The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-03 00:00:00

COLERIDGE ON THE CORN-LAWS

The following extracts, showing the opinion on the corn-
laws of a man who thought, are worth volumes of declama-
tion from the shallow brains who now write on the subject :
"Those who argue that England may safely depend upon
a supply of foreign corn, if it grow no more or an insufficient
quantity of its own, forget that they are subjugating the ne-
cessaries of life itself to the mere luxuries and comforts of
society. Is it not certain that the price of corn abroad will
be raised upon us as soon as it it is made known that we must
buy ? And when that fact is known, in what sort of a situa-
tion shall we be ? Besides this, the argument supposes that
agriculture is not a positive good to the nation, taken in and
by itself, as a mode of existence
for the people, which suppo-
sition is false and pernicious ; and if we are to become a
great horde of manufacturers, shall we not, even more than
at present, excite the of all the manufacturers of other
nations ? It has been already shown, in evidence which is
before all the world, that some of our manufacturers have
acted upon the accursed principle of deliberately injuring
foreign manufacturers, if they can, even to the ultimate dis-
grace of the country, and loss to themselves.—Coleridge's
Table Talk, p. 297.
" It may be admitted that the great principles of commerce
require the interchange of commodities to be free ; but com-
merce, which is barter, has no proper range beyond luxuries
or conveniences ; it is properly the complement to the full
existence and development of a state. But how can it be
shown that the principles applicable to an interchange of con-
veniences or luxuries apply also to an interchange of 'teen-
caries ? No state can be such properly, which is not self-
subsistent at least ; for no state that is not so is essentially
independent. The nation that cannot even exist without the
commodity of another nation, is in effect the slave of that
other nation. In common times, indeed, pecuniary interest
will prevail, and prevent a ruinous exercise of that power
which the nation supplying the necessary must have over the
nation which has only the convenience or luxury to return ;
but such interest, both in individuals and nations, will yield
to many stronger passions. Is Holland any authority to the
contrary ? If so, Tyre and Sidon and Carthage were so !
Would you put England on a footing with a country which
can be overthrown in a campaign, and starved in a year ?"
p. 303.

LADIES' FASHIONS FOR AUGUST

(From the Magazine of Fashion.)

Materials of silk or worsted are now so varied and beau-
tiful, and also so moderate in price, that in Paris they are
more fashionable than the coloured muslins, or cotton manu-

factures, bareges, foulards, persanes, chine, &c., and a new
article imitating lace, lined with colours, with robes of
tarlatane in pink or blue, embroidered in white tambour, are
all fashionable at this moment, in consequence of the late
cold weather. Peignoirs of muslin lined with silk have been
slightly wadded, the wadding being placed between two
breadths of silks. Deep tucks are much in favour for
orgendys, tarlatanes, and uauslins ; but for gaze de lane,
cashmere, barege, and silk materials, two and three flounces
are preferred. Gimp trimmings continue to be used for
walking dresses and morning negliges. The newest corsage
is high, and full all over, with sleeves fulled their entire
length by means of runners ; the corsages a la Grecque and
en Gerbe are also worn.

Cannezous and fichus are made of plain newen bouillons,
with inlets ; high cannezous with long sleeves are made in
this style, the cannezous Camargo with long cords, em-
broidered, and the demi decollette with small sleeves ; and
the waist encircled by small basques trimmed with lace have
a pretty effect on the coloured skirts. Chernisettes of muslin
are plisse en guimpe, and finished with a niche. Scarfs con-
tinue in universal favour in Paris ; on account of the coldness
of the last month, muslin scarfs were lined with pink or blue
cachemere, and trimmed with fringe to correspond.
The cap a la_ Pompadour, with the lace drawn together on

the centre of the forehead, plain at the sides, forming wings
on the throat, with a bunch of pink daisies, green currants,
&c., on the left side, and rosette of pink gauze ribbon on the
other ; lace lappets intermixed with flowers ; the small pay-
sanne cap, and the pointe or half handkerchief a la fauchon
of pointe lace, placed very backward on the head, the ends
intermixed with flowers, form the newest style of cap at this
moment.

