The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-13 00:00:00

• N , 11E-OPENING BEDFORD HOUSE, No. 22, CHURCH-STREET, (NEXT TO PROMOLI P S BAZAAR,) YESTERDAY, (MONDAY,) THE 28TH INSTANT. THE extraordinary and unparalleled support extended by a numerous class of customers to the Proprietor of COMMERCE HOUSE, 25, CHURCH -STREET, together with their frequent solicitations for an extension of room, have rendered it imperatively necessary that larger Premises should be had to meet his increasing Trade. The above Establishment (last occupied by Messrs. WALDEN and BRIGHT, but which has been closed for some time, owing to LAW DISPUTES) has been take (to re medy the evil so much complained of) and was RE-OPENED YESTERDAY, with every NOVELTY which has yet app ed for this Season. The new PARISIAN and LONDON FASHIONS, in CLOAKS, CLOAKINGS, Chine SILKS, SATIN TURCS, SHAWLS, MOUSSELINES DE LAINE, &c. &c. FURS, in REAL SABLE, FRENCH DO., MARTEN, SQUIRREL, CHINCHILLA, REAL ERMINE, FITCH, LYNX, ISABELLA, BEAR, &c. &c., (all imported THIS SEASON.) FAMILY LINENS, BLANKETS, General DRAPERY, HABERDASHERY, &c. &c. The PROPRIETOR, in presenting his respectful acknow ledgments to his numerous Patrons, begs to intorm them and the Public generally, that he will be able, in his new Premises, to serve them still better than heretofore, from the facility which BEDFORD HOUSE offers for doing a great trade, and from an anxious desire on his part to study the interest of his Friends, being convinced that it is the only sure foun dation for success. GEO. LINDLEY, PROPRIETOR. BEDFORD-HOUSE. 22, CHURCH-STREET. RICH AND ELEGANT FURS. H. G. IRELAND BEGS most respectfully to inform the Ladies of Liver pool and its vicinity that he has OPEN D the Premises situated No. 92, BOLD-STREE , lately occupied by Mr. Hunt, and offe for their inspection a large, new, and beautiful assortme f FURS, consisting of every thing that is FASHIONABLE, ELEGANT, 'and useful. The whole of the Stock having been manufac tured in London under his own particular inspection, he can offer them with confidence, and at such prices as will ensure their patronage and support. In alterations and repairs he flatters himself he will be able to please, as they will all be done on the premises, by workmen of the first class, expressly engaged for that pur pose from London. Cleaning Boas, 2s. 6d.; Muffs, 3s. ; Capes and Shawls, 3s. 6d. 92, Bold-street, Sept. 21, 1840. ti `, T H E BARGAINS!!! NINETY -SIX LADIES' REAL ROSEWOOD WORK BOXES, lined with S . , (Very Superior to the Toy Shop articl- Large Size, ss. 6d. ; Small, 3s. 6. SIXTY-SEVEN REAL ROS y> •OD DESKS, equally Cheap, viz., from Bs. (. anted sound.) TWO HUNDRED LADIES' ROSEWOOD WORK BOXES, an extra quality, from 10s., 155., and 19s. Better cannot be made at any price, A Lot of Extra Good ROSEWOOD DESKS, _ _ _ _ at 163. 6d., 225., 295., and 375.; very prime Wood and Extra Finish. These are the GREATEST BARGAINS ever offered, and to be had only at GLASGOW HOUSE, CHURCH-STREET. THE NEW TEA ESTABLISHMENT, IN THE ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS. TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, CLERGY, AND ALL LARGE CONSUMERS OF TEA. arrange bYA L BANK WE beg leave to announce that we have ma ments, adjoining our Wholesale Offices, BUILDINGS, to SUPPLY FAMILIES WIT EAS, which will be conducted in many resp c different from the general system of the Retail Trade. Unlike Colonial products,—such as Sugars, &c.,—Fami lies, when purchasing Tea, can be no judges of quality from its appearance ; therefore, to be enabled to procure it in its pure state, and at the lowest remunerating prices, has become a matter of the first consequence. Since the expiration of the East India Company's Charter (1834), a thorough practical knowledge of this Trade has proved most beneficial, owing to the system of deception now pursued on the part of the Chinese in the art of dress ing Tea, and thereby_giving it a fictitious appearance. This, in conjunction with the complete expulsion of the English from China, operates seriously ; so that the importing Mer chants at present are obliged to tranship their cargoes, with out time or opportunity to exercise their judgment in the selection, as hitherto privileged to do in the British Facto ries at Canton. Our great object will be to supply to the Consumer such qualities as shall insure confidence. BLACK TEAS. 8. d . . 4 6 Common Congou This is the lowest Preferable Do., strong blackish leaf 4 9 S article that can berecommended. Ditto, East India Co.'s imports, rather delicate Souchong kind 4lO Stout rich Congou, Pekoe Sou chong flavour. * * FINEST CONGOU, wiry, black ish leaf, full rich Pekoe Souchong flavour. 5 3 Recommended Full ripe Lapsang Souchong 5 8 Very rich burnt Orange Pekoe, small curled black leaf 6 0 Bohea GREEN TEAS. s. d. 5 4 6 9 Imperial Gunpowder Gunpowder, small glazed leaf FINEST GUNPOWDER, small close twisted leaf. Goodnyson Twankkinay. d 5 4 6 Hyson Skin lower Young Hyson, very common, not recommended. FINEST OU CHAIN, small close twisted wiry leaf, Gunpowder flavour Genuine Hyson. 5 4 Fine Hyson, fresh and full flavour. 5 9 Finest Cowslip, rich and delicate flavour.. COFFEES. This branch of trade affords ample scope for advantageous competition ; the imports of late have exceeded all reasona ble calculation. We shall introduce the same system in this article as in Tea ; and respectfully request attention to the following kinds, which can be recommended : s. d. Good useful Coffee 1 6 Fine fine Jamaica Rich and full old East India flavour 1 10 Recommended. Mocha Coffee Roasted daily. We recommend it in the whole berry. Though Liverpool is unquestionably the second port in the world, it is a remarkable fact that throughout England there is no place where the public have reaped less benefit from the free intercouse of trading with China than in this town. _ _ As we have intimated above that this undertaking will be conducted upon an improved system of business, it is our duty to state that the public will derive an advantage of TWENTY PER CENT. IN PRICE, with greater SECURITY AS TO QUALITY, VIZ.: — The particular descriptions of Tea drank by nine-tenths of the population are— s. d. This Tea possess es much strength Fine stout Congou 4 9 combined with brisk full flavour. Stout rich blackish leaf. The finest Congou ditto, full l 5 3 f Very fewwouldre ripe Pekoe Souchong flavour I 1. quire better Tea. e have thus given you an outline of a concern based on the principle of small profit, with the view of giving the in habitants of Liverpool and its neighbourhood the same ad vantages which have so long been enjoyed by the citizens of London. Orders sent us, by post or otherwise, from those who can not favour us with . a personal call, will be delivered the same day, within two miles of the Exchange. PAYMENT, CASH ON DELIVERY. Country Orders, accompanied with a remittance or Bank order. will be immediately attended to, in a manner that will prove us to possess full claims to the confidence of the pub lic. In original Packages, the OVERWEIGHT or DRAFT grant ed to the Traci,: will be allowed, generally 21bs., and often more, on a Chest of SOlbs. ; and on smaller Packages in pro portion. ROBT. ROBERTS and COMPANY, WROLESALE TEA-DEALERS, Nos. 1 and 2, Royal Bank-buildings, Near the Exchange. *** In consequence of very many Families experiencing great inconvenience in finding our Retail Department, we deem it expedient to he more explicit in stating our address, which is as follows : " The SECOND DOOR on the Right-hand side, up the GATETVAY leading to the ROYAL BANK, and directly Opposite Exchange-street East." HOURS OF BUSINESS FROM NINE TO SEVEN O'CLOCK. ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY, AND PATENT GROATS, recommended by the Faculty. Patronized by the Queen and Royal Family. The attention of Mothers, (especially during the period of nursing.) Invalids, and Families is particularly called to the above Patent Articles, being the purest Farinre of the Oat and Barley ever produced, deprived of their fermentative properties by a steam process. ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY cannotbt equalled by any article for making pure Barley Water in,arfew minutes all impurities being rejected, it is rend ere* more palatable than Barley Water made with Pearl Bay. It is an excel lent adjunct with milk for the breakfast table, highly useful for culinary purposes, light suppers, making delicious pud dings, thickening soups , also with the addition of lemon juice and sweetened, forms a most grateful beverage. ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS, are universally esteemed for making a delicate Gruel; and both the Groats and Barley are a nutritious food for Children, and those suffering under difficult digestion. CAUTION.—The Patentees, having received a Special Warrant of App o i n t men t as Purveyors to Her Majesty, con sider it a duty they owe themselves and the Public, to put them on their guard against imitation, and respectfully to point out, that on eac h G enu i n e Packet are placed , in addi tion to the Royal Arms, the words " By Royal Letters Patent," and the Signature of " MATTs. ROBINSON. Manufactured by ROBINSON and BELLvILLE, 64, Red Lion street, Holborn, London, and sold retail by all respect able Druggists, Grocers, Oilmen, &c. in town and country. Country Dealers are requested to be particular in ordering " Robinson's Patent." BULLOCK'S CAMPHOR TOOTH PASTE. THIS beautiful preparation h as b een esta bli s h e d u pwards of eleven years. The distinguish pa onage which it has received from families of distincti.7 l : er since its intro duction to the public is alone sufficien o stamp its merits. It is the best composition for cleaning the teeth, preserving and strengthening the gums, and preventing the toothache. The teeth, however foul and discoloured by neglect, will, on using the paste a short time , acquire a beautiful whiteness. It removes scurvy, and sweetens the breath.