The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

PATRONISED BY THE FACULTY.

- - WOOLLEY'S PECTORAL CANDY.
THE rapidly-increasing sale of this invaluable
MEDICINE is a convincing proof of its efficacy. The
proprietor can confidently recommend it in all cases of Coughs,
sore Throats, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, and Weakness of the
Chest and Lungs, as well as for the relief and ultimate cure of
long-standing Asthmatic Affections, which have offered resist-
ance to the moat approved remedies. Being entirely free from
all noxious ingredients, and beneficial to the system generall:4
it may be taken by persons of all ages with perfect safety ; for
whilst powerful to heal and give relief to the chest and throat,
and to subdue and eradicate cough, its tendency is to cool and
purify the blood.

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The Proprietor has pleasure in submitting the following most
satisfactory testimonials selected from a great many .
" Chatham, April 18th, 1850.
" Dear Sir,—Mrs. Chiseman, of Garden-street, Brompton,
has been cured of a cough of four years' standing, by taking
one box of your Pectoral Candy, and is desirous of expressing
her gratitude, in order that others similarly afflicted may ob-
tain the same benefit. Please send me three dozen of the
large boxes for her brother to take out to the Mauritius with
him next week. I can also add my testimony that, from the
many cases I have seen of its decided efficacy, I am persuaded
it stands unrivalled as a general cough medicine.—Yours truly,
"To Mr. Woolley." "HENRY WATTS, Chemist, Chatham.
" Redditch, Worcestershire, March 17th, 1851.
" Sir,—l have the pleasure of informing you of the cure of a
sister of mine of Asthma of ten years' duration, by your Pec-
toral Candy.—l am, yours truly,
.: JAMES DuooiNS,
" N. 8.-1 could tell you of another cure,
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" Maidstone, August 7th, 1852.
~ pear Sir,—l have much pleasure of informing you of the
"To Mr. Kernot,
benefit I have received from Woolley's Pectoral Candy. I have
for many years suffered from Cough and Asthma, and I think:
I have tried nearly everything, such as Keating's Cough Lozen-
ges, Locock's Wafers, &c. &c. • I have consulted
. also many
eminent medical men. Until I fortunately got a box of your
' Candy,' which did and still continues t'
o give me more relief
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fully, " W 1 lAA AM BOOTEE, Carpenter, Sandling -road.
To the Proprietor of Woolley's Pectoral Candy. P.S.—You have my permission to make what use you like
of this Testimonial."
Prepared by WOOLLEY, Chemist, Maidstone; and sold in
boxes, Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each, by all Chemists and Medicine
Vendors THROUGHOUT THR WORLD.
Wholesale Agents i this District :—Liverpool • Messrs.
RABIES and CO.' 40, Hanover-street; EVANS, SON, and
CO., 52, Hanover-street. ,
Sold Retail in Liverpool by F. G. Jones, Chemist and Whole-
sale and Retail Patent Medicine Vendor, 5, Paradise-street,
and 78, London-road, one door from Seymour-street ; G. H.
Howell, Chemist, 72, Dale-street; Joel Kirkus, Chemist, 1,
Mill-street, corner of Stanhope-street; Charles Bromley, Che-
mist, 1, London-road. Birkenhead: Thomas S. Warry, Che-
mist, 3. Hamilton-street, Hamilton-square. Chester: E. Bo-
den, Chemist ; W. Higgins, Chemist. Manchester : Messrs.
3lottershead and Roberts, 1, Market-place; James Woolley,
69, Market-street; L. F. Brown, Chemist,Strangeways and
Broughton. Wigan; JAWS Kellett, Chemist, Ilan 'et-place,

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TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1853.

THE WEEK.

A WEEK devoted to the celebration of the Whit-
suntide holidays is not one likely to furnish many
exciting topics. The weather during the whole
time has been brilliantly fine, with warm sun and
cloudless skies, and the thousands who had been
for weeks, if not months past, in populous cities
pent, determined to make the most of it. The
trains from Manchester, Bolton, and other hives of
industry, brought in thousands, and the pleasure-
seekers, like seals, rushed to the water, until every
available steamboat, in all directions, was crowded
beyond the verge of comfort.
The usual weekly meetings of the public bodies
presented few features of public interest, the dis-
cussions partaking of that holiday character which
implied that nothing serious was intended.
On Saturday the Argentine, a new iron steam-
boat, to open the Brazilian line, was launched from
Mr. John Laird's yard at the Dingle, and yesterday
the same enterprising builder sent forth the Charity,
the third iron steam-vessel constructed by him for
the African Steam Navigation Company.

