The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

Y QUEEN AND MY COUNTRY,

A B°llo COMPOSED EXTEMPORE ON THE EVENING OF TH

NINTH INSTANT, BY A SPECIAL CONSTABI

I have written and sung for my country,
I have written and sung for my Queen ;
And to-morrow this arm, if 'tis needed,
Not lad in their cause shall be seen!
To-morrow!—I'm new to such conflict,
And hardly its feelins can guess;
But base were the heart that would shun it.
And make one defender the less!
tomorrow!--The ball that shall kill me,
May be 4 moulde and iting its flight ;
1)(1 the loyal heart, wawa rm in the morning,
~I.lllsy be cold enough long ere the night.
lat then? 'Twere a fitting conclusion
To fall e cause that he sung for,
An find in its triumph, reward
One sigh for my wife and my children,
r‘At last be permitted to me ;
vne prayer for my Queen and m.
And then my glad spirit be free Icountry,
R.S

NOTICES

eclares on the Jews. By the Rev. J. J. Reynolds,
1131. London : Seely, Burnside, and Seely, Fleet-
street.
the is admitted by all serious and reflecting minds, that
le condition of the Jewish people is such as can find no
iarallel in the history of no other nation—a miracle con-
nne,,
to no age or country—a problem that neither the
historian, philosopher, or statesman can ever solve. It
flout reasonable to suppose that the winding up of this
to, pies destiny will exercise a wonderful influence over
e whole earth ; and what reason would expect, revela-
-411 amply confirms. The present state, spiritual and
nporal, of the Jewish people has, within a few years,
Diattracted a considerable share of public attention; and
e study of prophecy has, as it were, centred the nation
th'Arad in its golden light. Several publications have
ued from the press within a short period, in the shape
rinons, lectures, and prophetic expositions, in which
w,esei,duty of the Christian Church towards the Jews, as
' as the effects their national conversion and restore-
:l,ll.:4, in have upon the world, have been set forth. In
ait,e''°,l to the interesting and able works on this subject
mall before the public, we gladly call attention to the
redistinl:yde unpret‘.nding volume that heads our Present
thrnatarhic:' We areacquainted with several of the works
emanated from the pens of able, pious, and
read ,z lesl men on the subject before us, yet we have
with 'ese six lectures with much pleasure, and we trust
is a profit Besides the subject matters treated of, there
sachs:111(1 evangelical spirit diffused through them, and
calculated inference drawn from them, as are well
read:'" ,y sod's blessing, to leave in the mind of the
and, re',reshing and wholesome savour of divine truth;
,LaY we
h recommend them to those especially who
"1, let LC royal nsalmist, " If I forget thee, 0 Jerusa-
raY right liand forget her cunning."
'S'ketchev;

'on/ the Cross, dre. - London : Ward and Co. ;
The „k Liverpool Walker, Bold-street.
'ate ~,,7;"°" is the title of—in most respects—a highly
andr;i'"lig volume by the Rev. J. J. Diens, of Bootle ; wtite,oou.a.
I. 5. we cannot agree with all the views of the
reade, we proceed to introduce it to the notice
.of our
01' The design of the author has been to delineate,
ciee,„n'Y the character and sufferings of our blessed Re-
111,`"er hinaself, whose death gives to that scene its own
the Peoaehable grandeur and solemnity, but to sketch
lor4rat portraits of the various parties who stand his-
hssent grouped around the cross, and who form an
Lest h`lagc exhibiting a singular variety of aspect,
.some
qj'easlng, others darkly contrasted by their crimes,
15e'n: F9able, as this author has beautifully shewn, of
Inilqelpbited so as to afford instruction to the dvo.ut,
tf We were called upon to give the characteristicb
lletv series of sketches, we should enumerate their ge-
-4)44' correctness of representation—their picturesque and
Ilaeipactied effect, which renders the whole real before us -
elch eel, and searching analysis of ruling principle in
\tin actor in the scene—the fidelity with which the author
katils every action and' thought back continually to the
4hlbi of truth and rectitude—the variety of incident
fturing, which has bestowed distinqness on each
;'Ne),-....--and, finally, the success with which the subtle
`ll5ll,"'S of character are detected and brought out, so as
ehichw their identity with the principles, good or evil,
SK . are to be discovered still, in human in the
o-" and the world. These sketches are distinguished
l:etprevious attempts, on the
.subjects treated, by
elaoten from the quiescence. if we may so speak,
of
.ess
h re& Ineditations, which are apt by their narrow rane
41)04 ,e,ction, and b their monotony of manner, to pall
its he mind of they most devotional reader. While
b-411 devotional in. their effect, they are discursive
~,,4"lentative in their form ; and the serious feeling§
'wed are awakened indirectly and spontaneously,
not the avowed appeal to emotions, which is the
eni4aY to check their rise in the mind. But we must
4,442irata,it,.. Of the style we have only to express our
Is being direct, manly, and simple. No effort
the "'"'t than to convey thought in its clearest form ;
eociirbasteneautiftil in diction is that which is given by a
f inlagination to the conceptions delineated.. In
11* thiQ 41' We have to thank the author most cordially
',tarot; valuable and lasting contribution to our Christian
n and hope that one who writes so usefully and
talents not suffer his pen to lie idle, but devote his
" to the instruction of the age.

