The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-23 00:00:00

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS

We continue our notice of the exhibition.
No. 37. Scene from the " Vicar of Wakefield." T. M
Joy.--Au interesting picture—the groups well conceived
the male figure cleverly painted.

40. The Lake of Albano. W. Linton, Lodge-place, Re-
gent's Park. Mr. Linton, we believe, is a Liverpool man :
we may be proud of him ; he is indefatigable in his art ; he
has produced many fine works ; the picture of " Jerusalem,"
of which a splendid engraving has been published, is a noble
effort ; in sublimity it is quite equal to Martin : in poetic
feeling it may be called " Miltonian." Mr. Linton's pic-
tures do him honour living, and will be highly esteemed
when he has " departed to that bourne from whence no
traveller returns." The " Lake of Albano" is one of the
pictures painted by the artist during his late tour through
Italy. The lake is transparent and calm, reflecting the
pure skies above—the atmosphere is clear—the distance
beautifully painted. This is a very clever picture.
42. The Death of Gelert. Thomas Crane, 12, Maryland-
street.—Mr. Crane is one of the artists of this town, who
is decidedly rising in his profession ; there is a manifest im-
provement in his works since last year. In the " Death of
Gelert," he exhibits a full appreciation of the touching in-
cident suggesting his picture—the expression of grief and
surprise in the face of Llewellyn—the mute eloquence of the
wounded dog, with " a look more in sorrow than in anger,"
and the smile of the innocent child are all cleverly depicted.
The child is a charming figure. This is a good picture.
43. Rydall Hall. W. Havell. Here we find Mr. Havell
indulging in gloom and twilight, verging more into a chrome-
like darkness, than in his usual sunny effects.
46. Devotion. J. Mott, Kirkdale-road, Everton.—Mr.
Mott has had an eye upon the old masters. This picture is
a very successful production. It represents an old nun
absorbed in the contemplation of a book. The drapery is
well painted ; the folds broad and massy.
48. The Lost Child. Philip Westcott, 46, Church-street.
—A painful subject. The colours dark and smoky. It is
not without merit.

50. The Ballad. M'lnnes. Mr. Daniel M'Clise has
much to answer for; he has his own sins and/errors—on
canvas—of course, and is chargeable with having a host of
imitators. Depend upon it, some hundred years hence
M'Clise will have his name written, by some "cunning
Isaac " of a picture dealer, on many a piece of canvas that
never saw the light of his studio, or felt the touch of his
vigorous pencil. He is the founder of a new style—a style ,1
that is a very flashy taking one; his bright colours, lovely
faces, gaiety and freshness, are captivating enough ; and his
imitators know it. The picture we now contemplate is, to
a certain extent, an imitation of M'Clise, and Mr. M'lnnes
evidently makes him his model. Now we are on the subject,
we may as well step on a little bit, and here notice,
150. Scene from " The Devil on Two Sticks." Chap. 8.
A. Egg.—This is purely IV' Clisian. Drawing, composition,
colouring, faces, gowns, hair, necks, head-dresses,—all
thoroughly an egg-regious imitation. The male figures may
not be perhaps so like M'Clise, but the two girls,—the mid-
dle one especially, is "an identity." Her face is a copy, a
palpable copy, from—we were going to name one—we may
say out of any one of his works. This is a picture that will
some day be sold as a M'Clise—as any of the servile imi-
tations of the old masters are now palmed off upon the un-
wary as veritable " Simons Pnres,"—when they are only
" pleasant fictions." Such copyism is contemptible. Mr.
Egg, to produce so clever a painting—for clever it is,—can
boast of a better hatch-ievement.

51. A Merry Heart and Laughing Eyes. W. S. P.
Henderson.—What this title has to do with the picture we
know not. Before us appears a great, vulgar, coarse wo-
man, who seems complacent and gracious after a loving cup,
the taking of which, from the redness of her ladyship's nose, we
should pronounce to be " her custom i' the afternoon." The
eyes, so far from being " laughing," appear rather opthalmic
than otherwise, and the sooner the owner of them goes to
see Mr. Neil, at the Institution, in Mount-pleasant, the bet-
ter. Quarles shows us the heart in the illustrations of his
poems : we see:literally no heart in this tableau.

