The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-04 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

COLONIES.—There has been a greater degree of activity in
our Colonial Markets this week than we have witnessed for
some time past. Is uscovades are frora.fid. to
le.
higher. in
East India Sugar ere has 'been little doing. - The sales of
Mauritius are stead The stock is 3,5,.25() bass less •as corn- -
*
payed with the correslt
nding.period last year.' Foreign Sugars
are not in'demand, except . the brown.. 'i he Market for refined
goods is.rather More prisl, at a Fl4lall'ailY*PV. AI the coffee .
trade ConSiderable SpeCUlatiOn has teen going psi, in conse-
quence of the warlike appearance" of Continental" affairs, and
prices have advanced from 16.1tid. to 2S. fid. 'AcConnts from
Guadaloupe to the 28tIt of:October, state that the Siigar'crop
looked exceedingly favourable, and that, if moderate rains fell
during the following month, it would exceed any known there
for years. The telony stood much in need of two good crops
to produce a return of that confidence nearly destroyed by the
-unfavourable product of the-last two seasons. A project for es-
tablishing a chamber of commerce was on the tapis, and sup-
ported by many leading merchants. Many of the owners and
Mortgagees of property, in Mauritius, have signed a memorial
to Government, respecting the Late proceedings in that island,
remonstrating against sending Mr. Jereinie back.. Government
,is, 'therefore, placed in one of two positions; if they send that
,gentleman•back to the Mauritius, it will place the property of
individuals in - great jeopardy; and if they do not, it will be
,afibrding an encouragement to planters to opposenny measure
of government with Petty certain prospect of success. Mr. ip
Jeremie is expected t sail in a few days, unless the memorial
should produce an aAeration in the intention of his Majesty's
Ministers.-Maik-/ane Express. '
DIFFICULTY OF PRESERVING SECRECY.—III the Court of
Chancery, on Saturday last, Mr. BtinGE said he was instructed
to apply to his Lordship to appoint an early day for hearing a
petition in a case- of :great delicacy and importance. It was a
petition for a Commission of Review in a suit that had been
heard before .the _High Court of Delegates, for a divorce on
very singular groinrifi, 'He had also to request that hiS Lord-
ship would have tire kindness to hear the petition in his private
roam.-1 he. LOAD .CHANCELLOR said he had strong objections
to hear cases in private, and asked what reason there was for
this request?—Mr. IluaGE said the petition was consented to
by both parties. The detailS were of a nature which would
outrage public decency and public morals. He therefore hoped
his Lordship-wouliggrant the application.—The LORD CHAN-
CiILLOR7-71Will apillrint an early day to hear the petition, but I
will consider whether or not I, should hear it in private. If
there are two parties to a•• cause, it is impossible to preserve
privacy; the facts are sure-to escape. I Well remember-an ob-
servation of the late Chief Baron `Thompson, when a request
was made to him to hear a case in private ; he replied, " It is
of no use; I have not a lock in my house strong enough to
keep in evidence where two parties are interested."—Mr.
BURGE continuing to press his application, his LORDSHIP asked
who were the .Judges included in the Commission of the Court
of Delegates ?—tl.r. BuRHE named*Mr. Justice Littledale, and,
we think, Mr. Justice Alderson.—The LORD CHANCELLOR said
he WOUld speak to. them on the subject, and communicate with
the Counsel.
STRUGGLE BETWEEN AN EAGLE AND A SALYON.—"That
eagles are extremely destructive to fish, and particularly so to
safruoa, many circumstances would prove. Eagles are con-
stantly discovered watching the fords in the spawning season,
and are seen4o seize and carry off the fish. Some years since,
a herdsman, ok a very sultry day in July, while looking for a
missing sheep,7observed an eagle posted-on a bank that over-
hung a pool. Presently tby bud stooped, and seized a salmon,
and a violent stiuggle ensued: when the herdsman reached.the
spot, he found the eagle pulled under water by the strength of
the -fish, and the calmness of the day, joined to drenched plum-
age, rendered him unable-to extricate himself. With a stone
the. peasant; broke. the eagle's -pinion, and actually securest the
spoiler and his victim, for he found the salmon dying in -his
grasp. When shooting on Lord Sligo's -mountains, near the
Killerics, Lheard many particulars of the eagle's habits and
history .from a Vey-hailed peasant who had passed a long life
in these wilds. The scarcity of hares, which were here once
abundant, he attributed to tae _rapacity of those birds; and he
affirmed, that when in pursuit . of these -animals, •the ' eagles
evinced a degree of intelligence that appeared extraordinary.
They coursed the hares, he said, with' great judgment and cer-
tain success; one .bird was the active follower; while the other
remained in reserve, at the distance of forty or fifty yards. If
the hare, by a sudden turn, freed himself from his most pressing
enemy, the. second bird instantly took up the chase, and thus
prevented the victim from having a moment's respite. He had
