The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-20 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY•

A public dinner will be given to W. B. Ferran°,
at Aylesbury, on the 21st instant.
be raise

The Speaker of the House of Commons is to - t.
to the peerage at the close of the present Partial:o%ole'
Mr. Brown, M.P., Mr. W. Jones, and gr. - ,010
Cotesworth had an interview with Earl Grey ou
at the Colonial Office. strticir.
On Saturday the Harwich Election Committee o,oo'
off another vote from Mr. Princep, the late sitting
ber, placing Mr. Crawford in a majority of one. CrYst,,,
The Times declares that Parliament and then to t'';
Palace cannot go on together. If members Piveasur-
house, he says it is only to sleep, and that 0°
can now enlist public sympathy. facer
The only Lancashire members who voted ini`joyab9l
Mr. Lacey's " religious houses bill" were, J• vireP
Col. Lindsay, J. Duncuft, and S. Blair. Sir 1.,'06
voted against it, and Mr. Cardwell and Mr. W. 10'
re'
were absent.
The electors of Kendal on the liberal interest hec,seo
solved to return Mr. George Carr Glvn, their bo
member, free of all expense, if he will allow hirosel";tlie
again nominated on the dissolution of the present
ment.
At a very numerous meeting of the Conservative joe'
on Monday, two gentlemen, one of them a listing u; tax:
member of the bar, were requested, by an imrnens'a tb
jority, taken by ballot, to retire from the club, ei thy
purely political grounds that, in the estimation °coo'
voters, the gentlemen referred to had ceased to be lirlo
servatives, as the term is understood by the elu,b" 11011
heartily wish that the rules of the Carlton woulotersila;
that club to follow this excellent example.--44%
Herald.—[The distinguished member Of the barl A
believe, Mr. Bethel', Q.C., member for AylesburY• itiv
THE GRAHAM PARTY.—What do you thinict,
Girondists ? That is the new name we have got Idy Ole
ham and his party, and it seems to me a very baliPhood!
Hitherto they have played remarkably well into ouAviar!r;
but they are clearly not to be trusted. As Watt r`icbecbt
in his treatise on the steam-engine, there o,retten3ieho
within wheels ; and those gentlemen havebeen so "-scitll r"ge,
giratory in their motions, that it is imposEible, 00,4
least certainty to predicate the direction of the,"ar-tPI
One thing, however, seems to me perfectly cie'a eglief
never can join the Protectionists. Two yea but toff,
should have hesitated to say this authoratively, tect).4
have thrown away so many excellent chances o'
coor 60°
ciliation, and invariably manifested such ran„ not I
bitterness towards their former allies, that I '1"; eglit'a
how they can possibly return. There sno 119313c1eP',,,t,
in intensity to that of a deserter. Awake or 9',.,"c0v,76t)
ever has before him the awful apparition of til,chroUro,,
martial ; his back tingles with the imaginary 131;00
cat-of-nine-tails ; and if you watch him in his sh-le of
you will hear him moaning something about boiti
musketry and a coffin. It is something to be c,eris
this. You see that the party of the Girolr;
small, and never can act effectively of itself. ',,t,.,lsidef,hBG
useful as a make-weight, and as such We cu- iron
Now, a glance at the late division lists will sbesc,folo`rot
these men, whatever else they may do, are rs,'"ltis `OO
determined never to go into the same obbY for 0,
Protectionists. They have no abstract affectile tend
Whigs—which is not wonderful, considering, tugh rig
city and strength of the family alliance ; and ti(o,, be soilid
may occasionally seem to help them, they %you.' witb,
to lose any chalice of giving him a sly d.l4.j..inet!'i;to
stiletto. We are by far their most natural allies es 100
if they had any sense they would throw thems' theY,4l‘
our arms at once. But, unfortunately for thcol'ct to 'ye,
tainted with the aristocratic leaven. They aiiethey 14:0,
down upon us, pure democrats, as though filter-0P
something infinitely superior, and they will 1101',0 e$P4O
with that cordiality which we are surely entitled en atlAO,
You may rely upon it, this will not be forgotLely
proper time. Nothing is, to my mind, so Pur 1,
sive as the demeanour of an aristocratic: Vb2nriace
_4°oo
look, his language, and the very tone of bis vc,ies'"-ter'
you that he considers his support of your eringei,rou ~of
act of magnificent condescension ; and that, ).ogo
tamed a proper feeling of gratitude, you ouglit.cerieg ricodtbo'
on your knees and thank him. Now, eons' raga
one-half of the Peelites are little better than N'cis cA,ott
coxcombs, and the other half, with few exeoPt,lbaoh :109
erable serving men of the Taper and Tadp.oll3 disgjeff
may easily conceive that these airs give us
and that we are keeping an accurate account.l'e,
to a future settlement,—B/aektrood'r

)lay 20,1851

tPrttnre aiib R)ortfrlture.

