The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-24 00:00:00

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BARON DE CossoN's PlCTUREG.—Connoisseurs who
have not visited this very excellent collection, and selected
specimens from it, should not lose any time, as the remaining
pictures, amongst which are some very good ones, will be
removed on the 25th instant.

THE WASHINGTON HOTEL.—At this excellent establish-
ment, so eligibly situated, every convenience and comfort will
be found. To those engaged in the assizes it offers
peculiar advantages.

BEGGING.—A rather well dressed female, named Margaret
Shaw, was, yesterday, brought before Mr. Rushton, on a
charge of begging through a petition which contained some
genuine signatures, (amongst others,) to donations. She
had gone with this to the office of the gentleman who ap-
peared against her. She had before been brought up for the
same offence, and was committed for three months to gaol.
CRICKET MATCII.—A long contested cricket match finally
came off on Thursday, the 20th instant, between the Ken-
sington and Olympus Cricket Clubs, on the ground of the
former, at Kensington, the Olympus beating by a majority
of two, and four wickets to go down. The total numbers
were, Olympus, 106 ; Kensington, 104.

LIFE INSURANCE.—The benefits of life assurance are too
well known to need remark from us. We feel convinced
that the advantages offered by the " United Kingdom Asso-
ciation" will be readily made available by prudent and
thoughtful people.
MARCUS'S CIGAR DEPOT.—We perceive that the authori-
ties have moved the postoffiee branch receiving house from
Mr. Willmer's to Mr. Marcus's, opposite. This excellent
situation will be found highly-convenient to the public. If
the corporation would only be kind enough to widen Parker-
street, an immense improvement would be effected. From
the greatness of the thoroughfare, it is a disgrace that it
should remain in its present state so long.

BURGLARY FROM A SHOP.—Robert Robinson, a young

man, was, yesterday, charged at the Police-conrt with having
broken into one of the shops belonging to Mr. Jeffrey, i❑
Price's-street, and stolen therefrom a quantity of articles.
his property. It appeared that William Sheelds, a boy in
the employment o: Mr. Jeffrey, slept over one of the shops,
which he locked up on Saturday night, at 10 minutes before
12 o'clock. He shortly afterwards heard a crash in the

slates, and saw a man running down the entry with some
pieces of ribbon flying out of his trowsers pocket. The
watchman also heard a prop give way, and saw a man run off
without his hat. The alarm was given, and a young man, an
assistant of Mr. Jeffrey's, who happened to be in the vicinity.
persued the delinquent, whom he saw without a hat, and
succeeded in placing him in custody of the police. The last
witness found that slates had been removed from the roof,
making an opening sufficient to admit the body of a man ;
and the prisoner, when apprehended, had upon him eight
pairs of stockings, five silk handkerchiefs, a piece of linen
of 35 yards, and other articles. The prisoner also threw
from him into the street a quantity of ribbons, and some
articles of drapery were found on the roof of the building.
He declined to say anything in his defense, and was com-
mitted for trial at the sessions.

THEFT BY A SERVANT FROM HER MISTRESS.—A ser-
vant woman, named Ann Caffrey, was yesterday placed at
the bar of the Police-court, on a charge of having stolen a
considerable sum of money, the property of her master. Mrs.
Taylor, wife of George Taylor, gardener, Lambert-street,
stated, that at eleven o'clock yesterday, (Sunday) forenoon,
she placed her pocket, which contained three divisions, on
the sofa in the kitchen. It then contained, in one division,
£lO, in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, about 30s. in silver
in another division, and 4s. in silver in the third. There
was no person in the house at the time but the prisoner and
herself. In about ten minutes she went for her pocket, and
found that the gold was all gone. A policeman was called
in, who found six half-sovereigns in a drawer in Mrs. Taylor's
bed-room, one sovereign and six half-sovereigns behind some
plates in the plate-rack, and afterwards half-a-sovereign in
the bottom of a basin of jelly. The prisoner was committed
for trial.

