The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

cater from day to day,

nt and instruction. The dull sea-

son has now

arrived almost at the zenith of dul-

ness, and it is imposs

Lble to imagine a more plenti-

ful lack than exists at present of topics of general

interest

The murder of a landlord in Ireland

an incident upon which it would be quite hopeless

to attempt any new comment. If we were forced

st space in public attention, we

hould unhesitatingly determine

in favour of the

Treat PoITEvIN controversy—the engrossing

not a French aeronaut, in suspend

;lty to animals within the letter of the humane

MARTIN'S well

•known Act of Parliament. I

the Continent of Europe nothing very exciting

•• deserve a moment's consideration. Nevertheless,
seems to have occurred wtthin the last few days, there is not much doubt that the Popish faction,
The polite and complimentary votes of the
Coun-
at evnts, entertain te hpe tat they ill, in
cils-General of France are not deemed to be pos-
t
sessed of much political significance; and the great
ment, into which they may admit recruits from the
question—when the Empire is to be proclaimed
does not receive much new light from very recent ' imall
e, bee
able to form a h
domoinanth party in wParlia-
other forces of the present Opposition in subordi-
nate positions. Such seems to be an inevitable
It is to the American news only that we
.te School. The subject is call
used recently
can turn in order to discover any topics of an ex- deduction from the language by Mr. ue'
citing character. We do not allude to such co SADLEIR, at Carlow; and Mr. SADLEIR is a man
rn-
of cool busness-like habit of mind, who is not likely
monplace matters as the recent " scrimmage" in - 1
to be led into a self stultification by political en-
Congress, which has been going the round of the
thusiasm. Indeed, the success of the Roman in order to
papers, and in which the reverend, grave, and po-
Catholics at the
tent senators of the great Republic have been out- rate. The
so great an encouragement to the Ultra-montane
vying each other in the intensity and bitterness of the artist has inves
their manner in giving each other the lie. We party, that they have far too good ground,
refer at present to the astounding but amusing lieving that their political power is rapidly on the wed.
increase. It is not saying one whit too much to flower
man has been treating the law of nations, and
audacity with which a renowned American states-
declare that the Roman Catholic clergy have already spectator imagines that he can touch it, and almost fet
Representation of on the
the dews which rest upon its covering of verdure. If T' successfully usurpede-half
Betting at defiance natural justice, precedent, and
of
of Ireland Millais' production belong truly to the pre-Rap}
; that forty members the new House
logic.
of Commons are the devotedly obedient servants school,—for we suspect strong.,
Mr. Secretary 'WEBSTER, not contented to pro-of Romish priests and the representatives of the one,—it would be well if more of our artists, and especially
tect his poaching fellow-countrymen in the cod and those who are striving after the production of mere
mackerel line of business, is determined also to do interests of the Romish Church. To what extent "effects," which cost little labour, would enrol themselves
them substantial benefit in the guano trade, and the vassals of that Church are ever prepared to go in its ranks. This painting has justly been awarded the
has not hesitated to " annex" the Lobos Islands to in her service, the history of the world furnishes Academy's prize of £5O. Another of the same school, Mr.
many a fearful example. How mischievously Anthony, who has a forest scene, highly elaborated, which
the United States, by a series of arguments the
a conspiracy of forty members of the House of wemore length
aart_tslv
in our
dnext. Amongst
, Mr.
the works t o
f ourt .
native ti
most ingeniously illogical and inconsistent which it
Mr. Huggins, Mr. Tong e, andsiothh m.e portrait
rience, Mr. WEBSTER seems to have arrived at the others, have
Oakes
has ever been our lot to peruse. After a long and
Commons may affect the legislation of the country Mr. Davis,
distinguished life of forensic and political expe-
and the administration of its affairs, must be abun- furnished some very deligtful Specimens. T
dantly apparent to every one who remembers the of the Rev. Rector Campbell, by Mr.TVestcolt,is a classic
proceedings of the O'CONNELL Tail. painting, and very imposing. Amongst the contributors,
not of this town, are Johnston, with an exquisite highland
conclusion that the principle of policy which is most
scene; Boddington, with several of his refreshing land -
bold Surely, therefore, it behoves all who entertain a
congenial with his fellow-countrymen, is that of the
wholesome fear of the social and political mischiefs
iCs otphleey g
eFmi e l
od
fingth,
eornoeomof
iwehwosheicwhaitteris-
bold ROB ROlr—"'
which must ensue from the dominancy of a Popish Feed, a Scotch artist, with a very talented inte-
" For why? The good old rule suffices them, the simple plan—
That they should take who have the power, and they should faction, to view with the utmost jealousy and die- ensicooalroPtoeirsf a;
sketches school;
,
trust the formation of any arrangement of parties hung ; Mrs. Robertson, whose portrait of a lady
miseaetv-ery
keep who can."
expostulationold stoofrythoef in which a share of power should be entrusted to striking production, and others too numerous to
Pleas will never be wanting to the advocates of such
the members of the Popish Conspiracy. Surely, also, The Sculpture-room, we regret, is not well filled.
tahe policy
wolf for carryinganswering itth
e out.las t
a Government able and determined to resist the exhibition • will be opened to the public to-morrow, and
lamb, by telling him that it was useless trying to -
'Tie the
argue him out of his supper. First, the pooi• Peru-
insidious aggressions of so dangerous conspirators during the week,
.-.ns, more in detail, as to the merits ofwe shall take frequent opportunities of
-
vians are told that the islands in question are the against the civil and religious freedom and inde-
property of the United States, because they were pendence of the country, will receive the fullest
sympathy and the heartiest support of all who can
discovered, in 1823, by a certain citizen of that
a
republic. Then, when it turned out that the islands appreciate the imminent perils to which we are thus
had been known—if not to Secretaries of State, at exposed.,_
all events to geographers and travellers—for three
centuries before that date, the ingenious Secretary
next urged that, at all events, the aforesaid citizen
was the first to discover the valuable guano on their
otherwise barren surface. Just as if, by the law of
nations and natural justice, any one who should
inform us that a certain stone which we possessed,