—Prepared only by Mr. BULLOCK, Family Chemist, 3, lower end of Princess street, Manchester. To be had retail of Mr. PRIESTLEY, Druggist, Lord-street, Mrs. CREW , Librar y , Castle-street, MAYNARD, Bold-street, WAGSTAFF, St. James's -street, LLOYD, Parker -street, and W. W. KING, Soho-street, Liverpool, and all respectable Chemists , Medicine Vendors, and Perfumers, in pots, 2s. each ; Wholesale Agents, Messrs. BARCLAY, Farringdon-street, London, and Messrs. EvArrs, SON, and Co., Lord-street, Liverpool. N.B.—Be aurc to ask for " Bullock's Camphor 'boat Paste." SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN CHESTER RAILWAY. CALL FOR EIGHTH INSTALMENT. rPHE Directors of this Company having resolve o make 11 a call, under the provisions of the act of par • ment, for an instalment of £lO per share, notice is h r y given, that the several proprietors in the capital stoc the said com pany are required to pay the said call or s I'D of £lO, on each of their respective shares, on or before the 9th day of Novem ber next, to one of the undermentioned bankers, viz.— Sheffield— . Messrs. Parker, Shore, and Co. Manchester.. The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. London .Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., and Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. Interest, after the rate of five per cent. per annum, will be charged by the bankers on all such sums as shall remain un paid after the said ninth day of November next, until pay ment thereof. The Directors take this opportunity of stating, that £5 per cent. per annum is allowed on all sums paid in advance.—By order of the Directors, CH A R.I.RS TH OM SOli i Clerk an Secretary. 15, Piccadilly, Manchester, 7th ctober, 1164 U. GAS! GAS ! ! GAS !! ! A NEAT GAS TWO-LIGHT WATER-SLIDE, At Thirty-nine Shillings, Superior to that sold at Fifty Shillings. A VERY ELEGANT TWO-LIGHT WATER-SLIDE, At Sixty-three Shillings. These are on an Improved Principle, and are warranted superior and more perfect than any hitherto offered to the Public. To be had only at GLASGOW HOUSE , CHURCH-STREET, LIVE 00L; OR, WHOLESALE, AT 27, LLDGATE-H L, BIRMINGHAM. OBSERVE! THE NEW STOCK OF CHANDELIERS For Drawing and Dining Rooms, of NOVEL. DESIGN, are at moderate Prices, for an Article which will be guaranteed. N.B.—GLASGOW HOUSE SOLD OFF THEIR LAST YEAR'S STOCK. ADDRESS OF THE ENGLISH AND AUSTRIAN ADMIRALS TO THE GOVERNOR OF BEY ROUT, AND HIS REPLY. Roads of Beyrout, Sept. 11. EXCELLENCY,—We, admirals of the Anglo-Austrian squadron, acting according to the instructions of our re spective governments, and in the interest of his highness, the Sultan, hold it our duty to lay before your excellency our earnest desire to avoid all effusion of blood ; inviting your excellency to withdraw your troops from Beyrout, and to consign the town to our joint forces, to be by them protected and delivered to his highness, the Sultan. Your excellency will have seen, in the fire of our ships yesterday, but an example of what we shall be obliged to do. The fire was not continned this morning, in order tha t your excellency might take advantage of, and, after mature reflection, decide in conformity with our merciful intentions, that the innocent inhabitants be spared the unavoidable consequences of the means which we shall be forced to adopt. We entreat your excellency to send us as speedy an answer as possible. Your very humble and obedient servants, ROBERT STOPFORD, Admiral-in-Chief. BANDEIRA, Austrian Rear-Admiral. ADMIRALS,—You are acquainted with my orders ; and, after the refusal which, as was my duty, I returned to the proposals made me in the name of your governments to betray my master and benefactor, it was impossible to suppose that I should act in opposition to his wishes. As you observe, I was enabled yesterday fully to appre ciate all the extent of evil it was in your power to bring down on innocent families, strangers to the present mis understanding. For the sake of killing five of my soldiers, you have ruined and brought families into desolation ; you have killed women, a tender infant and its mother, an old man, two unfortunate peasants, and, doubtless, many others whose names have not reached me ; and, far from slackening the fire of your ships, when my soldiers (who, during that deplorable day, did not once fire) fell back cn the town across the inhabited country of Beyrout, your fire, I say, became more vigorous and destructive for the unfortunate peasants, rather than for my soldiers. You appear determined to make your selves masters of the town, notwithstanding that, in any event, the question will remain as before. If the fortune of war prove adverse to me, Beyrout shall only fall into your power when reduced to cinders. This town has not ceased being inhabited ; and, moreover, it contain s mer chandise imported from Europe, the value of which is con siderable. Under these circumstances, I have constantly endeavoured to justify throughout the grateful thanks which I have received from Europeans. Guards have been posted to secure respect to their habitations and their magazines. They would find them untouched on their return. It lies not in my power to deliver the town ; my orders are for its defence, and I shall defend it, come what may, I, therefore, am not the person to address if you are really desirous of sparing innocent persons from the inevitable horrors of warfare, which in a few hours you have power to bring down on them. Mehemit Ali alone can give you an answer on this question. If, then, you attack Beyrout. and if its inhabitants are buried in the ruins, let me not be responsible for the blood that is shed. . . I have the honour to remain, Your humble and obedient servant, General SOLIMAN , Be} rout, Saturday, two hours after sunrise. DONCASTER AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. — On Friday last, agreeably to previous arrangement, a meeting was held at Swinton, to promote the formation of a junction railway from Doncaster to the North Midland. There were present, from Doncaster, the mayor, Mr. Alderman Clark, and Messrs. councillors Goodwin, Milner, and Johnson, accompanied by the town-clerk, and Mr. Alexander, the surveyor; Messrs. Wm. Vickers, G. W. Chambers, S. Jackson, and T. Linley, directors of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, accompanied by their solicitor, super intendent, and secretary ; Messrs. F. Parker and T. B. Pease, directors of the North Midland Railway ; Mr. Wilson, of Kilnhurst, and Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Swanwick, the engineers. The mayor of Doncaster having been called to the chair, Mr. Wm. Vickers briefly explained the corre spondence between the corporation of Doncaster and the directors. which had led to this meeting; and the mayor stated the prevailing feeling of the town over which he pre sided, in favour of a railway communication between that town and the North Midland Railway. On the motion of Mr. Alderman Clark, a resolution was th en unanimously passed, to the effect, " That 11 communication by railway, between Doncaster and the North Midland Railway, at the es i i n r t a o b l e t h too Northdeposi t Midland a n tional nearest and most convenient tpoint,was further wouldbeatte attended with I local and general benefit." resolved, that as ofainatte p r lano precaution, c a a u h t iroanuch fal a l s i n desirable it w Railway at the Swinton station ; and the engineers rec e i ve d orders accordingly. This alteration, it was nest stated, not prevent an application to parliament in the —Doncater t ~> ~►.~~ DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. 1 On Wednesday last, Skiddaw and Scawfell Pikes assumed their winter garb for the first time this season. In the morning of the above-named day, these fells appeared clad in a snowy mantle ; but the rays of an autumnal sun soon stripped them of their snowy habiliments, and exposed their ragged nakedness to the gaze of the passing traveller, at least an hour before he had reached his meridian altitude.—Kendal Mercury. On Monday four children were playing in the upper room of a cottage at Walcot, near Timberland, kept by a person named Wood. A boy, seeing a gun lying against the wall, took it up, and commenced knocking the muzzle of the bar rel with a clasp knife, and other children looking at him, when-the gun went off and lodged a double charge of shot in the abdomen of a fine little girl named Mary Woods, aged nine years. The little sufferer immediately fell, and after a few brief struggles expired. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.—Lincoln Gazette. THE CHURCH AND THE WESLEYANE. -- WellaVe, on for. mer occasions, hailed with pleasure the demonstration of a friendly and Christian union subsisting between members of the Wesleyan persuasion and the heads of the Protestant religion ; and we have this week to record another example of this nature furnished from a body of the same tenets in a distant land. A deputation of Wesleyan Missionaries in Newfoundland have presented to the Right Rev. Aubrey Spencer, the new Bishop, an address agreed to by that body, expressive of their congratulation at his appointment and safe arrival, and acknowledging the Established Church as the " Great stay and support of the Protestant religion." - - AGGRESSIVE PROGRESS OF RUSSlA.