PROCESSION OF ODD FELLOWS.—Yesterday the annual
procession of the Ancient United Order of Odd Fellows
(enrolled by act of parliament) took place, when they pro-
ceeded through, the leading streets of the town, and their
appearance waslaighly interesting and respectable. They are a
numerous body, and were dressed in their best attire, with
handsome blue sashes, edged with rosettes, and bearing numer-
ous banners and regalia, they looked remarkably well. There
were many bands of music, and we observed several handsome
and appropriate flags, some of them apparently new. Amongst
these latter, one with the figures of St. George and the Dra-
gon upon it, belonging to Lodge 458, was, from the richness
of the material, and the beauty of the painting, an object of
general admiration, as were also their insignia and dispensa-
tion. The procession was much admired, and the day's pro-
ceedings passed off with much eclat. We regret that the
crowded state of our columns, with assize intelligence, pre-
cludes us from particularizing to the extent we could have
wished. In the evening the members of the several lodges re-
tired to their respective lodge rooms, and, after dining together,
enjoyed themselves in the most friendly manner—truly " the
feast of reason and the flow of soul." At a reasonable hour,
" Each took off their different way,
Resolv'd to meet some other day."

FIRE AT SEA : SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.—The Ant
sailed, on Saturday week, from this port for Milford, and on
Sunday night arrived off the harbour of the latter port. The
master, Captain James, having safely moored the vessel, re-
tired to bed, as did the crew. At about two o'clock in the
morning, a pilot, named Phillip, in sailing past the vessel in
the smack, the Mary Ellen, was greatly surprised in dis-
covering flames bursting forth through the deck, and ap-
parently no one on board of her. He immediately brought
his vessel alongside of the brig, and got on board, when, on
going forward, he found the crew in the forecastle asleep and
unconscious of the danger. They were instantly aroused,
when means were adopted to stop the ravages of the fire, but
before that was accomplished, a period of two hours and up-
wards, the after part of the vessel was nearly burnt out. At
one time the destruction of the vessel appeared certain, as
the flames communicated to the mainsail boom, and the
greater part of the rigging was enveloped in a blaze. On the
following day the agents of Lloyd's, stationed at Milford,
inspected the burnt vessel, as well as examined the master
and the crew, and from his report there appears no doubt
that the fire originated from the spontaneous combustion of
some damp straw in a crate of hardware stowed amongst the
cargo in the after part of the vessel. The vessel and cargo
are fully insured.

STEALING FOR REVENGE.—Joseph Chadwick, a sawyer,
was, on Saturday last, placed before Mr. Rushton, charged
with having stolen a saw, the property of Hugh M`Donald,
also a sawyer. Hugh M`Donald stated, that he worked in
the same pit with his brother John. At a quarter past six
o'clock on Friday night last, lie placed his saw in its usual
place under a shed. Next morning, when he went to his
work, he found his frame broken to pieces, and his saw had
disappeared. Police-officer Skillicorn stated, that on the
preceding night, at half-past ten o'clock, he saw the prisoner
dropping from the wall which surrounds the pit. He saw
him place a saw under his arm, with which he was walking
off, when he (Skillicorn) arrested him. He was delivered to
the custody of police-officer Delahurst, to whom he said the
saw belonged to two " black sheep", and he thought it no
sin to deprive them of it. He would be revenged upon them,
if he waited seven years for it. It appeared that the prose-
cutor has been much persecuted by the sawyers belonging to
the union. He is minus an eye, of which he was deprived
by a quantity of vitriol being thrown at his face. The pri-
soner said nothing in his defence. Mr. Rushton said this
was another instance of the folly and wickedness of those who
wished to deprive others of the right to live by the fruits of
their honest labour.

