The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-14 00:00:00

This Day is Published,
THE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION
TRACT, No. 111., on TAXATION,—Amount Paid and
Not Paid into the Exchequer,—Cost of Collection,—Sources
:and Distribution of the Taxes,—Comparisou of Burdens on
Property, Trade, and Industry,—Jugglery in Finance,—Hog•
Labour and Labourers are Crushed,—The Excise and Customs
Analyzed.

No. 1, THE CIVIL-LIST.
No. 2, THE PENSION-LIST.
Future Tracts to appear Once a Fortnight, will comprise the
ARMY,—the NAVY,—the ORDNANCE,—the COLONIES,—
LAW and JUSTICE,—the NATIONAL DEBT, &c.
London : Published by G. VICKERS, Holyweil-street, and
may. be had from him through any Bookseller in the Kingdom.
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ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, Chairman.
Address to the SECRETARY, Hargraves-buildings, Liverpool.

THE BLUE-COAT HOSPITAL.—On Sunday forenoon,
in accordance with an ancient custom, Mr. J. Brarnley-
Moore, the newly-elected Mayor, went in state, accom-
panied by the principal members of the Corporation, to
St. Peter's Church, where a sermon on behalf of the
Blue-coat Hospital (one of the oldest and best of Liver-
pool's charities) was preached by the Venerable Arch-
deacon Brooks. The Mayor, who was accompanied by
Mr. T. B. Horsfall and a large majority of the Council,
and a long cortege of our most influential fellow-towns-
men, left the Town-ball, preceded by mace-bearers, with
the Corporate regalia, about a quarter before eleven
o'clock, and the whole party walked in processional order
to church. The fire-brigade and a large proportion of
the police-force were drawn up in the form of a guard of
honour. The church was much more crowded than it
had been on like occasions for many years past. Prayers
were read by the Rev. Mr. Headlam. The orchestra was
filled by an efficient choir of about twenty or thirty boys
and girls, pupils of the hospital. The archdeacon took
his text from the fifth chapter of St. Paul's Ist Epistle to
the Corinthians. v. 6:—" Know ye not that a little leaven
leaveneth the whole lump." The rev. gentleman argued
strongly for the religious education of youth, and said the
school on behalf of which he then appealed furnished a
satisfactory answer to objectors. The children there were
brought up strictly in the tenets of our national church,
and he had yet to learn that they had ever been accused
of intolerance or of bigoted superstition on the one hand,
or of laxity of principle and infidelity on the other. Re-
ligion was the great cementing principle of the social
fabric, deprived of which it must fall to pieces of itself.
It was the key-stone which supports the mighty arch of
civilized society, and if it were withdrawn the whole
structure must sink into deformity and ruin. A collec-
tion, made after the sermon, realized the handsome sum
of £lO4.

Mr. Mansfield, proprietor of the Dublin Packet, died
on Friday.
The three last Gazettes contain no less than sixty-
eight fiats in bankruptcy chiefly among the manufacturing
and trading community.
The three great railway companies have given notice of
their intention to apply to Parliament for an Act to enable
them to amalgamate.
As the Speaker's notice has appeared in the Gazette,
we apprehend that the Yorkshire election may be ex-
pected to take place about the Bth or 10th of December.
James Anderson has been unanimously elected Lord
Provost of the city of Glasgow, in the room of Alexander
Hastie, M.P., resigned.
Lieutenant Munro, late of the Blues, who suffered 12
months' imprisonment for the fatal duel with Lteutenant-
Colonel Fawcet, of the 55th Ra2giment, is to be appointed
riding-master of the 7th Hussars.
On Friday afternoon, a collision took place on the Lan.
cashire and Yorkshire allway, near the Middleton station.
The exprezo from Rochdale cinched into a coal train and
smashed a wagon into 9 hundred pieces. One or two
passengers were slightly injured.
EVANGELICAL RELIGION IN THE PRINCIPALITY OF
ANCIENT SAMARIA.—We are indebted to the Rev. M.
Margoliouth, for the following paragraph, being an extract
from a letter he received yesterday from the Lord Bishop
of Jerusalem. The letter was dated " Jerusalem, October
11th :—" I have also opened a Scriptural School at
Nablous, numbering about 25 boys. There is a remark-
able movement among the Christians of Nablous and the
neighbourhood. There is a great demand for Scripture,
and many seem resolved to constitute themselves into a
Scriptural, or as they say, an Evangelical Church, and
desire to place themselves under my direction. In order
to get a solid footing, I have purchased a School-house
at Nablous."

