The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-26 00:00:00

tioZetlrding to one of the Hull papers, there is a =fee-
Weeke in that town who made and sold last year, every
;". an average,l2B dozen of cheesecakes at one penny
o, 7',8g2, a 'nis would amount to the almost incredible numb( r
nd the money received for them to £3,201 7s. Bd.
ii„ A
dtriti,, AMERICANS AND DICKENS, &c.—From the last
iotir al,frorn New York, we find that the editors of the
po.trala,lB there are mightily displeased with the latest 'm-
itt ;"'ns of the works of Dickens and Marryatt. Speak-
letipaii them one says:—" Dickens attempts to give a de-
ltas °n of social life in this country, but the caricature
of ti'° gross as to create the greatest -disgust. Destitute
1144 spirit, fife, wit, or humour, it has made here a
13terre-"al
impression that Boz must ['lave been immensely
olarrd‘vd, or that his genius had utterly forsaken him.
111) "tt's production is certainly still worse. It is an
fp.Puden, - • • ••

ii:ea),American newspapers and journals of travellers
"tv• Sydne Smith's letters were felt to be execs-
severe • but the papers state that he has not the
I).eg„"„teSt chance of getting his money, as the debt of
the was larger than that of any other state in
on.
NAT
ht,rn STATISTICS.—From a parliamentary
44 nof the registered places of marriages, up to the 30th
am; 1842, we find that the denomnations in En gland
Wales embrace eight classesi. Under the head
i.in'Yesbyterians" is included the Church of Scotland,
ed Secession Church, English Presbyterians and
iiltarians, Presbyterians not otherwise defined, making
hoPlaces. The second class, " Independents or Congre-
oTinalists," basin England and Wales 798 places. The
I,,Paptists," including be branches Particular or Calvin-
Baptis.ts, General or Arminian Baptists, and Baptists
otherwise defined, possess 461 places for marriage in
1 1%1
.nnt.l and Wales. The fourth class " Methodists,"
%.+l.tx 1 ian:) comprising Wesleyan Methodists' New Con-
;I.109, Primitive Methodists. Wesleyan Methodist As-
liation, and Independent Methodists, has 135 registered
thates ; the Wesleyan Methodists have 78, which is more
sio,,the other branches under the head. be fifth class,
pla ed " Methodists," (Calvinistic,) has in number 42
44". The " Roman Catholics," under the 6th class,
uses. " Foreign churches," under the 7th class, 4
r.lttlirk, The eighth class is entitled " Miscellaneous,"
~,nberq 41 places, including the Nev, Jerusalem
ch-It'ae.. or 'Swedenbargians—Christian, Israelite, and
1;78
,11114,1411' To Tom MOORE.—We. were. shown up
natasitres;
flitithe.We found the nightingale in his cage; in-bo e
~1111'7,,Nt,e, and more to the purpose, we found our hero in
a table before bim covered with books and pa-
-411,' a drawer half open, and stuffed wiry let!ers, a piapo
tle 2Peo at a little distance; and the thief himself, a lit-
tc,,;aao, but full of spirit, with eyes, hands, feet, and
for for ever in motion, looking as if it would be a feat
ti." 114 to sit for three minutes quiet in his chair. I am
,eat observer of proportions, but he seemed to me to
fteelleat-made little fellow, tidily buttoned up, young as
a, heart, ough with hair that reminded me of the
1/1 the sunset;" not handsome, perhaps, hut some-
'n the whole Cut of him that pleased me ; finished
teriti actor, but without an actor's affectation; easy as a
aorderaan, but without some gentlemen's. forn.iality;intoa
11142' as People say when they find their brains begin.
4011-dglound at the fag end of a magnificent period, we
'dm a hospitable warm-hearted Irishman, as plea-
Apes could be himself, and disposed to make others so.
*Bs :8 this enough? And need I tell you that the day
berah-Pient delightfully, chiefly in listening to his inpu-
yeah Tieiests, and admirable stories, and beautiful similes
ttiletiful and original as those be ows into his songs
0,,,,giaLl edotes, e that would make the Danes laugh.—
Griffin.