The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-22 00:00:00

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That the value of rents will increase as the science of agri-
culture progresses, is but a natural consequence : still, if the
occupier increases his produce by such means, he injures not
the consumer by letting his landlord participate of it. But I
do not think it is fair to charge landlordst generally, wiih the
attempt to restore the price of wheat to war prices, or to
perpetuate proportionably high rents in time of peace. It is,
indeed, scarcely reasonable to expect them to reduce their
rents to the prices before the war, unless the burthens im-
posed upon them by tire expenses of it are, to a greater ex-
tent, removed. The multitude are not aware of the expenses
attending the possession of landed property. I was once
shown, by a large proprietor in North Wales, a statement of
the expenses on his estates, in repairs, agencies, &c., during
one year, which amounted to the immense sum of £13,000 !
This goes far to verify what the late Duchess of Gordon said
to a person who was magnifying the resources of her husband.
" Ali!" observed her grace, " you are little aware how a large
estate spends itself."—Nimrod on the Corn Laws.
SCENERY OF SWEDEN.—The ash, the black poplar, and
the plane, begin to relieve the landscape from the pointed out-
line of fir tops against the sky, although in all Swedish sce-
nery the latter are the characteristic feature. Every country
seems to have a scenery peculiar to itself ; at least people
distinctly recognise an Italian, a Dutch, a Highland, an
English landscape. The characteristic features in a Swedish
would be, this long, jagged, sky line of fir tops, a little lake
in the bottom enveloped in woods, and at one end a little
lively green spot of cultivation, studded with grey masses of
rocks and grey houses:of about the shape and size. The coun-
try being flat comparatively, its streams have not the same
run or liveliness, nor its breaks the same abruptness as in our
highlands, or in Wales, or Norway. Ruysdal's pictures would
find fewer prototypes than Kuyp's in Sweden. The soft
wooded scenery of these lakes, with the distant points and
islands swimminc, between the air and water, remind you
much of Kuyp's stylee of landscapes.—Laing's Sweden.
LORD STANLEY.—Lord Stanley is entitled to be styled an
orator. Till the last session, an acerbity of tone, a virulence
of manner. and unbecoming displays of temper, have marked
the noble lord's public speeches, whether delivered as a mem-
ber of the government, or from the opposition benches ; and
these bad qualities alone have prevented his taking that sta-
tion among modern orators to which he last session, by the
correction of former faults, proved himself to be worthy. As
a debater he has always been formidable ; his readiness of per-
ception, the quickness with which he seizes the weakest parts
in the arguments of his opponents, his happy method of re-
turning taunts levelled against himself, and the general ele-
gance of his language, added to the fluency with which he de-
livers himself, have long rendered him a valuable acquisition
in the discussions of the house. In his appeals to the feel-
ings he is most powerful, and in his complete overthrow of
the particular opponent whom he selects, he is unequalled.—
Dublin Review.

England's transmarine possessions are thus stated by Mr.
Montgomery Martin. :—The colonies of the British empire
have an area of 2,200,000 square miles, and a sea-coast of
20,000 nautical miles. Population 105,000,000, with an aver-
age of 50 mouths to the square mile ; of Lutherans and Cal-
vinists there are 800,000; of Dissenters 700,000 ; of Roman
Catholics, Greeks, Syrians, &c., 1,500,000 ; of Mahomedans
26,000,000 ; of Hindoos 75,000,000. The military strength
employed is 56,000 Europeans regulars ; 156,000 colonial
(coloured) regulars ; and 250,000 colonial militia (whites.)
The colonial revenues amount to £23,000,000 sterling ; the
civil and convict expenses defrayed by Great Britain to
225,000 ; the military to £1,800,000, and the total expendi-
ture of the colonies is therefore £25,000,000 sterling per
annum. The taxation averages 4s. 6d per head. The me-
tallic money circulating in the colonies is about £5,000,000,
and the paper money about £3,000,000. Maritime Commerce
of the Colonies—Exports £30,000,000 ; imports £25,000,000.
To Great Britain, exports £15,000,000 ; imports £10,000,000.
Total shipping annually in and out of colonial ports 8,000,000
tons, of which there are to and from Great Britain 3,000,000
tons. Vessels built in the colony from 1814 to 1837—Num-
ber 8,975 ; tonnage ,022,937. The property annually created
in the colonies is estimated at £400,000,000, and the value
of the property, moveable and immoveable, in the transmarine
possessions of the empire, in land, houses, stock. &c„ at
£2,500,000,000 sterling.

