The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-01 00:00:00

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o.ou opponent. ants stings his amour
) propre, and off he starts, on the instant, into personality,
sometimes uttering, without adequate provocation, un-
endurable insults and aspersions on character. From
that moment his speech, so auspiciously commenced, be-
comes a failure. His infirmity of temper once touched,
he becomes an altered man. There is no longer vigour,
,• sense, argument, or even coherency, in what he pours
forth. Yet he has not the discretion to stop. hot- ..,ASP.

a long, rambling speech, full of feeble repetitions of what
he has so forcibly put, or of offensive personalities, or
outrageous defiance of the growing disapprobation of his
hearers, until, at last., he fairly tires out their patience,
arid his display, which, at his commencement, had
brought him honour and respect, ends by his being co-
vered with ridicule and contempt.—Fraser's Contem-
porary Orators.

cent. on the first cost of the article—the majority of
whom are deprived of a sufficient quantity of this health-
preserving and savoury condiment. The salt of War-
wickshire contains only 12 parts of impurities to 288 parts
of pure muriate of soda ; the common salt of Cheshire,
only Hi parts; and rock salt, I 6 parts of impurities,
out of 1000—while that manufactured in India, from the
muddy shores, is black, filthy, and disgusting, and would
not be recognised as salt by an Englishman, on its being
first placed before him. The contiguity of the sea to our
salt mines, enables our merchants to compete with any
salt-producing country in supplying this article to any
spot on the habitable globe. Our present exports are
11,000,000 bushels annually, employing shipping to the
amount of 293.000 tons of dead weight ; and, if the duty
on salt in India were only reduced to a more moderate
sum, this amount would most probably be doubled. The
United States of America manufacture a lurge quantity
of excellent salt annually; and formerly, there was an
impost on the admission of British salt of 400 per cent.
As the population, however, increased, the production of
salt did not increase with it ; and too wise to debar the
nation of what they could not supply themselves, the tax
has been so reduced, that 4,000,000 bushels are an-
nually imported into America from this country. We
understand that no. fewer than nine memorials have
been forwarded to the Indian authorities against the salt
monopoly : they emanate from commercial bodies in
Chester, Worcester, Blackburn, Manchester, and Liver-
pool.

;ion wit:

h men who were

ised above

was obstructed

LIVERPOOL.-1 am not acquainted with any seaport
more worthy of being denominated a city than Liverpool,
London alone excepted, for the ancient city of Bristol,
the once celebrated " Queen of the West," and the
second city in England, has long since fallen into con-
tempt ' • and though its port is a noble and safe one, still
its inhabitants have so befooled themselves, or allowed
their authorities to do it for them, that their trade has
been driven away, and the enterprising merchant, rather
than be fettered by and mulcted in dock dues and harbour
rates, and a variety of other vexatious and iniquitous
imposts, which the old, oppressive, selfish, and execrable
corporation managed to decree, have patronised Live--
pool, and made that which was a very few years ago a
mere simple fishing village, the present great, powerful,
and increasing town. No one can visit Liverpool without,
i at a glance during an hour's ramble through its busy and
magnificent streets, being fully convinced that British
enterprise is, above all things, that which is most
entitled to wonder and admiration. The skill, the
energy, the wealth, which is there so constantly visi-
ble,—the vast riches that have accumulated and are
accumulating,—the splendid edifices which it contains,
devoted to religion, benevolence, science, commerce,
&c..—}he beautiful gardens, rides, and promenades, for
the eejoyrnent of the living, and the chaste, classic, and
soul-in,piriting shades for the repose of the dead,—the
host of merchant princes which it boasts, and the noble
mansions which they inhabit,—the immense expenditure
that has been devoted to the docks, and the forest of masts
that fill them,—the daily and hourly arrival of ships from
every quarter of the globe, from which articles of neces-
sity, taste, and luxury can be derived,—the sailing of ves-
sels to every point of the compass to which the produce of
British skill, labour, and excellence can be wafted,—the
flotilla of steamers that have annihilated space and brought
the whole coasts of Great Britain within its grasp and in-
fluence, and then those quays loaded with their dense and
lofty piles of merchandise, the concentration of the world's
treasures, throwing into the most abject contempt all the
accounts of the greatness of former places,—their com-
mercial character, general intellect, and capabilities, con-
vincing mankind that the thews, sinews, mind, and deter-
mination of Englishmen are of more real value than the
safe and positive possession of all the mines of Golcon !a,
or the riches of ancient Ormus. —Memoirs of Paul Swan-
aton, p. 422.
THE " EMIGRANTS' LARK."—TWO emigrants, a man
and bis-wife, sailed from the Tower in the year 1834 on
board a vessel bound for Quebec. 'A bird-catcher had
promised to give the industrious pair, for a companion in
their exile. a singing lark. The emigrants, however, had
departed. and the bird-catcher had not kept his word.
But the latter arrived with the gift at the Tower, a few
hours after the ship had sailed, and he made his way as
fast as possible to Gravesend. He overtook the ship,
handed the bird from the gangway, shook hands with his
friends, who christened the lark " Charley," for the
donor's sake, In the gulf of St. Lawrence the vessel
was wrecked, and all the property on board lost except
" Charley," with whom—but with nothing in the world
besides—the emigrants landed in Canada. They settled
in Toronto, where the man, by name Patterson, gained a
subsistence as a journeyman shoemaker. Outside the
window of his small house a lark's cage was daily
hung, and from its wiry front there issued notes
that did much honour to the little throat that poured
them forth. Passengers stopped, spell-bound, to listen
to the English warbler; all men waited to listen, from the
loyal governor to the most irreclaimable reformer. Three
times was Patterson offered 100 dollars for the melodist,
three times did he refuse the bribe. An old farmer offered
100 acres of land for him. A poor Sussex carter offered
all be possessed in the world—his horse and cart. Patter-
son was immovable. He would not sell Charley. One
morning, three years after be had quitted England, the
owner of the bird was accidentally shot dead. The widow
was ruined. She sold the pretty singer, and the governor,
Francis Head, became the purchaser. Three months did
Chatley hang in the conservatory of government-house,
but not once did he open his mouth there. Either he
mourned his master, or he was unhappy away from the
smell of cobbler's wax. Leaving Canada, the governor
presented the bird to Daniel Orris, a faithful loyal man,
whose station in life was about equal to that of poor Patter-
son. Lo!—a wonder!—suspended again outside a humble
__-. dwelling, the bird began to sing as exquisitely as ever.
Such are the properties of this inv THE BANKS OF THE GANGES.—Doubtless most of ouraluable Specific that per readers have heard of the practice which obtains with
sons labouring under the moat distressing Rheumatism, Rheu-
matic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of natives of' Bengal in the disposal of their dead. The
assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. custom among them is to carry the corpses of their de-
The astonishing success which has crowned the application ceased to the banks of the Ganges, where they are deP o-
of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable sited with all due ceremony. On the rise of the river
cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of ever gaining these are carried away by its waters, and hundreds of
even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every be seen at a time floating
justly entitles on its surface,
other means had completely failed, it to the dead bodies may
attention of the afflicted.and which are carried down by the stream into the sea.
This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat- The sight is said to be disgusting in the extreme; some
tended with the least danger or inconvenience, and hundred
have experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was
cables of the vessels anchored in the river. Did the in-
of the putrified carcases frequently resting against the
first introduced.
Sold by Pendlebury, Russell-street; Titherington, Oxford: habitants confine themselves to the deposition of none
street; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street- but dead bodies on the banks, there would not be so much
Coupland, Parker-street; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Parkinson, cause for complaint; but it has often been found that
New Scotland-road; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland- persons supposed to be at the point of death have been
road, opposite St. Martin's ;HaMarket Mackow,"vauxhall-road; thus dealt with, and that in consequence many have died
who would, had they been properly cared for, have Britten, corner of Dale-street and ymerket; Smith, Great
re-
Homer-street; Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row; Low,
covered. Many have been taken from the river •; but it
Islington • Walker, London-road; Parry, Christian-street ;
Wagstaff, Great George-place ; Priestley, Lord-street; Smith, would have been better far for them bad they died, for
Woodside ; Price, Wavertree. they were turned out of caste, and refused admittance
into their own homes, it being reckoned a sign of the
(ADVERTISEMENT.) displeasure of the deity of the river that they had not died and been ingulphed in its stream! Another method
NEWS OF THE ORIENTAL.—Those who have not yet in practice of disposing of their dead bodies is by incre-
visited the Oriental Divan, Clayton-square, should not
mation. Hitherto the inhabitants of Calcutta have been
omit an opportutunity, for the arrangements not only
permitted to btkrn their dead all along the banks of the
surpass those of every similar hotel, but the viands are of
river. People at the point of death are brought to the
the choicest kinds. An excellent steak, cut in the London river, and there left till they die, when they are burnt,
style, with all the etceteras, is charged Bd., and it may be and their ashes thrown into the stream by their friends if
finished with half-pint of splendid amontillado sherry, or able to afford it, or if not, they are allowed to lie on the
fine flavoured port, for one shilling. This is but a single bank till carried away by the tide. In order to put a stop
article, but others are charged proportionately low; in-
deed, so low and an excellent as to have called from the to such a murderous system, the Government have or-
local press the following notices :
dered that the inhabitants shall dispose of their dead at
"The elegance with which it Is fitted, the promptitude and either of five " Ghats" set apart for the purpose, where
neatness with which every thing is served up, render it the their proceedings may be watched by the police. We
most fashionable restaurant."—Standard. copy the following remarks on the subject from the
"The dinners and suppers cannot be excelled for variety, or Calcutta Christian Advocate of the 19th ultimo :—" We
lowness of charges."—Albion.have often referred to the subject of Ghat murders, and
-It consolidates the reputation of the proprietor as a caterer to the propriety and importance of their suppression.
for the public."—Mail-
"Suitable to all classes—the wine is undeniable."— Times. Little, if any thine, has, we believe, been attempted by
Connoisseurs in oysters are invited to taste the supply, the authorities. The difficulties arising out of religious
received every morning fresh from London. Is. 6d. per prejudice, and the extent of country over which the
practice prevails, together with the difficulty of obtaining
'
chargessOcrefa.Dinners every day from one to five o clock. Scale
laid on each table Splendid private and evidence on which the murderers could be convicted,
public billiard-rooms attached. have presented an almost insuperable barrier to the com-
J . FEENY, Proprietor. mencement of reform in this department ; we therefore
bail any, even 'the remotest effort, tending to check a
- ---sa _ _ practice so fraught with mischief to the people. Our con-
SAGACITY OF Roods.—Rooks that are much shot at, temporaries state that the authorities have determined
like those at Botisham, have the greatest possible dread that fOr Calcutta only five Ghats shall be used for burnin
of a gun. often when walking in the neighbourhood of the dead of the city. This may bring the evil within the g
'
the trees, I observe they suffer me to approach within
.a grasp of the police, and, if they be on the alert, enable
oertain distance without taking fright, though they watch them to check the practice. The many Ghats and other
;my movements narrow ly ; or are not much disturbed as places at which the funeral -rites of the Hindus was per-
long as I continue walking on; but the moment I stop, formed, was one of ,the most formidable obstacles in the
find put even a walking-stick to my shoulder, as if about way of the suppression of Ghat murders. Tils, to some
to fire at them, they are off directly . and the distance at extent, and as far as Calcutta is concerned, has now been
which this will, operate, often co-nsi'derably more than a remedied. This order should be extended all along the
hundred yards, is quite surprising. It is also observable, banks of the Ganges, places should be set apart by the
that wheat they would be frightened by any one walking government, to which the dying must be brought, and
or stopping near the trees, they will often suffer a cart or proper officers appointed to watch the movements of the The Doctor, after laughing at
a carriage to pass immediately beneath them, without death parties, This would at least be a check upon crime; disturbing him, told him that
taking the least notice, as if conscious that there was no and where such a sacrifice of life is concerned, surely the wave of the sea. " Oh, de vave
danger to be apprehended from such a source.—Bev. L. funds and officers of justice could not be more humanely his coachman return without ad
Zeppn'fi o.oerpalianOn Natural History. or legitimately employed. Bombay Times. the Doctor.

