The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-23 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

MR. AND MRS. WOOD,

Of the Theatres-royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane, are
en gaged for TEN NIGHTS, and will make their second
appearance THIS EVENING, in the characters of Fra Dia-
volo and Zerlina, in the Opera of FRA DIAVOLO, in
which

MR. BARKER,
Principal Tenor Singer of MR. Braham's Theatre. London
and of the Theatres-royal, Dublin and Edinburgh, wil.
make his second appearance at this Theatre in the cha•
ratter of Lorenzo.

MISS LAND,
From the Theatre-royal Covent-garden, is also engaged, and
will make her second appearance here in the character of
Lady Alleash.
ritHIS present TUESDAY, October 23, 1838, will be per-
formed Auber's Opera of

FRA DIAVOLO;
OR, THE INN OF TERRACINA.
Zerlina
Fra Diavolo Mr. WOOD.
Lorenzo Mr. BARKER.
Lady Alleash
To conclude with the Melodrama of
ROBERT MACAIRE.
Robert Macaire Mr. NV HOWARD.
Jacques Strop Mr. BAKER.

WEDNESDAY, the favourite Opera of LA SOM-
NAMBULA. Anima, Mrs. Wood; Elvino, Mr. Wood,
Liza, Miss Land; Rodolpho, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Assessio,
Mr. Baker; Anisette, Miss Graut.—After which the musical
farce of NOI Frederick, Mr. Barker; Sir G. Doubtful;
Mr. W. Howard ; Commodore Hurricane, Mr. Baker ;
Maria, Miss Land.—To conclude with the new drama of
TOM NODDY'S SECRET. Tom Noddy, Mr. Baker;
Captain Ormond, Mr. W. Howard; Inkpen, Mr. Slaiter;
Mary, Miss Grant; Gabrielle, Mrs. Tenet.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

GRAND CARNIVAL!!

rrIHE Public are most respectfully informed, that a
1. MASQUERADE and CARNIVAL, on a scale of
Unequalled Magnificence, will take place at the above
Theatre, on MONDAY EVENING. October 29th, 1838.
In order to give due effect to this interesting Fete, the
most commodious Public Building in Liverpool bas been
engaged and prepared for the occasion. The Queen's Thea-
tre presents advantages not to be found elsewhere—indepen-
dent of the Spacious SALLE, the SALOONS and REFRESH-
MENT, and ATTIRING ROOMS are all on that convenient
scale, so absolutely necessary for the full success of a Festi-
val of this description. No expense has been spared to im-
prove the local advantages, and there can be no doubt, the
liberal outlay manifest, will convince the Public that nothing
has been left undone, that could possibly contribute to their
Amusement and Gratification. The PIT and CIRCLE have
been Covered with an entire New Flooring, level with the
Stage, forming a Bat I, Room, 100 Feet in Length ! The
Floor will be appropriately Chalked, and divided with Silken
Cords and Tassels, in such-a manner as to prevent confusion
from the Dancers mingling with the Characters and Prome-
naders, the Entire Hall will be illuminated with thousands of
Variegated Lamps! Interspersed with Fancy Foliage, and
a vast variety of Richly-painted Transparencies!
Mr. HUGHES' able and efficient QUADRILLE
BAND, consisting of Twenty Performers, is engaged for the
Dancing.
A MILITARY BAND will also attend, and Perform, at
Intervals, the most popular Overtures, Battle Pieces, &c.
A GENTLEMAN is appointed Alaster of the Ceremo-
nies, and will preside on the occasion.
The SUPPER will be provided on a liberal scale, and the
most moderate Terms.

Fancy Dresses, Costumes, Masks, &c. may be had on ap-
plication at the Box Lobby, on SATURDAY and MONDAY,
October 13th and 15th.

Double

Gentlemen's Tickets, ss. Ladies"Fickets, 3s.
Tickets, to admit a Lady and Gentleman, 7s. 6d.
In order to accommodate that portion of the Public who
may wish to witness the Splendid Scene without sustaining
Characters, the Boxes will be thrown open to admit Ladies
to witness the Fete.—Tickets, 3s. each.
Tickets to be bad at the STANDARD-OFFICE; Mr. GAS-
XELL'S, 45, Lord-street ; the MERCURY-OFFICE ; of Mr.
BICKEJISTAFF. Queen's Theatre; and of the Committee, at
Mr. Bickerstafrs; also, at the principal Music Shops, &c.

irbe iLiberpool ef:tanbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 23, 1838.

{IT The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this
morning at 6 o'clock.

