The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-05-13 00:00:00

THE SCOTCH PIG-IRON ASSOCIATION

THE Market for Scotch Pig-Iron being in a most un-
satisfactory state, in consequence of the indefinite
issue, by the Makers, during the times when high prices
prevail, of engagements for the manufacture and delivery
of Pig-Iron, an ASSOCIATION of PERSONS INTE-
RESTED in the TRADE is in the course of formation in
Liverpool, with the intention of placing this Trade on a
solid foundation.

One great step towards the accomplishment of this
object will be, the discountenanci of the delivery orders
now current, and the taking b l Members of this As-
sociation of the actual deli , yof the Iron ; and, in order
to facilitate deliveries, I establish Stores in Glasgow,

where the Iron may hiArarehousk
ble terms, and under such a judicious system, as may give
Owner of Iron in Store all the advantages of London
Dock Warrants.

he most reasons-

The next object will be, the obtaining the fullest statis-
tical information as to the manufacture, consumption, and
stock of Scotch Pig-i ron, and to keep the Members of the

The Provisional Committee are engaged in making ar-
rangements for adequate Storage at Glasgow, and for the
drawing up of regulations for the government of the
Association.

Persous desirous of joining the Association, are re-
quested to send their names, addressed to the Provisional
Committee, at the Office of Messrs. LOWNDES, ROBIN-
SON, and BATESON, Solicitors, Liverpool.

NARVAEZ, PRIME MINISTER OF SPAIN.—III Narvaez
we find the faults and the virtues of the soldier of fortune ;
prompt decision, great energy and determination, on the
one band—cruelty, impolicy, and violence, on the other.
Since hs advent to power, although the vigour of his
government has prevented civil war and checked insur-
rection, that has only been accomplished by a system of
despotic cruelty worthy of the days of Ferdinand the
Well-beloved. Countless instances may be adduced in
support of this assertion. Executions, like that of Zur-
bano and his family, have been defended by the argument,
that the sufferers were rebels against the established go-
vernment of the country. and as such deserved the fate
they met. Rather a flimsy argument, it appears to natio
a country in which revolution flourishes as an evergreen
plant. How is it to be decided which is the rightful go-
vernor, and which the usurper? who shall say whether
those in power are there by right as well as might ; or
whether they are merely successful rebels, banditti on a
large scale, who have seized upon place and power with as
much justice, and by the same violent means, as high-
waymen of inferior grade possess themselves of the purses
of travellers ? But even if we concede this point, and
admit that whoever holds the reins, though but from yes-
terday, and with a blood-stained band, is justified in
slaughtering by wholesale all who show a disposition to
drag him down again, it will still be impossible to palliate
the treacherous and tyrannical proceedings of Narvaez.
The inhabitants f Madrid, lured out of their house, by
the bait of some joyous festival, the streets hung with
banners and strewed with flowers, the fountains playing
wine and milk—on all sides rejoicings and festivity ; the
. . .

insouciant light-hearted Castilians —forgetting fora while
the misfortunes of their country, and giving themselves
up to the unrestrained enjoyment of the uiom•nt. But
there are those amongst them who will soon trouble their
pleasures ; agents of their rulers, tutored to excite them
to some apparently rebellious demonstration. A shout or
two, interpreted as indicative of disaffection, and caught
up by an excitable mob ; and immediately battalions ap-

pear upon the plaza, dragoons gallop out of the side
streets, bayonets are lowered and sabres bared, and amidst
the clatter of the charge, the screams of women and the
oaths of men, the festal garlands are trodden under foot,
and blood reddens the pavement. "On many a fiesta,
or day of saints," says our author, which Spain regards
as of special holiness, plots and snares were thickly strewn
around the people's footsteps ; murder lurked beneath the
wreath of festivity, and the day which began in prayer,
concluded with mourning." During the three days' re-
joicings on occasion of the Queen's majority, scenes of
this sort occurred. " They invited us to a ball," said the
people, in the true Madrileno spirit—" they invited us to
a ball, and we had to assist at a funeral." The object
sought to be obtained by such barbarous means, was the
intimidation of the populace, and the deterring of revolu-
tionists and progresistas. The suppression of the national
guard produced another alboroto, or disturbance. A
crowd assembled, and moved through the streets, giving
vivas for the constitutional Queen, and mueras for the
ministers and the traitors. Narvaez asked no better
chance than this. Out turned the palace guard, composed
of strong bodies of infantry and cavalry, and, without a
moment's delay, charged the mob, which, although prin-
cipally composed of national guardsmen, was unarmed,
save with a tew bayonets and knives. In all the adjacent
streets, people were running for their lives ; and the con-
gregations, which were then just leaving mass—for this
occurred on a Sabbath morning—recoiled for safety into
the churches.—Blackwood's Magazine.
MISTRANSLATIONS.—One Of the Paris journals, in
translating an article on the proposed expedition to Monte
Video from the Madrid journal El Tiempo, the sentence,
" It is to be desired that the expedition should appear as
quickly as possible at the Rio de la Plata," is translated
' It is to be desired that the expedition should appear as
quickly as possible at the 'flat river." The person wbo
translated Rio de la Plata ' flat river,' must be the same
person who translated the English word pineapple, when
describing a Lord Mayor's feast, by the French word
pomme de pin, which means in English the seed of the
Pine tree."

A SINGULAR CRL►ST.—Thomas Fitz-Gerald, father of
John, first Earl of Kildare, bore the sobriquet of Nappagh,
Simiacus, or the ape, from the following ludicrous circum-
stance :—When he was an infant of nine months old, his
grandfather and father were both killed in the war waged
by them against M'Carthy, an opposing chief. He was
then being nursed at Thralee, and his attendants, in the
first consternation caused by the news of the disaster,
ran out of the house, leaving the child alone in his cradle.
A large ape or baboon, kept on the premises, with the
natural love of mischief inherent in that mimic tribe,
taking advantage of the circumstance, took him from his
resting place, and clambered with him to the roof of the
neighbouring abbey. and thence to the top of the steeple.
After having carried his noble charge round the battle-
ments, exhibiting the while various monkey tricks here-
tofore unknown to nursery maids, to the no small con-
'rnation and amazement of the spectators, he dee,ctnded
with careful step, ad terfam firtnatn, and replaced the
child in the cradle. In consequence of this event, the
earls of Kildare and other noble branches of this ancient
line assumed as a crest, "An ape proper, gilt about the
middle and chained or," and for supporters, two apes.
The addition of the rApin is singular.— ThR Curiosities of
Heraldry.