The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

on their encroach:

it is the manifest duty of every man who values the
blessings won at the Reformation to lend his aid for

their preservation. It is not here a question of

persecution, but of prevention—of intolerance, but

of liberty,--for it must be clear to every unpreju-
diced mind who will calmly review the facts to
which we have alluded, and compare the present
aspect of Rome with the humility which she assumed
when she was a suppliant for emancipation, that
conciliation has long since reached its limits, and
that every concession is made a pretext for further
demands. The formGr_ warnings have been un-
heeded ; but the IVIADIAr persecution in Florence
should once more rouse the cry of " No peace with
essentially and without mitigation

Rome."

intagonistic to Chr

stianity, to religion, to civilisa-

tion, and to humanity, " The tender mercies of the
wicked are cruel," and her mercies have ever been

of that stamp, and are so now, except when crafty

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policy dictates another tour
we, as a Christian people, were awake to a sense of
the danger which threatens us, and in these days of
popular agitation, the first step, perhaps, should-be
a response to the appeal for public meetings to pro-
test once more, as our fathers did of yore, against
the iniquities of the Church of Rome.

THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S MARRIAGE.
THE most important item of news from the French
Court is the determination of the EMPEROR to
marry. He has philosophically borne his rejection
by the Princess VASA ; he has found it impossible
to ally himself with any of the crowned heads of
Europe; and, as a last resource, has resolved to
please himself, by marrying a woman for her per-
sonal attractions. The lady destined to be EMPRESS
of FRANCE is known in the fashionable society of
Paris as the Countess THEBA. She is about 26
years of age, and is the daughter of the late Count
DE MONTIJOS, a grandee of Spain, her mother
being of Irish or Scotch descent. It appears that
some opposition to this alliance was shown by the
ministers, but LOUIS NAPOLEON was positive, and
the ceremony is expected to be performed on Satur-
day next. The circumstance of the granddaughter
of an Irishman or Scotchman beinc, raised to an
imperial throne, might furnish the theme for a
modern romance in fitting companionship with the

career of her consort; but it is difficult to arrive at

a satisfactory conclusion as to the peculiar motives
which have influenced this affair. Louts NAPOLEON
is no longer in the heyday of youth, when we
might suppose his passions to have overwrought
his judgment, but it may be that his disappointment
has vented itself in this violation of the etiquette of
legitimacy, or, perhaps, it is considered as a prac-
tical acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the
people. In any case, it serves to show that he has
a will of his own, irrespective of state advisers—a
position which in no degree helps to allay the ap-
prehensions for the peace of Europe, which almost
all his proceedings have tended to excite.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.

THIS long protracted struggle has at length been
brought to a close, and on Thursday last Mr.
GLADSTONE,:the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was
returned by 1022 to 893—being a majority of 124
over his opponent. It is some satisfaction to find
that, out of the whole number of the electors, the
colleague of Radicals and Romanists has not found
a third of them to vote for him. Still the disgrace
is with those who, by their refusal to exercise their
franchise, and to vote against the Minister, have
virtually given their sanction to the unholy alliance
of which he forms a part. It is, however, as the
French say, 2171 fait accompli, and the University
must be left to bear the shame of its own default.
Ireland has set the first good example—for the
borough of Carlow has rejected Mr. SADLEIR, the
new Lord of the Treasury, and returnel Mr.
ALEXANDER, a Conservative, by a majority of 97
to 91. This is of more significance than the loss
of one vote to the ministry, for the defeat of their
candidate has been brought about by the opposition
of the Romish brigade, who consider their members
who have joined the coalition as deserters. The
policy of this section is therefore to oppose the new
Cabinet, and if so, where is its chance of a parlia-
mentary majority ? Some further concessions to
Rome must be made to buy over the votes which
are indispensable.

FATAL EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE.—A melancholy
instance of the baneful effects of intemperance occurred
in Liverpool on Saturday evening, the victim being Wm.
Hughes, No. 2. Burroughs-gardens, Bevington.hill, a
man in the prime of life, and who was employed as a
labourer in Mr. Howard's brewery, in Cheapside. On
Saturday night, about seven o'clock, he came home in a
state of intoxication, and in about an hour and a half
afterwards he was found by his wife lying on the room
door dead. All attempts to resuscitate life proved ineffec-
tual. An inquest will be held to.day (Tuesday) on the
body of the deceased.