The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-09 00:00:00

PART 11,

THE CONVERSIONS TO POPERY.

(From the John Bull.)
One of the many Jesuitical attempts that have of late
been made to deceive the public, occurred last week in the
announcement by the Morning Post that one of the
curates of a western district of the metropolis, in the
church of which adherence to the Rubric and apostolic
doctrines are strictly maintained, had become a convert
to the Roman Church ; that the gentleman's wife and
mother had done the same ; and that the Right Rev. Dr.
Wiseman had officiated at the receiving
,of them into the
Church of Rome.
Charity forbids us to inquire into the personal motives
that may have induced this person to renounce the faith
of his forefathers, and to uphold the idolatry, supersti-
tion, and blasphemy of Popish doctrines ; for it may be
that, like others who have similarly committed themselves,
repentance will come at last, and the anguish consequent
upon unfaithful conduct. But it does seem surprising,
that without any inquiry into the circumstances, and
evidently at some extraordinary dictation, a paper calling
itself the organ of the " Protection party," should re-
peatedly announce the conversion of persons to the
Romish Church (in many instances having afterwards to
contradict the announcement), and that it should publish
the bare circumstances of such cases without adding those
facts which, in most instances, would elucidate them.
If our contemporary, as we believe he does, conscien-
tiously advocates protection in its most extensive form,
how can he consistently neglect to uphold the interests
of the Established Church, the most important establish-
ment, as regards the welfare of the kingdom, and to which
all other institutions should be but secondary ? There is,
however, a coldness in his ardour for religion generally,
and for the English Church in particular, and a disposition
to favour the Romish interests. It was this feeling with re-
gard to the Church that lost the " Protection leader" so
much estimation in the eyes of his party, and was the
cause of the great diminution of protectionist members in
the late returns to the House of Commons.
The Curate, whose conversion had been thus announced,
was certainly attached to the district named ; but for how
long? Let inquiry be made; let it be asked what time
had elapsed. after his entrance upon his duties, before
treachery of the worst character, because it was against
both God and man, was discovered; let all the circum-
stances be fairly stated, and no regret will be felt at his
loss, while the Romish Church, instead of glorying in the
conversion, will be inclined, rather, to deplore it. Con-
versions like these, indeed, are not likely to affect
in the slightest degree the interests of the Established
Church ; but the publicity given to them is frequently
the source of much unhappiness in families, at the same
time that they promote, for the moment, designs which
inevitably end in misery and doubt. In the present case,
for example, it is clear that a deep-laid scheme was formed
for the purpose of proclaiming that the curate of a district
whose minister carries with him perhaps more influence
than any other in the metropolis, had become convinced
of the fallacy of the doctrines of the English church—in
the hope that young and inexperienced minds might be
ensnared. But, let the advice of this minister be followed,
in all future cases as it was in a former one—let those who
sever themselves in religion from their family and friends
be severed in temporal things also—let them be sent to
re-converted. ed.
Roman convents, and they will soon, from conviction, be

Mr. Pearce, the chairman of the London Stock Ex-
change, died suddenly on Saturday.
LAMENTABLE CONDITION OF A CHURCH.--The pro-
ceedings before a clerical commission, relative to the con-
duct of the Rev. W. B. Bonaker, vicar of Cow Honey-
bourne—charged with non-residence and neglect of duty—
have been forwarded to the Bishop of Worcester. The
church presents a fearful spectacle of desecration ; the
tower and chancel are standing, but the walls are now
formed into poor cottages, the whole site of the building
being divided into four or five huts of the most wretched
appearance ; hovels, sheds, and pigstyes cling to the sacred
walls, and where the altar once stood is an oven for bak-
ing bread. It should, however, be stated that this dese-
cration did not take place in the time of the present vicar.
It is another question how far he ought to have exerted
himself in the restoration of the church from its shameful
condition—Worcester Herald.
