The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-20 00:00:00

LECTURES IN DEFENCE OF POPERY.

March 9th, 1838.

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Mr. Parker of St. Patrick's chapel was "speaking lies in his
hypocrisy" when he denied the charge, that the Roman Catho-
lic Chuich-condemns heretics, as they call Protestants, to ever-
lasting perdition. You. decline entering into any controversy,
because you consider it improper to discuss religious topics
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expressed by a popish lecturer. I rather suspect, that the real
cause of your declining any controversy is a consciousness of
your having a bad cause to defend. One point, however, you
endeavour to controvert. You say, •4 If Protestants believe in
the doctrine of justification by faith only, they are at variance
with St. Paul." You may well decline entering into a contro-
versy, if you have no more knowledge of the sacred scriptures
than to make such an assertion. I shall prove that Protestants
agree with St. Paul in maintainin that " we are accounted
righteous before God only for the merits of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and not for our own works or deservings." St. Paul
says (I quote from the Douav version,) " Being justified freely '
by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,
whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation through faith in
his blood, to the showing of his justice, for the remission of for-
mer sins; through the forbearance of God, for the showing of
his justice in this time, that he himself may be just and the jus-
tifier of him who is of the faith of Jesus Christ. Where is
then thy boasting It is excluded. By what law? Of works?
No! but by the law of faith. For we account a man to be justi-
fied by faith without the works of the law." Rom. iii. &c.
And again, Being justified, therefore, by faith, let us have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Ruin. v. 1.
Again, " Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of
the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also believe in Christ
Jesus that we may be justified by the' faith of Christ, and not by
the works of the law, because by the works of the law no flesh
shall be justified." Gal. ii. 16. Once more. " For by grace
you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves it is the
gift of God, tint of works that no man may glory." Ephes.
8, 9. Many more passages might be adduced, but these are
sufficient to prove to any unprejudicd mind that St. Paul was
no Papist, hut a Protestant, clearly maintaining that great
Protestant principle which Luther calls " the test of a standing
or falling church," kustifieation by faith only. But you bring
two Massages of scripture (the other is quite foreign to the sub-.
ject) which asserts that faith without works is dead. So we
maintain. But we contend that where there is justifying faith,
it will work by love. There is a cold assent to the truths of
Christianity where there is no love, which produces no good
works. This is what St. James alludes to when he save "Thou
believest that there is one God : thou doest well, the devils also
believe and tremble." But justifying faith '' works by love"
and overcometh " the world," and the man who possesses it

may be known just as FT know a good tree by the fruit which it
produces. But who does nut see that you must have the tree
before you can have the fruit. The fruit does not make the
tree good, but the fruit gives an evidence. the tree is good, so
good works do not justify the sinner, but they are evidences
that he is justified. Therefore, says our Saviour, by their fruits
ye shall know them:. We contend that a wan can do no
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works until he is justified,. for St. Paul says, " whatsoever is not
of faith is sin," and again we read "the ploughing of thewicked
is sin." Therefore, all that a sinner does, however good the
thing may be in itself, not being done as God -bath commanded,
we doubt not but it bath the nature of sin. Therefore, we con-
clude, that God justifieth "the nugodly," tnat Christ saveth
sinners, and that the Popish doctrine of human merits is un-
scriptural. The doctrine of justification only distinguishes ►he
religion of the bible from every false system. In this point
Paganism, Mahometanism, Popery, and Socinianism, are ge-
nerally alike—they all agree in this, that the Divine favour is
to be obtained by man's own DOING or suffering. But the
Bible and Protestantism which is based thereupon, call upon
mankind ❑tterly to renounce all dependance upon self, and to
repose exclusive confidence in the sufferings and righteousness
of the Lord Jesus Christ." Yours, &c.
CANDOUR.

NEW MARKET IN JAMES' STREET.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDwIRD.

I was much pleased to perceive that a correspondent in your
paper who signed himself a Whig, has drawn the attention of
the Improvement Committee to the necessity of erecting a
market in James-street, for the benefit of the shipping and the
inhabitants of Cheshire.,:jAs one connected with the first, I
should, in common with many others, hail with great satis-
faction the institution of a market in the very desirable locality
pointed out, and 1 hope the council will most "seriously in-
cline" to take the matter into consideration. As a shipmaster,
I am often compelled to pay a considerable sum for carriage
and porterage of provisions from the markets to my vessel, and
when detained for an length of time in the port, the tax be-
comes burdensome. The populous neighbourhood of Lord-
street, Castle-street, South Castle-sheet, &c., would he much
benefited also by a commodious mart in their immediate vici-
nity. NAUTICUS.
Lirerpool. 19th March.

