The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

2. Liverpool : Perris,
rollit, Taylor, and Davies ; London : F. Baia-

'cotenant Sentinel. No

,lad to fad that this excellent periodi-
in extensive circulation. It is calculated to

We are extreme!

r much service to the Protestant cause

The contents

of the number before us are particularly interesting, espe-

chilly the artiel

on " Popery as it is

A Conscientious

r"—and " Roman Catholic Contrasts."

sservations on the Fourth Chapter of Revelations, being the
Epistle for Trinity Sunday. By a Clergyman. Liver-
pool: Henry Perris ; London : J. Hatchard and Son.

This excellent tract, apparently the first of a series, has
been published with the view of subserving a truly benevolent
purpose. The profits are to be appropriated to assist the
Scripture Readers' Fund for All Saints' Church, in this town.
It contains a full development of the fundamental doctrine

of the Trinity, as deduced from a comparison of the Vision
of St. John, the Cherubim of Moses, and the Cherubim of
Ezekiel. The language is cleat and intelligible throughout,
while the arguments are relevant and conclusive. This little
work ought to be extensively circulated.

,elle►•'r Handbook on the Rhine. London : Leigh and
Co., 421, Strand.

a decidedly useful vade-mecum to the

.eller on the " noble Rhine." The panoramic map, by
ch it is illustrated, shows the course of that river, from
sea to Schaffhausen. The letterpress gives a full and

lute description of the towns, villages, antiquities, and

other objects of curiosity on each bank. The value of this
excellent compendium is considerably enhanced by the full
particulars which it gives of the various modes of convey-
ance, the methods of obtaining passports, the tabular views
of the money exchanges, and the copious information which
it furnishes respecting the most eligible routes for travelling
in Holland, Belgium, and Prussia. Such a work is almost
indispensable to all who hare the means, the leisure, and the

clination to indulge in such an interesting tour

Wilson's Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales
of the Borders, and of Scotland. No. 74. Edinburgh :

J. Sutherland, 12, Calton-street

lways glad to open this amusing and interesting
s. Their interest is extremely well sustained.
We need not therefore wonder that their circulation should
There are few works, intended for
popular perusal, which are more eminently deserving of sup-
port. The number before us contains some capital tales,
among which we would particularly mention " Julia Ed-
wards ; or, the last of her Race"—" The Heir of Inshan-
nock"—and " Sir William Wallace."

We an

be on the increase

The Irish Penny JoUrnal. Part 1. August, 1840. Dublin :
Gunn and Cameron ; Liverpool : J. Davies,and Co.
We are glad to perceive that this admirable periodical is
likely to win its way into popular favour. Ireland has long
wanted such a publication. The literary talent employed
upon the Irish Penny Journal is of the highest order.
Among its principal contributors we find George Petrie, Mrs,
S. C. Hall, Martin Doyle, and a host of other worthies. The
contents of the first part are rich and varied. The illustra-
tions are also excellent.

The Citizen ; a Monthly Journal of Politic:, Literature,
and Art. August, 1840. Dublin : J. P. Doyle.
This is the first number which we have received of this
periodical. It is conducted on liberal principles, but without

that asperity of tone which characterises publications of the
same class generally. It contains several articles of great
merit. Among the more conspicuous of these we would
enumerate " Sylla—a Tragedy," by Banim, the " Memoir
of the late Gerald Griffin," and the " Chapters from the
Autobiography of a late Militia Man." We do not agree
with the opinions propounded in- the article on " Capital
Punishment." Still less do we accord with the political dis-
quisitions which appear in the pages of the Citizen.

Fes O'Malley, or the Irish Dragoon. Part 5. Dub-
lin : W. Curry, jun., and Co.

This part actually overflows with humour of the richest
"The Adjutant's After-dinner

d most piquant character.

Ride" is extravagantly ludicrous. The scenes at Major
Dalrymple's are also highly laughable. We look forward
with much anxiety for the foreign adventures of the Irish
Dragoon. We have no doubt that they will prove as mirth-

as those of Harry Lorrequer

Afaster Humphrey': Clock. By " Bo;." Part 4. London
Chapman and Hall ; Liverpool Wareing Webb.

This part possesses an extraordinary degree of interest.
It consists almost altogether of one succinct narrative. The
encounter between Quilp and Dick Swivelter is highly laugh-
able. We only wish that Master Richard had " laid it on a
little harder." The interview between Mr. Garland and Mr.
Witherden is exquisitely rich. The perigrinations of Nell
and her grandfather, and the strange specimens of low life to
which they are introduced, cannot fail to interest the reader.
It is scarcely necessary to add that the illustrations in
Master. Humphrey's Clack are of the first-rate character.

