The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-28 00:00:00

the oatmeal upon which they and their children are fed

We are not displeased that these insolent threats are
held out by the faction during its temporary hour of
triumph. They will serve to shew to the lukewarm
and the unreflecting amongst our fellow-townsmen the
true character of modern liberalism, which, with liberty
ever on its lips, has tyranny and despotism in its
heart. Bow down, Protestants of Liverpool ! bow
down your necks to the yoke which is now held over
you, and you forfeit for ever that character which it
has ever been your boast to bear in the estimation of
your countrymen. Resist that yoke—trample upon it
—spurn it; and for that noble example, inestimable at
a crisis like the present, you will earn anew the grati-
tude and admiration of every loyal and true heart.

On Wednesday last the state of our commercial re-
lations with foreign countries was brought before the
House of Commons, by Lord Sandon, in an able ad-
dress, evincing, on the part of the'noble lord, a com-
plete acquaintance with the subject in all its details.
The object of Lord Sandon was to procure for the great
mercantile bodies throughout the kingdom an expla-
nation of the policy pursued by the Foreign Office,
with respect to the settlement of various questions by
which our commerce has for the last few years been
interrupted, and to ascertain the probable period at
which those impediments are likely to be removed.
The reply of Lord Palmerston—if it could be called
a reply—was distinguished by the usual flippancy of
that contemptible personage. With respect to all
these questions, her Majesty's government was getting
on very satisfactorily. Protocols, representations, and
other instruments .of a diplomatic character, were go-
ing and coming with a most laudable regularity; and
although his lordship could not on any one individual
matter hold out expeCtations of immediate arrange-
ment, yet his lordship " confidently hoped" and "fer-
vently trusted," and heed, and pulled up his cravat,
with an energy sufficient to convince all the world that
his lordship was very much in earnest.
Haying got over for the moment, the awkward part
of his catechism, by the aid of that dependence upon
chance and the good sense and enlightened views of
foreign governments," for the indulgence of which his'
lordship has become the laughing stock of every diplo-
matist in Europe, Asia. and America, the Foreign Se-
cretary turned, with all the confidence in life, to the
official tables of our exports and imports, to prove to,
Lord Sandon and to the country that, under his foster-
ing care, the commercial interests of Great Britain are
in a state, generally, of great and growing prosperity.
True it was, admitted his lordship, that in some parti-
cular countries impediments to our commerce were
offered; but, upon the whole, the amount of our ex-
ports and our imports both had sustained a consider-
able increase, and for this increase his lordship, with
the greatest boa hommie, claimed credit to himself and
to her Majesty's government.
`We are afraid, however, that the country will scarce-
ly be accommodating enough to place much weight
upon the increase of commerce paraded in the official
papers of government, and still less to give any credit
for that increase to the sagacity or exertion of the Fo-
reign Secretary. The increase in question is far from
being evidence of increased prosperity to the trading
interests; and, if even it were so, might with great
propriety and truth be used to show that the commer-
cial energies of Great Britain are of so elastic a nature,
that not even the leaden weight of even Lord Palmer-
ston's incapacity can seriously check their expansion.

THE Ac ADIA STEAM-SHIP.—We noticed in our last paper
the arrival of this beautiful vessel from Glasgow on Thurs-
day evening, and have since taken a cursory view of her hull,
cabins, &c. She so closely resembles in almost every point
her sister ship the Britannia, (both intended to convey the
mails hence to and from Boston and Halifax) of which we gave a
detailed account in our paper of the 3d instant, that any
lengthened notice of her would be superfluous. She is of the
same capacity,—namely, of about 1,200 tons, and •was built
by Mr. John Wood, of Port Glasgow. As she was high and
dry on the grid-iron in the Queen's Dock Basin for a short
time, we had an opportunity of seeing her bottom, and must
say he is, in our opinion, one of the finest models of a
steamer ever yet turned out, being particularly sharp below,
yet with ample top bearings. The engines, of 440 horse
power, precisely similar to those of the ritannia, are also by
Mr. Robert Napier, of Glasgow, and we learn that the vessel
on coming round from that city, though under some disad-
vantages, made good 13 to 131 knots an hour, a speed which
she is expected yet to exceed. The cabins are planned like
those of the other ship, and are fitted up in the Elizabethan
style, in groined oak, carved and empannelled in a similarly
elegant style. The salloon is on the deck, and i, lighted by
six windows on each side. There are separate staircases to
the ladies' and gentlemen's respective retiring cabins, and
light, ventillation, and comfort have been especially attended
to. We need scarcely add that the furniture is of corres-
ponding elegance. The Acadia is commanded by Captain
Miller, a gentleman of much experience. She will sail on
the 4th of next month, and a considerable number of her
passengers have already " engaged places" by this second
Transatlantic " Mail." The other two new vessels, to com-
plete the four engaged by government on the station between
this port and America, are the Caledonia and Columbia. We
understand the Acadia will make a short trial trip on the
river this day.

