The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-09 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1855,

THE LATE VEN. ARCHDEACON BROOKS.

A great and good man—great, because good---has
just been removed from among us ; and the funeral
procession, which accompanied his remains on Thurs-
day last to their final resting-place, bore ample witness
to the fact, that his character was duly estimated by
-the people of Liverpool. For this purpose, indeed,
the demonstration, though convincing, was unneces-
sary, inasmuch as it had long been notorious that he

was both respected and beloved, we think we may
venture to say, universally so ; for, assuredly, we never
yet filet-the man who had not a good word to say of
him. Few, we imagine, have ever lived so long in
one place, in positions of trust and authority, without
exciting some enmities by pursuing the line of duty,
or else meriting contempt and condemnation by
neglecting it: and we consider, that no higher praise
can be awarded to our late Archdeacon than by say-
ing, that he did his duty and yet all men loved him.
Those who knew him, or were brought into contact
with him, loved him upon their own knowledge ; and
those who knew him not, yet loved him upon the
report of others. Full of years and of honours has he
departed hence ; and though we repeat, that such a
demonstration as that of Thursday last was unneces-
sary for the purpose of proving the esteem in which
he was held, yet we rejoiced to see it for the credit's
sake of our fellow-townsmen generally. We would,
however, venture to express a confident hope that
.something more lasting and substantial will follow,
and that the people of Liverpool will not be content to
mark their love and respect for their late Rector, only
by following him to 'the grave. The days of mural
monuments and marble tablets are, we would fain
hope, gone by. A past age has done more than
enough in this line, and has more than suffi-
ciently disfigured and dilapidated some of the finest
ecclesiastical structures in the kingdom. Long eulo-
gistic inscriptions surrounded by abnormal cherubim,
or, worse still, by heathen symbols—weeping cupids,
inverted torches, and the like--are simply abomina-
tions : and, we need hardly say, it is by no monument
of such character that we would see the late Rector's
virtues commemorated. Of late a custom has been
growing up .of inserting memorial windows in our
churches ; and something of the kind may probably
be suggested in the present case. The painted window
is, undoubtedly, an, immeasurable improvement upon
the monumental system of our grandfathers, and in
many instances altogether unobjectionable. But, for
several reasons, we would not wish to see it adopted
just at present. In the first place, there is scarcely a
church in the town worthy to receive such a window ;
and least of all the parish church : and, secondly, its
cost, however beautiful, would be but a fraction of the
sum which would be forthcoming as soon as an appeal
should have been made to the public. Now, Church-
extension was one of the objects in which the late Rec-
tor took a deep interest---one of the many good works
which he busied himself in promoting. We well
recollect the appeal which he circulated, not very long
ago, for a new church in Vauxhall district, and how
he alluded to his own long connexion with the parish
of Liverpool, the probability of his removal at no dis-
tant day, and the comfort it would be to him to know
that that destitute portion of his flock were provided
with the means of grace. How, then, could the people
of Liverpool better or more appropriately record their
love and respect for him, whose loss they mourn, than
by the erection of a church to his memory. The
thing would not be without precedent ; for, to mention
no other example, the good Bishop RYDER'S memory is
perpetuated by a church in Birmingham, the most
populous town in his diocese. It has already been
.proposed to rebuild the Parish Church upon its
present site, in such style as would fit it for the Cathedral
of a future Diocese ; but, though no mere utilitarians,
we confess that in a place situated as Liverpool is with
regard to church accommodation, we, would rather -see
an additional new church provided, than an old one
rebuilt : and we feel sure that no difficulty would be
found in raising funds for such a purpose, if the thing
were once fairly taken in hand. .Not only Liverpool,
but the Archdeaconry, might be fairly expected to
contribute funds for such a purpose, and would do so
,liberally.
The only shadow of reason for objecting to this
method of honouring our late Rector's memory is,
that the existing churches are not fully occupied. The
truth of this assertion we admit—they are not fully
occupied. Nay, more, we are not inclined to dispute
any of the figures connected with this point, which
appeared in one of our contemporaries on Friday week.
Indeed, we have not the means of doing so. The
.number which is given of attendants at our churches
appears incredibly small, and may be incorrect ; we
cannot tell : but we are sure of this, that however
much room there may be unoccupied in those which
already exist, more are wanted. In the first place, it
is a Well known fact that a new church soon collects a
congregation as large upon the average as that which
is found at any other in the neighbourhood ; and yet
the numbers attending elsewhere are not sensibly
affected. Even granting, then, that the new church
is never above-half filled, still that half is a clear gain.
But seconAly;We are convinced that the main cause of
churches presenting so many empty benches is the
system of appropriated seats, and seat-rents. Deduct
from the whole -number of professed church-people'
those who cannot afford to pay, and those who, though
not without all regard for religion, have not sufficient
regard_ to induce them 'to 'do so, and we shall have
• comparatively few left : and yet these few will suffice,
if not more than rsuffice; to preoccupy all the rented
accommOdatiou which our churches afford. The great
-bulk of the people will be unprovided for ; and even.
those who have some sense of religion will gradu-
ally relinquish their attendance at public worship,
because. they are made to feel, upon every occasion
when they do attend, that they have no right there--
that they are intruders. We would therefore suggest,
not merely the' building of a church. in memory of our
late Rector, but, that the church should be free and
unappropriated in every portion of it, for ever. Such
a church, with shorter and more frequent services,
would,',,ve are convinced, be well attended. The only
part of the statistical account to which we have alluded,
which can be considered at all satisfactory to the
parties concerned, is that which refers to the Roman
Catholics. The number of those who attend their
places' of worship is proportionally larger than of those
who attend at the churches, or at any of the various
meeting-houses in Liverpool : and they, be it remem-
bered, have frequent and short services, and free
accommodation for all. " Fas est et ab hoste doceri."
If they succeed in obtaining the attendance of their
people, let us, in default of any better plan, try theirs ;
and with 00,1,8 blessing we shall not only succeed as
well in point of numbers as they do, but infinitely
better with regard to the effects produced.

