The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-23 00:00:00

CON7'E'MPORARY PRESS.

THE MILK-WHITE HIND, UNCHANGING
AND UNCHANGED.
(From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
We have it on the authority of Mr. Ashton Yates,
who professes to have his eyes opened to the nature of
Irish affairs by personal experience, that the Tipperary
peasant, before proceeding to shoot his landlord, com-
municates his intention to the priest. If the priest
succeed in dissuading him, tant mieux—as in the case
of the ejected tenant mentioned by Mr. Yates, who
took his gun to confession, where the exhortations of
his pastor had the effect of making him give up not
only his bloodthirsty intention, but the intended in-
strument of bloodshed. So far good ; but, if the priest
should not succeed in allaying the lust of blood, kin-
dled in his communicant by tithe-process, ejectment,
civil bill decree, or other hateful instrument of legal
process—if private revenge, or public spirit, or patri-
otic ardour, impatient of the stranger's law, be too
many for the mild expostulations of the assassin's con-
fidant, as in the cases mentioned by Mr. Nolan, why
then—

Venusinm
Plectantur sslvw, to sospite—

Let the storm burst on the devoted heads : You, holy
father, sit secure under the shelter of the confessional
—sub sigillo—hermetically sealed, as it were, from
even the ill-wind that blows nobody good. Crack goes
the carbine from behind the hedge of his reverence's
paddock ! His reverence is writing a leading article
for the liberal journal of a neighbouring town, and
does not hear it. hark!—did you not hear a
groan—a heavy fall:-the hurried trampling of feet ?
" No—'tiVas but the wind,
Or the car rattling down the stony street—

On with the mass !"
For these, as Baron Richards truly says, are peculiarly
the Sabbath morning sports of his reverence's commu•
nicants. Take, now, a night scene. See what a vo-
lume of flame bursts from the roof of and windows of
the Orange yeoman's house ! His reverence spurs his
horse—he is on a sick call—time presses—he did what
he could in the confessional—it is no longer his busi-
ness. "Pax vobiscum ;" says he, " I wash my hands
of it." Chick, Dobbin, or we'll be late to give poor
Mike the rights of his church." A murder or arson,
three weeks or a month before its commission, comple-
ted or intended, is a matter of interest to the benevo-
lent priest, no doubt. But when the thing is done,
what is it to him ? If he could not prevent its com-
mission here, he has at least prevented its conse-
quences hereafter I—a comfortable doctrine for a man
who sleeps with open doors.
But it is denied that prospective absolution can be
given. We believe what the church could do in one
age, she claims the power to do still, and that prospec-
tive absolutions have been given to murderers, time
out of mind, in Popish countries, is a fact which ad-
mits of no contradiction. We will give one example,
and have done with Mr. Yates and his eulogium on
the unchangeable church. On Sunday, the 18th of
March, 1582, William of Nassau was shot at by one
John Jaureguy, as he was leaving his dining-room.
The ball entered under the right ear, and passed
through the palate, coming out at the left cheek. Yet;
notwithstanding this severe wound, the prince reco-
vered*. On Jaureguy's person were found several
written prayers and commendations of his cause to the
Virgin, the Angel Gabriel, &c., couched in such terms
as these—"l do most humbly beseech thee to grant
me the victory against this heathen defiler of thy holy
temple, and subverter of thy Holy Catholic Roman re-
ligion. Ido most heartily beseech thee that it may
please thee no longer to suffer this wretch to work fur-
ther desolations," &c. Besides these he bad various
amulets, a green wax candle, with a cross on the end,
a scapular, and other such rubbish in abundance. But
our present business is with the examination of the
witnesses in the subsequent investigation :

"Anthony de Venero, a Spaniard, born at Bilboa, in
Spain, being demanded to whom the said Jaureguy was shri-
ven? He saith, to a certain monk named Father Anthony.
" Being demanded whether the said Father Anthony
knew of their enterprise, when or by whom? He saith that
he, this deponent, never conferred with the said Father An-
thony; neither knew that any other conferred with him, se-
cretly nor openly, except that the said John Jaureguy told
him that he had confessed himself to the said Father An-
thony, and had conferred with him of this matter, whereunto
Annantio, Jaureguy, and the deponent were privy—and that
he had absolved him.
" Anthony Timmerman, some time monk of the order of
the White Friars, being demanded what private communica-
tion he bath had with John Jaureguy? Saith, that the said
Jaureguy on Friday last came to him to shrift, desiring also
to receive the sacrament at his hand, which he ministered
unto him; for the which the said party gave him two double
pistoles of gold, desiring him to pray for him.
" Being demanded whether he told unto him the said con-
fessor in what place he purposed to do this deed, and with
what weapons ? Saith, that he told him that he purposed to
do it at table, as be thought, but chewed him not with what
weapons.
" Being demanded whether he, the said confessor, did
finally absolve the said Jaureguy, so as he might execute his
intended deed, and which he afterwards committed against
the person of his Excellency? Confesseth, that he absolved
the said Jaureguy in this manner: that if he did not execute
it for lucre of money, but only for the glory of God and out of
a zeal for the Catholic Roman religion, THAT THEN IT WAS
LAWFUL FOR HIM TO DO .IT."—(See Seiner's Tracts, v. 1,
pp. 391, 400—edition of 1809.)