Royal Acaden

a noble animal, boldly painted, and the treatmen

the whole of the animals and landscape is worthy

veteran artist. The next which attracts attention is Na
49, by Millais, a follower of what is called the pre-Ra
phael' ' " The Huguenots ;'

events

but we could imagine many otl

titles which it n

Two figures are in the foreground, a
male and female, obviously lovers, the latter of whom is

-
endeavouring to fix a scarf upon her companion's arm

rrotect him from some danger, but whic

gures is elabo

'arm, how

is in the sentiment with whirl:

But the wall, under

s for be-

shadow they are holding their stolen meetir

be its elaborated ivy and moss, intersper

and the reality of the stone-work itself ? TI

y that his is a more moc

As the

giving our impress
the various works which it contains

THE COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE

STEAMER

THAT a good
that increased speed is a most valuable actin.

THE MAGISTRATES AND TH E

ity chbapest in the en(

LICENSING SYSTEM.
AT the annual Licensing Session, which commenced
on the 6th instant, it was announced that the Ma-
gistrates of Liverpool were anxious to get rid of
their power of granting Licenses, and would, if
necessary, apply to Parliament on the subject. The
Recorder and the Clergy, it was said, complain that
there are too many Public-houses in the Borough
already; yet they are every year inundated with
applications for additional grants. We apprehend
the Magistrates have a remedy for much of the evil

to steamers and sea-going ship,

has never been more

strikingly proved than by the working, thus far, of the
Countess of Ellesmere. This steam-boat, which cannot brt

be noticed when in our river for its beautiful proportions,
and its swiftness, was fully described by us when she was
launched in the spring ; and, on another occasion, when
she made a trial trip to the Menai Bridge, performing her
work most satisfactorily to the builder, Mr. Join LAinn,
of Birkenhead, and all who were on board; and the im-
pression made upon our minds, and that of others, was,
that she was too expensively constructed for the trade in
which she was to be engaged,viz. : that of running to and

