The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON WEDNESDAY'S
COUNCIL.

- most
_ heir land gratuitously to the Cor-
sed the• most cutting rebuke on the
members who made so free with their names
at a former council.
We were amazed with what tenacity our friend Billy stuck

snivelling "

to Mr. Hodgson as an authority, because the latter happened
to suit his book on the improvement question. " Mr.
Hodgson said so, and I regret he is not present to support
this opinion, in which we are agreed." How we apples
swim !

We think the gaol bed question scarcely worth a passing
remark, and merely notice it fa,- the satisfaction of drunken
n, that they will still find there

Mr. Councillor Bright willed

Molyneux gave notic

a motion t

rescind the obnoxious and obstructive resolution on the edu-
tion question ;: and we trust every true Conservative will be
t him. No

post on this occasion to supp,
,k will, there's a way." as .. Earle said.
ahabitants of the good old town, if they
discovery before, will now find out, oil
debate on the Town Hall and Borough Court
Committees,' who are the real reformers of abuses and best
supporters of the towns true interests. Messrs. Lloyd and
Cooper deserve our warmest acknowledgments for the manly

:re there

have not m
reading the

1 exposure of what

ely appears atradestnanlike trait

Messrs. Ross

and'Nightingale are scarcely prudent in set-
nee of the London trade list; any tradesman

aces, 76 per cent. discount

Oh, no, 'NVE

The monstrosity of their accounts
is only to be equalled by the conduct of Mr. Ross,
who made his appearance in the Council Chamber as a
reporter, though he never once took a note. lie had
even the audacity to attempt to make a speech, and was
" hushed" by his more prudent friend, Mr. William Earle.
We regret Mr. Ross was not permitted to chnunt his Night-
ingale notes, and then incur the penalties of the law for ex-
ercising the functions of a councillor without authority.

All our praises wby should lords engross ?
Rise, then, my muse, and sing of honest Ross !
We think it would add much to the good order and peace
of the Council if certain members would not " rise" quite .so
often ; we will mention two, in particular, who are each in
their way, patterns of conceit :—Mr. James Aikin and Mr.
T. Bolton, one of whom " rose" no fewer than eighteen
times, and the other fourteen at the last Council.—Why does
Mr. Bolton eclipse 'raglioni ?—Because he can sit on his
toes, and the latter can only stand on hers.

We thank Mr. Harvey is. placed where he ought to be, on
the street side of the Town Hall door. He can now relieve
the gaol committee of much anxiety and • labour by devoting
the energies of his comprehensive mind to the mental im-
provement of the turnkeys at Kirkdale.

We think, as on a former occasion, the-concluding scene.
of the Council was by far the best, when. poor Richard
Vaughan found himself all alone in the midst of the " tyrant
majority" calling upon him to go on.
" No !" he exclaimed, " may I perish :
II- Cr' Amy sinews, break my back,

nad rather —.ex
Than I should such dishonour undergo—
And waste my sweets without'a friend to heat

AFFGHANISTAN

The following letter, received by a person in this town,
from his brother, a private in her Majesty's ninth regiment
of foot, now serving under General Pollock in India, will be

read with interest at the present moment:—

Camp Jeltalabad, Affghanistan, April 22nd, 1812.
DEAR BROTHER,-1 once more give my..elf the pleasure
of addressing a few lines to you, as l am still, by the mercy
of God, a tenant of this earth, with all its vexations, sorrows,
and troubles. I last addressed you from Kowulsur, and I
can now inform you, that on the sth April our force under
Major-General Pollock entered the Khyber Pass, under a
shower of bullets and stones, the latter almost as formidable
as the former mentioned. My company formed a part of the
right advanced, and we had to climb a mountain whose sides
were almost perpendicular. As we advanced before daylight,
-e . .

Lne watennres of the enemy appeared like stars in the firma-.
rnent, from their great height, and shone with great bril-
liancy. Upon arriving at the foot of the mountain, the
Khyberies saluted us with a yell that sounded inhuman in
my ears, followed by a shower of balls that whistled over our
heads without doing any harm. We answered with as much

noise as we could make, and opened a fire upon them that
soon sent them to a more respectable distance, which they

them until we arrived at the summit of the mountain, where
they had erected breastworks to lie behind, while tiring upon
us; but they soon quitted these strongholds, and down the

other side of the hill. I think they never went before in so little
time. Lieut. Cunning and live men of our regiment were
killed in ascending this mountain. On another small height
they made a good stand, and the bullets flew as thick as hail
for about half-an-hour. One man was shot dead, 'and two
wounded, close to me, upon this height, but we succeeded in
driving them from their walls, and experienced very little
opposition afterwards. The firing continued from about five

and any one who
any of us-should

in the morning till four in the afternoon,
witnessed it would have thought it impossible _
have escaped ; but we drove them from their stroi

Lions, in eve

Khyber Pass v

!d, nenr

our mother earth, the heavens being our tester
was taken during the day of the 6th, with s
My company I.

