The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-22 00:00:00

TIII LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

4ng!st 22, 1848.

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Cate it-sr.—We understand that the return mate'

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BODY OF A MAN FOUND.—On Saturday last, the body
of a man unknown was found on a sand bank in the river,
close to the Coburg Dock. He had on blue trowers, vest,
and jacket, and a grey cravat, with tie shoes. He was

THE STATE OF BRADFORD, IN CONSEQUENCE
OF THE PRESENT FREE-TRADE SYSTEM.

An able article appears in the Leech? Intelligencer of
h - the evils of the present

vn4eTiashhiursday next, on the gra
'men the Everton—and St. Helen's Clubs will be played
e , about five feet six inches in height, of dark complexion, Saturday, which clearly proves -
aund of the Roscoe Club. and apparently about 32 or 33 years of age. system of fred trade, particularly as affecting the woollen
OILS a tdn acir
dunatl t will be held to-day on the body of John manufactures of Bradford. The writer reminds his read-
DEATH BY died in the hospital of the Prison DEATH BY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening Thos.
era of his account of an interview between a deputation
Sparks, 8 years old, residing with his parents in Napier-
from that town and Sir George Grey, in June, and another
THE MURDER CASES.—On Saturday, Mr. Justice Cress-
e street, Toxteth-park, was playing amongst some logs of
between the same gentlemen and Mr. Miller, at the Poor-
well said that he would take any of the murder cases timber, upon a piece of waste ground in Northumberland.
Until Wednesday (to morrow.)law Board, and Mr. Labouchere, of the Board of Trade.
street,. when a spar on the top of it on which the deceased
The deputation set forth the existing distress not only
Ihe two bridies ha-ve been at last fixed to the landing- was sitting astride, canted over, fell upon his leg, and
amongst the operatives, but amongst all classes in the
lists, but of course they are not yet available for pas- afterwards rolled on to his neck. Assistance was procured
town—the chief seat of the worsted manufactures of this
telleers. but he was quite dead.
the Saturday a match was played between SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS.—There has been no country—and showed that the distress had been much in-
creased if not occasioned by the adoption of free trade by
ale Windsor and Whitefield Cricket Clubs, on the ground journal that has talked louder, or that hes done more mis-
the latter, which terminated in favour of the Whitefield chief than the one I hold ismy hand, which is the Liver- this country, while France, Belgium, and Germany gave
Ch,ah with three wickets to go down. pool Mercury. In all the discussions that have taken a bounty of 10 per cent. to their manufacturers, on all
place in this journal there has been gross inconsistency, goods made and exported by them.
THE ALLEGED MURDER OF HIS WIFE BY A SEAMAN. It was contended by the deputation, that so long as
wilful blindness, producing intolerable ignorance, and very
Zun Saturday the grand jury found " No bill" against
Charles Gallagher, 20, charged with the murder of his great malignity throughout. , (Hear, hear.)—Mr. Earle's this country opened its ports for th© admission duty free,
wife, Speech in Council. or at nominal duties, of the manufactures of the conti-
le Ellen Gollagher. at Liverpool. rental states, and these states in addition to a heavy im-
i;egre.anelt Brougham a nhew of Lord Brougham's, has THE WEATHER.—We have again had a week of pre-
carious weather, with showers of considerable duration— port duty on British manufactures, gave an export bounty
'gen appointed by the Lord Chancellor registrar to Mr. on their own, our manufacturing districts would never
sunny forenoons on some days and rainy afternoons—
Ludlow's court, vacant by the death of Charles rosper to any great degree.
