The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

SOUTH TOXTETH WARD,

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST.LVD4RD.
Stu,—Being at the Conservative meeting, which had been
convened for the purpose of forming a separate association
for the above-named ward, I regret, for the sake.of the .good
cause in which we are engaged, that there was a division
amongst them. The proceedings were nearly as follow:
It was moved and seconded, that Mr. A. Smith be president
to the association for the ensuing year; but there was an
amendment, duly seconded, that P.•Petrie, be chair-
man. Before the vote was put, there was great altercation,
in which Mr:Smith's friends behaved in a very unbecoming
manner, stating that it was a Gladstone faction," &c., and
expressingtheir disapprobation of Mr. Cooper's being deputy
cheirman for the evening, but which was ultimately speed
to unanimously. Mr. Cuoper accordingly put the vote to
the electors of the ward only that were present, as to who
should be their chairman, when there appeared—for Mr.
Smith, 16; for Mr. Petrie, 31. As soon as Mr. Smith was
relieved from the chair, instead of unanimity prevailing for
the good of the cause, his friends manifested great jealousy ;
per'lans thinking that if Mr. Smith was not chairman, or a
candidate for the ward, the cause would not nourish.- In the
course of the proceedings, his party could not be conciliated
by the most impartial measures. There was oue proceeding,
in particular, which they considered partial; but when the
true feature of the circumstance is considered, the matter is
fully justified :—ln the above-mentioned voting for chair-
man, one of the electors told his friend near him not to vote
fur Mr. Smith, because he had not supported the cause at
the last election: the man left the room with Mr. Smith's
small party, and said he would vote for Mr. Smith; but it
appears he retracted his opinion, and came back and declared
for Mr. Petrie. The majority of the Conservative elector!
of the ward do not approve of Mr. Smith's lukerrarmness io
the cause, and if he wishes to gain their confidence, he must
come forward and express his opinions and principles boldly,
unalloyed from everything but the genuine principles of
Conservatism. They also consider, that partly through the
unjust striking-off of the electors, and through Mr. Smith
and his friends' promising to vote for Mr. Cropper, they lost
the election. Mr. Sheppard said that he would go 500 .miles
to support the cause, and this gentleman declined voting at
the election! This is not working, but boasting. I should
be doing injustice to the cause if I was not to mention the
impartial- and deliberate manner in which Mr. 'l'. M. Glad-
stone addressed the meeting. He said that, for the sake of
unanimity, he would retire, if it was agreeable to the majo-
rity of the Conservative electors of the ward, and assist Mr.
Smith to elect any gentleman who was proved to be a true
friend to Conservatism. The electors of the ward have, at
various times, heard Mr. Gladstone express his unbiassed
and unreserved sentitnents, and believe him to be one of
those staunch friends to Conservatism, who will not compro-
mise one iota of their principles, or sacrifice them to pre-
tended friends. Mr. Cooper also behaved himself very im-
partially, using his best endeavours to obtain unanimity.
Mr. Smith's plea for not voting at the election is because
Mr. Cropper voted in the council against the corporation
schools. It was a good action of Mr. Cropper to do 'so, but
otherwise it served as a bait to catch the unwary, and conse-
quently to add one on a division to the deceptious Liberals.
While Mr. Cropper votes against the Conservatives on other
vital interests, it is plain to be seen that the Conservatives
have no interest in supporting him, or apology for doing so.
Let Mr. Smith and the Conservatives unite to do away with
petty ambitious differences, and nominate men to serve in
the council who express their opinions boldly, and purely
conservative as to beneficial reform, and without reserve.
By these means they will defeat the deceptions Liberals as
cleverly as they did in Scotland and other wards. The ex
ample of Mr. Isaac Holmes is worthy the imitation of man:
of our lukewarm churchmen, and more especially of die
sent era

Y bee: to remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
Nov. 28th, 1838. A CONSTANT READER

