The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

WANTON CRUELTY

TO THE- EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—It is with feelings of disgust towards an individual
who could outrage common humanity, I now take the liberty
of addressing a few words to you. Passing across the fields
from the Tannery to Parliament-street, I saw a man (I
should say a " brute,") taking a small spaniel bitch to
drown it, and on getting to the nit he strung round its neck
a stone about * cwt., and threw-it in ; the pit being shallow,
the poor dog was left with its head just above water, strug-
gling to extricate itself, but was unable, when a gentleman
passing by desired a boy to get it out, which being d
brute': tied its legs in a loose want
after waiting a little time he rewarded
penny, and then left the field. The do
mercy of a number of more " brutes
greatest cruelty by throwing stones, one
dog and knocked one of its eyes out,
ing over and over in the water ; the dog was full a qt---
of an hour suffering the greatest agony, such as I car
describe. The brute on being asked why he was dm:own
the r!og, said it had bitten his child, and that he though
was mad, though probably the poor animal was less i.
than himself. HUMANITAS
29th June, 1842

I threw it in

with a hal

ten left to tt

ccho exercised the

of which struck

EDGE-HILL INFANT SCHOOL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARL

SIR,---I beg leave to call your attention to the circum-
stance, that the statement made by me, in reply to Mr.
Colquhoun's letter, contained an assertion that the facts
were such as I knew to be true, because they could be proved
upon oath ; and when you received a declaration of this kind,
it appears to me that it ought at least to have met with the

same
m credence which you gave to the letter of
treated that letter as if there could
racy ; you inserted it without any previous communication
with me, without any notice to correspondents, which might
have served to draw my attention to the alleged mismanage-

no doubt of it

went of the school 0-
; you appended no comment to the state-
ment implying a doubt of its accuracy, but when my letter
was sent to you, assuring you that there was not a syllable
of truth in the statement, and that the facts I mentioned
could be proved upon oath, you say, " We have been egre-
giously misled IF the facts turn out as represented by Mr.
Barker."

I am quite willing to accept your disclaimer of any inten-
tion to doubt my veracity, and make no complaint on that
score; but I have great reason to complain of the manner
in which a paper professing to be the friend of education in
connection with the church, without a word of notice or in-
quiry, and without the expression of a doubt, inserted an
untrue and most offensive statement with reference to our

And I also complain of the unwillingness shewn by the
same paper to admit the accuracy of the counter statement.
There was not the least necessity for the observation upon
my litter, and the promise of saying more after further in-

quiry has not been kept. . - _. ...,.
The fact is, a great mistake was made when Mr. C.'s let
ter was inserted, and the unwillingness to acknowledge thi
has led you into mistakes even greater than the first.

It was not my intention to
this affair, but as you say that your correspondent Cleric

ave written an'

admits that " the case as brought under your notice was one
which it was quite proper should be sifted," and are " gra-
tified " with this admission, as if it implied approbation of
the manner in which you first noticed the case, I call upon
you in fairness to insert this letter, containing my opinion
upon this point, and, if I am not much mistaken, you will
find it to be the opinion of many of your readers, both cle-
rical and lay.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,
FREDERIC BARKER

Edge-hill, June 29, 1842

•."
.1-here are several remarks in this letter which invite expla-
nation—and something more ; but, as the slightest edito-
rial notice seems to give most unintentional offence, we
are quite willing that Mr. Barker should have the last
word.—En. L. S.]

NUISANCES

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR,—NOW that the cool weather allows of a little reflec-
tion, pray will you notice the state of the hack entrances
into houses in general, which, left untouched by the cleansing
hand of the scavenger, serve for the repository of filth of
every description, and tend greatly to the generating of dis-
ease ?

A little attention here would be only just ; and, I may
add, the accumulating half decomposed soil would amply
repay the authorities for their extra trouble.
Yours', very obediently,
AN INHABITANT.

