The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

The Last Night but Three of Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, of the
Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane.
Second Week of Mr. BARKER, Principal Tenor Singer of
Mr. Braham's Theatre, London, and of the Theatres.-
Royal, Dublin and Edinburgh:.
Second Week of Miss LAND, from the Theatre-Royal,
Covent-garden.

Mr. RANGER, '
The highly successful representative of French Characters,
at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, is engaged for. a Fort-
night, and will make his second appearance here THIS EVEN-
ING, in a new Drama, written expressly for him, called The
Artist's Wife, as produced this season, with the greatest
success, at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket.

THIS present TUESDAY, October 30th, will he per-
formed the Musical Drama of

NO!

Frederick Mr. Barker.
Sir George Doubtful—Mr. W. Howard.
Commodore Hurricane Mr. Baker.

Lady Doubtful —Mrs. Baker.
Maria ➢Miss Land
After which, the• Grand Opera of
CINDERELLA.

Cinderella Mrs. Wood.
Felix..(Prince of Salerno).. Mr. Wood. .
Clorinda..Miss Land.
Baron Pompolino . -
Pedro Mr. Baker.
Fairy Queen.. Miss Grant.
After which will be produced, for the second time here, a
new Drama, written by G. A. A'Becket, Esq., called the

ARTIST'S WIFE,

Which was received last night with distinguished applause.
Clermont (the Artist) Mr. Ranger,
As originally performed by him in London.
Lord Welford....Mr. W. Howard I Andrew ....Mr. Baker.
Lady Charlotte Clermont ..Miss Faucit.
Louisa.. Mrs. Tellet I Mrs. Peeper.. Mrs. Edwards.

On WEDNESDAY, will be repeated the Opera of
MASANIELLO. Elvira, Mrs. Wood; Masaniello, Mr.
Wood; Don Alphonse, Mr. Barker; Pietro, Mr. G. Horn-
castle ; Fenella, Mrs. Baker; lois, Miss Grant. „After which,
the Opera of the BARBER OF SEVILLE. Rosina, Mrs.
Wood; Count Almaviva, Mr. Wood; Fiorello, Mr. Barker;
Bartolo, Mr. G. Horncastle -' Figaro, Mr. Baker. •
On THURSDAY, ROB ROY, THE WATERMAN,
and MONSIEUR TONSON,,
On FRIDAY, a Favourite Opera and other Entertain-
ments, for the Benefit of Mrs. Wood, and the last night of
Mr. and Mrs. Wood's Engagement.
MR. HILL,
The celebrated. Comedian and representative of American
Rustic Characters, from the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane,
and Haymarket, and Royal OlyMpic Theatre; London, and
the principal Theatres in the United States, is engaged for
FIVE NIGHTS, and will make his first appearance here
on Monday next, Nov. sth.

Under the immediate Patronage of the Worshipful
THE MAYOR, THE REV. JON.- BROOKS, RECTOR,
And the Nobility, Gentry,.and Clergy of Liverpool
and its Vicinity.
► VHE ROYAL VOCALIST, Sig. JACOBOWITCH, of
Sczuczyn, Woiewndztwo, Agustowskie, in Poland, re-
spectfully announces that his SUBSCRIPTION EVEN-
ING CONCERT will take place at the ASSEMBLY ROOM,
QUEEN'S ARMS Horst, Castle-street, Liverpool, on FRIDAY
next, the 2nd of November.
The Accompaniments by M. BARROWCLIFFE, M.
BRANNAN, and Mr. J. SHAW.'
Signor Jacobowitch's Voice performs Tenor, and imitates
the Bassoon, Violoncello, and Flute. He ptirposes.to prove
what Nature, unassisted by Art, can do.
The Concert to commence at Seven o'Clock. •
Tickets, ss. 6d. each, Children under twelve years of age
and Schools, 2s. 6d., may be had of Signor. JACOBOWITCH,
at N 0.25, Great Crosshall-street ; Mr. WEISS, Church-street;
tius and SON, Church-street, and 3, Bold-street; Mr. PAL-
MER, Bold-street ; Mr. TuomsoN, Great George-street; Mr.
SMITH and Mr. ARCHIBALD, and at the MERCURY-OFFICE,
Lord-street.

