The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-01 00:00:00

UNITED STATES ht by this vessel are six d x York, is entert 1 of the hull). rest on i f the act final is t trcats ar if the Mere. New York,' e partial adiustr 'e millions sterling rnment in Canada an armed schooners, which had been seized at v the Collector, had been liberated, and were for Mexico. - ince papers to the 19th ult. had been received . Considerable excitement had been occasioned rticle which had appeared in a newspaper called reflecting upon the conduct of the French ral• The publication of this article had offended ho has demanded his passports. rn St. Thomas's, dated Dec. 22, and received t of New York, says :—" The steamer has just Jamaica, and brings information that the port a is no longer blockaded." TION OF A CONSERVATIVE JOURNAL. I such an announcement as this with the Is the Cork Constitution remarks—" Con ds the aid of all its allies : an active enemy post; and it is treason, by indifference or e from their positions the soldiers who are ein its defence. There is enough in the of the conflict to discourage and depress; are added the fickleness and faithlessness e,looked upon as friends, it is hard for the s the Limerick Standard, ~ !d on Thursday. The fol . CLERGY --- * Extracts from the Rubrics, Canons, &c. JA..., _ K EVENI icing the fact:— have ncernent to our friends, which, we THE LATE GALE •eci wit as much astonishment “non and triumph by our po . announcement is, that from this Limerick Standard shall cease. ?pearance, the local interests of Conser the lowest ebb. The members of that arnal to advocate their principles or defend v were subject to every species of attack ress. The Protestant clergy were held up n t to massacre, and were daily made the ip 'es of insult and abuse; two of the then ty 'ng in the hands of their bitterest foes, b an uncertain and timid friend. lot z or glaring were the falsehoods put tes 'nciples and the Conservative in net _anted and went forth to the world tl3. But the appearance of the Limerick lied with delight by our suffering friends. _ lists as their champion ; we defended them we carried the war into the very camp of our I in twelve months from the appearance of our only was the local Radical press driven from the tinct, but confidence was restored to the Con -ty in our country, and they once more assumed position in public affairs. They subsequently on many occasions in a spirited and fearless ing that they were backed by an efficient press, a way not only creditable to themselves, but )le to the general interests of Conservatism. his period of promise, our journal steadily pro- Mic favour and estimation. We fearlessly advo -3e in which we were embarked. No personal sideration could ever induce us to shrink from verve from our principles, and there was no pe ' spared by us to render our journal every way lie confidence and support, and the fruits of were, that, in point of character and influence, Standard was pronounced second to none of Ica circumstances, it was natural to think that which we had fought so successfully would have o us by self-interest, if not by gratitude, and areer of prosperity awaited us ; but, as the time some return was due to us for the large outlay , our appeal to the pocket caused an immediate nservative zeal to Zero. True it is, there is a • of high-minded and honourable men, infla mine Conservative spirit, who always responded There is another class, who only opened their from very shame, whilst a third, and a nume mained, who deemed it quite sufficient to have sour of their names to our list of supporters, Tised at being called on to contribute one six 'unds. This was a species of support which, e never coveted nor could permit, and, in pro insisted on our rights, we raised up a host of Conservatism of many was, like Bob Acre's out at their fingers' ends. we still fought on, though at a consi owing to circumstances to which it is 1 y to allude ; but which, had there spirit in the county, should ailed friends rally round us with greater ‘s at that time advantage was taken of made by our political foes to crush success ; and though we were aban s, we not only baffled our enemies, ur journal for the common good. ,pread of conservative principles and their ve naturally expected a termination of files which we had for some time made ,f our journal and the local interests of the reverse was the case, and inservatism arose amongst too many of overweening confidence and security, sure, from their personal achievements ustitution,) and they seemed to think ed must be a bed of roses, and that sir weapons of defence ; in fact, that Conservative heart ; E could do without our services in discove r i ng th at no remembrance were of io regard even to self-interest, could in at . _ it!l our adv Ity sought for an opportunity and spare their purse. ch discouraging ci rcumstances—having already thousands fighting the battle for this party, and rig debts increasing until they had ieachetl scarcely be credited—due, too, in many 'duals of wealth and station—we considered but . the scapegoat of a party, and blind to ;, if we longer continued our struggles to in the success of which so little interest m. For the sake of the cause, we did hope would still have been insured to it; though nd as we were aware that there were some merly anxious to possess themselves of the on two or three previous occasions would ye gave them the opportunity of doing so. onths negociations with that view have they have just ended in nothing; the , t an end—not a sous could be made up st many, we dare say, will deplore the `be moment money is talked of, they I nd wish you ' good morning.' lthy and such a disgraceful feeling red atoms of this party here, it fore swine any longer to labour , o long. We have spent more of conservatism than the could body during their lives, if ►he connexion, and will soon feel cut by the uncon hum of on, a h the t for whom we so long f their enemies HOLY ( An inquest was holden at In Whittlese a , on Friday the 21 st f Ja mes Blunt, son of Mr. John Blunt, The Times has published a statement, t o w hi c h the name a lad, o f that place. From the dif- of the writer is appended, showing that even where wheat proved, that Mr. James Blunt, the lands produce no more than twenty bushels per acre, and passed over a b r id ge near to Wh i t- pay 255. per acre f or rent an d t i t h e, the whole charge thereby free thatßrigey about half-past two in the laid on bread is one penny and one-fifth of another penny resswere in two or three minures after- per quartern loaf. In other words, if all rent and tithe were t s e a r w him and another youth he bridge, heard , and two of the wit- at once swept away, it would only reduce the quartern loaf the wa(other circumstances remaining the same) by less than five amidst wre they were rowne e ore any. • - d db f the broken ice, farthings. If we pay tenpence farthing now, we should, assistan ce t and tithe, have to pay nine idered them.—Cambridge Chronicle. -could be even after the abolition of rent 1 pence PLISEYISM IN BIRMINGHAM LYTTER OF Ti!E LORD BISHOP OF jwoRcEsTER. To in BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY. —The ceremonials introduce into one of our Protestant churches have at length bee; States of New York • brouB4 under the notice of the Lord Bishop of the diocese )f the papers. The whQ has lost no time in convi•y4iedirectly'to the Puseyit long and ver- minister in question, and through the rural dean to the res . a general,interest. of the clergy within the diocese, his views in reference t ennsvivania, contains these Romish innovations. From the clear, simple, an , An the doubts which have truly Christian spirit in which his lordship's opinion:: or the unwillingness of that pressed, the best results may be anticipated from the , ener, „ablie debt. It gives a very publication of his letter at the present moment, when th, _dal condition of the finances of love of novelty or notoriety seems to have taken so strong it as the " indebtedness "of the hold upon many of the clergy. Governor emphatically declare s , th a t T he letter of the Lord Bishop has been circulated aniongs .alment, evasion, and deception on this the clergy in Birmingham, and doubtless throughout the dio. The contract has been made. The faith cese, within the last few days, accompanied with th e follow :d, and every consideration of d u ty an d i ng circular from the Rev. J. Garhett, the rura l d ean : fus to know our true condition, and to (CincuLArt.) r obligations, and to re- Birmingham, Jan. 28, 18-12. eferring to the important Rev. and Dear Sir,—Contsiderable excitement and con resumption of specie payments by the banks troversy having been raised in this place, and offence taken, 70vernor argues, that "An early day should by the introduction of certain novel observances in Divine 'nt, at least as early as the Ist of June. worship ; and public attention having been directed to it, not 's not so essential, whether it be sooner only in our local but also in the metropolitan journals, I for in definite reasonable time be fixed. ward you a copy of a letter recently addressed by the Lord cannot be too prompt for the public Bishop of the diocese to one of our brethren ; it being his has been long enough held in lordship's wish that I would embrace the opportunity of thus ue be at once presented, and it is informing the clergy of his opinions "on the general sub- I the banks will he prepared for it ject ; in order that it may be known that our diocesan is further adds, that " a suspension decidedly opposed to the introduction of novelties—" which variance with every principle of create disunion without producing any counterbalancing good whatever ; " a sentiment in the propriety of which I cannot Ist ult. on State Stocks had been but think every sincere friend of the church's purity and Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, and peace will heartily concur.