The youngest ladies now, even in the summer, adopt coif-
fures, a sort of medium between the coiffure of hair and the
cal), composed of lace, gauze, and ribbons. Bonnets do not
undergo much change at this season. Capotes of poult de
sole are ornamented with ruches, and sometimes covered
by a voilette of lace. The straight form is much in favour
either for poult de sole, bouillonne, embroidered organdys,
&c. Straw bonnets are used for morning wear, trimmed
with narrow bands of velvet laid on flat, sometimes confining
small lace veils ; the velvet ribbon is arranged in a line of
coques at the back of the bonnet. Pale blue gloves are all in
the fashion at Paris ; both long ones and mittens are made
in this shade, closing with a small double button called gita-
nos, united by a chain which admits of their hanging a little
beyond the button hole.

A return of the Post-office revenue has recently been pub-
lished, which exhibits the sums remitted to London from
each of the local Post-offices in 1840, the first year of the
penny postage. Amongst the principal are the following :
Birmingham £25,520 I Manchester.. £61,194
Bristol..
Hull 14,622 1 Sheffield
Leeds
Liverpool 76,627
The remittances from Edinburgh evidently embrace all
Scotland, as the table does not contain any other Scotch
town.

INCREASE IN RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—AII the railways
have shown a considerable augmentation of traffic since their
opening, but the following statement, perhaps, affords as re-
markable an instance of increasing business as any that can
be produced :

YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic for the week ending July 21, 1839
Ditto July 19, 1840
Ditto July 19, 1841
Though the railway was not opened throughout at the first
mentioned period it was at the second, when there was a di-
rect communication with London, Hull, Sheffield, Birming-
ham, &c. ; but notwithstanding the line was complete in
July, 1840, the traffic for the week in July, 1841, shows an
increase of upwards of 100 per cent.

MORE DISSENTERS.—A new sect, professing to be "An
Association of Christians, to promote the revival and spread
of Primitive Christianity," has recently sprung up at Brad-
ford. Its originators or founders are a Mr. Barker and a
Mr. Trotter, who have recently been expelled from the mi-
nistry of the new connexion of methodists, by the annual
assembly or conference of the members of that body, for
some trifling difference of opinion on doctrinal points be-
tween them and the conference. The disciples of the new
sect, in agreement with the principles of their leaders, pro-
fess to have no creed or code of laws but the New Testament.
They have engaged the Temperance Hall at Bradford, as a
temporary place of meeting and worship. Such is dissent.
'

FALMOUTH, JULY 29.—Her Majesty's packet the Ranger,
Lieutenant Turner, commander, arrived this morning from
Mexicn, having quitted Vera ruz 12th of June, Tampico
17th, and Havannah the 29th following. Freight 190,000
dollars. The only intelligence of moment which we have
been enabled to gather by this opportunity is, that a few
hours before the packet sailed from Vera Cruz, information
had reached that the city of Orizaba had pronounced for the
federation, and also for the abolition of the tobacco mono-
poly. Business continued very bad, and the Mexicans were
anxiously awaiting the result of 'a commission which had
been recently named at the capital, to communicate with the
minister regarding the removal of the increased " consume"
duty.

PROGRESS OF CHURCH PRINCIPLES.—EXTRACT OF A
LETTER FROM LONDON.—The good cause proceeds most
satisfactorily here. New churches rise in all directions.
- has with him two pious and accomplished young men,
who have left the Wesleyan Theological Institution, and are
preparing to receive orders in the church. The Bishop of
Toronto has just ordained two of the most able and eloquent
ministers of the same denomination in Canada, and one an
independent. The independent minister at Hereford is
seeking ordination, and has thrown up his meeting house.
A few months ago, the classical tutor of Homerton, Dr.
Pye Smith's own selected coadjutor, was introduced by -
to the Bishop of London, and has just been ordained under
very happy auspices. Only let the church pursue its course
with meekness and more will follow.

