The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-03 00:00:00

&train Rabigation.

THE GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL .-STEAM'SHM
PING COMPANY'S STEAM SHIPS,
ACHILLES .. Captain HUGH MAIN,
ACTiEON.... Captain R. CRAWFORD, and
UNICORN .. Captain J. WKELLAR,
Sail regularly
Between LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW,
WITH GOODS AND PASSENGERS,
From the CLARENCE DOCK, LIVERPOOL, as under :
JANUARY, 1840.
ACT/E0N.... TUESDAY.... 7th, at 12, Noon.
ACT,EON.... SATURDAY 11th, at 3, Afternoon.
ACT./E0N.... THURSDAY ..16th, at 8, Evening.
ACT.XON.... TUESDAY.... 21st, at 12, Noon.
ACTrEON.... SATURDAY .. 25th, at 3, Afternoon.
ACT/E0N.... THURSDAY .. 30th, at 8, Evening.
For further particulars apply to
MARTIN and Co., Water-street, Liverpool.
J. MARTIN and J. and G. BURNS,
Buchanan-street, Glasgow ; or to
ARCHIBALD BLACK,
Back of the Custom-house, Greenock.
And sat the Railway Stations, London, Birmingham, Man-
chester, &c.
N.B.—Passengers by the above Steam-ships are not de-
'allied at Greenock. but, proceed direct to Glasgow.

For DUBLIN, BELFAST, and HAVRE.
THE CITYorDUBLIN STEAM-PACKET
.41.111 P COMPANY,
Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
The above Company sail their Vessels, (with or without
PilotS,) taking Goods and Passengers to the following Ports,
namely,

For DUBLIN,
Tuts DAY, January 3, at 9 o'clock P.m.
SATURDAY, „ 4, 10 „ P.M.
MONDAY, „ 6, 10 „
TUESDAY, ~ 7, 11 „ A.M.
WEDNESDAY, ~ 8, 12 „ NOON.
THURSDAY, If 9, 12 ,11, NOON•

The Company's new and splendid Vessels, the ROYAL
WILLIAM, the PRINCESS, the PRINCE, the QUEEN
VICTORIA, or the DUCHESS OF KENT, (with Cabin
Passengers only,) sail EVERY EVENING, at Seven o'clock,
:from George's Pierhead, LIVERPOOL, to KINGSTOWN
:HARBOUR, carrying HER MAJESTY'S MAILS.

For BELFAST,
•
Every Wednesday and Friday, with Goods and Passengers.
WEDNESDAY, January 8, at 12 o'clock xoox.
FRIDAY, „ 10, at 1 „ P.M.

. . For HAVRE,
•
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE,
Calling al Plymouth.
From BELFAST, From KINGSTOWN,
Friday, 17th January. Saturday, 18th January.

Fares front Dublin to Havre 3 0
Steward's Fee, ss.

. Goods from Liverpool, for Shipment- per DUKE OF CAM-
BRIDGE, to HAVRE, Will be conveyed to Belfast free of
freight, if forwarded by the Company's Vessels.
The principle of this Company is that of attaching all
,Importers and Exporters, by a Division of the Profits among
them, after payment of the Dividends, thus creating a com-
munity of Interests between the Shippers and Shareholders,
a principle which will best guarantee to its Proprietors. a
certainty of their Dividends, and to Shippers of all descrip-
tions.of Goods and Live Stock the having a well-supported
Establishment of first-class Steamers, and the lowest rate of
-freight compatible with due attention to their maintenance.
Further information given at the.• Company's Office, 24,
Water-street. SAMUEL PERRY, Agent. .

Vor,. XV.—No. 734.]

eirmit4 bp Indian.

AND GENERAL COMNIERCIAL ADVERTISER.

On account of whom it may concern.
On THURSDAY next, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at
Abram Gartside's Office, 12, North John-street,
40 Bags Alpaca
10 Bags Sheeps WOOL, damaged,
Ex Majestic, from Peru.—Apply to
ABRAM GARTSIDE, Wool Broker.

To close an account.

