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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

if hatred of religion does not, in many cases, excite the
Liberal to attack the Church ; because the Church is a
main instrument for preserving tangible, fixed, distinct,
intelligible, and correct notions of Christian doctrine
and Christian duty, as opposed to the cloudy mysticisms,
the vague generalities,• and the lawless license of free-
thinking Rationalism.

We May he wrong—we hope we are; but we fear there
is only too much probability of our being right, when we
view the effects of Liberalism in religion. Whether we
regard the philosophic Socinians—those men of morality
who reject the greatest truth of Christianity—or whether
we turn our eyes to the Mormon priests of immorality,
who, acknowledging the main truths of Christianity, en-
graft thereon a mass of impious absurdities—or whether
-we look at the disciples of Robert Owen, who change the
names of virtue and vice, putting bitter for sweet and
sweet for bitter—or whether we glance at the proceedings
of the most ardent Liberals of the present French Repub-
lic, who, in their potations, combine, with audacious
blasphemy, the sacred name of Christ with those of
Julian the apostate, Cataline the conspirator, Rousseau,
and Robespierre—we cannot doubt but that, in number-
less cas's, a fiendish hatred of Christianity impels the
blows that are aimed against the Church. Let the Libe-
ral ponder this : it may be of more moment to him than
the humiliation cf a monarch, the fall of a dynasty, the
• verthrow of• a %,thurch, or even the vindication of the
political rights of his friends—" the people !"

SLEEPLESS BECAUSE CRIMINAL

One of tl-e most fearful instances we remember ever
to have read of the relentless operation of remorse, is
the case of Reston, who, being left heir to a large for-
tune by the will of a friend, after making. several un-
successful attempts to poison his friend, at

t managed

to place poison ,ithin his reach, under circumstances
which led to him taking it instead of medicine, by mis-
take. The consequence is thus related in the " Experi-
ences of a Goal Chaplain," just published.

.
" It was singular," observed Dr. Todrigg, emphatically,
" and no less singular than true, that Reston ceased to be
happy the moment he ceased to be dependent. The
gaiety and cheerfulness of manner, once so natural to
him, fled. The merry laugh and humorous reply, so
often the provocative to mirth in others, were never
heard. He looked a saddered, joyless, despondent man.
His family said he had never recovered the shock of Sir
Carroll's death, to whom he was devotedly attached ;' his
apothecary maintained that the sudden and surprising
change in his worldly circumstances had unnerved his sys-
tem.' I adopt neither opinions" said Dr. Todrigg
shrewdly ; but he was a curious specimen of a fortu-
nate young man,' when his friends placed him under my
special charge. And now observe the folly of which
educated people are guilty, and the pains which they take
to mislead the man by whose advice they profess them-
selves desirous to be directed. When young Reston was
confided to my care, his previous history was carefully
withheld from me. He was even introduced under my
roof with a feigned name. I asked the particulars of his
case, and received for answer that he had unexpectedly suc-
ceeded to considerable property, and was labouring under
undue nervous excitement. A secluded village in Somer-
setshire, nestling under the Cheddar Hills, was to be his
temporary home, and thither 1 was required to accompany
him. Promises of ample remuneration were held out to
me if success attended my course of treatment ; but no
medical regimen would reach his case. Take what exer-
cise he might during the day, he could not sleep. Pend-
ing the three months he was with me, I have my doubts
whether he ever had, at any one time, two hours of
sound. refreshing, continuous sleep. And when, per-
chance, his weary eyelids closed, and a snatch of repose
of some twenty or thirty minutes was granted him, he
talked ;ncessantly. During the day he was taciturn,
reserved and guarded ; but when he slept—if sleep it
could be called—his loquacity was continuous. Of this
I had ample means of judging. His sleeping-room com-
municated with mine—there were obvious reasons why
such an arrangement was desirable—and the moment he
was locked in slumber, his burdened spirit relieved itself.
He would commence in a low murmuring, which gradu-
ally deepened in strength and volume till his exclamations
became painfully distinct. am not to blame—it was
his own act and deed —No ! I did not offer it.—l wasn't
with him.—lt was his own blunder.—How came the phial
there ?—How ! Why am I to tell ?—I won't, I won't.'
A succession of shrieks would follow ; and in the midst
of these he wakes. At another time he would break out
with —' Ask me no questions!-1 intend to keep my own
secret !—Yes ! he grew thinner and thinner.—What have
I to do with that ?—They say you have killed him ?
False ! False !—He killed himself !—D'ye ye hear ? he
killed himself !—Oh ! it was cleverly done—cleverly done
indeed ! Ha! ha! ha!' And in the midst of a peal of
lauzhter, horrible to hear, the poor wretched creature
would wake, nor close his eyes again for hours."
" And what became of him ultimately ?"

