The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

ADAM SMITH STOLEN WHEN A CHILD.—When a
child of only three years old, he was stolen by a gang of
the vagrants, called, in Scotland, tinkers, and resembling
gipsies in their habits : the same race which Fletcher, of
Saltoun, describes as having, in 'his day, become so nu-
merous as to form a considerable portion of the Scottish
people. It was a fortunate circumstance that, being soon
missed, his uncle, at whose house he was residing, pur-
sued the wretches, and restored him to his affrighted pa-
rent.—Lord Brougham's Lives of Men of Letters.
A DOG'S KNOWLEDGE OF TIME.—It is a curious fact,
that dogs can count time. I had, when a boy, a favour-
ite terrier, which always went with me to church. My
mother, thinking that he attracted too much of my atten-
tion, ordered the servant to fasten him up every Sunday
morning. He did so once or twice, but never afterwards.
Trim concealed himself every Sunday morning, and either
met me as I entered the church, or I found him under
my seat in the pew. Mr. Southey, In his " Omniana,"
informs us that he knew of a dog, which was brought up
by a catholic, and afterwards sold to a protestant, but
still he refused to eat anything on a Friday.—.7-esse's
Anecdotes of Dogs.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE CORN BILL.—IS not
this a singular state of affairs ? The strength of the ar-
gument confessedly with the Protectionists ;—the bill, if
passed at all, to be passed by the votes of men who dislike
both it and its anther ! About one-fourth of the House
of Lords are coerced into the support of it,—hating the
measure heartily all the while,--lest Sir Robert Peel's
government should be broken up. Another fourth are
similarly coerced into an equally unwilling support ; for,
as Lord Londonderry remarked, there are not six mem-
bers of the house who ever thought such a thing possible
till within these few weeks;—by the assurances of Lord
John, that only by this path can he attain the government.
So that 100 peers are to vote for a bill which they hate, in
order to keep Sir R. Peel in office; and another 100 are
to vote for the same bill, in order to bring Lord John into
office ! Both parties cannot be right ;—which of the two
is deceived ?—.Herald.
LORD STANLEY'S CONCLUDING APPEAL TO THE
Loans.—My lords, if I know anything of the constitu-
tional value of this house, it is that it should interpose a
wholesome and salutary obstacle to rash and inconsider-
ate measures—to protect the people against the conse-
quences of their own indiscretion. It has never been, and
it never will be part of the functions of this house to resist
the continuous expression of deliberately formed and
united public opinion—that your lordships will never be
disposed to do ; hut you will oppose a check to the pro-
gress of hasty and irreparable measures. It is yours, al-
though the constitution would hardly be deemed to pro-
vide a security—it is yours to protect the people, not
against their own caprices and hasty judgments, but
against the treachery of those above them, and chosen as
their leaders. My lords, if acting on your own deliberate
and impartial judgments, you scorn the degrading suspi-
cion of acting from unworthy motives—if you pursue that
course which, in your own consciences, you believe to be
for the good of the empire, you may be unsuccessful, but
not disgraced ; you may be conquered and overborne by
u- - but It ' 4 Y fail

Ambers, _ not degrades. ..ou may to save the
people from the threatened evil, but you will secure the
approbation of your friends, and compel the respect of
your oppenents. And, my lords, if, by the blessing of
God upon your proceedings this night, you can arrest the
progress of hasty and ill-advised measures, and give time
for the intelligence of the country to act upon the public
mind,—if you should be happily successful in bringing it
back to wiser councils, then, indeed, you may be proud of
what you have achieved ; you may be proud of having dis-

charged the duties which the constitution has imposed up-
on you—proud of having performed those duties, unse-
duced by the allurements of power, and uninfluenced by
the intimidations of agitation—proud of having saved your
country from serious and irreparable evils. Your best re-
ward, my lords, will be the consciousness of having per-
formed your duty. But you will have another—you will
have the reward which will arise from the approbation and
the thanks of an admiring people, who will exclaim—
" Thank God that we have a House of Lords now !"

COSTUME OF A GERMAN SPORTSMAN.—The costume
of a German jager appears somewhat strange to those who
are accustomed to the trim dress of the English sports-
man ; and as be is an animal not often seen by our touring
countrymen, we may as well deslribe him. At first sight
it appears strange how he can even walk with any com-
fort ; as to shooting, that we confess, until we had an op-
of personal observation. appeared to us unite

