The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-17 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL WATERING

A meeting of the inhabitants is summoned to-day for the
purpose of taking into consideration a bill now before parli-
ament, intiluled, " A bill for enabling the commissioners for
paving and sewering the town of Liverpool more effectually,
to water the streets of the said town, and to provide water
for extinguishing fires therein." The main provisions of the
act are as follows :—To empower the commissioners to pur-
chase land to carry out its provisions, the consideration
money for which is to be determined by two competent sur•
veyors; to render it lawful for the commissioners, for the
more expeditiously extinguishing of fires, to erect steam-
engines for the purpose of raising water out of the River
Mersey, or the Liverpool docks, for the supply of the tanks,
reservoirs, &c., which it is intended to erect and to lay in
any of the streets such mains, &c., as may be deemed neces-
sary ; to give authority to persons in possession of a key of
any fire-plug to use the water to be provided by the commis-
sioners for extinguishing any fire, without making any com-
pensation for such water ; to enable the commissioners, " if
they shall obtain a supply of water for the said tanks, reser-
voirs. mains, or pipes from the River Mersey or from any of
the docks, to supply any inhabitant with such water, and
also to supply such water to any public or private baths which
may be constructed, on such terms and conditions respec-
tively as shall be agreed upon ; and the commissioners shall
have the same powers of breaking up the soil and pavement
of any street, and laying and fixing any pipes and other works
therein, as are hereby granted to the commissioners far the
purpose of laying down the mains and pipes hereinbefore di-
rected to be provided ; and the commissioners shall have the
sante powers for recovering any sum of money which may be
agreed to be paid to them for such supply of water as are by
the said recited acts, or either of them, granted for levying
and recovering the rates or assessments thereby made pay-
able."

The commissioners are to be empowered to borrow at in-
terest, on the credit of the rates, any sum not exceeding
thirty thousand pounds; authority is also sought to levy a
rate, with a proviso that it shall not exceed, in any one year,
the sum of one penny in the pound. And, as the Corpora-
tion have agreed to contribute a certain annual sum towards
the expense of maintaining the engines, reservoirs, &c. a
clause is inserted to authorize the treasurer of that body to
pay to the commissioners the annual sum of five hundred
pounds.
Such are the chief features of the bill, and we are not
aware that any reasonable objection can be made to them ;
but we hope the inhabitants of the town will be present in
great numbers, as the provisions of the bill are of the utmost
importance.

His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge will
complete his 24 year on Sunday se'nnight.
There are about three records to be disposed of at the
Castlebar Assizes.

Tlie seven men charged with the murder of Mr. Shine, in
the county Limerick, have had their trials postponed until
next assizes. The prisoners are to remain in custody.
A PROPHECY.--The French papers are filled with abuse
of the United States on account of their debts. They seem
to imagine that bankruptcy will never overtake Europe.
The United States, from mere want of strength, have broken
down first, but they have preceded the repudiation of the
English debt but a few years. Emancipation from the rule
of kings and the aristocracy will overtake Europe simulta-
neously with emancipation form stock debts.—New York
Herald.

PIGEONS MADE WITNESSES.—A few days ago, two men
were apprehended by the police of Hull on the Hedon New
Road, having in their possession sixty-three pigeons ; after
being remanded, several persons appeared who had lost
pigeons : difficulty aroae in identifying them, and the priso-
ners were discharged. Suspicion existing, however, that
some of them, at least, belonged to Mr. Leek, of Preston,
a policeman was desi,atched thither ; some pieces of tape
were tie.l to the legs of several pigeons, which, on being re-
leased, flew home to their cote. The prisoners were re-ap-
prehended, and upon this evidence committed for trial.—
Eastern Counties' Herald.

