The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

3 the 11 ' , n aiti °° ' 00° 1 to cl°6e Sta tion , _---"" _ -- ,rullil TT ,- 111 r BO that , 1 ,1, P i/e' the it mort11; T II l'ibY ~etera A ll ree sr9 6B s, , 0 ,1 1 5.1 1° rrO le re, „obi ~; ( 1 61 Ile' 30 o t s et 3, reCe ( i r oi THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 185 *airs by Auction SALES POSTPONED. SALES : advertised ior EDNESDAY, the ,ailAu instant, of several pieces 'of LAND,.64uate at 41 , ;P.M in Clifton-park, are POSTPONED till a future nth due notice will be given. A°llll j oh March, and SON. n- street, Liverp oo l, 13th 1854. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. VALUABLE OAK AND OTHER TIMBER. Nto lti ,„ By Mr , JOHN WHITEHALL, Afte r , uw, the 15th Inn,insant at Four o'clock in the 1 11 t f oi ? 00 : at the Goat Llanfair Montgomeryshire, in I)r odu c :Vng Lots, and subject to 'conditions to be then 1 4ti . f\ Titr. rAntsit or LLANFATR. E Hundred and Fifty OAK TREES, g r OWill,7 in Cefngole Coppice, numbered from 1 sta r it ?• - -94 vaat, , O A K TREES, growing in Cefngole Coppice 44 t 3.....,Z10ered from 151 to 244. . 11 ber e d . I z , OAK TREES, growing in Cefngole Farm, t it t•ot t ',TM 245 to 371. 44 1 1 ) „ -- ou ASH TRF FS ;rowing on the said Cefngole Ls'4;.ereprr}ie,re(l from I 4 to' 3 ' ol and SYCAMORE TREES, red 1y ` 5,.... . 11 1,, () A 1 ( TREES rowing on Hirws Issa Farm, 6 ' r° Tri 1 t ° o 152. L n o bete c o" B OAK TREES, growing in Hengae Coppice, t, 1 to 238 t c, ' , l ' e' --- t `A OAK TREES, growing in the said Hengae t cro l B'....pbered from 491 to 940. t4'te ASH TREES, growing in the said Hengae Lbe4unabereil from 1 to 29; and 3 SYCAMORE TREES, fr ° ,l l 1 to 8. t, 1 1,, e1;i 1 f 1, 7 OAK TREES, growing on MelinygrAg Farm, Lic e t ilLfoln to 147. 0111 11' 12 OAK TREES, growing in Llwynybrain Cop numbered from 148 to 259. L o T e e TREES, growing in the said Llwy n y brain trt i nngle, numbered from 1 to 65. 1,,! 4 ;14 9 ASH TREES, growing on Cennant tl3 'numbered from 66 to 114. . 4 rita3 2 ...SYCA.SIORE TREES, growing on the said F 1 7.,,114.1'" nlelitfygrfta• Farms, numbered from 1 t 0 .22. -411 SYCAMORE TREES , growing on Melinygrtig htnernb &A t , 15 ,red 'from 23 to 48. I th .s. ' 4 OAK TREES, growing on Gellygethin and Farms, numbered from 1 to 15h k ti tiOtuj e Tiroher is of superior quality, and o f large 1% 4 1 1 d the Oak well adapted shireldg Jewls. ets,,,,,,lsiles from the Montgomery Can al en at . A . failttlX t ,t ,7 Miles from the shipping pott of D 1 For kiP e rlla t ..V'Y , of Melin ++,.. will show the Timber. v,,yco i „,, oculars app'yYtgor-STr. JosEPIR 'OWEN JONES, of Cem I- • or to Mr. EVAN OWEN, Timber near K aY Inn, eS ESTER As,,, ESTER AND LONDON LI FE ASSU RANCE AND LOAN ASSOCIATI ON. ~ , 7. KING-STREET. MANCHESTER; '1 4 :2 C o. 454 WEST STRAND, LONDO n N E ; L7ark; 0 4 ND.ISH•ROW, RITTLAND,SQUA PUBLIN, h t 7an % o.:Alrvivorship Risks of eVery description. ti e :2l4l,L,.equitable terms. Life Assurance being contempo effected, on approved personal or any other sutfi td salty * • Dtt O V* • t 'llll naeiliS forchildren on ron-returnable or returnable s tattl itn. - Fo. D u i_ Y On Policies paid by this Association. e t ' e ' L Jcy o , or n So percent ., divided every five years amongst AN ry ar y, a4 anc eg e ti s t t l er ed to proti CHARLES HENRY MINCHIN. a " Secretary. London— WM. JAS. STRICKLAND. tqA k(), hi, -s r n LISIIED ISI6.—WILDLNG'S REAL t o . t er4;;;sANl (IF ANISEED, for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, ha t i"te 4 „ t , &C.—This Balsam affords almost i n st ant relief ( Itierino. rom the abov-natned causes. Coughs, ases ' a f ttendant upon the Lungs, when of long ~inf i l t „ire( , line very inveterate and dcult to cure, aytd s terminate in consumption. I . n cases of_tni %r e ' e q , ? , arri should be resorted to imm ediately, and re pp et until 'its effect in removing the Cough is kt e Pa t ' ta Sold in 'Bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. eacp. t itr e ' only by W. WILDING, Chemist, &c., t, LiverpoA and Derby-road, Bootle. 14411.1 NM WATER CLO . SETS.-- th i e k4l:f ),the Nobility, Ship Owners, Ship Bi."lcfers'et.rel is Patent Marine Water Closet, obviating_ o y n'lriir4rto offensive effluvia so repeatedly complained f. Irt r o - , l P erl l 3 e nd almost impossible to get out of order with Lag,boardnvb for Yacht . s, or Cabin Actom- Lag, th. " Sel-going Ships, being fitted up above •or k T' i nifi r W ater-level, and entirely preventing al l anno y ance pl t - 9 1 , from T.l ittledale, Esq., late Mayor of 'Liver ,4ltll,`,„'ellt .1• Capt. 4 Parsons, African Mail Steam-Ship . ' l ' l o2l l ‘'., a Pt: Dixon, ( ' isle Tian S team-Packet Manx Fairy, 41anufactory, Morpeth-dock Quay, Birkenhead. P LUMBING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. l' -TATG A LETTER WITH A MONEY ' 0 121)ER, AND FORGERY. -., 4. 1 . 5 7kG liVr A , Nat: middle LK z i/. , a ! g man err:Tier pecastabalaehi-loop b k ro in ker in Cannirg ItqQns • t•ili•c:g'eed describe d athe Police Courtryfstettyß6 witho ' c li lis !•', letter, containing a bank `Parker for 7 14 f e,, s ' 10 d., intended for Messrs . al ris=roliants in Chester. . a s V en t f e r r em an E d e t s ni kau ght: and by another accident the l ese"4 4 t i lsliire, and was accidentallyi‘'a made payable to Co Ntei,vvtdker and Wright, addressed M essr s. Walker and ~ ir enclosing it was in support of the P r';% ) e4..9rPool. Mr. Banning 4% ''''n, and the prisonerhw. s aexu appeared ' -'- - -nded by Mr. Owen. Royal Oak Inn, - :at Beck si_ilaji ts ey, proprietor of t .° '4, t,'h'talfordshire, deposed that, about the end of Jan. of £ll 18s. 10d., in ttn i ,„ e , seat a b an k -order for the sum win e ." - Th 'L of a debt he owed to Messrs, Walker and Knight, t r jl a: l--el ' el 'ults in Chester ; it was accompauig by a note t 1 , 11 Q 4.1 3 N. the Object to which the money a s to be ap ikiZ aCevl it „tilis being his first transaction wit was to be ap &eserjbed them as Messrs. Widker and \ e eing his first transaction withhouse, ilk r and 'ight -- ''Y u -es - '1) d them as Messrs. W e t,,,, tainit ar,e, b y a i.i . e mistake, addressed the envelope . t°l ! N . e g t 1 ,1 - le IV I i li O l i m , 11. M ess rs. Walker nn(POo., Live . r- I Dance ‘teeir : --' toacknowledgment of this remit ; ~ beam-Rg ii any eor r ' e t in about a week wrote . to ascertain why i the letter was eet e ll ack .4d ed This time _ r v v.. , e ne ,,, no Ae g • h a rcer, t aii, and it produced a visit from Mr. Hen y tiu last - be o 'nester, who explained that the -remittance b,„ ; ivist p,,, ri received. He heard no more of the matter the `,.",50ne,. -- turday, when he came to Liverpool and saw I,_ . - ' 4 a I.);,, 4 CIIStO(iy. On being shown an envelope, a letter he '44 1, sen - i.": 1 % --o ,rder, he identified them all as those which -41 Xi,' itct ue first instance, intended for Messrs. Walker IN . -ighf ; l and: Christie, l • Liverpool—On the 31st of letter-carrier . 4 hi •'' delivered business, letter in question Landes 4 -44, 8 Place ,of in Canning-Place, it was Nik e ,„ bse d to Messrs Walker and Co., asked if it was for oit;'er, who.said he could not tell unless he read it ; on t, i‘ '' l'',/ieh be said it was all right, and witness left the ~,4 - %%him. This witness also identified the envelope. k arat s . ' Le in"; Walker, of Walker and Knight, wine mer e`, Ch • expected a remittance from Mr. h ty +,,, ester, said he 'le ),',„..._."" the amount of £ll 16s. 10d., but did not get it. a 1 ' 'Wive," C.• hat gentleman, intimating that ailk hader -om t to y .11 or derbeen sent for the money, and requesting d. He never l 'ecti o cri° w hVitivad not been acknowledge 0, 4'1 the order • nor had he received it yet. I , ‘ . _' r. gt e rnas - GoOdy ar, cashier at Messrs. Earned and lr- ,11 1-Q - "il - -K, in L -a e t t stated that, on the 2nd <of r eh, -r y th - Lord-street, -8 ree_ .! . ~, .„,ti c priso ner appa_ ..... IPA illy the money. Witness s`ler e e u that-it was singular the prixoner should apply th District k for the money as if ed it e _ _ l ila l'R ' 4° - r . t liarge %von' 1(1 , bemade for t it, while they would W he e w . a :;_ l isoner•replied, that he preferred coming there,. \ 411 :6 - 'town -Witness then asked if the indorsation Vrik• h4Writing, • and If he was of the firm of Walker .and "Ir tia. - ' both whichquestions he answered in the 1 t ,, 0 ati ve. _ of ne Witness had previously 4:1 1 1 th e fie got-the o respectable.- thoin .Trisoner-to be lie Post-office, remembered th e 'ette;sos, inspector at t + office, which passed into d eli Priv ate tilling to - the post-office, and Parker, and was le tt: el•ec i to I of Messrs. Walker d it, they returned the R as r Wi th them. Having opened iv %e h 'au intimation that it was , 43P, to sent round by the letter-carriers, in the usual i k iso - .c't an f it • and Christie too i the 4td . 1. , who ONVIII; or . , ed it .as for Walker and Wright, Iti n s rt tlow . r 110 ' understood 'he said it was for him. I . l le Th , -- etor f the detective force, apprehe n ded `4atir',:soner On e s 'ur o dav night, and, on telling i the - ct the b t - •d - h was sorry for it. 1 51 , r, 4 3 e•Arge, he sin e . -4. ed t o , w en, for the defence, said Mr. Walker had been whom he 4, 11.8 , easiness with a Mr. Wright, for ' l -0 1-_-'ted business ears ; and a debt of about ht, t,•-•eirt due mall y named Key, whose residence, e,,q4e Moment L a trave ot er know the. prisoner naturally tl eLt ild ,el the' order was did n for him, ' in payment of that Til e l t n. Used it accordin gly. P risoner was committed for trial at the assizes. r.,, - -Nr ON BOARD A LIVERPOOL 1' SHIP. 1r , -----11----- respectively Thos. ai AIDA. thirteen named . A ct, x rteen seamen, A (1, a nt George Weeks, John Henley, Michael Fitzge -.11 s•ia Oh •t o h G eorg e Curtis, Edward Crewe, Jane gitstos Murray, ris er James Thomas, John Cerra l, 1 James f re e ' , a lit King, John Hayes, were brought be 9.r. 4 . q ing, and I n lit h ,' , 4314 e.11.1, the stipendiary magistrate, . charged with of the ship :,4-,,,,-'34134 extorting money from the captain . , Vle -u rn 4, .on her p - from New Orleans to laverP°°t. 