The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-22 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

dead letter—when it ceased to have any binding force
upon the parties who subscribed it—when it vanished as
an indenture from the records of Europe, each party being
absolved as if by mutual consent.
Let us not then hear any more about the treaty of
Vienna. When Belgium was occupied by French troops
—when a BritiSh pensioner was placed upon the mush
room throne of that Worthless country—when the
fortresses erected upon the frontier§ of France, at the
expense of Eugland, were dismantled by Lord PAL-
MERSTON'S consent, from that moment the treaty of.
Vienna became like an old almanack, fit only to be
tossed into the fire. If it could not bind France and
England, it could not bind the other parties, Anstria,
Russia, and Prussia. If it. could not protect WILLIAM of
Holland, it cannot be made a screen to the Polish re-
fugees located in Cracow. What a revolutionary niob
trampled upon, cannot be held in high respect by those
who cheered the mob in its hour of triumph, shame; and
injustice. What is justice in the west of Europe cannot
reasonably he called cruelty or tyranny in the east.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Upon every consideration of the subject we cannot see
anv reasonable grounds upon which to question the acts
Of Russia. She dealt most tenderly with Poland in this
master. She did not send her cossacks into Cracow;
she sought the intercession. of Austria, and an Austrian
force took possession 01 the town. Poland altogether is.
the Ireland of northern Europe. Whatever might be
said with respect to her first dismemberment, nothing
now can be urged against the policy of the RuSSians,
against whom her unprincipled and denianlized 'paqe.
rose in rebellion. They were the debtors of a powtifili
and generous nation. 'Fhey- bethime --.prosperoas under
the mild and parental goy-6'444 A3P,'gwoi)4l3olla
return for the favours he .1)4 (iodated, the sums of
Money he had lent, the eneottriooAtielie hadAien to
their manufactures and agriculture, they rushed head.
long into a mad insurrection, the object or which was plun-
der, and the motive dishonesty and ingratitude—in which
mad attempt they were discomfited and subdued. Can
we' then; according to all the tales of justice or expedi—
ency, look upon them with a very favourable eye ?
They seek what they call liberty, but they show they
are not fit to enjoy it : Russia desires peace, and she
has established it by the edge of the sword.

OAVDOAT z.v.t alEicrf%

Sa,:tityl72 Eren:py, Half-past Seven o'rlo-1..

The Money Mail:et continues very steady: Consols for-Ac-
count opened to-day at 91i, and closed at 914, the money price
being 91g. The premium on Exchequer Bills remains at '2O to
22, and upon India Bonds at sto 6. India Stock is quoted at-
-2&•.1-1.
Spanish Bonds have risen to-day from 454 to 471 account, and
closed at 472. The deferred bonds reached '23k, and the passive
stock advanced from (51 to 16. The Portuguese Bonds have
also improved, and some business has been done in them. The
last quotations are,. new 80, 3 per cents. 514.
The greater part of the railway shares have declined in value
t;uring the week. The following are the plices named at the
close of the market--Aylesbury Railway, 2; Birtningham and
t)erby, 161; -Ditto and Gloucester, 131; Br;stol and Exeter,
VA; Calcutta and Saugur,.;3l; Cheltenham and Great Western,
; Coat merciat Blackwall, :3; Eastern Counties, I 4 ; Glasgow,
and Edinburgh, 41; Great North of England. ;
Great Western, 40; dull and Selby, 94; Leeds and Mart•
chester, 2:3; Brighton (Stephensonfs,) 18; Ditto (Itennie's,)
:35.‘f ; Blackwall, Grand Junction, ; Manchester South
Union, 54; North Midland, 14 ; South Durham, 6; South
Eastern, 6;(2 ; South Aft ieau Bank Shares, 9.

LOCAL NEWS.

