look supremely ludicrous. How vastly considerate and correct some of our modern Whigs become when they discover that they are no longer able to advance their own cause by dis honest means ! They can agitate when it suits their turn ; they can brawl and threaten with the loudest ; they can spout treason and excite rebellion ;--bat-let= any of these weapons be turned against themselves; and forthwith the brawling democrat becomes a quiet, easy-going soul, who dreads excitement, and " depre cates" anything likely to promote dissension, or awake unpleasant feelings. We have an amusing instance of this one-sided propriety in the Liverpool Journal of Saturday. It has been announced that on Friday next, the anniver sary of the restoration of King Charles the Second, the Shipwrights' Society of Liverpool would resume their ancient practice, and form a procession through the principal streets of the town, the same liberty being always allowed to the Temperance Societies, and to the Irishmen on St. Patrick's Day. But no ;.--the shipwrights ire a loyal and respectable body of Eng lishmen—of Protestants—of Conservative Protestants; and our contemporary on a sudden makes the disco very that a display of 'such a body of men is impolitic and unwise—that all such processions ought to .be forborne as likely to provoke disturbance,—and then appeals to the authorities to interfere and prevent the procession of Friday from taking place, reminding them of the circumstance that on the same occasion last year. some disturbance and contention were the consequences. Our contemporary will hardly expect us to believe, that if the shipwrights of Liverpool were to submit to waive .their ancient custom, and, in deference to the law, and from a regard to the peace of the town, to abstain from their procession, the example would be followed by the hodmen and lumpers, who are accus tomed, on St. Patrick's Day, to display their sweet persons decked out in the trappings of rebellion, and marching to tunes which recal only the recollection of bloodshed and outrage. The experiment, we remind our contemporary, has been tried. The Irish popula tion of Liverpool will persist, on every occasion, in insulting the feelings of their English fellow-towns men ; and there is no occasion in the world why such profound deference should be paid to their insolent and factious demands. We have no fear of any disturbance being the result of the procession on Friday. The loyal and true hearted men who will compose it are not the common brawlers who are likely to seek an occasion for riot and outrage. They have the same right as other bo dies to enjoy their humour, and we trust that the authorities will take care they are not insulted or in terfered with. Our readers will perceive that a sermon will be preached to the society, at Christ Church, by the Rev. Fielding Ould, and that a collection will be made in aid of the funds of the Blue Coat Hospital. GLORIOUS TRIUMPHS OF CONSERVATISM ! The elections for Cambridge and Ludlow have resulted in the triumphant return of two staunch Conservatives, to strengthen the hands of Lord Stanley. CLOSE OP THE. POLL AT CAMBRIDGE. For Sir A. Grant (Conservative) For Professor Starkie (Radical) Majority CLOSE OF THE POLL AT LUDLOW For Mr. Botfield (Conservative) For Mr. Larpent (Radical)..... Majority.. The Albion of yesterday prudently (?) abstained from giv ing the results of these elections. We understand that General Wyndham will contest the seat for Cockermouth with Mr. Horsman, with every pros pect of success. EXHIBITION OF MODELS.—There is at present on view, at the Lyceum Rooms, Bold-street, a splendid collection of models, which are well worth inspection. Among others there are correct representations of the Custom-House, St. Luke's Church, St. Jude's, St. Anthony's Chapel, &c., &c. We recommend an early . visit to this interesting exhibition, as the models will be sold on the Ist of June.—See Advt. CHARGE OF EXTENSIVE ENBEZZLEMENT.—At the bo rough sessions, on Friday, Abraham Ward Collard, aged 10, was charged with having unlawfully, and'by false pre tences, obtained from John Nicholson the sum of forty-one pounds two shillings and eightpence, the property of the said John Nicholson. The prisoner was handsomely dressed in a fashionable black surtout, black satin stock, and light vest. He evinced the most perfect self-possession, and very fre quently communicated with and gave directions to his coun sel. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Bliss conducted the prosecu tion, and Mr. Wilkins the d e f ence . The prisoner w a s a clerk in the service of Messrs. Daniel and Thomas Willis, merchants, with whom Mr. Nicholson bad dealings, and ob tained the money in the manner we described on his commit ment. After an absence of 20 minutes the jury pronounced a verdict' of acquittal. LOCAL NEWS. THEATRE-ROYAL.—Mr. T. P. Cooke's benefit is an nounced for Wednesday and' Mr. Buckstone's for Friday; and on both occasions a plentiful variety of amusement will be provided.—See Advt. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.—On Sunday her Majesty at tained her twenty-first year, and the demonstrations of loy alty and affection to her person were consequently deferred until yesterday. At an early hour the bells of the Parish Churches sent forth merry peals, and flags were hoisted during the day from the church towers, the front of the Town hall, the shipping in the port, the public institutions, and many private establishments throughout the town. Some of the ferry steam boats also fired occasional guns. The day was stormy throughout, otherwise the display of flags in the docks would have been much more numerous. Dinners were given in various parts of the town, but none, so far as we have learned, of a public nature. After dark there were se veral illuminations, amongst which was a brilliant display at Mr. Dismore's, silversmith, Bold-street, and another at the Palatine Club-house in the same street. THE WEATHER.—Since the recent falls of rain, the wea ther has undergone a considerable change of temperature, — bordering, indeed, on cold, with strong north-east winds and cloudy skies. Yesterday it blew almost a gale, but as no : rain fell after about 9 in the morning, it served to dry up the ground after the rain which had previously fallen. The, country never looked better or snore promising, in almost every description of crop, at this period of the year. The: :moisture has been abundant, but not excessive or hurtful, and all that is now wanted for some time to come is sun and warmth. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Last night the bombard ment of Algiers was, in honour of the Queen's birth-day,. presented for the first time to the public at these gardens. The evening was clear, with a brisk breeze and a somewhat chilly atmosphere ; yet the attendance was very numerous, both within the grounds and in the fields round them, in. every direction whence some of the fire-works could be seen. Towards the hour of exhibition (nine o'clock) the ground became filled with• pedestrians, and an almost continuous: train of cars, coaches, &c., hurrying towards the scene of " action." The walks of the garde;;s were thronged, as was the ground in front of the Algerine city, and the two galleries erected for the accommodation of visitors who preferred an elevated position, where they could be seated. There were pre sent about 5000 persons, including a vast number of ladies, and the scene was altogether very animated. The bombardment commenced at dusk, and was exceedingly well managed, many incidents being introduced that were not brought out at the rehearsal. Ships tacked about the bay in front of the town for some time before the cannonading began, and lightning flashed upon the mountains. The view, as a picture, com manded universal admiration, and the firing, of the vessels and the batteries, the burning of the buildings in the town, of the vessels in the harbour, and., finally, the blowing up of the arsenal, and the complete de feat of the Algerines, gave great satisfaction, and were re ceived with frequent cheers. The exhibition was a decided hit, and we doubt not, should the weather be fine, on Friday next, the second bombardment will be still more numerously attended. A good brass band was on the ground. MOVEMENTS IN THE ARMY.—Yesterday forenoon, a division of the sixth dragoon guards=-upwards of 200 strong, arrived in this town from Manchester, en route for Dublin, for which place they will embark to-morrow or next day. They are commanded by Col. Jackson. Another division will pass through the town in a few days, also destined for Dublin, where the regiment is to remain. They will be re lieved in Manchester by the fifth dragoon guards. A division of the Scotch Greys is expected here to-morrow from Dub lin. The Greys were stationed in the south of Ireland, and were relieved by the l'ith lancers. A SHORT PASSAGE FROM CUBA.—On Wednesday last, the brig Freeman, Capt. Sullivan, arrived here from Manze nilla, with mahogany, dyewoods, &c. after a passage of only thirty-nine days. NEW BRIGHTON.