—l remain, reverend and dear sir, your affectionate brother, ..,e snareholders of the Bank of the I at Phil a d e l p hi a , on M onday, the 3d JOIIN GARBE TT, RuraI Dean o f Bi nn i ng Lam. to the sto c kh o ld ers i s o f very great (Copy.) columns of the p a p ers . Th e c hi e f Palace, Wor, Jan. 19, 1. .e assignm en t s ma d e b y t h e R everend Sir,—My attention has cester been called to certain .ants Bank of New Orleans for letters in the Birmingham Advertiser, wherein it is alleged . Insurance Bank of Columbus for that in one of the churches in Birmingham a gilt cross has ng of the contract between the Bank been introduced upon the communion table cloth, and that and ' The Associates of the Bank of the the officiating clergyman is in the habit of kneeling down at an expense of 178,592. 02 before this cross, on his way to the reading desk, and of bow ,ent of certain obligations in ing to it on returning to it, after the prayers and the sermon. of all the assets of the bank was or- Not knowing to whom these letters referred, I wrote to Mr. by a resolution of the shareholders, with Garbett, the rural dean, and requested that he would make ,to be prepared by the committee. It was the necessary inquiries. I now learn from him that you are ,t the books, papers, accounts, and docu- the individual who has given such cause of offence; and 1 kbe exhibited, and remain open for the in- think it therefore my duty to call your attention to the fol mination of any stockholder, his agent attor- lowing observations. Itive. An opinion was expressed by the Without entering into the question of how far the intro o the action of a future meeting, to be held duction of such novelties may be justified by the practice of ay of next month, that the assignments by antiquity, 1 would wish you seriously to consider whether , rs in June and September last were ille- they are of such importance as to justify the destruction of Hull and void. A resolution was also unity in the church, which must be the necessary conse avour of a general assignment of all the property of quence. The mere display of the cross, as a symbol of our r the payment of its debts. The regular ticket Christian profession, may indeed be a matter of indifference was elected over the Biddle ticket. and I lately declined ordering one to be removed, as T lay, the 6th ult., Nicholas Biddle, Samuel Jan- requested to do, from one of the churches which Ihr ;owperthaite, John Andrews, and Thomas Dun- cently consecrated at Rugby; but I then said that I ted on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the certainly do so, if I afterwards found that it led to idolatrous the U. S. Bank, and carried before the Re- or superstitious practices. Now I firmly believe that you do , delphia for examination. On Thursday, the not worship the cross in the sense in which the Roman Ca rdinary examination would take place. The tholics are said to do so ; but if you do not, you cannot at ,erated on a hail of 10,000 dollars each. tech an y re li g i ous i mportance to its display in your church, 'he T reasury o f the United States was or to the genuflexions and obeisances, which, without any was estimated at 14,000,000 doll ars , direction from the Rubric, you are in the habit of making A bill was before before it ; and if these be things indifferent, where is the prudence of " troubling the consciences of those who are 1 at Albany, on his way to rightly religious," by adopting practices in themselves in- Her Majesty's ship different, but which you know will give cause of offence to he was conveyed to New York, had i others? There is one other point which I wish to press upon your as done in bills of exchange for the Ros- I attention. G ran ti ng t h at various modes of divine worship London was 108 to 108 1 ; on Paris 5. 30 may, for various. reasons, have become obsolete, which yet isterdam 391 to 40; on Hamburgh 357; an d may have been the practice of the primitive church, and ever 77:1. The Liverpool and Havre packets directed by some of our rubrics or canons, who is to decid ,00 dollars on freight. upon the propriety of their being again revived ? Is ever York papers give an account of the Massa- individual minister to take this upon himself? Or does ition Fair, which Lord Morpeth attended. H e not more properly belong to those who are placed in auto imself highly pleased with the exhibition, at- rity ? And may it not be inferred, from their silence, tl aently, made some presents to the Fair, and pur- they consider such a revival inexpedient, or at least indi .tral articles. He conversed very freely on the rent ? anti-slavery. In reply to some questions respect- I have received the little pamphlet which I conclude se of the Creole, he said, " There can not be the sent me ;* and though to comment upon the whole of it w n•obability that Great Britain would be so ineon- exceed the compass of a letter, I cannot refrain from ob 7th herself as to restore those slaves to bondage. ing, that when you undertake that you will "conform t regard to the nineteen concerned in the mutiny, Book of Common Prayer," the object of desiring this dc anion that England would not be required to sur- ration from you is to secure the use of the general " form mby the law of nations : certain it is, she would the Morni ng an d E ven i ng Prayer, and administration of ti. ""ion to do so." two Sacraments," in opposition to other forms, or to the, extemporaneous composition of the minister. Essential and honest conformity is here meant ; not a scrupulous adherence to petty ceremonies, which time may have rendered obsolete, and which the lawful authorities of the church had never re quired the restoration. I have written more at length upon this subject than is, perhaps, required by our relative positions ; because 1 am anxious to use the language of remonstrance, instead of au thority; that of a father to an indiscreet son; or, if you will, that of a senior presbyter, to a very young one, who yet has taken upon himself, without authority from his bishop, to introduce practices, which, if they ever prevailed in the church, have long since fallen into desuetude. In conclusion, I will refer you to an authority older than any that the utmost admirer of antiquity can produce. St. Paul distinctly asserts that there was no sin in eating meat which had been offered to idols; still, he directs the Corin thians to abstain from stich a practice, out of consideration of the consciences of others—" When, therefore, ye sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, yt sin against God." And again—" Give then none offence, neither to the Jew nor to the Gentile, nor to the ch urc h o f God." I feel sure that this admonition will be sufficient to ensure the discontinuance of the novelties complained of; and I beg that you will believe me to be, always, reverend sir, your faithful friend and brother, H. WORCESTER. PWLLIIELI, JAN. 27.—The Solway, of Whitehaven, from iverpool to Barbadoes, is on shore under Pistill, near Portinllaen ; crew saved. The Ardent, Roberts, of Nevin, came ashore at Portinallaen, yesterday, and became a wreck ; one man and a boy drowned. Last night and this morning it blew a most awful gale of wind, ranging from S.W. to N.W. ; about eight o'clock this morning it moderated a little, still blowing fresh from N.W. The barque Sarah, (before reported) rode out the gale, but drove considerably. I have been informed that she has capsized her windlass. NORTH SHIELDS, JAN. 26.—The fore part of these 2A hours strong gales, with thick showers of snow. At meri dian the Argus, Patterson : and Eliza, Gray, when taking our bar, the wind from E.S.E., got too far to leeward, and drove upon Tynemouth rocks ; they came in contact with each other, and the Eliza within half an hour after striking went to pieces ; the crew got on board the Arg,us, the gale still continuing with great violence. Captain Manby's ap paratus was speedily put into operation, and the crews of both the vessels were safely landed by that useful and invalu able invention. WEXFORD, JAN. 26.—1 t has been blowing a terrific gale, accompanied with rain, since one o'clock this morning, and about four a.m., the Sarah, Rossiter, of Waterford, from Llanelly for Bannow, stranded at Tacumshane, a short dis tance to the westward of the wreck of the Honor, of St. Ives. The sea was breaking with tremendous fury, the crew were in the rigging, and every effort to render assistance proved ineffectual. At last the vessel yielded to the power of the sea, and the master and three of the crew perished together —one man only was saved in the most exhausted state. LIMERICK, JAN. 26.—We have been visited with one of the most terrific and destructive gales of wind it has ever oeen our lot to witness in this country. The gale com menced between the hours of three and four o'clock, a.m., from the southward, and continued with unabated violence till noon. The immense damage done to the shipping cannot be properly estimated, but it is supposed to be considerably underrated at £15,000. The tide was forced considerably above the level of the quay, so that any attempt to keep fenders in their proper places was completely out of the ques tion. The destruction among the houses was also very con siderable ; roofs and chimneys have been blown down, and windows, in thousands, have been broken. Two houses have been blown down and six persons buried in the ruins. The streets have a most desolate appearance ; the shop windows are all closed, and business is totally suspended; CORK, JAN. 28.