Ur•
Grindley, the liberal and talented Principal of
itlri!it Hall, has determined upon having a magnificent
al fete and bazaar upon the occa.ion of opening the
:we organ. now in course of erection, in the Music and
"Ire Hall of the establishment, in the last week of
wor.rhst.
th From its novel character, this fête is really
e i year of 1851. Roses, dahlias,
and
, other similar plants, are not merely to be shown, but
gro__l3rus exhibited in a growing state. All the great
the from every county are now planting out
grourTts a_t Tarvin, for that purpose, in plots of
lor 1,1 which will have awnings erected over them
erabp"e Purpose of shading. The exhibition is to
tain;ace a variety of objects ; indeed, all that apper-
esp. !° the garden and field—to the cottagers' garden
aa,s'elallY, and to the poultry yard—full particulars will
fete is
shortly in the advertisements. The bazaar and
tgeis to be on an extensive scale; many. of the_. first
.
acZers in the United Kingdom have signified their in-
winbe of becoming exhibitors. Stage accommodation
oolle Provided for several thousands of plants, large
riatioe,, °us. of dahlias, hollyhocks, fuchsias, verbenas, car-
veg,'ls,Picotees, pinks, roses, pansies, anpuals, garden
of Ogles, the natural flax of Ireland, agricultural roots
Lapsshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire, and Shropshire ;
aPPlea. and pears from the orchards of Hereford.
enuC~Porcesler, and Kent; choice varieties of domestic poultry;
many
b:leZvael
.garden wire work ; the latest improvement
-.an 8, the best description of garden tools ; with
kna4nlder interesting comributions have already been
The first meeting this season of the Liverpool Floral
Thu, ,rticulturai Exhibition
,S,eiety will take place on
bter4l_'Y next, at the 13,tanie Gardens. Preparations
which 'en made to render it worthy the liberal patronage
Prove fade Society has ree, ived ; and should the weather
p„ avourable. we doubt not it will be well attended. _
ilew'ortsniA SYRINGAGLOSA.—This very curious and
tirn,„si3"ies is now in flower at M,--irs Henderson's and
.
atrnn-Ta nurscrv, Oxton hill. its name imports, it
,J4,-2',Y, resembles a bunch of lilac.
vvist.474t PLANT.—The Glyeene sinensis, otherwise
displaai;ls
nvi e nsequana, or liqu 'rice vetch of China, is now
'eat wng in luxuriant abundance its lilac raceme, redo-
the seat." the most delicate pertue. Coughton Court,
This of rn
w Sir R. Throckmorton, Bart.. Warwickshire.
and 2-()Inl?I' of creati a wall 11 feet in height
/at" in length,on a coverswl boasts of 12,900 blossoms.
A NP'