Thompson, Esq causing some uneasiness as regards the harvest in these P
those building, fer the purpose of exhibitions similar to districts. Luckily the rains have not been very heavy, The deputation was received with the usual" courtesy,"
.uose but this appears to have been nearly all. From a paella-
ah. of the London Colosseum, is about to be erected in and the wheat and oats have been but very slightly in-
mentary return just published, in compliance with a mo-
thaistkeinwall. The erection here will be the same size as jured hitherto. Yesterday morning we had again a down-
tall, wind, S.S.E. Much rain also fell during the day. tion of Lord G. Bentinck, it appears that the represen-
,e -London, but superior in design. tations of these experienced merchants and manufacturers,
aerwt. understand that Christ Church will be re-opened The wind was very high, blowing a hurricane almost—
who. have had long experience in the home and foreign
for lvine service next Sunday, after having been closed more like the depth of winter than the middle of
trade v. era not attended with much success. The paper,
August. Dry sunny weather is now desirable,
several weeks for the . ,ose of being'repaired and
Paint these crops being now nearly ripe. Some of both has or return consists of " Coies of Correspondence between
Painted. The ews have bpenenrp lined, and other improve- the
.Woolen Manufacturers. of Bradford, on the subject of
been already cut and secured. It is gratifying to learn
me have been made in the interior. The. Rev. T. their present distress, and remonstrating against the Free
ier.glialey will that, take the kingdom at large, the rain has not been so
preach on Sunday, and there will be a col-
during the present month, as in this locality, Importalion V French and other Foreign Merinos into-
rn after the sermon for the choir boys. prevalent this country, and the Board of Trade."
iii• townsman, Mr. Massey, has again obtained the and in the south the harvest is nearly completed. The
The first letter is from Win Rand, addressed to Mr.
bakers have taken advantage of the weather to raise their
_aeith3ll. t prize, fifty-five guineas, given by the Lords of the
bread considerably in price, but thisl itl is
khoped will not Labouchere. The following-are* extracts .
leap "ally for the most approved chronometer of the The facts of the case are these :—The French Government
last long. The green crops general. y oo well. There
3„ ' This is the sixth consecutive year Mr. Massey has imposes a duty of 22 per cent on the importation of English
is still much talk about the potato blight ; but we have in wool. and grants a bounty of. 10 per cent. on the valu of
CRICKET. •Y competed for this enviable distinction.
theetathis town an abundant supply of the root, of excellent merinos, &c., exported."'
Ta hpelamyeartcs hof between the Roscoe Club and
quality, selling on Saturday at 60. to 7d. a score, of 211bs. " From the very best means of information in our power, we
he Regiment46lt2h6,aa,i
the latterto o k place
Miss EMILY GRANT.—This young lady appears by are quite satisfied that the value of these goods imported an-
nually is from W 200.000 to £250,000."
BL:ctileoe successfully
Friday.fegll a—Tn he former scoredt our advertising columns to have resumed her professional
He goes on to state that the Board of Trade had inti-
e Lieu t. Dallas (one of the " Gentlemen of all England"),
duties after her late sojourn in the Irish metropolis, al-
-47, when his wickets were at last lowered by Mr.
Swann. ways abounding with the best musical critics, who on this mated that that which was called a bounty was " a draw-
back
d,". and he contends that this is a mistake, for the
h Thirty-seven marines leave arrived in Liverpool, and oocasion appear to have vied in their acknowledgment of
goo s in question are made of French wool and not En-
have been placed on hoard the Urgent steam-ship, under her transcendent talents and qualifications as a distin-
glish as assumed, so that it cannot be defended as a draw-
s command of Captain Bevis, the Admiraltyagent at guished artist, and exponent of every class of music, for
back. He also says :
this port. The Urgent is to be the guard-ship the which there is now so much growing taste and aptitude
geteßmrietiesththmewrieuntagumreareuasfkacsteforrrneonprofteation j he is
l
Port, and she mounts four nine-pounders, and, besides besides among the better classes, as will require more competent
the marines, has a crew of about forty men. professors than access can be had to out of London and footing; but he is not willing to meet the Frenacha fair and
willing
cannot but express the opinion that it is the duty of the
IN RE TOMKINSON.—In this case the sitting for the other more distant places, the abode of such masters as
allowance of the certificate to the bankrupt was ad- Miss Grant had the opportunity of studying with, an ad- English government to take care that he does not."
