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interests of the Messrs. Parry ruthlessly sacrificed, and the
Commissioners aspersed for protecting their constituents, it

but natural

hat we shoo

sinst such a state of

I trust that your contemporary will in his future dis-
quisitions on this subject be more careful in preserving veracity
in his statements, and will not sacrifice truth to interest and
party feeling. In conclusion, I beg to intimate to him that his
party is quite welcome to all the good they can derive from his
arguments, as l shall not again occupy the columns of a really

he may advince, or the monstrous charges which he may ma]
—I am, sir, &c. DELTA
April 26th, 1847.

THE AFRICAN 'BUSH PEOPLE IN LONDON

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Six,—Allow me to call your attention, and that of your
numerous readers, to a subject which was unaccountably over-
looked by the public of Liverpool, when the best opportunity

for attending to it was presented. I allude to the exhibition of
genuine Bushmen from South Africa, to open about the 16th of
May, in London, at the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly. I doubt not
that, of thc many thousands who crowded to see them lately,
in Manchester, many were individuals from Liverpool. who had
discovered their mistake in not paying them a visit in Bold-st. ;

and I still advise the remainder Of ihoie who " able and willing"
to retrieve their error even yet, by taking advantage of the
cheap trains to visit the Lion of London, which this sight might
truly be called at any season of metropolitan attractions. I
visited these extraordinary beings both at Liverpool and Bir-
kenhead, and can confidently say that they form by far the
most interesting exhibition I ever witnessed. In addition to
the obvious motives which might draw all who, of any age or
sex, take an interest hi the natural history of our species, it is
evident that the amount of attention bestowed, in thisfavoured
land, upon these samples of a most degraded race, will pro-

portionably tend to brighten the hopes of their spiritual anci
moral improvement. The fact of their picking up English
readily, opens a cheering prospect to those who would, in the
best sense, care for their welfare. "Homo sum, human? niltil
a me alienum polo" is still a good maxim.—Yorirs, &c.,
NATURFORSCHER.

Birkenhead, May 4, 1847

THE SEASON

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—After the splendid rains which fell on Saturday and
yesterday. the country now presents a most delightful appear-

ar nee. Tliis morning I have-been riding throe
parishes, about nine miles east of Chester, and

Both the wheat and oats are springing very
he strong and healthy. The potatoes, also a

the farmers of any recurrence of the blight which we had last
year upon the root: f,- te that there is

very happy to Et

Considerably more Land planted *all .1

ever giriv before. The apple, pear, and all kinds of stone fruit
trees are covered completely with buds and blossoms; so that
we see abundant crops in prospect. As a proof that this sea-

which I • plucked in the ne%

bourhood of Niotildsworth, and you will Perceive that the leaies
are almost fully expanded. Now, I have seen the oak com-
pletely bate of either buds or leaves, in this district, on the
29th of May. As you may imagine, most of the farmers are
in high spirits; but, unfortunately, some of them begin to be
afraid that they have kept their stocks of corn and potatoes too

thege articles. With a state-of things like this in the country,
and large supplies of bread stuffs arriving from abroad, I sM-
cerely hope that all idea of a famine will be quickly banished.
3Y inserting this in your highly valued and useful paper, you
kN OBSERVER.

*lll oblige yours
10th May, 1847

dents deserve attention:—E. L. S.]

DEPENDENCE OF THE IRISII PEASANTRY UPON CHA-
RITY FOR SUPPORT.—Quiet observers have been surprised
at the indifference with which, in the parts of Ireland
I.llc. noacnnbry Ix'Aro qiiirerinff Most, they seem to re.

gard the present crisis. They feel, not. as if they were to
be left destitute, but as if they were about to step into a
mnra rnmfnithahln rmitlitinn than that in which they were

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before. Whereas they formerly supported themselves,
they now seem to think that the land, or the landlords,
must support them. The Irishman in the old song, who,
when caught in a storm at sea, comforted himself with the
reflection that, " he was only a lodger, and that the cap-
tain alone would be the sufferer if they all were drowned,
presents no inapt similitude of the reckless improvidence
of too many of his countrymen of the present day, who
seem to think that their betters in society, by a kind of
vicarious substitution, become responsible for tlieir duties
and their dangers. " Come what may, we must be fed,"
is their language ; " and that we often could not aceom_
plish when there was no blight upon the potatoes." It is
within the knowledge of the writer of this paper, that one
of them, who was employed upon a public road, gave as
a toast, " Success to the rot, and that it was vocife-
rously re-echoed by thousands who were working ! about
him. This is a fearful state of things ; and the mental
and moral condition of those who can thus chuckle at the
dire calamity which leaves them dependent upon public
support, is even more lamentable than the physical suf-
ferings which hurry so many of them to an untimely
grave.—. Dublin University Magazine.