The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 1, 1853.

THE WEEK

THE long-continued wet weather has at length un-
dergone a favourable change, nearly the whole of
the past week having been dry, with occasional
frosts and promises of a seasonable fall of snow.
This has imparted a degree of freshness and activity
which has been quite a relief from the previous dul-
ness, although the week has not been fertile of in-
cident to form topics for general conversation. The
theatres, for the same reason, have been better fre-
quented, and the attractions of the various panto-
mimes have been brought more immediately within
the reach of the youthful population by Juvenile

nights, when, from the Christmas piece being played

first, the young holiday folks have been enabled to
return to their peaceful homes at a more reasonable
hour than ordinary. The series of concerts at the
Philharmonic-hall have also been more generally
appreciated, and the problem whether Liverpool
can support the performances of first-class music at
a low price for aamission is about to receive a
favourable solution.

The important question of providing a landing-
stage for the accommodation of large sea-going
steamers was brought before the Dock Committee
at their meeting on Thursday. It is proposed that
the landing-stage, which wil: be of great length,
shall be placed opposite the Seacombe Basin, so as
to interfere as little as possible with the entrance to
George's Dock Basin. The increasing trade of the
port in this direction has long rendered such an ac-
commodation highly desirable, and as it has now
become a matter of necessity, it is satisfactory to be
able to state that it will shortly be carried into
effect. The report of the loss of life at Rhyl, through
the capsizing of the life-boat, led to the remark from
from the chairman, Mr. CHARLES TURNER, M.P.,
that several accidents had occurred with the same
kind of boat, which was similar to the one which
upset at Lytham.
At the meeting of the Health Committee, on
Thursday, a proposal was submitted for placing
sign-boards on the street lamp-posts, to serve as ad-
vertisements for the neighbouring shop-keepers
upon payment of a small rent. Such a plan would
no doubt diminish in a small degree the expense of
street-lighting, but it would be another among the
many means adopted of giving publicity to indivi-
dual requirements without the payment of adver-
tisement duty. No decision was, however, come to
on the subject. By the report of the medical officer
it appeared that the rate of mortality in Liverpool
during the previous week was unusually low for the
season; a circumstance the more gratifying, as
disease has lately been very prevalent in some

localities

The non-arrival of the steam-ship Asia until "Wed-
nesday forenoon led to some apprehensions for her
safety, particularly as it was known that there had
been some violent storms in the Atlantic Ocean.
She, however, brought the news that she had been
detained two days beyond her appointed time of
starting, so that she justified her previous character
of being a good sea-boat. The new steam-ship
Arabia, belonging to the same line, which sailed
from this port on New-year's Day, put into Halifax
on the 13th short of coals, and arrived at New York
on the 16th of January.

The Select Vestry seem to have got into some
difficulty with reference to the appointment of an
architect and surveyor. It appears that the renu-
meration offered has been too low for a man of
sufficient experience and ability, and they are unwil-
ling to take one of a lower standard. After having
to resort to a casting vote, the Vestry resolved to
advertise once more for tenders for the surveyorship,
at a salary of £3OO a-year; but perhaps it would
have been better to have fixed upon such an amount
of remuneration as would have induced a competent
man to undertake the duties of the office, or it may
be found that the expected saving is the worst
economy.

Some little excitement has been occasioned by the
discovery of Ribbon Lodges in this town, as well as
in Manchester, Warrington, Glasgow, and other
places on this side of the Irish Channel. By the
documents which were found, it would appear that
the system had become a regularly organised con-
spiracy ; but, it is hoped, that the discovery being
promptly followed up, will lead to the effectual sup-
pression of this dangerous combination. Ireland
has suffered severely from secret societies, which
are prompted and encouraged by designing Romish
priests; and it is full time that the strong arm of
of the law was interposed to crush such hotbeds of
treason and sedition.