journed to the 24th of November next. The assignees of vantage so rarely to be met with in the general profession, To this the Board of Trade reply :
"That my Lords of the Privy Council are ofpoppeianrisontothbaet,
which accounts for the unanimous approbation bestowed
the creditor's estate and effects are in the meantime to you are under some misapprehension as to the operation of
upon her. The following we extract from the Dublin
grant him a weekly allowance for the support of himself that bounty which professes, and which really a
and his family. Evening Mail :—" Among the cantatrici of the age our no greater 'than the amount of import duty chargeable in
The Europa, new steamer, under the command of Capt. gifted countrywoman, Miss Grant, has taken an elevated France upon the quantity of wool used in the production of the
Lott, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday morning, at one position ; her clear gushing notes and sparkling soprano goods. Under which impression, it would not be consistent
voice, cultured into graceful cadenza, by Maestri, whose with propriety to advise the forwarding of any representations
o'clock, after the shortest trip from Boston and Halifax
on record, having been only ten days nine hours from the celebrity is European, Crivelli, Bordogni, and Garcia, anetwhTs?ibleeltiot tohe,oFurreilelpternment in compliance with
time of leaving her moorings at Boston to being safely having won her a reputation which increases with time. the
Another long letter appears from Mr. Rand, distinctly
lodged in the Coburg Dock, being two hours under that Like Miss Hays, the prima donna of La Scala—Miss
occupied by the Niagara in the two previous passages. Grant possessing an organ of extensive register, singularly showing by figuresg and facts. that the ground taken by the
brilliant in the upper notes, has wafted to far-off shores Bedford manufacturers is correct. He says, towards the
rrHE SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.—On Sunday week, 1123 conclusion—
Passengers were conveyed along the Liverpool and South- the ancient lyrical glory and minstrel fame of Ireland, arid
Port Railway, viz., Ist Clads, 65 ; 2nd Class, 359 ; 3rd the triumphs which have crowned her efforts as well as "If we are to import freely under all circumstances, regard-
less of the effects upon home producers, and making no stipu-
Class, 709. On Monday 571 passengers were carried, the warm praises of so fastidious a critic as M. Jules kanin lations on their behalf for the export of their productions on
and on Tuesda the numbers were 1182, making a total fully attest, if such were necessary, the genius of this fat- terms equally advantageous, we shall not be doing them com-
mon justice; if in this way, and by a limited currency also,
in three days, ofy
2876 passengers. £lB6 17s. 11d. money dusting artiste. In our eyes, her being a native of Ire-
receipts. land does not detract from her shining merits, and we there is
.a determination to bring down prices to the very low-
est possible point, we shall see how the fixed engagements of
feel assured that our worthy fellow-citizens with wonted
~ THE ASSIZES. —We give the trials so far as they have this country will be discharged, the public taxes alone being
kindness will extend their patronage to an artiste of rare 60 millions."
vcr"eeded, but they are of little importance up to this
genius, adorned with every social and domestic virtue— Another letter from Mr. W. Walker, one of the depu-
ea..imsees. In the civil court there are, we believe, but two
who has already achieved in a young career many an ova- tation, to Mr. Labouchere, states that
of local interest : one is important, being anew trial
against the Royal Bank, which was tried last assizes • the tion ; and, amid strangers, whether warbling some olden "French and other merinos, woollens, woollen yarns, &c.,
other lyric of Ireland, or, mayhap, an aria from Mozart or Au- have for some time past been extensively imported to this
Company,beine an- action against the Liverpool Banking country free of duty ; and, aided by a larger bounty from the
ber, has won her many a wreath in the temple of sone."
'for alleged negligence ; both of which will, -..., - French and other governments, the destruction of
oaerrnthmioghernleyt
doubtless, be interesting to the respective shareholders. SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—EXORBITANT TAXATION.— valuable trade having been the result, and the consequence an
Bins PUNNING.—On Friday Mr. Sergeant Wil- Nothing is more indicative of the still depressed state of unparalleled degree of destitution and pauperism, along with