-61 V
AXIOM IN POLITICAL ECONOMY

7et ITh
fixed
!titer of the commercial article in the Liverpool
, dcommenting upon the proposal to impose a low
itirortn":ttilonatn foreign grain, adds the following piece of
tertioVrie not Enterinto a ccntu-
growe.: Of
an explodedfalhe
krioni!;, That the con—.
to C.'reat, with all due lur:inry,
Puthority which has laid down the axiom in ques-
h b Most Political economi,ts maintain that a low duty
kitt:erne about equally by the foreign grower and the con. -
*ol4', that the effect of a five-shilling duty on grain
lv,1" °a not to raise the price of all our supply, as the
It • el
states, but to abate the pretensions of holders of
thou ° foreign markets. We saw this principle in ope-
j),4! longer ago than in March last We had a slight
"abrr- "" own corn Market.; and prices immediately
.6.teeti cen4 to eve. The market from which we had
ia49Bill4"Plingr same effect has just followed the
-1144 °f Sir Charles Wood's Budget. He equalised. the
18/
BtaBt:rin,f°reign and colonial cuff. e. The foreign article,
free Messrs. Littledale in their May circular, rose
;file -,,",,wing per ,t the colonial declining in price a
'beti that cu
"Let the Times refer to the expe-
liten.°l Past yesaums with re,pect to the grain markets of
to
tie will seeewthlt assorir scale of duties rose,. fo-
-° ar'ees fell, and vice' verse"; The foreigner contrived
Oat; ,„nto his pocket the lion's share of every shilling of
duo;
we remitted.
Lttter,),e,°°temporary proceeds, after all, to enter into an
ea,7 at a " confutation of the erroneous assertion of
dui "."P Ved fallacy," as follows nut
11 we 1411 Point out that, if the admission of corn free. of
4sitiearl4 effected a reduction in the price of grain here, an im-
',,e'eas °t. dotY would naturally raise tne price_ again.
11.- at te'er contra if an imposition of duty (even atctohse 1 igh
t 'the
ti,tecti„l.Per cent.)can have no effect in raising the
ICY harlats cannot possibly state that the remission of the
ce (1441 anything to do with the present low rFtes. This is
Thace 1.1 in which all tare ers for Protection eventually
_ letnselves."
ti
be
Of d -111 Mo" is just no dilemma at all. The. reduc-
,-ised f,;°tY has lowered British prices; hut it has also
i."°‘" aff "'eign Prices, The quotations in British markets
Lhe t Prices in Hamburg, Stettin, in France, and in
,Vintel'uterranean lust as certainly as the quotation.! in
;011.e,aritao°11°Ip.aeffhlecetht'price's Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
ositknock of a.five-shilling duty on foreign grain
ro's!'° a We' j..'lo,:tn prices t.hree
_sl illfngs per quarter
134141T,etion ti.;`,LeWe have no io thait such a duty, as the
)tool, as won,'_,", farmer anc per" se, is worth fighting for.
tils,,tg find til",o. the boon, however, our contemporary
the people be
it would " fructify" in the pockets of
pocket of inth this country than it does when put into
e foreigner.

lon of the erroneous as.

v, that the duty would fall on the
;er paps all charges,' is now an

some information as

TKE TRIG
TIIIP OF THE STEAM-SHIP
LAFAYETTE."

ere .., Steam
ylifladelptun, April 23, Ibbl
Propeller__ .. Lafaytte,"___..
It tile foot"e are in the blue waters of die Delaware, moored
IA %,,_, Of Lcimbard• street, while the dock is crowded
"That.rs admiring the model of this beautiful ship
..sjoined the steam marine of Philadelphia.
Ord - triP has been most satisfactory. We left New
ff
ezi,°,l Monday, in a driving rain, and with a
t_"ad In Ir9ro the N.W passing the Battery at 5 o'clock
.
‘74 4-5131Linlites, p.m., and"
were abreast of Fort Washing-
,elock "ours 47 minutes, and Sandy Hook lights at 5
17tit and 28 minute." The ship was very light, and
41e1)108eawttrd 60 miles The
the night, passing Cape
teatliePcib,l,idt at about 11 o'clock next morning, and
The ' 'Wade' hi t9l .m
I.lle sel is a afa
Of 1,! ater,_Per ect inopdel. of beauty ; built by Per-
ile:,?l is 20neand Stack, ot Wihili2almssburgh ; her length
liii;tiii.,of holudi,,r
feet, tonnage
lengt feet, beam 32 feet,
that 6(1 toh.t °, tonnage register 1300
. tons, or actu-
Isle enterol7., °argue rieged. Her engine was built b•
11, .to y, lair

4141,z Young"gfir;-. Hogix-_;_td Delaniatre, of
Vreighlp"4 Par; wheel is the plain screw propeller,
eclntrir g 6 tea, el flanges or blades, cast in a solid mass,
,tierein bqt It is not the Errickson nor the Loper
1-411 died by a simple screw of nature's own model,
'tee "'alnerf,, "le
thenhadicraft of Hogg and Delama
‘lf 564/. 0 eag-necl screw is 14 feet, with 5 feet. face.
livohi Inches i„ B,a.re of 350-horse power, with cylinders
IN the deed" alameter, the pistons working so as to
4tollll,ht iron,Peints. The stroke is 44 inches; shaft of
IV 07 isl3l inches diameter, and makes, when the
qtiCe 01). 40 revolutions a minute. The beauty
teeti 0111311 es consists in the small space they occupy,
liteso, 20 c 2 feet by 7' and the boilers occupy only.lox
the 20
all belOiw the second deck. The boilers
.7 th °t' 2,06,11."'nerY tubuler boiler, presenting a fire._tiur-
pi:4 bin " feet, and steam can be got up one hour
tq-541, iq-WerB. Another manifest advantage is economy
ziciner,,to 15 tons only being consumed in 24 hours.
Pe"
ask'YB7°ll( was done by Hallenback and Thayer,
lOpt"el, ands throughout elegant and finished.
f,Nra'll, 20n tceani-ship with a saloon running her whole
\15',41t eet, her engine moving so still that you often
th4her ',I it be in motion, but by the rush of waters.
ligers beautiful state rooms, where 125 first-class
tat ea sleet) and into her second-class berths, 44NI'ersons can be comfortably accommodated.
her cost—her speed—the daily expense of
Vatlnn•er' and You will see what an era it is in steam
Agent y'22 gileqs board, mostly from Philadelphia.
bttlatlAt ekers there" were J. G. Williams. Esq., the,
ikths.c° ?wriers andthe prime mover of the enter-
'''. Ned th'' into being, (and for whose
Rte...o is s
441.itarft, he,"`l n? all on board owe him thanks,) and
the r,ll koddenzlne-builder.
e h ard, who commands the Lafayette, de-
-174 Pe44ll)l‘ttlill `,ltred guns for his management of the ship
Loloo ,t 0 tof his guests. I cannot do justice (with
his ghihk j elegant dinner set out, while the vessel
i& BPea-4.4er way up the Delaware.
vessel is intended to sail between Phila.

