The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.-GENERAL ORDER.

His Majesty has been pleased to command that, with a view
of doing the fullest justice to regiments, as welt as to indivi-
duals, who have distinguished themselves by their bravery in
action with the enemy, an account of the services of every
regiment in the British army shall be published under the
superintendence and direction of the adjutant-general; and
that this account shall contain the following particulars, viz.—
The period and circumstances of the original formation of
the regiment; the stations at which it has been from time to
time employed; the battles, sieges, and other military opera-
tions in which it has been engaged, particularly specifying any
achievement it may have performed, and the colours, trophies,
&c., it may have captured from the enemy.
The names of the officers and the number of non-commis-
sioned officers and privates killed or wounded by the enemy,
specifying the place and date of the action.
The names of those officers who, in consideration of their
gallant services and meritorious conduct in engagements with
the enemy, hare been distinguished with titles, medals, or other
marks of his Majesty's gracious favour.
The names of all such non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates as may *have specially signalised themselves in action;
and

The badges and devices which the regiment may have been
permitted to bear, and the causes on account of which such
badges or. devices, or any other marks of distinction, have
been granted. _ _

By command of the Right Hon General Lord Hill,
Commanding-in-Chief,

JOHN MACD6NALD, Adjutant-General.
Hone Guards, 1835.

NARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.

• Married, by special license, on Tuesday, the Ist instant, it
Chevening. the Lord Bishop of Rochester, the Right Hon.
Lord Suffield, to the Hon. Charlotte
.Susanna Gardner; only
daughter of the late, and sister to the present Lord Gardner.
The Hon. T. N. Barnewall, only son of Lord Trimlestown,
ia-sai,l to he on the point of being united to Miss Roche, sister
Of the present Lady Louth, and daughter 'of the late- Philip
Roche, Esq., by the Hon. Anne Plunkett,. sister of the present
Lord Dunsany. The Hon. Mrs. Roe.ho has since ' married
Captain Ryder Burton, son of the late BishOp of Killala.
On Saturday morning the alliance between the.noble families
of Griniston and Craven took place, at the magnificent seat of
the Earl of Verulam, Gorhatnbury, near Hertford. The Earl
Craven led to the hymeneal: altar the Lady Emily Grimston.
The ceremony was performed by the Very ReV. tike pean' of
Carlisle, after which, in a splendid new travelling carriage, the
happy couple proceeded to the bridegroom's seat in Berkshire.
A sumptuous dejeune was given, and in the evening a grand
dinner, to which were invited the Duke of Wellington,-N.lar-
quis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Countess of Bridgewater,
&c. &c.

Saturday morning the Hon. Charlotte Stuart. daughter of
Lord Stuart de Rothesay, was led to the.hymeneal altar by the
Hon. Charles John Canning, youngest son of the late Right
Hon. George .Canning. The ceremony was performed in the
church of St. Mattin's-in-the-Fields, by the Very Rev. the
Dean of Windsor. Amongst the company present, were Lord
and Lady Stuart De Itothesay, the Duke of Portland, and
Lady Arabella Bentinck, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clan-
ricarde, the Marquis of Douglas, Earl Cadogan, Br.c.

Sot:Tit WA awiciantaE.—The destructives have been at
their dirty work again! Not content with. having placed' on
the register a number of fictitious votes (which we are happy to
say have all been objected to by the conservatives, and will be
expunged on the revision 'of the lists) they have most vexati-
ously objected to a host of good conservative votes, in the vain
hope that many of the parties will not put themselves to the
trouble and expense of appearing before the barristers to sub-
stantiate their claims. But we can tell the Whig radicals that
they will to a man appear, and we can further inform them
that some of the parties objected to, (namely, those in a hum-
ble station in life,) although conservatives at heart, would at
the next election have given one vote to the destructive candi-
date, for the sake of keeping Friendly with both parties, whereas,
now they will vote for two conservative candidates; and, be-.
sides this abominable and unprincipled course of proceeding
will have the effect of driving from the ranks of the destructives
many st raightforward and good-meaning men, who have hitherto
supported that cruse rime plinciple; so that the before well-
ascertained majority in favour of two conservatives at the next
election will now he.very considerably increased. Verily, whigi
and radicals, we thank ye for fighting our hattle.—Nurtliamptuti
Herald.

It is related of the c,dehrated Lord chesterfield, that he once
said to a friend that. whenever he went to the opera, he left his
reason along with his hat, to the care of the door-keeper, and
gave himself up. entirely to his sense of hearing.
DEATH OF PAGANINI.—A letter was yesterday received in
London coni,eying the mournful intelligence of the death of
this celebrated violinist at Genoa. He died of the chokra,
which is raging with unusual virulence at that place. The at-
tack was eery sudden, and poor Paganini expired after a few
hours of extreme suffering.—Sunday parr.

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.

