The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-07 00:00:00

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POETRY,

!TAY FLOWERS,

There are flowers round about me

As I sit beneath th
west

wly things out-breathing

formed the staple of the speecLes to be delivered, and
when the tactics of management would be almost confined
to mere resistance, the sudden acceptance of the leader-
ship would not have involved so much mental responsi-
bility. But in the case in question, the position of a new
leader was quite different. The combined knowledge of
the statesman and the political economist had to be
brought to bear on a question abounding in statistics of
the most varied kind, statistics varying with almost every

d to each

all blossom

living creatures,
ay glance may fall

On the blue•bells or the daisie
I say " God bless you all l"

trth, my 1

Go forth
And g

among roe no
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engaged during their public life in assailing the positions
to be taken up, as those who, having all along defended
them, now suddenly abandon them, and, knowing their
weak points, turned that knowledge to advantage. To fill
such a post, then, was no slight undertaking fcr a man
like Lord George Bentinck, bred, as he says, a soldier,
who was an active politician only in what he is pleased to
call, in modesty of spirit, the " humblest office which a
political man can fill," and who for so many years had
turned almost his whole attention to other and less digni-
more 1 fled pursuits. Ills success was signal. The first speech

With its merry- ores of blue,

'emu it grew!

s they shine.
thy childhood,
f mine!

,ce they were

blue-bell. when I see it
Sits fly back onc,

My thot
To a pine
With its bl

re purpled o'er,

of any importance he made on the corn question appeared
on the face of the report to be a failure. In the House it
was no such thing. The noble lord had an object in pro-
tracting his speech, and to accomplish that he sacrificed
some of its power and effect. He did not rise till a late
hour, and then continued speaking so long a time that the
House grew impatient, and much confusion prevailed to-
wards the close of his address. But in those parts of it
which were heard, and which, in fact, contained the real
pith of his argument, such a stiiking acquaintance with
the complex and extensive facts, and such a power of ar-
gument, were exhibited, that the noble lord, prolix as he
was, made a very deep impression on the House. His very
next speech, made under more favourable circumstances,
confirmed it ; Lord George displayed so accurate and
complete a knowledge of his subject, that even detractio❑
was silent. Opponents were as ready as his own sup-
porters to admire his displays. They knew from expe-
rience what an amount of application must have been given

Go forth, dear child
And bring thy spo

d pluck them,

lit colours

,st not what I see I

To me they b:

•emembrance

in order to enable him to obtain so thorough a mastery
on so difficult a subject. Lord George Bentinck, as may
be supposed, has not attained, or even approximated to,
perfection as an orator: He was too much t

ccupied

with his subject to be able to strike any new style of
oratory for himself ; it was enough to be able to ucliver
his speech with an average ability. So he trusted to old,
time-honoured forms in action, intonation, and delivery—
forms long once abandoned by all but a few members of
either FlouFe, and which, like cast-off habits, have travel-

led down through different classes till they now dignify
and embellish_t hat kind of eloquence which one hears after

the representative sy'stem has affected the oratory as well
as the opinions and votes in parliament. Until within the
last twenty years or so, gentlemen intended for public life
were regularly trained for public speaking ; a course under
the elocution master was deemed essential to an aspirant
for honours. The consequence was, that the general
characteristics of public speakers were very similar. A
tediously slow delivery, extreme pomposity, verbosity and
monotony. action in what has been termed the " pump-

.
handle" :,tvle, !balked them all, and may still be found in
great perfection in many whose old-fashioned oratory
defies and survives innovation. The crowning virtue of

'essors seems to

be to em

this kind

every sentence intended to be emphatic with a sudden
jerk and a twang. Lord George 13entinck fell naturally

into this style Wrhen he first began his rtcent opposition ;
but conflict and the influence of example have altered his
style, even in this brief space of time. But even to that
which he gradually abandoned his aristocratic bearing

gave a kind of characteristic interest well adapted to the

h.'s were delivered.
d the noble descent of
so essentially aristocratic,

subject matter on which his spee
Taken as a whole. bearing in triud

peaker, Us w

representative of a past generation of statesmen, and a
code of Political morality long since abandoned, against a
new race of statesmen, untried for

