The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-01 00:00:00

TO THE.OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVES

FELLOW-OPERATIVES,—The grand point which our foes, and
the foes of GOD and man have naturally fixed upon to attack—
is our venerable protestant church establishment, the bulwark
of our civil as well as religious liberties. The so called " re-
forms" hitherto introduced, are merely preparatory measures to
facilitate her overthrow. When this work is accomplished, the
residue of the dear-bought privileges of Englishmen will speedily
share the same fate.
It will be well to recall to mind the claims which our national
church has to our sympathy and support.
She is ()Candela date. This in itself would not entitle her to
a nation's esteem if she were old, blind, cruel, and superstitious.
Yet she is no new thing. In her doctrii:es and formularies of
worship, she is pure and apostolic. Her liturgy is a transcript
of that WORD which she would lay open to the eyes and under-
standing of every child of man.
Since the days of those worthy men who sealed the truth with
their blood, our church has teemed with men who were an or-
nament to human nature, and the tendency of whose writings is
to benefit mankind. From these golden treasuries of truth—
not only those of our own communion, but the orthodox dissen-
ters also, draw largely, and enrich their works with the choicest
gems. Hooker, Hail, Leighton, Beveridge; Hind, Porteus,
and a host of others have done good in their generation, and
have left a sweet savour behind them.
Who can calculate the amount of happiness she is the means
of diffusing in her daily and weekly ministrations, or the amount
of misery she is the instrument of removing from the mind of
miserable man ?

View her ancient and modern edifices covering the land ;
traverse our country to every point of the compass ; the lowly
belfry, stately tower, or spire piercing to the skies, reminds you
of the house of prayer. Enter the crowded city, walk the thinly
peopled plain ; here on the hill, there in the valley; by the sides
of {he mountains, rivers, and lakes ; on the sea-coasts, and on
the adjacent islands, the church-going bell may be heard. The
parish church adorns the village; ascend the mountain-top, a
church will crown the beautiful landscape, delightful to the eye,
while the voice within the "sacred walls" sounds grateful to the
ear, and cheering to the heart. Her voice is heard in the man-
sions of the great, who unite in supplications " For the fatherless
children and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed."
The same voice is beard in the workhouse, hospital, and asylum
for the wretched. She follows the outcasts of society to the
ends of the earth; her ministers laboUr to restore them to the
path of duty. " The exile is favoured with an opportunity of
retrieving his character." The culprit doomed to die is sought
after; the minister of religion enters the s' condemned cell,"
and points to the dying malefactor the only refuge for the guilty
—the Saviour of mankind.
The British army is not neglected, nor the navy forgotten.
The Dutch Admiral De Winter was struck with astonishment
and admiration, when he saw the victorious Duncan and his
brave companions offer up " thanksgivings for their deliver-
ance." At Trafalgar, too, our seamen ascribed to the " Com-
mander of all the world the glory of the victory." England has
her tioatinirchurehes where the-weather-beaten sailor can 'wor-.
ship his Maker, and, wherever she has a colony or foreign pos-
session, there she plants christianity. Front Newfoundland to
New South Wales, the protestant religion has taken root under
her auspices.
Who has not heard of the venerable Swartz, the "Apostle of.
the East," in whose integrity the Hindoo could place the utmost
reliance, end of Buchanan, Brown, Henry'Martin, and Corrie,
men of unbounded benevolence; and of the talented and la-
borious Middleton, Heber, and Daniel Wilson, Bishops of Cal-
cutta. These men carried with them to India far richer treasures
than any that have been imported from thence.
Has not our national church done much, and is she not doing
more still, not only for England but for the whole world ?
Where is the chrzstian philanthropist that would attempt to
crumble her to the dust, or to cripple her energies ? The lowest
of the low can claim a seat in his parish church, as his birthright,
without money, and the counsel and consolation of his minister,
without fee or reward. Miserable. indeed, would England be
without a Sabbath, a church, and without ministers of religion !
When you see a church, you see also an orphan house, a pe-
nitentiary, a hospital, and en alms-house. From the desk and
the pulpit the principles of charity and benevolence are inculcated
and enforced. An historian, writing of the christians in the
third century, says, " Their liberality to the indigent was won-
derful; there was nothing like it at that time in the world. The
Jews were a selfish hard-hearted people ; the gentiles lived in
luxury and splendour, if they could ; but care for the poor seems
to have made no part of their jurisprudence, nor to have been
at all a fashionable virtue. I never could learn that philoso-
phers, though they harangued incessantly concerning virtue,
either much recommended or practised any kindness to the bulk
of mankind, that is, the slaves and vulgar. Indeed their precepts
are particularly directed to the higher ranks, and they seem to
forget that the lower orders belonged to the human species.
hospital, an alms-house, or any similar provision for the poor, was
unknown in the Pagan and philosophical world. The obedient
disciple of Christ followed the example of his compassionate
Lord, and made it his business to relieve the miserable. We
have seen above a thousand and fifty widows and impotent per-
sons maintained by the liberality of the Roman church under
Cornelius; we have seen also the active charity of Laurentius,
in finding out and assisting miserable objects, punished with a
fiery death.

