The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-23 00:00:00

SELECTIONS.

" SPEAKING OUT;"
OR FLOW TO SETTLE THE YANKEES, SHOULD THEY
DECLARE, OR PROVOKE, A WAR WITH ENGLAND.

In " Uncle Sam's Peculiarities," just published, and
briefly noticed in our last, we have the following dialogue,
at an oyster refectory, between the author and a Major
of Philadelphia, one of the Most-intelligent and libe-
ral Americans, though still tinctured with anti-Anglican
prejudices, the former had met with during his sojourn
in the States. After successfully combatting the Ameri-
can assumption, that the Yankees beat the British in the
last war, the navy of the former, as well as their troops,
being in great part Britons, the Major proposes a toast—
" I'll give you one you won't drink. In the next war
between John and Jonathan, may the most powerful whip
the other.' "

With all my heart. But do you really suppose you
would have Any chance of whipping the English, if we
were, during the war, at peace with The rest of the world,
so that we might concentre one-half of our means against
you? Why, you are the most naked nation in the world.
You have two thousand miles of sea board—with towns
worth attacking—to defend."
" We have: and you have Canada to defend against
us."

" Shall I inform you how we should make war
against you (heaven forbid it!) if compelled to make mar
at all ?",
" Let me hear it."

•1 We should bring one-half of the naval power of Eng-
land against you in two divisions. One would have a
powerful army on board destined for Long Island, of
which we could take possession in defiance of all the mi-
litary volunteers of the Empire State, with those of Mas-
sachussetts, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey at their back.
This army should be marched to the west of the Island
and plant two hundred field pieces, fifty mortars, and
fifty howitzers, with a park of Congreve rockets, at
Brooklyn."

" Where we beat you in the war of Independence."
" Granted, but these proposed operations would be as
different to our former pitytul ones, as the present times
are different to '76. The army would be brought over the
Atlantic in a hundred and fifty war steamers, only ten of
which would go to the bottom. A mere trifle."
" Go a-heal."

" We should keep possession of Long I4and until the
other diiision of the navy, which would be sent to the
south, reported progress, and compelled Congress to sub-
mit to any terms of peace we might propose, which of
course would include payment of every cent due by the
Slates fo the British subjects, and payment also of the
cost of the war."

You're joking."
Not a bit of it, my deer sir. As soon as we arrived
out here, we should offer ten per cent better wages than
you give, (and for three years service only, to all the Bri-
tish seamen serving in the American service. Your fleet
would then be denuded of half its strength, and have a
few sham fights with ours."
" Now I see you're poking fun. You are a comical
fellow ; that's a fact. And what would your other grand
division in the south be at ?"

" The other division would be sailors and marines, and
three black regiments from our West India Islands. The
marines would have two thousand petty officers, picked
from all the non-commissioned officers in the English ser-
vice, and on board the transports there would be three
hundred thousand stand of arms, with munition to corre-
spond. The black regiments, the marines, and the two
thousand extra officers would be landed in Georgia, and
arming as many of the slaves as might be found deserving
of freedom, march along the coast under the protection of
the fleet, and carry the servile war from thence to the
banks of the Potomac. During this campaign Canada
should merely be called on to defend herself. New York.
and through her the whole of the United States, would
receive a terrible lesson, which would prevent future quar-
rels ; three millions of slaves would be made free, and
you would be compelled to be honest and pay your debts
in spite of yourselves. Now, major, I'm much obliged
for your attention, for I have eased my mind and spoken
freely for once. I begin to believe that bragging is infec-
tious, and that I have taken to it, suddenly."