,od, but convicted of

House of Commons

He speaks with more brevity and

-economicspeeches,

while his purely party or personal Speeches ex

)it a power

and vigour not displayed in his earl
sonal attacks on Sir Robert Peel

allowed the warmt

the waters

and sincerity a

naoutbed" days; but then it should be remembered that
he believes Sir Robert Peel to have acted with political
unfairness towards one for whom Lord George entertained

the mo

ardent affection

that al

mere game, in which only a kind of sham feeling is to be
i allowed to intermingle. Apart from the propriety of these
1 attacks,
the entrtor and clallating power they exhibited
abew that the noble lord can be, when aroused, a dange-
rous antagonist. We have spoken of his elevation as be-
ing an accident of the Anti-Corn-law agitation. Certainly
but fir the effect of that agitation he would have conti-
nued a silent member of the House of Commons. It took

much to arouse him from his indolence and tempt him
Goo._ Lir-reale:Lent; hut_ having_ been_ onca.v.p* mo-
tion, we should be tempted to predict that he will hereafter
take a distinguished position in political affairs.—Frazer.
PERUVIAN CARNIVALS.—" Lima," says the Spanish
i heaven to women, a purgatory to hus-

proverb, " is

beasts being infamously used by the negroes, who, espe-
cially the liberated ones, are the most cruel and vicious
race in Peru. In this latter category must be included

bos and

mulattos, and negroes and Indians. We turn a few pages
and come to the carnival; during which, judging from
the account before us, we should imagine that Lima be-
came a hell not only to ill-treated donkeys, but to man,
woman, and child. The chief sport of that festive season
consists in sprinkling people with water, concerning the
purity of which the sprinklers are by no means fastidious.
From nearly every balcony, liquids of the most various
and unsavoury description are rained down upon the
passers by ; at the street corners stand negroes, who
seize upon ail who are not of their own caste, and roll
them in the gutter, unless they prefer paying a certain
ransom, in which case they get off with a trifling baptism
of dirty water. Troops of young men force their way
into the houses of their acquaintances, and attack the
ladies. First, they sprinkle them with scented water, but
when that is expended, the pump, and even worse, is had
recourse to, and the sport becomes brutality. The ladies,
with their clothes dripping wet, are chased from room to
room, become heated, and are frequently rendered dan-
gerously ill. Diseases of the lungs, and other rheumatic
complaints, are the invariable consequences of the carni-
val, to whose barbarous celebration many fall victims.
Besides this, every year murders occur out of revenge for
this brutal treatment. One favourite trick is to fill a sack
with fragments of glass and earthenware, and fasten it to
the balcony by a cord, the length of which is so calcu-
lated that, when let down, the sack hangs at about seven
feet from the ground. The sack is kept on the balcony
till somebody passes, and is then suddenly thrown out,
' hut, thanks to the cord, remains at a safe distance above
the heads of those below. Although it is tolerably well
known that in most streets there is at least one of these
infernal machines, yet the sudden shock and alarm are so
great, that persons have been known to fall down senseless
on the spot. Horses are tl,us made to shy violently, and
frerywntly throw their riders. The practice is each year
forbidden by the police, but the prohibition is disregarded.
—Blackwood. _ _

AUSTRALIAN MODE OF DISPOSING OF THEIR DEAD.
—Hurrying on with a still favourable tide, but at a rate
much too slow for our impatience, we passed two other
small grassy islets, and a third was before us.. The eastern
. .

mass 0

was a low woody ratch, partly immersed by the lake-like
grassy water of the river, into which one slender tree
• like another Nar.

LORD GEORGE BENTINCK AS A POLITICIAN.—Having PERUVIAN MODE OF APPLYING GUANO.—Opposite
once accepted the honourable but onerous task, from that to the ports of Pisco and Chincha, lie a number of small
hour he devoted himself to it, body and mind. No exer- islands, noted for their large deposits of guano, or huanu,
Lion, no application was considered by him too great, if as Dr. Tschudi corrects the orthography of the word.
the result of it would be to render him more fit for his The doctor gives some very interesting particulars con-
task. Had the question in dispute been more of a mere cerniog this efficac ons manure, which, although but re-
party question—had it, for instance, been such a question cently adopted in Europe,l appears to have been used in
as that of Emancipation, where appeals to political honour Peru as tar back as the time of the first Incas. The
and denunciations of ministerial treachery would have Peruvians use it ch;c9 fottl d poi fie"

