The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-26 00:00:00

THE NEW BEER BILL.

A numerous meeting of the Beer-sellers of Liverpool was
held, last night, at the Manchester Arms, corner of Jervis-
street and Copperas-hill, for the purpose of adopting the
most efficient measures for resisting the enactment of the
bill recently introduced into patliament, which has for, its-
object, the gradual abolition of the present system of eon
ducting and regulating licensed beer-houses. The meeting
was addressed by several speakers, who argued at much
length in refutation of the grounds upon which the advocates
of the contemplated bill supported it. They denied that beer-
shops were, as was alleged, more productive of crime ,than the
houses of licensed victuallers, and maintained that if a reference
were made to the criminal statistics of the country, the con-
trary result would be apparent. Their opposition to the change
was also based on the injury that would then be occasioned to
persons who, on the faith of an act of parliament, had inveated
their property in these establishments. To such petsonS,:the
consequences of the bill being passed into a lave, woi!labe
most disastrous, unless the legislature was prepared to a.trord
them indemnification for the loss they must necessaril.
,`sus-
tain. Resolutions and petitions to both Houses of Parlia-
ment embracing these views, and advancing other arguments
in support, if not of the continuance, at least of souse modi-
fication of the existing system, were proposed, aml unani-
mously adopted. It was also resolved, that every exertion
should be made by them, individually and collectively, to
prevent the passing of the bill.

IRELAND DEVOURING ENGLAND.-1657, June 10, Mr.
Weet, on a debate concerning assessing Ireland, says, I have
read offilia devoravit matrem. I wish it may. not be so in
Ireland.—Parliammts and Councils of England.
The mackerel season has opened on the northern coasts of
France with great promise of success. A boat returned into
the port of Fecamp a few days since with 60,000 fish.

Gravel banks have been allowed to accumulate to such an
extent at the mouth of Cowes harbour, that none but vessels

of very small draught will soon be able.to enter.

In the window of a marine store shop, in the neighbour-
hood of Whitechapel, are
-a pair of India-rubber shoes ex-

hibited for sale, with 'the following notice attached to them :
—" These Inger ruber shoes to be sold chepe. Warentid
not to leke•"

At a general meeting of the proprietors of the Botanic
Garden, held yesterday, it was unanimously agreed that a
fancy fair should be held for two days in August next, and
that the proprietors waive their right of free admission on
the occasiou.

AYRSHIRE ELECTION!—The canvass by the several can-

didates for the representation of the counts of Ayr goes on

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with great spirit, and nbt only Lord Kelburne and Mr.
Campbell of Craigie, but the Chartist delegate, Mr. Hugh
Craig of Kilmarnock, seem each sanguine of success. It is
said that Mr. Feargus O'Connor has most kindly offered his
services to the constituency of Ayrshire, provided 'the elec-
tors promise to support him, and become bound to pay his
expenses ; but it is not thought the hon. gentleman will be
required'.—Scottish Guardian..

THE MrirtrrEuED Por.tclaNtA.N.----We are '.uappillp/to hear
that the Watch Committee have agreed to, recommend. to the

council the payment of ten shillings a week to the widow
and children of the late policeman Bailey., At the same
time a subscription has been set on foot in testimony of the
deep sympathy felt for the afflicted. widow and her helpless
offspring. The list is headed by hisworship;the mayor, who
subscribes £10; Mr. Walmsley, chairman, of the Watch
Committee follows for £5. Mr. Samuel Holme, Mr. Wooll-
right, Mr. Jordan, and others have also sent in their dona-

tiiins.to Mr. whitty.—Courier.
TYPHUS FEVER.—We are sorry to have to notice the
prevalence of this virulent disorder in the lower parts of this
town, and also in many villages in the neighbourhood, espe-
cially in Brighouse. It is a subject worthy the attention of
the physician of this latter place, which is so often visited by
typhus fever, smallpox, and other the most dreadful " ills
that flesh is heir to." Many most heartrending circumstan-
ces have been mentioned to us, of the awful visitation of the