He was killed by a more successful assassin, called Bal
shazer, ten years afterwards.

DR. LANT CARPENTER.
( From the John Bull.)
We have received the following letter from Dr.
Lant Carpenter:—

TO THE JOHN BULL.

Bristol, Oct. 18th

SlR,—ln reference to the notice in your last paperWihe
permission granted me by her MAJESTY to dedicate to her
the "Apostolical Harmony of the Gospels," I think it
right to say that the permission was sought, and granted,
solely on the ground that the work is not of a controversial
nature. If you will copy the two paragraphs of the dedica•
lion which 1 have marked, it may dissipate the uneasiness of
some of your readers. L. CARPENTER..

In accordance with Dr. Carpenter's wish, we sub-
join the paragraphs to which he calls our attention.
On ascending the Throne of these realms, your MAJESTY
made the joy-inspiring declaration, that you would consult
the welfare of A LI, classes of your subjects. I ain happy, as
well as grateful, that, in granting the permission ►rhich I
sought, your MAJESTY has shown that no religious denomi-
nation among your subjects will be without a portion of that
kind consideration which you can manifest without compro-
mising your own individual convictions, and without inter-
fering with those claims which are given to others by the
law of the land.

If the following work had been founded upon, or had been
intended to teach,- the distinctive opinions which I hold as a
Unitarian Christian, I would, on no account, have solicited
the honour of dedicating it to your Majesty. But I am for-
tified by the published statement of a divine of the Esta-
blished Church, distinguished as a defender of its doctrines,
honoured by his scientific rank, and greatly esteemed for his
personal character, in representing my work as in no sense

doctrinal in its nature.. If my own peculiarities of religious
belief have ever biassed me in it, I am not conscious of the
fact. But, Madam, there is, as divines of your own Church
have expressed it, a common Christianity; and my labours in
this volume have been directed to illustrate this, under the
influence of reverence and love for our common Saviour.
I hope it will be found, as expressed by the American re-
viewer, quoted in my preface, that "the author seems never
to forget, and he never lets his reader forget, that it is a holy
record he is analysing—the history of the Son of God that he
is illustrating."

We confess we have no great apprehension of any
danger accruing from the contents of any work (even
were it doctrinal), as regards the unsettling of her
Majesty's religious principles, to the formation and es-
tablishment of which so much care and attention have
throughout her life been devoted. But we must say
that 'however naturally Dr. Carpenter may congratu-
late himself and his disciples on finding the Queen's
patronage and "kind consideration" bestowed upon
his work, we cannot but think the " uneasiness of our
readers" on the subject not altogether unnatural, ta-
ken in conjunction with the fact that the Bishops of
Norwich and Durham have become subscribers to a
volume of sermons published by Mr. Turner, who,
like Dr. Carpenter, holds Unitarian principles; nor
can we blame them for having felt " uneasy" when
they found that the Doctor's work, ,addressed to, and
sanctioned by her Majesty, although not doctrinal, and
not, as the Doctor says, even "founded upon the dis-
tinctive opinions which he holds as anUnitarian Chris-
tian," is founded upon " the most ancient opinion re-
specting the duration of our Saviour's ministry," &c.
We admit that their feelings may now assume ano.
ther character when they perceive how strangely ano-
malous the title and character of Dr. Carpenter's work
are. • In his dedication, he openly avows himself an
Unitarian, and then presents to his Sovereign a "Har-
mony of the Gospels, as regards the ministry of the
Saviour 1" in whose divinity he believes not. In fact,
we cannot comprehend the nature of the course the
Doctor has adopted. From his own showing, all we
can gather is, that wishing to obtain the royal patron-
age,-he has written a book on this Most sacred subject,
totally at variance with his own religious principles.
Indeed, he says—"lf my own peculiarities of religi-
ous belief have biassed me in it, 1 am not conscious of
the fact." So, that he has avowedly concocted a work
in the truth and genuineness of which he himself has
no faith, and even goes the length of apologising for
anything like an expression of his own sentiments or
principles, which may by any accident have found their
way into it.

if the conduct of those who advised her Majesty to
sanction this production astonished us in the first in-
stance, what we see of the production itself astonishes
us still wore.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HOLYWELL HUNT.

