The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-23 00:00:00

"TU E TABLES TURNED."

We. cannot allow to pass without notice.an article under this
title in the last Mercury. It there republisheS a scurrilous pa-
ragraph against the Church of Scotland for pre% entin. Mr;
Muir front occupying a professor's chair in the trniveisity of
Edinburgh, which appeased. last November in the columns of
the •Scutsraan. When we mention that this journal, as well as
our contemporary, is an organ of that unhallowed conspiracy.
which has banded together, for the subversion of the two estat;-,
lished churches, the believing Baptist and Independent with
the Unitarian and impure Papists, our English readers. will not
be surprised to learn that the -whole' of its aVerments are base-
less as well as base. They were instantly contradicted by other
Edinburgh . newspapers who have since announced that Mr-
Moir fills the chair to Which he .was appointed, and that his lec-
tures on Rhetoric and Bellei Lettres are atteuded—not only by,
a large class of students, bat by many of the most distinguished
characters in the church. All this the drivelling Mercury knew,
or ought to have known, and to have been silent; but,it chooses,
after the lapse of three monthi, to republish the foul scurrility of
the Scotsman against the Church of Scotland that it may vent a
vulgar sneer at one of its clergymen, fur attending in the corn,
pany of our rectors' public meetings for the Maintenance and
diffusion of the principles of the gospel, and that it may indulge,
its low malice against all church establishments. Has our con-
temporary still to learn that the Scottish universities are inte-
gral parts of the national church—that every professor must, by
the civil as Well as the ecclesiastical law, qualify fur office by
subscribing its coniession of faith—that he is subject to the ju-
risdiction of the cnurch courts as much as the clergyman—that
the professors of divinity are members of the Presbytery in.
which they rcaide—and that each of the four universities is
represented in the general assembly by one of its own professors:

• IADVERTISEMRNIA
STEAM NAVIGATIoN TO INDIA BY WAY OF

EGYPT AND THE RED SEA.

The following is extracted frotirra letter from Mr. Waghotti;
dated from Cairo, Decemt)er'2s,..lB3s

-" I beg. to report my arrangements to and from Egypt are
now certain for conveying all letters sent through you and Inv
other agents regularly to Mocha.. , At Mocha. express order's
are received front the Bombay government to forward mails at
their expense on to ginnhay without delay; therefore, all letters
that come through my ageutS to toe are sure of getting to India
iu from 60 to 85 days,_durin:,-,i every month of,the year.
The Hdgh Lindsay, steamer, is now at S ti, waiting to leave
with the December mail froth Eng,lim • ierefOre, the letterg
you sent me this month will get to. BT inbay in about 60 days
from England, consequently I ant iiiii.ved of, any expense this
month. through availing myself of that vessel. The Hugh'
Lindsay is positively to leave Bomba'V again nit the 18th March
for Sue 2, couseqUeutly will take the April letters of England to
India."

Ageuts for Liverpool and
airiiel and Thointi Willis.
Manchester ..
hill
~ London—Messrs. Smith, Elder,' and Co., 65 _C. orn_i .
Giasgow—itile,!srs. Thomion and Stirling.
Faltnout h—M r. Geo W. Wheatley, Church-street.

The mail which conveys the letters for Iridia to Alexandriai
is made up in London on the lst of each mouth, and the
Medlterranean government steamer sails from Fahninith orl.
the 3d of eath month. Parties wishing to avail themselves of
the above should, therefore, have their letters - prepared iu
Liverpool not later titan the ldst day of each month preceding.

LIVER THEATRE. -Au exceedingly laughable travestie;
founded on the play of The Jewess, was produced at this theatre
laSt night, and went off with triumphant success. Some of the
hits bearing ou the peculiar circumstances under which the
original drama was prevented front beint, acted at the Liver
were very smart and were highly relished by the audience. The
instant liar, W. J. Hammond appeared on the stage he was
hailed with shouts of applause, and the part he assumed and
actet; to the life, was understood, or rather, was univrsally ap-
plied to that of a well-known public character of Liverpool
whose peculiarities of dress and manner he represen►ed with the
most laughable and inveterate fidelity. Want of spate prevents
our giving a more detailed notice of " The Jewess," travestie,
for the present.
PITT-STREET WARD.— ELECTION OF AssEssrini; We
wont(' direct the attention of the Burgesses of this Ward to Li
meeting, advertiserkin another part of our paper, to be held to-
morrow evening. We trust that the conservatives will be on
the alert and secure the return of proper persous,at the ensu-
Mg elections of Ward Assessors.

