The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-12 00:00:00

MONMOUTH ELECTION

The following appeared in our second edition of Tuesday :
We are gratified beyond measure in laying before our
readers the following copy of a printed handbill, which has
been received by the master of the Exchange News-room of
this town :
" The committee for conducting the election of the Hon.
C. H. Tracey give notice to the electors, that, acting on
their advice, he has withdrawn from the contest for the re-
presentation of Monmouth."
This is rather an extraordinary announcement after what
has been until the last few days the generally received opi-
nion with respect t 9 this election. The radical press has
been loud in its reiterations that the ministerial candidate
(Mr. Tracey) would carry the day without opposition. Mr.
Morgan (conservative) was, however, induced, at the close of
last week, to come forward, and the result is, that he is by
this time the sitting member for Monmouth ; the poll hav-
ing been advertised to take place to-day.

[We are glad to say that this gratifying intelligence has
since been confirmed. On Tuesday Mr. Morgan was pro-
posed by J. Bailey, Esq., M.P., and seconded by J. W. Rolls,
Esq. There being no other candidate, Mr. Morgan was de-
clared duly elected amidst the most tumultuous applause.]

The very rev. the Chancellor Raikes has been pleased to
appoint the Rev. C. T. Gladwin !surrogate for Lirerpool.

LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION

THIRD SOIREE

On Tuesday evening a numerous company availed them-
selves of cards of invitation most liberally issued by the com-
mittee of this institution, to partake of a soiree at the house
in Colquit-street. Shortly after seven o'clock, the rooms
began to fill, and the various parties, as they arrived, occu-
pied themselves in promenading the several apartments, or
in examining those numerous beautiful and interesting objects
with which they abound. All the spacious rooms of the in-
stitution were thrown open and brilliantly lit up. It gave us
great pleasure to observe that every item in this large and
splendid collection continues to be preserved with the accus-
tomed care, and that nothing is omitted that can contribute
to gratify the qte, or inform the mind of the visitor. An in-
spection of the entire, especially on a gala evening like this,
is well calculated to give the stranger a highs idea of the taste,
and intelligence, as well as the beauty and fashion to be found
in Liverpool, and at the same time, to leave on his mind a
lively impression of the generous spirit in which the affairs
of the institution are conducted.

At eight o'clock the company assembled in the lecture
room, where the Rev. Dr. Tattershall had been invited to
preside. On taking the chair, the rev. genttleman briefly
addressed the company on the nature and tendency of those
pursuits by a common interest in which they had been brought
together that evening. Theirs, he said, was not a mere ob-
ject of amusement or pastime, but a consideration of the most
important subject which can engage the human mind—a con-
sideration of that relation which subsists between ourselves
and Him who is above, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sancti-
fier. Subordinate to this grand theme, there was nothing
more worthy to occupy the attention of man than that descrip-
tion of knowledge which they were then assembled to acquire
or promote. Science, thus regarded, might well be said to be,
what 'Wesley said of poetry—a suitable handmaid to piety.
He then adverted to the subject of the lecture which Mr.
Phillips had kindly undertaken to deliver. It was a mark of
the divine benevolence that discoveries are of a progressive
nature, and that they tend to the extension of human happi-
ness. It was an element of happiness then to be in the way
of improvement. The subject of the evening's lecture was
of great importance. Navigation, which in its infancy was
so restricted, owed everything to magnetic discovery ; and
magnetic discovery was now the important subject to which
their attention was about to be drawn. As residents of Li-
verpool, they were all well acquainted with the power of
steam in effecting locomotion, and they also kgew the dan-
ger which resulted from the extreme velocity which it gave
to movement. But a new means presented itself of di-
minishing this danger by the discovery of the electro wag.
netic telegraph. Warning could thus be given, and commu-
nication carried on with the most distant places with incon.
ceivable rapidity. Should this discovery be rendered still
more perfect, and brought into use, incalculable benefit might
be expected to flow from it.
Mr. Phillips then came forward and proceeded to deliver a
very interesting and highly gratifying explanation of the prin-
ciples on which the electro magnetic telegraph had been con-
structed, and of the mode in which they have been practically
applied. The model in the room was the only one which the
patentees had ever permitted to be made by strangers. It
was constructed by Mr. Danson, and reflects great credit on
the skill of the artist. The wire used in it was more than
half a mile in length. As many papers have been published
explanatory of the telegraph and its mode of working, we
shall not enter into the subject in this place, more particularly
as any report we could make of Mr. Phillips's lecture, which
was most full, clear, and satisfactory, must, without the mo-
del, fail to throw additional light upon it.
After the lecture the company partook of tea and coffee,
and separated shortly after ten o'clock, after spending a very
delightful evening.

LITERARY NOTICES,

IDOLATRY IN INDIA

A Letter to Sir John Hobhouse, by J. M. Strachan
Hatchard and Son, London.

This pamphlet claims attention from all who feel interested
in the welfare of the native population of India, as well as in
the character of British government in our distant posses-
sions. The great object of the writer is to shew that, not-
withstanding all that has been said in parliament and else-
where, and all indeed that has been done also by the East
India Company and the supreme government, yet that still
the disgraceful practices which give direct countenance to
idolatry, and do violence to the consciences, or injury to the
rights, of many who are forced to take part in them, conti-
nue. Numerous important and, we apprehend, incontrover-
tible statements will be found in the pamphlet, which tend
most powerfully to substantiate this allegation. So far as
the ruling authorities are concerned, it is quite true that we
have an abundance of the most unqualified admissions and
concessions, of fair words and promises ; but still the evil
continues more or less at both the presidencies, but especially
at Madras.