—N0 person recollects Cork and its neigh. bourhood to have been visited by so dreadful a storm as that of yesterday morning, which continued until an advanced hour in the day. About midnight on Tuesday, the wind, which blew from the N.W., gradually increased in violence until about three, when it blew a storm, levelling chimnies, stripping roofs of houses, tearing up trees from their roots, and creating much alarm, both for the safety of the houses and the shipping at our quays. About halt-past six o'clock in the morning a chimney fell on the roof of the house of Messrs. Footts and Fitzimons, Solicitors, South Mall, which in its descent carried down the roof and two floors, burying a sou of Mr. Fitzsimon's and two female servants. The acci dent having been rrported at the Tuckey-street station, a party of police immediately went to the ruin, and, fearless of danger from a stack of high chimnies that waved over them, they commenced digging the ruins to endeavour to extricate those beneath. After labouring hard they had the pleasure of drawing out Master Arthur Fitzsimons, more frightened than hurt. This success caused them to renew their exer tions, and by eight o'clock they removed the two females from their distressing position, and they had the last scarcely outside the wall of the building when the stack of chimnies fell in, carrying everything with it in its fall. Had it fallen one moment sooner, Mr. G. Foott, the constables and fe males, were no more. The females were much bruised, but providentially none of their limbs were broken. The next serious accident--one which we are sorry to say oc :asioned the loss of life —occurred in the provision marke on the Grand Parade. It was occasioned by the falling of E, brick wall on a timber shed. About ten o'clock Mr. Edwara England, of Winter's-hill, passed from the meat market into the fowl market, when he was knocked down by a linney falling on him, but he received no further injury than a cut on the face and a few bruises on the body. His life was saved by_the falling of one end of the main beans on a butcher's stall which prevented the timber crushing him. eut this was not the only provideiatial occurrence in respect to this gentleman, for if his course had not been intercepted at this moment by the falling in of the linney, he in all pro bability would have been killed by the falling in of the brick wall towards which was he proceeding at the moment, and which fell while he was prostrate, burying four women who sold eggs in the market, beneath its ruins. Immediately after the accident, head-constable Condon and a party of po lice were on the spot, and removed the rubbish and broken timber, so as to enable them to take out the creatures that were under it, who were dreadfully mangled. One of them named Judith Cunningham, of Brandy-lane, who was mar ried, and the mother of five children, died shortly after, every bone in her body having been fractured. The others, Ellen and Mary Sullivan, sisters, and Mary Collins were re moved to the South Infirmary, where Mary Sullivan died in the course of the day, and her sister it is not supposed could live out the night, as she was severely injured, both legs being broken. Many other buildings were injured, and in the country trees were thrown across the road in several places, and the Dublin Mail was frequently obliged to stop owing to the severity of the storm . THE STORM IN THE ISLE OF MAN.—On Wednesday we had a tremendous gale, and a heavy sea rolled i n t o th e b ay and harbo ur . N o casuality has occurred upon this side of the island, but we quote the following from a Ramsey cor respondent :—" After the heavy S. E. gale yesterday morn ing, which drove four vessels on shore between this town and the point of Ayre, the wind during the after part of the day chopped round to the N. W., and from seven to ten o'clock blew a complete hurricane." In addition to the above, we have heard that a large schooner is on shore near Kentraugh, and a number of vessels which ought to have been reported safe have not been heard of, but, the supposition is that they have made for Scotland. —M anx S an, of Saturday. TO THE, SHAREHOLDERS OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY COMPANY. Ladies and Gentleman,—ln the providence of God you have been suddenly set on an eminence to which the eyes of the Scottish people are eagerly turned. You have been in vested with a power which will soon be exerted for great good or great evil to this land. Motives of patriotism or profit, or both, may have induced you to enrol your names as share holders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; but, now that you have been enrolled, a more momentous question re ex- comes before you than the stimulus given to trade, or the al probable amount of your dividends. in the mysterious or le dinations of God, it bas devolved on you to say whether a Scotland is still to enjoy her Sabbaths, or henceforth to mourn them lost—whether the next generation of our countrymen it shall retain their fathers' birthright —one whole day in seven - for sacred rest, or be doomed to toil incessant on from the - cradle to the grave. An instrument has been put into your hands, and soon you must wield it, wherewith to bless or to curse this nation. We are watching the issue. Trusting in the Lord who ruleth over all, we address ourselves to the • creatures of his hand. Having first made our prayer unto God, we now employ the pains to persuade men. If at this moment notices were in your hands summoning you to Glas gow on the 25th February, as a jury in a trial on which a brother's life might depend, you would feel a strong consci entious desire to decide justly and according to law. You are summoned to decide a case which involves a life multi plied by millions and extending through eternity. Remain ing on the roll of shareholders you cannot be neutral. For or against the Sabbath you must be. You will do well to make up your minds. It is unwise to act at random. After you have signed your mandate at home, or given your vote at the meeting, you cannot lie down to sleep at ease, if even the suspicion lurks in your breast that you have been fight ing against God. There are many points of common interest to us and you, as men and members of the - Fame community ; but it is specially as ministers and elders that we address you at pre sent. It is our duty to worn you; and you are hereby warned—Do not this great wickedness and sin against God. Beware of seeking shelter beneath the miserable argument by which some attempt to prove that the Sabbath law was repealed by Christ. It is a lying refuge. It will not cover you. Before any man affirm that the law of the Sabbath has been annulled, he must be able to point to an express statute of repeal. But no such statute of repeal exists; for Christ came not to destroy, but to fulfil, the law. It is in vain, also, to taunt us with the severe punishments denounced in some parts of the Jewish polity; for we do not adopt it. We adopt the moral law—the law given from Sinai and recorded iu Israel—the rule of life to MEN. It contains no penalties inflicted by human hands. Its only sanction is the displea sure of God. The legislature of every country are bound to adopt the law, and enforce it by the sanctions which to them may seem best. Christ adopted it unaltered. He obeyed and taught it. He announced the sum of it under two heads —love to God and love to men. These two commandments He said were binding. Every one then knew, and every person of common understanding since has seen clearly that our Lord refereed to the first and second tables of the law, as it was known among the Jews. The great commandment —love to God—they knew to be the first table of the Deca logue, as given on Sinai. The Sabbath law was,in it, and this teacher sent from heaven did not take it out. One part of the "great commandment" is, " Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy ;" and Christ, when he came, did not destroy that or any part of the law. He cleared away the abuses which the Jews had heaped upon them ; but never, by word or deed, did he set aside any one of the ten command ments. On this subject we acknowledge no human authority. Men may unite in testifying that they think the sanctification of the Sabbath a needless or hurtful restriction ; but none of these things move us. " The LORD is our lawgiver," and our Judge too. We beseech you, ladies and gentlemen, to respect our feel ings as Scotsmen. Be assured they are not the least reputable and influential portion of the community to whom the sight of Sabbath traffic on the railway will be bitterness of spirit. It is painful to think, that though our cause is good, and our argument valid, we should be driven to plead anxiously for our Sabbath as a mere matter of speculation and controversy, allow passion and interest to overbear our righteous claim. For your own sakes, as well as ours, have respect to the character of your servants. In Scotland, be assured, they are not the most trustworthy men who will be found willing to follow their usual occupation on the Sabbath. They who fear God will refuse the bribe ; and the lives of the passengers must be entrusted to irreligious men, who have been accus tomed to desecrate the Sabbath. This one point were enough to: settle the question, if it were fully known. The safety of the passengers depends very directly on the high character of the servants, and the gain of the company depends very directly On the safety of the passengers. It is stated in the newspapers, that the receipts on the Great Western Railway during the week following the late accident, were fifty per cent. less than they bad been on the week preceeding. Let it be remembered too, that in Scotland you must go much lower down in the scale than it is necessary to go in England, to get men to work for gain on the Sabbath. Godliness is profitable to all things. In another way, ladies and gentlemen, you may find out that our warning has some weight. We represent a portion of the community, who, we hope, will be able t o b r i ng an ar gument into position against Sabbath