The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-06 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—Could you inform a subscriber on what day
MERCURY (planet) attained its greatest elongation ? Was
it Tuesday or Wednesday ?—Yours, APEX.

A NEW PROSPECT FOR LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—It is un-
derstood that the title of Duke of Inverness is to be con-
tinued to Lord John Russell after the death of the present
Duchess, he being declared to be Under wood.
EVANS' LEMON AND KALL—This preparation produces
in one moment a most refreshing and agreeable beverage.
The effect of it is very cooling and delightful. In warm wea-
ther it is particularly pleasant.
THEATRE-ROYAL.—This evening Sheridan Knowles' new
tragedy of " The Bridals of Messina" will be performed.'
It was received on Friday with the most rapturous applause.
We have heard it highly spoken of. There was a good house
last night to witness Ion," in spite of the unpleasantness
of the weather.

WALTON 13 icz AR.—We beg to draw the attention of our
readers—and particularly those of the fair sex—to the an-
nouncement of the bazaar, which is to be held very shortly
in Mr. Skirving's grounds, at Walton. This fete will be one
of the most brilliant ever held in the country, if ,our gentle
townswomen will only exert themselves, and provide the
necessary commodities to constitute a stock for the bazaar.
The committee are resolved that no exertion shall be want-
ing to render the affair most attractive. Mr. Skirving's
liberality is beyond praise in thus allowing the use of his
beautiful grounds. The old church at Walton need* repair,
and the proceeds of the bazaar are to be devoted to that
purpose. The antiquity of this church is remarkable, and
we hope a spirit of liberality will be shown that will enable
the committee to hand over a handsome sum, and thus be the
means of continuing the edifice for some thousand years
longer.

RADICAL RIOTING.—We were last night waited upon by
a poor man, with five children, who had been compelled to
fly from their dwelling, in Atherton-street, through a shame-
ful attack made on the house by a party of Irish ruffians,
who had discovered that the poor man had voted for Sandon
and Cresswell. His windows were last week broken, and
yesterday the scoundrels entered the house, and frightened
the poor children almost to death by their threats and brutal
proceedings. We hope the police will take care that no such
unlawful steps are taken in future.

EXTRAORDINARY TREATMENT OF EMIGRANTS.--At
the police-court, yesterday, Mr. Dowling called the attention
of the bench to a case of oppression towards a number of
unfortunate emigrants, two of whom, females from Ireland,
were then present. It appeared the vessel called " The
Wales," bound to New York, had recently sailed from this
port with emigrants, who had paid their money; and after
the ship got off Holyhead, seventeen of them were put on
board the steamer that towed her out, and were sent back
to Liverpool. They had previqusly been detained here for
some time, and had expended all their money, so that when
they were landed, they had no place to go to, and had since
been assisted by Mr. Evans, of the Parish-office. The cases
of two of them, who were in court, were very peculiar.
They had shipped in Dublin, through a shipping agent, to
proceed hence to Quebec, on the Ist instant, and were
referred to John and William Shaw, emigration agents here,
to whom they presented their tickets for a passage. On
their arrival, however, they found that the vessel by which
they had agreed to go had sailed a week previously. They
were then persuaded by Shaw and Co. to go out via New
York, in " The Wales," and were landed from her with the
others, as before stated. They had already been a fortnight
there, and were in a state of destitution. Mr. Rushton said
hat if the facts were as related, the shippers were clearly
liable to an action. He then directed Mr. Dowling to rnOce
particular inquiry into the case,—to see the shiling agents,
and inquire what they intended to do, and repor to him the
result. Meantime, the two females, (who were decently clad,
and are apparently country_ people,) will have their imme •
diate wants attended to by Mr. Evans.