—This rising watering place, which, for the beauty of its marine and river views, and the firmness of its sands, has very few superiors in the north of England, is already full of company. We understand that several new villas are about to be erected during the present summer, by gentlemen residing in this toxin and neighbourhood. The Rev. Dr. Bayard, rector of St. Clement Church, New York, arrived here by the packet-ship Siddons, on Thursday last, on a tour through part of Europe and the Holy Land. List of passengers by the packet-ship Cambridge, which arrived here on Saturday afternoon last, from New York : Mr. J. Clifton, Mr. Kershaw and lady, Mr. E. F. Kenwor thy, Mr. Buckley, Mr. Schofield, William Schoolbred, Wil liam Schoolbred, jun., Mr. H omer, Major Cleary, Mr. Wood. MUCH WOOLTON FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SO CIETY.—The first meeting of this society, for the season, took place on Wednesday last, at the School-room, Woolton, which was very politely granted to the gentlemen who took upon themselves the management of the exhibition. The show was numerously attended by the principal ladies and gentlemen of the vicinity, who appeared to take great interest in its success. The stove and green-house plants were not only numerous, but of the very first quality, and the baskets of flowers were splendid in the extreme. The cucumbers and other vegetables, as well as the fruits, were remarkably fine, and in great profusion. The tulips were not so numerous, but those staged were of the first-rate quality. DESPATCH.—The Royal Mint, Captain Seawright, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday afternoon week, from Jamaica, and sailed again on Friday, having discharged her cargo and taken in another in the short space of four days. FlRE.—Last night, about a quarter to ten o'clock, a fire was discovered to have broken out in a bedroom in the attic of the house No. 32, Pembroke-place, occupied by Mrs. Mason, smallware-dealer. The alarm was speedily given, and a large concourse of persons soon collected in the street. In a few minutes many of the fire-police were on the spot, and succeeded in subduing the flames with a few buckets of water. The only article burnt was a wash-hand stand. As there had been no fire in the room for years, it is conjec tured that ignition took place from a flue of the adjoining house. Mr. Whitty was on the ground a few minutes after the firemen. THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The British Queen, which left Portsmouth on the afternoon of the Ist instant, was spoken on the 7th, at 7 a. m., in lat. 46, long. 38 26 ; having then accomplished half her passage across the Atlantic. If she continued to steam at the same rate during the remainder of the voyage, she would make the shortest passage between England and New York on record. The Unicorn, which sailed hence on Saturday week, for Halifax and Boston, was spoken on Monday, having made good way in the interval. LARGE IMPORT OF COTTON.—We stated last week, that not less than 60,000 bales of cotton had arrived at this port in the course of three days. Since then, particularly on Saturday and yesterday, little short of that quantity has been received ; making, the space of ten days, a total import of considerably above 100,000 bales. The northern docks are so crowded with vessels that the arrivals of Saturday and yesterday still remain at anchor in the river. UNPRECEDENTED QUICK PASSAGE TO AND FROM DUB' LlN.—Our readers will recollect, that, last year, the steam ship Fire King, 250 horses' power, the property of Mr. Robert Napier, the celebrated engineer, of Glasgow, arrived at this port under fifteen hours from the Clyde. The same boat, which had been laid up during the winter, arrived here on Wednesday, from Glasgow under the command of Capt. Chaplain, with Mr. Napier himself on board. It was re solved to try the speed of the Fire King with the mail boat to and from Dublin. Accordingly, on Thursday morning she started shortly after her Majesty's steam-ship Medusa. The Fire King passed the Medusa before reaching the new Floating-light, in Formby Channel, and rapidly shot a-head. The Fire King arrived' in Kingstown shortly after four o'clock, one hour and twenty minutes before the Medusa, having made the passage in little more than ten hours. She started in the evening with the mail boat Queen Victoria, and performed the distance between Kingstown and Liver pool in nine hours and twenty-five minutes, the quickest passage betwixt the two ports on record. The Queen Vic toria was above eleven hours on the passage. The Fire King has thus proved herself the fastest steamer afloat. She re turned to the Clyde on Friday afternoon. THE REV. ROBERT NEWTON.—The Rev. Robert New ton, representative of the British Conference of Wesleyan Methodists, arrived yesterday, in the packet-ship United States, in twenty-five days from Liverpool. He visits our country on the invitation of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and will appear on the platform at the anniversary meeting, this evening, at the M. E. Church in Greene-street. To-morrow evening he will preach in the Wesleyan Chapel, Vestry-street, at half-past seven o'clock. We understand that Mr. Newton will leave the city on Wednesday morning, for the General Conference at Baltimore, which convenes on the Ist of May. He is expected to preach on his way at Philadelphia, on the even ing of Wednesday. After the General Conference, Mr. Newton will return to New York for a short time. Last evening we had the happiness to hear from this distinguished stranger a most.fervent and eloquent sermon in Vestry-street, so that he has entered upon his sacred vocation within a few hours of leaving the ship, just four weeks after he left his own pulpit in Leeds. The passage over has been of the most pleasant kind ; religious services were held every day, and Mr. Newton preached once or twice each of the three Sabbaths he spent upon the ocean.—New York Commercial Advertiser, April 17. GERMAN EMIGRANTS.—NURIberS of men, women, and children from Germany continue to arrive in Liverpool, via Hull, for the purpose of emigrating to the United States. Several hundreds have departed this season already, and more are coming. What with English, Scots, Welsh, Irish, and German emigrants, the Union will, this year, receive from Liverpol alone, an accession to its population of be tween twenty and thirty thousand souls. List of cabin passengers by the packet-ship Siddons, Cap tain Palmer, which arrived on Thursday, from New 'York : Mr. J. G. Boker, New York ; Mr. F. W. Lamayer, Tam pico ; Mr. W. Schalt, New York ; Dr. J. Homite, Balti more, bearer of despatches to the Court of Vienna; Mr. A. T. Burnley, Kentucky; Mr. W. Guild, Havana; Rev. L. P. Bayard, New York ; Mr. J. Gillespie, do. ; Mr. J. F.C. Bugeest, Hamburgh; Mr. P. L. Bastrou, Italy ; Mr. J.W. Kemps, New York ; Mr. G. Grinnell, Providence ; Mr. C. Crintnall, New Haven ; Mr. E. W. Brintnall, New York ; L. Smith, Esq., New Haven; Rev. J. Powell, New York ; Mr.. W. Gray and Lady, do. ; Mrs. J. C. Bates, three children, and servant, do.; Mrs. A. B. Palmer, Stonington Court: Mr. 0. Hormitz, Baltimore; Captain P. J. Oliver, New York ; Mr. G. Spager, Rdo. ; Mr. J. S. Allen, Balti more ; Mr. S. Williams, London; Mr. J. W. Owler, Clarke County, Va. EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH.—The " Grace," Pearson, (consigned to Messrs. C. and W. Shand, from Antigua, with 498 hogsheads of sugar, and 125 puncheons of molasses, commenced discharging on Monday morning last, the 18th instant, and finished on Wednesday morning at eight o'clock. She landed no fewer than 368 hogsheads of sugar on Mon day, and within the time stated, also took in 100 tons of bricks. She sailed on Friday, the 22d instant, with 300 tons of cargo on board. • BODY OF A MAN UNKNOWN FOUND IN THE RIVER. — On Saturday afternoon last, a flatman, named John Orchard, while on board of the flat Prince Regent, lying in the river near the North Wall, observed the body of a man floating close to the wall. His hat was floating near him. Orchard immediately went with a man in a boat and pulled him up. He appeared to be dead, but was yet warm. A police-officer was called in. He was carried with all possible speed to the Receiving-house, Regent-street, and a surgeon was sent for, who found that he was quite dead. An inquest was yester day held, on view of the body, before Mr. Curry, and a ver dict returned to the effect that the deceased, who was un known, was found drowned. The following are the particulars of his dress, &c., as given by the Police-office :—There were found upon him a tobacco -pouch, a halfpenny, a pearl-hafted knife, a pair of black leather gloves, and a cotton handker chief. He had on a little black frock coat, drab trowsers, dark waistcoat, black silk handkerchief, linen shirt, and flannel singlet, a pair of shoes, that appeared to be nearly new, and light-coloured knit stockings. He appeared to be from 56 to 60 years of age, light complexion, gray hair, and a little bald. He had also a mark on the chin, which ap... peared to have been an old cut, and was about 5 feet 8 inches to 9 inches in height. Fashionable arrivals at the Grand Junction Hotel this last week.—Lord J. F. Bergoine, Lord Cloine, Sir James Miles Riddel, Bart., Sir James Jordan, Bart., E. G. Talbot, 13th light infantry, H. Talbot, Esq. ' Bartholomew lore, Esq , H. Barton, Esq., and family, C. 0. Loghen, Esq., J ames Talford, Esq., Ellis Miles, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Gibson and the two Miss Gibsons, J. Jinkins, Esq., the lion. Dean Maude, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brownlow, Capt. Pears, Capt. Young, Capt. Armstrong, John Pears, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Brandoh and family, Lord and Lady Hereford, M. General, Esq., Alexander Gordon, Esq., R. Warneford, Esq., W. Clouston, Esq., T. Gelston, Esq•, H. Nixon, Esq., Rev. T. Graham, G. Rich, Esq. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-MONDAY. Thomas Hunt, Joseph Scavey, Charles Quin, boys well known to the police, with Catharine Maguire and Susan Maguire, mother and daughter, were placed at the bar on a charge of having been concerned in robbing the house of a Mrs. Robinson, who lives in Argel-street. A police-officer stated that on Friday he received informa tion of the robbery, and went in search of the parties. In Argel-street he saw Catherine Maguire and a lad named Kirk go into a pawn-shop : when they came out he followed them into Scotland-place, where Maguire called her daughter out of a cellar and spoke a few words to her ; but before he could arrive the daughter got in, and four lads run out. He pursued them along Gay-street, where he took Scavey and Hunt ; the other two made their escape, but on Saturday af ternoon he apprehended Quin, who was one of them. The same afternoon he apprehended the Maguires, and on search ing the cellar in which they lived he found a portion of the stolen property wrapped in a bundle in the cupboard. When he took it down, the daughter said to Hunt, who was present, " Oh, my God, Hunt, you had no business to bring these things here : I told you how it would be." Mrs. Robinson said the robbery was committed about seven o'clock on Thursday evening, whilst she was in the kitchen. One of the boys, she was told, had entered the house, but she did not see him. Mary Williams, servant to Mrs. Robinson, said that as she was in one of the rooms, she saw Quin go up stairs, take the articles, and deliver them to another boy, who stood on the steps, but she should not know him again. A man who lives neighbour to Mrs. Robinson, said the last witness informed him of the robbery, but on going to the house he found that the parties had escaped. He followed them, and saw the boy Kirk running away with the bundle, but witness could not overtake him. Witness had noticed the prisoners loitering about the premises for some time in the afternoon. A youth stated that he saw Quin and Kirk throwing stones opposite Mrs. Robinson's door, and that, after amusing themselves for some time, Quin went'up the stairs. Miss Robinson confirmed the statements of the other wit nesses, and added, that she ran after Kirk as far as Great Nelson-street, but could not overtake him. Mr. Rushton asked Mrs. Robinson what property had been taken? Mrs. Robinson replied, a pair of sheets, a pillow case, a blue jacket, and some other articles. They were all found except a bolster case and one sheet. The property produced belonged to her. Catherine Macguire, in defence, said she was not in her house when the things were brought there and that she had never seen them. The officer stated that there was other property in the bundle which had not yet.been owned. Mr. Rushton ordered Susan Macguire to be discharged and the other prisoners to be committed for trial at the next sessions. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON BOARD THE PACKET-SHIP CAMBRIDGE. John Wi!liams, second steward of the Cambridge, New York packet-ship, was charged with having stolen the sum of 116 sovereigns from Mr. Kenworthy, a passenger on board the vessel, and the sum of eight sovereigns, the property of another passenger whose name did not transpire. Captain Bursley stated that the prisoner's duty was to attend in the cabin. About a fortnight ago, Mr. Kenworthy, a passenger, missed a purse containing 116 sovereigns, and a strict search being instituted it was found concealed in the prisoner's bed. .On Saturday morning last, another passen ger missed eight sovereigns, exactly in the same manner, and suspicion attaching to the prisoner, his hammock was searchd and the money found. Neither f the passengers were pre sent, but he (the captain) conceived it his duty to bring the case forward. Mr. Rushton enquired when the money was found in the first case ? The Captain replied about the middle of the passage, and in the other case when the vessel was off the Great Orms head. Mr. Rushton said a grave question of jurisdiction arose in these cases. The Cambridge was an American vessel, and the robberies were committed upon the high seas. He was of opinion that he had no jurisdiction. The Captain repeated that in bringing the prisoner before the court, he only wished to discharge his duty to the pas sengers and to the owners of the vessel. Mr. Rushton said that was a very praiseworthy motive, but nevertheless, the prisoner could not be detained here. He might be tried in the United States if the parties thought fit to take him there. However, there was no proof whatever of a felony, therefore it was not necessary for him to decide the question of jurisdiction. He should discharge the pri soner; but if the captain and the American consul thought they could take him to the United States, they might. The prisoner might move for a habeas corpus, but that was his business. The prisoner was then discharged. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN SOUTHRILL-PLACE. John Maclay, the servant man at Mr. Andrew Browne's, of Southhill-place, Toxteth-park, whose house was mysteri ously robbed on Sunday morning week, was brought up for re-examination. It will be recollected, that whilst Mr. Browne and his family were at church, some individual suc ceeded in finding a canvass bag, which had been left in the pocket of a shooting-jacket, and in which had been deposited no less a sum than £1499 Os. Bd. This large sum had been brought from the office on the preceding night. The shooting jacket was placed in a wardrobe. On the return of the fa mily from church, it was found that the bag was taken away. The servant man was in the house at the time when the rob bery was committed. The circumstances, in their first as pect, were exceedingly mysterious, but the indefatigable exertions of Mr. Dowling and the officers of police have been particularly successful, and the intricate web is completely disentangled. All the money, except £l5O, has been reco vered, and even that small sum the police do not despair in finding. Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner. Isabella Bowes, a maid servant in the family, was the first witness called. She stated that on Monday morning, the day after the robbery, the cook, herself, and ,John (the pri soner) went into the garden in order to search for the money, After they had been engaged in this occupation for some time without success, Miss Browne desired the prisoner to go into the grove and search there. He put on his hat, and witness saw him get over the wall into the garden belonging to the next house. There was a garden on each side, and the pri soner went into that to the left of Mr. Browne's house, and she believed he went afterwards into the grove, but did not see him. The house next doo,r.was not tenanted. Mr. Dowling.—Do you recollect any conversation taking place with the prisoner that morning in the kitchen I—Yes (answered the witness) we were talking with him many times. When I caine down stairs he was very low, an d I sa id t o him " John, what is the matter ?" He - replied, "If I was like either of you girls, I would give £30." I said to him, " What need you care about it ; we do not mind ?" To this he replied, " Oh, your temper is different to mine," and that he was nervous. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport. — This conversation was about eight in the morning. The prisoner had been in Mr. Browne's service aboyt six months. Some questions were then put to the witness relative to the visits of two young men to the kitchen, but it appeared neither of them had been there for some weeks previous to the robbery. Mr. Rushton said he felt bound to say that no young woman could have given her evidence with more propriety than this witness. She had given it in a manner that did her credit. _ _ Judge, a shoemaker, and the keeper of a cellar in which second-band shoes are exposed for sale, was next cal led. He stated that the pisoner came to his wife and said to her that if they would deny that he had ever been there, should any body come to enquire after him, he would hand somely reward them. Witness's journeyman was present all the time, and could relate what the prisoner said. Patrick Barratt, a journeyman in the employment of the last witness, was then called. He said that on the Friday before the robbery about two o'clock, the prisoner came to his master's cellar, and bought the pair of shoes now pro duced, with whi h ha went away. He came again on the Monday morning afterwards, between two and four o'clock, and asked if that was the place where he had bought the shoes on Friday. Witness said it was. The prisoner then said " If any one comes here to enquire after me, deny me, for Christ's sake, and I will handsomely reward you." H e said, at the same time, he had bought the shoes for a nephew of his that lay in the same bed with himself. He did not try the shoes when he bought them. By Mr. Rushton.—Did he say anything on Friday, when he bought them, as to who they were for?—No, he did not. When was the first time he mentioned his nephew ?—On the Monday. Was it after or before he had asked you to deny him Before. Did ha say anything more about his nephew ?