FIRE IN L FRENCII PRIBO --The cause of the great fire
which broke out in the Penitentiary. of yoisey, the other day,
and which probably. would have been frightful. had it occurred
during the night. time, is attributed to the criminal determi-
nation of a convict, 0.9
years of age,eleven years'w had' only arrived a
fortnight before, to undergoiprisonment, and
who is said to have boasted to the very gendarmes who had
him in ostody that he would rather set fire to the establish-
ment
than stay there so Ymg. It appears that this young
man watched his opportunity at, a breakfast time, toiinfes,haaond shavings
managedtc, se p
i upper
the
to -throw some lighted matches ,-,n 1,
joiner's shop, which, together with all the
wards
story, the brush and shoemakers rooms, and 150 beds, becamepr
a prey to the flames. No lives were lost, but
.one of the pri_
soners nearly lost his eyesight, and two soldiers were badly
burned. Only one of the prisoners attthee pmttheed
rs to escape
laboured
during the fire, but was stopped-in- time ; o
manfully to get the fire under. According to the latest
accounts, the incendiary has confessed his crime,—Paris
Paper.

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY Moinrnia.
TEE past week has been one pre-eminentlydevoted to speech

making—to fanfaronade, and to bluster. The ball may be said
to have been begun by an elaborate address, delivered by Sir
G. CORNWALL Lswrs, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to
his constituents at Knighton, in Radnorshire, on Monday ; to
have been followed up by Mr. BRIGHT, at Rochdale, on Wed-
nesday; to have been continued by M. M. KossuTH, LEDRU
Rorznv, and Mezzin, in Belgiuril; and to hnie Culminated
at Romsey, on Friday evening, in a harangue from Lord PAL.
MERSTON; the diapason having been fully completed by the
barrel-organ treble of Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, at Coventry; the
manly tenor of Sir E. B. LYTTON, at Buntingford, in Herts ;
and the deep bass of the London journals—morning and even-
ing—which have growled out theirsonorous gutturals through-
out the week. The beginning and the end have been alike

