The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-04 00:00:00

CAUTION TO BUILDERS,

A builder, named Williamson, appeared to a summons is-
sued at the instance of the Surveyor of Buildings, to answer
a charge of not having complied with the terms of the im-
provement Act. The Surveyor stated that the defendant had
erected a common party-wall (as we understood him) between
two houses in St. James's-street, without giving the requi-
site notice, and that it was in a dangerous state.

The defendant said he was not aware that a notice was
requisite in such a case.
Mr. Rushton said he ought to have known it. A man had
last week lost his life by the carelessness of a builder. The
public was endangered by such neglect, and he was deter-
mined they should be protected so far as he had the power.
He fined the defendant £5 and costs.

ROBBERY OF A YOUNG WOMAN

An interesting-looking and decently-dressed young woman,
named Eliza Cooper, appeared to prefer a complaint against
three persons in custody--George Stenner, John Farry, and
Farry, his wife. As this is a case which shews in a
remarkable degree the system of plunder too frequently
practised upon unprotected strangers, and too seldom de-
tected, we supply a considerable portion of the evidence, as
a caution to the unwary.

. The complainant, being sworn, said—l am a single woman,
and live with my grandmother, at Brierley-hill, Dudley.
About noon on Tuesday I arrived at Liverpool, from Scot-
land: I am a stranger here. I lodged on Tuesday night at
a house near the Clarence Dock. I got up about eight
o'clock on Wednesday morning. I had a bundle of clothes
tied in a handkerchief, and intended to seek a situation in
Liverpool. About twelve o'clock I was near Sixsmith's
public-house. The prisoner Stenner was going into the
house. He said, " You are a stranger ?" I said, " I am ;
I am going to Staffordshire." (Witness, in reply to ques-
tions from the prisoner, said she was going to Brierley-hill,
two miles from Dudley.) He said, " I used to work there."
He mentioned two or three persons' names who he said
lived there, and asked me if I knew them. I said I did not.
He then asked me to go in and take a glass of ale. I thanked
him, and went into a room with him. The prisoner called
for a glass of ale„ and I drank part of it. He asked me if
I would take anything to eat, and I said " Yes." He gave
me sixpence to go out and buy what I liked. I left my bun-
dle and umbrella with him. I went out and bought some
bread and meat. I returned and gave him 2d. in change. I
then drank my ale. Stenner then asked me if I would
go with him to where his uncle lived, and I consented.
He took me to a beerhouse, in a street which I have been
informed is North-street. He called for a glass of ale. We
were in a room above stairs, and the prisoner left me there.
He came up again and said " my, uncle and some men are
below, you had better go to them. ' I took my bundle and
umbrella and went to them. I would not take a seat, Sten-
ner said, " You have no occasion to be afraid ; no person
will know you." I took a seat. Stenner said that I was a
stranger from Staffordshire. A woman came to me and said
-that she knew Stenner and his uncle very well ; that she lived
close to them. Stenner then began to talk about his property,
and asked the woman if it was not true. She said ' Yes, I
know you very well." She said to me, " If you will go with
us you may_ sleep with Stenner 's cousin : no harm will hap-
pen to you." I took the woman to the door, and said" Don t
take me into any harm." She gave me her hand and said I
might take her word for that. I then took my bundle and
'umbrella. I went out with Stenner and the woman. W hen
we were about half way along the street, she said " Give
the young man the bundle ; it is of no use in slaving you ;
he is more able to carry it than you are. I gave him my
bundle. When we had got to the corner of the street
there was a liquor vault. The woman said, " I will go in and
have a glass." I followed her. Stenner came in. He had
my bundle. The woman asked for a glass of rum. Stenner
asked the waiter for a bit of paper to light his pipe. He then
opened a door and went out of the house. I looked after him
'immediately, but I lost him. I said to the woman, " You
must know that man ; you must stop with me until you find
him." She said, " I do not know him ; but I know his uncle."
I said, " You have brought me here that he might rob me."
She said, " I have not; perhaps he has gone back to the
beer-house." We went back there. The company was gone
away. I remained until I saw a policeman, and informed
him. The woman was taken into custody. I afterwards saw
Stenner in custody ; and Mr. Rummage showed me a baud,

kerchief, which I claimed. I then went to Mr. O'Donnell's
pawn shop, and saw a dress and an apron, which I claimed.
The articles produced were her property. (They consisted
of wearing apparel.)