THE Ass IZES.—There are, at present 569 persons confined in
Kirkdale gaol, for various offences, 50 of whom are for trial at
the ensuing assizes, 4 under a charge of murder, two Men and

two women..
FLINT tiss.-4n consequence of the great advance in price
of all articles used in the manufacture of flint glass, a Meeting
was held at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham, on Wednesday last, the
16thinstant, which was attended by most of the principal ma-
nufacturers of the united kingdom, at which it was determined
Id advance the price ten per cent., with an understanding that
a further advance would.tike place if the materials maintained

their present prices.
THEATRE' ltoy sl,.—DuriUg the past week, the " Siege of
Rochelle" dud the " Jewess" have beer. played each night. The
former opera brings into notice the vocal powers of Miss Betts,
Mr. Wilson, Mr. G. Horncastle and Miss Stanley ; divested of
their pleasiug exertions, it is rather flat and uninteresting.
There is but little scope for acting. Mr. G. Horncastle, as
Michel, -makes the most of his part, and-elicits deserved applause.
To night is the last night of its representation. The " Jewess"
will be performed five nights more. This piece also owes much
of its fame to extraneous circumstances—to the splendour and
gorgeousness of its processions. The majority of the characters
afford little opportunity for the display of the talent of the coin-
pony ; we must except, however, the parts of Rachel and
IF./eazer, which are ably sustained by Mrs. rates and Mr.
Stuart. The house has been pretty well filled. Madame
Vestris will make her appearance on Easter Monday.
STiASI BOAT LAuticif.—On Saturday, a steam packet, built
for the St. George's Steam Navigation Company, was launched
from the new building-yard, north of the Clarence Dock. The
vessel, as she went off the stocks, was named by Mr. Drury,
one of the proprietors, " The Ocean."
ALLEGED MURDER.—On Sunday night, a man named Prit-
chard, who lives in a house in Portland-street, was heard by
the neighbours, during the night, frequently beating his wife, so
much so that they became alarmed and sent for a policeman.
Early yesterday morning, a policeman went to the house and
found the door and shutters fast, and he then heard that the
woman had died from the ill usage she had received. The house
was then broke into : the husband was out, and the body of his
wife, which, it is supposed, had been dead two or three hours,
and upon which were visible marks of violence, was found.
-The constables immediately went in search of the monster and
ineeeeded in taking him into custody. An inquest will be held