devoted to a justification of the mode in which our m
affairs have been and are conducted in the East—the middle
to a smart though conflicting condemnation of the means em-
ployed and the objects attained through the prosecution of
those affairs ; while the growling accompaniment has been de-
voted now to a support of the one, and anon of the other of
those views.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, a statesman by pro-
fession, and a logician by choice, undertook, very unnecessarily
as it is thought by some, and most unhappily as it is considered
by others, a defence of British generalship iu the Crimea. In
his vicarious task of defending the conduct of the Crimean
war, Sir GEORGE volunteered the enunciation of "an opinion
not founded on superficial grounds," that a great portion of
the sufferings endured by our army in the Crimea was owing
"rather to the manner in which it ( the expedition) was under-
taken, rather to the failure of immediate success," than to any
deficiency of skill on the part of our commanders. A plain
individual, who had never troubled his head with the subtleties
of metaphysics, nor addled his brain with the "Study of
Logic," might have arrived at the conclusion that au expe-
dition which partially failed on account of the manner in which
it was undertaken must in some way or other be looked on as
indicative of the " want of ability" on the part of those com-
manders who made the faulty dispositions for its undertaking.
True to the instincts of a metaphysical logician, the. right
hon. gentleman, having discovered that some naughty con-
ductors of the public press have freely censured the military
arrangements of those commanders, turns round, and having
valorously assumed that those censures ought to be rebutted,
he assigns to himself the easier task of defending the honour
and applauding the courage of the British Army. " I have
observed," he says, "with great regret, during: the past week,
the comments made by critics in our own country on the
share which our gallant army has borne in the attack upon
Sebastopol." In condemnation of those critics, he quotes the '
observations of a French military critic, who speaks in highly
commendatory terms of the conduct of our men in the attack
upon the Redan. The same line of argument is taken up
and enforced by the Globe, the latter quoting the French
military authority relied on as Colonel SAINT AGNE, who
sums up his commentary with the annexed expression of ap-
proval—" Notwithstanding this want of success, their glory
is intact, for there are no troops in the world who, could have
done more under such circumstances 7" All sorts of critics,
civilian and military, agree in the justness of this conclusion.
The question still remains why were the troops placed " under
such circumstances" that none in the world could have done
more than submit to useless slaughter, or, to brave men,
the scarcely less horrifying alternative, of running. away !
The British attack we are told was only an affair of tliversion,
and that its ultimate success was not essential to the fate of
the day. If that is admitted to its fullest extent, Sir GEORGE
LEWIS, and his coadjutor, the Globe, have both shrunk
from declaring that the sacrifice of the whole British
column of attack was essential to the object of the feint ;
and if that were not so, the question still remains in full force
why were not sufficient means adopted for supporting those
whom it was not meant to sacrifice ? and if supports could not
be sent to them, why were they not recalled ? If the British
attacking party had not at the end taken its own safety into
its own hand, and retreated without orders, would a single -
living man of it have ever reached the trenches ? These are
unpleasant questions to put and more upleasant still to answer ;
but the questions and their answers both are forced upon an:
indignant public by the lame and inconsiderate apologists of
the men whose want of capacity originated the fatal blunders •
which it is vainly sought to hide or palliate."
Another ground of apology put forward by the defenders a
our military system is, that from the first the Redan was
known to be untenable, and that in point of fact its retention
was unnecessary ; the French success against the Malakhoff in-
chiding as a necessary and inevitable consequence the almost
immediate capture of the Redan, all that was wanted from our
troops being such an assault upon the Redan after the French
had succeeded in this attack as would attract the Russian
attention while bur Allies secured themselves in possession of
the more important and less easily defended Malakhoff. The
plan as thus explained, and as our Commander-in-Chief en-
deavoured
to carry it out, amounted pretty much to such am
invitation as the following : that the French being about to
engage in forcing a shattered door, we should precipitate our
heads against a solid wall to assist them, after they had suo,•-
ceeded in forcing the door.

