The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-11 00:00:00

An inquest will be held this

RAILWAY STATION' AT THE NORTH DOCKS.—The
directors of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway
North Dock Station, which is only a few
1 the Huskisson Dock. This statior
facilities to redden
Derby

dale, Ev

—On Saturday evening, George
k-street, a porter employed by Mr.
reet, was removing some casks in the
when one fell upon him, and so severely
arm that when taken to the Northern
I immediate removal of the limb from the shoulder

cte., whose residences art
lc Station than to Tithebarn.

Nichol, of I
Gardner, Da

socket was found necessary. The operation was skilfully
performed whilst the patient was under the influence of
chloroform, and is now progressing favourably.

American Steam Company have announced an arrange-
t with the Postoffice, by which their steamers will
mails to and from Brazil and the River Plate, tl
instead of a fixed subsidy, being an equal divisic
Fhe first mails taken
will be ou the 24th of August from Liverpool
the Ist of October from Rio and the River. Plate

der this

3ceforth these will respeetively be the monthly periods
leparture. In conjunction with the steamers of the

Royal Mail Company, -a
complete mail every fortnight will
thus be established. To insure regularity and to supply
the want of larger ships than those hitherto employed,
the Liverpool Company have purchased two vessels of
/,700 tons each, at present constructing by Mr. Laird,
with a paddle boat of 700 tons for-the River
he branch service thence to Rio.

ACTION AGAINST IN ATTORNEY.-111 the Court of
Queen's Bench, on Saturday, Charles Kimpton, a carrier
at Liverpool and Manchester, sued Samuel Ward Tucker,
an attorney, of St. Mildred's-court, London, to recover
damages for improperly compromising an action which ht
had been authorised to bring against the London and'
North-western Railway Company, and also to recover from
him the sum of £lOO, which the defendant had. received
from the company as damages in the action.- The defend-
ant said he had done every thing ix his power to bring the

cause to a successful issue, and, in accepting the terms
proposed by the company, he had acted for the plaintiff's
advantage and under the advice of his counsel. The jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff with £2 damages on the
first count, and £lOO damages on the second count.

FIaE.—A little after six o'clock on Saturday evening,
a fire broke out in the top room of Messrs. Urquhart and
Adamson's cabinet manufactory, in Church-lane, which
extended into the top room and jigger loft of the adjoining
warehouse occupied by the above firm,.and the lower
rooms by Messrs. Gibson and Brackenridge, corn mer-
Mr. - Hewitt, with a reel from Temple-court, and
England fire-engine, under the command of
and a good supply of

the West
Mr. Barrel

kenridges

Messrs. Urgult

atingnished, 1;

. Messrs. Gibson and
much from wet, but

e Unit'

al On Thursday, Mr:Cowell ani
m the part of the weavers' committee

and Mr. Banks and Mr:Greenough, from the spinners'
committee, waited, upon Mr. Miller, the chairman of the
masters' association, to request the withdrawal of the pro-
ceedings. They expressed a desire for the continuance of
the kindly feelings which at present prevailed between the
employer and the employed; to which and the abandon•
ment of the prosecution would, they considered, greatly
tend. Mr. Miller received the proposition favourably,
expressed his own feeling to be with the suggestion, and
promised the earliest consideration by the committee of
the association of the request thus preferred. On Friday
the matter was brought under the consideration of the
committee of employers, and it was at once unanimously
decided to stay. the prosecution. The communication of

the committee's decision was made by Mr. Miller-to
deputation of the operatives, who waited upon him on
Friday, and was received with the utmost satisfaction.

and with expressions of

feeling for the future.—Preston Chronicle

PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION OP ST. MATTHEW'S

SCOTLAND,

)AD, LIVERPOOI

mation was held on Tuesday evening last-, and was nu-
merously attended. The Rev. Henry Cooke, minister of
the district, and president of the association, delivered a
very powerful and argumentative lecture on " the Degra-
dation of Popery." At its conclusion, the rev. gentleman
referred to the want of due protection to those engaged
in the work of teaching the truth in Ireland, and the fol-
lowing resolution was carried unanimously :
" That we have heard, with feelings of strong indignation,
of the conduct pursued by the mayor and certain magistrates
.of Cork, respecting a case of tract .distribution. That we
pronounce such conduct to be totally opposed to the spirit
of that glorious constitution under which •it is oar high pri.
vitege to live, and subversive of our civil and religious
liberty ; and we publicly pronounce our opinion that the
government is imperatively bound to dismiss from the bench
men who thus abuse their high trust in a manner so flagrant
an 4 so injurious to the public welfare."