On THURSDAY nett, the 9th instant, at One o'clock, on
. hoard the Steamer HENRY BELL, lying in the Trafalgar
Dock, _ . .

The HULL of the said Steam-boat,
1. ••as she now lies in the above Dock, burtheri
- per register about 112 tons ; length, 11l fan
• 9 inches ; breadth, 18 feet 1 inch ; depth, 11

feet 4 inches

Also, the MACHINERY belonging to the said Steamer.
now lying on board, being two Engines of 35-horse power.—
For particulars apply to JOHN HURRY, Broker.

SCHOOL FOR THE DRAF AND DUMB.
By Messrs. THOMAS WINSTANLEY and SONS,
(*THURSDAY next, the 9th instant, at One o'clock prr-
cisely, at the. Clarendon Rooms, South John-street,
ALL that DWELLING-HOUSE, in Fleet-street, witia
the ROOMS and other PREMISES, in Wood-street.
at present occupied as the above Institution, being in &di
Lease for 75 years from the Town Council.
For Plans and other particulars apply to Messrs. CUM-
NINGUAM and HOLM E, Architects, Wood-street.

UNRESERVED SALE OF CABINET PICTURES.
MtSSRS. THOS. WINSTANLEY and.SONS respect-
fully announce to the Collectors and Amateurs of the Arts,
that they have received directions to SELL by AUCTION,
at their Gallery, in Church-street, on TuESDAY, the 13th,
and WEDNESDAY, the 14th instant, at Twelve o'clock pre-
cisely each day,
A Very extensive and valuable Collection of CABINET
PICTURES, the whole being a genuine property, and con-
signed for positive sale, without the smallest reservation.
The Pictures comprise desirable Specimens of Titian.
Andrea del Sarto, Guido, Gaspar Poussin, Procacina, Albano.
Zuccarelli, Cantraletti, Rembrandt, Vandyke, Adrian, Win.
Vandeveldi, Hobbena, Ruysdael, Cuyp, Huysman, Miehan.
Meris, Gerard Dow, and others of the Foreign Schools .
The Specimens of the English School consist of those from.
the Pencils of Wilson, Gainsborough, George Morland, Sir
George Beaumont, Reynolds, Thomson of Duddingston, aa,L
other favourite Artists. _ _ _

The whole may beviewed on SATURDAY, the 10th, ana
MONDAY, the 12th instant, when Catalogues may be had at
the Rooms.

HORSES, CARS, FURNITURE, ,S.e.
By Mr. BYFORD,
On MONDAY next, the 6th instant, at Eleven o'clock, upon
the Premises, Heathfield-street, Renshaw-street, —by
order of the Trustees of Mr. Henry Booth,
f7aMPRISING several useful Hack HORSES, Two-
J wheeled Cab, Car, Phicton, Single Harness, Straw,
Manure, Stable Utensils, the useful Household Furniture,
and other Effects.

May be viewed on the morning of sale, when Catalogues
may be had on the Premises, or of Mr. Bv',min, Clayton-
square.

SELECT COLLECTION ov VALUABLE P kINTINGS,
ADELPH I HOTEL.

MR. HODGSON begs most respectfully to make known
to the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool and its Vicinity,
that he has been instructed to SELL by PUBLIC AUC-
TION, on WEDNESDAY next, the Bth instant, at Twelve
o'clock prompt, at the Assembly Room of the Adelphi
Hotel, Ranelagh-street,
A unique and valuable Collection of CABINET PIC-
TURES, of the highest class, including that of the late Mr.
Boyer.
The following will be found well worthy of a place in the
Collection of the Connoiseur, viz.:—Mendicants, Le Nain ;
Holy Family, Cignani; the Assumption of the Virgin, Van-
derwerf ; Bleachfield, Hobbema ; Magdalen in the Desert,
Correggio • Woman with Torchlight, G. Donw ; The Back-
gammon Player, by the same Artist ; and Specimens by
Rembrandt, Pynaker, Barrett,
Lengleback, Vermenlen, Schoetel,
()stalk, . 0. Marcellis, Pether, &c.
Ruysdale, Teniers,
To be publicly viewed on Tuesday next, the 7th instant,
when Catalogues may be had at the Adelphi, and of Mr.
HODGSON, 50, Church-street.