—Within a period of 64 years the total acquisitions of Russia equalled her whole European empire before that time. The acquisitions from Sweden equalled the now kingdom of Sweden • from Poland, a territory equal to the Austrian empire ; from European Turkey, a country equal to Prussia, exclusive of the Rhenish provinces ; from Asiatic Turkey , a territory equal to the German small states, Rhenish Prussia, Holland, and Bel gium ; from Persia, an extent of country equal to England ; and from Tartary, a country equal to European Turkey, Greece, Italy, and the whole of Spain. The Russia frontier has been advanced by these acquisitions about 700 miles to wards Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, and Paris; 500 miles to Constantinople, 630 miles to Stockholm, and about 1,000 miles to Tehran. The estimated population of Russia in 1689, at the accession of Peter 1., was 15,000,000 ; at the accession of Catherine ft., in 1762, it was 25,000,000, and at her death, in 1796, it was 36,000,000 ; whilst at the death of Alexander, in 1825, it was 58,000,000. INTERESTING SCENE.—Monday, the Lord Bishop of Limerick, accompanied by his chaplain, the Rev. R. Maun sel, rector of Castleisland, and the Rev. A. Denny, rector of Tralee, attended Divine service at Ventry. The congrega tion, with the exception of several visiters from England, was entirely composed of converts from the church of Rome, in number 250. The service was performed and a sermon preached in the Irish language by the Rev. Thos. Moriarty, himself a convert and minister of the congregation. Service was concluded by his lordship's addressing the congregation, exhorting them to stand fast in the truth of the. Gospel, and by purity of life and conversation to manifest the sincerity of their profession. He expressed himself highly gratified with the evident reality of this important work, and particularly with the answering of the children in the Sunday school. In the evening his lordship preached, in his usual impressive style, to a crowded congregation in Dingle, including more than 100 converts, inhabitants of the town.—Litiserick Chronicle. MYLES COVERDALE, TRANSLATOR OF THE WHOLE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH.—Sunday, Oct. 4, being the 305th anniversary of the translation of the whole Bible into English by Myles Coverdale, his remains, which had been exhumed from the church of St. Bartholemew by the Exchange to make room for the building of the new Sun Fire Office, and trans ferred on the preceding evening to St. Magnus Church by London-bridge, of which he was formerly rector, were depo sited at nine o'clock in the morning against the east wall of that church, a part of the old building in which he preached, and not pulled down on the rebuilding of the church, after the fire of London, by Sir Christopher Wren, in a vault, at the expense of the parish, to whom these precious remains had at their solicitation been kindly consigned by the Bishop of Lon don. The reinterment was strictly private, with the exception of the presence of the children of the ward schools and some of the parishioners, to whom a short and appropriate address on the occasion was made by the rector, the Rev. Thomas Leigh, A.M. DROITWICH.—SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. — FOUr years ago the parish clerk of St. Peter's, in this borough, died, having been ill and incapacitated from business for three years previous to his death. During his illness a relation did the public duties for him ; but his wife, Jane Hale, cleaned the church, and performed other menial offices. She was in the habit of undertaking to inter privately in the consecrated ground the bodies of children prematurely born, and those who died before baptism, for which she received a fee. A man, who had lodged in her house for some time, died in January last, and having by his death lost the chief source of her livelihood, she proposed to give up housekeeping, and a sale of her effects was advertised. The company assembled at the sale were annoyed by a nauseous smell, which led to a search of the room, in which her father-in-law and uncle took an active part. Behind a pocket of hops was found the body of a young child in a coffin. This led to a search of the house. A garret was broken open, and there two bodies of infants in coffins were discovered. The father of one of the children was present, and recognized the coffin which con tained his child, to bury which he had given the woman 2s. Gd. six or seven years ago. In the same lumber-room were found a large quantity of sheets and linen, which had been used by her husband and her lodger, and which had been put away unwashed, some of the articles having been placed in water which had remained stagnant and undisturbed. The value of these articles, now completely rotten, must have been at least £3O. There were also a ham, a tongue, and va rious eatables in the garret. The woman, who was always noted for being dirty in her person and her house, still re mains there, and sleeps on a screen with a mat for a pillow •, and it is said she has never slept in a bed since the death of her husband. When spoken to on the subject of the con cealed bodies, she said—" I have done no harm to them ; let every person choose his own, and bury it." The affair has caused much disgust among the inhabitants of Droitwich. FORTIFICATIONS OF PA-uts.—The following is the line of fortification on the right bank of the river :—lt commences at the western point of 13ercy.,and cuts the Lich road to the $ chateau, but leaves that ouuding outside. It tnen crosses the road from Paris to Charenton a little above the cemetery of Bercy, passes along the marshes of Bercy and Saint Mande, crowning the hill which bounds the valley of Fecamp. It traverses the avenue of St. Mande, near the houses Nos. 31 and 3G, cuts the grand avenue of Vincennes at the 180th tree from the bariere du Tram, traverses the marsh to the Croix St. Simon at the south end of Charonne, passes be tween Charonne and Bagnolet, dividing the old park of the Dukes of Orleans, now converted into a garden, and ascends the top of the hill, which commands Bagnolet and Charonne behind the cemetery of Pere-La-chaise. It traverses the grounds of La Justice, passes the north end of the gardens of Belleville, at the place called Les Bruyeres, cuts the road from Belleville to Romanville a little beyond the Place des Communes. It then descends between the Pre Saint Ger vais on the south, and Pantin on the north, and reaches the Pont de Flandres at the north end of La Villette. Here the line divides into two ; one follows the canal as far as Auber villiers and Saint Denis, the other crosses the Plain of Saint Denis, reaches the Rond Point at La Chapelle, and after wards runs to the north of Clignancourt and the Bute de Montmartre to the Hutte au Garde, and the Rout de la Revolte, which it follows in a westerly direction, till it reaches the eastern point of the King's Park at Neuilly. It thence passes between Neuilly and Les Themes to the Porte Mail lot, traverses the Bois de Boulogne in a line parallel to the alley from the Porte Maillot to La Muette, passes in front of the garden of La Muette and Ranalagh, and touches the Seine again at the east end of Auteuil, a little below the Pont de Grenelle. MeresicAL CAT.—However surprising are the feats of wonderful pigs, learned ponies, remarkable monkeys, and sagacious dogs, we have a fact to record which will surpass all such feats hitherto recorded. Mr. Evans, cabinet-maker, of Newport, is a gentleman of musical talent, and being, moreover, anxious to perpetuate the musical taste he has imbibed, he has taken care to teach all his daughters the " divine art." They are, therefore, all talented vocalists and performers. The youngest of this musical family, not con tent with the whole family being proficient in music, has ac tually, of late, been most arduously engaged in tutoring their five-year old torn cat to play at the piano ; and she has so far succeeded in her endeavours, that Tom has left off " mousing," and all predatory habits, and is daily engaged in the very harmonious pleasure of sitting at the piano, where he performs two or three airs with wonderful accuracy, and unmoved gravity. We are informed that he is never pleased, unless the music-book be placed before him ; but whether he has " learnt his notes," our informant sayeth not.—Welshman. THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD AT LANCASTER.—The Marquis of Waterford, with his brother, and some other scion of noble blood, passed through this town on Monday evening, for the south. It was not, of course, to be expected that they would travel like other people, and accordingly a vehicle of the nature of a coach was honoured by bringing them from Carlisle, Arrived at the station, our Marquis called out to his brother, " Holloa ! Bill ! is there any grub to be got here ?" It appeared there was not, and the lordly and hungry travellers were directed to the nearest public house, the Prince 'William Henry, where they were soon supplied with the " grub" they stood in need of. Fortu nately the marquis and his friends did not pass a night among us, and we have not consequently to record any abstraction of knockers, door bells or door plates, from the houses of our townsmen.--Lancaster Guardian. ELECTIONEERING AT NORTHALLERTON.