trains, which will tell directly on the sense of profit and loss. No one supposes that the profits of the Sabbath traffic will be great. It is no extravagant calculation to expect that, by withholding all support from the railway, we shall lessen the amount of the week's gain by more than the whole receipts of the Sabbath. In this way we have been signally successful in Scotland al ready. We shall try again. We presume, ladies and gen tlemen, that you will not persist in the Sabbath traffic when you are convinced that it lessens your dividends. We pre sume few of you will be prepared to sacrifice your weekly profits by trading on the Sabbath, on the blasphemous pre tensions put forth by one of the directors, that duty to God demands it. We entreat you to pity the poor of this land. Do not in troduce a system which will wrest from them their weekly day of rest. They will not become better workmen and bet ter servants by being taught to desecrate the Sabbath : and in the destruction of religious principle among the workinF classes, the community may be made to reap the bitter fruit, of your profane determinations. We entreat you to pit also - o the rich We wish to save rich men from ihemselv€ air cares are creeping over them : and they will madly mul, ily these cares. Their very souls are cleaving to the dust. iocked in its intoxicating embrace, they are impatient of the ,artial interruption of the Sabbath. Joined to their idols, they wish to be let alone. We will not let them alone. We will cry aloud, and spare not. Already you spend too much time on the world, and too little for a near and rapidly approaching eternity. You must soon depart. You cannot take your riches with you. You should have some time secured for setting your heart on a better inheritance. The use made of the Sabbath trains by very many would be to spend the holy Sabbath in business or amusement. It is thus that the Sabbath breaker lives without God in the world. We know he must meet with God soon—we wish to afford him time for it now. The present aim of the destroyer is to blot out the hallowed light of the Sabbath, that in the dark ness he may more securely prey upon your life. We will continue our effort to save money-making and pleasure-seek ing men from destroying themselves. Ladies and gentlemen, the decision of this question lies in your hands ; but remember you are in the hands of God. His eye is on y ou , an d his judgment will await you. You may, by your secretary's pen, blot out the Sabbath's rest from the book which records your gains ; but it remaineth written in another hook w hi c h you cannot reach. You may put down the uplifted voice of God's people in the bustle of a railway meeting; but the whispering of an aggrieved conscience may yet be heard within the curtains of a dying bed. You may vote away from Scotland her Sabbath ; but you cannot vote the Sabbath-breaker into heaven. Signed in name and by appointment of the meeting, WILLIAM COLLINS, Chairman. our columns. Prom the principles there expressed we are satisfied the gallant officer will not recede. That Sir Howard has not before this, according to our anticipations, appeared personally amongst us, were informed by the chairman of the meeting, Sir Thomas Brancker, is to be attributed only to pressing engagements of a public nature, which have hitherto detained him in London. The requisition, however, which will this day be presented to him, will, we have no doubt, at once bring him amongst us ; and in the mean time need we call upon the Conservative electors to be up and doing ? At this moment we are not aware whether the enemy has any intention of entering upon so hopeless a speculation as would be a contest for Liverpool. Our Conservative fellow-to— however, must not trust too far to the seeming quies cence of so shifty a set; and we call upon them, there fore, to unfurl their banner, to rally round it in a; their strength, and 'to be prepared to strike home a the first summons of our war-cry--" A DOUGLAS A DOUGLAS ! " So sb rief a period has now to elapse before the open ing of parliament will throw a full light upon the question, that it is scarcely worth while to enter into an inquiry as to the probable measures or the general policy of the government of Sir Robert Peel. It may be useful, however, in order to enable us to estimate the vast extent of responsibility which attaches at the present moment to the right honourable baronet and his colleagues, to glance briefly at the disastrous state of things which they have to encounter, and for which the country, distracted by the variety of nostrums which are eagerly pressed upon its acceptance, looks up in patient and confiding hope to their sterling ho nesty, their admitted talent, and their energetic deter mination to provide a remedy. In whatever direction we turn ourselves, there is most assuredly nothing in the • prospect to render a statesman enamoured of the task before him. On every side are difficulties, vast, complicated, and im minent. Abroad and at home, in our colonies, in our commercial relations, in our financial and in our socia; system, we see only derangement and impending dan ger. From without we are compelled, by numberless entanglements, to keep up to their full extent our na val and military establishments ; whilst, at home, we have a deficient revenue, the public debt accumulating upon the shoulders of the people, commerce enfeebled and shaken with disaster upon disaster, industry laid prostrate, and famine and misery crowding our streets with pallid and sinking victims. Bankruptcy and ruin have compassed the length and breadth of the land, and have struck down, and are even now striking down, their thousands of our once wealthy and thriv ing classes ; whilst poverty, dogging their path, knocks at the door of the miserable hovel of the labourer, and drags the blanket from the bed and the bread from the lips of his shivering children. The whole fabric of our past prosperity is shaken to its base; and Eng land—once " merry England"—like one whom a burn ing fever has racked to the verge of . the grave, lies powerless, bloodless, and exhausted, where she stood so lately in her pride of healthful vigour. To such a state has ten years of Whig legislation reduced this once happy and flourishing empire. At the present hour we cannot lay our hand upon one branch of industry —we cannot point to one class of our population—and say, " Here is no canker-worm, no decay, no disease !" There is not in Great Britain a city or a valley, a mansion, a farm stead, or a hut, to which suffering, more or less intense, has not penetrated. The mechanic, the agriculturist, the manufacturer, the shopkeeper, the artisan, and the humble labourer alike languish under the blight which presuming incapacity has brought over their homes and their hopes ; and even CAPITAL itself—the vampire which has lain so long at the fountain of our national industry and absorbed the waters which a bountiful Providence intended should irrigate and fertilize equally the fair face of society— which has been wont to feed upon toil-worn frames and wasted limbs—to blanch the cheek of youth and to paralize the despairing efforts of age—has sunk be neath the giant pressure of the times, unable to pursue further its career of exaction, and compelled even to lisgorge a portion of its usurious accumulations. From one extremity to the other we can travel now ;hrough this once smiling land, and exclaim, with per 'ect truth, that " all is barren" —all is present or inc ?ient desolation To the correction of such a mass of social disease and suffering the government of Sir Robert Peel must at once address itself; and it will readily be admitted that a task more herculean was scarcely ever presented to any statesman. That the right honourable baronet is deeply convinced of the momentous responsibility which is imposed upon him we know; and it must be gratifying, as it is flattering, to him to notice, that not all the efforts of the faction, whose dishonest legisla tion has produced the disease, have been able to shake the nation's confidence in his ability and his honest en deavours to effect its cure. The people of Great Bri tain look indeed for no miracles at his hands—for no sudden restoration from a state of suffering and ex haustion to one of health and vigour. They anticipate no resort to legerdemain in his mode of cure. They wish for no merely temporary, hand-to-mouth legisla tion—no mere skinning of the wound; but are con tent even to endure the probe and the cautery, in the hope of at length arriving at a complete and a perma nent prosperity. We certainly do not anticipate that the government of Sir Robert Peel will attempt to effect this, by taking up the wild and crude theories put forth, in their last clutching hours of official life, by the faction which preceded him in power, however loudly their admirers may proclaim their drenches and stimulants to be the only effectual restoratives. The wise physician will not, we think, adopt the kill-or-cure practice of the quack who has just been kicked from the bedside of his exhausted and abused patient. We look for no measures of free trade in corn, in timber, or in sugar at his hands; but we do look for liberal commercial le gislation, for the healthy developement of the national industry, and for the protection of that industry—(call such protection " monopoly " or what you like) — from every encroachment, from within or from without. Sir Robert Peel, we know, will carry out to their just and wise extent, and no further, the principles of "Free Trade ;" and we can easily afford, even with the prospect of an election before us, to laugh at the pre sumption of the incapable faction which, having caught up in their fall the mere words, without the substance, of commercial liberality, are content to repeat them as a shibboleth which, of