The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-27 00:00:00

REGENT'S FRIENDLY SOCIETY, TRANMERE.

The 23,1 instant being Whit Monday, the Regent's Friendly
Society had their annual meeting at the King's Arms, 'Fran-
mere; it is a day of festivity, and therefore lung and anxiously
looked forward to by the young and old good folks of the town-
ship.

The members, consisting of nearly 200, headed by Mr.
Stubbs's scientific hand. proceeded through Birkenhead, Wood-
side, and up to Traomere Church, where the service was read
and a sermon preached to the club by the Rev. W. Clemenson,.
afterwards the society returned through Upper Tianmere to
the King's Arms, where the jolly host provided a most excellent
dinner, to. Which the members did ample justice.
The chair was most ably filled by the Rev. W. Fielding,
rector of the parish and one of the magistrates of the county.
Several gentlemen of the vicinity WhO had enrolled their names
as honorary members, also sNt down to (linger, thus very pro-
perly giving their countenance and support to a society. (not
org(nishl for any political purposes,) but to carry out a great
principle, as old as chi istianity itself—" To relieve the sick and
bury the dead."

The children -01. the Trantrtere National School were -no't
forgotten. but also-,came. in for their share of the clay's festivity.
After walking:. in the.processiati,jhey partook of a plentiful re-
freshment 01 bons, Sze. which had been provided for them by
the members of the club; several ladies attended this gratify.
ing distribution.

Early in the afternoon of the 9th instant there fell, in the val-
ley of Osse,.in the Pyrenees, a great quantity of rain, mixed
with a large portion of
.matter bearing the colour and appear-
ance of sulphur. The fall lasted till seven in the evening. and
in the morning- the roads and other places, where water had a
free current, were covered with this extraordinary substance.

EXAMINATION OF ATTORNEY.—The following notice has
been placed up in all the Common Law Courts, and at the
Judges' chambers: —" The articles of clerk-hip and answers
to questions touching the due service and good conduct of
pbrsons applying to be admitted attorneys, are to be left with
the Secretary of the Incorporated Law Society, at the hall in
Chancery-lane. within the first seven days of term (namely,
between the 2.34 and 30th of May inclusive.) The first exami•
nation will take place in the hall of the Incorporated Law So-
ciety on Saturday, the 4th of June, and commence at It) o'cl,ek
.• in the forenoon. The applicants are required to attend in the
hall at half-past nine on the day of examination. Application
fur ftirther information may be made to the secretary."
FAI.MOOTIi, MAY 21.-llis Majesty's steamer, Spitfire,
Licat. Kennedy, arrived here to-day hum the Mediterranean.
She left Corfu on the 30th of April, Patras lit May Malta sth,
and Gibriiltar 14th, with mails, and brings 45 passengers,
amongst whom are three Princes from Persia, (his Royal High-
ness Shah Zadi Roda Kali Koli Mirza-Ni.ib-el-Muolk, his
Royal Highness Shah Zadi Taymoor Mirza Hassan-el-Dawle,
his Royal highness Shah Zadi Najaf Kati Mirza-Odde,) cousins
of the preSent reigning Shah; and Assaad Yacoob Nayat,
secretary and interpreter, abd three Persian servants. '1 he
real object of their mission to this country has not transpired.
They landed from the steainei under a salute from his Majesty's
frigate Astrma, and have proceeded to London. The accounts
from Greece by this arrival make mention of the disturbances,
which had long existed in Roumelia, as being brought to a
close; after several defeats the insurgents had been forced to
cross the frontiers. General Church was on the eve of making
a tour through the province, with a view of providing effective
means for rendering it inure perm meetly tranquil. King oho
wai about leaving the country for Munich; the intention was
said to be formed on accouut of his health, which required some
slight renovation that change would accompiish; but the cause
of hie departure which obtained most credence was that con-
nected vVith his marriage, and trout that tact being influenced
by a desire to see his intended future consort. Whatever his
motives might be, applehensious existed that his absence would
be fraught with tioubles, as neither Count d'Armen,perg nor
the Ministry were viewed in a favourable light by the Greeks.
The Spitfire has brought on freight £2 S')0; she left. Cadiz on
the 15th, at that time rejoicings were going on for the victory
(so termed) gained by the legion in the late affsir before St,
Sebastian Over the Carlists. Ike English squadron continued
to cruise off Malta.