•cIEARTS RESOLVED AND HANDS PREPAREIt, THE BLESSINGS THEY ENJOY TO GUARD.—SMOLLET.

B}.I.UCH HALL SCHOOL, near WARRINGTON, will be,
REOPENED on the 23d instant.
Terns and, other particulars may be known on application
to Mr. SKELTON, the Principal of the Establishment, or at
the Standard-office.

LECTURES.—ROYAL INSTITUTION. •
EDWARD TAYLOR, Esq.. Gres. Pro Mus. will deliver
a COURSE of SIX LECTURES, on the VOCAL
HARMONY of the different ITALIAN SCHOOLS of the
Sixteenth Century; with Professional Illustrations by Miss
LEACH, Miss SWAIN, MISS MAY SWAIN, Mr. BALL, Mr.
WALTON, Mr. LUNT, and Mr. G. LUNT.
Mr. G. EYTON will preside at the Piano-forte.
DAYS OF LECTURING :
Friday, January 10th, 1840. Tuesday, Jan. 21st, 1840.
Tuesday, „ 14th, „ Thursday, „ 23d, „
Friday, „ lith, „ Friday, ~ 24th,
Each Lecture will be commenced at Two o'clock.
Subscription to the Course ..
Admission for a Single Lecture

At a Meeting of the General Committee, held on the 13th
Nov., 1839, it was resolved, "That the Proprietor of a School
subscribing Three Pounds per Annum, should have Admis-
sion to all the Lectures, and to the Museum, &c. with Pupils,
personally introduced, not exceeding Twelve."
order of the Committee,
JAMES PALMER, Assistant Secretary.
Colquitt-street, Dec. 27th, 1839.

THE AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COMPANY,
126, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, corner of Cornhill.
Capital £200,000, in 2000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. J. B. Montefiore, Esq.
Gideon Colquhoun, jun. Esq. J. H. Ravenshaw, Esq. i
Francis Kemble, Esq. Sir James Stirling.

TRUSTEES.

Edward Barnard, Esq:; John-Henry Capper, Esq. ;
Thomas Richardson, Esq.
AUDITORS.

J. E. Lyall, Esq. ; Christopher Richardson, Esq., Cornhill,

PHYSICIAN.

Dr. Hannay, 30, Great George's-square, Liverpool.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and Co.
BANKERS.
The Union Bank of London.
ADVANTAGES PECULIAR TO THIS SOCIETY.
An ample subscribed capital, which, from the mode of in-
vestment, will contribute to, instead of detract from, the
profits, as is the case with many English societies.
Rates of Premium lower than those of most of the com-
panies which do not offer participation in profits.
Participation to the 1,000 policy holders of the oldest
dates for the time being, for £5OO or upwards for the whole
of life, in profits to the extent of one-half, including those
of the Annuity Branch.

MONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST•from the
Firm of LE DRAY and CO., London.
SCURVY in Me GUMS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED
WITHOUT WIRES, SPRINGS, OR CLASPS.
LOOSE TEETH FASTENED.
And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Marmoratum.

MONS. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-Dentists, respet
fully inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liver
pool and its vicinity, that they have opened an Establishment
permanently at No. 38, SICEL-STREET, eight doors from
Berry-street. They continue to fill up the cavities of De-
cayed Teeth with their Mineral Marmoratum, without the
least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into the cavity in
an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, pre-
venting and curing the Tooth-ache, arresting all further pro-
gress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction
unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a mere shell
into a sound and useful tooth, but, by completely stopping
up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of
he breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth.
Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums. there
are none more destructive in their effects, or more generally
prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well known that the loss
of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It
affects individuals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is
the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay. To iose so
affected, MODS. LE DRAY and Co. have to inform them,
that they can effectually remove this destructive complaint
by a single application, without the slightest pain.
Artificial and Natural Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed
from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or
giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, an-
swering all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation,
remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken
out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility
at the following Paris charges :
A single Artificial Tooth
A complete Set
A complete Set of Natural Teeth, on fine
gold plate
An entire Set of Natural or Terro Metal-
lic Teeth, highly finished, in the first
style, with fine gold sockets, usually
charged 40 guineas
Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or
mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied.
Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelled to fit the mouth,
and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original"
• state. Attendance from Nine till Seven, and on Sundays
trom Nine till Two.
For the convenience of country patients, Monsieur
LE DRAY and Co. are enabled to fix a partial or complete
set of Teeth at one sitting, without the least pain or incon-
venience.