itself, establishes their exclusive claim to legislate for a commercial people. We look with perfect confidence for many importan ameliorations in our commercial system from Sir Ro. bert Peel—for many relaxations of the stringency of our present tariff; but those relaxations, we know, will be conceded temperately and upon grounds only of justice and wise policy, and will be such as are calcu lated to diffuse their benefits universally, and not to be absorbed by the manufacturing capitalist and the scheming speculator. The people of England, amidst all their sufferings, feel this confidence ; and they can not forget that, notwithstanding all their present cla mour for free trade, the liberal faction, when in office, and with a powerful majority at their back, made no efforts to attain it; and they suspect, moreover, that that clamour was only at length resorted to when its parrot-like and senseless iteration was all that was left them to hide their absolute dearth of practicable and POPISH PERSECUTION The following hand-bill, signed by 13 Roman Catholic farmers in the parish of Clontibret, county Monaghan, pro testing against the malignant treatment from their parochial priest (Mr. Tierney), who had so furiously denounced them from the chapel altar, that the labouring population of the district, though nearly out of bread, dared not work for them, in consequence of which they nearly lost their crop. The sole ostensible cause of the shameful treatment they have received from Father Tierney is, that they have in their possession copies of the New Testament, which they refuse to give up at the bidding of the priest. TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CLONTIBRET Friends and neigbbours, you are all acquainted with the violent language which has been directed against us ; you have been commanded to hold no communication with us, no dealings, not to work for us, &c. We deeply lament to find that some persons, influenced by this language, have acted in an unneighbourly and inhuman manner towards some of us. You know that in some cases we have been unable to hire labourers ; even in the want of employment they have been afraid of working for us ; we have been in danger thereby of losing our harvest. Upon - a previous occasion, when similar language was used towards us, we wrote a letter to the Rev. Mr. Tierney, the Catholic priest ; we denied the charges he brought for ward, we challenged him to the proof, but he gave us no re ply, except his cursings and harangues i❑ the chapel might be so considered. We now appeal to you ; we state clearly, the offence we have given, and we put it to you, friends and neighbours, if for this offence we deserve such treatment. We acknowledge that we read the word of God in the Irish language ; we acknowledge that we are most anxious that our children, and, if they will, our neighbours and friends, should all become acquainted with it. We feel satisfied that nothing is so likely to produce good feeling and harmony amongst men ; it teaches us the way of salvation, it makes us acquainted with the doings and the sufferings of our Saviour to redeem us from sin, and calls upon us, as far as we can, to follow in the footsteps of Him who came to promote peace and goodwill amongst men. We conceive that as Irishmen living in a free country we a right to read God's word, and we earnestly pray that be enabled in our lives to show forth the praises of who died to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself e deny the right of the Rev. Mr. Tierney to hold us of blic execration for the exercise of this undoubted right ; informed that if we took legal proceedings we could get large damages for defamation, but we would rather suffer persecution for the cross to the utmost than do anything that might in the slightest degree injure even our bitterest enemy. The holy St. Peter teaches us that if we suffer wrongfully for righteousness sake happy are we, and nothing but the neces sity of preserving the lives of ourselves and families will ever induce us to take legal proceedings against our persecu tors and slanderers. But we appeafiWyou, is it right, for the imaginary offenee, ;o hold us up to public indignation in the country ? We en leavour by our conduct to prove how false these accusations ire—as St. Peter says, by welldoing to put to silence the gnorance of foolish men." The Rev. Mr. Tierney has cursed us, we pray earnestly hat God may bless him, that He may give him a new and ontrite heart, that he may find mercy to his own soul in the reat day of account. ye been commanded to persecute us ; it shall be sours at all times and in all things to act in a kind )ourly manner towards you. feel we w ill d o everything except the giving up the of that holy book, which we have fou n d so com f ortable our souls, or the transgressing any of the commands it We : Tierne Tierne at again unto you, what we formerly said to Mr. hat we are open to conviction ; and if the Rev. Mr. n proceed in a christian manner, and prove to us e have no right to read in our own language the wonderful works of God, we will close the sacred volume. If he will prove that it is our duty to train up our children in the same ignorance in which we were involved before we knew the Irish society we will obey him, but until these points are clearly proved to us we will, with God's help, and in reliance on His promised blessing, study that word whi c h is " able to m a k e us w i se un t o salvation," and in teaching the same unto our children endeavour to train them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. And to you, our friends and neighbours, we will endeavour, by our life and conduct, to prove that we are what we pro fess to be, followers of the " Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.,' ISLE OF MAN. —As a proof of the rising prosperity and public spirit of the town of Peel, we may instance the fact, that no fewer than 14 new luggers are now building at that port, for th e approaching season of the herring fishery.— Illonds Herald. LONDON MONEY MARKET, SATURDAY EVENING.—The funds still remain heavy, the sales of money stock made to-day further acting on the market. These sales are not supposed to be connected with any political movement, but with the ordinary orders of the broker who effected them. Money continues, as heretofore, easy and plentiful, and on the security of re cognised borrowers, would not command more than 3 to to 31 per cent. Consols for money have fluctuated be tween 894 and 883, and left off 88,i to 89 ; for the ac count they closed 894 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891 ; Three and a Half per Cents. Rednced, 994 ; New 'l'hiee and a Half per Cents., 9 Si ; Long Annuities (expiring January 5, 1860), 12 9-16; Bank Stock, 167) to 1681 ; India Stock, 246-1 to 2471 ; Exchequer-bills, 17s. to 10s. premium ; and India Bonds, 9s. to Ils. premium. The tendency of the foreign securities also continues downwards, but very little business was transacted in any of the descriptions now in the market. Spanish Actives left off at 254 to :i -; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33.1 to 4 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 194 to 204 ; Mexican, 29 to - 1 - :; Danish 81 to 82 ; Colombian, 214 to 22 ; Brazilian, 644 to 651 ; and B e l g i an , 103 to 104. There were fewer sales of shares to-day, but prices were none the better. Bristol and Exeter we done at 25 to 1 ; Great Western, 85 ; Great Western, New, 591; Brighton, 364 ; Birmingham, 168 ; South Western, 52 ; Manchester and Leeds, 77; Ditto, quarter shares, 4 ; Northern an d Eastern, 35 ; N or th Midl an d , 711; South Eastern and Dover, 26; York and North Midland, 93; Ditto, New, 314 ; Cob r e C o pp er , 33, ex di v.; Hibernian, 21 ;Real del Monte, unregistered, 3.1-; and Union of Australia, 31. THE TRACTARIANS AND THE BISHOPS, (From the London Standard.) We have received the following announcement from a quarter which ought to be well informed : " A meeting of the bishops will shortly take place in Lon don, for the purpose of considering the present state of the church, in reference to the doctrines lately put forth in some of the ' Tracts for the Times.'" The time seems to have arrived when some such proceed ing on the part of the heads of the church as is here announced is imperatively necessary. We are well aware of the inconvenience, nay more, of the danger of declaratory acts in such cases as that now pre sented by the state of the church ; we subscribe fully to the maxim that in theology as in law, definitions may be peri lous, "definitiones lege sent periculosce," and therefore we are far from condemning the forbearance of the bishops up to the present time. Many of their number, probably all of them, to whom an opporttinity has fairly presented itself, have declared their disapprobation of both the doctrines and practices of the tractarian sect • and it was natural f or men, pious, candid, and modest themselves, to suppose that advice tendered in such kind and gentle terms as thos e i n which the ad v i ce o f the bish ops has been offered, would not fail of success. We grieve, however, to'say that such advice has failed, and when the voice of mild admonition has failed the voice of authority must be employed. Men who will not listen to such appeals as the beautiful letter* of the Bishop of Worcester, must be compelled by other means. As long as there was a hope that the Tractarian would yield to the influente of common sense, of the people, of the great body of the clergy, and of the heads of the church, we ourselves cautiously abstained from even distant allusion to their propagandist devices. The contest for the Chair of Poetry at Oxford for one of the leaders in the schism was, however, a step too daring to be safely disregarded, and upon that contest we delivered our opinion freely ; but when the particular