—He said he had bought them that his master might get his nephew into service. Did he speak of his nephew in any other way ?—No. Did he say anything about his nephew besides ?—Not a word. Did he say whether the nephew had been doing anything or not ?—He did not. I am speaking of the Monday ?—I beg your worship's par don : he said that his nephew had robbed his master of £l9O. and that he had a heavy impression upon his mind in conse quence. Who had ?—This man—that the lad had robbed his master. Whose master ?—His own master, I dare say, but I did not ask. And that he had a heavy impression upon his mind ?—Yes. Can you recollect the exact words he used ?—Yes : those were the exact words he used. Did he say that the nephew had a heavy impression upon his mind ?—No, that he himself had a very heavy impression upon his mind, which he had not ou Friday when he bought the shoes. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—Did he name Friday, and say, I have a heavy impression upon my mind now, or I had on Friday last ?—No ; he said he had had it since he was there before. Did he make use of these words ?—Yes; I am sure. Where was it you had this conversation with him ? Sitting in the cellar. You are a shoemaker I—Yes. Did he not say he had bought these shoes for a poor friend ?—No, he said he had bought them for a nephew of his, his sister's son. When was it did he say that the boy had robbed his mas ',er ?—Since he had been there on Friday. What time was this ?—We were at dinner : I dare say was between two and four. Had he the shoes with him on the Monday when you had this conversation? —No. What brought him there ?—He came to ask if he had bought the shoes there on Friday, an d my master and I said he had. He then said to my master, ' If anybody comes after me, for they will come, in the name of Christ deny it, and I will handsomely reward you," Are you in the habit of seeing him ?—I never saw him be fore that day. Then he was a perfect stranger?—He was nothing else, sir. Do you mean to say he said this to you who never saw him before ?—He said it to the whole three of us, my master, his wife, and myself. You were all equally strange, then dare say we were. John Jerrison was next called and he said—l was working on Monday last in Southhill-place, at Mr. Rigby's house, at which Mr. Willock formerly lived. It is next door to Mr. Browne's. I was working upon the house painting the block ing, and an apprentice was painting the cornice under me on a ladder. Two of our men, who we re working at another place, came for some tools w h i ch they had left in the house o ne of them t o ld me what they wanted, I shouted to them ; and they said, " now we will take the throstles' nest." Mr. Rushton.—Was there a throstle's nest in the garden? —There was. Had it eggs or young ones in ?—lt had young ones. We then went and got the to ols. Did you go into the garden afterwards ?---.We did. What took place there ? flew went to th e nest , an d th e birds were out of it. One away, I got one, my two shopmates got one each , and ew the apprentice said one had flown across the garden. We all four went to look for this bird, and in looking un der , some mint-bu s h es I f ound a purse . I jumped up and said I have found the money." I had heard of the robbery before, and had rand the bills. One of the men said, " There is nothing in it." " Isn't thee ?" said I. With that we shouted—and they might have heard us in Mr. Browne's garde n—th at we had found the mon e y. We went out o f t h e garden in t o the hou se : I sat down upon the floor and opened the pne. [The purse was here pro duced, and the witness identified it.] I ope.ned it, and found a draft for £1226 145., a check for 4:8 ode, a £lOO note, and others. I put them all in the bag again, and we took it to Mr. Browne's. I rung the bell, and asked the servant whe ther Mr. Browne was in. She said " No," but that Miss Browne was.. I then said, " I have found the money lying upon the ground." The servant shouted, " MSS Browne, the money is found." I gave Miss Browne the bag with the money in it, and she said it was a good day's work for her. Mr. Rushton told the witness he had behaved very well, and inquired where Miss Browne was? Mr. Dowling said he understood she was unwilling to ap pear before the court. Mr. Rushton.—But she must. importance to dispense with her. Mr. Browne.—She only handed the money to me, sir. Mr. Rushton.—That may be, but••we must have the money traced, and the whole thing explained. You must take a coach for her, or else I must issue a summons to compel her attendance. A messenger was then sent for Miss Browne, and in the mean time the case proceeded. Mr. Browne stated that the money and the bag had been left in the pocket of a shooting jacket. Jerrison was then recalled, and further examined by Mr. Rushton. What state, inquired the magistrate, was the bag in? It was damp. Where was it ? It was in the centre of the mint-leaves, and it had rather bent the sprigs. Do you think, from what you saw, that the purse could have been accidentally thrown there? No. Was the top of the plant closed? There was a small opening ; but after I had taken the bag out, I did not make it much larger than it was before. Are you of opinion that it could have been thrown there ? It could not. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—How far was the throstle's nest from the bag ?—About 15 yards. Might it have been thrown from the window ?—Not from the position in which I found it. Was anybody with you when you found the purse ?—Yes ; three more individuals, the two painters and the apprentice boy. The case is of too great Before you opened the pulse you said, "I have found the money."—Yes. Before you had put your hand upon it ?—lt was in my hand. Mr. Rushton reminded Mr. Davenport, that the witness had previously read the bills containing a description of the purse. William Mercer, one of the painters alluded to, confirmed in every particular the testimony of the last witness. Isabella Bowes was then recalled, and in answer to ques tions she stated that on Sunday she was in the drawing room, and took up the shoes produced. She said to the pri soner, " John, whose shoes are these ?" but he did not answer her. He had one in his hand at that time, and wit ness had the other. Ainsworth, the police-officer, was next examined. He said he received information of the robbery on Sunday after noon, and immediately went with Mr. Dowling to inspect the premises. The first place they were shewn was the breakfast-room on the first floor, in which there was one window looking into the garden. There had been a bit cut out of the bottom sash with a knife, but no person could have done it from the outside. There was also a mark at the bot tom of the sash just in the centre of the window, as if some thing had been shoved in to make a prize: in the top part of the sash there was a piece out, but no corresponding im pression upon the window. After Mr. Browne had shewn them the five bed-rooms, in all of which the drawers were open, they were shewn the top room of all, in which the coat had been hung from which the money was taken. Mr. Dowling then called in the servant maid, and she made state ments just the same as that to-day. The prisoner was next called in ; Mr. Dowling asked him what he knew about the robbery. He said he knew nothing, but he would tell all that he did know. Mr. Dowling then cautioned him; and he began to say that when all the family were gone to church, he got his coat and hat on, and was also going to church, when he saw two pairs of boots lying in the passage, one of which was his master's, and the other belonged to another gentleman ; he took them up stairs, but was not two mi nutes ; that when he was just at the top he thought he heard some one in the rooms, that he listened for a minute or so ; that whilst he was there 'Bella called out to him and he went down immediately ; that, he and her went into the garden to pick some gooseberries, when the bell began to ring, and he went to church. When he returned from church there was some conversation between 'Bella and him, and the other servants, as to the disorder in which the rooms were, and he said he heard a door up stairs clap ; 'Bella said she thought she heard it too, and they went up stairs, when they found the shoes produced, and the drawing-room win dow open. The prisoner showed witness were the shoes were found. The window was open and the blind down. The stool that was in the window recess was removed. Mr. Dowling asked the prisoner how high the window was open, and he pointed out the height of one pane or about 18 inches. Witness received the shoes from police-officer 124. Cross-examincd.—l found nothing in the prisoner's room. By Mr. Dowling.—Did you remark any thing peculiar in the shoes when you removed them ? The upper parts were wet, and the remainder daubed with sand. Did they appear to you to have been worn ?—No. By Mr. Davenport.—Did you try them upon the prisoner ? —No. Have you any doubt that they are too small ?—I am sure they are too small. By Mr. Dowling.—Did you examine the wall under the balcony at the back of the house ?—No. Is it possible for any man to get over there ?—Not without making an impression or mark ; but there was neither a mark nor a scratch. Mr. Davenport.—lf a man had been without shoes there would have been no mark ? Mr. Rushton.—The shoes were found in the rbom. The Witness.