.
James Duffy, a labourer, said, he was a stranger in the
town, and was looking for the Night Asylum (with his wife
and hild} when he saw the complainant, Cooper, crying,
and the woman with her. The woman said she knew the
man, and would find him out. Witness went towards the
Asylum, when he saw Stanner and John Farry together at
the corner. Stanner had a bundle which he gave to Farry,
and they went away together. Witness suspected them nna

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lone followed t -m to No. I, Ben Jonson-street. He then
looked fo .:.,. a table . had the house searched, but
neithe ' •- i.. • apr he articles were found. On coming
into the
-. • .. .e saw Stanner, and pointed him out to the
officer. prisoner on being asked about the bundle, said
he had left it at, a public-house. _ _

Mr. O'Donnell's assistant proved that Farry had pledged
on the previous afternoon, the gown and apron beforenoticed.
The ticket was afterwards brought by a person who said he
found it in the street.

James Stevenson, a constable, said he found Cooper in
North-street, apprehended the woman, and afterwards fol-
lowed the matter up.
Another officer was also examined. On Stanner was found
the handkerchief, claimed by the complainant. The prisoner
Stunner said he had carried a bundle for a woman, but that
he had got tipsy and so had she, and he did not know what
had become of it. The other prisoner (Farry) said nothing.
The woman was discharged, and the two prisonerscommitted
for trial at the sessions.

THE MODEL OF WATERLOO.—We perceive that this ex-
hibition—one of the most interesting we have ever witnessed
—is shortly to be closed. We recommend those of our 'cod-
ers who have not visited it, to lose no time in doing so ; as
we feel assured they will not rest satisfied with a single
visit.

THEATRE-ROYAL.—The Italian Operas have attracted
crowded houses, and it is to many a source of regret that
they are to have so few opportunities of hearing such singers
as Madame Grisi, Signora E. Grisi, and Tamburini. The
management, we imagine, would find it their interest to make
occasional engagements of this kind. The French Company
recently performing in London, or a portion of it, we should
think, might be introduced here for a sho, eriod with ad-
vantage ; at all events, the public hav •.,e for variety,
and there are few better means of gratif t taste than
those here suggested. On Monday -A s. t zwilliam and
Mr. Mackay make their appearance. , • are established
favourites.

NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY.—It is with
much pleasure we beg to draw the attention of our readers to
an advertisement in one of ouricolumns for a public meeting
on behalf of the Liverpool Auxiliary of the above-named
,or
important and useful society. The professed object of
venerable institution (for it was established in 1780 • e
circulation of the Holy Scriptures, which emphaticall e
vp
men " wise unto salvation," and if thus needful every
man, to none can they be of more value than to o ilors,
among which useful class of the community this, ticiliary
more particularly labours—for it must be aekno edged by
all hands that the sailor is, by his profession, shut out to a
great degree from those public means of religious instruction
so fully enjoyed by the landsman. And looking at the moral
benefit likely to result from the issue of the Word of Truth
among our seamen, we do not hesitate to say that the more
they are read, and their influence felt, the more are we led to
expect, and indeed know, that the sailor will he improved in
his character as a seaman, as a servant, as a husband and
father, and as a member of society ; and thus will lives and
property confi. o his trust be, humanly speaking, better
secured—and, t , :,_ e, the value of the society in this large
- commercial port , ..r: :e trust, be duly appreciated by our
merchants and shipaitiers, as well as by the public at large,
and a substantial proof be given of this feeling by its obtain-
ing more extensive support.

THE Assizes.—lt is somewhat remarkable that at our
assizes this week there were in attendance, not only the pre-
sent Attorney and Solicitor General, but their predecessorS,
namely, Sir John Campbell, Mr. Sergeant Wilde; Sir F.
Pollock, and Baron Rolfe. It will be seen, from our assize
report, that the great will cause of Blundell v. Camoys, in-
volving a large amount of property in this immediate vicinity,
has abruptly terminated,—the Attorney General having (to the
satisfaction (lithe opposing counsel) so clearly proved the com-
petency of the testator to make a will, that, by consent, a
juror was withdrawn. The" validity of the will is thus es-
tablished.