BURGL CRY ANT D CAPTURE.—On Sunday night last,
whilst Mrs. Samuel Davies, of Welshnool, and her family
were in church, some villains (supposed to be three,) entered
the house by breaking a pane in one of the windows, and,
after rummaging the house, succeeded in effecting their es-
cape before the return of the family, taking with them a black
top coil, nearly new, a black dress coat, much worn, a black
waistcoat, torn at the pocket by a watch guard, and a gold
watch. Three felllows have since been apprehended, along
with three females, who, it is supposed, are guilty of the
outrage.—Shretesbury Journal.
Mr. Mitchell, farmer, of Northowram, reduced the price
of his milk, about three months ago, from twopence to three
halfpence per quart ; the consequence was, that he was very
much inconvenienced for want of farthings to give in change
to those who came for pints. His wife advised him to return
to the old price, as not only the easier but the more profitable
plan, as she was also inconvenienced in the same way in his
absence. But he was determined to serve his customers at
the reduced price, and to obviate the farthing difficulty, he
wrote to the mint for twenty pounds' worth of farthings,
which, according to Cocker, would amount to 19,200. The
small change arrived in due ccurse, but be is now in another
dilemma, or he is at a loss to know whether he has received
Lis full change; but he says he will count it and see, "when
he has a bit o time.
ComPosiTioNt OF THE MUSCULAR FLESH OF DIFFERENT
ANIMA Ls.—Dr. Schlossberger examined the flesh of the ox,
the calf, the hog, the sheep, the buck (of 34 weeks old), the
roe, the hen, a young pigeon, a very young duck, the barbel,
the trout, and the crayfish. All contained fibrine, cellular
tissue, liquid albumen, animal matters soluble in alcohol, ex-
tractive matter soluble in water only, salts, and, while fresh,
more or less free lactic acid. The albuminous coagulum va-
ried according to the quantity of intermixed blood; in the
younger animals being less coloured. It was formed more
speedily in the flesh of the fish and the crayfish, and invaria-
bly yielded, by incineration, phosphorous, sulphur, and iron.
The pigment was entirely absent in most fishes, and had a
more fatty or resinous character in the crayfish. The hiema-
Cosine, whenever found was always the same. The quare antito
ty
of contained blood increased with the age. and appeared
be in inverse ratio with the water, but in direct ratio with
the contained fibrine. All the kinds of flesh contained osroa-
zome. This was a brownish yellow, non-gelatinous extrac-
tive matter, having an aromatic odour and an acrid taste, and
being soluble in water and alcohol. It increased with the
age and with the height of the animal iu the scale of organi-
zation. The fibrin° was everywhere the same.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST..I;;DARD.
SIR,—In Mr. Chiropedist Cobden's reply to Mr. Bankes
in the House of Commons, he made a smArt simile when he
said that the water dashing against the bows of a vessel
shewed the progress she made. If a marine had made such
a statement in a stable, the horses would have kicked him
out; for I have a thousand times seen the sea toeakinz
eeainst vessels when fastened to the pier-he:;ds
quently po progress at hll
16th :;arch, ISI3

T

MARINER

THE HERO AND HIS HORSE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR/

SIR,-1 accidentally saw your remarks on the letter you
did me the honour to insert.
Yon say my remarks on the press are laughable : are they
refutable?
You say nine persons out of ten disliked the picture of ti e
Duke and his Horse. I reply they should have looked at it
till they did like it ; as Reynolds said, they should have
feigned a relish till a relish came.
Granting that my understanding was equal to the under-
standings of the nine persons out of ten, my understanding
had been devoted for thirty-nine years to comprehend and
practice an art which conveys thought by the imitations of
things; rind their understandings had perhaps never thought
about it. Do you not think it would have become nine per-
sons out of the ten to have questioned their capacities of judg-
ing, and not to have concluded I was wrong because they
thought so?
As Euripides said to the Athenians, I might have been
justified iu saying—l compose my works for your instruction
and not your criticism; and as my understanding had in-
structed Eastlake, the Landseers, and Lance (the greatest
artists in Europe) in their way, it surely would not have been
far wrong, however self-sufficient.
You say my hoping Liverpool will be the Florence of Eng•
land is ridiculous ; I deny it. A city, which is the only city
in England, Scotland, and Ireland, that has given three grand
historical commissions for high art within a few years, thus
setting a noble example to Lon on
itself—which city, with
h
its vast wealth, which city, with its rich corporation, w
city, with its companies, and nobility, and houses of lords,
commons, and sovereign, has done nothing of the sort on a
public principle : I say a provincial city which has had the
moral courage to do this—a city that was honoured by the
residence and genius of Roscoe, and is now influenced, and
ever will be, by the halo of his departed reputation, has given
symptoms already of being worthy to be called the Florence
of England, and we have a right to expect will give more
evidence in future times of fully deserving the appellation.
I am, your obedient s ervlt.
ant,
B. HAYDON.
London, March 10, 1843.