ST. PATRICK'S DA Y.—Saturday last, being St. Patrick's Day,
the members of the various Hibernian Societies paraded the
streets in procession, with banners and MUSIC.
CONSERVATIVE PRESS.—A new journal, to be called the Hull
and East Riding Times, is about being started, under the editor-
ship of Mr. Henry Quin, formerly of the Hall Packet.

Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Matthews have been en-
g►aged by Mr. Price to perform for twelve months (or more) in
America; but it is not expected that they will leave England
until August-
Livait THEATRE.—Last evening, Mrs. Raymond had an ex-
cellent benefit at this theatre, the house beingclowded notwith-
standing the unfavourable night. Mr. T. P. Cooke made his
appearance in a nauticaldrama, and played with his accustomed
effect. His engagement we understand is continued.
MR. RANDALL'S BENEFIT.—Mr. BandalPS benefit takes
place on Friday evening. The feats of strength and agility
the performer exhibits are highly astonishing; amongst them
the balancing a beam two hundred weight, is accomplished with
the greatest facility. The bill is otherwise very attractive.
The trustees of the late Rev. Charles Simeon have presented
the venerable Archdeacon Law to the Rectors' of Bath, vacant
by the death of the Rev. Chas. Crook. It was rumoured, in
Liverpool, that the Rev. Hugh M'Neile had been offered the
appointment.

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LADIES' BAZAAR AT Ruricoats.—We have great pleasure in
announcing to our readers, that a bazaar will be held
in the National School Rooms, Runcorn, on Thursday and
Friday next. The proceeds are to be applied in aid of the fund
for building an additional church in Runcorn.

It will be seen by an advertisement in another part of this
day's Standard, that Mr. Laidlaw, the proprietor of the splen-
did exhibition of the Panorama of Jerusalem, &c., prolongs his
stay in this town for a short time lower; and to enable all per-
sons to see this really pleasing exhibition, we find that the
prices of admission have been reduced.
Mr. CLARKE.—We are glad to state, that Mr. Clarke, the
respected manager of the Liverpool and Manchester Theatres,
whose serious illness, a few weeks ago, we announced at the time,
is considerably better, with every prospect of a speedy return to
health. We rejoice at this event, in common with every one who
has experienced that gentleman's uniform urbanity and polite-
ness.

CONSERVATIVE FESTIVITIES IN SALFORD.—In addition to
the entertainment to be given to Mr. Garnett by the Conserva-
tives of Salford, on the Tuesday in Easter week, we understand
that a ball, on a large scale, will take place in the Pavilion, on
the Thursday following; and that the Operative Conservatives,
their wives and families, will also have their party and ball in the
same building on the Monday.
IMPROVE[) PATENT FELT.—We have before us a specimen
of this useful substance, which fully justifies the high terms of
commendation in which it is universally spoken of. It forms
at admirable material for sheathing ships' bottoms, for baling
and wrapping, for roofing, out-buildings, sheds, &e. It is im-
pervious to wet, and resists the a:tacks of the worm. We have
no doubt that this sheathing felt must soon supersede eve!),
similar article.