?is while cross-examining an Irish witness, in a cause the times in this town, and the want of means amongst I the throwing out of use much machinery, and the steam power
i andrbudin pr
fsvitle for the samhelrttlice. thteer,asslicbeoe,nrytt.y,
wtohiicnhz
relating to an alleged breach of contract for the supply of families once affluent, and amongst others who erewhile
1;.10 take e whether
any ips fotr i
causinge intent
a certain quantity of paper, put the following interroga- enjoyed a moderate competency—than the vast number of
14r/ i—" At that time had there been a rise or fall in the houses, shops, and places of business, devoid of inhabi- impose the whole or part sot(nthceli (biuoutyntoiefsakespie
price of the paper, or had it remained what it professes to tants, and billed on the windows—" To be Let." There , existed two years ago on all such articles of foreign manufac-
°e Btation[e]ary ?" Paddy though the witness was, he is scarcely a street in any part of the town in which these ture ? "
ea-1.4°1Y answered the question without noticing the pun. written or printed announcements do not meet the eye on In reply to this, Mr. Labouchere merely refers to his
meinuceemer.—On Friday, in the House of Commons, both sides ;in some parts at every second house, in others reply to Mr. Rand. The Intelligencer, in some con-
Mr W. Brown said that " from his experience of the cor- in a still greater ratio ; while in others whole ranges of i eluding remarks, says :
"Leaving our readers to draw their own inferences from the
Poration schools of Liverpool, he was strongly in favour of dwellings are similarly ticketted. In some of the once I
1 vrrreistpooonddewlte,sweceoenadelgtttgentliloonmtionatttensiogfnlcanjetag;l that
at
e combined system of education in which secular in- fashionable streets, such as St. Anne-street, large and
a ruction was given to all during a portion of the day, and elegant houses, a few years ago the splendidly furnished ii great leader of free trade," for the representation of the Cobden,
aaparticular hour was set apart for the religious instruc- abodes of the opulent, frequently ringing with the noise Riding, acknowledges that he is not an advocate of that un-
nof all according to the Principles of their parents. of festivity and glee, are now dismally silent and solitary, conditional free trade which seems to meet with the support of
Such a system tended greatly to allay the differences and with dirty and broken windows, and dilapidated walls. the present Whig government. Many of those who hoped to
anda asperities of sectarianism. The process of desertion of this and other fine streets, achieve the victory of the Anti-Corn-Law League are now ready
to avow, in the language of Mr. Rand, ' I can not consider
east of OFF Sr. BEES HEAD.—About 15 miles has been going on for several years ; and the boards "To that free trade which unrestrictedly admits imports irrespective
Glasgow
St. Bees Head the Amethyst, McLean, bound from be let or sold" appear to multiply. Several new proprie- of our own productions being exported in like manner. I
the fgnw to Liverpool, was dismasted about 11 o'clock in tors have struck out shops, not of the most elegant de- believe such a policy (at all events as applicable to articles on
which much labour has been expended, and which we make in
bee reefs,
of Thursday. At one o'clock the crew were scription, and in one instance, wherea " merchant prince"
Then on board the Tom, Coulthard, bound for Whitehavn. was wont to entertain his guests, resides a pawnbroker such abundance at home as to be in the habit 9f exporting),
wind was blowing strong at N.N.W., under the don- who has abutted his shop as far into the street as the producersregnant with serious consequences,
a depressing the home
most severely and u farly."
L• , when the captain intended to remain with the rails conferring the freehold will allow,—thus destroying
Snip which
, sunk about two o'clock. We understand that the contour and respectability of the street, against which
althoughie the crew are fortunately saved, everything else practice some law ought to be obtained ; for if the same POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
st; some of the poor fellows not having even secured principle be followed by all the other proprietors, the BURGLARY.—On Tuesday Benjamin Cotterall and John
their shoes. street would become virtually narrowed by 12 or 14 feet, Bailey were charged and committed for trial for attempt-
Seer LAUNCH.—On Thursday, a finely-modelled vessel in defiance of all our boasted sanitory regulations as re- ing to enter a house in Barber-street, at night-time, with
was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Cato, guards outward space and circulation of air. Many fami- intent to commit a robbery.