—On Monday last, at noon, W. B. Wrightson, Esq., M.P., arrived at Nor thallerton, and in a short time afterwards, accompanied by Capt. Pierse, Mr. Hamilton, and two attorneys, commenced waiting upon the electors of that borough (resident in the town). In the evening of that day the chairman of the Hon. E. Lascelles's committee issued a bill, printed on True Blue, to the following effect—" Brother Electors, in consequence of W. B. Wrightson, Esq., having this day commenced a canvass for the borough, it would appear that a speedy dis solution of parliament is expected. I beg therefore to request that you will withhold all promises of support for the present, as it is the intention of the Hon. Edwin Lascelles to solicit the favour of your votes and interest, whenever a dissolution of parliament shall take place. I am, gentlemen, your's faithfully, AN ELECTOR." On Tuesday and Wednesday Mr. Wrightson visited the electors resident in the township, and also those in the townships of Brompton and Romanby, which constitute a part of the borough, for the like purpose, hut what success he met with from the farmers and agricul turists in his canvass, especially as he voted for the repeal of the corn-laws, has not transpired.—Leeds Intelligencer. SHOCKING MURDER AT BARNSLEY.—We are sorry this week to have to record the perpetration of a most foul and brutal murder, which was committed about seven o'clock on Monday evening last, on the body of Mr. George Blackburn, farmer, of Bank Top, near Barnsley, and within a few yards of his own house. The deceased, a highly respectable man, who kept a number of much cows, and sold milk in Barnsley, had been in that town collecting his milk accounts, on Mon day afternoon; and, on retu rn i ng h ome, about seven o'clock i n the evening, ust as he had reac h e d hi s own yard, two ruf fians sprang upon him, knocked him down, and one of them, with a large stick, or think piece of wood, beat him over the head with the most savage ferocity. Whil e t hi s was go i ng on, his cries, and the barking of the d og , b rought out his wife and servant in time to see the men in the act of violence • and their screams were heard by a soldier on d u t y i n t h e bar rack' yard almost close by, who immediately alarmed his com rades, and several of them hastened to the spot,—but it was too late. The villains made off ; the soldiers pursued, but were unable to overtake them. The unfort unate man, who was not quite dead, was immediately taken up, and medical assistance was procured ; but it was to no purpose. His skull was broken in several places, and various parts of his head were most dreadfully bruised. He remained in a state of in sensibility until two o'clock the next morning, when death put an end to his sufferings. The unfortunate deceased was iasb supposed sixty cbountlltniaidttnedo with the It years of dreadful age, but whether it in tent to rob, but in that the murderers had not succeeded. A quantity of copper was afterwards picked up had been taken from his pockets by the assassins, or had been shaken out of the victim's pockets when attacked , is uncer tain. One wound on the head of the unfortunate man ap peared to have been made by a large stone which. had been taken from an adjoining wall for that purpose. The scene of this diabolical act is about three quarters of a mile from the town on the sheffield road, and opposite the barracks, from which place it is distant only about a hundred yards. Two men have been apprehended on su s picion and the police are actively eng age d i n their enq u i r i es , i n or der to find out the guilty parties.-- Doncaster Gazette. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1840. In the present critical state of our foreign relations it is impossible to contemplate the progress of the re peal agitation in Ireland without feelings of deep anxi ety. If this country should be involved in a war with France and her allies, it will become a matter of the most serious consideration whether internal commo tions are, or are not, likely to augment the difficulties of our position. It is on this account that we conti nue to watch the proceedings of Daniel O'Connell and his traitorous associates. The mysterious, but not al together unintelligible hints, which have dropped from. the lips of the arch-demagogue, in reference to the part which the Popish population of Ireland are pre pared to take, in the event of a war, render it impera tive upon us to scan his language and to mark his movements from week to week. If we do not greatly mistake, there is a storm brewing in Ireland which may be attended with far more serious consequences to this country than even a continental war. An alliance with France is almost openly avowed as the ultimo ra tio of the repeal agitation. O'Connell has more than once publicly vaunted the advantages which Ireland presents to a foreign power for carrying on warlike operations against England. He has dilated with great apparent glee on the ease with which, aided by the dis affected Popish millions of Ireland, France might secure the future independence of that country. These threats ought to be carefully marked. It .would appear that no sooner had Lord Ebrington avowed himself to be an enemy to repeal—though the avowal was made in such a milk-and-water sort of style as to convey an impression that there was nothing hearty in his enmity—no sooner, we say, had this avowal been made, than O'Connell came forth once more from his seclusion to enter with more zeal tha ever upon his career of agitation. He laughs at the disapprobation expressed by hi s minion, the Lord. Lieutenant. He is on his march through Ireland rousing the popitlation in all directions, and exciting them, by the most inflammatory language, to disaffec tion and rebellion. He expresses his open contempt of all authority, and dares the executive to interfere with his proceedings. The principal topics of O'Con nell's harangues, as on all former occasions, are, the " millions of fighting Irishmen," who are ready, at his beck, to plunge the empire into all the horrors of civil war, and the prospects of an alliance with the Popish governments on the continent, and especially with France. In the meantime, it is not irrelevant to ask, in what manner has Lord Ebrington followed up his hesitating protest against the repeal agitation ? Our paper of this day will afford the answer. It will he perceived that he has literally " run away" from the enemy who has hitherto exercised so tyranical a sway over him, and over the ministry of whom he is the representative. He has left O'Connell a clear field for carrying on his agitation. Instead of manfully showing by his actions the sincerity of his professions, he has basely deserted his post in the hour of danger, and preferred the in glorious retreat of Castlehill to the discharge of his duties to his sovereign and to his country. Such is Whig courage ! Such is Whig principle ! We may be accused of exaggeration. Those who may feel disposed to indulge in such an accusation must possess a marvellous degree of ignorance respect• ing the language indulged in by Mr. O'Connell. Let such individuals read his speeches delivered, on Wed nesday last, at Limerick. In one of those speeches he makes the following boast :—" I perceive I have the game in my own hand, if I put know how to play it. I perceive, if there be no false step taken, that we, I re peat it, have the game in our own hands, and the union we shall see repealed. This is no idle boast, no vain anticipation. Did I not see to-day 60,000 Irishmen, with physical force capable of overpowering any that resisted, with spirit and daring capable of setting at defiance any power ?" This appeal to the "physical force" of the Papists of Ireland is a constant staple of all the speeches of this truculent demagogue. He harps upon this question incessantly. His allusions to Kosciusko and Washington are all of the same charac ter. They are all accompanied with a glowing descrip tion of the "struggles for independence" which marked the career of these " great leaders of the people." His reference to the case of Belgium is of the same chary ter. REBELLION is the grand end at which O'Connel is aiming. It is necessary, therefore, that his proceed ings should be narrowly watched. It may be soon found necessary to arrest the hoary ruffian in his wild career. " Another great amphitheatrical display of bigotry, intolerance, and all uncharitableness !" were the words which our eloquent townsman on Thursday last sug gested for the use of his Whig-radical commentators. We suspect, however, that the text will not, on this oc casion, be so easily seized upon. The day is gone by in which protestants were to be driven from their posts by the shafts of ridicule. We are no longer to be scared by a name or turned aside by a light laugh or a mocking sneer. It has indeed been the fashion of this liberal age to associate with the terms bigotry the proceedings of meetings similar to that of Thursday last. We have heard names such as those of M`Gliee, Stowell, and Nl`Neile, stigmatised as fanatics and agitators ; and this too by professing churchmen—by Protestant En- glishrnen. We have lately seen one of these illustrious men dragged into a court of justice and amerced for giving expression at a public meeting to a fact, the occurrence of which has never been and cannot be de nied. But are we therefore as Protestants—as liberal Protestants—to suppose that we are justified in with holding our sanction from efforts so nobly and fear lessly