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

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.

PAINTED CRIMSON AND GOLD CURTAIN,
TOGETHER WITH A HAN'DSOMF. DROP SCENE.
Mrs. WAYLErr, for a limited number of nights.
Mrs. RAYMOND.
Mr. HOSKINS, for a limited period.
Mr. W. J. HAMMOND and Mr. RAYMOND.
Mr. MARSHALL, (from the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane,)
Stage Manager.
Mademoiselle t FIEVALErER, (from the theitre-Royal,
Covent-garden.)
Miss THOMASSIN and Miss LID A, (frouithe Theatre-
Royal, Drury-lane.)
Mr. F. GARDNER, for a limiteeriod.
Mr. J. L. HATTON, (from the St. James Theatre,) for
a limited period.
Mr. TILBURY, (from the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden.)

THIS present FRIDAY, Jan. 3,1840, and following even-
ing, the Entertainments will commence with a New
Drama, written expressly for Mrs. Waylett, by the late J.
H. Bayley, Esq., called
CORK LEGS.
Duval.... Mr. Tilbury Eulalie.... Mrs. Waylett.

To which Will be added a new and popular Drama, called
TILE KING'S GARDENER;
OR, NIPPED IN TILE BUD.
Galochard
Aladame Galochard Mrs. Waylett.

To conclude with a new version of the celebrated Historical

Drama of
JACK SHEPPARD;
OR, TILE HOUSEBREAKER, OF 1703.
Owen Wood.. Mr. Tilbury I Joe Blueskin. . Mr. J. L. Hatton
Jack Sheppard.... Mrs. Barton.
In the course of the Evening, a variety of SINGING and
• DANCING.

Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Half-
past Eight. Boxes, 2s ; Pit, Is. No Second Price to the
Gallery. Private Boxes, to contain Seven Persons, to be
had nightly, price £1 Is. Tickets and Places to be had of
Mr. BILEZE, at the Box-office, from 11 till 3. o'clock.•
Doors open at Half-past Six ; performance to commence
at Seven precisely.

The celebrated Drama of THE MAGIC VEIL ! or, The
Fairy of the Lake, with selections from Auber, Herold,
Boildeau, A. Lee, &c., as performed upwards of Fifty Nights
last season, at the New Strand Theatre, and subsequently at
the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, is in rehearsal, and will be
speedily produced, with new and splendid scenery, decora-
t!ons, &c., under the direction of Mr. A. Lee.

MI SS WHITNALL respectfully announces toper Friends
and the Public, that she will give a CON,CERT, at the
TEMPLARS' HALL, THIS EVENING, the 3d instant, for
which she has engaged Mr. TEMPLETON, the eminent
Vocalist, from Drury-lane and Covent-garden Theatres ; also
Mr. FELIX GATAYES, the celebrated/Pianist.
PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS .
Miss WHITNALL, I Mr. B LLS,
Mr. TEMPLETON, I Mr. P ;MERTON.
Mr. E. BROWN, Flutist, will make his first appearance
since his return from London.
Conductor—Mr. GEORGE H OLDEN.

Tickets, for the Body of the Hall, 6s. ; Gallery, 3s. each ;
which, with Programmes, may be had at the Music Shops,
and at Miss WHITNALCS, 33, Chester-street, Taxteth-park.
The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock ;
Concert to commence at Eight precisely.

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AGENTLEMAN, conversant with the erary and Me-
chanical Management of Newspapers, nd who has had
many years' experience in Editing or Rep ting for some of
the most respectable and influential j nali in the United
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Conservative principles, as EDITOR, or ASSISTANT
EDITOR and REPORTER.
Satisfactory references will be given. and all communica-
tions addressed to W. R. B. Standard Office, Liverpool,
immediately attended to.

tbt Ziberpoot &tanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 184 O.

We have:entered upon another year since the date of
our, last publication. It now becomes us to take a
glance at the present position of our country and
its future prospects. We have had several years of
Whig rule, and we have seen its ruinous effects upon
our social. condition, our national institutions, and
• our trade and commerce. The leaven of reform has
been a long time at work, and the result has been
the bitterness of disappointment. Liberal principles
have had their full sway for some time, and they
have issued in nothing but calamity. Have we any
reason to hope for a salntary change in the affairs of
this nation ? This is a momentous question, involv-
ing not only the interests of the present generation,
but the happiness of unborn millions.
Among the most encouraging signs of the times we
reckon the growing unpopularity of the much-abused
term " reform." Those who looked forwards to the
ascendancy of liberalism in this country were wont
to delude themselves with the hope that " reform"
would prove a panacea for all the evils to which so-
ciety has been so long subject, and that it would
elevate Great Britain into a position of unexampled
prosperity. These futile expectations have proved
as .." baseless as the fabric of a vision." The fond
hopes and the brilliant anticipations engendered by
the mania of " reform" have vanished like a day-
dieam; and now the term itself has become " a bye-
word and a reproach." Reflecting men have disco-
vered 'that " reform," in the mouths of liberal agi-
• tafrirs,. is but another name for revolution. Such
uteri; after yielding for a time to the popular impulse,
have felt it necessary to make a stand in defence of
on r tinge-reverend constitution, which they now per-
ceive is the grand object of radical assault. Hence
have -sprung the numerous conversions to the ranks
of the Conservatives, among the most recent and most
conspicuous instances of which we have great pride
in enumerating those of the Marquis of Wellesley,
Mr. Howard, and Sir George Cockburn. These,
however, are far from being solitary instances. The
progress of Conservative reaction is as universal as
it is deep and permanent in its nature. In every
direction we see incontrovertible evidence of this re-
action. Every fresh election which takes place
affords additional and undeniable proofs of its ex-
istence. The town of Liverpool, at the last muni-
nicipal election, has afforded one of the most tri-
umphant instances of this return to constitutional
opinions. A general election, whenever it may
happen. will demonstrate, more strongly than ever,
the predominance of Conservative principles. Even
the Whig-Radicals themselves, through their lead-
ing organs of the press, are constrained to acknow-
ledgelhat another general election would prove a
death-blow to all their hopes of future ascendancy,
The matter is too self-evident to admit of a mo-
ment's doubt. In England the Conservatives would
have an overwhelming mejority. In the counties, the
prospects "of the liberals are utterly desperate; whilst
many of the close pocket-boroughs would be rem-
Cued from the degradation of having their represen-
tatives nominated by their Whig patrons. In Scot-
land the change is no less apparent. Radicalism is
there at a woful discount, and two-thirds, at least,
of the representatives for that country, at the next
election, be Conservatives. 'Wales is emphati-
cally "all right," notwithstanding the recent Chartist
outbreak in the south. Even in Ireland O'COnnell
and •his tail are beginning to quake.. .Their desperate
exertions in the courts of registry indicate the con-
aciommess of anticipated defeat. As far as the
C:64tri: 4 concerned, we may confidently assert that
" the.iiearliVripe." The measure of Whig--,„
Radical
**itY,has been filled. The reign of the faction is
at an end.
'Mai are the causes of the Conservative reaction now
ieLprogreit? • This question is easily disposed of.
e *Pie of great Britain have discovered that
the Whigs are h d political wisdom,
0 ow preten ers opo