GREENLAND WHALE FISHERY.—RETURN OF ALL THE
BRITISH SHIPS.—The whole of the British ships have now
arrived at Peterhead from the Greenland whale fishery.
Five of them came into Peterhead harbour on the afternoon
and evening of Saturday last, and one of them on Sunday,
all having left the fishery about the 15th ult. We now sub-
join a statement of the total quantity of oil, in imperial
tuns, with the number of whales and seals brought by each
vessel ;

Seals _ ____
Mary
Eclipse
Traveller
Union 2 .. 1,402 .. 26
Commerce 1 .. 1,354 .. 21
Gleaner
Resolution 0 .. 1,430 .. 17
Joseph Green
Hannibal
Superior 2 .. 895 .. 18
Ranger
making in all, the quantity of oil imported from Greenland
into this country, 465 tuns, being the produce of 37 whales
and 18,969 seals, all caughtly Peterhead vessels, there hay.
lug been no other British ships at that fishing this season.
All the masters concur in stating, that an abundance of
whales, mostly all young ones, was seen during the season,
and that the weather continued most favourable ; but they
were prevented from making a more successful fishing in
consequence of the condition and situation of the ice.

Whales

Tuns Oil

A YOUTHFUL JACK SHEPHERD.—Yesterday morning a
lad, named Thomas Pearce, 13 years of age, made good his
escape from one of the cells of the Fleet-street police station,
under the following circumstances :—lt appears that great
complaints had lately been made by some of the shopkeepers
and neighbours of Bride-lane, Fleet-street, in consequence
of the annoyance they had experienced from the above de-
linquent, who, among others of the tricks which lie had ex-
ercised upon them, watched his opportunity, and when" the
course was clear" would suddenly rush into a shop and cap-
size everything that was upon the counter, and in some in-
stances strew upon the floor butter, red-herrings, bricks,
bread, cheese, &c., to the manifest discomfiture of the owner
thereof ; and he had hitherto succeeded in effecting his es-
cape. Yesterday, however, police constable Buckingham,
No. 315, who bad been on the watch for him, was fortunate
enough to capture him, just as he had been amusing himself
by breaking some of the windows of the National School in
the above lane, and conveyed him to the station-house, where
lie was placed in the inner cell (which was supposed to be
the most secure,) preparatory to his being taken before a
magistrate. The station clerk, however, according to cus-
tom, visited the cell about an hour afterwards for the purpose
of seeing that " all was right," when, to his astonishment and
dismay, he discovered that the " bird had flown," and on ex-
amination of the cell it was ascertained that he had managed
to sqeeze his body through the bars which were over the cell-
door, and then, quietly dropping himself from them into the
passage, gained the court in which the station-house is situ-
ate, and so passed unobserved into the street. It appears
that a chimneysweeper a short time since managed to creep
out of the same cell in a similar manner. He, however, was
not quite so fortunate, as he was caught just as he was about
to pass the threshold of the door of the station-house.—
London Paper,
DIABOLICALATTEMPT TO SET FIRE TO THIRSK CHURCH.
—On Wednesday morning week, the clerk proceeded to the
church, to ring the six-o'clock bell ; after unlocking the door,
he found he could not gain admittance, it being .bolted in-
side ; and, as he was last in the church the previous evening,
and locked the door himself, he immediately suspected that
some person had, during the night, broken into and robbed
it ; he then proceeded to examine the windows, but all was
secure. On passing the back door, he thought he would try
that, and it gave way on his pushing against it. He then
proceeded round the church, and found every thing safe, but
a strong smell of burned wood prevailed all about ; he looked
into the stoves, and in various places, but could find nothing
to satisfy him. After ringing the bell, he returned home ;
but, previous to the commencement of morning prayers, he
returned again, determined to make a more rigid search ;
and, examining unlideedristchoevesrteadirsthlaetadtiwnog
steopatrhaetesefiartesohfaJd.
Bell,been kindled,Esq M.P.,one of them under the first stair or step, the
second about two feet higher, by placing a large pan from
one of the stoves upon some flags ; but, fortunately, the
kindling not being sufficiently powerful to set fire to the
beams under which they were placed, had only partially
burned them, and then expired. The incendiary, in order
to kindle the fire, had broken up the beadle's wand, and a
rake, which he had got from the belfry, mats, &c., portions
of which are left unconsumed ; and, in order to increase the
fire, he had brought a bench from the altar table, and placed
it upon the stairs. Had the diabolical plan succeeded, the
fire would immediately have communicated to the organ
gallery, and no doubt the whole of this fine ancient fabric
would have been consumed, as there would have been no
means of arresting the flames ; for there is no fire engine in
the place.