Mr. Knowles, Mr. Baines, and the Hon. Stuart Wortley,
of this circuit, have been created Queen's Counsel.
ZOOLOGICAL G ARDENS. —The galas at these gardens are
attracting numbers of fashionable parties. The Storming
of Acre is a magnificent exhibition, and goes off with great
éclat. Friday evening the entertainments will be repeated.
THE LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.—The ensuing July
Races, which commence on Wednesday, July the 14th inst.,
are beginning to excite extraordinary interest. The entries
for the three days are very large. The declarations for the
cup, to which there are 110 subscribers, are made to-day ; a
large field will start for this prize, and as the elections will
be over by the time, a great number of visitors are certain
to visit the good old town.

ST. BARNABAS CHURCH.—Phis church is now nearly
ready to be opened for divine service, and we hope to be able
to state decidedly in our next, on what day such an interest-
ing ceremony will take place.
MUCH AND LITTLE WOOLTON.—The number of inhabit-
ants in Much Woolton, according to the present census, is
2216; in 1831 it was 1344. In Little Woolton, in 1831, the
number was 738, it is now 916.

We regret to state that the banking firm of Messrs. Whit-
more, Wells, and Co., of Lombard-street, London, suspend-

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ed payment on Wednesday morning.
PAINTINGS.—SeveraI very fine collections of paintings
are now on view for sale in Liverpool. Mr. Collins, at Mr.
Crawford's, Bold-street, has some remarkable specimens of
the Dutch, English, Italian, and Flemish schools. At Lacey's,
in Bold-street, Mr. Wilson has a very choice collection. We
shall notice some of these pictures in a futuro article.

REGISTER ! REGISTER !—We would remind those electors
who have changed their residences, or acquired new qualiti-
cations since the last registration, that the time has now
arrived at which they should send in their new claims to the
overseer, paying a shilling with each. Though removal does
not disqualify county voters from voting if they are regis-
tered, it is sufficient to prevent them being registered if they
do not claim afresh. In the bustle of the present election
they must not forget to look out for the future.

The population of Newcastle-on-Tyne amounts to 71,841,
being an increase of 16,850 over the census of 1831.
ST. SIMON'S CHURCH, GLOUCESTER-ST.—Service was
performed in this church—for the first time since its connec-
tion with the establishment—on Sunday, by the zealous and
indefatigable minister of the late St. Simon's Chapel, in
Sir Thomas's-buildings,—the Rev. J. R. Connor. We are
happy to find that the church was crowded both morning and
evening. This church bids fair to be a real blessing to the
neighbourhood. '
APPEAL TO THE HUMANE AND CHARITABLE.—An ap-
peal to the humane and charitable appears in our columns of
this day, which we recommend to the sympathy of our
Christian friends and readers, as we have every reason to be-
lieve it to be, indeed, a case of deep and peculiar distress.

SMUGGLING CIGARS.—A man named Wilson, who had

recently been tliseharged from the police force for a second
violent assault on an old wan, was yesterday placed at the
bar of the police-court, charged with having been found bring-
ing from a vessel two boxes of cigars, weighing about 31bs.
He stated that he was about to go to sea, and had received
them for his own use from a brother yf his who had just ar-
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rived by the vessel. He was fined 505., or, in default, to be
imprisoned for one month.

MR. CASEMENT'S CASE--In our last we gave a summary
of the evidence adduced against Mr. Casement at the Police-
office on Thursday last, for firing a pistol and wounding four
persons in front of his dwelling-house, near the Custom-
house. On Friday the further hearing of the case was re-
sumed, when it was shown that it was not until Mr. Case-
ment was beset on every side, and his wife and daughter
struck insensible, that he fired the pistol. In giving the de-
cision, Mr. Rushton said, " I shall hold the prisoner to bail,
to answer any indictment which may be preferred against
him at the assizes. _ Whether the circumstances under which

his house was attacked were of such a nature as to justify the
use of fire-arms I will not undertake to decide ; it is not the
duty of a magistrate, in a preliminary inquiry, so to decide,
but to leave it to a jury. No doubt, great wrong has been
done ; but whether the circumstances amount to a provocation
to justify the use of fire-arms, it is neither my duty nor pro-
vince to inquire. The prisoner must be held to bail, himself
in £2OO, and two sureties of £lOO each.
List of passengers per Great Western, Lieutenant James
Hosken, R.N., Commander, from New York to Bristol,
_. _ _