y Ile mote anc ,tato , 40$;
their manner of employing it is peculiar, and but li tie
known in Europe. A few weeks after the seeds have be-
gun to germinate, a small hole is made beside each plant,
tilled with buanu, and covered up with earth. Twelve or
fifteen hours later, the whole field is laid under water, and
left so for a few hours. The effect of the process is
incredibly rapid. In a very few days, the plants attain
double their previous height. When the operation is
repeated, but with a smaller quantity of the huanu. the
s farmer may reckon upon a crop at least threefold that

white 'menu, which is much strorge•r than the dark-
coloured, less must be used, and the field must be watered
sooner. and for a longer time, or the roots will be destroy-
ed. When the hind is tolerably good, seven hundred and
fifty to nine hundred pounds of huanu are reckoned suffi-
cient for a surface of fourteen thousand square feet ; with
poor soil, a thousand to twelve hundred pounds are re.
quired.— Von Tschudi's Travels in Peru.
FEMALE LIFE IN GERMANY.—The only recreation in
which she ever indulges is an occasional drive or ball :
for the latter amusement there is at Heidelberg every fa-

cility. There are three species of balls—the "Burger
Venrein," or the association of citizens ; the " Harmo-
nie," so called, we presume, from the harmonizing effect
of its society—and the " Museum," which is a spacious
building, containing several fine tmll and concert rooms
and an excellent table d'hote. This establishment pos-
sesses, also, the additional advantage of a capital news-
room, where all the leading continental as well as English
journals are taken, and amongst the latter, is our friend
Mr. Punch. For a very trifling annual subscription, any
one may become a member of this society, and besides
access to the bulls, concerts, news-room, &c., he has the
" entre" to a magnificent library, which is stored with
authors in all languages, and amongst the collection,
strange to say, is a capital selection of some of our best
English law books. There is a ball or a concert given at
these rooms at least once a month, and the society fre-
quenting them is considered the most aristocratic of the
town. To the Harmonic, however, all sorts and condi-
tions of men and women repair ; we have seen a grafine
or countess and a laundry maid dancing in the same set ;
a crown prince and a head waiter vis-a-vis—but in Ger-
many this is thought nothing of, and the pelple who thus
attain a temporary elevation, never venture to presuine
on it—but the instant the ball or festivity is over, return to
their respective positions, the waiter and the laundry maid
resolve themselves into their original elements, and the
next day you will see him whom you met on the previous
tit - -ed ;•

night, arrayed in a,_ the gorgeousness of blue coat and
snowy vest, attired in his accustomed jacket and trousers.
of that extraordinary cut by which the German " kelner"

of the-hotel : or the lady whom you beheld in all the
maiden simplicity of white muslin, and "aperient" dia-
monds, carrying away a huge pail of water upon her head,
which she has with much labour just extracted from the
adjoining pump.—Sketches of Bursehen Life.

EARTHQUAKES IN LIMA.—"The city of earthquakes,"
would be a far more appropriate name for Lima than the
city of the kings. On an average of years, five-and-forty

SCOCKS are annually telt, most of which occur in the latter
balf of October, in November, December, January, May,
and June. January is the worst month, during which, in

The terr

_ es that play such havoc
with the city come at intervals of forty to sixty years.
Since the west coast of South America was known to Fn..

ropeans, the following are the dates :-1586, 1630, 1687,
1713, 1746, 1806; always two in a century. It is greatly
to be feared that ten more years will not elapse without
. .

Dr. Tschu-di gives a brief Recount of the earthquake of
)746. It was on the 28th of October, St. Simon and St.
Jude's day, that at
.31 minutes past 10 p.m., the earth

the whole of Lirna was a Ilea; of ruins. Noise, earth:
quake, and dew ruction were all the affair of one moment.
The few buildings whose strength resisted the first shock
were thrown down by a rezular horizontal motion of the

earth, which F ucceeded it and lasted four minutes. Out
of more than three thousand houses, only twenty-one re-
mained urW just d. Nearly all the public buildings were

even more complete; for scarcely was the earthquake
over, when the sea arose with a mighty rushing sound,
and swallowed up both town and inhabitants. In an

nstant, five thousand human beings became the prey of
The Spanish corvette San Fermin, which

lay at anchor in the harbour, was hurled far over the wall

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARb.

LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN MAILS

The royal mail steam-ship Tav, Captain Sharp, arrived
on Saturday evening, after a fine run of 134 days from
Bermuda, her last port of communication. She was not
due until to-day, and her early arrival is, therefore,
mother practical illustration of the continued improve-
:;ling of the various powerful steamships be-
tonging to the Royal Mail Company. Her latest dates
are, Honduras. May 20th ; Tampico, 26th ' • Chagres, 26th ;
Carthagena, 29th ; Vera Cruz, June 2d ; Demerara, 4th ;
La Guavra, 5,11; Trinidad. Gth ; Barbadoea, Bth ; Ja-
maica, Bth; Grenada, 10th ; Havannah, 11th ; St. Thomas,
16t1 ; and Bermuda. 20th.
She brings 2,000,000 dollars on merchants account, but
none on account of the Mexican dividends. I,BBooz. of
Bold dust, 5201 b. of platina, 32 serons of jalap, 93 serons
•> inn bales of tobacco, 26 cases of cigars, 55

nient in s

packages of pines, 5 cases of tortoiseshell, 13 cases of tur-
tle, and 80 packages of sundries • the value of the whole
freight may be estimated at 3.000,000 dollars. The gradual
increase in the goods on freight by these ships is a strong
proof of the wisdom of the company in carrying cargo, only
a recent arrangement, and which is now forming a con-
siderable addition to the Southampton imports. The Tay
also brings the large number of 93 passengers.
We have letters from Mezico to the 31st May.

The Mexican ports on the Atlantic were blockaded by
the American squadron, and an attack on the castle of
San Juan de Ulloa was expected immediately.

The port of Mazatlan and city of Guadalaxara had both
declared against the government. The republic seemed
to he fast verging on anarchy. _ _

Arista's ar'my in the north is understood to have dis-
persed in great confusion.
About half the members of the new congress bad been
got together. They elected General Bustamante president
of the body.

Senor Gorostiza had retired from the Ministry of Fi-
nance, and was succeeded by Senor Iturbe, who bad
seized all the funds in the ports, including the English
dividends.
The light is removed from the castle of San Juan de
Ulloa, at Vera Cruz, during the blockade.,
The Tay brings our usual files of West India papers,
by which we are glad to find a favourable change of the
weather has occurred in many of the islands, too late,
however, to repair the great damage the long-continued
drought occasioned. The Barbadoes Standard states
that they have had several showers. The rain appears to
have been general; it continued to the end of the month.

The Trinidad Standard estimates the probable amount
of sugar likely to reach the home market, as the crop from
that island for 1846, at 22,000 hlids., a decrease on the
past year of 1,265, and 2,000 hhds. short of what might
have been expected from the appearance of the crop at
the commencement. The crop of the coming year, it is
said, will prove a short one, probably not more than
17,000 hlids., arising from many untoward circumstances,
especially the frequency of fires. These fires continue.
1n Naparima, the principal sugar district, a severe fire
commenced (16th) on Friendship Estate, and swept Espe-
ranee, Corinth, Concord, Ne Plus Ultra, Mr. Navet's Mon
Repos, and Mr. Andre's estates, and entered the suburbs
of San Fernando; a change of wind saved the town.
The tire ravaged an area of ground 5 miles in extent ; a
spark from a boiling-house chimney was the cause. A
similar conflagration occurred the following day at Cedros,
devastating the St. John, Union, Perseverance, and Loch-
maben estetes, on the latter it destroyed canes sufficient
to make 150 hogsheads of sugar ; the village fell a prey to
the flames. Lord Harris, the governor, exerted himself
greatly during this severe visitation, in• giving directions
and using every effort to subdue the fires.
Immigration still goes on to British Guiana ; Berlice
269 by the

has receiv

Britannia, and they have had 235 Portuguese by the
Planter, from Madeira, and a late arrival of 351 Coolies
by the Sir Robert Peel. The Madeira immigrants are
turning their attention to the cultivation of the vine.
In Demerara a favourable change has taken place in the
weather; constant and heavy showers have fallen. Grind-

The return,
small ; the crop

ing has been resumed in several districts
however, expected from the canes is very

is variously estimated at 10,

100, 15,000, and 20,000