COMMITTAL—Charlotte Bellion was brought up on t'riday
last, at the police-Aire, before Thos. J. Hall, Esq., charged by
William Hughes with having robbed him the night before, in a
house of ill fame, where he had accompanied her, of two soya.
and some silver. She had picked his pocket and then run out
of the house. Shortly afteplaids, Davison the police-ollicei
entered, and they went to various public-houses to search for the
girl, but did not Lind her. They then returned to the house
and saw the prisoner about twenty-five yards from it, looking
iuund a corner, as if afraid of being observed. Complainant
immediately recognised her dress, and she was taken into cus-
tody. The magistrate ordered the informatiotS for her coin-

urinal hi be taken.. . .
On Wednesday evening the sloop Margaret, of Ban6;.Alex.
Dicken, master, laden with salt, Was observed by the captain
and crew of the'Magazine life-boat to have a signal. of distress
flying, and to be in a sinking state. They immediately went to
her assistance, weighed anchor, and took her safely intoOcorge'S
Dock Basin.

Finis.-0(1 Saturday-at noon the sizing manufactory of Mr:
Richard Reynolds, jun., in Vauxhall-road, took tire owing, it
is s"pposed, to the stove being overheated. Some lads con-
nec:ed with the-esf4blishrnent got on to the roof. and began
taking the tiles off the homers, which, giving the lire vent, put
it out of the power of the workmen to extinguish it. Two of the
fire engines, however, shortly arrived with a piewiftil supply of
water, one of which was promptly and effectively applied, and
the fire was soon extingtrishel The damage has nut been great.
THE MAGISTRACY.—The whig-radicals of Halifax have peti.
tioned the Lord Chancellor and the Home Secretary for an
increase in the number of, magistrates oat the ground, that all
the present acting magistrates in that district are tortes. Why
do not the liberals at present on the commission qualify, and •
giye the public the benefit of their services?„._
Fro.: IN LoNnoN-nuxn.—Shortly after one o'clock this •
Morning a fire was discovered iu the shop of Mr. Win. Smith,
grocer, London-load, nearly opposite Seymour-street. The
engines were promptly nu the spot, and their being a plentiful
supply of water the rite was speedily got under. The entire
stock of the shop was destroyed, but the tire did not extend to
the upper parts of the building. Mr. Smith, 1/4%e were informed,
was not insured.

SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION.—SoutIi Lvitestershile

election took place on Thursday. :Mr. Chas. Win. Parke, of
Ravenstone, a conservative, was elected without oppositiom
DUTY us SPIRIT LICENSES.—We understand the ClianeellOr
of the Exchequer has stated his intention to lay upon ilte table
of the House of Commons a return of the number of persons to
whom the act passed last session has afforded relief, and which
would be found to be very considerable. In reference to the
opinion that the tax should be proportion6d 16 the quantity of
business dune, and not to tiff amount at which n house is rated,
such a proposal had been fully coOsidered by the government,
but that, however desirable it might be to make wadi an altera-
tion, it could not be aeonipliMied, as Anchor scheMe had been
abandoned from the difficulty or impOssitility of guarding it
from extensive frauds.
Ti, TEA TR ADE.—lntelliirilce was received by the Boar 4
of Excise in this town, on Friday last, that the practice of xo-
quiring permits to be issued with every parcel of tea exceeding
certain weight, sold by dealers, was no longer necessary. It
is understood, however, that the excise are still to have the
power of examining teas supposed to be spurious, when and
how they think proper.

MUSICAL DEBUTANTE.—Miss De-DI/ter, &Reiter of the
celebrated plane-forte maker, of that name in London, and
late a pupil of Mr. J. I. Cramer, Made a very successful debut,
as a pianiete, et the sixtii concert of the t:raish musicians, nit
Monday week, at London. One of the London papers s.tys;
"she performed remarkably well, and, whenever she' had an op-.
partiality to display her talents, drew down the most flattering
marks of approbation."
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—It has lately been aseerlained
that the highland population of Glasgow and suburbs amounts
to upwards. of 22,000 persons; and su great is the attachment
of these persons to the established religion of their country;
that out of that number there are nut more than lOU dissenters.
• NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTlES.—Atneetitig was held at Leeds