LIGHT GOLD.-TOWN MEETING

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—The vexation, trouble, and loss sustained by
jured public, by the most injurious method adopted by go-
vernment for suppressing the gold coin of the realm that is
deficient in standard weight, is only equalled by its palpable
injustice; and the nation should be immediately and fully
relieved from both. Nothing can be more unjust and op-
pressive than to levy a penalty upon individuals, for having
had in their possession, for a few days or hours, a gold coin
that has lost a grain or two in its weight, by national wear
for fifteen or twenty years ! It is, sir, the obvious duty of
the government to supply the nation with a fair and legal
current coin ; and when diminished in value by regular wear
and tear, to call it in, and replace it with new coin, at the
expense of the nation. The exchange should be made
through the medium of the Bank of England, and its
branches all over the kingdom, without any expense or loss
to individuals; and, with a view to the accomplishment of
thqt object, I would beg leave respectfully to suggest to some
of the influential gentlemen of Liverpool the expediency of

presenting a requisition to the Mayor, requesting his worship
to convene a PUBLIC TOWN MEETING, for the purpose of
preparing and addressing a MEMORIAL On the subje
the executive government, praying for the natural and
per relief which the case requires, and which assuredly cc
not be reused. —I am, sir, yours respectfully,
Liverpool, 28th June, 1842. CIVIS

[We fear, after the government have paid so little attention
to the many remonstrances made to them by influential
parties, our correspondent's suggestion, if carried out,
would have little weight with them.]

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUERS

240 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—The following lines are the production of a labour-
ing man, and I send them to you literally as they were handed
to me. If you think proper to insert them in your paper,
they are at your service.—Yours, &c.,
A CONSTANT READER.

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUERS•
Te anti-corn leaguers,* false friends of the poor,
Who pretend that cheap bread will be poverty's cure
And who preach to poor people that the big loaf alon
For all their past sufferings will amply atone ;
Why not tell us that in countries where the loave

-plenty
The poor are worse off and their wages more scanty ?
Nor make us believe that our wages wont fall
When the duty on corn shall be nothing at all.
Ye preach your wild plans for the mill-owner's sake,
So that he a large fortune may speedily make ;
And when he has made it, he 11 drive in his gig,
And for the corn or the corn-laws he'll not care a fig :
As the peoplr that spoke against slavery pretended
That their taste for slave-sugar for ever had ended ;
Eut slavery aholisbed,they gave over such preaching,
And an opposite doctrine now they are teaching ;
For those who once spoke in so pious a strain,
When slave-sugar is cheap they would have it again.
But such is the cant that we hear every day
From addlehead orators spouting for pay ;
Deceiving the poor with false plans of relief,
Whilst their paymaster's interest with them is the chief :
'Tis for them that they preach, though the poor die of hunge
Let the poor then beware, nor trust the knaves longer.
ROBERT CROMPTON, A LABOURING MAN.
Liverpool, 25th June, 1842.

* Query . —May not the anti-corn-law leaguers be really regarde(
as anti-corn leaguers, when we take into account the probable ulti
mate effect of their proposed annihilation of duty ?
A CONSTANT READER.

" Are you fond of novels, Mr. Jones ?" " Very,"
responded the interrogated gentleman, who wished to be
thought, by the lady questioner, fond of literature. " Have
you," continued the inquisitive lady, " ever read ' Ten
Thousand a Year ?' " " No, madam ; I never read so many
novels in all my life!"—New York Paper.
The great earthquake which produced such fearful havoc
at St. Domingo on the Sth of May last, was felt on board the
Levenside, Captain Campbell, which arrived here on Tues-
day. The ship was about seventy miles from the island.
The sensation on the minds of the sailors was, that the ship
had got aground on some unmarked rock,
doneelt,a to
nd the second
mate got out the lead. The true cause, however, occurrro
to Captain Campbell, and an entry to that effect
in the log. The shock lasted about two minutes. Alth
the sea was much agitated, no injurythe shi"
was
—Greenock Advertiser.

FIRE AT SIR HARRY FEATHERSTONE'S.--The beautiful
Belvidere Temple on Harting Hill Up Park, near Hastings,
the seat of Sir Harry Featherstone, was destroyed by fire on
Monday night: This building, which from its commanding
situation served both as a sea and land mark, was discovered
to be in flames at midnight, and the country for miles round
soon roused from their slumbers to witness its destruction.
Sir Harry Featherstone has for years opened his park and
grounds at this season. of the year to the neighbourhood for
promenade and gipsy. parties ; and it was at first supple].
that one of these parties had omitted to put out the fire 0_,.!
by them in the temple, and that some sparks had cornn)::::4.
cated with the wood-work ; but an investigation is now_gn
on to ascertain the real cause, and we fear it will DI!
out
that the fire was not altogether accidenceGuardian. —Brighto7l.