and set little value on, was in truth a diamond of
the first water, had, by the discovery, entitled him-
self to deprive us of our gem. But not contented
with this honest argument, Mr. WEBSTER goes on
to prove the title of the United States, by showing
that GREAT BRITAIN has precluded herself from
any claim, because she has acknowledged that she
has derived no right from the exercise of a usage
similar to that practised by the Americans ; nay,
Mr. WEBSTER furthermore urges, that because the
government of Peru issued a decree in 1833, founded
on the absence of all title in any other power, and
because a reconsideration of that decree was re-
quested by the government of the United States,
without any denial of the title of Peru, the United
States had, in fact, thereby established their title.
The perusal of Mr. WEBSTER'S letter to Senor
DON JUAN DE OSNIA, the Peruvian Charge d'Af-
faires, will teach the reader a melancholy lesson,
showing how great intellectual gifts may he mis-
applied, and pure integrity blemished, for the grati-
fication of party wishes, and the promotion of
party purposes.

complained of within their own reach ; and, if they
would adopt it, there need not be a new license
granted for the next twenty years. Do away with
the absurd restriction which confines the power of
removing licenses to the cases of houses pulled down
under public improvement acts, or dock acts. Let the
holder of a license, provided he be of good charac-
ter, transfer it to any part of the town he pleases.
The pretext for asking for a grant «:11 be removed
when parties can go into the open market and buy
a license for a reasonable amount.

from Rnncorn, in connection v, ith the fast boats plying
on the Bridgewater Canal and the River Weaver. it
fact, it was at one time contemplated by her noble owner tc
adopt her as his ass private yacht. Since that period he]
. .

funnel has been lengthened, by which increased power of
producing steam has been secured ; and she is acknow-
ledged to hare beaten, in the numerous casu-'. cf
speed which have been made, all the crack steamers in
the river.

The advantages which have been gained by fineness of
superiority of engines. rnd the best possible equip-
ment?, are, that she is able to perform more vrork than
any of the vessels hitherto built for the Runcorn packet
service, and, at the same time, has attracted, during the

model

The cause of the immorality so much complained
of is not that the aggregate number of public-
houses is too great, but that they are improperly
located. It is in the small houses in our low back
streets that crime is principally concocted and com-
mitted. Unable to carry on a respectable trade, the
occupiers of many of these are driven to harbour
improper characters. In such houses it is that
Sunday-trading is carried on, and the working
classes, especially of the female sex, are afforded
facilities for sly drinking. A female is far gone in
vice before she will face the motley assemblage of a
gin-palace. It is in these houses that games of
chance are allowed, and other inducements held out
for indulging in liquor and in bad companionship.
Some hundreds of licenses would be at once re-
moved to open and respectable localities, where they
are required, if the owners of them were permitted
to do so; and the streets in which they are at present
a pest and a nuisance be purged of the immorality
which they cause.

period she has been running, more passengers of the best
class than were ever carried during the same period be.
She has for some time been makin

tween the two ports

regularly two trips a day to Runcorn and back, the time

consumed in each trip being about an hour, and fre-
quently under ; and, in addition, has been enabled, when-
ever the weather was favourable, to run cut round the
Light-ship with passengers. Had the fact that such a
fine vessel was making this pleasant zun been more ge-

FALLACIOUSNESS OF BOARD OF

TRADE RETURNS

nerally known, we feel confident that hundreds of the re
spectable portion of the people of Liverpool,— in whosi

WE have ever and anon an Io triumphe from the
organs of Liberalism when the Returns of the Board
of Trade for any particular month show an increase
in the entries, inwards and outwards, of our
Shipping. No matter whether or not it should
happen that during a particular month in this year
we had favourable winds both for arrival and de-
parture, while in the month of last year, with
which it is compared, we had unfavourable ones,
the fact of there being such increase is seized upon
as evidence that the Shipowner, under free trade,
is on the high road to prosperity. It is seldom
that we have been afforded better proof of the fal-
lacy of this mode of testing the condition of that in-
terest than is contained in the Returns for the past
month. The entries inwards and outwards of
British Vessels are 863,027 tons, against 912,519
tons in the corresponding month of last year,
showing a decline to the extent of 45,492 tons.
The entries inwards and outwards for the month,
of vessels of all countries, are 1,395,356, against
1,486,367' in the corresponding month of last year,
showing a decrease of 91,011 tons. From this,
according to the logic of mere staticians, the
Shipping Interest has been in a state of great
depression. Yet it is a notorious fact that that in-
terest has been reaping more profit from the
advance in freights, during the past two months,
than at any period since the Repeal of the Naviga-
tion Laws. The London Times remarks that the
decrease of entries is partly to he accounted for by
the detention of vessels at Sydney and Port Philip ;
and there is some' truth in the remark. It is a
fact also that a number of our large ships chartered
for Australia have, after landing their passengers
there, gone to India, China, and other countries
for homeward freights ; thus remaining at sea
longer than they would have done but for the
peculiarity of the new trade into which they have
entered. But admitting all this, what becomes of
the test which the Board of Trade Returns have
always been said to afford us of the prosperity or
adversity of our Mercantile Marine ? The Returns
point one way; but the truth lies in another.