last;eel:;llreinaYMin the chair, to petition-parliament for the •
repeal of these ditties. The attendance was not numerous, and
the speakers were men possessing little or no influence in the
town,. or, in other words the fag-end of the town council, aided
by two or three pot-house mators of very low note.
DUTY ON SPIRIT I.ICIiNCES.—THE LiVEItPUGI. PETITION.—
Our readers will perceive, by an advertisement in another part
of our paper of to-day, that a petition is now lying fur signature'
in different parts of the town, praying the legislatu're to- repeal
the partial and oppresive impost of fifty pet cent, on spirit licen-
ces. We understand it is desirable ttidt the petitibn should be
signed with as little delay as possible.
Timu •GIIING M
an advertisement which appears
in our paper of to-day, we observe the Liverpool Ag.icuitural
Society's annual ploughing 'match will take place on a farm,
in the township of Newton-in-the-Willows, on Thursday, the
3rd of March. We hear that considerable competition is ex-
pected.
KNOTTY ASH CHOtito.—We nnderstand that the appoint-,'
anent of the minister of the new church, conseciated on lhurs-.
day last by the bishop of this diocese, is vested in the hands of
five trustees, viz , Mr. pugdale, Mr. Littledale, Mr. Edmund
Mollineux, Mr. John C. Mullineue. and Mr. Worm'. The
edifice reflects considerable credit upon the profeSsional judg-
ment and skill of Mr. Williams, of this town, the ,architect.
Neat to the church is a neat and conoimitious school; and in
character with the church. built also under :be direction of the
same architect at the sole expense of Mrs. Diigdale, of Dove-
cot, capable of holding nearly two hundred children, where;
we are happy to bear, ureards of eighty are- receiving daily in-
struction at preseut. The cost of erecting the church has been
about £5,000.
The High Sheriff of the county Of Stafford has appointed the
Rev. Edward Spencer, niiiiiAer-of St. Matthias' church is ibis
town, to be his chaplain during the term of his shrievalty.
11A PPY M ALTON I—Malton has been permitted by Bail Fitz-
williem to elect a represe.niative vice Lord Cottenham. As we
prophecied, Mr. Civilders has been returned; and we based our
plophecy upon the sneaking paragraph we ilumed from the
Glebe viz., "Mr. Childers' address is liberal; therefore we sup-;
pure he will not be oppeSed." lion could be be. Itfiitern idler?
The independent electors of Mahon were ordered I.y their liberal
whi,y; lord to refute him; and lbev did so. The poor pitiable
slaves dare not disobey ! Mr. Childers took hi; seat on '4 ethics-
day ; and, to illustratc their practical observance of freedmn of
,djction, &c. he sat on the roinisteilial side. The independ.e7it
member for--:Earl ,
FINE AT SPITALPIRLD'S C,}ll,llCl-1. LCINDON--Cl \Wanes.
in ilun:etliiile attendance,' but limn the
and three o'clovk iu the 111101100 U, the belfry
iartii!eci:ia:tt.6l,lEe)::,,k;eliruite;v4oitil:w.ootte:aetp d
part of the bQs.d tag athete the iateo be Olt
Vciun there being no adjacent buildings, frinn 'which
ea upon it with any - •
e ect, veas.found
impracticable to arrest the progress of the flames. The wood-
broke
having been consumed;
(w‘uatt'er3t.'•A:iluld dischare
murk which supported the peal Of bells
the bells, which were twelve iu number
fell , o:et colisidemo the
t
finest in the metropolis,one with 0 treineodous
crash, particulatly
ttheenworotld'el‘l%,,,
kvhich weighed forty four
w et. At seven (felechke
ving been
consumed, all apPrefieusions fo; ihres'a'ff.etth?;eosiPtihrke,'chlii were
at an end. • The fire is. Supposed to trate otiginated from the
whoa short time t:,,e(foie the alarm. au,'
eareiessness of a Youth
tbheelli.r)(ripleviit.b tel in the. eniplee. Of the steeple keeper,
Of
bad entered the,
although a portion of the loft I
r.tandle in his hard in tinier to incn.i iuie of
‘: ' ble daunt
The otgan, which cost 1,800 guineas uuinjured;
While the'. e.
The loss
conse u
nt ne s
i,tllll I.t 011.!LIC I alc,_
4ge.
upon. this act n cut is esinnat 1 • t f. 3.000.
fire was raging, a funeral paired at the church-
gates,4- and the Rev. Mi. Shine, the rector. aiiiidst all the con-
tusion by which he was surrounded, perfertned the solemn
ceremony, and the corpse Was iuteried. The youth supposed to.
have been the cause of the accident was taken into custody, but
was liberated after an examination, as there was no reason to
believe that it arose from any other Canso but his carelessness..