This resolution, and Mr. Cooke's appeal to the meeting,
calling upon them to stand by their persecuted brethren
in Ireland, were received with the most rapturous enthu-
siasm. The above association, which Mr. Cooke has
formed in his district, already gives promise of much
good, and is one of the many plans for the temporal and
spiritual benefit of this so long neglected district which
Mr. Cooke has adopted, and is carrying on with his well-
known Zeal and energy. Mr. Cooke has now more than
2,000 tracts in weekly circulation, and nearly thirty dis-
tributors engaged in thus conveying the Gospel into so
many families who otherwise might not hear it. There
is still, however, a great want of distributors and Sunday
:school teachers, and there are many who would, no doubt,
gladly offer, their services if they were made aware of
the fact.

. ''',SELECT VESTRY.—Mr. Churchwarden Carne presided at
the meeting on' Tuesday, when an. unseemly. squabble took
pliCe between the chairman and' Mr. Diliton, relative to
the Stoppage of the parish clocks, after which the proceed-
hits of the Finance Committee were confirmed. The
Workhouse Committee reported that the number of ad-
missions to the vagrant sheds during the past week had
been 418 males, 279 females, and 111 children ; total, 808.
The total number of inmates in the Workhouse, on the
28thvlt., was 2,287. There were reported to be 1,027
chiklren now in the-Industrial Schools. It appeared that
three boys had been' brought before the committee for-,
theft, who were ordered to be whipped. The proceedings
of the Medical Relief Committee were read and confirmed.
Mr. Hutchison then brought forward'the motion of which
he had given notice; for increasing the poundage which
the rate-collectors were paid. This he did in a somewhat
lengthy speech. It was that the poundage at present re-
ceived by the six collectors (who were named) be increased
and adjusted so as to realise to them £2OO per annum each,
and the salary of the superintending colleetor be raised to
£240 per annum. Mr. Luff, as an amendment, proposed
" That so much of the Finance Committee's minutes as
relates to the increase of collectors' salaries be referred
back, with instructions for the re-distribution of the parish
into twelve districts, giving each collector au equal pro-
portion of large and small assessments." After a short
discussion, Mr. Hutchison replied, when Mr. Luff's-
amendment was put, and lost by a majority of 12 to 8, and
the original motion carried. Mr. Denton withdrew the
motion of which he had given notice, for the reconstitu-
tion of the Building Committee, as he understood that the
Workhouse Committee had in contemplation the appoint-
ment of a sub-committee for the purpose. Mr. Gardner
then moved the rescinding of the standing order that when
there is only one tender sent in, and it be opened, the
board should be bound to accept it. The• motion, i_z.ra
modified form, was agreed to. On the mntionvoafrioMus-'
Lufr, Mr. Henry Jones was elected a member of the rd,
in the place of Mr. Banner, resigned. A letter was _ read
, i., nejosing £lO from
from a Romish priest, of Copperas-hub
a penitent, as " restitution" to the poor rate'
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statute did not mention foreign
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in even ordinary hands, and under
circumstances, to collect and arrange
erials which shall fill two volumes, respectable
ze, in which the deeds and thoughts of such
Nelson,Columbus,Jacquard, Homer, Galilio,
Genglis Khan, Pompey, Byron, Cromwell,
tenburg,andFenelon,(a somewhat curious
ire detailed, without pro-
,
g a beneficial as well as an interesting work.
the hands of M. de Lamartine the materials,
ier less competent elaborators would in
,ortion of their original
, are smoothed, rounded,
polished, in such a manner as to produce a
ely-adjusted and regulated whole. His skill as
iterary artist of rare culture is best attested by
numerous and brilliant literary labours but