The Liverpool Election Committee were chosen
yesterday, by ballot, and all are on the qui vire as
to the result. The committee will be sworn on
Thursday, and commence business on Friday.

CHURCH RATES.—Hundreds of thousands have
been wasted in litigation, amounting altogether to
a sum which collectively far exceeds the total of the
rates actually in dispute. Exclusive dealing, dis-
continuance of employment, dispossession of ten-
ants from their occupancy—all the worst features of
the worst election contests—have marked the feud
between orthodoxy aryl dissent, between parish-
independence and churchwarden-control. And of
all persons who have suffered by this state of things,
the clergyman has suffered most. A mediator in
all other quarrels, in this quarrel he becomes, not
voluntarily, but as it were ex-officio, a kind of party
leader. The result is, a considerable diminution of
his influence wherever the church-rate battle has
been sharply fought, and a proportionate increase
of dissent. It would not be amiss if the opinion of
the working clergy could be taken as to the expe-
diency of continuing church-rates on their present
footing. Making all allowance for the love of tra-
dition which their habits and profession inspire, we
believe that a clear majority of three or four to one
would be returned in favour of a change. And not
without cause ; for, independent of the feuds and
heart-burnings to which we have alluded, the law
is absolutely inoperative wherever a strong party
has an interest in resisting it. Judges, lawyers,
clergy, churchwardens, vestry agitators, are all
equally aware of the fact. Since the litigation of
the Braintree case especially, it is an ascertained
fact that a majority of any vestry cannot practically
be coerced into imposing a rate. The rate may
therefore be defeated wherever one-half the rate-
payers are found to oppose it; and the small nu-
cleus of dissent is, in most boroughs, certain to be
swelled by a large addition of the economical, the
discontented, and the lovers of peace—the latter
anxious to bring about the only possible settlement
of a controversy which otherwise threatens to be
endless. We do not write theoretically. It is cer-
tain, as any recorded fact can he, that in almost
every large town where church-rate disputes have
run high they have ended in the total discontinu-
ance of the rate, and the adoption of the voluntary
principle. Innumerable instances are to be found
in the Report of the Parliamentary Committee of
1851. Now, the solution of such a result is not to
be found merely in the greater activity of one party,
and the sloth or indifference of the other. A wide-
spread phenomenon indicates a more deep-seated
cause. Practically, the verdict of the ratepayers of
England has been pronounced against the enforce-
ment of rates, in all places where they fall heavily
on Dissenters as well as on Churchmen. The
reason is plain. Prima' facie—we say no more—a
case of injustice appears to be made out. The
popular sympathy is against the law; and, opposed
to popular sympathy no law can, in this or any
country, be effectually carried into execution. The
question, then, stands thus : Church-rates must
be maintained, lest our churches fall into disrepair
and decay; church-rate law must be reformed, lest
a sense of unfairness impede its working altogether,
as it has already done to some extent. Can such a
solution of the problem before us be found ?—The
Press.

POLITICAL PROGRESS.-A CONTRAST.

(From The Press.)

TitERE are two men in England who occupy intel-
ligible positions, and only two. They are both
Liberals, both Reformers, and both Lancashire men,
and these are Lord Derby and Mr. Bright. With-
out Lord Derby the Reform Bill of Lord Grey, of
whom he has been the only faithful disciple, would
never have been carried. As Irish Minister, he
established the system of National Education, abo-
lished tithes, and remodelled the Church. As
Colonial Minister, he abolished slavery. Prime
Minister for less than a year, he reformed the Court
of Chancery, established the complete defences of
the country, and, though baffled by a combination
of parliamentary sections, with which the country
never sympathised, laid down such a basis of finan-
cial reform, that his successors can only copy,
appropriate, and exaggerate his plans. Lord Derby
is a disciple of progress, but it is progress in the
spirit of the English constitution, and of the
national character. He represents, therefore, Eng-
lish progress.