present prevalent fever in some families.; but we hope that
under Providence, the skill of the " healing art " will be
attended with success.—Halifax Guardian.
FUNERAL OF MISS BLAIR—DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-011
Saturday, previous to the funeral procession.movino• from the
house of the deceased lady (who was killed a few cfays ago in
Hyde Park by being thrown from her horse), a horse and
cart were passing down the street,' when the horse, seeing
the funeral feathers, started off at a rapid rate, knocking the
driver down, and jamming him between a lant-post and the
cart.' The horse still continued running, when another man
attempted to stop him, but was knocked down, and the cart
went completely. Aaver his body The two Unfortunate suffer-
ers were removed by the police to Middlesex Hospital, one of
them without hopes of recovery. The mournful procession
then moved. on towards the burial place,. the General Ceme-
tery, Kensal-green. The deceased was the esteemed daughter
of -the- late Adam Blair, whose remains, with three other near
relatives, were removed from Greenwich the day before to be
re-interred in a newly-erected vault in the cemetery.
London paper.
BALLOON AscEN.r.—On Monday Mr. Gyp Son, a new can-
didate for aeronautic fame, made his -first ascent, from the
gardens of the Standard ,Tavern, Shepherdess-walk, City-
road. The balloon which was a new one, prepared by Mr.
H. Green, who has frequently made an ascent frciii Vauxhall-
gardens, was 118 feet in circumference, and calculated to
contain 148,588 gallons cf carburetted hydrogen gas ; the
height with the car, being upwards of 68 feet. The inflation
being completed, the ascent took place a few minutes before
six, having in the car Mr. Gypson, the proprietor ; Mrs.
Brady, the wlfe of the proprietor of the gardens ; and Mr.
Henry Green, who took the management of the machine.
The latter excited considerable notice and apprehension from
the crowd, on account of his temerity in standing op the hoop
at the bottom of the balloon until the machine went out of
sight. The balloon soon disappeared behind a cloud, and
went out of sight. The balloon disappeared behind a cloud,
and took a direction towards Essex.—Herald.