'l)iii - a • i i s eetttin was conducted by Mr. Owen, and 01 -r . 11 1 -.. a PPeared on behalf of the prisoners shii,,stating 'the case m Owen said the prisoners were 41 1Z (1 at New - Orleans, r• and had signed the ship's t t ,., tw; 3 2-greeing for the voyage to Liverpool at therat ~`4 O l h.,"„`'Y dollars per month ; receiving sixteen doll ' I I the - 4tivance The ship - was cleared at New Orleans the llth 6 th o f i d arrived in Liverpool on 1,.. of -,„. anuary, an i in,„ march of -the present year. Shortly after ,Tll.ll,r„„.wle Port:th rew became troublesome, and in A misahiL-78torm and " lent s nall the ship was partially (ittelie‘m, losinc, Some of her ci spars and sails. In cons?' kleh o e of t his e' disaster, she had to Put into Apalachieo e ia_ 1 .,, 4 ttifh l ,g, e, being unable to het over the bar from want t . -4 41 el it depth ofwater. 6 ln this predicament the eaP eo _ qiati , landfor e of superintending the t e at re ot V n.ofthe the purpose of superintenthug the th of the necessary pars leaving the vessel in ,aPtki e „ c 't the mate ne iS es n s t a h7l3th 'of January, wthhilemate ' ll cl ft . - was absent . th p • oners refu sed t° °beYe requisite titi of the decks, e - 's performing the other to ti e i : of th e shi they pe received an advance of paymate *rot- exert of p, unless dollarseach er mouth.. Thbesordi laa._ e t o til captain lifteen_n rum P with this ex k 4 ,4' le- ia . ian. v ii : acramti g 1 ‘ „ eln g and received an answer from the captain,. to comply , ith t b . demands the circumstances of the case, 1 'etheZe ueniands of the, men. This was communicated / 4141 ''' andshortly ' the captain c ame on board,ut " t t lesired afterwards r f,, th e „to Proceed with the necessary repairs ; -nia vnsoners ;refused to do, except under a stet er ad ._ e aga.n ii i - t ?oh ed L 4 v!-, eof wages. There' was no B tish consul toll; i eli t c h e ..'" ‘ne place, and, yielding .to the urgent neces 0. captain a in complied with their demands, ke t 'ern-, how v ga day of reckoning would adtfer the ever, er, that a they demanded an . w,_ io ta 4. ___ . in this last instance thus forcing their tbzfe tip twenty dollars a month, each.lnt 'F ar t of 4t Monti ticixty-five dollars a month i.,.,• Apo_ Y.aptain was „ De ll e d to advance to them -- ght aehicol; aft • ra- got matters so far re,..„ as to _ r er which, they t „ 1. 7 . tive_P Proceed on the voyage,and, ultimately, to 13 17 4 ias4r '' . 'but, on the way, they behaved with Plab,Lt t rrivi o 4 e•-, and displayed much insubordination.acora. c s .Z , . to tL 111 _ port, the catain mad t l ken i n t o , z t.. ~, a uthorities, and they were he called .' tamy piA li buPPort of the statement, , ......., e by e la 3 the hi' p ' s who he averments proved all t . ~,,, ; ,„"" - w hi c h lob b ook wag also Pr° 61144- '7 ..* were details of the various circumstances and acts of in subordination and terms of exaction. The captain also proved that each of the prisoners was indebted to the ship about sixty dollars. The mate was also called, and he corroborated the tes timony of the captain ; and also verified the correctness of the entries in the log-book- Both the captain and the mate were subjected to long cross-examination by Mr. Aspinall, in which he elicited that tlit captain was of an irascible temper when thwarted ; but an attempt to establish that he was of dissipated habits entirely failed, as did also an endeavour to fix a charge of general harshness against him. Mr. Aspinall, for the defence, remarked on the excess of caution which he said was evinced on the part of the prosecution, in including all the prisoners in the charge, which prevented him from obtainmg the evidence of even a single one in justification of the men, who, he contended, were ill-used, and insufficiently:provisioned on the voyage. His Honour, in conclusion, animadverted, in severe terms, on the altogether indefensible line of conduct pursued by the prisoners, who engaged, in a foreign port, to bring the ship home ; and on the faith of which en gagement the captain had proceeded to sea. While there, and taking advantage of a disaster, they extorted money from him under circumstances in which he had no alter native but to comply with their demands. In doing so, no doubt the captain had exercised a wise discretion, but the conduct of the prisoners could not be looked on as better than that of parties who put their hands in other men's pockets and took out their money. The owners had been put to great loss in the case, and the conduct of the prisoners was without any justification. The Act of Parliament awarded in such cases, as an extreme penalty, the punishment of twelve weeks' imprisonment with hard labour, and he could not in this case see any circumstances calling for a mitigation of that extreme punishment ; he therefore sentenced each of them to be imprisoned for twelve weeks, with hard labour. tiberpool tanbat 'UE SDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1854. " SWEET are the uses of adversity," said old WILL SIIIIISPERE; and it may be fortunate for us if the war, which now seems inevitable, should afford us at least the advantage of testing modern theories of financial policy, which have, as yet, had simply to encounter sunshine and fair weather. When the late Sir ROBERT PEEL was called in to prescribe for the monetary prostration to which the country had been reduced by Whig imbecility, he resorted to the Income-tax as the most avail able resource in an emergency ; but palliated the enormity of a war-tax being levied in time of peace by TCstrieting its duration to a short term of years. The necessity was admitted, and, in the full hope that in a few years it would no longer exist, the tax was granted, and served effectually to restore the exhauSted exchequer. Upon no other consi deration . but the stern necesSit-y• of the case, and upon no ether conditions than its temporary dura tion, could the imposition of such a tax have been justified; but both these were elements of the question, and opposition was Unarmed. The use that has been made of this confidence in minis terial honesty should be a lesson to the country.. The' - receipt of such a fruitfil source of revenue was made the means of tampering with the whole system of financial policy, as based upon indirect `taxation; it was the treacherous preparation for the subsequent adoption of the Free-trade theory; and ;as, one by one, the sources of national income were Alinainished in order to ecarry out the experiment, 'the Income-tax was rendered permanent, uponthe same necessitous plea-which had induced the 'first consent to it. The evil consequences of this course are now beginning's be apparent, and, should the war continue any length of time, not only Will they be more prominent, but the necessity must arise for ministers to retrace their steps. If, instead of paltry reductions on sugar, tea, and other articles of foreign production, the increase in the-revenue from the revival Of 'trade had been applied to the extinction of the Income-tax, a fruitful source of income might :now have been available for the expenses of this unforeseen and unprovided-for war. It would have' been readily granted, 'because the necessity would have been admitted ; but having been forestalled, the only alternative is its increase to an oppressive extent, or a reversal of that vaunted system of commercial policy which Sir ROBERT PEEL sacrificed himself and his party and sold the country to promote. This was the difficulty with which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had to conten i d, when last week he made his financial statement, and found no other resource than to double the Income-tax. It is true that he con fined his proposal to the modest limit ofkx months, but this was merely an imitation of the false pretence under which it was first levied. It was a mere tinkering expedient, characteristic of the C oa lition Cabinet, the double-dealing of - the Peelites, and the shuffling trickery of the Whig-Radicals. If the charge for the war should happily be con fined to the cost of fitting out the expedition which has already left our shores , it is possible that the C HANCELL OR of the EXCHEQUER may get over the financial year without making any further demand. But does any intelligent Englishman seriously expect that a collision with the gigantic :Empire of Russia will 'be so easily settled ? We may, there fore, anticipate not only a double Income Tax for the next half-year, but the prospect of a-still fur ther augmentation, with hardly the hope , of relief unless, indeed, the Hofise of Commons Should as sert its independence of Ministerial dictation, and • return to the old paths which have been so :wilfully and recklessly forsaken. Mr. GLADSTONE, 'in his fessed his great reluctance 'introductory speech, pro -to reimpose duties . which had been so recently re mitted, and to abandon that newly-adopted -system of policy which he and his party had spent , their previous lives :iu opposing. It was a mockery of political principle, of which none but a PEEWIT -could be guilty. He had far better have assumed a show of honesty to w hich he has so long been a stranger, confessed his financial errors, which .are of•the-gravest character, and, placing the difficulty fairly before the Rouse, have manfully proposed to recur to the legitimate sources of revenue derived from -the Customs' duties. It is true that pr s i on s have lately been At much higher prices than wer e promised by the advocates of Free Trade ; but if the burden of additional taxation should be borne equally, there is no reason why the duty on the importation of foreign wheat should not be raised from one shilling to five shillings per quar ter. Such an increase would make no appreciable difference in the price to consumers, while it might sensibly augment the national income. It is a popu lar argument with man y persons, that duties for the purpose of revenue should be levied on articles of luxury rather than on the common necessaries of life. The fallacy of this reasoning must be evident on reflection, and a striking instance of it was afforded when the great WILLIAM PITT levied a tax on the we aring of hair-powder, erroneously supposing that a fashion, which was then so general, would of necessity continue, and prove highly productive to the treasury. A tax to be really productive be imposed on an article which is not only in must general consumption, but which th e p eo p le cannot n or find a ready s ubstitute for. easily dispense with, If war be inevitable, —and none can deny that it is entered upon with popular feeling in its favour, — then it is absolutely necessary that the public should be fully aware of th Tende rs ih it entails, and the sacrifices wh ich it ndispensable, All have, in some degree , an equality of interest , and all are entitled to bear, in fair proportion, a share of the pecuniary burden entailed upon the country. Th e proposition, however, for increasing the Income-tax, is not only unjust, inasmuch as the burden of the war is confined to a class of the population already taxed beyond all others, upon the pretence of their greater ability to contribute ; but, emanating as it does from the present Minis try, it is op en to the gravest charge of political perfidy. T hese men, who prate as glibly of honour and honesty as if they possessed a spark of either, h av e the daring effrontery to propose a Reform Bill, which they would virtually disfranchise every man of property throughout' the country, and throw the whole representation into the hands of the humbler classes ; and then, almost with the next breath, the House of Commons is asked to tax the very persons who are to be deprived of their influence in choosing the representatives. If taxation and representation are to be co-equal, and the possession of property be made the basis of taxation, then it ought also to be made the basis of representation, and a man be qualified with votes according to the amount of property for which he pays. But to endow a man with the franchise for the paltry considerations which form the groundwork of Lord Jonsr RUSSELL'S. Bill, and then to throw all the burden of the war upon the minority, is not only a direct blow at the whole fabric of the constitution, but a deliberate act of political iniquity. It is, indeed, the first step to a system of Socialism, by the virtual confiscation of property to gratify a numerical majority. We do not attempt to dispute the position that property has its duties as well as its rights, and that those who possess the means should contribute to the necessities of the State ; but by any system of direct taxation the line of distinction is necessarily unequal, and therefore unjust in its operation. By no process of reasoning can it be shown that a man with an income of £lOO should pay £2 ls. Bd. a year, while he who has only i'99 19s. should pay nothing ; and yet such is, and must be, the effect of any system of direct taxation. On the other hand, there are thousands of men earning weekly wages who are exempt from this tax, and yet are far better able to contribute to the revenue than the man of £lOO or £l5O a year, who, to obtain it, must keep up a respectable exterior, and has a wife and family to maintain. The cry of the Pree traders has been for direct taxation, because it ab solves the labouring classes, who spend more in luxuries than the class immediately above them ; while Lord aOHN RUSSELL, by his proposed ex tension of the franchise, would assist to perpetuate the injustice, and even to make it more galling. The Income-tax has been endured because it was deemed 'to be an inevitable necessity, but the attempt 'to increase it ought to be resisted, and the Ministers be compelled to raise the required addition to the revenue from those duties the re duction of which has proved beneficial to no one. The financial difficulty which has caused this demand for an increase of `the income Tax has not only been considerably •aggravated, but actually created, by the complicated experiments in finance with which Mr. GLIDSTOgE commenced his career us a Chancellor of the Exchequer. His pet scheme for the conversion of Stocks, which was to make a vermanent saving in the National Debt, has resulted in severe loss to the few who were deluded by ministerial statements -into an acceptance of the new Stocks, and in the absorption of the balances in the Exchequer 'to 'pay off the discontented, by which above six millions have been needlessly paid away, which mightlave been devoted 'to the first exigencies caused by fitting out the expedition. All this advantage has been needlessly frittered away, because Mr. GLADSTONE has an intuitive genius, which, having blossomed in.the parterre of Conservative principle, has been matured in the hotbed of rank Radicalism. It is true that, when th e co nversion was proposed, war was not then anticipated; but whether we had now been in state of peace or war, the utter inutility of the project, and its loss to the country, would have been equally apparent. We may, however,' indulge the hope that'the Coalition is on the point of disso lution, and we hail the prospect the more willingly from the confliction t)iat the condition in which the country is at present requires that the helm of state should be in the hands of men possessing more ability and more honesty than the present Ministry. MAT the prerogative of mercy is the highest jewel in the - Crown, few who have any Christian obligation will be inclined to dispute, but mercy when ill directed is often bitter injustice. -Witen the Marquis of NORMINBY was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, his policy was that of a general gaol delivery. He- opened the prison doors to the worst offenders, because their offence was rebellion to the Government, and the consequence was monster meetings, mid-day murders, and a general insur rection requiring a strong military force forits suppression. The chief offender, DANIEL O'CON 3TELL, saved himself by a flight 'to the continent ; but his less cunning, though more-honest coadjutor, S MI TH O'BRIEN, with Quixotic chivalry, backed his words by deeds , and ignominiously terminated hi s rebellion in a cabbage garden. His position would have been too contemptible for serious anger, but human life was at stake, and however inade quate the means, the animus to overthrow the Government and involve a kingdom in bloodshed and desolation was equally the same. For the single crime of murder he would have expiated his offence on the scaffold ; but as wholesile swindling i leads to the Bankruptcy Court, and a small theft to the felon's gaol, ,so in the eyes of Whiggery rebellion demands only a milder punishment ; and SMITH O'BRIEN, taken in flagrante delicto, with arms in his hands, wasiet off with transportation. This, however,was not sufficiently mild for Whig no tions, and he has received the Royal pardon,upon the absurd plea that his companions in iniquitf have fled from justice to the congenial soil of America. Had he simply committed forgery, or, driven by distress, had sought relief onthe highway, he must ;have served the full term of his sentence; but treason is in Whig eyes so little removed from their own policy, that the traitor is an olEgect of sympathy, and excuse is, therefore, easily found for an Irish gen tl em an and a Member of Parliament, which would be pleaded in vain for the wretch who sinned through ignorance and was tempted by want. This act of ill-judged clemency was not, - however, to stand alone, and the Newport rioters, who escaped the gallows through the clumsiness of a Whig Attorney-General, and two more of the Irish p a t r iots are included in another amnesty to suffer .