remarked the eagles.also while they were engaged in fishing.
They
.chose a small ford upon the rivulet which connects Glen-
cullen with Glandullagh, and, posted on either side, waited pa-
tiently for the salmon. to.pass over. 'Their watch was never
fruitless, and many a salmon, in- its _transit from the sea to the
lake, was transferred. from its native element to the wild aerie
in the Alpine cliff that beetles-over the romantic water of Glen-
callen."—Wild Sports of the West. -
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SUCCESSFUL IsMow!' a v.- Vrx LLIAM KILBURN was;
born in • Capel-street, Dublin, Ist November, 17413. He was
the only son of Samuel Kilburn, an architect of some eminence,
and very early exibited a taste for drawing. This, and the
wish to have him in the country, as his health appeared delicate,
induced his 'parents to place him apprentice with Mr. Jonathan
Sisson, an Englishman, who had established a calico prin..ing
factory at teixlip. ,Here he quickly learned the different
branches of
.this ingenious art, but attached himself to drawing;
and engraving. Few lives are more marked than his with un-
ceasing industry and application ; in summer he rose at four,
and occupied his leisure hours in drawing patterns fur paper
stainers, which, with his master's leave, he sold ; the produce
gave him pocket money, and enabled him to purchase a pony.;
on which he rods to Dublin on Saturdays, and passed every:
Sunday with hik parents. He had acquired an amazing readi-
ness with his pencil, so that if a new pattern caught his.eye, he
would take out his pocket-book, and have it fur his master at
his return. At the expiration of his apprenticeship, he found
himself alone, with his mother and sister. His father, who
had speculated largely in building, became embarrassed in his
circumstances, and died. This probably determined Wm to
visit I ondon, the great mart for talent ; here he obtained a
ready sale for bit designs arrongst the calico printers. He also
drew and engraved flowers from . nature for the print.shops ;
this led to his acquaintance with Mr. William Curtis. the.
botanist, who, deeming himself fortunate in meetir g an artist of
such uncommon talent, agreed with him to execute the plates
for his great work,. the FLORA LO N Div E Rms. When he had'
entered into this engagement, he returned to Ireland, brought
over his mother and sister, took a small house in Bermondsey.
with a garden and green-hoes?, and there occupied himself from
sunrise to sunset in drawing and engraving the plants for that
work, which. reflects so much credit on English science.—When
he had finished, lie accepted a proposal from Mr. .Newton, to
under ke; the management of a calico printing factory, at
Wallin t .c
, for which he was to share the profits without ;linad-
vancing c pital. They were so successful that, at the ' end of
seven years, he purchased the concern, and became sole pro-
prietor. He now rose rapidly in wealth, and was soon the most
eminent calico printer in England, having brought the art to a
pitch of perfeciou never since equalled. Be gave the highest
wages to his workmen, some of whom came from the continent,
and gave annual premiums for the best designs. His pieces of
Muslin chintzes sold for a guinea per yard, and he had the
honour of presenting one of them, the sea-weed pattern, designed
by himself, to her Majesty Queen Charlotte. Finding that his
patterns were pirated in Manchester, he applied for a bill,
which was brought into Parliament by his countryman and
neighbour, the Right Hon.' Edmund Burke. " To secure to
calico printers the copyright in the, original designs." Mr.
Kilburn married the, eldest daughter of Thomas Brown, Esq.,
an East India Director, a most amiable woman, who survies
him,-and by whom he. had several children. In the relative
duties of sun and brother, husband and father, his conduct was-
most exemplary, as a true believing Christian moral man.
Though he had been a delicate child, he enjoyed excellent
health, till dthin a few months before his death, when feeling
indisposed repaired to Brighton, and not getting better he
returned to Wallington, and calmly resigned his soul to his
Maker, 23rd December, 1818, in the 73rd year of his age.
The poor inhabitants of the neighbourhood, by whom he was
much lamented, followed him. bareheaded to the grave. Mr.
Kilburn was above six feet in height, thin, but well proportion-
ed, and perfectly straight to the last. The pencil, in his long
fingers, appeared scarcely to touch the paper when drawing, so
much had he acquired of grace and freedom. The flowers
that he- engraved about the time he became acquainted
with Mr. Curtis, are now sought for by connoissuers, being
so 'true to -nature ; and I have before me his engraving of a
dead cariary .on a marble slab, which, even in this advanced
stage of the arts, would rival many of the bijoux that adorn
our modern annuals. Being most domestic in his habits, and
col;stantly occupied, he never was able to visit Ireland after he
had settled at Wallington ; but every Irishman that was intro-
duced, found an hospi'able reception at his table. He prided
in his country; of which he may be jus.ly said to have been an
• ef, nan-'.30..---Dtthrin'Pern7ty Ja urn a!,