made for so noble and righteous a purpose ? No. The slave of Rome, who fears an exposure of his iniquitous and blood-stained creed, may deprecate the expression of Protestant truth ; the lukewarm church man who allows his religion to succumb to his worldly interests, may deprecate the expression of that truth ; but the earnest and sincere Christian will regard a de monstration such as that of Thursday last, as one of those redeeming passages which the recording angel will select to brighten the history of an age dark with apostacy and political error. It is not however in the light of mere demonstrations —" displays " of Protestant feeling—that we now re gard the enthusiastic assemblies which crowd our am phitheatre at the invitation of these champions of our reformed religion. It is not because at these meetings Protestantism is strengthened in the hearts and in the judgments of thousands of our fellow-countrymen that we are anxious to award to them our approbation ; but because they strike at the root of that blinding supersti tion which has been too long permitted to overshadow the land—because the searching exposition which they afford to the iniquities of popish doctrines and practice are thus presented in a popular form to the eyes of Roman Catholics themselves ; and the great truths of the reformation offered to their dispassionate consi deration, clothed in the fervid and impressive language of sincerity, and freed from the casuistry in which they have been studiously hidden by Romish theologians. It is because such is beginning to be the operation of our Protestant meetings that they are regarded with terror and jealousy by the priesthood and the advocates of the Roman Catholic religion. They feel that the temple of the Juggernaut which they have erected is about to be cast down ; that the secret springs and ma chinery of the superstition which they impose upon mankind are about to he unveiled. They see a hand stretched forth to break the rod of iron with which they have tyrannized for long ages over their duped and de frauded victims ; and they shrink with guilty fear from its crushing grasp. The truth is hateful to Rome. The free expression of opinion, in which Protestants love to indulge, she shrinks from with affright. She dreads to hear her mysteries, her mummeries, and her im postures grappled with by the keen intellect, and de tailed by the glowing eloquence of a M`Ghee or a Stowell. She would gladly stifle, were it in her power, every expression of Protestant truth—every exposure of her own fraud and falsehood ; but the effort she knows now would be fruitless and mad. She has tried alike sneer and sarcasm, and, lastly, she has even ven tured upon persecution. But the attempt has recoiled upon her own head. The truth will not be stayed, and shall not be stifled ! We owe it, then, as a duty to our Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen, to encourage, by every means within our power, the efforts now making by our Protestant associations for their enfranchisement from the thral dom of mind and body under which they are bowed down by their tyrannical priesthood. Bigots do they call us ? It is against bigotry that we war. Are we intolerants ? Far from it. We seek to put down and trample upon intolerance. We are striving to gain for our fellow-christians the privilege of approaching the throne of mercy in their own persons, without the ne cessity of prostrating themselves at the confessional, or ' satisfying, by degrading acts of penance, the tyrannical requirements of a brother worm. We seek to open to our fellow•christians the Book of Life, and to enable them to drink of the healing spring from its fountain. Are we, then, uncharitable ? But there is another and an important light in which we must regard the proceedings of the. Pr otestant Association. It must be borne in mind that England is no longer a purely Protestant state. The Protestant bulwarks of our constitution have been yielded up to the insolent demands of treason. Popery sits in our high places—in our houses of parliament, and in the council chamber of our Sovereign. An insolent priesthood—nursed in bigotry, and bloated with the spoil wrung from the hard hands of an igno rant and enslaved people—dares to intrude even into the levees of royalty. Mass-houses and convents spring up throughout the land ; and beneath the very walls of the palace, the cowled priest shakes hands with the infidel, the Socinian, and the Socialist, as they plot together new fetters for the minds and con sciences of freeborn men. Shall we, then, tamely and basely submit our necks to the yoke of the enslaver ? Shall we yield up without a struggle the little that is left us of our once-glorious constitution ? No : we will not be so degenerate—so cowardly—so unwise. We will fight the battle of the constitution by striving to raise up that strongest bulwark of Protestant liberty —a sound Protestant democracy. W e will oppose to Rome—to her falsehoods and her serpent wiles—the stern determination of an industrious, intelligent, and convinced population—the middle and humbler classes of Great Britain, whose minds and judgments neither the jesuit cunning nor " the pomp and circumstance" of Papacy can turn from the loyalty and the faith of their fathers. It is for such a purpose that we regard as invaluable the efforts of our Protestant champions and the pro ceedings of our public meetings. Let the liberal churchman sneer at those efforts; let the sectarian denounce them as uncharitable; let the shallow truck ler to expediency babble upon the fancied evil of min gling religion with politics. They cannot—they ought not to be separated. A state without a religion can no more exist than a body without the soul; and it is the duty not only of the legislator—not only of the patriot —but, more than all, it is the duty of the Christian clergyman, to watch that the softening influence of religion be not excluded from the government of a Christian people. And in this duty we trust that our clergy and our conservative laity will steadily persevere. If the cause of good order and good government is to be promoted, by what means can that object be better attained than by the dissemination of scriptural truth amongst all classes of our population ? If liberty of conscience is still dear to Englishmen, what course is so likely to enable us to preserve it as a constant and unshrinking exposure of the falsehoods of that tyrant church which is hourly striving to introduce in its stead the slavery of superstition ? In this favoured land we do still en joy that liberty of conscience. The homesteads and cottages of merry England are still illumined by the unpolluted light of gospel truth. With us the Bible is yet permitted to remain a household book; and surely there is no uncharitableness—no bigotry in striving to procure the same solace for our Roman Catholic fel low-countrymen. We may in doing this disturb oc casionally the self-complacency of some very liberal and sensitive people ; we may occasionally disturb the dreams which haunt the dark cloisters of Maynooth ; we may occasionally drag to light the mysteries of the confessional; or the trenchant and unanswerable testi mony of a Ivi`Ghee may fasten a charge of treachery and perjury upon the Romish hierarchy. We may occasionally do things that " make even drowsy pre miers start upon their couch ;" but we have the con solation remaining that the cause itself, in which we are engaged, is one from which no good man and no sound Protestant need stand aloof, from any dread of moral pollution. •••••=iI•MMIIMML - . The " meeting of Welsh Reformers," (as it is some what facetiously designated by the wag of the Chronicle) which took place on Friday night, at the Music Hall, was one of the most laughable failures that we have witnessed for some time. By some means or other a report was spread, a day or two before the meeting took place, that the Welsh residents in Liverpool were not likely to respond to the call made upon them by " Thomas Lloyd, Esq." and his clique, and it was found necessary to pack the room with Protectors— yes, with Irish Papists of the lowest class—in order to intimidate the really Welsh portion of the auditory. Accordingly, on our entrance into the room there was scarcely a Welsh face to be seen among the central seats. The " Welsh Reformers" had ensconced them selves behind the barriers of the platform. The side seats were chiefly occupied by 'Welsh Conservatives. The entrance of a number of gentlemen, connected with the commerce of Liverpool, who were known to he Conservatives, was the signal for general acclama tion from those of their countrymen who were stationed in the body of the room. This movement seemed to have greatly chagrined the Reformers on the platform. Their confidence was, however, partially restored by the entrance of Mr. John Rosson, the Popish barrister, and chairman of the Protector Society, whose entrance into the room elicited great applause from the Irish " hereditary hodmen," who had generously come for ward to "protect" the " honest 'Welshmen." Mr. Rosson occupied a conspicuous station on the platform, and acted as fugleman to the Protectors during the delivery of the Welsh speeches, waiving his handker chief as a signal when the cheers were to be given. What a farce it is to call this a Welsh meeting ! In commencing the proceedings the chairman took especial care to intimate that no opposition or interrup tion would be permitted, and that if any parties present ventured to propose an amendment to any of the reso lutions, he should be handed over to the custody of the police. He then proceeded to state that the object of the meeting was, the formation of a Welsh Reform Association. Why was not this object avowed in the placard ? Why was the approaching municipal elec tion exclusively mentioned as the subject of discussion? It is plain that the greater number of the 'Welshmen present went to the meeting expecting to hear some reason for reserving their votes until the meeting was over. Our object in going there was to oppose any recommendation to the 'Welsh to vote on the radical interest. We found this also to be the feeling of a large majority of our countrymen present. 