POPULATION RETURNS.—The following are the retur
within the superintendent registrar's district for Birkel
head : Males. Females. Total
Birkenhead . . 3,792 4,425 8,217
Tranmere
Wallasey .
Eastham
Neston
Woodchurch
Hilbre Island. . . ll 8 W
Hospital for Quarantine .... 37 ~
Lock-ups, Birkenhead..... ..... 6
Union Workhouse, Poulton-
cum-Spittle

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Total 31,532
ALARMING COLLISION IN THE RIVER.—On Friday fore-
noon, the fine New York ship Westchester, Captain Ferris,
got under weigh from the river, with a strong breeze from
the south. As she passed the north entrance to the Prince's
Dock Basin, about a ship's length from the pierhead, a sloop
of 80 or 90 tons burthen, just out of dock, under full sail,
attempted to cross her bow ; but she failed, and became en-
tangled with her jib-boom and gear, and the unfortunate
little vessel was immediately upset. She floated up the
river keel upwards. The accident was so sudden that it
seemed impossible that the crew of the sloop could be saved ;
but several boats were in attendance, and picked up those
who were floating, and one or two others saved themselves by
climbing up the bow of the ship. The Westchester lay by
for a time, to render what assistance was necessary, and then
proceeded to sea.
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MR. JOHN MARTIN'S PAINTINGS.—Much as has been
said of these wonderful productions, which may now be seen
at the Union Gallery, Slater-street, their own merits will,
we think, be found in ample justification of all. Excessive
praise bestowed upon mediocre works is sure to defeat its
object, by raising expectations which must be disappointed;
but, in the case of these truly sublime pictures of Mr. Mar-
tin's, expectation is certain to fall short of the great reality.
No one but him who is utterly devoid of all imagination, all
sueceptibility of beauty and grandeur, can possibly look upon
these noble productions without astonishment and delight.
We are glad to learn that the lovers of art in Liverpool are
aware how rich a treasure how rich a treasure is now offered
to their gaze, and are anxiously taking advantage of it. As
an artist, we incline to think, that Martin will, in the esti-
mation of posterity, stand proudly eminent above all his
contemporaries, as Milton now stands above the petty
rhymesters, who, in that day, were more popular than he.
Of such a painter England may be proud.
POCKET PlCKlNG.—Terence Maloney, Chas. Reid Reid,
and Thomas Croft, were brought before the police magistrate,
charged with pocket-picking in the street. The case was
proved, and Maloney was committed for one month, and the
other two, who were the major offenders, for three months
each. Three bricklayers, all young men, Slinger, Hoskisson,
and Lunt, were next brought on for the same offence, in
Great Charlotte-street. The first turned out to be the thief,
and the other two to have attempted to rescue him from the
police. Slinger was sentenced to one month's imprisonment,
and the others to pay 20s and costs, or to be imprisoned 14
days.

WEBB'S CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RAILWAY MAP—
WEBB, LIVERPOOL.—Our townsman Mr. Wareing Webb,
has just sent us a very handsomely got up and most carefully
executed, as well as accurate map of the central and northern
counties, with the railroads marked upon it as at present in
operation. The stations are all noticed. We may safely
pronounce this to be one of the most useful as well as the
neatest pocket maps ever published. To railway travellers
and mercantile men it will be invaluable. It ought to be
termed a vade mecum.
THE WALTON BAZAAR.—The utmost excitement is felt
on the subject of the fete, which, it is expected, will be
beyond precedent attractive. Every opportunity has been
adopted to give eclat to the affair, and we believe that the
committees have been occupied " from norn till dewy
eve" in completing and perfecting the various arrangements.
If the weather prove fine, one of the most exhilarating scenes
will be witnessed in Mr. Skirving's grounds, to-morrow and
the following day, ever witnessed in this part of the country.
St. Swithin s reign is over to-day, so that to-morrow must
be fine—at least we will hope so. If the sun shines not,
numbers of eyes will be there to brighten the scene, to mag-
netise and charm the purchasers of the beautiful articles to
be exhibited for sale.—Correspondent.

THEFT FROM AN EMPLOYER.—Yesterday, at the Police-
court, two youths, James Newell and Wm. Braddock, were
placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen a quantity of
lead from Mr. Williams, plumber, &c. Great Charlotte-
street, whose apprentices they are. Mr. Williams stated,
that on Saturday, shortly after twelve o'clock, he observed
the prisoner Newell going down Great Charlotte-street, and
the other prisoner, Braddock, going in the opposite direction
from the shop. It was their dinner hour, and both of them
ought to have gone down the street. He went to Braddock,
and observed something bulky about his person. He felt
something hard at his sides, detained him, and called the
other prisoner back. On opening their waistcoats, he found
on them lead, which he afterwards identified as his property,
and which weighed 32 pounds, and worth about six shillings.
They were both committed for trial at the sessions.

