The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

a and country

MRS. BUTLI

a-year for hex
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party ref(

)ers vot

1 and Su:

personal property of the great valuer of estates, the late
lamented Mr. George Henry Robins, has been taken at
£140,000, exclusive of landed property.
John Platt, aged twenty, accused_ of .having- murdered
Collies, at Chesterfield, in December. 1845, and
3 his body and secreted it in a cesspool,

George I
of havit

was tried at Derby on Friday, found guilty, and sentenced

In 1800, a year of great

Hon. G. \V

Viscou

CHARGE ON FEI

NY AGAINST A SOLICITOR.-MT

siderable reput

relieved,

125,774

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Tablet

.—The Lady's
Newspaper bar.,, abroad as to the
reason why Mrs. Butler, after a lapse of eighteen years,
should resume her former profession. We are enabled,
through the medium of a party moving in the upper cir-
cles of society, to state, that, in consequence of a differ-
ence between Mrs. Butler and her husband, a separation
ensued, the latter making an allowance of 2,000 dollars
We may briefly state that

S RET-URN TO THE STAGI

Much speculation

o fault whatev

on the part of the

est degree estimable

entirely exo-

any one in Philadelphia who did
Mrs. Butler from all blame, as well as fully
ate her lot."

FACTORY B

In the ty
IL A.

The followin

P. Ainsworth, Earl of

Lord G. -Bentinck, J. Bro'therton,
S. Crawford, Sir H. Douglas, T. Duncombe, W.
Entwisle, J. Fielding, Sir P. H. Fleetwood, T. Grims-
ditch, Lord R. Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, C. Hindley,
J- Hornby, Hon.. E. M..L. Mostyn, „D.-O'Connell, jun.,
J. O'Connell,liiscount Samlon, Right Hon. R. L. Sheil,
Sir G. Strickland, J. Tollemache, R. Walker. The fol-
lowing members voted in the minority of 66 against the
clause :—W. Aldam, J. Bowes, Dr. Bowring, John Brigl
ity, an act was I W. Brown, G. Duncan, W. T. ED

!limn,

J. Hume, G. C. Legh, Colonel Lir

a, Sir P. Egerton
son, Sir G. Grey

J. W. Patten, T
y, Sir C. Wood

HERVEY LEACT

The mortal ear(

this remarkable individual, who earned -Fo-r-hi'm-s;11-Consi.

his country and a

of the monkey race, under the assumed name of Signor
Hervio Navo, terminated, after a short illness, on Tuesday
evening, at his residence, George-street, Shoreditch. A
short time ago he was exhibited at the Egyptian-hall,
-nised P' d at the Cape,

disgu._ as an extraordinary animal captures
" supposed to be the link between the hum,
the ourang outang;" and called " What is it ?"

n race and
The last

pertormec

In December where, notwithstanding the deception
having been discovered and made public, he continued to
represent " What is it ?" He was about to start for Lis-
bon when Olen ill.. He was a native of America, and in

his 46th year. The last request of the deceased was, that
his body should be presented to Mr. Liston, the eminent
surgeon.— Globe.

POPULATION AND POOR'S RATES.—A return showing
the population, annual value of property rated to the
poor s rate, expenditure for the relief of the poor, &c.,
has been printed by order of the House of Commons- on

England with a population (in 1841) of 15,006,741 souls,
the annual value of the property rated to the poor rates

amounts to .t02,04U,U30, the annual expenditure rur
relief and maintenance of the poor, £5,030,703, the rate
of the expenditure for the relief of the poor, ls. 7,1 d. in
the pound ; the total number of paupers relieved (including
casual poor), to 1,470,970, the proportion to the popula-
tion 9.2 per cent. In Scotland, with a population of
2,623,184, the annual value of the property rated to the
poor rates is £9,320,784 • in Ireland, with a population of
9,175,124, tne annual value of the property rated to the
poor rates is £13,204,234 ; the expenditure for the relief
and maintenance of the poor, £298,818 (in 1844-45) ; the
rate in the pound, nd. : the total number of paupers

A QUAKER TURNED ROMAN CATHOLIC
day, the 4th instant, solemn baptism, an
Roman ritual, was conferred by the R..