A SINGLE TOOTH FOR,FIVE SHILLINGS

-- •
11TESSRS. COOPER and Co., SURGEON DENTISTS,
IKIL 10, Slater-street, Liverpool, beg to inform theinhabitants
of Liverpool and vicinity, that they are at length enabled of
MAKE TEETH AVAILABLE TO. ALL CLASSES; their
. .

price for a Single Tooth being 55., whatever qiiantitYMaTbe
required. This, they assure their Friends and the Public, is
the full price of their best Teeth; and the price can only be
increased by expensive mountings.
_ _

The ineclianiC,al department is filial by first-rate workmen
from London and Paris; and it is °My the immense quantity
manufactured that enables them to fix their prices so low. All
operations of the Teeth equally moderate. Filling. decayed
Teeth with the Mineral Mamoratmn, 2s. fid. Artificial Teeth
repaired, remodelled, and brought to their former shape and
apjearance.

they also fasten loose Teeth, particularly of aged persons,
whether arising from neglect, the use sf calomel, disease of the
gums, or any other cause.
SCURVY IN THE GUMS EFFECTUALLY PREVENTED.

Among the various disorders of the mouth, there are none
more destructive than Scurvy, which, on first entering the gums,
causes them to bleed on the most trifling occasions. A soft
substance invariably a xumulates around the necks of the teeth,
penetrating into the gums, which gradually waste away, and the
Teeth then besome loose and drop out of their sockets, and it is
well'known that the loss of Teeth arises more from this cause
than any other ; in short, Scurvy in the Gums affects indivi-
duals of all ages and constitutions, and if not speedily removed,
will be the primarycause of tooth-ache and decay.
Messrs. CoorEa and Co. are happy to state that they have
discovered a certain remedy for the removal of this distressing
malady, Which, if used in conjunction with their VEGETABLE
kNOYDONE TiNCTUWE, will entirely extirpate the complaint.—
Price ss.

THE MERCURY! VERSUS MR. RUSHTON'S
COURT.

Our contemporary of Friday, or rather a correspondent
for him, has made the discovery that the business of Mr.
Rushton's court is not so very satisfactorily conducted
after all. "In the first place," be says, "all summonses
for breaches of local acts are issued for half-past ten
o'clock in the morning, and all witnesses against pris-
oners in custody arc ordered to attend court at the same
hour. If the business commenced punctually at that
hour, and was proceeded with continuously, there would,
perhaps, be little to complain of, but, unfortunately, the
magistrate seldom takes his seat at the time stated, and
rarely, if ever, proceeds with the court business without
interruption. It is said that he has public business to
transact in his private room before taking his seat, but
this, surely, is a very insufficient excuse for keeping the
whole court waiting—professional men, witnesses, many
of them poor and unable to sustain the loss of time, fe-
males taken from their families, and last, though not
least, police officers, who have only had a few hours sleep
after walking the streets for eight or nine hours during a
dreary night, and are entered again for duty in the after-
noon. Again, parties who are in the habit of attending
the court feel that the stipendiary is too much in the habit
of leaving the bench to attend private individuals, instead
of conducting the public business before allowing himself
to be interrupted by
-T aae many demands necessarily made
upon his attention. he business of the court would be
conducted with much more decorum and solemnity (if I
may use so strong a word) were the cases proceeded with
in a regular and systematic manner. Let the magistrate,
like the judges, when on the bench, pay attention only to
what is brougbt before him, and much time will be saved,
and a great deal of dissatisfaction avoided."
The same writer complains of the difficulty and loss of
time experienced by parties attending for the granting of
summonses, and, subsequently, for their hearing; and
concludes by stating, that " The office of stipendiary
magistrate of a borough like Liverpool is so important
—the difficulty of any man placed in such a position
giving general satisfaction is so great—that all cases of
dissatisfaction, and especially those of routine, so easy of
removal as the above enumerated, ought instantly to be
doge away with. Depend upon it such a step would give
general satisfaction," These are precisely the grounds
upon which we advocate the appointment of a second
court. The evils here pointed out can never be re-
moved by the adoption of any other course.

Stories of the Crusades

Attendance daily from Ten- till Seven
any other House.

No connexion with

OBSERVE—COOPER AND CO.,
10, Slater-street, next Door to the Bible Depository.

Observe that the Signature of the proprietnrt"G. C. Serjeant,"

is written on the Gov:eminent Stamp.
ERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy
1,1 against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum-
bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJRANT, No. 1, Lo-
velPs-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard, Temple-bar,
London; and by all Venders of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per
Bottle.

Amongst many which are being daily received are the follow-
ing testimonials :

Well-street, Cripplegate.
SIR, have been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout
and Rheumatism, not a part from my head to my feet free from
pain, and as helpless as an infant : not even a finger could I
move. In this unpleasant situation I was informed by my me-
dical attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that
I might remain months in my deplorable situation.
Fortunately your remedy Wief; made known to me, or I might
have been to this day confined to my bed. After a dose appli-
cation of four days, my troublesome companion began to dis-
appear; in a week I was capable of walking about my room,
and by another week's perseverance in the use of your ➢ledi-
cine was enabled to leave Loodon. Fearful of another attack,
you will please to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant, D. W. STONE.
4. Paternoster-me.