A wag at Cherburg amused himself, on the Ist instant, by
making April fools for the custom-house officers. He was
seen driving a horse up one of the streets with a suspicious-
looking sack on its back, and from time to time he turned
himself round as if to see whether he was pursued or not.
The curiosity of the custom-ho Use officers was soon excited,
and at length they judged that he must be a smuggler of the
most formidable description. Some of them summoned him
to stop, but he only drove his horse the faster, and on their
coming after him he whipped the sack off the animal's back,
threw it off his shoulders, and took to his heels. This was
too flagrant, so away went a posse of the officers after him,
and after dodging him:through several -streets, for the fellow
had a good pair of heels, finally caught him in a storekeeper's
shop. Here he'refirsed to Olsten ifis sack; being irea private
house, without the presence of a commissary of police; so
the commissary was sent for, the officers Stood round in
greedy anticipation of their capture, and the sack was opened
—it was full of hay.—French paper. •
THE QUEEN AND HER ILLUSTRIOUS FATITER.—It was
mentioned some months since that a payment had been made
by the Queen's commands out of her Majesty's private purse
to those creditors of the late Duke of Kent, whose' ciaims
had not been satisfied out of his Royal:Highnesg's oun pro-
perty, which, after his death, was adniinistered Under a
decree of the Court of Chancery. Wa are ' new' enabled to
state that her Majesty has directed a fiirther payment of 50
per cent. upon these debts to be immediately made. The
debts amounted to a very ,considerable sum, and we are
assured that the adoption of them by the Queen was the
spontaneous act of her Majesty, and that the funds for their
liquidation are provided from her Majesty's privy purse.—
Herald.
THE CORONER FOR MIDDLESEX AND THE MELBOURNE
MINISTRY.—An inquest was held before Mr. Wakley. M.P.
at the Turk's Head, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, on
Monday, over the body of an illegitimate Male child, aged
six weeks, whose mother resides at No. 1, Cavendish-mews.
The details of the case were devoid of interest, and a verdict
of " Natural Death " was returned.—Macintosh, the beadle
of the district, at the termination of the inquiry, read the
usual proclamation discharging the jury, and, upon his pro-
nouncing the concluding words, " God save the Queen,"
the coroner added with-emphasis, and not her ministers."
A juror.—What, you don't like them, Mr. Wakley ? Coro-
ner.—l should be very happy-to hold an inquest upon them.
Another juror.—What verdict could be returned in that
case. Coroner.-1 think.the most just verdict against their
political slayers would be •" justifiable homicide."—(Laugh-
ter.)
RUMOURED CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY..—ARIOng
the many rumours to which the result of the late debate has
given rise, is one, that' Lord Melbourne is to retire
from the administration, and be succeeded by Lord Dur-
ham. Others assign the post of premier to: Lord Norfnanby.
In either case the Whigs are to throw "finality" over-
board, and as the price of. the support of the radicals,
adopt the ballot and all their Other ultra notions for their
guide. That some change mast take place is pretty certain.
L3rd Morpeth declares that live " upon sufferance"
no longer; though what difference in that respect such a
change as that here alluded to would effect it is not very easy
to imagine. Sooner or later we must have a couaervative go-
vernment ; every day is conservative. feeling' increased
throughout the country, and though a few ehoppings and
changes, and expedients, such As we have alluded :to, may
delay, they cannot prevent that result.—Morning Herald.
CLENCHING OR A TREATY.—Never was treaty better se-
cured than the one signed on Friday by the repreientatives
of the Great Powers. .E.aph of the five members of the Con-
ference signed their names 216 times, some still oftener, and
with the signatures of the representatives of Holland and
Belgium, the number of times'the signatures were signed may
be computed at 3,006.. There 'Were upwards of 1200 seals
affixed, and 30 of the .jnnior members of the respective em-
bassies were engaged-in expediting the affair. The treaty
would probably, not; be get signed if it had not been for the
violent remonstrances. Made against the further delay de-
manded by the Belgian PleniPotefiliitri?s. A Belgiancourier
arrived- on Saturday Calaier: and effered'a large sum of
money to be conveyed over in time to London-to deliver his
dispatches,; supposed tO, Oatain tie7t- which would have caused
further procrastination.—Mornike Post.
A DEsrEatAno .L.N':::Dff`SlG.w.g.r.--,-On Monday, the 15th
instant, a man of the name of John Jones; otherwise " Jack
y Pregethwr," was committed: to Flint gaol as a deserter
from the 53d regiment of looti.an which- he enlisted about
three years ago,- and-which he ,left last June whilst quartered.
in Ditblith On his return, to -.Rhuddlanewbere his parents
reSide, and where, from the various depredationsicommitted
by him from time to time upon, the unwary and Unprotected,
he had become so 'notorious -as to cause. the greatest appre-
hension and alarm in the minds of the inhabitants, complaints
were made to the authorities, and steps.taken fdr his appre-
hension. -But he being a strong man, and of 'a vicious and
-retengeful !disposition, Mr. Roberts, ,the constable of
St. Asaph, requested Mr. Copeland, of Holywell, to come
over-and assist-in taking him. This Mr. Roberts was com-
pelled to do, in consequence of the very great reluctance ma-
nifested by constables and others in his own neighbourhood
to render him the aid he required, owing to the violent dispo-
sition of the prisoner: After some difficulty he was secured
, near Denbigh, and brought to St. Asaph, before Colonel Sir
Henry Browne, by whom he was committed, and afterwards
conveyed toTlint gaol by Mr. Roberts and Mr. Copeland, to
whom too much praise cannot be given for 'the promptness
and sagacity evinced by them in taking so wary a bird.—
' Cfiester'Courant.
IRISH RAPPEE.—A few evenings ago, a rather genteel
looking man entered a lodging-house in a town a few miles
from Belfast, and requested a bed for the night, which was
readily granted. In a short time after, he expressed a desire
to go to bed, and was shown to his room. A few minutes
after, he returned to the kitchen and said that, as he now
knew where he was to lie, and had seen that his-bed was clean,
he would not go to bed at present. After talking for some
time, he inquired if he could get some black turf, and a sowen
sieve, and these being given him,- he retired to his room. This
proceeding excited the attention of the family, and one of
them hastened into an adjoining room, where, through' a
chink, the person was seen actively employed in rubbing the
turfs upon each other, the dust or mould thus procured fall-
ing upon a handkerchief Spread to receive it. The dust was
then carefully paSsed through a sieve, andlilled up into some
neat made-up papers, which lie drew from his pockets. This
accomplished, he put upon the top of each- packet about an
ounce of black snuff, and then dropped upon it something
from a bottle, on which each parcel was securely tied up.
Thus prepared, the whole were tied in a -handkerchief, and
he sallied out. In his progress he entered none but the
largest shops ; and, on his inquiry if : they sold snuff, he in-
troduced his parcels 'as Scotch Rappee, -which he had just
smuggled by the last steam-boat. In three . instances he
effected a sale, with persons supposed the most knowing
dealers in the town, who, on the discovery of the cheat, have
been so prudent as to keep the secret •of their good bargains
to themselves.