arrived July 3, 1841 :—Col. Coldero, Col. Houston, Major
Harpour, Mr. and Miss Anderson, R. Roger, M. Lopez, B.
Blanchard, G. A. Hopely, Mr. Cassagnan, Mr. and Mrs.
Neustadt, two children, and servant,'Mr. and Mrs. Loubat,
F. Loubat, A. Loubat, He Le Barbier and servant, F. Tin-
tera, N. Berry, E. L. Corey, C. F. Hagedorn, S. Gould, W.
Milligan, G. Martin, W. Mure, J. Littlejohn, E. Norris,
C. Heydecker. Mr. and Mrs. Pickersgill, S. Pickersgill, J.
Stedman, S. Sayer, A. Batrie, Mr. Crockerson, Mr. and
Mrs. Kendall, two children, and two servants, Miss Ken-
dall, Mr. and Mrs. Murray, T. Millenden, A. Louvier, C.
W. Dayton, Mr..and Mrs. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. Plucke,
Mr. S. Price and servant, W. S. Witmore; Henry Thomas,
R. F. Crocker, Mr. Delius, Dr. Jones, T. B. English. J.
P. English, G. W. Houghton, Mr. Lumley, Mr. Holten-
hoff, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Aston, G. S. Cameron, R. G. Rams-
den, Mr. Barton, S. Forbes, F. B. Sands, T. Currie, N.
Cassilli, W.L. Bidden, T. F. Cruger, Mr. Wakon, D.

Verner; and F. Probert. 81 passengers.
THE GIRAIFES BOLD-STREET.—Five beautiful gi-

raffes are now exhibiting by Mr. Wombwell, in Bold-street,
which have been lately brought into this country from
Abysinia. They are in excellent health and condition, and
are very docile and domesticated. Three of them are not

quite twelve months old yet; the other two are what are
termed "two year olds." One of the latter measures from
the hoof to the crest of the head thirty-six feet. These five