"SlR„—Having been informed of the surprising cure of Mr.
Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted
by Rheumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was
compelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his
committing any violence, and whose case was considered en-
tirely hopeless, I was induced to ascertain the particulars, and
being satisfied of the truth of my information, encouraged me
to make a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining
little hopes of success, having been many years so severe a suf-
ferer, and tried many said to be very valuable remedies. lam
very happy in being able to add my testimony of the benefit
I derived: after a few days' application the use of my limbs are
perfectly restored, and I am now able to attend my business,
nd, making an allowance for my age, never was better in my
life. To those however severely afflicted and hopeless their
case may have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial,
feeling quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their
limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine.
Health is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to
hose who are deprived, none feels it so severely as the trades-
man or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, and
brings ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to
make it known to those afflicted, to evince how grateful I am
for my restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly,

MEETING IN BEHALF OF THE DESTITUTE IRISH
POPULATION. —Last night, a meeting was held at St.
Joseph's school-room, chiefly of the labourers on
the Liverpool, Bolton, and Bury railway, for the pur-
pose of showing their own disposition to contribute
their respective mites towards relieving their
fellow country men in Ireland, of all denominations, from
their present distress for want of food. Mr. Wilcock, head
engineer of the line, presided, and spoke feelingly on the
question. Several persons engaged on the line, chiefly
workmen, spoke in a feeling manner. Some subscriptions
were given in the room. A deputy from the further end of
the line stated that what was done here would be
followed out there by all the workmen, and it was
finally agreed by resolution that each man should give
one day's wages to the charity. Mr. M'Cormick, the
head contractor, who bad, it appeared, started the pro-
ject, was appointed treasurer, and a vote of thanks
was passed to him and t 3 parties not connected with the
line, who had contributed to the fund.

Glioitoß POLLARD. I

October 20, 1844.
14, Belmont place, Wandsworth-road, Oct. 26, 1844.
Sia,—l feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffe.-
ing acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in
the hip-joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to
try your embrocation, and have the pleasure to say that after
three applications 1 was restored to my usual health ; and, al-
though two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder.
—I am, Sir, gratefully yours, EDWARD NOYES.

ST. ANDREW'S DAY.—Yesterday, being the anniver-
sary of the birthday of the patron saint of Scotland, a
very large party of "brother Scots," as on many former
' like occasions, celebrated the day by a dinner at Mr.
M'Kenzie's, the " Caledonian Hotel," Lower Duke-
street. The tables were fairly loaded with most excellent
viands, &c., and the liquors were of the best quality.
Atter the dinner, speech, song, and sentiment, kept the
delighted company in a " roar," and the kindly national
feelings that were reciprocated, flashed to the hearts of all
present—reminded of their native
AtTheeEmso._unTtaiiine andr
rtilvi ea
Illsooodf.
"potatoes in
a Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
FOREIGNLanPdOorf
London from abroad during the past week have com-
prised the following :—The Gypsy, from Jersey, brought
45 tons, the produce of that island ; the Ruding, from
Oporto, 10 baskets, of Portuguese produce ; the Johns,
from Rouen, the large quantity of 135 tons, the, growth
of France ' • the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, 20 baskets, of
Dutch produce; the Faith, from Rouen, 105 tons, of
French produce; the Charles, from Gravelines, 50 tons,
also of French produce ; the Perseverance, from Dunkirk,
14i tons. the produce of Normandy ' • the Ocean, from
Rotterdam, 4 hampers, 6 baskets, and 12 bags, of Dutch
produce; the Rob Roy, from St. Petersburgh, 225 bags,
the production of Russia ; the Sir Robert Peel, from
Rotterdam, 6 bags, of Dutch produce; and the Artemus,
from St. John's, Newfoundland, 10 barrels, the growth
of that British province of North America. It will be
observed that this list of the principal arrivals during the
past week compris's j•-‘ !ifs from France, Holland,
Russia, Normandy, l's.rtugal, and the Channel island
first-mentioned, and from which latter place we have
received parcels of the vegetable on former occasions. Of
them, those from France are especially noticeable on
account of their extent, and the individual importation
from Russia on account of its increased extent, and from
Portugal owing to its partial or entire novelty. With
respect to the arrival from Newfoundland, we are not
aware that a similar one has before taken place, and,
although trifling in quantity, the importation, on account
of its novelty, would appear to possess a considerable
degree of interest, and to be worthy of particular and I
separate notice.

HANDEL.-Dr. Morel!, who urnished Handel with
the poetry of many of his oratorios, related to Mr. Taylor,
that one fine summer morning, he (Dr. Morel!). was
aroused out of bed at five o'clock by Handel, who came
in his carriage a short distance from London. The Doc-
tor went to the window and spoke to Handel, who would
not leave his carriage; Handel was at that time composing
au oratorio. When the Doctor asked him what he wanted,
he said—" What is de meaning of de vord billow?" (which
was in the oratorio the Doctor had written

a rough estin.