I,4llihi'''.lll;6447VlAN'r AssociATioNaoFnLumoirertsoaßnAdNGtrinele.-
14° n) eeltlirusd alf
evening
i nil al;ilitta'nts of Astley and
i: °Bell:P(10d, of
held the National Schnooel,ifeosrtitthee. i-tell etpe h"rteatin the principles of the Ora
A Orange
Waver-
t-v etikbein.lll.4ed, by the Rev. S. Fenton,
1:1011h1 ale—Zerl3ool. The rev. gentlemanMw. as"_in_t•Aro.d,utcleide
14;144 -"Pg by the Rev. A. Hewlett,
_M
kN-11/111A "qe 1-,,,?' Astle , who expressed himself confident
hil}3l);w-'4,1(8 whiYch were about to be addresse_drteorgthee.
.k,'Npisltere (),0 convince them that the body of 0
Zti•l the ,(31- that steadfast and devoted character of
t 4,,m'api;,,°l4trY stood so much in need in. theseep
igtie•aq•ei•.nl4usProtestantism and degrading superstition.
laborate
Otlitislttioo r;',.• Penton th n entered into
aAn eo
at one
rstition.
4'17 tlePi" ,the Principles of the Orange As 17 t11:144182,81tY for its operations. Its members
pa,' vote Me Placed implicit reliance the Bible
e
itlictoteet•lllie of faith, and were banded together for
tiltl4l4 I; Tg" of the altar and the throne fromeinhseuwlteaunldd
fire
~eY were Rood men and true—men
Ni ettliin''''''t tnere'si 2 • h t actual burning.w The rev.
1141itiotk,t° list ttenng
4''N.ll
- "ded 1 nsikedicreisinb an earnest appeal tothhiies
lit ilet,tl
lulsEinciationn!xely.ens under the proud banner of
er
_e
611 short addresses were afterw_,qd.,
SON, ti 1/, the Rev. A. Hewlett, G. H. Redhead, E
)I'44' th;-4'oo-Irwell Mr. T. Gibson, the Grand Secre-
;:ktif,l' te.trange Lodge. Bc.c • after which it was u. nani-
N4ekt;tlal 4Zoed,that a lodge he forthwith opened in the.
ittl, 44 AN , Under the mastership of the reverend
'‘l‘t t't,
*,•-1111 4nllll3lreArBls4.--The people of the great West have
:`4lf4)l,t:lli ve:telY charmed by the Swedish nightingale,. as.
211 Ittoh: o Y Unanimously voted her an " angel in Gi
;ceQt•',lhinp,llehuf the occidental cities records the following
Carrtof "tl'i!iee!'s produced by her famous "Echo song,"last
1% of aillky mothers of the herd :—" On the
41ilil fuse
son • 4414 4 e°lv distg b:ing sung in the town alelrudeed to, a
, Qflesesvard
.rb
them. i! pensive rev
i tell luau k• , ,by delicious melody ofi Jenny'sinthe
4141 c'w Ple. Unmediately obeyed the summon_sn,
iitt4,44LY (tling tenh a responsive 4 I'm a-coming.' 0
,ttet444113, ranwil:Let_ sa_l's he 1 arns). it appears that the
r, dill, the
pa
of this cow was impoited stock_ ;_aennd
q turuipa it Part of her own life, she was fed