TUESDAY, OCT. 16.—A Produce Sweepstakes, of 50 sovs
each, h ft; for the produce of mares covered iu 1834. Two

miles. 7 subs.
Sir R. Bulkeley's b f Piccotee, by Teniers Darling
Mr. F. It. Price's br c Captain Pops, by Priam.M. Jones 2
Captain Pops the favourite. This was a closely contested
race. The mare took the lead and kept it, although closely
pressed by the Captain. After getting past the distance
chair Jones pulled in, having no chance of winning.
The Pengwern Stakes, of 30 sons each, 10 ft. One mile and
three quarters. 6 subs.
Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff walked over
A Sweepstakes, of 50 sous each, h ft, for three year olds.
One mile and a half. 3 subs.

Mr. Mostyn's Brown Duchess walked over
The Champagne Stakes, of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for two year

. .
;Ads. The last half mile. 6 subs.
Lord Eglinton's br c MolvollO, by Liverpool Lye 1
Mr Mostyn's b c Papineau 2
Lord Stanley's Velocity
Mr F R Price's b f The Lady Abbess 4

A very pretty race. The funning was principally between
the winner and Velocity. At the rush in the finish, Papineau
passed two of his competitors, and made a good second.
The Mostyn Stakes of £lO each. The Mostyn mile. 28 Subs.
Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff Darling 1
Sir Philip Egerton ns Amurath 2
Sir H Bold Houghton ns The Maid of Mouton 3
Sir Thomas Stanley's Gasparoni
The Cardinal took the lead and kept it. The others fol-
lowed closely behind, and at one part of the race Ainuratli
looked like a winner. She was, however, obliged to give
way to superior strength in the run in.
THURSDAY, Oct. 18 —The Mostyn Handicap Sweepstakes,
of 20 sovs each. 10 ft added to 100 sovs given by the Hon

EM LI Mostyn. Two miles. Sixteen subscribers
Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff
Mr Mustyn's Birdlime
Mr F It Price's Wentworth

A beautitul race, won by half a length.

A Post Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft; for colts and

fillies 'hen four years old. Two mile course.
Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff--Calloway—walked over
A Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, h ft. T.Y.C.
Lord Stanley's b f Velocity 1
Mr Mostyn's Papineau 2
Mr F R Price's b f Lady Abbess
Sir Thomas Stanley's Gasparoni
A Free Handicap (2 years old excepted) of 10 sovs each, with
20 sovs added by the Club. One mile and a half.
Mr Phillip's Maid of Mouton Whitehouse 1
Sir it W Bulkeley's Piecotee....
Sir Thomas Stanley's Violet
Mr Mostyn's Brown Duchess 4

Brown Duchess broke down.

The Ilolywell Hunt Plate by subscription of 10 sovs each,
with 50 soya added by the, Club. Three miles. 4 subs.
Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff Calloway 1
111 r Mostyn's Birdlime
Won by half a length.

The Hokee Pokee Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 sovs added
by the Club; for horses ofall ages. T.Y.C. The winner
to be sold for 70 sovs. The last horse to pay 5 soya over
and above his stake to the second.
Mr T P Lloyd ns Piccotee
Mr F R Price ns Wonder
Lord Mostyn ns The Grand Duke
Won in a canter.

There was a better attendance than on Tuesday. The
weather was again exceedingly unfavourable. Harkaway left
per van at six o'clock on Thursday morning.

SEEKING A SITUATION AS COMPANION TO
A LADY.

In the last number of " Nicholas Nicklehy," the heroine
of the work, having answered an advertisement for a compa-
nion to a lady, is admitted with her mother to an interview,
when the reader is presented with the following sketch of a
female blue and exquisite :
" What are your accomplishments ?" asked Mrs. Wititterly,
with her eyes shut. -

Kate blushed as she mentioned her principal acquirements,
and Mrs. Nickleby checked them all off, one by one, on her
fingers, having calculated the number before she came out.
Luckily the two calculations agreod, so Mrs. Nickleby had no
excuse for talking.
"You arc a good temper?" asked Mrs. Wititterly, opening
her eyes for an instant and shutting them again,.
" I hope so," rejoined Kate.
" And have a highly respectable reference for everything,
have von ?"