.e.' besidei

ability retain a

features-in his more ambitious

held by and those no very mean
as in a degree disqualifying him from
those duties which de-

dischar

le and car
nt facts.

histor

1 examination of seemingly
aatient collation of circum-

i a nice balancing of evidence,

invokes the questions of

which bi

,graphy and history

are to be propounded, and to what purposes they
are to be made subservient. If it is insisted that
every circumstance and fact shall bear a well-
balanced and properly-adjusted relation to the
whole, then we fear the genius of M. de Lamartine
will be found in a considerable degree unfitted for
the task ; but if the production of a vivid pano-
rama, in which t

tion for

leading events of a life, Or the
striking phenomena of an epoch, are to be brought
to prominent notice, and serve the purposes of
tory and biography, then is he eminently quail-,
1. Possessed of a fertile imagination and a
ing fancy, he aims at producing an impression
)osition, and is more

han at establishing a

f swaying the minds of his readers than
ag their judgment. Historical facts
im rarely assume 4te severe form of abstract
but are generally' presented in a fanciful,
a graceful setting. In the hands of our
ithor, Clio is generally, to some extent, arrayed
the garments of Calliope, and. ornamented, how-
er slightly, from the casket of Polhymnia ; for
im a rhetorical figure has more numerous
lurements than any number of hard facts, and
his drafts upon the imagination are more readily
honoured than his calls upon the treasury of
and the judgment. Notwithstanding all this, how-
r, he is deservedly a popular author. The im-
ssions he conveys, although not always strictly
ior invariably symmetrical, are, neverthe-
less, powerful, and his generalizations lead mostly
in the right direction. A fair illustration of these
narks may be found in the introductory (Amer-
y which he prefaces his memoir of Nelson ;
verly sketched comparison between

ick to St

accurst

s a cie

NAVAL AND MILITARY HEROISM

ions

m who have filled the fore-

tional contest

we have always-felt most
?sted and dazzled by heroes of the sea. The immen-
the power, the motion, the terrible attributes of the
flt on which they combat, seem to elevate them above
:andard of humanity. This is not a vain, imaginative
ion, but a just estimate of their glory. The variety
%tent of natural or acquired faculties which must of

essity be united in the same individual, to constitute a
A naval leader, astonish the mind, and raise the perfect
or beyond all comparison above ordinary warriors.

the latter only require the single firmness which faces fire
unmoved ; the former must be endowed with the double
valour which equally braves death and the fury of the

elements. But which suffices on shore
will hardly be found efficient on the ocean. All the re-

sources of intelligence must be combined with courage in
the chief who directs the manoeuvre or the broadside from
the quarter deck of an admiral's vessel, or any other man-
of-war. He must be endowed with science, to steer his
course by the heavenly bodies ; unweared vigilance, to

preserve-his ship from- storms and quicksandi; skill in
handling the sails, which regulate the immense machine
like a master-key ; prompt daring, to rush into fire

through tempest, to seek one death through another; self-
possession, which dictates when to strike, or how to parry,
the decisive blow; devotedness, which rises under the
certainty of destruction, and sacrifices a ship to save the
fleet ; the ascendancy of a master-mind, which forces all to
,iat may appeal look for safety in a single voice; decision, which acts with
, er, the occupants, in almost i the infallibility of inspiration ; obedience, which yields up
. to call the soil which they till strong conviction to superior authority ; discipline, which
.t the yeomanry of Upper Canada bows to the equality of established laws ; a calm aspect,
..., are thousands who went originally into the woods with a beating heart, to inspire confidence in inferiors ;.
with little beyond their axe and a few months' provisions, manly grace and dignity of demeanour, to preserve in the
and are now the comfortable possessors of ample incomes, close intercourse of a crowded ship the prestige which
" - '''.‘r hundred acres of the finest land in the generals on shore maintain by seclusion and reserve, and
' --- a couple of thousand pounds \ which naval commanders must keep up in hourly and
I, , close communion ; a prudent boldness in assuming the
-4sk of responsibility in sudden emergencies, when a
-i- -- --vre may 11.,,,A- " -: an empirr

