The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL RIDING SCHOOL,
/
LIME-STREET.
11/R. SMITH most respectfully begs lea ' to announce to
.I.V.L the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpo and its environs,
that the above is now in excellent or r, and without the
least interruption, the gates being aiw s closed while Pupils
ride, to the exclusion of any person except such as they
may introduce.

Steady well-trained Horses and Ponies, for either sex,
always in readiness. _ _ _

Attendance from Six in the Morning till Six in the Even-
ing, during the summer months.
Cards of Terms may be had at the School. z

WEST OF ENGLAND FIRE AND LIFE INS ANCE
COMPANY.
Emvoicered ky Act of Parliame
CAPITAL, £600,000.
President—The Rielt•Honourable th rl of DEVON.
FIFTH.. DIVIDEND TO THE I RED.
111DEP;SONS insured against Fire to t extent of £3OO and
J.L., upwards, whose Policies continued in force afehristmas,
1837, and who had then been insured Two Years at least,
are hereby informed, that the Fifth Dividend, calculated on
the Nett Amount of the Premiums paid by them, from
Christmas, 1832, to Christmas, 1837, is now payable at the
Company's Office in Exeter, and by the Agents with whom
the Insurances are effected, or renewed. • •
FIRE INSURANCES continue to be granted on the
above plan of admitting the Insured, into a participation of
the Surplus at the end of every Fifth Year, from which the
Public have already derived considerable returns.
LIFE INS ITRANCES.—A Bonus has been declared on
Policies, by adding to the Sums Insured, payable at the de-
. muse of the Life, or _-;in- t,tuivalent'reductian of the future
Annual Premru— in-g; at the option of the. Insured. This ad-
vantage, added to the reduced rates of Premiums, renders
the ternis of this Company particularly favourable to the In-
• sured.

This Company's business is still increasing, and the esti-
mation in which the Institution is held, may be inferred from
the fact, that, as a Fire Office, it ranks the Seventh in the
Kingdom ; and, as a Life Office, the extent of its business is
not inferior to that of the first-rate Companies.
The Company does not pride itself on account of the large
amount of Government Tax levied on the Public, in the shape
of Duty on Fire Insurances paid to the Company, but rather
refers, with satisfaction, to a measure in which the Insured
are beneficially interested—namely, the large return made to
them out of the Premiums paid, as the following Statement of
Policies, amongst many others, which are now receiving the
Bonus attached thereto, in the Liverpool department, will
prove:— _

Policy, No. 72,567
„ 106,104
" 101,562
IP 108,800
" 104,888
~ 109,135
AGENTS IN LIVERPOOL :- -
W. WHITEHOUSE & SON,
12, Exchange-buildings.
D. & J. B. NEILSON, Exchange-street East.
Those Persons whase Policies fall due at LADY DAY are
respectfully informed, that they should be renewed on or
before the 9th April.

