The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-11-12 00:00:00

to apportion England into dioceses, to be ruled over by
his_ bishops ! And why, instead of supposing he was

taking a step insolent
assumed he was acting
of her Majesty's Government ?
" The fact is, that the whole question has been surren-
dered, and decided in favour of the Pope, by the present
Government; and the ministers, who recognised the
pseudo Archbishop of Team as a peer and a prelate, can-
not object to the appointment of a pseudo Archbishop of
Westminster, even though he be a Cardinal. On the
contrary, the loftier dignity should, according to their
table of precedence, rather invest his Eminence with a
still higher patent of nobility, and permit him to take the
wall of his Grace of Canterbury and the highest nobles of
the land.

nil he not have
71 strict conformity with the wishes

idious,

" The policy of the present Government is, that there
shall be no distinction 'oet,veen England and Ireland. I
am, therefore, rather surprised that the Cabinet are so
indignant,' as a certain letter with which we have just
been favoured informs us they are.
" I have made these observations in order that, if the
county meets, the people of Buckinghamshire may under-
stand that the question on which they will have to decide
of a graver, deeper, and more comprehensive character
than, in the heat of their laudable emotion, they may
perhaps suppcse.

The question which the people of England are
about to demand of the Legislature to decide is
indeed "of a graver, deeper and more compre-
hensive character" than it has been by some re-
garded. If Ireland is to be considered an integral
portion of her Majesty's dominions,—if the Church
of Ireland is to be treated as a branch of that
National Church of which her Majesty is the re-
cognized Head—the partition of Ireland into sees
by the Pope was as " insolent and insidious," as
his more recent "aggression upon our Protest-
antism in England." Ilis Lordship says :
" There is an assumption of power in all the documents
which hare come from Rome—a pretension to supremacy
over the realm of England, and a claim to sole and un-
divided sway, which is inconsistent with the Queen's
supremacy, with the rights of our bishops and clergy, and
with the spiritual independence of tho nation, as asserted
even in Roman Catholic times."
The nomination of his creatures to episcopal
power in Ireland was such an assumption of
power as was his proscription of Lord John's pet
colleges in that country. Yet, to the last, he has
fondled with that usurping power in Ireland,
lavished favors and dignities upon its nominees,
and virtually resigned into its hands in that country
the very supremacy of Queen, which ~he pro,

fesses to be so resolved to defend in Great Britain.
To be consistent, Lord John Russell must retrace
his Irish policy, and rid his fellow subjects in that
country from the yoke, and their Protestant Church
from the usurpation, of Rome. This he must do,
or the insult to his Sovereign will remain galling
and degrading in the eyes of the whole christian
world.

Most strongly do we suspect that, notwithstand-
ing his recent professions, Lord John is not the
statesman upon whcm England can depend in the
present crisis. The adoption of that bold and
manly course, opened out for him by the insolent
aggression of Rome, would raise him to a height of
power and popularity rarely attained by a minister
in this country. A long lease of office is placed
within his reach. Dare be grasp it ? We fear, no.
To the people alone, " who reverence the glorious
principles and the immortal martyrs of the Refor-
mation" we are enabled to look for safety in our
present emergency. Amongst the constituencies,
at the Registration Courts, and at the hustings
the battle of the Constitution must he fought.
We look for aid in this struggle to the Protestant
Clergy of our land. The powerful voices of our
M'Neiles, our M'Ghees, and our Stowells must be
heard once more in the van of a great popular
movement for the infusion of Protestant ele-
ments' into the British Hoase of Commons, and
the formation of a truly Protestant Government,
resolute to maintain intact from all aggression,
whether from within or from without, the Throne,
the Church, and the constitutional liberties of the
country.
Would that the warnings of these faithful teach-
ers had been listened to more intently in years
past ! We should not at this moment be degraded
before the world as prostrate at the feet of insolent
and heretic Rome. The people of Liverpool. at
least, would have been privileged, through the
medium of uncompromising representatives,
to raise their protest in Parliament against the
recent dangerous concessions to this aggressive
power. Let us take warning then from the conse-

nuences of past neglect and blindness. Let our
Protestant Associations he up and stirring. Let
our old champions be summoned to the field, and
Liverpool be prepared to reassume her old and
proud pre-eminence as the stronghold of Protest-
antism, by returning triumphantly two sound and
unflinching Protestant members to the Par-
liament of the Empire

THE `• Great Exhibition of the Works of All
Nations" promises to be a failure. We should
not wonder, indeed, if it resulted in producing
disappointment and heartburnings amongst the
very classes for whose behoof in especial it was at
first projected. Already, difficulties are presenting
themselves to the general committee on every side.
The money comes in slowly. Localities, from
which great support was expected, are showing
lukewarmness ; and the details of management
are becoming more and more perplexing. - -
On Thursday last a meeting of the General
Committee was held at the Mansion-house to re-
ceive Reports upon the state of the Subscription
List, and for "other important business," at which
the following untcward facts transpired. The
total amount of subscription received, or proritised,
up to this time, after all the canvassing and artful
dodging for support, to which even the Royal Con-
sort has been compelled to lend himself. amounts,
we are told, to only £75,000 ; and of this the city
of London, we are told, has contributed nearly
£30,000. A large portion of the remaining sum,
it is to be inferred, has been contributed by the
nobility, members of Parliament, and others, pos-
sibly more as a matter of compliment to the illus-
trious originator of the affair than for any decided
leaning in favour of its usefulness. "There was
some time ago tench apathy evinced with respect
to the Exhibition," one of the secretaries informed
the meeting ; " but a reaction had taken place,
and"—what does the reader suppose ?—" they had
in their favour that great organ of public opinion,
the leading journal of Europe."! Wonderful if
the Times could not be got to lend its influence to
any species of humbug emanating from high
plales ! The public was told further that the
charge for admission to the Exhibition " would
depend upon the amount of money subscribed ;
and, if the subscriptions were not considerably in-
creased, tha admission would be very high." We
must come out with our money, or the glass
palace of Mr. Paxton will be a resort beyond the
means of the million.

