The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

HANOVER, JAN. 17.—Dr. Graafe, from Berlin, was lately
here, and again examined the eyes of Prince George; hut we
are sorry to near thht le was not able to hold ourgyeater
hopes than before. We hear from good authority that the
convocation of the Estates is deferred, and will certainly not
.take piaci before March.
Prince Alfred. de Schcenburg, Chamberlain and Privy
Councillor to the Emperor of Austria, died suddenly on the
14th inst. The Prince had just dressed to join a grand din-
ner party given by Prince Metternich, to which he was going
with Prince Puckler Muskau, when he fell down in an apo-
plectic fit and expired immediately.
The Grand Duchy which belongs to the family of the Prin-
cess Victoria Augusta Antoinette of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the
future Duchess de Nemours, comprises 9 cities, 9 towns, and.
.449 villages. The duchy c0unt5.24,979 houses. Gotha con-
tains 10,500 inhabitants, and Coburg 10,706. The popula-
tion of the two duchies amounts to 140,650 souls, of whom
135,230 are Protestants, 3,210 Catholics, and 2,210 Jews.
The revenue of the duchy amounts to £83,000 sterling a-
year, and the expenses to at least as much. The State owes
nearly three years' income (upwards of 6,000,000 francs).—
Capitole. •
The Princess Victoria Augusta Antoinette of Saxe
Coburg Gotha," says the Uniilers, "is a Catholic. Her fa-
ther, Duke Ferdinand, was a Protestant, but it is said he
has long since returned to the bosom of the Catholio church.
The family of the Princess of Kohary was always Catholic,
and amongst its possessions are some which only Catholics
can. inherit. In marrying the Princess Mary Duke Ferdi-
nand must have engaged to bring up his children in the Ca-
tholic re4gion, and he has kept his engagement. His son,
the King of Portugal, is a Catholic, as well as the young
Princess."

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

(From the Newcastle Journal.)