" Parliamentary pledges, and assurances of remedies for
the admitted evils," says Mr. Strachan, " as ample as words
can express, are conveyed to India in dispatches full of spe-
cious generalities indeed, but devoid of all peremptory direc-
tions, and therefore neglected--lying a dead letter in the
desks of the reluctant functionaries at Madras, as all com-
munications on the subject from that presidency concur in
stating. Meanwhile, conscientious public servants of all
ranks, some as distinguished for talent and station as for
virtue, are perilled by the pertinacious postponement of re-
lief, so often promised and so unreasonably delayed.
" The subject is further left to work in an unsettled and
uncertain state on the native mind in India, as though some
demonstration of feeling were waited for, to justify the oppo-
sition made to the introdtiction of the simple and well-de-
-fined line of policy insisted upon. And an agitation of the
question is and must be kept up here, as irksome to those
who feel it an imperative duty to maintain it till the object
is completely attained, as it probably is to the public func-
tionaries upon whom rests the obligation of insisting on the
effective execution of their reiterated pledges.''
In the House of Commons, on the 4th instant, Sir John
Hobhouse, in reply to queries put by Sir R. H. Inglis, made
another of those statements which appear so encouraging in
print, and which, if they could be implicitly relied upon,
would doubtless supersede the necessity for that agitation
which Mr. Strachan speaks of; but, judging by the fallacy
which has been found to accompany former expositions of a
similar kind, it will, we opine, be safer to regard them as a
mere vox and preterea nihil, and continue the agitation till
we learn from other sources that the obnoxious and disgrace-
ful practices complained of have been entirely laid aside.
A full and suitable form of petition to parliament on the
subject accompanies Mr. Strachan's pamphlet, and is one
which we can safely recommend for adoption.

The Storm, and other Poems, by the Author of "Emanuel,"
" Life," and " Home." Newling, Liverpool ; Hatchard
and Son, London.
It is refreshing to the spirit to meet with a volume like
this. The principal poem is a tale happily conceived, full of
interesting situations, and having an end and aim beyond
merely awaking the imagination, or exciting the feelings.
The author has evidently learned himself the important les-
son that all our talents and attainments are really of little
worth, if not employed in the service of Him who is the au-
thor of every "good and perfect gift"; and it is, we rejoice
to observe, the manifest intent of his poetic labours to im-
press the same valuable lesson on the mind of others. "The
Storm" is a tale in five cantos, and, as a story, is well told,
seizing early upon the attention, and keeping it up with a
constantly increasing interest to the close. The descriptions
are picturesque and vivid all through, and wrought out in
numerous instances with the fine touches of a master hand.
The versification is smooth, but constantly varied, and there
is a fine tone of deep feeling, as well as of pure sentiment,
running through it, which soothes and pleases exceedingly.
On the whole, we pronounce " The Storm" to be a work of
true poetic genius, exalted and refined by the mild and hal-
lowed beams of true religion. The minor poems in the
volume are in no respect of an inferior order. In this hasty
notice we feel that we do any thing but justice to the merits
of the author, but we strongly recommend our friends to pro-
cure the volume and judge for themselves. The typography
and getting up of the work do infinite credit to the press of
Liverpool. We question greatly if anything more truly ele-
gant and tasteful could be turned out any where.

THE Rocx. HARMONICON.—This instrument drew a
great many visitors yesterday- at the Music Hall. The effect
in a large room is surprising. Those who have heard it in
the small room can have no idea of its rich quality where
there is plenty of space.
AMPHITHEATRE.—This evening is the last of the dramatic
season, being for the benefit of Mr. W. J. Hammond. Mr.
Cooke, it will be seen, has taken the theatre for a short
season.

THE NEW POSTAGE ENVELOPE.—We have been favoured
by our enterprising townsman, Mr. Waring Webb, with one
of the new postage envelopes. It is extremely neat. It
consists of a medallion profile of her Majesty, surrounded by
a border, on which " Postage one penny' is impressed.
The colour is light and delicate pink. The paper of the en-
velope is of a fine glazed quality. This is a great improve-
ment upon the original envelope, which was a disgrace to the
government which issued it and' the artist who sketched it.
BARNABY BUDGE, BY BOZ.—WERB,:LIVERPOOL.—No.
46 of " Master Humphrey's Clock" contains the commence-
ment of " Barnaby Rudge." We received it too late to make
an extract. The embellishments are beautiful specimens in
the art of wood-cutting. The number promises well.
DEAFNESS.—On reference to another column, it will be
seen that Mr. Cronin is now in Liverpool, who is rather
celebrated for his cures of deafness. Mr. Cronin has offered
to attend the Deaf and Dumb Institution free of expense.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—About a fortnight ago, a
young woman, a servant at a farm-house, at High Legh, ab-
sented herself under very questionable circumstances. l-
appeared that she was about 18 years of age, and being somer
what prepossessing, had attracted the attention of one of her
master's sons, an individual nearly 40 years old, who con-
trived to seduce her; and the consequence was that she be-
came pregnant. Arrived at the period of her confinement,
she was observed to enter an outhouse ; and from subsequent
observation, it was probable that a delivery had taken place,
though nothing has since been discovered to establish the
fact of child-birth. However, the young woman, unable to
contend against the frowns of the world, and afraid of the
provisions of the new poor law, contrived to absent herself
that night from the premises, and has not since been heard of.
OLDHAM.—The colliers of Messrs. Jones and Co., of this
place, still continue out, without any prospect at present of
a termination of the dispute between the masters and the
men in regard to wages. Thirteen of them have been sum
moned to appear before the Rev. J. Holme and the Rev. S.
R. Evans, for having deserted their employment without giv-
ing notice to that effect, and Mr. Cobbett was retained to
appear on their behalf. An arrangement between the parties
was, however, made, that. the men should return to their
work on Saturday morning, and give notice. The complaint
was not preferred against them.--Manekester Courier.