animals are well worthy the attention of the curious, as ex-
hibiting the wonderful work of creation in forming an animal
so singular in construction, yet so beautiful in proportion.
When these giraffes were in London one of them contrived
to make its escape, and, after a chase of seven miles through
the streets of the metropolis, was caught in St. Paul's
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church-yard. In its native country, the giraffe browses
upon the higher twigs of trees, its altitude enabling it to feed
on those which are out of the reach of ordinary animals. Its
general pace is an amble, but when pursued it flies with ex-
treme swiftness. In its native deserts, it is timid and diffi-
cult to approach, but when domesticated, it loses much of its
timidity, and becomes mild and docile, recognizing its keeper,
and taking from his hand what he may offer to it. The mo-
tion of its head and neck is extremely graceful and curious :
the neck possesses the flexibility of that of the swan or pea-
cock ; the eye is large, prominent, and exceedingly quick in
catching objects at a great distance—it is well defended by
the brow, and, like that of the hare, possesses the advantage
of seeing backwards as well as forwards, without any corre-
sponding motion of the head. The ears are well formed, and
are constantly bent forward. The tongue is long and tapered,
possessing very peculiar properties, which enable it to seize
the leaves and twigs of trees with certainty. Near the ears
are two small horns, the greater part of which are covered
with hair. Apropos to Giraffes, we recollect a good Ameti-
can story which became current in New York, when some of
those animals were exhibiting there. A " loafer," finding
that crowds of persons went day by day to inspect them, hit
upon the notable scheme of " getting up" a rival " giraffe."
He procured a good-sized poncy, and rigged it with a stu-
pendous head and neck, in imitation of the real giraffe.
Having made his exhibition public, many persons were induced
ro visit the fresh importation. The trick, of course, was
discovered, but determined that others should partake of the
imposition, those who had been deceived persuaded their
friends to visit the " new wonder." Those, finding they
were tricked, humbugged others, till at length one cunning
Yankee, placing his lingers to his nose, exclaimed—" I guess
you don't come giraffe over this child." From that moment
" coming giraffe" became a household phrase, when any one
attempted an imposition. "To return to our muttons," the
giraffes in Bold-street ate genuine curiosities, and, no doubt,
will attract great attention.
DEATH OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF HANOVER.
—HANOVER, JUNE 29.—The Queen of Hanover died to-
day. The Hanover Gazette, with a black border, contains
the following notice It has pleased the Disposer of all
human events to-day, at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock,
to remove from this life the most august and illustrious
Princess Frederica Louisa Caroline Sophia Alexandrina, by
the grace of God Queen of Hanover, Princess of Great
Britain aid Ireland, Duchess of Cumberland, Duchess of
Brunswick arid Luneburg, &c. (born Princess of Mecklen-
burg, &c.) His Majesty the King, the royal family, and all
faithful subjects, are hereby plunged into the deepest afflic-
tion. After being confined to her bed for three months her
Majesty expired from a decay of strength ; she was con-
stantly attended by the King, the Crown Prince, and the
Duchess of Anhalt Dessau. Her Majesty will be ever re-
membered as a mother and Queen.—VON SCHELE."
THE SULPHUR AFFAIR."." A report," says the Sema-
phore, of Marseilles, " has been current at Naples, that the
house of Rothschild had subscribed for a loan of three millions
of ducats to effect the liquidation of the Sulphur Company.
We understand that the Neapolitan government has found
in its own resources the means of effecting this liquidation.
Extremely advantageous offers were made to the Neapolitan
treasury, but rejected. No loan has been taken ; only the
government of the Two Sicilies has consented to give at 41
per cent. the moderate sum of 800,000 ducats in royal bonds.
This negotiation was effected with the house of Rothschild."
HAND-LOOM WEAVERS.—The privations of this class
continue with undiminished severity, and a large portion of
them are still in the receipt of daily assistance, in the shape
of rations, or employed in breaking stones, though, we are
afraid, there still remain many whose cases have not been
overtaken. At the request of the
_relief committee, the su-

perintendent of police has caused inquiry to be made into
the circumstances of about 300 heads of families, who have
applied for relief, and the following has been the result :
The three hundred heads of families have dependent on them
1279 children, 529 of whom are under 10 years of age. Of
the three hundred heads of families 153 are natives of Ire-
land, 110 natives of Scotland, and 2 natives of England.
The persons employed in breaking stones are 279, and the
number of natives served daily at the soup-kitchen, for the
last few weeks, amount to 1300. We believe the poor fel-
lows employed in breaking stones find the work sufficiently
hard for them, and it is little to be surprised at, therefore,
that they are occasionally found grumbling. It is exceed-
ingli desirable that some softer description of work could be
found ; spade labour would be much more agreeable for
them, and we trust that something of this kind will yet be
resorted to. We have occasionally heard at the Council
table proposals for sloping and beautifying the banks of the
river along the public Green. Could this not be done by the
idle weavers during the present summer ?—Argus.
A lawyer pleaded with great ability the cause of his client
for near an hour. When he had done, his antagonist, with a
supercillious sneer, said he did rot understand a word the
other said, who neatly replied, " I believe so. for I was
speaking law."
TAKING A CHARACTER.--A notorious scold applied to
magistrate for his advice, stating that a neighbouring woman
had taken her character from her. "Go back," said the
magistrate, " and thank her kindly; for I would not have
thy character for five hundred pounds."
A WOMAN BURIED ALIVE.—On Tuesday last a young
woman, a servant in a highly respectable family, was seized by
an apoplectic fit, and, as was supposed, died. On being a few
hours after taken to the Greek church for interment, she was
observed to be warm, and on a medical man being sent for was
pronounced to be yet living. SO is now, according to some
reports, doing well, others say she is since dead. This is by
no means, during a few years residence in Smyrna, the first
time that we have heard of a similar accident having hap-
pened. How indeed can it be otherwise, when corpses, of
Greeks especially, are hurried to interment in less than 12
hours after death is supposed to take place? Some strong
measures should be adopted to prevent so horrible a circum-
stance from ever occurring, :by not allowing a body to be
carried out till at least 21 hours after death.—Suivrna Ob-
serves' of May 21.
THE MURRAIN AMONG CATTLE.—We are sorry to learn
from various correspondents that the murrain is extending
over large sections of Galloway, and the higher parts of
Dumfries shire. A good many diseased cattle appeared on
our Sands on Wednesday last, and, where the parties were
to agree as to terms, found purchasers notwithstanding. One
respectable jobber and farmer from the border selected a few
of the worst for the express purpose of communicating the
complaint to his own healthy herd. And the reason he as-
signed was this :—" I know I am sure to catch it like my
neighbours ; I wish, therefore, to quicken the process, that
all may be right again before Borough-Lill Fair on the 27th of
September. Strange as this fact may appear, the reader
may rest assured it is strictly true ; and we have since
learned that the practice is not so rare as we had a: first
imagined. In the back end of last year, while the cattle of
F. Lawrie became affected at Tinwald Shaws, they conti-
nued sound on his farm in Closeburn. Accordingly he sent
invalids from the one farm to the other, and in two days the
experiment had the de,tire4.l fiffect.—Dumfries Courier,