'When the chair man was requested to give an explanation, and to per mit those Welshmen present who were adverse to the alleged " object of the meeting " to retire, protesting against the proceedings of a meeting so constituted, as expressive of the opinions of the Welsh rate-payers of Liverpool, the attempt to obtain a hearing was responded to by a wild Irish howl, such as caused no little aston ishment to a few strangers from the principality who happened to be present. This howling silenced every remonstrance. Among such ruffians there was no chance whatever of a fair hearing. Amidst the confusion, the chairman contrived to pass the first resolution, which he had the audacity to declare to be " unanimously carried," without deigning to ask the non-contents to hold up their hands. It was, in truth, carried by the Irish Protectors, of whose alliance we wish Mr. Lloyd and his tail much joy. We hope to see many more such Irish-Welsh meetings, for the fun of the thing. But the meeting of Friday has done good in one re spect. It has roused the Welsh ratepayers of Liverpool to a sense of the indignity offered to them by the pre sence of a horde of Irish repealers at a meeting of Welshmen, We understand that arrangements are in progress for the formation of a "WELSH CONSERVA- TivE ASSOCIATION "in this town. A meeting for this purpose will be speedily convened ; and we have no doubt that such a society will prove more than a match for the mongrel society which has just been formed under the distinguished auspices of " Thomas Lloyd, Esq.," Mr. William Rathbone, Mr. Irish-Welsh Alderman Evans, Mr. Fugleman Rosson, and the howl ing worthies of the Protector Society. The proceedings in the municipal revision court have almost ceased to excite any feeling of general interest. We may, indeed, say that they are chiefly regarded with ineffable disgust. This disgust has been created by the appearance of the ragged and beggarly hordes of Popish ruffians who have been placed on the registry through the instrumentality of the Protector Society and its " aristocratic" patrons—by the flippant and even audacious manner in which these " mushroom" voters have forsworn themselves—by the discoveries which have taken place of the disgraceful tricks re sorted to by the agents of the Reform Association to invalidate the objections made by the Conservatives— by the obstacles which have been daily thrown in the way of a fair and impartial investigation of numberless cases brought before the court—and, more than all, by the outrageous insults which have been offered to the law, to juatiee and equity, and even to common Sense, in the strange and unprecedented decisions to which the court has so frequently, but not so unaccount ably, arrived. A salutary regard for the consequences of an infringement of the formidable law of libel pre cludes us from treating, with a requisite degree of se verity, the language of certain parties, who have been but too conspicuous in their efforts to frustrate the ends of justice, from the moment that the court was opened. If we could but venture to write " a true and circumstantial account" of the proceedings and prac tices to which we allude, we could unfold a tale that would make England blush for Liverpool. However, the people of Liverpool are sufficiently cognisant of these proceedings to render our allusions perfectly intelli;- gible. Those who have attended the court of revision have taken care to give publicity to the strange prac tices on which we dare not venture to animadvert. The day of retribution is not far distant. This is no trifling consolation. The expulsion of Mr. John Rosson, the fuylernan of the Protectors, from the court of revision, was one of the most remarkable incidents of the past week. This gentleman (we hope that he will not consider the application of such an epithet offensive) has been re markably assiduous in his attendance on the court. Day after day was he to he seen in " amiable contact" with one of the assessors, ever ready with his advice, and strongly reminding us of another great personage when pouring his " leprous distilment" into the listen ing ears of Eve. We are not sorry that he has met with his deserts. On the whole, we think the Conservatives have no reason to be dissatisfied with the position which they occupy, even on the lists which have been nearly gone through. Let them be equally vigilant and punctual in their attendance during the remaining period left for the revision, and we feel assured that they will achieve a signal triumph on the second of November. llun dreds of voters who have hitherto been found voting on the liberal side will then either abstain from voting, or will openly join the ranks of the Conservatives. In deed, the respectable voters are almost universally dis gusted with liberalism. It has been suggested that a favourable opportunity will present itself, on Friday week, for paying a just tribute of respect to our excellent and indefatigable representative, Lord Sandon, as he will then, for the first time, preside over a public dinner in Lancashire. We cordially concur in the suggestion, and trust that some arrangements will be made for thus giving expres sion to the feelings or attachment and admiration which are so generally felt towards his lordship. Would it not be well if a meeting were immediately convened for this purpose ? We shall probably have more to say on the subject in our next. We heartily congratulate the inhabitants of Liver pool on the successful arrangements which the com mittee of the Collegiate Institution have made for laying the foundation-stone of that long-desired establishment. The twenty-second day of October will, indeed, prove a proud day for Liverpool —a day to be remembered when the dust of those who have contributed towards calling into existence so noble an institution shall have long reposed in the grave. We do sincerely hope that the inhabitants of the town generally will join in the tnteresting ceremony which will take place on Thurs day week, and thus testify their attachment to the cause of scriptural education. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.---We have much pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to the ad vertisement relative to this institution, which appears in ano ther column. It will be seen that the foundation-stone will be laid by the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., on the 22nd October, after a sermon at St. Peter's church, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. A dinner will be given to Lord Stanley, in the evening, at the Amphitheatre, Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., in the chair, at which Lord Sandon, M.P, the lion. R. Bootle Wilbraham, M. P., Sir R. H. Cunliffe, Bart. C. Cresswell, Esq. M.P., J. Ireland Black burne, Esq. M.P., an d G. Cornwall Legh, Esq. High Sheriff of Cheshire, have promised to be present, and the attendance of other distinguished friends of scriptural education is ex expected. The 22d October will be a most important day for Liverpool, and we trust that every friend of the esta blished church will be at his post. MR. HASSARD'S TADLES.—We are glad to inform our readers that these splendid specimens of art have been pur chased by the Duke of Wellington, at a price which not only sufficiently remunerates their ingenious contriver, but also testifies the approbation of his grace of such elaborate and delicate workmanship. Ou r P ro t es ta n t f r iends will be pleas ed to hear that such a zealous advocate of their principles has at length met with his deserts. CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SI It ,—You will oblige me by noticing, in your next publi cation, and correcting an error in degree, in one of the state ments in my speech at the Protestant meeting yesterday. The general and notorious practice of the Roman Catholic system (defended by some of their ablest writers *) is to use Latin prayers. Against this practice our Church, in her xxiv. article, thus protests :—" It is a thing plainly repugnant - to the Word of God, and the custom of the primitive church, to have public prayer in the church, or to minister the sa craments in a tongue not understanded of the people." This practice, however, like all the other boasted immuta- bilities of the infallible system, has undergone convenient change ; and now in this country they use both English and Latin; but still the most solemn, and, as their people are taught to believe, the most sacred of all their services, the Mass, is invariably in Latin. I did not mark this distinc tion in my speech yesterday, and was consequently guilty of what I have called an error in degree, when I said that all their prayers are in Latin. Enough, however, re mains indisputable with respect to the ten thousands of the poor Irish, on whose behalf I was speaking, to justify the common charge