,IIEr:---GAr:eit11:esuCpehriicnhteesntder_
the
ICottitheiunmstasTnnt
eat of police, brought up in custody two respectable-looking
men, who had surrendered themselves to him the • I
couEnxtTyßbAe°nitchD,lNonAr
n previous
evening, under the following circumstances. Their state-
ment to Mr. Gr-en was to this effect :—" Through our own
gaiety, we are become at variance with our
friends, and, con-
sequently, are thrown on our own resources, and having no
characters we can obtain no situations ; and being reduced
to a state of starvation, we, about one o'clock this morning,
killed a lamb in a field near this city, and we come now vo-
luntarily to give ourselves up to the police, with a view to our
obtaining transportation for the offence,
Mr. Green stated
that he went to the field pointed out by the prisoners, and
there found a lamb, the property of Mr. White, killed. The
names the prisoners gave were Henry Parker and Richard
Johnson : their statement, they said, was perfectly correct,
with the exception of their names, which were fictitious.
The magistrates, after consulting together, determined on
remanding them till the following Saturday ; upon which
Parker earnestly and respectfully implored the bench to
commit them at once for the offence, " for," said he, " if we
are set at liberty, we shall be compelled to commit some
other offence to insure our being sent out of the country,"
On Saturday last, the prisoners were again brought up, when
the evidence was gone fully into, and they were committed
to Lewes to take their trial at the neat assizes.

BODY OF A SUSPECTED MURDERER FOUND.—OD Sab-
bath morning last, the body of a man was washed ashore at
Rockport, supposed to be that of the person who lately
leaped overboard from the Aurora steamer, in Belfast Lough,
while on her passage from Glasgow. The flesh of the face,
and of the entire skull, as well as both hands, had been strip-
ped off by the monsters of the deep, so that identification by
the features of the countenance was impossible. The de-
ceased was dressed in a white fustian jacket, with mother-
o'-pearl buttons, white fustian trousers, and black cravat.
His shoes were old and patched. In his pockets were
several jets for gas-burners, small pliers, and other articles
used in gas-fitting, together with a copy of a song, apparently
cut out of a newspaper. From the sinewy appearance of the
limbs, it is thought the suicide cannot have been more than
thirty years of age; and it is farther conjectured that his
name was Hume, and that he was driven to the commission
of the act of self-destruction by the fear of apprehension on a
charge of being concerned in the murder of a hatter at Glas-
gow.—Belfavt Whig.
SHAMELESS OUTRAGE IN A CHURCH.--Three young
men, all respectably connected, went, on Sunday, the 11th
instant, to Blackpool, and after spending some time there
proceeded to Poulton, and whilst the evening church service
was being performed, had the daring effrontery to enter the
sacred building with their hats on, (which they did not
afterwards remove) and take possession of a pew, when,
shocking to relate, they in the most deliberately audacious
manner each began and continued to smoke a cigar. The
Rev. Mr. Townley, curate, was proceeding with his sermon
at the time, but was so overpowered by the gross outrage
committed, as to compel him abruptly to conclyde the dis-
course and leave the church, and his example vias imitated
by the congregation. Surely some course will be adopted
to convince these offenders that such conduct must not pass
with impunity.
•
CHURCH EXTENSION.—We are glad to learn that a church,
to contain one thousand sittings, half of which are to be free,
will shortly be erected within the township of Hulme. The
land purchased for the site is adjacent to the new road, and
immediately opposite to the Union Poor-house. We know
of no district in which additional church accommodation is
more required. The cost of erecting the church, and an
endowment of £l,OOO, will be supplied from a fund placed at
the disposal of the dean and canons for that purpose, by the
pious munificence of one individual. We are also rejoiced
to find, that sites are fixed upon for two other churches; one
in Granby-row, opposite the National School, and the other
at Red Bank : one (if not both) of these churches will be
commenced, we believe, during the ensuing autumn. The
Manchester and Eccles Church Building Society is to under-
take their erection, and will also supply the endowment.—
Manchester Courier.