For a considerable time past, the columns of our northern
contemporaries have been more or less filled with discussions
and. reports upon the proceedings of the Church of. Scot-
land, or, more correctly speaking,
.of the committee of the
General Assembly of that church. No ,dispassionate per-
son, removed from the scene of these discussions, can pe-
ruse the reports of those proceedings without experiencing
a degree of regret that a church, long venerated for her high
religious character and usefulness, should have so unneces-
sarily and wantonly set herself in open hostility to the state,
and the law of the land. It is altogether in vain for the'
Church of Scotland, in her present 'dilemma, to appeal
to the brotherly regard and compassion of the Church of
England—a church which, at an earlier period of our his-
tory, she scorned as heretical, and as little better than the
Church of Rome. We of the Church of England do not,
and cannot, any more than a vast portion of the thinking
population of the sister kingdom, believe that the Church
of Scotland is not a State Church. -She is, in our humble
estimation, to all intents and purposes, a State Church.
.The articles of her creed, contained in her Confession of
Faith, are all confirmed and authorised by act ,of parlia-,
merit; every act of her General. Assembly is sanctioned by
the Lord High Commissioner, who sits in her supreme
court as the representative of Majesty,, and who has poWer,
if we mistake not, to call and to dissolve this court ; and
many of her parishes, are lld direct from the Crown, and
are known as Crown patronages. Since-the (Ws- of the
Revolution, when the " indulged clergy" fell into the mea-
sures of the, government, and, with unworthy truckling,
accepted the double boon of place and patronage, down to
the present time, when they set themselves up in hostile
array against their patrons and the law of the land, no one
ever dreamed of doubting that the Church of Scotland was
a state church. The question may be put or twisted into
any shape they choose, the fact stands, and has been so de-
cided by the ablest judges both in Scotland and England,
that the Church of Scotland has and bad no right, implied
or understood, to pass any act, far less to enforce it, affect-
ing the right of patronage, whether vested in the crown or
in private individuals. She is udder a solemn compact and
necessity of doing nothing of such importance, without the
authority and sanction of the state ; and, indeed, were the
question once raised, it may fairly be doubtea whether the
state could sanction or pass any act annulling patronage.
Whether or not.the condition of the church would be im-
proved by the abolition of patrohage, is a subject foreign to
the point in dispute, though the. belief that her indepen-
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serting that she had no temporal head. The meaning of
this was, that in spiritual matters she Acknowledged Christ
alone as her head. This idea she appears desirous of now
enlarging, so as to be not only independent in spiritual, but
also in temporal matters, shutting her eyes in- some mea-
sure to the fact, that a church supported by the state must,
to all intents and purposes, lie dependent upon the state.
Were she to shake off this connection, her independence
would certainly be greater than it is at present; but that is
not to be done by assuming a hostile and opposing attitude—
by endeavouring first to break the law of the land, mid then
to stand up against it, and commission, or at least sanction,
the itinerant agitation of the question of independence in
town and hamlet, by a few of the hot-headed of her clergy,
by which the whole nation is set it in an uproar from one end
to the other. At length it is proposed to make application
to Parliament, that it should sanction' their veto act. Call
you this independence ?—First, oppose the law, and then ask
to Parliament not made at the time of framing
Parliament to sanction their violation of it! Why was this
application
the veto act ? It will
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certainly not do so now.
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GirPSOGRAPHY.—This-is •the new title bestowed on the
'process patented by Messo; Wootie and Co., anAlteretolgve,
styled', metallic relief engraving. The name is derived from
the." gypsum," or plaster orParis, used.in thd tick instance
in the production of the deSign from which the cast for print-
ing is made. The patentees have opened an establishment
at Edinburgh, and announced their readiness to execute or-
ders, and a musical work haS actually been commenced, from
gypsographic plates. The process appears to answer well
for this style of work ; but that, of course, affords no test of
its capabilities for rivalling wood engraving in the higher
branches of the art.—Mechanics' Magazine.
A-MAN FINED FOR KISSING HIS WIFE.—,-A corre-
spondent of the Railway Magazine states, that a neighbour
of his, for kissing his own wife, in one of the Greenwich rail-
way carriages, was made by the directors to pay a fine of £2.
He inquires what has become of the money. This is the first
time we have heard of a man being debarred from kissing his
wife, either in a railway carriage or in a stage coach.—[lf
such a monstrous power is really given to railway proprie-
tors, withdut a hearing before magistrates, why should not
stage coachmen have the same authority n
- -

SINGULAR RESUSCITATION.—A few days ago, a widow
named Henriot, in the Rue St. Jacques, who had been long
ill, was supposed to be dead ; and her two nephews went to
take the necessary steps for the interment of the body, and
to secure their inheritance. On the following morning, a
spark from the funeral tape"r, which was burping at
,the foot
of the bed, fell upon the sheet which covered the body, and
set it on tire, whilst the woman in charge was out of the
room. Piercing screams were immediately heard, and. the
woman, rushing into the room, found the supposed corpse
struggling with the flames. :-It appears that the pain caused
by the burning sheet had restored animation. The fire was
promptly extinguished, and hopes are entertained of the re-
covery of Madame Ilenriot.--Fruch paper.

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—On Thursday morning
no little sensation was created in the family of a gentleman
of fortune, residing "near Dulwich. During the last three
weeks a Young lady, the daughter of a wealthy widow, resid-
ing in the Regent's Park, has been on a visit at the villa.
On Thursday morning, at breakfast time, she was missing,
as also the butler, a line young man, aged 27. The mystery,
however, was soon cleared up, by a card being found on the
dressing table, on which was written -" My kind love to all,
not forgetting Sir (to whom she was to have been mar-
ried on the 13th of this month), I have eloped with my true
love." The your, lady is in her 19th year, and will, on her
coming of age, be entitled to £14,000 a,year.—Morning
Post.