[The above must greatly amuse our readers for its rank
egotism. As for people looking at the original picture until
they liked it, we apprehend that the spectators would have been
in a mesmeric state tong before they could have said they ap-
proved of it. Mr. Ha rdon reminds usof a story told—that after
the battle of Waterloo, a Frenchman was contending in a
dispute with a Be,gian that the English were beaten. '' In-
deed," said the Belgian, "but who ran away ?" " Nom /vans
faites tote retraite honourable—not run avay ; de fact is
dat John Bull is Bien obstinate, be nevere know ven he is
betten enough." So it is with Mr. Haydon ; he never knows
when he is beaten enongh. We thought that the note ap-
pended to his last letter was quite sufficient to satisfy him
that he was in the wrong box. We have no hesitation in
telling Mr. Haydon, and from the best authority, that such
is the opinion of the subscribers to his picture of it, they
would be very glad to sell him back hero, horse, and poetry
of space included, since he appears to place so high a value
on the work. Perhaps Mr. Haydon will inform us how the
picture came to be engraved, and by whose permission it was
placed in Mr. Lupton s hands ? Some of the subscribers,
we believe, were rather surprised to see the etching of their
picture staring them in the face.—En. L. S.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDA RD.
Sirt,—From a letter published in your paper from a cor-
respondent about a fortnight ago, relative to a risit he paid
to the cathedral or chapel now building in Canning-street.
I was induced also to pay a visit there, and from that visit I
am sure, had your correspondent shewn a more inquiring
instead of a curious disposition, he would be as much grati-
fied and instructed as I have been. So far from anything
mysterious was there, that, after near an hour's conversation
with, I suppose, one of the " mysterious individuals," I was
invited to come and learn more, which I shall most assuredly
do. One thing, 1 must say, I was curious about—whverether
" the building, when completed, was to be handed oto
the bishop for consecration." From what I could learn,
nothing of the kind was ever contemplat
uthed.
ority Ther
theye is
hone
e
thing I have yet to learn though—what aav
for taking such a high standing as a church.
IN' ith regard to the building itself, it would not lose much
by comparison with any structure in the land. Tile design
is of Christian architecture, and certainly the work fully
carries out the design. At present, as you enter, you lo.ok
along the side aisle, with an exquisitely beautiful. font facing
you ;. (part only of this aisle is groined, but in time I sup-
pose it will be continued ;) and then. looking sideways across
the building, you see the beautiful 'screen of the choir, and
the arches and pillars which go round the whole, and the
splendid windows of stained glass of various dees in
often the
background, giving to the beholder a sight which v
iics not
equalled for beauty. When you get into the c e
wntr ene,
you get
you see
the beautiful and lofty roof, or ceiling. It is h
inside you perceive that the roof, which outside appears ugly
finely gilded and starred—an ancient way
and too steep, is in true and beautiful proportions. It. Is
churches ; but of adorning
here I remarked that only over the altar was
starred—why I don't know, unless to show the more ho-
nourable position. The organ (a very fine one, by the by!)
is on a. stage, which evidently must be only temporary, till
the building is carried further backward. The choir is being
floored with ancient tiling, which has a beautiful effect. In
I would strongly
fact, the whole building left an impression on nie, that it was
the attempt of man to make as beautiful an habitation for.his
God as was in his power—a doctrine few can disagree with.
"mysterious "
this beautiful structure, and I think they will come away
with,, the. same feelings as myself. I beg leave to thank the
advise my fellow-townsmen to go and see
me.—Hoping you will not. think this too long,
person whom I saw for being so little so with
I am, sir, yours most obediently,
CATHOLICUS.

Liverpool, 13th March, 1843.