minds the idea of the trip is associated with crowd

country visitors, conveyed in dirty tug-boats, or in 11
worse class of vessels,—would have eagerly availed them-
selves of the opportunity afforded by her. We had the

pleasv-e, on Friday last, of going the round with the
Countess down the Rock Channel, to the North-west
Light-ship, and returning by the Bell Buoy, down the
Victoria Channel, in hopes of being able to try her speed,
either with the Menai steamer bound to Bangor, or the
Tynwald, belonging to the Manx Company. Both these
boats, unfortunately, went away a considerable time before
the Countess could get her passengers on board, owing to
the wretched provision made by the authorities for this
class of vessels. In returning, however, we had the Lon-
donderry boat, Maiden City, a little a-head of us at the
Bell Buoy, with her jib set, end doing her best; and, on

SMUGGLED GOODS.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your valuable
paper, to put persons on their guard, particularly Ameri-
cans, against a combined set of swindlers who purport to
be our countrymen, and call themselves sailors. Their
system is to represent that they have returned from China
or elsewhere, and have smuggled goods, which were in-
tended to be taken home for their friends, but, having put
into this port, are necessitated to dispose of them. Their
statements are made with so much apparent reluctance,
and their position so feelingly described, that you are in-
duced to commiserate them, and perhaps the uninitiated
will purchase ; the consequence is, you get a miserable ar-
ticle at an exorbitant price. lam aware the position of
the purchaser cannot be viewed in a very praiseworthy
light, inasmuch as it is encouraging a fraud on the reve-
nue ; but their appeal to the feelings often has an effect.
I would, moreover, remark, that the town of Liverpool
would be decidedly better off without such characters ;
and as I have been a victim, and have watched them well,
I can state that their nest may easily be broken up. I
notice their general post, for I have been assailed several
times, is at the corners of Whitechapel, Lord-street, and
Church-street, whence they sally out on the unwary, tak-
ing them into Whitechapel, in any of the drinking-houses,
to display their wares, apparently, of course, with the
greatest secrecy.

arriving at Liverpool, had dropped her a mile a-stern

BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY

----.--_

RE BALDERSTON.—The final examination of this bank-
rupt was, on the application of Mr. Collier, solicitor to
the assignees, adjourned to Friday. Mr. Evans, who
appeared for the bankrupt, acquiesced in this arrangement.
RE TIMOTHY.—The bankrupt, John Timothy, baker
and beer-seller, of St. Anne-street, came before Mr.
Commissioner Perry for his certificate. He was opposed
by Mr. Hull, of the firm of Fletcher and Hull, on behalf
yfirnogni on
it his. His business,dein s
of Messrs. H. Winder and Co., and supported by Mr.
M'Oubrey, barrister. The bankrupt underwent a long
ande
xamtiiilleatpiornofiatss towhs mode
of
were £772, and his assets £lB2 ; and he appeared not to
have kept his books with sufficient accuracy to enable
him to afford the court a very clear explanation of his
had resultedcarr
affairs, on which the learned Commissioner suspended
the certificate for six months, and to be of the Third class.