ic;epar;tePoTicTic;every bonus, which, being an abso-
lute reversion, unincumbered by payment of premium, and
increasing in value year by year, will be readily available for
private sale or deposit, and which the Society will purchase
or receive in commutation of future premium on the original
Policy.

A DESCENDING SCALE of PREMIUM for those who wish
to avail themselves of present prosperity to reduce future
payments, under which, after certain periods, they cease
altogether, but profits continue.

AN
N ASCENDING SCALE particularly favourable to those
who are looking forward to increase of income, and entitling
the Assurers to profits.
Two-thirds of each annual premium for the whole of life
may be paid, and one-third may remain at compound inte-
rest at 5 per cent.
A liberal system of conducting business, a tender of arbi-
tration in all disputed cases, and very moderate expenses of
management.

Naal and military service, voyages, and foreign residences,
at equitable rates of premium, payable only during the time
of actual exposure to the additional risk.
ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES TO EMIGRANTS.
No extra premium for voyages in approved vessels to or
residence in the Australasian colonies in approved situations.
Premiums may be paid at any settlement in Australasia
where there is a bank.
Policies, whether effected in England or these colonies,
may be made payable in either by endorsement.
ADVANTAGES TO ANNUITANTS.

.X 0 10 0
.5 5 0

The security of an ample subscribed capital, and perfect
safety of investment, a higher rate of annuity than can be
granted with safety by companies making their principal in-
vestments in England, and participation to the 1," annui-
tants of the oldest date for the time being, to the extent of
one-half of the general profits of the Company.
Present Table of Annual Premiumsfor Assurance of £lOO
for Seven Years, and the IWhole Life.

Age• Seven Years. Life. Age. Seven Years. Life.
1; a. d. s. d.
20 ; 017 1 110 3 40 19 6 2 2 Ira 3
s. d. s. d.
25 I 019 7 114 11 50 2 7 4 1 8
30 13 4 207 , 60 316 5 63 9

No. 70, Seel-street,
Eight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpool.

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[PRICE FIVEPENCE.

TO THE PUBLIC OF LIVERPOOL
AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

HAVING been appointed to take the Management of
various Societies connected with the Town of Liverpool,
I feel it my duty to lay their several claims plainly and clearly
before you.
The very little support which even the most favoured of
them have received, considering the wealth and importance
of the Town, must be accounted for, I imagine, from their
objects and views not having been prominently brought be-
fore all classes of the Inhabitants.
I may just state, in corroboration of this, it is an as-
certained fact, that out of the 30,000 names contained in
the Liverpool Directory, only 1570 persons subscribe to any
of the Public charities of the Town.

I will now give a brief summary of the objects of the va-
rious Societies, and shall be in attendance at my Office every
day, from Ten to Four o'clock, where I shall be most happy
to receive Donations or Subscriptions, large or small, to any
or all of the following Associations.
Your obedient Servant,
JOSEPH CRISP, 38, Church-street.
Liverpool Protestant Association.
The object of this Association is,—First, to combine in one
Christian brotherhood of self-defence all who truly love true re-
ligion and genuine liberty ; all who sincerely advocate the free
circulation of the unmitilated and unadulterated Word of
God; all who assert and defend the right of private judgment ;'
all who venerate the inviolable sanctity of an oath ; all real
loyalists who maintain the unrivalled and universal supremacy
Of the King or Queen of England within these realms, and
renounce, abjure, and detest any allegiance whatever to any
foreign power or potentate. ecclesiastical or civil. This is
the direct object of our Protestant Association, considered in
its Scriptural foundation, and its national exercise, Our
second object is,. to address ourselves with earnest affection
to those of our fellow-countrymen who have the misfortune
still to labour under anti-scriptural and anti-national pre-
judices; who are denied the free circulation of the pure word
of God, and the right of private judgment ; who are taught
that oaths, under certain circumstances, may and ought to
be violated ; and who are commanded to yield their first and
highest allegiance to a foreign ecclesiastical authority,
The alarming spread of Popery, and the apathy of British
Protestants, render the exertions of this Society of the most
vital importance to the well-being of the: country, and the.
continuance of the invaluable blessings of civil and religious
liberty.
The mode of working is, by Petition, Public Meetings, and
the circulation of Tracts, &c, containing useful and important
information. The Association being now in active opera,
tion, stands much in need of increased funds, The rule of

