The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-11 00:00:00

Had Protestants done this in 1829, Wellington—the
too confiding Wellington—would have been spared
many a bitter pang that his breast has since felt, and
the British empire many a disgrace that she has since
been impotent to ward off or wipe out. Had they
done this when the infamous national education bill
was broached, to-day it would not be required of them
to found new schools into which to transplant the
good, old, national, scriptural mode of education pur-
sued
in the old seminaries from which the thorny hide
of Popery has driven them., Secondly,—it should teach •
them to seek out men discreet and wise, whose passport
into Pat liament at the next election must be "Pro-
testant ascendancy in church and state," and " no
Popery !" We shall not then find the sacrifice of Pro-
testant life and property palliated or passed over with-
out active and searching inquiry, nor the sources of
law and justice overawed and trampled upon without
having the demons of anarchy, superstition, and ty-
ranny visited with merited retributive punishment.
To effect this great and devoutly to be desired good,
how small is the effort required 1 Apathy, however,
will never effect it. The strong man must exert his
strength if he wish to be victorious. He must not be
dormant while his enemy is vigilant and active. When
Samson slept, by the simple cutting off a lock of his
hair, he was robbed of his strength. " Principiis
obsta"—thus s,:yr we.

The Protestant clergy have a great weight of re•
sponsibility resting on them at the present juncture.
It is ridiculous trash and nonsense to say that the
clergy have no right to interfere in politics. They
are men, and, as men, must fight the battle of their
great Captain against all his enemies, come they in a
spiritual or bodily shape. Popery is His enemy, and
it is insidiously rooting itself at the base of our con-
stitution, of which the Established Church is at once
the brightest ornament and support. Faithfulness,
therefore, compels the clergy to protest against the un-
holy connexion, and to warn unceasingly their flocks,
that they be not allured by any specious sophistry or
worldly cant to tolerate what is diametrically opposed
to every principle from which Protestantism derives
it: splendour and usefulness.
England expects, therefore, that the clergy will do
their duty ; and they will do it we have no doubt.

THE " LIVERPOOL."—We are glad to find that this
splendid vessel reached New York on the 23d ult. She
passed the narrows at eight o'clock A.M., in gallant
style, fired a gun, and passed swiftly up to the city with
colours flying, and in the finest condition. She ac-
complished the passage from Cork in 161 days. The
excitement produced by her arrival at New York •is
described by the editor of the Morning Herald (who
has politely favoured us with a slip of his extra edition
for the 23d) as " overwhelming." The informant of
the Daily Express says that " the Liverpool performed
to a charm, although they had very rough weather,
with head seas and wind. She worked to perfection—
nothing gave way—the vessel tight, strong, and
staunch—and the passengers are all delighted. The
ship had an abundance of fuel." It is unnecessary
for us to add any thing to this unqualified eulogitim.
The Liverpool has fully realised the most sanguine
expectations of the spirited company to whom she be-
longs. Her passage out may be reckoned a much bet-
ter one than that of the Great Western, considering

the state of the weather, and that her machinery was
new. The Liverpool was not expected to leave New
York until the sth instant, when she would bring a
copy of the President's message She may, therefore,
be looked for at Liverpool from the 18th to the 20th
instant.

Thl Lord Bishop of Chester will hold his next ordination
on Sunday the 16th of December.
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There are six candidates for the town-clerkship of the
newly incorporated borough of Manchester.
A deputation, including Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Joseph
Hornby, and Mr. W. Smith, had an interview with Viscount
Melbourne on Wednesday, in Downing-street.

We understand that the parties in this town who lost their
money on Harkaway, for the Mostyn mile, have honourably
met alt their engagements. It is said that a celebrated York-
shire jockey and trainer is minus upwards of £BOO in conse-
quence of the owner of Harkaway not obtaining a nomina-
tion for his horse.

NEWTON.—COALPIT ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, an
inquest was held at Haydock, before Mr. Heves, on view of
the body of Peter Greenhough, a collier. On Wednesday,
the overlooker and others of Messrs. Turner and livans's men
were raising the head-geer at one of the pits, when, as the de-
ceased and several other colliers were watching its progress,
one of the shear legs gave way, and fell on the head of the
deceased, who was killed on the spot. Verdict—" Accidenta
death."

HOUSE ROBBERY.—The house of Miss Cooper, Hart-street,
was entered between the hours of three and eight on Wed-
nesday morning. The thieves took away a gold watch, a geld
chain and seal, and £l2 in gold and silver. Entrance was
effected by getting over the yard wall, and.hreaking a pane
of glass in the hack parlour window. Two-thirds of the house
robberies which take place in Liverpool are effected in this
manner. It would most certainly contribute materially to
the safety of houses if the occupiers were to have shutters on
their back windows.