THE I•rzw- SHIP CANOPUS.,—This beautiful vessel, now
lying at the west side of the Prince's Dock, though not built
here, will " hail" from Liverpool, and is decidedly an
honour to the port in her hull and equipments. She is one
of those tine new vessels which the enterprise of our mer-
chants and shipowners, and in this ease of our gallant cap-
tains too, (for the captain is an owner) have produced to
convey the commerce of our country to any and every quar-
ter of the globe ; and the experience of the past, whether as
regards speedy sailing, or the safety of person or property on
board, has been made available in her construction. She
was built at Poole. by Mr. Ri :hard Pinney, entirely of good
old English oak, from the New Forest in Dorsetshire ; and
of her seasoning it is enough to say that her frame was cat
13 years before it was put together. Her length over all is
about 120 feet ; her beam 26} feet ; her depth of hold 174 feet ;
and her admeasurement 365 tons—one, by coincidence, for
each day in the year. She was modelled by Mr. Adams,
of Poole, who, in his respective department, as well as the
builder, has long been known as a first-rate artist,—and those
who are but slightly versed in nautical science will, on a
glance, admit that she is of that fashion that constitutes a
" clipper." She is the reverse of being (as, unfortunately,
many of our ships are) wall-sided ; and is fastened and finished
with all the modern improvements in the best possible man-
ner. She has elegant and spacious cabins for a vessel of her
tonnage, fitted up with every elegance and convenience. The
after-cabin is a tine, airy apartment, lighted from the stern ;
the dining-room is very roomy and cheerful. Her figure-
head is a full-length statue of " Canopus," in classical attire,
and well executed. The stern and quarter-galleries are hand-
somely carved and decorated in bronze. The vessel is bark
rigged, in a remarkably neat and handsome manner, no ex-
pense having been spared to render her a crack vessel.
A FINE NEW SHIP THAT WAS NEVER LAUNCHED.—OUr
first paragraph on a new vessel, built at our own port, we
have hitherto invariably headed with the word " Launch."
On the present occasion, however, we have to notice a very
fine brig, recently consigned to her destined element, but
which never was and never will be launched, unless, indeed,
by some fortuitous circumstance, she should be drawn or
driven so-far high and.flry as to renderit necessary,that she
should be indulged, as ships have been time out of mind, by
being allowed to glide down " majestically" from land to
water. The brig " Grace Darling," now lying in the Can-
ning Dock, was floated into her present position, she having
been entirely built in No. 3, Graving Dock, close by. She
is a remarkably beautiful and faithfully built vessel, achnea-
suring about 240 tons, but, though with all the apparent re-
quisites of a quick sailor, will carry a cargo considerably
above that weight. She has a flat flooring, but is of a beau-
tiful model, combining sharpness with rotundity ; and having
great beam, she floats upon a comparatively light draft of
water, and will doubtless carry sail well. As builders
would say, " you cannot see a lump upon her," and she
strongly resembles a yacht. Her length is 101 feet over all ;
her beam 24} feet. She is built entirely of English oak,
with the exception of the bends, which are of African oak.
Her frame and fastenings are all of the best materials and of
the most approved construction, and she has been entirely
constructed under the inspector for Lloyd's, who has pro-
nounced her to be in every respect a superior vessel.
Amongst numerous fastenings, including stringers, shelf-
pieces, clamps, wood knees, horizontal and hanging iron
knees, we observed a hook ten feet in length, to keep toge-
ther the heels of the canting timbers,—a strengthening not
very frequent in vessels of this size. The transom knees
are 20 inches through, and 10; feet long. The Grace
Darling was built by Mr. Robert Talbot, ship and boat
builder, and as a specimen of naval architecture is a credit to
the port.
DEPARTURE OF THE ORIENTAL FOR ALEXANDRIA,
WITH THE FIRST OF THE ACCELERATED EAST INDIA
MAlLS.—Southampton, Sept. I.—The Oriental started from
this place to-day, and will call at Falmouth to take on board
the mails. She got under weigh exactly at half-past ten, and
was saluted from the battery at the east end of the town, and
cheered by a vast concourse of spectators. She returned the
salute as she proceeded. She carries out about 60 cabin pas-
sengers, a detachment of the 77th regiment, a company of
Royal Artillery, and a considerable amount of specie, and
makes about £3,000, freight and passage-money, exclusive
of the sum paid by Government for the mail service, which,
it is said, is £38,000 per annum. The contract with the
Oriental Company for the service (which has been printed)
is for a term of six years certain, and to continue further
until either of the contracting parties gives the other twelve
months' notice to discontinue it. The Oriental was visited
on Saturday by the Earl of Minto, First Lord of the Admi-
ralty. accompanied by Sir Charles Adam, Sir William Par-
ker, Sir E. Codrington, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth,
Sir William Symonds, surveyor of the Navy, and Captain
Brandreth, civil architect, who all expressed their entire
satisfaction with the vessel and her equipments. She was
found fully adapted to carry and fire four of the long 68-
pounder swivel guns fore and aft, besides long 32-pounders
as broadside guns, and may, therefore, be made, in a few
days, the most formidable war steamer in the world. The
Oriental will start from Falmouth to-morrow, and is expected
to reach Gibraltar on the evening of the 6th, and Malta on
the evening of the 10th.
DARING STREET. ROBBERY.—On Wednesday evening,
about half-past nine o'clock, as Mr. Wardle, solicitor, of this
town, was going to his house in Islington, and had reached
opposite the lower end of the market at the top of Shaw's-
brow, a man came up to him on his left, Mr. W. turned his
bead and looked at him, he immediately received a violent
blow on the back of the head, and was at the same time
tripped up and violently thrown into the middle of the street
from the foot-walk. lie was considerably stunned, but re-
covered himself almost immediately and got upon his knees
—calling out that he was robbed of his watch—he having
previously found that his watch had been seized at. An
alarm was instantly given, and two young men who were
standing near, and who saw Mr. Wardle on the ground, im-
mediately pursued a man wham they saw running from that
gentleman. They followed him up Mill-place, a small street
on the left hand side, and pursued him along that street and

