The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-22 00:00:00

THE GARDENER

Much that has been said about human suffering, the dis-
tress of the mechanics of England, specifying some of them,
such as weavers, printers, &c., yet nothing, that I can find,
has been said about the humble gardener. Perhaps he is
beneath the commiseration of the great folk of the earth, vet
for what reason I cannot say, since his toils (some of which
I shall endeavour to enumerate) and his privations are as
great as those of the loudest complainant. First of all let us
endeavour to show, in part, the toilsome responsibility of
the practical gardener. He has, in the first place, to contend
with the elements, with frost, severe storms of hail, rain, &c. ;
next, the innumerable multitude of winged and creeping in-
sects, together with the sparrow, the tit, and the finch; then
comes the snail, that pest of gardens, and the wireworm,
caterpillar, &c. All these lift up their heel, or, rather their
snout, against him. But mark, as much is required at his
hand as though these pests did not exist! At the early
season of the year, nay, when his peas are fit for the table,
(that is if they have escaped the enemy beneath,) we will
suppose all to leave the garden for about an hour, or, perhaps,
less time will suffice, to give opportunity to a detachment of
sparrows that have been in ambush to sally out upon them,
and literally gut every pod, and leave the gardener (swine
like) nothing but the husks., The snail, if possible, is a more
formidable enemy, for in his early foraying, unless he is on
the spot when other people are in bed, his tender productions
are sure to fall a prey to him. As Gay says—
" When bordering pinks and roses bloom,
And every garden breathes perfume,
The snail looks round on flower and tree,
And cries all these were made for me."
And he seems to act upon this proposition, for there you will
find them with their knives out—as the gardeners term it—
mowing down all before them. But the chief source of com-
plaint is his privations. There are a few exceptions, 'tis
true, such as Paxton, of Chatsworth, &c., but contrast with
them the great number that are going from house to house,
soliciting employment, with an old scythe and spade upon
their shoulders—next to begging their bread. It is objected
these are men never engrafted into the science; it may be
true in some instances, but what becomes of the many who
have started fair, that out of wages amounting to no more
than ten shillings per week, have to buy books to furnish
their beads with necessary information, while their stomachs
must be content with a turnip, or some such matter, instead
of roast beef for dinner? What, I ask, becomes of a ma-
jority of them, when this struggle is over, and they
are fit for situations? Why an unexpected one succeeds;
and thus they go on till they arrive at the level, or job,
of a scavenger. In short, there is no man worse paid
for his labour than the gardener, considering the hours
that he makes, and is looked upon with ineffable scorn. The
ladies, I, must say, are generally the greatest admirers of
flowers; while the men of learning pass them by. It is
useless entering more into detail of the many inconveniences
of gardeners even in place, and in all the affluence they can
expect to enjoy; but a war may be pronounced against all
that are either out of place, or that marry prematurely.
Their only consolation is the beauty of the vegetable king-
dom ; and it may be here remarked, that mankind at large
are very slow to patronise a study that is spoken of in Holy
Writ, for, says our Saviour, " Consider the lilies how they
grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say
unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these." Here, then, we have it a direct com-
mand from God; and he promises, by way of remuneration,
that we shall find something there that surpasseth even the
glory of Solomon. It is also evident, from the writings of
some of our most eminent poets, that they were conversant
with vegetable physiology ; and what more expands the ideas?
What do Milton and Shakspeare say ? Do they not, in their
choicest productions, scatter here and there fragments of
what they acquired in the study of plants? It is said of the
latter that he was actually a gardener—at least that he spent
a considerable portion of his early life in that occupation.
In Romeo and Juliet he says—