5-I. The Smugglers' Cave. E. W. Cooke.—A good pic-
ture. Rocks are difficult things to paint.
57. Source of the Old Man's Hope. T. F. Marshall,
(37, Russell-street).—A quiet interior—an old man reading
his bible. Cleverly painted.
60. A Serande. Daniel M'Clise, R.A.—This picture
excites a great deal of attention; multifarious have been, and
daily are the opinions expressed upon it. That they mostly
differ is no disparagement, but rather a species of indirect
praise. Some people say one thing of it-Lsome another—they
like it, or they dislike it—but let us describe it. On the left
is a balcony, appertaining to what George Robins would
call a "spacious mansion." In it are two handsome
females—one the mistress, the other the maid. Under the
balcony is a pot of oranges, stuck upon a myrtle tree—for
orange tree it is not, and nothing like one. In the middle
of the picture, carelessly lolling on a sort of bridge, may be
noticed a cavalier, a dashing, jovial, led-faced, devil-may-
care looking fellow playing on a splendid guitar ; from the
'midge is suspended a rope ladder; on one of the steps a
swarthy attendant on the youth is seen grinning at the do-
mestic.; in the back a range of palaces fades into the deep
blue sky; a gondola below the bridge shows the locality of
the adventure. Our opinion is that the picture is one replete
with beauties and mannerisms—faults and merits—it is a true
M'Clise, and if amateurs are willing to put up with the ble-
mishes, which we admit we gladly are, it may be pronounced
as a picture deserving a place in any collection. It appears
to us to be the only work deserving the prize this year,
except one, a water colour, by Mrs. Seffarth, (which we be-
lieve is not admissable to the honour) which richly deserves
it—but of it anon.

63. Portrait of the Rev. Hugh lll`Neile. George Patten,
A.R.A.—The melancholy attempt to be sarcastic of a very
vulgar contemporary on the subject of this picture has been
spurned even by journals of its own unhappy tone of poli-
tics. Its remarks are only fit to be laughed at. They do not
say much for the taste of the writer. Mr. Patten has been
eminently successful in this portrait ; he has caught the ex-
pression of the rev. gentleman's face most happily. The
picture is beautiful as a work of art, and admirable as a like-
ness.

68. II Condoltiero. E. M. Ward.—A clever picture. The
stern look of the mailed figure is worthy of the old masters.
73. View in Patterdale. D Williamson, (Lower Mersey
View, Bootle.) This artist has two other works-226 and
227. They are all painted in his usual hazy manner—the
colours unnatural.

86. The Watering Place. T. Sidney Cooper.—This is a
charming picture by a clever artist. Cooper is the Cuyp of his
day. This group of cattle partake very much of that great
master's spirit and excellence.
88. Benledi. Miss B. Nasmyth.—An exquisite landscape,
and sweetly painted. The Nasmyth's have several good pic-
tures hanging around.

99. The Dilatory Cobbler. T. F. Marshall (Russell-st).
—A quiet bit of quiet humour well told.
93. Christ and the Woman of Canaan. J. S. Agar.—Mr.
Agar has studied the Bolognese School very closely, or he
would not have chosen the colours prevalent in all works of
the Carracci, the Serani, &c. The back ground is badly
worked out, the picture wants depth. If a halo floated round
the head of the Saviour, as shown in this picture, would it
not have illuminated rather than obscured the stone wall at
the back of Christ's head? Although, decidedly, possessing
some beauties, it has sad defects. Two of the apostles are
seen at the left of the picture, the woman kneeing in the
centre. The Saviour stands on the right.
94. Portrait of Lord Stanley. T. H. Illidge (46, Ber-
ners-street, London).—Mr. Illidge, we believe, is rapidly
rising in London in his profession. This portrait of Lord
Stanley, painted for the Collegiate Institution, will do his
fame no detriment. It is a very good. likeness, besides being
excellently painted.
97. Fingal Bridge. F. It. Lee, R.H.A.—A clever land-
scape, broadly painted.