Miller, and Co., Brunswick Dock. The vessel, called the lies have withdrawn from large and wholesome houses, SMUGGLING.—On Wednesday, William Thomas, a
"Ardencraig," was christened by Miss Robinson, and is and huddled themselves into smaller tenements as seaman belonging to the Roscommon steamer, was fined
-about 600 tons burthen. Her lines fore and aft are tine, tenants, or even lodgers ; and amongst the middle in the mitigated penalty of £25 for smuggling a gallon of
and though she possesses a long flooring, her run is and humbler classes a corresponding retrograde move- whiskey. In default of payment he was committed to
. smooth and without a lump. The Ardencraig is intended ment has very generally taken place. The question gaol for three months*
for the Indian trade, and though strongly built, is every way arises, to what is this falling off to be attributed ? Sinuous CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE-OFFICER: On
adapted for making quick passages and carrying lame car- It must be allowed that the facilities for migration to the Tuesday. a complaint was heard at the Police-court against
goes. Another vessel in the same yard, intended for neighbouring country by rail, steam-boat, omnibus, &c., officer 266 (Beck). The complainant was Joseph Ga,ai
Messrs. Harrison and Co., of this town, will be launched withdraw many of our "aristocracy," or gentry, from the the well-known comic singer, at Ward's Star Hotel, l'
in
in about ten days. noisy precincts of the town, (after the counting-house Williamson-square, who appeared with his face shockingly
SINGULAR DEATH.—On Saturday week a boy about business of the day,) to the quieter and more healthy injured. All the officers on duty in the district in which
nine years of age, named Joseph M'Ardie, son of Bernard retreats, large and small, of the vicinity,—Wavertree, the assault took place were summoned. The complainant
WArdle, of Charter-street, died from taking poison. Wootton, Bootle, West Derby, &c., on this side the said that he was going past St. John's Market, about half-
The deceased went that morning with his brother to some water, and Wallasey, Birkenhead, Tranmere, and more past one or two o'clock on Saturday morning, in company
vacant ground in Newsham-street, where they picked up distant places, on the line of the Chester Railway, on the with a friend. They were walking arm in arm, and saw
something like a piece of cheese. Deceased ate a piece of Cheshire side. But the change of venue will by no means three policemen standing. The complainant and his
it• He soon afterwards became very ill, and died the account for half the defalcation of local residence, es- friend passed off the flags to avoid the policemen. His
same afternoon. A chemical analysis of the contents of pecially in the winter months. The depression of the friend's trousers were split. He said to the officers they
the stomach was made, and the presence of arsenic detec- times, which affects both high and low, has more to do with might have allowed them some part of the footwalk, when
ted• The supposition is, that the piece of cheese eaten the desertion of good houses for inferior ones ; and per- the officers made some remarks on the torn trousers. He
by the deceased may have had arsenic introduced into it, haps quite as much, the monstrous and growing pressure replied that it cost the public rates to maintain the force
in order to destroy rats, and that it was subsequently of taxation, of which the assessed taxes, and the window for protection, but they were the first to insult them.
thrown away. The jury returned a verdict to the effect duties especially, form a heavy and unpopular item. The The police then asked them something
about watches.
that the deceased died from incautiously eating a piece of local taxes, too, are swelling out to such an exorbitant They further asked them if they had anything to lose.
cheese which contained a portion of arsenic. amount, partly from the number of poor, to the support His friend turned back and said something to the officers,
SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY.—Dr. Muspratt
of whom, in natives, and others congregating from distant which he did not hear. The officers knocked his friend
has established in this town a school for the purpose of Parts in search of work, and many of them becoming down. He immediately went back when he saw him
affording
iat a moderate expense, practical instruction to destitute ; and partly from extravagant and sometimes use- down, and said hofficer e must have him home. An then
students n the higher branches of chemistry, and to create less works persisted in by our local authorities,—so that struck him with his left hand. He struck him right for-
Chemists capable of investigating all subjects relating to he is a bold man, or must be possessed of good store of ward in the face, then across the leg ; and followed him
agriculture, arts, and manufactures. In every part of the cash, who will encounter one of the fine houses in ques- round the street striking him. The other officers were
country we meet with proofs of the need that exists of tion, with the outlay required to furnish and maintain present, and he appealed to them to take the officer away.
having skilful scientific chemists capable of aiding the such an establishment, half of which (with the rent) He did not hear them say anything; they did not inter-
Physician, the agriculturist, the manufacturer, and the would provide a palacial mansion some ten or fifteen miles fere at all, either to protect or injure him. As soon as the
Miner, and there can be no question that Dr. Muspratt is from the town, with a considerable farm and a good officer struck him he made the best of his way from him,
in every way eminently qualified to discharge the duties garden and pleasure grounds. when he struck him again with his stick, which caused
of the important office which has devolved on him. He THE CHINESE COLLECTION.—Vv-e. do not remember him to cry that his eye was knocked out. He lost his
Possesses high testimonials from distinguished professors any place of public resort which has attracted more sight immediately after the blow.—Mr. Rushton directed
on the continent and in this country. Dr. Muspratt is
general attention, and, we may add, afforded greater 266 to be taken into custody. The prisoner was then re-
the autnor of several talented chemical works. gratification to visitors than this extensive and truly manded till the following morning, when lie was commit-
LIABILITY TO PAY COMMISSION AGENTS.—At the splendid collection—extraordinary in itself, and correctly ted for trial.
