The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-18 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICES.

Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated. Part
Edited by N. P. Willis, Esq. G. Virtue, London.
This part contains four engravings representing the scenery
of Ireland, from sketches by Bartlett. The Arst is the "Ap-
proach to Killarney from the Kenmare Road ;" the second,
the " Natural Bridge near Kilkee ;" the third, " Scene
from the Sugar Loaf Mountrin, Bantry Bay ;" the fourth,
"Head of the Killeries, Connemara." They are beautifully
executed. The literary part is extremely interesting and
cleverly written. The account of the Siege of Derry is very
graphic.

Ireland, it: Scenery, Character, 4•c. No. 8. 13v Mrs. S
C. Hall. Hoer and Parsons, 132, Fleet-street.

This month's number contains a neat map of Limerick,
and an engraving of King John's Castle and old Thomond
Bridge, by II inchliffe, from a painting by I'. Creswick, and
many very cleverly executed vignettes. The literary• portion
consists of a description of Limerick, with historical und topo-
graphical remarks ; an account of the Shannon River and
country adjacent. There are several very amusing tales and
legends interspersed in the number, highly characteristic of
the manners of the people. This is one of the cleverest works
of the day.

Whig-Radicalism v. Wesleyan Methodism, or Sayings and
Doings of certain Liberal Divines and Statesmen, touch-
ing the Weslevant, and Methodism. London : Paul;

Liverpool : Lace and Addison.

This publication is well calculated to open the eyes of
Wesleyans as to who are most likely to be the protectors and
fosterers of the doctrines and discipline of their church—the
falsely-styled liberals, or the lesions and consistent mem-
bers of the Established Church. Tha best and simplest
method of exhibiting the drift and object of the pamphlet is
to give a few extracts illustrative of its character. We sub-
join the sentiments of Daniel O'Connell, who is well known
as the clamourer for what he calls " justice to Ireland" and
" the repeal of the union." Wesleyans, hear his opinion of
you and your system.
"The Wesleyan Methodists, in the person of their foander,
and from his days have, upon all occasions, shown them-
selves the enemies of freedom of conscience."
" You have at least appeared, if you were not really,
amongst the ardent supporters of the enemies of the English
Protestant Dissenters."

" The Rev. John Wesley exhibited the most ardent but
melancholy zeal in the cause of intolerance."
" The Wesleyan Methodists, as far as the more liberal
spirit of the present period will allow, countenance the prin-
ciple of religious persecution."
" Your organization is extensive, and would be formidable
but for its inherent spirit of charitable antipathy to your
fellow-Christians."

" I charge the Wesleyan Methodibts with being inveterate
enemies of freedom of conscience."

" Your history is a short one, scarcely exceeding some
eighty years. Show me within that period, that you have
distinguished yourselves by any one act, or declaration, or
movement, in favour of freedom of conscience or full religi-
ous liberty, indeed I may say in favour of either civil or re-
ligious liberty; and I will blot out the word `hypocrisy,'
retract my charges, apologise most humbly, and write you
down charitable Christians, and not intolerants and bigots."
" I do believe that of all the errors that have deluded the
human mind since christianity commenced, there are none
so totally defenceless in the held of argument as the ever
varying, contradictory, and fantastic doctrines of Wesleyan-
ism. There is no sect, society, or persnasion, that has lent
itself to worse politics than the Wesleyans."
Wo will next give a sample of the estimation in which Me-
thodism is held by the brawlers for " liberty of comacienee."
Thus speak Messrs. Bogue and Bennett, the two dissenting
ministers, she published the " llistory of Dissenters."
These personages are well known as fierce voluntaries, and
hating inethodisin ; these historians of dissent had not the
manliness or the honesty fairly to attempt the contravention
of its creeds and framework, but they must needs descend to
gross misrepresentation and wilful perversion. But we give
their language.
- - -

" Mr. Wesley was, indeed, regarded as an Ishmael, for
his band was against every man, and every man's hand we
against him."
" The multitudes which attended the preaching of Mr.
Wesley were not so numerous as those who had flocked to
Mr. Whitfield ; but the sudden impressions and load cries
of the hearers were far greater than any thing we find re-
corded in the life of Whitfield, for Mr. Wesley was exactly
in that state of mind which welcomes the marvellous."
" Pelagianism, which the church of England condemns in
her articles, asserts that the death of Christ was intended
alike for all, and that all men have a certain light, or grace,
which they may by their own power improve, and that this
makes the difference between one man and another. Snch
is the creed of the Arminian methodists."
" Both of the methodist communions sent forth teachers
exceedingly rude and uninformed ; but such were better fitted
for Arminian than Calvinistic preachers. Arminianism be-
ing the common creed of the careless world, it is readily wel-
comed by the carnal mind, without any rigorous examina-
tion of its proofs or tendencies ; for there is no difficulty in
convincing men of what they already believe."
The opinions of Lord John Russell are then given, but
these will be found in another column. We have not room
for further extracts, bat give the following appeal to the
Wesleyan body, to which are appended many other excellent
and appropriate remarks :

