The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-29 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
is said to be in contemplation to do away with
the Queen's Arms as an Hotel; before such a measure is
decided upon, it would be well to consider how far the con-
venience of visitors to the town would thereby be compro-
mised. The Queen's Arms is, I believe, the only respecta-
ble hotel originally built for that purpose in Liverpool, all
the others having been converted from dwelling-houses, and
consequently not nearly so well adapted to the business. Be-
sides, being so contiguous to the steam-boats, thr Queen's
Arms has always been the resort of strangers visiting Liver-
pool by those conveyances; and the convenience of such,
from their numbers and respectability, is surely worthy of
consideration.
Trusting that these remarks may find insertion in your
valuable paper,

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
A STRANGER.

26th November, 1842.

OUR LATE SUCCESSES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Six,—The glorious news from the two seats of war in the
East has spread joy and satisfaction throughout the land;
great in proportion to the previous depression and deep
anxiety so generally felt during the last few months, espe-
cially on the subject of Affghanistan. Far be it from me to
venture on the subject of justice or injustice, the policy or
impolicy, of the commencement of these two wars. I would
only take it for granted, that, in this Christian land, the
great truth is more and more openly recognised, that from
him who is the King of kings and the God of battles alone
can victory be granted to our arms in warfare, or prosperity
to our arts in peace. Therefore, while we rejoice in the two-
fold success of our armies, and the c?nsequent re-establish-
ment of tranquillity and security, will it not be peculiarly
befitting us, as so repeatedly favoured a nation, to offer a
tribute of grateful praise to the Author of all our mercies ?
May we not hope that this feeling will suggest itself to the
proper authorities, and that a public thanksgiving will be
ordered without delay, as in our former successful wars ?
This desire is so strongly impressed on my mind, and, doubt-
less, on those of many others, that 1 am tempted to write
to you, sir, as the most widely spread and influential paper
I know of. Hoping this will find a place in your valuable
paper on Tuesday next, I remain yours,
26th November, 1842.

Men learn to sing, to dance, to read, to write, and yet that
for which all other things are learned—a well regulated and
o derly life, and practical wisdom—depends entirely upon
chance, and is the only thing that can neither be taught nor
learned !—Plutarch.

An inquisitive country gentleman thus accosted a boy who
was tending pigs :—" Boy, whose pigs are those ?"—" The
sow's, sir," was the prompt reply. " Well, then. whose
sow is it ?" " Father's." " Well, well, who is your
father?" "If you will mind the pig, I will run home and
ask my mother."
CHEAP PORK.—When pigs is scarce, there's plenty o'
ways of filling the pork barrel for them Britishers. You
know there's young porpesses, seals an slick dogs, as well as
bears and possums—an there's plenty of bones o' them pigs
as died in murriain time to put along with urn. Them ere
pigs wa'rnt a no use then—but now, we knows better—we
sha'nt throw away nothing. But man, it an't lawful to put
no young children in pickle.--Arnerican paper.
NANKIN.—" As the wind continued unfavourable, a party
of us set out early to explore within the walls of the ancient
capital of China, and we met with no opposition, nothwith-
standing the late edict from Pekin. The comparative liberty
which we subsequently enjoyed was to be attributed to the
firmness of the ambassador, in resisting an attempt to shut
the gates upon him as he was entering them this day during
a walk on shore : and we were glad to observe a marked im-
provement in the behaviour of our conductors, as the conse-
quence of this little adventure. On entering within the wall,
we walked to the top of a very high hill, whence we could see
at a distance the inhabited part of the city and the famous
porcelain tower ; which, however, is porcelain in nothing but
the tiles with which it is faced. The larger portion of the
area within the wall, though, no doubt, thickly inhabited when
it was the residence of the Emperor, is now a mere waste,
or laid out in gardens of vegetables, with occasional clumps li
of trees. The space enclosed is more irregular in shape than
almost any other city of China, no doubt owing to the ine-
quality of the surface, as the northern part, where we were,
is composed in a great measure of lofty hills. In the small
population which the inhabited part bears to the whole area
of the ancient walls, Nankin bears a striking resemblance to
modern Rome; though the walls of Nankin are not only
much higher, but more extensive, being about 20 miles in
circuit. The unpeopled areas of both these ancient cities are
alike, in as far as they consist of hills and remains of paved
roads and scattered cultivation. But the gigantic masses of
ruin which distinguish modern Rome are wanting in Nankin,
since nothing in Chinese architecture is lasting, excepting
the walls of their cities. As I stood at Rome on the Coehan
Mount, in 1837, the resemblance of its deserted hills (setting
apart the black masses of ruins) to those of Nankin struck
me at once, bounded as they are in both instances by an old
wall. The modern town of Nankin covers less than a half of
the immense enceinte of its walls, and, being at the southern
extremity of the long-shaPed plain on which these are built,
was the furthest removed
some from us, who were at the northern.
In the course of our stay of the party walked as far as
the modern city without interruption, but were deterred from
entering by the immense crowds which came pouring out to
view the strangers. The suburb on the outside of the gate
nearest to our
.boats was well built and populous. Nankin is
not precisely situated on the Kiang, but about three English
miles from it, though a communication exists with the south
of the city by a canal. All the ancient palaces, observatories,
temples, andsepulchres were destroyed by the Tartars. The
existing city, however fallen from its former state, is as large
and populous as most other provincial capitals, and forms
the residence of the first viceroy of the empire, the Governor-
General of the two Kiang provinces. It is celebrated as a
seat of Chinese learning, and sends more members to the im-
perial college of Pekin than any other city. The books, the
paper, and the printing of Nankin are celebrated through the
country. The famous pirate. who so long possessed the island
of Formosa in the early period of the present Tartar dynasty,
sailed up to Nankin, which he besieged."—Dams's Sketches
of China.