The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

Twenty-six Irish barristers died last year, and 83 were
called within the same period to the bar.
The Small Debts Act will come into operation the first
week in January.
It has been arranged that Mr. Ferrand shall show cause
to-day (Tuesday) against the rule obtained by Mr. Lewis,
the poor law commissioner, for libel.
In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, the sth
instant, Lord Denman stated that a user of twenty years
did not give an absolute right of road, though un-
doubtedly it furnished strong evidence of the existence of
such right : the right itself could not be created but by
deed.
COURT ETIQUETTE.--Mr. Sumuel Peet, a member of
the Society of Friends, who was called to the Irish bar
this term, in moving for a scire facias addressed his lord-
ship thus :—" May it please the Court, I am directed by
my client to ask," &c., instead of conforming to the usual
form of opening a motion—" May it please your lordsinp.s"
The distinction did not appear to be observed by the
Court, but it was at once recognised by the members of
the bar, amongst whom it created some merriment.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—Lady B—, the wife of a dis-
tinguished Lord, was a few weeks since so alarmingly ill,
occasioned be a disorder in the Liver and Stomach, as to
induce the physicians to disclose to the Hon. Mr. D-----,
I I,er Ladyship's son• in-law, that they entertained but little
hopes of her recovery. In that sta'e, and unbeknown to
her medical attendant, she was strongly advised to try
Holloway's celebrated Pills, which she took for only three
weeks, when she found herself as well as ever she was in
her life. The accuracy of this extraordinary statement
can be proved beyond all doubt.

SEVENTH ADDRESS TO THE PROTESTANTS
OF THE EMPIRE.
BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CLUB.

But, some say, though you repudiate Romish priests,
you admit, nay you invite the eo-operation of your own
clergy. Where is the difference ? Why not get rid of
the priestcraft altogether ?
Our answer is-Ihe English Church is an enemy to
oriestcraft, by her principles, by hrr kws,'by her history,
by the temper of her people, by the spirit of her clergy.
And if -you wish to know the difference' between an Eng-
lish clergyman and a Romish priest, here it is :
The English clergyman is a counSellor of peace, hold-
ing forth God's truth ; the Romigh priest is an instigator
of strife, hawking about the lies of Popery.
The Eng,ish clergyman comes to you with the Bible in
his hand, and appeals to your' judgment and your consci-
ence ; the Itomish priest would rob you of your Bible,
and tells you to submit blindfold to the decrees of his
church.

The Eng'ish Clergyncan teaches men to worship God
and to honour the King, to do their duty to their fellow-
men with the hope of heaven before their eyes ; the Ro-
mish priest teaches'men to worship the Virgin and to ho-
nour the Pope, Ad, with the fear of purgatory before
their eves, to pal their "duty" to the priest.
The English/lergyrnan teaches men how, with "a con-
science void of offence towards God and man," they should
"hold fast the liberty wherewith Christ has made them
free ;" the Romish priest, prying into men's consciences,
and the Onsciences of their wives and children, rivets
their sins-together in a chain, wherewith he holds them
fast in the bond of iniquity.
This is the difference between the English clergyman
and the Romish priest; and, therefore, the Romish priest
is a fit tool for fastening the yoke of error and supersti-
tion upon the neck of a nation of slaves subject to the
tyranny of the Pope, while the English clergyman is a fit
minister for diffusing the blessings of Christ's grace and
truth among a nation of freedom subject to the lawful so-
vereign in the fear of God.
But, say others, granting that there is this difference
between the English clergyman and the Romish priest,
that the church of England is a blessing to this nation,
and the Church of Rome a curse to any people—still, why
call the English clergyman into your counsels, why make
him a party to the political action of the National Club,
and of the associations which rally around it ?

We answer,—That from the remotest period of our his-
tory, in British, in Saxon, and in Norman times, accord-
ing to the terms of the Magna Charta, according to the
principles of the Reformation, according to the settlement
of the Protestant Constitution by the Bill of Rights, the
clergy have always been one of the estates of the realm,
and as such have had their share assigned them in the ad-
ministration of public affairs; but that for more than a
century past they have been excluded from that influence
which the Constitution originally assigned to them.
That if the influence of the clergy had been allowed to
continue, our church herself would have been maintained
in a state of greater efficiency, and safe from the lament-
able confusion and divisions with which she is reproached ;
the State would have been preserved from the course of
godless legislation in which it is engaged, and this Chris-
tian land would have been spared the curse and the dis-
grace of seeing a large portion of its population grow up
in a state of spiritual destitution and of practical infidelity.
That in a land where God's truth is recognised, and the
instruction of the people in that truth provided for by the
State, the business of legislation and public administra-
tion ought not to turn, and cannot turn exclusively upon
the affairs of this world.

That even in regard to the affairs of this world, the
principles of religion ought not to be set aside by a people
profe-sing allegiance to God's truth ; that more especially
all the institutions and all the laws which affect the intel-
ligence and the morals of the people must bear the stamp
of those principles, if they are to harmonise with the
nation's faith.