Kate replied she had, and laid her uncle's card on the table.
" Have the goodness to draw your chair a little nearer, and
let me look at you," said Mrs. Wititterly; "I am so very
near-sighted that 1 can't quite discern your features."
Kate complied, though not without some embarrassment,
with this request, while Mrs. Wititterly took a languid survey
of her countenance, which lasted some two or three minutes.
" 1 like your appearance," said that lady, tinging a little
bell. "Alphonse, request your master to come here."
The page disappeared on this errand, and after a short in-
terval, during which not a word was spoken on either side,
opened the door for an important gentleman of about eight-
and-thirty,* of rather plebian countenance and with a very
light head of hair, who leant over Mrs. Wititterly for a little
time, and conversed with her in whispers.
"Oh," he said turning round, " yes. This is 'a most im-
portant matter. Mrs. Wititterley is of a very excitable na-
ture, very delicate, very fragile; a hot house plant, an
exotic."
__ .

"Oh ! Henry, my dear," interposed Mrs. Wititterley.
You are my love, you know you are; one breath—" said
Mr. W., blowing an imaginary feather away—"pho ! you're
gone."
The lady sighed.
"Your ;mil is too large for your body," said Mr. Wititterly.
" Your intellect wears you out; all the medical men say so;
you know that there is not a physician who is not proud of
being called in to you. What is their unanimous declara-
tion? 'My dear doctor,' said Ito Sir Tuinley Snuffim, iii
this very room, the very last time he came—`My dear doctor,
what is my wife's complaint? Tell me all. I can bear it.
Is it nerves?' `My dear fellow,' he said, be proud of that
woman; make much of her; she is an ornament to the fa-
shionable world and to you. Her complaint is soul. It
swells, expands, dilates—the blood fires, the pulse quickens,
the excitement increases—Whew!'" Here Mr. Wititerly,
who, in the ardour of description, had flourished his hand to
within something less than an inch of Mrs. Nickleby's bon-
net, thew it hastily back again, and blew-his nose as fiercely
as if it had beenjdone by some violent machinery.
" You make me out worse than I ant, Henry," said Mrs.
Wititterly, with a faint smile.
" 1 do nut, Jolla, I do tint," said Mr. W. " The society in
which you move—necessarily move, from you station, con-
nexion, and endowments—is one vortex and whirlpool of the
most frightful excitement. Bless my heart and body, can I
ever forget the night you danced with the Baronet's nephew,
at the election ball, at Exeter! It was tremendous." •
" I always suffer for these triumphs afterwards," said Mrs.
Wititterly.
" And for that very reason," rejoined the husband, " you
must have a companion in 'whom there is great gentleness,
great sweetness, excessive sympathy, and perfect repose."
Here both Mr. and Mrs. Wititterly, who had talked rather
at the Nicklebys that to each other, left off speaking, and
looked at their two hearers, with au expression of countenance
which seemed to say " What do you think of all that?"
" Mrs. Wititterly," said her husband, addressing himself
to Mrs. Nickleby, " is sought after and courted by glittering
crowds and brilliant circles. She is excited by the opera,
the drama, the fine arts, the—the—the—"
"The nobility, my love," interposed Mrs. Wititterly.
" The nobility, of course," said Mr. Wititterly, " and the
military. She forms and expresses an immense variety of
opinions, on an immense variety of subjects. if tome peo-
ple in public life were acquainted with Mrs. Wititterly's real
opinion of them, they would not hold their heads perhaps
quite as high as they do."
" Hush, Henry,"-said the lady: " this is scarcely fair."
" I mention no names, Julia," replied Mr. Wititterly ;
" and nobody is injured. I medy mention the circumstance
to show that you are no ordinary person; that there is a con-
: stant friction perpetually going on between your mind and
your body, and that you must be soothed and tended. Now
let me hear dispassionately and calmy what are this young
lady's qualifications for the office."
In obedience to this request, the qualifications were all
gone through again, with the addition of many interruptions
and cross-questionings from Mr. Wititterly. It was finally
arranged that inquiries should be made, and a decisive answer
addressed to Miss Nickleby, under cover to her uncle, within
two days. These conditions agreed up, the page showed
them down stairs as far as the staircase window, and the big
footman relieving guard at that point, piloted them in perfect
safety to the street door.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-With deep regret we have to
announce that the upper salt mine belonging to N. Ashton,
Esq., and Sons, of Northwich, suddenly gave way about
eleven o'clock on Tuesday last, carrying with it into the abyss
below the engine, house, cottages, and stables; and, melan-
choly to relate, seven lives were lost. Only one man was
married, the others were young men and boys. Very fortu-
nately, not any of the miners werein the pit at the time of
the accident, Several horses were also killed,