" Return such men to parliament as Lord John Russell,
Mr. Gibson, Mr. Baines, Sir Jeshus Wahnsley, and Mr.
Brotherton, and you will then be lending your aid to the
establishment of such schools all orer the kingdom ; and you
will be taxed for the support of the monstrous doctrines
taught in them ;—but remember also, you must beheld indi-
vidually responsible for the results."

TateurE or REsPorr.—On Wednesday evening, the 16th
June, the members of the Benevolent Union Society, held
.Lt Mr. J. Coombea's, Greenfield-street, Edge-hilll, presenter!
a very handsome and valuable snuff-box to their Seeretar7.
with the following inseription engraved thereon Pre-
sented to Mr. Robert Colebeurn, as a token of /rice, fre"
the Benevolent Union Zoeitty, 16th June, Is4l.

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NEW BUILDINGS IN LIVIMPOOL.
We have for some tines past remarked (no doubt in cens-
Mei with other inhabitants of this town) that many new and
elegant bnildings have risen to completion, or are in progress
of erection, in several parts of the town,—not oak shurclies
and other public edifices, but oommercial structures in the
busier thoroughfares, and-private domeciles in every direc-
tion. Their appearance is highly gratifying, whether regarded
with reference to the greater accommodation and comfort
which they afford, or to the general improvement of the
town, by inspiring a more decided and general taste for
architectural adornment, and its concomitant advantages—
additional cleanliness and health. With these opinnils we
purpose to notice, from time to time, the inerii prominent
struetures called into existence by the talisimmie wand of
public or private enterprise, as being honourable to the par-
ties themselves, and benefical to the community at large.
We are farther induced to draw attention to the subject from
the impression, that even in these comparatively depressed
times, improveinente are so rapidly, and, to those in the im-
mediate locality, almost imperceptibly made, that strangers,
of whom numbers visit the town at this season of the year,
trusting solely to the " guides" already pablished, might
otherwise emit to notice them, on their casual rambles
through the town ; and we have that (we trust) blameless
prisie of locality about us, that prompts us to let them know
how (as brother Jonathan would say) we are " getting a-
head."

Amongst the new churches we way enumerate St. Bartho-
lomew, in Naylor-street, St. Barnahas', Greenland-street,
St. Clement's, Windsor, St. Saviour's, Upper Parliament-
street, St. Silas', Pembroke-place, Great George's-street
Chapel, and others, all of neat ecclesiastical structure—more
more or less fiord. We have also the Collegiate Institution,
now being erected in Shaw-street, which, when finished, will
be one of the finest specimens of the Tudor Gothic extant
in the north of England. These and others we shall here-
after notice somewhat in detail, confining ourselves for the
present to several of the new and handsome eornmercial
buildings near the docks.