That the ministers of religion are, by their very calling,
which is truly not of this world, responsible for the reli-
gious conduct of the nation not only in private but in pub-
lic life ; and that they ought, therefore, to have a voice—
and that an influential voice—in the discussion of public
questions.
Let but the clergy and the laity of our church go hand
in hand—let them but make an united effort to recal the
nation to its ancient principles, its hereditary faith; and,
evil as the times are, we have no cause to despair. The
truth is mighty, it will preva,l!
RICHARD NUGENT, Hon. Secretary.
13, Cockspur-street, Nov. 20.

THE SHORT TIME EXPERIMENT IN

LANCASHIRE

The Lancashire manufacturers are determined to prove
the absurdity of the idea of realising short hours by mu-
tual agreement. Their wiser workmen (being taught true
wisdom in the Ten Hour Bill school) have begged them
to curtail the production ; and have offered to take their
share of the loss. And after a while, when they bad their
own interests in their eyes, most of the masters were un-
derstood to have consented to a general working of short
time. But we, says the Halifax Guardian, knew
them better than to believe that this would last long, or
go far. And now in these short weeks how do matters
stand ?
The Manchester Guardian and Manchester Courier of
Wednesday both tell the same tale. The markets are
dull, and prices falling. And vet, though the interest of
the masters is thus directly involved in short time, the
Guardian says,—" We do not hear of any further exten-
sion of short time this week," for that " the attempts to
produce a general agreement for that purpose at Ashton,
Stalybridge. and Hyde have failed for the present." And
the Courier carries out this evidence of folly by declaring,
" We hear of several concerns that bad gone on to short
time, having commenced full time again."
We therefore repeat our problem of tho 21th ‘dt., and
call upon the opponents of factory legislation to answer
(if they can) this simple rule of three question—" If a
rising cotton market, and a depressed demand for yarns
and cloth, cannot bring about a general agreement for a
reduction of the hours of labour, for the master's own
benefit, what extreme algebraic sign for an unknown
quantity shall represent the chance of such an agreement,
with none of these inducements, and for the sole benefit
of the workmen ?"

" A NUT TO CRACK TOUCHING THE TREATY

OF UTRECHT."

(From the London Guardian.)

The Ulysses of modern Europe will not deserve credit
for the astuteness which distinguished his great prototype,
if he suffers his vaulting ambition to carry him over the
barriers of Utrelht, for no one knows better than he does
the value of that treaty to the House of Orleans; and
although he may desire to repudiate some distasteful
clauses, which are now invoked against him, we suspect
that he will be reluctant to invalidate others to which he
may hereafter appeal.
That the aforesaid treaty was framed with one grand
object—an object which the mutual renunciations were
intended to subserve, and by the light of which they
ought to be read ; that these renunciations, read them
how you will, do not bar rights acquired through coils-
terals—these are the positions on which Louis Philippe
founds his case. Grant them true—which we are well
disposed to do ; but let us follow them out to their legi-
timate consequences ; Has the King no other cause de-
pending in which these pleas may be used as admissions
against himself? Has he no favourite hobby, to which
they may oppose an awkward impediment?
His great object since IS3O has been to legitamise him-
self upon the throne. He would rather be King of
France and Navarre, by the grace of God, and by virtue
of hereditary succession, than King of the French by the
will of the sovereign people. He holds himself forth as
the veritable successor of Henri Quatre and Louis Quar-
torze. He rebuilds the chateau of Pau--he restores the
salons of Versailles ; Le Bon Roi reappears in Bearn,
and Le Grand Monarque in Paric, both identified with
him, " pia nepotis Augu ti munificentia redivivi." He
would fain be the head or the Bout bon family ; hence he
asserts an interest in the marriage of Queen Isabella, and
forbids the banns with any but a prince of that ancient
stock. He sends to London, to be placed in the Royal
Exchange. the white shield, blazoned with the golden
lilies, although they are proscribed in his capital. He
cultivates the friendship of the Autocrat abroad, and of
the legitimists at home, describing the Duke of Bordeaux
rem
as impossible, and having thus set him aside, he claims
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of thea remains to ancient kings.
the chain of succession to Louis XIV., and that link is
supplied by the Treaty of Utrecht. The Dauphin, son of

Louis XIV., had three sons. The Duke of Bordeaux is
the sole male representative cf the Duke of Burgundy,
the eldest son. But there are not wanting descendants
of the Duke of Anjou, the second son, and the head of
that branch is Don Carlos, while Louis Phil ppe has to
trace his line beck to the second son of Louis XIII.
How, then, are the claims of Don Carlos. as next heir to
Louis XIV., in default of issue of the Duke of Bordeaux,
excluded ? By the renunciations of his ancestor, Philip
of Anjou, when established as King of Spain, to all claims
on the throne of France. But if the renunciations of the
Duke of Orleans to the Spanish crown are not binding on
jsis descendants, bow can those of the Duke of Anjou to
%be inheritance of his French ancestors be more obli-
gatory? If Louis Philippe, who wants a throne for his
son, may repudiate one clause of the treaty, why may not
Don Carlos, who wants a throne for himself, dispense
with another clause ? If there are "no more Pyrenees"
visible from Paris, how can they be viewed from the side
of Madrid?
We know of one mode alone in which this problem can