the re wit, choice expressions, and great knowledge
of facts, and of the subject it displays.—Your ob-dient
servant, W.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,
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P.S. Any communication to the writer
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' surrounded by numerous well-wooded ansiona,
,ges, and cottages, is at once beautiful and ap-
prlate ; and the spire, although not yet completed in
ower embellishments. is nlrearty
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___,,- noon: and undulating landscape.
to proceed, yestero,_
and, surroune.ed as she is with -PrOri'ficm'fi‘sihuitniugi scoamstea, shadow upon our path, would render it more irk- Edward 111.
and leave it more open to the insidious attacks of 'We cannot but express our admiration of this specimen sorily to examine the t.
grounds, she is actually obliged to resort to England and doubt, as to the reality of God's goodness; yet it would of church architecture. The spire is one of the most Clerk of the Peace, prio.
Newfoundland for salted codfish, an indispensible article not therefore, as might be easily shown, obliterate the beautiful in the diocese, in proportion and delicacy of Parliament, and to give, it
for the fast days of the people. The following extract line of our duty, or justify us in pausing in our course, outline. The interior, for fine perspective, with the deep project. Every facility a
wall convey a clear idea of the effect of this impolitic tax : more than now, when the Divine economy is for us so chancel in the vista, is admirable. The:sroof (an open Gorst and Birch
he, wb
—" The salt works (says Townsend, who wrote about 80 happily reversed. It calls, however, for no refined exer- one) is a most skilful 1 iece of carpentry, entirely original, sections of this heavy
and - years ago) yield a considerable revenue. These were &se of abstraction to conceive a relation as existing, be- and combining strength, lightness, and economy with ec- graphed in a most
perhps,n dashed with a bold vigorous hand into the formerly considered as private property ; but in the year tween religion and unhappiness, between the fulfilment of clesiastical characterand beauty. The church is built of the featly impossible to r
very core of the subject, holding the real question at issue 1348 they were taken by Alonzo 11., and in 1564 Phillip duty and temporal misery, a relation that will be found best red freestone, and of good workmanship throughout. lowing brief review
up, for the first time, to the attention of his audience, 11. seized them as part of his demesne. The chief of tacitly, if not expressly, assumed in almost every system Kneelings are provided for 800, and the benches are fitted
cleared of all the fallacies infused into it by previous them are in Andalucia, Valencia, Catalona, and Majorca. of false religion which from time to time has held vomit up with Honduras mahogany, having sloping backs.
speakers. To ali appearance he is carrying the House The sait works of Matra, in the kingdom of Valencia, nion over the minds of men. This is the predominant and terminating with ornamental ends ; combining all
pith him. Repeated cheers hail his terse and well- would easily furnish 1,500,000 of fanegas, of about 100 lbs idea, round which all their minor considerations and the good points of ancient accommodation with mo-
pointed propositions, and his presumption is forgotten in
the able exposition he makes of his case. But, suddenly,
he says something which provokes an ironical cheer, or a weight, which, could they find a market, would, at 22
teas the fanega, make £330,000 per annum ; but, by rais-
ing the price, they have lessened the demand, so that the
whole amount of the kingdom is only about two-thirds of details group themselves, as round a centre. How widely dern comforts, no invidious distinction being made
do they differ in this respect from the spirit of that teach- between the free and approprited parts of the church.
ing which said, ' Come unto me, all ye that labour and It struck us, however, on our cursory visit on Saturday
what one work alone might furnish.
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke that there was a deficiency of light
especially in tea
upon you, and learn of me: for lam meek and lowly of portion of the building in which the clergyman will hay
The effects of the tax on this necessary of life and
heart ; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my to officiate, the two windows in the north and s,
health in INDIA we have on numerous occasions adverted
to—it is totally indefensible even as revenue, because we yoke is easy,* and may burden*is light.'*"
* seats being, we conceive, insufficient, leaving roof apparently cold and gloomy. We also observer: ma
have before shown that it brings to the company no re-
Whether we shall live again after death, was, when 1 the whole of the windows were contram,..l:
~,. - ••
venue at all—all they gain is a positive loss; while the
„,„w-ion hart not n., ‘,..t- 1-,-- .....0.. ~r- ' `-• - ' • '

zany points in the surrounding rich Ui tiny uetaiteacourse of the. Sanitary C
The style is the decorated of
more adequate supp'

The project can

worth in the to

Blackbur

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Roddlesworth reser

AboutthirteetTCL;i;

formeJacross a ;;;Wernarmo
up the water, forms a reserve
Reservoir, from the name of a
It is also supplied by a sma
Twistmoor-house. The Rake
s,
that the I reservoirs will be joined by a
•

,uth tran-
. the lofty

roximitv

we have enumerated amorg the number) of 1
(or, at 10 acres per mile, 12,500 acres) there we