Doncaster, Wednesday Morning, Two o'clock

The ititerest connected with the decision of this great race
continues to increase on all bands; and it will prove a greater
sporting race than has been lately witnessed. The following
have already arrived, and may be seen ou the ground every
morning :—The Queen of Trumps, Preserve, Amurath, Cres-
cent, Do Roos, and Equator. The Queen took her sweat on
Monday, an went four miles at a rattling rate, and with appa-
rent ease. She is as tine a three-year-old filly as was ever seen,
and is a remarkably good-tempered creature. The utmost care
is taken of her. In her slow paces her action approaches to the
appearance of a slight lameness; but when she is put out it is
perfect; A report was prevalent here on Sunday morning that
she had been sold. This is false. Blinkhorn, the trainer re-
ceived a letter.frout Mr. Mostyn desiring him to wholly disre-
gard all idle rumours which might prevail on that score, and to
test
_perfectly satisfied that she should not be sold Jr any money
until after the lace, and that no deception should-be shown to-
wards the public. Preserve also looks well : she is also a fine
filly, and has done her work we... It is very probable that the
Queen will be sit the'top of the betting befole.the time of start-
ing; although the friends of Mundig are very sanguine that he
will, after all, prove the victor. He is certainly a fine stoat
horse, and so far ati traiping goes, nothing will be spared; be-
sides, he will have the advantage of freshness in every respect,
as he is close at hand, (though not in town,) and will not be ex-
potted to the disadvantage of travelling. The whole of the atten-
tion appears to turn upon the four first favourites, the Queen,
Mundig, Ascot, and Pratterye, and it seems extremely improba.:
ble that we shall he Touchstoned this year. The outsiders will
have little or no chance, barring accident, against the first and
second for the Derby, and the same for the Oaks. The arrival
of other horses was'prevented yesterday by •tlie falling of heavy
rain, which, by the` way, is all the better for the Queen, as the
the course will be in a state • more favourable for her. Every
accommodation is making in the town and upon the ground and
the approaches to it, for the comfort and accoinmodation.of the
visitors, and an extremely splendid week ruay be expected. The
Princess Victoria and her numerous suite will be present on the
St. Leger day. They will arrive here from Wentworth, whither
they will proceed after the York festival. The Duke of Nemours
will also be present, in addition to a host of the nobility. This
morning the weather is beautifully fine and fresh after the rain:
In short, every thing bids fair for a week of extraordinary at-
traction, interest, and splendour,—particularly to the lover of
the old English custom of horse-racing,—a finer specimen of
which was never seen than that which will be witnessed this year
in every pointof view The firstentry is for the Free Handicap
of 15 sous each, 5 ft, with 25 added; the second horse'to' receive
25 soya. One mile. .

_ .
1-4on'sßirdlitne. 4 yrs, Bst 31b •
Duke of dleveltiud's6lith, 4 yrs, st 121 b •
Mr. Marson's Crbline, 3 yrs, sst7lb

kIEATON PARK RACES.
FIRST DAY.

t,

The Heaton Park Stakes of 2,5. sous. each,ls R. One mile and

a half.
Lord Chesterfield's Glaucus, 5 yrs, 9st 9lb
Mr Heseltine's Physician, 6 yrs, 9st 51b,
Mr Arnold names Independence, aged, Bst 71b
Count Matuschewitz names Prince, 6 yrs, Bst 21b
Lord R. Grosvenor names Lady Le Gros,4 yrs, 7st 91b
Mr 's Patrick, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
Mr Lacey's Frantic, 4 yrs, 7st 4th
Mr Hobson's Whitefoot, 4 yrs, 7st 31b
Mr J. H. Peel's Peregrine Pickle, 6 yrs, 7st
Mr R.. Turner's Fearnhurst, 4 yrs, 7st
Lord Chesterfield's Griselda, 3 yrs, Est 51b
Mr Barrow's b c by Langar, 3 yrs, 6st 31b
Mr Osbaldeston's t' by Humphrey Clinker, 2 yrs, a feather
EPSOM OCTOBER MEETING, 1835.

FIRST DAT.
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, with 10 added, for two-year-
olds. New 'f.Y.C.
Sir J. Heathcote's Willesden
Lord Egremont's br c by Chateau Margaux
Mr Latour's Queen of Navarre,
SECOND DAY.
The Surrey Stakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared
on or before the Ist inst.' with 25 added. Derby Course.
Mr Goring's Bentley, 4 vrs, Bst 91b
Mr Gopp's Kate,.6 yrs, Bst 31b
Mr Dockeray's ['bolus, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
Mr Wickhain's Nat herideu, 3 yrs, 6st 91b

GRAND SHOW .OF DAHLIAS AT 'THE ZOOLO,

GICAL GARDENS.