THE celebrated Cordial BALM of SYRIACUM, or
NATURE'S GRAND RESTORATIVE.
There is nothing more remarkable in the social habits of
the present day, and more particularly in those of the past
century, than a general disregard to the maxims of prudence
in regard to health and enjoyment. Hence the vast multi-
tudes who, having acquired the portion of an enfeebled con-
stitution, are doomed to the clan of habitual in lids. Their
minds anxious, unsteady, or sluggish, an their bodies
weak, the natural functions of life are discha ed laboriously,
with pain and difficulty. For this state of ervous derange-
ment, the celebrated
CORDIAL BALM OF S lACUM
will be found to have peculiar efficacy trengthening the lan-
guid system and shedding new hope on the mind. A perse-
verance in its use has been the happy means of relieving
many thousands, and of restoring a great number to the per-
manent enjoyment of life. It is remarkable for its efficacy in
all disorders of the digestive organs, and is especially recom-
mended to those who, from the irregularities of youthful age,
habits of studious application, or a life of pleasure, have
fallen into a despondent state of mind, and that distressing
train of symptoms commonly denominated the NERVOUS.
In such persons the mental are not less enfeebled than the
corporeal, and to them a remedy that acts with efficacy, with-
out interfering with domestic habits, is peculiarly desirable.
Its primary object is to relieve those persons who, by an
immoderate indulgence in their passions, have ruined their
constitutions and brought on a perfect labia. dorsalis ; or, in
their way to the consummation of that deplorable malady,
the affected with any of those previous symptoms that betray
its approach, as the various affections of the nervous system,
obstinate gleets, involuntary emissions, excesses, irregu-
larity, weakness, total impotency, barrenness. &c. But
the relief the CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM ge-
nerally administers is not confined to these alone : the"
latitudinarian by birth, who has received from his parents
die inheritance of a diseased and unprolific frame—the deli-
cate female, whom an immured and inactive life, together
with an immoderate use of tea and other weak and watery
aliments, has, without any fault of hers, brought on all the
calamitous symptoms of a consumptive habit,; and are, with-
out timely assistance, sinking into a premature grave ! Such
as these, under Divine Influence, the Cordial Balm of Sv-
riacam will restore to the enjoyment of all the comforts of
Lie. It is universally admired, being pleasant to the taste and
smell, gently astringes the fibres of the stomach, and gives
that proper tensity which a good digestion requires.
To the young it will afford lasting health, strength, and
spirits, in place of lassitude and debility, and to the aged and
infirm it will assuredly furnish great relief and comfort, by
gently and safely invigorating the system. It will not give
immortality, but if it be in the power of medicine to gild the
autumn of declining years, and calmly and serenely protract
the close of life beyond its narrow span, this restorative is
capable of effecting this grand desideratum.
The Cordial is highly esteemed in the East and West In-
dies for nourishing and invigorating the nervous system and
acting as a general restorative on debilitated constitutions,
arising from bilious complaints contracted in hot climates.
The studious as well as the sedentary part of the community
should never be without the Cordial Balm of Syriacutn,
which removes diseases of the head, invigorates the mind,
mproves the memory, and enlivens the imagination.
Sold in bottles, price lls. each, or the quantity of four in
one Family Bottle for 355., by which one Hs. bottle is saved,
duty included.
Prepared only by Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, at 22,
Slater-street, Liverpool, and 4, Great Charles-street, Bir-
mingham.
Observe, none are genuine without the signature of R. and
L. PERRY and Co., impressed in a stamp on the outside of
each wrapper, to imitate which is a felony of the deepest dye.
Letters for advice must be post paid, and contain the usual
fee of one pound.
At 22, SLATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
(Private Entrance First Doo up the Passage.)

ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM.—
The following has been communicated to us by a trustworthy
Correspondent :—" Not far from the place in which I write,
a National School is conveniently located in the neighbour-
hood of a mixed population of Romon Catholics, Protes-
tants, and Presbyterians. The Protestant parents, living at
a considerable distance from a parish school, naturally
enough avail themselves of the nearest National School for
their children. The master, being a Roman Catholic, asks
a large class of Roman Catholic children—' Can the priest
forgive sins?' Yes, Sir,' readily answers the boy to whom
the question was put; and the master, patting the boy on
the back, encourages the lie. , and adds, Yes, he can.'
Again, to another child—' Which is the true church ?' 'The
Holy Roman Catholic Church,' responds the child, and the
master again adds, ' Right, sir.' The above questions took
place, and were demanded, in the presence of both Protes-
tants and Presbyterians. "—Derry Sentinel.

DEATH OF SIR RICHARD SPENCER, K.C.H.—The demise
of Sir Richard has been officially repotted at the Admiralty
as having taken place at King George's Sound, Western Aus-
tralia, of which settlement he was Governor at the latter end
of November last. His commission as Post-Captain bore
date 1812.

LORD LYN DH DRST.—We are happy to state that his lord-
ship is rapidly regaining strength. During Wednesday his
lordship was well enough to take a drive in Hyde Park, ac-
companied by Lady Lyndhurst ; and, on Monday next, it is
confidently expected that the noble and learned baron will
be able to be in his place in the House of Lords. Dr. Ne-
vinson and Dr. Locock are the physicians who attend his
lordship.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, according to present ar-
rangements, will leave Buckingham Palace on 'Wednesday
the 15th inst., to pas the Easter recess. The Queen and
her illustrious consort arc expected to remain ten days or a
fortnight at the castle.

Mr. Schomburgk has had the honour of exhibiting,
at Marlborough House, by command of the Queen Dowager,
the magnificent drawing of the Victoria Regis ; also a series
of views from the interior of British Guiana, to the intended
publication of which her majesty is a subscriber.

DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JAMES CAMPBELL,
OF THE ROYAL MARINES.—This gallant officer, whose de-
mise took place at his seat near Farnham, was knghted by
his late majesty, and invested with the insignia of a Knight
Commander of the Gueiphic Order. His commission as
Major-General bore date 1825.

LADY SKELMERSDALE.—Accounts have been received
from Lathom House giving a more favourable statement of
the health of this estimable lady. We are given to under-
stand that an improvement took place on Satnrday last, and
although not considerably better, her ladyship was not in the
same alarming condition as in the earlier part of the week.
Lord and Lady Stanley and their family are at Lathom
House.

The Earl of Derby, according to letters received on Wed-
nesday from Knowsley, was going ou well, and intended to
leave for London about the first of May. His lordship, who
keeps up the valuable racing-stud of his father, the late earl,
intends to send his horse De Clifford to run for the Dee
stakes at Chester races, which Lord Stanley will attend.
NOVEL ENCLOSURE BY POST.—A respectable tradesman
in Hull received a few days ago, by post, a package contain-
ing 2,500 needles. The charge for postage amounted only
to Is. 4d.

During the past twelve months, no less a number than fire
thousand three hundred travelling vagrants have received re-
lief, in the shape of a night's food and 10-dging from the town
of Warrington.
A correspondent suggests.that O'Connell must favour the
Beggary Suppression Bill of, Lord Morpeth on the principle
that two of a trade can' never agree. No doubt there is a
secret understanding between him and the noble lord that
vested rights shall be respected, and that the bill will not
affect the heads of the profession.—Courier.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—We have
pleasure in recording the grateful expression of feeling on the
part of a few friends of the Rev. W. R. Browne, M.A., late
curate of Mottram, and now chaplain of Knutsford House of
Correction. A handsome gown,. together with a small purse
of gold, has been recently forwarded to him by the people of
his late charge, as a humble yet expressive tribute of their
esteem, and of the affectionate fidelity and sincerity with
which:do:4llg five years, he discharged the pastoral duties of
his office amongst them.—Manchester Courier.

A gentleman residing in London, which purchased 405
acres of land in South Australia, including three town acres
at 12s per acre (243,) has recently let the 402 country acres,
on a lease for fourteen years for £2OO per annum, and one of
the town acres on a lease for 21 years at £9O per annum. The
rural land is distant about five miles from Adelaide, and the
town acre is situated in Currie-street. This remarkable in-
stance of a purchaser obtaining in less than four years a
yearly rental greatly exceeding his whole purchase money, is
within our own knowledge.—Colonial Gazette.

THE SLEEPING PHENOMENON.—The following commu-
nication has been addressed to the York Courant:—" Sir,
My attention having been drawn to a paragraph in your pa-
per of the 12th inst., headed ' A Phenomenon or a great de-
ception,' I think it incumbent upon inc to state, that in the
latter part of October, 1834, I was called on to visit Thomas
Bradley, the person therein named, and that shortly after
that visit he became in a comatose state, in which he conti-
nued I believe for nine months. He then gradually reco-
vered, so as to be able to follow his usual avocation until the
last week in August, 1839, when, as I am informed by his
parents, he relapsed into the state above-mentioned. I again
saw him in December last, and also on Friday, the 20th inst.,
and found him labouring under the same symptoms, though
not so emaciated as in 1834. Assuring you that there can
be no deception either on the part of the patient or his pa-
rents, I remain, your's obediently, BENJ. LOCKWOOD, Sur-
geon. Kirkheaton, March 24th, 1840."—[We have not had
an opportunity of visiting the sleeping man, though we have
heard various opinions expressed by those who have visited
him. One thing is certain, if he sleeps his relatives are wide
awake : they are reaping a golden harvest, and the longer
and the sounder he sleeps the better it will be for them.—
Halifax Guardian.]