Railway

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lußs. PHILLIPS'S ENTERTAINAI
paid for lady, it will be seen, gives another_
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end of the Rake-bi.
.
.......,fiCa 5 or tneir genius and their now sombre hue of the walls will hereafter be super- wall be in close p.
vast powers of thinking. With such it was an earnest seded (when the funds will permit) by ►light and brilliaat from Preston to Bolton, ilt
employment to find out reasons, and to excogitate argu- Mosaic work, as contemplated in the first instance, which, The line of gut or aqueduc,
ments, and to weigh probabilities in favour of that which it is stated, will entirely obviate the defect we had as. " Abbey Mills," when a small s,.
they fondly hoped might still be true. Yet even to sinned. An arrangement has been made for the position mile and a quarter from the comence nt of the v
those who had most strenuously fought for this hope, of the organ in accordance with ancient custom. It is to pass in the township of Withnell, ' Withne
who battled with doubts, refuted objections, computed be placed in the north east angle of the church, entering from whence a small stream is diver d. At
probabilities, exposed cavils, and silenced gainsayers, from a portion of the chancel to be appropriated as the mile, in the township of Wheel i, the
there was no assurance of the hope that was in them; but choir,—a suggestion made, we believe, by the much re- through one of two large lodges be' ing to •
when the clouds of adversity brooded over, or when the spected and talented Rev. Thomas Mc. Gill, late curate call Hall Bleach Works," and 0- the we
hour of sorrow darkened their spirit, and hope melted of the Old Church, from whom the architect also re- they are supplied, and but a T istan,
away like snow before the summer's sun, their bright ceived much valuable information in other points which cuts
pass toed,
the east of" 13 Hall
and dazzling speculations, the employment of a happy he has ably carried into effect.
again taking the water now us. is e
leisure, faded away like those bright tints which gild the The windows, chiefly of two lights, have been glazed by iishment.
evening vapours in the west, to be followed by the leaden Mr. James Forrest, of the Old Haymarket. The tracery Near the boundary of the townsh.
hues of hopeless grief and incurable, despondency, leaving in the pointed arches is filled in with heads of the apostles, purposed to construct a waste wier.
them harassed by fears, distracted by doubts, and tor- and with emblemsof the evangelists in the windows of the further down the valley, a brook, called the
tured by apprehensions. Truly they lived as men without transepts. A fine oak-leaf-and. acorn border, executed in is made available, and another waste a
hope ! This dreary feeling, this sense of unmitigated the primary colours, runs round all the windows, producing which connects with some lodges of w
despair, pervades those writings which have come down a neat and pleasing effect, arid the whole of the glass-work " White Coppice " formerly bleach works.
sztarreka,m
to us, in which the loss of friends, of children, of parents reflects great credit on the artist. We are of opinion, fore reaching the fourth mile, in the towns
isn arcth
is lamented. Nothing can be more touchingly beautiful, however, that in windows so comparatively small, the
leedpianrtioshthoefacißuoedltuocnt-,lea-niVdlcimorrs
nothing of human composition more affecting, than those mullions and tracery are rather heavy,. and would have
elegies, pervaded with the spirit of woe unutterable, of preferred these of much slighter dimensions, which would this is the ommencement of the
hopeless, irremediable despair. For them there was no have admitted a greater volume of light, particularly
GREAT ANGLAZARK RESERVOIR,
future; and the past was but a dream—a vision, bright through the tracery, which appears to be rather too which is about (according to the plan) one mile and
but transitory."
dense,
quarter in length; and connected with the water here di
-- We have learned that designs for the three chancel posited are about eight or nine small streams, from tl
Stories of Female Heroism. London: James Burns, 1846. windows were received from several eminent artists in eastern side, and two or three brooks, together with tl
A most interesting work, the perusal of which, we various parts of the kingdom, and that those selected as River Yarrow, (the water in which when we passed on th
trust, will beguile the tedium of the winter evening by most appropriate were by Mr. James Balantyne, of Edin- North Union Railway yesterday. was extremely low.)
many a fireside. burgh, the successful competitor for the royal commission This reservoir is formed by an embankment across V
to decorate her Majesty's new palace of Westminster valley between the townships of Heath Charnoek 5....,,0ti0n
....,,otion : James Burns. 1846. with stained glass. As these three windows are not yet township of Rivington ; and the present road .. in be ea.
1 vol. fitted in, we cannot offer an opinion upon the taste dis- deviated as to run across the embankment ; an arm of
The enterprising publisher of this little volume has played by the artist,—who, by the way, is the author of a the valley on the western side will also have to be em
furnished the lovers of historical romance with a rich neat volume on painted glass, and of a very popular work banked to pen up the water. The next reservoir_r
treat. The stories are only two in number, and are, of a different description, entitled the .. Gaberlunzy'a Rivington Reservoir—is immediately below that a
therefore, not of the bald, common-place sort usually met Wallet, written by Dot, and illustrated by Jot." Anglazark, and is nearly .two miles in length.
with in books which bear similar titles. On the contrary, We cannot close this hasty notice without expressing is connect
by a gut, and is supplied b se, e
they are well sustained romances, with much historical our high opinion of the talent of the architect Mr. John brooks. At the commencement of the towynsbir
information combined with romance—such "stories," in Hay, of this town, under whose directions this. ork has Anderton an embankment is made across aw'
fact, which, before the appearance of the Waverley series, progressed towards completion so quietly and unas- branch of the vale, and another of some length will have
and of the productions of the host of Sir Walter's imi- Burningly. It is in itself a specimen sufficient to redeem to be constructed a little lower down. At the mein em-
tators, would have placed the author in a very prominent this great commercial town from the imputations of igno- bankment connected with this reservoir, which is across
position in the world of letters. We shall endeavour on ranee and want of taste in ecclesiastical architecture, the valley in the township of Horwich, there is a tank, a
a future occasion to give a few extracts, to enable our generally thrown upon modern church builders, waste water weir, and four filter beds. From these filter
readers to judge for themselves of the author's style. The church, we learn, will be opened for divine service beds, which miles rise of
are eight from the
in January next.
CORRtI SPONDENCE.
the main pipes commence. Over the centre of the Riving-
ton reservoir an embankment will have to be thrown to
cz nsive,-,:t grwiticjit
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ea provide for the deviation of a road from Rivington. At
cs. •
TOWNSHIP OF TRANMERE.
aelsi39. Anderson mill, about half a mile below the filter beds,
the River Douglas crosses the lines of pipes, but is
and
viously made available in the Rivington reservoir and an
"Wheel about and turn about, &c., Jim Crow." We visited this new place of worship (on the West extensive stream that joins the Douglas below is diverted
"We understand they (the promoter of the district lighting)
9 froth the
magnanimously passed resolutions to light and watch them.
Derb Road, and a short distance fr village,) on into it also. At about nine miles and a half from Roddleg-
selves, at the cost.of the township."—Chronicle, Nov. 13. Saturday, and were much gratified by a brief inspection of worth the piping crosses the Bolton and Preston Railway;
~ We candidly and frankly admit that it is proposed to rate its several parts. It is situated in the centre of a rapidly proceeding through Aspull to Hindley, the project
only the residents in the distrust for the expense."—Chronicle. Chronscle, improving district, which is becoming thick with princely crosses the Liverpool and Bury Railway, and being ear
Nov. 27.
mansions, and other tasteful rural edifices of minor dimen- tied through the centre of Hindlev, then over a bridge of
SlR—Pray allow me a corner in your valuable paper. sions. It will consequently be accessible to a large popu- he Wigan and Lei h Canal, at about fifteen miles from
It seem that " misunderstandings are the order of the lotion in the first instance, and is undoubtedly a great the rise the pipes ogre laid in cutting under the North
