The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN DUBLIN.

THE most sanguine hopes are entertained of the Great
Exhibition to be opened next month in Dublin, under the
most illustrious patronage, and preparations are already
being made for the auspicious event being celebrated with
proper (dd. It is expected that there will be numerous
contributions of specimens of workmanship from Liver-
pool and the industrial marts of Lancashire ; but those who
intend to contribute should lose no time in doing so, as
the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, we are in-
formed, have undertaken to convey without charge any-
thing destined for the Exhibition. It can hardly be ne-
cessary to enlarge upon the advantage and importance of
the shopkeepers and manufacturers of Liverpool trans-
mitting specimens of their skill and ingenuity to the
Dublin Exhibition, even to a greater extent than was done
to the Crystal Palace in Hyde-park. There are many
tradesmen in this town who could fearlessly challenge the
world to compete with them ; and if they derived an ad-
vantage from their skill being exhibited to all the world
at the gathering in London, how much greater must be
the advantage when shown in the city of Dublin, with
which this port has such frequent and rapid communica-
tion. When we bear in mind how many branches of
industry have been brought to the highest state of per-
fection by the men of Liverpool, we cannot believe they
will be so oblivious of their own interest, and so regardless
of maintaining their well-earned position, as not to make
the Liverpool department in the Dublin Crystal Palace
the most important and attractive feature in the whole
Exhibition. Liverpool will not be behindhand in the
munificence of her hospitality, as our respected Mayor
(SAaIL. HOLME, Esq.) has issued cards of invitation for
a dinner at the Town-hall, on Tuesday, the 3d of May.
A most distinguished party is expected, as the Lord
Mayor of DUBLIN, the veteran General Lord GOUGH,
Judge HALIBURTON (" Sam Slick"), Sir EDWARD
M'DONNELL, Sir JOHN KINGSTON JAMBS, and a number
of other men in high station have already accepted invi-
tations. Mr. S. C. HALL, the eminent writer, will also
be present, and the invitations extend to the Mayors of
MANCHESTER, BOLTON, WARRINGTON, CHESTER, and
other towns in the vicinity. During the morning, Lord
GOUGH, the Lord Mayor of DUBLIN, Judge HALIBURTON,
and other distinguished guests of his Worship will visit
the public buildings of Liverpool, so that the Metropolis
of Commerce will not be behind in lending her aid to the
demonstration in the city across the Channel.
Mr. R. Forshaw, machinist, Cornwallis-street (who exhi-
bited several agricultural implements at the great exhibition
in London in 1851), appearsdetermined that Liverpool shall
be represented. He is preparing for shipment some im-
proved weighing machines; a bean and oat crusher, to
work by hand, or can be adapted for steam power ; a lin-
seed and oat mill ; a handmill and dressing machine for
grinding and dressing flour; a single lever weighing ma-
chine, to weigh from 4 lb. to 3 cwt. ; and a grocer's
coffee mill. Mr. Fairclough, of Renshaw-street, has
made a handsome sideboard, which will also be sent to
the exhibition.

Messrs. Jackson and Sons, of Castle-street, have just
completed for the Exhibition a truly elegant waistcoat of
Honiton point lace, the beautiful pattern of which is dis-
played on sky-blue satin, and suggests a style for evening
dress in which the wealthy may be beyond the reach of
imitation.

Among the contributions from other places we may
notice a magnificent collection of pictures from the King
of the Belgians, and several collectors in Belgium and
Holland have promised some rare specimens of the old
Mr. S. C. Hall contributes his water-colour
copies of the Vernon Gallery. France is not behind in
her assistance, so that one of the most extraordinary collec-
tions of the Fine Arts ever witnessed will form an im-
portant feature in the Exhibition. The opening will take
place on the 12th of next month.

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RECANTATION OF ROMANISTS,

MORE FRUITS OF THE REFORMATION

The district of St. John, in this town,—thanks to the
efficient labours of the incumbent, the Rev. W. F. Taylor,
M.A., presents a spectacle pleasing in the highest degree
to the Protestant. There, the duty of evangelising the
deluded victims of the Romish religion is fully recognised,
and no mere' recommendation of worldly policy prevents
the incumbent from discharging his duty, as one who has
been entrusted with the spiritual guardianship of a
densely-peopled and important district of this great com-
munity. Apart altogether from any organised or general
mission,—an institution which this town pressingly re-
quires,—Mr. Taylor has conscientiously striven to perform
the work which his district so plentifully provides for the
Christian missionary. While others have been engaged in
the mazy intricacies of controversy, or so lukewarm as to
discourage the first duty of the Protestant believer, Mr.
Taylor has been silently enlightening and converting
souls who were previously enthralled In the bondage of
Popery. Mr. Taylor, having received a grant from the
British Reformation Society, in connexion with which
there is a special mission to Roman Catholics in Great
Britain, a lay-missionary was appointed, and by him lec-
tures are regularly delivered, throughout the year, in the
new school-room. Domiciliary visits are also made, while,
through the agency of classes for inquirers, much good is
done. Controversial tracts are lent, and some are given
away. Altogether, the Liverpool mission has more than
realised the most sanguine expectations of the Parent
Society's committee.
We have had the grateful task, in past numbers of the
Standard, of recording the recantations of Romanists,
converted through the agency of this mission ; and once
more the agreeable duty has devolved upon us.
On Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, seven adults,
converted from the errors of Romanism, were received
into the Church of England by Mr. Taylor. The inte-
resting ceremony took place in St. John's Church, which
was well filled by a most attentive and orderly congrega-
tion, many of whom were evidently enquiring Roman
Catholics. Prayers having been read by the Rev. Mr.
Ireland, curate of St. John's Church, the converts were
formally received ; two children being at the same time
admitted into the church at the request of their parents.
Afterwards, Mr. Taylor delivered an eloquent sermon on
the doctrine of priestly absolution. It was, he affirmed,
the most powerful species of spiritual tyranny exercised
by the Church of Rome. It was a doctrine inculcated
from the earliest infancy—impressed upon children of the
most tender years, before they could be said to have pos-
session of a single idea, when their minds were impres-
sionabler and easily acted on. That doctrine arrogated
for
the priest what was the attribute of God alone;_ deluded
the people into dependence upon a false basis salvation,ofertheir
and gave the priests a most unlimited power over
victims. The reverend gentleman se
before his hearers at great length an
among dwtiththie arguments
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simpli-
city
and power—in a way well fitted to operate upon the
minds of his hearers, and to help on a
Catholic population the good work which g the Roman
is progressing
so hopefully.

TESTIMONIAL. -- The passengers by the steam-ship
City of Glasgow, on her last trip from Philadelphia to
Liverpool, presented Captain *STylie, her commander,
with an elegant silver tea-service, accompanied by a
letter expressing their entire satisfaction with every ar-
rangement that had been made for their security and
comfort, and their high estimation of him as a gentleman
and a Haulm