CHURCH Ra'rEs.—On Tuesday last, a meeting of ratepayers
was held in the parish church. Prescot, for the purpose of laying
a rate for the wants of the ensuing year, when an amendment
was proposed by a radical junto, who had beat up for the mere
purpose of fruitless annoyance; but on its being put to the
vote, a very large majority showed themselves in favour of the
Established Church. Not content with this, however, the
above-named clique are desirous of still further manifesting their
weakness by demanding a poll.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE RED'. JAMES WIDDOWS.—A
small but chaste tea service of plate, which had been subscribed
fur among a few of the friends of the Rev. James Widdows,
connected with the Congregational Chapel in Gloucester-street,
on the occasion of his leaving this town, to take the pastoral
charge of the Congregational Chapel at Rainford, was pre-
sented to that gentleman on Thursday last, as a tribute of re-
spect to his piety and worth, and to mark the regret which was
felt at his leaving a place where he had so long laboured with
the spirit of a truly pious Christian micister.
LANCASTER LENT ASSIZES.—These assizes commenced, on
Saturday, at Lancaster Castle, before Mr. Justice Patteson and
Mr. Justice Coleridge. William Blundell, Esq., of Crosby, the
High-sheriff, arrived at the county town from Preston, and made
his entry accompanied by the usual cortege. The state equipage
is described as a very handsome one: the liveries are blue with
white facings. W. Rawstorne, Esq., acted as Under-sheriff.
The calendar contains the names of sixteen prisoners for trial,
six of whom are charged with the offence of manslaughter. The
other cases are but light ones, several of which would, no doubt,
have been disposed of at the sessions, at Lancaster, had not the
assizes intervened, and required a general gaol delivery of per-
sons confined. The cause list is not expected to be a heavy one.
The trial of the first indictment against the chemical nuisances,
at the north end of Liverpool, was fixed for yesterday, before a
special jury. Upwards of 200 witnesses are in attendance to be
examined for the prosecution and the defence.

OPHTHALMIC INF' itstAity.=-We regret to find, from the an-
nual report, that the funds of this excellent institution are not
in so prosperous a state as they were last year, the balance in
the hands of the treasurer being only £23 Is. 21d., whilst there
has been a- considerable d►minution of donations, and a very
trifling increase of permanent contributions. This is the more
to be lamented as the institution is tfie means of conferring in-
calculable benefits, not only on working-men affected with the
diseases of the eye, but also on their wives and families, who but
for its intervention, might be deprived of their only means of
support. The following is an extract from the report :
The total number of patients who have received
the benefit of the Charity,iu 1837, is 2196
In the year 1836 1965

Showing an increase of 221
Whilst the number admitted in 1833 was 1129; thus, there has
been in four years an increase of patients, comparing 1833 with
1837, of no less than 1057. he total number relieved from the
first establishment of the charity is 24,704. These facts, the
committee trust, will justify them in appealing to the public for
further help.
THE COLUMBUS STEAM-SHlP.—This vessel may now be seen
in the Trafalgar Dock. She will proceed on her voyage early
in April; but, this being an experimental voyage, she will not
carry passengers. She is a beautiful steam-ship, and is neatly
fitted up with accommodations fur about twenty-five cabin
passengers. She is, it will be recollected, propelled by Mr.
Howard's patent vapour engines, of about one hundred and
twenty horses' power, and can carry fifty days' fuel at the same
immersion as a steam-vessel of the common plan, of equal
power and tonnage, can carry twelve days' fuel. She will
make about eleven miles per hour. The following description
of the machinery will be interesting :—This steamer differs from
all others in having, literally. no boiler, she has steam genera-
tors in which water in small quantities is made to drop from
an orifice on a heated plate, which rests upon a stratum of
mercury about three inches and a half thick, which is heated
up to the temperature of three or four hundred degrees by means
of a fire underneath. The rest of the engine is similar to the
common low pressure engines, except that the cold water cistern
is kept cool by means of pipes ofcold salt water running through
it. It is originally filled with fresh water, so that the evil of
using salt water for condensation is avoided. The fuel burned
is coke and stone coal, and the vessel will carry sufficient for
fifty days'. consumption. The vessel steamed all the way from
London, and frequently attained a speed of eleVen knots per
hour. Such is the construction of this vessel; and it must be
acknowledged, that great advantages, even for short voyages,
are obtained by the use of machinery occupying so little room
as this does. We are told, however,that it is extremely difficult
to keep the joints of the vessel containing the mercury perfectly
tight, and that the effect has been seriously to affect the health of
the men employed. It appears to us, however, that some sub-
stitute for this volatile and dangerous metal might be employed,
say, Newton's fusible metal, which melts at two hundred de-
grees, and which is not at all volatile."
LIFE BOAT.—We were yesterday invited to enamine an im-
proved hydrogen life-boat, invented and built by Mr. Joseph
Francis of this city, for Captain N. H. Holdredge, of the
Liverpool packet-ship, United States. The boat is 23 feet long
and 51 feet beam, is of the best material, clinker-built and
copper fastened throughout, and has a double ceiling; within
the boat are 14 tubes 13 Met long, placed from the keel to the
gunwale, containing 52 cubic feet of hydrogen gas, which will
buoy up 40001bs, of iron while the boat is filled with water. To
the sides are attached twenty life ropes, which with the boat are
capable of giving support to 100 persons in case of necessity.
In the bottom of the boat is a plug-hole, through which the
water escapes as fast as six men can hale it into the vessel; and
the experiments tried have convinced such as have examined her
i that it s the best invention for the preservation of life, in case
of ship-wreck, that has ever been offered to the merchants and
masters of vessels for their patronage and support. Captain
Pennover, of the packet Neptune, had two boats similarly con-
structed, which he took to Charleston, and so well convinced
were the proprietors of the Wilmington and Charleston line of
steam-packets of their utility, that they would take no denial
front Captain P., but gave hint his own price for them. Captain
Henry Holdredge, of the Liverpool packet, George Washington,
which sailed hence the Bth inst. for Liverpool, has taken one of
the boats with him, and will, on his voyage make experiments
of its utility, as occasion offers. The insurance companies of
Philadelphia were satisfied of their qualities, and ordered three
boats, as have also the insurance offices of Charleston, by an
agent sent to this city, for the purpose of examining them. by
utility of these boats is of importance toour mariners, in saving
lives and property in case of shipwreck at sea or on our coast;
and when once known, they will impart confidence to the
wreckers which is so essential in rescuing the unfortunate suffer-
ers in heavy gales of wind, when attempts, in ordinary boats,
are almost certain destruction.—New Yink paper, Feb. 23.
[We noticed this important invention a fornight ago, but we
did not then know, that one of the boats might be seen on
board the packet-ship, George Washington, in the Prince's
Dock. Captain Henry Holdredge will be happy to show his
boat to all persons desirous of seeing it ; -while Captain Nathan
Holdredge, of the packet-ship, United States, lying iu the Wa-
. terloo Dock, will be equally happy to show his.—Albion,.]

