The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-22 00:00:00

degrading position than the Whig faction has been pla-
ced in by the countenance given to such scandalous fa-
brications as that which appeared in the Observer. On
the following admirable letter it is unnecessary, on the
present occasion, for us to make any further remark :
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE OBSERVER.

" Drayton Manor, Fazeley, Oct. 14, 1839.
" have just seen a paragraph in the Observer of
yesterday, which I should have let pass without the slightest
notice, had not you declared that the statements therein
made were made upon the most positive authority.
" The statements to which I refer are the following :
That certain protestants in Ireland had demanded to know
inplain terms whether the advent of toryism was in reality
to be the signal for civil war in Ireland.'

" That ' the answer yieen on behalf of Sir Robert Peel
was to this effect—that it was required for the sustenance of
the tory party to keep up and enforce the no-popery feeling
in England, but that there was no design of pushing the ex-
terminating principle in Ireland so far as actually:to excite
rebellion.'

" That it was added, that the necessities of the party re-
quired such expedients, and that in fact the end must be
taken to justify the means of deceit and falsehood by which
it was brought about.'

" You proceed to observe that ' you can state upon the
most positive authority that such language Ties been held,
such explanations made, such excuses given by persons who
speak the sentiments of Sir Robert Peel;" and to this you
add, " that you trust you have proved that theiv is no term
of abuse sufficiently strong to mark the infamy of such
double-faced policy.'

" Now as it is utterly untrue, so far as I am concerned, or
have any knowledge, that any such or similar communica-
tions have been made, directly or indirectly, on the part of
Irish or other protestants, or that, with my sanction or cog-
nizance, any such explanations have been given, or language
held, as that to which you refer—as, in short, I never heard
one word on the subject of these alleged communications
and explanations until I read the article in the Observer, I
cannot doubt, after the declarations you have made as to the
pogitive authority on which you have spoken, and consider-
ing the terms you have applied to the policy which you im-
pute to me, that you will consider it an act of common jus-
tice to declare publicly what is that positive authority upon
which your statements have been made, and who are the
parties who have professed to give answers on my behalf, and
to speak my sentiments.

" I am, sir, your obedient servant,
" ROBERT PEEL."

We rejoice to find that a meeting is to be held in the
Music Hall, on Friday next, for the formation of a

" Young Men's Church of England Society," the prin-
cipal object of which will be to oppose the nefarious de-
signs of the Voluntary " Young Men's Society." It
gives us additional pleasure to find that our worthy
representative Cresswell Cresswell, Esq. is to preside
on the occasion, and that the meeting will be addressed
by the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile and several other distin-
guighed speakers. It must be a source of the highest
gri,ifieation to every sincere friend of the Established
Church to find its more youthful members thus band-
ing together in defence of the religion of their fore-
fathers.

LATJNCH.—A fine new barque will be launched on Thurs-
day next, at about half-past eleven o'clock, from the building
yard of Messrs. P. Chaloner, Sons, and Co., Baffin-street.
Queen's Dock, for Captain Joy, and intended for the medi-
terranean trade.

SPLENDID METEOR. - On Tuesday evening, between
eight and nine o'clock, as two gentlemen were walking in
Cheshire, near Monk's Ferry, they observed a very large
meteor fall! from the clouds. It burst like a rocket, and the
light it emitted was so powerful, that our informants state
that a person might have seen to pick up a pin.
" THE UNITED KINGDOM."-This leviathan is now in
the easternmost of the south docks, and is an object of great
curiosity. She has a fine bottom, is sharper than she appears
to be when afloat, and has ample bearings. Her tonnage is
1275 per.register, new measurement. This is the fine vessel
built by Mr. Munn, of Quebec. She is well worthy of in-
spection.

The underwriters at Lloyd's need be under no further
anxiety on account of the Corinth and Rhode Island, from
Liverpool to this country. The former has arrived at Nor-
folk, after a passage of 52 days, and the' Rhode Island after
76 days. Both experienced shocking weather, but no damage.
—Letter from Philadelphia.
BIRKENHEAD. —The rapid increase of the " town" of
Birkenhead may be estimated from the fact that while fifteen
years ago it contained only 120 inhabitants, it now contains
9,200. The land which was then sold tor building upon at
ls. per yard, is now worth, in eligible situations, the sum of
25s Gd.

QUICK PASSAGE TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.—
The ship Formosa, of this port, Captain Adam, that sailed
for Sydney, New South Wales, with 250 emigrants, in Janu-
ary last, arrived out, after a quick passage o 108 days, (ex-
clusiveof the time she remained at the Cape to water, &c:) on

the 19th May. She took out the latest accounts, both from
this country and the Cape. There was not a single death
amnwr the_ adult Inmengers:, atutmily_twslve amortz the
children; and there were nine births on boar during the
passage. The passengers were delighted with the passage
and with the attention of the captain ; and the commissioners
at Sydney, for inspecting vessels arriving out with emigrants,
expressed themselves highly pleased with the arrangements
on board, and the great cleanliness observed. The Formosa
had bad the quickest passage of any vessel that had arrived
out for some tone, and was about the only vessel that had no
fever on board.

STEAM v. WIND.—The Columbus, packet-ship, which
sailed from New York on the Ist inst., and the ship Roches-
ter which sailed from the same port on the 29th September,
arrived here yesterday the 21st, each having made what may
be called a fair passage for sailing vessels, The British
Queen, steam-ship, however, which sailed on the same day
as the Columbus (the Ist inst.) arrived here on Tuesday last,
the 15th, being six days sooner than the one, and seven days
sooner than the other, or an advantage of upwards of one-
fourth in the general length of the voyage.
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THE LAST WEEK !—For the last time we are called upon
in justice to our readers, to remind them that this is the last
week of Mr. Colles's stay in this town; why it is so, we can-
not divine,—it certainly is not for want of business, as lie
has actually more than he can attend to,—he, of course, has
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his own reasons,—query—is he not a little capricious ? In
saying this, we do not mean to cast the slightest reflection
on Mr. C. ; be is at all times particularly attentive, and most
anxious that his pupils should do him credit ; he spares no
pains ith them at all events. Wherever he goes, he carries
with him our best wishes.

