The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-05 00:00:00

Fees," called
MAGIC
Or, the Fairy L

Alb.ert (a Student)

Alexander Lee.
... Mrs. Waylett
I.NGING AND DANCING.
To which will he added
NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE.
Mrs. Raymond.

Zela (a Fairy)

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To conclude with
PETER `I•'ILKINS

Or, the Flying Indian;

Mrs. Waylett.
On MONDAY, the Sth inst., TWO NEW DRAMAS,
in which Mrs. WAYLETT will perform. Mr. HOSKINS
will also appear on that Evening, being engaged for a Fort-
A TEW INTERLUDE, written by a Gentleman
__' will be produced on the above Evening.
...ickets and Places to be had of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box-
office, from Eleven to Three.

of Liverpool

Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Giillery, 6d,—Second Price, Half-
past Eight; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; no second price to the
Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Perform-
ance to commence at Seven precisely.
Private Boxes, to contain Seven, to be had on application
at the Theatre, Price £1 Is.

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET

THE MANAGER

inounces to the Playgoing Public of
Liverpool, that in consequence of the unjust prosecu-
tions with which he is threatened by an Establishment that
has repeatedly violated the trusts of its Patent or License, he
is advised to pursue a course similar to that recently exer-
cised with such signal success in Glasgow, and PETITION
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN

J ESPECTFULLY

to grant him a PATENT or LICENSE, whereby he shall be
enabled, by fair and just competition, to Exhibit such Dra-
matic and other Entertainments as may be considered worthy
the high patronage which, even under severe restrictions, he
has alvady had the honour to receive. On a former occa-
sion, when almost a stranger in Liverpool, he was favoured
by some

THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES

in a few days, to a Memorial to the Lord Chamberlain, who
had not the power to comply ; and having since that period
,pent thehest part of his professional life in catering for the
the Public, he hopes he may now be thought
not less worthy of support.

amusement of

The Petition will be immediately prepared. Sheets will
lie at the Box Lobby and Pit of the Liver Theatre ; at the
different Newspaper and other Offices ; to which the signa-
tures of the Playgoing Public arc most respectfully solicited.

THE EXHIBITION

PAINTINGS BY THE OLD MASTERS,

IS NOW OPEN,
4T THE EXHIBITION ROOMS,

POSTOFFICE-PLACE.
TN this small Collection will be found several Pictures of
1 high importance ; in particular, the celebrated picture of
" CHRIST CARRYING HIS CROSS," by Sebastiano
del Piombo, from the Casa Caldera of Milan, the Drawing
from which is now being Engraved by the Chevalier Toschi.
of Parma • " THE ST. JEROME IN THE DESERT,
ATTENDED BY AN ANGEL," known in the world of
art under the title of L'Ange au plume: this picture is the
JOINT WORK of Rubens and Vandyck, and was lately pur-
chased by Mr. Buchanan from the Marshal Soult, Duc de
Dalmatie : it is an important picture fdr a School of Art,
and ought to have been purchased for the National Gallery ;
" THE ST. CECILIA, ATTENDED BY ANGELS,"
painted by Domenichino, from the Cambiaso Palace of Genoa;
" THE SILENCE OF MICHAEL ANGELO," painted
by Marcella Venusti, from the Royal Collection of Spain;
" THE ECCE HOMO," by Titian, from the Gallery of
Lucien Buonaparte ; with other Picture: of the Flemish and
Dutch Schools, from the Collections of the Duke of Lucca,
the Due de Berri, and Mr. Beckford of Fonthill. To these
are added,

The late President West's celebrated picture of
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR & DEATH OF NELSON,
one of the most important works of that eminent painter.
The greater part of these Pictures are on Sale, by private

contract
The Room is oven from Nine till Five o'clock during the
day ; and from Half-past Six till Nine o'clock in the Even-
ing, when it is brilliantly Illuminated with Gas.
ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.
Season Tickets at Five Shillings each.

WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE ON SATURDAY

NEXT.

ARRANGEMENTS having been made to forward these
magnificent Pictures to Glasgow, after the CLOSE of the
PRESENT MONTH, the amateurs of painting are respectfully
informed, that the Exhibition at the UNION ROOMS,SLATER-
STREET, will only remain OPEN until SATURDAY, 6th
February, which is allowing one week longer to those who
may not have seen these Pictures than was originally in-
tended. JOHN BENTLEY, Keeper.
26th January, 1841.

