The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-27 00:00:00

a Rathbono and a Rawdon—a Brutus and a Cassino..-an
Aikin, and many others,—and our knight—we beg pardon—
our Casar had needs look to it. We have heard from a
quarter not likely to deceive us, that the differences among
the party, being found wholly irreconcileable, have been
led to an absolute split—that the seceders have formed
a new association posted the, blunt appointed a
solicitor at £lOO a year salary, and done sundry other acts
and things which bespeak magnanimous resolve and em-
prises of high intent. Sir Joshua will bear no rival near his
throne, that 's flat—and the old association is in danger of
going to the dogs. We confess that the first intelligence of
this disastrous business came upon us, as Lord Melbourne
says, like a " thunder-clap ", and we have by no means
yet sufficiently recovered to entertain our readers with all
the amusing gossip connected with it ; but it will keep to
another opportunity, and shall not in the meantime be for-
gotten. Although Mr. Snowball has been so neglected by
his late friends, he is, we believe, treated with more respect
by the new association.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—This evening the Storming of
Acre will take place, with the exhibition of the Bicensascope.
THE ECLIPSE OF THE CLOCK.—We were glad to perceive
that the eclipse of St. George's clock has terminated.

PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—A legacy of £l,OOO has been
recently bequeathed to the Church Pastoral Aid Society, by
the late Rev. Thomas Meyrick, of Lezant, Cornwall, for the
special benefit of the principality of Wales. Perhaps no
where is additional spiritual provision more needed than in
Wales ; and so numerous have been the application for aid
from that part of the kingdom, that it would require much
more than the sum in question to enable the committee to
entertain them.

NEWSPAPER AND LIIERARY AGENCY OFFICE.—Book
clubs and gentlemen who are forming libraries are recom-
mended to refer to an advertisement which appears in our
paper this day, by which it will be seen that they can be
supplied with works of a costly description very much under
the usual price. From the excellent manner in which, we
believe, this office is conducted, the principals may be applied
to with confidence.

During the debate on Saturday evening, Lord Melbourne's
conduct was in one respect greatly to his honour. He dis-
claimed the intention of representing her Majesty's personal
opinions or feelings as identified • with the measures of her
Ministers ; and Lord Landsdowne made the following still
more explicit declaration to the same effect, which cannot fail
to give very general satisfaction to the country :—"ln no
place, and on occasion, had any one connected with her
Majesty's Government stated, either that her Majesty was
favourable to a repeal of the corn laws, or that she entertained
different views from those entertained by her Ministers."

ST. JUDE'S CHURCH.—This church, after having been
closed for four weeks for the purpose of being cleaned and
painted, will be re-opened on Sunday next.

The London Times of yesterday states that Sir James
Graham is to be first Lord of the Admiralty, and Sir W.
Follett Attorney-General. We hope in the Standard of
Tuesday to give a more definitive list of the appointments of
the new ministry.