4T/TPA 4111-4 PAPMES4Pii

!rids grata baaaar and promenade (under Royal end till.-
pinguished patronage) will commence to-morrow, and will be
eoptinued on the following day, in the beautiful nursery and
garden grounds of Mr. Skirving, in the immediate neighbour-
hood of Walton Church, for the renovation and improvement
of which—one of the most interesting places of worship in
this locality—the proceeds are to be devoted. The prepara-
tions made are on a most extensive and judicious scale, and,
whether as regards the abundance and variety of the articles
that will be exposed for sale, useful and ornamental—the
attractions of the fair vendors, or the charming luxuriance
of the gardens, the whole of which are replete with the finest
and rarest productions in which the admirers of horticultural
productions take delight—or the praiseworthy and altogether
unexceptionable obiect in view—,the exhibition will undoubt-
edly be the most interesting ever witnessed in this locality,
and will combine the pleasures of a fancy fair with those of
a splendid fete chapipetre. Several excellent bands of music
will he stationed in various parts of the gardens, which present
a rare combination of the beauties of Sylvia and Flora, and
the attendance of the elite and fashionable of the town and
neighbourhood, will give animation to the scene, in itself
varied and delightful.
We have visited the grounds, and a brief preliminary ac-
count of their variety and extent, and of the accommoda-
tions provided, will, we trust, be acceptable to the •mass of
our readers.
The visitors will enter by the principal gate, at the lodge
and seed warehouse, on the east side of the Walton high
road, where the company who arrive in carriages will alight.
Proceeding thence by the old avenue of sycamores leading
to Mr. Skirving's residence, " Spella Hall," a plain but neat
building " of the olden time," they will pass under a tri-
umphal arch, between the two first trees, formed centrally
by a royal standard, supported by evergreens and flowers.
Other national flags will be tastefully disposed at different
points, to guide to the tents and the principal promenades.
On the left of the second gate, and between it and the ivy-
mantled barn, a handsome decorated tent will first be seen,
to be appropriated for confectionary, &c., to be served by
ladies. The barn and the contiguous stabling, &c., also
covered with ivy. are fine old buildings, and form two sides
of a square, within which is another tent, for more substan-
tial refreshments, twenty yards in length, by ten in breadth,
and calculated to accommodate from four to five hundred
individuals. Several sheds under one of the buildings have
also been cleared out and fitted up, to afford shelter to the
company in the event of a passing shower. The second gate
front these buildings, southward, leads to an extent of twelve
acres of fine nursery ground, planted with shrubs and ever-
greens of various kinds, and intersected by walks crossing
each other at right angles. The fine protecting hedges on
each side of these walks resemble the side scenes of a theatre ;
and the church and mansions of Everton, rising over the
trees, on the northern acclivity of the hill, form an agreeable
termination of the vista to the south.

The gate at the top of the avenue leads on to the lawn
and in pleasure grounds that front the house on the north, and
in which are fixed in picturesque and isolated positions the
tents for the fancy fair. Two of these are on the left of the
promenade, and two in front of the house, all shaded by the
stately sycamores on the lawn, and backed by the luxuriant
and variegated foliage of the shrubberies. Some rare and
beautiful evergreen exotics—the productions of the nursery
—are disposed around them with admirable effect. The
tents are each twenty-one feet in length and thirteen feet in
width. Passing the front of the house and turning to the
north, a path through a rustic piece of rock-work, covered
with ivy, fern, and heather, overshadowed by weeping elms
and willows, leads the visitor to a portion of the pleasure
grounds which as regards the taste with which it is laid out,
may challenge comparison with any spot of similarly circum-
scribed extent in the kingdom. The variegated shrubbing
is indented so as to form delightful and apparently intermi-
nable little bays or glades, the green sward resembling the
course of a river with its numerous tributaries. On the
north, the walk passes under an artificial arch so admirably
constructed of stone, cement, &c, as to appear to be a rem-
,

