The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

REVIEW OF MEMORABLE EVENTS SINCE 1835.

Just published, in one vol. 12rno, price as., by
_ G. BELL, Fleet-street, London.

THE CRITIC 2 IN PARLIAMENT
AND IN PUBLIC.

BY A SPECTATOR.
THE principle feature in this work is a series of graphic
reminiscences of the DEBATZS IN PARLIAMENT since
the Session in which Sir Hobert Peel appeared as Premier,
with selections from the most celebrated orations, so as to
form a concentration of the spirit of parliamentary elo-
quence during that eventful interval.
There are added, notices of most interesting judicial pro-
ceedings within late years: also a review of the church and
state controversy, as conducted by Dr. Chalmers, Rev. H.
Dr. Iyardlaw, &c. _ _

Further—and. these are subjects treated of for the first
time—there are descriptions of different public meetings,
philanthropic or political; with recollections of the CON-
VENTIONS,—ANTI-CORN LAW, ANTI-SLAVERY,
and CHARTIST.

" An able volume."—Literary Gazette
" Just and impartial."—Spectator.

Saturday, January 1, will be published, price Sixpence,
stamped to go free by post,
The First Number for 1842 of
PHE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE,
a Weekly Record of Rural Economy and General News.
The Horticultural Part Edited-by Professor LINDLtY.
Twelve months since, the Proprietors of THE GARDENERS'
CHRONICLE announced their objects in undertaking this
Journal, and if the support they have received may be con-
sidered as a test of the satisfaction of the Public, they have
every reason to believe that their exertions have been appre-
ciated, for it has already attained a sale far beyond any con-
temporary of a like character—a salewhich has gone on pro-
gressively increasing from January to the present moment,
and has so far exceeded their own sanguine expectations
THAT NO LESS THAN THREE EDITIONS OF THE EARLIER
NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO MEET TILE CONTINUED
DEMAND. They now, therefore, need only refer to the past
as an earnest of the future, and announce, for the information
of the public generally, the nature of the publication.
The plan followed is, in THE FIRST PLACE, to make THE
GARDENERS' CHRONICLE a weekly record of everything
that bears upon Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, or
Garden Botany, and to introduce such Natural History as
has a relation to Gardening, with Notices and Criticisms of
every new work of importance on these subjects. Connected
with this part are WEEKLY CALENDARS OF
DENING OPERATIONS, given in great detail, and adapted
to the objects of persons in every station of life, so that the
Cottager, with a few rods of ground before his door, the
Amateur who has only a greenhouse, and the Manager of
extensive gardens, are alike informed each week of the rou-
tine of operations which the varying seasons render necessary
—Foreign and Domestic Correspondence upon Horticultural
subjects, with illustrative wood-cuts (112 have already been
given)—Reports of Horticultural Exhibitions and Proceedings
at home and abroad—Notices of Novelties and Improvements
—in short, everything that can tend to advance the profession,
benefit the condition of the workman, or conduce to the
pleasure of his employer. Replies to all questions, whether
practical or theoretical, connected with the object of the
Paper are also given weekly in great detail. And although
the Paper is not, strictly speaking, an Agricultural Journal,
yet it contains full reports of the proceedings of the Royal
Agricultural Society, and much valuable information upon
more interesting subjects of discussion in this branch of

inquiry.
IN THE SECOND PLACE, that description of domestic and
political News is introduced, which is usaally found in a
Weekly Newspaper. It is unnecessary to dwell on this head
further: than to say, that the Proprietors do not range them-
selves under the banners of any party ; their earnest endea-
vours are to make THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE a full and
comprehensive Record of Facts only—a Newspaper in the
true sense of the word—leaving the reader to form his own
conclusion and opinions : their object being the elucidation
and discussion of the laws of Nature, not of man. The
reader is thus furnished, IN ADDITION TO THE PECULIAR
FEATURE OF THE JOURNAL, with such a variety of informs-
tionconcerning the events of the day, as supersedes the ne-
cessity of his providing himself with any other Weekly Paper.

On Saturday, December 25th, willbe published, neatly bound

in cloth, with Title-page and lndex, price 1.1 65.,
THE VOLUME FOR 1841 OF THE GARDENERS'
CHRONICLE. (Each Volume is complete in itself.)
Persons anxious to possess the Volume should order it at
once, as but very few complete copies remain, although
THREE EDITIONS OF PARTICULAR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN
PRINTED.

The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE is published every
Saturday, price 6d., and may be ordered of all Newsveudora
in town or country. _ _

A Prospectus, with the List of Contributors during the
first year may be had on application, or by letter, at the
Office, 3, Charles-street, Covent-garden, London.

THE DEAD versus THE LIVING.—" The Jews :aways bo-
ried their dead without the city, except those of the family of
David. No burying places should be tolerated within cities
or towns, much less in or about churches and chapels. This
custom is excessiveiv injurious to the inhabitants; and, es-
pecially, to those who frequent public worship in
,such
chapels and churches. God, decency, and health, forbid
this shocking abomination. From long observation I can
attest, th,t churches and chapels situated in grave yards, and
those, especially, within whose walls the dead are interred,
are perfectly unwholesome: and many, by attending such
places, are shortening their passage to the house appointed
for the living. What increases the iniquity of this abomina-
ble and deadly work is, that the burying grounds attached to
many churches and chapels are made a source of privata
gain. The whole of this preposterous canduct is as indecor-
ous and unhealthy as it is profane. Every man should know
that the gas which is disengaged from putrid flesh, and par-
ticularly from a human body, is not only unfriendly to, but
destructive of, animal life. Superstition first introduced a
practice which self-interesrt and coveteousnei.s" continue to
maintain."—By G. A. llalker, Surgeon :
,
Gatherin g
from Grave Yards."
PUFFIN ISLAND.—" Priestholme, or Puffin Island, pill
afford a day of sport to the disciple of Colonel Hawker,—or
of information to the industrious antiquary,—or amusement
to a pic-nic party, and, indeed, to all the migratory tribes
that may be sojourning at Beaumaris. It is nearly a mile
from the shore, to the edge which it slopes in verdant turf on
each side from its lofty central eminence. The island is in
shape like a lemon, extendinc, a mile in length, and half a
mile in breadth. Near the centre are the ruins of an old
square tower, supposed to have been a portion of a religious
house once subordinate to the priory of Penmon, which from
the'
aotdtoruacrtoefd
nslaatincyitdye'vothtereos7nandpenitents, and dying per-
sons,around it by popular tradi-
tion,
to its sacred shrine, either as the subjects of pilgrimage
or prayer, or to obtain interment within its holy walls. Of
the brotherhood of this establishment, old Giraldus relates
the following remarkable story. The superior reputation
which this monastery enjoyed, induced the Welsh princes,
Llewelyn and David, and after the conquest of the country,
Edward I. to grant to it the revenues of Penn-ion. Prince
Owen Gwynnedd was the founder of this religious house,
and lies buried here ; and its sanctuary became the refuge at
once of the oppressor and the oppressed, in that lawless age
to which it belonged. Little remains to attest the presence
of the crowds of devout men who thronged it ; or of the
noble, the wealthy, and the poor, that once were interred in
its consecrated-cemetery. A colony of rabbits has usurped
their territory, and swarms of cormorant, stormy petrels,
curlews, and Puffin auks, and even, though comparatively
but rarely seen, peregrine falcons, hasten to these shores iu
the summer months to breed, and nurture their young."-:-
-Roserie's TVanderinos in North Wales.