LIVERPOOL GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS
• FIRST SERIES-1838=1839.
ripHESE CONCERTS are appointed to take place on
IL TUESDAY EVENING, December Bth, 1838, January Bth,
January 22d, and February sth, 18.39, at the ROYAL ANIPHI-
THEATRE, which will be fitted up for theseoccasions after the
manner of the Festival Concerts. Arrangements are made
and in progress, with the folloWing Vocalists :
Miss BIRCH, Miss BRUCE, Miss MARIA B. HAWES,
Miss WOODHAM, Miss WOODYATT,
Miss F. WYNDHAM,
Mr. BENNETT, Mr. PEARSALL, Mr. BALFE,
Mr. MACHIN, and Mr. PHILLIPS.
An efficient MADRIGAL PARTY of twenty-four Select
Voices, will be an important feature in these Concerts, under
the dii ection of Mm. EYTON.
INSTRUMENTAL. PERFORMERS.
LEADER.—Mr. HERMANN.
vtoLINS.
Mr. C. HERRMANN, Principal Second.
Mr. ALDRIDGE, Jun., Mr. BARNES, Mr. BLCHME, Mr.
CONRAN, Mr. ELLIOTT, Mr. GREGoitv, Mr.C. El AMMOND,
Mr.JAcEsoN, Mr. MacE.A 1,, Mr. MILLER, Mr. D. STUBBS,
Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. H. MENDELL, Mr. WILBERFORCE.
VIOLAS.
Mr. WILTON, Principal.
Mr. GILLENS, Mr. SERJEANT, Mr. CHAMBERS.
VIOLONCELLOS.
Mr. W. LINDLEY, Principal.
Mr. ROBT. DAVIES,Mr. JOHN TIVENDELL,Mr. S. CHAPMAN.
DOUBLE BASSES.
Mr. TAYLEURE, Principal.
Mr. WOODWARD, Mr. BALL, Mr. P. HARRISON.
FLUTES. ' HORNS.
Mr. FISHER, Mr. W. Hornby. Mr.THOMPSON,MrFiSher,jIIII.
OBOES. TRUMPETS.
Mr. SCRUTON, Mr. Johnson. Mr. HANSON, Mr. Bradbury,
CLARIONETS. TROMBONE.
Mr. LEONARD, M'. Wright. Mr. EDGAR.
BASSOONS. DOUBLE DRUMS.
Mr.MoLlNEux,Mr.Boardinan Mr. FILEEN.
EYTON will preside at the Piano-forte.
SOLO PERFORMERS.
PIANOFORTE—Madame DULCKEN, Pianiste to Her
Majesty the Queen, &c.
VIOLIN—Mr. HERMANN.
VIOLONCELLO—Mr. LINDLEY.
BASSOON—Mr. MOLINEUX.
The amount of each Individual Subscription is One Pound
the Four Concerts.
Non-Subscribers Tickets for the Boxes and Circle, 7s.
each ; Pit, 4s. each; Gallery, 2s. each.
A Programme of each Conceit will be duly published.
Mr. WEISS, Church-street, will receive Subscriptions until
the end of November, when the list will be closed.

(From the New York Casette, Oct. 12.)
We understand that the agents of the Royal William hi.ve
decided upon changing her day of sailing from the 18th to
the 20th, (Saturday) at two o'clock; at which time she will
positively sail. But a limited number of passengers will be
taken.