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—We. rejoice to learn
that our conservative friends are fully determined to
contest every ward at the approaching election, and
that their hopes of success continue to brighten as
the canvass is proceeding ; whilst, on the other
hand, there are evident symptoms of conscious weak-
ness, and palpable tokens of anticipated defeat, in the
radical camp. The scribes in the pay of the liberal
faction are busily employed in their customary avoca-
tion in seeking to prop up a rotten cause by vilifying
the characters and misrepresenting the motives of the
conservative candidates. When we find them thus
having recourse to vulgar and personal abuse, we mat•
rest assured that they advocate a desperate cause. It
is not the wont of men who are confident of success in
any party enterprise to substitute for sound reason in-
vectives which arc only worthy of the atmosphere of
Billingsgate. That such is the style in which the li-

beral prints carry on their opposition must be evident
to every one who will take the trouble to wade through
the disgusting trash contained in the Mercury, the
Chronicle, the Journal, and the Albion, in reference
to the municipal election. It would be a Herculean
task to undertake the exposure of all the barefaced lies
which these papers have sent forth to mislead the con-
stituency on the subject. We feel assured, however,
that all their efforts to delude the public will be in vain.
The electors of Liverpool, we are persuaded, have too
much sound sense, too strict a regard for truth, and too
much discrimination of character to be led astray by
the thousand idle tales invented by our radical eon
temporaries and their correspondents. The respect-
ive candidates are now in the field, and must either
stand or fall on their own merits and on the justice of
the cause with which they are politically identified.
Most of them are generally known among their fellow-
townsmen. Some of them have obtained considerable
notoriety as noisy and brawling agitators, and are
more than suspected of being rank republicans in
principle. We need not inform our friends that these
individuals do not claim the suffrages of the electors
as conservatives. The latter are men of a far different
stamp—staunch loyalists—sound churchmen—and ar •
der.t admirers of our glorious constitution. We ap
peal to our fellow-townsmen whether the latter are not
far more deserving of public confidence than men who,
like lgreir liberal opponents, habitually ridicule the regal
office—hate the church—and embrace every opportu-
nity in their power to introduce organic changes in
the time-honoured institutions of the country.
We have already stated that the members of the
Church of England have it in their power, if they only
prove true to the interests of the church, to return six-

teen conservatives into the Town Council on the first
of November. Not a single Unitarian, Baptist, Qua.
ker, or Anythingarian would stand the remotest chance,
in any one of the wards, of being returned, if his elec-
tion depended upon the votes of the motley tribe of
fanatics, unbelievers, or Papists, who are found in
league for the destruction of the Established Church.
If the examples of the Bishop of Durham anti Nor.

wich were not too generally followed by the profmt-
ing churchmen of Liverpool, there would he no need
of any reiterated appeals to the electors on behalf of
the Conservative candidates, especially when it is con-
sidered that nearly the whole body of the Methodists
are found ranking on the side of the church. On this
point we may also remark, in passing, that a far larger
proportion, numerically speaking, of the Methodists
would be found, on analysing the lists of voters, sup.
porting the Conservative candidates, than of nominal
Churchmen. Is not this a scandal ? Is it not a cuing

shame that men who would scorn the appellation of
sectarians, and who would consider it an insult to call
into question the sincerity of their attachment to the
Established Church, should be mainly instrumental in
filling our Municipal councils with Socinians, Papists,
and Infidels ? Out upon such mockery ! We cannot
consider any man to be a true Churchman who so far
sacrifices his consistency as to give his support to an
open enemy of the church. We allow that it is quite
possible that a sincere Churchman may be deceived
by the false professions of those who are, ostensibly
at least, members of the same communion. We allow
that it is by no means improbable that some unsuspect-
ing Churchmen may have been induced to repose their
confidence in such men as Mr. Walmaley and Mr. Earle.
But we feel assured that no true friend to the church
would ever be induced to vote a second time for such
Churchmen as the gentlemen whom we have named.
The case of those who, while they claim the title of
Churchmen, give their unqualified support to men who
nave repeatedly declared their hostility to the esta-
blishment, is far different. All those self-styled
Churchmen who vote for such men as Mr. Coglan, Mr.
Harvey, &c., have no excuse to offer for their gross
inconsistency. Nothing can palliate their offence.
They wilfully aid the enemy in attacking the Esta-
blished Church.

We are anxious to keep this point before the public
--that no triumph can be achieved by the radical,
dernocratical, church-destroying faction, but through
the direct assistance afforded by members of the
Church of England. We would have such unworthy
conduct exposed on erery fitting occasion. The con-
test for Municipal power is a contest for PROTESTANT
ASCENDANCY. Every one, therefore, who interposes
his influence to prevent so glorious a consummation,