REVISION OF THE REGISTRY OF VOTERS FOR
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

Wednesday having been the flrst day appointed for bearing
the several objections which had been lodged against persons
as not being entitled to have their names retained in the list
of those qualified to vote in the election of members for the
borough of Liverpool, Messrs. Wilkinson and Greig, the
barristers appointed for the purpose, entered the Nisi Prius
Court shortly after eleven o'clock,. It was then arranged
that Mr. Wilkinson should sit in the Nisi Prius Court for
the purpose of taking the freemen, and that Mr. Greig
should sit in the Grand Jury-room and take the house-
holders. The business transacted during the day was light
and unimportant. Mr. Moss appeared for the conservatives,
and Messrs. Snowball and Berry for the radicals. The
claimants amounted only to eighteen in number. The ob-
jections numbered 555, of which 334 had been lodged by the
conservatives, and 221 by the radicals. The objections in
the out-townships and a portion of the freemen were dis-
posed of on Wednesday ; and it was arranged that the parish
of Liverpool should be commenced at ten o'clock yesterday
morning,and_that the freemen should be resumed next day.

Yesterday, both courts were again opened at ten o'clock
in the Nisi Prius before Mr. Wilkinson, and in the Grand
Jury Room before Mr. Greig. The proceedings throughout
the day were, for the most part, exceedingly tame and unin-
teresting, the attendance scanty, and the interest excited
amongst the auditory amounting to nothing beyond mere
curiosity. In the Nisi Prius we did not observe so many as
150 persons at any one time, and the average in the other
court was scarcely three dozen. It was agreed, on the out-
set, that Mr. Wilkinson should take the cases in the borough
wards, from No. 1 to 9 inclusive, and that the cases in the
remaining wards should be adjudicated upon by Mr. Greig.
In both courts the lists of objections and claims were gone
Over, so far as they could be got through with, by the parties,
whose names were called, acswering their names alphabeti-
cally. Several individuals who held a joint occupancy re-
spectively, in a house exceeding £2O of clear annual rental,
although objected to, were allowed. Many parties who did
not appear, were struck off the list, but only, as we under-
stood, pro tempore, as a day will be appointed for their being
heard hereafter, if they choose to make their appearance. A
considerable number of those objected to were also allowed,
there being no solid objection to the validity of their votes.
Some claims were also admitted. The attorneys for the
respective parties—conservatives and radicals—exerted them-
selves for their respective clients, but no extreme feeling of
political animosity was evinced. Some cases were reserved
for consideration and future decision. The case of a Mr.
Watts, in Everton and Kirkdale Ward, which had been re-
served from the first day, was decided, in the Nisi Prins,
against the party whose claim it affected. It appeared that
there had been a joint occupancy, but that some months prior
to the final date of tenancy alleged on the part of Watt, who
had previously been joint tenant of the house, and had paid
one-half the rent (or £l5), his partner in the occupancy had
purchased the premises, and to him his share of the rent
became due. The barrister stated, that he could make no
distinction between such occupancy and that of a mere lodger.
—The case of a Mr. Davies was reserved. He was rated
for. the house he occupied, but had paid rates for only nine
months of the parochial year. The parish officers admitted
that they did not look to him for the three months' rates due
on the previous tenancy. It was argued that lie was not
liable, particularly as he had made a tender of money, with-
out, however, producing any amount, he being told (as he
swore) that nothing further was due by him. It was also
alleged in his bdhalt, that the collector knew where to find
the party owing the three months' rates still deficient in the
parish receipts. How this will be settled remains to be seen.
We find it impossible, at this stage of the proceedings, to
furnish any account of the respective number of objections
or claims in which the parties were struck off the lists or
admitted as voters, inasmuch as those not appearing will
have an opportunity hereafter of being heard, and many
mutations may take place. In the Grand Jury Room, about
eight conservatives and thirty radicals objected to were al-
lowed, and considerably above that number in the other court.
We shall, however, be enabled to furnish, by Tuesday, a cor-
rect list of the whole. The result will, we think, on the
whole, be considerably in favour of the conservative interest ;
and meantime we advise all our friends who may be objected
to, or have claims, to be as early and as patient as possible
in their attendance. Both courts may be approached from
the north entrance of the Sessions-house.

AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.—On Wednesday last, some
men employed upon the farm of an extensive landholder near
Lynn, Norfolk, who was then felling a quantity o! trees,
wishing a certain tree to fall in a particular direction,
adopted the very judicious expedient of climbing up into the
said tree, and clinging to some of the outer branches to make
it preponderate. The man with the axe, not suspectinc, any
most tremendous crash, fortunately, however,
danger, continued his sturdy strokes, until suddenly the tree
fell with a
coming in contact with another, which prevented its coming
to the ground, otherwise the poor ignorant men,four in
number, must have been crushed to pieces. As it was,
they all miraculously escaped, with a slight shock, which, how
ever, will no doubt be a warning to them in future.

I EXTENSIVE FORGERY IN LIVERPOOL

Ear
Placed bei

John Davaine

respectable-looking youth,
aged 19, was , ,rore.Messrs. Rushton and Boughton,
at the police court, on Tuesday, charged with having forged
two cheques, both of which purported to have been drawn
on the Branch Bank of England, by Messrs. Corrie and Co..
brokers, of this town, in favour of Messrs. John and Edward
Gray, brokers, all of this town.

In consequence of the respectability of the prisoner's con-
nexions, the case excited considerable interest. The court
was crowded, and amongst the auditory were numerous mer-
chants, brokers, and individuals of great wealth and standing
in Liverpool..
The prisoner, it appears, was an apprentice in the office of
Messrs. J. and E. Gray. By some ineans or other, which
did not appear in the evidence, he knew that 'Messrs. Corrie
and Co. had an account with the Branch Bank of England.
Havin,, abstracted some blank printed cheques from Messrs.
appears from the evidence, in
them up and desired a youth
at the Branch Bank.
£244 3s. 5d., the

nained John Cooper tc

Cooper did

sent it
and drcv

amount of the cheque which he paid over to Barnsley. A
few days afterwards be drew another cheque for £847 6s. 10d.,
and desired another youth named Grundy to present it.
Grundy went to the bank, but some delay occurred, and ulti-
mately the cheque was not paid for a reason which will ap-
pear hereafter. The delay of Grundy appears to have
aroused the fears of Barnsley, who absconded. He pur-
chased a horse, a fowling-piece, and several other extrava-
gancies, and set off into Wales, where he appears to have
done his utmost to enjoy himself. Meanwhile, however, the
forgeries had been discovered and pursuit was hot upon his
heels. He was at length taken in Montgomeryshire with
little more than'£loo of his booty remaining.

The prisoner, who is slightly coloured, was dressed in a
light drab macintosh. He did not appear to be greatly of
fected by the situation in which he stood. Ile was attended
by Mr. 'Myers, of the firm of Lace, Son, and Myers, who
watched the proceedings on his behalf. Mr. Robinson. of
the firm of Lowndes and Robinson, appeared as solicitor for
the Branch Bank of England.

Mr. Robinson briefly stated tho, charge, and then called
Mr. William Debonair Nagger, a teller at the Borough
Bank of England, in Hanover-street. Mr. Nagger stated,
that on,the 10th September last the cheque produced was
presented for 'payment by John Cooper. Be paid it in two
notes of £101) each, a .C-10 note, 4 sovereigns, 3 shillings in
silver, and sd. in copper. Messrs. Corrie and Co., by whom
the cheque purported to he drawn, kept an account with the
bank. When he paid the amount he believed the signature
to the cheque to be theirs.