LITERARY NOTICES.

Fraser, for July: Fraser, London.

The opening paper is entitled " The Age we live in ;" a
truly philosophical article, touching upon new discoveries and
new education, showing that the age is one of words, of
peace, of philanthropy, of railroads, of steam. '' Rustic
Controversies, No. 7," consists of " Will o' the Whisp,
Wednesday," a highland legend. " Stories of Science" is
an historical tale, done in choice dogrel. " The Note-book
of the Ordinary," this month, gives us an appalling instance
of the inefficiency of the law in detecting crime and forward-
ing the ends of justice, by means of "an approver." The
case of "The Forger" is remarkable. "The last New Life
of Shakspeare" is a pleasant review of De Quincey's Memoirs
of the Bard of Avon, in the 20th volume of Encyclopaedia
Britannica. "The Three Great Epochs" has some happy
hits in it. " Rambling Remarks with reference to the Ger-
man Opeia" will please the musical people. Dean Graves
works are next ably reviewed. " The Greater and Lesser
Stars of Pall Mall" contains many very curious and inter-
esting anecdotes of celebrated characters. The anecdotes of
Judge Jeffries will be read with much curiosity. The article
on " Men and Pictures," by Michael Angelo Titmarsh, is-in
that clever writer's usual excentric style. His remarks are
replete with odd reflections, plain truths, touches of wit and
sarcasm, and that self-sufficiency that in any body else would
be impertinent. His criticisms are excellent. The con-
cluding paper contains the " Sayings and Doings of the
Scotch Non-intrusionists," by a Strathbogio Churchman.

Barnaby Rudge.—By Boz. Waring Webb, Liverpool.
We find Joe Willett takes his departure from his paternal
roof, and enlists for a.soldier, in the present portion of this
amusing tale, and no less a person than Lord George Gordon
stepping on the stage. The description of the May Pole
kitchen, and the terror of the parish clerk, after witnessing
the ghost, is capital. Joe Willett's interview with Dolly
Varden, previous to his departure, is well told, and so is the
dismissal of Ned Chester by his father. Old Chester is one
of the most eztraordinary creations of Boz's imaginative
mind. By the way, we perceive by the Edinbro' papers,
that the admirers of Mr. Dickens, in that city, have been
giving him a dinner, as a testimonial of esteem. He richly
deserves the love of all, for he has contributed to the amuse-
ment of thousands—aye, hundreds of thousands, perhaps
millions.

Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales. By Thomas
Roscoe. Wareing Webb, Liverpool.