ly letter, directed NV 161, Postorlice, Liver

TCAPCIN CLOAKS.
HIS beautiful shaped Hl
CRIPPS and SCUR-
FIELD have the honour of offering to public acceptance,
as the most ingenious and worthy covering_ at, present within
her Majesty's dominion ; it is the latest shape introduced
from the French Capital, and presented by a Lady now
resident in LiverpoOl.
The splendour and extent of this Stock of Cloaks, &c.
faking it as a whole, is without parallel. '
It matters not •whether a Cloak at one or ten oineas, it
has the best attention the talent of the Firm can bestow.
MANTLES and CLOAKS, &c., of every kind, MADE
UP in the first style of.Fasbion.
N.B. A large lot of M arm Cloaks, One Guinea each.
CRIPPS & SCURFIELD. 48, BOLD-STREET,
TWO DOORS BELOW CONCERT-STREET.

the Society constituting membership, is as follows :—" That
all persons professing faith in the Holy Trinity, and being
members of,. or friendly to, the Established Church of Eng-
land and Scotland, who shall subscribe five shillings annually,
or give a donation of one guinea at any one • time, shall be
Members of this Association."

ON SALE,
SCOTCH and WELCH PIG IRON,
ANTHRACITIOUS PIG IRON.
RAILS and RAILWAY IRON of every deseriptiim.
Shropshire and Staffordshire BEST BOILER PLATES
ANGLE and RIVET MON.
BAR, BOLT, CABLE, SHEET, HOOP, Z., ROD IRON

LATHES
• PLANING and SCREWING MACHINES.
DRILLS, and ENGINEERS' TOOLS of every description
STEEL, FILES, Circular and other SAWS, and
SHEFFIELD GOODS in general.
ANVILS, VICES, BELLOWS. &c.
HURDLES and WROUGHT IRON PALISADING.
BEST BLASTING POWDER, and PATENT SAFETI

Church Missionary Society.
The objects of this Society are so well known that it is
needless now to recapitulate them. I would, therefore,
merely add, that the deficiency in the Society's funds of
nearly .011000, and the strong and urgent calls from India
for more Missionaries, render the claims of the Society more
than ever pressing.

FUSEE.
Apply to JOSEPH JOHNSON, Canning Chambers
Liverpool, 1 lth December, 1839.

To-morrow will be published, . price 4d., or on fine paper,
with cover, Gd.,
TEZEBEL, A TYPE OF. POPERY. LIBELLOUS
J
LYING AGAINST THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE:
HIS SPEECH IN REPLY. wyrii NoTES.
Liverpool : Published by 111v._NRy
street,- ---Sold also by HATCnAltll and Sox, and the
Pro-
testant Association, London ; J. PRATT,' Manchester ;
CURRY' and Times, Dublin : and G: Belfast.

