The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

ther the register of the present year, and render ino-
perative the virtuous and somewhat expensive labours
of Sir Joshua and his Popish satellites. It is said that
the worthy knight is as sore upon the subject as a
certain Jew of Carlow notoriety; but we cannot really
conceive that Sir Joshua has the, same cause of com-
plaint. True it is, that the money paid is, in this in-
stance, something over five thousand pounds, whereas
in the Raphael affair it was only• "£2,ooo—say two
thousand pounds" ; but Sir Joshua has got something
for his money. His object was to " swamp the regis-
ter," and he has swamped it efectually ! The Jew
had only the satisfaction of being robbed and laughed
at by a beggarly impostor.
We must confess that we are not sufficiently learned
in the law to decide what will be the precise effect upon
the register, produced by this unfortunate break-down.
We are told that it is matter of certainty that no elec-
tion for Liverpool can take place upon the present
register. We would, however, strongly advise our
conservative friends not to take this for granted. Let
the lists now posted be strictly examined, and every
dodbtful name be objected to. We know from good
authority that an immense number of the new recruits
are no more entitled to be upon the register than the
pigs they have been in the habit of driving ; and if
these men are strenuously opposed before the barris-
ter, perhaps Sir Joshua may not on a future occasion
be so willing to trust his money on the " equitable
loan" security so naively described by our contempo-
rary of the Journal.

SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY AND THE BOTANIC

GARDENS

One of the strongest claims of Sir Joshua Walmsley to
the support of the moderate Whig party, is the fact of his
being a member of the Church of England. We find, how-
ever, that when his worship has a low radical clique to ap-
pease, he is not particularly scrupulous in paying respect to
the moral and religious feelings of churchmen ; and we may
therefore conclude that his Protestant principles are equally
loose with his political creed.
Our readers arc of course aware that the refusal of the
proprietors of the Botanic Gardens to sanction the admission
of the public on the sabbath, has led to the withdrawal of a
proposed grant of £2OO per annum by the corporation. In
consideration of the public being admitted on certain week
days, the finance committee unanimously resolved to recom-
mend a grant to the proprietors of £lOO per annum, which
recommendation was announced to the council at their meet-
ing on Wednesday last. There are, however, certain gentle_
men of most liberal principles in that council, who are averse
to any means of relaxation being afforded to the industrious
working classes, unless the religious feelings of their fellow-
townsmen can be insulted at the same time ; and amongst
this number—amounting to five !—we are sorry to find that
firm supporter of our Protestant religion, Sir Joshua
Walmsley.

By these gentlemen, with Mr. Alderman Evans as their
head, and our worthy knight as their tail, the proposition of
the finance committee to grant the munificent sum of £lOO
per annum to the proprietors of the Botanic Gardens,
was resisted ; and we call the attention of the moral
and religious portion of our fellow townsmen to this fact,
in order to warn them against placing their dependence upon
the professions of the sound and orthodox churchman, who
will, probably, in a short time, ask them for their suffrages.

SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PROTECTOR SOCIETY

The following list of subscribers to the Protector Society
has been handed to us. Having reached us anonymously,
we cannot vouch for its strict accuracy.

J. Walmsley
J. Mullineaux
Thorneley
J. C. Ewart
Cropper
John Holmes
Eyre Evans
John Platt
Pattison Ellames
Francis Jordan
Preston
—Frankland
Blackbuine
Quayle
Booth
Sheil
Thornhill

W. Rathbone'(3d donation)
James Brancker
—Yates
Glenn
Hornby
Segar

Carson
Coglan ....
M' Kee
Mason ....
Mellor ....
Alison
Woolwright

£3580

FIRE.—At the moment of going to press we understood
that a fire was raging in the neighbourhood of Bevington-bush.
The late hour at which it occurred precluded us from ascer-
taining the cause or the extent of the conflagration.
PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDBNT•--The President has com-
menced her voyage well, and we hope her excellent perform-
ance at the beginning of her first trip across the Atlantic
augurs a speedy and pleasant passage. She was seen by the
Superb, which arrived here ou Tuesday from Charleston, at
six o'clock on Sunday evening, about eight miles east of the
Old Head of Kinsale. She had then run a distance of about
275 miles in 274 hours, an average performance of ten knots
per hour.

BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL.—
The steam-ship Acadia started on Tuesday last, the 4th
instant, about two o'clock, with the mails on board. A
noble vessel she is, well prepared and able for the work
intended. Her departure was altogether managed in a very
business-like manner. The Acadia carries out to Halifax
and Boston upwards of sixty passengers, of which the follow-
ing is a list :—Mr. John M'Nider, Mr. G. H. Smith, Sir G.
Seymour, R.N., Dr. S. W. Chermsede, Mr. Edward
Smith, Mr. P. Clarke, Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. L. Gostenhoffer,
Captain Douglas, Mr. M. Mottram, Mr. R. Knox, Mr. R.
Ferguson, Mr. John Russell, Lieut. Lumley, Mr. Robert
Lang, Mr. S. W. Deblois, Captain G. Tennant, 85th Regt.,
Sir John Copley, Lieutenant E. Tennant, Lieutenant-Col.
Balfour, Mr. John Greenshields, Mr. C. E. Ramsey, Mr.
W. E. Logan, Lieutenant F. S. Holmes, Mr. Richardson,
Mr. James Francis, Mr. E. Fearon, all for Halifax, and the
following for Boston :—Miss Ferguson, Mrs. Butterfield and
two children, Mrs. C. W. Worch, servant and child, Mr.
and Mrs. Eyre, Mr. Augustus Cleveland, Mr. J. S. Allen,
Mr. J. Slade, Mr. Joseph- T. Thomas, Mr. Baynard Clarke,
Mr. John Henry, Mr. Power, the comedian, and servant,
Mr. Richings, the comedian, Mr. Thomas Bell, Mr.
Washington Williams, Mr, Alexander Lowry and Mrs.
Lowry, Mr. James Lowry, Rev. C. P. Grosvenor, Rev. N.
Colver, Mr. Albert Pilling, Mr. William Hunton, Mr. Jos.
C. Fuller, Mr. Thomas Swanwick, Mr. John Ferguson,
Mr. Alexander Oakley, Mr. H, S. Turner, Mr. Henry
Berkett, consult at Philadelphia, Mr. W. L. Garrison, Mr.
N. P. Rogers, Lieutenant Jones, R.N.
THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. G. Vandenhoff terminates this
evening an engagement which has by no means been suc-
cessful, and on Monday next he will be succeeded by Mr.
M. W. Farren. The genuine old English comedy, we
expect, will be in the ascendant during that sterling actor's
stay amongst us. Mr. Anderson is rapidly increasing in
reputation, and, no doubt, he will one day be at a point in
the profession where he will have few or no rivals. In some
parts he falls into the error of becoming a mere copyist :. he
has genius enough to strike out enticing new points—let
him, therefore, cultivate it. The play on Monday night is
The Clandestine Marriage.
NORTHERN MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The first annual
meeting of the members of the Northern Mechanics' Insti-
tution was held on Monday evening in the Corporation
School, Bevington-hill. The mayor, Sir Joshua Walmsley,
presided ; and the meeting was addressed in interesting
speeches by his worship, Mr. L. Heyworth, Mr. Joseph
Johnson, Mr. Wm. Rathbone, Mr. H. E. Langtree, Mr.
Samuel Bright, Mr. H. Dircks, Mr. Danson, Mr. M'Con-
nell, Mr. Grandison, and Mr. Bartholomew. All the reso-
lutions were unanimously passed.

MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.--The Naval
and Military Gazette gives the following account of Captain
Siborn's Model of the Battle of Waterloo, now being exhi-
bited at the Union Rooms, Duke-street:—`• The model of
the Battle of Waterlbo is unquestionably the most perfect, as
well as the most comprehensive, object of its kind that has
ever been presented to public notice ;—and it claims to be
looked at rather as a noble and admirable piece of history,
than as a mere work of ingenuity and entertainment. * * *
If the reader, before visiting, as he unquestionably will,
this singular and extraordinary work of art, desires to gain a
more specific notion of its character and result than we have
hitherto given him, he has only to fancy himself the tempo-
rary occupant of Mr. Green's balloon, at an elevation of a
thousand or so of feet above the field of Waterloo, at a quar-
ter-past 7 o'clock in the day o f the 18th of June, 1815.' We
,
venture to say, that such a bird's-eye' view of the battle
would not have given amore distinct and picturesque, and
scarcely a more true notion of the scene, than he will obtain
from Lieutenant Siborn's admirable and unequalled model."
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THE WEATHER.—In this neighbourhood the weather has,
for the last week or ten days, been delightful—realising all
the warmth, and we may add, the sultryness of summer,
which was so desirable towards the close of a precarious sea-
son. Our active citizens have been fairly overcome by the
heat, in pursuing their daily avocations ; but we little com-
miserate their distress, albeit we suffer a little of the
broiling in our own person. The genial change has already
produced the most gratifying results in the country. The
fields have already assumed the yellow tinge of autumn, and
the depressed hopes of the husbandman are revived. We are
not in the middle of a corn country, but we have a consider-
able breadth of grain in this county, and all around us is most
promising. The harvest will certainly be much above an
average one, if anything like favourable weather continue.
Meantime potatoes, fruit, and other vegetables of immediate
consumption, have fallen in price, and there is still a pro-
mise of a continuance of a fine ripening time.
FLASH NOTES.—An old man, who said his name was John
Allen, was placed at the bar of the police-court, yesterday,
by Ainsworth, the police-officer, on a charge of having "flash
notes" in his possession, with an intent to utter them. ,The
prisoner was seen in the company of a country-looking man,
on Wednesday, who was enquiring the way to the office of the
Isle of Man Steam-packet Company. Being well known,
he was forthwith taken into custody, and on being searched
a large number of flash notes were found upon him.
Mr. Rushton asked him what he had to say. He replied
that he did not know he had the notes in his possession : he
had put on a pair of old trowsers that morning, and having
at one time used such notes, for which he had severely suf-
fered, he supposed they must have been accidentally left in
the pockets. He had had sufficient warning at that period
not to have anything of the kind upon him again. Mr. Rush-
ton said he was afraid he had not profited by the warning. It
was only a few days ago that a poor Irishman was robbed of
£4, by means of notes similar to those found upon the pri-
soner, and, therefore, he would take care the public should
see no more of him (the
prisoner) for some time. The pri-
soner was then committed for three months as u rogue and
vagabond.