The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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cellent spirit of the departed, that the deep regret for this vic-
tim of anarchy, and the sympathy for his bereaved connexions,
which pervade every class throughout the country—that ex-
cepted which perpetrated the crime—are uurningled with cries
of veugeauce. It is not that the•inost effectual means have not
been, and will not be, adopted to vindicate the outraged lair.
On the contrary, this murder has produced a shuck deep and
universal as when Mr. Baker or Mr. Whiny fell, and has
awakened the county to a sense of its real condition. • Ills
funeral was f dlowed by a large meeting of magistrates and
'gruff!, who, it is to be hoped, will themselves assume, as far as
constitutionally as may be, the reins of government; which,
from factious motives, have for some time been suffered to drop
into the hands of the vilest and must turbulent Class of its po-
pulation ; but what 1 mean is this, that the deep and universal
feeling, on this occasion, seems to repose in tender regrets
upon the victim, rather than to rise in ebulitions of vengeance
against the murderers. It is as though the mantle of charity
which clothed his meek spirit had, in his translation, dropped
upon his mourners; and though
"—Grief will have way. yet the fast falling tear
Is not mingled with deep execratious on those"
who, at the impulse of cold-blooded revenge and filthy lucre,
could heartlessly rob a wife of an affectionate husband, four in-
fant babes of a tender parent, society of one of its brightest or-
naments, and the church below 'of one of her most faithful sons;
This meekness and tenderness of sorrow I view as a reflection
of the spirit of the departed, just as the soft glow of autumn's
evening landscape but. reflects the mild lustre of a brightly
setting sun. Man's immortal principle, which " startles at de-
struction," instinctively looks back to its last personal inter-
course with any individual who has been suddenly cut down—
thus forced to his eternal destiny: and, in the instance before
us, all the recollections thus revived, peaceful as their c.'tject;
and every glance which follows him beyond the veil, bright-and
glorious as that destiny, repel every dark and discordant feeling.
.Among many interesting anecdotes. of this character, which
may more properly be recorded in the hearts of friends, and
in the book of God's remembrance, than in the pages .K a peri-
odical, the fulluwiug is stated to have been his last act :—As he
stepped into his gig, on the fatal morning, a woman applied to
him for medicine, which he was in the
.constant habit, amid the
multiplicity of his engagements, of himself distributing to the
poor. Though in haste, he immediately returned to his office,
and supplied her want ; and before she could have left his
grounds was himself in eternity. That woman was a spy
And shortly before he started, two men were observed to pro-
ceed at a rapid pace, and under suspicious circumstances, in the
direction of his tuudrers, from the vicinity of his house. Thus
.some recal solid benefits conferred on them; others, the affec-
tionate look-, or-kind expression, with which he last parted from
them. The perfect freedom, too, of his death, under such cir-
cumstances, from every thing palatal and terrific, (the medical
attendant's opinion is, that he probably never even heard the
shot whirl) emaciated his spirit.) and the well-grounded confi-
dence of his friends that their loss is his unspeakable gain—all
these cause them to " sorrow not as those who have nu hope."
These elevating and soothing recollections embalm his memory
and shroud from shocking and irritating view his mangled
corpse.
In a former number of the Chl istian Observer for this year,
-I related an interesting anecdote of Mr. Whiny, a few
evenings preVious to his murder; mentioned to me, as I there
stated, at the scene of,its occurrence, a happy Christian fire-
side.. It can be no breach of delicacy to say, that scene was
the house of Mr. Austin Cooper's father, and that I have every •
reason to believe that Mr. Austin Cooper himself was present
on the occasion alluded to. Audit may present Ireland to your
readers in a striking point of view to remark, that of the three
gentlemen who joined the drawing-room circle, .two, wholly
unconnected by family or business, at differeut times, for
different causes, by different persons, and those, probably, per-
sons who never before had any contact, collision with, or even
knowledge of them, have been murdered! It is truly an aw-
ful . link by which any present is connected with my former
paper_
Let me add one fact more. I could name a truly pious lady
in this county, whose father was murdered! whose brother-it,-
law was murdered! whose cousin-german, by marriage, was
murdered! the pastor of the parish adjoining to whose residence
was murdered! two other pastors of parishes adjoining to
whsose- resilience were fired at, and in intention murdered!
whose husband was fired at, and in intention murdered! whose
brother, because an upright and spirited magistrate, was tired
at, and in intention murdered ! Now observe, that this was nut
an entertainment provided for some popular family party.
These five actual murders, though thus connected with a single
individual, were-of parties perfectly distinct; at different times,
and fur different causes. So many murders, actual and at,
tempted, accumulated round the home and heart of a single
individual, must present this " peculiar county" in au awfully
striking point of view to English " gentry, who hold fine places,
and can live comfortably and happily in those places." And as
I now review this " peculiar county," I do not think I should
speak rashly were I to assert, that there is not in it a single res-
pectable family, which has not had a relative, a friend, a neigh-
bour, or some person connected with it in business, murdered.