The noble PREMIER, grown wiser in his generation than the
adventurous minister of finance, or his daring confederate of.
the press, contented himself with a generally expressed. ad,
miration of men and matters as he found them. He entered ,
not upon defences of one nor accusations of another, but
satisfied himself and delighted his auditory by glorifying the
achievements of the Allies in their arduous efforts.
against Sebastopol, which he skilfully represented. as
against the combined military and naval resources,
of the Russian Empire. His lordship, however,.
could not altogether avoid the luxury of self-created.
giant-killing ; so he set to work, and satisfactorily demolished
the imaginary military theories of some equally imaginary
gentlemen, whom he represented as having insisted on the.
Allies invading Bessarabia, and following the vanquished
Russians through the steppes and great wilderness of Southern
Russia. It being a difficult matter to trace the friends, and
advisers of a Prime Minister, and an unreasonable thing to
hold him responsible for their nonsense, any attemptic con-
jecture where his lordship met with men who could. serious:4y
counsel such a course of action as he here indicate!. would be
futile ; yet some are harsh enough to insinuate- that'their
parallel could only be met with in the War Department, at
the Horse Guards, or in St. Luke's Hospital. By a clever
arrangement of his subject, his lordship so contrived; to evade
particulars, and to generalise the achievements of. the Allies,
as to make each responsible for all—to demonstrate the suc-
cesses as common property, and, with a wonderful:amount of
disinterestedness, so widely to apportion the raiatakes, as to
make every one a participator in the blame. His lordship,
also, with prudent magnanimity, abstained. Loin inculpating
any one, and even the press escaped uncensuxed at his hands.
In this latter respect the address of Lord PALMERSTON
offered a striking contrast to that of Mr. BRIGHT, who was
wont to be so rampagious a stickler for an "unshackled press."
The pugnacious benignity of the great peace advocate, found(
utterance at Rochdale in fierce denunciations of the war, and.
still fiercer invectives against that preis which has, he says,
kept the warlike feeling up to fever heat. He says, " while
the newspaper sells in double quantity, to the profit of the
owner, he himself feels he is a great power in the state,—that
he is impelling ministers to do what ministers themselves
-would shrink from ;" and that neither newspapers nor their
owners will bow down and worship.him. In such a dilemma
what is to be done ? He frankly confesses his inability to
solve the problem. He does more than this, however. He
gives himself an exeellent character for probity, candour, and
disinterestedness. He assures the world—it is all he can do—
that he never states a fact not advances an argument which
does not honestly bear upon the question. He, unhappily for
himself, finds himself almost, alone in honesty, in the midst
of a bad world, swayed by newspaper writers, who do
not in the least sympathize in his estimate of his
own virtues, and scarcely expend a thought upon . his
opinion of theirs. A certain writer upon men and man-
ners, named CHESTERFIELD, who flourished rather later
than a century ago, assures us that, whenever we find a man
exceedingly urgent to be believed as to a fact which ought to
be taken as true upon a, mere statement, there is every reason
to assume that he tells a falsehood and is anxious to deceive us.
Entirely independent of public opinion, Mr. BRIGHT cares for
none of these things, but incessantly assures his hearers that
" he is honest, and that he can say so himself with truth."

The bad world in which he mixes, however, seems to have
the same effect on him which the old school copy tells us
" evil communications" have " upon good manners." He has
told an unbelieving world a thousand times that he is honest ;

and he has sometimes ventured to assure the same world that

he has " a feeling heart." -This latter, he now tells his
Roohdale audience, is becoming obdurate. " Did they not

also observe," he continued pathetically, " and it was worth
considering—how much less we care for the destruction of
human life than we did a year and a-half ago ? He felt that
in his own case, and he thought it a most unhappy circum-
stance." So of course must every one. The humanity of
Mr. Bittalir is oozing out of him day by day ; and at so
alarming a rate that, if the war lasts only a year or two longer,
this very dove of peace will become as blood-thirsty as the
vultures by whom he is surrounded !
If the champion of the Peace Society sees nothing but de-
generating humanity in the war, and the spread of vicious
influences in the dissemination of newspapers which repudiate
his controul, and laugh his mock-modesty to scorn, the tri-
umvirate of red-republicans, who sit in quiet security under

the protection of those laws which they seek to abrogate
are of an opposite opinion ; in the former, they see
everything to hope; in the latter, a ready means for
disseminating the dogmas by which they seek "to disturb
the peace of all this world." The firebrand trio, Kossunr,
LxDßu RomaN, and RizziNT, through the agency of,
the Belgian press, aided, it is sorrowful to say, by some of the
English journals, have issued one of their bewildering dia-
tribes, whose purpose it is to excite a revolutionary mania
throughout Europe. This " trumpet-call "to republicanism,
as it is denominated, after announcing the fall of Sebastopol;
recommends a general insurrection all over Europe. It treats
of the enemy's camp as broken up into four—" the Russian
camp, the Anglo-French camp, and the two camps into
which Austria and Prussia divide the smaller states of
Germany." Among these camps it urges, thit a common
direction and a practical accord are no longer possible,
and that, under these circumstances, " each people has
now but a single enemy to combat." The document goes
on to say :—" The party," that is, the Red Republicans,
" has need of a common centre of action, a common treasury,
and a common mot d'ordre," and its authors might have
safely added, an " uncommon amount of credulity." An un-
shackled press is really a wonderful instrument of intellect.