FATAL COACH ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, when the
three horse coach, which runs between Blair-Athol and
Perth, reached the new railway bridge near Stanley, be-
tween Dunkeld and Perth, the leader, at a sharp angle of
the road, became a little restive, and taking the turn
rather quickly, the coach was suddenly upset. The
driver, William Cameron, was killed on the spot, and one
of the outside passeners, a traveller, so severely hurt that
he died within an hour after the accident.

SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-A luggage train on
Thursday afternoon ran into some sheep which had strayed
on to the Midland line at Wigston, and killed two or
three of them. On the arrival of the train at the next
station (Leicester) it was found that by some means a
sheep had been forced into the fire-box and was still alive,
although the wool was burnt off its back, its ears from its
head, and even holes burnt through the skin. It was
immediately killed and put out of its torture. This would
beat the American " cow-ketcher," were it not for the
sufferings the poor sheep must have undergone.—Leicester
Mercury. _

A coi;espondent of the Daily News says that some ex-
citement exists in Winchester respecting the dropping of
a life on which a lease was held of one of the great titles
of St. Cross's Hospital, and which has just now taken
place. The fine to be paid to the hospital for the renewal
of the lease is about £13,440, which is to be shared
among the master, chaplain, steward, and the brethren of
the hospital. Each of the thirteen brethren will receive
twopence in the pound, or £l2O a-piece : the chaplain
and steward, six pence-in the pound, or £360 a-piece ;
the master, the Rev. the Earl of Guilford, will receive
16s. 10d. in the pound, or £11,520.
A well-dressed man, named Ben. Smithson, engaged
in restoring the painted glass at King's College Chapel.
Cambridge, has been remanded en a charge of assaulting
Mr. Quinlevan, a Roman Catholic priest in the town, by
striking him over the head with a poker, after they had
been engaged in conversation. It appears that Smithson
was engaged to a young lady, named Alice Bovell, who
was also a member of Mr. Quinlevan's flock, but the
engagement was broken off, it is supposed by the inter-

feren-ce of the priest. Much mystery has been added to
the affair by the sudden death of the young lady, and
whose remains are now undergoing a post mortem exami-
nation, on suspicion that she has been poisoned.
At her Majesty's Theatre, on Thursday, a new ballet,
called " Electra," was produced for the first time with
much success. It is founded on an old classical story of
the Pleiad who lost her lustre in consequence of her love
for a mortal; but the scene is laid in modern Norway. In
a melo-drama by Mr. Sterling Coyne, which was produced
at one of the London theatres, some years ago, and in
which the character of the Lost Pleiad was sustained by
Mrs. Nisbett, the same principle of treatment was
adopted. The principal dancers are Carlotta Grisi and
Marie Taglioni. The ballet is the production of M. Paul
Taglioni, and the scenery by Marshall, is described as
being very beautiful.

THE REV. G. S. BULL ON THE ODD FELLOWS.—The
Rev. G. S. Bull, whose consideration for all the best in..

terests of the working

considerable influence, thus

editor of the Birmingham Journal, in reply to statements
put forward in defence of the Manchester Order of Odd
Fellows :—" I have no alternative but to conclude as I do,
with unfeigned regret, that this vast body is, on the whole,
and as a unity, insolvent—is deceiving itself, or deceiving
the working classes, or doing both the one and the other;

and must inevitably, and before very long, crumble under
its own weight, pressing upon erroneous or insufficient
payments, bad government, and the manifold evils of
public-house connection." _

THEFT OF THREE HUNDRED POUNDS.—At the Central
Criminal Court, London, one day last week, an elegantly-
attired and lady-like-looking woman, whose name was

embellished by several aliases, was sentenced to ten years'
transportation, under an indictment charging her with
stealing a parcel containing £3OO, in gold and silver, from
an inn in London, where the parcel had been left to be
_ _

forwarded to the Luton branch of the London and County
Bank. The prisoner, who is connected wits