illustrative of an extraordinary people, in their physical SURRENDER OF A CONFEDERATE SECRETARY OF A
County Court on Tuesday, a case of much importance to appearance, their government,theircustoms, their religion, LIVERPOOL CLUB.—On Friday, Edward Murphy was
all persons engaged in the commission trade, inasmuch their arts, sciences, and general pursuits. Though the placed at the bar of the Police-court, charged with. tree-
as it involved the point whether a party engaged to sell Chinese widely differ, in nearly all the departments of sonable conspiracy. He is is a young, slight-built man,
neon commission, and having obtained a customer, could social life, from the European and other branches or and formerly was secretary to several burial societies. On
claim commission upon all subsequent sales made to such tribes of the human family, and for ages have been little the bench with Mr. Rushton sat James Aikin and William
customer, although not negotiated through the instru- more than heard of as an exclusive and distinct race, Earle, Esqrs. Mr. Lowndes, solicitor, appeared as pro-
leentality of the agent, was heard before Mr. Commis-
sioner Lowndes. The plaintiff was Mr. Thomas Dobbie recent events have opened out a field for more intimate secutor. He said that some time ago the police searched
and the defendant Mr. George Lindley, brewer, both observation of their character and attainments than was be- the prisoner's house, and found different papers relating to
resident in this town. The plaintiff had summoned the fore afforded by the casual and generally unwelcome sojourn confederate clubs ; and that on Thursday night last the
of foreigners amongst them; and thanks to the industry, re- prisoner went to Rose-hill Station, and inquired whether
defendant before the court for payment of £4 19s. 6d.,
an amount said to be due for commission upon sals search, and liberal expenditure of the collector and curator there was any charge against him. He was there detained,
Made for the defendant. The plaintiff conducted his own of the curiosities and specimens here brought together, we and it was intended to prosecute him, but he (Mr. L.) was
now almost at a glance become initiated in all the myste- not prepared to go into the entire facts of the case, and
case, and Mr. Yates, jun., solicitor, appeared for the de-
ries and peculiarities of Chinese life, and that too far more therefore requested a remand till Monday. Part of the
fendant. His honour gave judgment for the defendant.
sitr will b
accurately thane greatlyawo rldof reading could supply. The vi- evidence was, however, taken. We may premise that
o
BEBINGTON
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.—The lastassisted by referring to a copious O'Brien, who was lately committed with Cuddy, lodged in
exhibition of plants, flowers, &c., for the season took pamphlet, which is sold for a comparatively small sum at the house kept by Murphy, and that it was on O'Brien's
Place on Thursday. In consequence of the unpropitious the door, and which not only comprises a full description account that the house was searched.—lnspector Burrell
State of the weather in the early part of the day, the show of all the figures works of art, &c., that are exhibited, said that about ten o'clock on Thursday night, the pri-
Wae far from an average one. As the day advanced the but furnishes historical and statistical accounts of the Boner came to the station named, and applied for a gun
sun
shone brilliantly, and the attendance was, on the country, drawn from personal observation of some and a book, which had been taken from his house. He
whole, good. The only feature worthy of especial remark years' duration, and from other authentic sources.
Fromgave his name and his address (16, Rover-street). To a
Was some choice specimens of orchidaceous plants, a the multiplicity of objects that attract attention, and question afterwards put by Superintendent Abraham, the
Stanhopea insig nis Harrisonii, by Henry Winch, Esq., almost bewilder the beholder, we can enumerate only prisoner admitted that he was secretary to a club, and lie
and a Perlsteria elate, or dove plant, by Thomas Johnson, a few. The Buddhist Temple and Collossal Idols (page was sent to the main bridewell. On the way he denied
"u". Nee of Runcorn. These plants, as' well as others of the 18) are sad monuments of the false worship of the people, that he was secretary to all the clubs, and said if the gun
Same
The fruit
to these gentlemen, were much ad- who in many other respects have advanced far in the arts was not restored he would have to pay for it. In court,
znan fruitand vegetables exhibited werelt good. of civilised life, and, in some mechanical and decorative when he heard this evidence, he denied that he had ever
Throughout 8
the day the band belonging to the gi. departments, excel nations much more civilised. The in- said he was secretary to a club. It appeared that in his
went of Foot, which is now stationed in this town, and troduction of Christianity amongst them, (of which some house, besides the gun and book, the broken blade of a
Which is considered one of the finest in her Majesty's hopes are now entertained through intercourse and coin- pike was found in an upper room. The book was pro-
Se
rrice, played some pleasing and popular airs. merce), would be a grand means of advancing them in the duced. It was a roll-book, containing the names of the
BauN , THIRD
......„,0 ETT II S MODEL OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM. scale of humanity, for which the mere morality of Con- members of the club. Mr. Rushton said he considered it
a" those who had the pleasure of examining Brunettes fucius and others is inadequate. Case 20 (page 83) is well a fortunate thing for the inhabitants of Liverpool that it
model of ancient Jerusalem about two years ago, it must worthy of inspection. Case 2 (page 25) presents an inte- was found.—The prisoner was then remanded until
aa" gratifying to learn that he has completed another and resting group ;—a priest of Fuh, &c., and, in the centre, Monday.