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first to t'

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noment or a manceu _ ....„ acaLG VS c.
I which cannot be foreseen or calculated, dark
gilts which scatter the squadron, storms which swallow
.p the vessels, fires which consume them, currents which
run them aground, calms which neutralise them, rocks
which dash them in pieces :—to foresee, provide for, and
endure all these contingencies, with the stoicism of a mind
that fights hand to hand with destiny ; a narrow deck,
with few witnesses, for the field of battle ; a thankless
glory, always ready to disappear, which is lost in a moment,
and frequently never reaches the ears of your country ; a
death far distant from all you love, a coffin shrouded in
the depths of ocean, or cast overboard as a fragment of
shipwreck ! This is an epitome of the sailor ! a hundred
dangers for a single ray of glory,—ten heroes concentrated
in a single man ! Such were the great naval warriors of
France, of Spain, of England. Such was Nelson, the first
and last of these Titans of the sea.
The early career of Nelson is dashed off in a
style of glowing fervour, and the great deeds of
the hero are descanted on in enthusiastic terms,
flavoured, no doubt, cum grano salis, which to M.
Lamartine, as a Frenchman, is indispensable in
seasoning the pottage, and as the son of an empire
whose beams of glory were shorn and obscured by
the more brilliant effulgence of Nelson's maritime
achievements.
The plan of the work under consideration will
be in some degree understood, when it is stated
that the memoirs of which it is composed are
intended to be typical. In Nelson we have the
type of energetic heroism ; Heloise shadows forth
_ a thousand persons ,
the power of female love and devotion ; the memoir
_.e United States and British
~, number only a mere fraction r of Columbus is significant of enterprise ; Cicero
sh ships to British American ports. 1 represents eloquence and virtuous enthusiasm ;
a large portion of our shipping Socrates calm and dispassionate inquiry ; Cromwell
t, thus enhancing the cost of is symbolical of inflexible purpose ; and the other
argoes of timber, breadstuffs, and other
-oivantages afforded by the St. names which figure in the volumes have each their
~ Canada, but also to the wes- typical significance. In the execution of his self-
.ced States, will become more ex- allotted task, Lamartine has aimed more .at
ated and the British and colonial ship- dramatic than historic effect, and his success has
ec ^ompete successfully in a trade been in accordance with his aim. The book will
in luring the past ten years,
Ind almost exclusively. prove popular and add to his fame.
,
,e
.rrying traffic to British
a time exercise an impor- The Water-Cure in Consumption and Scrofula;
al e model and build of our an exposition of the Question of their Curability.
c.( e improvement has been By John Baibirnie, M.A., " M London :
et lin the past few years, and ,
iJongmans.
T 2 s increased so rapidly to the
st The builders in the ports of Efforts to unravel the mysteries of medical
@ have of late been producing science date from a very remote antiquity, and
;antes at sea have not been surpassed although they do not occupy a place in the very
1 mother country or of the United earliest stages of human inquiry, they are still
mselves upon the qualities of their
- ''''a fastest vessels in our Aus- sufficiently ancient to form remarkable means for
c of colonial build; and this estimating the progress of several branches of
_ .omises to become one in which a far intellectual development from a very early period.
greater amount of labour and capital will be employed, In tracing this development it is not a little singu-
than was the case when the colonial builders studied only
lar to observe the connexion which, nearly all
to secure great carrying capacity at the lowest possible
cost of construction. through the course of investigation and improve-
With such inducements before him, it is no won- ment, has been maintained between pharmacy and
der that the attention of the intending emigrant is the application of water as a curative agent. The
'
more and more directed to Canada as his future Asclepia, or "Temples of Health, scattered
home ; and when these advantages are better known through Greece among the classic and even the
heroic ages, were frequently, if not generally,
the tide of emigration will be chiefly, directed
situated in the vicinity of springs, many of
towards this improving colony. After an ingenious
these, no doubt having their waters impreg-
letter to Eusebius on Riddles, we have an enter-
taining running commentary on " Evelyn and nated with mineral agents, and from which
no small amount of their pharmaceutical value was
Pepvs, ' whose chronicles afford more real insight
into the condition of England after the Restoration unquestionably derived, but even to the present
than any histories of the period can do. We pass day it has not been definitely settled how much of
over the second part of "The Secret of Stoke the sanitary influence has been directly traceable
Manor," which is, in reality, a commencement of to the mineral agency, how much to the mechanical
the " family history," with the remark that it gives army of the water alone. In pursuing the history
mood promise of being attractive. " The Battle of 1
o medical research, every one must admit the
Lepanto" is an elaboration of an incident in that truthful significance of the aphorism of Hippo-
interesting period of history when the Venetians crates, the father and founder of medical science,
fouotht for Christendom against the Turks ; and " Life is short, and Art is long," and this signi-
• •
existing circumstances give an additional interest
ficance will be doubly clear when it is borne in
mind that -
After several pieces of poetry,
to the story. porary with the Prophet Malachi, and that even
to •into metre spirit-,
including an attempt render . . a
to thepresent day, notwithstanding
s of Sehamyl, the Circassian prophet y, an almost
stirring address
with an ably wn en
.tt unremitted investigation, the elementary principles
warrior, the number concludes , of therapeutic art are still matters of dispute.
political essay, on .
bl to do justice to it by no shall decide when doctors disagree r' is a
Russia." It is impossi e question too trite to require repetition, but it is
will permit, but we
one 1 •
any extract which 0111* *S.C. e w uch tends in no small degree topuzzle plain-
.iv
careful perusal to every one
recommend a
the present minded men upon a very important subject ; and
"4-erest in the course of hence the diversity of curative means which, from
rovinol -
-"1'1,1 writer speaks aPP .
-••or of Austria, and gives dical practitioners and ready patrons in the ranks
--i be satisfactory of a greatly-pe l drp exe , though deeply-interested
of Poland,
public.

