The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

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...IVERPOOL CliArtiTAHLt SOCIETY.—We call the
I,les:
ration of our, townsmen' to the claims of the Liverpool
charitable Society, for visiting and relieving the sick at their
1)w!1 dwellings. his a very old institution, unobtrusive in
it.o s xi
tots oete.ration, but doing great good among the objects of
tots attention. The Rev. J. , Stewart, the estimable mini-
ter Bride's, preaches-fa•sermon on behalf of the insti-
.ution on Sunday next ; from which, we hope, its funds will
be eonsiderably. Moxeased.
AMERICAN BEEF.—We have seen two qualities of Ameri-
,ll salt beef t the ffice of Messrs. Waddington, olt, and
Goree Piaazzas ,which is of much better qualityH than any
2 have before examined from the United States. There are
4re
kinds—" mess beef," the best quality of the two, and
Prime," which is (in American parlance) secondary. Both
are sweet, fat, and well preserved, and we doubt not will prove
t°°d and palateable when cooked, though not equal to our
Wn home-fed article. We have procured a piece of the beef
trial, and shall " report progress" when we have had an
9lPPortunity of " tasting" it—which is, after all, the only sure
lest of beet as well as of " pudding."
ST.JOinv's MARKET LAST NIGHT : CliatSTAtAs
as'n.the present season always brings pleasing reminiscences
associations, and not amongst the least imposing are
those of the good old English fare, which has hitherto, by
common consent and approval of high and low, in proportion
feBtihvo teir means, characterised this celebration of the great
al of the 25th of December. On the present occasion
abrief view of our principal markets has convinced us that
there
I. is yet abundance in the land, and we are only left to
regret that there are, unhappily, and from causes which we
lid not now explain, many deserving persons, forming a
arge class of the community, who have not the " where-
-1 Itnal" to enjoy themselves, as we should wish, by becoming
ttessive purchasers ; though we feel an assurance that ano-
.,_aer season will not pass over, now that we have a govern-
neat that really has the good of " the people" at heart,
twtahoat their being enabled to enjoy to their fullest wishes
isa! good things of this life. Our visit to St. John's, our
Vleeipal market, was brief, but most gratifying. It con-
iiirtees us that not only in the culture of vegetables, but in
ciloelmptrroyd_uQction of the finest animal food in the world, our
ur county—is still pre-eminent. In the lower part
el the market the show of poultry was superb. The turkeys
were most abundant and fine. At Mrs. Smith's (lower end
It h
Norfolk
we saw one, a ne youn bird, weiging 2 ls.!
was from Norfolk. At thefi next stan g ding, Mr. Wilkinsonb's,
!ere two fat capons, the sight of which would have made an al-
!entail's mouth water. They were taken for fat turkeys by
Lhe general mass of gazers, and were purchased by Mr. Phillips,
Zf' the Waterloo Hotel. There
hare bundance of snipes.
The game, with the exception of , was less plentiful,
Particularly in partridges .and pheasants. The geese were
fia
fr e and numerous, and much fun arose from the sale of those
" Paddy's Land," of which there were cart-loads.
Proceeding up avenue No. 2, we remarked a fine pig, "fed by
the Marquis of Waterford," one of the finest carcasses we
°lye ever seen in compactness and firmness of flesh. It race-
!tired a toot (in the half) across the shoulder, and nine
lilehes across the loins; weight 26 score. This was shown
°Y Mr; Crowley. Near the top of avenue No. I, was ano-
,,,ther carcase of a pig not divided, fed by the Marquis of
WeStininster, at Eaton Hall, and weighing upwards of 23
;core. Another of different breed (the Shropshire) in the
came avenue No. 2, weighed 24 score. The finer part of the
:Tow was however, in beef. At Mr. James Clough's, near
ie upper end of avenue No. 1, we noticed three tine beasts,
("ee of the Shropshire, and the others of the Irish breed—
_ery prime, as usual, with that respectable tradesman. He
nad, also, two fine Southdown sheep, weighing 321bs. a qr. ;
and the finest lamb in the market, fed by Lord Mostyn, of
elintshire. Mr. Robert Dentith, at the top of the same ave-
nue, had some prime beef; also Mrs. Thomas, at the top of
avenue 5, including a tine Highland heifer, and some excel-
lent bullocks. There was, also, some excellent beef at seve-
ral standings lower down hi the same avenue. At Mr.
,!iinton's, the beef o the Hereford bree was of the finest
airid, as well as the Southdown mutton—thde former streaked
to the flesh like marble. Mrs. Chaddock showed fine beef,
It! did Mr. John Phillips, as well as prime mutton. The
'Landing and meat of the latter was splendidly decorated in
accordance with the taste of the season. The fruits, vege-
tables, and roots were, we think, more than usually abun-
dant and excellent. In the former we observed, in numer-
°lB Pyramids, oranges, lemons, apples, foreign and home, of
all kinds, pine apples, grapes, and numerous varieties of
kits, &c. &c. The standing in the middle of the market of
ear old friend Etty Taylor was resplendent, and she gallantly,
as is her wont, showed her red and " true blue" conserva-
tive colours. At each end of her stand, against the pillars,
weretrees reaching to the roof, of laurel and holly, thickly
fruit
with apples, white and red roses, &c. The other
'ruit stands lower down, were also well plenished with fruits
and greens, and the whole of the avenue, as well as those
li/nuediate.ly contiguous resembled groves of evergreens,
adorned by roses, red, white, and black, and various flowers,
Ingeniously carved out of turnips. There was also a large
B°o‘v of Christmas bushes, including the mystic and long-
cherished " rnisletoe bough." The market was thronged to
excess throughout the evening, and presented a most ani-
tilated and exhilirating scene, indicative, in the good humour
that prevailed, of no lack of that generous and kindly spirit
which characterizes the mass of our population in " Christ-
Ilia's times."