A great meeting was held in Quebec on Wednesday of last
week, for the purpose of expressing the public opinion on the
retirement of Lord Durham from his station, expressing the
highest Confidence in the wisdom of his administration of the
Colonial Government, and their apprehension of the conse-
quences that will result from his abrUpt departure. We find
nothing, however, in the Quebec papers, indicative of the Go-
vernor General's determination on that subject. Whether
he goes or stays is as doubtfill now as it was before we re-
ceived the last Canada papers.. Lieutenant Governor Arthur,
of the upper province, was nn a visit to Lord Durham. The
probability is, that the Earl will return to England and leave
the colonies in charge' of Sir John 0oIborn; who. if we mis-
take not his mettle, will be quite as apt to keep the peace as
his noble predecessor.

( Front the New York' Gazette, October 13.)
SEA ISLAND Citop.—The Charleston Mercury says, that
at a regular quarterly meeting of the St. Andrew's Agricul-
tural Society, held on the 2nd inst., the committee of in-
spection, after diligently going over and examining all the
crops on James's island, report as the result of their in-
vestigation, that the cotton crop in that section of the parish,
will not exceed 651bs. ginned cotton per acre, less than the
half of a fair average crop. Provision crop fair, particularly
the early corn.

The directors of the several banks in New Orleans have
ratified the decision of the board of presidents for the com-
mencement of specie payments oh the Ist of January next.
Excit A NGE.—The United States bank is drawing on Eng-
land at 9t.

TITULAR NPHALE AND THE IRISH SYSTEM OF EDIT-
CATION.—In our last we commented, at some length,
upon the recent epistle of Dr. Murray, in justification
of the Irish Systnn of National Education. We now
proceed, in fulfilment of our promise, to offer a few
additional strictures on the flaming denunciations of

that system_ which appear in the last letter of the
usurping priest of Tuam.
It has recently been the boast of our radical con-
temporaries that "the school question has been set at
rest for ever." This boast -has been also frequently
echoed by more than; one .of our liberal town-council-
lors, whilst addressing the.different ward meetings of

their 'reforming
,constituents. The letter before us
furnishes us with the means of proving that, in the
Protestant townof Liverpool, the school question can
never be set at rest until the Irish system is finally
banished from the corporation schools. As we like
plain dealing, we shall at. once apprise our radical
opponents, and all who aid and abet them in seeking
to perpetuate among us this infamous and unchristian-
ising system, that we shall continue to agitate for its
expulsion from the public schools of the town. We
shall do this, because we feel it to be a duty impe-
ratively incumbent Upon us to labour for the extirpa-
tion of this anti-Protestant and anti-Bible scheme.
The introduction of this system into the Corporation
Schools is avowedly an experiment—an incipient
measiire—a first lodgement of the wedge which is de-
signed to sever the affections of the British public
from the established church and religion of the coun-
try. Upon the permanent success or the ultimate
failure Of this daring experiment will depend, in a
great measure, the adoption or the rejection of a si-
milar.system of national education for England. Those
who have advocated the Irish system in this town, and
who have contributed towards its establishment in the
schools supported by the corporate funds, have not hesi-
tated to say that they look upon its introduction into
those schools as a preliminary step to its incorporation
in a system of national education. Whilst this ulterior
design is openly avowed, we cannot permit our adver-
saries to boast that " the school question has been set
at rest for ever.", A great principle is involved in the
discussion of this question. It is this—whether the
Bible shall or shall not be the basis of popular educa-
tion. The alternative proposed by the liberals is, that
the Bible:shall be exclUded. This alternative has been
suggested by the Runtish priests. No other plan will
satisfy them. They dread the Bible, because its free
and unrestricted perusal by the people would bring
their craft into danger, by,exposing the errors and su-
perstitions of their apostate church. This dread of
the Bible pervades the whole of Dr. WHale's letters.
He appears to be excessively sensitive on the subject.
He would not even have an expurgated edition of
that " dangerous book" introduced into any school
frequented by the " children of the faithful." He
would not have an extract, a leaf,. or even a text of
the holy scriptures put 'before the children, unless
doled out by a Popish. teacher, accompanied by such
comments as would tend to neutralise its salutary ef-
fects. That this is no 'exaggeration his own letter
affords the most ample proof.
The last missive from the threatening titular of
Tuam is extremely discursive. The variety -of the
topics upon which he dilates is so great that we must
leave some of them unnoticed, for the sake of doing
something like jOstice to his remarks on the Trish sys-
tem of education. The letter (for which we have no
room) is addressed to Lord John Russell, and com-
mences'with a candid declaration that the Irish tithe
act has been received by all classes of the Papists of
that country with abhorrence—that it is a " delusion"
to expect that it will pacify the people of Ireland—that
Such a hope could not be entertained " without ima-
gining that the Irish people had lost all their sensibi-
lity to oppression; or that they would patiently endure
all their former wrongs, provided they were, called by
another name"—,and that " if the Roman Catholics of
Ireland be doomed to Oass under the yoke of an alien
and oppressive establishment, it matters nothing to
them whether it is To the landlord or the parson they
are coerced to pay the tribute of their religious servi-
tude." This is, certainly, plain dealing, and affords a
full corroboration of our oft-repeated assertion, that
the Papists of Ireland would never consent to any
other arrangement.than the final extinction. of tithes
n name and substance, and the extirpation of the
alien" Protestant. Church.
If there sere ally room for doubt on this subject, it

