The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-06 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

For the Benefit of •
111-WDE'MOLSELLE CELESTE, .
And positively her last appearance.
Fifth nijit ,of the Engagement of the popular Vocalists,
MISS SMITH AND MISS JULIA SMITII,
Of Mr. Braham's Theatre, the St. James', London,
Who-are engaged for a limited period.
Arrangements hive been made with the following eminent
Performers!—=Mademoiselle TAG LION I, of her Majesty's
Theatre, tendon, who is engaged positively for Two Nights
only; pi-eel-Otis to her departure for the Continent, and who
wilt make' iter appearance here on MONDAY and TUESDAY
next, lely 9th and .10th. The Box Plan for Mademoiselle
Taglioni's Two Nights, will be open on Saturday, July the
7th, previous to which (to afford equal facilities in securing
seats) no places can be taken.
The highly celebrated Vocalist, Madame CINTI DAMO-
REAU, and the first Pianistof the day, Mons. DOEHLER,
of her Majesty's Theatre, and of the Nobility's Concerts,
London, are engaged for Four Nights, and will make their
first-appearance here on TUESDAY. the 17th of July. Their
other blights of Performance will be Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday,the 18th, 19th, and 20th of July.
Signor ,CDRIONI and Signor. F. LABLACHE, of her
Majesty's theatte,.are also engaged for Four Nights; as like-
wise Mr. BOCHSA, who will direct the Operatic Enter-
taiernentrivand perform on the Harp some of his most favour-
ite pieces. The .Box Plan for these Four Nights will be
open on ML XDA Y, Jtily 16 ; and, notwithstanding the very
heavy expense attending the above Engagements, no advance
will he made in the prices of admission.
rill! I jireletit FRIDAY., .luly 6, 1838, will be produced,
firsf here, the celebrated American Indian
,Tradi-
acts; entitled
THEINDIAN GIRL;
'On, A STDRi. Or Nair ENGLAND.
Narratiittlih, (the Indian girl,) Mademoiselle Celeste.
After which, for the second time here, a new Drama, in two
acts, called
• OPEN HOUSE;
OK. MK TWIN SISTEItx.
Fanny;.hliss Smith; Smith—the twin
• - -sisters.
At the end of the' first 'act of Open House, Mademoiselle
; iCeffelesewill dine* " -La 'Bevailere."
Pu:eo%e, b'witii•the~oopntarDrama of the
TM/CNC-ft-SPY;
VC' THE 'CONSTANT/NA.
flitmet, (eirild,Artib bby),;.'.Mtidohnoiselle 'Celeste !
Heari, OVettliels tititttl/2,)oo.lltifereinOiselleC
Victorie, (a-French, ladr,)'4,.britidenioiseile Celeste! !
On MON DAY,: the 'Petite' Ctirnedy of't'he YOUTHFUL
QUEEN, -After iv-hick; Taglieni.
To which will be added the new Farce of OPEN HOUSE.
Dancing by. :Mademoiselle Taglioni. To conclude with the
Barletta of Milo- Smith; Daphne, Miss Julia
Smith.

*tantiat•l3.

FRIPAt ui, 6, 1838.

' The .P.Alig&tion therSTANDAnD commenced this
naorning at 5 o'clock.

TO THE PUBLIC.

(From the Standard of Tuesday,)

In preseritiiii,ip nui readers the first number of the en-
.
larged.series of the'LIVERPODIL STANDARD, we feel
it to he; incumbent upon us to glance at a few of those
impreverne-nts which the additional space of six co-
lumns in-tack publicatiori gill enable us to intro-
duce.

It ia unnecessary that we should dilate upon the prin-
ciplea4e 41ft advocacy of which we have been so
long ike.-crim. 'Attachment to the constitution of
Great Britain. in Church and State—a firm adhe-
rence to the monarchy of these realms—devotion to
that Protiitint Establishment which we believe to
be bothihe glory andsafeguard of our country—the
'in,uniMpaired integrity of our mixed
and-baleneedlerm of government--and the preser-
vation ;"Ort.hose timue-honoured institutions which
are- intimattly••interwoven with our national pro-
speritytheae
,are the objects for which ire have
ever contended, and which we shall continue to ad-
vocate. In the political department of the STAND-
Ann there:Will, therefore, be no alteration; but we
trust that the larger space at present at our com-
mand, will afford us a better opportunity for the dis-
cassioniof those important national questions in
which are involved the interests of the church or
the stabilitylof our constitution.
The enlargement which. has taken place in this jour-
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a much itelier amount of general information than
it has been hitherto in our power to present to our
readers,.': Owing to the large space frequently oc-
enpied by, advertisements, we have been compelled
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Whitt%
the LAVRRPOOL STANDARD has hitherto re-
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snail airraYl be our endeavour to merit a conti-
noance of
tkat .patronage which we have so long
enjoyed. .*
onr thanks kie. 'also due to those friends who have
riteered u`.;
" with their correspondence on various
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if they possess the, recommendation of brevity.