That same instrument—which is made at once the mouth-
piece and safety-valve of the most outrageous anarchy, and
the strongest bond of social order; which is alike powerful
in checking abuse and stimulating patriotism; which acts as
an incentive to virtue, and is strong in the resistance of
oppression ; which is the scourge of vice, and the obedient
handmaid of wiedom—is too important to be lightly esteemed.
Ministers may sneer at and demagogues may deride it ; but
while honesty of purpose, well-founded intelligence, and inde-
pendent position are' secured for it, the frowns of power and
the seductions of popularity will be found alike futile in their
attempts to divert it from. itslegitimate functions, as the vigi-
lant guardian of the common: weal, and the heroic champion
of public liberty.

An untrammelled and enlightened Press, like that in which
the British kingdoms rejoice,• occasionally gives indication at
a restless jealousy, and an itch' for interfering in matters
which, at first sight, are seemingly beyond the pale of its

legitimate sphere of action. °he of the remarkable indica-
tions of its value is to be found he the' iinpertarhable placidity
with which, trusting to the press, thegeneral public look on
at matters which, a century or twos ago; would have convulsed
the country,- raising popular indignation toexpress itself in
turbulence and noisy dissatisfactions these- days, the
people trust to having their sentiment's;- their feelings and
their desires- so expressed in the differentjOurnalsa that Minis-
ters, and those superior to Ministers, may understuridtheire
The conflicts- of journalism have now superseded' the' conflicts
lof masses, and; in their more peaceful strife; the' arms- of
reason are more potent than those of force: At par-
ties- are benefited by the bloodless contests- of opinion,
in which the combatants are marshalled only in. an' array
of hostile type ; still there are occasions on which it woal t.
seem: even this species of interference is officicras: Such a case-
has just occurred in' relation to a presumed arrangement iii the
Royal Family. A weele or-two ago, an avermeAtaliPpect out
in a German paper, to-the effect that the main object' of the
visit of Ptince Fuenruieza WILLIAM of Prussia to the 'Royal
inmates of Balmoral was-to' " improve his acquaintance with
the Planet ss-Roses.e," With,a view, it was intimated; of fur-
thering the accomplishment- of a matrimonial araangenient
entered into some 'years 'since:- The intimation at fieseseemed
to excite little attention, beyondithat generally felt as-to the '
singularity of many incidents iMportant to the publltintee
rests of the British Royal Family and Crown first finding.
utterance in the columns of German journals. Any alfaeion
to the subject-appeared to be carefully avoided by the Eigibh
press, with one solitary exception;-that of the Spectator. The
matter was, nevertheless," mnclacanyassed im clubs and colariee, •
and formed a topic-of frequent and (earnest discussion in Ref--
vete circles. The Titnes.bas -at lesil•however, broken sibnce
on " this very delicate and interesting- subject," and, as usuara-
in relation to subjects- " Very delicate and: interesting," the-
Thunderer attuned his pipe to the utteramee of a tolerailY,
Stentorian whisper. His denureiationsof tteindicated "pme,
pose" between the reputed "high ,intending parties" were,
firmly breathed; :they were both loud and done The publie -
were somewhat taken by surpriseat the earnest and emphatic-
tone in which the oracle of Printing.house Ssuareforbade the.
"'banns." As inmost other instances,-where this potential
monitor condescends to interfere, the reasons for Ws interfer-
ence were as " thick as lalackberries;'-' notthe least cogent of
which was an expressed vaticinate* dread tbate. in the event
of. the alleged matrimonial engagament beingacomPleted, we
,should ere long have the first-born.ehild of oixe belOved Sove-
reign contumeliously returned to us -as-an exile-and a State
pauper. Additional grounds of objection.wereof- come also
adduced and duly-commented on, rat the least potent of which.,
was an expression of general dislike to `-` the-Mime of 'Hones-
ZOLLEBN." The. game-being once, started, it - at once
assiduously followed up.. The SiiSbe,-. doing her holiday
attire, and bedizened with her most- irrideseer.t .smiled and
aspect, set hersel€ to wile and wheedle a relsaotant Eloquent
from - the frowning .fnrereit. Half' in simulated banter, and
wholly in earneat,she mingled hes—blandest tones. with the
most caustic irony she could muster;,. hoping thereby to drive