(From the Salopian Journal)
Welcome, welcome, feathered stranger !
Now the sun bids nature smile;
Safe arrived, and free from danger,
Welcome to our blooming isle ;
Still twitter on my lowly roof,
And hail me at the dawn of day ;
Each morn the recollected proof
Of time that ever fleets away !
Fond of sunshine, fond of shade,
Fond of skies serene and clear,
E'en transient storms thy joys invade,
In fairest seasons of the year ;
What makes thee seek a milder clime ?
What bids thee shun the wintry gale ?
How know'st thou thy departing time ?
Hail, wond:ous bird! hail, swallow, hail !
Sure something more to thee is given
Than myriads of the feathered race ; -
Some gift divine, some spark from heaven,
That guides thy flight from place to place.
Still freely come, still freely go,
And blessings crown thy vigorous wing ;
May thy rude flight meet no rude foe,
Delightful Messenger of Spring !

LITERARY NOTICES.

The proper Deity of our Lord the only Ground of Con-
sistency in the Work of Redemption. A Lecture,
delivered in Christ Church, Hunter-street, on Wed-
nesday evening, March 13, 1839, by the Rev. H.
M‘Neile. H. Penis.
This constitutes the sixth of a series of discourses
now delivering in Christ Church on the errors of Uni-
tarianism ; and the subject allotted to the reverend
gentleman is one to which he has devoted much atten-
tion, and upon which (though involving a great depth
of doctrine) he is consequently well qualified to speak.
Whilst the statements are made clear to the meanest
capacity by various simple illustrations, they are at the
same time confirmed by numberless irrefragable argu-
ments. The text selected is Romans iii., 22 & 26. We
are sorry to be unable to do justice to the subject or
the sermon itself, in consequence of being ccmpelled
to curtail the extracts, which we should otherwise
gladly give. Mr. M`Neile, after describing the charac-
ter of man as revealed in the inspired volume, and
tracing tits right source "all condemnation before
God and misery amongst men," lays it down as an in-
controvertible axiom that " man requires a twofold re-
demption : redemption from the guilt of transgression
and redemption,. from the power of corruption," and
proceeds to point out the atrocity of the offences
which need that redemption by the following simple
illustration :