Prince George of Cambridge has been appointed to a super-
numerary lieutenant-coloneley in the 12th, or Prince of
Wales's royal lancers, and is to take rank between Lieut.-
Colonel .stawell and Major Barton. Two rooms over the
officers' mess room in the-Preston barracks have been fitted
up for his royal highness, who is expected to join the regi-
ment on Saturday se'nnight. Should the brevet rank of
majoregeneral be conferred on Lieut.-Colonel Stawell at the
approaching royal marriage, which it is said is not at
all improbable,- the command of this fine regiment will at
Once devolve upon the prince.—Sussex paper,
CHIeHESTE4.—The vote of o`dr city member, Lord Ar-
thur Lennox, on the question of want of confidence in the
present imbecile givernment, has given; we may almost say,
universal satisfactmn to his constituently in this place ; it is
hailed as a bright omen, and we trust will be followed up by
a declaration on the part of, his Grace Uf'Richmord, that he
too has no confidence in theespresent ministry. We hope and
trust that the conservative vote of Lord Arthur Lennox will
prove the prelude to amore firm and-uncompromising line
of conduct than his lordship has hitherto pursued. Would
that we could have seen his noble biother, the member for
Western Sussex, ranged on the same side ; but this, we fear,
is hopeless.—Brighton Gazette. • •
THAMES TUNNEL.—On Wednesday the Dundee, steam-
ship, on her way down the river, about ten o'clock in the
morning, the tide having nearly run out, grounded upon the
Thames tunnel, . and created the greatest alarm to the spec-
tators on hoth'sides of the river, -both 'for the safety of the
"'Vessel
and the arch of the tunnel. The alarm- on. board the
-Dundee amongst the few passengers was . also. very great,
sirpra talc, winds -shortly after the vesse" had. struck, heeling
-07-ver on-.het starboard quarter. • Shortly' before eleven
Wetbe-k; hoWeversthe tide.began to flow,*andThe magnificent
:vessel waebbservect getting het steam up, and shortly after
slowly moving onwards, when she proceeded ou her voyage,
- without,eit. is believed, sustaining any serious injury. The
crown of the arch, upon which this ponderous vessel rested,
is not supposed to be injured,
.although the workmen in the
tunnetstatethatthey-could hear her grating, along the top
hof it. The Dundee is a steamer of ,the largest class, and
draws 13 feet water, and the 'propriety of her proceeding
down the river at low water may be questioned, especial's), as
it was only last week she went on shore at Limehouse, and
was not goVoffsfor nearly an hour.—Morning Chronicle.
We have the pleasure to state, that a petition numerously
signed by the iehabitants of this city, for a grant of money
for church extension, has been forwarded to our respected
representative,' Sir- Wm. Follett,- foe presentation, and also
another.from Honiton.— Western- Luminary.
DOVER, FEB. s.—There has happened a very large fall of
the cliff adjoining the Sleak.sspear, of COO feetju length, and
from 40 -to .11 feet its:-depth froitt-the summit, being at the
least 400 feet in height, and at the bottom the chalk covers
at least two acres of the beach below. It has fallen on the
.direct line of the railway, and much labour will be required
to move it. Unfortunately, one p9or man, of the name of
Broker, is supposed to,be buried under-the chalk.
FORMATION OF THE STATIONERS' COMPANY.—It being
found in the reign of Philip and Mary that " many false,
fond books and ballads,, and rhymes and other lewd treatises
in the English tongue, both heretical and seditious," were
being issued from the press, it was determined to unite the
printers into one body, the heads of which should be respon-
sible for the individual members, and.the general conduct of.
which couleithu.e.,he more eitaily,watched and more effectually
controllo.l.e' Letters patent were therefore passed, constitute
ing the,Stationers' Company, the 4th day of May, 1556. 'The
stationers' 'it would appear, -were therefore a company before
this date, but this was the commencement of their existence
as a corporation. By their charter they were allowed to
make by-laws for the guidance of their members ; and no
one but a member of their society was to be allowed to prac-
tise or exercise the art or mystery of priming within the
dominions of England.—Lowndes on Copyright.
CHURCHES OR GAOLS.—The following remark, taken
from Mr. Collins's " Statistics of Church Accommodation,"
will prove interesting at the present time, the subject of
church extension having been brought prominently forward.
" This is an age of economy, and if the state can secure the
peace and order of society more cheaply by extending the
means of religious instruction to the people, than by extend-
ing the police and other criminal establishments of our coun-
try, would it not be a wise economy in the state to adopt the
one in preference to the other ? The truth is, the people will
cost us much whether we will or not. If we do not build
them churches, weimist build them gaols and bridewells."
Have any accurate calculations been yet made to show that
the amount of crime differs in towns or parishes of equal
population, according to the greater or less amount of church
accommodation provided for the inhabitants? . Within 30
years, from 1800 to 1831, about £4,000,000 were spent upon
gaols and lunatic asylums. Again, in the last 10 years, we are
told that the sums collected as poor rates fall short of
£50,000,000 or - £60,000,000 sterling. Who shall say how
far this expenditure would have been diminished by an out-
lay of 1-20th part of the sums in support of the Church of
England parochial system by-multiplying schools, churches,
and clergy ?-31sornine Herald.