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION

LECTURES ON PAINTING,

On Saturday evening last, B. R. Haydon, Esq. deliverer
his se fond lecture, in which he considered the human figure
in all its bearings, anatomically and phrenologically.
the. chief value of this lecture consisted in the able illustra-
tions which Mr. Hayden delivered on the spot, it is impos-
sible to convey an adequate idea of its pruclical importance to
students and young artists. We have no hesitation in saying
that a better knowledge of drawing may be acquired triune
one of these lectures, thou from half a dozen ordinary lessons
in the art.
The human figure has been beautifully adapted by its crea-
tion for the various duties which it has to perform, and affoids
to every reflecting mind a convincing proof that it is the
likeness of God. There can' be nu doubt that the science of
phrenology is founded upon correct principles, notwithstand-
ing all the ridicule with which it has been assailed; indeed the.
lecturer was willing to forfeit his faith in the science if the
most prejudiced opponent were not convinced of his error,
upon submitting his head to the examination of a good phre-
nologist. The size of the brain collectively is no more-to be
taken as evidence of intellectual power than size of person,
of health or muscular power. In well made individuals the
head and the foot are of the came length, and the size of the
head detertniues the appearance of the height of the body,
for a man with a small head will look very tall, although in
reality he may be very little, whilst the contrary will be the
case if the head is large. Children have straight foreheads,
and receding heads, while men have a protruding sinus and
.rounded heads. The face is always more beautiful when it
is broadest across the cheek bones, a little below the eyes;
and the loveliest females are those whose faces are an irregu-
lar ellipse, the upper portion of which is wider than the lower.
If the eyes are placed too close, a knavish expression isgiven
to the face. In antique heads there is always a slight angle
at the conjunction of the nose with the forehead, although
modern artists frequently give to M inerva a perfectly straight
nose and forehead. Artists have a difficult task to perform
in giving a maturely air to a beautiful woman. When
women begin to grow old, the first symptoms are the sinking
of the eyes, but the portraiture of this would not be agreeable.
The author of the Niobe has effectually overcome this diffi-
culty, by the addition of a slight double chin, which, while it
presents the appearance of maturity, does not diminish the
beauty. Indeed, the Greek sculptures are the best studies
for young artists, as there they will see the human figure in
every position, and learn to give grace, where apparently it
is beyond the reach of art. The- Royal Institution in this
town, as now arranged, is the best school in Europe for astists.
The lecturer had never seen the Elgin marbles under such a
favourable arrangement of light, shade, and height, as that
in which they are placed in the Royal Institution, except at
the mansion of Lord Elgin. They are placed much too high
at the British Museum. Every young artist who wishes to ex-
cell could not have a better opportunity of obtaining a correct
style, as the choicest specimens of Grecian art are there placed
before his eyes. Nothing mole is wanted except a school of
design in this town ; and if such ati institution were 'esta-
blished, a very great improvement in art would be the result.
A young man should master the d fferent parts of the scull,
so as to be able to draw them with his eyes shut; for unless
lie does so, he never will be able to shine in his art. The

eves of the Chinese slope downwards, whilst those of the
guropean nations slope in a contrary direction. The spine
is the most important part after the head, upon the correct
formation of which our health depends. The commencement
of the lumber vertebr►e is opposite to the navel. Some men
have four, and others six, of these lumber yertebite. Ani-
mals have nine. Gully, the member for Pontefract, beat
Gregsou because he had more flexibility in his lumber ver.
tebrm. We always have an awkward action if we depict the
bending of the human body as taking place at the hip : but
if we introduce a bending of the lumber vertebrae from their
commencement, it is always graceful. The arm of a man at
ease never hangs straight, in consequence of the resistance
which the sine affords. When the lecturer first beheld the
Elgin marbles, he saw a figure in which the hand was placed
upon the knee, more exquisitely and faithfully executed than
he had ever before seen in the antique. Until these marbles
came, not one artist would have dared to have depicted a
bone i❑ the female wrist. Hands with bones in' them were
seen every day, and people were to be represented at' they
had never been before, in order to make them pictorial!
The construcion of the knee joint is not properly attended
to by British artists. There is no expansiveness given to it,
from an absurd tear of rendering it ungenteel. For forty
years alter the death of Sir Joshua Reynolds, in every-full-
length portrait painted in London, the person was represented
standing upon tiptoes. Mr. Haydon asked Sir Thos. Law-
rence why be painted in that manner? and the reply he re-
ceived was, that any other mode of representation would not
be so genteel. The lecturer painted a portrait upon one oc-
casion, which was exhibited in London, in which, according
to his custom, he painted the feet in perspective: but he was
told that, although he had painted a good portrait, be had
represented the person as standing upon his heels. This cir-
cumstance was used by his opponents to his disadvantage,
and, in consequence, he got no more custom for a year.
Se-
veral first-rate painters, including Wilkie, now represent the
feet in perspective. The French artists praise our skill in
portrait-painting, but invariably ask why we make our figures
stand upon tiptoes.