the irrascible ruler of OeTaires :From opposition: The
theme once ventilated, has been zealously followedup. MetrOpo-
litan dailies aadaveeklies, and prcaineial joernalleof, all; orders
anddenominations have joined le .full cry, and be odd
indeed, if, through so complicateclai,cry,..the matchnoniat net
is not throWn over the rOyal objects, of. such general solicitude.
One feature, probably not the Most commendable' connected
with this discussion is the pretended delicacy with which all
the pack approach and mumble and mouth the prey instead of
worrying it. The grounds of objection urged against the
Prince it maze be• admitted are more legitimately. chargeable
against his family than against himself; and Ahougla. it must
be admitted that of late the policy- which, has guided the Prus-
sian court has:. not beenof a very e.xalted order, still even its
bitterest opponents aver thaa-at is dictated.. by .the personal
feeling of tkereigning scivereign rather than thelree.grovrth of
either the people or the princes of Prussia. •
Of late the public mind hwbeen greatly agitated, and since
the war began it has even been ranch chafed by ~reference to
the numerous absurdities perpetrated in various: branches of
the publieasereim by a rigid-iadlierence to the formula of an
antiquated: and vicious routine. So loud a cry. . arose upon
this subject, that a cabinet was, dashed to pieceseby the rever-
beration. On the formation. of the new one,--allthata the irri-
tated nation was told, would be changed ; merit and common
sense were henceforth to be the tests of admission to places of
public trust. How has this promise been operated en? The
Gazette last week contained a list of pro Motions in the army
consequent on the captree• of Sebastopol. Threealiatinguished
Gererals have been promoted to the rank , of. Field Marshal.
The-public, clearly understanding that- this, promotion is the
reward of meritorious service, looks at t the. list,. but finds no
mole of Crimean reputation there. The three so richly re-
warded are Viscount COMBERMERZ,,-. the Earl. of STRAFFORD,.
and Viscount HARD,INGE, not one- of, whom,. ever set foot in
the Crimea. But,asay- the sticklers for the routine of promo-
tion, they performed. noble service, in the wars of fifty years.,
ago t No one is inclined to gainsay or, dispute that ; but com.:_
mon sense replies that they should have had their rewards for-
the services performed at the time they, were rendered. Such
a mode of rewarding,servicesas that- employed in their case
renders the obtaining of such ;reward a mere accident of pro-
-longed existence. How many. of their brave comrades eight
have been entitled to take preeedenceof them in this tardy,dis-
tribution of honour, had the peaceful portion of their lives been
sufficiently- enduring ? Nay. more, if the accidental outbreak
of the present war had not occurred, would not they also have
sunk into the grave undecorated, by those honours which have
been aiieved by their grandsons ? Such misjudged applica-
tions. 4 reward are most pernicious in their operation. The
veteatnsoldier sea= with angry eye the ranks. which were_
once filled by comrades whose bearing, diecipline, and
esprit de corps made him justly proud, as. he. sees the:
now re-filled with raw and undrilled recruits, and with,
beavh. heart learns that the achievements of his own
toil and danger and the life-blood of his. brother veterans
have only produced the stuffing of the: line, with beardless
Youths and the manufacture of a tardy hatching, el in-
firm old men in the plumage of Field Marshals, Such a
mode of squaring the circle of age may pass for a notable
achievement in the War Department,. and Lord PAiIdURB
may hug himself on the discovery that, by having the extreme
of youth in the recruit, and the extreme of age in the general,
he makes up what in mathematical phrase may be termed
the complement of the soldier ; as any two angles' which one
straight line makes with another on the same side of it are
together equal to two right angles, his lordship may infer that
a youthful recruit and a senile officer being both on the same
side of the grave, divided by the single line of rank, will be
equal to two good soldiers. This form of HOrse Guards and
War-office logic, however, finds favour nowhere efse. Rewards
for service are expected to be given for the service, and to the
persons rendering it. The hero who led the forlorn hope in the
assault upon the Redan can scarcely by any sophistry of rea,
soning be looked on as animated by a desire to win a wreath of
laurel for one who acquitted himself valiantly at Waterloo.

