The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. Knowles, Queen's Counsel, well known on this
circuit, has been appointed Attorney-General of the
County Palatine of Lancaster, vacant by the promotion of
the Hon. J. S. Wortley to the office of Judge Advocate.
EXAMINATION OF ATTORNETS.--11, is rumoured in
the legal circles, that premiums and certificates for profi-
ciency at tle examination of articled clerks will be given,
and that many terms will not pass over before such dis-
tinctions are conferred. The premiums will consist of
small sums of money.—London paper.

"THE TIMES COM misstoNEH."—This gentleman,
whose writings in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and other
places, are so well known, was called to the Bar on Satur-
day week, by the honourable society of the Middle Tem-
ple. Mr. Thomas Campbell Foster is a native of Knares-
borough and was, for some time, on the staff of the Liver-
pool Standard.

- REGISTRATION APPEAL. IMPORTANT DECISION.—
Jn the Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday, the Lord
Chief Justice delivered judgment in an appeal against the
revising barrister of the West Riding of 'York, who had
decided that parties joining together for the purpose of
purchasing tenements for the object of " multiplying
votes "had been in agreement with the statute. The ob-
jection had been taken by the appellant on the interpreta-
tion of the 3rd Wm. IV., ch. 35. The court was of opin.
ion that the statute upon which the objection had been
taken did not apply to the case, for that statute extended
only to fraudulent conveyances, and not to conveyances
bona fide and real. This deci-ion sets at rest all doubt as
to the legality of the new county votes created under the
auspices of the Anti Corn-law League.

About 800 years ago, the At the present time til:
Pope could, or did, absolve Pope has no more POllO
subjects from their allegi- than ahw eccler-iastics old
ance to their lawful sove- award to a helpless °,,e
reign, as it is well known man, and numbers of t",,
the agents of the Pope fo- Irish are now crossing tP,
merited rebellion in Irel ind, Atlan'ic. and forme'
under such a pretence as churches in which the r°.
a in
absolution from Rome. pish power is renounce

In the year A.D. 1209, the
Pope, through French influ-
ence, caused 60,000 of the
Protestants, called Albigen-
ses, to be put to death with-
out any fault of theirs, only
that they were what the Pope
called heretics.

In 1530, Wm. Tindall, an
Englishman, having trans-
lated the New Testament
into the English language,
Tonstal, Popish Bishop of
London, and Sir Thomas
More (of whom Lord Camp-
bell speaks so highly). con-
spired against Tindall, and
in a few rears after he was
strangled, and his body
burnt.

In the year A.D. 1568, the
King of Spain, to show him-
self a true son of the church,
sent a butcher, called Alga,
to be governor of the Neth-
erlands,and in a few months'
time this tyrant caused the
death of 18,000 of the Pro-
testants, not in war but in
cold blood ; and the Pope
presented him with a conse-
crated hat and sword, a dis-
tinction previously confered
only on princes.
In 1572, the French Pro-
testants were barbarously
butchered, to the number of
30,000, in one night. This
was done to please the Pope,
who caused medals to be
struck to commemorate the
event.

toto.
In 1797, the Pope ig ob-
liged to submit to the autbO•
rity of the republican are
in France, and required 0
give up to the conqueror°
several pictures, statue'
and valuable manuscript°
from the Vatican I,brarY..
In the year 1533, tP-
papal power was declared tat/
null and void in Englatta;
and in 1535, the Bible
30
0
'minted by authority, -
in in a few years after in 11:,
the churches a Bible //1"
placed in a convenient situ:
ation for all who wished t"
read.

In the year 1834, the
popish power received such
a shock in Spain. as it ba.
not yet recovered, soil
hundreds of thousands "
nuns, monks, and &lore
were dislodged by the g°,;
vernment, rnd the proren
which the friars, &c., be
grasped in former titre,
was devoted to state PO'
poses.

In 1640,the French clergi
declare the Pope's pretell:
sions to the temporalities tv
be null and void ; and, All
the 7th November, 17,.',";
Gobet, the Popish Bin
of Paris, with his gra.•
vicars, snd others of hit
clergy, entered the Hall o'
the National Convention/
and solemnly resigned b 2!
functions, abjuring Chris
v
anity ; and during the rec°;
lution 24,000 priests vielf
cut off, and as a coil)
main the French goveir;
ment lately banished t"

In 1588, the King of
Spain, at the instigation of
the Pope, sent a fleet, called
" invincible " to invade
England. and put on board
the said fleet 20,000 soldiers,
besides all kinds of instru-
ments of torture to make the
English turn papists ; but
the English fleet conquered
some of the Spanish, and
the winds of heaven scat-
tered nearly the whole of
what escaped, so that out of
150 ships, only 20 or 30
ever returned home. • ct,
I shall. on a future occasion, follow up this subie
and am, sir, your obedient servant,

Jesuits. -
At the present period,
Spaniard and the Pope P/6
gether could not muster 6
few war ships equal to °Lie
of the three deckers of t"
British navy.