nant of some ancient edifice, the well defined masonry of
which has, so far, defied the rude assaults of many a winter's
storm. On the left side of the walk two ladies' tents are
erected ; and on the right in a more isolated and retired po-
sition, stands another. When it is " high 'change" at these
delightful marts, the visitors will be reminded of the captiva-
ting descriptions of the ancient poets of " sylvan nymphs
and vales of Arcadie." On the west the peaks of the old

outbuildings peeping over the trees enhance the general pic-
turesque effect. Within a circular iron fence may here be
seen the dark green " Auricaria Imbricata," or Chili pine-
tree, a highly ornamental plant introduced of late years into
this country. Here are also several fine specimens of the
Irish yew. In the ruined or rustic archway alluded to. in

which even the strata of the stone arc distinguishable, a num-
ber of flower-pots are worked in so as to be concealed in the
masonry. These contain appropriate plants and flowers,—
fuchsias, verbenas, yuccas, &c., and patches of natural moss
complete the illusion. Beyond it, two weeping elms form a
shady arch; and running northward a distance of two hun-
dred yards, are a number of broad walks, intersected by
others at right angles. These will form the principal prome-
nades, and the whole ground (many acres in extent) is di-
vided into compartments by high intersecting hedges, and is
replete with the choicest flowers, shrubs, fruit-trees, &c,
exotic and indigenous. We observed some fine training
walls, and beyond them (within a wall enclosure), a large col-
lection of fine standard roses, many of which are yet in full
bloom, though the season is so far advanced. Passing fur-
ther on towards Walton church, may be seen large beds of
forest trees, of from one to two years old. These, at a dis-
tance, resemble grass fields,—yet are destined in their future
growth to become stately forests in the landscape far and
near. The experimental grasses, and many varieties of tur-
nips and other field productions, will also interest the agri-
culturist. In some breadths of these the extraordinarily
fertilizing properties of the " guano," or vulture manure
from South America, are gratifyingly observable. The col-
lection of American and bog plants, in compartments, along
the sides of one of the principal walks is very fine ; as is
that of China roses, rhododendrons, variegated hollies, juni-
pers, yews, Cubas, arbutus, arbor vita:, &c. Near the
standard roses are two large beds of dahlias, containing
many thousand plants. Those on the west side, supported
by triangles of bamboo cane, are furthest advanced, and in-
clude many rich and beautiful varieties. The peach-trees in
training will be much admired,—and the florist will remark
a fine bed of the Fararia pavonia, or tiger lily. Close to the
dahlias is a fine light iron trellis, for the training of trees,
eight feet in height, from the manufactory of Mr. Peake, of
this town. Amongst the bog plants will be noticed fine va-
rieties of kalmias, azaleas, and rhododendrons. The walks,
which are smooth and broad, are all neatly edged with box-
wood. On the west side of a cart or carriage-road, leading
north from the old buildings, are beds of auricarias, roses,
and honeysuckles, in pots, &c., and near these squares and
pits containing alaternus, sweet bays, American hollies, Chi-
nese roses, in sorts, and vines. On the side of the crossing
walk near the buildings, are cedars of Lebanon, magnolias,
Canadian pines, and the Nepaul pine (pinus excelsa), or deo-
dora,—the last worshipped by the easterns, who construct
their temples of its remarkably durable wood. This tree grows
in its native country 2,000 feet above the level of the sea.
The show of carnations will attract much notice.
The greenhouses, two in number, and the hothouse in the
centre of one of them, are on the south side of the house.
In these there are different varieties of greenhouse plants,
including a large number of natives of South America—a
continent abounding in botanical treasures, many of which,
from the table lands and mountains, are of a hardy nature,
and flourish in this country in great perfection. The show
of geraniums is superb, spewing in size of bloom and splen-
dour of colour a decided contrast to the same favourite kind
of flowers some years ago—the effect of improved cultiva-
tion. The collection of fuchsias is very fine, including a
rich specimen of the Fuchsia corimbifirora, with large pen-
dant flowers in bunches. The leaves are very large, some of
them apparently eight inches long. We observed in the
gardens in which the greenhouses stand a great variety of
herbaceous plants, principally in full bloom. Here there
is also a fine row f the Auricaria excelsa. or Norfolk Island
pine, a beautiful feathery variety of the class. The Cape of
Good Hope and New Holland plants are also in a thriving
condition. Here, too, is a specimen of the Pilaus excelsa,
trom the Himalayan mountains, the tallest of the tribe, and
which in its native climate attains a height of 230 feet.
The hothouse, in the middle of the south greenhouse,
contains a number of rare and curious plants. Amongst
them we observed two specimens of the Chinese lilies. in-
troduced into Europe by the celebrated Dr. Seibold. One
of these, a white lily, is now in bloom, and is very beautiful;
the other, which is coloured, is just burstir', into blossom.
There are many fine walks in the grounds, adorned with
plants and flowers, and shaded by trees ; as well as a large
extent of nursery ground on the west side of the Walton
road, from many parts of which extensive land and marine
prospects are obtained ;—but we reserve further details until
our next publication, when we will furnish a full account of
the fete, and the objects that more peculiarly attract atten-
tion. We cannot, however, conclude without repeating our
conviction that, should the weather be favourable, the Wal-
ton bazaar wilt present one of the most delightful and inter-
esting scenes that has ever been witnessed in this neighbour-
hood.