CURIOUS ELOPEMENT TO CANTERBURY.—Some interest
has been excited in this city during the last few days, by the
report of a young lady, about 18 years of age, and very re-
spectably connected, having eloped from her father's resi-
dence in. London, and taken refuge in a lodging-house in this
city. It appears that she had left home last week very un-
expectedly, throwing her family into the utmost distress by
her abrupt and unaccountable departure, and the more so
because no clue could be discovered as to the direction she
had taken. She came from town by a Margate steamer, and
having taken up her abode here, her superior accomplish-
ments and elegant dress excited the attention of her landlady,
who discovered whence she had come, and immediately con-
veyed the intelligence of her retreat to her distressed rela-
tives, who came hither on Monday last in quest of her. But
the young lady, having found that her retreat was no longer
concealed, was in the act of making her way out of the town,
when she was espied by her relatives (het father and brothers),
and she ran away towards Sturry. A nimble runner gave
chase, but he could not come up to her before she arrived in
that village, where she was obliged to give in from exhaus-
tion. The speed with which she travelled over the ground is
almost incredible. The man who pursued her is considered
an excellent runner ; but it appears probable that had it not
been for his superior strength to undergo the chase, he could
scarcely have hoped to gain his object. The result of her
capture was, that she was restored to her relatives, but she
persisted in refusing to return home with them, and they
were compelled to leave her in charge of some persons in this
city, though not without experiencing the most poignant
grief. No cause can be assigned for her leaving home, ex-
cepting that she is subject to mental aberration. It is for-
tunate that her friends so soon gained tidings of her conceal-
ment, or she might have fallen into the haunts of infamy,
especially as she was totally destitute of pecuniary resources,
and an entire stranger to this part. It does not appear that
she has formed any acquaintance since she left home, be-
yond that of the people in whose house she had sought an
asylum.—Kentish Observer.

LORD FORTESCUE AND THE REPEALERS.—The Rev. Mr.
Reade, the curate of Clonsillagh, having voted for the repeal
candidate for the city of Dublin, has, met his reward at the
hands of Earl Fortescue, who has been graciously pleased to
promote the rev. gentleman to the rectory of Clontarf. What
has become of Lord Ebrington's celebrated manifesto against
repealers and the supporters of repeal ? Or does his Excel-
lency conceive that Earl Fortescue is not bound to " tread in
the footsteps" of Viscount Ebrington ?
ADMIRAL STOPFORD.—The dinner to Sir Robert Stopford,
at Portsmouth, will take place at five o'clock on Thursday
next, at the Society's-hall, when it is expected many noble-
men and gentlemen will be present. Among whom there will
be the Marquis of Anglesey, Earls Hardwicke and Sandwich,
Viscount Sydney, the members of the county and borough,
the heads of various naval, military, and civil departments,
Commodore Sir C. Napier, the captains of all the ships who
commanded at Acre, &c. Nearly the whole of the tickets
are disposed of, and the arrangements will be on a magnificent
scale.

THE LATEST GOVERNMENT JOB.—Alderman J. S.
Fleming has resigned his appointment as Chief Magistrate
of Police, Dublin, to which he has been only a few months
promoted, receiving the full retiring pension, in order to
create a berth for a partisan of the outgoing Government ;
and, accordingly, Mr. Newel Barron, a relative of the re-
jected of Waterford city, is pitchforked into the vacancy thus
effected in the magisterial bench. Alderman Fleming was a
most efficient and active magistrate, and in every way com-
petent to the discharge of his official duties. Mr. Hitchcock
has also been induced to send in his resignation, on the pro-
mise of receiving the full pension; and thus a second vacancy
on the bench is left at the disposal of Government, for the
acceptance of some hungry retainer grown sick with " hope
deferred."

THE REPEAL ASSOCIATIO yOTonnell, calculating
„
on the probability of Sir. ert- eel taking active measures
towards suppressing that intolerable nuisance the repeal asso-
ciation, thus delivers himself, through the fostering agency
of Mr. Richard Barrett, editor of the Pilot newspaper :
" The suppression of the only vent for wants and grievances
would be met by expedients which the law could not reach.
The law could not reach those who did not choose to consume
English manufactures. The law could not prevent an instant
run on the savings' bank. The law could not reach them for
demanding gold. The law could not reach their dislike for
entering the army or navy, or their determination not to shed
their blood for a nation which refused right and crushed dis-
cussion. There would be no occasion to invite foreign aid in
such a state of things. The act which would extinguish the
repeal association would, in itself, be a proclamation to all
the hostile nations of the earth." The poor old gentleman
is really demented.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1

N.N.W. moderate

ARRIVICD.—Jessie Miller, —, from Dalhousie—Traveller,
from Trieste—Gregory Bogosloff, —. from St. Peters.
burg—Alexander, Leeds, from Charleston.