,s, and t

)isasters

porary fla

We subjoin

ROGRESS OF CANADA

The value of land is

nications are

apidly, as ni

commu

arkets for its produce

Civilisation

g oroug.

for the cultivator

a new country, ever

fitable employmer

pry class or sex

special

available opportuni
of the country for ti

mills offer thems
enable the cultiv

his own spinning•

woodman to

works, are

Vastly, how

AmeiiCa must GI
lirected towards

munications of

t as rapidly as it is cleared
1, most desirable feature in

result therefrc

and ft.(
tion whiol

county

I his Is,

akes off

ffords

f its pop,

This is a leading
r and Lower Canada
ce. We find ever)

the vast sat,

tly seized. Grist

stream and canal, to.

ms gran

mills assist him

nanufactru

fisheries enable tl

oundries, and othc
hroughout both

at Brit

ada and the

f the pass

who takes an it

war with Russia

)f the cond

)pinion

ttlement

rial arrangements

and a readjust

of Europe ]
at some 1(

European States, an(

.nterest

I all to cor

modern da

Lcated b
A' Ear%

f Vienna. He enters

of' Celebra

de Lamartir.

r
)Ncs how that it is the
.o.a.inst the Attila of

by his spies and intox-

The class of diseases more particularly referred
to by Dr. Balbirnie in the volume now under con-
sideration, were long deemed hopelessly incurable,
and yet that clinging to life and those sympathies
which confer upon it most, if not all, of its charms,
have prompted effort after effort for subduing the
destroyers. These efforts, we are now told in
many and respectable quarters, have happily
resulted in the discovery of means by which even
the fell attacks of consumption may be repelled,
anti the insidious ravages ,or scrofula evaded.

lefiance in the fa(

Characters. By Alphonse
London : R. Bentley.

iese two volumes of memoirs are interesting