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ART UNIONS•

The following is a copy of Serjeant Talfourd's opinion on
a case submitted to him on this subject :
, I am of opinion that all the schemes above described are
ltteries, or such distributions by chance, as are in direct
__l violation of the statutes 12 Geo. 11, c. 28, s. l, and 42 Geo.
but to 119,
s.
others in part rnotivd with them, from 10 and 11
11 ,c.
Wm 111 .
• ,C. li, downwards, I think that a scheme by which
anyo valuable things, whether monies, lands, or chattels, are
ffered as prizes, to be determined by lot or other machinery
ofc chance, among parties who obtain a right to share in the
'nonce by payment of money, is in the nature of a lottery,
and within the penalties of the statutes. Societies like' The
Art Union,' having fur their direct object the encouragement
against the temptations of
of art, were, doubtless, not contemplated by the legislature
gaming,—and possibly the good
when providing, by repeated and cumulative enactments,
resulting from that encouragement may countervail the evil
of the means adopted,—but it cannoz be concealed, that the
lovers of art have, in such a plan, condescended
ing ,to borrow h
aid from the love of chance, the prnciple
it was the object of the law to repress ; and I do not think
that the end can, in the construction of the statutes, be
holden to justify the means. In each of the schemes before
me, the purchaser of a chance has, besides that chance, a
certain advantage ; but I do not think this circumstance
attaching to the scheme—as, in
prevents the illegality from a
in the chance of prizes to be
each case, the participation
sent prices, and
drawn by lot is part of the contract on which the subscription
is paid or the purchase made ; nor do I think the allegation
of Mr. Boys, that he will sell a number of prints at the pr n
give to the purchasers chances for picturese
gmietreb ycheaxneci tei,ovigiiaicrhc
and prints of great value, will exempt his plan from the
liability created by the acts against lotteries. 'or do I think
the legal objection to such schemes varied—whetherotshieny
Pinion, that
are
the speculation of individuals for individual gain, the
case of ' The National Art Union,' and in that of Mr. B
sale of his stock—or whether, like ' The Art Union. ' Ise':
are sustained by a number of' persons, havin the advance..t -'
*shares
ps_laerttioesth, the
gnareantitfyoifogartthatits
dtehseirier
foobrjeacotg,lobajusmtit:sotenheekbrienyfore,
hb,tich, in
the legislature has sought to discourage.
" Secondly and thirdly• of o
the managers and projectors, and the printers and publishers
of these schemes, arc liable to the penalties inflicted
their
isgiteaure of the
Geo. 11. c. 28, s. 1 and 4, and 42 Geo. 111. c. 11% s by 12
5 ; and that the parties subscribing to, or purchasin 2 and
in, the proposed distributions, and who proceed to takeg
penalties chances o
of f prizesl2 o Geo.
Tie. c . drawing2s ,s.o3f the.
ulots, l
tahroeur
be enforced
erecated.to. Ib4eB,apsp.lsie9d,
tmhyi judgment,ok the
se
liabilities—are
esxpoeecot itv es
oliabilities 0
ff 0 t
rhf
ee
' touching all
tftoorr i
ens? cuff: ndci
prizes may be obtained by information—can only
by the Attorney-General; for by 46 Geo. 111. c
, . gamst any law
to the use of the Crown ; and all proceedings
enforce them are prohibited, and made to recover or
unless prosecuted in the name of the Attorney-General, liable to be stayed,
the Court of Exchequer. There is, however,ney-General, in
act, (6 and 7 of IV. c- 66,) entitled, ,An Act
a subsequent
concPerenniani
the advertising of foreign and illegal 1 tt •
o tries '
Act to prevent
enacted, `that if any person shall print or , whereby it is
to be printed or published, any advertise publish, or cause
of or relating to the drawing or int:dent or other notice,
foreign lottery, or of any lottery, not authorizededdrawing of any
of parliament; or if any person shall by some act
cause to be printed or published any ad Print or publish, or
concerning or in any manner relating tovertisement or notice
any ticket, chance, or share thereof a.. therein,' any such lottery, or
shall forfeit £5O, to be recovered with the offender
superior courts, one moiety to the u. costs in any of the
other to the informer. Under this act,
of the Crown, and the
who can be proved to have published, or ordered the publica-
tion, of either of the three prospectuses
to the penalty there created, a before me, is liable
that each act of publication ismade only the ground t the suit of any person;
of oneo
Penalty. There will, no doubt, be a strong disinclination to
apply the acts against es lotte •to associations for the ad-
vancement of art ; but I think
if they have a valid ground of
exemption from the penal restrictions of the law, they should
seek it from the legislature, whence only, in my judgment,
it can be effectually pr o c urreed
._ " (Signed) T. N• TALFOI/111.•

" Serjeants' Inn,
" 21st February, 1843."