THE CROPS IN AMERICA.—The following is an extract
of a letter to the editor, from an intelligent and respec-
table cotton planter, in Hempstead county, Arkansas,
dated 28th ult. :—" Corn crops, now being gathered, do
not equal expectations by nearly one-fourth, and we rnti-
cipate some scarcity next year. Cotton, although of fair
quantity, is also short of expectation. With abundant
weed there are but few bolls, and 1 shall be agreeably
disappointed if, in this section of country, we come within
one-third of the yield of last year. Stinted in the means
of bread, with a reduction of one-third on the cotton
crop of the preceding year, and nearly or quite the same
reduction in rice, the prospect of the planter is anything
but cheering."—New York Herald, 23d Oct.
THE COTTON CROP IN MISSIESIPPL—The Natchez
Free Trader of the 10th inst. says that the crop of cotton
will be much less than is generally supposed. The boll-
worm has been very destructive, and the storm in August
did great damage. The crop, too, owing to the great
quantity of rain which fell, had a much more flourishingappearance than its yield in picking seems to justify as
profitable. ,On the whole the Free Trader inclines to the
opinion that the actual yield will be at least one-third less
than has been anticipated. The Houston (Mi.) Republican
of the 30th ult. says, " We have during the past few weeks
passed through the northern counties of this State, and
the south-western counties of the State of Tennessee, and
the reports of the cotton crop nowhere promise a yield of
one-half the usual quantity. The corn crops are somewhat
more than an average one.—Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct.
24.

Lord Cardigan has again got into hot water with an
officer of his regiment. It appears that not very long ago
the Hon. Gerard Noel, a captain in the corps, a smart and
efficient officer, was unfortunately late one morning for
stables, an 3, being orderly officer, he so reported himself,
stating with regret that he had overslept himself, and that
the breach of duty should not occur again. For this
offence, reported by himself, Captain Noel was at once
placed under arrest by his colonel, and the arrest continued
so long that the officer was obliged to submit to the
indignity of marching out of a town with his regiment—
a disgrace which, we should imagine, most colonels are
not desirous of inflicting upon their officers for crimes even
more heinous than that committed by Captain Noel. Our
non-professional readers will understand that an officer
under arrest marches out of a town in rear of his troop,
deprived of his sword. Shortly after this extraordinary
_ncide• t Captain Noel was again placed under arrest for
not returning to his duty during the Easter holydays,—
he being a member of Parliament. We believe that to
place an officer under arrest for such a fancied breach of
duty is a most unheard-of proceeding, whilst the punish-
ment most assuredly involves a great constitutional
principle.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN.—OD Friday
a suicide was committed at Nottingham, which produced
a degree of interest and excitementgreater than any event
of the kind for many years. During the last two years
the Rev. W. Brown, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has been
officiating as curate of Sneinton' a large parish adjoining
the town of Nottingham, which situation he filled to the
satisfaction of the incumbent, the Rev. W. H. Whyatt,
and a numerous body of the parishioners. Two or three
weeks before Easter last the Rev. E. Bull, of Pentlow, in
Essex, came with his family to Nottingham, exchanging
his residence with the Rev. W. C. Coleman, incumbent of
St. James's, Standard-hill, the latter gentleman being out
of health, and requiring a change of air. The Rev. E.
Bull has a daughter, about 17 years of age, who is a ward
in chancery, and on attaining her majority will become
possessed of considerable property, This young lady
having become the object of Mr. Brown's affections, he
made his attachment known to her father, hoping to be
accepted as her suitor. His expectations, however, being
in a great measure frustrated, it seems the disappointment
has proved too much for his mind, and has caused him to
commit the melancholy act, which has plunged a large
circle of relatives and friends into the deepest grief. On
Friday last his conduct appeared considerably altered,
owing, no doubt, to a letter he had received in the early
part of that day from the Rev. E. Bull, who in very con-
siderate terms declined his offer, at all events for the pre-
sent, on account of the youth of his daughter, and strongly,
vet in a kind spirit, advised him to think no more about
the matter. During the afternoon the deceased was seen
to walk in the streets in Nottingham in a very hurried and
excited manner, and on visiting two or three shops, his
altered manner excited a considerable degree of attention.
At four o'clock he went to the Castle, and having obtained
admission at the lodge, walked to the ruins, and entering
a compartment at the south-west corner, drew a pistol
from his pocket, and holding it in his left hand, shot him-
self in the forehead, the charge taking away the whole of
the orbit of the left side, and pressing the eye down inside
the cheek.

CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS.-ROYAL

AMPHITHEATRE.

The resources of Mons. Dejean's equestrian troop are
so very extensive that he is enabled to cater to the public
taste by a change of performance thrice a week. This is
the more remarkable when we take into consideration
that there is no stage work—all taking place in the circle.
Nothing can exceed the beauty, taste, and extreme ele-
gance of the entire costume and appurtenance^f which
leave nothing to be desired by the most fastidious
taste. The performances for the past week have been of
a very interesting character. Mons. Dejean has now at
his command nearly all the talent of Europe, for our
gratification and amusement ; and we venture to predict
that when he arrives in London he will have another bril-
liant season. Mdlle. Caroline continues to astonish, by
her fearless mastery over her wild, yet docile, steeds. She
sits on the horse as if she were, centaur-like, a part of
the animal itself; and such is her skill, that when you fear
the horse, from his wildness of action and stag-like leaps,
must throw her she sits smiling, and you are at once re-
lieved and convinced that itis the consummate skill of the
rider you behold. Mons. Loisset is the first rider in the
troop, and of rare talent ; witness his various acts of horse-
manship. As we have on former occasions spoken highly
of the personal attractions as well as professional talent of
Mdlle. Annato, we shall this week translate and extract
part of an article upon the Cirque de Paris, from the
leading journal of Paris, Le Constitutionnel, of the 28th
August last, in proof of the estimation in which she is held
in Paris : "If St. Petersburgh makes itself proud of
Madame Lcjars, Paris can also glorify itself of Mdlle.
Palmira Annato. Mdlle. Annato is about eighteen years
of age, beautiful large black eyes, her head the best formed
in the world, which is a sign of intelligence, of a graceful
and pensive air, a form harmonious and delicate, and all
those numerous beauties of youth. One asks, verily, how
any body could have had the idea to put a riding whip
into the hands of this graceful young lady, to throw her,
without consideration, upon the crupper of a horse, and
say to her, as was said to Mazeppa-1, Ride away across
the meadows.' It appears to us that the lessons of Mons.
Provost, of the French Comedy, or of Mdlle. Georges, or
the musical lessons of M. Bordogni, would have much
better become the expressive physionomie of Mdlle.
Annato than the clever whip-work of M. Adolphe Fran-
coni. But it is necessary to say, that the Annato family
is so destined, and Mdlle. Annato, far from disdaining the
crown of her ancestors, is willing to add some fresh
laurels. This young lady raises herself in the air, bounds
over the scarfs, and through the hoops, and descends
sometimes upon her feet. sometimes upon her knees, and
in such a manner that we may truly remark, that if all
was not made with perfect ease and grace, one would suffer
from viewing the spectacle, and would feel desirous to say
to Mdlle. Annato, " Throw away your whip, descend
from the horse, and sing to us an air of Auber, or repeat
to us one of the charming scenes of Miravaure.' We
hope that St. Petersburgh will not deprive the Olympic
Circus of M. Dejean of his most brilliant star, and take
away Mdlle. Annato." Many years have passed since the
Parisian public have known M. Auriel, but he is always
young. It is an interesting sight to see him every night
prepare the talent and reputation of his son, as the clown
of future ages. Mons. Leclair has become a great favou-
rite in light comic, he is very amusing, and amazingly
active.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY.

The English Stock market is very quiet to-day, but the quo-
tations have been firm. Consols have been 861 to for the
present Account, and are nearly the same for the December Ac-
count.

LONDON SHARE MARKET.-YESTERDAY

The market for Railway shares is rather inactive to-day, and
the higher rates of Saturday are not in all cases maintained.
Great Western and South-Western have receded. The York
lines -are better. South—Eastern steady, and also Eastern
Counties. North-Western firm.