CEDIPVS'

SCULPTURE.—We have recently visited the attellerel
Mr. C. B. Robinson, sculptor, in Myrtle •street4o
would say to the admirers of fine art " do the same, eet,
we have no doubt, should they accede to our requoo
of their exceeding gratification. Mr. Robinson is theo,,
of our once respected Mayor, Nicholas Robinson,
~„ettl
of Aigburth. We do not mention this as an indueeiPteg
to the visit we have suggested, nor as proof of the y°° it
artist's attainments in his severe profession, Lut
may induce the sons of others of our more wealthy nlend
lies to so dignified an example; and not as is now, 011
has been the case, to be ashamed of any connexion lid
that as a profession which, in the most classical coun't et
of the continent, the noblest and most wealthy selec,4oo
the passive to where Fame fits on her most losu`tbil
laurels—Art. Everything in the way of study ineiete
great commercial circle has nothing for its object hut( did
gain, or worse, silly show. It is true the scions °OOlO
higher families are sometimes permitted to dive,ge •be.
•
the counting-house duties ; that is, they may lin,hi„or,
little literature or small doses of music, with an "-ell,'
exercise per diem at the palette, but not profession pre
or they may commit the following extravagancies 8.„,8
fessionally as they like, so that they bring mono',
is, wear a red coat, a black coat, or a wig, however soot
their own hair, but they must observe, neverthelessl;iioV
during these professional caper* they keep good est', or:
ments, and not disgrace in their own their paterea'ricr
riages. Well, these things are so, and we may be oftel
but most men submit to that continental joking FO, 00,,,
expressed by the familiar figure of Sir John, lEt)b''er
the somewhat obese Miss Bull's journeying tiwir god
buy some taste. and waste, besides their time, tbe'"to
plus fat and cash. So much fur what we conceive
the duties of those wbo, from position and wei;dtl,s
afford to introduce and give a relish to taste. 1{010:ei
for the more immediate objects of our visit to Mr• e
son's studio. It is not to be expected, nor d°,l.le Or;
capable if it were, that we should give anything !Logs j
tailed criticisms of the various statues, busts, Scc•
to be seen there ; but this we may adventure aP"of ohs
that, too, without the learning betrayed by one itt wit
contemporaries through a similar inspection, tbiatibeeof
first place Mr. Robinson not only appears to 119,1,0 i,
highly successful with a number of busts—the P,c'e'robo
many gentlemen familiar to the Exchange. and P; 01
other flags—but what demands far higher praise, 3 rol)e
.0
figure of Christ, of William the Fourth in his state feel
and also some exquisitely chaste examples of tbebioc°o
figure in various assumptions. Nor do Mr. R°orelAS
d
modelling powers seem confined to the human " bees
we have a horse—not from the cropped and big' of vd
Parthenon creed—but one of the highest ritettl:/stkieolti
present day. In short, there appears to be ever,elo,oo
of art, whether classic or Gothic, bust or statue, t"e same
of which must form an interesting treat to tbcsb 60'
study and attentions have been drawn into aPt di'
lightful and improving. , ri i$
INSOLVENCY.—The attention of fair resue',;oooe,oo,
rected to the startling failure of the eminent lie
low
Messrs. Robert and Benjamin Brown and Co.. •es'r
drapers, &c., as announced in our advertising c-n ooaiV
HALLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS--EiCTcl, bito'
NARY CURIL.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY -v SCid
CASES OF SCURVY, SCORBUTIC HUMOURS. 13.000'
FULA.—Henry Hill, now a footman to Ler" in 'V
lately discharged from the Duke of service' oil °AO
sequence of his having large sem butic blotelleL,(o°,,to'
his hands and face, to his great difigurement•
months he was treated by his master's medical a `,reo PO,
but to no purpose ; and the case was at last dec' tbel, ;fia
curable, and he was discharged. The poor fellePills4oo
a forlorn hope, commenced using HollowaY'saoc '
Ointments, which effectually eradicated the d's'
his blood in less than three weeks.