The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-23 00:00:00

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ainendineot or the law so as to secure a more sunimail trial of
petty and juvenile offender:. It ihe euald not
brimz forward any ineasilie on !lie sulject, "i.ll the view to
reine,ly very great evils, the noble duke said he simuld deem it
his duty to 'wive for an inquiry, with the view of originating
some amendment.

Lord ABINGER obs.erved that, as the law stood at present, the
ina4istrates themselves had the discretion of trying the class a
offences alluded to summarilv, or of sending them to the assizes.
He should be alwa‘s glad to find that all serious cases mete
sent before the judges.
The Loan CHANCELLOR admitted the importance of the
subject, hut said that changes required very deliberate con-
sideration.

Lind 13itot GRAM, on presenting a petition praying that
measures might be adopted to avert the calamity of civil war in
Canada, apologised for having left the house on Toursday, pre-
viously to Lord Glenelg's reply, stating that indisposition had
been Ur cause of it.

The Duchess of Kent's annuity bill went through committee,
after which their lordships adjourned.

•
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVE 00L.
Second night of a new Drama, called WARS IN PAIN, which,
by permission of the Commandant, will be • ded by the Re-
gular Military, a detachment of the 88th r 'iment, now sta-
thmed here.
ruHls present TUESDAY and Four f owing Evenings,
will be perfernied a grand Military ratna, founded on
Anecdotes during the present struggle, called
WARS IN SPAIN ;

OR, CARLISTS AND cunisTisos!
Aided the appearance and varied evolutions of the Regular
In the course of the Piece, a characteristic Military Ballet, &
the Cachoucha Dance. by Madame Pauline Wood, Miss E.
Gates, and numerous Corps de Ballet.
The last scene will represent the Terrific Melee,at the
Storming of San Sebastian.
Scenes in the Circle—Arab and Bedouin Exercises.
After v 4 filch au Equestrian Nursery Tale, called Jack the

- Giant Killer.
The whole to conclude with the Laughable Burletta, called
A FLIGHT TO AMERICA.
Prices of admission—Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Lower
Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 641. Children, half price, from
the conuneficetnent, to the Boxes and Pit only. Second Price
at Hal f.past Eight o'clock: Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Galleries,
6d.—Box Office open every day from Eleven till Three o'clock,
when Mr. HALE will be in attendance. Doors open at Six
o'clock, and the Performance begins at half•past. Private
Boxes may be had nightly for Parties, at 21s. and 4125.
Instructions in the Art of Ridinu Given. Rideny Master, Mr.
Ginnett. Thrms may be known on application at the Amphitheatre.
Proprietor, Mr. BATES.
Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE.

GRAND CONCERT.
MR. LASSELL'S SALOON, ST. ANNE'S.
EYTON respectfully informs his niends and the
in_ Public, that his Twelfth Annual Concert will take place
at the above elegant Saloon, GU WEDNESDAY EVENING next,
the 24th instant.

PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS

Miss Whitnall, Miss Hammond, Mrs. Hiles, Miss Peuketh,
(Pupil of Mr. Evton, her first appearance in Liverpool,)
Mrs. Brand, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Pemberton, and Mr. Davies.
THE LIVERPOOL CHORAL SOCIETY
Will Perform a Selection of -•
DRAMATIC CHORUSES, MADRIGALS,
PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTAL PERFOIIIIIERS.‘
Harp, Miss Hammond; Violin, Mr. J. 4.4lerrtnan • Viola,
Mr. C. Hermann, Mr. Wilton ; Flute, Mr„'Brown; darionel,
Mr. ;,eonard; Violoncello, Mr. H. Davies! Double Bass, Mr.
Tayleure.
The Orchestra will be numerous and complete in every
Department.
Leader, ..Mr. EYTON Conductor, ..Mr. MAYBRICK.
By desire, the popular Glee,_ Hail Smiling Morn." will be

PERFORMED by FOUR Tli 0111 riON ES.
The Total will comprise upwards of 100 Performers.
Tickets for the body of the Room, 45.; Reserved Seats, ss. ;
Gallery, 25.; to be had at the Music Shops, and at Mr. EYTON'S
Residence, Bootle-road, Kirkdale.
Doors tpeneii at Seven, and the Concert to commence at
Half-past Seven precisely.

Under the Patronage of the Worshipful the Mayor, and the Li-
verpool Festival Committee.
GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT,
AT THE • •
THEATRE-ROYAL, LI 'URPOOL,
O.V TUESDAY EVENING, F !WARY 13, 1838.
R. G. HOLDEN respectfully attttttounces his intention of
1-VJL giving a MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, on an ex-
tensive scale, comprising Selections from the following Coal-
posers :—Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Spohr, Rossini, Merca-
ditutt, Bishop, &e. &C.
PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS:
MRS. ALFRED SHAW,
MISS BRUCE,
MR. WALTON, and MR. MACHIN.
Leader, MR. ALDRIDGE. ..
The Band, consisting of the first talent of the town, will be
full and efficient, and a select number of the Members of the
LIVERPOOL CHORAL SOCIETY, who have kindly offered
their services upon this occamn, will form a full and efficient
Chorus.

Conductor, MR. G. HOLDEN.
Full particulars, with the Schemes of the Performance, will
be published immediately.
Places for the Boxes may be taken at Mr. WEISS'S Music
Saloon, Church-street, on Friday, the 9th, and Saturday, the
10th of February ; and, on the Monday and Tuesday following,
at the Boxi'ffice of the Theatre-Royal, from Ten till Three
o'clock. No places can be secured unless 'rickets are taken.
Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 48.; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, ls.
Doors to be opened at Seven, and the Performance to com-
mence at tialf-past Seven o'clock pieeisely.