affair that summoned us to act had ended we hoped to be able to return to labours more within our proper sphere, and for which we were not so ill qualified. In this hope, however, we are disappointed. The Tractarians have, by whatever means, possessed themselves of a great part of the periodical press, including some of the more respectable organs of all the several classes of the press ; and every one must be aware that, in this country, whatever is promoted by an important division of the public press must succeed in the end if the rest of the press is inactive and acquiescent. They who are silent will by enemies be set down as approving of all to which they offer no reply. * This seasonable letter appears in our columns to-day DEATH OF THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND We have to announce the demise of the Duke of Cleve land, after a protracted although not painful illness of several mouths. The melancholy event took place at four minutes to seven o'clock on Saturday morning, at the family mansion in St. James's-square. The duchess, Lady Arabella Arden, and Lady Augusta Milbanke, were with the noble duke when his dissolution took place, and the Earl of Darlington was immediately sent for when the approaching death of his grace became too apparent. _ The deceased, William Henry Vane, Dake and Marquis of Cleveland. Earl of Darlington, Viscount and Baron Bar nard of Barnard's Castle, county Durham, and Baron Raby of Raby Castle, county Durham, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was only son of Henry second Earl of Darlington and Margaret, daughter of Mr. Robert Lowther, and sister of the late and aunt of the present Earl of Lonsdale.— He was born the 27th July, 1766, and was consequently in his 76th year. In September, 1787, he married Lady Ka tharine Margaret Powlett, second daughter and co-heir of Henry sixth and last Duke of Bolton, and co-heir of one moiety of the barony of St. John of Basing, by whom, who died 17th June, 1807, his grace had issue eight children— namely, Henry Earl of Darlington, M.P. (now Duke of Cleveland); Lady Louisa Catherine Barbara, born 4th Jan., 1791, and married 29th July, 1813, Mr. Francis Forester, brother of the late Lord Forester, and died Bth January, 1821 ; Lord Win. John Frederick Powlett, born 3d April, 1792, and married, 3d July, 1815, Lady Caroline Lowther, fifth daughter of the Earl of Lonsdale ; Lady Caroline died an infant; Lady Augusta Henrietta, born 4th Jan., 1797, and married, 2d June, 1817, Mr. Mark Milbanke ; Lady Laura, born 6th Ja n ., 1800 , an d marr i e d , 24th Feb., 1823, Col. Wm. Henry Meyrick ; Lady Arabella, born 2d June, 1811, and married, 25th A 1831, the Hon. Richard Pep per Arden ; and Lord Henry George Vane, M.P. for the county of Durham and late secretary of legation at Stock holm, born 19th April, 1803. The duke married, secondly, 27th July, 1813, Elizabeth, daughter of M r . R o b ert Russe ll , t h e present dowager NAVAL COURT MARTIAL om(Fr The follo w i ng case of Court Martial has recently attr ac t e d considerable attention. Mr. Elton was a midshipman of her Majesty's ship Cambridge. While lying off Beyrout last July, a friend of his, Mr. Begot Crewe Reid, a gentleman of fortune, travelling in Syria, came on board the Cambridge to visit him. By an oversight, very common after dinner, the means of conveying Mr. Reid to the shore were overlooked, and at an advanced period of the evening it was discovered that no boat had been sent for him, and he was to leave Bey rout fo r the interior on the following morning. In thi s di lemma, it happe ne d t h at a Captain Williams, of the Strom boli, with whom Mr. Elton had served, was dining on board the Carnbridge,"and his vessel was lying between the Cam bridge and the shore. Mr. Elton accordingly addressed a respectful note to Captain Williams, requesting him to allow his boat, after putting him on board his own ship, to convey Mr. Elton's friend to Beyrout. To this note Captain Wil liams did not deign to return an answer. Nettled at this contemptuous treatment, Mr : Elton wrote an improper letter to Captain Williams, describing his conduct as " uncourte ous and un gen tl etnan lik e ,” and saying that " C apta i n Wil liams screened hi mse lf under his rank to offer an insult which:he would not dare to do were Mr. Elton not his ju nior officer." Mr. Elton soon became sensible of his error, and on the first opportunity wrote a humble apology to Cap tain Williams. That did not suffice ; he was, in November last, tried by a court-martial at Malta, Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, P res id en t, an d was found guilty of treati ng hi s superior officer with disrespect and of provoking him t o quarrel. He w as sen t en ced to be dismissed the naval ser vice, and on his arrival in England to b e i mpr i soned six months in some one o f her Majesty's gaols. Mr. Elton was subsequently confined for twenty-fiv e days on b oar d t h e Howe, and the n sen t as a prisoner to Gibraltar an d E ng l an d . (Prom the Hampshire Telegraph.) We cannot for one moment be tho ug h t to justify Mr. Elton ; he cl ear l y was gu ilty of a breach of an article of war, which imposes the sentence of death upon the offender, and therefore this imprisonment for six months may be called merciful, on the part of his judges but we cannot but ex press our regret that Captain Williams, by an exceedingly uncourteous behaviour, brought the matter on. And we still more lament that he did not unreservedly and frankly accept of the honest, well-meant, and gentlemanly apology offered. lie (Captain Williams) should also have recol lected the age of the youngster, the excitement his own ca valier conduct had untowardly caused. and should, as doubt less he could, have had the order for the court-martial with drawn. With regard to the court itself, it has passed an illegal sentence, and one which will instantly be set aside by the judges. It will be seen Mr. Elton is sentenced to an un defined term of imprisonment, inasmuch as his six months' imprisonment is to commence on his arrival in England. Suppose then the Admiralty thought proper to order him to be kept in Malta harbour, on board the flag ship for twenty years, he would, in that case, be virtually imprisoned for life—this the law would not allow. Again, this young gen tleman is entitled to his immediate discharge, on the ground that Captain Barnard, who was a material witness, formed one of the court, and thus appeared in the character of a prosecutor and judge —an anomaly which the law will not admit of. In support of this position we refer to M'Arthur, and there we find that on the information of the court to try Admiral Keppel, the Hon. Capt. Walsingham objected to those officers being rejected from forming part of the court who had been summoned to give evidence, on which the case was submitted to the then Attorney and Solicitor Ge neral and Mr. Cust, who gave the following opinion on the case :-- " The usage of the service is very material upon this case, for naval courts-martial are evidently considered, in the statutes concerning them, as known and established courts, consequently, in matters not especially provided for, the settled course of proceedings must have great weight. That the characters of witness and judge are not consistent is very obvious ; and though in the common law of England there is no challenge to a judge, yet in the only instance we know where judges were called upon to give evidence in a criminal case (Kelyng's Rep. 12), it is observed that they sat no more during the trial. By a strict and literal construction of the statute of the 22d of Geo. 11., chap. 33, sec. 12, neither the prosecutor nor the prisoner would cease to be judges. But this construction would be absurd, and the act must, from common sense, admit, as the usage is, that officers, to whom there is a just ground of exception, or who have a just ground of excuse, shall not be included in the number of those of whom the court is to be composed; consequently, if any officer, entitled by his rank to sit, is either prosecutor, party, or witness, the person next in seniority must supply his place, and the court, so composed, will be legally held according to the intent of the act." Mr. Elton, who came to England in the Hastings, was removed to London, on Tuesday last, under charge of an ad miralty messenger, and we much fear that, during the time he was in that ship, he, from impetuosity of temper, greatly committed himself. We mention this merely to account for any want of mercy which the admiralty might have been dis posed, under the circumstances of the case, to have shown towards him ; still his friends, who are powerful (he being a nephew of Sir Abraham Elton, of Clifton), have their re medy, by application to the Lord Chief Justice. TOUCH OF BRITISH VALOUR AT THE BATTLE OF VI MEIRA.—The left wing of our regiment, to which I still . be longed, had nothi ng t o d o b ut to be spectators of the fight, which took place on the heights of Vimeira. Our situation was on the slope of an eminence ; we saw our people promptly advance against the enemy's masses, which were formed in column, and with which they boldly attempted to break the British lines. The attempt was vain,- although they were ably assisted by their ordnance and howitzers, from the latter of which we saw the balls rise high in the air, and after des cribing many segments of a circle, they generally fell between our people, who were advancing and ourselves. Dense smoke soon after enveloped the belligerents. It was then we found our situation irksome ; many of our officers, too high spirited to be thus shut out of the glowing scene, ac tually left us and ran into battle. Th ose w h o remained contrived a scheme for the chance of following them. We heard our bugles sound the charge ; we heard, or fancied we heard, the enemy's fire growing stronger, when from the right of us idlers arose the cry, The colonel is shot !" his lady hearing this rushed through every restraint down the hill, which was an excuse fut . many of our men to follow in protection.