—l should say that a man in his stocking feet would leave a mark, for it is cemented. By Mr. Dowling.—Are there not shrubs growing on each side of the wall?—There are. Are there any marks of any one having trodden upon those shrubs I—Not a bit. B Mr. Davenport.—Could any one, with the assistance of another person, get through the balcony ?—No person could be lifted up without leaving an impression upon the wall. Is it half a yard higher than the height of a man ?—lt is higher. Have you measured it ?—No. Police-officer 124 said he was on duty there on Sunday afternoon, and that he brought the shoes produced from Mr. Browne"s house to Mr. Dowling's office. The servant maid gave them to him. Isabella Bowes said they were the same shoes she found in the drawing-room. Mr. Browne stated that the house had not been painted for two years, and that he had received the bag, with its con tents, from Miss Browne, his sister. He described and identified the money. Mr. Rushton then addressed the prisoner, and after giving him the usual caution, asked him what he had to say ? The Prisoner.—Nothing. Mr. Rushton.—lt will be necessary to have the exami nation of one more witness, and then I shall commit you for A short time afterwards Miss Browne appeared, and her evidence having been taken, the prisoner was committed. LADIES ON HORSEBACK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I was so much pleased with a letter which appeared on this subject in the Morning Chronicle one day last week, that I now beg your insertion of it in the columns of your valuable paper. Of course, the localities and so forth named in it, are not applicable to this neighbourhood, but the gene ral tenor of it will equally suit all places.—Your's, Z.Z.Z. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SlR, —Allow me to suggest to such of th e f a i r e ques t r i ans in Hyde-park as do not extend their ride beyond certain limits, that it they would go a little further, in the direction of Notting-hill or thereabouts, where the air blows fresh out of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire over genuine country fields, they would not only double the benefit they receive, but (what is not always the reward of a virtue) very quickly become sensible of it. Change of the air is half the good of exercise—there is a perceptible increase of its purity in those quarters; and it is, furthermore, a satisfaction to the mind, of equestrian or pedestrian, to know that they have got be yond the region of houses and manufactories, and look fairly upon the clear and beautiful face.of nature. I cannot express to you the pleasure I receive daily this fine weather from seeing the number of young and lively women whom the new fashion has' mounted on horseback ; nor how much it adds to it to reflect that the fashion was set by the Queen. Most of these fair Hippolitas think of it, perhaps, as a fashion only, though a pleasant one, and one that is accompanied with the good luck of doing a service to their health and spirits. But its benefit is far beyond that. These sprightly riders are the future wives and mothers of a class of society, the habits of which are too apt to render them sedentary and languid, to the great detriment not only of themselves, but of the pale and inefficient generations that follow them. The present fashion helps to counteract these results. It knits the muscles, purifies the blood, disposes to the cheerful exercise of other duties ; and when the time ar rives for these young ladies to be mothers themselves, people will- be glad to see them quit the horse a while for the chariot or the barouche, as she who set the fashion is now doing, till the appearance of certain stout and animated little strangers shall warrant their resumption of it, and commence a new and promising generation. I need not add, what we may all hope and look for, of a like vigorous sort, and of incalculable importance to the nation, from the quarter to which so many obligations will have been owing. Such speculations may make the superficial " smile ;" but the good-hearted, the patriotic, the profound will smile still more, and rejoice heartily to see a fashionable amusement become the source of lasting and noble advantages. I am, Sir, your constant reader, NICOPHILUS. P.S.—Let me add how agreeable it is to observe that her Majesty knows also the value of walking—an exercise that may be kept up under the most " interesting" circumstances to the last, and which is of the last service to them too. By the way, lam no admirer of ladies on " fiery horses." They should be on creatures as gentle as themselves, and then all goes well. Robin's Royal Filters will be found the most valuable addition to every residence. From a long trial of their merits, we are confidently enabled to recommend them as the surest mode of filtration extant.—See edvt. The Kilnwick Percy estate, near to York, and the pet property of the county, is announced in our columns this morning for the first time. This sale will create an excite ment that has never been surpassed throughout Yorkshire. Mr. Robins seems to have exceeded himself in his power of description : his announcement is very clever ; but he cannot say too much of it. We agree with Sir Walter Scott's lines as applicable to Kilnwick Percy— " There is nothing left to fancy's guess, You see that all is loveliness." WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE !—What a most splendid achievinent is the blowing up of this noble first-rate man of war, after having been imbedded for fifty-seven years several fathoms deep in the dark recesses of the ocean ! and thus— to say no more—securing a clear anchorage for other vessels. It is somewhat remarkable that nearly about the time this magnificent specimen of our wooden walls went down—up came another first -rater—that transcendant medicine, AT KINSON'S INFANTS' PRESERVATIVE I which has not only kept its head above water ever since, but as much of it has been sold as would have fairly floated the Royal George ; and as many lives in all human probability have been saved by it as would have manned a fleet.—See advt. ENGRAVING ON STEEL.—Messrs. Perkins and Bacon have unquestionably brought this style of engraving to a degree of perfection, which cannot be equalled, much less surpassed, by any other nation. We have just inspected a specimen of their skill, which is so surpassingly beautiful, as to exceed all expectation, and almost all belief. It ap pears that the proprietors and inventors of an article, which stands deservedly high in favour with the fashionable world, finding that the marks and labels of their productions were imitated to a considerable extent, particularly on the comti nent, have sought and found the resources of native talent and native art a protection against the frauds of unprinci pled foreigners, and Messrs. Perkins and Bacon have, at their suggestion, produced a specimen of perfection in the art of engraving on steel, which will effectually set all imita tion at defiance, and secure the public against the possibility of fraud and deception. When we mention that, amid a number of designs the most beautiful, varied and chaste, the specimen includes an inscription of no less than 30,000 let ters engraved In a style so exquisitely minute that it can only be read by a magnifying glass of considerable power ; and when we add, that the distinguished and fashionable article —for the protection of which so much industry and talent are called forth, is no other than ROWLAND'S CELEBRATED MACASSAR OIL, we feel that we have stated enough to interest the public for this admirable production of English art, as well as for the zeal and energy of the spirited pro prietors and inventors of this indispensable requisite for the toilet—at whose suggestion this beautiful label Was designed and executed.—See advt. • THE LIVERPOOL BOTANIC GARDEN. The love of rural scenery,—the green fields, the shady woods, and above all, the delightful variety presented by the spacious and well-cultivated garden. in which fruits, and flowers, and arbours redolent of sweets and sacred to retire- ment, combine to furnish an idea of the abode of our first parents,—is perhaps no where so strongly interwoven with the feelings and habits of the people as in England. In no country, though many are much more favoured in soil and climate, is the blameless taste for the beauties of the vege table creation carried to a greater extent. The frequent severity of oui• winters, the proverbial fickleness of our clime, the natural sterility of much of our land, in place of discouraging, has tended to stimulate the labours of the cul tivators of the soil; what nature has denied, or dealt with but stinted hand, their skill, industry, and perseverance have supplied; the before unprofitable waste is converted into a corn field; even the rugged mountain is clothed with un wonted verdure, and a grateful triumph is obtained over materials the most unpromising. These successful efforts have spread luxuriance over the general face of the country, and strengthened the innate national love of the beautiful and the picturesque in nature. To possess an estate, or a country residence with a few fields and a garden, is the earliest ambition of our successful and plodding citizens, and this many of them find the means to gratify long before they retire from active life. To others, of more moderate circumstances, the little villa, or the cottage, is amongst the perspective