day insTrere," and that a Phoenix has risen to en- ornament to the neighbourhood, the handsome spire being union Railway. At the
seaventee
oth mile the works
lighten us on the subject, which he does in a very long conspicuous for miles around.
pass through the town offs-i Mackerfield thence
article in the Chronicle of Saturday last. That he is The building is in a transept form, of the earliest through the township oHad ir 'h of
well qualified to do, being himself the author of the English style of Gothic architecture, of which Salisbury Stanley Hall, where they cross
the
eoc to the sout
an .
erroneous statement given to the public, and which he I Cathedral is one of the finest examles, It was in this proceed by St. Helen's, the four ncanalcEthnrr times,-(1
.:Id' re sd
now contradicts " frankly and candidly." We are now ' style that that beautiful object, "the SPIRE " first pre- cot, both of which towns are left a little t',
tah h.-
assured that the promoters of the district lighting and sented itself; and its adoption at West Derby is one of After leaving the latter town, the pipes are too be
carried
a
watching do not wish the township to pay for their lights the boldest and most graceful we have seen in any modern considerable distance on the highway between this town
and watchmen. What sort of frankness and candour his edifice. If say fault can be found with its fine propor- and Prescot ; and in this and all similar cases no lines of
must be, we leave the public to form their own opinion of, tions it is that the tower at the have of the spire seems to deviation are marked on tbe plans, it not being intended
when they are told that, at the commencement of the last be scarcely broad enough ; but this objection applies only to go beyond the width of the road. On arriving at the
article, he in effect republishes what he afterwards so to some points of view, and as a whole it is a highly at- parish of Walton, the pipes pass on the highway
"frankly" contradicts. tractive and elegant object. The height from the ground between Dovecot Farm and Westfield House, from
The "hole and corner meeting" seems to vex him to the top of the spire is between 160 and 170 feet. which place they proceed to the present reservoir
not a little; he should have used his influence, and have On entering the interior of the church, a truly pretty at Kensington ; but powers are being applied for, to
prevailed on the overseers not to call a meeting "of effect is presented, by an. open roof well decorated—a enable the Corporation to construct additional reservoirs,
those rate-payers only who were included within the spacious range of pews with low doors, and the elbows of and to enlarge the present one, so as to render it
d district." But such a meeting having been each pew ornamented with the old poppy head—the aisles perfectly efficacious. The plans. however, chew four
propose
terminated by a beautiful recessed reservoirs, one of which would
called by the overseers, the rate-payers within the district spacious—and the whole . . new contain about as
tto the notice; they then demanded their re- chancel, with five lancet windows of painted glass, which, much water as the present one, and the other three
met pursuant
quisition, which the overseer refused to let them have ; combined with the cormsponding side-lights, impart a severally about the quantity of both these united. The
consequently they were obliged to read the printed one warmth and cheerfulness to the church, truly pleasing. extreme length of the works from the River Roddles-
whi
nh the
overseers issued, and then conduct the business The gables pf the transepts have lofty triple lancet worth to the reservoir at Kingstown, will be about
of the meeting in the ordinary manner. As to its being a windows stained in a similar manner. The colours of the thirty-two miles and t wenty-six chains, twenty_four miles
" hole.and-,aarner one, one
" would imagine that the par- glass are, light, brilliant, and well harmonized, and the of which will be laid with Oillirir_ rri,...••••-i----• ••
__ __.
ties in the " public room" knew something of it, from whole are introduced let° ea...Aran f,-..,,e. ..o .. .__
the fact of two of the leaders of the meeting held there work pattern, of proportions so slender as to give eac,
having presented to the district one a demand of poll, window the appearance of a single sheet of beautifully
signed by five rate-payers. How ridiculous, then, is the variegated glass. No figures of saints or other persons
pretence that the " cat was let out of the bag." The are introduced in the glazing, which presents a rich, mai-
`red - sue s
Chronicle goes on to say, " they have carried their form, and striking effect, as of tessellated or Mosaic work -
boundary line so as to include—that is, to tax—many in- illuminated.
..ce a,
dividuals who will not receive any benefit whatever from The pulpit and reading desk are simple in character but dtlabi/Low-
the measure, and whom it was never intended to seem to harmonize with the general style of the building.
.sou
benefit." This I most distinctly and indignantly deny, At the west end is a small projecting orchestra supported
and dare him to the:proof. Such imputations as these on brackets, leaving the tower arch open. The pews are s DV'
ought not to pass unquestioned, as there may possibly be most substantially built, of the best pine tinder, to be Noe, some base enough to believe them. I assert and challenge painted in oak. These, with sloping backs, etc so well 1 the strictest strictest inquiry as to the truth of the assertion that arranged, and comfortable, that scarcely one sitting in the
the promoters of the district meeting were anxious to in- church is preferable to another.
elude within their boundary those only who were willing The accommodation is for nearly eight 'hundred per-
to tax themselves for the purpose of being lighted and sons ; and galleries may be added, when required, for four
watched ; and had the slightest notice been given to them or five hundred additional sittings.
that the tenant of Prospect House did not wish to be in- This church, as we have already noticed, is built and
chided within the boundary, he would have been left out. endowed at the sole expense ot ,Mrs. Thornton, of " The
Unquestionably, some persons will derive less benefit Elms," West Derby, of whose munificence, and Christian
from the lighting and watching than others ; but this is feeling it will be a lasting memorial. The architectural
unavoidable, the district most have a boundary some- designs were by our talented townsman Mr. Welch. The
where. But why have a district at all ?—it may be asked. painted glass was, we are informed, by Mr. Forrest, who has,
For this reason :—The promoters of the measure
having in this instance, been eminently successful. The church will
tried to make the act general for the whole of the town- be opened in January next. It is built of fine red free-
ship last year, and having been defeated, were anxious stone, the walls rusticated, with the exception 0,,. the
this year to avoid all opposition by choosing, as I have buttresses, window sides, outward decorations of the
said, a district where the inhabitants were willing to tax tower, the spire, &c.
themselves. I may add, that the line originally contem-
plated, Was the one which the writer in the Chronicle ad-
mits he "should have had no reason to complain of," and
it was only changed at the last minute, on information
being received that it would be opposed. The writer in
the Chronicle has further proved, perhaps unwittingly,
that be can not only find his way home, but also write
in the dark; fur had he known anything of the subject
on which he writes, he would be aware that the promoters
of the district lighting, &c., could not tax the rest of the
township even had they wished ; and also that had he at-
tended the meeting " and represented to the promoters of
the proposed measure the injustice, &c. of their plan,
and endeavoured to induce them to modify it, &c.," they
could not do so, however anxious they might have been.
The writer is excessively facetious on the subject of what
he calls lighting the" centre of the pool," he may perhaps
raise a laugh, but 'tis a pity those who made the centre of
the pool the boundary of the township are long since
dead ; so that the sting of his wit is unfelt.
Perhaps your contemporary,
e Skilled to seek out and create new flaws,
And make the worse appear the better cause,"
to imitate his doggrel, may yet discover that the honour
of the press cannot he supported by -'misrepresentations,"
arising either
from design, or ignorance, or both—that
personalities and base insinuations, such as "swindling,"
do no harm, and overshoot their mark.
In conclusion, I cannot help expressing my opinion,
that the Chron'cle would have better pleased the public
statement that could not have been " misunder-
by a plain
stood," than by his ingenious romance, notwithstanding
-finee •