CORN LAW'S.
Will be ready on MONDAY next, the 6th of January,
Trice ~
E PROSPEA p
ITY of the LANDHOLDERS NOT
DEPENDENT on the CORN LAWS.
By THOMAS JEVONS.
CONTENTS.
Div, 1. Object of this Work—The Means of promoting the
Prosperity of the Agricultural Interest by the increre of
Consumption.
Div. 2. Repeal of certain Taxes that elo:ck Consumption.
Div. 3. The Consumption of Food by the People may be in-
creased. •
Div. 4. Close Connexion between Agriculture and Tilanufac-
. tures pointed out.
Div. 5. The Exportation of Agricultural Products may be
extended.
Div. 6. A broader Cultivation of Hemp and Flax advanta-
geous to the Landed Interest.
Div. 7. Present Duty on Corn false in Principle and decep-
tive in Operation.
Div. $. A Duty on Corn proposed. for the purpose of Re-
venue.
Div. 9. General Result—That the Price of Corn and the
Rent of Land cannot decline.
London L(ANGMAN and Co.

Hibernian Society.
The following facts are sufficient to show the importance
of this Society in promoting the spiritual welfare of the Irish
people :
I.—There are in Ireland between two and three millions of
Irish-speaking population, of whom two millions speak
English as wall ; and between five and six millions who
speak English exclusively.
2.—Among the English-speaking population, who arc a large
majority of the Irish nation, the London Hibernian So-
ciety is principally employed ; while, at the same time,
for those who speak Irish only, it aprints Irish-speaking
Scripture-readers, and forms, where it is required, Irish
classes in its schools.
3.—lt is the principal Society to which the Irish Clergy,
and Protestants in general, look for aid in establishing
and maintaining their Scriptural Schools, and a far
greater number of applications are received from them,
than, in the present state of the funds, can be complied
with.
4.—The number of Day-shools is 1157, containing 91,066
Scholars, of whom 34,067 are Children of Roman Ca-
tholic Parents.
Will you not help Ireland by supporting such a So-
ciety as this ? Every security is given that your money
will be prudently expended. No aid is afforded except
where the Rules of the Society are abided by ; the prin-
cipal of which are, that the whole Scripture shall be read
in the Schools, and portions committed to memory ; and that
every School shall submit to a quarterly examination by a
competent Inspector, whom the Society appoints. Its plan
is so econimical that a child is educated for a year for little
more than half-a-crown. Have you thus educated a child—
or, if not, will you not do it ?

Now Publishing, beautifully printed. comprising 16 pages
of Bvo., illustrated with Splendid Engravings, and a neat
wrapper, price only Two-pence, and monthly:.,parts at
Eieht-pence.) to be continued every Thursday;
CRUICKSHANKS' ILLUSTRATED STANDARD
vv NOVELS AND ROMANCES, forming a selection of
the Works of some of our most popular authors. Vol. I.
will contain the celebrated Romance of the MYSTERIOUS
FREEBOOTERS ; or, the Days of Queen Bess.
London : published by CLEA.VE, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street ;
CRuteKsu ANKS, 6, Francis-place, Westminster;. and all
Booksellers.

LEAP YEAR.—The following is extracted froth an old vo-
lume, printed in NW, entitled, " Courtship, Love, and Ma-
trimonie :"—" Albeit it is nose become a part of
,the corn-
mutt lave, in regard to social relations of lite, that, as often
as every bissextile year doth return, th 6 ladycs have the sole
privilege, during the time it continueth, of making love unto
the men, which they doe either by worries or lookes, as unto
them it seemeth proper.; and, moreover, no man will be en-
titled to the benetite of clergy who clothe refuse to accept the
offeres of a ladye, or who clothe in any wise treate her pro-
posal withe slight or contumely."

THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—The prevailing topic of the
day is the period fixed upon for the celebration of her Ma-
jesty's marriage. Many different days have been already
named, but we believe there is now little doubt on the sub-
ject, her Majesty having herself decided that the ceremony
shall take place on the 4th of February. We are informed
that the wedding will be strictly private, and that it will be
solemnized in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, those only be-
ing present whose official rank enables them to enjoy the
privilege. After the performance of the ceremony her Ma-
jesty and her august husband will, it is affirmed, retire to
Windsor during the royal honeyihoon.-3forning Herald.