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be solved. It is worthy of the genius of Talleyrand, but
it savours at the same time of the spirit of the Old Bailey.
Coxe mentions that the renunciation of Philip V. was

confirmed by a solemn oath, but that it was a remarkable
fact, that, either from negligence or connivance, the
Dukes of Orleans and Berri gave only a mere declara-
tion. This circumstance of the insertion of the words
" Nous jurons solemnellement sur les evangiles," &c., in
the acts, and the omission of the solemnity of the oath,
was commented on by Bolingbroke at the time, as " car-
rying something along with them which neither the
Queen nor he liked ;" but the renunciation was a fait
accompli, and the transaction too far advanced to be
" overhauled"—so it passed.
Are we now to learn the force and meaning of this
omission? Are we to be told that the descendants of
Philip of Anjo•i are bound by his oath, that those of
Philip of Orleans are unsworn ? We will not think so ill
eitber of the honesty or the sagacity of the King of the
French, as to believe that he will be willing to avail him-
self of this plea, or so audacious as to put it forward.
And if not, the arch-intriguer is caught on the horns of a
dilemma. If the treaty be binding, Lord Palmerston re-
lies on it for his protest against the offspring of the Duke
and Duchess of Montpensier. If it be of no effect, Louis
Philippe must descend from his lofty pedestal—he can-
not be head of the Bourbon family, but must be content
to reign a citizen king, with a patent bearing date from

July, 1830 ; for even supposing no such restoration to
await young Henry as was achieved by his illustrious
namesake, he must still be prepared to find a new pre-
ter•der to the throne of Hugh Capet in the Count of
Montero, tin, seeking to avenge, under the character of
Chat I, s XI., the twofold wrongs offered to unf. .rtunate
kinsmen—the forced abduction of Charles X. of France,
and the protracted imprisimment of Charles V. of Spain.

Nov. 24, 1846.

apologies made by those who were indifferent to Protest-
antism on behalf of Rome. He had always found this to
be the practical experience of almost every Christian,
that all forms and modes of error would close, conspire,
and co-operate when Bible evangelical truth was to be
put down or overturned. He had met with a remarkable
exemplification of this conviction during the last summer,
when visiting the west of England. He referred to meet-
ings he had held on behalf of the British Reformation
Society at Bridgewater, Taunton, and Torquay, at which
places the Roman Catholic priests and the Socinian
preachers combined to put him down. Their efforts were
not successful, and be entered into statements showing
that, by what they had heard at those meetings, many
Roman CathoEcs had been converted to Potestantism,
and many wavering Protestants confirmed and renewed
in their faith. The reverend lecturer added interesting
accounts of his discussions with popish priests at Wool-
wich, Chelsea, and Bermondsey, in the history of which
he introduced his answers given on those occasions to the
doctrines of popery, and by this indirect route, be sug-
gested to his audience a vast variety of reasons for the
faith that was in them. The principal, however, of these
practical conflicts and controversies was at Hammersmith,
where he engaged with Mr. French, a Roman Catholic
barrister, in which the whole of the popish theology
seemed to have been sifted with a vigilance worthy of
Luther himself ; but as that discussion has been printed,
we need say little more than that it was upon the most
vital points of Romanism. In the course of narrating
the arguments on the Invocation of Saints, several atro-
cious corruptions in the Psalter of St. Benevento were
pointed out by the reverend gentleman. In the Te Dears
wherever the name of God and of the Lord occurred, they
had been expunged, and the name of the Virgin Mary
substituted. The 95th psalm in our prayer•book com-
menced with, "0 come, let us sing unto- the Lord : let us
heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation :" in this
Psalter it stood, "0, come, let us sing unto our Lady
Mary, let us heartily rejoice before the Virgin who brings
us salvation." Other psalms were named with which a
similar liberty had been taken. There was also the Atha-
nasian Creed. He had none of the dislike to this creed
which wally persons felt : but he did not like it one whit
the better for its popish " improvements," for it said,
" Whosover wisheth to be saved it is essential that be
hold a firm faith concerning Mary," and "unless he keep
this faith he shall perish." Then as to the 7e Drum and
our noble Liturgy. The former was the nearest approach
to the sublimity of inspiration that could be conceived
and nothing would more rejoice him than to hear sang in
all the parochial churches of Scotland, "Thou art the
king of glory, 0 Christ," or to hear prayed that most
beautiful petition, " In all time of our tribulation; io aIL
time of our wealth ; in the hour of death and in the day
of judgment, good Lord deliver us." (Applause.) He
recollected when he first entered an English parish church