40- the body to-day
r PREVENTION OF CRIME BY THE NEW POLICE.—The Liver-
pool aftbion, of last week, was grandiloquent in a paragraph re,-
lating to the great reformation caused by the new police,so great.
as to leave the authorities and those connected with the conrt
nothing to do. We have had the curiosity to ascertain how far
this statement of • the 'reforming powers- of the new police is
grounded on fact. -We linden the Monday that there were 114
cases • Tuesday 48;
.Wednesdav„44; Thursday 37; Friday 59,
'
and cases;
67 -case's.' total 369 cases in one week Being an
average of upwards of 61 cases per day. These cases embody
offences of nearly every description—burglary, pocket-picking,
stealirtg swindling, stabbing, neglect of family, assaults, sraugs
„ling, illicit distilling. fighting, drunkenness,- &c., &c., &e.
What a reform! what a wonderful police! The old average of
'cases at the police-court seldom exceeded from 49 to 50 per day,
and was frequently below that number. . . .. .
Tuft NEW Poratua.-On Friday raw thantrylad.•about 17
years of age,' who had tliat 'nibrning enieretl upon his duties as
a policeatata.chargeita fellow_ calling hitnsell,Christepher Bra-
ds with stealing his regiynontAls;., 4 p.rkeforp(l that as the police-
manw
as on his duly ln Daleiatie Lhelaityfictieprisener walking
up and down on the pavementaki a, cane in his hand, and,
taking {inn for a brother oijialsa asked him to held his coat for a
few minutes, to which he consented, and, taking, the coat from
him put it on an4l.7Wkiefi aalfty„with it. About an hour after-
wards(ii!j
he metalowas al. foallfhitechapel, and took him into
custody.aßradyon mefealee, said he was walking in Dale-
street about eleven ii'c oc -taiiiiiiiOrning; when he was accosted
by the policeinalicifibp.Van",4pre, brother officer, take
A
chargeofany naaa,i'„'mke r ana.,,,and"Jeeling rather cold, he put
it on and walkacriaiipa data. Vhitechapel :Ind Dale-street,
waiting faa,:th.e.ceetuan tcopiplainant. - lie at length met
with hint,„witera. to his, alpttshrrient, he laid violent hands upon'
him and dragged hint ttalewell.- lie
,thought it was a very
poor retain for his tpriSmer.:o kindness. The magistrate,
after reprimanding bothalmparties, discharged the prisoner
THE NEW Priateia'adWitt.-L-Art old man, quite bald, anti with
j his head mactacnit, vas brought up on Saturday to the Police-
office' charged"By9 ttliFet&in'No. 21Y2, a stout brawny fellow,
fresh from the:ifil/ ' rya with-having violently assaulted him and
bit his thumb;'atifralso with gettina g his staff from him. The
.
policeman-said that about half-past seven o'clock on the night
before he saw the old man running after a boy in the street and
beating him. tie went up to hint and asked him what he was
about. • He then began to be very abusive.' and he (the police-
man) told, hint he would lake him to Bridewell if he did not
mind what he was afoot. He replied he was a respectable
man, and a roan of property, and had some stables near. lie
thought, hoWever, the man was not a good'un, and wanted him
to show hint the stables. The old man then struck hint several
times, and be was obliged to draw his staff to defend himself.
The old manahen got the thumb of one of his hands into his
mouth, which he nearly bit through, and held fast, and succeeded
in getting hold 4 the staff which he twisted and twisted till he
wrenched it out of his hand, he still kept twisting it. and the thick
string at the end was drawn so tight round his other hand as to
have lamed him and rendered him unfit foe duty. Before the
case proceeded further the inspector of the policeman's division
requested the case Id be remanded for a short time for further
evidence regarding the liolicetnao.' - Shortly afterwards the in-
spector stated that the policeman was drunk so early as seven
o'clock on the evening mentioned, and had been reported to
the board as such. ' The magistrate, taking this circumstance
into consideration, said he should discharge the prisoner; had
the policeman been sober at the time he (the magistrate) should
have inflicted a severe punishment on the prisoner.
BEGGlNG'Larraus.—On ThersdaylaSt a man -named Wm.
Smith was brought before the magistrates charged with going
about with a begging letter, which was found, on-inquiry, to be
a forgery. ~The letter purported to be written by Mr. 'Marshall,
saisr rbgeeioling,
irecommendings
st, I iae bearer to ts i
gii
eil) e b
•Ci‘hiari..i charitably
hdisposed
ti
.n
- antimber of respectable
The
names,'
various t
the
ea.amounts ofsub-
scriptionsr
into Al.r.
Hope's bank, and Mr. Hope haying been once before deceived
byaa similag application ordered the.man into custody.. On in-
rimpostor
took
quay it was found that Sir. Marshall had written no such letter,
and that the other signatures were forgeries. The magistrates
conatuitted bitnfor three months to the House of Correctiop, 4:
The publication 'of logarth's Original Plates, completely
restored, in Five Shilling Numbers, is going on with great suc-
cess, and :he work deserves it. Eighteen numbers are now in
the hands of subscribers. These plates, the public need not he
told, are the' actual engravings of Hogarth and artists under
his inspection ; they are now restored to their original freSh-
ness, at a price so moderate, that they may be sail to come
within the means of all his admirers. A good impression' of ;he
March to Finchley has never been purchased for less than a
guinea, but in this edifier, it will he given, -with probably two
other plates, in the same number, for -55., • and such a compari-
son nay he made of every number. We cannot so well express
our opinion of the value of the original Hogarth Plates as by
giving. the following extract from the last January number of
the Foreign Quarterly Review :—‘, 'Chere 'is certainly- 'no rea-
' son to suppose that Hogarth himself hasgone mita the fashion
—never can tie go out of date—for withinthe lastatwo- Or three