Lancashire Lord's Day Society.
The' sanctities of the Divine appointment of the Lord's
Day are continually invaded from new quarters, and among
increasing multkndes, by the spirit of commerce, or of
worldly pleasure ; while the bulwarks of law, raised to defend
them, are no more efficient for that object than the fortresses
of antiquity to resist the alterations and improvements of
modern warfare. On these accounts, there seemed an abso-
lute necessity that the friends of religion—who feel the favour
of God to be the only safety and prosperity of a people—
should combine in some effort (more powerful than could
proceed from individual exertions, however zealously made,)
to stand in the breach against the wide and wasting flood of
Sabbath violations, by the formation of a Society which
should have for its object the amendment of public feeling
and principle on this momentous subject—the diffusion of
spiritual light upon the common mind—the assistance of
those who might wish for help in the high duty of keeping
holy the Lord's Day—and especially of such legislators as
might have Christian courage to lift up their voices in the
deliberate assemblies of the nation against this great trans-
gression of the country.
The Society's operations are carried on by the instrumen-
tality of placards, addresses, memorials, tracts, and petitions
to Parliament.

MASONIC FESTIVAL OF ST. Jonx.—As we anticipated, a
large number of the craft assembled at the Cestrian Lodge,
held. at the Royal Hotel, in this city, on Friday last. Amon;
the distinguished personages present were the Rt. Hon. Lord
Viscount , Combermere, R.W.P.G.M. of-this province; J-;
F. Maddock, Esq., RAV .D. P G. M ; Br. Sir Robt. Cun-
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liffe, Bart., of Acton ; and B. Cunliffe ; together with a num-
ber of Provincial Grand Officers for the Eastern Division of
Lancashire; and other brethren of this city and neighbour-
ing Provinces. The Masonic business being concluded, up-
wards of sixty of the brotherhood sat down to a sumptuous
banquet, provided for them by Brother Willoughby, which
was served up in his usual style of elegance and taste. The
evening,, as usual, was spent with all that order, conviviality,
and good fellowship, which invariably distinguishes the fes-

tive meetings of the craft.—The friends of the " mystic tic"
will perceive, by an advertisement is another part of our
paper, that Wednesday, the Sth of January, is fixed for re-
ceiving the Hon. Wellington Cotton, into the Cestrian
Lodge ; on which occasion a large attendance of the Masonic
Brethren is expected.—Chester Courant.

EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH OF A FRENCH ROBBER.—
The court of assize of Marseilles has been engaged for five
days on the trial of seven robbers, who last spring, repeatedly
stopped the dilligences in the neighbourhood of that city and
Toulon, of which we gave accounts at the time. The facts
were clearly proved ; one only was acquitted from some de-
fect in the evidence; five were sentenced to hard labour at the
hulks for life, and the last to' the same punishment for five
years. When the criminals were brought into court to hear
judgment, some acts of violence being apprehended from them,
they were all manacled, and attended by IS gendarmes ; while
a guard of 36 men was stationed at the court outside. On the
verdict being announced to them, Dur, one of the five con-
demned for life, rose, .and with a stentorian voice exclaimed,
that it was an act of injustice, adding, Coquing de ;ur(s
Coquins de jures " Striking the bar in front of thje dock
with his irons on his hands, he broke it down at a single blow.
Eight gendarmes attempted to secure him ; but he overthrew
them all, and seising the sword of one, drew it half out of its
scabbard before it could be wrested from him. A long and
desperate struggle ensued to remove the violent man from the
court. This, however, could not be accomplished without the
united strength of 12 gendarmes, who at last got him back
into prison, where it was found impossible to put additional
chains on his limbs until the keeper threatened to let loose a
savage dog at him. Upon this Dor submitted.