After the widening of Lord-street and Dale-street, some
years ago, two principal thoroughfares from the upper puts
of the town to the river,—the intermediate streets, parallel
with and rectangular to them, on the east side of Castle-
street, took etp the spirit of improvement. North and 'Smeth
John-street, parallel with Castle-street, rose in ample width,
and classical variegated design, out of the ruins of a compa-
ratively narrow, noxious, and crooked lane. More recently,
some good commercial buildings have sprung up in Harring-
ton-street, leading oat of Castle-street, and even in Elbow-
lane, which last, though, from the greaevalue of land in that
central quarter, it cannot readily be widened, has thereby
undergone an astonishing change for the better. Ws in-
stance " Barned's Buildings." la Coele-stroet also, some
good new buildings have been erected ; but it is to be lamented
that this street was not previously widened, and carried in a
direct line through to Whitechapel. The same remark will
apply to an almost equal extent to Harrington-street.
We come, however, to the west side of Castle-street,
where the improvements are more immediate : l{edeross-
street, which once sorenaratively flourishing had fallen some-
what " back in the world," is again resuming its import-
ance, end a substantial commercial building has recently
been finished on the north side. James-street, amply
widened, shows still greater advancement. On both sides at
the top there are handsome new buildings, in varied styles
of Grecian architecture--the new North and South Wales
Bank, opposite the steeple of St. George's Church, suing
the principal. It is of extremely rich Grecian architecture.
in fine stone, with two fronts, one to James-street, and the
other to Fenwick-street ; but unluckily for the designer, the
ground was too circumscribed, and from its great elevation,
and rather heavy projecting cornicing, it resembles rather
the wing of a large building than an isolated structure. We
noticed it in detail last year, and still entertain the opinion
that had the other wing been at the corner of Castle-street,
with a colonnade central part between, it would have formed
one of the finest, if not the finest building in Liverpool. On
the south side James-street, a little lower down, a range of
fine buildings commences, rounding into Pres:eon's-row.
The street was widened front this side, and there is still
some vacant ground. Over the coach-office at the corner,
(and in Preeson's-row), there is inserted under a window of
the new bending, a stone antiqnely letter(' as follows—
which we presume was taken out of the old house, part of
which formerly stood on the spot, close to the old Castle of
Liverpool : " E. A. I.
" God's Providence bath keen my inheritance.
IMO."
Lower down, on the same side, stands a handsome large
stone building in the Grecian style, net yet entirely finished.
It has sheps below, the spaces between the windows (and the
central doer) being board pilasters, supporting a plain friers
and cornice. Over those, in the centre, is te colonnade of
four lonic quarter three-quarter columns, rising 88 as to in-
clude the other two stories. There are two wings with pilas-
ters to correspond with the columns, which project a little
beyond them. There are seven large windows in each story.
The main cornice and blocking above is very neat, and the
whole, though not florid, bears a substantial, classical and
neat appearance. The lower windows will be fitted with
patent iron shutters. The buildings on the other side, at
the top, are also new, and the whole street will shortly
form the most handsome, appropriate and shortest thorough-
fare to George's-pier, the principal site of the steam traffic
of the port.
Fenwiek-street, parallel to Castle-street, on the west,
exhibits, if possible, still greater advances. From being bat
a few years ago a comparatively dirty narrow lane beset with
unseemly brick warehouses, it is rapidly becoming a fine.
though not very wide street, adorned by buildings which in
point of architectural embellishment and modern conve-
nience, surpasses the best erections in our " pet" Castle
street itself. Opposite to the splendid western front of the
North and South Wales Bank, (before noticed,) are build-
ings, in which are the offices of the British artd American
Steam Navigation Company, handsome Grecian erections
with classical embellishments. Next are " Britannia
Buildings," belonging to Mr. Jones, baker and cheese-
factor, very tastefully designed, and highly creditable to him
as a British tradesman.
Further northward, there is now in progress of erection,
a splendid commercial pile, to be called " Ewart's-build-
ings," the property of J. C. Ewart, Esquire. These will
have three fronts, the two principal being on the north to
Brunswick-street, and on the east to Fenwick-street. The
minor front, or rather the back, is to the " Old Ropery."
The premises occupy a very large area of ground, and ia giv-
ing some short aceount of their style of architecture, we an-
ticipate the reality, as they have scarcely yetereached the
height of the first story. A. great number of workmen are
however, employed, and we hope to witness the " rearing"
of them in a few months.
The architect is Mr. Williams, and judging from the de-
signs, as well as the work hitherto accomplished, we are
scarcely premature in our expectancy that the pile, en-
tirely of stone, will, when completed, add another orna-
ment to our town. The design is mixed Grecian. The
principal elevation is towards Brunswick-street, and though
entirely unadorned by columns, or even pilasters, it will be
otherwise so enriched as to present a very elegant and pleas-
ing appearance. The ground story, already nearly at
its height, is rusticated, with rusticated rock-work octagonal
quoins, at the corners. A moulded plinth rune under the
windows of superior drab-coloured Yorkshire stone. Finely
carved trusses support the sill string, and under each wiuslow
is • fluted panel. The windows have moulded jambs and
heads. In the centre will be two doors, one the entrance to
the offices on the ground floor, the other to those above.
Between these will be a fanned window, the whale orna-
mented with wreath-work above, of the same elevation.
These doors and the window will be seinicircularly topped,
each having a bold key-stone, on which is carved a human
head. The upper stories are of the lonic order. There will,
in each of these, be a row of seven large windows, those of the
middle with architrave jambs, and heads forming a segment
in the mould ; those in the upper story with similar jambs,
but surmounted by pediments supported by trusses. The
cornice will be enriched with medillions, and the frieze with
tloriated raised ornaments, empanelled. Over the blocking
will be placed, at considerable distances, Grecian ornaments
in the form of a leaf. The front to Fertwick-street will cor-
respond in every respect, with rows of nice windows in each
of the upper stories.
The first story will be of freestone, from Ratlabone-street
quarry ; the tipper stories of stone from Storeton Hill.
Beyond this building in Penvrick-street we have the union
Bank, designed by the same architect Oklr. Benson, of Man-
chester), as the North and South \Vales Bank, and au almost
equally fine structure. Further on are " India Buildings,"
and opposite them the Parish Offices ; the former, which
is in the lonic style, with three-quarter fluted columns,
rising from the rustic basement, a pleasing revival of the
Grecian. In 'Water-street there are also some fine build-

ings, bnt our lirnitad space constrains us to conclude-for the
present.

