The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-11 00:00:00

CALEDONIAN BALL.

,Illanv of our readers will learn with feelings of disappoint-
ment that the Caledonian ball, which has been so ninch• the
subject of conversation here in certain circles, and which stone
time was in a mannerThied for the !At April, will not take place
for reasons with which wq are lint imperfectly acquainted. It
is said that some of the principal fakailies in the town, on being
consulted, were of opinion that it should have been thought of
earlier, and that there would-have been a more splendid and
fuller attendance at the'coonneueeineot than at the close of the
ball season, when new and peculiar-dresses must by many have
been deemed indispensable'. ' It could not, however, base been
ce,,x,liii:e.i appearedeiritiiiee,isl,
tirtir(he,a,se,tl:•siatychl(!)eitttttlilislirerhe::Al‘g.
eievnincihettlhyeereilsiteat,n_rt'elii:h,
fe
iratiotianii,td,g,t)e:ttrillecoi
rilitiiii;t.:lG,si,aluri,;(l,tril(lll,i,
:nittrat
tiiilvieeei
doubted that all the ladies wont,' Katie exhibited more or less of
the national huta 4 or -plaid; for-every person should have been
welcome who preferred the usual half dress. It was under con-
sideration; We irate heard, to hare regite'sted all the company to
mount the 'while cockade; for the %%bite 'inse, is a national -badge
of. Scotland,: of remote an i iiiiiity -'and"there is authentic. proof:
in the 'HerWs=olli-Ce-tha t it itith if V as such by- David:the
Second, sonanil- suecessof of Vii,C,lMtert Bruce, :it a grand
tournament in the year lat9.A.Fr-,•otttse it is noire ancient
th;th the Whits, rose of York. Every' on knowsthat it ssas also
asttgptuesd—byte chivalrous
.prince who lives in many -a, jacobite
• • '- - : 1 • , " The bonny. bonny lad '
' ' 4 I4;'ith ae•zrhite cockade."
' It is still to, be hoped that there Will be a Caledonian ball for
the good of ti,:iiili and for the sake of the charity, for the benefit
of a loch it Wa';' intended; and we take the liberty of suggesting,
as an apps4n Hats, ti.w.e lota, lbs. eyening of SL AndrevesAAty i-
-lirednestfiScilte 30th November.
The Caledonian interest is strong in this borough. ,His•wor-
-Ship the May:4 is the son of an eminent Scotsman, whose name
will go down with credit to the latest posterity as the biographer
of Burns. Both of our parliamentary rept esentatives are con-
nected with Scotland, Mr. Lwart by descent, and Lord Saiidon
through the Lady Francis Sandon, sister of, the Marquis of
Bute. Lord Francis Egerton, one of our representatives for
this division of Lancashire, is the son of the Countess-Duchess
of Sutherland, who, in the antigun), of her f tinily, takes pre-
cedence of the whole nobility of the empire. The grandmother
of Earl Derby, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, was the wife
of two. Scotch dukes and the mother of two scotch dukes,
Douglas, Duke of Hamilton and the present Drike of Argyle.
We have been told fly good authority- that it is the general
wish of the elite of the town and neighlontrhood that there
should be a Caledonian hall, and we believe that it wilt give
u
notch satisfaction, if it take place early in the lea season. Inc
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m
the meantime let the Leant monde be thinkingi .1i gay cltara
ters they are to assume. To the beaten we yin', lay:-7-let, very
thilig. be in pod keeping: adigureadispinably - DIWATO *Ube
Nicol JarYie would be a failure a-Sl.ep,rgAto„ 'INN
,i'C Mau
van.: 'We dare only venture on ,:iAe:ittkili 10#,0e.c:—in
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_6 TivE ,A
GRAND' PLOUGHING ms-it- a -A- WTON.
,
The second annual ploughing match, and 4 p,p,;pmgco ,of
tliat excellent institution, the Liverpoot,4ml4ol4o-I,'S'Oie.ty,.
came off at Newton, on Thtirsday, the 34 infttan f ,AlO ,in pot in t
'of interest greatly exceeded any sin:ilas .ekhibitiOn. that ever
toOk iila'ce at this county. Thirty-three candidates signified
their intention to the secretary to compete for the premiums
offeretlty'llie society, but when the names were called over in
the morning' previous to commencing operations tweift-eight
only resp,thned to the call. ' The illy proved remarkably favOur-
able for the e:dlihition, and: at the very least estimate there
WAte upwards of 4000 spectators, principally farmers anti gen-
tl;4libl, who take 'an interest iu agricultural pursuits. The
mitt selected for the trial of skill was a grass field, of many
,years ltlit. Situate adjoining the turnpike-road leading from
Nen totitl4.Werrington,, distant from the former place about a
qtiartei'"hfiskiiiile ; it was remarkably well adapted for the pur-
pose, neaft4 froth its extent, but alsO Bout the nature of the
soil, whieh'shoWed the ploughing. off to much advantage, and
we havegrea/Afisfaction and pleasure in recording. a decided
improventiOt Witte ploughing since the exhibition which took
place at DreliAlilast year ; and the exertions made by the coin-
{ e-ii ors Mtigitiv'titanifest to every one when we state that the
pioughniiii'icli, Vla'st year only got the 6'h prize has this year
ueen awarded7the Jst, beating that excellent ploughman, Ag-
new, in Dr. Lillar's etiiploy at Itainford, who, nevertheless, ob-
tained this' yearthe 2d premiUth. We heard it stated that the
successful candidate atttibUtes his success mainly to the pains
taken by Dr. Lillar's servant to instruct the winner in setting
his plough, and who, it appeared, has turned out an excellent
ptipil. There are numerous ploughmen we could
alto v
osuldlli‘luoti4 be
haute, and
some whom we saw competing for Op:O§,t i,n
ii
greatly the gainers by lessons received frlti eiame 9E.
The judges were Mr." John OWen,'Of Liwit , ',*h.. filly enry
mawdsle:,, of Tarbuck, and Mr. James '4SheroVy,..*,vertree,
They were not allowed to see the.pfdifghing, until after the
ploughmen and spectators had left the 4#4,:awd with nothing
to direct them but the number which distinguished eavhplough-
maies lot of land 5 and, generally observed, their decisithis gave
satisfaction.

