The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-06-28 00:00:00

THE ENGLISH STANDARD.

(For the Liverpool Standard)
Oh ! Lion'd flag of England !—thou banner of the free !
Thou glorious ensign of the brave ! thou star of liberty !
Thou victor on a thousand fields ! thou terror of the foe !
Wave, wave thy wings upon the winds that freshly round

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thee blow !
Thou gleaming meteor in the fight ! thou ne'er-dishonoured
sign !
Thou bearest victory on thy wings along the battle-line ;
Where'er the war's loud thunders roll, where'er its fury bums,
There, there thou wavest 'midst the fight, and there the bat-

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tle turns.
A thousand flags have sunk before the fury of thine ire ;
A thousand conquer'd foes have known and quail'd before
thy fire :
Within our island-home thou waves, the guardian of the

land •
And while thou waves, no hostile foot shall press our ocean-
strand !

Thy crimson folds, which proudly float out to the sky-born
breeze,
Are like a fiery beacon light, unquench'd amid the seas ;
Aye ! and unquench'd it shall remain while English freedom
lives,
And that high, pure devotedness which English freedom

gives.
Thou hast been dy'd in holy blood, thou victory-charmed
sign !
Pour'd forth like water in thy cause by generous sons of

thine :
Triumphant, e'en in death, their eyes have joy'd to see thee

wave,
When other flags were flying fast before the charging brave.
The thunders of the battle-storm--the white smoke wreath-
ing fast—
The shouts of contest rising loud, and echoing on the blast—
These are the elements where thou waves joyously and free,
For wheresoever these are found, there is a throne for thee.
They fight beneath a holy flag, who fight where fluttering far,
Thy lion-folds are spread upon the Simoom gales of war ;
The sun that rises, thee to light upon the combat's track,
0 ! always may his setting see victoriously borne back !
Liverpool, June, 1839. F. H.

PROVIDENCE.

BY THE REV. R. MONTGOMERY, A.M.

Frail king of dust, man loves to look around,
And think,—" for me the elements abound
With life and motion ; shade and sunshine wait
In mixt attendance on my human state ;
Light, sea, and air, their glorious spell maintain,
That I alone, as Lord of Earth, may reign !"
And yet, what art thou ?—but a fleeting breath,
A pulse of life that throbs away in death !
Myriads of creatures round thee move and die,
Minute beyond the ken of mortal eye ;
Perfect as thine, their bright existence teems
With beauty, in a paradise of beams ;
Or, in some crystal world of water play,
A floating populace of insects gay ;
And HE who bade exalted man to be
An image of His own eternity,
Alike to them a form and feature gives,
And not a mote but in His mem'ry lives !

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

THE EDUCATION SCHEME.

(From the Morning Herald.)
The country is opposed to the ministerial scheme of
education. Let three thousand and fifty petitions
avouch the fact. The House of Lords is opposed to
the scheme. Witness the fear of ministers to permit
to the upper house an opportunity to express its senti-
ments on the question. The House of Commons is
opposed to the scheme—as the majority of TWO may
be admitted to testify.
Let the composition of that majority be noted.—
Thirty-seven placemen, whose offices are at stake, have
voted in that majority. Upwards of forty Irish Ro-
man Catholic members—men whose oaths ought to
have prevented them from voting on a question affect-
ing the measure of influence to be enjoyed by the
Church of England over popular education in Eng-
land—have thrown their votes into the scale of the
whig placemen, their fellow conspirators against the
established church. Nay, several dissenters who sit
on the ministerial side of the house—and who, if they
had given expression, on this occasion, to the senti-
ments of those, to whose sentiments they affect, on all
other occasions, to give utterance, would have voted
against the ministerial project—forgot the claims of
their religious supporters out of doors, and took part
with Lord John Russell and his associates.
If, besides, there had been no treachery in the con-
servative ranks, there would have been no majority,
last night, in favour of the government measure. If,

for instance, even that poor creature, Mr. Gibson, who
misrepresents the conservatives of Ipswich, had been
' true to the wishes of his constituents, the numbers for
and against the ministerial plan would have been equal.
If Mr. Ingham and Mr. Baring Wall, in like manner,
had not, on this great question, as on several others,
abused the trusts confided to them, the majority against
ministers would have amounted to FOUR.
Will ministers pretend to retain office after the di-
vision of last night ? How will their " duty to the
Queen" square with their majority of TWO ? Alas !
poor whigs ! place and pay are more seriously endan-
gered than ever ! The efficacy of their compromises.
and equivocations, and meannesses and falsehoods, is
alMost exhausted ! Their Popish majorities are becom-
ing evanescent ! They entered office in 1835 with " a
working majority" of 54 ; and they have worked that
" working majority" down to TWO !
This scheme of education has been pronounced by
ministers " a vital question." Last night's majority
ought, at all events, to determine the " vitality" of the
administration. To what, .besides, may the present
miserable officials venture to trust ? They dare not
grapple with the ordinary business of the country.—
They dare not deal with the affairs of Canada, or with
the affairs of Jamaica, or with the question of 'fish
corporations, or with the question of church rates, or
with the existing commercial difficulties of the country !
The slightest attempt to assert any one of their declared
principles will leave them in a minority. Let them, on
the other hand, change their principles once more ;
let them declare for the ballot, for household suffrage,
and short parliaments ;—and, immediately thirty or
forty conservative whigs will join the banner of Sir
Moen Peel !
A majority of TWO is an instructive commentary on
the recent bed-chamber plot. The " confidence of the
country" has not been regained, for the whigs, either
by the touching zeal with which these respectable func-
tionaries hastened to secure to the Queen, at all ha-
zards, the society of " the friends of her youth"—or
by the delicate falsehood which described her Majesty's
life as iasecure if the" conservatives should be again
restored to office !