would
w surely be.removed by the very explicit language
employed by M'Hale, speaking, as he does, the lan-
guage of the Roinish heirarchv and the whole Popish
population. He says, "Again and again have the
people in an endless varie:y of petitions and solemn
resolutions, declared that,under no name or form which
it might ,assume would they consent to pay this exe-
crabletribute, and sealed this declaration with their
blood.".:, With respect to the tithe act he further says,
"An attempt is made to perpetuate it under a less ob-
noxious name;" but that "no sooner is tithe recog-
nised under the appellation of rent charge, than the
latter is assailed with the same hatred which was di-
rected to the former, and significant indications given
that the same feeling may extend to the whole of the
rentiroy77 To obviate the latter he says that " the
landed gentry come forward to mingle and sympathise
with the.occupiers in the expression of their utter de-
testaclorCof the new measure." Read and ponder
over this, ye disciples of 'expediency, and say what ye
now think of attempting to rule the unprincipled Po••
piste rabble of Ireland on the principles of conciliation
and concession- - Have your concessions been produc
tive of .any good? Has Catholic emancipation paci-
fied Ireland ? Has the conversion of tithes into rent
charge, accompanied with a sweeping plunder of the
church.of one•third of its revenues, satisfied the peo-
ple of Ireland? Let M`Hale answer the question.
But let us further ask, is it not time that we should
begin to legiSlate for Ireland on other principles than
those of concession to the demands of the Popish
priests ? • Where is concession to end ? . Are we to go
on until we have yielded up the Protestant Church
and all the rights of the clergy ? WoUld even that
pacify Ireland? We confidently answer, No ! There
exists at the pres.ent moment in Ireland a widely spread
conspiracy for a general _alienation of the whole pro-
perty held by the present descendants of the English
settlers in that kingdom—for the re-conquest of Ire-
land—for the annihilation of the influence of Great
Britain in that country. All the proceedings of the
Catholic Asiociation, in all its Proteus-like forms, are
rendered subordinate to the consummation of this
grand scheme. A few years will show that we are
guilty of no libel on the. Popish population of Ireland
while we continue to assert the existence of this con-
spiracy. Sir Harcourt Lees and others have olrered to
prove its existence before both houses of Parliament.
The day is not far distant when their evidence will be
required.
But to proceed with Mr. M`Hale's letter. • He're-
iterates his assertion that the landlords have resolved
to make comnion cause with the people in resisting the
tithe act, alleging that they have " leagued themselves
%vial their tenantry, in constitutional compact," and
that they are at length determined "never to cease
their exertions 'until they achieve a legal and peaceful
triumph over.the common foe." This is the fruit of
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