MR. TURTON'S APPOINTIetENT.—Onr readers will
!member that in. April last there was a rumour that
this very notorious individual had obtained an appoint-
ment under Lord Durham, and, that he was to go out
to Canada in some official capacity. Considering the
character of the man, such a rumour could not escape
the notice of the conservative members of both houses
of Parliament. Accordingly we find that the Earl of
Winchelsea inquired of Lord Melbourne whether
there was any truth in the.report. The answer of the
Premier was most explicit. It was to the following
effect :----That the infamous person in question had
"gone out to Canada Without any appointment—

without any prospect of an appointment—and without
any intention on the part of Government, or of his
noble friend the Earl of Durham, to appoint Mr:
Turton to any public situation whatever." Nothing
could be more satisfactory than this reply, if any con-
fidence could be reposed in the solemn aSPipItICCS of
twigs and radicals. But, unfortunately, these.' puri-
tanical politicians cannot be taken at tlieir .word:
Their habitual bad faith is matter of public.iMtbrity.
The case under notice affords a striking illustration of
the truth of this remark. No sooner had Lord Barham
reached Canada, and entered upon his vice- regal fune-
tions, that this flagrant offender against public mora-
lity was gazetted as one of the joint secretaries of the
high commission!
Such a discreditable appointment, of course, once
more attracted the attention of the high-minded op-
position peers; and on Monday night last Lord Wham-
cliffe, in the absence of Lord WTinchelsea, proceeded

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to ask Lord Melbourne whether lie was cognisant of a
fact so completely at variance with his for Mer solemn
asseverations. The answer is highly instructive. He
candidly admitted that " it was with the greatest sur.
prise and concern that he saw the appointment of Mr.
Turton announced," and that, " at the time he made

his former statement to the house, he felt confident no
slick appointment would take place." It is really dif-
ficult to give Lord Melbourne any credit for sincerity
in making the. former declaration of his ignorance on
the subject, especially when he knew that Mr. Turton
was about to sail in the same ship with Lord Durham

—that the chaplain of the vessel had been deprived of
his berth, in:order to accommodate this chosen com-
panion of " His. Highness"----and that there was a si-
tuation not yet filled up in connection with the Ca-
nada commission. It is, indeed, possible that the
premier may have been perfectly convinced of the
truth of his very positive denial. If so, it then fol.:

lows inevitably that he was most grossly. deceived and
impo.ver,Vupon. By whom ? Either by- my Lord
Durham, or by the other membrs of the cabinet,
acting in concert ‘vith that very honourable personage.
In whatever light this appointment is looked upon,

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it reflects the deepest dishonour upon the parties con-
cerned, and affords a damning proof of the utter reck-
lessness of principle and profligacy of character of our
present ministry----a ministry assuming to themselves
the character of political purists of the first water ! It
is a sound maxim, that men who pay little regard, in
private life, to morality of conduct, are capable of
perpetrating, as public officers, the vilest enormities.
Is the choice of Mr. Turton an illustration of the truth
of this remark ?

B 3 the bye, the remarks of Lord Brougham in the
House of Lords afford another proof of the fact, that
Mr.Tutton's appointment was quite a matter of coune
That eccentric individual is reported to have said, in

his apology for the incestuous adulterer, that "in
order to accompany Lord Durham on his mission, he
had sacrificed a professional income secured to him,

as the advocate of certain claimants from Bengal, of
£2,000 per annum." Why did he make thiS sacri-
fice ? Was it not with the certainty of obtaining an
equivalent ? If Lord Melbourne was aware that this
" foul offender" had made such a sacrifice, it is really
impossible to exonerate him from the charge of dupli-

city. The only satisfactory proof of his integrity in

this matter will be the recall and disgrace of Lord
Durham, for having been guilty of practising so grossly
upon the premier's credulity.
What must her Majesty now think of the character
of her ►epresentative in the Canadas ? Will she per-

mit such a vile proceeding on his part to sully the

Istre of that crown will) which she has been so re.

cently invested ?