- ing rebels. This exercise of the prerogative of mercy should not, however, stop here, for it will be gross injustice if it be not extended to all who were transported previously, and are still lingering in our penal colonies, inasmuch as, whatever were their offences, they were of less moral turpitude than those for which these pardoned felons were first allowed to escape the gallows, and now the milder punishment. tributions in aid of suffering humanity, which were known to be frequent and large, were distributed with that unos tentatious liberality, that instinctive delicacy, which is at all times characteristic of a good and generous disposi tion. Of him, in reference to such deeds of kindness, such missions of mercy, it might truly be said that his right hand knew not what his left hand did. From early youth associated with Liverpool, and by the prestige of his family name connected with the germina tion and growth of its commercial prosperity and municipal importance, the late Mr. MommEux:was deeply and affec tionately interested in the welfare and progress of this his native town ; and the growing development of its public in stitutions found in him a gratified assistant and a powerful friend. Eminently disinterested in his acts and aspirations, his public services had but one object in view—the general good,— and that he laboured zealously, to secure and enhance, while he was not less careful of the public honour; thus he was at all times tenacious of his personal reputa tion. In conferring on such a man municipal rank, as a reward for valued services, the community evinced its gratitude in a manner which reflected honour on itself, in a degree as obvious and creditable as it lent dignity to the recipient. The personal worth, the urbanity, and the integrity of Mr. MoLyNEux secured for him the warm and lasting regards of an extensive circle of personal friends. His attachments were as sincere as his manners were blameless and inoffensive. Deeply attached to the cause of constitutional govern ment, and warmly espousing the advocacy of those mea sures, through the administration of which this country has attained so high a degree of prosperity—so honourable a position among the nations of the earth,—Mr. MOLY NEtt, at an early period of his life, enrolled himself among the ranks of the Liverpool Conservatives, and was by them justly esteemed for the consistency and ardour of his patriotism ; while his conciliatory spirit rendered him a favourite with even his political ispponents. The union of these qualities, added to his great and deserved personal influence, pointed him out asthe local leader under whose guidance the Conservative party could sustain an honour able and uncompromising, though not vindictive, warfare against those aggressive principles of democratic innovation which threaten the subversion of our dearest and most valuable ingtitntions. In this belief he was selected as chairman of the Liverpool Constitutional Association, an office which, since the Association was instituted, he has held ; and 'the dnties , of which he has discharged in such a manner as to give vonfidence and courage to his friends, without affording the slightest pretence for arcerbity of feeling among those to whom he was opposed. Sincere in his own honest convictions, and hononraltle in their mani festation, his . magnanimity enabled him to exercise a liberality of sentiment in estimating the proceedings of his opponents. Of such a man, and-so worthy a citizen, let all join, asull can join, heartily in saying, BEQUIESCAT IN PACS. BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL. LATE E. MOLYN_EUX, ES WB regret to record the demise of Mr. EDMUND MOLYNNUN, one of the Aldermen of the borough, and long regarded with love and esteem as one of the most benevolent and public-spirited of our fellow-townsmen. The melancholy event took place on Thursday last, at his residence, Childwall-hall, to which, for some time past, he had been confined through illness, which, though severe, was not at first considered of a dangerous or fatal character. In the death of Mr. MOLYNEUX, the community of Liverpool has lost an eminent and excellent citizen, the world a most worthy man. Upright and honourable in all his transactions, through his liberality and munifi cence he ably supported the high reputation included in the title "B British merchant ;" and by his affability and kindness he justly earned for himself the character of a Christian and a gentleman. Deeply imbued with the spirit of Christian charity and love, his benevolence was extensive, though neither reckless nor undiscriminating, and to all the public charities he was at once a willing and a liberal contributor. Foremost among the objects of his judicious assiduity, plans for the dissemination of scriptural knowledge and institutions for the spread of Christian education ever claimed and received a large Vortioll of kris Attention and his bounty, Ilis private OD, INIMONIMIMP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD AND IS.LLNGTON P ILE SR .1 7 TE R 1 All' THE RO.3LISH PRIESTHOOD. CHURCH TEA PARTY. Titz interests of this valuable institution are 120117 considerable jeopardy, owing to an undignified dispute among those whose position :and education should have induced a more sensible course of proceeding. It appears that 'the medical department is entrusted to honorary surgeons, who are elected by the governors for a term of years, and by one of the rules of the institution .it is proilded that, on any honorary surgeon -resigning the office, or having balled the term allowed, the governors may, at the 'next annual meeting, elect him as • a consulting surgeon. During :the year 1852, Mr. HAMILTON, who had 'been an honorary surgeon from June 1845, resigned his appointment, which was filled by another surgeon resident in Birkenhead. At the succeed ing annual meeting Mr. HAMILTON would have been proposed as a consUiting surgeon, but there 'being two, that number was - thought sufficient. However, in the year following, a vacancy occurred by the death of Mr. ST:Evanson, and-therefore at the last annual meeting it was proposed that, agreeably to the rule , referred to, Mr. HAMILTON -should be appointed a consulting sur geon, and the motion was agreed to. This—appointment, it seems, gave' umbrage to some other medical gentle men on the establishment, and, at the next meeting of the committee, that body came to a decision, by a ma jority of two, that the appointment of Mr. HAMILTON by the governors at the annual meeting was illegal, on the ground that it had not taken place at the annual meeting next after his resignation, and, last week, a special meet ing was held - at the Town-hall to decide upon the construc tion of the role in question. After adesaltcry conversation, in which repeated attempts to discuss the-eligibility of the appointment were very properly repressed by the chair ' man, the meeting, by a majority of 28 .to 26, confirmed the decision of the annual meeting. It is mu6h to be lamented that a qneetion of this kind should be made the means of exciting personal feeling, or of arousing sensations of professional rivalry. The whole point in dispute turns simply upon the construction of the rule, which says, that the Governors may at the next annual meeting, after such resignation, elect the honorary surgeon , who resigns to the office of ,consulting sur geon. On the one side it is contended that this power, which is permissive, applies to any succeeding annual meeting pwhereas on the other side it is :argued that, if the power'be not exercised at the annual meeting immedi ately succeeding, it ceases altogether. It has been decided by the most eminent judges that when &law is not ex pressly prohibitory it must be construed according to the dictates of, common sense. We have no opinion whatever as to the merits of the particular appointmentin question, nor its effects upon the relative professional position of the gentlemen,interested, but we cannot understand how there can be a second opinion as to the common-sense .view of its legality. The permission to elect at the next annual meeting necessarily implies any succeeding annual meeting or the Institution would be in the position of being perhaps debarred from making such an appointment at all. In theme of the loss of the consulting surgeon, by death- or resignation, the Governors would have no power to elect a successor, although several who had served the office of honorary surgeon might be eligible, unless one oj them hadresigned within the previous year, while in any case they woulil he compelled to take the junior surgeon to the exclusion of the senior, who may have fulfilled - his term of previous service years before the office of consult ing surgeon became vacant. The conclusion is evident, that sot onlythe legal but common-sense con struction of the rule is, that the - te rm " next annual meeting" implies any annual meetinesu'bsequent to the vacation of office ; and this opinion, -we: are confident, would be .corroborated by any gentleman not interested in the particular merits of the appointmentin question. We trust, however, that a regard for the'interests of the Institution will be allowed to predominate over other feelings of minor consequence, and that both parties will euffer the question to remain where it is, and unite to carry out the noble objects that both have in view, FATHER GAVAZZI, A DOUBTFUL SUPPORTER OF PROTESTANTISM. AMONG the pecularities hich distinguish society at the present day, no one is more singular or more signifi cant than the pertinacity of that admiration it accords to a particular class of favourites. To ensure this adoration, ephemeral as it no doubt is, the possession of great talent is not indispensable, while a reasonable amount of sensitive integrity is found to be a serious hindrance to success. The chief ingredents kuisite to the formation of a popular idol, whether of the higher or humbler classes, is indomitable self-esteem, an indiosyncracy which enables its possessor to look on his votaries and admirers Ertl mere i ns t ru ments to his exaltation ; and as utterly unwoy of an y c onsideration beyond the degree in whic h they con tribute to his aggrandisement and self-inflation. Suffici ently imbued with this qualification, if a little tact is added to its management, he may