The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-16 00:00:00

AN EPIGRAM.

The Ministers having found it impossible to go on with
Lord Brougham, his Lordship declared that at all events
they should not go on without him. Ministerial Paper.
facilis, jucundus, acerbus, es idera;
Nec tecum possum vivere, nec sine te.—Mart.
So crusty, good-humoured, and gay,
So frolicksome, Brougham, and so sour :
Without you we can't stand a day,
And with you we can't live an hour.—T. K. R.

Tee Rev. J. R. Connor, A. M. has been appointed Minis,
ter of St. Simon's, Liverpool.

We beg to direct the special attention of our readers to a
letter in another column on the subject of Robert Owen's
presentation to the Queen. It will be seen from an adver-
tisement that Mr. Brindley purposes delivering a lecture, on
Tuesday evening next, when he will place before the public
many facts connected Socialism which will not only excite
disgust at the principles but also rouse our fair townswomen
to forward the address which will be proposed for their town-
women.

REV. J. R. STEPHENS.—The trial of this gentleman, we
learn from a private source, occupied the whole of yesterday
at the Chester Assizes, when the reverend gentleman, in his
own defence occupied the attention of the court upwards of
five hours and a half in the delivery of his speech. The case
was not over in time for a report to reach us last night.
THE REGATTA Tilts DAY.—The preparations made for
the equatic sports of this day, are on an extensive and liberal
scale, and the public will, doubtless, be highly gratified,
should the weather prove favourable, which we regret to say
is, up to the time we write, wet end unsettled. The entries
of boats are numerous ; and the preparations made for the
accommodation of spectators, at the respective ferries on the
Cheshire shore, are of a most attractive description. The
grounds at Birkenhead will afford a fine view of the races ;
and in the evening a splendid exhibition of fire works will
take place in the tea gardens. At the Rock Ferry, a mili-
tary band will be in attendance during the day ; at the
Monks' Ferry a platform is erected for the convenience of
spectators, and Woodside, Seacombe, and the lower ferries
present each their attractions.
The first race will be for the Mersey Cup, value £3O, for
gentlemen's yachts under 25 tons. For this race the follow-
ing fine vessels are entered :
Mr. Melling's Seagull 25 tons.. blue burgee & white cross
Mr. Shaw's Dicky Sam 19 tons.
Mr. Holt's Midas 23 tons.. white.
Dr. Brandreth's Ariel 19 tons.
Atalanta, from Dublin 25 tons.. not expected to arrive.
In this race the boats will start from of the pier at New
Brighton at 12 o'clock, proOeed up the river; round a boat
off Eastham on the larboard hand ; hence round a boat at
Notts'-hole; and thence to Monks' Ferry—the winning
point. There will be six other races—rowing and sailing, in
all of which crack boats are entered. The sport is expected
to be good.
PROTESTANT DEMONSTRATION.—We understand that as
the Trustees of the Hall at Newton are precluded by their
trust deed from granting the use of it for any other purpose
than the immediate objects of the Association, the meeting,
which was announced to take place there in the course of the
ensuing month, will be held at the Corn Exchange, Manches-
ter, when we trust that such a demonstration of Protestant
feeling will be made as will prove to our radical government
that the time for Popish domination has not yet arrived, and
that nothing but the extinction of the Irish and English
Education Board will satisfy the constitutional desires of the
inhabitants of this country.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—This admirable Institution,
we are glad to hear, is progressing satisfactorily, and the
amount already subscribed more than equals the anticipations
of its warmest friends. No departure from the plan laid
down in the original prospectus is or ever has been contem-
plated.
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RELIGIOUS AWAKENING IN INDIA.—The subscriptions
in aid of the objects of the heart-stirring appeal of the Bishop
of Calcutta amount already to a large sum. Upwards of
£l2O has been collected amongst the congregation of St.
Jude's.

MUTINY AT SEA.—The seamen on board the Franklin,
Captain Farwell, from Liverpool, mutinied in New York
Bay last month, and seven of them were arrested, charged
with the revolt.

