The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1852.

To be 4'-aib or let.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

PUBLIC MEETING

UAVING received a Requisition very numerously
I_l and respectably signed, requesting me to call a PUBLIC
MEETING "for the purpose of giving the Inhabitants an
opportunity of expressing their feelings upon the great loss
the country has sustained in the recent demise of his Grace
the Duke of Wellineton," I do hereby 611 a

PUBLIC MEETING
of the Inhabitants of thierßorough, to be held in the
SES,IONS'-H(,WBE, CH ‘PEL-STREETt
Ou SATURDAY,tfie 23d day of OCTOBER meant,
_ .

weive o'clock ai Noon,
for the.peple stated in the above Requisition.
THOMAS LITTLEDALE, Mayor.
Town-hall, 16th October. 1952.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, To WIT.
GILBERT HENDERSON, ESQ., RECORDER.
THE COURT of QUARTER SESSIONS of the
PEACE for the BOROUGH vii be held in the New

Assize Courts, in the said Bor 0, on MONDAY, the 25th
day of October instant, at Te clock in the Forenoon.
WRIGHT, Clerk of the Peace.
Cleric of the Peace's. ce, Liverpool,
9th October, 1852.

CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-
YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS will be held
at the Company's Office, 15, Eden way, Dublin, on SATUR-
DAY, the 30th clay of October insta ,at One o'clock, to receive
the Report of the Directors for e Half-year ended the Ist of
September, 1853.
By order, INEAS HOWELL, Secretary.
Dublin, 14th October,-1 52.

PORT OF LIVERPOOL.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(ALL BEARINGS BY COMPASS.)
THE Trustees of the Liverpool Docks and Harbour
do hereby give NOTICE, that the following CHANGES in
tile BUOYING of this PORT will take place on and after the
19th October instant (weather permitting) :
C. 1. Red Can will be altered to Formby Lightship bearing
C. 2. Red, and moved 200 N.N.W. 4W. miles.
fathoms E.S.E. into 32 feet at Crosby Lightship S.E. 4E.
low water. nearly a mile.
A Red Can Buoy, marked C 1. Formby LightshipbearingN
will be placed off the S.E. Spit by W. W. 4of a mile.
of the West Middle in 18 feet C. 2. Red Can, 5.E.4 o. lof
at low water. a mile.
V. 4. Red Can will be moved 430 Formby Lightship bearingN.E. by N. 130 fathoms.
fathoms N.N.W. 2 W. into 20 C. 1. Red Can, S.E. by S.
feet at low water. S. 4 of a mile.
V. 3. Red Can, with Perch, will be Formby Lightship bearing
moved 150 fathoms N.W. by E. 4S. 400 fathoms.
W. W. into 12 feet at low V. 4. Red Can, S.E. by E.
water. E. of a mile.
lFormby Lightship bearing
V. 3. Black Nun will he moved E.S.E. a E. 4 of a mile.
3CO fathoms W. 4 S. into 141 V. 3. Red Can, with Perch,
feet at low water. I S.E. by E. of a
mile.
V. 2. Black Nun will be moved L
Formbq Lightship bearingE, by S. S. 14 mile.
100 fathoms W. by N. into 12
feet at low water. V. Red Can, S. by E. E.
/ 300 fathoms.
2. Black Nun, hearing
by E. 4 E. 4 of a

V. 1. Black Nun will he mod 1 S.I
N.W.
120 fathoms N.W. iW. i 6 12.{ mile
feet at low water. l V. 1. Red Can, S
L mile.
N. 1. Black Nun will , removed and discontinued,
FFFy. White and lack Nun,l
Striped Verti ly, will be Formby Lightship bearing
moved 200 fa oms N.E. E. S.S.E. iE. nearly 2
into 14 feotlat low water, and , miles.
the lettering altered to ZFY., rZ. 1. White and Black Nun,
in consequence of the name Striped Vertically, S.E. 1
having been altered to ZEBRA mile.
CHANNEL. J
FF. 1. White and Black Nun, (Formby Lightship bearing
Striped Horizontally, will be I S.E. by S. a little south-
moved 170 fathoms N. i E.) erly, I mile.
into 7 feet at low water,' ZFY. White and Black Nun.
and the lettering altered to I StripedVertically,N.N.W
Zl. L iW.i of a mile
The lettering of FF. 1. White and
Black Nun, Striped Vertically,
will be altered to Z 1.