against the system, and to warrant the application of Dr. Grier's language to its apologists—they know that so long as the service of the Roman system is per formed in an unknown tongue, so long will the reign of er ror and superstition continue in it. Unwilling to allow the slightest inaccuracy to escape, and thankful that while speaking so frequently, and entering into so many details, I am habitually preserved from even such a measure of mistake as the above, I have to request you to allow this letter a place in your columns. Permit me further to avail myself of the opportunity of writing this letter, to say that my omission of the Mail and Courier, jointly with yourself, in my defence of our press, was entirely unintentional, arising, I suppose, from the fact that the charge to which I was alluding made mention only of the Standard. I am, sir, Your obedient servant, HUGH M`NEILE. Liverpool, 911 z October, 1840. * Dr. MILNER, in his Vindication cf his End of Contro versy, page 329, in answer to the charge of an unacriptural use of an unknown tongue in their Liturgies, exclaims— " What ! Latin an unknown tongue ! which is taught in all the schools of Christendom, and understood not only by every educated man, but also in a sufficient degree by filo common people of Italy, Spain, France, and all those else where who understand French." Dr. GRIER, in his Reply, page 445, makes a large admis sion as regards the people of Italy and Spain, who may pos sibly understand Latin on account of the close affinity be tween it and t heir own languages, but says—" With respect to the mass of the Irish Roman Catholics, he (Dr. Milner) is perfectly aware that to them Latin is an unknown tongue, and he knows too that so long as the service of his church is performed in that tongue, so long will the reign of error and superstition continue in it." WELSH REFORM AGITATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—The natives of the principality have hitherto well earned, and consistently maintained, their character of mo ral, religious, and peaceable people The strife and conten tion of party politics had been unknown among them until the restless spirit of political dissent, goaded on by the revo lutionary incitements of the organs of the party, determined the malignant disposition of the Baptist and Independent preachers to kindle the fire of political animosity among my well disposed countrymen. These hot-headed and bigoted enthusiasts have brought disgrace cn the name and character of Welshmen, by their conduct in calling the meeting together at the Music-hall, on Friday night last, and still more so by their conduct at the said meeting. How so many conservatives had gut there is inexplicable, when I consider the vigilance of the dozen sentinels who stood on the stairs, exercising their delegated power most sedulously towards any gentleman who appeared anything more respectable than themselves, who, in default of a more sure criterion, was thereby condemned as a con servative. The most active of these " specials" was the Reverend Joseph Jones, warehouseman, and Independent teacher of Bevington-bush Chapel. HE certainly deserves promotion for his activity in collaring the tories, and as he is not now " in the ministry," it is to be hoped there will be no delay in procuring his reinstatement, and that he will re ceive an " early call to a scene of greater usefulness." After all, sir, though there was a local preacher in the , chair, and Baptist preachers addressing the meeting in Welsh, • to the great edification of Mr. Rathbone and of the Irish pre cursors, who appeared to compose the majority of the audi ence, it was altogether a miserable failure, and a disgrace to the name of Welshmen. The respectable body of Welsh Calvinistic Methodists had no part in the business, I am in formed, and it is spoken of to their credit. S'our's, &c., A WELSHMAN. LAUNCH.—A fine schooner, of 160 tons register, the pro perty of W. S. Dixon, Esq., and intended for one of the Glasgow line of traders, will be launched from the building yard of Bannister and Simpson, Trentham-street, this day, at half-past eleven o'clock. A Tato OF HOPEFULS.—Yesterday, at the police-office, three young men were committed for trial, for stealing a sailor's jacket. One of them was called John Broompred, and he had previously been 16 times committed, and 6 times discharged ; the second, Thomas Brown, who had been five times committed, and once discharged ; and John Fegan, who had been 10 times committed, and 4 times discharged. WARRINGTON PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—The annual meeting of the members and friends of this patriotic associ ation was held on Friday evening, in the assembly rooms of the Lion Hotel, and was most numerously attended. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Hugh Al`Neile, Professor Butt, of Dublin, Peter Greenall, Esq., John Clare, Esq., and several others, and the proceedings have produced a marked effect in the good town of Warrington, in promoting the cause of Protestantism. Advices from Falmouth, dated 10th instant, announce the arrival there of the Iberia, steam-packet, which sailed from Gibraltar on the Ist, Cadiz 2nd, Lisbon sth, Oporto 6th, and Vigo 6th. She brought a considerable number of passengers. Mn. STUART'S BENEFIT.—We beg to draw attention to Mr. Stuart's benefit, which is announced to take plase on Monday evening next. Mr. Stuart has put forth an excel lent bill of fare, and he will no doubt be honoured with bumper. MR. PEEL'S PICTURES.—Mr. Peel has some fine pictures still on sale. The " Standard Bearer" is a splendid picture; indeed all those mentioned in the advertisement are of a first rate quality. Our picture collectors should avail themselves of this opportunity of enriching their galleries. The royal mail steam-ship Britannia, which left Boston on the Ist and Halifax on the 4th instant, may be expected to reach this port to-morrow morning. The steam-ship British Queen, which left New York on the Ist instant, is expected to arrive off Southampton to morrow. On Sunday morning last, at St. Jude's Church, after a sermo❑ by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, the sum of 4:108 Gs. 9d. was collected in aid of the funds of the Liverpool Infirmary, which we regret much to perceive are in a very depressed state. BIRKENIIEAD FAlR.—This fair was held on Thursday last, and was numerously attended. More cattle were shown than last year, but they were of an inferior description. The few good mulch cows and heifers shown met with ready sale at high prices. There was scarcely a good horse in the fair ; but there were plenty of colts and an inferior description of cart and hack horses. The only string of good horses was in the hands of a dealer, and they found a ready market at rather high prices. There was a very limited show of cheese, which were of the present year's make, and they were soon sold at 565. per cwt. STEALING FROM A VESSEL.—On Thursday last, at the police court, an Irish labourer was brought before Mr. Wrd. Earle, the sitting magistrate, for stealing from a vessel a piece of spelter, of about six pounds weight. With great gravity the prisoner assured the magistrate, that his clothes happened to be in the hold, and the spelter got into his waistboat pocket without his knowing anything about it. Mr. Earle—" I suppose that it was so small that you took it for a snuff-box ! It is a great pity that merchants are obliged to have such persons as you on board vessels. You must go to the House of CorreCtion for a month, and there you can re flect whether what you have said to-day is true or not." DARING STREET ROBBERIES.—On Wednesday evening last, as a gentleman was passing along - Lime-street, some persons pushed him violently behind, and at the same instant, two ruffians advanced in front and, snatching his watch from his-pocket, ran off with it. An alarm was immediately raised, and several passengers gave chase to the thieves, but they they contrived to elude pursuit. On Friday night a gentle man was robbed in the neighbourhood of Soho-street, by three ruffians, who also made their escape. The police are on the look out for the bold villains. LECTURES IN REFERENCE TO THE JEWS.—In our last publication we advertised a course of lectures which are to be delivered at St. Bride's Church, in which will be given a prac tical view of the past, present, and future purpose of God towards the Jews. This "ancient people" has, of late years, become an object of deep interest in the Christian world. The prophetical Scriptures have been diligently searched in reference to the past history, as well as the future prospects of this chosen nation ; whilst contemporaneous events have tended to bring the subject of their restoration to the land of their fathers under general notice. These lec tures, the first of which will be delivered on Tuesday next, 'will, we have no doubt, excite great attention to these inte resting topics. It will be seen that the respective lecturers are men of the highest eminence among the divines of the Church of England —men who are well known to have deeply studied the prophetic Scriptures, and particularly those parts which refer to the future extension of the Kingdom of Christ. The lecture of Tuesday next, which will be explanatory of the course, will be delivered by the Rev. J. H. Stewart, the respected incumbent of St. Bride's, oil" The importance of an accurate knowledge of the prophetiE Scriptures, and on the spirit in which their study should be conducted." HONDURAS MATIOGANY.