MODES OF EVADING THE POST-OFFICE TAX.

(From the Post Circular.)

The post-office is lavishing upon the ministerial papers a great
deal of money in advertising throughout' the kingdom the ille-
gality of sending letters otherwise than through the post. No
fears of penalties will frighten the smuggler, most simple Col.
Alaberly ! partly because he has no ability to pay any if you
catch him, and that he can laugh at your threats. The habit
has become too settled and necessary to trade to be scared out
of existence by £5O penalties. No, no; instead of throwing
away any part of your decreasing revenue, listen to the advice
of your intelligent solicitor, Mr. Peacock, and fairly beat the
smuggler out of the field, by performing the work cheaper and
better than he can do it. Employ all your clerks to'examine
newspapers, and tell us, good colonel, how you willYletect the
telegraphic system exposed- in the last London and Westminster
Review, which the Post Circular prints for your•instruction and
the benefit of the people.

EVASION BY NEWSPAPERS.
Newspapers are an obvious means of evasion. They are'writ-
ten en, pricked, dotted, invisible inks are used, systems ofcyphers
employed, marks are agreed upon, and since the reduction of
of the duty on them, the number sent by post has been nearly
doubled, that is, the risk of detection have been lessened one
baits, awl the weans of evasion made twice as numerous An
estimate, or rather a guess, may be made on the extent of this
evasion from the extent of detection, which, of course, is not a
tithe of it.

The amount of postage charged in Dublin alone, from 6th
Tilly, 1836, to sthJanuarv, 1838; containing writing or enclosures,
amounted to a total of e 2828 15s and in the Irish country offices
the. atnount.chargd on newspapers in 1836 amounted' to £2122
9s'lld, and in 1831, to £3196 164 1-Id

Most of our readers will remember advertisements in the news-
papers, which are really letters; advertisements in which all
!tilers of the alphabet appear animated by the passions of man.
Factors address their correspondent by means of circulars in
newspapers. " No. 17. You have a remittance this post ;"
"No. 20. 81 sacks at 18s are sold;" "No. V. Yours not vet
received;" " No. 60. Nothing as yet done in yours." But
the most ingenious of those evasions is the telegraphic system
of addressing newspapers, of which we have been favoured with
a-key, which•shows how, bavingonce agreed on a-system Of sig-
nals,'Mr. Brown,'Of London, may correspond with Mr. Smith,
of Edinburgh. •
Mr. John Smith,
Grocer, Tea-dealer,
1, High-street,
Edinburgh.
Six changes in the mode of the personal address indicate the
dates of the news to be transmitted—ey.
Mr. Smith .... Monday.
Mr. John Smith Tuesday.
Mr. J. Wednesday.
J. Smith, Esq Thursday.
John Smith, Esq Friday.
Smith, Esq Saturday.
The dispatch of goods is intimated by taking -the full address
as above—eg. Goods sent on Wednesday.—the newspaper is
addressed, Mr J. Smith, Grocer, &c.
The receipt of goods is understood by the omission of the
trade—eg. Goods received no Friday—the address is John
Smith, Esq., 1, High-street, Edinburgh.
EVENTS OF THE MARKETS—
Tee-dealer alone Prices of Teas rising.
Grocer.
Grocer and Tea-dealer
Grocer, Tea-dealer, &c falling. •
Grocer, &c Markets dull and stationary.
Other information is conveyed by Tea-dealer, &c., Tea-
dealer and -Grocer, Tea-dealer, Grocer, &c.—ey Suppose
sugars rise on Monday—the address' is Mr. Smith, Grocer and
Tea-dealer, 1, High-street, •Edinburgh. • - •.
• Events in• money matte's indicated by the change in the
mode of writing the locality.
1, High-street Remittances received safely.
—High-street Bills sent for acceptance.
1, High-5t..... Acceptances received.
—High-5t.... Bills dishonoured.
This is a system which, though it may not baffle ingenuity to
discover, defies all legal penalties.
But these changes are not all—red ink, and blue,and black
may all have separate meanings; the seali ails often made sig-
nals, and instances occur in which the same Character extends
even to the dashes and ornaments of penmanship. •