THE MANCHESTER lIODGE PODGE; OR, THE
DEATH OF COCK ROBIN.

With the slight alteration of " corn laws" for " cock ro-
bin," the following old and very popular poem is astonish-
ingly suitable for the present memorable events now taking
place at Manchester.
Who killed Cock Robin?—
We, said the LEAGUE,
In conference big,
And we killed Cock Robin.
Who saw him die ?
I, said the PYE,*
With my little eye,
And I saw him die.
Who caught his blood ?
I, said old GAD—,t
With countenance sad,
And I caught his blood.
Who made his shroud ?
I, said Lord Doom,
• And they call me Lord Goosey ;
But I made his shroud.
Who'll make his grave ?
I, said M'KEKRow,
With my spade and barrow,
And I'll dig his grave.
Who'll be undertaker ?
I, said the QUAKER ;
Although I'm a Shaker,
I'll be undertaker.
Who'll say the prayer ?
The Priest he is there,
And none of us dare,
So we won't have a prayer.
Who'll be the Clerk ?
I, said little BisNEY ;
Although I'm a ninney,
I'll be the Clerk.
Who'll carry the link ?
I, said DICK Con—,+
For I like a hot job,
And I'll carry the link.
Who'll toll the bell ?
I, said JOHN BULL,
etahne
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Mr. Gadsby.
pull,
mr. Cobden. ALE
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I'll
smteoilltlbell.

CHOKING OFF A LAWYER.—Theis best and most effectual
kheck ever given to a verbose pettifogger, occurred in a well-
nown city, and within our knowledge as a fact. Much
against a shrewd, plain spoken, straight forward
citizen washis called from his business, and forced upon a jury,
to pronounce verdict over some trivial point of litigation.
He sat some time patiently until they got the merits of the
case, and saw that the matter was just worth the toss of a red
cent, andfarworthier of being so decided than thrust into a
court of. justice. Yet a pedantic looking small lawyer got
up, having an ostentatious display of law books before him,
and giving every indication that he was going to commence a
prolix fanfaronade, a kind of forensic oratory, for which he
was sometimes celebrated among the different courts of jus-
tice and other bars of the place. After several pompous
hems and haws, he commenced—" Gentlemen of the jury"-7
" Look here," said our juryman, rising and pulling out his
watch—" I've just one remark before you go on. if you
talk more than five minutes I'll give my verdict against You • ,
Now you see the less you speak the setter." The lawyer
took the hint, contented to be choked off, and was rewarded
by the paltry verdict he wished to gain.—N. 0. Picayune.