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ie question. The coat, which is usually made of
some very thick warm cloth, is long in the skirts—longer,
at least, than any of the shooting jackets we are accus-
tomed to behold ; thick cord or leather unspeakables ;
and huge jack boots, bigger than any guardsman's, are the
main articles of his dress. The hat is conical in the
crown, and wide in the leaf, like a Spanish sombrero. It
is made of green or white felt ; and, besides sundry deco-
rations—such as the family crest, if the wearer happen to
be a nobleman, or some little fanciful device, if be be of
inferior rank—there are usually great bunches of feathers
stuck in the front. Suspended from the shoulders by a
broad leather strap hangs at one side, a huge game bag,
made of leather or of twisted cord, and along the top of
which is a device which we take this opportunity of re-
commending to such of our Cockney friends as are fond of
sporting, and at the same time have no desire to conceal
their success. It consists of a number of small loops, or
running nooses, fastened in a row on the outside of the
bag, from which are suspended the heads of any unfortu-
nate birds which happen to fall victims to the sportsman's
skill. From the other shoulder, slung by another broad
leathern band, depends the gun ; and how it could ever be
got off in time for firing was to us a marvel. Another
leathern strap is fastened somewhere about the person,
and at the end of it the setting dog—for he is rarely al-
lowed to range the fields—meekly follows his master, who,
thus equipped at all points, with a long pipe in his mouth,
and, should the weather happen to be at all cold, a huge
bear-skin concern, something like the sporran of a High-
lander, in front, for the purpose of thrusting both his
hands into, the German sportsman goes forth to the
slaughter ; and the mode in which he does so is pretty
nearly as follows:—He walks across a field, to where the
" trieb" or beat is appointed. He is posted with his back
against a tree, and looks listlessly on, while the beaters
advance with loud shouts, driving whatever game is in the
field before them. A big lump of a hare, something
smaller than an Irish calf, comes cantering along, at first
apparently unconscious of the least cause for alarm. At
last it discovers this singular apparition, and stops short
to have a look. The jager meanwhile cocks both barrels ;
and taking this opportunity to get a quiet aim, raises his
gun, covers the hare as well as he can through the haze of
tobacco smoke which surrounds him, be fires. The
quarry seems surprised at the noise, looks round, and gal-
lops right up to the sportsman, who then gets flurried as
he sees it approaching ; he endeavours to take a better
aim with his second barrel, but the hare comes up so fast,
he cannot ; if he fires, he may possibly shoot off the ex-
treme end of the tail—if he does not, it puts its best foot
foremost, and bolts past at the top of its speed, leaving
the sportsman much exasperated and inclined to swear.
Such is a scene which we have often witnessed. It is by
no means an exaggerated picture of the trieb, or " jagd,i'
where the sportsmen are drawn up in a hollow square,
around a large field, the game found in which is obliged to
run the gauntlet through a formidable array of jagers ;
and although occasionally a good shot is to be found
among the German jagere, as a class they are the worst
appointed, the most clumsy, and the slowest sportsmen we
have ever had an opportunity of observing.—Dublin Uni-
versity Magazine.

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AN- OLD ENGLISH COUNTRY INN.—A more lovely
country does not exist than all that fertilized by the
" Wharfe," the most beautiful river for its size, and
flowing amongst scenes the most delicious and diversified,
to be found in any part of England, or even Europe.
From Harewood Bridge (or even Tadcaster) to Skipton,
by Ilkley, Otley, Bolton, and Barden Tower, the 'Wharfe
winds amongst a succession of beauties. Meadows of
deepest soil, on which beef is produced worthy of the
name, with alternate amphibious woods, half on land,
half in water, grass, and waterfalls, complete the changing
scene. The deer-park and manor-house of the squire—
the farmstead and comfortable dwelling of the yeoman—
with the neat, yet humble cottage of the labourer, are all
in the background of this unrivalled picture. When you
get to Bolton Bridge to dine, and find a room in an inn
furnished with easy chairs, pictures, and Turkey carpet,
with windows opening upon a lawn, across which, through
vistas of laurel, rhododendron, and roses, you see the
lovely prospect and distant hills, you fancy you have mis-
taken the hotel, and got into the duke's shooting-box ;
but if you ring the bell and order dinner, the very neatest
of all country lasses will bring a trout fresh from the
stream, weighing a couple of pounds, place a chicken,
boiled home-cured bacon, with beans and parsley and
butter before you (which, if of the true faith, you will
ask for), and with a smile, as she hands vou the bread,
inquire if you drink ale or water? /say the latter, and a
pint of old port afterwards, which sip with open windows
and halt-closed eyes in delicious languor, ruminating on
your walk and its delights, taking your first glass to the
health of " absent friends." Tell me not of chariots and
phaetons, or any other conveyance, as aids for seeing
these things, but your feet. * * I cannot quit this
most beautiful of all beautiful spots, and most unique of
country inns, without one lingering reminiscence. Before
you retire to the chamber allotted to you for the night,
at " the Bridge" (one replete with comforts 'and cleanli-
ness), pull off your shoes and gaiters in the kitchen, if
only to get a sight of it. The white stone floor and hearth
are swept and sanded for the evening. The large range,
boiler, oven, and fire, are as bright as the sun just setting
I over Barden Tower. The long plane-tree table and
dresser are much whiter than this paper. The bacon and
hams, incrusted with flour and salt, hang in goodly rows
high above your bead. The dish covers, crockery, and
warming pan, brilliantly garnish the walls—the old-
fashioned clock is ticking in the corner. A large "horse"
is before the fire, with a pair of sheets on his back, in-
tended for your slightly fatigued limbs, and the bonny
tidy lass ironing, at a small side table, a few of her mis-
tress's caps, and her own. I have been in a few of the
kitchens of France, and have seen the dreadful dens, the
bearded, night-capped cook, taking a pinch of pepper for
your cutlet, after having performed a similar civility to
his nose. The fowl, or " half gigot" of mutton, roasting
within one inch of the floor, before a few crackling sticks
—and that floor ! Enough, enough ; go into the kitchen
at Belton Bridge by all means, but keep out of all in
France, if you wish even a twenty-miles walk to give you
the slightest appetite; the former will in everything you
see increase it ; the latter produce the "mal de terre,"
if you persevere. But thank God we are yet at Bolton,
in our mind's eve. What a scene awaits you in the morn-
ing, as you shake off the deep sleep of a pedestrian, and
prepare for the ramble before you, one of the most lovely,
for its extent, to be found in the whole world. You are
awoke by that peculiarly pleasing sound, the whetting of
a scythe under your windows. The gardener is shaving
the lawn of its week's growth of ambrosial beard,—not
blue but beautifully green, and bathed in the healthy
sweat of night. Every blade is loaded with dew ; the sun
is streaming over the eastern hills and flowing Wharfe,
fresh from the ocean,—Pedestrian .Remsniecenera at
Home and Abroad.