E. i of a

K. L Black Nun will be moved N.W. Lightship bearing W.
320 fathoms S.E. into 1G feet at N. 2i miles.
low water. Bell Beacon, N. by E. 2
miles.
Leasowe Lighthousebearing
R. 2. Red Can will be moved S.
IW. of a mile.
100 fathoms N. by W. W. Leasowe Castle, S.E. S. 1
into 8 feet at low water. mile.
The Numbers of C. 3. and 4 Red Can will be altered to 4
and 5. By order of the Dock Committee,
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock Office, Liverpool, Oct. 4, 1852.

exertiOn,"of the triumphant

of Mr. Shand.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A CHURCHMAN should send his communication to a religious
magazine. It is unfitted for the columns of a newspaper.
A. B. is thanked. The improvement which he suggests will
very shortly be carried out.
CRITO.—Had he been sincere, he would not have been ashamed
to sign his own name to an epistle which indulges so freely
in the reputation of others.
QUIRER.—We have heard the rumour, but cannot believe it
to be true.
C::7- We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications
on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourtriends
will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa-
tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged.

Eibtrpoot tanbarbf

TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 19, 1852.

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Friday, prepa-
Council, which was held at
ratory to a Privy
Windsor Castle on Saturday afternoon, and attended
by all the principal Ministers of State. The chief
business was the further prorogation of Parliament
from the 21st of October to Thursday, the 4th of
November, and a proclamation has been issued,
summoning the Parliament to meet on that day for
the despatch of public business. The first business
will be the election of Speaker, and the swearing in
of the members; so that a few days will elapse
before the QUEEN'S Speech will be delivered, and
the real business of Parliament will begin. Taking
the precedents of former Parliaments, a week has
ordinarily been occupied in this preliminary busi-
ness; but as some impatience has been manifested
respecting the arrangement for the DUKE'S funeral,
it is not improbable that the time for swearing in
will be shortened, and that the Speech will be
delivered on Tuesday, the 9th of November. That,
however, may interfere with the usual ceremonies
observed on what is called Lord Mayor's Day, and,
if so, the 11th (the day originally named) will be
the time for the actual commencement of business.

an army of more than half a million of men, the
press reduced into subserviency, and the most dan-
gerous men transported or exiled, he may be all in
all so long as there is something to achieve ; hut,
when the Empire is become an fait accompli, and,
like ALEXANDER, compelled to move on, he weeps
for new worlds to conquer, what human ingenuity
or new phase of political combinations is to binder
the men to whom he owes his power from seeking
to make the Empire a reality, by indulging in their
thirst for military glory ? The self-confidence of
England in her commercial greatness, and the sur-
render of political power into the hands of her

shopkeepers, has damped the military ardour which
won the fields of Cress), Poictiers, Agincourt, and
Waterloo, and crippled the national defences : the
last-mentioned defeat still rankles in the breasts of
Frenchmen, and, while we are looking on with
apathy at the pageantry and enthusiasm which
greeted the progress of Louis NAPOLEON, and led
him by rapid strides from the Presidency to the
Emperorship, the French may be preparing them-
selves for a new contest, in which our want of pre-
paration may enable them to wipe out their never-
forgotten defeat on the plains of Waterloo. There
are many who will attempt to argue that there are
no grounds for alarm, because the President has
maintained a show of peace to England ; but while
we cannot forget his obliviousness of all obligations
when he assumed his present position, we must be
equally mindful that his ability to preserve the pre-
sent friendly relations with this country is mainly,
if not solely, dependent upon that immense military
force which, having no tie of personal loyalty, must
be kept in fealty by succumbing to its instincts,
which are indissolubly connected with the gratifi-
cation for the excitement of conquest.