abuse the public car, insult his audience by fierce invectives against their most cherished prejudices, or eloquently inculcate the doctrines they hold most in detestation, and they will listen and applaud till echo rings again. Be the favourite of the hour a votary of teetotalism, an advocate for the abolition of capital punishments, an apostle of Chartism, or a dis seminator of the " Odilic influence," so that he can render it clear that he will have his own sw in g in what he is pleased to call his argument, and cares no t a rush whether he pleases or displeases his audience, he is sure to have willing and admiring listeners. The truth of this observation is fully borne out in the singular popularity which has been wrung by Father GAVAZZI from the Protestant community of Great Britain. Everywhere his reception has been enthusiastic; and among those professing the greatest repugnance to, and detestation as well as dread of Popery and Popish insti tutions and artifices, his prelections have been the signal for a furore of admiration. This was well attested in the audience assembled to hear—it could scarcely be said with propriety to listen—to his oration in the Philharmonic hall, on Wednesday evening. In that asse mbl y , great and influential as it no doubt was, were to be met with men who are eloquent in denouncing Popery as the "mystery of iniquity"—who describe the Romish Church as a device of Satan—and who proclaim its ministers of every grade as the foes of Cuaxsv, the enemies of human souls, the cunning and unscrupulous instrumentS for entrapping the unwary; who represent, and truly represent, one class of those ministers, the Jesuits, as the impersonation of human deceit. Men of these professions were found swelling the applauses bestowed on Father Gavazzi. And who and what is this eloquent orator ? A priest of the very church they condemn ! True, he is as eloquent as they are, and more fiery in his condemnation of that church ; but what test have we of his sincerity ? He remains a member of that church which he condemns, or affects to condemn, and does not lay claim to even the negative merit of apostasy. The Jesuits are admittedly 1 cunning as well as unscrupulous in their professions and in their acts ; and although we have not seen Father GANA.ZZI openly charged with being one of that brother hood, who shall guarantee us that, in declaring as he did, onWednesday evening," You don't want any titled bishops in your country," he did not covertly mean a stab at our Established Church, and secure himself under the mental reservation, " except those of Romer" This, we are aware, may be called an uncharitable conclusion ; the charitable ness, or the contrary of the conclusion, is of little moment; the danger of sowing such seed as that contained in'the Father's observation is imminent. No one can be more eloquent or less hesitating in warning the community against Popish wiles than many of those who applauded the sentiments uttered and the condemnation awarded to numerous Protestant as well as Popish institutions by the clever Italian to whom they were listening on the oeengion referred to. Shall we consider him cunning, or believe him disinterested in the allusions he made to the disagree ments existing on the subject of National Education ? It is true he recommended that those disagreements should be cast aside, and some general plan be agreed on ; but all of us have a lively remembrance of that humanity itculcated against the unhappy bailiff who was being soused—" Pray, gentlemen, do not nail his ear to thd pump." On the topics which most readily connect them selves with Jesuitism, the Padre was peculiarly eloquent ; and it cannot be denied that he illustrated the dangers to be apprehended from jesuitry in a peculiarly Jesuitical manner. Take the following as an instance ; " After so long a journey in America, and so long travel in England, I find that the Papal army has some Protes tants in it also. And Ido not so much fear the Romish Catholic Jesuits as I fear the Protestant Jesuits—not so much the Jesuits from Rome as the Jesuits from Oxford — and I fear not so much the Jesuits of Ignatius Loyola as the Jesuits of Dr. Pusey. (Hear, and cheers.) Who is Dr. Pusey ? People ask me , " What do you think of Dr. Pasey ?" I say that he is the Romish Catholic Church under a Protestant mask. Who is Dr. Pusey ? He is a learned Doctor of Oxford, a canon with an income of £lO,OOO yearly. Outside you see the Oxonian toga of Dr. Posey. All right (A laugh.) [Here the Padre wrapped himself closely in his cloak, and then opening it cauti ously, and peering into its folds, continued ;] But, if Dr. Pusey would open his Oxford cloak, he would find—oh ! -how dreadful !—a little nest of new-born whispering snakes prepared to spread their venom through all Protestant countries. (Cheers.) 0 shame'! shame ! for the man and for the community, who thought to think, acid act another thought. Shame ! shame ! let them be all Catholics or all Protestants, but not half and half. (Hear, hear.) Remember that Puseyism is only a flower of the gores Oxford Tractarianism. The great supporters of Rome are the Tractarians, and the greatest supporter of Rome in this country is the Bishop of Exeter. In his diocese you find the Protestant nuns of Miss Sellon, Protestant auri cular confession, and odious penances. And are these Protestants ? No, no ! They are Romanists in a Pro testant disguise. (Applause.) lamin a dilemma. Trac tarians are right, or they are wrong. If they are right, they cannot be right but for two reasons. First, because you have no law to stop these novelties, and, therefore, you ought to procure a law from your parliament to stop such fatal novelties in the bosom of your Protestantism. Or they are right, because your English - prayer-book and liturgies allow these innovations. THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT, on Tuesday evening ; Therefore revise jour prayer-book and your liturgies, was attended by an audience fashionable and intelligent, if you would prevent such innovations. My dear and so full as to crowd the splendid hall of the society. brethren, Protestantism is not the prayer-book nor the The occasion was the second subscription concert of the liturgies—it is the Bible—(Loud cheers.) Yon should re- season, and the piece selected the sublime oratorio of member what St. Paul says, " A little leaven will leaven " Elijah," the masterpiece of Mendelssohn, which was per all the mass" ; and, therefore, if such Popish ceremonies formed in a manner worthy of the great composer, and are introduced into Protestant liturgies,let them be re- creditable to the Philharmonic Society,and to the town of moved. But if the Tractarians are wrong, and the Epis- Liverpool. The chief vocalists on the occasion were, copacy and the protestants of England are silent, are you Miss Birch, Miss Huddart, Herr Richardt, and Herr not then worthy of the reproach of Isaiah's dumb dogs Carl Formes ; the orchestra and chorus numbering two that cannot Isaik ;yid therefore, may dear brethren, bark, hundred performers : both chorus and orchestra being bark at the enemy. Protestantism means not only to efficient and well trained, as well as numerous and power protest against . Popery directly, bat to protest against ful. Having said this much, we have said as far as must Popery in disgmse, sad Popery under the Protestant mask. convince every one, conversant with the subjea, that the (Cheers.) Protest, therefore, against this, and you will be performance was a noble one, so much depending in an good Protestants." oratorio, and especially one of Mendelssohn's, on the com , In giving the above quotation , we have retained the bined power and steady exe cution of the choruses. Of Miss Birch, who was in excellent voice, it is scarcely indications of feeling, as these tend considerably to eluci- necessary to say more than that, as usual, she displayed date the nature of the scene on which we have been dis- her wonted taste and culture; her intonation was pure posed to remark. Unfortunately, on the points introduced and correct—her style admirable. She confined herself to the execution of what was set down for her, and that with much adroitness by this itinerating orator, great she did with the sweetness and polished grace of a finished ' difference of 'opinion, and no small amount of acrimony artiste. As a concert singer, of high class, Miss Huddart exists and is -exhibited among members of the Protestant fully justified the favourable opinion we expressed of her Church ; butis it not a singularly suspicious circumstance vocal talents, on the occasions of her appearing as one that this new reformer of the Romish Church should seize of the operatic company in the Th e atre Royal. Her singing of the devotional and charmingly expressive air with such avidity on these points, and on these points in the second-part, " 0 rest in the Lord, wait patiently almost alone ; and that in dealing with them he should for his blessing," was a charming effort, a triumph, indeed, give only very questionable advice ? If suspicion could of eloquent vocalisation. It embodied a fine feeling of be made more strongly suspicious in respect to this, the earn So completelyestnan and p a t he tic te as audien eli ce ss de p la u l ve wil eau t t l y ie . Padre himself would furnish a reason for it; shortly after- execution of this piece, that, malyre the etiquette of an wards he told us, "It is an injustice to force Protestants oratorio concert-room, their applause burst forth, in to support 