"°0 God of all grace, whose tender mercies are over all thy
works, THIS must be thy religion, which humbled and sweetened
the hearts of men—which :taught them practically to regard all
men as brethren, and to delight in good to all, without distinction
of persons." The Pagans themselves 'admired this brotherly
love.—Milner's Church History, vol. 1, cll. 20-
Operatives,—Our enemies are numerous, wily, and active;
hut we have truth and justice on our side. • Let us be active and
determined also, to transmit to•posterity, unimpaired, our glo-
rious constitution in clutrA and state.

AN OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE
November 18th, 1835.

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Under our head of shipping news will be found a list of eleven
ships, engaged in the whale fishery, and belonging to different
ports of this country, in reference to the safety of which and
their crews the most serious apprehensions are entertainen,
The probability is, that some of the ill-fated vessels have been
ground to atoms by floating icebergs. It is equally probable,
that at least some portion of our unfortunate countrymen ma)
have escaped the horrors of instant death, only to suffer the
more lingering torment of famine and perpetual appreheusion
upon some of the ever-changing mountains of ice, which abound
in the dangerous sea to which the whale fisher's hazardous ser-
vice compels him annually to repair. Again, some of the ye!'
eels may be ice-bound, and until the return of spring, roMuu
immoveable, as if imbedded in a rock of adamant. Calculating
that each vessel took out, on the average, forty-six hands, we
arrive at the certainty that more than fine bundled of our bold-
est and most adventurous navigators are either last or suffering
privations which it is horrid to contemplate. The property thus
destroyed or in imminent jeopardy, although very large
.In
amount, is lighter than a feather, when put in competition withhuman life; and vet, on this ground alone, much might be said,
in favour of an effort to save all or part of it. But this view 01
the case we altogether discard, and urge upon the Lords of the
Admiralty the necessity of immediately despatching one or two
vessels suitable to the navigation of Davis Straits, and carrying
out an abundance of provisions and other necessary storeslo.r
so very hazardous a sAmice, with a view to rescue from their
awful situation such of our gallant countrymen as may yet sur-
vive. If this be not promptly done, then "we trust the question
will he taken up by the public in a manner worthy of the ur-
gency and importilrice of the occasion. But we cannot thick
that the Lords of the Admiralty will turn a deaf ear to the im-
ploring voice of humanity and the urgent calls of duty. If only
one life should be saved,-it would be worth all the cost and pa
of the experiment, and we again urgently entreat that no time
may be lost in fitting out an efficient vessel or vessels, with skil-
ful and enterprising 'navigators, for a purpose so Godlike.—A,ew'
ca,,tle Journal. •

DEATH OF MR. JAMES HOGG, " THE ETTRICK
SHEPHERD."