Mr. Bright is also a disciple of progress ; but it
is not—and avowedly it is not—progress in the
spirit of the English constitution and of our national
character. Speaking of our electoral system, and
especially of that half million of county electors
whose purity and public spirit mainly uphold at
present our representative scheme, he has declared
and lamented that- " political power is deposited
with them," and that " he, for one, seeks to change
the depositary of power in this country." Mr.
Bright, therefore, is against the main elements of
the House of Commons. At a banquet at Liver-
pool, returning thanks for the health of the House
of Lords, Lord Derby had taken occasion to vindi-
cate the character and usefulness of that assembly.
The next day, at Manchester, at a dinner given to
the Minister of the United States, Mr. Bright boldly
controverted the arguments of Lord Derby, and
gave it as his opinion that a senate should be elec-
tive, and not territorial. Mr. Bright, therefore, is
against the House of Lords. His opinion of all
religious corporations and establishments is never
concealed. He unequivocally condemns them.
Mr. Bright, therefore, is against the Church. He
is, in short, against all the estates of the realm.
Mr. Bright, then, also is a disciple of progress ; but
it is a progress in the spirit of the American con-
stitution and of the American character. He re-
presents, therefore, American progress.
Lord Derby would effect all necessary changes
by the wise management of existing powers, that
is, by traditionary influences, to which the commu-
nity is accustomed, and to which it defers with a
reverential recollection of past services. The policy
of Mr. Bright is to sweep away all existing autho-
rity, and, instead of traditionary influences, to avail
himself of power in its crudest, or, as he deems
most logical, form—that of a "tyrant majority."

THE INDIAN CHARTER.—
The numerous meetings of
the Cabinet have been mainly devoted to I: , ian affairs.
We may, therefore, confidently expect to see announced
a comprehensive and well-considered measure. be alWithout
l
its l l
anticipating what that measure may turn out to
its details, it is easy enough to expect that the present
Board of Directors must be improved and corrected by an
infusion of responsible members, appointed by the highest
authority, and consisting of men conversant with public
affairs, and a knowledge of government, and of the vast
empire to be dealt with, wholly or in part, under their
guidance and jurisdiction. It may be necessary to intro-
duce such a change as this sparingly at first, but, in the long
run. the responsible element must necessarily be brought
to form the larger portion of the growing power. The
administration of justice has excited so much attention at
last, and been SO unsparingly exposed, that a full and
searching inquiry must be instituted, with a view to a
complete reform in this most important of all the engines
of good government. The union of judge and of exciseman
in one and the same person, and appointed, too, by such
incompetent authority, must be totally put an end to.
Nothing short of a better selection of educated men, to
administer the laws, can or ought t satisfy public opinion I
now fully aroused to the necessity o is thorough change.
These will, in all probability, form the leading features of
the proposed changes. The details affecting the general
government of India were so fully settled by the last act
for renewing the charter of the company, and the condi.
tions so minutely laid down, that probably much less than
is generally supposed will remain to be done in the new
organisation for the government of our Eastern empire.—
Observer.

I FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.—The opening of the great annual exhibition
of the works of living artists is the great event of the week
in Paris. On Saturday, the Emperor, accompanied by
the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and M. Fould, Minis-
ter of State, went to the Menus-Plaisirs to view the pic-
tures, which were thrown open on Sunday to the public.
The display is rich in portraits, and the portraits are rich
in every form and shape of their Majesties the Emperor
and Empress. On the other hand, it is remarkable that
the likenesses of other eminent persons, especially those
who have been considered unfavourable to the Imperial
regime, are somewhat scarce.

An attempted strike among the working bronze manu-
facturers at Paris has just been quelled with a strong
hand. The workmen of M. Mericeau, Rue de la Cerisaie,
demanded a diminution of one hour in their working
time, which has hitherto been 12 hours, inclusive of the
time allowed for meals. Their ultimatum not being
accepted, they left work, and went round to other manu-
factories, attempting to induce the workmen to strike, in
some instances with success. The masters having com-
plained to the police, thirteen men were arrested. All
but four have since been released, and the men generally
have returned to their work without conditions.
The Paris papers are restricted, in their Turkish news,
to such accounts as the Government find it most con-
venient to concur in. The Moniteur, however, has an
article which shows that the Government is not disposed
to question the ultimatum presented by the Russian
Ambassador, Prince Menschikoff.
The plot said to have been discovered among the Paris
Legitimists is made the pretext for additional arrests every
day among the members of that party. Within the last
three days upwards of thirty persons have been arrested.
They are all confined in Mazas prison. None of those
arrested are persons of note, but several of them were
members of the Cerele de la Rise Duphot, a Legitimist
Club which played a conspicuous part during the exist-
ence of the Republic, and of which the Marquis de La-
rochejacquelin (now a Senator and Bonapartist) was the
President.

It is said that the Emperor and Empress will go to
Eaux Bonnes about the 20th of July. If this be true,
there will either be no coronation this summer, or it will
take place early in July. Although apartments have
been prepared at the Tuileries for the reception of the
Pope of Rome, nothing has transpired to shew that his
Holiness has given any promise that he will come to
Paris ; on the contrary, the last accounts from Rome are,
that the Pope intends, after the religious fetes of June, to
go to Naples.