BILLS OF FARE OF THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.—The
following transcript of two of the bills of fare of the dinners
given on board this vessel—Mr. Hough providore—on her
recent trip to Cork and Dublin, (taken at random,) will con-
vey some idea of the general quality and abundance of the
repasts provided :—July 15th. First Course.—Green pea
soup, giblet ditto, mock turtle, turbot, salmon, soles, pota-
toes, &c. Second Course.—Haunch of venison, fore quarter
of lamb, boiled fowls, tongues, calves' heads, boiled round of
beef, turkey pullets, sweetbreads, cutlets, vol-en-vent, curried
chickens. Third Course.—Goslings, ducks, college pud-
ings, jellies, pyramids, ices, &c. July 18th. First Course.—
Gravy, ox tail, and mock turtle soups, salmon, haddock,
heike, brill, soles. Second Course.—Roast beef, roast veal,
tongues, stewed beef, roast chicken, roast ducks, beans and
bacon, peas,
stewed veal and lamb's head, mince veal, olives.
Third Course.—Bread and butter pudding, raspberry tartlets,
currant pies, custards, jellies, blanc mange, raspberry cream,
currant-water ices, &c. Side Table.—Round of beef.—When
we add that the wines and other liquors were in proportionate
abundance, and of the choicest description, we need not add
a word on the good fare on board of the President.
THE SWELL MOB AT THE REGATTA.—At the close of
our account of the regatta on Friday, we noticed the appre-
hension of a fashionably dressed young man, and his com-
mitment to Chester Castle, after an examination before the
magistrates at Birkenhead on the following day, for pulling
a gentleman's watch from his pocket in the lobby of the Bir-
kenhead Hotel. We now correct some slight inaccuracies aris-
ing from mistakes on the part of our informant, and supply some
additional particulars. The young man, after being appre-
hended, gave several names as his own, but finally that of
Alfred Easthorpe,—not " Samuel Easthorne." The gentle-
man from whom the watch was taken, Geo. Foster, Esq„,
resides at Toxteth Park, not " Everton." About £ll in
sovereigns and silver were found on the defendant, and there
appears to be no doubt but he has been connected with a
formidable and moneyed gang, a large sum having been of-
fered to one of the police officers as a bribe for his release,
which was of course refused. The case against him was ably
conducted by Mr. Swinnerton Cudlipp, who happened to be
present when the delinquency took place. At the close of
the examinations an enquiry was made whether the prisoner
had any friends in court. It was remarked by a gentleman
present—" Yes, there is one here who calls himself his con-
sin,"—alluding to another well-dressed young man in the
body of the court. Mr. Cudlipp remarked, " Another of
the swell mob, I suppose. The " cousin" thereupon ex-
claimed from the crowd, with apparent indignation, " Do
you mean me? but he chose to pocket the affront, if such
it were, and finding his way out of court, was not afterwards
seen.

BEAUTIFUL PLAN OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS ENVIRONS.--
We have received a plan of our own town and its vicinity, by
Mr. Wyld, geographer, of Charing-cross, who is now exhi-
biting, in London, a series of maps and plans of the principal
operations of the British army in the Peninsular campaign,
th 4 have acquired him a high reputation for accuracy and
perspicuity. The present production is one of the most
beautiful we have yet seen. Within a space of 28 inches by
184 only, we have the whole of Liverpool and its environs,
in Lancashire and Cheshire, over an extent of nearly 13
miles from north to south, and 84 from east to west. Every
street in the town, public building, &c., is beautifully shown :
the banks and soundings in the river are all marked, and the
townships, roads great and small, railways, gentlemen's
seats—even the very fields, with their boundaries, in the
vicinity, are exhibited with great minuteness, and in distin-
guishing colours. A perfect stranger may by this plan steer
his way with facility to any point within the space stated
without asking a question ; and a ghince at it will suggest
many an agreeable walk, ride, or sail, to those who are in
search of recreation.

Ax Inisn " SWITCII."—One of the passenger guests by
the steam-ship President, on her recent trial-trip to Ireland,
left Cork one morning (during the stay of the vessel at Pas-
sage) ou a pedestrian ramble to the far-famed Blarney Castle.
Being in the habit of carrying a walking-stick,—which, how-
ever, was, on this occasion, like the Dutchman's anchor, left
"at home,"—he felt, when he had got a mile or two along
the road (which is called Blarney-lane), the want of his ac-
customed hazel; and thinking he could accelerate his jour-
ney if provided with a " shillelah " of some sort, he inquired
of a stout, smiling native, who was standing at the door of a
cottage, and who wished him " the top o' the morning," if
he had such a thing as a walking-stick in the house, that he
would sell, as he (the inquirer) was rather in a hurry to
•• kiss the blarney-stone." " Arrah ! yer honour," quoth
Pat, " since it's that same ye're afther, sorry am I that I
have nothin at all at all desarvin' the name iv a walking-
stick for a gintleman ; but may be I may find you a bit of a
~
sthwitch just !" Saying which, he turned on his heel with
that fling peculiar to the " boys when they are in a
hurry to do a favour, and disappeared into the house. In
a short time he returned, with a cudgel as thick in the
middle (by which lie grasped it) as one's wrist, and
withal scorning attenuation at either end. It looked, in-
deed, like the better half of a flail, and showed sundry
wounds and defalcations of skin, the result, doubtless, of
honourable service at fairs and forays.--" Here it is, yer
honour!" cried Pat; " here's the sthwitch, gintale, light, and
slinder enough in all conscience ! and yer wilcum to id, with
all my heart !" giving it at the same time a twirl over his
head, and then setting it with one end on the ground, to
show that it "could" be walked with. Our friend had much
to do to keep his gravity. Had he looked or said anything
in disparagement, he would have given mortal offence to poor
Pat ; so he took the proferred timber (which, indeed, felt
as ponderous as lignumvitte), and offered the man a small
sum by way of return; but he stoutly refused to accept of
anything, exclaiming, as if in some degree affronted--" Bad
luck to the day I'd not give a gintleman a bit of a sthwitch,
to help him along the road." Our friend could therefore but
thank him, and went on his way, with the log in his hand; but
finding that it made his wrist ache, he was soon fain to dispose of
it over a fence, otherwise he would certainly have brought it
home in the President, and deposited it in the exhibition of
the Mechanics' Institution, no open in Liverpool, as a ge-
nuine specimen of " an Irish gmtleman's Bthwitch."