. - .
The English people have a strange desire for immortality :
hence they cut and carve their names upon all matter which
is in the least likely to hand them to posterity. They h ve
likewise a strong love of fact, and this pervades all daises.
A short time ago the lecturer purchased an old hook at a
second-hand book-stall, in which he found a small piece of
canvas carefully enclosed in paper, upon which was written,
This is a piece of the Cartoons of Raphael." Supposing
every visitor were to have the same itching for a relic, what
would become of the Cartoons! We have a wish likewise to
touch everything we see : thus, if the pillar of a shop is
painted in imitation of marble, unless it be carefully pro-
tected, it is sure to be studded with some scores of finger-
marks, occasioned by a curiosity to know whether the marble
be real or the paint dry. These weaknesses are not confined
to the lower classes; they pervade all society. A genteel
woman actually tasted the water in which the Italian Boy
was drowned. A man of high rank, whilst he laughed at
the follies of others, actually showed the lecturer a bit of
wood, which he said he had cut off from the chair of an emi-
nent individual in Germany. The poorest man in France
would rather cut off his own hand, than mutilate a statue or
cut his name upon anything. In this country there is not a
statue exposed to the public which is not sure to be muti-
lated. An excellent example of this is afforded at the new
church in Aigburth, where all the noses of the heads which
surround the pillars to which the gates are attached have
recently been knocked off. When the French army was in
Egypt, where they retnaiued for two years, a sarcophagus
which was exposed to view remained untouched; but the
English army had not had possession for two months, before
it was found necessary to issue orders to prevent the English
officers from breaking off bits of the marble to sbew to their
friends. It must not be forgotten, however, that during the
few days on which the British Museum was opened to the
public, they did not (Lord Stanley stated) touch or injure a
single thing; therefore it may be fairly questioned, whether
this habit of mutilation would not cease if the public were
allowed to see works of art more freely than at present, so as
to abate the spite with which they seem to view everything
which is beautiful.
Mr. Haydon concluded by exhibiting a number of anato-
mical studies executed by Mr. Wilkie in his younger days,
in which the muscles were coloured red, and the tendons
white. This is the way in wbich painters must attain emi-
nence; and the lecturer recommended the same course to
young artists.

POLICE INPELLIGENCE.