Brown, V.A. of Wal

Thu.

lg to tlic

of Friends. On the following morning he was
admitted to the holy communion. Mr. Gibson has spent
'erable time in eastern travel, and brought with
the Jordan the water which was used in his
of a

Two years since he

eriend, near Rome, his Present holiness, then
..,al Archbishop; Bishop of Imola, and discussed with
topics of religion during a considerable time. The
nsors at Mr. Gibson's baptism were Philip Jones, Esq.,
Miss Jones, of Llanarth Court. Correspondent of the
[There is not much novelty in the eircutnstance
)f a Quaker turning Roman Catholic. The Editor of the
Tablet, Mr. Lucas?was himself a quaker, as is well known
to many of his former schoolfellows now resident in Liver-
pool. He has well earned by his violent change of opinions
his soubriquet of Punch.]

ITH GUN COTTON

March 23, 184/.

I PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERAL FAST

I • -
(From the London. Gazette, March 12.)
VICTORIA R.---We, taking into our most serious con•
sideration the heavy judgments with which Almighty God
is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous
.. -

God, th

articles of sustenance and
id, trusting in the mercy of Almighty
, notwithstanding the sore punishment which

Lath laid upon us, and: upon our people, He will, if

we turn to him-in due contrition and penitence of heart,
withdraw his afflicting hand; have, therefore, resolved,

Tired throughout those parts
A England and Ireland, on 11

March instant, that so boll; v

ilmighty God, in order to obtain
pardon of our sins, and may, in the most devout and so-
lemn manner, send up our prayers and supplications to
the Divine Majesty for the removal of those heavy judg-
ments which our manifold sins and provocations have
most justly deserved, and under which we at this present
time labour ; and we do strictly charge and command,
that the said public fast be reverently and devoutly ob-
served by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland,
as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would
avoid His wrath and indignation, and upon pain of such
punishment as may be justly inflicted on all suck as con-
temn and neglect the, performance of so religious and ne-
cessary a duty. And, for the better and more orderly
solemnizing of the same, we have given directions to the
Most Reverend the Archbishops and the Right Reverend
the Bishops of England and Ireland to compose a Form
of Prayer, suitable to this occasion, to be used in- all
churches, chapels, and places of public worship, and to
take care the same be timely dispersed through their re--
spective dioceses.
Given at our Court, at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight,.
this 9th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1847,
and in the 10th year of our of our reign.

st and huziAliation b

ted Kingdom

he 24th day

lour people may hum:

ble ourselvc

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

[A similar proclamation is issued for Scotland.]

The following are the prayers appointed to be used in
all churches and chapels in England and Ireland on tho
fast day :

Instead of the First Collect at Morning Prayer,
these two which follow be used.
Almighty God and Heavenly Father, who art terrible
in thy judgments upon impenitent sinners, and abundant
in mercy to all who with hearty repentance and true faith
turn unto Thee ; we, Thy afflicted people, desire to humble
ourselves before Thee in behalf of ourselves and of our
.
brethren, who inn

_ c. ba CPI mis uted Kingom are
suffering extreme famine United
and sickness. We confesds, with
shame and contrition, that, in the pride and baldness of
our heart, we have shown ourselves unthankful for Thy
mercies, and have followed our own imaginations instead
of Thy holy laws. And we humbly desire Thy fatherly
goodness to grant us such a measure of Thy grace, that,
worthily lamenting our sins,' and

wretchedness, we may obtain Comfort from de
liverance from this grievous calamity. Awaken in us, we
beseech Thee, a deep sense of our many transgressions,
and a godly sorrow for our sins, so sincere and lasting as
may move Thee to withdraw Thy disnleasere_ that

not utterly consumed by the means of Thy heavy hand ;
and that we may bring forth the fruits of repentance
through the whole course of our lives. And give• us that
right apprehension of our duty in all things, that if it be
Thy will we should suffer, we may submit ourselves with
entire resignation and patience; and that if it be Thy
good pleasure to spare us, we may show mercy, so far as
we may be able, to all men, and more especially to those
- brought down to the ground by 1-

.ut. auner at,
sickness, and who have none to help them. Grangt this,
for the sake of Thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

J Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only
help in time of need ; we beseech Thee, look down front
heaven on the distress of Thy people; behold, visit, and
relieve them. Vouchsafe, 0 Lord, to bind up their
wounds, to restore them to the blessings of plenty, and
dispose them to moderation and thankfulness in the use
of Thy gifts ' • neither tempting Thy Divine Majesty by
neglect of the hat means which Thou s