OWEN THE SOCIALIST AND THE QUEEN'S MINISTERS.
—We know not whether Mr. Owen be, as reputed, the pa-
rent of the system promulgated as Socialism. Years ago,
when he first came into notice, we regarded him as .a bene-
volent but extravagant enthusiast only. But if he be the
parent alleged, was it fitting to introduce him to the presence
of a maiden Queen? The ministerial patronage of Mr.
Owen, if rightly informed, has not rested, however, there ;
for it is asserted by his friends that he has been in habits of
more familiar intercourse with members of her Majesty's
Ministry ; that he has been admitted to dine more than once
with Lord John Russell, if not with LOrd Melbourne ; that
he has been patronised by Lord John even to the extent of
giving or procuring him letters of introduction or presenta-
tion to crowned heads or ministers of high station abroad, to
the-King of Prussia and Prince Metternich, for instance, by
whom he was similarly admitted to the hospitalities of the
table; and all this to enable him to explain andiropagate his
own peculiar system of social life, as now said to be so largely
in operation here. If the facts be not as stated, it is high
time to avoid further scandal that crmtradiction should not
be delayed ; and truly glad should we be that such a blot
were once and for ever cleared off the reputation of British
statesmen.—Courier.

QUESTIONS OF CONFIDENCE.—There are more questions
of confidence at this time agitating the country than the one
mooted by Sir John Buller's motion. How that was virtu-
ally decided is apparent from the fact already stated, that the
number of placemen who carried the vote of confidence in
ministers was about --three.times.as'great- as their naajority,
And, by-the-bye, two supplementary observations. on this
point may not be here. mistimed First, the placemen al-
luded to were those only connected with the executive or the
court, it being impossible to. ascertain correctly those influ-
enced by commissiorierihips, sinecure appointments, and
divers other jobs. Secondly, may it not he asked whether
the sons and younger brothers of placemen should not be
.taken into account in estimating the real value of the majo-
rity of 21 ? Is not Lord Fitzalan as much a placemen for the
purposes of the ministry as his father the Earl of Surrey ?
Lord Shelburne as his father the Marquis of Lansdowne?—
or even the Marquis of Tavistock as his uncle Lord John
Russell? The majority in favour of ministers analysed in this
way would cut a very poor figure; but (to revert to the still
more important object of these remarks,). if it is true that
the independent majority of the house has not confidence in
ministers, is it not equally so that the country has not con-
fidence in the house ? It is the policy of the Whigs just now
always to speak of " the people and their representatives" in
the same breath, but the people utterly repudiate the associ-
ation. There is not one question- of any magnitude upon
which the people-of England do not differ toto ewlo from the
decisions of the house. The late elections are no prOofs to
the contrary. In Devonport, Falmouth, etc, ministers had
the choosing of their own, dunghills, and valiantly do they
crow thereon; but they know that in a fair, open, and gene_
ral contest the constitution of the house would be more ex-
tensively changed than by any general election since eight
score Whigs were turned out by Mr. Pitt. In short, as
regards confidence, we are in the singular, and by no means
in itself desirable, position of having the people and the Peers
leagned,defensively against the Court and the Commons.
And this under a Whig government !—Morning Herald.