Vessels passed the Sound for Liverpool.
July 13, Navigator, Schlor, from Stettin, with wheat.
16, Courser, Alward, from St. Petersburg, with tallow.
16, Ceres, Kraul, from Wismar, with wheat.
17, Medea, Kroyerus, from Uleaborg, with timber.
19, Selina, Dotloff, from Danzic, do
19, Susanne Wilhelm, Pencke, from Danzic, with wheat
19, Prederiche, Haefcke, do do
19, Atalante, Neuman, from Stettin, do

MONDAY, AunUST 2.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W. light.
ARRIVED.—RoyaI Mint, Seawright, from Jamaica—and Alida,
Jonker, from Dordt.
Sims:D.—George, Hanley, for Quebec—United States, Britton,
for New York—Constancia, Harvey, for Dordt—Pampero, Roberts,
for Monte Video—Red Rover, Rosso, for Malta, &c.—Mary, Wheel-
wright, for St. Thomas—Renfrewshire, Burns, for Quebec—Fre-
heit, Meyer, for Lubeck—William, Clouston, and Catherine, Caith-
ness, for St. Petersburg—Neptune, Kitt°. for Newfoundland—
Grace, Pearson, for St. John, N.B.—lntrepid. Leaper, for Richi-
bucto—Rainbow, Arnold, and Banffshire, M'Kenzie, for Quebec—
Glasgow, Barker, for New York—Ellen German, Cumming, for
Laguira—George Canning, Kidd, for St. Petersburg—Nerio, Jarvis,
for Leghorn—Delaware, Patten, for Boston—Patriot, Sawbridge,
for Messina—Fanny, Crowell, for New Orleans—Mary Ann, Hun-
ter, for Montreal—Nais, Easton, for Almeira—Queen of the Ocean,
Tilley, for Quebec—Heinrich, Kraeft, for Stettin—Cumberland,
Power, for Quebec—Jacobina, Boutke, for Groningen—and Samson,
Butcher, for Trieste.

Rhode Island, -, hence at Savannah

...... .
Rockshire, hence to Quebec, was spoken 30th J ,in king. 10
Crescent, Rider, from Gibraltar for Liverpool, at adiz
Tarujo 2do, Palha, and Tagus, M'Farlane, hence Lisbon
, Maria Oliveira, hence at Oporto

Calista, Manger, from Honduras, off the Cove

Mor.rTg VIDRO, May s.—The schooner Mary Ann, (whaler,)
arrived here a few days ago, with a cargo of damaged goods
saved from the Gladstone, which vessel she found stranded and
abandoned near Cape Horn. Mem.—The derelict from which the
goods were saved, was no doubt the Galston, from Liverpool to
Valparaiso and Mazatlan, that was wrecked near Cape Horn 2nd
October

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING
(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA

Spinster, W Colquhoun, 161 Barbadoes, Rose & Co
Alert, S Rarr, 230 Jamaica, Coteswoith & Wynx:e
SOUTH AMERICA.
_ _

Hope, V Roberts,

211 Rio Janeiro, Imaie & Tomlinson

UNITED STATES.

Oceanus, S J Bournes,

473 Boston,

J Barff & C

BRITISH AMERICA.
Conqueror, N M'Auley. 661 Quebec, Ainey, Catto & C.

EUROPE.
Jane & Eliza, J Richards, 102 Rotterdam and Amsterdam

Bahr, Belirend & CI
13osphortts, J Liddle, 344 St. Petersburg, H Smith & C
Deemster, W B Scott, 263 Bourdeauk and Mauritius,

Jubilee, W Anderson,

• Chapman & Wil
235 Constantinople and Odessa,

Bahr, Behrend & Co
Perseverance, J Monnot, 120' Ostend, J Johnstone
Frances, H C Delpierre, li 1 Ostend, J Johnstone
Eglantine, A Howe, 101 Pillau, H Smith &Co
Chace, W Powell, 94 Bilboa, Wood & Ritson