The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-01 00:00:00

LIES OF THE RADICALS..

A paragraph recently appeared in the Globe, a dissenting
print in London, and it subsequently found, instinctively no'
doubt, its way into a.popish journal in Liverpool, charging the
rev, incumbent of St. Paul's Boughton, Chester, with preach-
ing a. political sermon. The paragraph contains, in the space.
of about six lines,,'three palpable deviations from truth. It.
implies that the ITV. gentleman preached a sermon in defence
of Sir Robert Peel's administration. This is untrue. What
be advanced related simply and 'exclusively to the measure in
reference to the Irish'ehurch. The icy. gentleman contended
that in the event of that measure being carried into effect, the
established church in. ire/and would fall, and•thra church'being
the great bulwark :of protestantisin in, Ireland, protestantis.ii
would fall with it;;aad popery there obtain the ascendancy.
He further express id iso opinion that the downfall of the Irish
established church would most probably involve, ultimately,
the downfall of the established church in this country.
Now, every Undid person will ,at once perceive that this is
widely different frotii reaching a• political sermon in favour of
One political party against another political party, as the article
in the Globe would naturally leazl the public to believe. We
can take upon ourselves to say that the rev. incumbent of St.
Paul's, Chester, never preached a political sermon in his life.
He does not think the pulpit the proper place for political.
disquisitions; but he at the • same time contends that, whether
popery or protestantiot is to hare the ascendancy in these king-
doms, is not a political but a religious question.
Equally untrue are other statements in the Globe. Not a
single individual walked out of his seat during the sermon.
That the windows Of the clergyman in question were broken is
entirely false.
So much for the lies of the radicals.

EVIL CONSEQUEgCES FROM PRACTICAL JOKES.—MOTe than
one gentivman is, we regret to learn, addicted to the indulgence
of practical jokes, and as we happen to know that in one parti-
cular case the consequermes have proved very serio4. to the
jokee, we think it our duty to recommend a discontinuance of
such practices. The case refered to is this :—A Bolton gentleman
• conceived a penchant for a Bolton lady, and with some difficulty
prevailed with her to promise him au evening assignation,—
Under favour of a cloudless sky,
By moon, or starlight, and nobody nigh ;
but, (from what reason we are not permitted to say) she was so
imprudent as to communicate the fact (hour, minute, and spot)
to somebody, who told it to another body, (under a pledge of
secrecy, of course,) till it reached the ears of the practical joker
iu question. His fertile imagination instantly suggested an
casion for• what. he called fun, and having procured a lady's
'vestments, as like the fair assignator's as possible, he persona-
ted her punctually atthe appointed place. The lover, however,,
had got the start, and no sooner did, he get a glimpse of what
he took to be his fair one, than, in the ardor of his passion he
caught her round the neck and clipped• her several ►imes (as
they say iu.Lancashire ) ere a third party could come up to the
disguised lady's aid, ( another Bolton joker), dressed as an
officer, who rou4hivdernanded what he meant by taking such
liberties with his lady love ? snapping, as be spoke, a clasp knife,
which our Lothario took fora pistol, and hastily beat a retreat.
'He assured us he has been ever since in a fever, and begged we
would not mention his name—which we promise not to do, as
we don't know it.—Belton Chronicle. •

'ConEn's HALL—This celebrated seat of political science
and wisdom was honoured on Saturday evening with a visit
from Mr. Maurice O'Con.rill, who, in a long speech, attempted•
.to 'expound the views of the New Min►stry. Mr. Maurice
O'Connell's speech was, however, on all-hands admitted to be a
failure, and it is said that nothing shot of a visit from the great
Beggarrnan" himself wilt unlike to restore things to what they
we re. —Jf‘a ning Post. •