" THE TIMES" ON THE DUKE'S DEATH

THE THUNDERER of Printing-house-square some-
times reminds us of the crack-shot, duelling bully of
the last generation. When legitimate causes of quarrel
do not presentthemselves, he spews great ingenuity in
inventing specious ones. The last subject selected
for an attack upon the Government is the DUKE of
WELLINGTON'S funeral. Because HER MAJESTY
has graciously pleased to defer the celebration of
the obsequies of her most illustrious subject, and
the nation's most honoured champion, till the other
estates of the realm can take part in it, and thus
render this act of respectful commemoration a truly
national one, The Times, reasoning with equal pre-
cision and charity, concludes that the Government
are conscious of utter weakness, and are feeding
their hopes upon the chapter of accidents.
" When a man's position," says the Oracle, "is
not itself a good one, or his game rather question-
able, he is apt to rest his hopes on calamities. Any-
thing for a better hand."
Profound observations, no doubt; but how appli-
cable ? Who says Lord DERBY'S position is not
in itself good ? Who says his game is questionable ?
And supposing even his position were bad, and his
game questionable, how, in the name of common

sense, could he rest his hopes on such a calamity as
the Duke's death ? Oh ! says The Times, " the
Irish famine settled the Whigs in their seat in '47 ;
so the Protectionists hope to get a respite, and
eventually a reprieve in the loss of England's
greatest man. The object now is to nurse the ca-
lamity, and prolong the state of political suspension."
The analogy between the consequences of the
DUKE'S death and the time of the potato rot, is one
which we in vain try to discover. We can under-
stand how the disease of the vegetable might have
been nursed in order to serve a political purpose,
but how the dissolution of the great general and
statesman can be used for such a purpose, is quite
beyond our comprehension. The Times' writer,
however, seems perfectly contented with the just-
ness of his conjectures and the cogency of his argu-
ment, and sums up the matter crushingly, by say-
ing—" When Ministers hope to tide over a Minis-
terial crisis, and to fix themselves in their seats by
the preparations and distractions of a long deferred
funeral, the dodge is on a level with that of contra-
bandists, who smuggle spirits in hearses and lace
in coffins." Of a truth, the Thunderer can drivel in
the long vacation.
To any one who has the slightest experience of
controversy, the selection of such topics as the
Times has recently chosen for the subject of attack
against the Government, will appear the surest evi-
dence that Ministers are substantially unassailable,
that their position is a very secure and hopeful one,
and that they already enjoy a large share of public
sympathy and confidence. We have formerly
pointed out how noteworthy a circumstance it is,
that the first act of the new Parliament should be
one of a character so truly national ; and how espe-
cially becoming it is for Her MAJESTY'S present
Ministers to take the initiative in the interesting
ceremonial. Lord DERBY and his colleagues will
do their duty on the occasion ; so will the whole
People of England; and politicians of all hues of
opinion will unite to do honour to the illustrious
dead. But to suggest that the noble Earl will
trade upon the sympathies of the nation, and will,
on the strength of the due performance of such an
obvious duty, extort popular respect and assistance
for his Government, involves the belief that Lord
DERBY and the PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN are
unacquainted with each other's character, and are
wholly undeserving of reciprocal respect.

THE " RELIGIOUS EQUALITY" SHAM.
THE last, and most impudent, " sham" in an age
not unprolific of " shams," is "Religious Equality."
The Tenant-right and Religious Equality League,
which has recently been conspiring in Ireland for
the purpose of obstructing the Imperial Govern-
ment, seems to be the vainest and most contempti-
ble of the Associations which have from time to
time cursed that unhappy country with factious
npibation under the. oolour of putrid:4lam. 06111, by-
gone experience teaches us that even such a con-
federacy may do its modicum of mischief ; and it
therefore becomes a duty of the Press for the inter-
est of the public to unmask the Impostor League,
and expose the hollowness of its pretensions. That
done,—Qui vult decipi, decipiatur.