John Cooper, a youth aged about sixteen, stated that he
was a clerk with Messrs. Thompson, Henderson, and Co.
He had been in their service about half-a-year. He was for-
merly an apprentice in the office of Messrs. John Edward
Gray. He left them in June, 1841. He was acquainted with
the prisoner when be was there. He recollected the prisoner
calling upon him on Saturday week at Messrs. George Mal-
colm and Co.'s office, where he was doing some business.
The prisoner said he wanted him to go with him to look at
some pipes. He (witness) said he could not go then, but
would go about half-past twelve. The prisoner called about
twelve, and they proceeded together down Hanover-street.
When they got near the end of Seel-street, the prisoner took
out a cheque, and requested that he would go into the bank
and get cash for it. He did as desired; but there was such
a crowd in the bank that he could not get it cashed. He
took it hack, but could not for some time find the prisoner.
At length, in about ten minutes, Barnsley joined him. 'Wit-
ness told him that he could not get the cash for the crowd.
The prisoner requested him to go again, saying he could not
well go himself as he had a dog with him. He went again,
got the money, and came out from the bank. It was again
a quarter of an hour before he could find the prisoner, whom
he at length met in Seel-street. He gave the prisoner the
money, and requested him to count it, which he did. They
went to the Brunswick Hotel, and dined together. The pri-
soner bought a pipe for him, witness. The prisoner paid tyro
sovereigns for the pipe.

By Mr. Myers . I *know the cheque produced
same which I presented. I know it by the signature.
Mr. John Merton Corrie stated, that he was one of the
London partners of the firm of Corrie and Co. The cheque
produced was not his writing, nor was the signature his
writing, or that of any individual connected with their house.
It bore a resemblance to the signature of Mr. Berner, who
was a member of theiz firm at the beginning of the present
year.

It is the

Mr. Frederick Berner stated, that he was formerly one of
the firm of Corrie and Co., and the partnership was dis-
solved on the 30th of April last. He used, when a partner,
to sign for the firm. The signature to the cheque resem-
bled his signature, but it was not his writing.
Mr. John Gray, a partner in the firm of John and Edward
Gray, stated that the prisoner was an apprentice in his
office. •The body of the cheque was the prisoner's writing.
He had searched the prisoner's drawer and found in it the
papers produced. The drawer was exclusively his, but it was
not usually kept locked. On one of the papers appeared the
signature of Corrie and Co., written several times over, as if
for practice. There were also several memorandums in the
prisoner's handwriting. The blank cheques produced, as
well as those which had been filled up, had been torn from
their cheque-book, which was kept in a desk, which was
sometimes locked and sometimes not locked. The cheques
Nos. 37,093 and 3/,083 had been torn from that book, and
there were corresponding intervals in the book showing
whence they had been torn.

William Baird, superintendent of police in Montgomery-
shire, stated, that he apprehended the prisoner in conse-
quence of having received information and a description of
him. He apprehended him in Montgomeryshire, on Sun-
day last. He searched him, and found in his possession a
a pocket-book, which contained £lOO, forty pounds of which
were in £lO notes, and the rest in £5 notes. He had also in
his pocket £9 10s. in gold, 4s. in silver, and ] Id. in copper.
In the pocket-book were the blank cheques produced, and a
memorandum handed in. The memorandum was a sort of ac-
count. On one sidestood as "amount received £43 3s. 5d.,"
the exact amount of the bill, and on the other, several items
of expenditure, the prisoner having apparently gone on
keeping account till the items increased upon him. The first
there was £l6 for a gun, £3 for some other article not
named, and £1 for an umbrella.

This was the whole of the evidence in the first case,
Mr. Rushton asked if the prisoner had anything to say. to
which Mr: Myers replied in the negative.