SPECTACLES FOR PRESERVING TUE EYES.
NIEIyBxIiNSDTIATI:IIISONand n
SON
consequence.°P I c.
ofA?4 shjru ii( u) eTrHouEs F-s
0°11.7t 711
lions of the professional gentlemen and of "r patrons residing
in Liverpool, Messrs. D. have been induce to bring from Lon-
don a large assortment of their SPE ACLES and EYE
GLASSES, for Inspection at 51, DUKE- i- REST, manufactured
upon principles recommended by the most eminent OCULISTS,
mounted in a variety of ft-allies, in the most approved style,
with strict attention to utility. Messrs. D. and SONS' extensive
practice in the above department of OPTICS, enable:, them to
lecommeud the best adapted to suit the defects of VISION.
Mr. D. will wait on
.any Lady or Gentleman, by sending
their commands, as above.

Charges strictly moderate.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We must decline the insertion of the letter signed " Investi-
gator," for reasons stated in another part of our paper.
Sour Stiors.—We have received the following donations in
aid of the soup establishments.
Mr. Charles Chaloner, £5.
Mr. John Orrell, £5.
Several valuable communications are unavoidably postponed
until our next.
Dr. Kane's fifth and sixth lectures on chemistry shall appear
in our next.
A correspondent has forwarded the following paragraph for
insertion. We publish it without alteration:—
A KuisTA SCRUB.—A fellow in the garb of a gentleman, (well
known to the small-beet frequenters of the "Derby Arms"
tap-room, by the, sobriquet of Honest logo ;' moreover a
dealer in mops and scandal, in some Cross-street, near the
Canning Dock, and now or lately in the employment of the
Kirkdale Reform Association ;) 'has, we understand, had the
projectile force of a respectable Tory Brazier's foot applied to
his porteriors, for an impudent and unmanly assault upon the
wife of our "tin-pot" friend.—We are in possession of the
particulars of the fracas, which a delicate feeling for the con-
nections of the party will prevent us front now relating, and
we can only suggest to this offensive person,—that if he can-
not control his evil passions whilst labouring under the potent
influence of "whiskey cold,"—he had better avoid altogether
the use of that very exciting commodity. We assure, him a
repetition of the nuisance, will, some fine day, place his red
nose in a noose from whence it will be extremely difficult to
extricate it.

at Eiberpool ,S.Ltanbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1838.

{ The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn-
ing at 5 o'clock.

NEWS FROM CANADA.—By the packet-ship Virginian,
which sailed on the 26th ult., and which arrived here
yesterday, after a passage of twenty-seven days, we have
received New York papers to the 25th ult. We are
informed thafthe Virginian had only one copy of a New
York paper of the 26th on board. We proceed to lay
before our readers the most important extracts relative
to the Canadas

( From the New York Courier and Enquirer of Dec. 21.)

We have Montreal dates to the 14th instant. In the Herald
of that day we are presented with extracts front the private cor-
respondence found among the papers of Dr. Wolfred Nelson,
at St. Denis. One of the letters is from Papineau, under date
of the 7th ult., and of this we translate an extract which may throw
some light on the views and expectations ofthe insurgents :
"'The agitation commences in Upper Canada. The discon-
tent (bete is deeply seated. The reformers are persuaded that'
alt hough they are in a great numerical majority, the unequal
distribution of a representation. in which the small towns elect
more repr eser.tatit es than the large counties, and which thus
enables the executive to purchase an apparent majority in the
legi statute against the actual majority in the country, irritates
them so deeply that I should not be surritied if they should
rush into an earlier resistance than is generally anticipated. 1
see that with them, as with us, without conceit, and without a
comparison of views, their young men are procuring arms, and
accustoming themselves to their use. The excitement is in-
tense. They wish to send a deputation of seven members to a
convention, or, as they call it, a congress, of the two provinces,
in which they should prepare a project of a purely democratic
constitution, and tell England this is what we must have under
her administration, if we have justice—and independently of
her if she will not concede to it. As for myself, lam of opinion
that our plan of non-consumption and agitation, which will
render the expenses of the colony more burdensome to England
by the necessity °fan increased military force, and the diminu-
tion of her commerce, is by far the best policy to pursue for the
present. Continue to push it as vigourously as you can."
A letter to Dr. Nelson, from his son, a lad of fourteen, a pupil
in St. Ilyacintb College, dated the 21st of October, indicates
that the boy has been thoroughly imbued with the doctrines
of his father.

" I wish," to says, " ihat it will do well and without any
noise, except with the other side, a inch I hate very much. I
believe that the prediction by that man named liourgeui will be
accomplished, which is that the province wou!d be all ci,vered
with blond and dead bodies."

lire
report of the i!ea;h of Mrs. Papineau, the %itfe of the
Speakei, is i•uutra IC led. She has been ill, kit is now consi-
dered of dsuger• The house of Papiueau has been
searched by the aulnutities. Teu muskets were found iu it,
and a large quantity of ammunition, with a number of letters
and documents which are s,iid to implicate seriously many indi-
viduals, and fully to di,cii.se the plans of the insurgents. We
learn from a gentleman, on the authority of private letters, that
Papineau is at present in Middlebury, Vt.

The Herald states that a great many " amateurs" have gone
out to witness the expected engagement at Giand Brule. Sir
John Colborne had marched out ata 2000 troops to attack the
insurgents at that point. The only regular military force left
iu Montreal consisted of four companies of the 24th regiment,
but the Montreal Light Infantry were doing garrison duty.
( From the Courier and Enquirer of Dec. 22.)
We annex from the Montreal Herald Extra of the I4th, and
the Gazette Extra, of the 15th instant, the latest intelligence of
the movements of the regular troops and the insurgents in
Lower Canada.