ElaTkz.
On the 27th ult., at Culeheth Hall, in this county, the Lady of Thos.
Ellames Withington, Esq., of a daughter.

lAA Ra IED

On Monday the 17th ult., at Childwall, Mr. John Webster, Inn-
keeper, Gateacre, to Miss Jane Taylor, third daughter of :If.
Charics.Tnylor. brick-Merchant, Much WoOltim.
On Monday, the 19th ult, at St. Bride's Church, Mr. James
Dickey, of Hale, to Mrs. Poster.
On the 20th ult., at St. Olaves, York, Win. Blanchard, Esq., of
York, barrister-at-law, and Itecorder of ltippon, to Mary Anne,
gt eldest daughter of the late Richard Samuel Short, Esq., of Edinon
Grove, near orneastie, Lincolnshire.
On Friday t 0'23(1 nit.. at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Mr. Alexan-
der M'Cutcheim, of this town, to Miss Elizabeth Harrington, for-
merly of Whitehayen.
On Saturday last, at St. Nicholas Church, by the Rev. W. S. Wray,
Mr. Thomas Swettenhain to Mary, only daughter of Mr. T. Johnson.

Vocal).

Written by the late Dr, Adam Clarke, in the Album of a Lady,

When I was a very little child, my godly puritanic mother taught
me the following as a morning prayer :--

Preserve me, Lord, araidst the crowd ;
Prom every thought that's vain and proud ;
And raise my wondering mind to see
How good it is to trust in thee.
Lord, tho' my heart's as hard as stone ;
Let seeds of early grace be sown ;
Still water'd by thy heavenly love,
Till they spring to the joys above !

And the following every night before I went to bed :-•

I go to bcd, as to my grave ;
And pray to God my life to save,
But should I die before I wake,
I pray to God my soul to take.
Sweet Jesus now, to thee I cry
To grant me mercy e'er I die ;
To grant me mercy, and send me grace,
That heaven may be my dwelling place.

These prayers I was accustomed to say on my knees, every morning
and night ; and in this I continued for many years.
Where the originals are to be found, I, know not; I had them from
my mother, while she was teaching me my mother's tongue; and teach-
ing me to know and fear God. For my mother's teaching I have
endless reason to,magnify my Maker.
Liverpool, July .26, 1832.. ADAM CLARKE.

THE INFANT'S EVENING PRAYER.

The day is over, ny frolic child !
Thou bast left thy sports of glee ;
With looks composed, and with accents mild,.
Thou halt sunk on thy bended knee ;
And the moonbeams play on thy hazel eye
And shine on thy flaxen hair,
While thy vtiicelsra:lsed to the power on high,
In a simple evening. prayer.

Few are thy words, my gentle boy,
Thou art but of infant years ;
Thou canst not tell of the world's vain joy,
Its temptations, toils, and tears ;
But thou still canst ask from the Lord above,
His protecting grace and care ;
And each earthly friend who has won thy love
Is named in thy evening prayer.

Ere thy lips could a lengthened sentence frame,
Or utter a perfect tone,
We taught thee to lisp thy Maker's name,
And bow at his heavenly throne ;
We bade thee gaze on the bright blue skies.
And told thee his home was there,
And Ile will not the simple words despise
Of our infant's evening prayer.

The Nets Year's Gift and Juvenile Souvenir.

THE SEASONS.
From a Poem entitled " The Solitary," by CHARLES,WHITEMILD,
The Seasons are my friends, companions dear I
• , Hale. Winter will I tend with constant feet.
When over wok! and desert, lake and mere,
He4rails triumphant in a rack of sleet,
With his rude joy the russet earth to greet,
Pinching the tiny brook and infant ferry ;
And I will hear him on his mountain seat
Shouting his boisterous carol free and merry,
Cro wn'd with a Christmas wreath of crimson holly-berry.