The fort

sition in the evenin

.eely any oppo-
on the top of a

lose to the fort. We slept uion tt

round in the open

and marc

•night, shed the next Morning at 6 a.m.
Thonglu Pass, expecting a warm day's work, but
The pass was very narrow to-day,

with no opposition

and a noisy stream runs in the bottom, the mountains rising.
almost perpendicular to a great height. The pass widened
as we advanced, and beautiful cropsflourished on either hand,
but they were completely stript, and some villa,,es we passed
burned. We met with no further opposition until we arrived
at Dakha. The town of Lalpona stands upon the opposite
side of the Cabot river to that which we encamped upon.
They had the impudence to fire upon us, and the artillery
returned a few rounds of =rape and canister. They left the
town, but returned as soon as the firing ceased. The next
day a detachment was sent over to take the town ' - my com-
pany was one ; and in crossing the river the 3rd Dragoons
lost two men and three sepoys, and one sice or groom was
likewise swept away as soon as we gained the opposite shore,
which was not till sunset. They deserted the town, and fled
to the mountains. We gave it over to a friendly chief, and
slept in the fort. Not expecting a long job, we brought no
provisions, and got nothing for two days and two nights; but
we managed to get one bullock and two sheep before quitting
the town, which they had completely stript, but that was not
much among a thousand men. We arrived at Jellalabad on
the 16th of the present month, and found all right with Sale.
On the 7th the Affghans fired a salute, and our poor fellows,
thinking we were driven back,'hecatne desperate, sallied out
into the very heart of the enemy's camp, completely defeated
him, and captured four guns, burnt their camp, and killed
men and horses almost without number, and they are now
lying in part upon this plain, an awful sight to behold ; and
brought back his colours in triumph, and hoisted them on
the bastion of their fort. Since that they have not winter
provisions, as they captured a great number of bullocks and
sheep. We are waiting for the arrival of a reinforcement ex-
pected in a few days to join us, when we shall move forward
towards Cabul, where we expect to meet all the force the
Affghans can collect, which is no small one at the poorest of
times; but I think we need not care how many. I must now
conclude, as the paper will not contain any more, and we are
not allowed to send a whole sheet at present, until things are
more settled. , I received a kind letter from sister Anne,
which 1 have not answered; and as_ I can neither get

, nor paper, for love or money,
.please to send her a copy
of this. And I should be much obliged to you if you would
send me a few wafers in your next letter, as money will not

whole force.—Adieu
22nd April, 1842.

PLAIN QUESTION AND ANSWER, OR MATTER

OF FACT,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Why have the radical papers in our town a larger circula-
tion than the conservative ?—Because the conservatives sup-
port them.
Why do the conservatives support them
have a larger circulation.
Why do the conservatives advertise in the radical news-
papers?—Because they have a larger circulation.
Why have they a larger circulation ?—Because the con
servatives advertise in them

'—Because they

The conservatives, therefore, form a Frankenstein to
destroy themselves.

Who are the best supporters of a newspaper ?—Those who
advertise in them.

The conservatives are, therefore, guilty of supporting and
encouraging, both by their influence and means, the most
vile and abominable principles, which they at the same time
pretend to detest.

What is the duty of conservatives with regard to the
press?—To advertise in and encourage the conservative
papers, and to withhold their advertisements from and dis-
courage the radical press.

By this means the tables would be turned in a very short

Writing anonymously, it is no boast when I say, that
although I have spent some hundreds per annum in adver-
tising, I have never given one penny in support of a radical
paper.—Yours, &c., TRUTH.

THE FINE ARTS

The Morning of the Chase. Drawn by Taylor; engraved

by Ryall

Graves, London

We had the pleasure of seeing at Mr. Linnecar's, a day or
two ago, a very fine etching of a work now in progress, after
a painting in water colours, by Mr. Frederick Taylor. It
represents a hunting party at the front of Haddon Hall, the
seat of the Duke of Rutland, in Derbyshire. The time is
about that of Charles the Second. The centre of the tableau
is occupied by three figures on horseback—two " denzoisels"
and a cavalier. A huntsman is collaring a dog in the fore-
ground, while a page is adjusting the stirrup of one of the
ladies. At the porch a lady and gentleman are standing,
near to whom an attendant dwarf is seen doffing his " bea-
ver." Two splendid dogs are apparently greeting their mas-
ter. A stand of hawks, with hoods, are seen to the left. In
the distance are huntsmen and hounds in their progress to-
wards the cover. This is a clever work, and executed with
all the spirit, truth, and fidelity of a Landseer.

The Whiskey Still. Painted by Landseer ; engraved by R

Graves

One of Landseer's most telling works—a whole history at
a view. It represents an illicit still in the Highlands. A
hunter is sitting on a buck, tasting the mountain dew, the
" whiskey with exquisite smell." He appears to be smack-
ing his lips, as if he relished its flavour; a woman is seen
behind him with a keg; and the distiller himself holds a
funnel anti worm. A ragged girl, with a dog at her feet, is
leaning against a water-tub, into which the water trickles
from the mountain. A goat browses on the hill side. Im-
plements of husbandry are scattered about, with apparatus
for distilling. We may reckon this as standing, in point of
merit, next to the Highland Drovers.

Children with .Rabbils. Edwin Landseer. Engraved by

Landseer.
Two children tending rabbits; beautifully drawn. A tuost
pleasing and tasteful performance, simple in composition,
and replete with feeling.

Lady and Spaniels. Landseer. Engraved by T. Landseer.
A lady is seen reclining on a couch, reading a letter, sly-
rounded by her four-footed favourites. A very charming
work.

In a pastoral letter addressed to the inhabitants of Stoke
Gifford, occurs the following passage The present clerk,
Silas Phillips, and his father, have held that office one hun-
dred and ten years ; and there are two brothers now living,
the farmers Daniel and Abraham Webb, whose parents had
nine children, the united ages of whom already reach the
number of seven hundred and sixty-six years, averaging
eighty-five each."