FATAL AcciDENT.—On Wednesday, an inquest was held
on the body of Thomas Briscoe, an errand boy in the iron
foundry of Mr. Maw, Wood-street. On the 23d or 24th Oc-
tober, the deceased was standing near to the shaft attached
to the engine, along with the warehouseman. The latter, on
looking up, saw the boy going round with the shaft, which he
did several times, and five minutes elapsed before he could be
extricated. He was very much hurt. There was a compound
fracture of the left arm and the right thigh; the left thigh
was also smashed. He was taken to the Northern Hospital,
and died on Monday.—Verdict—accidental death.
li UNCORN.— COURT BA HON.—A court baron for the manor
of Runcorn was held at the Boat-hOuse Tavern on Tuesday.
The following gentlemen were appointed constables for the
ensuing year:—Mr. Dennis Brundritt, Belvidere, merchant;
Joseph Hartley, Duke's, architect; James Bennett, boot-
maker, Church-street; Edward Jackson, Higher Runcorn;
Samuel Worrall, High-street ; John Anderton, Church-
street ; Thomas Threlfal Rigby, High-street; Richd. Phil-
lips, Old Quay; Thomas Ward, Old Quay; Joseph Middle-
brooke, Duke's; James Rigby, Picklow-lane; Robert Ca-
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rodyce, Old S(4ery; Willis n Hazlehurst, Camden Soap
Works; and William Harding, of the Town-ball, deputy-
constable. _ _

NOVEL CIRCUMSTANCE —On Wednesday last, a female,
lately residing in Scotland-road, did penance in public at
Walton church, by order of the Ecclesiastical Court, for de-
faming the character of her neighbour. It is many years
since such an occurrence took place; the white sheet, how-
ever, was not enforced. This should be a warning to the fair
sex who are troubled with an evil tongue. This singular
scene excited considerable interest in those who witnessed it.
PICTURE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—We under-
stand that it is the wish of several gentlemen, of different
shades of politics, to have a very beautiful sketch of the Duke
of Wellington visiting the field of Waterloo, from the pencil
of Mr. Haydon, worked up into a painting, as an ornament
of the new St. George's Hall, or some other public building.
The splendid reputation of the Duke, and the great services
which he has rendered to Europe and his own country, will,
we doubt not, cause many to concur in the object who differ
from .his grace as a politician. Amongst others, we under-
stand his worship the Mayor has subscribed very liberally to
this object.—Times.

DEATH BY FIRE.—On Friday an inquisition was taken
before P. P. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of a little girl
named Ann Jones, aged 10 years. The deceased, it ap-
peared, lived with her parents, in a cellar in Hardman-
street, and on Wednesday evening last was in the act of
lifting her brother from within the fender when her clothes
caught fire. The aunt of the deceased, who lived in the
house above, hearing her cries, ran to her assistance, butbe-
fore the flames could be extinguished, the sufferer was so
dreadfully burned all over the body, that though she was
dressed at the Dispensary, she expired at three o'clock on
the following morning. Verdict accordingly.
DANGEROUS PRACTICE.—During the present week persons
have Leen engaged in. proving cannon on the north shore.
Out of fifteen pieces, six burst under the test, fragments of a
large size having been thrown on and near the public road.
One alighted close to a policeman on duty in the district,
another in a field behind. Bank Hall, and a third, of appa-
rently 56 lbs. in weight, within a few feet of the road. Com-
plakts have been made that human life should thus be placed
in jeopardy. It is certainly imperative upon the conductors
of such experiments to exercise every possible caution, a
necessity which we have no doubt they feel as strongly as we
do. Cannon must be proved somewhere: if-the necessary
risk attending the process can, by any practical means, be
diminished, it is the dnty of the conservators of the public
safety to see that those means are adopted The Mayor, we
understand, has interfered in the matter, and received an
assurance from Messrs. Fawcett and Prestonthat the practice
shall be discontinued within the borough.
'THEATRICALS.—Mr. Kean, we understand, commences
an engagement at the Manchester Theatre on the 24th in-
stant, when the house opens for the season.—Brown, so long
the favourite of the Liverpool public, took his first benefit at
New Yor k on the 7th ult., and we are happy to say it proved
a bumper.—Mr. Bates, proprietor of the Royal Amphithea-
tre, &c., in this town, has erected a splendid theatre in Man-
chester,—Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted to the stage
by Mr. Stirling, and is drawing crowded houses nightly at
the Adel phi Theatre.—W. J. Hammond took his benefit at
the Victoria Theatre on Monday week. Ducrow and T..P.
Cooke gave Mr. Hammond their valuable services.—Mr. and
Mrs. Wood have prolonged their stay in Dublin for a few
days longer.—Mr. Ranger has just concluded a very success-
rut engagement at Edinburgh.

IRON STEAM.SHIP.—Thc British and American Steam

Navigation Company have this week contracted with Mr.
John Laird, of Liverpool, (the builder of the iron steam ves-
sel Rainbow, belonging to the General Steam Navigation
Company,) for an iron steam-ship, of 1,200 tons, to be called
the Atalanta, and intended to run between this country and
the United States, in conjunction with the British Queen
and the President. From the experience Mr. Laird has had
in this description of naval architecture, and the speed he
has already attained in the vessels he has built, those well
able to form an opinion on the subject confidently predict
that this vessel will reduce to ten days the average passage
between Liverpool and New York. —Athenceitm. The en-
gines will be made by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co.
FlRE.—About -me o'clock on Saturday morning, a fire
broke out in the drying-stove of Messrs. S. and J. Holme,
the extensive builders, in Seel-street. The drying-stove, a
building four stories high, is situated at the extreme end of
the yard, in the direction of Parr street, and is heated by a
large furnace, from which flues run through the entire build-
ing. The origin of the fire is at present a mystery; it com-
menced in the front story, to which the exertions of the fire-
police confined it. Messrs. Whitty, fowling, and Hewitt,
the superintendent of the fire-police, were early on the spot.
The great quantity of timber lying in the yard, together with
the inflammable nature of the materials, would have rendered
an extensive fire in the premises of the Messrs. Holme ti
matter of frightful speculation, Such a ditiaster, however,
was Nounately prevented,