TRAVELLING IN FRANCE.-1 can use no other epithets
than aboniinlble and disgusting to travelling both in France
and Belgium. It was only a fortnight hack that I denied
myself the pleasure of my annual visit to Count Duval, to
celebrate the fete of St. Hulbert, the patron of the Belgic
chase, when he has a party of upwards of thirty of the elite
'of Belgium and other countries in his house—feeling some-
thing approaching to a horror of the journey, although not
more than about 130 miles. But, reader, you shall hear
how- it is performed :—To Dunkirk, 24 miles, five hours, stop
there two. All the night going to Lille, 50 miles, stop there
an hour in a coach-office. Then a change from a five to a
three-horse diligence. --When I was once condemned to a
seat in it, it weighed eight tons on the weigh-bridge, having
34 passengers ! Well, this " drags its slow length along"
until you can see before you the town at which you are to
breakfast (at about ten a.m.), distant some petite lieue, say
two English miles. But when will you arrive there ? Why
not until every box, and trunk, ,and pack whigh this huge
machine carries has been opened and examined 6y the Cus-
tom-house officers on entering the Belgic frontier.—Arimiod
in the New Monthly.

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING
(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

• EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4.c.
Urgent, J Scott, 275 Batavia and Sincapore, J Poole & Co
Until, .1 Gillman, 533 Bombay, Barton, Irlarn & Co
Calcutta, T Eskdale, 706 Bombay, Bold & Starkey
WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. •

Elizabeth Wood, , 245 Barbadoes, J M Wood
John Harrocks, J Bond, So Berbice and Madeira, J Booker &Co
Llama,
W Rose & Co
J Poole & Co

Duchess Portland, D Kerr, 173 Trinidad,
• SOUTH AMERICA.
Sir John Bercsford, T Threadgold, 291 Bahia,
UNITED STATES.
Superior, J Bailey, 350 Charleston,
Venture, S Patrick, 304 Mobile,
Geo. Washington, barberry, New Orleans,

R & G Benn

A Taylor & Co
M'Leod & Co

A Dennistoun & Co
Admiral Benbow, G Bruce, 372 Philadelphia, H Smith &Co
Belvidere, A M`Kown, 409 Charleston, J Calder & M'Nicol
Silas Richards, S B Dickinson, 437 New York; Bahr, Behrend & Co
Magnificent, J Whitty, 731 Savannah, Cannon, Miller & Co
Chanticleer, C Thomas, 280 New York, Galt & Barff
Jupiter, J Carter, 305 Boston, Baring Brothers &Co
Thomas Bennett. %) C Hague, 505 Charleston, .W Stuart
Vesper, J J Johnstone, 202 Mobile, J Johnstone
Roscoe, H Huttleston, 617 New York, Wildes, Pickersgill & Co
BRITISH AMERICA.
Pandora, W Lunnan, 601 Halifax, Cannon. Miller &Co
EUROPE.
121 Leghorn, II Smith & Co
117 St. Michael's, E Bulkeley
263 Constantinople and Odessa,
Bahr, Behrend & Co
Elsinore, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Pillau, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Danzic, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Genoa and Leghorn,
Bahr, BellYend & Co
Chapman & Willis
Bahr, Behrend & Co

Latimer, T Gibbs,
Pet, B Bulkeley,
Atlas, B Smirk,

Media, J W Bleckert,
Conradine Ulrick, T Nuscke,
Juno, J J Spobp,
Helen Scott, W Scotland,

Patriot, G Nicholas,
Hottuung, C F Bauman,

310 Malta,
209 Pillau,

LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FEB. 8

The week has closed with a continued. scene of animation in our
Butter market. We do not however alter our quotations of yes-
terday. The important event of the Queen's marriage on Monday
next, will of course cause a total Suspension of commercial busi-
ness in "The good old TOwn." "God save the Queen."