" swell

mob," became acquainted with the fact of the parcel being
deposited in the bar of the inn, and made a representation
to introduce herself into the room, and whilst in the act

of substituting a "dummy" parcel for the veritable one,
she was taken into custody. It transpired at the trial that
the prisoner had been concerned in numerous robberies
with a man who followed a systematic course of plunder,
and who, by his nefarious practices, had obtained upwards

of £40.000:
OPENING OF THE NEW DOCK AT GLOUCESTER.—On
Wednesday the vessels in the old dock were decorated
with their flags. At twelve o'clock, the Torrance, Rowe,
of Wexford, from Constantinople, entered the new dock,

with her yards manned and colours flying, guns firing,
and cheers from an immense concourse of persons assem-
bled for the occasion. She was followed by English,
French, Prussian, Austrian Hanoverian, and Dutch ves-
sels, some of which immediately commenced discharging
toeir cargoes :into trucks on the railway, which were in
readiness. The persons employed at the basin were after-
wards entertained at the joint expense of the Canal Com-
pany, and Mr. Guest, the contractor. The new basin
nearly doubles the quayside accommodation, and there are
two additional cranes, each capable of lifting upwards of
20 tons. At present the basin will be appropriated to the
discharge of cargoes sent by rail, which accommodation

s much req

At the Marlborough-street Police-office, on Thursday,
a middle-aged woman, who gave the name of Caroline
Charlot`e Carlisle, and who has recently assumed the title

of the Countess of Ca

ham, charged with having intruded herself into the house
of Sir Charles Forbes, of 9, Fitzroy-square, while in a
state of intoxication. The magistiate ordered the pri-
soner to be detained, supposing her to be insane, and
shortly afterwards a note, signed " B. Bouch," was re-
ceived, stating such was the fact. It turned out, however,
in the course of a short time, that the prisoner, in com-
pany with another female, who acted as her servant, bad
carried on a systematic and ingenious process of swindling.
The insanity was assumed to facilitate the object aimed at,
as occasion might require. When it did not suit, the pri-
soner passed as Mrs. Wetherelt, a friend of the Earl of
Carlisle, and by giving orders upon him for payment, ob-
tained goods from various tradesmen to an immense
amount. The prisoner and her attendant were remanded.

SNOW STORM IN LONDON.—An extraordinary change
took place on Tuesday in the weather. In the afternoon,
between two and three o'clock, the metropolis was visited
by a heavy fall of snow. At first the snow descended
very gently, but in less than half an hour it was suffici-
ently dense to lead one to suppose that April had given
place to December, for the remainder of the day presented
keener indications of winter than we have hitherto ex-
perienced during the season. It was not a little curious
to observe the omnibuses and their drivers clad in frosty
white; and the budding trees in the parks and gardens
exhibited an aspect equally anomalous. The morning
being fine and spring-like, people walked about in cos-
tumes adapted for a continuation of genial weather; and
the gay apparel of the ladies, which had borne the reflec-
tion of a glowing sun, suddenly assumed a most cheerless
and uncomfortable appearance. In the course of the
afternoon► the sky cleared up, but the sun disdained to
shine ; and at a late hour last night we were favoured by
another visitation of snow much more intense than the
first. In a very few minutes the streets bore all the out-
ward signs of cold and dreary winter.—London Paper.
STOWE PARK.-The work of demolition has again com-
menced on the extensive and still beautiful domains of
Stowe. Hundreds, or thousands, of trees of all kinds are
doomed to the axe, though not, as before, to the auc-
tioneer's hammer. Already the roads and walks are in-
tercepted with prostrate trees in the gardens, of which
they have been the pride and glory for generations ; and
it is painful to witness the havoc made by timber-waggons
on the once well-kept lawn and glades. The only trees
that have any mercy shown them at present are the oaks,
but their doom will comebefore a month has passed, when
the sap having risen the bark may be torn from their trunks.
It will require a series of years to extirpate all the useful
timber from the estate, as it can only be cut down when
purchasers can be found for it. Another sypmtom of de-
cline in the good old town of Buckingham, during the
past week, has shown itself in dismantling the well-known
inn, the Cobham Arms, which has been the scene of poli-
tical and municipal feasts for about a century, and a post-
ing and coach-office as long. It is now to be converted
into a bank, under the auspices of the London and County
Banking Company, whose agent will open his commission
there as soon as the necessary alterations are completed.
" So much for Buckingham."—Oxford Journal.

NAVIGATION OF THE SEVERN UP TO WORCESTER.—
A special meeting of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce
was held on Saturday night, with the view of memoria-
lizing the Hon. the Commissioners of her Majesty's Cus-
toms to make an order for constituting the city of Wor-
-qter, for navigation purposes, a part of the port of Glo-
The memorial showed that great inconvenience
had been experienced by the merchants of Woreester in
receiving their goods from foreign ports and from the
coast through the ports of Glocester, Bristol. and Liver-
pool; that the expense and delay of transhipment at the
custom-houses was attended with great inconvenience;
that the population of Worcester and the surrounding
district (including many large towns) was far greater than
the city of Glocester and its neighbourhood ; that it had
been proved, within the last few days, by the arrival of
the Two Brothers, from Dunkirk, that sea-borne vessels
mop proceed up the Severn as far as Worcester, and that
therefore a direct communication with foreign countries
and the coast was of the utmost consequence to the dis-
trict of which Worcester is the centre ; and that for these
reasons it would be highly desirable to place that city on
the same footing as the town of Lydney and other places
which were considered as creeks of the port of Glocester,
and which were not therefore subject to those obstructions
of which the memorialists complained. The memorial