enjoyments to which they look, amidst the toils of trade, as a tranquil retreat in the autumn of life. Our Labouring population evince a similar love of the country ; of, indeed, whatever it produces, in trees, in plants, and in flowers. This fact is evinced in every street, lane, or alley, in our crowded towns, to which the sun can dart even but a sickly ray through the smoke-encumbered atmosphere, by the appearance on window ledges, and other available spots of geraniums, roses, or myrtles ; or the simpler annual, in cluding the odrous anignionette, carefully tended and proudly regarded, though they but flourish to a moderate extent. We honour this feeling of our humble countrymen ; would that all their enjoyments were equally innocent—equally tending, we may add, by the contemplation which it induces to elevate the mind, and to shut out grovelling passions ! We never see a poor man's window thus adorned, but we cherish a hope that he may yet have a garden of his own. On summer holidays, too, with what avidity do not all classes rush from the town with their children, re latives, or friends, to enjoy rural scenery, rural sports, or rural quiet—and that invigorating air, and freedom of thought and limb, which the crowded city, with all its improvements, cannot Supply ! The country is not only interesting from its intrinsic beauty, and the objects which it presents to gratify the eye and the ear,—hill and dale in sweet variety, stately mansion, thriving farmstead, and humble cottage,—the low of cattle, the song of birds, the hum of insects ;—but it, de rives additional interest from association of its purposes and inestimable value to mankind. It is from the soil that we de , , rive our food and our raiment—the necessaries and the de licacies of life; the pursuit of its improvement involves the double gratification of its increased beauty and its in creased productiveness : and the bard of piety and freedom, the amiable Cowper, well and emphatically exclaimed, when he contrasted rural with city life, " God made the country, and man made the town." The formation of railroads, the application of steam to na vigation, and the numerous economical means of transit which large towns now furnish within a considerable circuit round them, have done much to gratify the existing taste for rural scenes and enjoyments. Parties from the centre of business, in our town, may now be set down in the opposite county in a few minutes; or, in a comparatively short space of time, step out of a coach or omnibus at any point on the the numerous roads in the vicinity, comprising a distance of some miles. With this facility of speedy and cheap travelling has commenced what may be called a new era in building and enclosing. Villas and cottages, with their gardens and shrub beries, have sprung up with amazing rapidity, in every direc tion, many of them already embosomed in plantations, cover ing sites where before only grew the bramble and the furze. Even moors, the rocky acclivities of hills, quarries, and marl pits, have been put in requisition, and rendered highly orna mental in the landscape ; and much taste has been displayed in the structure of country residences, and the laying out of gardens and pleasure grounds. It is somewhat remarkable and anomalous, that amidst this demonstration of a praiseworthy and growing taste for the country, one of our noblest institutions for the encou ragement and promotion of the culture of whatever can adorn the flower-garden or the parterre, and from a frequent visit to which the florist may derive much valuable knowledge as well as gratification, is left without that general support of which it is so eminently worthy, and must, we fear, without the early and liberal aid of our townsmen in its behalf, be abandoned, and the benefits which it holds forth to the gene ral community be for ever lost. Such, however, is the la mentable fact. We allude to the Botanic Garden. It is to be presumed, however, that the apathy hitherto shown as regards this valuable institution, is attributable solely to its utility and the delightful retreat which it offers to visitors, not being generally known, and consequently not appreci ated ; and that an appeal to that good taste and liberality which characterise the Liverpool public in their support of numerous institutions for the promotion of arts and sciences, will not be made in vain in behalf of an establishment which is intrinsically second to none of them in affording innocent gratification, combined with valuable demonstration in the interesting economy of vegetable life. With a population of tywards of 200,000, we trust it will not much longer be a reproach to us, that while Manchester liberally supports a fine Botanic Garden, which it points to with honourable pride, we, with all our acknowledged wealth, leave our own, though replete with a fine collection, to fall into decay. We shall not pause to inquire into the causes that have produced a defalcation in the funds requisite for the adequate support of the establishment, but shall proceed to furnish a brief sketch of its origin (by way of reminiscence), and of its present condition as a garden, so that its claims to public patronage may be better understood. We shall conclude by submitting some suggestions which we consider would, if adopted, con duce to its greater popularity and future prosperity. THE GARDEN. The Liverpool Botanic Garden was established by public subscription, and was opened in 1803. The original site, from which it was removed between three and four years ago, was at the top of Oxford-street, near Edge-hill. The land was held by renewable lease, granted on liberal conditions by the Corporation of the town. The original conservatory was 240 feet in length, and the central division 24 feet in height. In an interesting octavo volume, entitled " Liverpool, its Commerce, Statistics, and Institutions, by Henry Smithers, 1825," we find it is stated of this garden :—" The proprietors already possess upwards of three thousand specimens of dried plants, collected by the late Dr. Forster, in his voyages to the South Seas, together with many valuable manuscripts and correspondences. Mr. John Shepherd, the present curator, is a most indefatigable assistant, whose attentions, from the very commencement of the institution to the pre sent time, have contributed greatly to its welfare. The plants in the ornamental parts of the garden are classed according to the Linntean system. A catalogue of them was published in 1808, and the number of shares, at that period, limited to four hundred and fifty." The specimens here noticed, as well as others, are still preserved. Mr. Shepherd, a gentleman of great botanical research, is still curator of the establishment, and his valua ble knowledge of the numerous plants and flowers of which he has the care, is readily and politely communicated to en quiring visiters. The following additional remarks by Mr. Smithers are, we regret to say, but too applicable to the pre sent condition of the establishment :—" I regret to add, that this valuable institution is not patronized as it ought to be. In spring, in the summer, and even in the autumn of the year, the rich variety of beauteous blossoms which, from day to day, expand and charge the air with odours, one would think would be sufficient to induce all that is lovely in youth and estimable in age to crowd its mazy paths and watch the opening buds, inhaling health whilst deriving amusement." The town having gradually advanced from Mount-pleasant and Hope-street upon the original garden in Oxford-street on the west, and the works of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, at the termination of one of the tunnels, on the south east—it became necessary, in order to avoid the smoke of ap proximating streets, to look out for a site a little further dis tant from the town, and an appropriate one was found in Edge-lane, eastward of the northern part of Edge-hill, and only a short distance from it. The ground, which extends from Edge-lane:southward towards Plumbe's Hall, in Wavertree-lane, is nearly level, and though considera bly elevated above the level of the river Mersey, is shel tered in some degree by the rising ground on which Edge-hill stands on the west, and the corresponding ele vated meadow land or park in front of the house of Mr. John Shaw Leigh, on the east. A row of handsome houses, called Falkner terrace, on the north side of the lane, and some detached buillings surrounded by trees afford it pro tection from the wind in that direction. The terrace (in its upper stories) overlooks the grounds, and forms a pleasing object from the gardens, whence the prospect, as seen over the walls, is pretty extensive—Edgehill on the west, the high trees and rookery of Plumbe's hall, at some distance on the south, and the high land before noticed, and for the most part bounded by wood, on the east. The sun and air have uninterrupted access, and we know of no attainable spot more eligible in the immediate neighbourhood of the town. The original garden in Oxford-street comprised about five statute acres. The present one occupies eleven acres, and it is laid out in a proportionate scale of magnitude, in an oblong square, from north to south. After the fatigues of a day devoted to the cares, toils, and confinement of business, we know of nothing more calculated to recruit the physical, and to soothe and refresh the moral powers, than a stroll