MARRIAGE:OF THE PRINCE OF CAPUA.—His Royal High-
ness Pt ince Charles Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies was united
yesterdayY morning, at St. George's Church. to Miss Penelope
Smyth, now Princess Chutes of the Two Sicilies and Capita.
The ceremony was perforMed by the Very Rev. the Deau of
Carlisle, the rector of the parish. The congregation of St.
George's chat eh were asked on Sunday for the thud time whe-
ther any (tither]] kneli -any 'just rause-1r impediment why a
marriage should not be stilemnized between Charles Ferdinand
tie Bourbon and Penelope Sinyth? The inaudiele response
was "no;" but the bang on the Sunday preceding were, we
are informed, actually forbid by the Neapolitan minister, Count
'Adolf. attended by his secretary, the Duke Regina. who ad-
vanced to the pulpit and said " yes." A communication._ it is
understood, took place in the Vestry room between the Count
and the Rector. at which the fthmer said it was the will of the
king of Naples that the marriage should not take place. but the
rev. gentleman refmed to entertain the objection. A ludicrous
circumstance occurred dui big the ceremon) ; the prince's valet,
nn who haTheen intrusted with the ring, was accidentally shut out
by the beadles, and 3 ring was therefore borrowed on the spot
from a bystander. The " happY couple" were congratulated
after the celebration of the sailed rites, by a numerous party of
friends who were present, and then returned to Mivart's hotel,
where they gave a handsome de:jenner. The Marquis of
A nglesea, Lnrd Dunsany. Lord Com bermere, and Colonel
- .
Caiogan, paid their congratulatory visits.
REPRESENTATION 0F SoUTH Essex.—(Ftnrn a correspond.
ant).—A new writ having been moved for on Friday night last
for a successor to the late much-lamented and highly-esteemed
representative for the southern division or the county of Essex,
R. W. Hall Dare, Esq., the High Sties ill, has appointed the
third of next month as the nomination day of the c•anlidatcs.
and the 6111 and 7th fur the polling, should any contest take
place. This, however, is not likely, as the whig and radical
leaders of the constituency are so crest=fallen from the state of
the late registration that they cannot find one among tit em fool
hardy enough to enter the (littlest. Tiro or three gentlemen of
tamservative principles are spoken of as candidates, but there
is •cawely any doubt but that George Palmer, Esq., of Nazeirg,
Park, it aentlemen of large fortune and considerable ittitin -
mews, will be returned without opposition. It is not at all likely
that the conservatives would start a second candidate, of their
own party and of similar principles; and, therefore, Mr. Painter
having the support of the ptincipal Aristocracy and persons of
influence in this part of the country, there is not the slightest
doubt of his being selected, and elected to serve with Mr. Bram-
ston the present respected member. In order, however, to make
"assurance doubly sure," the friendsof Mr. Palmer have formed
themselves into committees, and yesterday a committee room
principal towns in the county.—Morning Herald.
't'
HE
opened at the Crown and Magpie, Aldgate, as in the differ-
ent
Hli HEIR OF BElvolß.—The festivities which took place
n Monday
last amongst the tenants of the Duke of Rutland,
t )
ti of the coming of age of his grace's eldest son, the
Marquis of GrOby, were on a scale Of the utmost liberality.
In DerhYshire excellent dinners were provided at Baslow, '
Ilkeston, 'llakevi.dl, &c., to which the tenants on the several
estates were invited. The great attraction of the day, however,
Centred in the far-famed Haddon Hall, where a ball and enter-
tainment were given to the families of the tenantry, many of
whom came front a considerable distance to participate in the
joyous doings; a few of the neighbouring gentry were also in-
vited. The ball was held in the long gallery. The party as-
sembled at Haddon could not be less titan 400.

