The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-19 00:00:00

numerous meeting m
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systematic method of emigration to various parts of our
Lord Lyttelton took the chair, and the
enutation consisted of Lord Mandeville, the Hon. F.
the Hon. W. Wrottesley, &c., who addressed the
meeting, as did likewise Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Muntz,
M.P., and Mr. Scbolfield, M.P.—The Hon. W. Wrot-
tesley said that he had travelled over New South Wales,
and had seen the whole produce of farms boiled down for
the tallow it produced ; and he had seen exposed legs of
mutton, that were not worth the boiling down, at less
than 6d. each.—The Hon. F. Scott said that at the pre-
sent time emigrants were being sent out to Australia at
£6, £7, and £9, instead of the £2O that was charged for-
merly. It was of the greatest importance that some ef-
fort should be made to relieve the cast mass of poverty
now existing in the United Kingdom, and no better
means could be devised than promoting emigration to a
colony the whole population of which did not exceed
200,000 souls,- while they had 2,000,000 of cattle and
10,000,000 of sheep. This was the more essential, as the
pauper population was increasing at the rate of 1,900

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souls weekly ; and while the whole population was in-
creasing at the rate of 300,000 per annum, the pauper
population of England was increasing at the rate of
65,000 per annum. The number which had been sent
out from Ireland by a charge upon the poor-rates was
very insignificant, and yet there were not less than
3,000,000 of souls in that unfortunate country depending
upon public charity. Even in England, where the re-
sources were much larger, the number sent out by the
parishes in the course of 11 years did not exceed 11,000,
at an average rate of £6 14s. sd. per head • and yet if
that number had been considerably increased, it would
greatly have diminished the expenses for the relief of the
poor in this country.
A NEW METHOD OF POPPING THE QUESTION.—A few
days ago, a young lady, residing near Dudley, called upon
a publican to spend the day with his daughters, Alm were
intimate acquaintances of the belle in question. The lat-
ter had not arrived many minutes before she became the
cynosure of two pair of eyes, the property of two dashing
young fellows who happened to be staying at the inn on
that day, and who very speedily entered the bar, and
commenced an animated conversation. In the course of
the day the parties seemed to be on such an intimai e foot-
ing, that a stranger might have imagined they were old
friends, or at least acquaintances. At length one of the
young men grew tender, and declared that the fair lady
had made an indelible impression on his heart at first
sight, and proceeded to vow the fondest things, much to
the apparent annoyance of the blushing belle. This only
seemed to increase the tenderness and passion of our hero,
who " popped the question," and swore that, unless the
lady gave him a favourable answer, he would immediately
poison himself. But the " ladye faire" still remaining ob-
durate, he rushed from the house, entered a druggist's
bile?, obtained a powder- having the appearance of ar-

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senic, returned with it, mixed it in a goblet of water,
and, at the feet of the agitated maiden, drained the glass
to the dregs. He was immediately seized with dreadful
spasms, rolled his eyes wildly and expiringly, and fell on
the floor in a perfect state of immobility, and apparently
a corpse. Our heroine shrieked and wrung her hands,
and, with a perfect storm of tears, declared that she had
killed the young gentleman by her unkindness, and that
she would give the world to see him recover. The coin,
panion of the passion-stricken youth readily promised to
obtain a liquid of such wonderful efficacy that it would
restore his friend to life and health, if the lady would
pledge herself to treat the poor fellow affectionately when
resuscitated, as a still unfavourable consideration of his
suit would inevitably produce such a shock to his nervous
system that the next paroxysm would assuredly prove
fatal. The promise was given, the liquid obtained and
placed to the patient's lips, and he was immediately " so
far recovered ' as to encircle the blushing and agitated
maiden in his arms, and cover her face with kisses, which
did not seem to be unkindly received. The gentleman is
now fully recovered, and with his fair inamorata passes
the winter evenings in " whispering soft nothings," and
the usual declarations of eternal love, and all that sort of
thing. The secret of his sudden recovery, though sa-
credly kept from our heroine, shall be disclosed to our
readers. The packet of powder was simply one of pul-
verized loaf-sugar, and the liquid by which this sudden
resuscitation was effected, a draught from the crystal
stream. It is unnecessary to add that the spasms, &c.,
were only pretended, and that our hero's companion was
in the secret, and played his part to admiration.—Staf-
fordshire Courier.

AN EASY WAY TO SATISFY ELECTORS.—When Mr
Sheridan first stood for Stafford, ho made abundant pro-
mises to procure places for such electors as would vote for
him ; and, wonderful to relate ! he kept his word, for
numbers of them were appointed to offices in Drury-lane
theatre and the Opera-house. By this munificence he
gained his election; but in a very short time he found
opportunities to oblige new friends, most of the others
being obliged to relinquish their situations from receiving
no pay.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

The case relative to the " Royal etchings" occupied
Vice Chancellor Bruce the whole of Wednesday and
Thursday, and at the close, his honour stated, that he
would consider the case upon the materials before him
when he granted the injunction.