THE IRISH EDUCATION BOARD.—On Tuesday even-
ing last, the Bishop of Exeter, who deserves every
praise for his unflinching opposition to the friSh edu-'
cation system, gave another exposure of the abomina-
tions. practised under the authority of the commis-
sioners. A person of the name of James O'Donnell,
who had, it' seems, been dismissed from the coast-
guard for seditious and inflammatory proceedings,
was actually appointed master of one of the national
schools, and afterwards removed,, in consequence of a
complaint made to the commissioners, to the very
parishin which he had been guilty ofßsing treasonable
language. The school to which he was thus removed
was under the patronage of Father Hughesi—a priestly
agitator of great notoriety, and the herald of John of
Tuam in his crusade against the Protestants of Acid!.
This Priest Hughes is proved to have advised
people froth the altar " to use pitchforks, and put into
bog-holes any of the persons who approached their
houses, upon the. subject of Scripture or Scriptural

education." We say nothing about the propriety of
'placing. any of the money voted for the purposes of
education; in Ireland at the disposal of this truculent
persectitor :- but we must denounce the appointment
of the man O'Donnell to such a situation in the very
parish •in which he had indulged in his treasonable
harangues. It was a gross and premeditated insult to
the Protestants of the place. The Bishop of Exeter
astic therefore justified in making a strong representa-
tion on the subject. His remarks, however, called

forth Lord Plunkett, who defended the board, and
asserted that O'Donnell had been improperly dis-
charged-that his discharge took place on hearsay
evidence—Mid that his appointment reflected no dis-
grace upon the commissioners. The following short
extract from his speech will show how Lord Plunkett

aboured to exonerate this man from the serious charge

laid against him :
There could be no doubt that the language asserted to be
used was most unjust and unwarrantable ; but on what evi-
dence was it supported? A person named M 'Canby said that
he had been told by a man of the name of Routledge that
O'Donnell had used this language; but the latter declared
that he had never heard any expressions of the kind. The
language said to have been used by O'Donnell was, that there
would be no more tithes paid to the clergy; that the Irish
Would he free and flourish once more; and that he also spoke
in praise of Mr. O'Connell, who, he added, would become
King of Ireland. Now, M'Carthv did•not pretend to have
heard this himself, but he said that Itoutledge had told him
that he had heard these expressions; the latter, however, de-
nied having any knowledge' of the subject.
Now, in contradiction of this statement of his lord-
ship, and to show its gross falsity, we shall -adduce an
extract from the evidence of Lieutenant Irwin, M'Car-
thy, and Routledge, given before the select committee
of the House of Lords:—

Lieut..Toseph Irwin, R.N., is called in and examined as

Had you at any time, in the month of October, 1831, the
command of the coastguard district of Westport ?—Yes.
*

Did Juhn Routledge make, any reports to yriu at any time
respecting the coridtictof the persons under him had
occasion frequently to make reports of that kind.
Respecting Jame); o:Dotinell?—Yes. • '
What report did.hermake to you ?-11Iaearthv first reported
the circumstance to me respecting James.O'D'onnell.
What was that Z-1114Carthy.came into Westport, where I
,resided, by order of Routledge, who was his chief boatman,
to report the conduct of James O'Donnell. for making use
of improper language at the "Stationl-:, disaffected language,
as be called it; and- When -111'eartki' came to me to make
the report, I told- hint 'll would'lake. the, first opportunity .of
inquiring into it. , • t
M'Carthy here
Was this a report made lo' ofl;etally was
What was the nature of the reporOfriaS Made officially to
you by Ill'earthy ?---That this Janies.O'DOnnell, an extra
boatman, had made use of seditioas lanoage at the station.
He mentioned the language that he made use of; I do not
exactly recollect the terms.
Do you recollect the effect Oro ?—The effect was that the
Protestant church would soon be put down ; that the country
would soon be their own; that O'Connell would soon be their and all that sort of language. •
Is fl.l•Cart by a Roman Catholic or a Protestant ?-111'Car-
thy..is a Roman Catholic. •