A new board has been formed under the jurisdiction of
the Lords of the Admiralty, called the Tidal Harbour
and Conservancy Board. The members are Captain Be-
thune, R,N., (president) who has, up to the present
time, conducted the railway department of the Admi-
ralty, which is now merged into the new railway board;
Captain Washington, R.N., who held the command of
the Blazer, surveying vessel, and has acted as secretary
to the Tidal Harbour Commission (now abolished) ; and
Captain Vetch, R.E., who is now consulting engineer to
the board. These officers are to have £BOO per annum
each - their office is to be Duke-street, Westminster, in
-the house now occurred by the Tidal Harbour Commis-
sion. The establishment is to consist of three clerks, one
-with £220 per annum, styled the chief clerk, one with
.£9O, and one with £6O per annum, and a messenger with
one guinea a week.—Observer.
DISINFECTION : EFFLUVIA FROM CESSPOOLS. A
number of experiments were tried, on Tuesday morning,
at Hackney, in the presence of several eminent chemists
and other persons interested in discoveries of this nature,
by way of testing the powers of a disinfecting fluid, re-
cently invented by a Mr. Ellerman, for the purpose of de-
stroying the noxious vapours and and gases arising from
drains and cesspools. The following gases are evolved from
animal and-vegetable matter in a state of putrefaction and
decomposition.: sulphuretted hydrogen, carburetted hy-
drogen, and pbosphoretted hydrogen. The effect of Mr.
Ellerman's disinfecting fluid is to destroy the ammonia,
and to unite with these gases in a solid form, in which
state they remain in the mass of decaying matter instead
of being emitted into the atmosphere. Amongst the
experiments tried was a small quantity of the fluid
poured into a tub full of night soil, the disagreeable
odour of which was extremely powerful. Within a few
minutes all the characteristic smell of this matter had
entirely vanished, leaving, it is true, another in its place,
that of the agent by which the change had been effected,
but which Mr. Ellerman stated to be entirely innoxious,
and which was merely temporary.
DEATH OF A MISER FROM WANT OF THE NECESSA-
RIES OF LIFE.—On Tuesday an inquest was held on the
body of R. Butler, aged 48, who died at No. 4, Minah-
place, King-street, London, from breathing impure air,
and want of the common necessaries of life. Mr. Hooper,
the parish surgeon, deposed that on the morning of Sun-
day last he saw the deceased, who was then alive, but his
extremities were quite cold, and there was no pulse to be
felt. He was lying perfectly naked upon an old mat-
tress on the floor. The stench was quite sufficient to kill
any one. At the back of the house was a dustman's
yard, which of itself was quite sufficient to engender fever.
Witness attributed death to the impure atmosphere he had
been breathing, and his not allowing himself sufficient
food. John Woolf, police constable M, No. 213, said
that he occupied the house, No. 4, Minah-place. The
deceased rented one of the back rooms, and had done so
since April twelvemonths. After the death of the de-
ceased, whilst searching the room, witness found £25
19s. 9d. The deceased was a man of very parsimonious
habits, and would not allow himself the common neces-
saries of life. Elizabeth Woolf, the wife of the last wit-
ness, said that she had given the deceased soup and sago
to strengthen him, believing him to be unable to get
either for himself. She had done so when she and her
family wanted such things themselves. Verdict, " Thai:
the deceased died from breathing impure air, and neglect-
ing to take the common necessaries of life."
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The season for stage per-
formances at this theatre is drawing to a close; and
the principal members of the company are in course of
taking their benefits. A great variety of entertainments
have been presented, and the public have not been slow
in responding to the call upon their patronage. A ta-
lented company of equestrians, from the Champs Elysees,
Paris, are engaged; and the name of the director, M.
Adolphe Franconi, is sufficient to warrant the anticipation
of much gratification from their performances.
