The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

THE CROPS AND THE WEATHER

The most gratifying accounts have appeared in the
papers during the past week of the unusually rapid pro-
gress of vegetation, and, with scarcely one exception, of
the health and luxuriance of the whole of the crops,
throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, and we may
add, Europe. We can vouch for the fact, too, that our
own immediate agricultural districts are resplendent with
all that in verdure or bloom can gratify the eye, or give
promise of an abundant return to the husbandman and
horticulturist. The weather has been generally sultry,
and seldom under the temperature of summer heat, with
genial and repeated showers of rain, which, with the in-
tervening ardent sunshine, have amazingly promoted the
rapid growth and strength of vegetation in field and
garden. The landscape, wherever the eye is directed,
presents a charming picture, even the lane sides and
ditches being adorned in profusion with herbage, and
wild flowers, and plants, of a height and strength rarely
witnessed. _ _ _ , . .

A great portion of the hay has already been got in, in
excellent condition, and the crop generally is heavy, and
of fine quality. The haymakers are still busily at work,
and their final labours will be on the cold-bottomed
fields where the grass is not yet quite ripe for the scythe.
The stacks will be large, and the price of the article will
no doubt drop. The wheats are advanced in ear, and the
plant of extraordinary height and strength. Ve have
also seen some splendid fields of oats, surpassing indeed
any we remember to have seen. Barley in some
.at he has neither had opportunity to mature or parts, is not so promising, but may, on the whole,
to produce his more important measures. There is amount to an average crop. The potatoes, notwithstand-
something, however, in the system upon which par- ing all the croakings of alarmists, are excellent and excel-
liamentary business is conducted, which is conti- cleonintiinngqounaliintyp;rowp eolit:iatshteo etairmlieer
and,orts .as Ty
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nually causing such failures and retarding the pro- eormti
show no symptoms of disease beyond what might be here
gress of useful legislation. Every successive go- and there observable in the best seasons for this root.
vernment, of late years, has been enlarging its Turnips and mangels look very well, as do pease and
control over the business, or what we may call the beans, especially the former, which will certainly be
artistic department of legislation. The govern- awbhuenrdeaantta.li
attended
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growth of
ment now must originate everything of greater weed, and destroy insects, will) amply repay the culti-
importance than a railway, or an enclosure bill, vators. Our markets are well supplied with fruits and
whilst private members, on the ministerial or on vegetables in season, at moderate prices. From all
the opposition benches, are merely idle spectators, quarters, the accounts are equally cheering, including the
permitted to originate motions only which lead to continents
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nothing beyond the waste of a few nights of public which, •in the south, (it will be found by another Para-
time, • Does any honourable member not endowed graph,) several persons lost their lives, and a considerable
with the prescriptive wisdom which is fabled to number of houses, &c., were burnt down. The air was
reside exclusively in Downing-street, venture to charged in many parts with electric matter, but we do not
give notice of a bill having any generalearng
hearing that it has injured the crops in any direction. The
upon the interests of the nation some minister atmosphere is still (Monday night) sultry, with some ap-
,
rises forthwith in his seat, and assures the house pearance of rain.

John Russell is concerned, the Cause of the failure
of this and others of his more important bills in
the present session is, that he has undertaken, as
has been his invariable practice, too much. He has
fastened his hands with so many small matters,
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that the government " have the subject under their
consideration, and will shortly be enabled to intro-
The Royal mail steam-ship Cambria was expected yester-
day (Monday), but will not be more than due, should she
duce a bill," The member in question may haye
come up this day.