—Memoirs of a Serjeant. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOT UNDER TIM OF Messrs. J. H. ANDERSON and MANAGEMENT 11. J. HAMMOND Second Price, to all parts of the house, at Nine o'clock. T HIS present TUESDAY EVENING, tholst instant, THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHUR. DANCING, by Mons. and Madai Schmidt. THE WATER AN,; and A ROLAND FOR AN. LIVER. First Price.—Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. Gd Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Second Price. —Lower Boxes, 2s. Gd Pit, Is. Gd. ; Gallery, Gd ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MR. COLLINS FOR FOUR fI'S Second Appearance this Season of Mr. C. F. MARSHALL. THIS present TUESDAY EVENlNytlic Ist instant, the New Drama, called PAUL CLIFFO 4 1); Or, THE LOST I IR. Paul Clifford. Mr. Collins. Miss Cuthbert will Dance her adm red French Hornpipe. To which will be added, the Interlude, called THE NERVOUS MAN AND THE MAN OF NERVE. Mr. M`Shane Mr. R. M. Raymond. To conclude with the celebrated Extravaganza, entitled NORA. Norma.... Mr. C. F. Marshall I Adelgisa.... Mr. Higgie. Pollio Mr. R. M. Raymond. Places for the Boxes may be had of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. (to which the number will be limited.) Second Price :—Boxes, 2s. ; Pit. Is. Doors to be open at Half-past Six ; Performances to begin at Seven. Second Price at Half-past Eight. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL Under the .Management of Mr. Egerton, Sole Lessee THIS present TUESDAY EVENING , th e I st F e b ruary, and during the Week, the Performance will commence with the Spectacle, entitled WARS O OLIVER ; Or, ENGLAND'S F MONARCH and CROMWELL the ROYAL OAK. Charles the Second.... Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Cromwell Ir. H. Howard. Cockle, Mr. H. Be erly. Alice Le e Mrs. Nunn. To be followed by an entir hange of DUCRO\V'S SCENES OF THE CIRCLE ! To conclude with a Comic Equestrian Pantomime, entitled THE WITCH AND THE WHITE HORSE; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WOMAN OF BANBURY CROSS. For Characters and detail, see bills, Private Boxes may be obtained nightly for Families on ap plication to Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box-office, from Eleven until Three o'clock. Prices of Admission :—Centre Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Gd. Second Price at Nine o'clock :—Centre Dress Boxes. '2s. ; Side Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, ls.; Lower Gallery, Gd. No Second Price to the Upper Gallery. Second Price will be taken for Children under Twelve years of age to the Boxes only. Dorss to he opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance :o commence at Seven o'clock precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS In the letter of " Baptistes," in last Friday's STANDARD, a sl ght error occurs. " Queen of Heaven," ought to have been " Queen of Angels." We may take this opportunity of inquiring whether our intelligent correspondent has seen the reply of Dr. Youens, in yesterday's Albion. We are requested to contradict the marriage, inserted in our last, between Mr. E. Halfpenny and Miss M. E. Jones. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD lENERAL PRINTING OFFICE AND STATIONERY ESTABLISHMENT, 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT. LACE & ADDISON beg leave to intimate to their Friends and the Public, that every descript' i n of 1// o MERCANTILE LETTERPRESS AND LITHOGRAP IC PRINTING Is neatly and expeditiously executed at eir establishment, and that they have always on hand ait . ' xtensive Stock of STATIONERY FOR EXPOEXPORTATION AND GENERAL PURPOSES. Proceedings of Public Meetings, Reported and Printed at the shortest possible notice. BOOKWORK, POSTING & HAND BILLS, CARDS, &c, ACCOUNT BOOKS Made on the most approved principle. BANKRUPTCY and other LAW FORMS. A few Copies of RYALL'S CONSERVATIVE PORTRAITS on hand. Qt bt Ztherpool (Otanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1842 The gratifying unanimity which prevailed at the meeting, held yesterday, to decide upon the candidate to be brought forward by the Conservative party at the approaching election, furnishes a sufficient reply to the chuckling of the now powerless Whig faction over the alleged divisions of opinion existing amongst the Conservatives of Liverpool. We can now tell our opponents proudly that we are no broken, disorganised, spiritless host. We have no difference—and we have bad no difference—of opinion with respect to the illus trious individual who is selected to fight our battle. The merchants, the tradesmen, and the operatives of this loyal borough will rally, in one united phalanx, and in resistless strength, beneath the banner of Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS; and they laugh at the feeble efforts of their prostrate opponents to create division in their ranks, or to damp the enthusiasm with which they are prepared to struggle for the cause of their country and her venerated institutions —to add another to the long list of triumphs which they have already achieved in behalf of the monarchy, the church, and the liberties of this great nation. To the gallant candidate himself so unanimous a lisplay of enthusiastic feeling in his behalf cannot fail to be flattering, as it is most honourable to the Con servatives of Liverpool. The long array of influential names which were present at this meeting, to record their approval of Sir Howard's claims and fitness, is in itself sufficient to stamp that gallant officer as al ready the chosen of all that is loyal and Conservative amongst us. Our fellow -townsmen have shown that they are not the unstable and fickle beings who will turn their backs to-day upon the recorded opinions of yesterday. " TRusTv AND TRUE," the appropriate motto of one of the Douglas race, might now, with equal propriety be emblazoned upon the banner of the Conservative electors of Liverpool; and we do not he sitate to assure the gallant Sir Howard, and the oppo nents of his claims on the present occasion, that he and they will find no flinching in the coming contest ; but that the entire Conservatism of the borough will be found in readiness on the day of trial to place in overwhelming strength upon . the poll the champion of its choice. With respect to the qualifications of Sir Howard Douglas for the important position which he is called upon to occupy, we need not enlarge. They are well known amongst us, and throughout the empire. To those of our opponents, however, who object to hirr as not being, though well versed in the theory of com merce—though acquainted with all our commercial re lations with other countries, and possessing a lonl experience of the wants and working of the trade of out colonial empire —himself a commercial man, we woulc recommend a perusal of the admirable address of Mr, Samuel Holme, which will he found reported at length in another column. Let the gentlemen in question look in that mirror for a correct reflection of their amazing inconsistency ;—let them glance through the long list of non-commercial candidates, in whose lauda tion they have yelped in chorus in years gone by —at the number of the illustrious obscure, consisting of horse-racing Lords, second-rate speechifiers and brief less barristers, in just proportions, for whom they have shouted and agitated,—and we do think that on the score of modesty and decency alone, if from no other consideration, it would become our sapient friends of the Whig-Radical camp to be discreetly silent. Creep into a walnut-shell, good gentlemen, and rant no more ! To the loyal Protestant Operatives of Liverpool, whose presence at this meeting contributed materially to the pleasing and proud picture of Conservative strength which it presented, we must express our sin cere congratulations. In the gallant candidate, whose cause is now in their hands, they have a sincere church man and. an unflinching Protestant,—one who will not surrender one stone of our national establishment, or one tittle of our national faith, to the hand of the de stroyer. He has already proved himself the ardent friend of scriptural education for the children of all classes of the population of Great Britain and her colonies; and to his firmness, his honesty, and his un swerving sincerity, our Protestant fellow -townsmen may look up with confidence for a zealous advocacy in the 'louse of Commons, and with the Government itself, of sound scriptural principles as the leading fea tures of any system of education which may be pro vided for the people at the national cost. Upon this point we recommend to the perusal of our readers the address of Sir Howard on the first occasion of his coming forward for Liverpool, which was read at the meeting by James Aspinall, Esti., and will be found in definite measures. That these are the feelings and opinions of the com mercial constituency of Liverpool we confidently be lieve; and that they will give expression to them by returning, as their representative, a gentleman prepared to support the government of the right honourable baronet against all the mere chattering by which it will be opposed. Let the local faction, whose ceaseless prate is of " monopoly " and "restrictions," bring forward, if they dare, one of their most shining lights to contest the representation of Liverpool with Sir Howard Douglas, and the electors will point to the bankruptcies, the poverty, the crimes which Whig le gislation has brought down upon Great Britain ; they will point to the mass of suffering and wretchedness which is around them, as the realization of the abun dant promises of the past ten years of "liberal" rule— and laugh to scorn the attempt once more to palm upon their credulity mere chattering incapacity for statesmanlike ability —a senseless parrot for the bird of Jove. We are not at any time admirers of the practice of We congratulate the Conservative electors of Dub lin upon the crowning victory which they have won for the cause of loyalty and constitutional principles. The truculent beggerman may now gather up his wal let and hide' his beaten head in the fastnesses of Derry nane ; for Dublin—Conservative Dublin —will neither brook himself nor his nominee as its representative. So near as we can at present ascertain, the numbers at the close of the polling on Saturday evening were— For GREGORY ........... 