ASSAULT.—PhiIip Sampson, a man who has for many
years been known as a member of the prize-ring, was placed
before the magistrate on Tuesday, having been taken into
custody that morning, by police-officers 76 and 140. It was
stated, that he had been charged with felony, but the com-
plainant did not appear. As the magistrate was about to dis-
charge him, the officers said they had a charge of assault
against him. He was remanded till the arrival of a second
magistrate, when police officer 140 stated, that on that morn.
ink;, at an early hour, he received information from Mr. M.
Robinson, that the Prisoner had stolen a watch belonging to
him. He went with officer 76 to the house of the prisoner.
The latter asked what they wanted. He (witness) told hint
that he was their prisoner, as he was accused of having stolen
a watch from Matt. Robinson. He immediately ordered his
wife to bring his pistols, saying he would shoot them if they
attempted to take him. Retreating to a room, he took up a
brass candlestick, and, seeing the officer's stick, he struck
him with the candlestick. He (witness) sent his comrade
for the inspector, and told the prisoner to remain quiet, as
he did not intend to molest him till the other returned. The
moment the other was goue, the prisoner rushed at him, and
struck him a most violent blow on the side of his neck.—
Police-officer 76 deposed to the violent conduct of the pri-
soner, who told them he was able to kill them both, at the
same time demanding his pistols from his wife. Both wit-
nesses said they went very quietly into the house, and pro-
ceeded altogether in a most respectful manner. Sampson,
being culled ou for his defence, said—" Well, this mowing,
I went home rather late—it was between six and seven
o'clock. I had been drinking champagne, and one thing or
another, all night long. I had previously won some utouey
of a man, and we played on till I won all the money he had;
and then he wanted me to play hien at knower', but I wouldn't,
because—that is, I Swouldn't play without he'd stake his
watch : and he said his watch was a capital good watch, and
how it cost him eight pounds. We was two particular friends
you see;—why, there's no better friends i' the world than
Matt. Robinson and ine."—Mr. Hall: " Confine yourself
to the beating ; we hare nothing to do with the watch. No
person has appeared to accuse you of having come by the
watchimproperly." The watch was at this time in the
hands of one of the officers. Sampson. proceeded:—" I
didn't go to my own room when I went iu : I never do when
Igoin at these late hours. 1 went and got iuto bed in an•
other room. Soon after these men came and knocked at the
door, and Mrs. Sampson let 'ens in. She came up stairs to
me, and tapped at my bedchamber door. ' Sampson,' says
she, ' here's two policemen—they say you've been stealing
a watch,' I said, What dii you let 'ens in for ?-1 shant
go with 'em.' And when I saw 'em I told 'eat the same: I
said, " Where's the man that accuses me?' 'lheysaid Matt.
Robinson had seen 'em in Whitechapel and informed 'eat.
Where's your inspector,' said 1; is it to be expected that
I'll go with you when you've got neither Matt. Robinson
nor an inspector here I They hadn't even got an inspector
with 'em. I did resist, I acknowledge it, and I was right in
resisting, as they had come to take me without an inspector:"
Officer: "Mr. Robinson did give us the information in
Whitechapel, and we went very quietly to do our duty. We
only wanted him to go quietly with us to Bridewell."—
Sampson : " That furthest one (76) drew a long dagger upon
me. When I saw that I said, fetch me my pistols, shoot
him dead." Mr. Hall explained to the prisoner, that when
an officer received information that a person had committed
a felony his duty was clear. lie had nothing to do hut go
and take the accused. The prisoner had himself admitted
that the officers entered the house in a peaceable manner.
The officers had no occasion to take an inspector with them
every time they received infolination against a person, uor
could he (Mr.' Hall) see why the prisoner wished to be taken
into custody by an Inspector. He supposed that next time
nothing less than a head constable would satisfy hint. The
assault was a very brutal and a very cowardly one, as the
motnent he found the policeman alone he struck him, he
being a powerful man, and one of the prize-fighters of this
town. The prisoner was ordered to pay £2 10s. and casts,
or in default of payment, to be committed to the Borough
gaol for five weeks. The money was instantly paid.—samp-
son: "Am 1 not to have the watch?" Mr. "Oh
