The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-20 00:00:00

MigOLLIANIQUI,

nstruction of an original railway.
During the first month of this year
ed about the streets of Canton. in

CANTON BEGG44
upwards of 130 begs

consequence of the severe cold and continual

There has been a cardinal of every nation, except an Irish
one—perhaps lest he should encroach upon the authority of
the Pope in making bulls.—Swinburne's Courts of Europe.

,
LAW IN THE FAR WEST.—" Gentlemen of tnejury,"
said a lawyer in defence of his client, " I say, that ere mag-

nanimous sun shines in the heavens,though.iou can't see it,
kase it's behind a cloud; but you know it, though I can't
prove it. Now, if you believe what I tell about the sun,
you are bound by your Bible oath to believe what I tell you

about_my client's case; and if you don't, why then you call

„me a Rai; and that be squataw'd if I'll stand any how.
So, if you don't want to swear false, and have no trouble,

you had better give us a verdict."—American paper.
A paragraph appeared in the papers a few days since head-
ed `• The Silk Gown," containing a statement that the
question of clerical gowns being worn by Wesleyan ministers
was in agitation by that body throughout the country, arid
that in consequence of the disapprobation manifested of the
Rev. W. Bunting's appearing in one, he had withdrawn
himself till conference. We learn that it is not true that the

question is in agitation by the Wesleyan body througnout
the country. As regards Manchester itself, even there the
subject is anything but agitated. So far from the Rev. W.
Bunting having withdrawn himself, he still continues to

preach as before, and in his gown.—Morning Herald.
_ A general order has been issued to the troops stationed in

Ireland, that in future, when escorting prisoners, the oldest

and steadiest soldiers be placed in tlie*van and rear-guard,
and that no communication whatever be permitted to take

place between tha prisoners under escort and the civilians ;
and that interference be repelled with the point of the bayo-

net. It is also ordered, that on the military reaching the
gaols or bridewells, the destination of the prisoners, the old
and steady soldiers be detached, and placed in such positions
as will protect the escort from the intrusion of the mob, and
that they are in no instance to suffer an intruder within the
reach of their musket and bayonet with impunity.

A few days since, as some men were digging in a garden
near the Windmil, at Pebmarsh, when about a foot only
from the surface, they arrived at an earthen quart jug. On
examination, it wa; found to contain 269 pieces of silver coin
—one of Oliver Cromwell, one Philip and Mary, the re-
mainder being tho;e of Charles I. and 11., Elizabeth, and
James 11. The weight of the whole was -1113. 7oz. The gar-
den in which they were discovered being parish property, the
churchwardens and overseers have taken possession of the
treasure for the present. —Essex Herald
The Globe contains the following

•" Robberies.—On

Monday, from the Treasury, the following_ property

brown Petersham great-coat with velvet collar, lined with
dark plaid ; a carpet bag, containing a pair of brown trousers,
a plush waistcoat, a black satin stock, and other articles."
We trust that the evil-disposed person who stole the above-
mentioned articles; will immediately restore them to the dis-
consolate owner. Unless he does so, it is impossible that the
Premier can make his appearance at her Majesty's table.
MR. FORSYTH.—The ex-secretary of state, Mr. Forsyth,
has been sued in a ward court for the sum of 18 dollars !
The suer must be a locofoco, for Mr. Forsyth would have no
dealing with a rascally whig. But what presumption for a
plain man to coerce Mr. Forsyth to pay a debt ! A man of
his distinction has no business with dollars and cents. It is
honor enough for a tradesman to furnish his goods without
looking for pay. If the ex-secretary has any other small
debts about town, his creditors may send their bills. pro-
perly authenticated, to this office, we will settle all such mat-
ters for him, on account of the love we bear the late ad-
ministration.—American paper.
CAMBRIDGE.—The following notice has been signed by
the vice-chancellor and heads of colleges :—" Whereas, it
has been represented to the vice-chancellor and heads of col-
leges. that several resident students of the university have of
late been engaged in riding in steeple chases, and otherwise

promoting the same, we, the vice:chancellor and heads of
colleges, hereby order and decree, that if any person in stata
pupillari be hereafter found guilty of either of the offences
above described, he shall be liable to the punishment of rus-
tication or expulsion, as the case shall appear to the vice-
chancellor and heads of colleges to require."—Cambridge
Advertiser.
THE DEAN OF YORK.-Mr. H. W. Bull, solicitor to the

dean, has addressed a letter to the newspapers, requesting
that " the public will suspend its judgment on the dean's
conduct in ecclesiastical affairs until he has had an opportu-
nity of bringing the proceedings of the late pretended visita-
tion before the superior tribunals, and of exposing before
competent and impartial judges the unwarrantable manner in
which, under the disguise of a visitation, it has been attempt-
ed to pass a sentence of deprivation against him upon alleged
simonaical charges of which he is altogether innocent."
Mit. WOOD'S Witt.—ln this case the costs incurred in

the Ecclesiastical Courts considerably exceed £50,000. The
costs of the pending appeal before the Privy Council will be
enormous. We understand that the fees alone, which have
been given to the numerous counsel with their briefs, amount
to between five and six thousand pounds. The Attorney-
General's brief is marked 1000 guineas ; Mr. Pemberton's,
800 guineas ; Sir F. Pollock's, 500 guineas ; Sir William
Follett's, Dr. Phillin►ore's, Dr. Addams's, and two or three
others, 400 guineas each. The juniour counsel, we hear,
received 200 guineas each with their briefs ; and it should be
stated that an additional fee (called a " refresher,") varying
from 10 to 15 guineas, is daily given to each counsel during
the inquiry. The amount of interest which has accumulated
on the property left by the testator, since his death, exceeds
£200,000.

REDUCTION IN GERMAN POSTAGE.—On the 6th of this
month the British postage on letters passing between the
United Kingdom and Hamburgh and Lubeck was reduced
from Is 6d on letters posted in London, and from ls. 8d on
letters posted in the country, to a uniform rate of 6d. The
Hamburgh Post-office has also reduced its rate on British
letters from about 4d to 2d, so that upon London letters
there has been a positive reduction of is 2d, and on country
letters of is. 4d, as respects Hamburg correspondence.
EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION OP ENGLISH HORSES INTO
FRANCE.—A private letter from Boulogne states that the
French government has entered into a considerable contract
in this country for supplying the new regiments of cavalry
being now raised with English chargers,.in consequence of
the difficulty experienced by Marshal Soult, the minister of
war, in procuring horses from the French breeders suitable
for the heavy cavalry, they generally being small and light,
and not able to compete with the Austrian and Russian
cavalry. For the last month or six weeks Boulogne has had
the appearance of a horse bazaar, as a great number have
already been landed from Dover, when they are immediately
marched off by the parties from different regiments to St.
Omer, Ayr, St. Pol, Amiens, Beauvais, Compeigne, and
Paris. It is stated that the contract is for 20,000 at the rate
of 500 and 600 francs each.

EDITORIAL TROUBLES.—The editor of the New York
Commercial Advertiser makes the following apology for the
non-appearance of its usual commercial remarks and market
intelligence :—" During the week many of us were detained
from duty by severe indisposition. One who attended to the
advertising department was detained at home by this cause ;
the person who attends to the marine department was kept
away by having three of his family down with the scarlet
fever, one of whom died. On Saturday morning, one of us
who attends to the stocks and money matters was confined
to his bed during the day. The one who takes care of the
office as usual, at nine o'clock, was called away to take leave
of his father, who was supposed to be dying. Another, who
left his family, as he supposed, well, early in the morning,
was notified at nine o'clock that since he had left home his
infant child had died. In addition to this four compositors
were absent on account of illness."
TAGLIONI, THE DANCER.—This woman, whose sole merit
is that she dances well—of all merits the least meritorious—
is actually feted throughout Europe ; received at the table of
emperors and empresses, hussared by counts ; presented
with a purse of diamonds by one super-opulent fool, and
with a chariot, with solid silver spokes to its wheels, by ano-
ther ; demanding for a few nights of piroueting and bound-
ing at the Italian Opera, a sum which would fe6cl the peasantry
of a province for a month; amassing money which might
raise the drooping sculpture, painting, music, and literature,
of an empire. What was the engagement which Taglioni
had the modesty to demand at the theatre of Drury Lane ?
One hundred pounds a-night for herself three nights a week,
and six hundred pounds to be paid for the services of her
father as ballet-master ; nine hundred pounds to her brother
and sister to dance with her ; with two benefits to herself,
guaranteed to her at six hundred pounds • one-half a benefit
to her brother, guaranteed at two hundred pounds ; in all,
six thousand pounds ! All this is monstrous ; it actually dis-
gusts the mind to think of such sums lavished on a parcel of
jumpers—even the effrontery of the demand is offensive.
Here is a knot of the meanest of mankind—the very dross of
Parisian life—actually think their caperings worthy of being
paid at a rate which the liberality of a nation has scarcely
ever offered to their greatest benefactors. The noble poet,
the most profound philosoper, the greatest mechanical in-
ventor, the most gallant soldier, all would be regarded as
exorbitantly over-paid by half the sum which these vulgar
contributors to the Italian Opera think themselves entitled
to demand, and, by the prodigal folly of fashion, actually ob-
tain.—Blackwood's Magazine.

BURGLARY AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT DAGENHAM'
ESSEX.—On Thursday morning a lengthened examination
took place at the Ilford House of Correction, before Messrs.
Pierse and Mashiter, magistrates for the county of Essex, re-
lative to a burglary and extensive robbery which took place
at the house of Mr. Henry Gray, a respectable farmer re-
siding at Dagenham, and for which two men, named Joseph
Oliver and Abraham Bush, are in custody. From the evi-
dence it appeared that an entrance to the house of Mr. Gray
had been effected by the thieves removing some bars and
lattice-work from the pantry window ; and after getting in
the burglars made their way to the cellar, and regaled them-
selves with strong ale ar.d other good things. They also
carried away a vast quantity of pickled pork, upwards of 42
store hams, and-a variety of other property. The prisoners
being suspected characters, one having returned from trans-
portation, and the other having been frequently convicted of
different offences, police Sergeant Teddenham, K 36, assisted
by a local constable, searched their premises, and found
buried in the garden of each nearly the whole of the stolen
property. They also found nearly a waggon load of pro-
perty of almost every description, which left no doubt that
they (the prisoners) have for a length of time been carrying
on a most extensive system of plunder. Amongst the arti-
cles found at the house of the prisoner Oliver was a large
pistol loaded with ball, and on its being produced, Mr. Gray
observed, he bad no doubt its contents were intended for
himself, or any person in his house who might have dis-
turbed the prisoner or his companions on the night of the
robbery. Mrs. Gray identified the pork and other things
produced as belonging to her husband, and amongst other
things a leg of mutton, which was in the larder, and intended
for the next day's dinner. At the end of the examination,
the prisoners, who conducted themselves in rather an impu-
dent manner both to the prosecutor (Mr. Gray) and the
other witnesses, were remanded to a future day, to give time
to the constable to trace out the owners of the other property
found in their possession.—Times.

CONLTANTINOPLE, MARCH 24.—The following are the
energetic representations which Austria and Russia (filled
with compassion for the melancholy situation of the Chris-
tians in Syria and Palestine) have joined in presenting to the
Porte in behalf of their Christian brethren, the object of
which is to maintain the privilege formerly granted to them.
In particular the Porte is most earnestly recommended to
appoint a governor immediately dependent on the Porte for
Palestine and its chief towns of the Holy Land, who should
reside at Jerusalem, to which the port of Jaffa should be.
long, iu order to keep open a communication with the Medi-
terranean, likewise to take steps to put an end to the abuses
and the oppressions to which the Christians are exposed, to
treat all the inhabitants with equal impartiality, and to afford
them the same protection in the administration of justice
equally, to afford a friendly reception to all pilgrims who visit
the Holy Land. All the differences between the clergy of
the Greek Roman Catholic and Armenian churches shall
cease. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, who generally resides
at Constantinople, shall have the facility to visit his diocese,
which has hitherto been attended with much trouble and ex-
pense. A commission shall be appointed to regulate the
affairs of the church, consisting of the Governor, the Patri-
arch of Jerusalem, or his Vicar-General, the elder of the
Latin and Armenian consuls, and a prelate, as commissioners.
Lastly, each shall endeavour to facilitate the repairs of the
churches and convents which have been ruined or damaged,
and measures to be taken to maintain strict discipline among
the Turkish soldiers who have to guard the holy sepulchre,
&c. Letters from Damascus say that Count Szechenzihas
died of the plague in that city.—Allgemeine Zeitung.