The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

Ti EAME.ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

THIS present TUESDAY; October 6, 1840, the enter.
tainments will commence with the popular Tragedy of
BRUTUS.
Lucius Junius Brutus Mr. Stuart.
Mr. W. Howard. Sextus Tarquin .. Mr. Gray.
Tullia Miss Cleaver.
Tarquinia.. Mrs. W. H. Bland I Lucretia Mrs. Baker.
To conclude with the Dramatic Romance of the
BOTTLE IMP.
Albert.... Mr. Barker. Nicolo.. Mr. Gray.
Conrade.. .. Mr. W. H. Bland. Willibald Mr. Baker.
Marcella.. Miss Grant. Philippa.. Mrs Tellet.
On WEDNESDAY, Mr. Knowles's popular Play of the
WIFE, A TALE OF MANTIJA. Julian St. Pierre, Mr. Stu-
art ; Leonardo, Mr. W. Howard ; Ferrardo, Mr. Gray ; Lo-
renzo, Mr. W. H. Bland ; Bartolo, Mr. Baker ; Mariana,
Mrs. W. H. Bland. To conclude with the Melo-Drama of
the EVIL EYE. Mavroyeni, Mr. Chaplin ' • Demetrius,,
Mr. Slaiter ; Barozzi, Mr. Gray; Andrea, Mr. Barker;
Zane, Mr. Baker; Phrosina, Miss Grant; Helena, Miss
Cleaver.
On THURSDAY—VIRGINIUS and ROB ROY. On
FRIDAY—MACBETH and the FORTY THIEVES.

THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION.
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the
LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WORKS of MODERN
ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Season. from Nine until
Dusk. Admission, ls. Catalogue, is. Season Ticket, ss.
SAMUEL EGLINGTON,
Secretary to the Academy.
Exhibition Rooms, Posioffice-place, September 14, 1840.

EXHIBITION.

WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY,

OCTOBER 21.

CAPTAIN SIBORN'S MODEL of the BATTLE of
WATERLOO, now Exhibiting in the
GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS,
SLATER-STREET, BOLD-STREET.

Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night.
Admission, One Shilling.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PROTESTANT
ASSOCIATION.

Our next publication will contain an accurate report of
the speeches delivered at the anniversary meeting of
the PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. The speakers
announced to take part in the proceedings are the Rev.
HUGH WNEILE, Rev. R. J. WGHEE, and Rev.
HUGH STOW-ELL.

Elie Eitnrpool &tantiarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1840.

The question of war or peace appears to be involved
in as much uncertainty and obscurity as it was a month
ago. In the meantime, however, France is continuing
her gigantic preparations with as much activity as if
an actual outbreak were to be immediately apprehend-
ed. The next advices from the Mediterranean will,
probably, throw some additional light on the prospect
before us.

From the preparations made by France it is quite
evident that a serious rupture is actually contemplated
by that power. The French people, generally speak-
ing, are decidedly in favour of war on any pretext. In
this country an opposite feeling predominates. The
majority of Englishmen deprecate war on account of
the enormous expenditure which it naturally involves.
In addition to this feeling, there is a strong and preva-
lent repugnance entertained to the alliance into which
our foreign secretary has entered with Russia, and the
prominent place which he has been induced to assign
to the autocrat in the adjudication of the quarrel be-
tween the Ottoman Porte and the Pacha of Egypt.
Russia, by the quadruple treaty, has been appointed
sole arbitress of the fate of Turkey. By the miserable
and short-sighted policy of Lord Palmerston, Russia
has had all the difficulties which have hitherto opposed
the full accomplishment of her ambitious projects en-
tirely removed. The way to Constantinople is now
open, at any moment, to the march of the protecting
armies of the northern despot. The facilities thus
thrown in the way of Russia for the fruition of her
long-cherished designs are viewed by the English pen-
ple with extreme disgust. No wonder, then, that they
are greatly indisposed to enter upon a war in which the
interests of this country, as well as the balance of power
in Europe, will be fatally compromised. Nor do the
people of England forget that every step by which the
Russian empire is advancing on the shores of the cep'
tral seas of Europe is a step towards the final accora'
plishment of its designs upon our Eastern Empire. It
certainly appears a political anomaly of the most in'
explicable character that we should enter into an al-
liance, offensive and defensive, with Russia, at a MO'
meet when that power, by its largesses and its intrigues.
as well as by the direct employment of its forces,
plotting for the overthrow of British authority in In'
dia. It is, indeed, difficult, when we reflect upon this
matter, to exculpate Lord Palmerston from the guilt
of high treason. On the most charitable estimate we
can form of his conduct, we must prondunce him
guilty of sacrificing the lasting interests of the nation•
His bungling and incapacity have made him the laugh-
ing-stock of Europe.
The rupture with China, the termination of which it
is difficult to foresee, may be adduced as another power-
ful reason why this country should, at the present
juncture, avoid the contingency of a European war.