JEWISH HOLlDAYS.—Yesterday (Mond;
of the Jewish New-year 5613, which is k
two days, to-day (Tuesday) and to-morrov

- By inserting the above you will no doubt confer a fa-
vour on the community, as well as on your obedient ser-
vant, AN AMERICAN TRAVELLER.

was the eve
strictly for

model yachts,
unn:NdelorncEirt.culairAstealniTcesC:lll): ' .'LL_I c'
" ''
I .
best qualities of both crew and vessels,
place on Saturday last, between the Mosquito matchndnlionok ict:os
greatest admiration from those who had the pleasure of
witnessing the exciting struggle. The start was from
Woodside Pier; and a few minutes before two, p.m., both
vessels made a good start, and under snug canvas COM-
llaewdelfol ratsh
thethee'
menced beating to windward, against a very strong breeze
from the north, and through considerable sea, to round
the Crosby Light-ship, which the Musquito was enabled
to do so far ahead of the Undine, and the flood tide having
made at the time, as to give the latter no chance, conse-
quently she did not rouud thqiLight-ship. The Mosquito
arrived off Woodside, and wiTh the matcklit
Both vessels suffered in the contest. The. VAlira-
tl
her foremast badly sprung going out, i
anci.NriAtotivimp
Undine was in a similar plight before the :aztator
menced. The Mosquito has, therefork tegVl
nr--4
laurels she lost in her previous matclC-with tilii,„l.4ite—.'
which the latter by superior tacticS•,,,if",pee stiff"l
sailing, won.
+.,, 'ft.--.2.

HERBERT'S PICTURE. OF " KING LEAR AND COBDE-
LIA."—Mr. Herbert, whose paintings are very highly
valued in Liverpool, has just forwarded here a work of .
great beauty. The scene pourtrayed in it taken from
that portion of Shakespeare's King Lear, in which the
poor old King is awaking to sanity in the presence of his
daughter Cordelia. The two principal pictures are repre-
sented in a tent, pitched on the cliffs of Dover, the vast
expanse of the scene beyond being seen, with the coast of
France, in the distance. The ph)s clan of the deposed
monarch is in the act of drawirg aside a curtain, as if to
admit the fresh air. All the incidents and details carry
out the ideas of the great dramatist ; and the picture is
skilfully painted. The figure and countenance of Corde-
lia, exhibiting the emotions of wonder and delight are
full of beauty ; and the raged monarch is still
regal in
bearing, and lineaments, even in his sad wreck. The
painting may be seen in the rooms of Mr. Herbert's bro-
ther, Ranelagh-street.

PATRICK SHERIDAN, aced thirty-two, of Greetham-
styeet, while in the act of heaving salt from a flat in the
King's Dock, on Saturday morning, suddenly fell down
dead.

my blo'
dim wit

lice winsi
t hastening.

THE BOWL

do I talk of Deatl
hantom of fleshles

,ee a thousan
treadful than

ntless sprites, Oro
axing round my be

. . .
Reflect, and pray, and
Ere your souls be snatch

'' 'lark and d

Ere alcohol had enslaved

n and worn,

With nose of th

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iii,ATURE

LITF

,et, Lond

s. New I

t at Mr. C. Mitche

1, addressed " to tt

Board of Health, on the Tot

Woolton. By R. Rawlinson, Es

sic, Szc
fi's, Re,

ship q

lowin

From this sanitary report we glean the fol

airy—April 2nd, 1852

4.—Situated four miles east of Liver-
land being about 293 feet above medium
le lowest about 100 feet above the same

level, and tl:

mark ; t
the val!e,

abstratum is new red sandstone, covered in

alluvium ; the prevailing winds are bet

ncl south, and the average fall of rain is 344 inches.
al Increase of Houses.—Rapid, and built without
Ith or comfort ; rows of cottages erected by
sts, who look for large returns, their object

:roved as many on as small a space as possible.
es are chiefly occupied by poor Irish, who over-
en to a dangerous degree. Many of these are
lodging-houses for tramps and vagrants; thirty

of whom (sexes not separated) will spend the night in an
apartment a'oout four yards square. Healthy respiration
requires nearly 1,000 cubic feet for each adult ; in these
there is not more than from 25 to 33 cubic feet for each

according to the number of inmates

1851, has E

(y.—Average of seven years, endim
ailed 30.79 per 1,000, an extraordinary rate
population at the census was 3,669. This mortulit3
of several European countries, e. g.

exceeds-

TABLE OF ANNUAL AVERAGE MORTALITY.
In England, 22 deaths to 1000 living.

France,

handle

1000
1000
1000
1000