adopted

ananimo

3ENTINCK TESTIMONIAL.—The committee, after
meetings, have at length decided in favour of
zn of Mr. Thomas Hine, architect, of Notting.
Eionument is to be placed in the centre of
irket-place, which is about half-way between
and Welbeck Abbey. The memorial is to
namented Gothic structure, about fifty feet
,tyle that prevailed in the fourteenth century.
3n the base, and occupies a space, includ-
twenty feet square. The whole is di-
e compartments, or stages, the lowest
estal ; the centre a gabled canopy, sup-
buttreses and clustered columns ; the
spire-roof, pierced with traceried and
terminated with a gilded vane. The
sists of a flight of steps, surmounted by an
1 containing shields with the armorial
family of Lord George, and a deeply-
ed set-off to receive the buttresses and columns of
)py. At the four angles of the set-off are pedes-
mounted by lions in a sitting posture, supporting
aeon which also will be emblazoned the arms of
iily. The gables of the canopy are filled with
work, and contain_ carvings emblematical of the

,peated

his lordship specially advocated. The
whole of the pinnacles, gables, .and spire-lights are co-
vered with crockets.

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A YOUNG TRAVELLER TO THE SCOTCH HILLS.—On
Tuesday, a child two years and ten:months old, daughter
of Mr. Macqueen, Dalless, Streens, Nairnshire. wandered
from home without being missed for some time, after
which a fruitless search was made for her on the farm
during the remainder of the day and the whole of the
following night. At noon, on Wednesday, she was found
by two persons on the top of a hill, on the Cawder side of
the Streens, nearly six miles distant from her father's
house. The little wanderer, when discovered, was much
exhausted, but when it is considered that, besides being
exposed during the night, she must have encountered ;m-
-mense difficulties, from the nature of the ground she tra-
versed, for one of her tender age, before she attained the
height at which she was found, it seems almost incredible
that she could have survived the fatigue of her arduous
journey. But we are glad to learn that she has now quite
recovered from the effects of her perilous situation.—
Weekly Register.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A CHURCH.—One Of th
most extraordinary scenes which, under the circuin-'
ever disgraced an assembly of professing •
place in Burnley on Easter Tuesday. Mr. Brign,
alone in his disreputable attacks upon Church ministe.
nor is Rochdale now the only town in Lancashire o
which it can be said, in Dr. Molesworth's words, that
moh has been produced "so lost to Ail -'--
nothing of good English or Christiln
not only a defenceless individual, but
cause he exercised his right of following th
his own judgment." Neither is Mr. Brio.'
" mouthpiece of a misguided rabble,
in the Parish Chn,-ch with

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istians, tool

Icy, to

a clergyman, b

clapping, and did interrupt the parish
groans, and hissings, and laughter, and
the sacred edifice which they never en
Bad,—foul to the last extreme as a
under Bright at I

en exceeded 6y

other and More shameful proceedingsat Burnley. Lingua
of the worst kind—a rush, to tear the minister from I
place—a fierce struggle on Me steps of the font—" colla
ing and hauling," like blackguards in a street row
crushed and broken hats, kicks and blows, with me

than the noise, violence,
barely put an end to by t

the iom. meneeme

whose peace had been so odiously, so he
" WHAT'S IN A NAME ?"—A number
we believe,—bearing• the same na me of B

each other in a certain locality in the
Dumfries ; and this led to a somewhat
on Friday. One of the Eentlemen s

clock, which was rather mit of order
a respectable

Istruations to
Off

aker in town to put it in _
went one of the assi,tants, and, rapping at a door in the
above locality, told his message, and received the clock,
which he brought duly to his master's shop. He had
gone to the wrong F
clock

who was absent when it was taken away, havii
turned, was vexed and astonished at the loss of his
hle timekeener_ for he at nnra evsrlf.lll,-1..1 thnr a 1,..1

was nowhere to be found.
vidual, but luckily, befor

ie despairing owner oft

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dentally stepped into the watchmakers, and
thing that met his gaze was the familiar family
looking into his face like an old acquaintance.
tions were soon entered into: the wrong clock

stored ; and the right one. which was wror
works, was obtained from the richt Mr. Bro
amicably terminated this per
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