A §IIEPRISING DISCOVEBY.—The correspondent of the
Augsburg Gazette at Rome vouches for .the truth of the
following story :—" In a box in which he had collected alms,
a friar found a coin of five bAjocchi that struck him as being
unusually thick. On examining the coin more closely, he
found that it had only a thin coating of copper, which he
gradually and cautiously removed. The holy man exclaimed
ljn miracolo,' when he discovered a high forehead—' Santa
Madonna,' when a large beard presented itself—and ' Sant
Antonio,' when he learned by the inscription that the little
painting in his hand was the portrait of Mazzini."

A READING-ROOM AND NIGHT-SCHOOL FOR
THE WORKING MEN OF KIRKDALE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Six,—l wish, through the columns of your journal, to
gain the ear and solicit the aid of those who take any interest
in the moral and intellectual improvement of the working men
in this part of the town, and I think this will be accomplished
most effectually if I plainly state the facts of the case, and
also the scheme lam anxious to see in full operation in this
district, leaving it then to the benevolent consideration of
your readers. I find in this township of Kirkdale we have
upwards of 12,000 inhabitants, the most part of which are
decidedly of the 'corking class, and among this class I find
that bad habit prevails to an alarming extent, viz.,—the
resorting nightly, after work, to some public-house or beer-
shop, and there wasting the evening in drinking or in dis-
solute society. In many cases I know this is but the natural
consequence of a miserable one-roomed home, from whose
squalid wretchedness the father of the family has been but
too glad to flee. In order to remedy in some way this evil, I
intend opening St. Mary's school every evening during the
winter from seven to ten o'clock, supplying it with all the
journals and magazines of the day, and also, if it can be
collected, a popular library, so as to induce the working men
to devote a part of their spare time to improving reading.
Then, again, I find that there are ajgreat number of men in
this township who can neither read nor write, who would
gladly receive instruction during the winter evenings, if it
could be obtained. Therefore, to meet this want, I purpose
having a school for adults three times a week, and, in connec-
tion with both, a monthly lecture upon some popular' and
important subject. But all this cannot be done without ex-
pense. I, therefore, beg of any, who may feel disposed: to
unite in this scheme, to send donations in the way of
newspapers, magazines, and backs, and also in money.
Subscriptions will be thankfully received by me at my house,
I, Grecian-terrace, Everton,-1 am, &c.,

T. MAJOR LESTER.
St. Mary's, Kirkdale, October 8; 1855.

MEMORIAL OF ARCHMACON BROOKS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sint,—What monument are the people of Liverpool intend-
ing to' erect in memory of their good Archdeacon ? The
answertothis-question, I think, ought to' be; that they are
intending' to. cto that which is most in' harmony with the
feelings-ex'pressed 'ay the Archdeacon when he was- Bike.
I know that he- ronged for the establishment of Grams'
Scnoons; providingw solid and religiouo. edecation--,--not for
rich families; for 'they-I-lave the choice of all education—not
for poor families, for 'charity makes some provision for them—
but for the iittermediaterfamilies : and not free' schools, but
schools in whiehoon moilbrate terms, the most really useful;
instruction might be combined with Christian teaching ands
training; antll: know• that such schools are much, needed: for
the well-being:of thii -town.
' I throw out this-hint under-the influence of the feeling left-
on my mind bythe • solemnitrof yesterday; andi if it meets•
with a response, liara preparedito. enter into the aubject fully
.and at length.—llami Sir, your-obedient servant,

J. S. "Kowtow.

€Poilegiate Schooli, Oct. 5, 18&6

MUSIC AND THAr 1 RAM. 4.