Then, 'their own,' did you understand
M'Carthy as meaning that O'Donnell had said to him that
the country- would soon be the country of Nl‘Carthy, and his
ow•n, and his fellow Roman Catholics?—Yes, I understood
it so. At that time there was a
great deal of the Steelboy system going on; it is similar to
what is called the Whi:efeet in other parts of the country, or
Ribbonism; and I was afraid that this O'Donnell might bare
been a sworn Steelhoy, and front his language I feared that
he was deeply concerned with them ; and I thought he was
not a fit person to trust in that situation : as he was a man I
employed myself, I was solely responsible for his conduct,
and therefore 1 thought he was an ►mproper person to con-
tinue in the coastguard, and I ordered Routledge to discharge
him oil' the books. .
*

Timothy 111`Carthy is called in and exa►uined as follows:
—Were you at any ►ime a coastguard man at Itossniore Point
under Lieutenant Irwin ?—I ras.

Did you know a coast-guardman named James O'Donnell
at that time ?—I
[lad you ever occasion to report the conduct of James
O'Donnell ?—I had.

To whom did you report it ?—To the chief boatman under
Mr. Irwin ?

Who was that?—John rioulledge.
What did you report of hint? Rebellious speeches, and
saying that the tithes should be done away with. that no
tithes should be paid, and that Ireland should be free and
flourish once more; and himself and a man of the name of
David Kelly made a great noise. He came out of his house
into mine; there was only a thin wall between his house and
mine, and we had one roof for both houses. I told him it
was a great shame of him to make the noise he was making,
to make the speech he was making, and he told me he would
hare no thanks to me, and called me an informer; 1 went to
the chief boatman and reported him. He was standing on-
the road, and told me to go in 0, Mr. Irwin and report it.
Did he tell yon anything about the name of O'Connell ?
I hardly. remember what he said now, it is so long ago, it is
mole than five ycais; 1 know he said a good deal more than
I recollect now.

To what effect was it?—Whenever one of them would
make a speech, it was in regard of O'Connell, and, they
would have loud cheering. They used to be at it as if two
gentlemen were against each other. lie mentioned that Ire-
land would be free, and that it would flourish once more.
*

John rioutledge is called in, and examined as follows:
, Are you a coast-guard man at Achill?--Yes.
Have you long been so employed ?—Eighteen years in the
service.

In the.. month of October, 1831, had you charge of the
coAstguard station of Rossmore Point?—Yes.
Do you know. Timothy 111`Carthy ?—Yes.
Did he report ti) you anything respecting the conduct of
JaMes O'Donnell ?—Yes, he did.
Is that James O'Donnell the James O'Donnell who is the
schoolmaster at the national school at Dugort ?—I do not
know whether he is there at present or not; he was there.
He is the man that was schoolmaster there ? Yes, he was.
Whatdid INl'Carthy report to you as having been said or
done by O'Donnell ?—As near as I can recollect, the report
was that Ireland would soon be their own, and O'Connell
would be their king; I can recollect no more than that of the
speech, it is so long since.
Did you report this to your superior officer?—Yes, I re-
ported it to Lieutenant Irwin, the inspecting commander.—
Before this, had you ever heard O'Donnell say anything
else ?—Previous to that I heard him make a kind of a speech :
I heard him say that he thanked his God that he would soon
see the day that they would trample down the protestant.
church, and that their own church would flourish again,
which had been persecuted.

Now, my Lord Plunkett, we would venture to ask,
where is your candour—where is your honesty, in thus
mutilating and misquoting the above evidence ? Was
it obliquity of intellect or defective vision which
caused you to make such mistakes in your reply ?
We trust that the Protestant clergy of Ireland Mill
continue to expose the infamous system pursued by
the board of commissioners. Many similar cases to
that of James O'Donnell will no doubt be soon
brought to light, which will serve to convince Eng-
lishmen that the large amount. of- money annually
voted, for the purposes of education in Ireland, is in
reality neither more nor less than a bounty upon the
growth of Popery.