down Hunter-street, calling out—" Stop thief!" Police-
officer, Reece Davies, (159) hearing the call, and seeing the
man running, succeeded in capturing him. The young men
never lost sight of.him froruthe time they first saw him near
Mr. Wardle until he was taken. The prisoner was brought,
towards the spot where Mr. Wardle was thrown down, and,
near which he remained until they came up. Mr. W. had
previously discovered that his gold watch-guard and gold key
were gone, but that his watch was, still in his pocket, the
guard having been torn away by violence, the watch bein'
fast in the pocket. The prisoner was sent to Bridewell
Y— ' -* '-' -lice

esterck. ne was brought up at the po court, and, in ac
dition to the above facts, testified by the parties, Mr. Cross
kill and Mr. Holmes gave evidence. Mr. Crosskill state(
that he saw Mr. Wardle knocked down by the prisoner
whom he identified. Mr. Holmes said that he saw Mr
Wardle when he was on the ground, and went to his assist.
ance ; and he and Mr. Crosskill, together with other persons,
continued with him until the officers returned with the pri:
The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the
We are glad to say that Mr. Wardle did not suffer
any great personal injury, though from the violent manner
in which he was struck and thrown into the street, he might
have been seriously hurt. The articles stolen have not been
found. It is supposed the prisoner must have thrown them
away when he was pursued. The greatest praise is due to
the two young men, (Osburn and Edwards,) for their prompt
assistance; and also to Mr. Crosskill and Mr. Holmes, for
the assistance they rendered on the occasion, and the prompt
manner in which they came forward to give their evidence.
EXCITEMENT AMONG THE BARBERS OF PARIS.—The
strange and not very respectable compound of surgeon and
barber still exists in many parts of France ; and in Paris
there is even a chartered company so called. They have, of
course, the highest opinion of their skill, whether in curing a
wound, dressing a toup'e, or curling a whisker or moustache.
Now it so happened, that very recently a patient of one of
these same barber-surgeons had a bad leg, and was so
pletely past their skill, that he applied to a chemist, who
"
recommended " Holloway's Ointment" and Holloway's
External Disease Pill," the latter as a tonic and alterative
auxiliary to the Ointment. The consequence was, that in a
short time the patient recovered health and strength; but
the excitement caused among the barber-surgeons by reason
of the disgrace which this event brought home to them, it
would be impossible to describe. Parisians
The are now
aware that in all external disorders, such as
.rheumatism,
gout, cancer, scrofula, glandular complaints, -piles, wounds;
&c. &c., these preparations are unrivalled and true specifies.
—See advt.