SWITZERLAND.—The Swiss journals continue to
be filled with details, of the scenes which took place at
Bulle, in the canton of Friburg, during the late election.
The Bavarian Envoy, following the example of Baden
and Wurtemberg, has urged on the Federal Council the
necessity of a speedy settlement of the dispute with Austria.
The New Zurich Gazette, of the 16th, says :—" The
Pope's Nuncio has presented to the government of the
canton of Friburg a note demanding the re-integration of
Bishop Mari lley, and the abrogation of a legislation which
he calls anti-religious. The note is couched in offensive
terms."

AUSTRIA.—The preliminary examination of the per-
sons accused of having participated i❑ the insurrection of
Milan is concluded. Documents were produced to prove
that money, as well as proclamations, were distributed on
the part of Kossuth and Mazzini. The arms seized were
of English and American manufacture.

TURKEY.—The Turkish news, with regard to the
question of the Holy Places, is contradictory. We learn
from Marseilles that the Scamandre, which left Constan-
tinople on the sth instant, seconds the news by way of
Trieste, that the Divan had received intimation of the
proposed ultimatum of Prince Menschikoff demanding the
establishment of the Protectorate of the Greek Church,
and certain modifications in the terms lately granted to
France on the subject of the Holy Places. The Chapelat,
which sailed from Constantinople on the 7th, and the
Caradoc on the Bth, both bring despatches for the French
and English Governments, but their contents have not
transpired. _ _

The death of the Sultan's mother occurred on the Ist
instant, through suppuration of the knee joint. The event
caused a suspension of diplomatic business. The Sultana
had always been known as a most amiable woman, and
was greatly beloved by her son. She was originally a Cir-
cassian slave.

A telegraphic communication from Paris states that
there is no truth in the account of news from Constanti-
nople having reached the Russian legation at Paris to
any later date than the 7th instant ; it says, that the
answer of the Porte to prince Menschikoff was to be given
on the 10th ; and that the rumour was unfounded that
Prince Menschikoff's ultimatum had been accepted by the
Porte.

A telegraphic despatch, received in Paris on Sunday
from Brussels, announces a change in the Ministry at
Constantinople. Mustapha Pacha is appointed Grand
Vizier ; the former Grand Vizier, Mehemet Ali Pacha, is
now Minister of 'War; Ali Pacha, Minister for Foreign
Affairs; Fuid Effendi, Minister of the Interior; and
Rifaat Pacha, Minister 3f Justice.
The period fixed by Prince Menschikoff for the reply of
the Porte to his ultimatum has been extended.

AUSTRALIA.—The ship Atrevida, Captain Shere,
which left Port Philip on the 23rd of February, was off
Plymouth on Sunday, and landed twenty-five passengers,
retaining twenty-eight on board. She has 27,000 ounces
of gold dust, and is gone on to London. Her passengers
estimate the quantity of gold brought into Melbourne
weekly, by escort and otherwise, at 80,000 ounces, and
this was increasing. The market price £3 17s. 01. per
oz., was also on the rise, and the exchange on London
was at par. Flour £2l to £22 per ton; the 41b. loaf,
ls 4d ' • beef and mutton, 4d. to 6d. per lb. ; cabbages,
2s. each ; eggs, 6s. per dozen. The colony was flourish-
ing.

The Melbourne steamer left Port Philip on the 6th of
February with 17,269 ounces.

The Sarah Sands steamer left on the 11th of February
with 40,092 ounces and the famous nugget, 1341b5. 8
ounces.

The following sailing vessels had departed :—The
Admiral, February 2nd, with 15,211 ounces; the Norhum-
berland, on the 6th, with 17,054 ounces ; the John Taylor,
with 11,081 ounces ; and the Robert Sale, with 13,836
ounces.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT,

The United States mail steam-ship Humboldt, which
sailed from New York on the ith instant, arrived off
Cowes on Wednesday evening, and having landed the
mails and passengers, proceeded on her voyage to Havre.
She had on board a ten-horse power caloric engine, be-
longing to Captain Ericsson, to put into operation in
France, to secure the patent in that country for the caloric
principle.

The Hon. David Merewether had been appointed gover-
nor of New Mexico by President Pierce. The latest
accounts from Texas state that Caravajal was still a
prisoner at Brownsville, and that the reported gold dis-
coveries in Texas had turned out a hoax, all the gold
having been brought from California. TIIB steam-ship
Cincinnati has been lost near the mouth of the Brazos.
The New Brunswick papers of the sth instant state
that the legislature was prorogued by the governor on the
3rd instant. His speech stated that the subject of the
fisheries and trade with the United States had been sub-
mitted by him to the Secretary of State for the colonies.