3laynooth ; and it is also an injustice to make unmeasured volume, succeeded continued, with unmitigated Roman Catholics pay fora church hostile to them." What ./;,trtisorf.,,,ytatwhezytls must admitted, s i t ts yl r e ep u e f tiZ u n : may be the meaning of this ?As a church,-.we all know that ning satisfaction, which, if not peculiar, is seemingly, at Popery insists upon being well paid for ; aye, but the least, native to a Liverpool auditory. If any drawbr.ck Padre is only for -those paying to whom the church is not was noted s oI observable somewhat thts at ladz v 's o s os tyl e e xo o es f ssionfienigio,riot energy, an d hostile. We are also led to understand that, so far as de- an effort at dramatic effect ; as a whole, however, her riving pecuniary benefit is concerned, the Romish Church performance was so gratifying, that any such depreciating is not hostile to any body ;it is willing to accept, nay to rerarrks Reichardt i a s sf a ely l set d d own rr as e t rather hypercrit i cism . tli insist, on contributions from Methodists as well as Quakers, great or astonishing ) tenor. an d e m poss c esses one al gi l so:i from Unitarians, or Polytheists, or Atheists, and to none quality, in addition to an excellent voice, he evidently of all these does she, in a money-receiving sense, declare endeavours to understan d his author, and to render his herself hostile, but she does declare herself vitally hostile Viv ea e nin an g d it was well is received. n thr H o e ughout T4 was o effe es e; to all Protestantism. Connecting great things with small, rendering of the music of " Elijah," . much praise has it is also not a little remarkable that this new apostle does been deservedly lavished. To great power of execution he added many of the accomplish ments of the artiste, not, even in the abandon, of his fervour, denominate him- an d th e graces o f the musician ; st ill there was a main self a Protestant ! No, he is a reformer ! a name which, fest inequality in his execution. On the present occasion of recent years, from bad associations, has acquired at least his singing was sometimes so loud as to savour of vio a very dubious repute. „Does he, then, really want a new lence, at other times, so lax and feeble as nd to smack of carelessness. Of the valuable services re ered by the Reformation (Rallis own account, that he cannot avail him chorus, it would not be an easy matter to speak in terms self of that which was so effectually worked out before he of over-strained praise. The numerous complicated and was born ; and which was shedding its blessed influence beautiful choruses were given with steadiness and telling over the Christian world long ere he took to denouneing effect ; the various points were well and skilfully taken p and thepre the abominations of " the man of sin ?" Such a reserve - vis i on , and i e parts weresh owed e amid xecu w careful ti ralth great nina tion infers at least presumption, if it does not indicate a oratorio , we perceive, is to be repeated, in the same place, striking want of sincerity. Connect it, however, with the on Teeny next. AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, during the past week, the following audacious egotismaif not positive blasphemy, drama has been placed greatly in abeyance, its'place being and his arrogant presumption becomes undeniable : taken—we had nearly written usurped—by the perform "l do not favour sects—l am the man of the Bible— ances of a troupe of artistes,whose feats of dexterity must the man of the Gospel—the man of my Lord Jesus Christ be witnessed to be credited. Much we have heard and —and when you say to me, Go forth. I accept your ! r ead concerning the marvels of this description performed prayers ; but I maintain the Bible with the interpretation ' by the Celestials • but, till the arrival and displays of of my heart, and not of sects." ! these Orientals in 'Liverpool, we had treated the idea of a 1 Is this last sentence not as much antagonistic to the ma n standing with outstretched palm against a board 'principles of Christianity as its antecedents are to the while e wi n t irthe r r m f i ro ng ma distance at rapidity, stick l ing urls on P e ° o h r i more o i ; r t e l s i humility of Gospel teaching ? Can that man be trusted : deeply and firmly into the wood between each two fingers, as a Protestant champion who stigmatizes and belies our I as a matter which depended so much upon what is fami - Church and its ministers in terms like those used by this liarly known as " travellers' license," that the narratives " passed by us as the idle wind." Here, however, that wandering priest on Wednesday evening -.:— 1 and much more was plainly to be witnessed. During the "We have now among Protestants many different kinds present week " the Celestials" transfer their services and of dignitaries. In the Apostolic Churches you will only wonders to the Royal Amphitheatre. They are, indeed, I find working ministers and deacons for temporal purposes. well worth seeing. An English -opera company, which But you have privates, canons major, and minors, and ' includes Miss Louisa Pyne , Miss P y ne, and Mr. Harrison, other grades to please a clerical aris tocracy. And you Sig. Borani, and Messrs. Horncastle, and Bowler ; the three must have an equality of salaries. There are dignitaries first-named, prior to their departure for America, cora who have from £7,000 to £lO,OOO a-ear, some rich in- menced a short engagement at this house last ni g ht. The cumbents who have from £2,000 to £ 3,0 00, and worthy performance last evening was " Fra Diavolo," and the list ministers with thirty, forty, and fifty pounds a-year. This of pieces to be brought out includes " Maritani," "Crown is not justice. Make a better distribution, and you will Diamonds," " The Enchantress," and " The Bohemian have much more to spare for other religions and public Girl." purposes. And it is a great injustice which gravitates ou AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Mr. Honey has, we the Irish to forte them to pay for the episcopal and dis- greatly fear, been "wasting his sweetness on the desert senting clergy. And when we find that the greater part air." Very inefficiently supported by the resident corn of these clergymen do not live in Ireland but in London, Irony, ho has struggled on with rich and racy displays of or the continent, in luxurious idleness, the injustice be- thansterlin deaf for h is comic acting, and endeavoured to char purpose, because they ouldot m audiences co worse mes greater." wn disheartening—indeed, f As he does not pretend to say religious teaching should quite coln a e t no all nia to damp mis pitiable h a i r e d ardour o f not not be paid for, but objects to the payment of Episcopal withstanding g all disadvantages, , his(i any wr versatility; 43 7 t , ent, and Dissenting clergy, can lie mean any to be paid for in high good humour, and the love of his profession, have Ireland but the Romish clergy ? borne him through what, we sorrow to think, must have The Padre, waxing yet more eloquent in his denuncia- been to him anything but a pleasurable engagement. NEw Music-HALL , B OLD-STREET.—The first of anew tion of the externals of Romanism, for he makes no such series of Saturday evening concerts, in which classical formidable onslaught against its principles,—in fact, all music, performed by artists of established reputation, is discussion on the essentials of Popery, and on the practices to be given at a cheap— almost, indeed, a nominal rate — took place in this elegant hall, on Saturday last. The of the Romish Church , he successfully if not cautiously audience was so numerous, and o f' so hi • ghly respectable a avoided. He says : character, as to hold out the best encouragement for a "It is now the fashion also in America and Europe for continuance of these concerts. The performers on the ladies to wear crosses on their breast. That is a very bad occasion were Madame D'Anterney and Miss Jessie Ham- I fashion. In my Italy they have crosses everywhere, and mond, as vocalists ; and Mr. Baetens, Mr. Haddock, Mr. Now, when I meet in the G. Hirst , and Mr. W. Rogers, as instrumentalists. in particular, over eve grave. . , . st t a beautiful English lady with a cross on her breast, concert was miscellaneous, and of a high order ;in parti- I say to myself, • Ah ' beautiful white English marble, cular, we would mention the finely artistic style in which there is a cross, but a cross that marks a grave. The Messrs. Hirst, Batens, and Haddock gave an adagio and bosom of this lady is the grave of true Protestanism." allegro trio, from Beethoven ; and also a violin solo from De *riot, by Baeteus; both pieces were most admirably When he first appeared before an English auditory, he execu t e d. wore himself a cross embroidered on his robe; he has CLAYTON-HAM—DRAMATIC ha R M EADINGB.