sessions

CORRESPONDENCE,

THE TRIAL OF HEARNE v.• STOWELL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR,—In these days, when you speak of the increase of
popery, and of its doctrines and discipline as unchanged anal
unchangeable, you are perhaps answered, in the spirit of mo-
dern liberalism, by an appeal to what is called the intelligence
of the age, in which such absurdities as you describe will
not be tolerated ; or are told that the doctrines and

,ntctices

of Trent, or other of what we con-

aot held, or are very

sider their standard authorities,
much modified by the great mass of modern Roman Catho-
lics, especially in this kingdom. I know, Sir, it does not
now snit the Romanist, that the naked deformity of his most
unscriptural creed should be plainly exhibited'to the eyesand
feelings of British Protestants, and at present he would ra-
ther that a veil should be thrown over what he cannot and
dare not openly disavow. I think this is remarkably exem-
plified by the evidence of Mr. Crook, in the late trial of
Hearne v. Stowell; and any one who heard that trial could
not fail to be struck by the ingenuity'vrith which that gen-
tleman endeavoured to avoid a direct affirmation to the truth
of the doctrines and practices respecting which he was ques-
tioned, and at the same time to preserve his conscientious
authority for that to which, as a priest, he is pledged by his
ordination vows. This was so palpable that even a worthy
alderman of one of our wards, not a hundred miles from St.
Paul's, was heard to whisper his annoyance that the reverend
gentleman was somewhat prejudicing his case for want of
plain speaking.

However, Sir, my principal object in addressing you is to
suggest that the evidence of Mr. Crook, as reported verbatim
in your paper of Tuesday, and to the accuracy of which I
bear testimony, should be circulated throughout the country
in the form of a tract, which might embrace a short analysis
of the case. It is, lam sure, under the Divine blessing,
calculated to open the eyes of our Protestant fellow-country-
men, and to shew them the damning nature of the doctrines
of that apostate church, even in their days ; and I hope to
induce many who now hold off to give their countenance and
support to those institutions which are calculated to stem
the rising torrent of modern superstition and infidelity.
I will cheerfully give a subscription towards the expense
of printing the tract.
2nd September. J. C.
J. C. will be glad, no doubt, to learn, that the documents
to which he refers will be immediately published in the
shape of a pamphlet. We shall be very happy to receive
n order from him for any number of copies that he may
We expect that the tract will do much good. It
cannot be too extensively circulated.—En. L. S.

ANTI-CORN LAW AGITATION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

Stu„--It has long been my opinion that the great majority
of the anti-corn law itinerants who infest the country, and
procure a livelihood by scattering abroad the firebrands of
discontent and revolutionary feeling, are as unacquainted
with the subject which they pretend to discuss as are any of
the ignorant and credulous rabble whom they generally col-
lect around them. InNtead of proving what they advance,
I think it may safely the said that they commonly deal in
wholesale assertion. Too marling to bring forward argu-
ments which they know to be untenable, they indulge in the
coarsest vituperation ; and when, in accordance with their
professions, they should-examine the question with the sole
view of forwarding their-country's interests, they basely pan-
der to the reckless passions of the mob, and attempt to excite
them to acts of violence. It may, perhaps, 'sir, at first be
imagined that this is an overwrought picture; but I think it
will be pretty evident, before I come to a conclusion, that I
have not given too high a colouring to the opinions which
have been expressed.

On Thursday last, after making au unsuccessful attempt
to gain access to the Queen's Theatre, for the purpose of in-
dulging my curiosity by a sight of the " big beggarman," I
, .• -•-