Mr. Robinson said the prisoneiWas further charged with
having forged a cheque for £847 6s. 10d. The following is a
copy of the cheque, the italic representing the parts written
with a pen, the rest being copper-plate.
" 37083 Liverpool, 13th Sept. 1842.

" To the Agent of the Branch Bank of England, Liverpool,
Pay to Messrs. John and Edward Gray, or bearer, Eight
Hundred and Forty-seven Pounds Six Shillings and Ten-
pence.
" £847 6 10. " CORRIE and Co,"

Mr. 1-1 agger stated, that he recollected the cheque produced
being presented. It was not paid, because the amount over-
drew the account, and it was a rule in the bank not to pay a
cheque which exceeded the balance by a single shilling.
William Grundy, a boy, stated that he was an apprentice
in the service of Messrs. John and Edward Gray. He recol-
lected the prisoner asking him, on Tuesday last, to go with
him to the Brunswick Hotel to dine. It was about oneo'clock
and he occompanied the prisoner. When they got to Hano-
ver-street the prisoner asked him if he would go into the bank
and get a cheque cashed for him. He assented, and the
prisoner gave him a shilling, telling him to pay a postage
which was owing. He presented the cheque to Mr. Hagger,
after having been detained half an hour. The cheque was
not paid arid he returned to where he had left the prisoner
but he could not find him. He had not seen him since till
now.

The same parties who were examined in the last case proved
that this cheque was not signed by any of the firm of Corrie
and Co.

Mr. Myers said he should offer no observations at present,
as the case pressed so strongly against the unfortunate pri-
soner. As the young man was most respectably connected,
he would respectfully press upon the bench to allow him to
be liberated on bail.

Mr. Rushton said, he was well aware of the respectable
connexions of the prisoner, but they knew of no distinctions
when Individuals were placed at that bar. He would gladly
always allow parties to be liberated on bail when the case
would admit of it, but this offence was too clearly established.
Here was a direct forgery, and the prisoner was proved to
have entrapped these two lads to present the cheques for him.
In such a case he could not admit him on bail.

The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next

assizes

A CROWNED HEAD.—Among the incidents which served
to break the monotony, and divert the attention of the crowd.
when her gracious Majesty visited Stirling, was the following :
—A poor insane creature, known in Stirling by the name of
" Daft Pate," created great laughter by running about in a
red coat and tartan trousers, with an immense crown made
of painted tin upon his head. Be ran hither and thither to
the great diversion of the crowd ; but the constables, think-
ing, perhaps, that his painted crown was intended as a bur-
lesque upon royalty, caused it to be removed from his head.
THE INNKEEPERS' HARVEST IN SCOTLAND. The
Edinburgh Bonifaces reaped a capital harvest during the
period of her Majesty's visit to Scotland. The same may
also be said of that fraternity in all the other towns in those
neighbourhoods which her Majesty and the Prince honoured
with their presence. Beds, and indeed every other descrip-
tion of furniture which could be, however tortuously, appro-
priated for a resting place at night, were amazingly up in
the market; chairs and tables at a high premium, mattresses
and paillasses scarce, though eagerly inquired after, and only
to be procured at an immense advance; and as for easy chairs
and sofas, happy and fortunate was he who could secure the
half of a couch, or the loan of a little bit of an easy chair, at
the rate of something like half a sovereini per night. One
gentleman connected with the royal household slept, or
rather attempted to sleep, for six nights, upon the only rest-
ing place he could procure at one of the largest inns at Edin-
burgh, which consisted of three very hard serpentined wood
bottomed chairs. For this species of " accommodation" he
was charged by the modest Boniface the very moderate sum
of only half a sovereign per night. A story is told of George
1., who stopping to breakfast one morning at a roadside inn
in Germany, was charged a guinea for a new-laid egg. The
King very naturally inquired if eggs were scarce ? " Not at
all, your Majesty" replied Boniface, " but Kings are." The
Scotch, no doubt on the same excellent principle, caused
everything, from a mutton chop to a feather bed, to look up
during the Royal visit to the laud o'cakes, and attributed the
rise in creature comforts to a scarcity of a Queen north of
the Tweed.

AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN.—There is still io exist-
ence an extraordinary woman, whose maiden name was
Therese Figueur, but who was afterwards married to, and is
now the widow of, a man named Sutter. At an early age
she was induced by circumstances to enter as a soldier in the
Allobroge Legion. This was in 1793, and she took part at
the siege of Toulon. The next year she was removed to the
15th dragoons, and made the campaign of Catalonia with
the army of the Eastern Pyrenees. When the convention
interdicted women from serving, the generals of this army
obtained a special exception in her favour. She was in 80--
naparte's campaign in Italy. After the battle of Novi she en.
tered the 9th dragoons, in which regiment she followed the
war in Piedmont. The first consul granted her a pension of
200 f. for her distinguished conduct as a dragoon during
eight years. In 1802 she was again enrolled in the 9th dra-
goons, was at the battles of Austerliz and Jena, and continued
her career until the capture of Berlin. In 1810 she went
into Spain as one of the imperial guard, and in 1812 was
made prisoner near Burgos, by one of the Cute Merino's
guerilla parties, and sent into England. She returned into
France in 1814, and on the eve of the Emperor's departureas
for Waterloo was presented to him in her uniform as
a h
seur of the imperial guard. Certificates signed by severale
marshals and generals attest that she received a
gnn-shuot
wound at Toulon, four sabre wounds in Piedmont,
had four
horses killed under her, and saved the lives of General r
No-
guoz and several other officers. She is now 69 years of age,
and continues to enjoy her pension.
LET US DO WHAT WE CAN.—" I see in this world," said
John Newton, " two heaps one of human happiness, the
other of misery. Now, if I take but the smallest bit from
one heap and add to the other, I carry a point. If, as Igo
home, a child has dropped a half-penny, and if by giving it
another I can wipe away its tears, I feel that I have done
something. I would do greater things, but I will not neglect
this.

SECRECY.—In the debate in the United States Senate on
the new' British treaty, great care was taken to have the
doors closed, and to keep everything secret. The weather
being very hot, the windows were up, and Mr. Allen, from
Ohio, who has a very shrill voice, talked so loud that any
one could hear in the public walks outside the Capitol, and
as ha went over the whole ground, the details of the treaty
were common talk in Washington before it passed the senate.
So much for secret session.

CORRESPONDENCE.

NUISANCES OF THE TOWN,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—The thanks of the public, I am sure, are ever due
to you for the readiness which invariably characterises your
endeavours on all occasions, when, and where the public
weal requires ; and in nothing is that disinterestedness so
conspicuous than in again directing the attention (as in your
last journal) of the civil authorities, to the loathsome and
disgusting nuisances which pervade our town, in many of its
more densely populated districts; and although, as you very
justly remark, there are street " inspectors who have duties,"

yet 1 am not alone in thinking that those duties are not suf-
ficiently observed, at least so, with that' application required,
the more effectually to remove the nuisances so justly com-
plained of.

For several years past, our town has been -subjected to a
somewhat heavy impost of parish rates, lamps and scavengers
forming no unimportant item in the same ; but while we may
not complain of sufficient light to direct our steps, yet of
" dark and filthy passages"—uncleansed from all that which
disgusts the sight of every passer-by, and proves truly ob-
noxious to the health of those, who from business or necessity
are obliged to endure it—of this, we must complain.
Bye-laws affecting the same, if I mistake not, 1 believe we
have ; and if not stringent enough to compel the resident in-
habitant to see to the better cleansing of their immediate
neighbourhoods, let something more be done.