RAILWAY INTALLiu.Eivais,

The opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle railway this
year is certain.
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The Morecombe Harbour and Railway Bill has been
approved by a committee of the House of Commons.
The East Lancashire Railway is expected to be opened
in the course of next September. ,
The Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company
have determined, by a majority of 55,202 shares, to pro-
ceed with the undertaking.
The Furness Railway is about completed, and was to be
publicly opened for the conveyance of both passengers and
traffic on Whit-Monday (yesterday.)
The shareholders in the Grand Junction Railway, at a
meeting on Tuesday, agreed to proceed in Parliament for
all their bills.

The Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
Railway Bill was read a third time in the House of Com-
mons on Friday, and passed._ .

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RAILWAY SIIRVEYORS.—In the course of the trial of
an action in the Court of Queen's Bench on Monday,
brought by a surveyor to recover remuneration for ser-
vices performed for a railway company in September and
October last, some of the witnesses stated that 10 guineas
a day for a surveyor was a very reasonable sum at that
time ; and that they had known an engineer receive £306
for ten days' work.
DOMINIONS OF THE GREAT RAILWAY POTENTATE.—
In cross-examination by Mr. Wrangham, before the com-
mittee upon the Eastern Counties Extensions Bill, Mr.
Hudson, M.P., said that he " was chairman of the Ber-
wick and Newcastle, the Newcastle and Darlington, the
Great North of England from Darlington to York, the
York and North Midland from York to Normanton, the
Midland from Normanton to Rugby, the Branch from
Rugby to Derby, the Birmingham and Gloucester, the
Gloucester and Bristol. the Leeds and Bradford, and the
Eastern Counties Companies, as well as of several branches
from the Midland to Hull and elsewhere. Those com-
panies represented a capital of between 50 and 60 millions
sterling. That was the present extent of his dominions."
A responsibility so great was seldom placed upon one
man's shoulders.

PREAMBLES PROVED.—During last week considerable
progress has been made in the bills before Parliament.
The preambles of the following have been declared pi eyed.
In the Lords :—Midland Syston and Peterborough. In
the Commons—proved :—Airdrie and Monklands ; Buck-
inghatnshire—Thring to Banbury ; Glasgow Southern
Terminal; Grand Junction (Huyton to Warrington) ;
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds, London and Birming-
ham (Camden and Euston Stations); Midland (Notting-
ham and Mansfield); Midland and Eastern Counties—
Cambridge and. Weedon ; Midland (Burton on Trent and
Nuneaton) ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
South Wales, No. 2, with Amendments. Not proved:—
Caledonian (Duodyvan Branch).; Caledonian (Langholm
Branch) ; London and South Essex, Halesworth and Nor-
wich; Ipswich, Norwich and Yarmouth • Norfolk (Exten-
sion to Stowmarket); North Gravesend, North British
(Carlisle Extension) ; St. Helen's Canal, and Waveney
valley.