The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

DONCASTER.

The note of preparation for the forthcoming imposing scene
has already sounded. That the attractions are by no means
diminished, a slight reference to the list will satisfactorily
prove. That the week will be one of great splendour, there
are many gratifying indications. Without dwelling, at pre-
sent, upon the large number of the prizes which the list pre-
sents, including the sum subscribed by the Town-council, it
is sufficient to say, that, the competition for the St. Leger
wilt be very severe. The cup prize is au extremely elegant
piece of workmanship. The celebrated Irish horse, Hark-
away, which we see by the iorkshireman, has been purchased
by Lord George Bentinck for the sum of £5,000, will be op-
posed by the stoutest English horses; and a contest will en-
sue, which, in point of speed, will rival the trial when Lot-
tery carried off the Londonderry cup,--,a, trial, which, at the
time, was deemed of such a character that its like would
never be again witnessed. ,Nor are exertions spared to ensure
not only the safety of the horses during running, but the se-
curity of the spectators. In older to prevent the possibility
of a recurrence of an accident similar to what heel Epirus
during the hist St. Leger race, a line of rails has been formed
from the Fitzwilliam starting-post to the Middle of the rise of
the hill. The turn, too, opposite the T. Y. C. post, has been
also rendered secure in the same manner, as well as the turn
near the Red House, opposite the Champagne starting-post,
extending from thence to the cross-roads, in the direction of
the white rails. The safety of the horses, at these points, is
thus effectually secured. the inquiries for lodgings continue
to be made: and those which are already engaged embrace
the names of the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Earl
of Chesterfield and a large party, Lord George Bentinck and
party, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Hon. G. Payne, Colonel Peel,
Colonel Anson, Sir F. Holyoake Goodricke, Bait., Christo-
pher Wilson, Esq., the father of the turf, who, we under-
stand, will be accompanied by Mrs.- Wilson, C. C.-Grevilie,
Esq., G. L. Fox, Esq.,_ ALP., and a Rage party, 'l'. H.
Cookes, Esq., Prince Hollenburg and suite, Count Tolstoy,
Colonel Hawker and party, the officers from the York, Shef-
field, and Leeds barracks, &c., &c. In short, there is every
reason to warrant the assertion, that the meeting will be one
of the greatest splendour.—Leeds Intelligeneer.

A HEALTHY VILLAGE.—There are at present residing in
the village of Ochiltree six men, whose united ages amount
to 534. The oldest of them has now entered his 93rd year;
his judgment his sound, and his memory tenacious.—Ayr
Advertiser.

AN AMERICAN EDITOR'S OPINION OF LIVERPOOL.—Li-
verpool resembles New York more than any other city I
have yet seen in Europe. More beautiful females walk the
streets here than you you can see in London. * Bristol
never can compete with Liverpool. They may get as many
steamers as will bridge the milky way, or go to ihe moon,
but. Bristol will never be any thing else than one of the ports
of London. Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and all
the surrounding towns form one city, nearly as closely united
as the different ends of London are. I can go from Liver-
pool to Manchester nearly as soon as I can get from one end
of London to the other. England is the heart of the com-
mercial world—London is one of its ventricles and Liverpool
the other. Nothing can change this state of•things. •
During my sojourn in Liverpool the editors have been very
attentive to me—particularly the venerable Egerton Smith,
of the Mercury, to whorria bad no letter at all. * &tilt is
expected here to-rnorroilF. They give him a dinner in the
Town.llail. I am promised an invitation to dinner, and if
I remain I will go. My friend Webb (Mr. Webb is editor
of the New York Courier) returns in the Great Western. Up
to her sailing for this side, I see he has written nothing.
How could he? He is all belly—no mind. He has been
eating, drinking, and carousing all over France and Eng-
land—l have been engaged in other pursuits—N'lmporre—l
got an admission for him to Westminster Abbey, and I am
glad he saw the coronation.—Mr. Bennett's Letters in the
New York Herald.

Ma. ROscoE.--I-le has in some respects one of the most re
markable persons that have of late years appeared in either the
political or the literary world. Born in the most humble sta-
tion, for his parents were menial servants in the fine country
mansion which afterwards was his own, he had risen to the
highest rank in a laborious and useful profession, having be-
come one of the most eminent of the Lancashire solicitors—
a class of practitioners distinguished among those of the king-
dom at large by great knowledge of their profession, and ad-
mirable skill in the conduct of their clients' affairs. Strug-
gling with all the disadvantages of narrow circumstances,
and of an education necessarily restricted, he had not only
accomplished himself in the legal walks of his profession, but
educated himself in more classical studies, as as to have be-
come a great proficient in pursuits seldom if ever before com-
bined with the practice of an attorney. His taste was culti-
vated and refined by familiarity with Roman literature, and
his mind was still farther enriched by a thorough acquaintance
with the monuments of Italian genius. He devoted himself,
notwithstanding the constant interruption of his business, to
the study of all modern, as well as of Latin poetry • and, with
the rare exception of Mr. Mathias, it may be affirmed, that
no one on this side the Alps has ever been more intimately
acquainted with the writers, especially the poets, of modern
Italy. The natural elegance of his mind, connected in a
great measure with his honest simplicity of character, and
the unruffled gentleness of his bland and kindly temper, was
soon displayed in some poetical productions, among which his
celebrated song on the early progress of the French Revolu-
tion acquired the greatest reputation. Although it is by the
productions of his pen, that Mrstloscoe's name has been made
famous throughout Europe, yet were his merits and his claims
to the gratitude of mankind of a more various kind. An ar-
dent devotion, from pure principle, to the best interests of hu-
manity,lic conduct, as the most strict discharge of every .
each step of his walk in-life. A solicitor in extensive prac-
tice, was the unvarying and the constant guiddeoott:
hism a rpkuti:d-
he was the advocate of all sound law reform. An attor-
ney in the borough courts, he was the stern uncompromising
oppressed
A man of business under a wealthy and powerful corporation,
he was ever the implacable denouncer of jobs and abuSes. A.
confidential adviser among the aristocracy of the most tory
county in England, he was the most uncompromising enemy
of tyranny, the friend of the people, the apostle of even de-
mocratic opinions. Ar leader among the parties who most
gained by the war, he was, throughout its whole course, the
zealous preacher of peace; and standing high amongst the
traders of Liverpool, and at the head of its society, be was the
unflinching enemy of the African slave trade, the enthusias-
tic advocate of its abolition. When lie rose in fame, and
throve in wealth—when he became one of the great bankers
of the place, and was courted by all the leading men in its so-
ciety—when his fame was spread over the world, and his na-
tive town became known in many remote places, as having
given him birth—when hc.was chosen to represent her in par-
liament, and associated with the first statesmen of the age, this
truly excellent person's unaffected modesty, his primitive
simplicity of manners, never deserted bun. As his rise
• in life ise:si been rapid and easy, he bore his good fortune .with
an equal mind; and when the commercial distresses of the
country involved his affairs in ruin, the clouds which over-
cast the evening of his days, disturbed not the serenity of his
mind; the firmness which could maintain itself against the
gales of prosperity,
.found the storms of adverse fortune,
though more boisterous, mesh louder in their noise,. yet not
at alt deceitful, and really less rude in their shock. .His lat-
ter years were passed in his much loved literary leisure—con-
solid by the kindness of his, friends—happy in the bosom of
his amiable fatuity—universally, respected by his countrymen
—by all the wise admired—beloved by all the good.—Lord
Brougham, "Save us from our friends."