ILLNESS MISTAKEN FOR DRUNKENNEss.-o,n, Sat. d' M.P.
a long investigation took place before Mr. Wa'"eY' - d
at the Dudley Arms, Harrow-road, Paddington, on the body
of Mary Pearce, aged 54. William Pearce, the teernasoeur_
husband, said he resided at 7, Edward's-Place,.
Ll2ngr
street, Bryanston-square. On TuesdaY
km°Tne deceased
about
half-past five, he left home to go to his
to' a laundress al
was at the time in bed. She was ironevireli,
and had corn
Bayswater. She did not appear ve Y
u didrnot see her afterward
plained of pain in the head. L'e A eared evening at th
alive, and found she was lying de
ap/ that the decease
Paddington station-house. lat, d " Procee de d in the directic
left home shortly after seven,
st seven, whilst proceedii
of Bayswater. About halc-pas
"aobserved suddenly to stagy
along the Harrow-road, sie,
pposed to be in a state of into.
and fall down. She aS
:600n-house, charged with be
cation, was taken tablethen
f taking care of herself," and a
" drunk and incap_
ii for some time to recover, Was four
being left in the ce .
r was ultimately adjourned for a
be dead. The in9in
Ind further evidence.
mortem examination .
d a
_.....ve we peruse letter sent from At.
CHINA. %
Hughes, a seaman on boardher Tun;
C by Robert
relatives in this town. ---Jt•
ins,rid, to his re lt is dated Febru
ship
ti, and speaks of the Admiral and
ari 7.-' , the writer would ' • fleet being then a
Chusan,
whej'Chinese forts as beingjoin them in April. 1
describes the
to
situate on the road 1 Pekin,_ occupying fourmiles in l
length—
and of the in iabitants as being numberless,"
and like the
sands on the ,ea shore." There had been
for the last two months, The Chinese were no cngazement
encamped in the
rear of the city, but avoided all
states, that the Llenheim • conflict. The letter further
February, with, the Plenipotentiarythe on board, and that that
the city would be 12,00 chief mandarin that the ransom of
on peril of the city ,000 of dollars, to be paid in March,
pecied to be at Pekinbeing totally destroyed. The troops ex-
numbered 12,000 able men,
the spring. With the sailors, they
field-pieces. The men, and could muster about 100
writer goes on to say, that the arrival of
the Jupiter, a t
upon a fort heldrc".shiP, would he the signal for an attack
by 21.000 of the Chinese. The captain of an

noy, in

had been employed to go up to Pekin as a spy
3v. the British, and had achieveil his errand in the garb of a
; but, of course, the writer know nothing of the
i plans which the -mission bad revealed.— Carnarvon Herald,

Chinese

••••11 • a- - -
the steeple-chase, by offering to pay him in the presence of
the Bishop, is a fine bit of humour. Bob Mahon's capture
by the bailiffs is told in an irresistibly droll style. This is
also Father Tom's progress in his curriculum.

illustrated,

The Commissione

Walmsley, Liverpool

sses slowl

Here and there a smart
This number is full
and is made up of improbabilities and
tions are the best part of the work.

at it is a dull sto:

A heavy pleasantry

absurdities

The ilhistr

Illustrations of British Birds and their E
Meyer. Nickisson, London

Is. By H. L.

This is a reprint of a very beautiful work. It contains
accounts of Vulturidte, the Egyptian Vulture ; Falconidie,
Golden Eagle, and White-tailed Eagle. The birds are re-
presented in their natural attitudes, and are exquisitely
drawn and coloured. This work will be invaluable to

naturalists, and will resemble the former except in siz

of Seamen on our National Church to Bishops

and Clergy (exclusively their own) briefly considered.
By Lieutenant B. W. Tracey. London, Hatchard and
roool, Wareing Webb.

Son ; I

of her E

•
:t, upon which-Lieut. Tracey has here touched

infinite importance, not only in a national view,
ffects our duty as a Christian people. The defen-
of Great Britain is undoubtedly her navy ; the
me of her commercial prosperity is the strength
In 1840 no fewer than 201,340

antile marine

amen were employed in the navigation of vessels belonging
xclusive of those employed in the coasting
a melancholy fact, that to no class of

to British ports
trade ; awl

he hand of philanthropy and of protection—to no
nen is the voice of Christian instruction and con-

