The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

The Duke's body still lies in Walmer Castle, and will
probably remain there for some time to come.
As soon as the tradesmen's bills have been finally ar-
ranged, the butler will leave Walmer, and Mr. Kendal,
the late Duke's valet, will take his place. We understand
that applicatio-ns of all sorts have poured in upon Mr.
Kendal for the last few days, some for permission to view
the coffin and the room, many to obtain at any cost a
small portion of his Grace's hair to set in lockets, as me-
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guineas for the camp bedstead, and another expressed
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line in the field of Waterloo, and beside which the Duke
took his stand for some hours on that memorable day.
Upon Lord Brougham it is conjectured the melancholy
duty will devolve upon pronouncing his eulogium when
Parliament re-assembles, and due honour will thus be
paid to the memory and deeds of the illustrious Duke by
one of the greatest orators of the day.

ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH.—This fine
)pened en Sunday, when the claims of
k..qylum were pleaded before a crowded.

highly respe
iclencon Broot

ad his Worship
r. Wm. Forbes 7

Amongst those present w(
Mayor, the Mayoress and d
kenzie, Esq., M.P , Charles '1
Brown, Esq., M.P., and a number of our leadin
chants. A collection was aftcrm
the handsome sum of £59 10s.
readers to pay a visit to this

MR. TIIACKERAY'S LECTUI
.—This distinguished nc
lectures on " the humorous vs

Inesday last, selecting Swi
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tion. Mr. Thackeray is known t
taste, not only by his inimitable wt
" Vanity Fair," not to speak o
Punch, but by his lectures, vvhicl
successful in the metroplis ; and o
that the Philharmonic Hall would
g I the occasion of his visit here, but

not so. The public surely do not al
treat ; but they have yet an oppo
lectures are to be delivered,

Ite this literarit

airfour

t in cheap

enterprise—remuneration—follows on tne attempt,
it will certainly have marked a new era in publish-
ing; as it applies to more permanent literature the
advantages of woodcut illus
firm

foa T

book on " Our Iron

Bononu

interesting of the da

rations which the same

applied to current even
Mr. Williams

is one of the series in

Sydney's Aug-

and, considerir

railroad matters are in the domain of literature
Mr. Williams has performed his task very well
The volume, which is profusely illustrated, describe:

in a light and anecdotical manner the rise and pro-
gress of the railway system. He gives us a rapid
sketch of it practically and theoretically, passing

from shares to landscapes, from " old school "
opposition to all railroads to the most recent theo-
ries as to their still further acceleration and exten-
sion. In one page we have a history of a landslip,
and in another of a panic; here the breaking up of
schemes by slashing leading articles, and there the
chasing of surveyors by indignant Squire Westerns.
The book is exceedingly amusing and instructive,
on a subject supposed to be so very unpoetical;

and reminds us a good deal of Francis's work upon
the Bank of England and the Stock Exchange.
It is a mark of the new phase of literature into
which we are entering, and which will probably be
as characteristic of the next age as the Arcadia of
Sydney was of that of Queen Elizabeth, or Shen-
stone's Shepherdesses of the time of Anne.

On the Culture and Commerce of Cotton in India
and Elsewhere; with an Account of the Experi-
ments made by the Hon. East India Company up
to the present time. By J. Forbes Royle, M.D.,
F.R.S. London : Smith, Elder, and Co.

We have given much time and attention to the
perusal of this treatise, feeling assured, from the
commencement, that the high attainments and
advantageous position of Dr. Royle warranted us
in expecting much valuable information. We have
not been disappointed; for we find not merely a
treatise upon cotton culture, but a complete com-
mercial, statistical, and botanical history of this
plant, which, in its importance to man, is second
only to those which furnish the breadstuffs of
commerce. Dr. Royle dwells chiefly upon the his-
tory of the cotton trade and culture ; and, by a
careful collation of facts from the most authentic
sources, he shows all the causes which operate
against the improvement and extension of this im-
portant branch of our Indian commerce. He also
gives full particulars of the attempts made to culti-
vate the improved varieties of American cotton in
India, and investigates the physical and other causes
which have operated against the success of the
experiments. The ample means placed at the dis-
posal of the author, by the Hon. East India Com-
pany, have enabled him to make this portion of the
work all that could be wished. Dr. Royle's own
attainments, as a scientific botanist, have been of
infinite value in enabling him to throw light upon
the history of the plant itself, over which much
obscurity still hangs ; like all other much cultivated
plants, it has sported into such numerous varieties
that it has become a task of extraordinary difficulty
to distinguish all the species. Dr. Roxburgh
studied this matter for thirty years ; it also engaged
the attention of several highly eminent men, as
Linnaeus, Lemarck, Poiret, De Candolle, Von Rohr,
Bennet, Badier, Wight, Arnott, and many others.
Dr. Royle has examined most of the varieties him-
self, and has added very much valuable information
upon this important subject. Appended to the
work, is a classified list of the raw products of
India, as exhibited at the Great Industrial Exhibi-
tion. Altogether, this work forms a volume of the
greatest interest, both to the merchant and the man
of science.

Parks and Pleasure Grounds. By Charles H. J

Smith. London : Reeve and Co

The art of landscape gardening has not given
rise to many treatises upon its principles ; but those
which have been published are of a very superior
character, rendering it a difficult task to produce
any work of sufficient metit to rank with those of
Brown, Repton, Wheatley, Gilpin, Sir Uvedale
Price, and Kemp. We have, however, in the volume
before us, by far the most practical essay on land-
scape gardening ever yet produced. In describing
the characters and requirements of the various
descriptions of ornamental ground, Mr. Smith has
happily chosen language so plain, and rules so
simple, that he leaves nothing to be wished for.
In choosing trees for planting, which constitutes so
important a feature in landscapes, this author has
done more than all his predecessors, as he has not
only classified them according to size and form, but
also that most essential character—the colour of
foliage. The information respecting the pinetunz is
very complete, describing every available species,
including even the new ones lately introduced by
Fortune and others. This part of the book will
supply a great desideratum to the lovers of conifera.