rormea tae resolution of attending the anti-corn law lecture
of the somewhat notorious Mr. Sidney Smith, being convin-
ced that if I remained long in company with the fine pi-
santry" who crowded the street opposite the theatre, some
one of the honest fellows would take the liberty to " repale
the union" between my silk handkerchief and my pocket,
without first obtaining my permission. It was not. long be-
fore I found my way to the " large room" in which the lec-
ture was advertised to be delivered—so " large," indeed, that
I almost mechanically stooped as I entered (albeit not very
gigantic in stature), from a fear that my head might come in
contact with the ceiling. After being compelled to occupy a
considerable time by admiring the intelligent faces of the
audience (a shade superior to that of the Irish swindler which
I had just left), my exhausted patience was relieved by the
appearance of the lecturer. I had conceived a rather exalted
opinion of Mr. Smith's powers ;—how miserably disappoint-
ed I was, the sequel will show.
Before commencing the lecture, Mr. Smith adverted to
the twin gun of the evening (Mr. O'Connell), and apologised
for attempting a feeble fire upon his heaters, when the rival
piece of ordnance would have shot them so much more com-
pletely. One admission he made, which I could .not but
think somewhat inconsistent—that the " repeal of the union
was a

much more important subject" than the repeal of
the corn laws. How this can he reconciled with the asser-
tion which he afterwards made, and with the invariable re-
presentations of the party—that the abolition of the corn
laws is a " subject of paramount importance," .a " life and
death affair," " ac object which must be attained at the ex-
pense of every other, if necessary"—l am at a loss to deter-
mine But I must proceed to notice the lecture.
In the first place, Mr. Smith reiterated that more than

".twice told tale," that whilst a duty is laid upon corn im-
ported from foreign countries, the manufacturer meets with
no equiValent protection. This, sir, is a statement the utter
falsity of which has been so frequently and satisfactorily
proved, that it is unnecessary for me to enter into detail. A
considerable duty is levied even upon the importation of the
articles of clothing which Mr. Smith named; so that, in this
instance, as well as numerous others, the agriculturist is
obliged to pay for the protection afforded to the manufactu-
rer. Mr. Smith's complaint on this point was as well found-
ed as another which he made, viz.--" That no tax could be
mentioned, laid upon the mass of the people, from which the
agricultural interest was not exempted." Amongst other
attempts to prove this monstrous assertion, it was stated,
that, whilst the manufacturer was taxed for his " winder,"

manufactory" was
not liable to the duty. What will Mr. Smith say to the im-
post of tithes, .sir ? I suppose he will represent this as an
additional tax upon the " manufacturer's industry," from
which the " insatiable farmer" is exempted ! It would have
placed .Mr.. Smith's honesty in a more favourable light,
though it might not exactly have suited his purpose, had he
named some of the duties to which the agriculturist is sub-
ject, from which the manufacturer is free. It will not be
necessary for ine to name those duties. That they do exist
Mr. Smith will not possess sufficient effrontery to deny.
These are almost the only arguments, or pretensions to
argument, _which Mr. Smith hazarded during the course of
his lecture. Its distinguishing characteristic throughout was
a liberal supply of assertions, totally unsupported by evi-
dence—assertions, too, some few of them, at the best, ex-
ceedingly unlikely to be correct ; and the remaining ones so
completely and manifestly false as to render it a matter of
wonder that any person could dare to make them. Amongst
the former was one statement, that the yearly expenses of
the navy would be £1,500,000 less than they now are, were
the corn-laws to be abolished ! The instances of the latter
were too numerous to mention ; but the following will be
sufficient to establish the truth of my charge. Mr. Smith
asserted, that, while £46,000,000 were contributed, by the
manufacturing interest, to the annual revenue of the king-
dom, only.f.-1,000,000 were obtained from agricultural sources!
Whilst passing a fervent eulogium upon the American re-
public, the veracious lecturer stated, that in the United
States no persons were supported by alms, and that there
beggary was " unknown !" In the course of a violent invec-
tive against the landholders, he asserted, that for the crime
of stealing a " bit of bread," these persons would inflict upon
the offender the punishment of being " hanged, drawn, and
quartered !" Some curious information was afforded as to a
Certain " mutiny" of the British army, who, " to a man,"
bid defiance to their " generals, colonels, and officers." (ac-
cording to the lecturer, no part of the army !) and achieved
the object which they wished to accomplish—the reduction
of the price of bread. With the intention of improving this
circumstance, by the bye, Mr. Smith urged upon his audience
the propriety of resolving that they would have, by fair
means Or foul," the measures for which they contended !
Sir, such statements, such suggestions as these, are calcu-
lated to mislead the minds of the ignorant, and to inflame the
lawless spirit of the multitude; but they will never gain for
the person who publishes them the reputation for veracity, or
the character of a sincere patriot.
My communication has already reached so great a length,
Sir, that I shall not be able to animadvert, to any extent,
upon the violent sentiments which Mr. Smith expressed, and
the ungentlemanly and inflammatory language in which he
indulged. Mr. Smith found it a matter of no great difficulty
to style the corn-law an " accursed duty," an " abominable
tax,' an " atrocious robbery," a " murderous enactment."
To have proved all this would have required a little more
labour. In like manner, no large amount of exertion was
requisite to dub those interested in the protection and pros-
perity of agriculture " grasping farmers,' " greedy parsons,"
and " rapacious landowners." With gentlemen of Mr.
Smith's kidney, abuse is ever a more staple commodity than
argument, and it is worthy of the cause which they espouse.
They may continue to use the one—we rejoice in the posses-
sion of the other.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,