lcould, with yourself, sir, not only point out fifty places
in our town, but more than that number in one district
alone, namely, Brownlow-hill and its vicinities, with its
numerous crowded courts and dark passages, where filth of
every nameless description is allowed to accumulate undis-
turbed from month to month, and where the broom of the
town scavenger is but rarely, if ever, seen engaged,—to any
useful purpose. It is the want of attention to the better
cleaning of the back streets, lanes, &c. of our town that ori-
ginates so much of infection and disease; and so long as
such pestiferous nuisances are allowed existence, just so long
shall our increasing population, of every grade (but especially
so the poor), suffer from its truly notorious effects. It will
be remembered that some few years ago, our civil town func-
tionaries introduced a measure in council, and which subse-
quently constituted one of our bye-laws, requiring the sweep-
ing of the footpaths before the doors of both houses and shops ;
and any one neglecting to comply is now subject to a fine ;
and why not require, by a measure equally stringent (and
affecting all parties alike), that every inhabitant of the town
should also keep the back premises of their respective tene-
ments regularly and thoroughly cleansed ; which of the
two is most essential to health, no one can for a moment
doubt; I would respectfully suggest, therefore, that the au-
thorities require, if not oftener, at least a weekly inspection
of the different avenues—private and public ; and any one
neglecting to keep, as far as it may be found practicable,
their immediate places of residence free from nuisance of
every kind, that they be informed against.

Hoping that the foregoing remarks may arrest attention,
I am, sir,

Your obedient servant,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING

STEWAnDS

-LORD G. BENTINCK, SIR R. W. BULXELRY,
BART., AND LORD STANLEY.

THURSDAY.
The ST. LEGER STAKES of 20 sovs each, h ft, with £5O
added. One mile and three-quarters. The second to save
his stake.

Colonel Cradock's b f Sally
Mr. Ferguson's ch c Fireaway
The KNOWSLEY STAKES of 20 sovs each, h ft, with £5O
added. For two years old. T.Y.C.
Lord Eglinton's b c Pompey
Mr. Allen's b c Erin Lad, by Sheet Anchor,
out of Erin Lass Darling
Mr. Ongley's blk f The Queen of the Gipsies . . Sly 3
Col. Crawford's bc by Bay Middleton . . Templeman 4
Sir J. Gerard's b c Prince, by Physician . . . Oates 5
A dead heat between Pompey and Erin Lad, afterwards
Pompey walked over.
The HEATON' PARK STAKES, a Handicap of 25 sovs each,
with 100 sovs added by the Eacing Fund for the second
horse. Two miles

Lye

Mr. Bower's b f Collins, 4 yrs, Bst 41b. . . .
Mr. Goodman's b m The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 41b

Marlow 1

Templeman 2
Mr. Worthington ns b f Lady Mary, 4 yrs, 7st Copeland 3
Duke of Richmond's hr h Mus, aged, Bst 41b. . Rogers 0
Major Hay's ch h Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 91b. . . Murphy 0
Mr. Gravdon's ch h Clinker, 6 yrs, 7st 61b . . . Stagg 0
Col. Cra.dock's b c Pagan, 4 yrs, 7st 31b . . • . Oates 0
Mr. Robinson's br h The Young.un, 5 yrs, 7st 31b . Lye 0
Mr. W. H. Hornby's br h Champagne, 5 qrs, 7st . Joy 0
Sir J. Gerard's ch f Meal, 3 yrs, 6st llb . . . . Clark 0
.Mr. Clegg ns br c Aristotle, 3 yrs, 6st . . . . Howlet 0
Lord G. Bentinck's b c Proof Print, sst 41b . . Ebdale 0
The SELLING STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, wfth £5O added,
Heats, oue mile and a half. The winner to be sold for
200 sovs.

Mr. Merry's 6 c Smike, 3 yrs . .
Lord G Bentinck's b c St. Jean d'Acre, 4

Lye 5 2 1 1

yrs, W Howlett 1 3 3 2
Sir It W Bulkeley's b f Cerito, 4 yrs, Darling 4 1 2 3
Mr. Skerrat's b c Hudibras, 4 yrs, . Marlow 2 d
Mr. Meiklam's b c Aristotle, 3 yrs, . Howlett 3 d