LATHAM'S ORDINARY.—A great public accommoda-
tion to the mercantile community in this bustling locality
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boiled turkeys, joints of mutton, &c. &c., witli an excel-
lent dessert, and till for the extremely moderate charge of
ls. 6d. Dining, as we have occasionally had to dine out,
we know of no public establishment in this neighbourhood
that can supply the good things of this life in anything
like such abundance, profusion, and cheapness, as La
tham's. Every dish coming from him is served up in
the first style ; and no doubt this is owing to the impor-
tant fact that he attends to the culinary department
himself, and is one of those active and zealous caterers
who will see that his friends are served in a manner satis-
factory to themselves and creditable to the house. Tho
ordinary is amply sufficient to stamp his reputation, and
to draw hundreds to his establishment.
THE ADELPHI THEATRE.—The spirited lessee of this
pretty theatre, Mr. Cooke, stated in his opening his
determination to be second to none in the production of
talent and entertainment • and we have already had fre-
quently to notice, not only the high character of the pieces
produced, but the very excellent and efficient manner in
which the pieces were sustained. The name, of Batty has
now been so long before the public, that to eulogize the
talent of his equestrian corps would be useless. His suc-
cess as lessee of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, in London,
has been unprecedented, and it may in a great measure be
attributed to his management—but it will more than as-
tonish many of the theatre-going community to hear that
this company, greatly augmented, are now under an en-
gagement to appear at the Adelphi. We have seen a
letter from Mr. Batty, in which he states it is bis inten-
tion to bring down a really good company, and do all in
his power to aid in redeeming the character and popularity
of this once first and rising place of entertainment. We
may add that, ill addition to the company that has been
appearing in London, Mr. Batty has purchased two ele-
phants, the camels, and a great portion of the horses and
wardrobe of Hughes's mammoth Croups, the strength of
which, we hear, will be brought forward here.
ORIGIN •or THE WORD "BOTHER." The word
bother was first used by a sergeant, who, being exposed
to the volubility of two able-bodied Hibernians, one at
each car, exclaimed, " Don't both-ear me." Hence the
verb to lothtr.
CAPITAL WAY TO COOK CABBAGE.—Permit me to in-
troduce a most excellent solid dish, quite good enough for
an Emperor; that is, an Emperor with a keen appetite
and a falling exchequer :—A large drumhead cabbage,
lid. ; quarter of a pound of fat bacon, 2d. ; pepper and
said, Oid. ; total, 4d. Cut this cabbage into two ; cut a
holy in the centre of each half, big enough to admit the
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stet: to the ribs much better than coup litaigre.--Corres-
po4dent of 1: 474 Farmer's Journal.

OPERATIONS OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From yesterday's Times.)
The Bank returns published on Saturday suggest what
can hardly fail, at the approaching meeting of Parliament,
to prove a point of interesting discussion. In the letter
of the Ministers authorising the suspension of the bill of
1844, it was intimated that the profits of any violation of
that bill should be devided between the Bank and the
Government ; but there was no expression of an inten-
tion to fix upon any portion of the enormous profits to
be derived to the Bank from working their reserve down
to the point just short of infringement. The letter in
question gave the Bank the power not only of utterly
exhausting its reserve, and thus of employing two to three
millions at 8 per cent., which would otherwise have been
impossible, but freed it from making those costly sa-
crifices, which would have been unavoidable, if the
suspension of Peel's Act had not been decided upon, to
bring that reserve from the low point it had reached up
to a position of safety. Thus, in the autumn, as it was in
the spring (when the inability of the Bank to manage the
the deficiency-bill question caused the Chancellor to draw
from the public several millions at a cost to the country
of 5 per cent., to be deposited in the Bank, and then
loaned by that institution back again to the public at 6 and
7 per cent.), amidst all the misery of the recent panic the
Bank of England, by which it has been caused, is the only
party who is not only exempt from suffering, but who is
actually from its operation deriving unbounded gains.
If the matter could be regarded as ending here, we
should be driven to the belief that a blundering and mis-
directed selfishness is the true policy for success in busi-
ness. Happily, however, we are not obliged from these
immediate results to draw our permanent conclusions.