3790 For Morpeth. .... .. .... ... ....... 3301 Majority for Conservatism 399 ! ! ! ----- - ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF THE DOCK COM MITTEE, IN THE PLACE OF MR. CHAPMAN. The election of a member of the Dock Committee, in the place of Mr. Chapman, who resigned for the reasons stated in his letter published in the Standard of Friday week, took place yesterday in the Dock-office, Revenue-buildings. This election was regarded with considerable interest, as the libe rals, although the ground on which Mr. Chapman resigned was non-political, brought forward Mr. Robert Benn, the late chairman of the Dock Committee, partly from his liberal principles. and partly from his experience in dock affairs. The conservatives brought forward Mr. Thomas Bold, of the firm of Messrs. Bold and Starkey, and as Mr. Chapman declined being put in nomination, the contest lay between Mr. Benn and Mr. Bold. The polling commenced at one o'clock before the Mayor, and was continued with con siderable animation till four o'clock, when it closed, the numbers being— For Mr. Bold .................... For Mr. B erm l7B Majority for Mr. Bold STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c Our market for cotton during the past week has slightly declined in price, although we can report an improved feeling on the part of the buyers, some of whom have made large purchases in anticipation of a speedy improvement in the trade generally. The sales yesterday amounted to 4000 bags, with no change worthy of noticing. The market for manufactured goods continues without animation, and prices are a shade easier. We have not heard of any extensive orders by the last arrival from the United States ; and little is yet doing for the continental markets. The opinion still gains strength that the government of Sir Robert Peel will bring forward, on the opening of Par liament, some important commercial measures, the probable effect of which will be a restoration of the confidence of ma nufacturers generally, and a more healthy feeline in the market. We trust that this expectation will be realized ; but the manufacturing interest must unshackle themselves from the thrall of the blatant members of the Anti-Corn- Law League if they wish to reap the full benefit of such a change. A cessation from commercial agitation is quite as much wanted as any legislative measures to give a tone of confidence to the market for their goods. Two or three extensive failures have been spoken of as having occurred in London this week. The engagements of one house, that of Messrs. Hunter, Gouger and Co., are said to amount to £70,000; and their stoppage, having arisen from no imprudence of their own, but from the failure of some of their correspondents in India, has excited general regret. The other cases mentioned are of less importance; and it is thought that the difficulties of one of them are only temporary and will be surmounted. COLLISIONS ON THE RIVER. —On Thursday, at the Po lice-court, the captain of the Seacombe steamer Alice, was summoned by the owners of the Efinishowen, Egremont boat, for damage done to that vessel by the former, on the 4th of the present month. Mr. John Martin, master of the Ennishowen, stated that he was coming up the river on the afternoon in question, when the Alice attempted to cross the bows of his vessel. At that time a large steam-boat was going to sea, and the Alice, finding that she could not clear the steamer, put her helm up and run under the bows of the Ennishowen, carrying away her stem. The captain of the Alice admitted the leading facts of the case, but said that the Ennishowen had run into his vessel. The testimony of Martin, however, wastupported by a gentleman named Bu chanan, who was on hoard the Egremont boat at the m ine, the Mr. Rushton directed an order to be made out against the owners of the Alice, for the damage done to the other vessel. Captain M`Fie, of the Christina M`Nab, was also summoned for having on the 18th carried away, by running foul of her, the mast of the Ennishowen, whereby damage to the amount of two guineas was sustained The facts were admitted, and the defendant was ordered to pay the amount. In both cases the costs of the repairs to be subjected to the approval of the Harbour-master, Mr. Askew, who attended to assist Mr. Rushton in the decision of the case. resorting to a bazaar, or any similar tawdry exhibition s for the purpose of raising money either for a public or a private object. There is something un-English and almost revolting in the contemplation of respectable matrons or misses, tricked out in smiles, and exerting • in public those blandishments and powers of lit riva sion which are so irresistible when exercised within the private circle of their own homes, to entice staring and vulgar loungers to purchase worthless toys ; and although we may endure such a breach of the proprie ties of society and of the sex, when the act.is sanctified by a charitable motive, we can view it only with the deepest disgust when it is prompted by unprincipled selfishness and sordid avarice. With such a feeling we cannot but confess that we have noticed the exhibition of female Liberalism which was opened yesterday in the Theatre-Royal, Manches ter, under the title of the " Grand National Anti- Corn-Law Bazaar." We could have tolerated this display of the wives and daughters of the League-men of that town with some degree of patience, had the object been to raise a fund for the purposes of bene volence; had it been proposed out of the funds re alised to relieve the mass of poverty and wretchedness which may be found at the very doors of the fair ex hibitors. But we cannot extend our forbearance to such a degradation of the set, when the object is merely to save the pockets of their husbands and fa thers—to swell the funds of the Anti-Corn-Law League —and to enable its itinerant mountebanks and spouters, its Aclands and Smiths, to go on in their work of delusion and fraud, without the necessity of dipping into the purses of the Cobdens and Potters who seek to profit by their agitation. It is an inde cency of which men of correct taste and principle would not have been guilty, to have drawn forth from the privacy which best becomes every female, and an. English female especially, these,' no doubt, estimable lid amiable ladies, to mingle in the field of political strife, and to be ogled indiscriminately by every puppy who has a shilling in his pocket to purchase'a nic-nac of their fair handiwork. With this feeling we are confident that nine-tenths of the gentlemen and ladies of Manchester will view the proceedings of this Grand National Anti-Corn-Law Bazaar; and that the shame less and selfish beings themselves, for whose factious objects the profanation has been practised, will incur the well-merited contempt of every right-thinking man throughout the empire. We blame not the ladies themselves who have figured in this affair, however much we may deprecate the party and political spirit which has led them to allow themselves to be put forward thus publicly upon such an occasion. We blame the men of Manchester —the " Leaguers"—whose avarice and meanness could in duce them to degrade the amiable ornaments of their firesides to the level of the Jew clotheswomen of Rag Fair, or the slopsellers of Cranbourne-alley. Verily they are a scurvy set, these men of the League ! Where is Sir Joshua Walmsley ? Pray good, kind, ' Whig-Radical gentlemen, do resolve for us this im portant question ; for your press, we lament to say, is most mysteriously silent upon the subject. Or if the worthy knight is not willing to come forward to redeem his pledge--if his purse is hermetically sealed, and his name is no more to lead on your forlorn hope to the breach, do tell us upon what superlative genius his mantle has fallen; who wields his abandoned rod and reigns in his stead. You are silent, all—muzzled and mute—dumb as dormice—dead beat ! You are a lost faction ; and we pity you most sincerely. We did hope, indeed, from the swaggering tone of your oracles, one and all, that some astonishing speci men of Liberalism would have been found to titillate you into life in your last extremity. There was a mys teriously mischievous meaning in the countenance of more than one of the elite of Whig-Radicalism whom we met yesterday in our peregrinations; and we have listened anxiously for the tocsin to be sounded in be half of some of the fraternity ; but, as yet, we have list ened in vain. Liberalism has no stomach for such a fight as we could promise its followers, It flies no longer at noble game; but hawks at dung-hill birds, and silly sparrows—is content now to squabble in the council, scribble in the corner of obscure journals, and speechify in pot-house gatherings; but it dare not " meet us at Philippi." Do, gentlemen—do, good, kind Radicals,—let us have a fight for fun's sake, and to keep our hands in ! Bring forward WM. RATunc.Nz, WM. EARLE,---any body; don't, pray don't go out like a spent rushlight, or a farthing dip ; but allow us to extinguish you, or turn you up in the socket, and then you may die de cently.