Most wonderful is the humble attitude which
Manchester is fated to assume in this Exhibition
of arts and manufactures. The country asks for
" machinery, the fine arts, and manufactures," in
which Manchester ought to be pre-eminent. Tne
secretary says, " he thinks he may be allowed to
contrast this with the returns from Manchester,
which place requests ' for a space of only about
3,500 feet.' " This is a sad admission that Man-
chester has little of novelty either in machinery,
the fine arts, or manufactures to exhibit. Her
"cheap and nasty" imitations of decent foreign
goods; her fugitive coloured prints, and her cali-
coes made up of plaster of Paris and flour starch,
overlaid upon calicoes, which answer the descrip-
tion of Dr. Johnson's idea of network—" anything
reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with
interstices between the intersections,"—will form,
we imagine, a poor sort of a reliance against the
more perfect goods' of France and Switzerland for
a verdict of supremacy in the cotton manufacture.
The most striking and serious difficulty, how-
ever, felt by the committee, is that of determining
to whom the merit of perfection in various branches
of manufacture is to be attributed. The London
importer, for example, would gladly claim for him-
self the merit of various articles which he sells.
Such houses as Swan and Edgar, and Howell and
James would be rejoiced to be announced to the
world as the authors of approved designs in silk,
in woollen, or other fabrics. The question how-
ever presents itself, is the London importer to be
set down as the party to whom ingenuity and taste
in these goods owe their acceptance with the public.
There may be a partnership in the affair. A British
house may have designed, and a foreign one exe-
cuted. Who is to decide whether to the designer
or to the manufacturer the palm of merit is due?
This is one of the most pressing difficulties of the
Exhibition of arts and sciences, which is now ap-
proaching.

Dr. Wiseman landed at Dover on Sunday from Ostend,
and left for London immediately.

The new Baron of the Exchequer—Mr. S. Martin—is
the first Irishman who ever filled a similar post in Eng-
land. He is son-in-law to the Lord Chief Baron.

The Town Council on Saturday determined to apply to
Parliament, next session, for powers to use fires and lights
in the docks.

The new Atnerimi steam-ship Arctic has taken her
station in the Hufiliisson Dock, bein; the first of these
vessels that has entered.

DOCK CHAIRMAN. —We are glad that Mr. Thomas
Littledale has allowed himself to be re-elected dock-
chairman, a
.greater compliment he could not have been
paid. _ _

The Rev. Dr. Al`Neile preached two sermons in St.
John's Chapel, Bedford-row, London, on Sunday last.
The Rev. T. Nolan is the incumbent. The Rev. Dr.
preaches in Birmingham this evening.
A meeting will be held this evening in St. Jude's
school-room for the purpose of forwarding a congrega-
tional address to the Queen on the subject of the late
Papal aggression.

Yesterday a young lad named Watson, of respectable
appearance, was committed for trial charged with embez•
zling £1 17s. 6d., which he had received from a person on
account of his master, Mr. Yates, estate agent, Compton
Chambers.

ST. SILAS' Cnuacri.—The Rev. Samuel Minton, M.A.
has been appointed by the trustees to the incumbency of
St. Silas' Church ; an appointment which we feel confi-
dent will give every satisfaction to the members of his
congregation. The reverend gentleman will preach twice
in the church next Sunday.
TILE WARDS.—In consequence of the recent election of
aldermen, there are now vacancies in the Council for St.
Anne's 'Ward, Everton Ward, Vauxhall Ward, and Pitt-
street Ward. For St. Anne's Ward Mr. Stitt and Mr.
Tyrer are candidates; for Everton, Mr. G. G. Hornby and
Mr. Walthew ; for Vauxhall, Mr. W. Nicholson ; and for
Pitt-street, Mr. W. M'Millen.
COMPLIMENT TO A CAPTAIN.—The passengers by the
ship " Republic" from this port to New York on her last
outward trip, presented to the gallant commander, Capt.
Marshall, an address expressive of their gratitude for his
" unprecedented kindness and attention, and for the hap-
piness which they enjoyed during the whole voyage under
his protection." The worthy captain was also presented
with a silver salver bearing a suitable inscription.
AN UNKIND BRIDESMAID.—Amongst the cases which
came on for hearing before Mr. Rushton yesterday morn-
ing, was one in which an old Irish woman, named Cathe-
rine Doran, was charged by Margaret Moran with having
pledged some articles belonging to the latter. When
called on for her defence, Catty Doran launched out in
most mellifluous style, on the unkindness of Mrs. Moran,
the climax of which was, " yer worship, she's my brides-
maid." Looking at the age and personnel of the fair
penitent, this was too much for the gravity of the ma-
gistrate, who could not refrain from joining is the uniyer.
sal burst of laughter.