The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

Crescent, in this town. The fraud was effected by means
of a cheque upon Messrs. Bouverie

London

Upon presentation the cheque was rejec

li the in-

formation that Kinsman had no fund

prisoner is a man of rather respectable exterior , _
not defended, but, as may be imagined from his origin.
avocation, and the character of his recent pursuits, he
displayed considerable tact in examining the witnesses for
the prosecution. The case was watched by Mr. Reay,
the secretary of the Liverpool Guardian Society, who
handed to the recorder documents, showing that the pri-
soner had been examined on a similar charge at Swansea,
in 1847. A bill of exchange for the prisoner's passage
money from New York was also produced, which proved
to be equally valueless with the cheque banded to Messrs.
Silver and Co. Mr. Thorbarne and Mr. Aspiaall appeared
for the prosecution. The prisoner was convicted, but
sentence was deferred.

be was

ST. PATRICK'S DAY.—Yesterday, (St, Patrick's Day
happening on Sunday,) the Irish societies, in defiance of
the oft-expressed injunction of the authorities, assembled
at an early hour in Williamson-square, and there forming
in procession, proceeded, with flags, banners, and bands
of music, to perambulate many of the principal streets
and not a few of the minor thoroughfares of the town,
causing crowds of idle gazers, male and female, annoying
well-dressed passers-by, and interrupting the general.
street traffic, as well as tending to excite breaches of the
peace. Their opponents showed their good sense by
taking silent notice only of what the processionists no
doubt considered a formidable demonstration of physical
force, but which was perfectly contemptible. There was
an occasional appearance of the commencement of a row
in several districts, but nothing of moment took place.
Strong bodies of police, in coloured clothes, were sta-
tioned in various parts to act in case of emergency, but
their services, which would have been " smashing" and
" effective" in the suppression of riot, were not called
into requisition, the provoking parties not meeting with
the opposition which they coveted. Were the loyal
Orange societies of the town to show themselves in pro-
cession, they would not have met with the same treat-
ment. But such is society ; one party can break the law
with impunity, whilst another is frowned on for main-
taining their dearly-cherished principles of order and
loyalty.

COSTLY TASTE IN ART.—Sidney Smith was once banter-
ing a connoisseur, whose collection he was provokingly as-
suming to admire. " I have been making," said he, "a col-
lection myself; but then I never give more than £2 10s.
for a picture. A friend pointed out a defect in one the
other day—it was a moonlight. The moon and shadows•
did not agree. I saw it at once, and answered, Ton't
say a word about it ; I'll have a new moon put in for
3s. W.' Another great judge assured me Ig,
valued my pictures, for he really thought there
among them worth £3 !"—Blackwood.
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America says :—" I was surprised to find that thl/4
their Court Guide even in New York, and that tor one

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fortune 8`200,0002 With the unmarried ladies matri-
monyP is as much a matter of business as an operation in
cotton or railroad shares is to their parents. A
at a ball, who has chanced to receive encouragement as
the owner of a pair of horses, is discarded for one wit
four ; and he, in like manner must stand aside if the p
sessor of a still larger stud should present 1
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AGRICULTURAL PANIC OR FOREIGN IMPORT- principal corn markets, with short supplies from the far-
ATIONS THE CAUSE OF DECREASING mers. The. gap has been filled up by foreign importation;
PRICES ? and the only conclusion which we can draw is, that the
•
alleged panic exists in the minds of the consuming public.
The farmer has held back his grain in the hope of receiv-
ing better prices; but the supplies from foreign sources
have defeated his hope.

It is sometimes ludicrous to ob

rye with what pore-

pous self-satisfaction some noble lord or honourable gen.

tleman, attached to the Ministry, comes down to Parlia-
ment, crammed with statistics and returns, fresh from the
manufactory is Whitehall, for the purpose of overwhelm-

ng some unhappy member, who has ventured to propose

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POETRY.

LONDON.
I love thee, London! for thy many men,
And for thy mighty deeds and scenes of glory;
For all great thoughts and things into thy story
Drain themselves—of. the heart or hand or pen.
I love thee in all hours : the most, though, when
The. busy heart of universal man

Seems throbbing through thee, without pause or plan,
Yet. haply well, to God's all loving ken.
Thou art the greatest thing on the earth's face
That man bath rnnap • the., nrt

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Look on it, Lord l and greaten it with Thy gra,
Hundreds of shrines therein are Thine ;—too fey
Let the world worship God ! ye cities, bow !
And last and lowest, thou, proud London, thou!

A RUIN.
In a cot-studded, fruity, green deep dale,
There grows the ruin of an abbey old
And on the bill side, cut in rock, behold
A sainted hermit's cell ; so goes the tale.
What of that ruin ? There is nothing left
ky-framing window arch, which climbs
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Up to its top point, single stone bereft
Of prop or loud. And this strange thing sublimes
The scene. For the fair great house, vowed to God,
Is buried down and unhallowed; and we tread
O'er buried graves which have devoured their dead ;
While over all springs up the green-lifed sod,
And arch, so light and lofty in its spar,—
So frail, and yet so lastine•—'''

tis like man
VARIETIES.

Why is a dishonest bankrupt like an honest poor man ?
because he fails to get rich.
Why is he who rarely speaks the truth like an insolvent
debtor ? Because his lie-abilities are enormous.
Why is a girl who has injured herself with a knife like
a sword ? Because she is a cut lass (cutlass).
Why is smoking like a ragged garment ? It is a bad
habit.

Why is an unenclosed piece of land like a good man's
conscience? It is void of a fence (void of offence).
Why is a hen walking like a conspiracy ?—Because it's

" I augur well for you," as the carpenter said to the
piece of wood. " You're boring me now," as the piece
of wood said to the carpenter.
Hood gives this graphic picture of an irritable wan—
" He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tor-
menting himself with his prickles."
AN ANCIENT ARTICLE OF DRESS.—Amongst the dis-
_ of Mr. Layard in the excavations at Nineveh
are " several hundred mother-of-pearl studs, in form
exactly resembling shirt buttons."

coveries

MASTERY OF ANNOYANCES.—WouId you touch a
nettle without being stung by it ?'take hold of it stoutly.
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