THE QUEEN AND FEMALE NOBILITY.
(From the Morning Post)
The manner in which affairs at Court are now ma-
naged affords, we think, much ground of anxiety, and
some ground of serious complaint, to the female nobi-
lity of England. It is their duty, as it must be their
wish, to grace with their presence any public scene in
which her Majesty appears. In the natural order of
things, the beauty and grace of the Royal and the no-
ble fair would, upon all such occasions, mutually shed
lustre upon each other, captivating by their mingled
power the hearts and warming the devotion of all man-
kind. This picture is an engaging one. But, unfor-
tunately, it has no other original than what exists in
the imagination. The reality approaches daily more
nearly to the reverse of this. The incident we are
about to narrate would seem to make it a matter of
doubt whether, while the Court remains what it is, the
female nobility not immediately connected with it can
venture, without imprudence and danger, on the same
race-course with their Sovereign.

At the last Ascot races we. have reason to believe
that the Duchess of Montrose and Lady Sarah Inges-
tre received an intimation that her Majesty was im-
pressed with the idea that they were among the per-
sons who had hissed at a moment when no sounds but
those of applause, gratulation, and loyalty ought to
have been heard. It was, we believe, further intimated
to the noble ladies we have mentioned that the Royal
ear had been abused to the effect already stated by
Lady Lichfield. The ladies, who had reason to think
that they had been thus unjustly and ridiculously ac-
cused, applied immediately to their supposed accuser,
who denied that she had made any such communica-
tion. On being urged to give this denial in writing,
she declined to do so without first consulting her lord.
But, on the application being renewed at a subsequent
period, her ladyship, as we understand, explicitly and
in writing, denied that she had given utterance to the
calumny in question.
Here the matter stood, until, from some incidents
connected with the late ball at Buckingham-house, the
two ladies thus impeached saw reason to believe that
the erroneous impression communicated to her Majesty
at Ascot had not been entirely removed. It was an
impression, howeser, which they could not permit.. to

remain without employing every means of removing
it; and accordingly the Duchess of Montrose went to
Buckingham Palace and requested an audience of her
Majesty. After waiting for a considerable period, (two
hours, we have been informed,) her grace was informed
by the Earl of Uxbridge that she could not be admit-
ted to an audience, as none but peers or peeresses in
their own right could demand that privilege. Her
grace then insisted upon Lord Uxbridge taking down
in writing what she had to say, and promising her that
the communication should be immediately laid before
her Majesty.
In this state, we believe, the matter remains sub-
stantially at the present moment, although it has taken
a new form, the Duke of Montrose having, we under-
stand, thought it necessary to open a correspondence
with Lord Melbourne upon the subject.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERS ALL'S-MONDAY.

The muster this afternoon rather exceeded the average at
this season, and business, without being heavy, was not
wanting in interest. Passing over the July Stakes, which
does not excite the slightest interest, we come to the next
event in the calendar, the Goodwood Stakes, for which about
a dozen horses were backed at liberal odds—no bad compli-
ment to the handicapper. The Lord Mayor opened at 20 to
1, and had so many supporters, that, at the close, he stood at
six points less (takers.) Wee Willie, Confusionee, Romania,
and Miss Eliza, were backed rather freely, but made no ad-
vance worth dwelling on. An abundance of tens and scores
were laid out on others, at prices which appear rather extra-
vagant, considering how difficult it is to " get round:" The
cup betting was too insignificant for comment, and enough
only was done on the St. Leger to show that both Commodore
and The Provost were on the decline. Charles the Twelfth
was mentioned at 12 to 1; but although quoted below at that
price, we will not take upon ourselves to say it is the actual
one. The quotations at the finish were as follow :

NEWMARKET JULY STAKES.
2 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot (tk)
3to 1 „ Lord Exeter's Hellespont
7to 1 „ Margaret colt (tk.)
GOODWOOD STAKES.

14 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's Lord Mayor (tk)
17 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklam's Wee Willie (tk)
18 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Joannina
18 to 1 „ Mr. J. Bell's Miss Eliza (tk)
20 to 1 „ Mr. Homsby's Romania (tk)
20 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Confusionee (tk)
20 to 1 „ Mr. Greville's Morella (tk)
20 to 1 „ Mr. Greatrex's Turquoise filly (tk)
20 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware
25 to 1 „ Lord Eglinton's St. Martin
25 to 1 „ Mr. F. Craven's I-wish-you-may-get-it (tk)
27 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Caroline Elvina
30 to 1 „ Captain Williamson's Mervan.

GOODWOOD CUP.
9 to 2 agst Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway (tk 5)
6to 1 „ Mr. Fulwar Craven's Deception (tk)
6to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Richard Roe (tk.)
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
7 to 2 agst Mr. W. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury
10 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Commodore (tk)
12 to 1 „ Major Yarburgh's Charles XII. (tk)
16 to 1 „ Colonel Cradock's The Provost (tk)
25 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Lord Mayor (tk)
1500 to 30 „ Mr. Newton's Tag-rag (tk.)
4to 1 „ Scott's lot.