The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-28 00:00:00

LONDON OYSTERS.—Mr. Duffey, of Hanover-street,
receives daily per rail a supply of London oysters. They
are of such quality as will give undoubted satisfaction.
THE AngLPRI THEATRE.—Last night, a new panto-
mime was produced at this theatre—in scenic and other
effects most extraordinary. The eve of pub'ication pre-
vents us entering into detail, but we must say it is most
meritoriously got up, and that a visit will fully realize the
expectations of the most enthusiastic lovers of Christmas
mirth.

ASSAULT.—Thos. Rice was charged by Henry Sturgeon,
an Irish dealer in potatoes, with knocking him down, near
to Clarence Dock, and robbing him of £2 19s. 6d. He
was knocked down on Thursday night at ten o'clock. .He
was tripped, rendered insensible by a blow on the bead,
and had money taken out of his pocket. He was com-
mitted for trial.

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the largest M E p
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po physician,
in his last
from the income-tax, stated his professional earnings at
£33,000, and several other physicians made returns vary-
ing from £15,000 to £5,000,
RESTORATION OF SOUR MILK OR CREAM.—We are
informed that milk or cream, when it is turned sour, may
be restored to its original sweetness by means of a small
quantity of carbonate of magnesia. When the acidity is
slight, half a tea-spoonful of the powder to a pint of milk
will be sufficient.—Chamberes Journal.

THE Jaws.—The present condition of the Jewish peo-
ple in England is more favourable than, perhaps, in any
other country, or in any other age of the world, since
their national ruin. The principles of Protestantism abhor
persecution ; and although Protestant persecutors have
existed, their crime has been always in open contradiction
to their principle, always has been disavowed by Protes-
tants, and always has fallen into disuse with the progress
of Protestantism. But the right of persecution having
been always avowed by Rome, being still in the statutes
of Rome, and being still claimed as one of the national
privileges of infallibility, the Jews are still under ban in
Rome, and in every country where power_is retained by
Rome. In England the Jews are protected by the Tole-
ration Act of William and Mary. They may hold real
estates, may be high sheriffs, and, in fact, may hold every
privilege of British subjects, but admission to corporate
offices and parliament. From those they are excluded W
the 9th George IV., the oath being, " On the faith of a
Christian," and the true objection being, not the desire of
depressing the Jew, but the fear of injuring the Christian.
Because those corporate offices are generally magistracies,
which, implying the decision of causes on the oath of par-
ties, as Christians, it might be hazardous to put the power
of deciding into hands which disregarded Christian oaths
altogether. But as a sufficient answer to the charge of
invidiousness, two Jews have, within these few years,
been elected sheriffs of London. On the Continent, the
progress of the eighteenth century produced a general
amelioration in the state of the Jews. Some part of this
fortunate change was due to themselves ; they had begun
to enter into general commerce, and take some national
interest in public and municipal affairs. A larger part was
due to the increased intelligence of the age. 'I he emperor
Joseph, the great "reformer" of every thing, right or
wrong, gave them the general protection of the Christian
laws. Frederick the Great, always boasting of liberality,
and actually indifferent to all religions, gave them the be-
nefit of his neglect. But, as war was his employment, he.
resolved that they should have no exception from his bel-
ligerency. After several bitter disputes with their Rabbis
on the subject of Jewish soldiership, he contrived to raise
a regiment of cavalry among theni, which, in his sarcastic
sport, lie called Israelowsky ! But to make the Israelites
warriors against their will was beyond even the skill of
Frederick. He first intended to make thew lancers, but
they entirely disapproved of the weapon ; he then tied
them with the sabre, but they had no taste for the sword ;
and, finally, he was forced to disband them. We shall not
pledge ourgelvea for the exactness of this detail, but the
' story was long the anutteineut of Germsny.—Blackwood.