History of Napoleon. Part 18. London : Tyas, Pater-

noster-row

It is difficult to pronounce a definitive opinion on the me-
rits of a serial publication from the perusal of a single or
even of an occasional part. This remark applies to the
work before us, as well as to several others of which we-have
received odd numbers this month. The plates in this work,
h are both numerous and exquisitely finished, are alone
The text is also well

)rth the price charged for each part

printed, and highly interesting in its character

The Illustrated

Part 16. London : R. Tyas,

hakapere

8, Paternoster-row

This part contains the greater portion of Cymbeline—in
r opinion, one of the best of Shakspere's plays. . The

illustrative engravings are highly beautiful and characteristic.
The artists appear to have caught the very spirit of the play.
No one, who has any pretensions to literary taste, or who
professes to be fond of the fine arts, should rest satisfied
without possessing this truly splendid and unique edition of
Shakspere. When suitably bound, it will prove an ornament
to any library.

Heads of the People,

New Series. No. 8. London

R. Tyas

This new series of Heads of the People contains some
pital portraits of the English of various classes. In the

present number there is an amusing sketch of " The Coach-
man and the Guard," by Nimrod, and another of "The
Policeman," by Paul Prendergast. The engravings are in
the best style of Orrin Smith. We regret that we have only

received one number of this serial. We feel assured, from
a perusal of the part before us, that this work must become

popular

diate cause of an increase in the hours- of labour; but
the tendency of the corn laws is to lessen competition
throughout the whole range of labourers subjected to
their operation. The corn laws give to. the British la-
bourer nearly a " monopoly" (to use the free-trade
phrase) of the business of growing food for the popu-
lation of Britain. The corn laws, therefore, necessarily
sustain the market value of the labour of all the classes
engaged, directly or indirectly, in the cultivation of the
British soil. When the free-traders rail at " monopoly,"
they never deny that "monopoly" may he a very good
thing. They only allege that "monopoly" is a bad
thing for all but those who enjoy it. In the case of
the corn laws, however, if " monopoly" there be, it is
a " monopoly" enjoyed by the whole body of the cul-
tivators of the British soil against the idle portion of
the consumers of that soil's produce.
The real causes of the misery which affect nearly all
classes of our manufacturing labourers are to be looked
for exclusively in our manufacturing system. That
system is false and cruel in its innermost nature. It
•is a system which has " cheap production" for its great
end ; and under the influence of a system of " cheap
production," the labourer himself must, in the nature
of things, speedily become the " cheapest" of all mar-
ketable commodities. The corn laws, on the other
hand, in so far as they act upon the nature of labour,
are eminently protective. The " dearness" which the
corn laws cause is " dearness" felt only by annuitants,
and the moneyed classes. It is a "dearness" which
nourishes and sustains all classes engaged in the busi-
ness of production.
To Lord Ashley, we repeat, is the public deeply in-
debted for his labours now and on so many former
occasions; nor may the praise be justly withheld from
government of not having resisted Lord Ashley's im-
portant motion.

•' TO THE FARMERS OF ENGLAND.
" I addressed a letter to you, through various newspapers,
early last spring, urging you to sow spring wheat in place of
barley. The two months from the middle of February to
the middle of May were the most favourable to vegetation,
and to the sowing of spring grain, of any two months in the
memory of man; the previous eight months, fioni the 18th
of June, 1839, having been the most unpropitious to all agri-
cultural operations, particularly on poor clay soils ; and
though for the last two months there has been occasionally
heavy rains and a low temperature, yet the season is full two
weeks earlier at this season than in the two last years ; and
from the fine dry healthy weather that has now set in, and
of which the continuance appears promising, there is every
probability of harvest being concluded two, if not three,
months earlier than last year in late situations ; and though
the wheats are, in the north of England, on poor clay soils,
thin of plant, yet the improvement of the appearance of the
wheat crop in the last three weeks has been greater than I
ever remember in the same time ; and though the wheat crop,
after so unfavourable an autumn and winter, cannot, on poor
clay soils in the north of England, be an average crop, yet
the quality promises to make amends, and I confidently an-
ticipate the quality, in lve situations, will be 245. per quar-
ter better than last year's crop, and for the average of the
kingdom may readily be Bs. per quarter better. The last
year will have averaged near 68s. per quarter; and the next,
I anticipate, will not exceed 645. per quarter, and be Bs. per
quarter better in quality, making the price (quality consi-
dered) 20 per cent. lower than last year.
I can confidently state that the deficiency in the north
will be amply made up by the productive wheat crops in the
midland districts, and eastern part of the kingdom.
" I write from a personal inspection I made, to and from
the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Cambridge ;
while the unanimous report of the best-informed persons at
the said meeting was, ' That the southern part of the king-
dom would be very productive of wheat this season.'
" Under these circumstances, I cannot refrain urging all
those who have English grain on hand to thrash out as
speedily as possible, and bring it to market, so as to prevent
the average prices realising 695. per quarter, and thus keep
the duty at or under 16s. Bd. per quarter.
" If this advice be universally followed, all the old grain
may be got sold before the new wheat glut the market, when
a fall of price on the inferior old wheat may be at least 12s.
per quarter after harvest to what it is at present ; and as the
crops in the north are later, in proportion to the south,
than usual, I would recommend the south country farmers
to thrash freely after harvest, and send a supply to the
north, to mix with the old inferior wheats of last year, now
on hand, and such supply cannot well be overdone till the
northern crops are secured in stack; and even then the
north country farmers Will not overstock the market during
the autumn and winter, and by spring seed time it will be
found, if are If It on a- -