TO CORRESPONDENTS

B. D. Case of Distress

,r,br Eiba•pctii

FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1841

There is sad division in the dissenting camp as to
the best mode of effecting the abolition of Church
Rates. This distraction in their councils was exhibit-
ed with peculiar emphasis at the " great" meeting of
the Voluntary Church Society, held in Leiccster on the
23d ultimo. On this occasion a reverend man, belong-
ing to the body, was of opinion that they were taking

matters much too quietly. If there were any truth in
the report that Lord John Russell meditates carrying
into effect the recommendatioh of the ecclesiastical
commissioners to give to churchwardens the power of
levying rates, and magistrates at quarter sessions au-
thority to enforce them, there was, he said, no know-
ing 'to what desperate deeds such provocation might
rouse them up. Then would be the time to beat

—" the pulpit drum ecclesidstic
With fist instead of a stick ;"

then would the " sleeping lion of dissent" be properly
awake ; then would Lord John Russell learn that " the
men on whose shoulders he was borne into power still
hold in their hands the fate of the Whig Cabinet."
" 'We have forborne too long," said he ; " neverthe-
less we have some blood left, though in a sluggish
state; and if. the Colonial Secretary is desirous of
quickening its circulation, and raising it to the boiling
point, he has only to propose this confirmation of our
bondage." Whatever else was uttered by this meek
and reverend sufferer for conscience-sake—who re-
joices in the name of Miall—was given exactly in the
same blunderbuss strain. However, though his sen-
tence was decidedly for " open war," he confined him-
self strictly to the church-rate point, and gave no in-
timation of what he intended to do, or advise, in case
of obtaining the desired success.

Mr. Hume followed ; and, though he complimented
the last speaker in glowing terms upon his " pluck,"
he protested altogether against the moderation of his
views. The Dissenters of England, said he, along
with the Dissenters of Ireland—including, of course,
the Papists—are more than half the population of the
kingdom ; wherefore, instead of • being satisfied with
the abolition of church-rates, their demand should be
for half the property of the church—not that they
might appropriate it to their own use, for that would
be against their consciences, (tender souls!) but that
they might make it a present to the nation at large !
And at this saying of " Joseph the munificent," it
does not appear that there was a burst of laughter, or
loud laughter, or any other cachinnatory expression
whatever; which shows, either that these Dissenters
possess a most amazing power of face, or that the re-
porter, or printer of the Leicester Journal, whence we
quote, has been guilty of a very great and unpardon-
able omission.

Another orator, a Mr. Mursell, was of opinion that
whatever they sought for, or whatever they did, they
should no longer keep any terms with a ministry who
have latterly shown such very great disinclination to do
anyti44, At the people. "We are told," said he,
" that:the•ministry will be embarrassed by this mode
of procedure; but there is an old saying—" what is
sauce for the goose is sauce also for the gander ;" they
have ling enough embarrassed us."

But there was "another Dissenter" at this gathering
who differed in toto from the foregoing anti-ministe-
rial gentleman, and put in a decided negative on his
proposition. " No, no !" exclaimed this burly mini-
sterialist. " You must not quarrel with the ministry
by any means; I, and my tail, and my seven millions,
will never agree to it. Do you know what the poor
people in my country do, when a pane happens to be
broken in their cabin window ? Why, they stuff a
hat into it; and though it does not look well, and
might be advantageously supplanted by a pane of glass,
yet it keeps the cold out. So it is with the ministry :
they keep the north wind out—a wind, by the by, that

sadly disagrees with my constitution ; they keep the
Tories out—which is good for us all; and therefore, I
say, till we are likely to get a better, let us leave the
`old hat' administration where it is." We need not
mention the name of this "Dissenter," as every read-
er, we make no doubt, will easily recognise him.
So much fur the unity that reigns among the chiefs

of the dissenting interest. 'We might give further
specimens of this beautiful harmony ; but with all this
discord, there is a degree of concord, a sort of con-
cordia discors, the origin of which is an unextinguish-
able hatred to the church. This is the common bass
note that blends all their differences, so that their va-.`

riety of sentiment, though perfectly ridiculous in it-
self, and one that shows how intrinsically, wox thless the
opinions of, such parties are, should not, where there

is still so much evident desire and common disposition
to do mischief, cause them to be passed over with in-
difference or contempt. Mr. Easthope, one of the re-
e borough, differed from all the