VARIETIES.
4,21t1811 ANGLING.—Mr. Mitchell an for niriy
hot realise the Johnsoman picture of a fisherman PC* is not the worm at one end and the fool atntashe-
k„„l. Nevertheless the angling ls peculiarly Irish, 1,
Nil! as Mitchell, to gatch gudgeons, baits with—a pike
iTttzek
fir ~ATISTICS OF THE REVOLUTION.—During the days
et 'lle, 23d and 24th February, 1512 barricades were
845, Z,in Paris. Each barricade required on an average
NZ:snag stones, so that the people in a few hours must
1.0.13""t4 UP 1,277640 paving stones. There were also. a,704 trees go of them of very large size, cut down,
,00 0 ilarnl4oalstes broken down, and between 3,000 and
govith`alaPs broken ; 53 guard-houses burnt or torn
asiit!and about 603 watch-boxes and small wooden bu-
of the'estroyed. In this calculation no mention is made
lOW 11,12.°11 railings which were torn down at the Bourse,
11`1:11.,..Y of the churches and other public buildinir.
- irdi p ..- — v.'ol ' '''

YEARS
Oes the " Repository of Arts" (vol. xxix., second
unoe'il)ii 2), is a communication from Mr. J. Sharpe,
;"l'e the near Alfreton, stating that he had exhibited be-
,)4Perira"ords of the Admiralty, in February, 1813, "an
appirlt
.Bhosving the advantages to be 9btained from
pri e:sition of the certain and rapid motion of the elec.
thll4l'Posetr,lo, through an exensive voltaic circuit, to the
r-4,1e °' the

;equence of...there-a

41eritiltv•
g 8 h, second series, p. 18); an account of M. Socm-
-4.. , tectrlcal Telegraph, using an ordinary voltaic
"t att relaf
crow. f„,,_,1,9n.t9_ the success of which he says,_ " The

hi;, tt p,. &twilled his expectation.
Ali t : ,3 "11 RE DESTINY OF CENTRAL
•t+lsi t'. eXtenSiVe
att 44,,_lere Feigns throughom.b..-
th,e ,igeviating uniformity, which singular,,
have °re varied page of that of Europe. Vast monarchie.
'llara,?cer.'ssively °arisen and decayed, and yet the same
trier t..-`el' has b i, tl transmitted from the for-
k,_ , the een.cons_n y ~.,ktry au
, succeedin. dynasty. After a brief . career of
,'ll,l)teif by ,emPire, the' first irruption of barbarians, cor-
-"ee of '.l4lnrY and refinement, enervated by the infl9,-
No_ clir,;
Li —ate, ave lace to another fresh and more
:llt 8i fro g P 4 do In the Tartariau steppes, which, in its turn,
41,a, the°ll:eeili,. by the sure operation of similar. causes, to
I,;,,att. Is career of conquest, luxury, a. nd deganre-
•ierl ks
It' then, one of the inscrutable designs of r. 0-
Rate " to continue the nomade races of the north in
.a
t In°
:Itlellecia
}tilt: ttale to nature, in order to repair by their
4a , e jaseaMbore zed races of the world. enervatede
th lalanch Y luxury and refinement. Even now, Ilk
a tix• e, the north impends over Central Asia fre-
aop, 'no

ice May.
.—Multi-

history

contra

chamil taR Pacific. Amid the fastnesses of the
Bay, and his indomitable mountain-