" I must uptill this ozier cage of ours,
With baneful weeds and precious juiced flowers ; "
shewing that he was acquainted with not only the weeds, but
flowers; and I pity that want of taste in any mortal that
deprives him of so great an enjoyment. IS, here was Adam
placed, our great progenitor? Was it in a manufactory ? a
theatre ? or a banqueting hall? No, 't was a garden. The
Israelites murmured against Moses for depriving them of
the productions of the gardens of Egypt. "We remember,"
said they, " the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely, the
cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and
the garlick." Again, where did our blessed Lord find re-
tirement to weep over the sins of the world ? In the garden
of Gethsemane. Where did Mahomet think proper to direct
the attention of his followers, but to a garden? We can,
therefore, to keep,the gardener in countenance, cull from the
many a few individuals who had taste sufficient to admire
and appreciate the works of God, even the most humble and
insignificant plant, " the hyssop that springeth out of the
wall." This is a season of the year that forces these reflec-
tions upon one's mind, now that Nature is regaining her
verdant hue, and the lark, soaring aloft, animates the skies
with the warbling of his little throat. These things ought to
learn us to " look through nature up to nature's God:"

The conservatives intend going on with the petition against
the return of Sir John Hobhouse and Sir George Larpent,
for Nottingham. Bribery, as at Sudbury, is the ground of
complaint.

One of Lord Ellenborough's first acts, as governor-general
of India, has been to order the restoration of batta to the
Madras sepuys.—Atlas.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is nearly recovered from
his late attack of gout.—Standard.

The nuptials of the Prince Royal of Sardinia with the
Archduchess Maria Adelaide of Austria were celebrated on
the 12th instant.

It is said that the Duke D'Aumale and the Prince de
Joinville are shortly to leave the French capital on a visit to
Her Majesty, and will make a general tour to visit the public
establishments in this country.

The Secretary at War, Sir Henry Hardinge, has deter-
mined •to Establish Savings' Banks throughout the army,
and an act of Parliament for that purpose will be brought in
shortly by the gallant general.
• THE DUBLIN ELECTION.-Mr. Caldwell has been sen-
tenced to two years' imprisonment in the common gaol for
the assault upon Mrs. Corbett. The prisoner most em-
phatically protested his innocence.
CHILD MURDER.--A woman of the name of Elizabeth
Barrett has been committed for trial for the wilful murder of
her own child, only nine months old. The prisoner was an
inmate of the Stockport \Vorkhouse, and the infant was
found in a privy.
On Saturday the Vice-Chancellor of England decided in
the case of Bridges v. 13ranfil, that though there had been 0:
fraud, the parties who had a right to claim relief it
being dead, the bill must be dismissed. The parties before
.
the court left it without imputation on their character. t
A clergyman in a parish church not 100 miles from Pocile
having put a notice into the clerk's hand a few Sundays
and
since,
stating that the services would be morning and
ev
eimproved
morning and afternoon alternately, honest Roger
e,ernity !,,
upon it, and said that the service would be to
—Salisbury Herald.
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,
reas were
THE ITEGETABLE MARKET.—}:Asparagus islooking_ up,
and radishes are taking a downivird ta were almost nothing at the opening I:Pe •./gevvP°— in the settling.
buoy-
ant in the basket, bat turned ()Wither .heavyoreadful effect upon
A rush of bulls through the Mil
r .e''l'sadbaut all the established
apple-stalls and other minor seciittic directitoo%
te
among some of the proprietors.—Punch.t
houses stood their ground, thoug
h following extrac from a private
, h ;run occasioned a panic
AFFAIRS OF INDIA.--'The
1, will, brief as it is, show
amongst those native princes
closest allies of the British go-
vernment letter, er,d
feelingated which Hyderabad,prevais Feevbenruary
who are supposed to be the
now supped full of horrors.'
think in England of the Envoy's head on
wonder what they
of Cabool. The Nizam is thought the best
vernment :—" '
one of the gates
We have
General
Hyderabad) .
wrote to tell him officially
English Fraser (the he as certain
His reply was hardly written with
w he would be shocked
conduct of the Affghans in having to hear of the g murdered
he
residlenwt:t
Sir W• WlCagicoldly '
on
they behaviourto hear o f
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complaint,
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wouldollSil e viciousness Lseellrvtaonctosni B.
attributable to a culpable
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mansot b e
want of discipline in the geitli9ent of establishments. In
whthaheveencabhseeeenopfaleased, got drunk,a's he 1131leeawseedn
is master's house seems to
,t wslleiperteihneoprleoaustead,;
he pleased, drove his mastei•
taking his s carriage about as lie pleased,
complete f women on m
of thenting excursions in it. To show the
reedo man's movements and doings, the
cook states that he slept in the house, but that she used often
to hear him get up and
the fellow appears to li:v(3euht.iadri tvvhoeunldighbte. e
nSouucghh liberty aus
—I servant, and to a profligate villain it gave full swing.—