"Inch more elaborate model which is now being exhibited a figure of a gentleman in full mourning. Grouped with
forachi_ limited period at No. 28, Bold-street. He has been other figures in another case stands a literary gentleman,
title, induced to undergo this labour, now for the third for literature is liberally encouraged. In case 4 (page 34) is a
dle, in order to embody many interesting discoveries group of Chinese ladies, attired in costly robes. Some of the
weueee, made by him, as to the true sites of buildings, which facesare pretty, and the aspect joyous We cannot admire
the never before with certainty ascertained, and among their cramped and deformed feet. The hands are peculiarly
bee rest the various palaces and buildings of Solomon. small, with the fingers so attenuated that they have a
bea must cengratulate Mr. Brunetti on his successful la_ corpse-like appearance. Some of the compartments con-
-3:171: ill this field of literature • and we doubt not but his tain fine specimens of silk and other manufactures, richly
merits will be fully appreciated' by all who take an interest wrought: others represent shops with the vendors and
fe,e divine records of man's salvation, as well as who purchasers. Case 5 (page 37) represents a gorgeously-
-1337_1 a curiosity as to the particulars of that celebrated city, dressed tragedian, surrounded by a number of juvenile
of aurnPaeison with which most other antiquities are but actors, apparently receiving lessons in the histrionic art.
37esterday, and in regard to whose interest all others The temple at the west end of the room, containing a num-
4,
.sea, but of small consideration. The reader of the Bible ber of figures, is illustrative of ceremony in high life.
73naatelacte student of Josephus, having diligently studied the Case No. 9is interesting, as is 12, filled with beautiful por-
ial and become involved in its difficulties, must here celain. There are numerous oil paintings and water-colour
pi experience deep pleasure in perceiving the easy and corn- drawings, by native artists. Amongst the former " The
wetse fully
which Mr. Brunetti lays before them, and Marriage Procession," (N 0.1239,) attracts much attention.
iszn, anticipate that the great numbers who visited his But we have not space further to particularise. The saloon
tiler model will feel an increased curiosity to examine is brilliantly lighted in the evenings by gas from a variety
this laterCircleof
Ful ver superior work. Indeed, in the entire of beautiful and elaborately-fashioned and decorated
eater o literature there is not a Point which has excited Chinese lanterns, round the bases of which figures of all
Zo contests in the learned world or a greater variety kinds move in procession, the motive power being, we
Heyreltons than that of the ancient topography of the believe, on the principle of the smoke-jack. The junks,
City, scarcely two of the numerous writers who have large and small, are examined with much interest. There
,handled
Brunettie uestion agreeing as to their theories. Mr. is an excellent Sax-horn and cornopean band, led by Mr.
weighed appears to have examined them all, and well Blight, playing choice airs and pieces ever and anon : we
elora their comparative merits, and his scheme seems have never, indeed, heard one more perfect in harmony,
andelretTaarly akin to that of the learned Robinson, and we or more expert in execution. We need but add that the
13f the most
that he has been in communication with some scene is daily crowded by fashionable parties, who enjoy
auciea,
_est celebrated travellers who have written upon the promenade, or rest on the numerous seats around,
in theu'eaninraralem. We sincerely wish him that success inspecting the numerous figures and articles that enrich
not but that the exhibition will be numerously attended Chinaman in the costume of his country. He converses
eerpael. n t Period during which he will remain in Li- fluently in English, and appears to possess no inconsider-
able amount of intelligence.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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