THE SHIP JOHN GARROW.—This splendid vessel, the hull
of which is built of iron, arrived in our harbour on Friday
last, and has attracted a great deal of attention amongst those
concerned in the shipping. The ship was built by the well
known ship builders, John Ronalds and Co., of Aberdeen,
and has been named the John Garrow, in honour of Mr. Gar-
row, of Liverpool, the ship-broker and merchant, and be-
longs to the firm of Anderson and Garrow, of that place.
The iron varies in thickness from one inch to one half inch,
tapering gradually from the keel. The bottom plates are
seven-eighths, and the side plates are five-eighths of an inch
thick. The ribs are from two feet to two feet six inches
asunder, according to the size of the plates, they are made of
three-inch angle bar by half an inch. The beams consist of
double iron plates, each of which are three and a quarter
inches broad, and half an inch thick. There are a number
of uprights from the kelson to the deck; they are made of
one and three-quarter inches round iron bar, and enclosed
within two angle bars, fastened with clasps and screw bolts.
The extreme length is 145 feet, with a thirty feet one inch
beam and a clear hold of twenty-one feet in depth. The ton-
nage is about 800, but it is supposed that the vessel will carry
about 1400 tons at fourteen feet Water. The deck is flush
with a round house fore and aft. The standing rigging con-
sists of patent metallic cordage, with Manilla cordage for the
running rigging, and upon the whole, the vessel is very com-
plete and in the highest order. We understand the John
Garrow made the passage from Aberdeen in 17 hours, and
sails admirably. The vessel is commanded by Mr. 'Wilson,
an experienced and intelligent seaman ; and the accommo-
dation for passengers is excellent. The John Garrow leaves
this with a general cargo for Bombay, to load cotton for Li-
verpool, and it is confidently expected the passage out will be
made in eighty days.—Tyne Pilot.

OLD ENGLISH FARE.—The following is a dinner of the
reign of Charles the First :—A soup of snails, a powdered
goose, a joll of salmon, and a dish of green fish, buttered,
with eggs ; this was a first course. Then came a Lombard
pie, a cow's udder roasted, a hedge-hog pudding, a rabbit
stuffed with oysters, polonian sausages, a mallard with cab-
bage, and a pair 9f boiled cocks. To these succeeded as en-
tremits—a spinaite.,:tart, a carbonated hen, a pie of aloes,
eggs in moonshine, a chrystal jelly, jumballs, quiddary,
braggot, and walnut suckets. Cock-ale, surfeit-water, Ca-
nary, sack, and Gascony wines, served to moisten this hete-
rogeneous repast. The following is taken from " Wrecker's
Secrets of Nature," published in the next reign, 1660 :
" A live roasted goose." The details of the process are too
barbarous to repeat; but when the roasting is accomplished,
the writer adds—" Then take her up, set her before your
guests, and she will cry as you cut off any part from her,
and will almost be eaten up before she is dead : it is mighty
pleasant to behold."—Harrison Flather.
EPISTOLATORY INTERCOURSE SEVENTY YEARS AGO.—
Seventy years ago, the communication by post with the
principal towns of England was only twice or three times a
week, and with many places not so frequently. Almost
within the recollection of old persons, the post went out
daily to the place where the fashionables of the last century
were accustomed to resort ; while to Manchester, Liverpool,
Leeds, Birmingham, and all our great cities, three times a
week was considered sufficiently frequent. Nevertheless,
in that day and generation, the arrangements of the post-
office were regarded with the utmost complacency. " Let-
ters are conveyed in so short a time, by night as well as by
day, that every twenty-four hours the post goes 120 miles ;
and in five or six days an answer to a letter may be had from
a place three hundred miles distant from London." At
present it is quite possible for a person living at Preiton,
221 miles from London, to send a letter to, and receive a
letter from, London in twenty -five hours, allowing, too, a
delay of four hours in London, the distance traversed being
442 miles. In 1768, the mail, travelling at the rate of less
than six miles an hour, would have been little more than
half way to Preston in the siune time. It is also quite pos-
sible, in a case of emergency, for a merchant in Birmingham
to write to his correspondent at Liverpool in the afternoon,
and receive a communication in reply the same night—the
distance, which is above 200 miles, being traversed between
half-past two and a quarter before twelve, and an hour being.
allowed at Liverpool. It is estimated that the number of
letters conveyed through the post-offices of England and
Wales in a year was about sixty millions previous to the
recent change in the scale of postage ;_
ber will very soon exceed two hundred millions,
_an enormousutNr
and perhaps the num-
amount of correspondence, it must be confessed, B.
..vhe
about one-half of the
every man and woman
adult n gploaii,iudiactaLliwi,rieteve,ninsttheaisdnoutmobnelyr
will probably be small in comparison with the frequent use
which will then be made of the post. We hope soon to see
the correspondence by letters increased forty or fifty fold.—
Penny Magarixe.