4044001.71.1105in-i-fOr time. the. onward roll of Muscovite
diviecid as ceut to the gigantic power of Itweuasksiean,eadbaannd-
%tail ed by i y are to their own resources,
the Cauca-
ti, trio _
.ntestine feuds, the subjugation of
~taph,..t_, P but a mere question of time,eo
of the
`,;l4al„,_[,?Priate gradation, the skilful application.tnnce__
Prince
Dike;?t,leoercin to the elements of resis ntingent on
Mill:l . Who was thoroughly impressed ith all the
proi•Rrs of the enterprise, reported to the cabinetw of St.
ttii,4,44re,ethat the conquest of Caucasia would. require,
kergelleBdi,:o.Airlethe conditions laid down ere rigorously
imperial governr.n9n.t, half a. cel4iii:f.. A
hZ e',;,;',.... When ti---,-

StrE then: U, Ems last Darner snan nave
11 th " a de, will full tide of Russian power
Apps 110 „ upon the plains of Central Asia—then
13,11)es horn
; •

ac•eivill "ot as thei;";i7r easg
of
n old, e ereunddefraonma r
uncultivated,eleva t ed
titoerite zed and powerfully constituted, wielded by the
r orrY. °I one win, moved by the most powerful in.di7
t:,clo,,,itiVizatioti, and the most consummate polttml
1,,,11,, to et ofe world ever beheld, and alimented by the re-
its'44tie4i . an empire, rich in 11 the material elements. of
of ePeo 01111il.cemnaercial greatness. What will be the in-
-1 f"itt ? Fill'l new irruption of the north on the destinies
Vain.l the 1, it change that immutable typ hic,
oil..'llitirePt3,l9tions of time and eppire, has. preserved
ti,:ts ,0.. lilt,
ii lute,grity ? Will it succeed in implanting
P, Drobi 4 entirely new phasis of civilization.? This is '4''',i .eirai-„' but. a problem that time alone can 501vel-
-»„ca:-dite,

nomenclature, our Australianjr;
ppearing in the same work

or hod's word.
School, a week or

two ag

could spit.

st, that

perverted by an unha

that, no longer priest-ii

equality

its own independent merits, instead of vainly strugglinal
for a position under the adopted title of European wines.
—Westgarth's Australia Felix.

TRUE FRATERNITY.—We are not of those who think
the pulpit should never be used for comments upon pass-
• 1

he contrary, we fee

), for instance, took tl

y of a sermon he was preaching at Burton-on-Trent
to make a comment upon the French revolution, which
we dare say produced no little effect :--" St. Paul "—the
preacher had observed—" in urging the wealthier com-
munity of Christians in Corinth to contribute to the relief
of their poorer brethren in Judea, tells them he meant not
that other men should be eased, and they be burthened ;
but on "n equalizing principle, that what at that time
-t—mld go to make up the deficiency of
in their turn might have
nossibl

.e deficiency of

the other party, and so what t
to spare should come in aid 01 -
theirs—that there might be equality ; alternate hearing
that is of each others' burdens, and so fulfilment of thi
law of Chf -
Love." H

—what mean these words, as wehear them once mor
God

neither regards its owil-p-ast experience of men ! What
but revolution, anarchy, equal participation in unblushing
robbery and wrong ? But, stand we
.fast in that only true
liberty tchfrewith Christ hath made us free; love we as
brethren, honouring all men, whilst yet above all (because
for the sake of all), we honour and obey them that have
the rule over us in Church and State ; and what then is
our equality, but the one hope of our calling, our one
Lord, one faith, one baptism ? What is our liberty but

3den, but in the assertion of a
personal conscience priests rather ourselves of God and of
Christ, we yet use not our liberty for a cloak of licentious-

Hess, out as the servants of God ? What our fraternity,
but our. incorporation into that great ecclesiastical and
we, of which the apostle is speaking alike, when

to Lae naessalonians he write, we which are alive, and re-
main until the coming of the Lord ; and when to the Ro-
mans he says that through our Lord Jesus Christ we have
received grace and apostleship—i.e., a Divine commission
from him whose baptised soldiers we are—to bring all na-
tions (how much more, all orders and degrees of men of
our own country) to what he emphatically calls the obe-
dience of Christian faith ? Beware, then, brethren—l say
still with the same apostle—beware lest any man make
a spoil of you through 'philosophy and vain deceit, alter
the tradition of men, after the imperfect teaching of bye-
gone ages of the world, and not after Christ. Liberty,
fraternity, in. Christ—they are faith, hope,

giai.es of the Christiuti