THE SEVEN-LEAGUE POWER OF LYING OF
THE DISTRESS-MANUFACTURERS.

We have all heard, in our childhood, of the "seven-league
boots " by the aid of which an illustrious individual, " Jack
the Giant-killer," could traverse sea and land with une-
qualled celerity. In modern days, however, and by " mo-
dern liberals," feats equally astounding are performed, with
equal ease and rapidity, by an instrumentality which, by
analogy, we may correctly designate a " seven-league power
Of lying," By his tremendous boots, the renowned " Jack"
*as enabled to accomplish the overthrow of ogres, giants,
" dragons and chimeras dire " ; and the seven-league power
15f lying enabled a free-trade Bolton quaker, within the last
week, to extinguish, in some half-dozen blows, 250 TAILORS,
125 CARPENTERS, 104 BRICKLAYERS, COBBLERS, and
other "artificers in wood and iron" out of count, who were
411 well and merry in 1836, and are now " vanished into thin
au'" and hovering like unhappy ghosts around their empty
shopboards and benches, trowels and lapstones, or are gone
" on tramp " to ply their vocations in more happy and pros-
perous localities.

'We purpose laying before our readers a few of the feats
Performed at a recent meeting in Manchester by this tre-
laendous Leaguer, whose collarless and buttonless " organi-

cation is distinguished from that of other Bolton men by
the name of HENRY Astiwonnt. The narrative itself from
which we must quote purports to be a statistical account of
the " state of Bolton in 1841 " ; and we shall proceed to
chew the rate at which the terrible engine of the quaker dis-
Poses of the supernumerary tailors, cobblers, and carpenters
of that locality. First in order, as being the most ancient of
taades, let us record the fate of the manufacturers of gar-
ments

• Tailors.—ln 1836 the number of tailors and slop-makers
In the town was 500, and these were fully employed ; at pre-
sent there are only 250, and these but partially employed ;
leaving 250 who are unemployed. Some have left the town,
and others are gone to America or Australia."
Two hundred and fifty tailors lost to the town of Bolton!
Two hundred and fifty sleeve-boards, shears, bodkins, geese,
cabbage, and all, extinguished " at one fell swoop" by the
seven-league" weapon of Mr. Henry Ashworth ! Some
People may doubt this fact. Incredulous people (of whom
there are many in this wicked world) may doubt whether
there was ever one-fourth of this number of tailors, inclu-
ding s/opmakers, in Bolton since the world began ; and if it
even be fact, of which we ourselves have considerable mis-
givings, we scarcely think, judging from the free and easy
style in which the Boltoners wear their outer garments,as
if they were thrown on with a stable-fork,-
of that town, such as they were, will be
In like expeditious manner, having got rid of these 250
fractional parts of manhood, Mr. Ashworth

—that the tailors

•eatiy missed

proceeds to

exterminate—on paper-125 members of another fraternity.
" Carpenters.—ln 1836 the number employed was 150 ; at
Present they are reduced to 49, leaving 101 who are pertna-
ttently unemployed ; and in addition, there are also 24 out of
the 49 said to be employed who are disengaged at the present
time, making 125 out of the 150 who are thrown idle."
Only 25 carpenters left in Bolton! Why, the number
Would scarcely.be sufficient to make coffins for the Union
Workhouse. But the bricklayers are more woefully reduced

still, as our next quotation shows.
" Bricklayers.—ln 1637 the number employed was 120 ;
at present they are reduced to 16, leaving 101 who are unem-
ployed. In many cases they have left town on the tramp,
and some are gone to America."
Only 16 bricklayers !—scarcely as many as are generally
required to doctor the ovens and set up grates in a town one-
fourth the size of Bolton. The worthy Leaguer has, we
fear, ante-dated this statement. We believe it is not at all
Unusual for bricklayers to be out of work in frosty weather ;
but unfortunately for the vrai-semblance of this portion of
Mr. Ashworth's statistics, the frost had not set in last week
when it was given forth to the world. It has rained a little
of late, it is true ; and bricklayers, as well as carpenters,
don't generally enjoy very steady employment in rainy wea-
ther ; but rain, as well as frost, is left out of the contempla-
tion of this learned pundit. Only 16 bricklayers are left in
Bolton—this bare fact is sufficient for the free-trade quaker—
and" the corn-law has done it all !"
We could go on to recount many more of these marvellous
stories, which the gentlemen of the League School are ac-
customed to call " statistics, " and which were put forth in
Vast quantities in Manchester. Perhaps, however, the sam-
Pie which we have given will be sufficient to satisfy the world
as to the degree of credit to which they are entitled.
We know not in what way it is customary for anti-corn-
law orators in Manchester to preface their diatribes ; but
Would suggest the language of a noble Roman,—
" Friends, countrymen, and lovers, lend me your ears !"
for it does appear to us that the auditory which could take
M similar rubbish to the above, for eight hours together,
Must have had ears quite long enough to reach the height of
any ordinary platform.