LINCOLNSHIRE JorrATH AN isst.—We copY from a local jour-
nal the following morceau :—•' Died,' at Bartou-upon-Humber,
lately, James Boyers, well known for many years in the north
of Lincolnshire as a horsebreaker. No .man living, perhaps,
ever experienced so many fractures from different accidents
with horses; from which causes; probably, he was latterly so
reduced as to be a' perfect living skeleton, wearing an iron prop
to keep his head in position above his shoulders. It is a 're-
markable fact that about three weeks ago Mr. Morley, the
surgeon, was called in to open an abscess in his mouth, when a
brood of the common house clock hid seated theno;elves in 'a
hollow cavity of his jaw where an old tooth bad been extracted.
He was latterly very helpless, and his house being infested with
these insects, it is supposed they took posiession of their hiding
place when he was asleep."—Stantbrd Mercury.

HOPS.—MALT.—Browses.-By a return just made to par,
liaruent, it appears that the total number of acres of latid in
Great Britain under the cultivation of hops, in the year 1837,
was ,4310,794 45.; and that 'the quantity of hops exported in
that year was 444,2651 b. 'That in the year 1837 there were made,
in the United Kingdom, 5;068,812 quarters of malt; 460,415
were consumed by
.retail brewers, the rest by brewers and
victuallers. 'And, lastly, it appears that in Great Britain, lie-
land, and Scotland, there are 2743 brewers, 22,822 victuallers,
40,102 persons licensed 'to seel beer on the premises, and 5292
who are licensed to sell beer not drunk on the premises; and
17,192 who brew their own beer to be drunk o❑ the premises;
and 16,610 who are licensed to brew beer not to be drunk on
the;premises.

Tux FINE PISANTRY —We are sorry to say, that after the
police and military had left the fair of Molahiffe, on the evening
of MUnday; the.fine pisantry amused themselves, to their hearts'
content, with maiming and slaughtering each•other; in the•miAst
Christian catholic and neighbourly manner, with Out, very proba-
bly, knowing or caring•why or tehereliffe. In fact, there was a
most desperate riot; or riots, between barbarous:hostile factiOns,
in which numbers of people were severely injured, which will
give the coroners and their attendant dbctors for the'dead some
pecuniary claims on this county for holding inquests; and will
also leave some widows and drphkins to people the new
poor houses now in contemplation.—Kerr Post.

ClDER.—There has been a very.general failure a 6pple bloc-
shin in some of the best cider Patisheii in this neighbourhood.
The orchards'have been infested by a caterpillar about half an
inch in 'length, light green sides, dark green back," and of a
most prolific and destructive character. Myriads of these insects
have been found On'every tree in the districts where they have
made their appearance, and stripped them not only of their
blossom, but every leaf. The appearance Of the trees is truly
disttesiing, and unless one saw thein it Would be difficult to be-
lieve the devastatiOn they have created. The trees are without
a leaf, andhave these desirtictive insects swinging from them
by a sort of web in numberless 'festoons,' and the mischief is,
that where they have made their appearance, they have not
only destroyed the prospevt of a crop for the present year, hut the
year following. -Leaf, blossom; and bud, have ell disappeared
before t hem.— Westet re Times.