through this delightful retreat. The walks are of great width ; some of them straight, and some winding; on each side of them is thick short grass, which may be said t o f orm t h e groundwork of the whole, in which there are numerous clumps or divisions, in a variety of forms, of flowering and decorative shrubs and flowers. At the bottom or south end, there is an oval pond, edged with stones, and on each side are large rockeries, with appropriate mosses and other creep ing plants. Here, too, are the numerous species of grasses. On each side the garden, at some distance from and parallel with the respective walls, runs a straight walk throughont its whole length. The garden is yet comparatively new, and being nearly level, with a gentle inclination to the south, has an appearance of flatness, but the shrubs are making rapid progress, and will, in a few years, do away with the same ness of the ground, arising from the want of undulation. There is a tilled border under the walls, in which blos som many choice perennials, and other plants and flowers. Many fine specimens are also trained against the walls, in cluding climbing roses and magnolias. The border under the north wall, which has the full advantage of the sun, is peculiarly rich in this respect. Near it we observed a rare and curious plant of the fir tribe resembling at a short dis tance a small s p ruce t ree , b u t thicker and darker-coloured in the stem and branches. This is the Araucaria imbicata, from South America. It is covered all over with dark-green thick, pointed leaves, standing nearly straight out from the stem and branches, and so strong and sharp that they seem as if cut out of metal. The tops of the branches are turned upwards, and terminate in hard tufts, not unlike an unripe thistle. Like that plant, too, it is not harshly tangible with impunity ; and the Scottish motto might with equal propri ety be written under it—" Nemo me impune lascessit." This is becoming a favourite decorative plant amongst the nobility, and obtains high prices. The Duke of Devon shire has several fine varieties of it, and there is one in the Royal Gardens at Kew of a rare kind, of which the leaves are more flat or prostrate. The Araucaria is found at high and inhospitable altitudes on the mountains of the Southern American continent, where it is seen spreading its dark branches over the rocky and broken surface. Exposed to frequent and tremendous storms, it rears its hardy head " Where Andes, giant of the western world, With meteor standard to the winds unfurled, Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world." The whole of the garden is kept in the best possible order, and everything is in a most thriving and promising condition. The present number of subscribers is about 520. THE CONSERVATORY. This erection, of which, comprising the hothouses and greenhouse, the whole front, roof, and ends are of glass, is an erection of a hundred yards in length, and of considerable width. The centre division, for the larger tropical exotics, is about 24 feet in height, with a semi-circular facade. In front of this erection there is a spacious terrace walk, bisect ing the ground at about a third of its length from the north wall. From the middle there is a central walk down the garden. An ornamental parapet wall of hewn stone, runs the length of the conservatory. The terrace walk is occasionally covered in, opposite the building, by an awning, forming a magnificent tent, for the holding of ladies' bazaars, and other similar purposes. here, last year, was held a meeting of the British Medical Association, during their week's stay at Liverpool. THE GREENHOUSE Occupies the eastern portion of the conservatory, and is nearly fifty yards in length. Here a great portion of the plants are from New Holland, and (with others) form a very extensive collection. These plants, like the animals of that country, bespeak, when felt, the generally the soil from which they are derived. They are invariably harsh, and bard of feel in their foliage. We observed a fine specimen of the camphor plant, " camphor volatile," the leaves of which, are of a fine vivid green, and when rubbed together emit the well-known odour of the truly volatile, extraordinary, and valuable drug of that name. This plant has already reached the full height of the roof. The minor plants and flowers are of great variety, and so numerous that they appear to be rather crowded. An addition to the conservatory at each end would on this account be desirable. THE .HOTHOUSES. The centre and western divisions are devoted to the growth of tropical plants and flowers, in the former are the larger specimens. Here, those who have visited either of the Indies, will immediately recognise several of their most strik ing and peculiar trees and plants, characterized by the im mense size and beauty of their leaves. We observed the cocolobo pubescens, a tall West Indian plant, with a hard wood stem and large cerated leaves, growing from branches at the top. This is known to the natives of the island's produc ing it as " the sea-side grape." Some of the leaves of this identical plant before its removal from the old garden, (which gave it a check, from which, however, it is rapidly recover ing), measured eighteen feet round, including the indentations ! The fruit which it bears is not held in much esteem. Perhaps the finest plant here is the Australitzia Augusta, so called in honour of the house of Austerlitz. It is a native of South Africa, and somewhat resembles the Banana, but is very dif ferent in several respects. The stem. of thickly-jointed ap pearance, is not formed of the successive leaves, like the Ba nana, but is self grown. The leaves grow from stems or stalks, proceeding from the top, and from two opposite sides or points of the compass only, and as these are one over the other and close together at the converging point, the tree is of a fiat' form, not unlike an Indian dusting brush. The leaves are from four to five feet in length. The lower and larger leaves hang downwards like those of the Banana. The present specimen is remarkably fine, being about 2G feet in height, but it is compressed in stature, the upper leaves having some time leached the roof, some of the glass in which it once broke in its strength of vegetation. In its native clime this plant attains a height of about fifty feet ; but it is stated as remarkable, by a gentleman who has visited South Africa, that the leaves are not so laige or so fine as those which it throws forth in this country. Here are found several varieties of the American Aloe, or Agave, the Pandanas Uttilis, the " prickly pear," :ix. THE WESTERN DIVISION. This is also warmed by stoves. Here may be seen a plant called after Captain Bligh, the " Blighia Sapida," the African Acia, which bears a large fruit, the pulp of which resembles marrow : also the Pandana in great perfection. Amongst the smaller plants and flowers there are manythat are deemed curious. The Cep/wird:is folicularis, or pitcher plant of New Holland ; and the Bengal pitcher plant, Nepeuthos distilla toria are remarkable, particularly the latter. At the end of its tendrils it bears cups hanging perpendicularly, of a long • shape, terminating in a scroll, and with a leaf forming a half open lid at the top--not unlike in form to a Scotch horn snuff mull. This cup, or pitcher, in the native country of the plant, contains about a gill of water, which is supplied not by the rains, but by the distilling properties of the plant it self. Dr. Trail!, when he resided in thiS town, analysed some of the liquid, and found it to be pure water. There are vari ous speculations as to the purposes of this aqueous depositary, some conjecturing that it is to supply the thirsty traveller in the torrid regions where the plant flourishes ; others, with the greater semblance of accuracy, that it is for the support of the plant itself, by reabsorptiou, during long droughts. The Dionea musipula, is perhaps a still more remarkable plant. It required united warmth and moisture, and even in the hothouse is covered with a glass. It rises but little above the soil, and has leaves (or rather appendages to the general leaves,) two and two together, about the size and form of a cockle-shell when opened, and with small sharp thorns or spikes at the edges pointing towards each other like teeth, and reminding one of an iron rat-trap. It is not at all improbable the form of that useful instrument was taken from this plant. There are three little spines in each lobe of this little trap, so sensitive, that if a fly drops in, it immediately closes, as if on its prey, and retains its captive ! Touched iu the spines by a bit of sprig or anything else, it closes obediently to the hand of the visiter, the thorns or teeth fitting between each other. Mr. Shephard one day ob served an earwig, a very strong insect for its size, secured in this trap, and, unable to make its escape, it was afterwards found dead. As might be expected, various assertions are made by " travellers" relative to this plant : some alleging (but without proof) that it fee& on the insects which it en traps; and one recently went the length of saying, (hear it, shade of Munchausen !) that when he lived abroad, he had some thriving specimens which he regularly fed with little bits of beef! Amongst other curiosities the visiter will observe the skull of an elephant, filled with soil, and nearly concealed by vege