—From an changed that now, and his robe is ornamented by a . FL advveeratiLmretntseitn. es wi l: 1 ) 1 f be seen tt iss Grey is about to sym b o lical sword. This he explaine d b y saying that he hall, commencing to nt t o ram w atic redings in the Clayton (Wednesday) evening with changed his badge in America; it was not he says "a Shakspere's fine historical play of King Henry VIII. Of Roman cross—it was the Italian national cockade," and this young lady's qualifications as a dramatic reader, the he is now compelled to introduce "a cockade in the form London press speaks in terms of high approbation. of a sword in the Italian tricolour." Pray who con strained him to leave off the one and now compels him to wear the other ? Has he the plea of a new revolution in Italy since he left England for America, to call for or this fact, trivial though it may justify the change? Is l la . . seem, and this uncalled for, as ells as f unit!y, exp nation, not a ground for narrowly scruing his pretensions ? By high authority we are called on to beware of " wolves in sheep's clothihg." Let us give practical value to the admonition. The clergy of our own Church are able as well as willing expositors of Protestant truth ; of their lives and character we have good means of judging ; their walk and conversation is before us. Let us not forsake those tried lamps of gospel light, for the lustrous glitter of an ignus fatuis, which, after luring ti from the path of Protestant truth, may ultimately leave us in the quag mire of Romish ignorance and impiety, THE concluding note from Mr. Yates will show the . reason for our giving the readers of the Standard the benefit of the following correspondence TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The Right Rev. Dr. Brown, the Roman Catholic Bishop of this diocese, has requested me to communicate with you on the subject of a leading article, which ap peared in the columns of your paper on Tuesday last, and which contains the following paragraph :—" We could point to instances, even in our own neighbourhood, where a Romish priest, professing great piety, and administering the ordinances of his religion to many young females, is notorious for infamous profligacy, consorting with the most abandoned characters, and with hardly the decency to conceal his atrocious conduct." Dr. Brown, as the prelate having charge of the Catholic clergy of this diocese, and responsible for their character and fitness for the sacred office, is deeply interested in the truth of the assertion you have made ; and, on his behalf, I have to request you will be good enough to furnish me with the name of the priest to whom you allude, as it will be his lordship's duty instantly to remove any person whose conduct is such as you describe, and so prevent him from continuing to, disgrace the priesthood.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN YATES, Jun. 20, Fenwick-street, 10th March, 1854. The Editor of the Liverpool Standard presents his compliments to Mr. Yates, jun. He has no knowledge of any such individual as " the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, the Roman Catholic Bishop of this diocese," and denies the right of any person to assume such a title, or to pre tend to be " a prelate having charge of the Catholic clergy of this diocese ; ' and, therefore, to have any right to make the inquiry contained in Mr. Yates's letter. At the same time, be begs to inform Mr. Yates , that the remark to which he alludes was not intended to refer to any Romish priest in Liverpool. Mr. Yates, as a - lawyer, must be aware that more particular reference would subject the publisher to an action for libel, although the facts may be notorious in the neighbourhood. Standard Office, 10th March, 18E4. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 518.,—1 will not stop to discuss with you the question as to Dr. Brown's title to the designation which I gave him—because, however convenient this may be to you as a subterfuge, it is wholly immaterial to the matter at issue. Let it suffice that he is the acknowledged superior of the Catholic clergy of this district, and, in that capacity, undoubtedly the fittest person to inquire into their conduct. Your other excuse for withholding the information asked, will avail you no better—for I venture, as a lawyer, to tell you that, by proving the truth of your statement, you would have a valid answer to any action for libel. Yon have, therefore, no apology for withholding the name of this alleged delinquent. Public morality demands it. The vindication of your character, as a public jour nalist, must suggest it. A sense of justice, if not of deli cacy, to the Catholic clergy of the district, forbids you to withhold it. I again, therefore, ask you to furnish me, if you can, with the name of this profligate priest, that he may no longer be permitted to prostitute his sacred office, and scandalise our common Christianity. Ichowever, you still decline to give me his name, I must assume that you cannot, and that the article in question is a base fabrication, manufactured to give point and zest to an article otherwise too contemptible to be noticed.—l am your obedient servant, Jous YATES, Jun. 20, Feiwick-street, 11th March, 1854. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sta,—l beg to inform you that, as you have not replied to my last letter, I shall publish in the Liverpool Mer cury, and Northern Daily Times, of to-morrow, the correspondence which has taken place between us on the subject of your attack on the Catholic clergy of this neighbourhood. Yon will exercise your own discretion about publishing it yourself.—Your obedient servant, Jons YATES, Jun. 20, Fenwick-street, 13th March, 1854. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Ma. JOSEPH THOMPSON, the well-known writing master, died on Saturday, after an illness of seven years. During that period his sons superintended the duties of of his establishment, which wi'l still continue to be carried on by them. OBTAINING GOODS ON FALSE PEETENCES.—John Beasley was yesterday brought up at the Police-office, charged with obtaining timber at different times, to the amount of about £2O, from Gilbert Harrison, timber mer chant, Parliament-street, in the name of Mr. Thomas Pearson, with whom Beasley formerly worked. He was also charged with obtaining locks, keys, and other iron mongery articles, to the amount of fifteen shillings, from Messrs. Creasy and Parton, Great George-street, also in the name of Mr. Pearson. The prisoner was taken into custody on the charges by Povey and M'Culloch, the detec tive officers, on Saturday last. He did not deny the Charges, and wa.t committed for trial M the assizes. LIST NIGHT, the anniversary tea party of the congre gation of this church was held in the school-room beneath the chcurh. Nearly 400 persons sat down to tea, and the proceedings were of the most interesting character. The tea and refreshments afterwards, both of which were of a s uperior character , we re su pp lied by Mr. J. Milbourn, of Clarence-street. The Rev. V. M. White, 8.A., the minis ter of the church, occupied the choir i and amongst the gentlemen on the platform, were—The Rev. Dr. Crichton, the Rev. A. Cromar , the Rev. David Hamilton, of Belfast,. the Rev. lair. Trail, of Manchester, and the Rev. F. A. West, Wesleyan Minister. The Chairman referred, in. congratulatory terms, to the progressively improving posi tion of the congreeation externally ; and sleek? of the good effected by reunions like the present in creating a cordial, social feeling amongst the members. The Rev, A. Cromar, in an eloquent address, dwelt upon the necessity for . home missions, as exemplified by the drunkenness and . immo rality so prevalent in Liverpool. He was afraid that, whilst they were looking so much to foreign and heathen lands, they were too - much neglecting Liverpool. The Rev. D. HAMILTON then addre ssed the meeting, dwelling especially on subjects connected with the Irish Presbyterian Church. If they asked him what was one of the principal evidences by which they would judge of the life of a church, he should say missions, as taken up and carried out in that church. Wherever they found a church dead to missions, he did not care how rich it was—how crowded its congregations - might be—it was a dead church; and wherever they found a church, whose members had their hearts set upon the enlargement of Christ's king- " dom, and were giving and working to gain - that object, they found a healthy, a living church. In reference to Mr. Cromar's remarks, Mr. Hamilton said he need have no fear of their attention being directed from home by.- foreign missions. The more they did for home, the more they would do for the heathen, and the more they did for the heathen the more they would do for Liverpool. In 1840, the Irish Presbyterian church sent out its first mis sion for the conversion of the heathen. They had after wards established a mission to the Jews, and in no year had so much been contributed towards missions by that church as in the year just closed. There were two evils to contend with in Ireland. The first was the inadequate support of the ministry ; the second was ministerial beg ging for a church or manse. To remedy the latter evil, they formed a church and manse fund. Belfast alone had con tributed £lOOO towards it, and other parts of Ulster about £6,000, leaving £9,000 still required to supply the want. The speaker then said that he had heard with regret that there was a debt on the church in which they were assem bled, and he urged the congregation not merely to provide as they were doing for paying the interest of the debt. Now, he did not like in' ' - t. Let them pay the princi pal. (Applause.) No cl •._ :as justifiable in staying longer in debt than it wa, .P,:e to get out orit.—The Rev. Mr. WEST addressed the meeting.