The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

A brig now loading at Preston, for New York, is the
first vessel cleared from that port for America.
On Friday evening the mayor of Manchester entertained
a select party of friends at a dinner party at his house,
" The Priory " Pendleton. Among the guests were G.
H. Lawrence, Esq., mayor of Liverpool, Edward %sh-
ton, Esq., and the town-clerk of Liverpool.
A man was found sticking fast in the chimney in Mr.
Callender's house, in Manchester. He descended the
chimney on Saturday night, for no good purpose, and was
not found till Sunday morning. Abricklayer had to de-
molish the chimney in order to release him.

At the Chester assizes on Friday, an action was brought
by Captain Sharp, of Clifton Park, against W. W. Perry,
Esq., of Rock Ferry, to recover the sum of £72, alleged
to have been paid by the plaintiff, • for the benefit of the
defendant, so long ago as 1841. It appeared that the
money paid was for a deed of confirmation in some land
transactions ; but although seeral amounts had been de-
livered by the plaintiff, nothing was mentioned of the
amount in question, until shortly before the action. The
jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
MEETING OF COUNTY MAGISTRATES.—On Wednes-
day, at Preston, a court of annual sessions was held, T.
B. Addison, Esq., in the chair. The committee appoint-
ed to procure a site for the new county lunatic asylum in
the hundred of Salford presented their report, from which
it appeared that they had agreed to purchase 40 acres of
land from Mr. Milne, at the rate of £2OO per acre. Mr.
Fletcher moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Ashton
seconded the motion. The Chairman stated that the esti-
mated cost of building the two new asylums was from
£llO,OOO to £120,000. In carrying out their arrange-
ments he trusted the committee would not lose sight of
economy. The report was then passed. Mr. Marshall
thought that as much expense was now being incurred in
the alterations at ICirkdale and Preston gaols, it was de-
sirable to borrow money rather than levy a rate for the
cost of the new asylums. The Chairman thought that for
a rich county like theirs to borrow money would be stoop-
ing too much, when they could raise the required sum by
a rate of 6d. in the pound on the county assessment.
Ultimately, the subject was adjourned to the next sessions,
in July.

THE JESUITS.—At a late meeting of the Blackburn
Association in aid of the London Hibernian Scociety, the
Rev. R. Macklin, incumbent of Christ Church, Derby, is
reported to have made the following observations :—" He
showed how in all ages the object of Popery and of Satan
had been the same—to oppose, and, if possible, destroy,
the Word of God. If the Word of God could once be got
rid of by the Jesuit, he would have immediately accom-
plished his own purpose. Give the Jesuit the rising ge-
neration, and he will accomplish all in the next generation
he desires. The Jesuit is a subtle universal enemy, to be
found everywhere and in every station, from the prince to
the lowest wretch that walked the streets at night. Priests
and laymen were alike Jesuits, and this was a fact that
should be remembered. The Jesuits would be found in
your tradesman, your servant, your mechanic—every-
where did he insinuate himself ; and such an intimate
acquaintance with every description of characters did the
Jesuits obtain, that at the college of Rome were kept re-
gistries of all the enemies of Popery, to be ready at any
time to further the views of the agents. As a proof of the
various disguises assumed by Jesuitism for its evil pur-
poses, the rev. gentleman related a circumstance which
had occurred to the Rev. Mr. Close, of Cheltenham,
within the last month. Mr. Close was riding out one day,
when a stone got into his horse's foot. He dismounted
to take out the stone, and was going about it rather clum-
sily, when a man who had been breaking stones on the
road offered to take the stone from the horse's foot. He
did so speedily ; and when the man got up, Mr. Close
looked in his face, and said ' I have seen you before.' The
man denied it, and asked where ?' Mr. Close, who
knew he was right, persisted in his assertion that he had
seen the man before : it was during last summer, at Rome,
in a priest's garment, and he had spoken with him • and
Mr. Close wound up by saying you are Father So-and-so.
The man was so astonished at the recognition, that,
though it was a prime point in the Jesuit's education that
he was ever to face his enemy unmoved, he changed coun-
tenance, and said, I beg of you not to make this public,
as I am here on a particular mission.' "

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