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Examiner

ui to iu.

.t from I

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lg of the Co

•gument
ed to it.

,o obtain a supply
;urope they could

cmenburg

a War-
able to

a of 1.000,000

ument would

10 very de-

was to

ape of a

lences of a

1 this could

to the price in

care was taken not to

agriculturist

All as emanating from a
sce expressly on the prin-
He contended that Sir R.
iad lost for ever, as a mi-

altural classes, though they
a in order to keep the late

he agricultural classes were in
head was about to be cut off,
whether it was done by a guil-
ale' or a fixed duty. The go-
ad brought forward most mis-
alt called upon,
_therefore, to

kely to ensue if

passive instruments
lord concluded by
time that day six

of Sir Robert

ulturists had

ative but

e it. The

siderable

length,
)n prove injurious to the
in stating, ranging him-

ural bannir, that t

I that

MONS

India (

09 to 5.

MONDAY
Id

Property Tax
n. baronet brought up,

his bill be read

Mr. WALLACE and
KEa called upon the

Lded to the mis-

ys and means, through
income tax had passed
He then stated that

state of the

in 1833, in
:t had argued

I. His lordship

:ify the im-

Ito under

1r the only expense in con-
from the expedition. His
ieral principles of which
that the bill be

a conclusion

i he stated his objections to an

financial condition of the country was
t it was at the present moment ; and
le noble lord, applied to the circum-
Vith respect to what had been said, as
licting an income tax on England,
to Ireland, he had to reply, that the
hut for a limited time, and that in
machinery in existence for its collec-
31y stated on a former evening that,
tend it to Ireland, he levied on Ire-

, the new tax on Irish spirits
nding to his estimate, would
He admitted all the
driven to a choice of

I that it was indispensable

D meet the present emer-
hen stated that, owing to

Scotch and Ensaish

reduce the charge on the for-

alt., or, in other words, to charge
he pound.

ome tax was one of
to evade one of the

class legislation of which the people
a this income tax was meant to bolster

ian repeated many former arguments
ne tax, and said that the plan of the
rious addition to its other evils of be-
for which it was proposed—

to the people.
ed the inequality of the pressure of the
3und that there was inequality in the
and in none more than in those which
term indirect taxation. The income
ix, but he could not understand why,
ar the additional burden of an income

)uld rather

:e it tried in time

,be parties upon
that they mi7,llt

necessary to

roposition for an

e third reading of

id would gain nothing by
ve his vote against the
et had already explicitly
in this respect admit of

Lich a feeling

f the kingdom

ar of the hand; and

per cent

ied On real prO

Ar as the

wnatever share of
as an honest man, was
honourable gentleman
ide of the house they
ght hon. Bart. through
appeared as black as
ver, had seen the right
nr trim.

3 For some years in a Cie-
'
then contrasted the con-
t of Sir Robert Peel, and
could see the germs of a

s most enthusiastic
;ir Robert Peel.

The ha

income

tax which, I

, comparing the whole of the pro-
hose proposed by Lord J. Russell,
)n in giving the pniference to the
that the deficiency admitted to
ring in the expenditure ; but if he
iosition in that house it would be
he constituencies were to have a
t was their own doing ; they had

plain. The only parties who had a right to
the unrepresented classes. The hon. and