Since the above was written we have received►
through the exertions of the Times, the news by the
overland mail. In another part of the paper w© have
given extracts relating to the affairs of China, India,
and the East in general. It will be seen that the de-
struction of Beyrout has taken place. There is no
news of any importance from China. The rumour
respecting the destruction of Canton proves to be un-
founded.

On no subject has the radical press of this country
been so frequently convicted of " enormous lying'
as upon the assumed wealth of the Church of Eng'
land. The revenues of the Church have been, by these
truth-loving authorities, variously estimated at ten,
twelve, and even twenty millions sterling per annutu.
The lowest of these estimates has been repeatedly men-
tioned by Joseph Hume and others as an approxima-
tion to the truth. Now, what is the real amount of
these revenues, as proved by the inquiries of the
Ecclesiastical Commission ? Only three millions and
a half, or thereabouts ! This has been repeatedlY
stated in Parliament on authority which cannot be hp'
peached. Notwithstanding the oft-repeated refutations
which have been given to the glaringly exaggerated
statements of the radical press on this subject, we yet
find them brought forward, time after time, by the
political demagogues of the day, as if their correctness
were universally admitted. We have just met with ax
instance of this species of " enoi mous lying" in 3
letter which has been published in the Irish journals
by a person who subscribes himself the " Count Fane
de Sails." We understand that this individual is de-
sirous of enrolling himself as a member of " O'Con-
nell's tail," whenever a suitable vacancy occurs in the
representation of some one or other of the arch-dema-
gogue's pocket boroughs. To qualify himself for the
suffrages of the Popish electors of such borough, he
has just put forward the following estimate of the
" Comparative expense of Church of Englandism and of
Christianity in all other countries of the world.
The clergy of 203,728,000 hearers abroad receive 1
.0,999,000
per annum
The clergy of England and Wales (Ireland ex- 1 4.0 565
cepted' 6,500,000 hearers, receive upwards of
This statement contains nearly as many falsehoods
as it does words and figures. It is egregiously false to
say that the clergy of 203,728,000 hearers abroad re-
ceive only, in round figures, ten millions per annual.
It may be correct to say that they are only paid SO
much by the various governments of the continent;
but it is absurd to think of fixing upon that sum a 5
the gross amount of their incomes. It is perfectly
notorious that, in many Roman Catholic countries on
the continent, there are enormous revenues belonging
to the Church, independently of the above amount.
In addition to these revenues, there are multiplied fees,
of various descriptions, for funerals, marriages, bap'
tisms, indulgences, dispensations, &c., which amount
to much more than the stipends allotted by the differ-
ent states. Again, it is utterly false to allege that the
number of individuals in communion with the Church
of England only amounts to 6,500,000. Twenty Ind-
lions would be much nearer the mark. The sum Put
down as paid to the clergy is, as we have before inti-
mated, eggregiously exaggerated. Besides, it should
be remembered that the revenues of the Church 01
England, whatever may be their amount, are, strictly
speaking, as much the private property of the Church
as the estates of the Count de Salis himself. 'The
state has no right to alienate a single farthing of the
Church revenues. The assumption of such a right is
neither more nor less than an act of spoliation, as un-
justifiable in its nature as it would be destructive in it°
results.
There is another paragraph in the letter of Count