The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-04 00:00:00

This cheap and unpretending publication ought to find its
way into every cottage in the land. It is calculated to do
much good in every way. It will serve to guard the humble
members of the church against the prevalent errors of the
day, while it will tend to build him up in the most holy faith
of true Protestantism. This work has strong and peculiar
claims on the patronage of the wealthier classes of Church-
men, who ought to interest themselves in promoting its cir-
culation. The number before us contains some very interest-
ing articles, written in a plain and perspicuous manner.—
The papers on " Infidelity" and the " History of Mr. Fan-
tom" are especially recommended on account of their useful
tendency. We have seldom met with a better selection of
matter than appears in the pages of this modest periodical.

The Wellington Banquet at Dover. 6th Edition, London

W. E. Painter.

We are glad to find that the very interesting proceedings
at the great banquet recently given at Dover to " the Duke"
have been thus separately published. This pamphlet ought
to be in the hands of every true lover of his country. The
generous and patriotic sentiments expressed on this illustri-
ous occasion will meet with a ready response in the heart of
every loyal Briton. We are not surprised to find that this
pamphlet has reached its sixth edition. We hope it will go
through many more.

Lady Rora Hastings.—Statement of the Marquis of Has,

ings.--4th Edition, London: W. E. Painter.

This is another useful republication, which we have no
doubt will be handed down to posterity as the record of an
unparalleled act of cruelty and vileness. It is unnecessary for
us to say anything further on this painfully interesting sub-
ject, as the matter has been so often discussed in our columns.

The Protestant Magazine. October, 1839. London : Baisler.

This invaluable publication is issued under the especial
direction of the committee of the Protestant Associ ttion,
and is calculated to render most essential service to the cause
of true religion. Its exposures of Popery in all its coinpli-
cated abominations cannot fail to open the eyes of the public
to the dangers which may arise from the further ascendancy
of that system of fraud and iniquity. The number before
us contains several very important documents. The " Start-
ling Facts" which arc prefixed to the magazine should be
attentively considered by every sincere Protestant. The
article en the " Recent Popish Appointments in the State"
is a masterly production. We have been exceedingly de-
lighted with the paper on " Popery and Chartism :" it fully
corroborates the views which we have always entertained on
the subject. There is also another very able article on the
abominable and degrading system of " Socialism." We
cordially recommend the Protestant Magazine to the notice
of our readers.

The Observance of Me Lord's Day. An Address to the
Flatmen of the Weaver Navigation. By the Rev. John
Davies, A.M. Liverpool : Perris.

We have seldoM met with a more excellent and judi-
ciously penned tract than the one now before us. It is
plainly and affectionately written, and calculated to produce
a very beneficial effect on the minds of those for whose
perusal it was originally designed. This tract ought to be
extensively distributed among the working classes generally.

The Gordian Knot of Infidelity: or the Moral Impossi-
bility of the Bible being false. By the Rev. W. J. Kidd,
Incumbent of St. Matthew's Church, Manchester. Lon-
don : J. Nisbet ; Liverpool : Perris.
We rejoice to find that the subject of " Owenisin"
or " Socialism" is attracting the attention of the clergy of
the Church of England. They cannot be better employed,
or render a more essential service to the cause of truth, or
more effectually promote the happiness, both temporal and
spiritual, of their fellow creatures, than by coming forward
in the character of defenders of the " faith once delivered
to the saints," and repelling with the armour of truth the
insidious attacks of the sceptic and the infidel. Mr. Kidd is
entitled to the thanks of all who value Christianity as the
very basis of social happiness for the bold and uncompro-
mising manner in which he has attacked the strong holds of
" Socialism." The arguments which he has adduced in sup-
port of the verity of the Christian faith are unanswerably
conclusive. lie has furnished us with a powerful and effective
~.t.;doce to the poison of infidelity. IA herever " Socialism"
has obtained a footing this pamphlet ought to be cstrialVely
circulated, especially among the labouring classes, who are
most apt to be deluded by Mr. Owen and his followers.