It is with the deepest regret we announce, on the authority of
a private letter, dated ft nu Altrive Lake, and posted to a rela-
tive in this county, the death of by far the most remarkable
man that ever wore professionally a shepherd's plaid. This 53d
event. in which every son of genius and reader of taste, la
broad Scotland, and tar beyond its bounds, must feel a melan-
choly interest, occurred at his residence, on the banks of the
Yarrow, on Saturday last, the 2lst 'current. at the hour of noon.
For some weeks previous he had been confined to bed by a se-
were attack of biliou4 fever-, which latterly assumed the form of
jaundice—both, in elf probability, originating in exposure to
cold, or some latent affection of the liver. During the fever he
suffered great prostration of strength, and for a week or more'
his friends and medical attendants had begun to fear the wotst,
particularly after the accession of jaundice. And their fears,
we regret to say, have been realized ; for it is but too true that
one of the sweetest poets that ever framed a lay, and by far the
-first man of his class, with the single exception of Robert
Burns, will, on Friday first, follow to the grave his illustrious
friend Sir Walter Scott, at the distance of little more than three
years. We believe they were born in the same year, and that
Mr. Hogg, bad he survived till the 25th of January next, %could,
have reached the age of 59 or W. Hundreds of pens will. et
course, be employed in sketching the character of the Bard of
Altrive Lake ; and though few, perhaps, knew him better than
ourselves, we dare not intrude farther until the last solemn
duties have been paid to his memory. The funeral has been
fixed for Friday, the 27th current, and his remains will be at'
tended to a cenietery (Ettrick churchyard) closely adjoining the
cottage in which he was horn, by a crowd of mourners such as
has rarely been witnessed in the pastoral valleys of the Ettrick
and Yarrow. The letter to which we have alluded states (Its"
tinctiv that the death of one who did so much to illustrate the dis-
trict in which he resided, has excited feelings of so vivid a nature
that the entire population may he described as one extended
family of mourners.—Dumfries :Courier.

AT HATFIELD HOUSE, AND DEATH OF THE
DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF SALISBURY.

We regret to state that a great portion of this splendid man-
sion was burnt by tire on Friday night, and to have to add that
the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury has fallen a victim to
the flames. The fire broke out about six o'clock in the evening
in the private apartments of the Dowager Marchioness; but is
was a most extraordinary fact, tha; it was not discovered until
the room in which she was sitting was completely enveloped in
flames, and the unfortunate lady burnt to death. The portion
of the building in Which these apartments were situated was
usually called the west wing, being that on the chapel side, and
nearest the town of Hatfield. In this win; was the Marquis's
invaluable library, which was repaired and newly arranged only
about twelve months ago. It is not yet known in London, for
certain, whether any of the books and very rare MSS. which it
contained have been saved or not; but there is little hope en-
tertained of their having been got out, as the kitchen and offi-
ces, which were very extensive, and situated inunediately under
the library, have been reduced completely to rides. The nohle
marquis was left by the messenger who brought this sad intelli-r
gence to town in a state of mind bordering on distraction, and
several of the noble lord's friends have gone down to Hatfield
to render all the assistance in their power on the melancholy oc-
casion. It is said that this part of the mansion contained more
valuable property than the whole of the building besides; the
loss, must, therefore, be very considerable. The fire was sub-
dued before midnight.
The late Marehhiness, whose melancholy end we have re-
lated, was in her 85th year. having been born in August, 1750,
and was married to James, first Marquis of. Salisbury, in De-
cember, 1173, whoireshe has survived since 1523. Iler Maiden
name was Lady Amelia Hill, and she was second daughter of
the first Marquis of Dowushire. Besides the present Marquis,
she has left two daughters, Lady Cowley and the Marchioness
of Westmeath. She was a distinguished leader of ton up to the
present year, and her weekly conversaziones were among the
most fashionably frequented in the West-end.
Huttield House was one of the most splendi4l mansions of our
English nobility. It formerly belonged to the Bishop of Ely.
Princess Elizabeth resided there, and was thence conducted, Oa
the death of Mary, to ascend the throne. She procured the
alienation of the manor, and James I. exchanged it with Sir
Robert Cecil, afterwards Earl of Salisbury, for Theobalds ; and
on the site of the ancient episcopal palace that illustrious states-
man built the magnificent seat, part of which was on Friday
night destroyed. ft is about twenty miles from London.
From accounts which arrived in town at a late hour last night
it is stated, that the Dowager Marchioness had only been left by.
her female attendant a short time before a quantity of smoke
was observed to issue from her private apartments, and, in the
door being opened, the flames enveloped the room, and all at-
tempts even to reach the venerable and ill-fated lady proved
ineffectual. One of the female servants we hear was E 0 severely
burnt as to place her life in itnminent peril. It is supposed
that the head-dress of the Marchioness caught fire while read-
ing.- Her remains, we understand, had not last night been got
out of the ruins.

FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER.

(From the Court Magazine.)
WALKING DRESSES.—A cloak of Luxniore, of a bright brown
with a rich pattern in black; it is made as a pelisse, fitting
closely to the figure, excepting the sleeves, which hang full
from the shoulders. A dress of pale lilac Cachmere, bonnet of
sapphire blue velvet. —Cloak of violet satin, embroidered round
svith a light pattern of bright chenille, a deep cape lined with
velvet; the cape finishes at the shoulder, and, turning back,
forms a second in velvet. Dress of green Cachmere, bonnet of
black velvet, trimmed with ponceau, and black and ponceau
vulture feathers.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON FASHIONS AND DRESS.—A tip-
pet of a new form, called the Victoria, has been brought out;
but how far it will be fashionable we cannot, till the season has
fairly commenced, pretend to say. Those we have seen were
composed of sable, and bordered with a roleau of the same. We
have noticed among several mantles that have been recently or-
dered some of gros de Tours and gros d'Orient, embroidered in
silk to correspond. One of the most elegant- of these was of
black gros d'Orient, embroidered in black silk to in a gothic
pattern; the sleeves, of the usual size, were open both at the el-
vow and the bend of the arm. The collar, and a robing lappet,
which descended to the bottom of the skirt, were of black velvet.
The mantle was confir ed to the waist by a rich black silk cord
and tassels, which passed twice round it. We have seen some
new and very elegant patterns of fancy silk trimmings for car-
riage pelisses. We believe that this kind of trimmings and furs
will be those mast adopted. Several pelisses have the sleeves
drawn full round the wrist, by a narrow band so placed as to
leave a little of the bottom of the sleeve falling full over the
hand, which forms a pretty and rather novel kind of trimming,
Plain velvet is expected to be the favourite material for carriage
hats and bonnets. A new and splendid material for full dress,
that is expected to be very fashionable, is called satin AmY
Itobsart ; it is a soft rich satin, printed in gold and colours-
' Another beautiful material, but of a less expensive kind, is the
satin d'Arrere; it is a mixture of cashmere and silk, is twilled,
a white ground quedrilled in wood colour, with a • running pat-
tern of green foliage, and small Bengal roses mingled with
other flowers. 'When pelerines are worn the corsages will be
made plain, otherwise they will be a good deal ornamented.
We may cite among the most elegant of the new evening
head-dresses a turban a la. Juive, of white satin, covered with
tulle, and ornamented with bandalettes al'autique, embroidered
with gold, and falling almost on the back of the neck. Another
turban, of the Turkish form, is also worthy of notice; the found
ation is a net of white and maize-coloured velvet, the front is
an intermixture of white and maize-coloured crape; two aigret-
tes, united at the base by a gold ornament set with brilliants,
decorated the one .we saw. Crimson velvet is expected to be
very much in favour both for turbans and hats.
COSTUME DE PAlllS.—Embroidery will be much employed
for the trimming of ball-dresses. Some that are already in pre-
paration of rose-coloured mousseline de soie are embroidered ul
a wreath of ecailes de Syrenes, each containing in its half cir-
cle a flower or a sprig. Others are of white tulle, embroidered
in white silk; and soMe, of a very superb description, are 4:::!f a
new material, crepe Velours, worked round the border in little
wreaths of flowers, intermixed with ears of gold corn. It is ex-
peeled that the hair will be dressed low at the back in evening
costume, and the front hair arranged either in bands or cork-
screw ringlets.

IRISH ATTORNEYS.—The judges of the Court of King's
Bench, Dublin, have decided, on the application of Mr.
W. L. Carroll to be admitted an attorney
.of that court, that
serving an apprenticeship to an attorney in England is not
a sufficient qualification tor-admission to practice in the Irish
courts. "Hie vouchers as to Mr. Carroll's personal respectability
ami professional skill were of the most satisfactory kind.
THE LEGAL ANTIPODES.—At the Breutford petty session'
on Tuesday, the following colloquy took place between Lord
Montfort, the chairman of the bench, and Matthew Hale, a
hoary informer, who had just been detected in compromising,
an information under a penal statute. Lord Montfort---,4 Are
von a descendant of the great Sir Matthew Hale ?", Hale--
Yes, my lord; lam a lineal descendant." Lord Montfort.—
" Then all I can say is, your ancestor was at one end of the liner
and his descendant is at the other."