f Whe
Abou

esters

dm ane vanabt
and a note on the plans deposited states thamt it is a
intendt
to take all brooks, streams, and rivers which flow into c
upon the sites of the reservoirs. The gradients are by 7
means easy, and the cuttings and embanking, though
singly extremely heavy, are very numerous. The p
cipal streams made available_ ar.

Yarrow, and the Douglas. au4
they drain is about nineteen miles square

PLANS DEPOSITED UP TO EIGHT O'CLOCK L.
North Western Railway—Skiptop, &c., Diver
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juncti
war.

T NIGH

London and Ncrth-Western Railway —Li
Station Extension, and Crewe Station Extensio
London and North-Western Railway—Brans
viations, and Extension of Liverpool and M
District.

Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway.
Extension of Peel Pier.
Additional Railway at Kirkscar Bay, in Poulton.
Liverpool. Manchester, and Newcastle - upon -Tyne
Junction Railway.
Manchester South Junction and Altriugham Railway
—a Branch in Salford, from the London and North-
Western Railway, to join the Manchester, Belton, and
Bury Railway.
Fleetwood, Preston, and West-Riding
Br !tes.

Junction—

here ,ranc,
SALE OF CADETSHIPS.—The grand jury have returned Manchester South Junction and Altringhatn Railw
a true bill for a misdemeanour against John Charretie, Branch to join the Bolton and Bury Railway.
James Rallett, Ann Stewart, and Sir William Young, Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway.
Bart., a director of the East India Company. The first Rochdale Water Works.
three are indicted as principals, and the latter as aiding Darwen Water Works.
assisting,
and in the sale of a cadetship in the East India Liverpool Corporation Water Woeks.
Companys service, contrary to the provisions of the 49th Lytham Water Works.
George 111 , c. 126.—Atlas. Huddersfield and. Manchester Railway and Branches.
RAILWAY TAXATION.—The last returns of the follow- Ditto ditto other Branches.
ing leading railways for the second half-year of 1846, give St. Helen's Canal and Railway.
the following comparisons and results, in round numbers : Fleetwood, Preston,and West Riding Junction Railway
—London and North Western, 350 miles, with a capital Burnley and Colliery Branches.
or cost of £13,000,000; gross receipts, above X 1,000,000 ; Branch from East Lancashire Railway, near Burnley,
dividing •to shareholders, £543,929; paid £21,425 for to join the Burnley Branch of the Manchester and Leeds
local rates and taxes, and £24,582 for the government -Railway at Burnley.
duty of five per cent. on passengers, besides property tax, London and North-Western Railway—Ormskirk and
income, stamps, &c., being equal to about 9 per cent. on Rainford Branch ; St. Helena and Rainford Extension
what the shareholders divided for rates and duty. Great and Deviation; Black Brood Branch ; Iluyton, Pr-cc:cot,
Western, 222 miles; capital, £8,000,000; gross receipts, and St. Helens Deviation.
£496,000 ; divided to shareholders, £301,807 ; paid St. Helens and Runcorn Gap
£15,030 local rates, and £14,748, government tax, besides, Preston Brook Collie; v Branch.
&c., equal to about 10 per cent on the shareholders' profit. Deviation of North-Western Railway.
The Midland Railway, 178 miles ; capital, 7,250,000; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction R
gross receipts, £324,000 ; divided to shareholders, way—Deviation, Branches, and Station at BirkerJ. £.170,200 ; paid £7,130 for rates, and £6,645 for govern- Manchester and Leeds Railway—Branche. '
went tax, besides, &c., or 8 per cent on dividend. The wood Extension Branch.
Manchester and Leeds, 81 miles; capital, £3,750,000; Stockport Manorial Tolls and 13
gross receipts, £153,000 ; 1,000,000 nassengers ; divided Manchester and Soutlip,---
among shareholders, £86,470, after paying £4,414 local Oldham Alliance Railwt
rates, and £3,464 duty, besides, &c., or 10 per cent. On Manchester Waterwork

Widuess Branch, and