—The Rev. Dr. CRICH. sox, who has just returned from Constantinople, followed, Fidinterested the audience by a rapid sketch of the lead ing objects of interest in that magnificent city. He joined there a company of English and French officers, who were so far favoured as to get a firman from the Sultan, permitting them to see through the seraglio and the • different mosques. They were accompanied by a guard of about a dozen soldiers. The seraglio he described as a building of about four miles in length. They walked. through all the parts except the portion of the building in which the women were kept, but there was little to attract attention, although there was much of Oriental splendour and a profuse display of cloth of gold and silver. They went next to the Church of St. Sophia, the largest church in the world with the exception of St. Peter's, and he was• particularly struck with its extent and magnificence. There were about 1,000 Turks worshipping 'in it at the time of their visit. At another mosque they had nearly got into mischief, owing to a crazy young French mid= shipman who had lifted a Koran, when the party were" assailed with a y ell from the Mussulnmns, who drew their swords, and had it not been for the guard, and for the explanations that were rendered, very serious results might have followed. Dr. Crichton was proceeding with his discourse, in which the audience appeared much interested, and there were other speakers to follow ; but owing to the lateness of the hour, our reporter was compelled to retire. , MU. JOHN CALCOTT BEATTY has been appointed ensign in the 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia. TOWN COUNCIL.—A special meeting has been convened. for Thursday next, for the purpose of electing au alderman, vice Mr. Molynenx, deceased ; the terms of office to expire on the 9th of November, 1859. THE SCREW STEAMER ALBATROSS. — A statement having appeared in some of the London and Liverpool papers to the effect that " Messrs. Wilson and Son, of Liverpool, the agents of the Cork Steam-packet Company, received notice on Thursday that Government would re quire their fine screw steamer Albatross, Captain Hansen, engaged in the Liverpool and Lisbon trade, for the con veyance of troops to the Mediterranean," we have been requested by Messrs. Wilson and Son to contradict the announcement, there being no truth in it. DECIMAL COIN/GE THE INSTITITTE OF ACTUARIES. —The Institute of Actuaries, at an adjourned meeting held in St. James's-square, last week, adopted the following resolution on this subject :—" That this meeting is of opi nion that the plan recommended by the Decimal Coinage Committee of 1853 is the best that has been proposed ; and that the council be requested to prepare a petition to Parliament urging the adoption of that plan; with a re commendation for the issue of four mil pieces, as necessary for the protection of the interests of the poorer classes: Thanks were voted to Lord Overstone, Mr. Brown, M.P., and Mr. Wood,-for the aid they had lent to the cause. ROBBERY L'SD 13unGLARY.—Yesterday, Thomas 882, alias Thompson, Thomas Cole, and John Harris were brought up, on remand, before the country magistrates, at the County Police-office, in ebyton-square, charged with breaking into the house of Mrs. Douglas, residing in Edge-lane, and stealing a quantity of Jewellery, on the night of Thursday, the 2nd instant. The inves. tigation was gone into at considerable length, and ter minated in all three prisoners being committed for trial. REJOICINGS AT HALEWOOD. — On Tuesday last, at Halewood-house, the residence of James Lowther, Esq., the marriage of his amiable niece, Miss Emily Moore Lowther to Mr. Thomas Walker, son of R. Leftwich, Esq., of Aigburth, was celebrated by great rejoicings-. The day was ushered in by firing of cannon, flags flying, &c. A sumptuous breakfast was given to the relatives and friends • and the numerous agricultural labo ure rs, workmen, &e., were also regaled with an excellent dinner in the true old English style. Not only were all belong ing to the establishment amply provided for, but the sur rounding tenantry and neighbours from the dif f erent townships partook of the good cheer, consisting of roast beef, plum pudding, &c., with an abundance of excellent ale from the Halewood brewery. Early in the afternoon all the children belonging to the Halewood School were regaled, with tea, buns, &c., and allowed to sport on the lawn and grounds. The day was most propitious, and the pleasure was much enhanced by the presence and kind assistance of the worthy curate, the Rev. T. Chambers, aided by the master and mistress of the schools, and the clerk of the church. The appearance and conduct of the children, amounting to some hundreds, was truly gratify rug to all who had the pleasure of witnessing the rural and innocent scene. After the happy couple had taken their departure, the festivities of the day were concluded by a select dinner party, followed by a ball in the evening, Everything passed off without the slightest alloy, and all left much delighted with the day's proceedings. CHAMBER OF COILIIERCE.—A special meeting of the council was held yesterday, Thomas Bouch, Esq., presi dent, in the chair. The proceedings of the committee on the subject of letters of marque and privateering were read and adopted. The following are the resolutions of the committee :—That no letters of marque or commissions of privateering should be henceforth granted by-the Go vernment of this country ; that among other precautions against the abuses of privateering and letters of marque issued by foreign nations, the following should also be comprehended, namely, that any vessel sailing under letter of marque or privateering commission against the property of this country, unless under the command of a subject of a nation at war with this country, and fitted out and having proceeded from a port or place of such nation aftet declaration of war, should be deemed a pirate by the laws of this country, in accordance with the principle proclaimed by the government of the United States of America during the Mexican war of 1846; and that public notification thereof should be given to all nations. That it is of the highest importance that the Government of this country should open negotiatiOns without delay with the govern ments of France, the United States of America, and other nations, with the view to obtain their concurrence in a declaration that all sailing under letters of marque or com missions of privateering against the property of any sub ject or subjects of any nation so declaring to be, at all times and under all circumstances, piracy. That the fore going resolutions be laid before the council, with a recom mendation that memorials be forthwith prepared in ac cordance therewith, and forwarded to the proper quarters, praying that steps may be taken at once for the attain ment of the ends therein suggested, so far as her Majesty's Government may deem practicable. A memorial to the Privy Council, embodying the above, was submitted and agreed to. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's propositions as to a stamp duty on foreign bills of exchange was dis cussed, and a special committee was appointed to consider \ the details. A deputation was nominated to attend a meeting in London cofthe subject of the importation of Peruvian guano. ST. MICHAEL'S BURIAL GROUND.—In consequence of an order from Lord Palmerston, the Home Secretary, stating that in future no more than one burial should: take place in one grave, and that after the Ist of January next the yard should be closed, a numerous meeting of grave owners and other parishioners was held last night at the Parochial school-room. Mr. Cookson, the church warden, was in the chair, supported by his colleague, Mr. Christian. Mr. Pemberton asked if notice had been given; to the grave owners, and also to the Health Committee. and the Town Council ? The Chairman said that notice• had been given by advertisement and by placards. Mr- Pemberton said he was surprised at this order of Lord Palmerston to close a new burial ground, in which he had bought a family grave, and many others were in the same position. He had paid the Corporation for this pr 9 5 . 9 411 and it was a great hardship that he should be dePr i r ce i n. the further use of it. There was no honesty nc o o r i V ec s with such an order, and he thought they ought itch ought to the town authorities as to the best cot: o r l i to effect, Mr. be pursued to prevent its being Spurry expressed similar opinionscarr. n re hased, and many interment in the grave which he had g e Chairman stated owners had not used them at i— e had only had one l ie yar d contained, only that out of 1,224 graves which the only one interment. 282 had been sold, in most of none s p at eak all e r . s were Aft e r u some flan i.. had taken place, further discussion, the order, it was resolved that a de mons in condemning v iz., Mr. Pemberton Mr. a ntlemen , anind which all mans nn putation of thr ee . -e J am es, in company with the cliurch- Pilcher, and CaPtaln upon the Mayor and other authoti-- wardens, should wa it Council, in order to confer with them as ties of the Town bl course to to the most advisa ethen, reso l ve d that 'ti e - • a small sub scrip on e,ed into to p a y th e necessary ea pFnses, and the b meetin t ne g w as a dj ourned. till Thursday eVening, to receive the report of the deputa tion. It WA a proof of S stated, as th e drynes s , and copse_ quent healthy state of the ground, that some graves•hays, ing been opened after an interval of nearly twenty years, the coffins previously interred were found quite mind, "th 11iiiich, 1854. ; 4 11•Itl i t 1 b F E c tf c OF SALE OF I)WIU r .iT s ' , 7II I 9 I IN I S,: AneE S v A cIE ' a U d 'i l : C S rt n is ß e i ti T fo A r To - MORROW (Wed pE~TrrisliAMtistarit, of the above-mentioned PRO WILLIAM 7 0\j l E:I t;:m S .s o ci li tia cit r o e r , 'Liverpool.