RAISING THE WIND AT CHOWEENT.—A nailer of Chowbent
had on a time fuddled away all his wages to the last three-half-
pence, and still longed for another pint, hut how to raise the
wind was the query. At length lie bethought him of the follow-
ing -whimsical experiment. The people were much troubled
with fleas, and taking some iron dust, he wrapped up three par-
cels in brown paper and dubbed flea-powder. The first place
he called at was a cottage, in which he found an old dame of
whom he inquired if she were not wofully troubled' with fleas ?
Being answered in the affirmative, he began extolling the vir-
tues of his powder. • What's price !' said the old dame. 'Two-
pence a packet,' was the reply, and she accordingly paid him
sixpence for the three packets. The nailor had not gone far
from the door, chuckling at his success, when he was hailed with,
" Alaister," by the old dame, and on going back and inquiring
her pleasure, " Ye mann tell urn how to use it," said she-
" Catch the fleas," said the nailor, and tickle 'um under thethroat till they loufin," then pop the powder down their throats
while the mouth be open." " We 'night as well catch and crac!!
'in," said the old woman, with ;mine surprise. `' Eitherwill
said the cunning nailor, and walked off to get his pint.

THE WHALE -FISHERY.-SUGGESTION TO THE
LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY,

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DECEMBER 1, 1835

EVERY ONE HIS HIS FAULT.
Embracing the whole strength of the Company.
After which the popular Farce of
THE INVINOIBLES.

Vie Eiberpool *tanbarb.

For the BENEFIT of Mr. ANDREWS,
-1710-MORROW, (Wednesday,) December 2, the Musical
X Plav of IVANHOE!

A M us teat Otto will be Performed oh Zeitter and Co.'s New
Patent Grand Piano-forte, by Mr. R. Andrews, accompanied by
a Full Orchestra, arranged by himself expressly for this occa-
sion, and selected from the most esteemed works of Ignace
Moschclles.—The Fall of Paris. Anticipations of Se nd—
Kelvin Grove, Auld Robin Gray, Lord Moira's rathspey.
Recollections of Ireland—Groves of Blame `arry Owen,
St. Patrick's Day; as performed by the or, with enthu-
siastic applause, at the last Birmingha tusical Festival; to
conclude with brilliant variations on t e Swiss Air, as com-
posed by Mr. R. Andrews.
Mr. BEAN, of the King's Band, will perform a Fantasia on
the Trombone, in which he will introduce Bishop's much ad-
mired Bravura Song "Should he upbraid."
A variety of favourite Songs and Comic Glees, by Messrs.
Frazer, Horncastle, Benwell, and Andrews.
To conclude with
CHARLES THE SECOND. -
Captain Copp Mr. Andrews.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Andrews, 10, Commutation-row.

• UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF
WILLIAM EWART, ESQ., M.P.
For the BENEFIT of Mrs. and Miss ST EY,
Who most respectfully solicit the Patronage e Friends o
the Drama.
lAN FRIDAY Evening next, the instant, will be pre
tJ seated the achniresd Comedy of

To conclude with the 1 ISQUERADE from GUSTAVUS
Geutlemeu accommodated as usual with Habits.

Tickets to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of Mrs,
and Miss Stanley, at Mr. D. Jones's, Williamsou-square.

TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1835

We have Ngv York papers to the 10th November
They are full of apprehensions with respect to the threat-
ened war between the United States and France. They
represent that the citizens are not prepared for war, and
they confess that France has a "powerful fleet" which
in the event of hostilities Would commit dreadful havoc
a nong their unarmed mercantile marine, the flags of
which, they tell us, wave in every sea of the globe.
All this is said in a proper spirit of discretion, but it
does not look well after all the bombast and bullying
which has appeared in the messages of General JACKSON.
They should have counted the ships and guns of France,
before they talked about seizing the property of the latter
wherever they found it. But whatever their apprehen-
sions and regrets may be,. we suspect they will be com-
pelled to cut a very humiliating figure before they can
extricate themselves from the dilemma. France, we can
assure them is in earnest. She has a disposable military
force of at least one hundred thousand men, and she
has a fleet sufficiently powerful to protect the transports
which might convey this armament to the American
coast.
This, therefore, is no jesting matter. France will
not pay the dollars without an ample and unequivocal
apology. Mr. ANDREW JACKSON cannot recall his offi-
cial menaces without covering himself with obloquy, and
lowering the too haughtily assumed honour and dignity
of the republic. He cannot make the message, to be
delivered on the 6th instant, to plead the excuse of his
last message, without making himself and his valorous
citizens the laughing stock and contempt of Europe.
He may temporise, and this we expect, but without an
apology, the dollars will not be paid.
Some of the New York journals seem to feel the force

of this reasoning, and are striving to reduce the nations:

into a mere personal and private cinarrel. They loudly
blame the president for his hasty and inconsiderate lan-
guage, and they denounce him as a tyrant for presuming
to nominate the chief magistrate who shall succeed him.
The following from the IVew York Advertiser of the 9th
November, is full of instruction:—
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

The election of President of the United States will occur
about twelve month from the present time. During the inter-
vening period, the public attention will be much occupied with
the subject, and strong efforts will undoubtedly be made in fa-
vour of the different individuals who ate, or who may be, held
up as candidates for that office. Several persons have already
been named as such ; and active measures are already in ape-
ration among the friends oceach to secure the object which they
aev •rally have in view. One of these candidates has been no-
minated by the present chief magistrate -of the union, as a fit
person to succeed him in that office, and for the first time since
the establishment of our own government, the Fresident of the
United States is openly and actively engaged in electioneering, as
the partizan of his jitrouritecandidate. The time has been since
the formation of the government, when such conduct on the
part of the executive head of it, would have been received by the
people of the United States, not only with surprise, but with
feelings of indignation and resentment. If a man who had held
the dignified office of chief magistrate, and retired to private
life, had formerly been found to be engaged in electioneering
and intrigue in favOnr of a successor, it would have been con-
sidered as highly uudigned
.and disreputable, and would have
shaken the popularity of any man who ever held that office—
'not excepting George Washington himself. But in the present
instance not only does the present incumbent exert himself in
the various ways which his situation, privileges, the influence of
his office, and the power-Of patronage enable to exert, but he
goes far beyond thii;-Lhe nominates his successor—a prerogative
not possessed by a British monarch, nor by any other royal or
imperial sovereign, except those of the most absolute and despotic
character.- This alone, in the purer periods of our history, would
have been-fatal to the success of the candidate brought out un-
der such an influence. The example would have been consi-
dered not only as a proof or extreme arrogance on the past of
the officer making the nomination, and busying himself in the
degrading employment of an electionecrer in support of it, but
as a dangerous precedent, incompatible with the freedom of our
system, and the safety of the republic.

That ANDREW JACKSON is a ti rant, as all republicans
are, we have not, and never had, any doubt at all ; and
solely because he is so, he is the best man to rule the
United States; but it is vastly amusing to hear these
people talk of the " purer periods of our history:" Bless
our simple souls i—we always considered the affairs of
the republic as the simple matter of a biography. We
have hundreds, if not thousands, of living Englishmen
Ivito were twenty or thirty years old when the American
republic was first called into existence, and yet the vain
elves talk of their history! The first history of the
United States cannot be written until all the present
generation are dead, at which period, we calculate, the
States will be ruled, not by an arbitrary soldier, who is
called a tyrant, but by a mild, conrtitutional sovereign.
JOHN RANDOLPH, a member of the congress, is reported
to have said in one of his public speeches that " America
(meaning the United States) was an elective monarchy
-,-that the President nominates his successor invariably,
and that it is circumstances only which prevent him from
nominating his own son." These circumstances are,
that none of the presidents have yet had a son eligible;
but the time may come, and will come.
We extract the following in illustration of the respect
Which the citizens have for law and liberty :