The present profits of the Bank of England, derived from
the sacrifices they have inflicted upon the community,
still fail to convince us that the true interests of both are
not in reality identical, and that, if the bank had pursued
the course urged upon it, of conducting its affairs truly
as bankers. looking to no other end than that of the per-
manent success of its own business, it would pot be in a
better position than that which it now occupie§. On the
31st of December last we pointed out that the bank,
under the act of 1844, had no other responsibilities than
those which it shared in common with its brother
bankers throughout the kingdom, and that all that any of
them have to do is to take care of their own interests.
If, however, the bank is to be regarded as having
adopted a sound method of taking care of its own inte-
rests, it is quite clear that the other bankers have all done
the reverse. If it be sound permanent policy to clutch
at enormous momentary gains and constantly to bring a
business concern to a position in which it could be stopped
in a few hours, and by the influence of the slightest
casualty,—if, in fact, It be true policy to bring such a
concern at last to a point at which it can only be saved
by the interposition of friends (no matter whether those
friends be the Government or individuals), who support
it solely because of the way in which its fall would involve
others,—then, assuredly, the Bank can claim every credit
for the performance of its functions; but in the same way
the merchant who, at the imminent risk of stoppage,
shall venture into a wild speculation, may point to the
profits, if it happen to turn out advantageously, and
justify the step by the result. These things, however,
in one way or another, always in the long run of years
come to some ugly termination, such as to prove that
after all the party has contrived to mistake, instead of
to follow, the road of self-interest he was seeking. Even
as far as matters have already gone, there is enough
to keep up this faith in the present case of the Bank
of England. Had the Bank at the commencement of
the year acted as, we presume, Mr. Loyd or Mr. Glyn
would have acted in like circumstances,—had it met the
increasing demand for its commodity by a proportionately
increasing charge—had it resolved, in view of the times of
peril which were predicted to keep up a reserve against its
liabilities sufficient to protect itself under all contingen-
cies ; and had it by this means kept itself in a position to
stave off all possibility of the approach of its greatest ene-
my—panic, by saying at all times, " Let no really solvent
bank or trader fear the chance of being broken down by
any merely fortuitous pressure, since, although the weak
must fall, we are strong enough to give assistance in any
sudden case of real need," it may be doubted whether its
actual profits from smaller loans at a higher rate of inter-
est would not have equalled all that it has grasped by its
reckless prodigality ; while, as regards its prospects for the
future, in having escaped the accumulated odium which
now rests upon it, the difference may well be deemed in-
calculable.

FLOATING BEDS.—Some curious and interesting expe-
riments were tried last week on the Serpentine river,
Hyde-park, to test the powers and buoyancy of a novel
sort of hammock beds or mattresses, of very simple con-
struction, yet of importance to nautical people and pas-
sengers in ships, and intended for the preservation of lives
at sea in cases of shipwreck. Captain Stevens and his
son, and several gentlemen connected with naval matters,
threw themselves into the water, into which the hammock
mattresses were also thrown. They got hold of them,
and found no difficulty in placing themselves upon them,
and floating comparatively high and dry by their assist-
ance for a considerable time. The experiments took
place early in the morning to avoid a crowd, but they
were nevertheless witnessed by many scientific persons
and others.