ATTACHMENT TO THE CHURCH.—Perhaps nothing could
exhibit in a stronger point of view the liberal disposition of
the farmers of Furness, and, at the same time, their firm and
ardent attachment to the Established Church, and the reli-
gion of their forefathers, tin the circumstance of their
sending, gratuitously, on Tuesday last, 105 horses and carts,
in order to lay down stones for the rebuilding and enlarge-
ment of Rampside Chapel, on which occasion upwards of
100 loads of most excellent stone were laid doivn. What
makes this circumstance more creditable to the farmers in
question is, that all the above teams were furnished by an
individual who neither resides in the chapelry, nor have ashy
property in it, not in immediate connexion therewith. This
was a pure emanation of good will, and is only one of the
many characteristics of liberality and good feeling in which
the farmers of Furness are sehlont equalled, and perhaps
never surpassed. The farmers the chapelry have a
separate day, or rather days, for the performance of a similar
praiseworthy deed, but were kept back on this occasion, on
• account of the great numbers so liberally coming forward
from the adjoining neighbourhoo3.—Cumberland Pacquel.
" THE DUKE."—We have repeatedly expressed our belief
that one of the healthiest indications of the times is the uni-

versal veneration in which the character of the Duke of Wel-
lington appears to beheld throkhout the country by persons
of all denominations, and of all parties in politics. k
: meet-
ing of the principal noblemen and gentlemen of mid Lothian
and its vicinity, was, it appears, held on Tuesday last, at
Edinburgh, for the purpose of setting on foot a subscription
for a memorial in honour of the Duke of wellington ; to be
itiaTr win have , that ever }similar corn-
considerable
erected in some conspicucus part of the Scottish withoutmetro-
polis.notpi
memorations of the services rendsred to the country by the
city
Great
illustrious Duke, and will vie w,th each other in the value
and appropriateness of their res;:eative memorials. Why
should not Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and
other towns of similar importance, have their Wellington
testimonials, as well as Edinburgh ? Surely the hint is wor-
thy of consideration.—United Scrrice Gazette.
AN EXPLANATION POP, Tim " LI:AGUE."—A paragraph
in the Morning Herald of Monday last, headed " Modern
Puritanism,"
seems to have pricked the anti-corn leaguers
of Manchester a little more than skin deep. Their organ,
the Manchester Guardian, " did not think the Herald Si)
lost to all sense of decency" as to give insertion to the sen-
timent, " that it is Ivan.; disgusting, to say the least, to
hear men who think no more- of the waste of human life in
their service, than-they do of the wear and tear of a machine,
(and not so much for the wear and tear of a machine costs
them something), plead for filthy lucre under the mask of a
concern for religion, and presumptuously enrol the Create r
himself on their side in at least a questionable attempt to
enrich themselves at the expense of their neighbours."
These are the offensive words quoted, and the Manchester
Guardian " would demand to know who are the men agt.
whom the slanderous charge is made." The slander of
charge—the hit that told home—was the utter heartle
of the manufacturing capitalists towards the operative cl—„..
and to the question, who are the men against whom tl
charge is made? the answer is, against ALL. The char)
was not grounded upon the selfishness of an individu,
here or there, but upon the spirit which pervades the whol
body; upon that calculating spirit which looks for a certain
profit, and if it cannot make that profit by prices, will screw
it out of human labour by a diminution of wages. It
matters not whether the object of tasking human labour for
this object is achieved by overworking the cheap daily labour
of infancy, or dispensing with the comparatively dear piece-
work of manhood ; but uniformly, and without remorse, the
labour of the operative. is either ttsed by them as a slave, or
cast off as an incumbrance, and ail with reference merely to
what they consider ought to !•:c their profits -of capital.—
Talk of the manufacturing capitalist sympathising with the
artisan, indeed! How often have. they told us that their
capital knows no distinction of country or climate? Did
not even Mark Philips tell the Manchester meeting that (like
many of his felloWs) he should probably take his capital to
Germany, to promote (for his own greater profit) the compe-
tition against his countrymen and constituents! And is it
too much to say, when such men cant for cheap svages, in
the shape of cheap bread, under the, mask of religion and
morality, and insist upon a free trade in corn as a revelation
of the-Creator himself in their favouris it too touch to say
that affectation of a far-fetched piety, which is to till their
pockets, and such pretensions to a charity which is
them a hundred-fold, and perhaps at the eXPens
objects of their interested compas3ion, are " rlisg„„„„.,;
The word may not be appropriate, because too mild for the
occasion, but that is the only fault whist can be found wits
it:—Morning Herald.

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