The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

WIGAN.

ST. 0. (From the Wigan Gazette.)
afternoon
led CtQlli'S INFANT SCHOOL.—On Sunday
cklitittk,'Dg last, two sermons were preached in St. George
uent of u'll this town, by the Rev. C. J. Swipe, M.A. 'ileum-
"ik L.lekrod, after which collections were made amount.-
verid,lge wholeeo nearly £3O. The rev. gentleman dell-
treiy 1° ertawded congregations, two most powerful and
::"PtUritl discoUrses, in which he set forth the import-
thl, religious instruction, especially to the young, and
eq rkthM of submitting to a system of education founded
his
P r"' and Socinianism, and conclnded by urging on.
seri •4rera the necessity of active exertions in behalf of
lural tuition.
lad name BY Ditowsimc.—On Tuesday afternoon, a fine
the ,-d Robert Wright, came to his death by falling in
hag t.ia,l'at the Britannia bridge. He was engaged in open-
er th.eiti:tek. and it is supposed that while walking over one
'afire- to k,
he accidentally fell in. 'The deceased's re-
0, the ree at Burscou.h. Mr. Rogerson held an inquest
" Accidental
body the same ev'ening, and a verdict was returned of
dental Death."
:81!%Sociar. SYSTEM.—On Monday evening last, Mr. J.
quell delivered a lecture on the evils of the new social
in the' Propounded by Mr. Robert Owen and his followers,
crowded in this town. The place wasnot
Was riot • The lecturer, after stating the cause he espoused
struck tbat of any political or religious party. for socialism
surdittar dogmas
Pecup at the root of all religion, proceeded to detail the
of the Owenians, and to show their rib-
eerwit, which he did in a masterly manner; but as they
repeiteti predominant,
be ev
rehiefly of exploded infidel notions. too monstrous to
f
we may spare our readers the pain o,
gain, ng them. At the close of the lecture, a weaver, whose
far coulht4 not learn, held a discusion with the lecturer
4,,ut en
uour ; but as the details of what passed would
u, terest our reader;generally, we forbear entering into
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_.uke of Wellington is entertaining a large party o,
..!?,as at Wishner Castle. The Earl and Countess of Jersey
i'm not he Of the circle, fur the countess, accompanied by
.nti Villiers, has arrived at Paris, en route to the coronation
°I the Emperor of Austria, at Milan.
nali er Majesty and court are expected to remain at Windsor
I`;'t ille eight weeks longer, and then
proceed to the Pavilion,
righton, for a month. Crace, the decorator of Wigmore-
estlreet.nth to hre-
a received insons the oard of reen
s embellish the Ptructiavilion byfroni the endb of Octobegr.
QueeA. PRESICNT FOR THE QUERN.—We should imagine that
n Victoria must soon have two or three additional store-
uses erected, wherein to deposit all the tokens of affection
(111_4t flow in from her loving subjects. Shawls, stockings,
t'"°4 42", chemises without seams, and bonnets from America are
.I:Ogst the latest on the list, and a circumstance has just
nwa that such en communicated to us by a gentleman in this town which
"eents not li to es
etsonal apparel. Onare Mondaystr
heictly wasmited
travelling on the
?"theribn Mail, and, when at Falkingham, a small wicker
.h.asket, mounted for convenience on a broom, was hoisted to
_ (he coachman by an old lady who emerged from one of the
a.. wayside cottages On the top was sewn a piece of paper
°a
which Was wri'ten but not with a crow quill small and
13" t, To her Gracious, Majesty Queen Victoria, Defender
of England and Ireland, London, 0 r e l whre.',:t
the tt
basket
was of course awakened, and a few littlel, pokes
lid displayed to the passengers a
.. beautiful little tortoiseshell
eat, reposing and. with a quantity of
bread b her in case she
on a piece of muslin,
side, took it into her head to he
hungry tefore she reached the halls of royalty.—Essex Herald.