LORD BROUGHAM A
HIND .
THE CHIEF

To Lord Brougham every one pointed, directly it was
known that the above judicial dignity was vacant, as one
of the most eager, if not the most successful, of candidates.
The activity of his friends may be judged of by the fol.
lowing testimonials, that were immediately sent to the
treasury :
TESTIMONIAL NO. I, FROM EARL GREY.
The bearer, Henry Brougham, was in my service a
short time. I found him a very useful person while he
rzmained with me, but he was unsteady, and always wish-
ing to better himself. Having been out of place a long
time, I think he will be found to have got over this de-
fect. At all events, I would suggest that there could be
no harm in trying him. (Signed) GREY.
TESTIMONIAL NO. 2, FROM THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
My dear Peel,—l think you know Brougham almost as
well as myself. I think something ought to be done for
him, for he has really shown himself a very useful fellow
for our purposes. It is true that the Chief Baronship of
the Exchequer requires a cool head, a temperate manner,
and a few other things which our friend is not remarkable
for; but Parke is a steady hand to have at his side, and
will keep him from
going very far wrong. My only ob-
jection to Brougham is, that I'm afraid public opinion
would pronounce us " too bad" for giving him the ap-
pointment, for it is already said that it is rather " too

good" of Brougham to ask for it. If the Privy Council
business is not quite off, perhaps it would be better to-let
him have his own office of his own creation; for it is so
difficult to find out what he really wants, that perhaps his
own hill will be the best guide to his wishes. However,
do what you think best, and believe me always, yours,
WELLINGTON.

TESTIMONIAL NO. 3, FROM LORD LYNDHURST.
My dear Peel,—For Heaven's sake, give Bro•igham
the chief baronship-if you can. I find him such a bore
on the woolsack, that I 'Shall lose all patience with him,
and say something that will make an enemy of him. 7
Yours in haste. LYNDHURST.

• TESTIMONIAL NO. 4, FROM LOUIS PHILIPPE.
know Henry Brougham, and think he would be a
very good judge it he accepted the Chief Baronship of the
Exchequer. Loots PHILIPPE.

TESTIMONIAL NO. 5, FROM LORD MELBOURNE:
• Henry Brougham is, in my opinion, a very fit person
to be appointed chief baron, for he is always sure to look
at both sides, and adhere to that which can give him the
best and weightiest iettsons for doing so. MELBOURNE.

TESTIMONIAL NO. 6, FROM BARON NATHAN.
Mr. Baron Nathan presents his compliments to Sir
Robert Peel, and feeling that he, Baron Nathan; is likely
to clash with the pretensions of another baron, begs
leave to resign, in favour of Baron Brougham and Vsux,
all claims to the Chief Baronship of the Exchequer. Mr.
Baron Nathan is sure that his brother, Baron Brougham,
can have no other competitor that can at all be put in
comparison with him but Baron Nathan, who flatters
himself, therefore, that by resigning, he at once settles the
question.--Punch.

QUEEN-TREES.--II may not be generally known that
some of the queens of England have been in the habit of
choosing a fine and thriving oak or beech tree in Windsor
Forest, to which they have given their name ; which, with
the date of the month and year of the selection, is engraved
on a brass plate, and screwed securely on the tree.' Thus,
in one of the most beautiful and retired parts of the
forest, Queen Anne's oak may be seen, the oak of the
amiable wife of George 11., Queen Caroline, the oak of
Queen Charlotte, the oak of the excellent Queen Ade-
laide, as well as that of her present Majesty : they have
seats around them.—Jesse's Country Life.
THE BRIDGEWATER CANAL AND THE CANAL DU

MIDI.-It would be difficult to imagine a greater con-
trast than the origin and ' progress of the Bridgewater
Canal presented to that of the Canal du Midi. No turgid '
proclamai ion heralded the former, " written"—as A ndre-
ossi avers of that of Louis XlV.—" in that elevated
style, and bearing the impress of that firm and noble cha-
racter which marks alike the projects and the productions
of the 'age of Louis the XIV." There was no Cothert
(to find the funds, no Riquet to receive the magnii
entailed reward of the profits, no Corneille to furnis. :h-•
battery. To these, and such as these, armed with a,
paraphernalia of maps and sections and calculafin i.:,
Louis gave audience in his sumptuous chamber at Ver-
sailles. Round the humble hearth of the black and white
manor-house of Worsley, or, of the still humbler village
inn, three hard-headed men, of simple manners and attire,
discussed a project unnoticed by Governments, and deemed
hopeless by the few besides themselves who gave any at-
tendon to the matter. To fill the place of a sovereign,
the uncontrolled master of vast revenues, there was an
English nobleman, proprietor of extensive but somewhat
encumbered estates; and- if to conceive and direct the
work there was a greater genius than Riquet or Andreossi,
that genius could scarcely read or write, and was hired in
the first place at 2s Gd. a day. Such at least is the state-
ment of one who had enjoyed opportunities of informa-
tion—Francis Egerton, the last Earl of Bridgewater, who
died at Paris in the odour of eccentricity. He adds, that
Brindley offered to engage himself exclusively to the
Duke for a guinea a week—but a slight increase on the
former sum. If this be true, it confirms the French
proverb, that the vrai is not always the vraisemblable.— j
Quarterly Review. .

