The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-18 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. CLARKE, AND
THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON.
On which occasion will be performed, for the first time here,
Mr. Sheridan Knowles' last new and highly popular Drama,
called the MAID OF MARIENDORPT, as produced this
Season, with the greatestsuccess, at the Theatre Royal, Hay-
market, and now performing there nightly with undiminished
attraction and also the last New Farce, never acted here,
called NICHOLAS: NICKLEBY; or, DOINGS AT
DO-THE-BOYS ALL, as adapted for theatrical repre-
sentation, from the c elebrated work of Boz, and performing
now in nightly succession at the Adelphi Theatre, with un-
precedented success, I :0 crowded auditories.—A CONCERT,
for which the celebrat ed "Vocalist, Mr. BENNETT, is engaged,
who will Sing two of his most populm. Songs, and a favour-
ite Duet with his Pupil,Miss ALDRIDGE, being her third
ap-
pearance on the stage.. Mr. FREDERICK GARDNER, of the
Royal Vauxhall Gard ens, will make his first appearance at
this Theatre, and Sing- two Popular Songs. To give variety
to the Entertainments, and for the gratification and holiday
amusement of the Juvenile Branches of Families, the servi-
ces of Mons. PLEGE and his two sons have been secured for
this night, and these unrivalled Artists will exhibit their
novel and astonishing feats of performance on the' TIGHT
ROPE.
ON FRIDAY EVENING. Dec. 21, 1838. will be per-
formed the Last New Play, written by Mr. Sheridan
Knowles, called the
MAID OF MARIENDORPT.
The principal characters by Mr. Stuart, Mr. Baker, Mr.
W. Howard, Mr. Gray, Mr. Webster, Mr. W. H. Bland,
Miss Faucit, Mrs.. Clarke, and Miss Cleaver.—To be followed
by
A CONCERT,
In which Mr. Beraiett, Mr. Gardner, Miss Land, Miss Grant,
and Miss Aldridge will sing several favourite Songs and Duets.
—After which Monsieur PLEGE, and his two sons will go
through their extraordinary performances on the TIGHT
ROI' P.
The Entertainments to conclude with the Popular and At-
tractive New Farce., called
NIC HULAS NICKLEBY;
OR, DOLkIGS AT DO-THE-BUYS HALL.
The principal characters by Mr. W. H. Bland, Mr. Chap-
lin, Mr. Webster, M r. Gray, Mr. J. Ridgway, Mr. T. Ridg.
way, Mr, Jonas, Mrs.. Tellet. Mrs. Clarke, Miss Faucit, Miss
Cleaver, Miss Land, Miss Grant, Mrs. Granby, Mrs. Ben-
well, Mrs. Edwards, a.nd Mrs. J. Ridgway.
Full particulars will b e announced in future Advertisements.
Tickets may be had of Mrs. Clarke, 1, Houghton-street,
Williamson-square; .at Mr. Himes' Music Warehouse,
Church-street; and o r Mr. Parker, at the Box-office of the
Theatre, of whom plac es may be taken from ten until three.

TO THE LADIES OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS
VICINITY.
MRS. NICHOLAS GEARY, 61, St. James's-street,
London, STAY and CORSET MAKER to Her Majesty
the Queen. the Queen Dowager, Her Imperial Highness the
Princess of Orange, and Royal Family, begs respectfully to
announce to the Nobility of Liverpool and its Environs, that
she has APPOINTED Mrs. CUTTER, Milliner, &c.&c.,
No. 11, Clarence-street, Rodney-street, HER 'SOLE
AGENT FOR LIVERPOOL, where they can be suited
with her elegant newly-invented Anatomical Stays, which
are also patronised and recommended by all the most distin-
guished Members of the Medical Profession in the Metro-
polis.

In consequence of the late Post-office regulations, the
LIVERPOOL STANDARD is now dispatched by the
Mail which leaves at half past Two o'clock in the
morning for London, Birmingham, Manchester, 4-c.
This arrangement renders it necessary that Adver-
tisements should be sent Jo the Office before Eight
o'clock on Monday and Thursday evenings.

Elie tiberpool ,Stantiatti.

TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 18, 1838.

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—By the new
packet. ship Roscius, which arrived here on Saturday
we have received New York papers to the 27th ult
The news brought by the Roscius is comparatively
unimportant. It appears that APls:enzie and Theller
have been endeavouring to get up another " sympa-
thising" meeting at Baltimore, but the attempt,
according to the representations of the New Yor k
papers, appears to have been abortive.

The following particulars are furnished in tlieKing
ston Chronicle respecting the issue of the engagemen
at Prescott :

" Ten barrels of powder and several stand of arms,
and 10000 rounds of ball cartridge, were fou ad in the
mill. Three pieces of artillery, which had been placed
n front of the door of the mill on a battery constructed
of loose stones, were also captured All the houses
in the possession of the brigands were set on fire,
except the mill, which was occupied during the night
by a company of militia.
"The only loss sustained by us on this occasion was
one of the light company of the gallant 83d iregi men t,
who was shot through the head.
" The loss of the pirates, as far as we can learn,is
as follows:
Killed on the 13th
Left dead on the field on Friday night 35

Total killed
Prisoners taken on Tuesday and sent to
Fort Henry
Surrendered unconditionally on Friday.. 132

Total prisoners. 152
"It is with extreme regret we learn that Captain
Drummond, of the Glengary Militia, was shot—hav-
ing gone into one of the houses on fire, and appearing
at one of the windows, it was supposed that he was a
rebel. The volunteers fired, and he fell dead.
"The body of Lieutenant Johnson, of the 83d
regiment, has been brought up. He will be interred
on Monday, at two o'clock, p.m. We would suggest
to our townsmen, as a mark of respect for the gallant
dead, that their shops be closed during the ceremony
of the funeral."

THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS AND THE REV. MR.
JAMES.—We are, by no means, advocates of the
popish principle that "the end sanctifies the deed;"
—that it is lawful "to do evil that good may come ;"
we do however, maintain that what may be, and are,
very properly, termed fearful calamities, delusions, &c.,
not unfrequently prove conducive to the most beneficial
results.

n elucidation of this our conviction, we need only

instance the lethiferous plague the Corporation has
inflicted on the children. receiving education under
auspices, evoking such a bold and honest and

truly Christian exposition of its baneful tendency as
that exhibited in the letters addressed by the Rev. Mr.
James to Mr. Wm. Rathbone. We earnestly recom-
mend them to the attentive perusal of every sincere
enquirer after truth,—to every individual not yet im•
pressed is ith a holy horror of the " abominable super-
stitions and blasphemous fables contained in the Popish
Catechism," and taught in the Corporation Schools..

We cannot, it is true, (latter ourselves with the
pleasing hope, that these ably penned letters will
have their appropriate effect on the gentlemen to
whom they are addressed, or on his liberal co-frater-
nity in council ;—far otherwise. It is rather to be
apprehended that the clique, finding their heads en-
lightened—(their hearts, however, remaining seared
and callous and untouched)—by them, will conceive
their pride injured, and be thus goaded to such a de-
gree of madness as to stimulate them to adopt (were
it possible) more latitudinarian principles, and a more
unscrupulous and rancorously persecuting hate toward
the faithful protestants against their heresy, and to-
wards the Established Church.

But there is an honest class in society, which, not
having its understanding—on religious subjects espe-
eially—warped and perverted to compass base, selfish,
party purposes, will lay the incontrovertible arguments
adduced by Mr. Jones, to heart, and which will be,
consequently, roused into energy and action for the
suppression of a system so nefarious, and so fraught
with detriment and ruin to the present and eternal
happiness of so many thousands of their fellow crea-
tures. There is, we affirm, a class in society thirsting,
as a parched soil, for information such as that conveyed
in the Rev. Mr. J.'s letter, which will eagerly imbibe
it, and, with alacrity and decision, manifest its convic-
tions by strenuous opposition to the elevation of men
to power so wofully besotted, or determinedly blinded,
by their own shallow and empty conceits and crudities,
as to withold from the children in the corporation
schools that inspired volume which the fountains of
wisdom herself declared should be " as a light to their
feet and a lantern to their path"—and this, gentle
reader,—can you believe it ?—" to avoid giving offence
to the bigotry and idolatry of Romanism !" Thus do
these truly " liberal" corporators offer open, undis-
guised insult to the great and beneficent and omnip