OCEAN ASSURANCE COMPANY.—On Monday, a specie
general meeting of this company was held in the Cotton
Sales-room, in compliance with a requisition from a number
of the proprietors, to take into consideration the propriety of
dissolving the company. After some discussion, a motion
was made to that effect ; and, on taking the votes, the majo-
rity was against the dissolution of the company.
THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAIDWAY COMPANY, V.
Wia.su.—This action came on at the Croydon Assizes, on
Friday last. It was instituted by the directors of the Eastern
Counties Railway against the defendant, sued as Samuel
Henry Walsh, of Liverpool, banker, to recover the sum of
£950, being the amount of calls made upon shares in this
undertaking, held by the defendant. Mr. Shee appeared for
the company. No defence was offered. After evidence had
been given, the Lord Chief Justice directed the jury to find
for the plaintiff for £9BO, the full amount claimed.
LIVERPOOL BLUR-COAT SCHOOL.—Among the different
institutions we visited during our last northern tour, there
was not one which, after inspection, yielded us more pleasure
than the Blue-coat Hospital in Liverpool. Its whole interior
arrangements seem well adapted to carry out the views of its
founders, by providing the children with a sound education,
based on religious principles, and by using every care to pro-
mote their health and cleanliness. To these is added a rather
novel but excellent feature in institutions of this kind—a
lending library for the use of the children, well supplied with
works of a useful and interesting kind. It is an institution
of which the people of Liverpool may well feel proud; and
we are much gratified to hear of the exertions which they
are making to disseminate its advantages more widely.—The
Gardeners' Gazette.
PRACTICAL LIBERALITY OF THE 'ROCK FERRY COM-
PANY. On Friday last, the Rock Ferry Company gave the
female children of the Blue-coat Hospital a treat. They
went in at ten o'clock in the morning, and were regaled in
the Rock Park. in the afternoon the children partook of
coffee and buns, provided for them by the inhabitants of the
Rock Park and neighbourhood. The Rock Park Cricket
Club lent their tent for the occasion, and the young folks
regaled themselves in it, and amused themselves upon the
ground of John Nelson Wood, Esq., with the good old game
of the ring. The young musicians were hard at work. The
little host left the ferry at seven o'clock, and the inhabitants
and visitors of the place expressed themselves highly delighted
with their order and decorum. It may be mentioned that
the landlord of the Rock Ferry Hotel was particularly atten-
tive to the comfort of the children, and afforded them every
convenience in his power.
RATHER UNPLEASANT. —On Thursday, as two of the
Marquis of Exeter's keepers were catching eels on the wes-
tern side of the river, near Tinwell-mill, they were suddenly
surrounded by the flood, which rose so high as to leave them
at first on an island, cut off from all communication with the
higher lands, and the water ultimately rose two feet high on
the ground on which they stood. The keepers took refuge
in a cart, the water continuing gradually to rise. In this
dangerous situation the two men remained during the whole
night, every moment uncertain whether they might not share
the fate of the numerous articles floating past them in the
rapid current. About ten o'clock in the morning the keepers
were perceived by a man in a boat, who could not pass a
ridge of earth so as to reach them. The boatman sent a
dog to them, and on their showing him a rope, which had
been attached to their net, the sagacious animal carried it
safely to the boat, by which means the poor fellows were
safely lodged on terra firma, after passing a most unpleasant
night.—Lincoln Chronicle.
MINT JULEP.—This delicious compound (which is some-
times in the southern and western states denominated " hail-
storm") is usually made with wine, (Madeira or Claret,)
mingled in a tumbler with a soupcon of French brandy, lime,
or lemon, ice pulverised by attrition, and a small portion of
sugar, the whole being crowned with a bunch of fresh mint,
through which the liquor percolates before it reaches the
drinker's lips and" laps him in Elysium." This beverage is
supposed to be of southern origin, and the methods of pre-
paring it vary in the different states ; some Corinthians will
assert that it can only be found in perfection at Charleston ;
but I believe that, by common consent, the immortal Wil-
lard (who kept the bar of the City Hotel in New York for
many years) was allowed to be the first master of this art in
the known world. The name of this remarkable personage
is familiar to every American, and to every foreigner who has
visited the States for the last thirty years ; I have heard many
calculations of the number of mint juleps that he has been
known to compound in one day, and of the immense profits
resulting to the hotel from his celebrity ; but not having
written them down at the moment, I will not venture on a
vague statement here. His memory was yet more surprising
than his skill at concoction ; of the hundreds and thousands
who went in to enjoy practical demonstration of the latter,
he never forgot a face, or a name if once mentioned; even
although the individual were absent for years, he could at
once address him as though he had been introduced but yes-
terday.—=hurray's North America.