Liverpool, August 29th, 1840

VERITAS

LAIDLAW'S PANORAMA.—We are not .surprised to hear
that this beautiful exhibition is already attracting numerous
visitors. It only requires to.be more generally known to
become one of the most fashionable resorts in Liverpool.
We do not know of any instance iu which parties have left
the room with any feeling bordering on disappointmant.—
[See advertisement.l

ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.—On Tuesday last, the
Ist inst. a court of the above order, called the " St. James,"
No. 997, was.ppened at the house of brother James Moile,
the Bee-hive, Kirkdale, by the officers of the district, in full
regalia, when a number of individuals were initiated into the
mysteries of forestry.
.:The. newly admitted members ex-
pressed their approbatioo of the, philanthropic principles of
rm.

by passing a vote tif thanks in the most:hand-

some manner, to those o-triceisaoasZterili conducting
the business of the evening. The institution is now making
rapid progress, and when wore generally known, its objects
will be appreciated by those who desire to provide against the
day of adversity. On the conclusion of the business, an ex-
cellent supper was provided by the worthy host, when about
one huudred of 'the brethren sat down to enjoy it, under the

able presidency of brother .oiiVer—Penn ; and to.add to the
enjoyments of the evening, the district Order of Foresters'
band, No; 1, was in attendance, and played some excellent

ana appropriate airs. In fact, all Kirkaate was alive. .I. lie
song, toast, and glass went round in trite brotherly love un-
til a late hour, when the officers, &c, were ushered in town by
their excellent band. Unitas, Benevolentia, et Concordia.

INGENIOUS WonxmANslup.—Those who remember the
splendid specimens of inlaid tables exhibited by Mr. Hassard
at the recent show of Irish manufactures at the Dublin So-
ciety's house, Kildare-street, will easily believe our assertion
that the same dexterous and ingenious hands have produced
three large 100 tables, which, for beauty and splendour of
execution, have not been equalled by anything of the kind
heretofore produced in this or the sister kingdom. On going
to view these gems, these rare, we were about to say, but
rare would not be an appropriate term—these matchless
productions of art—we were prepared for a grand display,
because of our knowledge of the skill of the artist ; and yet
it is doing Mr. Hassard no more than justice to acknowledg4
that, with all our preparation, we were astonished by an
exhibition of grandeur far surpassing our warmest expecta-
tions. We had seen much before from, the same easel, for
his is painting, not cabinet-making. We had seen his rare
productions which _were kindly accepted as gifts by the Duke
and Duchess of Northumberland, and by the Earl and Coun-
tess of Haddington, with many others ; but these were ordi-
nary when compared with the matchless specimens which we
are endeavouring to describe, but cannot. It is, we under-
stand, Mr. Hassard's, intention to exhibit these tables in the
wealthy town of Liverpool, where they will, we feel confident,
be properly appreciated. For a time Mr. Hassard fretted
and strutted his hour upon the political stage, and then was
heard no more. He is one of the many persons in this c.ouni
try who think they have suffered for the good cause but
whether the thought be correct or otherwise, we wil ,
not
pronounce. All we shall say in that respect is, that we r ejoico
to find him prosecuting his more legitimate designs—those
for which nature intended him—in the field of art and mr
rWe have seen these,
,tables, and

genuity

have no hesitatio—n In-saying that, in delicacy, beauty of d
sign, and elaborate workmanship, they have never been
surpassed.)—See advt.