years not fewer than .as many publicatipai,Vitth,niiniettire
copies of his'engravings have appeared, atarttilkileea4 impres-
sions from the original plates is now itahliontkeltitltatthlica-
, lion. It is by these last alone that he cani cll,dttdciated,
uy even the most cardia redliiiiiti: • What. then
i'or his spirit is of so subtile a nature,-tha iMileb(Writ rrit st ,aiates•-
. CsaarnillY).otiblol,syt tie retained when it ~iii fat vtali ter pout itLinto
abCdg,-ec/ copies? Such imitations mad 1. Viioled'veryttioatlya
and took exceedingly pretty, but HogaitlilliMkiNtllielrtanjwhose
worts, On. show to- advantage by Witt; prettified. When the
Scale
faithfully the generalities and the
I:iHi s so
g .fearteu(e
riesedoe however
.the subject may be preseiVelP,' nearly, all the
Minor, but not less charaCteristic traits, all the rich hy-play of
his scenes are lost; and, though the other ingredients may tie
retained, the seasoning w ['kit gives a piquancy to the Whole is
necessarily omitted." ..
GREAT (MPROV.EATENT TN MODERN SCHOOL BOOKS.—Mr.
Guy, the popular author of School Geog,raphy,'British Spelling
aiiiitik, School Questior Book, &c.,• has Just published three very
Valuable works on. General History, at a price so moderate for
•tnich a fund of information, as cannot fail to insure their intro-
duction into all respectable schools. - Tha first is called " Ele-
ments of Ancient History," including Greece, Egypt, Persia,
Carthage, ;tome, the Philistines, Phcenicians, Jews, Goths,
Thins. &e., with-a copious list of questions for examination at
the end of the volume, timbered, to correspond with the figures
placed to each paragraph throughout the work. It is neatly
printed in 12mo. anti contain upwards of 301) pages, at the
moderate. price :of - 3s. 6d. very handsomely bound and
lettered. The second is." Elements of Modern History," oat-
taining France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia,
Prussia, SWedena, Denmark, Italy, America, &c. .and is ar-
I ranged • with' questions for examination in the same Manner,
printed and bound in, the same form, and the price only 3s. 6,1.
The other volume is called. ". Elements of British History," in-
cluding England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, with a caplet's
store of questions for er.amination at the end of the volume, ar-
ranged in the same way as the two preceding, price also 3s. Gd.
• handsomely hound. ' Hitherto, even- in the. most respectable
schools, it was only thought necessary to make youth acquaint-
ed with the histories of Greece, Rome, and England ; indeed
no work in a moderate compass embractag the other interesting
portions of general history could be found. Conductors.-of
schools are always unwitting to give their pupils large and ex-
pensive volumes, and having no other, that, portion of general
history has been left out of school education...J-I.w .Mi...Gu
has supplied,this deficiency these very interesting volumes wi
sufficiently prove—they till up a void in the school library whic
has long been wanted; and it may be asserted without fear of
contradiction, that so lunge a portion of history has not in anY
work been exhibited within the same compass; the object- has
been to compress as much as possible, authentic, valuable,' and
interesting history in each volume, and Mr. Guy has never been
more successful in accomplishing this object that: in the present
instance. The volumes are perfectly distinct front ei,4laot her,
-and may he purchased separately to meth. the4saaqs'ttf the
pupil, who may one half year he studying AriatOit alaither
half-year British or Modern Ilistory.
SOUTHEY'S COWPER.—It is gratifying to see that this fine
editing of the great poet is taking its place where unrivalled
talent. diligence, and exquisite illustration, deserved to place
it. We cannot so well express our opinion n 7 its great excel-
lence as in the language of some sa, the 'leading periodicals
that have noticed the second volume :—" We have 'al-
most everything we could require in these volumes of Dr.
Southey. • He has had large assistance from the relatives and
friends of :he poet; is enabled to introduce mach that has been
hitherto unknown; and has obtained the en-operation of an ac-
complished at tisa Mr. Harvey, whose illustrative designs are
among the most delicious' we have ever met with. Dr. Southey's
style Is so happy, so pure, and so c wnprehensive, that the
reader is delighted in 'every page."—(New Monthly Mag.,
March, 1836.)--" rut we do know that ;.his second volume is
equally as deliglitful as the first—as careful in its research—as
pleasant in its saner spirit—and as rich in contemporary anec-
dote and illustrations. it contains one or two of his lest known
poems, and afeiv letters, hitherto unpublished, with other notices
and fragments, giving the entire work a freshness as well as
completeriess."—(Athenaeom, Feh. 27.)—" The portrait of
Mrs. Unwin is Worthy to pair-off with that of Cowper's mother.
The WilderneSs at Weston, with Fop's Monument, and ['or-
. traits of Sir G. an() Lady Throckmoiton, is equal in point:of
: taste, interest, and execution, to -the most shining gem of the
` Annuals,' and what a sunny poet's Paradise is the Residence
at Olney! Mr. Harvey seems to have executed these ' fair
designs' in a spirit of love and veneration of the two great poets
whose names are lastingly linked together in this beautiful
*ark. We agree with a contemporary, that it this must not be
called the best biography in the language, it is equal to the
best. In the present century, two of England's ornaments
have been singularly fortunate in their biographer, Nelson and
Cowper The second volume of his life of thesweet-natured
Cowper is more masterly than the first.... The sketch of the
progress of English poetry, from Chaucer to Cowper, is a mas-
terly composition, abounding in such noble things as are only
to he found in the depths of a fine poetical imagination."—
(Court Journal, Feb. 27.)