" Suppose the gise of a soldier guilty of the offence of
striking a man. His offence in the atrocity ascribed to it and
in the penalty incurred by it varies with the station (relatively
to himself) occupied by the man stricken. If the blow be
given to a fellow-soldier, the offence is trivial and the punish-
ment slight. If the blow be given to his commanding officer,
the offence is aggravated into insubordination, and the
punishment incurred is severe. If the blow be given to his
sovereign, the offence assumes the malignity of high treason,
and the punishment is death. The act itself was all the while
and in every case striking a man, but the character of the
offer.ce and the extent of the penalty varied with the dignity
of the person offended. What then is the character of an
offence against the King of Kings, the infinite God ? It is
to be measured not by the insignificance of the creature com-
mitting it, but by the majesty of the Creator against whom
it is committed."
After a few further remarks, he proceeds :
"If God be ONE in the sense for which Unitarians
contend, some compromise is inevitable. if an offender
against such a God escape, strict justice and truth are vio-
lated : if he escape not, saving mercy is not exercised. I pray
you to consider this statement : mercy, by a Being such as
we now suppose—by a Being whose unity resembles the unity
of man—can only be exercised by setting aside the verdict of
justice—justice can only be exercised by refusing to show
mercy. If the divine unity be similar to our unity—if God
be one in the sense that Unitarians contend for, he is reduced
tl this alternative : either he must show no mercy in order
to continue true,—or he must show no truth in order to
exercise mercy."
The reverend preacher then describes, in contrast,
the object of Trinitarian worship, and, after noticing
how modem Unitarians attempt to meet the dilemma
by which ancient Pharisees were silenced, and how
harmoniously everything written in the Scripture ranges
itself with the truth that Jesus, who is " God over all
blessed for ever," is also, as concerning the flesh, a na-
tural descendant of the Israelites, proceeds to repel the
slanders that God is represented by him as vindictive
and implacable until appeased by the work of Christ.
A reference is then made to many passages of Scrip-
ture to show the nature of the death of Christ : and
the connection between that death and the Jewish sa-
crifices is clearly pointed out as being ordained for
Christ, not Christ for them ; and the lecture con-
tinues :

This ceremonial law had a shadow of good things to come.
It was appointed after a pattern shown to Moses in the
Mount :—` See,' said God, ' that thou make all things ac-
cording to the pattern that was shown thee in the Mount.'
If Moses constructed the tabernacle worship after that pat-
tern what and where was the original? It was the great pur-
pose in the mind of God. This makes a reference to the Mosaic
ritual, a rectifier of interpretations of the Gospel, and it there-
fore stamps falsehood on any interpretation of the Gospel,
which gets rid of that which was inseparable from the Mosaic
ritual, namely, the connexion between the shedding of blood
and the remission of sins. This was from the beginning an
occasion of controversy among fallen men. The brothers of
the first family disagreed about it as we do now. Cain was
the first who rejected it, the first Deist who esteemed the
fruits of the ground a more rational tribute of enlightened
Creator than the blood of a lamb. Abel offered unto God a
more excellent sacrifice."
Further notice is then taken of the prominence
given to the shedding of blood ; and the learned au-
thor goes on to show that the Deity of Christ gives
point, and power, and consistency to the remission of
sins, and if that Deity be denied the system of Patri-
archal and Jewish sacrifice, degenerates into wanton
cruelty. The remainder of the sermon describes at
length the next part of redemption, and concludes with
some pungent remarks with reference to the conduct
and belief of Unitarians.
We have been induced to extend this notice, as we be-
lieve there are persons inclined to think that professors
of an orthodox creed shrink from fairly investigating
the subject with which Mr. M`Neile has so successfully
grappled, and because the freezing doctrines of Unitari-
anism are as much opposed to the present happiness
and future destiny of man as the dogmas of Popery,
though the former are not so frequently laid bare and
refuted. The sermon is intersperced with valuable
notes, and enriched with a preface and appendix con-
taining extracts from the Fathers of the Reformation
and from Burton's admirable compilation from the
Antinicene Fathers. We cordially recommend the
whole to the serious attention of our readers.

The Church Magazine. April, 1839.
We are glad to find that periodical publications ad-
vocating the doctrines of the Church of England are
meeting with so much encouragement as to justify
their further multiplication. We hail this as a symp-
tom of real attachment to the church on the part of the
people of England. The magazine before us is a new
claimant for public favour. We are glad to find that
it has already obtained a very extensive circulation.
Many of its articles are powerfully written, especially
those against Popery, its uncompromising opposition
to which is one of the most commendable features it
possesses. The article on " Popery at Leeds" is of
this character. The note on the " Origin of Parishes
in England and Wales" is interesting. The miscella-
ne9us ecclesiastical intelligence contained in the Church
314azine renders it a valuable work for reference.
We wish the editor would exercise a little more discre-
tion in the admission of his correspondents' favours.
Under this head there are some letters in the present
number fit only for the columns of a bigotted Popish
journal.