NORWEGIAN SEACOAST SCENERY.—The entire skar-
gord, or sea coast of Norway, from the Nase to Frederick-
shall, where the Alexander of the North received his
death-wound, and from the North Cape to the Nase, is
one uninterrupted chain of granite rocks. Innumerable
fissures present themselves, and on some parts of the coast
the sea rolls through in a hundred plades within the space
of a league. Occasionally it forms a vilc, or arm, of con-
siderable depth ; but more frequently the opening barely
admits of the passage of a vessel. This general disruption
of the shore has produced many, fantastic groups of rocks,
and spots where romance might dwell. Sometimes the
scenery assumes an aspect of grandeur, and even sublimity.
It is delightful, within bow-shot of the ocean, dashing and
roaring in its giant strength, to guide the skiff into a tiny
haven, where the sparkling water (and nowhere are the
waters more pellucid than on the Norwegian coast) is
without a ripple, and the fish may be seen disporting
fathoms below the surface. The evergreen pine grows on
all sides down to the water's edge, covering the surround-
ing rocks to their summits, forming unrivalled ampi-
theatres ; and here the blackbird sings, and the woodpecker
makes the hills echo and re-echo. Small as the haven is
it is studded with islets, where the eider duck sits brood-
ing on her nest, and the sea-gull rests with his finny prey;
there the juniper shows its unchanging green, amidst which
the red cranberries are studded like gems, and the de-
licious wild strawberry tempts the intruder's visit. The
only sounds that fall on the ear are the sea-bird's scream,
and the splash of his wing as he settles down or skims
over the water, and the roar of the ocean outside the rocky
barrier. Seawards, widely different is the scene that pre-
sents itself. Its characteristic is a gloomy, barren grandeur.
From the summit of the rock to its perpendicular base, a
height of several hundred feet, not a trace of vegetation
is apparent. Half way down, the bold ea,tle. has his eirie;
and in fine weather the sea-gull rests on its angles. At
its foot the sea raves with fearful violence; even in calms
immense waves dash against the rocks, into which they
have eaten fissures and caverns of great. extent and eingn-