yes, give him the watch ! We have nothing to do with it, as
no person appears to bear witness against him." The watch
was delivered to Sampson, and he left the cow t.
Wilmette oe A PIG JOBBER.—JuIia Doyle, who repre-
sented herself as a married woman, was placed at the bar of
the Police.eou:t on Wednesday, charged with having, robbed
Charles Waters, an Irish pig jobber, of the sum of £37. The
prosecutor stated that his residence was at Dundalk, in Ire-
land. lie had been in England since the month of -August
last, and had recently sold a number of pigs at Manchester.
Ou Monday last he went from his lodgings in Lumber-street,
to call (itm a person who wished him to carry a message for
hint to Ireland. He had in his pocket a purse containing
the sum above mentioned. A little after two o'clock he was
returning home, when he met the prisoner near the corner
of Pall-mall. He entered into conversation with her, and
ultimately took her to Mr. Gore's public-house, at the corner
of Smithfield-street, where they had some liquor together.
Here the prosecutor took out his purse, in the presence of
the prisoner. They left the house together, and the woman
requested hint to give her some money, as she had not a
halfpenny to buy any breakfast next morning. He said, " I
have no change." She replied, " Yes, you have plenty,"
having seen the purse in his possession in the tavern. He
took her back to Gore's, and gave her some liquor, after
which he again left the house with her. She repeated the
request that he would give her a trifle. lie took out his
purse for that purpose, when she snatched it from him and
ran away. He pursued her, but soon lost sight of her. He
gave information to the police, who apprehended her the
following morning, at a house in a court iu Milton-street.
Mrs. Gore confirmed the prosecutor's statement in relation
to what happened at her house. James Lynch, officer No.
37, who took the prisoner into custody, stated, that when be
entered the house he saw a bonnet lying on the table. The
prisoner ran no stairs after denying the charge, and the
bonnet was afterwards found hidden up the chimney. The
prisoner, having been cautioned, wept and said she never
saw the man in her life till he was sent for by the officer to
identify her. She was committed for trial.
OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—Mattbia
Bell, was placed before Mr. Hall on Wedneedav, charged
with having obtained a sum of money from Mr. Jories, grocer,
21, London-road. The prisoner was in the service of Mr.
Obadiah Arrowsmith, taliow-chandler, Cheapside, as a soli-
citor for orders on commission. Mr. Jones stated that about
ten o'clock on Monday morning last, the prisoner called
upon him and asked him if he were in want of any candles
Mr. Jones told him he was fully supplied. The priSoner re-
mained in the shop about a quarter of an hour talking on
sundry matters. At lengths he said, by the by Mr. Arrow-
smith requested me to have that account. settled. I looked
at him, said Mr. Jones, and asked him if he were sure that
Mr. Arrowsmith told him that he must have that account
settled. He replied yes—l saw Mr. Arrowsmith late on
Saturday night and he told me then to call on Monday mottl-
ing, and have the account settled. Mr Jones said very well,
and threw him a twenty pound bank of England note. He
said, I have not change. Mr. Jones then paid him a five
pound note and nine sovereigns, and thirteen shillings.
Witness had previously lent the prisoner seven shillings, and
the latter gave a receipt for fifteen pounds. Mr. Arrow-
smith stated that the prisoner was not authorised to receive
any money for him, as he always collected his own accounts.
On Saturday last the prisoner asked him (witness) if he
could give him a collecting job. Mr. Arrowsmith replied—
no, Ido not allow you to collect anything for me. On ARM-
day night the prisoner called upon him (witness) and took
from his pocket a five pound note and some silver, saying he
had received Mr. Jones's account. He said—l have lost nine
sovereigns. Mr. Arrowsmith replied, that will not do for
me, you have no authority to receive money for me and I will
not take it. The prisoner was given into the custody of
police-officer Hughes. On his way to Bridewell he ex-
claimed, there's nothing but misfortunes. He was searched
and a£s note and 9s. 20. were found in his possession. On
being cautioned and asked what he haul to say, the prisoner
said he had lost the remainder of the money. He was com-
mitted for trial, with an intimation that he might be liberated
on giving good bail,