THE BUSINESS OF PARLIAMENT.—On Tuesday night
the HouSe 'of Commons did not sit at all. The busi-
ness of the nation is thus condUcted by a reformed Par-
liament and under a Whig government. The same
thing occurred on Friday last ; and that at a season
when the leader of the House of Commons has the har-
dihood to complain that it is impossible to get through
the public business. How does it happen that so many
measures of importance are cushioned for the present
session, which commenced so far back as October last?
How does it happen that so many measures are crowded
upon the attention of the House of Lord; at this late
period in the session, when so many fatuilies connected
with the peerage are making their arrangements for
going into the country ? The answer is obvious. The
present ministry cannot carry on the government of
the country with any degree of efficiency. 'they can-
not control the business of the House of Commons.
They are forced to yield to the whims and fancies of

their motley supporters. They are under the necessity
of indulging Hume, Molesworth, Grote, Leader, et hoc
genus wane, in all their ridiculous speculations. The
consequence is, that the precious time of the House is
occupied by a set of coxcomical twaddlers, called, by
way of irony, " philosophical radicals," to the utter
neglect of all those momentous questions to which the
attention of Parliament ought to be directed.

At present, owing to the general postponement of
the important bills before the Commons, the business
of legislation devolves almost exclusively upon the
House of Lords. And "thank God that we have a
House of Lords," to rectify the blunders, and to neu-
tralise the absurdities, perpetrated by a reformed House
of Commons. To the Upper House the hopes—the
excited hopes of the Protestants of Great Britain, and
especially of Ireland, are at present directed. May the
Lords continue, as they have hitherto done so nobl►•,
to defend the true interests of the country, by main-
taining inviolate the rights of the Protestant church,
upon which are based the liberties of the Protestant
peoPle of these realms.

THE ATUEN/EUM.—We understand that certain par-
es connected with the Athena urn library have given

notice that they will, on Tuesday next, move that the
resolution for closing the room, on the Sabbath day,
until five o'clock in the afternoon, be rescinded. We
do not know who these parties are ; they may possibly
be Infidels, or Unitarians, or perhaps they are Papists:
but we cannot help remarking that in this Christian
community such a notice must excite the gyeatest'sur-
prise in every quarter. Is it possible that such an in-
sult to the religious feelings of the people Of LiverpoOl
is set iously contemplated? If it, did not appear to be

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intimated in the shape of an advertisement we word
be inclined to treat the matter as a joke—a wretchedly
wicked joke nevertheless. We shall, however.,,, -wait
with patience until the day specified,; and see
any of the frequenters of the library will have the colt:
rage to act upon so preposterous a notice. We shalt
very narrowly inquire into the division, which cannot
but take place, should such a profane motion be at all
mooted. If 'we should find that any of the ministers
of religion in this town are guilty of thus promoting
the open profanation of the Lord's day, they may rely
upon it, whether they be Whigs or Tories, Churchmen
or Schismatics, that we shall visit them withsuch a cas-
tigation as they will not soon forget. We shall not

hesitate, from any motives of false delicacy, to exhibit
them in their true light, as the enemies of Christianity,
and, if Churchmen, as the foes of our Established
Church. But we hope that at least no clergyman of
the Church of England, who may happen to be a sub-
scriber, will be found to give his support to 'so mon-
strous a proposition. It' such should be found they
will not escape the sneers of the Radical press of the
town, to whose tender mercies we shall willingly con-
sign them, as an adequate punishment for so gross a
dereliction of duty. We beg pardon, there is at least
one Radical newspaper in town that will take up the
cudgels on their behalf, as an indirect mode of justifying
its own habitual infraction of the commandment which
prescribes the "keeping holy the Sabbath day." Who-
eve , among the " Christian" pastors of Liverpool,
desires such an apologist, is perfectly welcome to the
distinction.

THE ENDOWMENT QUESTION.—We have given this
day a full and accurate report of the proceedings at

the vestry meeting yesterday, in reference to the
Endowment Question. At the very late hour that we
received the report of the meeting we found it im-
possible to do anything like justice to the important
matters at issue. On Tuesday next we shall revert to
the subject. In the mean time we may be allowed to
express a hope that nothing has occurred to preclude
the possibility 'of a final 'adjustment of this vexatious
question. We would particularly direct the attention
of our readers ,to the- tery apposite speech of Mr.
Gladwin. His sentiments, we feel convinced, wilt
meet with a ready response from all parties whO are in-
terested in- the .maintenance of the Established• Church
in this town.

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