The dinner was provided by Mr. May, of the Leigh Arms
Hotel, to whom great credit is due. The chair was filled by R.
Stetter, Esq., of Knowsley, the active chairman of the commit-
tee. A bou t 120 gentlemen sat down to dinner, and after the
usual toasts and sentiments had been delivered, the secretary,
about five o'clock, announced the award of the judges, of which
the following is a copy :
Premium -Ist.—To Rilehard Pilkington, Esq., of Windle
the society's silver medal, as the owner, for the ploughing best
finished in the shortest time with a pair of horses single, with a
driver; and the sum of £1 to James Robinson, the plouGhtnan.
._..ivilrteen in the field. ,
`; Premium 2d.—To Dr. Sillar, of Rainford, the society's silver
mlidal for the second best ditto, ditto, with a pair of horses sin-
rgle, without a driver, and the sum of 15s. to James Agnew, the
ploughmen.—Twenty-eight in the field.
PremiuM 3d —To Mr. Robert Jackson, of Newton, the sum
of £2 for the third best ditto, ditto, with a pair of horses single,
with' driver,-.and the sum of 10s. to George Wright, the
it,,iti:hinati.—Seyenteen in the field.
Premium 40).—T0 Mr. 'l'. E: Cartwright, of Everton, the
society's silVer medal for theloitrth best ditto, ditto, with a pair
of horses don le, without a dri Cr, and the sum of is. to Abraham
Franceys; the ploughman.—Eiglit in the field.
PrerniuM sth.—To l\fr. Niarsland, of Paaulay
Cheshire, the sum of £1 for the fifth best ditto. ditto,. with a pair'
of horses ckuble','Without a driver. and the sum of ss. to William
Wright, the ploughthaii.--Twetitv seven in the 'field.
'remittal fittiL-To the chin,
of 12s. for the sixth hest ditto, ditekitith a pair of horses 'double,
without a driver, and the sum of 2S; Fitt. to Samuel Clare; the
ploughtnan.—:Three'in the field. '
Directly after the rePort.was read the successful candidates
were presented with their well-earned rewards, and the com-
pany, after enjoy ing themselyeS till near seven o'clock, retired
well with the resttlt of the proceedings of the day.

CHAUBERT, THE FIRE-K.INq.,-,-This individual, who a few
years since'eXcited some curiosity in London in consequence of
his daring experiments in chemistry, and who has frequently
been repoLted as dead, was too months since living in a state of
opulence in the Broadway, New York, where lie keeps a large
chemist's store, under the denninination of the !‘.Fire-king's
store." He drives four horses in his carriage, and was upon
the point of marriage with a very rich widow. It is believed
that he has a wife and family in I,lngland,

ANCESTRY.—An ingenious French writer observes, that those
who depend on the merits of their ancestors, may he said to
search in the root of the tree, for those which the• branches
ought to produce.

POLITICAL PARTIZANSHIP.—The mischievous effect of poli-
tical opinions beinz allowed to influence legal appointments
was never more strikingly exemplified than in the unfortunate
circuin4ance of the services of two inch eininent men as Lord
Lyndtiur&t and Sir Edward Sitgii,ai, tieing from that cause
alone entirely lost to the country: