The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-07 00:00:00

OPINIONS OF THE LIVERPOOL JOURNALS.

"The elegance with which it is fitted, the promptitude and
neatness with which everything is served up, render it the most
fashionable restaurant.—Standard.

.4 TRH RESTA URA NT, CLAYTON-SQUARE.—We have no doubt
the promises which Feeney makes to the ear, he will, unlike
Macbeth's Witches, keep both to the ear and the hope."—
Mercury.

" The'dinners and suppers cannoVbe excelled for variety, or
lowness in charges.—Albion.

" It consolidates the reputation of the proprietor as a caterer
for the public.--Mail.

" Suitable to all classes ; the wines are of undeniable quality."
—Times
THE FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT, YTON-SQUARE.—A
restaurant fitted up in the Oriental -e, possessing very su-
perior accommodation."—Albion
LIST PRICES.
s. d.
Joints to cut from, wi alid and Cheese
Ditto from Cold ditto 1 0
A Dinner of Hot Cold Meat from Joints OlO
Lunch, Ham o ieef Sandwich
Small Steak, with Potatoes 0 $
Dinner ditto ditto
Dinner ditto, with Oyster Sauce 1 4
Small Chop, with Potatoes 0 8
Dinner ditto ditto
Two Stewed or Broiled Kidneys and Potatoes 0 8
Small Veal or Mutton Cutlet, &c.
Dinner Ditto 1 3
Welsh Rabbit 0 6
Cup of Coffee o 4
Ditto with Toast 0 6
Potted Shrimps, per Pot
Tarts of all descriptions, 3d., 4d., and 6d. each

DINNER OF SOUP, JOINT, CELERY AND CHEESE,
FOR EIGHTEEN PENCE! ! !

BOTTLED WINES.

In Quarts. ✓ Pints. Half-pints.
Fine Rich Amontillado 4s. od. 2s. Od. s. Od.
Old Crusty Port
Rich Fruity Claret 7s, Od. 4s. Od.
Sparkling Champagxe
Hock
And other celebrated Wines, &c.
CELEBRITY OF THE LONDON OYSTERS.

The acknowledged superiority of the London Oysters, and
the difficulty, of obtaining them regularly even in this great
commercial town, has induced the proprietor to arrange with
one of the first Fishmongers of Billinsgate, from whom he daiiy
receives

AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF THE NATIVES;
but, as all the Liverpool Journals have eulogised them, Mr. F.
submits their recommendation rather than his own
"A dish of the finest Oysters we, ever remember to have seen
or tasted ; we can honestly recommend them."—Mercury.
" We can safely vouch for their fine condition and excellent
flavour ; better cannot certainly be had in London or else.
where."—Standard.

" FEENV's ORIENTAL DIVAN.—We have seen, sad, -what is
far better, we have tasted, some of the London Oysters which
Mr. Feeny, of the Oriental Divan, Clayton-square, is now daily
receiving from London. We recommend cur friends to pay the
Divan a visit, and judge of the Oysters by their size, freshness,
and delicious flavour. They cannot form any but the most
favourable judgment of them."—Journal.
LONDON OYSTERS RECEIVED DAILY.
Is. per Barrel, .or Is. 4d. per Score.

A PRIVATE ROOM FOR DINNER PARTIES.

DAILY BILL OF FARE
Is of the most recherche description.
SOUPS, including Turtle and a variety of others.
Fists, according to the market supply.
Front One o'Clock till Sereu.—Joints and Poultry of every de-
scription are served with dispatch and care.
Roast and Boiled Beef, Saddles and Haunches of
Mutton, Boiled Leg of Mutton and Caper Sauce.
Roast lurkey, Boiled Rabbits and Onion Sauce,
Le Petit Patty, and various Cotelettes, and En-
trees to order.
• Sweets, &c.

STAI r. OF RELIGION IN SPAIN.—The state of religious
belief in Spain, once the stronghold of faith, though a
glooiny and superstitious faith, is indeed lamentable ; we
have ourselves heard Spaniards,—civilians, soldiers, and
priests,—express the opinion, that one-third of the entire
nation are secret or avowed infidels : this may be—we
would fain hope it is—an exaggerated estimate ; but, at
all events, it comes from themselves, and indicates at the
best a fearful condition now, and a terrible prospect for
the future. There has been no bishop consecrated in
Spain for nearly fifteen years, so that more than one-third
of the sees are now vacant. We observe that a concordat
has at length been entered into between the government
and the pope, by virtue of which thirty bishops are now
to be appointed : we trust it may be the means of re-esta-
blishing a better state of things than at present exists.
The estimation in which the clerical profession is now
held may be judged of by two or three significant facts
(we speak from observation). First, it is a comparatively
rare thing to see a ykung priest ;-2ndly, in the southern
towns of Spain, the clergy seldom appear in the streets
in their clerical dress until it begins to grow dark ; this,
at least, was their practice until very lately ;—and, 3dly,
we have seen them begging, even of foreigners, in the
streets. Such at any rate, is the case, in Catalonia and
Andalusia, and we have reason to believe it is not differ-
k.ent elsewhere.— Church .3f JErw4uid )tagazine.

THE POWER OF RUSSIA OVER GREAT

BRITAIN.

The Russian system of banking is remarkable. That
country, which has lately become one of the greatest gold
producers of the world, employs for its own internal use a
paper circulation, but the basis upon which that circulation
rests, is commonly reported to be a sum of from thirty to
forty thousand millions in-gold, lodged in the hands and
at the disposal of the Emperor. This large amount of
bullion bad hitherto remained unemployed, but Nicholas,
observing that the French funds had, like our own, very
much declined, and that bullion was the great desideratum
in both countries, determined, with much apparent gene-
rosity, to step in to their rescue. No one save the Czar
had any control over the keys which could open this hid-
den hciard, and with a discernment which does credit to
his abilities, he set at liberty "the imprisoned angels,"
and in return for his unprofitable gold, purchased at most
advantageous rates, a deep interest in the national securi-
ties of England and of France. The immediate result of
that measure is a large accretion of revenue to the Empe-
ror, who is now one of our chief creditors,. for whom the
manufacturer is bound to toil : the ultimate tendency is
yet in the womb of time, but no thinking man will con-
template without alarm the power, which so gigantic and
ambitious a state as Russia has thereby gained within the
very fortress of our strength. If we continue in a blind
and obstinate adherence to the system of the bullionist
party, we shall give the Russian government such oppor-
tunities of enriching itself at our expense as no foreign po-
tentate has ever possessed before. It is quite well known
that large purchases of national stock have already been
made with the gold of the Muscovite ; and therein the au-
tocrat has acted wisely for himself—far more wisely than
our enlightened rulers have thought proper to act for us—
for he has put out the money to usury, and the basis of the
Russian circulation, instead of being profitless gold, is now
composed of British and French securities, bought in
when the market was at its lowest ebb, and yielding a
large return. If our monetary laws should still remain
unaltered, and trade should notwithstanding revive, it will
be the interest of the Russian, so soon as the funds have
reached their culminating point, to sell out largely, and
by forcing the gold from the Bank of England, create an
artificial scarcity of the precious metal, which, followed as
it must be by an immediate contraction of our paper cur-
rency, would cause a second panic, and a second prostra-
tion of the funds. By buying cheap and selling high—the
favourite maxim of the free-traders—he would thus realise
an exorbitant profit, and be enabled, should he choose it,
to replace the bullion basis of the Russian circulation.
But this, as a matter of course, he would not do. The
low state of the funds would again offer an irresistible
temptation. Fresh purchases of stock, this time made
with our own money, would revive public confidence in
Britain, and so things would go on, alternately rising and
falling without any obvious external cause, but in reality
according to the will of a huge foreign fundholder, who,
with each successive movement, must be the gainer, whilst
we deny ourselves the means of securing the equilibrium
of our own monetary transactions at home. Under our
present system, the sale or purchase of national securities
to the extent of a few millions, has a wonderful effect upon
the market. Add the further elements of gold exportation
and paper contraction, or the reverse, and the effect be-
comes prodigious. The purchases already made on the
Emperor's account, are reported to have been most heavy,
and the process at the moment when we write, is being
again repeated. This is, in reality, a subject of the gra-
vest nature, and it shouid not be passed over by the legis-
lature without remark. The Whigs, in all probability,
hail such successive importation of Russian bullion, as so
many pledges of returning prosperity, not seeing nor un-
derstanding the frightful price which we may hereafter be
called upon to pay, nor the perils of that artificial fluctua-
tion to which we may be exposed. We have put our-
selves, as the experience of the last few months has
shown, at the mercy of gold, and consequently at the
mercy of any foreign power who can supply us with that
coveted commodity; and so we must remain, if the plain
sense of the nation does not rouse itself to sweep away the
formula of our currency practitioners.—Blackwood.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 4.—The brokers'
officers have been but indifferently supplied with samples
this week suitable for either grocery or refining purposes ;
and though we cannot quote any positive decline, the
market closes heavily. The demand for rum has been
active, and about 300 puncheons, principally Jamaica,
have been sold at fully former rates. The imports for
the week have been 112 hogsheads, 3 tierces, and 100
bags of sugar.

A QUEER ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE..—WiII any
gentleman, acquainted with the West Indian markets,
inform us of the meaning of the following paragraph,
which we find amongst the " Market Intelligence" in the
last Jamaica Despatch ?—" ALEWIVES—Are scarce, and
in good demand. The last parcel was disposed of at 255.
per barrel." We imagined at first that, taking the word
in its ordinary acceptation, the emancipated niggers of
Jamaica had left off rum drinking and taken to beer in
these hard times ; and that consequently " Alewives,"
of which we have a superabundance in this country, were
in demand, and might be exported with advantage. The
last sentence however put us all abroad ; for although
" Alewives" have a very natural connexion with barrels,
we never heard of their being " disposed of" at " per
barrel," notwithstanding their liability, in common with
other fallible human beings, to be disposed of by the
strength of their contents.
THE INFLUENZA IN SCOTLAND.—III the north of
Scotland an epidemic of a most unprecedented and re-
markable character has, we are sorry to say, prevailed
during the last two or three weeks. It began in Dundee,
and then swept over the whole of..the east coast until it
reached the extreme point of Kinnaird's head, when it
took a westerly direction, and is now extending along the
shores of the Murray Frith, and inland through the lower
districts in the direction of Huntley, Keith, Elgin, to
Inverness. It affects the system first by pain in the
throat ; then follow headache, sickness, with expectora-
tion of a dark bilious-looking substance, and general
debility all over the body. In the city of Aberdeen to
such an extent did this epidemic prevail last week, that
for one or two days University and King's College—now
in session—was closed ; at Marischal College and Univer-
sity half the students were ill; at the Grammar School
the same proportion were afflicted. At Gordon's Hospi-
tal, out of 150 boys, 55 were confined to their beds. The
West-end Academy had to be shut up for r. few days ;
and amongst, those who are able to attend the schools
'there was nothing to be heard but the incessant cough, as
it the pupils were breathing a pestilential atmosphere.
On Sunday the churches and chapels were half empty,
and so general had the epidemic become among the clergy,
that supplies for several of the pulpits had to be got from
Edinburgh and other places in the south. At Montrose
the epidemic has been equally alarming. One school was
short 65 scholars ; another 60 ; a third 50 ; and so on ; the
total deficiency in all the schools being 810 scholars.
Some of the public works have been stopped for want of
hands, and it may be said that in every family in these
districts some one is ill. The weather, which had been
damp and rainy, was considered to be the principal cause
of tha disease. We are glad to hear that very few deaths
have occurred.

According to Punch, many enthusiasts, who, in the
year forty-five, were prepared to throw- a viaduct across
the world, are now scarcely able to construct a bridge to
carry them safely over their last week's washing-bill.
RED AND PALE ANGER.—The first is of a violent and
explosive nature : it generally affects the sanguineous.
The circulation of the blood is accelerated, the breathing
is difficult and panting, the features flushed, the swoln
veins are visibly enlarged under the integuments, the eyes
flash fire and become injected with blood, the lips, con-
tracted, expose the teeth, the voice becomes hoarse, the
hearing difficult, foam will occasionally issue from the
mouth ; in short, the features assume the character of
mania, arising evidently from a congestion of blood on the
brain ; and under the violence of the paroxysm the angry
, fnodr
perfectly
efetchntlye
itn,eainngl,Viallmkannoracr:oinrdeissetir.ahninit,
restraint,
ilsiisinfduereyd,
uncontrollable. Such was the case of Charles VI., of
France, who being violently incensed against the Duke of
Bretagne, and burning with aspirit of malice and revenge,
could -neither eat, drink, nor sleep for many days and
nights, and at length became furiously mad; as he was
riding on horseback, drawing ills sword and striking pro-
miscuously every one who approached him. In pale anger
the liver, the digestive organs, are more engaged, and.
jaundice, inflammation of the liver, bilious affections are
ushered in. In this anger the circulation is languid, the
pulse small and irregular, the breathing short and op-
pressed, a cold perspiration oozes from every pore, the
teeth are locked or chattering, the eyes fixed and glassy,
the features pale and contracted, a general tremor shakes
the whole frame, and the hidividual sufferer, for such he
is, appears overwhelmed by the exaltation of passion :
he can scarcely•articulate a word, stammers his execra-
tions, and seems to seek for language sufficiently energetic
and bitter to express his wrath. His countenance is so
altered by the violence of his emotions that he is scarcely
recognizable. . _

WHAT EDUCATION ts.—No school, however perfect its
discipline, or admirable its machinery, as an engine of in-
tellectual development, can be an adequate substitute for
a virtuous and well-ordered home. Now a little consi--
Aeration will show that this must be the case. When a
teacher wishes to impress on the mind of his pupil a por-
tion of knowledge—a rule in arithmetic we shall say—he
can multiply examples, and in every variety of form ; he
can add proof to precept, and heap illustration upon illus-
tration, until, at last. the mind of the learner yields to
their force, and becomes thoroughly penetrated by the
principles in question. Let him now take a rule in
morality—the duty of benevolence suppose—he may rea-
son, he may advise, he may exhort; he may show that
this virtue is inculcated by parable or by precept, in al-
most every page of the inspired writings of the apostles ;
he may prove that it is peculiarly evangelical virtue
; his
hearers may cheerfully accord their intellectual assent to
everything he asserts. But here his power ends. It is
but seldom he can practically enforce his- precepts, very
seldom he can say, go thou and do likewise." Schools
are in general more successful in their treatment of the
-head than of the heart. The ethics of a school are but
little developed except in a play-ground ; a fact, by the
way, of the greatest importance, though but little at-
tended to ; and which proves how essentially necessary it,
is, not; only that-such-an appendage should be attached to
every.school, but that the training and education which
goes on there even more vigorously than during school
hours, should be carefully superintended. To conclude.
then: if we admit the great principle for which I contend,
that the one true object of education is to implant and
to cultivate enduring habits in our moral and our intellec-
tual nature ; and if still further we concede, that however
emulation may strengthen the growth of the former,it is
powerless for good as regards the latter; it will follow, as
a necessary conclusion from these premises, that to attempt
to test the force of religions habits by public examination,
or to secure a knowledge of sacred subjects by open
competition,- is neither conducive to religious training,
nor consistent with the true scope of Christian instrue-
lime—Examination the Province of the Slate, by De.:
Jainei Booth, F,8.N., 10.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.