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trade, and for refusing to pay him his wages. The compliWafiV:''.A.4'si
stated that his master never taught him anything.—Mr. Hall:
'I What does he do all his time?' —Apprentice: "Way he has a
wife, and a woman he keeps, and he is three days at one place
and three at the other, and betweem 'em be teaches me
nothing." (Loud laughter.) Mr. Hall: "Then be divides his
attentions ?" Defendant (with much sang froiti4 "That's
' dividing 'em fair any how." The apprentice then went on. to
say that his master owed him nine weeks wages, at 7s. a week,
amounting to 1:335.' which he could not get paid. Defendant:
" It would be as well if you would ask him how many weeks be
has worked out of these last nine?"—Mr. Hall: "Answer the
first part of his charge, about not teaching him his trade?"—
Defendant : " Oh, he's instructed as far as others for his time."
Mr, Hall: " But pod have no right to leave him?"—Defend-
ant: " I should like to know how I am to support my family
and the other woman' as he talks aLwut, if I am away con-
stantly? I kept a public-house a short time, and 1 did not
then, 1 confess, attend to my work properly.”—Mr. Hall:
" What do you say about the wages for the last nine weeks ?"
Defendant : " Well, I will pay."—Mr. Hall :, "Jr is a very
improper thing. This boy keeps himself out of his wagess„ana
you keep him waiting nine Weeks without them. What Wile to
do? They ought to be paid punctually. You must pay the
£3 3s. immediately, and if you du not teach the apprentice pro-
perly, I shall grant a warrant against you."
ROBBING WITH A KlSS.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a
female named Mary Gore,. was placed at the bar, charged by a
countryman with having robbed him of a sovereign. 'hie
`complainant, who appeared quite unsophisticated, said—" I
war cotnie bup Mount Pleasant leak might, and 1 met with
that woman, and she pretended to knriti4e, and axed me how
I wuz, and got a holt of ma. I told berfl wuz very well, and
then she gay me a kiss, and at same timer felt her hand in my
pocket. I said ' you have robbed me?'
.She_ replied, `you
are a liar,' and then ran away. I stuck 'to her till I saw a
policeman, and then I gave her in charge. I had a sovereign,
a half-crown, and a sixpence in my pocket, and she had taken
the sovereign." Policeman No. 20 deposed to taking the pri-
soner into custody, and she owned that she had the sovereign,
and said the complainant had given it to her instead of a
shilling. The prisoner, in the most brazen-faced manner,
swore that this was the fact, and that an impropei'intimacy had
taken place between them, for which the money had-been given
to her. The complainant appeared thunderstruck with astonish-
ment, and reiterated his former statement. The prisoner was
sent for a month to the Borough House of Correction.
ROBBING A TlEL.—Yesterday, at the police-office, a lad
named Win. Hewson, was placed at the bar, charged by Mr.,
Brown, Druggist, of London Road,. with having,atteropted to
rob his till on Sunday night, when be heard a noise, which be
thought like the sound of a drawer being opened. He looked into
his shop, and saw the prisoner bobbing his head up above the
counter, beside the till which he had been attempting to rob.
He had twice before had his till robbed. The prisoner, on
being asked what he had to say, said : "Please stir I was only
going into the shop for a ha'porth of Spanish." Mr. Parkinson
said he was very welt known, and had been committed. Mr.
Hall transferred him once more to the Borough House of
Correction for three months.