We have so frequently quoted from this very beautiful
work that our readers may easily judge how highly we esteem
it. The present part contains some exquisite engravings by
Creswick and Cox, the former contributing the " View of
the South-Stack Lighhouse," and the latter, " Llanilltyd
Vale and Bridge," " Llyndwal," the " Trifaen Mountain,"
" Nant Frangon," and the sweet" Vale of Festiniog." Mr.
Roscoe is one of the most charming writers of the day, and
his pen throws an interest over the most trifling object in the
landscape. The engravings in this part are worth the price
of it alone. 'We have seen the time when such would have
cost three times the money.

C'ruikshanh's Omnibus—July. Wareing Webb, Liverpool.
The leading illustration this month is very appropriately,
an election squib. The a►ticle—" My Vote and Interest "
is a happy description of the doings of a meddling fellow,
who brings discord into a peaceful viilage. " The Census "
contains some good hits at this national undertaking. "Frank
Heartwell " increases in interest. The illustration is capi-
tally done. " The Livery out of London " is a rich bit of
humour. The wood-cut illustrations are famous. " The
Rigid Sense of Duty " is a piquanfe morceau, well told,
and aptly illustrated.

Dublin University Magazine for July.

The articles are numerous and in great variety. Charles
O'Malley sustains his high reputation. Doctor Anater, the
well-known translator of Faust, supplies Number Sixteen of
the Anthologia Germanica, in which are several lively speci-
mens of German poetry. There is a portrait and character
of Chief Justice Bushe, which, though drawn in glowing
colours, has fortunately a subject that can well bear such
tints from the painter's hand.
" Charles Kendal Bushe," says the author, " one of the
last surviving names that is written on the brightest page of
Ireland's history; the associate of the men who have made
Ireland illustrious among the nations, and thrown upon the
brief but splendid era which they illumined, a glow of light
which almost irradiates the long and gloomy darkness of our
national story. The contemporary of Grattan, of Flood, of
Curran, and of Saurin, and worthy even of such men, to be
the associate and the compeer. The light of other days is
around his name. It is already sacred, even while he is yet
among us—long may it be, ere it is consecrated by the sorrow
with which his country must one day or other mourn his
removal."
" Letters from the Coast of Clare" are continued in the
same domestic, familiar style which characterised the early
numbers. " The Far East" contains some curious and in-
teresting particulars of the Japanese, collected from recent
and authentic sources. "My Life by an ex-Dissenter," is
a good paper, and deserves to be studied. Its principles are
sound and deep. This on the whole is a good number.

THE FINE ARTS.
Landseer's Picture of the Highland Drovers. Engraved by
Watt. Henry Graves and Co., London.

We have reached the very climax of the art of engraving.
We have gazed upon the ultima Thule in its magic world.
The high top paramount of perfection is in the engraving,
the title of which heads this article : we do not say it can-
not be excelled—but we can safely say that it has never yet
been approached, either for beauty of execution, softness,
yet depth, of shadow, and breadth of the lights which the
painter has exquisitely cast over his inimitable picture. It
is without doubt the very quintessence of the engraver's
skill. The scene of this picture is laid in the Highlands, in the
morning time, with a drove of cattle wending their way to
the south—in the distance are the hills—"lthe eternal hills,"
at their foot are a lake and castle, to which a road leads, co-
vered with " herd and fold." The groups in the foreground are
most charmingly expresstd—and are all full of interest. The
old man and woman—the " topsman" and his babe—the wife
with the drinking-horn, and the pair of lovers—the boy and
dogs—the whelp, and lien with her brood—the poney—and
the cattle—have each and all a prominent feature in the ar-
rangement. This very beautiful work is now for inspection
at Mr. Linnacer's, in Ranelagh-street, where the lovers of
art can see.it.

The Stenographic Standard. By J. H. Buck. London :

This is decidedly a clever and useful publication, and will
enable any one to commence the art of stenography without
further assistance. The only mode of attaining perfection
in this art is by constant practice. Mr. Buck's method is
simple, and appears easy of acquirement.