The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-05 00:00:00

PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

" NEW CHURCH.—The universal peculiar church at
will be opened for public entertainment on Wed-
nesday next, 18—. Admission tickets to be had at
the box-office, or at Mr. Grimaldi's. Boxes, ss. ; 3s. ;
gallery, 2s. Half-price in the afternoon—Boxes, 2s. 6d. ;
pit, 2s. ; gallery, ls. Refreshments in the saloons and lob-
bies of the theatre."

Whether my amended bill meet with acceptance or not,
sincerely do I hope that -the professors of Popery will long
continue to issue such inviting circulars. They declare the
real character of the delusion, and are a warning to the judi-
cious and an exposure to the ill-advised.::-Yours, truly,

ANTI-HUMBUG.

THE MAGAZINES.

Owing to a press of other matter we have been obliged
to withdraw our customary " Literary Notices," and to
postpone them until Tuesday. We have only spzthe briefly
to remark upon the leading magazines of the month, re-
serving until our next a more detailed critique.
Blackwood's Magazine.—The number for this month com-
mences with a long and powerfully written article on the
opium and China question, in which t his important and intri-
cate subject is examined in all its details. The writer concurs
in his general views with the .Duke of Wellington. The tale
of ".Carlo Sebastiani" is concluded in this number. The
interest of the tale is exceedingly well sustained to the end.
The continuation of " Ten Thousand a Year" will be found
well worth reading. Its sketches of character are drawn with
great truth and fidelity.
Fraser's Magazine.—The first article in this number
contains some very severe but just animadversions on
" History of Christianity," which is characterised
by the writer as " a bulky appendix to Gibbon." We have
been highly delighted with the description given of modern
Greece in the account given of a tour last summer in the
Archipelago. The article on " Eloquence" conttnues the
parallel between the great English and French prose writers.
" The Shabby Genteel Story" promises to afford a rich fund
of amusement. We intend to transfer to our columns the
powerful article on " Women and the Social System," on
account of the many important truths which it contains.
Dublin University Magazine.—The continuation of the
Adventures of " Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon," in
this number, has almost caused us to split our sides with
laughter. It is well worth the price of the magazine. The
" Memoir of Swift" is now brought to a close. It is an ex-
tremely well written piece,of biography, replete with interest-
ing anecdotes. Sir Philip Crampton, the Irish Surgeon-
General, adorns the " Portrait Gallery" this month. e Our
Fellow Lodgers" is an extraordinary article on the animal-
culte which exist in the human frame.

Master Humphrey's Clock.—The last number of this po-
pular production is far more interesting than the preceding.
The introduction of our old friend Pickwick on the stage,
accompanied by the inimitable Wellers, has greatly augment-
ed the interest of the work. We shall hail the succeeding
numbers, after these acquisitions to the dramatis personce,
with great delight.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND

WRESTLING.

On Wednesday last, the Cumberland and 'Westmoreland
Wrestling Society held their annual meeting at Mr. Coward's,
High. Park House, Park-road. The wrestling took place on
the Boviling-green, and the attendance of the admirers of
the old English athletic sport was very numerous, including
a number of respectable gentlemen. The interest excited
was very great, and the repeated shouts of the spectators as
their favourites threw their antagonists were loud and long.
The sports were excellent, and the attendance of wrestlers,
fortunately of heavy weights, was numerous.
The wrestling commenced about three o'clock, and the
sport, including a laughable sack-race, did not conclude till
dusk, when the parties who had contended for the prizes,
and a number of their friends, sat down to an excellent din-
ner, prepared in Mr. Coward's best style, and at which Mr.
Bigland, one of the umpires, ably presided. We regret that
the lateness of the hour prevents us from noticing the whole
of those who " stood" or " fell." The following were the
winners :

LIGHT WEIGHTS.—First prize, a silver watch value
Ed ward Edgar, (Cumberland). Second prize, a watch, value
£4.,—Hutchinson. Third prize, a silver snuff-box, value
£2. 10s.,—Henry Wright. The other prizes were of minor
value.

HEAvr WEIGHTS.—First prize, a silver lever watch,
value £B—John Nichol, book-keeper at our Bridewell.
Second prize, a watch, value £4 10s—William Sleigh.
Third prize, a snuff-box, £2 10s.—Lupton. Fourth prize, a
watch-guard, value £l—Joseph Nicholson. The others
were of minor value.

The several struggles for mastery were excellent. Any
weight was admissahle amongst the " heavy" wrestlers ; the
light was limited to 101 stone. One of the " heavies" was
6 feet 5 inches in height, and weighed 19 stone. After
throwing three men he encountered Nichol, weighing little
more than 15 stone, and took him up iu his arms like a
child, but when the latter gained his feet he threw his gigan-
tic antagonist in a masterly manner.
The greatest good humourprevailed throughout. Another
meeting will, we learn, take place on Monday next, at Mr.
Barnes's, Old Swan. The prizes to be contended for are
valued at £l4.