THE DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS.—We believe it has been
a frequent remark that the artizan tailors are, as a class, the
most profligate set of men, with whom it is an established cus-
tom, from which it is considered a degeneration to vary, to get
quite drunk three days in the week. Yesterday, at the police-
office, no fewer than 9 or 10 of this fraternity were charged
with having been drunk, disorderly, fighting in the streets, and
so forth. Amongst the rest, Patrick M'Quillan, a "tailor Iv,
trade," was charged with having been exceedingly riotous at d
disorderly on Sunday night. The prisoner was a very diminu-
tive and sickly looking individual with elbows peeping out
of his coat, hair standing on eud, and nose and chin pointed
as sharp as the needlei of his trade, in fine, one whom it would
be no libel to call "a fraction of a roars." A policeman stated
that he had been called into a house in Scotland Road to put
the prisoner out, he behaving in a most riotous and disorderly
manner. After 'a great deal of trouble he succeeded in getting
him out, but he fought and went on in such a was, that be was
obliged to take him to Bridewell. Mr. Hall; Why did you-
behave in this way? Prisoner.—Why the person of the
house had got a cat of mine, and he would not give it op.
Mr. Hall: A cat ?—Prisoner: Yes, a cat. (A laugh.)-111r.
Hall : But you should not, because he has done so, go to his
house caterwauling and making such a noise?—Prisoner
Well, he'd got a cat of mine ; and (in a pathetic tone of voice)
it's only a fortnight since he stole a bitch of mine, and left me
with two pups but a fortnight old—(loud laughter)—and I
thought it rather too much to take both; and instead of this
policeman protecting my property he beat and abused me; and
I thought it better to come and see if he was justified in doing
so.—Policeman : He told me about the cat, but the man there
told me he had not taken it.—Mr. Hall : It seems to me that
the tailors are growing very riotous. Will you promise to con-
duct yourself better for the future? The prisoner made the re-
quired promise and was discharged.
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ONE USE OP NEWSPAPER9.—Yesterday, at the Police-office,
two apprentice lads, named Middleton and Murray, were
placed before the Magistrates, charged with having conducted
themselves in a riotous and disorderly manner in the streets on
Sunday night. Inspector Thompson deposed that he found
them in the streets making a very great noise, and shouting ap-
parently for their own amusement. He desired them to be
quiet or he should take theca into custody, and they passed on.
About an hour afterwards he found them in Scotland-road.
making as great a noise as ever, so he took him into custody.
They told him they cared nothing about being put into Bride-
well; they should only have to pay ss. for being drunk, all
they were frightened of was being put in the newspapers.
Middleton said he was a watchmaker, and Murray that be was
a book-keeper. Both behaved with great levity and very in-
decorously before the magistrate, and seemed to think it was
an excellent joke. Mr. Hall ordered each of them to pay ss.
for being drunk, or in default to be committed to the Borough
Gaol for three days. On hearing the fine imposed they both
burst out into laughter, and Middleton whirled his hand round
in the air in derision. Mr. Hall told them if they were Inought
up again they should find bail.

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