COMMIT AT THA RooTAL AarPITTTEMATRE.-4DlVVred-
nest* evening, according to previous announcement, a grand
concert was given at this houSe, by tho leading artistes.-who
had performed the series of operas lately,- given in the Theatre
Royal.- The prices on the present occasinn were little beyond
those Malay charged for-admittance -theatre, and the
result way-a complete triumph iin favont. of the low tariff.
The hoscwwas crowded in-every quarter; aiiighly fashionabie
audience-occupying the bcces and stalls, and a most respeA-
able assemblage filling all the other portions .of the house.
At the outget; an unpleasant 'occurrence took -place, which'
tended' to throw 'the audience oat 'of' humour:, This was air.
intimation •ntade by Mr. Walton, the prompt6r, that, in con---
sequence of weevere family aflietion, Signor Mirk, would not
be able to sing-' Abelief, unfortunately too well founded, in
the caprice or -carelessness of popular theatricals +and musical
fhvourites 'aportion of the audience to donb: the correct.
nose of the statement ; and this doubt gave rise to, a .steirm of
disapprobation.. • To allay the tumult thus. excite 4 Mr. Cope-
1-tind, the manager,: made his appearance on the nta..ge; and,
after some diffieulbsr; obtained a hearing. He the-1. after ap-
pearang to the good faith which he had always maintained
towards the public',, proceeded to stEitel that as hews 'on his
way from his own house to the theatre, at past '7 .o',clbeir, he
roceiveda communication from Signor Mario, stating that as
. that gentleman had? just received intimation of the death of his
mother, he was so muthaffected bythe event that itlvoild be
'imposaiblel for him to-sing that evening- In these circumstances
he-threw himself urea the indulgenof the audience,. offrring
to- return: their. money to • those who 'were dissatisfiedy, and
strongly expressing -his own regret at-'the very unexpected
dioappointment. With some little grumbling this, apology
was. accepted; and the concert proceeded.- From inforMation
subsequently acquired; how-ever, it appears that the= public
Susgibietras to the suddenness of Signor Mario's bereavement
was well; founded: It appears that onrthe preceding Saturday
the gentleman had plityed off the same game at gffraburgh,
wherathe public were- disappointed of. hearing his promised
singing- by- his alleged receipt of a telepaphic message+ an-
nouncing the death of'-his mother. lii-the case of his- breach
of engagement with Mr. Copeland, _there seems not, the
Slightest- reason for believing that thOlbtter 'gentleman WAS.
not 'leeched. The irstoiligence was conveyed to him suddenly,
and :ts- entire authentieity was at once-adopted by hian;, as- it
would have been by any one believing:be was dealing with a
gentleman. That it proved othermse,, cannot be charged.'
against Mr. Copeland. And how mr.,thsoever the pubic-nary
have- reason to rewrehend, and resent the combact of.
Signor Mario, the manager at least must stand. ac,
quitted, of all blame:: The perarmancee were, its all
respects, -excellent, and:, such as left little -room for regretting
the singular and not creditably accounted-for absenceef the
" prince of tenors," Whose vocal swayimay be considmblY ab-
breviated by the repetition of such vagaries as those recently
playelby him in Edinburgh and ?iverpool. Madame Glisi
sang- with all her won.thd force of expression, and nearly alther-
wonted.fire; she was in,beautifuivoide-, and was warmly and
'deservedly applauded:. The singing of. Madame Gassier was
charming: in the perfection of. its execution and brilliancy of.
her liquid tones. Signora Gassier antansini sung excellently,
and were. much admired. As a skilful• and accempliahed '
pianitt, Signor Li Cala. distinguished :himself by tba• tasteful 1
style of:his accompaniment.

AVLTIfEt THEATRYRONAI, Mrs:: M'German Reed (iake Miss
'P. Horton) commented a brief• series. of entertainments last
night. The versatility and grace of thins lady have secured for
her extensive approbation,. and promise for her a yet more
extended popularity:
Az mar Ro-rAa. AltfillTHEAcrze, the performaces have
been well attended byaudiences. who testified their approba-
tion: of the polished: acting of Miss V'andenhoff in several of
her favourite characters,. Shetookber benefit on Friday even-
ing,- when a well-filled house bore •testimony to the extent of
estimation in which she is held lo.the Liverpool pablic.. Her
L no is gagem
suecenetedwedasotrou .these gh
boards
t to a termination
:Hiss
Eiondoitnh mward
Saturday,
andwho
has. established herself as a. reigning favourite in the me-
tropolis.

RBVISIOX- OF• TRW PARLIAMENTABI
lITST OR' VOTERS.

THE following; is a cornet report of the results of the revi-
sion of the parliamentary lists of voters, whieb,terminatedten
Tuesday.

XV.EXTON WARD.

in this ward,the tories made 91 objections.;: of which they
sustained.4Bi. withdrew, 6; failed, 37. Total, 91,
The radicals.msdc,9o objections; of which they sustained
48; withdrew, 1;. bad, 41. Total, 90..

CLAIMS.
The tories mt• 11 claims ; of which. they sustained 5 ;
failed 4,6: Total, IL.
The radicals made 26 claims ; of which, they sustained 8 ;
failed, 18. Total, 26.