" Tell them that brave it most, ,
"•Tikey beg for more by spending :
Who in their greatest cost,
" Seek nothing but commending. •
• ' " And if they make reply,. . •
" Then give them all the lie.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAYD/IRD

- -
Sta,—The foregoing lines from that quaint, but singularly
beautiful poem. entitled "The Soul's Errand," written in 1593,
involuntarily occurred to my recollection after perusing the'
following paragraph in a Liverpool paper of this day :
" It will be seen by the advertisement, that a grand show of
dahlias will take place at the Zoological Gardens on Monday
and Tuesday, the 21st and 22d instant, the prizes being given
by the spirited proprietor."
Now, sir, I am a plain man, and have been accustomed frOm
my childhood to call things by their right names. "I call a
nettle but a nettle, and the faults of fools but folly." By the
same tole, Lconsider a thing given to be a gift. It may be a
donation bestowed from humane or philanthropic. .motives, or
it may be intended as a bribe, to obtain some ulterior advan-
tage; but in either case, it is a thing presented altogether free
of cost or expense to the receiver. In the present instance, it
is to be presumed, from the terintspiritsd being applied to the
donor, that the gifts or prizes advertised to be given are in-
tended as rewards, or stimuli, to spirit, (i. e., animate, excite,)
a frugal and industrious class of men, viz., the working gar-
deners, or, if the phrase be More agreeable to your readers, the
practical horticulturists.
But, sir, we live in an age of cant; turn where we may it
meets us on all sides—cant mord,, cant political, cant philan-
thropical. And I shall have little difficulty in .dentonitrating,
to •the entire satisfaction of yourself, and all who take in inte-
rest in such matters, that this affair of the' dahlia show is a fair
specimen of What may be called the cant horticultural; or. in
other words, a palpable job, calculated only to advance the
interests of the advertiser..

Referring, then, to the advertised scheme, the grand prize, a
silver cup, value six guineas, is to be awarded to the exhibitor
of the best pan of dahlias containing 94 blooms; 'for the second
best pan of 24 blooms, a prize of .one guinea; for the third, a
prize of ten shillings and sixpence. These constitute the first
class. Then follows, for the best pan of 12 bloonis,-one guinea;
fur the 2d, fifteen shillings; for the 3d, ten and sixpence; for
the best pan of 6 blooms, fifteen shillings; for theld, ten and
sixpence; for the 3d, five shillings, &c., &c. All-this sounds
well, and appears fair, with the exception, perhaps, of the sud-
den depreciation iu the value of the first class prizes, viz., from
six guineas to one; but, undoubtedly, the donor has a right to
exercise his own discretion on the subject. It seems, however.
that in liberal horticultural, as in political schemes, "the tail"
occupies an important place, and exerts an extensive and mor-
bific influence. In a sort of postscript appended to the adver-
tisement, the donor, I beg his pardon, the spirited donor,
adds, the subscription, (the money necessary to be paid to
enable a hard-working gardener to exhibit the•truits.of his WHO
" the subscription is to be regulated according to the number of
blooms shown in each pan: Ist class of 24 blooms; -twenty-four
shillings; (! !! ) 2d class of 12 blooms, twelve shillings; and so on,
at the rate of one shilling for each bloom." So that after the loss
of time, and consequentiv of money, attendant on journeying
to and from the place of exhibition, (where, by the 'way, all
flowers exhibited must remain for two days to gratify the pub-
lic, attracted to the spot by this additional incitement,) the
gardener must still, before he can stage his flowers, and place-
himself in- a position to contend for the first class of prizes,
submit to pay.the monstrously disproportionate sum of one pound
four shillings! and a sum equally disproportionate, if he wish
to obtain any of the inferior prizes; in some instances. equivalent
to the value of the prize itself! not to speak of the proprietor
himself being an extensive cultivator of
fbr his own with
every advantage in his
farour. Nor is this all. Supposing but five persons enter for
the first class of prizes, their united subscriptions will equal the
value, and consequently corer the expense if the silrencup given
by the spirited proprietor! With respect to the other prizes, a
moment's attentive consideration of the scheme will enable the
most obtuse individual to detect its real character. Verily,
"the liberal doth indeed devise liberal things!"
Call it a lottery, a little-go, or any name deelaratory or sig-
nificant of the spirit in which it was conceived;or the object,
or purpose which it was intended to realize; but for the love of
truth, of justice, of common honesty, let us beafiao more of it
under the specious designation of prizes given by the spirited
:proprietor of the Zoological Garden, for the encouragement
and reward of persevering industry.-1 am, &c:.•
A FRIEND TO HORTICULTURIS.TS, BUT AN
ENEMY TO CANT. AND lIIMBUG.
Aigbarth, September 5, 18.3").
(We insert the above in conformity with our rulenf hearing all
parties within the limits of moderation; but we •do not con--
cur with our correspondent in 'his censures upon Mr. Atkins,
to whoinvf a think the inhabitants of Liverpool, are indebted
for one of the most pleasant and inserestiog_risorts.iin or
abont'the to wn.—Eii.j •