tation. Here, too, may be traced the difference between the plants called parasites and those called epaphitEs. The for mer, like the misletoe, cling round trees and plants, and lice by extracting from them a portion of their vital juices. The latter merely seek their support, feeding themselves from the earth. We were shown a specimen (yet small) of the Galac tadendron Utile, or " Cow Tree" of Humbolt. In South America this tree grows to a large size. From its top is ob tained, by incision, a milk or lacteal fluid, which was copiously drunk by Humbolt and his companion Bompland, with refreshing effect. The natives, it is said, even make cheese from the milk that exudes from it ! The leaf is not unlike that of a laurel. Near it may be seen the Dipterix Odorata, or Tonquin Bean, so much prized by some snuff-takers. Here are several varieties of the class Monandria, on which Mr. Roscoe published one of his last botanical works (1824.) We observed a fine dwarf Banana tree, bearing a large bunch of fruit, each of which, though yet green, measures about five inches in length. It is from Demerara,. and was presented by Mr. Edward Steel, after whom it is in compli ment called the Banana Mesa Steelii. The leaves are large and luxuriant. We noticed, too, the Clarija Ornata, a fine South American plant, about six feet ip height, having thick cerated leaves. The flowers grow colescent, or from the stem—not from the branches—on slender long stalks, like red berries. The branches grow out together at intervals, or in heights, lessening in size towards the top of the tree, and forming, as it were, a succession of shelves, like a dumb waiter. But we must close our hasty notice of the conservatory, which must be seen to be appreciated. The botanist and the gene ral observer will alike find in it numerous objects worthy of their attention, and calculated to elevate the mind. and i , - part a reverential impression of the wonders, the variety, the beauty, and the abundance displayed in we vegetal le for the service or the gratification of man. . --"Nr -1 4 4 , -,r , - - -......!. , A -.,, A - ......... :,..,...„,..,._.,,,_ , < : .... _ ~...: , ~ ~,,; 1 1 j :,t, ...".. ..., , ,' .: -1t ,. . - •::(: .. i e 4 z. k ..L , . Ni l / 4 1 - 14. e arally sterile na ure of THE LIBRARY AND HERBARIUM. In a spacious room, at the lower part of the entrance lodge, at the north-west corner—a handsome stone building—there is a botanical library, comprising several very ra.•e and valua ble works, for the use of the suuscribers. Here, too, duty ranged and classed, is a fine collection of preserved plants, consisting of about eleven thousand specimens. Many of them were collected by Captain Reynold Forster, when he accompanied the celebrated circumnavigator. Captain Cooke, round the world. There are also plants from the late Sir Joseph Banks, also from the collection of Linnaeus himself; from Dr. Solander, Sir J. E. Smith, and other individuals distinguished in the walks of science. PUBLIC PARK ROUND THE GARDENS SUGGESTED. It has long been a subject of regret that, though even the crowded metropolis can boast of its public parks, which have been emphatically called " the lungs 'of London," Liverpool is yet destitute of that desideratum, so conducive to the health and blameless recreation of our population. Some twenty years ago, the late Mr. Roscoe - and Mr. Falkner (fa- ther of Mr. Filkner, of Fairfield) suggested to the old cor poration that it would be desirable to appropriate as a park the extensive space not then built upon, extending from Everton Crescent on the north, along the back of Soho street to Islington on the south, and eastward from near the old Everton toffee-house to Mr. Gregson's well, near the pre sent Necropolis. This would certainly have formed a fine park, and it is worthy of remark that the only objection urged by the Corporation against it was that " it was not within the boundaries or liberties of the borough." Such an objection has long ceased, in the promotion of public works, to bear much weight with the present authorities ; and now that the land alluded to is broken in upon, and no longer available, it behoves the present corporate body to secure, if possible. such other site as can now be obtained, if the desirable object is not to be for ever abandoned, which we should deeply re gret. The only public walk having any affinity to a park is St. James's Walk, which, we need scarcely say, is altogether inadequate in size to the wants of the population, and is, moreover, accessible only by pedestrians. We have much pleasure in submitting the suggestion of an. intelligent gen tleman on this point, of which many, to whom he has men tioned it, highly approVe, as being practicable and highly desirable. He proposes that the corporation should purchase the Botanic Garden and the land round it—that on the east and west belonging to Mr. J. S. Leigh,that on the south (com prising Plumb's-hall) to Mr.7llawkeS. This land would be within what is called a ring fence. It is finely undulated and wooded, so that is might readily be converted into a spacious public park, with a drive or ride all round for carriages, horses, and pedestrians—the Botanic Garden being in the middle. The ground is in every respect admirably suited for the purpose, and it is, we believe, the only ground, within a convenient distance of the town, that is available for the purpose. The cost would be nut small compared with the great advantages which such a park would present as regards the public health, and, we may venture to add, the public morals—for every means of 'innocent recreation that can be provided for the people tends to alienate them from gross, sensual, and debasing enjoyments. We trust some spirited member of the common council, who has the slams populi in its genuine sense at heart, will direct his attention to this important topic, and endeavour to rouse a corresponding feel ing amongst his brother councillors. He who takes it up, and prosecutes it to a successful issue, will achieve an envi able name as a benefactor to the town, and he may assure himself of the support from without of the community at large, without regard to political opinion. The • park and garden, if properly managed, would become an honour to the town. Meantime, however, we repeat our hope that the present Botanic Garden, which has been enclosed, laid out, and ad mirably stocked, at a cost of £14,000, will not be permitted to fall into decay, and be finally abandoned, for the want of a comparatively small additional fund for its support. The Corporation recently made an offer of £2OO a year towards its support, on condition that it should be opened to the pub lic on two days in the week, including Sunday. The Com mittee of the Garden did not concur in the propriety of open- Mg it on that holy day, and the grant is consequently with held; but it is to be hoped that the matter will yet be ac commodated without violence to the conscie.ntious feelings of individuals. The Committee, we may add, now present a new claim to the support of the Council, inasmuch as they have it in contemplation to open the Garden to the public on two days of the week independently of the proposed grant. It has often been said, and with some truth, that the Eng lish people, of the humber classes, are the most mischievous and destructive of any in Europe, if admitted amongst plants, flowers, statuary, or the like. We rejoice to say, however, that a better feeling has of late years become manifest; and when we add, on the authority of the Curator of the Botanic Garden, that on the Queen's marriage day, when between twenty and thirty thousand persons promiscuously visited the grounds and conservatory, which were thrown open, no wilful damage was done to the plants and flowers.—we need add nothing in proof that no danger need he appre hended from the admission of the public, even as freely, were it required, as are all classes to the Jardin de Plants in Paris. The mortality in the Royal Artillery and Engineers, at Woolwich, is beyond precedent for a long series of years, and in consequence the few officers of the Ordnance Medical Department have been much harassed from the constant duty of attending the hospital. Assistant-surgeon and apo thecary William Harris, who had been forty-one years in active service, has fallen a victim to a wound received by a scalpel whilst engaged in his professional duty at a post mortem examination. The market for metals has exhibited some change during the week, spelter having been in very active demand, and the value higher by 15s. per ton. East India tin has been very dull, and a fall of about 3s. per cwt. has taken place in Banca, of which 1,200 slabs have been offered at auction, and all bought in 765. There have been considerable arrivals of Swedish iron, and the prices of all descriptions of this inetal are tending to d ec li ne , un d er th e inflect:cc of / wenn:mating stocks. FOSSIL REMAINS.—AS the excavators were lowering the road called Harbro' Hills, Barnsley, they, at a depth of from two to three feet below the surface, discovered a quantity of huge animal bones, which no doubt had lain there undisturbed from the time of the deluge. amongst these antidelnvian relics was also found a large tooth, about two inches long, one and a half in circumference, and deeply curved on the •aides, and which, no doubt, once a dorned the powerful jaw of the Rhinoceroz—Leerls Intelligencer. ~} 4 J I