Young Spring will I encounter, coy and arch,
When in her humid scarf she leaves the hills,
Iler dewy cheek dried by the winds of March,
To set the pebbly music of the rills.
As yet scarce freed from stubborn icicles ;
And Summer shall entice me once again.
Ere yet the light her golden dew distils
To Intercept the morning on the plain,
And see Dan Phcebus slowly tend this drowsy wain.

But, pensive Autumn, most with thee I love,
When the wrung peasant's anxious toil is done,
Among thy bound and golden sheaves to rove,
And glean the harvest of a setting sun,
From the pure mellowing fields of ether won ;
And in some sloping meadow, musing sit,
Till vesper rising slowly. widow'd nun,
Reads whisperingly, her radiant lamp new-lit,
The gospel of the stars, great Nature's holy writ !

A DIRGE FOR THE LAST DAY OF THE LAST TERM.
(From the Times.)
Farewell thou writ of Lceitat (1), a long and last farewell,
The grief wherewith I part from thee it were in vain to tell ;
No more within the dusky realms that centre in bow-bell
Thy greeting on defendants' ear shall ring its heavy knell.
Farewell thou " precept" (not divine), thou dear untested Bill,
Whose wider range thro' Middlesex once brought returns at will ;
The very memory of whose scroll affrights the debtor still,
From Enfield-town, or Turnham-green, to Harrow-on-the-hill.

And say, oh Capius of the Pleas (2), where's now the plaintiff's, close,
Whose daily fracture it has been thy duty to suppose :
And how will now our Lord the King get back his cash from those
Quo Minus (3), plaintiff's that can't pay, because another owes.
Special originals in case, trespass, and debt, are fled,
All numbered with the years gone by, and storied with the dead ;
A vile intelligible scrip hath issued in their stead,
Which tells how much when bakers sue defendants owe for bread.
Ye " Fifteen days of Easter-day," and " Morrow of All-Souls,"
. When all the bodies Sheriffs brought before the King in shoals ;
Terms and returns, whose date the death of saints no more controls,
Whose flowing phrase no more adorns the oft-recorded rolls.
Ye " parishes and wards" farewell, that swelled the pleader's line,
Ye " Counts on Ireland, bills and notes," that spun his case so fine
Like Brutus, on his children's head, with justice as divine,
A long indulgent parent (4) sat, in judgment upon, thine.
Then craft and mystery of the law, a long and last good night,
The beauties of thine early lore have passed to realms more bright;
Jiaply to sonic primeval star, where dwelleth Blackstone's sprite,
And everlasting Does and Roes their ancient writs indite.
City, Nov. 26. X. Y., GENT„ ONE, &c.
(I) King's Bench. (2) Common Pleas. (3) Exchequer.
(4) The late Lord Tenterden.

THE COTTAGER'S SABBATH.
Ah ! why should the thought of a world that is flying,
klneuniber the pleasures of seasons like these ?
Or, why should the Sabbath be sullied with sighing,
While Faith the bright things of Eternity sees !

Now let us repose from our careand our sorrow,
Let all that is anxious and sad pass away ;
The rough cares of life lay aside till to-morrow,
But let us be tranquil and happy to-day.
Let us say to the world, should it tempt us to wander,
As Abraham said to his men on the plain ;
There's the mountain of prayer, I am going up yonder,
And tarry you here, till I seek you again.
To-day on that mount we would seek for thy blessing,
0 Spirit of Holiness, meet with us there.
Our hearts then will feel. thine high influence possessing
The sweetness of praise and the fervour of prayer.
JAMES EDMISTON. Saturday 41faga7.ine.

SERENADE,
(Waltz Air.)
The twilight with sweetness is laden—is laden ;
Too soft for expression, to blissful too bear—
Then come to thy window, sweet maiden, sweet maiden ;
Dawn tarries to catch thy young smile on the air.
The lone hour is stealing,
tlrey morn is unsealing
Its eyelid of beauty o'er forest and lawn
From heaven's gate descending,
The sky lark is ending
His love-lahour'd song, with the n•dimmering dawn.
Then haste, love, the daylight is breaking, is breaking
The uplandkappcar in the pale smile of day—
Oh haste 'I for the world is awaking, awaking ;
Thu daylight La breaking. sad I must away.
J. UU.—Dublin Penny Journal.