MR. COBDEN has published some letters treating
of " 1793 and 1853." His object is to show that,
if we had not interfered with France in the first year,
the Republic would have died out ; that no war is
just, save a defensive war; and that the Duke of
Wellington was not the champion of liberty against
the despotism of Napoleon, but a very insignificant
aristocrat—by no means so great a man as Richard
Cobden !

LORD DRUMLANRIG AND MAJOR BERESFORD
have been carrying on a correspondence redolent of
gunpower. The noble lord on the Dumfries hust-
ings stated that Major Beresford had organised an
opposition to his election. The Major immediately
wrote to Lord Drumlanrig, reminding him that he
(the Major) had retired from all superintendence of
election business for some time; that the noble lord
ought to be cognizant of such a fact; and that it
was an impertinent act to state the contrary. Lord
Drumlanrig intimates that he is exceedingly sorry
if he has stated anything contrary to fact or painful
to the Major's feelings ; and that, with regard to
any act of his being "impertinent," he is ready to
explain, or be otherwise responsible for the same,
should the Major require further "satisfaction"
than mere explanation. The ex-Secretary-at-War
pacifically accepts the explanation and therewith
the matter ends.

THE EARL OF CARLISLE.—That well-meaning,
good-natured, but not very wise nobleman, the
Earl of Carlisle, has at last found Popery too much
for him. Being but indifferently informed, he
readily gulped down, and has ever since stuck to,
the assurance given by the Papists, while in expec-
tation of the Emancipation Bill, that "the old prin-
ciples and codes of intolerance once attached to
their Church, had fallen into practical desuetude,
and were viewed by them with at least as much
abhorrence as by ourselves." Unwilling to give up
the amiable delusion under which he had so long
laboured, the noble Earl makes one more desperate
effort to get the English Papists to remonstrate
with the Pope (sic against the persecution in
Tuscany. If they do not respond to this appeal,
even the Earl of Carlisle has made up his mind

that there must be an end of the cry " ' Peace,
peace,' where there is no peace," and that " a more
obstinate and decisive conflict is at hand, than has
yet occurred in the world." We congratulate the
noble Earl on the discovery he has made; with a
little less conceit, and a little more reverence for
God's Word, he might long ago have come to this
very obvious conclusion.—John Bull.

THE CUBA QUESTION.—Mr. Everett's note on
the proposed Cuba convention has been published
in America, and found its way to England. It la-
bours under the common fault of American com-
position—excessive prolixity. It is a dissertation,
an essay, a lengthened historical prolusion, which
would have made the fortune of a magazine, and
contrasts oddly with Lord Malmesbury's slipshod
and hardly intelligible English. It was not neces-
sary, surely, in declining such a proposal as this, to
quote long and irrelevant passages from Washing-
ton and Jefferson, to give a compendious but ela-
borate sketch of American history, to calculate the
yearly remittanceslreland, to enteriwnets
Ilenat home by immigrants. from
Mexico, or to defence of the annexation of
on the advantages
such a wistful air of self-
denialvantaesLwhich will be reaped by
the Union when Cuba a similar fate. On
this side of the Atlantic we feel disposed to smile at
such phrases as " the irresistible prrentof affairs,"
"the law of American growth Bo on; or,
to‘l take „
reading them in connexion with tTed commentarya
afforded by General Cass's resolution, ,
somewhat amiss. Where does the
, stop ?
What are the boundaries of its operation
Everett clothes his doctrine (the old Monroe claim
which Europe never has admitted, and never will)
in
vague and capacious generalities, whilst General
Cass will allow no limit short of the farthest head-
land of Cape Horn. If so, what becomes of our
own West India islands ) Butt. the key to all this
rhodomontade is thatA. t.hear
diplomatisticle isi intended. for.
home consumption,
returning a civil refusal might have doneent oitninsimaill
a-dozen words. The proposal itself was essentia]lyt
unreasonable, and perpetual engagements of this
kind are generally worthless, and almost
always
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