AN AWKWARD CUSTOMER. On Wednesday evening
last, about seven o'clock, a bull, which was proceeding along
Lord-street, took it into his head to walk into the shop of
our next door neighbour, Mr. Rennie, hair-dresser, perfu-
mer, &c., whether with the intention to have his natural
locks dressed, secundum artem, or to procure an antificial
substitute for them, must remain a mystery, as the gentleman
did not himself vouchsafe any very explicit information as
to the object of his visit. He, however, walked into the
parlour, in which Mr. Rennie adonizes his human customers,
but before he had time to take a chair; or even to look about
him, he was followed by his driver, and shown to the door,
without having done the slightest injury,—a fact which de-
serves recording for the honour of the Taurine species, inas-
much as the saying about " a bull in a china shop" would
seem to throw an indiscriminate censure on the whole body.
It appears that a bull can behave himself like a gentleman at
a hair-dresser's. —Mercury.

WESLEYAN CENTENARY.—The Wesleyan conference, it
is understood, have appointed Friday, the 28th inst., for ce-
lebrating throughout the cortnexion, by religious services,
the centenary of Wesleyan Methodism.
The Great Western, steam-ship, left Kingroad, Bristol,
on Saturday afternoon, for New York, with her full com-
plement of passengers. The Liverpool, steam-ship, would
leave New York on the same day, and may be expected to
reach the Mersey on or before Sunday week.
FIRM AT KNOTTY Asn.—On Saturday morning, between
two and three o'clock, an alarming tire, which burned with
fearful rapidity, was discovered in a mill at Knotty Ash. A.
messenger was despatched to Liverpool to procure the assis-
tance of the Liverpool Fire-police. The intelligence was
conveyed to Mr. Liverpool
in the short space of fifteen mi-
nutes, and that gentlernan, with his engines, 4-as.at the scene
of the disaster by the time twenty-five minutes more had
elapsed. The whole interior of the mill, however, was burned
to tinder, and, had it not been for the timely interposition of
the Liverpool Fire-police, the destruction to the surround-
ing property would have been very extensive.
RODNEY-STREET WARD.—The conservative burgesses of
this ward held a public meeting on Thursday evening, at the
Roscoe Head, Roscoe-street, for the purpose of adopting
measures to secure. the re-alavtioo of their " retiring town
councillor," John Nelson Wood, Esq. The chair was taken
by Henry Lawrence, Esq.; and resolutions, expressive of the
most cordial and unqualified approbation of Mr. Wood's
conduct in the town-council, and of determination to use
every exertion to secure his re-election at the approaching
contest were unanimously carried. The meeting—which, by-
the-by, appeared to us be the most numerous and respectable
that has been heretofore held on similar occasions in this
ward—was addressed by Mr. Wood, Mr. Samuel Holme,
Mr. Carson, Mr. James Aspinall, and several of the most in-
fluential burgesses of the ward. The greatest unanimity and
enthusiasm prevailed, and if the meeting redeems the pledge
it gave Mr. Wood, he will most assuredly " Loch" (lock) his
opponent out of the town council, for this year at all events.
ROBBERY.—On Tuesday evening last, between half-past
six and eight o'clock, some person or persons found access to
a sleeping room in the house of Mr. John Berry, of the inn
in Brunswick-street known as " Neds," and carried off pro-
perty to the amount of about £lOO. The drawers in which
it was deposited, which were locked, and being opened without
violence, while other drawers in the same cest, containing
wearing apparel, were left untouched, suspicion is naturally
entertained that the guilty party had a knowledge of the
house. There were abstracted £6O. in money, and about
£4O. worth of plate, and other valuables. Amongst the ar-
ticles taken were nine large four-pronged silver forks, two
large table spoons, six dessert spoons, and ten tea spoons, all
of what is called the fiddle handle pattern, and all marked
"J. E. B." There were also a large finger-ring, with a yel-
low stone, surrounded by pearl ; a pair of long ear-rings, of
aqua 'marina ; and a large square black, enamelled brooch,
set in gold. These particulars may serve to lead to the de-
tection of the delinquent or delinquents.

LEEDS CHESS CLUD.—The first meeting of this society
for the present session will be held on Monday next, the 21st
inst., when the Chess campaign will be opened by a dinner
at Scarborough's Hotel. We are glad to hear of the favour-
able state of the games playing by correspondence with the
Liverpool Club. The match consists of two games, one of
which is decided in favour of Leeds, and in the other game
the Leeds players think they have sufficient advantage to
win. It appears from a paragraph in the Liverpgol Courier,
that the Liverpool gentlemen are of opinion that they can
draw the second game ; if they are even able to do that, they
will lose the match, as Leeds. will then have won one game
and drawn the other. But judging from the superior play
shewn by our townsmen, we anticipate a more complete and
signal victory. It is gratifying to observe that the admirers
of this fine intellectual game continue to increase ; the period
it is to be hoped is not far distant when chess will take its
stand as a national amusrment; when the youth of our land
will cultivate it as recreation which, whilst it amuses, strength-
ens and expands the intellect ;
.and in maturer years will
practice it as a profitable relaxation from graver and more
important pursuits. Every facility is given by the Leeds
Club to the admission of new members, who have thus an
opportunity of improving their acquaintance with the game
by contending with old and experienced players.—Leeds
Intelligencer.