. _
devoted to the subject the attention of years ; he I s—iiEATH or A CLERK IN THE PARISH OFFICE.—We
may have a practical acquaintance with all its regret to learn that another of our efficient staff of clerks
details. But the members of the administration employed in the parish office has fallen a victim to the
are supposed to know everything by instinct, and fearful epidemic which still rages in town. The gentle-
man to whom we allude—Mr. Irwin—was well known to
aspire to be the authors of every measure pro- a large circle of friends, by whom he was highly esteemed.
pounded to parliament. Accordingly, at the end MEETING OF MAGISTRATES YESTERDAY.—TRANSMI-
of the session, or when the time of the house is GRATION OF PAUPERS.—A meeting of the borough ma-
already fully occupied, some crudely drawn up bill gistrates was held yesterday, at the Sessions Court, to
is laid upon the table, read a first or a second time, taawkeainnttiovcarrasnideerait3iiiiTs the oper
ations otfratnhsemingerwatiopnooro-f
and then withdrawn as impracticable, to be intro- Irish paupers ; byut as the meeting was private, we have
duced next session in an improved form, or, in all not learned the result of their worships' deliberations.
probability, never to be thought about again. AWFUL EFFECTS OF THE HOT WEATHER.—It was
Suppose, however, that some member is hardy remarked, at Wednesday's Council, that "it was thought
enough to push a measure, which he esteems of thate d thei c peopleof
Commissioners,London wßldutblietecls"nfoowr tasheeeßirlfnened
importance, and of which he conceives that he has that they will not bleed." How could it be expected,
perfected the details, he is reminded one day that when people everywhere are perspiring so much ? Sub-
government business must take precedence ; when miffing to be bled, in such weather as this, would be
he selects a vacant day, there is sure to be some almost suicidal.
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obstacle or other intervened—a question asked by nightlAuelfNFGrilla.OßßjleuYlmN
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some government dedendent, to which a minister and Co., tailoyrs, and drapers, of 51, Castle-street, were
takes the opportunity of replying in a two hours' entered, and property to the value, as is supposed, of about
speech, which is so framed as to provoke a debate £4O was carried off. The thieves effected an entrance
by which the night is consumed. As the last through a narrow passage in Harrington-street, which
resource, there is the counting-out process. leads to the back doors of the premises, and they got into
the shop by forcing open the doors with an instrument
If we are to get through any legislation at all in called a " jemmy." The whole of the property stolen has
future years, with the increasing mass of private not yet been ascertained. A reward of £5 is offered for
business, which railway and other bills create, the apprehension of the thieves, and the recovery of the
and of government bills, with which Ireland will property, but no clue has yet been obtained to either.
for some time, and until her social condition held ri
onCORONERSe bocly o?:)außciTli.l—d,AwnEinglewsatsWfacru,
found in yesterday,
is improved, abundantly supply us, we must dough-lane, on Sunday morning last ;—when found, it
Fair-
remodel the entire system of our legislation. was wrapped up in a piece of newspaper. It appeared
There are dozens of men in the present parliament that the body was much bruised, especially about the
who are quite competent to undertake the framing neck, and on other parts of the body there were
tmarkts of
and conducting of measures of a useful character, violenicneaiiobnut thee ;ouurngedonticilaetpoged that, onw aaspossti;rbroremn.
which government arrogates to itself the exclusive ?!' 91
Verdicta accordingly.—Also on the body of a female—
right to undertake—dozens of men, for instance, name unknown—who died in the passage of the night-
who could frame and conduct a comprehensive asylum, on Sunday morning last. John Jackson deposed
Sanatory Bill—resolved men who, not having that he was sitting on a form beside the deceased before
the fears of the livery, the aldermen -or the elect- she died. On being she tiingurto,,asn, stertchA•rdooottit
ors of the city of London before their eyes, hersurgeon, arms, 4
eapnuds e
expired in
dthat the deceased died of disease of the
would not consent, as Lord John Russell con- lungs, and other natural causes. Verdict accordingly.—
sented, to allow that city, which of all others A verdict of death from natural causes was also returned
requires such a bill, to be exempted from its pro- on the body of an infant, who also died in the same in-
visions. Another desideratum is that which, if stitution.
HOSPITAL.-We feel great pleasure In di-
achieved, would materially conduce to secure for
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igtattention of our readers to an advertisement
us a really useful working parliament ; and such in our paper this day, announcing that a sermon will be
desideratum it is in the hands_ and at the ontinn ,„...,h...i ;,,, St Rtumshas Church. Parliament-street. on