THE AURORA BOREALIS AT GREENWICH.—The fol-
lowing is the account from the Greenwich Observatory of
the aurora borealis, on Sunday, the 24th ult.:—The sky
was generally overcast during the day with cumulostratus,
cirrostratus, and scud, till five p.m., and nearly clear af-
terwards. Rain was falling during the afternoon. At
6h. 23m. a.m. a faint streamer of an aurora borealis was
seen, and between this time and 10h. p.m. occasional
streamers were seen. At 10h. p.m., and again at mid-
night, the aurora borealis was magnificent. The magne-
tic instruments were very greatly disturbed during the
whole day. At about ten p.m. the horizontal force mag-
net was in a position which it had never reached since the
establishment of the magnetic observatory, and such as to
show a great decrease in the horizontal component of the
magnetic dip. The aurora continued visible till two o'clock
on Monday morning, the magnetic instruments being
disturbed almost all day. There was a moderate wind al-
most every day during the week. The total horizontal
movement was 760 miles. _

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORR.—We give in another
paragraph the particulars connected with the death of the
Archbishop of York. The annual value of the see is
£lO,OOO, and the Archbishop of York takes precedence
next after the Lord Chancellor ; he enjoys the title of
Primate of England, and the office of Lord High Almoner
to the Queen, besides possessing the patronage of three
archdeaconries, two chancellorships, one precentorship,
23 non-resident canouries, and 53 benefices. The pro-
vince of Canterbury includes upwards of 20 sees ; and, as
might be expected, the annual values of the two provinces
bear a due proportion to each other, Canterbury being
considerably greater than that of York ; at the same time
that many important offices and privileges belong to the
latter. Had Sir Robert Peel been in office, we have no
doubt but the estimable Bishop of Chester would have
been promoted, but the probability is that at present
either the Bishop of Worcester or the Bishop .of Norwich
will be translated. The Queen will, perhaps, be more
favourable to Dr. Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford.
DRAINING.At a late agricultural 4 meeting, S. T.
Kekewich, Esq., one of the leading magistrates of the
county of Devon, with reference to draining, said he had
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draining. As an instance, he would allude to a field of
about 26 acres belonging to his friend, Sir Thomas Ac-
land, which, a short time since, was only fit to feed a few
sheep and bullocks during the summer, and for which the
tenant paid only 7s. per acre. The rent would be £9 a
year ; suppose the tenant paid 6 per cent. upon the out-
lay made in draining it—that. would be £9 a year more,
and would raise the rent of the field to £lB. n The
farmer told him with very great frankness, that when
the field had been drained he should have it " pared
down" and burn it, in order to bring it into cul-
tivation, at a further cost of 15s. per acre, or £l9los.
for the whole field,und after that he should get .a crop of
wheat out of it, which he- (the tenant) estimated at 25 or
26 bushells . per acre. He took it at 25 bushels, and he
made the man confess that the very first crop of .wheat to
be taken out of that field; after being drained, would be
worth, at a fair price, something 'above £195. This was
one instance of the results of thorough draining, but this
was not the only: good-they did by it.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT_AND ITS SINGULAR. CONSE-
QUENCES.—Au assault with intent to rob was committed
upon a workman on Saturday, (says the Glasyow Mail of
Monday) under very aggravated- circumstances: About
one o'clock in the morning a man in the employ of Patrick
' RobertsOn and Co., was passion. through Main-street, an
unfinished street, leading fromArgyll-street up to Blyth-
wood-square. He had got about half-way down, and was
at the open and Unprotected part of the road, when three
stout men, who had the appearance of carters, darted out
from the side of.the path, and collared the unfortunate
man. Thinking they were but in jest he entreated them
to let him pass, but the only reply he received was a blow
which felled him to the ground. One of the ruffians then
threw himself oh the poor man, and the other two com-
menced to rifle his pockets. In their savage haste they
had apparently used a knife to tear open his 'clothes, as
he felt a sharp weapon grazing along his skin. Dreadfully
alarmed, he naturally th3ught they had a design to mur-
der him, and contrived to get his clasp-knife out of his
pocket, which he opened, and by a desperate effort
turned himself over, and stabbed in the groin the man
who was holding him.. The stab must have been a severe
one, if it do not prove ultimately fatal, as the man imme-
diately after receiving it, fell back heavily. His comrades,
seeing the condition he was in, slunk behind, and thus
allowed the workman an opportunity of effecting his
escape. Having found three policemen in Argyll-street,
he communicated the particulars of the attack, and they
immediately proceeded to the spot, but the vagabonds
had made good their retreat, carrying with them their
wounded companion. The clothes which the man had
on when attacked in this murderous manner were in
numerous parts completely cut through, and a deep scar
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keepers in this town who are candidates for public favour,
there are few of higher and more deserved pretension and
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