--- -- ---
lation—so sparingly afforded as to these voyagers, to whose

enterprise England owes so much of her preeminence over

nations of the world

himself

'—has ably and

claims of his brethren to the con-
The specific, however, which
—the establishment of maritime bishops and

ion of a British public

—is one which, however desirable perhaps, is, we are
41said, somewhat unattainable. We do not quarrel with his
'tion,—far from it ; but we should greatly prefer see-
'"ed talent, and his strong and creditable enthu-

asm in his profession, employed in agitating for some object

attainment. Improve th

moral well-being of the seaman ashore, and

him from taking up his position as one of
dinary communicants in our already established congre-
? Protect the seaman from the rapacity with which

preven

ited down from the first moment when he sets his
:nce him round with the endearments of a

upon land ;

the last

Less than 8 Threads
8 Threads
9, 10, and 11 Threads
12 Threads
13, 14, and 15 Threads
16 Threads
17 Threads
18 and 19 Threads 297
20 Threads 342
More than 20 Threads . 467
Table linen, the chain of which presents more or less decou-
verts in the space of 5 millimetres :
Worked less than 16 threads, the same duty as on plain
cloths of 16 threads.
16 threads and upwards, the same duty as on plaid cloths
according to their fineness.
Damasked, the same duty as on worked cloths, with an ad-
dition of 20 per cent.
Bed-ticken, without distinction of fineness
Twilled cloth called coutils
For hangings or bedding
For clothing, raw

2121
322 f
364 f

, otherwise..
Dyed flaxen or hempen cloths for foot-carpets, of less
than 8 threads in the 5 millimetres
Threads and cloths of flax or hemp imported through the
land-frontier custom-houses situated from Armentieres to
La Maison, near Longwy, inclusively, shall not be subjected
to the above duties until the 20th of July next, unless it be
otherwise ordained.
Mahogany wood imported in French ships from India, and
other countries out of Europe, one half the present duties.

The premium granted on the exportation of pieces of fur-
niture made of solid mahogany, or veneered, is.reduced to
one half.
Cigars and other manufactured tobacco imported on ac-
count of the government in French ships :
From countries out of Europe
From entrepats
In foreign ships or by land
Cachou en masse, imported from India in French ships. 10
Curcuma in the root imported from India lO
Sulphate of potasse .
Printing characters, old and out of use, imported exclu-
sively for the purpose of being re-cast, subject to be
broken at the custom-house if they are found applica-
ble to other purposes lO
Cocoa-nuts, the same duties as on foreign fruits.
Produce imported from the western coast of Africa, direct
by French vessels :
Yellow and brown wax, from Senegal, per 100 kilos 3f.
Ditto from other parts of the coast 5
Resinous exotics, not already mentioned, from Senegal. 25
Ditto from other parts of the coast 5O
Produce ftom Martinique and Guadaloupe
Inc

Present duties

Cassia (unprepared)~..
Anatto, same duty os on that of French Guyana.
Wooden clocks with metal movements, each 2
All others the present duty.
Undressed ornamental feathers, white, the present duties.
Ditto black and others, comprising cocks' and vultures'
feathers, without distinction of colour, the 100 kilos. 100 f.
Metallic pens, if not of gold or silver, per kilo
Flax combs with iron or copper teeth, same duty as for farm-

ing instruments.
Ditto with steel teeth, same duty as pure steel tools.
FILES.—AII files having eight lines (tallies) or less to the
centimetre are to be considered as common files ; byon d
that number they are to be classed as fine files.
Charcoal of wood or hemp stalks, by the custom houses be-
tween Mont St. Martin and Sierck inclusively, per metre
cube 1 centime.
Ore, auriferous and argentiferous, per 100 kilos, 10 centimes.
Talc, per 100 kilos. 50 centimes.
Art. 2. The bureau (custom house) of St. Laurent-du-
Var is added to those indicated by the law of July 2, 1836,
for admitting prepared plaster at a duty of 10 centimes per
100 kilos.
Art. 3. The privilege of bonding salt is granted to
the town
of Gravelines, on the conditions presented by article 25 of the
law of Bth Floreal, and 11, 21, and 22, of the decree of June,
1806, add 9 and 10 of the law of February, 27, 1832.
Art. 4. Italian pastes (macaroni, vermicelli, kc.) will pay
in Corsica an import duty of 15f the 100 kilogrammes. The
export of cork (inner bark) from Corsica to foreign ports is
prohibited. It will continue to be received in the ports of
Algeira under the French dominion, at the duty fixed by the
law of July 2, 1836.
Given at the Palace of Neuilly, June 26, 1242.
(Signed) LOUIS PHILIP.
(Countersigned) L. CtININ GRIDAINE.

THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF JULY 7, 1842

The total eclipse of the sun which will take place on the
7th of July, 1842, is exciting much attention among the sci-
entific,. not only in England and on the continent, but in
America, as appears from documents known to be preparing
or now just issued. Thus, in the Royal Astronomical
Society's notice for the last month there appears a paper by
Lieut. W. S. Stratford, R.A., on the path of the moon's
shadow over the southern part of France, the north of Italy,
and part of Germany, during the total eclipse of the sun on
July 7, 1842. "To ipduce travellers and others in those
countries to prepare for the observation of the important
phenomena, Lieut. Stratford furnishes a table " computed
to enable them to trace the path of the moon's shadow on a
large scale, and with very considerable accuracy." It is a
very ingenious production, containing for each minute, from
17 h. 34n?. 395: to 17h. 46m. 395., mean astronomical time at
Greenwich, the geographical positions (the longitude being
reckoned from Greenwich) of points on the earth's surface,
where the several phenomena occur of—first, contact of the
upper limbs of the moon and sun ; second, contact of the
centre of the moon and sun ; and third, contact of the
lower limbs of the moon and sun.
Lieutenant Stratford, after various details, observes should
the darkness be sufficiently intense, as has been sometimes
the case during the total eclipse of the sun, to render some
of the planets and brighter stars visible, the planet Mercury
may he looked for about 5 deg. south of the sun and moon.
The planet Mars about west by north, Mars being 15 min.
of right ascension to the west, and 1 deg. 16 sec. of delinea-
tion to the north of the sun and moon, &c. The sun and
moon will be in the constellation Gemini, and will have Cas-
tor and Pollux not far distant in a N.N.E. direction, &p.
Next there is, very recently received from America, Pro-
fessor Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts, for January,
1842, containing an article " on the Solar Eclipse of July,
1842," which observes, " As the approaching eclipse will ex-
cite great interest throughout Europe, and especially in those
places where it will be total, it is earnestly hoped that par-
ticular attention will be paid by those favourably situated and
in possession of suitable instruments, to the determination of
the correctness of a recent suggestion—that the irregularities
so frequently noticed at the second and third contacts of
nearly central eclipses, and at all the contacts of the
transits of Venus, may be seen or not at the pleasure of the
observer, according as the colour of the dark glass he applies
to his telescope is red or green." The Professor then de-
scribes the irregularities, as seen by many, from Francis
Bailey, of London, whose articles appeared in the 10th
volume of the Memoirs of the Astronomical Society; be,
however, particularly relates the appearances observed by
himself, in the south part of Scotland, during the eclipse of
May 15,1836. The committee of the Philosophical Society of
Philadelphia, in their report on this eclipse, say, "This sug-
gestion is one of the greatest importance, as it seems to fur-
nish evidence of,the existence of a lunar atmosphere, through
which, as through our own, the red rays have the greatest
penetrative power. It also leads to new views concerning
the cause of the remarkable appearances of the beads of light
and the dark lines frequently noticed, since it shows that
their appearance may be completely modified by a change in
the colour, and consequently in the absorbing power of the
screen glass through which they are observed." "It is be-
lieved," the Professor further remarks, " that on another
account will this suggestion, if well-founded, be of great im-
portance, viz., in its obvious tendency to diminish, if not
wholly remove, the discordances not unfrequei?tly found in
the best observations on solar eclipses and transits of Venus,
and which, with regard to the latter in 1761 and 1769, were
so great as materially to diminish the value of this method of
determining the distance between the Earth and the Sun."
There then follow descriptions of the phases of the eclipse at
some of the principal cities of Europe.

MODESTY.—There is a lady in Boston so modest that she
lately discharged her cook for serving a a half-dressed leg of
mutton.

TILE DRUNKARD'S WlFE.—There are new developments
of human character, which, like the light of distant stars,.
, 11.4ewomanIt whaa4j4s
appeVed
emit but Ateebly their lustre on the world. The waves of time
wash u from depths unfathomed, " gems of purer light se-
rene."'
riffiepurlet.teoraisnaeynitnlywahmativiniasltkesrionfg human
angel;
ii? Witiat vicissitudes of jiyj and sorrow she has most signally
%.kciiVitzed her heavenly mission. Still there is a scene which
4caßed the" valture's eke;": an ordeal wbich has de-
ffie,v,ichness of her hidden
lops ; a furnace that has
'‘riile,Arieuess of her gold.. ,his sphere has been
'W-rll,Akaisrd's wife. How she has filled this most
"t of .491rlanity, will be revealed when the
'l/4V(4l,l4riate shall be unfolded ;"when the
Ntclir,o.aoll).r.itny,:ttar4shghuneakcinhdsnuecact,ssainvde "dYeepktril
-*vili =lll 'Uwe scenes a halo of di-
`40,,z,g.1.0,Z
ilapi,,Fas abpi
e,p tnittehd hopeand maonsdt
.444 Poetry 'ot - woman's
NeiLvie „I'nr.ye4rs a yirtu-