CURIOUS CHINESE SUPRRST,TIONS.—Among the principal
are " tnnney-swords," consisting of a'numher of ancient copper
coins, each with a square hole in the midlle, fastened toglher
on a piece of iron shaped like a sword, with a cross hilt. 'These
are suspended at the heals of sleeping couches and beds, that
the supposed guardianship of the Sovereigns in whose reigns the
coins were issued may keep away ghosts and evil spirits. .'hey
are chiefly used in housos or rooms where persons have com-
mitted suicide, or suffered a violent death; and sick people smoe-
times resort to them in the hope of hastening their recovery;--
The Chinese, by J. F. Davis.

- . .
NEWseseEtes.—So much has been said, and is still said, by
the metropolitan prints, concerning the proposed reduction of
the newspaper stamp duty, that we may again ventuie to re-
vert to the subject without making a fer•inal apology to our
readers. In a previous number we stated our couvietton that
this event would be the signal for the establishment of W
rtnum-
b thought
onemil. h ort rt
e,
t( ).
bers of additional papers; it has, however, gone further than
we expected. That new papers would be started
individuals in various towns of the kingdem, vie
sortable opposition enough, but we find we must go 'still •
fu
ther. The rage for joint-stock companies at the point of
exhaustion must, it
,appeals, find a resting place in the pressits
of the country; acooi,igt:i., we find prospectuses of
joint-stack
newspapers in London, 'Liverpool, and Manchester, in shares
friitu ten /shillings to ten L d ijo ...it -s, the amount r f '
) capital being
fixed from ten to twenty anti forty thousand pounds. This may,
at first sight, appear all very r, a. t I
- etaif ‘• look a little closer
into ifie matter, it will be kind that e
without
some alterations
ale made with regard to the registration of the names of news-
paper proprietors at the Stamp ofm.-e, the establishment of
these jot-stock concerns will bee
otne a great evil. For in-
stance, suppose a joint-stock pa
tal of glO,OOO, in
shares
of doper be established with a capi-
each, and that, upon an aver-
age, each shareholder was o •
make the number of
.proprietors five hundred. Now. if a libel
were published against stn
Individual in di' • • .
bring his action against is paper, he would
the person registered at the Stamp
Office, who, merel-
y barn;; the printer or publisher of the paper
in question, mid the salaried
servant of the company, would
not be able to sustainan action, so that the party libelled
about from pithai • to post between the five
hundred proprietors, and inthe end gain no redress It is
therefore our ()Pi
nion, in common
with a great majority of the
provincial proprietors of ne pars, that a clause should be
inserted in the new Act, compelling."
,I.east.tw?-thirde
.of the
proprietors of papers establisheda
upon this wi 1 new e. or in fact
any other, to register their names at the Stamp- OA - b " ce; ot e
wisv they may Issue their libels to the world with impunity,
and evidently enjoy an advantage over those papers row estab-
lished and duly registered. We were unwilling to be the first
to bring this matter before the public, , but we cannot forbear
doing so, when we consider that it is of so much imFortance to
the country at large.- -Stockport .44vertiser. •
• • " N o,:\I AN IS A FlEuo To HIS VALLT;OR A PHILOSOPHER
To Its MISTRESS."—The nwaeing of this adage applies most
truly, we understand, to a correspondmice. urore ciiturninous than
brillioht, which has, recently come under the profanation of
,wvers' inspection. In all ages. love-letters have been pro-
verhially silly. the hero and the statesman being reduced to the
sine ;eve! Rs the common herd. When will ladies be cautious
.uough ,o deStroe these "cireuinstanty evidence "s, . or when
will fond and favoured admirers have thicr,:r ' 1 v,n enoug 1 nut tu 1
u-rite them ?