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FEATS OF STRENGTH.—The following extraordinary
feats of human strength and endurance are related in the
New York Courier and Inquirer, to have been exhibited at
the Bowery Theatre. It was announced in the bills that Al.
Paul was to resist the power of two of the strongest horses
to be found in New York, for a wager of 1,000 dollars. The
animals selected to pull against him were a pair of large-
sized Pcnsylvania-bred horses, which are in the daily habit
of drawing from two to three tons of granite at a load, on an
enormous truck. Paul, after tiring a cannon weighing -100 lbs.
from his shoulders, and ascending the fireman s rope, feet
uppermost to the flies, by means of his hands alone, and
performing other herculean feats, placed himself horizontally
upon a strong oak ladder, in order to make the grand effort.
The horses were led on by their regular driver, and harnessed
to a rope fastened to Paul's feet. To this rope were attached
three broad ribs or girths, one of which was drawn tightly
over his loins, and the other over his shoulder. The brace
afforded by his feet against the step of the ladder, the power of
the girths, and his hold with both hands upon the upper part
of the ladder, constituted his only resistance to the immense
power he had to contend against. Paul's body, when thus
disposed, resembled that of a malefactor uapnodangvtaehiinen—raantcdiklea,
gwpareieni-1
Ipa r tor tobe i n g torn to pieces.
dn‘dtlo'shtterhanei
ntsehtdae_g_Ceo;ewsSati
twhlohcroloerpesetes:
were brought upon the stage, and attached to the feet of the
interpid performer, a sensation of horror seemed to pervade
every part of the house. The word was given—the
yheaarrneisas
bstyrawwirgahnhci
cetvehotnii
oiecendei
e—ro
ffetenhtehdet
e,loadefdtrirdiriet c e
_sr
de
tsaik
every
ee deulraryeas
muscleh repeated
—ktonaobll failed to force the enduring champion from his hold.
The shouts of the audience, and the withdrawal of the horses,
oroclairoed his triumph! M. Paul attained his 16th
March last.

.free-rose nign

quick, we also know,

ke lazy folks, are sloe,

When neither bill nor vale appear

A plane most likely will be near.
Some trees for food and some for use
But there is only one that's spruce
Most folks believe the elm to b-

The tree with which ships go to seS•
The people's tree without a doubt,
Must be the poplar tall and stout,
When mutton's cold there is no harm
In a nice ash to make it warm•
Trees facing north an old man would
Without doubt call a southern wood,
In schoolmasters' flog-botany

Ranks before btr_
The tea-tree we do mostly Una
Is that to which wives are inclined
When fairies Cinderella drest
The sandal her slim ande prest.
The half of coffees the doctor's pay
The clove's the split tree all will say
What tree's immortal ? I reply,
arb vitee" cannot die.
What treeor
with billiard's finds a place ?
I've got my cue, the slender mace.
When cocknies speak about the vine
. _

ay tree,

iney always turn it into Wine,. .
The cedar is the yielding tre
The dam-son bears the curse you see.
---e to be used as a quill (in conclusion),
'-- as-pen, without any illusion.

LITERARY NOTICE.

The Hydropathic Treatm Diseases as witnessed at
By G. H. Heatbcote, M.D., Liverpool.
Gralenberg.
Second Edition. London : Rivingtons.
athic system may be considered as but an ex-
The hydrop •
of what is called teetotalism, and so far as that the
-A one of the most decided advocates of

tension

Iroductl

water d

on before us

totallers, for water, under various

,t the system is more ex-

.._._ _
rinking that we kno‘.

at of the to

agent of curing diseas,.
post obstinate cbaracter. This beneficent pro-
--ned to account by Vincent Preissnitz,

%dons, is made
tb

:-=even dis-

nz been tu

seems now to be

n a fair

in Austria

n this country

tageous

advocating the treatment of disease on
les. Dr. Heathcote, with_great candour

doctrine of Preissnitz, that

a which it

Is useless, if not col

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