HE WRITINGS, SPEECHES, AND CORRESPON
DENCE OF TITUS O'FLAHEIITY, ESQ.
No. 11.

BROUGHAM AND O'CONNELL.
The following anecdote is in common circulation in the
west end of the metropolis :—A friend meeting Lord Brougham
the other day, remarked, that in his recent precursor speeches,
O'Connell had attacked him (Lord B.) in the coarsest toms
of blackguardism. "So I find," replied the noble and learned
lord, " and I consider his abuse a new patent of nobility con-
ferred upon nie. The one I already owe to princes' favour.
it isswell known, I set no extravagant value upon but I
confess the one I derive from the censure and abuse of a
Popish poltroon like that, I du covet and richly prize."
There, Dan, take that,—and at him again!

The following PATENTS were lately granted :
To Lord Normanby,—For an improved mode of emptying
jails, and filling them again.
To Mr. O'Cannell,—For a new mode of manufacturing
transparent falsehoods, at the rate, in speaking, of three a
minute.

To the Corporation of Liverpool,--For manufacturing, or
malefacting Aldermen out of the refuse of Common Council-
men.

To the Oxford Tract Company.—For a new paint, intended
for the embellishment of the altars of the Church of Lug.
land ; a compound of Popish black and Protestant white.
To Mr. Horace St. l'aul,—For fastening a just name upon
a certain Irish gentleman who ►wars a tail.

CARICATURE OF Loki/ GLENELG.
A humourous and clever IL 8.-sort of pencil-sketch has
just been shown me by a young friend. It is the effigy or
portrait of the Scotch Owl Glenelt,•, fast asleep, perched on
the Colonial Branch of the Tree of Government. The visage
of the " bird" is admirable, and laughably droll. There he
sleeps, "sound as a door post," notwithstanding the tree is
violently-shaken, and cracked by fierce and angry winds, and
seems in momentary danger of being torn up and eaten by
the tempest. Underneath this flourishing► section of the tree
are seen captivating and happy dream-provoking scenes of
colonial felicity and prosperity,—Caueda in rebellion, New-
foundland in revolt, Barbadoes, Jamaica, &c., in the st.ge
next convulsion, &c.

SOLILOQUIES OF CONTEMPORARY STATESMEN.
It happens, unfortunately for my fame and glory in after
ages, that another individual of my name flourishes at the
present period, and I am terribly afraid posterity will con-
found the two. It is a distressing thing, and a hard case,
that a great statesman, whose " jumps about and whee's
about" have involves! the financial affairs of a mighty empire
almost in ruin, should be in danger hereafter of being mis-
taken for, or confounded with, a Yankee, whose theatrical
"turns about and do's just so," have merely ha. med nobody,
and amused thousands ! THE RIGHT HoN. 'F. S. RICE.

Of the multitude of judgments I have delivered as a states-
man and Lord Chancellor, I apprehend the only one that is
likely to go down to posterity, is that in which I pronounced
" History hasnothing higher in value than an old Alrnanack."
But whether that dictum will gain the admiration of poste-
rity as a bold truth, or its contempt as a piece of egregious
ignorance and impudence, I will not determine.
LORD PLUNKETT.

Not long ago I ventured, in my place in parliament, to
pronounce the deliberative voice of the House of Lords the
• whisper of a faction;" and I recollect I gave it with all the
dignity and emphasis I could muster. Now, when I witness,
as I do with pain and choler, the growing strength and as.
cendancy of Conservatism in the Lower House, aye, in the
Russell-purged House of Commons, I ant inclined to think
the time is not very distant when it will be my duty to em-
ploy the same language to the people's representatives, and
stigmatize their voice likewise as the " whisper if a faction."
Let the present government be outvoted and kicked out of
office, and, upon my life, I will brand them with the same
designation; the only difference in the two cases being; that
in the former I stood up as a pert official, and iu the latter I
should mouth it in the character of a rabid oppositionist.
Lon") JOHN RUSSELL.

TH no WING ASISES.—At the Police-office, on Wednesday
a number of poor people, inhabiting back streets, were sum-
moned before the magistrates, charged with throwing ashes
in the streets. Most of them pleaded not having any place
where to throw them. Mr. Hall said he could not help that:
they must make their landlords find some place. The ashes
and filth thus thrown out blew about the streets, and made
them filthy. They were severally fined 3s. 6d., or to be com-
mitted for three days to the Borough Jail. Mr. Hall said he
must put a stop to it.

ME. Hamilton Dowdall, through the influence of the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, is to be new secretary to the Education
Board.—Ministeral Paper.