—Casting the eye over the commercial advertisements in this day's paper, a large sale of Honduras mahogany will be observed announc-cl to take place on the 22d of this month. We are glad to see the enterprise of our merchants connected with the North Ame rican trade, prompting them to load their vessels with this most excellent wood—a wood, the merits of which were discovered by accident, and confirmed by constant and ex tended use. Mahogany, as a material for ship building, is unequalled, it possesses all the good qualities of other woods without their defects. It is durable—it is not liable to rot —and moreover, it is cheaper than African teak, to procure which numbers of our seamen are yearly sacrificed. Sierra Leone, a colony which Theodore Hook said had always two governors, one going out alive, the other coming home dead, has proved, indeed, the white man's grave, and had the money and care spent upon it been lavished upon our New Brunswick colonies, a tenfold return would have been se cured. Let it be borne in mind that Nelson laid his ship alongside the San Trinidada at Trafalgar, in the hope of being able to make a prize of her. This ship was built of mahogany, and had she not been burnt, might now have been one of the bulwarks of old England. Nelson always urged the building of vessels. of mahogany ; but the govern ment have preferred cedar—a wood, soft, porous, and fibrous. The consequence has been, that many of our finest ships have been constantly requiring extensive repairs, Mahogany ap plied to cabinet purposes cannot be excelled : where can we find a wood of finer grain, or more susceptible of taking an exquisite polish ? Yet this trade has been injured by tha short-sightedness of government, and instead of being able to extend our manufactures and export in this branch of trade, we actually import from Germany yearly large quan tities of furniture which can be sold at a cheaper rate, whilst the workmanship is of a superior order. In this town even there is a depot for German produce. We draw the atten tion of shipwrights to the sale of mahogany. We shall on Friday next again draw attention to the subject. E. EASTEE'S, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT, 5, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT. PORTABLE WRITING DESKS, in Rosewood and Ma hogany. DO. DITTO, in Russian Leather. BACKGAMMON TABLES and CHESS OARDS. IVORY CHESS MEN (Edinburgh Pa rn.) BAGATELLE TABLES, with the la st improvements. PLAYING CARDS, for home use d exportation. CARPET BAGS. DRESSING-CASES and WORK-BOXES, in endless variety. FRENCH and GERMAN ACCORDIANS. FLUTES, CLARIONETS, VIOLINS, VIOLONCEL- GUITARS, and PIANO-FORTES. MANUFACTURER of PERFUMED SOAP, and every description of PERFUMERY. THE Proprietor of this extensive concern offers to the Public the great advantage of a large Stock on the Premises to select from, and the Wholesale and Retail de partments are so arranged as to be kept quite apart from each other. A great proportion of the Goods for Wholesale and Export purposes are held in Bond, with the exact counter parts in the Warehouse, (duty paid,) so that parties may not only see what they are buying, but can, if they choose, pay he duty and take the Goods for home consumption. MAISON DE LYON, 48, BOLD-STREET. riRIPPS and SCURFIELD have the honour of intima ting to the Nobility and Gentry, that their splendid MANTLE and CLOAK ROOM is now com lete, and stocked with the most magnificent display of th e luxurious envelopes ever assembled together under o roof, embra cing upwards of Thirty select and beau designs of their own Loncl-fide Manufacture. C. and S. feel proud to acknowledge the liberality with which the Ladies have responded to their exertions, and again offer themselves as candidates for public patronage, their claims to which are infinitely greater than at any former period, having at command a stock of the first possible order, and at lower prices than any other house of the kind in these dominions. Notwithstanding the many alterations this Warehouse ha undergone to obtain increased accommodation, the origina principle that has marked its rise and progress stands un touched ; and they earnestly entreat a perusal of the follow ing simple plan, which will point out the system on which their business is based. Large Consumption. creasing Consumpti, easing Con, Profits*, r asing Pt increix,iii;; Profits, Very large Profits. St ill deer' V cry limited' r sumption f Consumption * The System adopted by Cripps and Scurfield, their object being to do an extensive business. JUST RECEIVED, AT B E D F O Rif , H O U S E, 22, CHURCH-STREET, A large Lot of Rich, heavy-made SATINETTS, Suitable for WINTER DRESSES AND C AKS, Varying from 2s. 7d. to 3s d. DECIDEDLY CHEA BEDFORD HOUSE, LATE OF COMMERCE HOUSE. East India House, the 7th October, O. TO BRASS AND IRON FOUNDERS, ST EN GINEERS & MECHANICS, PATTERi ,'TAKERS AND BOILER-MAKERS. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Not' , that the Finance and Home Committee will be ready, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st day of October, 1810, before Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to receive PROPOSALS from persons willing to enter into an engagement to serve them in the Company's Steam Factory and Foundry at the Presidency of Bombay, in the East Indies, in either of the following capacities, viz. : FOREMAN IRON and BRASS FOUNDER. FOREMAN of the VICE and ERECTING SHOPS. FOREMAN PATTERN-MAKER. FOREMAN BOILER-MAKER. The Proposals must be in the handwriting of the parties themselves applying, and must specify names, ages, past and present employment, and either give reference for testimo nials of character, conduct, and qualification, or enclose certificates of competence for the situation applied for. Copies of the terms and conditions of the Deeds of Cove nant to be entered into by the parties who may be engaged, may be had upon application at the Marine Branch of the Secretary's Office, in this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ofits. De\ ~ THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. For the BENEFIT of Mr. CHAPLIAr Sr Mr:. TELLET, on which occasion will be revived the pop►}lar Romantic Drama (not acted here these twelve years) of THE WOODMAN'S HUT. (AN FRIDAY EVENING, October 16th, 1840, will be N-../ performed (last time this season) the celebrated Drama, in Four Acts, of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack Sheppard Mrs. Tellet. Jonathan Wild Mr. W. Howard. Joe Blueskin (first time) Mr. G. Horncastle. Kneebone.. Mr. Chaplin. Owen Wood.. Mr. Baker. • Thames Darrell. Mrs. Wood Miss" Cleaver. Winifred Wood.. Mrs. J. Ridgway. A variety of SONGS by Miss Grant and Mr. Barker. DANCING by Mr. and Mrs.. J. Ridgway. To conclude with the Romantic Drama of THE WOODMAN'S HUT. .. Mr. Baker. 8ruh1.... Mr. Chaplin. Amelia.... Mrs. W. H. Bland. Tickets to be had of Mr. CHAPLIN and Mrs. TELLKT, 21, Lord Nelson-street; and of Mr. MINSTER, at the Box office, where places may be taken daily from Ten until Three. Moritz. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OP MR. STUART. ON MONDAY next, Oct. Pith, will be performed, a Dramatic Sketch, originally produced at Drury-Lane by the late Mr. KEAN, adapted from Massinger, called THE ROMAN ACTOR; OR, THE DRAMA ' S VINDICATION. Paris, the Roman Actor Mr. Stuart. - - After which, Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK. Hamlet.... Mr. Stuart. Polonius.... Mr. Baker. Queen.... Miss Cleaver. Ophelia.... Mrs. AV. H. Bland, A Variety of Singing and Dancing during the Evening. - _ And to conclude with the Musical Drama of ROB ROY MACGREGOR ; OR, AULD LANG SYNE. Rob Roy .. Mr. Stuart. Bailie Nicol Jarvie.. Mr. Baker. Francis.. Mr. Barker. Dougal.. Mr. Slaiter. Diana Vernon.. Miss Grant. Helen.. Miss Cleaver. Tickets of Mr. STUART, 32. Upper Beau -street, Everton and at the Box-office, where places may be taken. THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. IHE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WORKSof MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Season; from Nine until Dusk. Admission, ls. Catalogue, ls. Season Ticket, ss. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place, Septeniberl4, 1840. EXHIBITION. WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21. CAPTAIN SIBORN'S MODEL of the A.TTLE WATERLOO, now Exhibiti,ll,7, • the GALLERY OF THE UNI4 ROOMS, SLATER-STREET, BOLD-STREET. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Admission, One Shilling. - TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. In consequence of the length of our report of the speeches at the anniversary of the Protestant Association the publication of the STANDARD of Friday last was unavoidably deferred for several hours. Though we regret much the inconvenience occasioned thereby to our subscribers, both in town and country, the delay enabled us to present our readers with a report such as we believe has never been equalled in Liverpool in the same space of time, and with " the excellence and accuracy of which," we are glad to say, the principal speaker on the occasion has expressed his gratification. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mr. Stuart's Lecture on Richard the Third has been received, and will be noticed on Friday. Mr. George Holden's " Church Music." We have re ceived a copy of this admirable collection of Sacred Music, and shall notice it in our next. We shall furnish " A Conservative" with an answer in our next. 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