THE WHITE BREED OF CATTLE AT HAMILTON.—The
bulls are seldom ill-natured, but when they are so they dis-
play a disposition more than ordinary savage, cunning, per-
tinacious, and revengeful. A poor bird-catcher, when ex-
ercising his vocation among the " Old Oaks," as the park is
familiarly called, chanced to be attacked by a savage bull.
By great exertion he gained a tree before his antagonist
made up to him. Here he had occasion to observe the habits
of the animal. It did not roar or bellow, but merely grunted,
the whole body quivered with passion and savage rage, and
he frequently attacked the tree with his head and hoofs.—
Finding all to no purpose, he left off the vain attempt, began
to browse, and removed to some distance from the tree. The
bird-catcher tried to descend, but this watchful Cerberus was
again at his post ; and it was not till after six hours' impri-
sonment, and various bouts at " bo-peep" that the unfortu-
nate man was relieved by some shepherds with their dogs. A
writer's apprentice, who had been at the village of Quarter on
business, and who returned by the " Oaks" as a " nearhand
cut," was also sadly beleagured by one of these savage brutes.
He was attacked in a summer evening near the northern
extremity of the forest, was fortunate, however, in getting
into a tree, but was watched by the bull, and kept there
during the whole of the night, and till near two o'clock next
day.—Rev. TV. Patrick, in the Quarterly Journal of Agri-
culture.

ORIENTAL EASE.—The day of a rich Turk, or of one un-
encumbered by the toils of manual labour, is nearly as follows :
—He rises before day-light to pray ; takes a water-pipe or
argale ; afterwards smokes ten or a dozen common pipes,
with at least twenty cups of coffee ; dinner is served about
ten, and consists of a great variety of dishes : he will then sit
and smoke till six, when he sleeps, and at the close of day
retires to his harem, which is a house apart from his own—
for Turks and their wives have separate residences—or else
go home to his own bed. Nothing can be more monotonous
than ouch a life : but in this part of the empire, to those
seated at balconies all day, the beauty of the scenery and the
everchanging crowds of passengers beguile its tediousness.
The Turks never breakfast. Their usual dinner is soup,
then roast meat, then vegetables mixed with meat, and during
the time of serving they eat sweets of preserved apples, quin-
ces, and fruit jellies ; also meat and almond patties ; after-
wards come fowls, stuffed turkeys, fish, everything swimming
in butter : at the end of dinner the indispensible dish of rice
or pilau appears. Properly speaking, no dessert is taken,
but the Turks eat fruit, sallad, and sweet things during their
repast, which ended, they wash their hands, as knives and
forks are unknown, light their pipes, and take coffee. Sup-
per is a repetition of dinner ; water is their beverage, some-
times sherbet, or water and juice of preserved fruit mixed.
Hoshab consists of fruit stewed and served in the juice ;
amongst the rich eaten as a dessert, being served after din-
ner. It appears in a large glass vase, and each guest helps
himself. Great care is taken that no bread be trodden under
foot ; the aliments of men are sacred ; a Turk would not slay
an enemy if he surprised him drinking water.—The Shores
of the Mediterranean. By Frank Hall Standish, Esq.
AMUSING ACCOUNT OF JOHN KEMBLE'S MARRIAGE
One evening Mrs. Brereton addressed Mrs. Hopkins : "My
dear mother," she said, " I cannot guess what Mr. Kemble
means ; he passed me just now, going up to his dressing
room, and chucking me under the chin, said, ' Ha, Pop ! I
should not wonder if you were soon to hear of something
very much to your advantage.' What could he mean ? '
"Mean !" the sensible mother answered, "why he means to
propose marriage ; and, if lie does, I advise you not to refuse
him, you will not meet with a better offer." Thus the
matrimonial galley was launched ; and the voyage proceeded
rapidly, merrily, and to a joyous conclusion, although not
unmarked with some peculiar circumstances. When the
lady's consent was obtained, and the happy day fixed, Mr.
Kemble was living purely en garcon, the elegancies of female
life never thought on, in a lodging in Caroline-street, Bed-
ford Square. His intimacy with Jack Bannister, and the
true regard he felt for him, rendered it natural and easy to
request Mr. Bannister's attendance at the ceremony. This
was readily agreed to ; and on the appointed morning, the Bth
of December, Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Brereton presenting
themselves at Mr. Bannister's abode in Frith-street, they all
repaired to the bridegroom's dwelling. Whether he had been
late over-night, or whether, "dreaming of golden joys," he
had been unwilling to shorten his morning slumber, certain it
is, that when the ladies arrived, there was not the slightest
sign of preparation for breakfast. A number—they could not
be termed a set—of tea things at length appeared, the meal
was discussed, the parties reached the church in proper time,
and the ceremony was completed by an intimate friend of
Kemble, the well known parson Este. They were departing
in separate coaches, the gentlemen in one, the ladies in
another, when Mrs. Bannister said, "As you do not seem to
have made any preparations, suppose you dine with us ; but
as both Mrs. Kemble and Mr. Bannister play to-night,
the dinner must be early and punctual." This good natured
and considerate offer was readily accepted ; the ladies went
to Frith-street, and having waited to the utmost extremity of
time, were obliged to dine without the newly married man.
Bannister and Mrs. Kemble had departed before his arrival ;
dinner was served up again, and at a proper hour Mrs. Ban-
nister left him to his wine, expecting continually that he
would appear at the tea table, at last he did come, but not
until it was full time that he should escort his wife home
from the theatre. Thither he repaired in a hackney-coach ;
his wife popped in, and from that moment was installed
mistress of a new abode.—Adolphus's Memoirs of John
Bannister.