lar conformation: High as the elevation is above The
ocean, its spray wets the cheek ; and as the frightful waves
surge up,.a thought is apt to arise that they may ovehop
the summit.—Bentley's Miscellany.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF NEW rORK.—The spires and
towers of the churches are immediately recognised to be
timber painted white, and being all as like each other in
shape (architecture would be a term misapplied) as casual
design could well make them, that city b. ars a disadvan-
tageous comparison with the stately and imposing granite
piers and lofty stone steeples of the town of Liverpool. * *
The impression respecting New York received at landing
was entirely lost sight of, and an improved one obtained
after traversing the principal streets—" Broadway" and
" the Bowery" yielding nothing in comparison to Ox-
ford-street and Tottenham Court Road in London, wh Ist
some of the new ranges of private dwelling-houses, faced
with polished white marble and bronzed iron-work, have
a truly magnificent appearance; 'fffiralttiough the sizes of
the houses bear no proportion to the lordly buildings
abounding in the modern metropolis of Great Britain,
their substantial appearance, combining grandeur (on a
small scale) with extreme elegance, outrival in solidity the
splendid stuccoed palaces of the iegent's-park. There is
no domestic manufacture of the United States that ex-
cites so much surprise to an Englishman as the iron-work
with which the exterior of the dwelling-houses of New
York and Philadelphia are ornamented. In this particu-
lar those two cities outrival the English towns and Lon-
don itself, which is not a little extraordinary—the mate-
rial of which this elegant work is composed being im-
ported from England. The most classically shaped urns,
pillars and other devices of lofty size and excellent work-
manship, with railing, tastefully tormed in the shape of
vine and oak sterns and leaves, compose the exterior iron
work of all the principal houses. This, combined with a
marble flight of steps (sometimes intruding' upon the
pavement in a very unwarrantable manlier), marble pil-
lars and facade, and lamps of bronze and plate glass,
makes a very imposing eterance to the house of a re-
publican aristocrat.—There are but few things which ar-
rest the eve of an Englishmen perambulating New York,
different from those to which he has been accustomed.
Tile" niggers ," speck I ng the aepect of society without form-
ing part of it except among themselves, are certainty not
the most pleasing felture of contemplation ; the total ab-
sence of street-be.tg irs, however, more than counterba-
lances the eye-.ore, and even the rank odour caused by
the numerous coloured population. In summer will be
noticed the straw hats and 1 nen jackets, the ice vans and
charcoal carts, the portable lemonade fountains at the
corners of the streets, the cart-loads of pine-apples, me-
lons, and peaches ; the auctioneers selling their goods
under the awning of an umbrella, bawling and guessing ; •
while the real black chimney-sweeper-chants out his vo-
cation, and some other Diggers are crying from their
wheelbarrows—" hominy" and " hot corn." Add to
these a carter standing up and driving. his vehicle like an
ancient charioteer, two or three tradesmen sitting at their
doors reading newspapers, and several piles of wood in the
street, which some niggers are industriously sawing into
" sizes for firing" at their cross-legged mills. To carry
out the picture we must add six pigs with right of com-
mon gutterway, three or four miserale dogs with their
tongues hanging out of their mouths, soda troop of newly-
arrived " jim of the ocean" pisantry around a pump,
while some " military" volunteers must be seen in the
distance, and the ladies opening the windows to obtain a
peep at the heroes—" sobliers in peace, citizens in war."
The military are for a minute obstructed by six gaudily-
painted covered carts filled with merchandise, which, their
owners, the " western merchants," are carrying home ;
one—" fresh spring-water" locomotive from Long Island
—an " American ginger champagne" waggon—and a
dirty cart carrying the mail of" U. S."—Uncle Sam or
United States. The placards on the wall are—" Ameri-
can Theatre. Native Talent!"—" American Museum"—
" American Fire-grates" —" American Blackine"
" American Paper-hanging," and two political bills—
" Strike for Freedom Caucus meets on the 10th instant.
Jackson-men, do your duty !" " Democrats,--anti-
Masons,—Whigs,—beat George the Third, 1776—heat
tyrant Jackson, ir-. Elective monarchy—ruin,—des-
potism. Rouse to the fight, or slaves for ever.—Beat the
British." The picture will now be complete with the ad-
dition of a grocery store, on the outside of which is printed
the following thirsty announcement :—" French Brandy,
London Gin, Monongabela Whiskey, 'Jamaica Spirits,
Yankee Rum, Pine-apple Cider, Albany Ale, Philadelphia
Porter, Saratago Spring-water, Congress Water, Sarsa-
parilla Soda, Ginger Champaign, Sling, Toddy, Sangaree,
Sherry Cobler, Mint Julep, Apple Jack."—The winter
picture is different in many respects. The snow is on
the ground from four to twelve inches deep ; business is
at a stand-still ; the wheeled vehicles disappear, and
" sleighs" (sledges) of all descriptions, some of them very
handsome and drawn by from one to four horses with
bells round their necks to warn passengers of their other-
wise noiseless approach over the snow, are used in their
stead; the rivers and canals are blocked up, and the ice-
houses replenished ;
the theatres and ten-pin alleys (nine-
pins being a prohibited game) fill to overflowing ; and
those who have sweethearts cake them out on
" sleighing
frolics," covered up in bear-skin wrappers, in which the
warmest courtship is carried on over the ice and snow.
The winter season is peculiarly propitious to Hymen in
the United States, as time is not then so valuable to men of
btisiness as it is in summer.—Uncle Sant's Peculiarities.