VANDDNIIOITY IND Tull INDIAN CnisF.—The Sioux and
loways, whom we visited at the National Hotel, were not so
fine a race of men at the Sauks and Foxe., nor so well
dressed, but they were far more communicative. Some of
them, indeed, talked with us at great length. Mr. Vanden-
hog, the English actor, happened to be in the room at the
time ; and being struck with the appearance of scars from
burns, running up the arm of one of the chiefs, from the
wrist to the shoulder, he wished to know hew it happened ;
but the interpreter heing in another part of the room, and
engaged, he was unable to communicate with the Indian, ex-
cept through the language of pantomime; he accordingly
pointed to the sears, and then, by a variety of significant
signs, intimated his wish to know bow they occurred ; upon
which, the chief performed these several motions : he first
held his hand horizontally before his body, as if grasp-
ing a cup or basin, while with his right he performed the
motion of lifting something from the ground, out ef which he
poured liquid into the stationary vessel. He then lifted this
Teasel to his mouth, and, turning hack his head, and gargling
his throat, made signs of drinking copiously. His next ac-
tion was to rise, and reel about, as though growing gradually
intoxicated, until he became unable to stand ; when he de-
scribed a large heap of something, with flames ascending and
falling : on this he began to roll about with agony, and nab
his right arm as the part chiefly affected. Mr. Vandenhoff
exclaimed, " I see it—whisky, whisky !" at which the old
rean nodded assent with a smile. The fact was, as we after-
wards learnt, that the white people had made him drunk, as
they too often do, with ardent spirits, and he had fallen on a
large wood Are, and thus got dreadfully burnt.—Buekinghon's
Imeriea.

THE FAIRIES.—" Why, sir, I'll tell you what I heard a
man say one day, not long ago. I was bringing sowle Erris
people on this very jaunting-car free the fair of Ballina.
They were talking, as they walked up this very hill, of acci-
dents happening their cattle, and one of them tould what I
am now going, as well as I can remember, to say to yoer ho-
nour. ' There was a neighbour of mine,' says he, ' corning
one evening, as we now are, from a fair in the " Arable"'—
that, yeur honour, is the name the Erris mountaineers give
the good land in our country about Mina and Crosmolina—
and just on this very road he met a concourse of people and
cattle coming along as if returning from a fair, and as he
cast his eye on the drove of beasts, sure enough be saw,
though he could scarcely believe kis eyesight, two bullocks
of his own which some time before were drowned in a bog-
hole. ' By dad,' says he, ' this is genre ; but any how here
are my cattle—l'd swear anywhere to my own brand : I'm
in the best of good luck this night, and home I'll drive them.'
So with his stick he tould off his two bullocks from -he rest,
and giving them a rood welting to force them on, he was
hastening away with his recovered property, when he hears
a man following and shouting after him, ' where are you
going with my bastes?' So he stopt a little, and up comes
a man he knew once very well, but who was long ago
dead and buried, and that he had good rason to know,
for he was first husband to his own wife (Paddy being
married to a kiddy.) ' Ock then, Paddy M'Cormick, where
are you going, you thieving son of a , with my cattle?
They're not yours I'd give my Bible oath, but they're my
own. Wouldn't I swear to them anywhere, and myt o're'
brand on them ? And why should you, Terry Barrett, be
after Cloning them, seeing as how you are vitr_,_,,g
burled, and I ant married to your widdy!'l°`
likes of You to
YOU, you ignoramus, you ? what call has thed,
at any rate, I
anew the ins and outs of these matters ? and, at
that to
have as good a right to your dead cattle:
in the bog hale of Poulshesare, as youthe best of the tiargin,
whohave dtioe dol.:yo honestly
wife. I won't say, Paddy,
but any how I'll have
a polthoge with his cudgel,
werea not left long to themselves,
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ago dead—shouldn't fsotrraitligpecaoltlneosuta, fabguttiotnhtnoe f°T
'—and they fall to a beating of Paddy until down
knocked out of him, and there he lay
he went, t
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na:(,llzrotiniay be sure when he awoke there
saute to be seem ; but all around his
of fairy mushrooms growing. ' Oeh, then,
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