.:p p, nor
distrusting Thy goodness towards those who lookointea to Thee
for succour. Be merciful, 0 Lord, be merciful unto Thy
people ; be Thou our refuge, until this calamity be over—
past; and so guide and govern our hearts by the inspira-
tion of Thy Holy Spirit, that being sanctified in body and
soul, we may put our whole trust in Thy mercy ; and
that humbly walking before Thee in faith, in hope, and in,
charity, we may finally obtain everlasting life, through.
Jesus Christ our Lord.- Amen.

lmighty God,.
, instead of the Col-

After the Prayer for the Queen
ose Kingdom is everlasting," o„,_
t for the Day, shall this which followeth

O God, at whose bidding the earth, which sustaineth
the life of man, bath withholden in parts of these islands
the wonted provision of food, and turned abundance into
scarcity ; withdraw, we beseech • Thee; the judgment
'th which Thou hest visited us, that the poor perish not
'amine. We acknowledge, 0 Lord, that by our
Ind divisions, our misuse of Thy gifts, and for-
-4 Thy manifold mercies, we hai-e justly
We have sinned, we have griev-
ously against Thee; yet, knowing that thou art
full of compassion, we beseech Thee to pardon the of-
fences of Thy people, to relieve the poor and the needy
in their present necessities, and to give and preserve in
our us?, the fruits of the earth in their "won.. jitzt,
whatsoever may be Thrptetitniterottnieereilltg' fls,—give
grace to receive Thy dispensations, whether of judgment
or mercy, with entire submission to Thy will, endeavou
'ate Thy displeasure by repentance, and sho inr; • sense of Thy goodness, by faithfully keewping
mandinents. Of ourselves we are unable either
nopAntable in Thy sight.

d punishmen+
finned

ich man to
burdens one of another, we mayobtain of Thy favour the
supply of our wants, and, with hearts knit together in

merc

I bearing the

we, may par

in peace and

through Jestis Christ our Lord.

DAY APPOINTED FOR NATIONAL lIUMILIA-
TION.

A RESPECTFUL ADDRESS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE DUE OBSERVANCE 01

THE LORD'S DAY, TO THE RIGHT REVEREND THE

AND CLERGY OF THE UNITED

CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND

It having pleased Almighty God, in His inscrutable
wisdom, to afflict with grievous famine certain parts of
these Islands ; with God's revealed Word in our hands,
which teaches us that such National Visitations are sent
upon us in consequence of National Sins, it surely be-
comes us to inquire into the causes which have thus pro-
voked the displeasure of Him who doth not willingly
afflict the children of men, with a view to national humi-
liation, repentance, and reformation.

ommittee of the Lord's-day Society, acting in

tneir associated capacity, and in consequence Of the in-for-
formation they have obtained in carrying out the objects
of the Society, have no hesitation in declaring it to be

lIWIL tanivietion, that the wide-spread desecration of the
Lord's-day now existing in our land, is one cause, amongst
many others, why God is thus visiting us as a Nation ;
and that cause and consequence are as closely connected
in the present day, as in the days of old, when God said,.
"My Sabbaths they greatly polluted : then I said I
would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to
consume them." (Ezek. xx. 13.)

The fact of the existence of this wide-spread desecra-
tion of the Lord's-day is palpable and undeniable. Our
"qst-office system, by the transmission and deliveitof
that day, gives a National cha-

letters and newspopeis

racter and an official sanction to this'sin., and is the source
and origin of much of that public violation of the holy
day we have now to lament and deplore. Our Railway
1 has fearfully contributed to extend this evil, by the
yment of men, in many instances, in the formation
of railway ; and it now perpetuates it by
senger trains, pleasure trams, and
Public-houses being open th

of p
that day

le Lord's-day, is another abut]
eseeration ; also Sunday Tradi

'ater part of

oyineni of steam-

.rkets, the

s, and other evil

t is not necessary to

majority of ou
public ordinanc

and also the fact that the vast

Day, spending

_
its sacred hours " in doiiig their own ways, finding theit
own pleasure, and speaking their own words," (Isaiah
lviii. 13), constitute in the opinion of the Committee, a
national sin deserving of national judgment ; because—
Firstly, They are public and general violations of that
"Remember- the Sabbath
and in reference to which our

I of God which so.)
cep it holy ;