There is, as some of our readers may know, a
Roman Catholic newspaper called The Tablet, pub-
lished in Dublin, and edited by Mr. F. LUCAS, an
Englishman, quondam a Quaker, and now Roman
Catholic member for MEATH. In the pages of
The Tablet frequent notice has been taken of
the movement going on among the Irish Roman
Catholics, for the purpose of obtaining " Religious
Equality," and in that movement the name of Mr.
LUCAS has been conspicuous. In the columns of
The Tablet it was declared on one occasion, apropos
of this topic, that " the first step towards attaining
" the blessing of secure homes and safe altars, must

"be the destruction of everything in the shape of

" privilege, precedence, monopoly, or unfair advan-
" tage on the part of the Established Church."
These are principles which are professed by others
than Roman Catholics ; and a Protestant champion
of them, Sir CULLING EARDLEY, seeing them an-
nounced in the pages of The Tablet, resolved to
put the sincerity of the Roman Catholic I
to the test

All the world has heard how a Tuscan gentl
nd lady, named MAurAr, have been conder

to imprisons

having dared to read the Scri

half t

es privately, to

worship GOD out of the Church of R

induce

upon religious

freedom has r

y excited inucil

indignation throughout Europe, and a deputation
from GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, HOLLAND,
SWITZERLAND, and GERMANY, has been ap-
pointed to wait upon the GRAND DUKE of TUS-
CANY to solicit the liberation of the persecuted
prisoners.
_ _

_
Now Sir CULLING EARDLEY, struck by the
manifestoes of the Irish " Religious-Equality" gen-
tlemen, addressed a letter to Mr. Lucas from
Geneva, in which he alluded to the language in the
Tablet, to Mr. LUCAS'S position, to the MADIAIS'
case, and the deputation ; and then asked Mr.
LUCAS whether, on meeting the deputation at

Marseilles, as he (Sir CULLING) expected to do,
he might inform them that they had his (Mr.
Lucas's) permission to state, that he regarded
with indignation the incarceration of the M ADI AI,
and wished success to the deputation. Well, Mr.
LUCAS condescended to send Sir CULLING an
answer—an " I-wish-you-may-get-it" kind of an-
swer—enveloped in logic and eloquence of the true
Tablet style and pattern. According to Mr. LUCAS'
equality doctrines, goose and gander are not to
have the same sauce. " Religious Equality," in the
eyes of the pervert Quaker, is the same as the as-
cendancy and sovereignty of the Popish religion,
or at all events it amounts to the utmost license for
Roman Catholics in a Protestant country

summary repression •of Protestantism in Popish
countries. One extract from the cogent argument
of the modest LUCAS will suffice for our readers :

" I shall not enter at any length with you," he
says to Sir CULLING EARDLEY, " into the differ-
ence between, on the one side, a Catholic govern-
ment, in an exclusively Catholic country, taking
means to prevent the introduction of heresy for the
first time among an exclusively,Catholic popula-
tion ; and, on the other side, a government, whe-
ther Catholic or Protestant, ruling over a mixed po-
pulation of Catholic and Protestant subjects, which-
ever denomination may have the majority. In the
former case, no native inhabitant of the state can
become a Protestant without committing a crime in
the sight of God, and without inflicting an injury on
society."

Com' ment on such transparently absurd reason-
ing would be almost an insult to our readers.
And who is the man that judgeth thus ? If in a
Catholic country to become a Protestant be a crime
in the sight of God and an injury to society, what
is it to become a Catholic in a Protestant country,
where the light and the truth of the Gospel are so
abundant as in our favoured ENGLAND ?

Contemptible as the Religious Equality move-
ment may be, it would not be wise to allow its dis-
guise to remain undisturbed ; and the Protestant
cause is therefore indebted to Sir CULLING EARD-
LEY for his prompt and opportune exposure of a
leading actor in the imposture.